People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1894 — Page 1

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT.

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The New Cash Grocery. J. C. PORTER and SON. Prices that can’t be beat. We have placed before the people of Rensselaer and vicinity the Finest and Best Stock of Groceries at the Lowest Prices, and the constant increase of trade shows that the people appreciate the fact. Here’s a few specialties. 21 lbs granulated sugar... .SI.OO 22 lbs extra C sugar... .SI.OO 24 lbs dark sugar 1.00 4 lbs extra fine crackers 25 Coffee from 23c to 35c Lafayette flour, guaranteed Pillsbury’s best f10ur...«... 1.15 good 75 Minnesota Patent 1.10 Best coal oil, per gallon .10 California Prunes...... .7 to 10c 2 cans yellow peaches... .25 2 cans best sweet potatoes.. .25 2 44 best tomatoes 25 3 cans exh a good corn 25 6 bars any kind 5c soaa. .25 3 lbs Sledge tobacco 1.00 Dry salt meat, per lb. . .09 Highest market price for all kinds of country produce. First door west of the Post Office.

Still jnjhe Lead!-* DEERING MACHINERY J With ‘ “ B,cycle Bearings.” Less 150 pounds for trucks, in 1892 and 1893; less 115 pounds draft and 245 pounds weight, in 1894. Perfection has been reached at last. Farmers-, you should see the NEW DEERING IDEAL MOWER & PONY BINDER before you buy.. See them at COLLINS & RANDLE’S, Rensselaer, Indiana. They also carry a full line of Plows, Cultivators, Drills Harrows, Planters, etc. Also twine in abundance, at lowest prices. Collins & Randle. FURNITURE! t t At your Own Prices. fclß Ail Elegant Assortment! 11 Rocking Chairs I I I I I w From I 65 CENTS to $10.50. Picture Framingnd Specialty. Come and see an e l e gant stock of IrQ beautiful mouldings. LZj/ LOF PRICES Sell the goods. Come in and see what we can do for you. We’ll treat you right. JAY WILLIAMS.

RENSSELAER. IND. FRIDAY. JUNE 15, 1894.

MONON TLME TABLE. SOUTH BOUND. No. 5 10:52 A. M. fro. 3 11:23 P. M. No. 39 6:21 p. M. No. 7 45 3:25 P. M. NORTH BOUND. No. 6 3:25 P. M. No. ♦ 4 4:45 A. M. No. 40 7:39 A. M. No. J 46 10:00 A. M. No. 74 9:56 !». M. ♦ stop on signal. tdaily except Sunday.

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT. Celebrate the 4th at Rensselafer. Hot, hotter, hottest, hottentot. Ike Tuteur is here from Chicago. Binder twine at Sam Yeoman’s near the depot. Henry Grow visited relatives in Logansport last week. Fred Kroeger, of near Knimap, was in town last Monday. Come in and see samples of "America Photographed.” The Pilot is now on sale at Charley Simpson’s news stand. Mrs. Joe Pollock, who has been ill for some time, is convalescent. The Kentland Democrat has been sold to Chas. Wigmore, of Monticello. Collins & Randle are agents for the world renowned Buckeye binders and mowers. The Monon earnings the second week in May were ten thousand dollars lighter than a year ago. John Shields and his sister, Mrs. Frank Iliff, visited friends in Newton county, the first of the week.

The Monon now has 108 en gines, ninety being of modern type and all in the best condition for service. C. W. Coen is making some improvements on his warehouse in the north part of town. He will put in a horse power elevator. If you want to listen to something grand and elevating, you should hear "Switzerland” at the Christian church, next Monday evening. Judge McConnell, of Lafayette, is acting as special judge in the circuit court this week, while Judge Wiley is acting in the former’s place at Lafayette. Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osborne’s novel, "The Ebb Tide,” which has been publishing in McClure’s Magazine, will be concluded in the July number, If you will look into the show window of Charley Simpson’s news stand you can see samples of "America Photographed.” We can furnish you these for 10 cents and one coupon a part.

