Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 52, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 June 1874 — Page 4

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BEAT REDUCTION

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Silks and Dress

Goods.

Determined to close oat oar entire stock or this season's purchase we*hall from this date offer the wme from 10 to 23 per cent less than early prtoe*.

PLEASE EXAMINE.

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OPERA HOI ME.

BALE-TWtf GOOD UORHKB, cheap. Inquire Kt M. Joseph's* comet HecOnd aud Main streets. ao-2t

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HALE-TWO NEW PEDDLING suitable for huckster*. Terms

favorable. at M, Joseph's corner Second aitd Main Hftwiti. 292t pOR.8ALE-9}$ ACREH OF LAND, miles southeast of Terre Haute. Well suited nulled to youn raV

desirable varieties also Pear and Cherry trees, Grapevines, Ac. Also, a habitable house, ana a desirable building site. Term# one-third down, and the remainder in three and frar yearn. Ten month* frwwbwrt and regular preaching only mile distant. Inquire at my residence for further particular*. J. F. HOULK. «-eow

Wanted.

ANTED—NURSING—BY AN OLD LAilv of considerable experience. Apply at Cook'* row, No. t, near the Blast For-

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TO KNOW THAT THE

8ATuaiAY EVENING MAILLUW a lamer circulation than newspaper published In the State, outside of Indianapolis. Also that It is carerally and thoroughly read in the homes of It* patrons, and that it in the very best advertising medium in Western Indiana.

YOUNG MEN IN

the city and country to sell the bat Hewing Machine In the market. Light work and good pay. Call immediately and secure good territory. Extra inducements for live men who desire to invest In the business. Call on or add row R. B. MeDtTFF, Manager, 320 Main street, Terra Haute, lad.

Stolen.

REW ARD-FROM MY RESIDENCE, one mile southeast of Owaaeco,Chrtstiun county, Illinois, on Tuesday night, June 16th, 1X74, a Black Mare,7 yearn old, about 15 hands high, a white spot on the hind part of one ham on each side, near the flanks, are spots or partially white hairs. She will weigh about 1000 pounds. I will pay a reward or 25 for the arrest and detection of the thief, ami tar any information that will lead to the recovery of the mare, or $50 for both. Arldre* W. T. REN XETT, OWaneco, Christian county, Illinois.

Found.

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the pen you can reach, with an advertisement In the Saturday Evening Mail, almost every rending family In this dty, as wHl us the residents of the towns and country surrounding Terre Haute.

FUNIV-THATSfntcoutside

THE SATURDAY EVE-

iil uk Mail is the mast widely circulated newspaper in the of Indianapolis,

Estray.

IJI STRAY iX)W-TliE UN DKlt«I«NED Ci hns taken up a «tr»wb»rry roan cow, without calf—butgivlnga ftrtl yfei«S of milk.

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TRAYKD—A J)ARK BA* If years old, kefry u»»ae a*KltalL jard work and b*frn** murk*. 8traye4 about June 590th. A suitable reward for Information, orretam to Gil. RIPLET.

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Carminative Balsam,

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For chthtrm tewt»H|, rolic, ianntM plaint and cholera ln»btni». No medirlne has ever attain**! a i*pntW»f»n enwu TO It, N Is patronised by tl»e wee lib lest t»

the elans. every bottk- warrant^l to give satts&cilon, nonemumxi, thewsai^.«#1»ofetoiw m*m cured with one drfwoSSffbotth* 4 Brant* er*» Balsam, l^n'o^^'^Htestlon of tho ^*WOach, or any pain or eraaap In tba slomaclNvtotetjt *•—,*4*" Knvar oflww

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P. S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND P»OP*ItTI)IU

TKRKE HAUTE, JUNE 27,1874.

SECOND EDITION".

TWOMDITJOM

Of tfel*Paper are pttblishetl.

