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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

"-Lrmnel Burns. = murderer who
Kicked Geo. Kerth, . deputy sheriff Of
vanderburg county 10 death in the
Evansville Jail. and was tried for The
murder and by = jury found insane, be-
cause they were sqneamish about hang
ing him. ss he deserved. and the jury
had more mercy than sense. escaped from
the inssne hospital lsst week. and made
his way back to Evansville. hut when h
found The officers were after him he tried
to escape. and rot a. far as Huntin9burg.
where he was caught last Saturday
night. and Sunday Sheriff Pritchest took
him back 70 Evansville 10 be returned to
The Asylum.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

Evansville Journal: The Indianapolis
News criticizes severely Superintendent
Of Public Instruction LaFoliette's OPP
position to the new school book law
re has placed himself In = discredisabie
attitude by bis ill-advised opposition,
and has strengthened the current opinion
that the school book aud school furniture
monopolies hare bad . great deal 20 d.
In nominating and eleciing all mi sup
e~rintendents Of public instruction TO-
many years past. This conviction In tn
public mind had much to do with receh
legislation 20 break the power Of thes'
evil influences.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02
We read about 4 million bushels q

We read about q million bushels OF
wheat, though few people realize what .
vast amount II l.. Gibson county pro-
duced 1925. $50 bushels Of wheat last
year. and this years product will be
much larger. II . million bushels o.
wheat were loaded on freight cars. SOC
bushels TO the car. il would fill . train o
cars fifteen miles long. II transported
pv wagons the line OF teams would u
li3 miles long. And yet we produce
more than 100000 900 bushels Of wbea'
annually. Princeton Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

The L~ouisvils and Nashville will
shortly begin at Pensacola. Fla, the work
OF constructing one Of the largest docks
In the Southern country. 1t will be for
the use OF the vessels in the employ Of
the Export Coal Company. . corpora
ltion for the purpose OF exporting Ala
bama coal / o Cuba and the West indies.
This coal j. hauled BY the L 4 n from
and around Birmingham and Sheffield.
and j. shipped from Pensacola, and u i
said that the export will reach 100000
tons per ear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02
COURT NOTICE.

lcivil Cause. No. 1851
STATE OF INDIANA, &c.
DuBoIs County,
Dubois Circuit Court, september Term, 1850.
George A. Schones
w.
Theresa Kaninenberg.
I'm pursuance 10 an order Of said Court,
notice Il hereby given 10 the above
named defendant, who as appears BY
Iandavit filed. IL q nonresident ~ the
State Of indiana, that the plaintiff has
filed his complaint and commenced his
action against her on note, and 10 enforce
Ia lien on real estate situate IN said coun-
Ity, and that said action will stand for
iseue and trial nj the next term OF said
Dubois Circuit Court, commencing on
the First Monday Of September, 1889.
Witness my hand and the seal
OF said Cont, this 10th day
OF July. 1870.
IGxArz EcKrRT, Clerk
Dubois Circuit Court.
BRuxo B%uRrTSER, Atty for Pm.
July 18th, leeo-sw. pf. o6.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

By the next ap~portionment for mem
beers Of Congress Massachusetts is likely
10 lose one member, New York four,
Pennsylyania three. Ohio one, Illinois
and Indiana may escape without the los,
of q man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

urA. II. y. revenue cutter has seized
the British schooner Black Diamond, for
unlawf nl sealing Ia the Behring sea, aud
The Canadians are mad about II, and
tnlk about whipping uncle sam, 70 learn
him manners. Ma, be They'll try.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02
DISSOLUTION NOTICE. CITY
MILLS OF JASPER.