The contract has been let for the building of the Monticello court house, to the Barnett & Record Co., of Minneapolis, Minn. The building is to be constructed of No. 1 blue Bedford stone and the contract price is $62,300. This does not include furnishings. The divorce suit of Spencer vs. Spencer which we mentioned in last week’s court items, was finally settled last Saturday, and with very little trouble. Suffic-. ient evidence was presented by the plaintiff that a divorce was granted her, together with alimony amounting to $7,000 and the custody of her child. The defendent pays all costs of this suit and all former ones together with her attorney’s fees.

CHICAGO ■ BARGAIN ■ STORE. At No Previous Time =: th ® h J story of American retailing has merchandise been sold at as low prices as now The qualities, mind you, are the best, but the prices are away down to a point not dreamed of bv the nX^ S °T?- C °th P e ofyears ago r , Of course ’ all dealers cannot meet this existing demand for low R v £ c the °PP° rfcu ™ fc y ° f the resourceful merchant. Capital to buy in quantities and capacity to sell them at less profit than competitors with partnership stores, higher rents and doubhFthe onMea^Do^e’spe^th^wuth? PriCCS “““ POS “ SS a “ ar '" lOUS Our Crowded Counters Bear Daily Testimony. A good dress chailie now at 3c per yard, w’orth elsewhere 5c A fine dress chailie now at 5c per yard, worth elsewhere . 7c A good substantial apron gingham, now 4c a yd, elsewhere 5c Best made apron gingham, now 5c a yd, worth elsewhere 6c Ladies waist with ruffle, now at 29c, worth elsewhere 50c Ladies calico wrapper, 75c, worth elsewhere .... .$1.25 Men’s and boys shirts, 25c, -worth elsewhere 50c A silk umbrella at 1.65, worth elsewhere $3 00 —5 prs men’s seamless half hose for 25c; ladies’ fast black seamless hose, 15c value for 10c; 6 one pint tin cups for 10c; clothes pins 1 =ss \ cent per dozen; 10 qt dish pans, 10c; double hair curlers, sc; hemp carpet. 16c per yd; ingrain carpet, cotton mixed, 23 to 42 cents ydall wool ingrain, 60 to 70 cts yd; brussels 52 to 90 cts yd; base ball shoes, 65 cts; men’s congress shoes, woman’s patent tip shoes only 1.00; woman’s serge congress shoes. 50 to 90 cts; woman’s serge slippers, 25 cts; infant’s shoes, 25 cts; children's spring heel patent tip, stoß, 50 cents 1 ® A Great Reduction Throughout the Entire Stock During June. : : : : : : Ladies’ Capes Almost Given Away. You can save Dollars on Men’s : :: :: :and Boys’Fine Clothing. The only place in town for the world’s best' :: :: :: " : :: :: :Cones Boss Overalls, Pants and Shirts, that never rip. At the only : : ■■ ■ : honorable, fair, square way of dealing, by selling at one price for cash : : : : • • • • . : : : : : and where all are treated alike. Chicago Bargain Store. L. FORSYTHE, Proprietor

The coming literary event of the season will occur at the Christian church, next Monday evening, June 18th. The Ladies’ Literary Society have secured Charlotte M. Allen to give her celebrated monologue "Switzerland.” She will be assisted by Miss Dorothy Harrington, one of New York’s most charming impersonators. More than 600 nights es this notable entertainment demonstrates its popularity and success. General admission and reserved seats, 25 cents, children, 15 cents. Seats on sale at Long’s drug store. T ’ • -.k -A-- « A workman in the great Carnegie steel mills at Homestead has written such an account of the life and work there as only one who had had actual experience of them could write, and it will appear in the July number of McClure’s Magazine, supplementing the article on the same subject by Mr. Hamlin Garland, which appeared in McClure’s for June.

