Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1890 — Page 1

VOLUME XXXIV.

Ehirlger & Meyers, Rochester, N. Y. Tailor-Made 7 <1 CLOTHING / ' 3 | 4 ' * ( ■ ' ’ Each Garment bears this name: ■ Wile, Bnckner& Co., Rochester, N.Y. i • [■. ‘ ■ ■■ * ’ • lu — ' ' '. A ” Be sure and give us i call when in need of anything in our line. Yours Respectfully, ? Ehinger& Meyers.

Our Father Tnomas R. Blackburn die 1 at his home near .Goodland, in Newton county, Ind., on last Saturday morning, September 20, 1890. Father was in his eightieth year. He was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Came to thi- county in 1850, and moved to his'at< residence in the spring of 1865, it which place he continued to live until called to a better home. Being conscious until the last, ae closed his eyes forever on this world and without a struggle, passed to the unknown beyond. Miss Dell Barnett has returned from Fort Wayne. Dr. O.T. May, of Monroe, is at Petoskey this week. V. S. Reed and family spent Sunday with relatives at Monroe. Mrs. Rachael Teeple ha? gone to live? with her son in Chicago, 111. Henry'Bnckmaster was at Fort Wayne on. business, last Wednesday. A seven months child of Charley J.odge died on last Sunday morni ig. John W. Tyndall, county surveyor, is about again after a short illness. Miss Minnie Krone, of St. Marys, O , is attending the Radamaker funeral. Dr. DeVilbiss visited a sister who is quite ill at Fort Wayne, last Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Parry, of Richmond, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Duke Stoops. Mrs. Charles Wert, of Briant, was visit ing her sisters, the Misses Bollman., this week. Matthias Kirsch is preparing the foun dation for a new residence on north Third* street- . | John Heitkamp, who has been working here for sometime past hasgoridlo Holgate, Ohio. John Abnett, of Jefferson township, m ule a very pleasant call at this office Tuesday morning. Cadet Jphir D. Beuret, of the Annapolis Naval Academy, visited Ms old friend Prof. Grubb this week. Homer Cross who has been employed at Muncie for several months is at home. He will attend school here this term. Attorney Will Reed and wife WilMeave to morrow for a two week’s visit with Mr. Reed’s parents near Mason, Michigan. Jacob Closs, Jr., and Miss Katie Meehan are to be married at the Catholic church on Wednesday morning of next week. Matthias Ullman has been granted a pension of four dollars per month and $l4O back pay through Schurger & Reed o agency. Father Wilkins is visiting at Cincinnati this week. Father Btck is here in charge of the church during Father Wilkin’s absence. Mahy of our citizens are’laying in their -Winter’s supply of coal. They have given up the hopes of burning natures fuel this winter, at least. - :• Dr. W. W; Wilson has Jocated in the practice of medicine at Wausan, * Wis. His family will remain here until he can make arrangements to move.

The DECATuk DemocMt.