NOTICE IL hereby given that the
~ partnership in the City Mills, OF Jas
per, heretofore existing between the IN
dersigned, under the firm name Of
Eckert Brothers & Co., was dissolved
July lst, 1889. BY mutual consent, Jesse
B. Kessner retiring from the firm. The
business will be continued by the re-
manning members Of the firm, under
the name Of Eckert Brothers. The a.
fairs Of the late firm must be settled n
soon ~ possible. therefore all persons
indebted are requested 10 call and square
up, and save trouble, and those having
accounts against the late firm are re.
quested to present them At the mill.
CONRAD ECKERT.
JAcoB EcKFRT.
ANDREW EcKERT.
JESSE B. KEssSER.
July 10, 15S9-3w.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

James Vincent, OF Warrick county,
confined 1t the prison south Tor attemps
TO murder, and serving : second term
made his second successful attempt q e.
cape Thursday night. riding away on
Warden Patterns horse ana dog-cart
The latter we're recovered st Corydon
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

Salen Democrat: The Persisc gas
well. which was disadvantsgeousIy ~
|fected BY the attempt At shooting on the
9Th inst was cleaned out Yesterday. and
The flow Of gas Is now greater than II
had ever been.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

Editor 10 boy with note y 1Well?'
Bow "A letter for you, sir
Editor "opens and sees tsiTor's bill \
bad manuscript bad. indeed
handwriting iiiegible. Sorry-very
sorry. Shall be obliged 10 return IT,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

One % the Indianapolis men who hss
been appointed 20 q nice Office under the
administration Of many prayers Il The
husband OF The keeper OF 4 horse OF pros.
titution In this city. Another OF the
Harrison appointnes from Indiana was
for = time, the monfyei partner In I
similar establishment IN this city. L.
~ pray.-Indiauspolis Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

The Davies County Democrat IN.
nounces that James G.. Lavelic. 81 Wash
lington. will be . candidate for the demo
cratic nomination Tor auditor Of state
next year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

Dubois Circuit Court. september Term, 1880
Elizabeth Holder.
W..
william Holder.
vvHE plaintiff in the above entitled
I cause having filed her complaint
therein. together with IN affidavit that
the object Of this action IL TO obtain a
divorce, and that the residence Of the
defendant Ia unknown. Now, therefore
The said defendant is hereby notified
that unless he be an sppear on b 2Otf
day Of September. 1889. that being The
l7fh day OF the next term Of the Dubois
Circuit Court. I o be holden on the FRS
Monday Of September. 1889, At the Cour
house, in Jasper, in said County anf
State. and answer or demur TO said com
plant. that the same will be heard ant
determined IN his absence.
In witness whereof, l have here
unto act my hand and alike
II is. ) the seal Of said Court, this Bis
~ day Of July, 1889.
IGSATz ECKFRT, Clerk
Dubois County.
RICHARD M. MILBuRN, Atty. for Pi'h.
Aug. 2, 1~889-3w. [Pf ISL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

"Gov. Hovey issnei his prcclama-
nasiou on Monday announcing that the
required bond hal been fiei by the In
diana School Book Company, and that
tue law was now ia full force. lie also
recommends a strict compliance with lie
terms. This settles the matter NJ 10 four
branches. and another year will see the
p.undering Trust knocked out entirely
It. a pretty large job 70 change al the
school books 10 the State. aud fight .
monopoly to accomplish IL Al the same
time. which has been rich enough 20
aretire a millionaire every year or two
The last Democratic Legislature u 10 be
awarded praise for doing this much for
the people, at least
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

Az INDIANAPOLIS Postal STrAL--We
received this week q letter from . rub
scribsr 70 the Courier. Mr.. y. NJ. Bates
q Haughviilc delivery, in which he
complains OF not receiving the Courier
sometimes until IL j. three weeks old,
aud savs "when I get one II has two
cents due on Il. and ] don't like 70 paw
two cents extra for each paper W.
pay the postage At Jasper, a. the law re-
quires, on every paper going out Of Du-
bois county, and the collection OF tvs @
cent? postage afterwards i : clear sieal
on the part OF some OF Harrison's postsl
o~fici@'s. Bot with the gang Of gamblers
aud violafors of decency aud good NOR
ais in the Indianapolis Office. we dom
wonder OF the small steal from = mar
who not 10 know the law. Further
the address Of Mr.. Bates. and r. O.. J.
pl.irly printed on the wrapper Of hi
paper. and ~ II Is put IN the poss-ofic'
Ct Jasper cverv Thursday evening, h
shCnid, with half competent mail agents
receive II promptly Saturday morning.
But we presume this Is an instance o
Harrisos's postal REFORM
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

