Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 February 1885 — Page 1

Weekly Courier.

Jasper VOL. 27. JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1885. NO. 19.

rCBLISUKI) KVKKV PKtDAY, AT JA8PKKuuuots uountt, Indiana, by OLBHENT DOANE. ' OFFICE. In Courier Builihno on West Sixth Stkbkt. Ml 1 PRICK Or SUBSCKIfTION.

Ingle Subscription, for fifty Nos., $1 60 far its months, : : : w BATKS or ADVERT'SEINQ. For square, 10 lines or less, 1 week, $1 00

Etch subsequent insertion, 75 cts.jnt) Uu. mine. We n Congress to make

Longer advertlsementBat the same ratc.MHHS. it is desperntely difficult lo keen

A fraction over even square or equan taunted a a square. These, arc the terms frt.-ariiBiit advertisements; a reasonsLl .i.d.ictton will ba made to regular, y " .i -

ui.r' ' -tm.nt rf adminl.ihmusthout the year. It would be bel-

trators and legal notices of like character ! be paid la advance. announcing candidates. Far Township Officers, each ror County " " Fer District, Circuit, or State, 1 00 2.50 1.00 W. A. TRAYLOR. W. S. HUMTER. TRAYIOlt.fcMIJlVr:K, tlttorneysat Law, Jasper, Indiana, CTTILL Brsetlcs Ib t Cearti of DbboIi Hid satn W lageouBtlM. PrtUm1rUiitloBgUolo col(Mites. ejajpromc r ioor r.t -not st. OutIm' hmi KVGKNK A. KLV. JOHN I.. ItKKTiS. Japtr. I. ELY Jb BRET,, ATTORNEYS CQWSElOftS AT LAW, JASPK, INBUVA. Saecor to Dillon Dillon.) VriCK ever Jes. Trailer SatlSlcr Kkup. . A. Ely will peHUily sti.Bd "". ',1'Dtt tU cirentl Coart.. U HUXO BUKTTKER, ITTOKNKT AT UW, Aid Xotary Public, n jAirci, Ixpiari, ILL retU la sit tfa Court of DabaU uJ Prry eounnn, maun. " - "- vlttorney at Law. JABTXK. INU. 'ILL 9t aetleo la tht CoarU of Dnlx.li cobbit, oi . . 1 . c, j f.iifcfull tuUitlnio entrusted to ulm Olco IB Iht "Coarltr " bullillBc. Wet MIb Strelt MIUMAF.L. WILMIN. NAT. KCKttkl, WILSON & ECKEBT, Miners and JDuers in Coal. W are workinir the lowest vein ami

i,iTMt,r.ohlioiiMd J.iM.er.'CH'. Mr. KdHMiu.ls auiong them. Then

V" p.""' I" .:. : ... i . .i.. h.,.. .oe 3 in free iree iroui puiimiui mm w.v.... . ilpl Try it, and you will be couviiiceil. aitnii bi sir coots a Orders promptly

bushel at the platform, a half mile not tli.yf Preside, to perpetuate the rule of Jasper. Large orders Hherallv met.lof hia parly. 'Ihia msn is a profound WILSUN & ECKEIIT. '', lwyer, iuit he is as conscience.

Dec. 2fith. 184 tf. mm Tim bmo ANf PURIFIER ! THE BEST PUMP MADE. TKCAU8K. It U th nHly tlrvlc for raUlnic 13 walnr lhtt will tiemroy ami puri fy wll Hil clterHt;lt will ueverirct-ite; u i ailly eticratfil. Call anal See ana In Operation at .JOHN A. SEUMEKSI! KIM'S, Agent, .Iasi'kk, Ind. inn mti.im-ir PORTERSVILIE CHAMPION STORE JOHN MEHNE Claims to have Ibe champion store 01 ihe ooHitty, al Portersvide. for fair dealing and CHEAP PJUCES. M MAS JUST RKCKIVKI) A FULL 8TOSK Fall and Winter Goods! fall kinds, to whinh he invitee attention, and will 'be glad of an 'opportunity to show yoa. MIED FRUIT WANTED ! Far which he will pay tha HIGHEST mtlCE: also all other kinds of COUNTRY PROPOSE. n't far .MEHNE'I SWANHIOH

