People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1893 — Page 8

J N. Harman, pastor of the Morocco circuit of the M. E. Church, recently took a census of Mt. Ayr and Morocco for religious purposes. Mt. Ayr contains 54 families; has a population of 214; 138 persons are over 15 years old; 46 between 5 and 15; 30 are under 5; 87 attend the M. E. and Baptist Sunday schools of the village and 65 belong to some church. In Morocco there are 121 families, 483 persons live in the corporation; 289 are over 15 years old; 112 are between 5 and 15; 72 are under 5 years old; 162 attend the Disciples and the M. E. Sunday schools, and 189 belong to some ch urch.—Kent land Democrat. A newspaper man is in some instances like other people. He respects tiis friends, appreciates a kindness, and is always 'willing to return a favor. In another respect he resembles his fellow man. He will not cotitinne to pat a man on the Duck. tell what a good man he is. and how much he has done for the town and give him a fret business puff every day when the man will not, though personal prejudice or otherwise, continue in supporting his paper. In other words, he stammby the man who stands by him. That’.-' about lii? way of the world, and ■ :■ newspaper man can't be expected to be so much different from other people. —Ex. / n exchange says; People v.Vio t k articles of foreign i:mimfaeture at the XYorld’s Fait as souvenirs of the great ex po dti-m should be careful to get D.-e genuine. Turks. Japanese. Arabs. Calcuttans. Italians and other shrewd tradesmen there go down daily to the wholesale establishments of Chicago and pur chase for a few shillings bushels of trinkets made in Americai which they palm off at fabulous 1 prices on ciayy so tvenir hunters : as curiosities fashioned by i native geniuses across the sea. , There are many tilings that ben the stamp of genuineness in the i foreign booths at the great fair, bu’ there are lots and lots ol frauds and deceptions, also. Don’t forget the Pilot whim ; you have a news item. If youi o whips you speak up and i I’C as know. It will be intercut- ! i.;;. rending to the public. If ■ ou have company tell us, if you ; re not ashamed of your visitors, if a youngster arrives and re i .••litres food and raiment, buy a ..:arter\; worth of cig.;:’- and ‘ >:ae around. If yon arc a. cash ; subscriber we will furnish a name i f ir dm) or her. as the ease may I If you have a social gatl.ering or wedding bring around a

big cake. ice cream, six pies and j e iiam—not to ear. out as a guui- ■ aiuee of good faith. If yon ra'.-;f> an especially large water melon or anything of this naoriiig it in and the Pilot >rce will take pleasure in samp- , ting it for you and giving a les-I thnoni&l through the columns of I liic paper. Wo mention these things because we want the news. Sixteen young ladies were I Laving a party down the river | one day last week and were cm j joying themselves when a tramp appeared among them. with ragged clothes and the customary stick over his shoulder. at the end of which hung a bundle done up in a bandanna handkerchief. The ladies ran screaming in all directions, and their tears were not allayed until they ■discovered that the tram]) was' Lot Kohler, who had dressed up as a male tramp, for the purpose of giving the ladies a scare. The indies were then invited to the residence of John Kohler, where refreshments had been prepared, and. were treated to *i *e cream, etc. It is needless to ray they did full justice to the repast.

The viewers have made a rough estimate of the proposed gravel road and the following facts are gleaned from their estimate: Estimated cost of gravel roads—College Road, 811.810.3-1 or ; 2.545.43 » per mile; Long 1 lidge Road t? 10.716.64 or £2. 503. - ; -i ]K?r mile: Poor Farm and Pleasant Ridge road. ¥17.103.76 or ¥2,193.42 per mile; total cost 539.630.74 or *2.37:5 per mile. The road bed will be constructed thirty feet wide, ditched so as to diain at least one foot below surface grade not exceeding tlvefeetinone hundred. Twelve fe?t in width to be graveled or inac.vdamized. The material will be as follows: Good gravel 14 incites in center and 10 at edges. Good broken stone 10 inches in center and K at edges. Broken stone and gravel 12 inches in center and 8 at edges. The report is subject to correction and will not be executed tmd Hied until reviewed.

