Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 1, Number 31, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 July 1870 — Page 2
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THURSDAY. JULY 7, INTO.
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The Wigwam.
We understand the Republican Exocuti\*e G'ommittre have determined to build :i wigwam, and the Jlxpress announces this morning that Mr. Dunn is to speak "at the Wigwam, on next Saturday evening."
We presume this announcement is made by order of the County Executive Committee, and that it is laboring under the pleasing Hallucination that a wigwam will spring up like an exhalation from the ground, in time for the speech. Some other men doubt if this can be done.
The building of a "Wigwam" in this city, for the approaching campaign, is, in our judgment, a mistake, and an unnecessary expenditure of money. The campaign proper, in which distinguished speakers will address the people, will not, in all probability, commence until September, and closc early in October. But few men will canvass the State during the months of July and August, and if they do, but few people will go to hear them. The building of a wigwam, such an one as is contemplated, will cost, perhaps, ?o()0. Before it is done the gentlemen building it will find they have expended that much or more. Perhaps there will not be more than five or six speeches' made in it during the campaign. Pretty heavy expenditure of money for a few speeches. Besides there are halls in the city large enough to hold all who will go to hear any man who may be brought here to speak, and that can be procured at a reasonable cost.
Would it not therefore be more expedient to spend the money required to build this wigwam, in procuring good and truthful reading matter and circulate it among the people. Circulatr if so that the people will he surr. to get it.
Additions to the party at the presenttime are not made by speeches in the cities where every person reads daily papers and tire kept posted, but in the rural districts, where the people take but few papers, and have but little to read. Among this class of our fellow citizens, the candidates themselves should be at work and distribute documents and talk to them.
If they are to be the exponents of the party, they should take the business of the party on*tlieir shoulders. We ought not to shut our eyes to the fact, that the Democratic candidates are in the "bush" hard at work threading the county in the cow paths talking to the people at the cross roads and working with their collars unbuttoned and sleeves rolled up. It is a good old fashion way of making votes, and beats all the Avigwams you could build in six months.
Blundering'.
About ten days ago, the boy carrying dispatches for the telegraph office in this city, handed us a dispatch from Brookville, in this State, from a committee on invitation, asking us if we "would address the Pioneers of the Miami and White Water Vallies, on the fourteenth of July," at that place. Our reply to this dispatch was, "I will."
We thought no more about it, and went about making the necessary preparation to discharge so pleasing a duty. Brookville is our birthplace, and we felt a peculiar pride in being invited to address the men who had known us from our boyhood.
A few days ago, we addressed a letter to one of the committee on invitation, informing him that we would" be with them on the loth, in time to speak at the celebration on the 14th. Just this morning, we received the following reply to our letter:
JJrookvii.lk,
Ti. N. Ilrosox,
Ixn., July (Hh, 1870.
Esq.:
J)rar ,Sir—There has been a trroat mistake made by somebody with regard to your invitation. The celebration which it was intended you should address took place on the 4th inst., and 1 so expressed it in niy dispatch to you. The meeting has been held and was one of the largest ever held in the valley. We watched the trains for you for two days before the 4th inst., thinking you would come and spend a day or two before the time arrived. Judge Test, Matson and many others of tho pioneers were here, and a happy reunion was hud.
I and your lriends general^- arc exceedingly sorry that this mistake has occurred. Did your dispatch read the 13tli? The telegraph is to blame. Come any how, we will be glad to see you.
Yours Truly, 1». 15.
Of course, the telegraph is to blame, and the mistake is less excusable on the part of the telegraph, from the fact that attention was directed to the word "fourteenth," and the question asked if that word might not have been "fourth." The carrier replied, no, for they at first thought the word might be the "fourth," but it was not, and teas the "fourteenth."
This is not a blunder of very much importance. It however, perhaps, disappointed many persons in Brookville, and is a matter of much regret to ourself. But why such a blunder? AVliy this mistake And why too, when attention was called to this very word The telegraphic agent at this office, Mr. Xarcross who is in every way a most competent operator and a very accommodating gentleman, should, it seems to us, look into this matter.
