Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 21, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 October 1890 — Page 1

THE_MAIL.

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

The latest -attraction in a New York 'theatre isafcangaroo dance. Why kangaroo? Because there is BO much 1-e-g, you know.

It is said bat an International Military Eucanspment will be one of the

limit. Caoodfi is becoming more and more like UbeTJnlted States each month, even to the successful, discovery of natural gas. She day of annexation is surely dawning.

Chattanooga has a Kresteer Sonata cleb. This is allowing insanity to over* reach all reasonable bounds, tff the state oannot furnish enough insane asylums, tthy do not the people petition the nati ional government for aid?

Tbe Politician is an addition to the •illustrated Republican pressor the country, and being located 4»i Washington City is certainly able *o -deal ably with the topics it has undertaken to disease. It promises to thrive.

Tho woodland# plainly tihow In their varied glow, That I)amo Nature Juut now 1# by £kigland led, led, led,

For It'* clearly be'Men, Hho ha* dotted itx» Irish groow, And in nutting on the eraogo anVTthe red, red, red, —f Indianapolis atournai.

Tho Sultan of Morocco, who Is. a Moharuedan, has forbidden all women, excepting those who are Christians, from entering gambling houses in!his province. The compliment to Christian women is a very questionable one, to say the least.

Should the Democrats succeed in gali« ing a majority in the house of the next Congress, which is not atalMikely, Mr. Mills, of Texas, will become Mr. Tieed'h

llcnns to viuuny.

The following 1* a most mlseraoio infliction on a much maligned class of individuals who are said to really enjoy life to an extent few appreciate:

Two sharp fellows-did lively business at a Pennsylvania M:r«Ulng1"«W tea" at 50 cents a bottle, but the thirsty purchasers, who bad boon beguiled by a deceptive wink, found t*at the beverage was indeed cold tea. There is no ond to the "floeoibillty ofU*p public.

It was not enough for Henry Stanley to have written a book. His brldo felt eafled upon to emulato his oxample and has now placet! on tho market a volume entitled "London Street Arabs." It Is surprising that the popular,pooket book will be so constantly emptied on the "notoriety" dodge.

The eccentricities of groat men are often manifested most peculiarly, and Senator Edtnunda happens to furnish an example of this. Ho has attached to his handsome residence in Washington an outside stairway, built especially for his favorite dog, which is not allowed to tvuMitittof through tho twain bull*

Mr. Cleveland Is suffering f#om the .itHiiiP specie* of newspaper talk which «mieted Mr. Blaine while he was abroad. Xl in in the nature of the "very diet***sing" assertion that his health is falling. -This will not do, from Mr. Cleveland's standpoint. No presidential candidate should allow bis health to fall under any tunc**. Denials are forthcomIng

sinro the introduction of electric light mg Into largp nmv»u featuring establish the m*»rd shows a marked Im

pn,vw»»t

In tho health of tbe employes

This is no doubt wecounted for from the faet that impuritiw* are taken from the nir by tho electric lamp* and not added to It a* i« frequently tho -**0 with other Hj-htHisc

rbi«-*goiM*d Ywfc contend each i.r the limited supply of the ally \w% ovoter* In ttie world. the»w»e. ,Ul, to Ui» N«w Tork «heil Fl*h

Viua from a small mill prnd in Iwtwwn Westport and N«\»gatncli. I,a»t y«a.r Chicago bought tho entire yield at a This vestr they wilt all go to

The C*ar is now to grater imr of bis 'itc than ever, and his U\mt to have food intends! tor fete nourishment tasted l*lor* being fure htm. Tbe "taster" to envied hto v»rv position. Hte dntie* toomucb tike tho-fc of the old Urn® »nts who rode be«ide thetr princea^in b»Ut# in order to intervene th«lr oodi«B M»tween him and the swonj# o! In cm© of personal attack.

tsisttifs

calionel advan^off^ r^

uld

maids are not always left out in the cold. Every ten years tbe oonsus embraces them, you k«ow£

and valuable, but fame in the social and commercial world Is more sensible and more precious, and that which we gain at first should be made the agent toward socure that which we possibly have not

Whllo

of racing, a word of praise and thanks

ror tho Trotting association will not

prove amiss. To the gentlemen who

compose this progressive association

enough

Let the good work go on, and in a short time tho material benefits seen to result will become apparent in every depart ment of home affairs.

