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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

The ely statesman from Maine has
evidently no notion Of allowing the
tail Of the last Presidential ticket to
arrogate superiority over the head.
His friends in the Senate sat down on
Logan during the army debate. pooh-
poohed his services and ridiculed his
reiterated rccItals Of what he had
done for his country. The Colorado
Senator. whose management Of the De-
partmcnt az the Interior. during the
last Administration, gave such com.
fort to the land grabbers. event for"
the Illinois General in q very uncom-
promising manner. sarcastically re-
marking that he had yet 70 learn that
services in the icld especially qualified
man for legislative functions. Poor
| Logan was dunn bounded at che un-
masking Of the Blaine batteries, and
plaintively asked why he should be At
lacked. He should have addressed
note Of inquiry 70 Augusta. Maine m
Albany ARGUS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

~. Inga1lss speech unwesthy % meDs
rsssstasivs - Lihsrty-Leviag Kansns.
II must BE- source Of poignant grief
% American cItizens who decline %
support unfit candidates for Office. al.
though nominated BY the party 70
which they belong. that Mr.. ingalls,. .
Republican Senator from Kansas,
thinks that they are politically neither
men nor women. and announces his
opinion in such vivid terms. according
TO the reports. that ladies fly from tho
galleries and Republican Senators roar
with laughter. On other hand. &
can not Be altogether pleasant for Re-
publcans who remember that Repub'
iicanism in Kansas once meant great
and earnest conflict for freedom and
the rescue Of the Union from the slave
power TO perceive that Republic
anism In Kansas, as Illustrated
by Mr.. ingalls,. has dwindled
into . vulgar sheer % politica!
independence and manliness and
honesty, and ridiculc Of reform In the
civil service. The TRADE OF Mr.. In
calls against political independence
was but feeble echo Of Mr.. Conk'
lings picturesque gibes at ''Jayhawk.
crs and skirmishcrs between the lines. :
But some Republicans perhaps ask
themselves whether even Mr.. Conk-
ling's gibes in the height Of his polit'
ical power and Of the unquestioned SUI
premacv OF the Republican party,
Although loudly cheered as the blows
OF . great practical st 'tesman pulver'
king the Miss Nancys and and the
SUNDAY school prigs Of politics, were
really serviceable to the party. Of
whether the Republican jeers OF 1851
at purists and Pharisees and super
celestial essences for whom no earthly
party is good enough were really O
use TO it.-Harper's Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

The Republican orators in the Lass
campaign. from Mr.. Blaine down. pre-
dicted that all sorts Of financial disaster
would result from placing the Admins
istration in the hands Of the Democrats.
They ..pointed with pride" to the re-
duction Of the public debt. the large
treasury balance, and a reasonable store
Of gold. As the results of Republican
rule. and depicted in dark colors the
probable effect OF q change. The voters.
believing government Of the people to
Be safe IN the hands Of any majority Of
the people, decreed . change. A CONF
parison Of the receipts and expenditure
Tor the nine months from July 1.
1884. with the. corresponding period
from July 1. 1885, shows that there
has been an increase during the latter
time Of $4,000, 900 in the revenues.
and 4 decrease in the expenditures Of
90. 600. 600. : net gain under Dem
ocratic rule OF $50. 900, 900 for three
| fourths Of year. The public debt was
reduced over $4,000. 900 IN March; the
net cash balance in the treasury Is
s76. 0OO. 900; the surplus gold reservs
over s5l. 900. 900. II the Republicans
were entitled to credit for the good
showing sometimes made under theiI
Administration, the Democrats are de
serving Of just - much now. AZ
matter Of fact, the people paid tn
taxes that produced these results u
both cases; but II il the universal testi
mony OF business men that the man
agement Of the treasury under Secre
tary Manning has been as honest, wis'
and firm q il was under any Of hi
predecessors. The fiction OF Repub
iican indispensablenes Is thorough,
exploded. - Boston Sunday Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

