Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1881 — Page 2

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. IIY S.HAY WILLIAMS DECAT 18, INDIANA. Thursday, June 9, 1881. Maiione has a candidate for govern or in Virginia. Ill's name is CamekON. The dead-lock continues at Albany, but each day adds to the b lief of the Democrats that the power of Rosaos Conkling has about petered out. Gen. Sherman experiences much difficulty in making his statements re : garding affairs of the late war stick. He appears to be met on all sides with contradictory statements. CHARLEY Foster was nominated yesterday by the Republicans for gov ernor of Ohio, at the Cleveland convention. Several Republican | apers in that state have positively refused to support him. The Detroit Free Press says : 'The confirmation of Stanley Matthews is a disgrace to every Democrat who effected it.” True! Every one of them must be relegated to private life as fast as opportunities present them sei ven. Months ago, when outside appearance indicated the fraudulent admin istration to be sailing along as smoothly as one of its character could reasonably be expected to, the most highhand and outrageous stealing was going on daily under tbe.very nose of the Fremont sham. Fop. unadulterated' SwKistry commend us to the speech of John Sher man at the Republicatt'"state convention of Ohio. He congratulated the convention upon the auspicious open ing of GaKFIELD’s administration. One delegate who could not be - softsoaped” in that manner said "Bah ! Why do Republican papers continue j to print the silly paragraph, ‘-Garfield! is President?” Os course he is President, and no living human being has as : yet set up any proposi.ion to the contrary. It is certainly not very complimentary to even a Credit Mobelier; president to keep reminding him every few days that he is the occupant of an office to which he was electod months ago and which he has held since tin' 4th of March. W. W. Armstrong, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is being spokeu of by his hosts of Democratic ’ Admirers in connection with the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio.. Billy, as he is familiarly known to i the “craft,” has labored long and hard in the cause of Democracy, lie is honest, able, and a true patriot, and we know of no other Rian in the Demo- ’ critic party of Ohio who would be likely to poll a larger vote than he. He is true as steel and an indefatigable worker. It would afford us much pleasure to see him nominated for governor of Ohio. It is reported from Washington that the vacillating president is poor in health and broken down in spirit. He sees his party going to pieces under the scramble for spoils and probing for official rottenness. The administration ' is divided, the head and tail both wal- : lowing in the filthy political mire at Albany, while one member ot the cabinet is busily engaged in hunting for evidence to convict another member of i the same cabinet of being privy to the most shameless stealings that have ever disgraced a civilized nation. Truly Ttire iuan who secures the office of president through the use of money stolen for that purpose has a hard road to ; travel. No candid man, who lm° do*watched thg.iUvJ.A IN O tICI -•-X Vlwvlj I political developments of me past few weeks, can fail to realize the truth of the charges preferreu agaiut the Republican party by the ; Democratic press during the last cam paign. The Democratic press repeat edly charged that die Republican partv, under the leadership of dishonesty from its fraudulent executive down to insignificant assistants in the various departments of government, was void of principal and profligate in its official management of the government. That the charges, broad and serious as they were, were born of truth and knowledge is more clearly established by recent developments in one branch of the civil service of the government. It is found, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen, absolutely stolen, by Republicans high in official life ; that much of the money thus stolen was illegally used to secure a new lease of official power; that all this stealing was done under the eyes of the man who was conscious of the fact that he held I an office to which he had been rejected ! by the people. These arc a few of the : .developments made. This is the way our country was managed under the gdmiuistration of a man who held an office to whiili he was never elected who held an office for the emoluments thereof. But the probing for Republican corruption continues, not through any desire on the part of the Republicans, but through a knowledge of the fact that any attempt to stay furthei proceedings would not be tolerated Even the president, at war with hi liiL

