Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 April 1889 — Page 2

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THE 10VE LETTERS.

has received a number

of love letters in responses three prizes for the same. Sunday is the last day on which they can be accepted,

There is no special requirement as to their character. They must not be longer than .TO0 words but otherwise they may be as the writer chooses to indite them. The first prize is $10, the second S3 and the third 12.50. No pub licity will be given to the names of the writers when a request to that effect iB made.

Lop off one-third of the cost of the lire department and one-third of the cost of the police department.

other blunders in the legis

lation of that legislature is the discrep ancy in the appropriation for the school for feeble minded ohildren. In the deficiency bill there is appropriated $39,000 for the expenses for six months. But in the act reorganizing the institution, $15 a month for the maintenance of each in mate is allowed, the aggregate amount of which would be about double the de liciency appropriation. Now the ques tion is as to which appropriation law is to govern the expenditure.

THE ISSUE IN TERRE HAUTE POLITICS, The facts as to the management of the city's financial affairs during the past year are too well known to the general public to require a detailed statement, but the showing made in another place •-'-in this issue puts the situation plainly to all who are inter ested in an economical and wise city government. It will be seen that the Democratic council has given no tn the imperative demand for until now it is many thousand dollars .beyond the constitutional limit.

The exposure of this state of things to the world ordinarily would be bad policy but happily Terre Haute's good faith and credit have not been seriously marred by the reckless policy of those who have mismanaged its corporate business affairs. Therefore it is best that the people at home be made fully acquainted with the disagreeable truth that they may in their province as sovereigns determine what shall be done in the future. ThiB they can do at the spring election. The only question is as to whether they will do so.

C. 0. D.

So They Do.

Wlgg—I've got an invention now that I think will niiike my fortune. .* '.W 'lgg—What is it?

Wigg—An electric type writer. Klgg-Don't you think the present kind shock the community often enough?

Went to His Doom.

Jones—I shouldn't wonder if I have committed a murder. Smith—How so?

Jones—Fellow came along just now asking for the World ofllee, and I sent him into the Sun building aud told him to inquire for Mr. Dana.

Two Points of View.

Mamma, wearily—My, I wish this miserable rain would eease. Tommy, who has played "locomotive" all afternoon—Why, mamma, I think a rainy day Is just boss. I've had deud-loads of fun. 1 &

A Heart-Felt Request.

Mrs. Peck—From the way you are always* whining about matrimony any one would think you thought It the worst thing in the world. I bet that if I was to die you would marry again Inside of two years, wouldn't you? Well, why don't you answer? You know you would, don't you?

Mr. N. Peck-Just you try It and see

From the Fulness of the Heart. Blmherly—Doddley, you area married man, and ought to be able to tell me what I want to know. Are these gags about a woman's pocket being so hard to get at founded on facts or not?

Doddley (who married a rich widow)-You bet I they are. Br the way, Blmberly, have you got a couple ot dollars you could loan me UllSaturday?

VOICE OF THE I'EOrLi.

Tit l.he Kditor of The Express:

Sin: Will you give me space for a word about "them politics." We are within three weeks of an election whose results will be of much more consequence to this community than were the results of the national election ol last year. Candidates for our local olllces have scarcely begun to show themselves, while last year's contest kept us V* In a ferment more than six months.

Business men of this city, men of excellent pub--He spirit and business sagacity, have organized themselves together to Invite and encourage the location of Important Industries tn our midst Do -they realize that high taxation is the greatest obstacle to their endeavors?

Merchants complain because citizens goelsewhereto buy. The latter are certainly not so foolish as to do this If they can be equally well suited in price and quality at home. Why cannot the best bargains be found at home? In the ~last analysis it Is because legtUmate business is burdened with unnecessary taxation.

And so the catalogue might be extended Indefinitely. An unreasonable and unnecessary local taxation dwarfs our growth aad checks our prosperity. Why unreasonable and unnecessary? Gentlemen can. tf they will take the Ume to Investigate, And a hundred leaks In our public expenditures. Allow me to cite two instances. I am informed that the city Is paying on Its bonded Indebtedness 7 and 8 per cent. Were our finances properly conducted, from three to four per cent would be ample. Recently some two thousand dollars were spent by the city authoiltles In getting ready to make certain Improvements on Wabash avenue, which later developments proved to be Illegal, an illegality which average business prudence would

