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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-31

A correspondent gives the following
recipe for packing butter: Rub your
Jar or keg all around with salt and
sprinkle thin layer Of salt over the
bottom Of your vessel, then put in lay
er Of butter, then sprinkle over 1t lay
or Of salt, and 50 on until the vessel Is
nearly full; make brine strong enough
to bear up an egg and put on % the
depth 81 three or four inches. II you
follow these directions closely | think
YOU will have no trouble in keeping your
butter sweet and nice. have used II
with good success every time. You
must put weight on i or the butter
will raise in the brine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-31

explanation ~ this fact j. very simple.
II the charge moved slOwlya very slight
pressure ~ air IN the barrel would be
sufficient 10 clear the muzzlc. but, A. the
charge actually travels with a speed
more than the velocity Of sound. the ~
sisiance offered By the obstacle becomes
excessive and the gun bursts. II has
beeH demonstrated mathcmatically that
the pressure generated by plug ~ the
density 81 air J. seven and half tons.
III would certainly be a great boon,
says Prof. John Trowbridge, il the gem
cral level n scientific education could
Do raised. - that each young man or
woman when he or she leaves school
should have enough definite knowledge
ef the great laws Of the physical universe
10 instantly denonnce bIne-glass theo-
ries and attempts al perpetual motion,
not from the pride II knowledge, buf
from the feeling that error, creduli'y.
and superstition should be combated
with truth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-31

In Georgia there are over 10000
colorsd Bapti~ts. connected with p
associations.
ii j. proposed 10 organize nation
Al association for the inspection a the
religious instruction in the public schools
~ scotland.
The year 1850 viii complete = semi
millennium u the English Bible. the
translation II the New Testament BY
Wyckiiffe having been issued in 1850.
In connection with >purgeon :
church in London are - colporteur~-
They visit $500 families every month.
The visits last year numbered 976. go
The Methodist pastor AZ Oconto-
Wis. has informed his congregation.
officially. thar he will not preach again
until they pay him enough 81 his past
due salary 10 buy 4 suit Of clothes III %
wear in she pulpit
1t j estimated that over 2t1.o01
cnlorei people have been added ID the
Methodist Church since the war They
have caused more than 4 Thousand
churches % b. built. and more than 3
60 colored Young men are in their aid
schools in the South.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-31

Professor Gray II J. announced by
the New York Tribune. has been recog-
nized - the original inventor If the
telephone. and i e. receive ~ per cent
n the profits from the rental Of the ma
chimes in America
Dr. d. L. PHAREs II Wilkinson
County. Miss, II Il said. has discovered
process hy which he can make sorghum
>irnp equal - finest Louisiana sirlp- II
' claimed. al~o. that from good sorghum
cane go barrels II molas<es. or 5000
pounds ~ sugar, can be made to the
acre.
"A striking illustration II the com
mercial changes that have taken place
during the last few years j. afforded nv
ihe leather trade. Formerly the best
grade~ II leather used in this country
were imported from abroad. Now there
! strong foreign demand for Ameri-
can red ~oie leather. and il i developed
~ onr commercial reports. to-day. tirai
oak tanned leather j. being exported 10
Europe from Allegheny County tam
nerirS.
"A new oil region has been diSc0v-
cred in Trumbnll County. o.. and one u
~ pecnliaritie~ l. well ~ the finest
luiEicafing oil. near West Mecca. low
ing five barrels day. refined and ready
toru~e On the incest machinery. Speech
laicrS have leased 1.Ov0 acres I'M the VII
sinfy - enormous prices. for the oil
brings SIC 4 barrel. while that n the
Pennsylvania oil region brings les than
NJ cents.
Firearms frequently burst when the
nfIzxlr has been accidentally closed
with earth. snow. ctr. Prof. Forbes
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
Indian News.

