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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-12-14

3. NJ. Ax,ell county superintendent.
Informs u that II tho next county ineii-
tutc there viii be ain ofatorical contest
among the teachers FOR The champions
ship Of The county. Each township will
select one who will enter the ring ~ 4
representative or his township. Whnt
township will carry on the honor<?
BLOOMFIELD Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-12-14

IN Illinois seventeen jistIllcrics are
turning out 100000 gallons ar whisky
daily against eO,Cs0 gallons n The same
|timo last year. Illinois now manuIactur-
|ers double tho amount of any other sim
glo state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-12-14

New York: Bafnnm has received
word from his agent III India TINT M has
sacred white elephant, for
which " paid $aoo. .0e0.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
ABOUT DEN lists.

a curious contemporary has been re-
Gently collecting statistics relative to
dentistry, and hurls at the public, the
astonishing statement, that there are
1900 professional dentists plugging
away at the molars and inCisors of the
American people. We are not cruel or
reckless enough to assert, that the null
tiplication of the members of this mod
ern profession, can be accounted for,
upon the principle SO applicable to Col
Mulberry Sellers Eye Water, "that the
more YOU use it, the more you'll want
it, but that this is traceable to that pro-
life source of all our woes, bad
stomachs. But whether indigestion be
the true cause Of the rapid decay of the
teeth or not, the aforesaid disease being
chronic with rapid, eating Americans,
it is estimated that American dentists
annually pack into the teeth of their
long-sultering countrymen and women
principally the latter-one ton of
gold, and five tons of silver, platinum
and other metals. 1t is also says ou
contemporary estimated, that the gold
alone that is annually put into peoples
teeth is worth 81 900, 900 and the other
material about as much more, This
represents about SIoo, ooo,o 900 paid to
the dentists, which would give them an
average annual income Of about Sc 900
apiece from filings alone. This is bad
enough, but figures still more startling
are to follow. Suppose the average
dentist to operate upon five persons
daily then, in the course of year, he
will have inflicted untold agony upon
1900 people, and the 1900 between
them will have tortured 20, 900 of
their fellow beings. Nj the horrors of
the Inquisition pale before such facts as
these. But there are only about ST.,
100000 people in the United States,
I'D bout halfof them are at an age
hen they are happily unconscious of
ii. existence Of the tooth-pluggcr,
-.:aying them out of the calculation, it
,ppearS that every man, woman and
hid in the United States averages one
visit a year to the modern torture
chamber.
There is still another aspect of the
case which ought to be viewed with
alarm" It is estimated by our ghoul-
ISL contemporary that at the present
rate of deposition, gold equaling in
value all the coin at present in circula-
ton in the United States will be buried
in the gravcyards before the year 1000,
This, it will be observed, is an unan-
swcrablc argument in favor of crema-
ton. But may We not view with
alarm" not only, but also ''rccoil with
horror" before this picture. Some day
there will be popular uprising, and
the dentists will feel the force of the
pent-up indignation of 4 century of
meekIy-sultered wrong.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
The Coming Congressional Campaign.

A Correspondent of the 3altimore
County Union, writing from Bel Air, of
the Congressional campaign of 1884,
makes the following supplementary ref
erence to our talented townsman, II. C.
Thackery, Esq:
The fall is most past, the winter is ap-
preaching, and the Republicans of Mary
land are defeated. Defeated but in no
sense conquered. The partial success of
the Democrats will only act as stimulus
to renewed efforts on the part of the
leaders of the Republican party in the
fall of 1884. Besides the Presidential
campaign we will have a Congressional
delegation to elect. 1t behooves our chief
men and in fact all who feel any interest
in the success of Republican principles
to be looking up in every Congressional
district the best man of the party to be
the candidates and standard bearers for
the campaign of 1854. | predict it will
be the most memorable of any since
1860. The Republican party of the I'd
Congressional district have number of
good men who would honor any party or
constituency, and in looking over the
many names | conclude that there is no
one better qualified, more available. or
who would presage success to cur party
more certainly than r. G. Thackcry, Esq.
of Cecil county. He is an able lawyer,
an eloquent orator, and above all a man
against whom no word of reproach can
be truthfully uttered, besides he is one
of the most popular men Of his county.
Hartford has several gentlemen well quail
flied and very available; SO has Baltimore
and Carroll counties, but in calling to
mind the list of good, solid, reliable and
prominent men OF the party in the four
counties comprising the district my choice
falls on Mr.. Thackery. 1t is a military
axiom, lin time ofpeace prepare for war, :"
and | simply put the bail in motion in
what l have said above. Let us hear
from Others
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
FLOWING SPRING OF GIN.
A Remarkable Discovery Accidentally
Made Near Tioga.