Vjum out Rr(larCefrefiuBdtnt. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C, Feb. 18, IW5. Congress lor the paM week lias bctn the toot-ball (if obstructive dilatory aml iniKcliifVoitfi ci niikH. Appropriation hills and dllirr important if not India ppnsable legislation have been delayed find hii extra session septus very pro hable. Well, who cares? Lei an extra sps1oii be called, A member of Con

gress Ik pM $5,00' a year, and whether lie legislates in Washington or vegetatrs in bis rural Imine. he diawa his pay - them clown to their work, 'lhey art; wi etched shirks; lhey seldom null to jrnm-i- except on a motion lo nnjotini. I - t . a H?e they are paid so much per ear '.let "Heir alleged work lie continuous ter to pay tlieui by the day and only when lhey are In their seats. Wlien a nirmher lails In answer to bis name oi rnihcall nock his wngps-. illicit larnv. require bun to hung a written excus from his wile. If these wholcsmiM rules weic eufoiccd thcie would be le absenteeism, less skipping urouiid tin comer. Irss solitary and iitftn iiih! ad. jmiriimeut to the realauiants in (lie lnuetnent of the Capitol. The fact la. Iliat I he people are ton easy and lenient with those who, with vaiintiutr hvpocrlny.cali themselves public servants. These deputized legislative employes, lo speak it mildly, are iiihiiv of them bummer and loafers, interested cliiflv in their private ambitious and pleasures, and lit tuly indifferent lo or ignorant of. tinuerils olihe gieat interests which llu-j hic rent to repreient. Cougresa is not up with the times. It is not at ail pro. gresuve. bo tar as I know parliamen tary uu:iliods and proc dure are not much luMier now than when Rome was Kenu hue IIIXX) veara sito A Plan tins been devised lo call the roll by eleetriri-1 iv.hikI thus register insianlBiieously the! vote ol every member, hut die old and tedioust plHti of CBlline the ayes and uavs still followed, consuralng a great portion of the te6Hion. j An extra f fusion will probably be call ed early in April. It is id that the

Deinor.iHtf desire to avoid sn vtra ses.H'b' and distributed equally among his

eioti 011 political grounds but apprehen sioim are perhaps exaggerated, and il is time k'gi.alors should rife above mere jiatty expediency and do their duty without tear. In the end this would prove 10 be the bioadestand highest ex pediency. It will be remembered that eight years ago (liA petty Michigan accident, who occupied the'Vice-PrcsidemVseat In the benate, ssmmed that he wan the proper person to declare who was the rresideui

of Hie United Stslea. Worked hv Zaoh "Ot nisposen 0.111 ll.e win h to ne sola Chandler, John Sherman, Morton, siuir."'1 'uocet'dg VWMY divided among other desperate consphstoivi, this puppeii',,,nf',r , , ... I had iniioh in An In nikin- iim Hm.inr. Joseph Scnminahoni and Rev. Allen'

hie makeshift of the electoral oommission possible. I will mention that his name was Ferry, for perhaps the reader has tortrottnn his name, as baa Ibe world hiexislenne. Senator Edmunds the pres eut Vice-Presldpiira lerent much dis eusKed auiiouuceaiesit of the "appear mice" of the rcluriiR is a political denfcl

'of Hie nuthnrltv Claimed bv 'ill Repnbli.''0

i ... . . . . . . tin 18TH. Mr. EdiunndswasrcHdv.hvain . . ., . A , , , nieins, im ou HiierttBiu Kiiowru4 vueu a ineiiibpi of the court which inid Ivss and as eunniug as James G. 131 i lu ll looks now as If 14r, Tburman will bn a member of the Cabinet of Prei dent Cleveland. Ho is earnestly urg d hv influential Upuioerats llirotiKiiout (In country. hciiHtor 'endlelou noes not want h Cabinet portfolio, but asks th.tt Mr. Tburman nnty be appointed. Tin objeeiiou hat been made that ho is too old, but he is jounger (ban Gladstone. Biinitrck, or Moltfcc. t'e is ahlesl Hinotig thcable. Kotiian isbelturequippetl for the ptirtfolina of Htate, flttnnce. justice, or the interior, ll is ho disparagement of other to say that he is the most profound lawyer thai has been in public lite "luce the war. be is iboroiiL'lily pn.tfd In houieniul foieig'nque.tioiiH. wiuie h meuiueroi ine. senate he. exercised without ai -rouuuee, ami through a voluntary lecognili hi i)f hisupciiiH'iiy the filiietions il IcHtlcr ami couuselnrtn the Detnocrnlic side Chen were, able Democratic Senators around him, there wre Lunar, Ruck. Vest. Me. Donald, Pendleton, Voorliees, Hill, Mor gati and others who might have led, Inol ibev not with one accmd trusted lo the learning, the wlfnlom. the eloquence, and the patriotism of Uie grand old man " C A S. Tb? late Peter Cooper once sil: In all iHWiis where s newspaper is publish ed evea-y man should advertise in il even if nothing more than a card, slitting his name and (lie tmslnras ho is engaged in It pays the advertiser and btinga traih to the town, by lolling people hi a distance .know that Ihe place yeu reside in la a prosueroMscomHiunity to live busta pr fs M ace a ys. men. Tite business men of this sbaali ooaslaer wkM Mr. Coopei

Keckpert relce(.

