Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1893 — A DEN OF INFAMY. [ARTICLE]

A DEN OF INFAMY.

THE PILOT OFFICE IS HOUSE OF PROS» TITUTIONThe long-looked for. but never realized dividends on the Pi lot stock, ought to be declared pretty soon now, since a new and flourishing business has been added. A public brothel was maintained in its office, and in the Alliance hall adjoining, one or two nights last week, and did a rushing business. It was a shameful and disgraceful proceeding, and a flagrant offence against the morals of the community, A public newspaper should be the guardian and defender of public morals, the representative of the things which make for goodness, purity, and the welfare of the people. That the office of one of them should be turned and knowingly turned into a house of prostitution, into a scene of the most degraded debauchery, is only less in infamy than to use a church for a like purpose. The officers of the Pilot company have it in their power to sift this matter to the bottom, and it is their duty so to do, and to deal swift punishment to the guilty ones. If they fail to do this, they, themselves, will share the moral responsibility for this infamous occurencc equally with those of their employees more directly engaged in it. What will they do about it?

The annual catalogue of the the Rensselaer schools is uow printed and ready for distribution. Copies may be obtained by applying to Messers, T. J. McCoy, E. L. Clark or M. F. Chilcote, of the School Board. Trustee Greenfield, of Marion Township is building a new school house at Bowling Green, District No. 1, about 4 miles northwest of town. It will be a_ good building, and will cost about 1600. Milt Chipman is doing the work. The new school house will replace the first country school house built in the township, and one of the first in the county. It was built in 1851, or thereabouts. A new feature of the new building is that it will be heated by hot air, from a furnace, the first county school in the country to be so heated, we believe.

Rev. Dr, Campbell is preparing to remove and desires to sell the following articles of furniture: Base Burner, coal heater @ 18.00 Cost .135.00 Cook stove “Favorite” @ 9.00, Cost 36.00 Parlor cook, coal or wood @ 6.25 Cost.... 12.50 Oil heater, @ 6.25, Cost 12.50 Refrigerator, “New Belding” @ 9.00 Cost... 18.00 Rolling top oak office desk @ 18.00 Cost 80 00 Kitchen table @ 1.00, Cost.. 2.00 One set bed springs @ 1.75, Cost 2.50 Anyone desiring to purchase will please call at his residence next Monday forenoon.