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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

THE Northern Pacific Railroad Company
issue several illustrated pamphlets and
sectional land maps for free distribution
which contain valuable information con-
country traversed by the line through
Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho. Wash
ington and Oregon. The publications con-
tain q synopsis Of the United States land
laws by which Governments lands can be
secured free under the homestead pre-emp-
ton and timber culture acts and the terms
of sale Of railroad lands, the rates OF fare
and freight rates on emigTant movables
and household goods and much other infor-
nation. They are mailed free to any ad-
dress by addressing Chas. b. Lamborn,
Land Commissioners, st. Paul, MINI.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

While some people in America call
all horses imported from France Nor
mans, u is a fact that there is no breed
in France called by that name by the
French people; the name. Norman.
therefore, is purely American. The
principal breeds Of France are known
as Pcrcherons and Boullanais. The
Pcrchcrons are the most highly priced Of
all French races, and all departments
Of France go to the Perche for stations
to improve their local breeds. The
Percheron stud book Of France, pub
lishcd under the authority of the French
Government, is the only stud book Of
draft horses that is or erer has been pub
lished in France, and now contains the
pcdigrccs Of about 5000 animals. But
some importers are offering certificates
from France of Norman draft horses
that may mislead people who do not
understand the French language into
believing these records Of origin. Not
one Of them issued contains pedigree.
They are furnished at the request Of
American buyers by the secretary Of
one OF the French Agricultural socie-
ties. who says there is no intention Of
publishing them in stud book form. as
they have no pedigrees and are Of no
value whatever. 1t is a well known
fact that what a man gives for horse
over from $500 to Ss00-thc price Of q
good grade-is paid for purity Of blood;
and where the seller is not able to give
the recorded pedigree Of the animal
sold as evidence Of additional value. he
has no right to ask II. With these facts
before him, no intelligent man will buy
horse imported from France unless
he is recorded with his pedigree in full
in the Perchcron Stud Book Of France.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

A lady on Fifth Avenue. New York,
quickly summoned : doctor;
"Oh, doctor. my husband u nearly dead.
He attended . caucus last night He made
four speeches and promised 10 b with his
fellow citizens again to-day. But OH doc
tor, he looks nearly dead"
MAS he been In politics longf"
No, only last year. He worked hard
Tor flames McCaulay's election.n
He will get well. madam He hes :
stomach for any diseases.if be worked for
himw
Political life, OF short or long duration,
n very exhausting, - II evident from the
great mortality which prevails among
public men. Ex-U. 3. Senator b. x. Bruce,
who has been long In public life, says:
1.-THE other day, when stepping into .
car at : crossing, found DR.. - within.
who eyed me up and down In surprised
way, remarking:
"Why, senator, how well you lookp
"sWen, feel pretty WELL answered"
The doctor uttered an incredulous reply,
when the Senator frankly told him. In an
swer to an inquiry, that Il was Warmers
safe cure which accomplished for him
what the profession had failed TO do. Sem
ator Bruce says his friends are very much
estonished 1t this revelation Of power
The Globe.
Overwhelmingly Defeated.
The flower of the family II often The
1ota - III 1870 II/..u.x A~1us
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

would be . truthful name to give to DR..
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" the
most efiicacious medicine yet discovered for
arresting the early development Of pulmo-
nary disease: But Consumption cure'
its influence and usefulness. In ali the
many diseases which spring from 3 de-
rangement OF the liver and blood the Dis
covery" is safe and sure specific. OF AL
druggists.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

The Washington Post says: We admire
che stand taken by numerous eminent ply
sicians in changing the mode of treatment
Of coughs and colds, and publicly endors-
ing Red Star Cough Cure because it is efi-
cacious, free from dangerous ingredients
and without morphia or opium. This ex-
cellent remedy costs but twenty-five cents
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

The father Of Catharine Wolfe. the
wcalthiest spinster IN America, made
his money out Of Schedamschnapp
lie was the first Of famous merchants
to advertise extensiveiy.-N. y Tunes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