.. - — party and embarrassed with a reeorc J punctured all over with corruption would stop the investigation if he could but the edict Iras gone forth and the people must know the result. But lei the future develop what it may, the fact has undoubtedly forced itself up on the minds of the American people ’ that the Republican party has cstab 1 lished and controlled the rottenest political edifice the world has ever I known. Their leaders, or rather the c ' Credit Mobelier administration, is yet e sustained by a few cross-roads postof- . lice ofgans. Washing-ion FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. i Washington, June B.—-The amount i of coupon fit . per cent, bonds of 1881 ! received for continuance at 3| per cent. ' up to the close of business to-day, was 1 530.355.700. It is the opinion of treasury officials that nearly all out- - standing coupon 5s will be received for continuance during this month. ( There are upwards of $5,000,000 of registered five per cent, bonds now in 1 treasury department which were for I warded by holders previous ta the 23d i ult., the date fixed for the receipt of 1 | bonds for continuance awaiting inspec- '• lion by the secretary. The cause of r ! the retention of these bonds is attributed to the fact that all details connected with the process of extension were not strictly adhered to. and that consequently it remains tor the secretary to determine what portion of them, if any. ’ shall be passed for continuance. It is now quite certain that the excess of the limit of 5 per cents, converted into 3.1 percents, will reach $10,000,000 or $12,000,000. The exact amount cannot be stated, however, until it is known what disposition the secretary i will make of those now awaiting his . action. CROWD AT THE WHITi HOUSE. Tli,e..c,rowd of visitors at the M hite | House to-day surpassed anything seen : for weeks, a great majority calling to ! urge the claims of themselves or friends I tooffice, The president did not go .to Annapolis to-day. He will godown ! by train Friday morning and and return that evening. THE STAR ROUTE FRAUDS, i The star service investigating comi mittee have to day discovered another I instance of what they regard as I gross extravagance in expenditures for j mall service in the southwest, and | i have submitted a recommendation , which, when carried into effect by an ' order that will shortly be issued by 1 Postmaster-General James, will, in I the judgment of the postal authorities, result in an addi ional saving of SIOO,i 000 per annum, without iu any degree crippling the postal service. President Garfield, in view of the highly j satisfactory progress already made by ; the commission in the line of discover- ’ ing opportunities to cut off useless conl tracts and the detection of the methods by which such contracts were obtained, remains undisturbed by criticisms of his approval of the personnel ' of the commission, and exprcssesjiim- I I self as more than ever determined to j j sustain the attorney general and post-’ ; master general iu their untrammeled j conduct of the entire investigation. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. Secretary Hunt has accepted the resignation of Commodore Jeffers as chief iof the buicau of ordnance of the navy department, to take effect June 30. Commodore Jeffers will, about July 1, i visit Europe to examine and report up-1 on the ordnance and torpedo service of of European navies, am' upon the completion of this duty he will, at bis own ; request, be placed on the retired list Honest Republicans and The Party. State Sentinel. It is not yet three months since James A. Garfield was inaugurated ! President of the United States: but in that remarkably brief period there j have been developments which have i emphasized the declarations made dur- . I ing the Presidential campaign, that the I I welfare of the country demanded a j change of party rulers. In the light j I of current events the people, without ■ regard to party, are coming to the con- ' elusion that the Democratic party must I come into power to save public affairs from utter demoralization. Honest Republicans are satisfied that the I , Republican party has outlived its days j ! of usefulness Shepherd I di>iu , |O < **(S ommen( ,j n g rapiun p I in statesmenship, and that iis methods, aims, policy and proceedings are in direct conflict with the I wellbeing of the country. Thousands upon thousands of Republicans who i have been loyal to the Republican orI ganization are’ becoming righteously ; disgusted with the present exhibitions I of weakness and malevolence of its leaders, their criminations and recriminations. charges and countercharges of wrong doing, bargain and corruption in high places. These Republicans have ' not been office-seekers; they have not ; affiliated with the Republican parly j for considerations of pelf, but have I I conscientiously believed that the Re- I I publican party could work out for the ; country a better destiny than any oth - er. and hence they have given it their support. True, they have seen the great founders of the party retire from it, protesting that it no longer represented the good of the country—that it had changed its flag— and proved recreant to its principles. Still, they have I held on, lulled by promises of reform within the party, and other partition ! chicanery. But the promised reforms have not put in an appearance. Promises and pledges have been disregarded. Indeed, things have gone from bad to worse until the present eondi- , tion of the party is unspeakably offensive. Under Grant s admiuistra- ' tion the interest of the people were so i shamefully neglected and personal interests were so greatly magnified that the Republican party was overthrown in a majority of the States, and the popular vote swept the party out of power. The inauguration of ilayes forms a ehapte- in the history of the Republic • i that al) good men would be glad to seeexpungeu. But with Ilayes came a delJ uge of promises to reform the party, i- As a result, what has the country to e I contemplate ? Star Route and Treas- , J ury scandals, conducted directly under :r Hayes nose —worse if possible, than ■I- ihe whiskey rir.g iniquity, which it is . their grasp imperiled the integrity o

