Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1881 — Page 1

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. Official Paper of Adams County. 18. Uny "V7V-lllia.xkis v rropriotor. Terms: One Dollar amd Fifty Cents Per Y ear.

J. T. BAILEY, ATT’Y AT LAW £ J. P., DECATUR, INDIANA. Will Practice in Adame and adjoining Countiee. Collectione a specialty. v24a29tf S. P. Slci(n»,.n. t>., Physician and Surgeon, PLEASANT MILLS, IND. Office in Gepheart’e building, where he Will be found when not professionally engaged. apr!6t. A. G. HOLLOWAY, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, DECATUB, INDIANA. Office in Houston’s Block, up-stairs. Will attsnd to all professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. Residence on north side of Monroe street, 4th house east of Hart’s Mill. 25jy79tf B B. Alluox, Prw’t. W. H. Niblick,Cwhier. D. Studabakks, Vice Pret't. THE ADAMS COUNTY BANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy79tf P. C. SHACK LEY’ House, Sign, and Carriage Painter, And Paper Hanger. Graining, Calsomining, Whitewashing, etc. Prices to suit the times. Sixteen years in Adams county. Give me a call anti save money. Shop on southeast corner of Jefferson and Second streets. Decatur, Ind., Aug. 5, 1879. Baug79 PETERSON & HUFFMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUB, INDIANA. Will practice in Adams and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to collections and titles to real estate. Are Notaries Public and draw deeds and mortgages • Real estate bought, sold and rented on reasonable terms. Office, rooms 1 and 2, I. O. O. F. building. 25jy79tf Great chance to make monXdlUMm. We neek a person in every town to take subscriptions for the largest, cheapest and best illustrated family publication in the world. Any one can become a successful agent. Six elegant works of art given free t o subscribers. The prioe is so low that almost everybody subscribes. One agent reports taking 120 subscribers in a day. A lady reports making over S2OO clear profit in ten doys. All who •flgage make money fast. You can devote all your time to the business, or only your epare time. You noed not be away from home over night. Coil can do it as well as others. Full directions and terms free. Elegant and expensive outfit free. If you want profitable work send us your address at once. It costs nothing to try the business’ No one who engages fails to make great pay Address George Stinson Co., Portland, Maine. 22jy *1 Wonderful IHxcoftry. For the speedy cure of Consumption and all diseases tb»t lend to it. such ns stubhorn Coughs, neglected Colds, Dron®hulß, Hay Fever, Asthma, pa’ n in the side and chest, drv cough, tickling in the throne, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, and all chronic or lingering diseases of the throat and lungs, Dr. King's New Discovery has no equal and baa established for itself a world-wide reputation. Many leading physicians recommend and use it in their practice. The formula form which it is prepared is highly recommended by all medical journals The clergy and the press have complimented it in the most glowing terms. Go to your druggist and get a trial bottle for ten cts., or a regular site for sl. For sale by Dorwin & Holt{house.

Stop That Cough. Iff you *re suffering with a cough, cold Aethma, bronchitis, hay fever, consumption lees of voice, tickling in the throat, or any of the throat or lungs, use Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption. This is the great remedy that is causing so much excitement by its wonderful cures curing thousands of hopeless cases. Over tfee millioa bottles of Dr. King's New Dis covery have been used within the last yetr, And have gtveu perfect satisfaction in every instance. We can unhesitatingly say <faat this is really the only ture cure for throat and lung affections, and can cheerfully recommend it to all. Call and get a trial bottle for tea cents or a regular she forsl. DORWIN & HOLTHOUSE, Decatur. Ind. 4 DRESSMAKING! Notice is hereby given <x> the ladies of Decatur and vicinity that I have opened a Dressmaking Shop in Decatur, and am prepared to CUT AND MAKE OR CUT AXD FIT Ladies’ and Children's Dresses in the latest New York and Parisian styles I do my cutting by the celebrated PERFECT-FITTING MODEL and am the only one in the city so doing. Having several years practical experience I guarantee aatitfaction in each and every instance, and I cordially solicit a share of your patronage. CHARGES REASONABLE. Shop on and Street, over Conter & Uoltbouse’s Sboe Store. MRS. JC E. FRISTOE April 2,1880. _____ Given Ip by the Doctors. Where doctors have failed to cure, and have given their patients up to die, Eclectrio Bitters have often been used, and a cure effected, greatly to the astonishment of all. Diseases of the Stomach, liver, Kidney, and Urinary Organs are positively cured by Electric Bitters. They invariably cure constipation, Headache and Billions attacks. Try them, aud be convinced that they are the best medicines ever weed. Sold by B. W. Sholty Decatur Ind.

