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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

Oar Faulty Msas q Assessing,
lxsv AIhssy Lsasr.
The fact hat lhs footings % the y.
|proIeeDeoe o. property % this ols-c -
veal The fhct that tbsro y falling - q
|over Any millions of dollars lfom ~
Iesseesed valuafloa I've yeass ago Tbiu
|euphasizes the further fbcs lhas thoro q
|somefhing radically Wrong - Cur sys-
ten Of levying taxes. Il q : bunglfns
|ptece q legislative machinery through-
ont Its lAnlts are % nnmsroos thae an
other legislative sessioo should not d
suffered % pcs Without o0eoding snme
of them The inequalities of individual
asoessme0ts aro cootiDued q eownshfne
and cooDties- Thns o.o person pays
more than . juet propoFti0n Of esxsa,
one townohip and one county ere
piled Up with more than their share ol
tne burden Of county asd STATE laxes.
The Iaw 10 relation 70 appraissrs b
the nrst % need Of amendme1G There
should b county Assessor Who should
oe elected Tor q least fcur years ood b
eligible for reelection - thae n : nrss
class man Be secured IL any county he
could Be- kept where bic services ase
needed. The asssssor should appraiss
Al kinds Of property, should b located
q she county seat and - required %
keep his Office open for the transocfion or
Dus,ness the same - other county on
ces- The duties of the once miw6s, 81 !
large majority Of The counties 81 the
state, Be added 70 those Of ths county
recorder. - there Is much 81 commoa
With the duties thereof, and the recor-
der's ONCE at the present tine d . POOR
y paid and therefore poorly fllod posi-
ton - many eountieo-
ln : majority Of The counties one manl
could appraise AL the property real and
persousl, By having the matter thorough-
y systemized, and being given six|
mooths instsad Of sixty days 10 bring
HE books mp e : specified tine 70 lew
lbe tax. But he would b appraising end
Assessing sIl the time as property y coa-'
stantly changing. In this connecti0n itI
nay Be stated that experts declare that
nearly Or quite one-third Of The peFDOnaI|
property and ten or twenty per cent. or
lhe reality escapes TAXATION entirely. In|
popoIous counties deputies would BEL
necessayy and trained men would soou
b the ones sought for such places.
This te one q the thiogs that shouldI
lngage the attention. % induserious. prac-'
'ical leGisIators Tine and work viii be I
'equired % properly revise de lsv snd
4 should b done BY those converuantI
Win the present system.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23
L,ola

President Dwight, % Yalo, - =
echolasly seooh ana lhIs . vhy Il111S
New 0svss gfsi, quIls lunoce1sly q =
altenps q : po1. eaI1: ~l1sna, ! sk11E
y y O. sseopedsss 9as ! Err Az 49,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

Inere 3 Dot - ollce wishls the I'm %
~ President - Guoies ~ which nay
not . ioetauely c0opsoheaded asd L..
9eoIassly sd e4cjeeely exocused " :
pVQocSok Ind. ososlnS).
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

Pursusat % ell The Democratic DEL
eEstee from Gibsos. Pike nd Dubols
coontleo, co0posing the lIth Judicial
Circuit % Indiana, met q BoonviI1o
ys1y 1e. l0o5, f0r he purpose % selos1-
Ing candidate Tor Prosecutor for snia
Circuit. The Convention wss called -
order ~ ". B Mcdonald. % Gibooa
county, and % motion Mr. = A. NY.
% tike county, was made Cbsirmsa.
Mr. John y Bree8 % Dubois coonty.
- O motion unanimously noninssed
= The Democratic candidate Tor Prvs-
Dc0eing Attorney for the 1lth Crcuie.
I1e Conveotion then sdjourned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