d Grant. Honest patriotic Republicai a, can frame no satisfactory excuse ft | these wretched exhibitions of Repul ’ lican management. Their disgw lC overcomes their loyalty to party, an ?t they are getting ready to break awa e from their party allegiance. An effo >- is made to place Garfield and his Ai c ministration supremely above his in mediate predecessors in all that pc ’’ tains to official integrity. But, sofa !t nothing but failure has attended th ■r undertaking. If possible, Garfield i e to-day more objectionable than Gran or Ilayes. His supreme ambition ha been to placate bosses by the distribi lion of patronage. But in this he ha failed, and now" the Republican part is rent and torn with feuds which ar daily’ growing in vindictiveness. A the fight proceeds charges of the wors charaeterare brought against Blaine am t Garfield. If not guilty of complicit I with Star Route crookedness, they an . required to explain with regard to oth > er transactions quite as abhorrent. Re f publicans in every part of the countr - are becoming sick of a party that ha 1 to be forever apologizing for blunders • misdemeanors, crimes, and crooket ways. They see that the men thej have trusted, honored and exalted, an wanting in integrity and patriotism that place, power and patronage are supreme, and the welfare of the country is a secondary consideration. The so her second thought of the people will in the near future, dismiss tiie Republican party from power. This Mornliiß's Sews. Count Dedorchet, French life seme tor. is dead. Theatre Royal, Belfast, Ireland, was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Abbv Sage Richardson has sailed for Europe. Achbishop Fernando Blanco, of Valladolid, Spain, is dead. Joseph Sabin, the yvcll known bibiliopole of Neyv York, is dead. The floating debts of Spain diminished 12,000.000 piasters during the month of May. Mrs. Redpath. of Montreal, has given $20,000 to endow a chair iu the Presbyterian college. Texas people claim that their state will produce the largest wool crop of the country this year. The last batch of exiled communists have arrived in France from the penal i settlements of New Caledonia. The failure of Arthur. Norrington & Co., iron and metal merchants of London. has been announced. Liabilities, .£73,000. Jamas C. Crane. the Defaulting postmaster at London. Ohio, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment in the Montgomery jail. In States county. N. C.. Frank Raker, a deputy sheriff, was shot and killed by Jesse Smith, for whom he had warrant of arrest. Smith escaped. The secretary of war has prohibited the use of tobacco by the cadets at West Point. The order has created I great dissatisfaction, as four-fifths of the cadets are tobacco users. Leutenant Fred Grant, fourth cavalry. has not resigned from the army, as is the general belief, lie has simply resigned his position on the staff of Leutenant General Sheridan. William Martin, one of the Peoria counterfeiters, was sentenced by Judge Blodgett, of the United States district court, to eight months imprisonment at Chester, with a fine of $1 and costs. The British board of trade returns for the month of May show an increase of $2,868,728 on imports, compared with the same month last year, and an increase of $1,801),772 on exports. The largest single plate cf steel ever cast in the world has arrived at Washington from the foundry of the Otis company. Ohio, and is to be used for the top section of the boiler of a government vessel. The Emperor William is reported i ill. lie is 8-1 years of age, and even 1 his iron constitution must yield some- ! what to the assaults of time. He has recovered from serious attacks more than once already, however, and maydo so again. Tired, Bewildered and L’nliap* | .... Faeeicllt ! In this rr j. a " |is Death’s [From the Boston HiralJ.J Washington, June 3.—The President is troubled iu mind. A prominent politician, who was a Grant man last summer, called on him to-day. He says the President went over the whole subject of the New I ork controversy. He showed great anxiety over the situation, expressing fear as to the result upon the country at large. He realized that he could be held responsible by the party for its disruption, from the fact that he was at its head, but he excused himself, and laid all the blame upon Mr. Conkling for , the quarrel. He claimed that Mr. , Blaine did not dictate Robertson s appointment. He dwelt at length on the - efforts he has made to conciliate the . Naw York Senator, and seemed utterly bewildered by the danger of the situation. He had no solution of the problem to offer, but soemed to be hope lessly waiting for something to tun up. Another prominent public man who was for Sherman for Presiden : before the Chicago convention, saw th, 1 President yesterday, and reports hiu 1 in much the same frame of mind. II says, however, that the President i I more troubled by matters right her i than at Albany. He declares that un 1 less Blaine shall leave the Cabinet Garfields life will be one continua round of sorrow. He does not believ that the President has the courage t say to his Premier, even though h realizes it himself thoroughly. He re ports that his peaee of mind is gone and he broods over rain that he ha been wr-mght in this party during hit administration continually. A thin I friend reports that he is very mucl i chagrined at the spectacle presents I to the country by the Administratioi I divided against itself. > ’ “ *~ ~ - i Another priest, the Rev. Fathe r ; Murphy, has been arrested in Irelam n under the coercion act. Mueh excite n ment and the committal of outrage if ( was the imms diate result.