In the vicinity of Twentieth and Tioga
streets was discovered, yesterday, what
promises to be the most remarkable spring
on record, for instead Of pure water it
rather remarkable manner. For the past
two weeks the children of two or three
families in the neighbolhood have been
coming home drunk, and it was believed
that some saloon keeper was selling them
liquor, but the closest watch could not
prove such to be the case.
On Friday afternoon the children were
followed from the school by one of their
parents. The party consisted of five boys,
and after leaving the rest of their COM
panions they started across a field. About
the middle of the field they were seen to
push aside stone and kneel down and
drink. After awhile they pushed back
the stone and staggered off. John Hip
son, the gentleman who was ''shadowing'
the children. waited until they We're out
of sight and then started for the stone
naturally expecting to find a bottle of
liquor. On pushing aside the stone he
was greatly surprised to find a stream of
what tasted like gin, spouting up. lie
Immediately made known his discovery
to a neighbor, Paul Breen, and the two
men yesterday visited the place and filed
up a demijohn which they brought down
to the city and had tested by experts,
who pronounced it the rurest of gin. In
the afternoon the gentlemen filled a hogs
head of the liquor and the supply seemed
undiminished. Mr. Breen, when seen by
an Item reporter, said: Il do not know
what to make of it. shall keep the ex-
act location of the spring a secret for the
time. From the way it spurts up be-
lieve there is 10 end to it. 1t is as great
a mystery to me as it is to those to whom
have mentioned it The owner of the
ground on which the spring is located is
said to be in Europe. WIa. !Sunday
HfW
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
GO Up f.IGRER. MR.. McLANE /!


That VS. 4 stupendous compliment
liz ly the Easton STAR to the Gov
-inor- elect of Maryland. 1t might
1aye been reasonably supposed that the
question of the name of Hon. Robt.
i. McLanc as 4 possible candidate for
ne icc-Presidcncy would have filled
he measure of ambition of any ordi-
nary Eastern Shore Democratic editor,
out the conception Of a Presidential
candidate in the person of the new
Ring Governor of Maryland is one Of
those delicate touches of humor OF
which but few Eastern Shorcmen are
capable. Possibly Mr.. McLane may
lie possessed of all the statcsman-like
qualities with which the dazzling fancy
of the STAR paints him, to say nothing
Of that tremendous run with the work,
ing men "of the North" How Ions
Mr.. McLanc has been running with
and how far he has run, with the aforc
said working men, is one of those de
Iightful enismas, which only the
heavenly imagination of the 'star" car
solve. In every sense the compliment
IS immense, and fully worthy of it:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
Opinions in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-A determined
effort is being made by the friends OF Mr..
Carlise to induce Mr.. Cox to withdraw
from the speakeIship contest. This Mr..
Cox, it is understood, refuses to DO. If
he ever hopes to be speaker his chances
for getting the place can hardly be better
than they seem at present. While no one
believes that he will hold any positive
strength in the caucus, yet neither Mr..
Randall nor Mr.. Carlisle can count a suf-
hcient number of votes to secure the
nomination upon the first ba lot.
AS the watchword of the Cox and the
Carlisle men is anything to beat Ran,
dali, it is possible that, in deadlock
between the two leaders, Cox, holding
small vote, may ultimately get the sup
port of the Carlisle men, il, 10y changing
about, they can defeat the Pennsylvan-
ian. That such result should be reached
in such way seems to be almost impos-
sible. Still it is Mr.. Cox chance.
The fact that Mr.. Carlisle's friends are
anxious for Cox to withdraw shows that
they believe the New Workers. candidacy
to be barrier to the kentuckian's pros
poets. 1t is also regarded by the Ran
dali men as another evidence of Mr..
Carlisle's weakness, and complete
answer to the claims of winning strength
put forward for him by his enthusiastic
friends.
a Washington correspondent of an
Eastern paper sums up the condition of
affairs in regard to the speakership of the
House, as follows: Randall claims as GER
tain 1O3 votes, Carlisle 81, Cox 63. These
are the figures carefully prepared after
full examination by the candidates them
selves. In addition Springer claims to
have % members. This makes 31j Dem
ocratic members already pledged; but as
this number is nearly eqnal to the whole
vote of the House-Democratic and Re-
publicau-some one must be mistaken.
Concerning the complimentary vote of
the Republicans, there is much opposi-
ton to keifer, and were it anything but
an empty honor, he would not receive
the votes of one-third of the Republican
members. llscock, of New York, was
approached by some of the Republican
members, who proposed to put him in
nomination, but he positively declined it,
and said he should vote for keifer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
BLANCHE BURR'S STORY.
She Declares that She is the Lawful Wife
Of ]. B. Barnard

