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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07
A Wealthy Pauper.

The Hudson q. y } Register says: Some
years ago there was appointed by the
Episcopal Church "a missionary among
the mountain towns of Greene County,
with headquarters mt Ashland. an Epi-co-
pal minister by the name OF Clark. who
came from Halifax. His duties were 10
preach wherever he was needed. ana for
this service he received the sum OF 500 a
year and whatever donations the inhabi-
lanls might feel inclined 10 give him, and
as the parish was poor. il did not amount
10 much, e> cept they would invite him 10
their houses and keep him for a week or
two and thus save his board. He was a
bachelor and hired room i'm an old house
in the village Of Ashland. with man who
was poor. miserable drunkard and only
did work enough To keep soul and body
together. and when Mr. Clark was not
boarding with some of his church MEM
bers he occupied these rooms, and every
body thought he did so from necessity,
but other developments proved To the con-
trary. About two weeks ago Mr.. Clark
was taken very sick, and the Rev. Mr..
Weeks. OF Caiskill. was sent for. and went
10 Ashland and did all he could To relieve
him; but the cali had been made. and after
a short sickness Mr.. Clark went 10 that
"bourne from whence no traveller re-
turns" After his death there was a sub.
scription taken up among the vii
layers to defray the expenses Of
his burial. rs they did not wish him buried
by the town. and he received a decent
burial. On the return from the funeral
those present thought it best to pick up
what things he had and save them for his
fliends. il they could be traced ont and
his death be made known TO them. Upon
opening an old chest-One which hardly
any one else would think worth using for
kindling wood-a package was brought
10 light from the Bottom, and on opening
IL Government bonds aud.sccurties by the
thousands were presented 10 the eyes OF
the a>tonished clergyman and villagers.
Another search revealed bank book and
the last will and testament. They Were
all carefully gathered together. and Mr.
Weeks brought them t. Catskill and de
posted them in the Tanners National
Bank. Yesterday they were opened and
counted in the presence Of the officers OF
the bank and others, and there were found
Government bonds and securities 10 the
amount of $1,000; also a bank book
showing he had deposit a in a bank in
New York $4,000. Total. 100000. His
will was also opened. and il was found
he had willed 10 st. Luke's Hospital quite
"a III ,-t sum dDtiiA iidil lht dilloltul W
his brother. If alive. il not. 10 his broth
er's son. and appointed his brother. or his
son, executor. He also gave each church
that he ever preached in a small amount.
and every servant that he had ever had.
giving the name of each one. The proper
steps have been taken 10 notify his
friends. ii alive, OF his death. and they
are expected every day. when further de
velopments will probably be brought 10
light as 10 how he came by so large an
amount of money.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07
Foreign Notes.

Foreign Notes.
1t is expected that the trial of Count
Arnim. before the Court OF Second In
stance, will take place in May. The Court.
on application, does not insist upon the
Counts personal attendance.
London has another new industry
A man advertises himself as "knocker-up
and " indow tickler. from three To seven" >
He wakes heavy sleepers who wish TO get
up early. Window tickling is waking with
ringing the bells. and by means OF "A long
pole, with which he taps on the window
pane.
An English sportsman who visited
the mountain towns of Italy. during Feb
ruary. saw, in single day, as many as
fifty starved deer found in the forests.
stays, last winter. often ran into the viii
lagos and died from exhaustion after be-
ing captured. Throughout Italy the
weather was unusually severe.
some Anti-Naccination delegates
recently waited upon a candidate for the
BRUSH House Of Commons. and asked
him. whether If they voted for him. he
would support the repeal of the Compul-
sorry Vaccination act. His answer was.
" III YOU will only vote for me tomorrow.
you NAV get The smallpox the next day
IL you like" The answer was not consider
ed perfectly satisfactory.
The Italian Government. following
the course 1t has already adopted on pre-
,ious occasions. will gratuitou>ly distri-
butte this year 1000 plants of the Eucdtyp-
'ss Giobnius. for cultivation In the Agro
Romano, especially in the spot infected by
ma.aria The plants will be- allotted TO all
who aprly for them. and who will give a.
suranccs thar they are TO he used for the
purpose stipulated.
"A discovery of great interest TO Egypt
ologists and anIiquarians generally is re-
ported from Port said. \ learned arcnG-
ologist in that place has just found a
monumental stone 10 Thotmes ILL.,. under
whose reign (lI9l Il. CO. the exodus ofthe
lsraelitics Is supposed to have taken place.
The inscriptions already deciphered contain
more than 400 geographical names. all
recognizable. ana for the most part be-
longing to Arabia. Armenia. Nubia and
the coasts of the Mediterranean.
Hundreds of thousands Of chtfinches
and skylarks are annually slaughtered
along The Dutch coast and last autumn
a hirdcatcher near the Hague caught no
less than eleven thousand chafiinches I'm
the course OF six weeks, and these bird
catchtrs may be counted by hundreds. In
Austria. Itaiy and Spain matters are worse
still: in those countries not only chat
iinches and larks. but even robins, night
ingalcs. titmicc. wagtails. in fact all kinds
of small birds that may be caught. are
brought to the market for food.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07

