Indianapolis Journal, Volume 2, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1872 — Page 2

THE EVENING JOURNAL: INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1872.

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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11, 1371 TERMS: Single copies, per week, delivered by carrier,. . . $ 10 By mail, payable In advance, per year 5 00 " per month 50 'AOTnnsixs kitis. Local Mattzbs. Notioes under this head will be Charged 90 cents per line for first Insertion, and 15 cents per Utte for each additional Insertion. Marriage Notices 60 cents Foii'dral Notices 50 Cents Displayed Ad vkbtis i a xt s , Wah t s , Fob Sau, For Rent, Lost, and Focttd, five cents per line for first insertion, and two and a half cents per line for each additional Insertion. REAL ESTATE. . Gentlemen interested in the prosperity of Indianapolis will find the report of the real estate transfers made yesterday suggestive reading. Thirty-four transfers, covering the um of $116,072 76, is a record which demonstrates faith in the growth and prosperity of Indianapolis. We need hardly state the fact that it takes buyers to make real estate lively; that sellers can not make business lively. A3 long as lots sell readily at good pricey it is evident that the city is increasing in population and wealth. It is charged by some of the opponents of the coal road that it is simply a scheme in the interest of real estate speculators. If it should be the case, and the houses and lots of every real estate owner in the city should be doubled by it, who would be hurt? Such a result could only be reached by a great increase in population and wealth; and the people who have no real estate, but sell dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, would have so much larger numbers to supply ; and so much better opportunity for business. There would be so many more houses built, and masons, bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, painters, hod-carriers and day laborers of all kinds would have so much more work to do. Can one side of the face laugh, and the other wrinkle in pain ? No more can the value of property increase without a corresponding increase in the business of the city; the increase of property being itself 'a cause of nothing, but the effect of the growth and prosperity of the city. To say that real estate owners are to be benefitted by the road, is to say that the road will attract capital and population, and be instrumental in the improvement of the city. We are heartily for anything that will be to the benefit of real estate, because all other interests are served first, A DISPUTED BABY. A case was decided in the Louisville Common Pleas Court Mdnday, of so singular a nature in many respects besides the similarity to the celebrated case which King Solomon's decision was rendered, that we give in full the opinion of the Judge. No roman. cist could tell a more interesting story or invent circumstances bringing out in so short space so many peculiarities of the late patriarchal institution. The woman who claimed the child as one she had borne out , of wedlock, was not moved by a returning gush of affection; for she did not mind losing it, if it were brought up in a respect, able white family; but she could not bear that it should be brought up by a woman with African blood in her veins. Her prejudice was stronger than her virtue or her affection. The other woman being a quadroon, and the father of her child a white man, the question of the color and features of the child was discussed by physicians, who decided that there might be no perceptible marks wf African blood in so young a child of such parentage. The white man, who appeared as the father, testified that the quadroon had been his slave, and that since emancipation, she has lived with him as his wife. The case is one with legal points enough to Interest the bar, natural feeling enough to enlist, the sympapathy of the ladies and curious features enough to attract the attention of almost everybody. A QUESTION OF INTERESTS. The address of the anti-coalroaders says that "If the cost of coal would be lessened "by the building of an exclusive coal road ''in the interests of Indianapolis alone, no "doubt the project would meet w:.th general "favor." Can there be any doubt of that when there is a clear de dnction of fifty per cent, in the average price of transportation alone to which is acceeded the testimony of the railroads to the present coal fields that the miners can not or will not supply more coal than the roads are now hauling; and the testimony of the miners that the roads can not or wili not haul any more coal. The people need .not judge between the parties. For whether the fault is in the policy of the coal men, or the incapacity of the railroads, either way it is loss, and they " have