Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1883 — AN INTERVIEW THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE. [ARTICLE]

AN INTERVIEW THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE.

Thn Northern Pacific railway has at ’ been completed, and we n>w have three competing railway lines to the Pacific which do not compete. “Ripe gooseberry* is the latest of the‘new colors, and is supposed to be the shade most fit for that third person whose'oresence makes a crowd —the chaperone. There are two elephants in Ameri lea wnieh weigh more than Jumbc—one is the renowned Bolivar, the Oth»r is Samson. Neither, however, is as Idrge as Jumbo. , - w> ■ The largest cow in America, it is believed, belongs to John Pratt, of Chase county, Kansas. It is three years old, twenty*two hands high, and weighs 3,200 pounds. Within two years past there have been 160 strikes, of whieh 133 have been successful, the strikers having gained their point fully or secured valuable concessions by eompremise. The beautiful valley of the Wlssahlokon, which forms a continuation Of Philadelphia’s park, has a large marble statue of William Penn, given by Hun. John Walsh. The pedestal bears in big letters the word “Toleration.” Miss Sarah Turner, of New Haven, is asking for compensation for serviroes during the war. She says she Served as an orderly in the 105th Ohio volunteers, being dressed in male attire and known as “Jim.” She shows the scars of several wounds. — - Read a synopsis of the speech of ex Vice President Hendricks, recently delivered at Council Bluffs, lowa We commend it to the honest’atten tion of those whose organs tell them the hon .rable gentleman is not clear and emphatic in his avowai*. It will be found on another p:;ge of this Sentinel. It is now given out from radical headquarters at Washington, that the savior of Indiana bribed the jury that tried him for Star Route Rob* buries, 'i bis with a view to seeure another trial, to be followed by conviction and punishment—not so much t e penalty for stealing, as a means Of revenge for the exposition of radical corruption and rascalities Dorsey has been lately engaged in. Deacon Wilson, of Evansville, Mo., Was so greatly annoyed by a stranger wno flirted with his daughter in Church that while praving he raised his voice to its highest pitch and said: ‘An’ now. O Lord, hev mercy on the durn idiot with tn a store clothes on as is winkin’ at our Alice, and keep him hangin’ round the Church door when sarviceis over till I can get to him an’ put a head on himl Amen.” The owner of a furnace in Alabama says he is making pig iron at a coat of $8 a ton As the Pittsburg manu facturers claim that they cannot turn out bars at a profit for less than twice that sum, they will probably ask soon for an inter State tariff.—News Item. The tariff on pig iron before the revision last* winter was $7 per ton, or $1 less than the cost of producing it in Alabama. The current price for pig iron is now $23 and $24 per ton. Thus it is shown that the pro fits of the Alabama manufacturer is about 300 per cent. TheNatiuual Yellowstone Park embraces in its limits 3,575 square miles —mire erritory than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. It is fifty miles wide and sixty five long. It lies mainly in the sot th western cor. ner of Wyoming Territory, but in« eludes a thin strip of Idano on the west and Montana on the west and north The bodyf of it is between 110 degrees and 111 degrees west longitude, and 44 degrees oy 45 de-, grees north latitude. Th* lowest elevation tn the parx is 6,000 feet above sea level, and its highest (mountain peak) from 10,010 to 12,000 feet. It Is, therefore, an immense table land, with a surface broken into mountain ranges, valleys, etc. It seems that while James Buchan m was President his niece, Miss Har* riot Dane, accepted an invitation on two occasions to be a guest on the Government |war vessel. “Harriet Lane.” The old hero did not like it, md wrote his niece as follows: “lam sorry to find that your excursion to Vest Point on the Harriet Lane has >een made the subject of newspaper sriticism on yourself. The practice,

however, of employing national vessels on pleasure excursions to grati* j fy any class of people is a fair subs ject of public criticism. You know h»w much I condemned your former trip on ti e same vessel, and I did not expect you would fall into a second error. The thing is past and gone ahd let it pass. After a fair time sh-dl have eiapsed.it is iny purpose to cause general orders to be issued by the Treasury and Naval Departments to stop the practice.-” Ic is now in order to hear what Arthur. Grant and Billee Chandler have o say on th* same subject. When the Forty-eighth Congress convenes the question of command.iug importune* will be, how to reduce the revenue. The Boston Advertiser remarks that “during the next eight years the Federal Government can not redeem more than $304,241,900 in bonds. This calls for an annual surplus of less than $38,000,000. As th* law stands w* shall have an annual surplus ot about $138.000,00U. Accordisgly, the convenience of the Government requires a reduction of its income equal to $100,000,000 per annum. But as th* larger part of the bonds named are held by the national banks and serve for currency putpos es, it is not desirable that these bonds b* redeemed. Accordingly, the re -• enues of the Government need a very great reduction, unless we propose to contract the currency of the country at a time when it needs expansion. The duties of Congress, therefore, are of the greatest importance.” - Here then we have the statement that the revenue ought to be reduced fully $100,000,000 annually. If so, and there is no doubt about it, tnis vast sum represents the amount of the iniquitous taxation the Republican party has been fer years forcing upon the people, As a matter or course as soon as the people fairly comprehend the extent of this infamy, they will be s ill move emphatic in their demand, that the Republican party must go. Ho! there, Brother Marshall, —hold up, a little, and do not be quite so severe on me about my skating. If I am awkward, and awarded the premium as the hardest tumbler, it is alj right, as I am carrying an accident policy for an amount sufficient to provide for myself and family. And as to the “red leather badge,” the skaters, by unanimous vote, gave it to you when you made the grand tumble a few evenings ago, and ed Miss P. if she did not want the entire hall to skate in. lam very sorry that I can not imitate you. Bro. Marshall, in skating, for truly you look grand? You move as gracefully on the floor as a hog doos on ice! You step high, like a blind horse, while yeur limbs ar* as stiff as fence posts. Now oil your joints, and show us what you can do, before you again constitute yourself a critic of others.

