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OFFICE. NO. 23 AND 25 SOUTH FIFTH.

Tbel)AILT UAZXTTS is on Utacd every afternoon exccpt Sunday, an. sold by the carriers at 30 per fortmgi t. By mall ®8.00 per year *4,00 for eu month* 18.00 for 8 months,

The WIIUT GAZETTE is issued every Thursday, and contains all the best matter of the six daily issues. The WEEKLY GAZETTE in the largest paper printed in Terre Haute, and is sold for One copy per year, »1.E0, six months, $75, three months, 40c. A1 subscriptions must be paid for In advance. Mo paper discontinued until all the arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the proprietor. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the end of the year will be oonsidered anew engagement. Address all letters.

WM. C.BALL ft CO., CJ WFTI. Tarre Haute Ind.

THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1877.

THURMAN looms for 1880.

FRED a tramp if you want to foster a fiend.

GRAIN shipments abroad still continue great.

SILK is smuggled now a-days in kegs oi oatmeal.

IT looks just a little as if the Democrat# held the lort.

RISE-UI* William Allen is the dark horse in the Ohio senatorial race.

SILVER will be remonetized, "don't you forget it." The resumption act will not be repealed, and don't you forget that either.

A MAN jumped off of the St. Louis bridge the other day and went to by "water. We hope every tramp will cut this item out and paste it in his hat:

applicants tor clerkships.

A FEW days ago the Cincinnati Commercial interviewed a number of promi? nent bankers in the Queen city, and found the most of them in favor of remonetizing the dollar of the daddies.

AT last the Indianapolis Journal is a convert to Democratic detesta:ion of the carpet-baggers. It now believes that the Democrats spoke truly when they characterized Patterson and Conover as rascals.

IT is generally unuerstood that Conkling will make his fight on Hayes when the nomination of John L. Thomas as Collector of Customs comes before the Senate. Conkling will find his Waterloo on that day.

IN the eyes ol the radical press it is control of the Senate by the aid of carpet bag votes, but it was lovely for the Republicans to retain control ot the Senate and elect a President by means of thai same element.

horrible for the Democrats to gain •"_ the aid of

A. OAKKY HALL, ex-Mayor of "^Tew York, is *o lecture under the auspices of Jarrett & Palmer, theatre managers of New *&)rk, and originators, it will be remembered, ot the fast train from New York to San Francisco. Mr. Hall will not be in chains. Va "J J-,*"5"4'

IF it hadn't been lor Patterson and Conover, Vice-President Wheeler would never have had an opportunity of demonstrating the necessity of his existence. Now we know why he was born. If he had remained a protoplasm the Senate would not have adjourned on Thursday until Monday.

SOB IMGERSOLL has declined the mission to Berlin. That is well known, for it has appeared in the Associated Press dispatches. But does any one ever remember to have heard that the mission was tendered to Robert, or does any one know the first name of the person who offered it to him.

THE Martin County Herald advocates holding the next Democratic State convention here in Terre Haute. We re* peat that the Democracy will be welcome if they come here. Vigo is a good Dem ocratic county and would be delighted to **ct as host for the Democratic bretheren from all over the state. We have the best hall in the state for

BRIGHAK YOUNG'S BODY. correspondent of an eastern paper, writing from Salt Lake City, tells a singular 6tory concerning Brigham Young's grave, and the way it is guarded by the iaithful Mormons. According to his account watchers have been provided bv the church whose duty it is to see that the grave of the prophet is not left ungarded for a moment. At the first, when their vigils had just begun they were accustomed to camp out in tents, but latterly a house has been erected and in it the party stays. Some one or more are constantly, however, on the alert and stand guard over the grave itself. This would seem to be a useless precaution f( the tomb has been walled up with solid masonry and a massive granite slab rests on top, which could not be lifted except by the aid of a derrick Besides it is a little difficult to understand how they can imagine that any one would desire to disturb the remains of a dead prophet. If alive dog is better than a dead lion it is hard to understand why a live Mormon, no matter how humble his position in the church it is not better than a dead proph et. But an infatuation seems to have struck the faithful. Desperate and wicked men, according to their notions, are ever seeking to despoil the grave and re* move the remains of the lost head of their church, and so night after night week in and week out, in sunshine and, in storm, and through the succeeding seasons they keep 'heir angels over the tomb The church sees that the number ot watchers is kept up. It should be said that they are armed, prepared for a fight, which they ever expect, but which never comes.