The Paris fagro thus neatly answers
an anonymous correspondents: "A note,
written by femslc hand, asks MS why, ia
polite society. etiquette allows a lady to
pay a visit with her veil down really do
not know, madam but ! would bet II l.
the ugly ones who set the fashion. and
that il Is only the pretty ones who make
inquiries about IT,"
In one Of the southern sanitara Of In
Ola, during the Christmas holidays. the
resident mis- ion ny sent his watch around
one Sunday with list Of the names of the
parties who were 10 see II to regulate their
own watches, so az TO insure punctuality
in church. Three strange gentlemen,
installing the worthy parsons meaning,
and prompted by the charity peculiar TO
the season, put their names In the list for
1.-TWO tickets EACH and added memo
randum. asking when the rattle would
come off" The missionary's horror on
receiving back the list may be better i'm
agined than described.
Some time since. on one of the North
River boats, lady who had attracted
much attention from the masculine turn
OF her manners and conversation was seat
ed at the table opposite a gentleman,
who, I'm taking some butter, In the absence
ol Tue usual knDc, USED MS own, winch
the lady observing. called To the waiter.
Wait-ta, bring another plate Of butter
That man." pointing TO the gentleman,
"had his knife in this" The unfortunate
wight almost sunk under the curious
gaze Of all the company. but said nothing.
determined 10 watch his opportunity to
return for the cruel modification change
in her own coin. He waited but a mo-
ment. when plate of dried beef was
handed TO the lady. who unceremoniously
took some in her fingcrs, and placed ii on
her plate. Wait-tav' exclaimed the
gentleman. i'm turn. "bring another plate
of beef. That woman has had her fingers
in this a most ungallant roar from all
the company fairly turned the tables
against the lady. and she had the good
sense TO acknowledge its desert, and join
heartily in the mirth itcrcated.
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Science and Industry.

There are fourteen thousand regis
lcred men and women cigar-makers in
New lork City. besides enough children
~ both sexes To run the number up TO
twenty thousand.
Professor Core has prepared for the
Smithsonian Institution lit or al the
reptiles which have been hitherto discov-
cred m America north of Mexico. OF j37
Slcces admitted by HIM. l25 are snakes.
y lizards, II turtles. and , crOcodilians.
-Cotton-seed is becoming one Of the
principal exports of Egypt. In 1850. 900
twt oniy were exported from that cOun-
ny, while last year 3.I9O. $50 cwt. were ex-
ported. the value being e11O.OOO. Eng
tty.
The only mandatory of wooden
,kewers IN the world. il i supposed. ex-
~ m Toledo. Ohio. whence millions Of
lhem are shipped to England. They are
made by machinery from hickory blocks.
helwecn $1,000 and 10000 are turned out
every day.
Virginia has recently followed the
Example Of so many of her sisters. and
pa,sed bill authorizing the appointment
% fish Commissioners by the Governor.
an appropriation OF ~. 800 j. made for the
VApense. a commission was appointed
uy Virginia in 1871. but without any
money appropriation, and nothing of any
practical moment was done by the gentle
men appointed as Commissioners.
"A survey il going on to find the diff
r.,renee Of elevation between the he'd Of
nei River above the raft and Trinity
l.Ver OF Texas near Gainesville, not far
nom The source. The object j. To report
up0n the feasibility OF turning the waters
y He'd River into the Trinity. with a view
~ Improving the navigation of the latter.
anu retaining the valley of the former
IRON annual foundations by floods.
"A Tennessee farmer who has emf
grated 10 Texas, has solved for himself
me Southern labor problem, by the en-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Charles Kingsley left an estate OF but
ci.Oo0. s.s
Miss Sallie Frellnghuysen. youngest
l.nghter OF the New Jersey senator, il
solns 10 marry son Of Bancroft Davis.
Winnie Ream has obtained eight de
srees of Freemasonry, and is said To be
o,lre proud Of her honors, which were
entered by Albert Pike.
-Of "Old Probs." the Boston Adver-
a,,r saws: I'm all probability no man
ba. rendered more signal service to the
country than Gen. A. j. Meyer"
The house occupied by George Ban
croft. IA Washington, where he Is com
melting his history. has had for its ten
snt. James X. Paulding. Washington
Irving John L. Kennedy. William Writ.
Peter Force and Jared Sparks.
The late Henry w. Duuon, of the
Boston Transcript. had been identified
with the art Of printing longer than any
man IN Boston. He was foreman OF
printing Office In Boston in which James
Gordon Bennett was copy-holder.
The author of the Little Johnny
Compositions" which have been so wide
Is copied, both in England and America.
/. Californian named Bcane. He was
formerly connected with the San Francis
co Ne,os letter, but went to England.
where he soon made hit as "A humorous
writer on the London Fun.
Gen. Edward Sabine, Of England. re-
Gently elected corresponding member for
the class Of eography and Navigation of
he French Academy, j. in his s7th year.
10 the War of 1872. he commanded the
British batteries az the siege of Fort Erie.
and has been as well known in scientific a.
% military affairs for many years.
General Spinner. who retircs as United
States Treasurer. will pass hi. summers at
Hickory Grove his home on the Mo-
hawk. ia New y ork. and will spend the
winters with his daughters in Flor da. In
going 20 and returning from Florida he
viii stop several days ia Washington.
" This T. about the way have dreamed
ont how | shall spend The remainder OF
ms lie, said the General. On being
asked il ne would 20 into any business he
replied 30. no am too old. | shall
step back and give the boys chance"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07
school and Church. .

