Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 24, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 December 1891 — Page 1

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Vol. 22.-No. 24

TOWN TALK.

GOOD WORK DONE BY THE BOARD OF

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The Kind of a Man

Who

A S.1SW UKAL.

When County Commissioner John Hen! take* his seal with the beard next Monday that body will be democratic once more, and as there area number of plumi to distribute Its actions will be watched with Interest. The most valuable appointment Is thatof {superintendent of the poor farm, a position now very sajlsfactorily lilted by Joshua Hull, who was appointed for three vears, most of which have yet to run. It Is not known whether or not any attempt will be made to bring about a change, but as there are about three score of hungry applicant* for the place It is quite probable an attempt will be iniule to mi«t Mr. Hull, and then, in all probability, the matter will go into court. The next most impoiuwil position at the disposal «f the board is that of county attorney, which has tut at Uchment of $l,00o per year It is bv I'suis ,V Ihunmill, wle were recently appointed for three year*. No other name ha* tecn meti-mc! in connection with »s»' ::. and re Mr. Hammilt i* tcml t'SC democrat and Wo.nl lawyer his inilucio-e win pi he suflioient p«" *pp ini mailt i.Mv for ltsin««n made until May arc several after it 'H* ivlinin are man «n«t W at present bv l»r, T.

ti» pje\ «'M of t4i*vnsli ttiwr.ship next, but ii. tit"-! iKi.'lOts Cil S, ir»vis. ver\ us» Stu ii nl. com hi« «nv event

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Set-re* the People

Change In th* County Board

J.iWcly to llrintr Atmnt Numerous Other

Ctian«M »n a Short Time, etc. To-(lay County Commissioner Levi G. IHckerson retire# from office after serving the people faithfully for a cootinu

out

years eacb.

period

HOi..r,Tn.wv

covering two terms of three

years each. To say that he enjoys the

confidence and esteem of ail who have

Of Oil Who have ..

come in contact with him dnring his

oflicial carter is but a plain statement of

fact*. When he went into office on the

first Monday of December, IS80, the new

court house wan but a shell, and it

was not until a year iator that it was

under cover. Contracts for the com pie Hon of tbe building amounting to fully $30J,000 were let and the I in mens© structure was finished ami thrown open for occupancy without a single charge of dishonesty being breathed against those who had the nwttter in charge. In fact iu a public speech Judge Mack took oc (•anion to say that no shadow of suspicion could lie against, any member of the board, Inirlng Mr. IMckerson's terms of office the commissioners have disbursed not less than $7oO,iXifi, and the first charge of dishonesty lias yot to be made. Morn money has been paid out for roads and bridge* than ever before in its history, and to day the county has more good bridge* than it lias ever had, and possesses -complete system of gravel roads which cannot be excelled in the stale. At the same time the debt has been reduced, and aside from the court house bonds the county doesn't owe anything. Provision has been made to meet tint bonds, and from year to year the surplus in the treanir.v has been steudiiy increasing. There is always money on luuid to meet all demands, yet with the increasing surplus there lias been Unaight about a material reduction in tbe rate of taxation. This Is the history of the board during Mr. lJicUer^oii's connection with it, most of the time as chairman. It Is always a pleasure to speak in commendatory terms of faithful officer, and that the retiring chairman of the board of county commissioners is -deaervlng of the highest praise goes without saying. Regardless of politics he has had the confidence of every county official, and by his fairness In dealing with all he retires with the best wishes of the community for his future success.

ie'

liJ'ed

at\vi the man who

pretty crs-aiti g" ,:i have plenty of t. and tVntinu"* fully the re*p -:tv, whUe hi* ileio!ers«'»ia, it«ati»?r-.

pT w»mhi

iu the spring in rib j» ear, ^eharjfes bij4 duty

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w«n in.-to than earns his money. The sevre'arv «.( the b-^attl of health jwv« ear. and the pla-i' '.snow filled |,v 11«-. 1... J. W.-lnntein Th»n there are three .-our! b.'u*e who receive $|i- j-rv month each, and .'B,- evai»»r hand #t $v per nsoeth a de»eci-»t wiu, in

jy possible to drive souin on rouriu

Walnut,

olixe tbe streets.

wjll{.|, are

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nos)e every

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Jo f* «uain. b«

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can be enforced wilb advantage to many. elre. One by one the government*

Til HTIUK KHS.

