Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1860 — SCHOOL-HOUSE MEETING. [ARTICLE]

SCHOOL-HOUSE MEETING.

At a meetingof the citizens of Rensselaer, held at the Court House, Dec. 30, 1859, on motion, J. D. Hopkins was called to the chair and W. D. Lee appointed Secretary. R. H. Milroy being called upon, stated the object of the meeting in his usual earnest and explicit manner. He was in favor of a good house to cost $2,000, or upward. Thought it couldbe raised by taxation best. J.E. Ballard moved that a committee of five be appointed to draft a building, with specification of cost, &.c., and report the same next Saturday evening. The Chair appointed James E. Ballard* Ezra Wright, R. H. Milroy, R. C. Pierce and Gorge Conwell, said committee. R. H. Milroy presented a memorial to the Town Counsii, which, on motion of John Thompson, was adopted.