Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1883 — Page 1

VOLUME VII.

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MORDECAI F. 0— UUIR. Ata—ay al Law Bcnhsblabb. . . . . IntXAMA ■ravlteao Aa the CoaHaat Jasper and ad> si nln« counties. Xahss Mlleetioas a spe4*lty. Offlee on north side of Washinptos street, opposite Seert Beene- sinl, as. Dwieow- mmm DWtooaMR. o. & Z. DWIGGINS A.ttorzioSrß«ait-Zja.-vtr l RiXfmEi>«u - * i • Indiana Practice in Um (Uorte of Jarfaar and joining eosstift i!akocdHcoUeTa etc. t Offiete wo st edrusr Newels' Bloek. v„ nJ *»IMON P. THOMPSON, DAVID J. THOM PSOh Attorwjy-at Law. j Notary Pnbtle. THOMPSON A BROTHER. Kensselaer, - . Indiana PrucHeein all the Courts. MARION 1,, SPITLER, Collaetor Abstractor. Wo pay ir.Uoul*pettemton to paying tax- , sellie- and leasing lands. V2n4fl —— ■ FKA*< *V B ' (>CK Attorney at Isaw And Rr .i Estate Bieker. * Mrnslics* in si! Courts of Jnspvr, Nowtoi " Bsntoo •Landr examined Abstracts of Title prepared: Taxes paid. C*ll*»sioM.ai a. ®»aela.lty. JAMES W. DOUTHIT, ATTORNEY'AT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, H. W SNfBEH, Attorney at Law Remington. Indiana. •OLLECTIONB A BPEoIALTI. IRA W. YEOMAN. Attorney at Law, NOTARY PIBLK. Real Estate and Cellectinj Agent. Jill practice in all the Courts of Newton Benton and Jasper counties. Ofkick:—Up-sta’rs, over Murray’s Citj Jrug Store, Goodland, Inmans. DD. DAI.E, ' • ATTORN KT-AT LAW MONTICELLO, - INDIANA Bank boHiiine. up Rtsiri-.

». H. LOUGHRIDGE. , >. P. BITTERS LOUGHRIDGE & BITTERS?. Physicinns and Surgeons. Washington street, below Austin's hotel. Tjsn per cent, interest will be added to all jeeounts running unsettled longer than three months. vlnl DR. I. B. WASHBURN, Physician & Surgeon, Kemwltter JnJ. ©alls promptly attended. Will give special atter tion to the treatment es Chronic iHiieaeea g■ *■' ' *• - - *■ .. . . ** R. S. Dwiggins, Zimri Dwigg m, Preaident. Caenier. Citizens’ Bank, RENSSELAER. IND., Doos a general Banking business; give* special attenlion to collections: remittUn<*es made on day of payment at <turr<” t rat~ oTexchange ;int*ro»i ■<!<•>> ewrtlMeates bearing hibur-v >x-«h-uige bought and sold. . This Bank owns the Hu-glar Safe, which tpok the premium at the Chicago Exposition ii 1878. This Safe is protected by one of Sargent s Time Locks. The bunk vault used Was good as can be befit. It will be seen ■ram thn torsgoing that this Hank furnishes • gaod saaunty to depositors as can be. own M sot. tmqmas tsompbom ■ Hanking House , AF A. MoCOT AT.THOMPSON, successors V to A, McCsy A A. Thompson. Hankers. Rensselaer, Ind- Does general Hanking business Buy and sell exchaoge. Collections naudc sn all available points. Money loaned Interest paid onspeeffied time d'-posits £•<>. Office same place as eld firm of A. McCoy & Thompson. - aprlt.’gl

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The Democratic Sentinel.

THOMAS J. HARDEN. ’, . a Boots, Shoes, Bals, Caps,

[XS>-SHOES Ifevery MINWRRNfifo THOMAS J. FARDEjr, 3 Doors East of P. O. • " Rensselaer, Ind. A complete line of light and heavy shoes for men and boys, women and misses, always in stock at bottom prices. Increase of trade more an object than largo profits. See our goods before buying.

