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The anti-monopolist., 1878-04-11
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The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

He Positively States That He Ii
not = Candidate for the United
States Senate.

The Indianapolis Journal, Of the 18th
inst, contained the following. concern
ing the candidacy for the United States
Senate:
ut il stated with good deal Of posi-
tiveness that Hon. w. Il. Niblack, the
present Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, has been approached by some
leading Democrats In regard to the
United States Senatorship, and the dis
tinguishcd judge has expressed his
willingness to accept the position II II
should be rendered him. In other
words. he is willing to be . candidate If
his political friends desire II"
Chief Justice Niblack Is at present in
the CITY, and representative Of the Sun
called his attention to the above state
ment of the Journal, and asked him IL
there was any foundation to such ate
ment. to which he replied:
CHIEF JUSTICE NIBLACK 1.-THE whole
thing is apure flction--s cheap fabrica-
tion Of some one. In the first place no
one has recently approached me on the
subject of being candidate for the
United States Senate. In the next place
j am not now, nor never have for q
moment, been either presently or pros
pectively, candidate for the Senate. l
always had q very distinct impression
that there were not enough senatorships
belonging 10 the State to 20 around and
include me. know Of no conceivable
Of affairs that would make me
a candidate for the Senate in the present
emergency. If ! had any aspirations in
that direction would regard the pres
ent as a very unbecoming and inoppor-
tune time for me to attempt realization
of them. The whole matter is too idIes
too sensational to merit serious discuss
sion.r
This Is most complete refutation Of
the Journals statement and sets 1t rest
another scheme Of the Republicans to
defeat the Hon. d. w. VOORHEES,. Win
cennes Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

Old Pompey came down to the vii
Iage the other day with . big brass
watch key prominently displayed from a
shoe-string chain.
"Whar's your watch, Uncle Pomp ?"
asked . young niggcr.
'Dun got none."
"You aint?"
mo, chile.'
aDen what TO- you kerry dat yer watch
key roun' 90 conspicuous 2"
Old Pompey chuckled.
"Look here, chile" he said. SPOUSE
ain't no logican-got no head for de-
scientific side Of matters. DO youse
s'poze dat II come down here totin
Of a stable door dat II would be any
sign dat owned hoss? DE two cases
am prexactly parellelogram, sah.'
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

Corn is . crop which demands a
rich soil-it Is q gross feeder and must
be abundantly supplied with plant food.
There 10 no economy in raising 30 bush
els Of corn per acre, when by properly
enriching the soil and thoroughly cult.
waiting II, 10 or 80 bushels could be pro.
duced. Moreover, II corn is sold In the
market and not fed on the farm, we
must remember that the mineral matter
which would be represented by the
ashes Of the corn, II II were burned, Il
SO much loss to the soil. This will
amount to nearly 600 pounds per acre
about 4OO pounds Of this will be silics
and lime, which are cheap; but 90C
pounds will consist Of potash and phos'
phoric acid, which must be replaced
with superphosphatcs or bone dust.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22
The Rev. Gilbert De La Matyr,


