Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1889 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Quite a num Per of our most fjrominent citizens have bo’t ots in the Capital of South Dakota, and are bound to double or triple their money in from 4 to 6 weeks Ask H. L. Brown the plan, and make some quick money on a small investment. Father Henrj has contracted with Jos. K. Boyles, of Pulaski county, to make 500,000 or more brick for the new Catholic college at this place. Mr. Boyles says he will make the brick adjoining the college grounds. The alarm of fire last Sunday morning proceeded from the resin dence of Burgess Dillon, in the northwest limits of the town. — The fire started from a defective flue, but was gotten under control before the arrival of the fire department. The damage sustained was small.

The ’‘truly loyal” republican council of Rensselaer last week passed an ordinance taxing transient stores at the rate of $lO per week. The person at whom the ordinance is aimed is B. Forsythe, who went from here to that place some time since. * * * * The ordinance * * * Rag only served to advertise Forsythe, who has rented his room for a year and expects to sell goods right along. The ordinance is simply foolishness put on paper. This is a free country, if it is walled in by a protective tariff. A man has a right to buy where Le pleases and to sell to whom he pleases. -White County Democrat.

A barn on the farm of Andrew Bukowsky, 41 mile north of Remington, was discovered to be on fire last Sunday morning about 2 o’clock, by the family living on the farm of tne name of Balser. Mr. B. had retired to the barn to sleep—had been occupying it as a sleeping apartment for sometime. Upon the discovery that the barn was on fire members of the family made a rush for it, found the doors fastened on the inside and large stones piled against them on the outside, and that the horses, which were turned to pasture the evening before had been brought up and put in the stables, and a wagon standing out in the yard had been run into the barn, and doors secured as above stated l All the farm implements belonging to the Balser family were in the barn. Two sons and a daughter of Mr. B. succeeded in forcing open the stable door and rescued two of tl: ( horses, though not undamaged. One horse perish ed in the flames. Mr. Balser could not be found at the time of the fire nor since, though diligent search has been made by Sheriff Blue and many citizens. There has been a rumor that Mr. Balser returned to the house Monday afternoon, but it is not credited. X.

Since the above was put in type Balser has been captured and lodged in jail at this place. He was found in a corn field, near his home, his throat badly cut. He denies any knowledge of the firing of the premises. Waved a hearing and was committed to October term circuit court in default of SSOO. —i « —i , The Lansing (Mich.) Republican is making a heroic effort to collect accounts from delinquent subscribers. The names and amounts are given and advertised from day to day for sale. The Kalamazoo Gazette is authority for the statement that ‘‘in Ohio recently a newspaper brought suit against forty three men who would not pay for their subscription, and obtained judgment in each claim. Of these twenty- eight made affidavit that they owned no more than the law allowed, thus preventing an attachment, Thenun-