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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-27

The New York Times contains the t1
lowing just and appreciathe editorial no.
tice:
The New \ OK Ledger recently ent.r,i
upon new volume, and the proprietor
Mr.. Robert Bonner, took occasion 10 SAY
lew words 10 his hundreds OF thousand.of
readers. lie tells them that the liberalin
which has been shown in the past ina M
management OF his paper will beconiinu,.
throughout the new year; that all the ola
fayorite writers will continue 20 con;ril,t,
TO IT, pages; that he will be- constantly u,
the watch for "any new DEVELOPMENT. N
real rising genius; and that h. + deter
mined To keep up the Lcdgrr ms "the h,.t
family paper in the world"
That these pledges will be kept. Mr.. Bon
ner's wcll-known enterprise ana high elm.
acter afford a sufficient guarantee. m.
may fairly cl.nm the credit of hayiur y.
tablished popular journal which /. ,Ii,.o.
lutely free from any moral reproach d,
stain. In too many OF the irilnp.r,
journals which have been set az in nv
vain hope Of competing with ,h. Ie,{o,.
the lessons taught 10 the yonn.s are 81 fl,
most injurious character. Parent. are M.
picted rs unnatural tyrlnts from whom \
i duty and virtue to escape. ho,
flies from his home, meets with 4 stran,s,.rof
boundlcss wealth and libcrllity. X Instantly
adopted a. son and heir. and uchie,c.
exploits which rival all the feat of M nm.
heroes known TO history. Many "A nov
has found ont To his sorrow how Ii,,f
these Wild and mischicvous ,torir. re,,r..
sent the actual conditions Of the hatti,. q,
life. Too often The teachings even NOR.
pemlclous-vice and proiligicv are onenl,
inculcatcd. Mr.. B0nner's Lcfg,- bas III
ways been free from tins ahomiuahlr nni-
son. Hence il has been. and j. freely all
United into thousands OF families all ov.r
the country as companion and n friend
No proiane word, no vicious stories arr
Nerallowed to appear ia its columns
Among its contributors are some OF tho
most highly esteemed clergyIn,n Of the
day, and many of the ablpst writers IN
general literature. Ii has two column.
every week OF replies 10 correspondent.
which are full Of practical good sense and
sound advice. In the number before n.
questions on a great variety of subject.
are asked, from knotty law points 10 DELI
cate subjects connected with engagement
and marriage, and all these questions are
answered carefully and with good humor
ana worldly wisdom. In this single num-
Der also there are eight different storie.
either continued or completed Themselves.
articles by the Revs. Henry Ward Bcccher
and Or. Hall; manv admirable comments
on topics of the day. and great variety of
useful aud miscellaneous reading. A bet
ter publication il would be- hard 10 find
and while bearing our testimony Ia the
fact that II well deserves The wonderful
success II has achieved ia the past. may
we add our wishes for is redOGhled sue
cess in the future
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SOUTH.

The Mississippi House, on the 18th, by a
vote Of 81 to 80, passed a resolution request
ing Senator Alcorn 10 resign.
Governor Kellogg, on the 18th, sent TO the
Louisiana Legislature a special message re-
commencing the immediate passage of bills
reducing the compulsory expenses Of the city
Of New Orleans one million dollars, and the
city tax five-eighth Of one per cent.
The resolution passed by the Mississippi
House, requesting Senator Acorn to resign.
was defeated in the Senate by vote Of 20 TO 4.
At Rutledge. Ga. a few nights since, " NJ.
Wood poisoned three Of his children and
then shot himself. His wife had deserted
him.
The Mardi Gras carnival at New Orleans
and Memphis was celebrated in an elaborate
manner. in the presence Of thousands of spec
tators, many Of whom We're from abroad
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Sunday Science.

There exists in Switzerland "Society
for the Observance of the Repose of sun
day" (iiterattn) and this body invites the
views of the world generally on the sub
iect of resting on the sabbath, considered
from a hygienic point of view. A prize OF
two hundred dollars is offered to the
author Of the best essay on the question.
The points requiring especial discussion
are 1) The favorable effects of rest on
Sunday on people of various ages. and their
influence on the family and the nation. (2)
Diseases which may be engendered or in
creased by continuous work i'm persons
who, by the nature of their calling. are de-
prived of this weekly recreation, N for i'm
stance, railroad employees. journalists.
telegraph operators, bakers, etc. (3)
Practical results drawn from the observa-
ton Of cited facts. The ESSAYS must be
written In French or German. and sent I'm.
before September 30th next, to the Prc>i-
dent of the above named society, AT Geneva.
Switzerland
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FOREIGN.