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N WARNER & SONS . DEALERS IN Hardware, Tinwarr z S«»utii Side Washington Street, - - INDIAN/ ©ffiTVS®, Dealers In (Groceries, . I bird ware/ I'Hiware, Woodenware, ! z m Machinery, BS <CK . & TILE o>tr groceries are pure, and will be sold as low as else wher*- In our Hardware, Tinware and Wooden ware Depdil ment,jviU tie found everything called for. Our FarmMachi nery, in gi -*at variety, <»f the most approved styles. Brick and Tile, ream factored, by us, and kept constantly on hand. We respedfub’y solicit your patronage. BEDFORD & WA RNER.

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. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1883.

The * New Speaker. —Hon. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, who has risen to National dis. tinction since his first election to Congress in 1876. is a native of Campbell, or what is now Kenton county, Kentucky,and was born September 5, 1835, being by several years the youngest of the three leading candidates for the Speakership, but the peer of any as a statesman and parliamentarian. He received, as a boy, such advantages as the common schools afforded, supporting himself by his own labor, ana is in the highest and best sense of the term a self made man. He studied law at Covington, and was admitted to the bar in 1858, beCominga large and successful practitioner. He was a member of the Lower House of the Kentucky Legislature for two years, was elected to the State Senate in 1866 and again in 1869, and was

electea Lieutenant Governor in 1871, serving until September 1875. He declined a nomnation for Presidential Elector in 1864. but was a Delegate at Large irom Kentucky to the National Democratic Convention in 1868, and was an alternate Presidential Elector for the State at large in 1876 Elected to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, he was returned to the Forty-seventh without opposition, speedily becoming a central figure in the House of Representatives. As a , member of the Committee on Ways and Means, he has been efficient and influential, whether with the majority or minority, and has at all times advocated his views of revenue reform with singular force and eloquence. In matters of political economy, there is-probably no member of the -House better informed, and in respect to constitutional law there is no one who stands before the bar of Kentuchy with clearer or more comprehensive views. His speech on the tariff last winter was the con spicuous feature of a memorable debate. Besides being a member of the Ways and Means Committee in the For-ty-seven th> Congress, he was also a member of the select Committee on Law respecting the election of President ana Vice President, and of the Select "ommittee on improvement of the Mississippi River. He is dignified and courteous in manner, but plain, unobtrusive, and thoroughly democratic in his manner of life.

THE RED SUNSETS.

The causes of the recent rare and rich sunsets continue to be discussed by scientists. They omit to notice. however, that the sunrises of the same period were quite as gorgeous in their effects. Possibly they were not observed by the scientists, but night editors and printers had a good opportunity to behold them. The fact that at sunrise, or at sunset, the red rays were refracted strongly, bent down, so to speak, toward the earth, thus heralding the coming day, or lingering after its departure, is conclusive that the effects were purely atmospherical in origin, and were due to the unusual moisture held in the upper atmosphere. It also puts a quietus on the theory that the afterglow was due to the zodiacal light which is not visible in the mornings. An other fact disposes of that theory, namely, if it was the zodiacal light it would have presented itself in the shape of the segment of a cone. The meteoric and cometary theory does not stand for a moment. In 1861 the earth is supposed to have been involved in the tail of a comet, which had suddenly flashed past the sun, whirling its tail ’in this direction. But the comet was soon visible, and the tail de scribed its-shape in the northern heavens a night or two after! it had brushed through

our atmosphere. And s ich would have been the case now if the cause of the red light had been cometery in its origin. Had it been due to the meteoric shower there would have been a meteoric display after the sun’s rays had entirely left our atmosphere. No other theory explains the phenomenon so well as that of excessive moisture, possibly in the shape of an innnite number of frozen particles held in the upper atmospheric stratum. It ought not to be forgotten also, that the sun was almost at its greatest southern and its rays consequently having to pass obliquely tnrough a much great* er depth of atmosphere to reach the earth than during the summer and fall months. This alone accounts for the frequency of red sunsets during the winter season.- Cin. Commercial Gazette.

Mr. Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, was in' town yesterday and is stopping with his wife at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. To* a reporter he said last evening: “I am going with my wife to Europe, and expect to sail on the Werra day after to-morrow. We shall travel through France, Spain and Italy, and see all that we can see in the two months we expect to be absent.” “What do you think of the general political position at present, Governor?” “You must excuse me,” he replied, with a pleasant smile, “I have for some time been thinking much more about my intended trip abroad than of the political situation, and in any event should be averse to expressing myself in an interview. I may say, however, generally,tha,t I regard the present outlook as nopeful for the success of the Democratic party next year.” J‘What of the prospects of your own State?” “Oh, I think Indiana may be counted on as certain. 1 don’t permit myself to doubt about Indiana at all.”

