Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1898 — Page 4

I JIM nun DEIiM. 1 ,-F. E. B«BW, EDITOR MID PUBLISHER. R.' Entered at tlie Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. ' ’’ as second class matter. R ;i ’ i«». i.; ———— ip. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIOXs ONE YEAR sl-00 SIX MONTHS 50c I THREE MONTHS'... , U2sc. K : Payable in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application OFFICE on Van Rensselaer Street. First Door North of Ellis ft Murray's Store.

Democratic State Ticket.

> For Secretary of State. SAMUEL RALSTON, of Booiie County. For Auditor of State. JOHN W. MINOR, of Boone County, For Treasurer of State. HUGH DOUGHERTY, of Wells County, For Attorney General, JOHN b.M'NTTT. of Vipo County. ForClerkof Supreme Court, HENRY AVAKRUM, of Marion County. For Superintendent Public Instruction, W, H. SINCLAIR, of Starke County. For State Statistician, J AMESS. GUTHRIE, of Brown County. i For State Geologist. SDAVAKD BAR RETT, of Hendricks County. For J mitres Supreme Court, 2d District, LEONARD J. HACKNEY, of.'slip! by County. Tliird District, JAMES M'CAHE, of Warren County. Fifth District, TIMOTHY E. HOWARD, of St. Joseph County. For J udpes of Appellate Court. First District, EDWIN TAYLOR, of Vanderburgh County. Second District, C. J. KOLLMEYER, of Bartholomew County. Third District, EDGAR A. BROWN, of Marion County. Fourth District, WILLIAM S. RIVEN, of Madison County. . Fiftli District. JOHANNES KOPELKE, of Lake County. For Congress, JOHN ROSS, of Tippecanoe County. For Representative, DAVID H. YEOMAN, of Jasper County. . Prosecuting Attorney. :toth Judicial District, IRA vv. yeoman: The County Ticket. For County Clerk, JOHN F. MAJOR, of Carpenter Tp. For County Auditor. GEORGE O. STEM BEL. of Wheattield Tp. For County Treasurer, MARION I. ADAMS, of Marion Tp, For County Sheriff, WILLIAM C. HUSTON, of Milroy Tp. For County Surveyor. DAVID li. GARRIOT, of Union Tp. For County . Coroner, DR. P. J. POTHUISJE, of Carpenter Tp. Commissioner Ist District. FRANK M. HERSHMAN. of Walker Tp. '('btniliissioner 2nd District, LUCIUS STRONG, of Rensselaer. The removal of those four pages ,* from the commissioners' record looks had, to say the least.

High taxes and lavish expenditures \A'ill not till empty houses or make the farmers prosperous.

The Democrat would like to have the county auditor and commissioners explain why pages 471/ 472, 47.4 and 475, of Commissioners’ Record No. 10. have been cut out of the book?

Why should Jasper county pay $550 per year for water for the court house Avhen the Monon railroad company gets ten incandescent lights and water for its engines for the same money? The Monon will use several hundred times as much water as the court house.

The \ alparaiso Messenger aptly remarks that the manner in which the township reports are now printed in Indiana is very unsatisfactory to the people. The legislature at its next session should prescribe a form aud fix a price for its publication. It takes art expert to comprehend them.

A fusion convention of democrats, republicans and populists was held at Decatur, Ind., last Monday and nominated a county ticket. They dp not desire to be called {“politicians,” and claim they only want to purify politics in county affairs. They expect most of their support from the farmers, who already believe they are being robbed by what they term the'“court house gang.” A thorough examination of all the county records will be made in the event of the ticket being elected.

Did that gas-pip© flag pole really cost Jasper county $416.16?

Will the Journal kindly tell us what that $70.25 was paid the “flag pole” man for?

And now we are to have a cotton thread trust, with a capitalization of $18,000,000, which proposes to absorb all the thread mills of this country.

George F. Marvin of White county, was nominated for prosecuting attorney at the democratic judicial convention held at Delphi last Saturday.

The Journal man in toto calls us a liar. This is very amusing, coming from a man who has publicly acknowledged himself a liar and signed a statement to that feet.

The pages so neatly cut from Record 10 were right in among where the commissiofiers were doing so much wholesale contracting for extras. Why was it thought best to remove them from the book?

Owing to the party being called away on urgent business who had promised us an article on the Iroquois and Waukaruslm ditches, we are unable, of course, to publish same in this issue, as announced last week.

