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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13
| ing the reputation Of being possessed of
vast general knowledge.

! ing the reputation OF being possessed Of
Vast general knowledge.
The omnivorous reader IL either pleas
led or disgusted, q the case may be. with
1.-THE images which the writer has placed
before him. These pass away, and as he
Ircads on, are succeeded by others in .
never ending train Of thought, until the
labor is completed. and nothinave
but dim and confused recollection Of
pheasant and painful emotions; and the
that another book has
been added 10 the long list already de-
Ivoured but not digested.
II is evident to every thinking mind
that man may thus read on until cter-
Unity, without making any increase in
bis mental energy, or making any real
beneficial addition 10 bis stock Of knowl-
edge; but instead, will be constantly
He who thus spends much Of his time
lin reading that which he has no stimulus
Ito remember, will find HE powers Of ac-
lquisifion diminishing in the same ratio
that the time which he thus devotes,
increases.
We should as carefully avoid gluttony
lin reading ss in eating; for the one is as
Injurious TO our intellectual system, as
the other j. 10 our physical system.
We can read 50 much of q certain class
lof literature which requires Of us no
thought or exerti0n. more than to move
|our eyes along the printed lines. and
grasp the meaning without any especial
effort. and ~ last We hardly know what
I've have read.
There is triie adage. familiar 10 all. (.
which says: Experience is the best
teacher but this Is one Of the instances
lin which il is better 10 profit by the les
sons which experience has taught to
others than 20 learn them for yourselves.
/ IN the costly school Of experience.
IE reading this light class Of literature,
our eyes become 60 trained to the fact.
that our minds are iabitually opposed 10
reading anything which will tax our
mental energies. and they unconsciously
skip all those passages which would re-
Iqnire more than mere casual glance to
bring out their beauties and true senti-
Iments.
A calculation. which was published in
|" The Teacher" some few weeks ago,
|may be interesting here. 'The outside
limit Of time for which q person can
Igive attention TO a printed page Is eight
hours per diem. Thirty pages is an av-
|erage hours reading This would make
two hundred and forty pages each day !:
sixteen hundred and eighty per week !;
land eightv-seven thousand three hum
'dred and sixty in year. Estimating
THE average thickness Of an octave vol
June NJ four hundred pages. The quantity
'of residing which diligent student could
perform in a year. would be an amount
equal 70 about two hundred aud twenty
octave volumes You see what an un-
limited field ~ knowledge is spread out
'ripened before You. waiting for the
|glcaners-wi YOU not be one?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13

Mr.. Il. M. Braxton shipped ofhis own
feeding, 36 head or the fattcst, and in
everyway decidedly the best lot Of beef
cattle that has ever left Lo0gootcc for
cincinnati. yesterday. They were beau
tics. II I.oogooicc Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, AT JASPER,
DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA, Br
CLEMENT DOANE.
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For six months, u
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Well says the Christian Union
|" Whenever in this country any consider
Iable number Of voters. are more anxious
for . party triumph than for fair ex-
Iecution Of the actual will OF the people.
|ihc nation will be I'm danger compared
with which that involved iu the civil
lwar was light
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13


A. there is good deal OF talk about
the forthcoming census. II may be we'll
10 warn people against pretended officials
who will no doubt attempt TO perpe-
itrate fraud under the guise Of gathering
statistics for the census. The game has
Ialrcady been begun in some states. A
Igood Looking person armed with blanks
and papers that give him an air OF Of
fcial respectability drives up 10 farm
|er's house aud asks him for Information
about his crops Of grain, potatoes and
lother. .iarm products, the number ofacres
Ihe has in cultivation, the number Of
head Of cattle be owns, and other facts
connected with his vocation, al OF which
lis carefully noted on his blanks. Then
the farmer Is requested to Sign his name
lat the bottom Of blank space on the
paper 10 verify the information and here
lie where the trick comes in. The farmer
may unsuspectingly append his signature
without asking questions; IL so, he il
for the pretended official,
bidding him good day, takes his depar-
|turc, goes off and writes over the sigma
|ture : promis0ry note for 500, $2OU or
o3OUu, and sells II 10 the nearest bank or
mote buyer, aud the farmer knows moth
ing Of the fraud till the note falls due,
and he il notified by the innocent holder
20 come forward and pay II. As We
have taken frequent occasions to warn
farmers and Others, they cannot be too
wary OF strangers, who, under one pres
cnce and another. ask them TO sign their
names TO papers. In nine times out OF
ten there 10 fraud intended. The CEN
|sus law does not require persons to sign
their names 10 papers AZ All.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13
Eugene a. Ely.
:lff0rmey At Lac.