Sells Brothers’ Show. The largest crowd that has been in Decatur for many days was here on last Tuesday to see Sells Brothers’ mammoth show. This show has the reputation everywhere of being one of the best exhibitions on the road and those who patronized it last Tuesday were highly pleased, with what they seen. Their spacious tents were crowded at both the afternoon and evening performances, and unlike many other exhibitions they produced everything that had been advertised and many excellent features not on the bills. The collection of animals from every corner of the earth is a very interesting one and in it may be seen many' rare species not on exhibition in any other show. The flock of ostriches, the fullr grown hippopotamuses, the devil horse, miniature cattle of South America, and the five monster elephants were the special attractions in that department of the show. , The circus excellent throughout, taking place in two rings and on an elevated stage. In this we noticed especially, the Japanese acrobats, the athletes, the bicycle riding, the trapeze per- > formers in their daring feats, the equestrine riding, the juggling, the Roman hippodrome races and the many other attractions we name that was well worth seeing. In short the show is all that is claimed for it, and the management and attaches are gentlemen and extend their patrons the best of attention. Col. Sellers, the press representative, favored the Democrat with a look through the show. Should Sells Brothers’ come this way again they will receive a large patronage. Fatal Accident. Frank Kooken was the victim of a distressing accident that caused his death yesterday morning. Mr. Kooken who had been in the employ of P. W. Smith & -Co., as teamster was unloading a ’ log from his wagon at P. W. Smith’s mill yard last Tuesday as . ternoon, when it caught him unawares against the end of another lo<* -in such a manner as to break his left leg at the knee and Crushsthe bones in a frightful manner. He was immediately removed to his home in the western part of the city and Drs. Boyers and McMillen called in to dress his injuries. He«was found to be suffering extreme pain but being a man of considerable nerve the physicians thought he might possibly recover with good care, but they deemed an amputation necessary in order to prolong his life. It was not long, howeyer, until he began to grow worse and it became apparent that the injury would result fatally. He lingered jn great distress until Thursday morning at four o’clock when death ensued. Mr, Kooken appears to have been the victim of adverse circumstances nearly all : hfe life. Only four or five months ago he t broke his arm at the mill and had just recovered sufficiently to go to work when t the greatest calamity of all overtook him. } His age is 54 years. A companion and family survive him. A petition to ditch Blue Creek has been ■ favorably acted upon county com--1 missioners. The survey will be made as ■ soon as Surveyor Tyndall recovers from his present illuess. On Saturday, Oct. 18th, an election will be held in the Second ward of this city, for the purpose of electing a successor of Councilman Woods. See notice. • j Samuel Galloway and family, of Wa--1 bash township, were the guests of friends in this city Tuesday.'

DECATCR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2(>, 1890.

The Victory Reviewed. Week before last the Journal reviewed, the article published in the Democrat the week preceeding, under the head of ‘•The Journal’s Threats,” and had this to say: The Democrat would trample under fool every evidence supporting our vindication, and carry on its onslaught with a volubility that ignores justice and shames modesty. * * * * Our intention to draw the curtain, however, is removed on account of the kind though unintentional vindication which the Democrat has given us. These contradictory statements are grouped together, in order to illustrate the sinuous course of the Journal, to show the logic of its argument, its inconsistency, its unreasonableness, and in the, face of these statement its claims to a great journalistic victory. That the Democrat did not accept the re affirmed declaration of the Journal, that editor Ashcraft was incorrectly reported at Wabash, was simply because the Democrat deemed the first report the true one, made when there was no motive to misrepresent his words. And Cdnsciensiously believing that the correc tion was an afterthought of the Journal to rectify a political blunder, and not in the interest of truth. This view of the’ question receives further confirmation in the denial of Ashcraft, his revised statement by himself, is so widely at variance with the original report of his remarks, that it requires a fertile