Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

To-day’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 35; oats 23; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were: wheat 60; corn 30; oats 26|; rye 45. Owing to Gifford’s objections to the petitions which had been circulated for calling an election to vote aid in securing his road, the same were not presented to the commissioners at their May meeting. - The democrats have held all their township conventions in this county now except Gillam and Kankakee, and no better set.,, of candidates were ever before placed before the people—there’s not a black sheep among ’em. For some months a bill of a metallic furniture company, amounting tos37s^,has been continued from teim to term by the county com missioners. This bill purports to be supplies for the court house. Will some one please tell the taxpayers of Jasper county just what this bill is for and who took the authority to order the “supplies” for which it purports to have been filed for? The Chicago & Wabash Valley Ry., (Giffords road) was incorporated last week. The line is to be 54 miles in length, extending from Gifford in this county, to Templeton in Benton county. ’ The capital stlfek is SIOO,OOO of which B. J. Gifford holds 986 of the 1,000 shares. The incorporators are B. J. Gifford James E. Jones, Hadan M. Stowe, Charles D. Henry, John B. Reed, Will C. Schnider and Charles Campbell, all of Kankakee, 111. Joseph Callow, di?d at his residence on South Weston street Sunday afternoon, after an illness of some time, aged about 90| j’ears. Deceased was born in London, England, and served for many years in the British navy. He came j with his family to America in 18481 and in 1852 located at Lafayette.! Ind., and resided there up to ten years ago, when he moved to Rensselaer, where he had since resided. Several children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Callow, but only three survive—Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds and Mrs. Mattie Bernard of this city and John Callow of East St. Louis. His aged wife also survives him. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the residence, conducted by Rev. Middleton of the M. E. church, and interment made in Weston cemetery. A republican politician of Rensselaer was making his way to the Barnacle office Tuesday evening when he was confronted near the door of the sanctum sanctorum by one of the “editor’s” Jerseys, who no doubt thought the r. p. wanted to collect the pay for a couple of loads of clover hay which the aforesaid jersey had assisted in getting away with some years ago and for which the cow-punch-er of the Barnacle had neglected to pay the old democratic farmer who hauled it in. The dignified r. p. insisted that he merely wanted to leave a little patronage for Jor the cow-puncher, and swung his arms menacingly in his efforts to shoo the cow away. But the Jersey bad no doubt been fooled like that before by some persistent caller and refused to budge until the cow-puncher appeared and assured her that “this gentleman is all right,” when she calmly resumed her occupation of cropping grass and the politician entered into the innermost temple of the cow-puncher’s editorial domain. The 2 cent calico sale was appreciated as we gave you the best and no shoddy. Chicago Bargain Store.