Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1881 — Page 2

Airria ■jiiii ■■—.i THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. BY S. RAY WILLIAMS Till RBDAY, Jl LY. 14, 1881. Thirteen days have passed since the attempted assassination of President GARFIELD. The President has suffered much, and will doubtless suffer much more, yet it fills every true heart with unspeakable joy to know that the chances are largely’ favorable for his complete restoration to health, and we sincerely trust, happiness. The attempt to take the life of Mr. Garfield was the act of what is known as a Stalwart Republican, whatever that means. Inasmuch as the attempt was made to send the chief executive of the government to his final account it is certainly a God s blessing for the country that it was committed by a member of the Republican party. Had the act been committed by a Democrat, whether sane or insane, the Republican press of the country would have teemed with declarations that ‘■the Democratic party murdered our President." It certainly would have been unfortunate for the Democratic party. Therefore, the attempt having been made, it is well for our country that a life-long Republican did it. As it is, the actions of the Republican press, since the deplorable affair, furnish material for writers of Democratic and independent papers. Many of the leading Republican papers flattered themselves that the shooting of the President would immediately end the disgraceful affair now going on in the Now York legislature. Others devoted much of their time in trying to ascertain if at some time in his life the assassin, Glitteau, failed to vote the Republican ticket. His record shows him to be a very reliable Republican, always on hand with his straight ticket. And last here comes those with small mental calibres with a belief that the shooting of Mr. Garfield will make him his own successor. That proposition is so supinely ludicrous that one is almost prone to believe the world is losing its reasoning faculties. And again, we see some few organs of that class exhilarating over the fact that the Democratic press denounces the cowardly act of Guitteau! Did the poor mortals expect to see the Democrats glorify over the dastardly deed? Their twaddle is not only disgusting' but it is an insult to decency atuf intelligence. Other things have developed since the sad affair to establish the fact that an element of the American people can lose their equilibrium, if they ever possessed such a thing, quite as easi'y as they lose self-respect and common sense. When the President was shot Mrs. Garfield, his wife, was at Long Branch. As a place for fast horses, fast men and women, and as the glittering abode of very high-toned vice, Long Branch is by no means unknown to fame. Mrs. Garfield was telegraphed that her husband was shot, and perhaps fatally. She proceeded by special train to his side. She did all in her power to alleviate his sufferings and to cheer him. She remained at the bed-side for days and nights, doing just what any true and devoted wife would have done. But this gave the enthusiasts a golden opportunity for slopping over, and right well have they succeeded. Sir Cyrus Field, a man who would rather be minister at St. | James' court than be President, is now endeavoring to raise a purse of $250.000, to be given Mrs. Garfield for her devotion at her stricken husband s , bed-side. If the President recovers Mrs. Garfield will act the part of an intelligent | lady by refusing the proffered purse. Should the President die from the effects of the wound nothing would be wore proper than for her to accept it. We simply allude to these things to show to what extremes the American people can go. They appear to become wild and lose all reason. The shooting of President Garfield i is a deplorable affair. It excites pco- ' pie, and has a tendency to destroy confidence. These things unsettle businesa and throw the country into a state of uncertainty, and at such times ' the man who measures his thoughts and opinions by existing circumstances is the trua patriot and profound ' statesman. The President will doubtlesss recov- ' er from th* effects of hie wound, and go far as we are advised but one poor mortal rwgreta it, and that is GtnrrEAU. The man who staked his life to unite the Republican party, regrets that his victim is going to get well. But the pcc , will rejoice » they rever rejoie- *' • . *

ed before. Every true American hear! should thank God for our Presidents recovery. Also the attending physicians should not be entirely forgotten. The Ohio Democracy have covered themselves with glory. At their State Convention on Wednesday they nominated John W. Bookwaltir for governor. The nomination gives entire satisfaction to the masses. The other state officers nominated are as follows: Lieutenant-Governor, Edgar M. Johnson, of Hamilton; Supreme Judge, Edward F. Bingham, of Franklin: Attorney General, Frank C. Daugherty, of Hardin: State Treasurer, A. P. Winslow, of Cuyahoga; Board of Public Works. John Crow, of Defiance. The resolutions adopted are sound. Till demand by some that, whether or not the president recovers, kiuiTTEAU the would-be assassin, should hang, is dastardly in the extreme. If