Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 52, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 June 1893 — Page 1

Vol. 23.—No.

BANDOM SHOTS. ..

Tbo city council maintained its well earned reputation for excitement at the meeting of last Tuesday night. It will be remembered that at the meeting before that of this week a fee and salary bill for the ensuing year was introduced, cutting the mayor's salary from $1,500 to $1,200 the treasurer's salary from $-1,000 to $3,500, with an addition of 5 per cent, on delinquent tax collections. It also added $200 to the city attorney's salary, making it $1,200 $100 to the street commissioner's salary, making it §1,100, and 8200 to-the clerk„'s salary, making it $1,800. The aggregate reduction provided for was $800 and the increase $500, making a saving of $300 per year to tbo city. It appears that ttile ordinance was agreed,to in caucus, but when it came to a vote Councilman Dietz stood ,by" the^Repubiicans, who wanted to leave the salaries as they were, making it a tie, and Mayor Ross voted against any change, thus settling the matter. At the last meetlug the vote of tho previous meeting was reconsidered oij motion of Mr. Deitz,

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Cnce and the ordinance went just as mauy other things through, without the consen mayor. It is said that his ho entered a protest xm.tbe mlnu considers the action a questio] tb bo decided and the action of cil illegal. As» the council attorney to give legal advice probable that any lnterpolati record by tho mayor will be by the council and will be expunged.

The row over the paving of sou street continue^. At the counj ing on Tuesday night when oomuiltteo reported in favor ing the work, a motion waaj refer the matter back to the Bp mittee for recopslderatlon, with tbo intention of giving th ty owners an opportunity to s| 1» an Injunction salt. But t| didn't wait, and the report w| by a vote of 16 to 8. Itithef .tiiO Property owners hadomplt o«vTuesdav evening

council from accepting the -i the council acted before the pit served. It is somewhat cur tho pavement of the $t allowed to proceed for violation of the contract, the owners being ooguizuut of the and that no action was taken completion of the work and tl tyfd agreed to accept It. I| tbat with the exception of $ all the curbing now in dlspui ceplod by City Engineer Flti the work has been approved engineer. The city has aoci jpuvounent, arid has issued a vv its portion of the expense. erty owuers could succeed iu the assessment, tho supposlt the city would have to foot, which event the people of utrret would hav« a very go§ a very small N^euse. £r that the coutrtu iur is expeeMg! a technicality, as has boo (It before at any rate it is to beb benefitted will bave to p»j% tract has been complied wlU| cutiou of the work, 1

The make-shift system of ci the garbage collected in th reached Its limit, and the gai, lem must bo solved by the adoption of some permanent system that will dispose of it every day in the week and rlftytwo weeks in the year. The ground whore it has been dumped can be used for that purpose no more, aud this brings the authorities face to face with the question. The garbage cannot be allowed to rot and poison the air iu the alleys and back yards. must b® disposed of in or close to the city,and in such a way that will neither creates public uulsanoe nor be a menace to tho public health. The limitations within which the problem must be solved are thus very clearly defined. What can bo done within these limits is a practical question. Obviously there is but one thing to be done, and that Is to consume it. It is said by the health authorities of the city that a crematory with a capacity of consuming one hundred tons per day can be put in hero for less thaa five thousand dollars, and in view of the good to be aoeomplUhwl there should be no delay in accomplishing the good work. This la the only ultimate method of disusing of the garbage, and the sooner the authority recognise the better. There will be several details to be settled after it haa boon decided that cremation is the best and only method available. Whether the city iball erect and own the rtjmatory, or whether the contractor# shall be required furnish their own crematory, are matters of detail that must be decided In their turn, but no intelligent consideration of the garbage question is possible that doe* not recognise cremation as the one certain and effective method of getting rid of it.

One of these garbage crematories recently erecfed by a Pittsburg company, which seems to be the favorite here, is described as & building 56x47 feet. There is a thirty horse power engine and a fifty horse power boiler, a tank with ampacity of 1,200 gallons and a furnace 25x12 feet, capable of incinerating sixty tons of garbage per day. Eyerything connected with the refuse crematory is conducted on the most ap proved sanitary basis. In connection with it there were constructed six carts to be used in the collection of garbage. The body of the cart is a water-tight steel tank, painted yellow, int* which the collections can be thrown from either'the side or the rear, and the running gear .is painted red. When the garbage reaches the crematory it is first disinfected. All the surplus water is drained off and then it is conveyed by means of endless chain elevators into an immense hopper over a sort of "apron" or belt between great corrugated iron rollers and afterwards by means of an automatic pipe arrangement is shot into the heated furnace to be incinerated The furnace is heated by six by-

