People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Wm. Gasoway, a young man of Union township, went insane and has been placed in jail until he can be admitted to the asylum at Logansport. Wm. Price, insane, is also an occupant of the jail. Mel Makeever left Wednesday for Goshen to be ready for his footrace to-morrow, With him went Harry Wiltshire as trainer, his regular train being compelledto return to Denvei* on account of an attack of asthma.

Dr. I. B. Washburn, 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. Vai Seib has secured the position of book keeper for Contractor Travis, who has the contract for delivering all the mail to and from the trains and boats in New York city. Mr. Seib has already entered upon his duties. “Never judge by appearance,'’ a contemporary exclaims. “A shabby old coat may contain a newspaper publisher, while the man wearing the high toned plug hat and sporting a dude cane, may be a delinquent subscriber. Edna, the three year old daughter of Pete Wasson, living south -of town, fell from the second story window Tuesday, but escaped with a few bruises. She unhooked the screen, and it falling to the ground, she followed.

Mrs. Fannie Teagarden, of Mineola, Texas, is the guest of her father, Ellis Walton. This is her first visit in ten years, and upon alighting from the train Monday her father did not recognize her. Her four children accompanied her. \ The saloons at Fowler were wide open on the Fourth. The saloon keepers claim to have had authority to do so. As Fowler is the home of Judge Wiley and Proecutor Brown the grand jury will probably have plenty of work to do in the future.

An lowa farmer, with his eyes directed towards the rafters, was saying grace when he suddenly exclaimed. “There’s that blamed gimlet we’ve been lookin’ for these past six months. Git up there and get it Jim, blamed quick. Amen.”—Ex. If you pwe any man a dollar and have the money, pay him. That will relieve the stringency. There are times when nothing else but money will answer the purpose, and this is one of those times. Therefore, let the little, neglected debts be paid now.— Ex.

Goshen News: Despite the fact that the liquoi 1 license was raised in LaPorte from's2s to S2OO the town still has thirty-five saloons. To offset this influence thirteen churches have been established and there are seventeen lawyers to see that the laws are enforced. A McCoy & Co’s Bank is prepared to make farm loans in amounts of 8300 to 810,000 for five years, with privilege of partial payments. Interest six per cent, and a reasonable commission for making the loans. Money ready as soon as abstract shows good title. The captive balloon in the Midway Plaisance at the World’s Fair was bursted.by a gale of wind Sunday evening and utterly demolished. The aeronaut had noticed the coming of the storm just in time to descend and let the passengers out. It was a narrow escape. Henry Eigelsbach and Miss Grace Geitl were married at the Catholic church Tuesday morning. The ceremony was performed by an uncle of the bride, Rev. Andrew Geitl, superintendent of the Indian school. A wedding dinner was given at the Indian school at noon. There is no little talk of putting an electric railway in operation between Lafayette and Chicago. The proposed line may strike either at Wolcott or Remington, as the projectors want to put it midway the distance from the L. N. A. & C. and the C. & I. C, railways.—Wolcott Enterprise, Smoke the Mendoza cigar.