People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — THE WEEK AT HOME. [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK AT HOME.

Threshing coal for sale by Coen. Pearl Holiistei was in Chicago last week. Ira Washburn was in Chicago last week. Several people from here visited Morocco fair this week. Miss Mamie Williams is visiting in Indianapolis this week. Miss Lizzie French spent last week in Chicago and Milwaukee. Ferguson & WilsoD. will practice in all the courts of the state. Ferguson & Wilson will give you careful and honest legal advice.

Keystone Corn Husner and Fodder Shredder. Sold by Robt. Randle. Mrs. A. E. Coen and son returned to her home in Chicago last Saturday. Careful attention given to all kinds of legal business. Ferguson & Wilson. Judge Wiley will preside at Old Settlers' day at Remington Thursday. Aug. 22. Why pay 10c for sodas when T. H. Robinson can furnish you a better one for sc. Tom Grant and family of Remtj ington spent Sunday with relatives in Rensselaer. Dr. Washburn conducted the Sunday school at Fountain park last Sunday morning. Quite a number from Rensselaer went to Lafayette Monday to attend Barnum's show.

Maud Healey, with hei niece, went to Delphi last week to visit her sister. Mrs. Dora Lyons. Orabel Duvall went to Rem ington last week to visit friends until time for school to begin. “Thus saith the Lord: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all armholes.”—Ezekiel xviii:lß. Mrs. Jennie Grizle and daughter of Hammond are visiting relatives and friends in Rensselaer. Hugh Gambol and wife of St. Louis are visiting the latter’s parents. Dr. M. B. Alter and family. Mrs. W. W. Watson entertained a number of her friends yesterday from 3 to 6 at the home of Dr. Alter.

Cyclone slaughter saie of men’s and women’s underwear commencing Monday, Aug. 26. Ellis & Murray. The Christian Sunday school went to Remington Saturday for a picnic, it being Sunday school day at Fountain park. Airs. Thomas Babb of Burlington, lowa, and Mrs. Ed Green of Remington spent Tuesday with Misses Lizzie and Mary Comer. Monticello will soon put in cement walks, and the Herald urges that they be colored as white is too trying to the eyes. Mrs. Gardner and children of Monticello and Mrs. Zigier and children of Attica were the guests of Mrs. Sarah Keifer last week.

For Sale—A good Jersey milch cow and a Jersey heifer six months old. Call on A. S. Nowels, at C. D. Nowels’ store, for price. Mrs. Belle Parker and her daughter Susie and son James returned from Laporte this week, where they have been spending the summer. Rev. Paradis and wife are home from their western trip. The reverend gentleman held services in the court house last Sunday morning. Mary Washburn spent a few days at her parents’, Dr. and Mrs. Washburn, last week, returning Sunday, her brother Warren going with her. The largest cucumber in this county can be seen at Mr. James Burns’ in Union township. It is 17 inches long, 14 inches in circumference and weighs 4 pounds. Who can beat it?

The annual meeting of the Pilot Publishing company will | be held at the Nowels house Saturday, Sept. 7, at 1:30 p. m. jThere having been a change | made in the management of the ! paper since the last stockholders meeting, and still further changes desired, it is hoped that every shareholder will be present and take part in the meeting. D. H. Yeoman, president; Lee E. Glazebrook, secretary.

Mrs. Lottie DeArmond of Tefft arrived last night for a short visit, with her mother. Mrs. Helen M. Peacock. Mrs. W. H. Coover and son Clyde went to Bay View. M>ch., this week. Mrs. Coover is afflicted with hay fever, and can find relief by spending a few weeks at Lake Petosky. Milton Chipman goes to Mukwonago soon, his valued services having been secured by the Mystic Bicycle company, who are always on the lookout for the best machinists in the land. Charlie Chipman accompanies his father. R. G. Oglesby and wife went to Rensselaer last Wednesday. Ben returned on Wednesday per •‘bike,” while his wife intends visiting her parents for a few days, and will probably return Monday. -Medary ville Advertiser

