Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 12, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 September 1877 — Page 4

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

ZEBRE HAUTE, SEPT. 8,1877

P. S. WESTFALL,

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TWO EDITIONS

01 thin Paper are published. The FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening kas a large circulation In the surrounding i- towns, when it la sold by newsboys and agents. The SECOND EDITION, on Saturday Even*rr- log) goea into the hands of nearly every reading person In the'city, and the farm era of this Immediate vicinity.

Every Week's lame Is, in tact,

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TWO NEWSPAPERS,

In which all Advertlsemen to appear for ONE CHAJSQJC

IMPORTANT, IF TRUE. A '.visitor from those realms which were formerly foolishly designated as "the bourne whence no traveller retarns," has at last brought tidings which we are in all candor compelled to admit are very "Important, if true." Heretofore we have fonnd it difficult, in fact impossible, to reconcile the trivial nature of the communications claming to come from the spirit world,and the cabinet and.dark circle antics of so called Bpir its, with the character, intelligence, and good habits ef these same spirits when in the fleab. We have often joined in the clamor for some communication of value. And we must confess that, with all our yearning to know something more definite, before getting thereabout the spirit land, we bad long since lost all interest in what the spirits had to say, because this demand was so persistently denied by all visitors from the abode of shadows. But these last tidings revive our interest. They come through a much married medium whose name, if she retains the name of each one of the husbands to whom she has been married, is, Cora L. V. Hatch Tappan Daniels Richmond. It is possible that several affinities may have been added since our latest information, but this is the extent to which the name had grown last week. The spirit who employed this extensively married medium was none other than that of the learned Judge Edmonds of New York, who, while living, was the pride of all spiritualists because of his high position, learning and purity of charactcr. He has now by the important information which he brings, laid not only spiritualists but all who desire to catch glimpses behind the veil, under deep and lasting obligations. Speaking through Cora L. V. H. T. D. Richmond, he declares in reference to the realm where he resides, that "there are no politicians there." One thing is now settled, in reference to the spirit world, settled on the evidence of a learned man and keen observer who has resided there several years, and doubtless has travelled extensively and been diligent in his inquiries, settlfd, we may say, beyond a doubt, and that there is a spirit realm entirely destitute of politicians. Now this information is of vast importance, or at least it may become so, if It is supplimented by other revelations in the same dlrectlon» The first declaration Is of course a general one. This Is the natural order, big posters first and small bills with particulars afterwards. Now that Judge Edmonds has issued the posters we trust the Buiall bills will be around soon.

We want to know, if it is not impertinent, whether the Judge resides in the Temperate or Torrid Zone of the spirit world. This is a matter of practical importance, for, of course, the politicians go where the offices are, and if there are no offices in the Temperate Xone, there is a large class of men who will at once give up «il effort to get there, prefering to endure the inconvenienoes of the hot olnnate for the sake of a possible chance of holding an offloe. There are several church members in this city who would at once apply to have their name stricken Ironi the roll of the church and they will naturally be anxious until the print which we suggest is settled. To be on the safe aide they might resign church membership at ouoe, and then if it turns out that Judge Edmonds resides in the WHim latitudes, they can be reconverted HIIII join the church over again. Besides this class, there are those who are making their arrangements to call|a minister at the last moment and fix matters up so as to get pt«k»den of one of the "mansions" without paying the usual price. These desirable mansions being located in th« mild climate of the abode of spirits, those who prefer to run political machine* and engage in politics generally without regard to other circumstance*, want to know where Judge E. reside®. They might make a fatal mistake by getting a mansion and loosing a ckance to run for office. Whereabouts in the spirit world is it that there are no politicians? This c'ass of dtlseos certainly do depart this lifo,and must needs go somewhere,»

Then it fan desirable to know also why there are no politicians where Judge Edmonds resides. We have assumed that there are no offices and that therefore the politicians do not deal re to corns tlfcwe, JBata h®rrible explanation Wf gests it&elf to us, which, while we can hardly credit it, yet may be correct. It may be that there are plenty of offices, bat are punished by being shut outside. Itwoald be terful If all pofifeditts are condemned to pass a whole eternity In looking across the great gulf and seeing a whole heaven fall of custom bouses, post offices, whits booses, capital*, state and national, et&, etc., and they not permitted to bold a single one of these offices. Ask the Democratic politician bow It has seemed to them for the last sixteen years, and

then think of an eternity of such tantalizing misery with no hope of change. Can this le an element in the torture of the lost The thirsty Lazarus calling in vain for a drop, is in bliss compared with such a condition. We dismiss it as too fearful to contemplate. Yet we would feel easier if we could have an authoritative answer from Judge E. through Mrs. C. L.V.H.T. D. Richmond, or any other more or less married medium, in reference to this point.

