Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 August 1877 — Page 3

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ITEMS OF INTEREST. FeraaHMl hhiI Literary. ' Alexander II. Stephens's health has so fur improved that he promise to pay the people of Atlanta a visit soon. Bishop Vail, of Kansas; Bishop Terry, of Iowa, ami Bishop Stevens, of Pennsylvania, Rro sojourning in Colorado. " Dr. Holland has lmught an island in the St. Lawrence, andnamud it Bonny Castle. He intends to build a Swiss cottage on It. Gen. Joe Johnston and Senator Cockrell will attend the fourth annual cnoampmoHt of the Soldiers' National Keunion, at Marietta, O., September 4. The "Inland Club," of Chicago, is an organisation formed by a number of the literary ladies of that city, Miss Charlotte Smith of tiio TnUml Magazine, being the presiding genius. Among the members are Miss Anuio Kerr and Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, of the Times, Mrs. Virginia Fitzgerald and Miss Alice Bobbins, of the Intcr-Occan, Mrs. l)edcriek.of ttie VW, Mrs. Hubbard, of the Tribune, Mrs. White, of the Young FolM ltural, Miss II. L. Dolsen, of the Inland Monthly, Mrs. Htirbred, Miss Cynthia Leonard, Miss Linda Gilbert and others. George MacDonald, the novelist, has written two imitative statmis for addition to Gray's Elogy, in order to do away with its one reproach as having no woman in it, except "the busy housewife." The linos, which are to appear after the fourteenth stanza, and so take precedence of the men altogether, are as follows : Here sleeps some fair, wliono unaffected (iimrmH 11Um)iii'(1 with attract Ion to herself unknown, W1hs twauty inSKht have hloI a wonHreh't units, Wkoe virtues tHt a lustur on a throne; Whose" mmlcHt beauties wann'd h humble Or cHcer'd the IhIkim "f sohih homely Whow virtue form'd to every dHtrmw iurt The hcHitlilHl offspring which adorned, Her Mr. Bret Harto's name was recently attached to a story which he did not write, and he sends a letter to tho Xalion of Washington, in which he says sweetly and gently : "It is a small matter, but as I observe that the careless practice of signing other people's names to cheques and drawing tho money therefrom appears to be steadily growing into disfavor in commercial circles it seems to me that the placing of an author's name, without his consent, to an article not written by him, should be practiced under some sort of restraint, and only with the greatest delicacy. I should, if I were you, proceed cautiously in any comments you might make; attributing my disinclination to part with my name to that universal human weakness which extends to a desirable control of one's wardrobe and toilet articles, and even cast-off clothing." Seienee and Indtwtrjr. Almost pure rock-salt is unwed out of the Nevada quarries like marble. A New York manufacturer has received orders for two large hand-fire-engines, to be shipped to Pekin, China. J. M. Lewis, of King William County, Vh., grows 700 acres of tomatoes. His hot-bods for seeds are covered by 17,000 panes of glass. There are now in the oil regions of Western Pennsylvania 1 1 piiie-lines for the transport of petroleum, with an aggregate capacity for continuous delivery of $,000 barrels daily. The Nashville American calls attention to tle mountain of silex near tho Cumberland Hiver, and within three miles of Hartsvillo, Tenn. For the manufacture of glass it is equal to anv in the United States. "-It is usually thought that wheat is the most nutritious of all our cereals, and this opinion is current in almost all works relating to food. Iteccnt. investigations by Prof. Waukl yn and Mr. Cooper appear to give the Arst place to rye. Hye contains more gluten. It is pronounced by them one-third richer than wheat, ltye, moreover, is capable of thriving in almost any soil. The SNgnr Jh;l, published in the moat productive cane district in Louisiana, states the lands in that section, fronting on navigable streams, and ealble of yielding 2,000 to 2.W0 pounds of sugar and 12 to S0 gallons of moists- , er acro-crops worm 2W to c d Ih bourht for tin to 'M per acre, j interior within a few miles of navigable streams, may bo had for $f to $16 per acre. A building firm of Passaic, X. J., have received orders from a similar linn in Manchester. England, to send between 200 and JMX) skilled carpenters and joiners to Liverpool. Steady Work is to lie guaranteed to good men. Wage are at the rate of ld an hour. Fifty-one hours a week is the working time. Of 160 masons who went outlast year, only six have returned to this country. School HHti Church. There aro 160 Normal Schools in this country. The Colored Methodist Episcopal v-huroh, which was organized in 1870, now has four Bishops and about 80,000 awmliers. Fifty thousand sign a tares have beett secured to the petition for the repeal of the " Pablic Worship KgaUt4oH Aet." l hey are the slg aataraa of karohaMH

