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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-24

The eyes Of all followed Buchy's eyes.
Afghan stood leaning against the man
tel. pale as a ghost.
presently continued Buchy, II
heard voices. aud the next moment
Monsieur Louard and man entered
the work shop Monsieur Louard held
in his hand package. and the man
said he had received II only that after
noon. and. supposing II was something
connected with proposal to sell build
ing-stone from quarry on the estate.
he had opened II and become possessed
OF it, contents
.sIt astounds me- said Louard. and
know not how to communicate the
wonderful news to my wife
".Write her a letter. said the man.
and he got ink and paper and laid them
on the desk. As he went for tine ink l
saw him take something from bench
and put It in his pocket. Monsieur
Louard seated himself In his easy chair
in front Of the desk. and the other die
tated. 4 shall end my life happily.
he said Monsieur Louard wrote. When
he reached the word life the man
babe him stop and lei him consider
what the next word should be. Mon
sieur Louard leaned back in his chair.
In an instant the man drew something
from his pocket; at the same moment
he seized Monsieur by the long hair be-
hind and drew back his head. There
was flash and stroke Of the arm
across Monsieur Louard's throat and
the blood spurted forth.
Horror sat upon Madam Louard's
face. Afghan during the recital had
stood transiixed When the china,
came he gaspcd and exclaimed:
The man j. a maniac. II is the ut
terance of an IDIOT. Ii Is an infamous
fabrication
He moved toward the door. DR. Tur
bigne confronted him.
THAT is the mani sad Buchy. point
ing to Afghan. He turned savagely
DR.. Turbigne seed his arms from be
hind, and held him as in wise. Dr
Levisse looked around: then he seizet
the bell-rope and tore il down. III
next moment Afghan was bound ant
helpless.
Buchy continued: Il was paralyzed
J / tried to move. to scream. but coul'
not. Then Afghan laid the knife on IN
moor ~ the tirI ~ manu- W thc iulucAS y
man. He examined his hands. AM
stepped carefully TO avoid the blood
J Then he quilted the room and closes
the door, which had a catch-lock. The
recovered my strength II staye
, there should be deemed the assassin
arose. passed the corpse and quilted tn
room. closing the door: then fie'
! downstairs TO give the alarm before th
! murderer could escape. My feet fle'
from under me. and after that all Is
blank until few days ago"
, After Aignan's trial and convictio
! and sentence to penal scryitude fc
thirty years. he admitted the crime.
..Iplayed a bold game he said. IAN
7 lost. If / had had more time ! woul
, have possessed the whole estate. ~
: u DisDdfrh
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-24

She: 1T is really wonderful to SEQ
now well the men keep STEP he:
bah. that is nothingi When I was
.oldier used to keep step better than
all the rest put together. - burlington
Hdwkeyc.
"A New York tooth carpenter adj
verti>es full set of teeth for five dollars,
while yon wait There are places out
West where YOU can have full set Of
tee b inserted for nothing while you
wait, unless the bulldog is chained
Psck's Sius.
Ethel: What does r. 5. ". P.
mean on all these cards mamma Is GO
ing to send oute' Edward (ten years
old: why. that means. well, let me
think. oh. yes. it means. refreshments
served at five precisely! thought you
knew that much. u Boston Beacon.
A sad-looking man went to the
United States Mint and applied for
board and lodging. "Sir. said the
mint man, haughtily,. this : not
boarding-house. = Nor replied the
sad-looking stranger. Il was told this
was the place where they make cash.
And then they scent him AWAY \.
Herald.
A lawyer walked down the street
recently, with his length Of arm taxed
to hold lot Of law books. To him .
friend, pointing at the books, said:
..Why, thought you carried all that
stuff in your headP'i II do" quickly
replied the lawyer. with knowing
wink; ''these are for the Judges. -
Toledo Blade
-.sFull many Q flower Is born to
blush unseen" Oh, no, Ariadne. not
much it isn't. unless the flower is quite
conscious that somebody Is looking at
il it does not waste its time in idle
blusl.es. 1t attends strictly to business.
holds up its head and briskly asks the
next bee that comes along to step in
and examine its new stock Of domes-
tics and imported pollen before pur-
chasing elsewhere. -Burdeftc.
1--WE are OIL, cried fair bride as
the locomotive pulled away in its en-
dcavor to move the train. Just listen
to the chew, chew OF the engine. Y
s.What bad habits,r replied the groom.
with tear in his eve. why. darling,
what do you mcanP" she inquired
swcctly. Nothing much. angel. ex.
cept that the engine not only 'chews'
but smokes She got off at the next
station and returned to her parental
home. -- Merchant Trdrcicr
This is the way the Evans Col
Journal Is attempting to scoop is con.
temporarics: If any one is contem'
plating going where the woodbins
iwineth. hanging themselves, fooline
with mule. becoming baseball um
pire, killing his or her mothcr-in-law
eating rough-on-rats, monkcying witt
a buzz-saw, or doing other rash ant
poetical deeds. please give me him
on Thursdays or Fridays, as We 50 4
press carly Saturday morning.
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THE LIeERTv BELL

