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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-04-04
ALL, SORTS OF ITEMS.

Daguerre is to have monument
in Paris.
Mrs. Hayes says "My dear to him
even in public.
It is rumored that Parson Newman
is gong to preach the gospel.
Brigham Young has lost twenty
seven mothers-in-law since 1864.
The milk of human kindness should
always be found in the pale Of the
church.
any Awful Dad" is being played
in New York. 1t is not by Don
Cameron.
A New York correspondent says
that city prefers Barrett to Booth or
Davenport.
A Jerseyman has a wife whose
name is Betscy, and he always ad-
dresses as "You Bet"
An Iowa man with an ak chased a
preacher into his study and laid him
out on the administer.
Miss Schurz is very popular in
Washington, and is an accomplished
linguist and musician.
Why don't some enterprising inter
viewer tell us what Grant thinks of
the new administration
The man who first nominated Mr..
Hayes for President turned up in
two places the other day.
Those whose business it is to deal
with men in the aggregate are apt to
lack individual sympathy.
Some OF Mr.. Kasson's friends in
Iowa are swearing because Mr.. Nc
'Crary got the Cabinet place.
Moncure d. Conway believes that
the Jews are making a movement to-
ward gathering in Palestine.
The only excuse that some people
have for congregatating in saloons is
because "the spirit says come"
1t often happens that lite is ex-
ceedingly comfortable to those who
expect but little, and yet get all they
can.
Smoking the cigarette OF the period
is one of the most rapid transit meth
ods offered man for framing himself
in black walnut
Few things are impracti'able in
themselves, and it is for want of ap-
plication, rather than of means, that
men fail of success.
Some parrots can talk, and that is
about all they can do. In this par
ticular many people have no special
advantage of the parrot.
When Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Conant went out an Ohio
man took his place. Ohio is begin
ming to want recognition.
The execution of a Mormon elder
involves tremendous amount of re-
sponsibility. The man himself is
nothing, but think of making eigh-
teen widows and sixty-four orphans
at one strokel
This is the way the New York Sun
puts 1t:
Oh. yes. am mariner,
or very high degree.
Which my name 1t is Dick Thompson.
Aud Ispell it with s"p."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-07-27

NOTICE is hereby given. that by vir-
~ tue Of an execution TO me directed
from the Clerk OF the Dubois Circuit
Court, l will expose at public sale 70 the
highest bidder nj the door of the Court
llouse of Dubois county. Indiana, on
SATURDAY, August 4th, 1877,
between the hours Of 10 o'clock, A.. NJ.
and 4 4 O'Clock, II. M. of said day. the rents
and profits for a term not exceeding seven
years Of the following described real
estate, situated in Dubois county, State
of Indiana, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of the south
wesiquarter Of section No. seventeenQ 7)
township No. two 90, south Orange No.
five 90 west. Az acres /; and that part ofthe
north-half OF the south-wes quarter
OF the same section. town and range. living
and being south OF Patoka river, lS acres
more or less. together So acres more OF
less. Also, the undivided two-thirds Of
The east-half Of out-lot No. fifteen (15).
IN the town of H~untingburg, as shown
on the map, or chart thereto. Also part
Of in-lot No. e~ighty-cne ls1), in the
town Of Huntingburg. more particularly
described as follows: beginning at q
point lis feet and five and one-half
inches west Of the northeast corner OF
said lot running thence south one hun
dred and forty feet thence west twenty
one feet and seven inches; thence north
one hundred and forty feet ; thence east
twenty -one feet and seven inches, TO the
place Of beginning.
And on failure to realize the full
amount Of Judgment, interest and costs
l will at the same time and place, ex-
pose at public sale the fec simple OF said
real estate, or so much thereof as may
be sufficient to discharge said decree,
interest and costs.
Taken as the property Of Harric p.
Logan, at the suit Of Gresham T.. Will
liams.
Said sale will be made without relief
from valuation or appraiscmcnt laws Of
the State Of Indiana.
GEORGE cox.
Sheriff Dubois County.
g. DoAyE 4 NJ. FISHER, Plaintiff
Attorneys.
July 18th, ls77-sw. [p. f. SIS 90.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-07-27

