People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — CITY AND COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

CITY AND COUNTY.

D. A. Stoner has a child sick with diptheria. George Brown, jr., was up from Francesville Friday. Henry Fisher returned last week from a years sojourn in the west. Miss Eva Washburn is receiving painting lessons of Mrs. Belle Kerr. Effie Clark is spending the week at Parr, with her sister, Mrs. Warne. J. W. Paxton has begun the foundation of his new residence on Weston street. Miss Lora Roberts, who is teaching west of Mt Ayr, was at home over Sunday. Miss Lillie Seward was home from her school near Mt. Ayr Saturday and Sunday. N. C. Pumphrey, teacher in Newton county, near Mt. Ayr, spent Sunday at home. Porter & Wishard have an annoucing advertisment on the eight page of this issue. J. H. Green of Remington was in town last week looking for residence property in town. The Ladies Literary Society meets with Mrs. J. F. Warren Friday, Nov, 8, at 2:30 p. m. The doctors are all quite busy though there seems to be no prevalence of any special disease. Dr. Berkley has placed phone 126 in his office. No one can do business satisfactorily without them. A number of young folks gave a : a Halloween party Thursday I last at the home of Mrs. Mell ; Medicus.

Monday being the last day for payment of taxes the town presented a lively Saturday appearance. H. J Bartoo and wife are now ; living in the old Kannal property, corner of College avenue and McCoy street. James Welsh is building anew house on his farm miles from town where he expects to move when completed. Alfred Thompson is reported as much better at Battle Creek, where he has been for several weeks, confined to his bed. Henry Wolcott, A. M., son of Anson Wolcott of Wolcott, and family will be guests of Simon P. Thompson next Sunday. Chas. Baleom was over from Remington Monday. He is one of the leading general merchandise salesmen in that place. Miss Nellie Coen, one of the teachers in the Rensselaer school, is quite sick at the home of her brother, C. W. Coen. You can now talk to th a denizens of Marlborough for 25c, and it will not be long before the voice can hello La Fayette. Mrs. Alexander Hamilton had a very serious illness Tuesday morning, being a sufferer of that treacherous disease, heart trouble. Isaac Thompson of Bluffton, Ohio, will.arrive this week to visit his brothers and other relatives here. He will probably remain several days. The new iron fence for Weston cemetery will arrive next week, and the subscribers to the improvement fund have been called upon this week by the trustees. David Clark of Benton county Was in town Monday looking after a good sized farm. He recently sold a fine farm in Benton at a handsome figure and hopes to replace it in Jasper. The Kindergarten now has an even dozen members. There should.be fifty, and parents are making a mistake in not investigating this admirable system of developing the minds of small folks. The harness business of the late Charles Rhoades, for so many years a conspicuous factor of Rensselaer, has been entirely closed out, the last of the stock being sold to parties from La Fayette a few days since. Porter & Wishard is the name of the new firm that succeeds to the grocery business of J. C. Porter & Son, W. H. Wishard having purchased the interest of the senior member of that firm, who retires because of poor health.

, Miss Tillie Fendig is suffering the tortures of a fellon at her home. Misses Marybelle Percupile and Nellie Hopkins are salespeople in the Model. The treasurer’s office was kept hot Monday by applicants for tax receipts, and some of them came rather high. W. L. Wishard retired from his place as salesman at the Model Saturday night, to enter upon his duties as a partner in the late firm of J. C. Porter & Son. Editor Honeycutt of the Medaryville Advertiser spent Saturday in Rensselaer on his way to Chicago, where he has an extensive commercial printing plant. Mr. and Mrs. Hale Warner went to Hammond last Saturday returning Monday. They were visiting relatives. Mrs. Warner has improved very much in health. She has been an invalid for about two years. Mordicai Chilcote thinks that another week will see him sufficiently mended to take his place at the Cimarron Club. He is certainly looking well for one who has been so near the pearly gates but a few weeks ago. C. W. Israel was in town Tuesday for the first time in several weeks, having been under the physicians care from injuries received during harvest time His brother, W. W. Israel left for Las Vegas, N. M., a week ago, where he hopes to benefit his health. Sam Barker of Newton county was in town Monday looking as well and hearty as for many years. He is one of the land marks of this section and very old, though his eye is as keen and his voice as strong as ever. He is an old Indian fighter and pioneer hunter. His sons still keep a large pack of hounds and make a business hunting wolves, going to the far west even for game. Sam Barker has faithfully trained under the democratic banner for over 60 years, through good and ill repute.