Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1881 — Contested Seats in the House. [ARTICLE]

Contested Seats in the House.

Papers giving notice of contest for Congressional seats have been filed with the Clerk of the House of ’Representatives in the following election contests • First district of Alabama, James Gillette vs. Thomas J. Herndon ; Second district of Alabama, Paul Strabac vs. H. A Herbert; Fourth district of Alabama, James Q. Smith vs. C. AI. Shelley; Eighth district of Alabama, William M. Low* vs. Joseph Wheeler; Fifth district of Virginia, I. T. Stovall vs. George C. Cabell; Eighth district of Virginia, S. P. Bailey vs. J. S. Barbour ; First district of South Carolina, Samuel Lee vs. Joseph Richardson; Second district of South Carolina, E. W. Mackey vs. M. P. O’Connor ; Third district of South Caro- ! lina, C. J. Strobrand vs. D. W. A'ken ; Fifth district of South Carolina, itobert Smalls vs. George D. Tillman; Second district of Mississippi, G. M. Buchanan vs. Yan H. Manning; Sixth district of Mississippi, John R. Lynon vs. J. R. Chalmers ; Second district of Florida, Horace Bisbee vs. J. J. Finley; Sixth district-efLomsisnir, “Alexander Smith vs. E. W, Robertson ; Tliijrd district of Missouri, Sesrtngbauo vs. JL (A Frosty Sixth district or lowa, jT C. Cooke vs. M. E. Cutts ; First district of Maine, 8. J. Anderson vs. Thomas B. Reed. The sitting member in all except the last two mentioned cases are Democrats. The contestants are Republicans or Greenbackers. I The Des Moines (Iowa) Tri-Weekly Tribune isays: “ A Harrisburg (Pa.) journal mentions that Mr. D. Bensinger, No. 4 Market Square, that city, was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of a violent attack of rheumatism.”

“Must the American oyster die? ,! asks one of our exchanges. It must. If it is tough enough to go through a plain stew or a fancy roast alive, we don’t want it. —Springfield Union. It is useless to groan with rheumatism when a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil will cure it, as everybody knows. —Columbue (Ohio) Daily Times,