Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

We want new correspondents at Wheatfieid and Dommlleat once, and desire oar readers at those points to assist ns in securing The Democrat is rend by more farmers than any other paper published in Jasper county. Kemare ber this when getting your sale bills struck, and crime to this office for having the work dune. A free notice in The Democrat with each set of bills.

Elisha EL Rockwood, a former resident of Carpenter tp, died at his home in Good land on Thursday evening of last week, aged 65 years. He leaves a wife and six children—Ben, John, Mia. Geo. Fox, Bell, Ray and Arthur. Mr. Rockwood suffered a stroke of paralysis about a year ago and has been in very poor health since that time. He was at one time a democratic member of the boarded commissioners of Jasper county, and made an excellent officer. The Wheatfieid Telephone man says it is a mistake about his contemplating issuing a new daily from the Barnacle shopt, but adds that he had been '“solicited” to start a daily to be issued from The Democrat office. That the wild and wooly editor aforesaid has been figuring on the daily paper proposition to be issued from the Barnacle shop and has had several talks with the campaign fund collector on the subject, is a well known fact. But as for his being “solicited” to start a democratic daily from this office, he no doubt refers to his approaching the editor and soliciting a job at the cane, stating that picking was becoming too poor at Wheatfieid. The Democrat has had no thought of issuing a daily, and as for listening to the appeal of the Wheatfield gentleman for a job at the case, the appeal' was promptly tabled. There is no prospective opening for a freak journalistic typo in this office at present.

All kinds of ditch surveying promptly attended to, at reasonable rates. Orders may be left at The Democrat office. John H. Jessex.