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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-20
Odds and Ends.

A certain old lady, who had been
famed for sour looks and not very sweet
words. touching the various accidents OF
life. was observed to have suddenly be-
come very amiable. "What happy change
has come over you?' said a neighbor.
- Why" said the transformed. to tell you
the truth. | have been all my life striving
for a contented mind. and |. have finally
made up my mind to sit down contented
without It."
A certain college professor asked a
new student to give his name. but was as
founded when the young man in response
gravely remarked, You are a brick"
. What do you mean, siry' he inquired,
and again the obnoxious answer was given.
AT this the professor grew angry, declar-
ing that he would not be insulted. when
the innocent cause of his wrath disclaimed
any intention of insulting him. and OK
planned by saying, MY name is u. X. A.
Brick-Uriah, Reynold, Anderson -"
"Ah, indeed!r was the professors ejacu-
lation. as he settled back. and added. You
will mme yeur lesson Mr.. -a-a-
Brick!"
MIR. Rafferty,, of Darby, has less faith
in the Patent Combination Loeb" than
he formerly had. He bought one a few
weeks ago, and placed it upon the front
door of his store. He chuckled as he went
to bed that night to think how he check
mated the fraternity of burglars. But in
the morning he forgot the combination by
which the key was TO be fixed, and when
he tried TO open the lock he couldn't. He
worked at it all that day, and during the
entire week he had locksmiths down from
the city ~endeavoring To pick the lock. and
meanwhile his business was entirely sus-
pended. and his customers all went To the
rival store over the way. Finally he got a
fence rail, and. leyeling il like a battering-
ram. he broke the door to splinters. When
he got in he found that burglars had had
one of the back windows open for four
nights, and had nearly cleaned the place
out while he was agonizing over hat lock.
There have been madden men in Darby
than Rafferty,. but very few who have felt
so mad all over, from toe-nails to hair, as
RAFFERTY, does now.-Mar Adcier.
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Albert Green, a young man seventeen
years old, shot and Killed blmself at Grant,
Boone county, n.y., a few days ago. Yhe
cause of his suicide IL stated 10 be that a
young lady, his cousin. 10 whom he was
greatly attached, was married that day,
and young Green, not having an invita-
ton TO the wedding, left the church upon
the close Of the ceremony, and borrowing
"A shotgun, placed the muzzle in his
mouth, touched the trigger with the ram
rod and blew his head to pieces. Death
instantaneous. IL Is very probable
that his love for the young lady who was
married was SO great that the thought OF
its hopelessHess drove him 10 this rash act
of unrequited affection.
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The Old Catholics have now 100 par
ochical charges in Germany, and GO.OOO en-
rolleT members.
The Rev. William Mcclure. of Wash
ington, has Withdrawn from the Protest.
ant Episcopal Church and joined the Re
formed ~Episcopalians.
The Oregon Gur-hman complains of
the want OF Episcopal ministers to supply
several vacant parishes where good
churches are erected and a sufficient sup
port guaranteed.
The secret of controlling a school may
be gathered from the following brief ex-
tract: Looking is not always seeing.
The leader of a school should be- quick 10
see disorder, who causes ii, and just how
10 quell it,"
The Compulsory Education Bill now
before the New York Legislature. pro
vides that any child under sixteen years of
age. found in the streets of the city. may
Ice committed A. a vagrant. unless proof
be given that he attends some school.
Assistant Bishop Cheney. of the Re
formed Episcopal Church, has been fol-
lowed into the new movement by his con.
gregation in Christ Church, Chicago. The
members met recently and formally or
ZdfiiLfu tnttttStfftN iutp itiViHi't kHF
copal Society.
The Rev. Miss Turner has become pas
tor of the Unitarian Church at Melbourne.
Australia. She conducts the service with
out any embarrassment, and her sermons
are carefully prepared essays, quietly de-
livered. The London Times corresponds
ent who sends the item calls this follow
ing an American precedent.
The first and only Irish monastery Of
the Benedictine order of the United States
Is about to be established ut Creston,
Iowa. 100 miles east of the Missouri River.
on the b. M. X. X. The prior. Very Rev.
John A. Burns, of st. Cloud, Mimi. has
purchased 400 acres of excellent land for
the site OF the monastery.
Sir Bartlc Frcre. Governor OF Bonn
bav. whose name has been 80 frequently
OF late IA the papers, speaking from expert
ence and observation, says that whatever
may be- said to the contrary. the teaching
Of Christianity among one hundred and
sixty millions of civilized industrious Hin
docs and Mohammctans In India Is effect
ing changes. moral. social and political,
which for extent and rapidity of effect are
far more extraordinary than anything that
we or our fcrcfathers have witnessed In
modern Europe
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The Charleston Nelcs and Courier pub
fishes a brief table which shows very eff
fectively one of the results Of carpet-bag
and negro rule in South Carolina, namely,
the increased expenses of the State Gov
eIEment since il has been in the hands of
the GRANTEES. Here are the figures from
the official records of the cost of the State
Government in 1865 and in 1873 respect
ivaly.
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Total +........... - q, JASON ", 81, BIO
And this vast increase in the public ex-
penses has bScn made in States where ow-
ing to disagreement and excessive taxa
ton property has deprecated enormously
i'm value, and in which a public debt Of
millions and millions of dollars has been
fraudulently contracted by ignorant and
venal Legislators. black and white. who
sold their votes TO the highest bidder for
the promotion Of all sorts of rascalities.
Ii was To keep those thieves In office and
thereby secure the electoral vote of the
State for Grant that several counties. pre-
vious to the last Presidential election. du-
ring aperiod of complete quiet. were put
under material law and harried by United
States froOps.
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HE WOULD SING.

