Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Imperial Stock Co. will hold forth at Ellis’ opera house, all of next week. Both dramatic and vaudeville amusements. Charles A. Armstrong of Michi?an City, and Lillie Peregrine of 'efft, were married at the home of Supt. Hamilton last Monday morning. They will reside at Michigan City ’ J. H Hoover makes a specialty' of saw filing; hand or buck-saws, 15 cents each; crosscut, 35c. If you want a good job done, call on him. Corner of East Cedar and Rachel streets, east part of town. We have decided to continue our free Indianapolis Sentinel offer until Jan. 15,1900, to new subscribers only. After which date it will positively be withdrawn/ The old general offer of the Sentinel will be withdrawn after Monday Jan. 1, 1900.

Bro. Marshall wants the waterworks whistle sounded morning, noon and night, that the people of our city may know the hour to begin and to quit work, etc. What’s the matter with “Honest” Abe’s, $2,300 court house clock, Bro. Marshall? What’s the matter with the clock?

A fine literary and musical entertainment was given at the Odd Fellows’ hall Wednesday night, nnder the direction of the Iroquois Lodge, I. O. O, F. andD. of R., in honor of the one-half century membership of Jacob M. Troxell. An excellent supper was served after the entertainment.

The interior of the schoolhouse in Sec. 36, Colfax tp., Newton county, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night, supposedly the result of tramps stopping* in the building. Loss about S2OO, insured in C. B. Steward’s agency of this city. The school building was practically new, having been built in 1898. The jury in the case of the commissioners of Morgan county vs. ex-County Treasurer Langford returned a verdict in favor of the county last Tuesday. An investigation of the county records by experts revealed the fact thr.t Langford was one of the county officers who had made some “mistakes,” his amounting to $1,176. Another campaign lie nailed: The democrats have long rested under the ignomy of being denominated the “whiskey party” by their political opponents, yet here is the democratic district meeting called for Monon, a town without ; a solitary saloon in its borders, while the republican district meeting is to be held at Hammond, a town with 114 saloons! Those confounded republicans wijl Jry to steal our free silver and anti-trust planks next.

The court house clock evidently indulged in too inuclj Christmas eve cheer, for Monday morning it was taken with a dreadful spell of striking. At 6:30 it rattled off 14 strokes; at 7 o’clock, 11 strokes; 7:30 o’clock 12 strokes; 8 o’clock, 34 strokes; 9 o’clock, 13 strokes, and I stroke a little later; 9:30 o’clock, II strokes; 10 o’clock, 5 strokes, after which a straight-jacket was put on it and the proper hours were thereafter rung out, with an occasional bad break during the week. The clock is evidently mourning for its old friend, Tom. The Burt-Terry Stationery Co., should be given no contract for Jasper county’s books and stationery, no matter what price they offer to furnish the supplies for. About one year ago this firm put in a bid of $548 for furnishing such supplies for one year, and then, when their bid was accepted, refused to enter into a contract. Notwithstanding this, several hundred dollars worth of supplies— at least they were paid for them—were bought fiom this firm, during the year. Not a dollar of Jasper county’s money should be paid to any such people as the Burt-Terry Co., have shown themselves to be. The taxpayers of Jasper county have been robbed long enough on books and stationery. Let the commissioners readvertise and get bids in from other states if. there is no other way of securing honest competition in this work.