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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06
A Big Land Speculation.

Saws the St. Paul Pioneer-Prcss
Some weeks ago il transpired that A
bic land sale had been or was being ef-
fected by the st. Paul and Sioux City
Land Department e London tEng-
land) company. The negotiations cui-
minated within the last day or two IN
the closing Of a trade for 2O0,0on acres
of the St. Paul and Sioux City railroad
lands at Sc per acre, payable IN three
annual installments, with interest al
: per cent. per annun on the balances
due. The very ponderonsncss Of the
sale barely left the reporter breath
enough 10 ask what lands would be af-
fected by the sale. The Land Copmis-
sioner replied that the sale would close
All the railroads lands in Iowa, except
a portion Of Dickinson County. and IL
embraced large tract in Noble County,
Minnesota. Pursuing the tenor OF ms
narration, Mr.. Drake added that the
English company proposed establishing
agencies at all the important points IN
the United Kingdom, and 10 facilitate
emigration from Britain and Ireland by
offering the lands TO emigrants on in
etallments derived from products Of the
soil, and by securing them cheap trans
portation from Europe 10 their colonies
The arrangements on this side OF the
Atlantic will be equally replete. The
colonization company will establish
town sites Mt convenient points,
whereat grain elevators will be erected
and all other facilities afforded the colo
uISfg
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

WASHINGTON. Jan. -
Lieut. Cherry, OF the 5fh Cavalry, Adiutant
of Mai Thofnburg's command, WAS before the
Iiou-. COMMITTEES 10 day aud gave ~ irt"r-
csfing history ~ the military movements.
lie said that when Jack came 70 the camp nc
lear River IL Was obvious 70 the officers mat
lie had come az a spy, and that after Jnrks
departure 1hornburg said that ne
were "a liberty 10 follow his own
Judgment he would have held JACK
and his companions ns hostages, ~ tn'ir
Intentions evidently were not friendly but
chat II hc did 80. and trouble followed, u
would Dc charged all over the country tiiat
he had brought IL on. His order required him
a. act under instructions Of Agent h"ckrr
Lieut.. Cherry WAS present ~ tic conference
Letween Mai Thornburg and the Indians. and
n confident that Thornburg made Il perfectly
clear ~ he Indians that he Intended 20 com
lily with their desire, ana 20 hat
tic Agency II will be remembered
that M. storS which the Indians told 20 Gen.
Adams was that they thought the troops we're
,ruing 10 the Agency in violation Of the prom
ise that they would stop short 81 H. whhe
Thornbufgh went toward ~ hold a conference.
Lent Cherry also contfsdicted the staftfnent
~ Jack 20 ten Adams that the troops BRED
first He said that the first shot came ron
the Indians. and was aimed AZ HIN, whie
ne was waving his hat in a friendly manner
inviting parley. and thar IRON ms Own ue-
mcanor and the pacific attitude o. ms Troops
Il MAS utterly impossible that the INDIANS
could have mistaken the waving OF ms hHt ioi
a signal OF attack The shot aimed AT thefIy
wound ed man and killed horse about loiee'
In his rear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

The ingalls, investigation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. -.
The Senate Committee on Privileges ana
ELECTIONS resumed consideration of the In
gals case to-day.
v. Adrnirr testified in substance: lie was
nnfricnely 10 Ingalls, al the commencement 81
the senatorial contest but aftcrwhrd, IN view
~ marty interests, he gave him a lnkcwMrm
support Admire also testified lie tpid KAY.
nell member Of the Kan -its Legislature. that
he 2iaybelD could get money for lis vote Tor
sennto4. but on cross examination denied amy
personlri knowledge OF the pay ment q any
moneys 10y Ingalls, or any Of his friends Tor
corrupt purposes. -.
,nc the senatorial contest. that nc whsh DEM
ocrnt aod that In nn interview with senator
Incalis the senator told him hc wanted some
Dninocrntic votes, and wanted him ttaik'r)
81 talk 10 five Democratic members, whose
names were ment toned. and that he saw these
member and tcfd them that money MAS be-
ING used IA the Senatorial eleclon.
and that they could get money
for their votes. lie WAS shown TWO let
tiers written ~ himself 20 parties ~ hnn~h.
IN which he stated that ingalls, had onrreh
him money with which 10 buy Democratic
vatcs ana WAS asked whether Ingalls, had
given "a him or placed under his control 'riy
money 10 be used In securing his lc election
a. senator. This question Baker uecihcu y
nnswrf but afterwards in his cross cNnmini.
zion tho same question WAS asked by insails'f
counsel and he then answered mo
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

