Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 14, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 August 1883 — Page 8
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THE MAIL
A PAPER FOR THE PFOPLE.
OUR PEOPLE.
Emil Myers is recuperating at Caseyville, Ky. Mm. J. T. H. Miller is visiting in Princeton.
Mrs. J. Irving Riddle is visiting relatives in Ohio. A. Reiman and wife are at French Lick Springs.
Miss Nellie Havens is attending the Louisville exposition. Mrs. Chauncey B. Lee visited relatives in Marshall this week.
Trustee Flnkbiner and wifehavegone to Carthage, Mo., on a visit. Col. R. W. Thompson and Harry Thompson are in New York.
A. J. Crawford is in Alabama attend* ingto bis iron interests there. Miss Lou Fonlkes, of Ohio street, is visiting friends in AkrOn, Ohio.
Miss Josie Douglass, of east Main street, is visiting friends in Paris. Miss Gertie Thompson is visiting the family of Claude Matthews at Clinton.
Mrs. J. W. Lakin and daughter, of Oak street,are visiting relatives in Salem, Ills.
Mrs. Isabella Thompson and Miss Emma Thompson are visiting in Dayton, Ohio.
Senator Voorbees delivered an address at the Ripley county fair, at Osgood, this week.
Lyman Ross is at home from Lansing, Mich., agricultural college, on a three weeks' visit.
Miss Vinnle Harper, of Lima, Ohio, is visiting her brother T. W. Harper, on Oak street.
Misses Alice Doty, Gertie Benight and Edith Goetz spent encampment week in Indianapolis.
Mrs. John H. Taylor and sister, Miss Lou Riehle, are visiting relatives in Jackson, Mich.
Miss Bessie Stewart, daughter of Exsheriff W. H. Stewart has been visiting In Paris this wuuk.
Philip Schloss and S. Loeb have gone east to look up fall goods for their respective establishments.
Miss Anna Mitchell, of north Eighth street, has returned from a vacation vMtwith relatives in Illinois.
Mitts Lillie Creager, of north Thirteenth street, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jones, in Rushvllle, this State.
S. R. Baker, Fred Elkin, and D. H. Wright and daughter have returned from fhe northern summer resorts.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fera, formerly of this, city, now of Danville, Ills., lost their seven months old daughter, Laura Belle, last Saturday morning.
Paul Wilson, now a prosperous dry goods merchant of Pueblo, Col., with his wife and sister Jennie, is visiting his mother on north Sixth street.
Mrs. John Morton and daughter, Miss Nettie, and Miss Mary Shaw, of Marshall, were the guests of Mrs. Dr. Mitchell, on north Eighth street, this week.
J. T. H. Miller, of this city, was elected grand treasurer of the Grand lodge, Knights and Ladles of Honor, at the annual meetlug held at Vincftnne? this week.
Mrs. Belle McLeod Smith will give a concert at the Opera bouse before the regular season opens, at which she will be assisted by the leading amateurs of the city.
City Treasurer Duenweg and officer Dwyer. have been putting on a great many airs around the city offices this week. It was due to the arrival to each of them of a bran new girl baby.
The Rev. Francis S. Dunham, of St. Stephen's, who is now spending his vacation at Saratoga, has been called to the rectorship of Christ's Church, at Abion, New York, and it Is said looks upon the call with favor.
II. C. Nevitt, the attorney of this city has been appointed by Governor Porter as one of the delegates from this State to the national conference of charities and corrections to be held in Louisville the Utter part of next month.
Judge John T. Scott came in this week from a business trip to Colorado. While there the judge had his eyee open in a political way, and as a result of his observations says the "old ticket" is in a bad way in that section. Everybody is for McDonald out that way.
Frank Heany, deputy city dork under John B. Tolbert, will act in that capacity under George W. Davis. Richard Dahten, the Fourth street grocer who recently gave up his badness will be deputy to city treasurer Robinson, who takes charge of tbe afCuirs of the office next month. Better selections could not have been made in either oaae.
