Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 July 1896 — Page 1

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ON THE QUI VIVE.

The new bicycle regulations are presenting some very peculiar cases. One day this week a new bicycle beginner was oat trying to do some extra flourishes with bis machine, which he has not fully mastered. The wheel got away from him at one stage of the game, and before he could stop it it had forced its way up on the sidewalk, contrary to the law in such cases made and provided. It happened that just as it reached the sidewalk in its mad progress a policeman came along, nabbed the rider for violating the law, and when he got through with the mayor's court he was in the neighborhood of ten dollars poorer than when he entered it. There ought to be a provision in the law that new riders whose wheels get away with them can escape punishment. At least that is what the rider in the present instance has come to believe.

An order from the board of health requires all ^creeds throughout the city, in yards and vacant lots to be cut at once. In some parts of the city on vacant lots there is a collection of weeds high enough to lose «n ordinary man who would dare to venture in them without a compass.

The senatorial fight in this state assumed a new phase this week, when Hiram Brownlee, of Marion, was endorsed in the senatorial convention at Anderson for the position of United States senator, and the candidate for the state senate instructed for him. Mr. Brownlee is a very nice gentleman, and would make a good senator, but the position of United States senator will, in the course of human events, come to the state of Terre Haute, when the legislature meets next January. If the Republicans control the legislature the position will fall to the lot of that capable, genial, whole-souled and ever-popular Terre Hautean, W. R. McKeen. If the Democrats control the legislature the position will go to that other distinguished Terre Haute citizen, Daniel W. Voorhees, who, while he has not always been steadfast in many of his views on public questions, has the reputation, which counts for much in politics, of having been true to his friends. Other distinguished gentlemen who desire to serve the people of Indiana in the senate, can wait until the term of Senator Turpie expires, and then dispute with him about it. The next senatorship has been preemptel for Terre Haute.

Evidences fast accumulate that the free silver editor of the Gazette has been getting iu hi# work on the editorial page during the temporal1# abs6ncq of the gold standard editor on his wheel organising an anti-bent-back club. The free silver man announced Wednesday that there was going to be a very attractive piece of crow-eating as soon as possible after the Chicago convention. As soon as the free silver platform is adopted next week the free silver editor will assume full charge of the editorial page, and by the time Octolier arrives Senator Tillman will be outTil I mailed by the virulence of the attacks on "the gold bugs of Wall street and Lombard street, who aw putting shackles on the limbs of free men, and selling the lives of future generations in their insatiate greed for gold."

Talk about times being hard! At a meeting of a secret society one night this week initiation fees were takeu in amounting to $4tt5!

There is much talk about the provisions of the Nicholson bill being enforced. As a matter of fact, there has not been a saloon keeper in Terr© Haute that I have heard of that has complied with the provisions of the Nicholson law in every respect. They art? simply obeyiug the law that has been constantly in force here since lHTrt.

Many saloons will be open to-day, the Nicholson and other laws to the contrary notwithstanding. At the meeting of the saloon keepers Thursday afternoon no definite decision was reached, and it was left to the Individual judgment of the members as to what course should be pursued. Just how many will be kept open it la difficult to ascertain. Many of them will wait until the last mlhute to decide. It is certain that those who keep open will lx» prosecuted, according to the decision of the Good Citizens' meeting at

Congregational church Thursday night. If they do keep closed uniformly it will be the first time in forty years or more that the saloons have been kept closed in this city on a holiday like the Fourth of July.

Death of Alfred former.

AUrvd Cortner, one of the best known contractors of the city, died at his home on south Fourth street at two o'clock yesterday afternoon of heart failure. He had been sick a little over a week, with dysentery. which resulted In heart failure. Deceased was born I# Charlestowu, Clark oounty. this state, in lSsJS, and in a few weeks would have celebrated his sixtyeighth birthday. He was for many years in bnaincw* in Indianapolis, after which he removed to Carmi. where toe followed his trade of carpenter. He came to this city In K8U. awl had since made it his home. He a* once took a leading position among the contractors of the city, and many of the finest NrtWooe* of the city were numbered among the specimens of his work. By his honest, upright way* and kindly manner* he made many friends, and his sudden di«th will be severely Wt t*r beyond the family circle, where hi* outform kind neat and consideration for those About him had rendered him a model hasand father. His wife and three children, Mrs. W. H. Duncan and H. P.

