Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1899 — COUNTY PROPERTY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COUNTY PROPERTY.

Inventory of «ko Property Owned By Jaepe' County, at the County Rim, Mtrfb l| lift. U Bed* and Bedding 2 Pininy Table* and dishes for lame.. 12 Chair* 1 Cooking Range and cooking uteri*'l 9 Heating Stove* 1 Large Cupboard or dish safe. 1 Kitchen Table 50 Quarts Canned Fruit [No estimate is made on [he value of the above property. Ed.] 2Mules ;..... $l5O 00 6 Milch Cows 4 180 00 40 Fat Steers 2 000 00 14 Fat Hogs 80 00 16 Brood Sows 200 00 50 Stock Hogs 150 00 100 Chickens 25 00 2,000 Bushels Oats 500 00 400 Bushels Corn 100 00 20 Tons Timothy Hay 100 00 10 Tons Oat Straw io 00 3% Sets Team Harness 35 00 2 Farm Wagons so 00 3 Breaking Plows 30 00 2 Cultivators 20 00 1 Planter and Wire ... 25 00 2 Harrows 20 00 1 Gopher Corn Plow 10 00 1 Peering Binder (used 7 years) 25 00 1 Peering Mower (worthless)..... 18-Foot Disk 10 00 1 Spading Harrow. 5 00 1 Hand Seeder. , l 00 1 End-gate Seeder 5 00 4 Fanning Mill 10 00 1 Grind Stone 2 00 1 Saussge Grinder 2 00 1 Lord Press ; 3 00 1 Post-hole Digger 1 00 2 Scoop Shovels i oo 6 Forks 2 00 1 Hay Derrick, fork, rope, etc 15 00 1 Barn Shovel l 00 1 Pair Hay Ladders 3 00 1 Single Shovel Plow 2 OO 1 Double Shovel Plow 100 160-Gallon Oil Tank and Pump 5 00 3 Saws—hand, meat and crosscut 4 50 1 Spading Fork, 2 Hoes, Tile Spade, 3 Axes, Post Maul 3 00 130-Gallon Iron Kettle 2 00 Total... $3,788.50 The county farm inventory in neighboring counties is published, but this we believe is never done in Jasper, and the above report while more complete than any heretofore made, that we have seen of record, is less so than those of our neighbors. We publish the inventory as a matter of information to the tax-payers of the countv, who should be interested in all that pertains to county affairs. The showing made is not a very good one, compared with other near by counties and taking into consideration the fact that our farm is one-third larger than those whose reports we have seen. Of the stock mentioned in the above inventory comparatively little was raised upon the farm, over $2,100 having been paid out for stock there in the past few months. This includes the $l5O paid for a span of mules, the only thing owned by the county in the shape of “horse flesh” with which to farm a 278-acre farm. The above inventory is made by the poor farm superintendent. In the other counties referred to the estimated value of the farm itself, with improvements, was made, but this was not done here. However, we will say that our farm contains 278 J acres (auditor’s statement) and would probably be considered worth at least SSO per acre for farming purposes, but it is a worse sink-hole for Jasper county than the celebrated Burk’s bridge.

Frank. B. Meyer will take charge of his new office this morning, and has declared his intention of giving np his office of councilman. It is a little difficult to determine at present whether the joke is on the city or on the more numerous postoffice constituency. The Democrat, however, does not desire the rumor to gain credence that we will have a democratic postmaster, after All Fools day, and in this connection will say that a few more such democrats (?) can be spared to the republican party without detriment to the democracy of Jasper county. Mr. Meyer has fared well since changing his political oomplection, having held office almost continuously; and has made more noise, considering his sice, and said less, than any other man this side of—the Kankakee river. According to a well known oouncilman his whole. official career ■might be likened to his experience on the last hunting trip to that famous resort.

Miss St. George Hussey in her new three-act comedy “Mrs. B. O’Shaughnessey (Wash Lady)” has proven one of the emphatic hits of the season East. Manager Ellis has secured the attraction tor next Monday eve. at the ElUs Opera House. The skit was especially written for the star by the clever authoress, Miss Edith Ellis Baker. It tells a story of the rise from poverty to affluence by a hard working Irish lady, shows the effect that sudden prosperity has upon the wash lady and her three daughters, which enables the authoress to construct all kinds of ludicrous complications. The com-r edy is replete with the latest Celtic, rag-time and operatic songs, introducing many new and delightful dances, a carefully selected number of high-grade Specialty artists and a company of capable ladies and gentlemen that complete an organization that is bound to win the approbation of the theatregoing public. This will be Miss Hussey’s only appearence in Rensselaer this season.

Act Casey! Yere a lonely Man and i'm a timid little Widdy.