Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1891 — Page 1

VOLUME XXXV.

Chapter II Ot the Daisy Reynolds Murder Took Place Yesterday. Dr. Menser Charged with Committing the Abortion, And is Bound Over to Appear at the Adams Circuit Court. The Burly Holland and the Women Refuse to Testify. A Full Account of the Preliminary Trial. Yesterday occurred the preliminary hearing of the state of Indiana vs Cas■ius Menser on a charge of manslaguhter before ’Squire Smith at the court house. The prosecuting attorney nollied the charge of manslaughter and asked the court to hold the prisoner until another affidavit could be prepared. The prisoner was rearrested on a charge of committing an abortion on Daisy Reynolds thereby causing her death. Judge Marsh, of Celina, Ohio, and France & Merryman, oi this city, appeared for the defendant and placed a motion on file to dismiss the defendant on the grounds that he had been brought here on extradition papers and could not be held on another charge. ’Squire Smith overruled the motion. The charge was the n read to the prisoner, but on the advice of his counsel he refused to plead and remained mute tothe charge. The first witness on the stand was John H. Vanatta, brother-in-law of the murdered girl, Daisy Reynolds. His testimony was about the same as has been published in the Democrat. Dr. Boyers was the next witness and testified in brief what has already been published in these columns. Clara Jay then testified that she had seen the prisoner at the Holland house, and that when he was there he wore whiskers, but since then he has had them all shaved off but his mustache. , They all, Lige, Jose, Daisy and the doctor went out bf the house, and aiterward Lige came in and told me that I would have to go over to Pickering’s and stay all night. The rest of her testimony was substantially the same as was published at the trial of Holland, Pickering and their wives. Elijah Holland was placed on the stand but refused to answer, saying that his tongue was locked. Mrs. Lige Holland and Mrs. Andy Pickering refused to be sworn and would not testify. They had been instructed by their attorneys to keep-a close mouth and not to disclose anything whatever, and they seemed to obe y their attorneys to a letter. John Golden was then put on the stand, but his evidence was of little importance. The attorneys for the defense did not cross-examine any of the witnesses but simply let the attorneys for the state present her side of the case At the close of Mr. Golden’s testimony the state rested its side of the case, and the attorneys for the defense not having anything to offer ’Squire Smith bound the defendant over to the circuit court in the sum of $5,000, failing to give which he was remanded to jail. The attorneys for the defense will at once commence proceedings in habeas corpus to secure the release of the doctor. The colored people now In jail seem to take quite a lively interest in the case but will not talk regarding it, and at the trial yesterday by their conduct, has cast a deeper suspicion among the people as to their guilt. They put on a don t-care-a cuss mein that will not make their case any lighter on them. The doctor appeared unconcerned but vat attentive to the evidence. His father, Robert Menser, and his brother and sister, Dr. William Menser and Mrs. Ellen Vannoy, of Webster, Darke county, Ohio, and his wife and child w ere here and attended the trial. They are very nice appearing people and seem to regret what has befallen the doctor. They will return to ttieir homes to-day. Thus ends the second chapter of the murder of the Willshire school teacher,- Miss Daisy Reynolds, who met such a horrible death in a negro hovel in Adams county, and which is one of the darkest crimes that has ever been perpetrated within her borders. d —— — ■■ •—— —— Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, died at his home in Indianapolis on last Sunday evening. In the loss of Ex Senator McDonald this state has lost one of its best men—a man who was always right on all great questions, whether local or national, a statesman equal to any man that lived in his day, whose whole life seemed to be always in the right direction and whose convictions were such that he always was ready to put them into practice. In his ' death the Democratic party has lost one ot it* most trusted leaders,

