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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03
An Enterprising Merchant.

Mr.. W. H. Woodruff is out in to-day's
PIONEER with a half-page advertise
ment, in which he gives the public an
outline of his splendid assortment of
holiday goods. Among these elegant
goods may be noticed the following
Porcelain and Bisque Goods. Plush
Jewel Boxes, Toilet Mirrors, Writing
Desks, Silk Umbrellas, Fancy Whislk
Holders, Work Boxes, Oval Mirrors,
Square Mirrors, Diamond Mirrors,
Novelties in Leather, Dressing Cases,
Ladies' Satchels, Plush Odor Cases.
Fine Toilet Sets. A look at Mr.. Wood
ruff's store windows will be sufficient
to convince the reader that his is the
place to buy dry and fancy goods.
Read the advertisement and then
stop in and examine the great stock,
which this enterprising merchant has
secured for the benefit of the public.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03

The Odd Fellows of this city, as q
rule, rejoice over the reelection of
Col. Jas. S. kiger, of Trenton, as Grand
Representative from this State to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge. He had
strong opposition, but was victorious
at the late session of the Grand Lodge
by handsome majority. This was
worthy tribute to a worthy man.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03

The Volumes of the WEEKLY begin with the
first number for January of each year When
no tune is mentioned, it will be understood that
the subscriber wishes to commence with the
Number next after the receipt of order.
Bound Volumes of HARPER'S WEEKLY. for
sent by rlai postage paid, or by express, free
of expense Crowded the freight does not ex-
ceed one dollar per volume, for 81 00per volume
binding, will be sent by mail postpaid on re-
ceipt Of 81 90 each
Remittances should be made by Post-OfIice
Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance Of loss
Newspapers are not to coGp this advertisement
acfthout TIE cypress oldeT Qr HARPER IS Bros.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03

The volumes of the MAGAZINE begin with the
Numbers for June and December of each wear
When no time is specified, it will be understood
that the subscriber wishes to begin with the
current Number.
Bound Volumes of HARPERs MAGAZINE,
for three years back, in neat cloth binding
will be sent by mail, postpaid, ON receipt of
S3 w per volume. Cloth Cases, for binding, so
cents each-by mail. postpaid.
Index to l1ARPERS MAGAZINE, Alphabetical,
Analytical, and Classified, for Volufnes | to 60
inclusive, from June, 1850, to June, 1880, one
vol, SvO, Cloth, S4 90.
Remittdnces should be made by Post-OiIice
Money order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss.
Newspapers are nat 10 copy UiS advertisement
actthoW me express order Of HARPER u Bros.
Address, HARPER & BROTHERS. New York
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03
Still at It..

Still at 1t.
Sneak thieves entered the residence
of VIM. G. Sithens, on North Pearl
street, Saturday evening, and carried
off nine dollars in cash. Mr.. Sithens
and his wife were absent at their place
of business on South Laurel street at
the time. The thieves knew this and
took advantage Of it. An entrance
was obtained to the house by remov-
ing a pane of glass in a rear window.
The sash was then raised and easy adj
mittance obtained. The money was
taken from a cupboard where it had
been placed for safe keeping. 1t is not
believed that one person did this thiev.
ish work. but two, one going into the
house, and the other remaining out.
side to watch. There appears to be
an association of thieves about town
who make periodical visits to localities
where they think there is apt tc
be any money, and thus far it seems
impossible to detect them.
Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs fol
Christmas presents, at very low prices
New York Store, 90 Commerce ST.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03

Brussels and Ingram carpets, Rag
and Hemp carpets, Oil cloths, Door
Mats, Stair rods &C., at lowest prices.
New York store, 90 Commerce st.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03

Knit Jackets, Hoods, Scarfs, Nubias
and Leggings, for holiday presents.
New York store, 90 Commerce st.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03
1886.
HARPBR'S YOUNG PEOPLE,
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.

