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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-30


The Duchess Of Edinburg never
smiles, and the English dislike her for
that.
Archibald Forbes, the famous war
correspondent, has been invited to Bal
moral, Scotland, by Queen Victoria.
The Emperor Of Germany suffers
much from earache, and has lately pre-
scented in public the unusual spectacle
of crowned head tied up in black
bandage.
-Krupp is lucky man. No matter
who goes a-warring. they all come TO
to him. Essen is said to be supplying
$50 cannon per month to the Gar, while
filling large orders for the Porte.
Kaiser William celebrates his gold
en- wedding At Berlin with great festivity
next spring, and Queen Victoria, as well
as many other potentates, is expected to
be present.
When Theirs was President OF
France, be ordered copies for the Louvre
Of all the masterpieces of sculpture and
painting in the great museums and gal
leries Of Italy, Germany, and Spain. TO
W llidNt w Itntu 1IAl>te. nc CDl4tt-
ton was begun and pushed under his adj
ministration, but has not yet been com
pleted.
There are some 400 young Ameri
can girls studying singing At Milan
some even say roland Miss Hooper
writes that four of these promise well !;
one is Blanche Davenport, another Miss
Glenn, and the other two she refrains
from mentioning, with the kindly rur-
pose that every one who has sister,
daughter or protege there may imagine
her name one Of the two.
1t is extraordinary how the royal
family Of England i pursued by typhoid
fever The Prince Consort died OF it,:
the Prince II Wales all but did so !;
Prince Leopold some time since had en-
tcric fever, supposed TO arise fro m a
similar cause; two months ago the
Prince OF Walcs's son caught fever
which was attributed to the state Of the
drains at Marlborough House. and now
Miss knollys, one Of the Princess Of
Wales's ladies, has typhoid fever at Aber-
gcldie Castle. the Prince Of Walcs's res
idence near Balmoral. II might have
been supposed that if any one could Sc
cure good drainage it would be the roy
al family, but Windsor, especially, was
until within recent period abominably
bad in that respect.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-30

caught fire, probably from a spark. and
when the mother returned she found the
house on fire and the child burned near
~ 70 crisp. The fire was extinguish-
ed by the neighbors. The mothers ag-
ony was so great that she went into con-
WILSON'S and her life was almost despair
ed Of.
Suicidal: Perkins Hatfield. q
wealthy farmer Of Maquoketa, Iowa,
hanged himself. Cause not stated. -
Homer j. Ball, Of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
shot himself on account Of losses BY
grain speculations.- Chas. Muer, aged
20, Of Columbus, Ind, shot himself on
account of family troubles. Michael
Lands, an old resident Of Kosciusko
County, Ind, hanged himself without
any known cause.--A 16-year-old boy
named Warne shot himself in Ulster
County, n. Y.--Andrew Cyrus Thomp-
son, Of Providence, X. l., milkman in
good circumstances, killed himself
through fear Of coming 10 poverty
Charles T.. Witt, respected citizen Of
Hudson, Mass, first hung himself with
clothes-linc, from an apple-tree. The
rope breaking, however, he plunged
into the Assabet River, near by, drown
ing himself. His wife had recently be-
come insane.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-30

The Youngest son Of the Queen OF
Dude, in India, after completing his
studies III Cambridge. England, has
gone to Paris, preparatory 70 2 conti-
mental tour. Queen Victoria i his guar
dian. He receives 100000 pension
from the British Government for having
coded t. il his legal rights. and has been
appointed d Lieutenant in the Seven
teenth Regiment q infantry, Stationed
Al Quebec. He will join Il after ms
,ravals Ills skin is quite dark.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-30

