The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-12-01

NJ Wouldn't an oyster saloon paw IL

OWsVCi scOUCOOUy lTy IL
hJCold bleak weather this week, an,
n slim prospect for Indian summer.
GfThe Lafayette street railroad is II
the hands Of the Sheriff. Who bids?
ES The Terrc Hautc saloon keeper
prosecute all persons who violate tn,
Sunday law.
nTOut AT Terrc IIautc hog is cheap
or than dog, and it is pronounced safe
out there to eat sausages.
o. One hundred and Eve shorthand
writers do the newspaper reporting in
the House Of Commons.
CIV The Teachers Institute has been
in session since Tuesday morning at the
Court House, and has been very we'll at.
tended, and the exercises interesting.
TWe are indebted to our Glove,
friend, Mr.. S. +. McCrilIus, for a fine
Thanksgiving turkey, which made us
feel duly thankful.
0yMikc Yochim and Phillip Stcr.
ringer came in from few hours hunt,
last Saturday, with twcnty-thrcc rabbits
and fox.
n5'The coal companies at Washing
ton, Davicss county, are working over
five hundred miners, and want five hun.
drcd more.
VI Washington and Clay townships,
Decatur county, voted thirty-fivc thous-
anl dollars in aid of the Cincinnati and
Tcrre IIautc Railroad.
a51hc engineers Of the Rockport
railroad here are progressing as we'll as
the cold, wet weather will permit, in
driving cross stakes, preparatory for the
workncn, and it is expected that work
will be actively begun 1T this place in a
short time. Mcssrs. p. Z. Branham, the
contractor. his son, George Branllam,
and DR.. Sabin, Gcu' Supt. were here
last Friday, making arrangements.
N-At the annual meeting on Mon
Cay, AT Baltimore, Of the baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, the OLD Board
.: Directors was reelected, tho only
Change being the election Of John King,
.Jr., 10 ill tho place Of the late Albert
Schumacher. The annual report shows
that the revenue Of the road and its
branches, for the fiscal year, is $l2,557,-
$50, al increase over the previous year
Of STILES.
GTOn Friday night Of last week, a
Foving.on amateur acronaut attempted
an ascc nsion in his mammoth balloon,
"Storm King" and when at height of
about scvcnty-tivc feet man who held
one IF the guy ropes let go so suddenly
as to knock tho balloonist out Of the bas-
kri Fortunately, lie caught the rope
and slid down without injury to himself,
Lu. the balloon was burned.
or The editor Of tho Charlest0wn
Record received an advertisement, pur.
porting TO be proclamation from the
Captain of the Clark county Ku-Klux,
requiring all tlIc negroes who have re-
Gently cmigratcd to Clark county to
leave, or share the same fate as Taylor,
johnson and Davis. instructions were
given to send the bill for advertisement
10 box -, at indianapolis post Office.
It's An ARRAY took place near Boom
vile, on Monday week, which resulted
in the death Of William Willis, at the
hands of George Williamson. Thomas
the father of George, was
present when the ARRAY took place. Both
father and son were rcmanlcd to the
Circuit Court in five and ten thousand
dollars bail, respectively.
GTWc understand that the o. 4 NJ.
Railroad Company have It in contcm-
plation to consolidate all their shops,
by removing those at Cochran and East
st. Louis to Vinccnncs or Washington,
within the next few months. The OBJ
jcct is to get near the coal mines, where
fuel is cheap, and at the Same time To-
cate the shops at a central point between
Cincinnati and st. Louis. Washingt on,
we understand, is making great efforts
to secure the establishment Of the shops
thcrc, and offers TO give $4,000 and 20
acres ofland.
GTWe have received the December
Folio, which maintains its position as
the lea ling musical periodical. The IL
l,istration this month Is orCamilla Urso,
the celebrated lady violinist. The mu-
sic Is especially appropriate for the sea.
son, six Of its nine pages comprising
beautiful Christmas Carols; and the
instrumental piece Is a charming CON-