Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1880 — Page 2

{lt fwptif (OFFICIAL PAPKB OF JASPER COUNTY.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1880

And now cometh the rumor to our ears that we apologized to General Thom son for the articles concerning him in the Sentinel, admitting itrWt S compulsory with us, etc., and that the aforesaid General was the source of said rumor. We do not believe a word of it. The General knows full well we have made nary apology, and he is too sharp to place himself liable to positive and public contradiction.—This in the flrst place- In the second place, tl e venerable occupant of the room across the hall has drawn too extensively upon his his imagin* at:or: with a view to help his military friend, then by placing him in an absurd and false light before those mote of his history and career th in does his new found champion. We have s. id the General could go Les ire the < onvention the equal in rta iding ai d ability of any man named in iiis party, that he needed no uiantifin tured record. This is all we havo done, and neither owe nor will offer an apology. The venerable chief across tho wav is the one who should apologize for making it necessary for US to eorr et his .v*>surdi:ies. Only last week lie lit on with imaginary zeal oil the hem ral'i wonderful popularity! The l'gures we give in another nrtiel? I'xpla iii how near correct ho is, and he owes another apolo-gy-S

V. O. derful Popularity!

.Our neighbor pi (suites to kuow a great deal concerning G»ui. Iliomp90n, hise: r'y life, eluent o d*eds in the army, efficiency us a i< - oruitiug officer, his frequent, persist eut and vigorous voting against Vallundigham Democrats, and to cap it all. his great personal popularity.— These ingredients, eut efally prepared, oompounded and munnfa ■lured I') the doctor who controls the radical organ, comprises a dose oi bitters nauseating to those who are butte posted as to the vittuesof the ingtrdients of the compound than the wortiy doctor himself Ts there are any who contradict the claims set up f* this quack nostrum by its inventor, viz: Ttie creation of a War Record, and an Impression of the Great Personal Popuh rity of “Juspei County candidate for Congress, ’ they are immediately denounced by the venerable manufacturer and vendor of the article in question, with attempting to ' besmirch his (Gen. Thompson's' good name” “knowing that he would be tlie most formidable and success fill candidate.” Now, tho only “besmirching" <»f tin' Generals good name has been received at the hands of his champion in the Republican trying to create for him a false record. The Republican editor lirst painted the War Record of tho General with a coat of his patent politic 1 “hogwash.” A second coat| revealed him as an ardent recruiting ofiieer. The third coat represents him as a “trooly loil,” self-sacriileing patriot, cheerfully remaining at home for the sole purpose oT voting against “Val lundigham Democrats;” and a fourth coat, last week, sc;: the General forth as a man of wonderful popularity, — a formidable can lidate.” In fact, he has “besmirched” the General with his “hogwash” until his political hide is as thick and rusty as that of an old full-grown elephant. The last coat ;s the most fatal for the General. Win n tho carpet-bagger (as frequently heretofore defined by Consul James, “Jasper county’s candidate for Sccretaiy of State,) springs tiie question of “popularity”, his long ears protiude immensely and he displays a vast amount of jackassieal stupidity, and a total ignorance of t lie General’s past poliical history and personal formidability. ' The General has never been elected to office by the voters of his own county. In 1874 tho General was a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney was beaten in the Republican counties of Bentor, Jasper and Newton, wus successful in Pulaski, the Democratic vote of that county having boen divided between Messrs. Yeoman and Saunderson, and the General earried the Repuliean and Granger vote. He was not a “stalwart” then —in fact, not much oi a party man.— In Jasper county, the home of Gen. Thompson, he receiveil GDI votes—his Democratic competitor, Mr. Yeoman, 819 —leaving him in the rear 128. Mr, Curry, the Republican caudiJate for Beeretury of State, received 870 votes, being 179 more than the General. Calkins received 875 votes —184 more than tho General. Iu Marion township, Gen. Thompson’s own home, Curry received 230 votes—the Gena 165, falling below the Republican State ticket 0§ votes. He was beaten in his own Republican town and township.

