Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1889 — Page 3

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. An Interesting Snmmaij of the More Important Doipg* of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crime, Casualties and General News Notes. Indianlans at the Ball. Among the Indianians at the inaugural ball were Major Richards and wife, of the Indianapolis News; Judge R. S. Taylor and wife, of Fort Wayne; Julius F. Prall, Charles Fayles, Miss DePauw, of New Albany; Miss Kean, of Evansville; Mayor Denny and wife; E. W. Halford, T. F. Ryan, Moses McLain, C. E. Coffin and wife, Charles Vinton, of Lafayette; C. E. Kaegelo and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Walcott, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Pettibone, Miss Newcomer, Heury D. Pierce, Mrs. t)r. H. R. Allen and daughter, W. H. H. Miller and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Ayers, Chester Bradford, George Newcomer, Lieut. Judson, Roscoe 0. Hawkins and wife, Capt. Coleman, Mrs. 0. Haselman and daughter. All Washington society ladies of prominence united in pronouncing the toilets of the Indiana matrons as quite w orthy of remark for taste and elegance. Failed to Give Proper Bonds. Last fall Anthony Bender was elected Treasurer of Franklin County. He gave bond and entered upon the discharge of his duties. In a short time thereafter he drew all the money then on deposit in the Brookville Bank, amounting to about $37,000, and said he was going to deposit it in Cincinnati, where he could get interest on it. This action alarmed some of his bondsmen, and a few days ago one of them, C. B. Martin, made application to the Circuit Court to be released therefrom. The court gave Mr. Bender ten days in which to file a new bond. When the tenth day Was up, Mr. Bender presented his bond which the court after a careful examination, refused to approve, and declared the office vacant, and ordered the Clerk of the court to notify Gov. Hovey of the fact. A Hydrophobia Panic, The people of Johnson County, in the White River bottoms, are panic-stricken with mad dog fright, and a wholesale -slaughter of canines is now in progress. A dog affected with hydrophobia bit a number of animals in the vicinity of Kinder several days ago. A number of cattle showed signs of madness and were killed. Their carcasses were partially burned. The remains were fought over and eaten by the dogs of the neighborhood. These dogs iu turn are mad. Hence, the panicky condition of that section. A cow went mad recently, and twelve men were required to corral her. 'The cattle belonged to Daniel Sutton and Alfred Tressler, large cattle raisers.

Patents. Indiana genius has been rewarded in the allowance of patents as , follows: David W. Albert, Plymouth, ~broom-maker’s thimble; Andrew Goodyear, assignor to South Bend Chilled Flow Company, South Bend, wheel plow; Theodore H. Haberkorn, Fort Wayne, pipe coupling for air brakes and -combination valve for operating airbrake mechanisms; Carleton Sage, Elkhart, urethral powder-applier; William S. Scott, Eminence, automatic grain'weigher and measurer; George W. Stewart, Rising Sun, sliding gate. Minor State Items. —The Evansville Y. M. C. A. propose ■erecting a hall at a cost of $40,000. —The Methodists of Connersville have •decided to build a new church the coming summer. —The temperance people of Paoli have organized to resist an attempt to open a saloon at that place. —Oliver B. White, aged 18, has been ■sentenced, at Lafayette, life imprisonment for murder. —The Jeifersonv.ille Car-works is dismissing all employes who are in the habit of getting drunk. —A prospector claims to have found silver in paying quantities in the vicinity of Shoals, Martin County. —Mrs. Christina Gerdt died at Indianapolis from the effects of wounds inflicted by an unknown person. —Mrs. Wils Dalton, of Plainfield, was badly burned about the face and neck by the explosion of a gasoline lamp. —Dennis Collins, a railway employe, was run over by the cars at Warsaw, and had both legs cut off. He died shortly -afterwards. and James Brooks, brothers, aged respectively 19 and 21, of Rising Sun, were drowned while skating on Langberg Creek. —Dislike for • the superintendent caused twenty-three operatives in the carding-room of the Madison cottonmill to go on a strike. —Joht Hughes, a young man living two miles west of Montpelier, fell from a load of corn fodder the other day and broke both arms at the wrists. —Robert Wilson, who lived near Altoner, was instantly killed, by a falling tree. Wilson was engaged in chopping wood when the accident occurred. Grcencastle is making an effort to -secure more manufactories, urging its superior water, stone, coal, and transportation advantages as an attraction. —Natural gas, with an estimated pressure of 300 pounds, has *been struck at Dublin, at a depth of 883 feet! The gas ■<will be given free to all manufacturers.