Two more prize fights came off at Roby Monday "’ght. A riot took place just o.. t .dde the club arena before the fight proper took place. One man was shot and fatally' injured, stones and clubs were freely used and the scene was quite exciting for a time. The riot was caused by a crowd bf toughs from b’outh Chicago and Whiting attempting to force an entrance through the wall. They made a battering ram of a heavy post and soon broke a large hole in the pine structure. Captain Forsythe and several other Pinkerton men ran out of the door and tried to disperse the mob with their clubs. As they came out a shower of rocks fell upon them. Forsythe was hit on the leg and another guard was hit on the head and knocked down. As the howling crowd scattered in front of the detectives’ clubs several shots were tired and a young man in the crowd was hit by a bullet, which struck him in the left breast and passed through his body. He was too weak to give his name to the doctors, who say his recovery is doubtful. The Pinkerton men carried no revolvers and say the tiring was done by some one in the crowd. The prize fights which came oft’ later were interfered with in no way by the officers and fisted far into the night.

A Treat For Rensselaer.

Ed Anderson's dramatic company will appear at the Opera House on the evening of August 11th. That Mr. Anderson’s thrilling, railroad drama, “The Lightning Expiess,” is to be me of the sensational successes of the season no one will deny. Prom the time the curtain goes up on the first act until it falls on the last, the audience simply goes wild, with excitement. •‘Brooklyn at Night” is the scene of the first act. Thscene is handsomely illuminated and shows an exact reproduc’urn of the great Brooklyn . Jridge. Act third brines to ’lew a grand piece of scenic art. iTe lonely hut in the mountains, the great mountain pass, with iwo realistic waterfalls, and a working moon that gradually ■ii-ks behind the mountains, are mnrvals of Hie scenic artists nm.sh. In this scene t lit strongst acting <>■ the play is done. Ju'-k Heli;-.*..m. the villain, has kidnapped too daughter of old Jasper Morion amt is kceping her a prisoner until a certain sum of money is paid him. Nellie Morton. the heroine, appears on tne scene disguised as an old woman, and through a clever ;m-ce of Tratogy she . gains adm'ss’os to th- hut, and is in the i■; of liberating the prisoner v< lien she is caught by Herndon and the Italian, and is quickly made a prisoner also. Later in

die scene, and baffled at every' turn, the two scoundrels come Lo the conclusion that the old woman is a detective in disguise. Herndon tries to extort a confession from her but is unsuccessful, when he suddenly turns upon her with knife in- hand, and to his surprise the old woman has disappeared and standing before him is- a “Big Booby Boy." This thrilling change is made in a second. Tiip railroad scene in this act simply beggars description. Throe trains are used, Ihe first is seen 'faraway on the mountain and grows larger as it approaches. The largest train is 9 feet high and SOO feet long, and dashes across the stage in pi seconds. During Hie fiigiitof “The Lightning Ex- ; press" a lenitic struggle is beI :ng done by .Herndon au.dLaziola; : 'is the train approaches the spot : Herndon throws the Italian in • front of it. and he is hurled I thirty feet in the air. It is conI ceded by all to be the greatest I railroad scene ever produced, i Home very clever specialties are I introduced in the second act by I leading lights of the vaudeville | stage, making the performance [complete in every detail.

The Rerelalion of a Swamp.

I Fowler Leader. But few know of a wonderful l piece of detective work in this * county. Wonderful in its result. Reaching out. as it were, in midnight darkness and grasping the murderer by the throat. But in the method as simple as the putting together of type. Twenty-live years ago a lot of human bones were found in a swamp in the northeast corner of the county. It was a sort of lake where countless herds of cattle had drank and stamped in the water. The bones, an ax and some other articles were taken to Oxford and dumped into the back room of a young doctor’s office. Then came the solution of the problem, for

whom did the bones .serve and in what manner did he meet his I death. - The man was murdered. His skull was cut open with an ax. The blow was struck from behind. The ax found fitted the crevasse in the skull. The ax had a nick in one edge and this left its mark in the skull. But by whom, that was the greater task. Patiently the bones were put together in their proper place. Each one carefully compared and studied. This unknown person was over six feet tall. He chewed tobacco and probably smoked. Although the lower part of one leg could not be found he was lame in that foot. He had broken a rib six or eight weeks before the accident. He was left handed and was a mechanic. So full and so accurate were the deductions from the study of the bones which had remained in the swamp for years that it was clearly recognized as a man named Morgan, who. after cros sing the Iroquois river at Bunkum. suddenly dissappeared. Mr. Morgan, a blacksmith and wagon maker, was returning from Wisconsin, in a covered wagon, driving a team of horses, and had strapped about him SBOO in gold. Jas. McCullough, whose home was near Newcastle, was returning with him'. McCulioug, driving alone, stopped at Oxford to get the horses shod He bought town lots at his home with the gold and sold the i horses. How did McCullough get possession of the property? He said he won.it of Morgon playing cards. All these facts were found out while the bones of Morgan were bleaching in a swamp in York township. The court was held in the old town hail at Oxford. Simon P. i’liompson was prosecuting attorney. Strange, according to the story books, this great detective belongs to church and teaches a class in the Sunday school. It is no less personage than Dr. J. Kolb, who was county coroner at the 1 ime.