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Come to Decatur on the Fourth. Wheat cutting will be the order of things next week. 0 Druggist Aspv, ot Geneva, was in the city Wednesday on business. Go to John Mayer tor first-class brick ißtf Mrs. Nellie Lukins and son returned to their home at Sioux City last Tuesday. Parties having copies of the Democrat of May 23rd, can find sale for them at this office. The G. R. & I. road has changed time of its passenger trains. See time card in to-day’s paper. Joseph Waltz and mother, of Dayton, Ohio, are visiting Mrs. C. Rademacher, sister of Mrs. Waltz. Dick Townsend, of the Randall hotel, Fort Wayne, served 290 guests in two hours and twenty minutes. Leave your orders for fresh raspberries and blackberries at Donovan & Coffee’s, Cheapest place in the city 14-2 Why not organize a board of trade in this city? It is just what we need, and would be a great help in locating manufactories. Jerome Herff, of Peru, chairman of the Democratic congressional district committee, was in the city Tuesday, and made this office a very pleasant call. Robert Cummins, of Bluffton, was in the city last Monday evening. Bob at one time was a resident of our place and was connected with the Democrat. J. K. Mann and wife entertained quite a number of their young friends at their home last Monday evening. A very pleasant time was had by the young people present. < H. A Miller, who has been with the Adams County Lumber company and P. W. Smith &Co , for the last eight years, has tendered his resignation to take effect the first of July. P. G. Hooper, C. A. Dugan, Ira Blossom, J. A. Parks, H. S. Porter and L. C. Devoss, composed a fishing party that went to the reservoir last Tuesday returning Wednesday night heavily loaded with fish. Rev. Allen and about twenty others attended the district meeting of the Y. P. S. C. E. at Bluffton, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. They report a splendid meeting and an enjoyable time while there. The normal school opened up Noonday at the Central school building with in attendance of 44. Profs. Brittson and Kern are among the best teachers of the county and are greatly interested in school work. They look for an increased attendance next week. A special train over the Clover Leaf one day last week carried the following distinguished party: Col. Robert G. In gersoll, Phil Armour, Jr., S. R. Calloway, president of the road, N. M. McKinnon, superintendent of telegraph, and G. Frazier, train-master. On next Tuesday evening occurs the annual entertainment of the St. Joseph school. An excellent program has beep prepared for the occasion. The school will close on the following Friday. The school year has been a very successful one and great credit is due to the sisters jrho have had charge of the work. Jacob Stults’ pacing mare, ‘‘Blue Belle,” was shipped through here last Tuesday from Wabash to Marion, Ohio, where she will enter the July races. Her driver, Harry Crossley, says she is in good shape to make the race at that place on July 1 st. The* prediction is that she will make a mark of 2:15 by the close of the season. Money to loan.—l have money to loan in sums to suit the borrower at six per cent interest, with privilege of mak ■ ing partial payments. No delay if your title is perfect—no red tape; also have private funds to be loaned on city property. No life insurance, no interest asked in advance. 10-4 P. G. Hooper. Sheriff James Dailey was in the city again Wednesday and Thursday. Now this thing of accusing Jim of coming here to see the young ladies is all wrong, very much so. He came over this time simply to get a little fresh air and to see several parties on business, but theparties he came to see were out of the city. It is hinted that it will take place sometime in September. Captain W. J. Bosse, of this city, was named as one of the auditing committee of the Knights of St. John at their convention al Ft. Wayne this week. The other gentlemen of the committee are: Carl Goetz, chairman, West Virginia; Lewis N- Werner, Ohio: L.C. Chapoton, Michigan; Geo, M. Geiger, Kentucky. The honor thus conferred on oqr young towns man is worthily bestowed. After taking lessons under Mr. McDemott, the inventor of the McDemott’s common sense tailor system, and have taken the agency, we are fully prepared to give lessons. We invite all ladies wanting a perfect fitting garment and wish to learn the secret of dress cutting to give us a call. Cutting and fitting a I specialty, One door south of the court house. Mgs. H. C Hosler. i 0-4 Miss Limu M. Camfsru..

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26,1891.

