Daily Wabash Express, Volume 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 January 1871 — Page 2

PA AY EXPRESS.

TERHB HA.UTE, IND.

Friday Morning, January 20, 1871.

Miss VIKNIE REAM, it is said, i3 to be awarded another heavy sum out of the Treasury for a statue of FABBAGUT or Gen. Tuosiis, and that loo before her statue of

LIK^OLX

has been unveiled and

•submitted to the public judgment. The Cincinnati Times pertinently suggests that although ViXNiemay be the best sculptor in the country, yet it would look better to examine the work she has done before giving her another job.

"'GOD blessed me with singular abilities, but I abused litem," are given in ihe Philadelphia Prew as the last words of a reoent suicide in that city. It is a .ad testimony to one's life at any lime, but especially so at life's clone, as in this instance. The abilities of this gentleman were said to be of a high order, and little foreshadowed so tragic an end. It is a lamentable fact that the best talents among mankind rarely achieve the possible results—the brilliant possibilities of the world often fade away into dull realities. A

MAI STRAKOSCH has a short and remarkably logical method cf proving that CHRISTINE NILSSON is not engaged to GCSTAVB DORE—thus: "Mdlle. NILSSON has seen Mons. DORE but three times— twice al the house of my brother, Mr. MAURICE SritAKOscir, and once at the house of the celebrated composer, Signor ROSSINI, at dinner parties." This may not quite satisfy the curiosity of prying minds, but as the matter doesn't particularly concern the gossips, it is highly improbable that further information will be vouchsafed.

JAMES R. FmsBtE, of Anainosa, Iowa, sent a letter to the New York Tribune on paying the national debt. And HORACE follows it with the following philosophical, christianlike and complimentary notice:

We do not know that we shall he able to convince Mr. F. that his is the project of a fool as well as a knave, but we will make the attempt, quite sure that, should he dissent from our conclusion, he will stand in a small minority.

WENDELL PHILLIPS, in his speech at Cincinnati, the other night, made this hit at the glorious railway triumph in this country:

It was a mistake to teach the boy at school that there were thirty-seven States in this Union there were thirty-six States and a railroad—the Camden and Amboy. And to day the Legislature of New York doe3 not meet at Albany. Vanderbilt carries it it his waistcoat pocket.

In another portion of the same effort, WENDELL "touched off" the power of railway corporations thus:

It was no joke when a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, a year ago, remembering that Thomas Scott was President of the Pennsylvania Central, rose in his seat and said, "Mr. Speaker, if Thomas Scott has no more business for this Legislature, I move we adjourn."

College Scenes.

If our college walls had eyes and ears, says a writer in the Beloil College Monthly, 'they would laugh till the plaster rattled at some of the events which they would witness. For instance:

Seen* First—students room late at night four students seated around a table,

fight,

iieces of pasteboard in their hands. A stealthy step is heard upon the Stairway then nearer, in the hall 1 Oh, horror I "It is the Faculty!" is the rjthought of each culprit, as he looks about in vain for some way of escape. The dreaded footstep approaches the door instantly the "pasteboards" disappear in the •pockets of their owners like hash the throat of a hungry "elubbite." "Ye students" also disappear one under the bed, another in the closet, while the third, casting one wild, despairing look in every direction, and seeing no {dace of refuse, suddenly clutches a book and fixes his eyes sternly upon its pages. There is a moment of awful anxiety. "W-will he c-come?" Nothing is heard save the chattering of teeth from the closet. Then there come the dreaded knock I With a mighty effort, Student No. 4 summons all his courage and goes to the door with trembling hand he turns the knob, and discovers—Student No. 5, a freshman, who has come to borrow "authority" on Greek prose. Freshman enters, smiling loudly at the success of his scare, as shown by the guilty looks of Nos. 3 and 4. Dusty figure emerges from under the bed, another from the closet. Mutual recognitions. A hearty laugh, Freshman departs with his "authority." The game is resumed.

