Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1890 — Page 1

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The Democratic Central Committe has ! arranged for the following meetings at the places named below-. The people irrespective of party afftiiati >n are invited to turn o“ut and hear the political questions now’ engaging public thought, discussed in a fair and impartial manner. HON. A. X : .VI A l< 1 : X. Geneva, Nov. i, at t o'clock p. rm Decatur, Nov. I, at 7 o'clock p. tn. Hon. J >hn T. France, at Election school house, Kirkland township, Monday evening, November Our PremiumjJTTers, As the farmers of Adams county had not the privilege this year oflplacing any of the products of their faryson exhibi tion at a county fair, the ISsmocr a't has concluded to inaugurate a little agricultural exhibition of its own fold will offer a to the -individual who'brings us 4 the best samples of the following products ,for display in this ( Pice: For the best varietv of fiejd corn, one year’s subscription to the Democrat. For the largest amr b:st stpi ish, the Democrat one year. for the best one-half jvei'k'qf Irish po tatoes, the r at one year For the finest' lot of sweet potatoes. $1,50 worth of Democrat’s! For best httlf dozen turnips, an introduction to the Democr a r brie.yGi'’. . The best pumpkin catches tlie. Democrat twelve morths. For the best half peck of yams take the Democrat right alo.ng fifty two weeks. Two heads of cabbage-larger than the OJb < fellow’s; secures 72 Di-.Mocrais. If 1 vou can show up three beets that beats the other fellows beets you can beat M u out of the Democrat one year. Bring your products right along. Honduras Items. ft Mrs. Lewis Sovine has had’a relapse and now sb- is in a precarious condition. Frank Ashbaticber left on last Monday to accept a.position as clerk in the cloth- , ing house'qf-Axhbaucber Bro’s., Bluffton folin Pease is about to becomeNa-full-fledged drummer lor a Chicago firrnN Pease & Crum, carpenters, have oeen remodeling the ri sidrnce of Isaac Staltkr, th s week. 7 Z ' The fall term of school at No. closed la*t Friday, this being the last term ju the old school building. .The new school house i* completed and it is an the community. Samuel Merryman, formerly of Washington to wnship, but now of Kansas, is visiting rela’ives and friend* in this town•hjp. Don’t forget to a‘op at John A«hb u< h •r’s and subscribe for the Democrat.

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“Open the Books.” I Ashc -a't is trying to dupe the public by ! a tale of woe. lie imagines there’s crookedness in county affairs. He classed Tony i Holthouse a* being implicated in thedefaleation of county funds. Tony went after him. He "took it all back” and exbonerated him. Then he proposed an examination of the books, through the Journal, agreeing that iti case there was no defalcation in the treasurer's office he was to pay the cost of examination. If there was a defalcation we should pay the expenses. AVe accepted. He played the baby act, backed down, and submitted a new proposal covering forty'j ears of record in the Audit or's, Treasurer's, and Commissioner’s offt ces. His last proposition was as unreasonable and unjust as ever emanated in the brain of a knave. It was drafted expressly to suit his own Durposes. It was not intended that his last proposition should be accepted by us. The desire to make political capital out of the matter was the motive for its submission. Ashcraft knows it. The people know it. The trick shows on its very face. We stand ready for an examination of the books on Ashcraft’s original proposal—what is fair and honorable between -man and man. His cry of “opening the books,” after playing the baby acL makes 'the public tired—siclq—disgusted. How to Vote. The man who stays away fmm the polls next Tue*day proclaims,his folly and fear. The new election law is plain and honest The election clficers are your neighbors

