Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 1, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 June 1870 — Page 3
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SEC.
jtrSE 30, 1870
THURSDAY.
Annexing Sew Territory.
Our article yesterday, in relation to contiguous territory, lms excited much comment in the tax paying circle? of our readers. The question is asked us on the .street, "Why lias not this large and valuable territory been brought 'vithin the corporate limits long ago?" \v reply that we suppose the matter has not been called to the attention of the Common Council, and they have neglected
it. But the general impression we rind
pervading is, that contiguous territory cannot be taken into the city limits unless it is first platted by the owner. This is a mistake, and in order to show exactly how it can be done, we here eop\ that section of the statute of bearing on tliis subject:
85. The limits of any city may be extended over any lands or contiguous territor\r, l)3r the consent of the owner thereof in writing- and a resolution of the Common Council, passed by a two-thirds vote, extending tho limits of such city over such lands or territory, which written consent and resolution shall be entered at length in the records of such citj' and the Common Council shall cause a certified copy of both to be recorded in the Recorder's office of the proper county. If any city shall desire to annex contiguous territory not laid off in lots, and to the annexation of which the owner will not consent, the Common Council shall present to the Board
of
County Commissioners a petition
setting forth the reasons of such annexation, and, at the same time, present to such Board an accurate description, by metes and bounds, accompanied with a plat of the lands or territory proposed or desired to be annexed to such city. The Common Council shall give thirty days notice, by publication in some newspaper of the city, of the intended petition, describing such notice the territory sought to be annexed.
It appears by this section there are two ways by which the limits of the city may be extended over contiguous territory. First, by the consent of the owners of the territory, and a resolution of the Common Council, and, secondly, without the owner's consent, by a petition from the Common Council to the County Commissioners accompanied with a plat of the land desired to be annexed. Both processes are simple and easily accomplished.
In all probability but few of the owners of the property which ought to be annexed will object to it. Certainly no fairminded man, whose property is increasing in value every day by the prosperity and advancement of the city, will refuse to have this very property taxed to support the city government. This would be palpably unjust for him to do so. But if he should, the statute points out the method by which it can be done without his consent.
Is it justice that the property holders living within the corporate limits of the city should pay all the taxes now assessed against them for the maintenance of the city government, and the building of railroads running into the city, and others, whose property is equally advantaged by the expenditure of these taxes, to pay nothing We think it is not justice, and we call the attention of the Common Council to the matter, and hope they will consider it of enough importance to demand their immediate attention.
Tn a subsequent article, we will point out the metes and bounds designating the contiguous territory, which many think ought at once to be brought under the jurisdiction of the city authorities and pay its proportion of taxes, so thai the burden will be much lessened to the individual taxpayer.
The Democracy .Speaking Oat. Occasionally a portion of the Democratic party speak out the real sentiments of that organization. If they get right for a time, on any one issue, they are sure to spoil it all afterwards, by getting terribly wrong on other great issues. There is such a deep seated and ingrained depravity about the party, that its members feel so unnatural when pursuing a proper course, that as rapidly as possible they relapse into the slough, and wallow on as usual. It is absolutely sad to see men act so, but it is certainly true that they do. As an evidence of this we subjoin two resolutions recently passed by a Democratic convention in Mercer county, Ohio llcsolved, That the so-called war debt is a fraud and a swindle, and was created undor false pretenses, and in violation of tho Constitution Ave are, therefore uncompromisingly in favor of repudiating the whole bonded war debt of the Ignited /States. 2. That we are unalterably opposed to negro citizenship and negro suffrage that the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of tho United States was forced upon the people by trickery and fraud, and against their well known wishes, and is, therefore, illegal, void, and of no binding foreo \vhatevor.
Pretty strong are they not What does our old Democratic friend who has always paid his debts, and thinks no man honest who does not do likewise, think of that first resolve Is that honest? What does that Democrat, who by hi* industry lias saved a few hundred dollars, and put it in government bonds, think of it? Are you just ready to entrust the payment of that bond to the men who are "In favor of repudiating the whole of (he bonded war debt of the United States?" If you are, go in, elect your party to power and your bond will be worth about the paper it is printed on.