to pay high prices for coal. An exclusive coal road with its special equipment for coal business, and the doubling of the coal district in communication with 'the city, can not help but result in Umening thecoxt f ctii to consumers in In' dianapolis unless all principles of trade and competition which have heretofore prevailed shall come to an end. ' If a coal road will not lessen the cost of coal here, why do the railroads oppose it so bitterly? If it will not lesson the cost, it will essen their earnings for hauling it. And what is it to them, if it does them no harm, how the people of Center township spend their money? If they want to build a coal road instead of more new bridges, etc., is it not their business and are they not capable of attending to their own affairs without the interference and dictation of corporations which are run in the interest of people who do pot live in In(lianapclis,and don't have any interest in In

dianapolis, except to tie amount of the money earned by carrying people and freight to and from the city? There is something in the movements of these corporations which indicate an interest and a purpose averse to the interests of Indianapolis. If there are such interests and purposes, the people of Indianapolis should unite as one man to resist them. If there are no such interests or purposes, then the corporations should be bidden to take their hands off. . THE DRAGON. The second lecture of Prof. Hawkins at Masonic hall wa3 attended by a large and intelligent audience. No report can do justice to a lecture of the kind; but justice requires notice of the directness, simplicity and clearness of the lecturer's style, which makes his treatment of scientific subjects so satisfactory and instructive to the audience. He actually inspired a strong interest in the monsters which once roamed untranimeled In the pre-Adamite world, and have generally been looked upon as mere creatures of imagination. The Academy of Sciences has opened its course most successfully, and the advent of its succeeding lecturers will be awaited with interest by the public. m - Fallows who didn't draw prizes at Louisville are discovering that all agents, ticketsellers, buyers and fools who formed pools, are subject to indictment, prosecution and punishment. It may be a little late to lock the stable now; but it might be a pleasure to stone the fellows who got the ride. n The strong writer of the age" holds forth in Union City, Tennessee, and makes the Herald fresh from the press, smoke with such paragraphs as the following: "IIELL FIRE doe not attract much attention while the horses of the land are struggling ive rrom violation of natural laws by the masters of horses. It had Its beginning North, where the mother of abominations has her THRONE.

An Illinois school mistress who is visiting in the city, and who was inveigled to hear Professor Hawkins' lecture on "The Age of Dragons," was heard to complain as she left the hall, that he did not tell how old dragons were after ali. She should inquire of the Chicago Time. HASH. A Bay City boy stands 6 feet 6 inches in his stockings. Buffalo Isin an uproar at the prevalence of Email pox in its midst. The man who discovered gold In California yet lives in that State. L man has been found in Wilton, Conn., who declines a postofflce. A cord of wood, split for fuel, costs IS 50 at Council Bluffs, while a ton of coal can fee had for $5 60. Mrs. Fischer came near kerosening at Burlington. Iter husband saved her with a bedquilt. She was slightly toasted. An Illinois schoolboy has been fined by a police magistrate for kissing the schoolmis" tress; under what precise criminal statute is not stated. Gratifying intelligence for the ladies who spend the "season" at Saratoga Vital statisticians give positive assurauce that people with "long trunks" are aiwsys long-lived. It occurred to a Danbury scholar, while writing a composition last week, to make the remarkable statement that "an ox does not taste as good as an oyster, but it can run faster." . 'A school for little girls in the patterns of dolls' clothe?," is a new idea for Christmas holidays. The notion is that it is better for girls to learn how to cut out clothes than to cut out each other with nice young men. To adorn lovely woman, nearly every animal in creation excepting, perhaps, the festive pig has bees put under coniribution. The latest illustration of this is the importation of "yak laces." The yak is the "grunting ox" of Thibet. A party of Americans, consisting f Gen. John A. Ilalderman, of Kansas, and Messrs. Patterson, Wood and Stewart, of New York, reached Beyrout, Syria, on the 7th of November from Constantinople, en route for Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The Rev. Frederick Howlett, an English astronomer of some distinction, announces his discovery of some more little spots on the sun which have easily escaped the notice of other observers, as they only cover about a thousand million square miles. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. Tuesday, December 10. Seat Bills No. 6 and 115 to regulate the freight and passenger tariffs on rallreads, were made the special order for business on Tuesday. The bill repealing the Kankakee draining law was passed yeast 44; nays 34. Mr. Chapman's bill to provide for the organization of drainage associations was taken up, and pending discussion the Stnate adjourned. IIorsE The special ordtr for the morning session 'was taken np, being the House bill to protect the Wabash and Erie Canal from sale, and the Senate bill on the same subject. On motion of Mr. Canthorn the House bill was laid on the table. Mr. Bowser moved to recommit the Senate blU with a resolution instructing Ue Trustees of tht Canal to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, and pledging the State to pay the judgment obtained In the Court of final resort. The motion was tabled. Mr. Shir. ley moved to recommit, with instructions to add a provision declaring the State not liable for any lands which are not a lien upon the canal His motion was also tabled. The bill finally passed as it cam from the Senate by a vote of 53 to 39. At the afternoon scion the Judiciary Committee made an adverse report on the bUl creating the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. The Committee on Agriculture re ported adversely on Bill 198, to amend the act to pro. ride for the election of Supervisors. The tame committee reported a f ubstitute for hill 188, amending the game law; and reported back bill 191. for protecting timber. The Committee on Education reported in favor of the bill providing for uniform rate of Interest on moneys loaned from the school fond. The Committee on Fees and salaries reported in favor of the hill Increasing the Attorney General's salary, and in favor f in definitely fostponiog the bill fixing the salaries of Governors and Judges. All the foregoing reports were concurred in except the latter, which was laid n the taMe. The bill to repeal the Kankakee Drainage law, with a proviso protecting companies whose jines of work do not exceed ten mies In length was taken up and pas ?ed. Yeas 89. nays I.- A resolution waa adopted instructing the Committee on the Judioiary to inquire what legislation is necessary to provide for the proper redi striding of the State for judicial purposes.

A DISPUTED BABY. SOLOMON'S DILEMMA. REPEATED BEFORE THE COMMON PI-EAS COURT. IFrom the Louisville Courier-Journal. Martha Johnson, Petitioner upon habeas cor rms, vs. Jacob Sparrow and Mary Sparrow, Respondents. Tins is a contest between two women concerning an infant male child, of which each claims to be the mother And entitled to tho possession The base has no precedent, so far as 1 know, five that reported in the Bible,(lst Kings, chap. S); and as there is no arbitrary power in this country for deciding such questions, it must, like other questions of fact, be determined by the weight of evidence. The tnild in dispute is an infant less than eight trionths, and is In the possession of the respondent, Mary Sparrow. It was not born in wedlock. The petitioner, Margaret Johnson, is a white woman of a slightly brunette complexion; and the respondent Mary Sparrow, is a woman of color, with a complexion indicating a preponderance of white blood. The petitioner says the child was begotten by a white man named George Vandyke and that she was delivered of it in the Louisville City Hospital about the 1st of April last. The respondent (Mary) says the child was begotten by her co-respondent, Jacob Sparrow, a white man, now before us, and that 6he was delivered of it at her house in this city on the 1st of June last, and has had it in her possession ever since, and brings the child with her, in obedience to the command of the writ. Tho evidence places beyond all doubt the fact that each of the women was delivered of a male child at the several places claimed. This was admitted by the counsel for etch. The question is, therefore, of which no her was the child, now before us, born? In behalf of thhe petitioner it was clearly proved that on the 1st of June last 6he delivered her child to a colored woman named Eiiza Brown (who was called by her as a witness and so testified,) to be, by raid Brown, delivered to a white woman, Mary Buckley, who wanted the child for some female in New York who desired a male child for adoption. It was also proved that on the 6ame day and within less than half an hour after she received It, Eliza Brown delivered the the child of petitioner to Mary Buckley for the purposes stated. All this occurred In this city on the day named, and these facts are not disputed on either side. But what became of petitioner's child after it went into