People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1897 — Page 1

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Imii:hki;iiiiih €' "'■■■' It The direct line to Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, LaFayette, Louisville, West Baden French Lick Springs and All Points South. Frank J. Reed. G. P. A.. Chicago. Monoo Time Table No. 28, Corrected to Feb. Ist 1897. NORTH BOUND. | SOUTH BOUND. No 4, 4.30 a m Nl 5 10.55 a u. No 40, 7.31 a m No 33 1.53 p m No 32 9.55 a m No 39 6.03 p *i No 6 3.30 p m No 3 11.20 p m No 30, 6.19 p m No 45 2.40 p m N 074 7.40 pm No 46 9. 30 a m no 74 carries passengers between Monou and Lowell. No. 30 makes no stops between Rensselaer and Englewood. No. 32 makes no stops between Rensselaer and Hammond. Train No. 5 has a through coach lor Indianapolis and Cincinnati, via Roachdale; arrives Indianapolis 2:40 p. m.; Cincinnati, 6 p. m. No. 6 has through coach returning; leaves Cincinnati 8:30 a. m.; leaves Indianapolis 11:50 a. m.; arrives Rensselaer 3:30 p. m., dally. Tickets can be purchased at regular rates via this new route. W. H. Beam, Agent.

CHURCHES FIRST BAPTIST. Preaching every two weeks, at 10:45 a. m. and 7 p. m.; Sunday school at 9:30; B. Y. P. U. 6 p. m. Sunday; prayer meeting 7 p. m.; O. E Voliva pastor. *** CHRISTIAN. Corner Van Rensselaer and Susan. Preaching. 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school, 9:30; J. Y. P. S. C. E.. 2:30; S.Y. P. S. O. E., 6:30; Prayer meeting, Thursday, 7:30 Rev. Findley, pastor. Ladies’ Aid Society meets every Wednesday afternoon, hy appointment. PRESS TTERIAN. Corner Cullen and Angelica. Preaching. 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday School, 9:30; Y. P. S. C. E., 6:30. Prayer meeting. Thursday, 7:30 Ladies Industrial Societv meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary Society, monthly. *** METHODIST E. Preaching at 10:45 and 7; Sunday school 9:30; Epworth League, Bunday 6: Tuesday 7: Junior League 2:30 alternate Sundays. Prayer meeting Thursday at". Dr. R. D. Utter, pastor. LADIES AID SOCIETY every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. fHURCHOFGOD. Corner Harrison and Elza. Preaching, lo:45 and 7.30; Sunday school, 9:3o; Prayer meeting, Thursday, 7:30. Rev. F. L. Austin, pastor. Ladies Society riieets every Wednesday afternoon, by appointment. * *** CHRISTIAN— BARKLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST. Preaching every alternate Lord’s Day. Morning,Sunday Scnooll0:00: Preaching ll:oo. Evening. Y. P. S. C. E.. ":3o; Preaching,B:oo. Rev. R. S. Morgan, Pastor. LODGES MASONIC.— PRAIRIE LODGE. No. 126. A. F. and A. M., meets first and third Mondays of each month. C. G. Spitler W. M.; W J. Imes, Secy. EVENING STAR CHAPTER, No. 141, O. E. S.. meets first and Third Wednesday’s of each month. Nellie Hopkins, W. M. Maud E. Spitler. Sec’v. *** CATHOLIC ORDER FORESTERS - Willard Court, No. 418, neets every first and third Sunday of the month at 2 p. m. E P. Honan, Secy., Frank Maloy, Chief Ranger. *** ODD FELLOWS. IROQUOIS LODGE. No. 149. I. O. O. F., meets every Thursday. W. E. Overton, N. G.. S. C. Irvt in, Sec’y. RENSSELAER ENCAMPMENT, No. 201. I. O. O. F., meets second and fourth Fridays of each month. T. J. Sayler, C. P.; John Vannatti. Scribe. RENSSELAER REBECCA DEGREE LODGE No. 346. meets first and third Fridays of each month. Mrs. Mattie Bowman, N. G.; Miss Alice Irwin, Sec’v, *** I O. OF FORRESTERS. COURT JASPER, No. 1703, Independent Order of Forresters. meets second and fourth Mondays Geo. Goff, C. D. H. C. R.; J. W. Horton, 0. R.

j' The Canadian thistle is increasing in a good many parts of the west, and the Russian thistle is becoming more common each year. The spread of the two weeds can only be checked by using heroic measures. If farmers will remember that no .plant can grow and increase its kind if kept from putting forth leaves, they have the key to success in fighting all kinds of weed. The leaves of a plant are its lungs, and*if any plant is kept from putting forth leaves freely, it will soon perish. Keep every weed cut down to the ground, and the farm will soon be comparatively clear of them.