10y virtue OF q ccrtiked copy Of a de-
~ cree 10 me directed from the Clerk
Of the Dubois Circuit Court. IN a cause
wherein Minerva Baker II plaintiff. aud
Norman &. kelso. Frances Green. EdnN
Greene. Charles Morgan and William II
Green are defendants, requiring me IL
make the sum Of two hundred and
seventy dollars. with interest on said
decree and costs. ! will expose at public
sale 10 the highest bidder on
SATURDAY. AUGUST ll:h. 1871,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock, A.. N.
and o'clock. =. N. OF said day, az the
door OF the CourI House in Jasper. nu-
l,niS county. Indiana. the rents and pro-
iils for a term not exceeding seven years,
Of the following described real estate,
fo-wit.
The northwest quarter Of the north
east quarter of section eighteen llS).
township No. two (al south Of range
No. t5l west, excepting two (2) acres IN
the southwest corner OF the above des-
cribed land also six acres of of the
south side Of the southwest quarter OF
the southeast quarter of section seven
township No. Two (2), south Of range
No. i've (5) west; containing forty-four
t44l arres more or less, situated IN Madi-
SON township, Dubois, county, State OF
Indiana.
And on failure to realize the full
mount Of principal, interest and costs,
called for by said decree, | will at
the same time and place expose al
public sale the fee simple Of said real
estate, or 80 much thereof as may be
sufficient to discharge said decree, in
tcrest and costs.
said sale will be made without any
relief whatever from valuation or APP
praisement laws.
GEORGE COX.
Sheriff of Dubois County.
DILoN & DILLON, Atty's for pm.
July 10th, lS77-3w. p. +. sig 80.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-07-27
SHERIFF'S SALE.

NOTICE Is hereby given, that by vir-
~ tue Of two executions 10 me directed
from the Clerk Of the Dubois Circuit
Court, ! will expose at public sale to the
highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4th. 1877,
between the hours or 10 o'clock, 4. NJ.
and 4 O'Clock. r. H., Of said day.
AZ the door Of the Court House Of Du-
bois county. Indiana. the rents and
profits for n term not exceeding seven
years Of the following described real
estate, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of the south
west quarter Of section No. fourteen
[lih township No. two (2). south
Of range No. six ISL west, 40 acres. and
the west-half OF the southeast quarter
Of said section. township and range 50
acres, situated in Madison township.
Dubc.s county, Indiana. Also the north
half of the northwest quarter Of the
northeast quarter Of section No. twenty
three (23), in said township and range
20 acres, in Patoka township, Dubois
county, Indiana.
1fsuch rents and profits will not sell
Tor q sufficient sum TO satisfy said cxecu-
tion interest and costs, 1 will at the same
time and place expose at public sale the
fee simple Of said real estate, or 50 much
thereof as may be sufficient 10 discharge
said decree, interest and costs.
Taken as tho property Of Stephen
Med. Miller at the suit of Andrew Ros-
chcib and the State OF Indiana on the
relation of Abraham 5. Bird.
said sale will be made without any
relief whatever from valuation OF an
praisemcnt laws.
GEORGE cox,
Sheriff Dubois County.
WM. A. TRAyLoR, DILLON 4 DrIIoS.
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
July 13th, 1s77-3w. [p.lsi2 IA.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-05

