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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

The NJ. i. Times thus speaks Of the pro
posed State q On,onagor:
The prolific Northwest 10 apparently about
to give birth 10 another member Of the Amer.
lean family OF States. We may expect soon
70 welcome the advent Of 0 little stranger
on the borders Of our greatest lake. ]. V
proposed. in short. that the portion Of Mich
iran lying west Of lake Michigan, and known
as the Upper Peninsuls, shall be joined
with the northern part Of visconsin- Dor
dering upon Lake Superior, the two 70 con.
s,ilu,e new State. bearing the tile Of On
tonagon.
This movement originates in the right
quar,ers. Michigen passed legislative re-
solves last year, recommending the project.
and similar resolutions are now about 20 be
adopted BY the Legislature Of Wisconsin.
The constitution u the United States pro-
yides that mo new State shall be formed OF
erected within the jurisdiction Of any other
State, or any Stale be for med BY the junction
Of two or more States or paris 81 SnI1r1
without the &C nsent Of the ~
states concerned, Is wei
cress." i;swiIl in this cs rcd
obtain the consent OF Coz ~
States concerned being p
OnIonagon is 10 have icfx<
dary line drawn from the Mend
near It's mouth on Green Bay,
such line inicrsecls The western b
Wisconsin, near Hudson on the ST. u
river. This line will not be Tar irtm sh'
4jlh parallel Of latitude.
The new State ~ill thus contain 40 00l
square miles, nearly equal 10 the area 2
New York. II will embrace the entire south
ern coast Of Lake superior, and include th'
rich mineral r. gion which stretches alon.
tha, vast inland sea. There Is already
population Of 10000. which is rapidly Ia
creasing in the Territory referred To-
These people are anxious 10 have gov
eminent Of their own. finding then selve
Gu, off by the peculiarly OF their position
and pursuits from eommu nica'ion will
Michigan or Wisconsin. Unless CongseS
should iD,erpose objections, which canno
reasonably be apprehende we see no eaus
why the new estate OF Ontonaeon" shoul
not speedily take her place as an indepen
dent member Of the Union.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

ns-A wealthy Jew residing near Selma
Arkansas. has 10 possession shekle which
was strock In the min. Of Judea seventeen
hundred and iny years ago. Il l. about The
size Of . haIf-dolIsr, but the silver 10 80 inn
pure that its intrinsic value u but ffteen
cents. The owner would hardly part with
the relic for As many hundred dollars. Ithas
been Ia bis family Eve hundred and sixty
years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

BURGLARS At LARcE.-Two men,
representing themselves o Jas. Will
son and Augustus Cline, Of New AL
bany, Ind, broke jail ct Steubenville,
Ohio, on Wednesday night, the 18th
inst, and arc at large. A reward q
1900 Is offered for them. They arc
with burglary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

ARrnuR's HOME MAcAzINE.--We
have received the May number Of this
instructive magazine. This is q very
readable Enthusiastically enlbel-
lished, as usual. Each Of its depart
ments contains much that cannot but
prove highly interesting and useful t.
|its numerous readers. Most cordially
for the sake Of truth and righteous
ness, do We wish for this serial, . still
wider circniation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

DFArH OF ERAsrus WILLARD We are
called upon TO announce The death Of Eras-
us willard. youngest brother q Gov. A..
r. w ilisrd, which event took place ~ New
Orleans on Saturday week, April 81. Mr.
Willard was born Ut Wh,esbcro. ONEIDA
county, N. Y. on the 9Th Of March, 1882
md was consequently little turned Of his
a6lh year q, the time OF his discsase.
There were few young men who gave pro-
mise OF a brighter future than Erastus VA.
lard, before disease had fastened iise!f uppi
his system and marked him for 80 early vic
tim. His intellect was one Of the cleares
and his mind the most grasPing and rompre
hensivc we have ever known in oneso youn.
Al college be bore away the first honors Q
his class, and graduated a, Iismilton College
New York, 10 1857, as valedictorian Of bis
class.-New Albany Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

TAKE WARNrWc.-We have been
sorry to notice within the last few
weeks thak several notices, posted up
for pubic information, have been torn
down and destroyed, almost before
they have had time 70 get dry. SucI,
conduct i highly cuIpable, and should
Be looked to BY our public ofiicens- i
g not only 90 injury 70 the ADVERTISE
and the public, bnt il . direct viola
ton Of tho laws Of orr State, and W
give fair notice % the mischievou'
boys that If We find them out they viii
Be prosecufcd 70 the fullest extent.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Notice.

