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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26
Science and Industry.

Vermont having opened a gold mine.
New Hampshire is c~ndeavoring Ia set up
a rival establishment.
Cotton seed, which formerly was waste
and worthless 10 the producer. now brings
from - to $40 perton to make oil.
An exchange saws California farmers
are already engaged in the culture Of cot
fee. opium, cocoa. and tea. the planting of
grapes. the mulberry. and the growth Of
silk. sheep and cattle raising. and wheat.
and now they are beginning 10 plant cot
ton. an experiment which will he watched
with much interest by every one.
1t appears that the armies of Europe.
while Strengthening each other. are indi-
rectly slaughtcring the buflaloes on the
Western prairies of the United States.
The number OF bufialocs slain last winter
was a. large ~ 300, OOO. of which most of
the skins went to supply the demand for
robes and military trimmings for Euro
pcan armies.
The marble quarries of Rutland, VI.
are now being worked by ten different
companies. employing over 1000 work
men. The aggregate production i about
100000 feet per annum. and the stone il
principally Of the simple white or yarie-
gated kind. of an exceedingly delicate tex
ture and purity of Wilderness. The annual
sales amount To over a million of dollars.
During the year 1872 there were in
operation in the United States Sl2 paper
mills. owned by 70j firms. and of an esti-
mated value of over $4,000. OOO. In addi-
tion TO these there are t%hirty-nine mills
now i'm the course of construction. The
mills employ 1920 male and 100 female
hands. besides 922 children. or a total of
22.Oi2 labOrers. whose wages amount year
" 10 the large sum of nearly SlO.Oo0. 900.
Their products amounted last year to BIZ
3s7 tons, valued at GG.i15.s25.
M. Bert. a. the result of recent re-
searches on the influence of change in bar
omctric pressure upon vegetable life. has
discovered that on diminishing the pres
sure on wheat, barley. and turnips. the
termination j. propOrtiOnally slower.
With an increase of pressure To two or
three atmosphercs. the seeds appear To
profit somewhat az very high pressure.
however. the seed j. killed ii j. also killed
when submitted to compression after de-
velopment has commenced.
The London Tmes recently had an
editorial on the iron question. the burden
of which was that one of the finest mar
kets England ever possessed (the trade in
IRON is gradually closing Ia her. Her dis
asters in this direction are not yet ended.
The United States are competing success
fully for the control of the iron traffic with
Canada. South America, and the West
Indies. They have contested under i'm
mensc natural disadvantages. but they
have vanquished England in spite of these.
She cannot afford to be idle and sleep away
her time and waste her money while COM
peting with thrifty. active. and intelligent
nations.
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BY the bursting of a gun with which a
salute was being fired al DAYTON. Ohio. a
a few days since. Peter GiauZner and Eli
sla Anderson. gunncrs. were killed.
Two boys. named Jimmy Bell and
Frank Brooks. riders in a scrub-race on the
AtchiSon (kansas) Fair Grounds. were
killed while riding "A race a few days q
"A boy in Groveton. y. H.. was run
over by "A cart loaded with sand. weighing
BOO pounds. and was not injured in the
least. save a few scratches.
"A locomotive fireman in Syracuse was
so frightened at finding his engine with
out enough water IN the boiler. that he was
paralyzed. and died a few hours afterward.
john Sharpneck was killed flew days
since in the sawmill az the Sioux City and
Pacific ferry. a stick flew from the saw
and literally d~iscmbowelcd him.
A drunken man in Hartford. Conn.
fell from a fourth story window upon a
picket fence. and the doctor pronounced
him unhurt. Evidently this mans life
was insured.
"A midnight prowler broke into the
house of widow Woman AT Clinton. Iowa.
but he suddenly left tor repairs after "A brief
interview with the valiant lady and her lit
tie hatchct.
The wife and two daughters of a How
ard county. Iowa, farmer were struck by
lightning a few days since. but not killed.
The shoes and stockings Of one of the girls
We're torn into strings.
In Minnesota there were reported for
the month of August. three suicides and
t~wenty-cight fatal accidents. -Four of the
latter were owing to the indiscriminate
use of the combined mower and reaper.
Patrick Quinn. of Woodstock. ILL.,. n
turned home very late and badly intoxi-
Gated. His wife refused him admittance.
and his boy went out 10 him. They lay
down near the railroad track until they
heard a train approaching. when Quinn
made the youth promise to take care Of
the horses, babe him goodbye. went upon
the railway. and wa torn to pieces by the
train.
"A young woman who was Scalpcd by
a Modoc wheel in "A New Haven shirt fac
tory. some time since. j. recovering. The
missing cuticlc was replaced by pieces of
hair-bcaring flesh taken from healthy per-
sons. the only difficulty experienced being
the finding of persons benevolent enough
To contribute To the young woman's capil-
larry restoration.
Miss Orpha g.. Miller wa shot by her
lover. John =. 'oleman. nj Homecoming.
Pa. recently. rhcy were afiianced and
happy TIL last November. when John was
run over by a freight train and permanent
ly disabled. on account of which Miss Or
pha cooled 4 reconciliation was ef-
fccted. but she couldn't make up her mind
to marry a cripple. and told him so. That
is what made him shoot her, but she isn't
going to die.
"A fatal accident happened recently to
a young lady. aged sixteen years. residing
in Banks county. Ga. Two young ladies.
Misses Patterson. cousins. were together
in n room sporting with a musket. which.
contrary to their belief, was loaded. The
piece discharged from some cause. and
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II Is said that George Washington Perry.
Of Paterson. y. ~. was driven 10 suicide.
He was a Young man Of twenty-cight. had
a wife and one child and was popular
among his friends. Some Years ago he
wa employed hy the Gas Company. and IL
wa discovered that he had used seven
hundred dollars of the company's money.