Surely the General is being slaulihtered in th » house of his friends. As to his being the most formidable candidate in the field we aro not positive —but viewing it from a Democratic standpoint we are in favor of Gen. Simon receiving the radical nomination. There is no man in the district against whom the oppcsittion could more readily and harmoniously unite, and should it be the fortune of the radicals to elect their candidate, the Democracy feel with reference to it as did the oU lady in the northeast part of this county, who, on being informed that the departure of her husband into eternity was close at hand, and prompted to converse with him as to his future prospects, replied:— Somebody has to go to h—l.aud I and my husband might as well go as anybody.” And the Democracy feel that if a Republican has to go to Congress it may as well be General Simon as any other..

Rail Rosd Oevs.

[Delphi Timea.j As briefly announced iu the Times of last week, preparations are being made to change the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago from a narrow to a standard gauge. Part of the work, the widening of embankments, etc., is now progressing. Estimates of the cost of widening the bridges have been made: ties are being contracted for, and the work of layiug the iron widj be| commenced promptly on the flrst of April. The new rails will be of the best steel, weighing fifty-four pounds to the yard. In remodeling the road bed, the trestle-work between this city and Pittsburg will be filled, as well as others on the line. The bridges across the Wabash and Tippecanoe were constructed wtth a view to the possible widening of the trac t, and will not need remodeling except a portion of the approaches, which must be built anew. The trestllng at the south end of the Wabash bridge was built by the old Chicago and South Atlantic Company, and will r quire only the widening < f tire stringers. It is probable that the new rails will be laid on the outside of the present iron, the new ties being used only for joints, halfs and quarters, the present ties to be utilized for the remainder. In this manner the traffic of the road will not be interfered with during tho sixty days which it is expected will be required to complete the work. The Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago railroad by this change, is placed upon a solid financial footing. Work will be at one • begun on the extension of the line from Rensselaer to Dyer, and thence to Dalton. Illinois, where it intersects the Chicago and Western Indiana, and passes over that track, a distance of about twenty miles to Chicago. Every dollar of the money necessary to change the gauge, build the extension and equip t ie line is ready, and the road will be completed by the first, of January,

1881. This the Times is enabled to state positively, and the people interested can feel an assurance of its correctness. The prospects of the line hence to Indianapolis are equally encouraging. An elccticn will be held in Clay and Washington townships. Hamilton county, one week .rom Tuesday, for a tax of two percent., and there is no j doubt of the result. A meeting of the i citizens of Monroe township this j eouuty, was held yesterday to deter mine upon the location of the line through that township. The result we have not yet learned, though it is probable an election will be ordered there foi some time this spring.— The officers of the company confidently predict that the work of grading will be commenced simultaneously at different points by the first of May, and that the line will be coin pleted and thoroughly equipped within a year from that date. In this connection, the following speculative purgrnph from the Indianapolis Journal will be interesting: A majority of those who are interested iu the building of a railroad from Indianapolis to Delphi rather favor cutting loose entirely from what is known as the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago road and make it an I. ami D. road, dependent upon its local business for its,existence. The road as now surveyed would be' seventysix miles in length, and passes thro’a productive country, and in traversing that distance would interfere but little with the business of any parallel tines. Friends of the project fear that extending the road to Chicago would incur a burdensome indebtedness which the business of an additional road so near to existing Chicago lines could rot cany, and that it would result in a bad investment, finally dropping into poverty and bankruptcy.— This belief certainly has strong marks of wisdom. Too many parallel lines arc death to railroad in crests.”

From the preseutjprospects, the line from this city to Chicago will becom- • ulcted first, and the through line from Indianapolis to Chicago be dependent upon the successful promptitude of the Delphi and Indianapolis management. Tile following extract from a lengthy article in the Indianapolis Journal, detailing the scheme for the completion of the old Chicago and South Atlantic road, will provide an inkling of the influences which have combined to cause the proposed change: “Eastern capitalists arect nsidering tne project with much favor, and it is believed that the requisite funds can be raised to push the work to completion. Some difficulties are be overcome at the north end, growing out of complications with the narrow gauge road between Delphi and Rensselaer, but it is believed these troubles can be harmoniously adjusted. The com puny prefer building on the old line via Delphia and Frankfort to Indianapolis, but if this should be found impracticable, and obstacles are thrown in the way, an independent line via Reynolds, Rossville and Frankfort will be adopted, making a shorter line by ten miles than the proposed route of the narrow gauge, between Chicago and Indianapolis. It can hardly be doubted that it is farmore important to Delphi, Frankfort and other points to secure a full standard gauge road, that will become a general line pf travel and traffic, and have important terminal connections, than a narrow gauge, adapted only to local business, and forever unable to compete with other roads.” The theories of the Indianapolis Journal aro usually speculative to a degree, and while it is true that Chi eago is naturally seeking an outlet to 1 he Southern seaboard, via Indianipor lis aad the Cincinnati Southern railroad, the details as speculated upon by the Journal are largely visionary. T e completion of the Delphi and Indi mapolia line, now but a question of brief time, effectively bars Frankfort even from consideration. The talk of building a line from Reynolds, via Rossville and Frankfort to Indianan olis is absurd, T fl h road from Dyer to Indianapolis will be completed within a year, and there would be no inducement for the building of a parallel road at a distance of not more than six miles.

