The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-03-11

AANNA&AN - - 4sE AAoNAA. OAs KAN
road Excursion.
lin company with 4 delegation com
posed oil members OF the Chamber q
Commerce and Board OF Trade, we lei
lthe Queen City at $40 Il. NJ, by th,
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. Monday
February 81. At l. "a we reached Loo
l.ootce. one hundred and fifty miles iron
Cincinnati. Late as the hour was, W,
; were me by a large numbcr Of citizens
and escorted 10 the Barton House. where
clean beds, aud tables abundantlv sap.
piled with tho goods of the land, were
IN readiness for lis. At 8 y. NJ. Tues
day. we left I.oogco,ec Tor Jasper. TWEEN
ty-tonr lniles. hv stage. but less than
eighteen on a railroad line. The first
SIX miles south OF ioegoCtee The coun-
II! j. IN almost unbroNen lc,cl. Thence
10 Waite River is somewhat broken ON
tie STAGE route, though on each side ii
The public ROAD are beautiful yaileyS.uur
Known ~ sugar Creek and the other IS
State Creek Valley. -Four miles from
L%oo-cotcc We visited pl@er>on's Coal
Bank. Coal Of good quality. vein three
lcct thick. At Iortcr~yille We crossed
White River in an old-fashioncd ferry
boat. Here. TOO. we visited 4 coal bank.
tour feet in thickness. extending from
Willie Rive. through the entire country
10 within Il lew miles OF TIE Ohio River.
FROM White River 10 Jasper. he county
sea- o. Dubois County. nine miles. j. the
bc;t tiinbcrcd district | ever saw o,er
which II construct Il railroad.
The topography of the country Is such
a 10 require but Little in order 10 pre-
pare The road-hcl ior the iron. One
mile rom jasper we visited another coal
bank. which was just being opcncd. At
jasper we were received with 4 losp;-
taiiiy thai would he hard TO describe.
Tie citi.cns seemed 10 viz with each
other rs 10 who should do tie agreeable
best. :. few facts viii indicate TO voul
The character Of the people OF lii~ conn
". For seventeen wears tie Treasurer
OF this county has been the FIRST Ia settle
Will tie Treasurer o. STATE. The Sler-
ills office does not Weld hall Il living
the officer. and cight-icnihs OF The
property advertised rs delinquent j.
owned by non-rcsidents. In six wear.
not six business men have fallen into the
Of the law. /
What county can show 4 better record
night 4 railroad meeting was held at
Courthouse, and addresses made hy
Doanc. Carr. lierhig. Buetlncr. /.
DR.. Sabin. The citizens stated tlIt ,
whatever was their ptoportionatc share
II the expense o. the l.ockport Rail-
they were ready to donsie H.. 1T
close OF the meeting 9ir. l.. II.
sargent. OF the committee Of the llm-i '
Jer o. Commerce. made few reYsar.s-- I
forciLic. and 20 the point. Ite saili-
-incimati felt an interest in this roa,. 4
M he and associates were sent ont 10 /
zee and hear. and ie WAS much Pleased
what Jley sax and heard. i
" ednesdar morning we re- umnil TIE !
Of march, passing over "A tine arri- /
country. unecr-lail with t!.rec d
ems 81 coais. ranging from three 10 ilrc \
IN thickness, IN 81 ii uf quality n
unsurpassed Ills side OF littsbur4h.- n
passed through ~IIunfiM4uus-h andy
)ale. reaching Gcntryyille NJ Sun-down. 4
Il Ecntryviile we met 4 h~uspin.lii, =
lmiiar 10 that thar greeted H. n! Ja.pcri !
M Lco~oOice. We ackmUv lca.ec our Il
elves Indebted TO l1r. Bryant. Nr. Ilitv.iti
Jones. Mr.. Gri-sgY and other. II
N attentions ana information. From >,
'entryviile 10 RocApo seventeen mises.lt Il
,e passed over q rich al,tbeautiit:l ar Il
country. From Loo-ootce i'll L
'ockpori IL is onc continuous "coal is
cld. The coal alone ausi supAlv aultt
IMMENSE amount OF freight to Oils road. is
at Iockport we met q host OF warm u
wAoie-souled gentlemen and en- +
lusiastic railroad men. too maay OIL
rem TO name in this article. Here. too. ,
meeting was held and speeches q
lade by their citizens. Mt The close of
meeting Hon. Josiah Kirby and T.. II"
|. Sargent addressed the meeting, and c.
mphatically "struck fire." for their re- II
were received with ..whole rounds 81
applause ci
They urged the citizens 10 do their best. Il
use their last dollar. and promised to III
port favorably to the Board OF Trade
Chamber or Commerce.
some weeks since an address was made
the Chamber OF Commerce in be-
M OF the Isockport Road. Mr.. Sargent bf
I'd 1t was a very modest address. for it 81
"a not tell half the truth. The country 81
as better i'll every regard than he ex- IL
to find it. And the minerals had l..
iceeded bothin quantity and quality the la
port made in that speech. b,
Early Friday morning we took pas If
&c OH the steamer Rose Iii,c for Ow- tn
lsboro, distant nine miles. Here our nc
ception and entertainment was lust on
as Kentucky hospitality knows how
extend and Cincinnatians know how
enjoy. or