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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-25

The Department of Agriculture at
Washington, in its August report, makes
the following statement relative to the
tobacco crops:
The twelve largest tobacco-growing
States report the following condition Of
the crop in August, viz: Kentucky 80,
q falling of during July of 10; Virginia
80. loss OF Is: Missouri rs. loss of 5 !;
Tennessee IS, a loss Of a.: Maryland 81.
loss Of l5; Pennsylvania IS, loss OF
70; North Carolina "a, loss Of TO-;
Ohio So. q loss Of 3; Illinois 80, loss Of
8; Indiana as, loss IL; Connecticut
los. gain OF s.; Massachusetts, lO5, q
gain OF 3. The present aspects Of the
crops indicate greatly reduced produc-
ton, even upon the small acreage Of
1878. 1t will be seen that the tobacco
field Of the Connecticut Valley Is the
only one that shows any improvement
during the month Of July. In all other
pats Of the great tobacco belt the crops
have fallen of, and the present aspects
indicate greatly reduced product. In
Virg ria and North Carolina the season
has y unproptious, and the crops
--c b., generally injured by drouth.
some districts Of Tennessee only halt
q crop has been planted, and in West
Virginia the planters have mostly re-
stricted tho production to their own
necessities. In Kentucky the crops
have been partly reduced bv excessive
rains In June, and only about 80 per
cent. Of last years aggregate will be
obtained. In some districts of Ohio the
crop isin good condition. while in Others
j has been injured by the drouth. In
Illinois and Missouri cultivation has
been largely discontinued or neglected
on account Of low prices.
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Lcovcotes Times.
No fortune wheels or other games OF
chance were allowed on the fair ground
this year. This will be big advertise
nIent for future Fairs.
Mr.. J. @. Kemper, a horse buyer from
Florida, bought carload OF horses in
two days. last week, in Loogootee. The
prices paid were from $50 to 500. Mr.
hemper will be here again about tho
middle Of November.
LOOMING UP FOX CONGRESS-. The
friends Of Sam. Taylor are Justly proud
Of Ffm. They say, and with reason, too,
that, had II not been for Sans great
popularity. he would have been defeated
Tor the legislature. lie will be promoted
yet. lie Is surely on the road to con-
gress. Of course we all know that Sam.
is The prince Of all good fellows.
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The Unricked Cotton.


Although IL i felt that tho prevalence
Of the plague Ia the south i general
calamity whose effects are felt M nearly
every part OF the land, there arc few be-
sides those having business or social re-
lations with the south who know how
great calamity II Is. Tho usual NOR
tally that attends the fever. aud The de-
ISOLATION OF households aud poverty that
IL leaves behind il. make story mourn
nl enough; but these are not ALL The
entire business OF the country Is ticrang-
ed. Ii Is impossible 10 overrate the i'm
portsnce OF the cotton crop OF our south
crn states. IL Is worth $2UO,VOO,O0O a
year, aud il all goes 10 market. IL Is not
consumed on the ground like the hay
crop Ia the north, and TINS Kept out Of
view. The whole Of 1t
moves over long lines OF transportation
70 distant markets. making business and
leaving profits 10 All who handle IL. II
is not only a great staple In many parts
of that region; the planters who raise it
expect to buy all their staples with the
proceeds OF the sale Of their crop--and
this is another commercial fact for il
signifies that when the cotton begins TO
ihoft ifOiu tllt plfuttttNH~, SiNtI. lOlI,
meal, meat, lard and other western pro-
ducts move In 10 supply the southern
population with the necessarics and COM
forts which they do not raise themselves.
As general thing, this movement OF the
cotton crop aud the responsive move
ments that accompany it begin in Sep
TENDER, and the business OF the entire
lcountry brightens under their effect.
But the prevalence of the fever in the
towns aud in the plantations in the low
err Mississippi region tho chief cotton
districts OF the south has suspended
plantation work; The ripe cotton is I'M
picked la the fields; the hauling of the
crop 10 landings and stations has not
been begun, and the rivers and railroads
in the south, usually such scenes Of life
and activity at this season or the year.
are now idle and and desolate. This
state of things must continue till the
fever entirely disappears. for not till
then will the people of plantations re-
cover from the alarm sufficiently to gath
err the crop. Meanwhile, the movements
OF western produce and eastern merchan-
disc into south await the pleasure of the
fever also, for all this trade with the
the southern states is entirely dependent
on the movement Of the cotton.
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Petersburg Press.
On Saturday night last, Mr.. Hugh
Mccain, aged az years, breathed his last.
Mr.. Mccain was one oil our oldest resi-
dents and had lived in the county for
many years. He was well-to-do
farmer and was beloved and respected
by all that knew him. He was buried
Sunday evening.
w. l.. Wright, the city photographer
and artist, died at his residence on Main
street. Saturday, about o'clock. lie
had been subject to epileptic fits several
previous to his death. and his
mind was deranged at the time.
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For The Iasnor fnrRIFE
Boone and Jefferson Teachers In
stituIc.

