Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 2, Number 235, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 March 1872 — Page 1
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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1872.
Additional Local News.
THE Terre H»ute GAZETTE IS an honor to Indiana journalism.—Ft. Wayne ,%nlinel.
KATIE
MAYHE\v,the
actress, will be mar
ried May 20th, to a wealthy St. Louis p:entleman, named Sheares.—Indianapolis Sentinel.
From what we observed of Miss Katie, as Mrs. Wilkins Macawber, we predict for you, Mr. Sbeares, a joyous and blissful future, as your wife surely will "never desert you."
THE duck-legged dunce of the old dilapidated and perfoarted Banner, all forsaken and forlorn, devotes a half column of attention to the GAZETTE,and yet the GAZETTE will be issued this afternoon to more readers than old uncle Fabby ever saw at one time since he left the old "Fadderlaud," where he should ever have remained under the protection of his maternal ancestor.
THE truly great and good Robert Dale Owen, author of the "Debatable Land Betwixt this World and the Next," will lecture at Pence's Hall, Sunday morning. Seats free, and a general invitation extended to all. Mr. Owen is possessed of one of the best minds and some of the truest patriotism in the land. We cheerfully commend him to the public. To him, much of the prosperity of Indiana is due, he having been a prominent member of the convention which framed the Constitution of Indiana.
Fire at McKcen.
Last evening, about six o'clock, a tire broke out in the- stave factory of Jones, Chapin & Co., at McKeen, a station on the Vandal iu li. about fifteen miles west of this city, In a short time the entire establishment, valued at about four thousand dollars, was in ruins, the earnest endeavors of the citizens to save it being unavailing. Insured for $'2,500 $2,000 in the Loudon Globe and §600 in the Underwriters. The fire originated iu the dry house, it is believed.
THE Springfield (111.) Register, editorially, says: "Hon. Bayless Ilanna,. Attorney General of Indiana, made the oration at the annual celebration of St. Patrick's day in Indianapolis, last Monday. The address was delivered to an immense concourse of people, aud was a most excellent effort. Mr. Hanna ranks amongst the foremost of Indiana's many orators, and we hope, during the approaching campaign, he may be induced to electrify a Springfield audieuce with his eloquence. If he will come, we promise him a rousing turnout." Good for Bayless and Indiana's many orators.
The Diamond Widow.
William C. Bryant's party received while in Havana many courtesies from Madame Oviedo, the heroine of the diamond weddingin New York in 1868. The Rev. J. H. Bryant writes: "She was a New York girl named Bartlett, who married, some years since, a rich old Cuban, with a tinge of African blood, I am told. I remember there was a great noise about it at the time in the New York papers, and the vast sums of money that were speut at the wedding. Mr. Oviedo did not live long, and his young widow now lives in his spacious and splendid palace in all the luxury of a princess. We called upon her Sunday nuht to thank her for kind attentions and found her alone with another widow, a sister-in-law, younger than she. Mrs. Oviedo is an intelligent woman, 'talks like a book' and seems to understand all about the politics of the island. I am told she manages to oversee her business. She has a large sugar plantation near Mautanzas, where she spends her summers. The income from it is $800,000 yearly. She is strongly in favor of the annexation of Cuba to the United States, but says she does not talk about it except to Americans."
A Curiosity of Nevada.
Among the natural curiosities found in Nevada are rolling or traveling stones, which are described as almost perfectly round, the majority of them are as large as a walnut, aud of an irony nature. When distributed about upon ths floor, table, or other level surface, within two or three feet of each other, they immediately bagen traveling towards the center, and there huddled up In a bunch, like alot of eggs in a nest. A single stone, removed to a distance of three and a half feet, upon being released, at ouce starts oft, with wonderful and somewhat comical celerity, to join its fellows take away four or five feet, it remains motionless. They are fouud in a region comparatively level, which is nothing but bare rock. Scattered over this barren region are little basios, from a few feet to a rod in diameter, ami it is iu the bottom of those that the rolling stones are found. They are from the size of a pea to five or six inches in diameter. The cause of these stones rolling together is doubtless to be fouftd in the material of which they are composed which appears to be loadstone or magnetic iron ore.
