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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18


\ Superintendent Worries has published
an opinion respecting tho rights Of teach.
ere to receive pay for holidays in answer
TO : request made by Mr.. A. r. Mogle
OF Kewsnna. The opinion was sent to
the party asking the question and is q
follows:
J Ny DEAR SIR:-In your favor OF re-.
cent date you ask Are We compelled
10 make up time lost on holidays
Nothing was said about holidays Ia our
contracts. but thev read to teach Z term
OF l20 days at $i.873 per day"
Isnswer that contracts TO teach schools
are governed by the same laws that gov.
ern other contracts. There are necessary
implications In slmost al contracts
There being nothing said about holidays
In your contract ii 10 . necessary impii-
cation that teachers shall receive pay for
eli legal holidays that occur during the
term Of school, whether taught or not.
When . contract 10 signed neither
party can legally make any modification
without the consent Of the other party to
the contract. Nothing being said about
holidsys when the contract was made,
trustees would have no legal right TO is-
sue On order or ruling that "holidsys
would not b paid for unless actually
taught"
Que Of nv predecessors very ftIy|
says: "The Fourth Of July, Thsnksgiv-
ing day, Christmas aud New Years are.
by universal consent and very general
practice, regarded % holidays in thisl
country. Employees In almost sll kinds
Of business are excused from labor onl
these days and allowed their wages. ItI
would surely be very unreasonable tol
make teacher % exception to this gem
eral rule. [See "Acts OF 1891" page 394,
which names, in addition to the above.
the ed day Of February, the 30th day oil
May, the first Monday Of September, |
the day OF any general, national or state
election, as legal holidays.l
The legal phase Of the answer 10 justi-
fed by the following decision OF the su-
prems court Of Michigan: "RecognizedI |
cannot be deducted from the
time for which school teacher coutractsl
to teach and bis pay reduced according
~. He is entitled to pay for such days.
even though he does not teach" School
Distr;ct No. 4 ". Gage, 80 Mich. 4S4 II
Holloway 70. School District, So Mich.
l53.
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A sumbsr Of persons interested in

A pumber OF persons interested in the
building Of the Indianapolis, Chsttanoo'
|Ra b RockpOrt road met at the Denisou
House Friday afternoon for Z confer.
|ence. Gen. B. X. Cowan, Of Cincinnati
president of the company, was present
and seems ssnguine that the road will b
built. #. Patrick, OF Columbus, Ind II
equally enthusiastic. People along The
proposed line are disposed to take bold
secure right Of way and vote subsidiel
such q will secure the building Of the
road. Much OF the distance the line, q
now projected. will pass through terri
tory which has no railroad facilities. Il
will open up some fine timber land ex.
celIent stone qusrries and . road which
will greatly benefit indianapolis. Dur
ing the winter Il 10 proposed to take sll
the preliminary steps looking to COM
mencing construction In the early spring.
IL 10 believed that after The right Of way
10 secured and the subsidies voted there
will Be no trouble 10 raising on bonds
what additional money 10 needed to
complete and equip The road. Il is quite
significant that the enterprise has reached
such : stage that the o6lcials Of the
Pennsylvsnia ere casting about to see II
its construction will dsmsge either Of
their Southern lines, the Louisville divi.
sion or the Indianapolis and vincennes.
- Iud. News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

Dished seventy-two. VaDderburg fity.
eight. Knox twenty six and Clay twenty.
-four. There are seventy murdsrsrs, l0e
guilty OF grand larceny. los OF petit lar.
ceny, eighty i've burglary. Life prison.
orr number forty-nine and twenty-one.
year servers twenty. " tho 6lO con.
victs l54 are under age End i46 from
twenty-one 10 twenty-five years old.
Five are near seventy years of age. One
man has served six terms.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