imagination to suppose that the one was the correction of the other, and reminds one of the boy who put this legend over his first picture, “This is a horse.” That the Democrat did not accept the modifications of the Plain Dealer and Re- * ' - ■ 7 ■. J. publican, is on general principles. Republican generally have their word passed unquestioned upon any question other than political ones. Here the Democrat draws the line. In this case they made haste to relieve a brother editor from a political blunder that they apprehended would hurt the party at the ’ ballot-box and editor Ashcraft financially —for he had' so indicated. In order to give the position of the Democrat force and respect, the following will be used to illusti ate: A few years since during an exciting political campaign in this state, the Republican press of this state, that is every Republican paper this office exchanged with, including the Plain Dealer and Republican, published a paragraph editorially that was word for word identical, the substance of which was that an investigation would show that the Democratic state treasurer was short. That he did not have the money on hand as stated in his report. They knew this to be true because the Republican state treasurer when he went out of office was short in a large sum. That the Democrat to help him out took his note in lieu of money. They knew that this was the shortage; knowing this the charge was made, relying that the personal friendship of the two then would be a guarantee that the baseness of the charge would never come to light. The Gottschalk case is another in’ point, in which the Journal charged a defalcation. The amount the people lost through this defalcation charged will never be stated by the J >Urnal.' Neither will the otiier fact that, not one penny was lost through the alledged defalcation of Gottschalk. Again when W. W. Dudley was charged with being the author of the “blocks-of-five”—an effort to carry the state for the Republicans in a fraudulent manner—and sued a New York editor for criminal libel, these, papers applauded Dudley, and said it was a base charge. That Dudley did not dare to prosecute his cause to effect, that he dismissed it and thereby acknowledged and proclaimed his guilt to all fair-minded unprejudiced men is a legitimate conclusion. This fact has not appeared in either of the journalsnamed in this controversy. To not sup press the truth would be as grave a blunder, with them, as it would h e not to make a base charge if political advantage could be secured thereby. Agafrh When Judge Woods charged the U. S. grand jury, after that campaign, calling attention to the “blocks-of-five’ business and instructed that jury to investigate the matter. When he found an indictment against Dudley would result, he re-charged that same jury in such a manner as commanded them to let Dudley alone. When the Democratic press justly assailed Judge Woods, these papers defended him. It was a political necessity. Political f<-ols and political villains must be protected is the accepted ‘ doctrine of the Republican press. Dorsey's soap campaign, and going backwards to Grant’s whisky ring, with a long series of similar intervening items, are other illustrations why the Democrat could not accept their testimony in defense of the Journal, ' Again: The Journal says, 4t The Democrat is a studied enemy, would stamp us in the earth, and as we presume to assert our rights, it s classes us below the blackmailer and highway The Democrat hasnever been aggressive or showed a disposition to stamp the editor of the Journal physically or with saber, except in a legitimate manner. And as to classing editor Ashcraft below the blackmaiterand highway robber i t is untrue. But what was said was in response to his threat, that if the Dsmocr AT again deny what the Journal had re affirmed about the Wabash business, then editor Ashcraft would reveal moral atrocities committed by the Democrat family, would “draw the and by other

base insinuations, threatened to expose to t ie wo, r Iff that which he had thus far withheld for the public good, but which in that event he proposed tq. give to the Journal readers to gratify his spite. It was in response to this attitude of the Journal that the Democrat said, “Hunt as you may through the category of crimes, from the blackmailer to the highway robber, and the meanest low-born cur among them is lacking in the malicious motives that govern him,” that Ash craft has assumed in making the threats be did. And the Democrat now affirms that you may rake hell over and there is not a lost soul roasting there for a meaner motive than lies behind eci or Ashcraft’s threat, and he is dared to esail this position. And the untruthfulrtess he uttered