Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1899 — A big Land Transaction. [ARTICLE]

A big Land Transaction.

Last week a big real-estate transfer was made in the immediate vicinity of Rensselaer. The 420 aores just south of town on whioh the group of buildings built and formerly used as a Oatholio Indian school is located, was transferred to the Catholio Order of the Preoious Blood, whioh owns St. Joseph’s Qollege and members of which have oocupied the Indian school farm and buildings for some years* Rt. Rev. Joseph Stephan, of Washington, D. 0., chief of the Catholio Bureau of Indian Missions, and Rt. Rev. Boniface Russ, of Carthdgena, Ohio, Provincial of the Order ot the Precious Blood, were here making the transfer. The legal work of the transfer was qnite a large as well as an important part of the transfer and that was done by our townsman, E. P. Honan. The value of the property transferred was about 125,000.