Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1881 — Page 3

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. Decatur Markets. Oats 36. Eggs . Corn 50. Battar 16 Flax need $1.21 Wheat No. 2. 1.22 Clover seed $4.50 $4.75 Timothy seed $2. (<5 12.75 Locals. Get vacinated. Christmas next. Roller skating is all the rage. Twenty dollars for the thief. Prevention is better than cure. The little Senator Mahone is * big man. Exchanges complain of counterfeit trade dollars. Our rural friends indulge in big oyster suppers, It is not advisable to interview people with the small pox. The Meisse House gave a hop en Thanksgiving eve. The receipts of the concerts given by the M. E. choir, was $31.30. Dr McClellan, of Fort Wayne, has permanently located inaDeeatur. Under the new law, drunks have W be disposed of in the Circuit Court. The K. of P's. are talking of starting a band out of the members of their lodge. There was one of the hook and lader beys represented at the fire on Tuesday night. There has been a literary society organised by the young men of the Catholic church. Benj. McLaughlin wishes the first gravel road built out west, in the direction of “our house." How is your “Anniversary?" pussle, the average stranger, but our people seem to comprehend it. By request, there will be a publie examination for teachers at Decatar, Saturday, December 10. Decatur is enjoying a booming trade thia fall. A great many new faces ere making this their trading point. Remember the free entertainment and social to be given by the Rebeccas at Odd Fellows's Hall, Wednesday night, Henry Weamer, who journalised at this place a very short time, has just started a bright little tri weekly at Butler, Ind., Wi'liam Geary is making slow progress on the sewer, in consequence of unfavorable weather. He has just crossed Fourth street. Sylvester Spangler and Amos Gillig are preparing to open out a lumber yard, two lots south of where Glass and Dorwin used to do business. If you want to buy some valuable timber land within two miles of Deoatur eall on John P. Quinn, at his office, over Adams County Bank. Olive Lodge No. 86, D. of R. will give a social entertainment next Wednesday evening, December 7, at the I. 0. 0. F. hall. Everybody invited. An order should be made, requiring all children of the public schools to be vaccinated within twenty days, under penalty of dismissal if the order is not complied with.

Dr. Ph. D. P»ul, the successful German Eye SpeeialiM, will make hie 10th visit to Decatur, and be at the Burt House, Saturday, December 10, providence permitting. Examination free. The high pri«w our grain dealer! have paid all th* fall for wheat, ete. has been a boom to the trade of car place. Our farmers understand the motto, “sell in the dearest market and buy in the cheapwt," serf practice it. John Schurger says h»ha* another lot of meat on hand now, and that he is watching it with a shot-gun. He wants to weight down some fellow with two barrels of lead delivered at th* mussle of a double-barreled shot-gun. All persons who solemnise marriages, under the new law, ar* required to file a certificate thereof, with license therefor, within ninety days, or they are liable to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars nor less than five dollars. It pays to advertise. Try it judiciously, thoroughly. Some people think they have been in business so long, and ar* so w*U known that it is unnecessary An exchange adds m answer to such argument the story of the ohureh member who thought it was no use for him to go to ehurch or pray, a* th* Lord knew him. From th* Cincinnati Enpartri correspondence, interviewing th* officers and managers of the T. D. 4 B. R. R. and their capitalists interested in the coal fields tapped by this road, Tib Democrat learn* that they contemplate building a branch of the Narrow Gauge from Decatur to Fort Wayne at an early day.