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Unclortali.ing. HISKEY & BROADBECK, UNDERTAKERS Opposite Adams County Bank, Call the attention of the public generally to a large and comblete line of BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS, And to the fact that they are using the 11. & L ANTI-SEPTIC FLUID, For Embalming, Mummifying, Disinfecting and Purfuming the flesh of the dead, and of Preserving the Features in a natural state. A fine line of SHROUDS Are also kept on hand. In addition to their undertaking establishment they have the largest and most complete stock of FURNITURE Ever offered to the people of Adams County, Dot’t purchase one dollar's worth of Furniture before examining their stock and prices. HISKEY & BROADBECK. Decatur, Ind., Sept. 9, 'BO ly. THE BLADE PRINTING AND PAPER CO. Meet all competition, both as to Quality and Prices, in supplying BLANK BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY At Wholesale. 154 St. Clair SI., TOLEDO, 0. February 10, 1881.—45m3

Gray’s Specific Medicine. TSAOS MASK Tire Gbbat TSAOS MASK English RemEDYanunfail- fig[, iug cure for seminal weak M ness, Sperma- jjRSSr turrlll "‘.l tency.Jand a1! ’ tlffilt TAUM. Jise “ 9e * tba 'MTH TAIIII. follow as a consequence of Self-abuse; as loss of memory, Universal Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and many other diseases that lead to Insanity, Consumption and a premature grave. ftg“Full particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send free by mail to every one. The Specific Medicine is sold by ail druggists al $1 per package, or 6 packages for $5, or will be sent free by mail on receipt of the money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., No. 106 Main street, BnrrALO, N. Y. For sale by Dorwin & Holthouse. HEALTH ifWEALfH! Dr. E. C, West’s Nebvk AMD bbaim Tbeatmest: a specific for Hysteria, Dixxiness, Convulsions, Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory, Spcrmatorrbcea, Impotency,,lnAOluntary Emissions, self-abuse, or over-indulgence, which leads to misery, decay and death. One box will cure recent calles. Each box contains one mouth’s treatment. One dollar a box, or aix boxes for five dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receiptof price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any case With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return the money if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees iesued only when. treatment is ordered direct from us. Address or call on Dorwin & Holthouse Druggists Decatux Ind. 6ms. Farm For Sale. The undersigned wishes to sell his farm in Root township. There ars 40 acres, 30 acres cleared, good farm house and barn, two wells of excellent water, good orchard and good land. Price, SSO per acre—one-half cash and balance in four years. For further particulars inquire of Dr. T. T. Dorwin, of Decatur, or address the owner at Fort Wayne, Ind. Christian Eix, 4 7 m 3 Owner. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. This salve is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction in everv case or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dobwin 4 Holthodsk.

