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

Lady Florence Dixie. dIstlnouisheli
a. fearless and accomplished horse-
woman y going 70 tho TransvaaI ~
wnr correspondent for the London
Prof. Richard A. Proctor. the amt.
ncnt astronomer and lecturer. Il Y 80
ported from 81. Joseph, Mo-. u about
2 wea . lady o. that city. widow.
ana VIII henceforth reside II this coun-
VII! s. Hayes has written and com
posed about three hundred and sixfv
songs and there are ten Of them that
nad sale Of two hundred thousand
each. Mr.. Hays u on the editorial
stan q the Louisville (Ky.) C0urisr-
Mr.: Longfellow. the other day. senn
this little verse to the Columbus (O.1
scnool-children, who celebrated IL
birthday;
ifsny thoueht d mine Ger sung or told.
nns ever x1yen delight or consolation.
nave repaid me back thousand-fold
w very friendly sign and salutation.
Win compliments and good wishes of
=. ~ L0NeFBLLoW.
Mrs. Judith Twombly recently cele-
orated her 102d birthday 81 the rest
aence Of her son-in-laW, MI. Jamea
Stackpo . prominent citizen n
Chelmsford, Mass. Her great great
great grandson, aged 1--WE years. wa one
q the guests She still has possession
o. her mental faculties and Is con-
sPicuous for her devotional employ
ments.
Miss Flora Torrev w.o.t.e -.
daughter Of Judge w. r. Waestaif e.
raola. Kansas, has been admitted 10 fhe
par and sworn to faithfully Discharge
'he duties Of an attorney-af-law. MIR
Nagstah Is handsome blonde. verv
adyiike and refined In manner.
fright scholar, and highly accomplished
p music and painting. She has read
4 Z" ABOUT Two years. and attended the
= Louis Law School for one year.
Mr.. MacGahan. the well-known
newspaper correspondent, who wrote
Q wildly Of the Turco- Russian war.
eft wife and child. He was married
bout year before his death To An 49,
emphasized Russian lady OF rank II her
ountry: The widow and child visited
ne mother and brothers-in-law 1t To-
40, y, last year. She Is described a
handsome brunette. highly educated
nd accomplished. though finding the
'ays o. this country very new and
range.
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier can
AXE 2 picture that will sell for mora
ian the work Of any other living art
E "A recent number Of the Ma9axjne
Art gives q biographical sketch q
rs picturesque artist. He is now s;x-
EIGHT years old. Meissonier paintsa
'rse about az perfectly as IL is possible
90. He seems to spare no pains il
'tting every detail Of his subject. For
stance, he once had small railway
lllt, and ne was whirled in car that
'pt alongside . galloping horse so that
could sketch every movement Of the
anger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-01


Ono song above III songs sing.
Ono song that hroathes of love and spring.
man IRE y precious thing.
i know that We who live TODAY
Are born 70 dream and die Is they
whose forms nave wholly passed away:
Tint IS We whose n hearts are bold and stout
ANN the windy soas 81 doubt.
The simple faith Of other years
u municd music 20 our ears
Avoice Of longing chokcd with tears:
For. We have lost the holy trace
u199. the unknowabc one whose faco
"n'oaen ~ darkness fora space;
And many men are prone 10 swear
tnat . GOD = but the souls despair,
Aoe'nk ~ 1nostly - the air.
That out Of passion and sweet breath
snail come Whatever wisdom saith.
ono everlasting night Of death.
Alas: know that sorrow dwcllx
WITHIN the soul as sound IN bells
inat hearts are often flaming hcllss
know that bitter crime ana lust
Are part ~ our polluted dust
Inc damned are kindred % tho just
rknow 4 all. and yet sing
- freely y q bird In spring
mans lie - precious thing.
For though life darken and death be fieet
mere y heaven Tor hearts that meet
a heaven o. passion wildly sweet;
Ana strong men feel fiorce delight
~ the hard brunt and toll OF firht:
lney conquer nobly where they smitc.
10 live Is 70 aspire, 70 hear
Inroum harsh di~cordant cries the cloxr
True voice o. hope forever near:
TO rise beyond the earth. 70 ana
ETHEREAL heights whcreon the ind
May sweep and circle like wind.
And oh! II Is enough TO be.
Iofccl. and hear, and think. ana soc.
70 know that a9es dwell In me.
And there IL rapture In the thought
That am 90 divinely wrought
lime cannot make me wholly naughtI
What though I faint and perish.
Have that within me which II him
A God and Infinite A. the sky.
-Gc0ryt EdJur Monf0omey7l
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-01

