Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 July 1890 — Page 6

OUR MAIN STREET PROPERTY*

THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE EAST OIVMIOS DHCl'IWED.

Whm the HodI Dealrable Bnlldlnff CJround Km Lof»t«I-Fe«r Corner L#ta In the Ifarket—Other Chmip.

What iff to be the future of East Main street? Tim question waa discussed by two real estate men this week. For many reasons the general opinion has been that the best business locations would remain for the in tare fust where they now are. That East Main street is able to pass even a shadow of doabt over the above opinion shows for that part of the street considerable advance tn public estimation. The chances are ail decidedly in favor of business remaining where it is. Businessis quite sedentary and never moves until it 1s forced to do so. Any attempt to change business arbitrarily is always a failure.

In favor of Bast Main street becoming ibe center of future business, the following observations have been made: The west part of Main street is at one side of the town. It is not central. But little can be expected from territory west of the river, except country trade. Macksville is likely to remain about where it is. The bottom land is too low ever to be covered by city. Directly north of Main street and west of Seventh street there is but little territory capable of being built upon. Swaffordsville is almost an Island surrounded by deep hollows. The ground west of Collett park is too broken to invite population. On the south side of town the ground is very inviting but beyond Hulman street is in need of. drainage. The drainage will be expensive. On the other hand acres to the south east of town are high and beautiful and natural drainage wfll suffice for years to come. On the North side the Smith addition is east of Thirteenth street. Along Bloomington avenue the ground is nigh and will tempt buyers. All of the eastern outlying acres are almost forced to send (heir population into East Main street to trade.

The railroads aro dangerous where numerous track are laid across the street. Necessity would seem to dictate that street car lines must traverse the north and south streets upon the East side. It is only the dangerous crossing of the Vandalia tracks op North Thirteenth street that prevents a loop being put into slvtechnic line. A belief prevails among the Vandalia iployes that the oved to

the Polytechnic line, em. car shops must be removed to Twentyfifth street at no distant time, not longer than the building of the new Union depot.

The East End now lias two shoe stores, threo dry goods stores, a furniture store, three drug stores, numerous grocericp, and all small retail businesses. Most of the businesses have been established in tlie last five yoars. ...

However much tufeire may be in these facts, the situation promises not to change, although East Main will increase her business the ratio on West Main will more than keep pace. Should business houses setnain small and inconvenient, business will spread. If new structures rise to meet the demands then business will centralize. There is still a possibility that the railroad crossing on Main street need not mean a break in business, but that one continuous long street will be the future thor mghfare of the city.

'""'note*.

Mr. William Shryer thinks that before Jong f35,000 will be paid into the building and loan society, with which he is jonnectejl, each month. These societies "continue to grow io fam Nearly all new buiUUng# Ate im to them, eople are growing to consider paying rent a iumlshlp.

Some persons interested in the southeast part of town aw talking strongly of a park in that neighborhood. A wooded piece of ground belonging to Mrs. Black mentioned. It is ft quarter of a mile east of Twenty-flfth street. It is proposed to extend an independent street car line to the park.

The T. B, Johns' farm, north of the city, comprises over 1,700 acres. At one time the land was valued very highly. It was then mortgaged for $20 per acre. About $20,000 was spent on a levee. The farm is now considered worth not more than Its incumbrance of $35,000. The land overflows aud while a levee might shut out the Hood, the seapage through the soil would greatly impair the purpose for which.the levee was built.

Farmers are complniningabout a market for their products. Their market promises to be reduced considerably bv electricity. In over one-half of the citiee of the United State# electric railways have been introduced. Thus fuel is substituted for forage, In London a cotr{«ny purpose® substituting storage batteries for horses as the propelling power for heavy wagons. For many years fuel has been taking Urn place of forage on steam railways and upon cable street railways. To what extent fuel will replace forage in the future is mere matter of conjeeure. Other purposes to which animate arv applied may iucrease as rapidly as are their discontinuance for traction purposes. Probably the bicycle has replaced the home in many instances. Elect rioUv for mine haulage is driving ibe mute out.

Miiin street corners are pretty well cornered. The following persons are owners of the described comers, the naioee quoted meaning that the ownere are willtair lo sell: Corner third and Main, C. Smith and Smith heir* at Fourth, War^ reus, Gulick, Nayk^ Deoung at RIU», Kational Stale Bank, Thwtman, llulman, "Estate of Colonel & N. Hudson at Sixth, Ludowici, McKeen, liningBeach at Seventh ,k*nfman, MeXeen, Terre Haute House Oompanv, Baur betrs at Eighth, Masonic Order, Kay, Steam©* fle, Manna at NinUt, Eww, mk Keiman at Owal, WJtr, at Tenth, "Herman at Kiev* enth, Zimmerman Debs. Shoenmkir, .1 Twdta HMw, MrinSg.