lwsshington Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer.l
The Rev. Gilbert De La Matyr,
|elected to the Forty sixth congress as 4
|greenbacker from the indianapolis dis
|trict, has been interviewed at Baltimore.
lie says he regards the financial ques-
ltion as the paramount issue that win ab-
sorb all others. There will be only two
parties. The republicans will adhere to
resumption and the hard money basis.
The other party will represent the
masses Of the people, and will favor q
paper currency bearing the stamps ol
the government. but not iedeemable II,
gold or silver. The party may be called
democratic or national, or something
else.
| Reporter In an issue between the
two parties which you have described
you would not permit your record as q
Republican to stand In the way OF your
voting for the opposition candidate fol
president?
Mr.. De La Maiyr-I should not with
Inv present convictions as TO the disas'
trous consequences that followed the
financial legislation Of the republican
party. My conscience would compel
me to vote with the other side.
Reporter - Suppose that Indiana
should, by chain of possible circum.
stances, have the power to name the
next president. and that the vote Of the
state depended on your vote, would you
array Indiana against the republican
DR.. DE La M should feel 1t my
solemn duty to vote for the candidate
that fav0rs the financial views Of the
so-callcd greenbackers; and In doing
this l should not only be acting In &C.
lcordance with my own feelings and
but would be carrying ouI
1.-THE views Of large majority OF the
people Of my state.
Rcportcr--Suppose the opposition
candidate should be hard money
democrat, standing on hard money
platform
DIR. DE La MI should not vote fol
him. ! have no apprehension, however
that the democrats will nominate hard
money candidate.
Reporter Would you be willing Il
name any democratic candidate for the
presidency who would be acceptable tC
the grcenbackers. il nominated on soft
money platform?
DR.. DC La Mn my opinion Mr.
Hendricks is more nearly In accord with
the theories Of the grcenbackcrs than
any other candidate that has been named
and on satisfactory platform would
perhaps command larger vote than any
other democrat that has been mentioned
This, however, is only my own indi.
NJ hn
presidential contest Of 1880 rs OF to-day
and IN what have said assume that
the same wants will be pressing on the
country then as now. Events may
happen in the meantime, however, tI.al
will create new set Of conditions and
circumstances. which may modify my
own views and change my position up.
on the presidential question. However
/ look confidently forward TO the break.
ing up Of both the old political parties.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

Evansville Courier.
The Courier has said from the first
that the lesson of the November and
October elections teaches the impor-
|tance of close alliance between the
West and the South. The Eastcrc
Estates have shown that both the Rcpub-
|Iican and Democratic leaders there are
lin sympathy with the Money Power.
They fight only for the spoils Of Office
land not for principles. Touching this
Ipoint, we reproduce mn interview with
Congressman Springer, Of Illinois, to
(which we invite the earnest attention Of
Iall sincere opponents OF the National
Banks and the graspng greed Of the
Eastern money-grabbcrs.
Mr.. Springer attributes the result of
1.-THE late elections TO want Of unity on
1.-THE part Of Greenbackers and Demo-
|crats. He believed IL the elements Of the
Opposition to the Republican party had
been united, there would have been a
very large Democratic majority In the
next Congress. "Thc lesson of these
Ielections,' said he, "is that, with d.
lvided opposition, the Republicans must
succeed In the election of President in
1850. With united opposition, how
ever, threc-fourths Of the Sta.es IN the
Union can be carried by the Democrats.
II attribute the result Of the elections TO
the extreme measures taken by the Ma
tional party in advocating unlimited In
flation and fiat money. That has been
too heavy load for even Democrats to
carry, and has given the Resumptionists
vantage ground before the country. II
those who are In favor Of fiat money
insist upon the idea Independently, Il
can only secure success to the Republi.
|csn party, and make II impossible for
the Democrats to succeed. As to the
solid South, be said II simply meant that
the Southern people have been allowed
TO elect their own officers. IL Is simply
the result Of carpct-bag rule. II Is nat.
ural, that the people Of the South should
vote against the party that had sustained
Iit. So far as their elections are con.
'cerncd, they have been Is peaccable and
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

