Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 14, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 October 1883 — Page 4

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Noa. 20 and 22 Soath Fifth Street, Printing Home Square.

P. S. WESTFALL,

KDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

TKRRE HAUTE, OCT. 27, 1883

OVER twelve printed of this Mail.

thoosand copies week's iijggjgf

are The

'& IT would be an interesting and startling item to have tbe names of citizens and the amounts they have contributed to feed Chicago sharpers.

*t? ,* IF you object to so much advertising A on the outside pages, turn to the inside 4 where there is much more than tbe usual amount of interesting reading.

EVANSVXLLE is getting ambitious. A "public mooting has been called to oonsider the question of holding an industrial exposition there next year.

THK Express and the new. Daily Courier are already in a war of words, ,,It is about ''the gang." The Express wants the new daily to pitch into it, and the n. d. calls for names of the men composing the "Wall street gang," and statement of what they have done.

If some of tbe good postmasters would clean the faces of their official stamps, we oould tell better where a letter comes from when a correspondent incloses a f2 bill for The Mail and doesn't mention his postofflce address. It is not an unusual thing to tind just such omissions in letters containing valuable enclosures.

Now that the pension lists are accessible to the public, the Grand Army of the Republic has an opportunity to do a good service to tbe people by carefully examining tbe record and exposing all oases of fraud. This will materially lighten tbe burden which tax-payers are glad to pay for pensioning the genuine soldiers of tbe war.

HERE'S a suggestion for our preachers when next season's Sunday base ball is resumed. Down at Houston, Texas, a colored pastor led his congregation to the diamond where the boys were playing at base ball on Sunday, and there the brethren and sisters knelt in prayer. They occupied all the bases and thus effectually stopped the game.4

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THH Northern Pacific has been compelled to put a second mortgage of twenty millions on its road. The money is needed for completing the line, building bridges, etc. The managers say that during the five weeks that the road has been operated as a through line the receipts have been fully up to their expectations. There is no doubt but tbe road will pay, and tbe bonds were easily disposed of at a good figure..

SOME idea of New York asa mone oenter may be gained from its clearing bouse transactions as compared with those of other cities. For the week ending Oct.* 20, the New York clearances were 1919,000,000, while those of Boston were but $73,000,000, Phiadelphia, #84,000,000, and Chicago #51,000,000. The whole country outside of New York Showed #299,000,000, or hardly more than fourth of those of New York city alone. No wonder there are money kings in New York.

A WASHINGTON speclkl says Justice Harlan is not disposed to take any stock In tbe talk of his making an available candidate for the Presidency because of his dissenting opinion on the civil rights bill. He would be very soft if he did take «ny stock in them. It has come to be the fashion to couple every public man's name with tbe Presidency the moment he does anything to attract attention in any way. In a week or a month the whole thing is forgotten and some other man is being put through tbe same paces.

THB colored people are grumbling a good deal over the civil rights decision. They are unnecessarily exercised about the matter. They will find by experience that their rights are so firmly assured that there will not be any disposition anywhere to attempt to deny them. Ihere baa been a great deal of buncombe in this business and aspiring statesman have sought to make political capital out of it for themselves or their party. Let our colored ciUsens dot be themselves in the panoply 51 patience and await rewit®-

A LONDON correspondent writes that there is a general expectation among European statesmen and diplomatists that Europe will be involved in war next year. Tbe outlook has been in that direction tor some time past. There has been a good deal of grumbliug between the powers, and Russia and Germany In particular have been making warlike preparations. What the war will be about nobody can tell, but it doesn't re* Quire much of an excuse for hostilities, when the trig fellows over their want a war, and they want one pretty frequently.

THE prohibition vote in Ohio presents some other unexpected phases. An analysis of the vote shows that the prohibition amendment bad a dear -majority of all the votes cast with the ezcep-

made

tioc of five counties, which include the I the remedy for this growing evil? The large cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo Inspite of repeated assertions to the contrary tbis shows that tbe amendment was defeated by tbe population of the-cities,

DURING tbe week meetings of colored people have been held in Washington, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and other places to give expression to ther sentiments on the recent decision of the Supreme court on tbe civil rights bill. The decision of tbe court has been almost universally condemned by the colored people as narrow and bigoted, and Justice Harlan complimented for bis dissenting opinion. At the meeting at Indianapolis Senator Harrison made an excellent and well-tempered speech in which he depicted the status of the colored race in Indiana when he came to the State in 1854, and followed tbe course of legislation which led to the equal rights they now enjoy, aud assuring them that if anything further was needed to guaranteeall the rights they now possess he should exert all his influence to obtain it. He also said frankly that as a lawyer he thought there was strong reason in support of the decision of the court. The speech

an excellent impression

and called forth repeated applause.

