Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 August 1878 — Page 4

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Address all letters, WM. c-BALL & co. GAZETTE, Teric Haute, Ind-

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

For Criminal ^Judge* THOMAS B. LONG. For Criminal Prosecutor,

ALBEIIT J. KELLEY.

For AMitor,

ANDREW GRIMES. For Treasurer. NEWTON ROGERS.

For Sheriff,

.* LOUIS HAY. For Recorder. JAMES |PH1LLI1*S.

For Coroner,

HENRY kHRENIIAKDT. For Commissioners, First District—JOHN W. WILSON'

Second District—JNO. S. For Representatives^ I. N. KESTER.

ROBERT VAN VALZAH.

•I, For Surveyor,

TtlLLY SIMMONS.

JUDICIAL

For prosecutor of the 14th Judicial Circuit, J. B. PATTEN, of Sullivan County.

A.J. HO.STETLER, ,o! Lawrence County.

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET FOR 1878

X. For Secrojary of State, T„ifii6nANKLIN,of yftnd'e|burgh Co. For Auditor of State,"

MAHLON D.MANSON, of Montgomery Co For Treasurer of State, WILLIAM FLEMING, of Allen County.

For Attorney-General,

THOS.W. WOOLEN, of Johnson County. jFor Superintcnden of Public instruction. JAMES H. SMART, of Allen County. •Hte

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1878.

V-TOTA1- eclipses of the sun will occur in tSStf, 1SS3,18S5. 1886 1SS7, 1889, and -"fS93,'l3(OttiOfreof thenrwlll be -visible in

NortJv America.

I^THE "American Association for the Advancement of Science" meets at St. Louis to-rnorro.w. It is not unlikely

that a number of oar local scientist® will a

""WHEN another fiat picnic is announccd, afire engine will be sent along. Mr. Singhdrse's unfortunate experience has 2 taught the authorities the absplute^necgs^

»ity of feuch precautions.•i,^Vr4- ur5 .v., j: i'.AM FIAT fun is too frisky and frolidk's'Spie f- ,for lav abiding citizens to endurt. A4 »the annmmcemfit-of another^ .fiat picnic at Lock^orti the ^holc o( ^Rijey tow^-

I iXf mra* RKV. JOHN JA«PER is right, the Sun do move." Anybcfdy with half an eye to the pecadilloes of the average ther motneWr can tell that it has moved very considerably nearer the earth in the pa

the

few days. Melting shirt collars sing same languid song. mmm a Tx was not Captain C. W. Ross wno disposed ofthe right tor well' beer tmd

Other intoxicating drinks at the fiat rally at Lockport on Thursday last. It was

Mr. John B. Deeds. This lets Mr. Rops ^^iit^ and lets Mr. Deeds in. It a xolosaal failure all the ame. A*** I

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is to be hoped Rev. Anderson! not Attempt to get up^igjrand, Notional fiat, basket picnic anywhere in the vicinity of the grove where his own race, bu ^ofa different religious denomination^ iii now holding a camp meeting Fiat'ffcn diBers from religious fervor in many iin" t|| portant particulars.

should be remembered that in the

p«^tate o|^ndiana a 13,526 Democrats have only Xour mfttnbers of Congress, while JBflyou ..toemb^r^i fptaijtfc outrage popular^fuffi-age than tlm infajbous ap| portionment ^iwas nev^r known, ^he •J^dutrage will be redressed 'at the polls •vnest October by the iodignant people o£ n— %i 1 FL "Indiana. 0 1 I I I I 1 I

N*nb but a rag baby could have sua sa vitei contact with the motley 1 -mob cp miscreants who attended the 8kt picnic-,

St L6ckport, tin Thursday. Poor, wretch ed, little waif, we shall marvel much if its morals are not totally depraved by such associations before the campaign is Aver and ended. Only think of it—eleven mere townships for it to be rocked to ^Bleepat!

AT granff Notionar* mt piiftic Jl J^o^kport, .XlhursjJ^v, was a family reunion fdMirfc viribns confidence games in .existence. wap -the^ Ijather anji a

AT the grand Notional fiat picnic at Lockport) Thursday, every species of gaaabHng device ki)own to man was represented. The proprietors naturally expected the arguments of the speakers showing that the way for the Govern^ mejit.to get rich is to print fiat paperj would he a good advertisement for their schtfmfe8,i. Fiat paper is the long ldat brother with a strawberry mark on his arm, of a wheel of fortune and a thiinbl«

rig-.«

CONGRESS. UJ JFor Congress/

Who "Hin'' is and what he is.dDing beyond sea is one of those things which a "fellah" tvill find out by reading the Rer 1 a

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FR,OM the New York Tribune of Satr urday we take the following tribute to the moral worth of the Secretary of the Notional Committee of Pennsylvania: *The Secretary ot the National Committee of Pennsylvania has been arrested for various acts of burglary in times past when he was making "war on the bloated bondholder" in a raore energetic fashion than his present one. He is more jn earnest about an equal division of prop* erty than he is about an equitable dison of us 10 i%as

IJe seems to have been in ness before he entered politics.

AKD SO brother Orville,. in an interview at Boston, says: "Ulysses does not wapt to be 'a 1 C\i,' ?.•' eskUrli' again, but if he could bQ.tjiade to believe he Wa§ the only man able tb savc"the country, Or party, he ^youl^'^.llow Hjsname to be used even if aefeatecl.'"' When the country, gels into such a condition, that he is the only, man able to «ave it, the time has. cqme for. all decent" people to turn it over to Kearney and the Chinese. Hiram forgets himself He is not the saviour, but the thief on the pross. hsi ,wuv Ik

•with the fed devils* but I still have il} my hair. God only knows when' we will get tthrough. with this'' infernal'business.

Lieutenant Cunningham will b». well remembered here^at his birthplace, and the town in"which he spent.Sis bdrvhood. ,'aBS5

IN a recent issue of the Indianapolis News the following interesting question in.reference to the operation of the bankrupt law^ is raised:

As the time draws to a dsse whidh ankrdpt act fiiaj entiSnd 4he benefit, of its provisions to debfbrs. those of that unfortunate .class who. find, themselyles loaded with encumbered real estate afe making preparations to free |bemselves Uu (kr/Mt/vk fVkA .m111 TP Ubw

by going through the- -milli- If they were the only ones affected it. would not matter so much, but. unij^rtanately the filing of their petitions may and often does involve persons who 'deem themselves secute. To illustrate: A. wias possessed of a piefe ^Qj^lrtyj purchased ki ante-paqic O^jj which he gave a mortgage for He- afterwards sold to B. who aaikamed the incumbrance. B.' now files his petitianvr. in -^ybankruptcy, -anti' on the sale., 6f the property, in'case It'does'not bring'the 'fill! afnount of the mot^^:(^hk%^fre^uentiythe: casein these of depreciation m•«!ues), the mortgagee can,jprocure a personal judgment against tm? original xnoft* eagor, who may have for^dttou all about the property in* question for the difference, Several easer. of:vthit kind haVe come to light recently, and it behooves persons knowing themselves to be thus liable on original mortgages to look after and protect their interests.

DUI^IAO A 0 *v iffE" ¥ejsSE HAUTfi WEEKLY GAZETTE.

tHfAother. /i wh«£l

.o^opRj^e^a^tHlb Eldest spn, }£nj then came the whole family of methods for aciorhplisWWJj' '^purpose -i-hidh may be generally jfclted as,he*d&I win ,tfcil8 -and lose.

FOR thelfoflowinf HdDil5gue between Kearney and a heather**Qiinee, the Pi adelphfa^Pirtjes is re^onsibh^

Kearney to the heathen Chinee: "Bv the heavens above and the stars that are in it b&tftf Mdog,' fbat paidj fjtfdrlss of the night by the sun that shines by day by the earth and its inhabitants, and by the lieU usi 'th^ ^Wftfesaf' must go." Ifeathto Chinee tp K&arn^: "You no Melican-man you dustee you'selfee!"

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PRANTC'TROWBLKY, the GAZBTTE 8s inforrned'jjpaid to Capt. C. W. Rols ctvaJrm.aofi|2o for the right to sell bedr ht that^ra^iNotion^l, fiat, basket' picnic, at X.ockport, on Thursday.: That ^20 is apart of the Notional, fiat, campaign fund." /We do not know what per cent., if any, of .the profits of the thimble rigs, monte games and wheels of fortune was paid by their proprietors to the fiat committee. It is a good way to raise funds.

COL. NELSON

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THE GAZETTE is in receipt of the lowing conumdrum The Hota. W. E. Gladstone is to be a contributor to the September-October number of the North American Review' Hi***topic will iw, "Hin beyond Sea,'' Admiral Porter is to furnish an article on "Torpedo Warfare" for the same number.

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HE GAirriTli-Ts Wrei^t Of:'the Idalio Avalanche, o'ubliaKed at Silver City, Idaho TC'V^ftdfy, a^l the Oregonian, |tj Ror|ifend, Oregon, 6eat by JLtieut^nant Nat. F. Cunningham o«heMh. r^ular* infaatVy., Hq ^rites from Blue Mountains', Oregon, and

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haVrf had scmier' 1W^: sk^rn^shes

"TT3SAD YJ/1 ITU LTrJAli aJL'ilff 3iiT

a as a an he be a

of. it is that it 'K.fJl tlve time getting faster. Whit was '.'rapid" yesterday„ is 6low ito-day. In horse racing this is as true as in everything else. Even young men can remember when Flora Temple Vras •queen of the turf. But her laurels, were won by'Dexter, in turn to Tje trken *rom him' by Goldsmith Maid'. Now Rarus is not only faster than the Maid but is said by an authority to be a much squarer trotter.

The Maid has a wondeiful faculty OF going off her feet, running smoothlv for a rod or two, and coming down so smoothly arid evenly that'^he not only gainsi by the process, but it is difficult for the judges to note it. She has, at her fastest gait, what may be called a .running trot Rarus, on the other hand," when he breaks at all, loses ground fearfully in •the effort to bring him down—not infrequently as happened last Saturday, lie has to be brought to a stand still to get him into a trot a(gain. And' wheii nc does trot, he trots squarely and evenly, without a "skip." Hence the performance of Saturday—a mile in 2 :i3^—*-is a! phenomenon of extraordinary proportions.

KlXOV

if:was

an ipterested

spectktor of the services at the camp meeting of the colored brethren, yesterday. He particularly called the attention of a party of satellites that were revolv* ing about him to the marked difference belween the camp meeting and the Notional, fiat, basket picnic at Lockport, on „l#ist Thursday. At the camp meeting all was orderly and decorous. Deep religr ious fervor was noticeable, on every s'i'de White winged peace hovered over the Consecrated ground, binding the faithful together in bonds of holy traternity, even as a hen gathers her brood berieath her wings. No unseemly levity marred the occasion no drunkenness, rto ribaldry, no fighting, no cursing. No monte men plied their unhallowed trade. No wheels of fortune ran their wicked race, No thimble rigs profaned the earth. No confidence operations mocked the majesty of yus.tice.

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He advised that a camp' meeting.- be held in the vicinity of Lockport to the end that the people of that neighborhood might once more.regain their lost confidence in the.goodne8s of man and the purity of women.

NOTHING could better illustrate the Inherent weakness of Austria than the discussions now going on in the Empire Just at present her army is attempting occupy Bosnia in accordance with the provisions of the Berlin treaty. Although the Porte was one of the parties to the treaty no effort seems to be made by it to repress the turbulence.of the Boshians, who, for some reason or other, object to Austrian occupation. In accomplishing her purpose Austria isJompeMed to overcome straggling bands of Bosnian?, who betray a disposition to, fight for their supposed' rights. It is, of course, no opposition really worthy-' the name of war. It is mefelv' a guerrilla style ofiighting by detached bandd, hav ihg no real organization or discipline Losses in these skirmishes are trifling in comparison with the numbers of the slain in the conflict between Russia and Thrkey. But even this slight difficulty is taken advantage of by the opponents of. the Government arid the rr papers are manywhich,- q* »ert that ^*1n their .y engagements Hungarian^trfaops ^re placed in the frtmt And that the losses are met by them, tn this they 6ee a settled policy upon the part of the Iriiperial Government, to sacrifice one of the two great elements jOf population which constitute the Austrian empire. This shows better than a n?pre important circumstance might, the*- jeal ousy'iind real bitterness existent between the Poles and Germans, whom Francis Joseph has. in vain endeavored to mould into orte homogeous people. This is the more apparent, since it is altogether unlikely that there, h^s been any real favoriteisnLfliown.in this matter. „MX, iuidii bpr TEMPERANCE.

sbne'wbuld

naturally '.have supposed

that when Messrs Scott and Buff,, who

are President ind Vice- President of the Terro Haute Temperance society, succeeded in corralling all the pimps and prostitutes at the notional fiat picnic, they would nOt have neglected so auspicious an opportunit to, promulgate their temperance doctrines. What profiteth it them,

or the cause

of sobriety, to prove the beauty of temperance at the Opera House, before a bevy of ministers and a congregation,of dpacons, pious women and Sundlay sqhool children, none of whom eiler looked upon the wine when it was red. and gaye its color in the cup. Such another chance was never afforded a brace of ,f tempera£ce

3Ujapostle8

as that

atfhichiiT the.^.. gentlemen at the!grea*, fiat, basket picnic at Lockp6rfc InW Africa, so to speak, the war might have been carried, then a^df there. All about the ~gM«d stand erected jby Messrs. Buff arid Jaber Smith, *neh JAIAwomen, in bacchanal confusioa,4noeled to earth, drunken and cursing. There were no pious dames tied up in godly laces who would nod approval

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to the filing from,

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distinguished orators, but women of the tOWn, nymphs of the pavement, the scum rind the off couring from dens o* iniquity,wrapped in sin as with a garment, and steepedin intoxicating drinks. Deacons there were none, but in their stead pimps and procurers, cappers and confidence operators, monte men and managers ^l: of wheels, of fortuneAnd over"'' all and in all was beer. Nine out Of ev'ery ten people gathered there, were sore ia need of reform. Having such a crowd before thetn, these reformers "tubied tail" and ignominiouslv fled. their lives was .lost.

The e^reat chance of

THAT NOTIONAL PICNIC.1 Capt. Ross, in a card in the Express, this morning, says: "I wish to state that my name tfas usoil wi'hout authority in connection with any SUCH meeting as that which occurred at Lockport- vtafeHay. Please publish this for nc, and oblljce."

We have capitalized the word "Such." On it the point of the card turns. Capt. Ross did call a meeting at Lockport. A great big advertisement of the picnic was in the Express) for several days with his name signed to it," Did he not knowj. that, such"*^ art')* advertisement was in the, Express? Did not "Hon. II. D. Scott, Hon. N. G, Buff, Capt. Jabez Smith, J. H. Allert, Eoq., of the Express, and others" know hat they were advertised for several days as "distinguished oratorsv who wer^ to "deliver speeches upon the political questions of the day" at that place, and at that time? Did they not go down there yesterday? Had not Messrs. Buft and Smith gone there several davs before, and selected the ground? Did not Mr. W. H. Brown know these fact6 when he wrote the following card, which appeared in the Express this morning?

"I ^i'eljr certify that the Lockport picnic

was unauthorized by the executive commltitee. i. W. II. BHOWN." As a (natter of fact this Lockport picnic was to be the formal opening of the isotional campaiga in the outor townships., "'Tis true, 'tis pity and pity tis, tis true" that the announcement of a grand Notional .picnic should draw together such a Crowd. We had hoped for better things from this vigorous young party. We Should also have supposed that the unruly classcs of the town would not venture tp show their faces where the

Notional candidates fcr Criminal Judge and Prosecutor could see them where a prospective Notional Legislator could look them ir« the eye, and where a Notional editor might wither them ith his fathomless contempt. Mut more did we think it unlikely that they would go where these gentlemen could empty on their unprotected heads the vials of their measureless and illimitable wrath-

But they did go. Did we say "go"? Well rather, They seemed,

think1 the invitation was ^especially directed to them. They were there in force, and they didn't want any speaking either, ,, Why should they? Did they not understand the principles ofthe party? Are they not leaders in Israel, and shall'prophets and elders be preached to by new converts to the faith who only yesterday dwelt in the tents of wickedness, and consorted with uncircutnscised Philistines? We should rather say not. A thousand times no'For them was the pleasing music of the lute and dulclnier.1For them were the mazv meshes of the dance. For them was the rosy wine and the foaming 1 beer. For them was the festive fight and fierce joy that co.ties to the graceful athlete when he has broken the bridge of a rival's nose. ?roq &

The speakers came home weak and weary with the burdert of undigested oratory, lyiag. Jik^'r:le^ on their tender hearts: »iJ£'

THAT FIAT PICNIC.

One N. W. Tryon writes a card for the Morning Express in which considerable mud is thrown at the GAZETTE and several surprising statements are made. It is our purpose to review Mr. Tryon and his card.

It should be said that Mr. Noah Webster Tryon is a fiat Constable at Lockport.. But that is not all he is. He is a gentleman,who has had several difficulties with the Grand Jury in times past. It is barely possible he was made a Constable by his friends in the hope that being an officer of the law he would cease to break the law. It may have been a good thing for Noah Webster Tryon but it Is always dangerous for a commun' ity to select officers on the plan that experience as a law breaker fits one for enforcing the law. A casual examination of the records of the Vigo Criminal count shows that on the 14th of November, 1871 Noah Webster Tryon was fined $25 for assault and battery ,and on the same day he was fined $10 on another indictimnt. April 4th, 1872, he was fined $20 for assault and battery. About a half dozen other indictments for a miscellaneous assortment of offenses have been found against him by the Grand Jury at different times, but were dismissed because of a failure of witnesses to appear, and for other causes. This is Noah Webster Tryon's public career up to the time he went into politics, became a fiat Constable, blossomed into oratory, and

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pers on subjects about which, as we shall

presently show, he knew nothing. Having disposed of the card writer now let us take up his card. We quote only the pertinent points. His communi cation is addressed to the Editor of the Express and he says:

Having noticed an article in Saturday's GAZETTE concerning the Lockport picnic, I take the privilege to inform you that ninetenths of the report is false.

Now, Mr. Editor, the fact is, that these bummers and prostitutes are all Democrats and Republican, and never did nor never will vote the National ticket; and furthermore they were hired by the Demo-Republi-can candidates to attend the Lockport picnic and break down the National party in this section. They were assured that if arrested and fined, the aforesaid candidates would pay said fines.

A plain unvarnished tale shall make an end of the rant and fustian of this Constable with a pugilistic record. The Lockport picnic was concocted by the fiat party of this county. It was extensively advertised in their Terre Haute organ. Bills were posted all over the country giving the time, place, and the names of the "distinguished orators" who were "to speak on the issues of the day." Special trains were advertised on the C. & T. H. road. The name of the chairman of the Notional County Committee was appended to these advertisements, by his knowledge and consent. Messrs. Buff and Jabez Smith, leading lights of the party, went to Lockport and selected the ground and arranged for the erection of the stand. Wm. Hassinger of Lockport, possibly with the help of Noah Webster Tryon and others, finished the details, and decorated the stans with the American flag. On the advertisement, to allure respectable people there, was the announcement that no intoxicating drinks would be allowed to be sold on the ground. The man deputized to get up the picnic was one John B. Deeds, a leader of the Notional fiat party here, and the gentleman who made loud boasts last June that he

That there may be no misunderstanding on the beer aud gambling questions, w« give the contract made by John B. Deeds with Lee for the sale of beer. This is the contract about which they were speaking when Mr. Buft told Lee that the contract was all right, and for him to go ahead and sell his beer. Mr. Buff, it is to be understood, is the attorey for the Notional fiat party, is its candidate for Criminal Prosecutor, and is the Vice-President of the Vigo Temperance Society. The contract is as follows:

FIAT CONTRACT FOR BEER.

CAaCt SCK

a!#1!$5fJ' *rf rtft.aATt? *,

named place, to erect a beer stand at Green's grove, for the sale of beer, on Thursday, August 15th, 1878. And it is further provided that should rain seriously interfere on or before

o'clock of

that day, then and only in such case shall the money be refunded to said Lee. J.B. Deeds,

Per. Smith, Agent. It should be further said that when the distinguished orators of the partyreached Lockport on the cars Mr. Lee, proprietor of the beer stand, was at the depot with a carriage and fine span of black horses. In his carriage he drove Messrs. Buff, Scott, and E. O. Whiteman to the grounds. It was Mr. Lee to whom Vice-President Buff appealed to know whether in his (Lee's) opinion it was worth his (Buff's) while to addres so small a crowd, the members of which were so vigorously engaged in enjoying themselves. At that time every licensed fiat game was running full tilt. It was to Mr. Buff that Lee made the picturesque reply, "Hold on a while. The crowd will be coming in as thick as h—1 pretty soon." But it seems that Mr. Lee was mistaken, for the crowd did not come in as thick as the place which Ingersoll says does not exist. Mr. Lee did not take the orators back to the depot in his carriage. They walked.

Thus the assertions

made

by Noah Webster Tryon are met and refuted. Further along in his interesting communication he says:

These gamblers and prostitutes were heard to say they "didn't care a d--n if they were fined, the candidates of the two old parties would pay their fine."

Noah Webster Tryon's hearing is bad. What they said was, ''blankety blank blank, why in blank do these blank scoundrels raise a blank row about this thing now? They sold us the right to do these things and they knew, blank their blank-

would carry a red flag in the Fourth of

July procession,—a boast he afterwards thought it prudent not to undertake to carry out. Several days before the picnic, Frank Lee, a saloon keeper on west Main street, this city, went to Deeds to see if he could buy the right to sell beer. Deeds agreed to sell the right for $20. Not feeling sure whether Deeds was authorized to sell the right, he tried to find Mr. Cliff W. Ross. He did not find Mr. Ross. But he did meet Mr. N. G. Buff, who assured him then, as he did afterwards on the day before the picnic, when Lee met him on the street, that it would be all right and for him to go ahead, set up his beer stand and sell his beer. He believed Mr. Buff spoke with authority for he is the attorney of the party, and its candidate lor Criminal Prosecutor. His assurances were not only good on those accounts, but knowing that Mr. Buff was Vice-President of the Vigo County Temperance Society, he felt doubly safe, though in what concondition this leaves Mr. Buff with the temperance society not quite clear. The day before the picnic, Lee went to Lockport to erect his stand. He was told to see Wm. Hassinger, of Lockport, who could attend to it. He saw Hassinger, went with him to the grove and Hassinger designated the place he could have for the stand. It was directly in front of the speaker's stand and about a hundred yards from it. On the day of the picnic, a wheel of fortune, run by Messrs. Russell, Trombley and Wynings, was on one side, and a dancing platform for the prostitutes on the other. The wheel of fortune paid the managers for the privilege. We do not know whether the platform for the prostitutes to dance on did or not. It it did not, it was the only thing which did not pay for the privilege. Mr. Hassinger probably located these institutions as he did the beer stand. Chuck-a-luck, and other licensed, fiat gambling devices were sprinkled around. All paid for the privilege. What ground, therefore, we should like to know, has Noah Webster Tryon to stand on when he says the attendants on the picnic were Democratic and Republican pimps and prostitutes, paid to go there by those two parties? Does not Noah Webster know that flies gather about the open bung hole of a molasses barrel? He has been before the Grand Jury and the Criminal Court enough times to know that the pimps and prostitutes learning that there were to be wheels of fortune, chuck-a-luck games a beer stand, and all sorts of other devices for enjoying fiat fun, would naturally gather there. They would have had to be paid to stay away.

ety blank blank blank shins to blank what we were going to do, and double blank them what are they trying to sneak out of it this way for?"

One other point and we leave Noah Webster Tryon to the obscurity from which he was so foolish as to emerge. He complains that he was singled out and criticized for not making any arrests, while the GAZETTE did not censure the the other two constables of the township, who are Democrats. It seems singular that a gentleman of so learned a name as our constable friend should ask anything so simple. It was a Notional fiat basket picnic. It was so advertised. The Democratic Constables thought it looked like a mob and that it ought to be "calaboosed." But they did not like to interfere. They had never been to a fiat picnic before, and they thought maybe that was the regular way of doing things at that kind of a meeting. If they interfered a howl would be raised about Democratic persecution, and the Notionals would never cease to talk about the way their leaders had been arrested by Democratic officials while they were in the enjoyment of their rights as American citizens. If they arrested people who were gambleing, having been licensed by the managers of the picnic, they did not know but they might be prosecuted by attorney Buff who is getting his hand at that business. They didn't know but that the wheel of fortune and the chuck-a-luck games were parts of the ceremonies, and even intended to illustrate the fiat doctrine of of how to make money without work. It would be a fine thing for them to arrest these gentlemen. They might just as well, they thought, yank an orator from the grand stand. You see Mr. Noah Webster Tryon these Democratic Constanbles had never been to a fiat picuic before, and they didn't know which was be regular and which the irregular part of the proceedings. The GAZETTE does not blame them either for, and it gives you its word on this Noah Webster Tryon, it wouldnt have known itself where to draw the line in making the arrests. It would look bad, you must admit yourself, for a couple of Democratic Constables, reinforced by a posse of citizens in arms, to have arrested a whole party of fiat pic nicers, and we expect you will be frank

enough

Terre Haute, Aug. 18, 1878.

In consideration of twenty dollars in hand paid, exclusive right is hereby

finally took to writing cards for the pa-granted to Frank Lee, of the above

to admit that any retail treat-

ment of a wholesale riot would have been ineffectual and unfair. Of course it was bad to let such a meeting proceed, but under the circumstances the GAZETTES is inclined to congratulate the Democratic constables on their masterly inactivity and seit control.

It is of course devoutly to be wished that the managers of these fiat picnics would confine their campaigning to mere talking without trying to inculculcate their, doctrines by means of wheels of fortune and chuck- a luck games, but if they cannot the respectable people must try to endure it. It is only for a short time anyway.

Noah Webster Tyron, the GAZETTE bids you an affectionate farewell..

A Whitehall man went out a few night? ago for the purpose of committing suicide. Just then it streak of lightning, accompanied by a loud peal of thunder, passed directly over his head, and if ever an individual took to his heels and got under shelter, it was that would be-suicide —Whitehall Times.