Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 January 1879 — Page 2
1 CilHrfMMti. U UMMURWHl M a eandklate for
C. MAIS, FuMktor.
JASPER,
CURRENT NEWS.
' tk DMnM iMHataatten for Geveraor ef
Tb 1mhm of Jtebsrt Bala, oa Kr4y
INDIANA. ' CmkKIvsr, Oat., vw daatroyed by Ira b
tl,aa4 tweygelHlr,lnaloe 1h tiMkouM, ww burasd t death. At 3ata Barbara, Cal., en the 3d, a hurrlaaaetore a pathway through sveral blocks of UMlkllHpi utd killed one nan, Wn. Goss. Gen. Jaam A. Garfteld wade an address
beferethe Chicago "Hon et Money League"
WAMnXTOK. The Treasury mad specie psyaaosts a January 1 with a eela hataaoe el fcW,
m6,m-$mjm,m la gW aa4 $!,OOO,000 , &H tke events of the 3d, upeR the wwaslon is rilvr. i of their eolebratlaf the return of the ooua-
The pMMte debt tfatt puWkkwl Jan. try to epeeie payments.
Tea primmer attempted oa the 3d to esape from the toaeeutter&' yard ef the Iowa PealteHtlary at Anamosa. The guards Irsdupon them, killing oae, fatally woundlag another, and breaking the leys ef two mere. Only oae of the whole number succeeded ia Rett In ic off. The Second Baptist Church, corner of Beaumont and Locust Streets, St. Louis, just completed at a cost of about $1SO,000, was destroyed by fire oa the 3d. Insurance about $100,000. Origin of Ire unknown. The Totter Sub-Committee dosed Its sm slon in New Orleans after taking some unimportant testimony. Secretary Sherman's counsel was called upon to furnish certain
evidence, but declined to do so, upon the ground that his witnesses would be ruined I by the mere faet of their appearance before
the Committee. It is reported that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Ye Railroad Company has purchased the Denver and South Park Hailroad,
and agree to complete it to Leadvilie by the ,
1st of August. Near Nicholas ville, Ky., on the night of the
managers have absorbed as dividends the ' 3d, a colored man and his 5-year-old child
were burned to death, on account of his having attempted to kindle the fire with coal oil.
The Ilonore Block, on Dearborn and Ad'
3 shews aa ieree in the debt during the
preceding month of $1,3,?. Total coin b4euttaidiBg,$l,!K,S12,!0; total debt, .MT.TW.SUi; total interest, $$(,$11,71; eaeh in Treasury, eoia, $il,SM77; total, iBehMiiBg currency and special deposits, $i7,m,?', debt, leee cash ia Treasury, Gen. Sheridan has published another letter te Secretary Sehurz oa the Iadiaa iiues-
tie, and 3fr. Sehurz is anaouaeed as having his rejoinder in course of preparation. A paekage containing $10,000 ia eurreney ' was stolen from the safe of the Government
Priating OlHee in Washington on the 3d. The money was intended for the payment ef employees. The thief made geoi his eseape. The Government Directors of the Union Paeisc Railroad have submitted their annual report to the Secretary of the Interior. They believe that, in view of its success as a commercial enterprise, it should be submitted te as severe tests ae any railway in the country. Its road-bed is not what it should
be, for the reason that the stockholders and
moneys whieh ought to have been expended
ia substituting steel rails for the worn-out iron ones that now disigure its track. An amalgamation of the road with its connect
ing branch lines is not deemed desirable, j ams Streets, Chicago, was burned on the st
and the public interest would be better se
eared were the companies compelled to arbitrate the existing differences relative to pro-rating. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has resigned his rosition as Government Director of the Union Facile Railroad, for the reason as expressed in his letter of resignation that an oHeerwho represents the Government in a quasi-judicial position should not be dependent upon the railroad company for his compensation, as is provided by the law creating the ontee. Justice Hunt, of the United States Supreme Court, has had a stroke of paralysis from whieh it is feared he eaa not recover. It is understood that Senator Conkliag has decided to continue ate opposition to the oenlraatioa of the President's New York appointments. Judge Blodgett, of Chicago, has addressed a communication to Speaker Randall, requesting an investigation by the House of
Kepresentatives into the alleged charges