more so tnon IN fhlI6uelphla, where the
mob, as usual, was In full possession OF
the city; and In Massachusetts,, where
workingmen have been overpowered by
their employers, and voted against their
own candidates in large numbers. II
required more bull-doxing TO carry
Massachusetts, against Butler than has
been exercised by the Democrats over
the negroes In the South since the war
closed"
AS to the majority In the next House, y
he said, "the Democrats have q clear
majority IN the House over all others,
and over the four vacancies in Califor-
sixth Congress, las Democrats who will
vote In Democratic caucus, LAT being q
majority over all others. The Demo-
Gratis will probably elect man in Clark.
son N. Potter's district, where Smith
the Republican member elect, has died
district which Is largely democratic
They will undoubtedly elect one man
an 4 probably two in California. In ad.
dition to this, DE La Matyr, of Indiana
two Grcenbackers In Iowa, and Murch
Of Maine, will, in all probability, 60 into
the Democratic caucus.
"As 10 the Presidential election, the
Democrats must nominate a man for
President who can carry Ohio, Indiana
aud Illinois. These three States, the
solid South and Oregon will carry l9c
electoral votes, 10 more than q majority
In the electoral college. We cannot rely
on New York, Connecticut and New
Jersey. The old combination that Sc.
cured Tilden's nomination is broken
The combined opposition in Ohio, Indi.
ana and Illinois will have majority in
each state, Of 44,OO0 in Ohio, 5000 III
Indiana, and at least $500 in Illinois
as shown by the fall elections. This il
the natural division Of politics in the
country South and West united-a a
Icombination that subserves both local
interests and general welfare. The
united opposition would have carried
more than three Northern States. The
vote Of Maine, with united opposition
would have been against the Republican
party. They would not have elected q
single Congressman IN Maine il the op.
| position had been united. So far as II,
being victory for the Republican party
figures will show that that party is In
the minority more than million votes
| In the nation"
II is true that there is a difference oil
opinion between Nationals and Demo
| crats upon minor details. but they cer-
tainly stand together in their opposition
to the National banks, and are as certainly
agreed that whatever is used as money
shall be issued by the government alone
These sre the underlying, Fundamental
principles Of the financial policy sought
to be Impressed upon the administra.
ton Of the government BY the people oi
the West and South. So long as the
Republicans are maintained in power, II
will be impossible TO make any change
for the better. by uniting our forces
the Democrats and Nationals may get Q
halfa loaf; by remaining divided, the
Republicans will get all the bread
Until we shall have succeeded III hurl.
ing the Money Power from the control
Of the government, we must pool ouI
issues and fight the battle side-by-side
just as the Democratic and Republican
soldiers of the Union, forgot their dif'
ferences In front Of the common enemy
| Of the Union.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

| 1t requires ten well directed blows
with an ordinary boot-jack TO kill the
average cat, and at the distance Of one
foot the chances are ten to one that You
will miss the cat. II you don't believe
.it, try It. Secure the cat by a string one
foot long, so as to give the cat plenty Of
play, and after q weeks practice you
will consider this . scant estimate for
the cat. Therefore, ut the distance OF
.one foot II will require 1000 boot Jacks.
!. But your chances Of killing the cat de-
Grease as the square of the distance in
.creases. This is an axiom in natural
PHILOSOPHY and fundamental truth OF
Technology. Therefore, at the distance
.of ten feet 1t will require 10000 boot
Jacks.
!. Again, the force Of the projectile de-
.creases as the square Of the distance in
creases. Ten squares equal 100, 1,O00x
loo, l,OO0,vOO, equals the number OF
boot.jack on this count.
|. But then the darkness of night de-
creases the chances of fair hit ten to
one. Hence ut night, it will require
l0, ,0C0, 900 boot-jacks.
J, Fourthly, the tom-cat being black, de.
.creases the chances twenty to one, &C.
Icording to the well known rule OF optics.
Fourth count, 2O0OOO,OO0.
] At this stage of our solution we will
leave the domain Of science and draw o
couple Of logical differences.
i First, after man has hurled 2OO. .OOO.-
200 bo0t-jacks he will be old, as we shall
hereafter show, and very feeble. We
have no means of knowing how much
his projecting force would decrease or
his aim fail. But at very fair allow
ance the chances from these two causes
would decrease In the ratio of 100 10 I,
Count fifth, 20, 0,OC0,OOO,O
/ IL is true that 10000, ,O0O. 600 boot Jacks
thrown round promiscously might af-
ford tho cat almost invincible shelter,
but 10 save paper, we will suppose this
TO diminish the chances only as ten to
one.
1 Count six and answer, 2OO, ,OO0, ,O0O, 600,
i 1t Is true the man might improve in
his aim. but the cat would improve
,Iequally in his dodging.
] Now, suppose Adam to have thrown
ion an average, 500 per day. This il q
sIliberal estimate when we make no al.
lowance for Sundays, "bums,r mendina
fhis breeches, blowing up Eve, etc. HI
would have job OF Lose, ,22O years. Al
present the cat would be 1-lo6fh dead
,IOr, suppose the weapons 10 contain one
square foot of inch pine. and six eight
,lpenny nails. The lumber, third clear
would cost $26 per 1000 feet, Of $780,.
100000. And the nails, l5,4Q0. .0OC
pounds at three cents per pound would
cost $462 OlOOO0.
These figures are startling. If ever a
tom-cat is killed, 1t is by special inter-
IIvention OF Divine Providence.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