GEORGE BROWN, a truckman in Detroit, has dug up the old cannou buried for many years at the foot of Wayne street. Jt was captured by Perry's fleet in the aiaval battle of Lake Erie, and is quite a *^historical relic. The figures "50—9—2'v jire out
into the breech.
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The Very Latest News
(UP TO 3 O'CLOCK P. M. TO-DAY.)
fSy the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph
The British Government and the Rebel Cotton Loan.
A {Statement of the Londan Times Refuted.
The Erie Sensation Still on.
Horrible Tragedy at Kansas City.
&c.. &c.
NEW YORK, March 2S.—The Trades' Union Relief Association for the aid of disabled soldiers, orphans and widows in the late war, met yesterday, buttbetunds having all been expended, the pensioners hud to go away empty handed.
The committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, was in session yesterday and continues daily for some time. A committee from the leading business men of this city, New England and Western New York are reviewing the business management of the company.
Since the abrupt termination of the proceedings in Mayor Hall's trial, several consultations has taken place between the counsel for the prosecution in regard to their future action.
As yet they have not arrived at any definitepolicy, but it is understood the trial on the same indictment will be forced on before one ot the Judges Court of Oyer and Terminer, at an early date. The prosecuting counsel will meet for a final action toward the end of this week, and a motion of the case following in a few days.
It was reported yesterday that the Southern Improvement Company has not yet given up the fight against the producers and refiners, aud that their next move will be to make a desperate effort to buy out the New York refineries. The refiners, however, discredit the rumor, aud say if such an effort should be made, they will emphatically refuse to sell out. The Pennsylvania producers are making strong efforts to break the charter of the company.
NEW YORK, March 28.—The business on Wall street will be generally suspended tomorrow, iu honor of good Friday. Gold, stock, cotton and produce exchanges adjourn to-day until Saturday.
Eight National banks began yesterday to pay a dividend of 25 per cent, to depositors.
Robert Yeager, proprietor of the Fourth Ward Hotel, during a dispute with his wife, last night, attempted to kill her by shooting her. The ball entered her left cheek, passing through and lodging iu the right jaw. He then attempted to escape, but was arrested, and will be arraigned to-day. Mrs. Yeager was removed to the station house. The physicians are unable to extract the ball.
NEW YORK, March 28.—The Herald's special cable from Rome, March 27, says: The Pope yesterday, gave a long audience to the Prince aud Princess of Wales. He desired their Royal Highnesses to convey to the Queen of England his thanks for her constant evidences of sympathy, and praised the people of Great Britain for their piety.
The Herald's special from Havana says that the Spanish naval officers here refute to report of the blockade runner showing fight iu the harbor of Aspinwall. They say she is only trying to make her escape.
NEW YORK, March 29.—The Times' WHshington special says there is much surprise manifested there at the statement made by the London Times in reply to a letter of ex-Consul General Freeman H. Morse, to the effect that the presentation of the rebel cotton loan before a mixed commission, here, was without the sanction of the British Government. These claims were presented before the Commission, not only with the full knowledge of the British Ministry, but by the authority of this Ministry.
The case was so extraordinary that it was immediately brought to the atteutention of the Administration, aud the British Ministry was immediately requested to withdraw the claims, as they c.early did not come within the scope and purpose of the treaty. This request was refused by the British Ministry and the English counsel was advised to press the claim, aud did so until it was ruled it by the Commission itseif. .The public speeches of Gladstone in so far as they hint at the contrary of being true, as they very broadly do, are as inexcusable in the impressions they convey as the statement in the London Times.
NEW YORK, March 28.—The Erie sensation continues to-day. Considerable excitement was occasioned by a further decline in prices in London. It is fully lower than it closed last night at48|@49,and theshares fully 3 percent, lower. It is 56} here this morning. The first sale was at 57, a decline of 2 per cent, since last evening, with a speedy rally to 5SJ and a subsequent decline to 58. Large sales.
At half-past 10, quotations rallied at 59c., followed by a decline at 57g sales of three thousand share at declining figures.
LATER.—A London telegram quoting American shares at 47i{@48 and English 49i, assisted a further decline. At 11:30 the general market steady Erie inactive at 5S@5S}.
WASHINGTON, March 28.—Lieut. Gov. Pinchbeck^ of Louisiana, sent a note to the President, soliciting another interview, stat»ng that he had to leave for New York the same evening. The President, through his Secretary replied that it was impossible to grant the interview then, but do so at another time.