The position of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE as
the leading weekly periodical for young read
ers is well established. The publishers spare no
pains to provide the best and most attractive
reading and illustrations. The serial and short
stories have strong dramatic interest while
they are wholly free from whatever is perni-
cious or vulgarly sensational; the papers on
natural history and science, travel and the facts
of life, are by writers whose names give the
best assurance of accuracy and value. Illus
trated papers on athletic sports, games, and
pastimes give full information ON these sub
jects. There is nothing cheap about it but its
price.
An epitOme of everything that is attractive
and desirable in juvenile literature.-BCStOD
courier.
A weekly feast of good things to the boys and
girls in every family which it visits.-BIUoh(3H1
Union.
1t is wonderful in its wealth of pictures, in
formation and nteres!.-ChTiStit9l Adrocate,
N. Y.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03

TERMS: Postage prepaid, SEQ Per Year.
Fol vi. commences Noredlbcr 8, 1885.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
Per Year:

Postage Free 10 al subscribers in the Ulsiied
states on C02idGd.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-03
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
Per Year:

1' OIrO t ClI VI n -NIITUtTSI.. IU UU
Postage Free to all subscribers in me Untted
states or Cdndtiu
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06

Captain Dave Medburry, OF Governor
Hamilton's staff, came back from New
Orleans few days ago. lie was guest
on one occasion Of Mr.. Richardson,
who Is noted chiefly In the South for
Two characteristics-hisa admiration for
JEFF. Davis and his hospitality 10 people
from the North, principally. On the
occasion Of Captain Medburry's visit
several others from the North were
there. mud so was tie ex-ehlef OF the
late Confederacy. One Of the northern
guests occupied a seat next that OF Mr..
Davis. After the dinner the northener
turned TO his next chair guest and said +;
IL beg your pardon, didn't quite un-
derstand your name when We were pre-
sented TO each other"
Davis"
"Are you any relation Of the traitor
Davisf" asked the northener.
The ex-chIef replied In the Yankee
style: "were you In the Union army"
mo, sir."
"rhen you didn't hgh. for the princi-
pies involved Ia that struggle"
"No, SIR"
"Mr. Richardson, will You please
hand me cigar, said Davis to his host.
aud lighting the weed he pulled the
smoke over bis head, while the north
ener, turning to bis next friend, said {:
81 guess I've put my foot IN It,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06

The Cleveland Herald says the first
and only auger ever manufactured that
will bore n square hole is now In the
shops Of the Cleveland Machine Com
pany. This auger bores two Inch
square hole, the sire used In ordinary
frame buildings aud barGs, but they can
be made on the same principle 10 bore
square holes Of any size. Its applIca-
tion Is ordinary, aud works on the same
principle as round-hole augers. Its end,
instead Of having a screw or bit, has
cam motion which oscillates 4 cutter
mounted on steel rocking knife which
cuts on both sides. In order TO prevent
the splintering of the wood the ends OF
the cutter are provided with small SEMI
circular-shaped saws, which help Ia
cutting out perfectly square corners. il
is estimated that this new process will
save the labor OF three men who work
with chisels, as one man can conven-
Iently cut a two-incb mortIse In the
same length Of time he can bore round
hole
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06
O.. T'ime.

The sun dial was the first time meas
ure.
The Romaus used water clocxs In ise
B. c.
The hardest clock to keep wounG 10
an eight-day one.
Charles Harris. Of London, invented
the pendulum Ia l64i.
Clocks which keep excellent time my
be bought for one dollar.
In 1870 the first striking clock wss
invented by a clsterican monk.
The style Of modern fAshionab's
clocks ls that of our grsnd-fstbers.
The hrst wooden clock made 10 this
couotry was made by James Harrison
in 1890.
In 1884 Henri de wyck bollt clock
In .hs palace Of King Charles v, u
France.
The highest priced clock 10 America
10 owned by Wall street man. Itw~
made in New York and cost ~ ,Ooo.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06
THROUGH FIRE.

No one could discover how the fire
had originated. That point seemed
wrapped in impenetrable mystery,
while every other detail was known to
Rushbottom and the surrounding neigh
borhood long before the ashes of the
old farm house had had time to cool.
As Mrs. Blakey, for the hundredth
time, explained TO the eager inquirers,
Mark (her husband) had left home Mon
day to dispose Of his corn crop, and she
wasn't expecting him back until We'd
nesday morning. On Tuesday after
noon, at exactly $50, she had stepped
into the garden to take in few towels
from the clothes line, leaving little
Dicky and the baby with their grand
parents in the latter's own room.
The old lady was very deaf, and her
husband confined to his armchair with
q rheumatic attack. She had wearying
day, so she remained some time in the
garden, resting on the green bench In
the hop arbor, when suddenly she OBJ
served a man standing up in buggy
in tho road, looking intently toward the
house; and at the same time Asa Davis
came tearing across the meadow field,
shouting "Firel Fire!"
On this she ran into the house, where
she found her father quietly asleep in
his chair, and her mother vigorously
rocking the cradle with one foot, and
singing:
"Flee from the flames of wrath di-
viueI" while behind them, just two
rooms of, tongue OF flame was rising
from the kitchen-dresser, and sweeping
out at the open window. And after this,
as Mrs. Blakey declared, she hardly
knew what happened until she found
herself and family In the yard, in the
midst of a great crowd, while their
home was burning down before their
eyes.
luC kOOu did hOb SSii W bhSoS
curious folks what it was that had kept
her so long in the hOp-arbor. She did
not tell how, before ''Mark" went away
to the city, he had charged her not to
allow young Walter Healy, the under
teacher in the Rushbottom Academy"
to meet their daughter Bessie at the gate
in the sunset, or to walk home with her
from the prayer-meeting on Tuesday
night.
"This thing must be put stop to, !"
Mark Blakey had sternly said; cor If
Bessie chose to marry man not able to
support her, she might do so, and never
expect any help from himself, unless"
he added, with the grim sarcasm with
which he always alluded TO the subject,
"they should have the good luck to find
the i've hundred dollars and dozen sill
yer spoons which old Aunt Placey had
always said should belong to Bessie,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06
AYERS
Cherry PectoraI