—William Thornton, a Yandalia freight conductor, was injured in a frightful manner at Clvmer’s Station, dying in a few hours from wounds received. —The Porter County Medical Society met at Valparaiso and elected officers, as follows: President. G. W. Arnold; Vice President, A. P. Letherman; Secretary, D. J. Loring. —The residence of Wiley Burns, near Elizabethtowfi, Bartholomew County, was burned with its contents. Loss, $15,000; insurance, $250, iu the Phoenix of Hartford. —Thomas Locke, the Miami County school-teacher who has been boycotted by his pupils for the past month, has received a White Cap notice ordering him to resign immediately. —At the graduating exercises of Fort Wayne Medical College the prize in the competitive examination in surgery was awarded to S. Celia Dupont, the only lady of the class. —Andrew Allen, colored, has confessed to writing White Cap letters and to attempts at incendiarism, near Mooresville. He is 14 years of age, and is now in jail at Martinsville. —George Alexander, an employe of Adam Dunlap, a Franklin commission merchant, forged the latter's name on two checks, one for $25 and the other for S2O. He successfully passed both. —David G. Pulse died, at Greensburg, from heart disease and dropsy, at the age of 60 years. He was the father of ex-Representative O. L. Pulse, and the present Deputy Auditor Jam‘es C. Pulse. —Harry Fultz, the G-vear-oid son of Mrs. Marshall Fultz, of Columbus, was standing near a red-hot stove, when his clothes ignited, and before the flames could be extinguished his body was terribly burned. —The farmers of Clay County held a mass-meeting at Brazil to protest against the importation of dressed beef from Chicago and St. Louis at prices low enough to drive the home product from the market.

James Phillips, of Bainbridge, fell dead from paralysis while feeding his hogs. He was found by his wife lying among the porkers, with his faithful dog at his side keeping the animals away from his body. —During a funeral procession, at Peru, a buggy containing two women, a man, and child, was upset by an unruly horse, and Mrs. Bruck, an elderly lady, had her arm badly broken, besides being otherwise injured, though not fatally. The other occupants had a narrow escape. —Mrs. Hattie Chapin, a Connersville widow, recently discovered in an old hair-covered trunk a large envelop containing railroad bonds in the sum of $5,000, with eight years’ accumulated interest. The bonds have been lost since the death of Dr. Chapin, eight years ago. —A burglar tried to enter the house of William Foxworthy, in Knighstown, when he was discovered by a 15-year-old son, who ordered him away by threatening to shoot. The thief broke in the windows and shot the boy in the right breast, causing a severe but not fatal wound. —While Alva Neal, a student, was making a chemical experiment in the laboratory of Franklin College, a retort containing a very strong solution of sulphuric acid exploded. Neal was terribly burned about the face and neck, but fortunately his eyesight was not badly injured. —The Fort Wayne syndicate, which is engaged in sinking gas wells in Blackford County preparatory to laying a fifty-mile ten-inch pipe line to Fort Wayne is meeting with good success, having struck a “screamer” near Mill Grove. Bluffton expects to be served from the pipe-line when completed. —John Gamble, living near‘Brownsburgh, is 92 years old, and was one of the first settlers ip Hendricks County. He rides to town on horse-back once a week and wears a beaver hat that he has worn for the past forty years. The hat is considered quite a relic, and many persons have tried to get possession of it. —M. C. James, of Medora, Jackson County, was struck by the engine of a J., M. & I. freight train, while walking on the track at Seymour. Besides having his left arm crushed he was badly injured about the body. He will probably die. The injured man is a veteran of Company H, Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteers.

