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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

The annual report Of The Director Of the
Mint has been printed. After ftill detail. n
purchases and coinage, and statements re.
garding the production Of gold and silver, Il
closes With the following statement Ia re-
gard 70 the course ~ siiserbullion:
~ tne date 81 me passage 81 the act au-
tnorizing Inc coinage of dollars OF fl3 1-2
graihr, the price OF bzr-silyer was about IS
pence per ounce. British standard. From
thai date, Feb. - last. the price gradually
declined until IL reached ~ IL pence on the
18th Of October The price az the date Of
TINS report y ~ IL pence. From the fore
going, Il will be seen that the expectation
en- sltained by many that the rernonefiza-
ton Of the silver dollar would be followed
Dy the appreciation In value OF silver has
not, as yet, been realized. The causes or
the decline In value during the present
calendar year have been very large de-
crease IN the demand for export 10 India and
the States Of the Latin Monetary Union and
or the Netherlands against the coin
age OF legal-tender silver coins. the
use Of irredeemable paper cur
rency by Austria and Russia, and the
readiness Of the German Government 10
meet any fair market with free supplies,
making sale recently In London OF 'flOO.-
600 A. low as 81 81 pence perounce. II viii.
OF courses be readily understood that. A.
long a. the supply Of silver Il in excess OF
the demand, there can be no permanent rise
In value. An increased demand OF any
magnitude can only arise for India and
China, or in the event Of the resumption ~
the coinage Of legsltender silver coins by
France. Belgium. and the Netherlands.
While this complicated, uncertain, and I'M
satisfactory condition Of affairs with the rela-
tive value Of gold and silver continues, IL
wiii require that the course to be pursued
by the United States should be very csutious
q n he ~ Ia.
coins In which silver i rated so much above
IT, market value, IL gold IL TO be retained a
The principal money OF payment and OF COM
raerce. IL should be added, In this connec-
ton, that, while silver il The monetary STAN
lard Of the Austro- Hungarian aud Russian
Empires, their more recent public loans have
been made upon = gold basis, which will re-
iuire their tariff duties TO be collected IN
hat metal. Foreign exchanges are likewise
'ettied on gold basis"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

ence near Eureka, III. II is an oilshoot
Of the Mennonites, dating back 10 the
seventeenth century, originating 10 Ger
many, and deriving It's name from ia
coo Amen. When the meeting breaks
up the brethren salute each other with
kiss, which they regard AS an impor-
tant ordinance. They take no part in
ciyil affairs, and are sober, honest, and
industrious. II one Of them meets with
misfortune and can not pay his deb :,
the Aurch does it for him; and they
advise member to always consult with
the church before embarking in any new
enterprise. and, il the church approves,
Y Will see him out Of trouble If he fails.
They number about 10000 in the Unit
ed States and Canada.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

About $500, 600 are spent annual,
N support Of the public school system
Of Georgia.
In the Evangelist the Pre- Millenna.
rams and their theories are actively dis.
cussed, and it is broadly limited that
cases for doctrinal discipline may arise
out q utterances made a. the recent
Prophetic Conference.
The Superintendent Of Home Mis-
SONS in California calls loudly for min
isters to supply vacant Congregational
churches in that part Of the country.
for "A churches there are only four
available supplies.
The final revision OF the New Tes-
lament by the American and English
revisers will be finished in course Of a
year, and will probably be published
soon after, in advance Of the Old Tesla
lnent, the revision Of which will not be
completed for some years.
Up to the beginning Of the present
century only six Jewish congregations
uad been established in this country.
nough the first settlement Of this race
'stes back to 1850. Now it is estimat-
& that there are 800 congregations and
'ser zoO,OOO Jews In the United States.
Mime. Litvinow, q Russian lady, has
sceiyed the degree Of doctor Of philoso-
Pny from the University Of Bernie. She
assed her examination with such bril-
,ancy, especially in mathematics, that
" faculty unanimously agreed TO at
acn the highest mark--"Cum summa
aude"-to her diploma.
"A divinity student at Oberlin adds
ms theological duties those Of night
sschman aud baggage-smasher at the
abroad depot. He studies between
ans rccites In the morning hours and
Ups almost all the afternoons. He
mligcnt fellow, and will doubtless
~ demand At the churches when he
'eauy Tor ministerial duty.
The subject Of quietly dropping
'u'cn members on account OF absent
'sm has been under discussion in the
ong Island Baptist Association. II
ens That in some churches the practice
prevailed Of striking members
'nes from the church roll when for
" lme they failed TO appear. This
aouce y objected TO as 4 violation Of
hghis Of the members. II Is urged
= NJ member should be stricken from
TOY except for some flagrant viola
n Of church law.
"A small religious BODY called ~
nish recently held its annual confer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

