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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-09-07

y Terrible Murder ana Almost Lyncutn9s
DALrIxonK. ND. Aug. =.
Intelligence WAS received here this even
ing o. the brutal murder 81 Il. B. Gallop.
the lessee Of farm q still Pond. Kent
County, Nd. The tragedy occurred early
yesterday morning. and such was the ex-
element caused BY the commission Of the
dastardly act. and the indignation aroused
thereby, that the murderer, James T.
Leary. narrowly escaped being lynchedb BY
che infatuated residentS IN the neighbor-
hood. All parties 20 the shocking affair
are respectfully connected and are In COM
Portable circumstances. Lsary being a.
Of this city. He i represented . POSSESSES
ing quarrelsome and passionate dispose
tion. He had formerly been lessee Of the
farm where the tragedy occurred. On Sat
urday quarrel ensued between Mrs Gal
Iop and I%ary over : postal card, which
soon - Il was received. and Leary abused
Mrs. Gallop In the most offensive man
ner. When Mr.. Onllop returned his
wife informed him Of what had trans
pired- Gallop refrained from speak
Ing % Leagy until yesterday, morning;
words followed. but peace WIS restored
and the difficulty was supposed % have
been settled. Just q this moment, however.
Ieary drew . sharr-bIadcd knife and
plunged Il into Gallop's abdomen. infIicting
fatal and horrible wound six inches wide.
disen76owelinx his victim. After lingering
in intense agony until this morning. death
ensued- Immediately after the stabbiny 2
crowd or excited men gathered and marched
20 Gallop's residence with tho avowed In
tention of lynchinE The murderer: ,.,l NJ.
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- AUV<s -. AK ~
A shocking and fatal accident &C
CURED this afternoon at The Kohler-
Alger block, being built on South
Howard street y. A. Kohler, Esq,
Republican nominee Tor Representative.
and two stcnemssons named VIM Car
michael and Samuel Harris, were standing
on . scaiFold twenty i've feet high. when
three coping-stones fell on the scafFcld,
causing Il 70 brepk. Harris fell dat on his
back on The solid foundation and was
struck on the breast By one 81 the stones,
weighing about 80 pounds. His chest and
head were crushed and hacked into an A.
most unrccoEnixable mass. He died -
about twenty minutes. He leaves . wife
and child. Carmichae! also went e tns
hottom and was terribly cut and bruised
On the head and other parts Of the body:
He will recover. Kohler- prevented tali
~ catching hold or the 0ange Of the IRON
part u the Intel. He hung simply by the
TIPS OF his fingers for several minutes. until
Ne was rescued from hisperilous situation.
He was almost completely FRUSTRATED from
The shock 20 his nerves.
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trate. despite her age, she being only niue
teen years old After her Tilted suitor had
waited FOR her for about an hour, he In
formed her father OF her actions. The
premises were searched, but without avail,
and 4 then occurred % the young Iady's
father that she he'd skipped again, and
horses were procured and they sssrsed ~
hot pursuit. but the daring couple were
marrisd and nothing could b dons.
Indians Items-
The Indianapolis grain quotations are;
Wheat--No. Red, <1-o5t<3i.051. Corn
Mo. 2. lS9loc. Oats--36a 26<c The Gin
cinnati quotations are: wheat-No. ? Red,
<l.o.(al.0S. Corn--No. 2, 52fa52sc. Oats
No. =, 2o|619Sc. Rye-No- 2. 5S(ajStc.
Barley-No. > Fan. nominal.
Frank Edwards. : Richmond pauper,
suiciled TIE other day BY jumping a.
front ot : moving train Of cars
John Gis>ler. aged thirty. on his way
| 20 Chicago from Pittsburgh, was struck BY
west-bound freight train on the Fort
| Wayne Road, two miles east Of Columbia
| CITY, Whitley County, few days since,
ana almost instantly killed. His remains
| werc sent 90 friends q Pittsburgh
The wife o. Samuel Boots. well-to-do
| farmer living In thu edge Of Montgomery
| County, hanged herself IN = smoke-house
i few days ago. She left her home 10 the
/ morning. and her husband went in search
| Of her, they having had disagreem mt
While be was away his wife returned and
hanged herself.
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nsn snd hanr,i ne visilan,ss arre CAP
enred locoms1ive End nade : thirty mile
"Trip from PART CITY % coolvllle Tor the
purpose q hanging Murphy.
