Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 October 1892 — Page 1

Vol. 23.-No.

TOWN TALK.

THE GAS QUESTION STILL OCCUPYING ATTENTION.

The Deal Between the Two Companies not Yet Consummated, but May Be Soon—A Quarantine for Diphtheria Wanted—

Reflections on the Political Situation

The sale of the Citizens' Fuel gas company to the old company has not yet been consummated, and the matter stands precisely as it did a week ago. In the meantime, however, the people have been obtaining some light on the matter. For instance it is admitted by the old company that for some time it has been making gas at

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cents per 1,000 cubic feet in the holder. Figuring on an output of 275,000 feet per day and a dividend of six per cent, on a capital of $200,000 gas could be delivered to consumers at 37.4 per 1,000 cubic feet, as follows: Cost of gas in holder, 20.1 cents taxes, 3 3 leakage, 10 per cent, 2 cents six per cent, interest on $200,000, 12 cents. The nov company asserts that it can be furnished at these figures in quantities of 200,000 Teet per day at a much larger profit to the manufacturer. ThiH, of course, is combatted by the old stockholders "of the old company, who remtfinber the time when their stock was in the hands of a feWVlio were glad to purehaso all thoy could got of it at 140 per cent, premium. They either cannot or will not learn it. They forgot that since they iyere granted their charter in December, 1855, Terre Haute has grown from a town of about5,000 to acity of 40,utj0 people—men who are not only able and willing to think for themselves, but are ai»o rr.uly to act on any proposi tlon which is clearly to their advantage. The old company made the mistake of thinking that it euiild gobble up the opposition and its four hundred consumers, put up the pricaof gas to a dollar, or more, a thousand, and that after an ineffectual kick its servants, the people, would continue their patronage and willingly pay the advance without a murmur, and with thanks to tho company for supplying their wants at any price.

But that the comj.Any reckoned without its host ia now ovident aud is becoming more apparent every day. True it has not glvon up its claim to the newcompany, although no eftort has yet been made to obtain possession. In tho light of subsequent events the stock holders in tho fuel company are doubtless sorry that thoy agreed to sell, would like to "see tho doal fall through, and would be willing to continue business at the old stand with a patronage which is now assured at a fair price, It is claimed that this is tho best town in the country of its nize to patronize low priced gnu, aud that with continued low prices and good Hervico tho consumption can be doubled in a couple of years, and twice tho consumption would moan a reduction in tho cost of manufacture, and at the same price a large increase of pro tit to tho manufacturer. Ten years ago tho company wanted to make probably

$30,000

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•wlion thG itonnuut was less than a fourth what it is to day, while there has been no increase in tho cost of the plant. At any rate the consumers are not going stand any radical advance in the price, and tho chances are that if the old company absorbs tho new one it will reconsider its action and prefer to furnish gas iu large quantities at small profits to furnishing very small quantities at no profit. At tho present time there are more than a thousand consumers ready to patronise anew company at a reasonble figure if the price is forced up on them, and in the event of the proposed advance a new company will certainly be formed and will be in operation by next summer, tf

During tho quarter ending with last month the statistics of the health office show 190 cases of diphtheria a.id 24 deaths from that disease la this city. In Philadelphia a city easily twenty-six times the sice of this, reckoning our population at 40,000, there were 534 deaths from the same disease in six months, and it was considered an uunessary fatality, yet if Philadelphia had had a proportionate number of deaths to Terre Haute the number would have been in three months, instead of 584 in six ifioutluu Most cases of diphtheria are the direct result of contagion, and if every known case were isolated it would soon be stamped out. Its general diffusion ever the city shows conclusively that it owes its proportion chiefly tocontagion and not to the bad sanitary condition of any particular locality. It has been demonstrated here in the last few months that It ia much easier to discover the widespread prevalence of the disease than to remove it. The health board has K*en given autocratic power in the matter, but nothing has been accomplished. It has been suggested thai there should be a hospital provided for the treatment of these cases, and It would be done without question or protest 11 the disease were small nox or cholera, but for some unexplained reason diphtheria, which

kills Its thousands where small pox kills tens, is not regarded by the public as sufficiently contagious to require the adoption of such heroic measures to prevent its propagation. It has been the experience here that the inmates of bouses where the disease exists have been allowed to do very much as they please and mingle with the poeple at will. Assuming that the hospital project would not be sustained by public sentiment, the next best safeguard is the ixolatiou of each house in which it exists, and the rule of isolation sould be rigidly enforced. Isolation will be inconvenient and uncomfortable for the families in whose casts it is enforced, but it will not increase the risk to the unstricken members and it will greatly lesson the danger of the spread of the disease to other households.