One Of the sanitary police was the
other day wandering over box full OF
dead eats in an alley off Seventh Street
when he heard oaths and yells and the
sounds Of conflict in a house near by.
As be entered the yard man and won.
an burst open the side door and rolled
down the steps in heap, kicking and
clawing with right good will.
.What is the trouble here 2 asked
the officer a. he pulled them apart.
There, I'm glad you happened
along,-- exclaimed the man a. he
Jumped up. :. The old woman and me
have had d dispute for the last ten or
fifteen wears a. 10 when Christopher
Columbus discovered America May be
you know"
All was in 1892 replied the officer.
...Iusf what | said-jnst the date !
had,- cried the husband a. he danced
around. "Now then. old woman, will
You give up?"
Never"
= Yon won't
"Not an inch. said 1890. and had
your neck across the edge Of the step.
we agreed not ~ bite nor scratch, and
prefer ~ renew the conflict rather than
take strangers figures Come IN ths
nouse,T
The officer waited AZ the gate until he
heard two chairs smashed down and =
dozen wells, and he resumed ms rounds
with growing conviction that Column
bus would ultimately he two years aheae
in that house. Dttr0n Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

been much new work In the South Al
lantic States. but more than In any 81
The five previous years. There was =
Texas has shown much activity in many
years). More than half Of the new
road in the four States which may be-
called the = South Interior" Is In the
single line 81 the Cincinnati Southern.
The ..North INTERIOR Ohio. Michigan,
and Indiana-buiIt little more than in
1878 The construction in the North
west was nearly twice as great last year
a. in 1873. or in any other year since
1872. The FAR West Interior" 50
lately bowling wilderness, built nearly
twice a. much a in 1878, and three
times As much as in any earlier year,
notwithstanding great decrease in Col
orodo; hut the Pacific States have not
built 50 little road since 1871, California
having none at all, for the first time for
many years, though there has been some
rebuilding there, and a little construc-
ton in preparation for track laying
The great feature Of the year has been
the extension Of the border railroads,
and the opening Of a vast area Of farm
ing lands that produce grain and live
stock, which form the great staples Of
the northwestern railroads. The traffic
they develop will, much Of it, be carried
the entire distance to the Atlantic sea-
board, and 80 is Of Importance not only
10 the new roads, but also TO a greater
or less extent, 10 a large portion Of the
old railroads east Of the Missouri and
north Of the Ohio. The new roads are
feeders Of Chicago, Montreal, Boston,
New York. and Baltimore, as well as St.
Paul, Omaha, and Kansas City With
very few exceptions, they have been
built by established companies, with
good credit, and with the expectation Of
making profit by working thcm-not
out Of the contracts for their construc-
ton. Many are in districts now very
thinly peopled, which may not for some
time afford much traffic. How soon
ley will become profitable depends upon
the rapidityof the growth Of the country
along their lines, which itself depends
on circumstances not easy to foretell.
For some years past there mas been a
great movement TO the West. the dali
ness in other business increasing the ten
dency to farming, "A good harvest next sea
and good prices for il would give grea'
impulse to this movement; bas
one would check il. But sooner or latel
the country Dor lering all these new
, Western roads will afford them ample
support. They have been built at
: very low cost. and very light traffic
} will pay the interest on il.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

