People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1897 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Special Seed Offer. The People's Pilot one year, and Farm, Field and Fireside three months, and Ai lA twenty 5c packets of best seeds, all. SX»XW Girl Wanted. Girl for general housework wanted by Mrs. Robert Randle, Rensselaer. Small family and good pay.

John Ulm, son and daughter of Jordan township are sick with lung fever. Knights of Pythias will attend services in a body at the Christian church next Sunday morning. A s the result of a short visit to Indian■apqlis, Zack. Stanley, two miles north of town, has measles plenty and to spare. Married, in Rensselaer, Ind., Feb. 16. 1897, by Elder Webster O. Moore, Mr. George A. Daugherty and Miss Effie E. Clark. Mrs. Cora Hopkins and Mrs. Maud Robinson went to Morocco Tuesday to visit relatives and be present at a wedding reception this afternoon. Their good husbands, Grant Hopkins and Charles Robinson, will go over to-day, Movers, movers, movers; The transient home is again on its wheels; every Toad is thronged with tenant farmers relocating for the coming year. It is really painful to see so many industrious, honest people compelled to move every year or two. 7 The contract to build the Keener township gravel roads will be let Mareh 8, The De Motte end will be of gravel And the Otis section of crushed rock or gravel at the option of the contractors. The stone road is to be covered with fine stone dust and should make an excellent road. Thompson, Sigler & Co. have a contract to build twelve miles of stone road in Honey Creek township, White county. They have bought the Momence stone quarries and will put in a large stone crusher. The firm expects to furnish crushed rock to be used all along the line of the Monon railroad. The Tennesseeans delighted their hearers at the Opera house Tuesday evening. The house was well filled and had the report not been circulated that the building was unsafe there would not have been standing room. The needlessly timid ones missed the richest treat of the season. This company of jubilee singers surpassed the one sent here last winter.

A'cir Store at Blackford. John Kimble has opened a general merchanbise store at Blackford and is prepared to Bupply all the goods usually found in a country store and at prices that will keep the trade that once comes his way. He sells only for cash. Receives all kinds of farm produce in exchange, -and asks a trial of goods and prices. Obitaari;. Died Feb. 7, Edward Ulm, son of John Ulm of Jordan township. His age was 18 years. He was a good, loving son and brother and was esteemed and loved by all that knew him. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church of Remington and interment in the cemetry at that • place. frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. The widespread interest in the coming inaugural ceremonies at Washington gives timeliness and value to the article entitled “Ninety-seven Years in the White House,” which formß the leading feature of Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly for March. It is written by Joanna R. Nicholls.and is profusely illustrated with portraits and interior views reproduced from new photographs. Then there is a vigorous description of the great Lincoln Inauguration, by Hon. A. Oakey Hall, who was a participant in the ceremonies. This is illustrated with a reproduction of a sketch of the inauguration made at the time, and a picture of some of the costumes worn at the Inauguration Ball. There are many other interesting and important articles in this number, and some clever stories and poems. “Va ear College” is described in a splendidly written paper by Blanche A. Jones; l, Frederick A. Ober writes of “Some Natives of North Africa,” which include the Arabs, Berbers, Touaregs and Moors; there is the concluding paper of Edmund Jennings Lea’s excellent estimate of the character of General Robert E. Lee; “A Thousand Miles Up the Amazon” is entertainingly described by Clarence B. ttiker; Commissioner Blechenden tells of life in India; the city of St. Louis comes in for an appreciative paper by Charles Thomas Logan; and there is some illustrated stage gossip, a young folks’department, talks about new books, and many other things.—Frank Leslie’s Publishing House, New York.

The Indianapolis Xeics. You voted last fall, consequently are interested in the doings of the state legislature now in session in Indianapolis. To get a complete and detailed account daily of that body, subscribe for the Indianapolis News, delivered to any place in Rensselaer, at 10c per week. R. P. Johnson, Ag’t.

St. Bernard Dog For Sale. Eighteen months old, (Hadam Celtic RectoY) registered, height 38 inches, weight 190 pounds; orange color, black muzzle good watch dog, price $35. Mach all Cover, Kniman, Jasper Co., Ind.