Another puzzling query rises in our inquisitive mind, and it is this whether, if politicians are excluded, or stay away from the place where this learned Judge is, they are all together some where else If be is in heaven are all the politicians in hell, or vice versat Are christians and moral politicians in the same place and condition as the un christian and immoral ones. Or does the fact that a man Is a politician counterbalance all bis virtues and send him to the realms of Pluto, or does this outweigh all his vices and lift him to Paradise? Judge E. says they are not with him, and we have been taught in our spiritual geographies that there are but two places over there, and therefore all politicians are in the place where Judge E. is not. We had always thought there was as much difference among politicians as among other people. Can it be possible that they are all saints, or worse yet, all lost sinners? We must know where Judge E. is located. All our queries come back to this one.

These area few of the important inquiries which have been aroused by the information brought back to us by the spirit Judge. Just as soon as Mrs. Cora I* V. Hatch Tappen Daniels Richmond takes her next affinity we intend to mall her a marked copy of the paper containing this article, hoping, If it chances to fall upon the fast mall that it will reach her before her next divorce i|nd remarriage change her address.

THE GOLDEN SHEEP.

Edward B. Tison tells in the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution a story which may be of interest to those who are meditating a change of location and business. He says that at the close of the war, impressed with the idea that the West offered the only chance to mend bis broken fortunes, be spent all he had left in exploring Arkansas and Texas, only to find himself glad to get back once more to his old home in Georgia. There he purchased four hundred acres of the wire grass pine land, famous for its sterrllity and worthlessness and determined on sheep raising. The first thing was to manure the land so that it would pro duoe something. For this purpose he made a pen of a portable fence, to include about half an acre. This extent, he found, would be well manured in two nights, when the pen would be moved to anew spot. He began in 1871 with 100 head of sheep and had now a flock of 1,800, having bought but two hundred additional head since that time, and has 100 acres of land in a high state of cultivation. Last year he sold nearly 10,000 pounds of wool for $2,970, and his expenses all told were fl,026, leaving a net profit on wool alone of f1,944. In addition to this he realized 9845 from mutton raised forty acres of corn which averaged thirty-one bushels to the acre 10 acres of sugar cane which yielded 66 barrels of syrup 15 of oats which produced 42 bushels to the acre and realized a net profit of |284 from vegetables. He oelieves that in ten years more he can have an annual inoome of from $7,000 to (10,000 from his 406 acres of wire grass pine land. A pretty good showing we think and suggestive perhaps of what might be done with other poor land outside of Georgia.

THE Indianapolis Herald cites the case of a young lady of that city as a demonstration of the fact that a woman can be independent and widen ber sphere of activity without losing her self-respect. She is the daughter of a gentleman who in his lifetime was one of the largest land-owners of that city, but who sustained heavy losses before he died and left his estate in confusion. The daughter saw that it was necessary to do something to assist her mother and so, without waiting for others to help ber, she set about helping herself. She was not too particular but did whatever came to hand. Sometimes she deliveried groceries, driving the wagon herself, and going out by daylight. At other timei she sold flowers. One day she called on aMend in a fashionable dress and the next morning delivered groceries to the same fkinlly while the members were all in bed. She is intelligent and well educated and capable of shining in society. Although she and her mother might now live comfortably without her working so hard, she prefers to continue In the old way and says she feels better to be doing something. Here is a lesson lor women who feel that they are hedged in, restricted, and crowded to the wall by men. Let them assert their Independence, strike eut in what field they like, and do whatever presents Itself to them efficiently and unobtrusively. They will find this a much more successful way of enlarging their sphere than talking about it. ssBesaeessssssee

THB coming season will be noted for the number of dramatic troupes that will travel through the oouutry. lbs number of stock companies will be unusually small. It is stated that in the South but two such companies will be malntalasd, one in Washington and the other In Baltimore. In ths Western cities all the dramas which succeed in Mew York will be repeated and the popular slam will wander from place to place. But perhaps from this very peculiarity the season will be more than usually replete with good things tor all loveraof theaock and buskin.