have discovered before so much money had been wasted. Is It thoroughly undentood that we are over a volcano? That at any moment oar city affaire may be thrown Into coofoslon.tnat disaster at any time overtake our DUMlntere£s? Two of oar mow Important bulldUws. the High school atnd State Normal school buildings, have been illegally constructed, and probably no. debt reason of them can be collected. Section 220 ofuje stateconsUtntlonsays: ''Noiebtlnany mtmner or for any purpose shall be Incurred In exceasor^

by the last assessment -., ,.hfrf,n„r. previous to the Incurring of guch Indebtedness and all bonds or otolirations in such amount, given by such conwranon shall be void." Already, as Is known bonds and obligations have been incurred tothe^tof¥earlyTlf not quite,one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to www amount Will not the responsible cltlzens or this city apply the remedy In their power? LetUMJ1 elect, as they can, a mayor who Is a thorough, Sol and comment bustags man. onewbo

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who will endeavor to have equality justice rule, and who will master the and will give them at all times the attenttonttey deserve. Let such a mayor be assisted bf a councii that will economize closely and will distribute the burdens of the city goivcrnineBtequal^^

The party that will nominate such mwi this springeanelect thenv The party

The top floor of the Depew home is. given up to the children. Here are the nursery and

school-room, and here on

rainy dayslthey accompany the governess

-xf-- I as many questions about imaginary ob I jecta as he is used to do about real ones. The young heir has a very active mind and has had to be kept back in his studies. His mother has been his only teacher. But the children's happiest time is in the late afternoon, for then the great orator comes home, and it is his habit to mount to the play-room and join them in their games. Seated upon the

Hoor with the little ones about him the hours go by in telling stories and answering questions till dinner time, when he_ hurries into an evening dress and drives away to some one of the many society and club banquets, which daily demand the honor of his presence. He never writes a speech, but usually spends a few moments in reflecting on his subject, jotting down a few headlines in the process.

More Truth Than Poetry Here.

Suffrage is woman's right as truly as mine, and when she asksjfor it it is something less than manhood to withhold it. But unsupported by a more practical education, higher aims and a deeper sense of the responsibilities of life and duty, it is not likely to prove a blessing in her hands any more than in man's.— [John G. Whittier.

A Photograph With Kacli Suit of Clothius,

A Philadelphia clothing store is advertising a novel bait to catch customers. Each person buying a suit is photographed in his new clothes free of charge, and the scheme is proving a paying one.

Tea, Verily.

What doth it profit a man that, by abstaining from newspapers and other necessaries, he saves up five or ten thousand dollars only to be robbed of it by bunko Bharps?—[Philadelphia Inquirer.

Milking 10,000.000 Soldiers

a

Day.

One of the great industries of Nuremberg is making lead toy soldiers. Eight hundred work people are engaged, and they turn out 10,000,000 soldiers a day.

He Got a Head on Each One.

Mrs. Langtry now wants to attack I "Henry VIII." She will certainly fail if she does, for Henry always did get ahead of the women.—[Baltimore American.

Why Punish Him Further?

George Wiseman was sentenced at I Charleston, Mo., to two years in the penitentiary for having three living, two dead and two divorced wives.

Ohio Woman's .Suffrage Convention.

The Ohio state woman'B suffrage convention is to be held in Akron May 23d and 24th.

What's In a Name?

Inspector Swindell is an efficient member of the Washington police force.

THE BRIBERY CASES-

Defects In Indictment.

were

which

doesnot

merits defeat. Tours truly, PUBLICCS. TERM HAOTK, April 17.

EXCHANGE ECHOES.

Philadelphia Ledger: Thousandsare now turniug their eyes to Oklahoma who

already

possess

a

better chance of busln^su'K^lBtheJrpr^rai homes than that crowded territory Is likely to ai ford for some years to come.

Bussell's allusion to x^iaiut. hexand tbr

at there are more lrisnmei

In America than there are In Ireland. And he might bare added that England is to blame for it. Cleveland Leader: The crowd awaiting the opening of Oklahoma is fast Increasing, and the rash when the hour arrives for opening the region will certainly be tremendous, much greater, to fact, than the conditions warrant There Is no earthly paradise In the Indian Territory.

Kansas City Times: Never In the history has so difficult a series of conditions surrounded the opening to settlement as those which confront settlers and the government In Oklahoma. The public land laws are not remarkable for harmonious arrangement or perspicacity, and when subjected to such a strain as this they expose the carelessness of their manufacture at once.

