Terre Haute Evening Gazette, Volume 6, Number 272, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 May 1876 — Page 1

VOL.6.—NO. 272.

Suplements is Story of the safe Burglary.

Names Omitted in the Herald Interview now Furnished.

Babcock Pronounced the Originator of the Scheme.

A Letter from Windsor, Vt.

Washington, May 2nd, 1S7C). l-'roui this New York llerald. It will be remembered that in the revelations which Miles, the bank robber, now confined in the Vermont state prison made concerning the safe burglary to the 1 lerald correspondent who interviewed him, there was a concealment by Miles of the names of several persons of prominence whom he charged with being implicated in the conspiracy, and whom he saw and conversed with during his connection with the burglary. The porJions of the Herald article were carefully cut out of the paper bv persons here in Washington anxious to get at the extent of what Miles could tell, and were sent to Jiim by mail, with an urgent request for a disclosure by him of all the names and circumstances withheld from the Herald correspondent. In response Miles has written the following, after apparently a good deal of hesitation and probably- a conference with a lawyer, the letter giving evidence of being in the handwriting of a man ot'the legal profession:—

TO THE ECONOMICAL.

Clothing bought of us which we guarantee we keep in repair, free of charge, six months from date of purchase, .this is an item well to be taken in consideration in hard times like tbese.

MOSSLER'S

i47 Main street, Square Dealing. MILES THE CON VICT.

Windsor, Vt. April 22,1S76,

Hear Sir—Yours of the iSth inst. is at hand, in answer to inquiries therein con tained 1 have to say:—

First—I first met Harrington at his office three clays previous to the burglary.

Second—The man I met at the Metropolitan Hotel on the evening of the burglary was Babcock.

Fourth—I stopped at Wiliard's Hotel a portion of the time 1 was in Washington become historic in the annal and was also at Harrington's house left for New York the morning after the burglary on limited express. A. B. illiams did not accompany me to the depot.

Fifth—Harrington had several interviews witn Benton while he was in jail, and he promised him ,$5,000 if he would stick to the original programme— namely -.that Columbus Alexander employed him .to commit burglary.

Sixth—By the terms of my agreement 1 was not to be arrested. Clarvoe, Chief of Detectives at Washington, and A. B, Williams were parties to this agreement. It was understood that I should get out of the building, after the papers were obtained and the job completed, bv the rear. When I undertook to leave the building in this way, I found a guard there. Harrington has since told me that, this could not be helped, as Major Richards gave the order to cover the whole premises. I then went out the other door with Benton' and as it was then getting quite dark we crossed to the other side of the street. so as to be in the light as much as possible. in order that Benton might be rcadilv recognized. We walked to the corner Benton turned t# the right and went up Fifth street, keeping his bag while in sight. I kept straight ahead down the street and then walked away from this following him.

In pursuance of a request made by 1 larrington I destroyed all letters and telegrams between us with, 1 think, one exception. 1 think I have one letter, written from the Metropolitan hotel in New York, in September or October, 1S74, requesting an interview. As to corroborating evidence, I can furnish it •in abundance. 1 will here state that on the night before the burglary Hayes and Benton went to Mr. Alexander's between eight and nine P. M., and, while they were inside talking with Mr. Alexander, I stood on the opposite side of the street. The tools, or part of them, were taken from a blacksmith's in the north part of the city, near the New York depot. 1 could enumerate many instances which you will not care to have me give you here. Mr. Alexander is making great efforts to got to the bottom of this thing. The manner is very simple. B. was the originator of the thing: he conceived it. It was gotten up to break the force of the investigation as to false measurments, &c., and something of this kind had to be done. The details of the job were left to Harrington, but after the scheme so miserably failed, he was the master spirit In the chicanery that was practiced to cover the thing, and turn the •odium of the thing upon Mr. Alexander.

St.

Louis Gang.

St. Louisila

ants in the whisky

which

thev had:plead guiltthat

*Wcd therefore, that sentencing i"

fegssfeS^mence to-morrow.

NEW YORK LETTER.

A new sequel to the Arabian Nights.

The Monster Typograpnical Building of Astor Place.