NOTICE 10 hereby given that the I'M
IN dersigned has been appointed sdsninis-
traitor of The estate o. Lewis Combs. ST.. lsts
of Dubois county. Indiana, deceased. Said
estate IL supposed to BE- solvent.
april 23-3w* JosEPH II. CoxBs, adm'r.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

FEW more enterprising and sctve
Y y Young men can find immediate employ.
ment. by which they can easily make $500
a. $1,000 year 20 act as agents Tor several
M and popular works. just published. e..
6|usively for agents, and not Tor sale 10
book stogos.
We have good number Of agents en-.
ployed. many Of whom sse msklng H-m
6fteen 20 twenty dollars week. Those
who wish 70 engage 10 this pleasant and
profitable business will, for particulars 70
auisites, &c address
C.L. DERRY & Co.
Publishers and Wholesale Booksellers.
Sandusky City, Ohio.
Editors Of newspapers. By giving the above
and loIlowing three insertions. and calling
attention to Il. and sending copy couse'n'
iar Il, will receive any three Of The following
works:
Life Of Josephine BY Headly u p
Life Of Lafayette -
Lie OF Nspoleon y
wild Scenes 81 = Hunters Life -
\ Life Of Mary q Martins Washington 00
| Odd Fellows Amulet ~
Any person Wishing sny q the sbove
\ books can hsve them sent By mail, rec q
postage. on receipt 1.-THE above retail price.
\ Addrees % above.
| April ?. 1888.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

Gov. WRrcHr.-We copy the following
from the Evansville Journal. We have e@
a. loss to account Tor the failure d the
President to send Gov. W. sPPointmen'
10 The Senate Tor confirmsII ne the
.surmise~ o. the Journal may eci t:
Gov Wright's name has - r.
sen,ed to the Senate. and "
viii be recalled. Or his nor
till Congress sdjourns. N
ment will expire BY Law.
dignity Goyernor< rik
come home. On ~
believe he will taRe'up Bic -
Pocket. and probably in the clly
Vile
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Guaraiian's Notice.

DTICE is hereby given that The under
ned has been appointed guardian Of
I'eaman's heirs. at the April term.
- Dubois Common Pleas Court,
Of Gerhard Teising, former
oved By order Of sait court.
JOINS g.. SrEis Guardian.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

sxow.--On Tuesday, the good people Of
st. Louis were surPriscd BY slight isl' q
snow.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

90 we had hoped that disagreeable
1eIick. ''vindex,' after receiving
4 hole broadside from the au-
Pro Bono Publico," had been
oInpere repentance, and exclaim-
c1cavi' in scpnlchraI tones,
orcr more dare to show bis
"A <his we hoped, but alas
Ire earthly hopcsl That
l1nt1Ic 6rsonagc has sent rs anoth'
e. horrible conception, which, being
too late for this, will have to lie ovel
till our next issue.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

TO the Senate. that
House committee
appointed on its pa1E
Hunter and Seward ~
CURED, and Messrs. IN |.- 01i-
ana. Hoard, Of New Yofk, (n1<| [.e'
compton,, and stephens, Of Georgia,
(LecomptonD were appointed on its
part.
We sincerely hope that these corD
mittees may agree upon some measure
for the admission OF Kansas, that will
not require the sacrifice Of the princi-
pies Of the democratic creed upon the
popular sovereignty question, and will
again reunite the different sections Of
the party.
The joint committee held several
Intellectual meetings, nothing Of inter-
est transporting, as portion Of the
committee were absent. We copy the
following account Of meeting last
Monday from telegraph dispatch:
The joint committee Of conference
on the Kansas bill met this morning
all the members being present for The
first time. -
Mr.. Green, on behalf Of majority d
the Senate committee, submitted seve
raj propositions amending the senat'
bill, none Of which proved acceptable
to the House committee. Proposition
were then solicited from the Hous
committee.
Mr.. English responded that at tn
next meeting Of the committee b
would aubmit new bill, the precis
character Of which has NOT 1r1Dopircd
bat il Is understood 70 I
for substitute for the
dinance, and that II
mission under the u
tuition, with the am
be referred to . fair n
Of Kansas at an earl
majority vote for il, =
into the Union under the
proclamation. If against i,
bill provides Tor the formation q
new constitution whenever the pop
lation there equals the number req,
red ior . member in the y. 3. Hou
Of Representatives. The commit
adjourned over till tomorrow.
There u some reason to believe III
Mr.. English's bill will be agreed 70
the conference and passed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

