The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-10-27
n : The Louisville Ledger SAYS : Prob

Us The Louisville Ledger says: Prob
ably there is not a State IN the Union In
which railroad building enterprises have
been SD rapidly developed, and upon SO
gigantic n scale, within the pnst four
Years, as IN Indiana. Within this time
not less than forty railroads have been
projected in our neighboriMg State
Many Of these have already been COM
plctcd T; others are in course OF cOnstrMc-
lion some arc under contract, and the
work upon them will oon he commence
cd white several are organized and in
corporutcd. and funds being subscribed
10 build them. Indiana may justly be
teruncd the railroad State, rs there Is not
u single county within its boundaries
that has not Il railroad already conslruc-
ted traversing II, or one in course oi
construction that will afford It's citizens
an outlet 10 the principal markets Of the
country.
Not a few Of The railroad lines con-
structcd, or in course Of construction,
in Indiana have a terminus ut Louisville,
or connect with roads terminating in
this city. The branch Of the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad, from North Ver-
non /; the lateral branch OF the Jefferson
willie railroad, penetrating Eastern lndi-
tttS W &NbiOiiVSS Wy NV NV 49,
Louis. VaMdalin and indianapolis road,
connecting with the Jcflclsonvillc at In
diamapolis; the indianapolis and Vim
'ccnnes road, connecting for Louisville
with the Louisville, New Albany and
I, Chicago road at Gospori : tho Louisville,
{ New Albany and ~. Louis lin course OF
comstriwiionl, comnc citing nj llunting-
burg with the ROckport and Cincinnati
} road (now under coniract), at Mt. Car
mel with the Nincennes and Cairo road
I (partly built), aud the Cairo and Fulton
road. and also connecting with all The
North and South roads passing through
{ Central and Southern Illinois. From
this it can be seen Of what vast impor-
lance these Indiana railroads arc dcs-
tined to become 10 Louisville, paricm-
/, larly The Louisville, New Albany and
" st. Louis, which not only pcnetratcs the
finest block coal fields III the West Mt a
;. distance OF only fifty or sixty miles from
e this city, but is also destined to become
the connecting link between the falls Oi
the Ohio and the Mississifpia at st. L.ouis
IL in the grand truns-cOmtincntal railroad
proposed from Norfolk, Va. to San
~ Francisco, Cal. An examination Ofan!
: reliable railroad map will demonstrate
!: this last proposition.
lsut the question is nov asked "Wha
influence will the building of the pro
posed RockpOrt and Cincinnati rail.oat
=, - from Rockport 10 Il junction with ti'
ohio aid Mississippi ut Mitchell lave
upon the traffic Of the Louisville. New
u Albany and st. Louis road - We thimi
II none whatever to its dctrimcnt. Let u
~ look nj n few ticts: The lsoekl,ort roa,
:. crosses the Louisville. New Albany N.
=, st. Louis road al liuniihgburg, DubOi
II county. Now, tho shortest possible lii:
us from iluLtinsburg ~ Mitchell. tic con
Injecting print CT the los kport with III
q. lOhio and Mississippi road, will lie s
miles ia length, ,hcEcc 10 I incinnnt
~ over tl.e Ohio and Mi,si>>ippi road, II
IL miles. nal. ing Il total di~,snrc from tn
he Junction with the Louisville. New A
:, !mnv and ~. Louis read 10 Cincinna,
!. isa miics. tu III Hunting burg 10 onis
- vile, by the louisville, New A.ban
to and ~. Louis road, is % miles; an
cs from Louisville TO Cincinnati. hy rai
900 nii"s fn.ki"G = '.s"i o. l mile
or u difference OF one nile in tsy0r {
!, the i.oui>villc route, and This withOl
=" change of cars. 1T brrak"xc ~ bulk !
~irciglts. The probabilities are, wit
il. these advantages in favor Of the L.nui'
4, willie, New Albany and -. Louis roa
she will draw all the firisI,s from n
Il vicinity Of Kockwrt 70 her " lin
mr. leaving the lsockport and Cinminna
road to depend entirely for her Indian,
~, business On points between %Iluntim:
~ burg and Mitchell.
"Yuu're u Little Too Late, Oh
. Horse"
Our readers will smile " hen they req
pa the story Of the kcmtuckian who W;
IN. married Oh board a Mississippi steam
,,o boat by q gentleman WHO, from his Gle
icai appearance, had been mistaken +,
IA minister, but who onciated, suppo
nj ing il was only a mock marriage, got {,
six for the entertainment of the passenger
nor did lie find out the mistake tn
had been made until some little time a
~ ter the happy couple had retired to The
hat slumbcrs, and he himself had thrown {
The his coat and boots, preparatory 10 layil
cx. himself away for the night. But beil
a moral man, with right and prop
Of ideas. lie was of course shocked VIII
on. he came To learn the facts in the chs
Anxious rs far as possible to repair I
,yc mischief he had done, lie rushed TO tho
for statc-rUOm. cxclaiming:
rec don't, don't! for Gods sake! I ail
q minister! It's all n mistake! !"
rod Everybody was aroused. State-roC
doors flew open the whole length Of I
cabin, and every u was up to learn I
of cause OF The disturbance, when sudde
Ally, in the midst Of the excitement.
rel door was opened. and the good-nat,
! IA ed face Of the maj thrust out, wi
AXE cooking one eye up at the suppOs
I've Clergyman in a comical manner, ST
quietly:
I'M You're a little too late old horse
little too late!"