Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 December 1875 — Page 4

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THE MAIL

A PAPER I OK THE PEOPLE.

P. S. WESTFALU

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TKRRE HAUTE, DEC. 18, 1875,

HOLMAN Introduced a bill, on

TOWWUY, for the repeal of the Sbwrinaii Keromption Act.

EtE?! the babien ery (or it. Willie Canton, aged eleven, suicided last Mon day In Grant ooonty.

Tn MAIi. next week—which will be faaoed on Friday-will be elegantly 11 lostrated, and with reading matter appropriate to the iwsaton will be ft durable somber.

A WBL.i/-lnl'onnfcd exchange announces that Mi*. fBrick Ponieroy will continue in the publlHfelng^bualHess, while bet bosband will devote the next 150 yearn to puahing libel Rult«.

IF Speaker Kerr can get kla list of Committee* fixed up by that time, the appointment* will be announced Tueaday next, and both house# then ad joura till after the holidays.

TM District Attorney at St. Louis baa ortlered the Impaneling of another giaod j«ry, claiming to have oome Into powttHsion of new Information of great Importaace, relative to the whisky ftswiai

TBB rapacious advertisers have taken poeaemion of the columns of The Mail this week, to tho exclusion of considerable reading matter that should have appeared in this issue. Happily lor the

reads* ChristmM^inw^but°ncc a ear. ^(KK]

EVKKV official wVo has yot been tried

wfttfce

their Ia e.

DYXAMITX is better known under the naase of "giant powder." It consists of nltro-glycerine iibserbed by some porous inert solid, a slliclous, infusorial earth usually. It was Invented aboat nine joara ago fcy a Swedish chotuist, Noble.

TOO MAIOOI exhibition at the Opera How*. l»*t Saturday, netted a little over |200. If every other town in the Htate does as well, in proportion to population, the public schools of Jndlana caa iw4eeil be most creditably reprethe coming Centennial.

Tna popular delusion, that rich men buUd houses and move into them only to die, has some foundation In truth. It doabtleiw owe* Its origin to the •dampnessofbrielt walls and to the plastering wfek* togettier affect the air incdoeel by thorn so as *o render it very it\Jnriocis to henlth for a long period aftor the completion of the stractore. ..

Psor. Oox has purchased, lor «UM in hia laboratory, a pair of balances which will weigh the ten-thousandth part of a gramme. Now who in the 1)1**©* knows whst a •gramme is Our old re lUnr*. Noah W., says It's tho twenty, fourth part of aa ounce, and in the abof any better authority, we're going to take Noah's word for it.

Ir te pretty generally concecl^d, b^the Democrats, that Biahop Gilbert Ha ran ••put his toot in it,M in nominating President Una* for a third term. Those Methodist preacher* should loam to haw aome ••poltey." Yon itonldn't ceteaaeaaart Oatbotic priest "ahowlng bis hand" in that

absurd

way. We're

absolutely ashamed of Bishop Haven for having so much honsaty and fooliah

candor. flj^HsaaaBBSHBsoaEssi^K •$' CHUWH property l« taxed Is Califor nia, and this exception to u» general rale among the Stales WM brought about by the heathen. It was found that the Chtocao srailed tbemarlves of the exemption of church property to «Tade taxation on their joas»hona««, which are very nuinrroua, and mainly merely opium amokers' rraorta and, to prerent thia, fhwMl neeCNary to •take general tho taxation ol all real estate used for religious purposes.

TH« explosion of dynamite on tba guay at Wremerha^n kfllM *l*ty and wounded forty persona. A number of horrible ooi\ject«res hare been offered as to the possible object of any persons trying to srunggle the staff on board the Mcxw*l, bat probably the real truth will never be known. The incident adds Immeasurably %o the terrors of tho sea. If it la possible lor a passenger carry aoch a horror on board a ship it argot* moct slarming state of Insecurity of life.

IT is a ated in a "special" to the Indianapolis Journal that th#,dlwUii of the mint, in a report to be made to Congress on the best location In the West for the establishment of a mint for wining silver, will recommend the selection of Indianapolis. The selection is made alter a cafefel examination of the ad van tagea claimed by other cities, and the superior advantages of Indianapolis are folly set forth in the repoit. Tho examination and report were ordered by rewolation of tho last Congress.

C«t~ JAMKS Q. BBOADHKAD, who has been appointed to sssist in prosecuting the whisky oases in St. Louis, in place of Henderson, removed, is the leading lawyer of

St.

