Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 November 1878 — Page 1

Jasper

Weekly Courier. VOL. 30. JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1878. NO. 46.

P0UM8HKU SSVKRY KKIPAY, AT JASl'KK, DUBOIS OOU.NTV, INPlANA, HY CM'HENT DOANK. OFFtCK. In Coukikr Building on yfm Sixth Strkbt.

I'KICB OF KUKSCKtl'TION. rilnjrle Subscription, forliay Nos., $1 50 r ui ? aTK or AOVKRT?8EXNO. li.m air liuiii liih. " For square, 10 linoB or less, 1 week, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 75 cts. I nnger advertisements at the same rate, a fraction over even square or quii-, Suited asasquaVe. Those arc the term for transient advertisements; a reasoiia- ) , i i m ii tiiAiln to rovular bie ueuuuiiuu advertisers. . . J . A- F s1nitili3Notices ot appoimmuuv m vwniinntnitors and legal notices of like character i.. ;.i tn lvunr-e. Ill 00 Jf " ANNOUNCING CANDIOATKS. pnP Tnwnohiii Officers, each $1.00 1. " " 2.50 ntoti-tet. HSrcuit. or State. o-00 U) a a-a - - J ' W. R. OSBORN, ffAS Uclr in Jptr, off'" ,u prfwnJ XI lervkrcnt'ithpuWlc. ana win nf " HwTOMrroH KlRhth atroot, In tlio room fornirrir wefiil'"'" ity --- vn the corwr of 7ti nA NewtH tr--tw. Sept. U, '",-iU ., C. H. MASON, HOCKI'OHT, W. S. HUNTER JASl'KK. tilt tor my s at Law. an4 Perry cimnllea. omcK:-sHth side of V'!Ln?tti;,,lT, Jprr. tint. P- Hth.lS.S.-ly. attorney at Law. JAMI'KK, IND. vit ......ii.. i. it,, nurii ef obMe cflHHty. iml W allrll.t fUhfHr to bHlHf. Miminl w 0IH(n the "Cortr" tlIWIHC. in mrrn. V1LL, A. XRiiEoR attorney at Lawt Jahi'gu, Indiana, V "gS. I'.nkBitr .ttenttoi. kWch to cotu4- ......... ri,..... ,...,1. MTOAc oh ter Kt ef tbc St. Chirltt Hotel June 3. IMt.-tf. B R U N O BOETTXE H, And Notary Public, jASrCI, IRDUHA, -inu. unctie- m .it the Court of ioL mt ' ' . . A 1U,I M rrry rmii,iii'iiw. jan, iN74, J. F. IlILLON. C. 1I.DII.I.ON. Xillon XilloiT, ATT011XBT8 AT L1W. OniCK ever Jen. Trnxler'n Smtiller .Shop. JASPIR, HfDIAKA. tt.t. prattle In tbe Cort ef mt irtn NEW BLAOKSMITU 8H01' WM. G-ASSER, Venh Main Street, ppli the I'ol Oflkr. Takvkk, Indiana, HAS tUtiHt pnl a new cliop fnr nil kind of iimlih wtik. IIU trtni? acqualHtanre with lhirltlien, of Prttmln eetnnly, m tt well kiutwn rhm1 t hnraer of wrk, h trut will glvr hlw liberal rture f ptroair.e. Itta prkM will be miMle to mlt the tlwe-K 'llnriia ilmrlntf in, I Irettler ef wiEOtlH or bue ' Wm. gamkr. Koremhe?r Mt, 1S74. Ijr New Saddler Shop. JOHN TROXLEE! Sooth East Corner or Public Squarr, Jasfkr. Indiana. rpnRnnittfitKnH wmM reepettftilly anmwwcei to tHa jl innueiwua iihw preparee tonaiifa(iircl MfM af 8At)IH,R8, TtRIRI.ltS, KALTRRS. mr, WAGON HARKKSR HHC3r TrImtItr 4tfl with ncatnrM am) dlnrmkh. ?. LT BPr" h, ekalm,ba(cirnift. c we. MIX TROXLXR,

Some Needed Itufornui.