Wooliier, the Euglish sculptor, is to execute a bust of Dickens, and will have the advantage of a mask which was cast for the purpose. He has already produced excellent portrait busts of Tennyson, Browning, Carlyle, Gladstone, John Henry Newman, and other eminent men.
INDIANA NEWS.
A couple of young men by the name of drowned in a Ooek near
r'Aiiiinp were urownva in a v^iuet*. iiottr -11!' Co.moi
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broken in two places, and died in a few hours afterwards. The horse attached to the buggy was frightened by the shooting of a fire-cracker.
The LaFavette Journal of yesterday says: "The safe of Thomas Wood's banking office, opposite the L.ahr House, robbed, on Monday afternoon, of two boxes, containing notes, mortgages and other'papers of the value of one liundred thousand dollars. The supposition is that the thief gained access to the office by going up the front stairway leading to the Dispatch, office, and then passing down a back stairway to the rear, while the persons connected with the establishment were quietly seated in the shade in front. The safe door standing open, of course, made it an easy matter for the thief to secure the two boxes, which he doubtless supposed contained money.
The postoflice at LuFayette was robbed of a small amount of money the other night. Ilobbers appear plenty in that city.
As an innocent amusement on last Sunday, Frank Iiabbi shot himself in the hand, tearing it well nigh to pieces.
A firm in Fort Wayne sell "fine California wine" at
2o
The Indianapolis Journal of to-day says: At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of ilanover College, who are in attendance upon the Southern Synod, held in theThird Presbyterian Church, on yesterday, Rev. G. C. Hcckman, formerly pastor of the Third Church, was elected to the Presidency of that institution.
THERE was wonder when Mr. Stokes, of Tennessee, called upon the Republicans in the House to make amnesty a verity by the adoption of a general and generous measure. Some of the more rabid of his constituents charged him with "selling out to the Democracy." But Mr. Stokes,Jin a published letter, explains and vindicates his action with spirit and effect. He declares himself in favor of relieving every Southern man who expresses a desire to have his disaabilities removed. This may be a little too sweeping. But, at least, the excepted class should be small and specifically designated and apart from these the amnesty cannot be too soon or too complete. The bill upon the subject last reported from the Reconstruction Committee nearly satisfies this requirement, although somewhat complicated, perhaps, in its details. There is no chance of its passage this session—a circumstance which, in our judgment, will affect unfavorably tho Republican future in the Southern States.— New York limes.
A Fortune in a Wii'e.
Fourteen years ago, not a thousand miles from Alliance, Ohio, Rev. J. g. united in the holy bonds of wedtock a gentleman and lady of that locality. After the ceremony the groom took Mr. G. aside and told him that he had barely enough msney to get through his "bridal tour," and ou his return he would pay him his 83 (the usual fee.) Mr. G., in his laughing way, asked him how many bushels of potatoes he would give him instead of the $3. To which he replied, "Six bushels, and I will double it until paid." Upon this agreement beinomade, the parties separated, and from that day to this, neither potatoes nor money have been received by Mr. G. The gentleman who was married is now a wealthy former, and should the minis ter insist upon the fulfillment of the contract, which was duly witnessed, the farmer would fiud he had quite a dear wife. Let us see what she cost: Commencing with six bushels, for the first year, 12 for the second, and so on, doubling for 14 years, 88,219 bushels, and at 50 cents per bushel, to 849,148, the price of a good sized farm. She is a dear wife and becoming doubly dear every year. An article too high priced ought to be good. Boys, take our advice, and pay your marriage fees on "sight."
A CIRCUIT preacher gives the following illustration of "faith that would remove mouutains," which he heard from the lips of a negro preacher, who was holding forth to his congregation upon the subject of obeying the commands of the Almighty
Bredren," he said, in his broken \VaV'
w_hateber
Colfax, not lai -etc, tlu ii{)rstJ jn the foreground, which hears up•Jth. on his back the young general of the .mall child was thrown from a buggy army of Italy, who leans upon the neck iii LaFayette on
the 4tli,
had its arm ?f
cents per bottle.