The following patents wors Rrantsd
20 eitizeus Of Indiana, week esdina
July i3. 1856, reported expressly foi
this paper b. Jos- \. Hunter, solicitor
|of American and Foreign Paeenta o36 Z
street, WasbiagtOn, D. c.:
W. 4 Casadsy, South Bend, core box
planer; L D. Jones, Lafhyetfs. stean
cooking utensil; z. J. Sullivan = 81. a.
Eagle Peru, buggy top; /. r. Brown,
Cooumbua paper box uacbino; y. b.
CIevelssd, Indiasapolis, wire strsleher |;
~. =. Farquhar. Trenton, feacs post !:
= A. Brown. indianapolis, tug holder !:
Paul Hight. Spencer. oil pu0p; J. ".
Lesevres Mooney, writing teechsris cab
met; u. a. Rost. Richmond. door
rheck: @. W. Roth, Evansville. fonr
packer: Lizzie Hopkinson, Funklort,
embroidery frame. eassl, work
able ard desk; Leonard Logan, Ply
mouth. wire fastener for fences; Curfis
Mccoy. Greensburg, tongue support: J.
! vandykes Andcrso1, releasing de-
rice; J. - White. Terrs Haute. ear
'oupIing; D. D. Mory1eid, SG1livan, /,
.eether strip; WIN. Dwiggi.s, West
ield, lining jack; r 3 Poiadextsr, In
saw baDdIe.
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DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA. ~
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OFFICE. -Ix CoualEs BUrLDrns on
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MIX = helping The sempersncs causo
= New York 70 great exsebs- All eho
oers ell it nov juse = onch - they a.
vhisky. The way IN which Il q usually
drsak b 20 GIl gisss half o. lwo-thirto
foli with d and then on che balanco VIA
vichv. The drink d very refreshInR. Il
sos exhiIersfing. MiIk. howevors =
mixed uieh Other things hesides mi1ors;
usser g the bass. whisky end mflk q
very common. nos % say p0polnS.
drink 6eiIl The demand ~ milk clone
be- iocroased - Docn % lose - @ -
sold mon : ssnber - vaeoas . ~
streels.
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Amer The adjournment OF the Con.
gressionsl Convention the delegates from
Martin and Dubois counties met for The
purpose % nominating : candidate fos
joint Representative from the two coun.
lIes named. The work Wss quickly done,
Thomas Butler Of Martin being n0mi-
mated without opposition. G. G. Schree-
der was Chairman Of the convention and
Fred. J. Nssten, Secretary.
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Professor Wisgins predicts : great
storm o. ne 18Th - September. The
Igiant var % he elemental - says. -wIll
Icooe - sore - there = sun d sAe
|hoovouo.r
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lknqus8 inearv1eu Unh . Psominen< cano1Iaa-1
my observsiion = that I'll ths rich
men 10 Canada favor anpexation al
ovners q timber limils, unoccupied
lands, unimpr0vsd real estate, esc.
Many % the farmers DO also sod many u
the 0s6ermea. Rarmers and nshernoo
form three-nfths Of our people and Iao-
bermen another 1flh. In this city the
Wholesale trade . against ansexsfjon.
% sro The civil service. the judgsa she
lswyers, The educasi0nises s-in fact near
y slI The infoentiaj classea The annex-
afiontsss j. The city ~ shst the annex
Dentiment = stronger O. the country
lhan here. and vice versa The Globe
supports independence - he rixhs
hing Tor Canada The Mall 3 BritiSh I:
he other papers are sometImes for a.
depeodence and sometimes Tor snnez-
liiou. British conuectionists ~ shas
Independence . only another name fbr
lnnez alton. and 70 this the independents
'etort that they don't care IL Il u a
'ssuaI observer Of Affairs here would
'ertatuly ~ that the British connection.
sas are The weakest o. she thrss parties.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

dragged him out upon the sidewalk.
Lynch him, lynch him." they cried and
several Of their number ran for ropes
Casey, man of powerful frame, was
like an infant hemmed in as he was by
the mob. In the ensuing struggle he re-
ceived fearful bruises and his clothing
was nearly torn from his body. A rope
was brought and one end was made fast
to lamp post directly in front of Wed>
dicks door. At the sight of the impro>
vised scaffold the mob shrieked with de-
light. Casey fought with the fury of
desperation. As the crowd pressed him
to the gallows he gathered all his rem ain.
ing strength and dashing headforemost
from his assailants jumped into the street
followed by hundreds, who ct once began
firing at him. AS he ran he was met by
the patrol wagon full Of police, who hay
ing heard the tumult we're hurrying to
his assistance. Casey clambered into the
| wagon and fell upon the seat exhausted
The wagon was surrounded in a moment
by his pursuers, but at the sight of pc
licemen's revolvers they quickly scattered.
While this was going on Casey revived
sufficiently to point out among those who
were the last to turn to one of the crow d
who had been particularly officious in
bringing the rope. The man was arrested
and Immediately driven to the station.
He gave his name as Joseph Hess.
In the struggle between the police and
socialists about twelve of the latter were
wounded. Joseph Vos,ick is probably
mortally wounded. The following circu-
lar in German and English was spread
broadcast:
"Revengel Workinmen TO arms
YouI masters sent out their bloodhound
police. They killed six of your brothe rs
at McCoruick's this afternoon Yhey
killed the poor wretches because they,
like you, had courage to disobey the SUI
preme will of your bosses. They killed
them because they dared ask for short
ening of the hours of toll. They killed
them to show you, free American citi ,
zens. that you must be satisfied and con
tented with whatever vOur bosses condo
| scend to allow you or you will get killed.
You have for years endured the most alb
ject humiliation. You have for years
suffered unreasonable iniquties. You
| have worked yourselves TO death. You
have endured pangs, want and hunger.
Your children and you have been sacrifC.
ed to the factory lords. In short you have
been miserable and obedient slaves all
these years. Why7 To satisfy insatia>
| BILE greed. To NIL the coffers of youl
lazy, thriving masters. When you ask
them now to lessen your burdens, he
sends his bloodhounds out to shoot you
kill you. If you are men-if you are
sons of your grandsires, who have shed
their blood to free you, then you will rise
in your might and destroy the hideous
monster that seeks to destroy you. Tt
armsl We call you to arms
| Your BROTHERS
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