Scene Second—Place the same. The following evening. First Student thinks he hears some one coming guess it is trying to scare them again. Second Student knows it is, recognizes his footstep. Third Student proposes that they "fix" him thinks a pail of cold water would be about right. Fourth Student thinks "that is high." A suppressed murmur of applause. First Student, a freshman, seizes a pail of cold water feels its temperature grins savagely. A knock, freshman approaches the door with stealthy steps again feels the temperature of the .water, with grim satisfaction. Steps up into a chair and raises the window above the door elevates the pail, and, with a yell of exultation, dashes the contents out of the window. Opens the door and beholds the drenched, dripping, shivering person of his astonished and somewhat indignant washerwoman!

Letter front a Boarding-School Miss Dear Mar. I am now being teached the Spanesh langwage! wich my tuteor •ays I learn with great fasility, I've improved amasingly in the english sints ive been here! I apeke and write the real aew stile now, and my composishons are being very much admired among the pupils of the school. I came within one of getting the meddle for being the best english scholer, at the close of the last quarter, and I shood a done it, but I was Bein sick a bedd and couldn't attend to my studies—for a whole weak? and I got beehyndhand by the buy Mar! (what shocking letters you do right?) ime ashamed to Bho your letters to eny of the missessess amon^ my awkwaintances for instants you sm wile the wotter was biling the other day etceterah and so forth now •u should sa wile the the wotter was bein bilte—par too! rites jus as inkoreckly for instants he says in his letter frenchguds are falling very fast instead of saing french guds are oeing fell, imerealv athamed that vou and he don't keep paice with the inarch of modern improvements but ime being called this minit to excite my spanesh lesson so I must wind orf. I superscribe myself your affectionate dawter,

MIRANDA MACKERREL.

NEW HAVEN and Hartford are again agitated over the question of a single capital for Connecticut. Hartford wants one and to be that one. New Haven wants two, and to remain one of the two.

TAB FAU WEST.

A Terre Hantaan on his Travels

OMAUA, Jan. 15,1871.

EDITOR EXPRESS: To leave home for the Far We3t, of course I came to St. Louis by the "Vandalia," and had the good luck to strike Asa Sherburne, one of those conductors who make it a success in striving to place his passengers at ease and comfortable under his charge, and bv-fhe by, here let me be free to remark, that thus far on my peiegrinations I have not traveled over such a road as the one I left behind me at East St. Louis "and the same I am free to maintain." From St. Louis to Kansas City, the Missouri Pacific had the pleasure of my company, and although no Pullman Palaces invite the weary traveler to grateful slumber upon this road, they have the old style sleepers which arc equally a success as to comfort and cleanliness. At Sedalia 1 had tne pleasure of meeting an old friend,

Wm. R. Woodard, formerly of the Ohio & Mississippi, but now Superintendent of the Sedalia division of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, and as I was armed and equipped with a letter for him Irom Ed. Norcross, of course I meta very cordial reception. Let me commend the Ives House at Sedalia to travelers.

At Kansas City I found a very thriving and live business place, and growing apace. It has an elegant new Opera House, but not, of course, to compare with McWade, as Rip Van Winkle, failed to draw even paying houses. In my wan derings I had the pleasure of meeting Gen. Wm. H. Morgan, late of Crawfords ville, and a brother-in-law of our friend Joe Gilbert. The General is engaged in the wholesale drug business and runs the largest house west of St. Louis. I also made the acquaintance of Geo. B. Hall western Passenger Agent of the Vandalia Line, and a.tn glad to record in his favor a testimonial of his seeming fitness for the position, as to energy and industry and a great popularity among the people there.