Mr. Harvey is to devote all profits arising from the sale of the Horr-Harvey debate to the interest of the remonetization of silver, and has appointed Judge Miller of Chicago and W. J. Cheney of Philadelphia trustees to so dispose of the same. Tuesday was Y. P. S. C. E. day at Fountain park, Remingington, and a picnic dinner and county rally for all the societies in Jasper and Newton was a feature, with all neighboring societies invited as guests. Quite a large number went over from Rensselaer. Fountain park is a success, and large crowds of people are gathering there to hear the exercises. Rev. J. V. Updike is one of the greatest evangelists of the United States. All who fail to hear him will miss a rare treat. The results of his work are known all over the country.

The expounder of the doctrine that “Honesty in politics is an irridescent dream” was here one day last week. The town w ? as not in the least shaken from its usual equinamity by the presence of J. J. Ingalls, the “irridescent” politician of “bleeding Kansas,” who turned Fountain park assembly into a political forum to foist his own out-dated views upon a religious meeting. 0 temporal o more*!

Mrs. B. Forsythe left Monday for Ohio to visit her parents. Found—A lady’s watch chain made of silver dimes. Inquire of James A. Powell. Men’s Jointer underwear, damaged by cyclone. Sale com mences Monday, Aug. 26. Ellis & Murray. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Spitler and daughter Maud last Monday for Boston for a few weeks’ visit. Rev. Voliva of Newtown occupied the pulpit at the First Bap tist church last Sunday morning and evening.

Miss Mary Meyer arrived home last night from Chicago, where she has been on a busi-ness-pleasure visit since the cyclone. Cement sidewalks are being laid this week from C. C. Starr’s to the Nowels house corner, on two sides of the Makeever house and in front of the postoffice. The telephone exchange is now connected with 125 instruments, but if the patrons wish to talk with the enterprising hotels or the exclusively priviledged express company they can walk over to their offices.

Wm. Pfrimner, the Kankakee poet and superintendent of schools of Newton county lectured Tuesday evening at the court house to a very large and appreciative audience. He gave several selections from his published poems. ••Driftwood.”

Jasper Kenton has rented his farm near surrey to his nephew, Mason Kenton, and this week made a trip to Hillsdale. Mich., where he became the lessee of a small fruit place which he will take possession of in October. The move is made to obtain the advantages of good schools.

E. L Hollingsworth will start Saturday for a week’s vacation atAsbury Park. w T here his family is spending the heated season. Mr. Hollingsworth goes as the guest of the Knights Templar on their special train, which leaves Indianapolis Saturday afternoon, reaching New York io twentyfour hours.

Five dollars reward will be paid for the return to this office of the pocketbook and contents > lost at Ellis & Murray’s Aug. 15. J. W. Swan of Wadena was in attendance at the Tabernacle meetings of the Christian church near Remington last Friday and Saturday. A new wind mill for the court house well was put up Saturday afternoon, to take the place of the one carried away by the late unpleasantness.

S. P. Thompson is building seven new’ residences on his 5,000 acre farm near Parr and preparing to have a large acreage cultivated next year. Prof. C. Vincent was in. Jasper county last week looking after Alliance matters. He left Sunday 'afternoon for a few T weeks’ lecture trip through Oregon and other coast states. The old “Shanghi” building, in the rear of the Pilot office, is being torn down this week. This structure has quite a history, it being at one time the most prominent business building in Rensselaer and was located where the opera house now stands.

A. G. W. Farmer, wife and daughter, returned last week from a trip by carriage through White, Tippecanoe, Boone, Clinton and Hendricks counties and as far as Monroe in Morgan county. The country looked well and crops good except a strip near Thorntown in Boone county. The party visited relatives in Plainfield and Mores* ville. They visited the state reform school and farm in Hendricks county. The fruit crop, apple, pear, and plum, was simply immense.