There are many awnings in town for throttling lotteries. Bat it will nevjr, which the owners ought to be prosecuted tackle the matrimonial lottery peoplfe

^jie charge of maintaining a nuisance, given to taking chances are always m*. ii twAnt an

while on Saturdays it is scarce

Iy po#M!ible

Wft gons

There doesn't seem to be much change In the coal strike situation this week. The news comes from Washington that the operators there have put 300 men to work at the advanced price, but in this locality and in Clay county the miners are stiJl idle. At Brazil there seems to be considerable dissatisfaction among the miner* on account of the absence of funds promised for their rehef. hast week the total amount received was ninety dollars, threo dollars of which went to the delegate for expenses, the remainder being made to provide for about two hundred families. Better tbintr* are promised, but if the promises are not fulfilled the strikers cannot hold out very long. The operators express confidence In their ability to carry their point* and so do the miners. In the meantime there has been no nvi.N'noe of a famine here, and the dealer* continue to renp all the benefit there is to be derived from the advance which thev have made in the price, while many of these, furnish an inferior article of fee!

Notes and Comments.

The most unscrupulous cstb drivers in the world are .*«id to IHi in IfaTana, which boosts of of this ilk. A traveler from Brooklyn sums up the situation in three sentences: "Ride at the peril of your purse walk at the peri! of your life, if you ride they will rob too, If vnts at ".em ft to walk they will run over von."

amount

Chicago.

V«*-« L^*T THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Y*.-rk on that p«*ky fair f* en turn om!'« ba»r gray i« a single night. to a horse rae# ia imt much more e\ !*»»«»**.

stber, of regrets and

PA/I

to drive south on Fourth for paris,

which are allowed to naonop

These are all matters

\)y jaw

his official existence. By the

wav, it is now unlawful for chickens to run at large, and as they area greater nuisance In some localities than the cows running at large the ordinance should

enforced. ON

1 11 VVKONO I.OT.

one of the building and loan associations bad advanced him a loan on it. Now

pl,„,,n

unknown own, a. good

house which has been erected on his lot

without his knowledge or consent, and at no cost to him, while the building and loan association furnished the money with which to build it on mistaken security, and the man who thought he was building on his own lot wants to know who is responsible. The agent who sold the lot knew it was a very low piece of ground, but rather than loso his commission by missing a sale pointed out a lot on high ground, and the purchaser taking his word for it showed the contractor whore to build, and now when it is too late discovers that some real estate agents in Torre Haute are no better than their fellows in Kansas. The attorney for the building ami loan association examined tho abstract and found it all right, but did not examine the ground to find it all wrong, cause quently his company is out a considerable sum. The responsibility has not been fixed yet, and probably never will be, although It is a pity the agent who made the sale cannot be held liable. The discovery of this case suggests anew manner iu which loan associations might be swindled, and in which they may have been swindled at timtt- for all they know. How many appraisers who examine houses know that they rest on certain described lots, and how many attorneys know any inoro about tho matter than the appraisers?

ice AfirTI fort.

This is especially the case on the west sored of this comfort. side of Fourth street. Men of ordinary height walking along there are frequent- terday. A crank named Hiram D. WS|ly compelled to dodge obstructions or gon entered Russell Sage's office in Nojjgr ruin their bats and bump their heads.

York, and on the refusal of Sage to

On Walnut street, opposite the city bim $1,250,000 exploded a dynaml building, tbe sidewalk half the time is bomb in tbe office, killing six men, covered with wagons and buggies, and duding himself, but only slightly inj tbe same can be said of tbe sidewalk on jng Mr. Sage. A building in St. Pi the west side of Fourth street, south of fell, killing seven men, and Dom Ped# the deposed emperor of Brazil, died

Itig ciajmed

portiou of the mar-

which are by law a portion of the mar-

duty to attend to, but the fact

tbftt })e ajj0wssuch

violations under his

day leads to the belief that

memories, has estimated that* r* »—j*. —«»*._ o. RnisMie !m(»ewr Bndberry of 1 «t $4.1 to raise a t*?y to tbai *fe I

ti.-v the City has an ordioamw when be- is capable«? h«*Uitt£ for bim-J cb^dren and Animals: Children abaofront*-, awning*,! Tbe boy who lit* pap* only! d«»ed or c«g!eeted, 2 eJifldren tMUMo then' «»xleiy to know what mu«s ?»e of an exceptional breed, or

re^: 'o. I* BieAsssre Charge,! tnat »s of apfle w»rk *ban intends! 50 3 .nlitary case On Main I The government i* psltltqt *«top de|«iv»d of MeMgjr Ibod Sttws. Whether the chufge tr»c or ih« of tobacc^niata in putting ahelter. ontawi out •f«Uy, $ *«». remains to N» seen, and It pri*m of pi$«» *nd otb©r thlnga into od,S£i ordef«d tosUble,« animal* Uken t* proved or di»prwved. 8wt there *r« I of A pmelMg* tf tpwn writ, I Minute killed, being an1 other t*artio»* of the .mlinaooe which bvcux, is to 000tale and nomine1 fit for farther n«e, 4 pdag* killed, &.