Kansas City is the leading town cf Western Missouri, and claims 30,000 in habitants, although the census failed to satisfy this claim, nay, not within 12 000 The town was originally laid out on the high bluffs at this great bend of the Mis souri river, at which point Mr. Benton once prophecied would be the largest city west of the Mississippi, but modern improvements have caused the cutting down of the hills and filling in of the ravines, and the present appearance of things does not look altogether lovely here, a house perched up as on Alpine Heights, and there one as in the Valley of Desolation, and the descent thither must be through a cut reminding one of a pass in the Sierra Nevadas.

Here also I had the pleasure of meet' ing an old Terre Haute boy, Richard Ross who with wife and child had just arrived from Montana, where he is gaged in mining interests.

Kansas City is the terminus of over 2,000 miles of completed railways, and has the advantage of 10,000 miles navigation, and its commanding position gives it a natural consequence. Here centre the Missouri Pacific, the North Missouri, the Hannibal & St. Joseph, the Missouri Valley, the Kansas Pacific, the Missouri River, and the Fort Scott & Gulf Roads, all operated by live, active railroad men.

The most intensely ridiculous case of a dog-in-the-manger policy I ever heard of, is the action of the poor misguided people of Leavenworth in the matter of a difficulty arising with the Missouri Pacific Road, which is operating a branch road from Kansas City, through the former city twenty-nine miles to Atchison twenty-five miles. On account of an alleged omission to build certain buildings and perform certain improvements in Leavenworth, the Common Council, led by Col. D. R. Anthony, have had the track torn up westward, cutting the city off from the valuable North Kansas trade which finds its way in from that direction. The Pacific Road run their trains to Leavenworth, and passengers to Atchison and points beyond take the old Missouri Valley Road from Kansas

City, which

runs up the east branch of the Missouri river, to a place opposite Atchison where that road has constructed a trestle bridge two-thirds of the way across the river, down which it backs from the main track to a steamboat which has then about one hundred yards of ferry to the other bank. This is a capital thing for St. Joseph, which is 37 miles further north, as it is beginning to secure the trade lost to Leavenworth and Kansas City by the break in the road.

At Kansas City taking the cars of the old "Missouri Valley," now consolidated with the Kansas City, St. Joe and Coun cil Bluffs, a ride of 71 miles, brought me to St. Joseph, a rapidly growing city of some 30,000 inhabitants, situated on the eastern bank of the Missouri river, and those of your readers who ever revelled in the delights of Morse's geography, in school-boy days, may know that this is the point described therein as the Black Snake Hills. This, too, is a great Rail road point. The Hannibal and St. Joe connects it with the Mississippi at Quincy and Hannibal the Missouri Valley to the South and its connection with the St. Joe and Council Bluffs to the North the St Joe and Denver City on the West, tap ping the Union Pacific near Fort Kear ney. I like St. Joe very much. I met W. T. Stone, who is running a wholesale shoe concern, while his good wife manages a first class millinery establishment and also Weisz, of hoop skirt fame in your city. They all appear well, and do ing well. Here I also met an old friend in Maj A. L. Hopkins, the live General Superintendent of the Kansas City, St

Joe and Council Bluffs. This road is one of the great chain cf connections controled by Mr. Joy of Chicago, who brought the Major here from the Housatonic road in Connecticut, and right well has he raised his work up to a standard. He is the counterpart of our Major Simpson, of the T. H. & I both young and with a bright future before them. Major H. is the son of President Hopkins of Williams College.

A ride of 133 miles brought me this morning to this point. From Council Bluffs to the Missouri river three miles over the flats, and here we find a temporary pile bridge entirely overcoming the disadvantages of the frezen regions. The ferry boats are firmly bedded in ice, a train of cars comes over the river and gathering up the stragglers from the 0. B. & Q. C. & N. W. B. & Mo. C. & P. and the K. C., St. J. & C. B. roads back half way across and thence by a switch gets headed up to the bank and away we go into the heart of this city, and the street car lands us at the door of the "Wyoming," where I now write. Across the street looms up the three-story brick, containing the head-quarters of the great "Union Pacific." The saloons and ticket offices are in full blast, although it is the Sabbath, and the place has a lively sound and appearance. A gentleman seeing my name registered from Terre Haute, inquires for his old friend and Pastor, Mr. Howe, and it affords me

great eatUfaotlon (o talk with a new friend about an old one. I find him to be Fred Ensign, late Gen. Ticket Agent of the Hoiisatonic, now having charge of the ticket interest at this point for the Kansas city, St. J. & C. B. Road. Mr. Ensign is what Ed Huestis would call a "Pullman Palace Man," which means in plain English a thorough bred.

