People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

GOODLAND.

Butter 22c. Oats 23@25c. Corn 32@33c. About all the oats will be harvested in this section this week. Will Shaffer is home from Gas City. The potato crop will be short in this section if we don’t get rain soon. Harry Butler and a number of other farmers were compelled to run their reapers last Sunday owing to the rapid ripening of their oats crop. An electric fan has been placed in Dr. Traugh’s office. Stone are being hauled for a new bridge over the “raging Potomac” in the south part of town. When iron grates against against steel in the post office election, at this place, (if there ever is one) far above the smoke of battle will arise over all that stately form of our town clerk. Will some one of the three editors at Rensselaer please tell us what dog-fennel will be worth after the crop of their city is harvested this fall? Mr. Ed Harper and his two sisters are at the World's Fair this week. Mr. Jas. E. Carney has had the front windows of his shoe, shop decorated with a fine coat of paint by some experts. The holiness people still hold on to this locality, presumably with the object of converting some one of those one hundred and forty infidels of this section. We are of the opinion that where they are now sowing they will only reap the whirl-wind. Mr. B. Sayler and his sister Lillie, of near Rensselaer, attended meeting at this place last Sabbath. Mr. C. M. Brown made a business trip to Morocco Monday. Editor Kitt gives notice in the last issue of his paper that about October 1st he will begin the publication of the Herald twice a week. What editor in the 10th district and in a town the size of Goodland can say as much? Mrs. Knight, accompanied by her sister Miss Myrtle Steward, started last Tuesday for Dakota. The former for her home, and the latter for a visit of two or three months, Dame rumor says that one deserving pensioner at this place has been dropped from the pension rolls. A Mr. Murphy seems to be the first man to suffer in this community from the poisonous darts of Hoke Smith. Mr. Murphy enlisted at Rensselaer in the early days of the war and served in the 48th Ind. Volunteers for more than three years and is well known here and at Rensselaer. It is believed that more will soon follow.

Some of our side walks are in a delapidated condition. A. J- Kitt and S, C. Spoar went to Chicago Tuesday. The. Colson theatrical company has been entertaining our people for two weeks past, once a week, and will continue two weeks more, each Tuesday. The pop-corn Stand caught tire Tuesday and came near burning James Johnson’s restaurant and 11, Burgess’ drug store. Farmers of this section report only an average crop of oats this year. Not so,good as was at first reported, while the price prospect is everything but flattering. with perhaps a start at 20c. ,and running us low as 17c. A little scare was created a week ago over in Benton county by the appearance of the old fashioned army worm. The excessive heat, however, kept them from working on the crops. Corn is suffering for rain. Report says that N. F. Jenkins will locate tn Washington after the expiration of his ministerial term here. Jack the Ripper.