EZRA C. NOWELS.

Rensselaer Republican: According to a torresponde’nt in the North Judson Cyclone, Judge Gould, of Delphi, who tried the Gougar-Mandier case, recently stated in an interview at Knox, that the best deors in LaFayette were closed against Mrs, Gougar. and that the strongest evidence against her came frem the pastor and members of her own church, who all testified that her reputation for chastity was bad, and that tho blear eyed bummers of LaFayette were her best witnesses. The Judge scouts the idea mat there was a conspiracy against Mrs. Gougar, among the whisky men of LaFayette. on account of her prohibition principles; and says that Harry Handler is a good fellow, and, as the Judge thinks, was hoaest in his opinion that Helen was guilty of the charge he made against her.” Monticello Herald: “We are author ized to state that no such interview evor took place. Judge Gould, however does not hesitate to say that Harry Mandler was a gallrnt soldier, and is highly esteemed by the people of LaFayette, who know him best There was, he says, not the slightest legal evidence, given or offered, of a conspiracy “among the whisky men of LaFayette,” or el where, against Mrs. Gougar. He so srated when he overruled the ddfendant’s motion foi a newjtrialand pronounced judgment on ihe verdict of the jury, and he says the verdict can be justified on the ground of a. mistaken identity concerning the man and woman who were seen going toward the office of Capt. Wallace on the memorable Sunday night in Novopjber last.— Judge Goulu’s experience in “the celebrated case” is such that, his duty ended, he indulges the hope that he will never hear of it again.” was disposed to take a charitable view of the uncalled for squealing *f j-the Goodlaud bate“bawl” club, dosed it with “soothingsyrup” and yet It would not be qul eted. From ihe tone of the Herald, I conclude that organization claims it is entitled to $5 for sustaining defeal! Rather cheeky! UMPIRE.

Logansport Pharos: Bom* fellow fiom th* country brought to H.J. McSheehy a “setting" of snake eggs whieh he had found in a field while plowing. Jim presented the Phabos office with one of the specimens this morning, and warranted that it contained a live snaae. Taking the egg into the composing room, where printers are plenty and have no fear •>f snakes, tho egg-s ell was broken. Sure enough out jumped a live snake eight inches long and as “peart and chipper” as a snake ever was. The reptile is of the black-rattlesnake speeies. and showed fight when <oo closely pressed. It has been bottled up and labeled “Old Kentucky B, R-8.” <*►■> Mr. W. J. Kelley and wife, Greenville, Ohio, visited his brother, Dr I. C. Kelley, of this place, during the week. Corkins, of the Fowler Era. ha* not improved any sine* his forced retirement from the Rensselaer Republican. He still entertains the idea that he is the reservoir in which cenr tera the great principles of temperance, aerality and truth. His selfconceit and pretentions to superior intelligence have doc diminished to any extent, while his peculiar notion that nature constituted him a newspaper man, rules stronger than ever. His Jasper county Republican friends didn’t appreciate him in that role, however. He had to go—the Bepub. lican party will have to go— and the corroborative statements of Dorsey will tend to hasten its exit. Honest mon and true patriots will not sanction such rascalities. The engiaeers surveying the Fort Wa*m , Peoria & Galesburg railroad passed through Wayne and Liberty townships this week going east.— Fulton, Gilead and North Manchester exp,ct to be m*de points on the line.—Rochester Sentinel. We trust (•> ur frienas who have promised us wood on subscription will bring it along while the weather is fine an<j th® roads are in good condition. Hou. 8. H Busey and daughter, and wife of Mr. W. Busey, all of Urbana, Illinois, weie the guests of Audiior Nowels’ wife, of this place, and Mrs. G. M. Wilcox, of Surrey, during the Fair. Presbyterian.—Rev. Gilbert SsaaP will preach in rhe Presbyterian ehurc h on the sth Sabbath of Sptember. and hold services every evening during th* week to be followed by Communion serviee on the first Sabbath of October. Service will commence on Saturday evening, Sent, ,29th. — All are invited to attend. Ladies’Aid Society will meet this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o’ lock, a’ the residence of the Mivses Smith. Th* prayer meeting of the Presby teriaa church hereafter on Saturday evenings till further notice