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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10
w. CT. u. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
RUM, THE BRUTALIzER.
Scenes and Incidents of Life in the
Sums OF New York.


When we hear Of a child born TO
who have some advanced
disease Of lung or heart or brain,
we pity it and look with forebodings
upon it, future, feeling that sooner
or later it will become the prey Of
its parents enemy. But how much
more should we pity the child Of the
woman who has been drinking hard
for years, and Of the man who has
lost all manly instincts in the Sa-
loon
There have been cases within our
knowledge where drunken mothers
have fallen in an unconscious stupor
on the streets, and there in the cold,
night the little blighted
life has dawncd, and the first wall
has but foreshadowed the sorrow,
shame and despair that lay before
it. There are other sad cases in
which the mother has gone out to
drink. leaving the little ones with
out food or fire, locked in their bare
room. She has been arrested, ta-
ken to the station house by the
police, and the little ones have been
found, long, weary hours aftcrward,
crying from hunger.
There was one little one in our
nursery especially bright and sweet
whose name was Lilly. She was
one of those child angels, beautiful
in disposition a. well as face. She
would sing most Swectly the simple
choruScS of the Salvation Army
songs taught them in the nursery,
and made a lovely picture with her
sweet face lighted up and framed
with its wreath Of golden curls.
The parents Of the little ones are
visited by the slum officers, and so
they went one day to the house
where Lilly's mother lived. On the
threshold they met the father-a
rough, brutal man. Holding out
their hands, they greeted him, but he
pushed them away, saying he want
ed nothing to do with them or their
religion, but that he would believe
in them if they would 90 in and "get
that woman converted, y with toss
of his head toward the room which
he could hardly call home.
On entering II they found ''that
woman drunk, and the room was
showing all the signs of the wreck
age and disorder that her life had
caused. To open the conversation
in a friendly manner they drew
Lilly to them and asked her to sing
a little song which was a great ia
voritc with her. At that moment
they heard an angry voice at the
door threatening the child if she
dared to sing it, and turning they
saw her father. The mother, en-
ragged by his interference, demand
ed Of the child that She sing ii i'm
mcdiately.
The father again threatened her,
and the little one stood trembling
between the two, not knowing which
to obey, and vet drcading the con-
sequence Of disobeying either. Just
rs the girls were going To Withdraw
their request, and before they could
interfere, the mother in fit of rage
sprang upon the child. and twining
her hand in the bright curls tore out
by the roots a handful Of golden
hair. Thus can drink brutalizc
even mothers heart. Mrs. Bal
lington Booth.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10
Extract From q Letter From Felix Wei.
man.-Mexican Burials.

late DR.. X. NJ. Welman, who 70
so many years lived in Jasper, i
now employed as a railroad engi-
neer on the Mexican National Rail
road, and has his headquarters a
San Louis Potosi. From a lettel
received by his aunt, Mrs. Name,
Withers. We make the following
extract:
"Well, will try to tell you some
thing of San Luis Potosi. 1t is q
Icity of about 10000 inhabitants
and is 500 miles from the City o.
Mexico, North. There are liz
churches here, and from 3 a. m.
until II O'Clock at night, YOU can
hear nothing but church bells.
visited some of the cemeterys
here and they are very different
from our American grave yards.
Instead of burying people in the
ground, they have very large wall
of stone built around the church,
and in the wall are numerous holes,
Just large enough TO put coffin in.
The collins are pushed in length
wise, a the walls are generally
from 10 to II feet in thickness. In
this way people are buried, and are
allowed to stay in these places as
long as relations are able to pay
rent for the holes in the wall.
When they are unable to pay rent,
the bodies are taken out and thrown
upon the ground, and the collins
are taken back for some one else t.
be buried in.
Instead of having a hearse, four
men take a coffin on their shoulders
and trudge off to grave yard with
! it.
If a person is killed any place, in
that case their body is put in tn,
ground at the very spot they were
2 killed.
Z a conductor on the road wa,
killed short time ago by hinc
end collision, and had to be buriec
right under the track.
\ When a person dies in this coun
try his body must remain here a pc
riod Of five years, then it may b
removed. suppose this is enough
Of grave yards for this time.
!, Our division has been changed
and is now 352 miles long. JUS
think Of it, without any rest.
4 If | was sure Of getting an engine
on the Air Line l would come bacl
and go to running there. ! think
will write to the Master Mechanic
and get job before ! quit here.
Aunt Nan, | wish YOU would senc
me some "Couriers." l woult
like to see some of them. WheI
y,u write, you need not mind put
ting 6 cents on the letter, as il takes
but = cents to bring letter int
this country, but five TO send one
out"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