Educational.

T! • ere were sixty-four applicants lor limnse passed the examination last Saturday, the almost impassable condition of the roads to the contrary notwithstanding. At Remington the Saturday before, thirtylive would-be teachers presented themselves to give a reason for the faith that is in them. When so many are aspiring to positions in our schools it furnishes school officeis an excellent opportunity to choose from them all the fittest and the best. There is and will ever be a demand for more competant instruction and it speaks well for the teachers of Jasper county to be

able to say that they are striving to supply this demand. The motto of many brave, true teachers of old Jasper to-day is “Excelsior.”

A Normal.

Rensselaer is to have another Normal this summer. This has been definately determined upon ; and an announcement is made in reply to many inquiries concerning it. Further information will be forthcoming shortly. Circulars giving full details as to cost of board, length ( f term, features of the school, tfcc., will be issued soon. Till then let us say that we propose having the best Normal ever held in Rensselaer and that there will be new features introduced and carried out which will be next to invaluable to not on y those who expect to be teachers but those who are teachers. We propose further that this shall be the most inexpensive school to the students who come from Jasper and adjoining counties, of any other they may have the privilege of attending.

The School Home.

The school should be a home for the children. In the absence of a compulsory education statute, something ought to be done to make the school room attractive. What is that “something?” It is, it must be that es-ence of home, the dearest spot on earth, pervaving every nook and recess. In this country where rich and poor alike are j brought up in the same society, educated in the same school, and partaking in common of the equal blessings of freedom, there is much necessity of ibis home spirit on the school premises. The children of affluence accustomed to luxury and the surroundings of wealth, should find the equivalent for these in the home-like atmosphere of the school. The children of toil should meet a “Highland welcome” in the school. “Red tape”destroys this. Where so much form exists, sociability is excluded. Military discipline may be the thing for the army, hut it kills a school. The teacher by its means may secure a “quiet school,” but it will he the silence of mental death, the quiet of a broken spirit. If the children in most our “form schools” were permitted for a single day to take the liberties which are given to an equal number of adults in the colleges and normal schools where teachers are educated, they would regard it as a holiday.

The t eacher, by making his school a pleasant home and treating his pupils as trusted and esteemed companions, drawing no line oi demark, ation between the rich and poor, treating old and young alike, cultivating interest in all his pupils, and befriending “even the least ot these,” no matter how or where his lot be east. “I have no home;” for he will have a home in the hearts of the children, a dwelling place in the kind memories of men and women to be, and finally “blessings in the gales” before the King of teachers who taught a homelike school

near Galilee.

February Report of the Rensselaer Graded Schools.

