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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-03

bill of exceptions.
State vs. Chas Head and Edward
Shoulders; murder; venue OF tria
changed on aflidavits Of defendants
and sent to Warrick county.
The grand Jury on Wednesda,
returned into court 81 additional in
dlctmenls, making IN even 100 IN
dictmcntS returned this term, an,
Aa~ discharged.
CINiI CAUSES.
State on rel Susan llelverson VI
G eorge Englert, ct al, on bond o
saloon keeper for damages: conun
usd.
State tx rel Anna krncger v
LOUIS kurge ct al, Judgment Y
~ m. Roth for $3.50; for possession
of horse, worth $40, W GerharC
Kruger; and said defendants giver
$50 days to flo bill Of exceptions.
Ledgerwood, ct al, vs. Bixler, el
al commissioner reports final dis
tribution Of funds and cause i
ended.
Peter Schnell vs. Rosa NJ Schnell-
ct al; partition; continued on mo
ton of com'r on account Of death
and funeral of his mother.
jacob Rauscher " Henry Wuli
man. eli al; report of sale OF com
missioner diSapproved, and he or
iered to re apprai>e and on r al
private sale on terms OF former or
der. and on tailure 10 SC |. then al
public sale, AID cause continued
VIM. III. Small. ct al v- VIM
Cadick, e, al; from Spencer county
iism' because Of non-appear
ance Of plaintiffs.
Ella Buchart s. Town OF JaSner
Jury trial taking , DAYS; verdict tol
$3.50 for plaintiff.
III. l.. Moutoux 81 Belle : Apple
man. 1t al; continued
Duboi. Go. IS III Cassidy, ct al (.
leave given plaintiff to file amended
complaint was granted. aud same
was lied Tuesday and cause contin
ued.
George W. Williams y Pcarllnr
\. Williams divorce; III missed by
plnintiii.
Lavina + Fairs v t III Mccain
dismissed
Wooi-ou W CummlnS v Tho-
Able: to be released on Constable II
bond: defendant files new bone
md tine plaint Il : released at hi-
.osts
All B Duf-ndach " Geo + Jar
viS. receiver l. + Il It l.. { X. K
Co. cause sent To L :. Fedora
court on motion of detendant
Mary l. Miller W Br,i r I'VE
kamp; SANDER; continued by agree
ment.
Mccormick Harvesting Machin,
Co VS. Naomi ; Schnell; dismissed
by plaintiff.
Catharine Abel VS. Jos. Roeletter
for damages dismissed by plaintiff
State on rel Of Sallie Sumner v
Herbert Sumner; motion that de
fendant be released from count,
Jail is sustained.
State on rel Of Susan Helverso
vs. Albert Merklev. ct ell on retail
ers bond: tinued to tie "a da
of next term.
Maud Lansford, ct al, vs. W
Traylor, ct al, partition; " ; Len
mon. Thos Horton and Il + Mi
burn appointed commissioners
divide real estate and cause contlr
ued ill next term.
NJ. A. Clark admir- estate Of WI
B Briedenbaugh, was granted a
order to sell real estate of de- edel
at private sale, and report ne,
court.
+. A. Ames Co vs. The Englis
Electric Light a. Mtg Co, ct al col
tinued.
Chas Sutton vs. Jos + Buchart,
al; on attachment bond; vent
changed on plaintiffs affidavit, al
case sent to Perry county.
The admir- Of The estate Of Bel
II DeBruer dec "a, was ordered
lease real estate for a term of thu
years and cause continued.
John + Mccall. ct al, " Augu
III Koerner, ct al (; continued
Oscar Bottoms " VIM w he
IN g. l,,,,,ras. continued
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-03

DnyAll Souls and All Saints uays
Wednesday and Thursday were sol
emily observed by the members o.
St. Josepa's catholic congregation
Of Jasl :.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-03

ARTICLES FILED. The corporate
articles of the largest capltsllzec
business in Jasper, the Mossman'
Bayle.s Lumber Co., composed OF
VIM. +. Mossman, Gustavous r.
Bavless and Alfred G. Wilkerson,
were filed Tuesday in the Recorder :
office. It, purpose is to buy, sell
and deal in timber, timbered land
and lumber; capital 1000; tern
of existence 30 years; snail have
three directors operations to be
carried on at Jasper, Ind. The
stock is divided into 900 shares Of
$50 each. and the three above
named persons are to be directors
for the first yer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-03

