People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — GOODLAND. [ARTICLE]

GOODLAND.

Butter 25c. Dry and*hot. Howard McCurry is in the city of wonders. Mr. Lamson, of Rensselaer, was in town Saturday. True love investments are always drawing dividends. Floyd Swan came over from Wadena Sunday on his bicycle. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Perkins are in the white city this week. Did you ever notice how bias a woman’s judgment was cut? We have never seen a hand made less attractive by the use of soap and water. A new sign decorates the west side of Gray & Burgess’ hardware store. Fred Noel has purchased the resideuce of C. L. Jacobs, now occupied by C. Stanley. Fred Gilman has sold his residence in the south part of town to Mrs. Lines, who lives near town. First class locals arc scarce. The Herald man is offering as high as fifty cents each for them.

Miss Hamilton, deputy post mistress, was off duty two or three days last week on account of sickness The Shady Club is all going barefooted since the snake episode. Some think the snake came out of their boots. A change was made in the running of the Pan Handle local last Sunday. East bound 7:10 a. m. West bound 12:40 p. m. All of our new teachers have arrived and are ready for business next Monday, when they will begin grinding out knowledge. Omer Hough, with his gang of men, who has been near Wheatfield haying for three .or four weeks, returned home Saturday evening. Mr. Dickerson, the gentleman who will have charge of our public schools, arrived with his family, and has moved into C. A. Perkins’ former residence.

It is generally believed here that if Grover Cleveland had only been informed of the reunion at Brook he would not have convened Congress until after that important event had ranspired. The cheap ‘ rates offered- by the Pan Handle will, no doubt, be a great inducement for many of our citizens to attend the National Encampment next week. Many from here will attend. The Pan Handle announces a rate of §2.20 from this place to the encampment. They will also furnish as many cars as the boys may need and will leave them at Indianapolis during the Sve days without additional charges. “Jack the Hugger” may be correct as to the prospective appointment of post master at this place, but we don't believe it. We don’t think Congi’essman Hammond would be guilty of such a thing when there are so many good, old line Democrats whose appointment would suit the party s® much better.

Will Collins, Goodland's champion bicyclist, has challenged a Mr. Noble, of Kentland, to run him a race on the Remington fair grounds between September 30th and October 7th for §SO, more or less. Will, all you will have to do will be to go to Kentland and feed on restauraut hash for a few days, and if it don’t fix you so you can split the wind at the rate of 2:10 we miss our guess. Mrs. Paine, or “Girl About Town,” of the Fowler Leader, and the Herald here, are just now worrying themselves immensely over our statement week before last that James McKinney had a yield of 96 bushels, of oats per acre. Yes, gentlemen, we did write that article, wrote it just as it was told to us. Bui. say, if a man threshes

three hundred and seventy-five bushels from three acres and a half how much does it lack of being 96 bushels per acre. Marshal Apger had a little tilt Saturday night with two or three hoodlums in town. He succeeded in arresting one of the young desperadoes, who succeeded in getting away from the marshal before he could turn the key of the cooler on him. The marshal should now arrest them on sight and have them fined for disorderly conduct. It’s a common practice for from ten to fifty of them to gather on the street corners on Saturday nights and make night hideous by running, scuffling, yelling, etc.

A man and wife arrived in this place last week, Wednesday, from Chicago, having left the city Monday morning and walked the distance (85 miles) in two days and a little less than a half. Her contract is that she shall walk from Chicago to New Orleans, a distance of twelve hundred miles, in sixty days and if she accomplishes this marvelous feat in the given time she will receive one thousand dollars for it. She left the city witnout a cent and is to make her own expenses on the way. The lady is about twenty years of age and weighs about 100 pounds. Her shoes were of the broghan make of front lace and came well up around her ankles. She took dinner here and rested two or three hours and then started out over the C. ■& I. C. toward Brazil. If she does as well from hei*e to New Orleans as she did from Chicago here she can make the trip and have a few days to spare. She is selling her photographs to pay her expenses. Jack the Ripper.