In South Carolina no railroad train
are allowed to run on Sunday, excep
thos viii h carry the Uni ed State
mail. Divorce Is absolutely forbidden
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

springfield. Mass possesses curious
guide-stone on State street. near the
head Of Walnut, which was placed there
in 1868.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

A cordial wish is thus expressed in
Nevada: MAY he live till every hair
on the top Of his head is as long as
Mexican lasso.''
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

How OFTEN is the light OF the household
clouded by signs Of melancholy or irrita-
bility on the part Of the ladies'. Yet they
are not TO be blamed, for they are the result
OF ailments peculiar to that sex, which men
know not Of But the cause may be re-
moved and joy restored by the use OF DR..
Picrce's "Favorite Prescription" which,
as . tonic and nervine for debilitated wom-
en-, Is certain, safe and pleasant. II is be-
yond all compare the great healer OF women.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

permanently cured or no pay. The worst
cases gadranfeedf Pamphlet and references
two three-cent stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 063 Main Street, But
falo. N. ".
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

II afflicted with Soro Eyes use Or. Isa &C
Ihompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell II. PC.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

PIXIES TOorHAcHE DROPS curein minute, ID
gienns sulphur Soap heals and bcauti1cs. sc.
GERMAN Corn REMOVER kills Corns Bunions
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

JONES calls his dog Hickory, because -
mas rough bark. Waterloo 0bserver
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

Boston Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

A ROMANTIC story-the one in whioh
your best girl lives.-Ddnrille Breeze.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

Good Boots.
Clerk " Missouri store 10 customsr)-
These boots aro worth I'VE dollar.
Customer--Thsy arc not worth that
much.
u say they ara"
~ don't believe T."
Give me five doIlaraw
~ wor'Ln
but you WILL"
~ will not who are you that you can
order me around this wayt'
~ am Frank Jamea.v
- why how do you do, Mr.. Jamess
x.iease wrap up these boota Five dollara
you sayS Hsr6s your mopsy. Good day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

THs successful author has fortune IN ~
own write.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11

particle applied Into each nostrfI Il agreeable 4
49,. rHcs ~ ccnto ~ mail ornt DrugRists Send u
ece'sr' III hboIHkks. DrugeislA OweGo, N. Y
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
How Eskimo Dogs are Trained.

As the Eskimo must sometime be babies, so the dogs must at some time be puppies, and the puppies are allowed inside the igloo on the bed, where they are the favorite playthings of the young heir. His mother makes him a number of doll dog-harnesses for the puppies, fixes him up a dog-whip almost like his fathers, and then he amuses himself hnr- messing them, hitching them to a hatchet the water-bucket, or any object that is at hand; and driving them around in the igLoo and storm igloo, or out-of- doors, when the weather is very pleas. ant.
 As soon as the puppies get little bigger, the larger boys take them in hand, and by the time they are old enough to be used for work in the sledges they are almost well-trained dogs.
 And so with the little Eskimo himself; when he is a young man, he is good dog-driver, and knows how to manage a sledge under all circumstances. This is the hardest thing that an Eskimo has to learn. I have known white men to equal them in rowing in their little seal skin canoes; I have seen white men build good iglooS; but I never seen a white man who was good dog-driyer, and the Eskimo told me that they had never seen such an one, either. When they drive their dogs, it is in the shape of a letter V, the foremost dog being at the eonverging point, and the harness traces running back in V-shapes, to the sledge. The forward dog is called the 'leader," or "chief," and. in trading dogs, a '1eader" is worth two good fol- lowers, or ordinary workers. The Eski- mo dog-driver manages the leader wholly by the voice, making him stop, go ahead, 10 the right or to the left, as he may speak to him; and as he acts, 80 do the others, who soon learn to watch him closely, and strangest of all, to obey him even after they are unharnessed, al- though "the leader" may not be one of the largest and strongest dogs in the team.-Lieut. Frederick Seh,0dtka, in St. Nicholas for March.
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
A STARTLING STORY.
Confession of a Blockley AImshouse PnupeT
 aI PhilndeInhlR.