ing to a.-,*,** with tu Whea tl»* I'Tbeaverage 4\v his governor more bomel«^a, 1 children having Ina-

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1891.

CONSIDERABLE history waa made

that Senator Ingalls

proved a failure as a lecturer. We capnot credit this statement basing our dl» belief on tbe well known fact that all the success of the Kansas statesman wm dne to his brilliancy and undoubted ability as an oratoi. It may be said tbqt Ingalls is insincere, demagogic ani visionary, yet it must be conceded that as an entertaining talker there is not his superior in the country.

rti

Hall Caine, who has been selected by Dr. Hermann Alder, chief rabbi of England, to study tbe Hebrew question |n

A citizen who recently erected a dwelling on a suburban lot afterwards found ,. Russia, is the author of the powerful out that it «.» located on some other

ator|na uhnlM

rau,,-* Kr,,llnd. T'e dls(.o\erj Has "The Scapegoat, which is now running made. I.o.-.ver, until mh.,0 time alter

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]1|u^traled IjindoI1 Xewa Por

haps no living writer, not even Gen. 1,9w Wallace, of "Hen Hur" fame, lfgs

home liffe of the Ishmaelites of old. Mi His, a played-out In inhering village of Michigan, is just now the scene of a great Mormon revival, Elder Taylor having, it is said, converted the whole town. If the zeal of the Ml 11 is Mormons withstands the rigors of a Michigan winter the doughty Mormon ntissionary proposes to translate his converts from their idle lumber mills to tho busy ami thrifty Salt L4ke coimnuuity. There is nothing strange in tills outbreak of Mormor.isni at Millls, for it is art oft-repented experience Tor a community that has been left stranded bv the loss of its chief industry to become tho converts of the 11 rst crank that comes along with a promise of bread ami prosperity.

Now BroakSyu come* along late in the day. ami claims to have lost by the world's fair going to can be brought in the town. Tbe people

o? money thai has are nearly all hostile to the sale of liquor ,i# "xv

and

The San Francisco Evening Bulletin makes the following interesting a&d highly moral comment upon the^l|te contest for tbe national RepuMicati^tiventlon: "There is beginning to be too much of the Dutch auction feature about the struggle for the conventions to fttake it acceptable in the ethical polill of view." This, coming as It does ftom the city which began the blddlhg and frankly depended upon the size of its bid, will come with particular weight. It Is said that Sm Francisco will be a competitor for the national democratic convention. We may indulge the hope that, having secured the above ethical point of view of this matter, it will hold to it firmly when the UmptnMmi to offer the democratic committee $.0,000or $100, 000 comes along.

Despite the incessant and uncompromising warfare waged against dancing by the church there is no doubt that the devotees of this exciting diversion are increasinp. There is a charm about the whirl and tripping of the dance that no amountof anathema from tbe pulpits can dissipate, and so long as there is music to prompt the tripping of the feet there will be those who will follow its rhythmic measures. The winter season when dancing most is cultivated finds the crusade against Terpsichorean amusement as resentles# as ever. But the effect appears to be the same as in the years that are gone. The young people who want to dance will dance oven though they incur the censure of the church and the Puritanical heads of society.

Dr. Keeloy will not, it is said, attempt the cure of tho cigarette habit. He can paralyze the tremens, he can annihilate opium and tame extreme nervousness and free tobacco slaves from the bane of its tbralldom, but he can't phase the eigarctte fiend. In the first place the person must have some sort of a mind before he can be cure*!, and it is general ly conceded that no cigarette dude has a Blind worth mentioning. The cigarette is a boy's worst enemy and a man's worst friend. Therefor* cigarettes can't be brought In Dwight. Dr. Keeiey intl mated to the people that it would be betlittle ter for his patients to be unable to get cigarette^ and since then not a package

none is sold there. Tbe tobacco,

igb to rum or opium habit are Dr. Keeley's oyster*, bat. cigarette* he lemve* to a higher power.

