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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-12-20

COUNTIES FNoM WHICH SENT.

The following Is an exhibit of coun
ties where convicted aud numbers o
leach: Bartholomew IA Brown /. ClarI
l20. Clay IL, Crawford |. Daviers I. Dear
born 20. Dubois -, Decatur III. Fayetr,
I, Ha Geek 8. Harrison |, Henry 6. JET
ferson n. johnson 70. Morgan III. Mar
tin 2. Monroe 73, Marion :. Orange I
Ohio =. Owen \, Posev .. Pike 8. Park,
3, Putnam lG, Perry !. Ripley 4. Rn.s
IL, Srott !, Shelby Is. Spencer II. Sulli
van Is, Switzerland s. Jnion !. C,.ircd
States district 10. yigo lOl, vermiliof
rs. Nandcrburg 65. Marrick 10. Wa,n,
"a. Washington 81 total C26.
lDIFFEEENT CRIMES AND NUMBER OF EACH
Aiding convict to escape II: assaul,
snd battery with intent 10 kill 80; assault
and battery with intent 10 rape q: arson
8; blsckmailing 1 /; BURGLARY and larceny
"; bieamy p; burglary 81. conspirac,
n; counterieiling L; concealing stolen
goods ] (; forgery % (: grand larceny 2G9 ,
incest (: malicious mayhem II murder
6s; manslaughtcr l6; obtaining money
under false preirnscs s obtaining goods
under false prctcnses 5; ohstructing rail-
road 8; petit larceny 81: perjury 3 !.
passing counterfeit money 5 /: possessing
countcriciting instruments publishinpI
forged Instruments l.; receiving stolen
goods 4; rape 10; robbery z.
PERIOD OF SENTENCE.
One year, So; one aud a half wears. Q i
wo years. 2a9: two aud a half years. s j
hree years. az; three and half wears
!; four years, 20; five years, So: sjsli
ears. o.; seven years, 2i: eight years. 1 II
line years. 4: ten years, Is; twelve wears.
I; thirteen years. !: fourteen years. 6 IN
ificen years, 2 eighteen years, 4 :twept,I,
ears, 2; twenty-one years, IA; fort
lie, ~.
OCCUPATION BEFORE CONVICTION. Il
Baker, J.; bell boys. 2: BARRIERS. 8 n
butchers. 3 boatmen, 10; barteniers N
o.; book keepers. q: brushl
makers. box makers. boiler makers n
brickmaso.s. D.; brick burners. IN
rick mouidcrs, Il; candy makers. / M
ooks. 81; clerks. 2: coopcrs, g.: carnan' n'l>
prs. ~ ;cabinei makers. l rirarmaters n
! carriage makers, 3: cabin boy. .lo
oachman. core maker. ] I; dentists. 4 :lp
ratightsman. ;drummcr l \; engineers
/; furniture finisher, /; firemcn. q: far' n
'eis, 2Us; florists. gardeners. Q: rild. !
rs, y: gunsmiihs, 1 4; hostiers. Is: har. 7,
ess makers, q: hoopskirt makers. i II,
on workers. jockics. a: laborers i,
l6; loafcrs, O.; millcrs. q; marhiu;s,s J.
y; mouIdcrs, III; miners. s.: musicians n,
; no occupation, 10: plumbers. n. nIas' !,
'rers. 3; printers, . :pcddlcrs, 4:tsilor. n
portcrs, 2; physicians. y; railroaders i,
n; silver bmrnishers, q: salcsmcn. II.
Iddlers, stone cutters. Q; shoemaE a. H,
sailors, \; spoke turner's. ii: sw;no !,
achine agents, u; school teachers. III,
'nd belters /; saddle svs makers. l.lo,
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- the most frequent method or nunisb
meht employed when punishment Il A.
manded. But this even includes IN,
regular fare OF the prison. with lights !,
Inlyhr, so far as they are g-arted a
other prisoners. There have boon = "a !,
cases IN which the "catr has been nsad
WIN severity. In one Of these ins,.nna.
convict had attacked a foreman ~ ~
foundry with hammer. hj,,ing b;,, u,
almost fatal blow In the forehead Taa
convict was ";atted' severely, o. he de-
serveu 70 be, for ne was bad prisoner ,
aiways breathing ont threateninrs
against me officers. This case has been
seIected by few papers as basis Of AZ
"a TACK upon the humanity Of the d;sciplime
ne action Of the warden In The case i. ~
" commended rather than condemned
GENERAL MANAGEMENT.
~ no time In the history or the TnJ;-
ana State Prison south has III oa,ar.rl
management heen better than ,,plo- ~
administration OF Warden Howard Tt;.
slm y 70 protect and forward fbe i,ter
ests Of the state. rather than n niaaso
outsiders. While he Il excaeainrlv fr,,
~ ne mainfainance Of discipline n the
institution. he il NJ the same f;n,e co.
ernen by those impulses Of hu,nanifv
mat form prominent trait in his char.
scier. Re took charge Of the prison a.
time when il was deeply embarrassaJI'
,y the debts created By his predecessor
ma inst as the panic set IN Thai hss
'roved 50 fatal 20 all Industrial enter
'r'sc' ana that his prevented the hirinyl1
y ouf small portion Of the labor Of in- X
naics o. The prison. For time he was
enouslyembarrassed from lack Of mecca !
ary legislative appropriations. RntlI
nher Al these discouragemenfs. and anil
y almost chaotic arrangements in which
e found the prison. as well. he nae
rought order and discipline. and TIA ID
u'look is now favorable 10 the emplov- ,l
,ent OF large proportion OF the con v
lets. ~" Il
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The scarlet fever Il crcafing qri,s
~ excitement In Gin towashi,. ,slsran
eounly.
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Alabama, 2; Canada. a; Connecticut.
II; England. 10; France. q: Germanv
z5; Georgia, 4; Indiana, 267; Ireland.
~ iI.inois. is; Iowa, O.; Kentucky, ~ ;
louisiana, 2; Maine, 8; Michigan, q:
massachusetts,, 8; Missouri. g.: Missis,
..i,ppi, .; Maryland. /; New York. 25 /:
North Carolina, =; New Jersey, Il; New
hampshire, =; Ohio, 56; Pennsylvania.
~; South Carolina, 4 Scotland. i; Ten
nessee, 10; Texas, 4; Virginia. 22.
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fenmsters, q: traders. 2; tailors, s.; tin
ners. 2; ;waichmakers. u; wagon makers
\ walters. o.: wood turner's, u; weav.
lers, !.
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SOUTHERN STATE PRISON.


