Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 14, Number 43, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 April 1884 — Page 1

ol. 14.—No. 43

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Town Talk.

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Politics seems to be the ruling passion thlB country. Before the excitement vor the April election had subsided th parties in this city commenced irding on the armor for the city election

May. Six councilman are to be iected and tbe fight will be more bitter ban it was over the contest for trustee, .he parts that carries the city next 10nth wfil control,

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ne floating vote in November. The smocrats have been in power about a ear, but havo displayed little sagacity running the machine. They seem to nderstand tbe bandwritlngon the wall nd are preparing to step down and out •H gracefully as possible. During their administration they 6ave faithfully ndeavored to divide tbe spoils among he needy as evenly as possible. Nearly very man in search of some petty 'ositlon has had a chance, but few of Item seen* to be pleased. While nearly ill have had chances the changes have been too numerous and frequent to suit hose who have held positions. In the re department new men have appeared Vo often for efficiency, and the effoits the chief to improve tbe force under is control were rewarded by his remov\l. It has been urged in favor of the •resent department that the extra force as been cut off and in consequence Lres »ave been less frequent. The insinuaion has been thrown out that the paynent of extra men on tbe fire department in case of fires caused more alarms 0 be turned In, and consequently caus-

greater loss to property holders. It that during the last year there »ave been few fires, and for several reaons tbe citizens congratulate themselves or It. But it is also true that the inwodiary fires have had nothing to do ith tbe extra men in tbe department. During the summer of 1879, under itnocsatic rule, the city suffered more "rom incendiary fires than at any other me before or since, yet no one ever bought of charging the loss to the fire

Apartment. It is also true that during .at Urns a Repufcitoan was-employed, the ceuucil to ferret out the guilty nes and endeavor to stop the destruction, and to his efforts was mainly due tie decrease. The present force has ever been popular, and the feeling is 1 most universal that a ohange back to be old order of things would be very stable.

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Little complaint has been heard of tbe .iolice force foe several years. The rules governing it have been aocepted with he changes and It generally moves kong smoothly. Terre Haute is not a Avorite resort of thioves or cut throats. They generally give it a wide berth, or 'ailing to do so suddenly come to grief, he clrty has been exceptionally free from rime for along time, and for this the *oliee are deserving of oredit.

There is one thing of which tbe city annot feel very proud at the present iixje, and that la the condition of its treets. In the matter of street Improvements of late the council has endeavor-

Uo make a show of economy which in „be end will oost much more than it vOuM have done to provide liberally for *pairs. The thoroughfares have been ,^41y neglected. Main street at the ^tasking up of wlntor was In no better kwidition than an ordinary country oad, and no more can be said of any of he other streets. During the early portion of the present woek very few of the .rests were In passable condition. The tone crossings were a delusion and a oare, sunk deep beneath the mud and rater, whUe in many places even the dewalks were overflowed. Of course liich a showing of things will make the veasury account look better on the eve fan eleotloo, but it will also make it

Hk thin when the streets are put in toper condition, and the consequences .•ill be charges of extravagance at the ext election.

The city should take pride in keeping its reputation for neatness and public iprovemeute. At the present time it envied by every other city In the State. possesses natural advantages over all rivals, and Is rapidly coming to the ront. In 1800 ita population was a Ue «ver 8,000 in 1870 the figures increased »over 16,000, while in 1880 it was over 1,000. At^the present time it is not lew an SO,000 and is increasing very IT pMf. If it does not reach 50,000 whet lie pxt census is taken the average dt 111 be very much disappointed, lisiens men in search of location seem to refer this to any other city tbe Ftxff nd are locating here. 1 re *ril bo tare puhlio improvements here this

Jstmer than ever i^fors known in the Utoryof the city, none *f which via |t made on borrowed capital. rr« (ante Is pi og resetngt and at proas i» ishing ahead with a fon*whl« ,nbe checked. igO Agr

Just now the Vigo

the county, but are held by the society under a lease which expires in 1887. No rent is required of the society it reaps the benefit of all the show license collected and generally sub-lets and leases to the extent of several hundred dollars each year. It has had every opportunity to succeed, but thus far has failed, and the grounds are now advertised for sale, subject to tbe unexpired term of the lease. The society is in debt about |2,500, Jwhicb the Trottibg Association offers to assume should it become the purchaser, and at the same time allow the old organization to hold its fairs as usual. Tbe society objects to any change or sale of ground. After atrial of twenty years it comes in debt and finds nearly all its improvments worn out, yet it objects

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any proposition

which would relieve it of responsibility and give others an opportunity to do better.