Sumter County, Florida, will prob
ably ship one and half million oranges
the present year.
The sea-island cotton crop tor
1861 Is IL 1928 bales, Florida produc-
ing 1l,2li, an increase over the previ-
Gus years crop Of that State Of 2,26i
bales.
-Coculus indicus, virulent poison,
Is largely imported into this country,
yet il is not known 10 be used in any
manufacture except that Of lager beer.
Til has been ssstruck" on the parish
lot of church in Pennsylvania, and is
now "drawing' $4,000 a year from
that source toward current expenses.
The King Of Burmah is erecting
machinery at Rangoon TO utilize the
abundant supplS Of mineral oil found in
Burmah. II the works are successful,
the whole Of India will be supplied with
parafline from this new source.
The Flint (Mich.) Globe says the
palmy days Of numbering in that city are
AZ an end, and the business on the de-
cline. Two large mills have cut their
last logs, and will either be removed or
converted into factories.
A new fire-extinguisher has been
tested and found successful in New
York. IL Is a kind Of powder put up in
l0-pound cans, which generates so much
carbonic acid gas when il comes in con-
tact with the fire that il extinguishes the
flames.
1t is computed that the grain used
for liquors in year in the United States
reaches 10000. 900 bushels. which would
make l,050.000,OOO four-pound loaves
Of bread. Great Britain uses ~. 600, 900
bushels Of grain yearly for the same pur-
pose. and annually imports food to the
value Of nearly s4O0, 600.
-Oyster-shells are literally used on
The roads in the vicinity Of Providence,
X. L., where they make very fine roads,
especially in the sandy districts. About
1900 bushels mile are needed 10 make
y good dressing. The cost is only one
pr two cents a bushel.
Prepared pickles. when they pre-
sent q bright-grcen appearance. owe
that color 10 the use Of acetate Of cop
per, or verdigris, deadly poison. The
chemist Mitchell says that Jar Of inn
ported pickles often contains verdigris
enough % kill one If il could be all
taken into the system at once.
1t is not generally known that
there i an extensive salt lake on the top
Of the Tehachepi Mountain in Califor-
mia, about six miles southwest u the
point where the Southern Pacific Rail-
road crosses the mountains. The lake
is somewhat difficult Of access, but salt
j. gathered from the bottom Of the lake.
where it lies in layers from one 10 six
inches thick, and shipped 70 San Fran
cisco.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-30

success in Pennsylvania. This lady has
q recommending presence and fine voice,
and draws even greater crowds than the
gifted and popular Widow Van Colt.
Great numbers Of sinners have professed
conversion under Mrs. Irvine's ministry.
The Rev. James II. Merriam has
been officiating for few months as pas
tor Of Congregational church in
Springfield, Mass. He was liked BY
the congregation, and council was
called for his formal installation. lie
read a statement Of his religious belief.
As Is customary, and IL contained the
following: I'm regard to the matter Of
the punishment Of those impenitent mt
death, believe tie Bible does not teach
til nor do believe 1t teaches the con-
trary. II leaves the question an open
one. Hence, in my public teaching and
misistry, as a minister Of the Gospel,
would teach neither the one nor the
other. In my private judgment and be-
lief | hold that future punishment, ii
eternal in any sense, is so in the sense
that il Is eternal death or annihilation.
Thereupon the council voted that Mr..
Merriam was THEORETICALLY unsound,
and refused to install him.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
A Brave and Faithful Engineer.

The short notices that have appeared
in the papers in reference to the death
of Engineer William Dawson, killed in
the recent railroad accident on the New
York Central Railroad, have failed
in any shape to do his services Justice
Among all the engineers on the road
there was no one more popular with his
associates and fellow-laborers, and none
stood higher in the estimation of the Off
GERS of the road. Itwas mainly due to his
efforts during the great strike that no seri-
Gus uprising occurred here, as it was his
cool, judicious counsels at the various
meetings held by excited brakemen and
freight conductors that on several differ
ent occasions stilled the troubled waters,
1t was not only in this locality that his
efforts were felt, but along up the line to
Syracuse, and he was at the head of the
committee that left here to counsel with
the. strikers of Dewitt, the result Of
which meeting was that the men laid
down their arms and resumed work.
There never was road that had more
faithful or courageous servant, and his
last words and actions were a key to his
whole character. On rounding the curve
where he saw the special stuck, the
brakes on his engine were Immediately
applied, but no human agency could
avert the collision. Seeing this he still
kept to his post, telling his fireman to
jump for his life, and adding in the same
breath: "rm done for" showing that
Notwithstanding he fully realized his dan
ger he preferred dying at his post to de.
serting his duty, 1t is fit that such her
oism as his should be recorded, if for
nothing else but as an example for others.
One of the most dastardly deeds con.
nected with his death was that while
lying there insensible some thief stole
his watch, valued at 1925, and about
800 in money. An examination of his
clothes showed that the vest and pockets
in the coat we're cut and the articles ex-
tracted in that way. Detectives Rogers
and Scott are working on the case, but
as yet have found no clew as to who
committed the deed.-ROehester IN. ~
Union.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
TammanY Rules the Democracy.