Annual Report of the Warden Il
the Governor and legislature.
New Albany Ledger STANDARD.
The annual report Of Captain A. J
Howard, warden OF the Indiana State
Prison south, at Jeller-onviile, is ncarl,
completed and ready for subniss Il
the governor Tor Transmission by him a.
the legislature. Through the courtesy
OF Captain toward The Ledger standard
is permitted 10 lay before lis readers
some 81 the most Interesting Of the sta
tistical features OF the report:
NuMRER OF coSvIcrs.
Number OF convicts in prison
Nov. !, 1877, 6sO
Received during the year ending
Oct. 81, 1878, s35I
Total, s2sl
Discharged BY expiration Of
Dardoncd BY governor, "A
Died,
zone out on new trial,
escaped, a-2ss
Remaining Nov. ], 1878. e2eIs'
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JAsrER, INDIANA.

JASPER, INDIANA,
- MIN and opened new shop fo@ al urss >,
~ min ~orh. His long acqusintance With M. Il,
~ PIE wsve, be trusts viii give him liberal ~ a..
1''nsse. ~ prices win BE- made 70 suit The times
a. norss shnsins asd lrsaiss q wagons o. bur.
W. eAssER.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-02

from exposure, especially the finest
work Of all, the great circular Colon
made with its thirty two fountains
encircling group by Girrardon re-
presenting the Rape Of Proserpina,
this place, which is delightfully."- cool
and shady, was a favorite resort Of
Marie Antoinette when she resided
at Versailles; and it was close to this
place in the Bosquet de Ia Reiue, that
the famous adventury with the neck
lace, In which she and Cardinal Ro-
han played 50 conspicuous role,
and which, whether true or false,
has become historical is said to have
taken place.
The largest Of the fountains is the
Basin de Neptune, at the north end
OF the palace. | do not know how
many separate fountains are ccn-
pr!sed IN this one basin; but when
they all play, some Of them sending
a column of water more than a hun
0red feet high and as thick as a
mans leg, the effect is truly superb,
and the noise of the falling water
deafening. The effect was height
ened when, after dark, the fountains
were illuminate by colored lights,
TIE water seemed their LIQUID fire,
I and Che hugs statues Of Neptune,
Oceanns and Proteus, in the back
ground, looked in the fierce red glare
like veritable demons, from the do
mains Of Pluto, ready to burst forth
through the fplashing fire at the
word Of command, to destroy and
subdue.
Perhaps the finest Of the fountains
as work Of art considered, is that
Of Latona, which is just at the foot
Of the first terrace, Immediately in
front Of the palace. It consists Of
q large circular basin, of red marble,
in which are placed number Of hui
man figures with the heads Of frogs
and turtles, all Of which spout wat
er fiercely against the central elcvat-
ed Marble figure Of Latona, who is
represented as protecting her two
children, Apollo and Diana, against
the the attacks Of these monsters.
This is Illustration of the legend that
Latona, once during her peregrina-
tlons on earth arriving at well and
being thirsty and f;ltigued, asked
some Lydian peasants, who were
drawing water, to give her some;
but they refused and poured the wa
ter upon the earth, in punishment
for which Latona, invoking the aid
Of Zeus, changed them into frogs
and turtles and then took a drink
herself! When KingWilliam Ct Prus.
STA, on January the 18th, 1871, was
at Versailles proclaimed Emperor Of
!. Germany, the Grand Dake Of Baden
:. desired the fountains to play IN hon
or of the event; but the French had
turned off theWater from the reser.
voirs, 50 that this Ii part Of the pro.
gg,ramme did not take place. After
The Germans had left, it cost some
i hundreds of thousands Of francs te
