Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1908 — The M. E. Church Revival Meetings. [ARTICLE]

The M. E. Church Revival Meetings.

The revival meetings at the Methodist church are developing unusual interest. Three notable meetings we e held on Sunday. Charles F. Bariett, the evangelist, is a forcible Gospel preacher. Last evening the church was crowded to the doors and a number could not obtain admittance. Mr. Barrett was at his best and spoke on the text “Remember Lot’s Wife.’’

The subject this evening will te “The First Five Minutes After Death.” , Beginning with Tuesday there wEI be afternoon meetings at 3 p. m. during this week. The public are cordially invited. Alfred McCoy, the ex-banker, of Rensselaer, died in Queen City, Mo., last Friday. McCoy had keen a banker in Rensselaer for fifty years and enjoyed the Confidence and respect of all, but when his ton, Tom, had one 1 hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the depositor’s money besides, squandered about all he had and over the old man was embittered because the people demanded justice, and be went to the home ot his daughter in Missouri with a hatred in his heart for Rensselaer and all her people. Retribution sdems to have extracted compound interest from Tom. Since

he has been in prison bls father and mother have died, bis only son rerved time in the bridewell, his wife is running a rooming house in Chicago and he himself injured In a runaway so that he will be a cripple for life. The mills grind slowly, and lift Tom McCoy's case they are grinding exceedingly fine.—Attica Ledger. Walking along the Panhandle tracks at Logansport Sunday night, returning from Dunkirk, Fred Boody and Ed Graham, molders, were struck by a freight traip. Boody was killed and Graham dangerously hurt.

Mr. Milton Rothrock has been instrumental in organizing one of the largest game preserves in the state. Hon. C. D. Meeker has' been In communication with Game Commissioner Sweeney for some time relative to the matter and Mrt Sweeney has assured him that the state would stock a preserve, if one be created with quail and Hungarian partridges. Mr. Rothrock took it in and has secured ovfer 48000 acres. The bwnets of the land agree" to protect the game and allow no hunting whatever and the state agrees to help protect the game. Anyone caught poaching on these lands will find himself in trouble worse than any ’bxpertenced in Illegal fishing. Thb farms are ideal for qua! and there are already several flocks to be found there as well as a bunch of prairie chickens, all of which have been well protected heretofore, but under this new order of things will have a much better chance to multiply,. The same with squirrels. Provisions will bq made for feeding all of the birds- during extremely cold weather. With the same kind of preserves in Cass and Carroll counties, and the others that are likely to be in thip section, there socn ought to be plenty of quail to clean out the destructive insects on tie farms.—Monticello Journal,

Miss Alvis B. Wise, daughter of Mrs. Dora E. Wise of Evansvil’e, who was seriously burned about the face aiid armsby ah‘explosion in a photograph gallery Several days ago, has aigreed to sacrifice a part of the skin on her arte in order that it may be grafted to ttft" body of her mother and save her life.

Justice Stafford, of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, overruled the motions for new trial made by Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneidfer, convicted last spring of conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with securing land grants in Oregon and Washington.