Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 14, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 March 1884 — Page 5

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

City News.

'TBTB

thrifty pie-plant will soon appear

'to give variety to the pie. WE

are in the midst of a photograph-

«rs' war, nnd now is the time to have your picture "took." THB

"epizootic" has broken out in

Cleveland, and owners of horses should jratch the-first symptoms. THE

equinoctial arrived last Tuesday,

a week behind time, but made things ex4 tremely lively during its brief stay THE

ladies are eager to visit the Board

of Trade roo-r. since it was announced that it was such an excellent place to And a man. •'I

Two little boys engaged in a fist fight a few evenings ago because each one claimed the same young man as his sister's beau.

PROMINENT build says at least five hundred buildings of one kind and another will be put up in this city the •coming season.

THBBI

Jthan

the whistle of the Wagon Works does not blow for active work sixty -days after the first shovel of dirt is thrown for the buildings, Col. Fish loses' a box of cigars he wagered to that effect this week.

you are invited to a "commerce"' party, just slip a deck of cards into your pocket, and although you are invited to play whist and euchre, you will find it quite handy to drop a pile of poker chips into the other pocket.

MAPLE

THE

are only about forty compli

mentary season tickets used at the Opera House this winter, a amaller number

ever before. .w THE

Park Commissioners had a meet-

this week and discussed the building of fence, water supply and other preliminary work to be done this spring.

THB

Polytecnic now numbers about

fifty students, with enough applicant* for the next examination to fill up tbe limited number, one hundred and flfiy.

FAVORITE amusement with the boys in the south part of town is to stretch a wire across the sidewalk, after dark. Several persons have been quite seriously injured.

SOME

co*1*8

arouDd-

THE

jail yard is being made attractive

with a coat of green sod taken from the court house square. Don't let it pass out of your mind that the Davis Family concert will be given on Monday after Easter. April l4th.

THE

preachers were encouraged in

their good work by large audiences at the several churches last Sunday. THE

brick makers are getting ready for

an immense business this season. There will be demand for all the brick they can make.

WORK

THE

solid prosperity and steady

growth of this city is due to the fact that a greater proportion of its inhabitants live in houses of their own than in any town in the weet.

DISECON

has paid

9200

of putting a bill board around the court house square, and is now ready to supply the most extravagant demand of the coming circus. 6

THE

Choral Union has ordered a 9625

bell for St. {Stephen's church, to be put in place on the 12th of April. Col. Thompson has been invited to make a speech at the "raising."

DR. HUMPHREYS,

THE

cynical old bachelor suggests

that people make it a cuntom to marrv hi Lont, so that they may have soon thing to repent of as often as the season

Sli&i

city library is growing so in pop

ularity that the trustees contemplate .getting larger quarters. The library jihould be on the ground floor and its reading room made convenient and attractive.

sermon of Rev. C. P. Croft, last

Sunday, is said to be one of the best that gentleman has ever delivered. It was broad and liberal in Its doctrines and thoroughly ssnsible and practical. It was just such a sermon ss people need and was received with marked approba-' tion by tbe large audience.

JUST

at present, china painting and

various kinds of fancy-work have given place to a rage for studying the languages, and most of our ambitious ladies are taking lessons in French and German. This is a welcome and beneficial change, for the decorative art craze had reached the borders of lunacy.

syrup is selling on the streets

at from ft.25 to91.50a gallon but, as the augar season has been almost a complete failure, it will require considerable "doctoring" to produce enough "pure maple molasses" to supply the demand.

BEWARE

of frozen oranges. When

(his fruit is offered below cost you may be sure it has been frozen. Outwardly the oranges appear sound but inside they are soft, pulpy and tasteless. There are an immense amount of them in tbe markets i,

THERE

FT. WAYNE

x|*

is but one expression in re-

gard to the approaching campaign, and that is a wish that it was over. Excitement runs high, 111 feeling la engendered, business is dull, money is scarce and there is general demoralization all around, during campaign year.

MRS. CHARLOTTE

sister-

in-law of Mrs. Hamill rim for many years a resident iu the family, died Tuesday afternoon, after a lingering illness of consumption. She was a most estimable lady, although known to but few, having a quiet and secluded life.

latest device in fancy work is the

harlequin or slumber rug. It is called "harlequin" because it is designed to use all the brifht odds and ends of worsted in its construction, and it is called "slumber rug" because all the lady's mental faculties go to sleep while she is making it. -*j

THE

body of Jacob Ironsffitth. the

blacksmith, who committed suicide last -Saturday morning, by jumping from the Mam street bridge into tbe river, has not yet been recovered. It will probably rise to the surface some time next week, and some distance below the point he Jumped in, as the river was high and the current quite swift.

