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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-08-19
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TUESDAY, August 3, was the hottest
day ever known IN ST. Louis. The Their
mometer attained maximum of 1852 deg.
A TERRIFIC storm cloud burst over
Central City, Colo, on the SIN, and immedi-
atciy thereafter volume of water from four
70 i've feet deep rushed down Nevada and
Eureka reefs. sweeping everything before
II. Great bowlders weighing nearly ton
were rolled around like pebble stones. I'm
mense quantities of debris we're washed
down the gulch az an incredible speed.
Roadways In the track OF the food were en-
tirely destroyed.
JONI DILLON has been released from
Jail, and Il 4 said nearly al other persons
arrested and imprisoned under The Coercion
act, save those guilty 81 participating IN
outrageS, will soon be sci free.
GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON, hero Of
three wars, and Al one time the largest cot
ton manufacturer In the United states, died
recently al his home In Philadelphia.
JUDGE JAMES ID. Colt, Of the Massa-
chusett- Supreme Court, was found dead in
his Office AZ PitIsdeld On The OH. suicide
with revolver.
The dwelling Of Or. William Bowen,
IN Scituate, Mass, burned on the sfh. The
family were aroused in time 10 save their
lives. After the house burned Gre broke
out IN the barn near by. but he flames were
extinguished. The fire was caused by an
Internal machine operated BY cIock-work.
Dr. Bowen has been Very active IN enforcing
the law against liquor selling and has before
suffered IN consequence.
NEAR Oxford, Ala, the other day, Otis
Maitison. his father and brother were struck
BY lightning. The former was Instantly
killed and the Others probably fatally In
jured.
Miss LENA HoMAS and Mrs. Farber
were killed b. locomotive Al Pleasant
Plains. staten Island. N. Y. Miss IIuman
attempted 70 drive across the track. when
the horse baked and the engine struck the
carriage.
AT Lake Village, N. H., the Coroner's
Jury in the case Of the three children 81
Chas. Moody (colored) who were burned On
the evening 81 July returned q verdict that
the children were murdered and The house
burned 70 conceal the crime. Moody and HE
wife have been arrested.
Six men were mangled and scalded
70 death and several others seriously injurld
by The explosion of portable engine near
East CarondeIct, Ill.,, on the OH.
A. @. WHEELocK, confidential book.
keeper 81 the firm o. ,. 9. wolcott d co., ~
Broad Street, New York, has absconded
with money and securities 70 the value b
over $4,000. re was known y being fast
young man. n 4 supposed he sailed for
Europe.
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iohNEf-uENkkALM AcNkAGH has
tne request u Postmaster General
James gwen an opinion - 20 whether TN
aer sne ae' 81 Congress Of April 7, 1850, al
.o"Anee tor expeuition ~ carrying malls Il
united 70 ~ per cent. OF the original con-
.ract- Ihe Attorney General holds that the
'aw specifically makes this Limitation.
anu that can not pc exceeded
thar the Postmaster-General can not 70
beyond TINS limit and the expedited
81 nus pIoeioe a. increase q
once ana material employed 70 correspond
~, ~ 'ne ''c'sase y pas - compared WIN
sr,.s .,nasaa.,;'.. Y, 80 ~, oP'a''" = :" M,
NJ IA, \, II. .,.-' ~ ss'.". ''''," M \"
ere,sinr ~. ~, ~ .,na, s s '.,r Z ="
"a 49, ~ - eNPs"s'ea routes "u' 81
,raesed AL sn1 y ~ ,.",s..s \, ',,.,s NV
ana men actually emnl,,ed ~ e,rrv o,,t ~.
expedited service. The Denartners w;I,
follow this opinion. ma s,;.l ~ "A nsr -,
limitation IN Increase.
TuE excess 81 exnorts 90 ,,erch ~.
over imnor,. a.,;., ~. ,....~ e
III NIL go ~. -. s,.s. - w ~.
during ~ nrs,;n,s ,;,es,r aar r,.a sr''r.-
" .~. 1850 49, fnc eA'tr~
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A GROUP Of twenty men were stand.
ing close 70 the house d j. II. Ci,burn,
near Ifart~sille. :. C., the other day, when !
stroke 81 lightning killed four and wounded
ten 81 the number, i've OF whom were not
expected 70 survive. There Wa no storm
q the time, though heavy rain fell shortly
after.