prrsuant Ia = call If the Trustees Of
Boone aud .Ieffcrson townships the
tearhcrs ~ said townships met In Insti-
tute II ireland, Oct. IL. 1879. The house
was called 10 ortcr BY VIM. j. Pnett.
On motion r. A. Bolin was chosen tenn
persry chnirmnM. Tie Institute then
proceeded 10 clcrt a permanent chairman
and secretary. whirh resulted 10 rhoos-
ing VIM. J. Pnett. chairman and Josiah
Whitehead secretary. when the Institute
took recess ten minutes.
First exercise was conducted by Miss
Doca Tope IL reading. which was very
Instructive: second exercise, pcnman-
ship. by Win. II. Dixlcr. showing the
principles or letters As made bv II. II.
Spencer. afNer which the Institute took
recess Till one o'clock.
Afternoon session.
First--phvsioiogv. by q. L. Brown,
Topic-Jnints aud Digestion was ably
presented hy diagraning. Second
Orthogrnphy. by II. A. Bolin. Third
History. IN Josiah Whitehead. Recess
fifteen minutes.
Tn motion q committee Of three was
appointed to arrange the programme fol
the next Institute to be held at Birch
creek shoot house, November 9TH, 1878
and reported as follows:
Josiah Whitehead, Orthognphy; A
Dillons Arithmetic. topic sim. and
comp. Proportion; q. L. Brown, Physi
ology, topic respiration; II. A. Bolin
History: Chas. a. Denote, Grammar
topic parts OF speech; Wn. j. Pnett
Reading: j. r. Bixler. School Govern
ment; institute adjourned TO meet at Tho
time and place appointed.
JOSIAH WHITEHEAD, Sec.
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The LAFAYETTE Daily and Weekly
journal, Of Lafayette, was sold Monday
by the administrators Of the Purdue
estate to Scptimus Water. who has been
editor Of the same for nine years. Tie
sum paid was $3.50. tits understood
that r. +. White, president Of the Pur-
Que unworthy, formerly state school com
missioner Of Ohio, has half an interest
with Water. His son, Albert s. White
graduate Of Marietta college, will be
one OF the staff OF editors.
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NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

Az - = - Inn 4 n u EI6Ss
am now ready to receive the Novem-
Der half Of the current taxes for the
year 1877. The last day OF payment will
be Monday. NOvember4, To insure
themselves from being returned delin-
quent, taxpayers should take advan tage
Of the opportunity now afforded them
to pay without waiting for the rush and
delay incident TO the last DAYS. If
everybody waits until then, a good many
must necessarily be returned delinquent.
Pay up now, and avoid trouble
and delay.
Persons wishing to pay a large amount
of taxes for several Others besides their
own. will greatly oblige me BY furnish
ing the numbers Of the land they wish
to pay on, some days before the last. 90
that the receipts may be properly made
out. Az the law makes II my duty 10
collect the taxes, | hope none will nut
me 70 the trouble Of doing SO by distress
and sale Of property.
JAMEs II. SpURLocK,
Treasurer Dubois County.
Oct. %, 1875. 3w.
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a widcwer had five grown daughters
VITO wouldn't let him take second
wife. lie gave up the wife, but bought
= savage dog. and now won't allow 4
man TO cross his door-silI. III he cant
marry the girls shan't, he saws. But
the girls will give In by-and-by. They
cant staud that sort Of thing forever.
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NOTICE 10 hereby given that on Mon
49, day, Nov. 18th, 1873, pursuant to
request, the Surveyor Of Dubois
County will proceed to run the lines
and establish the corners Of Section 36.
Town 2, s., Range 4, W.; interme-
date lines run and established at the
same time. All persons interested are
notified to be present.
Oct. rs, 1872 3v.
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Receipts and Expenditures for the fiscal
year is7s.as reported 10 the County Com
Oct. IA, 1873.
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NOTICE.