The plaintiff alleges that the practice or county officers is one not sanctioned by law. There are scores of persons in this couuty aud city who would hall with joy a judicial decision that tho treasurer cannot lawfully withold the cash for orders by roason of the fact that the holder owe*? for taxes,—in other words, a decision that would compel the county aud city to pay what they owe the individual, but prohibit the county or city collecting from the Individual what he may owe the public. It has been the custon in this county for many years to give credit on these orders to those who are delinquent for taxes. In the ease in point It is insisted that the small sum charged is not legally a charge against the plaintiff, he being charged with taxes that should^ have been assessed against another. He intends to test the practice of the treasurer, however, and get a judicial finding on the question. There are many orders every year that are never called for because those in whose favor they are drawn are aware that they have unpaid taxes* It la an important question to the county.

The fifty-second annual com men cemeut exercises of St. Mary*8 of the Wood's were held at the Institute on Wednesday, and were conducted by Bishop Chatard, who gave the diplomas to the members of the class. There were seven graduates this year. Their names with the subjects of tbeir essays were as fallows Miss O'Donnell, of Indianapolis, "Who Can Tell the Triumph of tiie Mind, by Faith Illumined and by Taste Refitted?" Harriet Helnt•.^4Sb&3'-

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zeixi, of Detroit, ''Liberty the Highest Gift of Nature Emma Ryan of Indian apolis, "Conscience Preserves the Might of Will Maud Waldo, of Fairland, HI, "The Noblest Purpose Makes the Greatest Deeds Alice Harrington, of Richmond "That Life is Long which Answers Life's Great End Lonise Hurley, of Galesburg, 111. "The Story of the Past a Pledge of the Future Seddie Bingham, of Indianapolis, "The Bulwark of Religion." This school has become of late years the most important of its kind la tbe United States and Canada, Its grounds contain over 700 acres, and Is one of tbe most beautiful spots in the country. It buildings cost in the neighborhood of a million dollars, are large and contain all tbe modern improvements. During the 3 ear just closed over two hundred young ladies were in atr tendance—tie largest number since the years of the war, when many children were sent there from the south to be taken care oft

THE MAIL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

If the gates of Heaven are closed on Sunday.

hurilHra. WllitUl.Acti supplieci 1 ..If..Lao fill office In nt an "lyl it^ihfifidfct'ijfl

applied to ^iMmeu^Si^use, it had uever been said of one tbat he was worth his weight in gold.

If room couldn't be found in the Kansas building at the World's Fair for Jerry Simpson as a natural curiosity or a political moustro ity

If it was a coln ided^^S fate that Cbauncey M. Depen «ho& jkiveatthe World's Fair on the same day that the Blarney stone put in an appearance.

If it woudln't be a good idea for the policemen to arrest men who leave horses standing unhitched on the streets in fly time, encouraging runaways and dangerous accidents.

Of the weather from June 26 to 25 Rev. Hicks says that it "is a regular storm period right at the crisis of June solstice. Heavy rains and violent electrical and atmospheric perturbations will be natural.—Bright, pleasant days and nights will follow up to 28th. The month ends warm and stormy." There it is you can sort it out for yourself. Of course cool weather ia always welcome at this season of tbe year, but if it is to be brought about by such doses of thunder, halt, lightning and rain as that of Wednesday last a few will be snflent.

The Terra Haute branch of the American Protective Association holds its meetings in the G. A- It Bali

TERRE HAUTE, ESTD., SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 189-3.

WOMAN'S -WAYS. t^

If men only knew how much their wives appreciate the little attentions that they consider too small to think about there would be more of the courtesies that marked the antenuptial period manifested in the everyday routine life that comes after marriage. A man, when he has succeeded In winning a woman, calmly lays aside all those delightful little ways that, if he only knew it, did so much to captivate her, and with the air of a man who has run after ajfetreet car, he settles down and reads file paper without having an idea that sfe is eating her heart out because of tie absence of those trilling attentions that mean so much to her. Listen, all ye men, to a wife who knows how much woman's nature is alike and how happy We all become over little kindnesses that may^not in your eyes be worth considering^ 'but which to us speak of a sentiment that has not died out in marriage and a polite regard for the wife that is as great as that shown the fiancee. A small bouquet, some little gifts as a surprise, ah outing planned, or tie offer to

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and Ohio streets ou Monday evening of each week. A .ink view of the last meeting ia said to have been secured by an interested spectator.