Koekport Demeerat. The careful observer who examines the Statutes of Indians, as they now exist, can not fall in finding glaring wrongs and hardships on the people under the denutn i nation of "laws." They are not "laws," however, as that term is a synonym of "Justice." To 11iustratu: In assaults, petit larccnv. as sault and buttery, mid all other misde meanors, a part ot the punishment affixed to offenders may ho imprisonment in the county jail for certain periods. Kxpcrieuou hn filiowu that juries in a very larjre nuinber of cases allix as tv part punishment imprisonment in tho county jail. Then) h now coutiued in our county pi ihon a culprit who has about completed a service of throe mouths, and will come out hale and hearty. The oharsrc upon which ho was convicted involved live or nix dollar. Now what Iihh it cost the tax-payens of Spencer county to see that justice was vindicated in this case? The calculation id very plain : DO days 75 cents per day. 15u 63U $7 50 From this statement then, it will he st'i-n, to satisfv a netit larceny of six dollars, the people pay over eleven time? that amount ot money troin t licit-treasury - Suppose that nt the next term of court there are six culprits sentenced to a term of throe months in the coiiutv jail on just such charges as the one upon whose imprisonment we have made our calculation? Instead of an outlay of $07 50 we iind it would reach 405 oo. nnd niimiii'' so on throtii'li the vear $1,200 00. in iitHiiy states this system of feedinjf and futii-uiu" men who have been ad judged guilty of trivial offences haj been aliolislit'd, and the ollcudurij made c irn their support at tuaiiuul labor. Our legislature should so alter this part of the criminal code as to make work a part of the sentence, liy so doinir the tax-payers would be ercatly relieved. and minor oH'cuccs agHiust the law less ened. History demonstrates this fact. Another reform can he made to the laws governing township trustees. The powers of those otlicers are cleaiiv bevoud the bounds of reason and prudence. Kvcry enr thousands of dollars are ftjuandered in tlic name of Charity," when in truth, not one halfof it is right, proper or neeesMiry. Another fraud on the people is that usulussaud uuueccsrary otlice. Superintemlunt of county schools. It should bo abolished, and thus several hundred dollar more annually srvimI to the tax-payers. The question of court olliccrs' cost ought also to occupy the poiIous attention ot our legislators, Oy"1' P0,"c exceptions their fee are enJiicly beyond what the condition of the country demands. Take a single examIplc: A. II. is subpoenaed as a witness. j lie lives twenty miles from the seat of for sorviii"' thisi process the icriir U allowed ten cents per mile irnlmr Mini i-iif 1 1 u ftiii ilf.llni'j 'I'lin witness in ohovance to the command ot .court responds with hi presence. The fcase, however. Is continued, as aru two thirds of the suits after their commenco- ........ .....1 ... .1... ....... ....... At... ......... pieut, aim at the next term the same work is pel formed again, tho officer receiving the usual lees for performing it. Ulencc to get one witness in court the theShcrill alone receives FtoitTPOM,Aits. Add to this the fees of the witness and one will begin to see the expense of litigation. This system ot thcciug is radically wrong ami should be wiped oil' the statute hooks, and a law so trained that one service be sufficient for the attendance of witnesses. This can be done, and by it, men who are compelled to enter the courts, will not come out eaten up by costs. o give simplv a sample case to illus trate the hardships of the present law. In tho settlement ot decedents estates, our laws are entirely too loose in thn powers granted guardians, executors and administrators. In several States every estate has to be settled up in a certain time prescribed by law; and it has hecu lotiiid that this system works well. There is no use of having administra tors plodding carelessly along year alter year making unsatisfactory reports, and gradually eating up their decedent's estates by costs when the whole thing could be adjusted and settled in twelve months. 1 here arc estates now in process ot settlement in Spencer county, that have ncen swallowed uy the elephant "cost" not one, but indeed many of them. Were our space sufficient fv large we could produce dozens of such wrongs as those to which your attention has been called. They are the result of hasty tempers, or careless men who evidently did not consult the people's interest when framing them. These are times when the great law of economy in public affairs should be rigidly obey ed. The people demand it, and the legislator of to-day, standing as be does, surrotiiiueu oy monuments oi imiiK ruptcy and ruin, who heeds not this stern voice of necessity, ts false and re creant to the iutercste of the country.

The Hank of Venice.