I-rHiLADEIrHIA. 1870.
equareiy prim md stoutly built.
Free from glitter and from gilt.
Plain-from Intel up 20 roof-trcc and to
bclfry bare and brown
stands the Hall that hot July
While ~, snt fo,k amonF an slous BIZ ,s,,
the Quaker town.
Tlark! stir. sudden shout,
And y boy comes rushing out
Signaling 10 where his grandsirc In the belfry,
waiting, stands;
"Rng," he cries: "thc deed u donei
Ring they've signed. and freedoms wont"
And the ringer grasps the bcll-rope with his
strong and sturdy hands,
whIlc the Bell. with Joyous note
Changing from its brazcn throat.
Rings the udings; all.cxuitant-p ealsthc news
TO shore aud sea:
Man Is MANA slave no longer:
Praise % SdS od t We're 1 t RE- s0"sef
II.-SEw ORLEANS 1885.
Triumph OF the buildcr'sarL
Tower and turrct spring and start
As II reared by mighty gcniI for some Prince
OF Eastern land;
Where the Southern river flows,
And eternal summer glows-
Dedicate 10 labors grandeur. fair and vast
the arches stand
And. cnshrined in royal guIsc.
lower-bedcekcd meath sunny skies.
Old and time stained, cracked and yoicelcss,
but where AL may SEQ i well:
Circled by the wealth and power
or tho great worlds friumph-hOur-
Sacred 10 the cause OF freedom, on its dais
rests the Bell
And the children thronging near.
Yet again the story hear
or the Bell that rang the message. pcaling out
10 land and sea:
\" Man Is mana slave no longer;
Truth and Right then Might are stronger.
Praise "a God We're free; we're frcrl''
III.
Prize the glorious relic then.
with its hundred years and ten.
BY the Past priceless heirloom 20 the Future
handed down.
Still its stirring story tell
TIL the children know ~ we'll
From the joyous Southern city 70 the North
ern Quaker town.
Time that heals all wounds and scars,
Time that ends all strifes and wars.
Time that turns all pains to pleasures, and
make the cannon dumb,
Still shall join in nrmer grasp.
still shall knit IN frendii<r clasp
North and south land In the glory OF the ages
yet 10 come
And, though voicelcss. still the Dell
Shall its glorious message tell.
Peaing loud Der all the Nation. lake 70 Gulf
and Sea 10 Sea;
sMan Is mana slave no longer;
Truth and Right than Might are stronger.
Praise 10 God We're free we're free,"
Z. y. BROOKS, IN ~. NtllotdA
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Where the Marriage Service Was.

