Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The appellate court has decided that the determination when an honorably discharged soldier shall be buried at the township’s expense, is left to the trustee, and even when his refusal to bury such a person is a violation of his official duty, a person who buries him without employment by the trustee cannot compel the county to pay the funeral expenses. Also, an undertaker cannot enforce payment by the county of the burial expenses of a pauper whom he was not employed to bury by the township trustee. In the past soldiers have been buried in Jasper county at public expense who have left estates worth ten to fifteen thousand dollars. This is clearly not the intent or letter of the law covering the burial of exsoldiers, and they should only be buried at public expense when private burial would be a hardship upon the family of deceased, as the law provides. / Albert Webb, a young man 23 years of age, who was going with a hay-pressing crew at Kniman, died suddenly Thursday night at that place from heart disease. The young man had attended a party and taken a young lady home from the party, left her at the door and turned to go to his boarding house. He had a lantern itr his hand and when he reached the street started on a dead run across the street to John O’Connor’s and called for help. Mr. O’Conner got up as soon as possible but before he reached the door the man called again: “For God’s sake, help me ! I’m dying.’’ When Mr. O’Connor got outside he found the man lying on the ground, choking, and his face covered with foam. Dr. Jones was immediatly summoned but the unfortunate man died before his arrival. The doctor pronounced his death due to heart disease. The remains were taken to the deceased’s home at Cropsy, 111., yesterday for burial.

An advertising scheme is reported as being worked in various parts of the state which consists of r “law” book sailing under the head of “Law for the People,” “the Farmers Lawyer,” etc., interspersed with advertising matter. The pamphlet we understand, professes to contain a synopsis of the statutes in general use in Indiana, and the scheme consists in getting enough local advertising to make a good thing in putting out the work. It is then sold for a nominal sum or given away by some business man as a premium with goods that possess so little merit that they can usually be disposed of only by offering a premiuifl in connection therewith. As the last legislature appointed a committee to revise the statues, and the revision will be made soon; also, as our statutes are something like the “good book”—subject to so many different interpretations that we are obliged to hire men to explain them for us—it would seem that the “Farmers’ Lawyer” or whatever other title it may sail under, would be likely to get the farmer into more scrapes than it would help him out of. That is, of course, if he depends at all upon the “laws” as contained therein, while the advertising is of about as much benefit to the business men as though published in- a Greek almanac.

Methodist Church. To-night and Sunday morning the Presiding Elder, Dr. Samuel Beck, of Valparaiso, will preach. The quarterly conference will be held to-night (Saturday) after preaching,mid the quarterly communion in connection with the Sunday morning service. The pastor will preach Sunday night. All are invited. Hereford’s Per Sale. One Yearling Bull and two last spring's Bull Calves for sale; all thoroughbred stock. Jas. W. Pierce. HARRIAGE LICENSES. Oliver F. Hammond to Dora Wood, issued Jan. 5. D. J. Harris to Anna Ulm, issued Jan. 5. Calvin Junk to Laura Zimmerman, issued Jan. 9. Funeral cards at The Democrat office.