Decatur Democrat, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1880 — Page 4

/HE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. Bew Advertisements. Sheriff's sale—Krick Sheriff's sale—Krick Sheriff's sale—Krick Di'ch notice—Chris'en Ditch notice—Christen Ditch notice—Christen Ditch notice—Christen Ditch notice— Christen Administreio ‘ 8 sale—Mills Locals —Place, Seitz. Appointment—Mitch Administratrix’s Sale—Mitch. DEMOCRATIC MEETING. A Good Turnout-11 e Rail of Victory Rolling.

As per announcement in last week's Dimocrai the Democrats of solid old Kirkland met at Steele’s school-house i on M ednesday evening and raised a I beautiful hickorj p o ] e . Fully fifty from Decatur were present, and after | an hour's social conversation Mr. Len- , hart called the meeting to order. Judge I James R. Bobo came forward and spoke Ifor about one and a-half hours. He calmly but forcibly reviewed the situation of the two parties; did not attack the Republican candidate for President U a personal manner, but on the contrary spoke only of his public acts. His speech was well received. John T. France followed with a fifteen minutes speech, which was very attentively listened to. Johnny purposes speaking in every township in the county during the campaign. Mr. John Bailey was called for and responded. He spoke from experience, and it was plain to be seen that his hearers were well pleased. The meeting, all in all, was a grand success, and if any person has an idea that Democrats are not alive and ready for action a trip to Kirkland will disabuse their mind very readily. Our limited time and stace forbid us making any extended reparks, but let it ’ffice to spv that the indications for a satisfactory repj 4 ?* tland were never more flattering than low. If our own Democrats in Deca/r were as wide awake as are theirbrothers in Kirkland they would res the reward with better grace when / comes, as it will by the triumphant /ection of the illustrious patriot and soldier statesman, Gen. Hancock. Bwrclara Canght. A brief mention wj/ made last week of burglary having Ifen committed in the dwelling house /f R. S. Peterson, Esq. At the time Mention was made The Democrat wai not in possession of sufficient information to warrant it to publish particulars. The burglary was committed /n Wednesday night and on Thursda/ morning Mr. Peterson and Sheriff Krick set about to capture the thievis if possible. First a young man, dranger, was arrested in town, but notbeing able to prove anything against him he was released. He gave his name as Thomas Brayton. Krick and Peterson then started south, following Brayton. They overtook the latter near Ceylon, where he had joined two other suspicious looking characters. When the trio discovered that they were being persued they took to the woods west of Ceylon, with Krick and Peterson, and many other citizens, close in the rear. About one mile through the woods was gone over ’before the thieves were captured. They were brought back to Decatur, “preliminaried " before 'Squire Bailey, where two of them, Harry Murray and Edward Austin. were bound over to circuit court in ‘ * -r—lJvu, aiiU tlH’ IDIAU one, Thos. Brayton, was again releasid. Murray and Austin were taken to Fort Wayne Friday evening and lodged in jail to await the next term of "court. Brayton, we learn, is still here, and appears disposed to work. The only thing that looks bad for him’is his running from the officer. Part of the sto len goods were found with the prisoners. Life of Gen. Hancock. Mr. W. E. Hill, of Ohio, is in our town canvassing for a book entitled the * Life of Gen. V, infield Scott Hancock.” It is a beautifully bound book of five hundred pages, and can be had for the extremely low price of $2.00. It was written by the Hon. John W. Forney, an eminent Republican, but a | strong supporter of Gen Hancock. I The book should be in t } le of every Democrat in this broad land, as it is an impartial and unparti,san history of the greatest soldier statesman of the age.