“As to the issues of the next Presidential contest which do you think will be the most prominent?” • “As things look at present I should say that it is on the question of tariff reform that the two parties will divide.” “And what are your views on that question?” “As I have said, I can’t talk politics. Wait till I return from Europe. I don’t want to say anything more than'to express the opinion generally that I think there should’be sufficient money raised for the expenses of the Government, those expenses kept down to the lowest point consistent with a wise economy.” “You would not then approve of raising a sju plus revenue and distributing it among the States for educational purposes?” “I would not for educational or for any other purpose. The only effect of that would be to create what might be called a corruption fund in each of the States. I think it would be an absufd idea to do anything of the kind, and I don’t think it would be approved by the people generally.” What of the tax on whisky and tobacco?” “I don’t think the people will look with favor upon the abolition of these, or even their reduction.” “May I ask if yon would look with favor on the desire of a great many of the party for the renoh.iination of what is called the old ticket?” “You may ask, certainly,” said the Governor, pleasantly, “but I have not tho’t enougn about the matter to give yon an intelligent answer, and I must end as I began, by declining to be interviewed on political matters. It will be quite time enough to think and talk about such things two months hence,” and after

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wishing Governor Hendricks I a pleasant voyage, the reporter retired. —New York Special. Philadelphia Record: It is a very old fashioned idea, but none the less sound, that the proper way to reduce the burden imposed on taxpayers is to begin by cutting down the taxes on necessaries and after ward oa luxuries. Let us have cheap wares for the household, cheaper iron, cheeper lumber, cheaper coal, cheaper cloths, cheaper glass, and afterward, as we can afford to get along with less revenue, cheaper tobacco and whisky.

MR. MCCARTHY’S REPLY.

Ed. Sentinel: My attention has been directed to an article in a recent publication purporting to give historical and biographical sketches of the counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton. The article alluded to is on page 469. It is entitled the “Press’’ and makes certain statements in reference to the origin and publication of the Banner in Jasper county, in 1858. From what source the publishers of the book obtained their information is unknown to the writer. These statements are little else than a rehash of certain falsehoods that appeared in the Rensselaer Gazette. December 1857, and were promptly met and refuted, as will subsequently appear. — The article in the Gazette, which appeared as editorial, statea, in substance, that the writer of this article, who was then the editor and publisher of tne “Jasper Banner,” came to Rensselaer an entire stranger—that he represented himself as identihed with the Whig party—that he obligated himseit to publish a neutral paper and went back on his obligation—that he agreed to refund the amount subscribed for the purchase of the press ahd material and afterwards refused to do so. The article, which was liberally sprinkled, with abusive comment. was copied into the Banner, and replied to as follows:

“For willful misrepresentation and deliberate mendacity the above statement is without a parallel. Long before we had any thought of coming heie to reside, we vAre urged to come to Rensselaer and establish a paper. We were informed that the citizens were exceedingly anxious for a press. Theonly proposition we ever made to any one vat that if tne citizens of the county wo’d purchase a press and material, we would publish a paper at our own expense lor the avails of the office. We had no political aims in view. Our object, in cm mon with others, was to in. lid up the interest of tne county. We, therefore of our own uocord, aud without any solicitation or restraint whatever, chose to publish a neutral paper. At that time trie Repu dican party was not organized in this county, or if it was, it existed only ’as a mongrel Party, being badly crossed with Know-Nothing-ism. For two years previous, and up to the, time of our coming here, we had been associated wi th another gentleman in the publication of a Democratic paper-i ne Delphi Times. It was well known that we were a Democaat, and we took no pains to conceal the fact. ’On the contrary, we avowed our pohtical preferences to one who differed with us. and who was the most adj ve in securing the purchase money for the press. When we propped publishing a paper we never agreed to, nor intended to own a dollar of the stock. The amount raised, h° we ver, failed, tb meet the amount of purchase and wcvv er® induced to pav out Icon ,! de./” ’«i e < ? or:- own < means.

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