A special to the Baltimore Herald dated
Washington, Nov. 90, says: Miss Blanche
Burr, the Treasury clerk whose elope-
ment with John Il. Barnard and suisse
quent adventures in the West have been
noted in these dispatches, tells story
that gives new turn to the whole affair.
She claims that she is Barnard's legal
wife and that lie was never legally mar
ried to the woman who claims him as her
husband. In proof of this she produces
a statement signed by Barnard, in which
he says:
Il first met Mary Z. Tindle (NIrs. Bar
nard No. ~ in New Castle, Del, and
married her. But after being married
some time l found she had husband
living, and she told me she thought he
was dead, that he hal been lost in storm
at sea, and l believed her; but after soma
time | was blought face to face with doe
Tindle, her husband, and lie denied ever
being at sea, and wanted her to 90 and
live with him. | told her to 90 if she
wanted to. for he had first claim to her,
but she would not go. left New Castle
with her, and we lived as man and wife
until last July QSS3). Joe Tindle lived
near Seaford. Del, in the year 1857, So
OF 50 with Mary Elizabeth as his wife"
This story, the young lady says, Bal
nard certified to, and she says that when
she first met Barnard at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing she thought lie
was a married man, but he afterwards
assured her that he was not. Being con-
vlnced that he was not married, she says
that she consented to marry him and
told her mother that she was going to do
so. She said that they went immedi-
ately to Philadelphia after leaving this
city and were there married. She denies
that she ever complained that Barnard,
treated her badly, and says that it was
only at her mothers request that she
came here ION a visit, and that she vii
return to him in a few weeks
Mrs. Barnard, on being told of the
statement made by Barnard, said: ut
is true | was married to Joseph Tindle
before saw Barnard. | was then IL
years old. ! married Tindle near Sea-
ford, Del, and lie deserted me three
months after our marriage. About three |
weeks after that got a letter from one
Joseph Anderson, of New Castle, Del,
stating that my husband had been
drowned while going from New Castle
to Wilmington | believed this and
went to New Castle to see to the recov-
cry of his body. | remained at New
Castle, and about three years afterwards
met John b. Barnard, and | was mar
ried to him four years later. He knew
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

'HAs Boston q future?" asks the ar
Xious Boston UeraJG. Colonel Ingersoil
still sticks 20 the idea that she has not.
II any evidence Of John Carlisle's lack
of confidence i'll his election to the
speal:crsh;p were needed, it would be
found in the fact that lie is running his
canvass on y purely cold water basis.
Whenever a Southern statesman sets up
a boom and oIaits the sideboard annex,
it is pretty safe to conclude that he
doesn t expect to march in front Of the
band.
TIE position of the Republican party
in the next session will be one of great
responsibility. The Senate is under Re
publican control, and the executive is
Republican; yet the House is Democratic
by a large majority. The Republican
minority in the House is charged with
the duty Of acting as brake on Demo
cratic rashness. a strong and united
minority vii! be efficient for this pur-
pose, whiio q divided minority will be
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
The story OF the i.ny and ii,c Pistol.


