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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES.
SHE THEATER AND ITS STABS
Y
An Old Patron of Amusements Mourns
the Lossof Hiscins Bad Performances!
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A Brilliant Week Promised by the Local Man
ors Eeene, the Tragedian. and'Mis3
"Victoria Votes Leading Attractions. '
No artist fcas been given a more cordial
welcome than Misa Victoria Voltes since
lier re-entr tipon tho American ttago after
an absence of seven years. Old theater
goers, not exactly those whoso hair is
tinged vith the Miroatt of many winters."
but theater-goers whose memory runs back
to the last decad,will recall the famous
Voltes family who delighted the amusement-loving
public with their drollery in
Belies of the Kitchen," "Fun in a Fog,"
and other plays. Miss Victoria was one of
the most admired of that organization, and
many can remember her as the dark-haired.
LrigbV-e.Ted actress of jrreat versatility and
marked burlesqne ability. When Fred
erick Vokrs died, about two 3-ears ajro,
Victoria retired from the stage, but the
great success of her sister Itoina in farce
comedy in this country, and tho urgent so
licitation of her sister induced her to come
back to America and try the same style of
entertainment. From reports, it seems
that she has been remarkably sno
cessfnl, and is rapidly becoming popu
lar with the same class of audiences
that Kftsina is pleasing. Managers Dick
eon & Talbot t will oiler Miss V'okesasa
fashionable attraction for tho last tbre
night of this week. Her oponing bill will
be Tho Rough Diamond" and "Hubby."
The tirst is a one-act comedy, in which Miss
Vokes appears as a Devonshire lass of low
decree, who has married a cultured baron.
Cousin Joe, an eccentric character, is quite
prominent in the piece. It is a bright little
play, and quite entertaining. Tho second
comedy relates to the adventures of a
young dentist. He is in ceaseless conflict
with a strong-willed mother-in-law. and,
in the hope of persuading that lady to re
side elsewhere, begins a llirtation with a
presumptive opera singer, who Is. in reali
ty, the wife of a hot-tempered Irishman.
This ardent gentleman linds the photo
graph of his wife in the dentist's posses
sion, and this leads to nyjch contusion,
during which many laughable incidents
occur. They furnish a great deal of fuu,
nntil a happy and satisfactory termination
is reached. Miss Vokes is supported by a
well-selected company, including Kvelyn
Vernon, F. W. Sidney, Walter Thomas,
Mm; Anna de Nancaze and Gertrude
Wood. The advance sale of seats will begin
to-morrow,
Thomas W. Keene, the tragedian, will
begin an engagement at the Grand Opera
house to-morrow night The career of this
exponent of the legitimate drama has been
such as to commend him to the favor of
the public, and he has thns advanced to a
high place among the American actors of
his class.. Mr. Keene has fully recovered
from his serious illness of three seasons ago,
And his progress has been as fully sustained
s it was before he was afflicted. The press
and public alike have sriven him emphatic
upport, Tho management promises that
the plays to be produced during his engage
ment will be presented with splendid
and appropriate surroundings and the
most careful attention to detail as regards
historical costumin? and stage settings.
The engagement will open with "Richard
111." Tuesday night Mr. Keene will appear
aa "Richelieu," aud at tho Wednesday
matinee "The Merchant of Venice" will he
given; ".Louis XI" is announced for too
concluding performance Wednesday night.
The company is a good one. It is headed
by George Larock, and numbers among its
members William Humphries, Misses
laviua Shannon and Henrietta Vaders,
John If. Mitchell, George Gastou, Henry
De Lussan and several other, competent
people. The diagram shows a satisfac
tory advance sale of beats.
. An old-fashioned theater-goer, coming
across a newspaper paragraph stating that
an imperial edict forbids applause in the
theaters of St. Petersburg, was moved to
make some remarks. T wish," said he,
"the sovereigns in this country would set
their-faces against applause in our theaters,
for this sign of approval has come to be
used upon to slight occasions and so indis
criminately as to be practically valueless.
" It is no longer a stimulus to tho actor, for
tJiAt-plrson well knows that audiences
'have been robbed of the privilege of ex
pressing their disapproval of a player or a
play, except by the sole, though at times
most significant, one of silence.
