Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1882 — Page 2

THE DECATUH DEMOCRAT. BY A. J. HILL. Friday, Janita rt 6. Toe grandest fizzle of 1881 was the prosecution of the Star Route thieves. The halfbreeds who hold under Arthur must keep silent or loose their official heads. Arthur is reported to be a grateful man to the stalwarts. Tile Democratic editors of Indiana inet at Indianapolis on Thursday. The Democrat was not represented; it being impossible for us to attend. Enoland is getting alarmed. In far off India the Irish land troubles are being discussed. It is feared that discussion may arouse sympathy, and sympathy action upon the part of the natives. The New York Tribune has no post office. It is severely criticising the Arthur administration. Those papers holding office by virtue of Arthur, think the Tribune a very malicious journal. Truly sight and sense are very much modified by the position occupied when looking over the ground. Impartial judgments, with certain snrroupdings, are as scarce as water during a drouth.

The Republicans are playing the usual role at Washington. They arc preparing for unlimited whitewash. The Committee appointed to investigate Secretary Sherman, are especially appointed for that purpose. The peowill never hear from that Committee the extent of his crookedness. Wno filched the $5,000 lost somewhere between Cincinnati and Bluffton is still a mystery. The responsibility lies between the bank sending the money, and the express company, each affirming the other's •gents stole it. The question will, it is understood, be settled in the courts. - ■ • ■< a » John Kelly is evidently in a bad way. He has been repudiated by Tammany and has recently been trying to mortgage hit followers to the Republican party, but they are disgusted with his methods, or distrust his ability to deliver the goods, though he has so often and effectually served them, that they consider him their natural ally. He is always for anything for a consideration. — Th-E Journal is constantly improving. The editor seems to have taken his inspiration from Guiteau. His Guiteauisms last week were almost equal to the inspired original. That is, they contained all the mal ice and ranoa the editor could command, but' compared with Guiteau s. they are blunt shafts, more dangerous to the marksmaa who abbots then the target. The Democrat is a generous adversary, always ready to give credit where credit is due. The proposition of Mr. Lorillard to furnish a faster mail and passenger service across the ocean than hitherto considered practicable has been pro nounced visionary by many. The question will receive a practical test as aoon as poaaible. It is to be hoped it will prove a success, and that in a short time, we shall see American steamers enjoying a monopoly of the mail and paaaenger trafle betweea this country and Europe, by reason of their superior comfort, speed and safety.

Fort Wayne voted against appropriating 175,000 to aid in the conatru* tion of the Hooking A'alley and Springfield railroad, by a majority of 1,217' The Chicago 4 Atlantic R. R. will now doubtless effee* an arrangement by which the read will be built to Decatur, instead of Ft. Wayne, leaving the latter plaee out in the cold, or more properly speaking, without cheap soft coal, unless they make arrangements to precure it elsewhere. So far as Deoatur is concerned, it does not affect our interest, except to deprive us of a competing road to' Ft. Wayne. Tire Journal is very eager to pro voke a personal controversy with Tire Democrat. It is also very desirous to appear the champion of all good in the moral and intellectual world of Decatur and the region in w’uiua it circulates. It wishes to appear as the original and only champion of temperance, virtue and religion; tho foa of al! that is bad and of all bad people. It wishes to be the interpreter of law and learn | our people how to administer justice. It feign would tell us how to live right: how to die right. The Journal, in the estimation offts editor, is the grandest paper of any age, and contains more good sound practical common sense, originality, wit and sarcasm to the square inch than any other newspaper in existence. In short, it is the model newspaper of the age; the editor a model in all that it implies. Thi DuMOCßAT’represents the opposite of all tins. This is the Journal's extravagant es- i ' timate of itself; its estimate of the in- ' significance of The Democrat. i Our readers may think this exaggerB ation, but those who have read that pa- ■ per carefully for the last six weeks, ■ will find such sentiments either broad- ■ ly expressed or unmistakably implied. B 7 With these views of the Journal