—White Caps are again at work in Dubois County. At Ireland, a young man named Joseph Sermersheim was taken from his home and given thirty lashes with horse-whips, because he disregarded a previous warning to “get to work or get.” The White Caps also left a bundle of black hickory switches and a notice at the farm-house of Stephen S. Cook, warning him that (his movements were being watched, and that he had better carry himself straight. —While the Daughters of Rebekah were in session in the Odd Fellow’s Hall, at Moore’s Hill, the other evening, a large dog broke into the room. The animal was frothing at the mouth and howling in a manner which left no doubt that it was rabid. The ladies were terrified by the presence of the unwelcome visitor, but the'gentleman succeeded in ejecting it. The dog was afterwards killed. Unfeeling persons will be uncharitable enough to say that the animal was simply the lodge goat on a rampage.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

A WEEK’S DOINGS OE OCR STATE LAW-MAKERS. Resolutions Offhroil—Bills Introduced— Some Pwmml anil Oilier* Defeated—A Summary of the Proceedings. Feb. 28.—1 n the House Mr. Linck was suspended for his assault upon Representative Willard. Bills passed—Appropriating $20,000 to pay a deficiency caused by the defalcation pf the Warden of the Southern Prison, and $15,000 fdr improvements; increasing the homestead exemption from SOOO to $1,000; reducing the rate of interest on the school fund; authorizing county commissioners to appropriate money for the establishment of homes for indigent old women. • After the Senate adjourned the Democratic members took possession, called the body to order, and elected a President pro tern. March 1. —Senate—Bills passed: Establishing a board of public works for Indianapolis; including the Fire Department of that city in the metropolitan police measure; providing for beef inspection. House—Bills passed: Organizing and regulating the State militia; increasing the tax levy in Marion County. A number of important bills were engrossed. The indefinite postponement of a bill pertaining to liquor license was recommended by a committee. A resolution was offered to suspend the sentence of Representative Linck and reduce his fine.

March 2.—A bill providing for the election of three trustees for each of the new Insane Hospitals w r as passed, in both branches, over the Governor’s veto. A bill was passed making bribery at oonventions or primary elections a crime, and fixing a penalty therefor. March 4.—A bill was introduced making it unlawful for any State officer to secure money or pay the same to maintain the benevolent or other institutions in the absence of an appropriation. Governor Hovey vetoed the bill depriving the Supreme Court Reporter of fees and making his salary $4,000, but the bill was passed over the veto. March s.—ln the Senate the following bills were passed: Making the sale of tobacco to any person under 1G years of age unlawful; making eight hours a day’s work upon all public works; requiring that judicial executions shall be performed at the State Prisons, except in cases where persons are not under sentence of death; empowering county commissioners to pay $35 towards the burial expenses of indigent soldiers; creating a Superior Court in Elkhart County; making it unlawful to pipe natural gas out of the State. No bills of importance passed the House. March 6.—ln the Senate the contested election case of Grimes vs. Bichowski taken up, and the contestant (a Democrat) was seated. A substitute for the deficiency appropriation bill, containing a section making it a felony for the Auditor to issue a warrant for the payment of money when there has been no appropriation made for it, was passed by the Democratic majoity.

Hereditary Influence of Age.

The influence of the ages of parents upon the vitality of children has been investigated by M. Joseph Korosi, of the Buda-Pesth Statistical Bureau. From about 30,000 data he draws these conclusions. Mothers less than 20 years old and fathers less than 24 years old have children more weakly and more liable to pulmonary disease than parents of riper age. The healthiest children are those whose fathers are from 25 to 40, and whose mothers are from 20 to 30. In the best marriages the husband is older than the wife, but a woman of 35 will have stronger children if her husband be a little —not as much as five years—the younger.—Arkansaw Traveler.

