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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23
General Hanna on the
School Fund Distribution.


Hon. Milton B. Hopkins, Superin-
iendcnt of Public Instruction, address
ID a letter to the Attorney General. un-
Ter date of the 27lh of January, asking
iis opinion whether section 3 of the act
approved February "a, 1871. requires
he County Auditors to loan all school
funds at 8 per cent, or only that portion
hey may receive through the distribu-
lion provided for in the act itself. To
his Mr.. Hanna replied at some length,
the point of his reply being that il was
the evident intention of the Legislature
TO raise the interest on all the school
funds loaned 10 per cent On this
point we quote the language of the At
torney General:
TIE third section of the act Of 1871
does not repeal the 74th section of the
General School Law of 1865, but il is
supplementary as to the rate of interest,
substituting eight for seven per cent.
The mind and will of the Legisla turc
was evidently TO raise the rate of inter
ezt on school loans generally. for there
could be no reason why one part of the
school fund should bear higher rate of
interest than another. for a. money
everywhere was then. and is still. worth
ten per cent. at least. it was plainly
deemed right to increase the interest on
all the school fund.
This is an interesting question. and
while | am not clear of doubts. still
think all the doubts have should " eigh
in favor OF this fund. and against any
interest the borrower could have in il.
AS there is now no penalty or forfeiture
for taking more than the legal rate OF
interest, or any action allowed to rccov-
er back illegal interest paid. and a it is
well settled in this State i'm the case of
Deming vs.. The State ex rel. Miller. 81
Indiana. 4l9. and by Howe L. >. 5is.
and many other authorities. that it j. no
defence by the borrower TO show that
he borrowed in contraycntion of some
or many provisions of the statute. but
that he is bound for the loan and Legal
interest at all events. why not let the
School Fund have the full advantage of
the situation.
'lf | had the power 10 direct. as I
only have to advise, would require
that in all loans made of such funds. the
officers should exact eight per cent. in
terest annually III advance. for have
no doubt such was the intention OF the
Legislature in framing the law, approx
ed February -. 1871. nor can see any
serious legal hindrance in the way oi
such a construction.
"Yonr obedint servant.
lSigned. ''B. w. HANNA.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23

1st. All the faithful over twenty-onc
and under sixty wears of age. are. unless
lcyiiimately dispensed. bound to observe
Lent.
2d. They are to make only one full
meal a day (Sundays exccptedJ. which
meal should be taken about noon.
2. Both fish and flesh are not To he
used al the same time, even by WA, of
sauce or condiments.
4. \ collation. is allowed in the eve
ming. No general rule as TO the qnanti-
tv Of food permitted Il; this time Is or
can be made: but the practice Of the
most regular Christians is. never to let
il exceed the fourth part Of an ordinary
meal.
5th. General usage has made ii law
fu! TO take. in the morning. cup of lea.
coffee or thin chocolate made with wa
ter. with a small slice Of bread or crack
er.
9Th. The use of hogs lard instead Of
butter il permitted in preparing fish,
vegetables. etc.
9Th. The following are exempted from
the obligation Of fasting: Young per-
sons under twenty years Of age: those
who have completed their sixticth year:
the sick: pregnant women. or those Civ
ing suck 10 infants: persons who are
obliged to labor hard; and al! who,
through weakness. cannot fast without
injury to their health.
9Th. by dispensaiion the use Of flesh
meat is allowed at amy time oh SUNDAYS,
and once a day on Mondays. Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays. except on the
SATURDAY. Of Embcr Week and OF the
Thursday and Saturday of Holy Week.
9th. Persons dispensed from the ohli-
CATION of fasting. are not bound by the
restriction Of using meat only ut one
meal ON the days on which il u>c is
granted by dispensation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23
Supreme Court Decision.