Alvin Adams died in Watertown, Mass,
Saturday night. He was born in Andover,
VT, June 16, 1904. His parents died
when he was eight years old and he lived
with an older brother sometime, when he
went to work for Robert Barker of Wood.
stock for four years. At twenty he went
to Boston and going into trade was not
successful. In 1910 he began doing ex-
press business in Il small way. He often
made only twenty-five cents round trip
from Boston to New York over and above
his expenses, and when he made dollar
he thought he was doing well. Harnden's
Express monopolized the business, but still
Mr.. Adams kept journeying to and fro
with his little carpet,bag in hand. After
while his fidelity, promptitude and re-
liability began to attract the attention of
business men, and his patient industry was
rewarded by increasing business.
Mr.. Adams's capital for his enterprise
was fifty dollars. This was in May, 1910.
In the fall of the same year he was enabl.
ed to make contract over one of the
routes. and from that time adams &
Cos. Express became an institution of
the country. The style Adams q Co."
was now taken, as Mr.. Adams admitted
as partners Mr.. William B. Dinsmore and
D. IL. Haskell into his business, and when
an incorporated company was organized
the style became THE Adams EXPRESS
Company"
AS the Eastern business became more
successful, the line was extended to Phila-
delphia, then to Washington, and finally
throughout the whole country, both by
railroads and coast steamers. The husi.
ness was established in California in 1919,
and subsequently in Australia, and contin
ued until 1854, when the California branch
which had gone largely into the banking
business, failed. In 1854, u joint stock
company was organized, which is still in
existence.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-05

President Hayes goes west this week to
honor n determination of union and rebel
soldiers at Marietta, where local annual
encampment of Ohio veterans has over
grown the limits of the state and even of
the cause ". Both sides will be repre-
scented this year, at any rate, Gen. Hood
and Gen. 10 johnson being among the
probable guests. The old Kentucky and
Tennessee aristocracies will be largely
represented, and Postmaster General Key
will feel completely at home. This annual
national soldiers reunion, which has now
grown to such notable proportions, grew
out of an attempt, three years ago, to
break away from exclusiveness of military
rank which had marked all previous army
gatherings of general character The
irrepressible " Private" Dalzell with Gen.
Sherman's assistance inaugurated the re.
unions at Caldwell in 1874, and last year
twenty states were represented and fully
20 600 men of the blue and the gray met
in the Ohio woods and sang the star span
gled banner together. How much those
reunions have done to make possible the
new era, no one can tell, but it is certain
that they have done much in bringing for
mer foes face to face in friendly CONVEX
satlon, and in removing prejudices and
healing old feuds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-05

TIE Iowa RAILROAD HORRoR.-The
accident of Little Four-Mile Greek, near
Des Moincs, Iowa, was one of the most
terrible railroad catastrophes Of the sea-
son. Over twenty persons lost their lives,
and nearly twice as many were severely
injured. The stream which formed the
grave for so many unfortunate travellers
is small, and was never before known to
be rs high us it was made by the unprece-
denied rainfall of Wednesday morning.
The bridge rested on "a stone arch twelve
feet in the clear by walls five feet thick.
The bridge is approached from the east,
round II curve and down grade. 1t is
thought the rails were left standing after
the bridge went out, and the engineer,
who had slackened his speed until he came
in sight of the bridge, supposing that all
was right, dashed upon it. The channel
of the stream was forty or fifty feet wide,
aud the banks about twenty feet high.
The locomotive landed at the foot of the
western side, and half buried itself in the
earth. Barnum's car was next to the
engine. 1t dropped into the channel, and
the baggage and mail cars followed. They
passed directly over it, MASKING it to pieces
but going to the bottom, a bar of iron run
ming clear through it. A man in that car
escaped alive. Even the lamps were not
put out. The first passenger car pitched
headoHg down into the channel, where
the water was fifteen feet deep. The next
car was plunged under this, telescoping
with it, and the next telescoped half
through both of the two preceding. The
sleeping car did not go into wreck. Its
occupants were Jared, but none of them
seriously hurt Most of the killed were in
the car in front of the sleeper.
The scene ut the time of the accident is
described as terrific. Rain was falling in
torrents, accompanied by wind, lightning,
and violent thunder. The crash put out
the lights, and the scene of terror ensuing
may well be imagined. Men who were
not injured, and could get out, went to
work at once to rescue the living and the
wounded. They had to go mile to u
farmhouse to get axes to chop them out.
But they worked heroically, and by day
light had most of the wounded rescued.
There were many pitful scenes and ten
der incidents. One mother was killed
while sitting between two children who
escaped uninjured. A little girl who had
lain in the water for four hours, with a
heavy man lying dead beneath her body,
was discovered to be breathing, and was
rescued and restored, and shows no signs
of injury.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-05