The Man Was There.

Indignant Wife (appearing suddenly in refreshment bazaar near theater—So here is where you have come to find that man, is it? I’d like to see the man. Is he here? Husband (feebly)—Yes, my dear. There he is. (Points to his own reflection in the mirror back of the bar) Will you join him? What’ll it be, my love? Chicago Tribune. A minister spent some time on Sunday morning announcing a “crazy supper” to be given in the church. On his return home he was delighted to hear his little boy spy, “Papa, I was interested in that part of your sermon.” “What part, my son?” “That part where you talked so much about the crazy supper.” This is the part of the sermon most relished by many of the big children. They go to sleep under the other part. —Christian Standard and Home Journal. Hicksville Neivs: The school board of DeKalb County. Ind., have a rule which is as follows: “That the County Superintendent shall license as teacher in DeKalb County no lady under the age of 17, and no gentleman under 18.” Miss W.—lsn’t your husband good to give you so much money every week to put in the bank! What are you saving it for? Mrs. L.—As soon as I have enough I intend to get a divorce.

HARRISON’S ADVISERS.

Secretary of State —James G. Blaine, of Maine. Secretary of the Treasury— William Windom. of Minneso a. Se retary of IFar—Redfleld Proetor, of Vermont. Secretary of the Navy— Benjamin F. Tracv, of New York. Secretary of the Interior— John W. Noble, of Missouri. Postmaster General —John Wan am a War. of Pennsylvania. Attorney General —W. H. H. Miller, of Indiana. Secret ary of Agriculture — Jeremiah M. husk, of Wisconsin. James Gillespie Blaine, the Secretary of State, was bom In Pennsylvania in 1830. and on attain-,

defeat od by Grover Cleveland.

William Windom, Secretary ol the Treasury for a second time, was born in Ohio in 18g7. He was admitted to the bar sad became Prosecuting Attorney in his native State, and in 1K53 removed to Minnesota, where he wan elected to iho Thirty-sixth and the four subsequent Congrossos, taking an important part in the management of Indian affairs. In 1870. he was appointedl Senator to fill an unexpired term, and was afterward elected for two terms. He was a candidate for

tho Presidential nomination in the convention of 1880, iind was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in President Garfield h Cubinot.

which nominated Harrison, and cast its vote solidly for Harrison on every ballot.

General Beniamin F. Tracy, of Brooklyn, N. Y., the new Secretary of the Navy. was born fiftyeight years ago in Oswego, N. Y., studied law. and in 1853 was elected District Attorney of Tioga County, being reelected two years later. In 18IS1 he was sent to the General Assembly, and the following year re-S cruitodtwo regiments-" and went to the front as Colonel of one. He served honorably

through the war, afterward resuming the practice of law, and in 1870 was muae United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. In 1881 ho whs appointed Judge of the Court of Appeals, and served one year.

settled in St. Louis, where he was made United States District Attorney by President Johnson.

John Wauamaker. the I’ostraaster General, is 51 years old and a native of Philadelphia. He was general Secretary of the Young Men s Christian Association, and in I*6l went into the clothing business. His business prospered until now he has the largest store in America, in which the system of profit-sharing is in successful operation. Mr. Wnnamaker was a member of the Centenuial Board of Finance, and has been prominent in various

public and benevolent movements in Philadelphia. but his first marked political service was in the campaign.

always been the closest personal friends. Jeremiad M. Husk, the Secretary of Agriculture, is a native of Ohio, where he was born in

1830. in 1853 he went to Wisconsin, entering politics Oy being the successful candi date for several county offices. In 1802 be was a member of tbo legislature, and in the same year went to the war as a Major. He served until the close of the war, and was breveted I Brivadier General for meritorious services' at the battle of balkeliatdiie. In 181 and 1 08 bo was elected RDk Comptroller of Wisconsin, and in ■ i) was sent to Con-

loss, where he ferud three terms. He afterwur served three terms as Governor of Wisconsin.

