Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1885 — Page 1

VOLUME IX.

THE UHWOCRATIC SENTINEL. a d®mockat:c newspaper. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, , BY 'Jas. W. McEwen. RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. 'One year SlS'* montfca .••••/ 2* I hree month* 50 A-dveiztieing Rates, ; One ooiuain. one y-ear, Sso oo Half ooluraa. “ to o» Quarter “ 30 oo Eighth " 10 oO Ten percent, added to foregoing price if rfivertisements u-rceet to occupy more than Jingle column width. Fractional parte of a year at equitable rates Business cards not ejseceding 1 inch space, *6 a year; St for six months; * » for three i All legs! notices and advertisements at established statute price. Reading notiees. first publication 10 cents Mine; each pubHeati on thereafter s cents a Yearly advertisements may be changed quarterly (once in three months) at the option of the advertiser, free of extra charge. Advertisements for persons not residents of Jasper county, must be paid for in advance of first pnblio xtioa. when less than one-quarter column in size? aud quarterly n advance when larger.

MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attorney-at-Law Rensselaer. - - . . Indiana Prsctlcef* fin the Courts of Jasper and ad-«inlng-counties. Makes collections a speitalty. Office on north aide of Washington street, opposite Court House- vinl k«. 3 WIGGIN* ZIMBT DWtGGIN* ' R. a. & Z. D WIGGINS, Att,orneys-at-LiaW| iaiIKSfcEIAEB - - I - INDIANA Pr n,etie e in the Courts of Jasper and ad oining counties, make collections, etc, tc ' Office west coruer Newels’Block. v„ni kIMONP. THOMPSON, DAVID JT.THOM PSON ' Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. 1 THOMPSON & BROTHER, ttENHSKLAEB, - . . INDIANA ■ Praetieein all the Courts. .StARION Lu SPITLER, Collector and Abstractor. ; We pay , irtseular attention to paying tax , selliuj. and leasing lands. v 2 ms ffcFRANK »v, B (OCK. at Lai® i And Real Estate Broker, practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtor :>.nd Benton counties. Lands examined [Abstracts of Title prepared: Taxes paid. Collectlozxe a. Spacs.alt3*. JAMES W. DOTTTHIT, .ATTORNEY'-AT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. L t®*.. Office upstairs, in Maseever’s new 'building, item selaer. Ind. i H. W. SN ?DEK, Attorney at Law Remington, Indiana. iJOLLECTIONS A BPEOIALTY.

W. HARTSELL, M [HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. 1< / RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. Diseases a Specialty. OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Block. Residence at Makeever House. . nlyll, 1884. DD. DALE, ATTOKNEY-AT LAW * MONTICELLO, • INDIANA. '? Bank buildinr. up stairs. [5- ; _ I. H.LOUGHIHDGE. F. P, BITTERS LOUGHRIDGE A BITTERS, > Physicians and Surgeons. I Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running uusettled longer than ■ three months. vim DR. L B. WASHBURN, Physician A Surgeon, Lienssdaer. Ind. I Calls promptly attended. Willgive special attei Hon to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. - 1,1 n 1 "■ J , R. 8. Dwiggiiu. Zfanri Dwiggim, President. Cashier ; CitiKens 9 Bank. RENSSELAER, IND., ?■ Ttoes a general a ßanking business; gives kJ special attention to collections; remittances made on day of payment at current' rate of exchange; Interest pcid on balances: certificates bearing interest issued; exchange bought and sold. , . TWb Bank owns the Burglar Safe, which 1 ■ oo ?J he l“. Bt J he Chicago Exposition in 187 s. Thia Safe la protected by one of Sargent s Time Locks. The bunk vaultused Has good as owi be built. It will be seen ) from tbn foregoing that this Bank furnishes I as good eacuritj to depositors as can be. ■ ALFRED M COY. THOMAS THOMPSON • ! Banking Hon** ftF A McCOY &T.THOMPSON, successors ; U to A, MeOoy 4 A. Thompson. Rankers, nssolaer, Ind. Does general Banking btesS Buy and sellexehaoge. Colleetlo » de an all available points. Money loan <j erest paid on specified time d- posits, 4 ce same place Aid Hub of A. MeCo v » P‘ ot.

The Democratic Sentinel.