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RECTALDISEASESASPECIALTY BY DR. A. B. JAMISON, Who ie permanently located at Decatur. Satisfaction Guaranteed! PILES--NO CUREjNO PAY! Os the many cases I am now treating and have examined I find it a common notion of the sufferers “that they have the Piles.” They write, send or ask for medicine for the Piles. You can net tell, nor could I, if I did not make an examintion. You would just as likely be right to call all trouble of the Rectum Cancer as to call it the Piles.“K you have a sore throat you desire to know what kind—Diptheria, Tonsillitis; if fever —Bilious, Lung, Brain, Typhoid, etc., then you have an idea of the danger. Then why call every trouble of the Rectum Piles? Hundreds of young men and women and older persons go to their grave from Rectal diseases—most likely Ulceration Jor Cancer—and the so-called Piles are not accused of murder. Never say you-have the Piles unless some physician tells you so, or any other difficulty; and know how high—one, two or three inches—and how much surface diseased. One-half of the cases I am called on to examine or treat have no Piles at all, but a disease a thousand time worse. I find many troubled with Piles, Tabb and Ulceration. I have yet to find a simple case of Piles without ulceration. Dr. Allingham says “Ulceration extending above the internal sphincter, and frequently situated entirely above that muscle, Is not so very uncommon a disease; it inflicts great misery upon the patient, and, if neglected, leads to conditions quite incurable, and the patient dies of exhaustion unless extraordinary means are resorted to. In the earliest stages of the malady careful, rational and prolonged treatment is often successful and the patient is restored to health; I wish I could say the same of the severe and long-standing cases. Ulceration of the rectum can only be mistaken for malignant diseases. * * As the earlior manifestations are fairly amenable to treatment, it is of the utmost importance that the disease should be recognized early.” I believe it to be malignant, and have cases that speak for themselves. If you have any trouble come in time and find out your danger. Find outjhow much your head, memory, heart, lungs, stomach, li v er, kidneys, bowels, bladder, womb, back and legs are troubled from your diseased Rectum. I could name many persons that I am now treating who have some one or two organs deranged and have spent a great deal of money to no purpose, because it pees not reach the cause of trouble. I Guarantee the Cure of Piles. Should I fail, I will pay your Railroad and Hotel Bills, return every cent you paid, and make you a present of One Hundred Dollars. Examination free to all. A. B. JAMISON. M. D. Decatur, Ind., January 27, 1881. iTATION’Air Baking Powder! THE PUREST AM) BEST i.v rm: .turret. $300.00 Will be paid for any Alum. Terra Alba, or other impurities found in This Powder! Sold in Tin Cans. Try It! SOLD ONLYiy J. WELFLEY, Decatur, Indiana, NATIONAL BAKING POWDER CO., MARION, OHIO. March 17, 1881. 50m3 L. C. FELLERS, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, And Dealer la Building Stone, Brick, Masonry, &c., Aad Proprietor at THE DECATUR Steam Pressed Brick AND TILE WORKS. I would respectfully inform the citizens of Adams and adjoining that I have located a Steam Pressed Brick and 'Tile Works in Decatur, and will manufacture a superior quality of Brick and Tile, and will be prepared by the 15th of May, and from that time on, to furnish parties Building Brick, Sidewalk Brick, Sewer Brick and Pile of every desired caliber by the rod, st very Iqw prices. Call at the Yard and examine Stock and Prices. Contracts for all kinds of stone and I brick work will receive prompt attention, j March 8, 1881. 48m6 i

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, APRIL 28, 1881

DITCHI NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that st the March, 1881, session of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Adams, and State of Indiana, a petition was presented by Abner 8. Parrish, 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 at the Auditor's office of said County. Said ditch is located on the following route, via: Commencing 80 rode southwest of the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty (80), township twenty-seven (27) k north, range fourteen (14) east, in Adams county, Indiana; running thence northeast thirty (30) rods, thence north 108 rods, thence north 60 degrees west 24 rods, thcuce north 20 degrees west 42 rods, thence north 24 rods, thence north 20 degeees west 24 rods, thence north 20 degrees east 12 rods, and there to terminate. 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 eonstructiou <f a ditch will not ouly 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 petititionere had in all respects complied with the act approved March 9, 1875, entitled “ An aci to enable owners of wet lands to drain and reclaim them," etc.; granted the prayer of said pelioners; and appointed G. F. Kintz, Jacob Yager, Jr., and Richard Winans viewers, who proceeded to view the proposed location of said ditch, and have filed their report and estimate, -nd 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 land benefitled by said improvement and the owners' names:

