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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-01

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me thinking minds In tho temperance
organizations III the United States have
lon been contemplating the most ei-
trct.rc way 10 strike at the great evil
ana while me blind fanatics still cling
senariouSiy 90 Tho fallacy oftprohibitiou.
III. exhinin made and ackno virdeed IN
Maine, of IT, utter failure and inpmctica-
hiiity. put out Of the question ~ general
adoption by the people. Many restrain
ing devices have been rcsorted 10 IN the
different States. but without effect, other
than to generally cripple tho political
party which enacted them. Tho demon
III intempcrancc y still sfalked abroad,
and gathered ia his victims BIZ the thous-
ands. right under the noses Of these
hypncritical prohibitory advocates, who
wonll set themselves up as judges Of the
inalienshie and natural rights Of their
n~eiEhbors 10 eat, drink and wear just
what suited them. They seemed to
want 10 change Gods Tree agency, and
without starting q Garden Of Eden on
their own account. yet would deny 10
everyone the privilege Of gratifying their
tastes. III a different course had been
pursued. and Legislative penalties. and
nratorical efforts, hail been directed Al
those who abused their freedom. We
have no doubt q great dead more good
would have been accomplished.
Many weil-wiShcrs OF their race are
waking MP u theae facts. and 10 the
further fact that III most instances q
morbid appetite for Intoxicating drink,
is incurred by q generous desire for so
c~iaiify. and an exchange boasts that ~
in Ninconsin the Legislature has I'm
dertaken a crusade against the liquor
traffic which. III carried out fully. will
prove the entering wedge toward burst.
in4 ID the whole business. IL Is uoye|
idea. and onc which wages direct wal
upon the WAYS Of Western imbibcrs par.
ticnlarly. Their plan i not one Of strict
prohibition Of the traffic. bnt under the
new law as passed by the Legislature
every one j. 70 pay for his own liquor
"Trcaiinx " i to be done away with. in
fact Is made q penal oflensc. The new
statute permits = man TO buy and drink
Is much as he may desire. aud there Il NJ
provision Of the law which scnints ~ an
abridgement OF that "inalienable right
But be shall not put the cup 10 the lip'
OF his friend and neighbor. and the pen
atty for 50 doing is fixed At from five L
twenty dollars. ANY person who shall
purchase. pay FOR or, BY any device
whatsoever, procure any intoxicating
liquors or drinks for or IN behalf Of an,
person other than himsclfr-is tn
sweeping language or the new enact
mcni. Whoever drinks In the State o
Wisconsin hereafter. must pay for III
own liquor, for there IL TO be no mor'
treating.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-01

Notice Or Corporation Election.
NOTICE Is hereby given that there
~ will Be an election. held AZ the usual
place Of holding elections in the Town
Of Jasper. Indiana, on
MONDAY. MAY ID. 1851.
For the purpose ~ electing the follow
ing officers for said corporation. to-wit :
One Trustee for the Isl ward of said
Town;
One Trustee for the "a ward or said
Town:
One Trustee for the 3d ward OF said
Town:
One Treasurer for said Town;
One Clerk for said Town.
One Assessor for said Town.
One Marshal for said Town;
To serve for one year.
Witness my hand. As Clerk or tho
Town Of Jasper. this IL day Of April,
1881. IL. u. GREENE Clerk, r.. j.
April LIST. '6l-3w.
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0rThc present .iat,,e " Nv .
n another evidence n NM MN nsstnef
her party. we all rcmem
~t.5 Ivy ,o,n sherman tempered ~
s,na' called down The blessings n Nv
snI ", snd made = thousand fruitful hiiis
s.sa uMes smile beneath tbe roiIc.
~.on n NE ffuctifying snn lae3 vcsr
srr 1,s party courted ihc ponulsr s"s
"Se. nnt today, when hc Il M M Y.
:s,Nncc' safely ensconcei amiJ s~s.
.'n. nonors, he lets the wcsthcr s.w
I'M, sna hence We find winfcr,;n..-'
49, si'''ng 'ho Iap Oh March
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Attorney General Daldwin's Op;n-