Stein, it Thirteenth,

Bruce. Hoff, Diekemper. How much more

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Sales of lots continue slow. The warm weather over a boom is likely to set in. The Cottage Place Company have graded the streets at their own expense. Wooden curbing is being placed.

Last Sunday excursionists from Terr© Haute to Decatur saw an electric street railway. They followod the care up street wondering how they could run with "no puUee, no pusliee." But then Decatur is a city and jaya from a town may be pardoned.

Explaining a Situation.

It was at a railroad depot in Tenjaessee. It was a warm, fair day, aud the four ofr Ave of us who Were going to take the train sat on a bench ou tho shady side of the building. Out on tho platform was piled a lot of cotton and to the left of us sat three men, in the center sat two, and threo others wore on our right. Just why those eight men should sit out there in the sun, each grouptalking by itself and apparently oblivious to the presence of the others, excited my curiosity, and by and by as a negro drayman backed up after a couple of barrels of sSdt I asked him to explain. "I kin tell yo\ fur shore," ho promptly replied. "Dat crowd on de left is de Bakers—ole man an' two boys. Dat crowd on do right is de Stevenses—ole man an' two boys. Dem air chaps in de center is named Cook an' Parsons." "But. why do tbey sit there?',' "Dey dun has to, sah," "But what for?"

Why, yo' see de Bakors and de Stevenses is inimies, an' dey shoot on sight. Bet yo' life each one of 'em has a gun on his hip I" "And the others?" "Dey is sort o' neutral. If a fuss begun dey might hang by de Bakers or they might go ober to the Stevenses,. Nobody C0^t tell, If dey was away dered be some right fiUMdn' mighty quick, but dey hole the balance ut ^n'

variable a corner lot is than an inside Out1 hiBcWcf* Column, lot is difficult to determine. Possibly the selling value would be nearly one half more. In Chicago a corner lot was recently appraised at four times the value per frorit foot of an adjoining inside lot. Sades of business corners are so rare that it is almost impossible to fix a value. Rents are about 25 percent higher and corners are never vacant

OUT YER GRASS, MISSUS-

An Important ViuhJ»tton Smamer Industry acd Mow It 1* Puur»med. Two half grown colored youths were dipping away vigorously with sickles at a grass bank In front of & Massachusetts avenue mansion in Washington. They had very nearly finished tfle job when a reporter happened along, and one of them dropped his curved knife to fill a bushel basket with several loads of the cut grass while his companion raked the stuff together and carry them to a cart by the sidewalk. The cart was piled high with the grass dumped into it. After every-

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dey stay de odder folks wont "How long have thoybeeU here?" "Sinco dis mawnin', sah, but reckon dere'sgwinetoboa breakup purty soon. Dere goes the Baker crowd now. I teckoned dey'd be the furst to cave in. Wall, dat eands up de fussin'till next time, and it won't be any use fur yo' to hang around hoah any longer. "—New York Sun.

An Exiled ItuMlau Sculptor. The Russian sculptor and socialist, Kameuski, who for sixteen years has found a refuge in the United States, attracts attention by the depth of a scar over his right eyebrow. This scar is not connected with some romantic tale of Siberian horror. It tho result of a kick of a Kansas mule. No little surprise was created at the time that it did not cause instant death. It came, however, very neat doing so. The sculptor was taken up unconscious, and when his reason returned ho was told that h# was about to die. In a semi-comatose state he made his last will and awaited the end. Meanwhile over the wires flashed the news of the assassination of the C*ar Alexander. A friend who knew Kamenaki'a principles? vowed that ho &hould not die without hearing the news, aud, evading tho doctor in attendance, she cautiously stole to his bedside aud whispered in his ear the fate of the autocrat. The fast chilling blood became warmed and pulsed gleefully through the feeble heart, life was reaewed and Kamenski recovered. —Epoch. "t1.

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Clams Medleliw^^5®

Few seem to know of the great mcdional qualities possessed by etams. It would seem m* if nature in this bivalve had provided a sure remedy for the dyspepsia whi'.-h is «o prevalent in the United States, especially among the over hurried and over worried inhabitants of oar large eastern cities.

It is not too much to say that by the judicious u*e of clams, Irath of the hard and soft sh«U rnktiM, persons can keep themselves in excellent condition without the use any other medicines, which as is known usually leave the stomach in a water condition than it waa before the said medicines were used and after a severe course of drastics, which only

porarily relieve the digesthrp orgaua. such acooditaon often results that continued of purgativee becomes liiniwiii] piiti.

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«He tcM^es the tnitfes ol" dd Dwn Huiray of a cflotfmporar^

TERRE HAUTE DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 18.00.

