Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1892 — Page 1

VOLUME XVI

AN INHERITANCE.

Tlw Whig Party Responsible for the State Debt, As It Cheated a Major Portion of That Heavy Burden To Which the Republicans Have Made Additions. A Comprehensive View of the Financial Condition of the State—Public Works i Craae the Origin of the Present Public Indebtedness —What Has Been Done bp Democratic Administrations to Keduce It. Concerning the state debt Judge Lewis Jordan, of Indianapolis, says: The legislature of Indiana in 1836 and subsequent years authorized an extensive system of internal improvements by the state. The Whig party was in control, but the craze for these public works swept over the state, and the votes of members of both parties were controlled by local interests. The money to make the canals and roads had to be borrowed, and in a few years the debt of the state amounted to over $11,000,000. lin 1841 the crash came and the state" could not even pay the interest on this vast sum, much less any part of the principal. By the advice and influence of Governor Whitcomb the legislature of 1846 proposed a compromise to the creditors of the state, which a large- majority of them accepted. By the terms of this compromise these creditors accepted the Wabash and Brie canals for one-half the principal of their bonds and one-half of the accumulated interest. For the other half of the principal, state stock bearing 6 per cent, interest was issued, and for the one-half of accumulated interest state stock bearing 2 1-2 per cent, interest. For this great service Governor Whitcomb deserves a monument erected by the state. He restored the credit of Indiana. All the creditors of the state did not accept the compromise, and during the administrations of Governors Hendricks, Williams and Porter there was paid on these old internal improvement bonds $712,852.18, and thousands of dollars have been paid since, the supreme court ■having decided that that they must be paid in full, principal and interest. The state five and two-and-a-half per cent, stocks were taken up by investing the trust funds of the state in them, but over $5,000,000 of this old improvement debt has never been paid, and today this amount represents more than one-half of the state debt. The state has nothing to show for it. The editor who publishes, or the stump speaker who asserts, that the Democratic party made this part of the state debt is either an ignoramus or a willful falsifier of the history of the state. The unpaid internal improvement bonds appeared in the public debt statements up to 1864, but in 1865 the state auditor left them out. Honest Governor Baker, in his last message, delivered January 10, 1873 (see house journal, page 18), said they should have t>een included in the annual debt, statements. He estimated in that message that it would require $569,000 to take them up, but his estimate was too low, as Governors Hendricks, Williams and Porter paid $712,852.18 on them, and large sums have been paid since, as I have stated above. Governor Baker said in this same message, delivered three days before Mr. Hendricks became governor, that the state debt was $4,650,830.37, but he only included $569,000 of those internal improvement bonds in his statement. This was $200,000 too little, as time has demonstrated. Add this $200,000 to the amount of the state debt as given by Governor Baker and it makes the state debt when (Mr. Hendricks became governor $4,850,830.37. But Governor Baker in this same message admits that the state treasury was bankrupt, and said “that the collection of the revenue of 1873 will have to be anticipated by a temporary loan.” (See page 20, house journal, 1873.) This loan was made immediately after the inauguration of Governor Hendricks and amounted to $200,000. It is justly chargeable to the administration of Governor Baker, and when added to the amount of the state debt, as stated by him, increased by the $200,000 of additional internal improvement bonds which he did not estimate, makes the true amount of the state debt at the beginning of Governor Hendricks’ term over Five Million Dollars. These honest and true statements of Governor Baker as to the amount of the debt and the condition of the state treasury at the dose of his term, put to shame the liars who make it a business to retail their lying charges against the Democratic party during every canvass. I now challenge them to show by the record that the state debt was permanently increased during the administrations of Governor Hendricks and Williams. It was in fact reduced, for in 1881 when Porter became governor the debt was only $4,876,608.34. Governors Hendricks and Williams not only reduced the state debt, but at the same time built and equipped the Insane Hospital for Women at Indianapolis, and also expended large sums for