the President gets well there is no law for hanging Glitteau, and should the law be violated and GuiTTIAU be made to suffer death it would be a stain upon the pages of American history. There is no doubt but that the cowardly villain deserves hanging, but let not the country make a fool of itself by violating one of its laws. The Enquirer wields a powerful influence. For seven long years it has shot its paper wads at the Hon. John G. Thompson. It sends him to his political grave, in its mind, as regular as the years roll around, but when the proper time comes John G. gets in his work with systematic regularity, the Enquirer t paper wads falling as harmless to the ground as water from a duck's back. The next man who insists on fasting for forty or fifty days should be locked up. This fasting business has gone far enough. The Democrats of Ohio have nominated John W. Bookwalteb, of Springfield, for Governor. John A. Appleton, of the wellknown publishing house, died on M ednesday. The Society Reporter. Hit Sad Experience in Brooklyn. •Well, hew did you get along at the party last night? asked the city editor of the'Brooklyn Eagle of a new reporter whom he he had engaged the day before, and whom he had sent to write up a social occasion. ‘Not very well,' responded the new reporter, gloomily. ‘I don’t think Brooklyn society is the top-notch racket anyhow.’ ‘Wbat’s the matter?’ demanded the city editor; ‘didn’t they use you well' I can’t say they did.' rejoined the new reporter. ‘Now, 1 went up there last night and waded right into the fun. I asked for the Chairman of the partv. and told him we were laying out to swell their heads in to-day s issue, and he’d better skip in and introduce me to some of the high-bugs if he calculated to have his name mentioned in the report. •What did he say to that?' asked the city editor, with a calm gleam in his eye. ‘He wanted to know who sent me. I told him the main guy of this literary bank had fired me in there, and that when I’d get through shaking a leg I'd like some facts about the lay-out. If he couldn't give em. I told him he'd better get the secretary to heel up prettylively, of I’d give the whole outfit a deal in the paper that would make him think every hair on his head a band of music, and all playing different tunes. ‘And what did he say to that?' inquired the city editor, the gleam deepening ominously. ‘Oh he was a friend to the Eagle. and would do what he could for me. I told him he had better hop right at it. and first I wanted to meet the gals. If ; he calculated to hold the friendship of the Eagle. I said, he didn't want to waste much fanny business before be had me bumping in the mazy. He said if I'd go up stairs and take off my overcoat. he'd see me later. “Did you do it?" asked the city editor in a constrained tone. “No. I said I wanted some grub first. So he took me down in the front kitchen and asked me if I liked boned turkey. I told him I'd take a leg and some of the breast What do you think he gave me? Head-cheese! If he didn't you can lick me. I couldn’t eat that and so I asked him for a glass of beer aad a cheese sandwich. He said he had some wine, so I drank a bottle and put a couple in my pockets." “What did you do then? interrogated the city editor, fingering a length of gas pipe. “I went up to the parlor, and he said I'd better take a description of the scene before I danced, and he gave me the names. Here they are: Mary Monroe, red frock, white sack, and hair bunched; Emma Latrobe, yeliow dress and highheeled slippers; Marion Willougnby. some kind of thin stuff, white, and tied up with blue tape, and hair frizzled; Jennie Murchison, black clothes and a feather in her hair; Ella Wexford, red suit flat in front and stuck out behind; Pauline Tresley—l tell you, boss, she was a daisy. Bigger n a tub and dressed to the branch. She had on a velvet outfit a mile long, and sixteen rows of teeth on her gloves. Iler hair was a dead yellow tied up like a bun, and had a lot of vcgeatables in it. Florence Ross, green dress, flipped with velvet and hoisted tip at the side with a white check-rein; Vinny Hammersly, white I network with red streaks, walked with a I limp, and hair frescoed. That's all I I got. These was a lot of old pelicans there, but I knew you didn t care for them., and, as tor the men, I told 'em it would cost em a dollar apiee to get in. ■ and as they wouldn't put up I shaved . ’em. I can state that they were a cheap lot, who don’t know any more about sos ciety than a pig does of polities, and I’ll a teach ’em a lesson. And I say. we’< better give the chairm n a rub. H e didn’t introduce me to a solitary he- :- Better say that be hasn't paid his gal

