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CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CHunUu aEnV1CE9
Church services for to.day aro announced A
follows:
st Jatnes Church, corner Of Huron and Cags
atroets. Communion service at !:3O O., NJ:
morning service, with sermon by tho Rector, tho
1lov. Arthur Brooks, ut 10:45 q. m. scata will
bo rented Immediately after morning service.
Trinity Chapel. corner Of Twonty-aixth strcat
and Michigan ayonuo. Christmas service and
administration Of tho Holy Communion ut 10:45
a. n. Tilore will ho short a1dreHs by The Rec
tor, tho 1sov. E. Sullivan.
Christ Church, corner Of Michigan avenue and
Twonty-fourth street. Tho c,laton,ary Christmas
soryicoa, o with address by Bishop Choncy, ut
Church Of tho Atonoment. corner of Roboy
and Washington atreatH. Chriatmaa sorvtces,
commanding at IL .. m, Tho Roy. Fraucia
ManHtiold. Roctor. The Sunday school colobra-
Calvary Church, Warren avouno, near Westorn
avon1o. Christmas services at 10:I5 O. m, Tho
ltoy. j. r. Walker, Rector.
All Saints Church. corner Of Carpenter and
m Sermon on tho "Natiy,ty" by tic Rector.
tho 1oy. Henry g. Perry. In the evening tho
! 8unday-school Cbristn1as-tree.
Church Of tho Ascension, No. 310 North Wells
street. Christmas services ut 1880 a. N.
| Froo Mcthodat Church, North Morgan street,
O'Clock p. m.
Tho services at st. h1ary's Church to-day will
10 Of an unusually imposing and interesting;
character, Tho siatora Of Mercy, asais1ed BY
prominent laaioB Of. tho congregation, havo
spared Mother taate, labor. nor expense in the
decoratfons, which are extremely beautiful. Tho
aorvlces to-day ara aa follows: First u,ass--a
! solemn high mass-at q. m. Bocond MUS, ut
8 o'clock fifth maas. at . o'elocL the last At
1880 o'clock-a Ponti1cal High Mass. Tho
Rev. Fathor Iawlor, Of tho Jesuit Church, will
| preach at this mass, and at Its conclusion tho
llt.-ltoy. Bishop Foloy will gi7o tho papal bono
diction.
Tho next .sociablo Of the FREQ Religious
Society Of Chicago will bo hold this evening at
8 o'clock at tho hail, corner Of Randolph mud
Jefferson atroots. and will consist Of music,
pleasant intercourse and refreshments. Ad-
mission froo.
| Extra matinee performances will be given IN
tho afternoon at all tho placea OF unuschont,'
and the evonlng performances as usual;
Zp;". in tho evening, Lotta III tho "Little De-
tectiva."
At tho Academy Of Music, afternoon aud oven.
Ing, Sothern as Dundreary in sour American
Cousin"
AZ nooley'e, afternoon md evening, "Tha
At bIyors' Opera House, afternoon and oYen-
ing, Arlington, Cotton & Komb1os A1instrels:
At tho Globe Theatre. afternoon and evening.
the Snn Francisco Miugtrels.
At the Halsted Street Opora-uouse, MaoE7oy'a
Hibernieon.
| Nf8CELLAEE0UH.
General Macarthur announcer that the Post
O1ce and stations vii closo for the day at 10 a. N,
Tue afternoon mailB will close at noon; the cgen-
Ing malls "a usual. There will be two doliverioa
by carriers in the business district and ono out
aide.
Tie city and county offices will ba closed TO-
day.
