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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

BY permission Of our friend Mr.. +
Sherrod, we are permitted to publish
the following letter, received BY hin
from our former tcwnsman, Mr.. Peter
II. Greene. II will be read with intcres
by his many acquaintances in this
county, and BY many who are thinking
Of going to the silver mines.
LEADvrLLE. CoLoRADo,1
August 10, 1879.
NY old Friend Frank.
| wonder II YOU would not like to read
a letter from your old friend Pete, now
among the lofty Peaks of the Rocky
Mountains. know you must think
am curious mana sort Of a natural
wanderer. 1t is so, believe myself
l staid just long enough in California to
catch the mining fever and let II settle
down in mo. ! suppose will never get
entirely ovcr 1t. stood II rs long as
could, and had to make the break again.
| left home on 9th Of Juno and got 10
this mining town June 20. found that
l had got most too old to stand this
great altitude and have not been able
10 get about over the mountains here as
did 10 years ago. when came TO Cali
fornia gulch, which was worke ! here for
gold. Gold in the gulch, very rich, was
all that was known TO exist here then of
precious metals. Little did then know
or think Of tho existence Of the vast
mineral wealth OF silver carbonates un-
the ground hunted over after
deer, that never even got shot at.
walked over the very grounds, looking
after those noble animals, so plenty then
but now gone, where lie the richest beds
Of silver ore that has ever been discov-
cred on the face Of the earth. can hard
" give you any idea Of these silver
mines, because you are not acquainted
with anything Of the sort to which can
compare them. But for your satisfac-
tion / will try, for know you to be one
Of those curious sort Of geniuses that
like TO know something Of what is GO
ing on among the mountains.
For many miles about Lcadville, and
over tho Range east Of here, and over
The western slope. and all about on the
sides Of the mountains clear TO the very
and the summits away up
where tho snow Is always found, the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

vented. They have got all our American
territories filed mp and monopo!ized nv
foreigners. and aii our Indians robbed.
and our game killed. Now there Is al
mostno new country to 20 IN. To think
even these almost inaccessible mount
aims are being filled. and more by Enro-
peans than By our own people. and rail-
roads coming " three soon TO hc here
NJ Leadvillc. You know but little If
what is going on way out here in this
western world.
Well. ] am soon going home. as they
arc al anxions. hut naturally love 4
wild life. i'll never did Kill = deer. T
own shares IN three mines undeveloped.
bur have nattering prospects for good
mines in All three. vet may not get
anything much. Don't know vet.
Your old rowing friend.
p. 4. GREENE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