In looking over the statement of the cost of that new court house, published in another column please bear in mind that the contract Avas let for the building complete for $89,180. Its actual cost will be almost twice that sum.

The writer lias been engaged in the newspaper business for&everal years, but he has never yet sunk so low or deemed it necessary to our own advantage to try to injure the business of a rival by seeking to prejudice people against him in the despieiable manner adopted by the Rensselaer Journal. Such methods are beneath the contempt of all men not totally lost to all sence of honor.

The republican state convention did not nominate any candidates for appellate judges. The republicans hold that the present judges hold over. The democrats have nominated candidates and will bring mandate proceedings to have the names of the candidates placed on the official ballots. The position of the democrats is that the law extending the terms of the incumbents passed by the last legislature was unconstitutional and that an election should beheld this full. The question, it is asserted, will reach the supreme court.

The Journal has done lots of harping about a “certain democratic official” of years gone by whom it by inference alleges committed some dark crime. We would ask the Journal if Jasper county ever lost a penny by a democratic official, if she has ever had to keep men in office to get even with them in a financial way, or if any democratic official ever mutilated the records of the county? If the Journal wishes to get down to this plane of polities perhaps it would be a good idea to examine its own skirts before making allegations of corruption in others.

Laporte Argus: Both parties are badly divided on the question of extending the territory of the United States and it is likely to be made very much of a party issue. If it is there will be a good deal of shifting of party alliances for party ties are resting very loosely now on a large number of American voters of all parties and all classes. Nobody now believes the country will go straight to the demnition bow-wows if the other fellows carry the elections this fall. Probably there has not been a time since 1852 when there was less political rancor in the country than there is at this time and this feeling seems likely to last for seA r eral yenrs. The mass of people seem inclined to pay more ’attention to business and less to politics, and probably tliis is a good thing for all concerned.

The democrats of Ohio at their state convention held Wednesday, favored an income tax law and declared for the “free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, independent of any and all otfyjr nations.” They also declared their allegiance to W. J. Bryan and'favored his renomination for president in 1900.

The Democrat man is at least very impartial in his attacks on the county managament and on the city of Rensselaer generally. The hatred of our city manifested while running his Remington paper seems to have been the genuine article and to have poisoned his blood past recovery.—Journal. In rejily to the above we will say that the Democrat editor now and ever has had nothing but the best of feeling for Rensselaer, and it was this feeling which prompted us to say last week, in referring to the Journal’s scheme to get a public library for Rensselaer at county expense, that Rensselaer owed it to herself to see .that nothing was done to add to the prevaling opinion that she had already received too many favors at county expense. That such a feeling does prevail over the county every one at all cognizant with the facts knows, and it is injuring the business interests of the city more than many are willing to admit. To offset this opinion and to create a better feeling all over the county, we reiterate that our city should stand on its own merits, and be very careful to avoid doing anything that could be construed as trying to “work” the county. If this is hatred of Rensselaer then we must plead guilty, but wb believe all fair minded people will agree with us that we are exactly right in the position we take in this matter, the Journal and its ilk to the contrary notwithstanding.

Our figures in regard to expense of maintenance of the county farm were taken from the annual report of the auditor of Jasper county, and We fail to find in said report any receipts from the farm whatever. As to the acreage contained in the farm we got bur information from a former county commissioner , and he nor ourself was not aware that any part of the farm had been sold. The Journal now says a great deal of this expense has been in “making improvements.” Great Scott! will they never get done making improvements there which run into so much money. This was the ; same old “gag” given us fiA-e or six years ago, when the Board of State Charities roasted the concern and stated that the cost of maintenance of the poor farm in Jasper county Avas among the greatest of any of the ninety-two counties in the state. The “ring” organ also says that there is now stock and produce on the farm ready for sale Avorth $1,400, and that after selling this the net profit during the year is $423.83. What a remarkable mathametician our contemporary is. The fnct remains, however, that this property has not been sold, that when it is sold it goes into the receipts of this year, not last, and that thereVas, no doubt, about as much produce, etc., for sale at this time last year ns now, and is supposed to have been included in last year’s receipts. The Journal admits by its oavu figures that the expenses exceeded the receipts by $976.17, while the auditor’s report shows no receipts whatever, and $3,581,45 paid out.

Bring your job printing to The Democrat office. We appreciate your faA:ors, do nothing but the best work and charg moderate prices. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand'

Judy and The Lief Buggy Co., will sell anything in their line to you individually, independently of any one else as security.

