Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1895 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Make our dollars equal in valne. Mr. Cleveland is a bimetallist. — He states his position candidly and fairly, and simply isks that the people consider camly the siti nation and not act with haste. We frequently hear the ‘green, back’ spoken as the best money we ever had, and yet many will remember the time when one gold dollar would buy more goods than $3 50 in greer backs. Free and unlimited coinage of silver is the demand of the silver mine owners and speculators. Just how the country at large will be benefited by the government mak* ing, free of charge, a dollar out of every 40 or 50 cents worth of sil* ver these fellows may control, is beyond our ken. Rev. M. R. Paradis and his estimable wife, handsomely entertained the elders and trustees, and their wives, of his church, at th ur home, Wednesday evening. The recitations of Prof. Brownlee added charms to the occasion.

Rev. W. H. Sayler will preach at the Free Will Baptist church next Sabbath, morning and eve* ning. N. 8. Bates is still at his old stand on Front street paying the highest cash price for poultry and eggs. A genuine first class top buggy only $41.50 at Rob 4 Randle’s. Dr. Horton has returned Irom a visit in Illinois. Over forty new members have been added to the membership roll of the Presbyterian church at this place.

Subject of discourse at byterial) church next Sunday morning will be of special interest to ths membership thereof, and all are urgently uvited to be present. Subject in the evening: “Tower of Babel. ’’ The county Board of Review will meet the third Monday in June. — E. D. Rhades reports the population of Rensselaer at 2030 Males, 983; females, 1047. A. McCoy <t Co., propose to place a fine cement walk on the Washington and Van Rensselaer sts. sides of their bank building. A new cement walk is to be cons structed on the Washington street side of the public square. Must Have a New Carpet. With the meeting of every new Congress a new carpet is placed upon the floor of the House of Representatives. The carpet costs a snug little sum. It Is one of the stipulations of the contract that the manufacture™ shall not furnish the same design to anybody else, which is done so as to prevent bargain hunters being beguiled Inin buying carpets “just like Congress uses.” The old carpet is cut up and used In committee-rooms, but, owing to the detestable habit of the average law-maker in chewing tobacco, a good deal of it is worthless.

GRAND mm ram! —AT—-OPERA-HOUSE, My taag, April S 3, 1335. L. A- BOSTWICK, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, Maps and Blue Print? OF LAND DR AN AGE, Map Work and Platting a RBNSSXXiAXB, Ind.