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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-21

1t j. said that the Partisan actor.
Latouche. who personaie> Abraham
Lincoln in the absurd drama "L@s
Chevaiiers d. "A Parrie, has i makeup
50 artistic that his resemblance to the
dead President j. absolutely startling.
The Khediyeof Egyp; i the largest
land owner in Egypt. lie Inherited
much. and has purchased more one
fifth 81 the arabic land in the country
belongs u him. yet he j. unable - make
his farming pay. and he i heavily
weighted BY mortgage.
Probably the largest bequest that
has been made in England during the
present century was that Of a private
gentleman named Heyrick. Of Beau
manor House. who recently ~bequeathed
to n son IF Earl Howe real and per
sDnal property Of the value Of S22,Vo0,-
GU.
The Duke Of Athole-ihe principal
Murray If ~Scoiland-is a young gentle
man ~ So, who holds one dukedom. two
marquisates, five ~earld0ms. three titles
a. viscount. and twelve a. haron-twen-
ty-thrce titles in AT. siN more than any
other nohleman in the United Kingdom.
The largest telescope in the world,
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Long speech.

The longest speech on record i be-
heved - have been that made BY Mr..
DE Cosmos. in the Legislature Of Brit
i~h Columbia. when ! measure was
pending whose passage would take
from = great many settlers their lands
DE Cosmos was in \ hopeless minority.
The Job had been held back till the eve
II the close If the session; unless legis-
l-ti0n was taken before noon Of q given
day the act Of cOnfiscafiOn would fail.
The day before the expiration Of the
Limitation DE Cosmos got the -four about
~ - m, and began \ speech against
the bill Its friends cared little. for
they supposed that by OF , O'Clock
he would be through. and the bill could
BE- put On H. passage. One O'Clock
came and De Cosmos VA speaking still
hadn't more than entered upon his
subject. Two o'clOck-he was saying
= in the second place" Three O'Clock
he produced a fearful bundle OF EVIL
dence- and insisted on reading It. The
majority BEGAN 70 have 4 suspicion nf
che tru-h-he was going - speak I'll,
next nnOn and kIl tine bill. For a while
they mzse merry over IL but. a. it came
on 10 dusk. they BEGAN 20 yet alarmed.
They tried Interruptions. but seon ahan-
doned them because each one afforded
him . chance % digre~s and gain time.
They tired 10 shout him down, but
that gave him a breathing space. and
finally ther settled doWn 10 watch the
combat between strength II will and
weakness 81 boiy. They gave him no
mercy. No adjournment for dinner .
ns chance 10 DO more than wet his lips
with water. No wandering from his
subject. no sitting down. Twilight
darkened: the gaS was lit. members
slipped out % dinner in relays. and re-
turned a. sleep in squads, but De Cos
mo- went On. The Speaker, 10 whom
he was addressing himself. Was alter
naiely DOING. snoring. and trying 20
look wiieawake. DAy dawned. and the
majority slipped out in squads 10 wash
and breakfast. and the speaker still
held on. IL can't be said It was 4 very
logical. eloquent. or sustained speech.
There were digresSi~ns in il. repetitions
also. But still the speaker kept on ;
and. AZ last. noon came TO a bailled
majority. livid with rage and impotence,
and n single man, who was triumphant,
though his voice had sunk to a husky
whisper. his EYES were almost shut, and
were ble2red and blOodshot, his legs
totiered under him. and his baked lip
yer cracked and smeared with blood.
he Cosmos had spoken t~wenty-siN
hours, and saved the settlers their
lands
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most II them in Massachusetts. re-
quiring 10000 cubic feet 81 white birch.
The Tampa (Fa-) Sialand says
the cedar pencil-mills II that place are
cutting AZ the rate u 2l6.OOp pencils per
day, and giving employment q about
40 men and boys.