From this time on General Activity will assume command of all the political forces in the field, and lively times will be the order of the day until the polls close on the evening of November 8th. There will be no more lagging behind, and those who have political preferences will be very apt to advocate them with energy. In national affairs it looks very much like anybody's victory and will be a battle royal to the finish. The day of the roorback has passed into oblivion, and the campaign liar is treated with silent contempt. However, the usual accusations are being made by one party against the other, and each usually accuses tho othor of the same thing. The Australian voting system prevents the open purchase of votes, as iu the days of old, unless the purchaser will trust to the floater's honor, which is nearly always a minus quantity. The only way to buy votes now is to hire the voter to stay away from the polls, and then the purchaser loses half a vote. But this year lhere is an evident determination on the purt of ovtiry voter to get out and exercise the great American privilege. In states where registration is required more of it has been indulged in this year than has ever been known before. It must not.be taken for granted that because men won't carry torches or turn out in thousands to be bored by campaign orators, they are taking no interest in politics. Men are reading, studying and thinking for themselves and will vote their conviotions this year as tbey have never done before. This is an age of surprises, and the result of November 8th may prove one of the greatest surprises in the political history of the country.

Among the campaign stories which have boon put in circulation this week is one by both parties that the opposition are going to hoodwink laborers out of their votes by offering them a job beginning a day or two before the election and lasting until a day after. The men are to be put to work aud refused the privilego of voting, and if they persist iu voting are to be offered fabulous prices to remnin away from tho polls. Section 8 of the new election law reads as follows: "No person eutltled to vote at any general, national, state or county election, shall be employed upon the day upon which such election shall be held in any i^nufscturing, mining, JUOeiiatfval lUCrcanMo establishment or any railroad oorportlon hi this stute during the period of four hours afier tho opening of any electiOu In tho county in which such person is ontltled to vote, except as to works of r.toassity, iu which •*vorks of necessity every employe shall be given some period of four hours between the opening and closing of the polls on said day and any Circuit court may enforce the provisions of this section in term time or in vacation by mandate, or otherwise, upon tho application of the voter. Provided, however, that in any such establishment or corporation the employer or employes may agree on any four hours between the opening and closing of the polls that will be most convenient. Every officer of any corporation, owner superintendent, overseer or foreman, wbb employs or permits tc be employed any person in violation -of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not lesa than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars." With such a law on the statute books no man can be deprived of his vote because his employer wants to keep him at work, and the man who offers such an excuse for not voting can be looked upon with suspicion.

The building of a union slaughter house is now an assured fact. The city council has empowered the committee on conference with the butchers to purchase a suitable site for the proposed building. This Is another evidence that •'the world do move." Twelve years ago when a similar proposition was made the butchers raised such a row over it that the oonncll dropped it cold.

Tonawanda Tribe No. 152 is the name of the new tribe of Red Men recently organized here, and It ataxia out with 100 members. At its regular meeting Tuee-. day night It adopted George LinU, Wiley Coffin, Denny Weldcle, John Oaterloo, E. V. Bennett, Herbert. Dickhout, Herbert Tucker, Harry Keife and Peter f^ofnagle." Thjsr* are 17 applications to be acted on next Tuesday night.

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•WOMAN'S-WAYS

A GIFT WHICH SCATTERS GREAT WEALTH OF KINDLY FEELING.

England Hasn't a Monopoly in Female Tip-plers-What Duty Stands For With Women—Sorrow Begets Sympathy for Others —Look Backward Before Being Annoyed.

