People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1893 — Page 1

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT.

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\ou are Gordiaffv Invited to attend tße .-GRAND OPCNING OFFSPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. FOUR ROOMS filled with choice and seasonable goods, that will be sold at unheard of low prices. Did you ever consider why we undersell all competitors? There are Five Reasons: % Ist. We have no partner to share profits and double the expense of living. 2nd. We buy and sell for cash and discount our bills. 3rd. Our stock is the largest and we sell the most goods. 4th. Our room rent is more than one-half less than any pther double room. Sth. Our entire expense, store and living is about one-half any other competitor. Read a few prices below then come and bring your whole family and see for yourselves. Spaces only for about one hundreth part of what we have.

CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Complete and we are now prepared to show you the handsomest line of the best styles and t best made clothing in this part of the state, and at such close prices that no competitor can afford to meet. I !Jj IH L-JU* • A full line of Cones’ Worlds Best Pants, Shirts and Overalls. DRESS GOODS. The finest line of dress goods in the county. 40 in. Changeable silk and wool glace, value $1.50 our price $1.15 46 in. Epingeline, all wool value 1.25 “ “ .95 40 in. Poppeline, value... .75 “ “ .52 36 in. Cashmere,Value... .25 “ “ .16 28 in. Half wool stripe cashmere, value 15 “ «• *lO 32 in. Satin gloria, wash goods, value .20 “ “ .12| Alpine suitings, value 20 “ ” .12| Bleached muslin, shirting, flannel outing 6| “ “ .05 Clarence carpet warp, all colors .20 per lb. Best apron gingham made value .... 8| oar price .07 THE ONLY COMPLETE Carpet stock in town, not samples, but carnet by bolt. Best body Brussels value $1.25 pur price $ .85 Best tapestry value .95 “ “ .65 Best ingrain value .75 “ “ .58 Good union value .50 “ “ .35 Cotton and hemp...value .25 “ “ .18 Carpet parlor up stairs. Trunk aiad valise room up stairs. COMPLETE LINE Ladies’ muslin underwear, hosiery, embroidery, linen, laces, gloves, chenile, portieres and covers, neckwear, umbrellas, handkerchiefs, tin and granite ware. A museum of 5 and 10 cent counter goods. Carpet tacks, Boz., leper paper, clothes pins, leper dox., Cone pint tin cups 10c, pails, 14 qt I C tin 18c, 10 qt 14c, etc., etc. 6 qt 10c.

CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE.

OHLY SI.OO PER YEAR.

—**A New Spring Stock of WALL PAPER and PAINTS at B. F. FENDIC’S.^ —

RENSSELAER. IND.. FRIDAY, MARCH 31 1893.

SHOES. Our greatest specialty for the close buyer. Fine and cheap shoes, latest novelties in russett shoes and slippers. Men and women’s $4 value, our price $2.95 Men and women’s $3 value, our price..... 1.90 Men and women’s $1.50 value, our price.. 1.00 Men’s Candee Boots $2.50 value, our price 2.10 Men’s Candee Hip Boots $3.50 value, price 2.95 ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES In ladies’ wraps, jackets with capes, and triple epes, infants cloaks, etc. at special low prices, From f 1.85 to $lO and sl2, Value about one-third more elsewhere. __ ..... , /_ / •VMERIOR •‘IA Ct«ALB M All the latest novelties in Men’s and Boy’s Hats, including about 12 styles of rhe popular Fedora. HEADQUARTERS For lace curtains. 50 pairs 2A yards, value $ .75 our price.. .$ .50 50 “ 2i “ “ 1.00 “ “ .60 50 “ 3 “ “ 1.50 “ “ .90 50 «•’ 3| “ 2.00 “ “ 1.25 25 “ 3| Irish point 6.00 “ “ 3.45 25 “ 3| “ “ 8.00 “ “ 5.85 Many other priced ones not given above. The leaders of low prices and styles. We make prices for others to copy. We have complete departments for others to imitate the reliable one price cash house.

