People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1896 — THE WEEK AT HOME. [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK AT HOME.

Will the Republican's legal department please cite the law for the assertion in this week's issue that the commissioners cannot assess but one per cent on assessment of 1895 for the pprpose of building a court house? If any such law is in existence it seems mighty hard to find. We are of the impression that this county can assess $175,000 for this purpose and there is no recourse whatever.

Kil Davis of Lowell visited friends in Rensselaer last Friday. For fresh lime, hair and coal call on J. H. Cox. A. F. Long has added electric lights to his store. J. H. Cox has received a fresh car load of lime. He also has hair and coal. Mrs. I. J. Porter is visiting friends and relatives in Goodland this week. Repairs on the old trade palace room in the opera house are nearing completion. Jesse Sayler of Newton moved on the Murray farm in Barkley township. The telephone plant of about fifty phones has just been completed at Remington. Miss Mae Enslen and Fannie Wood entertained friends from Morocco last Sunday. Frank Douglas a tinner formerly of this place but now of Chicago is doing some work for N. Warner <fc Sons. Mrs. C. D. Martin, who visited the family of Rev. Beech last week, at Indianapolis returned home Saturday. Marriage licenses since last reported: Albert Johnson to Carrie Clark, Albert Summers to Mary J. Spriggs. John Callow, who has been telegraphing in Minnesota for several months, returned to this city last Sunday. Miss Georgia Right left for Chicago Wednesday morning, where she expects to remain for several weeks. The Christian Endeavor young men of the Presbyterian church will give a social at the home of Rev. Paradis tomorrow evening. W. A. Huff was in Chicago last Wednesday and Thursday purchasing new furniture and fixtures for his new room in the opera house block. Will Adams, who has been working on the telephone gang at Remington is at home until the material arrives at Delphi where they expect to start on a plant this week. Quite a number of sports came over from Brook last Friday and engaged in a blue-rock shoot, under the management of J. W. King, Rensselaer crack marksman.

.William Babcock purchased the plaining mill of Frank Osborne last Monday. Mr. Babcock will purchase some new machinery and the mill up in first class shape. CharlesNowels is now running the plant. Soothing, healing, cleansing. De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the enemy to sores, wounds and piles, which it never fails to cure. Stops itching and burning. Cures chapped lips and cold-sores in two or three hours. A. F. Long, Druggist. John Phillips, brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Bedford of this place, died at his home at Frankton Monday evening. The corpse was brought to Lee and interment made in the Osborne cemetery. He was seventy-si-? years old was a former resident of this place. Grandmother Day, who lives near the depot, ventured out on the icy walks last Friday evening, and fell braking several of her ribs. After quite a struggle considering her age acd the effects of the fall, she managed to crawl into the house and get upon her bed, where she was not discovered until the naxt day about 9 o’clock, by Mrs. Cripps, a near neighbor. Her condition is reported much improved.

John Saylor, one of Marion township’s most prosperous farmers, purchased last Tuesday of Warner & Collins a fine family carriage, for which he paid the very reasonable figure of $l5O. Mr. Saylor can afford to ride in a good carriage and while he was a gettin' he got a good one. The cold snap of yesterday morning brought along its usual fire alarm accompaniment. This time it was a flue burning out in the house of Simon Phillips. It was quite accidental that Mrs. Phillips went into the upper rooms just in time to prevent the destruction of the house, as the flames had forced out two flue caps and were pouring into the rooms. In another minute the ceiling would have been ablaze, and as it wasthe paper near the flue holes caught fire. Mrs. Phillips burned her hands in pushing the hot caps back in place, but undoubtedly saved the house. Miss Eva Washburn is teaching a class in painting at Brook. She is a talented young lady with a bright future before her in her chosen work. A party of young people of the Epworth League gave Miss Washburn a farewell last Saturday evening. Quite a pleasant little party was given by Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy at their home last evening in honor of Miss Smith of Lafayette. l About fifteen enjoyed the the evening’s hospitalities. Last night was about the eoldest we have had this winter. Everybody’s thermometer registered ten below and some vent down even to er thirteen.

Misses Marcette and Warner of Fair Oaks attended the club dance at the opera house Tuesday evening. Louie Wilcox of Surrey attended the the dance Tuesday evening. A very pleasant little dance was given at the opera house Tuesday evening by the Iroquois Dancing Club. About thirty couples were in attendance. Music was furnished by Moratto's orchestra of Chicago. The phonograph man, who has been at Clarke’s jewelry store for a couple of weeks, left our city last week. Fred Phillips took ‘the stump last Thursday to cry his first sale. He made it a howling success. If this weather continues for a week our happy ice men will almost be froze up.

Mr. Magee, the restaurant man, has been quite sick with the mumps for the past two weeks. Charley Rhoades has recently added to his barber shop two nice bath tubs. Mrs. C. C. Sigler, who has been visiting in Chicago and Hebron for the past three weeks, returned home last Tuesday. Mrs. Weaver left for Lowell yesterday where her husband is located in the barber business. J. F. Irwin is making a tour through Alabama and Tennessee. J. W. ’Childers. the night-watch, has moved into his property north of the depot. Revival meetings are still in session at the F. W. Baptist church under the auspices of Rev. J. W. Haggerty. S. W. Duvall of Chicago is visiting at his son’s west of Rensselaer. S. E. Yeoman is contemplating building a nice residence in Columbia addition this coming spring to rent. Miss Daisy Watson of Albuquerque, New Mexico is visiting her parents near Pleasant Ridge. W. H. Galbreath of Chicago is visiting his father, A. J. Galbreath of Barkley, and others this week. Miss Hale of Tacoma, Wash., cousin of Mrs. T. J. McCoy, is spending several weeks with the latter. The next number on the lecture course is for Mardh2, J. Arthur Loining, an impersonator, being the attraction. W. S. Parks, had a close call for a broken leg a few days since; He was riding a horse when it slipped and fell upon him, and spraining his ankle. It was some time before he could get the horse off of him. B. F. Ferguson, who is president of the local advisory board of the Children’s Home Finding Society, would recommend the generous response of the peopel in assisting Rev. H. B. Marsh, now of this place, in his work here, which will be the means of securing homes for many dependent children.