A. o. l.. w. DAy.-The 3ls'
anniversary Of the organization al
Meadville, Pa 10y Father Cpchhrch
and his fellow workmen in the rail
road shops there of the "Ancleni
Order Of United Workmen," wa
grandly observed at Evansville last
Friday. There was over 3,ooJ
Workmen in the pa.ade, and 1t was
arranged in a number of divisions.
led by tw I've bands of music, and
Interpreted with some very hand
some emblematic floats, prepared
bv the Evansville lodges. There
are nearly 1000 Workmen in Ev-
ansville, and they Hospitality enter
tanned free the ? 1000 vi iting Work =
men, and the 900 ladies Of the
degree of honor attending, with their
friends and families, probably ? ,O,C
more. They were all given dinner
and supper at Germania hall, and
an abundance was provided. TIE
Workmen are good entertainers
All the grand lodge officers OF
Indiana were present, and after the
parade several Of them made shoII
speeches to the thou ands in the
court house grounds. At nigh
Supreme NJ. Workman, j. b. Bick
ford, Of New Hampshire, addressed
enthusiastic audiences 1T the Crane
opera house and the Peoples the
alter, where interesting and humor
Gus variety performances were pro
vided after the addresses, free to tn
members and their families. larg
balls were he'd at Evans and Ger
mania halls at the same time, al
free to members and families. Th
celebration every way was grea
success, and probably attracte
10, 900 people to Evansville, beside
the Workmen. We observed in tn
procession lodges from Kentucky
Illinois and In diana, with handsom
banners, and numbers of member
We're not over Is or 20 years Of age
Dubois county sent down a delegi
ton of about 200 on the specli
train. which went into Evansvll
with II crowd d cars, besides larr
numbers were carried on the reg
lar trains.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-03
Harrison Trustees Notice,

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee OF HARRISON township
will att md to township business on each
Saturday Of the year, at my office, and
persons having township business &c
trrnsact are required to present IT to him
on Saturdays.
The township library will be kept al
my home in Haysville.
GEORGE NIX,
Aug. %, 1877. Trustee.
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given defendant in which 10 prepare
bill OF exceptions.
state " Chas Head and Edward
Shoulders; murder; venue OF trial
changed on afiidavits OF defendants,
and sent to Warrick county.
The grand jury on "Wednesday
returned into court 81 additional in
lictmenl-, making IN even 100 in
lictmcntS returned this term, and
Aa> discharged.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
that you are discovered" Rankin was

that you are discovered" Rankin was
asked. -
that lazy" ~
DR.. Bernard, who is preparing papers
on the subject for several professional or
gans, reviews the case as follows:
There was probably a %congenital mall
formation of the thorax, which resulted
IN this irregular cavity. The base is up
ward and the cavity extends from the
second to seventh rib on the right side of
the anterior wall of the thorax. During
inspiration the air forces the lung and
pleura and during expiration the
opposite condition obtains. there then be-
ing such an indication that the approxi-
nation of the walls of the lung is indi-
Gated.
What the Internal conditions really
are must remain unknown until a surgi-
cal operation or a pOstmortem examina-
ton reveals them. But certain grave
questions arise which will have to be
very carefully discussed. The UNEQUAL
capacity of thorax, the right half being
one-third less in size than the left half,
probably increases the negative thoracic
pressure to a considerable extent. This
would force into the right auricle and
Ventricle of the heart a greater supply of
Venous blood than the normal positive
pressure in the opposite side of the thorax
could accommodate as a~rterial blood,
hence there must be a very marked en-
iargement of the right cardiac chambers
with pathological results which fail to
find.
Again the lungs have a marked in
equallty OF capacity through the immo-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

bility of the right half of the thorax de-
creasing the thoracic capacity. hence I
conclude hat there must be some pecr.
liar condition existing at some point be-
tween the right ventricle and the bifur-
cation Of the pulmonary artery which
permits the greater volume of blood tn
flow through the left lung, and the SMALL
er volume through the right. Then. Whv
not phthisis set in? Why is there no his
tory OF Inflammation, the function of the
lung being to expand until the external
ana internal air pressure is equaIized and
tne expanded thOrax filled? How can
there be anything but a diseased condi-
tlon OF the lung when that function is
rendered incomplete through the immo-
olilty OF the right half of the chest. There
pelns no evidences of alterations in the
POSITIONS OF the liver and stomach it may
pe considered certain that these organs
are not forced outward or downward by
the lung.
"Ihe other and more probable may be
mat the third lobe of the lung became
having been rendered inactive
by the upper middle lobes
al the air inspired, and yet there is abso-
lutely no history of symptoms which
would indicate the atrophy of any part
OF the lung. Regarding the heart prob
lem, tnere are even fewer theories to fall
pack upon. Usually at the variation OF
~ beats in the heart action a physician
is called. at 20 there is danger. at 40 q.
consultation is held, but there is a yaria-.
ton OF nearly 20 beats and the man actu-
ally seems to be well. I shall make no
attempt to answer any of these questions
until thoroughly consider them.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

