Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 7, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 April 1876 — Page 6

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Stay I.ntc To-XIght.

The hearth of home is beaminj With rayg go rosy light. And lovely eyes *re gleaming,

Aa falls the ihules of night And while thy steps are leaving The circle pure and bright, A tender voice half grieving,

Bayii, "Don't stay late to-night,"

The world in which them movcat Ia biwy, brave and wide Tha world of hcrthou lov"'

I* in the inulo She vMin lor thy warm greeting— Thy *01110, ia her delight XJer gentlu voire entreating

Sayg, "Don't ntay late to-night,",

The world is fold, inhuman. Will spurn tiiec in thy fall The love of one pure woman

Outlasts and shame* thein all. Thy i-hlMrcn will cling round thee, Lot fat bo dark or bright At home no shaft will wound thee—

Then "don't atay late to-night."

the Nez Perce Land.

Iij

A few years ago before work actually begun on the Northern Pacific Railroad but at a time when it was being talked about as an enterprise that would certainly be carried through, I determined, with two young friends, who, like myself, were anxious to find a good place for investment, to cross the continent from the head waters of Lake Superior to I'uget's Sound on the Pacific.

Our intention was to follow as near the line of the proposed road as possible, and to note carefully the agricultural advantages of the country in connection with its mineral resources.

We organized at Superior City, though our outfit was not very extensive, as the party was small. Two wagons, filled with supplies and articles for barter with the Indians, whom we expected to meet, and horses for oursolves and cook, constituted our Irain. I was familiar enough with the necessities of the trip to feel assured this was all that was necessary.

My friends were Julian Whitchurch and Henry S. Brougham, both of New York city, and as brave, earnest and cultured gentlemen as I ever had for companions in my life. They knew nothing of "wild life," as they considered existence on the plains or in the mountains beyond, so that they were as eager and anxious about the trip as boys.

They had fishing-rods and rifles and knives and pistols for every kind of game, and they read every book they could find that said anything about the country, and wore out several maps studying its geography, though all the maps of that region at that time were as purely works of imagination as the records of "Gulliver's Travels."

I had never traveled across the continent on this parallel, but my experience in the Far West made me certain of its general characteristics.

Our cook was a very remarkable black man. He had been the bodyservant of a prominent public official, and hence was something of a politician—indeed, he considered himself at very superior and highly cultured specimen of the American variety of that article.

He was a perfect budget of trite maxims, whose commonplace became bearable by his genius for misquoting, and his constant effort to improve upon them. He was rich in the songs and hymns in which his people delight, and ho could sing them very well, but he had a knack of mixing up the sacred and secular, that was unintcutiouai, and therefore very ludicrous.

Patsy, that was the misnomer of our biack man, though Brougham vowed that our cook spoke witn an Irish accent but be that as it may, he was a caj itjil njuk, ami I never saw him out of humor but once, the reason for whicn I snail presently explain.

We reached the Red River of the North without adventure or mishap, and here we engaged a guide to accompany us as far as the Columbian River, from which point I anticipated no difficulty in working my way to Olympia, in Washington Territory.

We struck the buffalo country in August, and as the only game we had seen so far were anteiopes in the far distance, rabbits that ran out of rayge, and prairie-dogs that refused to be shot, Wliitchurca and Brougham were wild with excitement, and went in to kill buffalo pell-mell. This thing of riding Into a herd of buffalo, that dash acruss the plains witn lowered heads, hanging tongues and flashing eyes, is no omul's play.

The ground is so honeycombed with prairie-dog and coyote burrows, that a horse and rider, no matter how good, if unaccustomed to it, are in constaut danger of going down, and a strange horse is always so alarmed at the sight of the bua'aio that it Is next to iuiposible to get within pistolshot.

My New York friends were not threfore, successful in the first hunt, but Paul, our half-breed guide, shot a splendid animal, and consoled my friends by assuring them that a little practice would make them as fine buffalo-hunters as could be found in the Northwest, and this compliment encouraged them. Indeed, subsequent events proved that Paul was a veritable prophet.