AT last the great bequest of Mr. DePauw to Asbury University has been practually secured. The friends of the college fell short of raising the #150,000 required of them by Mr. DePauw's first proposition,but succeeded in getting the amount up to #120,000,.and Mr. DePauw now doubles that sum, giving #240,000. This with the1 #60,000 raised by the citizens of Greencastle, will make over #400,000 that the University will receive at once, besides which a large part of Mr. DePauw's estate, estimated at from #1,000,000 to #1,500,000, will go to the University at his death. Indiana Methodiaiism and indeed Indiana's educational interests, are to be congratulated on this large acquisition to the educational capital of the State. Whether tbe college is known by one name or another is of trifling consequences so that its capacity for enlarged usefulness be increased. )Uoury, or DePauw University, as it has, been recbristened, will now enter upon a much wider career than its limited resources have hitherto rendered possible.

THE most sensible and practicable temperance reform movement yet inaugurated is the action of large corporations and business houses in different sections of the country in giving notice that hereafter they will not employ men in their service who are in the habit of using intoxicating liquors. Many a man drinks from habit and association, rather than from choice, and would be only too glad for an excuse to quit it. His acquaintances drink and invite him to drink with them and in return he feels bound to invite them to drink with him. Let him be able to say that he has a good position which he will lose if be drinks, and it will be easy to avoid the temptation. When tbe employers throughout the country generally shall adopt this wise course, alike beneficial to themselves and their men, intern perance will be given a blow more staggering than would be given it by all the laws that could be placed on the statute bodies. Here is a trail which the temperance people should follow for all there Is in it.

DURING the present year3,000 Mormon immigrants have landed at the port of New York and tbe Mormon leaders claim to have75,000 converts in Europe ready tooome. One of the leaders said recently: "We are laboring in every country as far as Iceland on the north and New Zealand on the south. We almost encircle tbe globe." Not long since twenty-five missionaries were sent into the Southern States where they are reported to be making many convert*. They have also been working in this and probably in mcei of the other States. So for from making any concealment of jtheir work the Mormons glory in mak-

Fjiw of our readers, white engaged In strengthening their nerves with a cup of tea, imagine they are swallowing pulverised charcoal, bone-black,, day, terra known and fling defiabce openly alba, polvertwd aoap-ston^ taks,

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iQ|o tbefaceof tbe United State* gov-

cdan bine, gravel, and other undesirable The question to be settled Is commodities. Such is tbe stuff «4en-

tificexperts employed by the Neer York

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Board of Health have found in tbe gwen f^^^^ So far it must bo concedteas sold In that ay. The best grades Mormons are ahead. black teas are pronounced tbe safest, and tbe Uct ia rendered that "none of the gre»* teas are purs."

Utah and tbe Mormons am

powerful than the United States

TKRKBKHXOTE' SATURDAY!EVENING MAIL.

THE INCREASE OF DIVORCES. The rapid increase of .divorces in recent years in this country is attracting attention of thoughtful men and women. What Is the cause and what

statistics are certainly bad enough. A Chicago paper gives the following summ®ry »tJ a "Daring the last year 587 divorces were granted in Maine^ua increase of nearly 60 per

and that prohibition Is in the majority TO^^^a^e?ncr^Sd"from from apPln 1860 to in tbe country districts. The unexpected discovery is also made that tbe amendment had a stfottg support among Democrats, among counties voting lor it being eleven that gave majorities for Hancock in 1880, while among those voting against were eighteen counties which gave majorities for Garfield. As nearly as can be estimated one-third of the prohibition vote is believed to have been cast by Democrats. These facts indicate that thinking men in both parties are becoming anxious for a fight once for some moral principle, and are willing to break from their old party allegiance in order to do so. They have felt for some time past that there is no real issue between Democrats and Republicans, the main question being as to which party should have possession of the fflces, and both parties are posing and balancing to secure that result without committing themselves upon any dQubtful question. The peoples are getting tired of this sort of thing and unless the old parties show more courage there will be anew one shortly coming to tbe front.