CHNTREyILLE, Mp. Nov. 2o.-An ac-
cident occurred in tie kitchen of Mr..
John w. Perry, about one mile from Cen
trevllr, about =. o clock this morning.
4 boy nine years OF age, and gill four
years of age, children of Eliza Perry, col
nred, were shot. The father of the chill
dren left his revolver on stand in the
bedroom. when he arose to 60 about his
work, and the children getting up shortly
afterwards and seeing it, the boy took it
in his hands and began t. examine it. In
handling the pistol it was discharged, the
ball passing through the ileShy part of
the boys left hand and LODGING in the
throat of the girl. The little girl was
hastily brought to CentrevllIe, where DR..
S. T. Earle examined and prohed the
wound, but without finding the ball.
The little girl is suffering considerably,
and serious results are unprecedented. The
boy 5 wound is Slight.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
A REMARKABLE CASE.
Three Times in the Divorce Court-Di
vorcel in Two States.

An application was made in the Com
mon Pleas Court, Philadelphia, on Satur-
day, 10th inst, by Daniel Dougherty,
Esq, as counsel for Mrs. Elizabeth Mil
Ter, in an extraordinary suit for divorce
against John j. Miller. Mrs Miller mar
ried the defendant abont 90 years ago.
She did not live happily with him, and
marital troubles ended in an absolute
divource. \ short time after the separa,
ton the widow married RobertJ. Randall
of Philadelphia, n brother of How. Sam
uel J. Randall. She lived with him a few
years, and then obtained divorce. She
had several children by her first husband,
and through them had kept up her ac-
quaintance with him. She was nearly
so and he was 81. She visited his house.
and since her divorce from her second
husband they saw each other often. lie
said to her one night, she says:
Suppose we were again what We were
before, do you think that you would be
satisfied and happy?'
She answered Yes" and so they were
remarked. on February 10Th of this year.
On August 4th she left him again. He
had blasted all her hopes, she said, had
treated her cruelty and turned her out of
his house, and she hurried into the di-
vorce courts for the third time. She de-
| clared that her husband, by his treat
ment Ct her. had made life intolerable
| She asked the Court to free her again,
| and that she might be able to live in the
meanwhile desired alimony until the pro-
ceedings should end.
No answer was filed to her libel. but
| the application for an allowance was
strongly opposed. Witnesses for Mrs
Miller testified that her husband had real
estate worth 100000. Mrs. Miller in her
testimony declared that her husband was
professional gambler, made large sums
of money, and conducted gaming estab-
| lishments in Philadelphia and New York.
| The Court granted her weekly allow
ance until the divorce proceedings end.
| In the winter of 1877. Mrs. Miller, at
| that time Mrs. Robert J. Randall, was
| divorced from her husband by an act of
| Legislature of Delaware. This case was
| before the Legislature at intervals nearly
| the whole session, and both parties ex-
| pended money laviShly to accomplish
| their object The husband made appli
| cation for the divorce AID put his case in
the hands of VIM. G. Whitclcy and Geo.
'. Massey, ESqs., and the wife, who OPP
posed the application. was represented
by the late Samuel Vi. Harrington, Esq.
Mr.. Randall frequently and sumptuously
| bauquetcd the members of the Legisla-
ture while his application was pending,
yet his chances for Il divorce, it is said,
were very small until the wife appeared
at Dover. Her department about the
capital, it is claimed. was such as SO
strengthened her husbands case that the
divorce was granted in a short time after
she reached the town.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24

Taking the Wrong Train and Walking
Across Country to Lecture.