By undertaking the Eastern Ill
inois cement company the Western
cement association, which is com
posed Of the various mills around
the falls, will furnish 100000 bar
rcls Of cement to be used in street
repairing in Chicago. This will
give work to a large number Of ce-
ment mill employees who have been
idle for many months.
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THE SUTTON CASE.
The Crime With Which Ssttos Is
CHARGED.

Petersburg Press.
The Henry Sutton white cap case
is on in the Pike circuit court this
week and the trial will last the re-
mainder of this week. Judge Dun
can, Of Bloomington, is sitting as
special Judge in the trial.
Sutton is charged with the whip
ping of William Coffee and wife,
formerly residents Of Dubois coun-
ty, but who now live in Petersburg.
On the night of the 31st Of Au-
gust, 1891, Coffee and wife were ia
ken from their home near Ellis
worth, Dubois county, by ten or
twelve masked men and whipped
numerically. The whipping Of
Coffee and wife stirred the whole Of
Dubois county, and cries Of bring
the guilty parties to justice, were
heard on every hand.
1t was not until the middle Of
September, 1892, that the grand
jury succeeded in finding indict-
mcnts against the guilty parties.
On the 18th Of the above named
month the grand jury found indict-
ments against John II. Brown,
Thomas Highfeld, William High
field. James Ellis, Levi Ellis, Isaac
Eastridge, James Sutton and Philip
Sutton, Jr., charging them with the
crime. Their arrest Immediately
followed which created quite a SEN
sation, the men being well-to-do
and prosperous farmers Of Dubois
county.
John III. Brown was the first one
of the men to be tried. His trial
took place at Jasper and was long
and holly contested. Both sides
were ably represented. After one
Of the most brilliant legal battles
ever fought in the court Of Dubois
county the jury found the defendant
guilty, and sentenced him TO two
years in the states prison. Brown
in some way was informed Of the
verdict Of the jury before il was
read in open court and skipped
the country" forfeiting his bond.
He has never been heard Of since.
Thomas Highfeld was next tried,
and after a trial as bitter and hard
fought as that Of Browns was &C.
quilted.
The next one of the men tried
was VIM. Highfcld, who was given
a two years sentence in the states
prison, and who is now serving out
his time at Jacksonville.
The cases against James Ellis
and Levi Ellis have been nollied.
Sutton's trial is contested with as
much vigor both by state and de-
fense as were the trials Of the other
men.
About 200 witnesses have been
summoned from Dubois county to
testify in the case.
Sutton, the defendant, is a man
Of family and about 80 years Of age.
He is now a resident Of Monroe
township, this county.
The cases against Isaac Eastridge
and Philip Sutton, Jr., are still
pending in the Dubois circuit court.
[The trial resulted in the jury
bringing in verdict Of mot
guilty" If is generally thought,
by those who heard the evidence in
Dubois county court, that the Pike
countyjury must have been fixed"
But as the white cap gang has been
broken up, and the hellish outrages
against civilization stopped-it is
probably just as well.-ED. Cot
RIER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

With the cunning skill 80 charac-
teristic Of him, Senator German
has not allowed his hand to be seen
by the public in all these weeks Of
debate and argument, Of concession
and compromise; nevertheless the
work is his and the responsibility
also falls upon him. Therefore, 1t
is not difficult to perceive the force
OF the blow that defeat will inflict
upon him.-Baltimore News (dem. }
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

