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Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01

they are and what their instructions are without having authority to com init the United States officially to any programme. The fact that these cre- dentiala have been asked for, IS re- garded by the president as a very en- couraging indication of the feeling in England, France and Germany in re- gard to the remonetization of silver. The gentlemen who have been making the inquiries would not have asked for such credentials if they had not felt the time was approaching for ser ious negotiations with Eurot can powers. They have no personal finan- cial interest in magnifying their office.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01
SILVER.

NEW YoRK-A Washington special to the Herald says:
 The feeling in favor of international bimetaism seems to be growing and likely to prevail in European cabinets the leading European powers can be convinced that the United States does not intend to plunge into free coinage of its own notion. Several gentlemen of standing in private life, agreed early in the summer to make some inquiries in foreign finances, with a view to international agree ment and to report the results to the president and secretary of the govern ment They have discovered SO friend ly feeling to the use of silver in Europe that they have recently asked and obtained informal credentials from our government showing who
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01

We invariably sell at much closer margin than any one else in the
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01
NO AMERICAN EXECUTED.

NEW ORLEANS - The Picayune's Brownsville, Tex, special says: In quiry of the American consul In Mat amoras, Mexico, results in the inform ation that none of the alleged revolu- tionist executed lately by the order of General Lorenzo Garcia, com manding at CamargO, Mexico, were American citizens, as reported. MT. J. B. Rich ardsOn, the American consul at Mata- moras, has assurance from General Garcia that no American citizens have been executed nor will be without full and fair trial.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01
A QUEER SUICIDE.

CLEVELAND, o. At Fostoria, o, Ralph Cunningham, son of promin- ent business man, tried to kill him., self by crawling into the red hot furnace of the Spoke factory, of which his father is part owner. The engin- ger pulled him out but the head had been almost roasted. Poor health was the cause of the act.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01
PARALYZED.

PHILADELPHIA-Wa ait Whitman, the "Good Gray Poet" is d helpless paraly- tic. It is said he has wasted to mere shadow and his body is bent with age and disease. The doctors say he may live for long tune, but he is likely to be taken away any time. The par alysis from which he suffers is slowly approaching his heart.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01
HELD UP.

OMAHA-Four masked men entered the office of the Ames avenue barn of the Omaha Street Railway company at l o'clock this morning and at the poirt of revolvers con pelled Superin- tcDdant Beals and two assistants to lhrow up ths ir hands while the burg lars proceeded to blow open the safe The safe contained $l 200 all of which was taken. The telephone lines into inc city had been cut and the po- lice were not notified until an hour liter they escaped.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-01
DER AILED.

PARIs-A passenger train on the railroad between Lyons and Grenoble was derailed near Merrians today and ran over an enbankment. A number of the carriages were telescoped and eight persons were killed and 90 ir. jured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

An amusing incident that has just
found its way into print occurred as
Morden, Ont, Sunday. A young lady,
evidently . stranger, while seated Ia
church, accidentally let her handkerchief
fall to the floor. BY repeatedly stoop-
ing to reach IL furtively she attracted the
notice Of . gentleman in the pew behind.
who thought she was about to faint.
With the best OF motives. therefore, he
took her gently under the arms and
raised her up, greatly to her surprise.
AZ sho tried 10 release herself another
gentleman went 10 her assistance, and
before the lady knew what was the mat
ter they we're moving her out into The
aisle. Naturally she was too much 49,
tonished 10 lind words for protest, aud
they managed 10 half carry, half lead her
some distance. when she directed an ap-
pealing look TO another gentleman IN .
pew. % II asking him TO help also. He, I,
too. promptly arose from his seat aud
helped lit her up and carry her gently
to the outside, where mutual explains
tions exposed the ludicrousnsss OF the
situation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