Bwtt Stfe Sale. On account of the extremely warm weather during 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 Dress GOOosr&rcLoAkS, We show the most complete line of LADIES’ & GENTS’ KNIT UNDERWEAR, In this market. • . .. ’ Come and buy DRY GOODS Cheap «Jg=| ELLIS & MUR RAY. Rensselaer, Ind. v 8 n<jg

THOMAS J. Booh, Shoos, Bals, Caps,

Igh-SHOES L FEVEFW PAIR WARRANT'D E&., J/ FOffSALE BY THOMAS J.FARDEN, 3 Doors East of P. O. Rensselaer, Ind. A complete line ot light and heavy shoes for num and boys, women and 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 WARNFa - NS. DF/ ’. X ' 1N Tinware "Co v o «s Suadii Side Washington Street, WJBSELAER, - - INDIAN

IRA W. YEOMAN, Attorney at Law, NOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estate ana Collecting Agent: Will practice in all the Courts of Newton Benton and Jasper counties. Office:—Up-stairs, over Murray’s Cit; Drug Store, Goodland, Indiana. THE NEW RENSSELAER, IND. JU a . OPENED. New and finely furnished.— Cool and pleasant rooms. Table furnished with the best the market affords. Good Sample Rooms on first floor. Free Bus to and from Depot. PHILIP BLUE, Proprietor. Rensselaer. May 11.1888 ts. LEAR HOUSE, J. H. LEAR, Proprietor, Opyoait* Court Hou»e, Monticelk, Ind Has recently been new furnished through out. The rooms arelarge and alry.tho loca tlon central, making it the most conve Jen and desirable hopse intown. Try it ’

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY MARCH 13. 1835.

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A TALK WITH TILDEN.

The Sage Rejoices at the Rel turn of the Democratic Party to their Heritage. ‘You have come to the setting sun. when you should nave gone with the rising orb,’ was the remark made by Samuel J. Tilden to a prominent Democratic politician of the ‘. V est, who, by reason of belated trains, was unable to reach Washington, and so went to Yonkers yesterday to pay his respects to the sage of Greystone. ‘Well,’ continued Mr. Tilden, who was in high spirits, ‘you have come to me at a time when i am gratified beyond measure. See, i have just received a dispatch from Washington that the inauguration is complete. This land of our forefathers that the Lord gave us fora heritage has been restored to the people, as I have never doubted it would be. Is this not cause for gratification for all the people of the land?

The day was beautiful. '• he sun shone warmly on the granite walls. The windows were oben. and Mr. Tilden and his gwest passed out on the veran da overlooking his hillside acres, the deep valley of the Hudson and the broaa waters of the river. As they sat there Mt. Tilden said, among other things: ‘lt is to be regarded as the beginning of halcyon days tor the country when North and South and East and are once more blended in common interests by the common Government. We shall have a restoration of the better days of the Republic, because the people desire ana demand it. N e shall have it peaceably because the will of the people is strong. I have sometimes thought that it was the great Higher Power that | prevented the change from coming sooner. It was necessary that the people sho’d be educated into readiness to accept a change. There might have been serious times otherwise. But the known extravagances and corruption in nearly every branch of the National Government has been so flagrant that the people are ready to sustain any movement that looks like reform of the public service.’ The name of Mr. Cleveland was mentioned, and Mr. Tilden said: ‘He stands at once in the proudest and most perilous position. He has one great possession that will enable him to overcome all obstacles and danger—a high-minded singleness of purpose and devotion to the trust he has accepted. With his comparative-youth, absence from distraction by family cares, love of hard work and determination to succeed, there is a bright prospect of a successful and pure administration. The task before him is immense. The departments are full of corruption. But he will be equal to it—he will be eqpal to it, you may be sure.’

n giving me the substance of further conversation, Mr. Tilden’s guest said to me tonight: ‘Mr. Tilden believes that the Democratic natty has come into power to stay. The great business interests of the country are already supporting it, and will advocate its continuance in power so long as it is conservative and fair. The banking interests of the country have already leaped to the support of Mr. Cleveland in his silver policy. Mr. Tilden believes that the South will receive the attention of Eastern capital, and become the scene of active development of its material resources, by which the two sections will be welded together as never before, and that the West as the great granery of both East and South, will become likewise so prosperous that the common bond will be firmly knit. I think that he rather hopes that some slight complication may arise that will give the country a common enemy

and possibly enable her to snatch Cuba from Spain.’

The Legislative Body.

