The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-16

Mn. Eplrvn.-At this writing oul
pleasant and quiet villa " Is nearly sur
lrounded by water, her communications
Dy land being cut % on three sides, viz
NORTH. East and West, her only outlet
now without crossing deep water Is
South to Jasper. All OF The bottom
lands or the East fork OF White river
are inundated with water. We can
.fand az che foot Of . Mill street, and In
hooking North our eyes behold a vast
body of water extending 10 the hills in
davies county. a distance Of nearly
vision will permit for timber East and
West, we behold nothing but a vast
sheet Of water. At this writing the river
Is still rising. The water now covers
Ighe "sitc" Of RECORDER Jennings
Imili.r Lee i in close quarters. he re-
poses his body TO slumber NJ night with
the water running under his dwelling (;
he has no Terra firma,r on which 10
rest his feet without doing AS did the
= Dove from the Ark flccfng 10. the
hills. On last saturday he ferried his
stock out Of tho bottoms { o the hills.
this wa novel 10 Us 20 sec q fcrry-boat
|.osded with cattle and horses being
fcrricd TO the Highlands We are
truly amazed at seeing so much dritt
passing down the river, and are made 10
ask the question moro than once. where
viii il stop. or will il stop NJ all? Will
some one who has studied Orthodoxy"
give Us their views2 We know that
the great quantities floating By here to-
ward the mammoth Mississippi Is but a
haaG.nl compared with that floated out
of the State by other streams. The
farmers along the river are being dam
aged considerably by the overflow !;
however. we have not heard OF any
stock being drowned yet, though no
doubt some has been. II seems almost
impossible for all TO escape. Thousands
Of PANELS Of fencing are being swept
away, and what a time therc'll be hun.-
ing up and hauling rails when the waters
recedc.
The Oyster supper given At this place,
under the management Of Messrs. Chris
mon, SEEMING, Rudolph, ct al, On the
night Of the Sth inst, for the benefit of
the church here. was decidedly a success.
considering that the high-watcrs II
deferred a great many from attending.
who otherwise would have done SO: as
il was. q -goodly number were in at
tendance. The delicious bivaIves II
Tere served to those desiring them BY
our warm and generous hearted friend.
Mr. Chris. SEEMING, who knows how 10
Tx them up for The epicurc. The :" Fish
pond was kept BY Thomas HAYS and
Lavender. aud the manner in
1t was conducted reflects great
on those gentlemen.
The ballOt-box was under the suncr-
vision Of Mrs. DIR. Hill and Miss Ella
Chrismon. The voting was for the most
Young lady and the most
popular young gentleman. Thisowas a
lively contest between some OF them and
the excitement run pretty high, thought
every ono was wearing a "broad grin II
biz p~hysiogomy. and felt sanguine
hat his candidate would he elected After
! long time voting. Mr.. Chrismon an
noulced the polls closed. After count
ing the votes, Miss Fannie Osborn was
elected as being the "mosi
handsome young lady" aud Mr. Daniel
~ilsc most popular youngl
nsan." The present awarded 10 Miss
on this occasion was 4 very
beautiful little trunk Wonder i'll
wont wan 10 he going on some
sind Of a TorH fore long. Nr. Tram
received q little toy man. re-
'embling a member Of one Of iierl
Britanic Majesiy's Saxe-horn bands,r
,nIy he does not blow The horn, but
walks along and beats the -Cymbals n
~ placing the thumb on his chest and
.rasping around him with tile land and
the ends OF the fingers TO rest
the shoulder blades. aud press
ng thumb and fingers together, he isl
orced to bring tho "Cymbals = together,
i the anne time turning his head about
lalf way round aud making a noise not
much unlike that Of the Screerb-owi.'l,
the two nights Of the Festival,
he sum Of one hundred and eight dol
ars was realized. on the night Of the 9Th
s40-making a u total Of $50 90,
he net profits will be about $l35 90.
Too much credit can not he given to Mr..
Riley Chr;sman for his uniiring efforts
o make both Festival and supper al
uccess.7 Riley is possessed with the
will and we still hold TO The old
Of, Where there il o will thcreI
; way WILDWOOD.
Answer 10 Many Correspondents.
In reply TO numerous inquiries from
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