They were discussing the marriage
service. They were men. II they had
been women there would have been no
story.
Il tell you the marriage service reads
So"
II say il does not"
II say it does.
Il say il does not"
LETS look 1t up. Waiter. have you
Bible in the house?'
.'No. sir.
What's the good Of looking in the
Rible? The marriage service Is not in
the Bible"
II bet you il is'
I'm bet you il isn't. It's in the
apocrypha. - San Francisco Chron-
icie.
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
THE HOREss.

Thore's the man that lets you shake his
limpy hand
He's q bore.
And the man who leans against you when
you stand
Get his gore.
There's the man who has fear
That the world is, year by year,
Growing gwOrsc--perhaps he's near
Bolt the door.
There's the fellow with conundrums quite
antique
He's n bore.
And the man who asks you "Whatg' when.
e'er you speak,
Though you roar.
There's the man who slaps your back.
With button-bursting whack-
III you think he's on your track,
Bolt the door.
There's the punster with his everlasting
pun
He's q bore.
And the man who makes alliterativc
"funn--
Worse and more!
There's the man who tells the tale
That year ago was stale
Like as not he's out of jail
Bolt the door.
-IChicago News.
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
SOUTH WASHINGTON.

Mr. Lewis f. Clements, who was the
deputy collector of customs for the WASH
ington harbor for sixteen years, and whose
incumbency was discontinued by order OF
Secretary Manning, Is repainting and i'm
proving the store-room at the corner of
Seventh and Il streets southwest, where he
proposes to open n cigar tobacco and
periodical store. "Lewp enjoys the nc
quaintance of large circle of friends,
from whom he has received an amount of
encouragement and assurity for his success.
Sergeant George T.. Nokes of the South
Washington police squad, who has been
confined to his home for six weeks from In
juries received IN a tussle with n negro
prisoner, will probably be retired from the
force on the recommendation of police
surgeons. The injuries are of such char
acter that IL Is feared will permanently dis
able him from police duties The Sergeant
is one of the Oldest members of the depart
ment and is universally esteemed by his
colleagues and numerous friends outside
the department His duties as an officer
were always discharged with courtesy aud
vim that only became good officer. The
better part of his life was spent in South
Washington, where he is universally known.
Sarah Dorsey, colored woman 26 years
of age, residing at No. 626 X street south
west, while on her way home from Eleventh
and Water streets about o'clock last
night, was stricken with hemorrhage, and
upon reaching home, died before assistance
could be rendered. The coroner viewed
the body this morning and gave q certificate
of death accOrdinply
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29

Incorporated in 1868 tor e5 years by the
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purposes with capital Of Sl,0OO,OOO, To which
added.
by an overwhelming popular vote its fran
chlse was made part Of the present state
Constitution, adopted December >, A. d. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on ami en-
dorsed by the people of any state.
1T NEVER SCALES OR POSTPONES
Its Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly.
A splendid opportunity to win fortune.
Eleventh Grand Drawing, Glass l., In the Acud.
emy of Music New orleans, Tuesday, NOycmr
her 10, lSs5-lsGth Monthly Drawing
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
Keeps " Dollar shirts
beats them all. Keeps, 437 Seventh st. n.


The First Power Printing Press
The first power printing.press used
in this country or on this continent was
invented and patented by Mr.. Daniel
Treadwell in 1926 and was put into
operation in Batterymarch street, in
his city, in 1927 1t was bed and
platen press Of pretty large dimensions,
the bed being capable of carrying a
form a little larger than the ordinary
hand presses then in use. The bed was
horizontal and reciprocating The press
was constructed of very large wooden
timber about twelve inches square and
a great quantity of cast and wrought
iron. Connected with its huge wooden
frame was a Wilderness of belts, cams,
pitmen, gearings and cranks. Its
weight was enormous Boston Jour.
nal.
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD,
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SUNDAY, MAY g.
1885, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Leave Washington from Station, corner New