The Bock beer season is now here. Sylvester Healy has a house for rent. Wm. Babcock is down with the measles. Subsciptions taken for any paper or magazine at this office. Work has begun on J. R. Kight’s new hopse. Go to Hemphill’s blacksmith shop for your work. 41-4 L F. Gk Henkle, of San Pierre, was in town this week. George Hopkins is clerking in F. B. Meyer’s drug store. Subscriptions for the Nonconformist taken at this office. Candidates for town marshal are becoming numerous. Smoke the Mendosa x cigar. For sale everywhere. The frame of the new mill on the river bank has been raised. Wanted.—A good girl at Goff’s restaurant. Good wages. The school children and teachers are enjoying vacation this week. A full line of sample carpets at J. W. Williams’ furniture store very cheap. N. S. Bates was in Fowler Wednesday being examined for a pension.

For Rent.—A three room house on Front street. Inquire of Sylvester Healy. A 10-pound daughter at John Renicher’s, in Barkley township, last Friday. Wm. Paxton and wife, of Chicago, are visiting relatives in Rensselaer.

You can now put in your spare time aiding your wife cleaning up the yard. Eighteen persons were examined for teachers’ license last Saturday. Miss Eva Jackson, of Hammond is visiting friends in Rensselaer this week. The Reynolds Broom is no more. It gave up the ghost for want of support. A hunting party from Rensselaer is exploring the Black Marsh this week. J. E. Spitler visited relatives at Tipton, Ind., a few days the past week. Charlie Sprigg has purchased Andy Minikus’ property near Frank Osborne’s. Marriage licenses: Charles Young, Joanna Walters; George P. Brower, Cora Poisel. The Roby race track opened again Wednesday, after being closed nearly two months. Dr. Hale, of Wabash, Ind., wds the guest of C. C. Warner and Sei Grant this week. Miss Mary Meyer is in Chicago this week studying styles in millinery and buying goods. The Iroquois club re-elected all its old officers for the ensuing year last Friday evening. Be ready to work for any enterprise that has for its object the upbuilding and prosperity of your town. Hemphill & Honan are selling out to quit business. Now is the time *to get bargains for cash.

Miss Ella Sinclair, of Cloverdale, Ind., is spending a few weeks here with her cousins, the Glazebrooks. Hemphill & Honan are selling out to quit business. Now is the time to get bargains’ for cash. Miss Mamie Williams is home from college for a short vacation. She will return next Tuesday. Take you faded clothes to E. M. Parcells and have them dyed. All work first class. Prices reasonable.

If you know an item of news, send it to us. Don't be bashful! Bashful people seldom get into the newspapers. Hemphill & Honan are selling out to quit business. Now is the time to get bargains for cash. Chas. W. Porter is visiting his parents. His run as Pullman conductor is now from Chicago. He will retnain a few days. Sim Dpwell is now a citizen of Marion township, having moved into his new house just north of town. Welcome, Mr. Dowell. A few shares of the Rensselaer building and loan stock for sale cheap. • Inquire of Geo. K. Hollingsworth. J. U. Iliff and wife are rejoicing over the first pair of twins ever born in Jordan township. They are girls. Hemphill & Honan are selling out as fast as possible, going to quit business. Now is the time to secure bargains for cash. One 60-gallon oil tank, two show cases and spice caddies for sale at a bargain by C. H. Vick, at the World’s Fair restaurant. We received a request this week for sample copies of the Pilot from Wyoming. They were wanted for missionary work. The women will yet have the laugh on the men. The peg-top trousers of 1830 bid fair to come again. They are as ugly as hoops.

