Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1889 — Page 1

The Democratic Sentinel.

VOLUME XIII.

It DEMOCRATIC SENTINEL BEMCCEATIC NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED EYERY FrJDAY, BT ./AS. \t . McEwen HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. , - . fi-o" . 75 . 60 Jlvertlsing !R,e.%»s. ( mum - oar, eolmio*-. „ <0 rt« r . io 0® n per wot. added to foregoing: Price If - irttsimonts are set to occupy m6re thau / equitable rates feeTs ca P rd ß act exceeding liuch space, to.y •*3 for six months; * 2 for three *1 notices and a<h ertisements at es,^,!s? i o‘not?efcS >r flrst publication 10 cents Sch publication thereafter s cents a Nearly tlTrefmo™ub.) aAnf rtaarterly (one# ij“ “jr< ee m<o & chargeOf Jasper county, must ) than ,a.rterly ■ advance when larger.

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■OW.ECAI F. CHn-OO^^^ - INDIANA gBHSSILAM. * Hn thfa Courts of Jmp* “ d *®* 8 cfn'tvort^slde^o *Wtt^»in*to» opposite Court Houbo- Tint __ r^Tw^MPBO*? Attorney-at-Law. JotixyPubHc. thomfsoh « BROraER, ®*HB«®LA**. ' Traotlctln all the Courts. ARION L. spitler, Collector and Abstractor* to ’-■as ■mp _ h. H. GRAHAM, * attokkby-at-law, RB*BD*LATR, I*DIAHA. Mo»«J to loon on long JAMES W.DOUTHIT, ATEOBBETsIT-LAW AND NOTARY tVBLIO. ar office in rear room or«r Hemphill * Mfean’s *tore, Rensselaer, Ind. ______ HAMMOND & AUSTIN, ATTORNEY -ATM* AW, Rrnsselae I ', Ind •S^iSgSS^SSSS^^ jjtftrumentß. M. W WATSON, ATTOJSNEY-AT-LAW Office up Stair*, in Leopold’s Bazar, RENSSELAER IND ‘

yf W. HARTSEIX, M D UOMCEOPATHIO PHYSICIAN So SURGEON. RENSSELAER, * * INDIANA. Diseases a Specialty.,^SJ OEEICE in Makeever’t New Block. Residence at Mukeever House. July 11,1884. __ *h noconniDon. victor ». loughridor ji H LOUGHRIDGE & SON, Physicians and Surgeons. Office in the new Leopold Block, seeo'd floor, second door rlght-kand side of hall: Ten per cent, interest will be added to all Recounts running uusettled longer than three months. v l n l DR. I. B. WASHBURN Physician & Surgeon Rensselaer , Ind. «v%n. promptly attended. Will give special attes Hon to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. J£ARY E. JACKSON, H.D., PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON.' Special attention given to diseases of women jfftd children, Office on Front street, corner of Angelica. 12..24. ' ' ' ■ in -s Bimei Dwiggivs, F. J. Sears, Val. Seib, President. Vic—President. Cashier CITI U ! NS'ST ATEBA NK BENSSM.Af': ' vt* Does a general banking business; C.rtiflcatee hearing i tercst issued; EvchanKO bought and sold, Aioneyloaned on fatae at lowest rates and onmosistvprahle teims. fcrfjan. 8. 88

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY. MARCH 1 1889

LETTER FROM CALIF ORNIA.

D*ar Mac.: As time speeds onward I feel more compunction for not writing to you berore th : s, as agreed on leaving the old Hoosier State. — But here in tills suu-kissed land, where azure skies and sunshine are always in vogue, seeks and even months flit by unnotieed, and when one stops to reckon the time he tan hardiy realize that so many days have passed. It is now nearly two years since I to the Golden State, uid it behooves me that it the agreement is not fulfilled soon it will be outlawed. Southern California, as generally spoken f, implies the southern half of the State, but if leference is had to the Citrus belt, there will not be near so much territory included. The orange and lemon may be grown north cf Tulare Lake, but not with the success that attends their culture in the region south of it. The principal counties in the southern portion of the statu are San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. San Bernardino county is t‘. k e largest _n the state, and is two-thirds the size of Indiana. The surface of the country is greatly diversified by several parallel mountain ranges which cross the country from northwest to southeast. The highest range is the San Bernardino mou tains, which lie nearest the Colorado river. The San Jacinto mountains lie southwest of the San Bernardino, and from here to the coast a number of lower ranges traverse the country. To .the north and east of the San Bernardino mountains lie the Mojave (Moha’va) and Colorado deserts. These wastes are probably the most barren and desolate regional in the United States. The annual rainfall there do is not exceed three inches. Because of the lack of moisture) and vegetation the heat in tre summer is almost unbearable. The|thermometer usually registers 115 and 120 in the day time, and has been known to rise to 130. These vast areas of desert land have a vast influence on the climate and winds of thejsurrounding couu ry. In summer, when they are heated like a furnace, the winds blow from the ocean toward the desert. In winter the dir ction of the wind is reversed, and is known as tne “Norther.” These winds are not as coistant as the ocean breeze, but blow only at intervals of three or four weeks, lasting two or three days. When a Norther blows the air is verv rare and highly charged with electricity. A cat’s fur will craekle and emit sparks when stroked, and a person’s hair will stand on end. The ‘Northers’ are very’disagreeable to persons of a nervous temperament, which is due to the electricity contained m them. They produ e headache-, a general languor, and anirritabi# feeling hard to describe. The soil of th valleys is wonderfull / productive. OrAnges, lem - ons, grapes, apricots, peaches and nectarines are the stale products. T l e olive is grown quite extensively in Santa Barbara county, but in the other southern counties it is not. No doubt there will be more of them planted as they require less water than oranges and pay nearly as well. Barley and alfalfa are grown as. hay. The barley season is from December to May. Alfalfa is the most prolific of the grssses in California, yielding from five to eight erops in one year. The water supply is derived from a few small rivers, hardly worthy the name, which have their rise in the snow-clad mountains, and also from artesian wells. In many of the low ranges o* mountains or foot-hills, springs are found which furnish a suffiiciency of watir for small tr cts of land. It is a common saying here, that “We will give you the land, but must have pay for the water j right,” which illustrates the value of the little streams.