Mr. Pinchbeck accordingly deferred the visit to New York until this evening, and obtained the desired interview this
forenoon for the purpose of requesting the President to interfere wtth the view of effecting a compromise between Louisiana Factories. The President declined to do so, giving the same reasons as at previous interviews that he could not interfere in local affairs of any State that the differences in Louisiana were of a character that could only be settled between the officers properly authorized to represent the party in that State.
Pinchbeck'sstatement, furnished to the Associated Press and telegraphed to New Orleans, that the President sought an interview, but that he (Pinchbeck) declined in consequence of a previous engagement with Sumner, is simply ridiculous.
WASHINGTON, March 28.—The House Committee on Ways aud Means reported back the Chicago relief bill, asking that the House agree to the Senate amendments.
Mr. Farwell moved further to amend it by inserting words, "except the lumber," which was agreed to, and the bill as amended was passed.
KANSAS CITY, March 28.—A horrible tragedy occurred at the Little Broadway Hotel yesterday. About a week ago a strange lady with a little child came to the hotel and took a room. Yesterday morning, John Broadbent, of Western Kansas, came to the hotel and inquired for the lady, saying he was her husband. The clerk went up to her room, when the child ran dawn stairs and Broadbent attempted to carry it off, but was stopped. The man then returned to the room, and iu a few minutes screams and pistol shots were heard and man came out, and saying he had shot her, gave himself up to the police.
It seems they began to quarrel when he put his arm around her neck, and lired four shots, all of them missed except one. He then threw her down, put his knee on her breast and shot her through the neck fatally, she dying in two hours.
SPRINGFIELD, ILLS., March 28.—Three prisoners in the county jail made a desperate attempted to escape yesterday. They spraug upon the turnkey, threw him down and choked him almost senseless. A watchman below fired a shot which brought a crowd of citizens to the spot and frightened the three prisoners so that they surrendered and were putin irons.
LINCOLN, NEB., March 28.—The convention called to consider the position of Iowa, regarding the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad, met yesterday. The Committee on Credentials reported 257 names, representing thirty counties. Resolutions were presented and discussed at length and with considerable difference of views, denouncing the Legislature of Iowa regarding the Uuion Pacific insisting that the terminus of the road is at Omaha declaring that neither the Legislature nor Congress could alter the terminus,but only the courts, deprecating hostile legi'slatiou by Congress, &c.
A resolution proposing to cease trade with Chicago, because some of her papers favored the terminus at Council Bluff's, was struck out. To-day the Convention resolves itself into a railroad mass meeting to consider the project of a road to St. Louis.
JACKSONVILLE, III., March 28.—Jas. Manny, a traveler, stopping at Fazzwell's boarding house, met with a sudden death yesterday, by failing down stairs and breaking his neck. His residence is not known.
NEW ORLEARS, March 28.—Marshal Packard and Jno. M. G. Parker, returned from Washington yesterday. They pronounce their visit entirely satisfactory to the party they represent.
From the New York Sunday World, March 24.
POISONED FLANNEL.
The Fatal Discovery on the Border of a Mill Pond. vi-
Rbees «!fc Ifowel, Flannel Makers—A Secret Experiment—Extraordinary Snccess—Veritnble Flannel Produced—
The Fatal Fabric.
HARRISBURG, PA., March 23.—A suit is pending in one of the civil courts of this State, growing out of the following facts: During 1869,1870, and 1871 many paragraphs appeared in papers in differ* ent parts of the country chronicling cases of poisoning from wearing flannel, usually red flannel. It is since claimed to have been discovered that the diseases so produced were all essentially of one type, and never ensued except to persons who have been wearing flaunel of the manufacture of Messrs. Rbees & Howel, Howlet Creek, Pa. The suit is brought by some of the stockholders of Rhees & Howel's flannel works, against the estate of young Mr. Rhees for damages done to their interests by new processes of manufacture introduced by him,which processes are said to have led to the disastrous effects above referred to, and in consequence of which their fabrics were rejected from the market and their dividends reduced to nothing. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RHEES & HOWEL was one of the most respectable and wealthy manufactories iu the country, and its dividends during at least a generation had .been regular and handsome. The business had been managed in chief by the men of the firm, and when, in 1868, old Mr. Rhees died, Howel telegraphed to Europe for his son to come and fill his place. When young Rheos returueTT—early in 1869—Howel had also died, and the entire management of the concern devolved upon him and Mr. David Morgans, the intelligent foreman, who had been connected with the business for more than twenty-five years.
