Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 11, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 September 1873 — Page 4

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PERA HOUSE CORNER.

500

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CALICOES!

Opcac4 IkU Day «l

llOBLRU, BOOT 4k CO'M.

Tycoon Reps, for Wrappers. Delaines and Dress Goods,

r*r Early rail We**.

Black Gro Grain Silks:

A handsome Un« at price*ranging from 91-A to 94^0, new open at

HOBERG,ROOTACO%

Bulnara! and Boalovard Skirt*. WalcrprMOi, CuilnerN, Jeava,

riaaael*, BlaakeU, *e..

All new and at greatly reduced prices,

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1IOBERU, ROOT Sc CO'M.

Domestic Cotton Goods: Bleached and Brown Muallus In all Popular Brands. •h«aiIa|»,PHI«w

Bed Spread*, Table Cater*, XapklD*,T«wcl*,*(.,Ae.

At very Low Prloea.

JlOBEKti. ROOT A CO, Opera Home Corner.

For Sale.

FOR

SALE- FARM OF A«"RES, UNder cultivation—on Pralrltton road, the first south of Honey creek. Terma—one payment down, next In two yeai*—balance at end of eleven yearn. Apply to Ml*. Matilda Cotfiuan, Pralreton, lnd. aeptt-Sm.

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HALE-FOUR LOTS—IN A VERY dtwlrahlu location, Parties with amall ineniiH, who will build liunudlately, can pa 11'hade without any payment down. Purelituwra can net their own time to pay by paying 8 per cent. Interest. Call at once. A. C. ATTQX.

I1JFOR

8ALE-8H0W CASK—Nine and Seven feet long. BEE IHVK.

I1fOr

SALE.-A 8MALL FIRE PROOF »afe at a bargain. Call at "Ceutral Book Store," 635 Main afreet.

I1jiOR

SALE-WOOD! WOOD! 91.25 PER load for my choice minnier wood, delivered to any part of Ihe city. Leave order* at Erlanger A Co., Opera Houae building, at Stave Factory, or with the driver, who la authorzed to collect. fc. M. G1LMAN.

Wanted.

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ANTED-A FEW MORE RELIABLE men to sell the Howe sewing Machine *!n Una and adjoining counties. The only machine without a fault. Call on, or adtire** The Howe MaohlneCompany. Office, "•4 Main atrwt. Jaull

J^EAL ESTATE.

FRED T. ROSS,

509 Ohio StreW.

1'ORHAI.K.

iU ACRES of ground within 1% miles of cUv Uinsu, «v»t, aa an Investment, for caah. 91,100. 300 ACRES land, -I miles weat of river, GO acrea In cultivation—a 3 atory frame hou^e ot roonm, barn and other outbulldlnga—

Kmkaorchard-hasHO

XMI coal cropping out of of a amall at ream running through the place. Price per acre, will exchange for de*lrable city ptoperty. A BEAUTIFUL ll«*

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the city, wltli good Improvement*, very cheap. ACRES north of city, wllh good Brick Houae of 7 room*, 96^00. A VERY DESIRABLE vacant lot on south 0th atreet, no more beautiful a not fora residence on the htreet, corner lot 74x188 feet, price H.flOO. 3 VACANT LOTS In aoulhern part of the the city, within oie aquareofoth atreet, price each, ll.OEO. HOUSE and LOT on north 10th atreet, 8 large room*, closet, porch, cUter n. Price, ca*Ti 91,250. 105 FEET vacant ground, on aouth 6th 81., very desirable, and very cheap. HOUSE and LOT on aouth 1th street, 5 rooms, basement kitchen and dining mom, 8*6 aquarus aouth of Main street

Price 9S.W0. is ACRES, favorably located for ft garden, IV. mil« north of the city limit*, a amall houMj and older Improvement*. Price |A,0U0. ItOUSRand LOT ou Liberty avenue, coat of 19ih atreet, 9050. .1 VACANT LOTH on south 5th itreet, at WO per front foot. HOUSE and LOT on Eagle street, east of l.Mh at rn'l, lot 80x I« feet. 1 loaae 3 room*, large pantry, cellar, chtcrn, 'jarn, very cheap at9l.&>0. HOUSE and LOT on 8th atreet, aooth of