4 d. - y. WI ~.
Ae''s"eS 0s
The following opinions were made
public ~ Attorney General Baldwin
Saturday afternoon;
Hon John NJ. rlcss. Superintendent 81
Public Instruction:
Sir-I have tho letter Of James NJ.
Kelly. School Trustee or Edinburgh.
which Won have referred Is me. whore
he asks ifthe father living IL Township "A
Is transferred % Tow nship n. OF 10 a
or city. or To another Connty. thc
mother owning real estaie sitnated IL
"A. can the real estafp NJ taxed
FOR school purposes la Township II. ar
rhc town or city. Of the other County:
II think II can not.
The father Is the head Of the family.
lard as such has charge Of the children.
land has the power ID have his children
transferred for school purposes even
'against the will or wish az the wife. hut
Inc has no control over her property.
He could not. by trans ferring his children
To another Township. etc. transfer his
Iwife's property for schoo. taxation. and
thus submit II to a greater or different
tax without her consent. think there
fore. the wife's property Il not subject 70
taxation. Tn all similar cases the wife
should Join il the application for the
transfer, andTthc Trustee take her written
lconscnt for the taxation OF her propcyty
lii the application il granted
ID. r. BALDWIN.
Attorney General.
ABSTRACTS.
I. When a school teacher has no no.
lfice when an Institute will be held in
his Township. and he Il not negligent in
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-01
Commissioners Sale


n II - Ed 43A4&
NOTICE i hereby given that the nn.
~ dersigned Commissioners. appointed.
BY the Circuit Court 81 Dnhnis County.
Indiana, in 4 suit for partition of real
estate. wherein Margaret Mathis. Nancy
J. H~elvcnsfinc. Frances Traylor ~ A..
are plaintiffs. and Sevina A. Rodgers.
Jeremiah N. Rodgers. Elizabeth III.
Rodgers et III. are defendants. viii <eil az
Public Auction, BY order Of said Court.
on the premises. on
SATURDAY, APRIL 23d, 1851,
he following described Heal Estate.
situated IN said coun'y and Ssaie. to-wit !:
Part or the Southwest quarter or The
South west quarter of section No. twrn-
|ty-.iye (25l, iii township No. ono az.
North Of range No. five 80 West. more
particularly described n follows. VIZ. !:
Commencing II the Southwest corner
OF said Section No. TWENTY-FIVE f25). said
township aud range; running thence
North eighty 1907 rods thence East eight
KS, rods: thence South eighty fs0l rods :
thence West eight (8) rods 10 The place or
beginning. containing 4 acres more or
les and tile Southeast quarter of Sec
lti0n No. twcnty-six l26l, township No.
one a., North " range No. five 5 West,
except apart Of the North-w q corner
0f the Northeast quarter Of the South
east quarter or said Section No. twenty
six 2Gl, said township and rnngc, pm
Iticularly described ~ follows. viz.
Commencing Al the .orncr stone dividing
1.-The lauds or Mary johnson and Nathaniel
Chnttip thence South thirteen f13l rods
thence East, Southeast the same degree
of the road leading from PortersviIle 70
Havsvillc. thirty Xix 1867 rods and five
5l feet thence North thirteen [l3I rods
to said road thence West, North-wcsi
with said road thirty-six 1851 rods aud
five [5 feet 10 q place Of beginning. con
faining 3 acres more or less and except
u parcel or land in said quarter Section,
particularly described A. follows. viz
Commcncing NJ . stone on the line divid.
ing said Section twcnty-six 1851 East
md West. and dividing the lands 81
Mary johnson and Nathaniel Chaitin,
On tho North side or said line; running
thence West thirteen ll3f rods: thence
South twelve and one-half 1911 rods
thence East thirteen l3l rods; thence
NOiti ilIltttU Az hD1- W YthN' y ~
ginning, containing n acre moro o.
less and except also thcrcfrom ? 37-lu
acres described rs follows. viz: Com
mcncing at the Northeast corner 81
said Southeast quarter; running thcncs
south twelve tl2l rods; thence IN .
North-wcstcfIy direction with the Por'
tcrsville and HaysviIle road sixty-fouI
and two-fnhs 50 2-5I rods thcnce Eas|
sixty-three aud one-third 1851 rods 4
the place III beeinning). containing IN al
l57 63-lOO acres, more or less.
TERMS or SALK:-One-fonrth p
tho purchase money cash u hand, ~
residue IN equal insiaIIments at six
twelve and eighteen months. scvnrcd h,
notes waving relief Of valuation ~ ar
praisemcnt laws. with Q per cent: inter
est from date and with approved ircc
hold surety.
Sale 10 begin AZ 10 o'clock n. n.
JOHN m. LENNON, Comm'r.
Trayion a IIrNrkn. Att'ys.
March. 25th, issi-4w.
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UNITED STATES MAEsHAL'S

