Decatur Democrat, Volume 24, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1880 — Page 2

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. Democratic State Ticket. For Governor, FRANKLIN LANDERS For Lieutenant Governor, ISAAC P. GRAY. For Secretary of State. J. G. SHANKLIN. Auditor of State, JIAHLON D. MANSON. Treasurer of State, WILLIAM FLEMING. Judges of the Supreme Court. JOHN T. SCOTT. J. A. S. MITCHELL. Clerk of the Supreme Court. GABRIEL SCHMUCK. Reporter of the Supreme Court. A. N. MARTIN. Attorney Genera). T. W. WOOLLEN. (■Superintendent of Public Instruction. A. C. GOODWIN. DiNtrict Ticket. For Congress, GENERAL JAMES R. SLACK. Joint Representative —Adams and Jay. DAVID V. BAKER. •Joint Rerepentative —Adams. Jay and Wells, DAVID F. KAIN, Prosecuting Attorney, JOHN T? FRANCE. Democratic bounty Ticket. For Treasurer, ROB’T. D. PATTERSON. For Sheriff’. HENRY KRICK. For Surveyor, G. F. KINTZ. Commissioner —Ist Dist. JOHN RUPRIGHT. Commissioner —3rd Dist. LEANDER DUNBAR. For Coroner. JOHN E. SMITH. Hancock's Sentiments. The true and the proper use of the military power, besides defending the National honor against foreign Nations, is to uphold the laws and civil government and to secure to every person residing among us the enjoyment of life, liberty and property. The right of trial by jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of the press, the freedom of speech, the natural rights of property must be prserved. Power may destroy the forms but not the principles of justice. These will lire in spite of the sword. The great principles of American liberty still are the lawful inheritance of th is people and ever should be. Armed insurrections or forcible resistance to the law will be instantly repressed by arms. Nothing can intimidate me from doing what I believe to be honest and. right. Arbitrary power has no exception. i Statesman as Well as a Soldier—Gen. Hancock's Great Letter. [New York Sun.] Gen. Hancock’s much talked of letter to Gen. Sherman, bearing date Dec. 28, 1876, has at last been given to the public. It is an off-hand production. (Evidently the General’s own in every ■ part. Whatever may be said of the authorship of other documents, this, beyoud doubt, is his; and we unhesitatingly pronounce it the most excellent and extraordinary letter on the Constitution. on law, and on public military and civil duties ever written by an i American General. It is in full harmony with the simple, plain, but transcendent constitutional principles enunciated in the Sun of the same date. No fair man, after reading it. can say it is not a patriotic letter. The solution which this letter sets ■ forth as applicable to the complicated | situation of the time is the perception of a clear, steady head, and stands in , striking contrast with the confusion of ’ ideas and the timidity which then possessed the Democrats in Congress. Hancock the Constitution, and the ! Law: that is the ticket. Sancho Panza "Blessings on the man,’’ exclaimed Sancho Panza, “who invented sleep. Granted. Sancho, but is not he who restores peace to aching blows more bless?d. Neuralgia and rheumatic sufferers who have obtained permanent relief from Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil ought to and probably do think so. The medicine relieves inflamation, external and internal.

——— Gen. Garfield and The DeGolyer Contract. [New Albany Ledger-Standard.] We do not think it at all necessary in order to achieve success to depreciate the public character of general Garfield. For, in our opinion, if his public record was as pure as that celebrated "Alpine flower that blooms amid eternal snows,’ it would be all the same, and he would be defeated. It is the republican party that is on trial and not its candidates. But notwithstanding this, the whole record of a man 8 life, when he becomes a candidate for an office of high trust, becomes a proper subject for legitimate examination and criticism. Will general Garfield s record bear the test of examination and criticism ? Is his public record without the blot or stain ? The repub lican party so claim in the face of the charges which are made, not by the democratic party, but by the public records of the country as written there by the official acts of the republican party itself. One of these charges is. that as a member of congress and chairman on the committee on appropriations, he took a contingent fee of $5,000 for procuring a contract for DeGolyer & Co., a Chicago firm, to pave a certain portion of the public streets of M ashington City. This was at the time when Boss Shepherd and the Washington ring run the affairs of M ashington City with such high and mighty hand. This contract which was thus procured by Gen. Garfield for DeGolyer & Co., and for which he was paid a fee of $5,000, was made to depend upon a future appropriation by congress, and this appropriation could only come from a committee of which he was chairman, presents such a case of corruption in the sale of his official in fluence, “which, ” in the language of the supreme court of the United States, “no vail can cover,” and no amount of special pleading can excuse. He sold himself body, soul and conscience, for «5,000. As a member of congress, and as its chairman on appropriations, under the solemn obligations of his official oath, if he believed the appropriation to carry into effect the DeGolyer contract was right and just, it was his duty to recommend and vote for it. If he did not believe, $5,000, or fifty times $5,000 should not have been an inducements for him to do so. But that fee j