Louia, a Hfe-long Deino

crat, and, of course, an opponent of the administration. Ills professional repu tation will

not

allow him to trifle with

the whisky eases, and there need i* no fear of any relaxation intbe prosecution under his management. His selection for the werk 1* In the highest degree creditable to the district attorney, and to the President and Cabinet. Colonel Broadhead is the person to whom the late Prank Blair addresse-i his c-elebra ted letter is 1N38.

THE newspapers opposed to President Qrant seem to find an amazing amount of comfort iu the removal of General Henderson. Perhaps they can see notli ing Improper in an employe of the Gov ernment going out of his way to nbnse and insult its chief offlccr, when he has not the slightest shadow of an excuse for so doing but it is more likely that they can. In fact it is so plain a case of political demagoguery that we really won der they have tho impudenoo to print the nauseating twaddle they do. Pres ident Grant would have shown himself wanting in self-respect had be acted in

manner than he did an(1

Mn(M, Qf

lbat

clearly.

fui no AY 11 ri']- with the whisky ring has LET'S Uke N drink" has been added bees found guilty. The penitentiary to the already voluminous list of "last

ToaHy quite an aristocratic place words." The words were spoken last wfcea all the high-toned gentry take up Sunday by Thomas Sidney Holland, an actor, as he fell dead at the Union depot in this city. Holland was a member of the Selden Irwin troupe which had been playing here and in Taris, Illinois, during the previous week. He was a very dissipated man who, it is said, had onco boen a fino actor, rich, respectod and full of promise. All these early advAn tages had been sacrificed on the altar of intemperanoe, and he died from the effects ofadrunken debauch, with the words quoted, on his lips, What a commentary! "Let's take a drink" is the form of an expression which is heard in this city hundreds of times every day. llencoforth the men who bear and the men who speak should shudder aa the words are said.

the

the American people see

Woukl to God that the pale ghost of poor "Tom" Holland could rise up botween them at every bar In all Its ghastly hideousness aad repeat the pernicious invitation: "Lot's take a drink!*"

Rpjscci.ATioit IN WALL STMICFCT.—1500,000 hax boon mude in a dingle luveMtmcat of 1100. TIIIR, of course is an extraordinary occurrence bnt onlinarlly 15 can realUivnay fcb.000. Kveu NuniH aa low aa 91 can be KAi«ly inverted, when favorable nwults can Hhow a profl' or *",000. Circular*, alvlnu full Information, acm hy aildresftnn Taylor A Co., brok»-ri», No. 11 Wall street, New York.

The above Is aa exact copy, names imd all, of an actual advertisement which appears in several of our exchanges and the question is, can It be possible that any people in this enlightened country can be so shamefully ignorant, so disgraoefully green, such Infernal fools as to bo gulled by anything so manifestly a fraud and a swindle! It seems incredible and yet it must be that such thieves as this "Taylor A Co," are making money by their advertisetnets, else why should they continue their publication That they do mako money by them is a mortifying and humiliating shame, and Is a dishonor to the Intelligence of the country. For the people who are gulled by them we have nothing but contempt, but the scoundrels who run tho bnslnean should be in the penitentiary, none the less.

IT LA

funny to see tbohaste^ilh'lvhlch the Democratic refermen bi Congress go about purifying tba civil service by taming ont all the old subordinate* and filling their placea with the seedy, and hungry "oonftds" now swarming In Waahlngton. The rebel cavalryman who has been appointed Postmaster of the House, was advised to retain at least one or two of the old employes until the new onea got the run of things a little. "No, sir!" be exclaimed, "d— 'em, 111 bounce *em all now," and they were bouBead. Mr. Fltsfcugh, the Doorkeeper, has shown his determination to let nothing but the reformation of the civil atnrtoe actuate him, by selecting a jolly lot of rebels from his own town (bow many of thorn MO ntatftes la not utaled} to discharge tbe duti#s of assistant doonksepw*. In feet everybody who has held any posiUoo, ttO matter bow btuabia, no matter bow exalted, baa bad to walk and tbe new appointees are almost sttbort oaosptton, from tho South. That Northern Democrats are