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Th« FIRHT EDITION, on Friday Evening, has a large circulation tn the surrounding towns, what II is «oW by newsboy# and

Tha SECOND EDITION, oa Saturday iSven ing, goes Into the hands of neatly every reading pemon In the city, and the flam of this Immediate vicinity.

Every Week's Issue KIn fart, TWO NEWHPAPKRH, In which all Adv^fl^seiucnts appear jtoj

ONE CHARGE.

I IFE ]N THF A A XCK This intensely interesting story will be completed in two mora issues of The Mail. We have made arrangement* with the IbDay Publishing CtompaHy for a series of short illustrated stories, the first of which appears on the second page this week. The most of these will be complete in one issue of The Mail.

LIGHT AHEA D.

With all due regard for tho caution against counting unhatched chickens, or crowiug before ftiirl.v out of the woods, and duly tntndftil that "there is many a slip" Ac., we will venture tho suggestion that the{« are some very decided signs of better times ahead. There has been along and dreary period of stagnation in business. The financial thunder shower which bunt upon the country so suddenly last fcdl, settled down into a long, cold, drizzling storm, which has persistently held on for three-quar-ters of a year. Here have been few feilure* since tho first crash came, but everybody has been dreadfully hard up, Bat it is to the future, rather than to the past, that we would look. And although there is perhaps no perceptible improvement in business yet, still there is good reason to hope for better times.

Congress has adjourned. There can bo no doubt that the suspense of the public mind in reference to what action Congress would take on the currency question, lias been very detrimental to business. We look for less good results from the bill which it finally passed, than from the ffcet that It is out. of the way itselt The adjournment of Cangrass removes one of the most serious of the disturbing elements in financial matters. It can do no more harm, and nobody will be looking to it to do any good. It would have been better for business if it had never met, and the vote which will result in most good to financial affairs of any of the session, was the vote to adjourn.

The crops promise to be very good. The wheat, especially in this region, is almost past danger of any kind, and from all parts of the country the crop reports are very favorable. This is better in reality than even the advocates of ex pansion or contraction fency their pet theories to be. Give us plenty of corn and wheat and beef and pork here at the west, and we will get currency whether the last bill of Congress expands or eontracts. And a kind providence seems to promise ns these things.

Old clothes, and most other old things, are wsed op now. Everybody has been severely practicing economy for the past nine months. More old suite were repairedand worn thnogh the winter, aud more old summer clotbes were brought out, than for maliy a yew. And what is true of clothes, is true also of all other articles. People have bought just as little as possible, knd a year of thiskind of frugally exh*usta pretty thoroughly the old stock. People are beginning to feel that ibey cannot get along much longer without buying new. Then the good ^«n entwiragts the formers to^bvOS «*I tfcis will encourage U»e merchants Jo lmy, and tihus buslnow will staft up in its variofw branches. We may »»tkiently look for a revival of trade ia nil staple «rtid* at an early dafr 4

Debts hi# lwn paid. It is true that it hftft seemed almost IftlpCMIslbte to eol-

been collected, in wbohsr or in part. And almo«t evety one haabein a diminution, to that #xtent,»of debt*. Very few new debts have been contracted, and so every ooa pikl baa put tho ojte wfco paid it into better condition. The debtor dans 1MM been very largely decreased. Th. result mast be that the members of thi* class will be better able to buy sinlnion Hkely tin pay for what they Iniy.

OovoMm accounted on Tnaaday «ve»nlnf. It has been the scene of more conflict and Um accomplishment than any peace congress in the history of the nation. It has by no means been a bad Congreas, and yet there to a feeling of relief that it Is at an end.

TIM resignation of Poatmaater General Cresawell, tendered this week, fa regretted by all acquainted with the ability with which the office has been managed under his administration. He is the last of the members selected by (J rant for his first cabinet.