•t bill for seven months, and that day before yesterday his accounts were found b short. What do you think?” i- “Got any more about the party , demanded the city editor, rising slowly. “Nothing, only that the grub wasn’t J fit to eat, though furnished by that e popular caterer, Mr. Traphagcncr.. I ' told him I'd give him a puff, lou ' might say, too, that the whole party wasadead failure on account of the vile lionous treatment to which our new sor ciety reporter was subjected when he 1 asked for a handful of cigars. Say, what have you got for me to do to- ' night.’’ “Not a thing!" yelled the city edi- . tor, as he brought the gas-pipe across the new reporter s ear. “You infernal reptile, don’t you know that was one of the best houses in - town, and the affair one of the finest of . the season?" •I'm going back to St. Paul," groaned the new reporter, as he fell down stairs. “If that's Brooklyn society, I'm going where they have some style," and he struck off toward the Northwest largely afoot. r A STATESMANS VIEWS. J Mr. Tilden Vigorously Denounces the Attempted Assassination and Moralizes Upon the Cause and . Consequences. New York. July s.—lt was at Greystone, his charming estate near Yonkers, that Samuel J Tilden was found by a reporter of"thc Tn ’ reply to a question from the reporter he said : i “This, our young American civiliza- • tion and our system of elective constitutional government can not afford the frequent recurrence of attemps to 1 change the administration of the gov- ' , eminent and the possession of individi ual political power by the act of an assassin. I don't mean to say that our fifty millions of people can. in any way be made responsible for the crime . of a single integer of that vast aggregate. Os course such acts may happen in any country or in any age, but 1 the consequences are none the less calculated to fill with dismay and disguest the whole community and to ‘ weaken the confidence in a system like ; our own, where they are less excusable than anywhere else in the world. “What affect do you think the attempt will have? “At pr sent wc are all filled, not only with concern for the public effects of such a crime, but with sympathy for 1 the distinguished victim, his family, < and his immediate friends. It is too ■ early to moralize upon the subject, but 1 two'things are so obvious that they can ' not escape consideration even now. The first is the great peril that attends ' the enormous and increasing power of ■ the Chief Executive Magistracy. It addresses temptations too strong for ’ the public safety, to the interests and 1 passions of millions of persons. I “Do you refer to the civil service?" “Partly only. More particularly this: the putting up periodically at the end of every four years the vast > power of the government of fifty mill- ! ions of people, the enormous expenditure that it involves the redistribution ■ of 100,000 offices at a raffle, in which > the whole people actively participated. 1 must be fruitful of evils yet unseen, i Civil commotions, fraud and violence j are the natural results i : - What is the second consideration i to which you referred? ' : -The second one. perhaps, grows out ’ of the first. It is the unbounded licentiousness that characterizes our I party competitions and political disr sensions. the assassination of private : character, and the unscrupulous methi ods resorted to to influence the public 1 judgment. .All good men of all parties ■ ought to do their utmost to limit and ■ restrain these mishaps. The undue i stimulus to mad passions arms the i hand of the eccentric individual who - assumes to himself to work out the re- \ suits; perhaps under the insane ambi- ■ tion for notoriety or infamy: but I turn - from the subject with a feeling that now when every public sensibility and every private sympathy is deeply [ wounded. I am not equal to drawing the lessons which tue deplorable event ' suggests to our people. Let us hope that President Garfield's recovery will i reduce to a minimum the public evils of his assassination, while it will remove the weight of the bereavement which fills us all with concern and sympathy." GENEVA ITEMH. BY “BOVES. “ ■ I ■! Weather warm. •Rusticus" took a little walk. John Scheer and family are away on a visit to Ohio. L. W. Watson will soon commence . the erection of a new hotel. W. W. Roberts hangs out a new sign from the brush of Will Fought. Wheat harvest is about over in this part of the county. The average will be about up to that of last year. Lightning rod men are as thick as bugs on a potato vine in this com mu- , nity. Albert Pontius, of Hartford town- ■ i ship was sun-struck last week. He is , getting along well at this writing. Dr. Ward has sold his interest in his drug store to his partner, C. E. Wickersham. I Billy Sheets, of Berne, is in town to- ; day. i Mrs. W. W. Reed is in Noble counI ty, Ohio, visiting relatives and friends. J. L. Cartwright is painting his resi- ! dence. 1 The question now is who has the - best claim on “Rusticus.' little Maud i S., Pete or Mike? They both invested. 1 Jesse Cary is putting a new stone t foundation under liis residence. , Dr. Shepherd, of Red Key, practical I and mechanical dentist, is stopping in : i town. Mr. Fisher, who lived near Ceylon i 1 died on Friday evening last. [ James P. Riggs, the notorious “Rus s ticus," insurance agent, pauper and r < dead beat, forged two notes on Wra t Peele, of Wabash township, one foi i. $25, the other for sls. and when the 1' facts became known, Friday morning p ; “Rusticus” took his grip-sack and lefl >- for parts unknown, to save his catcasi II trom going to Micbigan City. Jim ii d i a rogue of the deepest dye, and oui ie! eitixene are rejoiced to know that h, a. iis gone. His liabilities were grea! .1» I Meets, nothing. Poor mortal.

