Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1898 — Death of John N. Conger. [ARTICLE]

Death of John N. Conger.

Milwaukee, July 6.—John N. Conger, a well-known railroad builder, died Tuesday, aged 75. Mr. Conger came west from New York 40 years ngo, settling in Chicago. He was at one time interested in one of the big Mississippi boat lines and was also associated with “Diamond” Joe Reynolds in the building of the Hot Springs railroad.