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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-27

In listening 10 AN able review OF tho
life Of Oliver Cromwell on Wednesday
evening, could but consider what
might have been the effect on our New
England colleges and churches had
Cromwell, with his eminent friends.
been allowed by Charles |. to come here
and locate, a. they desired, at the mouth
Of the Connecticut River. History re-
cords such was the intention Of Crom.
well. Pym, IIampden and Others, for
midablc al later day a. enemies If the
King. In 1913 Cromwell, dcspairing Of
his fortunes in England. and indignant
AZ the tyranny which. according 10 his
views. prevailed both ia church and
state, resolved 10 quit his native land
and accompany his cousin. John
Hampton, to New England. Lord Brook,
one of the patentecs of large tract
Of land on the sea-coast II Connect
cut. was an intimate friend from boy
hood Of Hampden. and their attachment
was strengthened by constant agree
ment and association in public life.
Through his agents :. in the province Of
Connecticut, Lord Brook prepared a re-
treat in say Brook, from the evil times
on which they had fallen. and Hamp-
den, Cromwell and Others with their
families. made preparations 10 accom-
pany him there. AT that juncture Charles
!. issued proclamation forhidding
any one leaving the country who had |
not obtained "a royal license" This he |
NJ found insufficient. special order
vas given for the "staying eight ships,
hen IN the river Thames. prepared 10 |
- % New England, and for putting on
and All the passengers and provisions
herein intended for the voyage .In
heSc vessels had embarked Sir Arthur
Iezelrig. Pym, Hampden and Oliver
cromwell.
On the lands known to this day in
'ay Brook, as laid out for those eminent
men. arose, in 100, Yale College. and
4 eos the Say Brook Platform. -Lener
Q me Nc,r Harcn Palladium.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-27

ton, New York: =. Ii Cone. New yorl
A. e.. Tichnor and wife, New York: =
=. sullivan, Pine Bluff. Ark; DR.. j. l.
Ferry, Saratoga Springs; Mr.. NJ. j
)ickerson, New York Dr. M. j. Dick
erson, New York Miss Eva Darling. In
nianapolls VIM. Chrisman, Indepen.
nence W. Is. Cogswcll. Mine La Motto
Mrs. w. Is. Cogswcll, Mine La Motto
MISS Cogswcll, Mine La Motto; Mrs. ID.
n. Colt, Syracuse, N. Y.;E. j. Kim.
ball, Mine La Motto; Il. T.. Tyson, New
York q. l.. Applegatc, Of Louisville.
KY; Caleb Calkins, u New York A'
Y. Bodwell, 81 Chicago; Joshua Brown.
city; Mrs. Mccoy, Of Altoona, Pa. Jno'
Kelly, city; James j. Davies, Augusta.
Ga J.. j.. Fallon, New York: ID. MI
Ldgerton, city; Mrs. Quigley, ii. Kietz,
Marshall, Texas.
AT the Planters Pred Cook. New Or
leans Geo. :. Morse, New York: JIG.
Naddy, New York l.. w. Bcnham.
New York; j. NJ. Davidson, New York
;. y Taylor, city; H. A. Wilson, 1t.
IMul Geo. Pcterbaugh, Peoria: +. :.
Bclden, Chicago; j. q. Greer, city: ].
W Bigelow; g. III. Caldwell, Parkcrs-
burg, w. Va; Charles Mussen. New
York q. IL. Coulson and family. ID. r.
al the -. james r. III Shcrley, Lou
isvllle; ID. i. Quinn, Pittsburgh: 4. Is.
iateS and family, Galveston. Mo: ID
q. congcr, New York j. T.. Hart. Chi
cago; w. A. Mason. Cincinnati; j. NJ
Harper, III Paso Mr.. George :. Morri-
son, New York West. Austin. clerk Of
Southern.
In addition 70 these the following
were seen but their new abode was not |
ascertained:
W. Il. Marcy, BROOKLYN, y. Y.:C.A.
Crcie, Boston; Henry Amgert and wife.
=. Charles, Mo-; =. II. Cregar. New
} OK NJ. J.. Dougheiry. Cincinnati: Ike
Iook and family. city: Mr.. Randall and
Iamily; George Darling and wife, city:
Converse and wife; II. A. Shackle-
ord, New York, both legs broken: +.
Cooper, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Il. II.
\. Lyon, Mobile, Ala; Lieut.. j. III.
y hiiten, Y. =. A.. INDIANAPOLIS: Il. +,
psullivan, Pine Bluff. Ark. j. j. Da-
A., Augusta. Ga. John q. Moves. Hon.
loS. Brown and lady, Mr.. and Mrs. j. \,
!. Reese, NJ. T.. Dolan.
ne southern Hotel was owned bv .
Ar. Robert Campbell, and was valued
! S5vv,vvu: Insurance. $4,000. Ii
"a leased 10 Bresin. Darling & Co.
nj had been in their hands little more
han year. Their loss was 500. 900.
Insured for $4,000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-27