San Francisco Chronicle: The free traders who so loudly sang the praises of the foreign market, and told the American fanner that he woifld go to the demnltion bowwows without It, will be puzzled to explain why the aforesaid American farmer is getting more for his wheat than for some years bast, in the face of a declining foreign demand. We learn from the statistics of export that our shipments of wheat since August last are hardly one-half as great as those for the correspondlDg period of 18ts7-'88. As the production In 1888 was considerably in excess of some of the years since the era of low prices set in. It Is quite obvious that the stiffening Is not due to the foreign dfr mand, but rather to the enormous expansion of the home market.

DEPEWS HOME LIFE.

Interesting Chat About the family Aflftiw of New York's Favorite Orator,

The home life of Chauncey Depew's family is one of the most ideal in New York, says a New York letter. They live in the large, handsome house vacated by Dr. William A. Hammond when the latter removed to Washington The house has been re decorated through out since the Depew's acquisition of it. Especially characteristic of Mr. De pew's taste is the dining-room which has mingled in its decorations appropriate inscriptions in French, German, English, Latin and Greek, There is a beautiful parlor, whose ceil ing is domed and which is finished— walls, hangings, furniture—all in white. In Mr. Depew's study the light from a stained window sifts through eastern palms and touches gently an Egyptian mummy and falls upon the head of a sphynx, a sort of furnishing which gives the place a two fold interest. The

Vr.^l^teT-Twr^^aAre simple and

French maid. The stable contains three horses, a coupe and an open carriage. The family includes besides Mr. and Mrs. Depew and young Chauncey, aged 10, Mrs. Depew's mother, Mrs. Hegeman. and the two little daughters of a brother who died at their house a few weeks ago, and their governess. Mrs. Depew's father was a wholesale druggist on Broadway and accumulated a large fortune. He was an accomplished amateur artist, and Mrs. Hegeman was, in her day, one of the finest amateur pianists in the city.

Will Cose the

DlsmlMftl of Virion* Cmtm

The atmosphere of the Federal building was undisturbed by any matter* of disquieting nature to-day, says the Indianapolis News. Indirtments agaiMt Melvin Light, Elvin Light and HughM. Light, of Kentland, Newton county, were

quashed. State Senator S. P. Thompson, who is the attorney

4

f«r.th®

ante, tells the story of their daatardly

son ante, tells the scor, ,, crime as follows: Hugh Light lives in Kentland, and his two so** f&slvin and Elvin, grew up there. Awhile before the last election they went to Chicago and got employment, but went home to vote. They were challenged and their father swore them in. For this tbe indictments were found, but as they were defective in the same particular that made so many others invalid, tney

quashed to-day on motion of tbe defendants. The indictment of bribery against Farmer Fisher, of Rush county, alleged that he had bribed a voter by paying him a specified sum before he had voted. The evidence show* that the money, 11 paid at all, was paid after the man bribed bad voted. Though this was a techmcal error it was sufficient to invalidate the indictment. The prosecuting attorney, however, is determined to try the case. This morning the

lndlCliUiwuto" iroa nollietl and

Fisher was

released on his own recognizance -with instructions to report to thenext grand jury for a correction of the papers in the nlatter.

James Bingham hails from the historic town of Veedersburg. An indictment which has been hanging over him, avers that he, with other persons not named, formed a conspiracy to raise money with which to prevent two men from exercising the right of suffrage. The money was raised, but for some reason the scheme was carried no farther. It was discovered, however, and the grand jury's attention called to it, with the above mentioned indictment as a result. Mr. Peelle, as attorney for the defendant, argued to-day before Judge Woods that as the conspiracy was not carried out no crime was committed and, therefore, the indictment should be quashed. Prosecutor Chambers maintained, with a formidable backing of authorities, that the forming of the conspiracy and the commission of one act of its purpose, was sufficient to establish the crime, and that the raising of the money was that act,

Deputy Marshal Overstreet states that scores of witnesses called here dur ing the sitting of the grand jury did not appear before that body at all. Deputy Prosecutor Bailey would tane them aside and ask them if they could swear to any facts in relation to the Dudley letter. If they said not they would be allowed to go home forthwith. Mr. Overstreet thinks Bailey feared that the introduction of a host of witnesses who knew nothing of the matter would weak en the case in the minds of the jury.

CUT OCT OF THE "ADS."

In Their Own Interest Weekly Newspaper Publishers Will Test a New L»w.