anil.fi iends. If you can't read English the clerk will ■read for you and show you what to do. The proper thing, then, to do, is.to go to the polls, enter ti e voting room, take your tickets from the clerk, stamp the st.ite ticket oh the square to the left of the worils, “Democratic Ticket,” do the same to the. Democratic count* t cket, fold them up separatel?-, hand them over to the election board and go on your way rejoicing that paid workers, voe buyers and bribers did not annoy or see you vote. Ttiis L not an "intricate law.” it is not • dangermis'’ and it is not d tficult. It is the way thev vote in Austral'a, V is the wav they vote in Canada, it is the Way they vote in England, The man who t -lls you to stav away or attempts to frighten you .in any “way a criminal under the law and for the iiame of every such-scoundrel the Democrat offers a reward Vote your ticket straight. Let some one else do the scratching. Grand Entertainment. Miss May Dem’ng, of the- Boston' school of Elocution and now instructor of Elocution in the Ohio Normal University, has again been secitred'by the people of Deca tur to give a series.of entertainments a' the Pr-sby terian church,on Thursday and j Friday evenings, N G’h ancj 7th’. j M s* .Deming’s reputati ci as an eiocntioaist is to weil known to the people-of Decatur, who he ird her on her former visit, to n<ed any further ecmm.ent. She will on this occasion render, two pieces that will he well worth the prize of admission, viz: "Battle Above the Clouds” and “An American Senator Abroad,” have b<e.n pronounced as mo*t excellent recita’ions. Her recitations will consist of descriptive bumorotts and path* tic piece*. The reci tations svill’ be in'erspersed with exeel'ent musi :. You should not fail to hear Miss Deming as this may be your only chance to hear her., * * ' ’ The Jurors, Following are the grand and petit jurors drawn for the next term of court: Grani>—Martin Smith, Fred Reppert, llFhry Foreman Gotlieb Sauers, Thomas P. Harris and Charles Kerber. Petit Charles Meyers, Nicholas Lichtly, William W. Moses, George 11. Kelley, Joseph Johnson. S. H 4 Hocker, Jacob M ■ Shoemaker, Normal Acker, John Whi'e. Jesse Williams, Henry Bishop and AHjfcft Kindel. —Je/erniah R Coffee and Anna Baker were married at the Catholic church on Tuesday morning. Their reception was held at the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs. John P. Baker, south-we»t of the city, ! ' Will Ashcraft tell the truth in his interviews on the McKinley tariff this Week? You can surm'se that he not. --■“'Ns e

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY,

“Pockets Loaded.” Colonel Briant Makes a Bad Break at Bluffton. The Republican Candidate tor Congress Unbosoms Himself to Democrats. Ha Cunfidentiaiiy Advises His Friends to Go out Among th a People With their “.Pockets Well Loaded.” The !*r<»teete.<l liaron* of the Hast Pouring their Wealth into thiß IMMriet to Corrupt the » Ballot. A Plea for the Overthrow of Eoodle Methods and for the re-Elertion of Hon. A. N. Martin. An incident that serves totSllustrate the methods l>y which Col. Briant, of .Huntingexpects to carry this congressional district; is related by ex-Coinmissiener Dunbar, of Linn Grove, Ind., who as every body knows, is a man whose word is as good as his bond and who vouches for the truth of his statement. Recently while Mr. Dunbar was in the company of several Democrats at a hotel in Bluffton,. Mr Briant and a Republican friend came in and the candi date for congress was introduced to each individual ot the party. The crowd at once entered into a general conversation when it happened some person called the Republican, to whom had been assigned the task of introducing Mr. Briant, aside fora few minutes, leaving the candidate lor congress and his Democratic friends t“ continue the conversation. Presently Mr. Briant, supposing they were of his own party faith, beglen to unbosom himself and to reveal the out Lok for his po'i.'