A TKitnim.8 calamity occurred at Syracuse, New York, on Wednesday evening. A festival was in progress at the Central Baptist Church, when, without warning, the floor gave way. Sixteen persons were killed and one hundred more or less Injured, some of whom will die

CoatM i.ncino with the tirst of Janua ry next the postage on newspapers will be two cents a pound and mnst be prepaid by publishers. This will be good for subscribers, if there ia no advance in the price of subscription, the rate now being twenty cents a year on weekly papers. It will cut off this important part the revenue of postmasters in localities where papers are not printed.

TITR King of Fiji lias ceded his king dom to Great Britain on very liberal terms. This la about what he proposes: He Is to remain king, to own all tho land, to have his chieft pensioned, and a salary paid to himself. He gives Great Britaian the absolute sovereignty of his debts. Of course, Great Britain can but Jump at such munificent lib ernlitv.

Tire currency bill passed in the closing days of Congress, signed by the Presi dent and now the law of the land, though essentially a compromise measure, is regarded as a victory for the west. Hie Comptroller of the currency says that of the $55,000,000 of national bank currency it takes from the east, Indiana gets 2,800,000. It will, also, throw into circulation from $30,000,000 to |50,000,000 of legal tenders now locked in the banks. Eastern men say that it expands the currency £50,000,000, while no one {Hits it lower than (180,000,000. That the expansion under the bill will be greater than would have been had the vetoed bill became a law is conceded.

C. W. STKWART, the Penoe Hall preacher, goes for us In over a half a column of the Express, Of course when we made allusion to him last week, playful and otherwise, we fully expected to bo duly punished for our temerity. No mule is ever mora vicious than these fellows who go. abroad and "dispense thejtruth with nurious frugality," and ahs cttight' at their trick*. It makes them tearing mad to have any body see through their buncombe aud expose its falso statements. Wo knew this before we wrote, and took out anew life insurance policy before the paper went to prow. But we still live. Tills man Stewart stands before the public here as a lecturer on moral alid religious subjects. He went to Chicago and made a speech. When the Oaaette gave extracts from it, Htowart said that it took them from the Times. Upon a denial of this Klewart gave as the "basic feet" for his statement that he didn't see any reporters present except for the Time*. A small matter, but a "penurious frugality" of truth which honest men would tie carrful not to exhibit. He said In that speech "some" of the ininfatcm who hud signed the Flske-Baldwin card had lectured on Spiritualism and admitted

The return of prosperous activity will be slow however. This mtwt be the twit the cure ia a healthy owe. It la quit psobabk1 that artificial aUmnlants, in th way of more currency, might have produced a greater immediaM rtfc*t, but we are Onlte sure it would not have been Its a-ir Javt." Whe* this statement is wellin the end. The patient has been {wa* Girted It as found tliat only one of tinm, and the these ministers had even lectured on

seriously sMtfor long tin** mtorn ©f health will haw pfwttitoe of if fGRtdti&l than if

And fpiseks wortM spew! their Mme and irtrength in decaollahing each other It #mld be adeae gMIn to tha people, tlie IMMM doctors have been doing this pnstty eflferttmllv. and are now eager to the polls. Mav It be the or the Kilkenny cat*.

the mstywt. To use "some" when there is only one, is a "penurious frugality"

Z«, sudden. He lain a Mr way to get of truth. To excuse it on the plea that V'U and perhaps Is the"WftH thing that coold have happen** that the mmmtit schools of doctors in Oongres*, and the PfeaMent, have been playiftfi ««naah with otw another's piU fences wd medlHne bottles. Thars is

he thought a minister, who neither sign *d the card, nor lives in the city, was present at Baldwin's expose, la altogether "too fhln." TMa man aays 90 i*et ront. of the Hpiritual manifiMtatlotMi Is a humbug. Whether this Is Intended aa a ronfcssfcm, or Hi atwther trek to make people Ihlnk 1© per cent. Is true, Is one of the things nobody can tell. This "petnivkKM ftitg*Hty*f in dispensing the truth Is not calculated to give the pubHe conflkience In a reHgioas t«»cher. Bat tii. It i- ii. of* piece with the perfbrm»anew at ir'etwe's Hall genemUy.

