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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15
Singular Case Of Suicide.

4 special dispatch TO the Chicago tn
binie from sharon. Walworth County,
Wis. Jan. 1. gives the following:
About month ago Incorporating
Young man. giving his name n L. III.
Clifford. came here from the Northwestern
Telegraph Institute. Janesville. To assist
Mr. Brigham. agent and operator Of the
Chicago 4 Northwestern Railway at this
place. He appeared well educated. hau
travelled great deal. and gained friends
fast. On Thursday morning. Dec. 81. he
did not appear at the Office "a usual. and
Mr. Brigham's son was sent 10 his board
ing-hOu>e TO ascertain the reason. He
found Clifford sick i'm bed. having. as he
said, severe attack of cholera mOrbus.
He told young Brigham he would soon be
all right, laughed and chatted with him
about how he felt when first attacked. and
refused TO have physician. He remained
in bed very sick until Friday night, Jan. l..
when he was much better aud said he
would be able 10 90 To the office the next
morning. Morning arriving. and he not
appearing at breakfast, his landlady went
10 his room 10 inquire after him, and found
him lying on his side dead. the body
still warm. Under the pillow was
found an empty vial labeled ''chlo-
rate of gold" and on the floor. be-
side the bed. n paper which had contained
morphine, little OF il still clinging TO
the paper. The Coroner was notified. and
at once summoned jury, who. after tax
ing all testimony attainable, rendered a
verdict of suicide by poison. There were
two letters left. addressed 10 James Mat
tice. Telegraph Institute, GAINESVILLE, and
one to Mr.. Brigham. requesting him TO
telegraph his father. brother and Mr.. Mat
tlce. the latter being authorized TO take
charge of his body and effects. There
were several other letters addressed To
various relatives and friends. all of which
We're forwarded without opening. The
brother of the unfortunate young man
was telegraphed, ans started at once for
Sharon. To take charge of the remains.
Carpenters parents reside az gainesville,
o. He left home several years ago and
went TO the SOuth-African diamond-fields,
where he remained three years. Among
his effects were ten fair-siZed cut dia-
monds. unmounted, and quite lot of
very minute ones. such "a are used for
glass-cutters. Having these gems IN his
possession. his reason Of suiciding on ac-
count of lack of funds Is poor one. That
he had contemplated this step for some
time j. evident from his letter written
November S. some weeks before he came
here. Mr.. Mattice SAYS he was one of the
best behaved students at the Institute. and
lavorte with all with whom he associ-
ated. IL is quite evident that he had COM
mitted some crime which weighed very
heavily upon his mind, but what IL was he
never gave the slightest intimation 10 any
one. a. far a. can be learned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15
Science and Industry.

This spring over a thousand orange
groves are 10 be planted along the 1T.
Johns River, Florida.
-Carboleum is the name Of a new Ger
man motor TO be used i'm place of steam.
1T is produced cheaply. 1t is said. from
chalk, which is heated in "A closed space to
500 degrees Fahrenheit. Carboleum Is said
To be not dangerous rs an explosive. and
To require less heat for its application 10
machinery than steam.
The Iron Department. under the
Swedish Government, has forwarded 10
Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania.
collection of native ores. which will
doubtless be added to the attractions of
Par,lee Hall.
Among the methods proposed for
crossing the English Channel i the novel
one of an artificial isthmus. which is TO ex-
tend from the opposite coasts of England
and France. leaving small space for the
passage of ships. IL is estimated that the
expense of this work would not exceed
that Of the proposed tunnel.
Lady doctors are meeting with success
in Switzerland. Miss Maria Nogtln. VI.
D., who graduated last spring in Zurich.
after brilliantly sustained examination.
has settled there as a practitioner In dis
tsi~t> tl NOilltu anu Cnlluftsl. anu His al
ready obtained an extensive clientele. She
is now the wife Of Dr. Helm. one of the
professors i'm the faculty of medicine at
Zurich.
The construction of the Centennial
buildings at Philadelphia is making favor
able progress. The estimated cost Of the
enterprise i'm It's details has been published.
and IL appears that the greater part Of the
required sum is already secured. This i'm
cludes the means for the structure rs fol-
lows: Main building. 81. 600, 600; art gal
lery. 81 .JOO.000; machinery building.
$500. 000 and conservatory, S2O0.OoU. To-
tai, Si.500.000. The following expendi-
lures have yet TO be provided for: Agri-
cultural machinery building. S250OO0 :
water, gas. grading, railroad facilities, and
sanitary arrangements, Sl.OOO,OO0; general
administration, SjOO.0O0; and an addition
OF - per cent. for errors and contingent
cies. the whole amounting 10 S2.625 900.
IL Il gratifying to learn that there Is no
reasonable doubt of this sum being OBJ.
tained within the interval OF time remain.
ING. and reports show a largely increasing
interest throughout the country In favor OF
the enterprise.
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Foreign Notes.