. turn the water on again!
Z ALPHA.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-02
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having been made in the condition of
certain mortgage executed by John W. Williams
moitgagor, to William F. Lewis, mortgage dated
November Goth A. D. 1875, and recorded in the Of
ice OF the Register of Deeds in and for the County
OF Brown in the State of Minnesota on the first day
of December, H. D. 1875, at 10 1-2 O'Clock in the
forenoon, in Book SHIP ofmort gagos, on page 7; by
which mortgage there was conveyed, and gruntel
the following described real estate situate in the
county OF Brown aforesaid, to wit:
The South half OF the North West quarter of Sec
tion fourteen C4) Township one hundred ana eight
Qos) OF Range thlrty-tfree {8l containing eighty
payment Of the sum otTwo hundred and thirty five
Dollars with incrcSt.at the rate Of II per cent:
per annum payable annually, according to
the conditions OF one prQm!scry note bearing same
date as said mortgage, made by said John w. Will
ans to said William r. Lewis; and the said mort
gage having been duly assigned by the said mort
gagee to John NJ Cowhan OH the 3lst day of July A.
y. 1876 which assignment was, on the 3D. day of
August, A. d. 1876, recorded in the office of said
Register oDees,n Book 'I'' Of Mort Gu pages
256. ;7 and ::5S and there being due and unpaid NJ.
on said note and mortgage at the date Of this NO.
ticc, the sum OF fifty six 40-l0O Dollars.
And no action proceeding at law or otherwise
having been instituted to recover the amount Of
said mortgage debt OF any part thereo Now tleie-
;crc notice is hereby given that by virtue and in
pursuance ola power OF sale i'll said mortgage cons
tanned and herewith recorded, and OF the statue in
such case made and provided the above described
premises will be sold at public aucton ut the front
door OF the Office Of tie Register OF Deeds in and for
said comfy of Brown, and at New Uln, therein on
Thursday the 3lst day Of October, A. D. 1873, at ten
O'Clock i'll the forenoon, to satisfy the amount of
said mortgage debt then due and unpaid, together
with the costs and expenses of such foreclosure
proceedings, including twenty-five dollars attor-
said mortgage VIII be thereby foreclosed.
VIM. THOMAS. JOHN M COWHAN,
atty for said Assignee. Assignee of Mortgage.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14
Winter Dalrying.

1t was plain that this subject is fast
taking possession of the mind of the
progressive dairyman. Those who are
engaged in milk production for cities
and villages are obliged to keep up a
generous and healthy supply of milk
through the winter. This has stimu-
lated experiments in regard to winter
feeding beyond the mere keeping of
the animal through the winter for
summer use. 1t is found that, by pro-
viding comfortable and cleanly stables
no stable can be comfortable unless
it is cleanly-and feeding generously,
cows can be made to profitably con-
vert a surplus of hay, meal, and roots
above what is required for their susie
nance into milk and it is found that
by providing proper dairy house, in
which an even temperature of the de-
sired degree can be maintained, re-
gardless of the temperature or change
of the weather outside, butter aud
cheese of excellent quality can be made
in winter as well as in summer. Fur
thermore, il is also found that freshly
made butter-made in a clean dairy
house, disconnected from the kitchen
and sitting room, and free from for
eign odors and taints-is not only
more relishable, but will find a reader
market and better prices, than butter
having the flavor of age and the pack
age, however well made.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14