Personals, loeals, society items, notices of meetings, and advertisements) should be seut to the office as early as possible to insure insertion. To accommodate late orders Tux Democrat has put itself to groat inconvenience of late. Tub Democrat acknowledges the receipt from the American Book Exchange, New York, the fourth and last volumn of the Library of Universal Knowledge. It is a valuable work for reference, and the price at which it is furnished places it within the reach of all students and persons desiring a ready refereaee at hand. Those wishing it should address as above. The Fort Wayne and Hocking Valley coal road, spoken of last week, will now probably go over indefinitly, in consequence of Fort Wayne being required to raise a large sum to secure the location of the machine shopt of their new road. This being to them the most important enterprise, the other will have to wait. This will give the Narrow Gauge road time to carry their intentions into effect, and if accomplished, Fott Wayne will have all the soft ooal facilities she would Meuro by building the other road. The residence of Kirk Mann, of this place was burned Tuesday night. Most of the contents was saved The firo was discorerod just as the family were about retiring for the night, and was doubtless due to a defect in the stovepipe connection, as' it commenced in the loft of that portion of the house where the kitchen stove was located, whieh had been used <0 prepare supper for the family. There wee S4OO insurance on the house, and S2OO on the contents. The loss is a very severe one’to Mr. Mann, who has had more or less bad luck for some time. Hard work and pluck had placed him in comfortable circumstances, but this fire leaves him again st the foot of the hill. The Delphos Herald publishes the particulars of a collision, in which General Manager Phillips and Chief Engineer Sherman, of the T., D. and B. were the principal parties affected by it. They were riding on the “Sphinx," the steam hand-car, near Marion, a short tiu.o ago, and running at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour, when they struck a skunk. After arriving at Marion, all the deodorising they could do didn't save them from an invitation by the landlord to leave his house. With considerable embarrassment their predicament was explained, and after procuring a bath and a change of clothing, they were allowed to stay.—[ Warren Neva.

Personals. Henry Niblock, of Huntington, is in town. Mrs. John Rout spent Sunday with her mother, in Van Wert. Rufus Allison and James France, went to Cincinnati, Friday last. “Beecher" Meibers is taking in the sights at Cincinnati this week. Dan Burns is rejoicing over the birth of a little girl at his hour*. Clint Patterson hs* moved into the Studebaker property on Third street Mrs. Amos Curry, of Bluffton is visiting her brother, David Studebaker. Mrs. Eugene Morrow and daughter, of Buena Vista, are visiting Mrs. R. B. Allison. Rev- M. S. Metts left for Winchester yesterday to assist in a revival at that place. Mr. C. Keegan, of Bunkerhil), Indiana, is visiting his sister Mr. Me. Bollman. Mrs. Roby, of Delphos, who was visiting Mrs. M P. Walch returned home Wednesday. Misses Ten* and Lissie Railing left yesterday for a two weeks’ visit at Cromwell, Indiana. Mr. Joe Smith, after a serious spell of typhoid fever, was seen on our streets Wednesday last. Miss Ida Hedges, -who has been in Minnesota, for the past eight months, returned home last week. Edith Pelham, an accomplished young lady of Bluffton, w»s visiting friends in Decatur last week. Andrew Fritse spent Sunday with hi* mother in Decatur. He returned to Fort Recovery, Ohio, on Monday. Walter Mason, of Blufft*n, was io town on Wednesday. We understand that he will start a tailcr shop here in the spring. S. Ray Williams has purchased the Tipton Timtt, Tipton, Indiana, and takes possession of the office next Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Lamb, of Bluffton, Ohio, were in th* city Monday, urge elating for th* Miesse House, which was not successful. There were two hundred and six in attendsae* at the M. E. Sabbath School last Sabbath. The number has been gradually increasing for some time. W. J. Nibiock, traveling salesman f*r a cigar firm of Coldwater, Mich., was in town on Saturday last. “Nibs." as the boy* cal! him has lot* of friends in Decatur. B. R. Freeman ha* been appointed Surgeon of th* T. D. 48. R R. Co. subject to the order of the company in ease of aocident to employees *r whenever hi* service may b« required. Mr. Levi Heeler and Isaac Weiker, of B*nne* county. Ohio, were the guest

