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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-06-27

= Ocnfn-Strlcken Iu<Dnnos = Murdered
Lover and Son with the Latter's BLOOD
on Hts Hands the Result ~ Violation q
the seventh commandment.
PfxE VALLEY. PA, June l3
a long standing scandal In this COM
munity has just had . startling
climax, involving the probable death q
two persons and the vrccking Of two
hitherto peaceful and happy homes. Tho
principals In the unfortunate affair were
Jabez Grant, q farmer living IL this vii
lage, and Mrs. Joshua Willig. the wife Of
farmer Of large wealth residing few
miles from Pine Valley. Mrs. willig Is
: young and decidedly handsome woman
between thirty and forty years OF age
and the mother Of four children. Some
time ago an intimacy sprang up between
Mrs. WiilIg and Grant, and recently their
names wee associated In . notorious
manner and the tongue Of scandal was
kept busy discussing The numerous esca-
pades Of the guilty pair. Grant availed
himself Of the absence OF Mr.. Willig to
visit his wife, and although their inter-
course was generally talked Of as scan
dalous, Nr. willig appeared blind 70
the real condition u affairs and paid no
attention 70 gossip with which bis wifs's
name was connected.
On Wednesday morning he left bis
home, intending 10 be absent . couple u
days, and on the evening Of his departure
Grant went 10 Mrs. wings, aud, de-
spite the circumstances u the lady's
oldest son, be remained there al night.
Young Willig, finding that his protests
were Ia vain, left the house and spent the
night AZ neighbours. III the morning
Grant and Mrs. WiIlig were missing, ~
was also some 81 900 In money belonging
% Mr.. Willig.
WHEN Mr.. wtLrrG RETURNED
home, and learned Of the dIsgraccful con-
duct Of his wife, he. was 20 shocked and
excited that be rupturcd blood vessel,
and bied proiusely from hemonhage u
the lungs. lie bad for some time been IL
delicate health, and was at once placed
under the care Of physicians. His son
went Ia search Of his mother, and found
her with Grant AZ Germans tavern. lie
demanded that she return 70 her home,
and return the 5000 she had stolen.
Grant az once attacked young
Wil.ig and beat him violently about
The face, continuing the assault until
Mrs. Willig be1gcd him 70 desist. Al
soon a. he was released WillIg sprang
back 4 few PAGES, drew a revolver and
fired three shots at Grant, each Of
which took effect in his body. Willig
surrendered himself and was placed
under $4,000 bail, 20 await the result
OF Grants injuries. During the excite
mcnt that followed the shooting Mrs. Will
liz escaped AMI has not since been seen
by any 81 her family. Besides the a. 700
Mrs. WillIg has In her possession al the
title deeds 10 her husbands property tits
supposed she fed 20 Baltimore, and q
Telegram has been sent % Chief o.
Police Gray In that city 70 intercept her.
Mrs. WilIig married some twenty years
ago and gossip has at intervals been busy
with her name, but her husband appeared
20 have implicit confidence ID her. Il Is
reported this evening that Grant Is dead.
Mr. Wiliig II sinking rapidly andca only
survive lew hours. The sympathy Of
the community \ with young Wiliig.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-06-27

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-06-27

The first bag Of -four ever made Of
California wheat and exhibited AZ :
public fair was the one made BY John
M. IIorncr. Of Horncr's Mills nj Union
City. Alyarado. IN 1850. and shown ~ a
fair III the Music Hall. San Francisco,
In that year, and ID which was awarded
the highest premium Of fifty dollars.
That bag of Hour + now on exhibition
ut II y rooms of the California Former
in San Francisco. --San francisco
Chronicle.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.

Our friends throughout the state
have about ceased urging sectional
candidates on the next democratic
convention. This is as it should be.
Even the best of them would be
beaten by such violent partnership.
Our next governor must be dem
ocrat sound and conservative, with
patriotism confined to no section;
with a record unimpeachable; one
capable of gallant leadership in a
hardly contested campaign.
The party is committed at the
mouth of it's most trusted leaders to
the policy and necessity of a consti-
tutional convention, and here the
wonld-be leaders will have ample
space for display of the qualities
required in the candidate of the
democracy.
Inc people OF FLORIDA need a
cool, skillful head; they want no
buncombe and no bloody shirt bus
mess; neither do they want milk
and water leadership. The issues
before us must be met openly and
clearly discussed.
We have plenty of good timber out
of which to make what we want,
but unwise advocacy of a mans
claims by his immediate friends
may wreck his political fortunes.
Wherever he may come from, our
leader must not leap into the saddle
on any sectional issue. The next
convention Will meet to nominate
our candidates. We want no cut
and dried programme.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01
CONGRESSIONAL

The republicans in congress are
bitterly the pension bill for
the benefit of the veterans of the
Mexican war, seemingly for no rea-
son except that most Of it would go
south. This shows how much real
sympathy they have for the old sol
der.
The outrage mill is slowly grind
ing out its usual yarns, and all ex-
pectations are being fully realized.
If this kind of work would ever
lead up to any practical result, we
should cry ego ahead" but it is at
least suspicious that it should always
commence on tho eve of a national
election.
Between Keifer and Boynton it is
simply question of which is to be
credited. Each sticks resoIutely to
his statement that the other is a
knave and liar. We move that
the investigation be adiournel to a
cheaper theater.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01
N EXTRA SESSION.