In September we reached the moun tains, and here our work was to begin in earnest.

The Crows were at peace with the •whites, but we learned that it was dangerous for so small a party as ours to travel in that country, at that time, as bands of the young braves, not only from the Crows, but also from the Nez Peroes and Sioux, wer" out, 4.U-.

committing depredations, and killing and scalping every white man they came across.

When we learned this news I held a council in our camp, for, while personally I was in fa7or of pushing on,_J wished to defer to my Nfygut' lnfriends, who knew ,n$*&e matter of about fighting at all. rauT, the guide, thought wo could get through safely by exorcising proper vigilance, and, as he was personally well known to the Indians, he felt sure he could prevent their attacking our party,if we could only get up a truce with them.

Whitchurch and Brougham were not only willing, but anxious, to go ahead, and I fell relieved by their decision.

Patsy had listened to our conversation during the council, and a short time afterward I heard him saying to one of the eamsters: "We's a gwine inter de den ob lions, my feller-citizen, an' da's no backin' out. 'Tain't for myself I now raises my woice in dis meeting! No, banish dat obserwation!" "Well, who are you raisin' of your voice for, then. Patsy?" asked the amused teamster. "For de white men ob de party, I'll suffah, my countrymen, like do ehillcn in do liah, what's in de prophets of old, but, like dem, my brethren, my har won't be singed." "Why, what do ye mean, Patsy?" "I mean we're all a gwine ter be killed, an'scalped-all save me—dey can't seal]) dis chile, kase why I need not say, an' may do Lor' hab mercy on ycr souls."

This judicial ending to Patsy's prophecy was so ludicrous that I could not help discovering myself by a loud and hearty laugh.

As I turned away I heard Patsy muttering something about, "When de wicked stop dar trouble, an' de tired folks am at rest."

About ten days after this wo were encamped on a tributary of the Yellow stone that bore the suggestivo name of S^alp Creek.

The country was interesting, and we deeidcJ to remain on the creek for a week or wo, while wo examined the volcanic hills and beautiful valleys in the vicinity.

Fortunately, as wo thought, thero was no sign of Indians in the vicinity, so, instead of moving in one body, we divided into three parties, that is, if the two teamsters, left in charge of the camp, be called one party. Whitchurch and Brougham, the iatter a first-rate geologi-t, went with Paul, the guide, ami I took, in my separate explorations, the philosophic) Patsy.

One day—by-tho-way, it was to have been the last of our stay at Scalp Creek—I started with Patsy to examine a range of hill about seven miles from camp. Wo took a cooked dinner in our haversacks, as we did not expect to get back before nignt.

We were both well armed with rifles and pistols, but each morning Patsy would protest that he was a non-com-batant, and that it was just throwing arms away for him to carry them. "For," he would reason, "I neber could shoot an' keep my eyes open at one an' de same time. De only danjar in dem tings is, dat if I carries 'em, I may shoot mysel', an' if I'se killed, de Injunb won't know I couldn't shoot. Dey'll tink I'se a great warrior 'mong de ten tousand, an' altogedder lubbly. So dey'll hack me up pretty bad afore dey leave me .alone in my glory, like de yellah roso ob Texas, what's bloomin' alone."

Despite this, I insisted on my companion's going armed, and subsequent events proved Patsy and I were both right.

We remained in the hills till the sun was well down, but leaving us ample time to get back to camp before it was dark so we started, delighted with our success, but not a little fatigued by the day's hard work.

We entered a deep ravine, or canon, that led out to Scalp Creek, about six miles below the camp, and I was in the lead, carefully watching the ground from force of habit, as we walked along.

A green weed that had been lately uprooted attracted my attention, and, after examining it, I came to the conclusion that it had been pulled up within an hour. Had it been done by an animal, it would have been trampled or eaten, but I saw that it had been pulled from the side of the rift at an elevation as high as a man's hand would reach as he clung to the rocks for support while making his way over the boulders underneath.