The journal de PharaacIe states
that Il, 10 a strong solution Of gum
arabic. measuring ~ fluid Ozs., a solu-
tion Of 80 grains sulphaie Of aluminium
dissolved in OF. water be added, a
very strong mucilage Is formed, capa-
hle ~ fastening wood together. 0r Il
mending porcelain or glass
Superintendent KIlebrcw, II the
Tennessee Bureau ~ Agriculture,
Statistics and Mines. has received . let
ter from Mr. SamuclSon. NJ. r., who
represents a capital Of S2j.D00.Oe0 in
vested in iron manufactures in England.
signifying All intention u establishing
a branch Il his house IN Tennessee. A
Pittsburgh capitalist has also made a
proposition 10 invest IA Tennessee
mineral lands.
The annual report Of the Cincin-
matt Chamber ~ Commerce upon pork
packing gives the total packing for the
season al 4,SjO,l 9z, against 5,557.l24
last year. The average gross weight
this season vas 2726l-lcy pounds
against 263.f1 last season. Total Weld
Of mess pork this season 1864 bhls
against 5Ui.sf3 last year. Total pro-
duet II lard l7i.S3. $3.50 pounds against
1913, 49, s0 pounds last year. Decrease
IN number q hogs compared with pre-
Yiuus season 1874 per cent
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Hap. and

maps ana hAshaps.
George HOuser and his sister. who
lived II Tuscarora. Pa, were q few DAYS
since bound. gagged and beaten 20 -
vereiy 10y burglars that the latter has
died. The house was robbed Of some
money and iewelry.
AT Delhi. Iowa. sarah White. aged
IL. got tired Of life. She procured =
shotgun, dropped seven buck,hot into
the barrel, placed the muzzle against
her heart, pulled the trigger with 4
string, and thus put An end - her ex-
istence.
-Dona l.. Stanford. a Young man II
Erie. Pa. committed suicide last week
by shooting himself In the head with 4
revolver. He was wealthy. and 10 mo-
tive i assigned for the deed except tenn
porary insanity.
y. w. Jordan, Of Toronto, Ont,
about 80 wears OF age. committed sui
eide al B~onney's Hotel in Buffalo. afew-
days ago. by taking prussic acid. He
made a viii directing that his body DE-
sold 10 Inc highest bidder 10 pay the ex-
penses II his funeral.
John Ham, an old resident II Mis-
hawaka. Ind. aged - wears. the other
day took n small rope and hung him
self from a ladder in his barn. lie was
discovered and cut down. bu; not until
life was extinct. He had contemplated
suicide for some months.
At Columbus, o., on the sih. Pat
ri,S Pickens, . laborer. while in a
drunken frenzy, shos and killed his son,
aged Il, for assOciating with BOYS who.
IN the estimation IL his father. were not
suitable company for him Pickens
was At once arrested. and admitted his
guilt. He vas wild with remorse, and
declared that he would commit suicide
Joseph Vaughan, u Siilesville.
Ind. attempted 10 board > train. snder
full Roadway. At Greencasfle. on the
"a. and fell beneath the wheels. Thir-
teen ears passed over the lower half II
his body. reducing il 70 an indistinEuish-
able mass. lie had been cautioned not
to make the attempt. Tie leaves a wife
and one child
Mrs. Drake, wife Il Albert Drake.
living near II. Johns. Mich, went 10
Detroit a few DAYS ago for the purpose
81 hAfiN-> nNit teeth h-4Al-l
the dentists wish, il issaid. chlor0form
was administered. and aftertwo inhalA-
tons she seemed 10 sink SWAY Al
efforts 70 revive her proved useless. and
the young woman. buitwo months mar
ried, was carried home a corpse
Henry Thorman. \ German. sged
a.. employed in Huffon's coffin factory.
Al Richmond. Ind. had his left arm
caught in = belt and Was drawn % the
ceiling. and whirled around = shafiing
making 2u1 revolutions q minute. Be
fore tie machinery could be stopped
the arm was completely torn from the
shoulder, and be fell to the floor. leav-
ing the arm wrapped about the shaft
Three ribs were also broken and lie sus-
tanned such internal injuries that there
was no chance for mis- recovery.