F0UR persons worc smofhcrcd and
ono fatally injured by Jumping from win
dow n : tenenent hoose nre IN Boston %
The 2Gth.
a FARMER living near East saginaw.
Nich.. named Charles Lincoln. con a Caleb
Lincoln. killed bis father Tho night % 10
28lh. ne old man was drunk and trying
% shooe BE con.
OK the 26th Daniel 4. White killed
Joscph Jonerin Baltimore saloon No
only provocaefon ~ had was challenge
| from jones % spar.
The steamers St. Germain and Wood
burn wsro n collision n ne EnsIIah Chan
| nsl "a ~ -. NJ latter went down and
eighteen q her crsw vsrs drowned.
Nrwcoun. Exprcorf & Co.'S large
80 1870 ~eors q pssrois. Mich. vss
damaged o. ths - % ths extent o. $4,000
o. $l2ooo. he nrs. which was con0ned 70
| ne Gfth story We quickly GO under con-
trol ana extensive damage pssvenssd-
Los fully covered BY Insurance..
WHuE stealing = ride upon the top
Of sleeper o. " Hudson River Railroad
| On the 18th. Henry T. MITCHELL and an un-
known person. both q Boston. had their
skulls crushed q Rasoook tunnel.
Orr the coast Of France on the 10Th
TIE steamer Palermo. from Hamburg 70
Lisbon, vas IN collision with The steamer
1 RivoIi, from Balboa 20 Uiddlosoorougn-
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- HiEh1 HovD<un0 Francis korru
iAuAsruf, b D.. fornrr1y Dishop q North
nnp>1n. Ing. did On ~ -
on 10 I'd TIE cou1ifion a. Count
D, CAnnbori continusd very critical. ~
~ recsivod ~ last sacranent q 90
Dr. Lxwn swIrr. Director q the
wsrusr Observatory. Rochester. \. n.
ucpor(. - discovery e : couot o the "a.
Tn Count q Chambord died tho
norninx q ~ 11cA-
TIM Chr and Czarlna q Russia arc
ezpsrssd . Win - royal fsniIy q On
u,ark ~ short tims.
n. Tallapoosa. with SECRETARY
Cnsnd1nr - board, vas = Bar Harbor.
~. o. >he 3<th.
Tn Withdrawal q Sir Stafford
Uor1hcoos from the Conservative leader-
zip u ne British parliament ispredictsd-
AMONG the legacies len By Count De
Chanbord - Large one . ths Pope.
DEsnuo % 90 to Balmoral without
)nslay, Qossn Victoria insis1sd O having
~ PnrIinmcntary session brought % .
kI6se q - -. Iho csremony q Tie
1sdkcn<ion d - caIrn q John Brown was
0xed Cor Dsp>ember 4.
TRREE challenges q duels cucumber
- hands q p. Callan. msnber Of the
UrIfilh ParIiamsnk He expressed deter
mlnafion % settls with his llsts ell disputes
Wifh IN Who insist On personal sa<isfac-
hon, and cid he was willing % devote -
mnch q >horucoos - might b needed %
uoccunfer q that kind
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Oh no! but 3 paifSof slippers euibroid-
cred in red, green and yellow with 4
terra Gotta ~. ]. = in wreath of eglan-
tine on each toe and "Mery Christ.
mas card tackled to the pair. Poor
Jonesl this was ever worse than he ex-
pected 1t is enough to break up any
man to thrust pair of embroidered
slippers upon him, and as he stood and
looked, and shivered, and realized that
the things were four inches too short,
and had soft heels. he saw paper stick
ing up curiously on one side. 1t was
addressed in a mans handwriting to
Mrs. Jones. Ha! ha! this, then, was a
clue!
1t was; It was the bill from the man
who soled the shoes, and it included
one for the velvet and another for the
embroidery, and Jones was trying to
foot the matter up to his satisfaction,
when tremendous blow fell upon his
head and a fearful howl rent the air as
Bridget shrieked:
Cow, We mizzable. Uneven, maraud-
in blaggard. I'll tache We tn stale into
dacent peoples houses = Oh, howly
Moses! it's the master himself, bad cess
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Old Traditions.

There is an old tradition that Christ
was born about midnight. From this,
bells are rung at midnight in England
and on the Continent In Roman Cath
Ole countries it has long been custom
AIRY to inaugurate Christmas with the
celebration of a midnight mass, which
is followed by one at dawn, and anoth-
er in the morning. 1t was an old En-
glish superstition that on Christmas eve
the oxen we're always to lie found on
their knees at midnight; that the cocks
crew; that the cabbage seeded, etc.