once On corner - Main Eight street. over the red
lnne Store,
PETERSBURG. IND
win practice IN Ptke Dubois and sdoinnx counties.
.ni nthe Federal Courts
win nt~nd regularly a 81 The terms q ne Dubois
Circuit Court. jan y r-f
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13

Our Methodist brethren are not quite
happy TO find that OF S60O,00O annually
spent BY their Missionary Society. only
about - $40 goes toward the conversion
|of the American Indians, and that only
|0ne-fiflh Of this little sum Il spent on
the Indians OF the far West
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-13

FOR square, 10 lines or less, week, 81 90
Zach subsequent insertion, IS cts-
Longer advertisements at the same rate,
A fraction over even square or squares,
counted As . square. These are the terms
yor transient advertisements; reas0na-
ole deduction will be made to regular
advertisers.
Notices of appointment Of admins
traitors and legal notices Of like character
20 be paid in advance
AxsouxcIxG cASDTDATEs-
For Township Officers, each $l.W
For County z.oO
For District, Circuit, or State, oW
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
A New SWindle.
From the St. Cloud Journal Press.

From the St. Cloud Journal Press.
The bogus note swindlers have adopted a
new scheme which they have already put into
operation in several States. Their mode of
operations is as follows:
Several men, we'll dressed and polite in
manners, start out through the rural districts,
calling upon farmers, stating that they are the
newly appointed census enumerators. They
present blanks for the statistics of the farm
such as the bushels of wheat raised, number
of cattle, acres of land in process Of cultiva-
tion, etc., requesting the owner to fill up the
spaces. Between the tables and the foot of
the sheet, where the farmer signs his attesta-
tion of the statement, is a blank space which
the bogus census takcr, in an off-hand way,
informs the farmer is for any miscellaneous
information which may bo gathered. The
owner of the farm will sign the document with
out any suspicion Of fraud. In about q month
the farmer will receive notice from an ada
cent bank that his note for 500, $3.50, or
5000, as the case may he, is due. On inves-
tigatiou he finds that the blank space for
Miscellaneous information" has been filed up
with promissory note for 5000 or more
which bears his name in his own handwrit-
ing, the upper part, or statistics, having been
cut off As The scheme will doubtless be at
tempted in other sections of the country,
farmers and others would do we'll to keep O
sharp lookout for the scamps.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
ROyaltOn Correspondence,

From our Regular Correspondent.
Royalton, March. 8, $780,
We received pleasant call from
Rev. L. H. Cobb, of Minneapolis, on
Tuesday last.
The bridge over Platte river, which
Is being built by Mr.. James Muncy, is
nearly completed and will be one Of
the best in the county.
Last Wednesday evening Rev. Mr.
Root, of Brainerd, held services at
Mr.. Geo. Newman's, and number
we're baptized. Rev. Mr.. Dayis, of
st. Cloud, is expected here on Wedpes
day, March TO-, and an invitation Is
extended to all.
At the debating club last Tuesday
evening there was the largest gather
ing Of the season. The debate be-
tween Rev. J. s Bouck and Mr.. S.
Flint was very interesting. The ques-
tion was "Should capital punishment
be abolished" Mr.. Bouck, on the
affirmative, argued the case at some
length, after which Mr.. Flint was
called. Mr.. Flint, who Is quite an
elderly gentleman. had prepared his
argument in writing, which took him
about 20 minutes to deliver, and at
the close received applause from the
audience. The question was decided
by the president in his favor. The
singing by Mrs. Perley and Mrs.
Hardy was appreciated by all, also
the reading by Mr.. Geo. Newman.
The programme for the next meeting,
presented by Mr.. S. M. Kicker and
MIR. Charles Greene, is a good one
and includes a lecture by Rev. T. e.
Kinnie. The public are cordially in>
vited to attend. OMEGA.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
Bayard's DIsl0yalty.s