QUIEN SABE.

1 GHASTLY DISCOVERY.

A Care of Skeletons Unearthed.

For months past the papers oi the NorthwBit have been filled with marvelous accounts of the discovery here and there of various relics, supposed to have been manufactured by a people who had passed away and left behind no written history. These relics, consisting of skeletons, household utensils, arms, agricultural implements, pieces of pottery, &c., liava in the main been preserved with religious care by the heads of the various scientific institutions to which they have been consigned, but as yet no satisfactory or even plausible hypothesis has been advanced concerning their origin.

of the

On Saturday, last, says the Dubuque Times of the 11th, a discovery, fully as wonderful as any yet reported in the North-west, was made by the workmen on the Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad, near the base of one of the tall, frowning bluffs overlooking the river, a short distance above Eagle Point. At the foot of this bluff a squad of workmen were engaged in excavating in the loose stratified lime-stone rock for the railroad track, and while digging away with pick, spade and crowbar in the side of the bank, they suddenly found their further progress arrested by a large, square, smooth stone, on the outer surface of which was inscribed a number of strange characters and devices, which none of the unlettered workmen of course could make out. Un der the instruction of the foreman, and by the united exertion of a number of men, the stone was removed, when, to their astonishment, there succeeded violent rush of cold air, from a large square opening, which extended into the bluffs in a horizontal direction, the air rushing out wi!h such force that a light ed taper held to the mouth of the opening was extinguished in an instant. Inspired by the thought of hidden treasure, and thinking that perhaps a cache of some of the early explorers had been unearthed, it was resolved to explore the mystery at once, and bring out the strong chests and precious gems reposing somewhere within

Lights were procured, and, holding candlc in each hand, five men, headed by the foreman, set out to explore the subterranean passage, which was about four feet wide, and high enough to permit man to walk by bending over a little. Groping their way cautiously, and cast ing many fearful glances around them as though they expected every moment to encounter some dreadful spectre, the party proceeded along the tunnel, which extended directly into the heart of the bluff, about fifty feet, when they found their way impeded by another large stone. Remeving this, they found a flight of stone steps leading downward a distance of ten feet, and ascending these the party found themselves in what appeared to be a huge chamber, cut out of the solid rock, about twenty-five feet square and twenty feet high. For a moment the men stood lost in admiration at this won derful work. The floor beneath was hard and perfectly smooth, while by the dim light of the candles they could see that the walls were embellished with a mnl titude of uncouth characters, intended to represent flowers, birds, trees and other natural objects, all carved in solid limestone. On the south wall appeared a representation of the sun, and immediately below this was a man clad in a loose flowing robe, in the act of stepping out of a boat, and holding in his hand a dove.