as told in the Chronicle columns. DR.. r..
Bernard. the bone expert, who made the
Examination, was astounded at condi-
tions which permitted Rankin to live in
good health, with a pulse ranging from
Sc to 1O4 beats to the minute, with eleven
and one-half muscles gone, with the right
half of the thorax one-third smaller than
the left half, with a capacity for food Of
a starving man and with a triangular
cavity in the right breast in which a
mans ham can be laid and through
which the lung protrudes like an inflated
balloon at every respiration.
Rankin is % years old, weighs 1l2
pounds, stands 5 feet I inches and is able
to perform an average days work. His
abnormal conditions We're not discovered
before because he never had to go to a
physician until he wished to insure his
life. He was born in La Sale, ILL.,. and
was the tenth child in a family Of II. AS
a boy Rankin was too sensitive to blow
up his chest as he calls his singular
ability, and the only pain he ever suf-
fered was during the toughest play of
when he was struck in the
chest. His nature is not quarrelsome and
lie long ago learned that there was more
pain than pleasure for him in fighting,
and so he avoided boisterous troubles of
the mining community in which he lived.
From the scientific point of view RAN
XIII is not a freak, but a pathological alb
nofmality, who has escaped all the re-
suits of disease. Where he should have
died from heart disease he lived. Where
he should have grown to an abnormal
size he grew normally and is of normal
height and weight. Where he should
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
About Dewey.

caught It ashore. The admiral realized
that he had been caught and dismissed
the man. But he made no more illusions
to snakes on that cruise. The forecastle
the place where the sailors bunk-felt
that they had it on the old man. for
once hat time.
On Dewey's return from a cruise on the
East Indian station some years ago, he
was attacked with a tropical abscess Of
the liver, and obliged to stop over at NAL
ia. where he underwent a surgical opera
ton. Some days afterward one of the
surgeons said: 1T is too bad,
der, to rob you of your liver, as we did"
Dewey answered quietly: Don't men,
ton it. 1t gives me great pleasure to
think | shall never be so bilious again as
l have been.'-WaShingtOn Post.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

have become too weak to perforrn ~
slightest toll he works like his fellow,
miners. "a. - $500 ~
Where his condition made him snscen.
tible to all the lung troubles pec,,ljar r.
afflicted we~ak-chested people. thronrh
sight or severe colds, he resisted all limo
Affections. Where consumption. with ne
fatal consequences, threatened him h;s
peculiar system Of living and his altered
laws of health not only saved his life.
put also kept him sound and we'll
When the disease of the stomach threat
ened him for his excessive eating his
stomach established new laws of it's own
ana with Rankin's abnormal eating it
became normal. When the pulsation of
the heart fell to SO and Rankin should
nave been too weak to hold UP his head
ne mined coal hundreds Of feet below the
eaftns surface. When the pulsations of
the neart rushed up to the 1O4 mark and
ne should have been burning up with
iever Rankin was telling coal mine Jokes
IN the n~onchalance of his fellows.
VI TINS strange case Rankin speaks
modestly. Il always have tried to be
honest.' said he, with a generous grin.
out | couldn't help being Just a little
crooked, and he laughed vociferously as
ne Mrched his unequal side. Il didn't
Know had any puzzles, scientific or
otherwise to offer anybody. l don't sup
pose | have lived differently from any,
one else. AS a young lad had to give
and take as much as any of the rest. and
since l got big it has been about the same.
/ like to work, I like to eat and sleep and
I guess that's all there is to it,"
How about going on the stage now
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16
WONDER OF SURGICAL WORLD.

Centerville Uowa) Cor. Chicago Chroni-
Gle: Living contrary to physiological
laws. laboring side by side with men of
Drawn. eating contrary to the laws Of
health, James Rankin, the young coal
miner of Centerville. presents puzzles to
the scientific world which will require
deep and careful study by theorist and
scientists thec country over to make plain.
Rankin is the man with the visible lung
who not only laughs at fate, but applied
for a life insurance policy a few days ago,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-02
ADAAiSBURG.

