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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-06

" The Board of County Cnmmi.-
sioncr> have been in SEES ion tbs week
anl some important hu~inr>s has brcn
transacted. Among ether thing, the
township map Of the county has bee
re-arranged, aal the county di-tri,tc,l
- rs 10 form twelve townships. This
VIII make the Trustees. labor a gtelt
deal les, diilicnli. aud " IN enihle the
Eoer /. OF Election nc election times to
finish counting the votes before we have
the returns from the balance of the
state. though Il will increase the cx-
pcnse considerably. aud give an Office
10 several who have a burning desire "a
exhibit their executive abilities in j
small Office.
petition was presented signed bl
two hundred and twcnty-iivc voters o
Bainbridgc township. 10 have the sub
scripion OF the township TO the Gin
Rock. 4 ;. w. II. r., changed from !
donation 10 stock, so that the monc,
might be used in making the grade an,
also another petition signed nv forty
i've asking n rcfundiug Of the none,
Row in the Treasury. This being
very important matter the people wer
deeply interested in il, a il would tent
vastly to the Improvement of the cn,r
county, but through an over-abundanc
"f canton the Board were afraid Or No.
willing TO do anything and so passed ia
matter over without a,iirg on either pc
ttion. We hope they will rc-considc
the matter, and rHt tho money where
will "do the most good
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Irt NV f"w y-rlr~. The Commi~-
,iunrr> . sea. y -i.4ciin. the ruumir in-
Q" townships du.'~ rn, take effect uniii
= uuaIv ~ iss5. We are iclriul thc
t"Nh>iip> ~ HrrW srd ,rc rttl,rr ~uItll
E'N'us'' that !, prrl'shlv better than to
lavr Ihcr f'r' barge. fhc lolinwiu. nre
ne rri'ne> Yud extent o. .ich township.
oluml IL, NJ rorfiins So -qutrc miles
li'rhisor, No . contains 3, square
mules; I"onc NJ. cauiain- - >qtare
nlcs NJ vi son NJ. 1 contains ~ s,illrr
iulr> I: Biiubridge. ~. . contains *
square miles: Marion. No. g contains
y -Gnatc miles; Hail. M. :. contains
3" square riiir-: jefferson, No. g. IS
quafe niir-: Jackson. SO contains
"A square miles: Paiuka Ne 10. con
iains 80 squire miles. Ca--. IA. II can
'alns 81 square iuiic>: Ferdinand. NJ.
II. contains 36 square miles.
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JASPER COURIER.

APOLOGY. On account Of sickness in
our own family, aud the sickness Of our
hands, also, we are unable TO get the
Courier out on time this issue. We
hope 10 catch up next week.
In TowS.--IIom ID. &. Branham,
contractor on the Spencer county di-
vision of the Rockport railroad, paid
our town flying visit on Wedncsday
night. lie has now about POO hands al
work on thai line. aud expects to begin
putting on the iron by The 1T of April.
Il 2 HAVE YOU read the new adver-
tsement of the Florence sewing Ma
chine Company! They have reduced
their sewing machine, from % 10 80 Der
cent. This is certainly great rcduc-
ton. aud the Florence machine rank
among the best in the market. II you
want good sewing. machine. write To
j. W. smith agent at lndianapoli, aud
get their price list.
. a. : Major Minor, formerly or the
10Th cavalry. l. ia our county now tax.
Ing mineral contracts for the Cincinnati
a"d Southwestern railway company.
lie j. wheel horse, ~ All the bows 81
Co. M, testify. and will make hing.
git" Il anyhody can. II would be Il
good thing ii AL the mineral lnnd. 10
The county were being worked. a, ii
would bring untold wealth iato ou.
nnd,t.
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cHEAP:EOR CASH!

Thankful for past favors he is deter
mined to merit continuance, 30 come
and examine the new stock.
JOS. SERMERSIlEIM.
Oct. 10 '73-tf.
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THE GOLD FEVER IN ARKANSAS.