The indications are that base ball will prove a greater attraction this year than it did last, and that in it the politicians will find a formidable rival during tbe coming State and presidentialcampaign. The city has a better club this year than it possessed last season. It is true that tbe boys were uhfortunate in their opening games, but this was due to want of practice rather than lack of skill. When the members have played together a short time better remits may confidently be looked for, and they will make a creditable record before tbe season closes.

A -Woman's Opinions.

1 EASTER DAT. v*.-:-The purest and prettiest of all our annual observances is the celebration of Easter. For a long time many of tbe churches abstained from any special Easter services for fear of introducing that formalism which is very apt to take the place of true devotion. Our Pilgrim Fathers left England with«uch a hatred of these formalities, which they knew by sad experience did not indicate true Cbristisaity, that they utterly repudiated all forma and ceremonies in their plain and austere manner of worship. But we have found it best to modify a great many of the severe customs of these early Purlins who, after rtbe fashion of reformers, renounced one extreme and adoptedrthe other,, @en£y it has become a general custom among all the churches to celebrate in some simple, pleasant way the Easter Festival. Of course on this occasion, as on all others, there are zealots and extremists who overdo matters and border slightly on absurdity but, observed in a moderate, sensible manner, it is a very beautiful custom. At this season of the year we feel that winter with Its hardships and severities has departed. On every side we see evidences of the new life. The brave, hardy, never-failing grass has kindly eovered all the ravages of Ice and enow a thousand flowers are springing up and sending the early blossoms of tbe hyacinth, crecus and daisy ss smiling messengers ef the blooming host that will soon be here the farmer prepares the hospitable ground ior the seed that will bring forth the harvest, and looks with joy at tbe broad wheat fields already robed in living green the fruit trees are radiant with lovely promises in pink and white the maples awing out their delicate, tasseled buds and flitting through the branchee are the happy birds preparing a home for expected little ones.

We may be cynical and of little faith we may be selfish and absorbed in money-getting perhaps we are weary disappointed and depressed, but there is ne heart so world-worn that it does not thrill with emotion at the sight of all this gracious beauty. It may be that on this day the Savior arose from death to gase once more upon the world which he had redeemed it may be that through Him we shall have eternal life and the Kingdom of Heaven but of this much we are sure,—we have inherited, here, a most beautiful and bountiful earth and a life full of wonderful opportunities fear advancement and for happiness.. It semens most natural that once a year we should assemble together in praise and thanksgiving and, surrounded by natures lovely children, flowers, lift up our hearts in gratitude and appreciation. Since all cannot speak, let that one among us who has most of wisdom and eloquence express our thoughts, and let him be assisted by those who have been richly endowed with the gift of music. Surely this is a festival in which all may Join and be better men and women tor so doing. How far we may consider it as typ: 1 of the Resurrection, what faith, religious belief we bring to ita celebration, mast always vary with the tndivi htala, but the custom- of observing Easter is an ancient and beautiful oae and will, no doubt, be revere*uonorod in all the years to

All cf ~nr heihUys were Instituted for jomeg purpose, but many ot them haveb- sadly perverted. For install. fourth of Jtaly was intended to

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ety te occupying a fair share of puuuc' erntea vim average man has come

Tbe fair grounds belong toto thin*..* jan only show bis independ-* progress. There is no question buttbat 'tendon.

ence by getting drunk and committing various misdemeanors. The promiscuous use of firearms is supposed to indicate how thoroughly Independent we are, BO the glorious "Fourth" is becoming a day when respectable people are inclined to stay at home. Christmas was originally intended for a religious festival, afterwards for a day of social intercourse and family reunion it is now taken advantage of by a certain class as a time for dissipation and carousal, which is always excused on the plea that they were "celebrating Christmas."

