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

A new train each way was put on the Monon from Indianapolis to Chicago Monday. The train going north passes Rensselaer at 10:30 a. m., but does not stop. The south bound train passes at 7:30 p. in., and stops. The trains were put on to meet the competition of the Big Four. The work of macademizing Washington street was completed Monday. If the surface of the rock was covered with proper material the street would be equal to those found in any town. As it is the street Is a beauty, and the- material used in its construction is of the very best and the work well done.

The coroner of Tippecanoe has brought in a verdict on the Lafayette depot wreck to the effect that the air brakes failed to work. - ’ It cost the county *SOO for this belated information from the coroner, which they had received from the newspapers several weeks ago without charge. One ol the most horrible fire disasters of recent years was that on the World's* Failgrounds Monday, an account of which will be found elsewhere in this issufe. It was an exhibition of horrors not down on the programme and which many of the visitors doubtless would be glad to shut out of their memories.

The best possible definition yet given to a newspaper is this: “A private enterprise for public profit.” If there was ever an institution tending to profit the public at large it is the newspaper and if there was ever an institution more illtreated generally than the newspaper we haven't heard of it.— Ex.

A Crawfordsville couple recently married, fell into a bitter quarrel over the bride's expenses to the world's fair, -which ended in the husband tossing a dime in hex’ lap for spending money. She promptly purchased 10 cents worth of morphine and took it all at one gulp. The funeral will cost the groom more than a dozen trips to the fair.—Ex.

The Lafayette Courier says: “The statement published in various rival cities that work on the Monon shops here had been discontinued is without any foundation whatever. There is a large force of men at work on the tracks to the site of the new shops, and there is no hitch or hindrance in the building of the shops going ahead at once.” Having purchased the Barns' livery stable, on Van Rensselaer street w T est of the public square, the undersigned will conduct the same in a manner to give satisfaction to his patrons. Nothing but good rigs will be sent out, and at reasonable prices. Fancy rigs will be furnished for special occasions. Your .patronage solicited.

Robert Randle.

Our great offer of the Pilot 8 weeks for ten cents is being taken advantage of by a large number, but there are still many who are not receiving the paper. For the benefit of those the offer is still continued, but will be withdrawn as soon as a certain number are taken. This is less than the cost and should at once be taken advantage of. Send in your dimes. The July Cosmopolitan will make the most radical step ever taken in periodica! literature. With that issue the magazine, unchanged in form, will be put on sale at 12| cents per copy or $1.50 per year, or just half the old price. The Cosmopolitan is equal to Harper’s, Scribner's, or any of the high price magazines. We will furnish it, in connection with the Pilot for $2.25 per year,

Should the supreme court decide the fee and salary bill unconstitutional there will likely be a special session of the legislature. Even should the supreme court sustain the law it is highly probable that Gov. Matthews will call a special session of the legislature to enact laws to wipe out the Roby prize fighters. Tippecanoe county must be proud of Senator McHugh, who caused all this trouble by getting the Roby bill passed.