I'm Canada, since 1869, the number Of
Catholic churches has increased from
779 TO 0i3, and Of tho clergy, from 768
10 1,l71. In the same period the num-
her OF religious houses has increased
from S3 to 1876. There are 3,l39 schools.
being one school for every 500 Of the
|population. In the United States there
was only one Catholic academy for girls
in 1880. Now there are more than 40.
or the 56 bishops In this country, 10 are
|of Irish birth.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

JcfIersonville News: II took three
men, two boys and brindle dog an
hour and half to drive . sandy pig q
distance Of two blocks down TO tho
fcrryboat yesterday afternoon. When
the drive was ended the dog was Bit in
three places, the hoy had sprained his
ankle, broken two windows by throw
ling at the pig, one Of the men was tired
Ito death and the other two were drunk,
land the pig was two miles back Of the
river, going north, and sarcastically ask
ling the people It met II they could tell
where the Jefiersonville ferry crossed
1.-THE Ohio river.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22
A BUSTED INSTITUTION.
PaOli High School and Civil
Rights.

4Sl&mlSs
Paoli News.
The township Trustee having failed
to provide separate school for the
colorcd children Of our town aud vi
cinity, it has been threatened for some
time past that they intended 10 assert
their legal rights and send to our high
school. 1t was thought to be sll talk,
however, until Monday morning, when
u number Of colored children presented
themselves at the school-house and were
admitted. As soon as the fact became
known II created considerable excite
ment and much bad feeling among the
patrons of the school, quite a number
OF whom at once took their children
from school.
The colored children still continue
their attendance, and the iii feeling en-
geudered thereby is in nowise allayed,
but. on the contrary, Is increasing. This
action on the part of those who are re-
sponsible for II has emphatically killed
our boastcd "Southern Indiana Normal
School,"
Since the excitement became so high,
and the prompt action on the part OF so
many Of the patrons Of the school ia
taking their children home, there is
talk OF ticking the colored children out
ot the school, but the devilment Is al
ready done and such action on the part
of those ssnctified bull-dozers will not
now repair the evil. The feeling Is not
confined to party or sect, and from
present indications there will be sep
arate and select school started by those
who don't believe in mixing.
The southern Indiana Normal
School, IL, in all but the name, thing
of the past. $50 mote il be- IT has
been an expensive institution, but the
''colored troops conquered it 1t last,
and ought not to be blamed for so doing.
The blame belongs elsewhere, aud tho
people know just where to place IL.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

Tho state house contractors will
have all Of the funds to the credit Of tht
building consumed by the LIST Of De-
ccmber.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