At last the Democratic party of this
State has thrown off the mask. 1t eager
ly, contemptuously tramples upon all the
pretensions of the past three years, and
defantly comes forth in its true and
hideous character. To deceive and de-
coy honest men, the old Democratic craft
has been sailing under the painted dis
guise of reform. But now it scornfully
casts away even the lure which served
the purpose of the hour, and audaciously
runs up the black flag of Tammany Hall
and the piratical standard of the Canal
Ring. John Kelly and Jarvis Lord have
struck hands and carried the day. The
Holy Alliance of Tammany plunder and
canal corruption has again seized the
Democratic party and aims to dominate
the State.
The action of the convention crushes
the Tilden faction in this State-certain-
ly for the present, probably forever. 1t
gives the ascendency in the Democracy
to the men whom Tilden relentlessly pur-
sued, and who will now naturally initiate
his example in prescribing the men who
attempted to prescribe them. 1t drives
the -Tammany element out of the
party. If any honest citizen has suffered
the delusion that the Democratic party
could become genuine reform organiza-
tion, or could for any long period be any
thing else than the ally and tool of the
most pestilent rings in the State, this
weeks work will undeceive him. 1t
means that the Tammany and Canal
Rings are again complete masters of the
Democracy. Albany E0ening Journal,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
An Affecting Scene in Court.

NEW YORK, OCT. IL.
William G. Gilman, the forger of in
surance scrip, indicted by the Grand Jury
yesterday, surrendered himself to-day
and appeared before Recorder Hackett,
where he pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to five years in State Prison.
Gilman's counsel read statement in
extenuation, inwhich Gilman says the de-
cline in business, bad investments, heavy
expenses both business and domestic -
and personal extravaganza had betrayed
him. He loved better to give away money
than to spend it on himself. His thoughts
and interests were more with charitable
works. He himself was to blame for ex-
penses at home and IN business. His
wife never persuaded him into any ex-
travagance from the time he began busi-
ness. He had placed in his hands by
friends, who trusted him implicitly, sums
ranging from 800 to 800, 900, on interest
at per cent. He never speculated or
lost or won any money by any
wager, He made investments in enter.
prises which promised we'll, but all
turned out bad Long possession of the
money of his friends made him look upon
it as his own, and losses and expenses
caused encroachments on it. Times
grew worse. The failure of the Sun
Mutual Insurance Company, and the ne
cessities of other companies, impaired
confidence in everything but the At
lantic, and competition for that had car.
ried prices so high as to leave no margin
for profit, and had made commissions
thoroughly inadequate to meet the scale
nf av nanaaa on exuhioh ha was doinQe huoi
ness and living. Prior to the panic of
1873 he had made improper use of the
trust funds, under pressure of the declin
ing business, and troubles of that year
had involved him In additional losses.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19

After that time he must have put forth
the first raised certificates. He had suf
fered in thinking of his business, in
abusing the confidence OF his friends,
and, hoping to extricate them, he
plunged deeper and deeper. He had not
sold any fraudulent securities, but had
borrowed on them. He alone was re-
sponsible for every wrong act, and no
human being ever had suspicion of it.,
Suicide had been much in his thoughts.
Gilman's statement was addressed to
his brothers and sisters, who lose $75, 900
by his operations, to Rev. DR.. Houghton,
his brother in law, rector of the Little
Church Around the Corner" and other
friends.
The scene in the court was exception
al. The counsel, who read the paper,
did so with trembling voice. Mr.. Lane,
who followed, was deeply affected, and
said Gilman left his wife at home on the
verge of insanity. Dist. Atty. Phelps,
with tears coursing down his cheeks, and
with choking utterance, said he had
known the prisoner, and this was the
saddest case he had anything to do with.
Recorder Hackett in passing sentence
was much affected aid wiped away q
tear, Detectives turned their backs
on the fearful spectacle and hurried Gill
man to a coach which was in waiting
and drove to his Office, which he leaves
this evening convict for Sing Sing, for
term of five years at hard labor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
Indorsing the President.


