Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 August 1889 — Page 1

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

Read the new serial •tori* in to-day's Mall. \C y## The-local marriage market Is unusually doll*

Terre Haute's winning ball clnb to making'an enviable twiord.

It 4a now in order for the doctors to challenge tbe lawyer* tor a game of ball. The name of the Roaatan penal colony is appropriately spelled^Sigbberia" MR the exiles.

A Texas jrfrl owns 50,000 sbeep. Wonder how many Texas cowboys would like to take bef as aa elixirifrf life

It ia nothing unusual to bear women called "hens," bat' it in startling to hear them styled "pigs" as in Indianapolis.

In Dee Moines all tbe dummy clock signs point to the hour of 8:17 aa a memorial of tbe assassination of President Lincoln. ______

Oklahoma btds fair to soon meet all requirements for statehood. One of ber city treasurers has defaulted to the extent of f10,000. ______

Southern California expects to have a honey crop of 2,000,000 pounds. They must have a busy lot of bees out in that country. ______

Chicago proposes to have a utatue of Columbus ready to unveil at the World's fair in 1892 provided she gets it. What does New York propose to do?

The tour of the Philadelphia cricketers in England has fended with four games won, three lost and five drawn. And cricket isn't our national game either.

Sinee the Porter administration the governor's office was without a bible until a few days ago when Gov. Hovey purchased one and placed it on its desk.

A daughter of Snell, the Chicago millionaire whom Tasoott murdered, is also going on tbe stage. Now if it were Taeoott himself what a drawing card h| would be.

A Chinese play has been running six weeks la Ban Franeleoo and haa only reached the end of the second aolf The audience will resort to the hart kari at the conclusion. ______

An acute observer says that on his recent visit to Boston tbe president disposed of hand shakers at the rate of fifty in a minute. There is science even in hand shaking.

The corner stone of Indiana's monument to her brave soldiers Is to be laid next Thursday. Indianapolis will do herself and the state proud in the celebration of the event.

It is suggested that a little of the Dr. Brown-Sequard ehxer be injected into the extremities of the New York "Grant monument committee," and "the centennial arch oommlttee."

In Germany it is neeeesary to secure three permissions before cutting down a tree, so stringent are the lawa for the protection of foteeta. 81m liar legislation will soon be required in this country.

Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, haa succeeded in arresting both Sullivan and Kilrain. It remain# to be seen whether he intends to furnish the country with an example of Juatloo or a farce comedy.

Rhode Island is trying to stop Sunday base ball games. There must be little pleasure in playing hall in Rhode Island anyhow, especially for fielders who have to chase the home ran hits over in Con necticut.

The Whitechapel district in London said to be the lowest place, morally, on the earth. In selecting this district for his crmles "Jack the Ripper" displayed a shade of reason although he is undoubtedly Insane.

Word has been received thai Stanley la coming down the coast of Zanalbar with Renin Pasha, 4,000 men and an enormous quantity of Ivory. If this be true add one more to the list of his achievement*.

There to one instance where the elixir of lamb juice has not worked satisfactorily. A Kentucky doctor tried it on an old an afflicted negro and In place of gett'-— well the victim promptly ahuLi.i off his mortal coll. Maybe the doctor got corn juke Instead of lamb Juice. ______

The Karl of frlte haa declined the •hare of the "royal grant'* coming to his wife. This to quite heroic on the part of the xHKte earl altho«rh It moat be admitted 4 hla gener ty would tie atill more striking were he not getting an Income of (MOO.OOO a year anyway. _____

The Louisville Courier-Journal say* ninety-three per eecttu of mtH* "t Alabama are negrwist, V. l.te cHir-ual* am not held responsible for their crinw*, and It la cooseqaeaUy no wo»der that Ike negro petty criminal* are en overwhelmingly in the majority.

A vloeroy in China has issued a proclamation against the custom of drownfemale children, and a high native .dignitary in India to doing all in hla power to break up the opposition to re* awriage of infant widowii. Let the l«ol work of civilization go w.