For some weeks past there has been
a deal of excitement in Western Ar
kansas, growing out of the discovery of
gold on the north fork of the Ouachita.
1t is not our province to minister to
the greed for gold, still less to give
currency to statements which may be
grossly exaggerated. 1t is only proper
to say that there is every reason to
suppose that the district Of Arkansas
in which these discoveries are alleged
to have been made are distinguished
by every geological feature peculiar to
gold-producing districts Of California.
1t may be well to add, as a matter of
historical interest, that from time inn
memorial the opinion has obtained
that rich mining districts were
once known in Western Arkansas.
Newspapers of the earlier years of this
country, often refer to the system of
spurious coinage of silver practiced In
Arkansas. Genuine silver was found
by counterfeiters, and, mixed with too
much alloy, was scattered everywhere
In the valley of the Mississippi. 1t was
supposed at a later period that MUIR
ren's elan had access to silver and gold
mines In western Arkansas, used in
manufacturing spurious coin which
they 'diffused throughout the South.
AT a remote period DeSoto, from the
day he began his tedious, desperate
march from Florida to the West, was
constantly told that inexhaustible gold
and silver mines were TO be found In
the Western mountains. He crossed
the Mississippi and entered Arkan-
a in search, perhaps, of the very
mines now discovered. In l723 the
paper currency of France, rs man.
aged by Law, the Scotch ad-
venturer, was based upon the sup
posed mineral wealth of this very
district of country. Gold in great
heavy ingOts was taken to France and
shown upon the streets of Paris, and
the people accepted gladly promises to
pay based upon supposed boundless re-
sources of golden fortune. But Laws
currency, as has been the fate of most
paper money, became v~alueless, and the
gold mines of Arkansas were wanting
when French greenbacks were to be re-
deemed. The mines of St. Barke, In
Arkansas or Missouri, of which French
men talked as earnestly and confidently
one hundred and fifty years ago as we
do of the gulches of California, still re-
main undiscovered, unless the present
sensation has some foundation.-Mem-
phis appeal.
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society which fixes these laws, while
permanent as an institution, Is most
ephemeral in its individual members.
A Cabinet officer leaves or loses ms
place and he is at once, SO far as THIS
sort Of society is concerned, an undls-
tinguished nobody, whohas neither du-
lies nor rights that concern them. The
highest rank as a ruler of fashion, ow-
ing to the fckleness of the people n
the instability of majorities, runs sell
dom beyond a season or two, and the
bellies and leaders Of one year are un-
known to the new crowd who make up
society the next.
Never was a worse case OF fetish
worship than this sacrifice OF money
and comfort TO Washington's social
duties. There have been Cabinet ON
GERS who have declined to submit to
this tyranny, generally, it is true, be-
cause they could not without running
themselves. One, however, is said TO
have taken the ground that the salary
fixed by law for his Office was an ind1-
cation of the style in which he was ex-
pected to live, and he accordingly rent
ed a modest house and lived within bus
pay, giving only such entertainments
as that enabled him to afford. This Is
the true rule and the solution OF all
the complaints we hear about the i'm
possibility of living in Washington
upon official salaries. Washington So
ciety must be organized upon the theo-
~ of cutting the coat according to
the cloth" The style of living must
be fixed to suit the salaries given, and
the present list of "social duties" must
be remodeled on that basis. We will
cease to hear the continued cry about
the need of higher salaries then.
AS was said above, only so many OF
these expensive social duties as they
choose to assume devolve on Congress
men, If anybody wishes to live a mod
est, inexpensive life In Washington he
can do it, and when the social duties"
of Cabinet officers are cutdown to what
they should be. the way in which Con-
gressmen can live with their families,
and go into society too, on their present
salaries, will not seem, rs some of them
think it is now, mean and penurious.
Underlying the whole salary-grab bus
mess was this society question. 1t will
be a good deal better to put a new
phase on society, and a good deal cheap
er, than to encourage its evils and
shams, and unbecoming limitations of
foreign follies, by payingmore for what
we pay too much now, considering what
we get in return.
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Nashville Grocery Market.

