People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1893 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Rev. Hitchings, of Chicago, will conduct services at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath, morning and evening. The carpet ball social held at the Pleasant Grove school house in Barkley township, Jan. 14, proved a success both socially and financially. The proceeds of the social were >l7. A box social is to be held at the Putts School, District No. 6, Friday evening, Jan. 27th, to purchase “The Young People’s Reading Circle” books. Each lady is requested to bring a box I containing supper which will be sold at auction. The school and teacher, Katie Shields, extend a cordial invitation to all.

The Grand Army will hold its encampment at Indianapolis this year and in order to make it a success the legislature will be asked to make an appropriation of 150,000. The Grand Army boys should not be ignored and the state should do her part, as other states have done in the past, to make their national encampments a success. Mrs. George Hollister received this week a check from the government for 11,920, pension money at the rate of *lO per month for the first sixteen years of her life. Her father died in the army and her mother shortly after Mrs. Hollister’s birth, and this is the money which would have been due her during her minority, but which was never allowed.

Charlie Rhoades, our young compositor, who started for Morocco to buy out the Courier, has not been heard from since leaving here. The paper is still run by the old proprietors, Frank Davis’ name appearing as editor in chief. Charley is probably working in the Courier office, how’ever, and no fears are entertained that he has become lost in that large city.

The 10-year old son of Conductor Long, of the Monon, gave an exhibition of fancy rifle shooting at the Opera House last Friday. He performed the difficult feat of shooting a peppermint drop from betw’een his father’s fingers, cutting a car din two which was held edgewise toward him, shooting ashes from a cigar held in his father’s mouth, etc. Considering his age he is a marvel.

E. L. Hollingsworth’s new business building had a narrow escape from fire Wednesday as ternoon. He fashioned a stove pipe into the shape of a stove and making a fire in i t placed it >in one of the upstairs rooms in order to drive out the cold and dampness. The workmen left the building and no thought was given to the fire trap. Smoke was discovered issuing from the floor in Thompson Bros’, lav’ office, which caused an investigation and the source was discovered. The floor was burned through to the -width of three boards. Louie learned a lesson, -which he will probably profit by in the future. A definite proposition has been made to our citizens by the Mt. Ayr foundry men. For a donation of sufficient land and 11,200 they will erect a foundry 20x100 feet, a furnace of 1| tons of melting capacity and everything needed. The signers of th e proposition, George G. Gillete, A. N., David D. and Eli N. Hochstetler, agree to operate the foundry continuously and should it be removed to any other point the donations will be returned. The foundry will be adapted for turning out grates and other parts of stoves and for the manufacture of an anvil and •vise and wheel barrows, of which they make a specialty. The parties are reliable and this offer should not be allowed to slip through our fingers. Bargains, and nothing but bargains, at Hemphill & Honan’s. For a godji smoke try the Safety cigar.