814 in 1882 Maschusettb divorces from 24S to GOO in the same length of time Connecticut divorces from 14 in VMB to 4461a 1880 Rhode Island divorces from 162 in I860 to 281 in 1882. The New York.courts granted 218Ldivorces in 1880,253 in 1881, S1A in 1882. and this

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ear the number "promises tfo swell to 40ft. In past ten yean two of the most populous counties in Minnesota have Increased their divorces 60 per cent faster, than their iparriage. San Franqiaoo leads all the eitles in the country In this particular, Chicago has one divorce to bvery thirteen' marriages, and there isaJraction remaining on the divorce side of th "ledger. Philadelphia had 101 divorces in 18H2,216 in 1872 and 477jta 1882.

All sorts of explanations are given, one of the most common being the facility with which divorces may now be obtained in many of tbe States. This explanation ir far from satisfactory. It lies too near the surface. As a rule people do not buy what they don't want simply because it is cheap. Happily married men and women do not seek divorces, however easily they might obtain them. On the other hand, thoee who are unhappy or discontented with their conjugal relations would seek a dissolution of the bond however hard it might be to get it, or, if that were impossible, would do something even worsen

We must go farther for the true reason. We must go back to the question of why there are so many unhappy married people, for when we have discovered this we will know why so many divorces are sought and obtained. Doubtless the reason which lead all others is that too many young people marry for the sake of luxury and social position rather than from sentiments of genuine love and affection. They are greedy for wealth and show, and when these fail the reason for the marriage falls to the ground and the marriage with it. Never before was there such a rivalry among women in personal and home adornment and lavish ness of expenditure as now. Men are driven and lashed into a frenzy for getting money that stops at nothing, in order to gratify tbe extravagant whims of women who will not be satisfied as long as'any of their acquaintances can make a greater show than they. Naturally enough jars and discords come into suqh lives, and there is not a sentiment of affection deep enough to absorb and bury them out of sight. The connubial yoke is found to chafe, crimination and recrimination begins, and the little love that existed at the beginning is soon smothered entirely out. Then tbe easy remedy of the divorce court is suggested, tbe demands of the law are easily satisfied by some ingenious attorney and the two who were solemnly joined for life in the midst of a brilliant assemblage of friends agree to be strangers to each other.

The remedy for divorces then is a return to the old^ashioned affection between wife and husband, contentment with such a borne as the latter is able to provide, and a cheerful limiting of expenditures within the yearly income, however small that income may be.

AND now tbe Ohio prohibitionists are claiming that the second amendment did receive a majority of all votes cast at the late election but that they were counted out by the perfidy of antiamendment judges. Tbis is a new phase on the situation.

THANKS.

I am very much obliged to our citizens for the liberal trade that I have had this season. And if £hey will continue to do as well I will be but too-too—well, all right, come in.

The reason, I suppose, that I have had a good trade is that I keep the goods that people want, and any one who has not looked through will be somewhat surprised to find so nice a stock in our city. Call and examine.

I don't wish to brag, but I think I have the nicest selected stock in the State. .Nice, nobby, good clean styles, and at as low prices as can be had in our market. Chamber sets, Parlor sets, Office Desks, Parlor, library and Center Tables, Best Spring 1«« oys' Wagons, etc., etc.

E. D. HARVEY.

SOME OTHER DAT.

Before enclosing your new home, step in at A. G. Austin 6 Go's and see the Bronae Hardware selected by Mr. Willard Kidder for his modern and beautiful residence.

—Shirts laundried for 10 cents at Star Laundry, 677J* Main stieet. Goods called for and delivered.

—W. T. LMKWIT will take his excursion from here October 80tb, over the I. A St. I». to all land points west. If you want a western home he will sell you one on your own time, or exchange farms with yon. Gall on him for full particular*.

--Now Is tbe time to get those Fine Photographs and a chance to draw tbe #30 in gold at Young's Gallery.