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Mrs. W. H. Crawford and daughter, Mrs. R. M. Dains, of Paris, left Monday for Burlington, Iowa, to visit relatives.
Chas. Dox, after spending several •weeks with his parents in this city, left yesterday for Atlanta, Ga., where he is engaged in business.
Miss Jessie Caldwell and Miss Ferguson, of Mattoon, visited in the city this week, the guests of Miss Nellie 'oolsey, on Ohio street. tiss Josie Lange, of South Bend, who ha* been visiting her oousin, Miss Jennie Bolton, on north Sixth street, returned home this week.
Hon. John. E. Lamb is in Chicago. Miss Ella Jones has gone to Ft. Branch, on a visit for a week.
A. Hera is the happy father of a new girl baby, which arrived this morning. Wm. H. Toullerton, of Toledo, Ohio, is visiting the flimily of Mr. Con. Johnson.
Mrs. Dan Fasig h«s returned from an extended visit with relatives in MisSOUri.
George Cox is at home from Gambler college, where he has been attending school.
Miss Lillie Calder, of north Sixth street, is visiting Miss Maggie Morgan, in Clinton. mimwm Fannie and Cora O'Boyle are visiting the family of W. G. Delashmutt, Martinsville, Ills,
Miss Emma Eppetein,.of Aurora, Ind., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Sam Levi, on south Fifth street.
Mrs. N. E. May field returned vester day from a three weeks' visit at^Youngstown and vicinity.
Mrs. J. T. Merry has returned from a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Gifford, in Carbon.
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I. Reithman and wife, of Denver, Col., are visiting tbe family of N. Filbeck, on north Fifth street.
Mrs. O. C. Porter and children, of north Eighth street, leave on Monday for a visit in Erie, Pa.
Chas. Carrithers has returned from a visit to Kentucky, including the great exposition at Louisville.
Miss Alma Steubinger, of Belleville, 111., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Albrecbt, on north Sixth street.
Miss Bertha Hosford, of Effingham, Ills., is visiting her cousin, Miss Maude Hosford, on north Eighth street.
Prof. Michael Seller, of the Normal faculty leaves to-day to attend a teachers' institute In Hancock county.
W. C. Ball, of the Gazette, has returned from a two weeks'trip with the Associated Press party to Yellowstone Park.
Mrs. C. H. Tyler and Miss Helen Tyler have returned Irom Red Wing, Minn., where they spent the heated term.
Mrs. awley Kellogg, of Hartford Conn., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Will Kyle, in this city, returns home to-day.
Col. R. N. Hudson has been seriously ill for some time with a form of congestion but, within the past few days has greatly improved.
John Zeigler, of this city, was married to Miss Emma Lutz, of Clark county, 111., on Thursday, the Rev. J. C. Young, of this city, officiating.
Rev. Seth M. Wilcox, formerly pastor of Plymouth church, but now of Griggsville, Ills., is in the city on a short visit, the first since his departure, four years ago.
Messrs. A. B. Salsich, Warren Davis, Dr. Lincoln W. B. Morgan and others, of the A. O. U. W., went up to Fontanet last night to dedicate the new hall of the order at that place.
Myer Mannberger and I. Fecheimer returned this morning from an extended trip in the northern regions, going as faras Duluth. They visited Lake Minnetonka, and other popular resorts.
Messrs. Josephus Collett, D. W. Minshall, Jacob Baur and S. C. McKeen, now doing Europe, are at present on tbe continent, having concluded their tour of Ireland and Scotland. They expect to land in New York by the 22d of September.
W. N. Kramer, well known young business man, and Miss Amelia Hirzel, daughter of Dan Hirzel, are to be married next month, and will immediately go to housekeeping in a new residence that the prospective groom is building on south Ninth street.
A. M. Farn ham has heard from his son Gurdon, who went to Colorado recently for tbe benefit of health. He is at Manitou, very much improved. While there he met Dr. Van Valzah, Fred A. Roes and wife and Alex. Thomas, who had 8topped over on their way to the Knights Templar conclave at San Francisco.