The weekly newspapers of this city have been real mad since the legislature adjourned, because a bill was passed re quiring that the legal advertising shall be published in daily papers in all cities of more than t^n thousand inhabitants', says the Indianapolis News. The pub7^ J.-J .i ...n^n1ia reapfcljpg COH1but this morning Mr. Rooker a point that he believes will

ence on the subject this week and decide whether or not they will test the law.

FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS.

Msyor Hitt Again Chief Clerk of This Di-H vision of the Railway Mail Service.

A Compliment for Evatisville.

A very large contract in the commission business was closed in our city today. About sixty .farmers of Gibson county offered to Steuhmeyer &• Newman the exclusive sale of their output in watermelons, comprising 112 acres, for the season of 1889, and the offer was accepted. This actually throws the control of Indiana melons into the hands of Evansville business men.—|EvanBville Tribune. 7-'

Indiana State News.

Wm. Benson, murderer of his aged benefactor, Jacob Hotweiler, was sentenced at JeffersonvUle yesterday to be hung August 16.

George Kerth, while assisting the Jailor at Evansvllle to overpower Lemuel Burns, a lunatic, was kicked to death by the madman. Kerth was a brother-in-law of Sheriff Prltchett.

Near Fort Wayne, Ind., Albion Skinner fired a bullet Into his brain. In the presence of a young lady whom he wished to marry. He had proposed to her, but she refused to give him an answer.

Indianapolis Sentinel: "Even If the snprerae court declares the loan act Illegal," says Governor Hovey. "I will not call an extra session of the legislature. Under no conceivable circumstances mil I call an extra session."

The Eransvtlle light Infantry is considering the feasibility of taking part In the eelebraUon of the semi-centennial of Galveston, Tex., early In June. There will be an lnter-state competitive drill in connection with the celebration.

Indianapolis News: A decision from the supreme court on one of the pending constitutionalcases was expected to-day, but was not handed down. It is believed that the supreme court commission case will certainly be decided this week, probably to-morrow. ..

How it Works In Omaha.

There being nothing to drink in highlicense Omaha yesterday. 2,000 sturdy citizens of high-lioenae Nebraska went

over to prohibition low* ah4, *ot' all they wanted.—[Omaha Bee.

THEBimtOWM.

How th« TMlaat Artificial 8tr*etai» AM MM ••rtte Uali To-Day". The monstrous tower designed by Engineer Eiffel for the PariiexpOMtion, has three stories or divisions. The first story is sixty meters high (a meter is equal to thirty-nine inches) and rests on the arches which join the four foundation oolumns that a*rry upon them the entire weight of the huge tower.

The tower has four' distinct sections. Each wing is provided with a refreshment saloon that may be re*Qhea -by means of winding staircases unoa^ the' foundation piers. Notwithstanding the center of the space has been set apart for the eleva&r, there still remain 4,200 square metres of floor room for the accommodation xf visitors who may desire to promenade and enjoy a view of the

itor from that height. The apartmenta are very sautions have been take

roomy, and

precautions have been taiten to insure the visitors against all posmbility of accident ..

An iron railing about four feet high, with an arched roof to exclude the intense rays of the sun, surround® the- extreme edge of he platform, as it may be called, which has been reserved as a promenade for those who desire to walk about. The requirements for the comfort of the inner ihan.

tOQ,

have not been

forgotten. Kitchens, store-rooms, ice chests and the like have been fitted up in the moat handy manner imaginable, so that there is little occasion to tear that the supply of stimulating refreshments will give but, even in the days when such lodgings in the hotel and private houses will not be obtainable for love or money. Each one of the four cafes is provided with a cellar capable of storing 200 tons of wine.

Everything about the structure is ab eolutely fireproof, for iron is the only material that has been used in its construction. Two thousand persons per hour can ascend and descend the staircases leading to the platform, and 4,000 can find seats to rest upon in the cafes at one time.

The second story, which is sixty metres above'the firit one, is also reached by four staircases built inside of the supporting columns, which makes a sharp inward curve, leaving but 1,409 square metres of surface for the platform and promenade. Here, too, in the commodious and handsomely decorated cafe, the thirsty and tired sightseer may find something more potent than Seine water to recuperate hiB strength.

This story is ninety-one metres above the tip of the Notre Dame steeple and higher than the tower of the palace of the Trocadeio, on the other side of the river, and, As may easily be imagined the view of the surrounding country to be had from such an altitude is almost indescribable. From here on the columns of the tower fall in toward each other until they ascend a distance of 275 metres above the ground, where the third and last story is situated.