Real Estate Transters, for the Week Ending July 31, 1893.

Nicholas Sammons to Jacob Den Besten, July 21. ne' sw 31-32-7, 1J acres, 81,2)0. Mary A. Mitchell to Waiter H. Standish, July 5, pt n side nw sw 39-31-5, 30 acres, 8500. Hubert Parker to Geo. W. limgle,-July 17. el It 5, bl 8, pt n side Its 6, bl 8, Remington, ?7> K). Chas. Meyers to Trustees Wheatfield M. E. Church, July 17. Il 9, bl 5, Wheatfield,Bso. Harry B. Murray to J. F. Iliff, June 20, nw nw 33-31-6, 40 acres. 8400. Paulina A,. Shortridge to Alje Bierma, July 23. nw nw 13-31-7, I'o acres, 81,370. Alje Biermato El izabeth Kammiiiga, July 21, nw nw 13-31-7, si -.800. Mah lon P. Hinds to Peter Hinds, Sept.. 17, ne sw se 15-28-6, 10 acres, 8400. Elizabeth Tapp ot al to Willard Stockwell, June 26, nene 35-31-6, 40 acres', qcd., £25.-

Statistical Report.

The annual report of the recorder of Jasper county to the Indiana Bureau of Statistics for the year ending May 31, 1893. has just been made by Recorder Hunt. It is as follows: Cnnsidc:No. attion. Warranty da'ed< 5,3 $ 920,455 IV ■. , Adm.'s and tlamr.’s.. 25 IS.iM'.i ■. Sheritl's' deeds 5 2.05.1 43 .'.lldilur.,' deed- 1 "21,; (10 'Cox Title deed., 25 It-sS 87 Toitil VI” $ 942,073 02 No. Amount, Real Estate Mortgages 445 S 31;6.(j3(1 45 8"hooi fund 2(5 S SS.'.I 05 Chattel.-. j(;2 7‘».BCS 5(5 Meeh:.ales' Lien., -js 2.338 77 T0ta151,487,132 83 MORTGAGES SATISFIED. Real Estate 2!-t> $ 139.598 .19 selicoi Fund 17 5,(523 71 < .. l,;i p c1 '. 77 45.945 14 Meeha.tiles Lien.- 12 $1,441 99 Total 402 $251.(509 13

Our Honor Rell.

The following persons have our thanks for the amounts following their names, subscription to the Pilot, since our last issue: renewals. I Koruh Daniels. Chicago Heightss 70 i 1 inner Bros.. Rensselaer .. 2 00 ( G. K. Hollingsworth. Rensselaer 1 00 . L.iis A Murray. Rensselaer 2 09 Daniel Wood. Rensselaer 1 25 1 John Eger. Rensselaer 1 00 I Chas. E. Mills, Rensselaer..l... 1 (10 John J. Wood. Rensselaer 1 00 • Wm. Lowman. Rensselaer 1 00 NEW SUBSCRIBERS. W. C. Sutton, Wheatfieldl 00 Sylvester Galbreath. Blackford 10 Eugene Saylor.,Rensselaer 10 Miss Mabel Burton. Chicago 10 C. c. Baker. Dixon. Tenn. 10 Jesse Hayden. Dixon. Tenn 10 Ed Still. Dixon, Tenn 10 James K. Meyer, Columbia. Ind 10 Miss Mary Downing. Little River. Kan... 10 Charlie Norman, Rensselaer 10 Morris Jones, Brook 10 rEST'No name will appear in the above list when otherwise requested by the subscriber.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(3OODLAND.

