People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — GOOSLAND. [ARTICLE]

GOOSLAND.

Butter JOc. Turkeys 9c. * Chickens 6c. Oats 28<V|30c. Com, new old, There are some changes in the market report, at this place this week. Corn has advanced a little. Senator Gilman had some two or three dozen chickens and tnr* keys stolen a few evenings ago/ There must be weeping and wailing at the Senator’s now to know just what to do about a Christmas tnrkey. , An interesting hop. by the K, of P.’s, was held at their hall last Friday evening. Two tramps struck this town one day last week on the same mission that most fellows of their ilk strike a town for—to beg. After they had visited about every business house in town and received all the way from.s cents to twenty-five cents for their trouble, one of them went to the drug store of M. L. Humston and stole a few picture fram.es while the other pocketed two or three bottles of perfumery from Mr. Burgess’ They then clapped the climax by going to the depot and walking off with Mrs. Fred lor smen’s grip, containingg twenty- six dollars in money. The alarm was given and some dozen raen and boys started in pursuit of the theives who had taken a bee line for the C. & I. C. expecting to catch a through train out of town. They struck the train all right and. had thrown the satchel in an empty car on a train just ready to pull out but the-pursuing crowd struck them at the same time. They took them back to town and placed them in the custody of Marshal Hough, who locked them up till Thursday morning when they were taken before Esq. Potter and tried them for the crime. But one, however, was found guilty of stealing and was bound over to the grand jury. The other was charged with being the streets and was fined and costs and failing to give bail was committed to jail pay the some by laying there at 75 cents per day. Fred Weeks is in Chicago receiving medical treatment. Mrs. Woltz, wife of our former Pan Handle agent at this place, but now of Monticello, is visiting her Goodland friends.

Mr. John Cassido, of Benton county, has just completed a fine residence four miles nort-west of this pkace, and before the bluebirds scip and hop, over meadow and plain he will be a resident of Newton county. The High School has promised give some kind of a “cheap John” entertainment here Thursday evening of this week. Mr. Barney Clark was quite badly hurt a few evenings ago by falling through a cattle-guard on the Pan Handle east of town. He had been to Remington, on business, and returning on the local when the train stopped about half a mile from town and he and a friend thought they would walk on to town but with the above result. His lips were badly cut and one or two teeth almost dislocated. X few recently converted Baptists were to have been be baptised last Monday evening, but the tank had sprung a leak and the ceremony had to be postponed for a few days. Mrs. George Hart,, of Kentland, was in town visiting friends Saturday, Mr. Wm. Foster is having the lower part of the old New York store completely overhauled. It is said that a bran new stock of goods will be put in there about Jan. Ist. •Jack the Ripper.