lakihS the wrong Train and Walking
Across Country to Lecture.
When the 5:45 train arrived at Prince
ton, N. j., on Tuesday evening and
Matthew Arnold did not appear among
the passengers the people who had as
semtled to meet Inn were cnnSid, IA bly,
disappointed. it was soon learned. how
ever, that he had Ia ken the wrong train
from New York, getting on through
express, which did not sop at Prince ton
Junction. But the ubfiging conductor
stopped for him, and Without waiting for
the branch train, the apostle Of sweet
ness and Light showed his pluck and
muscle by walking to Princeton, three
miles across the country.
After tea at President MrCoSh's, Mr..
Arnold was introduced to the American
Wing Society, OF which lie is an honorary
member, and then proceeded to the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, where he was
to deliver his lecture on "Literature and
Science When Dean Murray introduced
him to the large audience, remarking
that, although England had Lowell. vet
for this "inter, at least, We had his illus.
trious compeer with us. Mr. Arnold rose,
bowling and smiling a great many times
before he began to speak. On IA music
st&ud, at his side. was his printed lecture.
His voice was good, though not always
audible. lie never changed his position
while speaking, excepting To nod his
head 10 his printed matter at every SEN
telcc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24

STANDARD I'AE, says til phlad :
paia LIDGER, appears to have been
made party question in Bangor, y e.,
as a despatch from that place say that
the Mayors veto of the ordinl1.c
adopting the new standard was sustained
Coy the votes Of three Democrats" It
IS hard to tel, however, how party men
would decide which side to take on
such question. The Democrats might
be inclined to stick by the SIN IS they
cling 10 the Constitution, and the Re-
publicars, as a party OF progress, -
could hardly consent to set thcir clocks
hack. But such considerations in Ban
gor would put Democrats and Kcpubli-
cans on the same side Of some one
question, and that would never do.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
Chiian Peruvian -Ati.iirs-Ex- Minister Far
tridge's Letter.

tridge's Letter.
Washington, Nov. 20-The letter of
Mr. Partridge, late United States minis
ter to Peru, printed in Tie SIN this
morning, was brought to the attention
of the State Department officials, but
the only answer to interrogatorics was
an evident indisposition to furnish any
information tending 20 throw any light
on the subject. Secretary Frclnghuy-
sen read the letter of Mr.. Part idge, and
remarked that Mr. Partridge had no
connection now with the diplomatic
service, and the department had moth
ing to do with the controversy i'll which
he was engaged. While neither the
Secretary nor other officials of the de-
partment would make any positive state.
ment, the inference may very justly be
drawn that Mr.. Partridges course in his
diplomatic capacity did not meet the ap-
prevail of the department, and his relin
quence of such disapprova. AS neither
Mr.. Partridge nor the Lima correspon
dent of the New York Herald can agree
as to the nature Of the correspondence
which he carried on with Caiderun and
others pending the difficulties between
Chill and Peru, an official transcript of
the correspondence becomes necessary to
determine its character. This or por-
lions of it can he furnished either at
Lima, Santiago, or Washington and Mr..
Partridge, when he says 1.-THE whole
truth will come out before long doubt
less had in his mind the belief that this
correspondence would soon be made
public 1t has been accepted here in
diplomatic circles that Mr.. Partridge, in
the course that he took in Chla- Peru
Wan affairs, violated the well-settled
foreign policy of the United States
Government, although Coubtless with
the best intentions. But i'll diplomacy
blunder is more than crime, and the
penalty of loss of his position fell upon
him. The rule of reticence which pre-
walls at the State Department renders it
impossible to ascertain whether the facts
in this important matter will appear in
the regular annual volume of diplomatic
correspondence, but all the correspon-
dence and the instructions to Mr.. Part
ridge can be called for by either house
of Congress, if not given in the regular
way. In regrad to Chilli PERUVIAN affairs
the department for some reason has been
more than usually uncommunicative,
bnt probably after this lapse of time the
department, if called on by Congress
would not feel necessitated to construe
it as ''inconsistent with public interests
to furnish entire the correspondence of
Mr.. Partridge at Lima, Nj. Logan at
Santiago, and its own correspondence
with the CHILEAN and Peruvian ministers
ut Washington, forming, as it is said to
do, one of the most interesting chapters