People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Page 1

THE PEOPLE'S PILOT.

VOL. 11.

MONON TIME TABLE. SOUTH BOUND. No.5 -- Mail and Express. daily .....10:55 A.M. No. 37- Milk Aecom ., daily ....... 6:17 P.M. No. 31—Vestibule .... 12:55 A.M. No. 3 - Night Express, daily ...... 10:47 P.M. No. 45 —Local Freight ...... 2:47 P.M. NORTH BOUND. No. 4—Mail and Express, daily .... 5:38 A.M. No. 30— Milk Aecom,. daily ..... 7:35 A.M. No. 32-Vestibule, daily ...... 2:47 P.M No. 46—Local Freight ........ 9:20 A.M. No. 6 -- Mail ....... 3:47 P.M.

Charlie Reed and wife are visiting relatives in Ohio. Go to Dexter & Cox’s for your coal. George Strickfaden is confined to his bed with sickness. Dexter & Cox will sell you pure buckwheat flour. Subscriptions for the Nonconformist taken at this office. James Flynn is now in the Medaryville flouring mill. Fresh corn meal always on hand at Dexter & Cox's. Jim Randle is learning the barber trade at Phillips’. Chas. Martin, of Chicago, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Frank Hanley. A noby line of overcoats which are going at prices very low. R. Fendig. If you know of a piece of news, give us the facts and we will do the rest. Dexter & Cox, at the feed store, will buy your buckwheat. Bring it in. The Mascot Comedy Co. left Rensselaer a great deal poorer than they entered it. Blankets, yarns, flannels, in fact all winter goods in abundance. R. Fendig. Frank Osborne is contemplating the erection of a plaining mill in Rensselaer. The county meeting will meet next Saturday in room one at at the Makeever House. T. J. Sayler and wife attended the funeral of Mrs. Sayler’s mother at Onargo, Ill., Sunday. Corn meal always on hand at the elevator and feed mill. W. B. Nowels & Son. Claud Sigler is visiting his parents in Rensselaer, after an absence of several months. A full line of sample carpets at J. W. Williams’ furniture store very cheap. Mrs. W. J. Miller, of Michigan, is visiting her husband this week. Abe Wartena has moved back from Hammond and will work in Glazebrook’s blacksmith shop. The Pilot very much desires a hustling correspondent in the town of Remington, lady or gentleman. A lighting hay press for sale cheap, on time or for cash. Inquire of Lyman Zea, Rensselaer, end. Services every evening at the Tabernacle now. Preaching Sunday morning and evening. Everybody invited. We grind all kinds of chop feed on Tuesday and Friday of each week. W. R. Nowels & Son. The members of Prairie Alliance tender their sympathy to Bro. John Hudson in the loss of his residence by fire. Anyone thinking of buying a new sewing machine can save several dollars by calling at this office. Humes’ History of England, in 6 volumes, cloth bound, only $1.50 at Vick’s news stand. Other books equally low. E. L. Hollingsworth gave a bob sled party and lunch to a number of friends last Friday evening. J. E. Spitler bought out the news business of Chas. Vick Wednesday and now the “slashing" of prices will cease.

ONLY $1.OO PER YEAR.