The following important decision was
rendered in the Supreme Court at In
lianapolis last week:
Delos. Root VS.. Erdelmeyer. Treasur-
er of Marion county. Center township,
md the city of indianapolis. From the
superior Court Of Marion county. De-
loss Root sucing for himself and all 9TH
crs interested in the question. filed his
against the appellees TO re-
strain the collection of three items of
taxes assessed against shares Of the cap
ital stock of the First National Bank of
viz:
1st. a tax OF % cents on the 500 lev
led BIZ the School Trustees of The City
Iof indianapolis for school house pur-
poses in said city.
I'd. a tax of one cent OH the SlO0,
levied for Center township.
3d. a tax of 20 cents on the 500. lev
led by the Commissioners OF Marion
county on the propcrtyof Center town
ship. to aid by way OF donation the liii-
,nOis Central Railway Company.
The plaintiff below seeks reverse of
tie judgment rendered against him on
demurrer.
This Court decided in the case of
Johns VS.. Sine. Treasurer of Wayne
county, that a township might aid, by
way of subscription 10 the stock Of a
railroad company, as well as county.
And upon the opinion of majority of
the Court donation and subscription
stand essentially OH the same ground.
They are both provided for by law and
must stand or fall together.
The only other objection TO the taxes
i'm question is that they are assessed for
municipal puposes, in violation of the
ninth section Of the act of March ID,
1873 Ind. Stat, p. 80 which pro-
lvidcs that "nothing in this act shall be
SO construed as to authorize the taxation
of stock in the Bank OF the State of In
diana, or any National Bank, for muni-
lcipal purposes
We are Of opinion that the word 'mu-
Inicipal,r as used in the above statute.
was used i'm its original restricted sense,
having reference to incorporated towns
land cities having authority to levy and
collect taxes. (See section Nv. Charter
Bank Of the State, l. q. and H., p. l39-
l42) In this section the prohibition 10
tax for municipal purposes is prohibi-
tion only TO tax for town or city pur-
poses, and held valid in the case of the
Bank vs.. the City of New Albany. II
lind. l39. An act Of Congress permits
the shares in the capital stock Of nation-
al banks TO be taxed by the States. tSee
Wright. Auditor, etc.. W. Still, "a In
diana SO.
The township tax and that levied by
the Board Of Commissioners for rail
road purposes, are in no sense levied i"'
municipal purposes within the meaning
of the law in question. The same i
.also true with respect to the tax levied
Shy the School Trustees Of the city fol
school house purposes. and as such fol
a State purpose, in the fullest sense o
the term. Ind. Stat, y. AL. :. 4.
: The judgment below is affirmed will
costs. Worden j.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23
For the Jasper Weekly Courier.
Ireland HistOry--Latest Period.

In Ireland, when the sun was low,
Not very many mouths ago,
There was "A noisy grocery row.
Tha broke the deep tranquility.
But Ireland showed another sight.
When the dutchinam rose at dead
OF night,
With hammer, awl and last. to fight,
While the boys cut down the doggery
In gown and night-cap all arrayed,
The neighborhood awOke dismayed,
And cursed the unusual serenade
In terms of great severity.
The battles ended. Now, once more,
The neighbors slumber as before,
And thanks arise TO Heaven DER
The downfall Of the grocery.
Twas morn but scarce the lark's swee
note,
Der lreland's dales began to float,
When Vincent Jim's internal throat,
Poured forth its dread profanity.
The combat decpens! on We brave!
Who rush for whiskey and the grave;
Wave Vincent, your fiji, glasses wave
And swear with all your deviltry!
Each sleeper started from his bed,
And wished the noisy rascal dead;
And muttercd vengeance on his head,
With deep, heartfelt sincerity.
But few did mourn, nor many weep,
When Albert Stewart, with cash and
cheap"
Bought out Jim Vinccnt's dark retreat,
And sent him down TO Otwell.
IpELA"o. Feb. 1874 i.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23

.Casi iron sinks" is The legend IN the
sign Of n Hartford plnmhrr. We'll.
who the devil lhicj said j; didn't: was
the inquiry Of an incbria'ed man 81 sin.
who read it over three or four times.
and chuck,cd when he thought he saw
the point.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23

~ Malicious boys in Buffalo adorn-
cd ihe coat OF gentleman on his way
home from dining ont Thanksgiving
Day with the rlfycari. Choice poultry
inside"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23

~ A vinccnncs photographer ad-
vcrtised "I}abcs taken and finished in
ten minutcs,' which il rough Oh the ba-
bic>.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-23

or The row with Catacazy grew out
Of somebody SAYING that Calacazy's wife
was handsomer than Ben Butler. That
made Bcn's friends mad.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
SlUwest Railroad Ever Heard Of.