" arieties of American cotton are now
being extensively grown in Algeria. no
fewer than nine thousand acres being at
present under cultivation for that purpose.
When the projected irrigation-works
are finished. at least one million acres of
land will be made available for cotton-cul-
ture.
A cabman named Mullen was charged
at the Police Court i'm Dublin the other
day with having on the previous night
driven into the canal and nearly drowned
five females whom he was carrying. When
a constable went 10 his assistance he coolly
toll him TO save the mare, but don 1
mind the women
In the early days of the London Times
the announcements of births. deaths and
marriages were made without charge. and
the sendcrs We're thanked for their COM
munications. In course of years a charge
was made for the announcements In queS-
ton. aud the column was playiully made
over to the then proprietor's wife as her
source of pocket money. The product Of
such a column would now suffice To main
tain middle-class household. dover the
daughters. establish the sons. and secure "A
handsome assurance for widow.
"A reporter of one Of the smaller jour
mails of Paris asked the manager of "A the
alter 10 give him two seats for "A certain per-
Torrance. The manager refused. and the
Journalist said to him. "lour retusal will
cost you 10000 francs (SS,000)." For six
months after. the paper to which the re-
porter was attached praised the thcatcr In
this wise Monsieur \. Is a magnificent
director. lie has q good company, and
his entertainments are excellent. His
management is intelligent. lie knows
what the people of Paris want. What "A
pity It Is that the staircases of the thcatcr
are of wood. fla fire should break out, the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15
Odds and Ends.

Rank is great bcautifier.-Bul,oer
Lytton.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
boyle.
We di>joint the mind like the body.
-Joubert.
Life is the art of being well deceived.
--Hasiin.
Pleasures couch is virtues grave
DugaHHs.
Gold that Is put TO use more gold be-
gets.-Shakspeare.
"A Harrisburg paper informs It's read
crs that when gentleman and lady are
walking upon the street, the lady should
walk inside of the gentleman" How the
lady is TO do this is not stated.
"A Leavenworth man told lie and
then said - hope TO be struck dead If !
have not spoken the TRUTH" He had
scarcely ceased speaking when he fell 10
the floor-a man having Knocked him
down.
-" You have a good husband, Betsy -
" I'm! $3.50 good enough "a men go.
BUT what makes you speak of him y
" He told me yesterday that in twenty
years he had never given you a cross
word" "Oh should think not, indeed
and he better not try it. either"
Smith Ito common mani" Good
gracious me. my man. what lot of fish
you've caught, How ever DO you bait
your hook: - Common Man" With 4
worm" Smith" Yes. TO be sure,
know that but you must do something
10 it," Common Man. Well. | spits on
it, Smiih-"So 10 - Common Mar
--'Ah. p'raps yon do. But p'raps you
don't chaw 'backy,'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15
. Impressions at Yokohama.

Our parties remained few days at lo-
kohama, making the usual excursions to
leddo. or more properly Toxic. Kama
kura, Enoshima and Daibutz. To most
OF us every thing was new and very
strange indeed, we imagined that many
things we saw were quite as strange TO the
natives as to ourselves, for the contact OF
European and Asiatic civilization has de-
veloped a bizarre life full of the oldest
contrasts. For instance, perhaps one Of
the most striking institutions of the coun-
try is the jinriksha, a sort of magnified
baby-cart, in which coolie draws "A full
grown man at the rate of five or six miles
an hour the most convenient cab I'm the
world. i'm which horse and driver are COM
bined i'm one. Well, on several occasions
we saw i'm these concerns European ladies,
elegantly dressed in full evening costume,
on their way TO some dinner party, drawn
by stout coolies whose only clothing Vas
the tattooing upon their backs. and brecch
cloths, four inches wide. One doesn't
mind il after while. but at first 1t seems
very odd. SO il did 10 see a naked coolie
operating a sewing-machine. The jinrik-
sha, by the way. Is a new thing, devised
only four or five years ago by one Of the
American missionaries. and so exactly
adapted 10 the country that IL Is fast be-
coming universal. In leddo alone there
are said TO be seventy thousand OF them.
and probably the estimate Is none too
large. The manners and ideas of the peo-
pie are all evidently i'm state of most
rapid transition. Every year, we are told
by the foreigners who reside in Japan,
produces great changes. and the nation
now seems rs anxious To adopt European
civilization as liz was determined To exclude
il ten years ago. Those who wish TO see
the Japan OF history must make haste.
Railroads, telegraphs and steamboats,,
rifles, sewing machines, petroleum and
coal gas are powerful alternatives when adj
ministercd TO nation. More profound
vet is the influence Of the waning faith in
their old religion. and a growing DISPOSE
ton to accept the cardinal doctrines OF
Christianity but what will be the final
outcome IL is not easy to foresee. On the
whole, the impression made by the people
and the country was very pleasant one,
such as would lead TO hopeiulness.-Cor-
resp ondence Ne,c Fork Tunes.
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ITEMS OF INTEREsT.


