People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1897 — Brook Items. [ARTICLE]

Brook Items.

Mies Sue Warr returned home Saturday after a week's visit with her sister in Lafayette. Quite a number of young people from Mt. Ayr were in town Sunday. Mr. Hayworth of Chicago, is doing a great deal of paper hanging in Brook, Goodland, Foresman and Kentland. A few of the young people of our city enjoyed Saturday evening at Mr. Will Fry’s. Misses Ethel Rider and Laura Smith were visiting Mrs. Newall last w r eek. Tom Meredith has placed a soda fountain in his restaurant, and will soon be ready to serve the people. Mrs. Parm Wright and son Zern, of Rensselaer, spent Sunday with Mr. Vondersmith. Mr. Ponsler, who has been very sick, is slowly improving, Miss Alma Hess, of Mt. Ayr, is visiting her uncle this week, Ed Wolf has reiurnect to our city, after a sojourn of a week in Foresman. He reports that town in a flourishing condi-’ tion. Miss Nora McMillen spent Sunday with Miss Lulu Wolf.

Will McMillen has improved his ice cream parlor by treating it to paint and paper. Mr. Light has the contract of building the new Christian church. Philip McCabe has a new wheel, presented to him by Morgan & Wright. It is a dandy. If you want to know the condition of the sidewalks in town, ask the young people, as they surveyed them Sunday evening. The regular teachers examination wab held hei-e Saturday. Quite a number of teachers convened at the school house in the morning, but during the day they were continually quiting the examination. There was quite- a sensational trial in our city Friday, between squire Potter and wife of Goodland. It was one of the same kind, the wife was much younger than the husband and she had securod all his money and was now ready to kick him out. The jury was out but a few minutes and returned a verdict in favor of the old gentleman. The district revenue collector was in town last week, but found everything in a lawful and peacable manner. There is always some one who is ready to do something if they can get some one else

to do it.

NEWSY.