W. H. Slaughter aud wife returned last night from Marlonville, Mo., where they have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. G. W. Heltimus and family. He reports the crops in that section as being unusually good, the peach crop in particular. He has favored The Mail with several, fine specimens of Missouri peached, one of which measures ten inches in circumference, and is correspondingly rich and luscious.
Tbe finest line of easy and reception chairs ever shown hi this dty is now displayed by R. Forster, at his furniture store on north Fourth street. Call and examine them.
It is an assured fact now that Terre Haute is to have a park, and it it also an assured fact that the handsomest line of fine stationery ever displayed in this dty can be seen at Button A Co's Central Bookstore. You cannot go to abetter place to purchase anything in tbe way of blank books, commercial stationery, etc. They have a lsrge and complete stock from which to select.
—1M yon see the "COMING DOOR LOCI. "ITS A BEAUTY!" Burglar jh»« f, durable and cheaper than tbe old sn** annoyance*. A. G. AUSTIN A CO ar-Sole Agents. They carry the larger line of Bronse Door Trimmings and Mantels in the dty.
—P. MUler, 505 Main street, has a largo rtwk of chain harnesa, at low price#.
TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MATT.
OTHER PEOPLE.
Senator Edmonds says he likes to talk to reporters, because he learns a great deal from them.
The new colored cadet at West Point is a good man and weighs 800 pqunds. He will not be hazed.
When Henry Ward Beecher was at Grand Forks, Dak., he was invited to umpire abase ball match.
Gen. Cameron, John P. Usher, and James Harlan are the three living members of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet.
St. Louis
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Harrison, "the boy preacher," for five months' service in that dty next winter. Jeff Davis is seventy-three years of age, and his health is precarious. He has, however, been ailing physically for many years.
George Vanderbilt, the fourth son of millionaire William H. Yanderbilt, wants to become a newspaper reporter. He will be just the proper young man to interview.
Cornelius Yanderbilt has a taste for book collecting, and paid $1,000 for a copy of "Elliot's Indian Bible," which the old Commodore would conidder a ridiculous waste of money.
Dr. Cullis, of Boston, claims to have built and maintained, by prayer, a home for consumptives. He is now by the same method building a church at a cost of 925,000. He prays, and the money comes as it is needed for use.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, is skeptical about the effidency of the telegraph service since the strike began. He was reported to have said that he would welcome 200,000 "Mormons" to the State, whereas he extended the invitation to Germans.
Edward McClintock, who once traded the site of all Denver for a mule has never seen a steamboat and within a month had his first ride on a railroad, had money to make a pleasure trip to Saratoga, notwithstanding his miss of a fortune in real estate.
Capt. Boynton once thought of going through the Niagara rapids in his rubber suit but he numbered several railroad ties and sent them through. When they were recovered below the whirpool, and Boynton saw their scars, he packed up his rubber suit and left Niagara.
Austin F. Pike, New Hampshire's new senator, is sixfy-four years old, tall and slightly stoopfpg has a well-shaped head, bald across the "top, with a fringe of dark hair aud iron-gray whiskers His eyes are shrewd and kindly, while his whole appearance shows the gentleman. A
The Baroness Burdette-Coutts, according to a chronicler, is very simple in her attire. She recently appeared at a party in London with but one Bingle ornament. That was a plain" black "tedvet band around her neck, fastened at the throat by a solitaire that was wertb $140,000. "Old Tom" was a character in Washington who picked up rags and refuse for a living, and made no talk with anybody. It now transpires that he was a genuine Russian count, who has been pardoned by the czar and gone home to enjoy his castellated estate and millions ot roubles.
An Italian newspaper gravely announces that Mr. Stanley, the African explorer, has accepted the title of king at the hands of tbe savage tribes among whom he is laboring in the interest of commerce. He is to be styled, it adds, King Stanley of Congo, and is to be invested with absolute authority to sign treaties and to execute all tbe other functions of supreme sovereignty.