The MountalH Boy, Judelle and Grace llorris, liNviug heea plaiiifr in a "field of ire," to a select audience this week, on the Ohio. The corpse of Mrs, John P. Dunn, from Indianapolis, arrived al ibis place Tues day morning, also the infant daughter of Nr. .I V hlte, and grancl-iiaiigliter of nr. Wohn Laudherrv. Mrs. Dunn was tiken to Troy, her former home, for burial. An exchange savs: "Reader, did you ever atop to tiling what a liroleos letterwriter a good local home paper is Week after week, year after year, it goes )m telling of iuirriage. births, deaths, the coming and going or the people, the huihes successes or failures, aceideuta, wropa, improvements, meetings revivals rfnciii!-, in fact, events of all kiutls. All im a grut that comes to the hopper of a good local newspaper. If you should iindi rtake to write a letter each week to an absent friend and tell half the news 'ouiid in your local tinner, win would give it up in despair. People in a live own n cognize this fact, and take nJenMire in giving the reporter newa items which could not be learned other wise." WILL OS THE LATE JAM'S HAMMOND. The last will and testament ol James Hammond. deceased was probated Tues day last The estate in eMiuiaten to be ot the vnliie of about one hundred thousand dolUrs, wliich is disposed of by will, ax follows : Rosiua Hammond, widow, f 5,000; which was provided for in a marriage eouM-Hcl, and occupancy of the family t-cHdeuco and household effects duiiug her lifetime. The greater portion of Ida real estate In divided among his children, viz: Belierra Hays', Sarah J. Jolm-on, Lur.inla It Brown and hi grandson, Jmne.s F. Hammond ; de'crihin the tract given to each, hill none of s.iid real estaie can be sold for tweutv-five years Irnm date of denlli of said testator, except town lots in Pale, which may he 3..I1I only when the interest of said town demanded if. Hi hink stock is in remain a perma nent fund Tor twent -five vear, the divi dends from the same to he drawn siiiihheirs. j The "Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of the United Brethren church, $10,000 Ibe union Biblical Seminary of (be U B. church, DaUon, Ohio, 5.000 "Haruville University, Hartsville.. Ind.. 1,000. U. B. Churclperccllon Society. f3.(KK)1 " at DIe, - - 1,000 " Pale Circuit, - 600 All real estate and personal property Brooner are mentioned ai executors. Regulations for Lent. The follovriuir nie the regulations for Lent in the Diocese of Viueemips for litis year. in virtue of the Indult of the Hloiy bee, diited January Jo 1884. 1. All the ftithful oyer 31 and under ears ol aire are. unless legiiimatcly 1. it... j I ....... 1 t . i . . 1 . . m incii'u, " oobci vc uib iii 01 t""t. 1 2 They arc to take but one full meal 1 day, Sundtys excepted, which meal should be taken about noon 1 3, Doth lisli and flesh aro not to he used al the same time, even oy the way of sauce or condiment, Sundtv included. 4, A collation is allowed in the evening. No general rule as lo Hie quantity of fond pci'tniMed at this time is or cart h-inndi! ; hut the ptaciice of the most regular hri-thins is. to never let it ex ceed the tourlh part of an oidinary nv'nl. 5, The use of butter, ejrgs. cheese and milk at the evening collation, where thiai the etiMotu. For the same reaou it is! lawful to take with a cracker in the morning, a cup ot tei, ennee, or thin ohocohite, with a little milk G. The ikc of hu d instead of butter is permitted in prcpatiug fish, vegetables, etc. 7. The following are exempted from the obligation of fa-iing: Young perons under 21 teais of asie; those who littve eoinpleled their sixtieth year; the -ick. piegmiiit women, or Howe, giving1 tiin j ininiiin f ju if'iin n nu vis. iiia lit iitfiinlu tti'titttB ta 1 1 rx BiilIirBtl 10 laiior hard, and all who. t routed weakness, can not last without injury to eir health. 8 Bv dispensation the use of flesh ineat is allowed at any time 011 Sundays, onl oncu a day on Mondays, Tuesdas. TluiiHiluys and Saturdays, except 011 the S iturday of Ember week, and on Hairsl iv and Halurday of Holy week 9. Persons who are exempted or legitimately dispensed from the ohllga Ions of fastinir. are not bound bv Hie leslriuilon of uing meat, mil v at one meal Ion thu (Ityson which its use is granted oy (lie pptisation. fr-KANCIS bILAS. Bist'otioi Vincennrs. Indianapolis, Feb ?, 1SSS. Tim Mornioti church has more mlUiouarics than the Ahutricau Board of Foreign Mleskmt.