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cloar, all hoxod, nnd ut 8>1@o15o for Bwuot
pic]slod l'a,ns. I1fghwinos woro inactive mud
nominRl]y castor, at 0it1@05c per gallon
Droaaoa hogs wore in good demand and steady,
closng at s5.e5@5,oo por 100 lbs. Flour was
qulot and pteady, ut a5.6o@5.75 for goot, spring
extras. Wheat waa moderately active, and
3s@No higher, closing At $1.149lo uasl,, aud
el.16'l 6o1lor JanuarA Corn was quiet and go
highor, closing at 595So caall, and 531l@531Gc
aoffor january. Oats woro quiet and }a@>4u
higher, closing tan,c at 3s1lfo cash, and 3st1o
soller January. Rye WAS quiet and 10 higher, Mt
77@78c. Barley was quiot aud oaalor, closing
at sl.0o for No. 2, mud a1.os@1.o0 for good No.
0. Live hogs woro quiet and lowor, closin" at
s4.50@5.00 for poor to extra. The cattle marlsot
was aotiyo mud stronger. Sheep wore un
chAlgeu.
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The testimony Of all tho passengers Of tho
Vile du Hayre who have spoken on tho subject
has been to tho effect tim. the officers and crew
Of the steamer, attor the collision. looked mainly
to their own safety, showing all utter disregard
Tor tho welfare Of the passengers. Officers Of
the Transatlantic Company In Paris, to which
limo the ill-fatoa yosaol belonged, state iu their
report TINT, go fur as their Investigation Inns
gono, the conduct Of tho chips company il
shown to haye been most conmendable TINT
shey did everything in their power to save life,
aud that Ill the officers aud crew remained upon
tho staamor till sho went down. They also lay
Tho whole blame Of tho collision upon tho off.
seTs Of tho Loch Earn.
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Tho Government Directors of tho Union Pa-
ing lands at s4.I9 au aero. subject to the
subsequent perfection Of title thereto by tho
Government, notwithstanding tho prohibition Of
salo on account Of tho non-payment Of interest
on the subsidy bonda. II this statement is
correct tho purchasers buy at tho riak of never
receiving good title, aud probably under q
Misrepresentation Of the real state OF afrairs.
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The Chicago produce markers woro losa active
yestorday, in the aggregate, provisions boing
1ea!s, and grain Aighor. Alaas pork WAS actve,
and Ito por brl lower, oloaing At $3.50 cash,
and $14.25@14.3O Aellor February. Lard waa
lull. md 1870 per 100 lbs lower, closing ut 98.0o
@a,Q6 cash, aud S8.46@28.50 seller February.
afoats wore quiet aud oasler, at 51lo TOR shou1-
dars. g3k@7o Tor sbor. ribs, 74@79Sc for abort
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4 part OF tho company Of young Japanese who
have been studying at Aun Arhor havo bean
summoned homo. It soems probable that tho
financial embarrassment Of tho Atikado's Gov
ernment may render necessary still further cur
tail,nent Of tho liberal appropriations for cdu-
cAtiona1 PURPOSES.
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rM1ERs' orERA-HousE Menr1o assoot' between ,1s
Anstrus. - Simple SiniDn." hitnBi1olsy md con,oA-
uos Afternoon Aud evening,
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HALSTED STREET OpERA-1loUsE Corner Hal
atGd aud Harrison atIeOtB Mncft7ofa - Now atbot-
ncon." Aitusnoon And 0yoninR.
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DR., KAHN'S MUSEUM OF ANATOMY-Clart
1trret, bctweon Madison and Monroe.
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.,M'v1oKERB THEATRE-Madlson streot, bo.xocn
1nArnDtn anu State. Engagement Of 1.ltte4 - Xfp
Or Point Lsnde Light" Atofnoon and esoning.
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Thuraday Morning. December as. 1873.
, 1873-12-25

AuADEstY Or Musto-1lalaod stteet, bctwceu Mad.
"uur American Cousin" Afternoon and oyoninx,
, 1873-12-25

,.EooLEY,s THEATRE Randolph stroot. botwoon
aud oyoutnE.