The Huntington News has added a hew power press to its office. Farmers now come to town smiling. That rain sent the corn a-booming. Mr. John Walters has been engaged to teach the Monmouth schools. The pay rolls will be made out and the census enumerators paid about August 15. The M. E. Mite Society will meet at the residence of L. D. Adams on Tues- ■ day evening next. Our thanks are due Mr. M. P. Walch for a box of the finest smoking tobacco ever brought to this market. The Normal was well represented in our phurches last Sunday, a fact which speaks well for our teachers. On Saturday evening last a self-pro-pelling threshing machine engine passed through town, attracting no little attention. The paper that has no higher ambition than to publish “spiteful blinds” about an enemy is not an enterprising nor a useful paper. There will be an After-Harvest Dance at Kover's Hall, on Thursday evening, August sth, to be given by the Elliott orchestra. A cane will be presented to the best waltaer. And now the steam thresher rushes through our streets with no visible propelling power. We remember seeing eight horses tugging hard at a separator in order to get it to the stack.

When France and Coverdale argue the cat question their skill as cat-ech-iats is finely displayed in the cat-egor-ical remarks which lead up to the final cat-aktrophe, and their cat-erwaulings are enough to awaken the inhabitants of the cat-a-combs. 7 Bj’y. Carns has kindly offered to dividers time with Rev. Kanouse, in the rent that the latter returns home befofthe repairing of the Presbyterian <|rch is completed. If Mr. Kanous accepts the offer the M. E. churl will be sort o’ Presbyterianized for afene. I _ W&arn those whose duty it is to clean ir streets that our people will hold responsible if the filth and the he|h destroying rubbish which fill our Ipk ways be not removed. It is a disgipe to our town; a shame that our citizijs must suffer from such abominabl smells as emanate from some of ougide streets and alleys. Frankll Marker, Co. G., 12th Inf., Fort MOowell, Arizona, sends us $1.50 for a yfcj-’s subscription to The Democrat, To letter was registered at Fort McDowjl on the 13th and was received at office on 27th, being fourteen <yy S on the road. Mr. Marker’s parentsteside at South Salem this county.

Last Sunday niht a supposed professional burglar e’ected entrance to Dr. Curran’s dwellig house and was about to go throng private drawers when the doctor ovdjeard him in the room. Quickly but njietly the doctor ‘■struck” a match and allowed the now 7 departing midnight ccnpanion to an out side door, where sucessfully he escaped. The doctor is satified he knows who the burglar is, but of course it would be difficult to provehim guilty. The burglar passes the tfing store of Dr. Curran several times a <uy, however. A BUSINESS house in CHpago has fpr one of its signs at its mor two large iron dogs. Many person are in the habit of seating themsel*es on these dogs in order to rest thenselves. A well known townsman being ii the Garden city one day this summergrew tired with wandering around and Hewing the scenes so looked about hint for a seat on which to rest his weary boies. The iron dogs presented themselves to his view, and on one of the canines qir tired Decaturite ensconced himsef. He took his departure very suddenly however, for he no sooner touched the dogs than a most powerful shock landed him in the middle of the street, and with a whoop he started down the thoroughfare with the yell. “Lord, I didn’t know the infernal thing was loaded.” The firm got tired of having loafers on the dogs so had attached a powerful electric battery to them.

The Democrat went like hot cakes last week. Sheriff Krick made a clean sweep or tho burglars. Dr. DeA ilbiss is the proud daddy of a young daughter. A traveling doctor from Columbia City was in town this week. 1’ ARmers tell us the rain on Sunday did not wet the ground an inch deep. I lace has our thanks for some most splendid ice cream. Jim jg improving on his cream. Tiie Gazette says that a change of proprietorship is about to take place in the Ft. M ayne Sentinel office. Perhaps it is only one of the Gazette's personal attacks, though ! The Democrat invites especial attention of its patrons to the change in the advertisement of Root & Co., of Fort Wayne. This popular establishment is meeting with great favor with hundreds of Adams county families. Peace never reigns supreme with Fort Wayne papers. The Sentinel, Gazette and News are warring with each other, and Tom Foster has weekly tussels with the English language. Tom has a little grammar of his own, and has its teachings down pat. William Kuhn, a son of John Kuhn, of Washington township, met with a very severe accident on Wednesday morning last. While splitting wood with his younger brother, the younger boy while using the axe accidentally struck William with it across the second jointof the thumb on the lefthand, severing it entirely except a very small piece on the under side. William was at once brought by his father to Dr. C. A. Jelleff, who placed the thumb back and fixed it up nicely and got it in good shape. The Dr. deserves much credit for his skill in the operation.