Mr. Griffith Rhees was about 30 years old when he returned. He had been five years iu Europe, most of the time in the University of Berlin, where he had been pursuing a course of technical science and applied chemistry, with the express object of fitting himself for his prospective duties as a manufacturer. His chemical studies had ranged over nearly the whole field ofthatfascinatingscience. A paper published by Mr. Rhees in a scientific journal in Halle shows that he had gone curiously back into the empirical but gorgeous dreams of the seventeenth century chemists. He contended that chemistry was emphatically y,-
THE SPAGYRIC A,RT,
as Schoot, Kircher, and others had named it, aud that modern experimentere, while successfully pushing the analytical part of the science to its limits, bad persistently neglected the
,branch of
complementary
synthesis. He spoke
admir-
TERRE HAUTE, IND.: THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28. 1872.
inglyof StahVs Zymolechnia Fundament-al-is as offering many hints that modern chemistry would have done well to follow, and expressed his confident belief that by applying the severe and accurate methods of today to synthetical studies, a system of organic aud inorganic zymotechnios might be orderly developed, from which would eventually rise, "like an exhalation,"a
"fabric
fwith,
huge," harmo
nious in its frame and fertile in its results, that would surpass in wonder even the most stupendous visions of chemical palingenesis.
Mr. Rhees, however, was not a dreamer, but a man of extremely practical views. He never let conjecture override fact in his mind, and when he returned to the superintendent of the Howlet Creek factory, his first steps in the administration of affairs showed him to be a business man of no ordinary qualities. He called the stockholders together and showed them by irresistible figures that the Rhees & Howel mills were
LOSING MONEY.
He convinced them that the protective duty of 129| per cent, ou flannels, high as it was, did not compensate them for the offset duty of 69i per cent, on fine wool, and the other taxes that burdened their manufacture. He pointed them to the aunual levy made upon them of $10,000 "for legislative purposes," and satisfied them that, aside from all moral considerations, this contribution to the corruption fund, which was charged to "Profit and loss," should be put down as altogether "loss," since they got no actual nor prospective equivalent for it. The stockholders proposed to suspend operations. This, however, Mr. Rhees opposed, convincing them that by this course they would lose their skilled labor and their old and well-established custom. "Besides, gentlemen," said he, "I mean to show you thai American brains, American machinery, and American capital can do more than the same things in any other part of the world." It was finally agreed—Mr. Rhees owning two-thirds of the stock—that he should for the present run the factory in his own way, simply guaranteeing the stockholders seven per cent, interest on their shares. This meeting over, Mr. Rhees summoned the operatives together and arranged with them to continue the factory, working three-quarter time—an arrangement they were well satisfied
knowing as they did that the running at all was more for their own benefit than the profit of the concern.
THE CHEMIST IN HIS LABORATORY. The remainder of the narrative will be derived chiefly from the affidavit of Mr. David Morgans, the manager of the mills. Mr. Morgans says that Mr. Rhees now took charge of the factory in person, remodelled the buildings, machinery, &c., and introduced so many modern appliances aud so much strict system that the proportion of expenses was very materially reduced. Still the concern was not profitable, and Mr. Rhees was not satisfied. He would say: "Morgans, I have conquered your oldfashioned tools and your cumbersome system but I must do more yet. I must get up a broader margin of economies against the bad consequences of Government aid I must find outcheaper processes yet,
or
this wretched system of protec
tion will whip me in spite of all." Then he would go into his laboratory and think and study aud experiment until, Morgans said, he expected to see him blow the factory up some time or other.
THE VEGETABLE FUNGUS.
One day, returuing from a walk, Mr. Rhees called Morgans into his study aud unrolled before him a strip of something that was like cloth, ui«h the third of an inch thick, gray on one side, greenish on the other, with the texture aud something of the touch of felt. "What that?" said Mr. Rhees.
Morgans shook his head. "It might be thick-milled flannel, but it isn't. I never handled any cloth like that." "It a vegetable," said Mr. Rhees. "It's a confervoid plant, known as 'waterflannel,' and grows on our mill-dams."
