The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-10-25


Como To Jasper.
To honcst, industrious men, or men o.
capital, seeking location 10 establish
themselves In business, We wish TO
whispcr that jasper presents superior
Inducements.
Il Il town Of about 1900 ihha hitsnts,
surrounded by : fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundreds
OF cars OF agricultural prodncts
sequently subsistence Il cheap.
II Il under laid with fine quality OF
scmi-hlock coal, easily mined by Drift
Ing into any Of the hills surrounding Il.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mInes II delivered anywh here In
the town st fifty cents ton, and IL prac-
|tically inexhsustible. lump coal Il fur
|nished 10 the coal house or bin, It snv
|place IN town, st from ol 30 TO el.75
@ ton, according 70 quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered for
|use IN thAcourt house and jail q 4l.l83
10 tOn.
Its surrounded By : nne body Of
timber, Of all kinds indigenous 10 the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts tho south snd east
|sldes Of The town, aud furnishes never
failing supply Of water for manufscio-
IrIes along fts banks. Good sofs water
|is obtained 10 abundance Tor domestic
Iuses any place In the town at . depth Of
from 20 TO 20 feet.
A ine quality Of good building gray
|saud d.slOue Il Quarried near the town.
This stone has demonstrated lie excell-
Ience BY standImg good for over SO years
Ilhe severe test OF freezes and lhaWs IL
1.-THE pier Of = bridge across Patoka river.
House patterns Of good brick ere de-
|livered q o6 10 IS 80 per Loo. and email
Ter quantities q . sIight sdvance, end
building lumber, rough. at SIS per ], ,000
Ifeet; eurfhced and seasoned at go 20 sc
Iper 1000, - 70 quality.
The community b liberal and lntelll-
Igeut one; with handsome and comm0-
ldi0uo Catholic and Methodist churches
land good public schools, end cltizens
| without exception, heartily Welcome I'll
lnew buslness enterprises.
Jasper and Evansville division Of the L.
e. & g. Z. Ry. and bee three trains eacl
way per day.
The town has IL fActuring estsb
llshments uslng steam power, embracing
3 steam 1oos 0ills. planning mills,
|saW mills, I spoke factory, stave aut
|shlngle factory, I furniture factory,
brewery, machine chop. Z Wag0l
factoFjes, end brick yards, which did
business last year aggsegsting owe
lo276y 900. II has three large well-stockcs
dry Goods end general storea. and
-lsmaller onoa, grocery slorca, none .
.Ithem extensive. Z coufectIonariee. sho'
shope, good photograph gallery. : bo0I
siores, drug slores, 4 hotels, 3 PRINTING
|ofRces, state bank, : livery stabIes. ant
leeveral other branches OF buaineee, 81
doing we'll. and 2 building association
of tlU0.O00 aud $4,000 capital respect
lively.
TO pereons who are seeking On invest
v|ment for capital in manufacturing enter
|prises Of any kind, and have skill and 10
: 'Idustry 10 apply 20 their buslneee, Jaspe
Ipreeents rare inducements, and her citI
|xens will extend : hearty welcome.
| Among the branches Of businees Whicl
; |ought 10 be established here and woul'
certsInly pay, ere : woolen mill, . sma'
foundry, large fruit connerys : GOO
butter, and cheese dairy, : tiIing factory
! a handle factory, good broom factory
Il good pottery, general produce dealer
who would pay cash for farm produc
lofsll kinds IN any quantity; anothe
6our mill might poeeibly be made TO pay
ALSO. . over $1,000 bushels Of whea
we're shipped from Jssper lss
Syear which Il seems to us nigh
have been made into nour here Wit
|pro6t. and tho manufactured product
lehipped. II Il probable, TOO, that mel
.Ichent with sufficient capital to carr.
= good stock OF any single line Of good'
would be able by his larger sssortmeu
: or that line, and consequent lower put
Icheses. 10 secure enough trade from th
general stores abounding IN The conntr
, to make Il profitable but this would 2
|counted g certsintIes. Al oil events,
you ere seeking : location, come and 3
AIOno Ofuo.