The longest train believed to have
ever been drawn by single engine, re-
Gently travelled over the Northern Cen
trial Railroad, Of Pennsylvania. The
train consisted in 1888 empty freight
cars, loaded S-wheeler, 2 cabooses, and
dead engine. The train was 6,200
feet long, or 900 feet more than mile.
The distance travelled was "a miles,
mostly up grade, 1t speed Of 10 miles
an hour.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

AT Two Rivers, Wis, young man
named Lehey, while attempting 70 re-
move tube from one barrel OF dou-
ble-barreled gun BY heating Il in forge,
was shot in the bowels BY discharge
from the other barrel, which be did not
know was loaded.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

Mr.. Hougnton, Of the firm Of
Hurd a Iioughton, few years since
went 70 Boston from Vermont poor
boy.
Professor Hayden, in charge Of the
geographical survey of the Territories,
has crossed the Rocky Mountain divide
ten times during the past summer.
John Boyle O'Reilly. whose new
volume Of poems is receiving the favor
able attention Of the critics, is vigor-
oua young Irishman, and the editor OF
the Boston Pilot.
The popularity OF Dickens in this
country may be judged from the fact
that there have been published here not
less than "a different editions of his
works.
Colonel Burbank, OF the New Or
leans hicaynne, is writing hook, show
ing the comical side of his 35 days tus-
sci with Yellow Jack. A grave subject
TO Jest on.
A thousand volumes, in more than
dozen languages, on the game Of chess
we're collected by the late George Allen.
Professor Of Greek in the University of
Pennsylvania, and are to be sold.
III. j. Byron, the famous English
dramatic writer, is said TO have received
more for his three-act comedy, "Our
Boys" in town and country fees, than
Shakespeare, Sheridan Knowles, and
Bulwer Lytton combined received for
all their dramatic productions.
Monsieur Octave F,uillet, the dis
tingulshed French novelist, rents two
stories above the one he lives in, so rs
TO secure a quiet place to write in. He
hates railways, and always rides down
with post-horses to his summer resi-
dence ia Normandy, sending his family
ahead Of him BY rail- He cherishes
lively regard for the Empire, and is
devout Catholic.
George ). billiard, the well known
journalist and author, who had para
lytic stroke five or six years ago. and
who. his friends hoped, would recover
sufficiently 70 enable him to resume bis
literary labOrs, grows rather worse than
better, and, as Re is now past 20, there
is no reason I'd look for any improve
ment His home is still in Boston.
William ID. Gallagher, the first and
Oldest Of Western poets, has recently \
celebrated his 10Th birthday a, his pref
" little farm in kentucky's Pewee VAL
ley. Twenty-Five years ago he was
given prominent place in DIR. Girls \
wold's " Poets and Poetry Of America, =
his being one OF the five or six portraits \
in the volume, but he has published lit
lie in late years. Mr.. Gallagher was
Thomas Corwin's private secretary
when Corwin was Secretary Of the
Treasury. was conidentially associated
with Salmon T.. Chase when he was Sec
rotary. and has since been Collector at
Louisville and filed other Government
positions with honor. The old poet be-
gan hls literary career al Cincinnati,
where he was once associated in the
editorshir Of the gazette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

"A Woman's Mistake Is a new
French novel. We haven't read II, but
are willing 70 stake weeks salary that
her mistake wasn't in getting her boots
Q size too large for her.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