The matter was compromised by Perry's
agreeing To pay hack the money If they
would give him time. lie len the employ
Of the company. and did his best at gas
fitting. lie could not get ahead. for he
had a very expensive wife. He hen q
to drinking and neglected business and b.
came 4 sot TO cure his wife Of her cNpen-
sivc habits. She would not cure. and his
family troubles increased. There wa no
way out of his difficulties by that course
lie then tried the opposite. and joined the
Temperance society and "A church. and be-
came thoroughly respectable. He went
back 10 the Gas Company and worked hard
and stinted and starved himself. and COM
menccd paving hi debt 81 honor. But his
family troubles were greater than ever for
he was saving money and he had an eN-
pensive wife. Hefought the battle througl.
however. and wOn-paid all his debts AMI
got square with the world. The conduct
OF his wife seems 10 have hurt him beyond
cure. He wrote a letter To his mother tell
ing her that he was about 70 leave the
world in some sudden manner He had
often talked Of doing this before. hut hiS
debt Of honor probably held him hack.
That was of his mind now. and h. di,ap-
pcared. He was gone two or ihre days
before anybody thought IL worth while 10
look after him. His body was found float
ing in the chasm bcloW the falls al Pafcr-
son. and the papers charge the whole Of
this mans miscries from beginning to end
upon an expensive wife.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Young Jesse Grant will 90 TO Cornell
University.
James Parton is contemplating "A life
Of Dickens.
Aftermath :" Is the title Mr.. Longfel-
Low has chosen for his new volume of
poems.
A son and daughter OF the famous
Dave Crockett are living near Acton, Hood
county, Texas.
Olive Logan doesn't believe that one
married couple out of twenty have any
loye for each other.
The Fair God; or, The Last of the
sims j. the title Of Gen. Lew Wallacc's
blood-curdling Aztec romance.
The greatest dignity ever hcaped upon
a lone lorn woman is that of the Detroit
ire Press calling Susan Miss Single Bed
Anthony.
Preston Powers. son of Hiram Pow
er.. is making some busts at Boston. with
a success, that indicates that he inherits his
Gathers genius.
Mr.. " alt. Whitman i recovering from
M. attack of paralysis, and is seen quite
often in the streets of Philadelphia. al
| though he walks but little.
a Western paper explains joaquin
| Millcr's frenzicd style by saying that he
4 la. had three wives. Some men die under
70. and some 90 crazy and write poetry.
The Boston Daiiv 1drcrtiscr says that
Col. j. II. DeyereuX. the new President of
i The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad.
| received SloN.uOO a. a bonus for taking that
| office. and an annual salary OF S2O,0OO be-
,idc>.
- Eight Months in America" Eng
| li,h and American Orators = American
| Poets" and The Present Aspect of the
=! W0man's Movement in America are the
1 subject, Of four lectures which Miss Emily
Faithful j. now delivering in England.
Ihe material for these lectures was of
%rour>c gathered during her recent visit in
his country.
Bret llarte has more translatOrs i'm
|Germany than he can number on his fin
gers. An anonymous hand i attempting
his complete works. prose and verse. and
Id wo volume, Of this series have already APP
Npcared al Leipzig. simultaneously with a
Translation of selected California tales by
W ilhelm llertzberg. who is distinguished
Dor TRANSACTIONS of Chaucer, Shakespeare.
ind Tennyson.
Washington Irving received about
S2i0,00 for his literary labors. In that re-
fpcct no American author has equaled
lin. Bayard Tayloramd | :gfcllow have
bnade about $4,000 each Dy their books.
Taylor. however. has a good proprietary
interest in the Tribune. which enables him
live in good style abroad. though he i
man not given 10 show. OF the later
american authors. MARK Twain" has
Dbably won the most coin. and he i as
riiiy with pence as with pen.-Hayper's
AGAR.
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emptied twelve buck-shot into Miss Sarah
A. Patterson. killing her instantly.
Fletcher Meredith. editor and pr0prie-
tor Of the Clinton Ind Republican Ban
ner, was shot n few days since by John A.
Douglass. whose wife has a millinery shop.
Douglass concealed himself in the Ion.
and when Meredith entered the store. and
engaged In conversation with Mrs. Doug
las. her husband shot him from a hole IN
the ceiling. the ball passing through Mere
dith's wrist and entering his right breast.
The wound was considered dangerous.
The Springfield (Mass.) Repubiiean
says: George VI. Moulton. brother Of e..
&. MOulton. OF this city. was run over by
"A loaded wagon at Feeding Hill. saturday
afternoon. and - injured that hc died with
in an hour. Moulton's uncle was killed
by a falling tree not long ago; hi nephew
was c%ntangled ia some machinery and met
his death in "A saw-mill. soon after: hi~
brother-in-law was killed by one of the
Connecticut River Railroad trains: and his
own brother and another brother-in-law
by the tall of a depot ia Troy. But one
man of the family has died a natural
death.
The habit Of Jealous lovers and unhap-
py married people shooting each other j.
becoming painfully prevalent. IL is gen
orally the man that shoots the woman. and
when he knows he has hit her, and sup
poses he has fired often enough To put his
victim out of her misery. he usually has
one load left for himself. This lac lodges
in his own head or breast with fine effect.
for il saves the torture of Imprisonment
and trial tor murder. and gives the law no
voice in the matter. The last tragedy OF
this character occurred al Montpelier. VI.
\ young man and a young woman who
were lovers worked in the same shop.
The young man wentaway for "A few weeks
and when he returned one of his compan-
ions jokingly told him thai another had
supplanted him in the. affections Of the
girl. The joke seems 10 have struck his
reason dead. Heaskedfo nOeXplanations
hut went and rot a pistol and commenced
firing at the girl while she WAS at work ia
the shop. lie hit her three times and took
the fourth shot himself. His shot killed
him instantly. but the girl. il j. thought, j.
not dangerously wounded.
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SchooI and Church.

