Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1885 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME IX.

THE DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, BY Jas. W. McEwen. rates of subscription. One year .... .sl.s° Bix months 75 tree months 50 A-dvertisixig Rates. One column, one year. SBO oo Half column, “ 40 o) Quarter “ 30 oo Eighth “ 10 oO Tenpcreeot. added to foregoing price If wlvcrtisements arc set to occupy more than Angle column width. Fractional parts of a year at equitable rates Business cards not exceeding 1 inch space, *5 a year; 83 for six months; 12 for three All legal notices and advertisements at established statute price. Reading notices, first publication io cents j line; each publicati on thereafter s cents a Pearly 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 public ’.tion, when less than one-quarter column in size; aud quarterly n advance when larger.

MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attorney-at-Lavr BENBSKLAER. .... Indiana Practice? [in the Courts of Jasper and adoinlng counties. Makes collections a specialty. Office on north side of Washington street,opposite Court House- vlnl SIKON P. THOMPSON, DAVID 3. THOM PBON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Rensselaer. - . Indiana Practice in all the Courts. MARION L. SPITLER, Collector an(l Abstractor. We pay pirticular attention to paying tax- , selling and leasiag lands. v 2 ntß FRANK W. B iLCOCK, Attorney at Law And Reni Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtojt And Benton counties. Lands examined Abstracts of Title prepared: Taxes paid. Collectloaajs a. Specialty. JAMES W. DOUTHIT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and notary public. Office upstairs, in Maieever’s n< building. Rensselaer.lnd. edwinThammono,

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rensselae , Ind. JSF’Offlce Over Makeever’a Bank. May 21. 1885. H. W. SNfDEE, Attorney at Law Remington, Indiana. JOLLECTIONS K SPECIALTY. yy W. HARTSELL, M D . HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. Diseases a Specialty..JgJ OFFICE, in Makeever’s New Blo&k. Residence at Makeover House. July 11,1884. Dd. dale,' ■ ATTORN EY-AT LAW MONTICELLO, • INDIANA. Bank building, np stairs. J. H. LOUGHBIDGE. F. P, BITTERS LOUGHRIBGE & BITTERS, Physicians and Surgeons. Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than three months. vlnl

DR. I. B. WASHBUkN, Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer, Ind. Calls promptly attended. Will give special alter tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. CITIZENS 9 BENSSBLAEB, IND., R. S. Dwioginb, F. J. Sears, Val. Seib, President. Cashier. Does a general banking business-. Certificates bearing Interest issued; Exchange boueht and sold; Moneyloaned on farms atlow;st rates and on most favorable terms. April 1885. ALFRED M COY. THOMAS THOMPSON. Banking House OF A. McCOY & T. THOMPSON, successors to A, McCoy & A. Thompson. HankersRensselaer, Ind. Does general Hanking bit, siness Buy and sell exehaoge. Collections made sn all available points. Money lot* • interest paid on specified time deposits. Office same place as old firm of A. McCoy & Thompson. aprU.’gi

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1885.

WHERE TO ATTEND SCHOOL

1. Where you can get good instruction in whatever you may wish to study. 2. —Where you can get good accommodations and good society. 3. —Where the expenses are least4. —Where things are just as represented, or all money refunded and traveling expenses paid. Send or- special terms and try the Cenral Indiana Normal School and Business College, Ladoga, Ind. A. F. Knotts, Principal.

Mark Twain a Fire.

Kansas City Times: Rev. J. Hyatt Smith knows more stories about more people than ten average citizens. Among them he relates this: “When I was living with my brother in Buffalo, Mark Twain occupied a cottage across the street. We didn’t see very much of him, but one morning as we were enjoying our cigars on the veranda after breakfast, we saw Mark coming to his door in his dressing gown and slippers and look over at us. He stood at his door and smoked .for a minute; as if making up his mind about something, and at last opened his gate and came lunging across the street. There was ah unoccupied rocking-chair on the veranda, and when my brother offered it him he dropped into it with a sigh of relief. He smoked for a few moments and said:

“Nice morning.” “Yes, very pleasant.” “Shouldn’t wonder if we had rain by and by.” “Well, we could stand a little.” g“™ s “Yes, we rather like it.” “How’s your family?” “Quite well —and yours?” “0, we’re all comfortable.” There was. another impressive silence, and finally Mark Twain crossed his legs, blew a puff of smoke into the air, and in his lazy drawl remarked: “I suppose you’re a little surprised to see me here so early. — Fact is, I haven’t been so neighborly, perhaps, as I ought to be. — We must mend that state of things. But this morning I came over because I thought you might be interested in knowing that your roof is on fire. It struck me that it would be a good idea if—” But at the mention of fire the whole family dusted up stairs, trailing language all the way up. When we had put the fire out and had returned to the veranda Mark wasn’t there.