Excursion to Toledo, Sunday. Don’t fail to come to Decatur on the Fourth. Prof. Dugan has moved into the Burns property on Third street. Mrs. Al Burdge is visiting friends at Van Wert, Ohio, this week. Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer and daughter are visiting friends at Fort Wayne. W. D. Mason and daughter, of Bluffton, were in the city Wednesday evening. Thomas Gallogley, of Jefferson township, was in the city Monday last on business. Mrs. S. T. Cast and children, of Huntington, are visiting her parents, John T. Bailey and family. Andrew Gursenmyer and family, of Dayton, Ohio, are the guests of Mrs. E. Rademacher and family. W. G. Robinson has completed the culvert on Mercer street, and that part of the street is now ready for grading. Leave your orders for fresh raspberries and blackberries at Donovan & Coffee’s. Cheapest place in the city. 14-2 E. DeWitt Brothers will address the F. M. B. A. at the Broadbeck school house in Union township, 'next Saturday evening. The next regular meeting of the F. M. B. A., of Union township, will be held at the Kohr school house on the last Friday evening ot this month. Mrs. Jacob Martin and son Ed left for Mt. Clemens the forepart of the week where they will remain for sometime. Ed is a sufferer from rheumatism. Reed & Mackenbach, real estate and loan agents of Portland, were in 'the city Wednesday, and while here gave the Democrat a substantial call. There is an immense amount of farm machinery being shipped to this place, and which the farmers are busy taking out and getting it in readiness to care for their crop. Willshire is going to celebrate the glorious Fourth in great shape. Recognizing that printer’s ink does the work they ordered two sets of very handsome bills printed at this office last Saturday. For Sale.—A house and lot in Crabb’s south-western addition all in good repair. Seven good rooms with all necessary improvements. For particulars call at this office. 47-ts John Petersen, accompanied by his sisters, Misses Dora and Allie, and by Mrs. A. Ik. Bfell, attended the wedding of W. A. Kunkle, at Bluffton on last Wednesnesday, Mr. Kunkle is the surveyor of Wells bounty. .» John R. Cline has purchased ari interest in the wagon and carriage works of J. E. Ellsworth & Co. The new firm will build two additional brick business rooms next seaso’n, and expect to go into the business quite extensively. John Durr, of Blqe Creek township, has an ewe from which he raised three lambs and then sheared twelve pounds of wool all this year, and from ten head of sheep, he sheared one hundred pounds of wool. Can any of our wool growers beat thia? Dick Crane is hereon a visit to friends, and it is rumored that he and Lord Jordon are on the outs. Just where Jordon is located at the present time is unknown, but he may blow in almost any day, when things around hereabouts will be on the raise. Patrick Delehaney, or better known as “Pat, the Whittier,” is sojourning at the county jail, haying been sent there Tues day morning by the mayor, as he was not able to put up the wherewith with which to pay his fine and costs for being in a state of intoxication. The “Mother’s Friend” not only shortens labor and lessens pain attending it, but greatly diminishes the danger to life of both mother and child if used a few months before .confinement. Write to the Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga., for further particulars. Sold by Holthouse & Blackburn. J Harvey Hart, who is a member of the Barrack’s band, at Columbus, 0., is at home visiting his parents. He played with the Columbus City band at Fort Wayne at the Knights of St. John convention. He is one of the finest musicians in Columbus, and in all probability will become the leader ot the band of which he is a member. If you intend to paint or paper your house in the near future it will be to your interest to call on us and examine our stock of paint and wall paper. We have a complete stock in either line, we are selling the Heath & Milligan paints and tinted leads which we guarantee to outwear and outspread any paint in the market Give us a call. Sold and guaranteed by W. H. Nachtrieb. A commotion was caused in the south part of the city on last Wednesday evening about dark by the screams of a woman in the Patterson woods along side of the G. R. & I railroad. The people living near rushed to the scenes expecting to find some one badly mangled by the train that had just past, and upon examination one of the men ran against a woman whom he caught hold of and lit a match to see who he had He found that he had one oi the fast young women of the town, when all further exeftement seemed to die out.