It was once even in Indianapolis
the privilege of an audience to hiss, aud
norne performances in days gone by have
been roundly hissed. I remember at the
old Metropolitan Theater, along in tho
sixties, a favorite actor, who bringing a
pnsc somewhat oil color into his lines, was
lairly hissed oil' the stage. It was a lesson
that did him tcood, for be never oiTendcd in
that manner again. Things quite as broad
are now, if not applauded, ullowed to go
unrebnked, Should any one now attempt
& hisa ho would be hustled ont in short
order. If he doesn't like the performance
all he can do to express his dissatisfaction
is to leave at once or wait until tho show
id over and thru retire in disgust."
The attraction, at the Fark to-morrow
afternoon, and continuing throughout the
week, will be Florence Bindley, the young
eoubrette, supported by a company includ
ing Mrs. Finma Frank. Miss Annie Shindel,
Miss Lizzie llixby and Miss Nita Baldwin.
Messrs. James Home, Harold Hart sell.
Fmile Hensel, John Foster, O. F. llur
lingame, Ollie Teal and Peter Johnson. The
opening play will be the iive-act romantic
comedy drama "Dot." During the past
season it was rewritten, and it is said to be
a decided improvement on last Reason's pro
duction of that name. The plot and situa
tions give Miss Bindley ample scope to dis
rlayher abilities as a vocalist and dancer.
The story tells of lovo and disappointment;
the love of gold and its results. It contains
passages of emotion and f till comedy parts.
Commencing with Thursday matinee and
the balance of the week "After Taps," a
military melodrama, by Charles and Geo.
F. Dittmar. will be produced. "After Taps'
is made up of pathetic aud thrilling inci
dent; enough, in fact, to make it interest
ing to all classes.
English's Opera-houso will remain closed
until Thursday night when Dore Davidson
and Ramie Austen, both well known here,
will commence an engagement for three
nights and a Saturday matinee. Mr.
Davidson is a character actor of some repu
tation and Miss Austen is quite a favorite
with many. "Guilty Without Crime." is
the play to be given. It is a dramatization
of M. K. Braddon's novel "Aurora Floyd,"
and tho?e who have seen the performance
epeak well of it. It is new here. As its
name indicates it is sensational aud is said
to be pleasing. Tho preliminary sale of
scats will begin to-morrow morning.
I St AC Gossip.
Grace Huntington has been engaged bv
Wilson Barrett for the remainder of his
American tour.
Miss Adelaide Moore will make a brief
starring tour next spring, appearing inajre-
pcrtory of legitimate plays.
Edith Stanmoro is to 5tar in "La Belle
Tin under the management of Frank
L. Goodwin and licorge T. UJuier.
Miss Fanny Davenport is preparing for
au unusually; elaborate spectacular pro
duction of "Theodora" next season.
Robert Downing is hard at work on a
dramatization of Th Talisman," by ir
Walter btott. Tho title will be "Kenneth,
of Scotland."
Frank Williams, business manager of
1 he Wife," will be here to-morrow to ar
range for the engagenieut f his company
at the Grand next week.
. RoMna Vokes, Magitie Mitchell. "Held by
the Enemy" and Primrose ami West's Min
PtreUare among the attractions that will
: yo set n here Text mouth.
Laura Burt has been Vniraged for one of
tha leading parts in S;dlev Brown's new
c:'r-rJy-tir-si3t 'Titia UU-adow," which
Joseph Arthur and Frank W. Sanger are to
produco in New York, at the Fourteenth
street Theater, March SI.
Harry Lee, who has achieved a consider
able success with his new play, "The Sus
pect," will be the holiday attraction at
English's Opera-house. Mr. Lee is well
known in Indianapolis and is qui to a favor
ite here.
"The Great "Metropolis" passed its one
hundredth performance last week in Phila
delphia. Managers Klaw and Erlanger ex
pect to celebrate the one-thousandth night
of this play before it it withdrawn from
the stage.
Charles V. Seamon, of tho Kate Castleton
company, is said to have fallen heir to
pome property by tho death of an annt at
Santa Rosa, Cal. He proposes now to star
next season in a new comedy, entitled "A
Broker's Troubles."