Is not n new claimant for popular conf
dence, but medicine which is to-day
saving the lives Of the third generation
who have come into being since 1t was
first offered to the public.
There is not household in which this
invaluable remedy has once been in
troduced where its use ha5 ever been
abandoned, and there is not person
who has ever given 1t q proper trial
for any throat or lung disease suscep-
tible of cure, who has not been made
well by It.
AYERS CHERRY PECTORAL has,
in numberless instances, cured obstinate
cases of chronic Bronchitis, Larnygitis,
and even acute Pneumonia, and has
saved many patients in the earlier stages
of Pulmonary Consumption. 1t Is
medicine that only requires TO be taken In
small doses, is pleasant TO the taste, and Is
needed In every house where there are
children, as there is nothing so good as
AYERS CHERRY PECTORAL for treat
ment of Group and Whooping Cough
These are all plain facts, which can be
verified by anybody, and should be re-
membered by everybody.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral
PREPARED BY
DR.. ]. @. Aver g. Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06
THE ENTLER HOTEL,
sHEPHERDsToWN w. VA.

'NIR.B +. GRAVES. formerly proprietor oi
IM the Valley House, ls nov running tne
Of good rooms in the Valley House, which II
directly opposite, all persons being boarded al
the Entler Hotel. Special accomm modatlonsior
|commercial travellers. AL persons VINO WISH
10 spend the summer months in pleasant anu
comfortable manner, can do so by stopping ~
this hotel. A trss-clsss Livery in connection
with the hotel and reduced rates VIII De gwen
10 the guess. Also has boats ior hlre lor .no
sccommoda tion OF fishermen. A few bass are
still being caught In the Potomac, weighing
from ave TO seven pounds.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06
Advice 10 a Working BOY.

II YOU take up n trade, push IL to per-
fection. As an apprentice, be prepared
for many unpleasant things. To begin
at the foot means more or less drudgery.
Your inexperience win provoke ridi-
cule, contempt and sometimes abuse.
Because you are boy any man In the
shop may feel free TO order you about,
Be obstinate, sulky and dilstory, and
none of them will care how long IL takes
you to reach higher round in the lad
der. Be cheerful, obliging aud civn,
and you will find every man ready and
willing to speak good word for you
and help along your skill.
When you have become finished
workman bear In mind the well-worn
but truthful maxim that rolling stone
gathers no moss. Steady work at fair
wages Is what piles up the dollars. A
large share Of our workingmen are ever
ready to listen to the glowing accounts
OF the high wages paid somewhere else,
and they spend good portion OF tho
year looking for the place. Next to be.
Ing settled In your mind, be economical.
One OF the chief causes for dissstisfac-
ton among mechanics and laborers
springs from the lack OF good manage
ment and the fact that so many OF them
are spendthrifts. In every city In the
land large proportion Of workingmen
chew or smoke or drink. Their tobacco
Injuries the system aud robs the wallet.
Drinks could better be replaced by cold
water. Two dollars per week are taken
to maintain injurious and selfish hsbits,
and yet those who squander the most
are loudest In their complaints about
harl timpa
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06