The Democrat docs not propose to tike issue or discuss. While a county paper is a local history of the county in which it circulates, more or less complete, its eoluins will at the same time, to a greater or less extent, reflect the various moods and phases of character of the editor; of his culture and his boorishness; of his modesty and his egotism; of his charity and his resentment; of his arrogance and his humility,in short whatever of nobleness or baseness or nothingness there is in his character, will in time be faithfully reflected, ft is upon this reflection that the public look upon, when they go to make up their verdict of the character and ability of a paper, and measure it at its true value, and that verdict will bo rendered egardless of the denunciations of ar rival or of his own vain boasting. Again, respect for the community in which we live, for the press gang of which we are a humble member, for bids us to take a bout with the Journal, corresponding with his attacks. The material is not wanting, has been urged upon us. We prefer to regard them too low, insignificant and malicious for a reply. The only feeling they inspire within its is shame, that the editor of the Journal has exhibited his baser ■elf at so great a disadvantage.

jCircuit Court. Circuit Court adjourned at a late hour Sunday night, to an adjourned term to be held, commencing cn the 30th day of January, 1882. CRIMINAL CALENDAR. State vs. Adam Miller; selling liquor to minors. Finding for defendant — discharged. State vs. John Coffee: assault with intent to kill. Motion to quash the indictment overruled; jury impanelled; plea of not guilty; judgement, fine of >2OO. and committed to Allen county jail for six months and until fine and costs are paid er replevied. State vs. Jesse Miller, larceny; defendant recognized, in the sum of S2OO. State vs. Joseph Simcoke, provoke; finding for defendant —discharged. CIVIL CALANDER. Geo. W. Blessinger vs. J. J. Tonnellicr et al, complaint on account. Finding for plaintiff and judgement for $85.55, Christian B sseker at al, vs. Samuel Eichelberger, change of venue. Jay county., Finding for defendant return of property ordered and finding that it is of the value of $35. Joel K. Baker vs Wm. Drew, complaint on note; Finding and judgement for $48.93. Costs adjudged against plaintiff. Lucinda Hathaway va. Michael W. Hathaway, divorce. Decree for plaintiff and S2OO. allimony allowed; custo dy of children to plaintiff.

bainucl Chilcote, Adm r. John M. Chilcote, complaint en nets and attachment; sustained, judgement and order of sale of property. State ex rel Loretta Bowman vs. Oliver P. M. Andrews, bastardy; provision for maintainanco of child having

STATE AND COUNTY TAXES, 3TQSB ISSI. ♦ - ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Tli;lt tlie •’« Duplicate for the vcai’ _N 1881 is now in my hands, and that lam now ready to receive the taxes charged! thereon. The following table shows the rate <>f taxation on each *IOO taxable property | g • . I 4 • : . ! Xi me of -< b s x ij Town or Township. -S -i S § "S E Union. 12 2 16 75 15 20 5 33 63 146 100 Root. 12 216752520 50 10 100 165 145 310 100 Preble. 12 2 16 75 15 20 15 88 68 156 100 Kirkland. 12 2 16 75 20 20 40 103 83 186 100 Washington. 12 2167520 20 15 5 100 143! 123 266 100 St Marys. 12 2 16 75 10 20 50 5 105 85 190 100; Blue Creek. 12 2 16 75 20 20 40 10 108 88 196 150! Monroe. 12 2 16 75 20 20 20 5 95 75 170 100 French. 12 2 16 75 35 20 25 103 83 186 100 Hartford. 12 2 16 75 15 20 15 10 93 73 166 100 Wabash. 12 2 16 75 15 20 10 85 65 150 100 Jefferson, 12 2 16 75 15 20 80 60 140 100 Decatur. 12 2 16 75 50 10 iqq 71 204 133 337 175! Geneva. 12 2 16 75 25 25 78 78 156 125