Leave Washington from Station, corner New
Jersey avenue and street.
For Chicago, 10 n. m, and 1910 u. m. daily
The 10 a. m. Is Fast Limited Express to
Plttsburg and Chicago, arriving In Pittsburg
at 7:3O p' M, Chicago next morning at S:55.
No extra fare Is charged on this train for fast
time.
For Cincinnati, Louisville and ST. Louis daily
at $50 p. m. and 1910 p. m,, with through
points without change. $3.50 p. m. train Is a
last limited train to Cincinnati and st Louis
arriving IN Cincinnati next morning at 7:45,
81. Louis $50 p. m. Noextra fare Is charged
on this train for fast time.
For Pittsburg ut 10 a. M, with Parlor Car,
and O:lOp, m. daily TO Pittsburg Cleveland
and Detroit, with sleeping cars to pittsburg.
7:3O $50 and 1905 a. m, 1910, l:25 3l5
a5,minute train, $3.50, 4;30, 44O, $40, $40,
Z, S:25 and | p. m.
For baltimore on sundays-61O, 7:3o. $3.50
and 1OOb a. M. 1:25, l:30, $780, $40, 5:dO,
$40. 7. s25 and IL p. m.
For points on the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road and points South, 0:25 n, IN. and $40 u.
m. daily, 9:25 a. m. train has Pullman
Sleeper from Washington TO New Orleans.
For Annapolis, Gao a. m. and 1910 and
$50 p. m; on Sunday, $3.50 a. m. and 1:40
For way stations between Washington and
Baltimore 6,'6;5O, $50 a. M. 121O, $3.50,
4do, Z and II p. m. on Sundays, $50 a, M,
1:3O, $3.50, faO, z and IL p. IN. For stations
on Metropolitan Branch, 7:25 a. m. and 11:l5
p. M daily, except sunday, and 5:3O p. m.
dallyi 4;1O p, IN. daily, except Sunday for
| principal stations on Metropolitan Branch;
| $40 Il. IN. daily on Sunday stops at all sta
| tions; for Lexington. Staunton and Valley
| Branch, $40 a. IN. daily, except Sunday; for
| Frederick $40 a. m, i:iO .. m. daily, except
Sunday.
For local stations between Washington and
Gaithersburg, 1890 p. IN. daily, except Sun
day.
For Hagerstown and Winchester $40 a. m.
daily, except Sunday, and $3.50 p, IN, daily to
Hagerstown; daily, except Sunday, to Win
chester
Trains arrive from the West daily, @, 100 a.
M, 1:15. G:3O y. m,
From Annapolis, $50 n. m. and 80 ana
5:25 =. M; Sunday, 1885 a. IN. and 6:35 D. m,
From Lexington, $50 p. IN. daily, except
| Sunday.
From Frederick and intermediate points,
S:2b a. M and sl5 p' m daily, except sun
| dav.
Trains leave Baltimore for Washington at
| b:l0, 6:3O, 100, 81, 9:O5 and 1890 a. M, 1915,
! $50, 3, 4, 400 ., $50, 8, o and | / p. m. on
! Sundays, $50, 100, 8 and 9:05 a. m, 1870,
! $50, 4:2O, b. 6:3O, 3, o and IL p. IN.
All trains from Washington stop at Relay
! Station, except l:25, 3:15 and GAO p. m,
| For further information apply at the Balti-
| more q Ohio ticket otlice-Washlngton sta.
| tion, 619 and 1851 penna. ave, corner of 18th
! ST., where orders will be taken for baggage 10
| be checked and received at any point in the
| city. @. X. L0Rb, G,P, A,
b. DUNllAM, Gen. Man, Baltimore
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