I teraoon of the 4th. The building was oc
cupiedby the Chicago Post-otBce, the Chi
cago and Alton Railroad General Offices, Gen. Sheridan's Headquarters, and a large number of law and other offices. The building was one of the finest in Chicago, and was erected in 1872 by II. II. Honore at a cost of $600,000, on the site of a similar structure which was destroyed by the great fire of 1871. The actual present value of the building was estimated at about $100,000, on whieh there was an Insurance of about $250,000, divided among some SO different companies. A number of the occupants of the upper floors were forced to make their escape from the burning building by sliding down a rope. It is not
believed that any lives were lost. The mall to this object, matter and valuables belonging to the Post- James Larm
tieiaa. He was President of the Charleston Demeeratie National Convention la 1W0, and also t the Baltimore Convention. About 100 delegates of the Greenback party frem the New Magland States met in Convention at Hotton oh the 3d. Wendell Phillips wm the principal speaker. The name of the Greenback-Labor Party of New England was adopted, and a resolution peeked declaring the substitution of greenbacks for National bank bills the paramount Issue now before the people. The Maine Legislature, on the 3d, elected Aloazo Gareelon, Democrat, for Governor, there having beet no choice of State officers at the recent election. The Republican Senators all voted for Gareelon, in order to defeat Smith, the Greenback candidate. The other State omeers ohosen were agreed upon by a Democratic-Greenback caucus, as follows; Secretary of State Kd ward II. Gove; State Treasurer Cha. A. White; Attorney-General Wm. A. McClellan; Adjutant-General Samuel I). Leavit. The house of Benjamin Neal, at Walpole, Mass., was burned on the 4th, ami Mrs. Neal perished in the flames. The Academy of the Uoly Angels, a Catholic educational institution at Buffalo, N.Y., was burned on the 4th. Loss, $00,000; Insurance, $36,000. The New York Legislature met on the 7th. Morton Michael, proprietor of the Xorth American and cx-Mayor of Philadelphia,
died on the Gib.
The Pennsylvania Legislature met on the
7tb. The Maine Legislature met on the 7th.
A number of Eastern mills are now run
ning on half-time, on account of the low
prices of manufactured goods. KOKKMJN.
A Berlin dispatch says that Deputy Most
ha4 been sentenced to six months' imprison ment, " for Insulting religion."
A Japanese steamer, running between
Ozaha and Diva, was recently destroyed by
the explosion of soracgunpowder in the car
go. Eighty-three persons were drowned
By the bursting of a SS-ton gun on the
British nian-of-warThunderer,duringprac
ticc, the vessel's turret was destroyed and
seven men killed and 40 wounded.
The Kmpcror William, at his Ministerial reception, on New Year's Day, said he was
not fatigued by attention to public affairs
although he had not yet regained his former elasticity. The painful Impression of the year had been softened by many proofs of loyalty. The Emperor said that the efforts of the Ministry to combat dangers to the
State Indubitably were not without results
but their full activity must still be directed
Kratker UanlMer's HttNiilr.
office were ll ved, with the exception of some bags of newspapers in the cellar. The building was well supplied with fire-proof vaults, and It is believed that most of the
tenants saved their more valuable books
touching his oHeial conduct as Judge of the j and papers. The Connecticut Mutual Life United States District Court. Insurance Company were the owners of the The President has nominated James 15. building, having foreclosed a mortgage on Howell, of Iowa, Orange Ferris, of New , it for some $;HK),000 at the time lloaore went Yerk, and A. O. Aldfs, of Vermont, South- into bankruptcy. em Claim Commissioners; Lewis K. Payne, The Rankin House ami 13 stores atColuraef Virginia, United States Attorney for Wv- bus, Ga., were burned on the 4th. Loss emimj Territory; A. Worth Spate, of Mary- . about $70,000; insurance, $22,000. tend, Secretary or Wyoming Territory; Peter At Beckville, Ind., on the morning of the Manter, Register of the Land Office, Bis-' 4th, two young children of a man named
Nolan were found frozen to death in bed.
