Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Lilia Boggs returned to her home in Michigan, Wednesday, after several months visit with Mrs*. Martha Donnelly. Ices and cake will be served in the room on Liberal Comer on the p. m., of Decoration day, May 30, by the ladies of the M. E. church. At last accounts Ephriam Fleming, of south of town, was not expected to live but a very short time, in fact he might die at any moment. There is talk again of organizing a commercial club here. These organizations are all right where the chief moguls haven’t private axes to grind. The Monticello high school will hold its commencement exercises next Friday eveningat the opera house in that city. The class consists of 17 graduates.

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; com 30; oats 26|; rye 45. While feeding a job press in the Journal office Wednesday afternoon, Miss Mary Weathers got her right band caught in the impression and the ends of three or four fingers were badly mashed and may require amputation. The accident will lay her up for some time. Remember, The Democrat gets out the finest wedding and at home cards ever seen in Jasper county. Our handsome plate script type enables us to print cards that look almost as well as the engraved, and at about one-fourth the cost. Call and see samples when in want of anything in this line. Two car loads of telephone poles for the Halleck Telephone Co., were unloaded here this week, and the work of extending the Halleck lines west to a point south of Mt. Ayr, thence to Brook, where they will connect with the McCray lines to Kentland, will be pushed torus rapidly as possible. A branch line will be run north to Mt. Ayr, from a point south of that place, -instead of running the main line directly through the town. The team of horses advertised for in last Saturday’s Democrat wore recovered by Mr. Ballinger Tuesday. They were taken up by James Rodgers, 4 miles south of town. Mr. Rogers saw the notice in The Democrat and came in Monday and reported to us, and the owner was at once notified. Moral: If you want results, place your advertisements in The Democrat, a paper that is read by more people in .Jasper county than any other published in the county. Of the Jasper county cases now pending in the White circuit court the cases of Heinzman Bros., and that of W. B. Burford vs the commissioners of this county were passed over at this term of court. The case of the Jasper County Telephone Co., vs the treasurer of this county, and the case of Huston vs Fatka are set for trial next Monday. The state case of the Mays vs Jacob Dluzack, the old, threadbare corn-stealing case, went to trial on Wednesday of last week and has since been grinding. Owing to one of the jurors being taken ill on Wednesday of this week the case was postponed to next Monday, when it is thought he will be able to resume his duties. An example of bow too much prosperity (?) will injure a town is evidenced by the present condition of Monon. Street and other improvements were piled upon the taxpayers’ backs, and then, to crown it all, a $20,000 school building was contracted for. The first story was erected and then the money gave out. Being- bonded to the limit no more funds could be raised and there the building stands, a monument to the shortsightedness of the town’s officials. Taxes are very high, and a reputable citizen of Monon informed us Monday that there were 73 empty houses in the town. . Improvements are all right, but they should come gradually, so as not to be a burden to people.