Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 46, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 May 1874 — Page 8

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Arty* hwiuit tlrmkitv* Micawber s-iutai hh: forwmrtMngtofciroip. •Jbe ooai.f.-r of Warwick, a. retain* n«tth» suuJtffi lawyer, nor do

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Now, may ft pie*** ymr honor,w wUl young lawyer, "I don't believe the*© &ete are true."

Three old boota, a gaiter, and a hoopskirt in front of a honae indicate the ikmily haa moved.

Vermont baa 17,700 pewom above the age of ten year* that can neither read or write, of whom 13,80* are foreign bom.

A backward spring—that of the man who thought he could get out without rtojyifig the omnibus, and—sat down in the mud.

Brooks, of Arkansas, used to sprinkle the streets of St. Louta but he^ot timl of laying the duat there, and now he is raising a dust at Little Rook.

Hie rf"g»*h lord-chamberlain cuts the word "God" out of all plays, and if an actor utters it he may cause the manager to forfeit his license.

Vasquez, the bandit, is a superb horseman. He rides a fine er®am-colored American horse, which he occasionally relieves by mounting afresh animal led by one of his men.

Within a year 772 persons lave been offered up alive on the Atlantic ocean by the foundering of the steamers Atlantic, City of Washington, Ismalia, YiUe du Havre and Europe.

The Superintendent of the Hoboken (N. J.) ferry is suing a Masonic Lodge of that town for |50 paid down for a degree, for which a "sore knee" of his made him ineligible.

A London advertisement runs thus a

country priest will say mass once a week for any ono who will regularly send him the Times newspaper, second hand, on the day of its publication."

There was a time when John C. Fremont's presence in San Francisco would have been the signal for an oration, but yow he is fortunate if he gets a "three line personal" in the papers of the slope.

The late Rev. Thomas Binney, by his will, directed that no attempt may be made or sanctioned by his family or friends to write a life of him, as he wishes to be only mercifully remembered by God.

A tax collector in Virginia, who was shot while levying on a cow, employed the last moments of his life in preparing a handbill, offering a reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest of his mur derer.

Though I give my body to be burn ed," says St. Paul, "and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing," which is supposed to mean that cremation from a miserly point of view Is not according to scripture.

The "leading" men of Philadelphia wanted Anna Dickinson to repeat her soeial evil lecture. She replied rather tartly with the suggestion that if they lived as they ought tbero would be no need tor her lecture.

A French doctor has invented a necrometer, which tells to a dead certainty when life is extinct. If the bnlb goes down to zero when the instrument is placed in the armpit, there need be no foolishness about trances.

Brooks and Baxter are members of and pew-holders in the same Methodist ohureh in Little Rock. The St. Louis Globe thinks it would be interesting to hear them relate their respective experiences in class-meeting.

A St. Louis lawyer asked a witness in court: "Did you ever know Mr. Sutherland to go back on a bargain?" The opposing council objected to the question on the ground that it nof rr-am-an he us jection.

R«v. Dr. Thomas, of C1.1 "W. is charged by one of Ms Methodist brothers of having been "for the last ten or fifteen years oscillating bet wetn rences, with the chip of heresy on lm shoulder,daring a^|»dj toaoooont."

A Milwaukee man has applied for a patent on a fountain pen, which, by tho pressure of the thumb on a small rubber ball, projects a stream of Ink through tho holder and into

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low who Is looking over your shoal while yon are writing. Mr. F. 8. Chanfrau, the actor, has been so incensed by a recent noon from a Chicago divino, thai

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contribute 11,000 to a flrtH v.K h*hall be devoted to the prttsecuiu.n of rjnrmeti who wantonly and virion^ MMil the characters of actresses with nhl#sale and sweeping denundsti- na.

A Chicago paper tells of a r«it..ueat liquor -iieln that ?u- vch-fh ha» isfuod a c*. wnlar oo a *11 ^**1 which has been mailed to all u» roi.il towns wherein the saloon crusade to in program, offering to j- a of

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or anything." The whirligig of time has been at work down Booth, turning things upside down, until now a North Carolina Iditor tolls of what he «alte **a case of peculiar horror" in Charlotte, where a white woman* whoas husband was kill* «d to the Confederate aarrioi, Is now •erring In a colored ffccnily as cook, and h«r ten-year-old girl as acullkm. Well, this to hard, «w» aaoagh but there Is ODO comfort In It—probably the white help" gc*« paid somsthlng.