The Gazette of Tuesday morning has an article “about newspapers,” that should be read by every country publisher. While there are a few minor points in it that fail to meet our exact idea of how to properly conduct a country newspaper we nevertheless endorse it, and if the advice therein given to the profession can be accepted and acted upon newspaper publishers would soon be able to stand where they legitimately belong. The Gazette's idea is that a man has no more right to step into the office of a newspaper and subscribe for a year, paying for the same when the year expires, than he has to step into a dry goods store and walk off with a piece of calico, saying nothing to the merchant as to when he will pay for it. Scarcely a day passes that some persons don’t come into this office and order The Democrat sent to their address for a year, and net one in ten of triose same persons say a word about the pay for it. They get the paper, and will take it for years without ever intimating that they intend to pay for it. Os course, publishers are much to blame for it themselves. If they would demand pay in advance they would get it. We feel safe in saying that there are one thousand subscribeis now taking The Democrat who would just as willingly pay for it in advance as they would to let it run a year or years. AH ■ the publisher wants to do is simply to! demand his pay in advance, and utterly' ignore the old and expensive idea of letting a paper go until it is paid for. There are those who will run to a newspaper office, take the paper, get work and advertising and go away without paying for the same. But let that publisher allow himself to get into their debt and the very life is hounded out of him if he don't’pay up. There are no class of business men that are as contemptuously treated as the printer, and they are wholly to blame for it themselves, and it is high time they do something that will teach the people that newspapers, advertising and job printing are things kept on sale—not to give away. The Democrat is worth $1.50 a year to any family in Adams county; if it is not worth it all you have to'do is to let it alone and there !is no harm done —if you do want it we j want the pay for it and will have it. !In four weeks’ time we could print an j edition of five thousand, if we would ■ take our pay in promise® ami flattery. I but that's played out.

DITCH JOTICE. Netice is hereby given, that at the June, 1880, session of the board of commissioners of the county of Adams, state of n iana, a petition was presented by John Lee et al praying the board to establish the io - lowing described ditch in said county or Adams, the commencement, direction and termination being described in said pct’tion, which is on file in the auditor s office of said county, as follows, to-wit: Commencing 22 rods north of the southwest corner of 'he northwest quartet o section thirteen (13), township twenty-six (26) north, range fourteen (14) east, in Ad ams county, Indiana, running thence southeast in or with the natural channel of a stream to the southeast corner of the north half of the southwest quarter of said section thirteen (13), thence to follow the nat oral channel of said creek, through the southeast quarter of said section and to cross the section line between sections 13 and 24 at a point 90 rods west of the northeast corner of section 24, running thence southwest through said quarter section to wherp said stream crosses the half section line at. a point 30 rods west of the center of said section, thence southeast to Blue creek and there to terminate, at a point 44 rods south of the center of section 24, township and range aforesaid. Said petitioners representing “that, a large portion of the lands through which said ditch will pass are totally unproductive for want of proper drainage; that the construction of a ditch will not only be conducive of public health, convenience or welfare, but. the same will be of public benefit and utility, and that such drainage can not be obtained without entering upon and passing through the lands adjoining, the owners of a portion of which are unwilling to engage in the enterprise of improvement.” The board being satisfied that the petitioners had, in all respects, complied with the act approved March 9, 1875, entitled ‘ An net to enable owners of wet lands to drain and reeclaim them.” etc., granted the prayer ot said petitioners, and appointed Richard Winans, Henry H. Meyers, 'and G. F. Kintz viewers, who proceeded to view the proposed location of said ditch, and have filed their report, and estimate, snd apportioned the work according to law, and made oath to the same, and report the work to be of public benefit. The following list shows the tracts of lands benefited hy said improvement and the owners names thereof: The s hf nw qr sec. 13, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Nancy Lee. The ne qr sw qr sec. 13, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Kelita Jacobs. The ne qr sw qr sec. 13, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Jacob Baker. The seqr nw qr section 13, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Joseph S. Sackett. The w hf se qr see. 13, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Levi Ray. The nw qr sec. 24, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Samuel Sackett. The seqr ne qr sec. 14. tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Andrew B. Daugherty. Commencing at the southwest corner of thene qr sec. 24, thence north 100 rods, thence east 40 rods; thence south 100 rods, thence to the place of beginning, in tp 26 north, range 14 east; owned by Arminda Hedington. Commencing at the ne corner of sec. 24. thence south 60 rods, thence west 160 rods, thence north 60 rods, thence to the place of beginning, in tp 26 north, range 14 east; owned by Jacob Schroll. The w hf w hf se qr and e hf ne qr nw qr sec. 24, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Sarah Hedington. Now, therefore, be it known, that the board of commissioners of the county of Adams will grant a hearing on the above petition and report on Wednesday, the Bth day of September, 1880, when all persons interested or aggrieved will be heard. AU parties who claim compensation for land or damages by the construction of said work are hereby notified to make application in writing and file the same in the office of the Auditor of the county on or before the day set for the hearing of said pe- ' it ion and report. G. CHRISTEN. July 29, 1880, And. Adams Co.