During the dry season not a Irop is allowed to waste. The water is taken ou 1 of the natural channels by flumes and ditches, or canals, and is carried to the locality which is to be irrigated. Here, by means of flood-gates an t numerous lateral ditches, the water is spread out over the land. But for the water of the Santa Ana and arm Creek the far-famed orange groves of Riverside, with its beautiful Mag olia Avenue seven miles loni% would be a barren and desolate plain. At some future time I shall nuke another attempt at describing some of the many intsrestixg surroundings of this variegated country. Hoping that your readers may glean i few ideas from these scattering remarks, I remain

Yours, Truly,

Banning, Cal., Teb. 16, ’B9.

FROM WHEATFIELD.

Business fair. Roads rough. Measles about over. Whooping cough still prevailing. □J ohn Mollett’s youngest son has the lnng fever. Dr. Bowman has located in Wheatfield. John Jensen, of Dunnville, is buiMing a blacksmith shop in town and will be ready for business soon. J ohn Graves is moving his butcher shop to the west end of M ain street. Joel Root has sold his farm to Noah Hamil on. Mr. H. has moved on to the farm, and Mr. R. has erected and moved into a comfortable dwelling in Wheatfield. A. C. Tuttli, of Nubbin Ridge, h s moved to our town. He says ie will soon open a shoe and barber shop. Rumor says that Joseph Austin is married. If so, you had better own it, Joe. Anon.

SCHOOL-BOOK TRUST BILL

As the bill stands— so it will go into the volume of legislative acts—it provides that the State Board of Education shall constitute a Board of Commissioners for selecting or procuring the compilation of text-books, none of which shalljcontain auything of a partisan or sectarian character, and all of them |shail be at least equal in size and quality as to matter, material, style of binding and mechanical execution to the books now in general nse. The CVmmissioners shall advertise for sealed trom publishers of text-books to furnish them for a term of five years, stating specifically the price at whieh ea h book will be furnished. Proposals shall also b<s received from anthers who have manuscripts of books and from persons who are willing to undertake the siompilatien of books. All bids b publishers must be accompanied by a bond for $50,000, acceptable to the Governor, and it provides that no bid shall be considered unless accompanied by an affidavit that the bidder isfin nowise, directly or indirectly, connected with any other bidding firm, and that he is not a party to any compact, syndicate or scheme whereby the benefits of competition are denied! to the people of the State. If any competent author offers to give the State the use of his books, the commissioners are required to accept it. The Board shall not contract for books which will cost school patrons more than the following prices: Spelling book, 10 cents; first reader, 10; second reader, 15 ; third reader, 25 ; fourth reader, 30; fifth reader, 40; intermediate arithmetic, 35; complete arithmetis, 45; elementary geography, 30; complete geography, 75; elementary English grammar, complete English grammar, 40; physiology, 35; history of the United States, 50, and eopv books, 5. ‘ It is required that it sha} 1 ba made part of the terms and conditions of every contract that the

JESSE E. ROBERTS.

State shall not be liable to any contractor for any sum, but the contractors shall receive their pay solely and exclusively from the sale of the books. After the oontracts have been made the Governor si all issue a proclamation announcing the fact to the people, and within thirty days after its publicati >n the trustees of every school corporation iu the State shall certify to the superintendent of their respective counties the number of text-books that will be required in their schools. The County Superintendent shall forthwith transmit the requisitions to the State Superintendent, who in turn will make a requisition upon the contractor for the books, which must be shipped directly to the County Superintendents. The bcoks tan be sold for cash only, and the trustees are held ]iable on their official bonds for the money. The Trustees shall make settlements every three month*. Special bo:.ds for carrying out the provisions of the act are required from County Superintendents.— The only appropriation provided for in the act is SI,OOO, to be used in paying the advertising expenses. It is estimated that the cost of new books complete for the whole state, under the fixed scale of pr.e. s, will not °xceed $300,000, but if ntw books are uot adopted it will be proportionately less.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