Only one staircase leads to the thftd story, which is for the exclusive use of tbe persons employed in the tower, and all visitors are expected to use the elevators, two in number, to reach that point. The platform is eighteen metres square, still large enough to erect thereon a comfortablysized dwelling. The view here is simply superb. The story is equipped with reflecting mirrors and a large supply of field-glasses for those who wish to use

It has been

prove

the weekly press to be all right as far as legal advertising goes. He claims that the bill refers only to the publica-1 above the third/ section, tion of advertising relating to city matters, such as sales of real estate by sheriffs, administrators, executors and commissioners when the real estate to be sold is in the city also all applications for liquor licenses when the applicants reside in the city. He claims also that weekly papers have the right to publish all other legal notices, such as publications by corporations, limited partnerships, county clerkB, estray notices, constables' sales and proceedings of the county commissioners."" The publishers

estimated

The towSKSrnainatee in what is known as the lanMrn, twenty-five metres ird' section, but this place

wvwiw O0VV1UU) ISUU yUlB

Major Wilber F. Hitt resumed the pd-1 parties for giim chewing are now assem ition of chief clerk of the fifth division Lled' ^overa present gayly ornamented sition of chief clerk of the fifth division of the railway mail service, with head-

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ience in the office and his unquestioned ability, as well as mastery of all details of the work, made his case a troublesome conundrum for the Cleveland administration. To remove him would be to impair the Bervice, and to retain him would keep the horde of Indiana Democrats, who wanted to succeed him, in a condition of antagonism to the administration. Finally the pressure of party became too great, and the major was asked to turn the office over to his successor, Ellis Eagle. But this did not occur until within a few months of the end of the Democratic regime. In truth it has been only a short vacation for Major Hitt, whose reappointment assures the public of a decided improvement in the office service for which he is so admirably fitted.

has been set awfe for the use of the scientists for making observations.

a a a in

It seems to ifford complete satisfaction in itself, ai the chewing of the cud does to the cov. Probably the aromatic taste of the gim contributes to this serene pleasure, but the mere working of the jaws, apparently, is the main factor in producing me happy result. It seems to have a sootling effect, for we observe that the gum chewers wear generally a placid expression, which shows that the occupation makes them unconscious of the unseemly appearance they present. But nobody of taste, and especially no girl, will ever chew gum in puolic. It is an amusement which should be reserved for moments it solitude, if it is indulged in at all and yet we are told that even

boxes of guti to their sweethearts, and then proceed to prove the depth and

wp.u

quarters in this city, says the Indianap-1 sincerity ot their affection by watching I forgery committed by William Gross, hiB olis Journal. The majors long exper-1 them'without criticism as they chew exact "double." The latter has con-

the article in the intervals of the tender I conversation.—[New York Sun.

S? Story About President Arthur

A Cincinnati raconteur, whose veracity is not to be queationed, tells the following story: "Shortly after Mr. Arthur came to the presidency the Women's Temperance association sent to the White house a beautiful portrait of Mrs. Hayes, which now adorns the East room. At about that time I wanted to see the president on some personal business, and through the kind assistance of John

Carlisle secured a private audience. As we were passing with Mr. Arthur from his public office to a more retired room we noticed a big packing case leaning against the wall, of the corridor,

upon the face of which was the express I

Cleveland's Remarkable Secretary of War.

William Crowninshield Endicott, straight, tall, Puritanically reserved, smacking still of the burnt-witch flavor of old Salem town, was at the Fifth Avenue hotel yesterday but, after all, much less grim-looking than usual. The famous social successes of his daughter, now Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, in the most exalted circles of British aristocracy are very gratifying to the remarkable old ex-secretary of war whom Mr. Cleveland fished up on the Massachussetts coast. And there are other paternal and matrimonial triumphs in atore in the near future for the old gentleman. His son, William Crowninshield Endicott, jr., is to be married in a few months, at Lenox, to Miss Thoron, at the home of the exsecretary's father-in-law, among: the famous old Berkshire hills, which are said to be beautiful meadows on stilts, decorously variagated here and there with rockeries and grottos, and none of your plain country rough-and-ready ridges!— [New York world.

Will Be Stroke of Business. Dakota, rich in tin ore, may some day be able to can her blizzards and sell them to the summer resorts.—[CourierJournal.

FASmoil sons.

Boaa arethinga of the past. c' .. The turban is more popular than ever. Knee breechee are worn by a few awella.

Very tight fitting gloves are not fashionable. Ribbons for use on spring hats are all bordered.