Hw GermftHS Vtc. I StiMeatltmi svi to Ge KoaHa. A striking feature of the German ma-l Fron aai Hie rest lag paper which, waa Hicipal svstem Is Its entire indepeHdeeoa read by Joha T. Campbell, -of national politics. No issues but theae giaeer, befera the Indhma Ascfifctiwi-

arisinsr out of municipal qaeslkMie sre.or surveyors ua annn-wsipiiv

allowed to Influenea the cKv eleetiaaa. Every male inhabitant 94 years of age has a right to vole on municipal ques tions iirovlded that he 'has his own li e mit aI1 uaifl

or mother : that he has not received alma plain eight or great heaps of that materifromthe public fimrts within twelve al,SHcient to pave all iha roads in their years;thai he has paid all municipal neighborhood, and are heard to lament dues; that he occupies a house or pursues B condition of the roads sad the scarcia trade with two employes; thai he payety of gravel. , , . an income tax or a ela-s tax. Under one Charcoal will also make fair parinr or anoiher of these ive conditions all in- material. I will not claim that it la aa duslrious persona in the citv are includ-,good as good gravel, but it Is as good ee ed That all votes should count equally .the average, and better than poor gravel. Is regarded as unhusiness-like. The ar- Timber is of:en plenly where good grav. r-ngeinent ad.n.ted 10 meet this point of,f h or any kind is scarce. In large qusnviewisihigi Voters are divided hito HIm R can be msde and sold at the pit three classes, each of which elects one- ft three to three and a quarter cents per thiid orthecity council. To the first-bushel. Five to seven yards can be clas are assigned so many of the largest hauled at a load which about off-tete the taxpayers as pay one-third of the taxes coat of cutting and burning. It abeorbe assessed : to the second as many as intid rapidly evaporates water and woi.1 he aggregate pav the second third of nre, hence giving a drv road laoon after II.h taxes 10 the third class belong all rain ceases. It should be cevered not included in the first and second.'wilh a thin coat of good gravel, lo hold Eioh of 1 he three classes elects 48 mem-" down, from blowing and washing hers ot the council, its iufluenoe upon ,way and from taking-Ire. questions of finance being kept in strictl Four inchea of looee straw epread on a euii .litv with its tax pavments. The Mly read will, In a few days' trawl, be city council of Berlin has long been con- ground iijto the sand, when it will bespicnous for the educational and gioiB-Jcome as irm aua compact aa a dry aiay. cial standing of its members. Election to,rod.

it is accounted an honor to which tb ablest men in the city aspire Topeka Hews. Plenty of snow. Good morning "Sandy. M J. H. Lausford killed bogs last Saturday. Not manv veara ago we elected a cer tain man for .1. P. and he could not fill a tioiui, so uow lie works at me carpenter trade The big mouthed school teacher sava oh, Cro-ier, don't vou tuiuk it will be picnic? Our worthy friend. Mr. P. K. Wineinzer, has bought ibe farm ot J. E. Brittain, situated in Boone township. A lone time I wandered in darkness and sin. And woauared If ever tht light would sbiae in; I heard Crotier'a Iriends tall at bis fsrr. so Sne, And witksvl, howl wished, tkat.bis fsras was miss. Bkio. i. Dead Duck. -A prominent RepubHcan of Gibson county writes to the Princeton header a hit of humiliating! truth about the "magnetic liar," as fob uetic liar " aa follows : "As much as the republicans of the country hated lo be beaten, there are many uow who would not vote for Mr. Blaine who voted for him last fall. His answer to a newstmpcr reporter the oilier day concerning his treatment of public men in his history shows a trait of character that was not seen during the camP'ligu. When asked how he could speak of public men. who are his opponent, with such favor in bis history and then be so bitter against them in a campaign he answered, in substance, that when writing history the lads must be given concerning a man s ine, and when in a political campaign theoppouent must be beaten." Indiana Patents. The following patents were granted to citizens of Indium, Week ending beb. 17. 188S, reported expressly for this paper by Jos. H. Hunter, Solicitor of American and Foreign Pateiils, 936 F street, Washington, L) (J. : Thomas C. Elvin, Huntington, car wheel ; Joseph F Gent. Columbus, fl iko lice; W. II. On. Carlisle, wall for buildings and other structures: Willie M. Carter, Columbia City, gas apparatus; Alexander II. Dickey, Conucrsville, vehicle splint;; Allied II. Hinds and Limberl E. Mace. Lexington, portable chute; Jus L Smolley, Tipton, fencepot; Albeit W. Marshall, Indianapolis, electrotype plate and nobler; Joseph Melndoo and Jauob Mcludoo, Lyons, barrow; John E Mitchell, Fowler, att chmeiit for cultivators. The Stale Board of Health has prepar ed a statement showing the number of deaths I mm seven onuses, reported from each county for the yearendmg September 3', 184 Thee seven onuses are diphtheria, typhoid. fever, scarlet fevpr, esrebro-' Iial fever, smallpox, whoopinr cough and measles. There were 237 deaths bom diphihcris,&96 from tvphoid fever, 17 from acailet fever, 147 from cerebro spinal fever, an even 1U0 from mallpox. 1S2 from whooping cough and 12$ from measles. The greatest number oi deaths from diphtheria in one counlv was 24 In Lke; from typhoid fever. 4t