The Pstoka Township Institute met
Dec. IL. 1891. pursuant 10 its sdjourn-
ment The house was called to order
3 80 :. 10 BY the president. Mr.. g. h.
Osborn, after which the roll Was called,
teachers responding with extracts from
paddle Your Own Canoe" by Mrs..
Sarah I. Bolton. an Indiana author, A.
ter which Miss Flora Leighton read :
very interesting esssy, bringing out sew
|ersl good points. viz:
Let. Responsibility Of the teacher g
regards the health Of the child.
I'd. Religion and Moral Training. {
duty Of teachers.
Mr.. L. Kstter then entertained the
Institute By reading piece concerning
the Young Peoples Reading Circle
from Indiana School Journal. OF Oct.
1891. after which the Institute INDUCED
in discussion on this subject.
Mr. G. II. Osborn then assigned "prob.
Iems" to each Of the teschers, after
which different nsthods OF solutions
we're given. House adjourned until
! 80 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House called to order by Co. Sup't
Geo. r. Wilson, who favored the Insti.
tute with his presence.
Mrs Emma G. Wilson then presented
the subject American Literature" Civ.
ing the historians and the0logians OF
colonial and revolutional periods; the
time was we'll spent to those taking "a
interest, and valuable information was
gained on this subject.
Reading" was presented by Mary L.
Eckert, when citizenship" was disposed
Of 10 On able manner by Mr. Ed. r.
HildebraDd Sup't Wilson gave some
important points on this subject.
Mr. n. A Seidl then took up "Spell.
ng," comparing oral and written SPELL
lug, when Supt Wilson urged upon the
Ieacbers the necessity Of better work
being done in this line. q the schools OF
he county were deficient il this branch,
lnd closed by instructiug the teachers
now to grade their pupils in bi-montLly
The subjects we're then assigned:
PAge's Theory Miss Leighton /; Course
u Study-Mr. Ksttsr; Litsrsturs-Mr.
J. II. Osborn; Reading -Mrs. E. G.
Wilson; Citizenship L. Eckelt;
language Ed. T.. Hildebrsnd; Prob
ems ~ Miss Tillie Deerhake; Spelling
Mr. M. A. Ssidl.
visitors present: Sup't Wilson, Mrs.
Y. GutgselI, Mr.. Kemp, Mr.. Christ.
1ands, Mr.. Thomas Powell, Mr.. Chas.
Roach.
Institnte adjourned to meet Jan. 2, '92.
Many I EoKERr. Ssc'y.
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A few Of this city's best business meu
met the parties interested in the building
OF the Indianapolis, Rockport and Chat.
road In their meeting on Thuro.
day AFTERNOON. Mr.. ID. r. Erwin va
one Of the number, and be has become
greatly interested In the project. Hs
ssys that II means business undoubtedly
indianapolis, he saws, can, with but IT.
tie trouble and expense, have . road
from Indianapolis to Chattanooga Just
as good ss the Cincinnati Southern, fol
which Cincinnati paid 420,OOO.O00 Mr.
.Addis0n Bybee says thst Il would be I
great road for Indianapolis. and every
manufacturer and merchant should Be
interested In its building. II would open
new territory 20 Indianapolis msnufsc-
turers and merchants, passes through
large tracts Of hard wood lumber, excel.
lent coal fields and fine stone Quarries,
and 10 In no way Z competitor OF any ex.
isting road. The portion OF Southern
Indiana which II traverses has only The
Mackey lines; and they try TO draw
everything to Evansville. The enter
prise 10 further advanced than many sup-
pose. Between Rockport and Mitchell,
Ind, the contract for the grading Is 81.
ready let. and from Mitchell to the Ma
rion county line most OF the right Of
way 10 secured, Il being the entire dis
tsnce one hundred teet wide. Arrange
mcnts arc now making to have elections
held 10 every township on the lire, II
possible, on the esme day. In the SOW
eral counties the commissioners will be
asked 10 order euch oloctiona A aoon n
practicable.
The projectors Of the road are very
anxious that some OF the business men
OF the city take an interest In the enter
prise and encourage them BY taking the
eteps necessary 10 get an entrance into
indianapolis. as they expect to have their
trains running 10 here BY November l.
1892. All they ask Of Indianapolis 10 u
with its Union tracks With
out unrossonable cost. In this connec.
tion Il 10 stated that there is already q
good road from Owensboro to Chstta-
nooga, cannection with which csn read
lily BE- made BY bridging the Ohio River.
and Owensboro will give $4,000 to|
help build such . connecting bridge.
Accidentally : reporter Of the Journal
learned that the Chicago and EasterD|
Illinois Company would gladly build to|
connect with this road q Mitchell IL the|
projectors were willing 10 abandon
to Indianapolis, but the men Of
The !. Il. Z. road are determined TO build
to Indianapolis II they receive
The least Encouragement - Indianapolis
Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

0rThe Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago Railroad Company filed articles
with the Secretary OF State increasing its
capital stock from o6, 100000 70 12,000,.
600, The purpose being expressed 10 ex-
pend the additional capital In improving
terminal facilities at Chicago. The fee
paid into the State for 6liHg the articles
vas o5,500. The largest sver received
for corporation filing similar articles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