| The Hon. A. J. Warner, OF Ohio, sd-
dressed the West and South Congress &c
Il snsas City last week on the subject
"Relation Of Money TO Bank Credits."
He defined money 10 be that which
has general acceptance In exchange tor
everything else aud In the discharge OF
obligations. Bank checks were money
and bank credits were money. There
should be limit 10 bank credits. Stale
banks no longer had power to iss0e
money, but they created money by the
issuance OF bank credits. Since they ar
rOgated 10 themselves tho function OF the
state they should come under the super
vision. At present the bank credits In
proportion to actual money In the banks
was as from TO : to !. 1t was out Of
this unsubstantial structure OF credit
money, created out OF nothing. conf
dence money, that every panic ever
known had had its beginning. II had
been due to the cupidity OF the banks
that these psnics were directly response
BILE. Expansion Of the credit currency
WAS constant menace to business and
should not be tolerated -the states could
control that s0rt Of money. Il should
be restricted to So OF credit To 81 OF sc-
tusl m0nev. Panics would then be inn
possible. Take thousand milIions from
the upper story Of our top-heavy system
Of bank credits and broaden the founds-
tions Of our money system by adding .
thousand millions or even five hundred
millions OF real money Of either gold or
silver or paper and panic would then
be impossible. Which should il be, be
ask ed-s basis Of gold that is constantly
narrowing as years 70 BY and its pro-
duction diminishing, coupled with the
ever expanding system Of bank credit
currency subject TO expansion and col.
lapse as the interest or cupidity OF banks
may dictate. or less credit and more &C.
tusI primary money In which confidence
was never wanting?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

indianapolis Sentfne l5th.
Hayden s. Bigham died Yesterday
noon at bis residence, LIS Park ave,
after sn illness OF several weeks from
blood poisoning. superinduced by : car
buncle on HE right hand.
Hayden 8 Bighsm was born In le49
1t HolIidaysburg, Pa. In 1855 be cana
to indiana and for two years taught
school. He afterward studied Law and
being admitted 10 the bar prActiced hia
profession In the Dsviess. Pike and
Martin county courts. He served
throughout the var. enlisting at Its b.
ginning 10 company | ~ the elxtIeth
diana volunteers. In 1865 be returned
70 this city and Was member ofthe city
council for six years, representing the
Ninth ward. In 1883 be was elected on
the democratic ticket % . legislative
Representative from Marion county. For
several years he was connected with the
Sentinel printing company, but with
drew from II recently, and q the time Of
his death was q member Of the 6rO Of
Bigham q McGinnis. attorneys and real
estate dealers. Mr.. Bighsm Was mem-
Der OF Mystic Tie lodge, A. =. and a..
a., and OF Maj. Robert Anderson post,
%. a. K. He leaves Two daughters and
|0ne sou.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

This Il from the Toledo Bee. Thoso
who predict or hope that . serious dis
scnsiou will arise 10 the Democratic
party because OF the silver question will
be disappointed. The party is too loyal
and altogether too great 70 split upon
any issue OF importance. The destiny OF
the party is TO resume the administra-
tion Of the Republic aud retain Il in the
interests OF good government. A plat
form Of principles will be enunciated Ia
1892 on which I'll Democrats will unite,
aud there is not . shadow OF doubt that
the candidate Of the party will stand on
the platform, 10 hearty accord with every
plank.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

Mrs.. Darby, claiming to Be from
Washington, Ind. stopped at Cold
Springs last week and bought half Of
the farms In this vicinity. says the Cod
SpriDgs. Ind, correspondent Of the Cin'
cinnati P0at. She elaine to own shoe
factories at Lynn, Mase and Colum bus'
Ohio. and also linen factory In Scot
land. She promised half the children 10
town complete outfit OF clothing. She
len hsre for Aurora, claiming that she
would be back this week 10 consummate
the purchase on the different farms
The notary public 10 anxiously awaiting
her return.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

A newspaper In one aspect is come
thing like : hotel table. IL presents "a
its readers literary viands and views
from many different writer's on many
different subjects, 70 sui, many different
persons Of many different tastes. There
IL something for the old and young; for
The ministers and lsymen for parents
and children, for the poetic and prosaic,
6or the practical and devotional; and In
short, ior all sorts and conditions o|
men" end women. too. u now. one o.
these clssses Of persons object 70 articles
suited for any other classes, and rejects
d newspaper on that account, he Il Just
O. unreasonable In this, @ u he refused
to take dinner q . hotel table, because
he disIikes some article Of food which
others enjoy. = Brcwnsburs Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

The supreme court affirmed the deci.
sion OF the lower court In the famous
DeKalb county COW CASE, which was
tried IN Elkhsrt county on change Of
venue. A farmer brought suit against
the Lake Shore railroad 10 recover value
Tor COW killed by locomotive. The
Jury decided against him and gave the
railroad . verdict for IS and costs, Il
being alleged that the company's loco.
motive had been damaged that much By
collision with the COW.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