in Mai Ion; from eaarlet fever. M in Li- -. none; Irom cerebro spinal fevr, It in The eontract t furnish the grass for Pike from smallpox m Marlon ; Irom'llie new State Rouse has ween let to tha whooping cough, ) in Vanderbirg;;DaP.w Glees Works, Kay Albear, far. from sfssslas, 19 also ia Vsaderburg. MMr !

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Goal slack, eoal ashes and ol tindersmake fsir to goad reads. Yet, In as any parts of the coal belt of the State, ta Senator Palmer, of Michigan, who hasan income of 175,000 a year, is said to have purchased a charm In early youth, to which he attributes much of bis lack. This charm was made in Persia anil se cured by young Palmer during his three years' wandering in Spain, where he so injured his feet with long tramps that bf has been able to wear amy cloth shoes 6iuce. He said the other day that lira was whollv made ud of illusions. "Tha happiest man," said he, "Is the one, who has the moat illusions. There, are only thren real substantial thing that ye cam a.get out or lire, ano: Hie man waft has those at the required intervals is as, well off as the richest. Tha three reel iUee are a full stomach, a goad suit of elotbee,aad a bed to sleep in. Everything ale belongs to the realms of illusions." A married lady recently seat a naie a newspaper to get a recipe to care. the whooping cough in a pair of twine. By a deplorable mistake a recipe for pickling ouioue was unconsciously Inserted and her name attached, and she received this answer through the "Answer to Carres pondenls:" "Mrs. L. H. J, If net too young, skin them pretty ely, Immerse in. raiding water, sprinkle plentifully with sail and immerse them for a week 111 strong Drine. She didn't aa it, nowever, as she thought it would kill tha cough nineteen times out of twenty, and the children aiae tlwss out of tea. Peck's Sun. An exchange in a neighboring town contains an account of a sad aflair. k say that a certain man in that town who had never advertised was 'found dead under his counter, where he had beei lying for two days. He was accidentally discovered by a boy who went in to get a nickel changed. As he had never advertised people had forgotten where his store was, and henee uobody happened lo discover tha 00 r pee until deooatpo4 lion set in. Tha Superintendent of Public Instrue. tion has made arrangements far the examination of Applicants for State 1 taenia in each county questions to be furnished by him and the examination to ba conducted by the County Superintendents at the regular examination (ha last Saturday of each month. The Aral nf these will begin the last Saturday af Ibhl mouth (February), and continue Marcs, and April to complete tbs list f f questions. I want to be a P. M. And with the P. Mastaad, Ah ink-pad on the table, A stamper In mv said, And there betorat,he letters, I'll work with, glowing faea, And thank th great uaterrilad Forgiving we tka pla, ' Da,vHpoa Iowa GaasiU. Petersburg Demoarat : Since bust mar-, vest W. L. Merriak, the grail merchant, has purchased 81,500 btiihels wheat, cost 17,000, 900 lu.uw v corn, cost 1,000 " ats,cost Tetal 160,460, An English shoemaker has patented a reveraable boot which sway Ve worn ia. differently 011 either foot. It Wttoas by a series or tongues repeated an 'fcoth sides of Hie opening and can be faMened so as to look as if the pair were "rights and lefts." Its Inventor thinks It is tha only boat wkleh oauuet "tread ever to euc ilda"