The following I* the November report

0f y«

ei«tr

when be- i» -*p*h?# «»f ha«Uitig for him-j children and Animals: Children abao-

proj'x'^i it was money after be is o»4 enough io bustle prop«tr ho»e*, 2 overloading animals, 2 driving animals when galled or !«»*,

an tutor of cnutm investigated by

for tbe Prevention of Cruelty U»

tbtugd, children deatitnt*, 2 eMI

JfAN'S OBSERVATIONS

Some Women Expect Thair Hus-

bands to do Regardless of th« Home Snr-

roundings, Which Afford Ample Reasons Why a Great Maujr Men do Not Marry.

The sudden death of General Hovey last week was a forcible reminder that tbe commanders of our day are rapidly disappearing from the scenes which witnessed their deeds of bravery, and are crossing the border into that land where it is hoped all is peace. To look back fer the last ten years and scan the mimes of those who have gone before is startliug. Within that time Grant, Sheridan and Sherman have joined the silent majority, and it sometimes seems difficult to believe that these illustrious soldiers live only in the history of their country and in the hearts of iu* people.

The d«?ath of these generals awakens us to the fact that an important epoch of American history is closing. A quarter or a century has elapsed sluce tho breaking out of the great war of the Rebellion, and a quarter of a century must necessarily thin out the ranks of men, in public as well as in private life.

Of the great leaders who faced each other in the battles of those days, the majority 011 both sides have laid down their swords forever. And of tho men ^ho followed them countless numbers of both the blue and the gray are no longer dwellers in the land for which they fought.

In the ordinary routine of social and business life one day is so like another that tbe passing time is scarcely noticed. A decade y^ir-i hi a pass and leave things aroupd us almost unchanged. But when, of a sudden, one looks up Trom engrossing personal affairs, and finds that tho headlights of tho nation are going out one by ono, what a forcible reminder it is that what we choose to call the present is being quickly changed into what i* known as the past.

Soon all of the generals that won distinction in the civil war can he looked for in history alone and to the unwritten history of years to come must be left the question who shall replace them.

Iu our armies to-day there may be plenty of for tbe making of martial heroes of the future. There may be plenty of young Americans with the requisite amount of bone and muscle, braits and bravery, to make up the daring leaders of days to come. But they belong to the yet unwritten chapter of American history—and who shall live to read it?

As people advance in years the less they indulge in plaunings for the future and the more they cling to the things of their own day. And so, at present, tho people of this generation may treat with apparent indlflerence the question who will, or who will not, be the country's heroes in days to come. But of all those who stood by the nation In tho dark days of the civil war, and came out with It inU) tho glad sunshine of peace, there is not one who will forget those who were heroes then. And when one by one they leave the ranks of the living and join the silent army of the dead, a pang of regret goes through the land. The hand of the nation crowned tbem when living, and the heart of the nation mourns for them when dead.

That a man will come home eagerly night after night, after his business, and caress tbem, and whisper loving words, when the tire is sickly, the hearth unclean, the dinner delayed and badly cooked, the children neglected-looking and cross, and she herself grumbling and complaining, is what some women expect to find in matrimony. Well, she need not expect it he won't come he has more sense. He will very naturally leave her awaiting him, anci go where his surroundings will be more tempting, where he can get a good meal, and read hi* paper in peace and quietness.

When a man knows a nice dinner is waiting for him, a comfortable fireside, a smiling wife, and bright, well-cared-for children, as a rule, with very few exceptions, he will come borne with rapid feet and eagsroes®. Try it, ye women whose husbands are uncertain in their home coming it isqnSte worth your while it requires some thought,

Some women expect a man to give

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roundings, and when they are even too lazy to brush their bats aud give them a good-by kiss to take to business with

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ONE BY ONE THE OLD SOLDIERS ARE tbem, or a welcoming on their arrival STEADILY CROSSING OVER. borne, they expect their love to be just as deep for them, when they make no What

effort to keep it warm, when they never

study the interests, wishes or likings of their lords. Some women expect their

children to be healthy when they take no care of tbem good when they take no trouble with them on their way to heaven when they don't show them the way. They expect their servants to work from morning till night at home while they go out aud enjoy themselves day after day, and never to ask for an hour's recreation or want it. These are the women who frighten good men from seeking wives, aud are the cause of there being so many miserable homes.