And the Romance of Two Printer Boys.

New York, May, 2, iS76.

On the corner of Astor-and Lafayette places stood lately, and for many years the spacious mansions and gardens of John Jacob Astor his gift to his daughter Mrs. Langdon, and since his death, well known as her residence. Last summer, in passing by, I observed that it was given up to demolition making a note in the "vide" correspondence of the disappearance of asocial historic land mark, but unable to enrich said note with a revelation of that large and conspicuous site. Business of course, but what? In the modern bibliopolic center of the country with the Astor Library opposite one side, and the Mercantile Library and a row of publishers opposite another the Cooper Union on the right, the magnificent new store of Scribner, Armstrong & Co., and the Scribner and St. Nicholas Monthlies on the left or Broadway side, and a cordon of old publishing houses around on Broadway, Ninth street and the Tract Society block it was evident of what nature the new movement of right ought to be, but owners and builders kept their own counsel.

The dustv ruins of the Astor domicile soon disappeared, and a state pile with a frontage of two hundred and fifty seven feet struck its roots of granite two deep stories under ground and lifted its massive but graceful iron frame seven stories above towering over all the roofs both far and near and equivalent as a whole, to ten first class buildings of former days. Passers by marked with admiration the solidity and beauty of the structure, which an unusual combination of iron and masonry made the more stricking. The ornate iron front was so inlaid and backed in deep and handsome brick work, as at once to make a peculiarly rich and imposing facade. and a wall impregnable to fire from within or without. All the floors and interior walls were made on a like principle, and cemented fire proof and water proof, air-tight and vermin-tight. The very speaking tubes and "copy" elevaters, no less than the steam, water, waste and gas pipes, were all made of heavy iron, at thousands of dellars above the ordinary cost of those conveniences, and none of these pipes were allowed to pass through the lloors, but all were let in and cemented into the walls, or carried up the hoist well. Kverv floor was made like a cistern, so that when flooded by the ready hose on every floor, the water would all flow out down

Third—The contractor in the small room in the rear of Harrington's ollice was |olm O. Evans.

the stair and hoist wells to the ground, without so much as dampening any floor below. The complete property, when some final additions are made, will have cost, over half a million of dollars.

As an event sufficiently remarkable to of the Art preservative of all arts and notable feature of the centennial year, I have thought the great printing house in Astor Place, which has risen almost like an exhalation in more senses than one, a matter of some pride as well as curiositv to Americans, especially of the typographical persuation, and therefore appopriate for this prominent mention in newspaper correspondence.

The great upper flats—each of which is the equivalent of a large six-story building—stretching like an open field, area ht to delight the eye of a printer as it runs around four hundred feet ot lighted wall* besides the dead wall, pierced with fortv great windows and skylights or one thousand and six hundred feet of ass on a single floor, and unshaded bv neighboring buildings The first flat from the sky spreads out on one level, a complete book composing, stereotyping md elccteotvping establishment, with places for compositors to the number of two hundred, besides the foundry men, furnishers, batteries and etc. Here are put in type some of the finest as well as largest of the day. both in book and periodical form. As a large woork, book and periodical at once, may be mentioned the City Directory, a royal octava annual of 2,000 pages and 16,000,000 Ems of matter which have to be complete in three or four weeks. Among some of the interest to printers might be noted the execution, for the first turn, of heavy black-ground engravings and fine letter press (in philosophical works) at one and tlie same impression. In fact, however, printers do not believe it until they see it.

0ne

The second broad level (or eighth from the bottom) is devoted to sheets their drying, pressing, and binding in pamphlet form. This is tributary to the next level below which is all bookbinding, in paper, cloth, leather, &c. The two will accommodate three or four hundred hands working up, however, in all times like these, an average of only about two hundred reams of book paper per day, from the two great machinery- flats below them. Of these, the next in order, descending, is the job and railway department, with one hundred compositors' stands, and I suppose fifty steam printing machines, of all sorts and sizes. The enormous work of the Erie railway is all done here which most country printing offices would call a snug job if it did not exceed $100,000 a year, which, however, it does. That company, you see, has given up running its own printing office and opera house with its Colonel and its regiment, its Admiral and its fleet, and many other pomps and vanities of this evil world, that expired with Jim Fisk, and went out with Jay Gould.