exclusively. The "Church Union "'counteracting stimulants; hlimulauU have resolved on resistance to the on-! Wat ImhiU of iwlulKenee in strong

foreemeut of the aet. A movement is on foot to extend the field of mlaaloilarv work in Africa: and in this country one of the methods of accomplishing that object is to odu-i oata colored young men as missionaries, i

Mrs. Caroline I helps Stokes has founded i tutored mind mm God in clouds and a scholarship for that purpose in Ober-i hears him in the wind, is in the huekleHn College. berry business in this section. His soul - Therree Church of Scotland is ex-1 proud science never taught to stray Imioreised over the increasing practice of jyoml the solar walk or milky way, but "hunkering." This is a singular wordj he can pick; greener berries and ask a to be used in ecclesiastical proceedings, , bigger price for them than any ether

yet ret "Hunkering" lias neon made the sunjeet of a deliverance to the General Assembly. It means sitting in prayer, instead of standing. The old practice was to stand. Tho Southern Presbyterian Assem bly, at its roeont session in'Now Orleans,

resolved to prosecute with energy the 'until ho remarked: "Ma, if I should go scheme of establishing a seminary for'toheavon now the Lord would find tho oducation of colored ministers, at 'green corn in my stomach." Oil City

Tuscaloosa.Ala. Tho Reformed (Dutch) 1 Church cooperates with the Souther southern ' I'rosoytonan in tins work. Tho Massachusetts Prison Inspectors intend to erect two chapels in the now prison at Concord one for Homau Catholic and the other for all Protestant prisoners, congregational, Methodist Eniseonal ami Bantist nroachors have 1 signed a petition asking for the appoint-, merit of a teacher of morality instead of i

tho customary Chaplain in tho State t her early, mother, dear, and she was on Prison. t time Jirumwick Jfews. Forty-eight varieties of Presbytori-' mimhbh, mi-.st. ans were represented in the council MiruHUjo Edinburgh. The shades of difference t And hi imine It wr TJallicavakareebetween some of those varieties are so Kariiidobnilikanajidarotsliglit as to bo almost imperceptible to , fiRimfik. v' an outsider; and yet so determined are ' Dani'iiksomo of the brethren in their own ways ; VarHjfobhot. that some of the Presbyterian bodies will ' Turk was stamltHK upon the whore not commune with any other Christians . Hht wiicru the terribiu itu,iaii urmwA,

than those who belong to their own icot. i Varelif h Nete. The late Duke of Urnnswick, who bequeathed his immense fortune to the Citv of Geneva, is to be honored bv the eiiM'tlim nf a inuiaolimni which will boi without an equal in Europe. A liiblieal scholar in Germany has ' been doing some pretty close figurine: to J determine tho dates of evontM described -in the Old Testament, and announces as one result tho discovery that Noah issued j from the ark on September 17, 8440, at , G o'clock in the evening. 1 An Australian newspaper is respon

