Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1883 — Page 3

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT Oecatur Market*. Oats 25c Eggs 15c. Lard, 10c. Wheat 75c, @ SI.OO. Corn 50. Batter 8 @ 12. Flaxseed $1.00(4$ 1.10 Timothy seed $1.25. Wool unwashed, 15 @ 22c „ washed, 25 (4 32c. Local and Personal. Cold. Put up your stoves. Did you see the circus? The circus was a “snide.” How do you like our first? Rather cold summer weather. Ed. Wicks was at Chicago, last week. Mow dowu the weeds along the sidewalk. The late frosts have no doubt injured the corn. For job work come to The Demo j crat office. Theater season will soon open in regular form. Niblick, Crawford & Sons new cloth ing store is a beauty. The Knights of Pythias Cornet Band will be reorganized. Mayor Dent attended the Regatta at Rome City last Friday. A number of Decaturiti s attended the Bluffton fair last week. Ross, of the Merchants Hotel, Portland, was in the city Friday. Dan Railing and John Shirey are buying horses in Wells county. County Recorder Schurger returned home from Petoskey, on last .Monday. Deeatur was well represented at Barnum's show at Fort Wayne, Satur day. Decatur can boast of some fine horses and the best market forth min this J part of the state. Mr. M. M. McConnell is now acting ! us deputy Sheriff. Mark makes a splendid officer. Miss Rosa Sorg, formerly of this place was married to G. T. Pelgrim, of Kalamazo), last Wednesday. Send in your newsy communications. The Democrat wishes to have a good correspondent in every township. Mr. Bibbutb, of Huntington, and one of the managers of the C. & A. R. R., was in the city on last Monday. Lew Corbin has retired from the journalistic field. He has sold bis interest in the Decatur Journal to B. W Sholty. Farmers say that the corn crop will be almost a failure this year, on account of the heavy frosts N. Conover, foreman of the Bluffton Banner, and one of the most skilled workman in Northern Indiana, gave this office a pleasant call on Monday. Decatur is grading and graveling her streets and by the time the work is completed and the many new buildings now in process of erection finish- > cd. cur city will be second to none in Northern Indiana. Thugs, plug-uglies, house breakers and general jobbers are reported as moving in a high banded way in many of our neighboring towns, it would be well for our officers to be on the lookout for them in Decatur. The Decatur Public Schools com menced on last Monday, with Prof. Luckey at the helm. The board of . school trustees are to be complimented j upon securing such an able and efficient corps of teachers. Marshal Malloney paced an unluckey, ungainly looking old tramping tramp up second street. Just what Mayor Dent done with him we have not yet learned, but likely will send him to the iron works for ten days. There will be a grand excursion over the C. & A. on Tuesday, September 25th. The “excurters' will be called upon for $5.60 to Warren, Ohio. Tickets good for 40days. Acoommo dations first class in every particular. Subscribers for The Democrat this week are plenty and the heart of the printer is cheered. Let us have a rally around The Democrat office and it will not be long until 1500 solid men of Adams will have their names on our subscription list. On last Friday evening Mr Frank Wilson, a resident of Noble county, this state, was crossing the gravel train on C. the & A. railroad, and carelessly got his left foot caught between the draw bars, smashing it tn a frightful way. It would be well for people to use a lit- ! tie more care in crossing railroad trains, as it is an easy matter to be injured when not accustomed to railroading The citizens of Adams county, fully appreciating the value and importance of gravel roads are not only talking toe matter up. but are already constructing several in the county at this time. There is no improvement that will bring a greater return for the money invested than grading and graveling the principal thoroughfare thruugu the county. Let the good work go on until old Adams with her splendid farmers, her fertile soil, huge forests of good timber a 1 d her unusual advantages for agricultural and borticul.ura. pursuits shall all be thoroughly and completely developed. Business in Decatur this week seems to be brisk. The active competition by our many careful dealers has caused product to be brought from a considerable distance around, and the price obtained by the seller has been fatisfactory in the highest degree. Our merchants are selling goods close and as a consequence it has gone iorth that Decatur is the “boss city both to buy and sell goods. Debts are being paid up and new purchases are ma e for cash. The indications are that we will have a large and satisfactory bustnes fl at this place this fall and winter and just here kt us suggest to one an all of our business men to adv er itheir wares liberally for it will pay-