The California election -
Wednesday, the 9Th inst , "Ss ID
al importance because , @nQ 5d
chosen e. at that time will c 'pS Lei
States Senator to succeed Mr. II'', T. !.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER M,m,,. u
Attendance very go@ ,d1''&Rl \
market firm with a sli1L, 81, rgceR
grades. We quote comm NM "uy "a
good TO choice lG to u c Ts' la1
cents per ID. '''' 'eIe
1t is alleged, and il is r,.
that these South Carolina " "rs. IaR
melted by political animo.i,,,ro 'soo.
that they will nevertheless, T. opiy
ly pushed. There has been 's ), cog!
very bad work in Soplb a. g4
trial by jury ought to brine 0 o,.
- ~ " '"'"Ig lar manlier H.,
political warfare-if it be So ,'' en We.
this case-lhan the shotgun , '4p =.
-NeD York Times, 7"' 'aa ID
The late Brigham Yonng :.
by 1ne AuJurn Ners a. "I5ss a - 1.''
band" and goes on to sar ,'u. %,
Byron, in this county. he '1 W.. a
Afterward he worked in . p 4anl .
Auburn, in the edge of tbs 'a n'..
Throop, where he met his fr n4s
geline Works, whose two con n,3, Wy Y
and Morris Worden, reside i IN .1, !
ward OF this city. The weddinao,sS.
at the tavern of Mr.. Pine. in 5' VOL
to whom Brigham owed a bo, "t
$l7 when he went west in lss1 '' u. .
he repaid thirty-fye years l, ty, aug d.
drafts on the state Of New yo y, VI
each. Brigham was a good l~l
rather Ignorant and lazy gen t"' W u,
the late William Harden Of ' b., :.
remarked that he did not Era r~ .
was good for anything excppl IN NJ.
helves-which he did WELT " r'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-05

The New York democrats talk of trot
ting out General Mcclellan again, and pu
him on their ticket for state engineer
Economy and reform" seem to have haC
their day; Mcclellan is none of your
cheap men.
The republicans of New York, unit
they relieve him, have Il claim upon Mr.
Cornell which they have u right to ask The
president to respect.-Albany journal.
Very likely the president will let them
have Mr.. Cornell all to themselves.
A little Greeley, Col, girl who was
picking peas had gathered eight gallon.
one forenoon. She says of girl thirteen
years old: " She cried for half an hour be-
cause l had picked gallon more than she
and while she was crying | picked another
gallon Such is life
An investigation by n special agent OIL
the post-office department discloses that
the bond of the postmaster at Baton Rouge,
La, is fictitious. no snch persons as the
pretended sureties being in existence. The
postmaster and United States commission.
er who certified to the correctness of the
bond and affixed their signatures thereto
have been arrested, and new postmaster
has been appointed.
The jubilee offerings to the Pope amount
ed in round numbers to $3,250,000, half of
which was in gold, while the remainder
was in paper. lie will give S85O,000 to
charitable institutions and will divide
$4,000, 900 into three equal portions. One
of these will be added to the funds of the
Holy Chair; another will be apportioned
among officers, servants, retainers and
friends who have been faithful to the Vat
lean. and the third will be appropriated
to the restoration of ecclesiastical monu-
ments and to the execution of works of
utility.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-05