Carlton Loomer, aged 20, was duck.
shooting in boat near Elkhorn, Wis.
The recoil Of his gun caused the boat 10
capsize and he was drowned.
Linn Sellers, aged So, a prominent
hotel-keeper Of Schuylkill, Pa, was ac-
cidentally shot and instantly killed by a
companion while partridge shootin
The S-ycar-old child Of John Thur
man, Of Simpson County, Ky, fell into
vat Of hot water used for scaldlng hogs
and was scalded TO death.
Isaac Johnson, saloon keeper at
La Crosse, Wis, accidentally shot him
self in the leg while out hunting, and
bled to death.
A 4-year-old girl Of Mrs. John
Fultz, living two miles north Of Eu-
gene, vermillion County, Ind, was
burned to death by setting her clothes
on fire with match.
A daughter Of Joseph Williams, Is
years old, living in Randolph County,
Ind, was burned TO death, her clothes
having caught fire from an open fire.
place.
At barn-raising near Buffalo, La
Rue County, Ky, a young man named
Stephen Warren was instantly killed,
and negro named bred Scott Liter
fatally injured, by the fall Of log.
A young lady, daughter Of the Rev.
Mr.. Humphreys, near Windsor, Ind,
was burned to death while making ap-
ple-butter in the yard, her clothing
having caught fire.
Melvin Marshman, living three
miles south Of Argas, Ind, was shot and
fatally injured by the accidental dis
charge Of his gun, which he was in the
act Of taking from wagon.
The accidental death Of a little Girl
named Belle Macarthur at East Sagi-
nav, Mich, was very singular. Her
mother had bought a penknife for her
and she was looking at It, it being open.
Seeing another little girl on the oppo-
site side Of the street, she ran TO show
her the knife, tripped and fell, the knife
the heart. The little Girl (
sprang up, ran into the house, and, cry
ing Papa, I'm cut" fell into bis
arms and expired.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

--Germans report that Bismarck
weighs 2i3 pounds, a gain Of 43 pounds
In four years.
Mrs. Mackay IL reported to have ex-
pended something like $4,000 1T the
Paris Exhibition, buying many articles
declined by royalty rs too dear.
The Duke Of Sutherland has pre-
scented i2O tradesmen on his estate near
Stroke-upon-Tweed each with mich
COW and sufficient pasture land TO feed
1t.
, 1878-06-21

A materializcd spirit turned red in the
face last Saturday evening, in al obscure
town in Missouri. A medium named
Mott has dwelt at Memphis for many
years, and has assumed to hold commnni-
cations with disembodied spirits. An in
genious skeptic named Pattee. after at
tending several seances in which departed
spirits were materaliZed much to the etli-
fication of the company, resolved to eX-
pose the trickster. He procured hollow
ring, with small Orifice i'm front and a
tube on one side connecting with a rubber
ball that was filed with alcoholic solution
of aDline. When the curtain parted aud
a spirit face appeared in the gap about six
teen inches from his hand. he compressed
the rubber ball and squirted the aniline
dye with such precision that the unelrthly
visitor ducked its head and ran beninh the
door. In few minutes the mediunl's s
wife was summoned to Il coinlcil in, the
cabinet, and then the announcement was
made that some one had been injecting
chemicals into the spirits face and ''des-
troying the conditions" A light was
brought, and a long-haired gentleman
opened the cabinet door. Then the Won
der grew, for MOtt's face was dilbr,l with
scarlet. - His face Is covered with bio0d,''
some one exclaimed, and then the light
was eXtingui>hed. Although the medium
was obviously wounded he did not say dye.
, 1878-06-21
PUGET SOUND ARGUS
Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT.
Port Townsend, Washington Territory.
ALLEN IGIEs,
EDITOR AND OPRIETOR.

yern,s Ofsnhscription.- 81. 90 per annun
in advance; six months, $3.50.
, 1878-06-21

TONNAGE SUPPLY,

The work Of cutting the largest wheat
crop ever produced in California will soon
commence. In few favored sections, the
grain is already ripe for the reaper. In
less than 30 days the new crop will begin
to come forward. For six months there
after. there will be a lively movement in
getting the crop to the scaboard, and in
re-sllipping to foreign markets We have
already, says the Bulletin. a fair supply
OF diseagaged tonnage in port, besides
three or four ships chartered tor new
wheat. There is at least $4,000 tons of
tonnage due in the next 25 days. 1t il
claimed that there is 100000 tons Of ton.
mage under way, or engagad to come, as
follows.
, 1878-06-21

RATES OF ADVERTISING {:
One inch. first insertion. 81 80
Each subsequent insertion ......,... 80
Transient advertisements to insure in
sertion must be accompanied by cash.
ezs~ All Accounts Settled MOntlIy.-stJ
, 1878-06-21
Strawberry Festival.