Richmond a Danvillc Railroad
N Il introducing on thcirfrcight
Safeguard for their brakemen.
| known that many fatal acci-
|hich occur TO brakemen are
which the brakemen standing
bp 81 freight cars arc Knocked
bad by covered bridges. Tho
IA consists q q post erected
III 4 mile on either side Of 2
bridge. To this post q hori-
biece Is attached stretching
~ track, of course above the
! any head on top Of q car. From
izontal piece cords are swung
III case the brakeman y mat
N standing upright while near
bridge. The cords will strike him
hind him 10 duck his head.
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movement Of courage / said q Pu
'ok
Shhii we 90 IN togetherr
We entered and took orr farewell
|" nnrguerite' She listened 70 US with.
out saying anything. but there were
tear: ~ the tips 81 her blonde eyeashes.
suddenly Pierre, who was talking.
stopped and began 20 sob and 10 III
~ sane' ihen marguerite joined in.
nnu there We were Al! three shedding
'oa.. nnu pressing each others hands.
Nnen ne d'il'gence that took Us
away from Mezieres began to rattle on
Ino pavement the next day / felt in
cl'neu q throw myself down from the
IMPERIAL ana get crushed under the
wheels Inc more 50 as there was a
i>orra'ner at my side who was singing in
melancholy voice song Of his coun-
try' ana said to myself: ! It is all over.
jean you VIII never see her again
well, you see. Time passes. The
seven years are over and who knowsP
Perhaps am not only going to see her
again. but to marry her.
There are. indeed, strange changes
IN life" continued Jean Chevauche,Ix.
Pierre and started on the same dav
and at the same hour and we were
placed IN the same regiment. AL first
was vexed. / should have liked ~
have know that he was far away. AZ
you may imagine could not love him
But ! reflected afterwards that Il Pm
voix was with me could At least talk |
about her. That consoled me. We'll. I |
said to myself. / am n Tor seven vasrs
Of y; Alter all, one gets over Il.
I'm the regiment | became 4 fast
friend or Pierre Pnv;onx IT. $500
70 Be an excellent good fellow. and d's Il
night. in order ID Kin tina 80 49,
often to talk 81 Mezieres. ~ Fatberj
Servan and Of Marguerite. We used 10
write 70 Mezieres often. but each told
the other the contents Of his letters. It
was struggle. IL Is true. but Il was
'oyal When Marguerite or old Servan
.epiied the letter was for both OF us.
An equal dose OF hope was given to each
y us: ana 90 we went on hoping.
One day the Colonel took il into his ]
read % appoint me Corporal. was
1exeu ana proud at the same time.
ou see' was no longer the equal Of /
-uvioux' NY stripes gave me the right
|, Q command him. and in the eyes Of our
sruennais That was no small advantage. 1
'us uld not glory IN my rank; on the d
ontrary, it made me III 1t ease. did
q dare TO talk TO Puvioux any more.
!, men q 4! ! reflected that there were more y
rays than one Of getting rid Of nv new I
erth, n5g'ec.eu my duty and was
: - .. w. 1egIaueq- but who should u
o Do 1otPorM 70 my stead but +
,,tdona usi9ux was not 20 be v
rrsS ss.s 80 enu q week ne re- h
ar 49, n'sci .na. mere was no danger Il
~: *. ro ahsn oelng maue 70 usto q
, srs cnyt S',ns1 - our UNIFORM. we IA
' SiG sAe'''neu % remain common 81
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-01

twas awealthy Philadelphia who.
being asked on his return from Europa.
how he liked the Bosphorus. replied
that he didn't eat any, and preferred
the ordinary homemade sailsaces.
american Queen.
"a short time ago . clever article
appeared in the Nineteenth Century from
the pen Of Mr.. Mallock. entitled. ssIa
Life Worth LivingP" The answer u
the conundrum Is: 1T depends On TIA
LIVER "--Sk Louis Posi- Dispatch.
In the year 1880 America issued
seventy patents to women. And not
one o. these was an indicator to be a.
tacned 70 bed post TO show IL there II
= man under the bed. And yet. think
how much getting down on hands ana
knees such thing would save women.
- Boston Post.
There has been . good deal Of Biz
ter controversy In New York over Sarah
Bernhardt's exaot weight, and one ~
those who believes her TO Be the cham
pion dramatic light-weiaht Or the are
asserts that not long ago at rehearsol
Sarah introduced the feature Or FIRING
pistol at the villain Of the piece.
Instead Of the usual result, the wnd re-
NAMED perfectly stationary while tho
5ernhardt and the Pistol were blown
backwards through the side scenes. --
We have just learned chat 90 tbe
Dn before Tho Int holiday Col
on noticed oIkn On the door
Il City bank. saying; ssI3ank win
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02
STATE ITEMS.