We are glad to state that a secession
speech delivered by Senator Bayard in
June, 1861, at Dover, Delaware, has
been again made public. and renders his
nomination for the Presidency an impos,
sibility. Bayard has, as we have hereto
fore stated in these columns, been an ar
dent supporter of the distinctive Repub-
lican measures to oppress the poor for the
benefit of the rich, and he is the only
man living whose disgrace affords US, or
could afford us, pleasure. 1t ne had OPP
enly declared himself a Republican, we
would have some respect for him as it is
we have no respect for him, either as a
politician or a citizen. While he per-
sistently adhered to the Democratic par
ty organization, he proved himself as as
virulent an enemy of the workingmen as
the most rabid Republican III Con-
gress, and his influence in his party and
IN Congress has been such that his offens-
es should be rated as very great. Away
with Bayard; we want none of him.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
.4s--.' .-s. l.. -5--l---7----
From the St. Cloud Journal Press.,

From the St. Cloud Journal Press. @%t"1 ha
MI. R. Boyd made, on Monday, the
first shipment Of specie ever sent from St.
Cloud---being $500 in silver sent to Anthony
Kelly, Wholesale grocer at Minneapolis. The
weight was just thirty pounds :,3Ta,: 81
These hydrauiic engineers are, high-prioed
fellows. Mr.. Bridgman has been correspon d.
ing with some Of them with q view to having
them make asnrvcy Of the water power here,
With estimates, etc, and they ask him from
81 900 70 s3,o0osto look at the job at an. Mr.,
B. hopes to get some efficient g,neer at more
reasonable figures, .s& - - o. -
4 shooting affair occurred at . charivaFi
at; Paynessille on Tuesday. evening. Mr..
Samuel Dean, who drives the mail stage ia
this place, had married . daughter Of DR..
Robert Hoover, and during the dag warned
the boys and their parents that they had bet
ter not undertake any cbariyaring business
But about eight O'Clock q party of boys wen,
to the house and began firing guns and max.
Ing other naises. Dean fred twice at them
the first time it is understood With salt, ths
second time with small shot, the latter taking
effect in the Les Of 0saar Phipps It and above
the knee. Complaint was made and 9 crimi.
nal warrant placed in the hands Of Sheriff
Mickey this morning for the arrest Of Dean
Boys or men who taks part in : oharivari
ought to be prepared te accept tho conse.
qnepces,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05


voice, with scarcely ever any change Of
articulation. The sound is represented,
as near as I can get it, by "Ha-a-a," and
the dancers generally make the same
noise. But the dancers, who could with
as much propriety be called Jumpers,
hoppers or shakers, after Ginning in with
the drummers for short time, generally
about five or ten minutes, suddenly stop
shaking themselves, throw up their arms,
and in a wild and fierce manner bring
out three or four war whoops each, which
sound is represented by "Oo-oo-i-ah,"
clapping their hands up to their mouths
and taking them away quickly three or
four times, and making an inhuman and
tremulous sound.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
st. Paul Banking.
From the St. Paul Dispatch.