A.eeaeees Illuserative - ~ Readiness q
scosehmen's Legte.
Scotchmen are fond Of an argument
and delight TO pick flaws in m oppo-
nent's logic. Two blacksmiths were
once converting - 70 which was the
tirst trade In the world. One insisted
that Il must have been gardening. and
quoted. from Gcnesis: adam WAS put
into the garden Of Eden 20 dress II
and to keep it"
"Ay, john" retortcd the other, who
aad stood up for his own trade; but
whae made the spades?"
The reply recalls an old story illus
srative Of the pride Of Highlander In
ais clan. A MACPHERSON and Mac
Donald were disputing rs to which Of
heir respective clans was the oldest
The MACPHERSON. waxing emphatic
n assertion. said:
.Why, mon. q MACPHERSON went
ashore with Noah from the ark!'
.sWell, that may be; but he found a
Macdonald there to tax him BY the
,andr'
Rev. Mr.. Campbell. Of Selkirk. was
much ANNOYED BY the dirty water flow
ng from q brewery near the manse.
He spoke to the brewer, . MIR. Hal
lane. about the nuisance. saying that
I was contrary TO certain acts Of Par
lament.
.Acts Of Parliament" exclaimed the
brewer. ..Acts OF Parliament, indeed'
X would be more like your profession
( You were expounding the Acts Of the
Apostles.
The minister, not unfrequently,
when reproving an offender against
|. good morals. drew forth q repartee
| which amused him by its witty evasion
| II his censure. Among the parishion-
| RS OF Rev. DIR. Campbell. Of Fife. was
| Janet. an old woman who spun yarn
Tor living. One evening. on return
| ing from the market-town. where she
aad sold her yarn, and drank too much
whisky. Janet encountered her min
| stcr.
20 Janet" said he, II see you're
.ather rcsiing."
Deed Az, SIR she promptly re-
torted. I'VE ken we Gamma aye be span
sing. Youths Companion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

styIss which Are Considered Appropriate
- the Present Time.
Pearls. which are emblems Of both
purity and modesty, rank next to the
diamond in favor for engagement
rings. A single pearl. Of rare color
and luster, simply set, Is the correct
style. A single sapphire, since this
stone has become popular, Is also en-
ployed in the engagement ring. and Is
considered quite appropriate. being .
moral stone. typical Of charity and in
nocencc. Engagement rings should
bear in plain script the initials Of the
engaged people and the date. The old
forpt- u. 5. M. to NJ G. s." Is no
logger used, but in its place appears,
from J. 5. M. to M. &. S." the date
following. The wedding ring. from
time immemorial, has been plain
gold one, and remains 80 at the pre-
sent day. Occasionally Is employed
the French alliance ring, that opens IN
half, being two rings in one, but show
ing only one ring when on the finger.
This latter ring. however, Is, as rule,
confined 10 the use Of foreigners-ths
wedding ring, like the engagement
one, bears in plain script the initials o.
the contracting parties. and the date O
their marriage. - Prairie Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

Troy, N. r., April 2i.-The Saratogs
special, due 10 this city at ? 10 p. M, and
running 81 re rate 81 forty miles On hour,
struck . loaded freight on Green Island
Yesterday afternoon. II cut seven cars
And their contents into kindling wood
and badly crushed several others. Fire
man Mct,ooty escaped By leaping from
she train. Engineer Bradshaw, Of White
hall, a.so ieaped, after setting the dr.
brsker, Dut was caught IN the tImbers Of
ne freight and 80 badly injured that y 4
believed that he must die. He Was takes
- me hospital In this city.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

We have all heard Of prcmcditatcd
poverty linking over the white seams o.
1 coat or the tips o. shabby gloves. ior
Il Il the most commonplace Of make
shifts. but wncn young woman dress
ed for party finds rip In the sleeve
Of her gown. and being too lazy 20
mend Il, paints her arm red, one does
not know II she n not more ingenious
than economical. and deserving q :
diploma for skillful subterfugc. --Sos
E'rancjsco Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

At last there is to be National u
brary worthy Of the name. Senator
Voorhees, labor Of six years to pass .
bill appropriating money fos building
ct for 90 grand an enterprise was the
other day crowned with success. Al
though always member Of the minor
ity in the Senate. he has been kept at
the head OF the committee in order that
his zeal and interest In the subject
should be secured for the project The
bill has passed the Senate several times,
hut always heretofore been lost in the
House. The design Of the building
will allow space for three million vol
umes, though room for only one million
will be secured At present When com.
plete, the edifice will rival the Capitol
IN size. When the Smithsonian Insti'
trte shall outgrow its demands its col
lections also will probably obtain larger
and finer shelter. until this country
shall have institutions rivaling tn
British Museum and the imperial \
braries and institutes Of the continent
Appropriations fer purposes Of thi
sort would make far nobler monument
to the memory Of Lincoln and Gran
than the meaningless piles Of ston
| now proposed for them and that q
ready built to Washington's name
| Detroit Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