A cunning journalist attempted to euet money from Edison for a report of the vieit«f President Oarnot to tihe American electrical exhibit. Edtooa's «sanager caught his demand on the phonograph and reproduced it before President Caraot to the dtoeom&tiipe of the journalist. ______

Last week the Chicago murderer, Tasoott, was located in three distinct places, being eaptared in Texas, reoogntoed aa on* «f tHe erimlnate in tHfe Michigan City prison of Indiana, and singled out by a Chicagoan on top of tbe Eiffel tower. Who knows but that he to in reality a member of the Chicago police force. *X*/ 1

Judge Deady, of Oregon, to a true citizen and a wise law expounder. He recently refused naturalisation to a professional prizefighter on the exceedingly solid and immovable ground that ••public policy would not be subserved by conferring tbe high privileges of American citizenship on persons whose acknowledged vocation was a violation of the law."

A monument over the grave of Roecoe Conkling has been erected, President Arthur's tomb haa been similarly marked, tbe magnificient Garfield monument rears Itself aloft, but President Grant's grave to designated by the wretchedest example of grave yard architecture. Of New York does not intend to fulfill her promise of erecting a monument to him let the people of the west do It.

U.S. Consul Jones, writing lately to our government from his post in China, said: "The different sects of missionaries and their hostility to each and all others having a confusing effect on the mind of the heathen, and inducing them to stick to their false gods." There must certainly be a mistake in this, or the foreign representatives of our churches have cultivated this hostility unknown to their supporters.

England has had a real sensation in the trial, conviction and sentence to death of Mrs. Maybrick, the American woman charged with poisoning her husband. Her case has excited a deep and widespread interest and a strong popular effort is being made to have the sentence commuted, but there seems little hope of its success. The English courts are inflexible and the unfortunate woman will doubtless be executed.

The physicians of Vigo county are progressive set of men as evidenced by their experimental work with two recent discoveries—the Brown-Sequard "Elixir of life" and the Sayre "suspension apparatus." The Elixir to supposed to renew youth while the suspension appartus to said to cure troubles of the spine and spinal chord. The experiments with the elixir were made on Monday and were among the first attempted since the novel invigorator was announced. Quite a number of physicians were interesfed in the tests, and the application was made simultaneously in several parts of the city. The elixir, which is a liquid, was prepared from selected portions of the tissues of a lamb and Injected Into the blood either through the arms or lege. Dr. Moorhead made the first test on himself, and the effect was very peculiar. His pulse increased ten beats to the minute and the sensation was that of intoxication. His temperature increased very perceptibly also. He then made a number of experiments on patient* at St. Anthony's hospital and the result In all was about described. One patient who had not spoken for a year revived sufficiently to say he felt much better, although he knew nothing of the application. Dra. Stunkard, Mc* Lain, Dillerman and Lark ins also made testa which were reported to produce an effect as described by Dr. Moorhead. The second discovery if not of aueh a startling nature aa the first, tout Its results are certainly fully aa beneficial. The patient to suspended by the neck and arms tor abort periods, the object being to relieve the spinal column of the upper pari of the body. Hie apparatus for this work to located In the basement of the court twos*, and Dr. Stunkard to making the testa. Among hla patient* to Judge Butt who to quite enthusiastic and say* he to confident that the suspension will effect cures In eases which are of abort standing. In chronic esaea the improvement will not be so complete although quite marked. Th^experimenta have b4en interesting at least, and the patients who have undergone treatment are much pi sawed with the rwalta.

There was a bad wr. o» the Ftort an iv is on E A Wednesday evetnt fe A pamenger tonsln tf «gfi a trestle about twenty f,. No .ieatfe* rmnHftil but eight sMiwr-:y hvun-l, among Mr. Olase,of Princeton, aod Mrs. Hop* kina, of i?i-is«-w*y, "ih« injured were fe.Vitt to ron w!-.''^- tbey were aucd tor.