TRR Repufeiics*i Natiooal Committee has been aaliod by Us chairman, Hon. & IX Morgan, of New York, to moat in Wwbington on the 13th of January to getting a liUle bit disgusted with this kxato the National Nominating Conven- style of "gobbling" things Is manlftwt, Uon. In l«ws than one month, then, the and It is peesible that such letters s* tbe Ume atod plec* «kr holding the Repubti- fbtlowing, which was written by a Demean convention will be fixed. This ocrsUc (%ogrf**man to one of the new mrty summons of the committee Indl- olfioers of the House, Monday, is not uneatea a purfxw to put the Republican oommon: ««iUdat«i **r piwddent and Vkw Prosi- I)KA» Sia: I have the honor to wlthtm"w' .... Im.ww4.nl mA. draw all applicatlona and recommendaden^ first in the field, an important ad- jmjw and uke lhla rantagt

If they sre to be actual repre-

•wntAtlvaS of tho opinion* ami l*h«* of

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tog dl^»« »P«Woo

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The convention will bare It for pwsiilons uiMler ywnr oontrot I the people, ine for you in csucus and in the in Its power to make platform whk«, HnlM did something In the way with any aortof decent candidate*,

to rem!I all that I have ever

in favor of certain person* named

-Kt «««R) the country. There bo- expecting, of wonm,to have some v«i«o oaght to

|nflnndng others to vote for you,

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0,1 mori

'ttM! ^kctioa of your subordinate*

batM#{n|rrotI

foHltKd to make a

IH«S of vomwsif I omalder It aa honor to

mnorlant oueMkms, there is everything bsve nothing lo do with that »«i»d of

AnovT two years sgo, it will be remembered by many, two Indianapolis drummers drew a portion of the 'capital prise in the Louisville Library Lottery, one sequlrlng 97.500 and the other 95.000. A recent number of the Indianapolis Journal gives something of their gQbscquent history.

The |7,600 man at onee bought an interest In the grocery bouse by which be was employed, at the same time keeping his former position, his experience and capital realizing an Increase of 93,000 or 94,000 per annum. This was not enough, however, to sstisfy his ambition, and in two or three months he found it expedient to sell out to his partners, who gladly paid bim 97,500 for his Interest. In six months ho resched bis bottom dollar, and was in search a situstlon. For time he was employ Oil about a ticket scalping office, and afterwards traveled for threo wholesilo bouses, never retaining a position longer thsn a month. Business men eyed him with something bordering on suspicion aud ho could no longer get work. He found plenty of time for drinks between meals, though, and at last overcome by misfortunes and drink, he determined to end bis mortal career and a few nights ago made an uiuuc ceesful attempt to poison liimselLl

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Tbe f5,000 man, who was an omploye of the same firm, took his windfall and went to Kansas, where he engaged li the lumier business. Now he too, is back in the city of concentric circles "busted" and looking for a job. And the experience of those "lucky men' who draw prizes in lotteries and the like, turns out similiar to tho above nine times out often. Money so gotten seems most truly and inevitably a curse, But still the lottery business flourishes, and, for anything we can see to the contrary, always will.

A HOPELESS UNDERTAKING At the request of the proprietors, the writer hereof made a call at "The Cen tral" Book Store, this morning, for the purpose of looking through the stock and making mention in The Mail of such goods as he found there suitable for holiday presents. Ho sees now that it was a joke—that it wonld take one man just about a month to go over and write down the names of all the beantiful things now displayed at The Central, any of which would be, in every way, appropriate as a present.

WITHOUT ANT DOUBT^'*'^ "L~ 4

It is the most elegant stock of tasteful goods that has ever been exhibited In the city. The stock of pictures alone would graco any art gallery in the country. These are of all kinds from the cheap print to the costly steel engraving from tho small colored lithograph to the largo nnd handsome chromo, and oil painting. There is a full line of photographs of all the

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Of the present or past. Sterescopic views of nearly every famous landscape in the world. All the new styles of pictures and frames may be found at the central, the prices varying from five cents to fifty dollars.

But the pictures are by no means the greatest attraction. There are so many BEAUTIFUL THINGS That one gets bewildered in trying to recall them. The show cases alone, for Instant*1, have at least five thousand beautiful articles in them. Sitting all around tbe front of the store are innumerable bric-a-brac novelties, any of them pretty enough to make your fingers itch to possess them. There are writing desks of all sizes and description and made of everything from' paptrmocAe to the costliest of Brazilian woods. There are tourist's esses, jewel ciastn, work bofea, portfolios, portmonsiea, albums, brackets, paper weights, gold pens and a thousand other thing* especially adapted for Christmas and anniversary presents. And, by the way, a oaae of tho new style papeteries is an exceedingly appropriate thing to give a lady now-a-days. •ofceperhapa after all, NOTHING COULD BE BETTER THAX A OOOD

BOOK.

ktnlral has an immense stock of MUj of them of the finest qutliaad showing the hnodiwork of the publishing beauts to thia couutty

Europs. Messrs. Button A HamiiI**, larr# such an asaorHnent of fine iroifcathsl one can xeadQy gratify one* ttaie to tho matte# of line i*par sad binding In,educatlonal weeks, ete., then hi no house In the supplied with tbe newest

Jnil»» way 6f hpolpiof for boira ah4 yooac kteo*

tin 'generalfy at the holiday season, they lave a large number, chiefly of works which

are

beautifully illustrated and of

character to instruct while they interst. In religious works tboy have

ery large assortment,

HOLIDAY PRESENTS.