AT the appointed hour all parties were
on the ground. Bowie, a. usual, very
cool. the Spaniard very furious and cx-
cited. The Spaniard's second won the
choice Of position. which gave the second
Of Bowie the word. They were to stand
back to back, rifles perrondiouiar, up
ward 81 downward to wheel, rs before
stated. Here arose an instance Of GENT
Us over routine. In the army the ma
neuvers are intended for regularity be-
fore time; but. IN such cases as this.
regularity was Of no moment, hut time
was every thing. When the Spaniard
heard the word 10 s'whesl. The. of course.
executed il IN true military style. Ia
:" three notions" but Bowie. whose
whole life had been spent in depending
upon himself, not regulating his move
mcnts by those of others. who had been
compelled, in his warfare against In
dams or IN procuring game, to take every
position, executed every change Of body
necessary for the occasion 10 insure sue
cess: instead cf wheeling, as the Span
lard was doing, simply turned the body
from the hips. or on the hips, holding
the feet firm, which, Of course, brought
him around quicker than his antagonist,
and enabled Bowie to fire first, and Ia
drive his ball through the brain Of his
antagonist. This Bowie said any body
could do If they only possessed the re-
quisitc nerve ~ Tvltc's Spirit of ne
Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-27

seemedto me pretty wclI.lit up: then I
went out on Elm Street: nv fireman
helped me % carry man out who had
nur. ms pack jumping out Of window !:
~" ! Ano" VINO the man wins; he spoke
" herman; had two fircmen, one On
nu'y ana one asleep IN the hall At the
ume; my other fireman and coaI-passer
We're asleep; they kept twelve-hour
watches; Thos. Haley was on duty: The
other was in bed, in his bunk IN The
hall two Of the yard-men also occupicd
hunks there; Haley states he called the
other fireman and the two yard-men ana
coal-passer the first thing: we had 100
feet ~ ~ inch hose, 10 he used ONLY
ior hre purposes; we used il that night.
put DIDN'T succeed In putting the fire
| OUT the nozzle was soldcred on: the
lirst one blew of, but succeeded ~
putling on another; they had water
ankle-deep In the store-room when Az
rived there; there are no ward men On
duty az night; they were On duty till 10
p. m, but not after: there Il no snec;al
Waterman for the basement floor. only
the general Waterman; his duty Il 10 20
from one story 70 another, and to call
the help AT different times in the morn |
ing; he had To watch the whole hotel.
don't know where he was when the fire |
broke out; was told he was on the third !
iloor; don't know what he was doing
there; he slept out Of the house: there |
Were fourhose attachments on the stand
pipe above the parlor floor; they were
ready Tor use IN case of fire; | oiled The
sh,u-on and secured the wrenches by
chains only little while before
The fire; in addition 10 the
hose mentioned, had fifty feet Of one
and-a-half inch hose, and about fifteen
feet Of hydrant hose, used for washing
The boilers: there were attachments for
each Of these in the engine-room: there
were also three nozzles / had an assist
ant engineer. or steam-ftter: he was
competent man, but not licensed I
made no division Of time between my
'eli and the assistant engineer, as was
supposed 70 be there pretty much All the
line; Fred. Wagner. the assistant engi-
ieer came in off Elm street. and RI
NAMED there nearly as long as did:
hat day was on duty from ! a. IN. til
'etwccn II and y p. M. after had
lone all have described. | saw flames
y the upper part u the building.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-27

"A poor woman went 10 An eminent
but eccentric surgeon. 70 inquire what
was the proper trutmcnt for some
bodily wound. Put OH caiaplasm. \
was the answer. But. Doctor. its for
. Child. N I" Then put N kiltcnplasm. NJ
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-27

a recent Iowa bride wore III her
cycs ian expression like solid loaf
sugar"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-27

ana volumes Of smoke coming through
near the center II the building, about In
y line with the elevator the windows
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29
His Pockets.