J FROM DEATH’S DOOR TO LIFE AND HAPPINESS: t THE PKENIDEWT WIIX RECOVER, t [ PHYSICIANS’ TKLBUltrll. 1 Washinctox. July 13. —The following telegram was sent by the attending surgeons to the consulting surgeons this afternoon. ■ \ Executive Mansion, Ip. m.—The" febri- ■ lesize yesterday morning was less marked and occurred at a later boar than on the previous day, and to-day, for the first time, the president's morning temperature fell to its normal point. The general progress of his symptoms appears more favorable than hiibe'to during the last twenty-four hours. Ho has taken thirty-two ounces of milk and one ounce of rum, and this morning he had also a slice of milk toast and chewed the breast of a woodcock, but did not care to swallow the meat. He had last night on quarter of a grain of sulphate morphia hypodermically, (in no twentyfour hours during the past week has he received more thah a single dose of this ! quantity) and slept well during the night. . This morning he received tell grains of bi- i I sulphate of quinia. Yesterday at 7p. m., the pulse was 104, temperature 102.4, respiration 20. At 1 p. m., his pulse was 99, : temperature 100.6, respiration 22. A TALK WITH DR. BLISS Although the weather has been extremely hot, the president, in an artifieally cooled atmosphere, passed a quiet and comfort able day, sleeping naturally and restfully at- intervals and taking mo** nourishment than in any previous corresponding period. The maximum intensity of the daily febrile rise has been steadily decreasing since , night before last, when, in the judgment of attending surgeons, the crisis 'ef the surgical fever was passed. The president s temperature and pulse were lower last night than on Monday night, and one low - er to-night than last night, while his general symptoms hare correspondingly improved. Dr. Bliss, upon being asked at 10:15 p. m., what he thought of the president's condition, said. ‘lf 1 could have been assured a week ago that the case would prog ress as steadily as it has progressed, and that the president would be as well tonight as in reality he is, I would have been more than satisfied audcould not have . asked for anything better. There have been no indicatsons," he said, ‘of secondary hemorrhage, or of pyaemia, or .of any dangerous complication. Suppuration is progressing naturally aud the wound presents a healthy appearance. The patient I takes and assimilates nourishment as well : as could be desired, and his sleep j and refreshing The crisis in surgical , fever is ordinarily ptsssd on the tetna or eleventh day, when suppuration is fully ' established This, we believe, was the case on Monday night when the patient s temperature reached its highest point. Since that time the dally fluctuations have been less and less until to-night the pulse will . barely reach the maximum of 100.’ Upon ; being questioned with regard to the presi- i dent s reported weakness and dibility, Dr. : Bliss said: ‘There is no danger to be ap ; 1 prehended from weakness. The president is no weaker than any man would be with such an injury and after such fever He is ‘ day by day taking more and more nounsh- , . meat, and although it consists principally ; of milk, it is well assimilated and is amp ly sufficient to maintain his strength uni , til he is in condition to take solid food.’’ ' Dr. Bliss attention was called to the rui ' mors prevalent here and elsewhere this I week to the effect that the surgeons are | concealing front the press and public the i grave and more dangerous aspects of the president's case, and that the official bulletins do not fully and truthfully represent hiv actual condition. In reply Dr. Bliss said emphatically and with feeling. ‘There was never anything more unfounded and , unjußt. He have reported all the pres -, dent's symptoms, good and bad, with per- , feet frankness and truthfulness. Bulletins ( more honest and judicious than ours have . ' never been issued, and any one who makes contrary assertions says what is untrue. • We did not think it proper or prudent at 1 first to express any opinion with regard to . the significance of the facts given in our i Bulletins, but the facts as stated were accurate and trustworthy, and surgeons and; ’ physicians throughout the country were I Competent to draw conclusions for chemselves as well as for the people. Since, > however, the president's symptoms began I to be more decidedly and undoubtedly favorabie we have relaxed a little the rule ' which we adopted, not to express an opinion. and have said the president is making slow progress toward recovery, and that is the truth, although he is not yet out of danger, but 1 think it is comparatively safe to say that he will recover.' After ; | some further conversation, Dr. Bliss rei turned to tbe president’s room, saying with a smile and a nod of the head As he j closed the door, -He agoing to get well. THK CXIYICAL POINT PASSED. I Notwithstanding the very favorable bul letins issued each day indicating steady progress towards convalescence, the presi- ! : dent's condition never until to-day ceased to cause the gravest solicitude in the minds ? of perhaps a majority of the community, and while no later than yesterday it wax hinted in many quarters that tbe bulletins , could not be taken as a fair index ot hie real condition, that in feet he was every day growing weaker and making steady . < ’ draining upon his reserve vitality of life. To-day, however, there is a general teeling i of confidence that the critical point has been safely passed, and that the president 'I is slowly but surely entering upon the. 8 ; road to convalescence. The members of