And yet this Erie railway business is but a snug job, compared to that of Madime Demorest, the famous lady of fash-

-special counscY*^ 3-—Col. Broadhead, ions and patterns, which is also entirely :n the UnUc-A1! Government, gave done in this and the periodical depart to, would Stj consideration or courts in indictments, defendthose

cf}ses...with

ment, and amounts to a bill of more than a quarter of a million of dollars annually. It is one of the most remarkable Centennial items of American enterprise and progress, and one institution of twenty-five years growth, now actually supplies patterns- and fash'on,s

con

every civilization under heaven,

and encouches on the domains of semiarism. I am not enough acquainted

with her ladyship to say whether Stanley carried any missionary consignments for her to the interior of Africa, but 1 presume he did. There will be a great demand for clothes there on the first outfit. A ton of tissue-paper paterns, with the direction?, &c., would seem to go a good ways, 11 fact, it'only fills a single London order. '"So light is vanity?" Nay, like the atmosphere, if it did not buoy (or rather girl) us up, its weight would crush us to the earth. These fashion parcels (I don't mean the girls) make, in number, the largest express business derived from any othorsingle place in the world. At certain dours of theday it blockades Fourteenth street with a line of Express wagons, reaching from corner to corner, and obliging the'ladies of the neighboring aristocratic mansions to

walk

halt a block

from their own carriage to reach their own door- There is

something

for you

Yankees to brag about over in Philadelphia. for the french {style and title, find the directions in all lacguag'cs, are all that is not pure American about it-

But I must hurry through the little "printing office" without any more digressions. We now come down to the fifth flat, filled throughout ils unbroken area with long rows of Adams presses and their kind, for fine book and art printing. This is perhaps the most interesting establishment in the whole system, but I left no room for it. The two levels nearest the street and above ground, are divided up into large stores and offices, to which also the cellar is an appendage. Skipping all these, we still go down into the bowels of the earth for the subterranean vaults are a most essential part ofa great metropolitan printing house. Stereotype plates and engravings are costly, as if made ofgold,but they stand no chance in even a moderate fire. The Astor Place vaults for the safe keeping of these treasures, cannot be matched in extent and massiveness anywhere, probably certainly not in our hemisphere. "They are entirely under the street, and the crowns of their heavy arches, deeply overlaid with connete and granite blocks, are twelve feet below the pavement an upper range of subterranean vaults running in fact above them. They extend around nearly the whole front, or say 250 feet in length, by 15 to 20 wide, and 11 feet high making a storage capacity equal to that of a first class city house.

The rest of this bottom level of all contains among other things vast stores of coal, an eighty-horse engine, and six boilers of between two and three hundred horse power, from which steam is to be laid on for the houses on Lafayette Place a new and important economic movement long talked of and here initiated.

And here I have saved just one page for the romance of it all, without which, the story of this Aladdin's Palace for printers would be incomplete.

Seventeen years ago two printer boys came to New York, one, Edward Lange, from Faderland, the other, Joseph J. Little, from the interior of New York State neither had capital or many friends, but each was possessed of great energy and integrity, and by a strange coincidence these young men were for some years located on the same street, and only two blocks apart, the first in a prominent job printing office, the latter in a book printing establishment. A fewyears later they commenced business for themselves in a small way, each in his own particular branch, and both -were most successful. When some five yearsiago, these two men met for the first time, they became mutually interest ed in each other's history, and finally made arrangements to unite their two businesses, and conduct all branches under one management, and thus began the firm of Lange, Little & Co., whose establishment we have just described. A year or two later W. Jennings Demorest became, and is now, the Company^otf the concern. It is said'by many old printers add publishers that the success of this concern is unparalleled, and it is easy to believe this to be true, when we learn that neither of the two active members of the firm are vet thirtv-fivc years of

The Horrible Indian.