Doc, Tax: For every male, $1.00: for every female $2.00; each additional dog. $2.00. Tax payers may pay the full amount of their taxes on or before the third Monday in April; or may at their option, pay one-half thereof on or before the said the.d Monday; and the remaining one-half, on or before the first Monday in November following. Provided, hocerer, that all road taxes charged, shall be included in the first installment Provide'd, further, that in all cases where the first installment shall not be paid on or before the third Monday in April, the whole amount unpaid shill eeome due. and be returned delinquent and collected as provided by law. Bring your road receipts when ybu come to pay yovr April taxes. AS NO ROAD RECEIPTS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER JUNE 1. 1882. If you ate liable to pay tax in more than one township, ment on it co the Treasurer. Please examine your r ceipts before leaving the-office, and tfe that they include all your property. The owner of aiy real estate on the first day of April, 1881, is holden for the tax of 1881 on said real estate. No county order will be paid or endorsed in the name of any person owing delinquent taxes. Asssiguees, Guardians, Administrators and others. who|pay taxes on property in trust and persons whose taxes are complicated, such as undivded estates, are earnestly requested to come before the last few days, as it requires considerable time to make the divisions and separate receipts. Call early and pay your taxes promptly; by so doing you will save’penalty, interest aid cost, and me a very unpleasant duty. Also see' that change is correctly made before leaving the counter. The municipal taxes of the town of Decatur, are payable at this office. o'clock*™ m’ Bal * ° f delin<lUe, “‘ Uodß aßd 1 ' ,u< will ‘® ke P laee ontl,e Monday is March, 1882, commencing at 10 IS- ID. FA.TTEBSOIT, '1 ZDecatnxr,Znpiana, IxxcLianeL.

boon made, relatrix permitted to dismiss cause at defendent’s cost. John W. Foltz vs. George Burk ct al, appeal from the Board of Commissioners of Jay county, who refused the plaintiff license to retail. On the trial here the jury failed to agree. The Young Peoples’ Temperance Union will meet at the Presbyterian Church, Friday evening, January 13, 1882. Programme as follows: YoluntaryChoir. Prayerßev. Dustman. Music Choir. Select reading Music Choir. B. Exercise G. W. A. Luckey. Music ... Choir. Speechßev. M. M. Gleason, Music Choir. Speech Joseph Thomas. Duet.Teua Railing and Kate Jackson. Committee. SALE OF DITCH. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been notified in writing, by John Schupp, a land owner, ana per i son interested in the so-called Buckm.is’er ditch, situated in IFushingtun township, Adams county, that the following named person, to-wit; Susannah Archer has failed to procure the excavation or construction of such part of said ditch as was apportioned them respectively by the viewers, appointed according to law in (he manner and time specified in the report made by said viewers. 1 shall, therefore. in pursuance of section 12 of the I ditch law, approved March 9, 1875, on

Friday, the 3r7 of February, 1882. j at 2 o’clock, p m., at the Court House door in Decatur, Indiana, let to the 1< west and best responsible bidder, the excavation and construction of so much of the said Buckmaster ditch as is described below, to wit : Frnm station 150 to station 155, being 500 lineal feet apportioned by said viewers to Susannah Archer. Said work to be done strictly in accordance with the specifications attached to the report of the viewers, fi’ed in the Auditor s office, Adams county, Indiana. Bidders will be requiried to file a bond, with good and sufficient security, payable to the above mentioned Susannah Xrcher, for the faithful performance of said work within the time specified at the day of the letting. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor Auditor's office. Adams county, Indiana, January 3, ’B2. Tobias Hobson was the first man’in England who let out hackney horses. When a man came for a horse he was led into the stable, where there was a great choice, but he was obliged to take the horse that stood j next to the stable door, so that every customer was alike well served, according to his chance, hence it became a proverb, when what ought to be your selection was forced upon you, to say: “Hobson's choice.”

When he thought that the real lesson of the day had been well impressed upon the scholars, Mr. Chalker dismissed his school, and as he landed the last fish, and strung him through the gills with the others up a willow twig, he chuckled to himself, “I don’t know who's has had the most fun to-day, the boys or the master, but I'll ven ture io say they’ll be on hand, cold or no cold, after thia—Hnrjjers Young People. The pride of the farmer should be in his fields. In their beauty, in their order, in their product, he should place the gratification of his humble and honorable ambition. says a contemporay. This is all very well as far as it goes, but we would add, the pride of the farmer should be in Lis wife Mid children—in their health and culture. mental and social. A farmer with a family of seven, eight or ten children, well bred and trained up. has something to be proud of, and what should gratify an honorable ambition.