.i-’.al chances in the district. G r pwir*g matt spiri ed ;is the chat progressed Mr. Briant finally dropped the following remarks, or v. ords to that effect. Said he: “Gentle men, we must get out to work. We must do everything in our power to wih the day. or we fail. We must see every voter and urge upon him the righteousness of our cause. And when we go out among the people we must go, too, with our POCKETSWELL LOADED”-empha sizing the declaration at the same time by pushing his b Ms into his trouser’s pockets. Here . j conversation wis interrupted and the party dispersed. Democrats of the Eleventh district, the incident shows just what the Republican party is doing to carry the district and defeat Private Gus Martin for congress. Ji proves' conclusively that thi Republican candidate and his party henchmen are going over the district with their “POCKETS" WELL LOADED”—loaded with what? Doubtless with “boodle” for what purpose we leave it to our readers to say whether for the purchase of vbtes and for corrupting the ballot box! Loaded with “boodle” to purchase a seat in the congress of the United States! Loaded with "boodle” with which to serve the purpose of monoply-thwarting the ends ot justice! Loaded with "boodle’ that high, taxation and more mortgages may continue to oppress the peop e! Loaded with "boodle” to corrupt the hone.-’ wdl ot the people of this c< ngressioral district and bring victory for the banded trusts and combines who control the legislation f the Republican part}! Loaded with "boodle” lor the inM'. damnable conspiracy to which man ever stooped in boosting himself into offic.-I This is th- tui posi tion gained from Mr. Briant’s remarks when he admonished his .v opposed Repub-Lca-s in Bluffton to co out among the ptople with their “POCKETS WELL LOADED.” It is well kiiown that the protected monopolies are pouring from their ill got ten wealth..immense sums of money into this district to defeat Martin—their sworn enemy. The remark of Briant substan tiates this, theory. Briant himself is a rich man, a manufacturer, whose interests are identified with monopoly and in whose ilectjm every manufacturer fee|s the greatest interest. T he past session of Republican congress clearly defines the policy of the paity in power. It proves beyond question ih.it MONOPOLY’S hand has its clutchesupon the Republican party. The infamous robb. r tar.ff bill is the product of it’s brain. The pe pie are being made slaves to i s will. By reason of tins bi 1 t ev will be called upon to enrich capital at the expense of honest tefl. Hr.ant is identiti -d, with the principles of Lis pirty and will be guidfed by its bosses. If elected by Republican "boodle” of which he admonishes: Ibis friends to have their pockets well “loaded,” rest assured he will se'-ye the;n■terests of -‘hoodie.” It is hgh time "boodie's” hold upon the people sfi »uld fie at the ballot bo>;. Honest m.y-n of all par jus should help to do it by wo k ing and voting for A. N. Martin sos congress. He is a man of the people, No taint whatever attaches to his record in congress. He is not going .about the country telling people to go over the district with their p ckets “’WELL LOAD ED.” He seeks nut a re- -lection th r ough the use of corrupt means, lie goes before the people of this dis'yict with clean hands. His vote and his effort in congress have al wavs been with the people as against the 'claims of giant corporations and banded trusts, the allies of the Re .publican party. A vote for. Martin is a vote for honest vote against “b rodle” anfi • boodleism” that now shapes legislation in the Republican party. If democrats do their whole duty all over this district neijt Tuesday the man who is trying to get to Congress by virtue ot his “LOADED POCKE IS” will have an opportunity to remain at home. 1;, To vote a straight Democratic ’. Dem ; ticket you should stamp the. I : square at ’he left of V’e words i ‘ Democratic ticket.”

Diana, Friday, October si, isdu.

The Democratic Ticket. ' A Word with our Democratic friends on the eve of the election. As very important questions touching the policy of state and national affairs are to be decided at the.,ballot box next Tues " day, duty to your patty r< quires thatveu shall use your utmosthfendeavoi’s to further the principles of Democracy by going io the pods and working earnestly for the support of the entire.ji)e.r>ocratic ticket—state, legislative and bounty. It is a battle of lii.h tariff aga’nst low a; iff. of monopoly against the masses, ot the friends of greed and plunder against the. honest toil ot this country. Areycti enlisted in the fight? Ifycuai.e not will von sit idly-by atid allow the g -d---of protection to crush 5:011? Will you by ■tour silence support a system of tfixa’ion that -i bs the- pow for the benefit of the rich and causes < nr fa-ms tube plastered all over with