He says he applied the match which resulted
 in twenty deaths, at the instigation of a chief
 attendant who was angry because he could not
 get & railroad pass. At the coroners inyesti-
 gation of the cause and results of the recent burning Of the insane wing of the BlOcklcy
 Almshouse, in Philadelphia, by which twenty lives were lost a sensation was created by the
 confession of Joseph Nadine, young negro,
 that he had set fire to the building, and that
 he was instigated to the act by Peter J. Schroeder, an attendant.
 Nadine, who is about twenty three years of age, was committed to the institution as an
 imbecile, but it is said by the physicians of the place that he is morally responsible and that he was frequently permitted to go to hls home unattended. As result of Nadine's confes- sion Schroeder was arrested and committed by the Coroner to await the further develop
 ment of the inquest
 Nadine said that Schroeder had given him a | match on the night of the calamity and told him to set the place on fire. Nadine then went | to the drying-room, and lighting the match ap- | piled it to some rubbish on tue floor. He then
 called Schroeder, and the two, with tho assist ance of Attendant Mullen, eudeavored to get | the patients out, but before they had sue | ceeded in getting all of them safely | from the place tue fire had gained such | headway that they were forced to leave the | building themselves. Nadine says that when | Schroeder gave him the match he told him to
 get fire to the building; that he was tired of the | place and he was 8oing to leave, and that he | disliked Dr. Richardson, because he had re- | fused to give him railroad pass. Nadine in- | inmates that Attendant Mullen also knew of his | having set fire to the building, but he thinks | he did not know of it until next day. Mullen
 was not placed in custody, but will be de-
 tained as witness against Schroeder. In his flu ther testimony Nadine said he had twice | before set fire to the building, but both times
 the flames had. been discovered and extiu- | guished before they had gained any headway. | He says that on both occasions he afterward | told Schroeder of his acts, but that the latter 1 assured him that he would not report him to | the authorities of the institution.
 In giving his story Nadine was at times
 nervous and apparently greatly frightened, but upon being assured that no harm would be done him he would become calm and collected. If the tru hfulness of his story can be verified it completely annihil- ates many important details of testi-
 mony given by Schroder and Mullen, whose appearance seemed to indicate that they had rehearsed their story together. Nadine | told of many cruelties inflicted upon patients | by Schroeder when tho latter was in violent | temper. Schroeder after his arrest admitted | that he had intended leaving the institution | but denied the truth of Nadines story or that
 he had ever said that he was down on Dr. D
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
A Warning.

Romantic young ladies who are in hurry to get married should take warning from the embarrassing position of the Erie county, Pa., girl who re- gently married newcomer in the village of Fairview, by all appearances a very nice young man. Just four weeks after the wedding an Iowa Sheriff turned up and asked the bridegroom to go West with him and be tried for sunday hein- ous crimes and would take no refusal. So the bridegroom went and the bride of a month is now suffering all the troubles but experiencing none of the pleasures that pertain to widowhood. A little wisdom on the part of this young woman's parents would have gone a long way.
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
Figures for the Blbulous.

A temperance statistician says that the amount of wind annually expended in this country on the words "What will you take to drink 2" would, if properly applied, furnish motive power for the largest sewing-machine factory in Bridgeport Connecticut. Applied in another way, it would keep two Hart ford life insurance companies going the year round. If the expression "I don't care if do" was set up in ngate type every time 1t was uttered in a bar.room, it would put a girdle around the earth in forty days. It would take two hun. dred years to circle the globe with the words "l'm not drinking anything, thank you" similarly applied. II tho "ponies" consumed in New York had fosr legs each, every child in tho country could ride to school instead of walking. The ''schooners" supplied with sails, would do the carrying trade between this country and Europe. Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
A SAD ACCIDENT.
Father md Son KiIIed-Others Injured.