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do what you may, tue principles involved In
this salary business will DO among tho iHBuos on
which the country will pass Judgment, Your at
tempta to whistle them down the wind will not
avail. That part Of tho Republican party which
assists or countonancea such attempts will bo
defeated. Neither Presidents nor Cabinets, nor
prestige nor patronage nor the can't Of doina-
gog1os can Bavo It. Tho moment it is clear that
control OF the Republican party. and cannot bo
shaken or, thoro will be now birth in politics.
Tho forwardnesa ct preparation among tho
pooplo for such contingency III much groator
than iH commonly supposed d.-DostoH Aduer-
tiSer.
Significant figures: Tho administration Of
tho Goneral Government costs 81 80 per head of
population, against 81 90 per head IN 1860. No
State Government begins to cost 30 much per
capita, oxtrAyagant ponnaylvania aud New York
only coming up to Sl.29 mud $l.75 per head.
Tho annual cost Of tho General Government (in-
cludig tho interost OF the national debit, omitted
aboye) iB 3 por cent Of tue national valuation,
againat ono.llalf OF l por cont in 1sGo.-Spring-
fed Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17
Science and Industry.

Colorado will complete $50 miles OF
railway this year.
"A single countyin New York produces
upwards of seven million pounds Of butter.
New Haven claims 81 manufactures.
employing acapital Of ! 2.OOO.OoO andS 900
hands.
-Gathering discarded cigar-stumps and
rccasiing them into highly-favorcd chew
~ingtohacco. j. n of the rcmuneratiye fine
arts Of New York.
Pennington. Me-. will put up $4,000
cans OF swcet-corn this season. and boasts
one workman whose champion record is
800 cans a day.
Twelve years ago the first export sale
of petroleum amounted To 80 barrels. In
1872 the export amounted 10 l~JO.0O0.OO0
gallons. and this year a much larger guam
tity will be- exported.
Recent geological surveys OF the new
territories of the lar West reveal the very
important fact that the known coal de-
posts of the Rocky Mountain region eN-
tend over an area of upward of 25O.OOo
square miles. in strata varying from five to
thirty-five feet in thickness.
"A village for women j. To be establish
ed in WOburn. Mass. where Mrs. Aurora
Phelps has bought sixty acres for the new
community. This land i to bc laid out in
small house lots. which will be sold to
working women on favorable terms. and
they will be encouraged TO work upon and
improve the land.
california j. becoming famous for her
agricultural products. Last year her wheat
crop was worth about S25.OOO.OOO, and her
barley crop was half A. much more in
quantity than the wheat, If not in money
value. She raised also 2j.OOO.OOO pounds
of wool. 100000 gallons of wine. and sent
TO market more than 81 100000 worth of
meat of various kinds.
A new locomotive named the Anthra-
cite. which has been placed on the Albany
and Susquhanna Railroad. has six driving
wheels and carries IL water above the
boiler. a tender j. thus dispensed with.
The firing apparatus is stated 10 be- So ar
ranged that the fires last all day without
and the furnaces only require
damping once a week.
Successful experiments are said TO
have been recently made In Russia in the
use of the products of coal oil for fuel for
locomotives. The same fuel has also been
applied. with reported satisfactory results.
in the propulsion of steamboats,. The en-
gincers engaged in the experiments report
the accomplishment of more work with
this fuel than il obtained from the same
value in ordinary fuels.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17
Foreign Notes.

Andrew Lusk has been elected Lord
Mayor of London.
-Uniaithful cashiers are promptly and
severely dealt with in England. An EN-
ployee Of the New British Iron Company.
who grabbed $500. has been sentenced
TO five years penal ~eryitudc.
The police magistrates ofIondon have
summoned before them several poor per-
sons accused of not sending their children
to school. and informed them that the re-
bclliOus would be- sent to the industrial
schools, and their parents required to main
tain them there.