- ■■■■- --n n-ii - irins Condensed Telegrams. [or ~~" Four DHtric‘3 of Kieff have been placet under martial law. The retail sail of the Russian Courier ha ay been forbidden for three months, Four children were killed the past weel in Jersey City by fulling from windows. Hayhoe, the well known trainer of thi late Baron Rothschild’s horses, is dead. he Some cigar makers are on a strike for ar is advance of fifty cents to per thousaul The cable steamer Faraday .has arrived as at Pluzance. Over 9QO miles of new teleu‘ graph cable has been laid. as . The Ciar of Russia received a tion re of Turcomans at Catching and presented gifts to the various members thereof. st The blacksmiths and wheel whrights of itl New York want a 10 per cent increase in ly wager and fifty-nine hours labor per week, rp At Lowe!!, Mass, ?10,000 worth of liquors belonging to Pa 1 rick Lynch were seized on the charge of nut having a prop er license. s IF. W. Hoffman, a prominent citizen and d member of Huffman, Evy & Co., bankers, y committed suicide in Antietam yesterday. c Stephen Shotwell, formerly a well- ~ known prominent citizen and business 1 man of Louisville tell dead iu a low bar V * room last night. ] Postmaster Moorehea I, of Erie, Pa., di ed at Eaton Rapids, Mich,, Satuiday, having gone there for Ins health. Be was connected with the Like Shore Riilruad. Vienna and Berlin correspondents state that a conspiracy against the life of the i* Czar has been discovered in St. Petersburg!!. Twenty-one arrests Lave been 3 I made. In consequence of the prevalence of vom- - ito in Vera Cruz the Mexican Railway Company Las put on a special tra«n on days of arrival us steamers direct to Orizaba, The Dailey Critic, an evening paper of Washington, has l>een purchased by a number of gentlemen, who, it is said, intend to publish it as an Administration j organ. An Organ (Algeria) dispatch says that - Bringard, Inspector of Telegraphs, and his j escort hive been massacreed between Frenda and Genyville. Twenty six men * were killed. 1 An Ottawa telegram furnishes this startling imformation, “Several farmers . in Russel county, believing the world is i coming to an end on. the 16th of June, have neglect id putting in crops. i Xeigliborliood Sole®. ’ Little Edna Day, youngest daughter of JuJge Day, had a narrow eseape from be I | ing killed by the cars on last Friday after- ■ i noon, while at the school picnic. Iler dan--1 ger was noticed by Mark Hole, who, with a bravery and presence of mind not often , i seen in boys of his age, sprang forward 1 and drew her fiom the track where she was standing a few feet in advance of a rapidly approaching freight train.—Celina ! Standard. t 'there is a happy land no farther distant [ from Celina than Versailles, this state, [ where pure cold water as a beverage is about to replace all intoxicating drinks, . as the town council have declared their ■ willingness to fine or imprison any seller . < of the latter article within that corpora- ! . tion.—Celina Standard. A colored camp meeting will b‘ hell in L the fairgrounds near Muncie, commenting June 30ih and continuing until July 40 ! h Away over in Delegare county at the classic little village put down on the asses- ■ sors book as Albany, a q»iiet wedding took place Sunday, the contracting parties • being our own townspeople, Joseph F. [ Burlg and Miss Mattie Merchant. Rev. 1 Woolpert, who runs the gospel mill at that place, tied the official knot. Joe is one of- • Portland's most genial, large-hearted . ! “boys" and his charming and popular ; ; bride will prove to bim a most excellent help-mate.—Portland Sun. Daniel Miller, a German living in Adams county, had the big toe and. part I lof the left loot amputated on Wedncs lav i of last week. Last winter he lay out. ife ■ . the cold one night until nearly frozen to - i death. He had both feet and hands badly ' j frozen, which resulted in a diseased condition of the big left toe, which req tirod am- [ putat'on as above staled.—Blufion Ban- ! ner. i? i ."t.'rr’ *s* 7'one of Marion's ! I prominent lawyers, has located in our ■ city. We welcome bim to Bluffton.— Bluffi ton Banner. 