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Frdm The Logansport Advance. To each one of our exchanges to-day we send a marked copy of the Advance containing the yearly report of the electric light plant committee, upon which we will make no further comment, as the report shows municipal ownership to be a success beyond a question. There is not a city in the union but should own its own lighting j plant. The only mistake Logan- j sport made was in not comprehending the magnitude of the work. The plant at the commencement was too small, which has been enlarged twice within two years to meet the demands of the public. Many hundreds j of dollars could have been saved had the first plant been ten times the size of the first experiment. To the honorable mayor and! members of the city council: Your electric light committee j in submitting to you the second j annual report of the electric light, i clerk, beg leave to submit the following deductions: Very early in the year it be came apparent to the electric light committee that it would be' necessary to add very materially to the capacity of the plant in order to enable the department] to meet the rapidiy increasing j demand for light. This want! was made known to the council and authority was given to your committee to purchase a 240 horsepower engine, one eighty light arc dynamo and one eighteen hundred light incandescent dynamo. These machines, together with the construction of the necessary lines of installing the necessary transformers and meters, cost the de i partment $14,116,27. We paid j during the year on the Standard ; Electric Company contract an account of interest (that had not i been previously charged to the . construction account) $1,050. Adding these accounts to $69,- j 120.91, the cost of the plant up j to January 1, 1896, makes the I total cost of the plant up to j January 1,1897, $84,287.18. The | plant now has in engine capacity j six hundred and eighty horse power and four hnndred and fifty horse power in water wheels. We have arc dynamos capacity for two hundred and sixty arc lights of 2,000 candle power each, and incandescent dynamo for fifty-six hundred lights of sixteen candle power each. One year ago we had forty-five hundred incandescent lights connected up. We now have eightyfive huudred and eleven; showing an increase during the year of four thousand and eleven lights. Our total cash income for 1895 was $6,211.49, our total cash income for 1896 was $13,550.17, showing that our income from private lighting has more than doubled during the year just past. In addition to our income from private lighting, the department is entitled to a credit of $13,214.70 for lighting the public streets, city offices, engine houses, water works and police headquarters; making the total earnings of the plant $26,744.87. It will be noticed that while we have eight thousand incandescent lights connected up, we only have dynamo capacity for fifty-six hundred lights. This without some qualification would appear that

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Municipal Electricity.

Logansport Lighting Plant a Profitable Venture.

RENSSELAER IND., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1897. u

Jwe were overtaxing the ma‘ \ chinery, which is not the case, ias in the resident districts, not (over one-fifth the lights connected up are actually burning. !We now have about forty-two .hundred lights burning each j night, leaving us a reserve capacity of about fourteen hundred lights. The operating expenses of the entire plant for the year is sll,275.57. In this item is included : office stationery and $640.10 paid for incandescent lamps which were sold to the. city’s patrons and credited to our casu income. It is a very plain case now* tiiat this venture will be a very profit - able one to the city. In the Opinion of your committee in two years from this time, the maximum eanaeify wiii !.»•• reached, and as ter that time the expense for betterment and extensions will oe ligut, the price for lighting to. consumers may | then be reduced. This can be done, notwithstanding the fact ! that our present rate is as low, iif not lower, than in any city in the United States. Respectfully submitted, George Haigh, W. H. Kenney, S. B. Boyer. Electric Light Committee.

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Remington.

