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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-10-18

While Guiteau was being arraigned
large sized man approached the officers
in Court and asked for the loan of a pis-
tol. He was taken to police headquarters
where he gave his name as George II. Be-
Ghard and showed diploma as lawyer
issued June 23d at Columbus, Ohio. He
said he fought in Garfeld's regiment and
showed two gunshot wounds in his legs
and bayonet wound in the head receiv-
ed at the battle of Shiloh. He has been
doing clerical work for lawyer here.
He heard that Guiteau would be arraigned
that day and intended to get "bull-dog''
pistol and shoot him at the City Hail. He
took his diploma with him to insure his
getting into the courtroom as a member
Of the bar. He had evidently been drink
ing.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-10-18

President Arthur is pursuing the judi
cious policy Of sending to the Senate for
confirmation the appointments made by
President Garfield during the recess. 1t
is, Of course, his privilege to set these
appointments aside and reopen the ques-
Ton Of filing the vacant places, but he
wisely prefers to give effect to the official
acis of his lamented predecessor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

fttfrsrN1E uaHNtrAf
The rnilroad bridge At Kindcrhook
was complicated last "Wednesday ready
for track laying.
The Enterprise says the Al. O. U. w.
order in Oakland numbers twenty-four.
aud i rapidly Increasing.
Our joyiaI friend. Peter Gosmann.
Clerk Of the Dubois Circuit Court, was
in town last Friday. His many friends
here are always glad 70 shake Pctc's
hand.
Sheriff Scales started last Monday for
Jacksonville. having in charge VIM. Ii.
smith, convicted Of pocket picking. and
Henry Brcnton. who was sentenced Tor
life for The murder of George Morton.
Josie Schuhmacher and Geo. Schuet-
ter two jolly boys Of Jasper. came down
last sunday just 10 see the town, but We
think they will come again soon ana
that there will bc some other attraction
We want men in the next Legislature
of Indiana who recognize the power aud
interest Of the press more cmincnfly
than has heretofore bccn the practice.
The Legislatures OF tho past have seem
ingly taken especial pains to lcgislatc
against newspapers generally. aud we
Will not. as we have said before, support
any man for q legislative position who
will not pledge himself 70 work for our
interests.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

The indianapolis News says "the new
health board act makes IL the duty or tie
state board Of IieaitIlfo collect vital sta
ustics and such other information rs NAV
concern the public health The State
board has therefore been engaged In pre-
pairing blanks aud snch other supplies as
may be necessary for the proper colIec-
iion Of statistical matter. 10 be sent 70 ali
the health officers IN the State and to tho
county clerks. beginning with the new
wear comnietc record or all marriages,
births and deaths ii Indiana will be kept,
and All eases Of diseases dangerous to the
public health must he Immediately re-
ported 70 the local health officer and bv
him 10 the State board Of health. Blanks
and circulars ofinstrnctiOn covering each
or the above departments 0f statistics are
being forwarded. VI each case Or mar
riage the ofiiriafor i required to fiji out
a double blank. one for thc county clerk,
the other for the State board. givinr full
name. residence. occupation. race, color.
etc.. Of both bride and groom. For each
birth the physician. midwife, or person
IN attendance. must immediately return
q record Of the sex, race, birthplace. ETC,
~ the child. TO the county health officer
who. III turn, makes monthly renorf TO
the State board. In like manner must.
be filed the physicians returns ofdeaths.
by the law. county commissioners.
town trustees. ETC.. are made local health
boards. and their secretary. who must be
elected IN January. Is local health officer.
A circular has been issued asking that
AZ these local officers be elected stimuli
n a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

For kissing pretty girl. one dollar.
For kissing honicly one two dollars.
The tax levied 20 break up the custom
altogothcr ~ piece Of incxcusablo ab-
surdity.
For every filtration, ten cents.
For every young man tha; has moro
than one girl, five dollars.
Courting II the back parlor, twenty
1--WE cents.
Courting In romantic places, five dol
lars, and fifty cents for each time there
after.
For girl giving young man the nit
ten, five dollars and cost Of snit.
Seeing 2 young lady home from
church, twenty cents.
Failing % see her home, five dollars
and costs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