Omaha, May 3.—Dr. J. B. Pendry, of this city has returned from the Black Hills, where he has been the past three months. He reports the road from Custer City to Fort Laramiue strewn with wagons, the owners having fled, been killed or captured by the Indians. During his trip from Custer to Cheyenne he dressed the wounds of twelve men who were wounded by the Indians. It is dangerous for small parties to undertake the trip. At Tied Canon where II. E. Brown was recently killed, few Indians can hold against the odds, as they secrete themselves up in the rocks and shoot down on a dead rest.

THETURR

The Oqening of the Season at several Points.

Nashville, May 3.—At the second day of the Nashville races the weather was fair and pleasant, track a little heavy, and the attendance good. First race, the Nashville cup stake, for all ages, purse, $1,000, two miles and a quarter, won by Brakesman, beating Weatherbyand Damon, in the order named time 4:20lj. Tools before the race: Weatherby $150 Damon $100 Brakeman $50. Second race, mile dash, for the association purse of $120, was won by Vanderbilt, beatiug Brown Asteroid, Harry Ilart and Henrietta West, in the order named time 1:53Pools before the race: Brown Asteroid $150 Larrv Hart ijiSo Vanderbilt $70 1 lenrietta West .$20. Tde mile and a quarter dash did not fill, consequently it was a walk over for Oxmore, the only starter.

Washington, May 3.—At the trotting park to-day the race for the 2:20 class was won easily by Hunter's Adelaide second, Annie Collins, third time 2:2Sj^, 2:25^, 2:26 1-6.

Louisville, Ky., May 3.—Already over one hundred horses are stabled at the grounds of the Louisville jockv club, and more will contest for the stakes and purses than were ever associated together on any course in America. Lorillard's stable from New York arrived here on Friday. Advices from all the stable promise a large delegation to the great Derby contest.

Foreign Notes.

SrAXISH CORTES.

Madrid, May 3.—In the cortes to-day the debate on {he new constitution was continued. .Scnor Alvarez opposed the toleration clause, and declared the mon archy was lost if religious unity was not maintained.

Prime Minister Cannovas Del Costello, in reply,pointed out that Spain possessed colonies in America, Africa and Asia,and had relations with the whole world. It would be impossible for her to keep these colonies and maintain the relations if he government adopted an irreconcilable ultramontane attitude.

The amendments proposed by the Moderators against the religious toleration clause of the bonstitution were rejected by a vote 226 to 39.

Getting Ready for Business. ^, Hartford, May 3.—-Governor Ingersol[ was inauguarated to-dav, and the' legislature convened.

FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

An Attempt to have the senate Adjourn to Attend the Opening of the Centennial.

Continuation of the Impeachment trial.

Montgomery Blain has the Floor.

SENATE.

MIIRN'I.Vfi SRSSIOX. Washington, May 2.

Mr. Morrill—We presented a concurrent resolution that Congress adjourn from Tuesday to Friday of next week to attend the opening of the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia.

Mr, Edmunds moved an amendment that adjournment from Sth to 15th. Mr. Conklin moved further an amendment that the adjournment be form the 6 th to 15th.

After discussion it was laid over and the impeachment trial resumed. Carpenter of the council for respondent scartif courtreeas to adjourn next week, as proposed, it in the middle of the argument and he had 110 doubt it would be iM?re convenient to both sides have arguKbnts. Postponed untill the reassembl«)ofthe Senate. Mr. Lord said tde nmnagers would prefer to have the consecutive hearing. If tha ergument was to be broken by adjournment, the managers would prefer to. have arguments postponed till the im After discussion the 'Senate refused to postpone the hearing veas, 22 nays, 3S and Blair for respondent opened the arguement on the question of jurisdiction, speaking at length from the Blount case. He denied the power of the Senate to try on articles of impeachment to private citizens.

