Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 3, Number 51, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 July 1872 — Page 2

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MUD SON & ROSE, Proprietors. „L. X. BOS*. K. N. HUDSON ..........

OFFICE: NORTH FIFTH ST., near Main.

OF MISSOURI.

For Governor,

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. For Lieutenant Governor, JOHN R. CRAVENS.

For Congressman-at-Large—two to be elected, JOHN S. WILLIAMS, MICHAEL C. KERR.

For Secretary of Sta te, OWEN M. EDDY. For Treasurer of State,

JAMES B. RYAN. For Auditor of State, JOHN B. STOLL..

For Superintendent of Public Instruction, MILTON B. HOPKINS. For Attorney general.

BAYLESS W. HANNA. For Clerk of the Supreme Court, or ^WARD PRICE. For Reporter Supreme Court, tor «EY°R^ENof.the

ROBINSON.

Elector, Sixth District,

WILLIAM

E. MCLEAN,of Vigo.

For Congress,

DANIEL W.VO0RHEE8.

For .Judge of the Circuit Court, CHAMBERS Y. PATTERSON, of Vigo. For Prosecutor of the Circuit Court,

JOHN C. BRIGGS, of Vigo.

For Judge of the Common Pleas Court, JOHN T. SCOTT, of Vigo. For Prosecutor of the Common Pleas Court,

GEORGE W. COLLINGS, of Parke.

For State Senator, RICHARD DUNNIGAN. For Representatives, GRAFTON F. COOKERLY,

ISAIAH DONHAM. For County Clerk. MARTIN HOLLINGER.

For Sheriff,

JOHN C. KESTER. For Treasurer^ JAMES M. SANKEY. For Real Estate Appraiser,

GEORGE W. CARICO. For County Commissioners, First District—J AMES. H. KELLY, Second District—LOUIS SEEBURGER.

For Criminal Court Prosecutor, SANT. C. DAVIS. For Coroner,

CHARLES GERSTMEYER. ror Surveyor. ROBERT ALLEN. I

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31,1872. *4v CHARLES SUMNER.

His Letter on the Duty of Colored Yoter s.

He Strongly Advises Them to Vote for Greeley, and Says lie will Undoubtedly Support the Liberal Ticket.

WASHINGTON, July 30.—The following correspondence has taken place between the Hon. Charles Sumner and colored citizens of the United States:

WASHINGTON, July 11,1872.

SIR: We the undersigned citizens of color, regarding you as the purest and best friend of our race, admiring your consistent course in the United States Senate and elsewhere as the special advocate of our rights,and believing your counnsel at this critical juncture in the period of our citizenship, would be far from personal feeling and partisan prejudice, have ventured to request your opinion as to what action the-colored voters of the nation should take in the Presidential contest now pending.

The choice of our people is now narrowed down to General Grant or Horace Greeley. Your long acquaintance with both and your observation have enabled you to arrive at a correct conclusion as to which of the candidates, judging from these antecedents as well as their present position, will, if elected, enforce the requirements of the Constitution and laws respecting our civil and political rights with the most heartfelt sympathy and greatest vigor.

We hope and trust you will favor us With such reply as will serve to enlighten our minds on this subject, and impel dur people to go forward in the right direction. Our confidence in your judgment is so firm that, in our opinion, thousands of intelligent colored voters of the couutry will be guided in their action by your statement and advice. 's

Hoping to receive a reply soon, we have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servants^

[Signed,]

long yeai

ublican and Democratic eform Ticket.

For President in 1872,

HORACE eBEElET OF NEW YOEK. For Vice President, It. GBATZ BBOWIf,

A. T. Augusta, M.I)., David Fisher, Sr., John M. Smithy Edward Cruser, W. H. R. Wormley, Wtii. Wilson, R. W. Tompkins, Jqhn Jl. Brown, Henry Lacy, W. H. Belf, J.T. N. Bo wen, M."D.,JacQbDe Wilier, Samuel P?PCtor, J. J. Itetchum, Chas. N- Thomas, Wm. H.- Shorter,

Henry Hill, Geo. I), Johnson, Chas. F. Bounce, David Kihg,

Thurman J. Shadd, C. A. Fleetwood, David Fisher, Jr., Wm. Polken.

