Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1887 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME XI

THE DEMOCRATIC SHUSH. DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. PUBLISH El EVERY Fi.IDaY, 3Y f as. \v. McEwen RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. jlver-t-ising Rates. oiun.u. one year, 980 00 «>-}»"¥-• K hth “ 10 00 n per eeot. added to foregoing price if ertisements are set to occupy more than ale column width Fractional parts of a year at equitable rates Business cards not exceeding lAncii space, *sa year; $3 for six months; * 2 for three All leg»1 notices and advertisements at established statute price. Reading notices, first publication 10 cents ftline; each publication thereafter s cents a Nearly advertisements may be changed quarterly (once in three months) at the opU"of tie advertiser, free of extra charge. Advertisements for persons •f Jasper county, must be paid for'n Mof first pnblic etion. when less than eore-quarter column in size; aud quarterly n advance when larger. .

Alfred MoCoy, T. J, McCoy E. L. Hollingsworth. A. MWOY & €s©« 3 bankbms , (Sncceasois to A. McCoy & T. Thompson,) Rensselaer. Ind. DO a fie. eral banking business. Exchange bought and sold. Certificates bearing intwest issued Collections made on al. available ‘points Office same place as old fimofMcCo/ A Thompson April 2,1886 MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE. Attoraey-at-Law il *NBBELAEB. - I NDIANA Practices {in thb Courts of Jasper and adtrinffig counties. Makes collections a speetalty. Office on north side of Washington street, opposite Court House- vlnl SIMON P. THOMPSON. DAVID J. THOM PSON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BROTHER, Rensselaer, - * Indiana Practice in all the Courts. ARION e. spitler, Collector and Abstractor. We pay r irticular atteution to paying tax- ; sellinj* and leasiag lands. v 2 u4B TP n. H. GRAHAM, * ATTOkN ey-at-law, . Reesdelatß,lndiana. Money to loan on long time at low interest. Sept. 10, 00. JAMES W.DOTJTHIT, ATTDRNEYsAT-LAW and notary public. upstairs, in Maieever’s new j (Siding. Rene selaer. Ind. Edwin P. Hammond. William B. Austin. HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY - ATNL A W, Rensselae , Ind Office on second floor of Leopold’s Block, co ne r of Washington and Vanßensselaer streets. William B. Avstin purchases, sells aud le- ses Mai estate, pays taxes and deals in negotiable Instruments. may 27, 87. W WATSON, fir Office up Stairs, in Leopold’s Bazar, jgl RENSSELAER, IND. •yf W> HARTSELL, M- D HOMEOPATHIC fPHYSICIAN & SURGEON 1 . RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. Diseases i Specialty..JgJ) OFFICE, in Makeever’s New“ Block. Residence at Makeever House. July 11,1884. J* H. LOUGH RIDGE Physician and Surgeon. Office In the new Leopold Block, second floor, second door right-hand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all riounts running uusettled longer than ree months. vlnl DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer, huh Jails promptly attended. Will give special attec tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases, Olflfflli 5 JBAJfIL RENSSELAER, IND., R. S. Dwiggins, F. J. Sears, Yal. Seib, President. Vio-President. Cashier Does a general banking business Certificates bearing ioterest issued; Exchange bonsht and sold; Money-loaned on farms tW»we*t rates ahd oaaiosi avorable te *'j»rilß 85

RENSSELAER, JASPEB COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY DECEMBER 23, 1887.

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THE TENNESSEE.