Conkling said he had been requested I to present' and most willingly did present a number of petitions representing the case of an American citizen now in the

English prison. Ed Omeaghan Condon, undergoing a life sentence and had been eight years imprisoned. Ilis offense was political at least in it occasion and circumstances out of which grew his fate and awakened the sumpathv throughout the United States and aroused a current of sentiment^of which evidence in part was before him, on petitions which came from 22 States and several Territories, they were signed by lawyers, Legislators and prominent citizens. They asked an intervention of congress in behalf of this captive. The executive committee had been assiduous in endeavoring to obtain a mitigation of the sentence. The house had passed one or two resolutions asking the executive committee to still further interpose and these resolutions were now before the committee oH'oreign relations. Now came all these petitions representing such variences of sentiment and sympathy as raaely came to either house of congress. lie moved that the petitions bel-referred to the committee on foreigh relations and it is hoped some good would come of them. They were so referred to newspaper wrappers and postal cards below cost on postoffice and post roads.

Mr. Kernan, of Ohio, presented petitions from manufacturers and dealers in tobacco a remonstration against any change in the present mode of packing tobacco. Referred.

McMillan, on commerce. om. the bin 10 examine".ill tke vessels engaged in the navigation of the Mississippi river, and its tributaries. The resolution was referred.

GRANTISM.

Continuation of the Examination of Davenport.

Brlstow's Traducers Him.

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TERRE HAUTE, IND.:—THURSDAY EVENING, MAY

still After

DAVENPORT S EXAMINATION.

Wahsington, May 4.—The Committee on expenditures in the department of justice to-day continued the examination of John I. Davenport. Witness was personaly acquainted with every person who signed the vouchers and knew all to be genuine. He knew every man on the pay rolls received the pay for services actually rendered every paper produced was a bonafide voucher covering money actually expended. These were all the vouchers he was now able to furnish, and they vouched for all the money he had received and expended, except some very small sums of no considerable amount. In reply to Conger, the witness said the result of this expenditure had been to suppress and prevent fraudulent voting. The voting was decreased greater in the Democratic party then in the Republican party. The work was so completely done it could now be carried on at very little expense to Conger. Has your expenditure of this money consummated the object which you supposed it would and which the president had reason to believe it would when he authorized the money to be paid over to you to this purpose.

Answer—It has, sir. Several questions of like imports were asked by Conger, to which Caulfield strenously objected. Conger insisted that it was important to show7 whether the president was justified in ordering the expenditure of this some of money alter some time spent in the discussion, Caufield objected to the questions being answered unless the committee decided it by vote. This showed 4 in the affirmative and 3 in the negative.

Caufield—Well, you all see' where this thing will lead to? In answer to the questions by Conger, the witness said the entire cost of his work had baen $6,500 difference between that sum and 3.400 coming from another fund for which vouchers were in the treasury department that the charge of Grant for thelabors on books and for books themseiv5?f:^at Grant owned some of the books, but he himself, owned others which he had copyrighted. Adjovirned.

THE BRISTOW INVESTIGATION. The Commtitee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department this A. M. closed thn investigation, of charges against Secretary Bristow, in connection with the release of the bark Marry Merritt, by the execution of Felan & Trice, of the counsel for the owners of the vessel. They corroborated witnesses testifying, that General Bristows connection with the case was a mere matter of friendship that he never read any fee or compensation of any kind and that his entire record through out the affair was in no manner impeachable.^jj-. X. •. "i.

Washington, Ma}' 3,—At a meeting of the committee on foreign affairs to-day iu the matter of General Schenck, his counsel said if the-committee should be

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of the opinion that cert-iin correspondence of Park, Schcuck and Fi«her was proper to be considered, he would waive all objection and leave the committee perfectly free to act. It was decided by t'-.e committee that the papers which have already found their way into print should not be received as evidence, but if Gen. Schenck desired to make a statement, he was at liberty to do so. General Schenck said that while it was true he gave Fisher such information as he possessed, it Avas utterly untrue that he had any stock operations with him. As to Duncan, lie did not know who he was. Schenck said he never telegraphed to Chccssborough to sell two thousand shares of the Emma mine stock, and such shares were never sold. The use of Schenck's name by Fisher was without authority. The question as to the interlineation of two words in Gen. Schencks letter of resignation having been again introduced, Hewitt said he had been represented in the Associated ress report as saying yesterday that, the interlineations wt-iv in Park's hand-writ-ing.