Short eapsa have taken the place of winter cloaks. Yellow la the color of many of the new summer gowns.

None but American ladies put on their glovea in the etneta. Opals are now counterfeited, it is said, 1 as to defy detection.

Blouam of wash aorah silk will be a feature of summer toilets. Fancy waistcoats are very generally adopted by men of foahion.

India silks will figure hk. eveiy #ell supplied summer wardrobe. Velvet ribbon haa taken the pla* of moire ribbon for trimming.

Square-cornered zouave jackets are becoming to alt slender figures. Gold embroideries are used on some of the Easter dinner dresses.

Three dollars a week are the wages of a working milliner in London. White, green and roae are the most fashionable colors for evening toilets.

The shirts which open in tbe back and front are attracting popularity. Biding and driving gloves for ladies are short and have only one button.

Tbe fashionable visiting card is almost a square piece of pasteboard. Gray, fawn aud drab are the colors in favor for spring walking dressea.

Embroidered collars and cuffs should be made separate from summer dresses. Those ladies to whom the style fo becoming, are wearing their hair low again.

Four-buttoned kid gloves with heavy stitching on the back are worn for walking.

Easter gifts have become almost as much of an institution as Christmas presents.

Occupation* of Law-Maker*.

The New York Times haa been collecting statistics as to the occupations of American, French and English law-mak-ers. In the house of commons there are 670 members, of whom one-fourth are farmers, another fourth are manufacturers, a fifth business men, and 107, or less than one-sixth, professional men, principally, of course, lawyers. Of the 580 members of the chamber of deputies, 270, or nearly half, are lawyers, 95 are office holders, 81 manufacturers, 72 farmers, and 62 tradesmen. Of the 333 congressmen, 261, or about fourfifths, are professional men, of whom 220 are lawyers, while agriculture, industry and commerce are each credited with a little over 20. The preponderance of lawyers is as marked in the senate as in the house.

An Oklahoma P. M. In. Luck,

Probably as big a financial prize as the Harrison administration has to give out was handed over to a Kansas man named Flynn, last week. Strange to say, it was in the form of a fourth-class postmasterI Bhip. Mr. Flynn will be the posmaster at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, and will be the first bona fide settler in the territory. With not an acre yet taken up, he can quietly select 160 acres under the

A the city

in city lots, as the land about the postoffice will be, ought to make him a millionaire. Mr. Flynn is the lucky man of this administration.—[Pittsburg Commercial.

Clayton's Backer Financially Wrecked.

Charles W. Durant, the backer of the actress Eatelle Clayton, is a ruined man financially, having squandered the large fortuno left him by his father in reckless speculations and bad ventures. He is said to have lost about one hundred thousand dollars in his venture with Miss Clayton, most of which was spent on the production of the "Quick or the Dead," which was a failure. His father was a rich Chicago sugar refiner, and left the son nearly"EI half million,

Good Luck for Convicts.

John F. Pierce, who several years ago went from Circleville, O., to Colorado, where he was sent to state prison, has fallen heir to a fortune of over $100,000 by the death of his father.

David Wolf, an honest young New

oUU Yorker, is in the penitentiary for a

fessed, and Wolfe is to be released.

Plenty of Onions and Potatoes,

The onion market is glutted, and one Allegan (Mich.) man who had 3,000 bushels stored awaiting a market has been obliged to throw- them back

with

company's brand, n.n mi.. I dees! We'do

'Keep Dry.' "The in front of it, smiled iched Carlisle on tbe

president stopped pleasantly and touched

shoulder. 'Do you know what that is? 'No,' answered the Kentuckian. 'Note the legend of 'Keep Dry,' said Mr. Arthur 'it is Mrs. Hayes' portrait/

upon'

his

farm ada fertilizer. Bermuda onions, tomatoes and potatoes are now arriving in the New York market from that island. They are ex cellent in quality, and there are reports of an abundant crop.

Gone to Oklahoma, Maybe.

What a scandal it would stir up in this country if it should turn out that George William Curtis had really eloped

Henry Watterson's star-eyed god

not

cmv nnRit.ivolv thai

dees! We'do not say positively that anything of the kind has happened, but the country has lost Bight lately of these two distinguished reformers, and we have our suspicions.—[Washington Post.

Warm.Weather Coining.

The

are going north.—[Omaha Herald.

The Extinction of the IluffiUo.