On the day following Surveyor Good
rich's death, MIR. Nathan F.. .Elsbee, O
Towanda, appeared eat Harrisburg a.
ad applicant for the vacant place in the
custom house.
The contest for the United States sena-
torship continues to drag its slow length
along. The only change that occurred
yesterday was that of Representative Nc
Nulty from Wallace to Wolfe...
Three lady students of Allegheny college,
Meadvillc, were suspended for refusing to
remain in Boarding hall, whereupon the
senior class. composed of young men, re-
fused to attend recitatiOns.
The tax levy for Allegheny county for
this year has been fixed by the county
commissioners, the same as last year. For
Pittsburgh and Allegheny cities three
mills, three and three-fOnrth mills for
townships and boroughs, the three -fourths
of a mill being for county poor tax. This
levy is based upon the same valuation as
last years, a little under $500, 100000.
The members of the executive commit
tee of the Pennsylvania State Grange ar
rived in Philadelphia yesterday. An in
formal meeting was held at the st. Cloud
hotel, but no business was transacted on
account Of the non arrival of the secretary.
In Pennsylvania there is membership of
80, 900, with thirty county oranges and GOO
subordinate granges-tiere being one in
nearly every township.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02

Cup" He is very sensitive to
censure or praise. He has written to Miss
Ellen Terry charming letter about the
play, and she is going to have it framed.
The laureate is SO near sighted that he
writes and reads with the greatest diff
Guilty.
In Milwaukee next weel. in the Ply
mouth Congregational church. Miss ELLA
G. kIRTLAND and CHARLES WIEGASD, of
Maxwell, n. Y, members Of the Lilipu-
tian Opera Bouffe company, that has
travelled over the country for several years
past, will be married. The little couple are
each feet inches in height, and are 2i
years of age. After the marriage they will
reside in New York city. Mr.. Wiegand is
understood to possess considerable wealth
ALLADUNDY. one of the troupe of Nautcl
girl dancers, has died in New York. She
was fourteen years and six months old
| and the wife of the oldest man in the
| troupe, 4 griy-bearded man who plays il
| the theatre ona queer instrument while
the girls dance. Allabundy was lovely
| gentle creature. She never danced here
| for she was i'll when she came witt, 4 sor
| of typho- -malarial fever that weakened her
She was i'll a fair way to recover, when {;
violent muscular cxcvtion affected hel
heart and she died very suddenly. Til
body was buried in Lutheran cemeter,
with no religious ceremonies. One OF tht
best dancers, named Booria, is seliousl
il! with pneumonia.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

The House committee on commerce
voted $4,000 for the improvement of the
Susquehanna below HavTe de Grace.
In Chicago Assistant United States Mar
shall Stilwell seized to small Illicit distil-
lcries on South Side. and captured five men
who were operating them.
The Pacific railway bill passed the Do
minion House of Commons, at Ottawa
yesterday, after 4 third reading. by vote
of 12S to 40.
i largo silk warehouse ut Hambur. was
burned yesterday. The premises were i'll
stirred for !, 800, ,00G marks, most in English
insurance companies.
Three children of Rev. Manning iIu nter,
colorcd, in Sumter county, s. C., were
burned to death ON Sunday night, cause d
by the explosion Of y kerosene lamp. The
father was away preaching and the mother
was absent.
The Central & South American tele-
graph company filed articles of incorpor-
tion in Albany, n. Y, yesterday capital,
81, 900, 600. The lines arc to run from New
York to Texas, thence to Mexico, thence
to South America. ...,.
A writer in the London Truth says -"
an told by y friend of mine. who has just
returned from America, that torpedo
boat is being now built on the Hudson
river, at 2 cost of 800, 900, for certain Fe-
mans resident in America
In the Senate finance committee ycster-
day, at the instance of Senator Wallace,
who urged Immediate action, the bill fol
the extension and improve ement Of the
Philadelphia mint was taken up and refer.
red to him as subcommittee. He will
report it back with favorable recommen-
dation at the regular meeting Of tho com
mittee next Tuesday & x,
A mysterious fire broke, out in st.
Mary's German Catholic church steeplc
Cleveland. The flames were first discOy-
cred curling around the. clock dial. The
tower was burned so much that the spirc
fell in and part of it crushed through the
roof. Three Of the chime bells dropped
upon the organ underneath and demolish-
cd it. The fire was confined to the steeple
Loss. $4,000: insured.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02
COLONEL POTTER'S FATE.
Turec OF His Murdercrs Now in Jail
Albuquerque.