Advertise IN the CouRlER II you wsp
I "boom IN busineea"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02
Sick Headache

Is = complaint from which many suffer
ana fow are entirely free. lts cause
n indigestion and 4 sluggish liver. the
cure Tor which u readily found IN tho
use u Ayers Pills.
81 have found that for sick headache.
caused by u disordered condition of the
stomach, Ayers Pills are the most re-
lable remedy Samuel e.. B~radburn,
Vorthington, Mass.
.After the use Of Ayers Pills for
many years. In my practice and family,
/ 40, it,stifrd in saying hat they are an
excellent cathartic and liver medicine
sustaining All the claims made for them"
w. A. Westfaii. NJ. -, v. T.: Austin
& N. w. Railway Co.. Burnef. Texas.
"Ayer's Pills are the best medicine
known 10 me for regulating the bowels
AND for All diseases caused by . dis
ordered stomach and liver. 1 suffered
Tor over three years from headache, in
digestion, and constipation. bad no
appetite and was weak and nervous
most Of the time. BY using three boxes
81 Ayers Pills, and AZ the same time
dieting myself. l was completely cured
Philip Lockwood, Topeka. Kansas.
II was troubled for years with indi-
cestion, constipation. and headache. a
few boxes Of Ayers pills, used IN small
daily doses, restored me 20 health.
They are prompt and effective. II.
Strout. Meadville, Pa
Ayers Pills,
rnErAREB ~ I
Dr.. ). G. Aver ( Co.. Lowell. Mass
eoId b. all Druggists ana Dealers In xedicias'
April ~. lssa-iy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02

n. R.-The highest price. IN trade. allowed
~ al Minds ~ COU~TRY PRODUCE. Cht-
caen OCT and HOE, HATS and CAS-
In great variety. CHEAP.
Nov. 20. 1sSs-6m.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
THE "noRRlD GRIND"

The funny man sat at his desk one day
And sharpened his pencil long.
Then started to write with all his might
The words of roll:cking song;
For the managing editor. stern and grim,
In planning the work that day
Had said in q solemn tone to him,
To "drive dull care away
From the readers minds" 50 he'd begun
To grind a column Of boisterous fun.
He punned on his worn and threadbare coat,
Then glanced at his shabby hat,
And quickly, with nervous hand, he wrote
laughable joke on that;
He thought of his suffering babe at home,
And his eyes began to CLEAN
With humor bright as his hand would write
Some fun that would make men scream;
Then he thought of his SAD wife's anxious tears
And wrote some jokes that would live Tor years
He wrote his joke. and verse, and pun,
Pure coin from humor's mint,
Nor paused till the task was fairly done
And he had finished his stint; E
Then quietly crept out into the night,
And home to his sad-eyed vile,
And with her he watched for death TO smlte
His child, and end the strife;
For while his pencil had laughter bred
His brain was q led with terrible dread.
And SO it happened that the very next day,
While readers far and wide
Laughed long and loud IN boisterous way,
He sat at a cofin's side.
The world moved on: but little 1t recked
His sorrow cruel and keen;
To furnish folks fun was all they'd expect
From the brains Of a hired machine;
So seiz ng once more his pencil then
He stified his sorrow to grind again.
Harry j. Shelinsan, in Journalist.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31