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exteensive improvments on other state institutions. The foundation for the growth of the debt was laid during the administration of Governor Porter, and he, more than any one else, is responsible for it. The legislature of 1883, while he was governor, authorized the erection of three additional hospitals for the insane, and appropriated $600,000 “to carry out the provisions of the act.” (See acts 1883, page 164.) What were the provisions of the act ? The act says “for the construction and equipping of three hospitals for the insane.” Governor Porter permitted the bill to become a law without his signature, but he did select the members of the board, and was its president under the terms of the law. The state tax levy had not been increased by the legislature that ordered the new hospitals, and there was not a dime in the treasury to pay the $600,000 appropriation. Governor Porter and his board were not deterred from acting by this fact. They even did not confine themselves to the sum appropriated, but adopted plans which resulted in making these hospitals cost $1,500,000. Every cent of this vast sum was borrowed, and thus increased the state debt. The location and plans of construction of these hospitals has been severely criticised, but this is aside from this discussion. It is announced that Governor Porter is to take part in the coming canvass, and if the Republicans are anxious to continue the discussion of the responsibility for the increased state debt, some pointed questions must be propounded to Governor Porter, and explanations will be in order. He sowed the seed which yielded a large increase of the debt, and he did this when the tax payers were building the state house. It will not do to charge that the money to pay for the hospitals was borrowed by Governor Gray. The obligations were contracted by Governor Porter’s administration and had to be paid or repudiated by the state. Boomed by a Republican House.

The Republican house of 1887 started another boom of the state debt by the extraordinary appropriations for the soldiers’ monument, the soldiers’ orphans’ home and other state buildings. (See acts of 1887.) lam not criticising these appropriations, but fixing the responsibility for the increase of the debt. By these appropriations, which could not have been made if the Republican house of 1887 had not consented, well-nigh on to half a million dollars were added to the state debt. This same Republican house of 1887 refused to continue the state house tax and thus made it necessary to borrow $700,000 to complete and furnish the state house. They again boomed the state debt. This same Republican house of 1887 wanted to borrow $2,000,000 to squander, but a Democratic senate blocked the game. This was part of a scheme to injure Governor Gray, as the $2,000,000 loan was to be charged up against his administration. It never occurred to this Republican house that it was its duty to increase the state tax levy to raise money to pay the large, extraordinary appropriations it made. The Democrats have been denounced with stint for not raising the levy, but the Republican house of 1887 refused to do this very thing. The Republicans will please take a large dose of their own medicine, and take it often, so they will cease lying about their opponents. It will thus be seen from the above that the increase of the state debt in the last twelve years was nearly all caused by a Republican governor and Republican house. ' It would be interesting to have the names of any Repub-

lican members of the legislature who voted against extraordinary expenditures for public buildings in the past twelve years. They all voted for and advocated them. While denouncing the increase of the state debt and the increase of the state tax levy, the Republican papers are now advocating schemes which will require large appropriations to carry them out. Since 1877 the state tax levy has been only twelve cents on the SIOO. All now see and admit that this was not enough to pay current expenses and make the large improvements on state institutions and build new ones. The economical and wise administrations of Governors Hendricks, Williams and Gray made it possible to borrow money for 3 per cent All the borrowed has been applied to building, and the state has its magnificent institutions to show for it. It is the meanest kind of demagogery to attempt to make political capital out of the financial transactions of the state, and by perverting the facts. Governor Hovey saw the necessity of an increase of the state tax to twentyfive cents. Because a Democratic legis- , lature fixed it at eight cents below the recommendation of a Republican gov- ! emor it is denounced. Personally, 1 ! would have favored cutting down the 1 state school tax to fourteen cents and in- ' creasing the state tax to fourteen cents. But the time has come for the state to face the music and pay that part of the debt which was created to build the insane hospitals, soldiers’ orphans’ home, institute for feeble minded children, soldiers’ monument, and to make the large additions to all the other state institutions. And the time has come to call a halt in making any extraordinary appropriations until this part of the debt i is mud. The old debt of $5,000,000 might be continued as a relic of the internal improvement craze of 1836-7.

RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA FRIDAY JUNE 3 1892

TARIFF AND WAGES.