Bronson Howard is, it is said, enjoying
an income of about $1,000 a week fcr royal
ties on "Shenandoah." A special produc
tion of the play will be given for a long
run at McVicker's Theater in Chicago,
which the author will attend to personal
ly. It will bo his first visit to Chicago,
since "(tanker's Daughter" was produced
there fifteen year's ago. Meanwhile Mr.
Hayman goes to San Francisco, to pnt on
another production of the play at tho Bald
win Theater. '
0LD-TI3IE GEOGRAPHIES.
Lessons Pupils of Fast Generations
Taught In the Indiana Schools.
Were
Old school-books are treasured in many
families as the most cherished heirlooms,
and are taken ont only upon the rarest oc
casions and in the presence of appreciative
friends. The other day a Journal reporter
was shown two geographies which were
greatly treasured by their possessor, Mrs.
B. F. Tuttle, of this city, and were doubt
less great books in their day. Tho first and
oldest of these bore the title, "A Short but
Comprehensive System of the Geography
of the World, by Way of Question and An
swer princiopally Designed for Children
and Common Schools; Revised.- Corrected
and Improved by Nathaniel Dwight." The
one shown appears Jo be the sixth edition
of the book, printed in New York in lblO.
Tho preface to the first edition is curious.
It bears dato 170.", and says; The expense
of this book is &o small that it may be
easily afforded, aud, in the form of a
catechism, admits of its being much more
comprehensive and more easily under
stood by children than any of the small
geographies which havo been hereto
fore designed for the'm. It will enable
them to improve many hours of their early
years, which, for want of something of this
kind, are entirely lost."
It was tho iut.i of the pedagogue of that
time, and unfortunately for many years
afterward that the child should learn ev
erything by rote, and the acquisition of
knowledge was in this way made as obnox
ious as possible. The geography which has
no illustrations nor any maps, but was
probably accompanied by an atlas, gives
the following information on Indiaua Ter
ritory, as it was then called:.
Question How is tho Indiana Territory
bounded?
Answer By the Northwestern Territory
on the east t Ohio; by Canada on the north,
by the Mississippi river on the west, and
by the Ohio river ou the south.
Q. What do you observe generally re
specting the Indiana Territory!
A. It is au extensive country, contain
ing a great variety of lino soil. IU animal
and vegetable productions are Similar to
those of the Northwestern Territory. It
contains a great number of Indians who are
uncivilized; but as the country becomes
guttled by white people their numbers di
minish. Civilization ' appears to be de
structive to their pursuits, and they either
retire before it to more remote parts of tho
wilderness, or, growing dissipated they
gradual ly drop away, and after a few years
the country is leli entirely to the white
people.
Q. What ia the government of the In
diana Territory?
A. It was constituted a distinct govern
ment in the session of Congress VJW-ISOO.
It has a Governor, Secretary and three
judges, who are appointed by the President
of tho United States.
Q. What number of inhabitants are there
in tho Indiana Territory!
A. There were 21.&?J in 1810.
O. What is the seat of government in the
Indiana Territory!
A. St. V incennes. on the Wabash, is at
present the seat of government.
And that is all of Indiana Territory,
which then comprised not only all of what
was afterwards Indiana, but also Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin; and the seat of
government, as hbre given, was not St.
Vincent or Vlncennes, but "St. Vincennes,"
Tho Spanish provinces are East and West
Florida. Old and New Mexico," and tho ex
tent of Now Mexico, including California,
is given as "2.000 miles long andl.GOO broad,
and is situated between the 2Ud and 43d
degrees of north latitude, and between 04
and 12(j degrees of west longitude." This
longitude was reckoned from Greenwich,
and would include every thing from the east
li tie of Texas to the Pacific ocean, and from
the center of Mexico to Oregon. Louisiana,
which had then recently (isoci) been bought
of the French, in described in this way:
"It lies west of tho Mississippi,
being bounded on the south by the Gulf of
Mexico, east by the Mississippi, on the west
by New Mexico, on the north by unknown
Jands." With Spanish and French posses
sions taken from the map, it will be seen
that the whining schoolboy of 1800 had no
very great country to boast of or to study
about.