W. B. Austin.

COST OF THE COURT HOUSE

As Shown By the Commissioners’ Records In the Auditor’s Office. Total Paid Heinimaa Broa., contractors ..$109,687.37 Total paid arindle ft Weatherhog, architects 8,185.9 a Extras and iTiaacellaneous expenditures 33,435.31 Bills "Continued"... 5.799-78 Expense of Commissioners* Court ... . ... .. 3,a 51.78 $159,360.33 Expense of Commissioners* Court. *146 B. R. Paris, John Martindale aud D. R. Jones, per diem each 13.50 , $ 10 50 176 B. D. McCully aud J. G. Tharp, suiuinouiut? commissioners for special session, each a 50 5 00 177 Martindale and Faris, expenses visiting: and inspecting court houses and per deim, each 103 80.. 207 60 C. W. Hanley, sheriff, attending si>ec. session com.. 4 00 192 Faris and Martindale. per deim and expenses in ct. house mutter, each 77 04 155 88 201 Faris ft Martindale. per diem, each 7 00.,.., 14 00 C. AV. Hanley, sheriff, attendance on com. court.... 4 00 204 Faris aud,Murtindale. per diem, euch 35 00 70 00 C. W. Hanley, attendance on commissioners 4 00 211 R. AV. Marshall, rent of room for commissioners.... 800 227 Faris ft Martindale, per diem, euch 10 50. 2 1 00 C. W. Hanley, attendance on same 6 00 258 Faris and Martindale, per diem, each 28 56 00 C. W. Hanley, attendance on same..,, 16 00 283 Faris and Martindale, per diem, each 80 50 161 00 239 Faris and Martindale, per diem, each2l 42 00 291 Paris atnl Martindale, per diem, each 21 42 00 299 Faris, Martindale aud Jones, per diem, each 42 126 (10 32) Paris, per diem, 31 50, Martindale 31 50. Jones 7 70 00 C. W. Hundley, attendance on same.. 18 00 325 Paris, Martindale and Jones, per diem, each 17 50... 52 50 331 Same as above, 24 50 for 2. 1050 for one 59 50 345 Furis and Jones, per diem, each 42. Martiiiduie 38 50. 122 50 346 Furis, Murtiudnle and Jones, per diem, each 3 50.... 10 20 347 Murtindule and Jones, per diem, each 10 50 21 00 369 D. R. Jones, car fare to Chicago on ct. house mutters 3 95 373 Huiieck, Murtindule and Jones, per diem euch 14.... 42 00 376 Huiieck, Martindale and Jones, per diem, each 17 50 52 50 397 Huiieck, and Martindale, per diem, each 28, Jones. 24 50 80,59 412 Halleck und Jones, per diem, each 70. Martindale 66 206'00 451 Halleck, Martindale and Jones per diem. 31 50 94 50 493 Huiieck, per diem 91, Martindale 101 50, Jones 112. 304 50 499 Huiieck and Jones, per diem, each 35, Murtidule 31 50 101 50 531 N. J. Reed, sheriff, attendance on board 36 00 538 Halleck. Murtiudule and Jones, per diem. eachß7 50 262 50 549 Halleck. per diem 52 50. Martindaleuud Jones each 56 164 50 565 Halleck and Martindale. per diem each 35, Jones* 50 108 50 t 25 Halleck, Martindale and Wuymire, per diem, each 24 50 73 50 33 Halleck, Martindale and Wa.vmire, per diem, each 35 105 00 36 Halleck. Martindaie and Waymire. per diem, euch 10 50 31 50 38 Halleck, per diem, 3 50! Murtindule and Wuymire each 10 50 24 50 44 N. J. Reed, attendance Commissioners' court 18 25 46 Halleck, Martindale und Waymire, per diec each 42 126 00 66 Halleck, Martindele and Waymire, per diem, euch 21 63 00 81 Halleck. Martindale and Waymire. per diem, each 21 63 00 83 Hulleck,MartinduleandWuymire,perdiem,each3so 10 50 $ 3,251 78 Of the above Martindale received 1.189.24; Halleck, SSS.oo: Waywire, $168.oo; Jones, $595.45; Faris, $535.24. rtiscellaneous Expenditures. *192 H. B. Murray, cash paid out on matters pertaining to new court house 26 50 209 Archer printing Co., copies of specifications 62 10 255 J. W. McEwen, printing 18 00 261 L. W. Henkle et al, labor moving county offices... 59 75 263 J. AJ. Healy et al. right-of-way ct. house sewer .. 75 00 264 Robt. Platt et al labor moving county offices 22 75 I. Saylor moving and repairing clerk's office 179 10 W. N. Jones, auct. county property 1 00 286 W. T. Perkins, on well, 100 00 287 E. C. Owens, papering clerk’s office 4 85 288 J. H. Jessen. part on ct, house sewer 200 00 290 H. B. Murray, making copies ct. house contract.... 3 00 L. W. Hamilton, same 2 00 295 Frauk Morlan, painting clerk's office 75 296 W. H. Coover, expense moving clerk's office 32 50 300 Geo. L. Morgan, work on old ct. house 75 Earl Sayler et al work on court house sewers 3 25 J. E. Alter, et al work on ct. house levels 12 00 Ira Reinhart, cement work clerk's office 35 54 Geo. E. Marshall, printing for new ct. house 32 50 308 J. E. Alter et al work 011 new ct house and sewer.. 46 15 310 T. J. Joiner, lumber for clerk’s office 50 Jerry Huley, right of way for sewer 5 00 W. B. Burford, printing bonds 55 00 319 C. C. Starr, rent for clerk’s office 16 67 Donnelly Bros, doors aud screens.... 7 50 320 A. Woodworth, moving safes, etc, 26 50 E. Clinger, hauling forct. house 2 50 324 A. T. North, expenses examiu’g stone 60 00 326 J. H. Jessen. balance on sewer 835 23 332 Sam Scott, hauling gravel ct house sewer 7 00 334 W. Collins, hauling gravel ct house 2 50. 349 C, W. Hanley, rent of house for sheriff 70 00 353 I. O. O. F. Lodge, rent of room for circuit court... 