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round trip half mile reaching for the
same bush Oh the bank torty.tour times,
ard just exactly missing il by u hairs
breadth every time. At last IMAM walk.
ed dow, and sat down c.osc by that
bush, and put q pipe in his mouth, and
lighted \ match and followed ne with
y eye and kept tho other on the match,
W .ile hc sheltered it in his hands from
,ne wind. Presently pun OF wind blew
il out. The neA. time swept around
ne said:
Got match -
Yes in my other vest. Help me
out, please
Not for Joe"
When came round again l said:
Excuse the seemingly impcrinent
curiosity OF q drowning man, but will
you explain this singular conduct OF
yours"
With pleasure. ! am the coroner.
Don't hurry Oh my account. l can wait
ior you. But wish had IL match"
Isaid Take myplacc, and l'llg go and
get YOU one
He declined. This lack Of confidence
Oh his part created GOODNESS between
us, and from that time forward avoid
cd him. IL was my idea, in case any
thing happened to ME, TO so time tho
occurrence AS to throw my custom into
the opposition coroner over OIL the Amer.
lean si,le. AT last a policeman came
along and arrested me for disturbing
tie peace by yelling AT The people OH the
SHORE for help. The judge fined me. but
! had the advantage OF him. My money
was with my pantaloons, and III! panta.
looms were with the Indians.
Tins escaped. am now lying in q
very critical condition. AT least, l am
lying, any way--critical or not critical.
am hurt all over. but can not tel
The full! extent yet, because the doctor i.
moi done taking the inventory lie vii
make on; my manifest This evening"
However. thus far. he thinks only six o
nay wounds are fatal. l don't mind tho
Others. Upon rcgaining III! right MIND
] said:
1T is an awful savage tribe of Indiana
that do The bead work and moccasins iol
Niagara Falls, Doctor. Where arc the,
il,m:"
''Limeriyk, my son.
! ] shall mol be able 10 finish my remark
laLout Niagara Falls until get better.
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6J The Grand Jury will please accept
our thanks for the cordial invitation sent
us to attend their social gathering. OF
course we attended simply because we
did not wish to insult them, but we as
sure the public that we are opposed to
all gatherings where the private busi-
ness Of people is inquired into aud to bs
made to satiate desire To- promulgats
scandal. We shall not feel sighted ii in
the future they omit our hanac from the
Invited guests. s.-.-Sslem Democrat.
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NonAL IpEAs.--Grant has set up bill
lizard table in the White House. That
fact was announced o,s SATURDAY. And
now comes intelligence that his lieutcn-
|ant--his right bower. to use language
|quite as familiar to him rs military
phrases is occupying scat in the
Judges stand ut the Cincinnati races T.
Can such things be and the leaders Of
he great party Of moral IDEAS possess
their souls in patience !--Ro chester, New
York, Union.
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The Terrible Disaster on the State
Fair Grounds.

4 successful State Fair, probably the
m3st SO that has ever been held in Indi-
ana. terminated Yesterday with 0,.e oi
The most terrible d;saste that las ever
occurred in the state. Those present
who had been ON battle fields say that il
was more si, kcning ihan The worst
scene. e carnage during the recent fear
! iui evil war. Those who witnessed the
disaster say they had 10 idea before OF
the power exhibited in a boiler cSp!o.
son, and the fearful results Of tho acci-
dent yesterday illustrate The havoc which
an accident OF .ha, kind may OCCASION. :
We give The sickcning dctails elsewhere,
and will not repeat them here.
There is no doubt but the accident was
the result of caiccssncss. Engineers
who saw the condition of the boiler
give warning. but il was not needed. \
youug man who fred the boiler day be-
fore Yesterday. says it leaked badly and
with difficulty could sufficient water be
kept in il 10 nakc steam. We are told
that ten minutes before the explosion
therc was Il lgcs u.e OF one hundred and
l'cn pounds OF steam upon the boiler.
ana that blue steam came from the low
lcr steam gua.c, Indicating no water.-
II was fearful hazard to start the en-
zine and pumps under such circum stan
ces. and death was the penalty of the
i;en,crity. Ii The consequences had stop
ped there, il would, perhaps. have been
u just rctribntion, but the responsible
parties can not restore the lives Of the
twenty dcnd, or heal the wounds. dan
gerous aud painful. Of many others.