To Hon. Charles Sumner. MR. SUMNER'S REPLY. WASHINGTON, July 29,18??. .GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: If I have delayed in answering your communication of July 11, which was duly placed in my hands by your committee, it is not because the proper course for you seemed doubful, but because I wished to reflect upon it and be siided by information which time might supply. Since then I have carefully considered the inquiries you have addressed to me and listened to much on both sides, but my best judgment is in harmony with my early conclusion.

I am touched by the appeal you make» It is true I am the friend of your ra6e,and I am glad to be assayed that Jti'Vjour opinion I have held a consistent cOurafe in the Senate and elsewherfe as a speeiiel advocate of your rights. That couVse, by the blessing of God, I mean to hold so long-as life lasts. I know your infinite wrongs, and feel for them as my oW'n. You only do me simple justice when yoif add a belief that my counsel at this critical juncture of your cittoenship would be free from personal feelings and partisan prejudice. In answering your inquiries I can have no feeling except for your good, tfhich I inost anxiously seek, taor can any prejudice of any kind be alloWed to interfere/ The occasion is'too solemn, and especially |8 7there. nfl ,i3qm for personal feeling or for partisan prejifdice.

One started with-nothing But industry and & character, the^olher &tafted'#ith a military commission. One was traibed as a civilian, the othferas fcMldtef.TIoraca Greeley stood fottb/ks al^OrAaer ana abolitionist. Presidetot Grant en-

-"wiuwiii wreuii eu-

and constant agaSyilfe

was

earnest

sympathy with the color^m™ 'of foremost in the battle far 4®^ President Grant, «&pt'C,1?ea,r summoned by the terrible accident war, never did anything against slavLv nor has he at any time shown any syml pathy with the colored race. HOE Greeley earnestly desired that his colored fellow-citizens should vote, and ablychampionedimpartiai suffrage but President Grant was on the other side. -Beyond these contracts, which are marked, it can't forgotten that florid Is

Pereon

large heart

and Jarg® underet^ndi^traioetf the wt of human rfirhfA. nitrom

support for

-9 he befriended your people.,

qua

ii,Mes conspicuous in bis

Add to the*. industry which leaves life, the untt). Jthout its fruits, abundant no moment w. ^ge.. acquaintance, with political known.

act

grasp of statestnan-

history, the instiL ^ure

ship, au amiable n.

soul," arrd above ah, ^e(j

magnanimous

anL

fconeaty which

an(

no suspicion has touc.

y0U have

™.!ef Por^r^ure* 'ents of Horace These are the anteceu

Grerfey. Few of these th the President. His great sv.

and the honors be has wo.

-nnpor in

can nofc

con

duct

change the record of his jn the towards your people, especially

contrast with the lifetime fidelity

his

competitor, while there are unhapp «u_ tecedents showing that in the prose^ tion of his plan he cares nothing for J11 colored race. The story i9 painful but ii must be told. I refer to the outrage he perpetrated upon Hayti, with ita hundred thousand blacks engaged experiment of self-government. He a most instructive antecedent revealing bevond question his true nature, and whole is attested by documentary evid6QC6«

No man or party can expect power except for the general welfare, therefore they must be brought to the standard of truth that they may be seen in life and act. You are right in saying that the choice for the Presidency is now narrowed down to President Grant or Horace Greeley. One of those is to be taken, and assuming my acquaintance with both and my observation of their lives, you invite my judgment between them, asking fiae especially which of the two, judging from their antecedents as well as their present position, would enforce the Constitution and laws, securing yoi^r civil and political rights with the most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest vigor.

Here I remark that in this inquiry you naturally put your rights /in the foreground. So do I, believing moat sincerely that the best interests of the whole country are associated with the com pie test recognition of your rights, so that the two races shall live together in unbroken harmony.

I also re mar Kf, t,hat you call attentiop to two things, first.' in the antecedents of the candidates and, secondly,1 their present position. You wish to kno\tf from these which gives the assurance of the most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest vigor in the maintenance of your rights. In other words which, judging from the past, will be your truest friend.

The communication with which you have honored me is not alone. Colored fellow-citizens in other parts of the couijtry—I may say in nearly every State of the Union—have made similar requests, and some complain that I have thus far kept silent. I am not insensible to this appeal, but if my opinion is given it must be given candidly, according to my conscience. In this spirit I answer your inquiries, beginning with the antecedents of the two candidates.