IT seems hardly possible that the move
ment by wage.works to inaugurate the
eight hour system of labor can be sue
cessful. and at the same time secure ten
hours pay. The public mind has not
been prepared for so radical measure.
Even the wageworkers themselves are
not suited on the subject. Those who
work by the piece would hardly care TO
shorten the hours of labor, and many
other workingmen doubt the wisdom of
the demand at this time, At first it was
proposed by the eight-hour agitators to
accept reduced pay to correspond with
the decreased hours of labor, and in this
form the proposition would haye been
much more likely to have succeeded than
in its present shape. But as has often
been the case before. the followers are
much more radical in their views
than the leaders and the moder-
ate men are pushed aside. This
has been so now, and the present demand
is for eight hours work with ten hours
pay. In some instances. indeed. increased
pay has been demanded. This demand is
equivalent TO an increase in the cost Of
labor of twenty per cent. Manufactur-
ers and other employers of labor consider
the increase unwarranted in view ofshe
depressed condition of business and have
undoubtedly made up their minds to re-
sist it to the bitter end. PROFESSIONALLY
there will be much disturbance of bust
ness and many strikes and lockouts. as
indeed there have been already. but the
result will be that the hours of labor will
remain about as they are at present. The
times are not yet ripe for any such radi.
cal change as is proposed
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
Absent-Hollister. Rosenfield. Sell.

Absent-Holilster. k0senfield, Sell.
Lost.
The yeas and nays were then called on
Supervisor Fitzgerald's motion and re-
suited as follows:
Yeas ster, Appelquist Campbell,
Chamberlin. Engel. Fitzgerald, Foster
Goodlow. Gould. Hartman. Murphy Pet
erson, Walker. Wheelock-14.
Nsys--Dsiley, Elliott, Metzgar. Noah,
Norton, Parks-6.
Absent-H ollister, Rosenfield, Sell
Carried.
The communication from A. o. GEN
,ing was, on motion, referred to the COM
mmittee on poor farm with power to act
The following dog license bends were
on motion approved by the board: Homer
Metzgar, Jesse S. Daley. John L. Noah,
II. o. Norton. F. W. Gould, Jeremiah
Chamberlin, john Aster, Thomas Camp
bell c. C. Hartman, Thomas j. Murphy
S E. Goodlow, Hugh Walker, W. l.
Parks, E. H. Bowman. l.. c. Elliott and
]. H. Foster.
The committee on ways and means sub
mitted the following report, which or
motion was received and adopted
Your committee on ways and means
would res pectfully report that the follow,
ing amounts are due members and off,
GERS of the board OF supervisors for at
tendance at the special April term. A
d., 1886:
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

and assemblies to secure the eight hour day,
with no reduction of pay for all journey
men engaged in what are known as the
building trades was inaugurated in this city.
In many cases the journeymen were notified
by their bosses Saturday night that they
could not come to work on the eight-hour
plan In such cases, of course, the journey
men did not go to the shops Monday morn
ing In other cases the men APP
peared at their pla,ss of employment
and then Withdrew on being informed that
ten hours work was expected OF them
turing the day in most stone-y Yards, car
penter-shops, and on buildings in course of
erection there were few men at work. In
some instances the Loss had only his appren
tees to work.
There were a number of places through
the city where the locked out journeynaeI
had their rendezvous. The policy was to
eep the men off the street as much as pos
sible, and the 5ourneymen locked out either
remained at home or Joined their fellow
workmen at their rendezvous The gen
eral headquarters was III the knights of
Labor hall
Each trade had a committee out watch
ing for non-union men from other cities.
The committees were at the depot when
trains came in and during the intervals
made their headquarters at the Knights of
Labor hall
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
On the Gould Lines