It Is reported that four tramps were frozen
iar:k-, Dakota.
WM6T AJfD SOCTHWJHST. The new State Capitol at Lansing, Mich, was publiely dedieated en the 1st. The New Orleans branch of the Yellow Fever Investigating Committee began taking testimony on the 31st.
Judge Henry G. Smith, a well known eltt
to death at Glasgow Junction, Ky., on the night of the 3d. The works of the St. Louis Beef Canning Company, on Poplar and Fourteenth Streets, were partially burned on the night of the 5th. Loss nearly $100,000; fully Insured.
The wholesale boot and shoe house of
zen of Memphis, dropped dead on the night j AppJeton, Noyes & Co., St. Louis, suspend-
ei ine sisi, alter returning aome front a public meeting. Lieut. Thomas S. Wallace, of the Third Infantry.some time since left Fort MUoula, Montana, on a hunting expedition, and, as
Homing aa since been heard of him, he is
supposed to have been drowned.
YYaifcwe was a brave and successful Indian fighter. Judge Charles T. Sherman, formerly United States Judge of the Cleveland (O.) District, died suddenly on New Year's morning. He was a brother of Secretary and Gen. Sherman. At Curtlsville, Mercer Count;, Ky., the other day, Mrs. Dickerson, In attempting to aid afire which she bad kindled, selz.nl
keg containing some blasting-powder and j
ed on the (Hh. The failure is said to be due to complications arising out of the death o a special partner, and the assets of the house are declared to be in excess of the liabilities. The Nevada Legislafcire met on the Oth and organized by electing the Republican
Lieut ! caucus nominees in both houses.
The Louisiana Legislature met on the Gth. The Tennessee Legislature met on the Oth. The Nebraska Legislature met on the 7tb. " Dutch Charley " was banged at Carbon, Wy. T., on the Oth, by a gang of masked men. He wai a notorious stage robber and also accused of murder. The Wisconsin Legislature met on the 7th. The Ohio Legislature met on the 7th. The Minnesota Legislature met on the 7th.
Int Lieut. Helenus Dodt, Adjutant of
irw a hibuiui on me lire. The flash ' the Twenty-fourth (J. S. Infantry, died of reached the keg, and a tremendous cxplo-1 pneumonia at Fort Duncan, Texas, on the sloa followed, enveloping her in a sheet of :th ult. He was a native of Hanover, Oer-
name. sue was so badly burned that she soon died, and three of her children were also badly injured, two fatally. A team crossing on the lee between Richmond and Melbourne, Ind., on New Year's eve, broke through and was carried under
by the rapid current. The occupants, Messrs. Rowe and Kemp, of Kingsburg, and Mrs. Sadler.of Melbourne,all were drowned. , The Potter Sub-Committee met at New j Orleans en the Slat and resumed the taking of testimony relating to the elect Inn of
many, and a most accomplished officer and gentleman. The Teller Sub-Committee of Investiga
tion, comprising Senators Teller, Cameron, Kirkwood, Garland and Bailey, met in New
Orleans on the 7th and began taking test!myny. The public schools of Mitchell, Ind., have been dismissed on account of the scarlet fever epidemic.
1876.
EAST A1 SOUTHEAST. The warehouses; of the Union Cotton Press Company, at Charleston, S. C, containing 10,121 bales of cotton, were destroy-
I ed by fire, together with their entire contents, on the morning of the 1st. Total lossj ex about ffi75,U0O, nearly covered by insurance. At South Uyfield, Maw., John H. C'aldwell,aged 4J,whlle kneeling In family prayer, was Instantly killed by his Insane wife, who uplit his head open with an ax. , . Robert W. Mackcy, cx-State Treasurer of J Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia on the 1st. The Erie Railway has completed Its third rail from Jersey City to Buffalo, and is now runnlngboth narrow and wide gauge trains 1 the entire distance. The banking-house of Bennetts Co., at , Wllkesbarre, Pa., has suspended.
