Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1890 — INDIANA HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EYENTB AND INCIDENTS THAT HAYS LATELY OCCURRED. 4n Intprestias Summary of sh« Mora Important Doing* of Onr Neighbors—Wed. tiling* ami I>pmllts—Crime, Casualties and General News Notes. —Mrs. Nancy Martin, who has residec in Montgomery County for seventy years, died at her home, near Linden. —William Heffer, of Anderson, wai thrown from a delivery wagon, breaking his thigh and suffering internal injuries. i —Casper Todrank. a well-to-do farmei near Huntingburg, was kicked by a mult and was afterwards found dead by on* of his family. Noah Campbell, of Jackson Township, Shelby Countv, accidentally shot himself while handling a revolver. H< was about 16 years of age. —Charlie Wells, a boy aged 12, a sor of Horace Wells, of Dana, was seriouslj injured about the face and eyes by th< piemature explosion of a toy ennnon. —DanieJ Glass, a miner at the Jumbc mine near Knightsville, was seriousl} injurod by falling slate. His iujuriei are not fatal. Glass is a widower witl children. - During the course of a recent revival meeting at Needham Station, Albert McConnell became frenzied witb religious excitement and tried to kill the preacher. —A charge of dynamite was exploded, with but slight damage, under a saloon in Bridgeport, A widow and four children were sleeping in the room above, but escaped without injury. —A large barn, belonging to Frank Cross, in Jackson Township, Rush County, was destroyed by fire of incendiary origin. Four horses perished, and considerable grain nnd liny waß burned. Loss, $3,000; partially insured in Indiana Farmers’. --William Belcher, of Menton, met with a terrible nccident. Ho was working at a stave bucker, when a circular hurst and one of the pieces struck him on the back of the head cutting a fearful gash, from which a portion of his brain was oozing. He cannot possibly recover. —The ladies of Spiceland have OTfnnized a non-partisan W. C. T. U-, with a good membership to start on. The following officers have been elected: President, Mrs. H. P. Gordon; Vice President, Mrs. Hattie Edwards; Secretary, Miss Mary Scovill; Treasurer, Miss Ada Fussell. —Samuel L. Bnyless, of Fort Wayne, who has been suffering from consumption of the throat for three weeks, during which time he was unable to partake of any food whatever, died of starvation. He has been kept alive so long by hypodermic injections of stimulants. Bayless was a prominent Odd Fellow. —Quite an excitement was occasioned, at Crawfordsville, by the continued ringing of the bell of Wabash College, which was taken as an alarm of fire. The fire-bell sounded, and the firemen rushed to the college, only to find that their services were not needed, and that all the commotion was caused by the members of the freshmen and sophomore classes having a fight in the belfry. —Charles Behl, a cooper employed in Berghoff’s brewery, Fort Wayne, met with an awful death. He was engaged in putting in place a huge cask, which is used to store beer in process of -fermentation, when the wooden supporter of another large cask was accidentally knocked away, and the heavy tun toppled over and pinioned Behl against another cask, crushing him out ot shape. He leaves a widow and five children in needy circumstances. —Patents have been issued to Indianians as follows: Wm. A. Ford, Indianapolis,, sash balancer: Wm. N. Garside, Richmond, moulder’s flask; Wm. L. Heiskell, Indianapolis, explosive stuff; David F. Cain, Albion, twowheeled vehicle; John A. Lemmon, Porterville, tongue support; John J. McErlain, South Bend, bicycle fork; W. Columbus Mills, Oxford, adding machine; Peter Semonin, Evansville, railway track and ties; Geo. H. Shoemaker, South Bend, assignor to J. C. Decker, spark-arrester. —Edward and Daniel Seek, aged 16 snd 15 years, arrived the other day at the home of their grandfather,at Jeffersonville, having run away from their step-mother, in Seattle, Wash., Oct. 19 last. They had walked most of the way, stolen some rides, and subsisted for the most part on corn taken from the fields, rhey had gone clear on to Washington, D. C., and, returning via Cincinnati,had been arrested for burglary,but acquitted. —,The attorneys of Marshall Lafferty, Terre Haute, has received word that service was secured on W. B. Shattuc, general passenger agent of the Ohio and Mississippi road, at Vincennes, in a suit for SIOO,OOO damages.- Lafferty was arrested and indicted for embezzlement in 1888, while a conductor on the road. The conductors of the United States, came to his defense, and employed Senator Voorhees, and ex-Congressman Lamb, of Terre .Haute, and Jordan &, lordan, of Cincinnati, to defend hyn, which they did successfully at the latter city a few months ago. The suit has been expected by railroad men everywhere, and will be closely followed as it is the first test case of the kind in this country. -.aft* >-