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Towrt Talk

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It isn't the intention of T. T. to become a chronic kicker,

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ince to criticize any and everything regardless of good or bad qualities, "but there are occasions When conscience dictatee that a remark or two be made calling to account citizens and officials who have laid themeelvee open to criticism There are subjects too on which some comment to necessary, for the reason that they are topics of town and, as it may happen, receive iittlf tention elsewhere.. When called upon to make such comments and criticisms T. T. will deal with tbe subject ft&i the standpoint taken in town talk. In this connection there to a word or two to be said relative to the entranoe stepe at the new poet-office building. #Wben the structure was in oonrse oi erectioh Superintendent Havens became convinced that the supervising architect had not allowed sufficient space for the approaches, and suggested that th» plans be so changed as to make the stepe easier of ascent. The contract for materials had been let, however, aad Regardless of the remonstrance of several leading citizens the steps were built as first planned with such a steep incline that aged Individuals could scarcely climb thom. Many prophesies of fills were made, but contrary to expectations not a single aooldent occurred until this week, when one came. Dr. Moore, who 1s becoming quite aged, was climbing up when he lost his balance and fell, meeting with quite severe and possibly serious injuries. The doctor to by no means feeble and had the stepe been reasonably graded would not have fallen. By this accident the double folly iu the ereotion of the building to made evident to even those who oould not see it before. The whole structure to unnecessarily near the side walk for the poatofflce lot

Is large enough to have located It fifty feet away from the street If desired. As a oonsequenoe, the building of steep stairways was unavoidable unless the sidewalk space be etocfoached opon This would have been objectionable, but few will protest that it would pot have been preferable to tbe steep stairways. W. R. McKeeu and others volunteered donations some months ago, to assist In rebuilding the steps part men could no^^fcjfc^turoed out •W^OTerathnndr«*Aration than has ognised the necessity5^*Vii for Possibly after a few more acclfcl&iit\**".* occurred congress will recognize the ne

cgsaltyalso. RURAL ADVERTISING There has been a noticeable change in the methods of rural advertising, as done by the city merchants, during the laat few years. Not very long ago fences from Terre Haute to Braisil, Paris, Marshall, Rockville, Prairie ton, Riley and all the surrounding cities were covered with signs and comic paintings which were supposed to attract attention to the bueineee interests of the city. A few days ago T. T. was riding along a country road not many miles outside the city, and during the entire trip notioed but few of the signs, which were wont to furnish pleaaing diversion on such monotonous ri ves. The reason for the very noticeable absence did not oome to mind until a gentleman aharing the hack facilities remarked that the old board fenoee were rapidly disappearing and the patent barbed wire fenoee coming Into popular favor instead. This was a very eudden and forcible explanation. How oould there be signs without fenoee to paint them on. Recall the many rides taken and the many hours on each spent In laughing at the ludicrous scenee and miserable spelling of the sign*. The profession of Jamee Whitcomb Riley and hie kindred spirits to tolling into decay rapidly. Merchants now do a great deal of thia advertising in oountry newspapers and so the benefit goes into more than one quarter.

TIMK! TIMK!

A Congregational minister of this city once gave his audience quite a lecture on the practice of taking oat wstebee during the morning or evening sermon. He argued that it was a habit contracted by association and cultivated unknowingly. In nine out of ten cases, be averred, the one who looked at hie watch oould not Ml you the time one minute afterward, litis to undoubtedly true. Inside and outside the churches men are continually looking at their watches and they seem to get sattofaoUon from it. The practloe Is certainly useless for what ordinary vocation to it that compete a man to look at hla watch every fifteen minutes during the day. But while eome people are suffering by over-timing themeelves, others are worrying because they they have no means of telling even the boor of tbe day. It to for the latter class that the town clock was instituted. In thte city the H. courthouse. Congregational chnrch aad jewelry store docks are supposed to answer the purpoee. How wed they fulfill thia expectation may be judged Item tho experience ifT.T. Pausing In front •?f tbeT ngtegatfonal chureh the other day about

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J08 Gilbert

TERRE HAUTE, IND, SATUBDAY EVENING, AUGUST-17,1889

dials with this result: north faoe 8:40 *7:14 south 12:14. Fully determined to solve the time problem, an inspection of Main street clocks was made, iQth this result: at Bernhardt's the east faoe of the street clock showed 8:00 o'clock the went faoe 2 o'clock. Coming west, the Bigwood clock was found to correspond with that of the court house, and T.g. felt satisfied he had fonnd the time. The condition of these clocks to ridiculous and should be mended.