A Fl. ROBINSON dispatch of Jan. Is
says: Yesterday, at noon, Capt.
Lawson, commanding Co. E. third
cavalry, started in pursuit of
the fleeing savages, who are said to
be making a detour in the direction of
Pine Ridge or Rosebud Indian camp,
and the prospects of reaching the wig
vans oftheir sympathizing red brothers
are greater In their favor, despite the
sanguine hopes of the military to cap
ture them ere they reach there. The
savages have a good ten hours start of
the troops, and owing to the storm they
succeeded in stealing enough horses to
mount themselves with; so it is not i'm
probable they may escape. Their es-
cape is certain to be the means of get
ting the young warriors of the powerful
Sioux nations to dig up the Ratchet and
avenge their wrongs. The impression
here is that we are near the verge of a
bloody Indian war. The mail carrier
just in from Pine Ridge agency, Red
Clouds new location, states that since
the news Of the Cheyenne outbreak and
its results became known to Red Clouds
people there is much weeping and
wailing among them and they say their
hearts are bad. Capt. Vessels started
with his company this morning at four
A. NJ. for Indian Creek where he will
take up the trail. 3 & sE#aE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
HANGING HUNTER.
The New Jersey Murderer Expiates his
Crimes on the ScatfOId. l"e'A Fl

A Camden, n. j. dispatch Of Jan
10th says:u Benjamin Hunter WIS
ha nged at l1:25 a. m. to-day. Early
this morning the crowd began
to assemble before the court
house to witness what could be seen OF
the preparations for execution. The
place selected for hanging the murderer
was inside Of the court house at the in
'tersection Of two main corridors which
run into the shape of cross on the
first floor. There was no scafoId, moth
ing being visible of, the machinery of
death. except a long noosed rope hang
ing apparently from the ceiling. In
the narrow corridors Of the court room
about 200 persons, comprising sherif's
posse, comltatus members Of the press,
and others were tightly packed together.
Hunter, who up to the past few days
had maintained sluggish indifference,
was this morning extremely respondent
and very nervous. He arose at 6, and
refused to partake of breakfast. At
1870 his pulse was about 100. His at
tempt at suicide by cutting an artery III
his leg caused him to be very weak
from less of blood. He also attempted
suicide by refusing to eat, and was kept
alive by injections. His pulse. at vari-
Gus times, has been as high as $50. At
II :O3 the county physicians proceeded
to the cage room Of the condemned.
Hunter was very weak. His brother,
son-ln-law, and Rev. DR.. Kunkleman,
Of Philadelphia, were with him. At
lilo, failing to gain strength and being
unable to walk, he was carried down.
He came into the enclosure in the cor
ridor utterly helpless and completely
PROSTATE. The white cap was quickly
adjusted, and the rope placed around
his neck, four men, in the meantime,
holding him up, the criminal seeming
ly oblivious to all that was taking place
or to those around. The sheriff put the
usual question Of whether he had any
thing to say why the execution should
not take place, Hunter made no reply.
At 1925 sickening scene followed
the rope either was too long or stretch
ed so much that Hunter was barely
lifteu from the floor, when he fell back
but was caught in the arms Of the sher-
iff and assistants. Sheriff Calhoun seiz-
ed the rope and hoisted Hunter into the
air and he Was thus hanged, a num-
Der of persons holding the rope
and keeping him suspended in
the air. The physicians said his neck
was not broken and he died by strangu-
lation, yet he gave no evidence of pain,
hanging as thoughhe had died instantly
Three minutes after hanging his pulse
beat at ga, one minute later 1O2, and
at 11:3O his pulse was IA. at 1857 i,
it was again ga, at11:39 spasmodic, and
at IL; 40 ceased to beat altogether.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
A Gambling Incident.