The wheat crop in our State this wear
has been subject Of great sreculation.
and various estimates nave been made
npon the number Of bushels. At last
the statistics have been furnished from
The various counties and the grand total
foots up TO $1,000. 900 bushels. The Weld
is large. and its value will very greatly
add 10 the material wealth Of Indiana.
The fact Is now very apparant that ~ no
distant day the people Of the eastern
Sfafes will have to come west for their
cereals. as they are by natural location
adapted more for manufacturing bnsine !
than for the production Of grains. This
viii, when adopted. put a higher pre-
MUM on farming. and give 4 larger
market for the cereals. The wcstern
States are the farming districts Of our
jcountry. Wheat is one of the principal
|products, and stands next to corn IN the
number Of acres cultivated. and amount
produced. Estimating the cron or the
country upon the aggregate crop Of In
diana this year. there would be 45O. .OOO.-
w bushels. This estimate il is said will
make the crop this wear twenty per cent.
larger than that of 1877. The total Weld
tnat year amounted to 364194 lag bush
els. This will give us an exress above
that crop Of about 66.000.OnO bushels.
That year this country exported 57.04s.-
s31 bushels. leaving for home consump-
tlon- seeding, &C., 307. 10000 bushels.
This year we have larger surplus than
we had in 1877. but at the same time we
have larger foreign demand to supply.
The wheat crop throughout tho great
wheat producing sections Of Europe IL
falling short Of their average yearly
Yields. With this fact in view there will
he demand for our surplus. The New
York Produce Exchange has reported
that the European export demand will
reach 250000.0OO bushels. divided up
among France. Germany. Great Britain.
Switzerland. Spain and Portugal. II
these reports are correct there will be
100.O0000n bushels more demand than
our country can supply. and which will
have to be supplied from Russia. Aus
tralia. British India. Canada. Roumania,
Egypt and the Turkish Provinces. But
in many Of these places reports have
stated that the wet weather. grasshop-
pers and beetles have done very great
injury TO the growing grain. Hence
their surplus for export will fall short Of
what they have had for other demands
in previous years.
Of the wheat growing counties or In
diana Knox stands seventh. her Weld be-
ing 100000 bushels. II is surpassed in
the yield ofwheat bv the following coun-
ties: Kosciusko. Posey. Gibson, Elk
hart. Tippecanoe and Laporte. Thus
Knox county ranks among the first in
our State in the production Of wheat.
The largest yield made by any county
amounted to 100000 bushels.
cennes Daily Sun.
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Miss Dora Hope read paper ON ssEf
'quette In School," Miss Mary Jutt fhci
read c paper on "Morals" Mr.. Lamar
then representing his sister on the sub
ject Of Truency,v delivered an instruct
i've address.
! The Critics report was read and wa,
simply splendid.
House adjourned till u p. m.
Evening session was opened by sub
ject for debate being presented: Re.
solved that the Trustees shall select the
Teachers according to the spirit OF the
Law A large audience listened to the
debate and II was ably argued pro and
con. Eloquent addresses were delivered
by Messrs. Walton, Bolin, Jones and
Edmiston. On vote the affirmative
was sustained.
\ FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST %.
\ Prayer. by Rev. w. Jones. Minutes
OF the previous day were read and
adopted. Two motions were then of.
fered and adopted amending sections 2
and 8. OF the BY Laws. Mr.. d. L. Ke SO,
then delivered very instructive address
to the teachers on "How to Conduct 4
Recitation A paper on the " Relations
aof llliferacy to Crime" was then read
by A. M. Sweeney. Mr.. c. +. Clarke
then read paper on "The Wants OF
Home Teachers. and how 10 supply
them And In justice to Mr.. Clarke, we
will say, that IL was a splendid pro-
|duction, and II our teachers follow the
ideas laid down by him, they will find ii
10 rebound much to their advancement.
A short intermission was then allowed
for social chat among the members.
Intermission was then taken till l
O'Clock p. N.
o'clock p. m. the house was called to
order by the President, and the business
of elccting officers to serve during the
year. T.. T.. Clarke was elected
President; A. NJ. Sweeney, vice-Presi-
dent; w. J. Putt. Secretary; Dora
Hope, Treasurer. Then came the report
OF retiring officers, the Secretary and
Treasurer. which were accepted. The
report Of the special committee was read,
being comments on and synopsis Of the
several papers read, which was accepted
and adopted.
The thanks Of the Association are ex-
tended to the following persons: CRATE
ful thanks TO the trustees Of the town,
for use Of school l-housc 10 the citizens.
for kindness and corniality; TO Messrs.
o. L. Kelso and Lamar for services: !:
thanks to G. M. Hallwachs and
choir for music: thanks to the press for
former favors and requesting pu blication.
Critics report was right TO the point,
having the ring Of genuine criticism.
The address Of the retiring President
was brief but forcible. As train time
was approaching, with benediction. the
meeting adjourned. SINE DIE. subject To-
the call of the Executive Committee,
feeling that some good had been accom-
plished. g. &. COOPER, Prest.
A. n. SwEEHEy. Secy.
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Extensive preparations are being made
in this vicinity for the first annual fair
of the Kentucky State Agricultural,
Mechanical. Geological and Botanical
association. which commences Tuesday,
September 9th, and continues four davs.
Louisville has not had fair for eight
years. and such an exhibition will con-
sequcnilv be something new. The asso-
citation has every facility for making its
fair success and great interest has al
ready been awakened in the undertaking.
The grounds Of the association are large,
comprising no acres, and are easy 10 ac-
cess from the city. The buildings are
now all completed, as is also the track.
The grand stand is 450 feet long. and Il
considered the handsomest in the coun-
try. The track Is also one Of the finest
in the world, and II IL believed will prove
one Of the fastest. One OF the finest ex-
hibitions Of live stock ever seen In this
State or In tho country will be presented
at the fair.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

The American AgricuItnrist in speak
ing Of the great benefits Of fairs. says:
"Therc Is no public gathering Of peo-
pie and things 80 pleasant and profitable
Ito the farmer boy as fair. Many
youthful farmer has had his interest In
improved stock, new machinery. and
fine fruits kindlcd by attending such an
exhibition. BY all means take the boys
(and Girls too) to the fair
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NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP
VIM. GASSER,

'orh hain Street. opposite the Post once
JAePER, INDIANA,
HAS hrilt and opened new shop for al kinds oi
smith work His long acquaintance with the cit.
sns q Dubois county and the well known good char.
q his work he trusts will give him liberal share
psronsEs His prices will be made 70 salt u time
Horse shceing and ironing o. wagons or bug.
Uss promptly stt<rdedto
November 18th. is7l.--ly VIZ. GASsER.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-21
II YEARS IN BATTLE,
AND
THREE IN PRISON.