Chicago Newt. It is a quoMlon just now holwcon "hard monev" and "soft mnnev" men whether the money issued by the old llnnk of Venice was forced fiat money.! like our present irredeemable green-l backs, or specie basis money, redeemable in specie on demand. The nest litofMii nftliA Tlaattl ftf itr ta XvltfAit in a work entitled "Wavs and Mean of, I m ilium, uv aicjJiieii vuirvi'ii, n uiu.tin of London. t i t... CI...I ,l...ll - t,t.... The I Hank of Venire originated in forced loan by tlio fiovornmcnt of

000.000 ducats in 1171: it o.istcd untir,ownshin ivtv in u, ,.,i

1797, when Napoleon's capture of t lit city overthrew the Government.- To comprehend the extraordinary history of this Institution several facts must nr stated. The money of the bank consist cd of tiansferrable credits on its books: still there was no specie in its vaults nor was the bank bound to itinke tin, money originally deposited good after 1483. oven ny tlio payment ot tlio est, which was, previous to that date, per cent : still the money of the bank wns for 4 0 vcars at the hlrh premium of 20 per rent over the gold nmi i I vr money of Vonice. These credits ou the tmoKs ot me naiiK were uie iniKis in which Venetian debts were chiefly paid The question is: "Why were they at such a premium ovr iront .' Jt count not

have been because- they wore convertible that Judges of Courts of general and nt will into the precious metals. It thaf iippeilatu Jurisdiution maybe voted for WM-f t tin rnnsn if tlio meinunn or... ,.......i..i ..i t i

were thn cause of the premium oi "aoio'hs it was onllod on thorn, the moment the holders advnncod the price specie would undoubtedly have becomo the medium of payment. "n tho cheaper oiirreuo.y. accordln'ir to Ore-chain's law it could not have boon because the circulation of these credits was extremely limitod : the circulation wa verv lare 515.000.000 to 2(10.000 proplo, or $P0 potrnpita an amount greatly in excess of. any papir circulation of any other conn try that Is kept at par. or nearly so. As to tho convertibility of the notes into the precious metals, that was literally impossible, as the State took tho coin from ilio bank for its lnnns, giving a credit-; receipt only therefor. "V must conclude, then, that th rea

son of the premium which the credits of judges, and they shall bold their office

the hank held over gold must ho tnuntt in tun following iact: j no credits were made legal tender In Venice and its dependencies, this made the monev

"tint" or "forced" money- the money of,extcnd beyond the term of one hundred account of the country specie eervinytand tweniv-oiio. davs, nr any special

the purpose that suhsidinry coin doe with us. hoinir onlv used for retail pur poses at home, and a n commodity.1 purely, when exported, the premium on the credits at tirt was 20 per cent. from which it never varied as long as the bank existed.

The h'sforv of the Ttnnk of Kncrlnnd'of the taxable property within said cof

fer three or four vears niter the nsppn.P0ranoih except m tunc of war. foreign sion of specie payments in 1797. also invasion or other great public calamity. proves that legal-tender paper money , . , can be kept even nt it premium over jmld The pork packing business of Indinnapolis is now m full blast. and the g-

of Issues, receiving them for all dues topple slaughter is about 4,000 head the Government, and tmvJng them out l)er l ie price paid for hogs aver-

for all debts duo by the Governmentare observed. The fact is, the Government established a legnl-tender unit of account when !i 4j ii.. r .t. it. -I. ii rn-mrn urn cumiiii ki iiiu ii.iiin hi

Venice: for this reason, and on aroonntC'V" ' V" " r" J't.1'" . 'V

of its convenience, the fact that it roiiltW"..? ;":.fJ ' 4? ?, "r7t.u" V"

not bo forged, clipped or otherwise do based, that exchange on Venice was al wnvs in demand abroad, this unit of value woe mnde loyally and arlitlcially more valuable than gold and silver. ! Napoleon did not find a ducat in thel vnults'of the Rank of Venice when he; took possesion of it. Ho certainly; would have taken the gold, if any were thorp. C'dwcH' work -hinds uncontradicted on all the above points; and he cites a number of autborltion in support oil Ills history of the famous Institution

which was flourishing nearly fi20 venrsuotice. AVhata the use of lving awake before tho Dank of England had an ex- of nights wlih the unkind' remark of

iMcncc. Done Felon. Of all painful things, can there be any so nxcruriniuigiv painiui as a none felon i wo know or none that nosh is heir to, and as tin malady is quite fre ire - "est quent, and the subject of much can the disease is felt, put directly over llir spot a fly blister, about the size of n Ultimo nail, and let it remain ror six hours, at the expiration of which time. directly under the surface of the blister may be seen the felon, which can be In . ,., , . slant y taken out with the point of needle or a lancet."

iTunf.uii:iniiuii, wo iiru me imcsi wifif mem cutrracicr aim standing, it what people does not como to their relief, for its cure, which Is given by that au- id about yon is true, set yourself hunger will bo the guesi of their wretchthority, the London Lancet: A right at once; if it is false, let it go tor d abodcs.-ilnd. Smtinel. soon as the pulsation which liidieatoMwhHt t will until It dins of hiiim-nnt ...