in conveying to the minds pf his readers, what he did, is as base as the motive in the first instance was malicious As to the long list of bate insinuations published in the Journal- from week to week and from month to n,< nth under the Journal's present managei ’ mt, the editor of the Democrat has beer (patient beyond the requirements of all laws or codes written or unwritten. With his pen he has stabbed the editor of the Democrat and those connected with hi n in the back, by and through these things until patience ceases, to be a virtue! No man with a spark of true manhood, with a particle of true chivalry would male use of such methods. And he who uses them, with the same motive to govern him, would conceal himself that he might stab his fob in the back were he not too great a coward. One can, meet and defend himself from direct charges, but no one can meet insinuations. If the editor of the Democrat would permit the use of such weapons, insinuations might be hurled at editor Ashcraft and hi! with just enough truth in them to blanch the cheek of him and his and make them hang thgrr-Jieads in shame, would sting a thousand fold worse than Journal has produced or could invent. There are some people who can only learn by experience. A dose of his own mediciiie might enable editor Ashcraft to see himself as others see him. This, if ever the Democrat used them, would be our sole motive, and to illustrate the possibilities of personal journalism. Let the readers of the Democrat for a moment consider editor Ashcraft in the character he hat been masquerading in since his advent among us. coat of arms would be purity. His elop ing a white robe, coffcea Ing, sprouting’ angel wings, with the sermon on the mount for his code of morals. His air and manner says, and he has boast d of it in the Journal, I am smarter than the whole Democratic tribe. See me strike them; see me strike the Democr \T family; see me mike them all cower, and see me smite the ungodly set hip and (thigh. Were he an Israelite he would be of the tribe ot Pharisees; were he Mohymedon, he would raise the cry of a 'Holy war, and smite these ungodly Democrats all around, while, with one sweep of that majestic robe of purity, he would cover up the Credit Mobileers, the Whisky Ringers, the Star Route frauds, the Dorseys, Dud*’ leys, Quays and Woods of his entire party , while he would cry out unclean! unclean!! are all Democrats. We will not honor editor Ashcraft by calling him a liar, but this review of him show's that had he lived cotetnporaneous with Annanias, the latter never would have made a record. Had he been present in Heaven, at the same -time Satan was cast over the battlements, with the same motivM against God exhibited against the Democrat, hell would have had:another chief The Journal has our gracious consent to celebrate its victory over the Demo crat by boastful cries, or sounding tomtoms. The Democrat reserves the right to conduct its business and-this paper aspleases best, and accords the Journal the same- right. The Daughters ofßebecckah will give a supper at the I. O. O. F. hall on to-mor-row (Saturday) evening forth? benefit of their order. Oysters or regular supper from 4:30 to 10 'p. in. Price 25 cent*. Mysic by-Hart’s orchestra. Everybody invited. Wash Gilpen who has been sick foj several weeks continues in about the same condition as formerly. His lb tie child died on Wednesday morning after a two week’s illness and was buried yesterday. Funeral from the family residence. The farmers in the neighborhood of * . . Borutn’s run on the Willshire road are hauling the stone this week lor the abutments for a new bridge across that stream that has long been neededMrs. Catharine E.- Waltz, sister of Mrs. Radamacker, accompanied by her son Joe, of Dayton,O , are here attending the funeral of the la’e Q Radamaker. Mrs. Dan Donovan started Tuesday to visit Mrs. Morgan Louse, at Garnet, Kan., for three weeks. She will stop a few days in Kansas City. 7- — The quarterly meeting of the Evangelical church was held on last Sunday. Good sermons and good attendance. Mrs. Rate Wilmington, of Grand Rapids, Mich , is visiting her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Miesse, Mrs Lyman Hart and Charles Egg and wife are at Petoskey on a pleasure trip.