REPORTS oome of a greater prevalence of sickness among the Russians hosts than among their Turkish adversaries. It is probable that this Is in a large degree owing to the strict regard fqr cleanliness which the Koran exacts from Mohammed's disciples. According to the old proverb which tells us that "Cleanliness Is next to godliness," the TpA must be a great deal better man than most regard him. A strict Moslem is obliged not only to wash his bead, face, neck, ears and feet, but also his teeth, at each of the five daily calls to prayer, so he very soon wears out his tooth brush, and these articles are generally sold in packets of a dozen. They are made of olive sticks about ten inches long and half an inch in diameter. At one end for about half an inch they are split in all directions, so as to form a brush closely resembling a stenciling brash. The less parting" Turks use ordinary European tooth brushes but ai even the most lax among them look on the p'g and all belonging to him as vile and unclean, they would as soon think of defiling thfir mouths with a Russian bristle tooth brush as of eating a pork chop or a rasher of bacon. The shopkeeper, therefore, swears by the souls of his father snd mother that the hair of whi$h his toothbrushes are made grew on ihe back of the camel, the cow or the horse.

NEW YORK papers report a most encouraging outlook fortbe Autumn trade. The hotels are eaid to be filling up with merchants from the West and South, and the fact is bailed as the first evidence of the return of better times. In many lines of manufactured goods a large increase cf orders is noted, and manufacturers are increasing their productions. New York, as the heart of the commercial body, is naturally the first to feel the effect of a recovery, but the healthful flow of the commercial current will speedily distribute itself through the entire system, for the process of recuperationjonce begun will rapidly extend. The splendid crops assuro abundant reward to the agriculturalist, and it is a fact of repeated experience that when this element of the population is prosperous the wheels of trade and industry do not stand idle. We confidently believe that we have reached the end of the long business depression and are in full view of better times. The only danger now to be apprehended is that the appeals of demagogues, overcoming the honest scruples of those whose present condition renders them vulnerable, and whp do not clearly see the promise beyond, may lead to political ohanges destructive of the returning confidence of the country.

THE growing custom of having high priced and extravagant funerals with all the accompaniments of glitter and show received a merited rebuke from Judge Rheme, of the Luzerne County, Pa., Orphans' Court, a few days ago. In a case in which the personal estate of the deceased was proved to be but 9581.82, an administrator sought to have the oourt allow the sum of 9139.75, for the expense of burial which was one-fourth ef the whole personal estate. This allowance the Judge refused to grant, saying that "pompous processions of great length, glistening silver-plated caskets and carved marble monuments, are unnecessary for Christian burial," he sums up his view of the law of the (subject in the following words: "Such parades as are called

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fine funerals' may gratify

the vanitj of the living, but no nreepect for the dead demands them, andwhen the deceased's estate is limited and his debts are not paid, or where he leaves a family of helpless children, the expenses of such burials will not be allowed out of his eetate. Those who contract for and employ such luxuries must pay for them themselves."

SOME one suggests that men's trousers be cut off just above the knee. His theory is that the leg bas from all antiquity been closely associated with national greatness and can attain its proper developement only In a state of freedom. The Romans knew not trousers, and hence reached such a developement of leg that they were able to conquer the world. The kilted Highlander was the terror of Scotland until the far-seeing British Government confined him in trousers, under the mai'gn influence of which his legs wilted, and his proud spirit was broken. The bare-legged warrior of the American forests wss the bravest and noblest of aavbgee but how pitiable la the Indian of Saratoga, and Niagara, who, demoralized by trousers, bas sunk below the level of the hackman. The autbor explains tuat the precise style wont by Sciplo and Cesar need not be servilely copied, bnt all its advantages could be obtained by a costume adapted to the conditions of modem civilizitlon, and retaining the fundamenta principal of free legs.

