Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1884 — Indiana State Teachers’ Association, at Indiapolis, December 29th, 30th and 31st, 1884. [ARTICLE]

Indiana State Teachers’ Association, at Indiapolis, December 29th, 30th and 31st, 1884.

“Little Mac.” Is talked of for a cabinet position* Read the President’s Message and other state papers in to day’s SentiNISL. Rutherford B. Hayes lakes Democrat!* newspapers in order that he may see the roosters. — Cleveland has 135,000 plurality ov. r Blaioe in Texas. The Lone Star Stare oan afford to e sereDe in its confidence that, it can not be counted out. A blind orgau grinder of Carthage Missouri, William Rogers, who .served in the Bth Indiana infantry, at Attun ta, has received a pension certificate for $9,312 and will receive $72 per mon.fi for life-

Mr. Jones, Chairman of the republican national committee has. siuce the election, cut on the wages of his worknie.: uotwiistandiDg the tact that the tariff tax on the products of his manufactories have not yet bten reduced. The plurality of the popular vote for Cleveland, as shown by the official returns, Is nearly 70 000. Tno attempt of certain Blaine papers to figure out a majority of the popular vote for the “petered-out knight,” simply goes to show what tremendous li irs they are. Hon. Frank Hurd, of Toledo, Ohio, has concluded to contest for bis seat in the next Congress. Shonid he make out a clear claim and be awarded his seat the country wili no doubt be the gainer, as he is one of the most earnest and zealous of tariff re formers.

James Blame in bis recent Augusta barungue gave the cue to to his monopolistic uod st ck jobbing followers to claim for him the radical nomination for President four years hence. In accordance with his instructions they express amazed and pleased surprise at *he profound feeling extant among the people in that direeftou. The Democracy are agree able with uiai arrangement.

One of the most import nt lessons of the late eleciii u is now the inevitable call lor open books, scrutinized accounts, ttnu honest settlements in *ll the departments of the Gov rntnent: and the hitherto i nperious and iWindling Pacific Railways pay the -first noted tribute to the new admins alien by proposing to settle their «n paid millions without a quibble.— Pi rst blood for Cleveland andtiones, government!—Philadelphia Times (Ind).

"Millions for a navy, but not one cent for Chandler” is the spirit of the policy under which the Bouse will act at the coming session. An expenditure of $16,000,000 a year for twentv years, and no navy to show for I*. is an exhibit that will warrant a little delay, inasmuch as a new admini etration is comiug In so soon.— There is no use in sending more good money after bad. The work can Swait for three months.- Boet. on Herald [lnd.)

Montlcello Herald: Our format townsman J. W, McCwen, of the Rensselaer Sentinel, seems to be a formidable candidate for t e office of postmaater at that place. It la not our put Id, but we m„v be permitted to axpreas the hope that Mac. will receive the appointment. Hia qualifications for the position will certainly not be questioned aDd the fact that hejaas labored long and Taithfully In a republican st on-hold »re important points that should give claims he may ent**rt»io prompt re jognltion »s against other less meritorious applicants. We understand that on yesterday Wartena, confined in jail at this place’ confessed to the murder of Dreger.* ' He says he killed him for his proper* ty. that he 20uld not make a living by farming. Thty went to the Kanka. , kee river fishing, Wartena loaded two iron pump tons into the wagon. They strived at the river and fished until about three o’clock in the- afternoon, when, an opiortunity offered} Wartena struck Dreger on the Head with his gun, felling ldm to the earth, Then he inflicted lhe wounds found behind Dreger’s car wH'n the muzzle of his gun. He then tied the in pump to bis legs aDd sunk him iu the river On Oregei’sdisappearaue} bhj property wasfouud in Wartena’s possession, who claimed that he bad bought it, paying therefor a S4OO foreign check,

The New York Herald remarksHhat “a candidate who receives 3,000,000 Northern votes and who carries four Northern .States is not entirely the choice of one section.”

In his recent trial, we regret to ienrn, that W. E. Sears was convicted of manslaughter We understood, however, tha tthe action'of the jury is regarded as so manifestly unjust tnat there Is prospect of an early pardon.