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Corfcner, of this city, and Mrs. Thos. R. Hardy, of Rock port, Ind., survive him. Mrs. Hardy was visiting in the city at the time he was taken sick, and had remained, at his bedside constantly since then. His aged mother is also still living in Clark county, this state. The funeral services will take place to-morrow afternoon, and the Rev. A. J. Alexander, of Crawford sville, formerly of the Washington avenue church, hM been telegraphed for to conduct the services.

Political Notes.

The Tenth ward Republican club held a meeting Wednesday night, at which speeches were made by Congressman Faris and Jacob D. Early.

There seems to be a greater contest for the Democratic nomination for coroner than for any of the other offices. This week Drs. H. C. Hume and Chas. F. Zimmerman made formal announcement of their candidacy for that nomination.

The old soldiers met at Republican headquarters Tuesday night and organized a regiment of the Vigo McKinley Veterans. The following officers were elected President, Jesse Robertson vice president, George W. Mill|r second vice president, W. P. Bennett secretary, John F. O'Reilly. It is the intention to organize another regiment among the soldiers residing In the county outside the city.

The McKinley club held a meeting Tuesday night, and awarded the contract for their silk hats to Sykes & Gray. The club will hereafter hold weekly meetings, at which addresses on the issues of the present campaign will be given by wellknown speakers. Congressman Faris will speak next Tuesday night, and the following Tuesday night Jacob D. Early, candidate for state senator, will speak. Mr. Early was in Cleveland this week, and went down to Canton to attend the exercises incident to the formal notice to Major McKinley of his nomination by the St. Louis convention.

The Vandalia removals were completed this week, the offices of the general manager and general counsel going to St. Louis. This was more than offset, however, by the removal to this city of the main line division offices from St. Louis and the Michigan division offices from Logansport. H. I. Miller becomes by this change general superintendent, with offices in the new depot. N. C. Dean, trainmaster of the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania, becomes superintendent pf the main line, and will have his. offices in the old depofT'X J*. Gibbons, for many years chief engineer, takes the'position of general agent of the Vandalia at St. Joe, and F. T. Hatch, superintendent of the Michigan division, will be chief engineer. Secretary Farrington will continue his office here, and will also have charge of*the uptown office of the system. Terre Haute gains in the number of men affected by the removal, and is made the practical center of the operating department of the road. It is also announced that the local shops will do a greater proportion of the construction and repair work than heretofore.

Jacob Stump, a saloon keeper at Congress Corners, which is the name given to the locality around Fourth and the Vandalia, has more money than he had last Sunday, and he has also a little more knowledge of the workings of the state law regarding the closing of salopns. He kept open last Sunday, contrary to the rule adopted by the other saloon keepers of the city, and as a result he had a number of indictments returned against him, as it happened that he was running his saloon without either a state or city license. He was fined for this by both the state and city, and his fines aggregated over $150, his barkeeper also being fined for the same offense. It is said that Stump did a land office business Sunday until he ran out of drinkables, when he closed up, and his receipts are said to have run up into the hundreds of dollars. He cleared money over his fines, but his action will probably interfere with his taking out a license.

Mrs. Sophia Smith, mother of M. N. and H. M. Smith, of this city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Effie Ficken. in Rockvllle, Monday night, at the age of 77 years. She was the widow of the late Capt. H. M. Smith, of this city, and after the latter's death many years ago removed to Rockville, where she made her home with her daughter. She is well remembered by many of the older citisens of this city as a kind neighbor and friend, and a quiet Christian woman, and as such she was held in the highest esteem. Four children survive her, Merrill N. and Horace M. Smith, of this city, Mrs. C. I* Boudinot, of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Ficken, of Rockville. The body was brought here for burial Thursday, the burial taking p'ace at Highland IAWO.

Wednesday night was a rjd letter event In the history of the local lodge of Klks. thirty-one candidates being admitted to membership. The work was exemplified on Dan V. Miller, the well known attorney. and be is said to have made an excellent candidate. Following the work, refreshment* were ae*red, and an impromptu programme WM rendered, in which a number of member* of the Harrison Park Casino company took part. Little Irene Myers, of the company made the hit of the evening, and was compelled to respond to a numberofencotAbout forty members of the Elks will leave Monday afternoon to attend the Grand Lodge

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1896.

BAB'S LETTER.