The Humane society has petitioned the city council for a monthly allowance from the treasury with which to support lis work. It is not certain this petition will be granted as there is a leual point in tbe way by which It is made easy for the council to ©soap® tb® appropriations if it so desire®. The State law, by which It was thought fHS0 a month could be claimed from the city i^so worded that it specifies places of 23,000 population at the census of 1680, which excludes Terre Haute from the list and really leaves only Indianapolis and EvansviUe to enjoy tbe statute's benefits. But no doubt the intention of the measure was to Include Terre Ilauto, and if tho oouncilmon are disposed to interpret the spirit of the law rather thau absolute Itfgal ground cove ml by it, the appropriation 'irill be allowed. The work of the II vt mane society is practlcally »t a standstill, and during the last week the society officer has been^otng night watchman's service for a friend

Col. darkson says that "the man does not live who would refuse the Presidential nomination, and should it be offered to Mr. Blaine he would accept it," Col. Clarkson is a skilled politicial and a speedy thinker from political standpoints, so that this statement can be taken to mean a good deal. It is not at all unlikely that some of those big plumes, so carefully stowed away in 1884, will ba quietly resu rrected.

The Dakota Indians are looking for the speedy coming of a sort of redskin

features oNhe World's Fair. Good. -Let I Judgment day, when all the inhabitants I ly, it seems that something surely the aU®adiiont» be heaped up without 'be5®*th will be swept into oblivion, I have been wrong in enrolling the

Baoraum paid the city of ftes Moines own the earth is encouraging as show-1 concoct explanations for those wh im*or permission to show there and in I ing that the efforts to Inculcate into the so impolite as to addition dead-headed the entire mum-1savage breast truly American sentiments cip*l administration for the per form- have not been entirely without effect." anee. Our city fathers will Cake the cue

A Bystander's Opinion.

His tM&efgie* could well have been ex pended on bumane work? but if tbero Is no money to back on wry Ht«e good can be accomplished.

Th«i* l» now no aliaroaUv*, absolutely uo other way «f plalning how it bapp«ned that oor oftnttu enumeration dropped down to p*ltiy district census supervisor most be maligned, outraged, In fact »o ferociously oriUciM*! Ul* P«tB will he tntol«ra.ble for hlou Why did b« not manufaciur« a few ihousand inhabit-

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world's racing records were beaten in one afternoon on the track of the Prairie City Trotting Association. The wonderful feat of tbe great stallion Nelson uione is known in every metropolis* -v .«»« *»uo onuusi iiuijuwiuif Then upon this is heaped the news that make an avenue by which liecoul4r|oh the world's pacing race record was re- bis fain from the imporajy platforn. duced for both one and three heats. No I The President was gratified by wonder every local lover of genuine demonstration. His features showedlt, sport carries his head proud'y, and no his rem*rks proved it. But he had »awonder every loyal cjiilzen is reaping son to be especially pleaded hero, forbe unlimited satisfaction from tho fame I has not forgotten how many Demoor&Eo that has come to us. Last summer Ax- railroaders and shop men deserted thtir tail's.great mile drew every eye'to the ticket to support him. To the^e men ke city. This year the Nelson feat rivets I recalls that he owes much for his present tbegsse. Terre Haute should lake ad-1 position, and he is not the man to sodn vftnmgp of the opportunity, and make I forget it. His coming was not e7.ten nown her special Industrial and edu-l

durable

dwelling on the general theme

ant?? Why did he not enroll Max and all Harrison township as inclu in^tbecity? Why did he not sit railway stations and catch travele: they passed through? Why didn insert a few hundred John Smith equal number of Brown's, with a 11 bolstering of Joneses, O'Briens, O'N and other O's? In fact, why didn He, steal, commit crimes of var kinds to swell the total? Really, sidering bis negligence in these dijtions, he has no excuse for claimingie sympathies of his friends. But setdf-

lace here. A gain of only 4,285 1 years! It is almost too terrible tu&lieve. The most conservative g^s would not have placed the figure 35,000 and this is the estimate of fa

