Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1874 — Real Estate Transfers. [ARTICLE]

Real Estate Transfers.

The following are the real estate transfers entered for record iu the Recorder’s office for the week ending Oct. 7th, 1874: Jesse H. Fordice to Trustees First Presbyterian of Remington; for $75, lot 12 block 15 Remington. Sheriff Jasper county to S. P. Thompson, for $822, nw ne 4 28 7 61 29-100 acres. Elizabeth A, Duvall to George W. Burk, for $-00, the und £ of fractional nw 6 29 6 & E | n w 30 30 6; Thomas J. Spitler Admr. to S. A. Hemphill, lor S6O, the und j of tots 7&8 block 23 Rensselaer. Malinda Spitler et al S. A. Hemphill for S6O, lots 7&8 block 23 Rensselaer. S. A. Hemphill to M. L. Spit.er, for $7 0 tots 7 B<k9 block 23 Ephraim Thompson to George W. Uopprss, for suoo, se sw 2 30 a 40 acres. Samuel Mullendore to Richard Fritz, for $250, nw se 23 28 6 40 acres. E. A. Zar man to Benjamin Reed, for S4OO, nw se 23 28 6 40 acres Ollie McKim to John W. Chambers, for $3.00.), nJ & nJ sw 9 28 5 400 acres Jphn W. Chambers to C. B. Cones, for $5,(,00, nj & njsw 9 28 5 400aores. Chas. Jouvenat to C B. Cones, fors2,ooo, se 21 &wjsw22 kO 5 210 acres. The Rensselaer Union of last week published anotner garbled staiement of finance pretending to a fair showing by giving the number and date to the orders. Now if their representations were true, it would show our Auditor to be an expensive officer. But being false, as the records in black and white are standing eviaence for all time t-> come, the said publication has developed the fact that the retention of the present Auditor will be; an, important consideration for the savliig of 'expense to the county. We quote: Order No. 42, June 6, 1878 SIOO.OO. Order No. 43, June 6,f 1873 75.00. Order No. 59, June IC-,. 1873 4U.00. Ordvr no 60, June 10, 1873 40.00 Ord.r No. 61, June 10, 1893 40.00 Order No. 62, June 10, 1873 2D.00 Order No. 63, June 10, 1863 50.00 Order No. 64, June ID, 1873 50 U 0 Older No. 6;i, June 10 ’873 50.00 Order No 66, June 10, 1873 50.00 Order No. 67, June 10, 1873 50.00 Order No. 68, June 10, 1873 60.00 Order No. 6V, June 10, 1873 52.68 - Order No. 7'), June 10, 1873 82.88 Or er No. 279. Aug. 6, 1873 ‘ 6,60 Order No. Biß, Sept. 3, 1873 220.78 Order No. 457, Oct. 22, 1873 1 Amount not oa record Order No. 517, Dec 6, 1873 540.40 Order No. 676 Jan. 5, 1874 125,U0 Order No. 790, Mar. 3, 1874 875.0. Order No. 823, Mar. 6, 1874 23 .00 Order No. 849, Mar. 11, 1874 8.54 Order No. 917, May 13, 1874 450 For disbursing $7,264 school fund 86.31 Transfers of real estate at 10 cents each description (estimated) 200.00 Transcripts of affidavits, etc. 150 CO

For one year (12 months) $2,636.94 Now for the facts. Order No. 70 and all above it, except $42,65 was one charge, for services rendered in the preceding year, and was divided up into small orders tor convenience, as orders were not, at that time, paid on presentation but went to protest. The amount received by Mr. Babcock for the last fiecal year was as follows: Amount in June bill for services rendered after June Ist, 1873, $ 42.65 Order No. 318, Sept. 3, 1873 270.78 Or .er No. 451, Oct. 22, 1873 200.00 Orde; No. 517, Deo. JO, 1873 539.40 Older No. 676, Jan. 5, 1874, for •« funding R. R. Tax, $125.00 Order No. 790, Mar 3, 1874, for refunding R. R. Tax, 375.00 Order No. 823 Mar. 6. 1874, 230.85 Order No. 987, May 13, 1974 * 4.50 Order No. 182, Jun 17, 1873, for disbuxp ng Scbool fOfid. 24.20 Other allowances for the saiqe, 13.97 Amount in June bill, for gebvices up t>> the Ist of June juno 187 M 814 31 $2140.70 Deduct amount allowed for disbursing R R Tax, $500.00 Total for all services except refunding R. R. Tax, $1640.70 Without counting the ex'ra work of refunding the R. R. Tax, Mr. Babcock did S3OO, woj’Z/, more work than Mr. Yeoman did in any year of hie term counting in Yeoman’s 500, R. R. Duplicates and all.— The Records will show this to be true. Yet Mr. Yeoman’s average not counting his R. R. Duplicate allowance was rising of $1700.00.

Editor Republican : In the Union of last week an attack is made upon are as Treasurer, in which it is charged that I am neglecting to m*ke the necessary collection of taxes, while it is claimed “that your cattle horses and wagons were sold under the hammer last fall on the streets of Remington and Rensselaer, ’’endeavoring to give the impression that an unmerciftil rigor was last year exercised toward taxpayers. When I took possession of the office in the summer of 1873,1 found upon the delinquent record, an amount four times as large as the sum returned delinquent last spring, w>ich large amount, much of it of ye rs standing, I was compelled by a recent act of the legislature. to collect in the short time before my settlement, and in collecting it I adopted the plan of taking delivery bonds with only the person’s own signature, leaving the property in his possession, and giving in all eases the time asked for before the day fixed for sale, and in nearly every case the amount was peid without sale, and in all the amount collected less than thirty dollars were collected by actual sale of property that went out of the possession of the owner, this being received upon the enormous number of two sales, while in two other instances, persons had property sold for purposes of their own and according to their own desires. As regards my course the present season, 1 am quite willing that aZZ shall know it. As there was no money in cifrulation in the county last spring,’ I resolved to make no attempt to collect delinquencies until after harvest, and invariably told persons *o, and for two months past I have been steadily at work collecting the same, with such success as to render it probable that the whole can be collected without levy or cost to any one, which I certainly desire to do, whatever feeling the Uhioninay entertain upon the subject; but should it prove necessary, levies will be made', as I have no discretion, but must collect it. The trouble seems to be with the managers of the so called “ peoples” movement that I duZ not commence last spring to make such levies in a'l esses, as they have been all summ r anxiously irquiring when 1 would commence, their anxiety to have those levies to use for electioneering purposes, being constantly apparent, In this desire 1 was competed to disappoint them as I had a greater interest in saving the tax-payers from cost than in

pleasing them.

L. C. JANES.

We have the most cheering prospects from all parts of tbe county and can safely say to our Hepnblican friends that if they do their duty, the whole county Republican ticket will be elected by a handsoma majority. Let every Republican turn out and vote, and vote the whole ticket. The opposition do not expect to defeat any one but Babcock. They expect to elect Barkley by sacrificing the balance of their ticket. The word has gone out from the “people’s ring here that Babcock must be defeated at all hazards. Price, the candidate for Clerk, Parker, the candidate for Treasurer, Hoover, the candidate for Commissioner, and the candidate for Sheriff whoever he may be, are any or all of them to be traded off wherever it can be done for a vote for Barkley. W’e say to our friends look to your tickets. Don’t trade. Do your whole duty and next Tuesday’s sun will go down on a glorious victory achieved ove» tumbuggery and hypocricy.