The roof of the chamber was embellished with stars, serpents and chariots, the outlines of all being revealed plainly and distinctly. In the centre of the apartment was a large flat slab, and upon removing this a large vault was revealed below, which was filled with the skeletons of some unknown race, all of them being in a sitting or standing posure, and almost perfectly preserved, even to the smaller bones. It was noticed that all had originally been interred with their faces to the South-west. By the Bide of each skeleton stood a small vase of the most perfect form and finish, each being filled with a species of yellow-col ored earth. One of the vases was examined, and at the base found to contain some animal bones and dark particles of animal matter, which had evidently been placed in the sepulchre to support the departed to the spirit land, a funeral rite in obedience to the wide-spread custom among the many barbaric nations. Heads of arrows, stone hatchets, and pieces of shells perforated with holes, were found scattered about the vault in profusion. The skeletons were arranged in the form of a semi circle, the largest being placed in the center. This skeleton, by actual measurement, stood seven feet eight inches high. The teeth were white, and glistened like ivory, while in the palm of one of the outstretched hands, securely locked in the articulated bones, reposed a small pearl ornament. This person had evidently been the chief of the tribe, and was consequently buried with unusual honors. By the side of the cranium were two ear oraments of shell, while numerous minute bone and copper beads covered the floor of the vault. Vestiges of a fibrous cloth were also discovered near the lower extremities of each skeleton, but so thin and palpable that it crumbled away at the slightest touch. No ornaments of gold or silver were found, but various implements in copper were scattered thickly about which had evidently been procured from the mines of Lake Superior, as the evidences are accumulating that these mines were worked at a date long prior to the deluge.

After making a thorough examination of the chamber of death and its ghostly occupants, the men came out, closing the entrance behind them. To what race the skeletons belong, by whose hands the tomb was constructed, must ever remain a mystery. It is another leaf looking to the long ages of the past, another evidence of the fact that of this world and its founders we know but little.

We understand that measures are on foot to remove the. skeletons of all the most important articles to the hall of the Iowa Institute of Science and Art. It is to be hoped that they will remain here and not be suffered to depart to enrich the museums of Eastern cities. Meanwhile some of our learned savana would do well to investigate the cave and its surroundings, and establish, if possible, the identity of the skeletons—whether Indian, Mexican or Mound Diggers- It will prove an interesting researi

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Jon* COVODE was of Dutch descent. More than one hundred and thirty years ago his grandfather, Garrett Covode, while still a mere child, was picked up in the streets of Amsterdam by an unscrupulous sea captain, by whom he was irought to Philadelphia, where he was sold into bondage. He remainad in this involuntary service until he was twentyeight rears of age and at the time of his emancipation was unable to read a word. Subseqcentlv he attended Gen. Washington for several years in the capacity of a servant, and died in 1S26 at the advanced age of ninety-four.

COAL in great abundance has been discovered twenty miles east of Quincy, 111., on the line of the Quincy and Carthage Railroad, only twenty feet from the surface, on top of which is a bed of slate sir feet thick. The vein is three feet and one inch thick.

OJfL* Wilt HAST.

They bare only lost th* baby, The little, little one. Who came when the April bloMovi

Were smiling to the son 2 Ac frail and sweet as flower The wind might blow awa?, It crew in the golden sunshine

While April wore to May.

Then Summer brought her roses. Her butterflies and bees. And her birds to sing for the baby, t7p in the rocking trees, "Nobud in all the garden.

No birdlingin the nest. Is balfso sweet," cries the mother, "As the baby on my breast.'^,

Snch hopes are hovered o'er it. Such happy dreams as wove Their silver-threaded fancies

Through the mother's brooding love! Though all were dear and dearest, Yet were their fond hearts set On the tiny, helplesb darling,

The preeious household pet.

Now by the snowv ribbon That flutters from the door, By windows closed and curtained,

Lest the merry sun in pour, I know that 'mid the snadows Of a dim and darkened room They're-weeping o'er the broken bud

Tbat never more may bloom.

Wee hands like crumpled rose leaves,Restless and round and fair. Are folded fast on the little breast.

As still as a saint's at prayer 1 And through her grief tne mother Shivers wita sudden pain, That the angels first shall see them

Kestless and round again. tk

Ah me! a little baby Leaves an aching blank of space, When 3od stoops down and takes it

From an earthly dwelling place! 8 Speak by-and-by of heaven: J?'#r the shadowed home to-day, A flower, a kiss, a silent tear, w-: And softly come away 1 ,-«.(*

Wj -sj^A THRILLING SCENE.

