People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mary, wife of Peter Minikus, died last Friday morning at their residence in Rensselaer at tho age of 68 years, after a sickness of eight years, of catarrh of the lungs. She leaves a husband and six children, two girls and four boys. Her funeral was held at the Catholic church Saturday, February 4, at 10 o’clock a. m. Interment took place at the Catholic cemetery. A big change has been made in the management and ownership of the Nonconformist. Tho paper has been purchased by Leroy Templeton, Thomas S. East, L. A. Stockwell and Wilson Corey, all prominent leaders of the People’s party. The editors of the paper will be Henry Vincent, Chas. X. Matthews and L. A. Stockwell. The abovo names are a guarantee that tho paper in the future, as well as in the past, will be a hummer. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K. Hollingsworth gave an elaborate reception on Wednesday evening. A pleasant feature of the evening was music by Eddie Brandecamp, the blind pianist, from Crawfordsville. Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth were assisted in receiving by Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Ensminger, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin. Refreshments were served in the dining room from a table decorated from the chandeliers to the four corners with smilax and a center piece of ferns, white hyacinths and white coronations. The ferns were white and green, the predominant color of the dining room. Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Louie Hollingsworth presided at the table. About 100 invitations were issued.

Wm. Edgar Nye Fendig is quite a joker and could not resist the temptation to have some fun with one of his innocent German friends, so he invited him to attend a fashionable party given by one of his aristocratic friends Wednesday evening, and to bring his pipe and make himself at home. Promptly on time the German appeared and upon being questioned at the door said that he had received an invitation from Mr. Fendig and passed on into the house, and installing himself in the smoking room took out his pipe and proceeded to make himself at home. As the house began to fill with guests and the embarrassment of the host and hostess increased, the innocent German was invited out of the house by one of the male guests, who explained the situation and the German

disappeared. Mr. Fendig finding that the German had accepted the invitation, was the worst beat person in the house and was made the subject of all the innocent jokes of the company the rest of the evening. The printing of the sample ballots in the papers of the state at the late election cost the tax-payers over $100,000. If the work had been let, as all public printing should be, to the lowest bidder, it would have been done for about $10,000. The people should insist on their representatives —who are supposed to be their servants, not masters —letting this work be done where the best bargains can be had. Many papers received as much for printing these ballots in two issues as their whole outfit of presses, type and printing material was worth. They would gladly have given their home merchant the same space for from $25 to $40, but take from $325 to $350 out of the county for the work.—Remington Press. Smoke the Mendoza cigar. For sale everywhere.