I said nothing to Patsy about my discovery, but now kept my eyes in front or searching the cliffs above.

We had gone to within about a hundred and fifty yards of Scalp Creek, and already we oould see it through the rock defile, when an unearthly yell, accompanied by a shower of arrow's, came from foes whom I could not see but, from the direction of the missiles, I knew they were in front. "Get back, Patsy!" I shouted, pointing to a'rock about thirty feet behind that nearly blocked up the passage.

He obeyed me with astonishing alacrity, but I never can forget the look of overwhelming horror in his face as he turned to run back. "Is dey Injuns, sail?" ho asked, as he rubbed his head and turned his protruding eyes on me. "Yes, man get your rifle ready!" I shouted, and at the same moment catching a glimpse of a feathered black head above the rocks in front, I raised my Spencer rifle and fired.

My shot was answered by anotLer yell, and at the same time a dozen

..J,.

IjU. lit

««, .«hd,

We wore effectually cut front judging the number of In$jes

by the explosion of th$s concluded discharge of theigf^ig for

our

friends

it would immediate aid even if Iftare of our danger. Behind us were a number of loose boulders, and while I watched the opening near the creek I called out to the trembling Patsy to roll the rocks up, so as to make a barricado In the narrow pass. This was something Patsy could comprehend, and being a 8tout fellow, he at once went to work, and, 'inside of twenty minutes, the rocks were as high as his head. "Dar, Mauss Costlah, dat's done now let dis servant lie down ua' pur-pay-ah foil death."

Patsy dropped on his knees, and assumed the attitude of an Ethiopian martyr. But, if he could not or would not shoot, it struck me I could utilize him by making him keep the arms loaded.

It was now sundown I could see the last rays gilding the snow-peaks away in the distance, and, as may be supposed the approach of darkness increased my alarm, for it added to the danger of our situation.

I had just told Patsy to place his rifle and pistols where I could reach them, and that he must at once reload the arms I laid down, when again the Nez Perce and Crow warwhoops echoed through the defile, and, looking out, I saw the painted braves coming toward me at a run.

The rift was so narrow that they were forced to push on in single file, while a few warriors from precarious positions on the steep, flanking rocks tried to cover the advance.

I trembled with fear and excitement and only by a strong effort of will could I control my weapon so as to make sure of my aim. I had seven loads in my repeating-rifie, and waiting till the nearest brave was within twenty yards, I opened lire. I am astonished now at the rapidity with which I sent the seven balls into the enemy. "Load, Patsy!"

I dropped my rifle and took up his, but to my horror I found it would not work. It was as useless as so much wood. Fortunately my revolvers were near, and with one in each hand I opened lire again.

The line staggered, broke, and then, yelling like demons, the warriors ran back or threw themselves on their faces. I had breathing time to reload, and though never addicted to the vulgar and immoral habit of profanity, I could not, on this occasion, resist hurling an imprecation at tho cowering Patsy. All the weapons were out of order, and I had no time to correct his bungling.

While I was making these preparations a number of Indians ascended to the summits of the cliffs on either side. Their object in doing1so at once became apparent, for in a short time they began to hurl the detached rocks and logs of wood down on the spot where we were supposed to be. So close did these thundering, giant missiles come, that the splinters tore my clothes and cut me severely about the face, while a fragment from one of them struck Patsy on the head, and" with the blood pouring over his fa*, he rolled over at my feet.

I dragged him into a little angle, and expecting every moment to be my last, I waited without hope, though I still clutched my pistols in desperation. From my position I had a view down as far as the creek, and though it was nearly dark, I could see there was no renewal of the attempt to attack from that quarter still the stones came down, and one of them struck my left arm and it fell powerless by my side. This, added to the loss of blood from the cuts in my head and face, made nie so weak that it was only with the greatest difficulty I could remain ou my feet.

It became dark, pitchy dark, and never for an instant did the torrent of stones cease. I felt sick and giddy. I was parched with thirst, but even if the foe were to withdraw I was powerless to leave my position. I do not know how the time went by. Once I imagined I heard low voices outside the barricade and up the defile, and I emptied a chamber of my pistol in each direction, when the whispering ceased, and the hurling of the rocks was renewed.