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'Qa.) ladies, wi»«i t!« -vh

their fc dredth year, are sen nuded by a grateAil public. Mrs. Sicklea, wife of the General is mentioned aa being the moat beautiful woman at preaent sojourning in Paiia.

The young women luuii are carry logon a temperaniv iv rrn by making out lista of all the young men who visit the liquor saloons.

A Logan county, Keiiuaky, nc^ro wosu stole a dress tc^r baptised in. The iiitft was discovered ^..4 the JUnm^slon had to be postponed,

Inferior to man, but nearer to the an. gels." This is the status of women as defined by many men who opio«» giving them the ballot!

Well-bred people do not indulge in the beastly practice of soaking their handkerchief in cheap perfume before going into public assemblies,

ANew York girl got mad at her Kan sas lover and expressed him 1,400 loveletters. She got pleased again next day, and telegraphed him to return the letters at her expense.

One of our exchanges gives the follow ing advice: "Some of our young ladies, after finishing their baking on Sunday morning should not forget to brush the flour from their facW

Madame Sanyeah, while performing at Mahoney City, Pennsylvania, fell from a trapeze bar, breaking her left arm. She was taken to Philadelphia, and admitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital.

Lydia Thompson took tickets at one of her matinees in Washington recently, and her young ladles distributed flowem, etc. It is understood that no important business was transacted in Congress that afternoon,

What bonnets are there for old ladies?" asked a customer of a millinery magnate in New York. "We have none," was the reply "you must go to Boston for those in New York all ladies are under forty."

Rev. G. W. Field of Bangor is said to have created quite a sensation, Sunday, by telling the ladies of his congregation that they had better reform some of their follies in dress before undertaking to make angels of beer drinkers.

It is said that "the empress of Germany is ono of the most simple dressed of women" and that "she drives out in calico dress." So much for being known to have plenty of money. It is the women who can't pay for fine clothes that are compelled to wear them.—[Courier Journal.

An enterprising firm in London lately paid 600 rupees for the privilege of col lecting the hair shorn from the heads of pilgrims at the Magh Mela, at Allahabad, and the whole capillary harvest has been shipped off to England, to be made into chignons.

The Davenport Gazette says a young lady who arrived there Saturday from California, without any male protector, sayS it is a safe and delightful trip for any lady to make alone, and as for the male protection it only adds additional trouble, and another to feed out of the lunch basket.

Tho young ladiesof Washington county, Tenn., announce that they are going to offer two special premiums to be contested for by the young gentlemen at the next ftiir, but will not disclose upon What account they will be awarded until they are delivered to the young men found to be entitled to them.

When her new bonnet comes home, and doesn't suit her, or when she is suffering from any other grief truo sympathy expresses itself best by letting her severely alone. No properly educated female wishes to undergo the inspection even of familiar acquaintances, with her eyes looking like inflamed rat-holes.

Miss Grundy writes to tho Graphic: 'In my last letter I gave you tho names of six of Miss Grant's intended bridesmaid*, and now am able to namothe entire eight in the order of their rank: Miss Barnes, Miss Fish, Miss Conkling) Miss Frolinthuysen, Miss Porter, Miss Sherman, Drexel, and Miss Dent."

Everything apr -r- l*« beaded now in the feminine di t*» line, from sunshade to underskirt. All kinds of beads are used, from the real jet to those sold at 5 cents the string, 'i h# newest bonnets, wild to be Imported, are literally cover* with beads on top, and the same may i« mid of the sunshades, which, to be admired, must be al*v:tv» kept up—sun, or no son!

A California irom-vi offers to oount -teh grain in a bushel of sand if they will make up ft mirs*

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01,000 for her."

In consideration tie Importance of this enterprise in a *-ientific point of view, it is strung that the government itself doesn't accept the proposition, even if compelled tN'r.-Vr to abandon the next expedition :!•.• North role, —{Loaisviile Journal.

Th« latest thing in the line of artful dodging came under our observation of the Danbury News man the ether afternoon. It Is the invention of a terrible young lady. The dodge consists in overtaking and peering a young gentleman of prepossessing appearance, and when a few atop* In advance of him the young lady drop* he* pocket handkerchief and just at the moment the youth politely bends to pick up the article to restore it to the AOr owner, the latter quietly pickf It up hexaelf by means of a string fesUm«d to It befcmhand. The dodge is very exhiliaratlng and can be repeated many times with suooess and distraction.

