People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1895 — THE WEEK AT HOME. [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK AT HOME.

Ruling prices at Rensselaer Sept. 19: Wheat, 45c@50e bu; corn. 26@27c bu; oats, 14@16c bu; rye. 30c per bu. ’ See change in Hershman’s ad. Dr. Newman, the Wizard, is in Rensselaer to-day. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Catt this morning. Miss Belle Fess is seriously sick at the home of C. E. Hershman. Keystone Corn Husker and Fodder Shredder. Sold by Robt. Randle. Mrs. Maggie Yeoman of Kansas is visiting her sister, Mrs. Alfred Collins. Mr. and Mrs Jacob Clome returned las* - week from their visit to Illinois. Miss Mary Yates is spending the week at Indian'apolis attending the state fair. The Ladies’ Literary Society meets-at the home of Mrs. Seib Friday, Sept., 20. Oren Parker left Monday for Bloomington to commence a course at the University. The old blacksmith shop of Bates & Wartner is being torn down to build a new one. H. W. Porter says he has fifty five acres of corn that will average fifty bushels per acre. Mrs. Mattie Paxton of Albany. Ind., is visiting at her father s W. E. Moore, of this place.

Mrs. L. Thornton and little son, living near the depot, are both sick with malarial fever. Miss True Yeoman left for Greencastle this week, where she will enter Dupauw university. C. C. Warner was at home last Sunday. He has charge of the local board of trade at Delphi. “Chuck” Bowers and Machall Cover will wrestle at Morocco in four weeks for a purse of $l5O. Miss Ella Morris went to Chicago Monday to accept a position as trimmer for a leading milliner. W. H. Ritchey and sister Mrs. James Welsh, leave today for a couple of days at the state fair. Special drives in boys’ school suits. We can and will save you money. Give us a call. Fendig’s Fair. A tirst-class Mystic bicycle, nearly new. a strictly high-grade SBS wheel, for sale at this office for 145. Mrs. Millie Campbell of Onarga, 111., is visiting at H. W. Porter’s and with other friends in town. It will require at least 100 new houses to accommodate Rensselaer’s increase of population next year. The Jewish New Year occurs to-day (Sept. 19). and they date the event thus: The first day of Tichre, 5656. Miss Alice Irwin resumed her second year at the Terre Haute state normal, leaving here Monday. She was accompanied by Miss Pearle Wasson, who begins her first year there this fall.

Miss Nellie McKee of Union City has been engaged to take charge of the trimming in Mrs. Imes’ milline r y store. Miss Mary Meyer left for Chicago Monday to spend a couple of weeks with the wholesale milliners and to visit friends. Henry C. Dahncke of Wheatfield was in town Tuesday, attending affairs connected with his recently deceased father. Rev. M. V. Brown and wife of Yountsville have been spending the last week at the home of Mrs. Brown's father. D. H. Yeoman. The new territory added to Rensselaer last week by the county commissioners gives the town a population close to 2,500. The conference at Valparaiso closed Monday evening. The new pastor for the Rensselaer M. E. church is expected to preach next Sunday. Zern and Miss Leathe Wright and Miss Maude Healey went to our neighboring town of Brook Friday to visit friends, returning Saturday evening. Some Romany people have been visiting Rensselaer this week, camping at the stock farm. A dancing monkey was the attraction for the little folks.

The Presbyterian congregation will hold services in the court house next Sunday as usual. Morning subject: “Heaven and Hell.” Evening subject: “Now.” A special excursion leaves here to-morrow to take a crowd of Rensselaer Wilkes’ enthusiastic admirers to Indianapolis to see him trot against Q. Allen for a purse of SI,OOO. Frank Hoover, George Collins and Orin Parker are new students at Bloomington fro n Rensselaer this year. Ray Thompson also begins his second year there. They all started JZonday. Prof. Perdue has been in town the last week preparatory to his departure for Chicago for the school year. He has been working on the United States geological survey in this territory for several weeks. Walter Imes will return in a few days to his position as operator with the Chicago & Erie railroad. He has been running the board of trade instrument in the Makeever house while here on his vacation. D. J. Thompson received a box of the finest Japanese persimmons from relatives in Florida last week. When ripe this delicious honey-sweet fruit much resembles a perfectly formed tomato in size and color. The Rensselaer telephone line will be extended at once from Remington to Lafayette going through Wolcott, Chalmers. Brookston and Battle Ground. Negotiations for the right of way are being made this week. Twenty-five pound cabbages may not be any great shucks for a cabbage country, but as a little diversion from corn, hogs and cattle, Jasper county farmers are marketing a few samples that weigh up to that notch.