Wounds Received in Battle Turned to Goifd Account.

At the late term of the Circuit Court held at Lincoln, Michigan, Judge Ramsdell presiding, there was tried a case which attracted more attention, probably, than any case tried in that county for many years. Albert H. Gardiner, an old man of seventy-two years, was brought in to answer for the crime of assault with intent to murder. The complaining witness was a ydting man of twenty-nine years. With much assurance he testified that he had had some words with the defendant the day before that on the day oi the assault he was walking along the road near his house when the old man 8prang out from behind a large tree and swore with an oath, ''Now I have got you where 1 want you, and I will kill you," and struck him on the head with an axe, and knocked him down, and jumped on him that after a severe struggle he escaped from under the old man and ran away. A severe cross-examination elic ited nothing except that witness went eleven miles on foot to a lawyer's office to get a warrant for the defendant, before he went to a doctor or had his wounds dressed. He repeated his evidence many times in positive terms, but could tell little more, not being able to describe the dress of Mr. Gardiner, whether he was hit with the edge or back of the axe, &c. The doctor who dressed the wound testl fied that it was a scalp or flesh wound, and that the scalp was raised from the head on the upper side, Rhowing that the force came from behind, and not from above the head. The defendant then made his statement. He came forward leaning on his staff, his white locks, bent form and trembling limbs contrasting strangely with the youthful vigor of his accuser. With a dear and firm voice he told the jury how, at the end of the late war, he found himself alone in the world, without home or fam ily how he made his way into the woods, built a cabin and labored to clear off and secure a homestead that the complainant lived on the east and the complainant's father on the west side of him that the complainant had tried to hire him to leave that failing in that he had threatened him and tried to drive him off that on the morning in question he was going to work when the complainant came up and demanded his axe, then undertook to take it that in the struggle he fell and the complainant fell on top of him and struck his (complainant's) head against the end of a knot, and the blood flowed freely that when complainant found he could not get the axe he left and went up the road on a run, bleeding as he went. "And this," said the old man, "is God's truth." Here the old hero pulled up his pantaloons anr! laid bare an ugly gun-shot wound, where the heel cord of his left leg had been severed by minie ball that had went crashing through the bones below the knee.— "That," said he, "was made by the rebels at Gettysburg, and just at the close of the war I received this." The jury looked and found where a shell had shattered his right shoulder and left scars nearly as large as the head of the young scamp who had undertaken to swear the old hero to Jacksen. The honest, manly statement carried conviction to the jury,, and they promptly returned a verdict of not guilty, ana hearty cheers went up for the old patriot, the complainant having long before fled in terror from the court room.

A Remarkable Flight of Locusts. Some idea of the damage done to vegetation by locusts in tropical countries may be gathered, says Nature, from the following account of a raid made by them in an East Indian cotton plantation. The means adopted to repel them was by recourse to the discordant sounds of native music—horns, tom-toms and pipes— aided by the waving of flags and branches of trees. These measures, undoubtedly, saved the product forjudging by the performance of the very small number that succeeded in gaining admission to one of the finest fields unobserved, had a full complement effected a lodgment, one hour would have sufficed to strip every tree of its leaves, though the foliage was abundant, and the plants in one field from five to six feet high. The immunity which the native Indian cotton enjoyed from the attacks was considerable, considering the avidity with which they devoured the exotic descriptions, and, true to their early traditions the Egyptian was evidently an especial favorite. Some of the swarms that passed over the country at that time were exceedingly numerous.

Tke arrival and settlement of one mighty mass was a remarkable sight What was first observed was a sort of haze on the verge of the horizon, in long line, as if a steamer had passed and its smoke was rising into vapor this was some hours before the insects arrived. The cloud gradually thickened, and rose higher as they approached. When they got fairly overhead the air became darkened as if night was setting in, it being midday, and the peculiar sound which accompaneid their flight resembled that

of the rustling of the leaves of the peepul tree when agitated by light winds out it is not until they have settled down that any idea can be formed of the immensity of their numbers, and the early dawn, before sunrise has warmed them into life and motion, is the time to witness this most extraordinary sight.