A lady Of rank in Paris died three
weeks ago in the fashionable quarter of
the Arc de Triomphe, Of whom an in
teresting story is told. She was FAM
Gus card-player, and was credited with
knowing every game there was to
know. When travelling in foreign
land she met, one day, in a hotel Rus
sian lady withthat passion for gambling
said, to be inherent. in the Russian ma
ton. Anxious to play with the lady
from Paris she wrote requesting a few
games. Her request was granted, and
the ladies played all plight, the Russian
losing at every hand, until her oppon-
ent mad Won from her more money than
the mines in the, Ural had produced in
twenty-five years. At last the Russian
lady made a despairing effort to regain
her fortune, but without avail. Rising
from the table she told the French lady
how she had lost more than she pos
sessed; but that in her desire to pay a
debt Of honor she would instruct her
stewart to convey to her the title deeds
of all the mines and estates she owned.
At this the victorious antagonist smiled
and requested that she might have her
own way in the matter, since she had
won. A priest and a lawyer were sent
for. When they. arrived, the Russian
lady was asked to bind herself by a
solemn oath never again to touch
card or risk money at any game Of
chance. She did so, and then signed
Encouragement to pay iher antagonist
the annual sum of $1,000. The VOW
never to play cards for money again
she faithfully kept, aud the $4,000 was
punctually paid every year, the French
lady giving it the name Of the "Queen
Of Spades bounty and invariably CIV
ing it to the poor of Paris.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
Wholesale Slaughter Of Indians.

A Fit. Robinson, W. T. dispatch
of Jan. 10th says: The hostile
Cheyennes imprisoned ~, here since
last October, having been inform
ed by the commanding officer, few
days ago, that they were to be taken
back to their agency in the Indian Ter
ritory, determined to die" rather than
consent to such a movement Since
the information was impaired to them
they have become very sullen and have
repeatedly expressed a determination
to die before conserving to such
movement. They have become very
stubborn for the past few days, and fear
ing an attempt to escape, the post COM
missioner has placed a strong guard
over their prison room. Last night,
about II o'clock, while nearly everyone
was in bed except the ever-watch-
full guard, the savages jumped through
the windows of the prison room.
and made for the cold prairie, which is
| thickly coated with frozen snow, firing
on the guard with revolvers they had
concealed since their capture, danger
ously wounding four of the guard, one
Of whom has since died, and another is
not expected to live through the day.
The main guard rushed out of the
guard-house upon hearing the firing,
and when ascertaining the cause and
seeing the fleeing hostiles, running for
the mountains, immediately followed
and opened fire, shooting and killing
over forty of the saEages. j. Over one
hundred and sixty of the cavalry,
| mounted and dismounted, are still in
pursuit Of the fleeing savages. The
sharp bang of the carbines in the hands
Of our men can be heard from the hills,
three miles distant, where the savages
have evidently made stand. 1t IS
thought not one of them can escape.
Further particulars soon.
A later dispatch says:dAt 9 $50 P.
NJ. the troops are still in pursuit of the
escaped Indians. Thirty seven, nearly
all Of whom are squaws and children,
have either surrendered or been cap
tured; eight are under guard here; 81
are still out, including about fifteen
warriors, among whom is Chief Dull
knife, enormously reported dead last
night. Wild Hog, Old Grow and Left
Hand, head men, are among the re-
captured. The dead bodies Of Indians
brought into the post for burial number
twenty warriors, eight squaws and two
children. Five soldiers were wounded;
two of them, privates, have died; others
not dangerously injured. Private Fer
guson, who was stabbed by Wild Hog,
VIII recover. ID rE.y rHa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
Never Judge by Appearances.


nj John Worst, on Friday wandered
from his home in the Fourteenth Ward
up to Harlem, where policeman found
him near midnight sitting on a stoop
and nearly frozen. He was thawed out
in the station-house and arraigned yes
terday before Judge Duffy, in the Har-
lem Police Court. The magistrate gave
Mr.. Worstsa lecture ON his seeming in
difference to his own health, and in clos
ing, told the prisoner that as his appear
ance indicated he was a poor man he
should only impose a nominal fine of
So as slight offering to the city treas
urv in return for having had his lite
saved. The hculprit remarked. che
could never forget his Honor's kind
ness" and then began to search for the
necessary greenback. He first produced
an immense roll - of bills from side
pocket, but the denominations were ap-
parently too large. Another pile was
then unearthed from a hidden recepta-
Gle, and finally a 81 note was passed to
Chief-Clerk Long. The Judge gazed adj
miringly upon Worst while the perfor-
nance was going on, and afterward SAID
OHM, s"if l had only, knownas much
quarter of an hour ago as | do now, your
tax would have been $40: as 1T is, the
city is ont S."
Mr.. Worst then retired, but before
reaching the railroad station at One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, was
by several real-estate own
ersr who tried to sell him brownstone
front or two on upper Fifth avenue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22

