Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1898 — PROSPERITY ITEM. [ARTICLE]

PROSPERITY ITEM.

Hon. AY. L. Taylor in his speech here Wednesday night told his audience how prosperous they were I under th benificent Diugley bill and the AlcKinley administration. As October is generally conceded |tobe a month when people are paying off their obligations rather than contracting new ones, we decided to just how the people (of Jasper were prospering, and walked over to the county reeordr’s office to find onL During the first j six days of the present month (in- | eluding Sunday) there were placed on record 9 real estate mortgages aggregating $11,659.28 were placed on record; 10 chattel mortgages aggregating $7,584.33; 1 mechanics’ lein on Remington property for $35.08; 1 mechanics’ lein on Rensselaer property for $28.56. making a total of $19,307.24, or an average of almost $4,000 per day for the five working days. During the same period 4 releases aggregating $1,500 were recorded. Thus we had Jasper county people are paying off mortgages at the rate of S3OO per day ana giving them at the rate of $4,000 per day. Ring organs please copy.