Morgans stared. "Cott!" said he, if we could only get a good crop of that sort of thing on the ponds, we could let the tariff and taxes go to the devil!"
Mr. Rhees did not reply, but placing a bit of the cloth under a microscope, showed Morgans that it was really a vegetable fungus, made up of myraids of jointed threads, woven together symmetrically and firmly, so as to have the texture and simulate the actual fabric of a cloth made by machinery. FLANNEL MADE OF VEGETABLE FIBRE.
This was still in the early part of 1869, Morgans's affidavit tells us aud it was only a few days later that Mr. Rhees summoned him again, aud submitted to bis inspection a piece of red flannel, which Morgans avers was in every respect not less than 25 per cent, above the standard qualities produced at the mill. 'That's English," said Morgans "I know the feel of it." "That's Howlet Creek and Rhees & Howel's millpond retorted Mr. Rbees. "That is made out of the piece of vegetable fibre I showed you the other day," added he. "Impossible!" said Morgans. "I knew that I could make cloth out of it," added Mr. Rhees, "and I have done it."
Morgans' affidavit goes on to. recount very circumstantially the processes resorted to by Mr. Rhees to convert the vegetable fabric into a durable cloth, to keep up the strength and continuity of its fibre, aud prevent the fungus from undergoing decomposition.
A SECRET.
"Now, Morgans," added Mr. Rhees, "you must keep this matter a secret, for I am going to perform miracles," and we shall bave the hauds burning us up if it gets out. I mean to dispense with factory, machinery, and all I mean to make our uiillponds manfacture this thing for us as fast as we want it, and so cheap tbat we can sell it. pound for pound, and drive even unwashed wool out of the market!"
Morgans looked at his employer as if he expected to find him turned lunatic. He saw instead a handsome, intelligent face, glowing with fine enthusiasm.. "See here," said Mr. Rhees, using his microscope again "do you see this? This cloth is simply vegetable fi6re and starch. Starch is the most readily organizable or all materials, aud if chemical synthesis can not establish the conditions precedent to the unlimited production of these globules of feculute and their enwrapping fibre, it ought to surrender its claims to usefulness. I say this: I already know m?:
HOW TO MAKE CHEAP QLOTH, and good cloth, out of this fungus, just when, how, ana as much as we want." "What will become of the poor hands then, Mr. Rhees," said Morgans. "Nonsense!" rejoined his employer, impatiently "before you can say that any improved process deprives man of labor you must show tbat something can come out of nothing. You cannot do that, and you cannot establish the other fallacy any better. This will still be a manufacture, only by a simpler and cheaper process, and it will, when once established, give employment for three hands where we now have but oue. he care of" the ponds, the handling and marketing of the cloths, the intricate initial chemical proeeases—all these will
take more skilled labor thau we can readily find, be sure of that." Mr. Rhees was now occupied for more than two years in perfecting aud reducing to practice his various and complicated processes. After he had found out how to consummate and regulate
THE PRODUCTION OF THE FUNGUS, there was machinery to invent and to be made that would enable them to gather it cheaply, and there were besides a great number of subsidiary experiments to be conducted, so that the inventor's time was fully occupied. Meanwhile the mill had been steadily working on, doing its three-quarter time with satisfaction to all concerned. Meanwhile also, there had been put upon the market flannels from the Rhees & Howel mill, slowly, and in small lots, and with a careful avoidance of everything like asking attention to it, a new grade of flannel, mostly red in color, thick milled, rather harsh to the touch, and with very short uap, but otherwise not peculiar, except that it seemed a very fine goods. This flaunel had a particular trade-mark of its own, and was called "the Rhees fibre." It was sold only "for trial," and at prices averaging twenty-five per cent, below the market standard for similar qualities, but always in small lots and to different purchasers. These goods, thus distinctly separated from the common product of the mills, the parties who bring the suit claim will be specifically identified as the article whose introduction caused them the damages they allege, and indeed brought on the catastrophe of the Rhees & Howel mills.