The Ashantee war is over. and il is an
nounced that Sir Garnet Wolseley and his
white troops will leave for home on March |.
Recent adyices from South America state
that yellow fever continues unabated in Rio,
and that cholera is raging with great violence
in Bucnos Ayres and MonteviJeo. Thou
sands ofpeople have fed from those cities.
The Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
has gone to It. Petersburg on visit to the
Gar.
Cardinal Larquini, one Of the newly ap-
pointed Cardinals died az Rome on the 18th.
The London Observer Of the I4th saws the
new Ministry will probably be composed a.
follows: Disraeli, First Lord Of the Treasury;
Lord Cairns, Lord High Chancellor; Duke Of
buckingham. President Of the Council; Duke
Of Richmond, War Secretary; Earl Of North.
cumberland. First Lord Of Admiralty; Ward
Hunt or Mr. Hubbard. Chancellor Of Tx.
chequer; Claiborne Hardy, Home Secretary.
The Emperor Of Russia will visit England
next April.
Taylor's "Pantcchnicon- and furniture
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Anecdotes of n Dog and Horse.
4 Boston man vouches for the truth of
the annexed in the Transcript:
THE DOG.

\ Boston man vouches for the truth OF
J the annexed in the Transcript
THE DOG.
Cesar was fine Newfoundland dog Of
great intelligence. One morning started
with the young folks and the dog TO get a
picture taken of the group. We tried for
nearly an hour TO pose Caesar. but a. soon
as we thought he was ali right, he would
slowly get up. shake his huge body. and.
OF course. destroy the picture. Feeling
very much annoyedat his conduct lopencd
the door, and speaking very harshly. babe
him go home.' and told him that he had
displcased me very much, and | could not
let him stay any longer with rs. He skunk
away with most crestfallen look.
We regretted our failure 10 secure n pic
ture. but the very next day the dog came
home triumphantly wearing box tied
round his neck. his whole appearance one
of great pleasure. and wagging his tal
while patiently waiting for US TO open the
box. To our surprise. we discovered a
fine dagueueotype of himself. went 10
ascertain by what witchcraft the operator
had succeeded in enticing the dog into his
rooms and keeping him quiet Mr.. ;. said
that on the morning following our vain at
tcmpt- he heard noise in the entry a ii
some one was humping on the door. On
opening il. he found Caesar standing with
wistful and eager face. He tried to drive
hir. away. but the dog insisted upon enter
ing. walked demurely TO the old place
directly in front Of the instrument. and sat
down perfectly quiet. Mr.. S..seized the
opportunity. and the result was "A very fine
picture. Caesar then rose. stretched him
self a il satisfied with having accomplished
something towards wiping out his dis
Il
came trotting home happy dog.
THE HORSE.
Fanny succeeds in slipping her halter.
however securely fastened. and rope i,
put at the back of the stall to keep her in
If she looselis her head. The oats are kept
| in a room adjoining the stable. the door
being fastened by "A strap with a pin. and
also has an old-fashioncd latch. One day
the door was properly secured and Fanny
left in her stall with halter fastened. but
the rope was not attached. Mr. H., on APP
preaching the stable several hours after
ward. thought lac heard noise a if Fanny
were moving about. He opened the stable
door, but there she stood meekly in her
stall. her head thrust up the manger n if
she were trying 10 hide. lie patted her.
but she did not turn to receive his greeting.
only pushing her head farther out of sight.
IL occurred 10 him she had been at her old
tricks. and this was a sham. Jpon search
ing he found She had slipped her halter,
worked at the pin with her teeth till She
had pulled it out, lifted the latch and
opened the door; but. alas the coveted
oats were in a box, securely covered. She
did not despair, but gnawed away till she
had made hole big enough 10 push i'm her
nose and enjoy the forbidden oats, till in
terrupted by her masters footsteps. when
she rushed into the stall. and tried 10 be
have like many human being when de-
tected in wrong-dOing, as if she Were per-
fectlv innocent.
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OF land and bonds made by Congress
Mr. Butler introduced "A bill 10 amend and
oodify the laws in regard 10 the payment oi pen
sions . as 10 secure efficiency and economy. IL
proposes 10 abolish the now existing pension
agencies and make postnaslers AL eAch county
scat ex-ollicio pension agents, and makes ~ the
duty OF portmasters 10 correct, rolls aud return
them. noting deaths. removals, etc, whercupon
checks or uraits Tor the amount due each pen
siOner forwarded Ia the postmaster Tor us
tributon, for which service they are "a be allow
81 fee of ten cents each, 60 bc paid by the Cow
ernment.
In the senate. on the 18th. Mr.. ~churz pre-
sented the petition OF bankers and business men
of It Louis deprecating any increase In the vol
ume of currency and fsyoring a speedy return 10
specie payments Bills were introduced; by
MIR GordOn-directlng the Secretary of The lnte-
rior Ia place on the pension roll the name OF All
persons heretofore dropped tncreuom because OF
participation ia the recent rebelhoni r.terredi
by Mr. ngham--proS iding that my three
now living east of the Mississippi River, who
shall Join the tribe west OF said river, being
AN Amendment of the act Of july ~ ISIS Mr.
Bogy submitted a resolution iDstructng the IT.
nance Committee 10 inquire into The eNpediency
OF providing that hereafter all banks shall he
organized or chartered by states cach state 70
decide the question a. 10 the number OF banks
and capital required Tor It's legitimate wants,
and each State tO provide such guaran-
tees to depositorS as may be deemed
proper; all banks to he organized under pro-
visions of law requiring deposit of bonds rs now
provided for national banks, and the Federal
Government 60 have the keeping of such bonds
and issuing OF currency and "a be responsible
Tor the redemption oi circulation. Agreed 10.
The consideration OF the currency bil was then
resumed, pending discussion on VIII .ch tne senate
adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th. the majority re-
port of the Committee on Elections, declaring
wiltshire. from the Third Arkansas District
entitled prima faciar to seat, was adopted
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Pumpkins for Stock.

