Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 July 1886 — Page 1

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Everything Cut and Dried ftr Jim

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A Rousing Meeting in Lo?t Creek— Where the Lost Creek Meet-' ing Was Held.

A Lonesome Lane Meeting-Political Notes/*

THE CITY PKIMARL£$. First Ward. FromHondii'tdtily.

Place, Atkins' cooper shop chairman, I. H.C. Royse secretary F. C. DanaldBOB.

Delegates to state convention: F. 0. Danaldson and Joseph H. Brings alternates H. C. Nevitt and Fred Faust.

Congressional: Jno. R. Vance, W. H. Armstrong, Jno. F. O'Reilly and Dr. L. J. Weinstein alternates I. N. Clovert and Joseph Faqua.

Joint Representative N. Filbeck and I. H. 0. Royse,

Second Ward-

Place, Seventh and Walnut chairman, Dr. Joseph Richardson secretary, W. F. Arnold.

Delegates to state convention Dr. Joseph Riohardson and Geo. E. Farrington.

Congressional, W. W. Rumsey, T. L. Johnson, Louis Finkbiner and J. 0. Reichert.

Joint Representative,. J. D. Early a^HvC.^ng^ *"5 1 Third Ward.

Place, Rupp's blacksmith shop chairman, Jno. Groendyke secretary, A. 0. Duddleston.

Delegates to state convention: Edwin Ellis, Jas. P. Stunkard alternates, Jas. P. Johnson and Z. B. Ross.

Congressional, Jno. S. Eichelberger, C. H. Goodwin, A. C. Duddleston and Ichabod Oilman.

Joint Representative: k. B. Hamil ion and Jack Rupp.

Fourth Ward.

Place, Crawford's Elevator chairman, James F. Murphy secretary, Geo. W. Miller.

Delegates to state convention: W. E. Burnett and Harry Oilman. Congressional, Dr. Gifford, Jacob Stump, D. Auble and Dan Thompson.

Joint Representative, Ira Calderand Thomas Bishop.

Fifth Ward:' /."V.-r

Place, Rockwell's stable chairman, James Hook secretary, J. W. Landrum. Delegates to state oonvsntion, J. W. Landrum and Jos. Wimer.

Congressional, W. C. Holmes, Levi Hammerly, Alex. Knight and O. M. White.

Joint Representative, Saml. Conner and James Hook. Jacob Sachs resigned as committeeman and Louis Eckerman was chosen in his place. yg

HI Sixth Ward. PlU Champer's Hall chairman, Jos. Barnett secretary, Fred Piepenbring.

Delegates to state convention: Henry Schroeder and Jesse Robertson. Congressional, Frank Storz, Albert McDongal, Robt. Catlin and Lawrenoe Heinl.

Joint Representative, Jno. Regan and Jack Leedham. Instructions were

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to the joint

representatives to vote for a Vermillion county man.

The Outside Townships.

•4' The GAZETTE'S report on Saturday gave Honey Creek, Harrison and Otter Creek townships.

The following are the others:

Otter Creek Township.

Place Stultz's school house. Delegates to state convention, James A. Kersey. Congressional W. D. D. Johnson and Jas. Crab.

Joint Representative, Ura Johnson.

Fayette Township.

Delegate to state oonvention:] David Cox.

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ESTABLISHED I860. TEBRE HAUTE, IND., TIIl'ItftDAY,

Jamee Anderson and

J, B. Bhiokel. Joint Representative, J. M« Dock.

Linton Township.

Delegate to state convention, W. H.

^jngreeoonal, A- Wheteell and D. M*

Joint

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Representative, A. D. McJohn-

STATE DELEGATES. '-.L

Full List of Delegates to the Demccrati'o ''y State 'Convention. The following is a oomplete list ot delegates chosen to the Democratic state convention, the date of which has not yet been set:

At large—Jno. T. Soott, Saml. R. rt»i11, p. F. Keith, a Fairbanks, Robt Harrison, SamL Hybarger, Edward arnes, I. N. Kester, H. W. Cnrry.

First Ward—John T. Brinkman. Seccnd

Ward—Dr.

W. H. HalL

Third Ward—Chas. Huff. Fourth Ward—Jerry O'Sullivan. Fifth Ward—Jos. Fries*. ., Sixth Ward—Frank Pehr. Sugar Creek—W. H. Little^ Prairieton—W. K. Fleeher Prairie Creek—Peter Kester. ,- Honey Creek—Chas. Rigney. .- Linton—T. P. Hippie. Riley—A. A. Gordon. Lost Creek—R. H. Modesit s* NevinB—Egbert 8tuthartL vi.* Otter Creek—D. W. Watkins. Harris—Jos. Gilbert Fayette—L. D. Soott Hw«h-BW4

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Tile Meeting Was Held This Morning From Batordaj's Second Edition. Wylie Black presided and W. A* Sandford acted as secretary:

Delegates were selected as follows: To Congressional convention -W. A. Black, Nelson Bayleas and Martin McQuilkin.

To state convention—W. W.

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To Joint Representative conventionJohn W. Rippetoe. The following resolution was adopt0^*

Whereas the Hon. James T, Johnston has won our confidence by his course in Congress, therefore, be it

Resolved—That the delegates selected here today vote and use all their influence to secure his. nomination.

i''!f REPUBLICAN PRTMARIE^,

Honey Creek Towpijiip Meett^^^' From Saturday**-Second Edition.

E I AN O N E N I O N

The Republicans of Hbn& Creek township met at teno'dock this morning for tne purpose ot nominating two congressional delegates, one state and one joint representative.

S. M. Crandell was elected chairma and W. Q. MoComb, secretary. Wo. Pugh and O. P. Smith elected congressional delegates.

W. G. MoComb was elected Btate delegate, and S. M. Crandell joint representative.

The meeting was enthusiastic for Jim Johnston.

Harrison Township.

ilie meeting was held at the court house. Jabez Smith presided and Wood McCombs acted as secretary. Delegates were elected as follows:

For Congressional—Wood McCombs, Saml. Huston and Byron Mayns. State—George W. Farris.

Joint Representative—Geo. Lock ri^ge. a#

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Prairieton Township.

Pla6e—Prairieton, Saturday 'at 8 o'clock. Chairman—Dr. L. E. Carson secretary, W. E. Ward.

Delegate to State Convention—W. E. Ward alternate, L. E. Carson. Congressional^-Joseph Reynolds and Jno. Payne, alternates, Charles and Frank Flesher.

Joint Representative—Harvey E. Bentley alternate, Frank Matherly.

HABMONIOUS "OONTKNTION" IN 'iiOST ORKEK.

Their neighbors are having a good deal of fun at the expense of those olever antlemen, Bill Souer, Levi Dickerson, Louis Hubbard and Thomas Varley of ioet Creek on account of the primary meeting they held. As the story goes Souer and Dickerson met at the advertised plaoe and waited and waited until tired out, but no one came. They left in disgust and and walked down the road where, between the railroad track and the Lost Creek bridge, they met Tom Yar ley and Louis Hubbard. It was a lonesome root, with a five acre patch of beans on one side and a oorn field on the other, but right there in the middle of the road they held the Lost Creek "convention," elected delegates and instructed for Jim Johnston. It WHS a large and harmonious njeeting, which the GAZETTE'S artist has endeavored to reproduce in the above sketch.

Nevins Township.

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Place—Township house.

Delegate to State Convention —H. YDavis^ alternate, J. M. Wright Congressional—P. M. O'Connell and Jno. Dudly alternate, R. H. Smith and M. Murphy.

Joint Representative—J no. Smith. The instructions were for Jim Johnston.

0*te Set for August 5th ind Dowling Hall the Place for the Conveni. tion.

Jno. H. Burford, chairman of me Republican District Central Committee, publishes this notice:

The ItotmbUeabi of the Eighth Congressional District will Aeefc in delegate oonvention at Dowling Hall in Terre Haute, on Thursday, Aug. 5,1886, at 10 o'clock a. m. for tiie purpose erf nominating a candidate for Congress. 3%e basis of representation will be one delegate vote tor eaoh 100 votes, and one tor eaoh fraction over fifty votes cast for James G. Blaine in 1884, whioh will entitle the eevefral counties to the number of votes as follows: Clay l/.i 20 Fountain................... 23 Montgomery 87 Parke. Sullivan 15 Vermillion. 16 Yigo.....

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A BIG METEOR.

A Wisoonsin Barfey Field Struok

Maybe Joseph Annsnia* Mulhatton is Up in That Country. -. MILWAUKEE, Wis^ July 20.—People in the vicinity of Grafton, Ozakee county, are very much excited over the fall of a meteor near that place. While a party of harvesters were at work one afternoon in a barley field on the farm of Henry Diederick, a mile and a half south of the village, they were suddenly Btartled by aloud and strange sounding noise, not unlike the roar of a large train of cars. The noise increased in volume to such a degree during the space of only a few seconds as to beoome almost deafening. The unusual sound seemed to oome from the heavens, and gazing upwards the spectators saw what appeared to be a huge ball of smoke rapidly descending to the earth. What they took to be a strange visitor from some neighboring world was a meteor. It struck the earth within a few. rods of where the men were standing and buried itself deep in the ground. "The news spread rapidly throughout the township and county, since which time Mr. Diederick's barley field has been visited by hundreds of people, inoltiding many scientific men. The hole in the ground is three or four feet iu circumference. Its depth is unknown, all attempts to find bottom by inserting long poles having, it is Said, proved futile. Mir. Diederick is now engaged in excavating the earth around the spot where the meteor lies embedded and intends to bring the latter, to the surface if it takes all summer.

SCHOOL METHODS AND PRACTICE. A Course of Instruction in the Normal -Building From August 2d to 13th.

The OAZBTTH' recently contained the full program prepared by our efficient County Superintendent, H. W. Curryf for a week of instruction in school methods and practice for the benefit of teachers, to be conducted in the Normal building from August 2d to 13th.

The course will be conducted by Prof. Howard 8andison, Prof. O. P. Jenkins, Mrs. F. S. Burt and Miss Cora HilL

The GAZETTE'S advice to such of its readers in the oounty as are teachers is to attend this course,

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$500 Reward.

The former.proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, for years made a standing, public offer in all American newspapers of $500 reward for a case of catarrh that he could not cure. The present proprietors have renewed this offer. All the druggists sell this Remedy, together with the "Douche," and all other appliances advised to be used in connection with it. No*fcatarrh patient is longer able to say, "I cannot be oured." You get 9600 in case of failure.

JULY

Another Steamboav.

The hull of the new steamboat whioh is being built by Jno. Deming & Co., waslaunohed at .the foot of Cherry street ou Saturday. She is fifty feet long and fifteen foot beam. J. A. Parker are building a double engine for the boat and a new steel boiler is being made by Henry Hilt's shop. Work on the new boat will be pushed in order to be ready for the fall trade She is to be run in the upper river and is predicted to be a rapid sailor.

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ROOHKSTRB, JN. Y., July 20.—A man named Michael Yiergivere,a shoemaker, jumped off the Vincent Place bridge last night and fell about 120 feet. He struck on his back in the water and wasbadly bruised but no bones were broken. He will probably live.

CHICKEN THIEVES. -T— S a in he E as E

Chicken thieves in the east end! are making things lively in their line of business. On Friday night 140 spring chickens were stolen from the Davis farm, and on the same night 100 were taken from Gilberts chicken house. There is as yet no clew to tfie perpetrators of the theft.

HAPPlfeCELESTIALS.

The New Glee 0

(ftinamen in High eir New Joss

Curious S&taftnt Concerning the Me&n^|. of the Word \lf06S."

NEW IOBK, July 20.—There was high glee among the C^aamen in Mulbe street yesterday, tecause their around the ooraq|kat 202 Chatham square has a new]|ouee to live in. In all America ther&Waan't a oarpenter to be trusted with the job of building the house, so the York Chinamen sent to China for it Meanwhile Joss remained in las Bbjftjte, which was dismantled yesterday, a!^ standing in a room nary, looked like in the rear of the a second-hand interest to know hot a Chinese wo but it is "pic word God, whiol the Portuguese ton and tried to. name of the1 mess it. So jfchat means God's hoi whioh are tapers fore their God, sticks. The Joes! story front room A large wooden announces to th« that that is the Joss sticks and Along the top ot off at the ends is aS color of-divinity.

case. It may be of the word Joss is as many suppose, lish for the Latin &usordeo. When its first visited Canthe pagans the

God, Joes was made of "Joss houses" (Joss sticks," Chinese burn becourse, God's is in the third

Chatham square, under the windows ayfaring Chinaman where he can burn sins forgiven, signs and hanging urple drapery, the "oss himself is a

highly colored paitifing, finished with as great care as the ntost delioate illumination of the crest on a nobleman's letter

A GHASTLY BANQUET.

An Indiana Farmer Discovers Thirteen Petrifled Bodies in a Cave. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 20.—T.Bowman, a fanner living three miles north of Akron, was setting posts Saturday, and while driving one was surprised to see it break through the bottom of the hole and disappear from sight. He dug down to find where the poet had gone and a cave&*as discovered, He procured a ladder and a lantern and descended into the cava Sitting around on the ground were the forms of twelve men, while the thirteenth leaned up against the side of the cavern, one fyand outstretched as if earnestly addressing his twelve comrades. By the rays of the light of the lantern Mr. Bowman examined the bodies and found them to be petrified. He soon made his exit and spread the news, and up to the present time hundreds of persons, have visited the spot. Mr. Bowman is placing a stairway from the ground above into the cave which is to be kept lighted. The cave is about twenty feet square and nine feet deep. Much speculation is being engaged in about the strange discovery, and excitement is running high in the neighborhood of Akron,

22i?1886.-TWO PABTS,-PABT FUtST. $1.50 PER YEAR

RED FLAGSTERS

A Newspaper Reporter Tells Story.

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be distinguished? by the visitor as he 3 inters the room. It is a large, pleasant apartment, lighted by two windows on Chatham square.. Heavy ebony square chairs, brought from China, stand touching eaoh'other along S$BS of the room. Between the chairs a^e little elevations where Cttpe of tea Ire serve# for the refreshment of devotees. The center of the fiber is oleer, and from tne ceiling hangs a confusion of Chinese lanterns of the finest manufacture, some paper ootered, others with glass, decorated with ground gl&sa flowers and vines. Among fee lanterns hang cmsrasB MOTVOBS irnmgnirfW! j^The god's new house is in an alcove at the rear of the room and facing Chat, ham square. It was built in three months ago and was taken toipsrt and packed in separate boxes to be put tc^euier by Chinese workmen in New York. The cost of the work was about $2,500. It has a general resemblance at first glance to an extravagantly carved and gilded book case or writing cabinet. It is about nine feet high. There is .a graceful triple arch at the top, but that is all the backbone that can be seen of the structure. Thjp rest is a oonfusion of scroll work, twigs with birds perched on them, dragons ireposing on rocks, and lattice work with mirrors behind them. Everything is covered with gold, like gold lacquer. At the center the shrine retreats, and a fringed veil of many colors, exquisitely worked with the needle, hangs so low at to partially conceal the face of the colored Joss.' The smiling Chinese priest, who was in attendance yesterday, exhibited the Joss with great pride. It was a democratic Joa^for the resplendent house was examihed and touched, and. even the sacred veil was allowed to be lifted and a square look could be had at the Joss. He was a good-natured Joss, too, tor the little mouth-was drawn up like that of St. Nicholas. He was in the attitude in which Buddha |is usually represented, only the face was that of a happy, benevolent, fat Chinaman. In front of the Joss' residence was a, table with boxes of earth, in which fragrant Joss sticks are kept burning.

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Meetings at Whioh Death and Destruction Were Advocated.

CHICAGO, July 20.—This morning the officers and bailiffs were more than eve# careful as to the persons whom they admitted to Judge Gary's oourt room. The keen public interest in the sensationol developments in the anarchist cases is deminstrated by the daily increasing crowds who apply tor admins, ion. The oourt room was crowded when Henry Heinemann, a reporter, the first witness, was called. Mr. Grinnell asks him if he was at a meeting on Oct 11, last, at the Twelfth street Turner HalL He was. A, resolution was introduced by" August Spies. Fielden was there and the meeting'was presided over by A. Belz. The contents of the resolution submitted by Spies related to the impending eight hour movement, and were prepared to enforce their demands. Die resolution concluded something like: 'Death to the enemies of the human race, our despoilers." It was also set forth in the resolution, which was adoptedUnanimously by the meeting, that in all likelihood the capitalistic dflbs would oppose the laboring men by means of the police and the militia and that no lasting reform oould be accom-

liehed unless a similar force was to bear against the class in authority. The witness says May first was designated as the time the new labor movement was to be introduced. The resolutions were introduced ia evidence.

Officer J. A. Wes't, of the Hinman street station, was next put on the stand. He was at McCormick's reaper factory on the afternoon of May 3d near where a meeting was being held at Which August Spies was a speaker. Witness proceeded to give at length the particulars of the riot which occurred at McCormick's, The defense interposed a violent Objeotion to the testimony and the efforts of the prosecution to .connect the defendants with all acts of violence that had occured in Chicago. The States Attorney said that he intended to prove a Spies had, addressed the meeting at Cormick's with the desire of.pavi*"1 way tor the meeting of May 4th. they wonld prove, step by step. It would be Shown that after Spies had addressed

came down town and wrote the famous '•Revenge" circular, denouncing the poJtCe and saying that six workingmen had been killed at McCormicks, whioh was untrae. Spies had no means of knowing what had occurred when he wrote the circular and his object was simply to infiame the passions of the eople, and to make anarchy- rule a iootrinehe had been preaching for years. The oourt allowed the witness to proceed with his narrative. He said many of the mob were armed with revolvers and that they at once opened fire upon the police upon the latter's arrival on the scene.

James L. Frazeb who was employed near McCormick's factory, and who witnessed the riot, confirmed officer West's testimony. When Spies was speaking to the crowd, he was very violent. At the conclusion of hie speech, some one cried out, pointing to the factory: "Lets go and kill those damned scabs." The crowd immediately started in .that direction and Spies slid off the platform, and started tor the street cars.

E. T. Baker also corroborated the testimony of the two witnesses. A. L, Leckle, reporter on the Daily News gave evidence on the same subject. He said iu his address to the crowd Spies spoke of bombs, wvolvers, etc. The witness was on the platfoam from whioh Spies was speaking, but was ordered to leave, and on refusing to, dosojwasviolently assaulted.

E. Haraster, president of the Lumber Shovers Union, testified that the object of the meeting near McCormicks was to hear the report of a committee who had waited on lumber bosses. He was to make this report.

Cap! Ward, in command at the Desplaines street station, was asked to describe the march of the police to the hay market. There were 170 or 180 men in line. Lieutenants Steele and Quin had command of the first company. Lieutenant Hubbard had third. The rear was brought up by commands under Lieutenants Ward and Penzen. Capt. Ward ordered the Haymarket crowd to disperse in the name of the state of Illinois. Fielden was on the wagon occupied by the speakers and it was he who said: "We are peaceable." The bomb exploded ah instant or two later. Seven were wounded and in all, sixty-six were killed and injured. After the bomb exploded the crowd opened a rattling volley on the police and forty-two men in his precinct were either killed or wounded. On oross examination Captain Ward says Fielden was addressing him when he said "We are peaceable" and that a slight emphasis was laid on the word "peaceable." The court here adjourned.

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ANARCHIST ARTICLES.

Shortly after 1:45 p. m. a patrol wagon drove up in front of the Central police station and swalwart policemen began the work of loading it with red rags, guns, bomb and other stuff that had been captured from the Anarchists. Among the

put into the wagon was the original "form" of the revenge circular which .. Spies wrote after he left the McCornuck meeting. A large and curious crowd witnessed the departure of the wagon for Criminal Court where this property ot the Anarchists is to be in-' troduoed as evidence this afternoon.

fi f, North Linton. PimnTO, July 20.—[GAZMTK special] —Crops are flourishing in our vicinity. —The sound of threshing machines is heard in all parts of the ranch.—Henry Zimmerman aan boast of the best wheat in our vicinity it will probably make 16 Mull per acre.—Tude Piety, of B|aaksville, is working in the shop with' Shepherd."—There was a party at Nan Boyll's on the night of the 3d.—Joseph Shoemaker and John S. Turner have two of the finest hay racks in Linton township. They were put up by Joe and Warner Shepherd.—Miss Ella Williams has been visiting friiends in Parke oounty for the past week.—Where is exTrustee Weeks? He has not been in North Linton since the first week in ApriL—We saw in a paper the other day where it said a mane sitting down on a red hot stove denotes an early spring. We would just say in nddition to the comparison that a greenhorn putting on a pair

roller skates denotes an early

fall,' because I know it by sad experience.—C. C. Boyll has at last bought him a horse. He paid a good price for it, but there is nothing like a man having good horses.—Albert Blooksom contemplates building a new house on his father's farm.—Henry C. Freeman is the happiest man in our ranch. He has bought a fine cow and says he is going to fatten himself up as soon as he gets through work.—Wesley D. Moore says that Emma Ridge is the prettiest ridge he ev6r saw. She was the lucky one to get the first ride in the new side-bar and she has been occupying it every Sunday ever siqpe. Wes says that talking to her is not as hard as electioneering.— Levi P. Boyll has the nicest mowed meadow in our community.—Blackberry picking is the chief business of our vicinity.—Jacob O. Walker, of Terre Haute, is on his farm putting up hay. Jacob is an intelligent young man.— Anvone wanting to buy a good yo.unff mule will do well by calling on John S. Turner.—William and Yorv Moore will have the largest job of threshing in our vicinity.—Business has been so urging: with Lemme Squeezer for the past two weeks that he did not get in lait Thursday and the readers of the GASBTTB of our park were sadly disappointed, but they will not be again very soon.— Daniel and Viney Moore went to Terrs Haute last Sttncfojr to visit their sister, Mrs. Martin KerctuevaL—Miss Emma Williams is quite fine looking, at least Will Sparks thinks so.

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Africana is mistaken. He never saw Ogle at any of their festivals, or at their meeting house. Africana says our meetings will break up, but it will not be because the oolored people come, it will be because the people .of Burnett have not got the religions principle which is necessary to carry on religious meetings. Let the colored people stay

away, then, if the meetings area failure, the blame cannot be laid on them. [The GAZETTE is in receipt of an interesting article on the same subject by a correspondent Bigning himself 'Tickler." He gives some interesting facte, bat the GAZETTE cannot give the subject anymore space than this article1 takes,^ the volume of news being so great—[Ed. GAZ,

Quito an accident befell the young1 than that is staying at Edward Hanes. A few days ago, while carrying a pickle from the blacksmith shop, he carelessly let it slip off of his shoulder and it struck his heel cutting it nearly off. The bone was somewhat injured, but Dr. Leachman thinks he will get along all right Joseph Creal has moved into Mr. Marckles' new house at this place. OGLE.

Pierson Township Agricultural Meeting The ftTinnal meeting of the Pierson Township Aim cultural Society will be held on the first Saturday of August, 1886. The citizens are hereby notified to attend at the Center school house ai 2 o'clock p. m. to elect officers and attend to any other business that may come before them.

LA WHENCE YAW, President.

H. Z. DONHAM, Secretary pro tem.

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BTJBNETT, Ind. sneciaL}—I see week's GAZETTE, ping on some-ones toes, and have gotten Africa up ou her dignity. Now then Africans says'the moral? of the people of Burnett must be getting better as they are talking about church. statee that he never, heard of any such talk there before. There is a very good reason why he does not hear such talk, The people of Burnett do not propose to make missionaries of themselves to preach the gospel to the Pagan's of Africa. I think the indignant citizen is a little bit off, tor there was no preaching at the school house on the 22d day of June. As to their right to come to that school house to the worship of the whites, there is a school house one halfmile west of No. 9 built especially for the colored people. If they wish to hear the gospel preached let them have a preacher come there and preach. Mr. Guerineau, of Terre Haute, probably will acoomukidate those that wish to hear him. as he eeems to love them so welL The colored folks invited the whites to come to their meetings, festivals and picniosX I do not believe in it. If a white man comes to their church house to a religious meeting they ought to take him by the nape of the neck and boot him out.

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