Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1884 — Page 1

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THE DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL. A ,DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. ~-T' "* PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, BY Jas. W. McEwen. RATES 0? SUBSCRIPTION. Onoyear .*.! SI.W Sis months 75 hree months... 50 A-dvertiaing Rates. One cOHuiuj, one year, SBO 00 Half column, “ 40 oo Quarter “ 80 oo Eighth “ 10 oO Tenpcr eeot. added to foregoing price if advertisements are set to occupy more than Jingle column width. Fractional parts of a year at equitable rates Business cards not exceeding l inch space, *3 a year: SO for six months; $ a for three AH legal notices and advertisements at es‘ubllshed statute price. jta&ding notices, first publication 10 cents V “ n « I each publloati on thereafter s cents a ♦toe. Yearly advertisements may be changed quarterly (once In three months) at the option of the advertiser, free of extra chargeAdvertisements for persons not residents of Jasper county, must be paid for in advance of first pnblic ition. when less than one-quarter column in size; aud quarterly n advance when larger.

MORDECAI P. CHLLCOTE. Attormey-at-Law RmrssatAßß, .... Indiana Practices fin the Courts of Jasper and adoinlne counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court H ouse- vlnf «. •. Bwioojyr um dwiooinh r. s>. a z. Dwioonrs. Attorneys-a-t-Letw, Reksbkiaeb - - | Indiana Practice in the Courts of Jasper and ad mining counties, make collections, etc. to Office west oorucr Nowels’ Block. v_nl SIMONS. THOMPSON, DAVID J. THOM PSON Attorney-at- Law. Rotary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Kekssedaeb, - . Indiana Practice in all the Courts. MARION L. SPITLER, Collector and Abstractor. We pay, irticudar attention to paying tax , sellint and leasiag lands. vs n4B f 1 —— —. S * FRANK w. B . ( OCK. | Attorney at Lam And Real Estate. Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtoz tod Benton counties. Lands examined Abstracts of Title prepared: Taxes paid. Colleotloaaa a Bpeclalty. .TAMES W. DOUTHIT, ATTOBNgY sAT-LAW AND ( NOTARY PUBLIC, *“ u66,er ' B I. W. SNfDEB, Attorney at Law Remington, Indiana. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.

W W. HARTSIXL, M D . % UOMtEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. UfOhronic Diseases a Specialty. OFFICE, In Mat fever’s New Block. Rcsideiice at M 'Aecver House. July 11,1854. Dd. dale, • ATTOKNKY-AT LAW ; monticeli.o, - ikdiana. Back buildiuz. up stairs. I. H. LOUOHBIDOE. T. P, BITTERS LOUGHRIDGE & BITTERS, Pbjntolaiu and Surgans. Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running uusettled longer than three months. vim PBIL B. WA&RBURB, Rensselaer. Ind. q*ll« promptly attended. Will give special attei lion te the treatment of Chronic Diseases. ***** Oiton* BARk, ‘ WWBBBLABR. tXTK, «D Banking business; givo* (ion to eolloetlou; romitter of umrmtm it m>t algoodMKrttmjto khnmp meo% foqm— mw* Staking Ron»e AP A. KoOOT *T. THOMPSON, siiocasaors V to A, licOoy A A. Thompson. Baakar. Rensselaer, Ind. Does general Hanking bu siness Buy and sell exchaoge. Oollecfio * made snail available points. Money loan . Dtercst paid on specified time deposits A ffice same plltoo as old firm of A. M>>Cn , ompson. .. CL-J api't/sl

The Democratic Sentinel.

• © facial* Sage.. ... ' Onfaccount of the extremely warm weather auring the past month, we have too many Fall and Winter Goods, and for the purpose of reducing stock, we have made big reductions in the price of Bbess goodsl&YclmkS, t We show the most complete line of LADIES’ & DENTS’ EMIT UNDERWEAR, In this market. -27- —rr — T^rr ~ 11 f r » 1 . 1 ' tsgf° Come -and buy DRY GOODS Cheap ELLIS & MUR RAY. Rensselaer, Ind. v 8 n 39

Boots, Shoes, Hals, Caps,

fc. fFEVERr PAIR WABRAHfD m. v fW SALE BY THOMAS J. FARDEN, 3 Doors East of P. O. Refisselaer, Ind. A complete line ot light and heavy shot's for men and boys, women an<} misses, always in stock at bottom prices. Increase of trade more an object than large profits. See our goods before buying.

Gents’ Furnishr Goods!