In a paper which Professor W. T. Hornaday, of the Smithsonian institution, is preparing, he estimates that there are extant only 750 American buffalos, wild and domesticated, whereas, less than twenty-five years ago, they ranged the Western plains in countless thousands. 'Ar

Delegate* In the Wrong Convention. If the Baler of the Universe should ever need an assistant, we nominate Bill Hickman, of the Dayton Journal.—[Cleveland Plain Sealer.

The motion would be ruled out of order on the ground that the mover has no standing in tbe convention he mentions.—[Dayton Journal.

Worthy of a Display Head.

Major Armes pulled General Beaver's nose because he could not pull the maimed veteran's lee. —[Philadelphia Times.

Armes, nose, leg the features of the case are these. That is evident on the face of it.—[Utica Herald.

KXPHS8 PACKAGES.

—Said ambitious Jones, "fm a

down-hearted

I trf to ietneh.bat I cant find a plan I look forward and bade And trr to get track Of satin tfcst will make me a very rtcb man. .. He saw 8mart} Smith, a rich man from Flint— •Oh, give me, I praj you. a pointer, a hint

Where tbe most money's madel" For an answer be staged.

Smaitr8miUi snaked his chin

and replied! "In

the mint!"

—[Judge.

The Indian qusstion—"How?" The highest peak in New Guinea is to be named after William E. Gladstone.

A "furnished gentleman's place to rent" ia advertised in aNew York paper. A movement is on foot in Nicarauga to sever the relations between church and state.

A German peaaant has been detected in tapping a telephone wire to cure hiB rheumatism.

John F. Swift, the new minister to Japan, will leave San Francisco for his post April 23d.

A man in Orange City, Fla., gathered 2,00b-^nuts of berries from two 6 yearold multfen^ trees.

James StoktSe, ofPenn's Manor, Bucks county, Pa., is 13 jrears old, weighs 280 pounds and ia growing heavier rapidly.

The "woman with the iron jaw," of circus fame, ia a resident of Kidgway, Pa. She has traveled fte«rly all over the world.

High winds tolled .the bell of a church at Sea Isle City, a night or two ago, and the doleful sounds greatly worried the superstitious people there.

Louis Napoleon, who

escaped

the

other night from the prison at Sing Sing, N. Y., had only one year of a twenty-year sentence for burglary to

Berve.

An Indiana judge has decided that a traveler can have his rules and regulations as well ss a hotel, and that where they conflict his rights are equal.

A warning for highwaymen to give China the go-by comes from that county in this form: "Not long since fifty highwaymen were executed at Kirin."

The Illinois women's press association has waxed so strong that it is to build a house in Chicago, a feature of which will be a lecture room to seat 200 persona.

Women are at last permitted to practice medicine in Canada, and the first to receive a license is Mies Mitchell, of Kingston, a graduate of Queen's, uni versity.

A gentleman of Americus, Ga., owns a jug which has carried liquor for his family for over one hundred years. This is perhaps the oldest "growler" in the country.

Alden Worley, who lives near Rockdale, Texas, says that he and other men killed 200 rats in his pasture in one day and could have killed more, only they got tired. £3

Alexander Kiel, a Canadian, was carried out into Lake Ontario on a cake of ice, but a fisherman pulled twelve miles to rescue him, and was rewarded with half a dollar.

A bronze bust of the late Horatio SeyJ mour, by David Richards, will be placed in a prominent part of Seymour park, near Omaha. It is of heroic size, and will be given to the city.

There is a school teacher in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, who is 40 years old, and has never been twenty-five miles away from home. New Philadelphia is the biggest town he has ever seen.

A remarkable divorce case will be heard in Crawford county, Georgia. An old man, aged 89 years, who has been from his wife, who isTTyeafs'oldl?"

A ringtailed raccoon, kept by a Lansing, Mich., man as a pet, broke loose the other night and ate up a wedding cake, Bampled the rest of the wedding feast, and made the bride so mad that Bhe almost postponed the wedding.

Since the purchase of Alaska it can be said of the United States what has been said of England .for the last century that the sun never sets on her dominions. At sunsst in Alaska the next morning's sun is an hour high in Maine.

The other night in Atlanta, Ga.. a drunken man was driving a blind horse, and they both fell, not into a ditch, but into a sewer six feet deep. The entire outfit was fished out uninjured, and the drunken man drove on his way rejoicing.

A Kingston, N. Y., minister married a couple one night recently, and when signatures were asked to the certificate it was found that neither the bride, groom, best man nor bridemaid could write their names. They all signed by making marks.

