Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 September 1897 — Page 4

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FRIDAY, BIPTKMBER 24, litt

The A. 0. U. W.'i of Terre

Haute are arranging a big anniversa ry celebration for Oct. 27. A number of Dubois county Workmen an talking of attending it.

The bituminous coal operators

and miners of Indiana in their meet

intr at Terre Haute, on the 17th.

agreed upon a scale of fifty-six

rents. They have been receiving

forty-eight to fifty centa.

JaP'Some politicians are trying to

relegate the silver question in UM Democratic party from the front, to the rear. They had as well blow a penny whistle against a cyclone. That question must be permanently settled in favor of Hi to 1 and National Independence before othei isfcues will be seriously considered. lorThe Huntingburg Fair wa.-

fairly well attended last week, not withstanding the drouth and dust

The exhibits, however, were not a many as last year, but each was creditable in its class even (ueen

Violala with the "Hoochee-Koo-

chee"show. The managers of tin

show advertised a Mid-way danet

Friday nicht, but the Fair society

I topped it.

Havsville lodge, A.O. V. V

on Saturday night last instructed 11

int. nilit'N in their nli H'.'itl !i- US to

Charit v. Hone and Protection. Bv

j j invitation of ihe officers of Hays

ville lodge the work was done by a delegation of Huntingburg, Jasper

and Porters ville lodges, with the

Huntingburg lodge properties.

About ;0 m mbers from Jasper at m a m

tended, and nearly as manv rr

OTWELL OMNIOENÜLS

John Harris will soon commence building a new barn. Nicholas

Harris, one of Otwell s architects, will do the work.

Allen Arnold, one of Pike coun-

ty's best cituens, II but liuie neuer of rheumatism, he having been sick

all summer.

W. C. Dillon, Winslow's hustling

poultry man, was in our town last week shaking hands with his many

friends and talking business.

Krttstus Hope visited his best girl .Sunday. He intends going to Arkansas Hot Springs in a few days for his health. Lemuel H. Rodgers is having a new house built. William May manipulates the carpenter work. Miss Rosa Bowers, of Owensboro, Ky., after an absence of several years, is visiting her father, Jacob Bowers. Trustee Traylor has struck our school district with a new iron front door for the school house, new wire netting for the windows, and two new gold-standard privies, to be maintained till an international igreernent takes place, as "confidence" is now restored. Why is a gold bug like a glow worm? because they have to make a light once in a while to tell where they are at.

Ora Lett, one of Jefferson town

ship's best citizens, died of con-

umption last Saturday morning.

He was beloved by all who knew

him, and his loss will be deeply felt in this community. He was a good

neighbor and true gentleman, in i ai M mi

every sense M me woru. i nose

whose knew him best loved him most, and we can truly say that the

world is better by his having lived

in it.

Iteath is but the liowery door bv which

we eater, to be with those we love.

His funeral sermon was preached mm . mm m

at Algiers Methodist 0DUI0O, ot

which he was a member, by Rev.

Peyton, and he was buried at the

public grae yard on Sunday aftermjm i a f 1 . J

noon. H. riams V. son uirecieu

the funeral The bereaved family

have the sympathy of all in their

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From Contest to Conquest. The silver medal contest at HillsboiO thit month wa a success in every resM'ct a full class and good ied audience. Maggie Lemmon won the prize medal. The class was composed of five girls and one bov. If ihe boys do not stir up that is about th'eway they will stand in the future. The girls will be live times ahead of them, t'ome, bojfl, begin to think, and take hold. Your chance is as good as that of the girls. There will be another contest at same place ct. I ; try ii.iii' iiii.l set if vou can't come out

foremost. The contest i- pen to all who will enter it, so come one, come all. Committkk. Harbison Township Schools. Harbison township public schools will begin Oct. 4th. The following will be the teachers : No 1. Hickory CJrove school K

b Waldrip

No. 2. Waldrip. No. 3. Ziegler. No. 4. Pinnick. No. ! Mi nisei.

No. Ii. Hoffmans school W

Heicbelbech. No. 7. Haysville school H. J. Hoffmann. No. 8. Huebners school Minnie Heichelbech. No. 9. Dubois bchool L. K. Haves. Harbison Tp. Commencement will be Oct. 7th, (Thursday) 7 p. m., at Haysville. The program will be printed later. (iKo. Nix, Trustee.

Harris school Otto K. Base Line school J M. Kellerville school Fr. Hopes school J. J.

as uiaiiy iroui , i ,. ,

Portersville. with a carriage load u,m

from Huntingburg. The Haysvilh

brothers provided a palateable lunch

and all enjoyed the meeting

Mack.