Lyon made a statement in support of certain portions of his former testimony. He said that he saw the original letter fo resignation ot Gen. Schenck as director of the Emma mine company, at least so pui poi ted to be. Phere was 110 reference in it to the mine or shares, but he stated he resigned only because he did not want to give his political enemies an opportunity to criticise his conduct.

Park said to the witness, I don't like this letter and I am going to have a better one from Schenck. The impression of the witness was that Park wrote a final letter of resignation and Schenck copietl it from Park manuscript. There was nothing about which he was more positi% than these two letters of resignation.

II. A. Johnson gave testimony and conoboiated "what Lyons said concerning the two letters of resignation. Adjourned.

The Black Hills,

Great Destitution Amony the Miners and Others, Omaha, May 4.—Recent arrivals from Custar City says that great scarcity of food exists ihroughout the hills. Sugar, 10cents per pound bacon, 50 cents corn, 50 cents flour, $22 a sack. The road from Fort Laramie to Custar City are strewn with wagons belonging to parties who had been attacked by Indians on the 10th of April, the latter party came within one hund^d yards of Custar city and ran of 30 ^|ad of horses. On Sunday last four children of Patrick Doohen, living seven Scribner, Neb., were poisoned by eating berries of woody night shade. The eldest, Maggie, died and the others are seriously ill Judge Dillon, of the circui. court, in the case qf Mooret assignee in bankrupcty vs. Union Mutual Life Insurance Company rendered a decision adverse to the Insurance Company yesterday. The court holds that their loans on-real estate iu this State amounting to some $500,000 are usurious and the penalty-.provided by the statute must be iuflic'ted on the-company. This decision included loaning of two or three millihn dollars in this state. In the suit Bord receiver for .the Joe & D, C. R. R. verses commissioners several counties Nebraska restraining colsectipn taxes injunctioned all disolvcd exception of excessive taxes in school duty. The emperor of Brazil arrived from the west at 5 this A. M. and went directly east.

The. Disabled Goethe. ..^ New York, May 4.—A special dispatch announces the steamship Goethe, previously reported with screw broken, and been reported 60 miles from lands end, under sail.

Failures.

New York, May 3.—The Evening Post says a receiver has been appointed for the Loaners' bank of this citv, in the suit of Harvey Prentis, on certificates of deposit, for $12,000. Total liabilities, $200,000. The bank is expected to resume,

Fires.

San Francisco, Mny 3.—A fire at Pioche, Nevada, this morning, burned about 20 buildings, mostly dwellings loss not stated.

The Willamette woolen mills at Salem Oregon, burned this morning loss, $150,000 insurance, $67,000.

A Break in the Erie Canal. Trov, N. Y., May 4.—Navigation had scarcely been resumed on the Erie canal this morning, when a break occurred, emptying the canal between West Troy and Albany. The break will be temporarily repaired to-morrow.

The St. Louis*Crookedites. St. Louis, May 4.—In the United States District Court this morning to complete the consolidation of all the indictments standing against distillers, rectifiers, gaugerts and store keepers was effected with consent of all parties concerned, but the Government counsel reserved the motion for sentences until a future day, a number of gangers and storekeepers were notified however to appear in court tormorrow and it is not improbable that they may receive sentence.

Tom Will Fight

Cincinnati, May 3.—Tom Allen has telegraphed Joe Goss that he will meet him in Cincinnati May 12th, to draw up articles for a fight with that party

Oregon for Biaine.

San Francisco, May 4.—The Republican state convention of Oregon elected J. II. Fonter, J. B.-David, II. K. Hines and J. W. Scstt to complete the delegation of the national convention declared. Blaine choice convention did not pass as a usual resolution endorsing administration proxies of delegates to be held, by delegates onlv.

A WATCH DOG.