sible for tho story that Lord Beacons-1 The arrival of Capt. Crapo and wife lield's great delight in his evenings of in tho whaleboat New Bedford, at Pengout is, while ho is preparing for his ' zance. after an Atlantic voyage of 40 after-dinner nap, to set two favorite torn- days, has already been chronicled. Tho cats, the one named Gladstone, the other , boat is a little more than 19i feet long Hentinck, against each other. When Hnd GJ feet wide, built generally after Bentinck triumphs, the sleep of the just, the whaleboat model, but with more overtakes tho Premier. "sheer" and broader and deeper than Although tho Emperor and Em-J most boats of her class. Her foremast press of Brazil get up so early in the ' is 18 feet from tho deck, and her mainmorning, their attendants are not par- mast 17 feet high. She has a foresail, ticularly "wideawake." When their' inainsail, and a squaresail and a staysail Majesties were leaving Paris for Lon- to take advantage of light winds. Of don, a casket of jewels worth 120,000 course the little vessel was made in tho was forgotfon until the very moment most substantial manner, so as to ride the imperial visitors were getting into out the rough seas. There arc no bulthe train. Her Majesty happened to i warks, andonly life-lines were rigged, think of tho casket just in the very nick and in the Atlantic voyage tho water of time. ' often came over the deck. Capt. Crapo Some very interesting incidents intered sitting in the after-hatchway, tho proceedings of the Presbyterian Al-and ws protected by a canvas boot m lianco at Edinburgh are reported. At rough woathor. Of course when the noon on tho ith of July, when tho dele- sea was very high, the boat was allowed gates retired to tho lunch-room, the an-1 to Ho to, .with a drag. Ihree hoavy niversary of American independence I g"es were experienced during tho passpnlidiratod with miioh suirlr. ace, and for 15 days the two passengers

would have been displayed by a company of Americans. Our national flag ornamented the room. The Earl of Kin tore said: "The mother-land no more regrets tho Declaration of Independence to-day than a father docs his sons roanliimrthnirinstinritv. TCwlanri's the prosperity of her great son." ' Cliancidlnr Crosliw llr. M'fios 1. Hiid Pastor Monod, of Paris, also made

speeches. The attendance of delegates 1 reckoning, and did not go lar out ot the at tho Alliance reached to the number regular course of the transatlantic steamof sivi.rnuin.li-i..l. Th imrt. mooMncr t ers. His wife was as enthusiastic as

e next, nieeumr hia, September 1 s as follows tho will be held in riuladclpma 18tf0. finditi"- of the hodv Of a Hishon at' Salnt-T.iiw. Vranen "Tim dUpovprr ' was made in the wall of the cathedral cloister. Tho skin is yellow, but n)t mummincd. Tho arim wore crossed over the breast, and tho head slightly inclinetl to the left. The hands wore still gloved, sandals were On the feet, and having been carefully removed, the members were found to bo in a perfect .state of preservation. No article of value was found in tho tomb, which ap pears to have been open at the lime of , the Involution. A leathern cordi ..t.l l '..t .1. . itruuim iiiu iicck iitimi, imve carrieu the ptoral cross, which was sought for in .H. Tho lKHjy !s pr0VC(l t0 thHt( of of (JoujHJrans, according to the tombstone. Tho archives of the bishopric state flint. Auger II. was hurled in tho iA. II !!.. . 11.1. . t !.. .1. scriinw Auger of Montefaluono as a re" markablo prelate, lie had tho church of Saint-Li.ier ornamented with frescoes, and died in 130:1." Odd ami Knit. The foolish man rushcth out to see the mob, and is shot through the lungs, but the wise man huggeth the Constitution of the United States to his bosom, and abideth In the cellar until the evil days be over.- Ifawkeye,. Mora responsive cigar-store signs are urgently needed In this vicinity. It discourages young men to spend an hour or two every night on tlwlr way home trying to establish a confidence with a white pine Indian in carved pantaloons. Bridgeport Standard. Ice-water products indigestion ; indigestion creates a Morbid appetite for