lifcC Oh sslS MurUCrcrS NOW III slii at
Albuquerque.
Tho worst apprehensions concerning
Colonel Charles Potter, stcp-son of ex-
Governor Van Zandt. OF Newport, r. l..
are justified by the dispatches received on
Monday from ST. Louis to the effect that
New Mexican detectives had .scertained
that the missing man was murdered and
robbed by three Mexicans.
Colonel Potter was member of one
of the most distinguished families of
Rhode Island, and he leaves an estima-
BILE wife, three lovely children and an
elegant home in Newport. He was very
fond OF yachting and other outdoor
sports, and seemed to be at home wher-
ever there was q prospect OF danger. He
went West last summer, and while not
being obliged to work, he accepted y posi-
tion under Colonel Emmons, of the United
States geological survey. When in the
minin. reg ions he wrote 4 number of very
interesting letters for the Providence
Journal. The last letter received 'hy his
wife was dated October IA. In this letter
he stated that he would leave for home in
a short time. His gricf-stricken parents
have left nothing undone that would tend
to ferret out his whereabouts and to solve
the painful mystery. While they had
grave apprchcnsions for his safety, they
| never were wilIin. to believe that he was
dead.
Colonel Potter, who was about thirty
years Of age, studied ut Brown university.
He was member of Governor Van Zandt' s
| personal staff during his three terms as
governor. He was young man of more
than ordinary ability, and was respected
| by all friends ac1uaintanccs.
The Wanderers Lynche:I.
n despatch to the Meas from Albuaucr-
| que, n. NJ, of the 31st ult., says a few
| days since Sheriff Arligo effected the arrest
of Escalero Pcra at Islctta, N. NJ, on the
charge Of having murdered Col. Chas
| Potter, Of the United States geological
survey, who left Albuquerque on Oct. II,
last, for the new placer mining camp,
since which time he has not been
heard of. PcTa con:csscS having been
q witness Df the crime. although
not u participant, and says Colonel
Potter was wayaid in u canon near San
Antonio, and, after desperate resistance,
was killed, the body robbed and buried.
Sheriff Arligo, accompanied by Pcra, went
to search the spot, and returning this
evening brought the body of the murdered
man. He also captured Licqucl Barre,
and = Mexican known rs California Joe,
who were accessories. Da!lIant Panta-
leon Sierra, another, WAS hanged by the
| Vigilantcs at BarnaIillo recently for horse
ste:xjng. Pcra, Barrca and California Joe
were taken from the Jail last night by a
band of masked men aud hanged Oh the
porch Of the building. Not Il word was
spoken, and it was scarcely fifteen minutes
from the time the band approached the Jail
until the three men were disposed of.
Sheriff Ariigo is on the track of Lciber,
the principal in the crime, aud expects to
effect his capture today. Col. Potter had
been collecting statistics for the census
bureau.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02
The Carlisle Trainin. School.

The January number Of the Eadle Kea-
tgh Ioh, published ut the Indian training
school at Carlisle, says:
';John Gun, 4 Ponca boy, is ono of the
best carpenters at the school. He has
made some small stands as specimens of
his work, one of which the Ponca agent
took home with him.
"Somc evidences of improvement and
careful work in the shops are very appar-
ent Dan Tucker can forge any piece of
iron required on wagon Henderson can
put up good wheel, and Charlie Rawboo-
dc is promising we'll. In the harness shop
a good deal OF work shows improvement.
On a set of superior pony harness the
traces were stitched by thHee different
boys, but the work was SO nearly alike
that it was impossible to distinguish any
difference in Quality.' :
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02
BETH EDEN'S HISTORY.
\ Splendid Church Burned.

