People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1897 — From Friday’s Republican. [ARTICLE]

From Friday’s Republican.

' J. F. Heinzman, left for Noblesville, this morning, after several days in this city on business. Tomorrow quite a number of W. R. C. ladies of ihe- Rensselaer lodge. will go to Remington to institute a lodge. Miss Hattie Yeoman, after two weeks visit with relatives and friends in Delphi, returned home last evening. An elegant dinner was tendered Mrs. N. S. Bates, and a number of friends, by Mrs. J. W. Horton at her beautiful home on Cornelia street, in honor of her 50 birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Delos Thompson’s little son, Alfred has been very dangerously sick for some time,' with lung fever and brain trouble, following the measles. At present we are glad to see he is a little better. Mrs. Thompson has also been seriously sick, but is now considerably improved. * Dr. S. C. Johnson, the new physician has secured front .rooms in Hollingsworth’s new |pWashington street building, as an office. The . rooms will be ready in a few days. Dr. Brown, the dentist, who occupied this location before the fire, has concluded to remain where he now is, over Meyer’s drug store. Porter & Yeoman’s dry goods store and Mrs. Imes’ millinery business both got back into their new room in the old location Thursday, May 6th. This was exactly 100 days from the time they were burned out, on the 26th of January. They now have a fine room and one that, in some respects, is better than the one which burned. Jasper County farmers are taking advantage of the present favorable weather to get their ground ready for corn planting. In some cases, planting has already begum some farmers having extensive fields already planted. They report the land as not nearly so wet as was feared from the protracted rains, but the latter were more “drizzle” than rain and did not wet the ground so much as was supposed.

The Rensselaer Merry Mak ers gave a masquerade party at thb home of Mrs. Isabella Parkier, on Jackson street, last night. |About twenty-two were present were entertained by games of various kinds. At a late hour the masks were removed and covers laid for the entire party. Last Monday was the last day for paying taxes, under the new law. There was not the usual last day rush, as most of the tikes were paid several weeks, before it was known that the tintre,would be extended. A large crowd turned out last night to hear a few selections rendered by the Citizens Cornet Band on the corners of Washington 5 and Van Rensselaer and Wellington and Front streets. After eyery piece the crowd snowed their appreciation by a hearty encore, and all looked as if they would like to see it happeh once a week. ' iflit- Cox Will sell you good wood for per cord. Yard and office, north of p^fft-nffice. On account of the Band* Tour n&pent to be held at Rensselaer' Juptfe.3rd, the Monon will make a rate of one fare for the round trip* between Michigan City, Delphi, Lafayette, Hammond anst intermediate stations. i - W. H. Beam, Ag’t. The Finance committee has irt&de the rounds and have enough money subscribed to give ofe-bf the grandest band conven tiqps. that will ever be witnessed by the people in this district. The one held at Monticello last year, was of course a well managed affair, but will not compare with the one that will be held here June 3rd, if the weather is favorable. All we ask is good weather and there Will be at least fifteen bands here, and probably more than twenty. Preparations are being made by several of the secret, organizations of the city, to entertain part of the people. Our hotels and restaurants are very large, and -with ease we can accomodate several thousand people. The Rensselaer Building Loan and Savings Association has money to loan at 8 per cent interest per annum. Call on any of the following officers. A. Parkison, M. L. Spitler, John Eger, E. D. Rhoades, George E. Murray, Chas. A. Spitler, Dr. I. B. Washburn, A. Leo- * pold, E. P. Honan, Directors. James H. Chapman, Secretary, Hollingsworth & Hopkins Attorney*.

The most beautiful flowers and ribbons at Mrs. Hershman’s Depot Millinery store. The prevalence of human nature is common in Jasper county; about as common and human as in other county we think and like murder it will out. A few days ago a subscriber, who has recently been appointed an agent for the farmers mutual insurance company which we gave a column write up a few weeks,ago, called at the office and asked us to write up the good points of co-operative insurance and tell the people that he had been commissioned an officer to write up policies and inviting them to send for him. Had we suggested -that such advertising was worth 10c a line he would have had a fit of middle-of-the-road populism right in our sanctum, so we just wrote up a dollar notice and thanked him for his thoughtfulness in giving us a chance to save the county from the grasping old line insurance cormorants, trusting it might send a few fees his way. The next week we notified him that his subscription was due. It was then that his human nature prevailed. He lost no time in reporting at the office and in no pleasant frame of mind, paid up his arrearage of 35c and “stopped the paper.”

Dray work done by Geo. F. Feezer Leave your order at Cotton House. Cancer positively and permanently cured. Np cure—no pay. Address Dr. A. W. Armocost, Brookston, Ind.