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Address all communications^jor^lfcia deparV meat to Jobs T. Drhviii, Street, Chicago, luu

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TUB NAPOLEON O TUB BOARD. Champion Roed nrrtred at Albany troa Toronto on Monday of last week, sod entertained the players of thai city tor a few days, and at the close ibe scores stood:

Reed. 30 Robinson, 3 drawn. 18 games. a & games. games. two. game. Reed, 40 aU others, 0. drawn, a games. He grave an exhibition of blindfold play of six games won, 5 draws, game, *«v xa

At Coxsaelde bis semes are: Reed, SO Daley. 4 drawn. 10 games. gfe Reed, 88 Van Loon, 1 drawn. 9 games. Reed, 10 Collier. 3 drawn. 1 game. Reed, 45 all others, 1 drawn, 6 games. Bo also gave an exhibition of blindfold play with the following result: Won, 4 lost, 1 drawn I game.—Turf. .f

The problems In this Issue are^bt an nnnsnally good character and will be found worthy of especial attention.

As nsuai we received an interesting letter from the Grand Rapids problemist, which we were about to give to our readers, when, nn-

F-r- fortunately, we noticed it concluded as a great

thing had been cleared up in this way the many which reach ns that don't see light-son-boy who bad done the raking rang the house fldential, or not for publication. bell and received a silver twenty-live cent piece from the maid who came to the door. It was he also who very willingly gave the newspaper man some information about his business. "De season fisg grass cuttin'," said he, "am from de fust ob May to de fust of October. It is a money makin' business in Washin'ton, sah, whar nearly ebery house has a lawn to it. Most often they're too little to make it wuth while to keep a mower, an' very few folks knows how to use a sickle or to keep it sharp. So there's lots ob men an' boys that earns a good libbiu in dis town goin' around an' keepin' de grass cut. Der bes' way am fer two to wuk togedder as pardners, wid a kyart to haul de grass away, sah." "How much pay do you aski" "As much as we think we kin git, sah but we" know pretty nigh ontp what folks is willin' to give nearly alius. We go from one house to annuder, wliar de grass shows signs ob wantin* to be cut-, and at each place we make an offer, S'posin' it's only a little bank as wide as de house, like dat one across de way, we say to de pusson«dat comes to de door: 'Lady, cut yer grass for ten cents.' "If it's the servant, she sees her missus, and mebbe it's a bargain. S'posin' she says all right, we goes ahead, cuts de grass, collects de money and kyarts do stuff away. Sometimes we makfl a contrac' wid people to keep deir grass cut for so much a season. An ofe geramen dat has a lawnmower works wid us when a big place has to b„mowed. Some days we earn $3 an' some days $3, an' den de grass am extry." "Wliat do you do with that?" "Use it to keep de hoss an' what we don't need we sell. It's do berry finest kind ob grass and fetches a good price. When we git it home we spread it out an' let it dry in de sun fcr hay. Ob, yes dis am a right smart payin' business, sah."—Washington Star. 7

POSITION NO. 901.—BY O. H. RICHMOND, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Black—8. 83. King, 31.

Whit©—•80. Kings. 88, 29. Whits to move and win.

88..84 04..191* SO .85 10..83(* 88..89 8..14(a 31..27 82..2C 27..18 W. wtas (a) If 9-13 Is played it runs Into a neat problem, by Mr. Richmond, which appeared in the late Stephen Terry's "Checkerlst."

Only moves to win. JILAOK.

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REFERENCE BOARD. At the commencement of a game, the Black Men oocupj the square* numbered 1 to 12, the White Men those numbered 21 to 83. Pnt the men on a board, number it as chart play over one of the games below twice, and then rou can in one sense of the word consider yourself a checker player. Try it iI

Blacks aitcays more first.

WHITE

POSITION NO. 809.—BY MR. D. L. GORTON, IOWA CITY. IOWA. Black—a, a II, 15.

White—81, 23, 83. King—8. J, White to move and win. 83..14(b 8..13 15..18 17..14 9..8S 85 30 30..85 W. wins

81..17(a 15.. 18(1

Variation 1.

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8 11 9..14 13.. 9 83 .86 10 80 18 9 19..83 7 .10 17 13 6..14 11.. 7 W.wins Mr. Belden in Position 182 plays 2117, 15-18, 8-15 for a draw. ISr. Heftor in PoatUon 185 plays 83 10, 15-84,8 15, 9-13 for a W. win. Mr. Morey'in Position 109 follows Mr. Hefter's play for threo moves and then plays 84-87 tor a draw. (to) This play, If sound, sustains tho Whits wtn and "straightens the record."

83..18 1&..19

D. L. Gobtor.

(to) Mr. Gorton sent this win by 83-14 instead of 8-15 as played by Mr. Beldon, at same time !Mr. Hefter's solution was given, but was erron'eously incorporated In a note 03 aUnllaf^to Mr.