The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago earned in tile third week of January $43,064, an increase over the corresponding week of 1892 of $582. B. S. Fendig has moved into the room on Washington street recently occupied by the People’s Meat Market. Bring in your hides, game, eggs, etc. The snow Wednesday and Wednesday night was the largest of the season, and owing to the drifts traveling has been rendered difficult. January’s list of illustrious dead includes Hayes, Butler, Lamar, Brooks and Blaine. This record never has been equaled in the history of this country. We will furnish the Nonconformist and the PILOT whole year for $1.85. Subscribe now and get the Nonconformist’s criticisms of the present legislature. The foundry men have been circulating a petition for donations this week and between $400 and $500 has already been subscribed. They ask $700 and the land. Mrs. S. E. Yeoman fell on the ice at the Makeever House Monday and injured her back so badly that she has been confined to her bed since and has suffered great pain. The bill to abolish capital punishment which comes up at every session of the legislature was introduced Tuesday, but will probably meet the same fate as former bills. Two sled loads of young peopeople drove out to Louis Bull’s, in Barkley township, last Wednesday evening, where an oyster supper and sled party was given. Marriage licenses: Frank J. O’Connor, Mary Meehan; David F. Leatherman, Mary Fulks; Caleb Waymire, Stella May Caster; Edward R. Griggs, Susan Smith. Protracted meeting still continues at the M. E. church. About thirty accessions to the church has been the result so far. Meeting also began at the Christian church Monday evening. John Bartin, a young man living near Mt. Ayr, died last Friday of typhoid fever. This is the second death in two weeks in that family, of that disease, and other members of the family are down with it. The bill introduced in the legislature putting the saloons and drug stores on the same footing as regards the license fee, was killed in the House Tuesday. The bill was engineered by the State Liquor League. Friends, help us to increase the circulation of the Pilot. We want to double our subscription list this year. By your help we can do it. The paper is furnished as cheap as the publishers can afford to print it. By each subscriber getting one new name our list will be doubled. You can do this easily. Try it. The more readers we have the faster will come the day when the masses and not the classes will rule this country. A bill reported to the state senate yesterday, if enacted into law, will transfer the counties of Jasper and Newton to the Fortieth Circuit, and will have White county added. Judge Reynolds, Democrat, of Monticello, would be presiding Judge for the next two years. Benton and Tippecanoe counties would be joined, and Judge Wiley would succeed to the Judgeship of chose two counties.—Kentland Enterprise.

RENSSELAER, IND., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1893

The Chicago Tribune ran a special train over the Monon early Wednesday morning containing a special Indiana edition of that paper, containing an expose of the Jeffersonville prison.. The train passed Rensselaer about 5 o'clock. Warner & Shead have just opened a new grocery in their new building on Van Rensselaer street. They will carry a complete line and solicit a share of yeur patronage. They will also carry a line of hardware.

Williams has a full line of goods at his store and can please you all in prices and styles.

Porter & Wishard are now in their new quarters in the Hollingsworth building and will be pleased to have all their old customers call. They will carry a much larger stock than formerly and in addition will carry a full line of clothing. Miriah H. Shead, of Rensselaer, is a fortune teller who possesses marvelous ability to delve into your past and future history. She is possessed of the same gift in fortune telling as the gypsy and follows their method in telling fortunes.

Jay Williams carries the largest and most complete stock of carpets in town. Call and see samples.

The box social at the Putts school house last Friday evening was a success socially and financially. An interesting program was rendered by the school, consisting of dialogues, recitations, etc., after which the boxes were sold. The net proceeds were $11.60. Dr. H. L. Brown, our enterprising dentist, now occupies his new office in the Hollingsworth Block, where he is better than ever able to relieve the suffering, restore broken down teeth, and in fact do all kinds of dental work by the latest improved methods. The newspapers of Richmond have entered into an agreement to charge regular advertising rates for all cards of thanks, obituary notices, social announcements, where an admission fee is charged, and for personal items where the business of the individual is mentioned. The Pilot yesterday received a long communication from the W. C. T. U. ladies of Goodland. in which “Jack the Ripper” is unmercifully ripped up the back. It came too late for publication in this issue, but will be inserted in full in our next, as we think both sides should be heard on this question. J. H. Weigan, a farmer in Bartholomew county, delivered in Columbus fifty head of hogs which averaged 450 pounds and which brought the handsome price of $1,600. This is the best average lot of hogs that has been sold in that county, since 1865, and the price is the largest paid since that date. Mr. Chas. M. Boyle and Miss Laura M. Brady, both of Rose Lawn, were married at the Catholic church last Monday morning, Rev. Stanislas performing the ceremony. The attendants were Misses Minnie and Clara Boyle. The groom is the son of Albert M. Boyle, and the bride the daughter of Henry M. Brady, the hotel and furniture man at Rose Lawn. After the marriage a dinner was given to the young couple at the Goff house,