" many of our state exchanges
= clamorous for an extra session of
he Legislature, to appropriate mon
Fey to make a Florida exhibit at the
approaching New Orleans Exposi-
ton. We are free to say that we
think the active movers for the ex-
ira session have miscalculated the
authority of the Legislature to make
such an expenditure. The state
constitution, while not very clear in
some particulars, is wonderfully
clear on this point, and while we are
not prepared at this time to combat
this call with plain facts and figures,
we are already apprised that the pro-
ceeding will be unwise and impolitic.
1t must be borne in mind that our
state is lamentably off in many
things that are almost necessities
and this spasm of generous intent to
90 some hundreds of miles away
from our borders to make a fruit
and vegetable show at the expense
of the tax payers is Inconsistent
even if the money could be lawfully
drawn from the public vaults to meet
the expense. IF we look about us
we can see a hundred ways in which
the public moneys could be spent
to more substantial advantage than
on this ephemeral junket. We need
decent states capitol, in place Of
the old rookery at Tallahassee. We
need to have our states educational
institutions better fostered and more
thorongly equipped, and an increase
in their number. We need greater
appropriations for our public school
system. We need, indeed, a new
constitutional convention, made up
of honest, practical and capable
men to reframe and revamp the pres
ent one in force. This will cost
money-all these improvements will
cost the tax payers, and as they
must come quickly we see no reason
for the present scheme of scattering
our means in advance. We should
like to see Florida accredited at
New Orleans with just such an ex-
hibit as she is capable of making,
but as her means are limited she
would do wisely and command re-
spect by contenting herself at home.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01
OUR CITY.

We have the prettiest city in
Florida; we have crowds of visitors
from every land and cline, we have
the best landlords in the state, we
have the best business men, the
most enterprising and large-hearted,
but we suffer little things to hide
our good qualities to the careless
eye. Our public virtues are hidden
to all but the observing strangers,
our faults lie patent and thrust
themselves always on the public
gaze.
Our police are inefficient and our
streets are so filed with old boxes
and straw that ou2 orange trees only
emphasize the contrast. We know
our present council has done much,
we know that the Forthcoming re-
port viii give our citizens a clear
for the first time of our
city's finances, but so little would
do so much that we must urge some
body to do something for the good
name and fair repute of the Gem
City of the finest state in the south.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01
ABROAD.

Instead of a partial shower our
old mother England finds herself in
a perfect storm. To distract atten-
ton from home troubles in Ireland
She sought glory and plumber in
Egypt, thinking both would be east
ly won as long ago in India. To
save her people from financial loss
she mixed deeper and deeper in the
affairs of that country till she now
finds herself in serious danger of
loss in reputation as well as purse.
FL Mahdi is steadily gaining ground
and the poor old lady now hos her
nerves still further agitated by a
dynamite explosion at
the Victoria depot in London. Ii
this thing goes ON she will have one
of her nervous headaches and want
to go to bed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01
William H. Hunt, United States

William H. Hunt, United States
minister to the court of St. Peters
burg; whose recent death has been
announced in these columns, claimed
New Orleans as his home. He was
a fine orator and a good lawyer, and
before he entered politics enjoyed a
lucrative practice. He was appoir-
ted Judge of the court of claims by
Hayes, which place he vacated to
accept an appointment in Garfeld's
cabinet, as secretary Of the navy.
When Arthur succeeded Garfield,
Mr.. Hunt was rendered the Russian
mission because he was not wanted
in the cabinet. He is said to have
been rather pompous and egotistical
but withal generous and kind hear
ted. He sprang from Louisiana
family of ability.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01

The picnic plant will soon lift its
little head to the warm sunshine,
and then the young man who swore
off from excursions last season will
pack up some mustard and pickles
and lap robe and spy glass and go
ut with his girl and fill his skin full
sof cactus needles and festive red
buos.A
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01

Senator Sherman's wife spends at
least six months in the year at
Mansfield, Ohio, where both she and
John were born. She was a daugh-
ter of the late ex-Lieut.-Gov. Stew
art, of Ohio, man of wealth, who
decidedly objected for while to
giving his daughter to John Sher-
man.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01