produce drunkards. The end of a hard mwater drinker is in niania-a-imtu. Let tl Murphy consider and beware,' CineinmUi Vmmerciaf, Lo, the poor Indian, whose unJiving man mi Vity Verrick, A little iceuo boy watched tho process of cleaning chickens for dinner the other day with great interest, and especially the ingredienLs found in the crop of the fowl. At dinner his mind ran on that and more serious subjects, Gall. A Brunswick girl, who wished to go on an excursion, feared she would not wake early enough for tho train on tho appointed day. She was in the habit of sleeping late. What if she should oversleep herself on that day of. all days! At last sho hit upon a happy expedient. Uofore retiring lJofore retiring rn the night preceding tho holiday, sho took a couplo of energetic pills. They called jiHxaroHkiikonatitoKohroi. liHinnpravMui. KilKukoHladJI' lUividoJenlkoilosk!" So thnvstoml. Hko brave men. loiMt and well. And thev t-alled each other, their proper tiMini-,. i i ill llio idck-jhw twizeu iiiciti, aim w uvi wiuj They buried them lioth by the Inlosliolamcs KalHtahiHtchuk' Captala Crape's Craise. w compolled to wait for the violenco Jlo storm to subside. A good deal of their clothinc was washed overhoard and much discomfort was endured; but the little craft ,rode out the storms nobly. Several times the venturesome Captain and his wife were spoken and there was an agreeable adtion to the provisions of the New- Bed 1 iora ai Hit sueu meoimffs. ;s. Capt. Crapo 'Kept " longitiuio rej ularly by dead r . "- ""' J l"sel in carrying out tho iiroject, anil in the latter part of tho vovago did much1 to lilp tho Captain whoso left hand had become almost useless by constant steer - iiijr. At 11 O'clock Saturday night the cost of Cornwall was seen by the weary ( voyagers, and the adventurous Captain ntl Ins equally daring wife landed at 1 ronwnco .Sunday morning. Wind and weatht-r favoring, they proposed to proceed to London yesterday, and doubtless "the merry mariners of England " will give them a hearty welcome to the great metropolis. Motion Ulolx. F()Hl. Thousand Acres ef W n,uu. I1WIIJ heat ia One company scut out a Casselton on Monday Tho railroad special train to afternoon for n short excursion, which was piirtieipttcd iu by about 76 ladies ami gentlemen from Fnrgo and Moorhead, and a number of gentlemen from - tf The crops are looking lcau-

drinks, Htul strong a rinks

for the reaper within a week. Mr. way out, and shortly afterward, while Dalrymple's farm at Casselton is a sight standing uurocognisted in tho mob, saw worth traveling manv mile to see. j several of the rioters emerge from the Four thousand acres of wheat in one . burning hotel with the nether gannent body, standing breast high, well filled of his uniform torn into piecos and fasand thick and strong as can be, is a com- toned to a polo. He then started to find fortablo thing to have. Those who' his company, and, hearing they had ought to be good judges predict that the ; crossed the river, followed their supentire field will average thirty bushels ; posed route as well as he could learn it

per acre. One hundred and twenty thousand bushels of wheat to market this fall! Talk alwut your Black Hills; why,they aro nowhere compared to that! Mr. Williams's 1,000 acre field a Maniaton Is looking equally as well as Mr. Dalrymple's, and the yield all over the country will lie immense. Truly, the farmers of the Ked Hiver Valley have struck a botuuuw tkie year. FareDatota) Times.