The Beth Eden Baptist church, burned
in Philadelphia Oh Monday morning, was
one of the most beautiful church edifices
III America. It's architect was T.. T. Pot
ter, son OF Bishop Potter, of New York,
who designed many handsome buildings.
such as Lehigh university, the Church OF
the Heavenly Rest, and, above all, the Old
Dutch Church at Schenectady. 1t was erect
ed at cost of 81 175, ,OO0, exclusive of the land,
which cost $37,500. 1t was built by the
people. Of whom Rev. DR.. J. Wheaton
Smith had been the pastor for seventeen
years. They .'cntered the new edifice on
April 80, 1870. He remained their pastor
for ten years, when, from consideration OF
health, he retired from active service, but
was Immediately elected by the church
pastor emeritus. One of his last services
for his people was to aid in the extinction
Of-a!l their remaining Indebtedness. The
church cdifice had been paid for. but
$50, 900 remained as 4 ground rent, togeth-
er with y floating indebtedness Of $4,000.
This was all subscribed on the first
Sunday of June last and has all been
paid except 81, 900, which is accounted good.
The name of the church, ''Bcth Eden, -
occurs but once in the Bible and means
''house Of pleasantness.' Although
there arc many churches which cost more
money to build and not few that are,
perhaps, more commodious, people who
have travelled say it was rare piece of
fine church architecture. There was
not al ounce of paint anywhere. All the
interior finishing was done in woods of
natural color. Tho baptistry was of mar
bic and the pulpit platform Of variegated
marble, set in black walnut. The organ
list was not in sight. There was no blower or
other attendant, there being a water press
ure motive power. Last Sunday night, how
ever the water frOze-an unusual instance
of that element disappointing its favorite
denomination. No one doubts, however,
that the pipes are thawed out now. The
church had three gables and the inscrip-
tions On the first related to the Father,
those on the second to the Son, and those
on the third to the Holy Spirit. All the
tracery and carving upon the church stood
for something. So attentive, in fact was,
the architect to the fanciful that he over
looked some practical matters here and
there and it is a standing joke that the
entrances to the cellar were made SO small
that wheelbarrOw to move coal could
not be introduced from without and one
had to be constructed inside. Aberdeen
granite was used for building purposes for
the first time in Philadelphia in it's con-
structioh. 1t was also the first introduce
ton in completed building of that beau
tiful greensboro which has since become
somewhat common. The organ was of
the finest make, costing $500, and was
very ingcniously arranged.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-02
JEFFERsoNIAN DEMOCRACY.
Tilden on jefferson Democratic Associations
Importance of societies Devoted TO
the Maintenance OF Jefferson
IAN Prlncfples-Letter to
the Association
Mt York.

York Daily.
New YORK, Jan. p, 1881.
HoS. CHAUNcEY F. BLACK:
Hy Dear Sir: have received your let
ter notifying me of my unanimous elec-
tion as the first honorary member of
the Jefferson Democratic association of
York.
accept the distinction thus conferred
in order to testify my approval and COM
mendation of the objects of your associa-
ton.
Thomas Jefferson has title to the es-
teen and gratitude of theAmerican people
even greater than that which he derived
from being the author of the Declaration
of Independence, and from being the au-
the state Of Virginia.
During all the bloody conflicts Of the
American Revolution, and the civil strug
giles out of which our system of govern
ment emerged, and the controversies
through which was impressed upon it the
character of government ''by the people,
human freedom, and the greatest leader OF
that beneiicent philosophy which was EN-
| bodied in our institutions.
~ 81 tiuLC HACA poNCAAuA CSAoShSASo al =
at ork to subvert the original character
of our government-tO break down the
limitation of power established by the
constitution-to centrahzc the action and
influence of official authorities-tO create
a governing class, using the machinery o
! government as q corrupt balance of power
in the elections, and then shaping legisl.
ton and administration i'll the interests OF
the few against the many-the precep'
and example Of such a man as Mr.. Jeiler
son cannot be too often invoked.
| The formation of societies which cal
act as centres of discussion, and as agcn
cics for the propagation of the pure prin
ciples of the fathers of the republic, is ;
measure capable Of great service to th'
people and to mankind.
| With assurances of sympathy and es
tecm-to the members of your associa
ton, and to yourself, have the homo
to be, Your fellow citizen,
| SAMUEL J. TILDEN.