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TEt&lTHATJTE SATURDAY EVEKING^VXAIL. 1 Tl

THE

CITY

THERK are no papers which we read with the same unadulterated delight as those of California. There is a freshness in their style, a lack of conventionality in their thoughts, an elegance in their diction, which are all their own. One of the papers, in speaking of a rival oditor, uses this luxuriant language: "Tho animated fungus which answers to the name of Ferguson when he is branded a liar, and whose normal condition attracts swarms of blue-bottle flies about his mouth and nostrils, and a circle of buzzards over his head, has exploded again. The public holds its nose.

TitK great and terrible sensatiOlTof tho week has been the publication by Tkeodore Tilton, in his paper, of a statement which seems to leave no doubt that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has been guilty of some of the most serious charges made against him in the notorious Beecher-Tilton controversy. There may be some explanation, but we reluctantly confess that we see no ray of hope. It is sad beyond all power of expression. We doubt if ever a great man's sin caused so many hearts to ache as this. Almost all had hoped that in the end Mr. Beecher would come out of this controversy unscathed and very many confidently expected it. But these hopes and expectations are blasted.

TTOItNKY

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8KWEIL

Last week we tefnrred toadccWonof the SupremeOourt in lefenenee to aseesriitg the expeoaea of building a sewer upon the owners of property benefitted. The city attorney, in a

card

published in

the ExpMMB, asys that tlfis deeMnn waa rendered under a diflbres^ law from tluU which exists at the present time. Wo And that ha hi cerrect In thia statement. Several gentlemen, inctoding some lawyen examined thia ieciakm, and all sgreed that it bore upon the case in hand, and hence we oonaented to publish It, They all overlooked the important fifcet stated by Mr. WUliatna. Neither they nor we had any intention of doing the attorney any injustice, and are sorry that the mistake occurred,

Having said so much upon this, we will add a few words In reference to the other parts of Mr. Williams' card, in which he ia not so clearly in the right. He admits that tho present charter, that of 1807, is stronger against paying for sewers out of the general fund, than the old one, that of 1867, under which the decision was rendered. He says "If our charter now, was tho same as in 1857 (the old one under which the decision was rendered,) "I would unhesitatingly decide that the city could pay for its sowers out of the general fund." He says this, in spite of the decision rendered by the Supreme Court that "The ex~ pense should be borne by those who ate benrjlttcd by them."

But he argues that "The question presented to the Supremo Court in the case cited in tho Mail, was not 'can a city pay for seweni out of the general fund?' but the question waa 'Can cities assess the cost of building a sewer upon property owners benefitted by its construction Ho may be right about tho question submitted, but the decision which tho court gave was upon thp question who should, not who may be made, to pay for sewers. The court docs not say that property benefitted can bo assessed, but it says plainly that "The expenso skottld be borne by those benefitted." He must go contrary to that decision if ho would unhesitatingly say that, under tliat law, sewers could be paid for out of the general fund. But he admits tliat the present lnw is stronger against his opinion, than this old law with this decision. Mr. Williams also says in that card that

Under our present charter there can be no doubt of the power to assess the cost of sewers upon property benefitted." Then we say let the sewer be built in the way about which there is no doubt, rather than in the way about which there is very serious doubt, and upon which his own mind did not seem to be very clear when he rendered the decision.

We will simply add that we see no reason why a public official -should elevate his back quite so altitudinously on aooeunt of a simple reference to a decision of the Supreme Court, even if there was a mistake upon the point of its application to this case. -VII our references were of a perfectly gentlemanly character. Wc did net question the honesty of the attorney, and wc said so in another column, and we will add that we do not question his ability. We have heretofore spoken in commendatory terms of him, but when public interests are at stake, and wc thuik him wrong, we propose to say so freely. And it is not highly probable that any joers'nt tho "lawyer of the Mail," or "another mouse," will in tho least deter us. Wo do think Mr. Williams Is clearly wrong in the opinion wliich he has rendered, and as good lawyers as there are in town agree in this opinion. We thinly he rendered his opinion under an undue pressure for one that would be favorable to making the entire city pay for improving a portion of it.

