Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — JASPER COUNTY MAN IN LIST. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY MAN IN LIST.

Ellzur Sage, off Union Tp., Gets $25,000 By Will of Russell Sage. By the terms of the will of the late Russell Sage, the New York millionaire, Elizur Sage, a nephew, who resides on Di*. Moore’s farm in Union township, this county, is given $25,000. Mr. Sage resided in this county a few years ago, up in the Gifford distriot, coming here from near Channahon, 111. He later returned to Illinois, having been unsuccessful in farming on the Gifford muck lands, but last spring, we believe it was, he came back to Jasper county. He is a poor man and this $25,000 is a fortune {o him. Newspaper reports state that the entire estate of the dead millionaire ie about $76,000,000, all of which is left to the widow—there being no children—to do with as she sees fit, exoept $25,000 each to some twenty- six relatives. Mrs. Sage is quite old and is anxious to avoid a contest over the will, which is threatened by some of the heirs but not including our Mr. Sage, so he says, and •it is thought that Bhe may give eaoh of the heirs a million or two more rather than have the estate tied up in the courts for several years. While this is a cold-blooded stand-and-deliver program, if oorrectly reported, we would like to see our Mr. Sage get a million or more and oontinue to live in Jasper county and spend a good share of it here. The new stylish men’s grey and fancy Sootch mixtures and worsted suits at $3.88, $5.40, $7.60 and $9.60, oan not be matched at double the price. Chicago Bargain Store.