People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Smoke the Mendoza cigar For sale everywhere. Subscriptions for the Nonconformist taken at this office. E. P. McCandless, of Nebraska, is visiting his parents near Medaryville. Thfe Maccabees of Hammond, are going to have a grand ball and supper on the evening of Nov. 15th. Advertised letter list: James Clark, Mrs. Maud Davis. Mr. T. E. Johnson, Mr. Vic Neff, Joseph Selbach. B. J. Gifford, of ditch fame, together with his wife, were here last week. Their home is in Kankakee, 111. Since our last report, mortgages to the amount of $7,987.82 have been filed for record with the county recorder. J. C. McColly, a former resident of this county, but now of Chicago Heights, 111., w r as here the first of the w’eek.

A fakir was on our streets last Saturday, selling a corn medicine. He done a moderately good business, of course. The town was full of tax-pay-ers last Saturday, and the consequence was that the county treasurer had his hands full of business. Vai Seib and family have returned from New York, and are occupying one of John Makeever’s house, on the east side of the square. Charley Simpson has embarked in the coal oil and gasoline business and is running a wagon to supply his customers Give him a call.

That this is a healthy community every one admits, even the physicians. They report very little sickness over the country at present. Back at my old stand, Long’s drug store, and prepared to do all kinds of veterinary and dental surgery. Call and see me. T. H. Geer, D. V. S. Chas. Reed' has moved to Payne, Ohio. He shipped his household goods last Friday, and will follow his trade of plas tering when he arrives there. Have you ordered all the reading matter you want for the winter? If not call at this office and we will take your name for any paper or magazine published. Have you any books, papers or magazines you want bound? The Pilot will take your periodicals and have them bound in first class style at lowest prices. We have another great offer to make our readers. If you will send us $2 we will send the Pilot one year and fifty-two ten and twenty cent standard novels.

Rev. J. H. Wilson, presiding elder, will preach at the M. E. church next Saturday night and Sunday morning at the usual hours. The public cordially invited.

Albert Biggs, of Illinois, was here last week, looking after his farm interests. He is the gentleman that bought Uncle Stewart Hammond’s farm, south of town.

The great picture, “An American Beauty,” to be given to all our readers as a Thanksgiving present, as described in another column, is an instance of our enterprise on their behalf. You will certainly never miss getting one of the superb oil pictures which we intend giving to each of our readers as a Thanksgiving present. See description in another column.

We still want a few more regular correspondents over the county. We would like to hear from Remington, Medaryville and other points. Send us the news and we will thank you for it.

The outfit of the Laporte Journal has been sold at public auction, by order of the court. W. A. Martin, who had a mortgage on the concern, was the purchaser, and the price paid was 11,400. F. J. Sears & Co., successors to Dwiggins Bros.’ & Co., are in the field prepared to loan money cheaper than the cheapest. Consult your interest and do not fail to call oifMhem before borrowing elsewhere. 18-4 t