1 1HE QIL WELLS The experiences of the last week in oil drilling were such as to indicate that the oil belt to narrower than supposed and ihe flow further west than anticipated. Of "the several wells going downward one reached the oil depth only to meet with a disappointment similar to that at the Button-Hole, Exchange, Big Four, etc. This Was the Smith well on which much hope was centered. After a varftty of mishaps which delayed drilling for two weeks or more, progress wae resumed, and indications were very favorable for a flow of oil. But on going deeper it was found that the dip in the strata immediately overlying the sand belt was such as had been found at the other wells and hope began to decline. The climax was reached on Thursday, the Tow of Blue Lick water being struck at a depth of,about 1,656 feet. Tbe water rose to a height of about 500 feet in the hole, and the well was consequently abandoned. This outcome will materially change the plans of several .new oompaniee now in prcoess of formation. It was thought quite oertain that the Smith well will be a suooess as it to located but 100 or 150 feet east of the old canal bed well which was drilled In 1869 by Chaunoey Rose and others. The oompany had made all preparations for handling a gusher, having their tanks in position and all connections made for taking care of several hundred barrels a day. While the failure to to be lamented no unnecessary discouragement should follow. There Is oil under Terre

Haute and the only thing to do is to continue the prospecting until the location of the belt is determined.

The indications at the present time are decidedly favorable for a flow of natural gas at the Ellsworth well. Thereto a very strong pressure of the fluid notwithstanding the rook in which it was found was penetrated a short distance only. Another attempt at casing ThP*».*wWater proved a failure, bat durthe j^&(eefft>rt the gas gave such a man! /r«f4wa^lon of power that the stockholders /nd drillmen are more fully oonvinoed than before that a good gas flow has been found. In the effort at casing the hole became stopped up for some time, but the aooumulated pressure of the gas was sufficient to blow the obstruction out with considerable force. A packer of different style from those previously tested to on the way here and It to hoped that the water will be successfolly shut out by Tuesday or Wednesday, after which the drills will be sent a few feet deeper.

The Guarantee company to going ahead with the work of putting up its 86,000 barrel tank, and to evidently confident that there to plenty of oil nere.

Past failures are not preventing tbe formation of new companies. The Citizens Consolidated Oil A Gss oompany to soon to .file articles of incorporation of 2,000 shares at |25 each, 150,000 capital stock, limited. The purpoee of the organization 1s to develop the field. It is probable the first well will be drilled northwest of the fid all and Phoenix wells. The directors are to be W. R. McKeen, J. B. Harris, C. P. Waldo, P. J. Kaufman, J. H. Brigga, Robert Taggart and M. N. Diall. The idea to to make It a popular movement, and to this end a public meeting haa beencalled for the board of trade room to-night at 8 o'clock. The plan to to use the revenue from the proceeds of tbe first well, if oil to fonnd, either by the sale of the well or the product to drill other wells. This movement to an excellent one", and should receive plenty of encouragement.

A email flow of gas was struck at the Macksville weU Wednesday, but on drilling deeper this gave way to salt water.

RufusMcGee, ex-United Statesmlntoter to Norway and Sweden, spent several days last week in the city, the guest of Senator Yoorhees, CoL McL*in, Judge Mack and other distinguished politicians of this abundantly supplied political oommunlty. It was thought his visit might have some political eignigcance, but 1m disavowed this by saying he had cause to see a beautiful little city and spend a few days with his warm old friends. He waa very favorably impressed with Terre Heuto% many advantages and so expressed himself openly before leaving Wednesday for Lake Maxlnknckee where he will today deliver an address before the Democratic Editorial association of the State.

There have been many bitter newspaper criticisms of Senator Yoorhees

Geraldine Letter.