Bttference in Factory Wages at Ims and Abroad. Workmen and others have frequently asked, says the Philadelphia Record, t® state the difference in factory wages in this country and in Europe. Satisfactory answers could not always bp given, because of the unreliability of like data. Earnings greatly vary with other industrial conditions. In some industries the daily wages are much higher than in others, while the days of labor are much less; so that, taking all the year ’round, the earnings are nearly equal in their respective employments. At the same time there has been a strong disposition in officials gatherers of statistics to fit them as nearly as possible to the favorite theory at hand. Thus protectionist doctrines have habitually exaggerated the earnings of labor in this county, and depreciated them in free trade England, in order to make out a plausible case for tariff spoliation. In this economic work the protectionist manipulators have carefully refrained from producing the statistics of wages in the “protected” countries of continental Europe, since the results would have completely overturned their argument when contrasted with the results under the free policy of Great Britain. * But Mr. Carroll D. Wright, chief of the department of labor, has just transmitted to President Harrison a comprehensive and exhaustive statistical report upon the comparative condition of work and wages in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. Mr. Wright’s authority in this domain of investigation is of the highest character, and to the arsenal of facts which he has collected both parties in the tariff controversy will be obliged to go for ammunition. If the advocates of McKinleyism can find consolation in these industrial data, the friends of tariff reform will have no cause to grudge it to them.

Without further reviewing these statistics at present, let us take the comparative figures in the cotton industry, for an example. In the United States the average annual earnings of a family in the cotton factories are $658; expenses, $611; net income, $47. In Great Britain the annual earning of a family in the same industry are $556; expenses, SSO2; net income, $54. In Germany the earnings are $302; expenses, $283; net income, sl9. In France, the earnings are $966; expenses, $334; net income, $32. In Switzerland, the earnings are $358; expenses, $347; net income, sll. In the highly protected woolen industries of this country and in the same Industries in England the wages are lower than in the cotton manufactures, while in the iron and glass industries they are higher. But the relationsibetween earnings and expenses are much the same. In Germany the average earnings of a family in the woqlen industries amount to $245. and the expenses to $282, leaving a deficit of $37 at the end of the year.

American workingmen, whose ears have been stunned with cries over the “blessings” of protection and the “curse” of free trade in generating pauperism of labor, can hardly fail to draw an instructive lesson from Mr. Wright’s statistics. While the “protected” workingman in a New England cotton factory has a surplus of $47 at the end of tire year, the victim of “pauper labor” in free trade England has a surplus of $54. Leaving ont of question the miserable condition of labor under the protective systems of Germany and France, the adwocates of tariff spoliation will find nothing to help their argument in this comparison of industrial conditions in the United States and Great Britain. While the American cotton spinner works more hours, and produces more, he is able to save less than his unprotected. rival in free trade England. Is this because he spends more for luxuries and superfluities? Not at all. The statistics of Mr. Wright show that while the workingman and his family in the United States expend annually $9.36 for pleasures and recreations, the English workingman expends not less than $36.20 on the same account. The reason of these differences lies in a tariff system which, in the name of protection to American workingmen, makes the cost of indispensable necessaries of living greater in the United States than they are in free trade England. While nominally receiving more money for more extensive labor and a greater amount of production, American workingmen’s wages have less purchasing power than have wages in England because of the insidious taxes upon so many of the necessaries and comforts of living. Since figures honestly, patiently and intelligently collated will not lie, the advocates of tariff spoliation will find a perfect mine of truth in the figures of Mr. Carfoll D. Wright.

A Tariff Problem.

How will the high protection people have the face to ask a continuance of the McKinley wool tariff, in view of the fact that wool is the lowest ever known ? The wool problem is not a very hard one to solve if one considers the whole history of the prices of that article. The highest prices ever paid for wool have been when it was on the free list. The lowest have been when attempts have been made to create an artificial and unnatural value by imposing a socalled protective tariff. These are the facte.—Bluff ton Banner.

“A FIRM ADHERKHCK TO CORRECT PRINCIPLES.”