Mrs. Edward kncpp aud son,
Roswell OF Lewistown accompanied
bv Miss Eva Ro:hroak of Middle
burg, were visitors in town on Mon
day. Miss Gertic knepp is spend
ing the week in Lewistown. ...
Mrs. G. II. X lose is on the sick list
=. Miss Carrie Middlcswarth has
returned home from s'unbury where
he had been employed in the silk
mill -. Miss Mary Dreese spent
Sunday in Bannervilc. . .Messrs.
Grouse AMI Engle of Middleburg
spent several days last week at this
place. ..... Miss Mamie Mecltley has
gone to Harrisburg, where she has
secured employment in the asylum
=. Mrs. \. NJ. Smith spent las
week in Harrisburg. ... Hurley
Rounis and wife were visitors il
Lewistown aud Mcclure recently.
Chas. McElrath is employed by the
Peun~ylania Railroad as brakeman
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-02

before them returning. The day,
however, could not have been pleas
anter and the very.hot days expert
enccd previous To Sunday gave way
t. nice cool, partially cloudy
weather. 1t was disappointment
to Il good many that no Cuban
troops were to be seen in the parade
but the good judgment ofour Amer
lean officials cannot be questioned as
to this. Bodies of Cuban officers
came after the parade and received
great applause while it should not
be overlooked that General Lee,
former consul at Havana, fairly won
the day. He is so well known in
Havana that his presence was quick
ly detected and the crowd sursed out
o! bounds to grasp his hand and kiss
it as was repeatedly done. No dis
order of any kind was seen as we
rode through the streets, a remark
able thing when you consider the
elements that were thrown together
that day. For Sunday, it was
hard to believe that Havana knew
any Lords day. Everything is wide
open, except the churches. 1t did
not strike me that Havana contained
as many churches as there ought to
be. 1t is great field for missionary
work. We left the city late in the
afternoon campward, stopping at
Cemeterio Christopher Colombo, |
believe, the most beautiful cemetery
ever saw. We reached camp after
dark and fell into oar hunks ex-
hausted. When | write again | will
try and give some descriptions OF
the manners and habits oftEe Cuban,
sketches of camp life, the advantage
of locating in this country, etc.
A. w. w.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-02
BRINK a:rusn-O

after YOU have concluded that you
ought not to drink coffee. 1t is not
medicine but doctors order 1t be-
cause it is healthful, invigorating
and appetizing, 1t is made fron pure
grains and has that rich seal brown
color and tastes like the finest grade
of coffee and costs about 3as much.
Children like it and thrive on it be-
cause it is the genuine food drink
containing nothing butnourishment.
Ask your grocer for Grain-O, the
new food drink. Is and 25c.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-02
liUMM.EL' WHARF.

On Monday evening of last week
two s|eigh;ng parties passed through
this place on their Was to ShamOkin
Dam to attend a danre......James
Young and Daniel Sassaman, Jr,
were at Mi,!dlebnrgh as jurors this
week 80. Quite a number OF our
citizens attended the aurSc sa'2 ut
SeIinsgrovc on ThurslN......fcler
Bailey camc near losing his horse
one cvanjng last week. The horse
go: hi hiol foot over the halter
chain aud Mr.. Bailey discovered II
Just in timc 20 save the hogsr.....
On Tuesday evening Il party from
Northumberland spent Il |. .lc2Sant
evening ut Levi DressIer's. Mr..
Drcsslcr cut a severe cash in his arm
while breaking the ice for the cream.
On the 22ud OF February the
lady Bible Glass of the Trinity
-n,nt thn,ln, NrIth Mrs ohm Srnnrh
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CllNTRENlLLE.

{. II. Showers transacted business
at Nlidd.churg last Saturday even
ing.....Rcy. Price of the 1. f..
church i, attending conference at
Lcvi~nurg this week ...C. a.
Fcsslcr and Emanuel liacIenbnrg
purchased horses at the Middlcbrrg
horse sale last week @. w. Re
ichly of G. p. c. was at home over
Sunday......M Miss Hettie Shinke! is
visiting friends at Miiilinburg......
W. +. Sanders made Il trip to Sha-
mokin and other places last week -.
a. 4. Loss Of Hartleton visited his
sick father last Saturda".........
l.. A. Stinc andP. G. Hartman made
a trip to Sunbury last Thursday.
F. J. Boyer, who is working on a
sawmill in the wcst end of Union
Co., was at home over Sunday ...
John Mohn and son II. f. and IL.
b. Wagner were to Lewisburg ON
business last Saturday.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-02
LETTER FROM HAVANA.