-Alexandria Palace. in London, which
was destroyed by fire a few months ago. Is
to be rebuilt Immediately. The new pal
ace will be- much larger than the old build-
ing. and iron and glass are TO be- largely
used in it, construction. Among the
ruins Of the old palace the bodies oftwo
sisters have been found. Ii j. supposed
that they went in 20 view the rufus after
the fire. and were buried by some falling
masonry.
In Paris the authorities are setting to
work vigorously 10 restore the ruined
monuments. The palaiS Royal Is pro-
crossing rapidly. and will soon be itself
again. The s~cafiolding for the Nendome
Column-a splendid piece of workmanship
is finished. and the column j. about To
be- begun. The Tuilcrics and the Hotel Gle
Nille-or rather the remains Of them-are
also in the hands of the workImcn. but
several years will clapsc before they are
finished.
-On the evening Of sept. q an alarming
accident occurred ON the Iielcnsburg and
Glasgow Railway. When the 500 train
from IIclcnsburg had proceeded about a
mile and = half on il journey one of the
thirt-clas- carriages was found 10 be on
fire. The passengers escaped through the
windows. Many were found lying along
the track. six of them being severely I'M
iurcd. The carriage was completely de-
>troyel. The accident was caused by a
man throwing a lighted match on the floor
where p%arsiiinc oil had been >pilt.
The French papers report the ease of
a workman employed in n Factory ~ Paris
who recently inquired at the lost and
Found department of the Prefecture OF
Police If Il SOO-frnc note had been deposit
eel there. The answer was IN the negative.
Ii appears that the note had been given
him by his employer 10 pay a bill. and that
he had lost IT,. He went back 10 his work
and declared that lac could not survive the
loss. attempts were made 10 console him.
and hi, trict honesty for t~wcnty-cight
years was cited as placing his character
above suspicion. However, he went away
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weeping. and the next day his body was
found ia the Seine. While II was on H.
passage 10 the MOrgilc the Prefecture Of
Police was informed that thcDOte had been
found IN an omnibus.
The German Nclcs says that the dis
tinction which the Emperor has conferred
upon Prince Bismarck, by investing him
with the diamond cross of n Grand Com
mandcr of the Order of the House of llo-
hcnZollern, must be- considered 10 be quite
"A special one. While formerly the order
OF the Black Eagle i'm brilliants was con-
sidered 10 be the highest distinction in
Prussia, 1t would now seem that the En-
peror has created for the Chancellor of the
Empire a still higher distinction. The
brilliants OF the order of the Black Eagle
which have now been conferred upon
Counts Moltkc and Room. were already
conferred upon the Chancellor after the
meeting of the three Emperors last year.
In order that Prince Bismarck should not
remain undecorated on Sept. ,. the En-
pcror presented 10 him the diamond cross
above spoken OF.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17
Hans aud Mishaps.

"A lady on a II. LouiS street car gave
birth to a bouncing baby boy a few days
ago.
"A patent fire-escape killed four men in
Montreal. the other day, and il was only
experimenting then.
Mrs. Fisk ofClinton county. Iowa, sat
down in the barn 20 have a smoke. and
$3.50 worth of barn and contents were
smoked up.
AT Evansville. Ind. a thief entered an
mdcrtakcr's shop. and finding no one
around. stole a coat of the dead body of "A
man who was awaiting burial.
"A son of III. :. DrieSback. living near
Shelbina, ILL.,. wa accidentally shot by a
companion while hunting. a few days ago.
and died shortly afterward.
Robert Stevenson. son of David Ste
venson. a prominent citizen of Mclean.
ILL.,. was killed recently by being thrown
from "A buggy.
Willie \cff. n Chillicothe. Mo-. boy.
fourteen years old. was killed instantly the
other day. by being accidentally struck In
the stomach by the elbow of a boy with
whom he was playing.
Samuel Mcdonald. Knight Tcmplar
Of Domolay Commandery. Pottsville, Pa.
fell down a well-holc of the new Masonic
Temple at Philadelphia. while Inspecting
the building. and died from his injuries soon
after.