The devotion OF the oxen was derived
from an old story that an OK and ass,
which were in the stable at the birth
of Christ, fell on their knees IN 8 sup
plant position, and that a cock crew.
The custom of singing carols at Christ
mas, which has passed into oblivion, is
said to have sprung from the songs Of
shepherds and others at the birth Of
Christ. The common custom of dec-
Grating houses and churches with ever
greens is derived from a common be-
lief that sylvan spirits would flock to
those eyergreens and remain there until
the coming in of a milder season. Hol-
ly and ivy are the evergrecns chiefly
used in England; these are also worn
about the head, and the phrases, ia
kiss under the rose and to ''whisper
under the mistletoe," have reference tc
this practice.
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The Jones, skeleton.


Peace, like a white-winged dove, has
lately brooded over the Jones family,
but one day last week the demon of dis
cord entered most unexpectedly. Jones
was getting ready to 90 down town in
the morning, and in looking for a hand
kerchief In the family bureau found a
drawer that resisted HMM fact il was
locked, most unheard of thing in that
family. At first 1t only made Jones
mad, because the resistance threw him
across the room, and bounced him up
against a chifonier on the other side,
but when he regained consciousness he
called Maria and asked her, with white,
calm lips, where the key was. She
said it was in her pocket. He demand.
ed 1t. She refused to give it to him; and
then ensued one of those painful do
nestle silences which are so much more
narrowing than words or blows. Jones
went out and came in for three days,
and sulked during the whole time, for
an awful suspicion had taken possession
of him. He remembered that Maria
had been distraught and mysterious
lately, with CLASSY look in her eyes.
He recalled the fact that several times
the door bell had rung in the evening
and she had evaded his inquiry as to
who was there. He knew the evil ten
dency Of the age and shuddered at the
idea that Maria had met u handsomer
man than he. Green-eyed jealousy took
possession OF his soul and ate and ate
into bis heart like a canker!
But all things come to an end. One
night Mrs. Jones went out, and as she
tripped past the parlor door she looked
in and said "Jeptha, if you hear the
baby grtrgle wish you'd look at him :"
That was his opporunity--now or
never. He crept softly up stairs and
entered the peaceful room where their
child was sleeping and turned the gas
down to the merest glimmer; then he
stealthily produced u key and fitted it
into the lock of that drawer and pulled
II silently open, and there lay before
him-the picture of that other manp
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How the Sunshine Came.


A boy OF twelve stood leaning against
n fence on Dutiield street yesterday,
hat pulled down, feet crossed, and his
right hand going up occasionally to
wipe his nose, when along came
another anatomy about his size and
asked:
"Sickp"
"No."
Amy the family deade"
"Going to run away"
III dunno. I've just been licked"
"Who dun itg'
dad"
"Did your ma ask him TOP"
Eyes. She told him had been
aching for il more than q month"
Say said the new arrival, "you
are in luck. I'm trying my best to git
dad to whale me. Id give fifty cents
II he had tanned me this noon and it
was all through hurting
! "WhyP"
"Why! Haven't got three dollars
saved up TO buy pup and Marin Christ
mas presents, and if | can git EN- to
whale me before Christmas won't
spend every cent Of that money on my
selfp How much you got?"
1.-Two dollars
Bully! You are all right! You've
bin licked, aud they won't expect even
q stick OF gum from their pounded son.
I'll 60 home and slam the baby around
and steal sugar and kick the cat and
sass mother, and If / can git walloped
tonight Ill meet you here tomorrow
and VIC II pool in and buy more pistols
and scalping-knifes and rock-candy and
nuts and raisins than you ever saw be-
forel Zip! Peel me down, dear father
hang my hide on the fence, mother
darling"--betroH Free Press.
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A ChrIstmas.Box.

II wasn't a pretty box all trimmed
with paper-lace and embossed pictures
and filled with bon-bons
: II was made of wood, and once upon
time it came to Mr.. Daley's store full
of soap. It was under Mr.. Daley's
counter that very afternoon before
Christmas, when Dakie Lane came to
buy ten cents worth OF raisins and a
pound of sugar and pound Of crackers
and very little spice.
"Going to have a puddingP" asked
MIR. Daley's boy, weighing out the
sugar.