The west half northeast quarter section 30, township 27 north,, range 14 east, owned by Abner 8. Parrish. The southeast quarter southeast quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Perry H. Andrews. The northeast quarter northeast Jquarter Section 80, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Perry H. Andrews. The southwest quarter southeast quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 14 cast, owned by Lewis 8. Wagoner. Commissioners of Adams county on pvblic highway between sections 19 and 36, township 27 north, range 14 east. The northeast quarter northwest quarter section 30, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Stephen Hoffman. The east half southeast quarter southwest quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Rebecca Thornton. The northwest quarter southeast quarter section 19, township 27 north, range 14 east, owned by Jeremiah Andrews. 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 June, 1881, 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 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, Auditor Adams County. Auditor's office, Adams County, April 10, 1881. April 21, 1881.—3w4. SHERIFF’S SALE In Jthe Adams Circuit Cburt, of Adams county, Indiana. John Huffnagle, William Allen, Lewis L. Belt, James T. Meeker, John Dcvor, vs. February Term, Stephen H. Bailey, 1881. Sarah C. Bailey, George R. McDonald, Executor of the will of George Cox, deceased, Elizabeth McConkey. By virtue of an order of Sale to me directed and delivered by the Clerk of the AdamsCircuitCourt, on a finding and decree rendered in said court, at the February term, 1881, in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendant Bailey et al., and on a finding and decree in favor of George R. McDonald, Execu'or of the will of George Cox, deceased, against the defendant Bailey, et al., and on a finding and decree ,n favor of Elisabeth McConkey again,t the plaintiffs and defendants, I have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned, and wiilexposefor sale at 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. m., and 4 o'clock, p. m. on Saturday, May 21, 1881, the rents and profits, for a term not to exceed seven years, of the following described premises, situate in Adams county, Indiana, to-wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of section seventeen (17), tbence east ton stake, established corner of William Cunningham's twenty acres, thence south to the Wabash river, thence down the meanderings of said Wabash river to the middle line of section seventeen (17), tbence north to the Fort Wayne and Winchester State road, thence along the meanderings of said road to the place of beginning; also the southeast fraction of the southwest quarter of section seventeen (17), east and north of said Wabash river, and the southwest fraction of the southeast quarter of section seventeen (17), all in township twenty-five (25) north, rangefourteen (14) east, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana. And, on failure to realise therefrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs, 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 saidorderof sale. HENRY KRICK, Sheriff Adams County. April 21, 1881. OF EXECUTOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of David D. Bevelbnimer, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. FERDINAND REIN KING, Administrator. Peterson S. Huffman, Attys, April 14, 1881. Carry the Sewt to Mary. I have a good farm of 100 acres, 40 acres cleared, and 60 acres good timber, 2 miles east of Decatur. Will sell reasonable, B. H. Dknt.