I thought Patsy was dead: but some time during the night-the whole time is misty like a half-remembered dream—I thought I heard him mutter: "I'se dead, an'I'm put in de dark, my feller-citizens, foh my body's in de cole, cole groun'."

I have an indistinct recollection of firing my pistol several times after

thi3,

then comes a blank, not one incident of which can I recall till daylight.

When I woke, or, rather, returned to consciousness, I could not believe my eyes nor ears. The Indians were still yelling, and a rifle was blazing away close to me.

I looked up, and there stood Patsy a a a in pass. He looked down at me, and his big eyes grew larger and whiter as he gasped: I "Bress de Lo'r, yeh ain't done gone a us os ah so a a a an no body luffd but me, so I'se peggin' away."

So aaying, he raised his .rifle, and let drive like a veteran., Like mysfelf he was covered with blood, and the sight of it made him stronger. I staggered to my feet and looked up the ravine, from which now came the sharp rattle of rifles and the terrific yells of the Indians.

They were attacking us on every dc, I took up my rifle in my right determined to die fichtintr

the uenas, whom 1 expected to seo every second. While I was listening, I heard cheers blending with the yells, but they came from the opposite direction, and, looking toward Scalp Creek, I saw Paul the guide, with Whitchurch and Brougham, running toward me.

The momentary strength that came to me when I supposed the end was at hand departed, and I had no recollection till I found myself in camp at the mouth of the ravine, to which, point the wagons had been brought.

My friends told me they had been attacked the previous night, and hence could not search for me and Patsy. They repulsed the Indians, and, knowing the direction I had taken the day before, they broke camp and started on the search, with the result already stated. The Indians were badly punished and driven off still, on account of my broken arm, we turned back to Fort Benton, where we remained all Winter.

The following Spring we started again, and went through successfully but a curious thing about the adventure was that Patsy, from being a timid non-combatant, at once become tho most warlike of beings, and never was so delighted aif^when there was a prospect of a brush with the Indians.

WILD HOltSE HliEAIlING.

A well known traveller, gives the following account of tho manner in which horses are caught in South America. They are caught with a lasso, which is a greased and plaited thing, 40 feet in length with a noose at one end, and driven into a corral, which is a place enclosed with posts. Of course the guacho or peon, guoes at this sport on the back of a tame ani-mal:—-"The corral was quite full of horses, most of which were young ones, about two or three years old. The chief guacho, mounted on. a strong, steady animal, rode into the enclosure, and threw his lasso over the neck of a vouug horse, and dragged him to the gate. For some time he was very unwilling to leave his comrades, but the moment he was out of the corral his first idea was to gallop off however a timely jerk of the lasso checked him in the most effectual way.

The peons now ran after him on foot and threw a lasso over his fore-legs, just above the fetlock, and twitching it, they pulled his legs from under him so suddenly that I really thought the fall he had got had killed him. In an instant a gucaho was seated on his head, and with his long knife cut off the whole of tho mane, while another cut the hair from the end of his tail. This, they told me, was to mark that the horse had once been mounted. They then put a piece of hide in his mouth to serve for a bit, and a strong hide halter on his head. The guacho who was to mount arranged his spurs, which were unusually long and sharp, and while two men held the horse by the ears, he put on the saddle, which he girthed extremely tight. He then caught hold of the animal's ears, and in an instant vaulted into the saddle, upon which the men who held tho halter threw the end to tho rider, and from that moment, no one seemed to take any further notice of him, The horse instantly began to jump in a manner which made it very difficult for the rider to keep his seat, and quito different from the kick and plunge of our English steed.