—Only 10 cents each for those nicely laundried shirts at the Star Laundry, 677K Main Street.

We Have Moved!

Our Job Printing Establishment to the new building erected especially for our use, on door south of Tbe Mail bnild I lug, where, with added machinery and 1 better facilities, we hope to render satis-

THK family bibie is opened again as a faction toall our patrons. Call and si receptacle fbr autumn leaves. us. MOORE LANGKN.

WHERE IT IS SOLD.

'5- TERKE HAtJTE

L. GwSfet&e Cfee ira House 8. R. Baker P. O. Lobby Grove P. Crafts .^..Terre Haute House News Stand —National. House Clarence Hart .....South of Postofflce Walsh & Smith.. 081 Main Street Mrs. Elisabeth McCutcheon, 1184 E. Poplar St.

ILLINOIS.

Areola, Ills....... —H&rryMoore CaseyTiIJfc. B. P. Miller Chrisman, Ills.. ^..^^.......McKee Bros Hnt^onville, Ills ——...Harry Adams Marshall. Ills V.L. Cole Martinsville, Uls...~.....~~..- J. H. Ramsay Mattoon, Ills J. W. Hanna Paris, Ills W. B. Sheriff A Co Robinson, Ills John M. Harper Boott Land, Ills L. O. JinkTns Toledo, His. Edmuud E. Park Vermillion, Ills J. W. Boyer Ferrell, Ills Elmer Hitch

INDIANA^

Annapolis, Ind ...— Foster M. Maris Atherton, Ind —...Geo. H. Denny Armiesburg, Ind....._~. A. EL Boyd oomingdale, Ind Oscar McCoy Brazil, Ind M. Robertson Bowling Green, Ind Robert Bohannon Brldgeton, Ind W. J. Dnree Clay City. Ind 1 P. T. Jett Carlisle, Ind J. M. Warner Cloverland, Ind H. D. Fails Clinton, Ind..... Edwin Cunningham Catlin, Ind Joseph A. Wright Coal Bluff, Ind.. E. Davis Coffee, Ind J. H. Curry Dana, Ind Chas. Hutchinson Engene, Ind J. A. Conaway Fontanett, Ind Ed. C. High Greencastle, Ind....... J. K. Langdon Harmony, Ind J. H. Strong Lewis, Ind J. 8. Bryan Merom, Ind ...» A. B. OK per Montesuma, Ind Chas. E. Hunt New Lebanon, Ind Lee Burnett Praireton, Ind T. L. Jon» Pimento, Ind W. T. French Perrysville, Ind J. E. Sinks Rockvllle,ind A. C. Bates Rosedale, Ind W. Bucher Sullivan, Ind ..W. S. Smith Banford, Ind Ed. May St. Marys, Ind„ F. M. Curley Shelburn, Ind Chais. Froment Newport, Ind ..Bird Davis

IT'S .A.

DAISY!

Go and see it.'

WHITE MONT

HE HAS TO DAY

Dressed Turkeys and Chickens, Quails and Rabbits, Oysters, Celery Cranberries, Ripe Tomatoes, Oyster Plant, Rhubarb, Squashes, Belleflower Apples, Jersey Sweet Potatoes, Cauliflower, Catawba Grapes, California grapes, new French prunes, Dried Blachberries, dried raspberries. Buckwheat Flour, Maple Syrup, Mince Meat, Apple Butter.Red Raspberry Jam, new Figs, New Raisns, New Currants, Choice Butter, Horse Radish in Bottles Oranges and Lemons.

Fresh California Grapes, Pears, Quinces, Plums, Catawba and Concord Grapes, Fine Peaches, Sweet Oranges, Bananas Cocoanuts, Chestnuts, fec., at Eiser's 9th and Main.

Miller's Menu

For this Week at the Chestnut Street Grocery of Joseph Miller.

The following is among the collection:

Cranberries, Buckwheat Flour, Celery,

Poultry, Turkeys, Peaches.

And plenty of other good things.

New Progress Caramels, Taffys, Butterscotch,

Chocolate Creams, French Candies, Ac., nice and fresh at EHse^, 9th and Main.

Best: Home Made Calf Shoes for Women, at A. H. Boegeman's 104 S, 4th St.