The assault upon Postmaster
General villas for refusing TO subsidize
mail steams zip lines comes from the
steamship companies themselves Do
troll Free Rrsss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

The Albany Journal asserts that
the letter-carriers Of that city have been
assessed BY the Democratic managers
70 help elect the municipal ticket, and
that they paid their assessments. Dos
ton Journal. OF course this y SLAM
der. Republican lettcr-carricrs have
too much principle 70 contribute 20 me
advancement Of political ideas in which
they do not believe. They would
rather resign than do such = thing
why, certainly Boston Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

There wa some fun - . caucus IN
! town near Boston when . natural
lied citizen gravely moved that the
board OF health be increased BY the 40.
dition Of . physician or something q
that description. The motion passed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

Thunder from . clear sky could
hardly have more surprised the pas
scngcrs in a Niagara car recently than
the sudden exclamation made BY .
thrcc-year-old child, Of remarkably
beautiful face and form. Il had been
lying half asleep in it, mothers arms,
and had been awakened, when y
Strengthened mp and cried. loud
enough 10 be heard from one end Of
the car to the other: ma, Il you
don't let me alone Ill break your
nose. ~ Waterbury Republicans.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07
-The Republican Senators

The Republican Senators are
still 6oundering about in their effort 70
make little party capital ont Of their
controversy with the President over
limitations, but II becomes dali y more
evident that Mr.. Edmunds can not hold
them to the rule Of rejecting men sim
DIV because they can not get the PA
pcrs 80 NcC York Post.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-07-23

Two members OF the House of Represen-
tatives from the boundless Western prai-
ries-Mr. Cobb, of Indiana, Democrat, and
Mr.. Laird, of Nebraska, Republican-so
far forgot their dignity as national legisla-
tors on Friday as to indulge in a personal
alteration, which threatened at one time
to have serious results. After q some
what exciting colloquy in the House, dur
which the ''lie" was passed, the two mem
bers started for the basement of the Capt.
itol, "where they purposed to eight it out. >
One of them, however, (Mr. Cobb was
overtaken by Jealous peace-m.ker, who
with bis hands on his friends collar, es-
corted him back to the House. Unfortu-
nately the second belligerent came up with
them before they had reached the cham
ber, and hot words passing again, Mr.
Laird struck Mr.. Cobb heavy blow on
the mouth, which caused the blood to
flow. The combatants were promptly sep
arated and order restored. The question
then arose as to whether the dignity of thu
House had been insulted. As the affail
happened outside, the House, it is thought
will not be called upon to take cegnizanc'
of it, but the occurrence is a thoroughly
discreditable one, and both the particip
ants will doubtless be sufficiently punished
by the modification they must feel at thei
own exhibition OF temper and want o
self f-coptrol.-Bakq. Sun.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-07-23

The Boston papers represent that New
England just at present is suffering from
drought, the disastrous effect of which has
rarely been witnessed in that section of the
country. For nearly two months, except
in local instances, little Or no rain has fall
en-, and from all directions reports have
been received of the great damage that
has been done to the later crops, vegsta-
bles and fruits. All through Massachu-
sets the grass is perfectly dead, while the
leaves on the trees have turned yellow and
are falling from the boughs. All the riv-
ers are low, especially the Connecticut and
Merrimac. In both these valleys the riv-
ers have dwindled away to mere ribbons,
while most of their tributaries have gone
dry, causing a large number OF mills to
shut down and throwing an army of hands
out of work. At Cape Cod most Of the
bogs and springs have dried up. 1t is es-
timated that thirds of the cranberry
crop is ruined. Along the Connecticut
river the damage done is very serious.
The hay crops have been gathered, but
barley, oats and vegetables are total loss,
and the citizens are afraid passing loco
motives will fire the infammable mate
tials. number of towns have put the
inhabitants on short rations, as the supply
is nearly exhausted. In Vermont the great
grazing grounds are grassless, and great
trouble is experienced in getting sufficient
fodder
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-07-23