For the Gazette
Questions by Pick Ax.
When a fellow lets his premises to a rumseller, and his children get drunk, has he a right to punish them for it? If he upheld drunkenness by letting the nasty stuff be sold in his own honse, is he not a partner in the evils that come from the trade? Where is the justice of punishing his children for drinking whisky, while he sets them the example, by helping the practice in furnishing the seller the room to keep it in? Pick Ax wants to know.
How, then can the city council clear their skirts of the injustice and meanness they exhibit in punishing their children drunkenness, when they license so many of them to sell the vile stuff that makes them drunk. I sav their childrpn They are called "City Fathers,'' of course, the rest are their children and grand children, to whom they furnish the stuff by authorizing the sale of it. They
know
that their children have not mental nor moral, nor physical firmness to keeD their appetite under control, and stop drinking at a safe point and keep sober they know that none could get drunk if they would, as they can, prevent the sale of rum. What right have they to punish anybody for drinking what they themselves furnish to liini? PICK AX.
One of the encouraging signs of the times is the almost total discontinuance of those spasmodic attempts at wit known as the "Nasby letters."
INDIANA NEWS.
The Fourth of July will be duly celebrated at the State Prison at JefFersonville, by the convicts and employes. The exercises will consist of speeches, instrumental and vocal music, reading the Declaration of Independence, and the discussion of a sumptuous dinner given by the gentlemanly warden, Col. Seliuler. Several of our prominent citizens will be invited to partake of the festivities of the day.
The Corydon Republican of the 23d inst. says that on last Monday night an infirm old man, about 73 years of age, named Iloss Crandall, committed suicide
iianging
himself from the limb of a
beech tree with a trace-chain, at the residence of W. D. M. Sharp, about three miles from Corydon. No reason can be assigned for his committing such a deed, except that he was in feeble health, and suffered a great deal from the disease with which he was afflicted, and did it to be relieved of his suffering and pain.
It is said that the wheat crop in Daviess county will be immense. A drunken wretch at at Peru, Indiana, who is in the habit of whipping his family, got on a spree a few nights ago. His little daughter ran away from the house, knowing if she went near it while he was in that condition that she would be cruelly whipped, went to sleep on the railroad track, was ran over by an engine and instantly killed.
The gossips of New Albany are enjoying the particulars of a most disgraceful case of scan mar/., in which all the parties are married, and on account of which one or two married men, it is said, have suddenly "gone where the woodbine twineth."
The New Albany Ledger says: "That old sow owned by Antone Schaarf attacked another boy passing through one of the streets, and would have seriously injured him had he not been timely rescued. The Chief of Police notified the owner of the "old sow" that he must hereafter keep her penned. If she injured another child, or should eat one up, or words to that effect, he (the said owner) would be prosecuted."
A couple of ^Louisville "check raisers" were tracked by the detectives to Madison. Finding they were "up a tree," they knocked the officers of the law down, and succeeded in escaping.
A balloon ascension at Columbus on the 4th, Prof. Wilbur the balloonist. A run of 05 miles was made on the Fort Wayne and Chicago road last Tuesday in 105 minutes.
The New Albany Ledger says: The caterpillar plague is upon New Albany equal to any of the several plagues that visited the domain of the ancient Mr. Pharoah, when he "refused to let the people go." Many shade trees are being ruined by the pests.
Hiatt, the defaulting Treasurer of Jay county, was seen in Fort Wayne one day last week, but not arrested.
The Columbus Independent is the name of a new paper started in the county seat of Bartholomew. It is Republican in politics.
The wheat harvest in Jefferson county is now about over. The crop is a full average.
The feat of selling 3,000 hogsheads of tobacco inside of one year has never before been accomplished by any warehouse yet Martin, Gardner .t Co. have not only accomplished it, but tho feat was performed in less than eight rtioMhSjajnd that, too, after they had been inH^^-tfusiness but 19 months and 24 days altogether.—Evansvillc I Journal.