-fc'roui the report of the Secretary of the Navy we quote the following which clearly shows the crimin 1 me*’ < s c f p R e _ publican it itr.iust rations in wasting vast sums of money on a navy and leaving nothing to show for it: “Among the vessels dropped from the Navy Register aud sold during the pas,, year is the Tennessee*. 1 he account of the sale is stated elsewhere. The history of tnis vessel is quite interesting and most illustrative. She had a short life, but, as a consumer of money, a brilliant one. Her hull was built and she was equipDed in the New York navy-yard. Jer machinery was designed and built under contract by the eminent engineer, Mr. John -Ericsson costing $700,000. Her total original cost was $1,856,075.81. Upon her trial trip, in Januaiy, 1867, she ran about 1,000 rniU s. She attained a speed of 16 knots and made a run of 15 knots p«r hour for four hours. She encountered a perilous storm, described as a hurricane, which continued over twenty-four hours.— Th« ship suffered considerably. The report of her commander says: “The engines moved off finely and. worked perfectly during all the storm * * * her machinery is as perfect as it need to be. It has undergone the severest test and not once found wanting. She is the fastest ship I have ever seen.” The chief engineer says: “If the strength and workmanshit) of the machinery can not be depended upon then no reliance is to be : laced upon the performance of any sUam machinery with which I am acquainted.”

Two years afterwards slie underwent what was called “repairs/’ and the sum of $576,799.61 was spent upon her; all but $73,000 of this was put on her hull and equipment. it was the full price of a new wcoden hull of her size at the time. Th.s was from 1869 to 1871. She then made a cruise of three months and went into the hands of Mr. John Roach to euable him to take out the machinery and boiPrs of John Ericsson and others of superior character, [t was among other things expected to give the ship a 14| knot speed for twenty-four hours. When she had her trial of this new machinery in 1875 her maximum speed was lOf knots, and she had had put mpon her an expense of $801,713.60 in addition to the value of her machinery and boilers taken in trade by Mr. Roach at $65,000. — This machinery had cost $700,000; had not bee i in actual service six months; had never been and condemned by a board of Government officers, nor its value fixed ley any Government board, but it was sold to Mr. Roach as old iron

That is to say, between 1868 and 1876 the Tennessee had had three months’ service and had cost in repairs and improvements $1,443,513.21.

This was largely in excess of a fair prise for a new ship of her characteristics *

Twelve years afterwards (on April 4, 1887) she is condemned by the Statutory Board as unseaworthy and not worth repairing and ordered sold, having baa put upon her between 1875 and 1887 the additional sum of $577,716,17. She brought $34,525 at the auction sale. She had cost the Government $3,800,000 in round numbers and had done about ten years of aetive service, outside of repair shops and navy yards. It is often the subject oi. wonder what has become of the $70,000,000 spent upon war vessels since the close of the war, in view of the fact that there ;s now no Navy. This bit of history serv. j as an illustration.

A DEMOCRATIC [?]ILL.

THE ADMINISTRATION REFORM, « As Proposed in Revision of the Tariff—A Measure That Lors Off $62,000,000 — Internal Revenue Not Touched. Washington, December 20. The administration tariff bill, which will go I efore the ways and means committer- with the indorsement of Speaker Carlisle, after the holiday recess, as the basis of revenue reform, co template a reduction of $62,000,000 an Dual revenue. Of this amount, $50,000,000 is to come from the reductions of duties, chiefly on manufactures, aud $12,000,000 from .adding wool, salt, lumber, coal, etc., to the free list. The bill aims at a veiy extensive revision of present methods of administering tha tariff law, and at remedying inconsistencies and irregularities in the law as well as a general revision of the high rate of tariff taxes. It proposes ths substitution f specific for ad valorem rates where the latter are difficult of enforcement In the chemical, earthen and glassware schedules, numerous judicious reductions are proposed. In metals, material reduction on iron and steel are recommended. In the vool and «oolen schedule, raw wool being made free, the rates on woolen fabrics are so reduced as to take away about sl<‘,ooo,ooo upon the basis of last year’s importations. Inconsistencies as to i;ates on worsted and woolen cloths V.re corrected, and there occur some of the most important changes proposed in the bill. The bill embraces the schedules prep red for Congress last winter by Secretary I archild, substituting specific for ad valorem duties on silk, glove* and embroideries. It also includes the Hewitt plan for reform of the customs and administrative service with some changes and additions suggested by treasury experience since Mr. Hewitt’s bill was first introdu ed.

ashington, December 20. — Representative Brurura, of Pennsylvania, offered a preamble and resolution reciting that it is currently reported that the coal ope rators in the Lehigh region are now importing, or are about to import, 2,000 Belgian' miners under con- J tract to take the place of the miners now on a strike in that section; that the striking miners have used every endeavor to have a settlement of the differences by arbitration, and that the operators hare positively refused to enter into arbitration, and requesting the President to notify the Treasury Department of these facts, and urge them to use special efforts to prevent the landing of the Belgians, and to see that the law against the importation of labor under contract is strictly enforced. And so it. goes. The coal opelators advance the price of the product/of their mines $1.50 per ton but refuse to advance the wages of their employes 3|t cents per ton. — The operators are ihe men for whom the Republican party is clamoring for protection! If the wage-workers of -the land do not set down upon them—and that hard —we miss our guess.