The aggregate force of all boards and
societies in Japan is but one ordained mis-
.ionary for each million OF people.
The German .Jesuits. II j. stated. have
selected Syria a. new field of operations.
Twenty houses have been purchased for
them at Beyrout.
There are 2I7 students in Bowdoin
College. ofwhom I3are seniors. 10 juniors,
~ sophomores. - freshmen. - medical
students. aud postgraduate.
The llirois State Camp-meeting As
ISOLATION have decided 10 hold camp
meeting near Towdnda. commencing Au-
gust !. and continuing nine or ten days.
The American College and Education
n society has aided thus far during the
present year 800 young men. The sum
Of s. .255 has been paid by il since January
60 students preparing for the ministry.
-Penns glyania contains one million two
hundred thousand children of school-going
sge. employs nearly eighteen thousand
school, teachers. and owns nearly ten
thousand school-houses.
The buildings of the Vanderbilt Uni.
gersiiy. Nashville. of which our great rail-
way king l. the founder, are rapidly APP
preaching completion. The literary. sci
enifc. aud theological departments will
re open in October next.
The Princtto College Gymnasium
contains five billiard tables. donated by a
Freshly terrain merchant. NJ the special So
acllatIon OF President McCO-h. That re-
moves the temptation 10 visit places where
intoxicating liquors are sold.
Professor Neil. of Amherst College,
I. interesting himself to form an Ameri-
can Alumni Association, under the aus
plces OF which general meeting of the
alumni ot American colleges may be held
y Philadelphia during the Centennial eel
ebration there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07

A Floral Swcll--rhe dandelion.
Why IS L the gaycst letter in the al
phabcts Because is the center of fun.
Rhode Island bristlcs with spelling
matches. Some of the dictionary words
reach clear across the State.
"A Louisville mans remarks to his
wife about carrying Goals to Newcastle
are quite Ineligible now that his name
Is known To be Broomback.
In Bcloochistsn, when girl agrees to
marry young man aud then flunks out.
the mother can lawfully claim one of the
maiden's ears, and the maiden can walk
of on the other.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07
The Way TO Get Along.

Twenty clerks in store. twenty hands
In a printing office, twenty apprentices in
a shipyard. twenty young men in vii
lage-all want to get along in the world,
aud expect 10 do SO. One of the clerks
will become partner, and make for
tune one of the compositors Will own =
newspaper. and become an influential
citizen; one OF the apprentices will be-
come master builder one of the young
VILLAGERS will get a handsome farm. and
live like a patriarch-but which one is the
lucky individual, '.nckv2 There is no
luck about il. The thing j. almost rs GER
tain Is the rule of three. The young ic'-
low who will distance his competitors is
he who masters his business. who pre-
serves his integrity, who lives cleanly and
purely, who devotcs his leisure to the ac-
QUESTION of knowledge. who gains friends
by deserving them. and who saves spare
money. There are some ways to fortune
shorter than this old, dusty highway but
the staunch men of the community. the
men who achieve something really worth
having, good fortune, cool name, and
serene old age, all go in this hard, dirty
road.-Erchonge.
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ployment Of Mexicans rs laborers. In n
letter Ia "A Tennessee journal he saws that
the new hands, while slower than negroes.
do their work much more efficiently that
they are steady and industrious. aud thar
the cotton raised and picked by them com
mands higher price In the market than
that grown by negroes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07

"A man in Sacramento read on sign,
+" Oysters In every style fer twenty-five
cents !" so he went i'm and bad raw. Try,
stew. pan roast, and fancy roast. and when
he got through he put down a quarter,
saying to the astonished caterer. " Ihat's
what your sign says"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07
Hap. aud yIishaps.