of Mr. Frank Hiskey on Saturday last They came from Kansas, where they had been on a business and pleasure trip. They are the Grandfathers of Mrs. Hiskey. Small Pox. The small pox wherever it has made an appearance, seems to be on the increase, and is now regarded by physicians as having assumed an epidemic form, and is exciting the gravest apprehensions as to the final resuf t. It is impose ible toge,t at the correct figures of the nu mber of oases in Fort Wayne, but it i s enough to know that there has been a considerable number of new oases, several deaths, and during the week past the disease has been gradually spreading its bounds. The Dxmoorat does not wish to be sensational, or unnecessarily excite the fears of the public, but it will undoubtedly spread. It may appear here tomorrow; we may escape entirely, but will be fortunate if we do so. But to prepare our people for the worst and to enable them to act intelligently in case it does appear, the following article has been prepared for The' ‘Demoohat by one of our leading physicians, at our request, for the purpose of giving reliable information of the Way and manner it is communicated from one person to another. This is a specific disease of the most contagious character that afflicts mankind, but it has been robbed of its terrors by the practice of vaccination. It has no especial predihotion for age or sex; all persons are liable to take it, except those who have been vaccinated, or those who have had it. There is no disease whose virus remains effective for so long a period. The term of incubation, or that elapses after expoure to the time of taking the disease, is from ten to thirteen days. The invasion is more or less sudden and is indicated by rise in temperature, chills, alternating, with great heat, aching in back and limbs, constipation, vomiting and maniacal excitement, in children convulsions. These symptoms generally reach their height on the third day. The rash usually appears on the third day in the form of minute popules on the face, head, neck and wrists. The spots are first hard like shot and imbibed in the skin. From the sixth to the eighth day, they contain a milky fluid, and continue to increase in site up to the tenth or eleventh day, when the process is complete. When the pustules remain distinct the disease is called discrete. When they run together it is called confluent. The confluent form is the most- severe, and is attended with enormous swelling and the mortality is much greater. In all cases of small pox, there is on the first appearance of the rash a diminution of the severe symptoms; the temperature falls, the pulse gets slower and the vomiting ceases; pain in the back subsides and delerium ceases. About the seventh or eighth day the fever returns and with it the former symptoms, which in favorable case lasts about three or four days, when the patient begiss to improve Small pox occurring after vaccination is modified in character and is called varioloid. It is a mild disease, rarely fatal. Statistics show that of those who have been vaccinated the ■ death.rate is only about two in one hundred, while in the unmodified form of the disease the death rate is thirtyseven per cent., or more than one-third

The contagious principal is not confined to the patient alone,but isdiffused in the atmosphere about him and cxtends a variable distance. A small close room concentrates the poison and makes the communication mo re certain, while ventilation and larger air space dilutes it.

There is no period from the initial fever to the final disquamation at ] which the disease a may not be communicated, but the stage of suppuraation is the most virulent. All arti. cles of clothing, etc. used by and about the patient may retain th* poi- ( son for a long time, and may be ■ con- ■, veyed from one person to another, from the bedding or clothing of a patient to the clothing of another person and < thus communicated to a third person , The bodies of those who’ die with the diseas* also communicate it. The poison once communicated to any ' thing is retained for a long time, and 1 when kept from contact with the atmosphere, will retain its activity and power indefinitly. It would be a miss-application of space to discus* the value of vaccination a* a means of saving men from the greatest scourge of modern time*. It is the duty of every individual to be vaccinated. Parents should see that their children ar* vaccinated. What would be the feelings of a parent should thia loathsome disease attack, disfigure or destroy some of their little ones through their neglect to have so simple a precaution taken as vaccination. About the third day after a person ba* been vaccinated, there will be a slight congestive appearance 1 at the point of inoculation which will gradu. ally increase in vise and on the fifth or sixth day becomes circular and grayish, and on the eighth or ninth day ■ there is matter formed under th* < scab, and a red inflamed sp ace around. ; After the eleventh day it begin* to dry ( pus. the inlamation subsides and abotw <

