Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 10, Number 27, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 January 1880 — Page 8

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THE MAIL,

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Our People.

T. B. Johns gave each of his employes »turkey on New Years eve. Jacob White has sold a half interest in bis confectionery and restaurant to J. W. Wright, of Cincinnati?

IT. D. Gordon, residing on south Third street,{on his fifty-fourth birthday last week was blessed with anew boy baby.

W. M. Slaughter, with his family, started on Monday for southeastern Texas, wheife they will sojourn a couple of months.

Rev. C. R. Henderson takes "the belt" for having married the most persons the past three months. He has scored thirty one couples.

Deputy Postmaster Will F. Arnold and wife returned yesterday evening fr?H} Pfcllidelpbia, Jcoming by way of Washington.

Mrs. C. Y. Patterson accompanied Secretary Thompson last Saturday on his return to Washington with his son and daughter.

W. H. Duncan, of the Expirees, and Capt. Merrill H. 8mitb, of the Light Guards, are in training for the County Clerkship race.

Harvey Carr has gone to Dayton, Ohio, to foremanize for Mr. Foster's new Saturday evening paper. He's the right, man in the right place.

We learn that the united Presbyterians Will probably extend a call to Rev. W. A. Page, of Leavenworth, Kansas, who has preached here the past two Sundays.

Dr. Scoville, of the Normal School, it appears, slipped out of town week before last, on a little six weeks trip to Cuba and Mexico, by way of New Orleans.

Norman Turk has declined the position of night clerk tendered bitn at the Terre Haute House, preferring his present pleasant position in the Central Bookstore.

Gazette: Mrs. Nannie T. Wilkerson returned Ia9t evening, from an extended and very pleasant trip to Leavenworth, Kansas, where she was the guest of General and Mrs. McClure.

When you want nice fresh oysters, go to headquarters for them. This is at Johnson AFlynn's, on Main street, just east of Sixth. Their trade is immense, and consequently their oysters ^e, always fresb.

N. G. Buff returned Monday morning from Oberlin, Ohio, and was not a little surprised to find himself the nominee of the Nationals for Governor. The editor and proprietor of the National did it with tbeir little paper.

The Bloomington (Ills.) Sunday Eye aays George Levings, formerly of thisi city is seriously ill with diptberia, and that his illness will probably cause a postponement of some amateur theatricals

Eli B. Hamilton entered upon the discharge of his duties as government storekeeper yesterdayjevening. He has proved himself a splendid hotel man, and will be greatly missed from his placs behind th?desk of the Terre Haute House.

There is a very general inquiry as to •who is the well known merchant, who, •according to the Express, beat his nineteen year old daughter^ a beautiful and amiable lady, in a shameful find brutal manner the other morning because she purchased a bonnet without consulting him.

A party^of nine ladies, Mrs. Geo. J. Langsdale, Mr*. Fannie McLean, Miss Irou Wales, Mrs. Jos. Allen, Miss Josephine Donnohue, Mrs. Jerome Allen, Miss O'Brien, Mrv. Albert Allen, and Mrs, Alpheus Birch, of Green castle, came over, New Year's morning, on the Vandalia, and spent the day with Mrs. K. S. Tennant. The party returned in the evening, except Mrs. McLean, Miss Wales and Miss Donnohue, who remain until this afternoon.—Express.

Dealers in this city and surrounding towns will find at Peter Miller's, on south Fourth street, a full line of Saddlery Hardware, Saddles and Collars, at lowest wholesale prices.

W. H. Greiner wants to see everybody before the close of this month who wants bargains not before heard of in boots and shoes. His stock is first class. You know the place, on Ohio, just west of Fourth. 'W

R, Foster A Son, the furniture dealers, clode the year with an immense business, and are so much encouraged that that they intend to keep a larger and better stock than ever before. Their low prices have built up tbeir big trade.

With this first issue of The Mail in 1880 we wish to pnt on record that nowhere in town can you d« better than at 8. Loeb fc Co's., sign of the Big Black Bear. They have also a nice line of gents' furnishing goods, gloves, umbrellas, etc., which they are sellicg at extremely low prices. For anything in the line mentioned visit Loeb &. Co's. 1

Not a few people, who are wise, will now visit the stores and pick up bargains in left over holiday goods. Alloft us to suggest that one of the best plaices where goods of the most attractive sort may be found in variety too numerous to mention is at Button & Co's Central Bookstore. And while in there look over their elegant stock of fancy stationery, their blank books of every description, and commercial stationery in great abundance..