DOES iHAHOYE WA IT A FIGHT ? A Virginian’s Opinion on the Point—Office Hunting-Car-field’s Ingratitude. Washington, April 17.—“ Will Mahone fight?" This question was addressed to a Virginian, in the course of a talk about the altercation between Mahone and Hill. “I know Mahone pretty well," said the gentlemen addressed. “He has undoubted personal courage, is over quick to give and take offense, and I think would stand his ground in almost any extremity. He was a respectable Brigadier in the Confederate army, and is understood never to have shirked. In the affairs of the world he is rather above the average, though not cut out for a deliberative body like the United States Senate." “How do you explain his aggressive bearing toward Hill, even to the point of making himself ridiculous?” “That is explained in part by Mahone’s natural waspishness, and then he thinks he sees advantages to be gained for himself in Virginia by such a course. It is not unlikely that he would be glad of the chance to fight Hill, if he could get a challenge. He may persuade himself that a duel with Hill, or somebody, would be his strong hold with the people he will have to deal with in Virginia. He is also playing to the South in general, where there is a liking for that sort of thing. I think Mahone has deliberately chosen his part, and perhajis not without a certain tact. From the start he has been a successful man in life. His tactics have ever been the same; and he is probably convinced that they will serve him to the end. Yes, I think Mahone would fight, and that he rather seeks the chance with Hill. He is a good shot—none better.” It is to be observed that the scene between Hill and Mahone was not at all relished by the grave Senators. Nor is Mahone wearing well with Republican Senators generally. Whatever he does or says,-they must defend him ; and, considering what he has already done and said, they are in dread of what may happen from moment to moment. The present hunt for office is beyond precedent. There is actually not a place for one in a thousand of those who apply. It is true that there has been some in the Pension Bureau to be filled, but of the applicants not one in ten ever had any prospect of success. For weeks not less than two thousand persons have been waiting for less than two hundred places. Probably nearly as much money lias been expended as the aggregate yearly pay of the places hunted would come to. Apart from the Pension Bureau few vacancies are likely to occur unless forced. “None resign and few die,” is as true now as ever it was. In one department the number of applicants sum up to fifteen hundred—and hardly a vacancy in it. Among the applicants are many women, some of them young, many from far away, and most of them destined to disappointment. What the policy relating to removals is to be has not yet been determined. The heads are understood to be taking time to consider it. Mr. Blaine has taken occasion to indicate his opinion that the man or woman who has been four years in office—except in certain important positions—should go out. Here is a chance for George William Curtis to preach a sermon. Mr. Blaine was his favorite, and civil service re form his hobby. Garfield has talked by the hour, by the day in fact, about it. But when he comes to act we shall see. There are premonitions of a good many changes. Apart from the Ohio patriots who have not been paid off, every other State has its thousands with their dishes up. The man who nominated Garfield has gone home. He went by the swearing train. The man who started Garfield for President went home, too. Both came to Washington for something handsome, not doubting they would get it, The former wanted to go to China or Brazil; the latter, having a large'family, had decided to content himself with the marshalship of his district. Having spent about S2OO a piece, and got only admission to the White House along with the crowd and a two-second shake of the President's hand, they began to smell a rat. A sense of the delusive character of their expectations suddenly dawned on them. Desperately they pushed themselves into Garfield's presence with their stories. He didn’t know either of them. Hope then went out like a candle. Their wrath rose, and terrible oaths mingled with their demand for through tickets. Neither knew the other's business until the meeting on the train. When last beard from they were drinking from'* black bottle over a solemn agreement never again to make a President. Forgetful Young Men. Philadelphia News. A young fellow from Dover township, Ohio, walked into the Probate Office and asked Judge Brown for a license for himself and girl to marry. The judge took down hie name, and then asked the name of the young lady. The fellow scratched his head and stamered, but could not recollect it. He studied and studied, but her name had completely slipped his memory. Finally he told the Judge to make it just “the same as his’n,” as it soon would be that, but the J udge would not give him the license under the circumstances, and the fellow trudged home and same back in a couple of hours. He had the name this time on a peioe of paper, got the license, and went away happy, Our word for it, if you will try Rinehart’s Worm Lozenges you will find them better than all others. 3—2 w