the hands of Mrs. Buckley? The petitioner, who testified in her own behalf, says that she gave up the child to Miza Brown for Mrs. Buckley, under a promise from the latter that it was to go to some white lady in New York for adoption, and that 6he rested content from that time until a few weeks before she commenced this proceeding, with the belief that Mrs. Buckley had complied with her promise, when she was Informed that the child had not been thus disposed of, but was In this city and in the possession of Mary Sparrow. That she was willing that her child should be raised by a white woman, but not by a colored person; and that, so soon as6he knew its whereabouts, and was enabled to 6ee it, she recognized it as her child by the color of its eyes, its general appearance and from marks on its head, which she pointed out. And she now says that the child before us is the same of which she was delivered. Mary Buckly, the woman who received the child from Eliza Brown, testified that, on the evening of the came day (1st of June last) when she received the child from Brown, she delivered the same child in a basket at her window to Mary Sparrow, in person, who went to her (Mary Buckley's) house for it. She stated moreover, that the child before us was the same she had eo delivered to Mary Sparrow. In the absence of other testimony and opposing facts, the case thus presented would be clearly in favor of the petitioner. But, unfortunately for Tier, Eliza Brown, one of her own witnesses, and a most important one, too, whose manner and demeanor are strongly in favor of her veracity, stated, on her examination, that the child she delivered to Mary Buckley was not the child now before us and in possession of Mary Sparrow. On the contrary, she said it was Mary Sparrow's own child, and that she (Mary Sparrow) was delivered of it at her house on the 1st of June la6t. She testified that she then lived almost a next-door neighbor to the Sparrows, and that she was, and had been for a long time before June, acquainted and intimate with Mary Sparrow, lhat on and before the 1st of June last Mary was pregnant. That on the morning of that day, when the petitioner delivered to her (Mrs. Brown) the child for Mrs. Buckley, and wkilst she (Mrs. Brown) had the child in her arms taking it to Mrs. Buckley's house, she (witness) passed by 8parrow's house and there saw. Mary Sparrow standing near the front gate. That 6he (Mary) "looked then, she had for some time before, almost ready to have her baby," and that she (witness) asked her how she was, and, on beiDg told by Mary that 6he was not well, and how she was comElaining, that she (witness) tola her '6he had etter go into the house; if 6he didn't she would have her baby on the street." That thereupon Mary started and went into the house, and witness proceeded to .Mary Buckley's and gave her up the child which she had received from Margaret Johnson. That she immediately returned toward her home, and on passing by Mary Sparrow's house, within less than half an hour after she had warned her to go into the bouse, she was told she was sick, and at once went Into the house to see her, and there found her in bed and delivered of a boy child. Witness had herself several children, and knew that the child which she then saw at Mary Sparrow's had just been bom, and from other evidences which she then saw that Mary Sparrow had just been delivered of a child. She farther testified that from that day. and before she was a frequent and constant visitor at the Sparrows ; that she had, whenever there afterwards, always seen the child with Mary, and in her possession ; had handled and washed it often, and knew the child well, and knew the child now present to be the same child of which Mary was then delivered. She examined the child and mentioned the marks on its head, which 6b e recognized as the 6ame on Mary's child. What became of Margaret Johnson's child, after she gave it to Mrs. Buckley, she could not say. But she could and would say that the child present was not Margaret Johnson's, hat was Mary Sparrow's child. Besides this statement of Eliza Brown, so damaging to the claim of the petitioner, the other witness Mary Buckley called in her behalf, and who testified so directly as to the identity of the child, Mary Buckley, waa successfully contradicted by Dr. Ilundley, Mr. Galbraith and others, as to previous statements made by her as to what she had done with petitioner's child statements wholly different from, knd in conflict with, that made on the hearing of the case. This contradiction, of itself," most Iseriously affects her credibility, and when considered with her vocation and general character, which was shown to be at least equivocal, entitles her to but little credence as a witness. Other witnesses, who had seen petitioner's child, gave it as their opinion that the child present