TMK, PITTMRURtiH KIOTO. Khw rhllallthla I.lHtHWtt Hut Away

HllKH. Krimi thtj ritllMll)iUlH l'rwf.J Second Lieutenant S. J. Stewart, of the State Fenuible, relurntMl to this city from Pittsburgh yesterday, and is the only mendier of that eompany which has thus far readied the eity, nearly all the others being eneainjied at Blairsville unable to move either way. Lieut. Stewart tells-a most interesting story, liis account of his adventures aa given to a Pro reporter lieing very graphic. He accompanied the com mand to rituiDurgii, leaving Here on Friday night. On Saturday morning the tenciblos, and portions of the 1st, Sd, and Gth regiments, with the Wash inton Grays, wore ordorod to clear the crowd of some twenty-five hundred rioters from the outer depot, and the soldiers started with the Washington Grays in the advance. Their orders were simply to press the crowd back without tiring, and the men marched forward with muskets crossed. One of the rioter caught hold of a musket in the hands of a soldier of the 1st Regiment, and sullenly ejaculated: "You would not shoot a workingman, would you?" "No!" was the loply; " all we want is for you to fall back and clear the rails." Tho next momont the rioter aimed his revolver and fired. This was followed by a volley of bullets and a shower of stones from the crowd. A number of soldiers fell, and in the next instant tho front rank fired without orders, and tho firing was con tinned for ten minutes, when the multi tude dispersed. After the troops were quartered in the round-house Lieut, btow art wsis sent back to the- Union Depot Hotel, whero Adj.-uen. Latta and uen. Pearson were quartered, in order to ob tain some medicine for several sick comrados. On tho way he was stopped by six ot tho strikers, one of whom grabbed his overcoat, and another doalt him a heavy blow with a barrel-stave. He broke away from them and managed to roach a coal-bin, where he hid until the rioters returned to the mob, which was beginning to besiege the round house, when Liout. Stewart made his way to tho Union Depot, and, finding it lmpossiuie 10 return 10 ms couiiuhuu, remained there. This was at 10 o'clock Sunday night, and lor the next six hours the air was filled with the noise of the bombardment of the temporary ion, 1110 yens oi mc rioters, anu the names of burning property. All this time Lieut. Stewart was an involuntary prisoner at the hotel, and on inquiry in the morning found that Gon. Latta and Uen. l'earson had escaped in citizens clothes. Tho proprietor of the hotel, which was nart of the denot buildinsr. warned the Lieutenant not to show him self, as the riotors were searching the house for Philadelphia soldiers, and he remained locked in his room until Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, witnoesi nr the worK ot devastation sroii on in all directions. He saw 75 Pull man palace-cars fired by the mob, and describes the manner in which the freight-cars were sacked, saying that men and women fought over the goods as they wore thrown out to them, and as these goods consisted of merchandise of almost every description, the scene was at times as comical as it was terri ble. Men would struggle along under mc wcigub ui uniiis, uiuiuue, iuriiuurc, etc., their faces smeared with groase and dirt, and their hands sometimes bloody from injuries received in the reckless scramble forplundor; others would roll barrels of flour, sugar, and whisky along toward their homes, stopping to rest now and then by sitting on the barrel : other kegs of liquor were tapped, and the rioters filled themselves to repletion, while carts, wagons, and vehicles of even' description were hur- ) rying to and fro bearing away I the goods. At a nuio oeiore iu o'ciocic on auiuiay morning iieui. oiewan, saw mc rioters saturate a car-load of hay with coal-oil and run it into the depot directs : ly under him, and found the hotel ws himself in his unifc the mixt moment he as on lire, lo show uniform would be instant 1 death, as tho mob never ceased I j search for Philadelphia soldiers, y their et to stay longer would only be to become food for tho approaching flames. Hearing a footstep in the entry, tho Lieutenant cocked liis revolver, and, opening the door, discovered a colored waiter approaching Ho called the man into the room, locked tho door, and quickly induced him to give up his civilian's dress, and as quickly put it on, leaving the waiter with I he uniform and some $20 (all the money the Lieutenant had with T. I.. 1.. ..,.. ..1,1 t..lt ,l,.1..KSwl 1 I1IIIIJ. 1 rrf naif jjuiivm llll.k lllu miuiuu ' man was very short and very fat, while ' the Lieutenant is very tall and very slim. His appearance, when arrayed in a pair i of breeches siv inches too short about the legs, and several times too ample (about the waist, with a straw hat and a ea jacket two sizes too short for him, was absurd that, in spite of the dan gor, tho Lieutenant could not help laughfrom cautioiuJy listening to the remarks or tno rioters (lor to nave asaed a question would have placed him in imminent peril of being discovered and murdered) , but at 11 o'clock Sunday night he lost his way. He was without a cent of money and afraid to beg, and Anally went to sleep under a ooal-oar. The next morning he cawe on a coal train as far ae mrrkburg, where he ad hiaweli kaowa to a ooadartor, aad wa

passed through to this city. II was without food from Saturday nooa until lnHiW niirkt. and. of oouroe. arrived