I Published. 1896, by the Bok Syndicate Press, New York.] NEW YORK, June 30,1896. fore one goes out of town for the summer, one goes here and there on visits or outings, or for that m6st awful time, a day in the country. Years kgo, I gave up the doubtful pleasure of a day in the country. It meant getting up ttiree hours before the usual time, dressing in a great hurry, swallowing a cup of coffee, hot enough to burn not only your throat, but your soul, and then rushing for the train only to discover that you are three-quar-ters of an hour ahead of time. When the country is reached, you sit around in your best clothes and talk about the city. At 12 o'clock you have a hot dinner, and as a result, the perspiration runs like rain, your bangs become disreputable, and you wish you lived at the North Pole. Then youf hostess asks you if you wouldn't like to take off your dress and lie down for an hour, but knowing what is expected of you, you decline and sit up in stiff stays, and high boots and your best frock all duriug the long warm afternoon, trying to be pleasant and discussing whose patterns are the best fitting. Then, at 6 o'clock, you have another hot meal, and at 7 you start for the train armed with a bunch of daisies, a basket of raspberries and a flower in a pot. When you get home and look at the raspberries, you realize that you could buy better at a batcher shop when you gaze upon the daisies you see that they are wilted and wan. Then you allow your angry passions to rise, and you fire the flower pot out of the window, with the chance of hitting a man on the head. The average woman chances so much. After this, if you have anything masculine attached to your household, you fall into its arms and swear that never again will you go to spend a day in the country. 5,

BAB TAKES A WEEK.

I go for an*outing. That means a week, and I don't propose, when I arrive, to impress the country people with my knowledge of city fashions. Instead, I try to find out what they know. I usually dis5, cover that they have a deal more knowledge than I. They have plenty of time to read, and they have plenty of time to be considerate of each other. In a big cfty, if sickness or death comes to you, the people on the floor above or people on the floor below may stop the piano during tti6 funeral services, but that is the extent of their interest. In the country it ia different. If you are ill, the neighbor^ visit you, send you "things to eat and do $»erything ip their power to keep' life lfe,,y(m, iited gE life and you happen to be two they rob their gardens of their white flowers, they rob their wardrobes of their black gowns and give the first and lend the last in honor of the dead. It is all very human.

As soon as you arrive in the country to stay a week, the girl from next door comes in to borrow some baking powder from your hostess. This is a snare. In an hour's time she has found out from you how the hair is worn in the city, whether sleeves are as large as they were last summer, what the last new novel is, what is the last new slang, and whether white shoes are worn to church. You see, they are three months ahead on this information if they get it from you instead of writing to the editor of some fashion plate. After the girl from next door has thoroughly pumped you, you have the privilege of living and enjoying yourself.

AND 8HK 18 ACCOMMODATING. When I am in the country, I like to help. There is a pleasure, a warm pleasure, in picking the currants that are to be used to make that beautiful red jelly there Is not quite so much pleasure in collecting raspberries, but after you have gotten a tin pail full of them, yon begin to realize why they sell them by the box inthe city. One has to gather such a lot to fill anything. Country people don't appreciate their bless" ings. There is"buttermilk—cool, rich, and with lovely little dots of golden butter all over it, it is a drink fit for the gods—nectar is nothing beside it, but country people think nothing of it and give it to the pigs. Still, country pigs, in the form of sweet hams, do have a taste reached by no oth»r porcine beasts, since they seem flavored with buttermilk and hickory nuts. I never knew anybody in the country who was fond of buttermilk, eggs or lettuce. They are counted as worthless.

But to return to my outing. Bab arrived on Saturday, and on Sunday

SHE WKNT TO CHCHCH.

The very vilest sinner goes to church in the country, or else the vilest sinner will have no standing whatever. Country people think little of me as a churchgoer. I don't dress enough, and one snub-nosed young woman made her nose more retrousse by tilting it np and saying within my hearing: "She has only got on a cotton frock, and not even white kid gloves!" You see, the fashion papers teach them that white kid gloves should be worn with a cotton frock, and that a cotton suit is not adapted to formal occasions, and if there is anything formal in the country, it is churchgoing. Nice old gentlemen who were perfectly at ease yesterday in a free-and-easy get-up, look like martyrs in black cloth belongings and frock coats on Sunday. I thought every fly in the village was on my hostess's back (for files adore black silk) until two or three began to dance aronnd my nose. Why can't country people dress properly for church? No matter what their belief is, why need they make fcbeir poor bodies suffer the torture* of Satanlaad while they are trying to praise God? Still, let as be respectable or live In the city.