{ )R DINANCE Providing fur (he building new of certain sidewalks in the town of Decatur, county of Adams, state of Indiana Passed December 6, 1881. Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees ot the town of Decatur, that sidewalks be built new along the lots and parts ot lots herein below mentioned and described as follows, to-wit: Ou the north side of Jefferson streets inlots number 171 owned by Theodore Smith, build new. Inlot number 588, owned by M. Breiuerkamp, build new. Inlot number 587, owned by Mary E. Durbin, build new. Inlot number 586, owned by Garret Belling, build new Inlot number 585, owned by Hellen Berling, build new. Inlut number 569, Godfrey Christen, buid new. On the east side of Second street outlot number 1009, owned by Philip Baker, build new. Outlot number 110 Rachel S. M.iun, build new. Outlot number 111, Marry Cherryholmes build new. Outlot number 112, Susan Ma’lonee, bui Id new. Section 2. Ti is hereby further ordained by the board of trustees that by the term build Dew as used iu this ordinance that all st lingers shall be of sound burr oak or white oak, three by four inches in thickness and laid with the three inch side on the ground All stringers to be laid parallel with the above mentioned streets and laid two feet apart, and all boards are to be of sound white oak or burr oak lumber, not io exceed six inches in width, and io be not less than one and one-fuurth inches in tmekness and to be four feet in length, and to be laid crosswise of the stringers and to be nailed to the stringers with six nails in each board * s follows two nails at each end and two in the centre

Section 3. It is hereby made the duty of the Clerk to accompany the Marshal anil Clerk the sale of said sidewalks, and it is also made the duty of the Clerk to prepare a schedule of owners names with the number or numbers of lots o parts of > lots belongingtheretowh ch are contracted by such sale to be built new also ot party or pi sties to whom the contract is let with the amount ol the expenses and cost of building new, and report the same to the Board of Trustees at their next regular meeting thereafter. Sec. 4. That it is hereby male the duty of the Marshal, to require a bond, payable to the town of Decatur, with approved security to the satisfaction of the marshal, of tach and every party who may have the contract award d at such sale, for the budding new of any sidewalks designated in this ordinance, said bond cuudi ticns that said party shall within ten days from the date of sale, complete the contract as a war Jed. Sec. 5 All sidewalks designated in this ordinance shall be completed oa or before the 30th day of January, 1882, and if not completed by th? above mentioned date the Marshal will act in accordance with section four of this ordinance. Sec 6. It is also made the duty of the Clerk to publish the above an ! foregoing ordinance in the Decitur Democrat for four publications. State of Indiana, Adams County, S s: I, 1 C. King, the undersigned, Clerk of ’he Incorporated town of Desutur, do hereby ertify tbit the above and foregoing is a true, tail and complete copy of an ordinance, as passed by the Board of Trustees of the town of Decatur at their December regular session held December 6, 1-881. W itness, my name an I corporate seal this 4th day of January, 1882. I C. KING, Clerk of the town of Decatur. [Seal.] No. 40—w 4

DR. KITCHMILLER wiil be at the BURT HOUSE, DECATUR, INDIANA, Every second Tuesday and Wednesday of each month to treat all < hronic Diseases. Consultation free Call an 1 see him. Ail letters of inquiry received at the home office a' Piqua, tHi ;o. will receive prompt attention. Write to him and make a statement of your case —vZonWly WiSIEII, I’o buy 160 acres of timber land in Adams county. Call on or address France & Kino, Decatur, Ind.