DARTMOUTH CoLLEGE.-In response tC
the college bell, last Thursday morning
g the students assembled to begin another
D year work in the old chapel which wa
r fittingly draped in mourning to the mem
DRY of ex-President Smith and DIR. Crosby
/ BY remarkable coincidence Hanover ha!
| recently, upon three successive Sundays
been called upon to bear TO her beautifu
cemetery, already filled with honored
dead, the remains of one of her noted citi.
zens. First, +. X. Smith, Esq, long a
prominent business man of the commun-
ily; then Bcnning Crosby, NJ. D., the skill.
full surgeon of New York city, where he
was the boast of Dartmouth alumni, the
accomplished gentleman, the pride of his
native village, who was stricken down in
middle life, while engaged in the duties of
his professorship, and gathered to his
fathers; and the next Sunday Asa Dodge
Smith, d. d. President Smith has been
in i'll health since last winter, but there had
been hopes Of his recovery. He has al
ways been hard worker, and after serv-
ing for thirteen years as the official head
of the college he left Il work which will
long increase in good to the world as "his
boys" as he was wont to call the students,
continue sowing again the seed he had
sown for them. About twenty minutes
past five Sunday evening, at about the
same time he had for years been accUstom-
ed to offer the prayer Mt the Sunday even
ing chapel exercise, his remains for the
last time left the chapel for their long rest
ing place-a fitting coincidence and end of
his life work.
The church is being repaired, and last
Sunday services were held in the college
chapel. DR.. Leeds sermon was particu-
larly impressive. He spoke of the allotted
age of man-how not decade or a single
year now can be spared from its place, and
how each period of life brings it appro-
pirate work which, if well done, will al
ways find the faithful man ready. As We
noticed so recently when man, who Of
all men ought 10 know how to guard his
life, was cut off in his prime; SO we can
not say when II life work may end. In
looking to the four years of college life it
looks us if there was plenty of time for ac-
complishing much, but the whole time is
filled with its allotted periods which must
be faithfully attended to. Life time is
long enough but none too long for the
faithful man. He closed with a fitting |
tribute to President Smith as having fin
ished life well rounded in all its parts
of student, instructor, pastor, guide and
adviser to others and college president
DR.. Leeds is one of our best and most in
teresting preachers, and we are glad that
the old church is being repaired so that he
will not longer have to speak in defiance
to Natures laws. In the high pulpit of
the old church the speaker was so separat-
ed from his audience that his words lost
their force and it was nearly impossible TO
create the personal magnetism between
speaker and nearer that is necessary for I
a successful discourse.
The number of students in the academi- |
cal department are about 65-scientilic 10,
while none enter the agricultural depart
ment and its students now are very few
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-05

, Union were competing, we had decen'
rates and a man could afford to use 'n'
toleoranb. You could send ten wofd'
from n New York to Chicago, or any inter
Mediate point, for twenty-five cents anC
everybody used the telegraph instead o.
tbe mails But now that Jay Could the
worst man in America, has consolidated
the two companies, and they have gone
under one management, the rates Will &c
back to the old figure, one dollar ana 'he
people will be swindled just that amount
# il shame that so great an interest as
The telegraph has got to be, should be plac'
ed solely in the hands of one man. ana Una.
forty millions of people should be turned
over to him 10 be taxed as he sees fit. IL
is an outrage that a communication just 'S
important as the mail should be made the
property of one man, who can false OF
lower the tariff to suit his convenience
There is no reason under heaven why the
Government should not control the tele-
graph the same as it does the mails ana
fix the rates on dispatches as it does on
letters. There ought to be, this fall, 'petl-
tons 90 to Congress signed by every man
and women in the country, demanding
that the government take the telegraph,
which it has perfect right to do. There
is no reason why dispatch of ten words
sbould not be sent for ten cents, instead OF
a dollar or two dollars, which Mr.. Jay
Gould will charge. And then, dear peo-
pie, take a shy at the express business. Is
there any earthly reason why goods fit to
be sent through the mails should not go
through them, at II rate Of postage that
will pay the government for doing itP Is
there any reason why two express COM
panies should monopolize the carrying
trade of the country, and compel the peo-
pie to pay whatever they choose to exactP
The post-oflice is the remedy for this ex-
torton. The law of three years ago
should be re-enactcd and all matters that
can be safely carried through the mails
should be so carried. 1t was repealed by
the efforts of the express companies, who
had altogether too much influence in Con
gress. See to it that Congress this winter
allows you to use the mails for everything
that is legitimately malable. As this is
the time for reforms see that you have all
that you are entitled to. Flood Congress
with petitions for cheap telegraphing and
express business, and thus get yourself in
shape for u movement on the railroads and
the other swindcs that burden you.
PIETRo.