The different opinions of farmer. a 10
the value ofpumpkins for mich cows and
other stock. j. believed 10 be The result OF
different ways Of feeding them. by acorre.-
pondent OF the Germantown Jclegrouf.
In hurry to clean a field farmers vii
give their cattle -uririt ofpumpkins for
a day or two, then for "A day or TWO per
haps none. and thus alternate feasts and
iasts, and conclude pumpkins M, worth.
less, or worse. The writer says he IN
tends to feed pumpkins about two months
making them last till the snow fies. He
feeds regularly. once day. from one 10
three pumpkins per head. never more.
and finds them greatly conducive a.
health of stock. besides greatly Increasing
the quantity and quality Of the butter
made. Pumpkin-made butter will readily
pass for golden or 'gilt-edgcd" without
the use of coloring.
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CURRENT NEWS.
WARRINGTON.

chief-Justice Waite will take his seat ON
the supreme Bench on the first Monday in
March.
Gen. sherman. in reply 10 telegram from
Gen. Sheridan giving information concerning
the late Indian raids, says under date Of 18th:
"Under call Of the Interior Department Of
to-day, sent to your headquarters at Chica-
go. YOU win be justified ia collecting a. effect
vca force a. possible, even il you draw
cavalry from Fort Islcy by railroad TO
Cheyenne, to march to the Red Cloud Agen-
cy, striking every party Of Indians that
oppose. Every Indian that has marauded
south of the North Platte should be demand
ed, and held a. am accomplice in the muir
der of Lieutenant Robinson. Their POI
mics must be very poor now and
grain must be scarce, 80 this occasion TO give
the Sioux a lesson long merited seems to me
favorable. My opinion Is that the siolfN
should never again have an agency away from
the Missouri River
The President has approved the Joint reso-
luton authorizing a special court Of inquiry
concerning General O. o. Howard.
Washington dispatch of the lith says
that senator Hitchcock, Gov. Furnas and
others, of Nebraska, had called upon the Sec
Rotary of War and General sherman for
arms, in anticipation of general Indian out
break, but the request, owing TO existing
laws, it Is stated, was denied.
II was reported from Washington. on the
18th. that General Butler and Judge White, of
Alabama, having been appointed asub-com-
mittee on two bills heretofore introduced in
the House and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary, to abolish the test or . iron-clad"
oath. in all cases where il il required by law,
have prepared a report upon the subject in
favor of abolition. There seems TO be no
doubt. it is stated, that the majority Of the
House are in favor of relief.
Hon. A. ii. stephens was seriously i'll on
the 10TH and his recovery was considered
doubtful.
The President has nominated William A..
Simmons for Collector Of the port Of Boston
The nominee is said To be friend of General
Butler.
A Washington special says that a careful
canvass Of the Senate leaves no doubt Of a ma
jority in favor Of increasing the currency vol
ume TO at least $500, 600. exclusive of frac-
tisnal currency. In the House, the majority
for expansion is said to be still larger than in
the Senate.
The President has ordered that the Court
of Inquiry in the case of General Howard be
composed of Generals sherman. Mcdowell.
Pope, Meigs and Cole; Major A.. II. Gardner,
Judge-Advocate. The court will meet in
Washington on the 81 Of March
Hon. II. c. Burchard of the Fifih Illinois
district has returned his back pay, including
his increased pay in the present Congress,
amounting in the aggregate to SG,049.GO.
Chief-Justice Waite called upon the Presi-
dent on the 18th, and was formally presented
10 the members Of the Cabinet which was
then in session.
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were killed or fatally injured.