Journalism in the Galloping West* ed Gulch (Arizona) Kipsnorter: Any galoot who wants the Ripsnorter for a year can have it left at his bar room on payment of three red chips in advance. Now’s your time to chip in. Boys, she’s a dandy.

Advertisements will be stuck in at liberal terms and dust and mules taken in exchange. You ducks who haven’t paid up your subscriptions want to hustle. We warn you that we know who you are and we are going out collecting in a day or two with a new brace of colts ready for al] slow customers. We mean business.

KO” Funeral notices must be accompanied by the address of the corpse, not for publication, but as a guarant e of prompt payment. Chicago Herald: “Pardon my public expression of grief,” said ,t passenger in a parlor car, as he wiped his eyes conspicuously with a nice, clean, linen handkerchief evidently provided for that very purpose, “I know it doesn’t look well, but I served my country three long years under the grand old commander, and I have a right to weep.” “In what capacity did you serve?’ “1 was postmaster down at our place.”

A Cattle Monopoly.

Chicago Times: Every year almost numberless thousands of cattle move northward from Texas over the trails that lead to the shipping points, whence they are conveyed to the great cattle markets of this country and Europe. l ow, the Indianlterritor v stretches across all the great Texas cattle trails. By getting possession of the Indian country and inclosing it with a barb-wire fence, the cattle barons effectively blockaded the Texas cattle trail —corraled the Texas cattle trade, so to say. Naturally, the Texas cattlemen objected, and upon her complaint the government ordered an inquiry.— That inquiry developed the fact that the object of the cattle trail was to depreciate the price of Texas cattle. When they had thus “beared” the price of Texas cattle to the lowest point, they wade large purchases, stocking their great pasture ranges in the Indian territory with Texas steers. Like the Carlist toll-takers at Vittoria they had placed themselves in the middle of the road and said to the Texas cattle growers: “Let nobody pass without speaking to the porter?” They had a “corner,” not only on the Indian country, but on thj great herds of cattle in Texas besides. — When, by a peremptory order from the government, th a y opened the cattle trail, the price of cattle in Texas advanced 25 per cent. Which shows that to get possession of the Indian country, with power to erect a gate across the Texas cattle trail, is not an unprofitable speculation.

Gainesville (Texas) HesperianTimes: There was a howl from the protectionist press when Jdhn Roach fell. His employes were discharged. The yards are there, the material is there, the unfinished ships are there and the administration intends, under the government contract with Roach, to take hold and set the men to work. The employment of the laboring men of America does not depend upon the continuance of any particular man in business in a speculative relation to labor, Galveston (Teixas) News: How the Indian territory cattle barens must s gh for the good old days when Teller bossed the Interior department. If Blaine were in the white house the barons would still lord it over the territory. Gainesville (Texas) Hesperian - Times; Presid nt Cleveland sticks to his text that the cattle must move from the Indian territory. — There is some satisfaction in having a president who means what he says and sa -s what he means.

A WRECK,

On the lew Albany Road at Cherry Grove Thursday Wight. Lafayette Call. The extra freight going South, which left here at 10 o’clock last night, ran of the track at Cherry Grove, and the engine (No. 32) and eighteen cars tumbled into the ditch. The engineer and trainmen escaped uninjured,, but the fireman, William Dillard, of this city, was badly bruised in the side, and had his left leg broken. His injuries however, are not thought to be serious. He was brought up to the city about 8 o’clock this morning, and taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The train Was composed entirely of empty coal cars, billed to Brazil for loading. One of the empties was thrown right od top of the engine, which is a bad wrock, and a good many of the cars are considerably broken up. A train was sent down to the wreck and brought up the passengers from the night train bound North, reaching here at Ba. m.; speeding right on to Chicago. The track has not been cleared or trains passed as we write, but probably will be so that the afternoon trains today can pass as usual.

HUMILIATED COWBOYS.

The Lesson That Was Taught Them by an Unobtrusive Tenderfoot. Milwaukee Sentinel: There have been a great many stories told of the reckless daring and abandon of the cowboy. He is an American production, and at the sound of the word cowboy the mind reverts to some Western locality where law and order are unknown, and are supplied by a rude set of conventionalities, the non-observance of which means violence without process of trial. The typical cowboy must be fearless, ready to shoot at a moment’s warning, wild in his make-up and language, and ready to perpetrate a joke on a “tenderfoot” at any time. But there is often considerable bragga- ocia i. the cowboy, and a good illustration of this fact was told a Sentinel reporter by a station agent, who had lived in the West for many years and had been in the employ or various railroads in localities where cowboys were numer us.

“I have seen a good many daring deeds performed and coarse jokes perpetrated by the cowboys,” said he agent, “but I will tell you of a little incident where the wind was taken out of three cowboys by a determined fearless ‘tenderfoot.’ It happened only last spring. I was then station agent and telegraph operator for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at a place near the Montana line. It was not much of a place, as it consisted only of a depot, a house or two and a saloon.

