Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1880 — The Northern Prison. [ARTICLE]

The Northern Prison.

Sit&on, whotna jor Bitters? ■ • <«»•»• i Butter Scot li, at R. E. Spencer & Co’s. * Plow work a specialty at Roberts & Bro’ablacksmith shop. None but tlie best Of material used. Oysters, by ean or dish, at R. E. Sponger & Co’s. Remember tjie Blue Ribbon entertainment to-morrow evening.

Take your plows to Roberts & Bro. They are now ready for that kind of work. The K. of P’s of Rensselaer, are making extensive arrangements for a grand Masquerade Ball on the evening of the 23d. The preparation in last week’s Re publican, concocted v/ith a view to produce a military record for our Simon, is a very bad decoction of Bitters. Clark & Mayhew have a lot of now furniture which they will dispose of at bargains in order to close out stock.

R. E. Spencer & Co. have received another invoice of fresh eandies. We are removing our office into room No. 4, up stairs, Makeevor’s block, where our friends are cordially invited hereafter to call. — Take your plows to Roberts & Bro.. and have them sharpened and put in readiness for the spring work. At the residence of Tom J. McCoy, Friday night; C. H. Price, Saturday morning, and F. J. Sears, Monday, little “household angels” were introduced. T. J. McCoy’s, a daughter; C. H. Price’s a son, and F. J. Sears’, a daughter.

Every Lady who examines the goods at Fepdig’s exclaims, “O, how pretty! And so cheap!!” Our old friend, Elisha Warden, of Monticetlo, has been engaged during the past week in removing and putting up the Sentinel presses. Before leaving Rensselaer he made some needed repairs on the Safe in the Auditor’s ofice. “’Lisha’’ is a mechanical genius, and no mistake. Attention Farmers!— Spring will soon be here, and now is the time to gather up your plows and take them to the blacksmith shop and have them sharpened aud put in shape for the spring plowing. Roberts & Bro., are prepared to do that kind of work on short notice and at reasonable rates.

Mr. Thompson can go before the radical Congressional Convention the equal in standing and claims of any competitor named, and’tho attempt to manufacture for him a record he doeß not possess, betrays an inexcusable weakness on the part of his friends. record i* a bad dose of Bittors.

R. E. Spencer & Co. is tho only firm in town that make fresh Butter Scotch, and Ice Cream Candy and Taffy.

Dr. S. W. Ritchey will deliver a lecture In tho Egypt School House, on Saturday evening, the 14th inst., on the sociabilities of tho times, normal and excessive, embraoing love, courtship. marriage, &c., with rules by which lovers can be pointed out in a public assembly, or when one of the parties only Is in the meoting. All parents and children are invited to attend.

Mr. J. A. Cutler, of LaPorte, i canvassing this county for Frui, Trees. Those wishing to deal with a responsible man will do well to place their orders with him. On Saturdays ho may be found at Mr. Cotton’s, opposite the Presbyterian Church building, Rensselaer, Ind. Adv.

—Miss Celia Wilkinson, the secretary of the Irving Literary Association, informs us that “the services of the renowned and delightful entertainer, Alfred J. Knight, has been secured as the Knight of the fifth uight of their lecture course. He will bring with him all the “store clothes” of Shylock, Othello, Richard 111., Ham" let, Macbeth, Mark Anthony, Brutus, Cassius, Richelieu, Romeo, and “all them folks” of whom Mr. Shakespeare has told us. These, he will don, one after another, as required in thie different impersonations, with all their costly decorations, jeweled swords,&c. Everybody go and see and hear him at Starr’s Hall, Thursday evening, February 19, 1880.” Ralph Fendig is selling all kinds of Ladies’Fancy Good? at less than cost. Go and see.

A Michigan City correspondent in the Indianapolis /Sentinel tells of several contracts recently made for convict labor, by which the revenue of the Northern Prison was increased over $30,000. Of two of the direct ors the writer says: “Too much can not be said of the olever manner in which Col. Lee and Frederic Hoover manipulated matters so that they would reflect to the State’s credit. It was owing to their ingeuuity and shrewdness that the contracts were let higher than at any other time for years. The people of Michigan City begin to realize that the present board of control, with Colonel Lee a** its president, are making a success of their administration.” General Simon P. Thompson The distinguished gentleman whose name stands at the head of this article announced himself in last week’g Republican as a candidate for the Re-

publican nomination for Congress— The editor of the ’Republican gave a biographical sketch of his life, stating that he was born in Ohio about the Bth of May, 1838. [lt appears recessary that a man to be a successful Republican candidate and receive the support of Fr ud Hayes ami the ar’* ministration, must be an Ohioan by birth.] As to the time of Mr. Thompson’s birth, it is immaterial. He was probably born at a period eight or ten years earlier than stated by his biographer. Another rcasou why Mr. Thompson should bo the Republican nominee, his biographer says, is that he was educated at “Obsrlin College,” a negro institution located inOberlin, the negro’s paradise. His early associations then with the “man and brother,” at tliat sacred temple of learning, would rally to his support all the negroes or this District, and when the news of his nomination is carried to the South, no doubt 1,000 negroes, more or less, would rush to his rescue.