Here greauy exaauwum irora wmv m. uourisHmttHt, but otherwMi nog tk worw for k terrible orMl. Thti rum mt Mm Tfcl(. from the lhUMi)pttiH TIhhm. The officer who returned yesterday from "the front," and when aked how he got back, replied, "In an envelope," vivos the ioiiowing ueecnpuoa oi w return oi such oi im riiuaueipnii " sotfer boys" as have been heard from. Though the description may be obnoxious to the charge of being somewhat hvnerlolicaL vet it must be confessed. that it has enough veri-similitoue about it to be recognised ae not a pure fabrication ; An effort was made by one or two in ventive individuals to climb into their muskets, but as this was found inpracticable, not for the reason that the musket were too narrow, but that the men were too long, the ruse was abandoned. One gentleman tried the extraordinary experiment of impelling himself homeward by swallowing his musket and touching it off from within himself, but discovered his mistake in time to avert serious consequences, in me excitement of the moment a terrified Brigadier-General offered to "ship" on a passenger train as a man before the " mast," and, being refused, wanted to know whether he couldn't go through as an invoice to the stuffed department of tho permanent exhibition. In despair sevoral veterans pinned postal cards to their shirts and threw themselves by the track, determined to trust to luck and some conscientoue mail agent to pass them through. To add to the terror of those unfortunate men they couldn't get any thing to eat that was palatable 5 and as the crows knew this they hovered above the emaciated soldiors and "cawed" in joyous anticipation of a big Quaker City lunch. Happily for aching breasts at home "the boys" began straggling into the city yesterday evening. One gallant Major was attired in military boots, a brakesman's pants, no coat worth mentioning, and a telegraph operator's cap. His friends met him at the depot and greeted him with cheers, Though travel-stained and weary, be told the story of his heroic charge upon the enemy with modesty becoming in so great a man. He reviewed his course briefly, merely touching hore and there upon the nnmbor of rioters he had strangled and otherwise put to death, and remarkoil that if somebody didn't hurry back to Blairsville with some sandwiches and beor for the First Division that somebody would starve to death. It was his impression also that the strike was over so far as the west was concerned at least, as the great majority of the strikers had chased him all the way home. Married Untkr theSa4ewTf Death. A strange and somewhat romantic wedding ocourred on Ifonday, in this city, beween two trueniovers whom, doath parted within two hours after thev had been made one. Dr. William E. If. Post made the acquaintance, some years ago, of Miss Mary II. Milford, daughter of the late Edward Milford, of this city. He wooed and won her, and ther pledged themselves to become man and wife. The years rolled by, but each year seemed to increase their love. Last Friday Dr. Post was suddenly takon ill with inflammation of the bowels. The disease rapidly assumed dangerous symptoms and on Monday it was plainly seen he could not recover. When informed of his fatal malady he oxpressed a wish to see his intended wife, and, ii she were willing, to become united to her in the bonds of matrimony. She was informed of his wish and consented. Accordingly at 6 o'clock on Monday afternoon every thing was made ready for the wedding in the room of the bridegroom at No. 235 WostFifity-lirst Street. It was a pathetic ceremony. No months of anxious preparation had been speat for the occasion. There were no brilliant lights or sweet, music or Gostly costumes. It was simple and solemn. The Rev. Dr. Houghton, of the Church of the Transfiguration, was called in to conduct the services, which were only of a few minutes1 duration. When the ceremony was concluded, tho sick man was nursed as before. In loss than two hours the bridegroom was a corpse and the bride a widow. iVcw York Tribune. Gigantic NettleTree. The following account of a gigantic nettle-tree belonging to tho flora of Australia, which, by the way, is full of strange forms of vegetation is credited in ITardHticbe's Sckncc-Gmtip to Brisbane: "There grows in the Auetralahian bush a nettle-tree which attains the size of the largest trees seen in England. It has a large, round, furry leaf; is, as all other Australian trees are, evergreen ; but it makes no timber, the trunk being simply a tube filled with pith, and one stroke of the ax will fell a young tree about a foot through. The tree is well known, very common, and carefully guarded against; but, if by accident one does happen to touch a leaf, it is an occurrence one does not easily forget. Survoying a line one day through the dense scrub, I happened inadvertently to brush against a young tree, and the leaves just touched the back of my hand. The nain "caused was extreme, and extended immediately right up the arm, with a sensation ae if the arm were paralysed, and it was quite useless; and a swelling, the size of an egg, appeared within five minutes exactly under my arm. These symptoms lasted some hours; then a swart tingling was left; but this remained for six weeks, and it was considerably increased by wtttfaf the part witk water."