Butter 20c. Oats (new) 22c.,. Corn (yellow) 3sc. James McKenney, living five miles south of this place, is said to be the boss oats grower of Benton county. He recently threshed out a few acres that averaged a little over 96 bushels to the acre. Will our school board please tell us what they have contracted the winter’s coal for the school house at? Can they beat the Remington contract, do they think? Most of the potato crop is being harvested tor fear of me dry rot. Jacob Oach was arrested by Marshal Apger last Monday for drunkenness. Mr. John Nimo started out Tuesday morning with a brand new §2,000 threshing outfit. Mr. A. Cabus is building an addition to his residence. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Warne, of near Rensselaer, visited with friends in Goodland Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Bockomo had a new wagon smashed Monday by a runaway team. The ga ■■ at the railroad crossing wa.-> ke m.<ed skyward a few mornings ugo by a La Crosse engine. Hartley Bros! are repairing the Foster elevator for the new crop of oats. Miss Ruby Babcock has resigned her position in the Kentland schools and will teach at Attica. It is said that Goodland now has a poetess that promises to out-do Pinkamink. We believe this is the only curiosity of this kind we ever had and it is strange it should be fattened on public

sap. The Merrit sisters returned from the World’s Fair Saturday. Grandpa Fagin visited with his daughter near Morocco, returning home Saturday. Hon. W. W. Gilman had about twenty shocks of oats burned by tire from a C. & I. C. engine. A Goodland nine beat a Kentland club in a game of base ball last Friday by a score of 17 to 7. 11 we couldn’t burn Kentland on the Fourth we can beat her at base ball. Henry Butler, who lives on •‘Col” Spoar’s place, east of Goodland,had six hundred and twenty shocks of oats burned last Friday by a Pan Handel engine. The loss was estimated at 400 bushels. Albert Tedford, of the New York store, is visiting at Huntington this week. The fine iron fence in front of J. W. Sapp’s residence has received a new coat of paint. Reed’s great railroad and wagon show humbugged our people one day last week. The railroad part of it consists in having part of their stuff hauled in a horse car, ■while the rest is propelled in the band wagon. Mr. Monty was at the World’s Fair last week. It is said the school board will advertise for bids for the janitorship of the school house for the coming winter. This, if true, is much better than to appoint a member of the town board to fill the position when they were violating the law when tney did it. “Jack the Hugger” reads them the law in the last issue of the Remington Press. The Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches have each appointed one gentleman to act as a committee for the purpose of prosecuting Sunday violations. Just what this committee considers violating the Sabbath we do not know 7 , but can only say that if it consists in closing restaurants, meat markets, etc., it will be much easier to threaten than to Ho, for your committee will have to take it through the courts if it arrests a single man. Money is already being subscribed to carry out this part of the program. We would advise the committee to look over the records of the past ten shears, and study the constitution of the United States. Have you forgotten the decision of the judges on Sunday closing of the World’s Fair. We want no Connecticut Blue Laws revived in this country. The “I ams”

had better spend more time reading their bibles and let other people alone. We assure them they will be more respected in Gobdland. Jack the Ripper.

MOROCCO.

Richard McKinstry is in town again. A. Paxton went to Chicago Monday. R. P. Benjamin was on our streets last Friday. Mel Laßuewas in town one day last week. V. P. Hope was in Brook this week putting up a wind-mill. Wesley Burnton is completing a fine barn on his farm in Washington township. Harry O. Perry and wife, of Kentland, were in town Sunday. The ampitheater has be’eh moved to the new fair ground. Lawerence P. Sullivan will take charge of the saloon about Aug. Ist. C. M. Hanger has sold a threshing machine outfit to Nelson Huff. It is reported that Ed Schanlaub will be the next post-mas-ter. Frank Cox and Charley McClatchey will take their running horses to Chalmers next week. The horses are Emma C. and Frank Goodrich, Jr. J. D. Robertson went to Chicago Wednesday. Joe Zoborosky shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago Tuesday. Geo. H. Bell has made some improvements in his barber shop. W. H. Sweet, of Kentland, has moved his feather washer to Morocco.

Mrs. Jessamine Harrison, of Denver, Colorado, is visiting.her aunt, Mrs. Emma Kessler, at this place. A bicyclist passed through here Sunday on his way to Chicago. He was from Ohio. Mrs. J. D. Roberts and daughter are visiting relatives in Momence this week. The basket festival given by the young people of the M. E. church last Saturday night was a success in every way. The proceeds amounted to §9.20.* . C. E. Triplett, Walter Pulver. Will Triplett and another man whose name we did not learn, went fishing to the Kankakee Monday. About thirty couple were present at the celebration of the sth anniversary of Mrs. A. E. Chizum. It was reported by those present that they had a very enjoyable time. Harry Miller, a boy of this place, killed a rattle snake that had seven rattles and a button. It was killed on D. W. Martin’s farm, who now possesses the same. Mr. Ritchie, who lived at this place many years ago, was here shaking hands with his old friends last week and this. D. M. Pulver and faiv.ily, who have been living in Chicago, returned to Morocco and for the present occupies the Mrs. Hoover property. We noticed in the last week’s Goodland Herald that Kentland had quite a big fire, burning up fifty stalls at the fair ground. The contest held by the W. C. T. U. at this place last week was a grand success in every way. The music was furfiished by the Decker choir and the contestants. The ir subjects -were as follows: May Rolls, “Moral Suasion;” Ross Dearduff, “National Tree;” Lillie Nichols, “Courage to Act;” Ida Seward, “Arrest Alcohol and Liberate Man;” Fanie McClain, “A Glorious Monument;” Harry Irwin, “Who is to Blame;” Bessie Rolls “The Martyred Mother.” The prize were awarded to Bessie Rolls first, the medal to Fannie McClain second, a book, and LilNichols third, another book, Rev. Honn, Miss Jennie Hogan and William A. Lyons were the judges. Come Again.