THE FATAL RHEES FABRIC. Morgans says that it was only in October, 1871, that Mr. Rhees had finally completed all his preparations. Even then he was onjy able to make the final experiment upon a small surface at the upper end of the mill-dam, on account of the deficiency of help. It would not yet do to take the hands into the secret. Rhees iu fact wanted to get possession of all the stock first, and then, turning his factory into a cooperative union, take all hands into business partnership with him at the same time that he shared with them the uew secret. The operatives had already suspicious of something, aud were only kept from murmurs and dissatisfaction by hints which Rhees threw out of his intentions toward them. In one night, therefore, Rhees and Morgans, using a model of the landing machinery, brought to the shore enough of the fabric to make about 2,000 yards of flannel. This was loaded into country wagons hired for the purpose, delivered at the mill, and stored in an unused room, all under cover of the "darkness. By the 20th of December Rhees and Morgans, working at odd times, had submitted this to the chemical and dressing processes necessary, had prepared it for market, and on that date, says Morgans, for the first time, a large consignment of the "Rhees fabric" was made to their New York agents, along with other goods shipped them as usual.
THE FIRST CASE OF POISON. Rhees, following up his plan, had been actively negotiating with the several holders for the purchase of their shares of stock iu his mill. On the 17th of January, 1872, at teu in the morning, Rhees came into the mill office, locking considerably disturbed. Morgans asked him what was the matter. He replied that his child, an infant less than a year old, was very much like complaining. It had seemed to be threatened with croup he had put a strip of flannel about its throat but iu the night it had had a sudden attack of fever, with a decided crimson eruption, aud he had seut for the doctor, fearing it was scarlatina. "But that is riot the chief bother," said Rhees "see this." And he opened a medical journal published in Louisville, and pointed Morgans to an article in it on a new disease just diagnosed there. It was styled in the article "Mycelloidal Dermestitjs," was said to be a peculiar eruption, attended with great irritation of the skin, running an uncertain course, complicated with cerebral .symptoms more or less marked, and terminating variously. Cases were meutioned in which the eruption lasted weeks, and then disappeared as suddenly as it came others in which the attack was as violent and the result as immediately fatal as in malignant erysipelas. The disease was said to be caused by wearing red flannel.
RUIN.
"I don't believe it, Morgans," said Mr. Rhees. "But even if it is uot so, and such a thing gets abroad, it will ruin our business. If people suspect there is such a thing as poisonous red flannel in the market, they will decline to buy any flannel."
Morgans said not a word, but going to a drawer in his desk, produced a scrapbook, opened it, and pointed his employer to along column of newspaper clippings, enumerating cases of sickness and death from wearing red flannel. "You see, there's'none of'em older than '69," said Morgans. "Good Goa, Morgans," cried Mr. Rhees, "What do you mean?" "Didn't we sell a piece of that flannel to Jones & Rheirihardt, iu Louisville? I tell you that's our flannel—the Rhees fabric—that's poisoning all these folks." "It is not—it canuot be," cried Mr. Rhees iu great agitation. "Every part of the process, all the articles used in it, are perfectly innocuous." "Then its the fungus that does it," persisted Morgans. "I've watched these things some time, and I know its our flannel."
THE CHEMIST THUNDER-STRUCK. Morgans says Mr. Rbees stood like a man thunderstruck. He faltered, staggered, could not speak. At this instant a servant came runniug to him from his house, and told him the doctor had come and wanted to him at once—the baby was very ill. "Morgans," said Mr. Rhees, as he went out the door makiug a painful effort to control his agitation, "telegraph at once to our factors to stopselling these goods peremptorily, and no matter at what cost.
Morgans did as he was bidden and in the course of half an hour Mr. Rhees returned to the office, loking, 6o the foreman said, like a man condemned to death. "Morgans," he asked, "where did that piece of flannel come I sent for yesterday?" "It was the Rhees fabric I thought you wanted it for some of your experiments Good God! Mr. Rbees, you did'nt put that arouiid your child's neck, did you?" "What else!" said the unhappy man, forcing himself to be calm, "aud the child is dying, and the doctor pronouuees the disease to be—O God I am punished! Iam punished!" and to Morgan's great distress
Mr. Rhees broke into
a great weeping. At this moment a telegraph boy arrived with a dispatch, which Mr. Rhees read and then handed to Morgans, controlling himself, and becoming suddenly calm once more by an effort, which tbe faithful foreman said was more frightful to witness than his sobs and tears. The message
said
that the orders arresting
the sale of the censignment of the Rbees fabric bad come too late. The goods had been sold on very satisfactory terms to another bouse, which had already shipped them to South America, where,
so it was reported, they were to be made up into uniforms for Gen. Herrera's army.