arrived. First there was . loud cot.
call outdoors; next two Of the lights
were extinguished, then suddenly the
window at his left was pushed in and
instantly Jim Nixon with three or four
others leaped over the seats aad rushed
toward him.
"Out with him! Bury him head
hrst!" he heard them shout, and then
q great confusion followed
just how it all occurred nobody ever
knew; but by the time Mark recovered
his wits he found himself squeezed in
to . corner behind Jake Clinch, who
was striking out from the shoulder and
saying fiercely: "Now. then. Jim
Nixon. l gin you fair warnin' I'd stand
up for him. and will!' In another
moment two big fishermen seized Jim
and threw him headlong out the win
dow into the Sow. That put an end
to the strife at once. The lanterns
were relighted. the overturned benches
arranged and things in general restored
to order.
II jest want to ask" said Jake, red
as beet and gasping for breath,
chow many there be in this ere
school who want this teacher we've
gut to stay, and how many there be
who don't? The first will stand up II
they've gut any spunk in them"
Marks friends having prevailed. the
popular sentiment was in his favor.
and every one stood up Immediately.
Then, at somebody's suggestion, the
crowd gave three hearty cheers for
the teacher, which threatened to bring
down the building, and afterward dis
persed. all laughing and talking to-
gether.
Three more weeks completed the
term; but they passed so pleasantly
that Mark was not really so full of joy
when the school was finished as he
had believed he would be. He had
grown to like Uncle Seth, Sister Gym
thia, and the little community one way
and another.
At last. however, 1.-THE horses of the
sun brought round the long-expected
day." as the Latin poet says, ard
Mark stood on the wharf early in the
morning, bidding every body good
bye. A crowd of the fishermen with
their wives and the scholars were on
hand to see him of. He had shaken
hands and was stepping aboard the
steamboat when Uncle Seth, rather
flushed and flurried, hobbled up and
caught him by the arm.
Here's little sunthin' Sis knit,
young man." he said, in a whisper;
''and the folks hereabouts have had a
mind to put tribe of ballast in it to
keep you afoat. Not much, you know.
but jest little sun thin"
One of the silver pieces which was
in that old-fashioned purse Mark has
kept to this day. B. Stanford, in
n. Y. Independent.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Robert Louis Stevenson's father
was an engineer. and was much en-
raged at his sons determination to
adopt literature as q profession.
In the present century Scott. Me-
caNlay and Dickens have gained the
greatest rewards as writer's. Anthony
Trollope won 1915. 900 in twenty years
by his pen.
MIR. Gladstone has been examining
his correspondence, and. after having
destroyed very large number Of LETT
tiers. has set aside 10000 for preserve
ton in fire-proof room which he has
had built.
Carlo Pellegrini. the celebrated
caricaturist, will not be interviewed
nor photographed. He adopted his
well-known signature. 'Ape." he says.
because when caricaturing he apes
the peculiarities Of his subject.
The mother Of the late Princess
Koltzow-Messalski (..Dora D'Istria'')
was the first woman author who wrote
in the Roumanian tongue. The Prln-
cess spent her last years in great Sc
clusion at Florence, receiving only Wis
itors eminent in the world of letters.
Mrs. Margaret Wilson Oliphant.
the novelist, better known simply as
Mrs. Oliphant, is now sixty years Of
age. She makes her home in the town
of Windsor. adjoining Queen Victoria's
.favorite palace. The fact that she is
a ScotchwOman has made her quite a
favorite of the Queen. who reads all
her novels and takes every occasion to
praise their healthy moral tone.
-Coleridge declares that the book
most frequently in his hands was
Southey's "Life of Wesley" and to
Southey he bequeathed his copy Of it.
on account of its marginal annota-
tons. One of these contains the
grateful apostrophe: 20. dear and
honored Southey, this is the favorite
of my library among many favorites;
this is the book which can read for
the twentieth time with delight, when
1 can read nothing else at all. "
lions Herald.
John Bright, at the outset OF his
public career, was. as one of his towns
men said. a vehement speaker. His
words flowed from his lips like tor
rent of flame. His impetuosity was
electrifying. Metaphor and il!ustra-
ton were almost superabundant; but
his choice of words were always mas
terry. His English is almost Biblical
in its purity of style and simplicity of
Anglo-Saxon range. A short period
of public activity had marked influ-
ence or the young orator. whose
speech soberly solidified into re-
strained gravity and power. In all
senses John Bright has been an ora
tor rather than a debater. and in the
public tribune before the people
greater than in the Parliamentary
forum.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
THE CAR NICHOLAS.
A vivid Pen Picture Drawn By Ernes
Duke Of C0burg.