The other geography, also the property
of Mrs. Tuttle, was published in 18K, and
is the parent of tho school geography of to
day. This is Mitchell's School Geography,
"the whole embellished by numerous en
gravings, of various interesting objects of
nature and art. together with representa
tions of remarkable aud noted events; and
illustrated by an atlas of eighteen maps,
drawn and engraved to accompany the
work, by S. Augustus Mitchell.-' One of
the illustrations of the geography deserves
reproduction. It doubtless, though no
longer seen in print, .wa1 suggested )y
the patriotic figure of speech called "riding
the bird," and applied to campaigners
and Fourth of July orators. The picture is
that of an Indiau maiden seated upon an
immense eagle with outspread wings, in
full llight highabove the torrent of Niagara
which roars below, carrying aloft in her
hand tho stars and stripes, the Hag-pole
being surmounted by a liberty cap. It is a
beautiful pictareof dominion, and should not
havo been lost from the national heraldry.
The chapter on Indiaua contains a spirited
picture of the battle of Tippecanoe, with
the militia marching with tixed bayonets
up:m the Indians. It is a situation of
ail'airs that never occurred, for the forces
under William Henry Harrison fought and
whipped the redskins much in Indian
fashion taking advantage of shelter when
ever it could be found. Indianapolis is
mentioned as standing "on a tine plane near
the White river, and laid out with much
taste and regularity." while New Albany,
on tho Ohio river, is given as the largest
town in the State. The mineral resources
of Indiana are given as coal, iron, lime and
salt, with tho further statement that
"Epsom salts are found in a cave near
Corydou."
Grain Trade Increasing.
In the last twelve mouths there has been
quite a growth in the grain business at this
point, which was diminished by tho interstate-commerce
law. There are now four
teen grain-dealing firms located here which
buy and sell grain for shipment, and eleven
that are called option-dealers. This is an
increase of three lirnis in legitimate buyers
aud sellers and tw o in option-dealers. In
October and November the same lirnis
handled more car-load of era in than in
the corresponding months of lisdw In speak
ing of tho option-dealers a business man
in tho Hoard of Trade building said: "You
will notice that in their rooms more chairs
are now required for patrons, and that
howa interest is increasing and losses of
past 3'eais through bucket-shops have been
fogottcu. But it is noticeable that many
of theme wrecked through options in former
years nro not there, as younger men have
taken their places."
He Boiled Over on the Boy.
Monty's Werklj.
Very Fat Gentleman Sonny, can voutell
me the quickest way I can get to tho sta
tion t
Very Nanuhty Boy (after looking him
over can-fully) I sh d say you'd better lay
down 'n roll over 'bout twice.
HOW MONEY IS EMPLOYED
A Large Iron and Xail7M.il Located Xcar
the Gas Wells in Hancock County,
Indianapolis Capital Goc3 to Greenfield in Or
der to Be Near Cheap Fuel A Portland
Cement Troject 5otes About Labor.
Twenty miles east of this city is the town
of Greenfield, which, notwithstanding its
natural-gas advantages, has been unnoticed
by capital seeking investment until re
cently, when a company of Indiauapololis
gentlemen made a purchase there that will,
in all likelihood, be the beginning of a new
and lively epoch for the town. The com
pany has been organized with W. G. Was
sou president and Henry L. Smith secre
tary and treasurer, who will act with tho
other directors, John Landers, E. C. Egan
and W. C. Whitehead, under the name of
the Greenfield Iron and Nail Company.
