The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-10-07
We learn from our friend William


We learn from our friend William
Jones. of Gentryviile, that the large
frame barn belonging to Mr.. John Wal
ters. of that place. was destroyed by fire
on last Tuesday morning, together with
n horse power tlrcshing machine. The
harm was full of straw and some wheat.
IIt is Thought the fire was caused by the
friction OF the thresh;ny machine, wiich
had been running just previous to the
lbuYning. g.-Rockport Democrat.
There are lO2 teachers and h,o4o pu-
!pils in the public schools OF lndianapo-
lie M present. Tho payroll for month
Ismoun.s to $500, less the usual deduc-
ton of 20 per cent.
| From returns made to census head
iouarters. tie population Of Newcastle is
given at 1856. aud OF Valparaiso $500.
| "A cclorcd poet of Memphis has re-
lduccd the Fifteenth Amendment ana the
reinforcement bill TO rhyme, as follows:
ut is sin TO steal pin,
i A crime 10 cut q throat
'lDut tlarn'd sight bigger to stopa Niger
From putting in his vote
i -Four hundred dollars has been col
''liccted in New Albany and paid over TO
lthe German Consul at Louisville. for The
lhepc:it of the German wounded in the
,present war.
!, Colorado will apply for admission
cIinto the Union at the next session OF
I llCongress.
The Welland canal is to be enlarged
lat cost of ss,Ou0,OOO.
:, The Ledger says the New Albany
Rolling Mills are turning out very large
0 oIo,,an,itics of railroad iron daily for the
y various roads South and West. Ihey
are now shipping away, on an average,
car loads OF Z rail daily, and are ,n-
liable TO secure railroad transportation as
ID rapidly as they desire. In addition to
y 1.-The shipments by railway, the mills have
'rItwe,ye wagons constantly employed in
eiihau,ing rails to the Louisville depo!s.--
lelYhe rails for the Princeton and Mt. Car
:, lime, division of the Louisville. n. Alba
VI nv and ST. Louis road are also now De-
ing rolled.
Mr.. Noll informs us that the dog
- " ood trees are out i'm bloom east of towT
e ,or the second time this year. This is
ID nlfreak Of nature seldom witnessed.--Ply
!, mouth Democrat.
IIna The silver WEDDING of the vcncrabl
~ lDr. Tuttle, President OF Wabash Colieg
',sIwas largely attended Saturday night, q
~ CrawfordsviIle. The gift OF Mr.. Adam
nv Earl. of Lafayette, was unique and ap
,s,lproriate, being two hundred silver hal
.a-tdollars OF the coinage of 1870, made eS
Al, !pressly for the occasion.
In. nrColumbus is 10 have wafer worR
tolon the Holly system at cost OF soooo'
lWork has commenced. and II Is cxpec
led it will be finished by the first Of Eel
ish ruary..
lhc a-s A stalk Of sugar cane was measu'
Yet, cd few day ago, on the farm OF AZ
n Sluytcr, in Marshal county, which pro-
ne led 10 be fourteen feet high, ana 81
ec- inches in circumference at Ac bace.
it. 0rIt is singular how pous nc
ard clothes makes people. For VINO
inonth after the Misses Ilirt got thc
,lnew mantillas, they were. at church re-
hot ularly three times Sunday.
= - Geo. w. Wright, living three mil
-. south of Plymouth, says that few III
III, III bushes on his premises were stripped
"'i their leaves on the first OF August, al
that they are now putting forth bioo
80 the same as is their custom in sprii
pch. time.
ale. Connecticut has gained about SOC
ed since 1860.
cm- The population Of st. Louis q oi
,nc- Icially reported 3l2,9eS.