• The Chicago Searchlight, the new Populist paper, under the guidance of that well known reform writer, Henry Vincent, is before us. He is in it to stay and we glory in his spunk. We want more men of his nerve and the battles of our great movement will be easier. You can secure a copy of this enterprise by addressing the publisher. B. F. FERGUSON is now prepared to make farm loans at 6j per cent. Interest per annum, commission as low as any one else. He does his own abstracting and can save you money there. Be sure and call. We can make your loans quickly. We make it a specialty.

Chas. W. Israel and Miss Norah Arnold were married last Sunday at the home of the bride’s parents in Fair Oaks, Elder J. L. Brady officiating. The Pilot wishes good luck to the young couple. If you haven’t paid your subscription for this year, either come and see us or send it in. We need it and need it greatly, too. Jake Wagner attended the national meeting of the Foresters at St. Paul last week. See our coupon offer on another page.

We desire to call the attention of our readers to the new ad of Dr. Lyman P. Walter, of Chicags, who will be at the Makeever House on Monday June 25. We have no hesitancy in announcing his coming, for we personaly know of cures he has made that are simply wonderful and we invite the attention of the afflicted to the celebrated specialist. Last Sunday was first communion day at St. Augustine’s church in this city. There were about forty young persons who took .their first communion. The band was over from the college and furnished the music. A procession was formed and marched to the church, and it was a very imposing sight to look upon.

Miss Eliza Tuteur left for Chicago last Sunday afternoon where she will spend several days visiting friends. She will go from there to Everett, Michigan, to visit with relatives, and will likely spend the remainder of the warm season at some summer resort. Ray Thompson left for Michi gan last Monday morning, where he will engage in canvassing far a book entitled "Our Home.” Benhart Fendig, Roy Blue, Vernon Nowels and Hallie Flynn have been engaged by the same company. The W. C. T. U. gave an entertainment at the M. E. church test Friday afternoon and quite an interesting program was rendered. The young ladies of the M. E. Sunday school gave the "Congress of Nations.”

A small sized strike occurred on the college gravel road, on Thursday of last week, caused by a reduction of 5 cents on the yard for hauling gravel. There were 22 teams quit work. Revs. Utter and Weaver, Frank Iliff and Mrs. E. M. Parcels went to Valparaiso last Monday morning as witnesses in the Daugherty trial. Collins & Randle can furnish you with all the binding twine you will need for this year’s harvest at the lowest market price. Advertised Letters: Miss Omma Sea, J. M. Marsh, Jas. N, Conden.

Walker TowiiNltip Convention.

The People’s Party of Walker township will meet in convention on Saturday, July 7, 1894, at the Snyder school house for the purpose of nominating a township ticket as follows: One township trustee and one assessor. There will be able speakeis present to address the people J. F. Spriggs, Chairman.

Many of the citizens of Rainsville, Indiana are never without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the housed says Jacob Brown, the leading merchant of the place. This Remedy has proven of so much value far colds, croup and whooping cough in children that' few mothers who know its worth are willing to be without it. For sale by F.B. Meyer, Druggist. In driving from Rensselaer to Remington last Tuesday we noticed in oats fields along the roads, that the crops seemed to be almost taken by an enormous growth of wild mustard. Some fields w’ere perfectly yellow with the bloom of that plant.

Dr. Patton, of the Kickapoo medicine company, was arrested at Fowler last week far practicing medicine in Indiana without a licence, and placed under SIOO bond in default of which he went to jail, to await his trial. The sweetest and most pleasant homes can be provided by purchasing one of Leopold’s South Addition lots at a very low price and on easy terms. A. Leopold, proprietor. Office at the “Model” store. E. W. Kendall, of Wolcott, has been a subscriber to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette for 42 years and has kept a perfect tile of the same during the entire time.

A party of thirty-six persons enjoyed the hospitality of H. M. Shipman’s home on last Sunday a week ago. A good time was had by all. We understand that B. S. Fendig is doing quite a good business in shipping veal these days. This seems to be a good market. Since June 4th, mortgoges to the amount of $17,007,33 have been filed with the county recorder.

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