Wholx 1 number enrolled tor the month, ill) Average daily attendance ioi Percent of attendance <);} “ “ conduct n:! “ “ punctuality im “ “ .study .. . <)9 Number of excuses received by teachers. . .11!) *■ *• principal... .17 Names of pupils whose record was “3” for the whole month. PKI-UAItY A. Daisy Warner. Linuie Kelley, Carrie Woodworlli, Belli 1 Smith, Warren Washburn, Everett No wets, Alva Hopkins—7. FIUMAKY js. ( ora Adams, Mary Adams, Anisic Beck. T.ee ( att, Albert Fendig, Hebcc.ca Fendig, Eva liar'ljiiir. (.rillc Hutson, Birdie Hammond, Nellie Hopkins, Rettie Ivepner. George Minnikers. George Moss. Charlie Hlioades, LenaSchwitzer, Umlie Spitler, Dallas Warren, MntticYVardcn, Ision Zimmerman, Paul Troy.—2o. INT EKM EDIATE DEPARTMENT. Hattie Blankenbaker, Gavlord Chilcotc, Ida Mark, Bennie Fendig, Ivatie Green, Lucy HFitly, Mary ifaUorun, j* Hopkins, Frank Kepner, Minnie Norris, Minnie Peacock, Sarah 1 enter, Harry Zimmerman, Fannie Wood, Inez Hutson, Stephen Warren. Eugene Sayler, Miller Grant, Mary Beck.— lo. (JK AMM Alt DEPARTMENT. Mattie Fendig, Louisa Platt.—2. limit SCHOOL. Delos Thompson, Victor Lougliridge. Lola Moss, Aril la Cotton, Ora Thompson, Mattie McCoy, Belle Alter, Clara Reeve. Alice Rhoads, Nellie Spitler, James Erwin, May Miller, Bavard Clark, Frank Weathers, Jennie Duvall. Henry smith. Etta Crosse,u n.—l 7. Persons in want of standard fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, etc., will do best by purchasing at the Rensselaer Nursery.

Are You Going West?

By special arrangement with the direct lines of travel I am enabled to offer individuals or families the lowest possible rates for the transporta tion of passengers and freight, and will take pleasure in replying to inquiries relative to routes, time o f trains, connections, through cars, allowance of baggage, etc. Passengers on the fine of the 1. D. & C. Ry make connection at Delphi with thro; cai s.

I have or can procure tickets of all classes, and baggage cheeks, to all principal points in the Western State s and Territories. - In reply to letters of inquiry I endeavor to give definite and trustworthy information, and am prepared to exhibit a certificate, signed by the General Ticket Agent of the principal Railroads, authorizing me to sell tickets and otherwise represent the direct lines of travel leading to Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska. Missouri, Arkansas. Texas, Kansas, California, and other States and Territories. Maps, Circulars, Illustrated Pamphlets, etc., containing useful information for all who contemplate making their homes in the Great West, will be mailed free upon application to ttye

1 undersigned. For further information call on or address J. SEGNER, Ticket and Emigration Agent, La Fayette, Ind. Headquarters at Wabash Railway Depot.

For the purpose of making the organization throughout the State useful and effective, the following directions are issued by the Ee uocratic State Central Committee: 1. Organization should begin as early as possible in the campaign year at a time prior to the April election; certainly before the meeting of the State convention. 2. Each township, at the meeting for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at the April election, should select its local committee and the officers fhereof for die ensuing two years. 3. The chairman of the several township committees thus chosen, should, at the meeting of the County convention, be selected ns members of the County Central Committee, which j should as soon thereafter as possible organize by the'selection of the necessary officers. 4. The chairman, secretaries and treasures o f County committee ia each judicial or joint legislative district should constitr te the joint committee for said district. 5. The chaii man of the several county committees in each district should constitute ttie congressional district committee, having for its chairman ttie member of the State Central com mittee, who is selected by the district delegates in State convention. 6. Immediately after the organization of the County Central committee, the chairman or secretary thereof should transmit to these headquarters the names, township and post office address of each ofiieer and member ! thereof

7. A full and complete list of eoun ty and township nominees of the party, giving post-office address of eaen, should, be transmitted to these head quarters immediately after selection. 8. As the last legislative apportionment. leaves many joint represent - tive districts without properly authorized committees, therefore, to prevent the possibility vis confusion in such districts the following instructions are issued: The chairmen, secretaries andtreas urers, proner, of the committees in the counties composing a joint representative district shall constitute the committee for such district. The chairman of the committee from the most populous county shall act as chairman of such joint tommittee. If by reason of an even vote of such committee there should be a failure to determine ratio, of representation for joint convention, then, in that case the ratio shall be oue delegate for each 100 votes east for Governor James D. Williams and oue delegate for each fraction of 50 or over. These rules will also apply to judicial district committees. 9. All communications, filling of blanks and reports to headquarters containing names or figures, should be plainly written out in order that mistakes may be avoided.

Don’t fail to go to G. G Starr’s new store for anything you want in the Grocery or Queensware line, and examine liis goods and prices before making your purchases. Standard goods and low prices, for caali, is his motto.