Iron is being laid on the LaFayette, Muneie and Bloomington Railroad. An old citizen by the .name of Henry 'Wade, who resided near Owensburg, Greene county, committed suicide by hanging in his barn, a few days ago. JSo cause is known for the rash act.
The contract for the construction of water works in Evansville has been closed, but not without a quarrel in the Council. No great work is undertaken of late in that city, it seems, but there is bad feeling on the part of some one.
The barkeeper at the American House in Evansville, stabbed two men on the 4th, but did not seriously injure either. The fellows were drunk, of course.
Work commenced on the Mt. Vernon & Graysville R. It. on the 4th. Col. James Thompson, a West Pointer, has been elected Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the State University.
A gymnasium is to be erected in connection with the Indiana State University. A good idea, it ought to have been done long ago.
The. Putnam County Agricultural Fair commences on the 12th of September. Rev. G. D. Archibald, President of Ilanover College, has resigned the Presidency of that institution and accepted a Professorship in the Theological College at Danville, Kentucky.
The little town of Lexington, Scott county, owns a fine old French brass sixpounder cannon, capture'! by Gen. Jack son from the British at the battle of Xew Orleans. For many years it was dismounted, but during the laic rebellion the Government ordered a carriage for it.
The Auditor^of State yesterday issued a warrant upon tho State Treasury for S8,00l) 0), for the payment of the current expenses of the House of Refuge.
The City Council of Franklin passed an ordinance on the 5th, raising the fee for liquor licenses from $50 to 8KX) per annum.
Professor Cox has gone to Washington, Daviess county, to pursue his examinations of the Indiana block coal fields.
de good God tell me to
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Napoleon's War Horse.
Everybody has seen a copy, in someform, of the famous painting, "Napoleon Crossing tho
less
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lor, ous pa'.hs the Alps.
was
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at it 'longs to
Prince Napoleoc will after he has had enonghof Noway!
go to Greenland
doubt-•-
remembers the noble-looking \mU'
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lines of soldiers elimbmg, oy tortil
the steep and rocky passes of
This horse is not a mere artist's ideal, but was intended as a portrait of Napoleon's horse, Superb. This beautiful animal was a light-gray Arabian, aiiont 15] hands high, slightly, bnt compactly built, possessing remarkable intelligence and great muscular power, combined with a nervous, active temperament, and a strong vigorous constitution.
Superb was a great favorite with Napoleon, and accompanied him in many of his most successful campaigns. In 1813, during the disastrous retreat from Moscow, he was captured by the Russian General Orlofi', who kept him at St. Petersburg till 1834, when he was presented to the father of M. Tourmiaire, then manager of the Imperial Circus, a passionate lover and accomplished trainee of horses, and well known for his devoted attacinnent to the memory of the great Napoleon. General Orloif, in presenting the horse, said: "Jacques Tourmiaire, you were greatly attached to the late Emperor of the French, and your attachment honors you. You are known to be a favorite of horses and, satisfied of the care he will receive at your hands, to you I confide this, my greatest favorite. "Superb is too slight for my use. I have grown too heavy for him. To sell him to a strange master is a fate to which I cannot think of subjecting him. To you, therefore, I intrust him, and as you loved him to whom he first belonged, you will, I am sure, cherish Superb for the memory of his owner, as well as for his own sake."
The horse was well cared for by'his new master, who brought him upon the stage, and taught him to perform some ligiit parts in pieces performed in the circus. Jacques Tourmiaire died ill 1839, and left Superb to his son, who treated the veteran stilt with the tenderest care. He was subsequently exhibited in London, and other large cities.
Several years since, we read a short history of this horse, published in an English journal, and if our memory serves us well, it was stated that lie was foaled in 1802, and died in 1841, having lived to the extraordinary age of thirty-nine years. —Literary Journal.
