Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1902 — TO START MARCH FIRST. [ARTICLE]

TO START MARCH FIRST.

AXhat new rural route to start out of Rensselaer was ordered last Monday, and will start March 1. Elias Hammerton will be the carrier. The length of route is given at 26 miles, and population served as 512. Another brief but interesting Florida letter from “Meyers & Meyers” appears elsewhere in The Democrat. Attorney Geo. A. Williams spent Sunday with Thomas & Carey, old classmates of his, at Monticello. Don’t forget the Auction Sale of Dry Goods, Shoes and Underwear in Liberal Corner, Saturday, Jan. 25, commencing at 2 o’clock. )(j. E. Cleary has bought a 219 acre farm in Fulton county, near Rochester, paying $12,000 therefor. Mr. Cleary will move upon the farm this spring. |Wm. Augsperger has sold his InO acre farm 5 miles northwest of town to Albert Bertrand of Kankakee, 111., at $66 per acre. Mr. Augsperger then bought the old Micah Sayler farm of 105 acres, of A. Harmon, 3 miles west of town, paying therefor S7O per acre. Both sales were made by C. J. Dean.

J. M. Bull of Braddyville, lowa, is visiting bis father, William Bull, for a few weeks. Mr. Bull recently sold out in lowa and will prospect for several months in the West before locating again. His health is not of the best and he will try to find a more agreeable climate. He expects to look over Utah, Washington and other far western states during the summer. ''l Calvin Karsner, formerly of Rensselaer but for several years a resident of Chicago, died at Denver, Colo., last Saturday of consumption, where he had gone in the hope of relief. He was about 27 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. His sisters, Meadames Peter Giver and Harry Wiltshire, and brother, Mert Karsner, who reside here, attended the funeral at Chicago, Wednesday. An expert from the heating works which manufactures the heating system recently installed in the school buildings here, was down from Chicago Saturday and located the difficulty in a very few moments. Some very simple part of the arrangement was not properly adjusted, and immediately this wt»s fixed no further trouble has been had nor is anticipated. This was the first system of this particular kind ever installed by Wallace Bros, and they were unable to locate the difficulty. v Eph Hickman, who is now with Uncle Sam’s army of occupation in the Philippines, located with his regiment at Prang Prang, writes home under date of Dec. 2, and says that it is very hot down there and he wishes he was back in God’s country. He reports some fighting occasionaly and that it was expected that a big rumpus would occur over the killing of an old Datto and his son just previous to bis writing. He is now a bugler and says that he doesn’t have very much to do. He has two years yet to serve

The Tremont News says that G. P. Perry, a druggist of that city, has made a discovery which will result in great saving to consumers of hard coal. He says that where ho formerly burned fifteen tons in a winter he is now saving at a rate which promises to require less than ten tons for the season. After the fire in his furnace has been allowed to become red hot he coveres it with a mixture of ashes and water. The mixture is of the consistency of mortar and a six inch covering is placed over the hot coals. He claims that a fire prepared in this way keeps for twenty-four hours, emits a great volume of heat and consumes all the ashes that the furnace produces. The ashes and water in burning releases a quantity of of nitrogen, which is burned and adds fuel in the furnace.