Hovever, the guaclio's spurs soon set him agoing, and off he galloped, doing everything in his power to throw his rider. Another horse was immediately brought from the corral, and so quick was the operation, that twelve guaehos were mounted in a space which I think hardly exceeded an hour. It was wonderful to seo the different manner in which different horses behaved. Some would actually scream while the guaehos were girthing the saddles upon their backs. Some would instantly lie down and roll upon it while some would stand without being held, their legs stiff and in unnatural positions, their necks half ben'* toward their tails, and looking vicious and obstinate and I could not help thinking that I would not have mounted one of those for any reward that could be offeree^ me, for they were invariably tho most difficult to subdue. It was now curious to look around and seo the guaehos on the horizon, in different directions, trying to bring their burses back to the corral, which is the most difficult part of their work, for the poor creatures had been so scared there that they were unwilling to return to the place.

It was amusing to see the antics of the horses they were jumping and dancing in various ways, while the right arms of guaehos were seen flogging them. At last they brought the horses back apparently subdued and broken in. The saddles and bridles were taken off, and the animals trotted toward the corral, neighing to one another.

The petty kind of presents distributed by the Prince of Wales in India is exciting astonishment and dissatisfaction in that land of magnificence and pomp. Among the articles given in return for presents which impoverished princes were clasp knives, drinking horns, opera glasses, and pencil cases. An Indian newspaper thinks that "the purveyor of this extraordinary cargo, has apparently been guided in deciding what the Indians would probably like by the works of Fenimore Cooper and reminiscences of Catlin's exhibition."

The gown and bands worn by Dr. Kenealy during the Tichborne trial have been presented to the proprietors o.'a wax-work menagerie and museum in Glasgow, Scotland.

KIF *.S SA

dj VIRTUE of decree and order «'f sale issued from ttie Vitro Circuit Court, to me directed and delivered, iti 'avor of Josiah M. O'Koyle and against William D. Norton and Sarah J. Norton, I am ordered te s»-ll the following described real estate,situated I• Vino C'-unty, Indiana, to-wit.-

Tl" oast one half of the southen8t quarter oi tbe southwpgt quarter 1%) of sfctmn thirty-two (32) Town»hip thirteen (13) north, range eight (8) west contxitiiug twenty (5:0) acres more or less, also thirteen (13) ncre^jbehe west half of twenty-six (26) cr-s .|fof tbo north PH(1 of sixty-two (62) acrt'g in tli« middle part ol the us'. quarter m-ction five (5) Township tw. ivo (12) r.ortb, rxtiue

U'lii (S) vv^Nt, lu-itig the laud et dtt to .•s iiv.h JSitrxm from ll« t-stato «.t ti» •M r, Jurdon Audfrsoti dvci-«srd: in Viu«i Comity Indian*, mid on (SATURDAY, APRIL la 1876, wi'i in the li gal hours of mid d«v, at if Court door in Terra H.ote, I will oiler the tents and profits ot the lnv.« descr bed real estate, together %i ii iill privileges mid Hpurier.ai.ci- to

In- belonging, for a term not -xr.cerinit seven years,lo the highest b'dlor caxh, *ud upon failure real!

MINI sufficient to satisfy said order of id" itui eo*t8, I will then and there of(«r tho fee-simple, in and to Raid rtal

H1 te. to the Inchest bidder lor CHsh to satisfy the same. Thia 22nd Oav of March, 187C. Pr. lee $11. G. W. CARICO Sbei iff.

Notice in Attuehmoiif, and (JarliMimcnt. T-TATNOF INDIANA, VIGOCOVNTV,SO.

HJNKV L. RYCE VP. CH/V8. A. 1 EWI NG.UKH. W. HKATIT, MK.NRY A. LKS L£",H17«H KFF'SO, NATHANIEL li. BIjACKSTONE, BEFORE u. K. Coofeerl.V, •t. P., Hatrlsou townsh'r, Vigo county, Indiana.

it known that on the 12th diy of 1X7(1. the plaintiff filed an flrilclnvlt. t' i., elleet thut the delendenants ars nou-ret-ldeuta the Htate of ludhiua.

Hal'i nou reuldentH are hereby uotlfledo: the I't'iiUency of tile causeof action tigalast them nrtl that the »am» isset. for trial on th- 17th dav ot April, 1876, at 10 o'oluck A. M.