They had been married five years, and
she had begun to think he didn't care for
her as in days gone by.
His many endearing pet names had
dwindled to "my dear" an occasional
darling" and a very occasional 6 tootsey
love" He read the morning papers at
breakfast and the evening papers at din
ner. He had gone, several times Of late,
to business without kissing her. He had
ceased bringing home walnut candy, and
he had even slapped the babyi
"And when good natured, even tenn
pered man like j ohm Margerum, :" thought
Mrs Margerum. ''slaps his own innocent
offspring for nothing more than throwing
the pudding and butter On the floor and
upsctting the salt cellar into the teapot,
there must be something decidedly
wrong"
Could he be enthralled by the arts and
wiles of some other woman? He had said
the other day that the highest type of
beauty was the blonde, and she had brown
skin, brown hair, brown eyes-no one
could have been more brunetry.
He had Joined club lately-so he
avowed-and stayed out until twelve
o'clock every Tuesday and Friday even
ing. He had taken to whistling love
songs and reading poetry, and when she
asked him for a simple ostrich feather
zone of those that go all around the hat and
enough left to fall gracefully over the
crown), he had grololed that he had no
money.
Circumstances looked awfully sus-
piciOus, and, as circumstances generally
do, the more they were looked at the more
suspicious they grew.
But how to find him oct in his iniquity
how gather conclusive evidence with
which to confront him and cover him with
confusion as with garment:
His pockets! In the days when she had
trusted him implicitly, and when he used
to remain up long after she retired, read
ing and writing Che had taken to going
to bed early for several months past, Civ
ing as an excuse that he wanted to get a
little sleep before the baby awoke him by
sitting upon his head at midnight, where
as the dear child neDer sat upon his head
before two in the morning.) She had
never thought of them. But now she
was determined each night TO investigate
them.
These inconstant husbands, in spite of
all their precautions, were always sure to
leave something in their pockets to betray
them at last.
She had read of hundred cases, and
heard of hundred more, where lock of
hair, photograph, woman's glove, and,
worst of all, note had led to a divorce,
or at least a separate maintenance.
So night after night, when John Marge=
runs musical snore proclaimed that he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29
Romance OF Conscience.

Miss Mary NJ. Dancer, rich New
York gamblers daughter, did her best to
repair the damage to humanity her
father had done while raking in the
wrecks OF fortunes over the green table
Matthias Nj. Dancer was a professional
gam bler--nOt any worse than many in
Wall street, or on Stock Exchanges any
where; but society put different brand
on him. Unlike his class generally, he
put away his money, and accumulated
fortune of between half a million and
million. He married respectfully, too,
and kept his family and his profession
far apart. He had daughter Mary-an
only child-and she became almost a re-
ligious recluse. She was devoutly pious,
and both she and her mother condemned
the manner in which the Darcer dollars
had been hcaped up. They represented
the wrecks of many shattered fortunes,
and every dollar had a history. To the
mother and daughter the dollars were
craven with theft, enlightenment, suicide,
murder, and such untidy and disagreed
bic notices. In 1875 Dancer abandoned
his calling, his wife died and he soon fol-
lowed, leaving all his fortune to his
daughter. She lived very plainly, and
attended to her church duties rigidly. She
belonged 10 CnuTCn, engaged III religious
work, and became lawful game for some
pious brother who might not object to
marrying a gamblers daughter and her
million. She engaged herself to marry
just such mana Mr.. Stevens-and the
day was set. Everything was prepared
for their quiet nuptials, but on the even
ing she was to have been welded she was
borne to the grave in her bridal dress. BY
her will she leaves the bulk of her for
tune to thirty-one religious societies and
churches, and other Christian charities.
She made several considerable personal
requests, and among others, left Stevens,
her betrothed, 900, and 81 600 each to
his two sisters. She thus disposes of two
or three hundred thousand, end, after the
special requests have been paid, she di-
reefs all the residue of her estate to be dis
tributed among public charities, as her
administrator may deem proper. This
pious young woman made all the repara-
ton she could for the career Of her father
by giving his gambling gains back to the
people from whom it had been taken-in
full cognizance of the fact that many of
them had been reduced to beggary and
were benefciaries of charity. The his
tory is very remarkable one, both on &C
count of the gamblers savings and the
atonement and PREPARATION made By his
daughter. 1t was Clear case of con-
science money, and one of the most nota-
bic on record.-iSt. Louis Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29
Fight Between Lion and Leopard.

