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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-03-18
NO. O..
TvcLaicalitics.

j once heard pretty good thing in
the Supreme judicial Court at Portland
lie case was one Of severe casual upon
the first officer OF Il Yankee barque. bv
one OF the crew, which assault accurred
ON shore. Judge > - was upon the
bench. lie Was very small man very
heat III dress, and Very iastidious rest
ing firmly upon hi- judicial dignity:
liirst-ciass lawyer. and wilhal inclined to
he ,el!-suiiicicnt and crusty. No at,or-
ne! al the bar ever veniured to take lib
critics With Judge s.
ihe principal witness in The present
CASE MAS All old wcaiher-bcaten sailor.
named Jack Miller. Now Jack was call
ed 10 testify against his ,hip-mate. a. he
had witnessed the assault, and had inter-
.iereu 10 detcrminste il, but he was anX-
ious to tell as little against his chum as
possible, and, furthermore. 10 soften
down and excuse vi hat he did tell and
this led him 10 bs little rambling in his
Testimony. The Judge had been making
notes with "A pencil. and as Jack was
wandering of into AN unnecessary cN-
Planation, Le lifted his head. and, cyi-
IDENTITY forgetting for the moment the
H xact standing OF the witness, With his
mind partially upon his notes. lie testify
exclaimed
Com. witness -ad rem, al prodosi-
tum! Don't wander 80.
The witness stopped and looked up ut
the Judge wonderimgly. He repeated
the ab,ruse words To himself as nearly
As he could pronounce them, and then,
with earnest simplicity. asked -
Yer honor, what does them words
mcan:"
Never mjnd.' returned the Judge
with wave of the hand. "They are
|tecLnical terms, used IN law. not Tor men
ia Your position ~ understand"
There was litter in the court room
las poor Jack turned. rather crcst-,;illen.
back 70 the examining counsel. Pretty
soon tic witness sought to explain that
his shipmatc when he made the assault.
was not himself. SAM lie, half TO tile
counsel. and half 10 the jury
"Iom. was pooty hard on for it. He'd
splice the main-brscc. aud doubled the
tub, an tapped the admiral morc'h-"
TIE little smooth head of Judge S.
bobbled up at this point.
"Stop, witness. don't comprehend.
What do you mean by doubling the tub
|"tapping The admiral" and the other
|equally ambiguous expressions 2"
Jack'seyee snapped just a single spark,
and then his face wac "a calm and serene
as tho bark of an old gnarled oal.
"Why, your honor" he replied. with
patfoni2ing respect and Difference.
|" thcms technical terms. used on slip
board. which j; aren't expected" Of men
lin yer honur's position would under-
stand"
While his honor was subsidiug. tit
ter broke loose in the court-roon. which
" ould have swelied 10 roar If the shell
iff had rot eterniy bitten his lips and
LOUDLY commanded "order."
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THE CExsUs.- BENJAMIN J. Spooner,
United States Marshal for this district,
received preliminary Instructions from
the Secretary of the Interior yesterday
10 form the District of Intiisna into sub
divisions. according 10 the act Of Con-
gress, passed May %, 1850. for the pur-
pose OF enuyncratiops, 10 aid iu taking,
the ninth census Of the United States
Mr.. Srooncr has already set about the
task assigned him. and is busily engaged
i'm forming the State into subdivisions.
each to contain, taking the vote OF the
last Presidential election "a basis. al
population Of twenty thousand. AS soon
as The state is disiricied. deputies for
the purposes Of taking the sensus will
be appointed. From three 10 four hun
dred deputies will be required for the
work of enumeration in this state. Dis
appointed candidates for lat Offices will
here have a chance 10 put in their work,
and handle the public funds.
indianapolis Sentinel.
For the information Of the numerous
througout the State who are
making application 10 General Spooncr
for icpulyships in the census taking, We
publish The following extracts from the
law.
Src. IL. Each assistant shall be al
lowed. a, compensation for his services,
lat the rate OF two cents for each person
enumerated. aud ten cents mile for
necessary travel. 10 be asccrtained by
multiplying the square root of the NUM-
bcr OF dwelling houses in the division
;by the square root Of the nunbcr of
-, ~, Il
lproiuct shall be taken as the number Of
mile Travelled for all purposes in taking
the census.
SIC. 49, In addition 10 the compcn-
ss,ion allowed for the enumeration of The
inhabitants, there shall he paid for each
farm fully returned ten cents; for each
establishment of productive industry
fully taken and returned, fifteen cents
for the social statistics, two per cent. up
on the smount allowed for the cnumera-
ton Of population and for each name
of "A deceased person, two cents.
SEC. Is. Each and every free person
more than twenty years OF age. belong.
ling to any family residing in any subdi
vision, and in case of the absence Of Tho
heads and other members of any sucl
family. then any agent of such tanlil.
shall be, and each of them is hereby re-
|, quired, Il thereto requested by the mar
lshal or assistant. to render a true accOun
20 the hest of their knowledge of ever,
persons belonging To such family in th'
various particulars required in and b.
this act, and the tables thereto subjoincd
on pain Of forfciting $50. to be sued 70
and recovered in action of debt. by th
assistant, 10 the use Of the United States
~ The Catholics Of Mitchell. Law
renee county, propose TO commence III
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Which Providence seems to have con-
licensed His blessings OF natural elements
of wealth. by furnishing in one district,
soil, timber. minerals, water, and eli
mate unsurpassed in all this great GOWN
try"
No consideration ought 10 have more
weight in determining tie business men
Of Cincinnati To lake hold Of this enter
prise with a vigorous hand. and COM
ple;c it at once, than the wcl-assured
prospect Of the speedy completion OF the
,Owcnsboro and Russeliville line.aBd the
consequent connection with the South
crn system of roads. We are assured by
the Hon. Judge james Weir, the Presi-
dent OF this road, that they have the first
twenty miles from DwensbOro TO Green
river now ready for the iron, aud that
they have ample means, not only 10 put
down the rails and furnish all the rolling
stock and necessary buildings to put this
first section in complete running order,
hut that they have no doubt that they
have ample means to complete the entire
road from the bank Of the Ohio river OPP
posite Rockport TO the State line. Look
ing over this long belt Of territory thro'
which these two cor citing roads must
pass. and embraced between the ONO
and Mississippi road and the State Line
of KENTUCKY and Tennessee. 10 correct
estimate could be made of the Import
Iauce OF the trade that must be developed
lin the interest Of our city. Nor is this,
admitting all we claim Tor il. the most
important reason why we should lend
all the assistance in our power to our
friends of the Rockport road. Our large
and rapidly increasing trade with the
Southern and Southwestern States de-
nands that we should have new and
greater facilities for the transportation
iof our manufactures and merchandise TO
TO these States. and while this route may
not. at first sight. appear TO be s- direct
ito the Gulf and South Atlantic States as
could be desired, there can be no doubt
that such line would afford much, il
mot all. desired relief to our commerce
now. suffering from the various imposi-
tons and delays of II relentless monop-
Ioly.
'rIa J;rfo ora fnliouc.
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, AT JASPER
DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA, EY
CLEMENT DOANE.