NEWSPAPER PA

A New York correspondent of tlie Chicago Time# gossips about tho newspaper writers of that city. Most of them are starving to death at forty dollars a week. Some get even less, but occasionally one does better. Croley, of the Graphic, gota ft,000 on the World he had $4,f00. Tilton used to get salaries of $12,000, and a lecture season to him was worth $8,000. Now he gets his sole Income from the Golden Age. Bret llarte gets $10,000 a year from tho Osgooda, btit Is always hard up. Bayard Taylor has made* $80,000 altogether, and most of it Is Invested In Tribune stock. George W. Curtis gets $10,000 from the Harpers. Ii. H. Stoddard has a $2,500 custom house office, as lila literary work will not support him. Parton'a Income is about $5,000. Edmund C. Steadman "hates Wall street," but cannot make a satisfactory living elsewhere. Bromley gets $7,fi00 -a year. John Hay has $«0 a week of his own, and works and lives on that, although he has married a very wealthy lady. Congdon ha* done his best work, is now living at Now Bedford, whence he mails the short, small-typo editorials to the Tribune, and ho Is to bo shelved soon. TIMSSO rambling statements, and the information that the proprietor of the Kxpress empties the cash drawer whenever tho contents reach fortv cents, ao as to keep temptation from the cashier, arc the principal points of tlte letter. SEVERE ON SOOTHISXL 8Y11UF&

Tlie Popular Science Monthly remarks that

one

of the great dangers attending

the use of tlie various sedatives employed in the narsery la that tbey tend to produw the opium hftbit* Tmhp qunck medicines owe their soothing and quieting effects to the action of opium, and the infknt la by tb»m given a morWd apnetitefer narcotic stimulants. The ofing formic of such nostrums should be prohibited, as tending to the physical and moral deterioration of the race. In India mothers slve to their infknt*

•others gl

pills containingoalum,and^rwiltla a languid, sensual race of the hopehws debauchee*. In the United States the poiamnotts dose la adm5ni«*ered under another name, but the consequences will probably tie

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WR are saved all She trouble of sleeting a President to uucoeed Grant. The Alumni of Aabury University, Wednesday night, nominated Hon. Newton Booth, of California, and elected him nnanimouvly. That settles it. Now let's hear no more of this third term businesa. •u. .iiiii .in—an—aw

DWPATTHJBS this morning state that Mr. Beecher will pay no attention to the open letter of Theodora Tilton, published in the Golden Age on Monday. This will not do, Mr. B. The universal verdict of the people, of the churches, is that this scandal moat be ventilated, and Plymouth church will be direiict of a great duty if it does not probe It tothe very bottom. If innocent, Mr. Beecher has nothing to fear, but everything to gain. If guilty, great man though ho is, the church caanot bear the burden, t*

THE Cincinnati Times tells that when Mr. Edwin Booth was playing Ilamlct, only a short time since, In that city, there waa one occasion when, in opposition to the prevailing custom, he turned his back to the audience in delivering a passsge of great intensity. Tboae behind the scenes could note the reason In tho strange flvct that the tears were literally streaming from his eyes. We say "strange fact," for it does seem strange that an actor should still be so carried away by a role that he has played in public hundreds and hundreds of times. In this connection we note the following paragraph from an Eastern paper:

Edwin Booth has retired from the stage—for a year. His nervous system isin audi a state that he must have some rest, or go to his final resting place*

THE COUNTY CONVENTION. Tho delegates appointed by the Republicans of the several wards and town ships assembled at the Court House today at eleven o'clock, to select from the many candidates whose names have been put forward, a ticket to bo placed in opposition to that nominated by the Democratic Convention five weeks ago. Ho far aa we can learn there has been little of the old-fashioned wire-pulling by self-styled "leaders" who in former days put theirkheads together and "cut and dried" the resolutions and tlie can didatos in such away as to save the innocent and confiding people a deal of trouble. Ilcretoforo the close observing politician could determine days before hand a majority of the gentlemen who would compose the ticket, but in this instance the shrewdest guessers were totally at sea. And so the delegates, 161 in all, met at tho appointed hour. It was the largest delegate convention that ever assembled in this county.