Witness ms'lian^ and official sen}, Ibis 17th day of February, 187fi. G. F. COOKER LY, J. 1

WM. E.MCLEAN, Plain lift's A 'y.

if Indiana. Yigo Comity.

:n tin* Vino Circuit «'uit. [No 7,474 \v AKI»EN yuj.Es vs. JBAAC W. EVANS, IU I HA.UH A. EVANS WHO are implead•o with ZACHAKIAA M. ANDBKSON, Wll" I.IAH CUKK, HAMDINHAHHIS ana HAK KisliiH wire—In Foreclosure,

E tt known that ou the 18th av of Alarrh LF-C6, it wusordert by the COUM Miat toe Clerk notify by publication siiki IMIAC \V. Evans and Barnli A. EVIIIM HK min-reMr ent de/encfants of the pendency if i-a'.d action against them, .-'aid defendants are therefore lien by 'otilled of the pendency of Bld ncfi.jii against them ana thut thes«me. will Miuw lor trial at the April term of said Court in .he ytar 1876.

MARTIN HOLLINQKK, cleik.

Administrator's !Sale-

vo':ce

in hereby given, that I w.ll sell

i' public auction Saturday, Mnrcl 18t.li. [87i,»t he let-idenc of HcliailH Watson ute of Vlt.o Counti' deseased,ali his pin-on-it proper'y consisting oi hoies, hog", cute, cur", tanning utensil", die

dit of six months will he elvufl ou iil sums over 85 the puichtiHfr alvli his note w.th approved SFCUi-ity, waivini valuation and appralnmout laws. ffti. J4 1870. R. W ATaO N,

XVHvKNhandle

AdiiiliiihUiUor

Est ray Notir,

riiAiCRX UP—By Win. Sminder,of Honey

i-eek township, one iiark ied roan cow, supposed to be 12 yeais old, with half crop .ill the upper part o( ight ear. Appraised it?lj.5u before Oeoige W. Otoy. J. f.

MARTIN tlOLLHINEB, Clerk.

Nov. 1, 1875.

Ksirny No Lice.

Uf-Hy fe IC Puijb, one ilurk bull c»f descilbed us lollow.: He is it darkbrindle «llnuuderit in the itgnt ear and a naif crop in Hie eft earsuips6d l« 1 w* yoarn old, and ai)piai«edai$15, betoretl. P. Wolf, J.

MArtTIN HOLLINOEli, Clerk

Admiuistrator'N AoiiCi'. Xotii-e Is hereby lhat the n^rfe-signed, has bet appointed A dmini-trator of ihe Esinte of Schnriet Watson, late of Vl^o County Ind aau deceased. Said E«tate if. •uppuscd to be solvent. ilK HARL WATHON, Administrator.

/lilministrrttor's Notice.

\fOTICE is hereby given that tne underH:gned lias been appo'ntod a lnilnls imtoi' of the estate ol Ha-nuul JVtcAlurtrle .ute of Vigo couuty, Indiana, dectased. 3alJ estate isiunpoted to be soive*'*.

A. B. PEGG, Administrator.

Notice to Heirs ol Petition to Sell Real Estate.

STATB OF INDIANA, 1

COUNTY OF VIOO, 8,ail.

NOTICE

is hereby given that James N

Druwn. administrator ol tne elate oi Milton S. Watson, neceaaad. ha« filed his petition to sell the real e«ale ol tte decedent, his personal property belcg Insuf•tlflent to pay his debts atidlbat said petition will be beard at the next term of th« Vigo Court of Common Pleas.

Administrator'sNoticv.

NOTICE

is hereby given that the under

signed has been appointed adniluisUutor of the eMate of Morris Boatman, deceased. Ti.e estate is probably

JAMES M. MO LIN'tiCK,

Del. 4, U75 Adii^lKlstMi'or

Administrator's Notice.