OFFICE.-IN COURIER BUILDING o.
WEST MAIN STREET.
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~ The Catholics OF Mitchell. Law
renee county, propose 10 commence the
erection Of church il that town early
this spring.
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Making the distance. by way of Rock
port. from Cincinnati 10 Chattanooga to
Ibc 55 miles greater than by Louisville !;
Ito Memphis via Rockport, - miles grca-
ter than by Louisville, but opening up 10
hhe trade OF Cincinnati the entire coun-
ttry from that point 10 State Line, and
embracing 100 miles Of country not now
reached by Cincinnati merchants aud
In selecting lI"ogootec
ne the starting poim, from the Ohio and
mississippi road We no not wish 10 over
look The fact that there arc Two other inl-
portaut points which shomid be kept in
mind in the location Of this road. The
relative position of these may be stated,
viz: 10 start from Mitchell. i2' miles
from Cincinnati, on the Ohio aud Mis-
,issippi road, we would have to build "A
mile, of new road 10 reach Eockport. =
start nj Shoals. Isl miles from Cincin-
natl. We have 65 miles of new road 10
build. aud from l.oogootce. '5s miles
from Cincinnati. We would nave ~
miles of new road TO buiid. 10 reach thc
same point. Thus il will be seen that The
distance from Cincinnati via Mitchell To
Rocknort would bc about 2Ol miles
Cincinnati 10 Rockpori via Shoals, 2lt
via Loogoo,ce TO The same poin', 2is
miles The adoption Of one or the other
of these points must depend entirely
unon actual surveys, the amount Ol
means required, and relative natural ma adj,
ysntagcs they may possess. The cost o'
buildings road across this country must
of course. depend more or lees upon th.
'lnoiut OF starting from the ONO and
Mississippi road. But your committee
hcl;cye Ina, if care is taken in the sclcc'
lion Of the line, the entire cost Of thu
road finished. ready for running. vii
not exceed 81. .20o,o This enterprise
having been first presented 10 the con
.id,rntion of our citizens at a time las
!. year when we were very deeply intcrcs
ted III maturing efforts 70 enable us e
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
For square of !Oiincs or less, lwek, 81 90
Zach subsequent insertion, Is els.
Longer advertisements al the same rate.
A fraction over even square or squares,
counted rs a square. These arc the terms
for transient advertisements "A reasonable
deduction will be made 10 regular adyor-
tisers.
Notices Of appointment Of adininstra-
tors and lega. '"'ices Of like character 10
30 paid iii advance.
ANSoIECGNG CANDIDATES.
For Township officers. each 500
For County 2.oo
FOR District. Circuit, OF state. 800
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PRICE or srB,CRIrTiOA.
Single subscription. for tilt, Nos, 81 so
For Xix months. ] 90
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Board Of Trade Committee.