J. Fred France was at Ft. Wayne, Tuesday. Can’t we have a dramatic organization this winter? Squire Drew, of Geneva, was in the city on last Monday. For job work cheap and neat, call at the Democrat office. A good saw mill for sale. Inquire at the Democrat office. Rev. Father Kordt, of Bluffton, was in the city on last Monday. It will soon be time to lay up the ball and bat for this season. Circuit Court will convene in Adams county September 24th. Miss Bertha Holloway has returned from her visit, to the Northern Lakes. Ou last Monday morning 29 car loads of cattle went over the C. <fc A. road. Emanuel Zehr, of Hartford township, was adjudged insane on last Monday. The C. & A. Rail Road is now rushing the emigrants over their line at a lively rate. Our popular liveryman, Mr, Bell, is erecting a fine residence opposite the Miesse House. There will be a number one literary society organized in Decatur Thursday eveuing of this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stewart and Mrs. Fannie Stanton are visittug relatives in Tippecanoe, Ohio. Being, comparatively a stranger in your midst we would kindly ask our readeis to send in the local news to The Democrat office. We would suggest to some of our energetic moneyed men to erect some new tenant houses as the demand is much greater than the supply. The Portlan d Sun comes to our desk this week enlarged and presents a handsome appearance. Bro. Gray, as a newspaper man, is a whole team with the big dog under the wagon. On last Monday the Decatur base ball club played the Van Wert team, the score stood 14 to 2 in favor of Decatur. When our boys are in good fighting trim it takes a skilled nine “to do them up" as the boys say. The Wells county fair this year was generally considered a failure. In order to have a good lair in any county the farmers must take hold of the matter and not depeud upon one or two men working the matter up. One year ago last Sunday night, the east side of Second street, in this city, was burned down. To-day new buildings grace the spot, thus showing the energy and enterprise of our citizens. It shall be our pleasure in the near future to give a complete list of the same. On last Saturday night a few Jumboed Hoodlums coming from Fort Wayne on the G. R. & I. excursion train became noisy apd Sheriff McGriff was compelled to reach out his authoritative hand and quiet them. Such things are of frequent occurrence on excursion trains. W. T. McKean was foreman in the Bass foundry and machine shops at Ft. Wayne for seventeen years. He is now foreman of the Decatur Foundry and Machine Works. Patteison, Wicks & Co. have done well to secure the services of such an experienced machines!. Parties can take any kind of work to their shops and know that it will be well dene. The Wells county fair closed on last Friday. We have not yet heard ho.v the organization came out from a fi nancial standpoint, but from the crowd on Thursday we would judge it will pay out; and this suggests to our ' minds the fact that Adams county can ' get up a fair second to none in Northern Indiana. The Democrat suggests a trial next year. The Burke, King & Co.’s combination, calling themselves a circus, visited Decatui on last Friday afternoon. As a circus it can be considered a firstclass “snide ’ in every particular. The performance consisted of some bad tumbling, mixed up with stale jokes, and other wise nonsensical matters not prolita le nor entertaining. Should it ever return the citizens of this place will give it a wide birth. While walking along the street the other day, as the happy school boys were wending their way homewaid,we overheard one of our aged business men say, ‘oh! to be a school boy again.” Yes, truly it is, their golden days, days that are tilled with joy and happiness, and days, too, that will be remembered by them with hallowed recollections when thev are called to take an active part in the battle of life. Mr. Jesse Mann, who has been for the past two years a student under Dr. Hastings, will leave for Chicago on next Monday to attend his third and I last course of lectures at the Hahneman Medical College of that city. At the ending of his first course of lectures he was assigned a position among the worthy body of instructors of that institution as principal assistant demj onstrator of practical anatomy, a posiI tion that will enable him to gain a thorough practical knowledge of sur- ! gery. anatomy and its relation to diagj nosis, pathology and theropeutics, which is the most essential part of a , thorough medical education. He has i not yet decided where he wdl locate, I but wherever that may be he will make pthe treatment of chronic eases and disi eases of children a specialty. The Decatur club, having lost near- ! ly every game of the season, is said to | have taken the Cincinnati Enquirer i advice and resumed the work ci rail splitting.—Huntington Democrat. It did not look much like it, when a ' band of untrained “dudes, hailing | from the swampsof Huntington county, put in an appearance on our streets a few dnys ago, dressed in white gloves ■ and short blue socks with bad and ba, ! on their shoulder, pretending to bo players. The Deeatur boys coming | fresh from their “rail splitting, with maul in hand ready to “maul the conceit out of the granger team, but when the partially developed mosquitoes in the ball world, after looking about them, concluded that “valor was the best part of discretion, and sneaked out of town like terrified Hessians.