Oak. the lot la eapcclally desirable, price »1A«. AC

ANT IX)T on O»born atreet, one aqosJre ««at o( Oih atrvet, adjoining residence of Hon. Harvey H.8w»tt, aouthern exposure, alte aoxim feet. Price 11.060. Term*— audi 9£M balance In 27 months with Inter* at. 1ICUSE ami I.OT on 0th atreet, between

Walnut and Poplar, 8 rooma, crllur, cistern, barn. Prl«s* ll.«*. llOUSK and LOT on 14th atreet, near comer of Walnut. Price »I,«M. VACANT LOT on Ragle atreet, east of llth atreet, WxIW feet, very dealrable, will aril 35 fret tf wanted, price and terms very reasonable. 100 ACRKSof Coal land, attuated Immediately north of McQullktn'aJand, and lylot over W mile along the Terre-Haate

Alton Railroad, ami about 3 mile* from the western end of the old bridge, la cov«mi with good timber for One wood, will be aoU cho»p. HJEVERAL very dealrable reridenc«« on aonth #tb atreet. A large wnmber of vacant lots in every part 4* tJM» o.ty.

FOR TRADE.

*0 ACRES of land in Siaun ton, Ciay Coop ty, Itaa a large hooae. 14 rtoal^ all of the bc« IMtimrt N iwtt tmrn HIHI all wwcj* «ary outlmhdlng*, »«««of fine "woodland p*-tun\" balance in (raUivattoneoal underilea the Bum. Will trade 9ot city property.

ACRES, s^mllea aonth of Oaaey, |«0 acrm baa been (n euHJvatlon. well K-(ittd-vtil trade for Improved dty roptrty. Prtee, r*.* acre, ACRKSol land In aoothern p*rt of cocnC*. welt Improved, wttli booae of 8 room* mo to botld. W1U exchange far Hoow and lot in etty. |6U ACRES. beantlftaUy alUiated.wltbSo IJ* mtlea of Otf Itmlta OMt, With bowe

STwm«, excellent cellar, well, SUero!TO»*n».»»««»*l» flnefrotwof all kind* and tmsnm tbe b«et garden apot M«dble. Will exchange for city property. 1$ ACRES of ground, ^crfa mUeaorthof

Jfarahall, jlK I «bard, well, atable, inenliivatk»n andaboot laowjp wkx» ptwtiure. Will exchaage tor aastl booae «nd tot worth 91^*»

DESIRABLE property on

bouee and kHof leaa vain*, and glre reM onable time on the dlflereoce

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THE MAIL.

Office, 3 South 5th Street.

TERRE-HAUTE, SEPT. 13,1873.

P. S. WESTFALL,

KD1TOR AMD PROPRIETOR.

SECOND EDITION

MODERN SKEPTICISM. A writer In 8crlbner'a Monthly ha» •uooeeded in turning tbo publio attention to tho »kepiloton» of the preaent day. He bag aei tb« pulpit, th« proas, both secular snd wllglous, snd iotelll gent and thinking people generally, to dtsouasing this subject. He is evidently careful thinker sod reader, snd withal a firm friend of Christianity. In feet bis friendship is so warm that many think that he exaggerates the dangers which threaten, just as affeo tion often magnifies ordinary symptoms of disease until they seem alarming. It is altogether probable that one who cftuld look upon the relative strength and progress of chrlstlauity and skepticism with perlect calmness and fairness, would see that there much less real danger to the former than this author represents. Unfor tunately such students of the sigus of the times sre few. Those who are in tereeted In this subject at all, are, for the most part', either partisans or per sons informed chiefly on onesideof the subject. Of course be friends of cbria tianlty, led by their desire for its sue cess, are liable either to magnify its present auccesaes aud power, or, as in the case of the writer alluded to, through fear to magnify its dangers. On the other band there is a large class of persons more or less skoptioai themselves, who, taking counsel of their own mental condition and that of their friends, believe that skepticism is making longer strides than is really the case. Then too each ol these parties is generally one-sided in its information. The christian people know what Christianity is doing, are familiar with all the work and progress of the church but often they are entirely ignorant of the opinions held, and of the means used to advance these opinions by skeptics. On the other hand many of those who talk as if Christianity were on its last legs and tottering before its final exit Irotn the world, are persons who read only the writings of those who are, or are reputeu to be skeptical. Not only this, but many of these persons are not church attendants, are not familiar with the various religious movements of the day, and are often, in fact, profoundly ignorant of what the churches right about them do believe and teach, and what they desire and are attempting to do. It is probably the fact that the christian people generally know better what is going on in the skeptical world than skeptics do what is going on in the church. But each party needs to have its opinions, hopes, and fears, modified by a clearer knowledge of the other. The writer of the articles referred to has done a good work for the christian people by informing them, ami stirring them up to study and think about mod ern skepticism. It would be a valuable service rendered the skeptics If they could bo better informed, and stirred up to study and think about the Christianity of tho present, its real opinions and its work. There i« to be hold in New York from the 2nd to 12th of October a meeting at which many of the most earnest workers and strongest thlnkors of the christian faith in Europe and this country, are to be present. The proceedings of that meeting will bo a profitable subject of study In this connection.

