People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — GOODLAND. [ARTICLE]

GOODLAND.

Oats 23@24c. Corn (old) 32(«32c. Corn (new) Chickens s(g6c. Miss Myrtle Stewart returned from South Dakota Saturday. Wm. Bains was the man who drew the lucky prize in the ratfling match for Tom Butler’s bicycle. Louie Lahue, a former sale > keeper of this place, has pur chased a farm eight miles -o.:d of town and moved on the sa about three weeks ago. Julius Pothouse, a former citizen of this place, but for a number of years a resident of Benton county, died at his residence the Jdth ult. and was buried last Friday. He was a father of Dr. Pothouse, of Remington. Mrs. F. Clark, of Chicago, is visiting with her mother, Mrs. John Covington. Mrs. Clark is a sister-in-law of Mi-, and Mrs. Ott Clark,- of Rensselaer. Ed Moriarity, of Fort Wayne, was visiting his father and mother the latter part of las. week. He returned home Mon day. ' ■ Ed Maxwell, formerly of Rem ington. has moved to Goodlam and will take charge of Bring ham Bros', fast horses B. P. Davidson shipped a ca. load of apples to I his place tinlatter part of last week. They sold for 84 a barrel, or a iittl< im>re than a cent apiece. The assassination of May.ji Harrison was received here l.tsi Sunday morning with sad regret. .An Epworth League oystm supper was he'd at Foster's Hall Wednesday evening oi lust week. Will Marshal Apger pi east-' carry an almanac in his pocket -■> a< to better tell how and when to light our street lamps. The most expensive thing we know of in Goodland is the present town board, That is, it looks as though they were getting the le ist for their money. The young man spoken of last week as having a hand terribly mangled in a corn husking machine. has had to have the hand amputated. Julian Knight, a former Goodlanu boy, is visiting relatives here this week. Julian is one of South Dakota's prosperous farmers. Some newspapers seem to exist for the purpose of covering up public evils and person’s cussedness in general. Samuel Martindale, ex-county treasurer and sheriff, is now a full-fledged traveling salesman. It seems mighty strange that the one mile of road between this place and the Benton county line can’t be graveled before bad roads are here. Miss Florence A. Lovett, daughter of Dr. J. A. Lovett, was njarried at the home of the bride’s parents, Thursday night of last week, to Mr. Victor S. Garrigus. of Kokomo. Miss Ethel Mitchell, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Mitchel), died at this place Thursday night of last week, aged nineteen years and ten months. Mrg. R- T. Moody is visiting relatives in Wisconsin. Miss Cox, of Attica, was the guest of Airs. W. Moriarty for the past week. She returned home Monday evening. The Midway gave another small entertainment one day last week, principally for their own benefit, though. It seems that an innocent goat of one of the near neighbors paraded itself along the streets of the village and made itself rather objectionable to some of the inhabitants th.--ei.ff. After things became uni.-earable from M.r. Goat, one 1 of the rfesflents with malice and in u.-i: t iona! foret-1 '‘.ought m urdefed said goat and as soon as possible 1 >i»:reafrer began devouring so liiuch of said animal as Would n ~ •> me.ai and then pro-

ceeded to salt the other away for future use. : lace this nothing of importance or worthy of note lias occurred. We have heard some little muttering about one or two of our teachers consuming a great deal of time in unnecessary reading three or four times a day. How true this is we are unable to say at this time, but will explain more fully' next week. Is it not about time those old school readers were thrown in the waste basket? Too many facies in them. Pay the same i mount lor home newspapers •nd von wiil have more education and less fiction. Jack the Ripper.