the cabinet called this morning as usual a before going U> their several departments ■ and with not a single exception, came away “ from the sick-room with more buoyant i feelings of confidence thin they have at >- any time exhibited since the president was . wounded. Secretary Blaine said ia eoaversalion that the bulletins could be taken : in perfect confidence, and that the presi- ; dent's recovery might be considered almost " removed from any question of uncertainty, | as was indicated by his dispatches to-day e to Minister Lowell. Air. Blaine has now J the most perfect co nude nee in the presi dent’e recovery Secretary Lincoln also, speaks with the utmost confidence of the e president s recovery. He has abandoned his trip to the Yehowslune national park - il in company with General Snerinarr. but ' n j will tn the course of ten days or two weeks ‘ take his family to Rye Bnach, N. H., if the . president continues to improve. ! OBATirrixa. Surgeon Woodward said to-day. ‘I 110 S- not feel inclined to make predictions as to J when the president may leave his room, j The cases so far reported in which men . have recovered from similar wounds show >r that several months have been -required to c bring the patient back to active life r, I Dr. Bliss says: ‘lf no new complication ft arises, t will be substantially 5g : out of danger by Saturday.’ rSVEB ABATING. 1T Private Secretary Brews has junt sent le the following note to the members of tbe cabinet Executive 'Jsnsion, Juy 13.—The abate-

imeul of the unfavorable symptoms which mode their appearance Monday afternoon and evening steadily continued and al thia fl time (7 30 a. m ) the pre± , ‘"‘ " nulM 18 96, temperature 98.5 or normal, and respi- • ration 20, or within one of normal. The fevor has subsided entirely. The president takes readily the nourishment allowed by the physicians, and suffers no inconvenience from it. His sleep was more natural and more refreshing last night than that of any other night. BLAINE TO LOWELL. W Aihixoton, July 13.—Secretary Blaine sent the following by cable this morning to Minister Lowell: “The president s condition this morning is much better than at any time since he was wounded. Temper ature normal, respiration very nearly normal, pulse 96. The pain in his feet and legs has greatly diminished. The weather is very warm but the president's room is kept as cool as desired. bulletins. 10 „ m.—Col. Corbin who has just visited the president s chamber, says he is satisfied the fever reached it maximum Monday evening, and that the patient is very much improved to-day. He commences the day. said the colonel, under more favorable circumstanoo than any previous day. 1 p. m.—The president s condition continues favorable. Pulse 94, temperature 100.6, respiration 22. Unofficial bulletin 8 40 p m —Dr. Bliss represents the president’s condition al this hour as more favorable than at the same hour yesterday. His pulse Is now 102. The temperature has not been taken since about Jp. ia. Il was then slightly about normal. His general symptoms are favorable and he is resting quietly. Official bulletin —7 c m.—The president has had less fever this afternoon than either yesterday or the day before. He continues slowly to improve. Pulse 1.09, temperature 101.2, respiration 24. Midnight.—The president has been sleeping quietly most of the evening and his fever has considerably decreased since the date of the last official bulletin. His symptoms at this time are all favorable. When he was last awake he asked Dr. Reyburn what the news was. The Dr. replied that the governors of several states had it in view to issue, when the president should be out of danger, proclamations appointing ageneial day of thanksgiving to God for the answered prayers of the nation. The president seemed touched and grateful. In conversation vith the president Colonel Rockwell made the remark that the heart of the nation was in his room. The words seemed to make an impression upon him, and to-night while Colonel Rockwell was sitting by his bedside he murmered luiconWciously in his sleep, “The heart of the nation will not let the old soldier die.' 1 30 a m.—The president's favorable condition is unchanged. DR. HAMILTON CONFIDENT. New York, July 13.—Dr. Frank Hamillon said to-day: “I am sorry to see the tendency to magnify the importance of such trifling relapses as that of Monday night, because an atmosphere of anxiety, solo speak, is created which cannot but have its effect upon the atiendauc and the family of the president, and indirectly upon him For noy own pan I expect the president to recover, and l find renewed confidence in every Lour. My own dispatches last night and this morning do not mention the pain in the abdomen referred to in the morning newspapers. Judging by the press reports, this pain iniy be due to a varie y of causes, colic, perhaps, but itnaed not necessarily point to peritonitis. Local peritonitis has been recog nixed around the wound since the beginning, but it did net appear in the period allotted I to it. In the absence of any professional I advices, I ata not disposed to take this abdominal pain into account at all, for 1 should have had some account of it had the physicians in charge looked upon it as of I importance. I can say that the president , is doing as well as can be exdecled, and . that his chances for recovery are excellent. An Adventure With a Bear. j A farmer's wife in Wytheville, Vs., was frying meat for dinner at her house, situated near a mountain range in rather a wild and sequestered j laee, her husband in the meantime being engaged at work some distance from the building. The savory odor