People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1893 — A BICYCLE FACTORY. [ARTICLE]

A BICYCLE FACTORY.

And now Rensselaer is to have a bicycle factory employing 200 or 300 hands—provided the town raises the necessary amount of capital and the enterprise proves to be all that is claimed for it. At present the factory is located in Chicago. It is owned by three men, two of whom wish to dispose of their interest. The other partner, who owns two-fifths of the plant, was here Tuesday and met some of our local capitalists and made them a proposition. He proposed that a company be formed here to buy the three-fifths of the retiring partners’ share and remove the plant to Rensselaer. He agrees to put $8000 into the plant is his share, our citizens to put in not to exceed $12,000, the home company to have the benefit of the difference if the plant fails to invoice for $20,000. The plant will require a building 50x400 feet. At the meeting a committee was appointed to obtain the views of the capitalists of the town and report at a meeting to be held Wednesday evening. The committe reported that the sentiment was in favor of the factory provided that if upon investigation the enterprise proved to be all that was claimed for it. Geo. Murray, T. J. McCoy, B. F. Ferguson, C. C. Sigler and J. P. Hammond were appointed a committee to go to Chicago and thoroughly investigate the affairs of the company. They left for Chicago yesterday.

The Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church will give a social at the home of Miss Hattie Hopkins this evening. Refreshments and entertainment given. Admission 10 cents. Everyone invited. Anna, the young daughter of Jackson Freeland, died at the family residence in Newton township last Friday afternoon. The funeral was held at home Saturday afternoon, services being conducted by Rev. Ferguson. Another post office has been established in Jasper county. Valma is the name it goes by. It is located in Barkley townspip about six miles northeast of Rensselaer. It has a triweekly mail. T. J. Richardson is the postmaster. Geo. A. Strickfaden has returned from the West Baden springs much improved in health. He is so enthusiastic over the wonderful curative qualities of the water, that he has taken the agency for the sale of it. See his advertisement elsewhere.

Owing to the death of Rial Benjamin the “Hard Tyme Soshil,” which was to have been held Wednesday evening by the Epworth League, has been postponed until next Monday evening. It will be given at the residence of E. P. Honan. A woman in Pike county was kicked in the chin by a mule, causing her to bite off the end of her tongue, and her husband has since refused the offer of SI,OOO for the mule. He says that mule was the indirect cause of lengthening his life.—Hobart Gazette.

P. H. Kirsch, Indiana fish commissioner, has addressed circulars to road supervisors of each district in every county informing them that by an act of March 11, 1889, they are given the powers and duties of constables in all cases of violations of the fish and game laws. The “Big T” brand of tomatoes placed on the market last year by the Tippecanoe Canning Co. of this place has taken high rank and is in great demand in the Chicago market. The dealers in that city who bought last year are anxious to buy again and say they reserve the “Big T” especially for their city trade.—Monticello Herald.

George Headley Brown has been appointed a member of the Advisory Committee of the World’s Congress Auxiliary on farm culture and cereal industry and a member of the world’s agricultural congress. Geo. Pumphrey has also received a like appointment for Newton county. After the juice is all squeezed from the lemon one would naturally suppose that the rine had no further use, but if you dip the inside in Salt and rug a copper kettle or stew pan it will brighten it, or put in a greasy saucepan and boil awhile, it will cleanse it and remove the odor of fish or onions.

Everyone is cordially invited to attend the box social given by the Woman’s Relief Corps, at the G. A. R. hall Wednesday evening, May 10th. The ladies of the Relief Corps will this week earn fifty cents for the purpose of replenishing the Relief Fund. At the social they will tell how they made it. Every one should help in this grand cause. Two good suppers and a good time. 25 cents. A. McCoy & Co. ’s bank is prepared to make five year loans Onfarms at rates positively as low. and on as favorable terms as can be obtained in town, giving the privilege of partial payments at any time, and stopping the interest on the amount paid. We are also prepared to make loans on personal security on shorter time at reasonable rates. If you are in need of a loan, give us a call. 43-4 t.

