People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1893 — GOODLAND. [ARTICLE]

GOODLAND.

Corn firm at 34c. Dr. Pratt, for a number of years a very successful physician, moved to Chicago the middle of last week. Health is reasonably good at this place. The editor of the Kentland Enterprise was in town the latter part of the week. A new son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burr, Monday, Jan. 9th. The first birth in the township or town in the new year, 1893. Miss Hardy has gone to Evanston, 111., to attend school. To Rent —Two good rooms could be rented reasonable of our school board. Can be used for cold storage of any kind, dressed beef or ice. Rooms located in public school building. Call on, or address any es the school board, Goodland, Ind.

There is not a pound of har d coal m town nor has theer been for nearly two weeks.. Mr. D. R. Harper, an old and deserving soldier, was granted a pension of |lB a month a few days ago. Mr. D. Anderson is now properly installed as landlord of the Central House. Mr. Mitchell thinks some of locating in Chicago. We take pleasure in informing Congresman Hammond that if he appoints the man talked of by the “ringers” at Kentland, postmaster at this place, it will be lots easier for him to go sleigh riding in a hotter place than this county has been for three weeks and will stand no earthly show of ever warming another seat in congress hall. Snow has taken quite a fall the past week. “Pinkamink,” (County Supt. Pfrimmer,) visited our schools one day last week and rendered one or two excellent poems to the great satisfaction of his listeners. It is far cheaper that you buy a livery team and sleigh and then sell them back to the liveryman at half price than to hire one for a few hours these days. You can make big money at it. Our item last week in regard to Mrs. Ben Davidson’s brother stepping in unknown to her was a mistake. Our informant was in error. It should have been “Big”, Ben’s brother-in-law instead of “Little” Ben’s wife’s brother. We ask pardon of our readers and will try and prevent repetition of another mistake of the kind. "'Some energetic fellow might make an independent fortune by inventing a machine by which a lazy cur could set around a good fire and have his walks cleaned of snow. It is said that Goodland will have at least one representative on the World’s Fair police force. We have been informed that Will Collins has been examined for, a position of that kind after he finishes his course at Valparaiso next spring. His examination was successful, so we have been informed. Jack the Ripper.

One of our farmer friends has again been doing some figuring. This time it is on a self-binder. One day last week he took an illustrated catalogue and figured cash prices in self-binders if bought at the repair prices would cost the farmer <730 for a machine complete.—Hancock Democrat