Citizens of Benton, White and Jasper counties have organized a. Farmers, Mutual Fire and Lightening Insurance Co. with headquarters at Kemingtcn Ind. The Company is composed oi the best farmers, also the wealthiest in the three counties, and it seems to me that the company will certainly prove a success. Jerome N. Biddle is president George G. Beese is secretary. I The Remington public schools j have been progressing nicely all along through the winter, with the exception of Miss Hawkins room. The only trouble there being the sickness of Miss Hawkins for the past week or two. jWe understand that she is now in charge of her room again and all is moving along nicely. The schools of Carpenter township we understand are generally giving entire satisfaction, mo complaints from any of them. We are informed however that the school taught by Miss Maggie Leavel has been discontinued, for the reason that it had become too small to make it profitable to continue, there being only three pupils in the schools. The fault was not Miss Leavel’s • as those three were the only pupils in the school district. W. U. L ; ghty, the dealer in pianos, organs and music, whose home is in Monticello, has opened up a music store in the Major building occupied by A. N. Tedford as a millinery store. They will occupy the room together for a time at least. Ed Erwin of Coffee county iTenn., well known / here and at Rensselaer has been stopping with his Uncle, Henry Welsh

for two Weeks. Ed informs us that he desires to trade his Tennessee farm, for property in Remington. Our people would undoubtedly welcome him back. We believe itemington is liis birthplace. James Little of Remington has bought the liverv stable, and 1 two lots on North Indiana street formerly owned by .fames Shelf - ler. He purchased this property from George Fisher; the; consideration being *1 Mr, Lit He has nothing n> do with the stock, and the barn will be ; controlled by the old time, and honored liveryman Mr. Samuel Mitchell. In this iiue Sam is a “Daisy.” We took a drive last week to the sou! ii -eastern part of Jordan township, and must say we found a great deal of good farming grounds, in that locality, j The country round about there.; badly needs draining and we are pleased to note that the farmers

are wide awake to toe importance ol t ilemg and have bought ' and distributed nearly one hundred car loads of tile during the past, winter in the neighborhood' of the. Gallagher ditch. We understand aiso mat t he contract : has been let for about fifteen | miles of open ditch throughout that locality. When this work is an accomplished fact, that country will be as good as any in Jasper county. We understand Mr. M. G. | Lewis of Jordan township is circulating a petition for the improvement of the range line road through Jordan township, between the south end of the Marion township gravel road and the north end of Carpenter township gravel road. We trust Mis efforts will be speedily ciowned with success, when Chat is accomplished there will he no trouble wit h track between Rensselaer and Remington at any season of the year. Ed Littlefield of lowa, has recently been here visiting his mother and other relatives. His brother Albert who is attending Dental college at Indian apolis, came home for a few days | visit with his brother. He has now however returned to his Dental studies. Simon Marquess , and family have moved from here to Gas City, where they will make their future home. Frank Harlacher, son of our fellow townsman Esq. Charles E. Harlacher. came over last j week from Montieello, where he lis employed and spent some time with father’s family and other friends in Remington. The Remington Coronet “Kid” Band now numbers twenty-four instruments, and they made their j first appearance last Friday j evening. They acquitted them- ! selves splendidly, ’and we think | under their present leadership they are destined to make a band, which will be second to none in the state. The boys are young and small, but they can produce wind in any quantities desired. After they are a little more experienced we will send them over to Rensselaer, to give I your people a sample of their acquirements in the musical line.

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Economic Economy Society

Farmer* Arraying Tlieimclve* in Mcclliii;* Again*l merchant*. ♦ Special to tlie Tt,lit-unno’is Nows. Conuersvilit*, itid , Kab. 22. Certain it is that in many portions of Fayette. Union and bVatiklm counties the agriculturists are arrayed against the .town, growing out of the adoption of certain business reforms upon the part of the merchants, which has aroused much feeling among :ub farmers. It was the habit of merchants to do business on the credit system, accepting the notes of farmers lor pure liases, and currying the farmers until the season arrived when they could sell farm products for cash, at which time there was a settlement. During Ihe recent campaign the merchants, as a rule, threw the. weight of their inliuenee for •sound money and were instrumental m prevailing upon many j fanners to vole m that way. ! After the election, however, and i because of the business pressure j which was making itself felt all! over the couutry, the merchants, as a matter of self-preservation, were finally driven to adopt the * cash system, claiming that j wholesalers were only giving! ten days credit. As a result, j the farmers now find it extreme- { iy difficult to secure credit, while many of them are being pressed for settlements of accounts long standing. This has provoked resentment on the part of 1 the farmers, and in Frank- j lin county, one of the j richest and most prosperous 1 farming communities in the state, a secret society has been organized, the sole purpose of which is to enforce the strictest! economy upon the part of its members. The members pledge themselves to buy no farm im plements, tools or machinery, during the next four years; they j work upon the co operative plan I and exchange farming imple