ST. LOUIS, May 4. 1T is reported on good
authority that the strike on the Gould lines
and in East st Louis will be declared OIL
soon. Governor Curtin is credited with
having effected the settlement 1t is rum
ored that Martin Irons has been expelled
from the Knights of Labor for refusing to
arbitrate at first and for refusing to obey
General Master Workman Powderly's or
ders
LATER-Martin Irons denies the report
that he has been expelled from the Knights
of Labor at is a notorious lie" he SAYS
ST. LOUIS, May saturday night
Messrs. Hayes, Bailey and Barry, OF the
executive board of the Knights of Labor,
met the congressional committee informs
ally and the meeting led TO the Knights
declaring the strike off on May LIST. The
congressional committee addressed a let
ter to the general executive board of the
Knights of Labor, saying that the testi-
mony taken proved that very serious
loss had resulted to the interests of the
entire country through the strike, and.
without going to the merits of either
side, earnestly requested the executive
DOdTu 10 duNlSc iuipuSu inc lnopci uui-
cial channel the discontlnuance of the
strike, and to leave the question of which
side was justified in the action, to the
decision that public opinion may form
when the congressional committee shall
have completed its work. To this the
executive board replied as follows: Gems
tlemen: Your communication was placed
before the joint executive boards and the
following resolutions adopted; Resolved
That the request of the congressional
committee be granted, the time for calling
the strike off to be left to the general ex-
ecutive board. In view of the fact that
the business interests of the country are
suffering, the Knights of Labor having
the interests of The whole people nj
heart, willingly comply with the nation s
representatives, and that of the citizens
committee of St Louis, and declare this
strike at an end, to take effect Tuesday
morning. May 4th. 1886. Trusting this
aclion1will meet with the approval of the
public ami assist in bringing capital and
labor in close relationship, we remain,
very Truly Yours
The general executive board of Knights
of Labor.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
Cincinnati Freight Handlers Strike.


CINCINNATI, May THE freight handlers
employed by the Cincinnati, Hamilton a.
Dayton, Cincinnati Southern, Big Four and
Bee Line railroads struck Mond ~ morning
for an increase in wages. They have been
getting 81 - and demand $50 for ten
hours work. Everything is quiet at the
various freight houses The men are stand
ing around discussing the situation in a
good humored way. The railroad officials
are not disposed to accede to the demands
OF the strikers
ono hundred and twenty five men at the
Favorite Carriage works struck Monday
morning for eight hours work and the OLD
days wages At the Standard Carriage
works 80 men and women went out They
met in the afternoon to consider the y'itua-
ton. The employees of several other car.
riage and wagon works have struck.
Hass Bros, manufacturers OF saloon fix
lures, have conceded eight hours and ~ per
cent advance
One thousand operatives at Pierce, Gould
x Go. 5 Cotton mills struck at noon.
Several men applied for work at The c.,
II. a D.depoti Monday morning, but when
they were told of the situation by the strik-
ers, they all decided not to work, saying
they did not know of the existence of a
strike or they would not have thought Of
applying. All save one did this
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
A Ionderful Freak Of Natnra

is sometimes exhibited in our public exhi-
billions. When we gaze upon some OF
the peculiar freaks dame nature occasion.
ally INDUCES in, our minds revert back to
the creation of man, who is so fearfully
and wonderfully made" The mysteries
of his nature have been unraveled by DR.
r. v Pierce, of Buffalo, and through bis
knowledge of those mysteries he has been
able to prepare his Golden Medical
Discovery" which is a specific for all
blood taints, poisOns and humors. such
as scrorula, pmples, blotches, eruptions,
swellings, tnmors. ulcers and kindred sf-
fections. BY druggists
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
A GENERAL REVIEW.