Iri Jasper county awe hereby notified that from this date the lu'l Royalty of Ten dollars each on Domestic and Farm wells not exceeding inches in diameter, will invariably be charg ed. Our Agent, Mr. James E. Franklin, Indianapolis, Indiana, is prepared to issue Licenses. The U. S. Courts have again affirmed the validity of the Green Patent. Five U. S. Judges are how recorded in its favor, and no adverse decision has ever been given. The patent has been vigorously contested and its validity maintained without any expense to the people of this County, and before commencing suits in the County, as we shall soon do without further 110‘iee, all infringers have the opportunity to settle without costs. Jan. 31, 1880. WM. D. ANDREWS & BRO. I authorize no agent to collect, and payment can only be made as above except in eases of suit, when payment is made only to MCDONALD & BUTLER, our Attorneys.

E. R. PIERCE.

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 30, 1880.

The Royal Protective Union, of Ft Wayne, is the cheapest and most practicable Life and Accident Insurance Company that nmv extends its benefits to the people of this district. This Association is purely mutual and is the oldest form of protection in America. It furnishes Life Policies for one-fourth the amount charged by the old system of insuring.— The Plan is similar to that of the Masonic Mutual Aid Societies that have gained the confidence of the public at large. We insure jail persons between the ages of 15 anil 65 that can pass the examination.— It cists sl2 to become a member of this association in the district. The death assessment is $1 for each member that dies’ Also an assessment of $3 per year is made for sick and accident fund. Each member receives $5 per week when sick or disabled by accident The amount ot policy runs From SI,OOO to $4,000, accord ing to age, payable at death, or at a certain number ot vears—from 10 to 25 years Full particulars will be sent upon application. Local agents wanted in every town in the district. Address P. R. Faling, Monlicello, Ind. Emmet Kanual, Rensselaer, agent for Jasper county.

Embracing a Trip to St. Louis, thro’ the Sunny South, a Gulf Ride, and Home via Texas, Arkansas, or In dian Territory. The Winter is the season during which business nien, and especially farmers, can best afford to leave the wareroom or the farm tor a journey in search of recreation and pleasure, the chief drawback beiug the inauspicious condition of the weather for such a trip north of Mason and Dixon’s line between the months of October and May. This oltjection js overcome in the following tour arranged for the benefit of health and pleasure-seekers, via PanHandle Route and connections, through Mississippi and Louisiana to New Oreausj by Gulf steamer to Galvesion, Texas, returning to St. Louis and home via Pan Handle Route and connections. r ' Tickets are first-class, and good to return until June Ist 1880. A detour may be made from Houston to the oil Spanish wdnter resort of San Antonio.

Driven Well Users

JAMES E. FRANKLIN,

LIFE INSURANCE.

A WINTER TOUR.

Rate for round trip will be from fifty to seventy-five dollars, according to starting point. Round trip tickets will also be sold to Florida via Pan Handle Route and con* nections. For information regarding routes, rates and conveniences of travel, address W. L. O'Brien, General Pa-seneer Agent Pan-Handle Route, Columbus, Ohio.

The Constitutional Amendments.

Seven important amendments to the Constitution of Indiana have been agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assemblies of 1877 and 1879, and by an act of the last General Assembly, approved March 10,1 these said amendments are to' bo submitted to the electors of the State of Indiana for ratification or rejection, at an election to be held on the first Monday in April, 1880. The law providing for the submission of these amenoments to the electors of j the State enacts that “the secretary of j State shall procure ballots of blue j paper, on each of which shall be print- j ed the proposed amendments, and be- I low each amendment shall bo printed i the word “Yes” in one line, and in an- j other line the word “No,” that any qualified elector may vote for or against any amendment by deposit-j ing one of said ballots in the ballot box. If he intends to vote for any i amendment he shall leave thereunder j the word ‘Yes,’ and erase the word ‘No’ by drawing a line across it, or otherwise. If he' intends to vote against any amendment, the word ‘Yes’ shall in like manner be stricken out and the word ‘No’left; and if both words are allowed to remain without either of them being so erased, the vote shall not be counted either way. These amendments are designated by numbers, and are numbered 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6 and 9, numbers 7 and 8 having failed to receive a majority of votes of both branches of the last General Assembly. AMENDMENT NO. 1. Amend section 2 of article 2 so as to read as follows: Section 2. In all elections not otherwise provided for by this constitution, every male citizen of the United States of the age of 21 years and upward, who shall have resided in the State during the six months, and in the township 60 days, and in the ward or precinct 30 days immediately preceding such election, and every male of foreign birth, of the age of 21 years and upward, who shall have resided in the United States one year, and shall have resided in the State during the six months, and in the township 60 days, and in the ward or precinct 30 days immediately preceding said election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township ov precinct where lie may reside, if he shall have been duly registered according to law.