. ....... Z .J I A a. m . ! I. a IaIaaI

" of tho crowd rushed to the river on the One thousand six hundred and'arrival of the steamer Grey Eagle, to ninety-one persona emigrated from get their first glimpse of a steamboat. Switzerland last year for countries be- It was an object of great interest to vend the seas: 1,047 of them went to them, and the ejaculations that escantil

North, 01 to Central, and J44 to South America, and 117 to Australia. Geneva and four other oaittoHp, however, hive fuinlehod norerurm.

Indiana, Constitutional Amend

ments. The following amendments to our Constitution were passed two years ago. If they arc acted upon promptly by the next General Assembly they may be a part of our Constitution before the term expires. They nre all important and should receive the earliest attention. If they become a law they will obviate the c"Mi,il 101 a Coiiatitutioiml ConvenFirstamondment: Every male citizen Of till' TTlMiuil Slul iw n, Iff ij liuniilf.niiii years of ago and upwards, and who has S,-!ri.8iilml i fttnA dv .n,,ti. i.. i, - i . " ...... ... . . . i . . v . Iirf.nillllt tllil'lf iltll'a lirintnlSutnlt, n,'r. kjeding such election, and every male of I! I. ..I .... .. . . .. . loreigu oirtn ot the ago of twi twenty-one years and upwards who shall have retided in the United States one vear. in the State six mouths, in the township sixty days, in the ward or precinct thirty daya immediately preceding said elec tion, with declared intentions, shall be

intcr-unitcd to vote in his ward or precinct, ,0 fimii mvu boon duly registered ac-

jcoidit.g'to law. Ihu second amendment strikes out the words, ".No negro or mulatto shall have the right of suU'rage." ti. ml Hinni.iltn.Mii All oino. tion shall he held on tho lirst Tuesday nfier the first Monday in November. township elections excepted. Provided at special election therclor. 1'ourth ameiulment: btnkts the word "white" from &ections 4 and 5 of article 4. The tilth amendment is to section 22 iof article 4 ami reads as follows: , In relation to tecs or salaries; except that the laws may be so made as to grade the compensation of otllccrs in proportion to me population and tho necessary ser vice ITIJIIllCO. 1 he sixth amendment provides that .. ....!!.. .1 . ... .i ... . .... 1C jlHi,.i,u poWC,. of liie tate shall be vested in Supreme. Circuit, and such other courts us the G uncial Assembly may establish. The seventh amendment provides that the "supremo Court may consist yf not less than live nor more than seven tor six years If they shall so long bunave well The eighth amendment provides that no session of the (icneral Assembly shall session beyond the term of sixty days. The ninth amendment strikes nut the thirteenth article and in lieu thereof inserts the following: No corporation hall ever become indebted, in any manner, or for anv amount in the aggregate. exceeding two per centum on the value ages huoiil a o per iuu poiiuus gross hi lower price than has been reached since I8M. This is 7 70 per head gross, requiring tho disbursement of $30,800 a r'"J iut ";!, mm niiuw aiisi nmi. I IIU CH lime tt la ink uitil all.itiiaitia AIih I. . - .,., ,..-,.,,, .,., , 1Q,n ! i. sum of $4,020,400. At these figures for hogs the product can be olleicd at such ",'pricesas under ordinary circumstances l is . - would enable the people to have meat tnreo times a day, tor shoulders are quoted at three cents and sides at three .a . - . and a half cunts a pound, But under radical rule the industries of tho country have been so prostrated that thousand's ot people arc out ot employment and without money, ami to them the cheap ncss of food only aggravates their do plorablc condition.-1 ml. Sentinel. "What "thev sav'' is henealh vnnr ot nights wlih the unkind remark of some, false friend running through vonr brain like. forked lightning? What'si the use of getting into a worry and fret ovci'ifossip that lias been set afloat to vouf disadvantage bv some mmldlnsmim busy-body who has more time than character. These ihii

These things cannot posslblv'are multinlled thousands who are nnahlo

injur you, unless you take notice of them, and in combating them you give The railroad gave an excursion from

weakness. i i. aa I

Huntingburg to this place last HHtidav.lclaima the monev on the I'ollowiti" miu-

Sonic two orthrce hundred rosy cheeked miu buiiii iminii'R ui uilliuis UOIII1IV availed themselves of the opportunity to LH tlm Dlnff o.itv. mm, i. .'. them as the steamer majestically moved off down the stream, were verv intereating to the "wharf-rill." Rock llOI't KepublicRn.