The following taken from leading
medical journal i Oi the greatest interest
at this time, and should DO carefully con-
sidcrcd BY everyone:
DR.. Buchman, the medical officer oi
the London Government board, has issu-
ed his statistics, which show that Tie
smallpox death rate among adult people
|vaccinated II ninety 10 million; where
as, among those unvaccinaicd il IL 3 S50
|to million. Among yaccinnied chi:-
|drcn, under five years Of are, forty and
|onc-half per million; whereas. among
children or the same ace, II
|is $3.50 per million.
The above II not only an unanswcrahle
argument Ia favor of general vaccination
but also shows that trc-vaccination should
he prcsistcd n in order 10 secure The
greatest immunity from tLis dreadful
scorfgc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

tetrssiiie Courier.
The following. headed III Does Look
a Little That Way appeared ia the Gin
|cinnat Enquirer or yesterday:
\INcKSSkS. IND., Dec. C.-There are
startling railroad rumors III this CITY
|among men who know a little about
such Things. There arrived here yester-
| day Mr.. Peabody. superintendent Of the
Ohio q Mississippi, G. II. Cole. diyisior
superintendent, and Mr.. Gurncy. civil
|cngineer. their oStensibIe object being
TO inspect the c0mpany's possessions
here. From another direction appeared
Mr.. Robert q. IIeryey. president of Tie
indianapolis 4 Evansville Siraight-Linc
The combined forces then went 10 Ev-
|ansyiilc, from which city II is said thev
will 20 up the Straight-Line road ID look
|ai'er the country. Thisroad i now nearly
ready for railsnll the distance between
Evansville and Washington. Theroute.
IN now contemplated. does not run 10
Washington. but two miles this side Of
there Between The latter point and III
'dianapoiis the route has bren settled
ur0n. giving rise 10 the rumors that the
Ohio a Mississippi Il getting ready to
gpbhle up the Evansville end, which IN
nearly completed II would be an i'm
mouse speculation. a. coal lies ON the
ground alI along the line. and the c0un-
trv Is rich in timber and tiIlablc lands.
There are some persons cruel enough to|
hint that the Intention il u combine the|
shops OF the two roads at Washington.
where coal II plenty.
a COURIER reporter called al fhe|
Straight-I.ine headquarters yesterday t0|
ascertain II there was any truth III thc|
matter MIR. Hervcy Il in Indianapolis
and could not be called by Tnr|
CorriEr. but from biz representatives itl
was asceriasnel. and agrccably So, too
Issue. nor contemplated whatever by Nr.l
iicrrcy. Several parties or financial
came on here from the eastI
aud met Mr.. Eieryey Ak Nincenne-. and|
there they discussed TIE interests Of theI
Straight-Linc and the productive char
acler of The adjacent region along theI
line of the road. especially III the mAttcri
~ coal. Il was satisfactory, Il appears.
All around. and negotiations were conn
menced At once. a. to the purchase OIL
lie Straight-Linc by the d. q N.. thcI
reporter ascertaincd that there ii nothingt
III II, and 80 i;lr from the company COM
Ing 10 Evansville. the party went toi
10 see the progress andl
position oi The bridge anu IL advantages
BESIDES this. q switch 10 coal mine isI
and tile exact location oil,
II j Of interest to Tie q. ~ NJ. people. i
The o- a H. II ia the hands Of Il rccciycrI
AZ this time. and cannot possibly pur-l,
chase 1uvtliur but IL II fslnrnir n innffurt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

The late census Of Japan shows total
population Of very nearly 36O00OOO.
The Mikado and bis family as shown at
the head OF the statistics are twenty mcn
and seventeen women. Yoddo. of tho
vastness of which the OH Biographies
used 70 tell snch tales. contains only 957.-
III inhabitants. kioto approaches IL
closely with s22.OOs, and Ozaka comes
next with 5S1 G63. Males are more nu-
merous than females In tho proportion
of % per 1.000--that IL. there arc 1,023
men for every 1000 women.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

The city or Bristol, England, isa re-
marknblc exception IN the matter Of
church attendance, among most Of the
cities OF Chrisicndom. Bfistors popn-
Iation II about 10000. II has zoo
TN two services ON q recent
Sunday, there were present III these
various churches 1I6,0lS, Of which about
0nc-third were iii the established church.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