GAMBLING IN LOUISVILLE. Gambling is plainly the most important business in Louisville, writes a correspondent to the Philadelphia Times. It gives character to five or six of tbe choicest squares in the commercial part of the town, and exceeds any other branch of trade in volume of transactions. Tbe pooling-rooms handle not lees than $6,000,000 a year. The faro banks do a business of about $3,000,000. The winnings aud losings of the numerous poker-rooms amount to $2,000,000, at a moderate estimate the keno banks absorb about $1,000,000 in tbe course of each year mainly the wages of laboring men, and the lottery offices, of which there are over a hundred, scattered like drug stores all over town, receive and keep $500,000 at least, half of which comes from the negroes. These estimates make a total of $12,500,000. The proprietary
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amblers are all money-spending fooliand some of them are officeholders. Two of the latter—Dick Watts, alderman, andEd Hughes, chief of tbe fire department—are regarded as tbe princes of Louisville gambling, but back of them and controlling tbem is a quiet little man, the master gambler of all. The story of Anderson M. Wsddell, Dick Watts,and Ed Hughes would be tbe story of gambling here complete, but their ways have been so mysterious that not a great deal can be told about tbem. More Is known about the men than tbe methods by which they have attained their present phenomenal power. They aid their associates have bought outright, and openly for gambling purposes, more than a square of improved real estate they do an annual business of not less than $10,000,000. They are so strong and popular with tbe community in general that not a voice hasoeen raised against tbem.
Grave Robbers.
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A LIBB PRISON STOR Y. I
AN INDIANA OFFICER WHO MADE A COURT-MARTIAL OF HIMSELF AND WANTED TO KILL A TRAiTOR.
Washington Letter In Philadelphia Record. Of the six officere of the regular army who found themselves in Libby prison in 1863-64, one was a fine-looking colonel from Indiana—a big-bodied, big brained, big-hearted fellow, chockfull of energy. He worked like a steam engine until he got out of Libby. Once he found his tunnel too small for his burly form once he was checked at the outer end of it by two or three armed Confederate soldiers, who had been quietly waiting for him again, a dever ruse was detected just as he got to the middle of the gate, and so it went until he had made half a dozen attempts. But he never gave up, and filially got out, and is now a prosperous dtizen of Indianapolis, a trifle stouter than when he was in Libby and a good deal richer, but otherwise unchanged. As Unde Remus says, the Colonel's "min' wus alius wukkin'." After two or three of his attempts to get out of Libby had failed he began to suspect that his failures were tbe result of treachery in the prisoners camp. Exchange, like kissing, went by favor. The Colonel, after thinking each failure over, came to the conclusion that some poor devil was selling bis man hood for a mess of pottage—currying the favor which would "exchange" him to his home by betraying tbe plans of his companions-in-arms to the enemy. He looked about him for the man. Cautious inquries at length gave him suoh information as prompted him to say to each of the other five regular army officers: "Meet me at such a spot at midnight. I have found the traitor. We will court-martial him to-night." At midnight the six men met in a dark corner and in whispering voices organized a drum-head court-martial. The Colonel presented the name of the suspect and then bis proofs. In the ballot that followed each of tbe six voted "guilty." "Now," said the Colonel, "this is not a farce. We must vote a sentence, and then we must execute it." "Very well," said the next man. "Well," said the Colonel, "I vote for death. The wretch deserves it." "Sodo I," said the next, and so on down to the Sixth—a Pennsylvania major. He knew the culprit, a Pennsylvanian like himself, better than the rest. He knew that he was quite capable of tbe crime charged against him. He had no doubt of his guilt. He wanted to see him punished He said all this to the other members of the court, and then he added "But you know we are not a legal courtmartial. We have no authority to act —certainly no authority to kill. We may sift the evidence presented against
a man for own satisfaction, but we cannot sentence, much less kill him. The most we can do is to