NOTICE Is hereby given that there
A. will be an examination OF applicants
for teachers license held at the Public
School building, in Jasper, on Saturday,
October 26th, 1878. Examination 10 be-.
gin promptly AZ Is O'Clock, "A. M.
=. X. BRuNDlCk, 20. Supt.
Oct. 18th, 1S7S-2w.
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Receipts and Expenditures for the ifs.
cal year ending Oct. 10. 1878, as reported
to the County Commissioners.
TOWNSHIP FUND.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-02

seen willing to grant him. Now, whether
the States of Florida and Louisiana should
have been counted in, or ruled out entirely,
and let the election have gone to the House
of Representatives as directed by the Con-
stitution in case of failures to elect by
ballot, it is very certain Mr.. Hayes had
nothing to do in placing himself in the
executive chair. 1t was the work of the
united effort of both parties with the aid OF
the highest tribunal in the land-the
Supreme Court. The charges made by
Chandler are denied by several leading
Southern men whom he claims as parties
to the contract.
One thing is very apparent to any careful
observer of transpiring events, and that is,
that President Hayes as wise, prudent
man could not do otherwise than he has.
In fact his "policy" was entailed to him
by President Grants administration. The
law of force had been carried to its utmost
limit the new policy was not the inven.
ton of President Hayes for the first orders
putting it in force were issued by General
Grant, and the new administration was
compelled whether it would or not to take
the course it did, for the peculations of the
"carpet baggers had become so notorious
and obnoxious as to destroy the vitality of
OF the Republican party. 1t was either the
rule OF the native element, or the Major
General. If the adventurers who went into
the South had endeavered to mould and
educate the negroes in the political virtues
which American civilization requires of the
voter instead of using their talents to
plunder wherever they could, the result
could and would have been different.
When the men who went South at the
close Of the war forsook the higher virtues
for sordid pelf, the doom Of both them.
selves and party was written. 1t is wonder
1t could have lived eleven years. To have
a Southern Republicanism worthy Of the
name, they must be governed like other
American communities. President Hayes
sees this and hence his policy is first to re-
assure and gain their confidence and trust,
and then administer the laws with equal
justice, to both whites and negroes. the
course of President Hayes must tend to
foster good feeling and in due time the
South will divide into parties as in former
days, and as is necessary for a healthy con-
dition Of the body polite.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-02