Horace Greeley was born to poverty and educated himself in a printing office

President Grant, fortunate in early patronage, became a cadet at West Point, and was educated at the public expense.

Conceiving the idea of annexing Dominica, which is the Spanish part of the island, and shrinking at nothing, he began by seizing the war powers of the Government in flagrant violation of the Constitution,and then at a great expenditure of money, sent several armed ships of the navy, including monitors, to maintain the usurper Baez in power, that through him he might obtain the coveted prize. Not content with this audacious dictatorship, be proceeded to strike at the independence of the Black Republic in open menace of war, and all without sanction of Congress, to which is committed the war making power.

Sailing into the harbor of Port au Prince with one of the most powerful monitors, the Dictator—properly named for this service—also the frigate Severn as consort, and other monitors in their train, the Admiral, acting under instruo tions form Washington, proceeded to the executive mansion, accompanied by the officers of his squadron, and then pointing to the great war ships in sight from the windows, threatening to sink or capture the Haytien ships. The President was black, not white. The Admiral would have done no such thing to any white ruler, nor would our country have tolerated such a menace from any Gov ernment in the world.

Here was an indignity not only to black Republic, with its population of 800,000, but to the African race every where, and especially in our own coun try. Nor did it end here. For months the navy of the United States was hov ering on the coast, keeping the insulted people in constant anxiety, while Presi dent Grant was to them like a hawk sailing in the air and ready to swoop upon his prey.

The heartless and cruel proceedings found a victim among our white fellow citizens. An excellent merchant of Con necticut, praised by all who knew him. was plunged into prison by Baez, where he was immured because it was found he would write against the treaty of an nexation, and this captivity was pro longed With the connivance of two agents of the President, one of whom is found constantly with him-and is apart of the military ring immediately about him That such an outrage could go unpun ished shows the little regard of the Pres ident for human rights, whether in the white or black.

I confess my trials as I was called to witness these things. Always a supporter of the Administration, and sincerely de siring to labor with it, I had never uttered word with regard to it except in kindness. My. earJy opposition to the treaty of annexation was reserved, sp that for some time my opintoris were unknown. It was only jwtren I saw the breach of all Jaw* bundan a&d divine, taat was aroused and then began the anger of the President and of his rings, military and Senatorial. Devoted to the Africa^ race, I felt for them, besides being aidlaflolell,1fhafk .gfeat iE$eigt»bHq, acting through its President couTd set such an exirfipfg^hfet^the national Constitution 'intemational law and harmony were all sacrificed.

Especially was I moved when I saw the indignity to the colored race, which was accomplished by trampling upon the fundamental principles of. iuternationallaw, declaring the equality of nations, as ttbr declaration of independence :declares the equality of men. This terrible transaction, which nobody can defend is among the antecedents of President Grant from whieh you cab judge how much the colored race can depend on his heartfelt sympathies. Norcan it be forgotten that shortly afterward, on the re turn of thfe comnttl^Jon from the island. Hon. Frederick ©ouglass, the colored orator, accomplished in mannere as in eloquence, was thrust away from the company of the Commissioneris at the com mon table i»f the mail packet on the Potomac, almost Within sight of the Executive mansion, feimply on account of his color but the President, at whose invitation be joined the commission, heVer 'uttered a word in condemnation

df this e*clu3ion, lind •when entertaining the returned cotimisstoners at dinner carefully omitted Douglass, who was in Washii^tdn a^the time, and the indignity was thus repeated.

Other things might be -mentioned as showing the ^yihpathies of the 'President but I can not forget-the civil rights bill, which is the cap stone of that

e(l^|lty

before the law to which- all are

entitled, without distinction of color. President Grant, who could lobby so assiduously for his San Domingo scheme, full of wrong to the colored race, could do nothing for this beneficial measure. During the long session of Congress it was discu&edconsta&tly, and the colored

?9.r any good cause every wnere nung upon tne debate, seeking especially the eitabflaimenl Py oppoeiUon o^nroa^ Jh but there was no word of heartfelt sym- oharacler lulhe .NaUoidrf Govehmie reproach, as wl^a (or patby from the President. At just1 They will expect ftelr P^eDt%be

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before the nominating convention,. Addressed a letter to a meeting of colored feifew-citizens in Washington, called to advance this caused where b^ avmaed the question by declaring himself_ in favor of the exercise of .these nght» to which every citizen should be-JUstlj&en titled, leaving it uncertain bther^the

colored i^opleare'^stlyenlfflefl fiTlh^ rights secured by the pending bill. I understand that Horace Greeley has hppn already assailed by ftp itiipracflicabte Democrat as being friendly Ito the bill but nobody has lisped against President Grant on this account.