J.. G. WoolIey gives the best ds6nitiou
OF Gospel Temperance we have heard
lately. Here Il Is: "When : young msn
simply declines . glass Of wine. giving
the name Of Jesus for the reason, call
that Gospel temperance. And when Z
young woman With Christian tact and
grace demands. as Christian ladies can
demand for the sake Of Jesus who never
once reproached : woman, abstinence q
. prerequisite TO her respect, ! call that
honorsd wife Of Minnesota's spotlsss
senator, who died with bic glass re-
versed. Mrs. William Window, rsfused
to serve wine at her table according TO
the custom, saying she would rather Of
fend few than tempt any, cell that
Gospel temperance. ."-Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

Indianapolis Sun Tho Sun 10 grieved
10 learn that some Of the .distingn nished
grangefs, that have been In session in In.
dianspolie the past two days, were deep.
~ iOcensed because this paper besded lie
article about their meeting with the
words: wheat aud whiskers." They
were not displeased with the word
"wheat" but the "whiskers" stuck Ia
their throats. % Il we're. This IL unjust
TO The Sun, which loves the farmer-lnan
very much il is true that these gentle
men have raised . large and commsn-
dable crop Of wheat the past season. Al
the Same time. Il 10 true that they have
raised large crops Of whiskers. Il Il i'm.
proper. then. to speak Of one as we'll q
the other? So far g the human eye can
see, the whiskers composed the most
conspicuous crop. There was the red
top variety, the early rose, the timothy,
the cl0ver-hay and the field grown
whiskcrs. sll looking and promising
we'll. Was Il wrong TO cay 90 In the
public print? Thesc crops came to In-
dianspoiis with their owners and created
no little marked comment, aud The Sun
believed II violated no confidence or rule
Of the esteemed granger when It referred
TO them. Ifit has done 90, II now with.
draws the "whiskcrs" and offers to those
affected its most complete apology.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

Men talk about The liquor question,
The greatest question for the laboring
men Of to-day Il the liquor question
Solve that aud Il will help to solve sll
othero.
A bushsl Of corn makes four gaIlous ol
whisky, which retsiIs q ol6; or this the
farmer gets 20 cents. the railroad com.
pany 81, the United States g 60. the
manufacturer "a, and The veuder 81,
and the drinker-sixty days and
delirium tremens.- REV. Roland 0raps.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

What does Il profit man % send bic
children to school, accumulate property,
build big barns, ETC.. for his children, Il
bic son II 70 60 20 ruin through the grog.
shop and bic daughter preside over !
drunkard'e howell? Let % ave our
children. ~ California Prohibitionist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

Mr.. II. Z. CrAf, the popular master or
transportation Of the Air Line, has re-
|signed. Mr.. g. r. Evans will temporar-
iIy assume tho duties OF the Office until :
successor is appointed. Mr.. Mcdonald
will continue his duties . train master.
Mr.. Crafts resignation 10 the result Of :
disagreement between himself aud Mr..
Nc Donald Hu0tingburg Argus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

Senator Paddock introduced the fret
bill 10 this congress. II Was for food
section In tho agricultural department "a
prevent the sdulteration and ialso brand.
Ing OF food products.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

Joseph Crsbtree, the man who VA
arrested for the murder Of Stanford
Freeman, 10 Martin county, 10 1885,
upon the change Of venue to Lawrence
county Was acquitted. Public sentiment
seems to have Il that another man who
% now serving : life sentence and Z
member Of the notorious Archer gang is
the guilty person.
Thomas Gates. ex-Treasurer OF Mar.
tin county, charged with embezxlemsnl
10 the extent OF $4,000. was found moi
guilty, and Il nov q home free man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

The Republican State central commit
tee issues its usual call tor towuship .
to be held on Saturday |,
Jan. ., 1892. and for district convsn-
tions, on the 21st Of the Same month. Tor
the purpose OF trsnsacting certain busi-
ness set forth 10 the call.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

While machinery IN The factory Of The
Muncie pulp company vas chopping up
timber received from the South, there
WAS sudden crash snd stoppage, and In
vestigation discovered : grape shot,
" hich had been fired during the war Of
the rebellion and which had imbedded
itself in tree.
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L~.llsHED EVERY FRIDAY, At JAsPEn
pusoIs COUNTY, INDIANA. y
CLEMENT DOANE.
OFFICE. IN CounrrR BuiLDIse on
vur SIXTH SrREEr.