"A farmer near Fort Dodge. Iowa, re-
Gently ate wild root. and died a few hours
afterward In great agony.
The storehouse of +. III. Bernard. az
Little Rock. Ark was blown up by the
explosion ola keg Of powder a few days
ago, ana Mr.. Bernard was seriously IN
jured.
George Miller, railway employee,
undertook To get on a train in motion In
Cincinnati, the other night, and was
thrown between the car wheels. which
passed over his neck, cutting his head
completely from his body.
&C. II. Joplin, second clerk of the
steamer Mary Ament, was drowned AT the
wharf In Memphis. recently. by his skiff
becoming entangled in the wheel of the
Steamer Quickstep, and capsizing. Two
boats at once started To his relief, but
when one Of them was within only few
feet Of him, he was drawn under the
barge and disappeared.
"A woman named Ellen Shearm. work
ing at the Gardner House, In Chicago,
was caught by the dress in the elevator Of
the hotel. and after being carried up some
feet. her dress gave way. and she fell
distance Of 30 feet. crushing her skull aud
killing her instantly.
AT Milwaukee, few days ago. JUL.
ana kuffenkam, an aged lady, was knock
ed down by a runaway horse. The ami
NAL had taken to the sidewalk. and. as the
lady was trying 10 get out of the way,
shaft entered her side, causing frightful
wounds, from which she died shortly al
ter.
Several weeks ago, man named
George Boude arrived az Walnut Station.
on the Rock Island Road. west of Dies
Moincs, Iowa. He had with lin several
horses. wagon. farm implements. and
house nearly framed, To put up a. soon a.
he could purchase land. One day last
week he went 10 the stable TO feed his
horses, and, lin a few moments after. the
man with whom he was stopping went TO
the stable. and found him hanging by The
neck 10 the roof. dead. Considerable
money was found In his possession. No
reason can be discovered for the rash act.
a most brutal murder was commit
ted near Fort Gibson, 1. T., few nights
since. sam Usage, a member OF the
Cherokee Council, was shot i'm three
places, and his throat cut from ear 10 ear,
by another Cherokee. Ii appears that the
murdered man had started from town on
his way home, when he was fired at once
in his wagon, and then jumped out and
tried 10 escape his savage assailant, but
was oyertaken and literally shot and cut
To pieces. Some of the bullets went
the victims body. and his clothes
We're burned. showing that the shots had
been fired in proximity. \ well-known
Is supposed 10 be the murderer.
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This Is the realistic way in which a
California miner describes n hotel elcva-
tor: Through the center of the house
shaft Is sunk, and IL contains a cage. in
which the guests ascend To and descend
from the different lcyels.r
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07

The church property of Rhode Island
exempted from taxation amounts TO ST.
ll1.2OU.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-27
THE 0URrH.

