Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Simon Leopold and daughter were over from Kentland to spend Sunday with the old folks. Why don’t you make your expenses for the Fourth by saving 30 per cent, on all purchases at the Daylight? Under the readjustment of postoffice salaries in Indiana, Rensselaer will be $1,700; Remington, $1,400; Goodland, $1,500; Monon, $1,200. The petition for railroad election in Jordan tn., containing 44 names, was filed Tuesday and acted upon, we understand, at once by a special session of the commissioners—or a part of the board. The election is to be held at the same time as the other elections, July 17. The petitioners require a depot to be located within J mile of the center of 24-28-7.

It is reported that Barkley tp., railroad petitioners were promised free passes over the road to induce them to sign the petition, while one prominent man who was “forninst” the road was “seen” and promised any building lot he might select along the route through Gifford’s lands if he would get out and work for it, and that he is now in favor of voting the tax.

Judge Thompson rendered his decision in the Sheffer damage case last Saturday, giving judgement to the railroad company on the interrogatories. He held in substance that the deceased did not use proper caution in approaching the crossing where he was killed, that he should have dismounted and approached the crossing on foot, and that his death was the result of his own carelessness. The Blotsky damage case was continued to the next term.

The railroad elections in the various townships to vote a subsidy for Gifford’s grapevine route will not be unanimous for it by any means. In Barkley and Jordan townships, it is said the proposition will be defeated, but in Marion and Carpenter it is thought enough town people will vote for the project to carry the election in those townships. There are a number who signed the petitions who will vote against the tax, we are informed, by people in a position to know*.

We neglected in our report of state convention some matters of local interest. The delegates selected from this congressional district to the national convention, were Daniel W. Simms of Lafayette, and Martin T. Krueger of Michigan City; alternates, L. T. Kent of Brookston, and Cleremont Rider of Newton county. National elector, Patrick Keefe of Kentland; contingent elector, Ira W. Yeoman of Remington. C. D. Nowels of this city was on the credentials committee.

It was not our purpose just at this time to devote any particular attention to the democratic candidates for county office, and our excuse for mentioning W. H. Beam, the candidate for sheriff, at this time is because we are informed that the opposition is using the argument that “he has a good position and don’t need the office. They forget that his opponent has had a “good thing” for about ten years at the poor farm, and that the cost the taxpayers lots of money, even though he may not have saved any great amount of it.

The notorious Iroquois ditch case, to collect about $3,500 alleged to be due the county from the petitioners for costs advanced, was closed Thursday afternoon and Judge Palmer will announce his decision sometime within the next sixty days. The matter is one that should have been adjusted years ago, but by dilatory tactics it has been allowed to run along without action by the county. The latter some two years ago entered into contract with Hanley & Hunt to collect the costs in this and the Wakarusa ditch case for S7OO. The whole thing is but another piece of bad management on the part of our county officials, and one that will cost the people dearly before it is ended, as it is sure to go to the supreme court.