Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1886 — Democratic County Convention: [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Democratic County Convention:

Pursuant to call tlie Democratic Central Committee of Jasper county met at the Court House, in Rensselaer, on Saturday, April 24, 1886, and after a full interchange of views recommend to the Democratic voters of the several townships to meet at the voting places thereof on

SATURDAY, MAY, 29, 188 G, at 2 o’clock p. m., and select the number of delegates to which they are entitled, as follows, towit: Townships. No. Del. Hanging Grove. 4 Gillam 5 Walker 6 Barkley 11 Marion 20 Jordan 5 Newton 7 Keener 2 Kankakee 4 Wheatfield 3 Milroy 3 Union 6 Carpenter 15 And the delegates so appointed are requested to meet in County Convention in the Court House, at Rensselaer, oh SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1880, at 11 o’clock a. m„ and place in nomination candidates for the several county offices to be voted for at the November, 1880, election; and the transaction of such other business as may be presented. By order of Committee. H. A. BARKLEY, Chairmrn. Jas. W. M< Ewen, Cec/y. One of (he queerest objections urge 1 in opposition to the c; ndidacyof a man is “That he WQu’d never deposit money in the sand nor bet on a lame horse a race.” Charles R. Pollard, of Delphi, Ind., nominated by the President to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana territory, has been rejected by the Semts.

The Message “Bulletin” contains some very nice proposition, and it should have started out on them. Its self-laudatory statements and exaggerations we make all due allowance for. Dr. A. B. Pitzer, an active and life-long Bern crat of Tipton county, is a candidate for Auditor of State, subject to the action of the Democratic State Convention. The Doctor is said to be a gentleman of goo*! character and excellent qualifications.

Means the Sentinel Package. —The ex-consul says: “Even the manufacturer puts a label on one, “c.0.d.,” for his own convenience.” Yes, once each week for over nine years, in accodance with our wish. The “manufacturer” would do the same for the guano-inflated manager of the Message, provided he deposit monthly installments, in advance, sufficient to cover expressage both ways. He was on their lists ter years before his official j duties demanded his attention in , another field. i

The ex-consul is opposed to S. P. Thompson’s candidacy for the State Senate. The consul will never forgive Mr. T. for interfering with his lofty aspirations to the Secretaryship of State. The announcement that it has become necessary to confine Attor-ney-General Hord in the Asylnm, at Indianapolis, on account of insanity, will be received b / the citizens of Indiana with regret.