People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

GOODLAND. Eggs lie. Butter 20c. Oats 2 Kir 23c. Corn 33(§:35c. The long prayed for rain came Friday. Mr. Royster, of Morocco, was in town Friday. Our public schools open September 4th. Miss Ollie Weeks is visiting her sister at Rose Lawn for a few days. Mrs. H. K. Masher, of Chicago, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Z. F. Little. Mrs. Jas. Johnson returned from Gas City Tuesday, after a week’s visit with friends. • Mr. Sampson, one of Goodland’s city draymen has been quite sick for a week or ten days past. Will Green, Burt Green and Ed Fay went to the Kankakee Monday to take a three or four days' fish. Hartley Bros, bought ten thousand bushels of oats last Saturday, paying for some as high as 24c. Mr. Thomas met with quite a painful accident a few days- ago by a traction engine running over his left foot. Conductor Avy .and Express Messenger Stanley both of Momence and C. & I. C., attended Mullen’s show here last week.

Two match games of base ball are booked for this place this week. Goodland vs. Sheldon Friday, 1 p. m. Saturday Brook vs. Goodland 1 p. m. The Newton county soldiers’ reunion will be held at Brook next Tuesday and Wednesday, August 22nd and 23rd. An interesting program has been prepared. The president of the W. R. C., Mrs. John Thomas is now a resident of Fowler, but came over Saturday and filled her place just as though she was yet a resident of Goodland. When you see a girl wearing a black plaster near her mouth or on her cheek it indicates the last spot kissed by mortal man. And is a good omen that she will never be kissed again. Mr. R. T. Mody is at Geneva Lake, Wis., attending the national yacht race that takes place at that place this week. He will return via. Chicago and take in the sites of the "White City. Mr. James Ward and family, of Montana, returned to Goodland last week after an absence of eleven months. The closing of all the silver mines in his locality is the cause of his return.

The Brook base ball team came over to this place Friday to meet the Remington nine. But up to date the Remington club has not put in an appearance and it is believed by experts that they don’t intend coming before they have grown to be a year or two older. They got enough at Kentland the 4th. Rev. Loveling, of Crown Point, filled Elder Wilson’s place at the M. E. church last Sabbath. This is the last quarterly meeting for this year. Rev. Jenkins will go to conference about the last of this month and will resign from this ministerial charge and be transferred to the extreme northwestern conference of the United States.

A rather singular incident occurred in front of Dr. Humston’s 6ffice the latter part of last week, as a number of gentlemen were sitting near the office door. A spotted snake fell from overhead. From whence it came no one knew, but all seemed of the opinion that it should be killed, which was done. It is believed that the reptile was in search of water and had crawled upon the building to meet the predicted rain.

The Pan Handle Company came to time one day last week and settled with Mr. Gowland for the killing of his daughter here July 4th. The amount agreed on by all was*two hundred and fifty dollars. Two hundred and fifty dollars more expended on the old death trap now would perhaps save them from having smother bill just like this to settle before snow flies, with some more strict instructions to their “kids” about

allowing bulky freight- to accumulate on their platforms. The company well knew’ Mr. Gowland had a good case or they would never have been so anxious to have it'settled. The elk with Mullen’s circus created quite a panic in and about the C. &I. k C. depot and livery -barns the night of the show here. It seems his keeper was leading the brute from the tent to the car when he became unmanageable and freeing himself from the keeper made things lively along the streets through which he passed as he occupied street, sidewalk and all. A number of women were scared so badly that it took two or three days to bring them back to their original color and one man was found next morning lying lengthwise on the wire of James’ hay fork m his livery barn. • Jack the Ripper.