Certainly Martin, Gardner & Co. did not "accomplish" that all at one "feat," nor at two. It must have required several "feats" if not more—or words to that effect.
Mr. Kerr's bill for a Federal court at Evansville and one at New Albany, has passed both Houses.
The first Methodist Church at Charlestown, was built by Thomas Mitchell. It was called the Cazeway Meeting house. At the time it was built there were only three counties laid off in Indiana.
James Worrall is the oldest man living born in what is now Clark county. There are three men still living in Clark county who were in the battle of Tippecanoe.
Ground will be broken next month at LaFayette for the Agricultural college. Bobbers are at work in LaFayette. Several burglaries have been committed in that city of late.
The LaFayette Dispatch says We are informed by Collector Ten Eyck, that the canal has done a larger business for a month past than it has ever done in a a single month, since it has been in the hands of the present managers.
Miss Laura Prentice takes a benefit at the Academy of Music, at Indianapolis, on Friday night.
Henry and Samuel Work have been residents of what is now Clark county, for over
60
years.
They eamo
from Penn
sylvania. Henry is still a clear-heded, vigorous man, and was at the recent Republican convention.
One of the oldest citizens of Clark county is Allen Barnct, a farmer and one of the richest men in the county, yet a worthy good man.
There was another prize fight at Indianapolis, yesterday. A Woman's Christian Association is to be formed in Indianapolis.
The Vincennes Sun says: The Ohio and Mississippi Railway have recently introduced upon their night trains a new reclining chair car, of a pattern far superior to the former one. Every passenger is supplied with a pillow, while the chair is so constructed that it requires but little effort on the part of the traveler to imagine that he has gone to bed. If this kind of a bed does not suit, there is always a splendid palace sleeping car attached to every night train, so that the accommodations for the weary on the Ohio and Mississippi are very superior.
General Packard was nominated for Congress, yesterday, in the 11th district. He received 120 votes out of 156 on the first ballot.
A cotemporary says: "The peculiar expression of George Washington's mouth as renresented in the new postage stamps is only to be accounted for by the fact hn^M6 &um is P^fed on the back of his
£he /^ovidence Journal appropriately +i ^IcFarland aft air, "it were affair, from beginning forever Wotted from recollection
FROM ILLINOIS.
The Gazette—Truthful Words-The Crops and Droutli, Ac. Special Correspondence Gazette.
not
PERU, III., June 26.
Friend Hudson: I have received the GAZETTE. It was an agreeable surprise to me first, because I did not know that you were interested in a paper, and, secondly, the magnitude and merits of the paper itself. I was
aware that Terre Haute was
a city with population and wealth sufficient to sustain so large and closely printed a paper as yours. The GAZETTE will suffer nothing by comparison with any one of our Chicago dailies in size, quantity and quality. Your success is sure if you have a city of readers who are up to the GAZETTE standard of taste and git."
Your salutatory is brief, clear, and has the Scottish ring in it. The day for the effete doctrine of "party right or wrong" has gone by, it dies with the old Democracy, and we have reason to rejoice that an editor can speak independently and not go outside of the "Republican organization." There is a self-correcting spirit of progress vitalizing the Republican organization which demands a searching scrutiny of its own members, as well as a faithful watching of its enemies. Infallibility is not a part of our Republican creed—it is the dogma of a dead party. 1 notice your reports of the crops in Indiana are cheering it is not so with us. We have no rain—have not had a good wetting shower in two months. Everything is scorched, dried up, crisped to the "dry as dust" standard. Ten days more of this unmitigated drouth will reduce us to ashes, and we will all take passage for the far east on the first reliable hurricane that comes this way. Wheat, oats and barley are almost ruined. Corn has held its own thus far owing to its inherent determination never to say die, but corn is beginning to lose its vitality—the blades are curling and growing yellow and a general sickly hue pervades the fields.
The hay crop will be the shortest ever known in this portion of Illinois. The "tame hay" is so short that our farmers will be compelled to invest in brooms to sweep it into cocks, rakes are of no use. Hie "wild hay" is better but still not over half a crop. Farmers report that the wild hay is better in quality than they have ever known it to be—one ton of it the present year is worth as two of last year's crop. They are talking $25 per ton, whether they mean it or not remains to be felt.