ing his majority removed to Maine and became an editor. Here he served four years in the Legislature, two of them as Speaker of the Hou-e, and in 180'> was elected to Congress, serviug until 1876, and being Speaker of the House from 1860 to 1874 In 1876 and in 1880 he was a prominent candidate for President. He was elected to the ,Senate in 1877. He ( served as Secretary of [State in Garfield’s [Cabinet, retiring upon this deftih. In 1884 he [was nominated for ’President, but was

Ho retired at Garfield’s death nnd was ngain eloctod to the teu a to, and tdnee the expiration of his term has been engaged In business in Now Y’ork I <-’ity. - ltedfield Proctor, Tho Secretary of AVur, lias boen Governor of Vormout, and is at the toad of his party in that State. At present he Is a farmer, although he practically controls the output of (all tho marble quarries of tho State. He was Chairman of the Vermont dologat ion to the convention

John Willock Noble, the Secretary of the Interior, who represents the South in tho Cabinet, was born in Ohio fifiyoight years ago. he was a fellow student of President Harrison at Miami College, studied law. and settled at Keokuk, lowa. At the outbreak of the war he entered the cavalry service, rising to tho grade of .colonel, und was pro-. pinoted to the rank of brigadier general at its close fer meritorious services. He then

William Henry Harrison Mi Her,of Indianapolis, the new Attorney Geueral.is ,8 years old, a native of Augusta, N.Y., aud has been tho law partner of President Harrison for ten years,coming irom Fort Wayne, where be had been in practice .for.eight years. Close relations have always existed between the President and Mr. Milder, Mr. Harrison placing groat reliance on bis judgment and leaning. Aside from their business relations, the Harriscns and the Millers have

GROVER IS A DEMOCRAT

THE KIND OF A MAN MR. HARRISON SUCCEEDS. An Interesting Talk with Mr. Cleveland— True Principles of the Democratic Party Essential to the Country’s \Ve4l-Being— TarifT Keioriu Sure to Prevail Sooner or Later. Just on the eve of vacating the White Ho ne, Mr. Cleveland was interviewed by a New York Herald co: respondent: It was really u talk, says the Interviewer, for Mr. Cleveland objects to a Iprmal interview. Ho preferred to chat in a fatnilittr and friendly way about the varhms topics which involve the national welfare, and then give mo a free pen with which to describe both what I saw and heard. M . Clevel md reierred to the last four years and then declared his hope that th i Republican party, on its ucoossion to power, would pur.-U'j no course teat could in any way rehabilitat) the sectional animosities winch have boen dying out. I was anxious to know what ho would say of the future prospjots of the Republic. I, therefore, led the conversation to subjects bearing upon this question. Ho spoke with the utmost fmnkuess. He said: “I am a Democrat, with all that the word implies. I am, moreover, an intense Democrat, in that 1 believe the ti uo principles of the Democratic party are essential to tho well-being of tins country. “During the war,” he added, “the Republican party had supreme and uuquest oned control of publio poller. No ono will qu ;s----tion the service it rendered at that time, but tho rank and file of tho army was composed largely of Demoorats. Tho (icneruls who won renown wero also, many of thorn. Democrats. While there wore among, the Republicans a small number of hotueads who lound fault with tho Lincoln administration, and among the Demoorats an oqual amount of fossils whose timidity was a national misfortune, tho groat bulk of tho people from East to West, without respect to purty affiliations, wore solidly patriotic and ready for any necessary amount of Bucrlllee for tho preservation of our institutions. It is folly to claim that tho war was fought by oither Republicans or Demoorats; it was fought by the Amerioan citizens of the North. “But It is plain.” ho said, with groat seriousness, "that undor Republican administrations there has been given a fresh and dangerous impetus to monopolies, trusts, and combines. Immense fortunos have been accumulated, unknown in the days of our fathers. They are a peculiarity of postfa Hum times, and tho control which they arbitrarily exorcise over tho cost of existence is a direct menace to tho welfare of tho workingmen and of our farmers.” On my suggesting tho race question in tho South. Mr. 1 Cleveland naturally hesitated before answering, because, as he said. It is the most delicate subject now before the people. "Tho South has partially recovered from the effects of the war, and for twenty years or more has been putting all its energies into tho soil and into manufactures. It has risen from a condition approaching ruin to a degree ot financial enterprise which renders it in some industries a sharp competitor with the North. Tho sadden and marvelous recovery of tho South in industrial intjrcsts is a fact in which tho whole nation may well take pride. And this feeling of pride would be universal if the professions so often made of complete reconciliation and a desire to join in a hearty united effort to work out our destiny as a nation wore sincere.