L A Literary Revolution Challenge. TheoldJine publishers have, very , naturally, not been well pleased with . the now famous enterprise, “The Literary Revolution;” and in depreciation of its character have laid special stress upon the claim that in cheapj. cning books so vastly it is against the interests of American authors. The 1 Revolution boldly meets this asserI tion by the statements as follows: Ist. That they are already paying toAuier- ’ ican authors more money than any ‘ other publishing house that is less ‘ than twenty-five years established. ' 2nd. That American authors rarely receive from publishers a copyright ex- , ceeding 10 percent upon the retail price of their books actually sold. 3rd [ That at least one-half, and probably I more, nearly three-fourths of the books published by American authors have been published at the author s expense, ' the publishers furnishing no money, and paying no copyright, but themselves receiving a large percentage ups on sales made. 4th. That they pro- ( pose hereafter to pay to American ’ authors for acceptable manuscripts a copyright of 15 per cent, instead of 10 , per cent, and they claim that their low ' prices, and immense sales resulting therefrom, are far more in the interest ' of authors than much larger copyright 1 on the commonly limited number of ' sales—“ One thousand books, profit ’ SI.OO each equal SI,OOO. One million books, profit one cent each equal ' $10,000.” ' As an example of an American copy- ' right book, they issue, in an exceedingly handsome form, the famous poetI ical, historical, and satirical American , classic, “M’Fingar, an Epic Poem," by John Trumbull, with very full annota- ) tions by the celebrated historian Benson J. Lossing, LL. D. This poem is almost as much a part of American history as the battle of Bunker Hill ' itself, and Dr. Lossing has greatly in- ' creased both its interest and its intrinsic value by his historical com- ’ ments and illustrations. This took ’ was published a few years ago by one ' of the old publishing houses at the ~ price of $2.00 per copy, and had only a very limited sale. The publishers claim that the recention of their new . edditiou guarantees a sale of at least 50,000, or even more probably 100,000 1 copies; and Mr. Lossing will, of : course, reap a handsome reward, even ’ from the small royality upon the low ' price American Book Exchange, ! Puplishers, New York City. I A Lively Fight on a Farm. ' Munoib, Ind., April 21.—Near Dalville, this County, yesterday afternoon, * occurred a hard-fought fight between ' James Finwick and Fred Smith, renters of a farm, out of which the diffir culty grew. Finwick commenced work in a field yesterday afternoon, and during the progress of his work was informed by Smith that he had control of the farm, and he (Finwick) must go. ’ Finwick thought Smith was trying to intimidate him, and he went not. Mrs. ’ Smith appeared and entered a protest against Finwick’s intentions of plant- * ing certain crops, and he was ordered away in concert by both the landlord and landlady. A red-hot quarrel ensu- ’ ed, which finally culminated in a dead- ’ ly combat, which was participated in , by Finwick on one side and Smith and ! wife on the other. During the melee the farming implements lying around ' the scene, which were of a suitable shape, were brought into use, and the fight is said to have been a terribleone. , Smith received one pistol ball in his t thumb and another in the calf of his , leg, while Finwick’s injuries were even more serious. Finwick received a k terrible blow in the free from a hoe, i cutting a deep and horrible gash. Another blow from the same implement laid bare his skull from the rear, and yet another sweep in frontebopped his scalp near his forehead. Fiuwick, it is said denied the shooting, but from the same source comes the report that a pistol was found on his person. He presented a horrible sight when he appeared in Daleville to have his wounds dressed by a surgeon. The affair is one which the citizens of Daleville ■ should deplore, as it may yet end very seriously. At last accounts no arrests had been made. Leadville Types. Philadelphia Press. Os all American cities Leadville i might be expected to contain a number of what a novelist calls types. A list of candidates for city office has . just been published, with biographical , sketches, showing that the typical ■ American as he seems to foreigners , may certainly be found in Leadville* i The candidate for Mayor was born in , Michigan. He learned the “rudiments" r at the public schools. In 1858 he be- > came a printer's devil, and two years later entered a commercial college, which he left to go into the pork packing business. Next he entered a bank as clerk, in 1870, he studied medicine, graduating from Bellview Hospital, ’ New York. Then he went to Colorado and practiced medicice. Then he became superintendent of a mine, aud * now at the age of thirty-six, he is likely to be Mayor of Leadville. One of ' the candidates for Aiderman is thirtythree years of age. He was born in ’• Maine, went to lowa as soon as he was 1 old enough to go. He engaged in sev- ' oral mercantile pursuits ; went to the ' war; engaged in stock raising; took 1 an appointment in the Portsmouth navy- ‘ yard; went to Chicago and engaged in the commission business, and then ran , two markets ; was burned out in the Chicago fire; went to Colorado Springs and engaged in the hotel business. From there he went to Leadville when the craze started, and is interested in forty mines and is a large real estate ■ owner. If these men are not typical I Americans it is hard to say where tiny ' will be found