of $5,000 was too great a temptation | for the weak soul of general Garfield, and he fell before it. If he could sell his official power and influence as a . member of congress for $5,000, who 1 knows but that he would do the same . if he was President of the United States ? The scriptural rule is. if a servant is faithful and true over small things when intrusted to his care, he can be trusted to be placed in power over great things but who dare say to General Garfield, in the face of his terrible lapse from honor and integrity in the DeGolyer contract that he had earned the plaudit of commendation and the right to be intrusted with great power and a man responsible of position ? The just judgment seems to be inasmuch as he prove faithless as a member of congress, he ought not to be , trusted as President of the United j States. Mark Twain's Reflection on the German Languase. I have heard of an American student who was asked how he was getting along with his German, and who answered promptly : "I am not getting ; along at all. I have worked at it hard i for three level months, and all I have ■ got to show for it is one solitary Ger- ! man phrase— l Zwei glas (two glasses of beer.) lie paused a moment, reflectively. then added with feeling. “But I’ve I got that solid !’’ My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing), in thirty hours. French in thirty days, and German in thirty years. It seems manifest, then, that the latter tongue ought to be trimmed down and repaired. If it is to remain as it is, it ought to be gently and reverently set aside among the 'lead languages, for only the dead have time to learn it. On the way to Heilbronn there were some nice German people in our com-

■ partment. I got to talking some pretty private matters presently, and Harris became nervous; so he nudged me, and said : “Speak in German —these Germans may understand English. I did so, and it was well I did; for it turned out that there was not a German in that party who did not understand English perfectly. It is curious how widespread our language is in Germany. After a ■while some of those folks got out, and a German gentleman and his two young daughters got in. I spoke in German to one of the latter several times, but without result. Finally she said : “ Ich verstehe nur Deutch und En glische.’’ or words to that effect. That is, “I don’t understand any language but German and English. I can wwderstand German as well as the maniac who invented it. but I talk it best through an interpreter.— The Tramp Abroad. Educational Mattern. President Newell, of the Maryland Teachers’ association, mentioned in severe terms at its meeting the other day the -teachers by accident” —the men who are making the school room a half way house to the church or the bar, and the girls to whom the school house would be a prison were it not that it gives them the means of dressing in a more captivating style, and when the days of hiring are accomplished, to purchase a wedding trousseau. He uttered a bit of advice which teachers decidedly need, trite as it is—that is to accept nothing as right merely because it is customer} - . and nothing as wrong merely because it is new. A donation of $300,000 has been made by an unknown gentleman to Hudson College. This is to be the means of removing the college to Cleveland. The gift is unconditional. There seems to be a good deal of wisdom in the proposal to unite with the college the Case School of Applied Science, which is soon to be established. San Francisco pays a school carpenter $l5O a month, and is haggling over a propposition to pay the new kindergarten teacher SSO a month. This shows the intelligence and common sense of the average school board. The salaries of some of the teacher# in the Worcester schools have been slightly raised. The grammar masters, j who have received lately only $1,620 a I year, are to have again their former salaries of SI,BOO. The colored school at Allegheny has been abolished after a fiery fight in the j school board. Hereafter the colored i children will go to the white schools The study of the national state constitutions made obligatory in the public schools of Wisconsin has been attended with excellent results. The French government has ordered J that a course of teaching in agriculture be introduced into every primary I school in the country. Hanover, the oldest college in Indil ana, has just decided to admit young j women to its instruction on the same i terms as the young men. A University Normal school is now ■ in session at the University of VirginI ia. This school was organized with j the help Peabody Fund. It is reported that in Scranton, Penn., this year the high school graduated I twenty-two girls and one boy. 0. Bortie. of Manchester, Ontario Co., N. ¥.. writes: “I obtained immediate relief from the use of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. I have had Asthma ; for eleven years. Have been obliged to sit up all night for ten or twelve nights in succession. I can now sleep soundly all night on a feather bed, which I had not been able to do previous to using the oil.” Another writes: “I have been troubled with Asthma for years; have used half a bottle of Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric < | Oil, and the benefit I have received from it is so great that I would not take one hundred dollars for the balance if I I could get no more.” “What did the Puritans come to this j country for?” asked a Massachusetts! teacher of his class. “To worship God in their own way and make other people do the same,” was the reply.

