Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Rear 1 Times. All graduates ggt iMHMpK to send me the tit]nfidfogpi^)nct immediately. »■ »~MuEt morning after RAmMßpNttftotil months duration, fPfHjgtoud bis country sixty-si* WW flb WUfik meat and was All England is jSmSI fleets to suit gent/ For see the bulletin gs the Democrat office* A barn belonging tolftMlFlerson 3 miles souheast 4IH* burned Wednesday evtfdagatten o’clock. The tire nrigtegtotto the haymow and was first XRtotared by Mrs. Pierson who from the window. One buggies, three hundred tNftofef gs corn, a set of carpenter tofAlt Hte tons of hay and farateg - IteriM* meats were consumed. Igp gUR with no insurance. The newspapers arc ippMldf using the term “knot’’ 0009 to war broke out between tbo ft*! and Spain. There mo gggf people however who ask **g|gt iff the exact length of a knot)* Tbo term has reference to wtgfi Is j known as a nauieal or cal mile and implies a’ cumtaa dflf 2,026 yards. The statute resents a distance of but I,IHC yards. The length of a knot to about one and one-sixth statute j miles.

A horse belonging to C. C* Stair kicked itself loose from a cariiagH in front, of G. K. HollingawwtFf residence on Washington itiMt I Tuesday. Mrs. Starr was in Ik* carriage at the time, but rngpUßii |to get out without injury to torself. The animal kicked and got ! tangled in the harness and but for i the prompt action of some men j who were near and caught it the i carriage would probably have been wrecked. As it was but little damage was done.

Relief Corps Notice. A special meeting of the W. R. C. will be held Monday, May 23rd, ot 2:30 p. m., to initiate new members, and do othey important work. Every member is expected to be present. Mrs. Libbie Alter, President

Democratic Coeventions. Remember the Democratic primaries on Mny aist. For places of meeting see the call. Democratic County Convention at Rensselaer, May aßth.