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the Treasury Of the United States, and the
doors Of the prison opened, that he and his
friends may welcome them rN
Dther leaders were more discreet. and
kept their lips closed from policy. but they
all regard the Court with resenfmocf, for
having placed a judgment on rec0cd that
brands their legislation a. unwarrDSftd and
void. This decision IL n great step toward a
return TO constitutional methods, and i'm
view OF the political construction Of the
Court, il an eyentful achievement. There
are seven Republicans In the Court, besides
Justices Davis and Clifford.
To Mr.. Justice Davis more than 10 any
other member % this tribunal Is due the
credit ~ a judgment which practically re-
wives the proper relation Of the States and
the General Government. lie struck the
brst blow after the war in the memorable
Milligan ease, for the subordinatiOn 81 the
military 10 the civil authority; and this last
declaration l. in the line Of completing a
series ~ judgments which viii restore the
Supreme Court 10 it, ancient standing, and
bring back the Government 10 the hOnored
paths prescribed by the Constitution.
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valued AZ 60.cn0 thalers. i being manu-
featured ~ Dublin for tn Vienna OBJ
servA.ory. IL viii be thirty-twO feet
long. the o~bjective-glass viii measur
twenfy-six inches, and the large brass
cover will weigh well nigh eight tons,
thus surprising fha; Of the Paris OBJ
servatory-
Peter Campbell, Of s.. George ".
b., who claims the Scottish title II
Marquis II Brrdalbane. has placed his
ease IN the hands q three law firms in
England and Scotland He feels conf
dent 81 success, and a. the estates are
worth SJQ0,pp0 = year they are worth
irving for. Al the same time, the names
If tie claimants 10 this pcerage who
have appeared since the death Of the old
Marquis in Is. have been legion.
DR.. Julius Frobel has been trans
ferred from the German COnsulship in
smyrna 10 that Of Algiers. DIR. FrObel,
in ISIS, Was tried, with Robert
Blum, in Vienna, by COurt-mar-
tia. and condemned 10 death. Blum
VA, shot early one morning, but Frobel
was pardOned and expatriated. He
came 10 New York, and remained in
that city until the Austrian amnesty
for political ofenses was issued, when
he returned Ia Vienna In 1856 he re-
moved 10 Munich, where he published
and edited the Soslh GcrnsIg Press. He
j. Il years II age
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[sperlal D rhe So 90 an.

WASHINGTON. April 2.-The recent de-
cisi0n Of the supreme Court. virtually an
nulling the Enforcement act and rrbuking
In the ~terne-t manner the partisan legisla-
tion which has ~parllyzed the Southern
>tstes. l. the hardest blow the Republican
party has yet received from that tribunal.
When these outrageous laws were rushed
through Congress without any other reason
70 Justify them except the desire 70 CONSOLE
date the ne-rD vote Of the ~O..th and to
hold that section A. A political satrtpy. they
were known 10 be- unconstitutional. But
the Constitution wa stamped under foot by
the REVOLUTIONARY leaders. whose only de-
sire Wa Q. secure the possession " power.
The scandals which to-day provoke % much
Indignation and bring the name and insti-
tutiOu- Of this country into disrppute are
the natural result II these excuses. Cor
rupticn became 4 necessity ~ party. and IL
penetrated every department q he public
service.
Ifthese desperate men had now the con-
troll over legislation. which they held a few
years ago. there would be no hesitation in
Gripping the Supreme Court. A. they Their
repeatedly threatened 70 do. until menace
anil assault effected the object which they
desired II the time. IL judgments are only
respectedby them when they conform %
the demands Of faction, and disregard the
obligations % the written charter.