John" writes to the New York Sun
from Syracuse as follows:
A railroad runs from O.wego to SYRIA
cuse. 1t is thirty-six miles long. !
rode on it, and those cars moved SO
slow that if you want the draft in
your face you have to ride back
ward to get it. They never have hot
journals on the road the great danger
Is, the stufiing and gravy around the
axles will freez,. The screech of the
locomotive is very faint, kind Of like
the wsrble of four year old boy, blow
ing through a knothole in a board
fence. 1t is capable of giving grass
hopper thrill of alarm, but
won't scare COW worth leather cuss.
The conductor, engineer and fireman
always walk ahead Of the train to look
for broken rails, and the COWS always
run ahead of them to keep out of the
dust have tried an experiment. Two
trains were passing, and stuck a match
out of the window and let the head OF
it rub against a passenger car. 1t went
so slow couldn't strike light. If you
ever take trip from Oswego to Syracuse
over that road you want to t Ike lots Of
clothes, q whole ham, and barrel oi
corned beef along with you.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
A1ypoeraphIcal Muddle.

That was fearful mess in which
paper involved two of its advertise
ments. The foreman, somehow or
other, in placing the type in the form,
got an obituary notice mixed up with
a menagerie advertisement, so the fol.
lowing appalling paragraph met the eye
of the reader: Died-On lhe 18th
inst, William H. byena and the baby
elephant, McManus, at the age of six
comic mules, whose loss is our gain.
Prof. johnson, who enters the den Of
lions, sfflictions sore long time placed
his head in the mouth of the ferocious
physicians were in vain and the per.
forming monkeys will join him on the
other shore with the gun which comes
from the deserts of Africa, where the
funeral takes place at 4 o'clock, and the
friends of the family are invited. Ad.
mission rs cent?, children TO proceed to
Blaokwood Cemetery. Peanuts for sale
on the grounds. Gone, but not for
gotten"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
Varieties,

How MANY peas are there in pint?
One p.
A LEADING ariicle-A blind mans
poodle.
Fee sIxrLE-Money given to quack
doctor. I-E
UNDER GROUND doings-Working in
the tunnel.
THE right of weigh-What we don't
get at many shops.
MONEY skin is the fashion in furs this
winter. Young bleods with hair parted
in the middle, be forewarned
VETERINARY surgeons smoke fifteen
cent cigars and wear beautiful snuff.
colored plush or .rcoats since the epi-
zootic came to h p them.
AN innocent minded Brooklyn girl
said to gentleman, the other night:
The mosquitoes are terrible. ! wish
you could see my back |" ~ wish
could. was the quiet reply.
The following notice is posted con-
spicueusiy in the office Of renowned
poet: "Shut the door, and as soon as
you hnNC hda yOoA EoNg PiC0S0 70 sCiv0
your mouth fn the same way"
A CERTAIN newly.eiected Irish Mayor;
speaking of certain articles in avivacious
newspaper, observed: despise those
underhand attacks. When l write an
anonymous letter, l always sign my
name to it."
A YOUTH entered into a book store
and asked What kind of pens do you
sell here, mister?'' GAN kinds, you
young rascal answered one Of TIE
clerks. "Do your said the little chap,
"lhen give me ten cents worth Of pig
pens."
A FELLOW in an Obvious state took up
kis lodgings in the street. re woke
next morning, and Strengthening him.
self up, look ed on the ground on which
ne had made his couch. and said If
1 had pickaxe would make up roy
bed!r
AN awkard compliment-Mrs. Flirt-
ington (ccquettishly y" Pm afraid you
are bored, Mr.. Amoretl You would
sooner be walking with some young
lady !" Mr.. Amoret with native readi.
ness and gallantryl-"O, no, indeed,
Mrs. burlington. Ill much prefer
The oder ones ~
AN editor announces the marriage ofa
friend thusiy: He has read himself
out of the jolly brotherhood of bache-
lois, sold his single breasted lounge,
packed his baggage and checked it for
Cory, walked the gang plank of court
ship to the vessel of matrimcny, and is
now steauing down the stream of bliss
by the light Of the honeymoon"
The characteristic of the umbrella is
its power Of changing shapes. You can
leave bran new elk with an ivory and
rosewood handle at any public gather
ing, and within three hours it will trans
form itself into light blue or faded
brown cotton, somewhat less in size than
circus tent, with handle like q tile
graph pole, and Eve fractured ribs.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
Engiand,s Oldest Inha bitant.