In the instance now referred to. the appearance the face of the country wore would be best described by supposing that a tolerably heavy fall of snow had taken place, only that the color of it was light brown, and this extended for miles, as far, indeed, as the eye could reach. Trees were the favorite perching ground for the night, and the manner in which they contrived to crowd upon them, piles over piles, concealing every vestige or leaf and branch, gave the trees a singular appearance. At one spot a stout and widespreading branch of a banyan tree had snapped at its stem from the incumbent weight of the insects.

Now is the time to

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DRY COOD9.

BARGAINS!

WARREN, HOBERG & CO.,

OPERA HOUSE CORNER,

Offer large inducements to close out their Winter Stock

ELEGANT DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, CLOAKS,

Furs, Velvets, Velveteens,

O Ii O* JL K! I !CT S, teC., teO.,

Have all been reduced.

BUY 1HESEGOOVS AT A BARGAIN Come early for the best selection.

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FULL LINES OF DOMESTIC GOODS!!

J- At prices as low as the iowe&t.

WARREN, HOBERGr & CO., I

GREAT HEADQUARTERS FOR DRY GOODS, Opera House Block, Comer

Boom.

CLOTHING.

Cheering words for All!

THE REMAINDER OF MY STOCK

WINTER CLOTHING!

Must be closed out and will be sold regardless of cost, and, if necessary,

WILL BE G1YEN AWAY!

EADQ CARTERS FOR CLOTHING,

*TO- 93 MAIN STREET.

CLOTHING.

REMOYA!,

S. Frank Has Removed

HIS

CLOTHING STORE

Corner Main and Fourth Streets,

(The Room lately occupiedby Warren, iiobarg & Co.)

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Having on hand a large stock of

WINTER GOODS,

I propose to close them out

W I O E A O

To make room for an

Extensive" Stock of Spring Goods.

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WHOLESALE NOTIONS.

A. C. A. WITTIG, No. 148 Main Street, Jobber & Commission Merchant

In Notions, Fancy Goods,

CIGAB8, ENGLISH, GEBXAK AXD AMEBICAX CX7 It Y,

rerfamerjr, Soap. Cottoa Tarn, Battlag, ete. Now stock and prices low. Orders promptly attended to. Superior inducements to Cash Buyers, Pedlers, Hucksters and Auctioneers. 14® Main Street,

Between Filth and Sixth Staecta, In the Store formerly occupied by Co* Son «pl9-dwly

SALE.

JpOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

CLlBKlforSE.

The proprietor desiring to retire from the business, offers his Hotel for tale or exchange for small DWELLINGS in, or small FARM near the city. House is doing a good business or is well located for manufacturing parposes- Easy terms. For particular}'enquire of the Proprietor, W. B. GRIFFITH. d«e!6-dtf

FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAVS

We shall Exhibit ihe most Extraordinaryf

CONCENTRATION OF BARGAINS!

Ever heard of

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Terre Haute.

OUR NEW YEAR'S GREETING

The past history of our Store, although marked almost weakly by aonae great' surprise to our customer?, nevertheless does not furnish any parallel to the extraordinary inducements with which we inaugurate the new year. fir-

As we glance back over the work accomplished in seven short months, we are sure our customers will not wonder at onr feeling a little elated at our unusual, but not to us, unexpected success. Our first visit to Terre Hrute convinced us that here, of all the cities in this State, was most needed a reform in the vicious system upon which the Dry Goods business was being conducted. The motto of this sstem was, "Secure the very largest profit possible on every dollar's worth of goods sold." \Ve believed a change was needed and that the people would generously support any firm who, disregarding the machinations of the old high-priced stores, would dare to write over their doors this opposite motto, Sell every dollar's worth of goods at the smallest possible profit consistent with safe business principles." In pursuance of this idea we marked out our course and have pursued it without fear or favor. We expected opposition, for we had been informed of the plans laid for our discomfiture. We were not even sure that this opposition might not take the form of personal violence, so when the high*priced stores took this way to bolster up their failing fortunes, we were hardly disappointed.