Lem Risley, of Delphos, Ohio, was in the city Sunday. The melancholy days hvae come, the saddest of the year. The Hon. J. R. Bobo, is at Bluffton this week holding court. Mr. William Spencer has been seriously ill for the past few days. Subscribe for The Democrat—the official paper of Adams county. Prosecutor John T. France is at Bluffton this week attending court. J. B. Shirey is again at his post of duty as foreman of The Democrat. A. Me. W. Bollman, Recorder elect has our thanks for some splendid roasting cars. Curt. Burgan, one of Bluffton’s lively lumber men, was in the city on last Friday. e Mr. Hill, ex editor of The Demo oraT, was in Marion, Ohio, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Kinney, of Chicago, will spend Sunday with friends in our city. Our Clerk elect, John D. Hale gave The Democrat office a friendly call on Tuesday. Come again. Quite a number of the Van Wert people were in Decatur on Monday witnessing the ball game. Mr. Angel, of the firm Strack & Anpi I. of Ft. Wayne, is in Decatur looking after his lumber business. Dear reader, do you know its cold, and that the Democrat sanctum is out of wood. Who will be first to give us a call. The Tonnellier murder cases are Dow in progress at Bluffton A large number of our citizens are in attendance as witnesses. Decatur has sent several of her prominent citizens to Wayne this week to interview some of the principal features of the Fort Wayne Fair “The Gieat.” We call special attention this week to the new ads of Heller & Hooper and L. C. DeVoss, prominent attornies of ibis city. We ask our patrons to g,v« them a call when in the city. Married. —At Salem, Ind., on Saturday evening, Sep’. Bth, by Rev. J. G. Siusser, Mr. Charles Miller to Miss Cyntha Campbell. The Democrat sends greeting and wishes them well. The telephone at this place is doing an immense business, and the Democrat is of the opinion that a telephone exchange at Decatur would be a paying enterprise. Let the company consider this matter and make an effort to give us an exchange. Dear reader, do you know,the melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year to ye editor, from the fact that wood is one of the scarce articles around our sanctum. Will not some jolly patron drive up with some and make glad the hearts of the Democrat offi ;e. On Monday afternoon last, Mrs. Peter Jacksoti, of this city, fell and broke her right arm just above the wrist. Dr. Schrock was called on to set it. She is doing as well as could be expected. About three years ago, we arc told, sh; fell and broke her left arm also, near the wrist. And the Democrat has noticed parao aphs in the Commercial that were neither grammatical or rhetorical.— lacatur Democrat. We take exceptions to your “or” on grammatical principles. — Portland Commercial. The point is well taken, but we Would advise the Commercial not to Biart a Grammar school. In looking over our city with her sp'andid improvements, the Democrat would advise Mayor Dent and the City Council to extend the drain along Monroe street westward, until it reaches the Wabash river; tunnel it opposite ll.e Bluffton division to Decatur, (which is known as West Decatur,) then p ,ss the drain entirely through the, 'city. The people of this division to our city 1 may be disposed to "kick a little ao iut this matter, but it must be done for sanitary purposes. 8. Ray Williams, of Elkhart, formerly editor of the Monitor, thinks we did him an injustice last week. lie claims to be the victim of adverse circumstances, and that he was in reality the saviour of the different papers with which he was connected. Os course we knew nothing about that, merely judging by the appearance of the papers We have nothing in the world against Mr. Williams, and hope that as secretary of an insurance company, his present occupation, he will have a prosperous career. —Miami ; Sentinel. The Democrat is pleased to chronicle the fact that our genial friend Mr. Ed. Ehinger, Deputy Dost Master, will be united in marrage this evening, (Thursday,) to one of Decatur’s most accomplished young ladies. Miss Katie Bremerkamp. The ceremonies will be performed in the Catholic Church by tiie Rev. Father Wilkins. The Reception will be at the residence of the bride’s mother on Madison street. The Democrat sends greeting and wishes the happy couple a bright and happy future During the construction of the C. A a railroad through this county, the contracting parties, Messrs. Wicker, Gay and Prescot, Slone & Cambell, contracted private debts among the citi xens of Decatur amounting in all to over $2,000. From some cause or another the contractors left the company s employ and the debts remained unpaid. In the meantime County Treasurer Patterson has collected for the c mipany in the way of taxes, etc., $6,F'ltl. Last week the county commissiouers passed an order before the board permitting the county auditor t< issue an order to the company for t’>at amount. On last Monday the citizens filed an appeal bond, thus restraining the auditor and treasurer f rom paying il.e same until their debt was liquids id. The matter will come up for 1. ring and final adjustment at the next t:rui of the Adams circuit court.