Attorneys in ihe Jackson Plummer case have taken an appeal to the supreme court, and expect a decision within ninety days. An appeal was taken on alleged errors in the record and they expect that the supreme court will reverse the verdict of the lower court, and grant a new trial. Mr. J. W. Holmes, one of the most prominent Republicans and one of Jackson county's wealthy men, was fined by Judge Daniel B. Voyles, in the Jackson Circuit $25, sentenced to jail for ten days and disfranchised for ten years, for violating the election law’s at the November election by attempting to bribe voters. Mr. Holmes is seventy years old and an ardent Republican. The fine and disfranchisement is a blow to the Republicans, and they will retaliate by having three of the prominent Democrats arrested upon the same charge. The city of Augusta, Ga., recently spent $100,000 in asphalt pavements and the city council are now talking of taxing bicycles $3 per year to help pay for the improvement. Why would this not be a good idea all over the country? The bicycle riders want good roads and they should be willing to pay their share of the expense of building them. We don’t think that they would object in the least to this plan and the money so raised would go a long ways toward making better roads.—Ex. The Camden Expositor says: "Whenever we see any report of the progress of buildings for the World’s Fair, it is abundantly strewn with adjectives conveying the idea of greatness, elegance and awe, but from only one paper have we learned that 3,000 hospital cases and 700 deaths have occurred among the workingmen since the construction of these buildings began. The converting of a marsh by the lake, to a paradise park, has resulted in more sickness and deaths than we had any idea was likely to be attendant upon that wonderful transformation.” Some people have an idea that the newspaper man has a snap because he is given complimentary tickets shows, etc, but they never think of the fact that they pay well for these favors. Some folks do not think a complimentary ticket is due the newspaper office that donates from $2 to $5 worth of free notices to help them make a success of their enterprise. This is especially true of entertainments gotten up at home and in the majority of cases the printer does not even get a “thank you” for the favor. The long expected change of the officials of the Monon railway at Monon took place last Friday. Jno. O. Ewan, assistant superintendent, was granted a leave of absence for an indefinite time on account of ill ihealth. Railroad men say this means his permanent retirement from the road. C. M. McCammon is appointed train master with office at Monon. Geo. K. Lowell was appointed assfctant superintendent with office at Lafayette. George Dyer returns to his old position as chief train dispatcher, superceding James McDonald, who has been acting in that capacity for some time. Railroad men are generally pleased with the change. Dyer has put every man to work and trains are hurrying over the road gathering up frieght [freight] at stations along the line. George is a hustler and will get the road in good shape for the World’s Fair traffic now rapidly opening up. —Monticello Herald.