"Sportingmeirs Supplies." The new Parker Top Snap, Colts English and German Breech and Muzzle Loading Guns American Wood, Dittmar and Dupont's Sporting Powder Paper and Brass Shot Shells Concentrators and Black and Pink-Edge Wads: Shells loaded carefully to order, at No. 22 north 4th.

R. R. TEEL & BRO.

Wanted'.

WANTED—STOCK

F°ciR

FOR

TO PASTURE—THE

undersigned has about 100 acres of excellent pasture, blue grass, timothy and dover, on his farm, six and one-half miles west of the city, well supplied with shade and water. Horses and cattle taken at anytime until Oct 1st, 1883, at boh per month

G.O.JOAB.

For Sale.

SALE-JERSEY COW-with young calf. An extra milker. L. F. PERDUE, 26 NorlH Sixth St.

SALE-FOUR SHARES in Building and Loan Fund Association No. 10. Enquire at P. SCHLOS8' Clothing Store, tf

For Rent.

rX)R RENT—My Residence property on JP oorner of Chestnut and 12th streets. M. M.JOAB,813X Ohio St.

FOR

RENT—Three small east part of the city—a one of them. M. M. JO A

houses in the .... stable with 318% Ohio St.

T7K)R RENT—ROOMS—UP-STAIR FRONT Rooms for rent, that are oentrally located. Call at 709 Ohio street.

To Loan.

ONEY TO LOAN—at lowest rates on long time. Good ca lateral required. Call on or address EDWARD BARTON, 834 Main street.

Amusements.

PERA HOUSE.

LrQ. HAOER, Manager

THIRD ANNUAL TOUR.

MR FREDERICK

WARDE,

Tragedian,

And a strong company of actors under the management of MR. JOHN J. COLLINS.

S-A-TTTRD-A-TT ZE^IE., OCT. 27. .»• Sbakespear's Five-Act Tragedy,

"MACBETH,"

King of Scotland.

Grand Family Matinee, Saturday 2 p. m. The Beautiful Five-Act Play,

'ING0MAR,' jThe Barbarian

Prioes—Balcony and Dress Circle, $1.00 Parquette, 75c Family Circle, 60c Gallery, 25c. Saturday matinee, 50 cents to all parts of the house.

Wanted Ladies to Know

the most desirable place in the city for Hair Trimming, Shampooing, or Children's Haircutting, is the Fifth Street Barber Shop, as it is the only private Tonsoria) Parlor In the city. ®"®t.

"P' v'P

GOODS

H0BERG, R0QT & CO. Main Street

Novelties of th§ Seaso

CHOICE GOODS. '.Vv LOW PRICES. It is the interest bf every lady buying

Dress,

TO SEE OUR STOCK. TO PRICE OUR GOOD Elegant American and Foreign Fabrics

SUCH AS

French Broad Cloths, English Chuenk Cloths./ French Cord' Foules, Serges, Brocades, Billi Cloths and our complete line "Century Cashmeres" in all color from 50 cents to $1.00 a yard.*

Largest and Best Selected Stock

IN THE CITY, AMONG WHICH MAY BE FOUND

The Steinway & .Sons, Decker Bros., Haines Bros., J. & C. Fisher, v' Vose & Sons, Baldwin & Co.

Celebrated Estey,., Shoninger Symbella ... and Hamilton

ORGANS,

Varying in price from $75 to W,

ft foil line of smaller musical mercbandiae and sheet music. We oordiall invite an examination of oar goods whether yoa wish to purchase or not al write for terma and pricea.

J. A. MARSHALL,

328 Main Street Terre Haute, Ind.

CARPET, WINDOW CURTAIN and WALL PAPER DEPARTMENT

BBOEAW BBOS.'

House Furnishing Store, 413 Main, Terra Haute

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Black Cashmeres

Our popular "Century Goods'* acknowledged the best ever offer ed at the price—50, 60, 65, 70, 75 85, 90 and 1.Q0.

JJJG^Samples

by mail free, or

ders solicited and goods sent car riage paid on 6.00 and over.

HOBERG ROOT SFCO

518 and 520 Main Stoet.

VISITORS WILL FIND OUR STOCK OP