AT Oroville, CAL, on the 7th, J. II.
Ncakcs was taken from jail by BODY Of
masked and armed men and conveyed \
short distance from town and hanged "a 4
tree. Noakes murdered an Old man named
40. Crumat a. Chico, recently, BY kicking
him 10 death.
GEORGE ALGEscHIEN, az Washing
ton County, Ore, in ft OF rage, shot III
daughter, infiicting painful, though not
dangerous wound, but thinking he had
killed her he fed 70 the woods and commit
ted suicide.
GEORGE LEONARD SMITH, OF Buffalo,
y. r., while in a semi -Inebriated condition.
seized with both hands one OF the brushes
connected with the generator in the Brush
Electric Light Company's works In that city.
An attendant, realizing the mans danger.
~prang % bis side aud endeavored 70 break
his hold BY striking his arms, but was mol
successful. The engine was then stopped.
and the moment the electric current ceased
smith fell back unconscious and expired Al :
most Immediately.
A TERRIBLE railway accident hap
pencd IN England ON the sth. The express
train from Manchester came III collision
near Blackburn with the Liverpool and
York express. Five persons we're killed
and twenty severely injured, many Of
whom were not expected 10 survive.
Ar Austin, Texas, as Mrs. Sneed. Al
estimabIe lady. wife Of $. q. Snecd. Chief
Clerk II the Ccmptroller's Office, was stand
Ing on > chair tiIling the reservoir or gaso-
line cdDking stove. the hem % her dress H.
nited ~ one Of the jets. She fell from the
chair the floor, spilIing the inflammabIe
al, which AZ once ignited and instantly en-
veloped her in sheet Or flames. and she
died soon after.
RonEET Osborn and his son were
riddled with buckshot while Oh their
way home few days ago In Weakly Coun-
~, Tenn. Both were instantly Killed. Their
murderer- are unknown, bur il IL sur-
ge~tive fact that about month previous the
OSborns shot and seriously wounded Frank
Pate and hIs son Willis, and we're out on
bail, their trial being fixed for the 18th inst.
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militia, and every prccantion taken 20 pre-
vent their release b, outside parties.
NOTORIOUS sanctimonions swindler,
who under tho name Of the Rev. CASTOR dc
Rouhan was sentenced 70 the Missouri Pen
itensiaryin lSs9 for i've years. bur escaped
within wear. has been again operating sue
cessfully IN Noya Scotia, but has heen again
detected and \ now lodged In the Haliias
Jail. The history or his mi<deeds runs back
for nearly twenty years, during which time
he has operated under various names. III
nearly every Catholic community from Cam
ada 10 California.
THE Indian troubles in New Mexico
are assuming alarming proportions, and cv-
cry day brings news OF fresh atrocities COM
mitted BY rowing hands Of savages. A party
Of ten Americans from Chloride city, rein.
forced by twcnty-six Mexicans, recently hal
an encounter IN Red Canyon with a larse
party Of ho~tile~, said 70 have been under
the personal command Of Mana. the redou;:-
ed chief, IN which several were killed and
wounded On both sides. dispatch from,
Socorro, 9Th, says news has been receive.
there Of the killing o. COL Robert II. sfar.c-
ton, formerly 81 the United States Army. N
Mornea Springs. where he has been r,iuni,.
mill He commanded regiment In Ia.
Mexican war, and has long been promiueni
IN the Territory. A subscription Il beins
raised to offer reward 81 $a5 for every III
dian scalp brought into town.
RENEWED attacks BY mcbs on TIE
shops and ~ynaeosues Of the Jews arc NJ
ported In various places IN Pomerania. Sn,u-
~ 49, n.y..
persed BY the police.
THE National Catholic Total Absti-
nencc Union has been In session AZ RostoA.
Archbishop Elder. or Cincinnati, was elect
ed President Of the Union. but declining.
the Rev. J. b. Golfer. OF Minnesota. WA
chosen.
FOREST fires have swept the country
north Of Bay City, Mich. destroying farm
buildings, fences. and hl,ich standing tim
Der. Trains on the Michigan Central Rail-
road were delayed BY clouds d smoke aud
ashes.