Fruit is in the same category. Small fruits none worth mentioning. Apples and pears one-fourth of a crop and small potatoes at that.
Every living thing cries aloud for water If there was any efficacy in prayers we should have abundance of rain. If curses were potential we should have had a deluge, but fortunately neither are recorded for or against us. Our grief is not as watery as the wrath of Tlior, else we might defy the drouth.
Without a drop of rain to encourage such a whim, the Illinois River has risen afoot and three inches. Here is a problem for the curious to solve. Whether the excessive hot weather expands the water whether the fish, in their masterly efforts to get a little cool breathing, have so inflated their—nothings, but gills —so as to induce it or whether the river, knowing it to be the proper time to rise, has risen in defiance of law or gospel, are important questions, too deep for our fishing. The fact we know, and venture the conjecture that somebody has had a wetting somewhere cast of us.
Yours, P. P. WKICJHT.
On a hot day, Reynolds, Ashley, and other artists, went on an excursion to the woods. Coming to a grove, a call was made to pull off coats. All complied but Ashley, who finally yielded to a volley of raillery, when the others saw what was the matter. Ashley had made a new back to his vest out of one of some of his landscapes, and carried a foaming waterfall on his back, being too poor to employ a tailor. But an unknown fortune awaited him. He was a remarkable handsome man, which attracted the attention of a noble lady, who married him and made him rich.
A South American Horror.
A horrible story of brigandage reaches us from Chili. Lagoberon, a notorious bandit captain, was so closely pursued by a body of South American troops recently, that he was compelled to desert his band of brother cut-throats, who had been the terror of the whole country round, and take refuge in a cavern situated near the summit of the Sierra Profun da. In the cavern he had concealed a female captive, whose husband he had robbed and slain. The soldiers made several ineffectual attempts to reach the culprit. Lagoberon, a man of gigantic stature and herculean strength, succeeded in beating them off, by rolling heavy rocks down upon them whenever they approached. The officer in command of the troops resolved at first to starve the bandit out, but after two days' blockade, grew w-pary of so tedious an experiment, improvised
Came willing
fresh
For the Gazette.
Art IVits.
Two of the most noted were Fuseli, celebrated for his allegoric paintings, and Northcote, as an animal painter. Fuseli, having a picture of Appollo, drawing his bow on another god, called Northcote in to see it, and asked him how he liked it. He had unwittingly drawn the point of the arrow too low. Northcote saw it, and replied, "Fine, but he will never hit him." Fuseli seized a brush and fell to work to correct it, muttering to himself, "By Jupiter, he shall hit him." Shortly afterwards Northcote invited him to see his picture of Balaam and his ass meeting an angel. "Well," says Northcote, 'How do you like it 'Fine, very fine, Norry. You are an angel at painting an ass, but an ass at painting an angel."
uu eacniade of
the chieftain's stronghold, and succeeded in capturiug him. To their horror, upon entering the cavern, they found the poor woman in a dying condition, Lagoberon having cut off' one of the breasts of his unfortunate captive and eaten it. The inhuman butcher was conveyed to Talea, where he was promptly tried and condemned to die by the gaiuote. He was speedily conducted to the scaffold, and while the executioner Avas engaged in adjusting his toilette dc mort, the convict drew a whistle which he had concealed in his pocket, and blew it sharply whereupon, about 60 of his followers, who had introduced themselves among the crowd, surrounding the scaffold, rushed upon the gendarmes, and massacred them ere they could offer any resistance. They then freed their chief and garroted his would-be executioner, after which they escaped, almost unscathed to the mountains, facilitating their flight by seizing the horses of the murdered gendarmes. They also carried off several women from the throng gathered to witness the execution.