OUR GREAT DESERT. For many years a mistaken impres sion prevailed all over the country in regard to the region of country lying west of Kansas, and in and around the Rocky Mountains. It was a popular thing to speak of it as the great American desert, and people who have not yet forgotten the days when they pored over Mitchell's

imitating 6eoSraPhy rememember how they were marry a Iaccu8tomed

SENATOR MCDONALD, Christiancy, is about to Tieasury clerk. This must be stopped ... or John Sherman will be over run w.th pride, which is apart of our inheritance,

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American desert was, bigger and more barren than the Egyptian article. This false idea has been changed of ate years by a more correct knowledge of the country, and much of what was once included in the Great American Desert has been found productive and has been settled and improved, and is now covered with pleasant and thrifty homes. Owing, however, to the lack of rainfall, a vast region of country on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, ensbtacing eastern Colorado and western Kan fias and Nebraska, is yet practically uninhabitable, and likely to remain so unless it can be reclaimed by irrigation.

During the past summer an expedition known as the Hayden Survey, has spent several months in exploring the belt of country referred to, and determining the practibility ot irrigating it, so as to render the same productive. As a result of the survey a report of the expedition is being prepared, together with a plan for the irrigation of the vast region of country, which it is claimed can be made productive, and will be laid before Congress. The plan it to form a large reservoir, by meanb of embankments or levees extending north and south the Arkansas to the North and curving east and west. by the construction of dams built and above these lines, turn the water into thiH reservoir, which it is estimated would form a lake varying from four t0 eight miles wide, two hundred long and with an average depth of forty feet, having a water surface of twelve hundred square miles.

(our Opera House) and first class hotel jj half century. Each year witnesses an in** accommodations.

THE Philadelphia Bulletin would like expression of the views of editors as to the relative degrees of their animosity against three classes ot correspondents (1) People who punctuate with dashes (2) people who "quote" every phrase they have heard before, including all proper names (3) people who underscore all their so thought strong points. Those abnormal idiots (4) who mark a paragraph at the beginning of each sentence, and those (5) who begin every substantive wish a capital, and (6) those who write on both 6ides of the paper.

The Bulletin forgets those fiends 7 who 'Write for a copy of the paper and forget to send the money (8) who write poetry on the seasons (9) who are always betting on an election and writing to a pa* fcx to get the exact vote.

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The expedition has made such surveys throughout this region of country, as satisfies them of the entire practicability of the work, which would not only reclaim thousands of acres ot .what is now worthless and unproductive land, but lead to many other changes that would be brought about by the improve ment, such as increasing the rain fall, and creating a belt of timber throughout the entire length of the region of country reclaimed. The estimafed cost of such a work is put at fifty millions of dollars, which on& single year's product of the country reclaimed would more than pay. The subject is one of great importance and demands, and will no doubt receive the attention and consideration of Congress.