was hers. Opposed to this evidence in behalf of the petitioner, quite a number of witnesses were introduced in behalf of the respondent, Mary 8parrow. She testified in her own behalf and stated that she gave birth to the child, now in her possession, on the 1st of June last, and had had it in her possession ever since. She denies that, on the 1st of June or at any other time, she had ever received a child from Mary Buckley. She said that the child now present had been with her and no one else since its birth, and pointed out not only two marks on its head, but another on its cheek or jaw, which it had from its birth, and furthermore said that Jacob Sparrow, her co respondent, and a white man, now present, was its father, and was providing for her and her child. Mrs. Miller, a white woman, the mother of children proved that she lived now, and had for two years past, with the Sparrows. That she was a seamstress at McKnight's carpet store, and, when cot at work, occupied a room at Sparrow's house. That she was there when the child bow present was born, and helped at the time to take care of it. That she had seen it every day since its birth, and knew it as well as she knew her own. That she lived in the same bouse with the respondents, who both had always claimed and recognized the child as their own since its birth, and had so pro

vided for It. And no attempt was made to con trad let orf impeach this witness. Dr. Nesbitt proved that Mary Sparrow was nreenant in March last, and gve it as his opinion that, from her then apparent tondition. the period of gestation would end about the first of June. Dr. Ilundley was the family physician of Sparrow and Mary Sparrow. He proved the pregnancy of Mary Sparrow, and that he 'was called on to attend her In her confinement, about the first of June, but, because of other pressing engagements, could not go; but that on the day after bfe exiled, and found that she had been delivered of a childj fchd found there with her a male child, whose appearance Indicated that he was born the day before. That he had attended both mother and child since, and repeatedly prescribed for the child; and recognized the child present as the same he had f onnd with respondent, and on which he bad attended Blnce. Both Doctors Ne6bltt find Audrey the only physicians who testified in answer to Inquiries as to the appearance of the child, and any Indications it might furnish showing the absence or presence of African blood or descent, gave it as their opinion that, assuming the father to be white and the mother to be the respondent, or one of the same degree of African blood and color, a child 60 young as the one in dispute would not furnish in its appearance, color or otherwise, any certain or unerring 6igns of the existence or absence of African descent or blooc" ; but that the complexion of this child, and iU appearance otherwise, in their opinion, did indicate tbo presence to some extent, of such descent and admixture of blood. In addition to this testimony in behalf of respondent, the washerwoman of the family was called, who proved facts showing the birth and delivery of a child by Mary Sparrow on the 1st of June last, and Another witness, who stated 6he was present soon after its birth, and named it Junius, because of the day on which it was born. Others were called who identified It as the child of the Sparrow family, and the "respondent, Jacob Sparrow a white man of fair complexion and light eyes recognized and claimed it as his child begotten by him of his co-respondent Mary. He further stated that she had been his slave before 1865, and had never left, but had continued with him since. A number of other witnesses on both sides were called, and 6tated their opinions as to the Identity of the child, both as that of the petitioner and respondent, but no other material facts than those recited were disclosed. The novelty of the case, the intense but natural feeling manifested by the disputants, and the possible eilect that our conclusion micht have upon the future of the child, have induced a most attentive consideration of the evidence and the arguments of counsel. This consideration has resulted in the conclusion that the petitioner has failed to manifest her right to the child claimed by and in possession of respondents. This conclusion is, however, in no wise to prejudice the right of the child now claimed by respondents, when of proper age, to assert for himself his own election as between those claiming to be his mother. The petition is dismissed with costs, and the respondent allowed to retain the child. December 9, 1872. IT. J. Stites. TIIE NORTH PACIFIC. BAN JUAN ISLAND. San Juan Island and the arbitration of the Questions involved has caused the use of more