SECRETARY SHERJCAK very sensibly observes that the best savings bank tor the people would be the government four per cent, bond purchasable in currency. Let the government issue tbese bonds in denominations as small as 960 and 9» and sell them directly to the people at par in currency and we shall not hear of any more savings bank smash-up* ss that at Chicago. People will invest their surplus means in these bonds where they can feel sure it Is safe even If not drawing a -my high rate of Interest. Let Congress give us these

IowA

the second

State

in the Union

for oorn, raising last year 156,900,000 bushels Illinois alone exceeding her. The states next range In the following order: Ohio, Indiana, Mistouri and

A MULATTO youth named Minnie has recently carried off the prise in securing the appointment to a oadetship at West Point, from New York city. And now comes the statement that the aristocratic snobs of -that institution, in the hope to crush the colored cadet, have adopted the plan to let him severely done. He is not to be spoken to except in the way of command by any white member of the corps. He will. not be noticed even to the extent of being based. He

may

be noticed, however, in the examinations, which will be more to the point. ______====

CONSIDERABLE interest in astronomical circles centers la the recent discovery of the two moons of Mars. They are by far the smallest of the heavenly bodies yet known, their diameters being, it is believed, not more than ten miles. The inner satellite is less than 4,000 miles from the surface of Mars and goes round it in less than eight hours. With telescopes like ours the inhabitants, if any, upon it could be discovered from the planet.

A WASHINGTON correspondent says the country ought to know there are very few vacancies in Washington clerkships and all young men ought to know that they might about as well commit hari-kari as to go there for clerkships. It is a life or abject dependence, of constant solicitude as to the future and of the daily sacrifice of true man hood. Not one clerk in a hundted saves any money, and not one bas, or is per mitted to have, any influence.

THE old saying in regard to office holders that "few die and none resign" loses force in the fact that this week comes the report that Assistant Secretary of the Treasury McCormick has resigned on acoount of ill health, and the rumor that Postmaster General Key contemplates resigning his position in the Cabinet, and that he will probably take this step soon after Congress meets.

THE governors who have recently toured the seacoast cities, were so well pleased with the trip that they contemplate organizing for an excursion every year. They might combine with the editorial associations.

THE cowardly crime of wife beating and killing seems to te growing every year more and more prevalent. Drink and jealousy appear in most all cases to be the governing cause of passion.

THE Boston Herald notes that the Ohio Republican leaders have been men with short names, such as Hayes, West, Cox, Tail, Noyes, Wade, Chase, and the like^_______

IF no frost strikes the corn it is thought that many Illinois prairie farmers will be forced to send their children to the towns this winter for lack of stor* age.

IT is now proposed that if a man owes a man, the question whether he shall pay it or not shall be settled by arbitration, the debtor to be the arbitrator."

IHE Seventeenth annual meeting of the Indiana Womans' Suffrage Conven tion was held at Knightstowh on Tues day and Wednesday of this week.

GOLD on Wednesday was worth only 3cents more than a paper dollar—the lowest point it has dropped since it started up "higher'n a kite."

IT is only 914,000,000 that Great Britain wants for the fish we have taken out of Canadian waters. Fishy.

JUDGE Hilton claims that his Saratoga hotel has made more money this season than ever before.

REOENTevents have shown that one of best thin g9 yon can use to bring on par alysis is hair dye.

GRUMBLE as you may, there are unmistakable indications of better times ahead.

TRAVELING BULL would be a more appropriate name for Sitting Bull.

THE city of New York in debt to the enormous sum of fl61t764,560.

THE pleasantest season of the year for railroad travel Is juat setting In.

BRIGHAM YOUNG ordered bis coffin "wide enough to turn over in." SSBS9SB9BB

THE Chicago Poet wants Mr. Moody to create a revival in business.

THE summer birds are flocking home from their annual hegira,

PH THE HORSE TRACK •t the Vigo Agricultural Fair next week the following purses will be contested for: 1. Wednesday. Sent. 11—Purse «200. —1st 9110,2d |60,8d |S0, for horses that never trotted better than 2:40. 2. Thursday, Sept. 13.—Purse 9100.— 1st |00,2d 925, 3d 915, Pacing. Free for all. 8. Citizens' Puns, f350.~lst |200f 2d 9100,3d 950, tarn for all trotters. 4. Friday, Sept. 14.—Purse #100.—l*t 900, 2d 925, 3d 915. For farm horses, owned in Vigo County. Entries for this race must be horses kept for farm porpoees only, and regularly worked on the

turn

during 1877, to August 14* and

that have never trotted better than 3 minutes. &. Saturday. Sept. 15.—Purse flOO— lot 900, 3d 9», & arttonen* roadsters owned In V%o County, that have never tcotted bstear than 3 minutes.