The Driffield corre' e'pondent of the
Liverpool Courier sends to that journal
the item following There is at present
living in Driffield, in vigorous health,
fine large tortoise, reputed to be 2OC
years old. II was one Of the live pets
of the late Mics NJ. B. Tonge, of Drif.
field, who died few weeks ago. On
the sale of her effects it was presented
to Mrs. Scotchburn, of Drifield, in
whose possession it now is. 1t is stated
to have been in Miss Tonge's family 100
years, and it bears marks on its shell
which indicate that it is 200 years Of
age. Those acquainted with the habits
Of the tortoise know that it adds an ad.
ditional scale 10 its shell every fifty
years, and this tortise has four such
scales. The common age Of the tor
toise il reckoned at eighty years, but
there are many well-authenticated in
stances of their having lived much
longer time. There was one in the
Archbishop of Canterbury's garden, at
Lambeth, which was known to have
lived above l20 wears. +.-..
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
Foreign Gossip.

The Paris Chief of Police writes fash.
ion articles in his leisure moments.
THE cable dispatch about the Boston
FIRE cost the English press about f6OO.
The Duke of Sutherland and the Mar.
quis of Butte have each an annual in
come of $l,50O,0O0.
BETWEEN the years 1910 and 1872 no
fewer than 1880 public officials OF
France have become deranged.
JOHN WALTER, ESQ, of the London
Times, recently had all its literary and
mechanical stnff-over three hundred
in Dumber--at his country seat, Bear
wood Hall, and gave them q grand ban
quet.
SOME one who has been writing about
royalty, lately, says that Queen Yic:o-
ria's horses are worth 10000; Kaiser
Williams, fl3,000; the Austrian En-
peror's nearly ESQ 600; King Leopold's,
flS,00O; and the Sultan's, flOO,OO0.
PURpY BEY, who commands the Egyp-
tian expedition into Central Africa, is
E. Sparrow Purdy, native of New
York, and son of Gov. Samuel Purdy,
of California. He is "a years old, and
entered the service of the Khedive two
years ago, rising rapidly 20 the position
of Chief of Staff of the Viceroy's Engi-
neer Department..
In q characteristic note to the Pail
Mall Gazette explaining his position on
the subject Of capital punishment. Mr..
Ruskin says: "lf ever murder any
body-and indeed there are numbers of
people should like to murder-I won't
say that / ought to be hanged; fer l
think nobody but bishop or bank
director Gin ever he rogue enough to
deserve hanging but particularly, and
with all that is left me of what l i'm
agine to be sound mind, request that /
may be Immediately shot,
BISMARCK was recently called upon by
Russian lady. who asked him for his
autograph. After the Chancellor had
,cmplied with her request, she said TO
him: "Piiuce, may / use your auto.
graph for noble purpose?" Certain.
ly," he replied; "but what is it?" "My
brother has been exiled to Siberia; let
me write an application for his pardon
over your hame, and the Car will grant
it," Bismarck consented, and Alexan.
der il. informed him, when at Berlin
recently, hat the pardon had been
granted
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
The Bows.
There come the boysi Oh. dear the noise,
The whole house feels the racket;
Behold the knee Of marry . pantr,
And weep DER Berries Jacket

The whole house feels the racket: :.
Behold the knee Of harrys pante,
And weep DER Berries Jacket
But never mind. II eyes keep bright,
And limbs grow straight and timber:
We'd rsther lose the trees wh0le bask
Than find unsound the timberi
Now hear the tops and marbles rolli
The foors--Oh woe ietide themi
Ara must tch the banieters.
For l know boys who ride themf
Look well 40 you descend the Stair,
often find them haunted
By shostiy toys that make no noise II.
Just when their noise il wanted.
The very chairs are tied in pairs,
And made to prsnce and caper:
What swords are whitfield ont Of sticks!
What brave hats made of psperi
The dinner-bcll peals loud and well.
To tell the milk mans coming:
And then the rush Of steam- car trains''
Sets all our ears humminR.
How oft I say. what shall I do
TO keep those children quiet?" BIL
If could find good receipt.
1certainly should try it.
But what to do with tbese wild boys,
And sli their din and clstter.
Is really quite grave affair
No lauxhing. tii6ing matter.
"Boysvill be boys"-buf not for long;
All could We bear about us
Tbs thought-how very soon our boys
Will learn to do without rs!
How soon but tall and deep-voiced men
will gravely call us Mother"
Crw be stretching empty hands
From this world to the other.
More gently We should chide the noise,
And when n ght quels the racket,
Stitch in but loving thought AMI prayers
While mending pants and jacket.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
Current Items.
TEXAS has 100000 cattle.