Ex-Judge Nelson, of New York, in recently speaking of the renomination and re-election of Grover Cleveland, said: “He (Cleveland) has conc ; iated and united the Democratic party; he has removed from the minds of Kepublicans all fear of the Democracy, except the fear that its course in office may be so wise and patriotic that a long period of probation awaits th outs. He has made himself pre-eminently strong with the workingman and with th? business man ” Blaine’s Republican platform for 1888: “Keep up the taxes and spend the revenue.”

A HEART RENDING CALAMITY

That Overwhelmed the Family of a Former Janiierite. On the night of December 10, near Wessington, Dakota, a dire calamity overwhelmed the family of a former resident of this county. The particulars of which are given below', in an extract from the Chicago Inter-Ocean: Fuller particulars are received relative to the burning of Michael Harris’ house, and with seven members of the family, on Saturday night, They lived in a two story frame house on a farm in the Wessington hills, and less than twelve miles from Wessington. Ail slept in the upper story and in one room. There were eleven members of the family, eight children, Michael Harris and wife, and the wife’s brother, a man by the name of Parr. Harris thinks it was about midnight when he and his wife were awakened by the crackling of fire, and nearly sufficated with smoke. He tried to go down stairs, but flames and smoko drove him back. Seeing no other escape he threw up a window, and jumped out into the snow with only his night clothes on. He culled to his wife and Parr to throw the children out to him and he would save them. The wife threw the babe, which he safely caught in his arms, Then Parr jumped out to save himself, and Harris’ oldest boy, aged 14, wont also. Mrs. Harris looked at them an instant, then turned to the other six children, who by this time had huddled around her, and was on the point of picking up one of them when the timbers of the house gave way below, burned off by the flames, and let the roof and all down upon them. The seven sonk to the bed of embers, and were heard screaming for help, but in a moment or two their voices were stilled.

The men were paralized with horror and unable to do anything to save those in the fire. It was a bitter night, with the wind blowing thirty miles an hour and the mercury eight or ten below zero, but Parr mounted a horse and rode two miles in his sliirt and drawers for help, while Harris tookhistwo saved children into the barn and covered them up straw as well as he could. All were severely frozen, and the baby can hardly survive its injuries. Mr. Harris formerly lived m Carpenter township and later mov ed to Beaver Prairie, Newton county. His wife was the daughter of Wm. Parr, still living in Jackson tp., and he has a sister in Remington, Mrs. Ezra Bowman.

The Verdict unanimous. W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind. testifies: “I can recommend! Elec trio Bitters as the very best remedy. Ev* ®iy bottle sold has given relief in eve** ry case. One man took six bottles and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years’ standing.” Abraham Hare, druggist, Belleville. Ohio, affirms: “The best selling medioine I have ever handled in my 20 years’ experience, is Electric Bittere." Thousands of others have adde 1 their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases es the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle at F. B. Meyer’s Drug Store. 2.

DON’T let that cold of yours run on. You think it Is a ligh thing. But it may run into catarrh, Or into pnaumonia. Or con umptioD. Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia is dang rous. Consumption is deatn itself. The breathing apparatus must be kept healthy and clear of all obstructions and offensive matter. Otherwise there is trouble ahead Alt be diseases of these parts, head, nose, throat, bronohlul tubes and lungs, can be delightfully and entirely edred by the use of Boache?’s German Syrup Ii you don’t kno v this already, thousands and thousands of people can tell vou They have beftn cured by it, and “know bow it is, themselves ” Bottle only 75 eents Ask eny druggist

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