mort-gigts? Will you not resent the infamous McKinley robbery and rebuke, the party in this county that has cast odium and slur.s upon your head? Your duty is plain and you owe it to the cause of Democracy to get out and work for its success. If you don’t you simply sleep upon your best interests and make it possible for the enemy to fetter you hand and foot. Protectionists and the; friends of monopoly are using ’desperate measures to continue their lease of power. .They are aggressive, spirited, wide -awake. You should them half wav in the fight. The Democratic cause is the cause of the people. It is the; popular cause and the. candidates of our party stand squarely for its principles. There isnft a Democrat in the state- but what can support every man on the Democratic state ticket. They are our best representativemen, capable, efficient, honest and well worthy of your support. Don't scratch a single candidate. \ For congress the claims of Augustus N-. Martin are par'amont to those of any other man. His vote, his voice, his.influence in congress has ever been' on the'side of ths people and no man can say ougiit against him. His record on th<; pension and other , questions has voiced the supreme will of the people of .the Eleventh district, In him his entire constituency, Democrats < r Republicans'and all parties, have an able representative, a friend, an earnest advocate who has proven himself eminently .worthy of. their support. To him the partv owes its honest, earnest endeavors. No man in congress opposed the McKinlen bill with greater effort than Mr. Martin. Give him youravote. Passing down to our legislative and judi cial tickets we have R. K. Erwin as-the Democratic candidate for representative of Adams and Jay counties; John Branstretter for ■ Adams, Jay and Blackford; Henry B. Smith for site senator, and George T. Whitaker for prosecuting attorney. These men are so well and favor ably known to nearly all our voters that they- need no words of commendation from us; Suffice it to say candidate stands high in the councils T Sf his party and against whom not a word of harm can truthfully be said. Rest assured they will do their yv-hole duty to their constituency and fill the offices very acceptably. To them each Democrat oyves his vote and influence. The county ticket presents an array of good men such as cannot be excelled anywhere. It is Democratic clean through and back again. It is composed of representative farmers, business and professional men whose qua'ifications and fitness for the offices commend them to the consideration of every voter in the county. They , yvill all be elected by handsome majon'ies because they deserve to be. W. 11. H. France for auditor is a farmer and a good man. John H. Lenhart for clerk will fill that office most acceptably. Mark McConnell tor sheriff is a genial fellow, capable and efficient. Perry Robison will handle the people’s money wi'hoiit the loss of a cent. Wid.am Baugl,(man’s claims for the rec -rdership appea-l/to the best judgment ot every Democrat. Dr O. T. May, for coront r, and John Tyndall for surveyor are young ’and enthusiistic Democrats, honest and capable. Last but tint least yve notice Conrad Brake and Henry Fuelling for commissioners. These men are the targe's for every Re-nuli ’can <tu:np speaker and every "kicker” in the 1 county. Upon their shoulders it appears’) are heaped ev ry abu e and wr ng that 1 can be thought of. Th- Decatur Jiuurncil tor months has resorted to calling them such names as "oxen,” “thievps,” “plqnder p'S of the' people 1 ’ and thp like. 11 yven remarked '0 hs issye of Junp that “i' /nay be tbpre are honester men in HELL than llt-nry Fuelling and Conrad Brake ” Havp-Tbesr men done anything to de serve siich rebuke? No. They have done only yvhat they believed to be tight in the d scharge of duty and if cannot bp said of £hetn that they guilty of oqe dishonest act No taint attaches tQ their offic a! conrlppt and we defy the Republicans to shov,’ it. In the face of this abuse and slander on the part of the Republican o- gm of your against men who have alway s t’i-d to dotheir whole duty h-’nestly and fai’.hfullv, is there a Demo rat in th* countv who will sane Ron these dirty and pe’s :nci ff ngsof thp yaurucrl bv voting againstf iese men? Look th- rna'ttT squij-ely in the ’ace nr d rgsent Ifi -* proofferc.l i‘.suit at the ballot bix Deni’ .prats exerci.