"Yes," said DalIie. "And want a
stick Of candy, too, if you please, to put
in the baby's stocking. There's a
cent
It was very large cent and it shone
as II Dake had polished it.
That's worth two sticks" said the
grocer-boy. 1--WE don't often see such
a shiny one. "What're you going TO
have in your stocking"
Nothing, l guess" said Dakie; "I'm
too old. Tn going to be the baby s
Santa Claus"
"0h,n said the grocer-boy, wrapping
up the two sticks OF candy; and Dakie
didn't see him pay for one of them out
Of his own pocket. That's it.
A lady-customer at the other end OF
the counter was giving Mr.. Daley a
good many orders, but she had ears for
the conversation going on between
Dakie and the grocer-boy, and she
smiled at Dakie as shs went past him
out Of the store-door
Perhaps that would have been the end
Of II, if, ON her way homo in her car
riage little later, she had not passed
Dakie again with one arm full of his
small parcels. just at that minute q
big dog bounced up against him, and
down went Dakie on the sidewalk; and
the paper of sugar burst open, and the
raisins were scattered about, and more
than half of the crackers went into the
gutter.
"0h, dear melt said Dakie, as he he
gan manfully to repair as much Of the
mischief as he could.
mo pudding now" thought the
lady; and in minute more she was
being driven back to Mr.. Daley's store.
There the soap-box was pulled out
from under the counter. and into il
went all sorts Of nice things; raisins and
currants and figs and nuts and candies,
until it was quite full. Then the cover
was nailed on, and Mr.. Daley's man
was hurried away with it to Dakie's
home. where it arrived almost as soon
as Dakie HIMSELF
"Why, why, who sent i'll" cried
Dakie.
~ don't know" said MIR. Daley's
man.
But Dakie knew the moment he read,
In big letters on the cover: "For the
baby's Santa Claus"
ut was the ladyp' cried he. "Oh,
isn't she beautifully
"Bu'fulI' echoed the baby. = Youth,
compdnion.
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The Lancet offers these delightfully."-
cheering remarks to the middle-aged
dyspeptic; Elderly people are often able
TO compete with the younger members
of the family in the enjoyment of Christ
mas cheer in manner which amazes
their middle-aged relations. The ex-
PLANTATION is that the digestive elements
are long preserved, so that man who, in
the prime of manhood, was martyr to
dyspepsia, by reason Of the sensitive
ness of his gastric nerves, eats and
drinks with the courage and success of q
boy in his later years, when his nerves
are blunted, and when, therefore, his
peptic cells are able TO pursue their
chemical work undisturbed by nervous
worries"
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TEE EMpoRrA NEWS.
HOLIDAY EDITION:
ON THE cHURcH.STEPs.

teans ont Of church; the grand music was
Ebebells had been runr,
nut ny heart was stu singing the toyfuliest
Ny heart ever sung.
Iuent through tho verbsl 10 be loved. TO be
porsls.s g he alaA Christmas sunshine he
ontho ohuruh-sseps.
yopsse ] had promised TO make him pres
That beautiful day,
And th l.','g y was costly, I'm sure wai
10 eive II away,
And thcngh on that moment my life was DO
100 bso l.sis y my power I stood there pre-
o. the ehuroh-stepa
And what was this present the dear boy ex
You goose. cant you guess
Well, lleten-he asked me 20 hard with hi
had to say--yca
He knew he had conquered. made no re
Dnt gave dinl my love for hIsiOye and exist
Thsrs. on the church-stegA
~. Y. Graphic.
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-rAup poor WIN many q care NofBats
The debtor think not OF his debta
But - they each enjoy their cheer,
Wish II we're ChTlsttnab ali the year.
.-2Aotaas AiJler.
Christ mas IL heonly holiday Of Che
gear chat brings the whole human fam
iIy into common communion. " Charles
Uickens.
.-9eEne say, thatever 'gainet the season comes
! Wherein our Havl0re birth Is celebrated,
IHe bird OF dawntng eIngeth oil night long,
80 hallowed and gracious 10 tho time.
--Shdksspeare.
1t Is good to be children sometimes,
and never better than at Christmas,
when Its mighty Founder was q child
Himself ~ Dickens.
Rise happy morn rise holy morn
Draw forth the cheerful day from night,
o, Father, touch the East, and light
Tho lighs that shone when Hope was born.
--T6nRns0n.
IT'S the season for kindling the fire
Of hospitality In the hall, the
genial flame Of charity In the heart. ~
Nitshington ,lrpisg.