What the Men Striking for and the
Number Involved.
CHICAGO, May THE unions of the
brick layers, the stone -maSons, the plaster
ers, the fathers and the hod-carriers have
all adopted the eight hour standard
Twenty three foundry shops have yielded
to the demand for eight hours and win
pay for eight hours, but give double pay
for extra time Five shops are still resist.
ing the movement and the rest arc negotia-
ting. All the iron moulders an | foundry
hands have resolved to stand firm
FOR the eight-hour day and 1T the question
Of wages regulate itself in the future A.
Schiling, chairman of the eight hour com
mittee, reports that the demands of the fol
lowing have been satisfied. Eight hundred
tobacco handlers, 200 street car employees,
all the members of the Cigar makers union,
800 beer barrel makers, go dry goods and
notions stores employees, and large num-
her of workmen employed in similar in
dustrieS
Nearly one-half of the 100 butchers in the
city have secured reductions from sixteen
to ten hours The brickmakers, numbering
$500, are striking for eight hours work
and ten hours pay. Four hundred wagon
workers started in Monday at their benches
under the eight-hour reform. The
Machinists' and Blacksmiths' assembly
report general success in their at
tempt to get ten hours wages for
eight hours work The upholsterers are
meeting with strong resistance The Shoe
makers assembly has modified its demands,
and expects to gain a concession of eight
hours with pay for that time, The Clerks
association will he satisfied with ten hours
The marble orkers have won under the
eight hours pay agreement The Coopers
union is holding out for nins hours pay.
A novel feature of the eight hour reform
movement was witnessed, when process
sion of about so girls, recruited from the
establishments in the neighborhood of Di-
uision and Sedgwick streets, marched
through thorougfares Whereabouts proclaim
ing their allegiance to the new system.
They all demand eight hours work, with an
increase of ray. The girls are principally
emplyed as stitchers They marched around
to various tailor shops seeking recruits, and
before noon every factory except one was
idle and the procession numbered about
LOCO TIL girls seemed balf-crazy
with excitement, and moved along,
some half-dancing, Others singing, and
all giving vent to their enthusiasm
by some species OF outward demonstration.
Their numbers increased to nearly 1000.
Many of these went out in fear and tremb-
ling, and only when the employers told ten
they had better 60 to prevent trouble. The
proc ession was headed by two Bohemians,
one of whom carried an immense mallet,
and the other an axe, and with these they
threatened to smash the machines unless
the work was stopped. Vigilance commit
tees were appointed and stationed at all the
factories to prevent any one going to work.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
The Secret Of Life.

Scovill's Sarsaparilla, or Blood and
Liver Syrup, is the remedy for the cure
of Scrofulous faint, Rheumatism, White
Swelling, Govt, Goitre. Consumption
Bronchitis, Nervous Debility, Malaria,
and ali diseases arising from AN impure
condition of the blood. Certificates can
be presented from many leading physl>
clans, ministers, and heads of families
throughout the land endorsing Scovilrs
Blood and Liver Syrup in the highest
terms. We are constantly in receipt of
certificates of cures from the most reliable
sources, and we recommend it as the best
remeny for above diseases.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

that Simmons Liver Regulator will rid
you of dyspepsia, purify your system,
enable you to sleep well, prevent malarial
diseases and give you brisk and yigor
GUS feeling. 1t acts directly on the liver
and kidneys, cleansing, purifying and
fortifying the system against disease. II
will break up chills and fever and pre-
vent their return, and is a complete anti
dote to all malarial poison-yet entirely
free from calomel or quinine.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

W. w. Reed, druggist, of Winchester
Ind, writes: Zone of my customers,
Mrs. Louisa, Pike, Bartonia, Randolph
Co., Ind, was long sufferer with CON
sumption, and was given up to die by
her physicians She heard of DR.. King,
New discovery for consumption. and be,
gan buying it for me. In six months
time she walked to this city, distance
Of six miles, and is now so much improv
ed she has quit using it. She feels sh,
owes her life to it." Free trial bottle a
Hartz e. Bahnseu's Drug store.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher uses and
gives away over three hundred Allcock's
Porous Plasters every year. She writes
that she has found them genuine re-
lief for most of the aches and pains
which flesh is heir to-" Hon. Samuel ].
Randall sud that they cured him of in
Illumination OF the kidneys when every
thing else failed, and cured him of Sc
we're cold that threatened to run into
pneumonia. Hon. James w. Hustled
writes that they cured his son of chronic
rheumatism and relieved him of serious
pulmonary troubles.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 4.-The eight hour
movement has not affected st Louis work.
ingmen to great extent This arises from
the fact that carpenters, plasterers, brick
layers-generally ali the building trades
have adjusted the matter by peaceful meet
ings with the bosses 1t Is claimed that o, 00t
men are now working but eight hours
whilst probably the same number has moi
yet been able to settle the matter definitely.