Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1883 — PASSED AWAY [ARTICLE]

PASSED AWAY

The unpopularity of Democratic factious in New York is what reduced the Democratic majority. The people prefer cheap salt, cheap gugar, ut.d cheap clothing and B«ch to c eup wnisky. The pesple of this State prefere cheap blankets to cheap tobacoo. They prefere cheap clothing, cheap jroc cheap atoel to oheap whisky. It is said that Judge Hammsnd of the Supreme court of Indiana, Is making a good record ae a member of that augu»t body. Logaosport Pharos. Arther is pacifying the half breed and strengthening his weak places. A few places distributed here and there among influential half-breeds has a very pacifying effect. The Democrats would do well to pu* Hancock against Arthar Hancock has the confidence and resDeot of the •whole people, regardless of party. He is a hundred thousand votes stronger to day than in 1880.- Logansport Pharos. The TnanUsgiving proclamation of Governor Ireland, of Texas, is shorlei •yen than Governor Waller’s of Connecticut. He merely says that he makes the apnointment “in conformity to a custom of our fathers.” and invites the people of the State “to a proper observance thereof.” The date is Thursday, November 29th. r Sir Moses Monteflor* has just turn ed into his one hundredth ypur, His torv aoes not furnish an instance of a man who has performed more noble work than this venerable ard greathearted Jew, who is still in the enjoyment es bodily health, with all hitmental faculties well preserved. Tb e whole world sends him coagratuia tions upon his anniyersery. Mr. John Ade has handed us an hi-* torieal publication of lib, which among other things contains an account ts the first murder trial ever held in Iroquois county Illinois, which trial was held nsar where the town of Iroquois now is, This was in 1836 The prisoners Dame wa6 Joseph Thomason. lie was cenvlcted on circumstantial evidence in May. 1836, andJhtHig on June 10th, a month later. On the jury that convicted him were Benj Fry, Jacob A. Whitman and Wesley Spitler. the latter es whom we learn, is a citizen of this county. Ken Hand Gazette. - The Indianapolis News rejoices over Mahon<-’s downfall. It says: “To Virginia there is a Democratic trj and' we ore glad of it. In the bejrf nning'we looked’uphTi movement with some favor, but it devTopt'd itself into a simple “rid f ov spoils by methods the most, disrejmt. able, Mahone represents almost every evil of America ; pelotics, and we rejoice at bis downfall: if happily he'is down. While the News is rejoicing Arthur poor fellow is sad. Mahoce

was bis pet and it was through the Mahone method of ilUtrthuting spoil that Arthur expeeted to capture Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee at the Paeeidential election next year. BT« will bow abandon the plan and concentrate on New York.

A telegram received this morning fiomDeuvt-r conveyed the sad announcement bf the death of Mies B-s sie. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B Belford, after a sickness ol thirty days, which event oceured this morning about 5 o’clock, at the fam liy residence in the city The young sufferer was suriounded at the time es her death toy her mother. Mrs. cit and others, .who have b**n iro-essautly in ministering to her wants. Mrs. Belford for he last four weeks had been almost constantly at her bedside, and for the past five days and night* Dr. William Edmuudson, the family physician, has never left‘he fami y residence. She passed away a 9 ii in a gentle eleep te that bourn which knows no awakening. In this hour of their affliction the heartfelt sympathies of a large circla of friands and acquaintences go out to Judge Bedford and his estimable wife ‘ The obsequies will occur to-morrow. — Central City (Colorado) Call, Nov, Bth, 1883.

Those who are in toe habit of disturbing public meetings should We come acquainted with the following provisions of law designed for the punishment of such offences: Section 83.(I#wof 1881) “Wheeler byauyloudor unnecessary talking * * or violent actions, or by any other rude behuvior. interrupts, molests or disturbs auy collection of auy Inhabitants of this State, convened for the purpose of worship, or any agricultural fair or exhibition, or any person thereat.| or going to or re* turning iherefrora, or who. * * * interrupts, molests or disturbs any meeting * * met together for aDy lawful purpose, shall be Sued in any sum not more than SSO nor less than $5. Sextons of churehes, and officers of fairs and other meetings contemplated in this act, are hereby a nth* orized to arrest any persen so disturbing such public meeting. ” In reviewing the Republican claim to victory last week, the Huntington Democrat says: In all this * hub-bub” one fact stands out most prominent, that New York Ohio aud Virginia, which in 1880 were under the control of tho Republican party, are now numbered in the Democratic colnmn, while not a Democratic State has been added the Republican column in the lat elections. These are soli! facts Mr. Vanwye, Millwright on the new Mil!, left for his home this morning* on account e? sickness. Some wicked Republicans are now circulating the report that Dorsey cot away with a good-sized pile of the $400,000 that was sent to Indiana in 1880, What base ingratitude. The pestofflee will bs closed, ou Thursday, November 29th, Thanks giving Day, from 10 o’elock a. m- to p m

HORACE E JAMES, P M

WOOD! Wooi>U Wood!!!--Dnar reader, that wood you promised us.