North Dakota has a law which is found unprofitable to the lawyer’s trade. Under it “courts of conciliation” are established, the duty of which is to prevent litigation. Aggrieved parties may appear before it, each side stating its case, and the court will endeavor to effect a settlement without expense to them. No lawyers are admitted to this unique tribunal. Some good results have already been realized from the system. The Hebron Leader says that Porter county has completed her share of the bridge across the Kankakee river in Keener township, and observes: ‘ ‘Now let the Hebrew children ®f Jasper county arise from their slumber and see that their share of the contract is fulfilled, and then we shall begin to reap the benefits of the money expended. Procrastination is the thief of time, and life is too short to idle away, so draw yourself together and get out of that crawfish pace.”

The first victim of the chain gang struck town the first of the week. He is a tramp and applied for lodging at the jail. The next day he was tried before Squire Morgan and given twelve days in the chain gang. He was put to work trimming the trees in the public square Tuesday and later at other work. This will doubtless be a means of ridding the town of tramps. The Jasper County Board of Education met last Monday. The most of the session was taken up with the enumeration reports. All members were present with the exception of Trustee Bruner and the president of the Remington school board. The purchasing agency was continued another year with the same, purchasing agent. The county superintendent was instructed to prepare and have printed a county manual, supplementary to the state manual.

Three feet under ground, on the premises of John Opp, Jr., in Benton county, in a ditch in progress of construction, a silver slipper was unearthed a few days ago. Over the spot where the slipper was found was a hole of considerable depth, about a foot in diameter. It is supposed that in early days there was a depression in the prairie at that point, and the slipper was lost by a party of Jesuit priests on their way to the St. Mary’s or St. Anne’s neighborhood in Illinois, this side of the Kankakee. Mr. Opp has the slipper in his posession.—Fowler Leader.

Irl R. Hicks, weather-prophet, predicts the following for May: Cool days and frosty nights following last April storm period, will give place to warmer stormy weather about 2nd and 3rd. Sharp, frosty nights need not surprise two or three days before the 7th or Bth, about which days it will turn very warm, and active storms are liable about Bth, 9th and 10th. Temperature fall to the frost line after the disturbances of this period. The 14th and 15th will bring sudden and extreme warmth, with much tendency to cyclonic storms on and about those dates. Watch them! Cooler up to next storm period, running from 18th to 22nd. About these days expect very warm weather to end in hard storms. This is true, also, for 25th and 26th and dates touching them. May will end growing warmer, with storms brewing and moving from the west.

The town election passed off quietly last Monday, as usual resulting in a complete Republican victory. A full vote was not polled, a great many voters seeming indifferent as to the result. The following is the vote For trustee third district, G. K. Hollingsworth, rep., 201; J. J. Eiglesbach, dem., 121. Trustee fifth district, A. Woodworth, rep., 192: A. F. Long, dem., 121. Town treasurer, C. C. Starr, 200; Nelson Randle, dem., 113. Clerk, C. G. Spitler, rep., 194; J. S. Grubb, dem., 117. *shall, Thomas McGowan, rej)., 197; James B. Jordon, dem., Ijl7. This week we cronicle Ithe sudden death of Rial -Benjanlin, which occurred Tuesday afternoon. He had been in feeble health for some time, but was able to be about and was down town the day of his death in the forenoon. In the afternoon his son Philander was working in the garden, when his father came to the door and requested him to come in. His son complied with his request, but when he arrived at the house, his father was unconscious and died in a few moments. His age was 83 years, 4 months and 25 days. His wife proceeded him but a few weeks. He leaves but two children. Philander and Mrs. James T. Randle. His funeral was held at the M. E. church Wednesday afternoon, services being conducted by Rev. Campbell.

For having right good times, perhaps no society in Rensselaer can equal the Woman’s Relief Corps and G. A. R. post. Saturday evening these two societies gave a farewell surprise party to R. B. Wilson and wife, previous to departure for Kansas. A full supply of rations were taken along and a grand time was had at Mr. Wilson’s residence. While the festivities were at their height a number of the ladies broke in upon the scene fully masked. Monday evening the corps prepared for a suprise supper and reception in honor of Mrs. Julia Healey, who is shortly to move to Missouri. The comrades felt slighted and while the lodge was in session made their appearance with masks on thenfaces and dressed in motherh übbard dresses. Being unable to give the pass word they were refused admission, but sweeping the guard aside, they made a rush and captured the hall. Full baskets -were taken with them. After supper the evening was spent in story telling, music, etc. Comrade Chas. Platt was the life of both meetings.