Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 70c; oats, 50c; wheat, $1.50; rye, sl. The Prices one year ago were: Corn, 61c, oats, 33c. j/ ■- U ■ * ' -■ ... Bay your typewriter ribbons at The Democrat office. We carry in stock the famous Neidich make of ribbons for all the standard makes and for the Burroughs adding machine. Another new supply of Ideal Account files received in The Democrat's stationery department. These are Much cheaper and more convenient for keeping moderate-sized accounts than a cumbersome ledger. X. Osborn of Gillam tp., was a business visitor iir the city Thursday. Mr. Osborn has his last year’s crop of c.orn, consisting of several thousand bushels, on hand yet and hopes to get as big a price as he did for his 1 313 crop—-78 cents per bushel. . ■O . - .... ■ - Tkt- ■ Htany- nvwspaper friends ’of Bro. A. B. Crampton of the Carroll ( ounty Citizen-Times are extending congratulations to him, over his appointment as governor of the national military home at Marion. The honor is well bestowed, indeed.

Hartford City, “wet” for 73 years, was voted “dry” last Tuesday. Fifteen saloons will go out of business as a result. ’ Wabash, by a vote of 1,152 “dry” to 1,134 "wet,” voted Wednesday to continue in the dry’ column. Marion will vote on the proposition May 25. The editor of the Winamac Demo-crat-Journal saws that he has a bible that is 217 years old. Most editors would have worn the book out ere this. . ' '

Mrs. Jennie Brown, wife of John ’Brown, the well known Crown Point banker and landowner, died in Chicago Thursday morning following an operation for tumor, at the Wesley* hospital a week previous. Her age was 75 years. She was Mr. Brown's third wife. Attorney General Milburn’s opinion may no: suit some politicians, but the average citizen, without regjjjxl to politics,, will give hearty approval of his opinion that the primary law “forces” office holders (appointive) out of positions in party organizations without even the trouble of resigning. The board of commissioners of Pulaski county, met with the board of commissioners of White county, in joint session in this city Wednesday and decided to build two county line bridges between the two counties. The bridges will be placed over the Clayton and the Ketman ditches and will cost approximately $7,000. — Monticello Herald. A verdict of $ 7,375 was ret u rned against the Monon railroad at Valparaiso Wednesday in favor of the estate of Joseph Colb of Hammond, Vho with John Einsele was killed by a Monon passenger train at the Russell street crossing in that city on Sept. 3, 1913. It was charged that the train was running at a speed of 45 niiles per hour within the city limits.

Silas and Ray Smith, a couple of young men who reside in the Norway neighborhood in White county, refused to answer certain questions put to them by the White county grand jury, and Judge Wason citied them for contempt of court and they were given a ten days’ jail sentence. After one night in jail, however, they thought better of it and agreed to answer the questions, and Were released. Malcolm G. Clark, formerly of this city, but for a number of years a resident of Wheatefild, was called to Chicago recently at the request of the detective department to identify “Red” Barnes, who is in custody charged with being one of the gang who stole a large number of automobiles in Chicago last winter and had them secreted in different parts of the country along the Kankakee river and disposed of a number of them before they were discovered to be stolen property. “Buzz” Marble, of Wheatfield, was one of the victims, and Clark identified Barnes as the party from whom the machine was purchased who afterwards endorsed a check and had it cashed. It is expected that Barnes will give up information that will lead to the arrest of the balance of the gang that operated extensively in stolen machines last fall and winter.— Crown Point Star.