Our Dupes. For many yearspt has been a trite saying that the two inevitable things in this world which it is impossible for humanity to avoid, are “death and taxation.” This adage, however, was coined before the days of confidence sharpers and tricksters and nowit almost ap pears to.add a third appelation to the list—that of “dupe,” so we might say with truthfulness that the three inevitables in life are “death taxation and the dupe.” At the great Sells Brother’s show which exhibited here on last Tuesday the “dupes’’ 'were more numerous than June flies around a molasses barrel, if we are permitted to judge from the number of losses that have been reported on the streets by those who witnessed the games and saw the good dol lars of the unsuspecting vanish from sight Jike dew drops before the sun. Last week the Democrat took occasion to warn the people against picks pockets, confidence swindlers and men with all kinds of games of chance who are always following rhe.big shows, and now many a man will remember what became of his money “when the wind blows through his whiskers" and he is compelled to wear his summer clothes through the winter. a Just as we sfniicipated the man with the shell racket was here in all iris glory as well as the fellow with money to sell and the one operating a device through which a marble rolled onto a number designating some kind of a prize. These men were on the show grounds so were their “coppers great numbers and when they got to working their schemes pretty well it wds amusing to see their dupes roll in by the score as it were. These individuals thought they saw.an opportunity to get something for nothing and in attempting to beat the other fellow they got—nothing. They seemed to forget the old saying, “Never bet on another man’sgame.” The temp'ation was too great and they got swallowed up in great shape. The Democrat felt constrained at the onset to publish the names ol all the victims and give the sums of money they gratuitously donated the sharpers but it would make too long a list and our space will not permit at present. However, some of our readers may be able to “catch on” to a few of then; of whom we have positive information of di<»ir attempt to break up the other man’s game. For instance, there is the sheriff, rot Sheriff Lewtm or any member of his staff [but a would be sheriff", whom the boys say the tittle shell racket. Then we have a prominent horse buyer who in failing to burst the other fellow’s game let go about 150 .good dollars. He says, however, he didn’t drop quite that large a roll. A prominent farmer living in Monroe townslfp is said to have put up $iS to see the fun. When he lost the money he was frightened worse than if he had discovered a Wolf after him-. A. Nicholas was there, 100, not St. Nicholas, but a Washington township firmer, who just put in $35 in order to get S7O and got nothing. , Then there was a great Gass-er there who saw a chance to get a twenty dollar bill for $2 and bit. JThe confidence sharper still has the S2O. A young Chap, whom, we might cal! a man, paid $n to see the little inarb'e roll down the'machine. The fun didn't last ovpr five minutes and when it was over the young man, Chap, we want to say, didn’t have enough money left to see the elephant. A young printer thought he had the thing down “Pat” and risked a Five on it, but when the sharper raised the shell the ball disappeared as well as the stakes. It’s strange but true to many that a man can neither Locke or block the game. yo.ung hardware man is convinced of it. A man may be an csbellent Sloneburncr and kjio v all about farming the soil of Kirkland township besides,"but he’s sure to get left when lie rubs up against another man’s game, especially if he has $25 or S3O It don’t pay to raise Rice over in St. Marys township. There’s more m >rey made betting on the shell game or buying twenty dol ar bills, provide a person is careful not to lose S3O or’s4o. Then it is poor bu-incss. The confidence scalawags have not Ihe least regard for the professions They will even Devoss-ify, or to make it more plain “rope in,” any attorney who goes buzzing around them with five dollar bills and wants to see the little marble roll thr. ugh the machme. Some are st 11 wond ring how it’s dene. 9 Willshire needs a National Bank so that Jack Pence may be privileged to deposit his money there instead of with the pickpockets when he attends the next show. But the heaviest loser of any w-ho came here to see the elephant was a stock dealer who stops with the Harmons’ a short distance south of Greenwood, Ohio. The fellow lost. $65000 the shffl game. His name could,not be ascertained. And thus we qjight go on and name many others who fell into the clutches.of the sharpers ar.d lost their money but time and space forbids. Many individuds lost their cash before the show began and had to be content with standing on the outride and looking at the pictures all ffqy. These same individuals \V*.H bd IB shape to give the gftnesft anolhc yea?. There will always he victims The c©iißg nee man knows this and it does h|i aoul 'good to h .ve the fun of oAching’em. — 1 "3 — Lost —A small child’s cape. Fkder i please re'urn to this office.

