Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Capt. Guthrie at the opera house to-night. Fred Tharp of Monticello, spent Sunday in Rensselaer. The perfect crown system. Dr. Horton opposite court house. J. W. Powell of Washington, is here until after the election. The Chicago Bargain Store has eighteen competent clerks engaged for Rally Day, November Ist. The greatest line of overcoats ever known in Jasper count}' at the Chicago Department Store, opposite court house. Mr. and Mrs. William McNeilly of Fowler, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Walter, southeast of town. Bring in your feet and have them fit with the best shoes made at money-saving prices, November Ist, Rally Day at the Chicago Bargain Store. For Sale: 120 acres of good land, 1| miles southeast of town, that which has been known as the O’Meara farm. For information address D. N. Dalton, Gilman, 111.

White county has offered a reward of SSOO for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of Wm. Luce, the Monon man recently found dead in the Toad between Monon and Monticello, and whom the coroner found had been murdered. Herbert Barney, who claims his home at Danville, Hl., was arrested here Thursday evening, charged with stealing a horse, buggy, harness and several other articles all valued at about 895. He is now in in jail awaiting trial in the next term of circuit court. John Medicos, who has been in the employ of Hiram Day,.was quite severely hurt last Friday morning, I eing thrown from a wagon. during a runaway near Remington, receiving an ugly gash just below the left eye necessitating several stitches to be taken.

I. A. Leavel has sold his 80-acre farm northeast of town to B. J.Gifford, consideration §55 per acre, the same Mr. Leavel paid for the farm two years ago. Gifford’s grape-vine railroad is to run diagonally through the farm, hence Mr. Leavel’s desire to sell it. He has rented the farm of Gifford and will remain nnon it another year nt least.

The Prohibitionists will have speaking here to-day, afternoon and evening. Their candidate for governor, Hon. Chas. Eckhart, their candidate for congres from this district. Hon. C. W. Bone, and Rev. Faulk of Morocco, will speak. The Archibald Bros, quartette will also be present and enliven the meeting with singing. Everybody cordially invited.

The Barkley tp., taxpayers decided at their meeting last Friday to drop the matter of contesting the Gifford railroad election. While they were confident of proving that numerous illegal votes were cast, they reasoned that a man who would knowingly vote when he had no right to do so would swear to anything, and if all swore they voted against the tax it would of course not change the result. Besides, Gifford had said to them that if the tax failed he would nt once proceed to call another election and keep on calling elections until the tax carried.

Owing to reasons stated elsewhere Capt. Guthrie’s date for speaking at Wheatfield.this afternoon has been canceled and Hon. Mortimer Nye, of Laporte, and Hon. J. H. Smith of Logansport, will speak there instead. Both are excellent speakers and a grand How of oratory and wisdom may be expected. Owing to a misunderstanding regarding dates between Mr. Nye and the committee, the former did not speak at Wheatfield on Friday night of last week. His understanding was that he was to speak there to-day t the 27, instead of the 19th, and it has now been arranged for Messrs. Nye and Smith to speak to-day at 1:30 p.m. The muddle in the former date was disappointing to many people, and is deeply regretted.