Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1887 — A FALSE REPORT. [ARTICLE]

A FALSE REPORT.

A genuine rase of leprosy is reported in Louisville, Ky. It is said io vave been contracted in the Sa%dv. ich Islands, three years ago "n the pension bureau the are now employed more ex-soldiers than ever before. Tis state of things has been brought by the Commissioner bouncing Republican civilians and filling the places with Democrat! .* soldiers.

On Wednesday last in the Jackson Circuit Court Judge Collins sustained the demurrer to the answer to the Bohemian oats note -cases. This is an important matter, for by the ruling the collection of all these notes is made void. “I know that my Democratic fellow citizens,” said John Sherman to the Birmingham folks, “are just as honest and serious as I am.’’ In response to which the Hartford Telegram p oraptly and truth f ully responds: “Yes! and a thousand times more so.” — -■ The South Bend Times says the “ ‘Multiplex a companion swindle to Bohemian oats, is the latest dodge for catching the unwary farmer who is too poor to subscribe for a newspaper, and relieving him of his hard-earned dollars.” A Frankfort paper is in favor of Cal. Matson a the democratic candidate for governor in ’BB. What’s to become of usurper Smith?— Monticello Heru d. It is very probable Mr. S.| will T> e returned to the Senate from his district, v hich will be more annoying to the Republicans than if elected Governor. He made capital work in thwarting the radical thieves in their attempt to steal the offices of United States Senator and Lieut. Governor.

A Democrat who has not the honor end manhood co concede Lieutenant Governor Robtetson’s light to discharge all the duties ■devolving upon thefl office to which he was elected is not.ent.tled to respect or recognition as a law abiding citizen. Such a cowardly politician deserves the supreme contempt of the entire community.— Monticello Herald.

Judges Howk and Mitchell of the Supreme Court, and Circuit Judge Ayres all agree that the election of Lieutenant Governor was unconstitutional and invalid. The Avemocrat who would concede what the Herald suggests would be a coward indeed, and deserving of “supreme contempt.” The Republican aspirants to the Presidency are pilgrimaging in the interest of their respective booms: Sherman has be-n South; visited, tears ard strewed flowers over the grave of ’Lize Pinkston, thenj arranged details with her heirs in regard to his candidacy.

Blaire has been West to ascertain to what extent his “Mulligan Letters,” “Little Rock” and other questionable transactions would iigure against him. While absent the wires have been freighted with •bulletins regarding his health, the object being to ascertain the extent of anxiety and sympathy they might occasion. At most he had a slight cold, from which he suddenly recovered on ascertaining viiui G:_:kliug and Edmunds understood his trick, and would expose it m due time. On passing thro’ Indianapolis he did not inqui i to the his l<b»l suit.

Wants! —Ben Harrison wants his fee, and Bob Robertson wants Rresid nt A. G. Smith to pay it.

Valparaiso, Ind., April l 7,1887" To the Editor of the Sentinel: A Chicago Inter-Ocean special from Wabash, Ind., of the loth inst. says: “A serious epidemic is raging among the students of the Normal school at Valparaiso. A few-days since the body of Charles Purdy, of Wabash county, way brought home from the Normal school for burial. He had diefrom cerebro-spinal meningitis.— Thirt 'en of the students of the Normal are now down with the scourge, and the closing of the school seems inevitable. Mr. Lin coin Gwynn, a well-known edueatoi‘, is among the number critically ill.” The charge that “a serious epidemic is raging among the students of the Normal school at Valparaiso” is a lie manufactured out of the whole cloth. There is not a single case of sickness in the school The young man I urdy, from Wabash county, vliose death from ce-rebro-spinal meningitis is made the cause of this malicious slander, came to Valparaiso sick, and never entered the Normal s- liool.

There is not a single case of ce-rebro-spiual meningitis in the city. The health of the Normal students has never been better than at the present time. No epidemic of any kind; no sickness of any kind. — The school is more largely attended than at any previous time. The attendance aggregates over 2,000 this term. There is no “wellknown educator” by the name of ‘Mr. Lincoln Gwynn” connected with the school; hence he could not possibly be “among the number critically ill.” The special is a malicious libel upon Valparaiso and the Northern-lndiana Normal school- Fraternally Yours, E. Zimmerman, Editor of the Messenger. The recent bit of political enterprise on the part of the N*>w York Tribune seems to have been quite unfortunate. To array the soldier element against the Democracy that paper attempted te have polled the various posts of the Grand Army of the Republic to ascertain tie feeling against the-President’s private pension vetoes. With the answers received it was hoped that political capital might be made against the next year’s contest. — The schem - was n pped in the bud as soon as it came to the knowledge of the grand commander, who forthwith issued instructions to the uosts not to make any response to the overtures of the Tribune. It is said tl at before action was taken by the grand commander that the commander of the Wisconsin department had already forbidden any reply to be made to the inquiry. Those who were in favor of unlimited pensions at the last national gathering of the Grand Army post, were largely in the minority.