THE movement being made in New York, Boston, and other cities, to withdraw the surplus Irish population of the seaboard, and settle them on lands of their own in the west, is a most commendable one. Very much of the obloquy which has been heaped upon Irishmen, could be escaped from if they would, in part, leave our large cities and go to farming. Our Eastern cities are overburdened with Irish laborers, and our Western prairies are suffering for lack of just such labor as this surplus population can afford. We welcome the effort to remove these men from the corrupting influences of our large cities into the healthful country, providing it is done not as a partisan movement. Let the removal be effected, not by politicians, but by philanthropists.
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Without any Small Addition for Interest.
This policy will hold good for two years without further payments, so that the cash payment of a 810,000 policy in this
POSTER EEOTHEES.
Our War on High Prices Still Continues!
NO BACKWARD STEPS WILL BE TAKEN!!
The Signs of the Times are Unmistakable
THERE'S TROUBLE IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY
The cries of Opposition Stores grow fainter They are giving up all efforts at competition They are marking their Goods up to their old prices!
FOSTER BROTHERS
Are marching on flushed with one of the greatest victories ever achieved over the old fogy high priced system of selling Dry Goods and Carpets.
Where is now that boasted arrogance that was to drive us from the field in less than thirty days? Where are the Merchants that promised to defeat us if it cost them ten thousand dollars to do it? A few poor prints sold for a few days at our prices, and they give up the contest and cease all opposition.
With deserted stores and idle clerks they pass up and down in front of our establishment wondering why it is that we are always so busy. Aslt any of the vast
CROWDS OF CUSTOMERS
That daily fill our Store and I hey will you "for years these high priced Stores have been demanding of us the most extortionate rates, and it was only when
FOSTER BROTHERS
down upon them like an avalanche that they in the least degree showed to sell for a "moderate profit." We appeal to the public to say if this is
or
SPIRIT
Sun Umbrellas $1 and §1,25.
Shawls S2, $2,50,83,00, 83,50,84,50 and up to 850. These goods are nearly one half cheaper than can be found in other stores. Lama Lace Points, fine quality, at 55. Piles of other goods equally cheap.
LIFEINSUEANCE.
THE EMPIRE
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
OF NEW YORK,
Has achieved success without a paralleljin of Life Insurance!
Company will be equal
to only §97.90 per year. A large number of policies have already taken by some of the best citizens in this candidate for public favor, which is destined to do a large business here, and why should it not, for for notice some of its liberal and distinctive features:
Ordinary Whole-life Policies are Absolutely Non-forfeitable from the Payment of the First Annual Premium.
All Restrictions upon Travel and Residence are Removed, and no Permits Required.
No Accumulation of Interest or Loan? of Deferred Premiums, and no Increase of Annual Payments on any Class of Policies.
The EMPIRE lias organized a Board of Insurance, consisting of some of our best and most reliable citizens, to whom all desiring Life Insurance would do well to refer for further information, before taking policies elsewhere. Call at the office of the Board,
On Ohio Street, between 3d and 4tli,
Or upon any of the following gentlemen, who are members of the Board, and who will give any information desired:
Col. "YV. E. McLEAN, Attorney. W. H. STEWART, Sheriff. Dr.
W. D.
MULL, Physician.
A. F. FOUTS, Liveryman. Hon. G. F. COOKERLY, Mayor. L. SEEBURGER, Butcher. M. SCHOEMEHL, City Treasurer. W. W. JOHNSON, Physician.
Idly
H. DOUGLASS,
Soliciting Agent."
VARNISHES.
ESTABLISHED, 1836.
JOH3T I. FITZ-ttEKALD,
(Late D. Price & Fitz-Gerald,)
Manufacturers of
IMPROVED COPAL TARNISHES,
Idly NEWARK, S.J.
"THE PEOPLE.
But this is not all, for they invariably add, "hereafter we will do all our trading at FOSTERS."
rival,* from: STEW YOKK:
Fine and handsome Muslins for 8 cents, others charge P2^. Extra yard wide Muslins only 10 cents a yard. Common Muslins 6 and 7 cents, same as others sell at 8 and 9 cents. Good Prints 5,6, and 7cents best Bprague Prints 8 cents. Best Spring De Laines 11 cents, worth 20. Elegant Brocade Alpacas 18 cents, others charge 2o cents. Good line of Alpacas—our price 20 cents. In tine qualities of Dress Goods we have a new stock, just arrived, at the prices oi common goods in high prices stores.