rWrfttWrg Imfrt,

i 3Iessrs Moiilgomerv and Adatn re turned last Tuesday from Tcrre Haute, where they Iiku gone to interview .Mr. Uervy, wlio nroiioses to build a stand-ard-guage railroad from this place to Worthmgton, Greene, comity, a station on the Indianapolis and Vineennes rail road. Mr. Ilervy's standing as a business man in Torre Haute is first-class, and we think what he says in regard to building the road can be relied on. in the first place, he proposes to pay the expense of holding an election in thin township, and if the tax is voted, to take it. wlih subscriptions to the amount of 4O,O00, and insure the completion of tho road from here to the O. and M. road hi eight months. He will lake $10,000 in railroad ties and timbers to be used in making trestles, bridges, etc. He will also take 8,000 in real estate at its market value. This certainly is the best chance we have ever had for a railroad, and we hope our citizens will take tho matter In hand, and all work together, and not stop until tbe shrill whistle of the locomotive Is hoard In the corporate limits of our city. We were shown a letter from tho K. & T. II. It. R. company, in which they say that just as soon w the water wilt permit they will run the steamer Swcetser regularly between Ilazletou and Petersburg, and tho steamer Petersburg between Petersburg and Portersville. They also state ihattbero will be corn buyers along the river who will pay the highest market price for corn cribbed on the laink. They also ak if any one can deliver them 1,000 bushels of coal a day. we would advise all farmers alonsr the bank to crib their corn close to the river's edge, so that it will bo convenient for them to load when they sell. w.:.L..IIrzrove. siieritl.ror unison county, brought John Agee, a notorious character of this county, up to see Sherilf bcalos last Tuasday. Ajjee is charged with larceny, and will repose tor tne time being in tho Pike county jail. Meetings arc being held in various counties with a view to urging the Legis lature to change the road laws. I here appears to be a general sentiment in lavor or direct taxation ror such improvements. Frank Bihlcrback, our new Auditor, has taken possession of hw office and looks happy and at home In his uVw quarters. Democratic Keform. In 1877 the democrats took chargo of the house of refuge at Plainiield, which had been run as extravagantly as tht benevolent institutions, all being under republican rule. What has been the result of two vears of democratic rule In the house of refuge? In 1877 they saved $87,000; in 1878. the report of which year wi 11 be handed to the governor to day, shows that but $48,000 of the ap propriation or $53.01)0 has been used, and the superintendent covered into the Mate treasury that amount. Hut this in not all the" saving. Five thousand threo hundred and fifty dollars also have been converted into the treasury, being money made from tho products or the institution. (The superintendent of tho Hospital for the Insane has never reported the product, of the farm under his supervision, which is contrary to law.) Resides tho savings mentioned, a new chapel and other permanent improvements have been made at Plalnllcld, costing $7,000, making an aggregate snving to the tax-iayers of Indiana of 22.350 in one year, or 49,850 in two year. This amount will sink into insignificance compareil wjth tho amount that the democrats will save in tin charitable asylums when they take charge of them hi the near future. Ind. Sentinel. Til 1877 the corn crop of Indiana reached nearly 100,000,000 bushels, and the estimate is' that the crop of 137b will amount to 120.000,000 bushels. Corn is now worth about twenty cents per bushel la the crib. It makes good and wholesome i) rea u, aim certainty mere snoiiiti bu no hunger in the land. But radicalism, by its vicious financial policy, has produced such widespread ruin that hi spite of the beneficence of heaven thorn to purchase corn at twenty cunts a bushel; and if the boudvolence of the The Legislature of Missouri offered a Tiremium of ilO.OOtl for a tiositive cure. for hog cholera. Mrs. Xancv McGee cifie : 'Take the inside Iwrk of tit ; cherry tree and boil it down with i so as to make a strong solution, 'i tit to the hogs to drink, excluding ' i from any "water. TMia has proved wlih me a perfect enre, pvh hi the lat stag" of the disease. I alo recommend an i - a a k I il. .. a I l Mtmtxtttre oi uie root oi me mm nciiie. An English agricullural paper reti'iu u fui-iiiHi- flu liMi'.tn nlfiiitcil K Ltitnleufl val'lul III4 llfilMtnxu lIlH In... ta-aoM.