A terrible accident occurred about eight miles north of Muncy Valley, Pa., Thursday night, by which two persons were killed and three others fatally injured. Joseph Haber- ecker, his wife Hannah and three children went out sleighing in large two-horse sleigh. On the way home the horses took fright at some object along the road and both horses ran away, drawing the sleigh with them.
 The sleigh was turned over, throwing the occupants out and dragging them for nearly five hundred feet, when the horses fell and were unable to go any further. The fathers neck was broken and he was dead, and one of the children, Harry, had both his legs cut off by runner of the sleigh. Mrs. Haberecker was seriously injured and her recovery is doubt ful. The other children, Mary and Willie, were also badly hurt about their bodies and heads. The dead and injured were taken to neighboring farmhouse and medical aid sum- moned. The boy Harry died, however, before the physician arrived.
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
Clearing Them Out.

An old Euglishman is now travelling through tho country, says a Kansas paper, with two pairs of ferrets, with which he is making money by killing prairie dogs. He has his pets in wire cage, aud going to ranch where there are indications of prairie dogs he offers to clean out the dog town for one cent per dog. The price appears so very small that the ranchman does not hesitate to accept the o1er. One ferret will clean out from twenty to fifty dogs before he tires out, or rather before he gets so full of blood of his victims that he can't work well. When one is tired out fresh one Is put into service, and so on until the town is rid of dogs.
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
DOWN AN INCLINED PLANE.
Startling Accident in FIrtsburs, Pa.

A thrilling accident occurred on the Castle Shannon coal inclined plane, at Pittsburgh, the terminus of which is on Carson street, south side, which resulted in the death of one man and the serious injury of two O. hers. The checkman at the head of the incline hitched two loaded cars, weighing three tons, to the wire cable, and started them down the hill. The incline IS TOO feet in length, and is con structCd along the face of the hIll at an angle of 3S degrees. When but few feet from the check-house the cOuplng-plate gave way aud the cars dashed down the hull with frightful velocity. At the bottom the platform was wrecked and Fritz Better, aged twenty-four years, unmarried, was struck bya car, his body was horribly mangled and was covered by the debris of the platform. Two teamsters, Thomas Hart and Martin Carey, who were loading wagons at tue platform, were covered with coal and severely but not dangerously in jured. The cars, after wrecking the platform, dashed across Carson street, which at that point is fully seventy feet wide, and knocked & hole in the wall of brick house occupied by 8 family named Craig, but none of them sus. tained injury
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
Purines the Blood

TT for some time troubled with bols. having sew eral of them at time, Alter en turing about al could bear. took Hoods Sarsapar'A, Four or five bottles entirely cured me- and have had symptoms Of the return of the boils chcertulB recommend Hoods Sarsapara al like aflcted.-E. N. NIGHT INaALE, Quincy, Mass.
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
THE WAR IN kGYPr.
Latest Reports by Telegraph from the
 Scene of ConnicI.
CALLING OUT TROOPS.

CALLING OUT TROOPS.
 The government has called out the militia and suspended transfers of officers from the regular army to the reserves. This action of the government has created profound sensa- tion and a general feeling of alarm respecting the safety of not only the forces under General Butler, but also those under Generals Yolseley and Breckenbury. The opinion is widely ex- pressed that the War Office has received more startling information from General Wolseley than is conveyed in the last telegram in rela- tion to General Butler being hemmed in at Abu Klea Wells.
 It is noticed that the quantity of ammunition and projectlles now under process of manufac- ture and preparation at the Woolwich Arsens. Tor transport to Egypt IS greater than the quantity sent out of the country during tine entire period of the Crimean war. This faet' induces the belief that the government is pre- pairing for 8 long campaign.
 THE MAHDI's PLANS.
 A dispatch from Korti states that the Mahdi has ordered all the troopi on the east bank of the Nile to assemble opposite GubaL The dis patch goes on to say that Colonel Sir Redyers Butler, who began his retreat from Gubat several days ago was compelled to halt at Abu Klea Wells and intrench his troops in position there in order to safely defend himself against Fl Mahdi's men, who are gath ering in large numbers on his line of retl eat and are continually menacing the British forces.
 FEARS FOR EULER.
 Special dispatches indicate that General Lord Wolselcy will have to send some strong endorsements 10 Colonel Butler If the latter is to be rescued from his perilous position. Grave fears are entertained In some quarters that Colonel Butler may meet the fate of Gen. eral Gordon unless he is speedily succored.
 The messenger who was sent to Khartoum failed to reach that city and has returned to Korti. He said that while on his journey he met a native, who told him he had been tive said the soldiers had killed General Cor don with swords and spears. They considered him the cause of theit trouble and feared that the Mahdi would spare him. All the regular soldiers of the garrison were spared except the men who were holding the Boori-gate. He repeats the story that no women or children were killed by the Arabs.
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
NinRnrn River Mystery.