of the bacon was scented by a couple of young bears that were ranging on the premises, and it enticed them to follow the direction from which it came. They kept the scent until it even drew them into the house where the meat was on the fry. The lady of the house secured the strange visitors, and the knowledge of bears led her to think that these young ones had strayed from their maternal parent, which would soon follow their trail and hunt them up. Iler judgment was correct, for it was but a few moments before the old she bear came in sight—ran enormous black bruin, of a kind which will fight to the death for their young. The woman took from its rack the old true, tried and trusty mountain rifle that had perhaps served on similar missions to that which it was about to be called many times before, and fastening the door, she made a loop-hole of the win- | dow and waited the approach of her bearship within a sufficient distance for a shot. She waited not long and fired, the ball taking effect, but not proving fatal. The report or her rifle t drew her laboring husband from his : work, who, coming near the house, was I chased several yards by the bear, which then gave up pursuit and returned in j quest of the young The plucky backI woodsman's wife had in the meantime reloaded the rifle, and with the second : shot the old bear keeled over, underside ' topmost, and ‘yielded up the ghost.’ Mr. J. Marsh, Bank of Toronto. Ont., writes: “Billiousness and dyspepsia | seem to have grown up with meg having been a sufferer for years. I have tried many remidies, but with no lasting resul t until 1 have used your Bur--1 dock Blood Bitters. They have been ’ truly abl easing to".me. I cannot speak too highly of them.” Price $1 00, “ trial gist 10 cents,

CHA T. Slash down the weeds. The days are now growing shorter. A fine lot of watermelons at Places. The wool market is closed or nearly so. New wheat will soon be coming into market. Oh. for a bed in somebody’s ice house. Our “Caesar” must be out helping to harvest. Remember the Rome City excursion on the 23rd. The comet has disappeared from mundane visions. Where is the author of “Beautiful Snow?” Show her up. One who knows says that the best lip-salve is “hush money.' Miss Liziie Siford has returned to her home at Napoleon. Ohio. The Cherubusco Herald is now published by C. T. & F. M. Hollis. Bluffton young ladies dress in male attire when they go out for a time. The Winchester Journal has a new head, which improves it very much. The Gazette calls Jim Blaine a statesman. That's sarcasm fur you. Mr. Conkling might now be induced to make “the greatest effort of his life.” Prof. Jones, late of Geneva, has been engaged to teach the Monroeville schools. The Ohio Republicans are getting into a big fuss with the Methodist preachers. We are to have more hot weather pefore the first of August, so says Vennor, Curtis Case, a son of Jud Case, aged three years, died this, Friday morning, of measles. The Y Busy. Welsh, of Pittsburg, is upon our table. It s very interesting—we presume. Succotash, peas, watermelon, and almost everything else good, can be had in the market now. Thanks to Will Schiuneyer for a mess of new tomatoes presented us nearly two weeks ago. Now that the chill has disappeared • from the water bathing is going on swimmingly in the river. Another grand excursion to Rome City on the 23rd. Fare, only one dollar. Go and have a good time. Four coaches were crowded with ex- 1 cursionists from Bluffton on Wednesday. They “took in” the picnic. It has been discoverd that temperance tracts are nice to study on a rainy day, because they are such dry reading. “Hot ?” said Jim Fristoc to an ae -' qnaintance. "Well. I should "—“Hold I on !’’ said Jim: “that's worse than the ■ I heat.” A Mr. Davis, of Wapakonetta. Ohio, is in town for the purpos of establish ing a public library. It is to be hoped he will succeed. We are creditably informed that arrangements have been made to buy ' wheat at Eiting's store, about September Ist being fixed for the time of commencing. Two sets of job rollers melted in this office last Saturday. When such things as that occur you may safely bet your boots it’s hot. W. G. Blymyer has retired from the Defiance Democrat, having sold his interest to Frank J. Mains. Success to the firm of White & Mains. We are under obligations to B. J Terveer for a copy of the London ATewa, sent to us by that gentleman from the lands across the ocean. If any fellow thinks its fun to edit a newspaper when the mercury stands at a hundred and seven in the shade he can buy us out and try it. - The Dayton Herald is to be enlarged about the Ist of August. Ferd. Wendell is a newspaper man in the broadest sense of the term, The City Band wifi' go to Petoskey. Michigan, the Ist of August The boys have purchased new uniforms and will go to the Northern Lakes in fine ' style. Mr. W. M. Caldwell, of Mendon, Michigan, is acting as freight agent at the G. & R. depot during Mr. Walch's absence in the interest of the excursion for the 23rd. The weather is so hot, local items are scarce. Jarmers. are busy and we ■ really know of nothing to do but to I write an article on flirtation, and be golly we won’t even do that. ~ —’ —' The first flour of the season from new wheat was made at Hart's mill last Saturday. Mr. Hart tells us the flour was splendid and it is his opinion , that the wheat is all going to be first 1 quality. e It is said that James Pl Riggs was ' in Decatur on the Saturday prior tc * his skip trying to dispose of a nets k against Mr. Wm. Peel, ft may be that I. he is not so much of a novice at the business as we at first suspected.

