People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1896 — Page 4

ELLIS & MURRAY I** i •! y\f» : /. 1 ■ * % % - - ■ %»• * •" Have Concluded \ to adapt the CASH SYSTEM on and atfer SEPTEMBER Ist, will sell goods strictly for cash.

Remington Notes.

A heavy wind and rain storm visited this locality last Satur day qyenicg, - about 5 o'clock. The greater damage .was'"done Jpy. blowing dowu the corn, which in many fields was leveled with the j ground, There were many shade and fruit trees blown down. The The barn.pn the farm owned by John E. Hpllet, five miles uortheast of Remington, and occupied by John R- Gray, was completely demolished and scattered over the prairie; one horse which was in the barn tied to the manger, was unhurt,, auother tied to the outside of the barn was completely covered up by the debris, but it was taken out not much injured, . Mr. Gray had a narrow escape, having just sufficient I time to get from behind the barn j When it collapsed. The barn of Tfebmas Shelley had the roof Blown off and was otherwise edtisiderably damaged, however he was so fortunate as to be carrying cyclone insurance, and! therefore his loss will be repaid by the insurance company. There wvre also many' hay stacks blown over, and consequently much hay was spoiled as well as oats, which was' previously in bad condition.' The rain was tremendiously heavy and the thunder a d lighting terrifiesThe Remington fair*) pens today (Tuesday) with a Very good prospect of u ‘fair” matter and a successful jexhibitou. There are a greater number of entries of fa&t fcbrses 'than any previous year, and the general entries are up to the usaul number, but under the single gold standard, with oats only lOcents per bush el, the chances are that ou • farmers, and all others who are necessarily dependent on their wel fare, will hardly feel that they have much money to invest in the fair, or any other enterprise

of pleasure. Money is scarce and very hard to get, and it will never be any easier to procure so long as this country remains under the,bligthing influence of the single gold standard, and until silver is remonetized and placed in the position it occupied prior to 1873, and made to perform the functions that it had in all times previously performed. Master Cleve Yeoman has been ill with a kind of Malarial fever for about two weeks. He is however not dangerously sick at present. The general health of our people is fairly good, there being only a few cases of mild illness at present. Hon. W. W. Gilman of Good-, land and Hon. Frank M. Kistler of Logans port, opened the cam. paign for free silver here on Saturday evening, Aug. 15th, in Major’s hall. They spoke to a crowded house. Mr. Gilman, who is the silver candidate for representative in our next legislature, spoke for about thirty minutes, clearly, forcibly, and in a convincing manner, and he was followed by Mr. Kistler with a speech of one hour and thirty minutes. Both gentlemen acquitted themselves admirably, and these efforts will undoubtedly bear much good fruit. The Silver League of Remington, lud.. now numbers 152 members, all voters, and we expect to have a membership of at least 250 before the campaign closes. Many of our members are former republicans, and all are wideawake to their present interests, aud the general welfare of the entire country. After the close of the polls on the 3rd of Novem ber next, your readers will hear a good report lorm this locality, James H, Chapman loans B. & L money. Number of payments limited. Children’s photos a specialty at the Pavillion.

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND.. THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1896.

Owing to the extreme low prices of all farm products I will sell |ile on Thursday, September 10th, at my factory at Pleasant Grove, seven miles west of Francesvilie on theßensselaer and Francesvilie road, at the following reduced prices, to-wit: 4 inch tile $ll.OO Per 1000 5 “ tile *16.00 “ 1000 6 “ tile 123.00 *• 1000 7 “ tile $29.00 “ 1000 8 “ tile $37.60 “ 1000 10 “ tile $54.00 “ 1000 12 “ tile $75.00 “ 1000 Terms:—A credit of 12 nlonths on all sums of SIO.OO and upwards. Without interest if paid at maturity if not eight per cent from date. Sale at tfiese prices to last one day and one day only. The reason for this sale is that I have several thpusand dollars worth of tile on hand, and no money in the country for the farmers to buy with.

The Court House Bonds.

The commissioners and county auditor were busy Monday and Tuesday signing up the bonds which have just been received from the lithographer, Win. Buford of Indianapolis. There are 82 SIOOO bonds and one SSOO bond. The engraving of the bond is very beautiful, though it is doubtful if the tax payers of Jasper county will find them any easier to pay on that account. The price paid for the blank bonds was $55, said to be a very low figure. The bonds were finally sold at private sale to Trobridge& Co., of Chicago at par, 4£ percent being the rate of interest. This arrangement reduces the interest charge $1237.50 per year, but the county receives about $17,000 less than it would under the original plan of selling 6 per cent bonds at a premium. The county loses nearly SSOOO by the failure of the first bidder to take the bonds at a premium of nearly $17,000, and as no forfeit was put up by the bidder the commissioners were obliged to make the sale on the best terms obtainable.