the twentieth or twenty-fifth day the scab falls off leaving a pitted depressed scar. When vaccination, is performed .from the 'chW, the process ir geftferaHy slaw-’ er and. tile W ife c . constitutional effects-are mor<- stverethan when human lymph is .used..ln case-of xe-,vaccination, there is..one- -of, ■ three results: Either - the patretrt • iff fully protected and tVere is .no ' other' effect beyond the scratch of the lancet;' ' but if all protection has ceased, the. operation i» folltrweff by •typical pack; if there be. an impairment of protection the result is modified-. ” ■ is,for a period ..which varies iu different - individuals and although for the enti'rd life for some, in others it expires in a few years, mat-' ing it b'ecessary to repeal the bpe'ratiori at certain periods. • Re-Vaccinatitm is noif practiced' in' ‘ the-great continental armies every five , years and has had a very - remai’kabie" result iu checking .small pox.. As . those statistics are’ on a large scale andaccurate,.tbe Jesson taught should . lie" heeded, especially, - as at the present ’ time thyre is a liability to' hxpbsure at any moment. As a rule and withpuj. regard. to . should be repeated every five to ten , Compulsion in some form is clearly* I defensible and just. It may be doubtful in thia'fred country of ours if it is ’ justifiable to-compel a parson U> taka- j care of theft own fife Or that ‘ of his i offspring, but it can -scarcely be disput- f ed, that ma one has a right to,, put. the. a life bf’his neighbor in jeopardy.- The | principle of sq jising ones ojva as .not t to injure another* is-one which has* c always .been apjed . upon by our legisla ’- tors, and it is but an extension of the ® principle bo apply it to a question of life and health. tv 7; • j 0 . Church Fair. > The ladies of the M. E. Church wiH r hold a Church Fair, commencing Mon- c day, December-25th, continuing dur- ® ing the entire wepk, th’e proceeds of 0 which wilf'go to assist in the comple- • tion of the new chusch. -> A more; particular .announcement, will-.bo made , hereafter.’ * ‘ ...... ■ > '• ‘ • » f ’ I f < »• t.f # •• .I I 0 » . «’ j ; •• Marriage License. 1 ‘ i « ! » f • t The follo'wing marriage licenses, have been-issued since our last report: James W. Place, Kate Niblock. , John L. Spaulding, Martha E.. Wulf,. Joseph D. Winans, Aioher,. 1 John FurstenanJ J’erijima'-Y'oos. * ■ John H. Reiffe, Mary Albusqn. 1 Isaac Chronister, Farah E: Debolt. Erastus Fritzinger, Rachael Huffman Jonathan Hirsch, Lena Amstutz. * New Booktt. - • Dorwin' & Hqlth'ouse have jtijri.fbceived the following new books':' . Madalaine, by Mrs.,Holm??. ... . The New Nobility, by,J. W: Forney.: Without a'Hom'e, by E. P. Roe. 1 Mrs. Geoffrey, by ‘the author 6f “Phyllis;” etc.—n3sw3. -• "• ( — v — ,• ■■ 2“' ’ / Report of the Buena Vista Graded School. For the' month ending 'Nov. 25/1881. , Number enrolled. Number belonging'. .<.-<» ♦,»>!•* »... .82 < • Average daily attendance . .78 •Par cent, of attendance’ .. . ...95.1 Number cases of. tardiness.....-< . 6 j Minutes lost by tardiness,.-.. .-er .50 Number fieither tardy or absedt 7. .’66 Number punisjied /... 4 1 Number of visitors... ~..5