The ladies OF the Presbyterian church
will give strawberry festival at Good
remplars' hall. on the evening of Thurs
day. June 10th, proceeds to be applied to-
wards paying the debt on Sunday school
room.
, 1878-06-21
JOHN P. PETERSON
Merchant Tailor, ),
AND MANUFACTURER OF .
Gents and Boys Fashionable Suits.

rs PREPARED TO MAKE UP GENTS
4 Clothing according to The latest
fashions. Special attention paid to re-
pairing and cleaning Terms moderate.
Has constantly on hand lot of fine
French Cloths and Cassineres, Oregon and
Mission Cassimeres, from which partlt
can select for themselves.
ssF Orders from distance promptly at
tended to.
Parties wishing to buy the best Sewing
Machine should call on John p. Peterson,
Port Townsend, and examine the New
White. Mr.. Peterson will be pleased to
show all about the machine and give full
instructions free. Every machine war
rantNd to please. M IlI.as
JOHN p. PETERSON, I'D
Agent, Port Townsend.
SAM'L Hill, 10 Montgomery ST.,
San Francisco, Gen Ag't Pacific coast
, 1878-06-21
to Shipmasters.

beg to give notice to all ships masters
visiting Puget Sound to load Tor foreign
ports with lumber or spars. that OH and af-
ter the lst day of July, 1873, shall be pre-
pared TO load vessels at the very lowest
rate. Having had an experience of 20
years IN the business, and having the rec
ommendation Of all the mill owners on
Puget Sound, guarantee satisfaction.
w, Ii. GILBERT,
Oldest Stevedore on Puget Sound.
, 1878-06-21
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN BY
IN the undersigned administrator of the
estate of Mary Francis Hunt, deceased. to
the creditors and to and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, TO exhib-
it them with the'necessary vouchers within
one year after the date of this notice. to
the said administrator, or to his attorney,
at the Office OF G, Morris Haller, Esq, In
the city of Port Townsend, county of JEFF
terson and Territory Of Washington, or be
forever barred.
Dated May "a, 1878.
II. e. MORGAN.
Administrator OF the estate Of Mary r.
Hunt, deceased.
G.. MORRIS HALLER. atty for admin. 14:4
, 1878-06-21

Fortilications are to be Immediately
erected for the protection OF EsQuimalt
and Victoria.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-04
sUPERINTENDEyT or PUBLIC WORKS.
Man Needed Competent to Discharge the
Duties In IL satisn,ctory Manner.

ALBANY, Jan 3-The best friends OF
Gov. Robinson regret that he has brought for
ward ex-Attorncy- General Fairchild for Super
intendent Of Public Works In n word. and not
10 waste rhetoric, they arc OF the opinion that
he is not big enough to MI SO large place. Mr..
Fairchild is Il lawyer He was trained by his
father. who was long time the attorney OF the
Central Railway. in the peculiar methods and
legal lore Of railroads. The new Superintend-
ent is to discharge tho duties OF the three
Canal Commissioners. and Of many subordinate
canal officers. 1t would be no objection to n
Superintendent that he was lawyer but he
certainly ought to be ut home in matters per-
tanning to canals.
A year ago Gov Robinson nominated Gen.
Mcclellan for Superintendent. II the Republic
can Senators had not been what the late DR..
Greeley once called the members OF the Union
heads'-they would have jumped at the chance
Of securing for this position q learned and ac-
complished engineer, who had spent years in
supervising the construction Of great works bv
the seaside and in the interior. and was. more
over. moderate partisan and an honest man.
But this chance wasthrown away. Gen. NcClcl-
less. the perversc blunder Of the Republicans in
rejecting him should not lead Coy. Robinson
iirmatlon OF gentleman who. however worthy
in other respects, Is not quite equal To- the AIS
charge Of the onrrOus and peculiar duties de-
vQlycd upon the Sup rintendcnt $500
Those Democrats who oppose Mr.. fairchild,
or, at least. some Of them. are urging the ap.
pOintment of Charles G. II. Walker. member OF
Congress in the last House from the Stcubcn
district. Mr.. Walker is n jolly. good fellow,
early in attendance at State Conventions, and
eyer bubhling all over with hlarity: but he is
about IA fit for Superintendent Of Public Works
ns he IS for Archbishop Of Canterbury. Gov.
Robinson might go further and fare bnttor than
to appoint Mr.. Fairchd; but he could hardly
20 further and fare worse than to appoint MIR.
Walker.
The selection Of gentleman to nll this Office
should not be Ia any way mixed up with the last
Presidential campaign, nor with the campaign
Of 1850. On all fair and Just grounds the Gov
crnor is entitled To name n Democrat to this inn
pOrtant position and the Republican majority
in the Senate should cheerfully conccdc this;
and both should heartily cooperate in the
patriotic work Of putting the right man in the
right place
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-04
A ITaplcss Tribe.