Prince George of Russia is writing a
drama. the subject of which is taken from
the Old Test ment.
-Froude. the historian. sailed from
England Tor Port Elizabeth and Natal
lately. te collect materials for a work ON
the South African colonies.
The Princess Of Wales, X Is noted re-
Gently. went 10 see fla Princessc Georges
i'm Paris. a play which the Lord Chamber
lain will not permit 10 be produced in
England.
The London correspondent of the Liy-
erpOOl Post says that il is confidently eX-
pected that John Bright will accept the in
VitatOn lac has received 10 visit this coun-
try in 1876.
1t Is 10 be hoped that Benjamin West
painted better than he spelled when he
wrote Mr.. llopkinson from London that
he was painting "A picture Tor King George
of"loung Haneble swariDg at the alter"
and signed ii "Adue with asteem."
Mr.. Murray announces "The Diary of
III. NJ. the Shah of Persia During his Tour
through Europe in 1873. Translated Yer
batim from the Original. ByJ. W. Red
house. Fellow of the Royal Asiatic So
ciety."
The Rev. DIR. 5. Wells Williams has
lust published his Chinese Dictionary. and
will soon return TO the United States. He
will be rendered the professorship of ORR
entail Languages in the University of Cali
fornia.
The word bumper is said To have had
its origin IN this wise When the English
were good Catholics they usually drank
the Pope's health-in full glass after din
ner-au bon pcre; now corrupted TO
sEmDer.
MIR. Serieant Cox has i'm the press a
treatise on "lleredity and llybridism,' i'm
which he will adduce the various facts and
arguments that support his theory of the
structure of all organized beings by the
junction OF two germs.
Miss Amanda Douglass's new book.
.'The old Woman who Lived i'm a Shoe, ="
is issued by a blunder with the following
dedication. intended for another publica-
ton: " In remembrance of many pleasant
hours spent at Woodside. this story of
love and faith. of wo.k and waiting. and
the gentle virtues that are none the less
heroic for blooming In the center of the
home circle. is dcdicaicd TO the happy
household Of Mr.. and Mrs. a. {. Ncu-
MANN"
secretary Bristow has officially decid-
ed that journalism Is a profession. under
the following circumstances An Amcri-
can journalist. who was returning from
Europe. bringing witL him "A considerable
quantity OF books for his own library.
held that The books were entitled TO be- en-
tered duty free. under that section of the
customs law, which makes provision for
the free importation Of books for the use
OF a library of physician. a lawyer and "A
clergyman. The tustom-house officers at
Baltimore, where the books were entered.
decided that journalism is not profess
sion. and that the books must pay duty.
An appeal was taken 10 the Secretary of
the Treasury, who has reversed their de-
tiSiOn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15
Unavailipg Sorrow.

When Mr.. Blank lost his wife he lay
down on the floor, and for seven hours
without intermission, except for meals. he
beat the carpet vehemently with his boot
heels. and cried, "What shall | doy'
When his elderly servant mildly said,
"She's in a better place" he beat the
ground still more violently. and roared
more piteously than ever. Still nothing
seemed to come of il. and echo merely
sent his wild question back again upon his
swelling heart. In sympathetic tone his
faithful attendant warned him that he
would wear himself out, whereat he be
came i.oonsolablc. and frantically ex-
claimed. "What shall doy" The elderly
woman advised him 10 look out of the
window awhile. He looked out, and In
six months he was newly man.
His neighbor, who had sustained a similar
loss, never groaned, and never married
again.-Dr. Pdyker ia Christian at Work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15