The present tax law is a just measure. Honestly administered its effect will be beneficial. As a political measure it is of doubtful efficiency. It was passed at the urgent, request-of a great many taxpayers, without regard to politics. It was voted for by Democrats and Republicans. It was recommended and signed by a Republican governor. It will in time vindicate itself. The" law is not responsible for individual instances of its working hardships. Where it is projierly administered, where all the property is listed and a fair valuation put upon it and where the tax levy is no more than is necessary to raise the required amount’of taxes, there can be no just complaint. And all property necessarily includes that of corporations and individuals.—New Albany Ledger. Our people will readily remember the furious onslaught made by Republican partisans upon the new school book law. Do you hear anything about it now? After the next election they will have nothing to say of the new ta x law. The Republican party is a party of make-shifts, sham.- and expedients.— Delphi Times. The Indianapolis Journal says there is too much school money raised in this state. It is true that education is no advantage to the Republican leaders. Clarkson says the mass of newspaper readers belong to the Democracy.—Muncie Herald. $34,308.38 represents the amount of increased local taxes collected this year under a Republican administration to run affairs in Hendricks county.— Morgan county Gazette. , The corporations and the Republican party and press are opposed to the new tax law, and very good reasons why the working men should favor it.—Madison Democrat.

Exclusive Rights Are Dangerous.

No town or city, says the Marion Leader, should grant an exclusive or perpetual right of any kind to any syndicate, trust, combine, corporation, company or individual, no matter how tempting may be the offer made in return therefore. The world just now is moving too rapidly, its strides are too immense to permit such an act of lunacy to be considered, even for one moment. We have no right to perpetrate so great a sin against prosperity by thus tying their hands. A single day is liable to produce improvements and results absolutely dwarfing anything now in existence. No perpetual or exclusive rights should be granted under any circumstances.

It Has the People’s Confidence.

The old cry that the Democratic party was incompetent to manage this government has been refuted by the honest, excellent and efficient administration of Grover Cleveland. The people know that the Democratic party has the ability, intelligence and integrity to handle the governmental affairs equal to any other party. The party is growing stronger each year'and now it is ready for another victory. One of the best ways to succeed is through an honest, thorough organization, and we enjoin this fact upon the minds of every Democrat.—Bloomfield Democrat.

He Believed in McKinleylsin.

B. F. White, a prominent Republican farmer near Thorntown, refused to sell his wool clip last spring at twenty-five cents, but thought to await the prom- ■ ised benefits vouchsafed wool-growers by the McKinley bill. Recently Mr. White took his wool to Thorntown, where he was offered for it twenty cents a pound, providing he would take half in trade. If he holds on to those fleeces for another twelve months McKinley’s bill will have been fully tested, and he’ll be compelled to let the sheep go with the wool to get rid of it at any price.—Lebanon Pioneer.

Who Increased the Tax?

“A Farmer” in The Times wants to surprise somebody with the statement that fanners pay the increase of taxes. There is no disputing that point. It is well taken. Why does he pay the increase of taxes ? Because the Republican management of this county made a levy on his property that will bring $30,000 more into the county treasury than the previous year. “A Farmer” undoubtedly understands the situation, but being a Republican his only purpose is to deceive his brother “farmers,” (?) but he can’t doit.—Warsaw National Union.

The People Not Fighting the Law.

The Monon railroad is the inthe fight against the new tax law. Why ? Simply for the reason that under its provisions it is compelled to pay its just proportion of the taxes. The valuation of the property of that company, in Orange alone, was increased, for purposes of taxation* $210,183. Republican newspapers, however, have the effrontery to say that the law is in the interest of the corporations and against those of the people.—Paoli News.

Trying Times for Benjamin.

Chairman Clarkson says it will require more than one ballot to nominate the Republican candidate for president at Minneapolis, and on the heels of this significant announcement appears another formidable movement to nominateßlaine. These are trying times for the tribe of Benjamin.—Fort Wayne Journal.

THE TAX LAW.