“The new relations between tho whites and the negroes of tho Bouth are gradually arranging themselves. It must, however, bo a work of time—and of a long tlmo--be-foro an entirely satisfactory result can bo reached.” While Mr. Cleveland believes that manlest wrongs, either to whites or blacks, should not be tolerated, ho has by no means lost confidence in tho fair-minded public opinion to do tho boat wnich tho circumstances allow. They know tho situation In all Its bearings, and to distrust their ability to deal with it is to distrust their sincerity and fairness. When I suggested some questions as to tho difference between the incoming and outaoing,iulminlatrutions. Mr, Cleveland was quick with an answer. Evidently ho is in no wlso disturbed by tho fortunes of political warfare which have beaten him. Ho was downright goodnatured over his defeat. »

Tho people alone, ho said, havo n right to rule tno country, and their will is law. There is no appeal from their decision, and tlioro should bo none. What they desiro they will have, and ought to have. While tho President ilrmiy believes that the tariff reform measures, whicli tho Democratic party stands for. oro for tho best interest of the whole people, and whilo he neither sees nor desires to see tho least disposition on tho part of tho Democratic party to recede from the position which it has taken, he accepts the result of the election with the placidity of the philosopher and tho calmness which tho minority should always possess. The people can not bo deceived by false logic in the long run. Tho workingmen already understand pretty well the question submitted to them at tho last election. Mr. Cleveland has no fear that the Democratic policy of the adjustment of the tariff to the wants and circumstances of those of our people who work for their living. with a due regard for all other legitimate interests and enterprises, will not ultimately commend itself to the American people. What will help the people to make their burdens lighter is what they will have in the end. and there need be no fear that they will not discover tho way to the end, or that they will fail to attach themselves to the party which constantly and honestly offers them tho way of relief. There were other matters on which I should have been glad to hear Mr. Cleveland’s opinions, but he had already given me more time than could be well spared, aud I took my leave.

How Do They Compare?

How do the Cabinets of grandfather and grandson compare? Here they are as far as the Cabinet offices then existed: Grandfather Harrison. | Grandson Harrison. SECRETARY OF STATE. Daniel Webster, Mass. | James G. Blaine, Me. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Thomas Ewing, Ohio. | Wm. Windom, Minn. SECRET ARY OF WAR. John Bell, Tenn. | Kedfleld Proctor, Vt. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. George E. Badger, N. C. | Ben], P. Tracy, N. Y. POSTMASTER GENERAL. Francis Granger, N. Y. | John Wanamaker, Pa. ATTORNEY GENERAL. John J. Crittenden, Ky. | W. H. H. Miller, Ind. Is this an advance in Cabinet material or a retrogression? Compare 1840 with 1889. —New York World.

The Cabinet.

Dialogue between two citizens: “Who is Proctor?” “I don’t know.” “Who is Tracy?” “Never heard of him.” “Who is Noble?” “Give it up.” “Who is Miller?” “I never heard of any of ’em.” “Nor I. Do you thibk Harrison himsolf ever heard of any of ’em uutil they mentioned themselves for the Cabinet?” “No.” —Chicago Herald.