This disposition to seize upon every day which doee not have to be given to business and to devote it to picnics, excursions, games, saloons, wine-gardeps, etc., is gradually encroaching upon Sanday and making it a mere holiday. In this present age of liberty of thonght, speech and action, It would be useless to make arbitrary rules as to how this day should be spent, but it certainly must be admitted by all that it was intended as a day of rest from the labors of the pant week in order that we may be prepared for the labors of the week to come. Thinking over the way in which so many people spend Sunday, at the present time, one cannot but ask whether they really feel refreshed, invigorated and ready for work on Monday morning? It is argued that a change of occupation tion is a rest and so it is, in some degree, but if a man took ne other rest than to change occupations he would soon wear out. It is rather amusing to converse with one of these so-called "liberallsts" or "free-thinkers." He does not care how people spend Sunday, provided they do not go to church. He will ask you pathetically, "After a man has worked hard all the week, would yoti compel him to sit still in a pew and hear long, dull sermon," etc.? Certainly not. If the sermon is long and dull he would be fully justified in hunting up anew minister the very next Sunday, but there is not one in the city who preaches over thirty minutes and itnll sermons are the exception. .Tbetotftlre service, including the singing which Is always good, only occupies one hour and a quarter. Even if a man has worked hard all tbe week it cannot be any great hardship to sit in a cushioned pew in a comfortable room for that length of ttym. He oould ait on aboard in a broiling sun for three hours and watch a game of ball, and then spend the entire evening sitting on a wooden chair drinking beer and playing cards in a close, unventilated room and yet call forth no sympathy from the "free thinker." Besides, after the hour spent In church, the poor, hard working people have all the afternoon and evening for rest and recreation. You do not find a minister any more bigoted and unreasonable and not half so obtrusive in his opinions, as the "free-thinker" who prides himself on his extremely "liberal" ideas'. One word before leaving this subject of church going, which nobody wants to make compulsory. Aside from all questions of belief or duty, the habit of attending church every Sunday gives men and women a self-respect tkey cannot obtain in any other manner. The same thing may be said of children who attend Sunday school. The songs, the simple prayers, the lessons drawn from the golden rule, the sermon on the mount and kindred subjects, the refined associations, all have a most beneficial effect upon the child, and parents make a mistake who do not gut their children under this influence.

Theee extreme "liberallsts" have some sentimental Sunday suggestions which read well. 'They say "Let the man take his family and go to the woods let him sit with his wife by the rippling brook while his children gather tbe wild flowers, and they will all go home rested and refreshed." This is a very nice way to spend Sunday afternoon, when the weather permits, but yon will find, as a rule, that theee men who are opposed to church going and in favor of Sunday picnics, base ball, dances, etc. are tbe very men who do n9t want their families with them. If you will make the round of Sunday amusements you will find very few men accompanied by their wives and children. Ton may perhaps notice some families In the beer gardens, where even the babies are drinking beer, bat the most pronounced "liberalist" would hardly desire this habit to become universal. These Sunday Amusements are mainly for men, to take them still more away from their families which are already too much neglected. The better of women will never go themselves or permit their children to attend these Sunday carousals. Look at the crowds that come pouring in on a quiet Sunday evening from the dances, picnics and excursions. Hot, dusty, disheveled, tired, and many of them intoxicated, what a condition are they j^a for going to work on Monday morning

Of all these Sunday entertainments, Base Ball Is perhaps the most respectable, and there is a certain classof people who demand and will have some Sunday amusement* Only a few can do the playing and the rest are compelled to

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 19, 1884

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it has injured the saloon business. The gamo should be carefully watched, and, if it degenerates into gambling, drinking and other disreputable practices, it should feel the weight of public senti ment. This floating population must