A great and% rare gift is tact. ylt smooths over more rough places and scatters a greater wealth of kindly feeling than any other grace of mind or body. The woman so endowed not only makes friends, but she keeps them likewise, for she holds the rein that governs the tongue and keeps the temper in leash. More can be accomplished by tact than by force, though let it not be imagined that tact means wheedling, far from it. Tact is the quality that enables a person to get everything they want without letting others know they are having their own way. Tact governs husbands and rules worlds. It is thp mighty power that gives leadership ip society, grace of demeanor and a charm of manner that turns contretemps to pleasant happenings and awkwardness to perfect grace. Without it women are lost. Speeches are made that can never be pardoned, feelings are hurt, unintentionally, perhaps, but none the less screly, and in a hundred ways the person devoid of this rare quality manages to ottend. Therefore from infancy cultivate this sterling virtue, for it can be obtained by constant watchfulness, and once acquired in its kindly guise it becomes difficult to distinguish it froin goodness uf heart aud genuine charity.

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Au article from a London correspondent reveals as though it were but a lately discovered fact that the women of Englandaristocracy and those of the upper middle classes are developing a too great enjoyment of frequent libations, with, of course, the customary results. This is truly a shocking state of affairs, yet it is to be feared that if the said correspondent had done the summer resorts of this continent the season that is just past he or she would have gasped at the amount of liquor consumed by women, old and young, yet which never seemed to effect them in the least, more than an added color in the cheeks, a brighter color in the eyes or perhaps a little louder laughter than is considered quite corr^ctf in circles where manners take precedence over words. Not alone did matrons and middle-aged women indulge in cocktails, punches, whisky and ginger ale, cordials and champagne, but young girls not more than 18 or 19 ordered their favorite decoctions and superintended the mixing of the ingredients with the air of seasoned topers. Many a woman had a bar bill equal to her board, and though an American says it as shouldn't, the women of England, or any other country in fact, would have to be pretty hard drinkers to discount many of the daughters of Uncle Sam, who have no scruples whatever about ordering any drink they desire, either in restaurants or hotels, and whose every meal is aided and abetted by a generous libation, to say nothing of many wee nippies between times. 4

What a stroug rugged word is "g/aty." How -t stands, out Against the sky of worldly circumstances in contradistinction to "pleasure how it haunts tho mind and worries tho soul of the vacillating, unhappy creature, whose inclination calls one way yet whose moral sign manual beckons another. Women as a rule are more governed by the sense of duty than men. With women duty stands for conscience, and once let the idea become imbued in the mind of a thinking creature that it is her duty to do any certain thing, and that one act will be the end and object of all her worldly ambition. It is this sense of duty that prompts a wife to stand by her husband, even though he be all that is bad in the eyes of the world. It is this same goading power that outside of the love she bears them, induces a mother to go out into the highways and byways and endeavor to reclaim the wayward son or daughter. The sense of duty makes better employes among the weaker sex than ever can be found among the ranks of men. Because it is her duty a woman slaves assiduously for those who pay her a meagre pittance for such untiring devotion. Now it wonld seem that duty must mean all the unpleasantness that there is in life—far from it. The path of duty is the path of peace, and though at first it seems hard and thorny the day will come when roses will blossom by the wayside and the heart will rejoice over a duty truly 'and beautifully fulfilled.

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There is nothing in the wide world that will bring another^} grief home to ourselves unless we experience sorrow ourselves. The mother's heart may feel a momentary pang when she hears that another's baby ia dead, but she cannot even in tender sympathy grieve long when she sees her own chubby little boy or girl playing about in the foil perfection of health, but when the little knot of white crape floats from her own doorknob, then she knows how to feel for that other whose baby ha« been laid to

rest. Then she can appreciate* the heartache and the anguish, and then will her words of sympathy teem with a feeling that was before lacking. So it is in everything. Unless we know from actual experience we cannot enter into the feelings of others. There may be a band-shake, a murmured "I am sorry for you," but you cannot feel the air of relief that the untried one experiences when decenoy permits him or her to get outside into that world where your heartache is lost in the social or business Obligations of every-day life. Therefore, if among all those whom you 6all friends there is one on whom you can absolutely rely when days are dark, value him above rubies. Fair weather followers are always to be found, but the heart that clings in- the dark hour, the voice that trembles in genuine sympathy, the hand that clasps yours in a grasp cordial and warm when others shun or upbraid, he it is to whom you should give the heartiest welcome, treat most royally and love the best.