-e your mar.h od. Lay aside all ijuestions of churches, creeds, religion and yvhat-not and go the polls next Tuesday and vote a stra’ght Dem ocratic ticket, state and local. Then there vv'll come a pleasant consciousness of yqur havjng done your whole, duty to you* - party. Try it. _ .w ♦ — Judge Saylor and C. E. Briant, emdldate for congress, of liunfinijtctn, spoke in the court room to 4 small audience Wed I nesduy evening. Thei-s was a very tame I effort and resulted in inaki >g a few votes ; lor the Democrats party, and A. | Martjn in par icu'ar. ; ; To vote a straight Deinocratic ' ; llt’.M. ; tickpt you shQhM stamp thp !...,..: squarp at the left of the words ’■•Democratic ticket.” Circuit court begms on Monday, The Grand Jury has been suhpoen-d for Welnesdap and Puttl jury for Thursday of week. The F. M. B. A. t-adp meet’ng advet\ ti ed for Wednesday has been postpqnpd until the last Saturday in Xovernbey. Lpo. Wer'frberger. op Fit(*r at Wayland. Mich. was spending a tew da\» with his parents in this city. J. J. Magley has exchanged h<s Decatur prop r-y for the M ' Rice tract of 1 laud in Root township . . . < ■ Li- - - ,- r .< t- - ’a- -

Will You Stand It Any Longer? The War Tariff And The Farmer. Telling the Truth Between Campaigns— What a leading Republican Says. Judge D. I’. Baldwin, < f Logansport? is •n j ot tiie leading Republic ins of Indiana He is a nephew ot the late Unit -d Sun s Senator Pratt, in whose studied law. In iSSo he was e'eet-d AttorneiGeneral of the St.*’e o > the R publican ticket. Last ve’*r he was mi tin- stumn tor Harrison in Indiana, New Yoik and New Jersey. • •v From an ir.t< r. icw with Judge Baldwin, published in the Ind-anaptihs AV-;.-.,- -o' November 14th, the. following is taken: "I do not believe that the farmetrs of the I cited States will ever again be 'in favor of the prenent war. tariff Mv notion is that, without a radical change, the fa.'tners, in iSyo-’qe, will go against us. /Zt--1 s of the present torijf are zei v hard on the ai^rieuttnral interests. 7'he f armer is provided zeith a spoon, z. hi/e the manufacturers rtceiz-e the protection bv the shove!full. IThy should the farmer be compelled to sell his z-eheat at the price fixed in f iverpool, in the nifirhets of the z-.-Ortd, and to bnv aifhis necessities from ma an fact it errs protected from .t) to .'.7 . percent? While the latled'flass is b ■com •>ia enormously z-eealthv. the farmer is pulling the devil around bv the tail and is just making a Ii:• in 'f ne ’arilf Should treat all classes as near alike as possible." "This sounds verv much like Democratic ta’k.” “Well, if it does, I can’t help it lam no Democrat, I don’t want to see the Repubica.i party go down upon the tariff Gbuses when they, hold all the cards in thei own hands.” “But it is not believed that the new states and the Federal election supervision have made everything solid?” ‘Don’t you believe it. There are 20,000 Republicans in ihe state and a million in the Uni cd States who think as I do about the tariff reform, and, if the presen’ abuses are not eliminated, will rebel. 1 ! congress dodges and shutll-.-s and cuts off the tobacco tax and tinkers a little here ami there, b it makes no radical tariff reform, we shall certainly go to the wall.” Ot.the effect ot the increase ot the wool duties, the Chicago Tribune (R/’p ) says: The wool grower will ,not have an increased price for his fleeces. Thev have gone clown instead of up, because the higher cost ot vvooltn goods will check consumption. That will lessen the demand for American fine wool, and th it will lower the price of wool. So the sheepowner who was meant to be the chief gainer will be the chief loser, for lie will pav more for his woolen goods and get less Tor ' his wool. He will leel worse than the consumer -who has no sheep, and who loses at one end only. The McKinley bill is from beginning to end an exclusively partv scheme, deliberately, inflexibly and irresistibly forced upon the country by a disciplined and terror zed congressional majority, at the behests of wealthy industriatistsjwho in consideration of this service rendered, have contributed funds and influences for carrying the elec tio is in the interests of the pirty now in ascendancy, or nio-e'correcly, of certain party’ leaders. It will stand upon the statute books as the gros- est and most corrupt exerci e ot legislative power -ever perpetrated in the history of the country, and as the signal monumeht of a point ot departure at which wealth and corrupt po itics joined hands in alliance f r de eating public opinion in thg, g wernment of the m.tt >n.