People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1893 — The County News. [ARTICLE]

The County News.

■ O goodland. Oats 22@26. Butter 20@27. Corn 35 and 36. Farmers are cutting corn. H. Warren was in Goodland Sunday. Sile Swaim, the hay man, was in town Monday. The Baptist people picniced at the river last Saturday. Elmer Bringham (was one of the Cherokee boomers. Sheriff Graves was in town Monday on business. A. J. Potter is slowly improving after a spell of sickness. Mrs. Broomback has gone to Illinois to visit for a few weeks. The residence of J. W. Oswalt lias received a new coat of paint. Banker McCray, of Ken Hand, with his family, was in town Sunday. Leslie Clark and wife visited relatives in Goodland Saturday and Sunday. Henry Feriel, of Wheatfield, was in town Saturday on business. Wilson A liable has returned to Greencastle to complete his law course. Mode Cox has been off duty three or four days on account of rheumatism. The now bridge across Mill and James street is being built by Mr. Gyer. Press Roberts came over Saturday with two loads of fine water melons. Mr. Moriarty expects to move into his new residence some time during this week. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner’s died Saturday and was buried Sunday. Rev. U. Patton, of Idaville, preached at Foster’s Hall Sunday, morning and evening. Mrs. W. J. Oram returned home Sunday after a week’s visit with friends at Rensselaer. Harry Clark, engineer on the LaCrosse division, has taken a lew day’s lay-off on account of a O'-i e eye Mr. Moriarty, brakeman .or. I the C. L I. 0.. now occupies thy residence of Mr. Michaels, in the J s /Utii part of town. Mr. Smith, of Mt. Ayr. has moved to Goodland and occupies *iie Mrs. Babcock’s residence in south part of town. Dr. Peter Pothouse, Remington. was in town Sunday anti visited his parents in Union township, Benton county. A. M. Culver and wife were shaking hands with their many friends hero Saturday. A brother of Mrs. Curry accompanied them. Mr. Lines, who was When to! the Insane Asylum from this place about one year ago. returned home the latter part of

last week. The LaCrosse train had a car in the ditch six or "eight hours last Saturday and did not return to Goodland until midnight the same evening. John Forkncr, car repairer on the C. & I. C., started Sunday with his wife for a three or four week’s visit in Ohio. He drove through in a buggy. If wo don’t have a good school this winter we believe it will be the fault of the barter and dickering of the school board more than the teachers. There seems to be about enough mud on the new made streets in the south part of town. 'Now will the town board please proceed to put on some gravel? The entertainment given on Midway Plaisance. South Goodland, for week or two. may not prove as interesting alter the meeting of the grand jury next*week. . From eight to ten .dead beats of boys can be seen most any day congregating on our streo ; - corners during school hours. If over a community needed a speck'd compulsory educational law, its thii'j one. Did any of our country cousins ever notice the difference between the number of street > lamps in one end of town and the othofc? A boy five years old can tell which end wags the dog in this case. The Methodist people appear to be well satisfied with Rev. Streeter’s appointment to this work. They rejoice in the belief. at leas'!, that they will not have quite so much politics mixed With religion in the future r.s in the past. p The W. C. T. U. gives notice thtiiilhey lutend having a basket

supper one night this week. What interests 1.0 people more is how much'money are they needing just now to pay some one’s car fare to attend some state or district meeting. Will Shaffer, on whose lot one of the gas well is located, had another little experience a few i days ago, when he lighted the I gas for a while to see it burn. | But it proved to be of more } burning Qualities than he supposed and before he could extinguish it, it had burned his pump badly. Jack the Ripper. kniman. Frank Nichols is still working on the dredge. Miss Minerva Spriggs is still on the sick list. James Cavinder, of Illinois, is visiting his father. Dallas Brown, of Aurora, 111., is home on a visit. Alva and Willie Ilershman talk of going to Kansas this fall. The road supervisor has money to loan at 6 per cent. Give him a call. Miss Alice Knight has been visiting’friends in Barkley for the past few days. Chas. Pettit and Mary Rude talk of visiting the World’s Fair the coming week. Geo. Hershman will furnish music for the ball at Wheatfield next Saturday night. Wonder why Ezra Switzer always brings his sister with him when he comes to Walker. Art Fleming and Chas. Holle talk of buying another steam hay press as they are going into the business on a large scale. Oli, say! they tell us that Elda Cavinder will bo married Oct. 1. Wonder who is so fortunate as to be his chosen bride. James Wen rick and family took a trip to Dew Drop Sunday, Sept. 10th, and as there was no meeting they had a long drive back to Kankakee in the dark. Since the fire has burned up everything in Walker, J. F. Pettit has concluded to go to Wheatfield and engage in the real estate and banking business. Dr. Jones says he has paid the last board bill he is going to pay and vviti have a woman or make all the girls mad by proposal. That accounts for his being at Dow Drop for*the quarterly meeting. Silas Mooney took his lady and went to the show at Rensselaer last Friday. He thought he had lots of fun at the show, but had a great deal more fun com-* ing home, for he got lost, wandered around through the woods some two or three hours, and at i last gave up as totally lost, but through the kindness of a fellow traveler he was put upon the right road, and is now at home grieving over his mistake. Apple Tree.

FAIR OAKS. Win. Smith has moved from Barkley township to Fair Oaks. 4Fhe % Atlanta, Ga., Guards, organized in 1855, passed through Fair Oaks last Sunday, enroute to Chicago. A few American citizens of African descent and claiming to be good Indians, stopped off at Fair Oaks, hoisted a tent, beat a couple of drums around town, and gave out tickets for the only known show, that the world couldn’t compete with. The last heard of them they were in Roussel ier entertaining Uncle John Makeover. A railroad wreck of considerable proportions on the G. & I. C. occurred at Fair Oaks last Saturday morning about .10 o'clock. It was just above the coal chute. Two cars tore up considerable track and one car was ditched. The section hands from W heatfieid and other points had every thing in running order by 6 ]>. ni. No one was hurt. .The cause of the accident is unknown. Fair Oaks was well-repre-sented at the national encampment at Indianapolis, They had a splendid time sleeping on soft and downy cots in a cool school house. The wefrther was hot but the school house was well ventilated with all the modern improvements necessary to make j the old soldier feel comfortable and happy. Wednesday morning Casey and Burns changed their base of operations by boarding the street cars and going direct to the Union depot. They found Camp McGinnis, which they entered for the night. The next morning they boarded the train and returned to their respective homes. True Blue.