A Beautiful Love Story.
The Count de St. Croix, belonging to one of the noblest and wealthiest families of France, became engaged, after a long courtship, to a lady his equal in position and fortune and famous for her beauty, Shortly after the happy day was appointed which was to render two loving hearts one, the Count was ordered immediately to the seige of Sabastopol so he girded on his saber, and at the head of his regiment marched on to the battlefield. During the Count's absence it happened that his beautiful affianced had the smallpox and hovering between life and death, she recovered, but found her beauty hopelessly lost. The disease had assumed, in her case, the most virulent character, and left her not only disfigured, but seamed and scarred to such a frightful extent that she became hideous •to herself, and resolved to pass the remainder of her days In the strictest seclusion.
A year passed away, when one day the Count, immediately on his return to France, accompanied by his vadet, presented himself at the residence of his betrothed and solicited an interview. This was refused. He, however, with the persistence of a lover, pressed the suit, and finally the lady made her appearance, very closely muffled in a veil. At the sound of her voice the Count rushed forward to embrace her, but, stepping aside, she tremblingly told him the story of her sorrow, and burst into tears. A heavenly smile broke over the Count's handsome features, as raising his hand above, he exclaimed "It is God's work I am blind It was even so. When gallantly leading his regiment to the attack, a cannon ball passed so closely to his eye that, while it left their expression unchanged and his countenance unmarked, it robbed him forever of sight. It is unnecessary to add that their marriage
shortly solemnized. It is said
that at this day may be often seen at the Emperor's receptions an officer leaning upon the arm of a lady closely veiled, and they seem to be attracted to the spot by their love of music.
Who Makes Your Dresses A touching story is told of the daughter of Sir Robert Peel. Her father gave her, as a birthday present, a gorgeous riding habit, and went out with her on the same day for an airing in the park, his heart swelling with paternal pride as he rode by her side. Shortly afterwards she sickened and died of typhus fever of the most malignant type and when inquiry was made as to how she had caught the infection, it was discovered that the habit, bought from one of the London Western tradesmen, had been made in a miserable attic, where the husband of the seamstress was lying ill with the fever, and that it had been used by her to cover him in his shivering fits. Thus, Avhether we will believe it or not, the safety of the highest is bound in with the condition of tho lowest, and if we neglect their material, moral and spiritual interests, there will come a dreadful Nemesis to mark the divine displeasure.
Ilfat as a Motor.
Sweltering through the heateil term, let us be duly grateful for the "moral uses of hot weather." It removes from poor people the sinful temptation to covet bedclothes and fuel, furnishes the proper pulpiteers with a pat illustration of the possible temperature of a world to come, and makes portly Congressmen uneasy in their padded seats. Heat, indeed, is the only "mode of motion" that has obtained in the Congressional circles for some time, and to it we must look for the dispersion of the national councils. Grace Greenwood says she visited the Senate the other night, and found jt unusually slow, "but I had been hard at work ail day on a juvenile story, and it rested my brain." While many important measures are sleeping in committee and on the table, the House finds time to pass resolutions granting condemned ordnance to towns in Maine, Michigan, and other States, loaning army tents to the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, etc. This errand-boy business will succumb by-aud-by to the thermometer.
The following plan is said to have been lately pursued in order to hasten the decision of a refractory jury, who were locked up to consider their verdict, in England: It was past supper time, and the court officials had no wish to pass the night in waiting upon the twelve good men who were deliberating on their verdict. A large dish of beefsteak, fried with onions, giving off a body of aroma sufficient to fill the largest hall in England, was brought into the passage close to the door of the unhappy jurymen's prison. The door was opened, the cover taken off the dish, the aroma of the steak and onions floated in, and invaded and pervaded every square inch of the little room. Mere mortal Englishmen could not stand out long against such an appetizing aroma. A second opening of the door and advancement of the dish clinched the matter, and enabled the jury to find a unanimous verdict.