circles that Archbishop Manning has sub
mtted To the approval Of the Pope "A
scheme respecting the conduct of the I.O-
man Catholic Church in England In it,
eventual struggle with the Government.
The Russian Government is now con-
sidering "a proposal for the introduction OF
compulsory education IN the empire. The
provincial assemblies of OlonctZ and Via
dimir. several district assemblies. and the
Governors Of Smolensk. Pensa. Ekatevin-
o>ian. ka.an, OlOnetZ. Vladimir. aud Kos
troma have expressed approval Of the
scheme.
M. Burg, in a recent memoir TO the
French Academy OF Sciences, states that
workers in copper are never attacked by
cholera, while the operatives whose labor
in other metals j. OF similar character form
no exception. This fact has not only been
observed ia France, but IN Italy. Russia,
sweden, Spain. and Turkey. Nj. Burg
concludes that copper acts a. a protection
against the disease.
-Chaunccy Ross. OF Tcrrc IIauie. Ind.
has made "A donation 10 the Institutions To-
Gated there of S3J6.OOO. To the T.rre
Hautc School of Industrial Science he
gives S2O6.OOO, and To the Nigo County
Orphans Home Sl5O.O0O. He has before
given large sums i'm benevolence and
charity, Including 100000 10 the Ladies
Aid Society of that city, $4,000 10 Wa
bash College. and large sum To charities
i'm New York. He has also promised
100000 to the Indiana State Normal
School located at Terre Haute.
The Christmas mince-pie is historic.
Probably in staid New England the
worthy descendants Of the Puriians con-
sumo as many mince-pies now a any
other people. Yet time was when This
article was the cause of serious conten-
tions in the Church. and Puritan regard
ed il with the utmost detesta.ion. Org
inally the Ingredients used i'm mince-pies
had peculiar 81 nifcation. being intended
To represent the spices, myrrh. and pre-
cious gifts brought by the wise men OF
the East TO the infant Jesus
The LAYING on OF hands by the sister
hood. and presumably 80 imparting the
holy spirit, is a growing practice in Bap-
tist churches in this country. The women
leave their pews before the commences
ment OF the sermon. 20 into the pulpit.
and place their hands for a moment OH
the head of the preacher. Where the Ger
emory originated no body seems toknow.
IL was recently pracilocd in the Warren
Avenue Church, Boston. of which the
Rev. G.. +. Pentecost is pastor. Two
other Boston clergymen of the same de-
nomination demonstrated with Mr.. Ten
tecost. and were told by him 10 mind their
own business.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15
Prescribing the South.

In making up the special committee re-
commended by the President 10 inquire
into the condition of the South. which was
started with a view of keeping alive the
sectional agitation that now forms the
stock in trade of the Grant party, Mr..
Speaker Blaine followed the rule which he
has constantly practiced OF prescribing the
Southern States from any part whatever
in an investigation which directly concerns
their interests, character, and relations to
the L Mon.
The committee is composed Of seven
members, not one of whom is even per-
sonally familiar with the South, or knows
IL in any other way than by the political
record ana the general statistics. They
are as follows: G.. +. Hoar of Massa-
chusetts, w. A. Wheeler Of New York,
W. l.. Frye of Maine. Charles Foster OF
Ohio, w. w. Phelps ofNew jersey, J. G.
Robinson of Illinois, and Clarkson y.
Potter of New York. There are five Re
publicans against Two Democrats bur
that is not complained OF. because Mr..
Blaine has systematically packed every
committee in that fashion. and organized
the House upon basis of partisanship
such rs was never before known.
If the South was ever entitled TO fair
play, To the opportunity OF making inves-
/ ugauOn reality instead OF poAllca
sham. and of summoning witnesses who
would tell the whole truth, this was the
occasion. States and communities have
been arraigned by the President, by car
pet-baggers. by Republican officials and
committees, for violence and outrage in
the worst forms; and these charges have
been repealed by impartial witnesses sent
to the scenes OF the alleged crimes and by
the people on the spot. If there was any
desire for impartial inquiry. the South was
fairly entitled TO be heard in her own be
half, and to show the country how this
system of calumnv has been organized UNI
der orders from Washington.
That is precisely what Mr.. Blaine and
his following of agitators did not wish "a
do. Their game has been misrepresenia.
| ton always, and it will be continued "a
the bitter end without regard to conse.
quences. They have learned nothing
from the severe lesson which swept away
majority Of q hundred in the House OF
Representatives at the first dash. And
they will not awaken to the reality until
the iloodgates of public Indignation are
raised. and the last remnants OF broken
and demoralized party are scattered in ru-
in and disgrace.
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punished during the past summer and
fall. Many Of their warriors have been
slain their parties have been captured;
their squaws made captiyes, and many Of
the young braves made prisoners. They
are now coming In pleading for mercy,
and are altogether i'm very iorlorn and
wrctchod condition. A number OF the
most warlike and unmanageable chiefs
and warriors are now rejecting on the mu-
tation OF Indian fortunes In the military
prison at Fort Sill. Ii is probable that
these robber-warriors Of the plains viii
never more roam down into the pleasant
pastures Of Texas, as il is i'm eontempla-
ton 10 find for them am abiding place far
removed from their kindred and nations.
The war-like bands are pretty thoroughly
demorairzed, and the Indians who went
of on the war-path are in great destitu-
ton. having suffered the loss OF all their
ponies and equipments. A complete reg
ister is being made of all the members of
the Cheyenne, and Comanche bands. and
hereafter they will only be supplied when
they make personal application for relief.
The old way has been abandoned, and il is
contemplated TO try another method of
dealing with these rowing sayages.-N.
Louis Republican, 6h
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"A missionary settlement is 10 be es-
Sahlshed in Africa by the Church of Scot
land on Lake Nyassa, and named
Livingstone
Alta Univcrsnlst church fair. In Lo-
well. Mass. a country clergyman. astound-
ed by the lures and devices resorted to,
made a speech Of violent denunciation
The young ladies wept aud the young
gentlemen hustled him out.
1T is reported Ina Influential clerical
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15