AMENDMENT NO 2 simply provides for striking out the words “No negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage,” contained in section 5 of the second article of the constitution. AMENDMENT NO. 3. Amend section 14 of the second article to read: Sectiou 14. All general elections shall be Held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, but township elections may be held at such time as may be provided by law. Provided, that the General Assembly may provide by law for the election of all judges of courts of general and appellate jurisdiction Joy an election to be held for such officers only, at which time no other officers shall be voted for; ar.i shall also provide for the registration of all persons entitled to vote. AMENDMENT NO. 4 amends by striking the word “white” from sections 4 and 5 of article 4, conforming the same to the constitution of the United States. AMENDMENT NO. 5 amends the fourteenth clause of section 22 of article 4 to read as follows: In relation to fees or salaries, except the laws may be so made as to grade the compensation of officers in proportion to the population and the necessary services required. AMENDMENT NO. 6. The following amendment is proposed to wit: Amend section 1 of the seventh article to read: Section 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a supreme court, circuit courts, and such other courts as the General Assembly may establish.

Agent,

The words “such other courts” are substituted for the words, “such inferior courts.” amendment no. 9. No political or municipal corporation in this State shall ever become indebted, in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding 2 per centum on the value of the taxable property within said corporation, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness, and all bonds or obligations in excess of such amount given by such corporations shall be void; provided that in time of war, foreign invasion, or other great publie calamity, on petition of a majority of the property-owners, in number and value, within the limits of such corporation, the public authorities, in their discretion, may incur obligations necessary for public protection and defense, to such amount as may be reaueste-d in said petition.

PATENT SPAUK-ARREBTM. *“ ■& J^sSl 0 -H. P. Mounted, $650. 10 “ “ 750. 2-H.P. Eureka,slfß. 12 “ “ 1000. 4 - *> 260. Send for ontr Circulars. , __ __ B.W.Pa^Qe&Sona.Corgmg.N.T. T. mV JONES, [Late of Kv.nkakee City, Ill.] Merchant Tailor, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. WILL ut and make suits for men, youths and . hildren. Work warranted.satisaciongi iranteed. Full Jbine of Piece Goods kept nstock. The finest, best and cheapest stop eever brought to I2ensselaer, Call and see Orders solicited. (Sept. 27.1871.

—OF THE—nnvnnnnnmi inr „ Odcl Fellows’ Block, Del )hi, Indiana, hs* LJIII UUUUU I JILfIUL, Y\rould invite the attention of the ’ ’ citizens of Rensselaer, and Jasper County, to their Splendid Stock of Dry Goods, NOTIONS, and Which ttiey offer atgreatly reduced, prices to close.

1880 raE! 1880 Indiana Weekly STATE SENTINEL. Enlarged, Improved. SI.OO Per Annum THE PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. PROSPECTUS FOR 1880.

