Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1901 — Northern Land Still Active. [ARTICLE]

Northern Land Still Active.

There has been quite a lull in the buying and selling of land in this portion of the county for some weeks past, but Geo. F. Meyers, of Kniman, still keeps things moving in his neck of woods. And when he can’t find two parties to negotiate a trade between, he does business with one, taking one end of the deal him. self. Among his latest transactions are the following: The McNeil livery barn in Wheatfield is sold to Curtis J. Hand, of Piper City* 111. The old Smiley farm of 200 acres, in Walker Tp., owned by W. B. Austin, of Rensselaer, is sold to Th'os, Adamson, of St. Joe, Mich., or |7,000, or $35 per aore. Mr. Austin took a brick business block in Elgin, 111., id part payment. Mr. Hand, who bought the livery stable, is Mr. Adam Son’s son-in-law, and will look after this farm for him. Another important sale is 341 acres sold by Amos Davisson to Mr. Trotwell and Mr. Barber, of Lee Co., 111., at $37.50 per aore. Still another is 240 acres of Horace Marble’s Wheatfield land sold to Geo. W. Brewer, also of Lee Co., 111., at S4O per aore. Last, ly, George sold 40 aores of his own, in Walker Tp., to Mr. Schmall, of this same Lee oounty, for $1,400. It was a sohmall piece he sold to Sohmall, but his profits on it were not very sohall, as he bought it oAly two months ago for only SI,OOO.