1 Grandma Stiffly reached her 81st birth day on last Friday, and yet is able to j ; move around as lively as a lass of sixteen. —Bluffton Banner. F ‘-There is a pleasure in the pathless s woods under certain circumstances. How- • ! ever, it does not apply to persons who get ’ j lost on the way from Decatur to Van i IFert and are compelled to spend a night I in the woods, as did four Van ll’ert boys r , recently. With a litde “suasion,” Walter McFadden, Levi Jacobs, John Clark or Frank Bonewitz might be induced ie 'd.s---e ' close some of the facts.— Van Wert Times,, e An old gentleman from near Pium Tree, y Ilunfington county, advertised for a lady correspondent in one of the leading papers. '* H ■ receive! an answer from u time and on requst a lady’s picture II was sent him. Beitg pleased with the picture, he came over to Blufftou yeasterday, and found to his bitter regret that it was a put up job by some of Biuflßoii s 4 boys. He is now a wiser and more pru lent man.—Wells Coun»y Times. re Severe Storm. ■t, Louisville, June B.—The storm this afteral noon was one of the severest known fur re years in this city and the country along to the line of the short line road, between )e here and Cincinnati. One of the walls of e- Hofheimer & Sellingers’ new distillery was j blown down. Thomas Crall, a wealthy ■ farmer living near llenryvilel, Ind., wag ' s I killed by lightning’ast night. He was found j to-day with his horse three miles east ol i Henryville with one foot in the stirrap. Both mau and beast were dead, n At yesterday's meeting of confederate bondholders in London a resolner tion was adopted inviting the bondid holders to deposit the bonds in trust e- for a committee, and to pay an asseases ment of one shilling per £IOO for coinI mittee expenses

I .iiiwrT* ' “““ CIJEAT; The hitching posts won't be "sot. The crops will come around all right. The board of commissioners are in session. * - John T. France has a fine croquet ground. n The town louueil now meet in the ’■ new build ng. J About this time B. J- Tcrrcer is half seas over. n A Portland man is about to move to J the wilds of Paulding county, Ohio. | There will be a pienic for the M. E. ! Sabbath school children, next SaturI I . i da yG. W. A. Luckey, county superin- ’ tendent, is sick and confined to his room. About fi’fty tickets were sold at this station for Cincinnati last Saturday . : night. Alex Bell -is a go)d one, when it comes to signing petitions, remonitran ces. etc. A couple of Kendallville ladies are canvassing the town for a new-fangled dress patern. A. F. Simpson has given up teaching his Wabash township school "on account .! of poor health. ' Rounds’ Cabinet for January and April has been received. It is a superb number. There is no teacher like experience, though the lessons she teaches us are often bitter ones. Dorwin i Holthouse are preparing to build a brick warerooni to the rear of their store building. Jackson Hinkle, a day laborer, was drowned a few days since in the Salimonia river near Warren. The editor of the Peening Aeics calls the editor of the Gazette an obtuse egotist. The latter still lives. Several Wells county Nimrods will start October 15.th for a grand hunting expedition in northern Michigan. Frank France is clerking for J. W. Place. He succeeds Ed. Bailey, who is now engaged with Niblick, C aw'ord A Sons. Mr. Burns has just manufactured a very fine and substantial set of harness for Henry Mayer. Johny Gluting did the work. The religious excitement at Indianapolis is simply wonderful. The boy preacher reports over one thousand converts. Several of the young people of Decatur have been invited to a'tend the commencement exercises at Van Wert to-morrow evening. The Democrat says 25 thousand people attended the Marion cornerstone celebration. Why didn’t you make it an hundred thousand, Lew ? lluw do postmastes know that postal cards have obscene language on them ? is a question that just now agitates the local scribes of the country. Marshal Rhodes has contracted with the town board to do day work for $45.00 per month and extras, which makes the office worth atleast $50.00 a month. The town council ordered the marshal to not grant license to street faikers, unless the latter set up business ■ elsewhere than on the main business streets. Mr. Geo. Luckey has cur thanks for a copy of the Akron Beacon of the 2d ■ itTW.. which gives'll i the Brush tlect-'" ' -.