BUHTU OF TdUt = UHiIIIt'CV.
"REsoLvED, That the President and
Board of Directors of the Kockport and
Northern Central Railway Company OF
Indiana be and are hereby requested 10
call meeting OF the friends OF said road,
TO be held in the city OF Cincinnati. al
their earliest convenience, for the pur-
pose OF taking such preliminary steps
as may be necessary 10 insure success"
The resolution was formerly submit
ted to the Chamber of Commerce and
Board Of Trade. and adopted.
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construct a road across Kentucky and
Tennessee to Chattanooga, II could not
but fail TO receive that encouragement
its importance justly demanded. and, on
this account, perhaps, more than any
other, no efforts have been made 10 in
augurate a movement to make il prac-
tical success. The company ut Rock
port now stand rcady,with over $3.50
600, accrued by taxes aud subscriptions,
and a good prospect 10 raise $4,000. 10
$4,000 more, 10 offer thi, entire sum as
"a bonus 10 the citizens Of Cincinnati, on
the very liberal conditions that W. shall
raise u sum which, when added TO this.
shall be sufficient 10 form basis for the
issue of stock TO realize the arrears and
secure the completion Of the work. The
question will arise how these means are
TO be secured. The city, in its corporate
capacity, can not loan its credit, nor in
any way aid in the construction of Il rail-
way. There is. therefore. but one alter
native, which is for every business man
who feels any interest in the success OF
our mechanical, manufacturing and mcr-
camille prosperity, 90 come boldly for.
ward and lend his aid in furnishing all
the material assistance that may be re-
quredfor its completion. and, believing
as your committee do, from the invcsli
cations given the subject, that the road
would be Of vast importance TO the trade
of our city, and especially so at this time,
and that speedy action in the matter j.
necessary. We therefore offer for your
adoption the appended resolution
J.. il. SAE.ENT,
NJ. II. FAGIN,
S. NJ. BARTON,
Chamber of Commerce Committee.
JOSIAH KIRBY.
S. l.. CAMPBELL.
w H. HARPysoS
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-11
BOY SMOKERS.

If man should tell us that a
healthy child could put his system
under the influence of powerful mar.
cotic every day, without permanent
injury, we should tell him he didn't
know much-about that. We never
saw SO many boys smoking along the
streets as now, The practice will re.
d6ce the final stature of the boy who
begins at fourteen, at least half an
inch. IT viii diminish his physical
force II that proportion, and his men,
tai force still more. The boy that
smokes can bear trouble better. He
can lose his place in store with less
grief. Itworried him less to get to
the foot Of his class. Tobacco is a
leather jacket that shields his hide
from the lash of adversely. We doubt
if there is business man in Boston
so green that he would take boy that
smokes, when he could as well have
as good boy who does not. Tobac-
CO is source of daily expense, a mo-
tive for theft till boy comes to a
mans pay.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-11