t he Sun. The Sun for 1882 will make its fifteenth unnual revolution under the presen’ management, shining, as always, for all, big and little, mean and gracious, contented and unhappy, Republican and Democrat, depraved and virtuous, intelligent and obtuse. The Sun's light is for mankind and womankind of every sort, but the genial warmth is lor the good, while it pour.-* hot discomfort on the blistering backs of the persistently wicked. The Nun of 1868 was a newspaper of a new kind It discarded many of the forms ana a multitude of the superfluous words of ancient journalism II undertook to report in a tiesb, succiut, unconventional way all the news of the world, omitting no event of human interest, and commenting upon affairs with the fearlessness of absolute independence. The success of this experiment was the success of the Sun. It effected a permanent change in the style ot American newspapers Every important journal established ic. this country in the dozen years past has been muddled alter the Sun. Every important journal already existing has been modified and bettered by the force us the Sun s example. The Nun of 1882 will be the same out spoken, truthtelling. uni interesting newspaper. By a liberal use of the meats which an abundant prosperity affords, we shall make it better than ever before. We shall print all the news, putting it iu leadable shape, and measuring its importance, not by the traditional yardstick, but by its ieal interest to the people. Distance ironi Punting House Square ts not the nrst consideration with the Sun. Whenever anything happens wuith reporting we get the particulars, whether it Happens iu Brooklyn or Bokhara. in politics we have decided opinions; and are accustomed to express them in language that can be understood. We s-*y what We think about men and events. That habit is the only secret of the Sunt political course. The Weekly Sun gathers into eight pages the best matter of the seven daily I issues. Au Agricultural Department ol I quaked merit, full market reports, and a liberal proportion oi literary, scientific, an i dumusuc intelligence complete the weekly Sun, und make it the best newspaper tur the farmer 6 household that was ever printed. U; o dues not know and read and like the Nunday Nun, each number of which is a Glue on da of interesting literature, with (he best poetry ot the day, prose every line worth reading, news, humor—matter enough to fill a good-sized book, and infinitely more varied und entertaining than any book big or little? It our idea of what a newspaper should be pleases ) ou, seud fur the Nun. Uur terms are us lullows 1 Fur the daily Nun, atour-page theet of tw.ntj eight columns, the price by mail* post paid 55 cents a mouth, or $6,50 a year; or, including the buuday paper, an eightpage sheet oi filly-six columns, the price is 05 cenvS per moulii, or $7,70 a j ear postage paid. The Sunday edition of the Nun is also furnished separately al $1 iiO a year postage paid. 1 he price ut the weekly Nun, eight pages, filiy-six<colnmns is $1 a year, postage paid. For clubs ot tea sending $lO we will send »n extra copy tree. Address I. W. ENGLAND, Pudlisher ot the Sun, New York City. ' sale'of diichT” Notice is hereby given ihat the undersign* ed has been notified in writing, by Philip Hendricks, a land owne and person interested in the so called Buckin tsier ditch, situated in Washington township, Adams county, that the following named peisun. to wit: Carrie D. Nuttman has failed to procure the excavation or construction of such part of said ditch as was apportioned to her by the v'twers, appointed accoiding to law in the mannnvr and time specific! in the report made by said viewers. I shall, there.ore, in pursuance ut section 12 of the ditch iuw, appiuved March 9, 1875, ou

Friday the 27 th. of Januaty, 1882, at 2 o’clock, p. m.. al the coml house door in Decatur, In liana, let to the Ivwrst and best ies|onsib!e bidder, the excavation and construct on of so much of •.he siid Buch m<tster ducii is is described below, to-wii: From station VO to kan u 19>, Oviug 10110 lim-al feet apportion d by satd viewers to Currie D Nutuniu Said w«»ik to be done -1 i m aicur-i---aiice with the spec ficath ns tu.uheu to the report ol the viewer?, tiled in the auditor's office, Decatur, Indiana. Bidders wiil be required to tile a bond, wiih good and sufficient, seem tty, payable to ite i • ve meniio- I Cartie D Nuit- ’ iin.n, !ui the faillifit pertoi in i- ce of said I woik *i.hm the time speciti* tat the day ot ihe letting. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor Adams Cuumy. Auditors office Adams county, Ind. Dec 25, 1881-3 t TICE » i SETTLEMENT In th- matter of the esia’e of Eli Zin! f merman, deceased In'heAdtms Circuit Court. December term, 1881. Notice i.- heteby giv n. lhai Eli Ziiumerm«B,jr and M asbiugton Sieele. JExecutor* of (heestate of E’i Z mmerm-tn, s°n.. deceased, h tve this day filed in the >ffice of the Clerk of the Adams circuit court, his account current with ihe estate of said decedent, and that the same will be heard by ti e Adams circuit court, on MONDAY JANUARY THE 3OTH 1882, the same being the Nineteenth judicial day of the Dcember term, 1881, of said court.