Forest leaves are excellent to mix
with hot bed material, and where
practicable should be saved for this
purpose. They do not heat so rapid
ly as stable manure, and in this have
an advantage in tempering its violence
making it last longer, and maintaining
more regular heat. They are excel
lent material TO put round cold frames
to protect half hardy plants. A board
is put up the height of the frame
boards, and about foot or more from
them, and the leaves filed in between.
If the plants are somewhat tender,
the bottom of the frames may be filled
in few feet with the leaves Much
heat is thrown off during the decom-
position of the leaves, which, though
not enough to keep out severe frost,
yet modities somewhat the temporal
ture. These leaves, after they have
been two or three years decaying,
make admirable stuff for potting and
flowers in general.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14
Death of Mr.. T. r. allen.

This morning, at 1890, the funeral
of Mr.. I. r. Allen, of Attention, Mis-
souri,, will take place from the resi-
dence of the deceased. Mr.. Allen die d
at O'Clock Mondy morning at the age
of sixty-two years and eleven months.
In 1871 he took in hand the propagan-
dism of the Granger movement, which
he may be said to have founded in
Missouri. Travelling all over the
State, he organized about two. thirds
of the Oranges within its confines. For
two terms he held the position of
Master Granger. Prior to the rebel
lion he was Democrat in politics,
but the advent of the war made him
strong Union man, and strenuously
partisan in the principles of Repub-
iicanism. 1t is related of him that
when the news spread that "Papu
Price was marching on to Franklin,
now Pacific City, TO burn it, he-be-
lieving that detachments would take
in Attention on their way.to Franklin
hung out Federal flag and loaded
his double-barrcled shotgun 10 defend
his home to the death. Fortunately,
none OF the skirmishing parties
reached as far as his residence.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14

We always like to hear what farmers
of large experience have TO say, and
here we find an article in an exchange
touching the value of good seed, re-
ported by such farmer:
The result of my experiments with
at least thirty-eight different varieties
of wheat for years, proves beyond
doubt that good, healthy, unadulterat-
ed seed, selected and saved as farmers
select and save their seed corn, will not
run out or deteriorate in the least, but
grow better. In June, 1876, picked
seven pounds of the best center heaps
of my wheat, and drilled it eleven
inches apart in rows. at the rate of only
forty pounds to the acre. 1t grew most
luxuriantly, aud was entirely too thick
for large heads. 1t attained height of
six and one-half feet, and much of it
fell down April 29th, it commenced
heading; was reaped June 18th, and
June ed it was threshed, making, ac-
cording to the report of a committee
over sixty-seven bushels per acre.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14
From the Home journal.
A Common-Sense Rabbit Tran.

Every man or boy who has ever
chased rabbits knows that rail piles
are their natural homes or hiding
places, and that upon the first alarm
they break with railroad speed for a
rail pile. Instinct leads them there
for shelter and protection. Then all
that is necessary to catch all the rab-
bits in the county in month or two,
is to nail up box or fue of old lum-
ber, five inches broad and five or six
feet long, leaving an opening in the
center of the bottom of sixteen or
eighteen inches, then place two shin
giles in the opening so that the ends
meet in the center. Then fasten them
to wire, or little axle at the edge of
the opening so that the moment the
rabbit sets his foot on it he falls
through, but you must make hole
through the bottom at the other end
of the shingle and hang weight to it
to draw it back as soon as soon as the
rabbit falls through. Then sink an
old salt barrel, or box, in the ground
even with the surface. Then place
your trap on it, and make little rail
pile over it, and the work is done.
Your trap is then always set, and is
always baited, and will catch at all
hours. If rabbits are very planty,you
ought to visit'your traps once day,
out of sympathy for the rabbits, as
they are uncomfortable when the bar
rel gets too full. | neglected one OF
my traps yesterday, and this morning
| found eight in it. But the rascals
were all dead. There was little wa
Ter in the barrel and they seemed to
know nothing about navigation. Now
any boy can make this trap, at cost
of twenty cents, and two or three
traps judiciously placed on each farm
will catch from two to ten rabbits
day each; and the service you will
have rendered TO the fruit growers of
the county will long be remembered,
The commits sioners and tax payers
may think that they have BEEN to a
show and bought an elephant, but af-
ter all, there is no one thing that will
add so much to the horticultural in
terests of the State as the destruction
of these pests, even at cost of five
L.
issued to every boy in the State to
construct and use the above described
trap. A. ELLIS.
p S.--The shingles ought to be
fastened in before the top is nailed on.
Chautauqua County, Kansas.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14