What effect the decision has produced on
the minds II administration leaders may be
Inferred from expressions in the Senate.
which. though subdued in terms for effect
leave no doubt ~ the malignant spirit which
animated the speakers. Mr.. Morton said
The Senator has referred 10 the deci-
sions Of the supreme Court on Monday.
shall be frank enough 20 say that 4 reqdrc
those decisions as an ~fOrtUndte, but IL j. no
nv business or duty here TO ~criticise then
or endeayOr TO explain them.
IL do not know whether the Supreme
Court laid that referring 90 the construc
ton given to the Fourteenth Amendment
but II they did, 30 far as i am concerned,
IrsyMdidfs 40 aftsYfy.~
Mr. Boutwell, was still more offensive II
his u~ttsrances, and could not even checl
himself within the limits Of deccncy in de
bate. n will be seen by the following words
1.-The senator from Delaware. under n
sanction II the opinion n ne >uprtmi
\ CoHrf rendered on Monday last. looks Z,
the lime when the ku-klux, some 81 whom
were fined and others Of whom are impris
oned, are 10 have their fines returned fror
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ITEMS OF
Personal and Literary.

Pour New Hampshire Governors
and Cheney, Smyth,
Straw ard Stearns-haye started on a
six-weeks' fraierual jaunt, with their
families, for California.
Col. W. g.. r. B~reckinridge, a
brother of the late ex-vice-Prcsiden
Breckinridre, will deliver an address
May ?, al the unyailing 81 4 monument
10 the Confederate dead At Bowling
Green, Nv
Jefferson Davis viii sail for Europe
on the 1T II May. se will pass some
six or eight months in London and on
the Continent 10 promote the establish
ment Of a direct trade with the cities OF
the Mississippi Valley
Newspapers all over the land have
a good word 20 say for Susan b. An
thony because she has by hard work
succeeded IN pay ing on the $4,000 that
she owed hy reason of the failure Of her
woman's paper-the Revolution.
Prof. Proctor delivered three as
tronomical lectures recently before an
audience Of seventeen hundred people
in Minneapolis. Mimi, a frontier town
which twenty-five years ago was an IN
dian reservation.
old time habits and associations
are very powerful. Ch~ief-lusiice
Waite. Attorney-General ~Pierrepon;,
VIM. NJ. Evarts and Senator Dawes
were among Mr.. Taft's pupils in Yale,
and they say hat since the new Sccre-
iary appeared in Washington, all the
gentl cmen named have manifested an
un~accountable disposition TO get around
the nearest corner whenever he heaves
in sight.
The lady whose name now appears
at the head of the New Orleans PicdviSne
A. proprietor sometimes woos the
muses.. She is the widow o. the late
Mr.. Holbrooke. and viii be assisted by
George Nicholson. a. business man
ager, and George w. Lloyd, - manag-
Ing editor. Mrs. Holbrooke is known
in the literary world under the nom dc
plume Of Pearl Rivers.
The trousseau Of Miss Yznega del
Vale, Of New York City. who j. TO mar
~ the NiScount Vaudeville, son Of the
English Duke 81 Manchester, viii cost
$4,000. She Is said to be one Of the
most beautiful women in America. The
wedding will take place in May at Trini
" Chapel, and will be celebrated by
Bishop Potter and the Rev. Morgan Dix.
The Duke OF Manchester and family
will cross the ocean 10 witness the cere-
mOny.
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Yesterday afternoon. SAYS the San
Francisco Chronicle, a British jolly tar,
with rubicund visage and knotty hands,
skipped into the Chronicles local room
and inquired in a Stentorian voice,
lave you got hany hitem ere about a
sea-dog bein' garhoted?'' lie was told
that the information had not been i'm
parted to the paper, and he proceeded
with the broadest grin imaginable to re-
late the pleasant episode, as follows:
- Hit was a Sunday last, bout 10 O'Clock,
/ should say, when | was agoin' 'ome,
and within heighty feet o. me own door.
l card a step behind me, an as | turn
ed I spied two fellars acomin' for me.