Under the operations of the high tariff
the surplus in the United States Treasury
has been accumulating until now there is
at least $100,OOO,000 in The Treasury
vaults, exclusive of the reserve fund ot
800, 100000 Every effort has been made,
apparently, to reduce this surplus by
wasteful and unnecessary appropriations,
but it never seems to have occurred to any
one that when the government has more
money than it knows what to do with, it
would he good thing to use it in paying
off part of the national debt Accordingly
MIR. Morrison introduced resolution in
the House that whenever the surplus ex-
ceeds $1O0,000,000, such surplus excess
shall be applied to taking up government
interest bearing bonds that are payable at
the option of the government. The reso-
luton was passed by vote OF 201 to g..
The House has thus declared that the
standard silver dollars, if they are good e.
nough for the use of the public, are good
enough to pay off the government bonds
The vote is interesting. 1t appears that
143 Democrats and 81 republicans voted
for the resolution, and 80 REPUBLICANS and
Is Democrats against it. Of the Mary.
land Representatives, Messrs. Compton
Gibson, McComas and Shaw voted for the
resolution and Mr.. Findlay against it.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-07-23
NOTES..

T-tas Judge ht. put coered Btp,js'> under
bonds TO refrain from shouting. screaming
jumping an yelling 4 their rrls ious worship" ="
A Nicbjgaa shepherd dog was taken to Ne
braska Its master returned home 10 n round
about wav in a week or So sud found ''Shepf
al home too
Mr.. Wallace the new member of the House
from Louisiana, has been appointed by the
Speaker to the places on the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds and railways and ca
Gals made vacant by the death of DR.. Cole, OF
Maryland
Wheat harvesting has commenced in South
ern Minnesota aai Dakota, aud will be well
under way in the rnrire southern tier of csun-
tries this week. II is the general expectation
that Minnesota and Dakota will not produce
mote than three quarters as mach vhsA, as last
year.
At EEiz ,heth, n J., on Friday Jesse J Cat
lin, ynrdmaster Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
attempted to rescue Annie Wyckof, ysung
lady Of Elizabeth, who WAS standiug on the
ilroad track unconscious Of the approach OF
a train. Both were struck by the locomotive
and instantly killed.
A rattleSnske got in front Of a moving ma
chine IN St Joseph county, Iui =, and was cut
into three pieces. When Mrs. Ronck, who
was rsking hay, came up where it was the
head still had lite epough to bite her, and the
jaws had to be torn apart to remove the tangS
Mrs. Ronck came near dying
j. L. Armstrong, an employe of the Depo,
Hotel. at Hastings, Neb., quarreled with Ella
Manship, dining room girl, and struck her
with knife. She then threw a tumbler al
! Armstrong and it was smashed against hi,
head. While he was reeling from the blow
she threw another. knocking him to the floor
crushing his skull and sending splintered glas!
into his brain. He will die.
Lightning struck an oak ia Tippeca."e co.
Ind -, and tore it into splinters. 1t is said tina
each years layer OF the growth OF the tret
see med to have been separated from the ethe
and split into strips about half an inch wide
| After completing its work on the oak. ths
lightning thirty rods along wire fence
melting the wire in nany places aud tearing
each post out OF the grouad.
Reports of destruction of corn, oats and frui
in Virginia, caused by the great hai!-siorm OF
Monday afternoon, were brought TO Wincheste
Tuesday The track of the storm nin'
miles long and half a mile wide. 1t begar
seven miles west of Winchester, bearing off nea
the suburbs in II southeast direction for two
miles Hail fell the siz. of 1alnuts. Th'
storm continued for Is minutes. In its cours'
vegetation of all kinds was laid waste.
Gov Lloyd has designated the following ad
di'onal persons TO represent Maryland in th
Farmers National Congress, which meets a
Minneapolis, Mimi, August 2s First cengres
sonaI district Col. tmes Wallace, Col. vii
liam McKenney; second district, Col. Wilmo
johnson, Hon. J Carroll Walsh third dis
uict, to be supplied; fourth district, Oliver N
Bryan, and another TO be supplied; sixth dis
trict, Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, Olerbridgs Ilor
sey
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-07-23