Geo. E. Mitchell will begin teaching the Center school in Gillam township a week from Monday. He has been at the state biological station at Lake Wawassee since the close of the University school year at Bloomington. M. F. Chilcote had the finger that has been giving him so much trouble amputated this morning. The operation was performed by Drs. Merry and Loughridge. The bone was taken out up into the palm of the hand. The. little child of Mr. and Mrs. Littlefield, north of the railroad, died last Saturday. A short service was held at the house Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. J. L. Brady, after which the remains were taken to Remington for interment. The Cox Bros, have unfinished building contracts on hand now amounting to about 117,000. They have been very busy the entire summer, with no end in sight yet. These boys have faith in Rensselaer’s future and are helping to build it up in more ways than one. The following wheeling party made the run to Burk’s bridge Sunday morning returning against a head wind that quite exhausted the ladies who wore skirts: Mrs. T. J. McCoy. Misses Lynne Kelly, Mattie Robinson, Edith Bushnell, Leathe fright, Messrs. T. J. McCoy, B. F. Fendig, J. J. Hunt. C. C. Warner, A. H. Hopkins.

Mrs. L. M. Imes is in Indianapolis this week. This is the week of races there, but possibly the circumstance is but a coincidence and that Mrs. Imes is there to engage a trimmer to handle the magnificent stock of fall millinen that is arriving daily at her store. The Nowels house is now closed for a general system of repairs and alterations which will place it in first class condition preparatory to its occupancy by Mr. Sanders, the feather-ren-ovator man. who has done such a hustling business here for a month past. Rensselaer Wiikes will be matched against Q. Allen at Indianapolis to-morrow fora purse of SI,OOO. McCoy & Thompson owners of Rensselaer Wilkes, believe that he can trot in 2:10 and are backing him heavily against Q. Allen, whose best time is several seconds slower than Wilkes' best time of 2:12.

Charles Sines, wife and two children of Carroll county, near Delphi, arrived Saturday to visit the family of D. H. Yeoman and other relatives. They .returned Monday. Mrs. James Morris, mother of Mrs. Yeoman, came with them, to remain during the winter. Her husband died about two months ago. The electric light plant has just been given a nice slate-col-ored dress of paint. The new balance wheel has been received, after many months’ of waiting, and the second incandescent dynamo will soon be in operation. This will enable the company to furnish the current for about 500 lights, which have been ordered. Isaac Glazebrook is looking for a buggy thief who has been working for him as an expert horseshoer for some time, passing under the name of Harry Wright. Isaac is loser a buggy and winner the price of a horse which he sold the gentleman. A new harness was procured on time, of Mr. Rhoads just before quitting the town. It is possible that Harry may return and board awhile at the Hanley hostelry.

Harry Thuseless, the carpenter employed by Cox Bros., met with a serious accident Wednesday noon while at work on the Kepner building, cutting the left foot badly, severing the leader, with an adze. Drs. Berkley and Washburn are in attendance, and think that the accident will not cause permanent disability. Mr. Thuseless’ parents reside in Crawfordsville, but he is being well cared for here at the home of James Jordan. Theoperatta. The Golden Ball, which came near being a comic opera as anything, was written for the Marie Sanger company, by Mr. James Gorman, and the music by Louis A. Miller. This is what the Indianapolis Sentinel has to say of the show; The Marie Sanger Extravaganza company of twenty people opened to crowded houses at The Park yesterday. Nettie Von Rieg is at the head of this company and plays a dual role in The Golden Ball and extravaganza very cleverly. The troupe is made up of some very bright pretty girls, among them Carrie Rogers, Fay Hall, and others, and a half dozen commedians, the principal of whom is William Gallagher, who plays an Irish Embassador in funny style. Besides the music in this opera there are introduced numerous lively specialties and the performance goes with much spirit.—lndianapolis Sentinel.