This fearful lessen should not be lost
upon those who have the management OF
future Fairs. Magazines that can cause
! slaughter at death like that Of Yesterday
should not be permitted in crowded ex-
hibltions. Those who handle boilers and
engines become so accustomed TO them,
t!a, they forget their danger or lose sight
OF i! in the excitsment or employment
that engages their attention. The boiler
exploded Yesterday during ~ contest be-
tween different machines. as TO which
could tlo the most work In given time,
There is great risk in all such expert
mcnts when .hc machinery is pushed 10
its utmost capacity. rad its value Is not
demonstrated by its ability to saw a log
or thousand feet in a minutes more Oh
lcsa time. We repeat, that such cxhibi-
tons shoNld not he permitted upon
crowded grounds, like that Of Yesterday
! Ii they must be invited TO Il State Fair
they should be isolated : put away from
the throng so that only those interested
in them. and who may be willing, should
be exposed TO tho risk.
Wedo not intend to cast any reflection
sn what We have said, upon the manager.
OF the Fair. And Of course no acciden,
was intended by any ono. We repeat
however, that tho terrible lesson should
not be forgotten in the arrangements FOL
future cxhibitions.--Ind Sentinel.
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~ A Young lady schoo, teacher Of
indianapolis Was lately cndcavoring to
impress upon her scholars the terrible
effects of the punishment of NcLuchad.'
nezzar. She told them that Cor seven
years lic ate grass like COW. just then
Ia small boy asked: "Did he give
|milk?' We arc not Informed whether
the teacher gave airy further information
Ito the little bov.
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WHEAT.--It j. estimated thai not less
than three hundred and fifty thousand
bushels OF wheat have been bought il,
this city thus far this season. A large
|amount is expected 10 be hrough, in by
wagons during this month. The mar
ket continues dull. prices ranging cronl
so cents to 81 O5.---Terre Haute Express.
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- James p. Lusc. Esq. has sold the
New Albany Commercial to Captain II.
N. Clifford, Of that city. Mr.. L,,se will,
for tho present continue TO edit the pa.
lpcr. Mr.. Luse is one OF the most accom-.
jplished writer's IN Indiana.
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f'TAll soldiers or heirs on soldiers,
|cnfitlcd to bounty nndcrthc act OF July
I2sfh. 1868. should bear in mind that ail
'claims must be presented before De-
Ice fnber lst. 1869.
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f~y All accounts from tbe French vim
tagc gives proyhiscs Of an abundant crop
this year. The dryncss OF the season
was especially favorable, and the price Of
spirits has in consequence fallen.
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r. That is a sensible shgocsticn of an
English druggist. who advises tl,at every
label of poison" shonld state also the
most accessible antitpbtc. "Dr,,ggists'
murders" would then be swept from the
Icalcnskfr.
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rTA Mobilencgro. in recent prayer.
thanked "de Lord for putting Of dc end
of the world until after the watcrmelom
season was over" JEc said il was q
great favor TO dc poor niggers..
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ir-rA short time since. nan well
known in New York society, not young
and who could not dance. was sitting a,
"a party, near young lady, and watch
ing the nazcs OF The ~Gcrmah." He
turAed 10 her, as hc knew her weiIy and
said:
- wish yoN would let me put my
arN around your waist"
OF course she looked at him in
amaZC nncnt.
"Oh.' said he, "yoN know cant
dance, tat don't see the difference. All
these young men have their arms about
the girls waists. and why should not
have the same privilege. though l sit
istill."
That mans head is level.
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n's-A set Of pearl and ivory handled
cutlery, got up fOv 'prcsont" to General
Grant, is Oh exhibit. jcwclry store
i,.. New York,
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IA fond wife threw " bottlc Of hhilr
Ircncwcr at her husbands hcad,.at wliiclp
he said, "Wc must par; the dye Is.
least"
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Love. the tooiharhe; q cough, and
tight boots, arc things which cannot
long be kept secret.
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Mark Twain and the Indians.


Mark Twain has been among the In
dams" ut Niagara, with queer results.