A dispatch from Wellington. Kansas announces the death there yesterday of Captain David L. Payne, the famous leader of the Oklahoma boomers, while at Ixeakfast at the hotel de Barnard, lie addressed u meeting Thursday night, aud was seem’ngly in his usual robust health when he entered the dining-room that morning. While pat taking of breakiast he was observed to loan forward and utter a subdue scud, as if from slight suffocation; he then droped from 'he chair to the floor and expired instantly. His sudden taking oil created no iitfie sensation and caused profound soirow amoDg his co-workers aud followers in attempting to settle in ludi n territory. Cap. Payne was a native of Indiana,a resident of Fairmount, Grant countyHe served in the war of tn« rebellion, and in 1870 ett igrated to Kansas.loc 1 - tingih Payne township, Sedgwick C -. the first settler there, and which bus since been his home and voting place. His charity to needy emigrants soon exhausted his store and credit, and to maintain the latter, he sold bis farm in Doniphan county. His charitable deeds won for him the soubriquet of “Old Ox hear:.” Payne has re resented Doniphan and Sedgwick counties in the legislature of Kansas- For the past seven years Payne has endeavored to open the Oalahoma lauds in the Indian Territory to whito settlement. To accomplish this aim l’aynehua labored incessantly, several times driven out of the public lands by United States troops, and at the time of his death was under a bond to appear for trial a Ft. Smith, Ark., for invading the lauds. Capri Payne was about fifty-two years of age, six feet tall broai shouldered, and well formed. Few men in the west had »o general an acquaintance with public men or were better judges of human nature Few marksmen in the union were his equal with the rifle, and his personal courage has Lever been questioned. Like all truly brave meu. Oapt. Payne was ex tremely polite, courteous uuder all circumstances, and gonerous to a fault. -• "

Mr 3. Horace Greeley had an antipathy to kid gloves—she would never put them on, A correspondent remembers about she bad ret Fuller on this subject. Yv'o all met on tiie s reet, and instead of aayii g “good mornit'g” or souia such hu* man salutation, Mrs Greeley touched Margaret’s hand with a little shudder and 3aid “Skin of a beast I Skin of a beast!” “Why what do you wear?” inquired the astonished maiden from Maine. ’’Silk,” said Mrs. Greeley, reaching out her hand, Margaret just touched it and slmd? derod, crying, “Entrails of u wuru! Eutrails of a worm!”

New York, December l.—Mr. Steve Elkins testified before the referee in the Grant & Ward case that he went through the Base of th® firm before the failure and took all the b*>st securities he could find for the purpose of securing Mr. Jerome B. Chaffee, who had loaned Ul9 firm $500,000. Ho said he was bound to prote ;t the interests of his friend, and constituted himself bis attorney. The eeeuri ties were afterwards turned over to the receiver.

In Cleveland| Matthew Arnold and daughter were entettained at the home oi the Hob. Henry B, Payne. At breakfast buckwheat cakes were served. Mr. Arnold and daughter refused them, never having seen them l-efore. When the second piateful came on Mr. Arnold changed his atind, and after eating one turned to his daughter and said: “Do trv ynr, Mary. They are not half as nasty as they look.”--[Buffalo Express The New York Tribune enters its nrotevt against continuing :he unlimited use of the phrase, “painting the town red," Yes. indeed The chestnut has been run into the ground till It makes us tired. Ghees* it, boys; give ue a rest. It there’s anything we hate it’s slang; you can Det your Sw.eet life on that. You hear us?

, This being the pancake season, for the information of the ladies we publish tha following reoeipt f r greasing the griddle: Cut a white turnip in halvas and tub the griddle with it. It. causes no smoke, smell, taste- or adhesioti and is better than butter or grease. ... , M G. Blaine, brother of James GBlaine, and an official of the Portland, Oregon, land office is nt Salt Lake, havfog been robbed of all his money and tickets in Wyoming. He was refused lodging at hotels and had a hard time of it until his identity was established.

Nine families living in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania, and adjoining each oih ?r, have an aggregate of iOi children, the smallest n urn bet in any family being nine, and the largest fourteen.

Governor Cleveland hits received from a relative of Pr. sident Buchanan-. the last democratic president, the cane which lie carried sot many years.

! Samuel WanamaKer, of Youngsj town. 0., whe pleaded gniltv to fifty j forgeries, was sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary one year for each.

Sheriff-elect Teom-Mi has entered j upon tin* Juries of the Sheriff’s office.

The opening addresses of the Association will be given Monday evening, Dec, 29th, by the out going and in* coming Presidents. teacher will be speciallv interested io Mie following lectures by* persons of national reputation: On “The Moral Eduoation of the Young,” by Rev. O, C. MeCullttch of Indianapolis; oil “Learning to Do by’ Doing,” by Col. Francis W Parker, author of the “Talks on Teaching” used in our Reading Ciiel s on the “Philosophy of Teaching,” by E. E White, author of Whlte’6 Arithmetic, „ud on “Womanhood in Shakespeare.” by Wallace Biuue, of New York. .cachets. attending these associations form an acquaintance with the leading educators of she State, learn i their methods of thinking and doing ' oed become enthused with the spirit of their profession. Those who desire to attend from this county can go an., return ul any time betwean Dec, 29th, aud Jan Ist, inclusive The R. R. will sell tickets to teachers between these dates at the rate of 2 cents per mile. Hotel rates to members or the association will be from $1.50 to $2,50 per day. Several teac ers are makin * arrangements to go. Let us form an excursion party aod rnuko it as large as possible. Those who contemplate going please let me kuovr at an early date that I may secure you the necessary certificates which will entitle you to the above reduced rates. Address mq, at Rensselaer.

D. M. NELSON, Count Sup’t.