Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1908 — JASPER COUNTY [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY

All the county candidates on the republican ticket are e’ected by Wide* ly ranging majorities. f Jesse D. Allman, for treasurer, lead the county ticket with a total of 1897 votes, defeating Alfred Peters by 453 votes. There were 49 prcMbition votes for Jos. for treasurer. * For recorder John W. Til on defe ted the democratic candidate, Clue. W, Hamer, by 371 voles. Brand, prohibition candidal#, received 52 votes. William Hoover, ti e democratic candidate for sheriff, gave Louis P, Shirer, the republican * candidate, a stiff chase, but was defeueJ by a vote of 61. Thornton, prohibition candidate, receivmTTi vote?. Willis J. Wright defeated Dr. A, J. Miller for coroner by 882 vote 3. W. Frank Osborne de'eate! Rank Garriott for assessor by 411 votes. John Pettet defeat) d Maloney ‘tzr commissioner of the 1 t d strict by 286 votes. And Chaa. T. Denham had a plural! y qver Fox of 27k in the 3d district. Abraham Hal’eck, the republican candidate lor s ate s«nator, has probably been elected by a majority of about 150, although it may be only about 100. He cairicd this county by 5, Starke by 47, Newton by 99, and lost Whits by 1, according ,o un- * official returns. | John G. Brown carried Jasper by 229 and White by about 70, thus defeating Guy Gerber, of tills city, by about 229 voles. | The republicans elected 8 of the 13 trustees in the ccun'y, as follows:, O. L.< Parks in Mlroy; H. E. Parklson in Marion; Wm. Folger In Barkley; Fred Karch in Walker; Tunis Snip in Keener; George Parker in Hanging Grove and Fitzgeiald in Kankakee. * The democrats won out in Jordan, Union, Giliam, Wheatfi ed and Newton.

As we bate decided to more and enlarge our place, so we may be able to handle our grow'ng t a.-.'e, we will also run a restaurant and bakery and we will deliver candy, nuts, ice cream, bread, in fact all kinds of bakery goods as well as all kinds df goods*kept In a first class confectionery, so long as U.e ta'e is 25 cents or more for one delivery. We will be ready Saturday, Nov. 7. Respectfully youra. MR. and MRS. McKAY. Phone Rhoades, the grocer, if yro want potatoes at 70 cents, off the car. Get your order in today. We handle the Standard Oil Lamp, the best lamp rqade, >1.50 each. JOHN BOER. The season’s gowns. Bulls, and hats demand a great amount of hand needle work. ' ’