One Of 'em hauled off an socked me
right hover the main 'atchway ere
The Captain illustrated the perform
ance by planting his fist over his capa-
cious mouth. Drawing himself up a lit
tie, and making numerous violent ges-
ticulations, he resumed "Well, but |
was 'stonished when | Slowed round and
got that crack. | could ear heyery
tooth in my blarsted 'ead rattle as if a
rope was tied to ZEN an summun a-pull-
in hat it. Well, any'ow, | lung my top
sail to the mast an went for 'em. |
gave i'm a regular shorter abaft the
right hear, an he keeled over just as
pretty-why, you never seen hany thing
like il in your whole life. Then lay to
an ! kicked the pirate amidships with
this No. IL hoof till he cried like a young
'un. | tackled after the other craft,
but he had more sail an got away. |
had 400 shares of stocks on me, too. |
guess that crowd won't tackle me no
more, do you think so? Why, just
think Of il, a mar bein' tackled right
hin front Of is hown-hal hai-say.
just write hup a good 'un, will you?
My names Acknowledgment Ackland.
Been a cap'en for more'n twenty-five
years"
He withdrew with a well satisfied
waddle and a wonderfully Jolly chuckle.
Snow, Spriggins, my dear" said
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The present crop Of sugar in Cuba
will make about 100000 boxes, and j.
valued at S3O,OO0,0OO less than last
years crop.
A single vessel left Mobiles few
DAYS ago en- route to Liverpool with
6,2S7 bales Of cotton worth siil.i05.
There are Sl,0o0,O00 worth Of shoe
pegs made yearly in the United States,
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"Now, Spriggins, my dear" said
Mrs. Spriggins at the theater during
the first intermission, ''you needn't go
out TO get any coffee, for ! have got a
half a pound in my pocket"
, 1876-01-06
TO ALL WHOM II MAY CONCERN :;

vETWEREAs THE COMMISSIONER OF TIE,
w General Land Office, in letter dated Jd-
1y 8th. 1874, ordered that the lands IN Township
23 N.rth, Range East in the district of lands
fer sale at Olympia, W. T , Should be withheld
" from disposal as agricultural lands until the
nenrnineral character thereof shal, have BEEN
fully established" !" And, whereas, Patrick O'CoR-
nell, of King County W. T, who made pre-.
emption filing. D. S. No. 3401. for land in said
Township and Range. viz: S.'W. 4 of Section
2S, now makes application to make his final
entry of said lard and has filed in this Office
his affidavit declaring that there is not within
the limits of said land, to his knowledge, any
coal or other valuable mineral deposits, and
that said land is essentially nonmincra1 land.
Now, therefore, in accordance with instruc-
tions from the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, it is ordered that testimony touch
ing the character of said described land shall
be taken before the Clerk OF the United States
District Court, at his Office, in Seattle, Eng.
County, W. T., on the 5th day of February, Az
d. 1876, beginning at O'Clock P. NJ, ut which
place and time all persons having interest in
the matter of the character of the above de-
scribed land are required to appear and there
and then TO present such evidence as may servo
to fully establish the character Of said tract Of
land
Given antler our hand, at the United States
District Land Office, at Olympia, W. T., this
9th day OF December, A. D. 1875.
]. T. BROWN, Register.
ROBERT G. STUART, Receiver
, 1876-01-06

LIFE PREsERvERs.-A simple and
practical life -preserver, lately introdu-
ced, consists of two pillows of prepared
cork wood, with an upper padding of
hair, covered with mattress tick. The
pillows are attached to each other in
such O manner that, when about to be
used, they can be placed, one on the
back and the other on ths chest, and
tied. the shoulders thus being kept
above the water. The device has been
tested and has been found capable of
supporting the heaviest men breast high.