There is volume of truth in the
following from the Muncie Herald
Thirty years Of Republican legisla-
ton brought the country twice on
the verge Of ruin, depleted ple-
thoric treasury, robbed the laboring
man, skinned the farmer, put a
million tramps to beg at the door,
taxed the many for exclusive bene-
fit Of the few, created trusts and
combines to further impoverish the
country, and at last brought Coxey-
ism into prominence. The people
during the last ten months have
been reaping the mildewed harvest
of thirty years sowing under the
fostering care Of Republican legis-
lation.
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Sunday Target Practice.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Today
in the house Mr.. Grosvenor, 81
Ohio, arose to question Of privi-
legc in connection with resolution
he introduced some time ago call.
ing for a report from the war de-
partment upon the court martial Of
a soldier at Omaha for refusing tc
participate in target practice on
Sunday. a reply had been receiv-
from the war department.
Mr.. Grosvenor had no criticism to
offer upon the ground Of the court
martial, viz: That private sol
dicr has no right to disobey the
commands of his supcriors, but he
insisted that the otliccrordering the
Sunday target practice did so in
plain violation of the order Of Pres
idcnt Lincoln in 1862, and in di-
rect violation of the statutes Of Neb-
raska. MIR. Grosvcnor passed some
severe structures on the court mar
tial and the general who had ap-
proved il and ordered its decree
executed.
"Thc action Of that brigadicr-
general. = said he, twas the out
growth either Of the most stolid and
inconceivablc ignorance or total
disregard Of all that was right and
proper"
Mr.. Grosvenor paid a high trib-
ute to President Cleveland; who
had ordered the officer who issued
the Sunday target practice order to
be arrested, tried and punished for
violation of the order Of President
Lincoln.
In China a man who killed his
ra,Lar ,xaa oxaeuf.I and alono
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10
Folly and Wisdom.

Many parents labor hard, and
live sparingly, that they may give
their children start in the world ;
but setting a son ailoat with money
left To him, il like tying bladdcr~
under the arms Of one who can not
swim: and ten to one he will drown ;
but teach him to swim and he will
never need bladdcrS. Give a child
a good education, and it will give
him such start as will secure use
fulncSs and victory in the race he is
10 run.-Bronson.
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Compensation.

1t j. true that drinking docs
great deal of harm to q man, bu
how seldom we mention the com
advantages that comes t
him. For instance:
lie drank when he was stupid
For to quicken his insight.
His eyes grew still more hlcary.
But his nose grew bright.
lie drank when lie was weary
Ills strength for to prolong.
Ills legs grew still more shaky.
Eut his breath grew strong.
He drank when hc was downcast
For 10 chase away the night.
Ills debts grew still more heavy,
Eut his purse grew light
Voice.
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winslow Items in Petersburg Press.

Rev. Medcalf, Of Portersville,
Dubois county, preached at the NJ.
+. church Tuesday night. Rev.
Medcalf is a member Of the X. Of r.
order and is a gentleman in every
respect. He has been visiting his
brother Bert of this place few
days.
Rev. Barmore, Of Birdseye, Ind.
a Latter Day Saint, preached at the
Christian church Friday and Satur-
day moring.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

vincennes Sun: According to
the assessors returns the total valu-
alton Of all the real and personal
property Of Knox county, including
the notifications made by the coun-
ty board of review, amounts to over
$13, 100000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

Tell City News: The Fifth
Wheel Co. and the Excelsior Co.
have been the two Jonahs of our
city. The latter certainly exceeds
them all. We think the company
was powerfully pulled by some one.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

The people got after the trusts
none too soon. II i taking life
and death struggle 10 break them
loose in the senate. Had the re-
publican party remained in power
another four years it would have
been completely tied up and would
not have been worth saving
Button Banner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

The annual statistical report OF
the state inspector Of mines for the
year 1898 shows that the output Of
coal in Pike county for that year
was 245, tons. The out put OF
Daviess county was 3O4, AS tons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10
w. E. COX,
Attorney at Law,
JASPER, DIANA.

Prosecuting Attorney for the lith Judicial
Circuit ana v 10 carefully attend 10 any cis ~
business entrusted 20 iiim in amy county ~
The circuit
l8 once over the Post osiicc.
Doe. y, ~ ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

Whisky j. a liquid damnation,
whether bought at a high license
Gin palace, a low license dive or a
governmental dispcnsary.
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j. A.. Bnlrz. a. D. McTAII- d nREII
BRETZ, MCFAll & BRETz,
Attorneys at Law
.JASPlcls. INDIANA.