MY DXAR RUTH:—It is a long time since we oorresponded^sgularly. I have miseed your letters as much as you have missed mine, and was glad when you suggested that we pick up the threads again and go on as before. I promise I will do as you ask, tell you all the gossip of the town, make of myself a veritable news monger for your sweet sake. You need not expect anything very thrilling at prefent for the little town seems to be slumbering. Even the oil excitement has mostly subsided. Nearly everybody In the society world is out of town. I have not been to a party for an age. Was all ready to go out to Blake's twice, and botb times it rained and rained and I had to stay at home. It was too bad, for I had such a nice escort both times and, O friend of mine—I speak this for your ear alone—that is not always the case. We girls get our invitation to a party from the host and hostess, then before we are sure of going we have to wait for a second invitation from some young man to esoourt us. I have always thought it a most abeurd fashion. It seems to me we could as well go with our fathers and mothers, or if they are not invited, four of us girls oould go together and be entirely independent of anybody. If I were only one of the leaders In society I would try and inaugurate this plan. I really think the young men would like It better too. Of course there to the sentimental side of the question, but there to always a practical side. A young man with a moderate salary cannot afford a carriage for every party, and if my plan could only oome about he would be relieved of all that. What do you think about it?

We do not even keep up our tennis playing this summer. I do not know what the real trouble to, but there seemed to be no Interest what ever in the game from the first, while last summer I spent nearly all my time on the tennis ground.

Yesterday I sent you a copy of our new evening paper. It isn't very big yet but It may grow. It bas two able editors, Mr. Douglass Smith and Mrs. Ida Harper. Funny Isn't it, how when men get more money than they know what to da with, they either buy a farm, fine houses, or a newspaper. Look at our farmers—Crawford Fairbanks, Herman Qulman, W. R. McKeen, W. P. Ijarns, ftbgidoa Swopfe, A J. Crawford Wm. Kidder. John Shyer and G. W. Be in en t. I wish you could see Mr. Bement's farm. I would almost bo willing to spend the rest of my life making butter, raising chickens, raking hay, etc., if I could only live out there. Everything about the place is in such perfect order, and then such a lovely house and charming view on all sides.

You know what a strong Republican I am, and I do bate to gossip about and criticise my President's wife, but I really wish she wasn't quite soeoonomlcal and would quit poking around in the attic and fussing about in the kitchen. Economy to a good thing in the abstract and should be practiced by everybody in a oertain degree, but a.parade of it is never desirable. I sm perfectly sure Rutble, that If you should marry, and that fortuaate man should be elected to the high office of President of these United States, you would never waste your strength exploring and cleaning the attic or the kitchen. You would let the French cook stay the whole year round. You would not have ham and eggs only once In a great while. You would array yourself in purple and fine linen and fare sumptuously every dsy. You would be In heaven during tbe social part and in the other place economizing and house-cleaning. As I said before, I feel like a sneak saying this, and to you, a Democrat, but you know there are drawbacks in every family there were in your Democratic family, only it was not the President's wife thst time. Bless her heart, she knew how to play tbe role of first lady of the land to perfection.

I do not know of any weddings except Louis Cox's, and that will not take ptooe here, as the bride Uvea in another city.

Nearly everybody was at tbe minstrels Wednesday night. I saw one theatre party. They were Misses Helen McGregor, Frances Hopkins, Bessie Reymer, Anita Hudson, Messrs. James McGregor, George Buotio, Kwing Patterson and Edward Pugh. sf/JL'

Florence Hussey has gone to Lake Maxlnknckee to visit Anna strong. Mr. Strong owns one of tbe prettiest cottages at the lake.

sinee his recent Bloom field speech, but] going to all the booses In his neigbbortite following from the Clay Ctmnty En-j !,* get a number of to tvpriss to tin most yet foand *tar$ with. The Mail Is sold to 1HA« at good Democratic ticket lor ISBSt War 2 leeats and they sell at their. *t president, D. W. Yoorhees forvioe-pres- rata. Many boys sre now making ident, Lucy Panons. Platform—Death cents to #1«0 aod more In an hour *r to all who aocoxgolsto wealth." two on ear *tioixSay aftera- a.

Write soon and believe me your own Gnuumti.

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BOY8 WANTED.

