Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1889 — FROM WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM WHEATFIELD.

The House of Representatives, at Indianapolis, organized Tursday with the election of Hon. Mason J Ni black, of Knox, as presiding officer. The Indiana .Legislature is now down to business. Both houses are Democratic. Now let us have a good, stringent election law.— Give Dudley is,n a black eye, and choke the life out of the schoolbook and all other monopolies. —«»— Robert S. Robertson, the republican pretender, gave notice that he was anxious to preside over the deliberations of the Indiana Senate, but that body selected its presiding officer, and permitted that gentleman to occupy the rotunda. —■ ■ George W. Childs, editor and proprietor of the Philadelphia Ledger, gladdened the hearts of his employes with Christmas gifts which cost about $40,000. One old employe found SSOO in his envelope. The Democrats who voted for General Jackson propose to cele brate Old Hickory’s birthday in Indianapolis on the 15th of March next. Kno., Ledger: The Shelbyville Time:-, a paper started to run out the Shelbyvi.’le Democrat, has turned up its toes and quit. The editor, James McGill, says “the Democrat is too well established and has too many friends to be run out; that it takes money to run a paper, an l that the sore-heads, when money was needed, did not materialize.” The editor is still a good democrat and will always be found voting tli democratic ticket-

Business of the town is good. Weather exceedingly fine for the time of year. Wm. Sweeny is shipping about fifty tons of hay from this place daily. Daniel Snider has moved on to his farm in Walker township. Silas Graham will move to White county the last of this week. S. W. Hamilton has moved into the house vacated by Beniamin Thornton Book and fruit tree gents are numerDus in this vicinity. Died—At his home, in Kankakee towrship, on January 1st, of measles, John Nier. Mr. Nier was a good citizen, and news of his death was painful to all who knew him. He leaves a wife, two small children, and numerous friends to mourn his loss. His remains were interred in the Wheatfield cemetery on the 3d inst. Monroe Nier (brother of John Nier, who died last week) at this writing ( Monday eve) is'said to be dying of measles. Thera are several cases of whooping cough west of town. There is some kind of a disease proving very serious among the horses in this township. Noah Frame has ;ust lost two good work horses, and we understand that others are very bad with the same

disease.

ANON.

On Wednesday last our friend J. W. Duvall reached t,he 62d mile stone of his pilgrimage m this life, on which occasion his family prepared a sumptuous feast. J Bur rounded by his family, children and grandchildren, Mr. Ludd Hopkins and wife, Mr. Wolf, wife and child, J. W. McEwen, wife and daughter, the day passed off alike gratifying to all participating.— d T e can but wish many pleasau returns of the day to our worthy friend and family.

Mother Crockett, who recently left Rensselaer to make a visit with her children in Nebraska and Kansas, died on Wednesday last at the home of her son William, in Springfield, Nebraska, after a brief illness. The remains reached Rensselaer on the 11 oclock train, to-day, and will be interred in the Crockett Cemetery to-mor-row. Mother Crockett had been for many years a resident of Jasper county, and her true motherly nature had endeared he to all. Her loss is not alone to her immedine family, but is felt alike by the commutity at large. “None knew her but to love, None named her but to praise.’’ Mr. Cbas. Crockett, of Olathe, Kansas, accompained the remains of his mother from Springfield, Nebraska, to this place. Mr. Steward, of Williams county, Orio, is visiting bis hrother-er-in-law and raster, Rev. M. L. Tiessler and wife, in Rensselaer. The rapid progress of pupilsi the Art School, under instruction of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, is a source of genuine astonishment and surprise to all visitors of the schoo . On Saturday last M. L. Spitler returned from his- visit among frieuds in Virginia. V m etiug of all those interested in the di ainage of the overflowed and wet lands situated in the Kankakee Valiev, from South Bend, Indiana, to Momence, Illinois, has to meet at the Club Room of the Palmer House, Chicago, Friday, Jan. 18th, 1889, at 2 o’clock p. m. for the purpose of devising ways and means to straighten the Kankakee River in Indiana, and lower the ledge of rock at Momence, with a view of reclaiming the one million acres of overflowed and wet lands along the valley of the Kankakee River, in the State of Indiana. The call is signed by B. F. Gray, A. B. Kyle, W. E. Singleton,lCommittee. iue remains of Mr. Stanley were interred in Weston Cemetery last Monday. Rev. W. R. Nowels will preach the funeral sermon, at Union school-house, Sunday, January 20th. l'he Town Board has entered into a contract with the Renssolaer Power, Water and Eleetric Light aompany to furnish electric lights ior the streets one month, on trial with the proviso that if not satisfactory the lamps to be removed and nothing to pay by the town: if satisfactory, they wid be accepted »t one dollar per month ior each light. Services will be held the Presbyterian church during next week, beginning Monday evening. The Rev. Otis A. Smith, of Frankfort, Ird., will preach every evening. Mr. Smith is a clear, forcible. enthusiastic, practical speaker, will interest all who hear him. The singing will be a prominent feature of the m etiugs, and the “Gospel Choir” will be the book used. An earnest invitaticn is extended to all. A contemporary of Burns, Mrs. Gilchrist, died at Edinburgh, Scotland, October 3. In her youth she she was a -esidentof Kilmarnock, and she had a distinct recollection of Robert Burns, and of the occasion on which she saw him. — When sh 6 was between four and five years of age she accompanied her mother to the houze of a relative who resided in Nelson street, KLmarnok, and while there, Burns uas visiting some of his acquaintances a few doors off His presence in the neighborhood excited quite a sensation, and when he left the neighbors trooped out t > look at him, young Martha Brown among the rest. He wore a Tam o’Shanter bonnet. His geueral appearance was that of a well-to do countryman, and Martha, tho’ only a child, vas impressed with his tall and sturdy form, his swarthy complexion and kindly expression. Without exchanging remarks with anyone, he proceeded down'the stieet, followed by the gaze of the curious crowd. Burns visited on this occasion Mr. and Mrs. McEwen, whose maiden namte was Elizabeth Black. Elizabeth is supposed to have been the heroine of one of the songs which Burns wrote on t e eve of his intended departure for the West Indies.