Following is the comparative cotton state
ment for the week ending Feb. IA
1854. ISIS.
Net receipts for past week
AL u. ;. ports ......... l2s,5-0 l26, 9Bs
Total receipts from sept.
to date ali T.. ports !. s,s2s,l s6 s,ias, 30
Exports Tor past week
from all ports .......... es,37 1876, 7SI
TotAl exports from sept.
% date from all ports l,5ls,572 l,4s9. ss7
Stock now on hand AZ all
- ports. .......-...... SIS, a3) SIS, 534
The temperance crusade has been inaugu-
rated in New York City.
Thomas and Simeon Sturtevant. and a
maiden lady named Mary Buckley. were
found murdered i'm their residence. in Hall
fax, Mass, on the morning Of the 10th. No
clue to the murderer.
A freight train on the Lehigh & susquehan-
ma Railroad ran into landslide near Slate
Dam Station on the morning Of the 10th. kill
ing the engineer and three Of the train men.
and injuring more or less severely every
other man on the train. Nine cars were
burned
The New York Stock Exchange was badly
victimized on the 18th, by the reading at the
open board by the presiding officer Of a com
munication purpor;ng TO be signed by VIM
Orton, President OF the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. announcing the intention OF
that company TO issue additional stock 10 the
amount Of some 80 900 900: also. at about the
same time. another letter purporting TO be
written by j. ID. Cox, President Of the Toledo.
Wabash & Western Railway Company. an
nouncing the intended issue by that company
of 100000 additional shares Of stock. The
reading Of these letters caused the greatest
excitement on Change. and there was imme-
diatcly general stampede to dispose Of the
stocks Of both companies. Some - 900 shares
Of the former and 10000 Of the latter stock
were sold at a considerable decline from pre-
yious quotations before the discovery was
made that both the letters were skillf for
geries. An investigation was at once set
on foot to discover the authors Of the for
gerics.
Municipal elections were held throughout
Pennsylvania on the 18th with the following
result: Pittsburgh elects Mccarthy (hep)
for Mayor by LOO majority; in Allegheny
City, Phillips Qnd. Rcp.) has majority Of
"a; in Easton the Republican Mayor i elect
cd; and in Reading, Wlkesbarre. williams
port and Altoona, the Democratic candidates
were chosen.
A fire at Sing Sing, n. u, on the morning
Of The 18th, destroyed property 10 the value
Of $4,000, comprising twenty-six places Of
business.
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The Russians are engaged In building
q circular iron-clad. This vessel. TO be
called the Popowka. will be ninety-seven
feet i'm diameter, flat-bottomed. and will
carry single turrct in the center, contain
ing two eleven-inch steel breech-loadcrs.
She Is to be- propelled by six screws, equi-
distant from each other.
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a FEMALE lecturer in California. speak
ing in behalf of her sex. says: Mans
pleasures would never suit us, and his pro-
hts we have. We allow him enough to
dress respectfully. and To take him to
lectures nd other intellectual circuscs !;
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Evans Northwood was hanged al Concord,
y. H., ON the 18th, for the murder OF his niece,
Georgiana Lowering, and another young girl,
i'm 1850. He Isade confession.
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WHAT j. the earliest financial transaction
on record : When Pharaoh received a
check on the bank of the Red Sea. crossed
by Moses Il Co."
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EAST.

BY the falling Of an ice-house in Philadel-
phia, on the 18th. in which number Of men
were at work. eightor ten Of the workmen
were killed or fatally injured.
Following il the comnarative coffon state
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-02
Another Lear.