UNITED STATES MAKSIiAL'S
ID y virtnc ofa writ ~ cxccntion 10 me-
~ directed from The Circuit Court. 81
1.-The lni'ci States. for The District m -
diana. ~ 4 case wherein Ahraham Eohm.
n plnintiN and Nelson II. Wilson de-
fendant. I will. on
THURSDAY. TTr ftTH DAY on ArRri,
1881
between the hours Of 10 o'clock a. N.
and 4 o'clock ~. M.. at the door OF the
Courthouse. III the Town 81 .Insncr.
Dubois county. Indiana. expose n public
sale 20 the highest bidder. The rents and
profits for 4 term not exceeding seven
wears. Of the following described Real
Estate in Dubois county. Indiana. to-vi'
The Southeast quarter of Section M :
twenty-five (25l in township No ons
az. South Of Range No. six CD West.
and the North-ea quarter Of the South
east quarter Of Section M. thirt y-six
1861 in township No. one ll. South o.
Range No six 90 west. AMI also all ~
that part OF the Southeast quarter Of the
South east quarter Of Section No. thirty
six f36l. in township No. n ~ south
|of Range No. xix a. west. living AMI be-
|ing North Of the Patoka river. AMI also
the East-half or the Northeast quarter
or said Section No. thirty-six t36,, in said
township and Range.
Taken as the property Of Nelson II.
Wilson.
If such rents and profits will not Sell
for q sufficient sum 20 pay judgment.
interest and costs. on Said execution. ]
will AZ the Same time and place. Offer
for sale IN like manner the fee simple ~
said Real Estate. or 20 much thereof a.
max be necessary.
Sail sale will be made with relief from
valuation nr appraiscmrnt laws.
WM. w. DUDLEY.
United States Marshal.
Nv Qua. FrsKF. Deputy.
HArRrvGToN 4 HowE, Ats'vs for PITT
March 25, ls81--3w. Inc. go u0.]
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-10
THE TROUBLE WITH MINING.

Very much of the discredit under
which investments in mining stock is
laboring is theresult ofthe purely spec
ulative inclinations of purchasers. The
question OF dividends is considered i'm
material. The purchaser is not buying
because of any expected profit from
the product of the mine or from any
rise in the price of the stock consequent
on such product. These are merely In
cidental matters, we'll enough as con-
tributors to the intended movement in
the stock, but nos the main reliance.
The consequence is that a stock will
be bought for say 81 per share, when
the purchaser may know it to be worth
less; but if there is to be "deal' In
it it will go to 81, and then he can
sell out. SOMEBODY always gets left in
,
these deals, and the stragglers are the
ones who clamor that mining Is
swindle"
Frequently, to aid these deals, the
community is delugcd with reports
from the property, concocted purely
to serve the purposes Of the manlpula-
tors. Many honest investors are I'M
posed upon by these reports, and when
they realize that they have been VIC
timized they Join in the chorus, "Min'
ing is swindle." The persistency ano
constant repetition Of these deals
most of them fostered by Trustees
who, under the designation Of "lnsld
ers," are supposed to reap the larges
percentage Of profit. All these thing
work to the discredlt ofminlng invest
ment. Speculative Trustees and su
perintendents are more prevalent II
mining corporations than IN any other
and, with speculative public to assls
them, the ordinary mining investor is
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-10

apt TO be caught between the upper
and neither milestone, and pretty efec-
tually squeezed. )
For the speculative element who 20
in and lose We have no sympathy.
They understand what they are
doing, and are victims to their own
cupidity; and when they cry mining
is swindle it is like lawyer de-
nouncing the court when he has lost a
case, or the fox who cried "sour
grapes" when he found he could not
get them. For the investor who has
been duped, his honesty can only be
compl!mentsd at the expense of his
judgment. There are abundant op-
portunltles Of distinguishing the wheat
from the chaf, and we can only extend
to him our sincere sympathy. Min
ing stocks are evidently not his forte.
We would advise that some other
form OF investment, the lns and outs
of which he is better able to compre
hend, should receive his attention.
What has mining to do with all
these stock manGuvres !? They are
neither part nor parcel of mining, but
simply stock gambling. As we'll
might railroads be denominated swim
dies because a purchase Of non7divi-
dend paying Erie has resulted disas-
trously. Investments in mining stocks
must be made on the same common
sense basis as in any other form of In
vestmcnt, and unless there is some
thing about mining which specially at
tracts the element not capable Of buy
ing on such basis, there will be more
profit found in investing in mining
stocks than in anything else.-D. S.
Reporter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-10
how THE EAST VIEWS Us