A vivid Pen Picture Drawn By Ernest,
Duke Of Coburg.
The Car Nicholas was, in fact, the
last real autocrat in Europe. / count
it among my most instructive expert
ences and recollections to have OBJ
tanned living picture of the most re-
markable man of my time. which l was
able to supplement and complete from
time to time by means of numerous
connections with relatives common to
us both.
In the person of the Emperor Nicho-
las all vague distractions of state.
church and nationality vanished.
One looked at him and perceived that
all the force expressed in these terms
was concentrated In his person.
Apart from him nothing existed or
seemed capable of existing. He stood
tangible. but by no means terrible; on
the contrary. handsome and lordly.
attractive and seductive. self-assured.
bold, and like a kind of religious
guardian spirit before an adoring
world
And yet this colossal apparition Of
an absolute ruler proved on closer ex-
animation to be mere outward show. q
painted picture. He was the most
perfect wearer of a uniform among all
the Princes of Europe. tailor's block
(ModelD for every kind of full dress.
The principles of his life and Govern
ment were uniform and red tape. He
looked both the statesman and the Gem
eral in so marked degree that his
complete capacity to fill either role
seemed to every one a foregone conclu-
sion. That and every thing else he
affected by means of the grand spirit
born within him, which was expressed
in the phrase '.Nimbus Of the Auto
crat"
He was better capable Of maintain
ing this in the most brilliant style
than any of the Emperors and Kings
of his time. But with equal ability he
managed to give the social expression
of his feelings certain air of bon
hommie which corresponded to his
change Of uniform. Above all he
understood the art Of putting one out
Of oeuntenance while his gallant and
demeanor fascinated both
men and women. His influence was
and nowhere, like that OF
the Wandering Jew.-LondoS 1S1ea
-O
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
HUMOROUS

You can not Judge of mans
wealth by the goid-headed umbrella he
carries. He may have finished his
lunch first. -Jeweler's Weekly.
Damascus blades were possessed
Of a wonderfully good temper. How
they managed to preserve this we
don't know, as they were used to carve
in Turkey. Puck
AT the minstrels. Fangle-
well. that's the richest lot of dry
Jokes I ever heard" Mrs. Fangle-
us that the reason you had to irrigate
so often?'-Drake's Magazine.
1t doesn't exactly say 50 in the
Bible. but when you kiss pretty girl
on one cheek. and she is quite sure
there isn't anybody looking. she is
often known to turn to you the other.
also.-Sonierrill Journal.
Discouraged Husband well. I've
walked this town over and over; but.
alas! got no work yet and nothing in
the house to eat" Wife-''Then there
is but one thing left for us to dove
will take in few boarders. "-Judge.
LONG live the turkey" says an
enthusiastic contemporary. We do not
indOrse the sentiment. The turkey
already lives too long in many cases.
Two years is the extreme limit OF old
age which should be permitted in .
turkey.-Boston Globe.
-Clem-..How's de doctah gettin
on, Rastus?" Rastus-"He yain't
no bettah. Glenn. an he had to call in a
brudder physician. Clem-"Why
don't he cure hisself?" Rastus-"Kase
doctors is jes like odder folkeses; wen
dey's sick dey's got ter hab a physician
and wen dey amt sick dey kin cure dere-
selves. "-EOoch.
-"Why, sir" said the fireman.
'the ingratitude of some people is
away beyond understanding. At the
Skyhi fats last week saved q stock
brokers' daughter-carried her down
a spliced ladder seventy feet long.
And now" the honest fellow gasped
for breath, I'm bowed if he don't
want me to marry her. "-Durdette.
Doctor TO Bobby" you're
sick again. are you. my little man?
Bobby (who doesn't like medicine)-
81 don't think am; do mt feel sick.
Doctor" Well. we'll see. Show me
your tongue, please" Bobby" Well
now. doctor. you can't always tell that
way. I've had busy day Of 1t to-day
and If my tongue looks bad guess it's
only because til tired and needs good
nights rest "-Harper's Bazaar.
Mrs. Swadkins-"E Eli. DR.. Pills
bury lis going to leave here and To-
cate somewhere In the South. He
starts next Mon1ay." Mr.. Swadkins-
"when did you see Pillsbury?" This
afternoon. He brought his bill for
attendance on Nellie" what did
YOU tell him?'' 81 had . little money
in the house, and paid him in full"
/. You haven't got ~ much sense - .
last years birds nest Chances are
that be never would have presented
that bill again. "-zsvTs Bowte Exprese