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Did it ever occur to you when you felt fretted and annoyed at some little teasing child, or thought its actions and antics too utterly absurd, to just look backward into, the bygone days of your own childhood and try and remember that you were young once yourself. Children are no more foolish or no more troublesome than you were in your day. 'It.is only because they are children and you are grown to maturity that makes them seem such little nuisances. You can't expect old heads on young shoulders. Let them be young as long as their hearts will let them. These prematurely old obildren are the saddest spectacles this life can hold. Childhood should be all sunshine and laughter. The heat and burden of tho day will be felt soon enough, and when this comes then there will be no ueed to chide the restless little feet that are never weary of their play, the little eager voice that vexes with its manifold questions and the noisy olatter that goes to form onehalf of the enjoyment of the childish [fife. Don't be cross and fault-finding, all the while, they don't mean half the jjriaughtiness they manage to accomplish, tit is mischief, not malice that gets thera into so many scrapes, and when you feel most impatient just stop a moment and Ithink of your own vanished youth, |vh0^inj_ more-geri worldly honors and financial achievements of later years, and hold back the oross, the impatient reproach that will bring tears to the eyes and sorrow to the heart of the little one who calls you mother or father.

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The Great Council of Indiana, Order of Red Men, met at Indianapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday. Two hundred and fifty delegates represented the 154 tribes of the state. The report of the great chief of records shows a total membership of 9,557 in the state. The total receipts, Including amount in wampum belts a: last report, is $69,979.70. Total expenditures for past great sun, including $11,129.48 for relief of brethren, $1,761.56 for burial of brethren and lesser expenses, Was $50,$14 01 Tho tribal investment* amount to §69,896.90. Indiana Is the banner slate of the Red Men. The following are the newly- elected officers: Charles L. Feltus, Terre Haute, great sachem W. B. King, Lsfi.jotte, great senior sagamore T. J. Gray, Nobles ville, great junior sagamore T. G. Har rison, Indianapolis, great C, of R. John A. McGaw, Indianapolis, great K. of W. Alfred Ellison, Anderson, great prophet. Great Representatives to the Great Council of the United States—RS. Gregory, Muncie Geo. F. David, Indianapolis H. C. Shaw, Richmond T. J. Smith, Frankfort. Great Trustees—Wesley Davis, Indianapolis W. S. Ramsey, Indianapolis William

Sear, Bourbon. The

council closed with a grand banquet, and will meet in Indianapolis again next year. Quite a number of the members of the Terre Haute tribes were in attendance. ^4

The Northwestern Indiana conference, after a most interesting meeting in this city adjourned last Monday. The following are tlie appointments for this. (Greencastle) district for the ensuing year: D. M. Woods, presiding elder Annapolis and Montezuma, J. C. Reeve Bainbridge, F. W. Lee Bellmore,0. C. Haskell Brazil, French mission, A. L. Allias Brazil, Hendrix chapel, G. W. Switzer, Brazil circuit, H. C. Ralty Oarpentersville, Jacob Rohm Catlin, William Torr Clayton and Cartersburg, Sherman Powell Clinton, Thomas Meredith, Ooatsville and Amo. J. L. Greenway and J. M. Hllbish Dana, H. M. Campbell Fillmore and Liberty, Wm. Pack Greencastle, College avenue, S. B. ^Towne Greencastle Junction, H. Gk Leaseenby: Harmony, D. Y. Williams Knightsville, E. S. Shoemaker Kingman, J. F. McDaniels Morton, J. A. Patterson Newport, C. L. Harper Plainfield and Bridgeport, T. J. Bassett and A. N. Cave Reelsville and Carbon, O. P. Paxon and S. A. Rom Rockville, F. M. Pavey Saaford, D. W. Riaher Terre Haute, Asbury, Isaac Dale Terre Haute, Centenary, T.

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Hoagland and H. G. Ogden Terre Haute circuit, E. M. Dnnkelbarger.

EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1892. Twenty-third Year

James H. Clark and Charles C. Clark are two enterprising young colored gentlemen of this city. James runs a barber shop near the corner of Fourth and Ohio streets and Charles has another at 908 south Second street. Both are married, and their wives have not been on good terms for some time. On Wednesday afternoon Mis. James Clark went down to

see

her sister-in-law about

a letter which it had been alleged the latter wrote her, and in a quarrel which followed Mrs. James drew a revolver and shot Mrs. Charles in tho. rrek, the bullet lodging in

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cured and the pistol was his, but he disclaims any previous knowlege of what happened. After the shooting he went with his wife to their home, 805 south Ninth street, where she was airested. Da Stunkard attended the wounded woman and she will recover. The accused will have a hearing before Justice Felsenthal on the 31st inst. Her husband and his father, are on her bond for $2,000. It appears to have been a womans quarrel in whioh there has been more or less talk of a scandalous nature.