We are pleased to observe that the
papers Of Philadelphia are manifesting
a deep interest in this section. A re-
cent issue of the Daily Reeo,a, of the
Quaker city editorially remarks:
Colorado Is supplying large part
Of the silver and gold yearly added to
the wealth of the world. 1t now bids
to furnish not only its own supply of
coal, but enough for neighborlng
states and tcrrltors as well-possibly
for all the continent west of St. Louis.
Large deposits Of lignites, which
though inferior in quality, are better
by far than no coal, have already been
quite extensively developed, and the
bituminous beds of the Gunnison, La
Plata and Ell Moro regions have been
proven valuable for cokins purposes,
and therefore, almost indispensable to
the smelling works in those distr icts.
Quite recently 1t has been shown that
in Gunnison county are deposits of
excellent anthracite of sufficient extent
to warrant high anticipatlons for the
future.
Iron ore of low grade is abundant in
many parts ofthe state, though tits only
recently that any beds of.sufflcient value
to warrant the establishment of blast
furnaces have been found. The first
furnace west of Missouri was lighted
at Pueblo, Colorado, a few weeks ago,
and is turning out regularly and easl-
ly, ffty-four tons Of pig iron daily,
with a prospect of increasing this out
put to eighty tons day. All the IRON
and coal used are mined N the state,
and the product is said to be of good
quality. The officers Of this company
expect to turn out Bessener steel fol
rails within the present year. This
Will save vast expenditure in freight
for the railroad extensions SO rapidly
progressing in the Centennial state. .
Capital is also freely flowing IN from
Philadelphia, whose citizens are among
the most solid and careful on the At
lantic slope. Altogether, Colorado l.
having quite boom in the eass,alnont
men Of money, and next year ls'gomi
to prove the most prosperous twelve
months ever known in her history.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-10
MORMON INSTITUTIONS.

Bill Nye has been passing season
in Salt Lake City, and writes as fol-
lows to the Boomerang:
Iweut up this morning and looked
at the Endowment house. l didn't
have my endowment robe along and
so didn't 60 in.
If ever holiness to the Lord vas
made gigantic joke, it is here. The
idea of vanishing a woman with olco-
margarine and running her through
Zion's rink with the sickly attempt to
make it all impressive, is SO ridiculous
and yet so sacrilegious that | am IN
able 10 do the subject justice.
If the readers Of the Boomeyane
could have seen the array of bishops,
elders, etc, that congregated yester-
day in the main performing ring of
the hippodrome, know they would
agree with me that there isn't gravel
train on the Union Pacific that could
not produce bigger mass of intellect,
take the men as they average right
through, than did these old hump
back patriarchs, who CLAIM that they
are designated by the Lord to lead his
chosen people up Out Of darkness into
light.
They did not have the honest look
that rural jury would have, and they
had all the stolidity and general cuss-
edness and depravlty of gang Of
criminals attending religious worship
for the first time, only that they were
not so attentive and respectful.
Ifit be religion for a brigade OF
lecherous old hogs to ride over 2
horde of ignorant people who are only
one notch above the animal creation,
and to rob them year after year in the
name of God, l hope / may not be re.
garded as strictly orthodox in this
valley Of the modern Jordan.
These people point with pride te
the fact that. prostitution for years wa:
unknown here in Salt Lake, and thai
polygamy was the cause. There is nc
! doubt under Heaven of the truth o.
this assertion. Regular prostitution
would hide its head and go away into
the Bitter creek country and hate it
self to death when met by the Mormon
style of social evil, which fills fail
territory with children who will worry
through their whole lives tortured with
doubts about their parcntage. Negro
slavery was considered frightfu
thing for this very reason, and yet II
was never sanctlhcd and sustained BY
church, as is this institution of poly
gamous blasphemy to God.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-10

Madame, Who is very fat, asks her
husband in what character she snail
attend the masquerade. CAS- ! cap
tive balloon, I" he said. .sHow must
/ dress that character? Z" Simply by
tying string to your foot" answered
the brute.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-10

Six Nevada widows, each worth
over 5000, 900, have formed a compact
and solemnly agreed to take no men
but editors for second husbands. Gen
tleman even in the darkest hour We
have stuck to it that things would
work out all right in the end.-Def,oli
Free Pres.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-11-10

Young women often keep their lovers
by tears. eyes" said Grumwig,
love, like beef, is preserved BY brine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-11-17
A Victim Of Life Insurance and
Whisky.