The result of the tariff tax is a small amount of public revenue, and an immense amount of private plunder. The annual meeting of the Indiana Tariff Reform League, at Indianapolis, on the 4th inst., proved an immense success. A republican ex. attorney general) D. P. Baldwin, of Logansport> presided. Remember! Protected “labor’’ means the “product” of labor, a d not ihe laborer. The monopolist is the owner of the “product,” hence h° alone is b nefited by ike “protective” duties. The U. S. supreme court has upheld the Mississippi law compelling railroads to furnish seperate compartments for colored passengers.—W&y goes the Civij Rights law. Ti e republ cans in Oklahoma have taken up their Winchesters and driven the negros out of that land of promise. We, suggest that Billee Chandler call upon the Attorney General for information relating thereto.

By direction of the “Home Market Club” the Republican this week announces that “Protection is a Necessity,” and the Monti* cello Herald informs its readers that “Protection Lowers Prices.” Our friend, Alf. McCoy, a strenuous Republican, insists that any person who would put forth the last proposition ‘is a d—d fool, and hasn’t a d—d bit of sense.’* McCoy is correct. Chas. Swayne, a briefless Philadelphia lawyer, was appointed by Harrison Judgr of the United States District Court, in Florida. John R. M.zell, a political plugugly, was appointed U. 8. Marshal for the district, and s nt out the following letter: Jacksonville, Fla., ) July 5, 1889. \ Sir: You will at once oonfcr with Mr. Bulby and make oat a list of fifty or sixty names of true and tried Republicans from your county registration list for Juror.*, United States court, and forward same to Hon. P. Walter, clerk United States court, and it is necessary to have them at once, as you can see. Please acknowledge this, lam, Yours truly John R. Mizfll, United States Marshal C. C. Kirk, Esq., De Land, Fla. . Blease get the names of the par* ties as near steam-boat and railroad stations as possible. As a result of following the instructions laid down in the above epistle 23 out of 24 grand jurymen drawn were re> üblicans; the petit jury was equally one-sided. The matter was brought to the attention of the coi rt but it refused to correct the corrupt transaction, and old citizens of Florida were the victims of persecution for

opinion's sake. Goaded by the wrongs received at the hands of unprincipled and corrupt officials, it is net a matter of wonder that «ome individuals would resort to violence to right themselves. In such cases the individuals alone would be responsible. And yet, Billee Chandler, Ingalls Sherman et al, want laws enacted that will —convert Florida into a ’epublis can state* as a Dunishment therefor.

Don’t fail te see McGii.ty at the Ooera House, 12th and 13th. “20 minutes with the corpse of McGinty,” the most laughablo farce on the American stage. Editor Sentinel: In a recent issue of your paper was an art cle fiom “Plus, ’ whom I t6ke to be a country republican, bitterly complaining of our faithn ful and fortunate town brethren. We too, up this way, have been - ounting noses, and are not at all pleased with the figures. We find that the three hundred republican voters of Rensselaer are represented by twenty officeholders, and the thirteen hundred republican voters outside the town are represented by three officeholders—the three commissioners, two of whom cannot be residents of the town. Now, if this is not “hoging the ring,” we do not understand the meaning of this slang phrase. We must, however, bear with it a little longer, and only a little longer, too, for in a few seeks therp. will be a republican eounty primary, and this time no “hoging of the ring” will be allowed, but, on the contrary, wi intend making it a grand ringing of the hogs; those old “porkers” and their pets Lave been nosing around the public crib long enough; they must be ringed and turned out to grass. Of late we have been thin ting that tlip securing of so many offices for Rensselaer republicans was for the purpose of creating a real estate boom (or the town.