It cannot be denied that at the present day many old theories and dogmas of the past are losing, or have lost their bold npou the public mind, and upon the chnrrb itself. But It is a question whether this is not an evidence of increased strength on the part of Christianity rather than of weakness. If it is able to caat off the false and the useless, it will have all the more strength to d«ftmd and advance tho trueand useful

in It. It will bo lound that much or the supposed skepticism of the day .u uo way affects real Christianity, but only touches that which has been saddled upon it. If Christianity be true, as we firmly believe, has nothing to fear from the present desire to investigate. There never baa been a time, probably, when either in the church or the world generally, there has been such a strong and general desire to know what is true. If Christianity is true it witl come out safe, even purified and strengthened* If it be not true it mnst go to the wall, and It ought to.

Skeptics who honestly desire to know the troth should aim to keep their Uvea aa pure as the teachings of Christ require them to be, for unless this be the case there will be a strong motive to discard him and bia doctrines. They also should aim to keep themselves familiar with the opinions and work of tboee protesting and teaching christian doctrine from their o*n llpe and writ-

church, oa the other hand, by its ministry, its press and its membership, needs to deal fairly with those holding skeptical view*, and deal fairly also with these views. On the part of the ministry sad the leaders of the churohea, there should be thorough familiarity with the opinions of skeptics. There should be exercised great cars about crying heresy too soon. When so mocb strength Is ntfodei it Is not well to waste say la assdlsss battles. This also has an application to churches and ministers in their relations to each oth-

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TKKRK-HAI7TK SATURDAY EVKNINGM AlL. SEPTEMBER 13. 1873.

sr. The diftarsnoss between different denominations are insignificant, in comparison with the question whether Christianity is true or ftdee. It Is worse than useless for sn army to oontend over little things in its own ranks in the preaenee of an enemy requiring *11 Its forces. This Is lesson which has been learned to a great extent and there is leas controversial preaching and writing amopg the churches than ever before.

The one thing after all whloh the great body of christians can do most effectively sgalnat modern akeptlclam, is faithfully and carefully to pot in dally practice its principles. Christianity in theory may be attacked and weakened, but Christianity in practice is invulnerable.

TH» Spiritualists of Cincinnati are in no way mealy-mouthed about Mrs. Woodhnll, who Is president or the National Association of Spiritualists. After an address delivered iaat Sunday, In which ahe and her vlewa were handled without gloves, they passed resolutions repudiating her sentiments, and instructing their delegates, who are to attend the coming convention at Chicago, "to oppose by voice and vote the further alliance with free-love} or els© advooate a division of the ranks of Spiritualists." This action is rather more fiat-footed than that of the convention held in this city a few months sluce. Here they guve the member who Intro duced the resolutions repudiating Woodhull, "particular fits,'' implying that he was no better than he should be, and that ho introduced tb? subject to stir up strife—all of which may or may not be true—and after mingling one part of faint condemnation of Mrs. W., with nine parts of hearty eulogy, passed Borne resolutions which, putting it mildly, were not quite as strong and direct as those passed at Cincinnati. It ought in justice to be added that there were quite a uumber of delegates from abroad, and they appeared to be among the most intelligent in ftbe convention held here, who were outspoken in their denunciation ol Woodhullism. But the resolutions were drawn so uiild that they would not hurt an inlant in arms. Evidently there is a strong party who do not believe in the teachings of their president, and they are unwilling to bear the odium of views which they do not hold. It is safe to predict that Mrs. Woodhnll will not be permitted to occupy the presidential chair during a second term, aud unless she takes a back seat in the coming convention, there willjbe a lively time.