PART IA Narrative of Escape from Yankeedom to
Dixie in 1861; Scenes in Washington City after the Bull
Run Stampede; Perils in Passing the Potomac; Full
fllment of a Boyish Vow; Lights and Shadows of Camp
Life; Sixteen Pitched Battles; a Brief Campaign in
Eastern Carolina; Capture within Grants Lines on
James River, and cruel Treatment as an alleged spy;
Escape and Recapture; Ten months of Torture in the
Rebel Prison Pens y at Point Lookout and Fort Della
ware; Murder of Col. Jones, and other Atrocities; Fall
of the Confederacy, and the End of all things; Footing
it hundreds Of miles homeward amid the wreck and
PART II.-Surprising Submissiveness of the South;
Grant, the Victor, bears witness to the utter docility, and
good intentions of the Vanquished; Congress begins a
policy Of systematic Irritation; The Freedmen's Bureau
sets up a petty despotism in every Southern village; The
Ex-slaves are taught to hate, and suspect, their only real
friends; Swarms of Sharpers, Swind!ers, and ali manner
man left; Race Riots for Party Purposes Provoked
whenever Possible; The most Brutal of the Blacks
Banded into Midnight-Leagues, Oath-Bound, Controlled
by Wicked Whites, and Attended by Accountable Atroci-
ties; RObber Rule and Ruin as the Result; Rise of the
White Brotherhood, and Kindred Societies, Commonly
Called the Ku-Klux-Klans; Very Troubleous Times;
The Holden-Kirk War; Grants Military Measures for
Capturing the Electoral Vote of the Southern States,
Beginning with the Carolinas; Spies, Soldiers, and
Special Deputy Marshals Over-Run the State; Jeffreys
Bond Spreads his Spyder-Web in the Capitol, and Ma
upon Whomsoever he can Catch, the Unoffending, and
the Offender, Alike; Old Men of 20 Years, and Boys
Under II, Sent, in Mid-Winter, Shackled, to a far
Northern Bastile, to Undergo Years of Torture, for
Alleged Misdemeanors, of which they were Entirely
Innocent; Journal of Life in Albany Penitentiary; the
Whole Comprising a Faithful History of Reconstruc-
ton in North Carolina: 1865 1875 Inclusive.
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PENNSYLVANIA INTERESTS.

The defeat of Judge Smith for speaker,
to the Pennsylvania "Protectionists,' calls
for a few remarks upon the subject of the
tariff, a subject, by the by, which ought to
receive more attention from our Southern
farmers, or their Representatives. 1t was
officially announced from the Treasury De-
partment fifteen years before the war that
G III MILLIONS of dollars annually were
drained from the cOuntry-at-large, in the
shape of indirect taxes for the enrichment
OF certain special industries at the North.
Of this immense sum, the South paid above
fifty millions, much beyond ner proportion
ate share, without even the partial return
OF having the money expended in her midst,
because our people were almost universally
farmers, or consumers, and worse still, were
purchasers from the North of nearly all their
food, clothing, furniture, books, Injuries,
etc.,-thus giving the Northern manufac-
turers four or FIVE millions of dollars a wear
IN protts, in addition to protective taxes,
Is it any wonder the North grew richer: the
South poorer?
The origin of the tariff for protection
should stand as a monument to Southern
unionism, and broad National spirit. At
the beginning Of the century, the English
government, jealous of the new Republic,
prohibited both machinery and machinists
from crossing the ocean, Subsequently, the
restrictive DEGREES of Napoleon, and Pitt,
then engaged in a ''life-and-death strug-
gle, almost entirely cut off the expectation
of European wares, so that when finally our
own government closed our ports with an
Embargo, all manner of manufactured arti-
Giles became exceedingly scarce, and the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-21
RANDOLPH A. SHOTWELL.
CHAPTER SECOND.

Helpers Book, and the struggle over John Sherman in
Cougress-Hon. w. n H. Smith. OF North Carolina,
loses the speakership by one vote, and the conse-
queuces thereof-The election of Lincoln-The
" Wide Awake organiZations-My removal to a
school near excitement and
mob law.
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Continued on poye l49.
The New York herald., 1879-10-03

WOOD, SLATE AND MARBLE MANrnLS rs t;REN
w variety. T. B. STEWART * Co. 10. ~ West I'D :,
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LA. s. LOTTERY.