<-o n ci | . , light now in use in I ° uiat city. ♦ J — It is reported that members of a family living in Wabash township are nightly doing snch brutal acts as cutting the ears off their neighbor's hogs and cattle. The man who can discover a degree of harmony iu the Republican party is too smart for this world. He should roll up his pants and strike out for a larger place. A. Me W. Bolltuan has, at last, moved to his farm just south of the Narrow Gauge. In course of time ?gac will have one of the most pleasant !|i>mcs in the town. . • W. P. Cgoper, one of the editors of ' a Fort Wayne evening paper, received ' ! two votes for county superintendent of [ i Allen eounty. Supt. Hillegass was rei elected “by a large majority. Mr. S. G. Hastings has withdrawn his [ application for the Decatur schools * another year. We understand he intends practicing medicine, but in whal place we arc not informed. The commencement exercises of th< High School graduating class will take place at the court house on Friday eveb ening, June 17th. and not on to-mor >f row evening as the Journal had it. “ I 11. G. Sibary goes to Decatur thi ■ week to take charge of the singer sew I . j ! ing machine business in that count} if He wi’l also have charge of a par ’■ of Wells county. — Portland Commei cial. Annie Jeffrey, who would soon hav i-1 succeeded Matilda Stanley, her grant i mother, as queen of the gypsies °f !t ; country, died recently at New Alban; ‘ Ind. and was buried near Daytor , Ohio.

- —a——-- 1 - The Monroeville Democrat got be- I hind one week. Dr. Trout, sr.. c ills the new sewer a “raging canawl There was a select hop at Kovers hall last evening. Dr. Frank Arthur has hung out his shingle in Linn Grove. There may and mify not be a normal this year in Decatur. Joe Bcegan is doing localizing for the Wabash Plain Dealer And now the “lightning calculator is giving evening exhibitions. Improvements arc going on in almost every part of the town. The stranger who Was tackled by lleaston seems te be a Darling. The Fort Wayne Sentinel now prints all the associated press dispatches. Extra copies of this paper have been in great demand for several weeks. Strawb. rry short-eake and cueumbers enable a fellow to hear the town clock strike every hcur in the night or any other man. A Wells county sheet recently started the report that Judge Slack still has congressional aspirations. It is reasonable to suppose the report to have no other foundation than the Wells county sheet. We see by the Fort Wayne Sentinel that our friend Plessinger, sheriff of Wells county, has brough suit for libel against the publisher of the Bluffton Times. J. 8., that's the wo it move you ever made. We call especial attention to the card of Mr. M in. H. Meyers, brick layer an I contractor, in another column of this prper. Mr. Meyers has moved to our town and is r.'ady to contract to do all work in his line. The Telegram is opposed to a camp meeting being held at Hartford City, if the object is tofurther the cause of Christ. It says: “If ever there was a time when camp meetings were t benefit to religion, that time has passed." Mr. James I'. Scott, of Lagro. Mabash conuty, is lying at death s door, says the Courier, the result of having been poisoned by handling a patent paint sold to him by a man named Hibberd, and who claimed to live in Muncie. Tl.e e litorial convention of ihc Democratic editors of Indiana, to be held at Michigan City on the 3Jih inst., I promises to be largely attended. If • several of our two year d 1 uqueuts I want us to attend they must act accordingly. Fritze was all "torn up” over the po etical effusion and threatened dire vengenoe on the obscure end of our contemporary. The better way to do, Fritze. is to just ac- ; knowledge the corn, set 'em up and repeat the alleged experience. Over in Adams coub'j lhere lives a man named Dentil, who is proprietor of a tile factory. We iather tl.iua Mr. Deaib is out of his proper line of business. He either ought to peddle “early vegetables,' such as cucunibers, etc., or else run a bull saw. We've an idea that by following up our suggestion Mr. Death would get in his work more rapidly and effectivily.