People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1896 — The Grand Ball. [ARTICLE]

The Grand Ball.

The fifth annual jaall given by the boys at Ellis opera house, Wednesday Nov. 25, 1896, was a swell affair, having a Chicago orchestra of six pieces, playing some of the nicest musiq ever heard here. There were many people from Chicago, Lafayette, Monticello Delphi and other places present. and there were about 100 couple in the grand march. The dancing lasted until 4 a. m. and on the whole was a grand success.