Indiana has the largest public school
md Of amy state in the Union. amounting
over SS.000.0OO.
The sums distributed to Southern
lools for the last year. by the trustees of
g Peabody fund, amount to Sl30,990.
There j. "A body of Christians i'm Maine
ling themselves Repository Baptists."
\ ,chi>m from the Frce-will Baptists.
hose distinctive principle isopposition to
educated ministry.
The ears of several Western railroads
- supplied with Bibles. which are placed
racks. consisting of cast iron-frmes.
ith the words Read and return :"
y rought IN them.
Rev. Thomas n. Beecher. of Elmira.
J.. brother of Henry Ward Bcccher.
4 occasioned considerable stiramone the
congregational brethren by an elaboraN
'ay IN one ofthe leading religious week
IN iustiiicationslnd advocacy of auri-
lar confession.
The Rev. Newman Hall. in bidding
rrWell 70 his congregation in London.
lor TO hi, departure for this country. said
proposes first To 90 Ia Magyar. and rest
Nlile. and then To travel from city TO city.
eichingthe gospel. occurring on %tectotal-
ana promoting. as far as he could. the
'als ~ brotherhood between the two
tions.
-'ey. Timothy Hill. q Home Mission
~ The Presbyterian Church in Kansas.
Atis about one thousand miles Il month.
ma averaged for five years about ten
oa,lnd miles annually. Five wears ago
q branches OF the old School and New
nool IN the state numbered less than
churches. and twenty-five ministers.
LAY tnere are one hundred and forty
rr,shyierian Churches, and one hum
-he'. Ammi Nichols. the oldest Con-
s,alonal minister in Vermont. died ut
nome in Braintrce. August ~. He
Fillci over the Congregational church
pINltree. September %. 1907. having
~ 70 preach there the year before.
4 long pastoratc he was dismissed to
"e'i but about twenty years ago he
'Incd 10 Braintrec To his old charge.
VA, lever rc-installcd. but preached
y "nihli two years with more or less
4uH@. lie died Of cancer at the age
'n''y-two years.
ine Southern Methodists have discon-
ue probation system. and their
'i, Dear witness TO the general ben
'tahiiity of membership which has
'u nom the innovation. 4 promi-
~nlillsier writes that he has never to
,uncclon heard a solitary minister
LINN express any regret that the
'i"h system was abolished in the
HIu part of the great Methodist fam
ul, on the contrary. in comparing
WIN pastors and people. he has we
@ie heard unqualified qualification
ne' hicago Adrancc takes alarm at the
y ahd rapid increase in the expenses
n,ge course. especially in the way
"tFs' clubs, excursions, regattas and
'l,h lncidcntals. The difficulty. IL
begins with high schools. which
Vphiing TO ape .he colleges I'm grad
eNpenses. and springs from the in
"huency to luxury In all Ameri-
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can life, while il l. aggravated by the rival
nv between different colleges. and between
successive classes in the same college.
The ddraHce thinks that the matter must
be regulated by the authorities, partly
by rule. and more by example and moral
inilucnce;' otherwise the college will
become the rich mans property. and the
sons Of the poor will Ilun Il. unless they
are willing 10 be put Ia social shame"
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studied. The japanese Government. act
ing upon this. have resolved Ia send no
more students abroad until such time a.
they have undergone some thne or four
years tuition In home colleges. and can
submit 10 rigid examination IN English.
French or German.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