50 00 358 A. Woodworth, moving safe treasury office 1 00 361 AV. K. C., use of hall for jury room 10 00 369 J. J. Hunt, moving aud arranging record office ... 5 00 369 H. B. Murray, car fare to Chicago on new ct house mutters , 7 95 370 G. A. R. post, rent of room for use of court 15 00 382 N. J. Reed, sheriff, house rent 52 00 I. O. O. F, lodge rent for court room aud offices.... 156 4 ) 391 AV. H. Eger, merchandise ct. house sewer 95 393 T. J. Joiner, work on clerks office 2 00 427 I. O. O. F. lodge, rent court room und offices 92 25 431 G. A. R. post, rent of hall for jury room 30 25 432 N. J. Reed, sheriff, house rent 30 25 439 Commercial State Bank, interest on temporury loun 320 25 410 J. R. Phillips, rent county assessor's office 8 25 460 AA\ Burford. court 1 house bonds 45 00 485 W. E. Humphries ft Co., extras on slate roof 1.000 25 490 A. AA\ Stevens, extras electric wiring.... 558.25 495 AV. H. Roney, work on court house 70 25 495 M. L. Hemphill, rep. clerk's office 2 75 499 W. E. Humphries, ins. on extra work on roof 500 25 514 N. J. Reed, sheriff, house rent 30 25 Johnston Temperature Controlling Co. on Regulator aed Bell 500 00 517 L. A. Bostwiek. work on sewer 1 25 A. AVoodwortli. moving safe 1 75 534 AV. H. Roney, flag pole 337 75 Kendall A Winn. extra work on court house 200 00 538 W. E. Humjjhries ft Co. extras on court house 620 25 516 Kendull &AA inn. extras 011 court house 95 25 551 Thompson. Sigler * Suyler. grading ct. house yard.. 1.905 25 fl Thompson, Sigler ft Sayler. grading ct. house yard.. 1.200 25 7 I. O. <l. F. lodge, rent court room and offices 71 25 Henry Taylor Lumber Co., extra work on ct. house 48125 8 N. J. Reed, sheriff, house rent 30 25 IS Thompson, Sigler ft Sayler, work on ct. house yard 850 25 23 A’ietor Safe ft Lock Co., shutters and doors 1,195 00 26 Conant Furniture Co., on furniture contract 1.042 25 28 AV. G. -Andrews, bill for frescoeiug 2.450 25 80 Fenton Metallic Fur niture Co., on ct. house furniture 1.500 25 38 Clias. Platt. O. M., hall rent“for jury room 1525 43 Fenton Metallic Furniture Co„ balance for Metallic furniture 5,500 25 44 A. T. Perkins, plumbing 6 25 45 I. O. O. F. lodge, rent court room and offices 142 25 49 Burlington Venetian Blind Co., blinds for ct. hse... 392 50 51 N. J. Reed, sheriff, house rent 3025 J. R. Phillips, office rent 9 75 Coen ft Brady, coal for court house ' 144 25 53 J. AA'. Paxton ft Co., lumber for new ct. house 30 88 W. H. Coover, moving clerk’s office 15 25 A. G. Henderson, merojmhdise 4 02 63 E. Baggot. bill for electric fixtures 2.21100 A. T. Perkins, work on new ot. house, per contract 140 25 64 Conant Furniture Co., furniture 5,653 25 Conant Furniture Co., extra labor 400 25 65 H. B. Murray, moving into new court house 13 00 Anna Robinson, work, same 1 25 John S. Ramey, watching new court house 18.25 O. Tharp, work, moving 1 25 E. J. Kays, work oh new court house 23 85 Landu McGee, moving 125 Joseph Hordeman, work on new court house 7 25 Lewis Stone, surne 20 95 Andrew Larsen, same 21 40 E. Hopkins, same 21 63 72 S. S. Robinson, helping auditor move 2 25 H. B. Murruy, moving 0ffice........ 30 00 E. M. Purcels, cleaning sewer 15 25 Ernest Middleton, work on new 1 court house 2 50 96 A. F. Long, merchandise fox new court house 24 07 F. B. Meyer, same 1188 78 AV. J. Miller, painting on new court house 5 75 AA T . J.Miller, work on sume 33 15 78 A. T. Perkins, plumbing 25 95 79 J. C. Gwinu, exp. new cenrt house bonds il 40 AV. H. Coover, expenses moving office 20 40 E. Baggot, merchandise for new court h0u5e........ 25 00 E. J. Kays, work on new court house 32 25 AV. S. Parks, moving County Superintendent 1 50 A. AVoodworth. moving safes : 65 25 J. AV. Blatchford, wiring for electric lights 24 00 A. Leoitoid, rent Co. Snpt., 29 25 92 B. F. Higgs Pump Co., work ou new ct. house 13 50 93 Thompson, Sigler ft Sayler. part bill on ct. house coping..,. - 800 25 95 I. O. O. F. lodge, rent court room 7 25 A. Leoiiold, rent for room for metallic furniture... 18 25 N. Warner * Sons. mch. for new ct. house 51 13 96 Johnston Temperature Controlling Co., heating system... 1 ' - 1,050 25 King * Chestnut, work on new court house 83 50 E. ST Kays, work on new ct. h0u5e...... 1 05 R. AV. Spriggs, work and material... . .. 2 10 Donnelly Bros., same 13 25 97 N. J. Reed, sheriff, house rent 20 25 J. AV. Paxton ft Co., merchandise for new ct. house 98 03 120 Fred WuymiYe, freight pd. ou acct. new ct. house. . 1 77 Chestnut A King, screens . 63 55 City of Rensselaer, electrical supplies , 119 81 122 King ft Chestnut, screen doors and window's 6600 Hiram Day, cement...! 66 91 King ft Chestnut, work on court room 4 25 AV. J. Miller, work on new court house 61 20 *258 O. Tharp and others, work on court house yard.... 92 41 til Geo. Robinson, jr., and others, cleaning new court house.... 95 75 $ 351425 51 In compiling the above figures we have been careful to include nothing but those items which properly belong to the cost of the court h ouss or arose out of the building of same, The moving out

