Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — The City Council. [ARTICLE]

The City Council.

Thebe are portions of Kentucky where “teaching the young idea how to shoot” means the proper handling of a gun. Little Japan has a fine fleet of the best warships afloat, and she has taken effective steps to call it to Russia’s attention by sending it to Oorea.; If Canadians succeed in their efforts to get a government bounty of sls put on wolves, some of them may be able to keep the wolf from the door by killing it. .Mb. Bryan seems to be terribly afraid that some of the fusionist members of the Nebraska legislature will sell out, but it may be knowledge of the men that inspires his fears. Philippine news has been decidedly pleasing of late. Many small bands of insurgents have surrendered and the cities and provinces are being rapidly put under civil government.

A man who has to live in a steelline bullet proof room to live at all, as the Czar of Russia now has to do w ould seem to have trouble enough home without seeking any outside ■ ■raps. -t withstanding bad advice from -• d parties, and fool stories of >w press, the Cubans are slow meiy coming around to a com- ° - use view of our conditions for > srawal. \mblers may escape for a time, ■ >er or later they come to griet. • e is commended to the con ion of those who are manipulats ihe skin game of disfranchising inters in the south. The American Bridge Company has just neeured, in competition with the <>r| ', the largest railway bridge con- • rtct ever placed in this country. It vas irom a railroad in Eucador and involves an expenditure of $2,000,000. Mr. Bryan, having published his opinion of Mr. Cleveland, it is now up to Mr. Cleveland to say what he thinks of Mr. Bryan, and Mr. Bryan would sell a lot of papers by getting him to do so in the columns of The Commoner. American-made shoetf are rapidly driving the English-made article out of the market in the British colonies. American goods of all kinds are made with more style, wear just as well or better, and, owing to the skill and speed of American workmen, are sold cheaper than those of any other country. That is why we are getting ahead in all the markets in which our goods are intelligently pushed and that is why we exceed the world in prosperity.

The city council met in regular session Monday evening. Property owners on Oak street made a protest against the proposed new cement walk. Referred to sidewalk committee. G. A. Strickfaden asked for a reduction on hie electric light rate in the bowling alley. Referred to light committee. The chief of fire department was instructed to open all the fire hydrants and see that they are in good condition. The fire company were allowed $2.50 each for their services at the Kissenger fire. The following bills were allowed: Wm Thornton, work on street 9 45 Joseph Rowen, “ “ ....... io 75 Harvey Moore. “ “ 1 50 John C. Hodshire, “ “ 1 50 D. E. Hollister, salary. 22 50 C. S. Chamberlain, “ 30 00 Lem Huston, “ 22 50 Peter Giver, ' l ........... 22 50 Osa Ritchey, delivering coal 5 00 Stilwell-Bierce & Smith-Vaile Co. repairs .. 2 75 Leslie Clark, blanks 2 25 John Eger, per diem mayor 12 00 J. H. Chapman, 4 months salary 25 00 S. C. Irwin, salary 47 42 Abraham Simpson, salary 45 00 J. W. Childers, salary. . 21 00 H. R. Kurrie, city atty. 17 00 C. J. Dean, salary 12 00 H. J. Kannal, salary 12 00 I. J. Porter, salary 12 00 C. G. Spitler, salary 12 00 John F. McColly, salary 10 00 John C. Chilcote, salary 12 00 Fire company, services at Kissenger fire 37 5° The law provides that a release or transfer of mortgage must be placed on record in the recorder’s office under penalty of 10 per cent. In other words if a man owes a mortgage of SI,OOO and the mortgage is transferred without making the transfer a matter of public record, then the man owing the SI,OOO can escape ten per cent, of it and settle for SIOO less than his debt. It is reported that cleverly executed counterfeit silver dollars are circulating freely in northern Indiana. The coin contains a large portion of pure silver, with the remainder lead alloy. In weight it is a trifle lighter than the genuine, but the work of the dies is so clear and true that it will deceive an expert. The pieces are all greasy to the touch, and to this was due their detection. The color, too, is slightly against them. It is supposed that the coinmakers who are turning out the counterfeits are operating in this part of the state and have shoved out a large amount of the stuff. An OhTo man thrust his hand into a horse’s mouth to see how many teeth the animal had. The horse closed his jaw on the man’s hand to see how many fingers .he had. The curiosity of both were satisfied.—Ex A shrewd farmer says that the hog is the mortgage lifter, the cow the barn builder, the sheep the farm fer tilizer, and the hen the grocery bill payer. This quartet, and a man and woman not afraid of work in caring for them will insure prospeHty on the farm.