The little girl was quite right who said she bad been converted, and knew it because she felt all the time like giving the best things she had to her sister. A little more of that kind of conversion would do older people no harm. Speaking of best things, if you want the best table supplies go to the grocery of Wright «fc King, corner Main and Seventh streets, where may be found the best assorted stock of groceries, staple, fancy and green, the largest and best stock of canned meats, fish and fruits, the best brands of oysters as low as sold in this city bams, breakfast bacon, beef tongue, codfish, dressed turkeys, chickens and ducks, cranberries, country and creamery butter, New York cream cheese,, buckwheat flour, new corn meal, oatmeal, cracked wheat, pearl barley, hominy and Carolina bead rice, pure maple syrup, rock candy drips, choice sorghum, home-made and California honey and all seasc nable table supplies.

—Don't forget that the Boss Joe clothing house will be closed January 2d, during which time the entire stock will be marked down and the price marked on each article. The stock must be sold out by January 31st. Will b6 ready for business Saturday morning, January 8d^

THE "BOSS JOE" CLOTHING HOUSE will close its doors January 2d, during which time the stock, consisting of fine suite, overcoats, ulstera, etc., will be invoiced. In order to close out the same by January 31st, at which time this store room will be vacated, each and every article will be marked in plain selling figures (in red ink) at fiteen per cent, less than manufacturing cost, which is at least 25 per cent, less than their present value. The store will re-open January 3rd. The sale will last but 30 days—no deviation will be made from the prices marked on the goods—stock remaining on hand February 1st, will be sold in bulk. Bids received on store fixtures, including counters, signs, window reflectors, «fcc. The manager reserves tha right to reject any and all bids (on aaid store fixtures). "JOE,"

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Other People

Porridge socials are the latest stir-in Canada. Monday and Saturday are the, bon ton wedding days in New York.

Jay Gould has to travel for eight days Constantly, to go over his lines of railtoad.

The Oneida community has settled down to a regular way of living and getting married.

Daniel Webster always required a oertain amount of whisky before speaking in the senate, while Rufus Choat always demanded' a cup of tea 'Shot as hell."^ ,, "I was not' fit to be 'a soldier never saw our men fire but I thought of (be widows and orphans they would make, and wished that they would miss," says Robert G. Ingersoll.

Gen. Grant is reported to have reeeiv* ed, in addition to the presents now in 'the keeping of Mr. Childs, gifts enough to fill 18 dry goods boxes, which ate now on their way across the continents ®ev. L. W. Bacon, of New Haven, is building a house after the Southern style of architecture. The chimneys will be raised on the outside of the house, and the roof will be covered with California redwood shingles.'

A saloon keeper, having started business in a place where trunks had been made, asked a friend what he had better do with the old sign, "Trunk. Factory." "Ob," said the friend, "just change the to a D, and it will suit you exactly."

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Colweli, the ex-yardmaster, whose mismanagement caused the terrible disaster at Jackson, Michigan, is said to have gone crazy over the slaughter. When he drops into a doze the shrieks of locomotives and screams of frightened women wake him and murder sleep.*

Some students of the idiosyncracies of the sexes say you never see a woman button anything she dan pin, and you never see a man pin anything that he can tie with with a string, You would, have trouble making some men believe that they couldn't tie a button-hole into a wristband with apiece of twine string.

A Dakota man was moving his family into anew house, and left his stove for the last trip. Within a hundred steps of the bouse his wife was taken ill.

Leaving the two youngest children in a dry goods box on the band sleigh, he helped her aad two older ohildren into General Admission the house, where, in order to prevent their freezing, they were all put to bed.

He then returned for the two children,

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two boys in the box, but, although the ohildren in bed with tbeir mother were frozen nearly to death, it is believed that they will recover.

A Roman lady of old, whom her friends blamed for having separated from a rich and handsome husband, showed them her shoe. "It is polished and well made," she said, "but not one of you knows where it hurts me." A simile which will apply to very many things whioh puzzle us, because we can judge only from appearanoes.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Terre Haute Horticultural Society, for the eleotion of officers, fcc., will take place at Sugar Grove Hall, Thursday Jan. 8tb, 1880. By order of the Society.

Mrs. L. C. Wonner, Sec'y.

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Call and take advantage of the extraordinary low prices at OLIVER & CO'S, northwest corner of Fourth and Cherry streets.