For square, lOlincs Or less, week, - %
Ench snbscauent insertion. IS cts.
Longer advertisements at the same rate,
"A fraction over even square or squares,
counted as a square. These are the terms
fpr transient advertisements; 2 reasona-
Bio deduction will be made TO regular
advertisers.
Notices of appointment Of adminls-
t-ators and legal notices Of like character
70 bc paid in advance.
ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.
FOR Township Officers, each S1.oo
For County I" (" 200
For District, Circuit. or State, 800
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

Th'- column. w Kindness ~ me proprietor ~ 'hr IA
per- the properly ~ hc ieachsfs 0i |,nDos county, o
publication dIsrrkNna " aiy matter n interest
ihe public schools nhiNh may arise. livery teacher
school oittcr nni iftnd w education ~ the eo1tfr h
earnestly requested ~ nii Ia sustaining thIA rnlNnf
hfrally. Communications fuf fhis column .hou.A h.
sent u y n. DANIEL. jASrsh. ispikNA.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

"Say, boy N called a woman 10 bare
foot lad, and admonishlngly shaking
forc-finucr, "what arc you throwing wa
ter on that cat fursv ssThc wctcr won't
hurt the cat fnrsr replied the youth. and
the woman. whose grammcr was rcbuk-
ed, said she didn't want any Of his
sass
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

VIM. NJ. Whi,scit, Huntingburg, Ind
Lee Tilman. Haysyille, Ind; q. Lieb
Dubois y. O.. Ind: Miss y. "A. Hope
IlaysyiIle. Ind. II. y. Waldrip. Hickory
Grove, Ind. Miss Lizzie Harris. Ludlow
Ind; n. ". Cooper. Haysyille. ino.
Miss Olive Britain, Dubois II. o., Ind
Chas. Denote, Ilaysville, Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16
Names OF Teachers In Dub0i,
County.

The following list Of the names and
addresses OF the teachers Of the county.
was made and i published az the request
of teachers, IN Institute assembled, De-
cembcr "a. 1881:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

"a million of dollars III oar gold coin
weighs 36S5.71 pounds r.voirdupois, and
4 million standard jy,llars iii our silver
coin weighs 5s,92s.f,7 pounds,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

rlcf Smith reports the institute in Du.
bois county above the average. lIc
spcaks of good work, and pleasant time
with the many new acqnaintunces that
lie formed Paoli News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

Morris DcI:ruIer. Orwell. Ind; Lee-
roy Hope. Ireland, Ind; Noah Robbins.
Ind. Jns w. Condiil, Pog-
tersyille, Ind. VIM. +. Eixler, loriefs-
vile, Ind.; Miss Jennie GIezen, ireland,
Ind. Miss Leora Britain. Ireland, Ind.
Miss Dora Hope, Ireland. Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16
coLUMEIA ToMNsnr.

VIM. 4. Young, Ireland. Ind. +; II. Pin
nick. Celcsiine. Ind; w. Il. Pleasant
Hillham. Ind; w. l.. Charnes. Hickor,
Grove. Ind: VIM A Crowder. Els
worth, Ind. Marvin DeBruler, Hiilham
lni
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

Mrs. +. q. Strain. ireland, Ind: r.. m
Dun, Ind; J. Al. Pleasant
Ireland, Ind: Jones Kemp, Dun, Ind.
Miss L. l.. Mahin, Ireland, Ind; Mis-
Helen Dillin. ireland, Ind. Miss Ade.s
A. Payne. Fidelity, Ind. ,. A. White
head, Jasper, Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

Mrs Kate Dulinc, CeIestine, Ind.
Miss Louise Brucker, Jasper, Ind.
Michael A. scidI, Cclesiine, Ind: Mis-
Minnie Brclage, Jasper. Ind; Miss Mar,
Dndine. Celestine: Ind; Francis u
Mueller, Ce.cstinc, Ind. John henncy
Cricstinc, Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

PRICE or SUBSCRIPTION.
single subscription, for my Nos, 81 80
For six months, %
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

Jacob IIesscmcr. Ditncy Hill. Ind. (; r.
r.. Hesscmer, Ditncy Hill, Ind; w. w
GulletI, Cclcstinc. Ind: Jos. Schwartz
miller, Celestine, Ind. Thos. ,. Nolan
Ind; A. "A. Hesscmer, Ccles-
tine, Ind. Miss Kate II. Hall, Ellsworth
Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