A LETTER threatening the Gar with
death was found on d table In his bed 10 M.
supposed to be thoroughly guarded and 10
which access can be had only BY the most
thoroughly trusted Of his attendants. The
officer on guard and four servants Of the
palace have been arrested.
Two suspicious vessels, the Diogenes
and the Socrates. have been seized by The
German Government Al Kiel. They are va
riously reported As being designed for the
American Fenians, the Russian Nihilists, or |
for the slave trade.
The verdict in the case OF Cadet
Whitaker has not ret been made public.
but the finding il said to be unanimous that l
he II guilty Of having committed the alleged /
outrage upon himself. and recommending \
that he be dismissed the service.
WILLIAM GALE, the English pedes-
TRAN, has complc' "a In New York his pnc-
nomenal feat ~ covering Q ZOO quarter miles
in 5000 consecutive ten minutes, and con-
tInned on the track until ne had added four
teen additional quarters 10 his wonderful \
record The fastest quarter was mad. IL
two minutes seven seconds. the slowc-t ia
three minutes twelve seconds.
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How many mo y things there happen
10 % mat we want Khan we need.
Il ~ much % thu oh aslionc | faith
which "can remove mountains II ~
b. iound IN a wen Thy congregation
low much ~ the s.cntl II opinion II
% da Is u ~ kn 'wn As nonsense 100
yea hence?
low m,ny revolutions per minute
VIII a lively kitten u axe ia pursuit oi
1 lis own lnllp
| How much real profit rs humanity i
| there Ia srelng crowd ~ IN s.r,bl.
be sSfs AMI bird. suffering bv dcsriya
tiOn from their natural condition, and
climates. an diving IS inches while be-
Iny haul'i about the country for \.
| great mornl show e'
How can Il born rich man ever enter
into sympathy with poor ones
How many ga~-rs OF rum can a man
take inside NJ "a hour md keep within
the bounds 81 >obrirty?
How many fon-Ncar old wives ara
now IN love with their husbands,
How many husbands ditto with Their
ten ear wiyc Z
How many people really live ~ 10
the golden rule "Do unto Others as yc
would ~ done bysr
How many tn 10 live up 10 il?
How many never TRY 70 tre?
How many .do' Others Al every Or
portunits'
How much better 4 man ; appetite i
when he has no money - buy break
fast;
How many ministers believe what
I. ..4...4. n.
How many ministers preach what
they believe?
How many men were ever convinced
by argument?
How many men fail 10 be convinced
through bitter experience?
How are you?
How many matches are made in
Heaven?
How many IN Hadcs2
How many rich men take any stock
in the camel an I-nccdlc Sc story?
How many people iind themselves
good company for themselves,
How MANY pecks Of dirt does a ten
cent restaurant customer eat ere he
dies?
How many people think they'v We got
money enongh2
How many half-slewed'' men think
no one knows they're drunk but them.
selves?
How many men who borrow money
are certain they'll never pay ii within
the specified time
How many sevenieen-vear-od girls
believe they'll become old maids,
How many want TO?
How much easier il il 70 spend most
dollars than 10 make them
How many people are there who
thinx their luck has been Tie worst
luck ~ All The luck in the world?
How many women viii own up 10
their true agc?
How many like 70 50 own up?
How many groccrs will aythcv have
poor butter when they do have il?
How could anv OF us endure Il man
who never committed sin 81 any sort
in all his life'
How old Ben Franklin lied when he
said. n Early % bel and early 10 rise
makes man healthy. wealthy and
wise. ~ y. Graphic.
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THE Perry County, Ark, troubles are
IN fair way Of adjustment. Writs have
been issued for score 81 persons, and are
being served q rapidly a. possible. The
alleged murderers Of Editor Matthews were
arrested on the ID. Their names are James
A. Isom and w. 3. Payton. They offered no
resistance, but surrendered 70 the posse, re-
marking that they were not guilty and would
prove Il. An alleged accomplish named
Kennedy has also been arrested, and the
officers are hunting for eight Others charged
- being accessories. The JAN IN which The
prisoners are confined 4 guarded By the
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What ARE you goingto do when you
grow up, II you don't know how 10 cy-
phcrW asked an Austin teacher 81 q
rather slow boy. ~ am going " be .
school teacher. and MAXI the boys do
all the cyphering.r was the impndent
reply. The next thing that boy had 70
sigh for was q soft cushiono On the bench.