DEATH.
"You see, Morgans, said Mr. Rhees, "the fire I kindled has gone beyond my own house." As he spoke, the doctor came to the door and laid his hand on Mr. Rhees' shoulder. "Your child is dead," said he "go comfort your wife." "I am going—to make reparation to her, and to all," answered Mr. Rhees, walking out of the office.
After much search his body was found, two days later, in the deepest part of the mill-dam. The stockholders suspended operations at the mill at once, attached the property of Rhees, aud brought suit as above meutioned. The cause will come to trial a9 soon as the messengers who have been despatched for witnesses from Gen. Herrera's army shall have returned. T. S.
THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Chicago Market. CHICAGO, March 28.
FLOUR—Dull and unchanged. WHEAT—Active and stronger at $1.20% @1.20}£ for cash No. 2, $1.25}£ for May.
CORN—Fairly active at 37%@37%c. OATS—Firm fairly active at 30%c for regular 32%c bid for tresh.
RYE—Nominal at 59c, bid. BARLEY—Quiet and steady at 51c for regular.
HIGHWINES—Fairly active at 83£c. LARD—Quiet at $8.15 PORK—Quiet and steady at $11.25 for cash.
HOGS—Dull and lower at [email protected] for ftommon to choice. CATTLE—Good demand and firm at [email protected] for common to extra shipping §[email protected] for butchers.
New York Market. NEW YORK, March 28.
COTTON—Irregular low middlings 22c: middlings 23J4c sales 700 bales on spot 22,000 futures.
FLOUR—Quiet. WHEAT—Dull at [email protected]. CORN—70@70^c. OAT
S—55@58o.
WHISKY—Quiet at 88Mc. LARD—8£c. MESS PORK—Dull at $12.75. SUGAR—Firm. COFFEE—Fir m. CATTLE—Lower, 10@12Kc. LINSEED OIL—88c.
Liverpool Market* LIVERPOOL, March 82.
WHEAT—"Winter lis 8d Milwaukee 10s 9d@lls Id. CORN—28s.
PORK—50s. BEEF—67s 6d. BACON—30s. LARD—61s. TALLOW—42s 6d.
AMUSEMENTS.
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Friday Evening, March 29.
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
The Popular Dutch Character Comedian
ALLEIT,
And the world-renowned
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Supported by the charming young Actress and Vocalist,
MISS ALICE HARRISON,
And a powerful Dramatic Company, who will appear in the Sensational and Amusing Drama, entitled,
S N E I E
Or, Dot House Ton De Rhine!
Admission, 75, 50 and 35 Cents.
•w Seats can be secured at Baitlett's Book Store.
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ONE NIGHT ONLY,
Wednesday Eye., April 3.
Excelling and Defying Competition By the Famous DUPBEZ & BENEDICTS
NEWOBLEAXS
Gigantic Minstrels!
Of twenty years' organization. The Chief Monarchs of Minstrelsy,
Composed of a Regiment of Artists!
On their Twentieth Annual successful Tour, introducing their brilliant, various Specialties. The oldest, most reliable, and largest, complete troupe in existance. Announcing a Carnival Entertainment full of merit.
ADMISSION AS USUAL.
8®* Reserved Seats for sale at Bartlett's East Main street Book Store. C. H. DUPREZ, Manager.
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CH AS. B. EFFEBSOJf Manager.
MONDAY MD TUESDAY,
April 8 and 9, 1872.
Joseph Jefferson
WILL APPEAR AS
MP VAST WOKLE!
SUPPORTED BY A
First-Class Dramatic Company.
Particulars hereafter.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
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ing, Wedding or Funeral purposes, in any numbei 100 to 100.000, expeditiously, neatlj andcheaply printed at the GAZETTE BTEAV JOB OFP1CE£Filth street. We keep the largest assortment
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SEAL ESTATE COLUMN.
Wharton & Keeler
FOR SALE!
DWELLINGS, OTTT-LOTS!
AND
FARMS!
MECHANICS—Secure for yourselves homes. You can do it with the money that you are paying out annually for rent. Call and see us.