After giving an account Of interviewing
n squaw and a full grown warrior with
lie says:
] made one more attempt to frater-
nize with them, and only one. came
upon n Camp-of them gathered in the
Shade of II great tree. making wampunl
and moccasins, and addIC them III
The language OF friendship:
Noble rcd men. braves, grand sach.
|cma. wa..e.licfs, stuaw, and hi-li-.cu-
imnck k "A -mucks. the pale face nom The
land Of the setting sun grects you. i on
lEcmciccm Polccat- You, Desourcr OF
lMonntans vo,,, Roaring 1hundcrgusl
YOU. y-Eoy-with-a-I Eye tho
'rale lace from beyond the great waters
Irlccis You all. War and pcsiiencc have
I,hinncd your ranks and destroyed your
ioncc pr0ud naticn. Poker. sescil-up
land vain modern expense for soap. III.
known 10 your glorious ancestors. have
,d.plc,cd your purses. Appropriaiing
lin Your simplicity, the property oi oh.
Icrs. has gotten YOU into trouble. Mis-
facts. IN your sinlcss sim
,pl;city, has damaged your reputation
with Ike so,i)lcss Nsurper. Trading icl
lforty-rod wl,i>kcy, to enable ycu 70 &c!
drunk ana happy and tOmahawk your
liamilies. has PLAYED Tire everlasting mis-
CHIEF with lie picturesque penn ofyc'r
Idyess, and here yuu are, ~ the broad
l,i.li Of Tie ninoicerth century, gotten
lup like thc vagtag and icblait of tho
Ipurlicus OF New York. For shame
(, Remember Your aliccstofs Recall ihcii
mighty deeds! Remember Unces' and
Red jacket and llo!c-in-ihe-Day. and
Horace Greeley! Emulate ihoirarnicvc.
ncmts! Unturl yourselves under my
bsnncr. noble savage. iiiustriols gutter
lsuilcs -"
~DCwn wid him"
"Scoop the blagysrd!"
"liane liM.'
| "liurn him.
"Dhrown him.
| ltwas the quickest operation that ever
was. simply saw ~ sudden Nash u
Ithc air of clubs. brickbats, fists. bead
baskets, moccnsiEs II single fash. amo
they all appeared TO hit me at once, and
mo two OF them in Tie SAME place. IN
Ithc next instant, the entire tribe was
Juror me. They tore all the clothes OF
me; they broke my arms and legs; they
gave me n thump llat dcmtcd tie top O
my hat til it would hold coffee like
sauccr; and TO crown their disgracc!a
proceedings and add insult 10 injury
they threw me over Horseshoe Fall, ant
] got wet.
About ninety or one hundred feet from
the top Tic remains of my vest caugh
OH projecting rock, and was almos
drowned before 1 could get loose.
finally fell and brought up in q worl.
of white foam at the foot OF the tall
whose ccllcd and bubbly masses lowered
Iup seyeial inches Above my head. y
course I got into the eddy. | sailed
round and round in ii forty-four times
chasing chip, and gaining on it--eacl
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01-A ST. Louis German is abused for
|extrrvagancc in buying gun for &15to
blow his bowels out, when he could lawo
rented one for fifty cents.
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svBLlsGED EVERY FRIDAY, AT JASPER
prBpIs COUNTY, INDIANA, Er
CLEMENT DOANE.

OFFTCE.-IS COURIER EuILDlNG on
KEsT MAIN STREET.
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PACIFIC RAILROAD NEARLY FINISHED.
1850 MILES BUILT.
The Union Pacific Railroad Co.
AND THE
Central Pacific Railroad Company

Have added Eight Hundr tsoO) Miles their lines
curing ii year. while doir large local pas
sepger and freight business The thu ough connection
will undoubtedly be completed next summer, when
the through traffic will be great. Forty thousand
men are now employed by the two powerful compa-
nies in pressing forward the great national high
way 10 speedy comp letion. Only 200 miles remain
to be built, which mostly graded and ready foe
the rails
First Mortgage Gold Bonds OF the Union Pacific
Railroad Company for sale at par and interest aud
First Mortgage Gold Bonds Of the Central Pacific
Railroad al lO3 al d interest
The principal and interest of both Bonds are paya.
BILE in gold.
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convict, their factotum was raising money from
the whisky rings TO buy mp two or three
senators at ten thousand apiece for the ac-
quittal OF johnson.