— Murton Democrat Nick, the colored barber, packed his kit and left for Van Wert. There are much worse people in the world than Nick, and Van Wert citizens will find in him a good barbel, an honest man, and in all a worthy accession to the colored population of their town. Dr. DeVilbiss has roni.-sd »h» •_ — I . £ ._ - a . .-r-cWv-TBonr recently occupied by the town board and removed his office thereto. Dr. Jamison will occupy the room vacated by Dr. DeVilbiss, in addition to the one heretofore occupied. Our profess ional men seem to be branching out as ■ well as others. Yesterday while vainly looking for locals Nat lleaston tackled a stranger . for an alleged livery bill. Nat said he did and the stranger said he didn t and i so on for fully fifteen minutes. Nat dared the stranger to come to Geneva and the stranger dared Nat to come his town. Several passes were made but each one missed fire. t It is absolutely necessary that every person who is owing us should call I and pay up now. lie need what is out , due and must have it. There are ovei y three hundred subscribers who are ow ing us for two years’ subscription each which sum amounts in the aggregate t< over nine hundred dollars. If yot 3 won't come and square up we shall b, 3 compelled to place your accounts it '■ ■ the hands of a Justice for collection lt i The money we have got to have, am I will have it if there is any justice i e this country, and we believe there is. Henry Stacey says that our Genev correspondent, Rusticuss, ts sotnewha mistaken in his remarks as regards tha horse of his. Instead of it being on ~I of Yankee Robinson's trick horse stepping to the tune of Yankee Daodl, J’- it is one of P. T. Barnum's celebrate rt arena horses, and on that especial oi " r ‘ casion he was gracefully moving ini town to the time of “Bonaparte cros vc i ing the Alps.” and as Rusticuss' attei d-1 tion was so closely occupied in gazit iisJ upon the uppers of a new pair of ca iv, pet slippers he failed to distinguish tl >n J difference between a Yankee Dood j quickstep and a Bonaparte waltz.

The “lightning liniment men arc . still with us, giving fr-o concerts such , I as they are, each evening on Monroe , street in front of the Burt House. J These men arc very gentlemanly, and ( have excited the admiration of our citizens by their good conduct while here; . b’ u t it is not saying too much to Say that their singing i»shockingly at fault. If good singing was one of the requisites to gaining a home in heaven the “lightning linameiit" men wouldn t get within a million miles of the starting point. But they’re good fellows, if they can't sing. ~ That Kl**. The kiss you gave me last year < In the load of hay. I never shall forget, dear Till my dying day. [Phila. Bulletin. And I. too, remember Tiie kiss I gave you. pct; You had been eating onions— Methinks I smell them yet. (Norristown Herald. Methinks I too remember The kiss you gave me. dear. 'Twas thickly interladen With sour krettt and beer. [Phoenix Messenger. The kiss I best remember — It struck me like a clap Os thunder in clear midday— She gave another chap. [Pottstown Ledger. I remember a kiss she gave me While leaning gainst the wall; She glued her lips to mine and said “Yum, yum, and that was all. [Pottstown Advertiser. I remember a kiss she gave melt is tr ie, vet how sad. Just as her dear lips met mine, 1 felt a boot worn by her 'lad. [Lynx. We remember the kiss -h? gave us. While strolling on the level. But we never brca.hed to her That sh d really kissed the ‘devil. [Butler Record. We remember the kiss she give us, While rushing from the "sleeper. And oftimes have we thought Twere folly not to keep her. Bi-ine Items. By C.EsAit. Oh. for some dug epib mi to pass through our to.vn. Too many, three times too many. As we were wishing Lira r.i:n a few days ago, so are we now wishing lor a little moderation. The smiling face and welcome hand of Joe Burdge. of Portland, was with u- Saturday last. Miss Hinn, baker of the h >:el, goes to Willshire to day to take charge of ' the cooking department of the