A rather singular lawsuit has taken
place in North Carolina 1t grew out
of an effort TO stop a good man who
couldn't sing from making the attempt
in church. The name of the unfortu-
nate lover of song is William Linkhaw,
indicted for misdemeanor, and tried be-
fore Russell, Judge, at Robson Supe-
rior Court. Defendant was indicted for
disturbing a religious congregation.
The evidence, as detailed by several
Witnesses, was substantially this: De-
fendant is member of the Methodist
Church. He sings In such way as to
disturb the congregation. AT the end OF
each verse his voice is heard after the
other singers have ceased. One of the
witnesses being requested to describe
defendants singing initiated it by sing
ing averse In voice and manner of de-
fendaut, which produced a burst of
prolonged and irresistible laughter,
convulsing alike thespectators, the bar,
the jury and the court. The defend
ant is reported to be strict member OF
the church, (Methodist,) and a man of
the most exemplary department. 1t
was not contended by the State upon
the evidence that he had any intention
or purpose to disturb the congregation,
but on the contrary, 1t was admitted
that he was conscientiously y taking part
In the religious services. There was a
verdict of guilty, Judgment and appeal
by the defendant.
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THE INDIAN WAR.


OMAHA. Feb. 1S.-IhiIty or forty ln-
dians were seen Monday evening seven
miles above the upper crossing OF the Horse
Shoe by Lieut.. Allen, who, with a body Of
men were gathering up beef herd ar Fort
Fisherman. which lad been Stampeded Sun
dav night He did not dare leave the herd
TO attac. them.
Information received to-day from agent
Saville, says: The war parties Of the Min
neconious have all gone North, burning the
prairie behind them. Red Cloud informs
me that a messenger from Black Twins has
come in and that his party will come in,
but that Crazy Horse and party will join the
MinneconiOus. l have told the AgOllallas
plainly that the army will strike these In
dians and they must choose between fight
inE them or us. They have chosen to
stand by their agency and us, and they can
be depended on in this case. am making
efforts 10 unite the Ago.lallas and Brutes in
defense Of this part Of the country. Flat
Iron. a relative of Blue Horse, started for
the Black Hills to-day to gather infOma-
ton of the movements Of the Northern
Sioux. There are a number Of Agollallas
in the North now. There are remaining
number Of MnneconjOus and San Saves in
the different camps about the agency, for
what purpose is not known, not good one
| think.
Agent Savilles says he SuppOses these In
dians will be speedily punished, and re-
quests TO be kept advised of military move
ments that he may be prepared to give
information and help the Ogallallas out Of
the way. He is getting all the property
and white men inside the stOckadeS. He
also REQUESTS commanding officer at Sydney
Barracks 10 Get all the Ogallallas OF the
Kiocsie band, who are supposed TO be IN
that neighbOrhOOd, together and send them
under military escort to the North Platte
river. Gen. Ord has instructed the COM
mandant there to do so. Agent Howard,
of the White Stone agency, reports immedi-
ate danger over, the MinneconjOu receiving
quietly the beef issue on the 18th.
Indian Rayases in Texas
GALVESTON, Feb. 1S.-A Nelrs special
from Austin saws the citizens Of Beaver
creek. near Fort Sill, were robbed of all
their horses by the KiOwa Indians from the
reservation. Forty head OF horses ana
mules were stolen from ranches on the kio
Grande. thirty miles above Fort quit
man.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lS.-Ihe War De-
partment has adviceS from Texas that 1t.
Col. Buell., with command consisting OF
parts Of companies ID. and G. Of the Tenth
cavalry and fifteen TOnka scouts, struck a
small camp OF COmanches on BOubel noun
tain fork on the 9Th inst, killed ten In
dians and captured all thei" stock consist
ing Of Ga horses.
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NEW ORLEANS.
The People Sustain the McEneIy
Government
And Demand his Recognition by Con-
gress, A new Election or Military