J. C. Williams, the photographer, was called to Coshocton, Ohio, Wednesday, by a telegram announcing the serious illness of his father. Warner & Shead have added a delivery wagon to their grocery and will deliver goods to any place in town free. Give them a call. The citizens and business men of the town raised about $45 to help repair Milt Chipman’s house, which was damaged by fire Tuesday. • Farmers, if you are needing either a disc or spading harrow do not fail to call on Hammond Bros, as they are closing them out at cost. The stock of goods of Leopold & Mosier remaining unsold were sold Wednesdays by the assignee to A. Leopold, of Rens selaer, for SB,OOO. , 200 bushels of Mayflower seed potatoes for sale at $1 per bushel if taken at once. Enquire of A. Donnelly, 1| mile north of town. Dear reader, do you know how you can help this paper along? You can do it very easily by trading with the merchants who advertise in its columns. Farms to rent on equitable terms. Drainage good. Apply at my office. B. J. Gifford, Kankakee, 111.

Tax payers will do well to remember to pay the first installment of taxes prior to the third Monday of April, if they wish to avoid the legal penalty. A gold emblem pin has been left at this office which was picked up on the street. Owner can have same by giving description and paying for this notice. Have you seen that beautiful line of children’s suits, handsome jerseys, pretty three piece suits, nobby double breasted. Call in and inspect them. R. Fendig. CARPETS. Brussels, ingrains, hemps, everything in the carpet line. A beautiful line of symrna rugs. If you need anything in this line we can please you. R. Fendig.

Harry P. Kissinger and Cora A. Sayler were unied in marriage at the residence of the bride’s parents by Rev. Hawkins Wednesday of last week. Squire Morgan united in marriage last Thursday afternoon Mr. Chas. Young and Miss Joanna Walters, of Barkley township. The groom lives in Logansport but will shortly move to Rensselaer. The hen that loafed around all winter with no other object in view than to eat, now shows signs of activity and hustles around and evinces a disposition to contribute to her board on the installment plan. Dr. I. B. the optician, handles the celebrated Trolley’s Kohinoor eye glasses, the best made. Attention is called to the ad, "See Again as in Youth,” in another place in this paper. As we go to press the case of the State of Indiana vs. Edward D. Phalon, of Blackford, on the charge of stealing a log chain is being tried before a jury in the circuit court. The value of the chain in controversy is about $3. Mr. J. W. Clear, Horatio Ropp and A. T. Ropp came in to see us Saturday and each subscribed for the Pilot for a year, because "it prints all the homo news.” Get your neigbors to subscribe, gentlemen. Call in at Warner <fc Shead’s and buy your groceries. All their goods are new and clean and show off to advantage in their well lighted room. Goods delivered free to any residence in town.

The local union of the Y. P. 8. C. E. will hold a union service at the Presbyterian church next Saturday evening. Rev. B. E. Utz will deliver a sermon, subject, "Charity.” Services begin at 7p. m. All are invited. Strictly speaking, we are undoubtedly "in it” this year. Farmers, if you have not yet seen our varied and excellent line of implements this year do not fail to call and see us before buying. We are positively going to offer you some surprising ly low prices onjlral clam goods. Hammond Bros. The pupils of Miss Blanche Alter’s school engaged in a snake hunt one day last week, armed with hatchets, clubs, etc. and were making sad havoc with his snakeship when Blanche Ponsler stepping on one and screaming as girls generally do under such circumstances,, brought to her relief Frank Robinson who, striking furiously with his hatchet at the reptile, struck the little girl’s foot and gave her such a wound that she had to be hauled home. This little girl, in all probability, will not see school again this ternfc. Nearly all of this week has been taken up in the circuit court in the trial of Sherman Cooper on the charge of stealing 200 pounds of meat from James Comer of the value of about SIU on or about the night of April 30, 1891. Joseph Conrad was tried about a year ago on the same charge and was sent to the penitentiary for one year. His term but recently expired and he was brought to Rensselaer to testify in this case. The larger part of Barkley township was present as Witnesses at the trial and much interest w’as manifested. The case went to the jury at a late hour Wednesday night and yesterday morning a verdict of "not guilty” was returned. The jury were a little over an hour in arriving at their verdict. Thompson and ChWcote defended the case and Brown presecuted it

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