Last Sunday the minister gave out that

otfCuesday night there would be a fair to raise money to carpet the parsonage. That parsonage is always wanting anew carpet. But, as the average clergyman has from eight to ten wellsprings of pleasure prancing over his carpets, and all the women in the congregation visit on his carpets, I suppose they do wear out rather quicker than those of a city clergyman, whose family is fashionably small and whose visitors are few. When visiting one must always go to the fair for the benefit of the parsonage carpet. At a country lair you get such a lot for your money. At this fair, however, a city girl could have learned a great deaL

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A COUNTRY CHURCH FAIR, that is the reason I am telling about is.. first stop was at the bag table. There they had everything possible in the shape pf a bag. There were cretonne bags f^r your shoes there were linen bags that Tolled up for your medicine bottles there were big-flowered chintz bags bound with braid and with a stick run through the top to hold your soiled linen there were* brocade bags for your fan and handkerchief when you were going to a party there were satin and plush and brocade bags for opera glasses, and there were netted bags of coarse silk to be used for shopping. You know that kind of bags in Philade'phia, they call it the Boston bag in Boston, they call it the Philadelphia bag, and in New York, when it is seen, somebody says, "Oh, she lives out of town, you can tell it by her bag." Then there Were ragbags, clothespin bags, and best of ail, Just in the center of the table, stocd a traveling bag all fitted up with lovely brushes and bottles, which was not to be oh, dear no, raffling is gambling, it was to be subscribed for! The disori is a fine one, but the fun is just esame. ,1 bought a laundry bag atld a clothespin bag, and then I was led astray by a pretty girl to the next table. That table was a sort of a Jim Dandy. It was

J. THE HANDKERCHIEF TABLE. You get everything you wanted in the shape of a handkerchief from a tiny hemstitched square of linen cambric up to a §ilk imiffler and down to a beautiful red and(jrellow bandanna. After this, I was drfwn, through the Quaker blood in me, to 'What might have been called the cleanly table,,, since upon it were sponges, and knittyd wash cloths with soap tied on them.* A knitted wash cloth, I may mention, is calculated to take not onljr the dirt off one's skin, -but anything else, that is superfluous with the possibility of the skin

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they do look clean, it costs but little to evblvfe them and by tying a cake of soap that costs but five cents to one, it becomes possible to sell the whole getup for twentyfive cents. They are evolved by knitting needles and plain white cotton. The enormous profit is excused on the ground that considerable carpet is required for a par" sonage. *.

But the real duck of a table was that which was piled high with aprons. There were little aprons with tiny pockets and ribbon bows there were big aprons with big pockets and long strings, and there were aprons embroidered in Kensington stitch and cross stitch, and aprons that were beautiful in their simplicity with machine stitching. I became the proud possessor of an apron of blue and white checked gingham, having two large pockets« and warranted to protect me even from the man selling books on the installment plan, while I also own another apron trimmed with lace and blue ribbon, which would make a great-grandmother look coquettish. A country girl is great on ideas, and she is good at carrying them out.

BUBAL ETIQUETTE.

It is funny how in a small town everybody is given over to etiquette. A girl who knew me when my frocks were shorter than they Are now, and my hair was longer, regretted that she couldn't come to see me, because she had only been in mourning for her baby three months! And the lady who lives next door sent me her visiting card, by post, and she had to go further to post that card than she would to come mid see me, because the year would not be up for a week since the gentleman whose name she bore, and who was utterly worthless, had taken himself off to green fields and pastures new. I wonder if he has? A sawdust floor would be more familiar to him than a green field, although he lived in the country. In small towns, one needs to be familiar with some book on social laws. I have made enemies of an entire family, not believing that visiting cards were required for an outing. I dropped in to see them informally, and heard afterwards that they were surprised that I didn't leave a card for each one of the ladies of the family. I wasn't thinking about cards. I was thinking About the beauty of the flowers and the lovely green of the grass, and of how good it was not to hear the ring of the car bell, nor the pounding of the big wagons carrying trunks.