_ _ Dr. J. S.Boyersand Dr. S. D. Bt avers have formed a co-partnership -’n the practice of medicine, with offices at Dr. Bovers present location.- The co partnership begins Oct. Ist. The coun'y assembly of the F. M. B’jY. is to meet at Monroe on the Sth of October. All|delegates ant! others who possibly can are urgently requested to attend and make it a profitable meeting. By order of Committee. X“~ ; Marriages—Dennis Striker and Mary Meyers, William B. Tucker and Amanda J. Rumple, William J. Archbold and Izora J. Mann, Robert C. Boyles and Mellie Vv Barclay, Ulysses Gfeller and Clara Brunner, Frederick Arn and Dina Witwer. Samuel Barger, a young farmer, cf Kirkland township, was before ’Squire Smith iast Wednesday on a serious charge preferred against him by Miss Kate Conrad, of this city. His trial lias been set for Friday of next week; ’Tis the same old story — always new to somebody 4 however. There is an immense amount of timber stored about our factories -reatfv for u-e. Now is the proper time to So all kinds of hauling. We ought to profit by the experience of last winter and endeavor to secure enough timber this fall to keep the mills and factories going through the season of muddy roads. Solon Snow continues in about the same condition as last week. Sometimes he appears to be improving and then again there is a slight change for the worse. He had been confined to his room four weeks last Monday and during a greater part ot that time he was verytdelirious. His physician, Dr. Borers, has implicit faith in his recovery. Joseph D. Beery residing west of town is going to have a sale of personal property on Sept. 30. The Decatur Journal appears to be gunning Joe for the legislature or some other big position, but of course he’llget lefffas an endorsement coming from that source will knock the best of’em out. Joe, however, would make a good run on his own hook—home run. John Erwin who was struck on the head by a limb several weeks ago while cutting timber does not appear to improve very rapidly. In fact his mental condition is creating considerable alarm among his friends and it is feared that he may even tually have to take treatment at an lum Z; -he flypears to be quite rational but it only lasts for a few minutes at a time. It is very unfortunate indeed for his family that he became the victim of the distressing accident that may render* him non compos mentis during his life. The Fort Wayne fa : r .this year wacharacterized by more drunken brawls an! debauchery than in any previous year of its history. While the exhibits were pretty fair and the attendance throughout quite large there was a lack Os police regulation and as a result the toughs had things pretty much their own way. But what could the public expect when all kinds of gambling devices and the sale of beer wrre allowed upon the ground by the management? People who went down from Decatur became disgusted with the condition of tilings and many wished they had remained at home.i- < -I “Derke’s opera house”—how will that sound? Ail right. What ki d of an opera house will it be? One commensurate with the growth and size of the city and built according to the most modern style of architecture. When will at be erected? Within the next year, or just a> soon as Mr. Henry Derkes can perfect his plans for its construction. Restas uredthe man has been found whowill build it, and it will not only honor the town but the mem ory of Mr, Derkes who has accumulated his fortune h-.re and proposes to place some of it where it will do posterity good. If so the rame of Henry Derkes will live for generations yet to come in Decatur. . An adju-tor for the Aetna Insurance company was here last week and settled with F. S. Sweitzer for the loss lie sustained by the burning of his stock of gro ceries, on the po toffice corner or, rather a part of it, on Sunday night of last week. After taking.a careful inventory of the remaining goods, ti e adjuster placed the loss at $258 and paid Sweitzer that amount in full settlement. The latter that he had a greater amount at’ property tq burn but rather than bring suit and to go to ccn iderable expen e, he prefared to accept the company’s offer. He was also privileged to sell the damaged goods on hand which brought him several dollars so that nearly S3OO all told out of the stock. After several weeks of-suffering death , dame at last to the relief of Cornelius Rademacker, Si 4 ., on Tuesday evening ■ of this week. Q He was stricken down " typhoid fever’ and during his entire sicki ness there did not appear to be any hopes : for his recovery. Mr, Rademacker was I one of Decatur's oldest residents who had : eoii.ti'i bwfatf his share toward the developi ment and growth df the place and was : always, a genial, warm-hearted man, ever ■ ready to assist the needy and distressed. 1 He leaves a companion'and family who I mourns the loss of a devoted husband and father. His funeral tak.es place from the Cath lie church thia morning, when all the • saloons wiU be clawed Jn respect to his IU UK»ry.

NUMBER 27.