VIII practice in the tnnrt~ Of Dubois and
adjoining counties. and give close attention
a. amy hn-ln,~- entrusted 10 them.
once on Sth street, one square East OF
Court house. Dee. 9. w lN
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

II seems strange that some pco-
plc who are working 80 hard to
keep the boys away from the sa-
looms. will have nothing to do with
IN organization that is trying to put
the saloons away from the boys.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-10

In China a man who killed his
father was executed, and along
with him his schoolmaster for not
having taught him better.
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An Irishman having applied to
work his passage on a canal-boat
and being employed TO lead the
horses on the tow-path. on arriving
at the place Of destination declared
he would sooner 20 on foot than
work his passage in America.
There is no royal road to learning,
but there i q tow-path.
".ss.'
Education l. better safeguard
Of liberty than 4 standing army. If
we rclrcnch the wages Of the school
master We must raise those Of the
recruiting scrgcant.-Edward Ev-
crett
VI" -.
Like leaves on trccs--thc race Of
man i found. now, green in youth,
now, withcring on the ground.
80
IT i better to know much of a few
things than 10 know q little Of many
things. --Edward Brooks.
Thought il deeper than all speech;
Feeling deeper than all thoughts
Souls to souls can never teach
What unto themselves was taught.
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sThc leaves, 20 small. their -haddrrs
Looks Ike frccklr~ on the ground"
belong 70 the true poet Of nature.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-12-06

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tportete er ibr:
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an mir immer etuen aufri4ti9en
Greu1b fnben."
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felS ourid. @erabtau iiberirbif@ ID
,9elte lie. sd bante Sbnen fur bic
Worte," ipra@ lie. SO peiB @ola
ieBt eeborsen, benin Der liebe Soft
tuirb Is seben, bab mir ni&t gu fpdt
tommen."
Dag mir ni9t, gu ipGt tommen!
llnaufbSrli@ t0nten @ittner bic Morz
te nod Dor ben Obren, ola lie in Der
Stride bes anbern Mprgens Der ReF
iibena 3ufubren. in elmer grtpartung.
tpelde ale bret IN slei@em Mabe BE-
terri4te. Den1. mas tonnte in3tpiz
fden rt&t bereits Mues sef4eben fein9
Wel9e Gntbedung tonnte tbrer barr
ren9 Wenr, lie gu fpdt tamen, gu
fpdt9
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E b m Il.

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Maler frtn9t bas portrait bes Gamt=
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bic Mebnli4tett beraus3ufinben.)
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@en, tper 1T benin bas?" .
6riB Tin bic 9dnbe tlatf@enb):
rM& bas 1T Der papa! 60 Elm &C.
@elb bat!"
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-13
MAHANOY CITY.
MAHANor CrTY, Feb. 13.


Miss Lizzie Kelly, of Ashland, visited Miss
May Kearney, Of West Mahsnoy street, yes
terday.
John Quinn returned from visit to
Anthony Pelstring, Of Ashland, yesterday.
Thomas Hare, of Hazleton, visited Miss
Name Dtllon on Sunday afternoon
Miss Rose Quinn, Of West Centre street,
returned from visit to Mrs Jsmes Ryan, in
Frackville, yesterday morning.
NJ. J. OHearn, of Shenandoah, made bust.
ness calls here this morning.
Miss Name Reid, Of Shenandoah, is the
guest of Miss Name Garrett.
Messrs. Finn, Nash, Landau aud Millet,
the original Big Four" spent Sunday even
ing with Miss Katie Heating, Of East Centre
street
Name Corrigan, Of Lanigans, was q town
visitor this morning.
John Curtin transacted business in Mt.
Carmel this morning.
Michael Moore spent the day in Ashland.
j. f. Reynolds, a genial Justice of the
West ward of Gilberion borough, spent Mon
day afternoon with friends about town.
Carnumber 80. Of the SchuylkiH Traction
Company, was disabled yesterday afternoon,
while near the jig house turnout, by the
dynamos burnit out
John Sharkey, who injured a finger in
/ making coupling iwo weeks since has re-
sumod work on engine Nc. $40.
J. NJ. Kalbacb, of shenandoah, and G s.
! Haeseler, of Pottsville, visited W w Lewis
| Wednesday.
Charles d. Kaier lost valuable horse by
death this morning When placed in the
stable last evening it was apparently in good
| health, but when the hostier opened the door
this morning he found the animal dead.
b. NJ. Sobig, Of Ashland, WAS town vis-
! itor on Monday
j. D. Albert, Of Lebanon, is stopping in
town for a few days.
I J. II Wallace OF Philadelphia, who has
| been building the rosdbed Of the new electric
railway, left this morning for Hszetcn Mr..
| and Mrs Wallace, while here made many
! friends who regretted their departure. They
will next locate at Wayne Junction.
! NJ. j. Powers Of Haz,eton, was town
! visitor yesterday
c. II, G. Goss, Of Troy, n j., who has been
employed by the new laundry for some time
past in putting the plant in operation, has
completed his work and returned to his for
mCr home.
The Is foot tressel for the Lakeside Rail.
way roo arrived by the l.. V X r lBst eve
ming ON three fat cHrs Architect Jones pT-
poets to have them unloadod to-day, as the
mechanics are ready to put them in position.
Edward Grim, The Fifth ward constable.
expects to move TO Philadelphia in the near
future.
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THIRD EDITION
oUAKAKE.