II II be true that the Ncz Pcrcts who
escaped from JOsEpHs last battlefield To
Join SITTING BULL are now trying To get
away from the lattcr's camp. their fate is a
hard one Considering the wrongs they
suffered at the hands of the white men, their
present condition must he gricvous indeed
to make them risk their fate again below
the line. The story, which was brought to
the Big Horn posts by two refugees from
SITTING BULLS camp, borrows some color
OF truth from the ancient dislike of these
two Indian tribes for each other. The Nez
PcrcGs and Sioux are not friends they
always have fought each other" said Gen.
SHERIDAN, officially tclcgraphing during
the chase after JOSEPH, his belief that the
latter would never attempt to join SITTING
BULL.
Against the theory OF voluntary surrcn-
der is the fact that WHITE BIRD is the lead
or of the escaped Nez pcrces. OF the three
Ncz Perez chiefs. PEw-PEwHI-HI, or WHITE
BIRD, the leader of the band living at the
mouth Of White Bird creek. was apparently
the bittcrcst against the whites. 1t was he
who was earliest TO strike. aud he who most
stubborny resisted surrender. WHITE
BIRDS band first began the war dances and
medicine making" last June, that denoted
preparations for an outbreak They also
killed the first settlers: and it Is said by
good authorities that. M to that time, Jo-
sEpH and his brother had been absent from
the scene Of trouble, curing beef for their
families, aud returned TO hear the news that
blood had already been shed. II is also said
that JosErH even then proposed to give HIM
self up so as 20 avert war, but was d-suad-
cd. and at length resolved To- east ia his lot
with WHITE BIRDS band. Immediately as
suming the military leadership. II Will bc
remembered that JOSEPH. though 50 adj
mirablc lighting chief, proposed sur
rcndcr on honorable terms just before
starting ON the long trail 10 Mouta-
IA. lie evidently was not moved by
fear, but 10y distress at leaving Mallowa
valley. Ii was styled n work OF trcacholy
that thcsc arrangements were not cOn-un-
mated. but the truth seems u hc exactly
what JosEru claimed namely. that WHITE
BIRD would not listen 10 the terms uf trial
Ny military commission which IlOwARp, in
his wisdom. proposed. AZ the end cot tAe
lnug campaign. the SIM" difference hctwca n
the chiefs was observable. JosrpH v0luuta-
rily presented him-vlf IN MuEss camp
alone to make orcr= Of surrender. his trust
fulnc-s being rewarded by hi~ being in
etWty seized as a prisoner But WHITE
BIRD, Whose spirit suffered him TO nsk no
quarter and to accept mo- terms. and whose
hostility grew no less int'u-e from tite death
Of LOOKING GLASS. made his escape from
the camp. with hGnd mostly composed %
wounded warriors aud women and children
i4flr, the surrender WAS contaminated. 1T
H. difficult b. believe that chief with such
record could contemplate returning to
give himself up to his white enemies. But
10 may bc that some OF his band do not share
hi- feeling OF hurnis., resentment; or il may
bc THAI the treatment given them 10y the
Sioux is what the refugees describe 1t TO bc.