meats and machinery now on hand; besides which, in buying the necessities of life, they form themselves into groups, make out a list of articles needed, which are forwarded to Chicago and Cincinnati wholesale and retail houses, which make a specialty of mail orders, and in this way, their wants are supplied. Seven townships in Fayette county are said to be completely organized and the movement is rapidly spreading over other counties. The r.ew order is styled the Economic Economy Society, and some of its staunchest members voted the sound money ticket. Considerable mischief has been wrought among merchants and business men in the towns affected, but so far nothing has been done in reprisal, and the local merchants are hopeful that this new deal will spend its force and be dissipated when the good times, hoped for under McKinley, begin to be felt. The farmers contend that they have been imposed upon by the merchants and manufacturers of their local towns, and that they are justified in boycotting the latter, which this movement practically means, and in buying their goods in the great commercial tenters they are simply enforcing a right belonging to all individuals in going where their interests best serve. While sitting by your fireside reflecting and wondering what you will do with it all when prosperity comes moseying back, just read again what you find in

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NUMBER 36.

j this number concerning the Logansport experiment with muni.cipal electric lighting and also : what it does for other cities who own and operate their own works for the benefit of the public. You will have time while waiting to study it over sevei’al times. : Meantime pardon the Pilot if Iwe jog your memory to the fact ! that Rensselaer will have an opportunity as quick as she is ready to meet it, to decide between private or public owner- , ship of the lighting facilities of the city.

De Motte [?]ems.

Wm. B. Austin and Sheriff Robinson were in town Tuesday on legal business. Jake Troxall and wife were united once more ami are living happily together at tlie hotel. It was a t ime for some of the people inclined to lake part in a “homing.” Jake set up the cigars to the boys and the candy to the ladies. Mrs. M. M. Tyler is recovering from her late sickness, J. A. Sigler is selling out his stock of goods cheap for cash. Clothing at cost. J. D. Moates and son are preparing to remove to Dayton, Ohio, in the near future. The Modern Woodmen of America have rented the hall from the K. of P. and are prepared to initiate candidates. Crayon portrait work taught by mail by Mrs. L. ii. Cornwall, correspondence solicited; terms reasonable. We learn the lumber for the new “3 1” depot is here and the depot is to be built east of the wagon road, With Hanna in the senate and Sherman arid Gage in the cabinet confidence is now restored, but how about prosperity. Mr. Patterson of Chicago was in town last week talking up the straightening of the Kankakee River Improvement Association. They pledge themselves, if the work goes on. to employ 3,000 to 5,000 men, persons living in the Kankakee valley to have the preference. Jacob Haenni has opened a blacksmith and wagon shop at the old Irwin stand. He wants a good horse shoer to assist him. Alex Tyler is sick with the mumps. A series of meetings are being held at the Tyler school house this week, conducted by Rev. Vandecarr of Danville. A number of men from here have been at work for Nelson Morris, building dams across ditches, so that the dredge that had a leak could be pumped out to be fitted so as to begin ditching. The party that removed a pair of gold rimmed glasses from the show case in E. Sayers’ store some time ago had better, if they wish to avoid trouble for themselves, return them to the owner as the guilty party is known and will be prosecuted if not returned. M. M. Tyler has a line of Osborne Implements on hand for sale; they are the best on the market. Hustler. A note of the Bank of England, twisted into a kind of a rope, can suspend as much as 329 pounds upon one end of it and not be injured. That’s nothing. In Jasper County we have ten dollar notes that will suspend a team of horses, harness, wagon, plow, harrow and harvesting machinery for six months and then lift the crop from eighty acres of geound and the family over the fence into the road.

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