The above raoes will bs mile heats, 3 best in 5. Ho* L8,3,sBd# Soberness. No. 4 go as they please, tour horses to enter, three to start.

Horses oalled st 2 p.m.

College Street Dairy. Wm. G. Davis, of ths well known family of vocalists, naa established a Dairr,

Some folks say they hain't got no appetite an' kant git up any. The' 'alnt oothln' o' that kind the matter with me. I've got plenty uv appetite. I've got appetite to spare. I waste more appetite on the desert air every day than would suffice for all the bloated millionaires for a week. But then I git my pervislons at Rippetoe's big White Frunt store, the same which is on Mane street, just west

of Sixth, an' ennybody as '11 trade thar '11 alius nave an appetite. He keeps the kind uv fodder as makes appetite, an'I believe in my sole be sells for less thsn anybody in town. Now my advice is, if are

yon don't gtt at Rippe

toe's you won't git it anywhere.

GREINER'S

Opera Shoe Store.

His fall stock is now complete, embracing the best and cheapest line of boots and shoes ever offered in this city. We are not boasting when" saying that for good goods and low prices we have no competition. A large and desirable line of children's school shoes, at extremely low prices. Respeotfully,

D. C. GREENER, Opposite Opera House.

YOU SHOULD VISIT THE CENT STORE. THE LARGEST VARIETY AND LATEST STYLES CAN BE RELIED UPON. FALL STYLES AT LOW PRICES ARE NOW ADVERTISED.

A. B. STONER sells Hats, Caps, Gloves and Umbrellas cheaper than other house In the city, Sll Wabash, bet. Ath and 6th streets. 60 So© the Best Window 8hade

Fixture in the World, A Spring Stop and Fixture and Friction balance. No cords to it and It will never get out of order. Feltus & Traquair are the sole agents for it, at N. W. Cor. 5th and Ohio streets....

Do Not Forget.

We haye new goods arriving every month direct from the manufacturers, so you have no old goods to select from. Call and see the new shade fixtures the best in the world. Sold only by

REMARKABLE.

It is really wonderful to note the rapid and increasing sales of J. F. Jauriet A Co.'s Marble Palace Unlaundried Shirts The sales for July were 100 dozen or 1,200 shirts. They have given their order for 50 dozen more or 600 shirts, making in all 1,800 in fifty days. This shirt Is made of Wamsutta Muslin and pure Irish Linen bosom and caffs, with the finest of pearl buttons. Everj shirt warranted as repreeented or no sale. Price, 95 cents. None genuine unless bearing the stamp of J. F. Jauriet A CO., Marble Palace Shirt, Terre Haute, Ind-

For Wall Papers,

Window Shades, Oil Cloths and Shade Fixtures, go to FELTUS A TRAQUAIR, northwest corner 5th and Ohio streets.

STANDS FOR THE FAIR. When you fit up your stands for the Fairs, Picnics, Ac., call on Jacob White for Candies, Fruits, Nuts and all kinds of Confeotionery. He has afresh and well selected stock of goods, besides bis own manufacture, and offers extra in ducements. These facts are building him up a large trade.

For Paper Hanging,

Decorating, Calclmining, Shade Hanging and Shade Lettering, go to the Boss Paper Hangers, 5th and Ohio steets.

NOTICE.

TERRB HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 28,1877. All persons indebted to the estate of George Kramer, deceased, are hereby requested to settle their account* before the 15th day of September to save costs and trouble. WM. DRBUSIKB, (13t) Administrator.

SPORTSMEN, ATTENTION A. G. Austin A Co. are sole agents for the sale of Hazard Powder In this city. Here iswhst Parker Bros say in their "suggestions to persons using the Parker Breech-Loading Shot Gnns:

After a fair trial, we find Hazard's *'Electric and Duck Shooting," to do the best execution of any powder we have ever tried, and would recommend it to sportsmen using our guns. His "American Sporting,'Ms very nice shooting powder, and is used by a large number of the best sportsmen throughout the country.