N WARHFtt > r S. DF••: ■■ iN Hardwire, Tinware, .'■‘•vie* S Side Washington Street, RENSSELAER, INDIANA

IRA W. YEOMAN, Attorney at Law, NOTARY PUBLIC!, Real Estate aM Collecting Agent. lYill practice ia all the Courts of Newton Beaton and Jasper counties. Oman:—Up-stairs, over Murray’s (St; Irug Store, Goodland, Indiana. THE NEW wsmmm RENSSELAER, IND. tftth thebe* ttemarfcrt shonN. «eo4 gaosss m Am A*SL„ Mr sad from Spa*. , _ Ittiur BLUB, Proprietor. Rensselaer. May it. MM ts.. ‘ s '* * LIAR HOUSE, J- H. LEAR, Proprietor, Ojifionitf Court House. Munticelh, Ind Hits recently been new furnished throngb out. 1 lie rooms tire large and airy.tholoca itoti central, making it the raostconve Jen and desirable hopse in town. Trr it

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY DECEMBER 5. 1881.

However faithful the new administration will adhere to the civil service act, let it be remembered that it was never intended to keep the rascals in. Ah Answer Wanted. Can any on? bring us a case of Kidney or Liver Complaint that Electric Bitters will ntit speedily core! We any they can not, as thousands of eases already permanently cured and who are daily §k=t3w3SSi the diseased parts. Every bottle guaranteed For Mle at £oc, a bottle by f. ***"' . v • • ,Hw A* Eati prising, Kliable go*. -P. Bi Meyeresm alwgys be relied fpen, not only to carry, in. stock the best of everything, but to secure the Agency for -eccii Articles as have weibhhenm mm fit and are popular wit h the people, thereby • ustaining the reputation of being always enterprising, and ever reliable. Having secured the Agency for the celebrated Dr- King’s New Discoyeiy for Consumption, will soil it on a oosifive guarantee. It will sorely cure ant and every affection of Throat, Lungs and Ohest, and to show our confidence, we invite you to o ill and get a Trial tottle, Free 1— JC

The Importance of One Vote.

The importance of one vote is forgotten when heavy ma jorities roll in for the favorite candidate, but when he scrapesjhrough or is defeated by a bare majority of a small and uncomfortable figure then ‘the might ha ve beens’ rise up to accuse and breed discomfort to one’s feelings. The closeness of the Illinois Legislature—now doubtful, and at the best one way or the other only by a bare ma jority of one or two, and that ono depending UDon one vote more or less gathered from Chicago, a city of half a million of people—is the latest illustration|of the importance of one vote The Jeffersonville News relates an iustance where one vote elected a Representative, a Un ted States Senator, ana, nerhaps, annexed TexasJto the United States, The News gets its information from Hon. Dan Blotchei, of Holman, Scott county, Ind. It was in 1846, whenJHam Davis was t ie Democratic candidate for the Legislature in that county. Just before the polls closed Wm. H.

English asked Mr. Blotclier if he knew any voters who had not voted. He said ‘yes, there was Wash Owens, but the darned beggar wouldn’t come because he had no boots.’ Mr. English insisted that Blotcher should get Owens, so he started for him. Owens refused to come to the polls because he had no boots, but Blotcher by a deal of persuasion got Owens to start on the promise that he would lend him his boots. Accordingly, when the pair got within a mile of Lexington, Blotcher pulled off his boots and loaned them to Owens. In those days it was universally the custom to treat voters, and “Owen* received his dram and fifty cents, leaving Blotcher standing barefoot in the cornfield started for the polls. He voted and then proceeded to invest his fifty cents in Jersey l'ghtning. The (consequence was that Owens got gloriously drunk and forgot all about Blotcher’s boots. This was a m difica* tion of Daniel in the lion’s den. It was Daniel’ bare foot in the corn-field, and|heat length grew lonely, and started after Owens with red vengeance in his eye. Of course it was using mild language to say that Blotcher was mad.— But when the ballots were counted and Hiram Davis was found to be elected by a majority of one, then Uncle Daniel’s wrath was changed to rejoicing. Hut this was not the only good result. In the contest for United States Senator, Edward C. Hannegan was elected by one majority, and Hannegan’s vote annexed Texas, bringing or ifee Mexi can war. We doubt if ever a bootless Democrat before or afterward exercised such an important influence oyer the destinies of his country. It should teach every man that his vote is important

The duty of the hour is the banishment of fanaticism from the people of this country. For years unscrupulous partisans and political parsons have taught their fellow men to look upon Democrats as the scum of society. It devolves, upon Democrats to eradicate j£io wicked and foolish idea from the min d:s of persons who have thus been misled.— ▲ good deal of patience and forbearance may be required' to do this, but discretion and' wise action will sooner or later bring about the desired result Statistics show that 95 per cent of the working population of Germany earn less than $1 a day. Now let some jfrotectionlst point out the part that Germany’s high tariff plays in this business. Europe can not begin to get along without United States meat.