Dr. Walser and J. 11. Runyon, of Linn Grove, gave this office a friendly call on last Monday. We will publish next week a very interesting letter from our friend J. A. Swartz, of Cedar Springs, Mich. Henry Adams who has been on a tour through the States has returned home. Our worthy “hosts,” Mr. Miesse and Towesend, enjoy a reputation of keeping the best hotels in this part of the state. Let some one of our enterprising citizens start a coal and wood yard. It will prove a paying business before next spring. Moulding, boiler work, and all kinds of repair work done at the Decatur Foundry and Machine Works. Patterson, Wicks & Co., proprietors. Two thousand dollars worth of new machinery has been put into the machine shops at this place and the new proprietors ar? doing first class work. The three beaded girl in the circus on last Friday is one of the mysteries. Some smart fellow suggested that it was an optical allusion. That settles it. Let all who desire machine work j done, go to the Decatur Foundry and Machine Shops. They are now run by' an experienced foreman and guarantee ' good work. 24tf J. T. Merryman, our enterprising' attorney, is the first to solve the problem given in last week’s issue by our Pleasant Mills corresponden : First fill the three- gallon measure from the eight gallon measure, then fill the five gallon measure from the eight gallon measure, then put the three gallons in the eight gallon measure, then fill the three gallon measure the second time from the five gallon measure, then put that three gallons in the eight gtllon measure, then put the two gallon from the 5 gallon into the three gallon measure, then fill the five gallon measure from the eight gallon measure, leaving one gallon in the eight gallon measure, then till the three i gallon measure from the five gallon measure, which leaves four gallons in the five gallon measure, three in the three gallon measure and one gallon in the eight gallon measure, then put the three gallons in the eight gallon measure, and we then havji four gallons in the five gallon measure and four gallons in the eight gallon measure. Mr. H. Harruff, of Berne, solves the problem the same as the above. One of our business men complained to a Democrat scribe yesterday, that certain small boys were guilty of petty thieving from his store, but he did not want to prosecute them on account of the harshness of the treatment at the hands of the law, and for his sympathy toward their parents. It might be said that quite a number of these little fellows throughout the country are engaged in confiscating small articles which are hardly worth instituting a prosecution and, yet something should be done to check the growing evil. It is one of the mysteries, wny a boy of well-to-do parents will indulge in the practice of stealing when necessity docs not drive him to it. We are of the opinion that if parents would in many oases, change the manner of treatment to their children and be careful and supply occasionally their-itile wants, we would find fewer boys being dragged into courts of justice lor these trifling offences. The Democrat feeling a deep interest in the little boys i of Decatur wishes to say to them, never take anything not belonging to you; rather ten times, yes a thousand times, do without everything than be branded as dishonest or a petty thief, for when your good reputation is lost, it is difficult to retrieve it again. The gentlemen who spoke to us proposes to say nothing about the matter further, if the boys who are engaged in it will change their course and be different and better boys. Grand Cheap Excursion. To Traverse City, Petoskey and other famous summer, fishing and game resorts of Northern Michigan, on Wednesday, September 19th. The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad will give a special cheap excursion to the above named places south of and including Fort Wayne, at the following exraordinary low rates: $5 for the round trip, tickets good for one week. Make your arrangements and go. This is the ’ cheapest excursion on record. Our Railroad Facilities. For some time back, Decatur, with j her immense railroad advantages, has been a subject of much comment by most of the leading capitalists and speculators in this part of the state. In order that the people abroad may , form a correct idea of the matter a Democrat reporter made a short tour I around the different roads for the pur- I pose of collecting a few statistics that ’ will compare with any county seat in Northern Indiana. There are 21 passenger trains stop in the city each day, six on the C. & A.; six on the T., 0. & St. L., and eight on the G. R- & I. There are twenty freight trains—loon the C, & A.; 4 on the T., C. & St. L , and 6on the G. R. &I, making in all 41 trains stopping in our city every 24 hours. A Pleasant Surprise. On last Monday a large number of the friends and relatives assembled at the residence of Mrs. Margaret A. Coffee, of Washington township, it being on the occasion of her 57th birthday. When the rattle of the buggies and the noise of the jolly crowd broke upon her ears, she was greatly surprised at the unexpected atrivel of so many of her most intimate friends. All came with well filled baskets, ready to set up a dinner that would be palatable to the most fastidious. After spending the entire day in a very pleasant way,; the happy crowd departed, leaving behind them a large number of elegant presents. The occasion was an enjoyable one and long to be remembered by all present and especially by Mrs. Coffee. A Guest. The Democrat returns thanks for i an elegant cake, and under such cir- ■ cumstances will always remember loose I happy occasions in the most pleasant ( way.

COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCEEDINGS. For September Term, 1883. Wm. 11. Niblick complaint. John Bittner ct al report of road viewers and fees $9.25. Report confirmed. John I). Walling ct al report of viewers fees allowed and report confirmed. John Van Gunten et al report of viewers fees allowed and report confirmed. James B. Nelson et al petition for road; David Eckrote, George Simison and John Baumgartner were appointed viewers. John Glmidening et al petition for road, David Eckrote, George Simison and John J. Baumgartner were appointed viewers. Richard Limenstoll et al petition for road; Samuel Steele, Henry Steele and Richard Winnans were appointed viewers. Abel Cross et al petition for road; Samuel Steele, Henry Steele and Richard Winnaus were appointed viewers. John King petition for bridge. The petition was dismissed. G. Longenberger, claim of S4OO 00 for road. Three hundred dollars allowed—Geo. Pontius Gravel road—To , issue bonds. I $12,000 to be irsued-$2,000 due Dec. 1. 85 $2,000 due Dec. 1, >BO $2,000 due Dee. 1, 'B7 $2,000 due Dec 1, 'BB $2,000 due Dec. 1, 89 $2,000 due Dec. 1, '9O j David Studabakcr and G. Christen | agents to sell bonds. : Peter Forbing, Wallace W. Hunts- ; man, John W. Kleinhentz, Charles A. ; Wilson, Fred Johns, John B. Meibers, ! Alexander Robinson, James M. Gaunt, - Eii W. Middleton and John W. Voglewede were granted liquor license. Wm. H. Laisure report of ditch viewers, report confirmed and appealed to the circuit court. Jacob Eicher rep rt of ditch viewers, report confirmed. Isaac Smith report of ditch viewers, report confirmed. Edward I’eltz report of ditch viewers, report confirmed. Noah S. Sheets report of ditch viewers, report confirmed. Barkly Smith report of ditch viewers, report confirmed. Henry Garkev report of ditch viewers, confirmed. Fred Weyland remonstrance tiled. The following ditch petitions were filed and granted : H. E. Robinson, granted: J. Rugg, granted; Ja cob Lung, granted; Henry llobroke, granted; Wm. D. Strait, granted; Wm. Fariow, et al dismissed: Loblolly ditch continued for further consideration. [CONTINUED NEXT WEI K. | To Teachers. Teachers, the time will soon be here for your winter work to begin, and it is a work of vast importance. You will this winter implant idea 3, that will live long after you bave passed away—ideas that perchance may shape the destiny of many of your pupils. How careful you should be that you are clearly and distinctly understood. How many of you are ready now for the task that presents itself for your consideration ? We know that you all are honored by being a prominent factor in the propa gation of an enterprise upon which so much depends. Well, lor us it is. that our state has a free government, —one that prevents no one from becoming a pupil, a teacher, or even a : president. The law defends and the school invites the suns of the rich, and I the poor alike. The earnest theacher II does the same. One need not be told 1 ihat you are willing and ready to work, ! ner that you are confident of success. , Continue in that hope aud victory is i j yours. Your prospects for success were never brighter, your qualifications as teachers were never equal to what they are to day. Our lives are what we make them,” is true in regard to our schools. They will be what we make them, to a certain extent. Your patrons, trustee and superintendent, most earnestly desire that your school shall be a success. Your manner and expressions says, that it is not only to be a success, but it is to be the very best term ever taught in your district. We need say nothing us methods, et ~ for you are ail quite familiar with them but one point, only, on which we wish > to say a word, that now is: do, do, do that which you know. Use the knowledge which you have and success is yours. Our county never had a more earnest class of teachers, and we will rejoice to see each one crown his labor j with success. If at any time we can : lend a helping hand, we will do so cheerfully. Very respectfully, J. F. Snow. Home Papers. If there is any one Ping that should I enlist the attention and favor of all the people in a county or town, it is their i home papers. A man’s county paper j is worth more to him than any other j naper in the world, or if it is not he is Ito be blamed also. If the county paI per is properly encouraged and patronized, it may be relied upon for information of more value to the people in whose interests it is published than any other paper in the United States. No man can afford to stop his local papers, for they are filled with legal advertisements, public sales, court news, deaths, marriages and other local intelligence o*' the greatest value to every citizen in the county. Remember if your paper is poor you are to blame. However poor, the local