Among the antecedents I deem it my dutv to mention the little capacity of industry of the President in protecting the colored people, and in assuring peace to all the South. Nobody can doubt that a small portion of the effort and earnest vill even without the lobbying 'freely given the San Domingo

me, would have averted these sebfe. Kiux outrages, which we deKu

that there would have been no

plore, 'or further legislation by Conpretense iie

wag

and mtermated

(lighted both by the

gress, out the drawback of his1 own character anu -i0la.titig the Constitution conduct

after^

vw to insult a black Re-

to the present positiou of

foVerriment

example of in-

publican and settk jn

a con

subordination, he wtk to rebuke law breakers.. ,tg

Passing from antecedei.

]ition

come now

dates, which is the subject o. %rDartieu. inquiry. If in any of the form. lars the two are on an equality, all substantial respects the obviou vantage is with Horace Greeley.

yet la •s ad-

Each was nominated by a'Republican Convention, one at Cincinnati and the other at Philadelphia. In this respect they may seem to be o.n an equality, but it will not fail to t»e db^eryed that the convention &t Cincinnati wais composed of able andt acknowledged Republicang!, many of whom have acted Mth.the pai. ty frotn its first formation^ who, without previous organizatioti, cotiae together voluntarily for the sake of reform and purity in the Government, while on the other hand the Convention at. Pbiladei)bia was Qon) posed of del6gate$ chos^h argely under the' influence of office holdelrs, who assembled, to. sustain 'What 1st known as Grac^tis^ini 8^eelhg, the pprSoiiaL

resident Grant. inViting nepotism, r^payittefit of gifts by, officiaj, patronage, negleet of fmbHcdtityj labsentism, milittiry rule, disregard of the Constitution and. law, with genefat«nfitness and„iiidignity to th6 colored raee-^all of which is so unrepublicajras-tp mak^ his support impossable by Kep^blicans. Therefore,, the Conventibit at Pmladelph ia, calling itself Republican, wa^rlessi Republican than that at Ciiicinnatil The two platforms so far as concertls especiaiiy th» colored race, are alikd ih substance, but that of Cincinnati is exJirjBssed in terms mostjworthy of equal rights,.

It states and claims, "We recognize the equality of all men before" tnte lav*, and hold that it is the duty of thd Gbv-, ernment in its dealings with the people to mete out equal and exact justice to

all, of whatever nationality, race, CMjt or persuasion, religious or political." lp other respects the platform of Cincinnati is most Republican, inasmuch as itse^s itself against those unrepublican abuses which have been nursed by the President into pernicious activity.

From the two nominations and the two platforms I come to the supporters of the candidates, and here I look at first at those immediately about them, and sec andly, at the popular support behind.

Horace Greeley has among his immediate supporters in all parts of the country, devoted and consistent Repub licans, always earnest for reform and purity iu the Government, and in whose lives there is no shadow of suspicion, being a contrast in character to those rings which play such a part in the present Administration. The country knows too well the military ring, the Senatorial ring, and the Custom House ring through which the President acts. Such supporters area very poor recommendation.

Looking at the popular support behind, the advantage is still with Horace Greeley. President Grant has at his back a diversified army of office holders. The speeches praising him are by office holders and members of the rings. Horace Greeley finds flocking to his support large numbers of Republicans unwilling to continue the existing misrule, and as allies with them a renegade parly, which comes forward to unite in the Liberal movement. The Democrats, in joining! Horace Greeley, have changed simpjly'. as President Grant changed when n$ joined the Republicans, except that be was rewarded at once with high office. The cbainge is open. Adopting a Rer publican platform, which places the equal rights of all under the safeguard,of irreversible guarantees and at the same time accepting the nomination of a lifer, long Abolitionist: who represents preeminently the sentiment of. duty to the colored race, they have set their corporate seal to a sacred covenant. They may continue Democrats in name, but they are in reality Republicans by the same title that those who sustain Republican principles are Republicans or rather they are Democrats according to the original signification of that word, devoted to the rights of the people.