The first work done by the contractors has been rejected by thfe commissioners and architect as not complying with the specifications, and a portion of the stone in the foundation will be taken out and replaced with larger. The county is interested in having this building put up in the best possible way, and will sustain the architect in insisting on strict compliance with the specifications. It is to be regretted that the contractors should begin the work by an attempt to evade the provisions of I the specifications, especially as the stone was laid after it had been rejected by the architect and the commissioners.

James H. Chapman has plenty of money to loan on personal security, Call and see him, A thousand or two out of date newspapers are lor sale at this office at 10 cents a hundred. See Rinehart about your cement walks at once. Now is the best time in the year to build. Beauty, durability, price, the trinity of merit in C. A. Roberts buggies and carriages, opposite Makeever house. Positively, going to quit the clothing business. All goods are going at cost at The Model. Lots in the Leopold addition adjacent to the court house are the choicest of any in the city.

Joint Silver Debalc.

There was a joint discussion of the silver question at Brushwefod school house by Estell Pierson, Republican, and Walter Harriugton populist, and Mr. Harrington first spoke" put forth the free silver principles in an atye manner, aud elicited a great deal of applause. Mr. Pierson followed with a good Republican speech, which was delivered two years ago in the house of i epreseutatives;

Special Sale of Drain Tile.

with this and twenty square feet of figures and statistics, he proved satisfactorily that we are more prosperous at present than ever before. An appreciative audience was present in spite of the storm and the debate passed off satisfactorily to all. We may expect another debate in the near future between Mr. Piefifeon and Austin Lakin.

South East Marion.

Traces of the severe storm that passed through the country are still to be seen. Frank Pollark and. family spent Sunday with friends near Monon. Mrs. M. Y. Slaughter is on the sick list. Eh Critzer and family drove over to Wolcott Monday. Bert Dowell is seen here again. Miss Florence Magee is attending institute at Rensselaer this week. Mrs. Callie Wen rick has been quite ill this week. Mr. Farmer harvested his po tatoes this week. A huckster drove through this vicinity Tuesday seeking the paronage of the people. He is not needed now as a new store will be ready for business soon. Miss Myrtle Daley of Monon spent last week with her brother C. G. Daley, and family. Miss Jennie Kessinger of Rensselaer is staying with hei sister a few days. Mrs. Critzer and Toops drove to Rensselaer Wednesday,

The wind last Saturday unroofed John Eger’s new brick block and also Jake Eiglesbach’s building, The intensity of the disturbance has only been equaled by the -cyclone of last August, The damage to corn is not so serious as , at. first believed. The Jasper county institute is in session this week with a good attendance. In last week’s issue the Pilot erroneously stated that Charles Hammond and wife attended the Yeoman family reunion in Ohio, where it should have been Joseph Yeoman and wife. Rinehart, the cement contract-' or, proposes to put in walks and take his pay in silver, bearing the stamp of Uncle Sam.

Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox, of Surrey, entertained several friends from Kensselaer last Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Parcels and tamily, and Mr. and Mrs. Craig. It is needless to say that the hosts spared no pains to make the day a memorable one for their guests, especially in the magnificence- of their dinner.

Mrs. Val Sieb and little daughter Otia have returned from spending the summer at Storm Lake, lowa.

The republican wigwan is being rebuilt this week, having been flattened to the ground by last Saturday’s breeze. Some people are superstitious enough to think it is the forerunner ol’ a greater collapse that will visit the republicans in November.

The Eldon Comedians have really given good performances at the opera house all this week, and their patronage has been the best. The prices, 10c, and 15c- have of course aided materially in filling the house, but the entertainments have been good. Miss Helen Kelley has returned from Ohio where she has spent the summer. She looks greatly improved in health. - The Monon is now being run by Uncle Sam’s judicial agent, a receiver having been appointed this week. Misses Lally and Lay of Michigan City are visiting Misses Mattie and May Robinson.

Warner & Collirfs, Three doors south of McCoy’s Bank, Rensselaer. South Side * * * * * * * Grocery. / Highest Price Paid for Butter and Eggs. CMAMPIONi BINDERS BHCKEYE !”™ and other Farming Implements. D U UUIJIO, 2 .e reputation of these thoroughly QTTDDTFQ modem harvesters, Champion and O U X\r\ i. J2j O , have won here places \ir a n y-\ x T n them in the front ranks of favorWAGONS. „ Have the kinZness ou' j. and > ms from Warner & ■ Collins (io ore buying.

