Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices) : Wheat 65; com 33; oats 23; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 26|; oats 22; rye 45. When you come in to pay your taxes, take one of the dollars saved this year and drop in and subscribe for The Democrat, the paper that was the means of saving it for you. J. M. Troxell, Justice of the Peace, is located opposite the court house, first door east of Commerical Bank. Deeds, mortgages and other legal papers drawn and acknowledged as well as all other business applying to this office, including collections. The Pulaski County saw-filer is still in town, ready for any work that may come in. Buck-saws, 15c; Hand and meat-saws, 20c; Crosscuts, 40c. Last year we filed 211 saws, and each was satisfactory. Look out for sign, in the East part of town. J. H. Hoover.

■’ The last scoopful of dirt was hoisted Thursday of last week by by the machinery used in excavating the McKillip drain and the boat which carried the outfit haveing run back a mile to be torn down and loaded on wagons at a road crossing .the dam was blown out with dynamite Tuesday and a flood of back water from the sluggish Blue Sea was sent surging down the little Monon, into which the drain empties.,/ The point nt Which the drain 1 enters the creek is about four miles southwest of town. The drain is eight miles long, st arting on the Dobbins farm in the extreme southwest part of the township and running almost straight east. The specifications call for the drain to be from 17 to 36 feet wide and 7 feet deep on an average, but at several points where Contracter Hack encountered deep cuts through sand ridge the excavation is about 50 feet in width. There is ample fall to insure goodjdrainage and much hitherto worthless land is expected to be reclaimed. The cost is $8,742. Mr. Hack is loading the machinery here this week preparatory to shipping it home to Lowell. —Monon News.

’ William Foster, one of Newton county’s oldest and best known pioneers, died at his home in Goodland on Thursday evening of last week, aged 88 years. He was down town as usual during the day and in the evening about 6 o’clock sat down to read his paper. Soon his daughter, Hortense, who was also reading, happend to glance toward the old gentelman and she saw that the death messenger had silently stolen in and carried his spirit away. Mr. Foster was born in New York in 1813 and came to Indiana in 1852, settling at Lafayette. He was connected with the building of numerous railroads, including the Logansport division of the Panhandle and the Brazil branch of the C. &E. 1., (then known as the Chicago and Great Southern.) In 1861 he with his brother Timo’thy Foster, purchased a large tract of land about the present town of Goodland and laid out and platted that town, where he has resided for forty years or more. /(At one time he was possessed of considerable money and controled a large amount of property, but litigation and the failure of numerous of his investments left him without means, and for several years he had been practically a public charge. Mr. Foster was a man of giant intellect and his life has been an active one. While many of his schemes were visionary, he had great faith in them and was always looking forward to promote some great enterprise. In the general order of things he should have acquired great wealth, but his schemes failed to bring about the usual reward. The fact that during the latter part of his life he had no means to promote anything of the sort left him with only the enjoyment of talking about them, which ho did to the very last. “Requiescat in pace.” “Grip rubbed me of my sleep and I was nearly crazy with neuralgia and headache. Dr. Miles’ pain pills and Nervine cured me.” Mrs. Pearl Bush, Holland, Mich.