A handsome skiff drifted ashore at the Grand Island ferry landing, on the Buffalo side of the Niagara river. In it was found an overcoat, in the pocket of which, besides business cards and memoranda, was letter introducing J. II. RAdford, of Toronto, to F. W. Parkinson, and another from Maud L. Radford to her father, also under date of Toronto, The river has been jammed with ice but it is thought that the missing owner Uf the coat must have attempted to cross after the ferryboat had stopped running. If so he has undoubtedly gone over the Falls, which are but short dis fan hollow
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04
MARKET NOTES.
NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK MARKET The Wholesale New York market quotations show:
 BEGNs-Prime. s2259s2SO. fair to good. S2.00@S220 per busheL
 BuTTER - New York sold at 30032o. for choice in pails and 20926c. common 10 good. Western Creamery sold at 2s@3Ic., and tho common Western at lSGl9c
 CHEEsE-Factory fancy, l2lS9t29loi do. fair to ogood, g@i0c.
 Eaos-Quotation ranged from 27c for or dinary, to 30c for New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania
 FInun -superfne. s26O@43.OO, Western. &3.s5QS5.S0, extra New York. S3.60CQ$A. 50 salt. 60c; straw, 70@75c.
 HoPs-New York, 16G917c-; Eastern, 1I@l3ci yearlings, S9llc; olds, - D. PoRK-Clear Back, S15 5O@s16ooi dressed RnEtsT Spring No. 8, s7J<@ssc.; Mil waukee, No. 2, 9Os4c. amber. S-@s-i white, -c. (d92c.
 ConS-Ungraded westorn Mixed. 511k@5Ss, Steamer Mixed, 52a52l1o. in elevator. b99lc delivered; No.2 2, 524g521<c. in elevator, 535S9 Ste, delivered White Southern, 651Se de- RrE~statO, 72@7aa
 PHILADELPHIA MARKET. FLoUn-State family, S3.50@13.75; rye hour S3.62I6C0S375; wheat. State, S-.-995lfo.; amber, S000i corn, yellow, 5Oc.i mixed States 49c.
 PETRoLEuM-Refned. 7%c.; crude, 6Ao WooL-State and Western xx, 46@5Ooi \, 47@4se. medium, 5o@51c.i coarse. 45o
 BOSTON MARKET. FLOUR - From S2s5@S315 for low and medium, to $4.2j0$4-65 for choice Minnesota Corn. 55ISta56c. for mixed and yellow. BUTTER Common, l0c @l4os Vermont dairy, 23025c. choice creamery, 258a4o CHEEsE-l21 40l2l6c.
 BEANs-sl .650Sl7h
 HAY-Choice, SIS@S19.
 CATTLE MARKEr&
 BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality. s515a S575; hogs, fair to good, s5.009s5.05; besL S5.35.
 EAST LIBERTY. PENH.-Best cattle, S-@ s-; medium to good, S-@$-; common to fair, S--@S-; Hogs, Workers, &490Og $500; PhiladelphiAs, S5.30@S5.40 Sheep. S5.25as5.50
Connecticut western news., 1885-03-04

Is prepared in the most careful manner by fully oonEersAut with all the details of practical pharmacy The combination and proportion of sarsapara dando lion mandrake. yellow dock and other remedial agents. is exclusively peculiar Co Hoods Sarsnpatla, and known to other medicines thus giving to Hoods SAr sapas strength and curative power surpassinE every other preparation.
 This eortifes that Hoods sarsaphrilla has been used with perfect success in family for chnNer in the stomach and impure blood. l consider my little one entirely cured. and shall continue it's use a fsmily medicine. "-MRs. F. E. BuRrosi Somcrrillei