And Demand his Recognition by Com
Rule.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1S.-A mass meet
ing of citizens opposed to the present usur-
patton of the government of the State was
held at the Exposition Hall this evening,
under the auspices of the Committee of 20.
From one thousand to twelve hundred
persons were present. Several addresses
were delivered and resolutions adopted.
The preamble recOunts the election OF
1872. the famous Durell order and subse-
quent action Of the United States authori-
ties hereunder, and the action taken by
the people endeavOring to obtain their
rights: the tolerance of the people
under wrong and oppression, and declares
that we repel with Indignation and con-
tempt the entirely false information that
we acduiese in or are content with the gov
ern1nent which has been illegally and wick
edly set up to rule over us; therefore,
Resolved, That we shall continue our
efforts to remove the intOlerable burden,
reproach and shame which have been put
unon us by the violation of law and the
constitution and the abuse of power. until
tie hope of success shall be wholly. de-
stroyed. .
Resolved, That we. claim now at the
hands of Congress, as We have in the past,
the recognition Of the government elected
in 1872, of which Gov. McEnery is the
head. or in default thereof that the present
government be suspended by military OF
provisional rule, and new election ordered
under Federal auspices, as the least that
can be accorded us.
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An elevator, with seven or eight thousand
bushels Of oats and corn, burned al Indian
apolis last night.
Petitions are in circU latiOn in Chicago,
praying Congress for an increase N the vol
Ume Of paper currency.
The Temperance epidemic has reached
Manchester. Iowa. and Lincoln. Neb.
Fred. MJlssman. a grocery merchant Of
indianapolis, was killed yesterday BY
runaway team.
Policeman Wm. FOrWald died at Indian
apClis yesterday, from wounds inflicted by
the accidental discharge cfhis pistol.
Detroit reports a tobacco factory burned
yesterday. attended by a loss Of S}5,O 900.
Bryan, Texas. was visited Yesterday BY a
destructive conflagration, the principal bus
mess block Of the town being destroyed.
Loss 100000.
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KANSAS.


ATCHIsOS, Feb. 1S.-John McNutt, one
Of the parties implicated in the murder Of
a man named Sewer, of Wichita, Has, a
short time AGO, was arrested Tuesday in
Missouri. and taken 20 Wichita, and to-day
made confession of the crime. The OBJ
ject of the crime was 10 secure 5000 in
surance on McNutt's life and have the body
of the murdered man identified as that 9f
McNutt. The murderer confessed that he
and one Winns, lis accomplice, dTugg.d
him with laudanum, bound cOrls around
his body, saturated his clothing with keIO-
sene, then set fire to the building, burning
the unfortunate man to crust. The peo-
pie are much excited, and there is danger
of summary vengeance being done TO the
murderer.
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NEW YORK.
The Wall Street Hoax of Tuesday.
Investigation on Change.

