Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

It is money in your pocket to purchase your clothing at the Daylight, 30 per cent off. —— 1 car load fruit jars, 105 gross, 15,120 jars, just received. Chicago Department Store. The corn prospects about Rensselaer and south of here to Remington is said to be very poor for this season, owing to the large amount of rain lately. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheal 65; corn 38; oats 23; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 30; oats 24; rye, 45. John Goff of near Rose Lawn, was lodged in jail h?re Thursday from Newton county. He had some words with Mike Lawler Tuesday night and shot three times at the latter, but without effect. The trouble is said to have been started over a bottle of whiskey. B. F. Fendig and J. H. S. Ellis were in Chicago the first of the week securing attractions for the 4th. Mr. Fendig also purchased the fireworks for the night display, and the selection is said to be exceptionably fine, nothing but the best of everything having been purchased. Last Sunday evening, Perry Barnard, a painter at Flora, Carroll county, shot and killed his divorced wife and wounded his moth-er-in-law and his little daughter upon the streets of Flora, then made his escape. A rew’ard of SSOO is offered by Carroll county for the arrest of the murderer. The vote on county seat removal in Newton county last Tuesday resulted in Morocco receiving 1522 votes, while 1448 votes were recorded against removal. Sixtyfive per cent of the vote cast was required to change the location, therefore Morocco lost. Brook will be the next town to cross swords witli those opposing reA horse was stolen from the pasture of W. H. Snow, smile north of Blackford last Tuesday night. The thief stole a bridle from the stable of Mr. Hurley, the Blackford postmaster, and then went on to the pasture of Mr. Snow where he took his best horse. Telephone messages were sent right and left, and Thursday afternoon he received word that the animal had been found northeast of Demotte, to which point the thief had probably ridden it and then turned it loose. A horrible accident occurred near Crown Point Wednesday morning, on the new macadam road now building. A temporary track bad been laid along the line of road for hauling loaded cars. The engine jumped the track and upaet, .pinioning the fireman underneath. The engineer went to his rescue when a steam pipe burst and burned him so badly that the flesh dropped from the bones. Both men were finally rescued, but the fireman died on the way home, while the engineer lived only until about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The fireman’s name was Moses Livingston, and he was a brother of Mrs. A. C. Pancoast, living west of Rensselaer a few miles.

The Keener township gravel road muddle presents some disagreeable phases and the more the matter is looked into the dirtier the whole transaction appears. The action of the county in going ahead and paying out about one-half of the money when it was well known that there was no bond in existence, or, if in existence, no one knew what had become of it; then deposing the contractor and placing a superintendent in charge, to go ahead and hire men, buy gravel, etc., and complete the work; paying out practically all of the 20 per cent, reserve fund, price contrary to law, and still having over four miles of the road to construct and no money to construct it with; finally abandoning the construction of any more of the road, present some knotty problems ci law to the courts and make the muddle the more difficult to solve. No parallel case has over been decid <1 by the supreme or appellate courts, we understand.