TOFBTCc ME3-A small sum puid down and the balance as you can save it from your earnings, will secure for you a lot in almost any part of the city. You will not miss the money, and in a few years your lot will sell for double its cost price.
FARMERS—Till y.purpwn land. If you are industrious you can biiy on good terms. See special inducements below:
200 acre Farm at 820 per acre.
380 acre Farm at $15 per acre—prairie and timber.
10 acres near town at: I per acre.
30 Improved Farms at from 825 to $100 per acre.
21 Farms to trade for City Property.
BARGAIN.—House and Lot ou North Fifth street—six rooms. Price, 81,100.
FOR SALE.—New House and Half Lot. Price, S750.
ELEGANT new 1% story House, witJi' Fix rooms. Best bargaiii in the city. One block from Main on Seventh street. Price, 83,000.
HOUSE AND LOT-On Eagle, between Sixth and Seventh streets. Eight rooms, well, cistern and stable. Cheap at 83,600.
LOTS, LOTS, LOTS!
FOR SALE—Lots in Jones' Addition, on South Sixth and Seventh streets. Prices very low. Terms to suit purchasers.
FOR SALE—Lots in Jewett's Addition. Terms 10 per cent, down, balance on long time. Very few left.
EARLY'3 ADDITION—A limited number of Lots in Early's Addition are now offered at great inducements. Apply at once.
QU^C-LOTS—In all parts of the city.
LOST—Hundreds of dollars, by those who purchase property before calling on WHARTON & KEELER.
Opera Stock For Sale!
N. B.—Through our "EMPIRE REAL ESTATE AGENCY" (beiug a co-operative system of Agencies throughout Indiana, IUinoies, Missouri and Kansas) we can sell or trade you lands in all parts^of the West, or give Information free of cost.
Fire Insurance Companies.
UNDERWRITERS, NEW YORK. Assets ?4,000,000.
ANDES, CINCINNATI.
Assets ..." 2,300,000.
IMPERIAL, LONDON.
Assets (Gold) 8,000,000.
Life Insurance Companies.
MUTUAL LIFE, NEW YORK. Assets $50,000,000.
TRAVELERS' LIFE AND ACCIDENT, HARTFORD. Assets 2,000,000.
WHARTON & KEELER, Agents.
NOTICE.
Change of Firm.
THE
Drug House of W. C. Buntin & Co. will continue the business from this date under the Aim name of Buntin & Armstrong, fm. H. Armstrong having purchased an interest therein. With increasea capital and determined energy, the new firm politely solicits the patron.age of this community. The senior partner having spent the past winter in Philadelphia obtaining a knowledge of all the latest developments in the profession of Pharmacy, and having now secured the services of Mr. J. H. Bringhurst, Jr., of Philadelphia, a thorough and practical Pharmaceutist and Chemist, they feel assured they can manufacture and compound everything in their line to the entire satisfaction of all who may call upon them.
WM. C. BUNTIN, wM. H. ARMSTRONG.
Terre Haute, Ind., March 1,1872. 22d6wJ
STEAM BASEST.
Union Steam Bakery.
FJBAKTK HEOIO & BKO.,
Manufacturers of all kinds of
Crackers, Cakes, Bread AND CASHDY!
,, Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Fruits, FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES, LA FAYETTE STREET,
Between the two Railroads. Terre llauie, Indiana.
WAGON YARD.
DM1£L 11LLER§
JfEW WAGON YARD
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BOARDING HOUSE,
Corner Fourth and Eafle Streets, E E A E IN
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Undersigned takes great pleasure in in forming his old friends and customers, and the public generally, that he has again taken charee of his well-known Wagon Yard and Boarding House, located as above, and that he will be found ready and prompt to accommodate all in the best and most acceptable manner. His boarding house has been greatly enlarged and thoroughly refitted. His Wagon Yard is not excelled for accommodations anywhere in the city.
Boarders taken by the Day, Week or Month, and Prices Reasonabte. N, B.—The Boarding House and Wagon Ya will be under the entire supervision of mysel and family. FBM&wtf] DANIEL MILLER.
BLANK BOOKS.
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ns GAZETTE BINDERY turns out the beat Book work in Terre Haute. We have one of the most skillful Rulers in the State, and guarantee satisfaction onooaplloatort tort. Old
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