People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1895 — CITY AND COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

CITY AND COUNTY.

’ Try H. J. Dexter’s 20c. coffee. Mrs. Henry Fisher is very sick. See those beautiful pieces in cut glass at Long & Hardman’s. Frank Foltz is attending court at Kentland this week. J. W. Douthit is attending court in Kentland this week. Solid Silver Dovelties at Long & Hardman’s. Weaver orchestra, ten pieces with Tony the convict December 30, Don’t fail to get Clarke’s prices before purchasing your Holiday Gifts. Fancy lamps and queensware. at the new grocery, H. J. Dexter. When it comes to novelties and Christmas cards we’re in it, Fendig’s Drug Store. Heat that bed room with one of our%s hard coal burners that will keep fire all night with a hat full of coal. N. Warner & Son. -- - Blank books, writing material and school incidentals, the finest assortment at Meyer’s drug store. Hog cholera preventative from state formula for sale at Meyer’s drug store. If the show is no good, you can at least go away with the conviction that you heard good music, at Tony the Convict. George Pumphrey has some gilt edged Plymouth Rock cockerels for sale in the north-west part of town. W. T. Perkins who is drilling a well at Sheldon, 111., has reached a depth of 800 feet and been obliged to return to Rensselaer for new machinery to complete the work. S. P. Thompson and wife left for Atlanta, Ga., Monday to spend a week or ten davs at the Cotton States Exposition. Their daughter, Miss Grace, will leave Saturday to join them in the metropolis of the south. The new literary spoken of last week as the “Hobby Club”, met Friday night at the high school building and perfected a permanent organization, adopted a constitution and by laws and chose a name, “The Round Table ’, a majority preferring that name to the one suggested.

There is a citizen in this town who has neither brother or sister, but who has living in this corporation a mother, stepfather, father-in-law, mother-in-law, three uncles, four aunts, three brothers-in-law, four sis-ters-in-law, ten cousins, five neicesand nephews. H. W. Porter is the local agent for the “old reliable” Continental Insurance Company, which insures against fire, lightning and tornadoes, and fiays all its losses promptly. Call on Mr. Porter when want a policy written. He will treat you right. Literally adescendantof Abraham is the fine new son at the home of Will A. Mossier, manager of The Model. The fortunate event occured Monday afternoon. Both mother and child are doing well. First a daughter then a son and the world is well begun. 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 before your hogs become sick. A citizen, who has been down in central and southern Newton county, says the farmers, rich (if there is any such) and poor, are shelling and marketing their corn at 22 cents. Dark glimmerings of daylight can be seen through all those fine double corn barns, that were built in the prosperous days of legal tender greenbacks and free coinage of silver. See? The following books have been taken from the library and have not been returned. Should any one have any of these books or know wnere they are, he would confer a favor on the school and the librarian by returning them at once: Prose Wonder Book: Scott’s Works- (3 vols.): Jane Lyre (2 vols.); Pilgrims Progress (2 vols.): Tom Brown at Rugby: Shakespeare (1vol.); Teachings of the Apostles; Newton on Prophesies; American Guide: Burke’s Cublime and Beautiful; Canning’s Speeches; Great, Truths by Great Authors; Social Science. Arthur Kresler, Librarian.

The Learnings and Mildred Spitler will Re home for the hoL idays. Laudie Martin of Cincinnatti will spend Christmas with his mother at this place. David B. Nowels was at home Saturday and Sunday from his school at Wheatfield. Arthur Catthas returned from Wheatfield to help P. W. Clark during the holidays. Rev. J. L. Brady "Will preach his farewell sermon at the Christian church one week from Sunday. George Healey will take charge of the Brookston Reporter January first. He returned from there Wednesday having been there .a few days. The Rensselaer Christian Bible school will hold Christmas exercises in Ellis opera house Christmas eve. Then "will be a tree loaded with presents. All adults and children not members of the school will be charged an admission fee of ten cents to help defray expenses. Owing to cloudy weather which has prevented the making of photographs the souvenir edition of the Pilot will not be issued until next week. Over 100 illustrations have already been made and the edition promises to be up to our most sanguine expectations.