Several days ago On infant was left q
the residence OF w. II. Ashbranner
West Elm str eet, % 10 wss stated at the
time, In the absence Of the family. The
statement Was made that while Mr.
AshbrsDner was At work and Mrs. Ash
branner was visiting : neig ghbor, negro
ner residence and then speedily depart,
going away without : bundle that she
carried into the house, and that when
Mrs. Ashbranner returned home she
found . beautiful white baby upon her
bed.
Chief Featherineill aud officer Cannon
have been looking into tho matter OF the
maternity Of this pretty infant and have
discovered the mother. Her name Il
Lizzie Dracken. and she came to this city
only short time ago from Birdseye,
Dubois county She is about twenty
one years old, very neat In dress and sp
pearance, and also handsome She had
been unfortunate In loving not wisely
but too we'll. and In her distress came TO
this city 70 seek some one to adopt her
child. Her betraysr, she states, 10 named
Jung. and IL resident Of Dubois coun-
~. Mr.. and Mrs. Ashbrsnner. pleased
with the infant, will adopt Il. the officers
state. Il Is very pretty baby and Ii
mother belongs 10 . good family.-N
A. Ledger.
That al may be true, but the people
around Birdseve say nobody lived
around there ~ the name OF Brackcn OF
or Jung, either. Most likely the young
mother got locations, % we'll as otheI
lhings mixed. Ed. CoUBrER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

Il 4 Important FOR young women. Who
ere contemp plating msrrisge with . vet.
eran for pension purposes, 10 note that Z
Law has been psssed on that subject. BY
the provisions of the disability oct, mar
riage contracted after last juno does not
eniitle tho widows thereof TO draw pen.
sion. This 10 rather tough on the old
soldiers, whose chances Of getting Z
young wife are largely reduced, but Il
will save our posterity. severaI genera.
tions honce. from such . pension roll q
we are carrying. on which are the nance
OF twenty-three Revolutionary widows,
over oue hundred Years after the close
OF that war. Washington dvertiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

The Louisville. New Albany q Chi
cago people have postponed the build
ing OF On extension from BAinbridge 10
the Clay county coal mines, An extension
which, n Il bad been constructed, would
have been valuable one 20 the road -
N. A. Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

M. VIM. II. Kelso met with I severe
accident about two miles south Of Afford
Monday evening. The coupling 10 his
buggy broke and he was thrown to the
ground. and his shoulder dislocated.
The injury was very painful Drs. De-
Mott aud Harris were called 10 attend
him, aud be u doing as well as could be
expected. ~ Petersburg Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

Sunday school teacher "What Il The
meaning Of the sdmonitIon, IL Is more
blessed TO give than 10 receiver
Little boy y-"It means it's rieasanter."
Yes. Have not you, yourself, found u
more pleasant 10 give than 10 receiver
"Yes'm."
"Of course. What was II you gave!v
"Comic Valentines
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24
new Harness SHOP
on MILL STREET. OPPOSITE rnE
CORN MILL,
JASPER, IND.
louis TrOxler

Has opened cuts HARNESS SHOP and solicits
4. snare of patronage, O. be SELLS CHEAP FOk
vscn. vvscn ALL WORK GUARANTEED TO GIVE salts
=, s you will nnd everything usually kept IN FIRST.
SlAss SHOP 20 select from.
Don't ask for credit. but please gArs
1.s eau and learn prices.
A'ns y lsss-iy. LOUIS TRoxLER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24
John L. Bretz. villa" = CoH
BRETZ &~COX.
Attorneys at Law,
JASPER, IND.

VXYILL.practice in the Courts Of Du-
w boia and adjoining counties.
OFrrcE East ofCourt House. Feh.6,9i.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24
". 2. 2. Y. COLUMN,
CONDUCTED BY MRS. =. L. HOBBS.