SHERIFF’S SALE. Strait Btiiley, Mahlon Bailey vs. Edgar J. Hunter. Eva M. Hunter In the Vlatii" Circuit Court of Adams county. Indiana ?,v "'rt.ne of an order of sale to me di i-ectet ni'l delivered by the clerk ot the A.ta'.i!.- Circuit court, of said county and state, upon a judgment rendered at the May term, 188 U. of the said court, 1 have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned, and will expose for sale, by public auction, at the east door of the court house in the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. in. and 4 o'clock p. in. of Saturday. August 21st. 1880, the rents and profits, for a term not to exceed seven years, of the following described premises, in Adams county, Indiana, to-wit: lu-lot number eighty-fiv- [Bs], in Braiideberry’s addition to the town of Monroe, Adams county, Indiana, as the same is designate i on lite recorded plat of said addition to the town of Monroe. Ami on failure to realize threfroin the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and cos's, I will, at the same time and in the manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple of the above described premises. Taken as the property of the defendants to satisfy said order of sale. HENRY KRICK, July 29, 1886. Sheriff Adams Co. I PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE. The State of Indiana, Adams county, Ss. Notice is hereby given that Margaret Aspy. > Jminisirutrix of the estate ot l.aw'i Aspydeqeased, has filed her i.»uttion to sell the real estate of the decedent. his personal estate being insufficient to p-iv his debts; and that said petition will be heard a' the next term of the Adams Circuit court of said’eounty. Witness my hand ami the seal of said court, this 16th day of July, 1880. N. BLACKBURN, Clerk/ Julv 22, 1880.

