People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

GOODLAND. Corn 35 cents for best yellow. The M. E. church is still continuing their protracted meeting. The Baptists are figuring to build a new church at this place next spring if they can secure the necessary funds. Goodland came near having a fire one day last week. It started in the harness shop of Peter Brooks but was extinguished before it had time to do any damage. It is now believed, at this place that our livery men will all soon wear diamonds, the result of the snows.

Ben Hin9. brakeman on the C. & L C., handled the pen and collected the cash on the LaCrons division in the absence of Mr. Thomas the latter part of last week and fore part of this. Bad eolds. measles, mumps and lagrippe seem to have all jumped unto our community at one time. It’s of little consequence to the people of Rensselaer or Good--1 land what it costs to make the Parker gas. What we war.t to know what is it going to cost, an innocent public. Try again, Mr. Marshall.

Esquire Hamlin, a Jasper county farmer, has moved to GoodJand and will occupy a residence in' the west part of town. One of the old land marks of Percy Junction has now disappeared—the old windmill used for pumping water at that place. The C. & I. C. have just put in a large reservoir that will be filled by steam power and then forced from there up into the tank. The third room of the public school attended a spelling school at the Shetland school house a few evenings ago. This is a surprise to us. We did not know any one going to school now ever spelled anything. A fellow that looks only at the ground will see nothing but dirt. Mrs. Jessie Lovett, daughter of Senator Gilman, is visiting at home this week. Mr. Cook, janator at the school house, has been on the sick list. Mr. Sapp has taken his place. Conductor Thomas, of the C. & I. C., with his daughter, is visiting old acquaintances at Frankfort, this week. Coal and wood have been such scarce articles at different times in Goodland this winter that a number of our citizens have purchased acres of timber at the river and»are having it cut and hauled here for their use. Neal Carew has moved onto Warren Wilson’s place just south of town. H. D. Spurgeon's newly invented musical instrument called “Celestina’’ attracted considerable attention a few days ago by grinding out music for a gaping crowd, propelled by Jas. Johnson’s steam peanut roaster. Mr. W. W. Johnson, two miles northwest of here, will sell his personal property at public sale soon and move to Marion, Grant county, about March Ist. Mr. William Foster, one of Goodland s pioneer citizens, is now in very poor health. So much so that he is confined to the house most of the time. Rev. Mathews, of the Baptist church, is absent assisting Rev. Baily at Brookston in a protracted meeting.

We have just heard of something the W. C. T. U’s. have done in far off Chicago. Not the little side show concern of Goodland. Two Japanese girls are now in the National Temperance Hospital Training School for nurses. They came through the influence of the W. C. T. U. of (Shicago. The expenses of one of them was paid by a wealthy California lady, the other being sent by her father. After a thorough training they will return to their own country. So you see they are willing to lend their influence if it don’t cost them anything, even in Chicago. Jack the Ripper.