The Western Association of Passenger agents have been trying very hard to reach some kind of an agreement by which rates to Chicago the present year will be maintained; but it seems that all efforts have proven futile, and that even before the fair opens a regular cut rate war will open. The New Monon, and the C., H. & D. seem to be taking the lead in cutting rates, and the Pan Handle and Big Pour will not be outdone, and as a result the public will soon have the privilege of going to Chicago at very low rates, unless a truce is formed, which, at this time does not look at all probable. The Camden Expositor presents an unanswerable argument in favor of public officers receiving bids for public printing, the same as for other public work, which we would like to reproduce but spacs [space] forbids There are six papers published in Carroll county either of which are equipped to perform the service of public printing. The proprietors of these papers are citizens and tax-payers, it is right to receive bids for any part of the public work it is right to receive bids for all of it. Let the public printing out to the lowest bidder, gentlemen, and thereby save the county and city many thousands of dollars each year.—Delphi Citizen. Last week a Mr. Barker from Newton connty, near Morocco, came to this county with a pack of wolf hounds, and in company with a number of our citizens has been playing havoc with these pests. Three wolves were caught in as many days the past week in Union township, and a fourth escaped after a five mile chase, badly wounded in a fight with one of these dogs. These dogs are a cross between the grey-hound and fox-bound, giving them the trailing qualities of the latter, and speed sufficient to distance our best horses. This week Mr. Barker is working the territory in the vicinity of Marlborough, with what success we have not yet learned. He deserves, and will no doubt receive a hearty welcome from the sheep-raisers of this county. The reported letting of the contract for cutting through the Momence rock ledge for $50.000 is no indication that the work will be attempted soon. The object was to secure the passage of a new act by the Indiana legislature with an additional appropriation. When this is done then the riparian rights from Momence owners will have to be obtained again, as the old contracts expired in November. For this reason, the Press, does not believe that any active work will be done for some years, but that it will be done some day, there is no doubt. At the same time there are more difficulties to be overcome now than ever before in the history of the attempted work. No further effort will be made under the present bill .and present commission.— Momence Press. An inspection of the new school building will well repay one for the trouble. It contains eight large rooms and basement. The building is modern in every particular. It is heated by furnaces. The basement' has a cement floor throughout except in the coal room. The closets are all located in this part of the building and are supplied with self-cremating furnaces. The inside wood work is of hard pine. W. J. Miller is now doing the painting with a large force and the carpenters are finishing up the wood work. The build-

ing will not be ready for use before March. The plastering, which was a big job, was done by Day Brothers, who received about $800 for the work. The building is a great improvement over the old one, and all the rooms will be used at once, surplus of scholars only occupying the old school house. At present a ton of hard coal per day is used in the new house. Fire is necessary on account of the workmen employed in the building. Charlie Sprigg put in the furnaces and did the tile and cement work.

For sale- a fine black pair of tailor made pants. Owner, having no use for same, will sell at bargain. Inquire of Miss M., at Zimmerman & Roberts' tailor shop.

It will pay any one wanting to buy a pair of first class pants to investigate the above offer. But thereof hangs a tale. For some time Stephen Keen, an Irish lad from Chicago, has been working at the merchant tailor shop of Zimmerman & Roberts. Stephen is a good tailor, but like the majority of those following that trade loves “booze,” and every Saturday night after receiving his wages, gets on a big drunk and continues his drinking until his exchequer is exhausted. Last Saturday night was no exception and at a late hour at night Stephen found himself at the depot, gloriously drunk and quarrelsome, and finally he slapped a young boy who was present. Sunday morning the fighting tailor woke up and found his money all gone and arrest staring him in the face. But a happy thought strikes him. He will skip the town. But money is needed, Another happy thought. In the same shop works a pants maker, Miss M., of Monticello. and a friend of Stephens. “I will ask her for a loan,” says Stephen. Now Miss M. makes good wages, but being an old maid, does not believe in throwing it away on drunken men, and she refused the loau, but having an eye to business lent Stephen the money and took his fine tailor-made black pants as security, and having no use for same now offers them for sale at a bargain. After leaving Miss M. the tailor pawned the trousers to two other parties in town and they are now whistling for their pants. The four drunken toughs who cleaned out the dive at Hammond conducted by former Rensselaer people were arrested and fined. The gang consisted of four hard characters of Hammond. They went to the house on the night of January 14th, one of the coldest nights this winter, and threw the inmates and every thing in the house out into the snow. The women were scantly dressed and they were thrown out last. Not content with this brutality the gang compelled the women to dance in the snow a regular “cancan,” it is reported. One of the women, a bride of but a few weeks, from, the results of the exposure, has been very sick every since, and for awhile was laying at the point of death. The toughs were arrested and fined, one of them $100, another $75 and the remaining two $50 each. The two men who were living with the women were also arrested and held for trial. One of them was able to give bail and is now at liberty, but the other one, the husband of the injured woman, was not so fortunate and is now in jail at Crown Point awaiting trial. The woman who was unhurt and the man out on bail were unmarried, but have been living together for two or three; years and have caused the Hammond people a good deal of trouble.

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