I Eli Smith has been on tire sick list during the past nine weeks and his little daughter three weeks. £ Scott Hughes wants to buy a car load of horses and mules. Those wishing to sell should sec him at once. Capt. G. H. Riley, of Willshire, called on the Democr at yesterday while on his return home from a visit to Marion and other points in the famous gas belt. y Catharine Taylor, an unmarried lady who had lived in Blue Creek township for many years, died at the countv asylum the latter part of last week after a short stay at that institution. Iler age was 72 years. The trial last Friday of John Weber vs Frederick and Peter Koenig over the possession of a cow terminated in favor of Weber. The costs of the suit, minus the attorney’s fees, foot up 135.15 —more than the value of the animal. Garrett Burling is buildinsr a cold storage room for butter and eggs at the rear of his packing establishment on First street. He is doing an immense traffic in his line and has everything handy about his establishment for carrying on the business. Last week he sold over $2,000 worth of poultry alone. —o— .. - Charley Thomas, formerly agent of the Chicago & Atlantic railway at this place, ar.d later connected with the company’s offices in Chicago, has been promoted to the office of division freight agent in charge of the line between Chicago and North Judson. Charley is gradually climbing up and is destined to make his mark in rail road circles before many years. While Vinal Walters and wife of this city werd driving in the country last Sunday their horse became frightened at a piece of paper that blew across the road in front of the horse which caused it to attempt to run away. The animal ran off the end of a high culvert, upsetting the rig and throwing its occupants to the ground. Fortunately neither received any serious injuries. The county assembly, Farmers Mutual, Benefit Association, will meet at Monroe Center on Oct. Bth. This meeting will decide whether or nqt the farmers deem it prudent to place a ticket in the field in th s county this fall. While the Democrat is not inclined to dictate what shall or shall not be done, it does seem they’will make a mistake if a ticket is selected, from the fact that the <ts infancy » the county pciittc*«howld become the leading factor, the movement doubtless would injure the prosperity of the order just as it has done in Wells county. On next Monday evening Sept. 29th, Elliott, Quivey & McKee's celebrated Imperial Minstrels will appear at the opera house. A special -feature of the entertainment is the grand specular, first part scene in which will appear the superb solo orchestra, assisted by the Imperial quartette and the six Emperors of comedy, Casel, Quinney, Bassell, Cale, Redmund and Allegan. Street parade at 1 p. m. headed by the World’s greatest Arabian drum major Hady L© Malofodecheriff, a genuine Arabian chief from the desert of Sahara, known as the Whirlwind. Seats an »ale at Nachtrieb’s drug store. While looking through a bundle of old papers the other day that had been preserved for many years, Lew Gast discovered a copy of the New York Herald of Sa urdry, April 15th 1865, which published quite a lengthy account of the memorable assassination of President Lincoln at Washington on the previous night, and also the murderous attack on Secretary Seward. At that time the tierald was only a seven column folio—less than half the size of the Democrat —but now it is one of the greatest newspapers on the western continent. Lew prizes the relic very highly and takes pleasure in showing it to his friends. It Decatur had a score ot individuals with that get up-and-dust spirit such as is characteristic of John Blakeslee, the town would not only get out of old sleepy ruts into which it sometimes falls but it would soon be bustling with a live real estate and building boom that would tend to add a thousand population in a few .months. John is a genuine hustler and has an idea that in the near future Decatur will, have uatural gas and equal any of its neighboring towns, consequently he has concluded to cast his lot here and helpimprove the town. Just think ot it. This year he will have completed eight new houses and if he had the time he would build a dozen more yet this year. Would that Decatur had a few more John Blakeslee’s. We need ’em. Week before last the Democrat recorded the splendid triumph achieved by C. B. L’s ot this city in their at Logansport which brought forth admiration from every person who saw the boys. The following paragraph taken from the Catholic Record, of Indianapolis, shows how they were appreciated by a traveling man, a member of the order: The last speaker called upon was Comradb Burns, of Chicano, a traveling m*a. Ho saM he was happy io greet his fellow comrades, and that while viewing the parade, his heart wentout in fraternal feeling for them. He said that he had traveled all over the country, and had seen all kinds of drills, but that the conamandery from Decatur was the finest drilled 1 body of men he had ever seen, that it had no superiors and very few equals, and be thankn* the mayor of that city for drilttns tbMk