It is idle, to say that Horace Greeley and the:RepubliQaiis that nominated him are. any less Republieahs because Democrats unite with them in the support of their cherished principles and the candidate who represents them. Conversions are always welcome, and not less so be^ cause the change is in a multitude other than in an individual. A political pairta cannot, if it would, and should not, if it could, shut the door against converts,' whether counted by the score, hundred or thousand, and so we find the supporters of President Grant announce, with partisan triumph the adhesion of single Democratic politician or a sihgl^. Democratic newspaper. With equal reason, and with higher pride may the supporters: of Horace Greeley, announce the adhesion of one who, turning from things tbfit are behind, ptesses on those that are -before

It is also idle to say that the election' of Greeley as president, With Qrjaf^ Brown as Vice Presidettt--both UnClakhgeable Republicans—will be a return _QC the Democratic., party to .power. On the contrary^ it "Wilt be the inauguration

ways true to himsel aside the ace Greelejphas or/|hat h^pili be mbcrats. I^iEach gr r^asonM Accon ^fbesA ar^^.ttempt||to avail what recogkize aft-ihe firae issues, being

Republican principles pnder the safe: guard of a RepublicaniP-residerit and Re publican VicePresident, with Democrats as avowed supporters^ In the organization of his adhnnMration and in the conduct of affairs, Horace Greeley will naturally lean upon those who represent best the great promises made of equal rights and recoiiciliation at Cincinnati If Democrats iare ta^en, i^ .^rill be as Re^-' publioans in heart, recognteing the asseou ciate terms of settlement ag an irrevers^ ble finality.

The hardihood. of political falsehood reaches its extreme point wb&n it a^s&ts that under Horace Greeley the freedmen will be enslaved.br that the colored people will suffer in their equal rights On the contrary, they have in his election not only the promises of the platform, but also-the splendid example for a full generation during which he has never wavered 4n the assertion of their rights. To suppose that Horace Greeley, when placed where he can do them most good will depart from the rule of honest life is an insult to reason. It is none the less idle to suppose that Democrats supporting Horace Greeley expect or desire that he should depart from those principles which are the glory of his character. They have accepted the Cincinnati platform in its full promises and intend in good faith to maintain it. Democrats can not turn back who at

Convention sang Greeley

songs to the tune of Old John Brown. His soul is marching on and seeking especially tbe eitabUdiment of

queHion between tElTiwo candidates, or perhaps they may be considered aa scarecrows to deter the timid. Nobody who Vdtest for Honlce Greelfe^ ^ill/g^ to thfe Democrats nor do I believe ^tliat when elected, Horace Greeley will be under any influence except that enlightened conscience which wiM keep: him ever true to the principles he represents.

Gentlemen, in thus answerjing your two inquiries I have shown why you, as colored fellow citizens, anil' all who would uphold ypur rights and save the colored racp, from indi^nity» sbpuld Refuse to sanction ttye .reflection1 of thpPresident and' put your trust in Sor^fee Greeley. I oiight ta kdd that wittf%ic|iwill be assopjated as Vice President, Governor Gratz Brown, whom I have known for years as a most determined Abolitionist. The two together wijil. carry into th« National Goverffmeh!t ah. unswerving devotion to your rights, ti(^t to be disturbed by partisan dictation or sectional prejudice. Besides all all this, which may fitly guide yoil in determining between the two candidates, it "is my duty to remind you that as citizens of the United States and a part of the country, your welfare is indissolubly associated with that'of the whole country. Where you will be gainers, therefore, while justly

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and personal pretensions of.

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N re it N a re W on el or as FOSTER BROTHERS.

To do a large business, goods must be sold at low prices. FOSTER BROTHERS.

A credit business necessitates big profits. We do not sailin that boat. FOSTEK ilROTHERS.

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The largest merchants of the country ar^ those who make the lowest prices. FOSTER BROTHERS.

Our annual retail sales of one million a year is based on the theory of keeping always the best goods and retailing them at wholesale prices. FOSTER BROTHERS.

There is often as much economy in a judicious expenditure of money as there is in absolute self-denial. Therefore buy all your dry goods of

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Cash buyers justly demand low prices. FOSTER BROTHERS.

AT THE HEAD OF THE CARPET TRADE!

WE PROPOSE TO KEEP THE LE1D!