Samuel Townsend is out for silver dollar
worth 90 cts, condemns Senator Bayard for
not advocating the same, and wants Bel
mont kicked out Of the Democratic party
because he wants dollar worth 100 cents.
DIR. DRAPER's BACK AND CURRENT Pay
REFUsED.-The case of Dir. Draper, who was
restored to the navy recently, after thirteen
years resignation, has received an uneX-
pected check. Draper made his formal APP
plication to the Fourth Auditor of tho
Treasury to have his name placed on a
paymasters books for pay for the time
from his resignation i'll February, 1865, to
July |, last. The Auditor has shelved the
application, and refuses to take action on
the ground that the action of the Secretary
OF the Navy was illegal, and there exists no
power to so restore Dr. Draper to the
service except an act of Congress, and such
an act must expressly state that he shall
receive back pay to entitle him to any, and
must, besides, make specific appropria.
ton.
CAPTURE OF A FORGER.--SOme months ago
man named Frank T. Myers forged the
endorsement of his father-in-law. Lewis
Bullock, of Brandywine Hundred, to two
notes OF small amount, which he negotiated
with ID. ii. Kent & Co. The forgery was
soon discovered and Myers fed from the
town. a few days ago Detective Wood
ward learned that Myers was STAYING near
salem, \. D., and then proceeding to that
city he ascertaned that his man was at
Pedrlcktown, few miles from Salem, for
which place he Immediately started
Myers got wind Of his coming and fed, but
was captured after a chase of two miles.
detective Woodward took his prisoner to
New Castle, where, after hearing before
Justice Nandever, he was committed to
jail IN default of $4,000 bail for his appear.
ance at Court
There are several temperance societies in
wilmington one of which the " Old Found
cry seems to exercise censorship over
everything inside or outside Of their meet
ing. II man writes an article for a paper.
goes into a public place of resort. or
breaches or speaks he has to pass the ordeal
OF critical review before this meeting
We clip the following from the report Of
their last meeting: Brother Sparks said
that the Judges OF the court were the par
ties to blame for Mr.. Feherenbach' : open
ing, as they had granted him a license
after once refusing his application. People
seemed afraid to criticise the action of the
Judges, but he did not care how soon thty
hear OF what he said, even if they punish
hlm for his utterances. lie thought thew
had done a low trick and rascally one.
ihey had faithfully promised to grant 10
license to parties against whom charges
were pending for violation of the lioror
law, and there were two charges against
this man Feherenbach.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-02

Evidence of alarm which has seized the
capitalists and the great moneyed institu-
tons OF the country, at the threatening an.
proach OF silver imitation, accumulate almost
too rapidly for enumeration. Two large
Western cities have been refused loans
except on gold basis, one asking 81 ,OOO,-
600, and the other $l,500,0OO; one bank
has even refused to make small loan OF
$4,000, on the ground that if the Bland
bill should pass the loss would be greater
than the interest would cover, and it was
"saler" to keep the money. The state
ments OF the presidents Of prominent banks
and trust companies in the cities. show
that this distrust Of the future course Of
Congress is general, and that there j, a
strong desire among them for concert of
action. But, what is more, individual bond
holders have taken the alarm. One sale OF
large amount hy private owner is re.
ported, as well as one Of half a million dbl
lars hy one of the banks, and bankers re.
port tendency to sell even at a loss rather
than run the risk Of still greater loss Ey
the Silver Bill.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-02

The late difficulty at Ell Haso in Texas
near the Mexican border has been mag
nifed into much larger proportions than
the'merits of the case demands. 1t was at
best local difficulty with no shadow of in
ternational significance except, that many
of the citizens of Texas engaged in it were
of Mexican birth. The New York World
has endeavored to make large affair out
of it, foreshadowing early hostilities. The
New Orleans Times takes the same course
with an apparent desire for hostilites, the
ultimate result being a large acquisition OF
Mexican States. 1t not only believes that
there is every indication Of an carly rupture
between the two countries, hut thinks that
nine-tenths of our people would rather
have war with Mexico than not, provided
there is q good enough excuse for it. 1t
declares that it is absurd to talk about our
commercial relations with Mexico, which
'consist mainly of reciprocal smuggling,
the skinning of Texan steers by Mexican
greasers, and exchanges Of lead at long
ranges
Smyrna times., 1878-01-02

Thevalue of England's mediation between
the Car and Sultan will depend upon the
terms she is prepared to offer. on the part
OF the latter. Hitherto the Car has been
resolved to compel the Sultan to sue direct
for peace, but if he can gain all that he
seeks through Lord Derby's good Office, he
may be willing too open negotiations. There
Is no reason to suppose that the Car will
retard hostilities in the least, from Difference
to England. The tone of the Russian press
renders it evident that Lord Derby will be
regarded throughout as an officious friend
OF Turkey, and not as the representative of
neutral power, interceding in the interest
of peace and humanity.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-02