| TEAAs has 5.OOO,OC0 cattle.
NosrH CAROLINA raises vegetable
wool.
THE annual yield of Gillett pens is
$50, 100000.
TIE first American newspaper was the
Boston Ne~sietter. begun April "a, l7O4.
VEsY short wedding trips ale in fash.
ion just now, and very abort engage.
N. nts. r.r-
VIRGINIA, which didn't have cotton
factory before the war, has erected twelve
of them since. la
THERE arrived in the United States
during the year ending June 80, 1872,
404 ,SG6 emigrants from foreign coun-
tries.
Godcy's Lady's Book has been pub
lished forty.two years. In all that time
it has had the same editors and pub
lishers.
T#ENTY-FotR square miles have been
laid out on the Kansas Pacific railroad
for the site of an English city called
Victoria. s..
The mills of Capt. E. B. Ward, at Lud.
ington, Mich, cost $40S 600 Capt. Ward
owns 10000 acres of pine lands, located
from IL TO IA miles from that village.
THERE were printed $4,000 volumes
# Congressional documents for the past
year, costing 81 .S02,343. You see part
of the crumbs 60 to the poor printer.
A LITTLE girl at walpole, N. H., fell
while playing the other day, and dislo
Gated he. elbow. A surgeon was sent
for, but just before bis arrival she had
another and luckier fall, which set the
dislocated joint.
PENNSYLVANIA proposes to amend her
Constitution so as to prohibit her
judges from indulging in gratuitous
rides upon rIilways, and to permit her
juries TO render valid verdict by two
thirds majority.
Tns New York Tribune, in an art Gle
r.v.ewipg the insurance question, proves
that there is strong tendency among
all the leading companies to distribute
their risks, and guard against all future
Boston and Chicago contingencies.
THAT waddling bird, the goose, has
at last furnished an item. The periodi.
cal plucking of feathers from this
aquatic fowl has suggested tho possibil-
lty of performing the operation by
other means than by hand. Certain
scientific and humane men propose to
meet in convention at Chicago soon, and
devise better methods for picking, and
also TO consider how the disagreeable
smell emanatiDg from recently plucke6
feathers can be prevented.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
Edwin Forests PHYSIQUE.

Edwin Forrest, in his prime, was .
man OF hercu.ean mold and magnifi.
cent carriage. His symmetrical devel.
opment OF muscle, his broad chest, aud
especially his neck and the superb poise
of his head, gave him the statuesque-
ness of an antique. The statue of the
was not more p rfecs en-
bodiment OF Spartacus than Mr.. Forrest,
with his magnificent and colossal phys
ique. There has never been on the
American stage such powerfully and
at the same time symmetrically devel-
oped man. His presence, in whatever
role he appeared, was imposing and ma.
jsst;c. His voice was no less wonderful
than his physique. II was rich, deep,
robust and sonorous, and bore the same
relations to the dramatic that Carl
Fornes' voice did to the lyric stage
when the latter was in his prime. In
addition to these natural qualities, it
possessed unexampled power. In Ger
tain passages of Metamora," for iu-
stance, he would commence like the
low rumble Of distant thunder, and, by
the use of q superb crescer do, reach .
vocal climax which was almost sppall-
ing. In the stormy lines of " "Othello's"
wrath the power OF his voice was almost
ear.sp'itting. AT other times he could
reduce his voice to a whisper, which
was so clear and penetrating that every
word vas audible even in the most re-
mote portions of the theater.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
Beer Drinking,

We read that the excessive beer drink.
ing by the Germans in the United States
is gradually producing consumptive
symptoms, and that the Germ ,ns, here.
tofore rated as remarkably healthy
people, are showing radical indications
Of constitutional arrangement; and,
furthermore, statistics so to show that
not half so many Germans are acquiring
homes now as there were ten years ago.
in proportion to the aggregate number
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-27
A Slim Chance for q Poor Man.

There may be some truth in the talk
of aristorcracy in churches, judging from
the result of a recent sale Of sitting at
st. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal
church, at the corner of Madison ave-
nue. and Forty-second street, New York.
There are two hundred pews in the
church, and the valuation is ssh, 800
the lowest being valued at $500. At
the sale the premiums for choice rang
ed from $40 to 81 500, the latter price
being paid by Vanderbilt for the first
choice, who paid also for the second
choice, SLIGO. Nineteen pews sold for
$50 900