Gov Kit NOB NKWTON BOOTH, of California, from present appearances is the coming man of the Pacific coast, aud perhaps of ihe country. And the beauty of it all, that which ought to make his native city, and bis aged parents here, prouder of hiin than any thing else, is that he appears in every way worthy of his success. No demagogue, no mere charlatan, no trickster in politics, but an honest, eloquent, bold and sure man he seems to be. A speech delivered in San Francisco, August 12th, which we have had the pleasure of readinic in full, bears all the marks indicated above. Ho evidently has studied, and well understands "The Rail Road Problem in American Politics," which was the tii le of his speech. If he should go to the U. S. Senate, as lie doubtless can if he will, he will exert a powerful influence there. It is an encouraging sign of the times to see a man of this stamp gaining such brilliant successes in political warfare. The people do appreciate and delight to honor men of sound sense and undoubted honesty, who enter politics not for personal ends, but for love of country and what they believe to be right. It is a pity that they have not more frequent opportunity to show this appreciation.

WE can imagine no more melancholy sight than a lot of young men dressed in a tawdry, tlns«l garb, mounted on horses, with a stick in their hand, which they call a lance, dubbing themselves knights, speaking of each as

Sir This" or "That," careering over field, and struggling for the glory of capturing a ring from a projection. This 1* a noble enterprise for blgb-splr-ited youmr men. It is to very unlike the olden tournaments, thst could one of the old knights riso from his grave be would be likely to regard itssavery ridiculous exhibition. The present Is the season for tournaments at the South, and the young men are making Just as big noodles of themselves as they can, snd the fUn of It is they don't know they're making first-class Idiots of themselves. But we don't object to tournaments. They smuse the silly young men, and those that are not silly are also son used

GWKJLIXQ JOCR5ALW* i* the descriptive nsme given by the Inter-Ocean, of Chicago, to the style of newspaper writing that attempts to make fon out of everything. Terrs-Haute cannot boast of any preeminence in this style of Journalism, though it is not behind other cities of its sise. But for Nasty Journalism, Terre-Haute will put its eventng daily agalmt the world.

TUB Spanish Ministry is Hksly to go to wreck again over the question of how many of the Communists to kill and bow to kill them. It would be a good thing to leave the executions until the Government's authority is established throughout the kingdom—but possibly tbey would miss them altogether in that way.

WHAT'S bsooms of thst big Grsad Jury sensation thst was to rip TsrreHants wide open?

THE SECULAR PRESS. Nooountry ean beast of so large a number of newspapers as the United States of Americs, At the present time, tho number of weeklies and dslllee exoeeds probably three thousand of whieh only about tbrss hundred are dalllss. The annual circulation of all is not Air from Ave hundred million ooples.

Hardly a village is without a weekly, and there Is no city of sny pretentions to oommercial importance, that doea not sustain two to a dossn dailies.

TbS| New York Hersld issues nesr ons hundred thousand ooples daily the Tribune and Times fifty to sixty thousand each.

The total circulation of dailies in New York city is probably ovsr three hundred thousand. All tho other large cities of tb Union Issue proportionate number of dailies. Tbs weeklies, Isrgely outnumbering the daillee, contain a summary of what is first published in them.

The smount of intelligence, good, bad and Indifferent, which these three thousand papers send to their readers, Is very great, and of great aignlflcance, as bearing upon the weal or woe of our country. Politically and socially they are exerting a powerful Influence, and molding the moral and religious sentiments of the people, much faster than the pulpit and the church. The character thus forming is to tell on the future growth of republican institutions .whether the fruit of that growth shall be for the healing of the nation, or to make it sickly, wesk. snd deosying.

It is well, then, to consider what is the character and Influence of the American secular press.

Is It exerting a healthy and preserving influence? Let us inquire. Its motto is secular, and It aims at no higher standard of morals and motives for political and social action, than what seems to be politic for the success ot a party. Erom the position of being opposed to Church and State, it bas come to be opposed to mixing up religion in politios, temperance in questions of State interest, the Sabbath, as of any practical importance in moral ethics and the Bible as of no use, except to be a small remnant ol the descendants of the eld Puritans.

The sentiment is being diffused through the secular press, to the great mass of the reading public, that in politics there should be no religion in morals, no divinely appointed Sabbath in our schools no Bible. Upon the broad principal of wordly policy, concession to wrong principles, the press Is fast leading tbe publio mind to materialistic views, to a low standard ot morals. Tbe public conscience is being weakened, and individual responsibility to God, in matters pertaining to politics and official conduct, is little thought of.

