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

MOROCCO.

Orth Graves and Sam Sizelove are attending the normal at Kentland this year. James Beckner and w’ife, having broken up house-keeping, are boarding with A. E. Purky. The windows of both the Methodist and Christian churches were beautifully decorated by

a traveling painter. Paxton & Tiffin, owners of the Morocco Stock Farm, arrived home from Aurora Sunday with their horses. Prepay and Westfall. There were 208 entries at that place. C. M. Brown, agent of the “Allen Land and Loan C 0.,” was in town Monday. The company will run a special excursion to Laurens, lowa, on Aug., rHth at reduced rates. Everybody should take this opportunity L to see the western country. Charlie Miller returned to Chicago Monday, after a weeks visit with his parents at this place. The date of the Morocco Fair is Sept. 12th to 15th. Many pf the transoms and glass doors of the houses of the town were decorated by the traveling painter w’hile he was here. It is reported that there will be a foot race here Saturday between E. Parks and C. Fisher. John Manly has learned the trade of decorating windows. He got hisinstructions from the traveling painter. Ephriam Bridgeman is preparing to build a dwelling house on East State street. The new race track is nearing completion and will be in good condition by the time of the fair. It is reported that there is going*to be a calaboose built here in the future. If the report is correct it will make the boys look a little out and be careful what they do. Ida Seward, who has been away from Morocco quite a while, lias returned and is now working for James Robertson at the restaurant. The W. C. T. U. will give a silver medal at the K. & M's hall at this place on Wednesday night. The winner’s name will be given in the next correspondence. The fourth quarterly meeting of the Morocco- Circuit will be hdld the sth and 6th of August. Rev. J. J. Claypool, of Kentland. will preach Friday evening and Rev. Cox, of Chicago, will preach Sunday. The elder wttl hold quarterly conference on Tuesday at 2 p. in. 'Pho young people of the Methodist church are going to give a basket festival on Saturday, July29th, in Mr. Doty's building near the post office. Comp: Again.