The helFrles Of nil Chrlstendom
Now roll along
The unbr0ken song a
Of peace on earth, goodwill TO men.
--LonQfcnov.
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Christmas comes! He eomesi He comes.
Ushered with a rain OF p ums;
Holies In the windows greet him,
Schools come driving past TO meet him,
Gifts preoede him, hills proclaim him,
Every mouth delights 10 name him;
Wet, and cold, and wind, and dark,
Make him but tho warmer mark;
And yet he comes no one embodied,
UniversRl'g the blithe godhead,
And In every festal house
Presence hath ubiquitous.
Curtains, whose snug room-enfoldorA
Hang upon his million shOuders
And he has a million eyes
OF FIRE, and eats million pics,
And Is very merry and wise
Very wise and very merry
And leaves a kiss beneath the barry.
Leigh Hunt.
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Christmas ana New YEARS. Items.
s-Iie5oice. oiir Savior Ito was born
on nhalstlnas day in the morning. !.


.-liesoico our Savior Ito was born
ON Ihnlstnas day IN the morning.
ON ChytstHlas CtiTH N "Ssr(eh Boolt. !"
The best Christmas presents are
those that will beautify o home for .
llfaslIfne.
s-At Christmas be merry and thankful withal,
And feast thy poor nelghbora the great with
The small, - Thomas Ttieser
How TO present Christmas pres
ent 10 children sock It 10 'eIn. --L9W-
w Courier,
without the door lee sorrow lie,
And Il for cold II hap to die,
Wall hurry 4 IN a Christmas pin.
And ofornioFe BIO mercy. -4lyither
I'm England barrel Of oysters Is q
very common Christmas present to a
country friend.
Tho night that erst no name had worn,
TO ~ happy nAtno IL giveni
Por IN than stable lay, newborn,
me peAcnful Prince Of Earth ana Heaven.
"A --Alffod UDmNleiE
ChTietInas comes but once n year;
bnt then Il makes It's presents felt. ~
~ O. Ficuyll,le.
.sChrlstmasi Hoar tho 10Y bells Hingl
GLADLY IN the churpheesinE
or His mercy, or His power
And the Rifss tho angels shower.
--Mlsfdm Lester.
II have always thought of Christmas
tirne as q good time; q kind, forgiying,
charitable, pleasant time Dickens.
II .ss ats the holy Chrsstlnas-birth.
Be this good friends, our carol still
hepeaco on earth, be peace on earth,
10 ni6n of gentle win. --TAochefdp.
Devise liberal things for the poor,
shat they may, by your gifts, DO re-
minded Of the coming Of the Christ
child
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His friend suddenly disappeared, and
Pinkerton Puckerpurse found himself
alone hugging his bottle instead Of a
baby, for he had only been dreaming.
The very next day he signed the pledge
and his check for 81 900, which last he
gave to an orphan asylum,-L. Hop
kins, IN Christmas Graphic
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"Hai she sleeps at last and now to
my revenge!" "Stay!" said the mon
itor within, "perhaps you were an in
FAINT once yourself This view of the
case never occurred to him before, and
he hesitated. Another ring at his door
bell. "Ha! twins this time, III war
rant"
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=" Are you going to make New
Years calls this year?" asked BurreH
Chase, on the day before New Years,
Of Bronson Alcott, another Austin So
ciety young man. mo, l am not
going to make any New Years calls
this year, but ! am going TO make calls
next gear, which will be tomorrow IL
is little late to make New Years calls
this year. - Texas Sittngs.
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to him. How was to tell him from
emmy other thafeP"
Jones patched up peace with
Bridget, who promised to say "Niver .
wurrd" to Mrs. j., but oh, with what
weary heart does the unhappy man
wait for the coming Christmas!-De.
troll Post and Tribune.
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Obviously, the first thing to be done
was to try and soothe the little savage
to sleep, or the neighbors would be
reused Bachelor Puckerpurse's sHush-
a.bye baby, thy daddy Is green" sound
ed very much like thewailof a doomed
man, as he wildly swung the basket to
and fro.
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A folne looking masher yes are, indadei
An how many New Years calls have ye madep
An where did ye go? We haythenish brutei
Ye miserable, outlandish Raloot!
Ill tache We yer manners, an learn We 20 stay
At home with the childers on next New YearG
Dayl
Yer poor, innercent wife Is tRlking-dye heart
Dye moind, now-just wish me Happy New
Year,"