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For much, very much, that is wrong and corrupt in politics, dishonest and rascally in official positions, tbe secular press is responsible. It bas educated the political church to know no higher law than selfishness, no standard higher than to provide for the body, tbe support of life here and the temporal prosperity of men and party. Is it to be wbndered at, that men in bigb places steal that conspiracies are formed to rob widows and orphans of their legacies that high crimes are perpetrated with impunity and without compunction, while the secular press, by its example and teachings, is tearing away the golden rule of God's law, and substituting only tbe law human reason and human accountability It is tbe business of tbe secular press to advertise and puff, and It does so without much discrimination. Hardly an imposter, mountebank or panderer to vice of any kind, has any difficulty In finding papers to advertise and puff bis particular calling, whatever may be the tendency of it to degrade and corrupt the human heart.

The secular press, as a rule, holds itself under no obligation to bold the public and Individual conscience loyal to truth and the right, as taught in the word of God.

The transgressor Is made to believe that there is no hereafter, that need be feared as a punishment for his crimes. If bs can only escape the punishment of human laws, which are lenient, he need fear no higher law. The youth of our land, the male portion, are being educated, in morals snd religion, almost wholly by the American secular press.

I know this will be denied, snd tbe ststement made that it ie in our churches and Sabbath schools that they sre receiving, primarily, their religious snd moral training. There is great delusion reeling on the churches snd families of our land, touching this most important intereet. It is a lamentable fact, and It must be admitted, that of all tbe boys who attend tbe Sabbath school, very few indeed learn much of the Bible, or go out from those schools with an improved conscience. They grow up rapidly, and their taates for reading seise upon tbe lightest of literature, and it Is found largely copied Into tbe secular press. It is tbe secular press thst furnishes food, In the wsy of vicious advertisements, love stories, obscene and vulgar reports, eulogistic puffs sad praises of demoralising amusements, snd raises ne voice in flavor of the Sabbath snd temperance. -There are some exceptions. The Cincinnati Gssetto Is ons tbe Ksw York Journsl of Commerce Is another. Tbe New York Timss hss done nobly In many respects, bnt its Sunday Issue, snd graphic secoonta of Sanday ptcmlcs snd Sunday yacht racing without rebukes, places It In lbs list of

sseular papers, that Is lending its In flusnce to weaken and lower tbe moral standard of society.

It is a pity that the New York Herald finds donbls tbe number of readers of slthsr ths Tribuns or Times. It ie ssd pity that professsdly religions men, in snd out of Nsw York city, reed tbe Sunday Herald more than they read the Bible,

Tbe seeular press, ass whole, is derelict In tbe duty of oonssrvlng the great moral and religious Interests of our country. Messursbly, It stands sloof from sll responsibility. Under Its sway and power, tbe Nation Is fsst being led to Infidelity snd msterlallsm, ths cburchsslnto formslIsm,and society to sdopt maxims imported from foreign oooBtriee. Will tbe State and Cburob survive, smld such a vaat deteriorating influenoe?

A RIAL bona fide eult for breach of promise bss been brought sgsinst member of our bar, Issao N. Pierce, Esq., and there Is formidable array of oounael on both sldss. After the court gets through with this esse would It not bes good idsa to havs suits brought sgsinst other uismbers of tbe bar? If they have not broken any promises to fair damsels or clients—ss probsbly few of tbem have—let it be for almoet anything else. Nothing likes little experience, "knowing bow it Is yourself," for these lawyers. It Is good time now, when the publio Is doing so little in tbe way of litigation, for an internecine warfare of this kind smong the lawyers themselves. Tbsy are so sharp too, that they will all make out of It, just as did the two boys so well known to fame who traded jack-kuives. By all means, now they are at It, let tbe lawyers put each other through. Let them do it just as they would any poor outsider who might fall Into their bands. In this way they ean learn just bow it feels both to be soundly abused snd to pay good rouud fees. Besides the people would enjoy it. It would be as good as a circus. It would be cheap to the public, too. And any first-class amusemeqt of this kind in tbe courts which is cheap would be a rarity^

IN tbe Methodist Conference at South Bend, yesterday. Bishop Simpson said:

Pardon a digression. I want the day to come when women will vote.

With-

"out their vote I fear we will never be able to put down the bouses of Infamy and liquor saloons of our country, sod "it is my opinion that we can't get "along without women voting. It is not good for man to be alone.

