People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

GOODLAND. Oats 35c. Corn 34035. Farmers are about all through sowing oats. Joseph Wright, of Morocco, was in town Friday and reports the new town. Beaver City, as coming to the front. The time for garden has arrived and it gives the women the old time opportunity of leaning on the garden fence and gosiping about their other door neighbor. A good substantial plank walk has been built from Elder Huston’s residence west to East street.

Elmer Bringham spent two or three days at Lafayette last week among the ix>ys. Don't think, gentle reader, that Elmer ever deals off the ace or the ting but if there is one thing above another that he does like to do it is to have a good game of checkers. O say! how is Rensselaer—has she any checker players'? The farmers’ elevator at Locbeal appears to be a settled fact. The move is a good one but the location is bad. Goodland is far more centrally located and the farmers of this vicinity would lake stock in an enterprise of this kind as willingly as those of Locheal, we believe. Gentlemen, go ahead with your enterprise but change your location.

If the C. & I. C. will just say so, we believe our people.would donate enough money to paint their depot. The old political demagogue and walking atlas of the Kentland Democrat says “Jack” was as siient as a clam after Prof. Davis gave him a dressing down a few weeks-ago. You and your moth-eaten :md filth covered sheet lie when you say that silence on our part has ever been caused by what the leader of the public crib has ever said about “Jack.” But on the other hand how about the professor answering the questions we propounded to him a week or two ago'? Perhaps you or the nincompoop of the Morocco Courier could answer them for him. Did you ever say anything about that side of the argument in your sheets, you or Davis'? The ladies of the W. R. C. propose to give a supper at their hall Friday evening of this week for the benefit of the W. R. C. Womanlike, they hate to be without a cent.

A. J, Kitt, editor and proprietor of the Herald, and his little daughter, Hattie, are visiting friends at Rochester this week. Theo. Carew is able to be at his old stand in Charley Case's saloon. Will Young, formerly editor and proprietor of the Mt. Ayr News, but now a resident of Jonesboro, was in Goodland the fore part of last week. Considerable change will soon be made in the time on the C. & I. C. The passenger now passing here at 3:18 p. m. north, will be changed to 11:15 a. m., and the one south will pass here about the usual time while the early train north will run one hour earlier and one hour later south.

Mr. Kitt, in last -week's Herald, larraps the chronic depot loafer. That is right. If there is a set on God’s foot stool that respectable people have no use for it is the railroad station loafer. What is the best means of getting rid of him? It is said that Goodland will soon have a sensation. It is reported, on what seems to be good authority, that a breach of promise suit will be commenced at the next term of court for one hundred thousand dollars by a Goodland woman against a nonresident.

A man by the name of Oscar Williams, four miles and a half south of here, met with a serious, but not fatal, accident a few days ago by the accidental discharge of a rifle. He was in the act of putting the gun away at the time of the accident. The ball struck the upper portion of Mr. Williams’ right breast just above the nipple and lodged somewhere in the region of the collar bone. Considerable hemorrhage has been the result of the wound and a total paralysis of the right arm has also occurred

and grave fears ars felt by the attending physicians for his recovery. Mr. Stuba. for a number of years harness maker at this place, but now of Kokomo, was visiting friends here the latter part of last week, and fore part of this. George Griffin, of Remington, was in town Sunday as the guest of his brother Charles. A number of Kentland people were sight-seeing in Good Laud Sunday. We also noticed some from Rensselaer. The la tter appear to have been captivated by some of Goodland's fair daughters. Mr. Charles Rhoades and wife, of Rensselaer, visited with Mrs. Rhoades’ parents at this place last Sunday. It is said but three pupils passed at the last examination held at this place three weeks ago. Another examination, and the last one of this school year, will be held next Saturday, and if there is no better results then, our graduating class will be a rather thin one. Jack the Ripper.