From the St. Paul Dispatch.
1t matters not how often and unexpect>
edly government officials call on ST. Paul
bankers to exhibit their details of bust
ness; the. said bankers are always ready
to afford all the information desired, and
for the best of reasons. Among these
may be mentioned a real prosperity, that
has its basis in the far reaching and rap
idly developing trade of this market. If
merchants are getting in new trade-and
they all report a large increase upon last
years fgurcs-the evidence of the truth
fu!ness of their statements is found in
banking statistics.
In this connection the publication of
the condition of the various leading banks
is quite interesting. At the close of bus
mess on the 21st cf February the First
National Bank Of St. Paul showed among
It's resources, loans and discounts, So, 2O7,-
741; United States bonds to secure cir
culation and deposits, $533, 500; United
States bonds on hand, $50, 600; due from
various sources, 1852, ,28l specie (includ-
ing gold treasury certiicates) $4,000.
The liabilities cover capital stock, ST. ,O00,-
600; surplus fund and undivided profits,
$293, ,63l; national bank notes outstand-
Ing, $29l,5s0; individual deposits SUBJ
jcct to check, 1886, 1856; time certificates
of deposit, $G50,980; deposits of United
States dsbursing officers, $114,285; due
to other banks, $483, 341.
The Second National Bank shows in
resources, loans and discounts, $502, ,558;
., S. bonds to secure circulation and de-
posits, $45O,000; due from other sources,
$44,7o9; legal tender notes, $43,35O.
Liabilities, capital stock, 100000; sur
plus fund and undivided profits, $87,673;
national bank notes outstanding, $780,
600; individual deposits subject to check,
$283,lO5; time certificates of deposits,
$1l4,l10; deposits of U. s. disburslng
officers: $l40,855: United States deposits,
$48,3O6.
The Merchants National Bank reports
in its resources: Loans and discounts,
$1,276, ,202; United States bonds to se-
cure circulation, 100000; other stocks,
bonds and mortgages, S79,4l7; due from
reserve agents, $89,7S0; from other banks
and bankers, sa9,l26; specie and legal
tender. notes, s57, 1924. - Liabilities Cap
ital stock, $500, 900; surplus fund and un-
divided profits, S7s,558; national bank
notes outstanding, $447,800; individual
deposits subject to check, 1922, 1894; de-
mand and time certificates of deposit,
$2s0,73O; due to other banks, $3.50, ,760.
These figures show satisfactory condi-
tions that reflect credit upon this as a
trading community. They also demon>
strate the conservative prudence of our
bankers whose enterprise thus far shown,
has made them valuable agents in the de-
lrelopment of our trade resources. :" ...
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
The STIR MafT Routersscryvfce..-s-

On Saturday last the postmaster general
sent the following order to Second Assistant
Brady: ','
"In consideration of the action of the house
of representatives in appropriating $780,
900 for the continuance of the star service,
and pending the action of the senate, suspend
further action under my order of February 20
till further advised"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
Lar d Office Notice.

Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
! y March 2, A. D. 1880, .ss:
: Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim,
and secure final entry thereof at the expira-
ton of thirty days from the date Of this no.
tice, on the 9th day Of April, 1880, before the
Clerk of the District Court of Morrison Coun-
ty, Minnesota, at Little Falls, Minnesota,
John H. Docken, Of Morrison County, Mn
nesota, for the SW4 of Section 6, Town 80,
Range 80, and names the following as his
Witnesses, yiz: Aaron, Palmer, Of Buckman,
Morrison County, Minnesota, John Thomp-
son, Of Buckman, Morrison County, Minneso-
ta,sJohn Sand, of Buekmap,s Morrison County,
Minnesota, and Henry Love, of Belleview,
Morrison County, Minnesota. :
G-z..s e.. ... ..&|S4Ez,.< D. II. FREEMAN, !
[ 80 = ~ s~zS2' e. ~ Register:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
Land Office Notice.
Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.


Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
'..~, March 2. A. D. 1880.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and secure final entry thereof at the exp,ra-
ton of thirty days from the date of this no.
tice, on the 9Th day Of April, 1880, before the
Clerk Of the District Court of Morrison Coun-
ty, Minnesota, 1T Little Falls, Solomon Ding
man, Of Morrison County, Minnesota, for the
NW4 ofsection 10, Town 1913, Range 80, aud
names the following as his witnesses, viz :
ty, Minnesota, John Hartman, Of Swan Riv-
er, Morrison County, Minnesota, Frank
Wtzky, Of Swan River, Morrison County,
Minnesota, and Frank Foster. of Little Falls,
Morrison County, Minnesota.
- ....a D. H. FREEMAN,
- ~...-..,f Register
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
Land Office Notice.

Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
February 10th, A. D. 1880.
Notice is hereby given, that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make fnal proof in support of his claim
and secure final entry thereof at the expira-
ton of thirty days from the date Of this no
tice, on the 22nd day Of March, 1880, beiolS
the Clerk of the District Court of Morrison
County, at Little Falls, Mianeseia, Paul k1os-
toschinsky, of Morrison County, Minnesosas
for the 81 of NW4 Of Section IA, Town Ize.
Range ae and names ! the following as his
wines ses, viz D. eorbip, Frank McNaly
and Frank Wotzk, Of Little Falls, Morrison
Comfy. Minnesota, and Matthew, Wotzk, q
Ledoux, Morrison County. Minnesota.
''''>> D. q. FREEMAN,
Register.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
Land Office Notice.
Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
Fehruarr 10Th. A. d. 1880.

Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
February 10th, A. D. 1880.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and secure final entry thereof at the e1pira-
tion of thirty days from the date Of this no
tice, on the 22nd day of March, 1880, befors
the Clerk of the District Court Of Morrison
County, at Little Falls, Minnesota, William
Kunz, of Morrison County, Minnesota, tor tho
NJ of SCI anu nj of sW4 of Section 4, Town
1928, Range 30, and pames the following a.
his witnesses, viz: Louis Vasaly, Frank n.
Foster and derry Root, all of Little Falls
Morrison County, Minnesota, and Benjamin
Taylor, of Cpldrum, Morrison County, Mime.
sofa. D. ID. fkEEMAN,
Register.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
Land Office Notice.
md Office at saint Cloud. Minnesota.

Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota. .8
Fpbruary "A, As, p. 1sso,
Notice II hereby given that tho following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
TO make Anal proof in support Of his claim.
and secure final entry thereof at the xpira-
tion Of thirty days from the date Of this no
tice, on the l7th day Of April, at the s.
Land Office at St. Cloud, Mfnnesota, Clarence
B. Buckman, Of Morrison Connt Minnesnta,
for the NEi Of Section s, Town 50, Range 80,
and names the following rs his witnesses, viz
g. w. Harvey, Of st. Cloud. Minnesota, Ezra
Smith, Joseph Coates and Leonard Robinson,
all Of Sank Rapids, Minnesota.
D. H. FREEMAN.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
Land Office Notice.
Land Office at Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
February 10th. A. n 1880

February 10th, A. D. 1880.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention.
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and secure 6nal entry thereof at the expire
tion of thirty days from the date of this no.
tice, on the 22nd day of March, 1850, before
the Clerk of the District Court of Morrison
County, at Little Fails, Minnesota, Fred
Muske, Jr., of Morrison County, Minnesota,
for the 81 of NW4 and NJ of SW4 of Section
3, Town l2S, Range 81, and names the fol.
lowing as his witnesses. viz: John Wendt,
Louis Shleug, John Workman and Daniel
Campbell, all of Culdrum, Morrison County.
Minnesota. D. II. FREEMAN,
Register.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
JAMES BROWN

is doing d General Livery and Express
business, delivers passengers, baggage
and freight in all parts Of town, IS at
the depot On the arrival Of all passen>
ger trains, keeps horses and double
and single buggies for the accommo>
ldatiouf Of persons desiring TO travel in
the country and prompt attends to
all business entrusted with him.
Charges reasonable
JAMES BRoWH.
Little Falls. nlinn.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-03-05
ITO be continued.7
More About the Horse Case.

From the Brainerd Tribune. -
R. Fl. Paine, Sheriff Hayes, lawyer A. F.
Storey and L. G. Worthington, represented
Little Falls at the Hub this week. The three
gentlemen last named came up on Thursday
on some legal business connected with horse
ease, and still remain with US, and thereby
hangs q tale 4hioh runs about this wise !
Several days ago Mitchef reuouz .off Beile
Prairie, drove to Brainerd and traded with
our livery stable keeper, Sheriff Mertz, horse
that proved to be badly affected with gland
ers. Discovering this, Mertz procured a war
rant for his arrest under the statute making
the driving of a horse with CHAMBERS on pub
lie highway a criminal offense. The writ
was placed in constable Martins bands, who
proceeded to Belle Pruirie, arrested Ladoux
and brought him to Brainerd for trial. Mertz
in the mean time returned the horse to Le-
,doux's place, leaving it tied at his door. Le-
doux's friends in turn procured warrant for
the arrest of Mertz charging cruelty to the
animal in leaving it tied without food or
water. Armed with this Sheriff Hayes reached
Brainerd as above stated accompanied by
Storey and Worthington. Mertz was arrested
soon after their arrival, when his attorneys
discovering flaw in the warrant, it being
signed by Leon Houde, as clerk of the court
instead of justice of the peace, sued out writ
of haoeas corpus and Mertz was released.
Ledoux's trial took place yesterday before
Justice Conant, resulting in fine of $50,
and $3.50 costs. Defendant appealed to the
district court, and here the matter rests for
the present,