g. The citizens Of Martin county
are to meet in convention at Dover
Hill on tomorrow, for the purpose Of
organising a County Agricultural So
|ciety. We are glad to know that the
feeling in favor of local Agricultural
Societies is almost universally gaining
strength. Is it not time we had one
in our countyl what say you, farmers
Iof Du5oisa We should ike to hear
from you on the subject. i would
without doubt, be great advantage
in bringing before the public the many
excellencics Of orr rapidly growing
fertile and rich county, and we think
IA Fair might be held in Dubois which
would compare favorably with those
Iof any county in the State.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

~ QuarterIy meeting comences to-mor.
row At Mt. Zion meeting house.
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For Secretary Of STATE.
DANIEL McCLURE.o .: Morgan.
Auditor If .Sfate,
JOHN w. DODD. Of Grant.
7leassrr of STATE.
NATH'L r. CUNNINGHAM, Of Vigo.
Superintendent Of Public destruction.
SAMUEL L. RUGG, OF Allen.
Attorney General,
JOS. r.. MCDONALD. Of Montgomery
Supreme Judges,
SAMUEL E. PERKINS, Of Marion.
ANDREW DAWSON, Of Decatur.
JAMES NJ. HANNA, Of vigo.
JAMES L. WOR DEN, Of Whitley.
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Rsseipss end Expenditures Of
-. >ownship, Dubois county.
rcidI year 1857.
IT. zen received bv the Town.
ship TroesuFer, including amount a. last
settlement. a. follows. 20 ~i:
For common school and Congressional
funds. Sl,357 &c
For tow nship funds. 800 10.
For special school und. 2nl 81
Total receipts during the year. $3.50 10
ExrESDiruREs.
There has been paid on Township orders
during ihe year as follows. 20 vii:
For salary Of common school teach
ers. s9ls -
For amount paid sundry persons Of
township fund, %l9 ~
For amount paid sundry persons OF
special school fund, 1913
Total payments during the year Sl,4t3 -
The balance remaining in the treas
ury Al the close Of the YEARS. e5ii =
el.a2s "a
By order ~ the Board.
GEORGE A. KITZfNGEk.
1nsnev aprI &c s58 TOWNSHIP Clerk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23


The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH The
preparations for the second attempt at
laying the great Atlantic telegraph ca
|hlaere advancing toward completion.
E>rr hundred additional miles, to re.
fho 3S5 miles lost in valeniia
Re completed, and shipped for
kh where the main bulk Of the
the length Of 1920 miles,
slowed away in gigantic coils.
'<ion ir length to the original
IA Be about $50 miles, which is
Ecl % be sufficient for all con-
I|rxcncIes. The cable will be Joined
|oS1 laid each way, the Niagara taking
her end to England. and the Agamem-
mon coming to America. The expc-
ldition will start in june, the result OF
| a large amount OF testimony which has
been taken on the subject, being that
there are five or six consecutive days
in that month, during which gale il
the Atlantic was very seldom or never
known to occur.
Eight words per minute is the great
est stretch Of acceleraton with which
they hope to communicate messages
across the Atlantic, when the worl
shall be completed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-23

by order ~ the Board,
GEORGIA. KITZtNGER.
Jasper april lc, SO. Township Clerk.
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JAsPER:


Latest from -
When the action a
adhering to the Mont
ment to the Kansas
House committee
appointed on its p
Hunter and Seward
Cured, and Messrs. - |i'
ana. Hoard, Of New York, anti Le'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

t3g- One hundred and thirty miles South
west of Topeka, Kansas, young man from
New Jersey, crossing the Whitewater river
branch Of the Arkansas, observed that the
muscles abounding in its bed seemed precise.
ly Identical with those which had proved 80
prolific Of pearls in New Jersey. One of his
companions thereupon proposed that thev
should collect and examine quantity of
them. The suggestion was acted on; BUSH
el of the shells were gathered and opened,
and sererdl pearls 'oere found in them. Every
body in the vicinity ut once proceeded to
pearl hunting, and the latest accounts state
that some five thousand little pearls, ranging
in sizc from large pea TO pin head, have
been found.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

SIZE VS.. NoIsE.-Men are good deal like
dogs, only more so. 1t is with the man just
rs it is with the cur the less there is Of them
the more noise they make. During the
Sieve Cannon movement the only man who
was determined to overthrow the bloody
Saxons was gentleman of Cork who
measured four feet two in his boots. The
littlest toe-corns have always made the big
gest aches, and will probably always contn-
ue to do so.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

tbs MAN WITH A SHAWL NEED NOT
AprLy.-We find in the Gospel (Nlaine)
Banner the following advertisement;
am dcsirous of securing the services oi
two male teachers TO teach school the coming
winter take this method, therefore, OF maxi
inc known the fact. If this notice meets the
eve s of any man Il mean physical as well as
wentnN who is willing to teach as well ns
keep school, ! should be happy to see him. .,
IN. B.--No person who wears Shd'of'
speciacle, or wdlks with a cane, need apply
no sufficient instruction from that class has
already been had. II. b. MAYSARp, Agt'
"Kendall's Mills, July 10th, 1885,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

CABLE Valentia, ireland
Aug. 25.-The London papers announce
that Treaty of Peace has been concluded
with China. England and France are to be
indemniiicd.
Dates from Bombay to the 10Th of July,
had been received. The mutiny. among the
Spoys was being rapidly queled.
The London papers of Tuesday contained
long and interesting report made by MIR.
Bright, on the Atlantic Telegraph Company's
euterprise,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

Philadelphia, Aug. a.
The democratic party split in their district
convention in the First Congressional Dis
tiict The Hon. Thomas b. Florence was
nominated by his friends, and DR.. Nebinger
by the anti-Lecomptontes. In the I'd Dis
trct, George II. Martin was nominated; in
the Sd, James Landy; and in the 4th, Henry
M. Phillils.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03


TELL GRAPHIC JoKEs.-A correspondent oi
The New York Times says there is rrmor
that there was n postscript in the commune
cation cf Victoria TO our President, which
was omitted in the publication. II is as fol-
lows:
"You will oblige me by expressing your
self cautiously in replying TO my telegram
rs | wish to avoid giving Albert any jealous
or unpleasant feelings, which would you
know, very naturally DO created by my spark
ing wiM a bachelor"
Presidents Reply-"The Western world
readily adapts itself TO European examples
md particularly to such as are furnished by
persons Of exalted birth and station. hope
yours will be initiated by others of your sex
although your communication, owing per
haps to its novelty, was the most shocking
ever received"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

rg- A writer in the Georgia Educational
Journal, in reply to the question, "What
goes with deers horns!" says that sail deer
on shedding their horns, bury them THIS
explanotion accounts for the somewhat sim
guIar fact, as stated by hunters, that deers
horns are never, or very seldom, found in
,ha ,ynods
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TIE u VI s:
TERMS:
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Ar TWo !DOLLARS PER YEAR.
VI Ill IN ID IA NllE,

Advertisements will be charged 81 per square
or2 lines or less for the rst and so cents
each continuance. liberal deduction made to those
who advertise by the year. Persons sending adver-
Elements must mark the number of times they desire
chem inserted or they will be continued until forbid and
charged accordingly. IA,
for announcing the OF candidatesfor ofce IS
(tlst
obituary notices over 2nes charged attheregular
advertising rates.
All AIlcommuncations intendedto promote the private
ends or interests of Corporations Societies Schools
Indiyiduals, will be charged as Advertisements.
lob work, such as Pamphlets, Minutes, Circulars,
Cards Blanks Handbis, &c, will be executedn good
.tyle and on reasonable terms.
NIetters addressed to the Proprietor post paid will
be promptly attendedto
Persons at distance sending us the names OF four
,Svent subscribers will be entitled to fifth copy gratis
No communication inserted unless accompanied by
the name of the author.
tS- Office on Main street, next door to the old jack
sen Hotel.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