The new organ was set mp, joint stock
concern, by Joint stock contributions. If we
are not mistaken, Mr.. Morgan put in ten
thousand cash, Mr.. Conkling ten thousand,
Mr.. Roberts ten thousand, and so on, more or
less, from different parties, until enough was
secured to float a nominal capital OF three
hundred thousand dollars. What then me
programme was to save all obtained anu W
get all that could be got out OF Johnson ~
spois, while working to secure tne lnslue @
track in the Senate, the Cabinet, the Ous'Onu
House, etc under Grant. Raymond was SET
back on probation, Weed was required TO
l,esr IN the shade and Dana was brought into
The foreground. Dana is sort OF Ianeyrhnu
in diplomacy. He hit upon the idea that
man who won't be bulIied may be hum
hinged, and hence the brilliant conceit OF
Greelev for the mission to England as the
nropeT successor for Reverdy Johnson. This
distinction, 1t was supposed, would serve two
purposes-one in satisfying the fighting philo-
sopher, and one in getting him out OF the way.
This was the programme. The first essen
tial in carrying IL out was the defeat of Fenton
as candidate for the nomination to the Vice
Presidency on the ticket with Grant, aud he
was defeated. The next thing was to secure
the reelection of Morgan to the Senate and in
this view, Morgan aud his political ring con-
tlibuted very literally the sinews OF war in
many doubtful districts. Indeed, we are told
that Morgan's money carried the Legislature
for the Republican party; that he has reason
TO think he had carried the Senatorial caucus;
and that he has become so completely accli-
mated to high life in Washington to say
nothing of its honors and emoluments, that
the matter of money was to him small mat
ter in view of another term OF six years in the
Senate. But upon this vital issue there has
been dead failure-nsy, disaster equal to
that of the first Bull Run. The brilliant pro-
gramme we have outlined, with its mission
to England and all its beautiful castles in
Spain has vanished like the delusive pictures
OF the mirage in the desert. Morgan and his
men, with their own money and their own
guns turned against them, are done for, and
lamp, at the rubbing of which Cabinet port
folio, or a post Office, or a custom house, or q
palace across the sea rises into view with q
beckoning hand at the door.
Well, such is the whirligig Of politics, and
if Mr.. Morgan has been beaten by his OWL
money, he must remember that the love of
money is the root of all evil. But with Conll
ling still in reserve against the radical ring,
Fenton, keen, cunning, and unsorupulous aS
he may be in party tactics, may still have 6
hard fight before him. In any event, We have
here a split in the Republican camp over
which the New York Democracy may rut
their hands and chuckle with some satisfac
tion at the inviting prospect of better things
to come.
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The Victory of FentOn.

From the NJ Y. Herald.
Thurlow Weed came into political life on
the dead body of one Morgan, and goes out
with the dead body of another Morgan. The
first Morgan, though bogus, was "a good
enough Morgan till after the election" but
the last Morgan though genuine, was "a good
enough Morgan" only till the election came
on. Weed came ia under the wing of Seward
and goes out under the wing of Hugh Has
tipgs. The dethroned king of the lobby job
bers has retired to the more genial climate of
South Carolina, there to ruminRte over the
ruins of Charleston, like Marius, on small
scale, over the ruins of Carthage, while the
managers and the trumpeters of his faction,
left behind, ''make Rome howl" with their
impotent rage.
The election of Fenton to the Senate in the
place of Morgan is terrible defeat to the Sew
ard Weed Morgan faction. Down to 1860 it was
the political firm of Seward, Weed, and
Greeley" But then, although Seward and
Weed were fattening on the spoils, Greeley,
on bran bread and dry promises, was getting
rather thin in the legs. So he bolted and
while Seward was thrown upon his beam ends
Weed set up the war whoop and the war
dance and has been fighting on that line ever
Since till finally knocked off his pins and
laid out stiff and Geld with Morgan. All
thlpgs to all men; perfect in his role OF Oliver
10 Daln, the kings barber; taking everything
rs hsh that came into his net, and fishing for
eVeIythpg' denounciDg to-day Tom, Dick,
ana Harry as thieves and traitors, and sharing
with them ON the morrow the profits of a
lobby job, Weed has conciliated old enemies
or made new friends with an opening on free
wool, shoddy contract, a steamboat, a guano
venture, or whisky ring; but though flexible
in everything else, his wrath against Grealev
and all his tribe has been stronger than fres
wool, shoddy, or whisky. Upon this one IDEA
of a rival TO be put down at apv cost Iaroa os
have been the lobby pickings and perGuisitss
of Weed, we dare say that much has bsen
saved to the treasury-oity, State, and Fadersi
from the war between these implaoabIa
factions.