-diSlIabl ablllr-ScarcninT I"r our per
.oull effects, all OF which had been
LOST in the wreck. We found articles
I,.....-. therc OF which wc were
sorcly ia need, and used all haste to
find shelter from the wind and ram.
Before setting ont for no defnife
place, but any kind OF shelter we
could find, we called the roll to find
ont our losses. Everybody rcspoud-
ed but some who were covered up
the most answered rather weakly.
We learned that no one had been
injured so we struck out for themud
road for the village, arriving .here
in 4 short time shivering and bespat-
tered with rain and mud. There
was not enough Spanish vocabulary
IN the whole outfit to state our case
to the Cuban proprietor of the gro
Gerry we had stopped at, and being
suspicious of us, left us to deere our
tate until break Of day. Our woes
were manifold. Poor Cuba had to
stand the Blunt ut our feelings that
morning. 1t was Il poor beginning
cvcrvbodv viii, admit and one that
justified Il few cxrlamations not
t,uuJ ~ thr American dictionaries.
We went back to camp as soon as
the rain was over and assisted the
bows to crawl out of their crowded
u,iarte,s. They seemed to enjoy the
c,,ncricncc better than we had, but
they had dry skins besides daylight
to work with. The next time amy
tent raising was to be done, we in
tended to look on, which we did.
We will not be responsible for the
next accident of this nature | assure
Won. Sunday was to be the great
dav-an epoch in American history
(which time will never erase. An
Independence Day is celebrated ry
all true Americans, so will Sunday,
Jam / 1899 be the greatest day in
Cuban history. Our colonel had gen
erausIv provided for tie use of his
clerks four mule Doughcrty Wa
con with driver to convey us INTO
i, l';rr Sunday morning to witness
,hnn,o.,. We made onr departure
aL,n, o',Lt o,clock p,.sinr several
.';,,,,,,t. - uur s,ldicr bows. trudg-
;n,"1n an U,vano The sight OF
,La., I,''ys morchirc to our dear I'D
,',.,r..'.,n n,rsic, on foraiyn soil, con-
,,,on.J hy tlc STRENGTH Of our own
F".'>. ,;,,r;,r ~ , conouprcd c,tv a.
' ":'.', u.s., .,.,,.rl .hc Ltppcst FEELING,
~ ii, Lrrast ofcycrv patriot of he
.rr. ond ..rires. America FortS 81
.",. ,Ln thmurh, uppcrmost in til,
:.Fnr ~" nvcry one Of those brave
,'.'r,a,cbinI =. to victory. But
'n..,nt the oo,y ones who ttlt
,r;. nri,lr -, spirit. Aloug the en-
,;r, ra,,,o , continuous oyation WI,
,,:..n, ~nr bovs in blue by nat;y,
E,.. .nJ ~nou;arl-"yiyc Ia 4
,..rirgn,'.-Tiyc la Cuba was heard
-, ,.nry side. Children Joined in
t,.L.ll,r. .,,vn their heads III,
~, - r. l,,nry n ono hand and that
~ ,'7 -hn;r rul, in thc other. Tri-
r,mb,I archie, lad been erected by
,,.;'... Crh,ns ,lon" the line OF
l'"nL lL beautifully adorned with
+ran;,%I nl,nt., the colors of America
ani Cnh, side bv side. Houses
',.,.n,,r,.,l, ,l,nnr,tcd-thc Amer
;oon H,r AWAY. present. The prin.
,.;n.I rycnt in our minds was To see
I :, l,,, from,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-02

Horse blankets can nowbe bought
at cost at Oppenheimer's, Selins-
grove. 3-Z-ot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-23

the rest of them came down the bay.
Shortly after the engagement opened a
6O-pound piercing shell was fired
from this battery at the Baltimore.
This shell started on a journey so &C.
centric in it's deviations from all natur-
al life, that the naval authorities at
Washington have made diagram of
it's course. The shell came from the
battery ON straight line to the Balti-
more, which it struck on the starboard
side. about two feet above the upper
deck.
The point of contract with the Balti-
more, was between the after six-inch
gun and the three-pounder mounted on
the rail. One-half Of an inch of steel
was penetrated at the point of contract,
but the shell did not stop. 1t then
struck the deck and bored through that
until it reached a heavy deck beam,
which it cracked through and through.
The contact with this deck beam de-
fiected the shell so that it came out
through the wooden deck, tore it's way
through the steel combing of the engine
room skylight, again overcoming the
resistance of one-half of an inch of
steel. Now, on coming through the
deck it turned sideways, ranged for
ward. and bumped into the recoil cylin-