arm, the result of a slight wound
from a hummer, has about recovered.
lie had been confined to his room for
weeks.
THE MCGUFFIE RoBB.gS-The cir
cumstanceS of the robbery having
been published bv rs several weeks
a9o-are still in Phoebe, the detectives
inform us. They are spotted"
THE coal and iron mines east of
Phoebe. in Utah, as we learn bv pri-
waite letters from that section. will he
~dcvelored with much energy the
coming Summer.
DIED OF lIEMoRRHAGE OF THE
LUNGS.-H. w. Never, Il native of
& rmanY. aged 45 Years, died in the
County Hospital yesterday morning
of hcmorrhage of the lungs.
THKRE are now 81 patients in the
County Hospital, all doing we'll.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

We collate the annexed items from
Fridays Record:
GRIerITH, whom we reported from
what we considered good authority,
to have been arrested On suspicion OF
having been connected with the muir
der of Wright and Smbnurne, called
at our editorial room Yesterday 10 IN
form us that we were altogether ms
taken that he was engaged IN assist
ing one of the officers IN ferretlllS out
the perpetrators.
ADMINISTRATIONS Barnes an
nounces that he will, on or about the
1st of next October, run his stallion
"Mcmbrino C!lieftain," two mlle
heats. best two in three. or nile heats
The best three in five, against any
ether stallion in the State, for Sl.0U0 a
side or more. Here is a chance 10y
Jockeys, far and near.
SELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT License.
Unon complaints fled by the District
Attorney, assisted by w. w. Bishop,
warrants were issued day before yes
terday. for the arrest of nineteen
keepers of houses of iil-fame for sell
ING liquorS without license.
PARTIES here say Wright and san,
bonrne. before starting on their ia'ai
trin to Covote Springs, eNnlolteu spe-
cimens OF extraordinarily rlch ore
which thew said they had taken from
- ledge thew had discovered a lew
miles west of Bristol.
TIE Rullionville narrow-gange IS
nearing cnmnieiion. General Page IS
husv giving tinishing-up orders ana
superintending the final work.
CApTA1YJ W GREGG, wcll-known
miner OF this section. who haL "a
sever attack of the erySipelas III the
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

fEIiGIouS.-As many Catholics of
this town have not an opportunitv of
attending mass on Sundays, in conse.
quence OF there being but n mass
Fatner iiynes proposes %henceforth to
crIeiraie Two masses OH SUNDAYS
Ibis will afford all the members If
his conGrega ion an opportunity TO at.
tend II they feel at all disposed. The
frs mass will be at 8 o'clock "
the second at 10is \. NJ.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25
Divine Services ToD,x