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somewhere to spend Sunday. They will not stay at home, they will not read, they do not want to improve themselves. Many persons attend secret society meetings cf different Orders there is no serious objection to this. A fespectable, first-class Sunday night concert offers a very good way of spending the evening. When the new Park is finished many can find rest and relaxation there. We must permit and even provide some kind ofSunduy recreation for that restless, roving class of people who insist upon regarding Sunday as a holiday f^r the purpose of enjoyment. There could be no greater mistake than to attempt to stop these Sunday amusements while the saloons stand wide open all day and all the evening inviting the passer-by and, assuring him he shall not be interfered with if he enters there and while every Sunday, day and night, the gambling rooms are in full operation and doing a thriving business.

Those radical persons who would abolish Sunday entirely are the worst kind of communists. Our condition without Sundsy would be deplorable. While there are many who desecrate and abuse it, yet to the vast majority it is a day of reBt, comfort and peace. There is a quietness and serenity about the day that cannot fail to impress the most skeptical. After six days -of rush and noise and excitement, it seems delightful to have the stores and shops all closed and the streets deserted. The very fact that people are expected to put on better clothes bap a good effect. The general appearance and behavior of everybody on the street is superior to that of the other six days. If you go about the city, you see, ia hundreds of cottages, the hardworking father reading or smoking by bis own fireside, tbe women and children cleanly dressed, an air of neatness and cheerfulness on every side. Men are ont walking with their wives and babies, young people are riding together, happy in love's first dream. "But," one may say, "would it not be just as well to observe aqme other day in the week?" as well, perhaps, but p«epi»*W0t$aJustdo

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rivalry in business that one store or shop weuld not close unless all others clesed, and thq employes would not get a boll* day every week unless tbe law provided it for them. We are all so busy that We would not rest one day in seven unless it was specially set apart for us and all our neighbors rested likewise. We would always intend to do it but would put it off from week to week. It would not be practicable to have a sermon every day, and a choir Qf skilled singers, for the few who might happen to come to church. Tbe^e frould be no unanimity,, no co-operation and it would be simply a failure, to scatter Sunday all through the week. It is impossible to estimate the value of this day. It quickens and sustains our religious nature it takes us away from sordid cares and calls our attention to the higher duties and obligations of life it gives us time to cultivate and enjoy the domestic virtues and it brings welcome rest to the tired body and sweet peace to the weary seul.

Ida A. Habpkb.

MISS FISCHER'S BENEFIT. The benefit for Miss Alice Fischer, one of the most popular and accomodating of our home amateurs, will take place at the Opera House,f on Friday evening of next week. Miss Fischer leaves shortly after that for New York, where she will take a series of lessons to perfect her art, and tbe people of Terre Haute who have enjoyed her readings in tbe pest, should see to it that it receives a fitting testimonial. No one has ever exceeded her in'willingness to assist in any worthy object, and a benefit to her should indeed be an enthusiastic one. The entertainment will be something of a novelty here, and possesses unusual merit. It will include tbe prison scene from Trovatore, with Miss Flora Keller and Tom Davis, in the leading parte a scene from "Bohemian Girl," with Miss Helen Jeffers, Mr. Chas. Gould and Miss Kate Gfroerer in the characters, the famous garden scene from Mary Queen of Scots, with Miss Fischer, Miss Maude Hoaford and Mesne. W. H. Hall and A. Adams, in the different rotes and will conclude with tbe laughable farce, "Dead Shot," with Miss Fischer, Will Morgan, John Hager, Geo. Mahare and Ira Oalder in tbe cast. In addition to this. Miss May McEwan will sing and Miss Maude Hosford will give recitations. On the whole tbe entertainment gives promise of being the most novel and Interesting e?ter given here by home talent.

UAJLRIJLOE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last report:

Geo. W. Heck and Aire* Dpv«aiL John F, Moore and Anna £. Stoat.