WE begin this week the publication of Bret Harte's last story, "An Episode of Fiddletown," now running through Scribner's Mootbly. This story, for which the publishers paid Mr. Harte |1,000, probably the highest price ever paid for any story of Its length, will run through three numbers of The Mall. It is in Mr. Harte's best vein and will be read with interest.

THE Graphic balloon and the proposed trans atlantic voyage have oollapsed. On tbe second attempt to inflate the monster gas-bag yesterday, it split wide open and Jell flat to the ground. The trip Is Indefinitely postponed. Mr. Good sell is one of tbe proprietors of the Dtily Graphic. What's in a name?

The City and Vicinity,

THE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL la on tsale each Saturday afternoon by A. H. Dooley,..— Opera Houae. S. R. Baker Co., M. P. Craft*, Opp. Poat Office. Will B. Sherld, .....Paris, a. Walter Cole, „MarahaIl, Ilia. Harry Hill _8ulllvan, lnd. Jamw. Allen, Clinton, lnd. J. B. Dowd, ^Rockvllle, Ina. Francis A. Kldd .-.Braall, lnd. C. V. Decker Mattoon, Ills. H. J. Feltua Greencaatlo, lnd. John W. Collins. Kanwis, Ills. Harris Ward ..Knlghtsvllle, lnd O- W. Ureene, Waveland, lnd.

NEW ADVERHSEMEXIk,

Carpets, etc.—Brokaw Bros. Clothing—Mossier"*. For Sale—Farm—Mrs. M. OofTman, Sewing Machlns—F. i. Medina. Automatic Gate—Phillips Mahan. Tarrant's Settser Aperient. Plows, etc.—P. New hart. ,:- Lime's Cordial—O. D, Lane Co. Oysters— Alexander A Johnson. Singer Sewing Machine. jtiilng—

Clothing— W. H. Bannister. Standard English Books— Denlos. Kern's Family Flour. Black Silks—Pelaen held A Jaurlet. Merchant Tailors -Erlanger A Co. Boots and Shoes- N. Boland. Indiana Exposition—Vandal la Line. Millinery—S Straus. The Cent Store-H. Fechbeliner. Dry goods and (Carpet-—Foater Bros. Kruito, Ac.—C.T.

Clipplnger A Co. —and—

Many Local and Personal Notices. GOINO to the 8tate Fair

Be not, ARM about 1 Look out!

THIS bas been a very quiet week.

OYSTERS are seasonable and palatable. FIN A NCIALL the oounty fair was sooeesafo I.

MANY ot our people sttended the' Brasll Fair, this week. FIXES were quite comfortable one or twe mornings tbis week.

THE Clark Coonty, Ills., foir commences next Wedneedsy.

IT costs 98.45 to tell the Chief of Polioe to "go to b—11 sod be d—d."

THE Coonty Commissioners have taken no action on tbe free bridge.

FBEB artesian baths are enjoyed every evening at tbe well on tbe river bank.

SYKES bat store bas now tbe widest glass window front of any house in town.

THE only engagement at the Opera House this month is tbe BowdltcbAlbaugh company, 24th and 25th.

SKELETONS seem to be strewn all alorg down Sixth street. Ahead, with nearly an entire suit of bslr, was unearthed opposite 0. C. Oakey's residence, a fow dsys since.

THB Brssil Dally Echo, "good during the Fslr," hss oome to our table thla week. It looks Interesting enough to rnske us wish Brasll oould have a Dally Echo all ths time.

FIVE hundred dollar greenbacks are now in circulation and people unaccustomed to handling money cannot be too careful. When you go to market thle evening, look sharp that some market woman does not hand you one In making change.

IT la a gratifying evidence of the solid growth of Terre Haute that the greater part of the building done this summer is in tbe way of comfortable dwelllnge ereoted by mechanics and others ss permsnent homes, where the rent gatherer will not Intrude.

CLIFF A SON are putting up the two big boilers snd the eighty feet smokestsck for the Wster Works. Among recent shipments were two large boilers for a woolen factory at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Their biggest Job of the sesson hss been at tbe new rolling mill—six large boilers, thlrteon furnace stacks, sod other work in their line.