RATES ~ ADVERTISING.
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,be terms for transient advertise
.o,s:a ~ reasonable deduction will be
r.ss 10 regular advertisers.
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|,,ors nd legal notices oflike character
= h paid In advance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

Mr.. Gsrret Riggle, head engineer on
the Evansville and Bowling Green pack
Of steamer Evansville, has received the
appointment Of boiler inspector, district
or Louisville.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

0rTim Byrnes, snationsl organixer''
OF Republican League Clubs, has just
been arrested for forgery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

But In l892, after only eighteen
months Of the practical working Of the
Mckinley law, February will have
twenty -nine days. 20
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u. 2. 2. U. COLUMV
CONDUCTED sr MRS. =. 1. HOBBS.



However wide awake the churche
are on some questions OF religion sn
reform. they are practically asleep OF
the liquor question. This Il . har'
thing TO say sgsinst the church Of Christ
but little investigation leads us 20 be
lieve that II IL true.
! We cay practically asleep becAus
they are not nominally asleep. Scarcsl,
church conference or assembly con
venes without adopting resolutions con
demning the saloon traffic IL the soveres
terms. The license system 70 also pro
nounced wholly Intellectual In regulating
the traffic or mitigating the evil arisInl
from Il. But, Notwithstanding, thesl
bitter denunciations BY large church
bodies, II Il : notorious fact that {
shameful proportion Of church membere
Who claim to be joined to the body ol
Christ, and under the guidance OF the
Holy Spirit, vote for men who give legal
sanction and protection to the hellish
business calculated only 10 destroy soula
which the church 10 organized 10 save.
We would not be too severe In criti-
cising the churches. When W. think OF
the great civilizing. educating and refin-
ing power Of the church we hesitate to
open our mouths agsinst II in any par
ticular. But IL 10 matter Of regret that
this state OF "sbominabIs indifference
exists. We attribute the lack Of inter-
est not TO any evil motive, but rather to
indifference. The churches should
awake to the importance Of this issue
Right st this time, It would seem that
there ID no other department Of church
work moro important. II affects the
moral, spiritual and material interests Of
- we'll % to : certain degree
iss own membership.
DO men love their party more than
the church? Will they follow the dc
tation Of the low political buns and
thugs rather than the teachings Of the
meek and lowiy Jesus whom they pro-
fess to love and server Will they per-
sist in training with . party which
" ou!d plant . saloon on every corner,
the church's most malignant foe! This
seems TO be what they ere doing. The
fact il too glaring to hs bid.
To the long faced, ssnctimonious man
who stands in the amen corner Of the
sanctuary and prsys for thirty minutes
at . time for the overthrow Of the o
loon, that the great tide Of iniquify Il
engenders might be checked. Heaven
shunders back the reply through the
Word or Truth. vote that way and then
| will believe ron sincere and aneWer
yon." He who can not read this decla-
ration had better apply himself little
more closely 70 the study Of his Bible.
Tha -. ~s.ttas. rbu r~k - ~ ehta ~osx ~ -
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eretr. william r.. Cor
BRETZ & COX.
attorneys at Law,
JAsPER.i IND.

hVyITL practice in the Courts Of Du-
bois and adjoining counties.
|0,y,cr East Of Court House. Fer. 81
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

10 speaking Of how firmly the saloon
has control OF the republican and demo
cratic parties. Wvmond J. Beckett in .
speech TO . Prohibition club, said they
reminded him Of 90 old farmer who Wa
trying 70 break . fractious mule. He
got on the snimsl's back, the male put
back bic ears, and started . runaway
the farmer could not control him, mud
few in al directions. A. the mule and
the farmer passed : neigbor's house,
John, where are you going?T
turn bic besd be replied: "Dont ask
me ssk the muIelr
The old parties ere both riding the a.
loon. Don't ask them where they ere
going ask the saloon.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-11
A HOME WEDDING.