Ollie Mason and wife, Of Tamanend, visited
friends here on Sunday.
August Hoeg and wife, Of Delano, spent
Sunday here as the guests Of William
Fishers family
Mrs. A. b. Boughner suffered from a
paralytic stroke ON Thursday and is in a
criiiCa condition
Mrs Holland Of Mahanoy City, is visiting
friends here.
Martin Mats nine.ysar. old son is III with
scarlet fever.
Mr.. Shaier, of Sailors Hill, has moved TO
Tamanend and will have a house warming
there on the evening Of the nth inst.
There was a masked bali at the home Of J
b Weis on Saturday evening, at which all
present had an enjoyable time.
Mr.. Forsyth lately became the possessor of
a ue pug dog.
Charles Wagner Of Quakske Station, is be-
coming quite proficient in the telegraphcrs'
art
John Bickleman recently received some
handsome portraits rom Tamsqua photo.
grapher
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storm Wreck in Ohio.

BELLEVUE o., Feb. 13.-Two freight
trains colided on the Wheeling and Lake
Erie railroad in the storm two miles west
of this place Three men were killed. Both
engineers and one firemen were the vic
Tins. The bodies of all the above were
mangled and their limbs broken The
rest of the trainmen escaped without in
jury except severe bruises. The cause Of
the wreck will probably remain mystery
as both engineers are dead. Freight No
was running as second section Of passen-
ger train No. 9, which passed freight No
40 at Bellevue. The presumption is that
the engineer of No 2S failed to see the sig
nails she carried, owing to the storm and
started out supposing the track to be
clear. The men killed are Engineers Con
nell and Stowell, Fireman McMullen and
Brakeman Johnson.
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.....Voyage.....
Around the w Orld

You will many wonderful things meet many celebrated person
ages, and you will not lose any time from business
The first week going to introduce to you:
lst The venerable Justices Supreme Of the United
States, in their black robes Of office.
I'd. The lovely Mrs Cleveland.
3d. The President Of the United States, MIR. Cleveland
4h The Cabinet of Mr. Ceveland's second administration with
splendid photo (by sarOny Of Mr. Cleveland in the centre
m Vice President Stevenson and nineteen prominent members Of
the Senate.
9th Twenty prominent members of hHOuse Representatives
7 the United States the formation the
United States.
9th. Twenty -eigbt Governors in office
9th President Harrison and his Cabinet
10Th Prominent Republicans
llth. Prominent Democrats
18th A dozen Generals famous since the War
18Th Celebrated Union Generals
l4h Famous Confederate Generals
18th Leaders Of the Navy
18th. Foreign Ministers at Washington.
The following week shall present you bishops archbhops
cardinals newspaper authors composers monare actresses
actors Queen Victoria the Prince of Wae5and his family and others
The third week shall present few royal persons and
then begin travels in foreign lands that will twenty
six weeks
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Daniel Neiswender late proprietor Of the
Commercial Hotel, and Dr. Razema, Polish
physician who WIS guest at the hotel dur
ing Mr.. NeisN endeis administration, had a
law suit before Justice Dengler this morning.
Mr.. Neiswender sued the doctor for S25
claimed to be due for board for the month of
November last, and as counter claim the
doctor presented bill for $50 based on pro
fessional services rendered Mr. Neswender's
wife. The justice gave the doctor judgment
for $25 and Mr. Neiswender says he will APP
peal, as the doctor only paid three visits to
his wife and when the doctor was asked for
bis bill he told Mr. Nesweuder in the pres
ence of witness that there would be no
charges.