People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1895 — Rensselaer Market. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Market.

Oats 26-29 cents. Wheat 46 cents. Corn, new 33 34 cents. Hay $5-6.50. Potatoes 50 cents. Butter 15 cents. Eggs 18 cents. Correct and satisfactory is Tup Model’s laundering. Mrs. G. H. Brown lias recovered from a week s illness. John Brown, ex-prosecuting a'torney of Benton county was in Rensselaer Saturday the I‘Jlh. Fannie Wood returned from Monon last Thursday, where she has been visiting for a week. Judge Wiley opened court here Monday after being absent last week, and Judge McConnell resumed his seat at Logansport. Rensselaer theatre people gave Uncle Hiram a full house Monday night despite the frigid hurricane, and seemed to enjoy the fun from start to finish. Miss Glen Porter, daughter of J. J. Porter, has been very sick for the past two weeks with scarletina and inflamatory rheumatism, and is still seriously ill. A little child at the home of John Haven’s in Marion township, south of town, a vis ; tor fram Grant county, is reported dangerously sick with lung fever. The Presbyterian ladies are preparing a name quilt, each block of which will contain twenty names, to be worked in red silk, at ten cents pei- name. The proceeds will go into the fund for building a new church editice.

D. W. Osborn, wife and three children of Remington were gutais at Win. Park’s Saturday. Sunday and Monday. The Pilot office received one of the many pleasant calls which Mr. Osborn took occasion to make upon his Rensselaer friends. Rev. Ozro Roys of Livermore Falls. Me., has been having good attendance at his revival services in the Free Will Baptist Qhurch. The series began Jan. 11th and will continue through rest week. The revivalist is tne guest of members of the congregation. T. Z. McMurray, one of the ti.st subscribers to the Pilot,and thorough believer in equal opportunities for all, made this office a welcome call Tuesday. ]i is with pleasure that the writer learns that he will soon reside near Rensselaer, having sold his farm near Remington where he now resides, and purchased another but four miles south oast of here. Mrs. McMurray is but just recovering from an almost jfatal illness of over four weeks, find though very sick is believed put of danger.

Try The Model’s new steam laundry. Mrs. A. C. Anderson is a very sick woman. Up-to-dsite laundry work at The Model. Try it. Geo. Antrim of DeMotte was in town Wednesday. Perfectly finished laundry work executed by The Model. C. W. Coen reports the sale of another car of tile this week. The four-year-old son of John Kepner is quite ill with lung fever. Francesville has a new postmaster ’n the person of J. BLefler. Charles Lebbein of Chicago, pitcher for the Rensselaer ball team last season, has been in town this week. The many friends of Mrs. T. J. McCoy will rejoice to know that she returned home from Lafayette last Sunday after many weeks of illness. . Frankie Porter, daughter of Bruce Porter, who is staying with her Uncle, J. J. Porter, and attending school in town, has been quite sick for the past week with neuralgia.

The gale of Monday and Monday night was very severe, though no damage of consequence has been reported. The change from a warm April rain in the morning to zero weather at nightfall was remarkable. Chas. Garriott left for the Central Normal school at Danville last Monday to take a teacher's course. He will probably remain on year, Mr. Garrott is an experienced and successful teacher and determined to be at the top in his calling. J. M. Helmick thewholesouled hotelman of Wheatfield, made an interesting call at the Pilot office Monday. A difference at law with his neighbor, Grover Smith, over the title to some town lots brought the parties and an expensive string of witnesses to court. The Presbyterians commenced a series of revival meetings last Monday. At the end of this week, Rev. W. O. Lattimore, (SynodicalEvang'ist,) will come to. assist. As he is very highly spoken of for eloquence and power it is hoped the people of this community will take advantage of the "Opportunity to hear him.

Among the attendants at court this week weie August Lid Ike, section foreman, of Wheatfield; James M. White, farmer, of Danville; Win. King, farmer, of Wheatfield; Wm. Souder, barber, of Momence; John Graves,, justice of the peace and attorney, of Wheatfield; John Welsh of Chicago and M. Fritz of Wanatah. all witnesses in the ease at trial between hotelman J. M. Helmick and saloonkeeper Grover Smith, former I eing represented at the bar by attorney S. P. Thompson looked after the interests of Mr. Smith. At present the creamery is receiving milk from about 350 cows and the number of patrons is sixty-one. The total number of pounds of milk received in December was 103,683 about one third as much as the June delivery. The Elgin market, which governs the price in Chicago, has ranged about 22c and is still in that vicinity. The company is holding some of its product for a better market. The creamery has completed a very satisfactory year and its patrons have reason to expect even more of the future. Co-operative ceameries are a success when rightly managed.