WASHINGTON, ID u Jan =.
In the investigation.of the Freedmen's Bank
nff airs before the select Committee, the Com
missioners were examined as 20 what meas
slree they had taken a. call the Trustees Of tho
bank to account for certain transactions with
the seneca sand Stone Company. ltwae stated
in reply that efforts had been made 20 that
end. and that one Of the Commissioners. Leo
pold. had earnestly Desired TO take sction
against the Trustees. but that the other Com
mis-ic1ners. Crcsswel and Puroo-. had decid-
ca that She transactions were not OF M nc
tionablc nature. and they could not. there
fore proceed without involving expensive lit
igafion, with all chances Of success against
them.
Ex-Governor Henry ID. Cooke was recalled.
and testified "a the transactions ~ the
Finance Committee and Board ~ ~.
rcctor- Of the bank. The minutes q
the committee. bearing his signature. hav..
ing been shown him. he Acknowledged
his approval Of loans g. the seneca ~tinu.
stone Company, on the heiiefthat the security
was ample Touching loans y General - p.
Howard the Young Mems Christian A~~nrht-
zion. and Others, Mr. Cossc had no rccdliec-
ton az this distance of time. He could not
recall facts and figures with any absolute GER
tAintN.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

The last number Of the RGilroad On
zef'e presents detailed record 81 rail-
rad construction III the Inited States in
1879. II appears that the total 81 the
wear was 4. 43D miles, which J. the largest
Since 1872. and has been exceeded only
four times in the history II the country
the four years cndingwit 49,. CON-
pared with 1875, last year shows m IN
crease of more than 80 per cent Adding
the mileage constructed in 1879. we have
the Grand total u s6.2C5 miles Of rail-
roads IN the United States at the begin
ming IL the current year. The total q
All Europe i about 10000 miles. and
n ali the rest Of the world probably not
10000 miles
Of The l.430 miles constructed during
1879. o33 ~ miles are narrow gauge.
This Is little less than ~ per cent 81
the v hole. against about ~ per cent IN
1878.
ont az the 1850 miles of new railroad
no less than 3,ls7 miles-more than the
total completed in the whole country u
is.s-was wcstof the Mississippi Nan
sas leads in 1879 with "a miles Of road
followed BY Iowa with Az, Niinnesots
with AL. and Nebraska with 2S5- AL
,hes. built more road in 1879 than u
any other Of the eight. a. did also Ten
nessee. Dakota, and Utah, and, Of course
New Mexico and Arizona, which IN
railroad first entered in 1878, and Mon
tana. which received its first track IN tn
latter part Of 1879, leaving Alaska alon
~ the United States withou: railroad
New England has but ~ miles Of ne'
road In 1879, about the same as lsss
hut less than in any preceding year
In the Middle States there has been
great decrease, and the new mileage
The smallest ever reported. This i du
chiefly 70 the insignificant CONSTRUCTED
IN PENNSYLVANIA, which heretofore, eve
in he dullcst q times, has usually addt
largely 70 its mileage. There has y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