JlndiHuapiilia S-nifmelj The mere fact that a few newspapers are copdemniug the Legislature for not having brought to final consideratiou all measures before it within the sixty days allotted for the regular session, doesnot prove the Legislature as deserving such criticism. It may be said of these critics that they wpd willingly find nothing in the action of a Democratic majority to praise, and, conversely, are too ready to censure. Let it be admitted that the appropriation bill might have been considered before the end of the regular session, yet it wdW hardly have been possible for all business before the General Assembly to have been cleared up. The working majority has not been an idle one. The members have been uniformly in regular attendance and vigilant on the floors and in committees. But this has been an unusually busy session for committees. In addition to the customary committees there have been several special ones whose reports have taken up considerable time in dis-cussion-discussion that was legitimate and desirable.. But even had this impediment not been in the way of finishing business within the prescribed sixty days, the regular budget of legislation has grown so much within the last thirtythree years that it is now probably true that a longer session time is necessary and must be allowed by law before legislatures can properly dis - charge their duties within the session time. One hundred days are no more ample for legislation now than were sixty days when the latter number was assigned. Increased population, wealth, public improvements, etc., incur the need of more extended examinations and enlarged appropriations, which require more time for observing and considering. Local bills, too, and many of decided importance, are more numer us, and the faithful representative feels that he is most efficiently serving his constituents when working for their recognition and passage.

So, then, we hold that the General Assembly is not necessarily to be condemned for the failure to finish business before it and thus make needless the call for an extra session. But if blame is to be attached, surely the Republicans who voted solidly against taking up the appropriation bill within the week before adjournment were most to blame. Numerous attempts to take up this bill were defeated by the solid Republican vote, aided by a minority of the Democrats.

The Eclipse.

The sun will be partially eclipsed on Monday next. J. G. Pori er, the astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory, gives some inteiesting data in the Commercial Gazette of a 1 ecent date, which will be in structi ve to our readers. At the greatest obscuration about three-fifths of the sun’s diameter wil Ibe eclipsed. The duration of the phenomenon will be about three hours, beginning at 11 o’clock a. m. and ending at 2 p m. This eclipse is what is called by astronomers an annular one. Any one watching the sun and the moon rise near the full will see at a glance that their apparent diameters are nearly tie same. Were they exactly equal at the time of an eclipse, the sun would be completely covered when the discs coincide We sho’d thus have a total eclipse, but only of momentary duration, i The apparent diameters of the sun and moon are, however, not constant, varying according to the distance of the bod-

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ies from us; and sometimes the moon’s disc is larger than the sun’s and sometimes smaller. In the former case th< ?re wo’d be a total eclipse of the sunin the latter case the moon’s disc would not quite co veHhat of the sun, and we should see the dark body of the moon surrounded by a thin jriuff of light. This will be the case during the eclipse of this month. The eclipse will be annular, only along that path which a line joining the centers o; the sun and moon will trace on the earth’s surface This path begins in the Pacific Ocean, enters the United States about 300 miles north of San Francisco, crosses Idaho and Montana, runs through the center of Hodson’s Bay and of Greenland, and terminates in the Arctic Ocean north of Iceland. in other portions of this country it appears as a partial eclipse.

The Democratic Country Press.

in the political campaigns in which the Democracy sustained defeat after defeat, previous to the victory last November, the men who to a large extent bore the burden and the heat of the day-vzho, in spite of discouragementsoi all kinds, were never dismayed -who always held aloft the flag of their party, and cheer - ed and led the Democratic hosts on to further contests—were the editors of the Democratic country papers. In many counties in Republican States especially they with great SPWty maintained a foothold for their papers, and in numerous instances' only by great self-denial and perslstbe. Every t lung was against them,yet they struggled bravely pn, until at last one great object for which they fought and worked—the election of a Democratic administrationlias been accomplished.

. The Republican party, after its accession to Dower, was quick to recognize the value 01 an able and vigorous rural press in its interest. It took measures, by associating au office with a party paper, to plant papers in many villages which otherwise could not support them. Tax-sale printin £ and the like were also used as efficient sustaining mstrumentahtiea. There is no doubt that the difficulty of dislodging the Republican party was largely increased by the zeal with which the well-sustained country papers were contracted. t The Republican papers considerablyfoutnumberMdthe Democratic papers for the reason that the supplies were much larger. The policy which the Republican party pursued toward its country press is one which ’the incoming administration t may well adopt. As before intimated, no class of men are more entitled to con - sideratiun at the hands of a Democratic administration than the editors of Democratic country papers. We include in this class editors of papers in the smaller cities, for similar truths will hold good in regard to them. The editors of larger papers, while they have been equally hardworking for the party, have not had as great obstacles to contend with, have had a wider clientage, and have neither the disposition nor the need to ask anything of the administration for themselves.

In thei nat ur e of things, there will be many changes in office-hold rs shortly. * There will be a groat many, if no more are effected than has been the case with every nev Rep ub 1 ican administratioi since President Lincoln’s time But whatever the changes, w< bespeak for the hard-working faithful, and m many case poorly recompensed class—the Democratic country editors—the full consideration which their abundant merit demands—Detroit Free Press.