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Connubialities.

The bachelors of Indianapolis have formed a club and open their meetiup with this odes

looking like on« who has o.. Uooe to the bad. WhoV be a married man,

When deaf and dumb lovers are married, two members of the wedding party are sore to be unspeakably happy

A young lady at Cairo played a game of euchre with a young man to see if she should marry him. Of course he won.

In Missouri, after a man has had five wives dio very suddenly, the neighbors begin to mark him as an enigma, and he has got to carry himself pr?tty straight or sell out.'

A Pennsylvania wife has beeu cutting off her husband's ears because he was insolent. But, as one of our exchanges remarked a few days since, "Man wants but little ear below,"

A gentleman was complimenting pretty young lady in the presence of his wife. "It's lucky I did not meet Miss Hopkins before I married you, my dear." "Well, yes, it is extremely her."

A Sun Franciscan came homo from business, and, finding his wife house cleaning, added to her labors by cutting his throat on the clean kitchen floor, Some men havo no feeling for their wives.

A singular breach of promise suit has been brought by George T. Butler of Sandisfield, formerly Susan B. Richards of Newton, formerly Miss Chadwick, of Lenox. Ho claims that his feelings are lacerated to the extent of $10,000.

When Mrs. Jefferson lay on her death bed she said that she could not die content if

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

Bullied and cowed, ,, Every day art upon. Xagsed at, and rowed. »tIM be a single man," I

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With a latch key. •*. nte»e are my sentinymts Hay what you will .f? I am a bachelor— t,. I'll be one still." A man given to cards totd hls wife if sh« didn't quit raising a fuas over poker he would poker over.

John llcpner, of Roadiug, Pennsylva nia, claims to be the fether of forty-one children, by three wives.

thought her children would

ever have a step-mother and her hus band, holding her hand, solemnly promised that ho would never marry again.

A woman drawing alimony from three divorco.I husbands, and daily support from a fourth not yet divorced, is the latest incident of the New York Courts. Matrimony has been indeed a matter-o' money to her—that is to say, of alimony,

The Cincinnati Enquirer of Friday announces a local event thus: "Mr. Charles Grace and Miss Harriet Boyce were matrimonied yesterday by Rev, Samuel Evans, all of Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio. Their mothers do not know they are out."

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There is something very sensible in the impromptu remark of a pretty girl: "If our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to live singlo when there was riot a woman on tho earth, how criminally wrong are the old bachelors, with the world full of pretty girls."

Boston Globe: Four Springfield la dies enjoyed themselves Sunday. They sat and heard their minister tell what good women their husbands' first wives were, and admired the memorial windows by which the sorrowing men had commemorated their virtues.

The R3V. Henry Ward Beechor makes t,bis comprehensive reply to an anxious questioner, who is desirous of knowing whether a man can love Ids second wife as well as the first: "That depends on what sort of a wife tho first was and what kind of life the second leads him."

A curious breach of promise case recently took place ift Liverpool. The defendant admitted that he had but one IHult to find with tho lady whom he bad jilted, and that was that "she did not take a sufficiently interest In cricket." This was regarded as altogether too transparent a pretence to be worthy the attenkmofany intelligent jury, and the defendant was promptly found guilty, Had his plea succeeded the door would have been opened for tho immediato release of all "engaged" men for a want of interest in gin and water, horse-rac-ing, pigeon-shooting, or prioe-flghting would necessarily be recognised as constituting an ample defence of all breaches ofpromise.

Who can help admiring the Roman stoicism of the Arkansas Judge who aaid, after one lawyer had shot another dead in the court room, "Look ye«r, if you keep on a feeling around in this yeer way, 111 commit some of you for contempt." Equal to this in patient suffering was the gentleman who, when he entered the dining-room the other evening, found no one there, and no preparations for the evening meal. He went to the parlor and there he found his wife sitting on the soto with a young man by her side, and that young man's arm was about her waist. "See here," •aid this mild husband, "I don*t like this kind of thing. Why isn't my supper ready