tty- The most novel feature of the tele-
gralh jubilee at Syracuse, N. y, is thus no'
ted by the Courier of that place:
"About twenty locomotives were stationed
Mt intervals along the line, extending from
the round-house to the tunnel. They were
handsomely decorated with flags, aud whis-
tied and screamed in one grand, sublime,
deaieniug chorus, sufficient to rend into
shr,ds
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

tY- Robert Dale Owen, the American
Minister at Naples, writes letter to the N.
Y.Freem his Journal denying its report that
he had L,come Catholic. Without belong
ing to any religious body he holds to the
Unitarian doctrine, and says he is writing n
work which, though not on the subject OF
religion, will satisfy his readers what mis- re-
ligions views are.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

t4s- Seventy five thousand dollars OF the
stolen money Of the Hatters' Bank of Con-
necticu,, have been recovered. II was left nj
the residence of one Of the police officers, in
n black leather vasc. No clue of the rob
Der has Teen obtained. About $1,000 is
still MISSING
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

HARD CuRREEcY-Judging from the fol-
lowing, from an exchange, of bark in Min
nesota, the money in the State must be rather
below par:
ut may be proper to add that bushel OF
notes are traded for an iron spoon at the
place issued, and gradually lose their value
while travelling 10 remote sections OF the
country"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

TwELve HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
Wm. p. lludnall, jr, of Enterprise, Missis'
sipp, offers $1,000 reward for the Opprehcn-
sion Of j. NJ, Steele, who murdered WIN. p
lludnall, ST., in that town on the 18th Aug
aud made his escape.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

tB- A Wine Company has just been or
ganized in Alabama, with n capital of $25,-
900, all of which has been subscribed. 1t is
called the "Mobile Wine Company" and
has for It's object the growth and production
of native wine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

Too MucH SrRYcHNrSE.--During the
spring term of the Circuit Court in a county
in Central Mississippi, n party of nine men
contributed to purchase II barrel of whisky
for their use during the term of the Court,
I'm three weeks eight of the nine were dead
while the ninth made narrow escape. No
wonder that hogs have the cholera after feed
ing on distilery swill-Port Gibson (Miss')
Herald
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

John CnlNAMANs IcE.-A newly arrived
John Chnaman, in Shasta, California, pur-
chased some ice recently, aud, finding II
very wet, laid it out TO dry in the sun. On
going TO look for it again he fonud that II
had disappeared, and forthwith accused the
whole Chinese neighborhood Of larceny, and
n General riot was the consequence.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

tY- A man who married Jewess, short
ly afterward joined the temperance society,"
and never dared To kiss his wife from that
day, because he considered himself prohibit
ted by the pledge from medding with Jew
lips Culips)
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

BRIGHAM YoUNG.-Colonel Kinney has
offered to dispose of his NicOraguan grant to
Brigham Young. 1t is said that Brigham
will decline the offer. Young keeps himself
in his house and refuses to receive visitors.
He discontinued preaching some time ago
on account ofhis sermons being reported for
the Gentle press. |
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

A GOLDEN THOUGHT SET IN PEARLs.-In
speaking Of marriage for money, Miss. Null
och, the eminent writer, observes, and We
think very justly;
"MauiOge ought always to be n question
not Of necessity, but choice. Every girl
ought TO be taught that hasty, lovcless
union stamps upon her as foul dishoDor as
one Of those connections which omit the le-
gal ceremony altogether, and that, however
pale, dreary and iosome n single life may
be, unhappy life must be ienfold worse, an
ever.haunting temptation, an incurablc regret,
torment from which there is no escape but
denih."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

ANOTHER CONSTITUTION FOR KANSAS
The Ledger of Leavenworth has been inform
ed that immediate application will be made
to Gov. Dynver to call an extra session Of
the Legislature of Kansas,in order that steps
may be taken for the formation of another
constitution for the territory.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-03

,Sy- A knavish attorney asked very
worthy gentleman what was honesty
"Whats that to you," said he, "meddIe WIN
ihnse lhinrs TINT concern You most.