The Geological Gardens at Pesth have
just been the scene of a combat worthy of
Nero or Heliogabalus. The cage tenanted
by lion and lioness happened to be next
to that In which dwelt female leopard,
for whom the captive queen of the desert
entertained special hatred. Probably
she was jealous of the bright eyes and
beautiful skin of her neighbor, and may
possibly have suspected her lord and mas
ter of casting a tender regard or two
across the barrier which separated the
two dens.
The suspicion, brooded over in silence
became devouring passion, and it ripen-
ed into certainty at the precise moment
when vengeance happened to become pos
sible. The keeper of the gardens had in
advertently one day left hanging within
the lions cage the chain which served to
draw up the partition, and the lion was
not long in Selling it and beginning to
pull. Whether he was animated with a
spirit Of fickleness or by curiosity alone
must forever remain secret. But the
result was that the partition flew up and
the road remained open from one cage to
the other. Through it instantly rushed
the lioness, breathing hatred and malice,
but the lion had no sooner dropped the
chain and prepared to follow in chase
than the portcullis fell and the passage
was barred again.
In the meantime, however, struggle
commenced between the two lady warriors
such as has not been seen in Europe since
the palmy days of the anlphitheater The
leopard, worsted at the first onset, at
tempted to take refuge from the foe by
jumping and hanging to the top rails OF
the cage. 1t was all in vain, however.
She was brought to bay again, and COM
peeled to fight face to face with the terri
bic invader. For twenty long minutes
the battle ragged in royal style. The neck
and shoulders of the Iioness were deeply
furrowed with red gashes But her vic
tim was overmatched, and at length
thrown on her back, when the coup de
grace was given by the savage fangs Of
the victor.
The lion, who had been looking on
probably with mingled feelings-at the
scene, will now, no doubt, be restored to
the affectionate confidence of his spouse.
Nothing remained, at the end of the en-
counter, Of the pretty spotted skin which
had so captiyated him but few torn and
mangled shreds, and the romance of the
cages, if romance there was, came to a
tragic end.-LondOn Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29
Another Case of Hydr0phobIa.

Hydrophobia has added another victim
to its already long list in the case of
Nathaniel Ii. LOomis, one of the firm of
E. Z. x n. ii. LOOmiS, produce commits
sion merchants, doing business in New
York City, who died this morning at his
residence, No. 100 Madison street, Brook
lyn, of hydrophobia. About six weeks
ago Mr.. Loomis was bitten by little dog
belonging to his WIFE The dog was not
Of the Spitz breed, and it is not definitely
known to what breed he belonged. The
animal was lying down near the window
and refused to move when a servant at
tempted to close the shutters. He seemed
irritable, and snapped at the servant in
such manner that she called her mis-
tress. Mr.. LOOMS came into the room at
the moment and, thinking that the ami
mai was merely tired, stopped down to
lift him up. The dog turned at once and
bit him through the hand, between the
thumb and forefnger. Shortly afterward
the dog displayed unmistakable symptoms
of being afflicted with rabies, and police
man was sent for, who killed him within
an hour after the biting. Mr.. Loomis at
once started for his physician, very prop
erly allowing the wound to bleed as much
rs possible on the way, but it is supposed
that long before he reached the doctors
house, the poison of the bite had extended
through his entire system. The wound
was cauterized at the time, however, and
no inconvenience was felt from it till
Tuesday morning of the present week.
1t was MIR. Loomis' intention to sail for
Bermuda on Wednesday, to remain several
months, and his baggage had gone to the
vessel, when feeling unwell during the
day OF Tuesday, he returned home and
sent for DR.. Elmend0rf, of Green ave-
nue.. Mr.. LOOMS was not much
alarmed about himself, attributing his
inability to swallow water, or, in
slight bronchial affection. He, however,
narrated the incident of the bite 10 Or.
Elmendorf, and was evidently laboring
under q nervous disease of some sort.
The doctor discouraged the idea of hydro
phobia, and succeeded partially in getting
the patient to swallow few drops of wa
ter. After prescribing an anodyne in the
form of pills the doctor left him till morn
ing. On Wednesday morning he was
better, and continued to improve steadily
till about five O'Clock on Yesterday after
noon, when he grew much worse, was I'M
able to swallow anything whatever, and
was in very high state of nervous excite
.ment. The doctor found him in con-
slant endeavor to clear his throat, cough
arg constantly, and occasionally relapsing
into a kind of convulsive spasm. Ere
quent injections of morphine under the
skin somewhat reduced the nervous ex-
element, but did not seem able to coun-
teract the disease. Finally, after ending
a night OF dreadful suffering and agony,
the Wretched man expired, DIR. Elmen-
dort believes the case to have been a genu-
uine one of hydrophobia which ues do
layed rather longer than usual, but finally
brought on by severe cold, ACCOMPANIED
byslight fever. Mr.. LOOMS was man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29
Germany in the South Sea.