A NUMBER of exchanges are noting the fact that every year thifre is an Increase of vacant houses labeled "To Rent." They attribute it to the vast number of houses that are being built through the Building and Loan Associations. We have sixteen of the Associations in operation in this city, and it is as easy tor a man to build a boose of his own as to pay rent.

ONE

of the most dangerous animals

that is allowed to run at large, is the small boy with the pea shooter. Armed with a small tin tube about flf sen Inches long and a pocket full of peas, beans, corn and "spit ball*,*' he is the terror of the school girls and tbe torment of the passers by. These pea shooters are capable of doing damage and if {Barents do not want :r boys picked op by the would better put a stop to this mischief.

THE

JOHN

yeung man cards the

public with the following: "Notice.—I wish to inform the public "at large, and female husband-hunters in partloular, that I am not in the market." Our columns are open to any of our young men who are suffering from the annoyance of "female-husband-hunters."

a recent "sooiety" meeting the ladies were discussing what luxury they should do without and it was unanimously decided that if must be what they enjoyed most, they would all give up talking. Some or the merchants say they think a great many of the men must have decided to keep Lent by not paying any bills.

LITTLE boy hai been down street on an errand a few evenings ago, and as he reached the gate, he gave a shout to let his mother know he was coming. Instantly he was collared by a policeman with the remark, "We can't have any hollooing oil the street." It is a great comfort to know the laws Of our city are so rigidly enforced.

COFFEE

VR.0R,

Indianapolis Board of Trade have

token up the question of oleomargerine, suine, ett. It is to be hoped the Terre Haute organisation will consider the same subject, at an early date. There is a much larger quantity of bogus butter sold in our markets than people in general, have any idea of. Notwithstanding the law that all such stuff shall be labeled with its proper name, it is daily sold over the counter as pure country butter.

THE

Congregational Sunday School,

numbering about two hundred members, will meet once a month for games and various kinds of recitations. The first meeting was held last week. The children selected their own games and for several hours enjoyed blind man's buff, drop the handkerchief, etc. One little group of boys, standing idly in a corner, were asked by Rev. Croft why they did net join the games. "We don't like to play anything bat leap-frog," ww the reply. "Then play leap frog to your hearts' content," said be, and tbey were soon in the midst of this game.

FAWOI

HACKS

THE

on the government building

will not be commenced before June. The new court house will probably be the first ready for use. "I CONSIDER Terre Haute the best manufacturing point in the west!" These were the words of Ool. Fish at the Board of Trade opening—and don't you forget it!

THE

in jail since the 6th

of February for the murder of Lee Carithers, has st last secured satisfactory signatures to his bail bond, and was released on Monday evening. He went to his home at Fontanet, where he will continue to practice medicine until called on for trial.

NEW TESTAMENT.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for tbe stomach's sake and thine after infirmities.—First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, v. 23. "Who loves not Woman, Wine and Song,

Bemalns a fool his whole life long."

is the custom of some churches located near the colleges and seminaries to offer free seats to "charity students." The Episcopal ohurch of this city has taken a step in this direction and has set apart there pews for the use of tbe Poljrteetnic, Normal and Commercial students. Unless we are mistaken these students have too much self-respect to sit in seats labelled "Charity." The act is generous on the part of the church, but a little humiliating for the student. We had supposed there were hundreds of seats in all the churches, not labelled as charity, to which these laaies and gentlemen were always welcomed.

took a sudden'tumble this

week, but this will not effect the beverage usually served up at breakfast under that name. It may vary in price but never in quality, in the hands of the average cook. It is astonishing how much good coffee is ruined in the making, and yet it is the simplest dish that is prepared in the kitchen.

is as easy to give advice as to find fault. The lessees of the opera hohse have had no lack of the latter the past few months, and now The Mall ventures a word of the former. It is this: Next season let tbe lessees give Mr. Hager, or whoever may be the loeal manager, a voice in the contracts and entire management here. Let the local management be in the hands of ene who knows our people, their wants and tastes, their likes and dislikes, one who has business and social interests here, and our word for it, complaints will be fewer, and faultfinding will measurably cease. Mr. Hager has been blamed for a great deal that he has no power to change or control.

THE

TEKEE HAUTE SATURDAY lEVTOTJSTG MATTi

sold on yesterday the

old Hager homestead on south Fifth street for 96*. to be moved off immediately to allow the building of an elegant new residence in its place.

Davis family—the thirteen who

take part in the coming concert—were photographed at Young's gallery this week, each in cabinet size. Tbe pictures will be framed and on exhibition at Button's next Monday.

Terre Hante and Southeastern

railroad has been sold by the Tuells to a company of home capitalists with W. R. McKeen and Joe. Collett at the head. Though the Yandalia is not the purchaser, it will of course be operated in connection with that wide spreading corporation.