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

Governor, CI,At'DR MATTHEWS, Ver glltiou. Lieutenant. Governor, MORTIMER NYE. LaPort . Secretary of State, WILLIAM K. MYERS,.Madison. Auditor of State, JOHN 0. lIGNDERONM Howard. Treasitrer.'of State, ALBERT GALL, Marion. Attorney General, ALONZA <l. SMITH, Jenntugs. Reporter of Supreme Court, SIDNEY R. MOON, Pulton. Superintendent ol Public Instruction, HERVEY I). VORIKS, Johnson. Slate Statistician, WILL/AM A. I‘KELE, Jr., Marion. Supreme J ad-, Second District, JEPTII V D NEW. Jemmies. Supreme Judge, Third DletrUT, JAM SS MoD.ViJE, Warren. Supreme Judge, FI th District, TIMOTHY E. HOWARD, St Joseph. (Appellate Judge, Firsi District. GEORGE L. REINHARDT, Spencer. Appellate Judge, Second Dls’jlct, FRANK K. GAVKN, Decatur. Appellate Judge, Third District, THEODORE P. DAVIS, Hamilton. Appellnte Judge, Fourth District. ORDANDO J. LOTZ, Delaware. Appellate Judge, Fifth District, . GEORGE E. ROSS, Cass. —■ 1 ■— ■ For Next United States Senator, DAVID TUItPIE.

Mr. Geo. Barons, of theflrmof Mackey & Barous, marble dealers at Rensselaer, was in town last week. This firm has done somi; very atisfactory work in this county and are prepared to All orders promptly and at very reasonable prices.— Mouticello Herald. Logansport l’haros: 'the table of comparisons lately published in the Pharos regarding the new tax law makes a good showing for the Democratic administration in Cass county. The total taxes levied in 1891, under the new law, are $16,000 less than the previous year. The railroad taxes were $5,439.43 greater than the previous year. This shows that while the taxes of the people as a whole are out down, the corporations will have to pay more than heretofore.—Logansport Pharos. The days are now almost fourteen hours long and will lengthen until Jnne 21st.— We are now having five hours more of daylight than during the shortest day of last winter. The Twelfth congressional district Republican convention broke up in a row at Port Wayne Tuesday and no candidate for congress was placed in nomination. Bank officials have reoeived notice of a new and exceedingly dangerous counterfeit fifty dollar treasury certificate. The note is of the series of IHKO, and a close inspection of the bill rsveals omissions which makes its detection easy. DRAW THE COMPARISON. The officials of Cass county are Demo, cratic, and this is the way taxes ,run under the old and new system of taxation: Total tax levied, 1890, $211,900 97 “ “ “ 1891, 191,249 35 Deorease, $20,651 60. Increase of State tax, including benevolent and reform fund $21,363 19 Increase of railroad tax, 5,439 43 Here we have It. Notwithstanding the increased tax for State, benevolent and reform purposes, the total tax levy of Democratic Cassjin 1891, under the new sys. tem is lednced $20,651 60 The officials of Jasper county are republican, and this is the way taxes run under the old and new system of taxation: Total tax levied, 1890, $ Hi, 334 30 “ “ " 1891, 107,419 29 Increase, $26,084 99 Increase of State tax, including benevolent and reform fund, $ 7,620 84 Increase of railroad tax, 11,077 91 It will be readily seen from the above that the increased tax on the railroads within our limits will add $3,457 07 more to the oounty revenae than is required to meet the increase of state levy, including benevolent and reform fund. And vet the total tax levy in republican Jasper for 1891 is increased $26,084 99. It wo’d seem, from the above that the tax levy in Jasper county is about $40,000 in excess of What it should be—not through any fault of the law, because Cass oounty is governed by the same law.

O'Anyone wishing a setting of pure bred Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandotte, Sil-ver-laced Wyandotte, Partridge Cochin, Light Brahma, or Langshan eggs. Call on John schanlacb. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF DISTRICT SCHOOLS. The regular annual graduating exorcises of the district schools will be held as followsGiiiiiAM Township, at Independence Chapel, Saturday evening, June 4th.— Two graduates. Exercises to begin promptly at eight o’s lock. All friends of the schools are invited to attend these meetings. J. F. WARREN, Co. Snp’t.

