Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1909 — Young Rensselaer Boosters Defeat McCoysburg Team. [ARTICLE]

Young Rensselaer Boosters Defeat McCoysburg Team.

The young Rensselaer Boosters defeated the McCoysburg ball team Sunday afternoon by the score of 111 to 10. A return game will be played at: Rensselaer .next Sunday afternoon. This will be a free game, to which everybody is invited. Squire BusseTl was in from Hanging Grove township Saturday. He stated that a court of inquiry will be held in the case of John Tigler, who is in jail here awaiting his reception at Longcliff. The Squire states that since the inquest which was held before him to determine Tigler’s sanity, there seems to be some question as to whether he is a fit subject for the asylum, and if he is not he wants to know it. The evidence presented at the inquest all tended to show that Tigler was insane, but a number of the citizens of Hanging Grove township claim that interested parties are endeavoring to have Tigler placed in the asylum to be relieved of hi» care. If this is so Mr. Bussell wants to know it, so that he can order the patient’s release. He thinks that if Tigler is as weak minded as claimed, that he can be cared for at the county farm and that he will cause no more trouble than any of the other inmates. A queer freak appears in one of the new laws passed by the last legislature, the law pertaining to the election of town officers. First, the law; says that in towns where there is an "even” number of trustees, one-half the number shall be elected this falf for two years, and that one-half shall be elected for four years. Second, the law says that in towns where there is an “even” number of trustees, one less than one-half the number shall be elected for two years and the remainder for four years. No doubt, the general assembly meant “odd” where it placed the last “even”, but that wouldn’t help much, since In cases where a town has only three trustees, it would be a pretty hard matter to elect one less than one-half the number, since he would have to be one-half of a trustee. Robbers looted the post office at Wakarusa about 2:30 Saturday morning, blowing the safe and escaping with $2lO in stamps and small amount of change. Glycerine was used and an old blanket taken from the nearby barn of Lower brothers was used to muffle the sound of the explosion. There is no clew.