5. Q. Newton. Schnellyiile. Ind: y
S. Pruitt, Schncllyillc. Ind; Geo. r
Atkins. SchncllviIIc, Ind; ID. w. Dona
hoe, SchnclIvillc. Ind; w. NJ. T.. Cox
Schncllvillc, Ind; John Sciineiders
SchnclIvilie, Ind. Sampson Cox. ScLucli
willie, Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

John J. Gchlhausen. 81. Henry. Ind.
Miss Dosia Hope, Ireland. Ind. Josepl
IA. Cox, BrctzviIc, Ind. n. II. Schnell
Il. Anthony, Ind; Miss Katie Sweeney
tinntingburg. Ind; Sr. Naya5 ! "a
Anthony, Ind; Sr. Frances, 81. An
thony, Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

J.. n. Linder, Ferdinand. Ind; Miss
Clara Gohman, Ferdinand, Ind. Henry
Hoppcnjans, Ferdinand, Ind: Peter
IIosfurther, Ferdinand, Ind; John B
Muller, Ferdinand, Ind Frank pund
Ferdinand, Ind. /; Clement Luken, Fcstli.
nand, Ind; Sr Jcsstina. Ferdinand
|lnd.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-16

Miss Mary Jrtt. Jasper, Ind. VIM. b.
Pirklc, Dun, Ind; II. L. katternenry.
finntingburg. Ind; ChSs. r.. Clarke,
lIuntingburg. Ind; T.. Il. Cook. Hun
iinghurg. Ind. Miss Sallic Harris, Hun
Ind; g. A. Cooper. Johns
burgh, Ind VIM. Il. Bcclcr, Hunting
burg. Ind; C, II. Osborn, Dun n. o..
Ind. N. "A. Schncll, Huntingburg, Ind.
Miss Anna Thompson, Johnsburgh, Ind. ;
II. "a. Dolcn, Duff Il. o., Ind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29
CLOSING PRICES or PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
reported by JOHN II. DAVIS 4 CO.. No. II WIll-s.

THURSDAY. July 28-P.M.
This gala day at the Stock Exchange for
bulls" and of sackcloth for latter-day
:" bears" The advance in prices noted yesterday
made further progress and gained strength with each
succeeding hour. Hardly had business begun
before the street flooded with reports
that +" the railroad war was settled and
rates restored" and il repeated a dozen
times in as rnany different phases in the course
of the day. The presence of Mr. Vanderbilt in Phil
adelphia to witness the exploits of his horse Maud
s., gave color to report that meeting
OF presidents was being held in Philadcl-
phia. Finally the was reduced TO
the statement that matters are TO be
arranged August 4. All tho stories, however. are
officially denied ana it Is stated that no meeting
has been called for August or any other date.
Leaving the official statements out of the question,
the practical facts Of the day inconsistent with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29

OF city bank stocks American Exchange sold u0
at 40, and Central National l2O at 100. The bid
ding and asking prices the FIRST call were as fol-
lows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29

though the plot is simple enough and well knit, tho
action at the outset ia slow The author begins
somewhat as if he would acquire momentum suii-
cient to Try him through a serious novel of fifty
chapters. If the reader doesn't pass the turning
point III the story whilo the opening chapters are
fresh in his mind, their convergent force and pic
tori2l Significance must be partially lost Mr. Gable
has lonnd mine OF literary wealth in the OLD creole
duStry ant discretion. In Madame Delphne he
marries the beautiful white daughter of 4" quad
deity turuod into an excertion which does not an
pear to disturb social rules, for NADINE Delphne
discovers her daughter and dies with the confession
to tle priest of her falsehoOd on her lips. Every
body else is deceived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29

The dealings in the speculative kinds of railway
bonds kept step with the movements Of the share
market and sharp advances were recorded for some
issues. Erie second consols sold up to IO2aIOlsl
against 10l a yesterday. Boston. Hartford and
Erie firsts rose from II TO 7937Ssl c.. C. and L
c. incomes from 75l2 to 77l2; Rome, Watertown
and Ogdensburg firsts from "a Ia 97l2, and
Chesapeake and Ohio irsts, series 3, from s5s,
to s67s, and currency debts from 90 TO
59l2. Missouri, Kansas and Texas hrsts were
higher at 111Gl1024, but the seconds were only
steady at S2lGs17s, and ths general mortgages
were lower at 92i2 Canada southern irsts were Il
better at 100 New-Yorll and Metropolitan frsts
were steady at 100 OHIO Central incomes recovered
from 81 TO 56a55ls, and a small lot
of Rochester and Pttsburg incomes sold at -
against 40 yesterday. ST. Paul consols sold at 1900
1858, and st. Paul and Omaha consols at 1913
Denver and Rio Grande consols were Is higher at
ll5's. Eexas and Pacific incomes were only u
higher at 50 1872, and trsts of Rio Grande Dr.
vision sold at 99Si against 9S7s yesterday An
neXed are the closing quotations:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29
MINES AND MINING