The coming presidential year promises to be the most eventful and thrilling in u political sense that we have ever witnessed, and twill determine questions of the most vital importance to every citizen of the State and nation. It is not improbable—indeed it is almost certain that, upon the determination of these questions, will depend the perpetuity of our present system of free government. These questions will be thoroughly discussed during the present session of Congress. The Sentinel has arranged for a first class, experienced, special correspondent at Washington, and in addition to giving a true account of ail tlie general proceedings in that body, will give the leading speeches of our most prominent states men, and without depriving our patrons of the usual amount of reading matter. Tho Sentinel will-hereafter contain supplement, (making in all Sixty Columns of composition. In a word, it. is the purpose of The Sentinel, as a steadfast watchman of public intelligence, to do ite> whole duty in affording information to its subscribers upon ail these topics of such vast moment. As iu '7ti so in ’SO Indiana will be called upon t® take a first position iu the front of the great contest, and upon the success or failure of the great and gallant Democracy of our State will depend the fate of issues the most portentous ever submitted to the arbitrament ol a free people. We shall also specially call attention, from day to day, as occasion may require, to ail entirely New Phase in the politics of our Stutc—we mean the forced emigration for temporary partizan purposes of pauper negroes from the South into Indiana. The managers and leaders of the Republican party, in our State and at Washington, nrinow engaged in this nefarious work, and are attempting by every means in their power to promote its advancement. They have failed, utterly failed to convince our people of the correctness of their political principles, by reason or argument; their appeals to hatred and prejudice have fallen harmless: their lavish and corrupt expenditures of public and private moneys have proved wholly futile. They propose now by an African invasion of worse than a vandal horde of beggars and mendicants to override the voice of the people of the State, and to drown the Democratic majority. The last resort, the forlorn hope, the assaulting party, the picket assaulting corps of Republicanism in Indiana is thus made up—not from the Hunters, Harrisons, Heilmans, or Shaeklefordsofthe Slate; not from the intelligence or ability of that party, but is composed of a motley, parti colored gang wretched field negroes from tlie South. The froth and scum of t liis worthless importation are made use of to destroy tho free franchise of resident citizens. and to tax our means of home labor and domestic subsistence for iliu support of the political tenets of a defeated liietiop, The sleepless Sentinel, upon the heights of popular rights and popular liberty, predicts that this movement will also he a failure, With respect to this before unheard of method of manufacturiugparty majorities in a State, we shall at all times ive the latest and most reliable intelligence. The American Democracy, the Federal Union, the rights of a tePeople and the States, one and inseparable—now and forever. The merits of The Sentinel as a genetal newspaper are so well known among the farmers of this State, especially those of the Democratic persuasion, that commendation of it is considered superfluous We will add,however, that the man agement has arranged and fully determined that no paper shall furnish so great practical value to its natrons for the money. In its news, its editorial, its literary and miscellany—in a word, in its general reading it shall not he surpassed by anv paper circulated in the State. It will be particularly adapted to the family circle. We do not believe that any reading, thinking man in the Stato can afford to do without the Weekly Sentinel at the small cost at which it is furnished.

n nsm inn Every subscriber to the Weekly State Sentinel’ at $1 29 per year, will receive a copy ol The Sentinel's very able iaw treatise, by James B. McCrellis, Esq., entitled - THE LAW OF THE EARM. The Information contained in this little work is invaluable to every farmer, while any business man can consult it with profit. Rose IDetmor* and 2STa,m© 'Writer, a valuable device that retails for SI.OO, for attaching to machines, by which you can readily write your na3e or mouogram on any woolen, silk or cotton article, or you can darn a hole in table or bed linens, underclothing, handkerchiefs, etc., neatly and expeditiously. We also offer “ROPP'S EASY CALCULATOR,” in connection with the Weekly Seutinel. It embodies a new system of calculation, by whieh a vast amount of figures and mental labor required by the ordinarv methods, and fractions with their complexities, arc absolutely avoided in practical calculations. TERMS; ‘Week.ly. Single Copy without premium § 100 A Club of 11 for - - -10.00 Sentinel anti Law of the Farm 1.25 Sentinel and Darner and Name Writer, - - - - 1.25 Sentinel and Ropp’s Easy Calculator, - - - - 1 25 Sentinel and Map of Indiana. 1.25 Will send the Weekly SSentinel and the acts of the last Legislature for $1,50. Daily. 1 Copy one year, - - SIO.OO 1 Copy six months. - > 5.00 1 Copy three months, - - 2.50 1 Copy one month, - - - .85 Sunday Sentinel, - - - 1.50 Agents making up clubs may retain 10 per cent, ot the’ Weekly subscriptions and 20 Der cent, of the Daily, or have the amount in additional papers, at their option. Send for any information desired. Address IMDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. " Indianapolis, ImJ.

RENSSELAER Marble Works Hans 4 Howland, QEALEU in and Manufacturer of Monuments, He&d-Siosies, Slabs, Tablets, &c., FROM THE BEST UnsUAir' SFidi Slate and Marble MAIM, US ill«, Washington Street, Rensselaer, Ind. Nearly Opposite Banking House of MeCov & Thompson.