this week is one-half year since we took possession of the Times. — H-ZAsj County Times. In six months more, if ■ you stick, you will have had possession of it for a whole year, won'tyou? Beats the deuce what funny things happen. Ths indications are that Decatur is going to get the Chicago R. , R. Well, this will be an enterprise that will make that town and county second to none in Northern Indiana.— Bluffton Banner. The Banner is cor- , rcct. 1 f Decatur secures the road the town and county wilLstep forward and , take place in the front rauks. lu the circuit court room, the trial of the ease of Mayer vs. Graffe was in I progress when the storm came up. and ; word was brought that the dome of ; the building was rocking and likely to j fall. Then did the julgc forget his ' official dignity and scramble down from the tench, while the lawyers forgot to snatch their briefs and fled, some of the barristers sliding down the banisters in their hurry and flurry. The crash of a large circular window heightened the contusion and the terrorstricken legal luminaries for the once, ; utterly unbended from their stiff dig- | nity and regardless of their clothing . rushed out into the rain.— Ft. Wayne i Gazette, 13th. - ~ " — Tur Loxdon Lancet.—The “Lou don Lancet" say?: “Many a life has . been saved by the moral courage of the : sufferer" and many a life has been saved by taking Spring Blossom in ease of billions fever, indigestion or liver complaints.’ Price 50 cents, trial bottles 10 cents. Short Breath—O. Bortle, Manchester, N. Y., was troubled with Asthma for eleven years. Had been obliged to sit up some times ten or twelve nights in succession. Found immediate relief from Thomas Eelectric Oil. and is now entirely cured. No Sucii Word as Fail.—“l have : used your Spring Blossom for dyspep- I sia, headache, and constipation and find , it has done me a great deal of good. I shall recommend it to my friends. HENRY BERTOLETTI, • May 24th. 911 M tin St., Buffalo Price 50 cent, trial bottles ID cents. I Love Your Neichhor.—When your' friend or neighbor is laboring under' bodily affliction, indigestion, b Rious- ; ness, constipation, caused by impurity of blood, disorder of kidneys or liver, don't fail to recommend Burdock Blood Bitters, a sure and safe remedy. Price SI.OO, trial size 10 cents. Proof Positive.—We have the most positive and convincing proof that Thomas Edeccric Oil is a most effect- : ive specific for bodily pain. 1 case of rheumatism and neuralgia it gives instant re'ief. Children's Best Friend.—Rhinehart’s Worm Lozenges. Because they destroy they destroy and expel the Worm nest as well as the worms. no.ll>w2 Ayer's Pills are a general favorite. ■ ' because of their powerful yet gentle operation. Medical men prefer them for nervous or delicate constitutions. The residence of Mrs. Waldon, at Muncie, was destroyed by fire. A South Beud correspondent tells of . three robbers attacking W. 11. 801 l ! I man, a farmer living south of Lapaz I , while on his way to dinner, presented : I six cocked revolvers to his Lead, and ; subsequently tying and gagging him. I and taking from his pockets $54. Shortly after they left him a neighbor ' passing released Bollman, who organ ized a posse and started in pursuit of the robbers. They headed for South i Bend. Towards night the pursuers came upon the robbersand free tight i ensued, both parties shooting from be- j hind trees. Darkness came on and i the robbers escaped, They were over- ■ taken again late the n'xt day treat South Bend and shooting again begun. The South Bend authorities heard the • j shooting and went to the aid of the j ' grangers. Joseph Ilok, in whose corn ■ ! field the battle was in progres ■. heard a I ■ bullet whistle so near his head that he i got mad, took his double-barreled shot ' i gun and went out to help his fellow grangers. At the first round he brought ■ one of the robbers down, and then the other two surrendeted. In all, it was quite an exciting affair. Important to Newspaper Sub scribers. The reading public generally have very incorrect ideas as to the legal liabilities of subscribers to newspapers. Following are decisions of the Postal Department on the subject: .1. Any person who takes a paper regularly from the post office, whether ‘ directed to his name or another, or' whether he has subscribed or not, is re- I sponsible for the pay. 2. If a person orders his p.iper dis continued he must pay all arrearages, j , or the publishers may continue to send ; . it until payment is made, and collect i the whole amount, whether it was tak ! en from the office or not. 3. The courts have decided that re ; fusing to take newspapers and peri > riodieals from the post office, or remov- ' ; frig and leaving them uncalled for, is ,j j prim a facia evidence of intentional fraud. t nclailued Letter*. s List of unclaimed letters remaining s in the Decatur Postoffice Adams county. Ind., for the week ending July 11, 1881. If not called for in four weeks will be returned lb th.e dead letter office. 4 Burns James Nebitiger i Reeser] 1 Driscoll Park B. 2 -Osborn J. W. 1 Donaldson JamesS. Sprig J. W. e Persons calling for the above letters ‘ n Mill please say advertised: t B.W.Sholtv, P. M. executor £ ftmice is hereby gitea that th e unjer o signed has been sppiin'd Executor with the will annexed, of the Entne of John e finger,rife Hie of A lima county; deceased it she Estate is probabiy sol rent. e IH.MIi STEEL, r , ...» Executor. July 11, 81.—w3.