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the best hosts in the world, and they consider the most pleasant way to entertain those under their roof is to let them do exactly as they have a mind to nothing is obligatory save the time of their coming and going. When a person is invited it is expressly stated that they arrive on one train and that they leave on another, the number of days that they remain being concisely stipulated. This saves much embarrasment and prevents those scenes of coaxing and overpersuading tbat so frequently take place when a gnest intimates his intention of going. Of course as a guest in a strange house it is proper to conform to the rules aud regulations of that house, but the visit will be made much pieasanter if one is allowed to do as their own inclinations dictate lather than to be forced to follow out any fixed programme. Jt being of a literary turn of mind how much more does a person enjoy long hours spent in the library among books which he has had no opportunity heretofore to peruse than if he were dragged out to a garden party or to some old ruin that he doesn't take the slightest interest in. The enviable privilege of doing as he likes ia the code of hospitality set down by the guest, and if followed oat by the host and hostess it will result iu far greater pleasure to those invited to stay a few days in a strange houae«4|^^li^

"If I am a gossip^aaSd a yorang woman who had been aaciised of indulging in this truly feminine viea, *fl so by force of vgiMtMSaocea. My.teitag* i»g up Hp to* '*&&.

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sin." As this waa*a new theory, with all the curiosity ofJHraex we questioned the pretty speakeffmd she gave us the following views which once heard re a world of weighty truth in their utterance, though we had never before regarded the matter in the light she threw upon it./ "To begin with,"she said. "I do not -think I was born with oven the average share of curiosity. However, when I was about 5 years old I remember being sent on an errand to a neighbor's house, and on my return my •mother and a friend, who was visiting her, plied me with questions regarding what was said and done in that other house. I remember distinctly the epithets of 'stupid' and Mguoramous' that greeted me when I said I hadn't noticed what was going ou, and from that time I used my ears and eyes to advantage, and retailed all I heard and saw as soon as I reached homa. Moreover, if the happenings were not sufficiently interesting to elicit expressions of wonderment and surprise from my hearers, I had no scruples in improving a little on tho truth in order to make the recital more spicy. I verily believe that gossips are made, not born. InHoortwifettTOsoBrtatorthatl^asIsaJdbe-

the silly, pretty doll, but if there could be commingled in one person a desire for both mental and physical perfection there would be many more charming women in tlte world than there are today.

There is scarcely a housekeeper at tbe present time who doesn't complain of the high prices demanded for everything which has to be put on the table. Provisions and fruits have never been as high since war times as they are at present. During the strawberry season just closed the fruit was large, luscious, plentiful and as to price was "out of sight." Probably the Chicago market waa responsible for the doubling of the price, for a city of 1,500,000 inhabitants a few hours distance will surely be a drain on our garden products for ail time to ooxne. There are market gardeners near the city who never think of selling any of their products here, but ship them direct to Chicago every day. Raspberries are now on the market, and they are just as high as were the strawberries. When the blackberries arrive it will be the same song. But the high prices are not confined to fruits and vegetables alone. "There has seldom been a time at this eeaeon of the year," said a housekeeper the other day, "when it cost more to live. We used to get 20 or 22 pounds of sugar for a dollar. Now we gei 16. Lard that could be bought for 12% cents last season is now 18. Eggs coal-18 and pork chops 18, whereas they aoi& for 12K cents last season. Butter Is' tight andothLer commodities besides edi-|

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bles seen to have been affected by the-1 general advance. For example, I used to get six bars of soap for 25 cents, now I get only five. The problem of living at these rates has become a serious mat ter. If crops had been short oue could explain it, but they haven't." Just now the oppression doesn't seem to bear spx heavily on the producer, whose garden^s'jV.£r truck brings him a big price, but ou tho ^f?^'' poor devil in town who is compelled to

Conzman receiver for the latter. Just:' how the affairs of either will turn out is, only surmise at this time. None of thev paper of the Vigo Real Estate company?' has ever gone to protest, and its failure) is due principally, it is said, to loau of $5,000 which it made the Sorest Park'

company. It has outstanding many. bonds for deeds in Highlaud Place, one all of which montls' '^vmonts have* 1 been made, ahdibuib ... w...i-h oentainy* if the purohaser iajlertain time ley with inlent, per andoing ai'f

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The Vigo Real Kstata company andV-' the Forest Park Mineral Springs company have gone by the board. Judge Taylor has appointed Andrew Grimes^* receiver for the former, and Gus A..

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