"anl that Is. how on sirth that fire
could have got started"
81 know. gra'ma!" said Dickey, with
a cunning little look Of shrewdness and
Importance. 1T was the mouse did L."
The mouse! Law me, child, what
mouse,"
swell. l see him jump on the dresser
and run under the pile Of shavin's and
light-wood, and there wasn't no trap to
catch him. so put match In the shaw
in's to drive him out, and il was him
burnt down the house"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-03-06

aud reckon tDat can carry cut NY
plan, though a palmer fashion than
had thought Of"
"I'n glad 70 hnd It's no worse for
you, Marx. And what will you do for
young Healyf,'
Mark Blakey's hard face softened.
Tears sprang to his eyes.
"I'll give him what he ssks for--Bes-
sIe. He'll find her prize worth any
mans having. But won't be able 70
do much for them, under present cir
cumstances. They must wait, as my
wife and I did. Why, you know we
waited over seven years."
But Bessie and Walter had not 90 long
a probation before them: for, 10! Ia
clearing away the foundations OF the
old house, what should be discovered, /,
securely buried under the stone cellar
hearth, but an old iron tezkettie, cor
tanning the Ave hundred dollars and the
dozen silver teaspoons which Aunt
PIaeey had slways said should belong to
Bessie, and which she was 20 afraid OF
having lost or stolsn from her.
1t was q sum sufficient 10 start the
young couple upon, snd there was no
fear that Walter, once started, should
not be able 10 make his own way 10 the
future.
"There's only one thing that Low
botbers ma, !" said Grandmother Blakey,
as she suspended her darning-needIe and
shoughtfully gased over her spsctaclss,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19
A Malicious Liar The Editor Of
the Argua

EDITOR COURIER Please give me
space In your columns 10 dcnounce the
internal. prepostcrous and malicious IL.
bel published In the Huntinghurg Ar
gus, In Its fanciful sketch OF GARDENERS
murder, and By which II endeavors TO
injure me all possible, by charging me
with being an accomplice OF the Reeves
despersdocs formerly, but OF late turn
ed In former
Now. two years ago In October the
author OF the lie might have known, At
the time the charge Of grand larceny
against the Reeves men was made In
Martin county, was an officer In Har-
bison township. In Dubois county, aud
lived nearly three miles from old man
r. r. Reeves. knew him and the sons
when would see them, rs do most all
the people about kellerville, a. they
would often 20 there TO trade, and would
be noticed moro than others, because
people were suspicious Of them, aud Z
deputy OF Sheriff Joseph then made ar
engagements with me It my own house
for their arrest when II could be ascer-
tanned that they were In Dubois county,
as was all the man he felt could make
an arrest certain. So obligated myself
as an officer At the proper time to 20 to
Jasper for help. which did last August
q year, about 10 o'clock ct night, but the
matter was laid over few days and was
not made al ell. So felt yet under OBJ
legations to the officers relative TO the
same case and men, end on going nearly
to Jasper with the old man and sons. on
the lst Of June, riding with neighbour
man Of mine, told him this is the
Reeves boys, you have often heard OF. II
had not seen them for nearly two years
before.
What would have been thought oft,
II bad remained quiet, and not nform-
ed the authorities. knowing what did n
you might have said "Well, vowelll
knew they werc coming TO town that
day, but did not tell. l guess he must bel
an accomplish Then IL would have look
ed go. But did, what could to bringl
the criminals to an arrest, and don't likel
10 be called an accomplice Of such char
Acters.
claim to be an honest and civil citi-
zen, and have never before been accused
Of dishonesty, or anything wrong, save,
ybe, being little hilarious ct times,
and % the Argus article Is declarative,l
propose to investigate the matter fur
thor, and see whether the author Of so i
vile SANDER is legally responsible, or|
The company financially good.
JoHIEL A. VowELL.
lCelestine, June, 18th 1885.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19