with the exception of the Dakota Indians, who will be left in full possession of tbe deserted territory. Upon this exhibition of a very monopolistic ten denote, the Chicago .News says: "The fact that tbe red-complexioned gentle-1 new directory. The enumeration i*men thus demonstrate their anxiety to corded, however, and it only remaic|o

them,

cannot be said in return for the

good their energetic work has done the

city. By their ceaseless effort and groat

llborallty the renowned horses of every sedtlorfof the country have been brought here, and with them have come the interest and good wishes of millions of people. Financially the community has gained, commetcially It perhaps has been benefitted, and historically it has been placed on a plane with the leading centers of the United States. All this is due to the Trotting association. For their broad-mindedness, progressiveness, and enthusiasm the Bystander bespeaks praisn and commendation believing that In so doing he expresses the inclination of the public in general.

question you onie

subject, and as nearly as possible die

the thing out of mind. The humilialn attendant to the announcement ofpe low figure is very great.

In one respect Hoosiers gladden hearts of great men. They know to show appreciation of true greati No better illustration of this coul

Terre Haute was famous, is famous and will be ^famous for years to come. If one cause for notoriety disappears, another will take i(s place, and come wbatl cited than the reception of Presi may the city's name will always be I Harrison tbe other afternoon. It stto* known from one end of the world to tbe I that enough welcome could nojbe other. Just at present its glories are in I extended him. To begin with, the the zenith. From San Francisco to jva* lb© presidential train was si^ Loudon this one fact ocoupies every I izetl by the blowing of about half mind interested in horseflesh—three whistles in the town. Then as the

pu'!ed into tbe "station" five thousand voices went up in a hefty shout of pleasure. And finally so efcer were the crowds to get near the Pirai dent that it was almost impossible to

aiv©!j„8tortised.ana.j»^.~---^:^-t-j^

ilionel advant.offr- ee count.y can be as loyaUubjeUsts qh!?.ens in the best monarchies of the world.

THE RACES.

It is to- be very seriously doubted whether Terre Hauta will ever have better races than those presented by

the Terre

Haute Trotting Association,

Jt lg also to be questloned

Qther clty ln the COuntry

tbj8 part

geveral

whether any

will ever excel

gQOh exhlbiilons of fine sport

faave never

before been witnessed in

tj,6

QpeQed Wuh

country. The week

the most dismal prospeots

jays' rain and a clouded sky

combined to drown all hopes fore successful meeting, and it began to look as though all the expenditure of money and energy to make the meeting a great event was in vain. On Tuesday the sun came out however, and although the track was in bad condition the first day's programme was gone through with. Wednesday the good weather continued and the condition of the track became medium. Thursday the air was warm and exhilerating, while the race course was in prime condition. No wonder the events of the day were so remarkable, no wonder three world's records were broken. Nelson lowered the stallion record from 2:11X to 2:11H without an effort, it seemed, amidst the greatest enthusiasm. Three cheers for Nelson three cheers for his horse and three for Terro Haute were given with a vim

Then when the floral collar,

IllSillili

presented

by the Trotting association, was placed on the noble animal's neck, another great cheer went up. The free-for-all pace, in which the record lor both one and three heats was reduced, was the finest contest ever witnessed on the grounds. The winning and second horses were at no time during the three boats a full length apart. The struggle was beautiful. Thursday was visitor's day and the crowd in attendance was an immense one. Friday was also »fine day and again great sport was witness"* The business houses closed to ens employes to attend, and after Thawday's magnificent wdrfc ail who could, went. Herftftgaln records were lowered Be?le Bamtin and Jnsi'ms cutU~"r4 mile team record to 2:1a. All th* races were excellent and the m- »ng e!6sed as it comneed—the greatest tmemm&a raserd.

iils«& Janet Sen ra i&ewi* held a very pleasant and interesting reception at their studio, in Ptxhsy A 0»*s bl Frid ernoon, which was well at^,~d«d. exhibit consisted of wood earring, modeling, drawing la crayon, charcoal, pen and Ink, fej' Miss Senddcar, and painting* in oil* *«e colors and oa china by Miss Lewis. Many wens the compliments received by the two jroung ladies on tho excellence of the wotk% and equal is nambor the wfshes for tbe ssweesa with their

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Vol. 21.—No. 16. TERRE HAUTE, ESTD., SATURJLT EVENING, OCTOBER 11,1890. Twenty-first Year

[Written for The MalL]

THE TEACHER'S SOLILOQUY.