Hon. Caleb dishing died on the night of the 1st, at his home in Newburyport, Mase., frem an affection of the stomach. He was
Insured I in the 79th year of his age, and was distin-
; gHMneU ae a lawyer, an auther and a poll-
By the blowing up of three of the 12 boll- ' era In Hulman Fairbanks' distillery, at Terre-Haute, Ind., on the 1st, Franklin ' Hughes, a white boy, aged 1, and Wm, Day, colored, were instantly killed, and two i other employee seriously injured. A commission appointed by the Legislature ft Oregon, to Investigate the books and papers connected with the State Department, re pert that funds amounting to $7,000 have either been unaccounted for or
patu out without warrant of law. The report is very severe upon Governor Grover, plaeingupen him the responsibility for a large share of the deficit. Dempster Hall, at Evanston, III., a branch ef Evaneten University, burned to the grennd en the night of the 2d. Lose, 6,000 ; Insurance, ,000. . The First Presbyterian Church atQulncy, 111., jurt completed at a cost of )..
destroyed by fire en the night ef the 3d. The frem an affection of the stomach.
nre BrigiiMicii i rem me lurnaec. for 30,000.
Larmond, a pensioner, and his wife
were ourneu to ueatn at iirocton, unt., on
the night of the 2d, while Intoxicated, the
house in which they resided having taken
tire, it is supposed, from upsetting a stove.
Gen. Grant and party arrived at Dublin,
Ireland, on the 3d, where they received
cordial, but unofficial reception by the Lord
Mayor and other local ofliolals.
The Cornish Bank, at Truro, Cornwall, England, closed its doors on the 4th. The bank was owned by Twecdie, "Williams &
Co., and bad been in existence for 110 years.
Financial disorders in the tin-mining busi
nessarethe supposed cause of the failure. Juan Monoas', who attempted to assassin
ate the King of Spain on the 25th of October
last, was publicly executed at Madrid on
the 4th.
The Town Council of Cork, Ireland, re fused to vote a public reception to Gen Grant, on account of his alleged anti-Catholic sentiments.
The French Senatorial elections, held on the fith, res'iUed In a deceive triumph for the Republicans. Of 47 Conservative Senators whose terms expired, only 1.1 have been re-elected, while the Republicans have
in every instance held their own. The Viceroy of India telegraphs the fol
lowing details of the Ameer's withdrawal
from Cabul: "The Ameer held Durbar Dec.
10, when it was resolved that after the fall
of All MusJId and Pelwar no further reli
ance could be placed on his troops or resist
ance offered. The Ameer, therefore, con
eluded to seek Russian protection and place
his case before a European Congress, leaving Yakoob Kalin, his son, In charge. Ya
koobwas released the same day, and the oath was administered that he should do
as the Ameer directed. The Ameer left Ca bul Dec. IS. His authority had almost ills
appeared." The Ameer is supposed to have
gone to St. Petersburg.
Princess Caroline, wife of Prince Henry of
Hesse, is dead.
A recent dispatch from the City of Mexico says that cx-(5ov. Bravo, who headed the
rising in Collma and Michoaoan, has been killed with 14 of his followers. OKNKKAL, Thursday, Jan. 2, was the coldest day of the winter, as recorded by the Signal -service reporters. At 10 p. ra. the thermometer registered HJ degrees belowzero at Chicago, Cincinnati, and Davenport, Iowa. Private reports give the following additional figures: at Qulncy, III., 27 deg. below; at Leavenworth, Kas., 10 below; at Springfield, 111., 20 below; atllloomlngton, 111., 22 below; at Davenport. Iowa, 26 below; at Des Moines, Iowa, 25 below; at Kansas City, Mo., 18 be-1 low; at Bismarck, Dakota, 30 below; at Memphis, Tcnn., 15 below.