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Postmaster Filbcck, chairman of the County Executive Committee called the meeting to order, and upon his motion Linus A. Burnett was called to the Chair. Mr. Burnett on taking the Chair said:

Gentlemen of the ConventionI beg to return to you my sincere thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me to-day. You have come up here to-day to put in nomination candidates for various county officers to be supported at the next county election. It is entirely unnecessary for me to say that success depends very largely upon the harmonious actionof the convention here today. Again returning you my thanks I would announce that we are ready for business.

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W. H. Duucan nnct F/C. Darialdson were selected as Secretaries. A committee on Resolutions, consisting of one from each township was appointed, II. D. Scott, chairman.

A committee to arrange order of business was appointed and then the convention took a recess until one o'clock.

Tlie Mall goes to press at noon, which prevents our giving the further proceedings of the convention.

THE GRANGER'S TEN COMMANDMENTS, I. Thou shalt love thc"^range Mth all thy heart and with all thy soul, and thou shalt love thy brother Granger as thyself.

Ii. Thou shalt not suffer the name of thy Grange to be evil spoken of, but shall severely chastise tho wretch who speaks of it with oontcmpt.

III. Remember that Saturday4" Is Granger day. On it thou shalt set aside thy hoe and rake, and sewing machine, and wash thyself, and appear before the Master in the Grange with smiles and songs, and hearty cheer. On the fourth week thou shalt not appear empty handed, but shall surely bring a pair of ducks, a turkey roasted with A re, a cake baked In the oven, and pies and fruits in abundance for thy Harvest Feast. So shalt thou eat and be merry, and "freight and fttres" shall be remembered

IV. Honor thv Master, and all who git In authority over thee, that the days of the Grange may bo long in the land which Uncle Sam hath given thee.

V. Thou shalt not go to law. VI. Thou shalt not burn thy straw, but shall surely stack It for thy cattle in winter.

VII. Thou

shalt

do no business on

"tick." Pay mi thou goest, as much as in thee Ueth. VIII. Thou shalt support the Grangers' bank for thus it liecometh thee to fulfill the laws of business,

IX. Thou shalt by all means have thv lite Insured in the Granger's Life Insurance Company, that thy wife and little ones may have friend* when thou art cremated and gathered ttnto thy futtters.

X. Thou shalt have no Jewish mld-dle-mcu between thy ranch and Liverpool, to flatten on thy honest toll but shalt surelv chatter thine own ships, and sell thine own produce, and use thin- own brains. This is the last and best commandment. On this hang all the law and profits. And If there be anv others, they are these Choke monopolies, break up tings, vote for honest men, fear God and make money. So shalt thou prosper, and sorrow ana hard times shall flee away.

A Nevada man, who was wattling With his brother to attend bis wedding, waa astoniahed by a proposition to take the bride elect off his h*nds and marry her In his stead. With true good nature be consented, and tlie prospective bridegroom and groomsman changed place*, to the satisfaction of all parties.

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Wo?f*T Beechar have an immense congregation in Plymouth ohurch to-mor row.

MASSACHUSETTS has at last succumbed —a bill for license In the sale ef liquors having pawed both houaoa.f'|f" T»

There is a startling felling off in trade In New .York City, In dry goods and boots and shoe*, and ship boildittg ia almost entirely gone.

A MAMKKD mob went to the County Jail at Oarrollton, Illinois, on Sunday morning, took a murderer therefrom, and executed summary vengeance upon him by hanging him to a tree.