A bill which has recently been intro
duced in Congress, relating to 'the manu-
facture of money in the United States
provides that hereafter the money of this
Nation shall be "printed exclusively upon
silk-threaded white paper" in 26 denomi-
nations, ranging from 1 cent to $1,000.
The dimensions of each piece Of paper are
specified. The one-cent bill is to be 1 ]
inches wide by II long; the two-cent bill
is to be one quarter of an inch longer; the
dollar bill inches by 4; the enc hundred
dollar bill inches by g., and the one
thousand-dollar bill inches by Il. 1t is
directed that "the coinage of the money of
the United States of America upon any
metal whatsoever shall cease forthwith" j"
All coin and bullion must be melted and
sold, "as is now done with any other USE
less commodity" "By its right of emf
nent domain Congress hereby calls all the
outstanding bonds of the United States for
immediate payment" These new paper
bills are to be "the only legal tender in
payment of all public or private debts"
and any person who uses other money is
to be fined 81 900 and costs.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-07-23

Maryland furnishes the first pension case
which has received the sanction of the
House notwithstanding the Presidents
veto. 1t was the case of Joseph Romiser,
who was wounded at Cumberland in 1861
This matter was fully discussed last week,
when the Presidents veto message was
read to the House. 1t could have passed
the House on that occasion, after the fair
and traight-forward statement of Repre-
sentative McComas, who introduced the
bill, but it was thought best to let it take
the regular course and 60 back to the COM
mittee on invalid pensions. On Friday
that committee reported the bill back to
the House with the recommendation that
it pass notwithstanding the President.
veto. After a short discussion to show
that certain testimony was on file 10 the
pension Office, which was not presented to
the President, and which fully established
the claim of Mr.. Romiser as just and
meritorious one, the question was put to
vote, which resulted as follows: Ayes
175, nays 3s. The republican side ap-
plauded at the announcement of the re-
suit. All the Maryland members were
either paired in favor of the bill or voted
for it. 1t Is believed this is the first and
last pension bill which the House will
pass over the Presidents veto.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-07-23
The Marriage-License Bill.

A question has been raised as to the va
bill, a synopsis of which was given in re-
cent issue of the TIMES. 1t seems that the
journal of the Senate shows that the bill
only received 13 votes in its favor in that
body. The constitution provides that mo
bill shall become law unless it be passed
in each house by ma iority of the whole
number elected" The full Senate consists
of 26 members, but, owing to an alleged
tie in the vote given to Messrs. Dennis
and Henry, of Worcester county, and the
pendency before Senate committee of an
election contest between them, there were
only 25 Senators qualified at the time of
the passage of The Armstrong bill.
Had there really been tie vote in Wor-
cester county, then there would have been
no Senator elect in that county, and 1t WAS
contended during the session, in the intor-
NAL discussions of the question, that ma
jority of the Senators actually e'ected
"oulO pC . loi luC
passage of laws. 1t was maintained, there
fore, that, in the event that the Senate
committee should decide that there was a
tie in Worcester county. thirteen, being a
majority of the Senators actually elected
at the last session, would form a constitu-
tional majority. But many Senators main
tained that the number contemplated by
the constitution was a majority of the
members who should have been elected
Whether actusted by the latter opinion
or the purpose of providing for the prob
able seating of one Of the Worcester con-
testants, it is said that the President of the
Senate fixed upon IA as the constitutional
majority aad did not declare any bill pass
ed unless it received that number of votes
If it be true then, as it has been stated
upon apparently good authority, that the
Armstrong bill was declared passed upon
13 affirmative votes, it must have been
due to inadvertence on the part of the pre-
siding officer.
But whatever question might have arisen
upon that point, had the theory of a tie in
Worcester county been sustained, the ac-
tion of the Senate in subsequently seating
DR.. Dennis as the duly elected Senator
from that county, removed all doubt upon
the question. The Senate itself is invested
by the constitution with full aud final jur-
isdiction as to the qualifications and elec-
tion of its own members, and when il
seated Or. Dennis as the Senator from
Worcester, its action, as In all similar
cases. related back to the day of the cleo
lion and eclared DR.. Dennis TO have been
tl.e duly elected Senator from that county
during the whole session. Therefore. the
whole number Of Senators being %, a con
s:itutional majority was necessarily "A
and any bill only receiving Is votes in its
favor would be imperative for that reason.
If it be true that the Armstrong bill
only received IS votes. it ceary did not
become law. 1t is desirable that this
fac, should be definitely ascertainsd q,
once in order to avoid serious inconveni
ences which might arise on that account