Samuel A. Reynolds, a prominent citi-
zen of Smyrna, Del, dropped dead yester-
day.
General John A. Logan addressed a
Republican meeting at Philadelphia last
night.
The winners at Brighton Beach yester-
day were Bahama, Joe s., Little Dan, Wau-
kesha and Leman.
The Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad is
recognized under the name of the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad.
Joseph Laing of Montreal won the sin
gle Gcull race at Worcester, Mass, yester-
day, beating George IL. Hosmer of Boston
The official returns at the Montreal
Health Office yesterday show that there
were 3S deaths from smallpox there on
Tuesday.
DR.. Thomas Taylor of Washington, d.
G., read a paper yesterday before the Textile
Microscopic Society Of America, in session
at New York.
AT Culpeper, Va, the jury in the case
of Staples, charged with bgamy, failed to
agree, and was discharged yesterday after u
retention of three days.
Scott Thomas, molder, working in a
foundry in st. Louis, fell into Il pit of
molten metal. When the body was re-
moved it was found to be charred beyond
recognition.
The wholesale grocery aud iobbing
trade of Chicago has addressed a petition
to the managers of the Western railways,
asking for the abrogation Of carload rates
over their several roads.
-Rev. Patrick McGeveran, a Catholic
priest, died in Philadelphia Tuesday. lie
was born in Ireland in 1910, and was or
| dained to the priesthood by the present
| Archbishop of Baltimore.
"A strike on the South Atlantic Railroad
occurred on Tuesday at Bristol, Tenn,
| where the whole force on the line quilted
work The strike is for Sl.25 per day, the
wages paid now being eighty-ive cents.
The ninth annual meeting of tn,
| American Academy of Medicine began in
New York yesterday Dr. Tibbet, a, NJ.
of Carlisle, Pa, read a paper on "lhe
Study Of Medicine as Means of Eluca-
ton"
Andrew Higgins, Owen Leslie and
Charles Gallagher We're arrested at York
| town, Pa, yesterday charged with at
tempting highway robbery by Rev, Father
Mander of st. Patrick's Catholic Church
| at Audenried.
George NJ. Dallas, the master, held an
other hearing at Philadelphia yesterday IL
| the petition of the Central Railroad of New
| Jersey for revocation OF the lease Of the
property of that corporation to the Reading
Railroad Company.
The final session of the general board
Of managers of the Woman's Home Mission
Society Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
In their fourth annual convention, was held
yesterday at Philadelphia The next meet
ing viii be held in Detroit,
in the Tabcr divorce suit at Boston
yesterday, Mr.. Taber concluded his tcsti
| mOnV and Mrs Ann j. rabpr took Tho
stand. She told Of ill-treatment received a
the hands Of her husband and said tina
their troubles continued until his couver
sion in the spring of 1884, Witness thcr
described in detail the church duties sh,
was called upon to perform, and allcge,
that her relations with the Rev. Mr.
Dowucs had been only those of u parish
Toner,
...-- -. L, IL ~. L.. L.. f..,ul Il
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
On and after AUGUST 80, 1885, trains will
leave from and arrive at 9Th and

On and after AUGUST 30, 1885, trains will
leave from and arrive at 9Th and b
SITS, Depot as follows:
Leave Washington o a, m, and i:35 p. M,
daily; arrive at Belmont Park 1881 a. m. and
6;26 p. m; Leeshurg / on a. m. and 6:36 p.
m; arrive at Round hin at ll:i3 a, IN. and
V:lS p. m.
Returning, leave Round mn 6:03 a. m. and
500 y. M pass Lccsburg 6:i2 a. m. and i:3O
D. NJ; Belmont Park G,6I a, m, and $50 p. m,
and arrive at Washington at $50 a. IN. and
7IO p. m.
on Sundays the train leaving Washington
ut q u, u. only runs 10 Lees burg, and the train
arriving ut 5:lu D. m. starts from Lcesbmg.
Special excursion rates and sunday trains
20 Belmont Park. Monthly and cOmmuta-
tiOu rates to all points.
$. NJ. BEOpHY, Supt.. Alexandria, Va
Ed. LOCKWOOD, Pass. Agt, 5O7 Pa. ave.
Washington. ID. q.
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
A Boys Question.