BABY SUFFRAGE.--With keen irony
the Nation says: at would seem as
if there was no way in which man
of reformatory turn could do as much
just now for humanity as by contriv-
ing some mode of giving the ballot to
babies4that is some mode of enabling
them to get the ticket into the box
OF their fitness to vote, in all other
respects, it is, happily not permitted
to us any longer to doubt. Accord
ing to the arguments by which many
great men and still greater women
haye been for the last five years advo-
eating the extension of the suffrage.
voter does not need to have tbe
power Of Judging of measures or of
forecastfng Consequences. He does
netneed to know how to read, write
or cipher: All he does need is the
capacity of liking certain men and
disliking others and this is compati-
bic with the very lowest condition of
the human Intelligence, nay, is not
entirely incompatible with idiocy.n
An editor, soon oafter he went to
the printing business, and became en-
titledto the usual fendish appellation
(printers deviD assigned to the
Youngest apprentice, went to see a
preaeher's daughter. The next time
he went to meeting he was consider
ably astonished at hearing the minis
ter announce his text: my daugh-
ter is grieyously tormented with a
devil
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4 PUZZLED CENsUs-rAKER.

" Got any boyss'' the Marshal said
To . lady from over the Rhine;
And the lady shook her iaxen head.
And civilly answered, Eefa!'
'tGot any girlss" the Marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine:
And again the lady shook her head,
And ciyilly answered, Beia!''
But some are dead?'' the Marshal said
. To the lady from over the Rhine:
And again the lady shook her head,
And ciyilly answered, Beia!''
"Husband of coursee" the Marshal said
TO the lady over the Rhine;
And again she shook her naxen head,
And ciyiily answered, !" 4efa!'
The d-l you hayel' the Marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again she shook her haxen head,
And civilly answered. "8sizt'
Vow what do you mean by shaking your head,
And always answering. .Hein.,'
{ :. irA kann a'ieht En0Eis1!'' ciyiily said
The lady from over the Rhine.
Nein. pronounced Nine. is the German for No.
lJoAn G.. Sase.
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The question at county tea-party
turning on the impropriety of mixing
up cake with pinch of snuff in the
fingers, lad remarked that he had
seen his mother do it and never drop
q bit of snuff.
Why, my son." said the lady,
=" how can you lie SO p
"Well, MOTHER" he replied, "may-
be you did drop just little."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-11

1HE OUTLET TO SALT LAKE.-The
explorers having found no outlet to
Salt Lake, have concluded that The
surplus waters escaped only by evap-
oration. But schooner on the Lake,
by being drawn near to the m@lstrom,
discovered that there is vast subter-
ranean outlet. At fret the crew
thought they had struck something
solid, but soon found that she was in
the whirl of a m@lstrom, for the YES
sci Immediately revolved as If in a
circular current, and the motion was
SO rapid in the revolutions made that
the men could scarcely stand at their
duties. The captain being an old sail
or, and understanding the danger he
was in, at once added sail, and brisk
wind blowing at the time,.after half
an hours detention thG @craff was
borne beyond the vortex of the eddy.
He says that while in the trough of
the ugly hole the deck was far lower
than the water outside the whirlpool,
and that the safety of the vessel was
due to the stiff breeze which fortu-
nately sprang up at the time. The
noise of the waters as they descended
denoted that some mighty airless cav
ity below gave strength to the sue
ton, and the surging frothy foam
above was like the boiling of a mighty
eauldron. The facts will no doubt be
Investigated by scientific men.
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A SAD termination to the boat and
tub races of fhe "Phunny Phellows'
Club" at Patterson, N. j., occurred
recently. The presentation of prizes
to the successful competitors in the
several races had just been concluded,
when some of the party had gotten
Mr.. Vanderhoyen, of the Patterson
Guardian, into boat and were try
ing to upset him in the river. Anx-
ious to see the sport, large crowd
rushed upon the balcony at the rear
of the depot, over the water. The
balcony is but thirty or forty feet
long, but there were jammed upon it
over two hundred people, many Of
whom were ladies. The weight of
the great throng was too much for the
piazza, and with a crash the balcony,
with its load of human freight, fell
into the river below, distance of
twenty feet. Over hundred and
fifty men, women and children, went
down. The excitement was fearful
the shrieks of the wounded and the
cries of the afrighted women created
CONSERVATION, and indeed the situa-
:tion was perilous; for although the
water was not deep, many had faint
ed and many were buried under. the
ruins. The horror-stricken multitude
and the members of the club who had
fortunately escaped, Immediately
plunged into the water to the rescue
of the struggling victims, and in
few minutes all were, taken from the
water. Considering the nature of the
accident, there were but few injured
about twenty in ail-many escap-
ing with slight bruises and others
quite seriously hurt. The water was
discolored with blood, and it is sur-
prising that no one was killed.
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A GEORGIAN editor has had his pis-
tol stolen. He advertises to give the
thief the contents, and no questions
asked if he will return it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-11
THE BULL HE AD.