COXUKKHMIONAL PKOt'F.KIUXJS. Ceagrew reassembled on the 7th, after the holiday receeo, pursuant to resolution of adjournment In the .Senate, a large number of petitions were presented, mainly by women, aaklng that vKwt be Klven te the AnH-l'olyKainylawof l!tt, and other pro teeing against the so-CHllml Patent bill anil attaint the transfer ot the Iiuttan Hureau to the War Deiutrtinent. Among tlin more Important bills introduced wm one by Mr. McDonald, to authorize the taxation ol ouUrtendttiK lexal tenders, Mr. Edmunds submitted a reaoltitton, iteolarlHtr that, in the Judgment at the Senate, the 13th, th and l&th Amendment to the Constitution of tho United Stntes have been legally ratified xnd are as valid as the other parts ot the Constitution ; that It Is the right and duty of Con. Kresa to enforce mch amendments by impropriate legislation, and It is the duty of tho Executive Department of the tinverniitunt fRlthrully and with diligence to Impartially execute such laws ; that it is the duty of Con. frress to appropriate money to that end, and nstructlnv tho Judiciary Committee to report a bill for the protection of the rights of citizens and thn punishment of all Infractions thereof. The resolution was latd on tho table at tho request of Mr. Kdmunds, to be called up hereafter, Mr. Voorhevs called up hi resolution instructing the Judiciary (.ommlttee to Impure into tho expediency of making tho tradu-dol-lar legal tender, and providing for its recoinago into standard silver dollars. Ho address-
dollar to death? Dotn' failed in its mission abroad, had rotnmoii Tou black folks srit dust in vour ovaal
homu to cheat the honest people n( thlscoun- Dr's i hoan of sand an1 miw-ilnsf in die try. The resolution was then laid over..'" uar , . V 01 an avVus.lm u,s
lathe Itoue, Mr. Acklin called attention to womid aat passes ior Sllgttr to tie man
lilt) NCHUURl
nanio is associated, and pi
tlon nuthnrizinir un tnmitrv -hlnh
tented on the ground that the resolution did bulges up an' do sand not embrace a question .of prlvllente. Mr. vnu m riia'nintnri n'
Harrison arose on a imcstlon of hlifh privl-1 v- j x. tl V f"Y": . lege and tutored a resolution recfttni that i Ktnder hard to hav to oat COld turnip Hendry w.KiociKett.r.s. District Judge for thn when you know dat do fam'h nex' dOtth nrthernDUtrlctof UUnols, had been chafed am luxuriatm' on sweot-ciko un' tnr. with gross misconduct and corruption, nnd 1 . . .? awci.v-t.ixu an tur-
provtiiing for a select committee of Hvu Key, but, u UO turnip am paid tor you
expeck
rsrest linir
enny of us bov got to work fur, an1 I tolo you, brmUlers, tlat big seal-ringa an' pants cut twenty-two inches across do kull am nowhar' longside of a kin'
Uctrotl Jre:
" Gan'lem if you w h putwott ntshln' 'roun' d world Telopd in a tiimund pi a an an ultor, am dat aay sign dat h pays taxes, rant a ohurch-pew an' brings hU chiU'ea up in do waydev should ko? J 3 Brother Gardner looked down upon the sixty-four faces in the orehoetra chairs, but not a voice responded. When you see a pusson seated in a sky-blue cutter, pushm' do linos over a fast hoes an lookiti' outer his left eye ae if he had tie bulge on all di co'nor lots in tqwn, am dat enny sign dat a single grocer would tnts' him for a box of sa'dmee or a peck of carrots?" The Elder Toots heaved a deep sigh ; and Huckleberry Jonos silently scratched his off leg just below the knee. " When a man takos up fo1 seats in do kyar, pushes folks aroun' on de market, elbows aroun' do City-hall, an' gits de fust place at do stamp-window in de Post-ollico, am dat enny sign dat whon it came to de pull he'd give half a dol-
i lar's worth of wood ter keep an orfun
, asylum from freezm' to death?