*r A. MoCoY A Co. are prepared to furnish loans on farms at as low rates and on as favorable terms as can be obtained. Call amd see us before making your arrangements. 3 Unde»the old law the railroads of Indiana were assessed at $69,662,676. Under the new law the Biimo railroads pay taxes on $160,809,575. Our old friend John A. Rothrook has become sole proprietor and manager of the White County Demoorat. Long may he wave. Crampton, late of the White County Demoorat, will soon oommenoe the publication of an independent paper at Delphi. Delegate M, F. Chilcote will to-day start for the Minneapolis convention.— He is an original Harrison man and wo trust his . avdrite maybe the nominee. We have a strong desire to see Benjamin, unsupported by "blooks of flvt“, kuooked out el time next 'November by Grover Cleveland. We are often deceived in the age of peoplo liaving beautiful and luxuriant Hair, not (mowing that they use Hall's Hair ltenewer to keep gray hairs away.

Friday evening last Prof, lluas and hi* sister-in-law, Miss Lillian Kohleiutz, attended services iu the Cntiiolic church, while Mrs. Unas took part in the oquimouoeinont exercises, at the Opera House. Mrs. Ileus returned home alone, und suggested to the I'rof. that hu should have called for her, which caused him to retort in abusive language. At this stuge a remark from hie sister-in-law so aroused his ire that he violently assaulted her.— He was taken befoio ’Hqnire Burnham who fined and oosted him to the tune of about $34. Haas Iftft Rensselaer (Sunday morning, which ws* probably it move in the right direotion us many of our people were naturally very indignant, and some of them were anxious.io moot him. Mre. llaas and her sister during their short stay here made many friends aud are held in high esteem by all with whom they formed acquaintance. Ii |wus the dosire of our peoplo that Mrs H. remain here and coutim e giving instructions in rnusio, in whioh she hna given great satisfaction, but she has concluded to locale at some other point. - - Th# vocal organs are strengthened by the use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Clergymen, lawyers, singers, aetois, und public speakers find this preparation the mas l efieotive remedy for irritation and weakness of the thioat and l ings, and for all affections of the vocal organs.

The Jasper county republican convention met at the aourt house on Tuesday lust aud placed in nomination a oounty tit ket. Tne convention was not as largely atttnded as similar gatherings heretofore and seemed to laok the apirlt of confidence that has hitherto inspired their proceedings Following is the tioket: For County Treasurer—Marcus H. Hsmphill, of Marion township. For County Recorder—Thomas Thompson. of Rensselstr. For Hheritf—Charles W. Hanlsy, of Gillam township. For Coroner—Shelby Grant, of Marion township. For. Surveyor—John E, Alter, of Union township. For County Assessor—Charles E. Mills, of Marion township. For County Commissionr, Second Distriot—John C. Murtindale, of Newton township. An element >t weakness pervades the make-up of the ticket. The geographic eal disinbutiun shows that the “ring" got in its work. Of the seven nominees four arc loeated in this town and township.— 'lhe gentleman whose candidacy would have proved most acceptable to the whole '■eoulo, outside of party lines, wus ruthlessly cast overboard, and a "dark horse” sprung upon the convention The aepirations of Car enter township for a representation on ths tioket were also crushed.

Notwithstanding the very unfavorable weather Memorial Day was properly ob served in Rensselaer. Eiercfses were held in the coutt house, after whioh sprooession was formed whioh proceeded to tho cemetery and eoi.eluded the programme by strewing the graves of the heroes with flowers and filing the regulation salute. Tho Opera House was crowded Friday evening with an appreciative audience to witness tho closing exercises of the olass of ’92. MaryMeColly, Allio Tyler, Ira Washburn, Blanche Alter, Maude Daugherty and Edith Marshall acquitted themselves admirably and received their diplomas Tom Burns has Ins new livery establishment in full operat on. New Barn, New Rigs, Everything New, and good Horses, it will be nla aim to guarantee satisfaction to his patrons. NOW TRJf }HIS. It will oosl you nothing and will surely do you good; if you have a Cough, Cold, or any tiuble with Throat. Chest or Lungs. Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Cblds is guarantstd to give relief, or money will be paid back.— Sufferers from La Grippe found it just the thing aDd under its use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at F. B Meyer’s Drug Store. Lar<Je size 50c. and $ 4 00. 3 — LOW RATES ON THE MONON. Foi the Amcric.ti Medical Association at Detioit, Mich., June 7th to llth. Rate one and one-third fare. Tickets 30ld June 6th anO 7th. Good returning until June 13th. For Supreui Lodge, A. O. U. W., Helena, Montana, June 15th. One fare for round trip. Tickets sold June 7th to llth. Good returning until Jnly 7th. A one-fare rate is offered by the Monon to those wishing t(\,attendthe Conference of the German Baptist Brethren at Cedar Rapids, lowa, June 3d to 9th. Advertised letters CJ. S. Huien, Miss Mary Reed. Letter returned to box S. Persons calling for letters in the above list will please say they are advertised. I£d. Rhoades.