The fair has been impressed on my mind because I won—no, that is all wrong—I g*in«ti by subscription a cake that had a ring in it. It took three boys to carry the cake home, and it took five women all the next day to crumb np the cake to find the ring In it, and the result was—disappointment. Other no ring had ever been pot in, or else somebody waa ahead of me in looking for it. I don't like to think the country people have lost the bloom of their innocence, but where is that ring? Experience, experience that resulted in a thrilling pain, proves that lemonade at a conn try fair is no better than at a city circus. So many things have to be teamed by ex­

perience, and after the lemonade episode I appreciated the value of Jamaica ginger. After everything had been sold at the fair we had a very good time. We danced the Virginia reel and told the preacher it was a new kind of a game. I am sure he wasn't fooled a little bit, for he balanced to his partner as if he had done it before, and he danced up and down the circle with crossed hands in a way that suggested that, when he was at college, he probably joyed in some such innocent amusement. A country parson is to be pitied. He is expected to be more than a saint and less than a man. Of him, it is demanded that he shall guide everybody's else's children in the the way they should go and then find time enough to make young saints of his own. His wife must be a mother in Israel and yet wear a bonnet that, while it is not too gay, doesn't annoy the congregation by suggesting how mean they are in putting out money for the minister and the Lord. I wouldn't marry a minister for—but goodness gracious! I don't believe there is a minister in the country or the city who would be willing to marry— BAB.

PEOPLE AND THINGS

Rammin, the originator of the Moorish palace at the World's Fair, committed sui cide in the forest of Keopemek, near Ber lin, not long ago.

The Rev. C. C. McCabe, the new metho dist bishop, and Gen. Neal Dow, of Port land, were messmates together while confined in Libby prison during the war.

If McKinley should' be elected he will be the first to reach that exalted posh ion who was simply a private in the army. His brevet of major came only a few months before Lee's surrender.

Miss Daisy Barbee, of Atchison, Has., was graduated last waek with the highest honors from the law department of Washington university at St. Loan, having captured the thesis prize over thirty-eight competitors. She was the only young woman in the class.

Mrs. Katheriue G. Reed, who has just died at Sistersville, W. Va., was a widow in straitened circumstances five years ago, her only possession being a farm looked upon as being worthless. But oil was found on it, and when she died she was worth upward of $1,000,000.

Just to look at Julia Marlowe Taber is to breathe of romance, and she is certainly full of it, says a New York paper. She is now the wife of her leading man, Robert Taber, but before she became Mrs. Taber she acted "Juliet" to his "Romeo." One night, in anTsxcithig love scene, she whispered in his ear, "I'm in earnest," and he answered, "So am I," and after the play they were married, and they whom the civil court had joined together no manager could part.

Big Prices Paid by Magazines. Fabulous prices are sometimes paid for the sensational features in the magazines. A writer who claims to speak with full knowledge of the facts, claims that the Century company paid 130,000 for its "Life of Lincoln," $18,000 for the serial rights to Mrs. Humphrey Ward's novel, "Sir George Tressady from ft}50 on up to $760 for Kipling's verses, according to size. Charles Scribner's Sons paid J. M. Barrie $25,000 for the serial rights to "Sentimental Tommie Robert Louis Stevenson received $7,000 for one of the serials he sold to the McClure syndicate. Other equally remarkable prices are not lacking. Success in literature nowadays means money just as certainly as does success in other pursuits. It's all in the name and the fame.

Eyifs H. Wilvert, the east Main street confactioner, leaves on Monday for his old home, Sunbury, Pa., where he is interested with his father, Emanuel Wilvert, in some mining investments. He received word from his father yesterday that the latter had made some important discoveries in gold and silver on some leased properties, that have created considerable excitement in eastern mining circles. Samples of the ore assayed by mining experts discloses the fact that it will realize from $5 to $14 in gold per ton, and from $8 to $5 in silver. The discovery has created great excitement around Sunbury, and the newspapers are filled with glowing accounts of tbeim portance to thpt community of the find Mr. Wilvert, sr., has leases on over six hundred square miles of land there, much of which is thought to be underlaid with rich ore. A number of New York capitalists are already on the ground endeavoring to secure control of the leases and develop the mines. Mr. Wilvert will begone about tan days.

Dan Fasig, of Apman, Faaig & Starr, is about as good hearted a man as ever lived, but he will not allow this quality to interfere hereafter with his judgment in fairing men. He gave employment some time ago to an ex-convict named Ed Matthews, who was trying to lead an honest/dfe. Monday night the money drawer at the store was broken open and about $50 taken therefrom, and since that night Matthews has been miwdwg. Reformed convicts looking for a job will hereafter do well to steer clear of Mr. Fasig, despite his utmost good nature.

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T1VEXTY-SEVEN TII YEAR.

GLORIOUS FOURTH.

HOW IT WILL BE CELEBRATED IN. TERRE HAUTE.

