Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1884 — Campaign Notes. [ARTICLE]

Campaign Notes.

As an example of the change of sentiment in Wisconsin, a correspondent of the Chicago Times at Whitewater states that ninety-eight Republicans in that city have deolared for Cleveland. D. T. Linegab, a representative Democrat of Southern Illinois, states that fully 75 per cent, of the German citizens of Cairo are openly at work for Cleveland, while not five Irishmen have changed their political faith. A few days ago it was asserted that Mr. Samuel J. Randall was so much disgusted with Cleveland's letter of acceptance that he would take no part in the campaign. Mr. Randall has written a letter to correct this preposterous statement, in which he says that he most heartily approves the Cleveland letter, and that he shall make speeches during the oanvass. The Republican lies ’ack adhesive qualities. Mb. BiiAiNE's rapid accumulation of wealth, while supposably serving his country as a “brilliant statesman,” has frequently been attributed by his friends to lucky investments in Pennsylvania coal lands. To learn just how far these investments have been instrumental in building up the plumed knight’s fortune, the Pittsburgh Post has been investigating his Pennsylvania coal property. It finds that these lands are assessed at a valuation of $76,710, that they are comparatively unproductive, but as worked would give him an income of $460 a year. Depmab (Iowa) dispatch to the Chicago Times: “A dispute arose on passenger tram No. 1, last Friday evening, between Elk River Junction and Delmar Junction, lowa, relative to the strength of the different Presidential candidates, and in order to settle the matter it was decided to select one Cleveland man and one Blaine man to make a thorough canvass of the train. The vote resulted as follows: Cleveland. 39; Blaine, 27; St. John, 2; Butler, 1; doubtful, 1. Among the Cleveland supporters it was found that 11 had heretofore been Republicans,"