SUeAR+New Orleans, new in hogs
heads Sd10c for fair to choice; Demerara
l1JhI2c; standard hards i15c; A coffee
1Oac B do. 10tc; extra G do. logo; yellow
C 9sd10c.
MOLAsSEs-We quote New Orleans 656
73c; sirups 55d65c; golden strip Csc.
COFFEE-Market weakening. WequOte
Rio, common to choice, 2T629c; Laguayra
soc; Java Csc.
CHEEsE-We quote factory 173d1Sc.
NAu-Weq quote at $3.50 for 10ds, and
25e additional for diminishing grades.
SAILING quote Z bushel barrels at $3.50
per barrel on the wharf in lots.
CANDLEsAWe quote star l6k617c$ u
FIsH-We quote as follows: Half bar
rels. Nos. 1, 2 and 3, 500, $7.25 and $3.50;
in kits, Nos. Is and 8, $3.50, 500 and
$1.T5.
RICE-We quote at 9d9te.
TEAs-We quote Imperial 75ed$1.25
Young Hyson 75cdSl.25; Black SOFA
$1.0O; Gunpowder 75cd$1.25.
POwDER-Dupont S7.25; Sycamore Mills
s7.25; blasting $500; fuse per 100 feet 6oc-
SHoT-We quote Patent $40; Buck
s2.G5.
LIoUoRs-We quote common rectifed
whisky % gallon S1.O0.; Robertson County
S1.7563.00; Bourbon S1.2565.50; Lincoln
County s1.7563.OO; Highwines S1.OO.
CoTToN TIEs-We quote at 10c-
BRooM-We quote at $2.5O63.5O %
dozen.
soAP-we quote at 5Nsc % n, or 800
d4.50 % box.
BAG6NG-We quote st 15A16c for
hemp and fax.
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TAXES.
The o of COIIectIOn-WeuId 1t be
Cheaper for COnstabIes 10 Collect

The Cost Of COIIecfiOn-WeuId 1t be
Cheaper for COnstabIes 10 Collect.
To the Union and American:
DIXON SPRINGS, April lin a Demo
cratic form Of government like our own,the
fewer the officials the better for the people;
and il is thought by many considering the
expense and the ineficiency of the present
plan Of collecting our State and county rev.
enUe,t that some better and cheaper system
might be devised TO accomplish so desirable
a result. 1t is found upon examining the
GomptrOlleT's books that a large amount of
the taxes are lost TO the State every wear.
and the same amount is consequently lost
by the counties year after year. The office
of Revenue Collector is a very lucrative
Office in all of the large and pOpulous coun-
ties, and the incumbent will hold it as long
as he can, as there is no law preventing him
from being elected from term to term; and
some Of the incumbents to be in favor and
pave The way for future preferment, become
very lenient to slow and delinquent tax
payers, and so the State and counties are
continually the losers by this lax system of
collecting the revenue.
When a collector of this character comes
before his County Court, they are so good
naturcd or, he is of such influence, that
they will vote him: well dOne thou good
and faithful servant; and release him, and
his bond from all claims that the county
had upon them.
He can then 90 before the Legislature,
and the representing body of the State, can
by a process of ~expurgatiOn. in shape Of q
bill of relief, send him rejoicing from the
Capitol.
While it is true in regard to this officer
that he receives too MUCH pay for the
amount of work performed, and while it is
true in fact. that he cannot do the work
well, from the very nature of the duties,
the labor being performed at stated periods
and not cOntinuously,t there is another class
of necessary officials, whose duties are on
erous, whose responsibilities are great, but
whose pay is totally inadequate for the
labor performed. l allude tothe cOnstables
of the civil districts.
The Office Of revenue collector being a
statutory Office, many persons advocate the
adjustment Of the Office andthe enactment
of a law in lieu, making the constable of
the civil district the collector of the State
and county revenue. One-half the sum
now paid the revenue collectors would be
ample for the services rendered, if perform
ed by the district constable. Make the
cOnstables of civil districts the collectors
and the State will save the vast sum that
is annually lost, as is exhibited by the
Comptroller's books. The taxpayer has a
deep interest in this question, fori if all the
taxes levied in the past had been collected
as they should have been, the present rate
of taxes would be much less than now;
and if we would make the change that is
suggested, it is believed b. many they will
be lessened in the future.
/. IATUIrR,
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SundrfeS.