McCollum & Turner WIDE El! Looking out for C’ash Customers to sell their NEW STOCK OF ®»f ifttift! Goods cheaper than ever before! ME, USIBB, IKS, And a full line of AMERICAN Bf e-ii 4:i -o-f/iiM, Clothing, BOOTS & HATS! We sell the justly celebrated TIFFLY SHO ES, And warrant every pair togi-vo satisfaction ! Give us a call and we will show yon the cheapest stock in the market. MCCOLLUM & TURNER. Monticello, Ind.. August3o. 1878—ly. New Meat Market! Washington St- , Oiiposie Kanual's Brno Store. Rensselaer, Ind., ALEX. PEACOCK, Proprietor. BEEF, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna. etc., sold in quantities to suit purchasers, and at the lowest prices. Only the best stock slaughtered, and the highest cash price will be paid for fat cattle. Cash for Fresh Butter and Poultry fov the Retail Trade. All who need anything in my line will find It to their interest to give me a call. ALEX. PEACOCK. March 5, 1880. FRUIT TREES! TUB undersigned has now on hand as good a lot of Apple Trees as there is in Indiauu, whleh, for Soring Delivery, will be sold at the following rates: Per hundred, - - - - sls 00 Per dozen, - - - - - 200 Single Tree, - - - . - 0 20 Also, Pears, Cherries, Grapes, Raspberries, Strawberry Plants. Roses. Flowering Shrubbery, Evergreens, Shade Trees, flic., at correspondingly low rates. My Trees are giving good satisfaction, and are worth from 50 to 100 eer cent, more than Foreign I Trees. Call and see our Trees before buying. As this i will be a good Spring for transplanting Trees, we would recommend setting off part of your orchard in the Spring. Nursery at Rensselaer, Jasper County, Ind. JOHN COEN, Proprietor. Rensselaer, March 5, 1880.

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#»IJ Watchmaker JEWELER, Remington, Ind DO. DALE, ■ ATTORNEY-AT LAW MONTICEM.O, - - INDIANA. Office in Bunk building, up Atuir*. ESTR4Y NOTIE, TAKEN UP by .Joseph Sparling, of Marion Township. .Jasper county, Indiana, on the 17th day of December. 1879, One white yearling neifer with red ears. No brands or marks perceptible. Ap praised at twelve dollars, by William Day and Frank Lours. Taken from the Docket of E. T. Harding, J. P., Marion Township. Jaaper county, Indiana. CIIARLLB H. PRICE, Clerk [seal.[ JasperCircuii Court NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The Stateof Indiana, , In the Jasper CirJasper County, ( cuit Court, March Term, ihbo Theltr .veler Insurancvßompany vs. James W. S.milhi Susanna Smith, Carrington L. Westbrook, West brook his wife, Charles A. Fin ke-ing, Eliza Flickering, Edwin Phelps, Evaline Plielps.Leon Shan({ley, Jacob Johns, David Benson. IFashmgton Scoll, James Boolior. Complaint No. 2005. NOW come the plaintiffs, by Wolcott <St Levering its attorneys,and files in open Court an aflidavi that the residence of the de fondants Janies W- Smith, S sanna Smith, Charles A- Flickering, Eliza Flickering, Edwin Phelps and Evaiine Phelps is not.in-the tate of Indiana, that said action is for the foreclosure of a mortgage, and said defendants are necessary parties thereto, Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on the first day of the next Term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holdcn on the Third Mond. yof March, a i>. Isso, at the Court House in Rensselaer, in said County and State, and answpr or demur to said cojti ! plaint, the same will be he< rd and determin. I ed in their absence. By order of the Court. In "witness whereof I hereunto sot my hand*and affix the seal , ] seal. - Indiana, this 9th day of Janurry. " A IMtLESH. PRICE. Clerk. Jasper Circuit Court. Wolcott & Levering, Att'ys for Pl'ff. January 9. tsho—l«. GEORGE B. CON WELL, WAGON HAKJKR, Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, and everything else in the wood work line repaired on short notice. •• 1 > ! Prices down tc hard pan. Shop on Front street, below Washington.