NOTICE

is hereby given -that the undei-

wigued has beeu appointed sdtnlnlstra u«rof the e«tate of James H. McMnr'rle, late of Vigo county, lnd., dtceared. The estate la probably solvent. A. B. PEGG,

I in Li nton ww

Administrator.

Notice of Distribution. fTATE OF INDIANA

NOTICE

Is hereby given that at the Fetjr

ruary term, 18787 of the Vigo Ci-cuft court, said county, after

final

settlemei.

the estate ot Joseph P. Wilson, deceated. about re sum of three huudred and eight r-f-n dollars we'e lound remainingJor distilbntion among tho helra. The s^ld iieir* ar therefore, hertby notified tjappear on tne first day of the next term «1 said court, and prove their heirship, aM rretfive tneir distributive sharer^cene oLL OER,Clerk.

Estray Notice.

I'luKEN TJP—By Catharine Hauler, lly 1 iH" oi Piers-u town-MP. *6 ir.J.? on Feb. 12. 1870. twenty one «h^p,

undeJblt's 'and some ^Uo^w lora,s and 'andemits. Appraised at 820 before «anion B.Tyron.

hoiaJKG

ER,Clerk.

Estray Notice.

•EL A KFN UP— By Stephen Hedges, living

S^ntlntontownship,

Vigo connty, lnd.,

Hartro

thre° mil.

rd, one steer de-

wffl ieep

scr.bed «s loi

red, white face,

a white legs,

SurkedUw ta an nnderolt in right ear. No rajtraed ia perceivable. Sop other *n?rB

hree

years old next spHng, and

"J it $ 01&«o*e John filedsoe,

£PRRAL-ED£T^RY^ HOLLTNGEB, Clerk.

A din in is? rat or '$

I'HE

undersigned, admli l»!»ator of «he state «»f Man, uel McVui trie ai.d James H. McMurtrle,deceased, will salt nt ubllc auction, on Thcrsduy, Kei a, the late residence oi famuel Mc.viu uif, lour miles east of Terre Haute, on ite Bioomtrgton road, the peraoual property oi th ff-tates, consisting )n partoi H"rees, Cettle, Moidp, a large lot Fiwtu I to pie*

Household Furniture, jo,

TEHAI8—• All s' nis wf 3 and mvler, cash la band, on sums of over 53 a credit of 1 i*

n,oa!h-

win b" given the purclia'er

ttlvlrg noie with apnuved sr'cur.lj, without rdn-1 trim VHiuatlin an a" piaisemtpi. Ihw« wi ten per ,ent. UiUroi irom date not patd at nuitr.riiy iV-®1" Administrator. T*KI-N I P—JJy Jam-(• Bu' dy, l\(up in J- Hoi-vy uvk 10WHH Vigo count#, I. d., one red cow, ill, *l,iio iao.- and elu, aud Home w- it (mta back and side-. tob 8 vejus oi''. .ll^oono 1 rlttr, "Joi iy-arm te, I same color. Both 'I pm.M-d ..tj4o ih l'. G. W.t) «.y, J. P.

i.strjiy NtiMc.

pA KSN 1 P- fly B. U. tie, of Prairie Link townv.if, thrto liuKa north of 1 uiwin,one white cot. 8up»ub'd

be 8

tais old, ears jo..k as if th. uei« froxen j-artlj on, lou tieur011 lelthip and hotL ntrna br. Keti ell. Aj.pralse.i ».t »1"., Jan. ^1,'76, ttfore W.

if.

Pietj ,.J p.

MAKlJJS ii'jLIilx- UERjCltrk.

Kstniy Notice.

RIIAKEN l'P-By Henry P.^souol Sugar Cieek wnNi.ip.onecuu sUer, collar ...MRketl whh crop mid n:it and underbit 11. the right ear, aim utuiei liipo itft ear. And is a t-u yw,r old, A pi.iui.M at (20.00 be tore V\ illtiirili. tj, j. j*. ,..?-rvU1JN "'Jl.U^tflCR Clerk. ec, 4,1875,

stale of Imii&ua, Vi.»o ounty*

In the Vir Circuit Couit. iySTEPHEN M. l'"tiEEMAN vs J. MAR. l'IN—in lvii Action Atmchnifnt,

it known that on the 5th day of Jan. nary, 1B7', it was orde/nl hy ttie Cottft that tne Clerk notifly publication saSt J. Martin as non-resident deteudimt ol tills net lou avalnst him.