The Australian newspapers, although
they ieer at the conclusion of treaty in
solemn form between the German En-
peIor, the ruler of some AZ, 000, 900 of the
Caucasian race, and the King of Tonga,
who governs but 900 Polynesians, are,
nevertheless, somewhat disquieted at the
advantages which, as they think, the
former may hereafter derive from the en-
gagements recently entered into. Ger
many, by this treaty, has certainly Sc
cured, when she desires it, port and
coaling station in the South Pacific
Ocean, and it is very possible that the ar
rangement may develope into a German
protectorate or guarantee of the indie
pendence of the little group of Friendly
Islands. There is nothing whatever in
this to occasion uneasiness or jealousy
either in Australia or in England. Great
Britain might have taken Tonga under
her flag some time ago, had she desired to
do so, and King George is wise enough to
know that sooner or later he may be glad
of the assistance of great European
power. Germany owed it to her mer-
chants to procure some naval station in
these seas, for, with the French in full
possession of New Caledonia, and the
harbor of Noumea established as a
French naval station, the German mer
chantmen in Polynesia were at the mercy
of either English or French cruisers with
out any chance of help. The German
trade with the various groups outside of
FIJI is greater than that of any other ma
lion, and it would have been difficult for
the Imperial Government to have secured
a more convenient footing for its protec-
tion than that which they appear to have
acquired. The Tongans are fine peo-
pie, very fairly civilized, and, as King
George governs his little realm with con-
siderable sagacity, there is little likeli-
hood of any misunderstanding with the
natives when the Germans avail themselves
Of their new treaty.-PaU Mall Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29
An Historical Pair of Scissors,

Among the relics loaned to the Old South
Exhibition by the town of Concord are
pair of scissors, of which the following
Interesting story is told: A young En-
glish staff officer was frequently sent to
Concord to the house of Col. James Bar
rett, on business connected with the Com
misSary Department, and, while waiting
for reply, would amuse himself by talk
ing loyalty with James Barrett's oldest
daughter, Milllcent, to hear her rebel re-
plies. He asked her what they would do
If 1t should become necessary for the Col
onieS to resist, as there was not a person
that even knew how TO make cartridges.
She replied that they would use their
powder-horns and bullets, just as they
shot bears. That" said the young man,
"would be too barbarous. Give me
piece of pine and l will show YOU how"
After whiting the stick TO the proper
form, he took these scissors and cut the
paper for the pattern cartridge. The Sc
quel shows how apt aScholar she was, for
all the cartridges were made under her
superintendent by the women of Con-
cord, her only male assistant being her
younger brother, the late Mai. Jas. Bar
rett, who drove the last load of cartridges
from the house, after the British came in
sight, On the 10Th OF April, 1715. There
is also on exhibition hymn book, which
was given by one of the prisoners taken
from the British brig Boxer in the fight
with the Enterprise, Of Portland, to the
Sheriff who brought him TO Boston for
exchange.-Boston Pest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29
LAFAYETTE. Itisaminute icbneumon f1y

Lafayette. 1t is minute ichneumon fly,
scarcely an eighth of az inch long 1t is
OF bright gold color. The female lays
her eggs inside the ehrysalids where the
young hatch. sometimes to the number of
fifty, when they proceed to devour the
host which thus furnishes them with home
and food. The chrysalids thus attacked
have darker color, and in destroying the
chrysalids these darker ones should be
spared, as we viii thus breed thousands of
these little friends, whereas should we de-
stroy these we should likewise DESTROY
these valuable helps.-Detroit Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29

Seward, in his autobiography, just
issued from the press, tells of the training
he received in boyhood for diplomatic
career. He had to drive the cows to pas
ture and bring them home; take the grain
to mill; bring the lime from the kiln; and
do the errands of the family generally
the time of his elder brothers being toe
precious to permit them to be withdrawn
from their labors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-29

about thirty five years of age, and leaves
family. DIR. Elmendorf says that the
coughing and constant endeavor of the
patient TO clear his throat while the
muscles of the throat were contracted,
produced noise somewhat resembling,
and so often mistaken for, the barking of
dog.-N. 7. March 16) Cor. Chicago
Times.