SEEDs-Market brisk. We quote: Red
clover 800; sapling $500; timothy $500;
red top S1.6O61.75; blue grass $50; Or
chard grass $500; Hungarian S1.5O; Mis-
souri, millet $1.50; German millet $1,000
200.
COTTON YARNs-We quote at lie, 1Sc,
15c and tic for 700, 600, 500 and 400.
SHUCKs-In demand at $3.50 per 100 lbs
for hacked, and $1.50 for rough.
WRAPPING PAPER-We quote small at
SOC, medium 75c; double crown 81.
IRoN-We quote as follows: Tennessee
bar 6ge % b; Kentucky do. 5G Tennessee
band 669c; Kentucky DO. 53n6ae; Iennes-
see boiler plate SEE boiler heads &c; FIRE
box 10c, sheet; common 617e; do. Ken
lucky Tt6Stc; do. Tennessee sd9ac-
BARRELs-We quote at 4OG5Oe.
GLAsswARE-We change our quotations
to suit the card rates as follows: s by 10
1918; 10 by Il $7.25; Toby IA $500; 10 by
10 1915; u by IA SS.T5; II by 10 Ss.T5; II
by Is S9.25; II by 20 1925. Discount
401.
FLAsKsLThe quotations are net as fol-
lows: Half pint s2.75; pint 1910; quar-
$4.75.
CANDE-we quote stick candy lie;
common fancy l5e.
CoRDAGE-Jute 13c; grass zoe; cotton
26d2Sc.
PEPPER-We quote at 2s6S0c.
SPICE-We quote at l6c.
GMGER-We quote az 1tc.
TALLoW-We quote at DC.
| ORAN6Es-We quote at 50 per barrel.
CLoyE-Advanced TO GO67Oc.
l. ONION SETs-We quote as follows: Red
aiOn button per bushel $3.50; red onion
sts 5000, white button $3.50; white sets
$3.50,
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m

Our money market continues very quiet,
with no new features to note. The banks
discount for their customers on thirty and
sixty days time at ten per cent per annum,
with but little doing. There is also an
abundance Of money in the fands of bro
kers to loan on eollaterals, such as good
marketable bonds ard stocks, but it would
seem that most seekers for money have not
satisfactory securities.
Exchange on New York is quiet. The
banks buy at par, while they sell at the
rate Of 81 per thousand premium.
Gold opened in New York at 113s and
closed at 113s. There is no demand for
gold here, and dealers buy for the New
York market, paying 112 for gold coin and
1924 for gold coupons. Silver is taken AZ
103 for halves and quarters.
Government bonds are quiet and u
changed. There is very little demand for
them here, and dealers buy at about one
cent under the New York rates, which are
as follows.
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Our Changing Bodies.

Our bodies are constantly changing. The dead
matter passes off by the bowels and the pores,
and digestion and assimilation supply fresh ma
terial. This material cannot be pure, and con-
sequently the body cannot be healthy, unless
the stomach and the s~ecretive organs perform
their allotted tasks thoroughly and regularly.
That they may do so, keep them in good work
rating, regulating and purifying preparations,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. If YOU wish YOUR
blood TO be really the "stream of life, = to have
your bones clothed with sound flesh, to be ex-
empt from nervousness and debility, to be clear
headed and cheerful; in short, to possess that
choicest of Heavens blessings, a sound mind in
a sound body, resort to the great vegetable re-
storative whenever you feel languid, or suffer
from indigestion, or are bilious or low spirited,
or suffering from any arrangement of the ami
NAL functions. The relief is immediate, and
fnll restoration certain apl4 deodIw&wlt
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nashville Provision market.