CHEAP—SUBSTANTIAL USEFUL.

What Ctm Be Fbund in a Dry Good* Store,

There are people, who, in aelectlag Holiday Presents,seldom give a thought to a dry goods house, but search for articles costly and useless, attractive, but of little intrinsic value. When It is just ss essy to get a useful article that will be Just ss acceptable, we believe that we are doing tbe readers of Tbe Mail a Ikvor in drawing attention to the many articles to be found at Wilson Brothers & Hunley*s, who now disptsy an attractive line of goods specially adapted |o the Holiday trade.

First may be mentioned Dress Goods —snd what mere acceptable than a handsome dress pattern. For next week they intend to make a specialty of dress goods and some rare bargains may be had. They show a fine line of Black Silks, Colored Silks, Black Mohair or Brilllantlne, Brown, Black or Blue Cashmere and other nice fabrics.

There are Velvet Cloaks and Furs for ladles, misses and children Paisley and Brocbe Shawls.

But we will not enumerate. Our object is mainly to draw attention to tbe fact that many useful and attractive Holiday presents can be found at Wilson Brothers A Hunley'a, comer of Filth and Main streets. The stock is full and complete, bought for cash and sold for cash—and that's why such bargains can there be had.

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—TALKING ABOUT HOLIDAY GOODS reminds us of Stahl's, No. 325 Main street. That is headquarters for anything nice in tbe way of finely decorated Vases, elegant Toilet Sets, fancy Mugs, Doll Babies, Bronze Lamps, Ac. He also has a splendid line of silverplated Csstors, Spoons, Knives and Forks. The prioos for above goods are so low as to astonished one.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. At A. II. Dooley's (the Opera House Book Store,) is the most complete line of Books, Chromes and Fancy Goods for Christmas gifts.

—RYAN PROPOSES going exclusively into the Boot and Shoe business the coming year, and to this end he will soil his stock of notions and Holiday goods at cost and less, la order to close them out.

ELEGANT DISPLAY

VM -OF—

HOLIDAY GOODS

they nave also

standard editions of clatfloal llt«a* tare. cojertrwo*, We charge every reader not to make hi*, or her, solectlon of holiday presonts, until after taking a look through The Central. irAlW TIMES!"

Tho* who go aV*out selecting presents lor the Holidays with a jodidous sense of the "Hard Times" upon their minds, 111 thank us for directing their stops to the Hardware fftow of .Slaughter, Watkins A Ox, on the north side of Mslo, two doom east of Fifth. Hets they will find such articles aa tfkatoa, in greet va-1 riety, Boys' ftteda and Wagons, Pocket Knives,, Table Cntl«ry, fiarvers. IvoryHandled Table Knives, Ivory-Handled Not licks, Itoger** Celehnued Silver-1 Klatnl Tsbi* and Tea Wpooas, Knives and Forks Hrksurs, Call Bella, cheaper than ever sold In ib» city Toilet SelU, extra nks. All these articles are useful a* well aa ornamental, acceptable and yet not expenslv*. Hportatnen will hiw* And a full stock ov flow, It^tols, thn celoNrsted ftupoiil Powder, sll kind* of ammunition and ail the r*t«fpo»e»t» for huntiag.

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AT THE POPULAR

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DOT (BIDS HOUSE

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HOBERG.^'l ROOT & CO.

DTapklnt, Doylies, Towel*

Turkey Red Damttlca^

With Sopkinn to Bslch.

Honey Comb, Crocliet aa HarMllIes Betl Spread*,

From 91 ,M t#ll#00 mb.

Fancy OootN and Xolioiiv

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In smaller articles you can get a Tox of Hosiery for lady or gentleman, or a box of Handkerchief*, plain and hemstitched, embroidered and initial or a set of embroidered Collars and Cuffs a pair of Kid Gloves for ladies or gentleman or a beautiful Silk Tie, or handsome white or colored Tidies.