Black Silks from $1 to 84 per yard, generally sold at from SI,50 to $ti. Beautiful line of Percales at 25 cents, others charge 40 cents. Elegant line of Fancy Goods at Panic Prices. Parasols for 40, 50, 60, 70, 85 cents, #1, 82, $2,50 and S3. Ail Silk large
THE ONLY NEW YORK STORE IS
FOSTER BROTHERS,
124 MAIN ST., OPERA HOUSE BLOCK,
NORTH SIDE OF STREET.
Ours is the only concern in Terre Haute having stores in New York City, therefore be particular to observe that we are on the
NORTH
side of Main street, as there are parties on the
presenting themselves to strangers as the New York City Store. 9d
A I
any signs of being not. the
SOUTH
side re
PAPER._
The
Leading Paper House
OF THE WEST.
SMOEB A M'CALL,
^Manufacturers and Wholesale
PAPER DEALERS,
230 and 232 Walnut Street,
ICINCINNATI, JOHIO,
Proprietors of
"Franklin" and "Fair Grove" Mills,
HAMILTON, lOIIlO.
We keep on hand the largest assortment In the West, of
Printers' and Binders'
O S O
Such as
Bill Heads, Letter and Note Heads, Statements of Account,
Bills of Lading, Dray Tickets, Embossed Note Paper,
Ball Tickets, Flat Note, Cap Letter, Folio, Dams', Medium, Royal,
Super Royn and Imperial, Colored Poster, Cover and JLabel Papers,
Envelopes and Blotting Paper
Book, News and Wrapping Papers,
Of our own manufacture, all of which we ofte nt the lowest market price. Samples Jsent free «f charge.
CARD STOCK.
fOur stock is from the best Eastern manufacturers, and will be found equal to any made in the country. Particular attention is called to our large variety of
Favorite Blanks and Bristol Sheets,
which embraces all the desirable grades in use. We have the largest variety of sizes and qualities of any house in the West, and our arrangements with manufacturers enable us to sell at Eastern prices. Customers will find it to their advantage to examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Samples sent free of charge.
SMDEB & M'C ALL,
Manufacturers and Wholesale
A E E A E S
230 and 232 Walnut Street,
Idly CINCINNATI.
BOOTS&SHOES.
BALCH «fc DETOBE,
Ladies'& Gents' Fashionable ROOTS SHOES,
MADE&toorder,
No. 116 Main street, between
5th 6th up stairs, 2d6m Terre Haute, Ind.
LUMBER.
J. L. LI1VDSEY,
COMMISSION LUMBER DEALER,
N.'-tf
Office,' No. 482 West Front Street,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
We sell only
18d3nr
0d6
HEEZ & A3N0LT.
We fear NO Opposition.
We are not governed by Competition Prices.
GrOOD
Goods.
We bny them AS CHEAP as the next man,
And sell at prices to SUIT THE TIMES.
HERZ & ARNOLD,
89 Main Street,
Between Third and Fourth Sts.
CLOTHING- AND FUBNISHING- GOODS. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
CLOSING OUT
OF THE'
Merchant Tailoring Establishment
OF
JOSEPH GROVES.
Gentlemen in want of Clothing made to order in the best manner, can do so at a very low figure, as the Goods
MXTST BE SOLD!
We have on hand the LARGEST, the CHOICEST and BEST assortment of
Cloths, Fancy Coatings, Cassimers and Vestiiigs
7 0" THE CITY OF TEBBE HAUTE.
Now is your Time to get Dressed for Little Money. Come soon, before the Stock is broken up.
ALSO-
The Finest Line of Gents' Eurnishing Goods
Ever offered in the City, all of which
Must be Sold
TO CLOSE OUT THE BUSESESS.
ESTATE OF JONEP1I
CtBOTEB,
Cor. Main and Sixth Sts.