Unclaimed/Letters, i :— List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Decatur post office, Adams-coun-ty, Indiana, for the-week ending Nev--28, 1881. ... - . .. - z Lutx Miss S. M. > Rebter Calvin Martin David William H. J. Revelin Margret. W&inig- Fread- ; . Persons'calling'for‘the above willplease say aSyertjsed...,,.. B. W. fjHOLTY, P. M. Married. : _'■ November 27, 1881, byGeorge B, Cline, Esq., Mr.' Isaac'H. ‘ Ch'ronistef and Miss Sarah E. Debolt. • . • ■ .*., . Programme of exerdises for meeting of Young Peoples - Christian Temperance Union for Friday evening, December -W/81r Devotional Exdreisos Order of business...".'t ..' Speech by G. W. A. Luckey. Singing by. :. ... 4.... .Choir. Select - Readifrg. . . .Nannie Menifee.; Essay \....': Fannie .DorwinSolo .’Mrs. M. Ml'Gleason-* Speech'?.. .Dr. S. G.Hdstings. Singing . .Choir. Select" Reading. ‘. 'Mrs.E.'N'.’Wicks. Solo7, Miller.' Volonttty Speech**., r \., . , .Important .Legjs]a([ph. - r • The following section 'iv-ske'n from the act* of the last Legislature, and is now in force. Persons, interested- will be careful <o comply with the law if tffiey wish to avoid~the penalties: Sec. 243. Whoever'being the owner, manager, lessee, trustee or person Having the charge' of «ny-tbsator, °P' era-house, museum,"cdMfegn, seminary, ehurch, *s - cb'<?3l‘;boti S e,. .<* other- ‘public byilding, refuses or neglects to cause all the doors thereof, constructed for thf . Tpufivoto’sf ft^res* 1 and Ogress, whether inner ?r, butof ttr ‘be humg-sa.thatthc.iave stall wardly, shall -be fined ip any sum not exceeding SI,OCO, nor less than.HO, to which may Be adde'd' imprisonment’ in the county; jail for "any period Wt to exceed six month*.

e In Mempriam. I- , : Whereas.—lt has pleased God in a His Infinite wisdom to remove by v s deafb,from our circle, Bro. John L. ,Fi?her 4 of Canoper Grange, No. 1211, '• -of Adams county, Ind., who departed t-"this life July Bth, 'Bl, and while we 1 submissively bow to the will of the r .Divine Master above, who doeth all filings well, respectfully submit the f. resolfttlbnk: ** 'J Retdlved:- That while we deeply i’ .deplore- the losss of a worthy brother) a 5. .kind neighbor, a genial friend and'an • honest member bf our order, we will •ever cherish his memory among us and extend to his bereaved family our .warmestand mostheartfelt sympatuy in 1 in this their time of sorrow. - > lieeolved-. That in the death of , - Bro r Fisher, the Grange has suffered a ’, .great loss, further, that we tender the 'bereaved family a copy of the above . resolutions and also a copy to be recorded ;n the minutes of ciir Grange ‘and a copy of the same -be furnished the Live Patron, Grange Bulletin, and 'our county paper for publication. * ‘ R. H. Jones, 1 • J 4 '"' r W. M. Clymer, J-Com. • - ' L. Long, ) I . 1 <• In Memor.iam. Where,as -It hak* ple&sed God in | His Infinite , wisdom to remove by death from our circle Bro. John Grow, of Cahoper Grange, No. 1211, of Adatns ejunjy Ind., who departed this life Nov. 9, ’Bl. A young daughter of Bro. Grow s also died the same day and was-buried by ‘his side in a double grave, and while we submissively bow to the wilj of our Divine Master above, who .doeUi all things well, we respectfully submit the following resolutions: .’ Reeolved'. That while we deeply deploxy.the. loss of a worihy brother, a ( kind neighbor, a genial friend and. an 1 honest memberof ourorder, we will ever e cherish his memory among us and ex- ’ tend to his bereaved family our warm- 1 .est.andmost heartfelt sympathy, in this-their time of sorrow: ..

