Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1880 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Jasper Circuit Court will convene next Monday. - ■ Auditor Nowels. we understand, has appointed Capt. Jas. A. Burnham, deputy. A good selection. Sheriff Hay, Jere Cochell, John B. Harbolt and P. R. Faling, all old Monticello friends, made us a pleasant visit while in town during the present week. Died.—At Siviles Bend, Texas, on the 17th of February last, of Pneumonia, Irwin Hurst, formerly of Jas. per county, and a nephew of Sheriff Robinson, aged abeut 23 years. Chaplain Miller, of the Northern Prison, was in Rensselaer a few days the present week. Clerk Cowdin. as everybody here anticipated, we learn gives general satisfaction in his new position.

Ralph Fendig purchased a bankrupt stock of goods at less than cost and is selling them for a song. Try him. Time to Transplant Trees. —It is usually done during the month of April, but may be done any time after the frost is out and ground settled; and the place to get the tree? is at the Rensselaer Nursery.

Greenback Congressional Convention

A delegate Convention of the National Greenback Labor party of the 10th Congressional district of the State of Indiana, will be held at Monticello, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1880, at which time and place a candidate for Congress to be voted for in October, 1880 j will be nominated, and such other business as will be proper in the premises be transacted. The convention will assemble at 10 o’clock a. m.. at the Court House in said town. The basis of representation will be as follows, to-wit: One delegate for each 100 votes or fraction thereof greater than 50 cast for Henley James for Secretary of State in 1878, and one delegate at large for each county. The apportionment of delegates is as follows: Counties. No DelLake, - - - - 3 Porter, .... l() Newton, - - - 7 Jasper, • - - - 6 Pulaski, - - - - 7 Fulton, - - - - 5 Cass, - - - - 9 Carroll, - - - - 6 White, - - - - 8 Benton, - - *6 Total, r - 07 The several counties oi the district will select their delegates at their, county nominating conventions if the same are held prior to the meeting of the Congressional Convention; if not, then all voters in the several counties composing the district, who oppose the National Bank monopoly, are in favor of the soil for the people, cf all money, either coin or paper, to be issued by the government direct, and made a full legal tender, who are in favor of the emancipation of labor, anil opposed to all jobs and corruptions in the administration of our government, will meet at a central point in their several counties on Saturday, the 15th day of May, 1880, and select delegates to represent them at the Congressional Convention, as above. By order of the Congressional Central Committee. ROBERT GREGORY. Ch’n. Walt. S. Hartman, Sec’y. Monticello, Feb. 20,1880,