1t Wasn't a Grand One, But 1t Was
Prettier Than If 1t Had Been.
It's just year ago to-day" said she who
told the story. 1--WE had been sch0oImates,
and she asked ME to come on an early train
and help her and her mother through the
day. 1t was in the morning when l step
ped under the thick woodbine that grew
about the door of that angular little house
on the edge of New England village. She
had broad hat on and She said, Come
We went out into the pasture land be-
yOnd the village and we filled our arms with
gOidenTOd and cardinal HowerS. Then we
walked back to the house and her mother
fetched jars and vases and big bowls, aud
we put our flowers about in the rooms.
HE came by the noon train and she
went to the gate in her print dress and her
broad hat TO meet him. We had little din
ner together, her mother, he, she and l.
Then she went to dress and came down
stairs again in half an hour III a single little
white gown. 1t was > o'clock when the
neghbOrs began to arrive, She went to the
door TO meet them herself, and she took the
minister's hat and showed the minister 5
wife where to put her things.
Then by ana by the minister said Are
YOU ready?' And she said, Yes; and then
the Two OF them stood before the minister I,
and she put one hand behind her and into
the hand OF her mother, who sat Just there
on the SUN. Anu niieH tiic munster ptShn,
'WiH you, she said / will before he got
half through.
AFTER that she put on a white apron and
saw that we all had cake and ice. cream.
Then when it was time for her to 60 away
she changed her dress again. and We all
walked to the railway station to see her
started. When the train came putting up
she turned TO NE: Stay with mother till
tomorrow, and I'll get "A letter to her by
that time. She'll be lonely this evening"
81 never expect 10 again attend so pretty
a Redding n-PitfshnrE Di,patch
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Litigation E.bausted Everv polIar.

A suit which has been pending in the Cir
cuit Court Of this county was recently
terminated. and, strange to relate, both
plaintiffs and defendants are fully satisfied
with the result, although neither side gained
anything substantially and both sides lost.
A church aid and benevolent society of this
place had considerable sum of money in
the hands of the Treasurer. There was dis
satisfaction concerning the custody of the
funds. The society divided into two fac
lions, each side wanting its respective rep
resentatlyes TO take charge of the funds.
Litigation ensued, and the matter was re-
ferred to Master in Cbancery. Numerous
witnesses were examined and the investiga-
ton continued until lawyers fees, court
costs and incidentals consumed the fund in
controversy. The plaintiffs dismissed their
suit when there was nothing to fight about,
and the defendants are satisfied because the
opposition was not permitted to take charge
of the funds; while the plaintiffs are eX-
uberant because the defendants we're not
permitted 10 retain the money, as the funds
had been turned into the hands of the Mas
ter OF the court, and this sum was appro-
priated TO defray the costs of litigation
Helena (Ark) Cor. Globe Democrat.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-11
A BOYS MANNERS.
Commercial Value of Good Behavior
in a Ynuth.

Commercial Value of Good Behavior
in a Youth.
His manner is worth hundred thou
sand dollars 10 himH' That is what one OF
the chief men of the nation lately said about
boy. 1t wouldn't be worth so much TO
one who meant to be farmer, or who had
no opportunities. but to young college
student with ambitions 1t is worth at least a
hundred thousand"
The boy was a distant rela tive of the man.
and had been brought up by careful parents
in a farrell city. Among other things ne
had been taught to I've friendly, and 10 mink
of ether persons before himself. The boy
was on II visit in the town where the man
lived. They met on the street. and the
younger, recognizing the elder, promptly
went to his sido and spoke to him in MS
cordial, happy, yet respectful way. VI
course the man was pleased, and knew that
anybody would have been pleased. The
sentence above was the outcome OF IT,. a
little later the boy came into the room JUST
as the man was struggling into his oVercoat'
The boy hurried 10 him, pulled it up at the
collar and drew down the wrinkled coat be-
meath. He would have done it for any
man. the haughtiest or the poorest.
The boy has not been IN society great
deal. He has not learned orthodox selhs1-
ness. He positively can't be easy at the table
until his neighbors are waited oil. A chair
Is torture if he thinks any one else is less
comfortably seated. lie wouldn't interrupt
to let loose the wittiest or the NO t timely
remark ever thought Vt. He may learn to
do SO some day-after he has earned his
hundred th0usaud-but it is doubtful. The
expression Of his kindness may become
cOnformed to popular usage. modified, re-
fined but tho spirit which prompts the ex-
preston Will only grow with his years
Do not misunderstood. boys. You may
be truly unselfsh and yetnot have this boys
prize You may wish to do things for others
and yet feel that you do not know how.
The only way to learn Is to try; TO hesitate
for no feeling Of basbfulness or awkward
ness, but To put into direct and iDstantane-
ons practice whatever kind. helpful thoughts
occur TO observation-disclosures