Re/alVe'd: That in the death of this Grange has suffered' a great loss, further,, that we tender the , bereaved family, a copy of the above 1 resolutions-, and also a copy to be re- ; corded in -the minutes of our Grange « apd a fcdpy of the same to be furnished '• the 'Zi\e Patron Grange Bulletin, and our county paper for • o. * . R. H. JonesjA- •••'.-■ ' / ‘ W. Clymer, >• Com. '' ' L. Long, ) . For tub. oysters go to J. W. Place. Jor cheap brackets call on Hiskey ■ T’resh', lard at John Welfley's.—w2. ■Nice onions at John Welfley’s.—w2. J&o to A. Holthouse for overshoes. — w 2-- ’ ■ Soarkraut imported at John Wel-fley's.—w-2. • ‘ ••■* -The-buat cigars in tojvn at the cigar store. —w 2. ; • .Go to J., W. Pla?e fo‘r lunch and warm meals. Smoke the Enquirer forfive cents at J, K Places'. ' . A new line of corsets and hose, at Edington's.—w2. Good coffee at John Welfley's for 12c, ! 15c and 18c's.—w2. Ladie s Dollmans and cloaks cheap, at M. Bremerkamp's.—tf. -J A nice line of overcoats just received gt.Jam.es Edingtoq’s.—w2. jA ,hew assortment of glass and quefnsware at Welfley’s.—w2. , jUmember the Christmas candies coming at Jake Martin's.—w 2.For wool lined shoos for ladies..and children go to A. Holthouse.—-w2. X.*di<ia. and children’s heavy shoes in great variety, .Canter & Holthouse/s, Ji Wi..Fla.ce will have the largest> stock of Holliday eandies every brought tb’pe'catut, James Edington has a large assortment ,qf ladie’s cloaks, and Qplmans cheap.—w 2. A, ( complete line of gentlemen's clothing cheaper than ever at James JBdihgton's.—w2. I- * • 'Look*out for the largest and nicest stock of Christmas candies at Jake tin's.—-w 2. AA "great variety As- sm'oking tobaccoes and- the best cigars always on hand at August Krechter's. —w 2. Go to James Edington’s for a winter out fit for your children. He has the -greatest variety of leggens, hoods, knit cloaks and mittens ever brought to'Decatuf —w2. 'The finest lot of _ gents clippers just received at . Cqnter & Voglewede’s. Ladies desiring to make their husbands Christmas presents, should call andexamine their stock before purchasing elsewhere. —w 2. .If you want bqos and shoes at your own price, call at. M. Bremerkamp’s.— tr '-•’■■■ The finest line pf carpets and oil cloth to be found in Decatur, is at M. Bremerkamp’s.—tf. » L.l, t . ’-In order to close out my stock pf boobs and shoes I will'sell-them at cost. M. Bremerkamp —-ts. The largest and finest stock of ready 1 mide/clo/tping for .men, boy's and chib drgn in Decatur.'will be found .at M. , Bremerkamp's.—tf. V*.» - «« -—r—: —s, •'•WANTED:- I—Slack 1 —Slack barrel stave and heading bolts.’ ’As an inducement during ifteheayytoads, from this time uptil Januaty hst, we will p,yy.53.50 per cord; for. number onp Elm apd Red Gait-Sleek Barrel Stave Bolts,-deliver-ed »t' ‘the/ factory in Decktur, Indiana. We afsp want Lind’ and Cotton-wood Heading bolts, fpr which a, good price wiW be paid. > We will pay the highest market firice for*all oak, white - ash, hi-cEbry 1 , cotton wood, elm and walnut saw l6gs,,Vffu can brjfig us. For further particulars inquire at the. office of . ’ J. E. McKendrv & Co. , Deeaftir, Nov. 18, 'Bl —ts.

Groceries and queensware cheap, at M. Bremerkamp's—tf. j Notice. ? Those indebted to S. Kay Williams for subscriptions to the Democrat,j will do well to call at my offiee and pay , the amount due within 15 days from ' this dute-and thereby s'ave costs. These j claims are so small that I cannot and , will not hold them longer without suit. John P. Quinn. Office over Adams County Bank. f L ec’. 1, ’Bl.—w2. i ■ ■ > ’ Notice or Dlssoiusiou. 1 Notice is hereby given that the film of G. D. Shigley arid F Shigley, was dissolved on the 14th day of November. The business is still conducted by G. D. Shigley. no. 36—w3. State Board or Health, Indiana, i Secretary's OrrtCß, > INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 23, 1881. J To the Clerk oj Adams County: Sir; By an act of the General Assembly of the State ot Indiana, entitled “An Act to establish a State Board of Health,’ etc . it is provided that the Clerk of the Circuit Court of each county in this State shall bo requited to keep a book, especially prepar ed and set apart for the registration ot names and postoffiie address of Physicians and Accoucheurs of their counties. A penalty"' s ako provided iu case of non-com-pliance with such requirement. You will, therefore, please notify each Physician and f Accoucheur, in your county, of such provision of law as to registration; also us to penalty attached tn ease of failure to com ply therewith. The registration of Physicians and Accoucheurs must be completed by the id rat day of January, 1881. Blanks will, before that time, be furnished you, upon which to report to this office all who have so registered, and for such other purposes. i’ours, THAD. M. STEVENS, M. D., Secrlary of State Beard of Health. , The fine is not less than five dollars noj more than ten dollars, [Approved March 7th; 1881.] ’Section 11. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of each county iu this State shall be required to keep a book especially prepared and set apart for registration of name 1 and postoffice address of Physicians and Accoucheurs of their county. SALE Os PERSONAL PROPERTY j