Az OufRAGE.-On Thursday night
Of last week Mr.. James Dillon Jr., OF
Marion Tp., Pike county, . section
hand on the r. r., got on freight train
ct HuntingburR, as was customary, to
60 home ct night Next morning be
was found about ten feet from the track,
and about four miles west OF Hunting
burg, with his dinner bucket by his side,
and his skull crushed In and shoulder
broke, and unconscious. He was taken
home, and when he recovered conscious
ness he said the conductor Of the freight
train and brakeman had struck him
with q coupling pin, and be supposes
they laid him out there for dead. He
certainly would have died bad be lain
there without attention . few hours lon
ger, and as yet the chances are against
his recovery. He is twin brother OF
our fellow townsmen r. Ii. Dillon, ESQ.
No arrests have ss yet been made. II
is time our county was offering rewa ri
for the arrest Of murderers, which will
secure their apprehension.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19

- ~~~f
EDITOR CouRlER: - In regard to an arti-
cle in the Courier Of last issue, stating
that certain firm in the livery business
we're afraid to send teams to French
Lick. for fear of getting the horses shot
BY the Reeves gang. We would say
the whole thing Is false. Further, the
dne-haired customer from Huntingburg
brought with him . gentleman from
Louisville, whom he called detective,
ordered rig, which was ready at once.
But the detective finding out the charac-
ter ofthe Huntingburg customer aban-
doned him, and returned to Hunting
burg on the FIRST train. After two days
search for the detective, the Hunting
burg customer became tired, and was
found by the driver whom he had en-
pIoyed, snoring away in bed at the
Daniel House, At II O'Clock, p. m, in
stead Of searching for the Reeves gang
After being fully aroused he started for
the hills, but how far he went or how
much he searched Is hard to tell. How
ever, be returned next morning in time
to take the III :05 train for "Home Sweet
Home" Last but not least, II the said
Huntingburg customer would pay his
Livery bills, which stand against him
since 1878, be could procure . rig with
much less trouble, and search for the
Reeves gang as much as be likes. We
would like him to search about e35. 20
for us, and oblige LIvERY-MAS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19
The Almighty Dollar
How tho unsuspect.
Ing are Often
Culled.
CAPITAL VERSUS MERIT

II ~ possible that money dipped into bountsou.
supply Of printers ink. u 10 BE- used TO teach false
ideas
Why Is that such persistent snathemas should ali
q once be hurled against hsas Of Potash end Po-
|ta-h Mixturssy'
Those Who insist that Potash Il poison do 40 b..
cause that IL tho way they have Of lighting d. b.
~ the latter contains potash properly combined.
Opium. morphine. strychnine aconite whisky, etc
are all deadly potsons and daily destroying the
lives Of people, and Why do these men cry out
|gainst themr tits because there Il money In sight
20 do Potash 10 not regarded poison, aud very
seldom harms any one. but those who abuse II are
81 Potash IN proper combination Is regarded by the
medical profession as the quickest grsudest and most
powerful blood remedy ever known 70 Those VINO
believe Ia ordinations and Indian
are surely IN condition 70 become rather scranky'
~ their ideas ~ any time. We assert understandingy
that Potash, used In the manufacture Of b. n. r.
4 not poison. and the public need not place any con-
one thousand letters which receive we never hear
word against Its useS The truth H. D. D. Il work
ing such wonders In the Of all blood posons scrof
ula rheumatism. catarrh. ETC. that others are tremh-
ling In their boots. and cry aloud. poison" fraud
because they fear rs triumphant march. Let any
or woman ask any respectable doctor druggist II We
are not right. Do not be deceived hut 20 right along
times In Atlanta than all other blood rsme-
dies combined We don't say that others are poisons
OF frauds we not that easily alarmed but say
Il the best. and have the proof Send for our
32-page book free, aud be convinced.
BLOOD BALM CO..
Atlanta. Ga.
Sold by Mehringer Bros, Druggists,
Jasper. Ind.
Ma
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19

FIRE. - During the storm on last Mon
day afternoon. lightning, struck the
barn Of Mrs. Eliza J. Mosby, in the town
OF Ireland. The flames had such head
way before discovered, that nothing
could be- done to save Il.
II also burned Mr.. Isaac Alexander's
barn, adjoining Mrs. Mosby's. All the
horses we're saved, but Alexander's wa.
gon, harness and several other things
were burned. Mrs. Mosby's barn was
insured In the Continental" for three
hundred dollars. Reinsurance on Isaac
Alexandcr's barn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19

uThe Commissioners made the fol.
lowing levy Of taxes for the ensuing
year:
County tax so cts. on each 500. and
81 poll.
Columbis-Tp. 20 cts. road 10. special
school 20.
Harbisou-Tp. 20, road 10, special
school IL.
Boone TIP. 10, road 10. special school
20, and % cts. poll.
Madison TIP. IS. road 10. special
school 10. and 30 eta. poll, tuition 10.
Bainbridge-Tp. 10. road Is. special
school 20.
Marion-Tp 20, road 10. special school
10.
Hall-Tp. ~. road 10. special school Is.
Jefferson road 10, special school 20,
and 80 cts. poll.
Jackson-Tp. 20, road 10, special
school 20.
Patoka-Tp. 10. road 10, special school
Is.
Ass-Tp, IL, road 10. special school IS.
Ferdinand TIP. Is, road 10, special
school Is.
Jasper-special school 10.
Huntingburg -specia; school 8, poll so,
tuition 5. and poll so.