Creditors, heirs and legatees of said de cedent, therefore, are hereby notified to appear in Said court on said day, and show cause why such account should not be approved. Witness, my name and seal of said court, at Decatur, this 6th. day of Deceu»bcr, 1881. N.BLACKBURN. Clerk. Jan. 6.—3. Y P POI NTM ENT OF ADMIN ISTR ATO R Notice is herby given, that the under signed has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Theodore Smith. late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably insolvent. Paul Gase, Administrator January 6, 1882. TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State es Indiana. Adams county, ss. In the Adams Circuit Court, February I term, 1882 Mary E Houk vs. j. Divorce No- D>o4. William H. Houk. S It appearing from affidavit, filed in the above entitled cause, that William H. Houk the above named defendant is a non-resi-dentof the State of Indiana. Notice s therefore hereby given the said William II Houk that he be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit court, on the sixth day of the next regular term there f, to be t.oiden at the Court House in town of Decatur, commencing on MONDAY, 28TII OF FEBRUARY, 1882, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same wiil be heard and determ ued in his absence. Witness, my name, and the seal of said caun hereto affixed. »his 2nd day of January, 1882. N BLACKBURN, Clerk. Jun, 0, 1882 —w3. J. P. Qsinn. aivy for pl.-iintiff.

DITCH NOTICE, Notice is hereby civen, that at the September 1881 session of the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, State of Indiana, a petition was presented by Henry A. Kintz and Solomon Linn, praying the board to establish the following described ditch in said county of Adams, the commencement, direction and termination being described in said petition, which is on tile in the Auditor's office of said county. Said ditch is located on the following route, to-wit; Commencing fifteen feet west of the southwest corner of the north half of the northwest quarter of section thirtytwo (82), township twenty eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, in Adams county, Indiana, thence east 120’rods, thence south 65 degrees, east 48 rods, thence in and with the naturalcbannel of creek or st ream north 10 degrees east 60 rods, thence north 20 degrees e-<st 42 rods, thence northeast IOC feet, thence north 8 degrees west 18 rods, thence northeast 24 rods, thence north 18 rods, thence northwest 78 rods, thence norh with the natural channel of the old ditch or stream to a point 15 rods east of the center of section 29, township and range aforesiid, thence in and with the channel of creek or stream to the southeast corner of the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of section 29 aforesaid, »h nee north 70degrees west 36 rods or to the Winchester road, and there to terrain tie. where said stream crosses said Winch* s’er road

Passing over and affecting the lands of Henry Kintz. Moses Bixler, Lucy E. Rout, . J* r m ah Archbold Daniel Railing and Mar tin Hufftuan, Nicholas Tonnellier. Solomon Lirn, Th un is Mallonee and Jacob Bogner Said petitioners representing ‘‘that a 1 large portion of the lands through which said ditch will pass are totally unproductive for want of proper drainag-: that the construction of a ditch will not only be conducive of public health, convenience or welfare, but the same will be of public benefit an i utility, and that such drainage cannot be obtained without entering upon an I passing through he lands adjoining, the owners of a portion of which are unwilling to engage in the enterprise of improvement. The board being satisfied that the petitioners had, in all respects.oomplied with the acts approved March 9, 1875. entitled An act to enable owners of wet binds to drain and reclaim them,” etc, granted the prayer of said petitioners, and appointed C. L. Scbirmeyer. Ferdinand Reinking and Richaid Winans, viewers, who proceeded to view the proposed location of aid ditch, and have filed their report and estimate, and apportioned the work according to law and made oath to the s.ime, an 1 report the work to be of nublic benefit. The following list show-' ih>‘ tracts of land bench ted by said improvement, and the owners names thereof. The north ha f of the northwest quarter of section 32, township 7.8 north, range 14 east, owned by Henry Kintz. The south half of the northwest quarter of section 32, township 28 north: range 14 east, owned by Moses Bixler.

The west half of the northeast quarter of section 32. township 28 north, range 14 east} owned by Lucy E. Rout. The east half of the northeast quarter of section 32, township 28 north, range 14 east, owned by Jeremiah Archbold. The we t half of the southeast quarter of section 29. township 28 north, range 1 4 east owned by Nicholas Tonnellier. The north half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 29, township 28 n«tth, range 14 east, owned by Nicholas Tonnellier. Tic west half of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 29, township 28 north range 14 east, owned by and the south half of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter o f section 2°. township 28 north, range 14 east, owned by Solomon Linn. The south half of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 29, township 28 north,rsnge 14 east, owned by Jacob Bogner. The northwest quarter of section 29, ownship 28 north, range 14 east, owned by Thomas W. Mallonee. The north half of the southeast quarter ofstc'ion 30 town-hip 28 north; ra ; ge 14 east. < wned by Jesse Butler The EO’ithweM quarter of section 29. town-h p 2* north range 14 vast, owned by Noah Sheets. The ca*t D..f of th-? tv Til.east qu * rt«-r of s*eiion 31, township 28 noun, range 14 easi, c*ne<l by Lucas Prin-fc, The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of aec ion 29, township 28 north, range 14 east, owned by Daniel Railing and Martin Hufftnan Now, therefore, be it known that the Board of Com hi -s mers of the county of \dams, will grtui a bearing on ihe above petition and repo*t on