In the lino of staples they havo white and ted Wool Blankets, Table Linens, Towels, eta A nice set of Napkins would be nice.

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OPERA HOUSE.

Rich Beaver Cloaks, Shawls and Furs, Handsome Silks, DressGoods, Velvets, Cashmeres, Plaids, Waterproofs," Fancy Knit Woollens!

V.'S it

Lnrge Assortment

or''

mm GOODS

AlLow Prlpes.

ilaent. Table

HandflterelileOi **t,:

Of Every SwerlyU—. lOr OfdUraM, an4 ttitMrro.

Lam and Lace Oood»« Ollam and C«flT«. Embroidered Mel«4 Nashea. Tlea. Sctrfh, Ribbon ft. Bows, Hnfller* Thread Boxes. Keedle Caaea»

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AU r®TF|l»»tSklf IW rroorata.

Bftll/ Addition* oflmh SEW WOOD*.

HOBERG. ROOT ft CO. orest IIOIJIK.

chRistmas"!

TO -hi 03STEi!

USEFUL AND APPROPRIATE

PRESENTS

...f, FOR THE

Dress Goods for the Million.

50 pieces Black Cashmeres of nearly all grades. t\ 100 pieces Black Alpacas at very low figures. 20 pieces Colored Cashmeres in all the new shades. a 500 pieces assorted DressGoods of French and British man fiacture, 75 pieces Black and Colored Lyons Silks a'fc prices riever be- ,, fore seen in this

citN}

20 pieces Lyons and Irish 6ilk. Poplins, 5 pieces Lyons all Silk Cloak Velvets.

Many of tbo above articles are great bargains, and cannot bo bought for 20 per «3nt more in Chicigo or St. Xioals.

We have just opened 100 pairs new Blankets and are olbrc ,nr ^3

fering the finest ever brought to this market. Blankets at 2.75, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00 and up to $18.00 per pair. Nothing could .be more useful and appropriate for these cold days than a pair of these warm Blankets.

"W" aterproofs.

Waterproofs in Black, Green, Navy Blue, Orange, Snow Flake, etc., from 75cts upwards.

.PANCY ARTICLES

2,000 Ladies' and Gents'Handkerchiefs in Plain, Ilonimed, Hemstitch^!, Plain and Colored Borders, vith Initials and in fancy Boxes.

2,000 PAIRS OF KID GLOVES in one, two, three and Six Buttons from 50cts upwards. 100 PAIRS KID GAUNTLETS, one dollar per pair. 1,(^00 NECK TIES, including some very elegant ones *also

Sash Ribbons, Sashes, Neck Ribbons, Ruchings, Corsets and many other articles in this line also 1'^iicy Glove Boxes,'Thread Boxes, Fino Fans, etc., etc. 'V

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100 Real Point, Real Point Applijuo and Real Thread Barbes. 25 Real Point and Real Point Applique Handkerchiefs.

25 Black and White Llama Shawls and Capes. Also Real Point, Point Applique and Valencienncs Laces, by the yard as also Real Thread and Guipure Laces 4 by the yard. There are some choice Patterns in above

Laces, and our priccs arc 25 per cent, below St. Louia or Cincinnati.

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HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.

Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Sheetings, Marseilles Bed Spreads, Table Covers, etc., can be bought of us to better advantage than elsewhere. Also Silk Umbrellas, Gingham Umbrellas, Alpaca Umbrellas, Underwear) Hosiery, etc., et comprising the moat useful, appropriate and elegant Presents that can be offered to Mother, Sister, Fatfier, Son, Wife, Husband, Daughter and Sweetheart We extend a general and cordial invitation to all to take a look through our establishment.

FET.SENHELD & JAURIET,

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CLOAKS:-

6 Sealskin Cloaks, must be sold by January 1st. 40 Beaver Cloaks 4 to 12 dollars, pi^nt atvlo* 15** "-. 14 to 30 "7 JM h*'

20. Paisley Shawls, assorted qualities, at barely 70cts on *4"' the dollar. 75 double and single Wool Shawls from the best Mills in this and Foreign countries. i'*. •». 50 Black Merino and CashmereJ^oublc Shawls, including so in on

40 Black Single Cashmere Shawls, with Wool ami Silk Fringes. I a twif

Blankets.

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HOLIDAYS!

FELSENHELD & JAURIET

020 MAIN STREET. t*

Have now on sale with special reference to the

HOLIDAY TRADE

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