Estray Noii e.

rjUKEN UP— By Edward Murphy, llvinc

ii'gln Harmon

ti.wni.hlji,

Vigo ecu my!

lnd., one roan cow, iiiCliieu to he white, witli short crumbly horui., uui no marks or brands visible. Supposed to he thiee years old, and appraised ut J.O before Martin Graae, J. P.

MARTIN HOLLINGEH,

Clerk.

FOB SAH

One Heifer Calf, sire, MnlHinald's Alderney ball, dam, short hoi a gradii Deep milker

Two Bull Calves,lire, McDona'ci'd Ai. c: iiev null,dain, Alderney grade One Bnll Calf, sire, full bl iod short born dam,full blood Alderney.

One milch cow, wh^n in her piimegavo six and one-half gallons (tf 111IU. A11 at reasonable prices

H17 "t A N,

NearProvn once Hoaplta

$H) to $o00

o:U-n lends

fortune

v7i page book explaining cverytuln^ .aid a copy ot tho W»i btnet Roview left's1 ICv .JOHN uii hMXfi liijJlj. ,v Uiiufcem urd Hroki'-K way, New SCorK

A E O 1

Seed Mei'ehant,

TEE EE IIA UTE, IXI) LA NA.

OffeiB the following

pv Spring Sowing

Clover, Timothy, liluo-Urass, Orchard lirasf, Red Top, Hungarian and Millet tee.uj.

White Providence Oate, a new

variety from England, crown one year in this country, very heavy, pioduc. tive, very thin hull.

Hallet's Pedigree Barloy, a new

Spring Earlej, very prrducuve.

Oaage Orange, iircom I oru, Aliiviiji, Ai ics Ciover, a., s.

Onion Set«, Red, Whil« »vnd Yellow, by taequar', bnthsl or barrel

130 VniriiiteH Best tiftrdtn Heodr.by the paper, ounce pound, quart and bush tl.

Ten Year*.' Experience Iu time Heed business enablej me to select the hei-t Varieties, and to ^ive auvice as to cultuie,tc.

Flower Seeds of my ow

portation, irom the most ceUbratcd Seed Growers in Europe.

(Jladlolus, Dahlia* Tiibc-ltoH-es and Cmnns, ot my own fcn.wth—a line {.election cf these splendid flowers.

The I'ublic liould Know that lerre Haute haiaS^ed e, -i rival of any ia the West. Wny sliouid any one think of sendirg to a distance lor seeds?

Catalogues Furnished cn Application Orders flllea promptly. Ad* dress

J. A. FOOTE, 51 Vain Street,

TERRE HA UTE, IN D.

THE WHOLE WESTERN COUNIRY can now be easily reached by the ATLANTIC A PACIFIC, and MISSOURI PACIFIC railroads and their rail, stage and steamboat connections. These lines commerce at St. Louis, at which point the Mississippi river is crossed bv the most magnificent Steel Bridge in the World, and traverse the whole length of Central aod Southwest Missouri, and a portion ot Kansas and the Indian Territory, and thus furnish to tiio business man, pleasure-seeker and tho emigrant, tbe most direct and comfortable route to all points in Missouri, .Car.sas Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, California, Oregon and tbe whole Pacifio Slope. Superior inducements are offered for those seeking now homes in tbe Far West and tbe transportation facilities are unequaled by any Western road. Everybody going West should give these roads a trial, and be convinced that tbe Missouri Pacific Thrown ine and tbe Atlantic & I'acific Short iAne are the rpally popular thoroughfares of travel. For maps, time tables, information as to rates, routes, etc., adddress E. A. Ford, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. Questions wilt be cheerully and promptly answered.