WEDNESDAY, THE Bth DAY OF MARCH. 1882, i when ail persons interest'd or aggrieved j will be heard. All parties who claim compensation for I land or damages l»\ the construction of Eaid work .re heieby notified to make ap- , pl.caiion in writing and file the same in ibe office of ine auditor of the county, on : or before’he day set for the hearing of I mmi priiiiou m I report. G. CHRISTEN' Auditor Adam* Count . u liiors Office, Adams County, Dec. 22, l-H ll— I - ■ WV— ■— .1.., I I—■ ■TTM—3—— ' OF SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the underlined, Adm r of the Estate of Hamilton McAihaney deceased, has this day filed in . the office of the Clerk of the Adams Circuit i Court, his account current with the estate jof said decedent, and that the same will l»e beard by the Adame Cirmit Court on , ' THURSDAY, 29T11,0F DECEMBER, 1381 the same being the 16th judicial day of the Dec Term, 1881. cf said Court

Creditors, heirs and legatees of said de cedent, therefore are hereby notified to appear in said court on said day, and show cause why such account should not be approved. R. H. McAlitant, Adm’r. Witness my name and seal of said court, at Decatur, this bth 1»v of D cember 81 .< Bl ACKBURN, Clerk. Dec. 9, 'Bl—w3 PPOINTMENTOF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given, th it tbj unders.gned has been appointed administrator of the es Lite of Thom s Maloy, late of Adams county, deceasd The estate is probably sol ven*. WILLIAM MAY, Dec. 23, 1831-3 w Administr tor. Peterson i Huffman; attys. THE HORSE. His Diseases. As a special premium to all subserib- ; ers of The Democrat we have made ' arrangements to furnish to every sub- ! scriber a copy of the work free of charge, by complying with the following i conditions: All new subscribers who pay JI .50 in advance; all old subscribers who pay up all arrearages and 51.50 in advance. This is a valuable treatise on the horse and his diseases, worth to every owner of horses, the subscription i price of the paper. It is an abridgement of a work that originally cost $5.00 In its present style, it contains i all the valuable features of the original j edition, which is offered to subscr’bers j only on such terms that they eannot afi ford to do without it. tf’

NEW GOOD! Boots An d S h o es. o THE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPENED UP AT THE o OLD STAND • Os Confer & Holthouse a new stock of Boots and Shoes, and invites all his old friends, and customers of the old firm, to call and see him. Everybody come and see MY NEWGOODS. A. HOLTHOUSE * iV •' r? r Z ■ T'£’ V ' ; 'X ■/- h • y. \55 vW- ‘ -7'?'.; ’ • \*v !' •■- ' ' n ■ -■■■•■ . - ' .qd..,- :!-■ ' e-. . f liWsfe/ • » THE DOCTR’S TESTIMONY. A. S. Russell. >f Marion, Wayne county. N. Y., says: The wonderful su c cess of Thomas’ Ecleetric Oil in all cases of acute and chronic inflammation catarrh, bronchitis, lame back, etc., make the demand far it very great. THE DRUGGIST’S TESTIMONY. Columbus, 0., Feb. sth. 1880. Messrs. Foster, Milburn & Co.: Regarding the sale of Thomas' Ecleetric Oil, we are gratified in bein<- able to inform you that since we took the agency, three months ago, for the sale and introduction of Ecleetric Oil, onr very large sales prove conclusively to our minds, this remedy has extraordinary merits as witnessed by the unprecedented sale. We anticipate a large increase in the sale, as its virtues become more generally known. Yours, truly, R. JONES A SON, Dealers in Drugs and Surgical Instruments. Sold by Dornin &. Holthouse, Decatur, Ind. Go to Dorwin & Holthouse for Mrs. Freeman's New National Dye? For brightness anddurability of color are unequaled. Color from 2to 5 pounds. Psice 15c.

