Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 September 1884 — Page 9

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JSEVERAL PORTRAITS

Of Persons Made Prominent by Pas» tog Events.

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Moroaliil, Giovanni P. I*Ioro»lnl, Judge Toargee, Henry J«IBM( Dl|n Bouclcaultan^ Other*.

MRS. BBLTA A. IXJCKWOOD.

The Women's National Equal Rights party, at its convention recently held in 8 in VVancisco, nominated Mrs. Belva A. »ck wood (or president of the United States.

Lock wood was the first lady praotitlio admitted to the bar of the United 8 ales supreme court. She has been long a resi lent and one of the noted characters of Washington. She is a bright thinker and an eloquent speaker.

"Hour's To«v Family?" [The San Franciscan.] It is now the time of year when the syropalh itic politician takes the voter affectionlately by the hand and says, "How's your family Particularly effervescent candidates get so In the habit of this thing that Ty t^e time the campaign is over they have to wear a muzzle to keep them from saying "How's your familyV to the lamp poets and

Mrtc-a-brac and shop windows. In .fact, although it is early in the season, I know one very bad case already. He was passing on the street when he encountered his son, a young lad. Grasping the boy's hand in a .mechanically cheerful manner, he asked: "How's your family!" "All well except the old man," answered the dutiful, "and hell be better in Novetnber."

Author of Pour Hundred Plays.

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This exceedingly versatile play-writer was born in Dublin, Ireland, In 1822. Educated (or the profession of civil engineer his leaning was toward a dramatic career, his first play "London Assurance," being produced when he was but 19. This was followed by a succession of successful plays, which have not been equalled since the days of Shakespeare. Mr. Boucicault can not only .write a play, but he will compose the music, design the costumes, make sketches for the scenery, devise the machinery for producing the mechanical stage effects, manage the theatre and act the principal character himself. He keeps a room at Delmonico*s, New York, the year round, and is busy there now getting up a collection of his plays with a view to their publication.

Commander of the "Iron Brigade"

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of Fond du lac Wisconsin, was born in New York state in 1837. Soon after his admittance to the bar he settled at Fond du lac, Wisconsin, where he has stnoe resided. He entered the army of of the Union in lttl as a captain, commanded the "Iron brigade," and retired in 1864 a brigadier general In 1867 he was elected state senator and h— "represented Wisconsin several times in congrea. His speech at the late Democratic National convention wherein he said, "We love Cleveland for the enemies he has made" 'has had such far reaching effects in the pras?f«nt canvasB that his portrait will be of con^siderable interest

Misplaced conftdenoe and Whisky. [Detroit Free Press. 1 They gave a Tennessee darkey three pints 'K whisky to cure a snake bits, and then found out that he had been stung bv a hornet. Then the man who furnishsd the whisky had to get his pay by booting the darkey

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GIOVANNI 9. KOBOSIItl.

Eight or ten years ago a friend of Jim Keene's, named Silover, took it upon himself to resent what Keene considered shabby treatment of him by Jay Gould. He met the "little giant" in Exchange place, New York city, and, lifting him over the iron railing, dropped him un gently into an area near New street Mr. Gould's strength is mental, not muscular he can cope with the whole Stock Exchange in its natural arena, but is hardly a match for the smallest member in a scuffle. He didn't like Silover'a methods of settling accounts, and wisely took steps to prevent a repetition., When next he appeared in Wall street, a muscular, swarthy-faci'd Italian was his companion. This was Giovanni P. Morosini, who for years thereafter was Mr, Gould's body guard, and his presence was ample protection against all physical assaults.

Signor Morosini's relationship to the millionaire was that of confidential secretary. He was shrewd, had a good business head on him, knew a point when he saw one, was never averse to profit by the information hie employer gave him about the market, and he rapidly grew rich, and has since been looked upon as Gould's partner. One son and two daughters ripened into manhood and womanhood.

VICTORIA MOROSINI,

The eldest daughter was Miss Victoria, 23 years of age, She was beautiful, talented, accomplished, her education was the best the country afforded. Nothing was spared to make ner a polished lady. She was considered the finest musician for miles around, and when it

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had consented to perform at a sacred gathering everybody was anxious to go. On Sept. 10 she left her home with Ernest J. Schelling, the coachman for the family, and ber escapade has been the subject of much newspaper notoriety since. f»

How 81ans Is Used In Boston. [Somerville Journal.] "Dear, dear, where have you been, girls said a Boston mother to her daughters who returned late from an entertainment "We've been carmining the municipality,"* giggled the eldest "And observing the pachyderm,"1 laughed the second "And vociferating the female to an extraordinary elevation,") chimed in the third. "Dear, dear, dear!" exclaimed the mother inexpostulatory tones. "There's no harm done, mamma," pouted the fourth, "everything is amiable, and the fowl, whose cackling was the salvation oi Rome is suspended at an altitude hitherto unknown in our experience. "I

pExplaaatory chart-*PaintlBff 0e town red. fSee lug the elephant tWhooping her qp. BErorythlni Is lovely and the goose hangs high.—(Bomervill* Journal.

ii Fascinating Novelist.

HENRY JAXIS, JR.

This distinguished novelist was born in New York City in 1848. When he was 18 his family went abroad spending five years in England, France and Switzerland, when they returned and settled at Newport, R. While here Mr. James spent two years at the Harvard Law School. In 1890 Mr. James went abroad, and has lived iters m'nM with the exception of occasional visits to this conntry. Vandalism In the Line Klin Cluh. (Detroit Free Press,]

The dastard who entered Paradise hall the other evening by way of the roof, and car* ried off three skulls of Oliver Cromwell, may •aver be brought to punishment in this world, as hs left no clews behind, but be will certainty catch it red-hot in the next The dub has now enly two sknlb of Oliver left, aad these will be carefully locksd in ths Mg safe and preserved to postsrity.

TERRB HAUTE. INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1884.

Editor of The Continent Macaatna.

ALBION W. TOUHOEB.

Judge Tourgee is 46 years of age, a native of Williams field, O. He was educated in the east, broke off his college course to join the 97th New York volunteers, and was wounded at Bull Run. He spent the year he was an invalid in studying law, and was admitted to the Ohio bar. Re enlisting in I860 as captain in the °105tb Ohio volunteers, he was taken prisoner and confined at Atlanta, Salisbury and Libby prisons. His health became so broken by his prison life that he was obliged at the close of the ^rar to settle in the mild climate of North Carolina, Here he was elected to the bench of the superior court, and held the position sii years. He remained fifteen years in the south, and then moved to Denver, where he wrote *'A Fool's Errand," which has run thrsugh many editions and made the author famous. He became editor of The Continent when it was started in Philadelphia in 1883, and a few months later its proprietor, since which he has not only managed the magazine in all its details, but has lectured extensively, written "Hot Plowshares," has now a work in the press entitled "An Appeal to CoBsar," and is under contract to deliver by Nov. 1 two other books, the character of which is not announced.

A Well-Known Carrlcatnrlst.

THOMAS FRANCIS BKARD.

Mr. Beard the principal cartoonist on Th« Judge, is from Kentucky. Though but 4( years old,he looks 60. Has worked for ever} comic paper in the country since he was 12 years old, when his, first sketch was acceptec by Yankee Notions. He served three year: in the Union army, and distinguished him self, he says, as a poker player. For tei years prior to 1880 ho lectured, his "Glial 1 Talks" being favorably received everywhere He was four years in tho faculty, of the Syra cuse university. His three brothers ami hi.father are distinguished in the world of art Mr. Beard's cartoons have thus far been th strongest furnished by tho Republican sideii in the present campaign.

A Brave ClrS Indeed. [Philadelphia Chronicle.]-

Just*as a Philadelphia lover had dropped on his knees and began popping the que» tion, a pet poodle, who thought the proceedings rather trim go, made a dash fm him. With remarkable nerve for a woman the girl reached over, grabbed the dog the neck, at the same time calmly uttering, "Go on, George, dear, I'm listening to what you are saying."

The Owner of Jay Eye-See.

J. I. CAS*.

The horse Jay-Eye 8ee takes his name from the initials of the name of his owner, Mr. Case, who owns a large stock farm at Racine, Wis. He was the owner of the king of the turf for one day, his horse having trotted a mile at Providence, R. L, on Aug. 1, in 2:10. On this, ss on similar occasions, Mr. Case exhibits ths great joy he feds by seeking out his wife on the grand stand and publicly kissing her. On Aug. 2, at Cleveland, O., Maud S. accomplished a mile in 2:09%, and this time Mr. Case has hopes of reducing still further with Jay-Eys-Ssa

She Ignored Him. [Merchant Traveller.]

"Let's go and call on Miss Jones," said one dude to another. "Naw, don't think I like her," replied the other one. "Why not? She's quite bwight, I think." "Because, don't you know, I took her dwiving last evening, and when her sistah asked her if she had had a pleasant dwive, dont you know, bah Jawve, she said, Yes, it was such a lovely horse.'" "Why, Cholly, what's the hahm in thatf Don't you like to have youah horse complimentedf "Yes. bat don't yer know, old boy, whaiah do I was laf

War Between Franee and China. [London Punch.]

After a deal of skirmishing and sparring, The cocks at last are actually warring, Spun pointed, Feathers up. A pity that their cock-a-doodle-dooing Should be significant of mischief brewing

In commerce and in cup 1

The ITsnal Pall Proceeding. [Somerville Journal. When the summer is departing and the year is growing old, when the forests arc assuming richer hues of red and gold, whon a colder, deeper azure tints the cloudless, noonday skies, and the sunsets give u( glimpses of the walls of paradise whon the song-birds have departed to a region less austere, and their melody, mellifluous, greet* no more the longing ear when the wildgoose flying southward of approaching winter warns, and the earth's ripe fruitage, garnered, safely lies in sheltering barns when the nights are growing chilly anc more welcome is the sun—it is then th thrifty coalman adds a dollar to the ton.

Opening of the Hunting Season. [Life.]

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Spindle City Style. [Lowell Citizen.]

Every fashionable girl now wears a small lobster on her breast It is, perhaps, the better way to wear a lobster, though we have occasionally worn them in our stomach with more or less satisfaction to ourselves but, then, we wouldn't recommend a dear, sweet, fashionable girl to follow our vulgar style, not for the world'

Loot and Pound, [Detroit Free Press.]

"Landlord!" cried an irritated traveller, who had been eating dried apple pie at railroad lunch house, as he held one hand to his shattered jaw and produced a gimlet with the other. "Look at this confounded gimlet I've found in yonr pie and broke half the teeth in my head out onl" "Well, I declarer' said ths landlord, "1 wanted to ass that yesterday and hunted all over for it Much obliged, stnngsr

Cine. Sat Night: "Ever had a cyclone heref* asked a Kansas man who was visiting a country aunt in the east "A cyclone! Oh, yes," said the aunt" Deacon Brown's son brought one from Boston a spell ago, but, law! he couldn't rids it Tumbled off every be tried it"

Bill *y»»» Terpsleorean Taste Gate a Set-Baek. [Puck.]

I have a friend whose tastes harmoniss with mine first-rate generally but there's one thing in which we are not congenial. We agree on politics, religion and temperance, being radical on the first, temperate as to tiie second, and in a state of armed neutrality as to the last

But we do not 'raternlxe on the subject of music. Music has been nearer to breaking up our little Damon and Pythias business than anything else. He is all soul and song. I am sordid and plebeian in my tastea He would willingly pay five dollars to get a glimpse of the tonsils of a great primadonna, while I steal away to revel 'in the common song'of the negro minstrel.

This, he claims, constitutes one of the great distinguishing characteristics between the man whose blood is a deep navy-blue and me. who is constructed of common clay. Mayhap. I use the word mayhap here in its broadest sense.

A few weeks ago my friend and I had one of these discussions, in which he tried to make me believe that Theodore TUbmas was musical director when the morning stars sang together, and I replied with one of my most scathing epigrams, after which he curled up like a retroiisse summer squash. I then invited him to accompany me to a minstrel -rformance which took place that evening. He disguised himself and went It was not a troupe of great prominence but the show-bills were very well done, and the whole company wore plug hatsi So I judged it would be a pretty good performance. My friend, myself and another leading citizen suffered through it together.

They outnumbered its three to one. There were only two of the company who were at all facetious, and they were drunk. They were drunk by special request of the management After the olio had been half rendered, the audience decided that it would be nothing more than right to jump on the stage and kill the entire company. On second thought, however, we gave it up, as they outnumbered us three to one. So w/ had to sit there and stand it

I suppress tfce names of the leading citizen and my friend, as they are highly connected. So am I, for that matter but I have been a justice of the peace and postmaster for eight years, and a man who has been on the bench and in public life off and on glories in his shame he cultivates a cuticle like the rind of a fire-proof penitentiary. So I come before my constituents to-day and admit that I was present at this grand farewell performance. It was what might be termed an involuntary farewell performance, for the sheriff acted as property man after that, and the company disbanded, tome going into Minnesota harvest fields, tnd the rest adopting other specialties^

Distributing Paris green on some Potato bugs. I saw the clog dancer last week distributing Paris green on some potato bugs on a small farm, wearing a plug hat and singing "Empty is the Cradle, Baby's Gone."

One of the end men is driving an ice wagon in a neighboring town, and the clarionet swallower of the orohestra is holding down a free claim in Dakota.

I took my friend to the minstrels to convince him that there is more genuine enjoyment in a simple melody than there is in the higher type of music, which requires a cultivated ear to interpret but I feel intuitively that I did not succeed. Neither of us has mentioned it, however. In faot, I was about to say we never speak as we pass by. If he would only recognize me on the street, and give me a chance, I would apologize but hs maintains a cold and haughty reserve, which is slowly but surely crushing out my voung life.

Honesty in the Lime Kiln Club. [Detroit Free Press.]

TRUSTEE PUIILIBAGK, THB TRKASTTBXR.

For a quarter of an hour previous to the opening of the meeting Brother Gardner seemed to be puzzled over the contents of a letter, and when the triangle sounded arose and said: "Heah am a commnnicashun from do treasury department in which de queshun am axed if our treasurer can git away wid our dub funds, and if not why not I am also in receipt of seberal odder letters kindly hold in' out ds warnin' that dis am de aige of «nsartinty, an' dat we should bar an sya^sn

de pussun wno carries de key to our casnbox. "Eber since dis dub had its fust nickel in de treasury we hev recognized two fundamental facta 1- De man who doan't git a chance to steal am obleeged to be honest 8. De man who am thoroughly honest won't object to saitlnf lastololslunw. Dar nebber has been an' nsbbsr will be a time when our treasurer kin lay his hands en 'nuff money to pay his far* fifty mllea by raH While we respeck .him wo lemovs all temptashun. While we hev oenfldsncs In his integrity we feel dat he am hot human arter all. Fur ths Mtisfackshun of de msmbecs of the club an' de friendly path 1 make dis a explanation."

Th6* Lost to Slfkt, Just as.Dfir. [FHsgsnde Blaetter.]

Secretary: "My master wishes to know why the expenses of the kitchen were not less during his absence at the seaside I1'

Cook: "Please tell the master that one being absent doesn't make any difference."

Ben. Butler and "Old Hutch." [Chicago Tribune.] There

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an incident in Gen. Butler's re­

cent inception at Chicago which was not set down in the original programme. It oc--curred in this wise: Upon the general's return from his speechmaking he was waited upon in his hotel parlor by several gentlemen. among them Mr. B. P. Hutchinson, a prominent member of the board of trade, but familiarly known as "Old Hutch." The latter, upon the strength of an acquaintance dating back many years, paid his respects to him in the most informal manner by giving him a ringing slap upon his broad and capacious back, evidently expecting' that when the general turned round and beheld him he would fall upon his neck in a transport of joy and embrace him as a lifelong friend, lite general did turn round.

"Ton do that again, sir," he roared. He revolved like a top whipped by an urchin, and as he faced "Old Hutch" that, sinister eye of his was blazing with wrath. "You do that again, sir." he roared, "and I will strike you across the head with this cane"—the cane meanwhile revolving round Old Hutch's head in a belligerent manner. Evidently fancying that this was one of Butler's jokes, Old Hutch repeated the operation with still more emphasis, and prepared himself for an affeo-, tionate recognition. "I tell you I mean jus) what I say," retorted Butler, and the great ... Anti-Monopolist began to put himself in fighting trim for the apparently inevitable combat with the millionaire. What might have come from a tussle between the long and thin millionaire on the ono hand and the short and thick Anti-Monopolist on the other no one can anticipate, but all dangei was averted by the retirement of the Old Hutch from the field, followed by Butler'i warning advice: "Good evening, sir good evening. I don't think that you have approached me in the proper manner." And this ended the affair.

Old Hutch's intentions, of coursq, were purely honorable,' but tms boisterous and offensively physical way of approaching a gentleman by pounding on his back door is not pleasant Of course Old Hutch may excuse himself by saying that this is the

The etiquette of the board.

common way on the board, where friendly feelings are illustrated by hearty thwacks on the back, and an unusual degree of personal esteem is indicated by pushing your friend's. hat down over his eyes, but the etiquette of the board is hardly a proper code to follow in paying respects to a presidential candidate. Even under the most favorable circumstances few people enjoy a thump in the back when not expecting it, even though tkey may not have seen the thumper for forty years. It hurts the back, and it is a challenge to personal dignity, and Gen. Butler was on his dignitv as a presidential can-.? when Old Hutch thwacked him.

Norristown Herald: Locomotives that cost yi*nnn apiece a year ago, can now bo bought for 18,000 each. Despite the great fall in price we advise our readers to defer for a few weeks their winter Stock of locomotivea They may be much in the ML