We give b *low the names of the senators and representatives who voted in the legislature to maintain the school book trust. They are all republicans: SENATORS. Cronk. Dresser. Harness. Hays. Hubbell. Johnson. Schroyer. Sears. Shockney. Thompson (of Jasper.) REPRESENTATIVES. Adams (of Morgan.) Covert Cranor. Dryer. Hobson. Linck. Loop. Logan. Mendenhall. Ragon. Stanley. Stubblefield We advise the parents of Indiana to paste this in their hats. It will “come handy” for future reference . —lndianapolis Sentinel. The member of the House from Jasper and Newton opposed the engrossment of the bill designed to smash the “school book trust,” and its final passage was conspicuously as well as conveniently absent.

They Smashed the Trust.

Under the headlines of “The Defeat of a PowerfulJLobby,” the Indianapolis News, republican, pays this deserved compliment to Democratic members of the Legislature for smashing the school book trust: It is a matter of congratulation and surprise that the legislature has passed a school book bill in the face of the tremendous lobby that Van Antwerp k Bragg and other book concerns brought to bear against the measure. Evidences indicated that certain state officers took extraordinary interest in the fight agaiust the bill and worked invariably in concert with the book concerns’ representatives. The latter printed amendments and pamphlets and worked all the genteel “rackets” known to the business to defeat action. — ; Prof. Parr of DePauw wrote a labored pamphlet against the proj posed changes and these were ! scattered broadcast. But the bill passed.

It is one of the unwritten laws that every incoming President oi the United States shall be sworn on a new Bible. Clerk McKen ney, of the United States Supreme Court, supplies the Bible. After the inaugural ceremony the volume is presented to same one of the President’s family. The custom was set aside in the case of Mr. Cleveland, who took the oath on a Bible once owned by bis mother.

Persons cintemplating the purchase of Fruit Trees will d© well to examine my stock of over 7,000 Apple trees, on the farm <jf Luther Ponsler, two miles north and one-half mile east of Rensselaer. Said nursery contait sss varieties of choice g’-aftod trees. The trees are 3-year old and from 3 to 5 fe. t high, and are in a thrifty and healthy condition. These trees will be sold for the spring delivery of 1889 at 20c. each, wit> one year’s guarantee. I am also prepared to furnish all other kinds of fruit and ornamental trees, &c., at lowest psssibD prises. Any orders left with either Luther Pons-er or Warren Rol inson will receive prompt attention. H. B. MURRAY. There are two billion tons of unmined coal in Arkansas.

Notice el Examinations. . The examination of pupils completing “The Course or Study” in the “Common Branches” will b ) held as follows: Hanging Grove and Mileoy townships, at Osborne school horn s Saturday, March 2,1889. . Gillam township, at Center school houso, Saturday, March 16. Barkley township, at Center school house, Saturday, March 16. Walker, Wheatfielp, Kankakee and Keener townships, at Wheatfield school house, Saturday, March 23. Jordan at Egypt school house, Saturday, March 9. Newton township, at Saylerville Saturday, March 9. Marion township, at Rensselaer school building Saturday March 9. Carpenter township, at the Remington school building, Saturday , Examinations will begin prompt ly at 9 o’cl( ck. Manuscript blanks will be furnished by the examiners. Pupils will be required to furnish Eens and ink. No manuscript will e received unless written with pen and ink, properly signed and completed. 3. F. Warren, Co. Sup’t.

BANK STATEMENT. REPORT of the Condition of the CITIZENS’ STATE BANK at Rensselaer, in the State of ladiana.at the dose of its business, January 28th, 1880. RESOURCES. Loans and Discoints,.: $57.88f 91 Overdrafts, 919 *o Due from Banks and Banker* 14,338 OS Fntniture *nd Fixtures, 1,000 09 Cmrrent Expenses, 1,433 88 Carreney, 2,710 0* Spede . i 66 5 Cash Items, 236 78 $78,176 78 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in, $30,000 00 Su plus Fund 560 00 Discount,Exchange and Interest 3,647 58 Individual Deposits, oa demand, 38,123 91 Individual Deposits, on tine, 15,906 26 $78,166 88 State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss: I, Valentine Seib, Cashier of thelCititfM’ State Bank of Rensselaer, Indiana, do solenitlf •wear that tee aoove statement is true. VALENTINE SEIB. ®Subsc iDed and sworn to before me, this 29th day of January, 1889. ARTHUR H. HOPKINS, N tary Public. February 8,1889.

Personal. Mr N. H. Prohlichstein, of Mobile Ala., writes: I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. King’s New Discovery lor Consumption, having used it for a severe attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh: It gave me instant re* lief and entirely cured me and I have not been afflicted since. I also be* to state that I had tried other reme dios w itti no pood result. Have als usjd Elecitlc Bitters and Dj King Kew Liss Pills, both of which lon recommend. Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, is sold on a positive guarantee. Ttlal Bottles free at F. B. Mover’ Drugstore. 11-21 1,

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