The Futile Attemptofionestosell him.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.] ur reporter was out at ox borough 11 ing up an item, when he chanced to ocl etjones, who was just entering his etr nt "ate. Jones asked him in, and the 000 versation turned upon the subject of iche tramp nuisance, and presently Jones kalfated his experience with a tramp as fc'ows:

One dav recently a rough-looking vagabond called at my house, accompanied by a forlorn mongrel dog. I came out upon the porch to see him, and he said: "I say, pardner, I understood that you wanted to buy a watch dog, and I brought one around for you. Yoii never seen such a dog for watching as this one. You tell that dog to watch a thing, and bet your life he'll sit down and watch it until he goes stone blind. Now, I'll tell you what I'll let you have

I cut his remarks short at this point with the information that I didn't want a'

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dog, and that if I had wanted a dog no thing on earth could have induced me to accept that particular dog. So he left, and went down the stereet, He must have made a mistake and came in again through the back gate, thinking it was another pincc. for in a few minutes the cook said that there was a man in the kitchen who wanted to see me, and when I wenc down, there was the same man with the same dog. lie didn't recognize me, and as soon as I entered he remarked: "I say, old pard, somebody was saying that you wanted lo buy a" watch dog. Now here's a watch dog that had rather watch than eat any time. Give that dog something to fasten his eves on—don't care what it is, anything from a plug hat to a skating rink—and there he stavs like it was chained with a trace chain. Now I'll tell you what I'll do with

I suddenly informed him, in a peremptory tone that nothing would induce me 10 purchase a dog at "that moment, and the,!! 1 walked him out and shut the door. When he was gone I went across to see Butterwick about top-dressing my grass plot. He was out and I sat down on the poarch chair to wait for him. A second later the proprietor of the dog came shuffling through the gate with the dog at his heels. When he reached the poarch he said not recognizing me:— "I say, partner, the man across the street there told me you wanted a good watch dog, and I came right over A\ ith this splendid annimal. Look at him! Never saw an eye as that in a dog, did von? Well, now, when this dog fixes that eye on any thing it remains. There 11 stays. Earthquake or torchlight prosession or bones or nothing kin ipduce him to move. Therefore, what: 1 say is that I offer you this dog for

Then I got up in silence and walked deliberately out into the street and left the man standing .there. As 1 reached the sidewalk I saw Butterwick going into Colonel Dunks' law office just below my house. I went over after him, while the man with the dog went in the opposite direction. Butterwick was in the back office, and as the front room was empty, I sat down in a chair until he got through with Dunks and came out. In a few minutes there was a rap at the door. I said— ''Come in."

The door slowly opened, and a dog crept in. Then the man appeared. He didn't seem to know me. lie said— say, old pardy, I dun no your right name. I'm trying to sell a gorgeous watch dog—that one there—and I thought maybe you might be hungry to get a valuable animal who kin watch the head oft" of any other dog in this yer country, so I concluded to call and throw him away for the ridie'lous sum of "I wouldn't have him at any price.'' '•What! don't want him! Don't want a dog with an eye like a two inch auger that'll sit and watch a thing for forty years if you tell him to! Don't want a dog like that?" "Certainly I don't.'' "Well, this is singular. There don't appear to be a demand for watch dogs in this place now, does there? You're the fourth man I've tackled about him. You really don't want him?". "Of course not." "Don't want any kind of a dog—not even a litter of good pups or a poodle?''..... "No Sir." "Well, maybe you could lend me $5 on that dog. I'll pay you back tomorrow." "Can't do it." "Will you take him as a gift and give me a chaw of terbacker?" "I don't chew." "Very strange," he muttered thoughtfully. "There's no encouragement for a man in this world. Sure you won't take hiin. '^. es, certain:', "Then, you miserable whelp get out of here, or I'll kick the breath out of you. Come now, git!"

And he gave the dog a kick that sent him into the middle of the street, and then withdrew himself.

The trade in dogs is certainly not active in koxborough.

CHENEY BROS.'

Black and Colored firos Grains

SPRING 1876

FOR SALE BY ALL THE LEADING RETAILERS.

"Cheney's- American Silks combine the most beautifully in costumes with all the soft wool fabrics now iu vogue, anil we heartily recommend them f*r their beauty and durability to the attention of ourreadersScribner's Monthly.

Tbese Silks, manufactured In the most approved manner, are warranted not to cut or chau^e color in wearing- and surpass tn weight, finish and durability any that call be obtained at corresponding pricc*.