The decisive split has come in Morpan's tar
rife defeat. An immense brood of chickens
counted upon has failed, for the eggs are
added. The regular Seward organ Of this
city was getting on hopefully, very hopefully
with aoharming budget OF offices and spoils In
behalf OF the so-called conservative Republi-
cans, until the preposterous fzzle OF the
attempt to fuse them with the Democracy in
the steaming ohowder pot of the Philadelphia
Johnson Convention. That fasco not only
ended the funny career of the orator of the
day in Congress, but resulted in the necessity
for a new departure and new organ in New
York for the firm of Seward, Weed, Morgan,
ConkliDg, and Andy Johnson. The impeach-
ment to the contrary, they were all in 1t; for
while Morgan and COnkling were voting "a
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ironmaster finds at the end of year he Is
lust where he was before. He accordingly
goes back the next year and claims more pro-
lection and gets it, the others hearing OF this,
do the same. Members of Congress take each
interests own story as to what IL wants as
conclusive, and the result is the monstrosity
called the tariff. The whole process has been
somewhat like an attempt to fill bucket with
hole in it.
What is wanted to produce any change for
the better in the tariff is the adoption, either
by bill or resolution of some principle or rule
or policy as to the kinds Of industry which
shall be protected, and the rigid restriction OF
the duty to the point, consistent with due re-
gard to the revenue, at which foreign COM
petition, though not felt, may bs feared by
the lazy or unenterprising, and the absolute
exclusion from all protection of raw materials
and products which can never hope to staud
alone. The facts on which such principle
should be based should be furnished by long
and careful examination, such as Mr.. Wells has
made, and not on the application OF manufac-
tureTs
The fact that manufacturer cannot make
money at present prices no more constitutes
claim to protection, or increased protection,
than to an appropriation from the Treasury,
because il may be the result Of his own bad
management or the over.protection of some
other branch OF industry on which he is de-
pendent, or simply the rise of prices to their
old level under the influence OF the general
diffusion of the tax. In one most important
branch Mr.. Wells found that the effect of q
rise of duty was exhausted in about six
months. At the close of that time the manu-
facturers had to 60 to Washington and begin
their lamentations once more.
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Grand Line TO the Pacific
will be Open for Business in the summer
of 1860.

The regular Government Commissioners have pro-
nounced the Union Pacific Railroad TO be FIRST
GLASS In every respect, and the Special Commission
appointed by the President ssys-
"Ttken as a whole, TB Il UNION PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD HAS BEEN WELL CONSTRUCTED, AND
THE GENERAL ROUTE FoR THE LINE EX-
CEEDINGLY WELL SELECTED. The energy and
perseverance, with whicn the work has been urged
forward and the rapiolty with which 1t has been
executed without parallel In history ana in gran
deur and magnitude of undertaking IL has
never been equalled." The report concludes
by eaying that "she country has reason TO con-
graIulate itself that this great work OF national im
portance Is so rapidly approaching compile lon under
such favorable auspices" The Company now have In
use 1877 locomotives and nearly 1000 cars of all de Grip
tons. large additional equpment is ordered TO be
ready In the Spring. The grading is nearly completed
AID ties disIibuted tor 12O miles Ia advance Of The
western end ofthe track Fully 100 mles OF for
new II ack are now delivered west of the Missouri
kiver and 80 miles more route. The total ex-
pendltures for constuctio purposes In advance Of
the COMPLETED portion of the 70 ID Is not
eight million dollars
Besides donation from the Government OF 1880
acres OF land per mile, the Company is tiled u
subsidy in U. S Bonds on Ia line AS completed and
accepted a the average of shout $4,000 per mile
according to the difficulties encountered for which
| Company has already received S24.O7sOOO OF this
subsidy being In u on the $40 miles tnat have been
| examined by the United States Commissioners.
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therefore, to suppose that, becsuse, the circu-
lation of the banks is guaranteed, their failure
wonId not infict great and widespread losses.
By this new bill the Government proposes to
take ample security for its deposits with the
banks; but the community can have no other
security than its knowledge OF the solvency
of the banks-a subject which 1t behooves
depositors closely to look into since this de-
olsrstion Of distrust by the Finance Committee
of the Senate.