papers may be, remember they are always worth more money than it costs to take them. Let the good citizens of Decatur and Adams county give their local papers their hearty support and as one of the faternity we will insure a good return. Notice, To the patrons of the public schools of Adams county, (those of the corporations excepted.) I would slate that White’s Review arithmetics, were adopted by the Board of Education at ,' the meeting held September Ist, ISB3, and should be immediately introduced into the schools. Harper’s geographies were adopted by the board May Ist, 1883, but as there is a point in law to , be decided in regard to their introduction. I will suggest that it would be r well to use the book in use until after • the meeting of the board, May Ist, : 1834. thus save the expense of buying i unnecessary books J. F. Snow, Co. Sup't.

Business Locals. Frank Mann, of the late arm of Quinn & Mann, will continue the practice of the law at the old office over the Adama County Bank, and asks a continuance of your patronage. 22w3 Miss Mary Gloss offers every inducement to customers in the way of selling cheap hats and bonnets. Don t forget to call at Porter's Harness shop and Second Hand Store for bargains in harness and household goods The City Bakery has 8 day boarders and is furnishing meals to about all he can accommodate of farmers and town trade besides. Call for a good meal. J. W. Place. Don't forget that Mary Gloss has the finest millinery goods in the city and ' can suit the most fastidious tastes. Come! Come!!—Buy your watches, I clocks, jewelry, silverware and musical instruments of Mann & Elzey. The best and cheapest repairing of all kinds done on short notice. i If you are a sufferer from weak kid- I neys and compelled to get up two or i three times during the night, use Co-! vert’s Modoc Bitters. It will positively cure you. For sale by Dorwin <fc Holthouse. No. 6, eow6m Dorwin & Holthouse have on sale Covert’s Modoc Bitters, a positive cure for Dyspepsia and Kidney Disease. No. 9, eow 6m. Huy your tt'atches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware anti Jlusical Instruments ot J. Class if Son. They carry the tints! and largest stock. 1 Its Covert's Modoc Stomach Bitters is a positive cure for dyspepsia and kidney disease. For sale by Dorwin & llolthouse. Be3w6m The sensational story of the day is the arrest of High Prices by A. Holthouse. He has hung the fellow higher than Haman. All this will have a startling effect upon the price of boots and shoes. Call and see Tone and get a full explanation of all the particulars. He means business and it will pay you to give him a call. I keep in stock in quantities to suit Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Bone Dust, Hair, and am the only agent for the Bluffton quarry stone. Prices guaranteed. Office on Jefferson street near Christen's planing mill. nlOtf Jacob Buhler, sen. Notice to Teachers. Notice is hereby given that there will be a public examination of teachers at the office of the County Superintendent, on the last Saturday of each month. Applicants for license must present “the proper trustees’ certificate, or other satisfactory evidence of gcod moral character," and to be successful, must pass a good examination in orthography, reading, writing, arithtmctic, geography, English grammar, physiology and history of the United States. J, F. Fxow, Co. Supt. A Word to .Motliero. Mothers should remember it is a ! most important duty at this season to I look after the health of their families and cleanse the malaria and impurities from their systems, and that nothing will tone up the stomach and liver, regulate the bowels and purify the blood so perfectly as Parker s Ginger Tonic, advertised in our columns. — Post. See other column. Recorder’s Notice. My term expires October 5. All i parties in debt for recording must seti tie before that date, or fee bills will i be issued for all outstanding fees after John Schlrger, Recorder. August 3, 1883. Hlejrauce and rarity. Ladies who appreciate elegance and I purity are using Panker's Hair Balsam. It is the best article sold for restoring gray hair to its original color, beauty and lustre. Sickly (Jiris anti Women. Read the advertisement of ZoaPhora I “Woman’s Friend,”in another column. | nol 21y. A Woman's Experience. Mothers and daughters should feel alarmed when weariness constantly oppresses them. “If lam fretful from exhaustion of vital powers and the color is fading from my face. Parker’s Ginger Tonic gives quick relief It builds me up and drives away pain with wonderful certainty.”—Buffalo ady. trashing! trashing! trashing! Excellsior Steam Laundry. George Schraeder agent. All orders promptly attended to. Leave orders at the Burt House. Collars & Cuffs 30 cts. per dozen. Other articles in proportion.