I. B. ROUTE S TRAINS DAILY,

Leave Danville as follows:

10:-40 A-

nectiou via Bloomiugton for Springfield, Jacksonville, 111., Louisiana and Mexico, Mo-, Kansas City, Atchison, St. Joseph,, Deliver, and all points west of the Missouri river, via Hannibal with M. lv. & T. Ky., for Moberlv, Ft. Scott and Parsons, and via Bloomi'ngton for El Pnso, Meiidota, Dubuque and points in Northern Illinois and Iowa. Through Sleeper anil Coach Blpomington and Quincy to Kansas City, and Bloominjiton to.Dubiujue.

10:45 M.o?^&rc"S

i0:45 next evening, but one night out, TEN HOURS in advance of any other line. This train makes direct connection via tialesburg, Burlington, or Ottumwa for Des Moines, Marsnalltown. Cedar Rapids and all points iu Iowa and the Northwest.

PULLMAN SLEEPER to (ialesburg and Burlington and COACH to Gales

'J,Tlu"s train also makes rlirect connection Via Galesburg to Quincy, Kansas City, At

chison,

St. Joseph, Leavenworth and all in

termediate points, and via Hannibal for Sedalia, Fort Scott, Parsons and all points in Tctas.

PCLL2IIAN SLEEPER to Galesliung and Hannibal to Houston, and THROUGH COACH to Galesburg.

3:08 A.

and Davenport at noon, one train iu advance of any other. This train also connects via Burington anil Rock Island for nl points in IOWA. NEBRASKA, aud CALIFORFIA. This train makes direct- connection via Bloomington for El Paso, Mendota, Dubuque and all points in northern Illinois

This train has PARLOR CARS, with State Rooms and Reclining Chairs to Peoria and ROCK ISLAXB and PULLMAN SLEEPERS, Galesburg and Rock Island to Omaha, connecting direct with Through leener Omaha to San Francisco.

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THE

Burlington Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Ry.

PASSENGER TRAINS

EACH WAY DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED),

Connecting with Trains from the South ea.-. and SVestat

BURLINGTON.

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Palace sleeping cars, owned and operated bv this line, accompany all uigh* train?. CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

At Columbus-Junction with Chicago Southwestern Railway for Washington and Leavenworth. \t Nicholos. with Mus, .itine

At Cedar Rapids, with -Miluaukie

ois Central Railroad for independence, I-ort Dodge, Dubuque amlSieux City. At. Austin, with Milwaukee & St. I aul

Robert Van Valznli. DENTIST

OFFICE INSOPERA HOUSE

TEHRE IIAITE, IXUIAJr.l.

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TO MAN A.VU BEAST

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Souse and Sign Painting.

Vrainin!r Glazing, and all branches of a uafnter'f business will be attested, to with promptness and dispatcji. _5IIftjUh sticet. near Chestu^t

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EVERY ONE

Who has called at the Opera House Clothing Storo is delighted.

First, not on|y at the elegant and handsome arranged room, but

second, particularly at the idea to find the handsomest and largest

line of of Men's, Boy's and Children's Clothing ever exhibited in this

city, and the Third: to find prices way down below their expectation

Look to yonr interest, examine goods and prices all around, and

then convincc yourself that the best place is

FRANK & ROTHCHILD S.

Opera House Clothing Store.

A. LEE & BROS.

Sixth street stand. The Lee's have connections with some of h.- most prominent raisers and shippers of the far south and are enabled lo get all kinds of fruits from the tropics in advance of most dealers. Remember they have both fruits and Vogetab/es.

HEADQUARTERS. & Lorey

Occupy a stand on Main, between 5U1 and 6U1, which has been used by tobaconists for years,It is familiar to every gentleman in town. Its reputation

THE MOST POPULAR

NORTH & OX TH

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IN IOWA

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SAMPLE ROOMS

always been ol the

T. II. ICE

CO.

WHOLSALE AND llCTAli

Office and Retail Supply Depot,

155MATN STREET.

For ninctv davs from April 1st. H7ti, the rate for ice'will be 50 cents per hundred pounds, for hotels, restaurants, saloons, butchers, and all large'consumers and On cents iter hundred to families, after which date and for the balance of the season the rate will be 7," cents and one dollar per hundred

FOUR

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