Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1898 — Jasper County’s New Court House. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County’s New Court House.

Monticello Journal. Through the courtesy of Bro. Marshall, of the Republican, and Commissioner Martindale, we were shown through the now court house at Rensselaer yesterday. The building proper has just been completed and a large force of workmen are now busily engaged placing the furniture. The outside of the new structure hardly presents as good appearance as our temple of justice but the interior is superior in most every x respect. The walls are beautifully frescoed, marble is used for wainscoting, and all the indoorwork is carried out with a superior class of finish, making the interior of the building second to none in the state. *lt is true that the amount expended seems a little large, about $155,000 but when, it is considered that the building will last for several generations the amount is not so great. The tax-payers of Jasper county should feel proud over the good judgment (and they will in time) that the commissioners used contracting for so beautitul and substantial a building. While it may seem a little hard for some of the present land owners to pay their annual tax-assessment the load will not last long, and when the structure is paid for it will not be necessary to go to the expense, building another court house. We are proud of our temple of justice, but we venture to say that if the building was to be done over, our commissioners would contract for an edifice that would drive the tax payers of Jasper county wild with envy.