WE ARE CLOSING OUT OUR SUMMER WEIGHT CLOTHING At GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, to make room for our Fall and Winter Weights Now being manufactured at ZST. 7£", —nWFN, PIXLEY & GO. 15 and 17 Court Street | FORT WAYNE, IND. 58 and 60 Clinton Stree | Branch Stores- • Danville, Blocrningtcn and. Pecria, Illinois; Indianapolis, Terra Haute, G-reenoastle and LaFayette, Indiana, and Lapcrte, IsTexv ~S7orln.

THE GREAT Closing Out Sale CF Summer Goods Now going on at the Great Retail Dry Goods and Carpet House of ROOT & COMPANY I a grand success; as‘‘bona fide” Bargains are being given in every department. CLEARING OUT Fine Parasols, Sun Um/yrellas, At 20 per cent. off. ’ CLEA RING OUT Fine Summer Silks, Check Summer Silks, At 40c Per Yard. CLEARING OUT Yar aWide Percales, Yard-Wide Cambrics, - 6|c per yard, CLEARING OUT Ladies’ Lawn Suits, Children’s Gingham Suits. Children's Lawn Suits, at 20 per cent. oft’. (CLEARING OUT White Lace Stripe Cambrics, White Lawn Check Cambricks, at 9c per yard. CLEARING OUT Pure Linen | Napkins, one lot 58c, worth 85c per doz,, one lot 75c, worth si.ls per doz. CLEARING OU i Ladies Hosiery at half-price,Mshalfeend Hose 25c per pair. CLEARINE OUT an immense stock of Ladies’ Muslin Underwear at 3O per cent under former prices. CLEARING 01 I Big lot of Ladies’ spring styks pletedt Lace Collar-, 10, 18 and 25c each, worth three Junes the prices we ask for them. fil ! Carpets, Mattings, Upholstery Goods, Rugs, Mats, Embroideries, Laces, Linen Goods, Mosquito Nets, Fans and ythingervey else adapted to the presen thot season. Parties at a distance from town hould take advantage of this great mosa and secure some of the Greatesgt Bargains of the season. ROOT A t OUPAA Y, 46 &48 Calhoun Street, - - _ Fort Wayne, Indiana. W. G. Spencer & Son ish the Democrat to inform the people of Adams and all the Counties around, that the CASSADAY RIDING PLOW is the best made, without exception. Also, we have the best line of TWO HORSE , BREAKING PLOWS, Induei g the famous OLIVER-CHILLED. RICHMOND, STEELE, BRYON and other makes. Our stock of General Hardware Is the largest and most complete that can be shown in Decatur, and our prices satisfactory to the most EC<’NOMICAL PURCHASER.

Two Taper Cites and Handie. 15c. Eight-inch Cites, lOc. Halchels, 'Me. Hammers, 45c. Scissors, S-inch. lOc. Unices and Corks, per set,fide. Whips. -ihc. Jlanurc Corks, 60c. Hay Corks, sOc.

We will make a specialty of H ay Carriers during the coming season, having the agency el the latest improved and most perfect one now in the market. Do not fail to see it before buying. You arc specially invited to call and see us, assuring you that no efforts will be spared to please our customers. Remember that our priees are ahvaws DC W X , DOWN. DOWN ! TO TUES i DECATUR. INDIANA

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