People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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-