Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1881 — To Whom it May Concern. [ARTICLE]

To Whom it May Concern.

Anyone caught in the inclosure of the Two-Mile Prairie Pasture between the Ist Of April • and Ist of December, without permission, will be considered a trespasser, and be prosecuted according to law. Owners wishing to see their stock will please obtain permission of George Nagel before entering. George Nagel, O. P., Li & E. Monnett. Rensselaei-, May J, 1881. You can get more dried fruit for your, money at C. C. Starr <fe Go’s, than any house in town.

' Thebe will be services at the M. E. Church next Sunday evening. - Several Remingtonians can e over yesterday on a fishing expedi tion. We did not learn whether they had “fishermen luck” or not. . Litigation.—Dr. Owens sued Dr. Link for $9 in Justice Woods' court, Monday. A verdict was rendered for plaintiff in the sum of $5.49. The case was appealed to the circuit court. ■ Decoration Meeting.—A meeting of our citizens, to arrange for observing Decoration Day, on the 30th inst., will be held at Starr’s Hall, on next Tuesday evening, at 7 o’clock. Let there be a good turnout. Tuesday evening s twelve-year-old son of Sylvester O’Meara was driving the cows home, when he was attacked and bitten by a rattie snake. Dr. Alter was called and gave the little fellow treatment; It is earlier than usual for these reptiles to get in their work, and we would advise barefooted boys to look out for “snaix.” «*•*-*<*►«’

We have received some sugar cane seed from the Department of Agriculture, for gratuitous distribution. It is called "The Minnesota Early Amber Sorghum,” and is said to have origlnKtbdlii Minnesota. It is claimed to have been the result of accidental hybridization. It is a distinct and very early variety, grows from tdn to twelve feet high, ripens in about ninety days from germination, and is very rich in saccharine juioej, yielding from one hundred and fifty to three hundred gallons of beautiful, golden colored syrup per acre, which granulates readily six to eight pounds of sugar per gallon.

Fatal Fight.—A row growing out of an old feud occurred in Medaryville, Wednesday of last week, between Swisher and Barnhill, two. old residents of that village. Swisher heaved a rock at the head of Barnhill, and .the dodging the missile, made for his assailant with a knife. He chased him into a store, where he cornered Swisher and gave him a terrible gash in the' arm, severing an artery, from which the wounded man soon bled to death. Indignation ran high, aud some talk of lynching the criminal was indulged in by the citizens of Medaryville, and the fellow fearing the populace, placed liimseii in the hands of proper authorities and was safely lodged in jail. -

Elsewhere in the columns of The Republican found a notice for a meeting ip. for properly observing Decoration Day. This anniversary should be kept alive in tho minds of our peoyfle. In the cemetery sleep many who died in battlej of wounds received, and of diseases contracted while in the service of their country. The strewing of their graves with flowers is a small but fitting tribute to their glorious deeds and sacrifices. There is no doubt a general feeling that this anniversary should be appropriately observed, but to olwerve it we must meet and make yirovisions therefof and- devise a plan lor the work. Let all who feel an interest’ fn the matter come out to the meeting next Tuesday and help arrange the programme.

SurEKINTUNDENT HINER, of the Chicago & Indianapolis Air Line, informs us that the narrow gauge from Bradford to Delphi, is to be replaced at once by standard gauge rails and track. Work is now progressing at three different points on the road, viz.: from Lowell south to Kankakee river; from alxmt twelve miles northwest of Rensselaer, ’f rom Bradford expected by to have the road completed Delphi and Chicago by June 15. -The rumor that the road p)assetl into the hands of the company seems to hfjfy fcep foundation, the latter having a contract to operate the road from Bradford to Rensselaer only wjiile the track and rolling stock are be T ing constructed.

Attendance at the Great Keokuk Mercantile College will run over two thousand students this sensen. Young men should Address Prof. Miller, Keokuk, lowa, for circulars and specimens. > (1 . 1 f —. j, Importintto Trays! er«. Special Inducements ure you by the llMriiiiglon route. It will pay you to read thfcir advertisement to be found elsbwhere in this issue. Meh 1, ’Bl.