Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Try The Democrat for job printing. To-Night! Last appearance of the Earl Doty Co. The winter semester of the city schools closed yesterday. Advertising in The Democrat brings good results. Try it. F. B. Meyer is slaying ducks on the Kankakee again this week. Special Easter Sale of Gloves. Every style and shade, 75c to $1.50. Chicago Bargain Store. A handsome envelope, either square or oblong, for 5 cents per package at The Democrat office. Mark, and the Major had better cut their visit short at Jekyl Island and hustle back to Washington. The farmers are complaining about the grain and cattle markets. Judge Rabb will hold his first term of court in Benton county beginning the first Monday in April, being the 3rd day of the month. A petition was put in circulation, before the close of the legislature, to secure the two hundred names necessary to give Judge Rabb the extra SSOO. It was thought the Stillwell bill might be defeated but when that passed the petition was dropped as it was unnecessary. Under this bill Judge Rabb is paid the extra SSOO by the State and there is no “alimony.”—Benton Review.

The late legislature passed a law which provides that the road supervisors shall have charge of free gravel roads in their districts and shall employ persons living along or near the line, who shall work ten hours per day and receive $1.25 per day. This act had no emergency clause, but house act 596, providing for a minimum wage on all state, county, city or town public work of 15 cents per hour for unskilled labor did have an emergency clause attached, and therefore supercedes the wage clause in the former bill. All employes on public work can therefore demand $1.50 per day of ten hours’ labor

William E. Moore, better known as Squire Moore, and his good wife passed the 52d anniversary of their marriage last Saturday, They were married in Franklin, W r ayne county, Ind., and moved to this county 46 years ago. They are both Hoosiers, Mr. Moore being a native of Randolph county and Mrs. Moore a native of Wayne county. Seven children have been born to them and have all attained their majority, three sons and four daughters. There is also twenty-three grand-children and three great-grand-children, direct descendents of these worthy grand-parents. The Democrat extends to them its best wishes for their continued health and prosperity.

Representative James of Putnam county was a caller at the office of the attorney-general yesterday. He said in his county owners of several pieces of mortgaged property are deducting S7OO from each piece. As this is clearly against the law, the attorney-general informed Mr. James that the law allows one man to exempt but S7OO of mortgaged debt and he can choose which piece he wants the exemption made from. Mr. James says the auditor of Putnam county intends to enter all property for taxation and await an expected decision from the supreme court. If the law is upheld then the deductions will be made. Exception is taken to this as the law stands on the statute books and must be presumed to be in force until overthrown by the supreme court.— Indianapolis Sentinel.

Subscribe for The Democrat Easter Sale Ladies’ fine all new Tailor-made Suits and Capes. Chicago Bargain Store. HARRIAQE LICENSES. Hurford H. Jamison to Minnie M. Nichols, issued March 18. George M. Burk to Effie L. Cowden, issued March 22. Oliver Hancock to Anna Malchow, issued March 22.