Two Scales of Prices.

j Chicago Times.] Everything the farmer lias to sell is.very low; everything, or at least nearly everything, that the farmer has to buy is comparatively high. Wheat over a large proportion of the region in which it is produced brings the raiser but fifty cts. par bushel. The price of grain harvesters and self-binders, however, remains the same as when wheat was a dollar a bushel in the place where it was raised. The same is the

case with the plow that turnthe furrow, the harrow that pulverized the soil, and the seeder that put in the crop. Everything that is turned off from the farm is very cheap, but everything that is turned out from the factory is dear. The old scale of prices for farm products has all been chang ed, but the scale of prices for the products of manufactories remain unchanged. Beef, mutton and wool are all low, but posts and wires necessary to fences pasture cost as much as they ever did. The cost of procuring materials and of putting them together so as to afford protection to animals during storms and in winter has not been reduced with all the decline in farm products.

Th 6 price of cioth is not affected appreciably by the fall in wool. A farmer may get a small price for the hides he has to dispose of, but-he pays a high price for the boots shoes and larness that he is obliged to purchase. Potatoes are cheap, but the bogs in which they are put and the wagon that is used for taking them to market cost as much as they did when potatoes brought twice the money they do at present. It is also noticeable that the rates of transportation and the commission merchant’s charges for selling them, areas high as when potatoes brought si a bushel.

Formerly the price of articles required for food governed the price of almost another articles. The price of almost everything was governed by that of wheat, as that was regarded as the most important of all products. All this is changed now. Fanners have nothing to do in regulating prices. They take what is offered for their produots. i hey are too numerous aud too widely scattered to combine. The prices of nearly every article they are obliged to purchase, however, is regulated by associations and embinations formed among m nufacturers. The manufacturers of nearly every important article combine to limit production and to keep up prices. They even combine to prevent the establishment of manufactories

similar to ttiMr own. In many departments of manufacturing there is no competition between different establishments. A uniform scale of prices is adopted which is rigidly adhered to. In many cases our patent laws and tariff system enable them to establish and perpetuate the most oppressive monopolies. The western farmer learns the price of wheat and pork by Beading the market reports of Liverpool. He gets no information about the prices of cloth and articles made from iron and steel by consulting the quotations in the papers of Manchester, Sheffield and Mminghain; Ueae owZ tions are of no value in this country, except it may be to enable our enterprising man* ufactureis to double The fig;, urea. The produc rs of artfc cles of food in this country are obliged to compete witn the producers of similar products in every part of the world, but our manufacturers, whose goods fanners are obliged to have, have no competition except among them- ! selves. As before stated, they generally manage to prevent such competition. With such 1 a state of affairs, it is no great

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marvel that farmers are npt prosperous.

Paralysed Industries.

'I he mineral mining and railroad company at Siiamokm, Pa., which operates the Cameron, Luke Fiddler, and Pennsylvania collieries, employing 1,200 miners, lias re - duced wages 7 to 10 per cent. It is not believed the men will accept the reductions, it is thought there will be a similar reduction in all mines in this section. A special from Easton. Pa., saystme week ago everything looked bright for the industries in the Lehigh valley, but now the situation is changed, and the prospects are that a large number of men will be either working at reduced wages or idle during the greater part of the winter. . B- Rend made a requisition for cars from the Hocking valley road yesterday, in accordance with the order of the United States court at Cincinnati. The company honored the request, demanded local rates, pay in advance, and refused to carry the coal further than the extent of their lines, which would necessitate transfer.

1 he two slate mills have shut down at Fair Haven Vv„ and two mills were closed at Hydcville,Vt. A Lewiston, Me., telegram says the Hill and ontinental cotton mills resumed work yesterday, and the Bates mill, which has been running on short time, started up with a full force. The managers of the Beading railroad have reduced salaries 10 to 4" per cent, in both the railroad and coal and iron companies.

A Sly Darkey.

‘Does you kuow John Jackson?’ asked Jim Webster of Pete Simpson. T should say I does know him. He is an awful sly cuss.’ What has he eber done dat was so berry smart?’ The other day I seed him walking along on the opposite side of Austin avenue, I called out, John, you John,’ two or fyee times. De nigger made out as if he didn’t heah me.— I overtuck and cotched him by de arm, and dang my buttons if it wasn’t anudder niggah entirely. You bet he am a sly one’

Hon, Richard T. Merrick, of Washington City, says it was Blame who compelled the Republican committee to make be claim of New York after ;he real result was known,— :Ie was formally notified by he committee that New York iad gone for Cleveland, and le telegraphed back directing them to claim the State, why, says Merrick, i met Don Cameron at the Postoffice a few flays ago. He and » are good friends, and we natural 1} talk ed of the election. He admitted Cleveland was elected, and I said: ‘Don, why don’t don’t you pnt a stop to this foolish claim that New York has gone for JBlainej’ He re* plied: I wish I could, but I can not. Blaine is behind the committee and forcing them to this course. He wants to pose as a martyr, that he may secure the nomination four years hence.’ ‘Now, ’ Mr. Merrick added, ‘Blaine was willing to paralyze the business of This country, at a loss of; millions to business men, to gratify his own ambition.’ *

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