Entriis lor the Fair,

The secretary of the agricultural sdciety will have the books ready lor staking en trie*, at the office of! H. 1) Scott, on Main street, between Ff ». mid Sixth, on Saturday and Mood* ,bet ween the hours of 10 a. m. and 5 p. a»

Peaches Clingstone, Peaches Freestone Peaches at Wright I Kaufmans.

The FINEST QUALITY of PEACHES CHEAP. Call aod jet a box and en-

QBAPj

CRAPES,

ORAPES,

8WEET

POTATOES, WATERMELONS. CANTFLOPES,

CHOICE WESTERN BE/SERVE

1877 FALL 1877. Grand Opening!

Of

Fall Dry Goods, New Dress Goods, Silks, Shawls, Cloaks, Suits, Trimmings, Laces, Buttons, etc., comprising the largest and best assorted stock

of

rthe

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FELTUS A TRAQUAIR, The Boss Paper bangers, N. W. Cor. 5th A Ohio.

General Dry

Goods ever on display in the city. This fill we shall make extra Low Prices on all kinds of Dry Goods, thus making It for the interest of all buyers to give us a call before purchasing.

Our Stock Contains Many Bargains not to be had elsewhere.

ifsfi

HOBERG, "1 ROOT & CO.

OPERA HOUSE.

Found.

OUND—A HAND SAW—THE OWNER can have it on proving property andr paying f"»r this notice, on calling at The Mall omce. 7,

KJND—THAT WITH ONE STROKEOF pen you can reach, with an advertisement in the Saturday Evening Mall, almost,every reading tkmily in this city, as well as tbe residents of the towns and country sur •oundlng Terre Haute.

Wanted.

\XTANTED— ALL TO KNOW THAT S.

C. Richardson, surgeon dentist, docs all, kinds of operative dentistry, and cures? chronic neuralgia at his office and residence^ No. Ill noi th Fourth street. 1 ermsstrictly cash.

Wchine

ANTED-THE $2.00 WASHING MA-| in dally use at the Indianapolis^, Orphan Asylum. Send stamp for circular,Sample machine to agents for $1.01. Israel Hoagland, Indianapolis, Ind.

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\\TANTED—^TO BUY INDIAN RELICS.

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Mound-builders' Implements and Geological Specimens. Call at Mall office or* address Lock Box, 1856, Terre Haute, tn-f dlana. Jy»6nr iv LOVERS KEEP YOUR SECRETS. RE*

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celpts for INVISIBLE INKS. (7 varleties) mailed for 12 cents In stain ps. Address VARIETY INK CO. Indianapolis, Ind.

For Sale.

Fkinds.

OR SALE-STOCKS OF GOODS Of ALL Houses and lots on monthly payments. Persons wishing to buy a, home or* start In business now Is the time. J, K. Kes\ ter, opposite the postofflee. 17OR SALE-A WHITE MARE, VERY gentle for ladles' or children's use in saddie or single and double harness. Also a top buggy in good order. J. McMurtrieu Bloomington road 3 miles east of city, zt

IOR SALE ON EASY TERMS, OR IN exchange for real estate In Terre Haute, acres of timberland in one body, 4 miles, southwest ofl asey. Ills. Apply to G. Kerckhoff, N o. 19 south Fifth Street, Terre aute,*

100 acres of OUUi iiu. Indiana. Aug4tf^

Fteen

OR SALE-ALBERNEY BULL-SIX-months old, fawn color, handsome., and good ulse. His dam Is a superior cow. I. V. PRESTON, P. O. Box 687. M-tt

For Rent.

Fmodel

FELTUS A TRAQUAIR.

OR RENT-HOUSE No. NORTH 4th street containing seven rooms finished in style—carralge house and stable attached to the premises, with all the con* venlenees necessary to a first class dwelling. Apply to W. A. RYAN, Cor 4th and Ohlosts.

LUNCH ROOM.

KtJSBNER Palace of Music

213 OHIO STREET,

North Nideof the Public Square, Sells the best and cheapest

ORGANS

-AND

PIA-NOS

-IN THB

"WORLlD.

CALL AND SEE!

rsale

BV1TER.

IAKOS and Organs for rent and easy monthly payments.