The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-08-03

Ahout tho state Murder The VI
a d. n. Railway Auditor
lsctter The Crops The
Knox County Far. &c.


N,>crx~rs. Ind. July 81. 1851. The \
rcccnt horrible murder Ia x',ut ssunty.
mi which hn~ excited our people over
~ aifocisv. brings 70 Tho mind ~ youf
correspondent the terrible stale ~ nilsirsi
hat existed ia this city bnf short time
srn. when The assassin -isiked npon our
streets carrying ~ arsenal with murder
l,u- intent. The lapec ~ hnt . week nr
month brought another murder Of ne
/. mns, 'inpi-ruslinc and rcNo!iinz nature,
until COR citizens had worked up 20 such
\ pitch ~ mind thai vengeance or swim
Justice was encouraged anil wlnked az al
\ round. HIT peace has rciEned supreme
among a. Tor 10. these many months.
willie The horrid butchcry o. peacenble
ana honorable people IN our ncigl5oring
|counIie~ grows rampant. Law u good.
hut The slow. tedious workings 81 Our
courts have become . mockcry, and the
'peoplc vii: some Of these times take The
t'iaw IA their own hands, and dispense
|, Justice 70 the murdefcrs and outlaws q
, orr community.
I AZ che surveying Of the Wa q. x.
I Railroad has commenced from this city
on both the lower and upper Petersburg
I routes, there Is JOY among our entcrpris-
o 'inr ana co-a-hcad citizens over The pros
I pcct or q railway from this city through
" pike aud Dubois counties. which will
/ 'aford ymr people an outlet for Your
4 timber and coal interests, produce &C,
: and the great advantage 20 be derived
z by our people thercfrom in the way 81
Increased trade here The kickers 70 the
Enterprise here have about subsidized, and
!, the threatened Injunction will be only
:. talk Of Tie past. and the road built which
2 We think. will DO one Of much comincf'
= cisl Advantage 70 yincenncs and con-
|" venience 70 your people
81 Onr clever County Auditor. Mr.. Ger
" ard Rcitcr, whose term Of Office VIII ex
n pirc On the first OF next November, In
Z held position IN that Office for the pas
nlncfccn years. the last eight Of which
= were as principal. Mr.. Reiter X com
N 'parativcly n Young man, and Is the mos
''inopular individual in tho county, no
only among the Germans but al alike
lfor his probify and straight forwardncss
n His books and Office ere kept In the mos
g correct. neat and regulated manner, AM
~ lhis pcnmanship Of record work probably
u has but few eauals. We're be eligible
\ he could have been rc-elccted with
1rf Wtik~OttI. jill We ~ 'tn< - t>~-~~s N m
reIsfcp higher.
NJ The quantity OF wheat sown in III
~ lconnfy last fall was 59.3s7 acres, and "a
=. humber OF acres Of corn planted mi
rcIspring was i6.O3i. Tie yield Of whea
IN Inns surpassed The expectations Of our iai
RI liners and others. some fields turning ou
la much a. IS to 30 bushels per ncr'
while the corn promises 20 be the great
cc ct yield OF many previous years. Their
r iwerc FOL acres 81 potatoes planted, wa
n, but IL acres ofTohacco 10 Knox connii
Our County Fair, which opens Octt
~ Der eth. will be the EIandest o. al ou
81. lpreviaus exhibitions. The cnc'oSnf
", contains 30 acres, j. beautifully shade
';5 iwcli ls:;l Of. and has ali the neecsssi
n, accommodation for stock and iiSpla,
-. Tx farm products. SC. From $l5O1
Y, s2O,0OO lave been expended npon q
Iprcmiscs ~ the way Of necessary bn'i'
;invs. sheds. a., and tic President. VI
Iii personally known "a number Of yo'
iciiizcns, Mr.. II A. Fonlks. and Gcra'
IRciter. Secretars will leave nothing "
Iou done 10 make tlr rrming exposition
NJ Irrand SUCCESS 10 tic company and
en- pleasure 20 visitors.
~ when the v. q %. X. Railroad shi
w have been completed from Jasper
-. vinccnnea, We hope 10 see the editor
Y. lthc CoUEiEn. and as many 81 ihe goo
"e pcople Of old Dubois - possible, VI
our city often and accept the hospitali
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