How to Get Rich. Tne great secret of obtaining riches, is tiast to practice economy, and as good “Deacon Snyder’ says. “It used to worry the life out of me to pay enormous doctor’s bills, but now 1 have ‘struck it rich.’ HealtKand happiness reign supreme in our little household, and simply because we use no other medecinu but Fclectric Bitters and only cost fifty cents a bottle. ’ Sold by B. W. Sholty Decatur. Ind. 3 Nolice.—We were suffering the most excruciating pain from inflamatory rheumatism. One application of Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil afforded almost instant relief, and two fifty cent bottles affected a permanent cure. C. E. COMSTOCK, Caledonia. Minn. The man who loafs his time away around a one-horse grocery while his wife takes in washing to support him, can always tell you just what this country needs to enhance its prosperity. John Hays, Credit P. O; says: His shoulder was so lame for nine months that he could not raise his hand to his head; but by the use of Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil the pain and lameness disappeared, and although three months has elapsed, he has not had an/attack since. Sold by Dorwin & Holthouse. G A R F 3 GARF329IELD 9 I E L D The Cross of the Order Credit Mobiler. , _____ * The Best Sorin. The Best Form in which electricity is embodied is Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil, a sovereign and highly sanctioned specific for Rheumatic pains, and a thoroughly reliable remedy, all affections of the throat and lungs used ex- . ternally and internally. Sold by Dorwin & Holthouse. Ditch ITotice. Notice is hereby given that at the June, 1879, session of the board of commissioners ot the coanty of Adams, state ot Indiana, a petition was presented by John G. Bryan et al praying the board to establish the following 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 forty rods south of a point | eighty rods east of the northwest corner of section thirteen (13), township twenty-six (26) north, range fourteen (14) east, in Adams county, Indiana, thence running north 42 rode; thence northeast 52 rods; thence north 60 degrees east, 54 rods; thence south 80 decrees east. 48 rods; thence to a point on the township line 9C rods north of the southeast corner of section twelve (12), i township twenty-six (26) north, range fourteen fl 4) east, in Adams county, Indiana; 1 thence in and with the natural channel of llig Run northeast through section seven ; (7), Bluecreek township, county and state I aforesaid, and to a point 20 rods north of I the southeast corner of the southwest quar- j ter of the southwest quarter of section five t township and range aforesaid; thence southeast with the channel of said run 200 rods; j thence northeast to where said run empties : I into the St. Marys river at a point 50 rods ; * north of a point 100 rods east of the northi west corner of section (9), township aad i range aforesaid, and there to terminate. >aid petitioners representing “that a 1 large portion ot the lands through which ! said ditch will pass are totally unpioduct- : ive for warn of proper drainage; that the construction of » ditch will not only be conducive of public health, conven’ence or welfare, but the same will be ot public benefit and utility, and that such drainage can not be obtained without entering upon and j passing through the lands adjoining, the : owners of a portion of which are unwilling 1 to engage in the enterprise of improvement.” The board being satisfied tint the peti- I tioners had, in all respects, complied with : the act approved March 9, 1875. entitled I “An act to enable owners of wet lands to I drain and reeclaim them, ’ etc., granted the prayer of said petitioners, and appointed G. F. Kintz, Henry H. Meyers, and Wash- ; ington Calderwood viewers, who proceeded ! to view the proposed location of said ditch, | and have filed their report and estimate, ; and apportioned the work according to law, and made oath to the same, and report the I work to be of public benefit. The following list shows the tracts of | lands benetitted by said improvement and ! I the owners names theieof: The n hf nw qr sec. 13, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by Silas A,Worthington The sw qr sw qr sec. 12, tp 26 north, , range 14 east, owned by Wm. A Duer. The n hf sw qr section 12, tp 26 north, range 14 east, owned by George , The ehf se qr sw qr section 12, tp 26 i north, range 14 east, owned by Elenor i Walker. The s hf se qr section 12. tp 26 north, range 14 east, and the e hf e hf nw qr sec. tion 7, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Joseph Pogue. The w hf se qr section 7, tp 26 north