Let them, in a few weeks, send out from the town ten or a dozen census takers; Jet them, in June, change the Commissioners’ districts, have them all corner in Rensselaer, and in this way g it the Couimissicners all from town; let them, at the November election, elect two Judges: let them stand in with the administration, and get an office for every republican in town, that has aopiied for and expects one; all this done, Rensselaer’s leading position among the great cities of the earth is fully assured. A city where every republican holds office, is the place thousands of republicans “long have sought, and mourned because they found it not.” Messrs, republican ringsters, if it is to boom our town tnat you want all these offices, say so, and we will forgive the past and lend you a helping hand in' the future. Keep this matter a secret no longer, Rens elaer is so fir ahead in office-getting th a she need fear no rival. Boie no more for oil or gas; vote no more tax for railroads: offe no more inducements to mgenterpnses, but let the world knowthat Kensselaer is the para dise for republican office-seekers. This new and novel plan will win; Rensselaer, in this way, be made a famous city, a “great big” town. Let Rensselaer republicans send something like the following out all over the world heralding the fame of yourcity There is a pla~e whe-e office sheds The oil of gladness o’sreur heads; There is a candidate's re reat, *Tis found in Jasper's county seat. If you wool breathe, in office, every breath: Have a good fat job antil your death, And thus have Plenty to eat and wear, Oh, move to the Tow* of Rensselaer. Its like you can nowhere find. For he eyou'ie elected every time; And tie not your wealth or great renown That “gets you there” it is the town. Them cirne. one audall, who would aspire To a constable's seat, or something higher: Come, women and mon, gir s and hoys, lo the officers’ city, on the Iroquois. „ RHO. North TCnd, March 4,1890.

A few days ago the Post Office Department received from a post* master his resignation, with the recommendation of his deputy for the succession, and the explanation that it was necessary that his resignation be accepted because he was about to leave that part of the country for an indefinite period. This excited the curiosity of the department officials who isvestigated the matter and found that the phrase “an indefinite period,” was exceedingly well chosen. The pos master wrote his resignation in jail wher? he was under indictment for killing two men, and as he had no means 01 knowing how serious a view of his coniuctwo’d be taken by the judge and the jury, and there were also possibilities of a lynching party, the postmaster could not state with any degree of accuracy how long he would be gone.

It is estimated that the country is compelled to pay an annual tribute to the ‘lumber barons” amounting to 189,000,000. On every 1000 feet of lumber not planed or finished there is 12 tax. Ot this class of lumber we import per year about $5,000,000 worth on which the government receives a duty of about SBOO,OOO. Of course this raises the prio of that class of lumber about $2 on every 1000 feet, and the barons reap a rich harvest on the enhanced price on lumber made in this country, at expanse of the people. Truly is the tariff a blessing. “What’s the news?” said H J. Weber, of Moundville township. “Oh, nothing, except we are all wearing republican badges out here- a big, broad patch on the seat cf our breeches.”—Mail. No good reason for being in debt—the letter b. —[Puck There are in the State oi Illinois over 1,000,000 acres of land owned by aliens. Under a recent law of that State they must become citizens by the Ist of July, when the law goes into effect, to retain possession of it.

Tlie protective tariff provides a small measure of public revenue and a large measure of private plunder. The standard taxation is not the amount which is collected by the custom house. It is the amount which the consumer pays by reason c f the enhanc ed cost of the protected article. The posfmastership at Americns, Ga., has been given to a negro named Dudley. It is a Presidential office, and the advice and consent of the Senate must be given before Dudley c*m enjoy the emoluments of the place. The rogues are falling out and by the next Presidential election honest men may get their dues. Dudlej was a delegate to the Chicago con vention of 1888, and paid his own expense here, whereas the rest of the Georgia delegation, who proposed to contest his seat, came here, so one of the Georgia colonels avers, at the expense of John Sherman. This same colonel, one Jack Brown, says in explanation of Dudley’s appointment t..at it is a lame excuse to put it on the ground of a reward, for he had been rewarded. Brown was at Chicago, where he found Dudley. “1 collared him and led him up to the Allison’s headquarters. Dudley want ed SIOO. I offered him to Gov. Gear and Mr. Henderson, who has charge of Allison’s headquarters, at that amount. They, however, refused to buy him. Allison was not buying delegates. Then 1 led the negro out like a mule and put him on the Harrison block. Bill Dudley of I udiana quickly bid his price and got him for Harrison. The negro. Dudley, carried out his contract. He got his money, all he asked, and now gets a postoffice besides.”

On this showing the New York Sun makes the comment that “if John Sherman believes in Col. Jack’s story he can hardly feel disposed to vote for the confirmation of Dudley. And what will Gen. Harrison think? Can it be possible that any wicked person or persons £ot votes for him in the national convention bv arguments to the purse? And not merely as a matter of morals, but as a matter of politics, can he afford to give postofflces to delegates already subsidized?” G«n Harrison was willing to profit in the campaign by Dudley’s blocks of five method and to aid thereafter in shield ing him from the criminal consequences of his violation of law. His moral sense is not likely to be acute in the mat ter of the purchase of a nogro delegate’s vote. It is not U > be forgotten that Gen. Harrison was a machine politician of Indiana years ago and that his backing for the Presidency came from the machine of that ■State.—Chicago Times.