Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1898 — We understand that the democratic [ARTICLE]

We understand that the democratic

cratic state central committee has consulted with a board of promi-* neflt attorneys, who, after investigation, decided that all appointees to the office of township trustee will hold over until the general election in 1900. Therefore there will be no trustees voted for at the coming election. Our band boys went to Grant. Park Thursday to take part in the band tournament at that place. They were awarded the 2d prize of SSO, Chicago Heights being given the Ist. There was consid- | erable dissatisfaction over the dei cision, nine-tenths of the people present being of the opinion that Rensselaer was fairly entitled to Ist. The band went from Grant Park to Delphi, where they entered, the contest at that place yesterday. The Democrat has contended, from the first that our new court house cost too much money, and the cuts of different court houses now being run in our columns, together with a statement of their cost, etc., is simply for comparison. While the architecture is somewhat different from our own, the fum—ishings, heating system, etc., etc.* of the court house at Eureka, 111., published last week, and at St. Joseph, Mich., in this issue, ars ! almost identically the same as Jas—- ! per county’s. The difference, however, in cost is about $75,000. Why should there be this difference ? . Beginning with Sunday morning Rev. H. M. Middleton will preach a series of sermons on successive Sunday mornings on “The Sermon on the Mount.” No other single portion of the Bible so fully and definitely portrays the principles of the gospel and of the Kingdom of God as , this. It is of paramount interest to all to understand it. We therefore especially invite all our citizens whom religious obligations do not call them elsewhere—particularly the men of our city who are not in the habit of attending church —to hear these sermons. The subject for Sunday night will be “Christ before Human Thought.” *