Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1895 — GROWING LIKE A WEED. [ARTICLE]

GROWING LIKE A WEED.

~ The Town Board took an action Monday evening which is likely to prove a bigger boom in population than would the advent of twelve pairs of twins and four sets of triplets. They annexed, by resolution, Columbia and Sunnyside Additions, which are as yet, however, devoid of population, but they also took the preliminary steps looking to the annexation to the town of a great deal of adjacent, unplatted lands, containing many families. This proposed to be annexed territory lies alpng the north and west sides of town. It includes many families, and will add greatly to the population and the taxables of the town. Among those who will be affected are F. W. Parker and Geo. Pumphrey, to the north; David Stoner, Jos. Yeoman, James Nelson, J. C. Passons, John Daugherty, Leßoy Sayers, Robt. Kepner, John Schanlaub, and all in Magee & Benjamin's Addition, to the northeast; R. W. Marshall, Simon Phillips, Mrs. Robininson, Wm. Beck, to the west, north of the river; and south of it Wm. Washburn, and perhhps Erastus Peacock and H. J. Bartoo, though the exact scope of country to be taken in south of the river will not be determined until the surveys are made, which the street committee is instructed to have done at once.