Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — DeMOITE ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

DeMOITE ITEMS.

The warm weather that the farmers have been longing for is here with a vengeance. Now if we bad a good rain we would be happy. Mr. ahd Mrs. Ben Dolson, of Hebron, spent Sunday with fnends and relatives in town. ■J. M. Troxell spent Decoration day in Rensselaer, and reports a grand time. Born—to Mrs. Bert Bobbins, May 30, a girl. Jesse Tyler’s new house is abont finished. He has one of the nicest and best houses in town. The people of DeMotte and surrounding country turned out en mass Decoration day to do honor to onr fallen heroes. The ceremonies were fine and the address of A. Halleck can hardly be spoken of too high ly while the floral display was not what we would like to have had. It was the best that could be got around here and great credit should be given to the ladies of onr town for the pains that was taken that everything should be as it ought. A. Halleck has put np a new wind pomp and is patting up a water tank or reservoir to hold water enough so in case of fire he can throw water all over his houses and barns. This is a great precaution against fire and it would be well for our citizens to see Mr. Halleck and have a larger tank pat np in a place where it would benefit the whole town, or at least the business part and then lay pipea along our main streets so that in case onr houses got on fire we could have something to fight it with, We understand that Mr. Halleck made the offer that if our citizens would help pay the extra expense he would do this. Now this is a chance that should not be neglected. There will be an ice cream and strawberry social given in the school house grove next Saturday evening, for the benefit of our preacher. We hope and believe it will be a grand success, as our people are noted for their charity to any deserving person or institutiqn, and this certainly is deserving of our patronage. Elder Wilson, of the M. E. church is holding a series of meetings at the church. 4_ We are glad to note that our cornet band although receiving several

pressing and advantagous invitations to play at different places the 4vli, has decided to stay by our sister town Kuman,and go therewith the crowd. As from present indications there will not be enough iolks left in DeMotte hardly to tend the post office. And we are all going to Kniman.