MOX EY SAVED By buying Groceries of WILLIAM P, MOON. o — I have just renewed my grocery establishment from Houston's building, to the new brick block of Stu lab iker and Allison and have added largely to my stock of GROCERIES and will keep in stock all the leading artij cleg ’n my line of business I take pleas- ! ure in inviting all my old customers and the public at Urge to come and 8 e me at my new quarters, assuring my patrons that they will ge: quoted to them the very lowest POSSIBLE FIGURES. and that I will make it to their interest i# they will’ ALL ON ME BEFORE PUR CHASING. 1 also keep in stock Glass and Queensware I wish to buy all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE for which I will pvv (he very HIG HES MARKET PRICE. Reinamber my stock is fresh an i nen sn 1 contaims eve ty Uiiu g usually found a first ciass grocery. W. P. MOON. No. 25 —2K ts.

CIGARS, TOBACCOES — and a great v iriety of WIKERS ALTICLES o The undersigned has just commenced the manufacture of CIGARS, one tcor south of Forbing s Saloon Decatur, Indiana, and will make a specialty of FINE CIGARS Chewing, Smoking Tobacco •*« and smokers articles generally. All lovers of (he weed are invited to call an l inspect uiy stock. A. KRECHTER. No. 25 -27 ts.

—■, , - i Town Property for Sale. The undersigned has seme very desirable property in Decatur that he will sell at a bargain. Parties wishing to buy will serve their own interests by call.ng on B. 11. Dent. Nov. 18,'80. ts

Cathartic Pills Combine the choicest estbertte principle* In medicine, In rrornrttrms gernrutrly edjested to •retire grtivity, certainty, and uniformity cf effect. They are the re»ult of years of careful «tuur ul practical experiment, and are the i<»t effectual remedy yet discovered tor dmeaaee reused by derangement of the stoomch, liver, and bowels, which require prompt am! effectual treatment. Atui Pills are specially applicable to thia clam of diseases They act directly on the digestive and assimi. lative processes, and restore regular health? action Their extensive use by physicians in their practice, and by all civilized nations, is one of the many proofs of their value as a safe, sure/and perfectly reliable purgative medicine. Being compounded of the concentrated virtues of purely vegetable substances, they are positively free from calomel or any injurious properties, and can be administered to children with perfect safety. Arm’s Pills are an effectual cure for Constipation or Costiveness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, boss of Appetite, Foul Stomach and Breath, Dizziness, Headache, Loss of Memory, Kumbsess, Biliousness, Jaundice, Rhscs-.vtluu, Eruptions and Skin Diseases, Dropsy, Tumors, Worms, Neuralgia, Colic, Gripes, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Gout, Piles, Disorders of the Liver, an! all other diseasei resulting front a disordered state of the digestive apparatus. As a Dinner Pill they have no equal. While gentle in their action, these Pills are the most thorough and searching cathartic that can be employed, and never give pain unless the bowels are inflamed, and then their influence is healing. They stimulate the appetite and digestive organs; they operate to purify and enrich th» Flood, and impart renewed health and vigor So the whole system. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass. t'OLD DT ALL DRUGGISTS EVEKYWUERB.

Notice sale of personal property. Notice is hereby given, that 1 William May. administrator of the estate of Thom ns Maloy, deceased, will offer for sale at public auction, ‘o the highest bidder, on THURSDAY, 19TII DA Y GF J AN. 1882; at the lute residence of said decedent, in Union township, Adams county, Indiana, the following personal property, belonging to the estate of soil decedent, to-wit : Wheat, corn, 12 b« a ’ of c * tie. 4 m loh cows, 3 horses, nine bogs, thirty stock hogs one hundred and rixty-five bead of fine sheep, 1 Ram, good sto'k, 10 perch stone, hay, cornfodder, farming utensils, hooaehoU and lircbeu furniture, aud numerous other articles. S«la to continue from day to diy if nece«s »ry Term l -. —For I ami ir- no! exceeding five dollars, cash in hin 1 For am > intß<»f five dollars an< upwards, a ere lit of nine tnor’l.s will be given Note, bearing six p?r ovq? interest after maturity, with approved security, anil w;«iriog valuation or appraisement laws, will te required. WILLIAM MAY, Adminisi.ator. Pvtcison £ Raffma* , attys. Dec. 23, 81- wl