If the legislature is to convene let
us have the procession in full feath-
er-per diem and all. 1t wont look
well to have the spike-tailed mem
bers of the body moving up to the
capital in emigrant wagons and
camping on the commons like lot
of cayote hunters.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01

Blaine hopes to be president by
the grace of the republican party.
Blaine is the shrewdest political
manager in the field up to this wri-
ting, and now that Edmunds has de-
clined to be a candidate, he is the
ablest man spoken of in connection
with the republican nomination.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01

Two ships will constitute the
Greeley relief squadron, the Thetis
flagship and the Bear. Comman-
der w. S. Schley has been detailed
to have charge of the expedition.
Lieutenant W. H. Emory, Jr., will
command the Bear.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01

Mr.. Springer proposes to amend
the constitution of the United
States so that the president and vice
president shall be elected by a di-
rect vote of the people. He also
proposes to increase the presidents
term to six years, and to make him
Ineligible to a reelection. Such
amendments have been frequently
proposed in the past, but have not
generally met with much favor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01
PALATKA, FLA, MARCH /, 1884.

Senator Alfred H. Colquitt has
been selected to represent the state
of Georgia on the democratic con
gressional campaign committee.
This appointment will give to GER
tain Georgia journalists an air of
opaque gloom.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-01

Some men are hard to discourage.
Judge Foraker, whom Hoadley de-
feated, has just made a speech in ad-
vocacy of Senator Sherman for
president.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
An EXDlaplatiOu.

The telegraph operator at the p, w
x Il. Railroad station denies that he or
dered gentleman, who was warming
himself, 20 leave the room. He say
that the porter was scrubbing the foo
at the time, and the place where tn,
gentleman was standing was very wet
and he merely asked him to step aside
until the porter had finished wiping up
he says the request was made in polite
manner, and he thinks the gentleman,
who is aged, must have misunderstood
MIN. The young man says further that
ne has no authority to order any one
out of tue station, and would not dare
10 do so, even in the case of man who
vas not acting right. The statement of
tine operator is confirmed by several
persons who were in the vicinity, and
t is probable the whole affair was the
Jesuit Of a misunderstanding.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18

In 1850 General Sherman, then a
young lieutenant, was stationed at Mon.
terey. Returning thiiher on one occasion
from visit 10 San Francisco, he was
attracted by the continuous crying Of a
child at q rancho on the road. He in
quired the cause, aud learned that the
II other and her friends had done all
they could for it, but as they were toe
poor to buy medicines or send for doc.
tor. they had given up all hope and sat
waiting foi The POOR little creature to
die. As he was travelling under orders,
he had to push ahead with all rapidity,
but on his arrival at the fort he related
the incident with q great deal of ANNA,
ton and some pathos in the mess room.
Dr. Murray, then syouDg:assistant sur.
geon, listened with bis heart In his ey es,
and, with the ardor OF youth, vol.
unteered his services, He was given
permission to go, and, hastily preparing
for the journey, he rode seventy miles
on his charitable mission. He was
rewarded by the recovery of his patient
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
Death and DestitutlOn,

Coroner Powers yesterday held al
inquest il the case of the death of A
three-months-old child by the name Of
John Berry, in a room of 62i Emily
street, Philadelphia, occupied Ly it,
father, mother, and two other children.
The parents are drunkards, and the
only bed of the family is dirty mat.
tress on the floor and a filthy feather
bed for covering. The woman admit
ted pawning her household effects for
money to buy liquor. The day previous
to the death of the infant there was no
lire In the stove and nothing to eat.
Death was the result of starvation.
The two living children have been
cared for by the Society to Protect
Children from Cruelty.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
An AftenlDf 10 Rob.

About O'clock yesterday afternoon
while Mrs. Reynolds, wife of Osmond
Reynolds, al Twenty third and ra,nal
streets, was busy with her household
duties in the kitchen, and her mother
was lying down on bed in the second
story front room, the last named heard
some one sueaking in the room, ana al
SO a noise at the bureau
The room was darkeutd, and thinking
it was her daughter, She called that she
Was not asleep, aud there was 10 ne.
cessity for her moving so quietly. A
moment afterward she heard some one
hurry down the stairs aud pass ont the
front door sIamming It as they vent.
The old lady called her daughter, and an
examination showed al seytIal of the
bureau drawers had been ran sacked,
buL nothing taken, as the thief was no
doubt frightened of brtuIc he had an
opportunity 10 secure any fluuder.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
FOURTH EDITION,