"A teacher az the Rockville street school
house, in Cleveland, named Miss Jennie
VI. SilcoN. died recently from injuries re-
ccived a few hours previously by falling
down the steps OF the school building.
Willy Fountain and John McCallistcr,
colored boys aged about ten. Were shoot
ing birds with a revolver al Cairo. ILL.,.
when the revolver in Fountains hands was
accidentally discharged. instantly killing
McCallister.
Mrs. Bailey Pitcher died in sumner
county. Kansas. from the effects of a dose
of strychnine. which She had taken sup
posing il to be q%uinine. The drug was oh
tanned from a ncighbor who had purchased
IT for quininc.
The wife of r. McGinnis. of Macomb.
H.. committed suicide recently, while la
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17

nothing OF giving their scholars three
quarters OF am hour twice a Sunday Al
though few American Sunday-schoOls have
two sessions day. il may safely be- said
that the longest and trdshicst sermons
preached IN this country are those given
by Blhle-cliss teachers. who mistake
preaching for teaching.-Lldesadcat
The venerable Rev. &. &. Co.'S. AT "A
recent Methodist Preachers meeting in
New York City. made the following state
mcnis. from carefully compiled statistics.
concerning the relative progress of the
various denominations I'm that city The
E~piscopalians have "a regular churches
and 1900 members. the Baptists ~
churches and II 900 members. the prcsby-
terians 20 churches and 1900 members.
the Methodists 30 churches and 1900
members. From 1850 To 1870 the Mctho-
di~ts have increased in numbers II per
cent, the Presbyterians 10 per cent. the
Baptlsts II pyr cent, and the ~EpiScopalins
IA per cent. All these show a very heavy
falling of as compared with the increase
Of population. Since 1861 the Roman
Catholics have built II new churches cost
ing Sl,707 900, the Episcopalians % cost
ing $3.50, 600. the P~rcsbyterians - cost
ing S2.SS3. 900. the Baptists Boosting SS72.-
900. and the Mcthodists IL costing SS05.OOO.
\ comparison of charitable work. includ-
ing hospitals. homes, and missionary con-
.tributions, put the Episcopalians and Ro-
man Catholics far ahead of all Others, the
Methodists and Baptists making the worst
showing. The point which Mr.. GOss said
his figures proved was that. while Meth
odism had terribly fallen of from it, form
cr rate of increase, and from any adequate
advance with the increase of population. il
was in but little worse plight than the
Baptists or the Prcsbyterians.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17
A Surprise TO Philadelphia Druggists

A sensation IN druggists circles has been
created during the last week or ten days
by the operations of the internal revenue
officer of this city. Under a new and
novel ruling of the Commissioner of IN
tcrnal Revenue. al druggists are now re-
quircd 10 place revenue stamps upon bot
ties containing parugoric. laudanum. spirits
o. nitrc and camphor. syrup of squills, and
all medicinal preparations of like character.
a. well rs packages of SeidlitZ powders and
pills Of different kinds. Ii the bottles or
packages containing these preparations are
labeled ready for sale, the stamp Is re-
quired: but Il Is not required when any OF
them are measured out OF a large rccepta-
Gle 10 an individual customer. unless a
label containing directions for use is placed
on the bottle or package. The rcVenue
officers have been visiting the drug stores
of the city. large and small. enforcing this
construction of the law by the threat To
conilscatc all unstamped goods. The
druggists are considerably excited over the
matter, and propose to send a committee
TO Washington to see what can be done
about t.-Phiiadeiphic telegraph, Scpt.2 u.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17

Fifteen female freshmen are matricu-
lied In Delaware College.
The will ofthe late Harry Ward Foote.
p New Haven. gives 10 Yale College the
,lin ~ S2J.Ooo. Ia be used as the founda-
Nnii 81 n or more scholarships, TO be
VNlel the FOote Scholarships.