THURSDAY, July 29-P. NJ.
There is very little in to-days mining stock mar
kets that calls for special notice. The amount OF
transactions was up TO the average, but generally
these at steady figures or at meaningless vara-
tons. Oriental and Miller continued to DECLINE, and
sold from 20 down to 90 cents, closing without re-
c0very. The State Lines were steadier; Nos. and
selling at 91090 cents, and Nos. 2 and at $40.
Consolidated Virginia continued strong at about %.
but California was cents lower at 1915 There were
noteworthy changes in the prices of the eadvllc
shares. Gold Stripe continued weak at 2. Moose
active and after sales at 50 cents rose to 81
cents. Among the lowprice stocks Nor, h Standard
attracted attention because Of the fluctuations be-
tween and II cents he stock closed at 10 cents
Great Eastern was weak at 23d "a cents The mar
ketS closed dull.
NJ. INNING STOCK EXCHANGE SHES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29

each and every rumor that was circulated The No.
senger war to-day reached greater intensity 49,.
IL has before This would hardly have boen the cas
II preliminary agreement of peace had s,een roas
The Grand Trunk Railroad reduced its rates -,
freight from Boston TO Chicago from ~ cents 70
80 cents for first class and from 10 10 l5 cents TO-
fourth class Shipments OF irst-class freight fror,
New-fork TO Chicago yesterday were engaged AZ
90 instead of rs cents the schedule rate: and TODAY
solicitors for freight OF of the railroads lcadn
out of New-lork were instructed to "obtain Ia
freigh :" As TO East-bound fre ghts we know of no
recentchange but readers who viii observe the larga
proportion Of grain which the railroads are dclivenc
at the seaboard, and who viii look at the published
water rates. may form idea of the rates which
the railroads are receiving. The market was
active and excited all day with sales of
$4,000 shares. The purchases were made by
" lett" bears and minor bulls Who did the selling
is query which the operations of the next few
days probably will develop. At the very end tho
market was inclined toward weakness but perhaps
no more SO than natural after the large advance
for the day.
government bonds were more active and stronger.
Inc maj bids show advances as follows Continued
6s, 4'2s aud Is each Land continued s l. rer cent
The market closed firm at the annexed quotations:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-29
FOURTH CALI O'CLOCK p. NJ.
lRY TELEGRAPH 10 Tile Z


SAN Francisco, July 2s-Tho variations in thc
Comstocks are fractional; transactions contiuue
Will run in August.
Bullion Ieccip for the past week: Eureka Con-
solidatcd, 49,, 100; Northern Belle $2II5I :
STANDARD, y47,5SO; Bcchtcl, RJ1 900; Contention
$I3,s63; Bolc. $3.50: ChIisty 81 100; nnv
$1,000; Head Centre, $4,000; Mount Diablo'
$4,000; Manhattan, b24. 600
Eureka Consolidated was quoted yesterday ex
dividend.
Senator Fair is on n visit to the Comstock.
Bullion valued at sos, 500 SD was received in this
city yesterday from the mines
Sa, a, superintendent elegraphs Struck very
The officers of the Ola Dominion Coppcr Counanv
report that the companys smelling furnaces hoist
lng-works and machinery have all been Skinned in
we IN hcS. The superintendent writes that every
ihlng mas been made in hr5t-class manner lie
lelt san ranciSco alter attending 10 the slIpmcnt
OF the en- ire plant and Is expected TO arrive at the
mines to-day. " ~
Father de Smet Superintendent reports for the
week ending July %, that ZOO tons of ore wrrr
extracted IRON first level, 1870 tons from sccond
IcNel, and 20 tons FROM third level. Durin. the
week 500 tons OF ore were milied Sill floor of
McGlnty chamber was advanced three sets The
RAISE IT. III we END oil The east crOsscut Golden GATE
from second to first lcvclw advanced ~ feet md
completed, making total height OF 4Ol., feet