“One morning a traveling man arrived at the depot by stage from up North somewhere, he had a small sample-case and satchel. He was below medium hight and rather slight, but was very neatly dressed and wore a silk hat. He was traveling for a New York jewelry house. He was about an hour early f r t e train east, and he opened his grip on the platform, took out a brush and dusted his clothing and shoes. He then drew out an old newspaper, leaned up against the side of the depot with one foot projected in front of the other and began reading. ‘■Meanwhile, however, three cowboys had sauntered up to the depot They all eyed him closely and watched his operations. When he began reading they huddled together and talked awhile in an undertone. Presently one of them—a big six-footer —left the group and besm to saunter carelessly about the platform with his head in the air inspecting the posters on th a building and the cornice. When he got around where the traveling man stood, he lifted his big brogan and planted it firmly on the jewelry man’s foot. No apology wa made. The trading man merely 100 dup, drew his foot back a moment, then placed it back where it was. The cowboy passed back to the other two. They all chuckled and joined in the low-toned conversation.

“Soon the cowboy started out again on a similar round, gaping at the roof. When he reached the traveling man he tried to bring down his coarse boot on the extended foot. The traveling man jerked his foot back suddenly, and the brogan came down with a thump on the platform. Another conference and chuckling followed. Finally the cowboy set out on the third round. Just as he was about to raise his foot to plant it on that of the traveling man, the latter looked up quickly and said: “See here, there is my foot, and its going to stay there. You step on it, if you want to, but I want to tell you that before you can get off of it I will kill you.” “Such’a volley staggered the cowboy. He looked at the foot, and then at the small possessor, and finally moved off without stepping on it. Another consultation followed. I

“The traveling man calmly read his paper a few minutes, and then took from his sachel three apples. He looked at them a moment, and suddenly threw them a few fee

into the air and then quickly drew a revolver, fired three shots, splitting each apple into a dozen pieces before they reached the ground.— He replaced the cartridges in the empty chambers of the revolver, and returned it to his pocket. “The cowboys witnessed the aqt without saying a word, and soon, completely cowed, turned anil left the depot. The traveling man t >ld me after they left that he would have killed tho three of them had the fellow stopped on his foot again, and I think ho would, for he was quick as lightning Ho then showed mo a medal ho carried, which ho won as being the most rapid and one of the best shots in Now York. Tho story simply illustrates that there is sometimes a great deal of fictitious valor and daring about tho cowl oy.”

Why Jeff. Davis Was Not Tried for Treason.

When Greeley and Chase went down to Richmond upon the indictment of Mr. Davis, Chase said: “What do you mean to do, Mr. tindery ood?” “I mean to try to hang Jeff Davis,” was the reply. “Is it possible,” said Chase, “that you, a judge, will give your opinion in advance of trial? This will not do. The counsel for Jeff Davis will produce my proclamation and messages to the Ohio legislature, and prove that I demanded a separation of this country and the first thing we shall know will be that I shall be convicted and Jefferson Davis will go free. I cannot try him now. It is already the middle of May, and the cholera is in the country; it will be in Richmond by July, and it is too hot.” So he put it off till November. “Then,” said he, “the supreme court meets here in December; I cannot try him now. November is too cold.” It was very evident that Mr. Chase did not want to try him at all. Mr. Greeley also told Judge Underwood that Jeff Davis could not be convicted of treason by a jury. He had in the New York Tribune denounced the stars and stripes as a “flaunting lie,” to be torn down; he had approved the proposition of General Banks to “let the Union slide,” and when John Brown had invaded Virginia he had proposed to “let the South go in peace. He felt that he would be a witness against the conviction of Davis for treason, and he urged his liberation on bail, promising to head the list of sureties. This he did, although there was no lack of responsible Virginians ready and willing to sigx. the bail bond of their deposed leader.—Ben Perley Poore in Boston Budget. Horse sorrel (a plant of sour taste) mixed with la-d is said to be a cure for canc It should be applied to the affected part the same as any poultice,

CHICAGO &. GREAT SOUTHERN

Judge Woods Orders the Foreclosure and Sale of the Road. At Indianapolis last Monday Judge Woods, of the Federal Court, ordered a foreclosure and sale of the Chicago & Great Southern Railway in satisfaction of the mortgage of §1,474,680, held by Henry H. Porter, President of the First National Bank, of Chicago, and the order stipulates that no bid under §300,000, including above liabilities, be entertained. Wm. P. Fishback is appointed master in chancery to make the sale after the same shall have ben advertised. An official of the L., N. A. & C. road says that as soon as the finances of the company will allow, they will remove all their shops to Monon, erecting suitable buildings to accommodate them. He says there is no question as to this being the point to locate them and that it is, as well, the proper place for the master of transportation to be located.—lndianapolis Journal.

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