STEEDMAN VS. SHERMAN. Sheer Nonsense to way there waS no surprise at Shiloh Toledo, 0., April 10.—Gen. J. B. Steedman publishes to-day in his paper, the Sunday Democrat, the following concerning the recently agitated history of the battle of Shiloh : “Gen. Sherman, as usual in his address to the Army if the Tennessee at Cincinnati, went off half cocked, and pronounced Whitelaw Reid's account of the battle of Shiloh utterly unreliable. It is well known to every living soldier of the Army of the Cumberland who knew anything of the facts about that battle at the time it was fought, that Mr. Reid’s account of it was entirely truthful. Our army was surprised and General Sherman’s brigade was the first part of it totally routed, he himself narrowly escaping capture. Gen. Sherman knows well that when his brigade was routed he was closely pursued by the mounted rebel Gen. Forrest, who told the writer of this of the incident himself, and barely made his escape. It is all sheer nonsense for Gen. Sherman to say he was not surprised. He can not falsify the history of the battle of Shiloh at this late day to give himself importance. Whitelaw Reid never intentionally wrote anything about any battle of the war that was hot true.” “Tell Mother it was an Accident.” Cleveland. 0., April 13. —Elmore T. Cobb, one of the first young men of this city, son of one of the wealthiest men of Cleveland, blew his brains out last night. During the evening he went to the home of his father and entered his own room without meeting any member of the family. Soon after this he was heard to walk to and fro. A brother went to the room door to see if anything was wanted ; he said nothing was wanted. The brother turned and was partway down stairs when the deceased opened his bedroom door and said : ‘Tell mother it was an accident.’ Then followed the report of a revolver. The brother rushed into the room and found young Cobb lying on the floor unconscious, with a bullet hole through his head. The bullet had entered just above the right eye. The remainder of the family was informed of the tragedy, and Dr. Ison and Thaver summoned, but they could do nothing. Death occurred at 7a. m. The deceased was thirty years old, and several years ago made an unfortunate marriage. Some hold this as the cause of his downfall. It is claimed that for several days the deceased suffered greatly from mental depression. This is ascribed as the cause of the act. A Family Quarrel. San Francisco, April 22.—About 10:30 this morning a shooting affray occured at the corner of Washington and Kearney streets, between Thomas W. Cunningham and J. A. Chandler, in which the former was killed and the latter wounded, though not dangerously. A family quarrel was the cause of the tradgdy, the parties having married sisters. Chandler claims Cunningham sought to break up his family, in consequence of which Chandler's wife left him and sued for a divorce. He also claims Cunningham first drew a pistol with threatening language. Cunningham is a commission merchant. Chandlei was formerly employed in the mint and subsequently a member of the California board of brokers. lie has been lately out of business, but was expecting a goverment appointment. It is reported he is a nephew of the late Zach Chandler.

Sermon* by Telephone. [Chicago Times Carrollton, 111., April 11.—The President of the Carrollton Telephone Exchange of this city ran a line in the Presbyterian church, connecting it with a Blank transmitter placed at the right of the speaker in die pulpit, and yesterday morning the citizens at a dozen residences and business places, some of them half a distant, listened to the sermons by the pastor. Every word of the two discourses was heard as distinctly as thongh the listener were in the church. The music was particularly distinct, the voices of the different choristers being readily distinguished. About to Make a Speech. [New York Sun ] It is stated by Washington letter writers that Senator Conkling is about to make a speech which will shake the Republican party to its foundations. Now there is one trouble about SentorConkling. He is oftenjust aboutto make a speech which he never makes. He was about to make a speech exposing the conspiracy which placed Hayes in the White House. But he never made it. He lost his grand opportunity to serve his country in a memorable way. About—about—about! Yes. Mr. Conkling is about to do what he will never do. He is also about to lose his prestige ! Yankee Railroad in Mexico. [Rochester Union.] American firms are now engaged in building various lines of railway in Mexico, among them the Mexican National Railroad, the main line of which will extend from the city of Mexico to Laredo, on the Texas boundary. There will also be a branch from Manzamillo to the capital. Twenty-five parties of American engineers are employed on these works, and two hundred locomotives have been ordered, some of which nave arrived in Mexico. The Governor of Chihuahua has stationed 500 troops at El Pase, with the view of keeping order, as the army of railroad [ builders advance.