—A>:;’ Tortc Commercial Bid- ! tin [non partisan \ Tite'C is not a section or a I’ne in ti e tn’tre bill (the McKinley bi I) that will open a.market for ?n 'th -i b *she : of wheat <>r another barrer of p. rk.—G. Blaine. Tut: I.XniAX-APOLIS I VRNAL OX r .MtOl-t. Ihe tyranny of labor organizations over libor is far ni tre ai solute and gulling than that i*f capital over labor. The rN) slavery ot lab. r i- that (mp-'s. d by j/b -r Uniohs.— yo.ur'iai, Jciu- 11, ‘ , l r t*e fioi’ars week is low wages, but.it is nut "pauper I .bor” by a good deal.— Journal, June iS, ISS9. In Great Britain coal miners receive from I.OS to 1.12 a day. The miner’s lot is hard enough, but at the lowest wages ever p;id or offered in the country the American miner pan make a good ded mqre foreign miners work for all the 'ime* There is no “pauper labor” in the United States. It is an insult to call any. man a pauper lab -rer who can earn over a week June .’B,ISS9. It there is a workingman iq Indiana wl;o;e wages have been advanced since the McKti ley law took eIV-et, we should be glqd to receive his name and afidie s. FARM MORTGA-..E tXJIEISTEONESS. The Banker's: a carefully edited and very con-erva i.-e publ'c itiion. gives the amour t cf mor’g on farms ’n .-ix western states- —the -atne havi g b<en ec curately compiled-—and figures out the interest on the same at 6 percent, which certainly is a very moderate average.- v z: Fuy-m Mor-igag-es, Interest. Kansas -. ...■f-Mi.ouu.tj.u »u,u;m,ooi». IqifiXUa tHii.UtJll.tMlt a-tJtM.UtJQ lowa qi>7,oon,tiuu St tgtJ.ijhu Michigan SJtt.UWMJUU ' 3i.tWJ.OOO Wisconsin aouo(Mi.oti(i afi,tcJo,<xjo 0hi0.,, 1, uft.tmo.ooo 07 tii-’u 000 Editor Ashcraft has been interviewing . the bu-im-ss men of Decatur this week I relative to the effect the McKinley bill I wll have on prices of various g6o;fc- if I he ptibbshes the int r*y'w-\ at; given him. ith .-v will tend sq sqbsi mti tte what we I have tq say this week on the sqhj. ct. If he mxlih s themto si.it hi< own ta-tes he ! will “eh ’p” hitqsolf in the estimation of the to whom ho applied f r the intorma iori. Wo shall see HqqAir I*. Moses of the National Bank and Miss White we-e married at the brale’s home in Lima, Ind., yesterdav evening. A reception will be given them at the residence uf’W. W. Mospa, 6 o’clock this evening. M r -. a *Jd Mfa Mos-s wjll occupy the pr»pe>tv recently vacated its Dv. Beaver-S, which has been h#ndsam ly furnished and awaits their earning. Marriaqkm—F*ederick Watkins and Lida M. Johnson, Jarnos L. Z>mmerman a >d Ethr 1 A. Beave-s, Christ a > E Ho“ - I »rd and Etta Roberts, George M II efl ng and Bridget A, Fitz Gerald, Jeremiah R. Coffee and Anna Baker.

Might ys Right, s’ . I’ In 1572 Republtcilns were kicking Dem txratic representatives out of congress just as they did during tide last session. Eight Republicans who welre not elected, now occupy the places of bight Democrats who were elected. Their majorities ranged from 19 to 13, 153. 'Hhere was no dispute of the facts and figure**. It was simply a question of might. Tlbe majority saw thev must go and thee weiit. It was a partv n cessi’y in order to fasten the McKinlev b'i upon the’peoplie In the unseating of these men, the motive] that lid b 1 i d th; ?e votes was the satrie as though sh >tguns had been employed to drive them hence. The Lodge bill] propos-.d furtl etuci ities in this line. Ift proposed that the Repub'icans might count the vot’es each for cengi es-m-n and cei aify-the election of those they counted in, ik-hether they received a majority or not. I It was simply a proposition to do away with contests and file necessity of shot-gmi-j. It was upon this ling Jthat Quay and Kennedy parted company, which caused the latter to denounce the' former as the greatest villain in the