range 15 east, owned by Mary J. Merryman. The ne qr se qr sec. 12, tp26 north, aange 14 east, owned by Henry Derks. The sw qr nw qr section 7, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by John W. Merryman. The w hf ne qr and the se qr ne qr sec 7, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by John G. Bryan. The ne qr ne qr sec. 7, and the sw qr sw qr sec. 5, tp 26 north, rnge 15 east, owned by Ruth Danner, Martha Durbin, Jeremiah Danner, Jane Gilpin, Lucy Riley, William Danner, Mary Spending, and Franklin Danner, heirs at law of James Danner. The nw qr and the sw qr se qr see. 8, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Robert H & Edward 11. Miller. The e hf sw qr sec. 5, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Nancy Harper. The w hf w hf nw qr sec. 9, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by George Lutzenhizer. The n hf ne qr section 8, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Louis Lutzenhizer. The se qr ne qr sec. 8, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Christina Danner, Lucinda Parry, Wm. Dunne’, Maynard Danner. Amos Danner, nnd Ft-ie Danner, heirs ' al law of Jeremiah Dauner. <■ undivided hf e hf nw qr nw qr sec. 9, tp ” north, range 15 east, owned by David , Hai koi’. The undivided hf e hf nw qr nw qr sec. 9, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Henry Derks The sw qr sec. 4, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Margaret Lutzenhizer. The nw qr se qr sec. 12, tp 26 north, range 14 east; owned by Jane Durbin. The e hf sw qr sec. 7, tp 26 north, range 15 east, owned by Daniel Morgan. Now, therefore, be it known, that the hoard 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. AH 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 petition and report. G. CHRISTEN. July 29, 1880, And. Adams Co. i . Ditch Notice. Notice is hereby given, that at the June, 1880, session of the board of commissioners of the county of Adams, state of Indiana, a petition was present’d by Jacob Waggoner praying the board to establish the following described ditch in said county of Adams, the commencement, directiun, and termination being described in said petition. which is on file in the auditor’s office of said county, as follows, to-wit: Commencing 20 feet south of the northwest corner of the east half of the southi east quarter ot section 6, township 28 ! north, range 15 east, in Adams county, Indiana, running thence south 114 rods; thence south 26 degrees west, 2 1 rods; thence south t»5 degrees west 60 rods; thence south 12 rods; thence south 60 degrees west 36 rods; thence north 65 degrees west 48 rods; thence north 12 rods to highway; thence west along the south side of slid highway between sections 6 and 7 to the northwest corner of section 7, township 28 north, range 15 east, thence crossing the township line running west on the south side of highway 32 rods; thence south 30 rods; thence southwest to the terminus, at a point 140 lods south of a point. 100 rods west of the northeast corner of section 12, township 28 north, range 14 east, in Adams county, Indiana. Said petitioners representing “thnt a large portion of the binds through which 1 said ditch will pass are totally unproductive for want of proper drainage; that the constrctio 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 cannot be obtaineq without entering upon and passing through the lands adjoining, the owners of a portion of which are un- ; willing to engage in the enterprise of imj provement.’’ The board being satisfied that the peti- : tioners had, in all respects, complied with the act approved March 9, 1875, entitled “An act to enable owners of wet lands to drain and reclaim them,” etc., granted the prayer of said petitioners, and appointed John A. Fonner, L. W. Lewton, and G. F. Kintz viewers, who proceeded to view the proposed location of said ditch, and have , filed their report and estimate, and appor- ; tioned the work according to law, and made oath to the same, and report the work to be i of public benefit. The following list shows the tracts of lands benefit ted by said improvement and j J the owners names thereof: The ehfse qr sec. 6, tp 28 north, range 1 16 eaet, owned by Jacob Wagner. Commencing at the nw corner of the se I qr sec. 6, tp 28 nortji, range 15 east, thence ’ east 80 rods, thence south 140 rods, thence west 80 rods, thence to place of beginning, j owned by Charles W. Black. : The nw qr ne qr sec 7, and the shfs hf S ! sw quarter se qr sec. 6, tp 28 north, range 15 east, owned by Isaac Magner. ■ The nhfnhf nw qr sec. 7, tp 28 north, j range 15 east, owned by Wm. Kline. The se qr ne qr sec 6, tp 28 north, range ~, 15 east, owned by Wm. Swartz. The ehfne qr see. 7, tp 28 north, range £ 15 east, owned by Jacob Ahr. 1 he w hf sw qr sec. 6, tp 28 north, range 15 east, owned by Abel Cross. The se qr sec. 1, tp 28 north, range 14 ! east, owned by Samuel Miller. i Highway running bet ween sections 7 and \ ; 8, tp 28 north, range 15 east, Commissioners Adams county. The ne qr sec. 12, tp 28 north, range 14 I east, owned by Sylvester Wolf. 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. All parties who claim compensation for land or damages by the construction of said work are hereby notified to make application i n 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 petition and report. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor Adams couuty. July 29, 1880.