BLACKFORD.

Rev. Stoner, of Bunker Hill, Ind., preached at the Dunkard church Sunday morning and evening. Harry Gifford has resigned his position at dredge No. 2.

Mr. Nickerbocker takes h] place. 1 There was a comedy of thn] acts at Biackford Saturday] The first act was a buggy ride] the second was a debate of iml position and opposition, and th] third was a foot- pace. The reß served seats were all taken. f Joe Seigie is a irequent visi itor at tliis city at present. 3 Anderson Jenkins and wif] visited friesds and relatives at! Fair Oaks Saturday and Sun* day. I Nubbin Ridgers are cheap,' foil Van Lesh was seen Sunday wit] a buggy load. , ] Mr. and Mrs. John McCurtai] have left the dredge. ] Rex. I

WHEATFIELD.

Everybody busy harvesting] their hay. Oats all cut. ] Joseph Cason, who has beer] sick with the dropsy, is rapidl] improving. ] The dredge, north of 1 own,] had to quit work owing to fii] scarcity 7 of water. ] Dr. Turner has sold his stock] of drugs and gone t» Lansing] 111. ] Mr. Fendig, of Rensselaer,] has opened a drug store here] He comes highly recommended] We heartily welcome ail Sue] men. ’] Dr. Vaughn, from Winamac] has located here. . • | The Kankakee- river is very] low, and a great many fish ar] being caught. ] S. W. Hamilton has sold hi] barber shop to Will Sowder] and is clerking for Marble &] Clark. Grover Smith has remodeled] his saloon building, and it im-l proves the looks of Main street] A child of our section forem'a] has the diptheria. I Owing to the dry weather th] late huckleberries are drying] up. | Mrs. Nathan Keen is sick with! a fever. I Meyers Bros, have built ] mammoth hay barn here. This! makes four large hay barns* It] looks as if the hay would all be] bought this year. Mr. Me-] Laughlin, of San Pierre, is yet] to build a large hay barn here. 1 A. B. C. |

SOUTH EAST MARION.

Farmers are busy making] hay. I Wilford Wood and sister, of] Pulaski, were visiting • friends! and relatives of Rensselaer and! thereabouts last week. 1 Miss Anna Walters will spend! this week at the Fair. I Win. McCord and brid e. have 1 gone to Indianapolis where they] will make their future home. I Milton McCord accompanied] them. ] Van. |

OBITUARY.

Mrs. Samuel A. Henry warn born in Grant county, Ind.’, Oct. 17, 1841. Removed with her father, the late Daniel Dwiggins to Jasper county in 1858 and has ever since been a resident of this county. She has for several years been an active member of the Church of God, devoting much of her time to charitable and church work. I She was married on her 35th birthday, Oct., 17, 1876 to Samuel A. Henry and they lived on Mr. Henry’s farm near! Remington until 1883, when they' moved to Rensselaer, which jhasbeen their home ever since. k Mrs. Henry has been seriously sick for ten months with a complication of troubles and was taken to Dr Kellogg’s Sanitarian at Battle Creek, Mich., for treatment, where she suffered a stroke of paralysis and died on the morning of July 25th. Mrs. Henry was known by everyone in Rensselaer and will be missed by all. She leaves nd. children. * * ■

Odds and Ends.

Some of the Australian gold) veins are 130 feet thick. Dresses of white linen duck and serge are useful and stylish. They are somewhat difficult to clean, however, and are better adapted to women with large means than to her who must study how to make the best appearance on a moderate amount of expenditure. | A. Philadelphia girl, after gazing long at the old gentleman, broke out: “Grandpa, were you in the ark?” “Why, no, my dear!” gasped the astonished grandparent. Mabel’s eyes, grew large, and roupd with astonishment. “Then why weren’t you drowned?” she asked.