printer's ink than could be purchased with the proceeds of its sale to the highest bidder. It is only fit for a hog ranch, for which It has been. used, and there is no possible inducement for settlers to occupy it, for if they raised any produce by cultivation, they would be too far from a market to make their labor profitable The steamers that ply around Puget Sound to Victoria, never think of calling atsan Juan, There was no inducement for them to lay to, even when it was inhabited by a joint Ameri can and British garrisen, and now that the British have abandoned the island, there seems to be no greater necessity for our troops remaining there, than there is for a squad upon Seal Rock at the entrance to the Golden Gate. San Juan Island is about sixteen miles long and a few miles in width, and . is a companion to several other rocky surfaces in the Gulf of Georgia, and near the entrance to Puget Sound, which latter islands have been acquired along with San Juan. The island is between the northwestern boun dary of Washington Territory and Vancouver Inland, the passage between Vancouver and San Jufcn being the channel usually taken by steam era for Frazer River. But the chief Interest In this rtgion consists rather in the more impor tant aspects oi Vancouver ana tne mainland, fend in the squalid Inhabitants along the neigh boring coat, than in the miserable little ridge called San o uan xsianu. yANCOUVER'S ISLAND. Vancouver's .Island, or, more properly speak leg Quadra ana Vancouver's Island, was first discovered by Captain Cook, in 1778, who imagined that it was portion of the mainland. Several years later Captain Vancouver, while sailing in company with Captain Quadra, of the Spanish fleet, discovered the island, and it was christened in honor of both captains, Quadra and Vancouver a lsianu. nmuurcr xomuu abounds in magnificent harbors, and one of these. Esouimalt. is toual to any In the world. heintr the nrincinal British K"iaval station on the Pacific. On the western s4de of Vancouver Island is Nootka Sound, which was nrst named hv Cantain Cook King George's Sound ; but this nm afterward rhanered to the' designation of the natives. Nootka. The Indians about Noot ka 8ound are a curious people, and have a lan fmare which is bvno means harsh or digagree hie like that of manv of the tribes on the southern part of the island, of which latter class are the Bongusn inoe, wuo uve wuuuu Victoria, the capital of Vancouver, and whose language is painfully gutteral. The tallest soar ever shipped to England was cnt in Vancouver, and was exhibited at the great Londoa exhibition ef 1852. VtrrrtUTA AND NANAIMO. I 1 Victoria is fortv miles south of the forty ninth parallel, and more than a day's ride by steamer from the British possessions in the mainland. It is one of the most beautifully situated cities on the coast; has a salubrious climate, and a population ef about ten thousand. It Is the headquarters fof the Hudson's Bay Company in this region, and has a beautiful harbor, but not of sufficient depth to float large 6teamers. The only other to wn on Vancouver is Nanalmo, justly celebmted for its coalmines. The coal is of good quality, and the best found on the coast, and sh ould this Island ever be annexed to the United States, as a large majority of the inhabitants desire, it will be found of incalculable value. Upon the banks of the Nanaimo River, near tho town, are some asionismnn Buuut cueu "Kn-v-munn." of mammoth size, and carved out of wood. The work was done by the Indians, and the wooden figures represent their idea of the Great Spirit. Some of the finest potatoes raised on the continent are the product of the soli of Vancouver Island. ALL FOR TnE BEST. . On occasion Charles Dickens was unfolding the theory that whatever trials and difficulties might stand in a man's path, there is always something to be thankful for. Let me, in proof thereof," said Dickens, "relate a 6tory: Two men were to be hanged at Newgate for murder; the morning arrived; the hour approached; the bell of St. Sepulcher's began to toll; the convicts were pinioned; the procession was formed; it advanced to the fatal beam; the ropes were adjusted around the poor men's necks; there were thousands of motley sightseers of both sexes, of all ages, men, women and children, in front of the scaffold when ju6t at that second of time, a bull, which was being driven to Smithfield, broke its rope and charged the mob right and left scattering people everywhere with Its horns; whereupon one of the condemned men turned to bis equally unfortunate companion and quietly observed: I sav. Jack, ii's a good thing that we ain't in that crowd. " A deputation of Moderate Republicans in the French National Assembly called upon Thiers yesterday, to express apprehension that he was leaning too far towards the party of the Right. The President assured them that he would uphold, firm and unshaken, the policy announced in his message at the openin.fi: es sion.

