Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Monticello Herald: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Phegley, Jan. 6, a son. The Gillam tp., gravel road contract has been let to John Hack of Lowell, for $6,500. About 4 inches of “the beautiful’’ fell Thursday night and yesterday morning. The Lyda trial will cost Benton county more than $4,000. White county’s bill was about $1,600. E. L. Bruce has purchased the old O'Meara farm, south of town. Mr. Dalton, the present occupant, will move back to Illinois. J. H. Prey, who left his large family here about a year ago to become a charge upon the county, was in town a few days ago. We are not advised as to where he is holding forth at present. Smith Newell of Barkley tp., has bought property of W. B. Austin in the east part of town, and will move here soon. Mr. Newell is a good democrat and of course a good citizen, and we are pleased to welcome all such to Rensselaer.

From Tuesday’s Frankfort Crescent we clip the following mention of a former well known Remington grain and hay dealer: “J. 8. Barnes, the grain broker, located in the Ross block, today purchased 31,000 bushels of corn and oats, the consignment going to Southwork & Co. of Toledo.”

John Carr of the Fowler Leader, was the maddest man in Indiana when he heard of the acquittal of Mrs. Lyda and Starr Cox last Sunday, John had tried them both and found them guilty long ago, and was merely waiting for the courts to affirm his decision ere springing the trap that would send their souls into eternity. Too had. John. Try and hang some one next time that you have a case against.

Laura Michaels residing southeast of town, sent one of her children out to the well a few luoi'nings ago for a bucket of water, but, instead of pumping up water, about a gallon or two of thick, black oil was brought up. The well is only about 40 feet in depth, and has been drilled several ve-'”s. This is the first time it has taken such an “oily spell” although showing indications of oil. The i o oirniiqj. f 0 that in the Gillam field.

By referring to the commissioners’ court proceedings in another column, it will be seen that the board acted on The Democrat’s advise of last week and dismissed the claim of $39.20 for meals for election boards in Marion tp., which claim had previously been presented and acted upon by the board, and therefore had no business upon the docket and could not be again taken up. It is interesting to note that The Democrat was the only paper to call attention to this matter. T Mayor E ger, Councilman Spitler, and C. 8. Chamberlain, superintendent of the city light plant, went to Chicago Wednesday to see about a new incandescent dynamo. They made a selection of one of 2,400 light capacity, to cost about eleven hundred dollars. The deal was not closed, however, matter will come up before the council at its next meeting in the form of a proposition from the electrical supply company for installing the dynamo selected by the committee. X Saturday was a fine day. The roads were as smooth as a floor and there was an immense crowd of people in town. All the merchants in town had a good trade on account of this. What brought so many people to town Saturday? The question is .answered in two words —good roads. This leads us to reflect how much better it would have been for Rensselaer and the people outside of it if we had voted a tax of S3I,MX) for improving the roads of the township instead of donating .this amount toward the building of a railroad which "an never bo one-fourth the L. to the town and the people that the improved roads would be. Subscribe for The Democrat.