Cooper Institute, New York city, was
filed in every part on the evening of the
10th by substantial business men, bank
ers and merchants, in response to call
for meeting to indOrse the efforts of
President Hayes to restore the Union
and harmony to the whole country, bring
back the civil service to its early eff
cheney and purity, and to express the
disapprobation felt at the action of the
Republican State Convention for placing
the people of the State in position
toward the Administration at once false
and injurious The platform was filled
by distinguished and representative men.
Prof. Theo W. Dwight, of Columbia Law
School, presided George William Curtis
delivered the speech of the evening. He
spoke eloquently in support of the Presi-
dent and his Administration, and de-
clared that the late State Convention of
New York misrepresented the courage,
patriotism and principles of the Repub-
lican party. He concluded as follows
President Hayes stands on u platform
of Justice, union, national fraternity, a
gold currency and civil'service reform,
and we stand by him. 1t is "a platform
of one plank, wide as continent, deep
as the beating of the American heart,
and it bears the legend, He serves his
party best who serves his country well. !"
Mr.. Curtis retired amid thunders OF ap'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
CONGREssIONAL.

Senate, oct. 15.-The oath OF Office was ad
ministered to Matthews of Ohio, Cameron Of
Pennsylvania, and Armstrong OF Missouri.
A committee wasappointed to join the House
committee to inform the President that the
quorum Of both houses had assembled. Adj
1ourned.
House--Clerk Adams called the House to
order and called the roll of States. He also
made an explanation in regard to placing on
the rolls the names of members from Louisi-
ana, Florida, Missouri and Colorado. In the
two former he had put on the roll those having
credentials from the present Governors. No
certificate had been received from the Third
District Of Missouri. With reference TO Col
orado the Clerk said Beford's certificate
showed he was elected in October, 1876,
at time not authorized by law; Patterson
presented only certified copies Of votes; the
Clerk therefore declined to place either
name on the roll. Two hundred and
eighty.seven members answered to their
names. An election for Speaker was had +,
resulting: Randall 149, Garfield 1872. Speaker
Randall made short speech of thanks. The
Democratic nominees for Clerk, Sergeaut-at-
Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster and Chap
lain were elected. Objections were made to
swearing in Cain and Rainey of South Caro-
lima, Elan and Robertson of Louisiana and
Pscheco of California. Adjourned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
She Changed Her Mind.

A curious piece of gossip, which is
well authenticated, comes here from
Newport, in regard to recent "mar-
riage in high life" at that aristocratic re-
sort. The facts are, according to those
In position to know, that the groom
who was to have served when the we'd
ding-day was fixed and the bridesmaids
invited to off1ciate was almost at the
last moment replaced by another gentle
man, the bride having made up her mind
just before it was too late that she loved
the naval officer, whom she met in
Europe while on tour around the world
about two years before, better than the
Washington gentleman, whom she met
in California while nearing the conclu-
sion of the same journey. The latter
was on his way to Newport, to terminate
in marriage, an engagement which had
lasted a year or more, and every prepa-
ration was rapidly progressing for the
wedding, when suddenly the naval Off
cer appeared and accidentally renewed
his acquaintance with the bride-elect.
She reconsidered her pledges to the
other, and accepted the naval gentle
mans declaration of love, avowing that
her heart had only then betrayed its true
inclinations. The wedding took place
on the day originally fixed and exactly
as at first arranged in all respects save
that substitute for the groom" first
selected took the leading masculine role
on the occasion. The rejected bride
groom received telegram en- route of
the change in the cast, and returned to
California without the ladyhe had hoped
to place at the head of the establishment
he had made ready for his bride. 1t is
soothing, while glancing at his side of
"the romance in real life" to remember
Shakespeare's consolatory words: "Men
have died and worms have eaten them,
but not for love- - Washington Letter.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Mexican Government will remit $685.
600 monthly to the United States on account
OF the payment of the American debt.
An American named Bedel, now in Brus-
sells, writes to the American Legation in
Paris that he was removed from his home,
business and family and expelled from France
without being assigned reason, and he asks
reparation.
Henry Meiggs, the great Peruvian railroad
contractor, died at Lima Sept. 20,
Spain has paid to the American Minister
$4,000 on account of losses incurred by
American citizens in Cuba.
The Bank Of England has raised the price
of American eagles half penny.
By an explosion in the colliery at Pember-
ton, England, on the 11th thirty-eight miners
were killed.
DeCazes, Minister of Foreign Affairs, says
OF Bedeps expulsion from France that he
took an active part in the electoral struggle,
openly manifesting hostility to the Govern
ment, and his punishment was just. Bedel
worked for the success OF the Republican
candidate.
Gsmbetta on the 18th was sentenced to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
plause, at the conclusion of which the
following resolutions were adopted:


following resolutions were adopted
The citizens of the metropolis have always
felt that neither commercial disturbances nor
political disorders, neither prosperity nor
the effects of good government, can exist any
where In the Union without bringing to them
immediate evil or good; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we rejoice in the recent and
unquestionable evidence that every clause OF
the Constitution as il is now established Is
to-day accepted by an Overwhelming maiori-
ty of the citizens Of the United States.
ResotUed, That we recognize and approve
the trmness and fidelity with which the
President has kept his public pledges and
those OF his party as to the reform of our
civil service. There is no precedent in the
political history Of our country for this vol
untary act Of self-reformation by party In
power. We tender to the President and to
his able and patriotic advisers our heartiest
sympathy and support
ResotOed, That the country has reason to
congratulate itself on the occurrence of SO
many physical and political events favorable
to the restoration of a more wholesome and
abiding prosperity than IL ever enjoyed. The
beneficial results Of the tidal waven that is
to lift us above our present distresses might
be defeated were not our National Admins
tration so unsectional, so determined upon
reform, and so earnest in its desire to unite
men of all parties in q common and patriotic
and cheering endeavor to build up true re-
union, more manly style of politics, and
loftier and more genuine Americanism than
we ever before displayed to the world.
RESOLVED, That we recognize in the candi-
dates nominated by the late Republican
Convention men of integrity and capacity
for the places for which they are named.
They are In no sense responsible for any
errors OF the convention, but are entitled
upon their fitness and merits to the hearty
support OF every Republican. We indorse
fhnV In al A.sffII - hi.
election by every honorable means in our
power.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-19
sugrestiHe to Fault-Finderu.

Now, deacon, I've just one word to
say, can't bear your preaching! l get
no good. There's so much in it that
don't want, that grow lean on it. l lose
my time and pains"
Mr.. Bunnell, come in here. There's
my COW Thankful-she can teach you
theology"
"a. COW teach me theology What do
you mean%
"Now seel have just thrown her a
forkful of hay. just watch her. There
now. She has found stick-you know
sticks will get into the hay-and see how
she tosses ii to one side and leaves it, and
goes ON to eatwhaC is good. There again.
She has found burdock, and she throws
it to one side and goes on eating. And
there! She does not relish that bunch of
daisies, and she leaves them, and-goes
ON eating. Before morning she will clear
the manger of all, save a few sticks and
weeds, and she will give milk. There's
milk in that hay, and she knows how to
get it out, albeit there may be now and
then stick or a weed which she leaves.
But if she refused to eat and spent the
time in scolding about the fodder, she,
too, would grow lean, and my milk
would be dried up. Just so with our
preaching. Let the old COW teach you
Get all the good you can out of it, and
leave the rest, You will find great deal
of nourishment in it,"
Mr. Bunnel stood silent a moment, and
then turned away, saying; Neighbor
that old cow is no fool, at any rate, -
Or. DOdd.