They are now erecting buildings in the
eastern part of the town on Brandy wine
creek, where they have bought 1M acres of
land upon which they have a natural-gas
well of three million feet daily, not
more than a hundred feet from the
mill. The buildings will bo frame,
on stone foundation, and will have
a lire proof roof. The nail factory proper
will be 1C0 feet leng and ninety feet wide,
the plate mill ISO feet long and seventy feet
wide, and the blacksmith and machine
shop, now in conrse of erection, one hnn-
Ured feet long and forty feet wide. The
buildings entire will
live acres of .ground,
will employ 150 hands,
will be in operation
rover about
The company
and the mill
on or before
the 1st of next May. The engines are to
furnish 1.500 horse power, and the plant,
when fully equipped, is to turn out cut
steel nails, sheet aud bar-iron and structural
work. "We have gone to Greeutield." said
W. G. Wasson to a reporter, "for natural
gas and for no other reason. Tho origin of
this venture is to be found in our purchase
of the Aurora nail and sheet-iron-works
We have remodeled tho machinery and
transferred it to Greenfield, to which place
we went for the reason that it afforded
greater advantage to ns than any other
poiut. Greenfield has been slighted by
those who have been running after natural
gas, but since we have located there other
manufacturers have been looking over the
field and several are on the point of moving
to that town. Twenty-five houses have
been built upon the ground we purchased,
and it is predicted that the population of
the place will bo doubled in the next eight
een months. The people thero are very en
thusiastic and their enthusiasm appears to
be ou a substantial basis."
Profitable Investment Proposed.
There is again talk among businessmen
of the probable location in this State of a
large plant for the manufacture of Port
land cement. German capitalists havo be
come interested in the project, and some
months ago Profs. Charles Spannagel aud
Ludwig Preussener, two scientists of Ber
lin, came to this State for the purpose
of making an investigation into
its
if
mineralogical
the necessary
rcKOiircfS, and see
materia! used in
of the cement
tho
manufacture
could be found. These gentlemen havo re
cently issued a report in which they say
that the State is rich in all the materials
requisite for the manufacture of the cement
and that the situation of the clays and
stones needed ncarludianapolis isfavorable
to the location of such amanufactory at or
not far from this city. The estimation in
which Portland cement is held in this
country is best illustrated by the fact that
the importations for the yearlbS was 1,827,
barrels, and for 1880 1,038,078, an increase
of 75 per cent. In the opinion of the two
scientists mentioned it is possible to manu
facture from the Indiana material a Port
laud cement equal to if not superior to the
European product.
A plant having a capacity of 100.000
barrels per annum Indianapolis alone con
sumes 120,000 barrels can be erected here,
it is said, at a cost of $09,400.
It is said it will cost 85 cents a barrel to
manufacture the cement. It is sold in Lon
don and Hamburg at $1.70 per barrel, and
in Now York at D. P. Erwiu has col
lected several samples of tho limestone
used in this work, and will forward them
shortly to Berlin for tho inspection of Ger
man capitalists, who are interested in the
venture. '
Business Enterprises.
Articles of incorporation were filed yes
terday with the Secretary of State by the
Shawnee Hall Association.' The capital
stock is $1,000. The Mud Creek Natural-gas
aud Oil Company, capital stock. $4,000, was
also incorporated. The Crystal Rice Mill
ing Company, of Marion, was another en
terprise that placed its articles of incorpo
ration on file. The capital stock is $5tfUU0,
and the directors are W. C. Webster, . B.
Dodds, G. W. Steel, J. D. Oak ford. L. S.
Marks, G. W. Harvey and M. L. Swayzee.
Labor Notes.
Girls black boots in Berlin.
New York has 000,000 paupers.
Findlay, O., has sixteen glass factories
running.
The clerks in tho Kansas courts have or
ganized. San Francisco butchers are opposing
meat peddlers.
A Wilkesbarro firm made 10,000 sets of
axles iu a week.
Iowa farmers have a successful co-operative
insurance company.
A Wisconsin law compels farmers to keep
their fields free of weeds.
Florida orange-growers and dealers have
formed a protective union.
Fall River tax-payers havo organized to
reform the methods of assessing property.
A Shreveport (Ala.) firm has discharged
its negro hands and employed white labor.
Two San Francisco box factories have
adopted a nine-hour day. One made a cor
responding cut in wages, and its hands
struck.
A can-making machine manufactures
nearly sixty thousand cans per day. Teu
men thus handle the work that it takes
five hundred to do by hand.
Fairland people yrgauized and gave the
saloon-keepers a few days to leave the
town. The society has pledged itself to
never allow another saloon in tho town.
Men at work seventv-tive feet below the
bed of the river at Louisville wort two
hours a day aud get a day's pay. Some
have died and others are atllicted with
paralysis of tho kidneys and muscles.