Wesball do it by oflfering to the public only well known brauds of Carpets, and) by, always representing our goods to be just what they are. As we shall keiep no majtiesJof Carpets'to which the manufacturers are ashamed to put their names, itfifcrfll never become.-necessary for. us to dub. any'of them "Finger Dooms" or ^Family Frauds.?'/

Common yard wide Cirpets, 18c. Qood yard wide Carpets, 22 and 25c. Better and heavier.Carpets, 25 and 30c. Still better and heavier, 35c, 40c and 45c. Ingrain Carpets, yard wide, 50Cj 60c and 65c. Better IngrainlCarpets, 70c, 75c and 80c. Extra heavy Ingrain Carpets, 80c, 90c and $1.00. Finer qualities of all wool Ingrains, at 90c, $1.00 and $1.15. 'UI Celebrated makes of "Extra-Super" Ingrains, at $1.20, 1.25 and 1.30.

Best qualities'of "Super-Extra-Supers," at $1.25 and 1.30. Imperial three-ply Tapestry Ingrains, at $1.35. Best English Brussels Carpets, from $1.20 up. Heavy yard wide Oil Cloth, 50 worth 65e.. .Mattings, Rugs, &c., at equally low rates.

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t^s^is so extern ... lie as sovereign remedies,.

tlve, pronounced so by the leaiMnj authorities of Longon and Paris, an

medical haj^been

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PABASOLS

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TO A S a A It is an deato ,to«ttfCfeWng 'W»r^ than aht! it to strength^h' '6'r^anic wbakrless or life Becomes aHbilrato.

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O S E O E S

GREAT N. Y. CITY DRY GOODS AND CARPET STORE,

Worth Sid« of Main Slreel, Terre Hanfe, Indiana.

'D2Y GOODS.

NOW COMMENCES THE SLAUGHTER!

QH^AT CL^AIUNG SALE!

A FAIK XXCHAK6E BOBBERY!

The People must have our Merchandise, and we must have their Money. 1.L I J-'H

WE NEVER CARRY GOODS OYER FROjM ONE SEASON TO ANOTHER.

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FOSTER BROTHERS.

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What they Will Bring!

This is the Wa^ we Always Keep our Stock so Fresh and Attractive!

A Fearful Reduction in Prices

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FINE DRESS GOODS FOR THE PRICE OF COMMON PRINTS

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Elegant tine of Striped Grenadines, only 12Je just reduced from 25c

Finer qualities Silk Striped-Grenadines, down to 15c former price, 30c. -j

Handabme styles SUMuaer Delaines, 12jc marked down from 22c. ,cj "DoMy Varden," Alpacas, 18c former price, 28 and 30c. Plaid Japanese Poplins^ 15c, 1^8c and 20c just marked dowfi from 25c and 30c.

Fine Japanese Poplins, 35c, 40c, 50c, 60c .and 70c greatly reduced. Our entire stock of'Spring and Summer Dress Goods will be marked down to •the above basis, as: we would rather losp a thousand dollars upon it than carry over 'any portion to' anotheriyear. ,The.sale of these goods at these prices will commence upon ,.,\y

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SXTBAOBDI^AY BABGAI^S IN ALL DEPARTMEA TSJ ... .v^Iy.^rs .wdT ^'lamif.'f vara?!

Splendid'line of best Prints^ 10c worth 11c at wholesale. Yard wide Percales worth 25c reduced to 12jc.

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Go0d tJnbleach.ed A|uslins, 9 and 10c. JT V. Elegant line of' White Marseilles] 18c, 20c, 25c and 3§Ci ..H tio'i VWry'hai]id6bthfe Wide G^a^ Gloth Suitings, 18a and 20c worth 25c

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SHAWLS! SHAWLS! SHAWLS!

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Spring and Summer Shawls at less, in some instances, than the cost of pro' duoUon.-vALL:MGST:GO.,r »L .i-J« ii

"A' NOTIONS, HOSIER AND GLOVES

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Many of these goods are sV much below regular rates that somd of the In' Wi all be sold wilbin the first! tea days of this great saIe,*so we requeafc, alIjo ac promotly in the matter and buy at once.

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NORTH SIDE OF IUI» SmEBT,TEBB«HACTE, INr.

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SUN UMBRELLAS

Our entire stock closing out at Cost. We have isame very beautiful styles left.

