People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1895 — CITY AND COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

CITY AND COUNTY.

See those beautiful pieces in cut glass at Long & Hardman’s. Solid Silver novelties at Long & Hardman’s, We are the only steam laundry in town. Spitler & Kight. Mrs. George Kessinger is on the sick list. Dr. Charles Cox is now permanently located in Rensselaer. Joseph Kight was in Chicago Tuesday. Work is progressing on the new bridge. Mrs. Zulu Hopkins is improving slowly from her long illness. S. W. Park’s new house west of the bridge, is nearing completion. C. C. Starr and wife were in Chicago the first days of the week. Berney Gregg of Lowell is visiting friends in town this week.

Bring Long & Hardman your watches, clocks and jewelry for repairs. Wanted to rent, a house for small family, in Rensselaer. Inquire at this office. Mrs. Grant Warner and Mrs Thomas Thompson are spending the week in Chicago. Hog cholera preventative from state formula for sale at Meyer’s drug store. Alexander Hamilton moved his family into their new house this week. Blank books, writing material and school incidentals, the finest assortment at Meyer’s drug store. Ray Wood fell on the ice Sunday while skating and hurt his spine, laying him up for a few days. Heat that bed room with one of our 85 hard coal burners that will keep fire all night with a hat full of coal. N. Warner & Son. Probably more rabbits were shipped from this point last week than for any time in the past five years, at least 1000 were shipped upon one day. O. K. Ritchey received by express Tuesday a fine young poland china boar from Miami county, to head his excellent herd of thoroughbreds. He is certainly as perfect an animal as can. be found in Northern Indiana. »

Isaac Leopold of Wolcott spent Sunday at his father’s. A taffy pulling at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Weaver last Saturday night was fully up to date. Chaplain Lozier, the prince of entertainer’s. attbeM.E. Church next Saturday night. There are now four students from this vicinity at the Keeley Institute and others preparing to go. The building improvements of Rensselaer, including unfinished work, will reach *125,000 this year. Mrs. Simon Fendig returned to Wheatheld Monday after a week at the home of her husband’s mother. B. S. Fendig, while on a fur buying trip to the Kankakee Monday secured an otter skin, a rare find for this section. The skating population has been having lots of sport on the fine ice field at Starr’s ice house, half a mile south of the bridge. Mrs. Guy Stockton visited her friend, Mrs. Ed Rhoades, last week, returning to her home near Lafayette Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Meyer went to Chicago Tuesday. The former returned Wednesday but Mrs. Meyer will remain until Saturday. The “Old Men’s Ball” promises to eclipse anything in the social arena this season. The committee on music have been allowed SIOO. An appreciated Christmas gift to that distant relative would be a year’s subscription to Pilot. It costs but a dollar, two cents a week, just the price of postage stamp.

Miss Hattie Nichols of Nubbin Ridge neighborhood is spending the week in Rensselaer with her friends Misses Iva .Washburn and Kittie Scott. Roy Flanders, whose home is in Indianapolis but is in charge of the grain market at Mt. Ayr, was visiting his old friend, Judson Perkins, Tuesday. David Alter of Pennsylvania is visiting his several relatives in Rensselaer this week, stopping at the home of John Alter. The W. C. T. U. will meet Friday, Dec. 13 at 2:30 P. M. with Mrs.M.M. Collins. All interested in temperance work are invited to attend. Miss Mable F. Doty of Chicago wiid give instruction in physical culture and elocution at the rooms, formerly known as the Iroquois club rooms; hours from 2 to 5 p. m.; Saturday 9 to 12 a. m. and 2tosp, m. For further information please call. Mable F. Doty. Miss Emma M. Burget of Illinois Female College, of Jacksonville, 111., will give instruction in voice culture and instrumental music at the rooms, formerly known as the Iroquois club rooms hours from 2to sp. m. For further information please call. Enma M. Burget. D. M. Worland has sold the City Dairy to Marion Adams, who made the first rounds of his customers Tuesday morning. Mr. Worland was unable to obtain a suitable farm for next year and was forced to go out of the business. Mr. Adams will run the dairy from his farm three miles south of town, where he has the best of conveniences for making it a successful undertaking. It would have been an actual public calamity had Mr. Worland disposed of his stock without having obtained a successor.

The steam laundry is now prepared to take a limited number of small family washings at the following prices: Rough dry, 20c per doz. Washing and ironing. 50c per doz. These prices does not include starched articles which requires a high gloss polish. * Spitler & Kight. Night watch Childers found it necessary Saturday night, at a trifle past twelve o’clock, to use his revolver a couple of times in arresting a young man who attempted to run. The second shot came so near the fugitives ears that he wilted, and it is reported, he was so frightened that he completely collapsed on the officers’ hands. He was out with some jolly companions and all forgot their proper place as good citizens. The occurrence is a great surprise to the friends of the young man, whs has never before been censurable for unbecoming conduct.

Mis» Jeasie Adams, of Moqod, is spending a fortnight with the family of Sidniel King. “Your Mother’s Apron Strings,” next Saturday night at the M. E. cnurch. A fascinating entertainment, the like of which was never before known in Rensselaer. Secure a good seat by coming early. F. B. Meyer, druggist, has prepared a large quanity of the hog cholera preventative, recommended by the state lecturer, who spoke at the farmers meeting in the court house last Saturday, the formula of which is given elsewhere in this paper. Call and get a package oefore your hogs become sick.. H. W. Porter is the local agent for the “old reliable” Continental Insurance Company, which insures against fire, lightning and tornadoes, and pays all its losses promptly. Call on Mr. Porter when want a policy written. He will treat you right. The “Hobby Club” was organized Monday night at the high school building. The first meeting will be held on Friday evening of this week, and on every alternate Friday afterwards. This club is organized for the purpose of discussing up to date questions of every kind, and a program will be formulated covering subjects and assignments for a period of six months. It is desired to have a membership of about twenty-five, though visitors will always be welcome. This is a venture that must result in the greatest good to the participants. It will give each one an opportunity to talk to an attentive audience upon the merits of any proposition, and in turn he will be as freely and forcefully shown the opposite side of the question. The* “Hobby Club” is an appropriate name for it is the hobby riders that make up the race to higher understanding and ultimate pro gress, thougn often premature and impractical, but always inspired by honest enthusiasm.