At st. James Church Roy Sowp
Kelly. rector, services will be hold in : ,
morning at III O'Clock, and in he cyenim|
at O'Clock. sunday School will Gu
mence at % o'clock =. II, ''''
There will be services in the cbprot,
on tuesday evening at O'Clock.
SEATS ALL ri.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

SPECIAL NoTICE.-lt is n well known
fact that Dyspepsia and Indigestion are
the causes ~ofnearly all the diseases maj
the human body is heir to: then why
nav enormous doctors bills" by using
pr. Henley's celebrated / \ l. Ihtters
they can be thoroughly eradicatcd from
the system and new life impaired tothe
sufferer. Read advertisement IN ah0.ner
column. mh-
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

cr, and from IaslIer TO the Enrol,
Consolidated COMPANY. 'H'
on motion of Judge HUM. the
court ADJOURNED ut half-past 4 o'clock,
10 meet on Monday at 10 O'Clock ~
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

SPRUCE MoUNTAIN.-A Salt Lake
PAL e. is in receipt Of a private letter
from Spruce Mountain, from which
the following is an extract: lon
SATURDAY last Il mammoth cave was
burst into in the Albion mine. The
cave is composed OF several cham
uers, walled with spar, and contains
deposits OF fine carbonate ore; it has
been explored for several hundred
feet in length, and about one hundred
and fifty feet in depth in II place.
The claim has been we'll p~rosnectcd,
and is considered valuable by all who
have seen it,"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

JENKINIZED.-The odd Fellows
Ball at Reno last Thursday night
called out one hundred couple, The
State Joumal has a very elaborate ac-
count of the affair, and, as in duty
bound, gives proper attentiont to the
dress and general appearance of the
ladies'. The following compliment-
arv mention is made Of a sister of
Mrs. W. 4. Seat N ofthiS pl"cn: Miss
Hattie Crass, & beautiful. hewitching
d mi-rInnGc, stylish and lovely. IN
c~Orn-coloIed tarletan. WAS the OH
served uf Ill Observers, the cynosure
of all ewes. flowing hair, ard dressed
w.th exquisite taste, an object OF muc.l
attraction.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

DIVINE SERvICE.-Rev. Mr.. Minis.
ct Austin, will hold divine service in
the District Courtroom, on Sunday.
Love Feast at 10 a. Nj. preaching at
III A.. NJ, and also at $50 p. NJ. The
sacrament will be administered inn.
mediatelN after preaching, at II \. NJ.
The public generally are invited to at.
tend.
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

THE POINTS DECIDED.-Through q
private letter received from Carson
yesterday by Judge barrow, we learn
that the Supreme Court decided
two points in regard to the election
matter. First, that the signers OF the
original petition for the election had a
perfect right to have their names
erased at any time prior to final acton
bv the Commissioners; and secondly
that the Board has fun power to eNer-
else discretionary control OVER me
whole subject matter. The consult
utional question was not reached a'
all.
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Arrivals.

Arrivals.
|-ta Paria Mrs We Clark
rGilson Geo Thacher
T9y Mrs Perry
h, Ross W Knight
Jrser
BY wOOpRrFF & ENNoR's LINE:
Departures
R NOOIRCF & ENNoR'S LINE:
'pltnn NJ Darr
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GRAND BALL FOR TIE BENEFIT OF
THE HALL ASSOCIATION.--We have
beer informed by the managers ofthc
association, that it is their intention
to give a ball OF the evening Of June
5th, for the purpose OF completing
their building, which, when com
pleted will undoubtedly be an orna
ment to this own. The object Ger
tainlv is n good one, and deserves the
patronage Of the entire community.
The prices of tickets will not exceed
So on; ana no doubt the managers
will spare no pains to make 1t Il very
pleasant affair. The best of music
has been engaged for the occasion.
We Will give further particulars in
due time.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

For PIoCHE.-D. w. Perley was
among the passengers for Phoebe yes
terday.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-25

RETURNED. George Thatcher re-
turned Yesterday from California;
His health seems greatly improved
by the trip. We welcome HIM back
to his home on the Base Range.