DITCH JOTICE, Notice is hereby given, that nt the June, 1880 session of the board of commissioner" of the county of Adams, state of a petition was presented by John Bickel praying the board to establish the follqwing described ditch in said county of Adams, the commencement, direction and termination being described in said petition, which is on file in the auditor’s office of said county, as follows, to-wit: Commencing 32 rots west of a point. 50 rods and 18 links north of the southeast corner of section 32, tp27 north, range 15 east, in Adams county, Indiana, running thence east 32 rods, thence south 28 rods, thence south 40 degrees east. .38 rods and links, thence east 16 rods, thence southeast. 22 rods, thence north 80 degrees east 30 rods, thence southeast in channel of old ditch or stream 36 rods, thence east 12 rods, thence northeast 18 rods, th.-ticc mrth 8 rods, thence north 80 degrees east to the terminus at a point 18 rods south of the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 4, tp 26 north, range 15 east in Adams county, Indiana. Said petitioners representing “that a large poition of the lands through which said ditch will pass are totally unprodudtiveforwantof proper drainage: that the construction of a ditch will not only be conducive of public health, convenience or welfare, but the same will be of public benefit and utility, and that such darinagf can not be obtained without entering upon and passing through the lands adjoining, the owners of a portion of which are unwilling to engage in the enterprise of improvement." The Board being satisfied that the petitioners had, in all respects, complied with the act approved March 9, 1875, entitled “An act to enable owners of wet lands tc drain and reclaim them," etc., granted the prayer of said petitioners, and appointed G. F. Kintz, George Frank, and Henry Steele viewers, who proceeded to view the proposed location of said ditch, andjhave filed their report and estimate, and apportion ed the work according to law, and made oath to the same, and report the work to be of public benefit. The following list shows the tracts of lands benefitted by said improvement and the owners' names thereof: The s hf se qr sec. 32, tp 27 north, range 15 east, owned by John Bickel. The n hf ne qr sec. 5, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by David Lyon. The w hf sw qr sec. 33, tp 27 north, range 15 east, owned by Jacob N Counterman. The highway running east and west through sec ions 33 and 4, on the township line, tp 26 nprtb, range 15 east and tp 27 north, range 15 east, Commissioners Adams county. Commencing at the southwest corner o< the southeast quarter of southwest, quartet of sec. 33, tp 27 north, range 15 east, thence east 25 rods, thence south 20 rods, thence west 25 rods, thence north to the place of beginning, owned by Francis D. C. Braddock. The nw qr sec. 4, tp 26 north, range U> east, except the following: Commencing at the sw corner of the se qr of the sw qr sec. 33, tp 27 north, range 15 east, thence east 25 rods, thence south 20 rods, thence west 25 rods, thence to the place of beginning, owned hy Elizabeth Durr, John E. Durr, Henry Durr, Annis Durr, and Samuel Meyers, heirs at law of George Durr, deceased. Now, therefore, be it known, that the board of commissioners of the county of Adams will grant a hearing on the above petition and report on Wednesday, the Bth day of September, 1880, when all persons iaterested or aggrieved will be heard. All parties who claim compensation for land or damages by the construction of said work are hereby notified to make application in writing and file the same in the office of the Auditor of the county on or be fore the day set for the hearing of said petition and report. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor Adams county. July 29, 188(1.

Sheriff's Sale. William Trout, George Brothers vs. Elisha A. Guy, Mary Utiy In the AdamsCircuitCourtof Adamscounty Indiana. By virtue of an order of sale to me directed and delivered by the Clerk of the Adnmscircuit. court of saidcountyandstate upon n judgment rendered at the September term, A. l>. 18?.), of the said court, in favor of said plaintiffs and agai net the defendants 1 have levied on the real estate hereinaftey meuttoned and will expose for sale, by public auction, at the east door of the courthouse, in the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10o’clock a. in. and 4 o'clock p. m.,on SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1880, the rents and profits for a term not to exceed seven years of the following described premises, situated in Adams conntv Ind’ ana, to-wit: * ’ * Tne southwest, quarter of the southeast quarter of section five [s], township twenty eight [2B] north, range fifteen [laf east, containing forty acres, more or fess, in Adams county, state of Indiana. And on failure to realize therefrom the ful amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs, I will, at the same time and in the manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple ot the above described premise® 1 aken as the property of the defendants to satisfy said order of sale. HENRY KRICK July 2V. 1880. Sheriff Adamic PPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Mary E. Erwin, late ot Adams county, deceased The estate U probably solvent. WILLIAM ERWIN Administrator. Cldß snyour OW! ' town. SAont- • , v ■' freo ' N ° ri ' k R eauer, if you want a business at which persons of either j sex can make groat phy all the time thej ITp ’ p ri for particulars to 11. Hallktt I & Co, Portland, Maine.