ships Institute.
The teachers Of Columbia and Harbi-
son townships met in Institute Mt Nor
gan's School-honse, Nov. 9th. 1873. The
house was called to order by the Presi-
dent and Institute opened with prayer,
by Mr.. G. c. Cooper. The following
names were enrolled: Miss Annie
Moore. Miss Dora Hope, Mr.. j. Old
ham, Mr.. g. q. Cooper, and Mr.. L. j.
|Enlow.
The minutes Of the preceding Insti-
|tute were read and approved. Mr.. Brun-
dick, County Superintendent being
present, presided. After few appro-
pirate remarks from Mr.. Brundick, the
regular programme was taken up. First
Jon the programme was Orthography,
by A. s. Nelson. which closed by Mr..
Cooper giving his method Of teaching
small children 10 read before the names
Iof the letters. A class was drilled in
Reading, by Miss Dora Hope Recess
lof fifteen minutes. Mr.. Waldrip drilled
the Institute in Grammar. Adjourned
until o'clock p. nj. Ono o'clock
Class drilled in Physiology, bv L. J.
lESutOW AiibitsCtiSs W AIss Dt8IcU
Com. Fractions. Recess Of fifteen
minutes. Class in History, drilled by
Miss Katy Beitz.
| MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
| President announced the following
programme for the next session: Read.
ing, by Mr. Oldham, topic: Pauses and
Miss Glezen. topic: Enun.
citations; Grammar, BY Miss Moore
topic: Conjunctions and propositions
|, Mr.. Cooper, topic: Analysis Of sen
.tcnces; Arithmetic, by Miss Dora Hope
topic: Compound numbers Mr.. Cooper
topic: Analysis Of compound proper
ltion; Geography, by A. S. Nelson
topic: Seas, gnlfs, bays, lakes ant
rivers 0f North America; Miss Ami,
cooper. topic: Seas, CULTS, bays, lake
and rivers Of Europe.
i Moved and carried that the next thrc,
succeeding Institutes DO held at thi
Morgan's School-house.
4 A motion that tho minutes as reat
,|bc published IL the Jasper Courier wa
passed. WV. l.. EDMrsrox, Pres.
EMMA HorE. Scc'y.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22
w. E. OSBORN,
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON

VYyILL practice In Dubois and adjoining counties
w viii also attend Circuit Court In Wsrrick, DUBOIS
and Perry counties
OFFrCE:-south side Of Public square
Jssper Ind. Sept. l7th. ls75.-ly.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22

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The Jasper weekly courier., 1878-11-22
New Saddler Shop.
JOHN TROXLER !
SourH EAST CoRSER or PuBLuc 6ouARs
JAsrER, INDIANA.

THE undersigned would respectfully announce 20 ths
public that he is 49, prepared y masmAetsrs d
eADDLEs,
BUG0Y HARxEes.
nuGgy Trimming done with nsassess sud dirpstrh
He also keeps constantly on hand hames chains bse.
~ and wsgoa whips, &C, &c.
share ~ .pasrsaags solicited.
0ct. ". ~. JOHN TRoxLxn
The New York herald., 1878-03-31
POSTAL NOTES.

Nothing new transpred yesterday IN the Da, enpors
matter Judge Biatchord was to have had consultA-
with District Attorney Woodford during the day,
but could do tho lattor was not at bis oics
Mr. James, as custodian. holds formal possession Of
tho disputed chamber until further ordera Nothing
has been heard from Secretary Sherman mis- let.
ter the 25th inst ordering tho Postmaster 20 take
charge OF the room.
Mr. A. NJ. waddsli, member Of Congress from North
Carolina, and chairman Of the Committee on Post
Offices ami Post Routes oI the House VI
Representatives. was In the city yestsr.
day, and while at the Post Once waa
varied upon by delep pation Of icttsr carriers, who
were ANXIOUS 10 learn something about the bill nov
pending In Congress, reportel some time ago from
Nc. Wscdelps committee, increasing and hxing "
law the pay oil letter carriers IN cities The text Of
tho bill already been published. Mr. Waddcl a..
surcd tho delegation that the bill stood hfth on the
calendar snd he mad every hopo VI lis becoming
law. do iurthcr assured them that II was entirely
unnecessary TO send q committee to Washington, ~
he would look after tueir interests iait thiuily.
six steamers leaving port yesterday carried ous
G2 100 ordinary and 7G0 registered letters IN addtion
" 90 bags OF newspapers
The receipts during tho week for postage stampA
envelopes and postal cards amounted to $5I,S1A 0o