Since our last issue ulj : Mr. Bogenrife, of Hear 'Pleasant Mills and George Gardner, of Decatur, ] )ave i crossed the Dark River. Thby Were i both highly respected f Qr their »ti}.erior qualities Wcw Woods.—. Tony Holthouse will open up, at the “old stand,” about August first, with a large and carefully selected stock of boots and shoes. Jl c tells us bis stock will be here in. a f ew , days and that he will be pleased to see his friends who are in need of goods i u | his liue. He will talk to the people , through the medium of The Democr al . when his iroods arrive. :—- — . Hol.— l .ant Saturday was doubtless the hottest day this section of country ■ has experienced ii. a long tune. Fatal sunstrokes are reported from many places, and the prostrations were countless. In the larger eties the suffering was of course much greater. p eO p|" were stricken down by the hundreds (hi such days the greatest possible care should be taken. Intoxicants should be entirely let alone, and even leuion1 ade. if drank at all, should be drank sparingly. Keep as quiet as possible i and much suffering can be avoided. Hunt ’Em.— Adams cqunty jj ! not much given to bragging, but un | the contrary goes right along, dees the best she can, and when the books are ' brought out for settlement she conies as near striking a balance sheet as anv of her more pretentious neighborsand some time a little nearer This year, when the great wheat regions of Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan are doing comparatively no good at all, Adams .county comes up sindiipr w : th a very fair crop. Our corn crop is not at all discouraging, and everyI thing indicates a prosperous season. ‘ I The fact is Adams county to dav is one i of the best producing counties in the I state. — The Railroad -Not tmieh lias yet been done toWrd securing the j Chicago & Atlantic road. Our ciliiens . are prone to believe the read will be ] built tlirough Decatur, no matter whether the company receives any aid from here or not. Now. it is best that a thorough understanding of the ease be had at once. If the amount of money required is subscribed we will probably get the road; if it is not the whistles of the Chicago X Atlantic locomotives will, on a still,clear morning, be heard in Decatur—but that wont de us any g (»l The road will .be built, and that soon. It will either be built through Decatur or not faith ; er from here than eight miles. Petition. -Gov. Porter v.H '«.■ I petitioned next week to pardon Jaiue.t Baxter. The petition is signed by the Judge. Prosecutor. juA county efli, als. and by nearly every business man in town. Iu fact, we doubt if there is a man in Decatur who would refuse to sigu it. The writer signe 1 the peti- . lion, and did it conscientiously notwithstanding the fact that James eom- ' initted a crime. But he-has been punished enough. Let Gov. Porter send : Tames Baxter back to home and friends ' and our word for it he will be :i man, . ■ every inch of him. James Baxter is ■ not a thief; he is not dishonest. He ' is in prison for cutting a man while I engaged in a rough-and-tumlde tight. | and he has l>een amply punished for it. ! Another thing we wish to speak of in Baxter's favor, so far as public opin- . ion is concerned, is that the fact iw • been unmistakably established that his antagouwri was by uo means an intioI cent fellow, but on the contrary Mecicy prided himself on his fighting q ll * l ' ' ities. and had he bad a knife on tl' l * . occasion it is not at all improbable but that he would have done as much cutting as did Baxter. We werepn ■■ ■ 1 as severe on James at the time as any I ' one in town, but lime has proven tou». I I as well as to hundreds of others. lha« he has been punished enough. ■ ; sincerely hope that Gov. Porter v-- I grant the prayers of his peiiliimer-. Eorgrry— lt seems the wjdi B grows worse with age rather than l ilt I ter. Some men steal horses, some stwl H money, some steal virtue, and tli ,rf | are those who steal whatever they •-‘‘■j ' a chance to. If a niau is disposed t* ■ ■ steal ho is' Lonnd to get in his woriH ' sooner or later. _ There seems to bo | j getting around that fact. It was so i , | ; the long ago and remains the saw Men are led astray perhaps quite» I often as are wy: ten. Whiskey | ihe'best of some.- the wiles of design I ‘ ing women often reck the lives oi D ' I rble men. and financial einbarrassuie’ 1 ® often leads men to do acts contrary • H ' the statutes. We are charitable enou--B to aeeept it as a fact that financed <■ H barrassment directly influenced J 111 ■ P. Riggs, of Geneva, better known lw~B as “Rusticus,” The Democrat s G' j ‘ I va correspondent, to resort to forget.' ■ “Rover,” our esteemed friend who bx ■ favored us with a communication it I ] Geneva, speaks severely of Rigg'- 3 "' ■ I perhaps justly so. He has a m' 1 ■ I better opportunity of knowing the lrU ■ . disposition of the fellow than we h-> ■ ■ But Riggs is gone from here u'' ■ Let us hope that he will reform. I 'is yet young and can be a use || man if be will. Il seems to be in ■ general feeling,' trow that he is g nr,c ’ I let him alone, and to that e»d u ,l j-derstand uo papers have been i** tt I : for his arrest. He has dogbtlcsi' S’ 1 | I to the far West. I