Miss Rogers. daughter Of the we'll
Ahown ToOke Professor of Political Econ
oniy at Kings College. London. i the first
70 nrier OF merit la the oxford local exam
-Anons this year. surprising i72 students
"lo were examined with her. Hitherto
'N%hluitions 1T certain Oxford colleges have
ways been offered To the students leading
We lit. Miss Rogers position thus opens
wv question Of thu admission Of women to
grtes.
w-Eev.J. Woodside. says the Lucknow
Nness, has purchased in behalf of the
A!'flcin Presbyterian Mission. with
Aich ne = connected. seventeen villages
uNil The Dchra Doom Tea Company. for Il
awe 'hri~tian colony. to ae called the
nope Town Christian Colony This
w most extensive undertaking of the
N'li ever attempted in India. a. the sum
/, inr INC property j. not less than 500
~ The land ha~ been divided into LOGO
lrt-, 81 five acres TO each share. costing
commenting on the tendency Of
Nuuay-schoOl teachers TO preach. rather
lsI' % teach. Rev. II. Somerville Gcdge
'l'l' ~ a teachers association In North
upton. England. that there were some
"no very doglnatically asserted that no
tM'h ought To exceed a quarter of an
w" ~ tWenty minutes, but who thought
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17

"A revolver that had been secreted in a
grain stack wa run through q ihrcshing
machine. near Grove City. Iowa. In the
separating process two loads Of the deadly
weapon were discharged and seven teeth
knockedou of the cylinder ofthc machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-25
ADROIT THHEyERY.
ANOTHER LARGE BOND ROBBERY.


Baldwin g. Kimban, bankers of No. IA
WaLst informed dealers, yesterday, that there had
been robbery of nlneteenof the Hrst mortgage bonds
OF the New Haven Middetewn, and wilhmantic Rail-
road numbered from ASA TO 2S91 1850 to 1900, and
3I75 10 a1s2. each OF the denomination OF $500,
making total par value OF $500. inquiry
OF bankers as To- the OF the robbery
elicitep the information that customer whose
name they did not caro- 10 imIart, had withdrawn the
bonds from Wast., and placing them care1essy IN MS
pockets had walked IN Broadway. but in short time
was relieved OF the bonds by AZ expert sneak thei OF
pickpocket who left no trace OehiGd him.
A DISHONEST sEAM5TREss ARRESTED.
Florini Doublet, age 80, born in Paris, n
seamstress who also OF tunes as ladies' wait
ing-maid and har-dresser left her employer. Mrs.
Florinda Alfonso Cuban lady OF No. % West Forty
seventhst on April 5, and anerward Mrs Alfonso
missed soine laces aud other tno wearing apparel
worth about $50. suspectnG her maid OF theit
OF the articles Mrs. Alfonso reported her loss 10
Superintendent Kelso who referred the matter To DC
tective Capt Irving. Detectives Bennett and Clapp OF
Police Headquarters were detailed 10 search for The
woman. They discovered that she was working as q
seamstress in the family OF john ID. ogden Of No.
% West Thirty .fTst-st. and was residing tenn
porarly with a friend at No 204 West twenty
sixth.st Having watched the suspected woman
during two days and nights, and satisfied them
selves Of her guilt the detectives arrested her, at
Scventhave and Twentvsixtbst az $50 D. III. y"ster-
dav, while she was on her way 10 her temporary non
where they also went aud seized two large uuhhs anu
two large bundles, which pointed out as her
property. On examining the TRUNKS ana bundles tley
we're found TO he hlled Win laees siks new me, ME.
gloves and fine wearing apparel wofth ailosttn t
between $1,000 and 5000. Among lhe contents
OF the trunks were iadys handktrcci Yaueo AZ NJ
and also several suits OF mems SILK undeieio.hY MI
Alfonso who visited Headquarters aud ldehiihed some
OF the property part of that which bad b2eh stolen
from her stated that the lace9 found - the isOue
possession were worth over S4,OJJ dlobt