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All kinds' of Fancy,Goods "Sold at retail at wholesale prices. Best Knitting Qottou, 5ea ball others ^harge 10c. J, ^G6od white Coreeta 25 cfepts worth 50 cents. Cdatb and Clarks Cotton "6 c¥fife« a spool. Hjtfeatfiargahis'inHoSBe^y,iEm-brOideries, l^aces, Ribbons, Ladies'. Scarfs and Tie nr.xlov.'od IhtS" tfneatcis Jo c*-,

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l^ew iXork J)ry %ods Storey

BTTS1OTSSS CARDS.

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PROFESSIONAL.

Office at No. 12 South Fifth St., Opposite St. Joseph's Catholic tjiurch, TEBRE HAUTE, INI).

Prompt attention paid to aL professional ^ans day or night. lebip

JOAB A HARPER,

Attorneys and Collecting Agents,

"rerr® Mnute, Indiana.

»a* Office, No. 66 Ohio Street, south side.

J-

H. BtAKE,

attorney AT LAW

And Notary Public.

Office, on Ohio Street, bet. Third & Fourth Terre HTan«, India,,n.

^HOTELS.

E A It 1 O US .K

Foot of Main Street, TEBRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

Free Buss to and from aJl trains.

Copper Distilled Whisky,

AND PIKE WINES,

No. 9 Fourth Street, bet. Main and Obio

8®" Pure French Brandies for Medical prr poses.

PAINTING.

WM. S. MELTON,

PAINTER,

£or. 6tli, La Fayette and Locust sts., TERRE HAUTE, IND.

THfc OLD RELIABLE

BABB&1£AHL£

House and Sign Painters,

CORY'S NEW BUILDING,

Fifth Street, between Main and Ohio

GUNSMITH.

JOHN ARMSTRONG,

Gunsmith, Stencil Cutter,

Saw Filer and Locksmith, THIRD STREET, NORTH OF MAIN, Terre Haute, Indiana.

GROCERIES.

WHOLESALE

Groccrs and Liquor Dealers,

Cor. of Main and Fifth Sts., .. Terre Haute* Ind

K.W.B1FFDTOE,

Jrpceries and Provisions,

Mo. 155 Main Street^

Terre Haute, Indiana.

WEST & ALLEJT, v:':: ii..' i\a:

BEAI.KBSIN frr

Groceries, Queensware, Provisions, .1. AND COUNTRY PRODUCE, No.

Main Street, bet. Eighth and Ninth Terre Haute, Indiana.

CLOTHING-.

J. ERLANGER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in MENS', YOUTHS' AND BOYS' r. CLOTHING, And Gents' Furnishing Goods,

OPERA HOUSE, "*.

-ii. Terre Hante, Indiana.

TEEDSTOEE.

J. A. BUBGAN, a Flour, Feed, Baled Hay, Corn Oats, and all kinds of Seeds, 'y'' NORTH THIRD ST., NEAR MAIN ,i

TBBBS HATJTE, IITD.

FEEDdelivered

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M. DA VIS, Proprietor.

LEATHER.

JOH9T H. O'JBOYI.E,

Dealer

Leather, Hides, Oil and Findings, NO, 178 MAIN STREET^ Terre Haute, Indiana.

BOOES AND SHOES.

A.G.BALCH

Ladies'& Gents' Fashionable

.BOOTS SHOESy

M•A1)EShoeStore,

to order. Shop at O'Boyle Bros. Boot and Main- street, Terre Haute ndlana.

^CHANGE.

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O. F^ROKB

Successor to

W E I S S

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LIQUORS.

A. Ut'UOIf ALD, Dealer in

ixi all parts of the city tree

charge ld6m

GAS FITT5E.

A. BIET A(0.,

GAS AND STEAM FITTER,

iiiOHIO STREET, Bet. 5th and 6th, '-'JTerre Hante, Ind.

TOBACCOS, ETC.

^BRASHEABS, BROWN & TITUS, OMM§SIOI MERCHANTS

Wholesale Dealers in

groceries and Manufactured Tobaccos a GENTS forR-J. Christian & Co.'s celebrated A brands of ''Christian Comfort," Bright May

Navy %, a$fl o},he?flM^Mind8»A^ Brand

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AND §4 MAIN STREET

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Worcester, Mass.