A. L. Willis —. Bicyclesmiih and Cun ■»^«> Repairing of all kinds. Has comp’ei 3 line of extras for *1 , , ' . , a|ll kinds o: wheels. New tubes, rims, pedals, etc. A special«y of cleaning bicycles. Ordinary hrndle bars changed to acfl istible at small " cost, A’otrels tit,use Block, Rensselaer,'

*******%******•* j^****^*^*^*^^^^ | Robinson Brothers Lumber Co.t * r pHERE is but one valid S -y "W TTV IT T — s. -i—* v liberal §T. T T I\/T I |“< j—^ * public, which is that we S 1 JL v JL J ) I l 1 \ . A&. give as great, or greater, 5 v * “Z value for the money as can * J»e had elsowbere, either in S f ’ s~\ AT r I '-r T t —t JL Rensselaer, competing SVvIIAA I L y towns or in Chicago. Fait- '— J VV J j JL .L J iP ; . :#■ * ing to do this we do not $ * . y i deserve the trade. 5 ✓""N -« * Robiosun Bro’s. Lumber Co A I7A A/ IT 13 T TD I7 RENSSELAER, IND. jUL VV 1-J l\ X 1 \ F; - *

Mrs. Grant Warner and son Rex returned Friday from'Michigan City where they were visiting for a week. They left Moilday accompanied by Mr. Warner for a wheeling trip through several counties,'calling on friends in Logansport,. Russiaviile and other places. They will be out about ten days.

Wm. B. Austin this week obtained for Jasper county eighty two thousand,, five hundred dollars for her Court House bonds. These bonds draw per cent interest and were sold at par. Pulaski county court house bonds have recently gone begging, as also those of the city of Franklin,. and of many other Indiana counties and towns. Under the circumstances Jasper county has fared well.

It is with sincere regret that the Pilot announces the determination of Will A. Mossier to retire from the emanagement of the Model store. His health is failing rapidly and he desires to close up his business connection here and remove to Richmond, Va., by the fiist. of January. In consequence of this, it has been decided to make a closing out sale of all the big stock of merchandise in the big double store, and at prices that cannot be duplicated in Indiana or Chicago. The stores will be closed and the business suspended by the first of January. A large advertisruent, and price list will appear in the Pilot next week.

Cheap Farm Loans.

Call on Valentine Seib, Rensselaer, for the cheapest farm loans offered in Jasper county. Large or small accounts.

RENSSELAER BANK. H. O. llarris, JPres. T. Harris, Vice-t'res. J. V. Harris, Cashier. Mouey loaned and notes purchased. Exchange h bued and sold on all banking points. Deposits teceived. Interest certificates of ce Issued. We make farm loans at -lx per cent Interest payable annually. Collections made aud promptly n milted.

JAMES W. DOUTHIT, LAWYER, Rensselaer - Indiana. RALPH W. MARSHALL, 11 ■A.TTOIRJSnErZ".. Special attention given to settlement of IH-cedent s Estates, Collections, Conveyances, J ustices’ Cases. Office on Washington St., opposite Court House, Rensselaer. Indiana. Ira W. Yeoman. ATTOENE REMINGTON,\ IND. Insurance and real estate agent. Any amount of private money to loan ou farm security. Interest 6 per cent. Agent for international and Red Star steamship lines. MORDECAI F.CHILCOTE, ATTORNEY' -&.T T ■ A ~XK7~ t Rensselaer, Ind. Attends to all business in the profession with promptness and dispatch. Office in second storv of the Makeever building. Gko. K. Hoppings worth. Arthur H. Hopkins. Hollingsworth & Hopkins. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rknssepaer. i NI> Office seco id door o; Leopold’s Block, corner Whs,!i ii ;. on and Vau i.e issel-ier streets. 1 rrctn-e iii n! 1 (lie courts, and purchase, sell and lease re. estate. At.Ay’s for L. N. A. & i * ■ L- &S. Associan and Rensselaer Water. Lii;h & Power Company. Simon P. Thompson. D. J. Thompson. M. L. Spitler. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Lawyers and Real Estate Brokers Have the only complete set of Abstract Books in town. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. ZBML-HSriKZS. Alfred McCoy, Pres. T. J. McCoy, Cash. A. JR. Hopkins. Assistant Cashier. A. MCCOY & CO’S BANK RENSSELAER, IND. Tl,e Oldest Bank in Jasper County ESTABLISHED 1854. Transacts a general banking business, buys notes and loans money on long or short time on personal or reai estate security. Fair ami liberal treatment is promised to all. Interest paid on time deposits. Forefeet exchange bought and sold. Your patronage la solicited. Patrons having valuable papers ri'» v deposit them for safe keeping. Addison Parkison. Obo.K.HoiPpingsworth, President. Vice President. Emmet L. Hoppingsworth. Cashier. Commercial State Bank, RENSSELAER. INDIANA. iflE ONLY STATE BANK IN JASBEB CO. Directors: Addison Parkison, James T Randle, John M. Wasson, Geo. K. Hollingsworth and Emmet. L. Hollingsworth. This bank is prepared to transact a general banking busIhess. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned aud good notes bought at current rates of interest. A share of your patronage Is solicited. Are open for business at the old stand of the Citizens’ State Bank.