land—toot because he w-;is a villain, but because Quay said the Lodge bill was unnecessay and that Republicans ■ now had sufficient facilities for unseating Democrats. It was a decision upon a question of policy, which Kennedy unfolds in his speech explfcing the mo five of his attack Upon The Democrats predict between the McKinley bill and this exercise of power, to secure a advantage, that it w ill result in an awWening of the public conscience and returning a Democratic majority to house of representatives, evidences pushing themselves forw-JK indicating that the public conscience) is arousing from its pericdic-letifftrgy and Js preparing to rebuke at the pails and\ strangle and throttle the attempt df might against right,' before it becomes fasftfcitd upon the Amer ican people. - Martin at the court hoti«e Saturday evening. Attend the races at the fairgrounds this (Friday) afternoon.. Buy your beef and pork by the quarter from Alex Leßrun. | Our supplement tells about the McKinley highway robbery’. Ex-Commissioner Pontius, of Geneva, w as in the city Wednesday, Congressman Martin at the house on Saturday evening. Hear him) * —-, — t Inspectors are required to dp n the polls at six o’clock next Tuesday morning Hon. A, N. Martin speaks in thU court room on Saturday evening. Everybody turn out. ’j; I Mrs. Williem Gaison, y ged sixtjr-seven 'heart failure. ' V * Mr. Conley, of Fort Wayne, Ind , has signified his intention of organizing a dancing club in this city for the winter. Samuel Knoff removed the remains of an infant child buried in the old cemetery eighteen years ago, to Sturgis, Mich., this "week. The F. M. B A. will have a social meeting- at the Monmouth school house on the-evening of Nov. 6th. Everybody invited. The Delta club will meet at the residence of Dr. Neptune this (Friday) even ing. All members are requested to be present. Rev. F. L. Snyder, of .the Evangelical church, was called to Defiance. Ohio, ’u preach the funeral of a deceased friend last Tuesday. ! 1 To vote a straight Democratic ; Dem. ; ticket- you should stamp the* I ...... ! square at the left of the words ‘Democratic ticket.” Motts Cplchen, of the Decatur Bakery and Mrs Annie Tonnellier are going to be married. They were pubh.-hed 'ast Sunday at the CathoFc church. “R. ttler,’’ Dick Tow nsend’s pacer, it. a 1 1 uniir-gton whe>e he will likely remain for awhde. Dick was otter- d a b,:*nd ome smn for the horse a ’ew dgv» a-o. Messrs. Kirch *S Sellrm eyer have b Ught th** stock ot lumber, etc , owned by Doak & Foreman. They will take posses-ion of the pr operty on' the yth of November. Homer A. Gorsline, well-known in Decatur, and Miss Mary Van Zant, were married on Tuesday afternoon at Fort Wayq;. The bride is an accomplished Cleveland b-lle. Mr and Mrs. Wm. G. Spencer, Sr., have returned home from their visit to Dakota. has been an enjoyable one and proved of great benefit to Mr Spencer's hva’th. A basket containing a shawl, f- ur pounds of sugar ti”d a box of blue’ng was removed from ilauovan & Coffee’s by mistake. The properly belongs to Mrs. NJny Bailey. Please return. Notice to Taxpayers.—Next Monday, November 3rd, is the last day for pji'i g the November in<tallment of t xes. Perry Robison, Treasurer of Adams County, We neglected to s’ate hut week that a young son rs Mr. iyu| Mrs. Max Gerard had been prqttv badly burned by setting it* clothe, on fire while p’aying with matches. The child has nearly recovered. Abraham Flickinger employed at Robison & Glijiz’s stone quarry, was struck by a loaded’ruck Mondav afternoon and pretty badly injured. Two or three of his ribs, it is said, were torn from his sp’ne It is probable the injury will confine him Jo his h me for many George W. Haefttng, of Washington township, ami Mbs Bridget Fi'zGe*ahi wore ma rred in the Cathnffc cathedral, Fort Wayne, on Wednesday morning Their extensive acquaintance here re quires no word of introducti m The best wishes of many triends is extended to them in their new relation. • Benjamin Marsh who resided with Benjarmn Hill, east nf the city, died on Oct. 23rd, aged eighty rears. He came to this county in 1837 andl lived here cmtinuouslv, with the exception of a few y‘ »r’s residence H I li*Ms, from which place he returned twoyeaira ago.