To teach—or not to teach—that is the question: Whether tig nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and worries of a teacher's life, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles. And, by opposing, end them? To quit, to teach No more and by the quitting, say we end The headache, and the thousand nervous shocks Jichool teachers are heir to,—'tis a consummatlon ©evoutly tD be msiiea. To quit,—not teach TO quit! Perchance to starve:—ay, there's the rub FOr, in this world of ours, what cash would come When we had shuffled off the teacher's toll? That gives us pause.1,„

There1* the respect

That utaXekS'dagogy of so long life For who would bear the whims and scorns of

The Insolence of boys, nnd the spurns That the patient teacher of the parent takes, When she herself might her resignation makqp V" With a bare pen stroke?

Who would fardels bear,

To groan and sweat under weary toll But that the dread of something even worse Makes us rather bear those ills we have rv Than fly to others we know not of? Thus poverty does make teachers of us all And thus the native hue of prdagogy Is sickliod o'er by the pale cost of coin. —STXLLA MASON. -I#

Present Day Parisians.

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WELL ROUNDED LIMBS, BROAD SHOULDERS, SMALL, WELL-SHAPED HANDS AND FEET, AND REGULAR WHITE

TEETH CHARACTERISTIC OF THEM.COMPARATIVE ABSENCE OF MILITARY DISPLAY.

Taken en masse, Parisians cf the present day are well and built vigorous. One rarely meets with the small, lean, Voltairean type of men who formed such a large proportion of the population of Paris in former years. At present, wellfounded limbs, broad shoulders, and rosy faces prevail amongst them. They have small, well-shaped hands and feet, and their tapered fingers denote artistic skill. Parisians are also remarkable for their regular, White teeth. Dentists are employed by the State to attend to

charge of infants, which accounts, in a great measure, for the healthy ap

pearance

of the children of Paris. This

improvement in physinue is especially noticeable in tho files of youth fo students, brimming over with health and vivacity, who pats frequently through tbe streets, and whose appearance augurs well, not only for the rising, but also for the future generations of Parisians. Occasionally one sees persons of very remarkable statue, especially among women of the working class, who with advancing years, usually gain in embonpoint. Among that class also the employment in which each person is engaged is defined, even apart from its special livery, at a glance. Each occuoation would seem to have its pecul lar physique: ooachmen, policemen postmen, eto., seem to be modeled on the same pattern, and resemble each other so closely that they look like so many groups of Dromlos and Sosias.

This is caused by the strict regulations and routine to which they are subjected. After this passing glance at the phy sical, let us now turn to some other characteristics of the Parisians of to-day. In traversing the thoroughfares, even superficial observer cannot fail to notice in the well-clad cheerful crowds with which the streets are thronged, the un mistakable evidences of a well-to-do and thriving community. What also strikes the attentive visitor who has been Paris during the Second Empire, is the evident diminution in luxury and tbe desire for pleasure. Tbe style of dress as well as that of living generally is lew expensive. There is more aim plicity in the tone, habits, and social en tertalnments of the citizens. *Visor than their predecessors of past generations, tbe prudent Parisains of to*day takecare to live well within their means

The economy which now prevails generally among them has been mainly caused by the prolonged depression in trade, from the effects of which France, in comtnor with other countries, is still suffering.

On^^^not fail to note tbocomparative ai the brilliant military parades and di&v-»ys which constituted wet an attractive feature of Faraslen oc**w* Jiff Is the rein of Napoif^ special oeC*-~.! »ni, Palis

Mi jiov grand military specta^ K'-.-1 in the opinion oi competent S jtidg'v- thswtkm at

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national Fete day the most magnificent that has ever been beld In France.

To tbe average stranger the surface life of Paris appears as glittering and full of giddy excitement aa when nndear Imperial sway. This phase, however, is chiefly confined to those foreign and provincial visitor* whose able ot»J#eti» coming to tbe capital is amusement,

Tb* maes of true Parisalns keep aloof itotn this "fest" life, They are not,

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hey were formerly, absorbed in the present, but keep their eyes steadily on the future. They know that France is not yet consolidated, and (hat she is undergoing a period of transition. These considerations, coupled with the isolated position of the Republic in the midst of monarchial powers bristling with arms, impose grave reflections on all thoughtful Frenchmen. Then Parisalns to-day are, therefore, very different from those who were mere pleasure seekers under kingly and Imperial regimes.

