Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1898 — Tho New Court House. [ARTICLE]

Tho New Court House.

The first change in plans and specifications are as follows: “Il | is ordered by the board that plate ■ glass shall be used in the construction of the new court house instead of the glass named in the specifications, and that the coii- ; tractors shall be allowed the additional sum of $1,690. as bid by '. them in the bid which is made a part of the contract.” This brings the contract price Up to $90,870. P. 263. The Board allowed Heinzman Bros. $450 on contract. P. 268. It is hereby ordered that a change shall be made in the construction of the exterior and interior foundation walls of the new court house * * * by an addition to the same of three (3) feel in height, to be built in accordance with the plans and speci- ‘ cations for construction of said foundation wall. R. 10 P. 280. Bills for extras: H. B. Murray, copies of g Court house contract $3.00 L. W Hamilton, same 2.00 Grindle & Weatherhog extra superintending 46.75 R. 10 P. 290. .. It is ordered by the board that i Iron Columns in sub-basement supporting tower be extended downward to foundation bed-rock to correspond with additional r height in foundation walls that dimension footing for siaid columns be done away with and the footings be constructed as recommended by architects, also 1 ordered that the iron be figured k in said sub-basement supporting tower to carry an additional story of fifteen feet to tower if so decided upon bv the board. R. 10 P. 298. Bill allowed Heinzman Bros, for estimated labor and material |5593. Grindle & Weatherhog : Extra sdperintending on new •court house ssl:3*. Same 2 per cent on contractor’s estimate f $22:66’ R. 10P. 299. | Claims allowed on account of | court house $47-75. R. 10 P. 300. | Claims allowed on account of rtourt house aggregating $46:15. | R. 10 P. 308. I’. Extras allowed for additional | three feet on foundation walls 979:27. For additional Iron $415:40. R. 10 P. 309. ' BiH of Heinzman Bros, partial estimate on new court house allotted $504. R. 10 P. 310. | Bicycloa repaired at lowest .prices. A full line of bicycle sundrius on hands for sale. AU kinds wheels ordered. Give me a call Chas. Grow. Qm door west of Makeever House.

It is said that Gun cotton is a , high explosive, and is extensively ' used in naval wars. A great deal ‘ of it is made from old cotton rags. If you have sold rags within the ! last few years it is possible that a pair of your old socks have been fired at Spain, which has more affect than the Chinese stink ball. The Momence Press Reporter gives the following good advice to girl graduates: “A»d girl ' graduates, you will come home because there are no more worlds to conquer, but don’t be too hard on your ild mother. I suspect that her hands have got stained putting up tomatoes and cherries and making jam and picklesand i things. She may occasionally say "have went” when you would say "have gone,” and her verbs

may not always agree with ’the subject, but you must recollect that while you were reading essays tied with, pink ribbons she was away off at home trying to start a lot of little chickens on the straight and narrow path, and maybe her cabbage plants needed an unusual amount of coaxing, and the apple butter may have come near burning, so that it required more work than you know of to keep you in college and in bicycle suits.”

The biggest guns in the United States navy are 49 feet long and 4 feet in diameter at the largest part big enough for a man to crawl into and weigh 135,500 pounds, or thereabouts. The powder used is brown. A charge for the bigest guns weighs 51X) pounds, and is hoisted to the breech by a derrick, the powder being sewed up in burlap bags. It costs SS(X) every time one of the big guns on board a ship is fired. A big battleship has on board an electric plant capable of lighting a town of S,(XX) inhabitants. The boilers of the lowa have a heating surface of 8 acres and hold 30 tons of water. The Indiana could lie outside Sandy Hook and throw 1200 pound shots into New York at the rate of four per minute.—Monticello Deni.