On Tuesday last Dovale Fountain passed through the city on his way from New York City to San Francisco on foot. He lelt the former on Sept. 20t.h, Washington, D. C., on the 28th and is due in Sari Francisco not later than January 1st, or 103 days for the trip. His route lies from the starting point through Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Parkersburg, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, St. Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Denver, LeadyiliOi Grand Junction, Ogden, and thence along the line of the Central Pacific railroad to his destination. He makes from 36 to 43 miles per day and believes he can beat the best record thus far made, which is 120 days, lie travels by the county roads and sends his trunk ahead by express. He says his expenses are about $2 50 per day. He is 26 years old and weighed 132 pounds when he started, but that was reduced to 115 pounds when he reached here. He is an instructor of comic elocution, and expects to be repaid for his long j^nd lonely tramp through the advertising which it gives him.

The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Grand Council of the Royal Arch and Select Masons was held in Indianapolis this week, cbmmenclng on Tuesday. Of the forty-two councils in the state forty were represented, the absent ones being Frankfort and Winchester. The treasurer's report showed a balance of $2,315.50 in the treasury after all disbursements had been made. This city was represented on the credentials committee by Martin Holliuger on jurisprudence by Alex. Thomas, apd on visitations by Judge Thomas B. Long. The following are the newly elected officers: Illustrious Grand Master, Edward H. Punning, of Goshen Deputy Illustrious Grand Master, S. Johnson, Jeffersonville^ Grand Privy Chancellor of the work, Thomas B. Long, of Terre Haute Grand Treasurer, Martin H. Rice, Indianapolis Grand. Recorder, William H. Smythe, Indianapolis Grand Captain of Guards, Thomas R, Marshall, Columbia City,

On Wednesday evening the police were compelled to place William McPbeeters in jail for safe keeping, slating him as insane. When found be said he was in search of a butcher whom he wanted to amputate his, McPheeters', arm. It has only been a short time since he took the bi chloride of gold cure at the Sprague concern here, wbich he purchased with a doctor a few days ago, intending to run the institution. He has lived on a farm near Prairieton until last week, when he rented a house on south Fourth street and moved to the citv with his family.

In theCircuitcourtthis week Elizabeth Tevelm brought suit agninst Martin Cassidy, claiming $5,000 for breach of promise to marry. She claims that they became engaged this year, and that Cassidy agreed to marry her on a day which is nameless In the eomplalnt, but that the time has long since,gone by and defendant refuses to carry eut his portion of the contract, although plaintiff, like Barkis, "is willla' wherefore ehe claims judgment in the anm named.

For the present south Fifth streett from Washington avenue tu Osborn street, will remain unopened. The city commissioners assessed the damages to property owners at $7,002.25, and the benefits to adjacent property at $3,028.99. This wonld leave a balance of $3,975,28 to be paid by the city, and as funds are not abundant the council refused to order the opening. It ia only recently that aboard of city commissioners has been found that is willing to admit any benefit to the city at large through the opening of new street. _____

The mud on Main street is nearly as bad as It was before the pavement was put down. There is a longing to know when the thoroughfare will be cleaned. The only difference between the Main street of to-day and a year ago is that when the pedestrian puts down his foot it is with the certainty that he will find at a reasonable depth*

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VITAL STATISTICS.

WHAT THEY SHOW IN THIS COUNTY THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Showing: the Ages at Which Many Die, tho Diseases which Carry Them Off and

Other Matters of Interest Generally.