ndal in Louisiana with which his walkin' by, hilt when you comes to de
u-uu Hit. I r-v o
creeps out, an'
disgusted, it's
iWKi ffiS needn't fear for yer digestion. I to report what action the House should takutdat do h'arafter am de bipR
in tho promises, with power to wnd for per
sons, papers, etc. Mr. unrchard moved to Htnendby substituting the Judlclan- Com. mitten for h hpocial comndttoe, which wai agreed to. Mr. Kyan Intrtnfuccd h bill o.v.Vn ....... s . . . - . ...
n-uuiii inn lima in Mi!"'mpwni on nuuuc ..! i.iii.. n lands who have snUerod by prairie tiros. Ite- wori an an honest heart."
a ucniiin in Mr. ll. II. liuugiaSM. OI . i rcsn, irglnia, and A. S. Williams, of Michigan, I were announced, and the House in respect to The Walled Lake ill low.
Daniel WcbslorN Financial fricities.
Eecen
tho New
Tho greatest wonder in tho State of Iowa, and perhaps in any other State, is what is called the "Walled Lake," in Wright County, 12 miles north of tho
SftVS
limes, somebody contradicts in uuouque anu racmc nauway, anu lou
public prints tho stories alwavs cir- ttulM westof Dubuque City. Ihe lake is
about Daniol Arnhatrs nr. from two to throo feet higher than the
Every once in a while.
lork
tho
culatinc
treme carelessness in mnnv inattnr.. . earth's surface. In some places tho
A writer in the Roston Advertiser has wal1 is 10 fcet 15 wJe at the just denied that Hums Choate ever lost bottom, and 5 feet wide at the top. An-
a dollar by iadorsinsr the Massachusetts omer laci is me size oi tue stones used
statesman's notes, and that the latter n construction, the whole of them vary
ing in weignt irom mreo tons uown to 100 pounds. There is an abundance of stone in Wright County, but surrounding the lake to tho extent of five or 10 miles there are none. No one can form an idea as to the means employed to bring them to the spot or who constructed it. Around the entire lake is a belt of woodland half a mile in length, composed of oak. With this exception the country is u. rolling prairie. Tho trees must have beea planted there at the time of tho building of tho wall. In the spring of the year 1856 there was a
Senate, and been obliged to relinquish a reat storm, and tho ice on the lake very lucrative practice. This can scarcely broko the wall in several places, and be correct, because persons who knew the farmers in the vicinity were obliged
invariably paid strict attention to his paper maturing at tho Merchants' Bank m that city. If this be so, Choate aud the Merchants' Bank must have been exceptionally treated by the groat expounder, who was half a Harold Skimpole, thongh in & grand, lofty way. At this late day there can hardly be any donbt as to Webster's financial habits, notorious in Boston and Washington, and almost everywhere else in fact. Some of his friends used to say that he did not contract those habits until he had been a lone time in the United States
mm intimately in his early iifo were wont to speak of him, to put it delicately, as entirely devoid of business methods and business ideas. Charles Sumner mentioned more than once an experience he had with the god-like Daniel, whose successor he was (1850) in the National Sente It was while Sumner was practicing law ia Boston, years before ho hadacquiredanygener.il reputation. He and Webster had defended
the Commonwealth, in a suit, and hail 4.1 1 r 1 been allowed $1,000' for their services. n A pieman who is now m Lake On,,,! w.ii.i1ii..B c County has the head-dress of Buffalo
nflinn mi M . 4. t,i , . v... . Horn who was killed last summer in tho
mivim a ut utul n bill t State-house. Sumner, to ect mv SI. 000. Unnock war, haying taken
anil I'll crnt rnnfa inn 14 1)
Sumner (it seems that ho had some founa "V. tw,otncr fnUia'ls ,,oad m a knowledge of his late aseodato'M necn- cave Ipimst have given the wearer an
liarities)" declined the proposal with sa,8PT -nl"Cl1 rcr.oc,l3; jnS.nff irom thanksand he nreferred to let his tho doecnptioii wo have been given of iU
to repair the damages to prevent inun
dation. Tho lake occupies a ground surface of 2,800 acres; depth of water ae great as 25 feet. The water is clear and cold ; soil sandy and loamy. It is singular that no one has been able to ascertain where the water comes from nor where it goes, yet it is always clear and fresh. Dnburucf Iowa) Herald. - - ii Buffalo Horn's Head-drcs.