Testimony has been onlv nartly taken by

the Coroner oa ths bodies of the four men killed by the falling of a scaffold at the Cincinnati water-works building yesterday. It indicates gross carelessness on the part on the con tractor who put up the scaffold. 1 he investigation will occupy several days. A T. Stewart denies any intention to erect a building for the accommodation of yourg men of tne working classes on ground lately occupied by the New Haven Railway Com pany. PLENTY OF WOOD. KEEP WARM. TT.r4 na4a tti rromPTlta w'th fTTlf of the rallroads to furnish us with wood for the son, we can furnish onr citizens, ai F-A-IR FIGUKES, With wood, ftffl lcneth. or sawed in quantities as thovtn.v rioairA ATDTUCII & GAY. oct.l-e6m uorner inaiana avenue uu i-aum. AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Leake & Dickson Lessees. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1872. Five Nights and one Matinee, Engagement of the distinguished artist. MR. McKEE RANKIN. And hi "Bip Van Winkle Combination," in Washington Irving's creation of Rir Van Winkle. As played ty him upward of 3(0 nights thronhout A 1 T f me iimon "Full of tears, full of smilts. One touch of nature makes the whole world akin." OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS. Mr. Rankin's waking scene in fact his entire last act. is superior to jenereon rumseir. v. v. itcayvne. Mr. Rankin's performance of the part is worthy of MacKett or denewon. Missouri Democrat. Mr. Rankin's performance of "Rid Van Winkle' is even more wonderful than Jeffersons'. Lightning seldom strikes twice in the same place. Chicago Tribune. "Ilere's your good health, Unt your family's. Untmay dey ail live long, Unt prosper." Grand Matinee, Saturday afternoon, 2 o'clock. t3?Reserved seats at Pt arson A Dickoon's. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. RUBINSTEIN CONCERT. RUBINSTEIN AND WIENIAWSKI. MONDAY EVE., DECEMBER 16, 1872. Mr. GRAUTias the honor to announce as above the First and Only appearance here of ANTON RUBEN8TKIN, The Greatest Living Pianist, and one of the most profound musical thinkers of the age, with an en semble or juntneat Artiste, including HENRY WIENIAW8KI, The World Renowned Violinist, and universally regarded as the "only rival to the meaiory of raganuu." . .- MXjXjTC. XiOTJISK LIKBHAIt T, The Celebrated Soprano. MLLE. LOUISE ORMENY, The Favorite Contralto. Accompanist Mons. L. Rembielinsk : Bale of 'seats commences Thursday, December IS, at 9 A. m. at Benham Bra.'s music store. Reserved seats, $3; Drees Circle Box Seats, (2 50 Steinway Pianos used at Rubinetelr Concerts. Unseats reserved by mail or telegraph on and aner 'inurscay.- nov2M4tamcoi WE MEAN BUSINESS Parties desiring: to invest in Heal Instate would do well to call on J. C. H0SS & CO., 78 MASS. AVE , As we have Choice Lots to sell. on favorable terms, in all parts of the city. We also have several fine farms in this vicinity for sale, in which are saf and paying investments. A.H we are making a specialty of soiling farms, we can offer bar gains which no other Heal Kstate office in the city can. decll-8mc nov9eod NOLAND & GUSTIN, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, 24$ EiBt Washington Street, ARE OFFERING GOOD EARGAJNS IN CEN TRAL AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY. "Drop Into their office, Room 1, np-stairs, and" see wnat tney oner. decio 3me Romberg & Steinmetz, PRACTICAL UPHOLSTERERS, 'Manufacturers and Dealers in all Kinds of ' FURNITURE, 117 East Washington Street. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. y Particular attention paid to Repairing at short DOUce sep24 Sme USE THE . AMERICAN FIRE-KIXDLER, MAJTUTACTrnzn bt P. G. JORDAN, Headquarters at Fruit Stand, corner of Delaware and Washington streets. OflDiRS from Grocers proopl filled. sepStfeSm.