A Girls Opinion Of Saloons.
The saloon must 20 4; yes, Of course, II
must 60! Oh, | think IL 10 = terrible
thing that men are licensed 10 sell
whisky 10 men 10 make hrutes out OF
when they know II will do
II when they sell il 10 them. We cant
take up paper but the first thing that
gteets ne is: "NoTiCE or APPLICATION
FOR LIQUoR License" Even religious
papers, (but l believe all editors claim
10 be pious.) Licensed 10 sell whisky |
why don't II read Satanic license 10
sell mems souIs." A saloon can no
more be run without running our boys
than mill can be run without wheat. or
e saw mill without logs. The question
10 "whose bovs?v
The following speech was made 1t .
Temperance meeting by . reformed
drunkard: Il have been thinking since
came into the meeting tonight about
the losses have met with since / signed
the pledge. | tell you there is not man
In this society that has lost more bv
stopping drink than have. Wait = bit
until tell you what mean. There was
nice job Of work to be done In the
shop to-day, and the boss called TOR me,
give Il 70 Tom, says he, he is the best
band In the shop. told my wife about
1t at supper, and she said, Why, Tom,
he used to call you the worst. You
have lost your bad name. haven't you p
That's so, and that is not ell I have lost
either. bad poverty ard wrelched-
ness, and lost them; had ragged
clothes. l have lost them; and | had
waterproof boots that let the water out
81 the toes as fast as II came in ct the
heel. and have lost them; had : red
face and red nose, have lost them,
too had habit Of cursing and swear-
ing, I've got rid OF that; had . heavy
heart and a guilty conscience, thank
God l have lost them all. told my
wife what she had lost. You hsd an
old ragged dress, Sarah; you had trou-
BILE, sorrow, and = poor wretched home /.
and plenty Of heart-aches; you had .
miserable druDkard for Z husband.
Sarah, thank GOD for al that We have
lost since l signed the temperance
pledge.
Nv uncle who lives in Psrs0ns, Kan
sas, was visiting in this State last sum
lmer. He said that after the original
package law came IN force In June. he
had seen more drunkenness than he hal
seen In all the eight yeara he had resided
lin Kansas. He said In three hours after
1.-THE whisky VAS frat opened there %
mot less than four hundred drunk men,
lnot tipey, but dead drunk, lying about
ion the streets. lie said Il was too terri
Ible 70 talk about. But Benny says,
Free Whisky aud Tobacco"
W. will save our fathers. mothers,
Our sisters and our brothers,
Our neighbors, aud al others,
With the cold water pledge.
| Then come ye jolly tiIlere. preachers.
| Law yers, doctors, stiliers,
| Come. We grog and bottle fillers,
| Sign the cold water pledge.
| Then. burrah for reformationl
! Yes, by al In every station,
| Thrt ughOut the whole creation,
| With the cold water pledge.
! We are band Of freesnen,
| We are hand Of freemen,
! We are band Of frecmen.
| And We will sound Il through the land
DUR, INDIANA. BLACKEYE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

The Douai version OF The Bible. whic
IL accepted by the Roman Cstholi
makes the familiar passage o
wine from Proverbs xiii 81, 80. read
1T goeth in pleasantly, but in the end
will bite like snake and spread abroa
poison like basilisk."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

RATES or ADvERr,sEuNG.
ror souare. lOlines or less, week. 81 0O
zach subsequent insertion, 20 cts
ronger advertisements at the same
.s,e A fraction over even square or
sousres. counted as square. These
"a the terms for transient advertise
msrts A reasonable deduction will be
made 10 regular advertisers.
Noticcs OF appointment Of adminis-
trsors an legal notices oflike character
10 he paid in advance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

Prohibition doesn't altogether prevent
In Vermont. Yet the II.
Quor dealer who was swooped down
upon the other day and convicted on 7I5
counts. and placed under sentences
amounting 70 So years In the penitentisry
or the payment Of $4,000 fine. has come
to the conclusion that the law 10 . very
serious joke indeed.
Had Prohibition prevailed in Ne
braska, the recent business depression In
Omaha would have been charged upon
the Amendment, and every personal
liberty advocate would have imperiled
his lungs 10 shouting out anathemss on
the fanatics. Az IL il, the two cities that
seem to be hardest bit 10 the West ace
Kanaas City aud Omaha, thu most nota.
bic High License cities 10 the Union.
"A touching incident occurred 10 the
Pa, license court the other
day. The application Of Aaron Schlos-
ser was being considered, aud the only
protest against Il wss from the aged
father and mother Of the applicant, who
prayed TO Be spared the disgrAce Of hav.
ing their son : rumseller. Of course
such considerations were beneath the
notice Of the august license court.
Weren't they there to see that The liquor
business was placed IN respectable
hands"? The license was granted.
Among the thlngs Senator Quay neg.
lected to deny was thst be helped 70 bribe
= "voice" Employee to steal "Tbe Voice
mailing list. ~ bic committee only paid
$3.50 tor Il. and q he had several much
larger steals 70 deny, be doubtless
thought this was Of minor importance.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19