As the law officer OF The. State admi:
nistration. Mr.. Chambsrlai6swas ~:
|daohsd t9 the Sinking Fand Chmpis.
|sion: Rsad asthe sum total ofssitg
/ aIisctiohs. briefly expressed s.ii ths
lepat. (pag4po) ssl !
''After butauuing it's aoooun ts, Il disi
poses OF it as follows: THAT the Stats
has gained anything by the 'transao-
tone Of this Commission cannot be
apparent. The sale of the railroad
stock. for almost nothipg-its plies of
marble. granite and free-stone, aud
acres of laud styled 'unremunerative
property, '.bnt uaIaaJ4e and eligibls, at
prihfs oinsignifioant-most certainly
savors OF a Sob in the interest of any.
thing save South Carolina. and con.
vinces the NEST incredulous thut the
Commission has been properly styled
'the Sinking Fund Com mission aud
its object has been fully attained"
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ger, and while thus Northern public
opinion and the General Government
are beSlouded ana misled TO pass the
ssatepover4h hens inS the hands Of a
fresf gand elen p9Je hungry set ,of
plut tasrers u IAN tlpse who ig0yerh; 1t
no4 That i the game. sBu.. We, in
tend to see to it that it SHALL not be-
played without determined opposition
and full exposure. And the paopla
will tsee to-it that the stakes shull not
be worth holding.
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is.sfAl i,.f "a F---v I1TTI
Our Condition,

WI MkEst aaFatsicle today upon
sopFth1qfoliua. sopiedIfrom the lead
ing neYspnper Of the West, the Louis.
vile Courier Journal It comes like
the voice Of distant nations or future
times to tell. us what condition we ate
in. The oppression has gone so far as
to extinguish one of the highest and
ohiefest characteristics of the State.
Speculation rs to rights aud duties. the
study and practice of polity, the ques-
tions of State sovereignty and of it's
relations with other communities, as
excogitated by Aristotle. Locke aud
Calhoun, have been compelled to be
put aside in the struggle for life. homo
and security, in the effort to beat away
robbers. and to foil the burglars who
are cutting their wny into houses. a
very sad picture, but true to the letter.
We must overthrow this vile aud vul-
gar tyranny, unless we are willing to
be entirely blotted ont OF existence.
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Tho Ga mo 70 bo Played.

Our objection to great deal Of the
stuff that the Union Herald spreads be.
fore the public every morning, is that
it is but the reproduction. with fanci-
ful additions and odious comments, of
the suborned Southern Radical press.
It is OF vile origin and is meant to
serve vile end. We deny the advan-
tage, while we may not contest the
right Of fellows OF this sort discussing
our affairs, as we said, and as the U-H.
suppressed in commenting upon it.
with such gross ignorance and such
shameful asperity." The candid OPT
mons OF the intelligent press any
where we highly respect. but We defy
any man who respects himself or re-
CARDS truth, to entertain the same feel
ing for large part OF the gross press
utterances which the U.-H. conduit
pours into this State. The U.-H. pa
rades the value of truth from the
American press. What we find fault
with is the falsehood, malignity and
filth which, under this specious name,
the U-H. would pass off on our
people, trying to delude them into the
belief that they are criminals in the
eyes OF the American public, that they
are bound hand and foot, ind hardly
dare call their souls their own. The
conservative portion of the people oi
South Carolina are as quiet to-day az
any in this whole country. Why such
sudden avalanche of abuse. threats
and terrible warnings should be poured
npon them; why inoendiary candidates
and ring-leaders should urge upon the
black people to use cartridge boxes and
to get ready to she'd innocent blood;
why such turbid torrent of defama
ton should be set going. it is easy
enough to see. The design is to gel
up some fuses and provoke collisions
and then to set all the agencies to work
to represent that the black mans
rights are in peril, that the carpet
baggers' hides are liable to tar and
feathers. that liberty herself is in dan
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The Russian papers give details of a
terrible IRE which broke out in Ber.
dictohho. the principal residence of
the Jews. tn the South western pro-
vinces OF Russia. The fire hurst ont
on the 7th inst, in the old market
quarter OF the town, and destroyed 600
houses, neariy.all OF which were blaz-
ing at once, thousands of Jewish
families being thus left without shell.
ter. On the next day nearly as many
houses, including most OF the jewish
schools, we're destroyed by a second
fire, and on tbs two succeeding dnys
fires again broke ont in other quarters
OF the town, by which whole streets
were destroyed. The town is built
principally OF wood, and the houses
being very close together. it has suf.
fered in a simalar way several times.