The Mali to delltersd to city subscribers almost exclusively by newsboys. They number about two hundred aod fifty but there la room for more. 2bday plwoc a MaSL In cverp homm la Ae dtp free. Any wide-awake boy can, by

^Twentieth Yeat

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By JOHN STRANGE WINTER.

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,JIH XKD JIM'S FRIiNIX

OBODY ever knew why he I was called "Beautiful Jim," and yet nobody ever dreamed of calling nim anything else. It was certainly not

Because

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beauty and that his brother officers wore anxious to impress the fact upon man

kind In general. Oh, no for Jim Beresford was a young man whose best friend could not have said that he was anything but downright ugly.

And vet it was such a pleasant phis, clean snaven and ill assorted as to features, though the blue eyes had a merry twinkle in them which made you forget that they might have been larger with considerable advantage, and the white teeth, disclosed every minute or two by the merrier smile, quite made you forget also that the mouth was a good deal too wide for its owner to fairly sustain the name of Beautiful Jim.

Yet, Beautlfnl Jim he %as Beautiful Jim he the arm was likely end of it, and, ugly as he was, the name suited him down to the vory ground.

Everybody liked him—everybody. Indeed, in all my life I never heard of but one human being who did not give in sooner or later to the influence of Beautiful Jim's attractions, and that—but, there, I have a story to tell about him, and that person will oome in in due time and BFTFLBOD

Of course he was Irish—Jim, that to— with all tho happy-oo-lucky, careless humor which is so often to be found among tho Irish people all their love of fun and fund of mother wit, and as a story teller, why not another man In the regiment was in the same street with Beautiful Jim: no, not one. "Sure," said he one day, after a five 1 have

found some other fellows there. One was Brooke of the One Hundred and First D. Q.'s, the chap that had the good luck to be left at home on depot when the One Hundred and First D. G.'s went to the Zulu business the other—well, such a howling, haw-haw, stiff collared beggar, that I thought ho must boat least half a dozen cavalry swells rolled Into one.

they had been alarmed by their own sentriw, and—and then Brooke couldn't 1 it any longer, but Just burst out:

I afterward found and was atand First dur

ing the 2uln business), evidently thinking Brooke a humdrum, quiet sort of chap, not up to much, don't you know, and half a duffer at tk&i. and evidently not having the least idea that he had anything to do with ihe One Hundred and First, began a too delightful account of how the One Hundred and First not only ran awav on the smallest provocation, but even fired on their officers more times than onos. "Course this chap had an eye to my two cousins, who are pretty and smart, and never cast so much as a look at either Brooke or myself. He vawned on, enlarging ss he went, till some people far out of It if a pack of lies together and Brooke got moro nervous and fidgety every minute, his face getting glummer and glummer, and- hU looks darker and darker. "At last he couldn't stand any more of it, but got up and seized the poker and began smashing the fire with it, while my cousins were trying to signal tho doctor chap to shut up. But no on he went with a detailed account of how one night

mightn't have been very they'd thought it was all together ana Brooke got

Ton my word, you're quite fight.

stand it any longer, but Just burst out: 'fe fight, don't know what we oould have been about to do it!'" "And what then, Jimf one of his hear

we could I

"Why," returned Beautiful Jim, "my little cousin Nell—who's a devilfri'i amort little giri, no mistake about it—tcisi oat very conveniently that tbe sun in the park had been rather too much far ber that morning, and that she felt awfully ill would I mind opening tbe window and getting her a fanT so I opened the window a bit wider and got her a fan and then she began to abuse me aad said I was such a dunce 1 always msde her IU every time I came near her, and I'd got scent on my handkerchief, said I knew the smell of scent always made ber feel faint, and yet I would persist in using it said I should just have to go and fetch the doctor, and that their doctor lived in Harley street. 'Oh, no,' said I—for I never dreamed that the other fellow bad been anything less than galloper to some bea~~ sweu pot tbere-^nldo no such th .... Ill just trot round to the Horse Chwrds and get one of the army doctors that arc olways round there. They get plenty of pay for very little to do/ "I Saw tl making tl 1 "ll's own /•COP

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