Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mary Jacks, the daughter of Wra. Jacks, living near Sharon, is very low with typhoid fever. The Democrat wants a regular correspondent in every village arid hamlet in Jasper county, not already represented. The Rensselaer football team went yesterday to Delphi to engage in a game with the Mulberry team. Quite a number of rooters accQmpanied them. For Sale: «. 120 acres of good land, miles southeast of town, that which has been known as the O’Meara farm. For information address D. N. Dalton, Gilman, 111. The Francesville Tribune came out this week enlarged to a 6column quarto. Bro. Knotts is giving the people of Francesville a good paper and we are pleased to see by this evidence of prosperity that his efforts are appreciated. Benjamin Grant died suddenly of appoplexy, Saturday night at the home of his father, J. W. Grant, west of town, aged 48 years. He was found dead in his chair. Deceased was a brother of T. W. Grant, the Rose Lawn lumber dealer. All the new democratic trustees’ bonds were in and accepted by Thursday. They are a good looking, intelligent body of men and we believe will give a most satisfactory account of themselves to their constituency. The only proper way to conduct any office is to obey the law laid down for the guidance of the officer, both in letter and spirit, and we believe these men will each and every one do this.

At the next general election Marion tp., will have five voting precincts. The law provides that whenever the vote' of any one precinct exceeds 250, another precinct shall bo formed. Precinct No. 2 in Marion polled about 290 votes at the late election, which necessitates the formation of an additional precinct. In arranging this it is likely that the lines of perhaps all the old precincts will be changed. Walker tp., failed to poll 250 votes, hence it will continue as a one-precinct townsb ip. Numerous complaints of errors of the printer in printing county and township ballots are reported throughout the state. It is gratifying to The Democrat that no complaint of any kind was made in Jasper county, as the tickets were all printed at this office. The nearly 28,000 local ballots printed, required a great many changes in form and names, and both the county and township ballots were longer than ever before used. The county ballot contained sixteen names in length, and some of the townships even more, while Carpenter had a full twenty. The counting nnd packing of the ballots, preparatory to turning over to the election commissioners, was another particular job, and the republican member of the board complimented us by saying that the ballots were in the best shape he had ever seen them, and be had served in like capacity a number of times. Frank O’Mera, our popular young engineer and breeder of through bred Poland China hogs, has succeeded in selling his great Srize winning herd boar, Royal [edium, for the highest price ever received for a single hog in Jasper county. Royal Medium has been in 17 class shows, winning 17 first prizes, including State Fair * and Sweepstakes prizes. The sale was made to Messers. E. B. Marshall & Son of Marion, Ind., who came here and personally inspected him. The price paid was $125 cash. This is what energy and straight business methods will do and is pothing more than many of our young men could do should they be so inclined. Good stock will always sell for a good price, and the above shows conclusively that our farmer friends should not be two discriminating when they are about to purchase a good animal. Don’t let a few dollars stand between you and a bargain. The best is always the cheapest.