DEAD CHILD.—Mrs. Frasier, residing in the eastern part of the city, awoke Wedneeday morning, and waa horrified to find her infant child dead at her side. It went to sleep in spparently good health, and was doubtless smothered by the bed clothes or the mother turnIng 'over upon It in her sleep. It is sstonishing that such deaths are not frequent, in view of the fact that so many helpless babes sleep between two full grown people.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Tbe following marriage licenses have been issued by tbe County Clerk since our last report,

Thomas Gulsinger to Mary E. Kelllou. Hiram W. Day to Nancy J. Knox. James M. Sklfes aud Deilila Little. Bj Jacob Harter and Lucy Smith. William Record and Kate Mast. fc Marian Julian and Elisabeth Boatman, i', Wm.M Cottrell and Charity Boatman. Chas. Freeland and Huaannah Unael. Jacob J. Royer and Sarah E. Loveil. Geo. E. Flock and Roaannah Budd Edward Davis and Luclnda Markin. Peter Forbeck and Maggie Parsons. Taylor Oaak In and Susan Wallace. John Vancleve, Jr., and Emenllua Brlley. Joseph Algive aud Pliebe O. Clarke.

AMONG tbe ten indictments returned by tbe Grand Jury this week was one against Rev. Parker Milllgan, member of the City Council, on the grave charge of forgery. It is said that the charge was carefully investigated before preparing tbe indictment, but it does seem strange that Mr. M., who is said to be worth somo $00,000, should be so indiscreet as to commit such a crime for tbe small sum of #180. The accused bas been absent from the city this week will return to-day, and bis friends claim that be will be able to give a satisfactory explanation. We hope so.

THE favorite minstrel organisation of Duprez A Benedict had a large audience at tbe Opcr» House Wednesday evening. Their usual excellent performance waa sadly marred by several smutty jokes, double enteudres, and broad vulgarisms. It is a miskaken notion that seems so largely to prevail among tho managers of popular amusements, that to make money the lowest feelings must be pandered to, and the tastes vitiated. It is our very best people who patronise minstrel entertainments, and we can assure managers of such that the moral sense of Terre Haute will not tolerate obscenity In sny form.

INTERMENTS.—The following Is a list of interments In thecemetery since our last report:

September 4-Infant of James McCarty, aged 17 months flux. September 4-Infaut of Nathan Russell, aged 18 months: caucered aore mouth. lieptember 5—Infant of J. W. Austin, ased 8 months cholera Infantum.

September7—Infcntoi W. T. Metlln.aged 1 year Inflammation of the bowels.

September 7-Mlss Jennie Oilman, aged 14 September 8— Infant of John Fetton, aged 2 years and 11 months brain fevt-r.

September S-Inlant of Louis Baker. September B-lnNnt of Henry Froes, aged 13 month*jaumtuer complaint. 8eptember 9-Infant of Samuel Franklin, aged 11 months: brain fever.

September 9-Kir*. Little Wright, aged 00 years genera! debl'lty. September 10 Infant of Geo. L. Belgler,

aged

6 months summer complaint. ,f CATHOLIC CEMETERY. September 7-Paullne Killer, aged 21 yeara typhoid fever.

September

7—Mrs. Salamind Killer, aged

00 years typhoid fever. Heptember »-Francis McCutcbean, aged 2 months and days. *t-.T

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"GONE WITH THE CIRCUS."

TWO VERY FOOLISH G1KLS.

[The Journal, Wednesday.] At tbe opening of St. Mary's Institute, on the 1st of September, two young girls, one from Mattoon and the other from Decatur, Illinois, were pieced there, by their psrents, to be educated. Tbey were wild, giddy and thoughtless young creatnres, and tbey were sent to thst excellent but secluded school on tbst sccount as much ss sny ether, thst tbey might bo kept out of mischief and not fall Into bed ^ays.

On tbe day that Lent's show visited this eitv, the pirls watched tbelr opportunity,

and

eluded the vigilance of

the teachers at tbe Institute, and escaped to this city. Tbey visited tbe circus, and were so fascinated by tbe tinsel snd sbow of tbe circus, that tbey determined to elope with it, and off tbey went.

Tbey returned to tbe city, Monday, and went out to the Institute to get their trunks snd clothing, intending to Join tbe sbow st some distant point. Only one ventured In, snd was at once secured and detsined by tbe management of tbe Institute, wbere she now remsios.

The other escaped bsck to the city, bnt a dispatch was sent from St. Mary to Mattoon, Informing her father of the affair. He at onoe came to this city, snd, yesterdsy, be took charge of the erring girl and took her bome.