A WONDERFUL INVENTION. No eia of the world's history has been

that purpose] so prolific of great inventions as the last

crease of useful and curibus inventions which add to the mastery of man over matter. What has been done has scarce' ly been ascertained and comprehended by the public before something new is con tributed which challenges admiration and excites wonder. A conspicuous illustration of this has been lately furnished. The telephone has not nearly ceased to be a wonder and yet something new which surpasses it in curiosity has been discovered. Of this new thing, which has not' yet been even named, the Scientific American gives the following account: "Nothing could be more incredible than the likelihood of once more hearing the voice of the dead, yet the invention of the new instrument is said to render this possible hereafter. It is true that

the voices are stilled, but who ever ha* spoken or whoever may speak into the mouth piece of the Phonograph, and whose words are recorded by it, has the assurance that his speech may be produced audibly in his own tones long afier he himself has turned to dust. A strip of indented paper travels through a little machine, the sounds of the latter are magnified, and posterity centuries hence hear us as plainly as if we were present. Speech has become, as it were, immortal. The Scientific American says:

The possibilities of the future ai not much more wonderful than those of the present. The orator in Boston speaks, the indented strip of paper is the tangible result but this travels under a second machine which may connect with the telephone. Not only is the speaker heard now in San Francisco tor example, but by passing the strip again under the reproducer he may be heard to-morrow, or next year, or next century. His speech in the first instance is recorded and transmitted simultaneously, apd indefinite repitition is possible.

The new invention is purely mechanical— no electricity is involved. It is a simple affair of vibrating plates, thrown into vibration by the human voice. It is crude yet, but the principle has been found, and modifications and improvements are only a matter of time. So also are its possibilities other than those already noted. Will letter writing be a proceeding of the past? \Vhy not if by 6imply talking into a mouthpiece our speech is recorded on paper, and our correspondent can by the same paper hear us speak Are we to have a new kinc of books There is no reason why the orations of our modern Ciceros should not be recorded and detachably bound so that we can run the indented slips through the machine, and in the quiet of our own apartments listen again and as often as we will to the eloquent words. Nor are we restricted to spoken words. Music may be crystalized as well. Imagine an opera or an oratoria, sung by the greatest living vocalists, thus recorded, and capable of being repealed as we desire.

Of course Mr. Edison, at thii stage of the invantion, finds some difficulty in reproducing the finer articulations, but he is quite justified by results obtained from his first crude efforts, in his pre diction that he will have the apparatus in practical aperation within a year. He has already applied the principle ot his speaking ttlephone, thereby causing an electro-magnet to operate the indenting diaphragm, and will undoubtedly be able to transmit a speech, made upon the floor of the Senate, from Washington to New York, record the same in New York automatically and by means of speaking telephones redeliver it in the editorial ear of every newspaper in New York. In vitw of the practical inventions already contributed by Mr. Edison, is there any one who is pre pared to gainsay this prediction?"

DISCOURSING on the armv bill the New York Sun makes useof the following pertinent language: "The Army bill just passed by the votes of Democrats disloyal to the people, contains provisions for wasting the public money, separate from the increase of force to 25,000 men that are simply criminal. One of these is the addition of Paymasters' clerks to the number now fastened upon the revenue oi the impoverished nation.

There are fifty-four paymasters in the army. Each one has a clerk whose pay is $1,200 a year. It is characteristic of this wasteful military establishment from top to bottom, that it employs 108 persons to pay 22.000 men. Fifty-four Paymasters paying the increased force of 25,000 men, would each pay only 463. This work is comparative idleness. It does not earn a quarter of the wages given to it. Trifling as it is, it is shirked by the employment of a clerk. There is not a railroad company, or a great manufacturing or mercantile concern in the country, that would hire cashiers to pay employees and operatives upon the scale of extravagant disproportion between work and salary which preyaiU in the array. The Boston and Lowell Railroad Company, operating 150 miles, and working 1,300 men, pays through a single cashier, who is not allowed a clerk or a pay car. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company recently employed in its three departments of water-power, machine making, and cotton spinning 8,000 operatives. Four accountants and four assistants kept the hooks the corporation, made its monthly payments for labor, and disbursed and received for its enormous purchases and sales and rents. Ii the Texas Representatives, who turned their backs on their party in the important measure of public econemy just defeated, had applied for information to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to the New York Central, and to the Chicago and Northwestern, each of which has an army of employees nearly as large as our regular army, they would have learned that the forces respectively to pay their men were less than one-tenth of the num employed by the Government to pay its soldiers. The number of army Paymasters is wastefully in excess of what is necessary. Their clerks are wholly unnecessary, and the $64,800 a year paid to them is simply flung away.

The Representatives in Congress who voted for the various waste and wrong in the Army bill reckon without their hosts if they think they can escape re-

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sponsibility. They surely will be brought to judgement for it. The people are sick of the monstrous 6hape the Military Ring, headquartered in Washington, has finally succeeded in giving to the army. It is all head. It is ill officers. On the 15th ot October last the number of enlisted men in the cavalry, artillery, and infantry (exclusive of hospital stewards, clerks, general-service men, and other unavailables) was 19,527. The huge head of this little tail consisted ot 2,151 commissioned officers. There were nine men and seven-tent'as of a man to each officer! The staff numbered 563, as large as that attached to the immense army Russia now has in the field. In the Medical Department of this

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all head and no tail, there were of generals, colonels, majors, captains, and lieutenants 192! The Quartermaster's Department was similarly stuffed with leeches on the Treasury, ranking from brigadier-general down to captain, to the number of 57. Throughout the entire service it is just so. It is a powerful organization to pension on the Government for life, the members, families, and favorites of a Military Ring who are determined to live in elegant idleness and an aristocratic atmosphere a the expense ot the people. The people will some day, not far off, say: "You 6han'tdoit!" Against that day we advise politicians in Congress to have their records right.

REDUCE THE ABMY TO TEN THOUSAND MEN."

THE INFIRMITIES OF AGE

Aro harder to bear than the ailments of mid' die life or youth, siuce the resistant power in the system has diminished with deel ning years, and disease and pain have more pow over the enfeebled body. It is therefore more essen ial that tesistant Dower should be ugmented Hostetter's Stomach Bitteis. a benign tonio cordia isadmirab adapted for the purpose. It counteracts the infirmities peculiar to apt", and succors worn out nature. It vivifies the feeble friimo, adds new oil, ax it were, to (toe fl ckering lamp of life, diffuses fresh warmth through the chill cd veins, and gives con. fort as well as relief thus lightening ihe burden ol ugo and retarding, in a measure, the progress of decay. Ladies in delicate hia.tb, as weU as aged poisons, derive great benefit from this wholesome stimu aiive tonic, which is absolutely pure, unobj' ctionable in flavor, and is common 1 el by physicians repute.

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CLOAK, SHAWL,

And Suit Department To-day.

New Plain Beaver and Matelasse

CLOAKS

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Reduced Prices!

Hoberg, Root & Co.

COMMISSIONER'S SALE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of December, 1877, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M., of said day, at the court house door, in the city of Terre Haute, the undersigned, bv virtue of an order of the Vigo Circuit Court, at the September term, 1877. will sell at public auction, lot No. 61 of the original in-lots of the town of Terre Haute with appurtenances thereunto belonging. Said lot contains a brick dwelling, now used for a hotel, and contains about eighteen rooms, good cellar, and in good repair said lot also contains a good brick livery 6table, containing thirty-one single stalls and ten double stalls, good ioft tor hay and grain offices on lower floor and one good room overhead. All in good condition and property favorably situated. N

TERMS OF SALE—One-third in six months, one-third in twelve months, balance in eighteen months, the purchaser giving approved security and notes, waiving valuation arid bearing interest at the rate of ten percent per annum. .. JOSEPH GILBERT,

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Root Co.

OPERA HOUSE,

Continue to show daily New Attractions in their

Commissioner*

ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of William C. Meyer, late of said county, deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent.

ANDREW NEHF, Administrator.

Notice to Heirs of Petition to Sell Real Estate. Notice is hereby given that Samuel Stimson, administrator of the estate

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of

Mary Rowe deceased, has filed his petition to sell the real estate of the decedent, her personal property being insufficient, to pay her debts and that said petition will be heard at the next term of the Vigo Circuit Court.

JOHN K. DUHKAN, Clerk.

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Standard Brown Sheetings at 7 cents per yard Fancy Ginghams at 8 cents Pr nts' 4 to 6^ cents Flannels, Wosl Blankets, Jeans, Cassimeres, Beaver Cloths, tc., essentially reduced Superior Handmade Bed Comforts very cheap in Plain and Fancy Dress Goods, all the former 12}^ cent goods reduced {o 10 cunts other grades in same proportion Alpacas. Mohairs, and Cashmeres, reduced from 15 to 20 per cent Black GrosGrain and Fancy Silk*, alike reduction Cloaks, Shawls, suits, etc.. the same Ladies'and Gentlemen's Underwear, Gloves. Hosiery, Ribbons, Scarfs, Bows, collars etc in the same category the Buckeye Unlaundn'ed Shirts, formerly sold at one dollar, are now 85 cents. In short, the reduction is general throughout every department, and will be seen at once. A nice assortment of furs verv cheap.

JUST RECEIVED AND NOW ON SALE.

The Celebrated Pearl Shirt. This is the BEST SHIRTMnufactored in America, at the price, ONE DOLLAR. Made of the best Wamsutta Linen the bosoms are three-ply, made of the Best Linen, each p'y guaranteed all Linen the workmanship is superior to any other, a perfect fit,and warranted to give complete satisfaction in every particular. Give them a trial for truth's sake. For sale only at the

BUCKEYE CASH STORE.

W. S. RYCE & CO. A Golden Opportttnity!!

We will tell the laiseat stock Jewelry of a bankrupt firm, at one-tenth of the manufacturing cost This is a golden harvest tor Agents and private individuals.

OUI^ ONE DOLLAR GOLDEN CASKET.

OUH GQLMft OASttrr QMHIM one eJejrsuithr engraved 1R0'| iM Klf 0 Amethyst jottings, inlaidwith Pearls one bamtifuljCut *ne nno pair of C|

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Mswsgiwwt three (3) grand spiral Amalhyat 8tuds, inlaid with •attoa, one latest pattern Gent'i«««« Clttlll S one elegant GaittM •«. Ringl one Solitaire Lake George (HlMSSd Pint one pair (a) elegant «agraved BHSSlMl. Alt ihl

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Jewelry and Watches seat with each casket. On receipt off QM Osllir far Caskets by mail postpaid, or Mir Gsskata on rccdflofli.BO.iviMii.r Ammmm

F. STOCKMAN, 27 Bond Street, NewYc

but actual value to every patron, of the moet| stylish and best

Clothing

In the city, at

Miller & Cox'sJ

522 Main street, north side, near Sixth

Acknowledged by all who have examined the the Stock and compared the Prices.

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A great variety of imported and domestic Work in numberless designs and all ... prices at ........

STAUB, WAGNER & STAUB'S,

On Third St. Bet. Main and CKerry.

PROMPT AND RELIABLE!

Feltus & Traquai:

for Wall Papers, Window Shades, Oil Coths and Shade Fixtures. We are all wavs prepared to do your Paper Hanging, Decorating, Shade Hanging, and Calcj mining, in the best workmanlike manner. Call and price our goods, before you purl cliOAe. Remember the place,

31 south Sixth street, Opposite the Postofflce

Sole agents tor tne best Spring Window [Shade Fixtures in the World. Ca^ aad see them.

Square bar Soap Is the mot£ economical to use. Pr wring and wrapping are ofnoj^blebengflt Soap, bat are done to make it look attractive and aslabld. Procter A Gamble?* Original Oerinon Smap is made of Bed OU, the bat material known tor producing a hard, serrkaable sn| eflhetive 8otP. Ii is eat ia one-pound ban* c£ convenient economical yaape, ana not wranoo* Th« strls in which this 6osp is cot *nd pscksd SSTCS all wiieas sxpense,, enabling txs to MUla st