Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1885 — WASHINGTON MONUMENT. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

Preparing for the Dedicatory Ceremonies. [Washington dispatch.] Arrangements for the dedication of the Washington monument are progressing rapidly. The commission appointed by Congress to arrange suitable ceremonies extended a general invitation to militaiy, Masonic, and civic organizations (the latter not to carry any emblems of a political character) to partic pate. General Sheridan reqnests all organizations intending to take part in the procession to notify him at the earliest possible moment, in order - that proper places in the column may be assigned them. Mb. Nichols, the man whom Charlotte Bronte married, is now living in Banagher, Ireland. He is married again and is a gentleman farmer, having relinquished the clergyman’s calling. Lord Mayob Nottage, es London, is moving in the matter of stricter observance of Sunday. A Philadelphia tramp envied the monopolists so that he died with five shirts on his back. Wild game in the Chicago market is cheaper than beef.