wAsn,~GrOS n. O.. Jan. Fl.
The Exodus Committee 10 day examined ..
8. r.. Wall Of Washington, President 81 tho
Emigrant Aid society. He estimated the
number Of cOlOrrd men, women ana ctriurtn
already transported from North tArn KIM.
toIndimna9 between 20 and $500. The original
purpose of the north Cnr,lina agents q these
emigrants was ~ have them ~ 20 hhn ,sa,
agents Perry and Williams on the strength
Of representations by members "a the " an.
ington society ba..i ~ c,c.n.s ,.a,,,c
u the effect that there WAS great demand
FOR farm labor IN Indiana, ana that colpred
people would readily nnd emp.ohnae I'M, 'n-, ss
iit excellent wages, together win the ucst
II treatment, and schools Tor their chill
trcn. etc. y,
ticnaf Republican. and Treasurer Of the Emi-
grant Ala >ociety. testified that he had moth.
Ing ~ 10 with the operations, except " ~
as Trcasurrr A. such 2" an r'-c.ix,n ~ eon.
cieii.~ nh,,si. 81 Gn. ard had paid y all ont
upon orders from the President.
AL ia. request of senator window. y was
agreed a. -l,bpmna a. witnesses in this inycs-
tiratfon Gov Hendricks ~ Indiana, " E-MAy-
nard editor ~ the indianapolis Senf.Aei;
United states Marshal Dudley, John ~ New.
and Joseph Mcdili. Of the Chicago Tribune.
wAsni~GroS Jan. q.
The Senate Comusttse on Exodus to.nay
continued the examination 81 -. J.. ~ ~ ~
Washington. tnlofcu i'rs-aen, Y, Nv, ~. x,,,,,,s
L.
irorn the south spontaneous. tiat y
would runtinue until the colorcd people ~
~civcd better treatment there. anu that .nrn
very probably there would ~ rt.nn
drift southwark, for the negro i"Nrl
thn home ~ his parents. ana Mouiu
not cmigrnfc without some strong incsS'INs
In response 10 a series 81 questions W 500
~, 4 Venues the witness stated that the IN.
fn,rnatinn received ~ hinas President ~ ihs
sorIstr "a tho effect that citinioNincht w
North Carolina cOlorsd people suuiu rnun,
~ found III indiana was derived from citu
lar ana letters az j. H. Walker, Mtsi AEcn
~ T..rrr iIantc. and several Other pea-vnn
living Ia that state, whose names ,it tvu.s
not remember but whose letters rs Wnu'
hereafter furnish 20 the committee, anu liv.'
Perry and Williams, the North I"ioilha as'A1
OF the entrants. . -, p..,,,,,,
Jas. y. O'Hara, a prominent colorcu Liquid !,
lcnn ~ Halifax County, who y now eDn'ez.
sncr M -.nt IN Congress from the -ccon'
vrrt Il Carolina District testified that nt M
mid various offices in Halifax County h
gave avery favorable account 81 W. Sonuieiu
and treatment ~ coiored people ~ NOT wv w.
DINA III regard tothrir industrial anu in, ,
cal status, lie testified thai, mtnukn ~
wa4 ~ unr ianr some .'bulidoztng IN rohiAsc
bordering on Sorth Carolina, there hcNcI W, ~
been any political persecution ~ ~o ~ NAV,
afflicted hy the present cxouns, ~" y ~
now IN any part Of North Cnrolinh
The witness. in response 10 intffIpEhrli.,
~ ~ thc cause ~ the exodus from this Sini'
said II wns Tie result Of The efforts 81 aEitAto'
voinr about tho country and nota snontnncp,
srnirrntion The le~s industrious Class ~ w
ored men--whnt might be termed the non,in
population-wcrc dupcd " eprcschtNioi
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

The most noticeable. perhaps. q all
the advances during the late boom
has been in the price q rags, which
have more than doubled in value and
are now worth three cents and haif
per pound. At this price, and even ~
much les. it will pay 70 save chem and
sel them. The same Il true Of old
papcr Of nearly every kind. n By clean
Sine they are rcconvcrted into white
papcr III the manufacturers
In consequence # the scarcity Of rags
and old paper. the price Of :. print Or
paper for news purposes, has gone up
from six and a half 70 ten cents at
wholesale. II this price keeps up,
there viii be a general rise in the sub
scription price. a. has indeed In many
instances already occurred
Almost any family can make enough
in year by selling ra-s and old paper
to pay for an their reading matter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-06

An old lady, after a long life Of OBJ
servation, remarked that " she has al
WAYS noticed that in the summer time,
when II il not needed. the sun Is always
hot a. an oven, while in the winter,
when the warm sun would be very agree
able, IL is as cold as an icc-house.n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-26
The Freeman for 1850 for $3.50.

On the first of January. 1872 we reduced the advance
price for the FREEMAN from S2OO to Sl50 and in no
way curtaed the value of the paper, but strove to
make it more valuable than ever. We reduced the
urce m the hopes that it would the means of in
creasing our list and well has our experiment
worked that we shall continue to send the paper for
81 30 per year, when paid in advance. though white
paper has lately advanced several cents per pound.
1t has not been our practice to exto the merits of
our paper more than, if much, we have thought
it would bear as we have always considered our read
crs capable of deciding for themselves whether they
desired to keep the paper or not.
The FREEMAN has always been one of the best. and
we may be pardoned if we have sometimes thought it
the best paper of its class in the state. The Agricul
tural department. always prominent feature, under
its present MANAGEMENT has space and the FREE
MAN is now the best and most practical paper for
farmers published in Vermont Our space for mis-
celaneous reading is large and always well filled and
as for local aud state paper we aim at giving our
readers the reliable information at the earliest
possible moment.
For the coming year shall give old subscrib-
ers and we hope host of new ones, too. as good a
uaper as we have in the past and shall endeavor to
make it as much better we are able.
To all our subscribers, new and old, who pay one
year in advance, who desire it. will mail free
Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases" by DR..
Kendall This is a valuable book, and worth many
i'm es its retail price to any horse owner.
VIII not our old subscribers aid us in increasing our
list and thus improving our paper by endeavoring to
have the neighbors subscribe? Reduced price, SI5O.
Address,
II. II. WHEELoCk, Publisher.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-26