Republican institutions have not exerted a deteriorating effect on the manners of tbe Parisians, who, after being subject to democratic rule for the last eighteen years, have lost nothing of t-he'r traditional politeness. Parisian parents, as a rule, train their children well: and oven children of the humblest class have sometimes such good manners that one finds it difficult to believe they belong to the bas peuple. The graceful, deferential manner of well-bred men towards females is possessed by the Parisians in supreme degree. Their courtesy is ingrained, and not the mere assumed politeness of "common manners it is inspired by the sincere desire to please. The manners of what is called "good sooiety are pretty much the same everywhere but among Parisians moving in high boclal spheres, conventionalities are more strlotly observed than elsewhere. Fastidious and punotilous in the extreme, thty tolerate no deviation from the standard of etiquette and strangers who live among them for some time are sure to acquire mueh of the French demeanor and manners. Polite and amiable as they are, nevertheless, when their honor ov dignity is touched, the latent Gallic fire will flash out, with unpleasant consequences to the offender, should he be unskilled in the use of sword or pistol. The practice of dueling was never so prevalent in Paris (Hs it has been of late, especially among journalists.

British and American newsprfparmen ear pachydermatous but French ones are extremely sensitive* as the duels hich so often take place among them sufficiently prove. These duels, bower, seldom have a fatal result a alight wound, which puts one of the adyersa* ries /tors de combat, suffices to terminate

ishment, that the infringer of the code

hould be debarred by a "cdurtof honor from enjoying henceforth the privilege of fighting a duel. Apropos of this custom, another writer ln a Parisian journal relates that a well-known author, having had a misunderstanding with a

person at a public meeting, refused the

eard which the other presented to him, I

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as a preliminary to the usual interchange jgoveral

of bullets or sword thrusts, for the following reason:

don't know you, sir

and I have laid it down as a principle never to fight, save with my friends." Parisians are distinguished for the subtlety and piquancy of their conversational powers. They possess in a marked degree that rapid flow of ideas and felicity of expression which are special gifts to the brilliant Gallic race, and which, united to perfect self-con-fidence, enables them to speak well on almost all subjects both in public and private. They are keen observers, and their conversation is often seasoned with playful irony and sarcasm. Beneath this artificial fire of badinage, however, there is a substratum of earnestness and width of sympathy. No people are more generous and charitable whenever an appeal is made to them in the cause of charity either in France or abroad. You will frequently see a Parisian cross a street to drop a coin into the hand of a beggar or itinerant musician, and mendicants at the doors of churches reap a plentiful harvest of sons while the charitable institutions of Paris are more numerous and more liberally supported than those of any other capital in tho world.

Geraldines Letter.

My Dkar Rvth: Madame Patti is not all voice by any means she has business tact of the highest order, as her recent arrangement with Julius Zet, of St. Petersburg, will show. She Is to sing in Russia twelve times during the months of January and February will appear six times in St. Petersburg in three concerts and three operas, and the same in Moscow. She will have $5,250 for each performance, making a total for the twelve representations of JOS,000. The manager's expenses do not stop either with the little check paid to the fair Diva before she steps into her carriage to go to the theater he has to pay all the traveling expenses of herself and her suite, and she travels like a queen. The Russian railway companies are going to place a special train at her disposal, and her own car, it is said, will outshine the gorgeous Mann Boudoir car in which she made her triumphal procession through the United States. The spell whioh Adehna Patti exercises over the amusement loving public of the present generation Is almost unparalleled* and her beautiful voioe and perfect art have won their way legitimately. For more than twenty years she has been tho first singer ln the world and her voice is only just beginning to show a little wear. The upper notes have lost something of their beauty but the singer's art shows no deterioration. Her perfect phrasing ayd use of consonants, and all tho elegancies of beautiful singing are still hers in perfection, and afford the student of voice oulture the most perieot example to follow. Patti and Grisi will go into history as the two great singers of the 19th century, Grisi was the greatest dramatlo singor, so the story goes, that, ever trod the lj'rlo stage. She was the wife of Mario, the greatest tenor of his, own age, or of any age, if we may believe the traditions. Some years ago ho sang in Terre Haute in concert with Annie Louise Cary. He was an old man then, but even with duo allowance for that, It was bard to believe that he won ever the Mario who could "soothe with a tenor note the souls in Purgatory," for only the, ghost of that voice remained