Chas.

ii. Welch and Mary B. Holmes. Andenon A. Dinkim atid Elisabeth So'chirteBJ. Pwtom and Mary R. Hogan. amat Ulrich and Mary L. Armstrong.

The last issue of Baldwin's Musical Review, can be bed free at J. A. Marshal's Open Mode Store.

SEALED UNTO HIM

Br JOAQUIN MILLER,

AUTHOR OF "SONGS OF THE SIERRAS," "THB DABITK8," "MKMORIE AND BUTE," ETC.

CHAPTER VI. BTJRIKD IN THB \JJOS.

The Danlte leader now beokoned our party to move on, bidding us to leave the heaviest log-chain behind. The horsemen merely glanced at each other. They knew what was to be done, and swung into the saddle as one man. No Cromwell ever had troopers obedient as were ttiese ignorant and desperate followers of the false religion in America.

If you who have this question to settle, sooner or later, will only stop to consider a moment, you will observe that all such monstrosities that poor human nature has brought forth on the earth have two elements for their establishment one, the father of them, a learned man, a superficially learned man, a "crankand the other element, a densely ignorant mass of mankind to sow his doctrines among, to mature and maintain them when they take root. And these two elements are never wanting in recruits. They never will be while ignorance is so general upon the earth. Of course you cannot destroy the leaders, the "cranks," men crazy over their books and about religion. But you can utterly destroy their following. Plough up the field, cultivate it, and the lares will perish in time. This is the remedy. Cultivation, intelligence, education, association with others, have already done much, broken off the hard corners of this rock in the sea. But let ignorance prevail there as it did thirty years ago, and you will see renewed all the ferocity, cruelty, and crime in the new religion which we knew then.

Destroy these people by war! No,, yqu cannot destroy them by war, even though you pour in a million of men with guns and all the treasure of this universe. You might kill them every one and confiscate their homes. And yet in Europe anywhere, everywhere wbpreJfcfete iai fcpkoranee to follow snd^ fanaticism to lead—you might see a Mormon Church.

Our train moved on. The' hdft&mtm galloped along side for a little way after having had some Silent brders from their giant atid iron-hearted leader. Then they rode back. Then they galloped up the hill alongside again, and so remained until we had reached the top of the steep hill. Here we were ordered to stop and wait, till we were permitted again to move on.

No one had spoken to the girl to say good-by. Hope had been kindled in her heart. She had even taken a step forward to fall in with the moving train and follow us as we started. A heavy hand fell on her shoulder. She lifted her eyes to the missionary's, let them fall, and stopped as still as the dead.

When we turned about in the full white moonlight on the hill, sad looked after the horsemen while they dashed down the hill in a cloud of dust, we could see but dimly. But a man who professed to see clearly, Bald the giant was letadlng the girl down toward his own camp, and the ugly coffin hiding away there in tbe shadows.

One of the horsemen rode down to the mouth of the little stream where it fell into the lake, and drew a boat that was hidden there up in a little cove formed by the waters of the brook. We could not see tbe girl now. What was being done?

As said before, we cOnld see but indistinctly now. By and by some one saw the monstrous giant once more poshing Us long black box before him down towards the lake, and pointed out the dark object to others. The horsemen rode some distance leisurely behind, with their hats in their hands. The girl still could not be seen.

At length a dreadful suspicion crept over us, and a cry burst from one of the women. She wrung her hands and cried hysterically that the girl was in tbe coffin and they were going to bury her in the lake.

Tbe woman was silenced with effort, and all stood still as death, waiting, waiting. Tbe moon seemed only a little way above us, only a little higher on the hill, and oh, so pale and pitiful and sorrowing she seemed! The far white mountains of snow shone like diver in this whitest and brightest of silver moons this side of Arabia.

Why were we compelled to stand here and see all this? Surely they meant to murder this girl and make ns witness it, in order to spread tenor and the fear of their power to "judge" and to execute judgment through the land. Hero was

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Fourteenth Year

barrow evidently had a heavier load than ever before. The heavy chain and chained girl?! It moved heavily, slowly, through the great white girdle of gleaming salt slowly and sadly, like a funeral march.