Notice is hereby given, that I, Lafayette Rape, administrator of the estate of Amanda Twigg deceased, will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY THE 17TH OF DECEMBER, 81 at the late residence of the deceased, about 2 miles east of Ceylon, Adams county, the following described personal property, belonging to. the estate of said decedent, to wit: Two head of work horses, one cow, five head of hogs, one two horse wagon, one buggy, one wood saw, and horse power (4 horse) about two tons of hay in the mow, set o f carpenter tools, (nearly new), set of Blacksmith tools, box stove, cook stove, household and and kitchen furniture, plows, harrow ani harness and various other articles, Terms: For all amounts not exceeding five dollars, cash in hand. For amounts of five dollars and upwards, a credit of nine months will be givenNote, bearing six percent, interest after maturity, with approved security, and waiving valuation or appraisement laws, will be required. Lafayette Rape, AdministratorNov. 26, —w 4. APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTR A 1 OR. ■ Notice is hereby given. that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Amanda Twigg, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is prob'ably solvent. LAFAYETTE RAPE, Administrator. Nov. 25, ’Bl. i —•— Notice of Insolvency. : ' - Notice is hereby given that at the September term, 1881, of the Adams circuit court, of Adams county, Indiana, the estate of Alexander Smith, deceased, was declared probably insolvent and that all creditors are requested to fi c their claims for allowance, and all th se interested are notified that said esta c will be set tied accordingly. Robf.ri E. Smith, Nov. 4,1881-4 w A ministrator France & King, Attorneys. Olsaolution ot Co-I’atnersbip By mutual agreement we, the undersign ed, have this day dissolved partner ship. For a time we will each occupy our present office for the purpose of settling up autl'disposihg of all unfinnislted firm business. Those indebted to the firm will please call at an early day and settle either by cash ar note. Thanking our friends who have in the past favored us with their business and trusting we may each be favorably remembered in the future we remian, yours very truly. DAVID STUDABAKER. JOHN P. QUINN. Decatur, Oct. 25th, 1880. n3otf. BUIfDINfiFMOVED ON SHORT NOTICE. I have just purchased a new and improved block and tackle and have the best set of jack screws in the country, and am now prepared to move buildings on short notice. I will also hire my jack screws to persons wishing to move buildings am also ready to take contracts for build ing or repairing, or do anything in thecarpenter line. John M. Pond. n 0.32. —m 3.

(BUY YOUR CEOTHING OF 1 THE MANUFACTURERS, J ; . 2Vrxc3L Save The Retailer’s Profit —A.T—OWEN, PIXEEY & CO’S, 15 and ITCourt Street. 1 ITfIRT WUVNF* IND 58 and 60 Clinton Street. | ■WO I If H I •*»-, I '