of the old building and thence back into the new structure, rents of office rooms, etc., whlleThenew building was in course of construction are properly items of expense directly chargeable to the c(»t of erecting the new court house, and we have included them in this list. The labor of comp'ling these figures has been considerable, as they extend over several hundred pages of record, and we have no doubt missed some items. There are also many entries, "work for county," "merchandise for new court house,” etc., which we are confident should be Included in this statement, but as we desired to make sure that nothing was included herein except actual expense directly chargeable to the new building, we have omitted them. At the regular session of the Commissioners of March, 1887, we find that Fraser & Isham were allowed SSO fbt “legal services,” Thompson & Bro., S3OO, and Stewart Bytes., ft Hammond $l6O. Just what part of this, or if all, Is chargeable to the new court house matters, we are unable to say, and have not jneiuded any part in this statement. The amounts paid the Commissioners, it will be noted, are all for special sessions on court house business, no regular sessions being included at all, and we will add. that many of the regular sessions were quite long and that much of the time of some of them was taken up in discussing—not cussing, bear in mind—new court house matters. The amount paid Grindle & Weatherhog. architects, and Heinzraan Bros., the contractors, is taken from the “official statement” as lately published, that part of said statement so far as we have seen being correct. There are still several thousand dollars to be paid od the yard and coping contract, and the following claims are entered as .“continued” on the record; Johnson Temperature Controlling Co., balance on tower clock, $1,800.25; Fenton Metallic Furniture Co., $183.25; lieiDzman Bros,, extras. $2,310,62; Grindle & Weatherhog, architects’ commission, $1,405,38, and W. G, Andrews & Co., bill of $81.85, making a total of $5,799.75. Claims amounting to several thousand dollars are entered as “dismissed.” and it is these no doubt, which the Journal refers to as the Commissioners refusing to pay until a judgment is secured in court, etc. Since the above was in type another special session has been held by the Commissioners, on Tuedsay, and $2,500 was allowed Thompson, Sigler & Sayler on the court house yard contract. As near as we can determine the cost of the building to the taxpayers l not including what might have been snown on the pages which have been cut from the record) will reach One Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars, when balance is paid on yard contract and bills now- entered ‘'continued” are settled. This lacks but a few thousand of being double the amount we were first told would l?e the cost of the building. * Record lo and page number. T Record 11 and page number.