This remarkable beast of prey
dwelIs in mill ponds and mud pud-
dies, close to the ground, and lives
upon young lizards and dirt.
They have no taste to their mouths,
and never spit out anything that they
kan swallow.
They have two ugly black horns
sticking out on the sides of their he'd,
and are az dangerous tew handle az q
six-bladed pen-knife, with the blades
open to onst. a
A.Fhcy are like a kat; You have got
to skin them before they are fit to eat,
and after they are thoroughly cooked,
if you set them away in the cupboard
until they get cold, they will begin
life anew, and become az raw az live
mule.
They will live after they are dead,
az.long as a striped snake kan.
] don't advise emmy man to fish for
Bull-heads, but if yu feel az tho yu
must, this IL the only best way to do
il. M
Take dark, hot, drizzly night in
the month of July; steal out quietly
from home; tell yure folks yu are GO
ing tothe nabers to borry setting of
hens eggs; find a saw-log on the
banks ov a stagnant mill-pond, one
end ov which lays in the water; drive
the mud turtles and water snaiks oph
from the log; straddle the log, and
let yure legshang in the water up to
yure garters; bait yure hook with a
chunk of old injun-rubber shoe; az
fast az you pull up the bull-heds, take
them by the back of the neck and stab
their horns into the saw-log; when
you have got the saw-log stuck full,
shoulder the saw-log, and leave for
home; git up the next morning early,
skin the bull-heds and split up the
saw-log into kinkling wood; let yure
wife cook them for breakfast, and
sware the whole family to keep dark
about it.
This il the only respectable way to
have ennything to do with bull-heds.
Josh Billings.
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! A NYTHING you want done in the line OF Rnl
IA Heads, Cards, Posters, Pamphlets. &C., be
sure and come 60 the Press ONCE, on Chestnut
Street, north end of Empire BLOCK, aa. ,.,,s,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-11
EARLY BREAKFAsr.

4
A bad custom is prevalent in many
families, especially among farmers, of
working an hour or two before break
fast, attending to " chores" hoeing in
the garden, cutting wood, moving,
etc. This is conclusive on many ac-
counts, but it is not conducive to
health. The prevalent opinion is that
the morning air is tho purest and most
healthful and bracing, but the contra
ry is the fact. At no hour of the day
is the air more filed with dampness,
fogs and miasmas, than about sunrise.
The heat of the sun gradually dissi-
pates the miasmic influences as the
day advances. An early meal braces
up the system against these external
influences. Every one knows the Ian
guor and faintness often experienced
for the first hour in the morning, and
that it is increased by the want of
food. We do not agree with board
ing school regime, which prescribes a
long walk before breakfast as a means
of promoting health.
Probably the best custom would be
to furnish every member of the
household, especially those who labor
out of doors, with single cup Of
warm coffee well milked, immediate
ly after rising from bed. Then let
them attend to their chores or now
ing, hoeing, etc., for an hour or two,
while the teams are feeding and the
breakfast preparing. They will feel
better and do more work.-Aaserica
| Il Agriculturist.
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one desiring board. will find
D good accommodations and pleasant rooms.
on suitable terms at ID. MYERS. on corner of
Prospect and Oak Streets, nearly opposite the
Methodist Church. "A good opportunity ior q
gsntieman a and ladt boarder, 20 furnish their
RaSsnna, o.. May 8. lslos sLH.
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NOTICE TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS.
IN Notice is hereby given, that scaled pro.
pOsals will be received at the Auditors Office up
10 August 9Th, one O'Clock p. M, for the Mason
nv, to the following Bridge Work.
Two Abutments for~a Bridge in Brimfeld
township, two miles west of the. Center, Road.
Bids by the Perch OF % cubic feet. 3
Specifications for the above work may be seen
at the Auditors office.
Commissioners will be in session Aug. 9th,
1870 to open bids and make contracts. sii aT'
: - BY order of Commissioner. i5 = -
'iiii 7's WIN. GRINNELL.
! ss-sw a4., o. Commissioners, Clerk
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