- Also what some people call the bogus Singer, but equal to the genuine Singer in every respect, and in some respects superior, which we will sell 1 for S2O; about half price. For sale at , the Fancy Store. ts. ditchTsale. Notice* is hereby given that the undersigned has been notified in writing, by Casper Eiting, a land owner, and a person interested in the so-called Kohne ditch, situated in Washington township, Adams . county, that the following named corporalion, to-wit: The Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad Company has failed f to procure the excavation or construction ! of such part of said ditch as was appor tioned to it by the viewers, appointed according to law. in the manner and time specified in the report made by said viewers. I shall, therefore, in pursuance of «ection 12 of the ditch law, approved March 9, 1875, on Friday , 23/vZ (ts December, 1881, at 2 o’clock, p m , at the court house door iu Decatur, Ind , let to the lowest and best responsible bidder, the excavation and construction of so much of said Kohne ditch as is described below, to-wit: From station 87 to station 90, being 300 lineal feei apportioned by said viewers to T D. and B. H. R Co. Said work to be done strictly in accordance with the specifications attached to the report of the viewers, filed in the Auditor's office, Decatur. A lams county, Indiana. Bidders will be required to file a bond, with good and suffic ent security, payable to the above mentioned Toledo, Delphos & Burlington R. R. Co., for the faithful performance of said work within the time specified at the day of the letting G. CHRISTEN, Anditor. Auditor's office, Adams county, Indiana. Nov. 25, 188].—wl. They all smoke the Pansie for 5c at J. W. Places’. For fresh Oysters go to J. W. Place. : Kendall’s Spavin Cure is used from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.

A NEW LEAF TURNED OVER. AT THE ‘OLD RELIABLE” Cash and Produce Trumps 0 EVERYBODY READ! I — NIBLICK, -CRAWFORD & SONS Having tried the cred system long enough to test its impracticability, have concluded to take a new rick, and. instead of having to put their goods at a price high enough to make up for bad debts, they are now determined to give their patrons the benefit of the MONEY SAVED BY THE "READY PAY SYSTEM, 1 in the reduced prices they are thus enabled to afford their customers. In this way they can “ LIVE AIUNED LET L VE ! ” It is true, Justices and Constables may object, as it interferes with a business which to them, has proven quite a lucrative one. But under the new order of things, our friends will find good* at the store in the Adams County Bank Block so much lower than formerly, that they XTtFill be Astonished! at the change which ready pay has wrought. It is folly to say much about it in our »4 vertisement, as far as particularizing is concerned. The truth in this respect can only be satisfactorily learned BY A VISIT TO THE STORE! Where all hands take pleasure in making known the huge bargains they have to offer in LADIES DRESS GOODS, MUSLINS, READYMADE CLOTHING, CARPEIS, QUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, ETC. o Tiio IMfkX’lX-Ot Prico Paid for Country frodnoo. o STANDS BY THE ‘ ‘ OLD AND IT WII.L STAND BY YOU. Niblick, Crawford & Sons. Decatur, Ind., May 16,1879.

Building Stone. Wehayejust started a stone yard south of the Toledo Delphos & Burlington railroad depot, Decatur, Ind., where we will keep on hand a large and complete stock of Bluffton quarry stone. The yard will be in charge of Lammerman & Mann, of Decatur, who ean furnish you the lowest rates for stone, either by the perch or car load. KAPP & GARIDNER. Oct. 14, 'Bl. ts. Look Here Everybody. Sol Billman, the Boot and Shoe man has now secured the best workman iu the county. He can furnish the best made Boot or Shoe for the least money than any other man in the same business in Decatur. He uses the best of material. Give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. Two doors west of Adams county Bank. He also makes a specalty of fine Boots and Shoes. Valuable Frani for Sale. Two hundred and sixty-five acres ; one hundred and fifty cleared, with good brick house, barn and outbuildings, orchard of bearing trees, etc. The land is thoroughly surface and underdrained, having eleven hundred rods of tile underdrain The soil is a black loam, of unsurpassed fertility, aud lies six miles west of Decatur, on the T. D &B. railroad. There is aatation on the farm. For particulars of price and terms call cn or address, the Adams county Bank. Sep. 23, 'Bl. no, 25.—ts. I The New Home sewing machine is one of the most perfect machines; it stands all tests, and has no superior. Those intending to buy a machine should call and see one before purchas. ing. Price with attachments S3O. ts If you to want to see fine candies go to J. W. Places’.