People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Let the county advertising as you do the contracts for bridge building and other internal improvements—to the lowest responsible bidder. By this plan a largo amount of money would be saved to tax payers, and no interests damaged unless it be that class of newspapers that could not exist without subsidies. —Goodland Herald. lias Winters, who lives on Alfred Thompson’s farm in this township, woke up about 11 o’clock Thursday morning last and found the house in flames. He barely had tiiye to arouse his wife an<j rescue his children before the house was completely wrapped in flames. Nothing was rescued from the building. The house was insured for #325. Mr. Winters had S3OO insurance on the furniture, but being taken out while living in another township and not having had the transfer made, it is doubtful if he recovers anything.

The Columbia Improvement Company is the title of a now land company just formed in Rensselaer. The capital stock of the company is &5.600, divided into fifty-six shares of SIOO each. The company is comprised of the foliowing well known citizens: C. C. Sigler. 10 shares; Joe Harris, 10; J. J. Hunt, 10; Harry Murray, S; Geo. W. Goff, 6; E. L. Hollingsworth, 6; Chas. E. Mills, 0. They have purchased twenty acres of land east of the depot on the south side of the railroad and running to the Bedford road on the east. It is their intention to at once lay out streets and subdivide the land into 140 lots, and as soon as spring opens grade the streets, thoroughly drain the land, build walks and set out shade trees arbund every block. A good public well will be drilled near the center of the addition. When the improvements are made the lots will be. sold on reasonable terms and on payments. They also intend to work hard to get a canning factory located on the northeast corner of the addition and will endeavor to form a stock company for that purpose. It i's estimated that a cannery can be built for $7,000 or *B,OOO. If their plans are fully carried out this will be the prettiest part of town. The lots are supplied with good natural drainage, within three blocks of the depot and are within easy access of the school house. ) For a good smoke iry tfffc Safety cigar, f