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A chorus and orchestra of

1 75 M|| V| Si 11 CJ A |M|S! 175 will performHANDEL'S SA.CRED ORATORIO,

THE MESSIAH

(with Mozart's additional accompaniments)

which has recently attracted such throngs In Cincinnati and several other laige cities.

Reserved seats «25c extra Tickets on sale at Central Bookstore on and after Monday, January 12th.

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and was frozen to death before he reach- Conductor, Prof. ed them. The wife lay in bed until the**" parties of ten or more from towns along next day without fir. aod food. The father lay dead near the corpses of his jpg Dr. W. R. Elder before January 10.

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REDUCTIONS ^E(E "ON OVERCOATS AND SUITINGS TO CLOSE THIS SEASON'S PRODUCTIONS.

OUR STOCK OP SILK AND LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS IS LIMITED ONLY BY THE TASTES AND \YANT$OF THE PEOPLE.

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FERA HOUSE.

ONE NIGHT ONLY.

Wednesday, January 7th. ADAH RICHMOND

Comic Opera Company

Church Choir Chorus, headed by the young and beautiful American Prima Donna, Mezzo Soprano Assolata,

MISS ADAH RICHMOND.

Supported by the largest and most complete Comic Opeia Troupe in America, in

The Grand Duchess.

Admission:,., .75c, 50C, 25« Reserved seats on sale at Button's without extra charge.

PERA HODSE.

Thursdays January 8.

ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

"The Prinoely Firm

Makers,"

STUART ROBSON, W. H. CRANE.

BOBIOST A CRAJtfJE

Under the Management of

DlVEY & BROOKS,

Sapported by their own

Select Company of Artists 1

In Shakespeare's Immortal Masterpiece, The

COMEDY OF ERRORS.

KOBMON & €RAIE, The Two Dromios s1

SYRACUSE AND EPHESUS.

Admission 75c, 50c and 25e. Reserved Seats #1.00 Sale of scats will commence Tuesday mornng at Button's.

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OWEK, PIXLEY & CO., 508 and 510 Main Street, Terre Haute, Ind.

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Assisted by a company of specially selected Artists, it Recognized Ability, including the beauvh *tiful California favorite,

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Thursday Eve., Jan. 8,1880,

Given by the Citizens of T»rre Haute Jor tlie Relief of Ireland. RECEPTION COMMITTEE. Hon. B. F. Havens, Hou. Thos. H. Nelson, Hon. C. Y. Patterson, Hon. John Q. Grain, Hon. B. Vanvalzah, Hon. Thos. B. Long, Hon. A. B. Carlton, Geo. Farrington, Frank McKeen, Frank Crawford, J. W. Craft, P- Shannon, John E. Tobin,, ¥. Lynch, R.J, Duikan, P. B. O'Reilly.

INTRODUCTORY COMMITTEE.

J. P. Brennan, Matirice Hagerty, John Moorehead, Patrick Hickey, Dennis Barrett, P. Michler. John Hanly- Wm. Prendible, Newion Rogers.

"P. W. Haggerty,

Thos. W. Moorehead, Ed. Roach, P. C. Mohan, FLOOR COMMITTEE 'ft J. F. O'Reilly. & Dan Lynch, James Fltzpatrick, Peter J. Ryan John Welch, Lee Jackson, John F. Reagan, V. G. Dickhout, Robert Flinn, a. J. Kelley, John D. Downey,

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Liberty of Man, Woman and' Child "Revised."

Half fare rates have been secured over thee leading railroads. Admission, 1st and 2nd floors...—.50c Gallery -25®* Reserved seats —75c

Tickets for sole at J. Q. Button & Co's book store.

Friday, January 9th 1880

Something JSTew at Last! HOOLEY'S* THEATRE,^ CHICAGO, PACKED every night during the past two?S weeks to witeess the greatest of all Irish Comedians,

MISS M. LODUSKI yOUNG, In the best of all Irish dramas! A companion picture to: the beautiful drama of KERRY GOW. A new sensational and comedy play, produced last season with

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An extraordinary, exciting story, written principally to*. portray the 5

Exquisite Protean Talent of MR. MURPHY.

By the author of "iKerry Gow," "Musette," "Clouds, "Otto," etc., Mr. Fred Marsden, entitled:

Intrdoucing several New Songs.

Admission, 25, 50 and 75 cents. On sale at Button's Tuesday morning.

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