lgnalius Donelly modeslly presents
bill OF "a, 2OO TO pay expenses incurred by
him in his effort to steal Mr.. WashIurne's
seat in the House of Representatives.
Grant carried Pennsylvania by II shave,
New York by ii scratch and Illinois by
bolt in the primaries. The Chicago con-
vention may be dragooned into nomina-
ton by the combination of all these acct
dents and INCIDENTS, but the election is not
to be carried in any such way. and the
action of nine million voters is not to be
set up by that machine. -Syringfetd Re-
publican.
The supporters of the nomination of
Gen. Hancock, for the presidency, have
caused to be printed 100000 copies of
pamphlet entitled The Civil Record of
Major Winfield S. Hancock, During his
Administration in Louisiana and Texas"
The object of the pamphlet is to show
the democrats that Gen. Hancock MAIN
tanned the supremacy of civil rights during
the time when he was military commander
of the fifth district The publication is to
be circulated where it will do the most
good.
The trial OF Frank Lawrence, former
proprietor OF the Central House ut Swan
Ton on tho ob,roe of no;Sonino his c,,hou
G. G. Lawrence, while en- route 10 the
wes' 'a'' o"nu"'y' Will 0oniii'enoe az
Grand Island Nebraska, on the 10Th of
May. Some twenty.six dispositions of
residents of Swanton have been recentlv
toLon 10 no forwor,od Gov uso - ~
anvil ~ W ,r;nl ""eu ~ III use d a. lne
.;pps Snmn o,sn hoon ,nIan oe f ., ue,oI,,
Rrat,ahoro among wbich ara ,bpsa a f ,h hn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-26
NEURALGIA REMARKABLE CURE,

The following extracts are from letter received
from S. A. Russell, Mescalero Agency, New Mexico
dated June 5h, 1879" felt satisfied that if the
remedy Compound Oxygen) was really what you
claimed it to be, it was just what wanted for a
daughter who had been a sufferer with neuralgia
for more than fifteen years. wrote you for copy
of your Treatise on Compound Oxygen. Alter
reading ths little work, and the certificates of such
men as Judge Kelley, T. s. Arthur, and others,
felt that if these were genuine there must be real
merit in the remedy. then ordered the
remedy semitic my daughter in Kansas. That was
about one year ago,and since using the supply then
ordered, my daughter has not only not had neural
ga, but considers herself in perfect health. = .
Regarding ny daughter as having, through the
blessing of:God,been permanently cured of as stub
born case of neuralgia as it is possible for any
person to beam cted with and live, by the use of
your Compound Oxygen esteem it Pleasure
and Duty to send you this statement" Our
Treatise on Compound Oxygen, which contains
record of miny remarkable cures, sent free. Adj
dress Drs. SrARKEY & PALEN, 100 and iii Girard
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. FM2lwl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-26
JONATHAN p. HOYT's ESTATE.

The undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Washing
I'm to receive examine and adjust all
Claims and demands of all persons, against the estate
OF Jonathan P. Hoyt, late Of Cabot in said District
hereby give notice that will meet or the purposes
dav OF June and 18th day of December next, from
O'clock P, NJ. until O'Clock p M Ss each 81 ssig
X il isg0 is the time limited by said Court for said
to present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
pated NJ cabot, this eith day of May A. D., 1850.
HIRAM WELLS, ! commissioners
F9lws CHARLES NJ. FISHERY
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-26
BoGUS CERTIFICATES.

1t is no vile drugeed stnff, pretending to
be made of wonderful foreign roots, banks,
&C., and pulled up by long bogus certfi-
Gates of pretended miraculous cures, but
simple, pure, effective medicine, made of
well known valuable remedies, that fur
nishes its own certificate by It's cures. We
refer to HopBtters, the pursst and hes of
medicines. See another column
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