LAST

for the privilege

night the directors selected the

ground offered by the Baiersdorf heirs as the site for the new wagon works. The location is east of Fourteenth street, between the Yandalia railway and liberty Avenue. Property holders in the vicinitty contributed between 96,000 the 97,000 to purchase the land and present it to the company.

mother of Jacob Ironsmith lives

at Middlebury, Clay county. Last Saturday morning at eleven o'clock, at about the time be ended his life by lumping from the bridge into the river, she heard a startling crash in an Upper room of the house. She was making bread at the time, and without waiting to remove the flour and dough from her hands, hurried up stairs, but found nothing disturbed or anything to cause the singular noise. What was it.

OVERHEARD

at Fogg's Ferry:

ONE

"O,

Mary, see how many more men than women there are in the audience." "Well, what of it? They all look respectable." "Yes, but when you see so many meq you may know there is going to be some, high 'kicking,' and I'm afraid it won't be proper." Well, my dear as you've attended all the comic operas this winter, without blushing, I guess it won't be so bad that you can't stand it."

of our Main street saloon keepers

has had printed upon his business cards the following quotations: OLD TESTIMENT.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be heavy hearts. Let them drinK and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.— PKOV. XXX: 6,7. .........

war among the' photographers

has caused a broad grin on Printing House Square, this week. Last Saturday W.

THE

A Co^ pumpkin wns cut on

Wednesday evening and the seeds counted by a committee selected. It was found that sixteen of their patrons had guessed the right number—715. The next evening these sixteen sharp guessera drew oards from a hat and

J. B.

Car

ney, at Taylor's barber shop drew the prise a gold watch. There were over 10,009 tickets issued, showing a pretty good dgs* trade. Tbe count of tbe coffee Jar showed 16,014 grains, Ed. English was the lucky guesser and took tbe box of cigars.

Staples completed with bis

own hands a temporary frame structure south of the Gazette office, and announced that for thirty days he would make cabinet photos for 93

dozen, a cut in

prices of just one-half. The other photographers— Eppert, Adams, Wright and Young—with a view of crushing him, immedistely set to work, and have oompleted right alongside a duplicate building where they propose to take cabinet photos for 91*50 a dozen—cutting the first cut in half again. It is an interesting fight, especially to those desiring cheap pictures, but the question naturally arises, if these pictures can be made at these prices, what sort of profit have the photographers been making at six dollars a dozen.

Des Moines Mail hss sn article on

mail carriers so pertinent that we quote, in behalf of our own boys in gray: "A policeman's lot is not a happy one no morels that of a mail carrier. One of these worthies,in this city, recently said to a friend: "I must all ways be pleasant snd agreeable, come what will bat it takes all there is in me to keep so, some-times. There are scores of people in town who will keep a postal card a week to get a chance to give it to me, instead of mailing it in the box on (be next corner. They usually forget about the thing till I am half a block away across a street knee deep with mud, when they hail me and make me come back and get it. This! most do,snd anile, and smile, wad be polite. But sometimes I do long to be a villain, jnst for few minutes!"

MAJtBZAOB LiaSNSSa. Ibe following marriage licenses have been issued since our last report:

David Sharp and Mattle Reaadn. John M. C. Archer and Adella F. Fraxler. Simon Gobin and Anna Meeker. Edward Edwards and Lulu Bush. John A. Wllliaon and Rose Stoehr. Moees D. Teagae and Clara S. Darrell. Joseph £. Davis and Emma BusseU.

—I. Rothschild take a large portion of our space to tell of some extraordinary bargains the coming week.

Nqpre agents should lay in an extra supply of the Saturday Night, as J. M. Disbon is distributing here 7,000 copies with first chapters of a new story entitled "More than Forsrken or Hunted by Hate."

THE

greatest number of any one book

ever brought to this city was received this week by Button & Co. at tbe Central Book Store. It is two thousand Dictionaries, and the immense pile exhibited in the show window attracts attention. The price is a marvel of cheapness —a cloth bound book, containing over 32,000 words and illustrated with 670 engravings, for only 15 cents. Get a copy.

—R. L. Ball is ever showing visitors to his elegant stove store something new. He is now tickling the ladies' fancy with a bread bowl, elegantly shaped in tin, with a cover. Every housekeeper will have one on seeing it. His stock of Mantels is superb—the designs elegant and elaborate, and the finish of the best. He is ready for summer's heat with a lot of the best refrigerators in all sizes and at prices to suit.

—Ask your grocer for Conant & Son's flour.

"Photographs for the Million." In order to advertise my new ground floor gallery to get samples of mv work, for the next thirty days only, I will make first class cabinet photos for 93.00 per dozen, cards 92.00 per dozen. Remember this holds good for thirty days only. W. F. STAPLES, 83 south fifth street. —Mss.