it himself
chief, whom he
money remsm where it was. "All
right, then," replied Webster, and departed. But when he went to tho State-house he drew Sumner's fee as
well as hia own. the clerk havintr no
doubt that ho had been authorized to do
so ; and the eminent barrister, it is tin-, derstood, died Indebted to his younger colleague for the amount. Webster's
tamo was that ho never took any notico of his debts, and that ho was totally
Its most prominent features are two
large buffalo horns fixed at tho top. Surrounding the head are rows of weasels' feet, and other attractive objects, woven together in such a way as to make a kind of capote or hood, which reachos to the shoulders. Ashland (Oregon) Tidings.
THE MAJtKETS.
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j. . . v . . . jr.w r.o .ihutd owiirs ;
auppneu uj nis nosion aumirers, and it snKKP-Common to Choice. .
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to be so fully
slipped throueh his fineer like oulck- . L's-ldve..... 3.95
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great orator, a intellectual and
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ed In the United States last year was 2,088 exceeding any previous year since 187.1. Minnesota, Iowa, MUfourl, Colorado and Kansas made the greatest progress In railroad hulldinir. An extensive excursion parly, composed of btislnww men from New York, Chicago, SU Louli and other cities, on the Oth started for Mexico, for the purpose of working up a larger American trade with our sister Ue public. Arrangements have been made by the Mexican ofliolals to give the party a hospitable reception Japan la to be a groat wheat producer.
silver. He appeared
aware of his idiosyncrasy as to jest about it. A Vircinian noiitician once
told him in Washington that ho ought to bo a Southerner, because he was so
genial and so eloqtiont. "That is not the only reason," remarked the Senator. What is another?n "Because I never pay my debts." Daniel Webster
was unquostionablv a
great lawyer, a srreat
political force: but surely nobodv who
ever know him would chargo him with the smallest concern ahnnhhU Hnbia
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Medium Dark Leaf HAY Ottolco Tlmotby...... nUTTKR Choice Dairy,.... KUG8-Krenh lOKK Standard Mess.......
VOOL-Tub-wabed,Cholce
unwashed Mixed...
it was mighty hard scratchln' fo' dc iiKKVKS-oomm'ntoOh
SIIKKP-Nntlve
FLUUK-unoice , 4.:i XXX 3.SS
WHEAT Red NO. 2.... CORN-Ko. 2 Mixed
An old darky who was asked if. in
ds experience, prayer was over answer
Thcnumbcrof miles of railroad construct ed, replied i " Well. sail. SOmo ura.'rs
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is ansim anu some isn't 'ponds onw'at
you axes fo'; just artcr de wah, wo'en, ....... " . i ... . . . .
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4.00 15 IS 7.40
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culled bredden, I 'bsarved dat w'onebber I pway do Iio'd to sen' one o' Marse Peyton's fat turkeys fo'do ole man, dare was no notice took ob de partition ; but wo'en I pway dat do Send deolo man fo' tie turkey, do matter was 'tonded to befo' sun up nex' mornin', dead sartin." Those who make candles will find it a great improvement to steep the wicks in lime-water and saltpeter and dry .them. The llauie is clearer, and tho tallow will not, run.
5.70 2.W0 2.M) 3JW
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SlIEKP-Coinumn to Choice. rLOUK-Wldto Winter.
Rod Winter 4.m
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