Dr. A. W. Spain, secretary of the county bnnrd of haalth has completed his report for lie quarter ending September 80, and it has been forwarded to the state board. It shows 340 births during the three months, of whioh 94 were in July, 96 in August and 51 in September. There were 122 males, 119 females, 116 white males, 115 white females, 6colored males and 4

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females. In 207 oases the

father and in 220 cases the mother were Americans 23 fathers and 10 mothers wore fonMjiUfi'S, and in 24 cases the nationality of the parents was not reported. Thrre were eight still births, 8 males and females, all of American mothers, and only one case of twins, girls, was reported. Of the total number of births 4 were illegitimate, 3 males and 1 female, all qf American mothers, 3 of whom were white and 1 colored. As to the number of childreu to eaoh mother 78 were first, 54 second, 44 third, 20 fourth, 14 fifth, 10 sixth, 7 seventh, 4 oighth, 8 ninth and of 1 there was no report. Of the fathers 1 was under 20 years old, 105 between 20 and 30, 78 between 30 and 40, 26 between 40 and 50, and 30 were not reported. Of tho mothers 26 were under 20 years, 140 between 20 and 30, 61 between 30 and 40, 3 between 40 and 50, and 10 were not reported.

There were 116 marriages during the quarter, or 29 in July, 41 in August and 46 in September. In 137 c-hos the contracting parties were white and inS they were oolored. Iu 106 cases ihe groom was American, as were 110 brides, while 10 grooms aud 6 brides were of foreign birth. Two grooms and 30 brides wore under 20 years of ago 69 grooms and a similar number of brides were between 20 and 30 years 5 29 grooms and 11 brides were from 30 to 40 8 grooms and 2 brides were from 40 to 50 there were 6 grooms and 3 brides from 50 to 60, and tho three grooms of the last three brides were from 60 to 70 years old, or old enough to know better.

The number of cases of contagious and infectious diseases reported during the quarter was 190, of whioh 182 were* diphtheria and 8 scarlatina. In July there were 11 cases of diphtheria, August 37 and in Septoinber there was an alarming increase to 134, the largest number ever known here in the same length of time, and at a season of the year when the disease is least prevalent. Tho number of deaths from the dread disease during the three mouths was only 24, or about 13M per cent., which leads to the belief that many cases must have been reported which '.'^hthcria at all, and that thoy embraced every case of sore throat which was submitted to a physician for inbpection.

The 1.umber of deaths reported was 179, or 101 leas ihati the number of births during the sumo time, 168 being white, 11 colored, 95 males and females. One hundred aud fortv-four were American born and 35 were foreigners 77 were single males, 57 single females, 14 married males, 15 wives, 4 widowers and 10 widows. Thirty-six

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under 1 year

old, 46 from 1 to 5 years, 25 from 5 to 10 years,. 8 from 10 to 15 years, 5 from 15 to 20 years, 15 from 20 to 30 years, 11 from 30 to 40 years, 8 from 40 to 50 years, 7 from 50 to 60 years, 7 from 60 to 70 years, 5 from 70 to 30 years, and 7 died beyond the four score mark. The causes of death given are as follows: Whooping cough, 4 diphtheria, 24 phthisis pulmonalls, 13 dropsy, 2 dysentery, 11 congestion, 13 manition, 6 spasms, 2 heart disease, 14 cholera infantum, 14, pneumonia, 1 cerebritis, 2 typhoid fevor, 3 cerebrtf spinal fevet, 8{consumption, fljdiarrhoja.r 6 scarlet fever, 1 drowning, 2 sulcid^ I tuberculosis, 3 inanition, 3 gun shot wounds, 2 entero colitis, 3 gastro en teritis, 6 uraemic poisoning, 1 poisoning, 1 neuralgia, 1 asthma, 1 convulsions, 6 general debility, 3 premature birth, 1 abscess, 2 flux, 1 hemorrhage, 3 child birth, 1 teething, ljaspbyxation, 1, and eclampsia, 4. The largest number of death# was In July, when the mortality was 69 in August there wero 57 deaths, and 53 died in September.

The Terre Haute A Indianapolis Railroad Company has not only leased the Terre Haute & Peoria line for ninetynine years, but has purchased a controlling interest in its stock. Elias Jacoby and C. W. Fairbanks resigned as members of the board of directors, and there was a general resignation of the officers. The vacancies on the board of directors were filled by the election of W. R. McKeen and John G. Williams, after which the following officers were elocted: President, W. R. McKeen vice-presi-dent and general manager, John G. Williams secretary and treasurer, Geo. E. Farrington auditor, W. S. Roney, W.

At its regular meeting this week Tammany Tribe No. 89,1. O. B. M. initiated^ the following palefaces: Dr. Watkin0,jj| William Patterson and Gibson Barrett, "'jgg of Ellsworth John Volmer, of Nevina

township, aad James Logan, city.

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