AORICVETVRAE Three thousand species of grass are known to botanists. The roots of the grasses in a good pasture will weigh from five to ten tons. An insurance company has been formed in Prussia to insure against loss of hogs by trichina. Never feed decayed roots of any kind to cows giving milk. One decayed turnip fed to a cow would effect the milk of fifty cows if mixed together. Among French farmers it is considered much better to feed beet pulp to sheep and cattle for production of meat than for milk. Horses will not eat it readily. A Frenchman is breeding camels in Nevada. He has forty camels, all but three natives of that state., engaged in carrying goods from railroad stations to mining camps. A simple adhesive for rubber belts is made by sticking powdered chalk, which has evidently been sprinkled over, to the surface of the belt by cold tallow or boiled linseed oil. The most successful fruit growers East and West have decided that there is no better remedy for the codling moth than to pasture hogs in the orchard, to eat the wormy apples and the worms therein. In transplanting trees never set them deeper in the ground than they were originally before they were moved. The roots of grape vines should always be kept near the surface, since their roots never run deeper. Spring flowers are generally small and delacate, but sweet; the flowers of summer are larger and more plentiful and have brighter colors, and are also very sweet and fill the air with fragrance; the flowers of autumn are bright and showy but have little fragrance. Thousands are sold in the fall at ruinously low prices, but in spite of this it is estimated that from 30 to 40 per cent of the cattle in Colorado have perished during the winter. In other sections the loss has not been so great, but it has been sufficiently large to check the business. Loose pulleys require constant attention and much oil, and are very hard on the belt. It is best to have them a trifle smaller than the tight pulley, and with a step or flange running up to the diameter of the tight one. This takes the strain off the belt and the fraction from the pulleys, The phylloxery, the deadly enemy of vineyards, has appeared in six counties of California. No means of getting rid of this pest has been discovered abroad, where its ravages have been severely felt. Since 1875 it has driven out of vine culture 600,000 acres, and reduced the vintage of 1880 one-third as compared with that of 1875. As soon as the frost leaves the surface of the ground, and we have a few davs of warm sunshine, the grub of the canker worm will leave its winter quarters and take up its line of march for the trunks of apple trees, up to which, if no obstruction prevents it, it will climb to deposit, on the smaller branches, its eggs. Apple trees in locations where this destructive animal is found should be at once looked after; if they are not protected by patent protecters, a strip of tarred paper a foot in width should be tied around the trunk and kept well covered with tar, printer’s ink or a preparation made by melting four parts of rosin with one part of linseed oil. The greatest care should be taken to keep the paper covered during the month of April so thick with some stickey substance that no grub can pass over it.

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In discussing the merits of different breeds of swine, John D. W. French, of Andover, writes: The large breeds, such as the Berkshire, are best for bacon, the smaller breeds for pork. If you want pigs with good constitutions, which will come to early maturity and weigh 200 pounds or thereabouts at a year old, take an Essex, or small Yorkshire boar, and cross him on some of the large, coarse sows with which the state abounds. Such pigswill be good feeders, easily kept, and will give the best average results for pork and bacon. If real improvements is expect ed, a pure bred boar should be used as much as a pure bred bull on herd of cows, whether the calves are wanted for the dairy or the butcher. The larger the sow and the smaller the boar, the more will the little pigs be able to eat in proportion to their size, and the greater will be their growth in proportion to the food consumed. To produce pigs merely for the butcher we should resort to crosses with a large, vigorous, unpampered sow put to ths finest thoroughbred boar of the small breeds that can be obtained.—Am>~rican Cultivator. For pure, unadulterated cussedueM a boy, living not far from Angela, takes the cako. Last Sunday Dan Case, residing about a mile and a half from towu, attended a funeral, and on his return thought he would enjoy a smoke. Accordingly he picked up a pipe, filled, as he supposed, with the best of tobacco. He applied a match to the weed. About thirty seconds thereafter there was an explosion, the pipe being pulverized and Mr. Case's face filled with gunpowder. During his absence at the funeral in ugly wretch of a boy, fond of so-called “practical jokes," imagined it would be a fine thing to fill the pipe with gunpowder, topping off the explosive material with a little tobacco. The thought was father tv the deed ; the bomb was fixed and in due time caused to explode, injuring Mr. Case severely.— Angola Republican. In examining the “Names and Addressed of teachers of Adams county published in the Democrat a few weeks since, I notice the omission of a few teachers whose names and address I here give. W. W. Harris, F. L. Harris and I. N. Kerr, all of Berne. The omission was made through mistake. Soft. The best preparation known in the market for restoring gray hair to ita original color is Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. Try it'