NUMBER 20

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE. Notjce is hereby given that I will be at my office at John A. Knowlton’s, in Jordan township, oi' the Fourth Saturday of euoh month’for the transaction of business connected with tba duties of Trustee. JAMES E. OARR, Trustee Jordan Township Mrs. Dr. Deming and son are expected to reach home this week from Florida. Roils, carbuncles and eruptions of al* kinds are nature’s efforts to throw off peison from the blood. This result may be accomplished much more effectually, as well as agreeably, through the proper exoretory channele, by the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The alumni of tbe Ret sselaer High Sohool held their annual at the Makeever House Saturday evening, and had an enjoyable time. On Sunday evening last, at the Presbyterian church, Rensselaer. Mr. Christio 11. Viok and Miss Allie Tyler were married by Rev. I. I. Gorby. A large number of invited guests witnessed the oereinony.

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NOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT OP ESTATE. In the matter of the Estate of David M . Nelson, deoeased. In the Jasper Circuit Court,'June Term, 1892. Notioe is hereby given, That the undersigned, as Administratrix of the Estate of David M Nelson, deceased, has presented and filed her account and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the same will come up for the .examination and action of said Circuit Court, on the 20th day of June. 1892, at whioh time all persons interested in said estate are required to appear in said Court and show cause, if any there be, why soid account and vouchers should not be approved. □And the heirs of said estate, and all others Interested therein, are also hereby required, at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship or claim to any part of said estate. IRENE R. NELSON. Wo, H. Coovkh, Clerk. June 3, 1892. * NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO SELL INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Notice is hereby given to all the citizens of the Town of Remington, and Carpenter Township, in the county of Jasper and State of Indiana, that I, the undersigned, George Eck, a white male inhabitant of the Statu of Indiana, and over the age of twenty-one yours, will make application to the Board of County Commissioners of the said Jasper county, in the State of Indiana, at the next regular session and meeting of said Board of Commissioners to be hoJden in the Town of Rensselaer, in said Jasper county, commencing on Monday, the oth day of June, 1892, for a license to sell spirituous liquors, vinous liquors, malt liquors, and all intoxioating liquors which may be used as a beverage, in a less quantity than a quart at a time with the privilege ot allowing and permitting said Liquors to be drank on the premises where sold. Said premises are precisely located and described as follows, 10-wit: Iho lower story of a two-story frame and metal covered building located upon Lot numbered six (6), in Block numbeied eight 1,81, in tne original plat of the Town of Remington, in Jasper county. Indiana, which is laid out upon a part of heotion No. thirty (30), in Township No. twenty-seven (21) north of Range No. six (6) west, in said county and State.— The ground upon which said building is located is described by metes and bounds as follows: Commencing twenty-five (25J feet west of the south-east eornerof said Lot No six (6), in Block No. eight (8) in said oiiginal plat of the Town cCßemington, Indiana, and running ithenoe north fifty (50) feet and fenr (4) inches, thence west twenty (20) feet and two (2 1 inches, thence south fifty (50) feet and fonr (4) inches, and thence east twenty (20) feet and two (2) inches to the place of beginning. The said building fronts south on Rail Road street in said Town of Remington, Indiana. Said application will aak for a license as above mentioned for a period of one year. GEORGE ECK, Applicant. Ira W. Ykomah, Applicant’s Att’y, May 13. 1892—510.