Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Earle Doty Company at Opera House all next week. Wm. Cooper, of Union tp., was in the city yesterday. Advertised Letters: Levi Bettman, Mr. L. B. Rogan. Reduced prices on linen, one week only, Monday, March 13th, to Saturday, March 18th, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, and B. P. Hutchinson, the once famous wheat speculator, succumbed to the grim angel of Death Thursday. The commissioners have selected Edward G. Warren as superintendent of the Keener tp., gravel roads, under the new contract made with Mr. McGinnis last week. Mrs. Mollie Makus of Kniman, has applied for a divorce from her husband, Paul Makus, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment, etc. The parties were married in May 1897, and separated in January of this year. They have one child, a babe about one year old. Plaintiff also asks to have her maiden name, Heilscher, restored to her. John Bill of Jordan township, who with his family was recently poisoned from drinking hot whisky with what he supposed at the time was ginger, was in the city yesterday. He is still quite weak from the effects of the poison, and says he cannot account for the fact as at no time for years has he purchased anything of a poisonous nature. The special evangelistic meetings at the Methodist Episcopal church will begin Sunday, having been postponed this week because of the bad weather and roads. Evangelist Reed is expected to be here by Sunday, the 26th. The pastor will preach Sunday a. m. on “The Twofold Aspect of King David’s Prayer,” (Psalm 51.); and at night on “Out of Employment.” Everybody welcome. Bro. Marshall’s point-on crushed rock for street improvements being secured from the river bed here instead of shipping it in at exhorbitant prices compared with what the home article would cost, is well taken and The Democrat hopes to see his suggestion acted upon. It is certainly folly to pay for labor and freight for this material to outside parties when we can give the money paid for labor to our home laborers and save the item of freight altogether. Also, the advantages to be derived from lowering the river bed are apparent to all. Let’s import no more crushed rock for street or road improvements.

Why not add newspapers to your list of “municipal ownerships,” Bro. Marshall? A municipal edited newspaper would relieve you entirely of the painful, dangerous, and thankless job of occasionally criticising the actions or doings of members of your own party, and in that event it would have been unnecessary for you to go out of your way to throw stones at our good democratic friend John Eger, tor actions of which members of your own party were equally guilty. And then, too, the vulgar herd would get only such information as officers deemed good for them. However, the officers have very little ground for complaint with the Republican now on that score. For Sale:—Lots 5 and 6, block 13, Newton’s addition to Rensselaer. Enquire at Democrat office.