People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1897 — CITY AND COUNTY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY AND COUNTY NEWS.

Rye 25c. Corn 17^c. Chickens Gc. Turkeys Bc—9c. Wheat 70c —75c. Best Hay 85.00 —85.50. Oats, 12c for mixed, 13c —14c for white. We will accept wood on subscription. . Hear the Tennesseeans. Hear Hagerman, the great bass Singer. Don’t forget Mrs. lines fire sale of miilinery. William Fox of Jordan was in town Tuesday. Gaylord McFarland has been sick for several days. Remember the Big Four Quartette next Tuesday. All kinds of rubbers at Haley’s exclusive shoe store. Mrs. Strain southwest of town is convalescent from lung fever. Stimson’s cheese, the finest full cream, mild and new, at John Eger’s. S<*ats arc now on sale at Fendigs drug store for the Tennesseeans. Mrs. lines will sell her remainingstock of millinery at “lire sale prices.” Geo, Babcock is haveing a severe tussle with the mumps this week. Dray work- done by Geo. F. Feezer Leave your order at Cotton House. All lovers of mild, new cheese, buy Stimson’s full cream, at John Eger s.

A girl is wanted to learn tobacco stripping at the cigar factory of A. Lewis. Several of our farmers are-going to experiment with spring wheat this year. Plantation Songs by real Jubilee Singers next Tuesday at opera house. G. A, Jacks was confined to the house the first of tho week with a bad cold. A full lino of buggies and surries carried by Robert Rant le, “no cheap jobs handled.” Miss May Dart was given a surprise party by a few of her friends last Friday night. Albert McNeil’s infant in Milory township is much better than it was the first of the week. Attend the best concert ever given in the city by Slayton’s Tennesseeans at opera house next Tuesday. Juvenile books, bibles and a great variety of other books to numerous to mention at Meyer’s Drug Store. Mr. and Mrs. T. J, McCoy gave a dancing party at their home last Friday night to a company of young people, Cancer positively and permanently cured. No cure—no pay. Address Dr. A. W. Armocost, Brookston, Ind. Haley’s, the only exclusive shoe store, has the finest line gents patent leather footwear; suitable for Christmas gifts. Warner Hopkins is authorized to collect accounts and receive subscriptions for the Peoples Pilot ; nd began work this week.

J. H. Cox will sell you good wood for 83.00 per cord. Yard and office, north of post-office. E, H. Cormwall of DeMotte, house and sign painter, makes a specialty of sign advertising. Estimates furnished on application. Read Porter & Yeoman's advertisement of their immense “fire sale.” SBOOO worth of goods, slightly damaged, at buyers own prices. Ed Ulm, a young man, son of John Ulm of Brook, died Monday morning of lung fever and the grippe. He was sick but three days. The Ladies Industrial society of the Christian church met with Mrs. Craig yesterday. The society expects to have an Easter Bazaar. Isaac Right of Fair Oaks is reported some better from a serious run of typhoid fever. His brother Joe of Rensselaer has been nursing him. Buy Haley’s German sock with rubbers. Better than felt boots; warmer lighter and cheaper. Leroy Florence of Barkley township has sold his farm and will move to Carroll county in the near future. Charles A. Parker is the purcharer. Mrs. Louisa Cornwall of DeMotte solicits an inspecter of her work in Crayon portraits, water colors and oil painting. Her prices are reasonable. The Pilot and Farm, Field and Fireside, both one year, including 20 packets of fio-wer ar,d vegetable seeds, for 81.70. Siee advertisement.

Don’t send away for a teacher’s Bible; we have beautiful teachers’ bibles from 81.00 to ?;G.OO each at one-half former price. Prank B. Meyer. “Squire Jim” Yeoman of Newton townsnip will eoon be in telephonic connection with Ronsse.aer. The line will probably be continued on to Mt. Ayr. Don’t send away for any book. Try at Meyer’s Drug Store first. He has 1,000 good bo.oks, 25 cents to 35 cents each. Will get you any book you want. S. B. MolTitt of Fair Oaks made a trip to Chicago Saturday, He is engaged in the hay business and reports as prosperous a trade as other lines of business enjoy. A weed in the garden can be easily destroyed when it first starts. Consumption can be nipped in the bud by One Minute Cough Cure. Sold by A. F. Long. A ten foot alley has been ordered opened on the south side of While’s livery barn through to Cullen street, and obstructions are being removed this week. A torpid liver means a bad complexion, bad breath, indigestion and frequent headaches. To a void such companions take DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. Sold b„y A. F. Long. A surprise party is planned for A ret us Hopkins this evening, it being the anniversay of his birthday. The company will be composed of his relatives and is expected to number about thirty. J. H. Cax is now ready to furnish all citizens of Rensselaer with wood, feed, lime ami hair. Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. Office and wood yard on Cornelia street, rear of post-office. All the different forms of skin troubles, from chapped hands to eczema and indolent ulcers can be readily cured by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure. Sold Ijy A. F. Long. E. A. Yost, who, has been living for four yearson the J. P. Overton farm, has moved onto the D. H. Yeoman farm, north-west of Rensselaer, the farm just vacated by Mr. Y’osl has been taken by J..A. Stebelton.

There will he a valentine social at the home of Mrs. Lenta Jones Saturday night, Feb. 13. The Mercy and Help department of the Chnstion Endeavor Society is promoting the event. Admission ten cents. Everybody invited. Soothing for burns, scalds, chapped hands and lips, Healing for cuts and sores. Instant relief for piles, stops pain at once. These are the virtues of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by A. F, Long. James A. Dewey one of Brook’s enterpresing young farmers was in town 'Tuesday and made the Pilot editor a pleas mt call. He had some business with the county surveyor. Mr. Dewey thinks the only profitable class of farming is the feeding of cattle, though he is at present short of stock. Lost—A dear little child who made home happy by its smiles. And to think it might of been saved had tho parents only kept in the house One Minute Cough Cure, the infallible remedy for croup. Sold by A, F. Long. Renesselaer can afford waterworks. It certainly cannot afford delaying them. No system should be started that does not comtemplate the laying of mains to all parts of the city, that equal fire protection can be afforded to all the property that is to be taxed to pay for and maintain them. The next season should see this work completed. A. F. Long may now be found at the post office with his books. All persons knowing themselves to be indebted to to him will please call and settle as early as possible. He must have money in order to start in business again. The subject of waterworks being actively under discussion at the present time we desire to call attention to the necessity for making provision for electric lighting. The efficiency of the water works would be greater by having the two combined, and the operating expenses would be lessened. The city should own and operate both the water and light, and if there is any financial obstacle in the way new, and provisions should be made for the city to ultimately acquire them.