The latest claimants for the honor of being the oldest twins are the Chase brothers, David and John, who were born in New Hampshire in 1795, and consequently lack but six years of being a century old. David still resides in his native state. John'B home, is at Fall River, Wis.

Two Alabama men went wild tiirkey hunting and took a big tame gobbler for a decoy. The plan might have worked admirably,- but an old negro, also turkey hunting, filled the decoy full of buckshot from his rusty musket and made off with it. The negro was the only man concerned who took home any game.

A Washington Territory farmer was digging a post hole on the banks of Smoke river, when he unearthed a skeleton richly dressed in old-fashioned cloth ing. The coat was especially fine, and was adorned with velvet collar and cuffs. The place where the skeleton was found had been used as a horse corral for the past fifteen years.

W. C. Mills, of Newcomerotown, O., has a Stone idol, a pipe and flint implements, which were found in that vicinity. Tbe little god is made of fine stone and is perhaps afoot high as he sits with his knees to the front. He has no arms, but his hands are out in relief upon his shoulders. He has an idiotic head, closed eyes and half-open mouth.

Cigar boxes are supposed to be made of Spanish cedar, but there is not enough of the wood grown for tbe purpose, and nearly all the boxes used by American cigarmakers are made from West Virginia poplar. The wood is sawed up into thin boards, and the oi garfnakefs dye them brown with cedar extract, which gives the proper color and odor.

At Americus, Ga., J. Mize's daughter awoke him, saying that she had been dreaming that the kitchen was on fire. It was a lucky dream, for Mr. Mize got up and found seven or eight panels of his fence was burned, having caught from an ash-barrel, and the flames were making rapid progress toward the house. In ten minutes the house would have been in flames.

There are thirty-seven brands of champagne at present sold in this country, and the agenta of each particular brand are trying to place their own wine at tbe coming New York centennial ball supper. It is estimated that 2,300 bottles will be needed, representing about a cost of six thousand dollars. It is not the value of tbe wine, however, but the prestige of the order that the wine men are after.

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For several years Ayer's Pills have been used in my family. We find them an

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AMUSEMENTS.

NAYLOR'S OPERA HOUS

EVERY EVENING THIS WEIMATINEES,

Wednesday, Friday and Saturd

PROF. D. M. BRISTOL'S

30

Educated

30

Horses, Ponies and Mules.

An Entertainment for All Clas

PICi.J2M5Ml.fMl

NOTICK—Children under l'i years will be mltted to reserved seats at tbe Matinee for 25c

NAYLOR'S OPERA HOU:

ONE WEEK

COMMENCING

MATINEK ON SATURDAY. The Famous

GEBIlf, GORDON & GIBL1R COMEDY COM? Supporting the Young Actress, Miss Nellie Gibijey, In

a

repertoire of

Dopular

comedies. Ttie

ompany on the road playing to popular pr Solo band and orchestra. Popular prices—10,20 and 30 cents.

TIME tabl:

Trains marked thus (P) denote Parlor

Ct

tached. Trains marked thus (3) denote Slet Cars attached dally. Trains marked thus (I note Buffet Cars attached. Trains marked run dally. All other trains run dally I excepted.

VANDALIA LINE. T. H. 41. DIVISION. IJCAVK FOE THK WKST. v?

No. 9 Western Express (SAV)

1.42,

No. Hall Train 10.18 No. 1 Fast Line (PAV) 2.15 No. 7 Fast Mall (H

I.KAVJC FOK THK KAST.

No. 12 Cincinnati Express (S) 1.30 .- No. 6 New York Express (84 V) 1 51. No. 4 Mall and Accommodation 7.16 No. 20 Atlantic Express (PAV) 12.42 No. 8 Vast Line*. 2.0U

ARRIV-K FRO* THK KAST.

No. 9 Western Express (SAV) 1.301 No. 6 Mall Train 10.121 No. 1 Fast Line »(PAY) 2.001 No. 3 Mail and Accommodation 0.46 No. 7 Fast Mall y.oo

ARRIVC FROM THK WKST.

No. 12 Cincinnati Express (S) 1.20 No. 6 New York Express (SAV) 1.42

5

No. 20 Atlantic Express (PAV) 12.87 No. 8 Fast Line* 1.40 T. H. A L. DIVISION. —f

LBAVK FOR THK NORTH.

No. 62 South Bend Mall 6.00 No. 64 South Bend Express 4.001 ABRITK FROM THK NOETH No. 61 Terra Haute Express 12.00 No. 63 South Bend Mali 7.301

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