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Briant’s War Record. ~ s l In Adjutant-General Terrell’s report of the SSth Indiana regiment we find the fol* 1 lowing concerning the war record of C. E. Briant, the Republican candidate ffwfe'-'' congress: Mr. Briant was mus'ered. -Ml'--} as lieutenant-colonel at the organiddlHEgT’' of the regiment. In October, 1863, George;* Humphreys, colonel of the regiment, re* I’-; 1 ’-; signed. Briant was allowed to act brevet-colonel but was never commissioned “colonei.” Afterwards, Blair was promoted to brigadier generjqEjM of the regiment (over Briant) and tbey /j were both mustered out together at' cl-'se ot the war. Briant came out of.-the 'T war without having been able to mate * any advancement, which shows that Go*- ‘ ernor Morton hadn’t a very exalted opinion ot his abfity as an officer, else he . would not have made a promotion over him. It Mr. Briaift was unable to earn , distinction in the army, what kind of a representative in congress would the people ot this district expect him to make • should he chance to be elected a member of the houses? Don’t fail to read our supplement tlus week. ,y . Congressman Martin at the court hoiße . Saturday evening. LouisVog’ewede has recovered from ~ his recent illness. Wils Merryman is building a new hoftje J, at Preble for Joe Daniels. Congressman Martin at the court house on Saturday evening. Hear him. Lost —Horse hood, white checked. Finder will please return to this office. * Miss Josie Kintz, of Tiffin, 0., is vi*it ing relatives and friends in this city and vicinity. I Lost —A joint of a flute about 6 inches' long, with keys on it. Finder will leave at this office and receive reward. The city council held a meeting Tuesday night The most important work of the session was considering the sidewalk ordinance. The ladies of the M. E. church will give their annual game supper at the lecture room of the church this (Friday) evening. ........ »p o vote a s t ra igbt Democratic Dem. : ticket you should stamp the ! : square at the left of the words "Democratic ticket.” Abraham Studabaker, a former citizen cdtthis county and a brother of fudge Situdabaker. returned to this city a few’ days ago. For a number of years he- has been living in Missouri. Marri-.d, on Saturday evening, Oct. 25th, at the- residence of ihe bride’s parents, twn and one WL-west of Monroe % Miss Lida Watkins. Rev. Frank. Mosure the ceremony. .■ i C. Radamacher, Jr, received notice that the famous Richard Mansfield cigar for which he (s agent would advance $5 per thousand by reason of the McKinlev tariff. Consequently he purchased 25,060 cigars of this brand before the advance. John M. Hollaway, undertaker of Geneva. removed two children of W. R. MeeZ’s who had been burned in the cemc'erv near that place fourteen rears a?o and interr, d them in the Monroeville; cemetery. One es the bodies had partly ’urned t.o stone, . Several of our correspondents ffiif to mail r their communications in time to reach this office before the date of publication. The Democrat has frequently ' reminded its contributors to send us theifr favors not later »han Wednesdays to insure insev’ir»n in the paper. In all probability Marshal Frtstoe will be called upon to arrest a number of boys who make a practice of climbing upon the cars at the Grand Rapids road while they are in motion. Some day, if the practice is not stopped, somebody is going to get crushed tui.lo*- the wheel*. The boys have been y-* pea’eiil v warned to quit the bad! practice, but desist The new election law requires mantffac'urers and other employers of labor to suspend operations for four hours on election day in order to give their employes opportunity to vote. And one who violates. th’s provision of the law will be subject to a fine of not less than SSO nor more 1 than This is one of the best provisions of the new law, and a prompt example should be made of anyone who violates it. a Fully fifty new houses have been built in Decatur during the past summer. Let (he croaker who sees nothing in the future prosperity of the town consider the hustle that has been going on this year while he ha*, doubtless, been asleep. The city is growing—improving—building up— advancing in ee'ry material way despite the cmakings of the fossils. With the wnited effort of our people there would be much more accomplished than, there is at pres- nt The movement for better streets, better buildings, better accommodations has just begun Watch the future of Decatur. «.a. ... A h act of Congress last September which provided for the retitement ot en listed soldiers after thirty year-’ service, with double pay for their service during! the reb -Ilion, presented a" very interesting question, namely, as to the precise duration of the late, civil war. The War Department, however, has decided this pm»t and decreed that April »sth 1861 was tlui* official first day ot’ war and May »sfr 1865, the last The first call for vol- ‘ unteers occurred on the first date and ihe second was officially determined upon by an aet of Congress in ISB4. The rebellion. therefore, lasted precisely four years., and filt> en days. . ' ■ The F. M. B. A. meeting recently hrki at Monroe declared tn favor of supporting -the forthcoming Farmers’ Institute to be held in this city next Januarv. We are glad to note this movement of the organized farmers. This institute is for the express purpose ot enlisting the farmer* in the work ot adopting better agricultural method* and in improving the condition , of the toiii>ig masses. The farmer is the great power that moves the agricultural world and supplies subsistence to the j millions. He is eager to learn new [ methods and the opportunity will be : ( offer-d In thte Institute. Let our former* prepare to rafake >t a succwk • .1