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

FRANCESVILLE.

As we failed to make our appearance last week will try to give the news for this and last week too. We started with our items and as we neared the station we heard the whistle of the mail train. But with all our speed our items were left “cow tail” fashion. Health is improving. Miss Belle Price returned to her home last week. Lovell, the western real estate man, is in town again. Miss Blanche Hollett is home from Lafayette, where she is taking a course in short hand. Orville Goddard has a position at the fine dress goods counter in the Boston store, Lafayette. Ray Goddard is home from Medaryville where he has been helping Mr. Straight in the dry goods business. Wallace Dodge is back again. We would recommend a Keeley treatment this time. Madam Rumor says the ■wedding dress that was layed away is to be used in the near future. We have all failed to see the vestibule trains that were to start over our road April Ist for the accommodation of World’s Fair visitors.

Our town will have an election next month. The Prohibitionists held their convention Monday evening, the 3rd. Francesville wants a lum,ber yard and wants it bad. We have two so-called places where you can get a lath, a shingle and a pound of nails by giving two or three days notice and then paying two prices. Orlando Pruett had quite an exciting runaway. His horse started to run when the line broke, then it began kicking. The boy jumped and fell together till he got away. The result was a smashed sulky and a scared boy.

We came near having a gas accident. Mr. Nelson had removed the burner from his stove and was burning wood, and had the gas key turned down when the gas came with such force as to burst the pipe, sending the gas every where, which took fire. By the timely work of Haymen the gass was shut off. Our gas is a failure and was worse than a nuisance all winter. The greater part of the burners have been taken from the stoves and wood is used. Whether on account of the failure of the well or the cold weather freezing the pipes is not known. There was talk of another well but it has died down or exploded. Our town well is on qs downward course.

Mr. and Mrs. Leach were at Winamac Saturday. Mose Gordon has the French measles. Mrs. Fitch is visiting her mother in Walker township. Ebert Garigus is home and is putting in his time with John Hayworth. The past winter death has taken several of our leading citizens, among whom we find John Bledsoe, Mr. Nolan, Arthur Leffler, son of J. B. Leffler, Arville Hayworth, son of John Hayworth, D. Bacjitenkircher

and Mr. Olds, who died at his grandson’s, Charlie Witham. He was an old citizen of our town. PiLOT’a Friend.