Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1882 — MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY. [ARTICLE]

MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.

Walker is elected prosecutor by a total majority of 769 votes. Newton county republicans electtheir intire ticket, by majorities ranging from 59 to 495. The result in Benton county was not so clean a sweep for the democrats as was first ’reported, the republicans having elected the county auditor, the recorder, the suveyor and one commissioner. .The county gives the republican state ticket a majority of 170, to DeMotte 165, to Walker for prosecutor 314. The majority in that county for Hoover, the democratic candidate for state senator is 372. Read notice in another place of cheap rates to Chicago and return over the L. N. A. & C. road next week, 81.45 to Chicago and return is about as near one third the regular fare as it can be figured. T ckets will be on sale Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Nov. 20th 21 st and 22nd, and will be good to return on until the 24th. The Jail. —The jail and sheriff’s residence is now nearly* competed and will, it is expected, be ready for occupancy by the Ist of December. The building although not in all respects an archtectural success, is on the whole one with which the people - of the county may well be satisfied. It seems in all respects well calculated to answer the purpose for which it was constructed. It is strong durable convenient, and has been built without any stealings or extravagance, of any kind. The jail portion proper,- is built after the latest and most approved models, and with the most ordinary carefullness on the part of the jailor, the escape of the prisoners will be impossible.

8. P. Connor the chronic licker of Newton county gave his almost individed attention during the campaign to fighting J. Z. Johnson the republican candidate for auditor in that county. The result has been that Mr. Johnson has been elected by 426 majority,—larger than any other candidate except coroner, and now Mr. Connor hastens to publish a card in the Kentland News modestly pointing to the democratic victories in the country as the result of his efforts. Thrice happy S. P. Connor! The sole result of his political effort has been that the man he opposed received more votes than if he had favored him, and yet with supreme camplacency he points to the “grand old republican party” that “lies bleeding at every pore” and says, behold my work! The Democratic Sentinel makes a malicious attempt to prejudice the minds of the temperance people of this place against the Republican because the blue ribbon programme did not appear in our last i. r ue. Now ns it happens the programme did not appear in the Si titinel of last week .either* end yet we know of a certainty that, whereas, the programme; was not prepared until after the RepUbli- ! Can was issued, and therefore we conlu not have published it if we would, yet* it was prepared before t' e ’’•eiitir.e! was iss-.n- I, and could have been published in that paper had the editor so chosen. As heretbfore. the R,ei tbliqan will cheerfully publish thi programmes whenever they are handed to the

editor in such time that if can be done without serious inconvenience.

Ten weeks is a rather long time for the average person to remember anything that appeared in a newspaper unless it concerns themselves, and we therefore presume that -most of our readers have forgotten the fact that in our issue for September, 6th last, the annual Teacher’s Institute being then in session, there appealed an article reflecting albeit rather mildly, upon Mr. D. B. Nowels. the county superintendent, on account of his supposed lack of courtesy towards Mr. J. M. Bloss, the state superin" tendent, during the latter’s visit to the institute. Our article, in brief, stated that Mr. Nowels did not present Mr. Bloss to the institute, upon the occasion of his first lecture, in the manner in which his official position would seem to requiie, and further that Mr. Nowels seemed to avoid any opportunity to present Mr. Bloss to citizens upon the streets. But we also added the decidedly qualifying opinion that Mr. Nowels’ condu ct resulted from inadvertency, rather than deliberate intention. Mr. Nowels appeared to take the matter rather to heart and the result was that a resolutions vas “handed in” and passed by the institute, condemning in the regulation manner, “the wanton and unprovoked” attack of the Republican upon Mr. Nowels. We have lost no considerable amount of sleep over that resolution, although as more important matters do not now claim our exclusive attention we think it worth while in justice both to Mr. Nowels and the Republican to explain briefly the reason of our criticism and the facts upon which it was based. Although Mr. Bloss came to Rensselaer strictly in his official capacity, it was not to be expected that he should forget thal he was a candidate upon one of the party tickets. Looking upon Mr. Nowels, as at first, at least, he certainly did, as a political enemy, he naturally would watch his conduct with some suspiciousness; at any rate he conceived the idea that Mr. Nowels had treated him in the manner indicated in tne Rep übli can article above referred to, and that it was done for the purpose of belittleing him in the minds of the teachers present and thus injuring his political prospects. Our knowledge is positive on this point as Mr. Bloss spoke freely of the matter to at least two citizens of unquestionable veracity, and from them we had our information direct. Now we respectfully submit that under the circumstances, as they then. appeared, we were I justified in writing our mild and courteous criticism upon Mr. Novels. Mr. Bloss’ opinion that Mr. Nowels had treated him with intentional disrespect was positive, j and it was but natural that we should accept, to some extent at least, his view of the case. It is but justice to add that from an in-

I timate friend of Mr. Bloss’ we have ■ received information to the effect that before he finally parted from Mr. Nowels he became convinced that he had mistaken the latter’s intentions towards him, but of that Mr. Bloss’ friends heie knew nothing until many weeks after the institute. North-eastern Nebraska is now attracting considerable attention from land seekers, the Sioux City & Pacific railway Co. having been recently very active in Extending its lines into various portions of that country. The Chicago & North-western is the only line from Chicago that will take you there without detention.

Miss Lillie Brandom, of Decatur, Ills., gave an entertainment, consisting of dramatic recitations at Stag’s Hall last week for the benefit bf the M. E. Sabbath schooL The time selected for the entertainment was Unfortunate in that it occurred right in the midst of the election excitement, and for that reason failed to attract the attention and draw the attendance it otherwise would. Miss Brandom is a young lady of unquestionably fine talents, and so far as we have heard any expression her performance gave general pleasure.

Mr. Fr. R. Bumhuml, Eogangpoft, thinks Brown’s Iron Bitters a most servicable remedy, which does mv with indigestioL.

Millions of bottles King’s New discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, have been given away ns Trittl Bottle of the lar/e size. This erornmus outlay would be disastrous to the proprietors, were it. no' for the rare merits posessed by the wonderful medicine. Call at Imes & Meyer’s drug store and get a trial bottle free, and try for yourself.