Investigation ON Change.
New YORK, Feb. IS.-Governing Com
mittee of the Stock Exchange, will
meet at three this p. NJ, when efforts will
be made to discover the perpetrators of the
bold forgeries ON yesterday. Il is under
stood suspicion has been directed toward
certain parties supposed to have prOiited
largely from the mOmentaly panic which
ensued on the publication of the forgerieS.
Mr.. Wheelock, against whom certain inti-
nations have been directed, made per-
sonal explanationthi afternoon. The perpe-
traitors were confident apparently that the
forgery would be detected, and determined
to draw many of the most experienced bro
kers away from the street. In order TO do
this, they prepared a series of letters TO
different brokers, asking them to meet Com
modOre Vanderbilt up town on important
business, and signed by the private Secre-
tary of the Commodore.
A Similar Fraud Of Last Summer.
Stephen Raymond, charged with being
one of the ringleaders of the band who
operated in Wall Street and elsewhere last
Summer with forged securities, has arrived
in this city from England in charge Of a
private detective and is now in the Tombs.
The gangpased over $500, ,0O0worth offorged
bonds ON the Central and Buffalo and Erie
Railroad, and were about to throw on the
market vast number of fraudulent bonds
of the Western Union Telegraph Company
when detected.
DR.. Alvary Blaisdale, notorious from
having his nme associated with the Cum
| nlngham-Burdell murder, and who served
| a shot time in Sing Sing for running an
illicit whisky distillery has also been ar
rested. II is alleged a large number of the
bonds were prepared in his house.
Ben Buffers Nephew i'm More Trouble.
Geo. II. Butler, late United States Con-
sui to Egpyt, and Abraham Meade, the
atre ticket seller, got into difficulty al
NiblO's Garden, in the course of which the
former used his cane, but was removed be-
fore damage could be done. a warrant
has been issued for the arrest of Butler.
The American Pilgrimage.
Committees of the Catholic Union are
preparing for the pilgrimage to Rome and
elsewhere by Catholics of this country. Ii
is proposed to leave not later than the mid
die of May.
Ex-President Baez, Of San Domingo, has
gone to Washington.
Railroads for Cash.
The St. Louis and st. Joseph Railroad
was sold for 100000 to-day, and bought il
the interest of the bondhOlders by Chas.
! W. HaSsler.
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TIE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS
A. "A. Mcclure Will Contest the May
Orship Of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1S.-Stokely's ma
jOrity for Mayor foots up 1O,SG0. The Re
publican majority for Solicitor is l2,5lS,
and for Receiver Of Taxes, 1896. Two
women in the Thirteenth ward are elected
School Directors on the Republican ticket.
The Democrats gain members Of the COM
mon Council in three wards, Col. Mcclure
said last night he was cheated out of his
election, and rUmOr prevails he will con-
test it.
ERIE, Feb. 1S.-IIenry Rawlehead, of
the rolling mill and furnace interest of the
city, was elected Mayor yesterday, carrying
every ward. The citizens generally are
jubilant over the result, as indicating the
rapid development of our manufacturing
interests.
HARRIsBURG, Feb. 1S.-Jno. d. Pattor-
son, Republican, has been elected Mayor
Of this city by about l35 majority.
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BOSTON
kicking against the Priels.

Boston, Feb. 1S.-At a largely attended
meeting of the Board of Trade and mer-
chants to-day it was unanimously voted to
appeal TO President Grant to reappOint
Russell who, it is understood, consents to
the arrangement. Resolutions and pc
titions against the confirmation of Sim
mons were agreed on, and will be forwarded
to the President and the Massachusetts del
egatiOn in Congress.
William Z. Startevant has been arrested
for the murder, at Halifax, Mass, OF his
uncles and Miss Buckley, and committed
to iail. His oyercOat, which he said was
lost, has been found in the dwelling of the
numbered familY.
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ESTABLISHED MARCH 80, 1873
WASHINGTON.
Jax Cookies NatIonaI.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-Sub Commit
tee on banking currency will begin next
week an examination into the affairs of the
First National Bank of Washington. They
will propose certain written interrogatives
to be answered by the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Comptroller of currency and
the Receiver of the bank before summoning
witnesses.
The Missing Monitor.
Up to one this evening nothing had been
received at the Navy Department concern
ing the Dictator but the naval officers gen.
orally believe she is safe.
A Cuban Privateer.
The Secretaryof the Treasury has instruct
ed the Collector of Customs at Baltimore,
to interpose no further objections to the
trial trip Of the steamer Edgar Stuart pro-
vided an officer of the revenue accompany
the steamer.
The outstanding legal tenders are 3sl,
3T6, 227.
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Saturday morning, just before daylight, a
chimney IN Detroit clearinghouse was
burned ont, and there was great excite
ment, it being the belief thar the house
would 90. The lanllady rushed up stairs
and pounded at the doors, screaming to the
boarleTs TO get up. All junped out but n
Toledo man, and rs she ratified the door be
called out: whats the row?' Get up
get up-the house is on fire." she screamed
lit is, eh, = ne growled back. We'll what's
that mel don't own the old caravanssry,
do I?'
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FOR EIGN.
DisraeIi at windsor.