receive good returns-only ten years ago
coet 80 per acre, and the buyer, an in
telligent and far-sighted German named
Pierce, was called "crazy Dutchman"
for paying that price.-Covina Argus.
A recent visit to w. R. Powell's orch
ard of Valencia Late oranges revealed
the fruit hanging in great clusters, and
not an orange over ripe or fallen from
any cause. The tenacity of the fruit is
remarkable, as the small branch will
break sooner than the stem which sup
ports the orange. At 81 per box, Mr..
PowelPs 100 trees will yield him 5000.
At $5, the price he received last season,
the trees will yield $3.50. The double
row across the orchard is bonanza as
rich as gold mine.--L Azusa Pomo-
tropic.
Paul Seeger of Tustin and DIR. Wall,
A. d. Bishop and II. X. Snow, under
the direct management of H. K. Snow,
are shipping lemons to Chicago, which
were put in the cold-storage rooms last
February. Another car will be shipped
on Saturday. Two brands are shipped,
the Favorite and the Perfection both
are excellent. The lemons are clean and
are as solid and good as when they were
put in storage last February, many Of
the trays having no spoiled ones on
them at all, and there never being more
than two or three at most. The temper
ature in the storage rooms is kept at
about go degrees, never varying more
than six degrees throughout the whole
day.-[Santa Ana Blade.
The Oakdale Horticultural society
held very interesting meeting on the
9th ult., at which +. B. Lowman spoke
very earnestly and pointedly regarding
the destruction of bird 8 nests. defending
the birds on the ground of their being of
much more benefit to the fruit-growers
by destroying injurious insects than
they damaged the fruit. He
also deprecated the practice from
its evil tendencies. He was very
strongly seconded by Mr.. Walker and
others, showing it's evil tendencies and
censuring parents for allowing their
boys to roam the country and even en-
tering private grounds and yards and
robbing birds' nests. The general ex-
preston was that there should be law
against the practice Escondido Times
1t looks as though there would be
fine crop of oranges next winter, if pres
ent indications count for anything. Last
year the crop was light. The trees bios
somed profusely and contained bounti-
full supply of young fruit, but the usual
ly hot weather in June seemed to scorch
the young oranges, and large quantities
Of them fell. This year June was unu-
sually cool, the trees blossomed early
and now the fruit is quite large and
there is very good crop.-[Monrovia
Messenger.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19
DON'T, DON'T, DON'T.

Wait too long. When other remedies
fail, try DR.. John l.. Kellett's Paradise
Oil. 1t removes the cause, and cures
rheumatic, neuralgia and ell other
pains, also cures sore eyes, removes all
unnatural enlargements in man or beast
without pain or injury to the sound
flesh. Paradise Bitters acts on the liver
and kidneys, puriies the blood and reg
ulates the bowels. For sale by all lead
ing druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19
Our Home Brow.

Maier & Zoeblein's Lager. fresh from the
brewery, on draught in all the principal sa-
looms, delivered promptly in bottles or kegs
Office and Brewery. 444 Also st. Telephone 81.
H J. Woollacott, agent for W. and A. Gilbey,
London. Finest liquors for medicinal use.
124 and 126 N. Spring street.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19

II. j. Woollacott, dealer in fine wines and
liquors for family and medicinal use, 124 and
126 N. Spring street.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19
$500 Reward Y

WE will pay The above reward for any Of Liver
Complaint Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, lndigostion Com
stipation or Costiveness cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver pills. when the directions are strictly
complied with. They purely Vegetable, and never
fail to give satisfaction Sugar Coated Large boxes
Containing 50 Pills, Is cents Beware Of counterfeits
and limitations. The genuine manufactured only ~
the JOHN Q. WEST COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL.,
eold ~ b, n. GALE 4 SON 220 .. spring q.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19
The Western Manufacturing and Pickle
Factory,

Manufacturer and dealer in catsups, Worcester
shire sauce mustard, sauer kraut, horse radish,
Russian sardines, anchovis, sardelles chow
Azusa street, near corner Second and San Pc
dro. Los Angeles, Cal. Telephone S17. Mrs.
George Schneider, proprietor
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19

.Daily tDaily except Sunday. 9sundaya only.
ED. CHAMBERS, Ticket Agent,
First-street Depot.
CHAS. T. PARSONS, Ticket Agent
129 North Spring street..
Depot at foot of First street. f23