PERHAPS the greatest trouble among men
who have hand in shaping and control
ling public events is vanity of opinion.
Every man thinks he knows just what
course should be taken in this and that
measure, and the man who does not do as
he thinks is a fool or stubborn. A man
who sets out with a line of procedure OF
policy, must adhere to it until it is fairly
tested, and not be turned about by every
wane of doctrine, however plausibly set
forth. A certain editor who thinks he
could run the government machine with
perfect ease, says what Giant doesn't know
about obstinacy President Hayes can teach
him. If either of them had been easy sub.
jects to manipulate, the respect for their
respective administrations would have been
very different from what it is.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-02
;, fTst-class Photographs only made .,
Bradford's SMYRNA. Del "l

First-class Photographs only mado D.,
Bradtord'e smyrna Del. ct
Guaranteed the best Coal OIL. at w..
den $, for IS cents per gallon.
Coal and Wood constantly ON hand anal
for sale by W. W. Tschudy.
Music! MrsIc..-Shcet Music and Mas.
Books. New stock Call and sec H. b,.-
count t" Teachers. Cheap to all. 4. Prir.
If you want your Watch properly 70.
pared, take it to J. V. Smith. Main =
tins town. His long experience and 80
khowicdged mechanical ability rive, ILL.,,
an adYantag" over many in this trade.
Guaranteed the best Coal Oil. at Wor
den's, for IS cents per gallon.
For good Jewery, Watches and Clocks
60 to the stone Of J. Y. Smith. Man, :,
Don't buy present, until you pay him =
visit. lie Will orderany thing not in .,5rl,
and remember every thing he sell, !.
warranted as represented.
Tschudy ha, a lot of Chester Paving Brick
always on hand They are the only Kind
tit for paving
MERRY CHRISTMAS.-Parent, and
| friends you can make Home happy by sun.
plying 1t with a good Piano or Organ. Try
1t. Prices the lowest. A. Price Griffith.
Miss Allie F. Smith is agent for two Of
the best Sewing Machines in the market
the New Wheeler & Wilson and New
weed. Gou cannot mistake in buviu,
either Of them. Her place Of business i
with her father. }. Y. Smith, Matchmaker.
Remember this fact. r. ". & ". r.. john.
son are the heaviest cash Boot and Shoe
dealers Oh the Peninsula. Their system Of
conducting the business enables them 10
give advantages in prices, quality, style and
repairing, that places them beyond compp.
ttlon and saves thousands of dollars in the
communities II which they operate.
DIR. VAN DYKES SULPHUR SOAP
Make. the SKIN ~, Clear, Pure, White sud Health, is
Cleansing Gcoieti.ing. Di-Iurcting soothing II,ai5
purl,ug remove. Dtriruu Chadng. Ulcers, >ar. r' =
@ a''. Sls ~ oi thr KIN ana IRRITATION ot t=
ng rI,r VII have any rrGt: j, free from all Offensive @
a. ~ Az tIl Xxx 'IrD 'I.i,"n u E5I ~ Equal FrIcr u Gem,
dtahe' hoX lth rec taAcSl 90 Cents. sent BY
wholesale D4pot 400 N Third - g. a. r.
9 Jas T. liouecktr smyrna Demand Druggists genera. s.
4 GENTLE IIINT.-in our stvle Of climate.
with the sudden changes Of tcnpcrrtuyc.-
rain, wind and sunshine often intcru!n.led
in a'single day,--it is no wonder that our
children, friends and relatives are 50 fire.
quently taken from Us BY neglected colds.
half tire deaths resulting directly from thi>
cause. A bottle Of Boschee's German Syrun
kept about your home for immediate use
will prevent serious sickness. a large doctors
bill, and perhaps death, by the use Of three.
or four doses. For curing Consumption.
Hemorrhages Pneumonia, Severe Coughs.
Group or any disease of the Throat or
Lungs, its success is simply wonderful, as
your druggist will tell you. German Syrup
is now sold in every town and village on
this continent. Sample bottles for trial,
l0c.; regular size, 7jc Sold by your Drug
gist, Jas. P. IIofecher, Smyrna. nov I4Iy