A little 3.year-old, the young hopeful of
an estimable lady on Piety Hill, in Salem, is
Just beginning to verge into the period of
childish investigation, doubt and inquiry.
The little fellow had heard the words
''grass widow and fastened to inquire its
meaning of his mother. By way Of illus
run away and leave her alone without any
cause then she would be grass widow.
The future Senator looked up in his moth
cr's face and said "Then what'd | be?
Would be grasshopper,'-Lsalem (ore-
gam Statesman,
DpDpppry bnu,,bt cold aud oycbonnal
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29

was finding fault with the price Of
Mikes purchase, and they were sassing
each other with much heat. DO you
know who you're addressing, sirY said
Reynolds, drawing himself up haught-
lily. 'Moity well | do, sur said
Mike; 'shurc yurc d--n Yankee gin
cral, while | be gintcmau Of Irish
nobility, and could have been in the
Queens Guards.
%H&
Says "Gaar" of the Cleveland Plaia-
dedler: Colonel Lamont is certainly
the right man in the right place, and
the criticism that some people make on
the Administration that Lamont is
President is not so far from right rs
might at first be imagined. He seems TO
read every newspaper in the country. At
any rate nothing of Importance escapes
his notice. He opens all the Presidents
mail and consults with all the import.
ant office seekers. 1t is the general
impression that anything said to him
Is Just as well as said to the President.
And besides all the rest he answers all
the queries of the newspaper men.
Does he ever get cross and give short
answers? Never. lie has peculiar
faculty of impressing everybody with
being frank. His answers are always
made unrescrvcdly and without hesita-
tion. lie has, also, a very happy fac
ul,y of disposing of people. lie gives
them the information they desire and
listens attentively to what they say. /
think he is a great discerner of human
nature and believe that the President
defers to his judgment of men very
muCh.'
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in J ID. "Ward"
prints, 40c. per h.. Also cottage cheese;
buttelmilk and sweet milk, sc. per qt.
Cream, 15c. per pint.
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
EAST WASHINGTON.

Mr. Thomas L. Jones, No. 1916 Eleventh
street southeast, died last Tuesday. The
funeral will take place from the house next
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
One arrest in East Washington yesterday
and one lodger last night.
Mr.. Patrick Maloney, the well-known
street contractor, is laying the asphalt
block pavement on II street, between Third
and Sixth streets southeast. He has already
laid 1t on Sixth street, between Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Massachusetts, avenue
northeast, and on Fifth street, between
East Capitol and G streets northeast.
1t is understood at the NavyYard that
the Fish Commission steamer Albatros will
remain at the Yard for quite awhile.
There was a continual line of people at
the parsonage of St. Peters Church to bid
good-by to Bishop O'Sullivan, who left last
night for his new field of work in Alabama.
His successor Will not enter upon his duties
before December /.
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29

Is main feature of our establishment.
The reason of its popularity, we charge no
fancy prices for reliable and stylish goods.
A polo cap given with every suit or over
coat Eiseman Bros, cor. 7th & L.
The Washington critic., 1885-10-29
CHESAPEkKE & OHIO RAN -waY

GEAvEB. &P. DEPOT. SIXTH AND b sTsJ
700 AM.-For all way stations, Lexington,
Ky, Louisville Cincinnati, Columbus, st.
Louis. Daily except Sunday.
IL A. M.-FOr Newport News, Old Point Com.
fort and Norfolk. Daily except Sunday.
$3.50 =. M.-For Louisville Cincinnati, st
Louis and Chicago; connecting for all
points West, Northwest and Southwest;
fast express daily; does not stop for local
business; through Pullman service to
Louisville and Cincinnati
For tickets and information apply at @. T.
O. Railway office, 5l3 Pennsylvhuia avenue,
under National Hotel; Va. Midland Railway
Office, Col Pennsylvania avenue, and b. 81 p.
Station.
IT. W, FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
C. W, SMITH,
General Manager.
FRANK TRIGG, Eastern Passenger Agent.