Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1899 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Beware of the men whj aie always trying to defend the scoundrels who are fattening on public plunder. A close inspection will generally reveal the fact that they are shariag ia the booty.—Hebron News. What will be the next move of the ring to “down” The Democrat? The Indianapolis city election occurs next Tuesday. Indications are that Taggart will be reelected mayor by an increased majority. Six voting machines will be used in as many precincts at the Indianapolis city election next Tuesday. The experiment will no doubt be most satisfactory. The expert examination of the books of Blackford county officers him been completed. Treasurer Rawlings, according to the report, has S4O coming to him. The report also showed that ex-Clerk Caldwell is short over $2,700. The shortage of ex-Sheriff Covault is said to be about SBOO in two terms, and another ex-sheriff S4OO in one term. “The fiscal year for the formation of corporations ended to-day at noon,” says a special dispatch from Trenton, N. J., dated Sept. 30, to the Chicago Inter Ocean, the great republican organ of the West, “and the report of the secretary of state shows that there were 1,944 companies chartered during the twelve months. The capital stocks which these concerns were authorized to issue amounted to $3,500,000,000.” A few days ago Gov. Pingree of Michigan, in an interview, predicted the overwhelming defeat of his party in the next national campaign. He said, among other things: “The republican party committed as it is to trusts, imr‘rialism and the Philippine war, can see nothing for it but an overwhelming defeat and the election of a democratic president and house of representatives.”

During the month of September, 1898, there were placed on record in the recorder’s office of Jasper county, 28 real estate mortgages, aggregating $26,363.04; 59 chattle mortgages, aggregating $38,258.91; 4 mechanics leins. aggregating $144,23; a grand total of $64,759.18. During the same period this year, 31 real estate mortgages, aggregating $25,152; 73 chattel mortgages, aggregating $31,517.16; 4 mechanics' leins, aggregating $625; a total of $56,295.16, were placed on record. “Vanderbilt's income,” the Logansport Pharos says, “was $16.50 per minute on the day of his death, and it had averaged sls per minute for several years. It is now discovered that all he got out of his income was some food, wearing apparel, and a good bed. He perhaps enjoyed less happiness than the man who by his daily toil earned two dollars for ten hours’ work, possessed a good i suit of Sunday clothes, slept in a ; clean bed prepared by a dutiful j helpmate, and spent his leisure | hours at home surrounded by happy, prattling children.” Four years ago the Chicago aud' Eastern Illinois Railroad and the | Indiana Coal Road were consoli- j dated and a representative of the j company appeared at the Secre-; tarv of State’s office with the articles of consolidation. When the Secretary got through figuring and tokl him that the state’s fee was $25,000 the company’s representative picked up the ’ articles and took them away. The state held that the handing of the articles of consolidation to the Secretary was filing under the law, and sued for the fee. Tuesday the supreme court finally disposed of the case, bedding in favor of the state, and giving a judgement for the fee and