Henry Stewart, the aged and de-
crepit colored man upon whom 90 much
insurance was said to be specializing.
died at the residence OF his brother,
William Stewart, on South Street on
Saturday night. 1t is said that ever
since he gave his consent flor a paltry
consideration to sign the applications
tor insurance on his life ne has not seen
q sober day, unless. perhaps it was dur
ing the past ten days when he was con-
fined to bed. This liquor. well-in:ormt d
persons state, was furnished by those
hold ng policies, and several saloon
keepers had standing orders to give HIM
all he wanted. Some time last spring
he was met at night on East State Street
bv two men who gave him pint Of
whisky. The love Of liquor was one Of
his faiiings, and that night he drank all
of the pint that was given him. He
was seized with symptoms Of poisoning.
and lay i'll for several days. Since that
time be has declined in health. The
amount of insurance on his life Il va
riously estimated from twenty to one
hundred thousand dollars. 1t is said
an effort will be made to prevent the
payment of the policies. Stewart was
over htJ.-HarrisbssrQ (Po.) Patriot.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-11-17
WIT AND WISDOM.

When they brake up passenger
train, what be comes of the pieces?--
baltimore Every Saturday.
Man born of woman is of few DAYS
and full of schemes to get his name in
print. -Morriiton State. .... .,4
"A man never feels poor when he
has a ten-dollar bill to wrap on the
outside Of his roll of ones.-LoweU Clti-
zen.
"A man cannot conquer evil until
he has had fight with it. face to face:
and he cannot claim to be brave and
good until he has met the enemy and
conquered. N y. Picayune.
What is the meaning of the word
'tantalizing'? asked the teacher.
"Please, marm," spoke up little John.
ny Holcomb, lit means circus pro-
cession passing the school-house, and
the scholars not allowed to look out. -
Chicago Journa..
Richard Grant White. author of
"Words and their Uses," has the finest
amateur collection of voins in the
country. When Mr.. White tunes up
his viOlins, and hears the remarks of the
next door neighbors, he is treated to q
thrilling illustration of words and
their uses. "-A0rrtstovn HeraM.
I'm a verv sick man." observed
the tramp languidlv, as he anchored
himself at a restaurant tab,e: 1.-the
doctor says must have strengthening
food. Give me something with plenty
of iron in it. The waiter sha led the
corners of his mouth with his hands and
then beloved in stentorian tones: Zone
key OF nails'' Brooktyn Eugle.
An undertaken had friend of an
other pro ession from out West visitin Z
him this week. He was glad to see
him, but found it rather a bad time to
entertain him. He told his friend 80.
adding: I'm sorry there isn't MOI 9
fun going. Now, il you'd been here
last week, could have given you the
boss racket. We could have taken in
three or four funerals, and could have
taken you round 10 m, shop and shown
YOU one of the incest fresh corpses you
ever saw. n-Bost,,, Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-11-17
A Bea tifal Hand.

A beautiful hand is an excel ent tninl
In woman; it IS a charm that nevel
fails, and. better than all, it is a mean
of fascination that never disappears
Women carry beautiful hand will
them to the grave, when beau
tiful face has long ago vanished o.
ceased to enchant. The expression o
the hand. too. is inexhaustib!e; ant
WREN the eyes we may have worshippet
not longer flash or sparkle. the ringlet:
with which we may have played, arr
coven,d with a cap, or worse, turban
and the symmetrical presence VIII oh il
our sonnets has reminded us so oft O.
antelopes and wild gazelles, have all
all vanished. the hand, the immorta
hand, defying alike time and care, still
vanquishes and still triumphs; anG
small. soft. and fair, by an airy atti
tude. 8 gentle pressure. or new ring
renews with untiring grace the spell
that bound our enamored and adorin&
youth.-Uisraeli.