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JOBS S. SPANN & CO., REAL ESTATE AGENTS, SO East Waihlnato.n street. THE WOODLAWN LOTS on FLECKER avenue. HURON street, and on ENGLISH avenue, SPANN avenue, and DOYT avenue, are now the nearest to the center of the city, the best located and the loweet in price, of any lots on this market. , There are more improved street, on and leading to this plat than any other part of town. There arc more houses in process of erection in the south-east part than any other. There have been as nnny lots sold here as in any other part. The chances for quick profit aro quite as good here a any where else. For present nee for HOMES for people in moder ate circumstances It is unsurpassed by any thing in the market. Uniform price $20 pcrfront foot. One-fifth down. the remainder in 1, 2, 3 and 4 years, with Interest. JOHN S. SPANN & CO., Real Estate Agents. 1u29 etd IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. Can be given of an enlirely new and elegantly furnished brick bouse of twelve rooms,Inside Blinds, Double Farlors.Grates, Mantles, Gas, Furnace, Water-works, Stable, &c, &c. The lot is large, fronts east and is in one of our most fashionable northern localities, contigious to street railway and an easy walk to business. The owner will not sacrifice the property, but sell at a fair price and accommodate the tenn3 to those desiring to make a small cash payment. Also twenty acres, adjoining the city on the cast, $1,500 per acre. Best bargain in market. FRANK SMITH & CO., No. 76 East "Washington. Street. LEVI WBtOHT.. JAMES P. WRtGHT. J. A. C. M'COT NOW FOR BARGAINS LEVI WRIGHT & CO., No. 85 1-3 East Marltet Street. Have ten acres land, choice. Improved, beautifully located inet north of the city. Great bargain, small cafh and long time. Twelve acres 2 miles north of the city. Small cah paymctt and long time. Twenty nve acres eoum oi ciiy. vjivnu urBl" Small cash and long time . IIonecB and lots in great variety, cmau caea ana long time. Great bargains in vacant lots in all parts of the cty- .. . Farm of 170 acres nortneasi or city, f iuu per acre. Terms easy. Farm of UK) acres southeast of city, only $75 per acre. Terms easy. CAIjXj and see us. tW Carriages ready to show property at all times. JAMES P. WRIGIIT, Attorney at Law, formerly of Jackson county, will practice hi all the Courts. CALDWELL & SON, REAL ESTATE AGENTS, No. 7 Blackford's Block, Cor. Washington and Meridian Sis.) For Sale or Exchange Two-story frame (tore building in Carthage, Kush county. Indiana, containing six rooms and ware room t .vo store rooms below and four rooms above. The building is nearly new, with slate roof; price, $4,500; wouid exchange for a stock of salable merchandise or a good farm; will pay difference in cash. For Sale House on W. North street; price, $3,500; rents for $35 per month; will take, as cash payment, vacant ground in north part of city. Lot 4uxl65 on Columbia ft, south of Tinker, near Scwincr Machine Factory; price, $800; very cheap. ESflf you want to buy a house and lot or vacant lot in any part of the city, give us a call seplle REAL ESTATE. PARTIES desiring to invest in property that will doub'e within six months should call on JOSIAII SMITH & CO. Entrance: Nog. 51 & 57 West Washington st., or 12 Kentucky ave. WE have Lots In all parts of the city at iow figures and on long time. WE offer great bargains in "Washington Street Property. WE also represent several of the best Life and Fire Insurance Companies doiDg business in our city. octl7e3m EXTRAS FOR HOLIDAYS. SILK MUPJLER8 AT $2 50 TO 1. CLOTH, KID. CALF, DOG. BUCK AND OTHER GLOVES. Robes 13 e Chanbre Cheap. CARDIGAN JACKETS. Plain intl Fancy Hern.-sticl HandJceroixiefs. S D H E P 0 T BOWS, TIES AND FCARPS PilOM 10C TO $2. CUFF BUTTONS A.W BTIRAL SHIRT STUDS, Great Bargains in Dress R T tsntris. FULL LINE OF FURNISHINGS AT FOSTER'S SHIRT DEPOT, 2i EAST WASHINGTON STREET. Dr J. W.CULBERTSON vrB OCULIST & ADRlSr, OPERATOR ON THE EYE -A.3STD E-A.IR, FOR ALL DEFECTS OP SIGHT AND HEARING, AND TREATMENT OP CATARRH. Office, 12 JSorth Delaware Streat, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 1 "Send stamp for reference. Artificial Eyes constantly on hand, yl8-6m i