A thief and a liar can be eudured, because oue cannot be perpetually lying or stealing but the man who was born with the spirit of argument in his k»m

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argue seldom appear iu divorce courts it has been said over and over again that no two persons can be found who agree upon every point and probably it is a true assertion. Nor is it necessary that they should. Peace and order cau be preserved iu a house by forbearance and tolerance, even if one member of the household insists that black is white and another member is sure white is black. We should always bo willing to grant freedom of thought and belief to others. Two persons who are associated together will before long discover that there are points upon which they always disagroe and these subjects should always bo avoided in conversation. They are rocks upon which many a bark of happiness hits been wrecked. Change the conversation whenever you liud it drifting toward these fatal channels, just as you would change the course of a ship if you were a pilot and saw gleaming In your course the warning buoy attached to a sunken reef. Whenever it can consistently be done it Is best to avoid tho man who argues. It is extremely unpleasant to feel that yon are on tho wituess stand of cross-examina-tion and be obliged to prove your simplest propositions by all the ologles and isms known to silence. Argument is in its place in lyceumsand debates—sometimes in the pnlpH—but not an sternly diet among friends. It is the essence of contradiction and the person who is continually contradicting will act like an east wind on peace and sociability. We think we could endure abuse, billingsgate and eggs which have passed through tho chemical laboratory of decoinp *itlon, but from the man who argues good Lord deliver hs!

j»... ,, -—, He waa tbirly-two year*old,unmarried, .self-denial, and much effort, but it will an(j

repay in so many ways—an easy con science, a happy home, contented bus band* healthy children, and an approv- panied the remains home, ing mind.

On Tuesday lastSuperinb ndent Joshua Hull and bis estimable wife entertained a number of tbe county officials at their home on tho Poor Farm pant of the city. An elegant dinner was spread, and all those present had a most enjoyable time. The guests were: County Commissioners Levi G. Dickerson, Snnford Henderson and Peter Miller, County Commissioner Elect John Heal, Auditor •'. A. Sehaal, Deputy Auditor John I. Bell, Treasurer G. A. Conzmsn, County Attorney M. K. Hnniili, Hon. I. N. Pierce, Lee Goodman, Sam Huston. Tho*. Johnson and We*. Campbeli. _______________

Mail.

The body of Thomas CovJe, the man who died very suddenly at the union depot last h» turd ay afternoon was embalmed and sent to his late borne by Undertaker Ryan. Tbe deceased had been in Los Angeles, Cal., for bis health, but being in tbe last stages of consumption was on his way home to Middletown, Ohio, to spend his last days with relatives. He was witbin six hours of ents, and a great many are unnecessarily

his home when death overtook him here.

was of a highly reupected family.

ill* brother and sister, William and Agnes Ooyle, came here and sccom-

r*ome women u*j«s:v w*u s»*v tbem all the monev tbey ask to spend as meeting at the dob room* on Redoes- paper: make a so,id package th«. will t. 1 ,.^0 r.t (r.lfcfi M«ilv I

The Fort Harrison club held its annual

foolishly and recklessly as they like he day evening for tbe purpose of bearing not crush easily: tie well w.th good

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implv a money-making machine:

report* and

existent for tbeir convenience bis life #«l*f y—r. D. W. Minshall, who has with ink on tbe lower rigbi^ftMd crm-r must be a bard-working one while hers serVed prmUimt of tbe club since iu and very few packages will fail to reach is to be fall pf ease and amusement, foundation, defined a re-election, and destination in good condition. aiThe worst of It i*. tbese «ort of women Boy G. Jeneke* was unanimously elect ways advisable u, place tbe name and generallr get tbe t»e*t men, and *m ed aabis sucemMor. Judge John T.#cotiUddre*» of tbe wilder on the upp-r ieft macb enrled bv their ore

Sbters. tary and tre*uW respectively, and tbe in tbe mails, they may be returned in Some women expect their husbands to executive committee, consisting of 8. C. mm tbe sddrew* cannot be found. Po«tadmire tbem sttil mora than other I Beech, D. K. Paddock and A- J. Craw- ij»,l statistics show that more delays re'women Now when they have p«t^ f*rd. wm re elected. A vote of thanks suit from incorrect addresses than fryna 1

the Reductive little looks and returned to Senator Voorbee* for a 1 errors In dlstrlbntion by postal eniway* tbey eedncwd them into m*rriag« v«do«bie oedtoction of book* presented! ployes. In case of loss or delay report with, and when they take no

We by bim U»e dub, and be

*pp«*raooe or sur- *0 honorary life member,

Fwenty-stcond Year

SATURDAY TO SATURDAY

ITEMIZED HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST SIX DAYS-

Including Some Things Rone by the Council, and Other Things Not Done by That August Body—1.1st, llatea and l'remlum* of tho Trotting Circuit Next Y*ar.