OUR SUCCESS HAS BEEN "UNPARALLELED!

At one bound our store took its position at the head of the -y Goad* Tnule of Terre Haute. We had not mistaken popular sentiment. Congratulatory and en couraging messages and words came to us from every qmirter, one and all biddingy us go forward and never for a moment to doubt the earnest sympathy and he irty good will of the great masses of the people.

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Anew and still greater reduction in our price* is

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THE NEW YEAR'S GREETING!

That we bring to one and all of our customers.

THESE IRE THE PRICES:

5000 yards of Atlantic Mills Muslins at 6c other stores are now charging 10c. 4000 yards of Dwight Mills Muslin at 7c now selling in town at 12£c. 4500 yards|of yard-wide Unbleached Muslins 7c other stores are now charging 11c. 6000 yards of Lawrence Mills Muslins, 9c others all charging for same goods 12£c 8000 yards of extremely Heavy Mnslins, lull yard*wide, only 10c high-priced stores charge 15c.

Job lots of Shawls just received $2, $2 50, $3, $4, $5, S6 and $7. Splendid bargains in New Dress Goods, 18c, 20c, 22c, 30c and 35c. •, ,' An extra handsome set of Furs, only $2 50, reduced from $3. Great reductions upon fine Furs at $4, $5, $6, $7. $8, $19, $12 and $15. ., Dayton Carpet Warp, 30c. Coat's Spool Cotton, 5c Extra fine quality Waterproof, 90c, reduced from $1 2-5. 4New lots of Carpets at 30c 40c, 50c, 60c very handsome ot 75c. Black Silk Velvets at cost, to close out the stock. These are CASH prices, we do NO CREDIT business, otherwise we .should have to charge much higher rates.

FOSTER BROTHERS'

GREAT Is EW YORK CITY STORE

North Side of Main St., Middle Opera House Block,

JIA JJTE,,INDIANA. 'V.T T.

HOLIDAY TRADE.

WINTER CO MFO RTS

Will be found by a visit toj

TUELL, RIPLEY & DEMIUG'S

EMPORIUM.

The Ladies should not fail to examine our

ELEG \NT LINE OF DRESS GOODS

Embracing all tlic LATEST STY1ES,

LOW-PRICED GOODS!

A large line of Double-fold Alpacas at 18c per yard. A limited supply of 3-4 Alpacas at 12 l-2c per yard,

(These are of excellent quality and colon.

A full line of Standard Prints at 10c.

(These are good Styles and full Madder colors. We also have the cheaper grades.)

Sterling Sheeting, yard-wide, at 10c. Standard Sheeting, yard-wide, at 12 l-2c. Lower Orades as cneap as 6 l-4c per yard. Black and White Plaid Diagonals are the latest thing in Dress Goods. We have a nice variety and Dundee Shawls to match.

We offer full lines of Velours, Satin de Chines, Lustres, Crepe Plaids and other Goods which are considered particularly Fashionable and desirable this Winter.

We Have No Exorbitant Prices!

We not only Sell Staple Goods cheap, hut we offer all Fancy Dress Goods Trimmings, Wiu.j Goods and Hosiery at prices that Defy Competition. \,

(We keep thp largest and best aeeortment in the city.) *».

We will ba prepared this year, as usual, with a beau ful line of USTOTIOIETS

And are determined to make our Emporium THE attractive Shopping Placo of Terre Haute.

TUELL, RIPLEY & DEfliW

Comer Main and Fifth Streets,

1871.

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