"Because I didn't like to

make it," said the loving wife. "What are yon sitting there, a letting that fellow hug you for?" "Because I do like it," "I Mi you what It is Annie," and Mm feca assumed a fierce look of passion, "if this stale of things continue muoh longer 1*11 get msd you bet your life," We don't think that man will be arrested for making an unprovoked assault cm

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Professional Cards* W. RUM8EY, Attorney at Law,

AND GENERAL COLLECTrNQ AGENT. 4 OCHe« ekia Stmt, .^1 Opposite the Court House, -I* TERRE HAUTE, ind.

cLEAN & PIERCE,

Stuff!#

Attorneys at I*w,g^=yr

AXD COLLECTION A«EXTS, 51®. 74 Mala Slnct, E E A E In n. W. VOOKHKSS. A.B.CAHJ.TQ*. Y"OORHEES & CARLTON/«j

+f£ Attorners at Law.^~

Having formed a oopartiMrablp will practice law In all its branches OIBee—*•. 833 Main 8t.,T«rre Haste

TOHN T.SCOTT, Attorney at Law,

OFFICE-NO. Ill MA1X STREET. As U. a Commissioner Is authorised to make proof! In Bankruptcy.

Over Hemlersou's Stove store, bet. Fourth and Fifth streets. TERRE HAUTE, Idd.

M. EGGLESTON, Attorney at Law,

Xo. 80 Main Strnt, Terre Hante, Ind Will praetlee in the Courts of Vigo, Parke and Vermillion Counties. aprl-Sm

3. n. K*FFTKH. B. O. WUKIIXKS.

ESTER & WHEELER,

Attorneys at Law,-

AND OEKEHALCOLLECTING AGENTS.

Commercial Collection* a Specialty. Cash Advanced on Good paper. Prompt attention given to claim* In both Indiana and

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-for

RE N ES.-Natlonal State Bank,

Prairla City Bank, McKeen A MiiuhallB Bank, and Terro Haute Bank, Terw Haute. First National Bank, Flora, IU. Saving & Loan Association, PalneHvllle, O.

OFFICE—NO. 141 MAIN STREET, TERRE HAUTE, IND.

E. HOSFORD, ., Attorney at Law,

CORNER FOURTH AND MAIN ST8., Sl-ly TKBRS HAUTK, IND. BAM'I, n. RILEY. WILL. P. BLAIR.

j^ILEY & BLAIR, Attorneys & Conncelors at Law,

BRAZIL, IND.

Collections promptly attended to. Praotloe In all the Courts of tho State.

M. JOAB, Attorney at Law,

SoathSideof Ohio §t,bet8dd:lth TERRE HAUTE, IND. Commercial Collections alty.

made a Specinovlo

JJRS. LINK & MITCHELL, Physicians and Surgeons,

Office over Buntln fc Armstrong's Drug Store, corner Sixth find Main, entrance on Sixth.

JOHN E. LINK, M. D., residence on Cherry between Seventh an4 Eighth. J. D. MITCHELL, M. D., re«ldence_on Bale street, between Sixth and 8eyenth, first looreast of the Normal School building, Terre Haute, Ind. aprll-3m

R. ANGIE L. WILSON,

Offers her services to the

ladle* and Children of Terre Haute. Office and Residence—No. 43 south 7th St. Office hours 8 to 10 A. jr., 12to2and 6to 7 P.M.

HYDE, M. D., HOM«EPATIIIST,

Office 405 Main St., opposite Opera House. Office hours, 9 to 10 A. M.,2 to 8 and 7 to 9. P. m.

Night calls answered from the office, peclal attention given to Chronic Diseases. References:—Dr. H. J. Treat, A. Wilson, of the Ann of Wilson Bros, A Hunley.

TOSEPH RICHARDSON, M. D.

DENTIST,^

OfHce on Ohio Bet. 3rd A llh, TERRE HAUTE, IND.

R. L. H. BARTHOLOMEW,

DENTIST, 1^:

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Main Strectt Terre Haute, Ind.

CHARLES

EPPINGHOUSEN,

Architect and Builder,

OFFICE AT STEAM 8TONE YARD, Corner Ninth and Cherry streets.