Hefter's.—[Ed. POSITION NO. 80S.—BY MR. J. BROWN, RICHMOND, IND.

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Black-9, 15. 8a 81. King 10.

White—87. «a 30. 38. King 83. White to move and wlxu.

sr..wa(*to-" 80..87 88-OT 9..13(8 83..19 1ft. 84 83..19

9T..89 10.14 80. .96 9..13, 83.. 19: 15. .81

1«..S0 7..10 80..34 10. .14 84..87 83..19 87.. 88

19..1# 14..17 80..84 17. 14 10..11 14 .10

84..Id 80 .94 19 ltt 13 17 88..13 81..95

14.. 89.. 16 10..15

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10.. 7 8.. 8 7..11 80..S3 11..15 3.. 7

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Variation 1. 16..11(3 25..30 80..83 »..» 83.. 19 86..83

10.16 14..10 10.19(4 83..19 19.. 8 19.16

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Variation 9L 6 10..15 16.. 18 86. .83 6.. 10 3s-1! 18.. S

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8S..W 15..84 88..19.

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(a) The only move to draw. Solution to prise position., GAME NO. 833L—"BRISTOL.'*

Played between J. Brewn and Dr. Logsa, both of Indiana.

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••v.'17.. 13 8.. 8 1.. 8 ••*••87. .83

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'•'"-r, My love and I had a falling out .' js-if And this is how it came about: ., Her noseis a flat, heaven aiming pug,

Shaped much Jiko the nozzle of a jug My nose is bent like a shepherds crook, And has a proboscidiform look. Puff. Jug crook, look.

I In sport, I spoke of her pug^s misshape j. She called me in return "an ape," ftr I And said mine resembled a fish hook,

Which, if I should dip it in a brook, .1' I T»ie ctenoid teleosts close would hug .And gulpjt down, if baited with bug.

Hook, brook hug, bug.

And so we soon came to gentle blows, I We did not blow each other's nose, I I told her she had an ugly mug

At my homely beak she gave a tug as-, In vain my fist in her face I shook, She sent me back as good as she took. Mug, tug shook, todk. This might have gone on for quite some time, Had it not been so, ulaa, this rhyme! But both retreated.into a nook, f. And there pugilistic bouts forsook

For soon wo found in a kissiug slug Our snouts were "snug as a bug In a rug." Nook, 'sook slug, rug. 1 -Addison Fletcher Andrews in Journalist.

Now York's Potter's Field.

Tho Potter's field was different from what I expected. It had nothing revolting about it, but was peaceful and even a pretty place, with plenty of grass and trees and birds around it. The process of burial is to dig a grave fifty feet long by fifteen wide, which will contain successive layers of coffins (white pine "shells" twenty-two inches wide at the chost lying end to'end and numbered from one to twenty-five and then back from twenty-five to fifty. The numbers aro cut deep into the lid of each shell and then carefully marked in a book of record with descriptions, etc., appended. In this way it is easy to identify and disinter a buried body, and the overseer told nje that he had last week dug up a body thivfc had been buried eleven yearn, and not only could identify it readily, but that the printing an the card nailed against the head of the box was almost as plain as when buried. Very nearly 70,000 persons have been buried in tho llart?§ Island Potter's field, and of this number nearly threefourths were children under 7 years of age. This tells its own sad story of the neglect and misery that are the inheritanSe of the children of the poor.—New York Cor. Philadelphia Record. JpT

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Hatrffet of the Hon*.

The schoolboy who wrote that the horse was a noble animal was right. He might bare added that the horse knows his busintn, A horse knows all about himself, and If he had some of the faculties which men have the horse could cure his own ailments, There are some hones that never aet off their feet I have known boms that would stand for month*. Standing m. to be the natural attitude of the bone. He steep* In that position it Is a •wery raise tiling to flad a horse sleeping to «oy olter poeittoiL Atonw tte JnfaiiF seldom if ever Iks down, pautictilariy if hi* Jiwn-ir Intn thr lTTifl- So you aee that the babitR of the hone, in some reapettfa at least, ate entirely different from the habit* of

man- Wben you work ail day. yoa rest by atretchiog yourwif at length on a bed or couch you don't stand np. The bo«, as I said before, does. Wboi yon are sick you go to bed, bftt *iw l^r*'. n»-

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We have several-hundred rots in this splendid subdivision, but we recommend those in Block 23 as being the most desirable for first-class homes. These lots are well worth $500 apiece,and will sell for that within a few years. We will sell a few at the low price of $350, provided a good house of at least four rooms is built at once. "We make terms easy and furnish the money to build with. Why not have a home in this, the best location in the city.

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