La. s. LOTTERY
The Lousians State Lottery Company has always drawn
Louisiana approved 1905 for the benefit of charitable
and educational institutions.
The following attractive scheme always been
ON the second Tuesday OF each month"; in public, at
New Orleans
La under the supervision of sworn commissioners
The three first capital prizes,
x30OW, $1,000 5000
FULL SCHEME
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REGULAR SALES OF HORSES AND CARRIAGES
EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
On every horse that warranted sound kind anc true
in harness days given
to test warrantees.
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s57 Prizes amounting 400
H. A. DAUPhlN. r. .. box 692 New Orleans. La,
or same person at
No. 3l9 Broadway. New York city.
The particular attention of the public is called to the
that the entire number of the monthly
drawing have been sold and all tho prizes in
drawing have been sold and drawn and paid This
has the with any other company.
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II IZZIE NEWELL 76l BROADWAY.--SPIRITUAL
Lseances: medical examin ations; cures rheumatism
weakness. Female complaints successfully
treated.
I EGAL ADVICE UPON ANY SUBJECT FOR 81.
AAddress, stating facts enclosing VI. LAW AGENCY.
box 2.Dl2 Post Office, Now York
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

T ACE CURTAINS DRIED PERFECTLY on MXRsn's
West llth
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CPEED CHEAr.-BEAr 2ao HANDSOME. KIND
Dgentle bay Mare Is hands Also full spring Buggy
and Pony Phaeton Harness. Blankets II East 18th
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A CABLE DESPATCH
20 J. DUFF 4 CO. RANKERS


ss66 .867. 5.o69 $40 each 900 pesos
Tickets Nos. IA and 4.646 drew. 500 pesos
Full official list has left Havana October 4, 1879
ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY
There haS always been an Ordinary Drawing
OCTOBER 49,
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY
have alwsYs drawn on the 18th Of each month
The CAPITAL PRIZE has always been 100000
Spanish Gold and Silver Havana Bills bought and
sold. Catalogues sent free.
J. DUFF 4 Co, Bankers,
j. DUFF Il CO.. Bankers.
~ Nassau ST. corner Liberty New York.
Il NASSAU St. corner Liberty, New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-27

byterian church is only branch of the
true church, not the only church.
Rev. DR.. Prime said that he had
accepted the substitute Of Rev. DIR.
White with the expectation that it
would stop all discussion. He re-
gretted very much that he had read
the paper at the close of his address,
as it was ten times as Objectionable as
the original report and resolution
offered by the committee on bills and
overtures. The substitute of DR..
White was adopted.
Prof. Alexander offered a resolution
to uncompromisingly oppose the efforts
of the Roman Church to attain pos
session of the public schools.
Rev. DR.. Jessup, calling DR.. Oar
ling to the chair, offered a resolution
calling for additional contributions for
the foreign mission board to pay their
debts and keep up the work.
w. Il. Dodge moved that the sum
for the coming year be fixed at $4,000.
Carried, and Dr. Jessup's resolution
was adopted.
Rev. DIR. Patton offered resolution
commending the Catholic Presbyte-
rian, a magazine in the interest of the
Pan Anglican Council.
After some formal business several
standing committees made reports and
were discharged.
After the customary complimentary
resolutions were adopted the genera
assembly adjourned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-27
CONGRESS-.
The Republicans at Their Old
Game of Blocking Legis-
IatiOn.
A Lively Protest from Ex-Soldiers
Of Rhode Island Against Fed
eral Interference.
lune 10 Recommended as the Day for
Adjournment.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-HoUsE-
The bill relative to the removal of
cases from State to Federal Courts
came up in the morning hour, the
pending question being on the second
ing of the previous question.
Fernando Wood appealed to Mr..
Townshend, of Illinois, who has
charge Of the bill, to permit its refer
ence Or recommittal so as not to have
it blocking up the business of all other
committees.
Mr.. Townshend regarded it as his
duty to press Tor action on the bill,
The Republicans then resorted to the
policy Of Withholding their votes and
this made it necessary for call of the
house.
The call was followed by roll call
on motion to dispense with further
proceedings, and the morning hour
having expired the bill went over
without action.
The house then proceeded to the
consideration of the bill to prevent
the introduction Of contagious or in
fictitious diseases into the United
States, the senate bill in relation to
that subject being substituted for the
house bill.
The ways and means committee re-
port Fernando Woods resolution
fixing June 10th as the date of ad
journment.
SENATE.-Mr. Mcdonald asked
leave to present a petition and memo
rial of ex soldiers and sailors of Prov.
idence, protesting against the viola.
tions Of civil service reform, especially
in relation to the appointment Of
custom officers in Providence, and
alleging the interference by Federal
officers in elections.
The memorial seeming to reflect on
Mr.. Anthony, who was absent Mr.,
Burnside explained the circumstances
alluded to in the memorial, After q
spirited debate on the reception of the
papers, they went over till tomorrow
on objection.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-27

making allowance for losses of spirits
by leakage or unavoidable accidents
during their transportation from dis
tillery warehouses for expectation.
Secretary Sherman opposed the bill
on the ground that its enactment
would tend to induce carelessness on
the part Of manufacturers and ship
pers and result in allowances that
would appreciably diminish the gov
ernment revenue. The secretary also
contended that the existing law works
well and affords American manufactu-
rers of alcohol, whisky, rum, etc, am
pie protection against foreign compe.
tition.