Market firm, and tendency upward. We
quote packed from store as follows:
BULK MEATS-Shoulders &c; clear rib
sides &c; clear sides 91c.
Inconsistencies SC; clear rib sides
10c; clear sides 104c; country hams 115c.
CHOICE HAMs@Hart IL HenSley's new
G. G. c. hams 123c.
LARD-We quote prime in tierce 104h
10sc; pastry in tierces 103d10sc; half bar
rels lie; kegs 11{e; buckets lie.
BREAKFAST BACoN-We quote at
11kc.
BEEF ToNGUEs-We quote at $500 per
dozen.
DRIED BEEF-We quote new lie.
Smoked Pic ToNGUEs-We quote at 60c
per doz.
Country bacon quiet to-day. We quote
from wagon as follows: Shoulders SIC;
sides 10sc; hams life.
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rhe Cotton


LIVERPOOL, April Is. = Cotton fTmer;
middling uplands 81; middling Orleans
SD. Sales 1900 bales; American 9,1O0;
speculation and export 5000 bales.
NEW York, April 13.-Cotton dull;
middling uplands 17sc.; futures closed
steady; sales of 1900 bales as follows:
April delivery 10 1890; May delivery IS
Ii-l6al6 23-S2c; June delivery IL 3-l6a
II 1920; July delivery II 1~9-52a17sc.
NEW ORLEANS, April 13.-CottOu-
demand active; sales 1900 bales; supply
moderate and prices 4atc higher; good or
binary to strictly good ordinary 14sai5te;
low mfddiines to strict low middlins 15S
aIGIc: middlings to strict middlingsS 165a
lie; egood middlings 17sc; receipts 3,270
bales; exports to continent 2,S49 bales;
stock 2O0,365 bales; unsold 103,5OO bales.
MEMPHIS, April 13.-COtton demand
fair and market firm, good ordinary la
l4Ic; low middlings l54al59c; middlings
16c. Receipts for the past day SO bales;
shipments for the past t~wenty-four hours
$50 bales; stock 1920 bales.
ST. LOUIS, April 13.-CottOn firm and
higher; middlings 16tc.
LOUISVILLE, April 3D. Cotton quiet
at 165e.
CINCINNATI, April 13-Cotton-market
quiet and unchanged.
Foreign Markets.
LONDON, April Is, 5P. M.-Consols for
money 925a93s; account 92Sa92s. United
States 5-20s Of '65, 1909; of 1857, 1OSl;
10-40s 104; new IS, 1919; New York
Central, S9a; Erie, 32s; preferred 50. The
amount Of bullion Withdrawn from the
bank Of England ON balance to-day was
fI0,00O. The market for Erie shares is
firmer in consequences of the announce
ment that the directors intend to have the
accounts of the company examined by in.
dependent and unimpeahcable creditors
from from London previous to the declara-
ton Of dividends; the opening quotations
being 31saS2 and closing at 3Zsc.
LIvERPooL, April 13.-Breadstuffs are
quiet and unchanged.
PARIS, April Is = Rentes 59f. size.
New Ork Money zsrkes
NEW YORK, April 13.-Money closed
at 4a5 per cent. Sterling Exchange was
lower at 4S45 for 60 day bills. and 4SS
for sight. The customs receipts were
$4,000. Gold advanced TO 1135 lust pre-
vious to the close; the final sales were al
1872. the extremes of the day having been
I13sal13S. The rates paid for carrying
ranged from 2, Z 10 3 per cent. The Trea-
sury DISBURSEMENTS were $4,000. The
elearings to-day were s~15.GO0,Oo0. State
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Nashville FIour and Grain Market.