The Grand Celebration Arranged by the I. O. O. F. To-day—Grand Bar becue and Racesat the Fair Ground

Under the Auspices of the Trotting: Association. The Mail goes to press nearly twelve hours earlier than usual this week, in order to give its employes and newsboys an opportunity to celebrate the Nation's birthday in a fitting manner. For this..* reason it is unable to furnish an .account' of the morning proceedings celebrating,, the day. The indications point to creneral celebration of the day. A nuni»er of stores will close the entire day. Otherswill keep open until noon, and then closer for the balance of the day. Others bye•agreement will keep open the entire day until six o'clock, when they will close in order to give their employes a chance tocelebrate a portion at least of the most glorious holiday on the calendar. Coming: as it does on Saturday it furnishes a prob- )j lem to the business man as to what is the best plan to pursue in order to properly celebrate the day, give his employes achance as well, and at the same time throw away no opportunities to do business when the business presents itself. these days.

Down town the principal event will takeplace at nine o'clock this morning, when the parade of the Odd Fellows will occur.. According to all reports this is going to be a very interesting event, and there will be drawn here a large attendance from the surrounding towns. Great efforts have been made to secure the attendance of the! members of the order from the surrounding country, and they will no doubt b® here in large numbers.

The line of march of the parade will bcr from Seventh street, on Ohio where itforms, to Second, north on Second to Main, east on Main to Thirteenth, where, the column will countermarch to Sixth*, where it will disband.

Chas. F. Grosjean will be grand marshal of the day, with the following aides: H. L. Stees, W. F. Arnold, B. Holmes, Geo. K. Elliott, H. J. Newton and Thos. B» Fletcher.

The parade will consist of the various local lodges of Odd Fellows, the military branch, with the Cantons from the city and Brazil, delegations from New Goshen. Carbon, Otter Creek, Youngstown, Lock port, local lodges of the A. O. U. Kuights of Pythias, Maccabees, Knights of Honor, Princes of the Orient, Haymakers 4 etc., and numerous representative organ!zatlonB associated with the labor cause. After the parade there will be exercises at Harrison and Collett Parks, at which addresses will be delivered by C. F. Northern, Grand Master of the state, Hon. John E. Woodruff, of Riley, Rev. H. A. Tucker/.. J. M. Lang, Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of Sullivan, T. W. Hutchinson, of Brazil, W. R. Nesbit, of Sullivan, Prof. Howard Sandison, Col. W. E. McLean and C. F. Grosjean, of this city.

The grand barbecue of the Trotting Association at the fair ground gives promise of being as popular as last year, when thousands of visitors were drawn here by the attractions offered. The barbecue* itself will be worth many miles of travel, to witness. Is will be arranged in the olrt Kentucky style, and there will be plenty to eat for all who attend. Past mastersin the art of barbecue arrangements have been secured to arrange the barbecue, and' it is certain that all the details will have proper attention. There will be a balloon ascension by Prof. Dennis at 11 a. m., the" barbecue dinner will be served by imported Kentucky cooks at 11:80 a. m., ii» addition to which there will be three bicycle races for prizes valued at $150, the grand Virginia cake walk, stilt races*~. horse races, mule races, etc. In fact, the man who wants to put in an enjoyable day will do well to visit the fair grounds.. The admission fee has been placed at the small figure of twenty-five cents, and no person who spends that amount on the/ entertainment will have cause to regret ft*.

Taking it, all in all, Terre Haute i»going to celebrate the Glorious Fourth in a more complete manner than for many years. •.

LODCE ELECTIONS.

The Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythiaat. held their semi-annual elections this week,, with the following results:

ORIENTAL. F/OIXJE, »0. 81, K. OT P. M. of W.. Otto O. C'arr. V. Walter Hlielton. V. 0.. John R. Harkness. I'.. George W. Pugb. f. at A.. Luther Be am an, 1.1»„ W. W. DIckerflon. (J. G..

Simeon Withem. T. H. toooe. so. si. i. o. o. r. N. 0.—Milo Everett. V. O.-W. A. Lake. Recording Secretary -John Donaldson. Perm. Secretary—€ V. f»r**»j«jaij. Treasurer- w. J.

Harry Phillips and John Jobn*on, the men who stole a diamond ring from E. W. Leeds, the jeweller, last February, enteral a plea of guilty in the Circuit court on Wednesday and were given two years each in the penitentiary. They are both old offenders in different parts of the country, and travel under a half dozen different aliases.

People like occasionally to be told that they look sick enough to be in bed.

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makes them feel heroic because they stayed «p. No man can take credit to himself if be has thrift, he inherits it from hisancestom. If he is shiftless, it is an acquired trait.