"The Louisville Dispatch, the

only Democratic paper in Louisville has outstripped all its competitor

in obtaining regular readers. For

a new publication it has increased

its facilities for news gathering re

markablv. and is now easily the

j w leader among Louisville papers

This is largely to be accounted foi bv the fact that it is in hearty ac

cord with the rock-ribbad regular w..,ui;u tb further

Democracy of Kentucky. But it lsLr o,;.. kiLitM o,M Cumberland

n aching out for a still larger held, presbyterian8. The facts are that

aim oucib i,wv iur B KUO i..r nejtner tne pastor, trustees, o the ml Nov. election in Kentucky. M..,il m iiiainhri of the M. E.

TO THE PUBLIC.

It having come to the knowledge

of the undersigned that some good

itizens have been misinformed,

and thereby mislead, in regard to the cause leading to the use of the

asper public school house as a

place of worship, the Trustees of the Jasper M. E church desire to

set themselves right with all interested, and to correct said wrong im

pressions.

It has been reported that the

use

MID-SUMMER B A RGAINS ! OUH STOCK 0! SUMMER GOODS IS LARGE We have concluded to reduce all lines during this and next week, and consequently have marked down one lot of

LADIES SHIRT WAISTS TO 35C Eegular price 50c and 75c each. A large lot of SUMMER DRESS GOODS worth 15, 12 '3, and 10c will close out at 5c a yard. 50 cent STRAW HATS at 25 Cents. Misses Sailors, a large assortment at half price. wsAAAACome and see our bargains to reduce stock.svvWest side of Public Square S. KUEBLER, JASPER, IND

Liquor License Notice.

particulars in its

column

adv.

anothei

:huich in Jasper ever did or said,

in any way, anything to discourage . t -i 11 i

or prevent any onnoaox reugious

)manization or society from feeling

perfectly welcome to meet in the

h. cnurch house, when not oc

cupied bv the Methodists, for the

tiiit unit nil in con-

effort, without success, to lind il .,f th(, nhureh house have always

there was any financial backing le-Lxtended the hand of christian fel-

htnd the enterprise, an organization hoW8hip,and a cordial welcome, and

n.iruy, ui desire to aid m any way in their

The delegates to the H. R

meeting at I'aoli returned Thursday

morniug. There was no delegation yj present from Pike or Floyd counties. '

Atter discussing the outlook, and an

was effected, with a Mr.

Ohio, as President of the company, and Mr. Boone as Secretary, with John R. Simnson. of Pauli, as as-

w ' sistant, and Amos Htout, of Paoli.

as treasurer, lwo directors were

chosen from Oramze count v. two

j my w from Dulxjis county, and four from

Vincennes. Messis. G. R. Wilson

and I. In Bretz weie chosen from Dubois county. After a meeting of

the directors, an adiournment was

had to meet in Vincennes Oct. 1, to

act upon articles of association.

It wan said that an effort would

be made to raise flW.UUU stock, so that the company might be incor

porated as soon as articles of as Horiatir.n were adopted. It is ex

i . ,. nunmg o -v petted at the meeting of directors christians A 1 l I ... '. 1 1 Vui I

on uci. l, enougn money win riii.m-d to Dv for a survey of the

. ..... . hi r j road.

Mr Kirbv stutcd that he had al

ready placed over 1 ,000,000 in bonds for the Knoxville, Tenn., and (iulf division of the oad, and he had no doubt of his ability to place all the bonds necessary to build this link in the system after the asked for aid has been raised, and the rights of way secured. He claims to be an extensive dealer in R. R bonds, and is sanguine of success.

It was spoken of at the meeting that as New Albanv did not seem

to take any interest in the enterprist

it would nrobablv be best to build

north of that city, and go to Jeff er sonville, thus avoiding the expen

sive grade over the Knobs.

power, to every Christian organization, ind while loving their own church organization best, have not found fault with any other, and the

vacation by the C. P s ot v.iechurcn

housa was an act of their own choice,

and was a surprise to the M. h. tmmi,

iniutAP nnil itnntor.

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We have been intormea tni apiiai hum-k,

ome mean, unchristian anonymous j JJJjjj'J notes have been written, and the I rf-yW i .i ... t ...i.

impression conveyeu inai twr dists were responsible for them.

We disclaim ior Methodists any Know ledize of them. They were

probably instigated by Satan the

father of evil tor the purpose oi

sowing seeds of dissension among

Methodists do not re

sort to anonymous notes. On the

contrary, they have always, every

where been noted for their open,

fearless, and upright denunciation

of wrong, and their desire that all

Christians should dwell together in

harmony and love, for he that "is without charity is but a sounding

brass and a tinkling cymbal."