The sheriff's expenses for feeding prisoners last month was $t70 7". The Exposition day contributions of the city school* amounted to $00.57.

Tho revenue collections for this district during tho mouth of November amounted to f3il,22S,f0.

The old sycamore tree which stood at the northwest corner of Seventh and Poplar streets was cut down this week» thereby removing about the oldest landmark in tho city.

The following were the November enlistments in the regular army at this

continually. You oannot risk saying I'"",.™ Jol„ hry, .Tol„«„wu, Edgar Fry, Johnstown, Indiana Harry VanUlsien, city Samuel Dehbongh,

that tho grass is greeu on that a rat' tail is longer than a mouse's without being contradicted and challenged to prove your statement. He will discuss the subject pro and con to show you that you are in error and if you don't see it, he will insinuate that some folks are in tellectually blind, and then your temper in recognition of the fact that tor yearswill rise, and his likewise, and you will the society has been enabled to carry 01* its work through the munificent donation of $90,000 made by tho late Ohiumcoy Rose.

say something hot and so will he, and there will be "trouble iu camp." Whon it comes to married life it is safe to say that ttfo-thlrds of the divorces are cans ed by argument. People who do not moved down stairs in the market house,

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Bra7.il, Indiana Alberts. Gibbons, city James F. Lindsey, city. At Is regular meeting last Tuesday tho name of the Ladies' Aid Society was changed to The Rose Ladies'Aid Society

The police headquarters are to bo

where the force can have more roam and bare walls, In order that tho city engineer's quarters can be enlarged. There is no truth in tho report, however, that the council chamber is to be removed tothe corner of Fourth and Main streets and that the meetings will be held In private.

At Its last meetIng the council ordered tho electric light company to put in two new lights, ono of which is to bo in front of the Rose Orphans' Home, and which will cost the company about $700. Almost in the same breath the bid of the company for street lighting was rejected aud it was ordered to advertiso for now bids, and also for the purchase of a plant. In view of the fact that the present street lighting pontj^ot. ^xpire» iu less than two months, and that Itn ronowal has boon refused, it looks very much as though there is a disposition to put the company to all the unnecessary expense which can be piled upon it.

The trotting circuit for next year opons at Grand Rapids on the flth of August. Tho following ate the dates and amounts of tho purses offered: Grand Rapids, August 0 to 13 aggregato purses, $50,000 Chicago, August Jf to 20, $50,000 Independence Iowa, August 'Ji! to 27, $100,000 St. Paul, August 20 to September 3, $30,o00 Ft. Wayne, September 6 to 11, $20,000 Richmond, Ind., September 12 to 17, $20,000 Cambridge City, September If) to 21, $20,000 Terr© Haute, September 20 to October 1, $30,000 St. Louis, October 3 to 8, $40,000 Nashyille, October 17 to 22, $100,000 Columbia. October 24 to 20, $100,000 Total of purses, $500,000.

It appears that at its last meeting tho common council devoted most of it» time to Judge Taylor and its contract with him for the revision and compilation of tho city ordinances. The common council, It appears, started in to annihilate his honor, but tho judge, who was present, made a speech, In which ho devoted a fair share of his time to the legal adviser of the counHI, and while his Ktatement may not havo been eminent iy satisfactory to all. it raised a suspicion that some one had baeu lying In regard to the matter, and tiienced further comment at that tint" Judge Taylor informed the

COUII'MI SN.II

Frank McJCeen were reflected band corner of all packages, etc., sent,

ho would ful

fill iiiH portion of the mtract jn three months or would trfv" i*faetory reason* for not doing •»«•. 1 matter was finally dropped after liieeiiy attorney had made a statement Kiat he had no knowledge that the city council whh going to pass a resolution which seemed have caused much of thetroublo of mro recent date.

The season is approaching when tho mails will be filled with holiday prcs-

lost, delayed or damaged each year because of the indifferent manner in which they are prepared for mailing. Newspaper or other thin psijwr should never be used for wrapping, and [sackages as ordinarily wrapped where purchased are not sufficiently secure for forwardins in tbo mail*. t'«e «trorig

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electing officers for the en- twine ad dim* legibly and correctly

also made w.e name to yoor postmaater with all of

the information that can be given.