Fore- ■ man House there. Thus, Ettinger s loss is Foreman s gain. A. B. Will ams K. R. agent at tins place, is how on a visit o: a mouth with friends and rel.it.ves at different points in Ohio. Our new section foreman is a very clever little fellow aid seems to like our place very much. The custom of revolver shooting matches is becoming very popular with some of our sporting lads. David M. Spitler is doing a good business in this locality byway of selling fruit trees. They have already gone 90 feet at the sight of our proposed now grist mill and no water yet worth speaking of. John Mclfee, of New York, was guest in the family of H. Michaud over Sunday. 1 S. Nichols, substitute of A. B. Williams in our railroad office, is just 1 a boss litt c fellow. S. Stuckey has just completed two ; model buildings for Samuel Ttmisati. 1 i Sam says the last one is a daisy. A couple of good railroad hauls on this section 01 our n;-oy-*y*Ti' in order i ||<r . - Dr. Scot and wife, of Will hire,' were the guests of their many ftieuds \ . of this place this week. I — At a meeting of the prominent citizens of Boston, a committee was appointed to consider the whole subject * of a world's fair, its probable cost, income question, site, time and other points of importance. r — ~ r Receiver’* Sale el Real Katate mid i’eisoual Propel ly. i Notice is hereby given that the undert signed, receiver, appointed by the lion. Judge of tne Adams Circuit Court to take II charge of the property and effects of the e late turn of Roui, Eichar & Co., will sell at public auction, nt the east door of the e court house in the town of Decatur, in Adams cvuuiy, Indiana, ou Saturday, the 9t/» day of June, 1881. it between ths hours of 10 o'clock a. tn and 4 o clock p co., the following deseiibed ir real estate and pertoual property, to wit : T The southwest quarter of the nor hwest qurter of section nine [9], in township r ' number tweuty-nine [29] north, of range fl, fifteen [l-5] east, in Alien county, in the Stale ot Indiana, excepting four [4 [ acres ■° in the eouihwest coiner of said tract, m owned by J. B. McDonough. )e Two notes made by Emanuel Woods ti Charles M. France, on the 23rd day oi 111 March, 1874, calling for two hundred n. dollars each, due in one and two years, re- , speetively after date; and one note mads by Emanuel Woods to Thomas L Uilsou ill on the 18th day of April, 1874, calling toi four hundred [4oo] dollars, due two year: after date. All nearing 8 per cent, inter est from date, without relief. ' a Traits or Sale.—One third cash, ona at third in twelve mouths, and one-th.rd ii a t two years. Deferred payments to bear si: per cent inierest and secured by notes o ne the purchaser, waiving all benefit of valua es liou aud appraisement laws; and am. notes to be secured by muriguga ou th e ’ propertv sold. DAVID ELEY. Receiver of Rout, Eich.tr &. Co June ft, 1831.—4 w. ito VPPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. m- Notice is hereby given, that the undci n(: signed has been appointed executor of if " estate ot Aston Archer, late of Adan county, deceased- The estate is probabl ;be solvent. ~ HENRY STEEL, die Executor. June 9, 1881.—41,

SMAUrPOX, I SMALL-POZ! I - H i I | • t 1 ~~ Now that the slnall-po.x scare is all dead and bur'.ed, I am prepared to show you [Jj o nicest line of DRY GOODS, I Notions, K I CLOTHING TZatSg Caps, GMCEHWc. I 1 Ever brought to Decatur, and at astonishingly LOW PRICES H Please No'e the h Fullwell all-wool ( ashnicre at o<> cents. Hats from 35c. to Corsets from 50c. to fl <XI Tabic linen, 25e. to 1.00. Towels, 10c. a pair. Brocade Dress Goods worth at 20u. Dress Goods from 7c. up* wards. Nice style of Dress Ging* hams al sc. and upwards. Nice lot of White Goods at i 10e. and upwards. Silk Fringes from 45c. to ; §IOO. J I 0 Black Laces, 10c., 15c. and upwards. • I a Curtain Laces, 121 c. and uplt wards. P e • • 4 « Hose in endless varieties at S sc. and upwards. > f Fancy Buttons, of all styles, d J from sc. to 50. !e « Piece Goods, single aud double width, from 65c. to §5.00. frix Ladies Cloaking in double o! ! -it u- width. Lh be _ HlgUcsl Market Price Paid for Produce. :rI James Edington. Decatur. April 14, 1881,