The City and Vicinity.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Wanted—Nursing—By and old ladv. Mtolen—Home—w. T. Bennett. Htrayed—Horse—i I. Rlplry. Died—Lucy Herrlngtoa. Hrunker*sl^armlnative Balsam. Chicago Excuraltm. A Happy Trio—A. llera Co. Coiufbrt and Grace—Be* Hive. Fancy Goods—Cent Htore. The New Chromia~Pluck. Boots and Khose—Hcott A Huston. Journal Book Rliadenr. Ladles Goods—T. H. Riddle. Liquors, to.—J. B. Lyt»e. Hats, *«.—Howe &. 1 at«* Fancy Htatlonery— Button «fc Hamilton. Lodltw Good*—Opera Buxaar. Auction Bale—G. A. Hay ward A Co. Opero House—Fanny B. Price 4 Co. ('fusing Out—F«laeuheld A Jauriet. Wilson Bros. A Hun Icy—Dry Goods.

SEKN the oomet

GOING to celebrate?

Now may the best man win.

Now the days begin to shorten.

WEST Main street has anew saloon.

OSK week till the great Fourth of July.

SHORT sermons aro in order these hot Sundays. ,/'"V

Only $4.00 to Chicago, with the Presbyterians.

THK Mail will bo issued on Friday next week.

PKACB and serenity will reign in thia citv on the Fourth.

NEAR fifteen' hundred hogs are kept within the city limits.

THE County Fair approaches. .Get something ready for it. -"7

KEEP the pulse down and don't get excited this hot weather.

ABOUT nine hundred cows roam at large in this rural village.

THE "heated term" lias been putting in its best work this week.

ICE exposed to the sun during the week has been known to melt.

A FIRE stands no possible chance since the introduction of our water works.

PETKB MJSCHUSB is having his Star Meat Market renovated and remodled.

BE on tho watch for for eertaln suspicious characters prowling about the dty.

THE fiirnter has been gathering in the golden wheat this week, and is well pleased with the crop.

THE moon now looks smilingly down iipon fond and gushing lovers. If there is a man in it, how lie must laugh at some of the sights he sees.

THE Fourth occurring on Saturday the dty edition of The Mail next week will be issued on Friday evening. Newsboys and advertisers will bear this foot in mind.

THK Republican County Executive Committee held a meeting this morning and elected James Hook, Chairman D. C. Greiner, Secretary and Silas Beach, Treasurer.

THK long promised spire ofSt. Stephen's church is now to bo completed in threo months, under contract let. to Capt. James Hook, and is then to have a chime of bells.

THE Fanny B. Price Dramatic Company will assist us in oolobrtting the Fourth with a matinee performance and at evening entertainment, at t!» Opera House. Two excellent bills are ^preparation. -A:. ff.].

SUFFICIENT contributions and promises have been made to S. R. Bakar to insure a grand pyrotechnic display on the evening of the Fourth. The exhibition will be made at the intcraoctIon,o^Slx|h and Ohio streets.

THK festivals at the College grounds, on Thursday and Friday evenings, tinder the auspices of the Ladles' Temperance Union, were a finandal suooeaa, and heartily enjoyed by the large crowds of people in attendance on each .evening.

THK sun now get* up a minute later and goca to bed a minute earlier, but manages to pour a flood of melted brass In rays perpendicular and palpitant causing humanity to sweat and stew, shirt collars to grow flabby handkerchief are used for mops, the clerk nods behind the desk and counter, while the solitary customer steals quietly and baahftilly into the store.

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THK Indications now are that the picnic of the K. M. Ts on the Fourth will be a monster affidr. Except the excursion to Chicago, it is the only attraction that will draw heavily from the dty on that day, and the boys axe doing everything in their power to make the excursion one of the most pleasurable chareoter. The cost of the trip is trifling, the ride Is not too long and the grove is one of the prettiest hereabouts. "Let* all

go.

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