We trust this will remove wrong

impressions.

J. h. Y isH kk, i'astor. W. W. Kknpam., President. J. M. Pakkkh, Secretary. C. Doank, Treasurer. John S. Baknktt, Unrat Cassipy, Trustees Jasper M. K. Church. tThe contract for the stone

abutments for the new bridge across

Jotk'i- i hiTcliy Kivt-n to tin- oltieen

Ferdinand, rVnlimuHl townanip, iraoow ., IiiiIIhiih. that tb nndMVtSMd, aOMlC Inlial) iliiut of ml towimhip aii'l oiuity, hikI over tli- BM ot il fear, ami Of aol moral char actcr. will at tlie rtWUlM p.- ml.er term 17 i,l tin' Hoard of CoiniiiiaMionern of anl ooamtT, kpplv tor m He n to Mtlaad ratal! upmtüoiin, vinous, malt ami other lutoxlea 1i.ill.tPrt ill .1 leMH iiuantltv than a ouart

at a time, with the privilege of alluwiag the namrto he ilrank on hi- preinfaea. The preeie location where alil lniiors will he olü I aituateu In tlM front room lxx'JOfeet. upon the gTOOBd fOOT, of a two rttory frimif huil'lMiK, fronting on Hin St., ami on lot W. a shown on the orutlMl plat of the tow n of Kerdinanil. Dubois Co., Inil. t tin- name time ami plaee he will apply for lieen-e to run a luneh staiwl in eolinee lion therewith. AUGUST II A It 1 U Sept. J4, lt:. St Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. and All Persons Interested in the Estate. In the matter of the estate of Maria Antonia Seniiei-sheim, deceased. In the Dubois Circuit Court, October term, 1897. Notice is hereby iven that August Somlermann as executor of tne last will of Maria Antonia Sermersheim, dex-eas-

ed, has presented and tiled his account and vouchers in final hottlement of mini estate, and that the same will come ii for examination and action of said Circuit Court, on the 13th dav of October,

ihm: at which time all heirs, creditors

I or legatees of said estate and all others

itre raomrod to appear in saui v oun aim

kIuiw cause, if anv there le, why said

account and vouchers should not be approved. Ami the heirs of said estate ami all others interested are a.so hereby required at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and ami make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of the Dated September 18th, 18M7. ArorsT Sondkkmann. Kxecutor.

Hki no Hi'Kttskk, Attorney. Sept. 84, '97. 2t, ANNUAL STATEMENT Of the conilition of the Dulxiis County StUe Bank, at Jasper, in the state of Indiana, at the close of business, August :mt, 1897. KESOIKCKS.

Iians and discounts, Due from Danks, Overdrafts, Building and fixtures,

Cash,

BE A GENTLEMAN !

Ate Ydu?

Well dressed men, are generali self-respecting persons and, there

fore, more likely to be gentlemen , than tho who wear ill-fitting sweat shop and disease breeding clothes, because it may be little cheaper. Do you know that most of the city made clothiih is made in back alley sweat shops, where the deadly microht breeds, and baccilli infests goods made there until the doctor bills amount to more than the costs of a suit? To avoid these discobreeders order your suits made by your home tailor, who Iud over KHM) samples of fashionable gooes to select from, and gua, antees a genteel fit. The latest styles both in goods and tailoring JOHN P. HUT HER. THE TAILOR,

SPA YD BLOCK. Sept. 1, 1SHT 4.UI.

JASPER. IND.

JUMBO JEANS RANTS.

188,602.47 88,224.32

7H1.H8 .1,000.00 14,004. i;

"WHITE ENAMELED

IRON

BEDSTEADS.

NEAT HANDSOME

AM VXJ JLJrtCrtVlw . Call and see them at ALLES BROTHERS. N. W. Corner Public Square. Jasper, .... Indiana Also a full line of Handsome Household Furniture at Moderate Prices.

The Strongest Jeans Pants in the World.

Also a full stock of Clothing, Dry UooiIh, Notions, Boot and Shoes at

ECKERTS NEW STORE.

Opposite the Indiana Hotel.

I.I Mil I.ITIKS.