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duello bad*been .five. He was reokleiwly combatants, suggested, as a fitting pun-1

Ho a

,.i v. Vi«o it/iA|irhnfhonor '1 at

extravagant^

ijOUg0 jn pari8t one in Lon'dotlf

vilJa Jn BrJghton and a pftiaCe

0no ot hla floe8fc

in Flor

ence, and in each of these places he kopt a permanent retinue of servants. He would never permit Grisi to spend her earnings, so she was able to save something for her daughtor. Mario had the greatest distaste for newspapers and let-

estates was seized

by big ore4jltora,

week„

and it was

before he found it out.

Grisi on tho other hand was most methodical. She rose early and looked after the affairs of her household, and always had the oversight of her children. Her greatest weakness was ber love of jewelry. She would cover her fingers ond wear two watches at the same time. She was proud of her beauty and took the utmost care to preserve it. She had three maids whose sole employment was to attend to her wants. Her favorite dinner dress was black velvet and around her neck she wore twelve rows of pearls. Mario was devoted to her.

He gave ber presents almost daily. At dinner, no matter who was present, she always sat at his right hand. When be was not singing he dinod in great state at nine o'clock, and invitations to these banquets were highly prized, and it is said it was no uncommon thing to see him enter the dining-room with a princess on his arm. After the soup, Mario invariably turned to Grisi and with a pretty speech, emptied his first glass in her honor. But in spite of all this devotion she was not above jealousy. Once when he was singing in St. Petersburg a rumor reached ber that a Russian princess was paying him devoted attention. about She started at once to go and

Tbe lanugo* tbe earner at me "W tho lit, but she fell ill on the way and could new Evangelic*! He formed Zion church|go no further than Vienna, where she was selemnixed Sunday afternoon. Th exercises were of the usual uppropilate nature* and were very mpres^i ve. Rev. Scbitnmelphennig. of tbeOermntt Methodist church, conducted the, ..opening, service. This was followed by music and suitresses from Rev. HoMi-meyar, formerly pastor of tbe church hem but now stationed at8t* t*ui*« and Rev. f*. R. Pierce. The afcme was tb?n lowered to petition. Rev, Sebwedes «M41Og fhe regular service. The contents* of tbe stone were* Tbe Holy Bible, tlymn book of tbe Reformed eboreh, fJanMitutioaof the Reform?-! eboreb, Constitution of the tongr^t^w. Heidelberg e»t«*hi«m of the Reformed chnreh.

died. Mario was telegraphed for but reached thero too late to see her alive. The story goes that he ordered a coffin to be cut out of rock crystal and mounted with silver within It, and visible to ail was the dead singer dremsed in white and covered with jewels.

There is a glamouraboutsgreat singer such as surround* tbe great of no other profession. Tbe world is literally at their feet, and what: a divine gift is tbelra, the power to bold va*t audiences *tS4u bound with the. mag'.c of their voice. 0KHAt.MWK.

Kir*5nMKtmit of OmMral TJw factory ws» o«n«J by E. &»- S.:xl„ Midi:'", ot Elgitb Pi-Met

birt» and Mfcwkmsbote, Ci»py «a*b ot tbe dally paper* containing copies oi the announcement of tbe cartaer stone laying In years to come these contents may prove very interesting reliee when resurrected. s, i?

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The Nichols cooper shop on the nver bank below tbe distillery was completeby fl» M«h) night

•u Lemon le»v imsursnce will not cover the low by about $10,000. Mr. Oilman carried flt5« on the building and Mr. Nichols tMOO on tbe stock. Tbe origin of tbe fire is credited to incendtariea. The factory will be rebuilt.

Md l«w»d to Mr. Slcboi, .hoh«d

Hyn**i book of the Sunday It filled with materials and machinery.

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