PARIS, Jan. 1.-THE Figaro (news
paper) says that the English Charge d :
Atfaires at Pekin has induced tn
Tsung.L Yarnen to declare that China
will be satisfied If tie French forces
will abstain from invading the cities OF
Lang-San and Gao. Binh.
1t is stated that the Chinese com
mander in-chief, Li-Hung-Chang, ha'
declared that the Chinese forces at bdc'
Mini have been ordered TO withdra"
itaenty,6ve leagues to the northward.
The mediation Of America between
China and France upon the Tonqnln
question after the capture OF Bac
Mini by the French is considered GER
tain.
A committee Of the Chamber of Depu.
les has decided that the petition OF the
delegates of the unemployed working
men which demands that the Chambers
shall provide work for them, shall be
examined aud their case investigated.
Owing to the violent language of the
delegates who waited on several Depu.
ties yesterday with the petition, their
entrance to the lobby OF the Cham Der
was prohibited,
Mr.. Stern, an American banker, was
married to Mile. Sophie Croizette, OF
the Coincide Franchise to-day.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18

This evening the Opera House VIII
be occupied by the most renowned o.
all minstrel companies, the greas and
only Callenders This celebrated troupe
Is not composed Of burnt cork artists,
but Is made up entirely Of genuine
darkiss, the imitation Of whose conf
calities has been the basis OF all min
strel business from time immemorial.
Over half hundred noted colored per
formers will appear in q programme
whose magnitude and variety has never
been excelled, afiording three hours OF
uninterrupted enjoyment, and present
ing to the eyes of the pleased specta
tors q series of the most interesting
scenes and incidents, depicting the
the various phases Of life among the
darkies down in the realm where King
cotton reigned supreme.
The scene representing the Tropical
Grove is of the most beautiful descrip.
ton, and In II the entire company IL
introduced, and many delightful songs
and ditties are rendered In AN effective
style. The mere announcement OF
these universal favorites should be
sufficient to crowd the house.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18

Jacobs Royal Unique Novelty Com
pany will open at the ppera House on
Monday night an engag, ment lasting
one week, every afternoon and evening.
This company have with them" Hop o
My Thumb, tiny ml'e, such as was
never seen before, and probably never
will be again His dimlnutive size is
uncomfortable, and it is impossible for
the mud to picture man, a living, in
telligent being, sound in health, pretty
in feature, and perfect In form, only
eight pounds in weight There is also
the little Scottish Queen, Miss Jennie
Quigley, with her sweet, full-toned
musical voice ; the Royal Alidgets, two
diminutive Italian gentlemen, with
wonderful attalnments, and a host OF
other novelties that must be seen to be
appr' ciated As the admission is only
10 cents, there is no doubt but there
will be- a series of crowded houses.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
Dots.

Proposals for removing garbage from
our city for the coming year will b.
found in another column. From the
contracts heretofore made we infer tina,
there Is no bonanza in 1t.
-Four new express cars for the Sa.
vannah, Florida and Western Railroad
will be shipped to-day by the jackson
Il Sharp Company.
The schooner Ella p Slaymaker, on
which case OF smallpox recently de.
veloped, has been thoroughly cleansed
and fumigated throughout.
The Sons of Veterans will b. out in
full force TO- night, and gala time is
Expected.
Deverell Bros. advertise groceries at
reduced rates at No. 10 East Fourth
street.
For bargains in dry goods read the
advertisement of &. Worrell IN To-
morrow's RErUBLICA:.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18

The continued cold weather makes
sleighing excellent, and fortunate own
ers Of horses Gnd cutters are taking al.
vantage of the same and are putting In
all their spare time. King street was
alive with fast steppers yesterday after.
noon, and the usual crowds watched the
sport on the street corners. John +.
West, owner of the pacing horse
" Calico carried of the honors, while
a few others made it warm" tor him
at times. Racing was continued in this
thoroughfare until about 3 O'Clock,
when an accident occurred between
William G. Martins sleigh and another
sleigh driven by man named Moore,
who keeps tie stable on French street
above sixth, near Eight and King, dur.
ing which both sieighs were Injured
after which Mayor Wales issued orders
TO the officers TO stop all racing, and tie
street assumed its wouted quletne,4.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
Ancient Piece OF Labor.

In the year 1852, twenty-fifth Ed
ward I'LL, the wages paid to haymak
ers were apenny day mower OF
meadows threepence a day, or FIVE
pence An an acre ; reapers of corn in
The first week of August, two pence lin
in the second, threepence day, and SC
on until the end of August, without
meat, drink and other allowance, find.
ing their own tools for threshing a
quarter of wheat or rye, twopence half.
penny a quarter of barley, beans, peas
or oats, three halfpence master car
penter, master mason, fourpence day;
other mason's threepence, and their ser,
wants three halfpence day tilers,
threepence, and their "knsves Ga.
borers }, three halfpence plaste rers and
other workers Of mud walls, and their
knaves, in like manner, without mea'
or drink, and this from Easter to Mich.
aelmas, and from that time less, &C.
cording to the direction of the usti-
Ces.
Daily Republican., 1884-01-18
CAUTION.

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ike II. To proven. disaster and disappeint-
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