FLoUR-Market quiet. WequOte: Super
fine $500; Xxx $3.50; Xxx $3.50; choice
family SS.256S.5O.
Com MEAI-We quote at SO6s2ac for
unbolted and bOlted in depot.
800 bushels at 77ae, sacked and delivered
in depot. We quote at &c loose, and deal
es N offering 73e, sacked on the wharf.
WHEAT-TranSactiOns light. We quote
at sI.2561.40 per bushel.
OATs-We quote at 63d6Tc, sacked and
delivered in depot.
BRAE-We quote at S17d1S per ton,
loose, and S21n22 per ton in depot.
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NOTWITHSTANDING the terrible ordeal
through which the city of Shreveport passed
last fall, and the depression of business
which followed, the trade of that city ex-
hibits encouraging signs of recovery, and
the Times mentions as evidence of this
that up to the 21st ult. the receipts of cot
ton Were 1900 bales in excess Of last
season.
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BAYARD TAYLOR's last letter from Ma
pies to the Nelg York Tribune, gives a
gloomy account ..of the cold weather and
want of comfort experienced in Italy in
winter. The charges are becoming exorbit-
ant. and the comforts are not increasing.
On the Sd inst. one foot of snow covered
Italy north of Florence. In Naples the
wind was so severe as blow the Rev. j.
c. Fletcher bodily off his feet against a
wall, injuring him severely. Mr.. Taylorsays
that sunny italy has no existence in the
winter time. and charges to Imagination the
halo which associates Italy in genial skies.
lis distance lends enchantment TO the
view"
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Tennessee bonds are still depressed, clio
sing in New York at S7a and at 664 for the
funded series. These bonds are, we be-
lieve, a good investment, but the demand
here is very light indeed, and il is seldom
there is any enquiry for them outside of
dealers. Brokers generally pay the New
York rate, while they hold several cents
higher.
Comptroller's warrants are dull and are
in no demand by taxpayers, but there ara
very few offerings. They may be quoted
at 95 buying and 97c selling.
Our local securities are all very quiet.
For quotations We refer to those given by
the Nashville Savings Company, corner
Union and College streets.
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From the New York American Grocer, April II.
This week the market for Brazils again
opened dull and weak and at a further re-
duction of &c gold. Later in the week the
tone of the market became stronger, and
BUYERS evinced more disposition to pur-
chase at the figures prevailing early in the
week, but in most instances these have
been refused, and, consequently, but few
sales are reported. The indications are
that next week a better business will be
done, if prices are not raised above the
present range. The steamer Merrimack
has arrived, bringing 1892 bags, and in
creasing the stock to over 10000 bags, but
as there are only 22,6O bags aioat, of
which only 9,4O0 bag are for this port, a
renewal of the demand would soon reduce
the supply now here. A great deal will
depend upon the tenor Of the next Rio
telegram, which, If it shows continued light
shipments will probably induce holders
here to advance prices. We luote:
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THE treaty between Queen Victoria
and the Emperor of Russia, in regard
to the marriage of the Duke OF Edin-
burgh and the Grand Duchess Marie
Alexandrowna, is published. 1t pro-
vides that, if there should be a child
born of the marriage, 1t shall be
brought up as a Protestant, but that
the Grand Duchess shall be at liberty
to worship according to the rites of
the Q: jhOdox Greek Church.
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Themovement of Brazils for he week is
reported as follows by Messrs. Wat, Creigh-
ton & Morrison: Receipts, 32,45; sales,
4,374; stock in first hands in Mw York,
1O3, 54 bags; Philadelphia, none; Bltimore,
1922; Hampton Roads, $40; Rihmond,
none; Charleston, none; Savannah none;
Mobile, none; New Orleans 5,36e; Valves
ton, none; afloat for New York, 9,4O0
bags; for other United States ports, $500
bags; total stock and visible supplis of
Brazils in first hands 1924 bags.
The market for mild cofees has ,een
quiet and unchanged, with sales Of nly
200 bags Java and 100 bags Costa Riea-
Stock and gold quotations are as follows: