Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 September 1886 — Page 11

NYE ON T. JEFFERSON.

The Author of Simplicity and His First Client—T. J. as a Fiddler. Thomas Jefferson, esq., the author dt a jJopular brand of simplicity, was bora in Albemarle county, Vsu, April 13, 1743. His family were of Welsh extraction, having been successfully extracted from Wales prior to 1610.

His father was Peter Jefferson, and his mother was a Randolph from away back. Peter Jefferson was the father of nine children, and his wife w# the mother of an equal number, of which Thanas was the third. In 1757 P. Jefferson died, leaving liis son 1,900 acres of land to pay taxes on. The son also received thirty slaves on the death of his father, and by selling of a yearling or two-year-old slave every spring and fall, Thomas was enabled tQ attend college and polish himself. At the age of 24 years he graduated in law under George Myrtle. He became a good lawyer and a fluent collector of fees.

It is not generally known, outside of Mr. Jefferson's family and a few personal friends, including the writer, that Thomas was somewhat given to tUe violin habit, yet such was the case, the violin case perhaps, but we are not here to write flippantly of this great man. Let us not try to be funny over the weakness of one who, whatever may have been his peculiarities, was the originator of a system of Jeffersonian simplicity and offensive partisanship which has made our brood land rear up on its hind feet like a great rock in a weary 'desert.

Mr. Jefferson could rapidly play "Gray Eagle" and the "Devil's Dream" at the age of 19, and up to the day of his death was passionately fond of practicing on the violin in a dark room and then attributing the sounds to some one else.

He practiced law for eight years with great success, starting in by ronting an office and looking out of the window thereof for six months, when one day a poor widow woman with a carload of children came in and fell on his neck weeping in a desultory manner, which took the starch out of Mr. J.'sshiri frill. "Ah," said the author of ^simplicity," "why do you come in here this way, deal' madam, and weep all over me when I am engrossed in business, and worried with my large practice?" "Alas!" said the woman, with afresh snort of Woe and a wild wail of wet anguish, once more inserting her surcharged orbs in Mr. Jefferson's bosom, "alas, I am undone I"

Spoiling Mr. J.'a shirt frxlL "So is my shirt frill," said Mr. J., as he mechanically threw her from him, and proceeded to wring out the moist and depressed ornament.

Calming her with kind words, however, and reviving her by holding a bottle of home made ink to her nose, he asked her to tell him her case speedily, as his time was very valuable, for he expected another client the following spring, and so he could not delay.

Briefly, she was accused of murdering some people, and she needed the help of a bright, young lawyer to convince the illiterate jury that this was not true.

Mr. Jefferson took the case, and by a system of changes of venue, continuances and appeals, succeeded in piling up such a load of costs on the county that the prosecuting attorney was glad to dismiss the defendant From this on Mr. Jefferson's success was assured. He got so accustomed to speaking in public that his mouth did not get dry any more, And he could easily talk for hours upon political subjects. As a speaker he had wonderful staying qualities, and would frequently remain long after every one else had gone home. The biographer says that before he left the bar Mr. Jefferson's practice was worth £500 sterling per annum.

He married, Jan. 1, 1772, Martha Skelton, a young, beautiful, accomplished and childless widow, daughter and heiress of a well known Virginia lawyer named Wayles, a distant relatjve of P. Wayles, now in Great Britain. Mr. Jefferson was always kind to his wife and never reproached her because she had been an heiress. He said that a woman had just as good a right, under the Virginia law, to be an heiress as a man had, and he would not taunt her with it. He simply said to her, "Go and sin no more." He said that, as for himself, he would not be the flrst one to cast a stone at an heiress.

Mr. Jefferson was at one time a member of the legislature and did much good work while there. He was instrumental in abolishing the laws relative to entail and primogeniture. He also greatly improved the existing game laws, making it a felony to turn a jack from the bottom of the pack.

During the war one of Jefferson's estates was pillaged by the forces under Cornwallis, and Tarleton's cavalry boarded at his Monticello place several days, contrary to Mr. J.'s wishes. Upon the death of his wife, in September, 1785, he acccpted an appointment as plenipotentiary to France. "You replace Dr. Franklin," said the Count de Vergennes to the new minister. "I succeed Dr. Franklin," said the great inventor of Simon pure simplicity "no one can replace him."

The historian says that Mr. Jefferson made a good minister. He not only performed the usual duties, but he sent over seec^s, plants, shrubs and blooded hen's eggs to his native land, acted as correspondent for the papers, and wrote a book called "Notes on Virginia."

He returned to Virginia in 17S9 and was soon appointed, by Washington, secretary of state. In 1796 he was elected vice-president, and in 1800 he was chosen president of the United States. He now began to introduce Jeffersonian simplicity and wear yarn mittens while doing his chores. As a president he won many friends, and office seekers frogi all over the Union camo to him frankly and told him they enjoyed his administration, oh, so much. Jeffpi^on refused the nomination for a third term, and March 4,1809, he retired to his beautiful reserved seat at Monticello, where 1ft practiced on the violin and wrote autographs for a grateful people.

Mr. Jefferson was tall and well formed, being'about the height and general tout ensemble of the writer, parting his hair in the middle, also in a similar manner to that so much affected by the humble writer of these lines. He had sandy ludr and a gritty disposition, also a benevolent expression of countenance, which often misled people who came to him for tfce quipose of indrr«jny hfo

administration and securing the poetolllce their own town. He was a good citizen, a kind hearted man, and loved his country flfst rate. A great many believed that had aaything happened to prevent Washington being the father of his country, Jefferson would have beeh a good man for that place.—Bill Nye in Boston Globe. .....

ON THE JORDAN DIVISION.

The Cross-Eyed Passenger Telia of a Cor* For a Torpid Liver. "Talking about railroads," said the crosseyed passenger, leaning back over his seat, "reminds me of a trip I took on a southwestern road last winter. I had been suffering from a torpid liver, and the doctor advised me to travel, especially to travel on some rough railroad. 'The shaking,' he said, 'would be highly beneficial.' I was told that the X. Q. C. R. R. would be likely to afford the requisite motion for a torpid liver, if the owner didn't turn out to be a tejrpid dier be foro he got through. "I think I must have got on the Jordan division of that Jine, because it was certainly a hard road to travel. I was sure at first that we were off the track, but the conductor tol4 me we were not. However, I wished we had been. It was a regular corduroy road. You were half the time in the air and half the time in the seat. I tried putting my heavy valise on my lap to hold me down, but that only made it worse. I thought straps, by which one could be made fast to the seat, were the things needed, but thinking it over, I see that I would have died that way.

It was a rocky road.

"I tell you, friends,when your watch wheels begin to jar loose and the buttons and the grease spots jolt off your coat, a train is jouncing some. A passenger asked the conductor why they had put the ties on top of the rails instead of putting them underneath. He did not answer. "Occasionally tfate train jumped the track and rolled down an embankment, but the passengers were not aware that anything unusual had occurred. Dairymen along the road just put their cream into a barrel and set it on the train, and it is returned by the next thoroughly churned, and at small cost. As for my liver, I soon forgot that I had one, for I think it was all shaken to pieces, at least it has never troubled me since, and I think it it gone."—A. W. Bellaw in Tid-Bits.

FOR AND ABOUT" THE FAIR SEX.

Soma Freaks of Feminine Fashions Found in Fancy Dress Costumes. FADED FLOWERS.

June 1—I cannot forget that I am wedded to art. I have refused the prince.

Young Lady (to turnkey)—Can I take these flowers in to the prisoners, sir! Turnkey— Yes, mem the thieves an' pick-pockets-will be glad to get 'em. They dotes on flowers.

But there ain't no murderers in now, mem. The last one was pardoned out yesterday. Young Lady—Oh, I'm so sorry.

LAWN TENNIS. HER REPLY.

As we sat on the.bank of a beautiful stream, With hooks dangling down in the water, My soul seemed to swim in a heavenly dream,

So fair was New York's lovely daughter. "I'd bite at your hook if I were a fish." With a smile her enchanting mouth puckers, As she says: "Such a notion is far from my wish,

For who cares to angle for suckers?"—Life. The Del Rio (Tex.) Dot is edited by a young lady. SJie remarks: "Man proposes, but it sometimes takes a great deal of encouragement to get him to do so." THE AMERICAN AC

TRESS ABROAD. May 1—I have solomnly and irrevocably made up my mind to become a nun. I enter the Convent of St. Hildegarde this month.

May 20 Who may fight the fates? I have consented to marry the Prince of Wales.

FISHING.

June 30—My jewels 1 All gone! Stolen! The diamond necklace presented me by the czar of Russia! My bracelets presented me by the—{Note by manager, "Too thin. Wont wash. Been used too long and too often. Try something else. Get blessed by the pope or something."]

July 1—I have bought the old castle Ihra erwassergerenhtsre negeschaftshausen, on the

Rhine. It is a German castle it cost me half a million and I will spend my summers there.

Aug. 2.—Alas, I am penniless! My husband, the duke, has squandered my castle upon his two other wives. But heaven is kind, and I am still one ahead of him. I have three other husbands.

Aug. 30.—I cannot forget that I am an American. I this day refused positively to dine with the queen. I

COMET.

a® engaged to the Duke of Ireland,

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oept. 10.—Opens In JNew xorfc Crowded houses.—Jtardette. One of our exchanges has a ladies1 column to which an afflicted woman thus writes: "Please tell me how to cure my corns. I shall be more grateful for such a receipt than I should be for one for wedding cake with the husband and cow thrown in."—Lewiston (Me.) Journal.

Itis evident from the numerous widows that have appeared that E. Z. C. Judson was a Buntline which had been frequently spliced.—New York World.

Woman's greatest glory is her hair, and she should be very economical of jt *„V it whem she is cook- .. ing. Somerville Journal. "This is something I have just dashed off,'' said the farmer's wife, as she took the butter from the churn.—Boston Bulletin. HER HUNTING COS-

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Mother—Here, dear husband, is the dressmaker's. I have let her our daughter anew costume make. She I looks therein en-

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chanting, and will ft* 17 presently a husband therein hunt up. KLOWV

Father—So—and how fnuch cost them this —hunting costume?—Fliegende Blaetter. In the language of postage stamps the stamp placed upside down indicates "I love you." It also indicates that the person so placing it is an idiot. •?-&&--

WIVES WHO NEVER IRON. 'J RFTU

The husband of' a well-known literary woman tells a story with considerable gusto. He wet his straw hat the other day and got it somewhat out of shape.

Passing by the store of the hatter who sold it to him, he stopped and asked whether it could be got back into shape again. "Easily enough," said the hatter "the next time your wife irons, let her moisten the brim and run her iron over it. It'll oome out perfectly straight." The gentleman is afraid that if his hat waits until "the next time his wife irons," it will remain out of shape a

MASQUE long time.—Boston

Record.

*'I ONLY HEB HUSBAND.

Mrs. Peterby hired Matilda Snowball as a cook, but in about a week she had occasion to say to her: "When I hired you you said you didnthave any male friends coming around, and now I find a man in the kitchen half the time." "Why, ma'am, bress your soul, dat man ain't no male friend ob mine. He am only my husband!" was the reply.—Texas Siftingp.

An Art Patron.

Mr. Kooponkutter (showing distinguished French artist his collection)—I set for it in Rome. Genuine C'rarrer njarble. Weighs 150 pounds. Cost me $1,500,000. Just $10,000 a pound, eh?—Life. V,,:V

He Moved On to the Next. Capt. Nigglesworth, who is a candidate for the legislature, stopped at the unpretentious house of old Sam Saber. After supper, while the candidate was sitting on the porch smoking a cigar, Saber's little boy shyly approached. "Come here, my son. Sit on my knee. Now you're fixed. Do you go to school?" "No but me an' Dick killed a water moccasin yistidy." "You did? Ah, hah. Were you not afraid he would bite you?" "Ho, he couldnt bite me. I could get outen his way an' hit him with a rock." "My little man, dfter a little while you can tell people you sat on Capt. Nigglesworth's knee." "Ho, that aint nuthin' ter tell I sat on my pap's knee yistidy, an' he's bigger'n you." "Yes, it would be something to tell, for I'm going to the legislature." "Pap says you ain't" "What?" putting the boy down. "Yes, when he seed you comin' he said, 'Yonder comes that blamed fooL He thinks he's goin' to the legislature, but he ain:t got sense enough to holler when he's dog bit.' That's what my pap said." A few minutes later, had the night not been so dark, a solitary horseman might have been seen riding along the old military road.—Arkansaw Traveler.

A Price Upon His Head.

He was a noted desperado. He had killed thirty-eight men in open combat, to say nothing of those he had shot from behind doors. Yet he was rich, prosperous and respected and kept his own hearse. There was nothing in his appearance to indicate his desperate character except that his coat was unusually gored at the waist. Yet there was a price set upon his head.

It was not a large price, all things considered. ,It was printed conspicuously upon a ticket which decorated the band of his slop-shop sombrero, and which read: "This style 50 cents."—Detroit Free Press..

Shrfewd Boy.

A jar of preserves had effected a very mysterious disappearance during the night, and the fact was mentioned at the breakfast table next morning- Denials of guilt came from every side, but it was noticed that one particular youngster was silent. "And what have you to say, Georgief* finally said his aunt, turning toward him. And then very honestly and solemnly came the response: "My pa don't allow me to talk at the table." —Pittsbure Dispatch.

..THE FUR.

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The No-Liquor on-tbe-Gronnd Experiment—The Society Will Give it a Trial This

•m Year.

Removing the Grand Stand to a Position Where All Can See Better.

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One Hundred New Horse Stalls— ..j-»- -'H) Notes, Etc. Uii\ JV

NO LIQUORS ON THE GROUNDS.^"' It is not generally known that the Agricultural Society this year is to try the experiment of excluding from the grounds all intoxicating liquors, having amended their by-laws so as to prohibit the sale of any and all liquors. This deprives the Society of a former source of considerable revenue, but it is to be hoped that the increased gate receipts will more than offeet the loss. This is a step in the right direction and we hope it will prove a profitable one.

NEW HORSE STALLS.

Messri. Clift,Williams & Oo. are erecting one hundred new horse stalls at the fair grounds to be completed in time for the fair. They are being built in two barns of fifty stalls each.

MOVING THE AMPHITHEATRE.. Workmen commenced this morning to get ready to move the amphitheatre twenty-four feet west of where it atpres ent stands. After it is moved it is thought that no matter how crowded everyone will be able to see the horses 98 they come into the borne stretch without standing up. It is no small job to move so large a building, as it is about two hundred feet long by twenty, four wide.

AN ELEGANT SILVER GUP.

In one of the windows of the Buckeye dry goods store will be placed this week an elegant silver cup which is the pre mium for the race of 2 year-olds nt the Vigo County Fair. It was presented for this purpose by Bingham & Wa'kie, jewelers of Indianapolis.

GAS AND MUSIO PROMISED.

The Agricultural Society has made arrangements for fine music at the fair, having engaged Herr Belstett, one of the best oornetists in America, and soloists of Michael Brand's celebrated Cincinnati orchestra. He will be ably supported by the Ringgold band with 18 members. 5

HEREFORD HERD.

Adam Earle, the great Hereford cattle man, is in correspondence with the Secretary of Vigo Agricultural Society and it is hoped his herd will be wchihited here during the coming fair.

It is also expected that a GaMoway herd will be shown. Francis Dishon, who has for a long time occupied the dwelling-house at the Fair Grounds and kept up the grounds, has removed and the house has now been leased to Ed Smith, who will take care of the premises.

''L PRINCE ALEXANDER. 1

Once More in Bulgaria and a King. LONDON, Aug. 30.—PrinCfe Alexander arrived at Rustchuk Sunday afternoon, where he was formally welcomed by M. Stambouloff, the head of the provisional government, in the name of the people of Bulgaria. M. Stambouloff then restored to Prince Alexander the reins of power and declared him once more upon the throne of Bulgaria. The Prince was much moved, and declared, in reply to the address of M. Stambouloff, that he would sacrifice his life for the people. The popular enthusiasm over the return of Alexander was unbounded. People ran hither and thither, cheering, laughing and weeping for joy, and the appearance of the Prince in public was the signal for shouts of welcome and affection. The restored ruler of Bulgaria started for Sofia this morning.

It is stated that MM. Bendereff and Demetrieff, the Bulgarian revolutionary conspirators, were paid £40,000 by the Russian government. When MM. Grueff and Bendereff were arrested they had with them two coffers of money belonging to a Russian count.

MOONLIGHTERS.

Their Tactics in Ireland.

DUBLIN, Aucnst 30.—A later dispatch from Castle Island says that Bosnan, who is a farmer, was shot by moonlighters. Not considered dangerous. The moonlighters after leaving Bosnan, visited the house of Farmer Rooney. Entering the dwelling they pulled Rooney out of bed, fired several shots over his head and forced him to swear that he would not pay his rent The police heard the shots fired by the moonlighters, but failed to make any arrests. General Bailer will investigate these outrages on his arrival in Kerry. A gunboat has been placed in the river Shannon to enable Gen. Buller to visit the coast quickly.

Wesley Funkhouser, of Fayette township brought a large load of staves to the city this morning. While crossing the liver bridge one of the hind wheels broke down under the heavy toad. This completely blockaded one side of the bridge for nearly a half hour aad before the wagon was cleared out a line of wagons stretched clear across the bridge,

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THE GRECIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Six Hundred People Killed and More than ,*5 One Thousand Seriously Injured. ATHENS, August 29—The area of the district which is affected by earthquakes is phenomenally large, especially as to width, and at least six towns have been entirely destroyed, while a score of others are partially demolished. On the mainland there has been great amage to property, but comparatively little loss of life. On the Islands the deadly effect of the disturbances has been most severe, and" it is estimated that 600 persons have been killed, and upwards of a thousand seriously injured. The undulations of the earth were singularly regular in their occurrence, and the actual shocks averaged twelve seconds each in duration. The inhabitants everywhere in the disturbed districts have abandoned the houses still standing, and all are camping out in the fields. The breaking of the telegraph wires by the upheavals has made it almost impossible to obtain details, and it is believed that the reports already reoeived underestimate the damage and loss of life.

The Greek Cabinet is in continuous session, and a transport with tents, food physicians, medicine and a company of pompiers started for the stricken districts on Saturday evening.

RECCORD WITH TWO C'S. The National Union Soldier—Labor Advooate for this week discusses several publio questions in a more or less heated manner. In the concluding sentences of a two and a half column paragraph on the "jint" debate correspondence between Messrs. Lamb and Johnston occurs the following: "Mr. Johnston wrote the letter himself, and does not spell record with two c's as W. C. Ball has it in the Gazette. It is too early in the campaign to begin printing forger:' and lies of that kind in Lamb's interestT"

If the editor of the GAZETTE thought or could be made to believe that the editor of the N. U. S.—L. A. really beiieved what the language quoted above Implies he would be considerably exercised over it. But, notwithstanding he» says so, it is absurd to suppose that the editor of the N. U. S.—L. A. really believes that the editor of the GAZETTE is a forger and a Jiar. The personal relations of these two belligerent individuals, the editor of the N. U. S.—L. A. and of the GAZETTE, are, so far as the latter knows, quite agreeable and pleasant The E. of the G. constantly renews to the E. of the N. etc., the assurances of his distinguished consideration. The former does not believe that the latter would perpetrate or print a forgery or that he would lie in anybody's interest. Nor does he believe that the E. of the N. etc,really thinks that he would print forgeries and lie in anybody's interest. It is this dreadfully hot weather and all sorts of pesky

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which the reader, perhaps, has no idea that makes him say these hard things which be does not believe. The E. of the G. is absolutely certain on thia point and he wants everybody else to realize it fully else if the people should see these two walking up Wabash avenue some fine afternoon they might think it strange that the E. of the N. etc, would appear in public with a printer of forgeries and lies. Bless you, he doesn't mean what he says. It is only the weather and his way, being a little raw just yet to editorial duties. The editorial harness chafes him and his withers being wrung he fancies we are shaking our gory locks at him and saying he did something or other. But we are saying nothing of the kind. All the E. of the G. has done has been to print what he alleged was a verbatim copy of the Hon. James T. Johnston's letter declining to accept Mr. Lamb's challenge to a joint debate. In that alleged letter was the word "record," several times repeated, and it was spelled in every case with two "c's." Now if Hon. James T. Johnston should spell "record" with a dozen 'cs" it would not and could not indue the E. of the G. to characterize his brother, the E. of the N. etc, as a forger and a liar. To get into that sort of a tantrum would be a worse spell than any Mr. Johnston ever perpetrated. It isn't right and it isn't first class manners.

Besides, and we do not want another living soul except the Editor of the Na-tional-Union-Labor Advocate to read this or know anything about it—besides, as it happens, the original letter, or what purports to be the original letter of Mr. Johnston to Mr. Lamb, or at any rate the only reply Mr. Lamb ever received from Mr. Johnston to his letter, is in the GAZETTE office. Will the editor of the N. etc. please hold his ear a little closer so we can whisper in it. Do not say anything more on the subject of printing forgeries and lies until you have seen the letter. Keep mum about this lay low and come around and we will show you the letter. And when you have seen it say in your next issue something like this. "When we intimated last week that our esteemed friend, the editor of the GAZETTE, was a forger and a liar we were writing in a Pickwickian sense and did not desire to be taken literally, for really, he is our best friend."

James W. Fitzgerald, the temporary President of the great Irish-American Convention at Chicago, was an original Fenian and marched into Canada with hostile intent He is now Judge of the Police Ctowrt in Cincinnati.

THE,"Ji»riDEBATE.

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A uisgQstifig and Cowardly Action on Johnston's Part.:

Crawfordsville Star: If Mr. Johnston is not "afeerd" it looks that way. The same charges to which he refers were made against Mr. Lamb in 1884, ibut Mr. Johnston was not afraid to challenge him then, but he was able to get sick and quit before he got to Veedersburg. The same charges were held untrue by Nick Filbeck in 1882, but are held good by Filbeck now. In 1882 it was "anything to beat Pierce.". In 1884 he invested several hundred dollars of his own money to elect Johnston, but the Administration changed before Filbeck got the Terre Haute postoffice. But Filbeck is not discouraged, and like all dealers-in luck, he is trying to find his money where he lost it, and is now for Johnston, and therefore claims as true what he declared false and libellous in 1882. The rational conclusion of the publio is that Filbeck's testimony is not worth a great deal in politics either way,

Sullivan Democrat: The Terre Haute Express gives UB some explanation of what Johnston means when be complains that Lamb's record is bad. That paper asks us to explain "how he came to dodge 109 votes and straddle the tariff issue." These are the points the Express refers to in this record business. And will the Express gravely assure ua that its candidate's refusal to engage in a joint debate was on account of these things? Why, a live courageous competitor would be glad of an opportunity to parade such things in the presence of an opponent.

Crawfordsville Review: The undis guised cowardice and hypocracy of Johnston, the Republican candidate for Congress, in refusing to go into a joint discussion with John E. Lamb, because, he says, certain charges have been made against Lamb's moral character, is remarkable. Johnston, you are afraid to meet him in debate, and you know it That is what is ailing you. No publio man ever heard of such a miserable subterfuge. How is your character? What has personal character to do in a joint discussion so long as each confines himself to poetical issues, and not personalities? If your character is so pure and spotless why fear to compare it with your opponent before the people where both can be seen and heard? The thinking men of the Republican party can readily divine Johnston's real opinion in his letter declining a joint discussion. They know he has an opponent with whom he cannot measure swords. They know that Johnston is a poor stick, and is indeed a weak brother to represent this district before an intelligent class, such las Congress generally consists. They know that he will be defeated and are in fact not caring much about it. 4" "/'''W*

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PICNIC AT FONTANET.

A Speech by Hon. John E. Lamb. The Democrats of Nevins township had a picnic at Carither's Grove near Fontanet on Saturday. Despite the fact that the weather was threatening and that it did rain, a large crowd had gathered at the grove. The Brazil band was in attendance. A glee club made up of young men and young ladies of the neighborhood enlivened the occasion with their singing. The event of the day was a speech by Hon. John E. Lamb, which was listened to with rapt attention and frequently applauded. Thomas Carithers was chairman of the meeting and introduced the speaker. A number of the leading men of the township were on the platform and the audience was made up of the fairest and best in the township.

1 1 E a a PABIS, HI,, Aug 30.—1 GAZETTE special.]—Edgar County Agricultural Fair was opened this morning under very flattering auspices. The officers were all in their places, and crowds are bringing in goods, stock, grain, vegetables, flowers, chickens and machinery in great amounts. The new power and floral halls are elegant buildings, well fitted for the purpose intended, and will add greatly to the efficiency of the display and pleasure of exhibitors. The stalls are all engaged for cattle and horses as are also the pens for hogs and sheep. The new and improved water works will increase the comfort of the visitors and will beautify the grounds and halls.

The new art and floral hall is 120 by I feet, well lighted, and elegantly finished. The Board of Management offers $5,000 in premiums, and as in all the past 30 years, every cent will be paid in cash.

It was expected that the electric light would be opened upon the city this evening but delay in the arrival of material will defer it until Thursday or Friday evening. All the machinery is here and will be put up in quick time.

Voorhees' Prospects for 1888. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—The suggestion that the next National Democratic ticket will be composed of Cleveland and Voorhees, is not altogether pleasing to the friends of the Indiaoa Senator, who propose to put him up for first place. One of his friends, a proiiunent Democrat in Indiana politics for years, said today: "And Voorbees will get the nomination, too, if it goes west. He will have the solid and enthusiastic support of Indiana, the banner Democratic state of the west, and our folks want a western man to head the ticket next time. Why, when Voorhees made his canvass for reelection to tte Senate, he carried a legislature with forty-four majority on joint ballot, and the Democratic majority on the legislative ticket was 45,000 in the State,"