Germany's pension law for laborers will
include 12.000.uo0 persons. Every working
man, according to his wages, mnst pay from
3 to 7j cents pel week. The employers
must pay tho same sum for each laborer,
and the government will contribute 10.50
yearly for every man. The pension will be
paid to the sick and all over seventy years
of age. The pension is from $2G to -11 per
year. That sum is one-third of the wages
paid in that country.
The JAmitrd Fast Mail.
Tho Union Pacific railway, the Overland
Route, has just pnt on a limited fast mail
train to carry the united States mail between
Council Bluris and San Francisco and Port
land. This daily fast mail train will carry
a limited number of passengers, and in ad
dition to the United States mail cars and a
bagg.igo car, will be composed of a Pull
man palace sleeper and a Pullman dining
car for I'ortlaud. and a Pullman sleeping
carforSnu Francisco, thus accommodating
a limited number of passengers.
The aleejH.Ts ami tho diners will run
through from Chicago, via the Chicago ts
Northwestern railway. Only first-class
tickets will be honored on this train.
This train, with its connections, makes
the extraordinarj time of 107 hours. New
York to San Francisco, aud 101 hours to
Portland.
As accommodations are limited, earlv nn-
plications for same should be made to the.
Union Pacific agents in New lork. St.
Louis. Cincinnati. Chicago, or to E. L.
Lomax, General Passenger agent, Omaha,
Neb.
77 e Indiana Hospital Company.
This company contracts to pay $5 to $20
weekly imlttnulty ou sickness or accident, and
furnishes doctor and medicine free. For further
particulars call at company's office. Itooius 47
and 4S Vance Block, corner Washington street
and Virginia avenue.
':; 5 OF '
DRY GOODS. SLAUGHTERED
DEI
Having purchased a Mammoth Stock of
; DRY GOOD
At 50 cents on the dollar, consisting of
CLOAKS, SHAWLS, SILKS,
DEESS GOODS, HOSIEET, GLOVES,
UNDERWEAR, LLSTENS, TOWELS,
NAPKINS. FL AITNELS, BL AISTKETS,
BED COMFORTS, CORSETS, RIBBONS,
NOTIONS, DOMESTICS, ETC., ETC.
Must be sold by Jan. 10. No reserve. Everything must go, regardless of cost. Avail yourself of this golden oppor-
tunity to purchase new ana seasonable goods at less tnan one-nait cost pnee.
MONDAY MORNING AT 9:30
Grand Sweeping Sale. Wo quote a few prices:
3 cases Prints, lc per yard.
50 dozen Ladies Merino Vests, 10c each.
Dress Cambric Linings, 4Jc per yard.
54-inch Broadcloth, 24c per yard.
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AMl'SKMKNTS.
THE PARK
One week, commencinpr Monday, Dec. 9,
2-PERFOEMANCES DAILY-2
(i The winsome little soubrette,
FLOEENOE T. BINDLEY
Supported by a capable company, presenting, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day, Chas. 1 Brown's ltomantic Comedy-Drama,
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A pronounced success of this and tho past season. Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, George and Charles Dittmar's Beautiful Military Melodrama,
AFTEE
Each play produced by tho 6amo exceptional cast. Special scenery. New and
catchy music.
GTPRICES Nipht, 10, 20, 50c. Matinee, 10 and 20c.
Gil AND OPERA-HOUSE
TIIRKK XIOITT8, -4 C TUTTRSDAY.
COMMENCING IO FRIDAY,
lburiMlay, Dec SATURDAY
SATURDAY MATINEE.
A FASHIONABE EVENT.
First appearance hre on her starring tour of the Cia
titiffiiifthert English Comedienne, M1m
VICTORIA VOKES
Supported bjr TIIKARLE A COOPER'S COMEDY
COMPANY. Opening bill:
"THE ROUGH DIAMOND'
attj TTfTT)1)V
Two very
' fnnnr, refined, farcical comertlo.
-'25, 50, 75c tnd $1. halo now open.
Prices :
GHAND OPERA-HOUSE
Mr. Ariel Barney presents Mr. Thos. W.
KEENE,
Supported by GEO ROE LEAROCK and an unques
tionably strong company of players.
Monday niirht. Dec. 0 RICHARD III.
Ttnmlay nlcht, Dec. 10-RICiIELIEU.