COURT IN GENERAL TERN.
To day, Shaffer agt Lennon; submitted.
Smith agt- Thompson; argument COM
meDced.
EQUITY CoURr-y.afoe DIN
Barbour and Hamilton agt. Van Hook; de-
cree pisi ratifying trustees sale. Vaoden-
Nandel ct al; orders for appearance OF alb
sent defendants.
POLICE CouRr-y.doe S.ea.
After our report closed yesterday. James
OBrien-a light affair-was fined one cent
end costs. David Kent, assault on Martha
A. Slaughter; $40 and costs. Warren Miles,
Roster; suspended. Simon Martin. colonel.
charged with keeping a bawdy house on 49,
street; 500, or six months in Jail Warren
Miles alias James Simms, larceny of some
cigars valued at go; six months in jail.
Samuel Alexander, profane; IS. Peter Ross,
indecent exposure; IS. Norman Primmer
and John Murphy, disorderly conduct; IS
So, or 20 days. Richard Bumbry, trespass on
park; IS. Felia Smith. profane; As. Frank
Wilson, violation OF cart law; IS. Joseph
Fisher, same; So Annie Ray, disorderIy: s.
John Henry Wheeler, profane; SIS. Edward
Johnson, vaRrancy; down 20 days. George
Washington, disorderly assembly; IS. Same.
Taylor, profane; s.. Annie Morris, profane:
So. Robert Sherlock, profane; SIS Samuel
Alexander. profane s5. Joseph Pinkney.
dlsorderly conduct; $40. Thomas Muhling,
profane; IS.
TODAY.
Henry Himher, driving on footwalk fnr-
feited collateral. Geo. White profane a, d
Indecent language; -. Also charged with
being vagrant. Mr.. Theodore Shekells tes-
TINED that ne found this man lying behind
the door in his vestibule last night He
play Ell drunk, but on being snaIxed out and
ied OF 10 the station house his drunk van
lshed ard he showed fight; workhouse ninety
days. Mickle Sylvania, street swearing; IS
Seorglana Murray, vagrant; down. John
FRITZ, street curslng; s5. Ex-Judge John
Nelson, charged with Profanity, begged to
he let of this time, as he would never be
guilty OF repetition of the offence The
court reminded him that he had promised so
once before, and he never allowed a man to
go BACK on him second time; SIS. Theo-
dore StrattOn, forfeited collateral. Warner
Miles. charged with larceny of a coat worth
IS; continued. Robert Stevenson, larceny OF
SILVER watch and some money from Ed
ward A. Duncan; $50 and costs or sixty days
IN jail. George johnson and Charles Will
Iams, ARRAY; 50 each. Annie Montrife,
threats To Louis Barterie, 800 to keep the
peace. Albert DOdson, assault. on Thomas
ID. Luekett: $50 and costs. Thomas Young.
assault on Joseph Galloway; 500 and costs or
sixty days.
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GEORG ETOWN,

BUILDING AsSoCIATION.-At a meeting
or the 9Th building association, held at Cod
dard's hall last sht, Is shares were sold, at
an average of $3.50.
The OFFERINGS OF WHEAT at the Mer-
chants' exchange to-day amounted to $500
bushels. Sales OF ., 100 bushels, at from Il -
to Sl.4i.
RIVER AND CANAL.-ATived, schooner
Lizzie Reagan, from Alexandria, with I,lO0
bushels wheat for Hartley 4 Bro schooner
Chauncey KRAFT, from VInal Haven, Me.
with stone TO Simons: schnr Mary II. Rand,
nom Philadelphia, with coal to Solomon
slower; schooner American Eagle, from
Norfolk, with 10000 feet lumber and so 900
shingles for j. & j. r. Libbey, and 90 900 feet
lumber and 10000 shingles for Wheatley
brothers; schooner Francis Barram, from
James river. Va, with 90 900 feet lumber for
Wheatley Brothers; schooner Ocean Belle
nom Ninal Haven, Me-, with stone for 81
mons. By canal-bOat Wheeler & Barron,
with 800 bushels wheat for Hartley & Bro =,
and zoo ditto for H. NJ. Talbot; boat Caledo-
MIA, with $500 bushels wheat and 200 bushels
corn for Hartley Il Bro.
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FyNANCsAh avn C.wmrur..
The MAFReM,

BALTIMORE. Oct. T-Virginis 6's, peeIers. A.:
Virginia consols, 63ss West yirginias, Q; North
Carolina skies ne~, s; DO. special tax, bid to day
Sugar quiet aud steady. l01salO3.
BALTIMORE, Oct. q Cotton shade firm er-mid
ding, lSes: Flour quiet aud unchanged. whea,
MN and fairly active and unchanged Corn-south-
ern, aniet western nominal, southern white, 75a7S
uihern yellow, ll,73. Oats dull-sou,heru. a46;
western white, 4la44:. western mixed. 32s4l. Rye
duli and nominal 15as0 Hay dull-Mary lana and
Ponnsy lyania, 20 0ea2iC0 Provisions steady and
MIN ana unchanged. Pork, % u0a23 20. Lard
steady-rsfned, l4lials. Butter quiet and steady
western extras 80, DO. frsts 25s27. Petroleum uu-
changed Coffee dull and nomnai-Rio cargoes
Il6h. '''
NEW YORK, Oct. Z.-Stocks active Money. g.
Gold, ISIS Exchange, long, 4791i; short, <5i. Gov
erDDents sctive and strong.
NEW YoRK, Oct T.-Flour more steady Wheat
shade frmer. Corn advancing.
LONDON, Oct. y, 4D p. m-Erie, 49,. Paris
dispatches quote rentes IS fraDca rs confines