The Canada Farmer is responsible
for this recipe for exterminating rats
''Four years ago my barn was regular
ly infested with rats; they came so nu-
merous that | had great fears of my
whole grain being destroyed by them
after it was housed but having two
acres of wild peppermint that grew in
a field OF wheat, after the wheat was
harvested, the mint was cut and bound
with it, it drove the rats from my
premises. / have not been troubled
with one since, nor am / at present,
while my neighdors have any quantity
of them | feel confident that any per-
son who is troubled with these pests,
could easily get rid of them by gather
ing a good supply of mint and placing
it around the wall or base of their
barns.o
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14
SHEEP RAISING IN KANSAS.
Views Of a Practical Sheep Grower on the Sub
ject, Which Kansas Farmers Should Read.

The following letter from Mr.. Will
liam Vandemari;; who together with
Mr.. Henry, of the Henry House at
Abilene, are feeding 5000 sheep near
there, was received by Mr.. l.. A. Al
len, of Kansas City. 1t explains itself:
81. A. Allen, Esq, Kansas city, No.:
"DEAR SIR On the morning you
left Abilene | promised to write you
at future time TO let you know how
our 5000 sheep are progressing, and
to give you also my more matured
opinion of the prairie sheep as feeders
sour success, so far, has been very
satisfactory. | am feeding two and
one-fourth pounds Of corn daily to
each sheep, which think is sufficient
to carry them 20 a high state of excel
lence. John Johnson, an experienced
sheep feeder, land the father of tile
draining in this country in letter
to the president of the United States
Wool Growing Association, said: q
am new feeding my sheep one pound
of corn per head each day, and they
are growing very fast If his sheep
could flourish on one pound day,
what can be said of these eating two
aud quarter pounds ?
81 believe the improved sheep of
the prairies are the:best feeding sheep
in America, as they are the result Of
q system of sheep husbandry which
has extended over many years, and
which materially tends to the up
building of p hardy race. Driven as
they are, hundreds of miles year.
and subject To many exposures, it is
not surprising that the weak ones
should perish, and leave behind race
remarkable for its hardihood and en-
durance. They represent what Oar
win would call the survival of the
fittest' Our losses are small, not ex-
ceeding ten dollars, a trifling sum,
considering the large number of sheep
being fed.
81 believe sheep feeding should be-
come an extensive and permanent in
dustry in Kansas. The cheapest and
best feeding sheep in our country are
within easy reach, and the supply is
large. Thousands Of tons of hay go
to waste annually, while corn is so |
cheap that am told it is used for fuel |
in many places in the State. Let the /
farmers of Kansas therefore adopt a
more eneral 81 stem of farming. Let
them turn this cheap feed into NUT
ton and wool, and they will soon find
that farming thus conducted will not
only be pleasant and profitable TO
themselves, but will also result in
great progress and prosperity to the
State. Yours truly,
"WM. VANDEMARK."
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14

Those who have the appliances
should remember that they can have
radishes and young lettuce early in
February, by sowing in hot beds at
this time, should the winter not be
terribly cold. Every good gardener,
however, should by this time, if the
weather permits, have his compost
heap prepared for next springs use.
There is always something to do about
a well-cared-for garden and where
there is no outdoor work TO attend to
there is always something to make or
repair in the shop-for there should
be small workshop attached to eve
ry garden.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14

A correspondent in the Cincinnati
Grange Bulletin makes this important
statement: / am now milking seven
farrow cows, TO which | feed one
bushel of corn per day and one shock
of fodder; and we sell butter enough
to pay sixty cents per bushel for the
corn and have all the butter we want
to use in family of four. Besides.
we have the milk for the pigs. This
is better than selling corn at twenty
five cents per bushel.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-02-14

Put tablespoonful of sulphur in
the nest as soon as hens or turkeys are
set. The heat of the fowls causes the
fumes of the sulphur to penetrate ev-
cry part of their bodies, every louise is
killed, and as all nits are Matched
within ten days, when the mother
leaves toe nest with her brood, she is
perfectly free from nits or lice.