Some Catholics Of st. John. New
Brunswick, are making an issue with the
Government by refusing topay the school
tax. Two priests We're arrested for resist
ance 10 the collection Of the tax, but were
released upon IL payment by a friend:
On the 9TH Of December some personal
property OF the Catholic Bishop OF 81.
John and also Of two cathedral priests was
seized for the same reason. The articles
seized were announced To be sold by pub
lie auction on December q.
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The Cheyennes and Comanches Sub
hitting.

General Sherman has Intelligence from
the Far West, which looks to a favorable
settlement Of the Indian question, at least
for the next four rive years. The Chey'
ennes and Comanches have been terribly
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-07
.loGoIKAN Us. IioGE

AIcorresp5ndentof "a of the News and
Courier suggests that as q Republican
Congress seated Hoge who was beaten
in 1868 by Reed the Democratic
Candidate, tile Democratic Congress
might retaliate and seat Gen McG Cow
an, who has more plausible grounds
for contesting the election. We are
willing if Hoge was fraudulenty cleo
ted for Gen MCGOWAN to take the seat,
but we are totally opposed to his taking
it on any other grounds. Let the
Democratic party do right, no matter
what Republicans may do.
Corruption may flourish for awhile,
but it is sufc ultimately to bring des-
truction in its train. However much
we may desire n voice i'll Congress, let
it be obtained fairly ornever.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-01-07
NEWS ITEMS.

Gen. Longstreetis in very bad health.
His right leg is crippled by disease,
and his sufferings have lefttheirmar
upon his face.
John Chestnut, representative, from
Kershaw, died in Camden on, Christ
mas day from an Excessive use of
spirituous liquors"
The Cospatrick was recently burn
ed at sea, and out of four hundred and
twenty four passengers only three are
known to have survived.
The New York Times says that
South Carolina, state in which the
masses cannot read and write, expen-
ded for public printing $50 900 more
than the great state of New York did
in 1873.
Congress seems to be divided upon
the subject of refunding the cotton tax
which has been declared to be uncon-
stitutional.
The best proposition yet made is that
Of Mr.. Smith of North Corolina which
is to use it as far as it can go towards
liquidating the debts Of the Southern
States.
Only one colored man will occupy
q sent in the United States Senate, in
the next Congress, and his will be that
once occupied by Hon. Jeff Davis.
Of the 175 Congressman elected this
fall, but four are colored.
THE Edgefield Advertise, notes the
burning of some thirteen pieces ofprop
erty since the election by incendiarics,
and calls the attention OF the reporter
or tie New 7 ork Herald to the facts.
1t cites the impossibility of obtaining
justice in the courts asjustifiealion for
the passage of the recent lynch law
resolution.