The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-30


AUSTIN. Tex. has decided 70 erect the
greatest dam In tho United States over
the Colorado river. IL will cost $780,
600, and afford 1900 horse power.
A WIND and sand storm stopped travel
on the Atlantic & Pacific railroad in
New Mexico q few days ago, sand two 70
four feet deep lodging on tho track.
THOSE who advocate spelling reform
IN tho English language argue that ono
letter out Of every seven used according
70 tho present practice is absolutely use
less.
NEW York woman has a kennel and
. dog farm, where she raises toy terriers
that net 500 a year. and She pays all
her expenses with tie proceeds Of the
canine sick ward.
A cigar stump thai be was
trying TO save until after tho perform
ance set fire 70 the clothes az a man in q
Newark thcatcr gallery. They prompt
ly put him out.
The basin OF an extinct crater has
been urncd into q storage reservoir on
Honey Side valley, Nov. 1t is one and
. half miles long by one mile wide and
Is fed BY q canal that taps Susan river.
A COMPOSITION in the Delhi (N. W
Gazette Office, recently set up the notice
OF three golden weddings. He set M
the marriage notices Of the same couples
nifty years ago--a remarkable coinci-
dcncc.
a NOVEL way u raising money to
hniIJ n rh,rrl lac L4A-
congregation in an Iowa town. They
borrowed $780, 600 and gave life insur-
ancc on a numbcrof the members, which
Is 70 be applied on the debt as fast as
death cnsucs.
MOI less than fifteen parishes, or one
fourth Of thc State OF Louisiana. is az
fcctcd by the present food, and thedam-
age Is almost incalculablc. In 1852 it is
estimated that the loss was $4,000, 600.
1t will probably exceed half thatamount
this year.
The roads are not SO straight as they
might DO in Eedington township. Me.
A man who wanted to drive two yoke
OF oxen 10 camp from the other side OF
mountain. only six miles
away ina direct line, had to travel fifty
eight miles before he reached the camp.
They have big dams in California.
Tho one Of Bear Valley, San Bernardino
County. is sixty feet high and holds TO-
Ooo. 900. 600 gallons OF water. That across
the San Diego river is ninety feet high
and holds G,o00, 900, 900 gallons, while
one near Merccden Is sixty feet high,
n mile long and holds $500, 0oO, 900
gallons.
The oldest proposition made for a
long time Is that OF a man at Big Sandy
Gap. in the widest part OF Kentucky.
A railroad Is building in that country
and one Peter Kidd offers $500 cash for
the privilege OF covering the first en-
ginc and cars that get into that place
with q canvas for twcEty-four hours and
OF charging twenty-five cents admission
to the mountaineers and their families
for entering tho tent.
A P~ITTsBURGH drummer went into !
Cleveland shop to talk steam engines to
the proprietor. A pretty little woman
entered at the same time. and the drum
mcr. surprising IL was the proprietor's
1auShe'i stcpPcA asiuc anu allowed ner
70 pass. He wa amazed when she
opened the conversation BY inquiry
after tho health OF his steam gauges,
and he nearly had a stroke OF apoplexy
when she took an order for a lot OF
steam fixtures. She smiled on the
other drummer as she tripod out, and
made him wish be was dead.
TnE site OF a prehistoric village has
been discovered on the banks OF the
Ohio river, near parkcrsburg. W. Va.
1t covers about four acres and the earth
is thickly intermixed with fragments OF
pottery. strcaks OF ashes and fragments
Of bones OF animals and human beings.
In several places arc 70 be seen the
ruins Of what seem to be ancient iro-
places. containing charcoal intcrmixcd
with charrcd nuts Of various sorts. In
and around these firc-placcs arc found
and implements. such as bat
~tle-axes. knives, drills. spears and arrow
and m made Of bone and
slafe.