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refer charges against him to the War We can't kill him—" Suddenly interrupting himself, he said: "Colonel, what's that in you hand?" "The rope,'- said the Colonel", grimly "I've been platting it as we talked," and he passed it around. He had taken an old shirt, torn it into narrow strips and woven it into something that looked like a rope. "Now, Major," he said, when it was. {landed back to him, "what you hAvesaia is ail very well. It does credit to your heart as well as to your head. But you're outvoted the majority is against you. The sentence of the court is that the scoundrel shall die, and die he will this minute, for I'll kill him myself. Come. Captain," he said to t&e brawny Irishman next him, "you and I will settle tbe rascal." "Why, you wouldn't strangle him in his sleep, would you asked the Major, also on his feet -as the others moved toward tbe sleeping form of the traitor. "Certainly," whispered the Colonel, *'*why not? He can't pray, and we can't have any noise." "You never will," said the Major firmly,
retting in front of tbe Colonel "I won't you—you'll have to kill me first—I won't stand by and see you stain your honest hands with his dishonest blood in such a way as that. Why. man, it would be murder. You would be a murerer. Iwon't permit it." -Gliding softly before tbe rest he reached tbe sleeping man and sat down beside his bead. There be sat till the gray morning came stealing through the chilly atmosphere. Long before that time the Colonel and bis companions, baffled, and disgusted, bad stolen away to their sleeping places, carrying tbe platted rope with them. As soon as tbe Major could see the traitor's face in tbe dim light of the dawn, he waked him and tola him all that bad occurred. "Now, sir," he said sternly, "I saved your life last night, although I believe you worthy of death. I won't do it aqain. I saved your life for my sake, not for yours. My ad vice to you is that as soon as the guard comes in for roll-call, you get out of Libby, and as soon as you get to Washington, get out of the army. If you're in the army when I get out I'll prefer charges against you, and if I meet you I'll killyou." Trembling with excitement, the wretch without a word of denial or palliation, got up, and, as soon as the guard cameln, got out. The stalwart six forwarded charges against him from Libby. When they got out of prison tbey found him out of the army, so tbey dropped tbe matter. The traitor is In tbe army now, reinstated by tbe act of Congress, I believe, but the Msjor who promised to kill him on sight, is under the green sod of the prairie. Still the Colonel would make things lively for tbe traitor if they met face to face.
UILDING MATERIAL. Cement, Lime, Plaster, Lath, Plastering Hair,
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THE WHOLESALE HOUSE
Is pressed for room, and have sent us
200 Doz. Ladie's and Children's Hose, and 100 Dozen Gloves,
To be retailed at 5 and 10 cents per pair.
Many of them are worth four times as much money and are real bargains.
We have JERSEY JACKETS in Navy, Black and Cardinal, at $2, which we guarantee equal to any $2.50 Jacket in the city. Our $2.50 JERSEY is fully equal to any $3. one to be found elsewhere.
BUCKEYE CASH STORE,
6th & Main St. Terre Haute Ind.
TRAQUAIR & WILKES,
DEALERS IN
HOUSE DECORATIONS, WINDOW SHADES, &C.
^Bff*House and Sign Painting, Graining, Paper Haneing and Decorating entrusted to our care will be executed in the latest artistic styles. Sole Agents E. W. Rider's Pillow Sham Holder and Lifter.
IOR TRADE—JERSEY OOWS FOR A pair of Farm Horses or V. PRESTON.
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RENT-TWO NICE ROOMS F(R entleman and wife only, in KOOP* BLOCK, cor. Sixth and Cherry street.
riOR RENT-A NEW FRAME HOUSE No 1536 third Ave. east of Polytechnic, of three rooms, pantry and cellar with cwtem and wood shed, at eight dollani a month in
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3R SALE OR TRADE-FOR CITY acre*) of land southeast of the city, three miles from the coart boose. Apply to J. C. BL RNS,
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Machinery and Machinery-Users Supplies.
Flour Mill Work Our Specialty.
Have more patterns, larger experience and capacity, and employ more mechanics than any other similar establishment within seventy-five mile of Terre Haute.
R«p»lr and Jobbing Work given apeelal attention. Write or call on us and see for yourselve". 201 to 885 North Wnth street, near Union Depot.
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