DOUGLASS

has just reoeived a

large invoice of Spring Hats and Bonnets, Flowers and all Novelties in Trimmings. Childrens' School Hats at the lowest prices. *626 E. Main street.

ART NOVELTIES

In large variety and new designs, 5 to lb of each on sale only a few days at the Famous Shoe Store, 513 Main street. I

1»

Diamond Edge

—Conant & Son make the best flour in the city.

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PAUL P. MISCRLtin

Invites you to his Parlor Meat Market, on Main street, east of Sixth, when you want the choicest cuts of meat of any kind. Give him a call.

ANY MAN CAN PAY Fftralot fn lfr years. Look at lots East of Fourteenth on Popular to be sold on ten years time. J. H. BLAKE, 225 Ohio Street. —Go to Conant A Son's mill for flour, shipstuff, bran cheapest and beet. —If you have any goods to dispose of( household or otherwise, you of course want the best market price. Mrs. Riley, 100 north Third street, will pay the higheet price in cash for suoh articles as you have. She is one of the oldest secondhand dealers in the city, and her reputation for fair dealing in both buying and selling articles of second-hand is established beyond comment.

Homes For Sale on Long Time.' I offer the lots remaining unsold between .Walnut and Poplar streets east of Fourteenth street, cheap, on time to suit the purchaser. Six per cent Interest.

J. H. BLAKE, 225 Ohio St.

Bay a Lot and Bnlld.

Lots for sale between Walnut and Poplar streets, east of Fourteenth street. Terms to suit anyone.

J. H. BLAKE, 225 Ohio St.

—Don't let an incompetent person tinker with your Watch, but if it needs repair take it to Jacob Kern who is a watchmaker in the full sense of the word* Jewelry repairs have prompt attention.

V100 WOOLEN MILLS. The Vigo Woolen Mills have not been sold or leased, but are still selling the best goods at reduced prices.

U. R. JEFFER8.

Diamond Edge.

NO BLOW.

Fine Merchant Tailoring a speciality at Allen's, corner Sixth and Ohio street. Only the best goods kept

MILLER'S MEN

Are all Oror Town Delivering Groceries From the Well Known and Well Kept

Chestnut street Grocery.

Joe Miller offers to-day:

NEW VEGETABLES. TURKEYS, CHICKENS, MAPLE SYRUP,

BUCKWHEAT FLOUR,

snd all the best and freshest goods, orner Ninth andCbstn]||jrtreet«.

J. ROTHSCHILD S CO.

OPFEE IFOIR THIS

COMING WEEK

THE FOLLOWIira

Extraordinary, Bargains!

5,000 yarts of double width English Cashmeres, all colors, fully 36 inches wide, never offered before for less than 35c, for only 25c. 3,400 yards of Standard Apron Gingham worth fully 8c. only 6«c. '& 4,000 yards of full yard wide Unbleached

Muslin, excellent value, at 6»c., for 5c. 2,200 yards of Fruit of the Loom 100's, at 10Jc., worth 12»c. 3,800 yards of Lonsdale and Fruit of the $

Loom Muslin at 8»e. 1,500 yards of nice Dress Goods, clear wool filling, cheap at 14c. for, 10c.

BLACK SILKS

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In Black Silks our assortment is complete and comprises amongst other first class makes the celebrated "Our Monopoly" brand. These goods are noted for the beauty of their finish, their width and durability, and our prices on them will be lower than those asked by other houses for inferior makes. Our assortment of

BLACK DRESS GOODS

Is the most extensive in the city, and contain besides the best brands of Cashmeres and Henriettas all the novelties such as Drap de Loudres, Popeline, Ottoman Broche, Ottoman Rayure, Drap de Murcie, Biaritz, Nuns Veiling, Plain and Lace Bunting. We have an elfegant line of fine imported

FEENCH PLAIDS

The most beautiful ever exhibited in this city. ..... French, Scotch and Domestic

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DRESS GINGHAMS ':W

Is superb, and is worth anybody's trouble to examine. Our

Turkey Red Table Damask,

Warranteed fast? colors, at 45c., is fully equal to any in the city at 60c a yard. We call attention to a choice line of

CASSIMERES for BOYS WEAK,

At, 35, 50 and 60c, sploruiid value. In

Hosiery, Kid Gloves, Corsets, Laces, Hamburgh and Notions,

We have a very extensive assortment of the best goods at the very lowest prices. A full line of 5 fV'

MEN'S and BOY'S

UNLAUNDRED SHIRTS

YERY CHEAP.

Ladies Jerseys in all Colors.

|5§H Remember our stock is fresE throughout, no old shop worn goods will ,r be palmed of on you as the latest styles our goods are the best, our prices the lowest and by giving us a call, when in need of Dry Goods, you will save money.

J. ROTHSCHILDS CO.

422 Main Street. Terre Haute, Ind.

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