Grave errors, injustice, wrongs of greater or less degree, arise from lack of knowledge of the truth, and more frequently from deception. The most infamous case on record of deception and injustice is the attempt to demonetize silver as a money of Anal redemption in the United States. There is no learned judge, skilled lawyer, or court of justice that is capable of reconciling the effort with the constitutional laws that govern the issue of money in this country. The people have been deceived, officials in power, chosen to administer justice under the laws, have ignored their sworn duty, and given aid to the scheme that has paralyzed industry, reduced property values one-half, and beggared millions. There is no authority of law, either specific or by inference, by which gold alone is made the Only money with which to discharge debts, either public or private. The effort to make it so is unconstitutional and a national calamity. Plain and ample information, facts, and truth, concerning this almost sue? cessful scheme to corner the wealth of the people, is now being printed in the Cincinnati Ehquirer, a newspaper which the combined power of money has failed to muzzle or buy. The Weekly Enquirer is only 75c. a year. address is Enquirer Company, Cincinnati, O.

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Advertised Letters. Mrs. W. H. Cooper, D. M. Davis, Miss Kattie Gillmore. Mr. Arthur Hall, E. R. Hutch usir, Mrs. Andy Hasel, Temple Merris, Mrs. James Washburn, Miss Thelma Thorn. Persons calling for any of the above letters in this list will please say they are advertised. G. M. Robinson, P. M. Marriage Licenses. Gotliib Baver to Elizabeth Walters. James T. Randle to Blanche Thomas. Dr. J. W. Horton, Graduate of the Haskell school of prosthetic denistry, is established in the new brick, first door west of post office. All operations performed according to the latest methods. . BST'Special attention given to the painless extraction of teeth by the use of gas and local anaesthetics. Real Estate Transfers, Sheriff Jasper County to Abraham Leopold and James R. Guild, Aug. 2,1898, Its 3 and 4 Rensselaer, Sheriff's Deed, 11,447.93 Washington S. Grant to James D. Babcock, Au* 29. 1898, pt e>, se 26-29-7, 8 acres W. D. $207.25. / Pliebe Ann Waterman et al. Am?. 19, 1898, uw nw 7-27-6. pt ne mr 7-27-6 q. c. d. sl. George W. Stew art to Lewis ,T. Lane. Mch. 23.1898. ett sw, wV4 se 32-28-6, W. D. 168 acres, $9,600. 1. I Estella G. Porttens to Mary A. Kirchieff, Aug. 24.1898, ne 17-31-5,160 acres. W, D. ssoo. August Hulscher to Wilhelm Hulscher. Aug. 24.1898. pt w‘/t nw 17-81-6, ne ne uud pt wV4 ne 18-31-6, W. D. SI,OOO. August Hulscher to tbdisa Gutherle, Aug'. 21, 1898, pt sw nw 17-31-6. W. D. slo. James Lefler to Thomas B. McDonald. Aug. 25, 1898. eVi se, uw se, 80-29-5, eK se sw, 83-29-5. 140 acres. W. D. $5.200. David D. Nowles toChristopher L. Thomas, Aug. 24, 1898. It 20, bl 31. Rensselaer Weston add. W. D. sSoo. • 1

Some Plain Facts.