Thirty years ago yesterday the steamship Britania, the first of theCunard line, sailed from Liverpool for America. The shipping at Liverpool was gaily decorated in commemoration of the event.
Parasols and Sun Un
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Opposition Firms Badly Demoralized.
We have Routed the Enemy at Every Point!
OUR BATTERIES ARE SILENCING ALL OPPOSITION!
OUR PRICES I1^ CREATED
The Deserted Palace of Terre Haute!"
And it Stands To-day like a Tree with Withered Leaves.
A I N
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Bettter melt it up, Gentlemen, and make it into a Monument of Brass and inscribe upon it
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OF TH E
HIGH-PRICED MERCHANTS OF TERRE HAFTE.
Heavy failures of Irish-priced stores! Dry Goods awfully cheap! We are slaughtering them every day. Our prices only a little more than half what others charge. Our cheap goods, are playing havoc with their high priced old stocks bought with gold at 81.40.
The Crowds of Customers tell the story!
PRICES DOWN AGAIN!
A very good Unbleached Mnslin for 0 and 7c a yard. First rate yard wide Mnslin for 8 and 9c. Our 12 1-2 cent Muslins are tlie same as others.
they are the Best Goods or not. Beautiful Dress Goods at 12 l-2c, 15c, 18c, 20c, 25c, 30c, +0c, 50c. Lot of Best Delaines 11c, Double-width Alpacas 22c. Elegant Percales Uc, sold until recently for 25c.
CARPETS of all kinds away down. Thirty cts. up.
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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 has 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 4th,
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Col. W. E. McLEAN, Attorney. W. H. STEWART, Sheriff.
Dr.W.
D. MULL, Physician."?
A. P. FOUTS, Liveryman. Hon. G. F. COOKERLY, Mayor. L. SEEBURGER, Butcher. M. SCIIOEMEHL, City Treasurer. W. W. JOHNSON, Physician,
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Soliciting Agent.
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ESTABLISHED, 1836.
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(Late D. Price & Fitz-Gerald,)
*1' Manufacturers of
IMPROYEI) COPAL TARNISHES,
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3
NEWARK, N. J.
LOOK AT IT. I. can see whether
Points, Hosiery and Underwear^ Cloths,
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OP THE WEST.
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^Manufacturers and Wholesale
PAPER DEALERS,
230 and 232 Walnut Street,
'.CINCINNATI,
lOHIO,
Proprietors of
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Book, News and Wrapping Papers,
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A E E A E S
230 and 232 Walnut Street,
idly
CINCINNATI.
BOOTS & SHOES.
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MADE
to order, No. 116 Main street, between 5th & 6th up stall's,
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LUMBEB.
"j. lindsey,
COMMISSION LUMBER DEALER,
Office, No. 482 West Front Street,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
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next man,
lSd3m
Honey-comb Bed Spreads at
Linen
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GrOOD
Goods.
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89 Main Street,
Between Third and Fourth Sts.
RETAIL DEY GOODS.'
i» it
CLEARANCE SALES
AT-
TUELL, BIPLEY & DEMlM's EMPORIUM.
LAW3TS, GBEMADIJES,
IMltlMMS.
K011A
Tucked Skirting BELOW COST, to close out.
tli.au ever.
s\su w:s.
AND
FAJfCY
AT PRICES TO INSURE IMMEDIATE SALE.
Fine Lawn Robes at $2 50
Lisle Thread and Silk-Spiked Half Hose, very cheap.
Light weight Cassimeres, Jeans and Cottonades, cheaper
Fans! Fans! Fans,! Fans!
Palm Leaf, Linen, Silk, Sandal-wood, Pocket and Ivory.
Fans at
15c
ofhers ask
Best 16-bone French Corsets at 75c others ask $1.
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs at 75c per dozen.
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RIPLEY
I) I
DEMINO,
Corner. Main and Fifth Sts.
,s
1 50
25c.