Dr. A. Blitz,

Oculist. A Anrlat, ll&a permanently located In this city, and takee

Measure tn announcing public in thin city and vicinity, that h«

will give his special attention only to the MEDICAL and SURGICAL treatment of alt dlscasesjof the ETC and EAR. Art!-, flclai eyes inserted. ©Wee 119 Main Rt., between 4th and Oth, over Hagev

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24# fUw Mtmt, Ctnttnnmti, Ohi*,

4. ALU80N, WJTH_4 JOHNSON. TkitwMvMck this Mf*r to srtetatf laftea th» fcbor# Fonndn.—KB. M*u..

united In saying that the

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FRANKLIN

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Sw* ISM Merchants hare been making small fortunes almost yearly, they must prepare to ^,^2 ,w

^•TTAKE THE "BITTER WITH THE SWEET,** |AJf» rOOSE HOTIE MONEY.

Fashionable Colored Prints, 7 cents. All Sprague Prints, 8 cents. 10 cent Muslins down to 7 cents. All Muslins down 3 cents to 4 cents. |4.50 Marseilles Quilts for 92JS0. 30 cent Dress Goods for 20 cents, 50 oent Dress Goods for 33 cents, 11.00 Silk Pongee* for 75 cents. Parasols nearly h.-ilf price.

GOOD NEWS FOR CARPET BUYERS!

It is a well known fact that Merchants in order to make up the loss on many lines of Domestic Goods, add the extra Per Centage on Dress Goods, Cassimeres, Fancy Goods, &c. (No Merchant will pretend to deny this.) We propose during the coming year to inaugurate a new system, namely, to

LARGELY REDUCE

the usual per centage on such Goods, believing that in the increased trade which we hope to receive we will in the end be the gainer.

Our Buyer is now in the Eastern Market sending us large invoices of choice and desirable Goods. We shall open the Spring Campaign with an INCREASED LINE OF DRESS GOODS,

Y* COMPRISING IBT PART,

Black audColo#*d Silks, III Plain, Chenes, Stripes. Latest Styles and Coloring. Raven Black. Pure Mohairs, Brllliantines And Alpacas. Grenadines, Plain, Striped and Figured.

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LET NO TEARS BE SHED

FOB THESE CHEAP GOODS HELP THE PEOPlfc? mw .Ji 1

THE GREAT "WATERLOO. ...

THE BIGGEST SACRIFICE YET!!

Prices down* GOOD (JARPETS from 25 and 30e lip to $1.00. TICKINGS, NOTTINGHAM LACES, SILKS, TABLE LINENS, SHADES, COTTONADES, CASSIMERES, BLACK ALPACAS, and all other goods have Mien in price terrible within a week.

FOSTER BROS., Main St„ bet. ltli and 5th.

MILLER & COX,

Clothiers and Merchants!!

HAVE THE

Nobbiest Line of Ready-Made Clothing,

AND THE HANDSOMEST LINE OF

MERCHANT TAILORING,

Both ENGLISH, FRENCH and AMERICAN GOODS in the best Styles, and at such prioes that cannot help but satisfv every one. Remember, we haveone of the BEST CUTTERS,

At So. 522 Main St, North side, dear Sixth, Terre Haute.

"A NEW DEPARTURE!"

Now

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AU 12K oent Prints down to 8 cents. All Merimack Prints, 8 omits.. 11 cent Muslins down to 8 oents. 20 cent Dress Goods, for 12M cents. 65 oent Blade Alpacas, for 50 oeuts. 40 cent Dress Goods, for 25 cents. 75 cent Dress Goods, for 50 cents, fcfllk Pongees 85 cents, worth $1.10. Parasols in all the new Stylos.

Double faced Poplins. Soltair Stripes. Zoyara Clotli* Satine Stripes.** Plain Lustres. Crepe Lustres. Lawns, Ginghams. Piques, Cre tones. Linen Suitings.

Which we propose to place on our Cbunters on the above plan. We shall continue to sell our Prints, Muslins, &c., at our usual popular prices.

WILSON BROS. & HUNLEY,

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'v Cor. 5th and Main Streets.

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IGULICK & BERRY,

GENERAL DEALERS IN

Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,

PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, &c.,

Corner Main and Fourth Streets, Terre Haute, Ind. Ptft« Brandies, Whwkieg and Wines for Medicinal Uses.

OUB REDUCED PRICES!

DURING THE PAST wmrK HAVE ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OP HUNDREDS.

The most competent Judges after looking around In

Best Goods and Lowest Prices,

CAJf ALWAYS UK POIHTO AT

M0SSLER S SaUARE DEALING—ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE

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every

house In theeitjr h«T9