People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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.