At last it touched the edge of the dark waters. All was still, as silent as death. It seemed that some one of these mentwo of them, three of them, all of them must disobey this giant and monster, kill him if necessary, and save this beautiful girl. Even if they have no sense of chivalry or virtue or valor in them to help the helpless, it did seem as if some one, any one, all, might do almost anything to protect her, save her.

Two men rode up, dismounted, hdd their horses by the long tethers as they stood there fretful and knee deep in the gleaming girdle of salt, and so hastily lifted the long black coffin into the boat.

Tbe giant solemnly and silently took his place at the oar and began to move slowly and certainly toward the dark and desolate rock in the deeps of the lake.

The horsemen remounted, drew back, hats in hand, and so sat with the others looking out at tho colossal and silent boatman with his singular freight. Was he rowing to reach this rock where the corpse had been seen loaded down in the water with chains? Would he not go on, on, on, anywhore, and escape these brutal and blind followers, who believed him a saint engaged in maintaining the Church of Jesus Christ.

But these men did not doubt for a moment. They sat their horses in a crescent about tho head of the lake and looked on, tranquil, silent, reverential, waiting with certainty the signal of death.

Never fell there such a silence. Never was there such a murder as this. Far away above the gleaming towers of snow the stars stood trembling. The moon began to hasten away and slide swiftly r»own in the west behind the hill on which we stood, as if terrified and refusing to be a witness.

The man saw that the moon was going away, and he dipped his oars with rapid and heavy stroke. .The water shone, sparkled, flashed in the moon. The oars dug into the heavy water as if dipping into a sea of molten silver, •he boat struck the rock! You could grate Afid grind, all was so etttl.s he giant stood up In the Boat a second, then With his broad right hand slowly drew back the covering and looked down as if into a face in the coffin. He was so tall, his form seemed like a tree. He cast a black and frightful shadow far out over the sea of silver in the fading moonlight. The mounted Danltes loomed up In the mirage larger than heroic statues. At last the colossal figure in the boat leaned over, caught up something long and heavy from the coffin, stood up tall and terrible with it poised in the air, high above his head in his two mighty hands. He poised it there a moment, dallied with it, heaved his great heavy shoulders, arched his long strong back, surged to and fro in tbe failing silvery moonlight, and then with vehement force threw it forward into the depths of the dark water with all' tbe tremendous power that was in him.

The waters dashed up, gleamed like a sunrise, closed ovor, and all was still again in the heart of the great dark waters of death.

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band was lifted to us from the nearest horseman, and we passed on over tbe hill right in the face of tbe great round moon now settling down to rest in the far-off Sierras, and I never saw the place again for twenty years or more.

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And when Idld return I came from London to write up the trial of Brigham Young, who was then being tried for bis life for complicity in murders like this.

By good fortune I found an old friend of mine was then Governor of the Territory. We searched this spot for the skeletons but, as before observed, the lake had so filled that, while we found' tbe buried rock and little island, we found nothing more.

I told a Mormon elder this story, and he earnestly assured me that all we bad seen of the end was the mirage—a delusion that tbe missionary did not drown tbe girl, but bad taken this course to save her from the Danites that be bad left the girl in tbe willows, to fall in with tbe next train that came by, while he had thrown only his bag of bread or something of thst sort with tbe chain about it into the black waters of the great lake. Let us hope so st least. [THB KVD.]

The entertainment given by the Indianapolis Lodge of Locomative Fireman, on Thursday evening, was attended by a large delegation from Terra Haute. Hie Grand officers of the lodge sod about fifty invited friends went over in a special car. Speeches were made by

a murder to which the murderers de-1 Qov. Porter. Col. J. B. Maynsrd, G. M. manded witnesses and compelled the

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of witnesses. Bat still, ss I others, with manic by Indianapolis before, we could see bat dimly.f uient. Tbe moon was sinking fast now. Howl T* JIT*,*, „»w slow and they were! Tim Th* fifth number of "The Blade," the

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