to read little poem, give a recitation
or something of that kind. Not wish
ing to thrust myself On the public, | re-
fused this and many other equal
" advantageous offers, though l
do not Know that my course
was the wisest for me to pursue, as both
Mr.. Beecher and Mr.. ,Ti1ton have made
the most out of their connection with
the case by lecturing ever since. After
the trial was over found myself thrown
on my. own resources for my main
talnance. | had been teaching music
IN a certain school, But after giving nv
testimony Twas dismissed from thatp
s1tion, and then I began to look around
tosee "hatIcoulddo. had been told by
the manner in which / gave my
testimony eyinced that I.possessed dra-
mahc, talent, and l thought best to de-
vote myself to the stage. In doing SO I
determined to begin at the foot of the
ladder and to learn my art thoroughly,
knowing that if I possessed talent and
adaptability for the profession, that
should soon rise in it, while if I began
by starring" after the noyelty of seeing
me had worn off | would sink out of
sight | procured a position in "a Gel
ebrated Case" company, and made my
de6W as Annette" in Newark, under
the name Of Beth Avery that being
my mothers maiden name and also
my mlddleoiname. My ofall name is
EliI,zabeth Avery Turner. Mr.. Tilton
called me Bessie to distinguish me
from his wife, whose name is Elizabeth.
believe | was fairly successful ia my
oebut, and | intend to work myself up
IN the dramatic profession if hard work,
study and the desire to improve will
enable me to do SOP 1G. :.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
BESSIE TURNER.
How She Came to go Upon the STAGE.
She Reaffirms Her Testimony Against
Theodore, etc. 2''-
Cincinnati Enquirer, 18th.

A representative Of the Enquirer met
Miss Bessie Turner yesterday at the
Walnut Street House, and had a very
pleasant chat with her. He found the
lady very bright, intelligent aud viyaci-
Gus, and, withal, with many claims to
comeliness, and to beauty. She is rath-
er below the medium size Of women,
with large lustrods eyes, and prominent
features generally. In conversation
she is modest and unaffected, yet as
sharp as chain lightning, and after a
few moments talk with her one can
readily understand how it was that she
was able to battle the cunningest at
tempts of Theodore Tilton's lawyers to
make her stultify herself. After the
usual greetings of the day had been
passed, our reporter explained that the
object Of his call was to learn from her
lips the reasons that induced her to
adopt the stage as profession. Miss
Turner smlllngly announced her willing
ness to be interviewed on the subject
though it was half evident that she felt
inclined to wish her prosecutor in Kant
schatka. n ~ G@
swell. to begin" said she, "most
people in consequence of my being
mixed up with the greatest scandal
case of modern times, seem to regard
me as a sort of curiosity, and this fact
annoys me beyond measure. What |
did in that case did out of gratitude
to Mrs. Tilton, who was almost mother
to me, and the testimony I gave was
true in every particular to the best
of my knowledge and belief It was
through my desire to serve my friend
that I got mixed up in the case, though
the. strong ,''points" of my testimony
were ELECTED from me through infor-
nation given her lawyers by Mrs
Tilton. have been blamed by many
for portions Of my testimony, which,
God knows, had no desire to go upon
the Witnessstand and detail, no matter
how true they were, but [ testified I'M
der the instructions of the lawyers, who
told me that the life Of the case de-
pended upon my telling all / knew.
They were old, respected citizens, as
wei as lawyers, fathers Of families and
| was but girl of sixteen. Mind | am
not apologizing for what I did. All that
| told was true, and would testify to
the same facts tomorrow if necessity
required. but what Iwish to say is that
if any feel inclined to blame me they
/ may 4knoW that [ was not a
swift witness, and only yielded my
judgement to. that ofwise and honora-
BILE men. After the trial [ foun my
self notorious, and was sought after
eagerly by managers, who desired me
to enter the lecture field and turn my
notorlety into money. | was offered
81 900 by one gentleman, merely to ac-
company Olive Logan and show myself
on tho stage for twenty-six evenings. 1
would not have to lecture, but merely
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
Minnesota.

