Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Supreme Court has granted a new trial to Rev. Pattit. Thanks to U. S. S nators Turpie and Voorhees tor favors received. The Nebraska State Demooratio Convention voted down free silver resolutions and commended President Cleveland’s course on the Sherman silver uurchase law. It’s an ill wind that doesnot blow some good. The protected industries 'Which closed up with a view to bluff congress from engaging m tariff reform, are forced to resume operations bj the dilatory course es the senate on repeal of the Sherman silver purchase law. A young lady examining and pricing some hosiery in a Rensselaer store the other day, finding a pair that she lihed asked the clerk “how high those came.” Green clerk—“ Why I don’t know exactly, but I think al out two inches above the knee. You may step into the baek toom and try them on if you like."

Jackson Plummer, sent to the penttentiary for the shooting of M rshal Dorn of Kentland, has been granted a new trial. The court in its decision takes occasion to define the powers and duties of peace officers, which it would be well for those "clothed with a little brief authority” to beoome familiar with. The Republican says Green Smith “has paid Hr. Robertson SSOO damages insetelement of the suit for the salary which Smith illegally drew,” etc., which is not quite true. Fraud Hayes, however, never refunded Samuel J. Tilden’s salarj which he illegally drew.—ln fact, he refused to repay Zach Chandler money he advanced to buy up souther u negro electors. Congressman Hammond secured the foliowine appointments of postmasters in this district on the 18th: Clymer, Cass county, Miss Fannie Hinkle, vice Sam Hymann, removed; Croker, Porter county, Herman Bramer.vioe Rohidsnoe. resigned ;Fair Oaks, Jasper county, Leander S. Kesler, vice Thomas H. Davidson, removed; Tefft, Jasper county, W. C. Belcher, vice John W. Adkins, removed.

An exchange says that every paper in the State should state the fact that burnt corn is a sure cure for tog cholera, and adds: “It was first discovered by the burning of a piie of corn belonging to a distillery in Peoria, F.linois. It was thrown to the hogs and eaten by them. Before that tim? a number had been dying each day witn chol. ra, but the disease immediately disappeared. It is so simple a remedy that it can be easily tried Under the tariff law which existed before the great McKinley tariff was passed, there was a provision which permitte ' American travelers returning from EJurope to import, free of duty, certain articles as “personal effects.” McKinley rightly eliminated that provision from his bill.— He claimed that the practical effect of the provision in the old law was that the wealthy who were able to visit foreign countries secured exemption from the payment of duties, while the average citizen, unable to co abroad was compelled to pa-v a duty upon the articles which he might vant to use. He now says that the foreigner pays the tax. McKinley is a charlatan on the > tump.—Valparaiso Messenger.

Indi napolis News: Attorney-General Green Smith sayp that if he were VicePresident, he would have a vote mighty quick. We believe he would. We should like to see him in the act of throttling Stewart. It is perhaps needless to remark that we believe Mr. Smith’s analysis to be wholly sound. He was asked yesterday at Washington how he wouldget a vote. “I would,” be said “be blind to everybody and everything except a motion to proceed to a vote.” The minority, he thought, as every one else thinks, has had every right which it could claim, and it i® now simply wasting time. “It is," he said, “making the Senate of the United States ridiculous and is disgusting everybody who favors the unconditional repeal of the silver law. I think Vice-President Stevenson has a p rfect light, and it is his duty, now that the country!.ecognizes the abuse of the-[rules, to force a vote upon the silver bill If I were in is place I would do it within an hour.” The Journal headlines this dispatch, “Usurper Smith." We wish Usurper Smitii might have a whack at the situation.