- Icras Sijtngs.
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William Penn was very honest
man. He would not rob the Indians q
their lands Not Bit Of L. He hon.
orablv gave them several pounds 81
bread and some jack-kniyes for the ter
ritory 81 Pennsylvania. Such honesty
cannot but Be admired. ~ Doston fosf.
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net 10 convention a Richmond on the 9Th.
John ". Daniel was nominated for Govern
o., james Barbour for Lieutenant Governor,
and Gen. Phil w. Mckinney for Attorney
General. The resolutions declare the mAinte-
nance Of the public debt % be essential 20 the
prosperity q the state and condemn repu-
diafion IN every form; bur pledge the party
q use All lawful efforts. consistent with
honor and integrity. 20 secure the settlement
% the outstanding debt. with the consent OF
her creditors, upon a. favorable terms A.
possible. A resolution or sympathy with
President Garfield was adopted.
WILLIAM g. FARGO, Americas pio-
neer expresSman, died q his home in Buff
sAlo, n. n. on the 81. He started OUT in
life poor boy, with opy cJnmon-sch
education. and died worth >ao.ooo.o 900.
The Ohio Prohibitionists convened 1t
Columbus on The 9Th iniorsed the state
ticket recently nominated al Lo,eland.
THERE wa IN exciting scene in the
British House or Commons, on the an.
caused ~ Brsdlaugh's attempt 70 force an
entrance IN spite of the resistance OF squad
Of policemen. commanded 81 DR.. Lyon Play.
lair, Deputy Speaker Of the Commons Brad
laugh failed, though not until he had made q
desperate struggle. IN which be was utterly
exhausted and his clothes torn. lie was
removed from the lobby By the police ana
escorted into the palace yard. where he
stool for some time with his arms folded.
thrre officers barring ~ wsr "a IRE House
In the House there VA = woriy var. oni,e
e exciting a. the muscular war outside.
The Speaker decided that Bradl.urb bad ~
night q enter, and both Gladstone and sir
s',lora Nor'neote Endorsed this decision
L.'oucneIe ana >ir Niifrid lawson protest
'nz' re exclusion o. Bradlziigh' and
1880 resolutions which, Il passed,
o',r n1'e the eject q permitting
s' -aus' take his seat The
ePe.NI refused % entertain Lawson's
resolutions ana poth Labouchere and Law
IN Mnie speaking We're declared out Of or
aer- bo,dhur<t, Joseph Cowen, and John
''-n. 80 protested against the treatment
~ " .'.en D'sn,au3n wa. suniecied. and Mr.
:. q M Va eaiied " order Tor irrelesancy.
- - szn subsequently went % Bow Street
-. summons against the police, which was
reused 'ut the magistrate urged him 20 dle
aniorma'ion ipr assault
HE Presidents condition was so
much improved On the 9Th that Ne Slept ~
fhe H., fi,,. 49,. ~. ..-r... N M.
administration q opiaie.. lii appetite md
digestion were good, little or no fever. ana
nis progress toward recovery was entirely
satisfactory 70 his physicians.
TuE Prohibition amend ment ~ 49,,
defeated II Sor,b e,arol,n, ~ d.n:-,-, ''ss"
jori.v. ''' ~ : a'e'7''s '''-
Tur Democv.,. u ~ $50 -.
D;-,-;,, 1890. ~ ~ IN. s'a'ne
a.-,,, ~ lnav'se hilbert ne
nr,.', 4 u y. .o1 eons'fs-' although
IN Resd ~ n rc, Is.',. 1.lss'on Frank-
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Pickpockcts succeed because they
have an awiully taking way about them
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-23
PREMIER BLArNE,s HEALTH.
Ab~urd ssorie. Abeuf His Rapidly Approach
ing Di.solution.

