Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1897 — County Correspondence [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence

McCOYSBURG. Reed Banta returned from Chicago last Saturday, but one of his children being sick he wiPMVback to Chicago Monday. He expects to return soon and resume his contract carpenter work with M illiam illetts, Mr. Gwin will move into Mr. Banta's house to live. A couple of i.’.en from Morocco are working out the Railroad Co s. taxes by hauling gravel. They are putting it on the north end of the road leading south from gravel west of here. This ,is a good way to get gravel roads. Mr. Hamilton of Rensselaer is doing carpenter work on the Hotel this week. Caster and Sweeney are drilling a well for Mr. McCoy on his farm here. The sad intelligence was received here at noon Friday, that Reed Banta's little girl Mrrgurite died in Chicago Thursday night. The body arrived here on the two o clock train Friday and was taken thence to Osborne cemetery for interment, where its mother was recently buried. Mr. Banta's loss is a great one and he has the expressed sympathy of his many friends here. Messers Richcreek. Holmes, Willett and Hopkins attended Lodge at Rensselaer last Thursday evening.