In the message of Gov. Pillsbury,
read to the legislature Jan. 9th, the
part relating to the state finances shows
the receipts for the year to be $780,
900. The disburseme were 81 ,562,-
400: Balance in the treasury $4S, 499,
subject to credits Qof $73,OO7,
making the actual deficit Of
1924, 5O8. The floating debt amounts
to $l22, OO1. The message recon-
mends caution in appropriations
for the ensuing year. Statistics show
the number of farms nearly doubled
since 1869, and the sales at the land
offices more than double those Of last
year. Three hundred and seventy
miles of railroad were built in 1878,
and the traffic and earnings of roada
show large gains. The new Office of
public examiner has worked , well.
Speaking of national affairs. the mes
sage congratulates the country upon
resumption, and regrets the condition
ct the south as exhibited in the late
election outrages. psf b. uor g#'t-aF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

FRIDAY, Jan. 10-Senote.-The Indian
appropriation bill with several amend
ments was considered and passed: AZ
ter executive session, adjourned.
FRIDAY, Jan. 1O-House After lit.
tie unimportant business, the house
went into committee of the whole on
the William and Mary college, claims
bill. A lively debate ensued when the
committee arose and the bill was defeat.
ed by the following vote, when the
house adj burned: .s---. ,....#.....-. 60
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
: Rare Opportunity.

The Egyptian correspondent of the
London Standard reports a retrench-
ment in the Khediye's ,harem. Some
twenty or thirty women have been sent
off lately. Ladies thus discarded re-
ceive dot of from $500 to $1,000, and
with this can find husbands, especially
among government clerks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
Els

The senate then took recess until
7:45 for the purpose of attending Prof.
Henry's memorial service in the house
I.at s0oclock. After that adjourned.
THURSDAY, Jan. 16-House. The bill
to facilitate the funding of the. national
debt passed without division. Memo.
rial services in honor of the late Prof.
Henry were held in the hall of represen-
tatives in the evening. .n sa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
passed by vote of IA to 43. Adj

THURSDAY, Jan. 16-Senate.-Mr. Win
dom introduced a resolution to appoint
a committee of seven senators who
should be instructed to enquire into the
expediency Of encouraging the imigra-
ton ofnegroes from states where their
political rights are interfered with, to
other states or territories. The house
bill providing for payment of arrears of
pensions created long discussion and
was finally passed by the following vote
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22

wages; toprovide for biennial sessiont
of legislature; to define the crime of
vagabondage relating to tolls in griss
mills. Adjourned
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22

The Francetown q, H;lsoap-stone
quarry workmen would have all been
discharged if an order had not come in
for a large sarcophagus destined to con-
tain the remains of Ex-Governor Onslow
Stearns. 80 u -L-- tadmun
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22

A PITTSBURG physician has. been sued
for $4,000 damages for negligence in
the care of a patient The patient, the
plaintiffs wife, died.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22

HE largest and oldest apple tree in
New Hampshire has just been cut
down. Its age is stated at 200 yeals. 1t
measured at the ground II feet inches
IN circumference. Four feet from the
ground it measured II feet inches in
circumference. 1t was so feet high. 1t
had seven large branches, the largest
being over 6 feet in circumference, and
a smaller one over feet. About forty
years ago 1t bore fifty bushels of apples
IN one season.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22

SOUTHERN cities generally have been
reducing the salaries of their mayors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22

The death rate of Atkinson, N. H., is
phenomenally. low-about l per cent.
Many years have passed without a
death. The rate of mortality last year
was about three-quarters Of l per cent,
the tour persons who died being 81, rs,
" and So years old. az sa.s ,s..,'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-22
The Pension Arrear Bill.

= The following is full text of the
house bill providing for payment of pen
sion arrears, passed by the senate and
sent to the president Jan. 10th: - li.A