Wednesday n!?ht. Dec. 11 LOUIS XI.
WMlneiMUy matinee THE MERCHANT OP
VENICE.
Prices 2. 60, 75 cents and $1. Salo now open.
SANTA CLAUS'S
Christmas Presents for Everybody.
Come now and make your selections. Fine China and Cut Glass,
Onj'X-top Tables, Clocks and Candelabras, Fancy Jowelry, Fans, Leather
and Plush Novelties, Comb and Brush and Manicure Sets. Gorham's
latest productions, Albums.
Toys of all kinds, Dolls, Blocks. Books and Games, Hobby Horses,
Sleds, Toy Furniture, Writing Desks, Doll Buggies, Chairs, Easels and
Blackboards, Christmas Cards, Christmas-tree Ornaments.
fCTStore open, every evening.
CHARLES, MAYER & CO.,
29 & 31 West Wasliinsrton Street.
KA.TUBAL G-AS SUPPLIES
TuMn.CalBf. Pip. Cortair Ri Tron. Drtllla? Tools, Brass 0K M!lla Qilraalxal aal Cast-lm
i'uiintf. Ootnpleie Uuaotllaaia-FUUutfS tor Natural Uas.
GEOEGE A.
TELEPHONE 3&L
THE. PHILADELPHIA
GHWBS
SULLIVAN
6 and 8 Test "Washington Street,
THEATER
9 9
TAPS."
ENGLISH'S OPERA-HOUSE
Threo Nights and Saturday Matinee, begin
ning Thursdaj- evening, Dec. 12. ,
DORE DAVIDSON
MIsTkAMIE AUSTEN
In the powerful 4-act Melodrama.
GUILTY WITHOUT CRIME
Trrsente'l with elaborate ucenlo effects and by
a utrouff coiripanr.
PRICES-l ,V. 2c. 35c, 50c, and 7?c.
Sale opens Tneaday.
and EILEY
AT PLYMOUTH CHURC1L
WEDNESDAY EVEN I NO, Dec. 11.
Admission $1. No extra charge for referred seats.
Heat on sale at I. II. laldwiu fc Co.'a. Saturday,
Dee. 7.
Weekly liana Slab Journal
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
HEADQUARTERS
EICHAEDS.
soutn reimsyivama sc., Indianapolis, ma
5 cases Cotton Flannel, 4Jc.
150 dozen Unlaundered Shirts, 19c each.
5,000 papers Pins, only lc a paper.
500 dozen Spool Cotton, lie each.
Accordion Pleating done to order on short notice. 50c pr. yd
A BOM FIDE CLOSING OUT SALE
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THE OLD
"WHOLESALE
Meridian Street Clothing House
(Established twenty-fivo years ago by the well-known Dessar
Brothers) is compelled to vacate their extensive wareroonls,
1GO and 1Q2 SOUTH jVIERHDIIST ST.,
And have decided to inaugurate a genuine and unprecedented closing-out
sale of their immense stock of
MEN'S AND BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS.
THIS IS NO IDLE BOAST. A gigantic multitude of Clothjng, aggro
gating to the amount of
65,000.00
Must and will be disposed of before February I, 1890. Not a Suit, not
an Overcoat will remain unsold if
LOW PRICES WILL DO THE WORK
This is not a traveling humbug combination, but a genuino
slaughtering sale of an old and well-known Indianapolis Whole
sale Clothing House. Every article, bo it a pair of Pantaloons,
a Boy's Suit, a Man's Suit or Overcoat, will bo sold at retail
below wholesale prices. Now is your time! Don't miss this
chance! Come at once, while the selection is complete, to
120 AM 122 SOUTH MERIDIAN ST.
Harvev Davis, Fred Kreutler, Vm. Rafeert, Salesmen.
BEDKOOM SUITES
iVIS" ELEGANT LIjSTE,
SPIEQEL, THOMS & CO
71 cfe 73 West Washington Sh
TF yon uro thinking of imying Hrawi
1 Goods-Andirona, Fender. Gypsy
Kettles, etc.. it will nay you to eximiine
I our stocK ana prices.
STORE
s
uooas will De on sale
O'CLOCK
RELIABLE
1889
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