$11H,112.H0 125,000.00 10,000,00

80,637,06

eliosits.

r z '

leil protits, less expenses

ami taxes, paid, - - z,4o.o Total, - - - 1118,112.80

State of Indiana, Iulsis county, H We, Ausist Sonilermann, president, and Krank Joseph, eashier, of the DuIxiih County State Hank, du solemnly swear that the above statement is true. A orsT Sondkkmann, Pres Frank Johbhh, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to liefore me, a Notary Public, this llith day of September, 1WI7. Hum a a Tkayi.ok, Notary Public. Sept. 17, 1H07. 2w.

r j gmuv v wmmv m m m w i J When Pike county becomes in-: Patoka is to be let out Hept. 80th.

terMteu in the enterprise she wil.

be given places on the lirectory, but sonib of the people there seem to think it will be a long while be fore any of the directors will be given a ride on the road. Certainly "Prosperity" will have to dawn mor. generally before bonds for a new R. R. can be sold,

8GJ Kditor J. W. Lewis takes charge of the post otlice at Huntingburg next week. 84Vic Cassidy captured Kd. Allen at Rirdseye (Saturday, and took him to Harrison county, to answer a charge of seduction. Allen's home is in Clark county.

Notice of Sale of Personal Property. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, administratrix of the estate of .lohn Schmitt, deceased, will offer for sale at public auction, at the late residence of said decedent in Hoone township, in I hitaiis county, Indiana, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st, IHH7. The personal property of said estate, consisting ot 7 horses, head of cattle, M head of hogs, wagons, fanning implements, hay, corn, oats, wheat, household and kitchen furniture, and various other articles usually owned and kept bv

a good farmer. Sale will begin at t o'clock a. m. Tkrms of Hai.k -Sums of $ö and under, cash ; over ttve dollars a credit of ; nine months will Is given, the purchaser giving his note at six per tent, interest from date, without relief from valuation and appraisement laws, with good security. MARY K. SCHMITT, Administratrix. Baan A McFaIA, Attorney!. Sept. 17, 1HH7. 3t. Prices were never better tempered ! to a slender purse than now. Read I the advertisements in The Courikr.

COBWEBS ON PRICES ! NEVER HEARD OF IT? Well its a fact just the same. Somw Ktorps hm' bad the same old nrices on goods so long, that

the price, like their goods, is covered with COBWKBS and DUST. Antiquated? Yes, that's the name for it.

People in this age want to deal where things are I P-TO-DA I K. (ioods ('lean, New and Fresh. Prices Likewise. The place for clean up to-date goods with no cobwebs on the prices is the MODEL DRUG- STORE. Headquarters for Drags, Medicines, Paints, Oils, and everything usually kept in a first class Tim or Store.

Money Saved is Money Made.

B. H. B RANN CK, M. B.,

PKOPKIKTOK,

tThe largest and most complete assortment of musical goods, such as VIOLINS, MÄNHDLIN5, BANJOS,

Accardeons, Etc.,

ALSO A KINK IBUDCTlOll of RG-ANS,

AT FRANK C. KUEBLER'S, ASPER, - INDIANA.

GEORC

Ef,

WACNEB

I A NtrACTURBR OF.

Hpavd Block.

JASPER, INDIANA

Administratrix Appointment. Notice is hereby given ttttl :lie umb'rHieneil ban Veen appointea by the Clerk of the DiiloiH t'in uit t'oiirt, n atbninistrntrix of the estate of Joseph SMMT, leceasml, late of DulHiis county, Ind. Said estate is prcb ibly insolvent. Simannaii It a r IK, Adinr'x. Mii.bi rn A Swkknky, Attorneys. Sept. '.'4, lKt7. H,

Administrator's Appointment. Notice is hereby given that the underoigtied has been duly appointed by the Clerk of the Duboin fin- lit Court, adininiitrator ot the estate of Nancy J. Poison, deceased, late of Duhoil county, Indiana. Said estate ig supposed to tie solvent. Frank Pinnick, Adm'r. W. K. Cox, Attorney. Sept. 24, l7. 3t.

Notice of Insolvency. Dnboit Circuit Court, October term, 'i7. In the matter of the estate of AlpHl Strienfle, deceased. Nut ice is hereby given tliHt ujKin petition li led in said court by the administrator of said estate, setting up the insutticiency of said estate to pay tbe debt and liabilities thereof, the )Qan of I said court did on the lHth day of May, lSf7, Und said estate to Ih pmbably insolvent, and ordered the same to lie

settled accordingly. The creditors of said estate are hereby notified of such insovlency, anl required to file their claims against ijnM estate for allowance. ADAM BUKCHLER,

Administrator. HtURm A Bwmrar, Attorneys. Sept. 17, 1HW7. :U.

WAGONS nd OARRIAO-BS, o And Dealer In o Agricultural Implements and Fertilizers.

General Repairing itt HorseShoeing o North Main Street. JASPER, - - INDIANA.

"Subscribe for the Courilk.

House and Lot for Sale. A flood residence on Mill street in Jasper, for sale cheap, and on reasonabl terms. The lot ha on it a Rood dnlle.1 well costing nearly 100, furnishini an unfailing supply of good water, ror prise and terms apply to C. Doani.