The pillows are utilized as articles of
bedding, so that they are always on
hand in case of danger. Apropos of
this. it may not be generally known that
every man has his own life preserver
with him. When a person falls into
the water, a common felt hat can be
made use of as life preserver. By
placing the hat upon the water. rim
down, with the arm around it pressing
it slightly to the breast, It will bear a
man up for hours. And one doubling
the above can take an old hat and try it
in bucket of water. or when bathing,
and be will soon he convinced.
, 1876-01-06

AMONG THE FLORIDA PINLs.-The east
-ern portion of Florida is still largely q
wilderness and the people are as poor as
pioneers are apt to be, though the
growth of orange business is steadily
improving their condition and bringing
in new settlers. The small farmers still
cling largely to old customs, but the old
folks are beginning TO wear paniers and
things, and so are getting enlightened.
The men have an immense amount of
pride. born of the slavery system. and
think it degrading to lift the hat to any
person, deeming all sorts of courtesy
that kind very proper for the negro. and
Confederate regiments raised here in
the war would not salute superiors SO.
Freedom and education, however. are
proving greater blessings to the whites
than to the negroes. Before the war,
the planter who sold only his cot
ton was gentleman. while his neigh
bor who sold potatoes and corn was only
o ''cracker." Now the so-called upper
class is gone, and the people are coming
to higher plan of civilization. Farm
ers are largely planting orange groves.
and it is said that many settlers will go
out this fall. Given the energy and
enterprise that has built up the west,
and the future of Florida is assured.
The climate is delightful, and for all
those who. love horticulture, no pleas
.anter work can be engaged in than help
ing to make Of the peninsula success
sion of orange groves.
, 1876-01-06

W A correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Ocean writes from New Orleans
Before came to this city I had ar
idea that Creole was a half breed OF
some race. Cuban, or Spanish, or French,
1 didn't exactly know which. and think
the Northern people have the same no.
ton, and will be grateful if I correct
them before they come down here and
show their Ignorance, as did. A Gre
ole is native Louisianian. Any one
who is born here is q Creole, just as
any one who is born in Indiana is q
Hoosier, and in Ohio, Buckeye. They
don't have dark, pensive eyes and ro-
mantle hair. They don't sit on .eran-
das. with their fists against their cheek
and shapely arm bare to the elbow,
resting on the balustrade ;and they don't
look off into the gardens of orange trees
and bananas, and dropping palms, with
alligators crawling over their walks. II
is false misrepresentation, this idea
but I was sorry to have my romance
shattered when found it out"
, 1876-01-06
N Office.
ITO ALL WHOM IT May CONCERN:

WHEREAS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
" General Land Office, in letter dated Jus
ly 8th, 1877, ordered that the lands in Township
% North, Range East in the district Of lands
for sale at Olympia, ". T.. should be withheld
from disposal az lsricultaral lands until the
nonmineral chara' r thereof shall have been
fully established" Apd, whereas, Thomas Null
10y. of King County, W. T., who made preemp-
tien filing, D. s. No. 3400 for land In said Town,
ship and Range. viz: The 8. E. \ of Section
%, and now makes application to mike HIS
final entry of said land, and has filed in this
Office his affidavit declaring that there is not
within the limits of said land to his know1edRG,
any coal or other valuable mineral deposit and
that said land is essentially non mineral land.
Now, therefore, in accordance with InstyaeS
tions from the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. It is ordered that testimony touch.
ing the character of said land shall be taken
before the Clerk of the United States District
Court, at his Office. in Seattle, King county, W.
T., or the 5th day of February, A. D. 1876, be-
ginning at o'clock p. NJ, at which place and
time all persons having interest in the matter
of the character of the above described land
are required to appear and there and then TO-
present such evidence us may serve to fully
establish the character of said tract Of land.
Given under our hand. OF the United States
District Land Office at Olympia, W. T.. this
9th day of December, A. D. 1875.
j. It. BROWN, Register.
ROBERT G. STUART, Receiver.