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-Disraeli arrived at
Windsor Castle to-day. At the railroad
stations on the way from London he was
loudly cheered.
The PanteehenieOn-
A number OF racing cups and much
iewelry stored in the PantechenicOn, bum
ed last Friday have been recovered. One
Insurance company is said to be crippled
by its losses.
The health of the Archbishop of Can
terbury is improving.
DisraeIi Formally Accepts.
Disraeli to-day formally accepted the
Premiership.
Robert Mofatt. the celebrated English
missionary 10 South Africa, is still in doubt
as to the correctness Of the report of DIR.
LiviugstOne's death He thinks it hardly
creditable that Livingstone could have
reached the place at which he is reported
as having died. He also says that the
Doctors supply Of provisions was ample.
No PIebiseite fol AIsaee.
BERLIN, Feb. 1S.-In the Reichstag to-
dav the Bishop of Metz, who is a member,
asked tie President for permission to be
accompanied by an interpreter during the
sittings. His request was refused.
A motion offered by an Alsatian asking
that Alsace and Lorraine be permitted a
piebiscitum to decide their nationality has
been rejected by an overwhelming majority.
Junfrau.
RoME, Feb. 1S.-MisS BrewOOd, an
American lady, has performed the perilOus
feat of attaining the summit Of the Juntrau
mountain.
Boarding the Prussian Lion.
BERLIN, Feb. 1S.-In the Reichstag to-
day during the debate on the proposition
for pIebiscite in Alsaice and Lorraine,
NJ. T. TueSch, Alsatian delegate, supported
the motion in q violent speech, IN the
course Of which he said Germany had over
stepped the principles which should be
binding upon civilized nations. He held
that annexation to Germany was illegal.
1--WE were sent here, he said, ''tO proclaim
our affac ion for our French fatherland, and
your act Of violence prevents us from Ie-
garding VCu as brethren
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PATRONS OF HuSANDRY.
nissonri state Grange.

ST.. LOUIS. Feb, 1S-The inst annual
session of the State Grange Patrons hus-
bandry commenced al Bonneville. Nearly
eyery county in the State was represented.
The State Grange organized last Nay with
3OOsubordinate oranges, since when their
number has increased to over l,IOO.
Master j. r. Allen delivered long ad-
dress. in which he gave a history Of the
Order i'm Missouri, and made many sound
and practical suggestions looking to the
perfecting Of organizations in the State,
and touching the growth and future pros
Derity of the Order. He also discussed sew
eral subjects which have come before
oranges Of other States and the National
Grange, the argument being much the
same as that already familiar tOthe public.
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suaaen nea,h Of n srasker.

New ORLEANS, Feb. 1S.-A. w. Mer-
riam, an enterprising citizen, Vice Pre-
sldent of the Agricultural Fair Association
and for many years a leading spirit in the
Mystic Krewe celebrations, participating in
Yesterdays until half past three this mOIn-
ING. died this morning Of appoplexy, aged
forty-fiye.
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Autoasy of the siamese Twin

A formal report was made tonight to the
fellows of the College of Physicians rela-
tive to the autopsy Of the Siamese Twins.
DR.. Pancost explained certain physiOlogi-
cal peculiarities Of the respective bodies;
prominent among these was the tNperi-
ence of what DR.. PancOst called
the ..fatty cord, which extended from the
mucus membrane of the stomach, to
which it adhered, in the direction of, but
not quite into the band Of union. There
were Irregularities Of umbilieal and liver
in each body" together with many other
abnormal growths rarely found in human
anatomy, although more important part
Of autopsy has been made, determination
is not entirely completed.
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penalty for Confemp: of Court.

In the United States District Court, al
SnriDqlield. Judge Treat rendered decislon
in the case Of the Supervisors OF Maesiu-
pin county. for contempt Of court IN reius-
Inc td'obey a mandamus for assessment OF
ta2 To nav interest on court house bonds.
The judge assessed fine Of $1,000 each ON
members of the board, aud announced
that unless they now obeyed the mandanlus
tbey would meet severer judgments
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,,.,,.e,.x pemoeraiIc Convention.

IorIsv1LLE, Feb. 1S.-In the Demo
cratic State Convention at Frankfort today,
Thos. III. Jones, Of Daviess county, was
nominated for Clerk Of tie Court OF Ap-
peals on the third ballot
Convention then adjourned.