WASHINGTON. ID. C., June 10, isSl.-Mr. Blaine is
somewhat annoyed, and very much amused, by sen
sational statements sent out from Washington about
his probable future movements The acme IN this
or twc when it was stated that Mr.. Baine- place in
the Cabinet would be rendered vacant by death
The correspondent kind enough TO state that
the fatal malady was Bright's disease. He did not
give the day, nor the hour Of the funeral The pic
ture that be drew of the dying statesman was
touching one Had il but possessed n foundation of
fact. il would have occasoned tears "ls Blaine dy
ing q was asked near friend of his to-day. Not
much. He's the liveliest corpse you ever saw. lie
Il just well as he ever was, except little fatigue,
inevitably incident TO continued hard work, and the
harassing importantly OF ofiee-seekers- He has not
been at the Department for n week more, but has
been working hard at home, secure from the
slaught Of the persistent plaee-hunter. and every
evening he drives walks rapidly from home to the
site of his residence whose erection he Is super
intending in a large measure himself. Just soon
as he has thrown the hungry horde of offeeseekcrs
of the track he'll be at his desk in the State Depart
ment again. II he should 20 back now, he would
accomplish public business whatever. His whole
time would be occupied, as before, by politicians
begging places for themselves or their friends
"Nhen does he sail for Europef r "a. ID. 1900,
far as his present intentions 20. Of course, he may
90 when his present term is out. IL !. n possible
Then he doesn't want TO exchange places with
James Russell Lowell r. Certainly not. He's con
tented for the present TO remain where he is. lie
likes Washington, and is buding, rapidly pos
sbe, fine residence in the finest part of the city,
wherein he PROPOSES to dwell indefinit ". lie is
is borne oat by other credible friends of the Secrei
~, and by his own appearance and action. Accom-
panied by Assistant Secretary iiitt he took long
walk down Pennsylvania ayenuc, this afernoon. at u
swinging pace In front of the hotels he stopped To
speak to sld friends in the old hearty ''masnetie'
wny.-Losfoa Herald
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orr HIS NEsT.-Jamcs G. Clark, the ballad
singer, takes up the cudge]s for Conkhne' anu
like all who go il blind on Conkling, ne Pi'cne'
into Conkling's great bane and terror 'ii"
Blaine, and makes gross errors of statement
He asserts that Blaine, while Speaker, deseefo-
cd to the floor of the House, TO make speech
and apply insulting epitbets to Conkling, sueh
as peacock > urkey-gobbler,' etc.; and 'ha'
afterwards, when Elaine made great sPesch'
ConkIing shook hands with him, and congra'u-
lated him, but Blaine never so much as Asked
his pardon for having insulted him. II Is pity
that man ofMr. Clark's information should com
nit many blnnders, in a partisan cause. Inc
turkey-gobbler" speech WIS delivered IN looo'
Blaine was not chosen Speaker until lody, aiter
Colfax was elected Vice-President. The speech
was made in reply to insulting taunts from
Conkling, because Blaine had disagreed with
him on some pending proposition. Conkling has
never since congratulated Blaine, or offered to
shake hands with him. On the contrary, when
ever Blaine has made speech that attracted
great interest and attention, ConklIng has been
in the habit of turning his back toward him, and
performing other low-liyed eapers, to show his
contempt. Blaine is a man who would make up
and forgive ten thousand times sooner than
Conkling wOuld. Mr.. Clark had better confine
himself to his ballads. He cannot make saint
of the great flattened-out.
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CALL NAMEs.-One Of the pleasantest features
of modern moral reforms is, that their advocates
are 50 handy at personal abuse and calling
names. "The Snarl of an Infdel," /" is what the
Hiawatha Herald calls our remarks on the action
of the Methodist District Conference in resolv-
ing itself into an association of spies detectives
and policemen. But call it whatever please
you; we still think that n church is getting de-
cidedly out of its sphere, when it turns itself
into a blood hound 10 detect and punish vo-
lators of one special law out of all the criminal
code. Call it Infdelity, if you wish but we
still contend that, while the laws of the country
guarantee religious freedom, they should not
permit one class TO violate, under the guise of
religious observance, law that is enforced
against other associations. If an association
called church may drink wine at sacrament,
notwithstanding the temperance law, another
association calling themselves Turner's should
have an equal right to drink beer. Under what
law or rule of reason should church set itself
mp as higher than a law of the land, while that
same church forms itself into a league to enforce
the same law against people who do not belong
to the church This may he the "snarl of an
Infdel, but il is also a demand for equality and
fairness