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For Sale—A fresh cow. Call at this office. W. G. Reynolds made a trip to Chicago and back last week. William Beall and family, of Wiltshire, were in the city yesterday. Joseph Rosenthal, of Peru, was the guest ot his brother. Ike, this week. Remember the excursion to Toledo, Sunday. Round trip costs you but $1.50. Miss Edith Reynolds and Ida Mann are visiting friends and relatives in Chicago. v; D. E. Studabaker and family, of Bluffton, were the guests of J. D. Hale and family last Sabbath. Rev. Father Bernard Richter, of St. Claus, Minn., was in the city this week the guest of Father Wilkins. Marriage license have been issued to the following parties: and ; Frank Railing and Kate Dague. For Sale —Improved farms and timber lands, also town property at prices to suit purchasers. Schuliger & Reed. 42* Dr. Wherry, of Fort Wayne, was called to the city last Monday to attend Mrs. B. J. Terveer, who has been quite ill for sometime. The “boss chippy” has returned to Decatur. The old haunts are to be resumed and everything set in order. The city officers are given a pointer. Lewis C. Hopple, Wm. Cully, Cyrus Hammel and Eli Zimmerman were before the medical examiners of the pension department at Bluffton last week. Auditor-elect France moved from his farm southeast of the city to his residence here this week, and Is now a full-fledged citizen. He will take his office sometime in November. Rice & Bowers shipped a car load of building stone to Union City this week. They have several large contracts for crushed stone at Fort Wayne, which they will commence to fill m a few days. Frederick Boknecht, one of Root town ship’s prosperous farmers, has gone to Pierston Springs. He has been badly afflicted with rheumatism tor sometime past and seeks relief at the springs. Adam Brown, of Decatur, and August Bly,of Magley, two very prominent horsemen, were in our town one day last week looking up the record of some of'the valuable animals owned here with a view of purchasing.— Ossian JVetvs. L. C. Corbin, who had contracted with the city to put the street names on each street crossing, has been at work this week putting them in position. Oh, yes, we are beginning to put on city arirs. The numbering of the houses will commence within a few days. Ralph Wright, a lad of some twelve years, living at Willshire, was shot with a target rifle last Monday evening, the ball, entering his right leg above the knee. DrChristy dressed the wound. Parents should be very careful about allowing their children to handle firearms. Notice is hereby given that there wil be an election of trusteed for the Berne Society of the Evangelical Association, to be held at Trinity Hall, Berne, Adams county, Ind., on the 3rd day of July, 1891, at eight o’clock p. m. By order of T. Carroll, Pastor. Jesse Zimmerman, of Willshire, while in the city Monday, lost his pocketbook containing over S2OO in cash, some checks' and notes. Frank Dibble soon came along and picked it up off the sidewalk in front of the burnt district, and on looking over the contents found to whom it belonged, and hunted up the gentleman and returned it to him. For Sale —A fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, in Sou‘h Dokata, the farm is in Beadle county, sixteen miles south of Huron, in a rich farming country, with eighty-five acres under cultivation, a good frame house, good and all necessary out buildings, good well of water, over one hundred bearing apple trees, with plenty of small fruit. School house within onefourth of a mile. A bargain For particulars call at this office or H. S. Porter. 48U Two hundred and nine persons took advantage of the excursion rate to Fort Wayne Wednesday to witness the parade and prize drill of the Knights of St. John. The commandery, captained by W. J. Bosse, and the city band were in attendance. The Knights of this city did not take part in the prize drill, but nevertheless were highly complimented on their work. It is claimed that they are the best drilled of any commandery in the state. Look out for our boys, they are rapidly coming to the front There is liable to be a couple of cases of court martial in the ranks of the Decatur Militia. The boys had better come to-the front and attend the meetings, They are liable to a fine of S3O to SIOO for non-attendance at the meetings of the company. While the Democrat would, feel sorry to hear of any of the boys of Capt. Byers company being court-mar-tialed, yet it becomes the duty of the cap tain and his officers to make out reports to the adjutant general each month, and it there are those who may absent themselves without good cause and continue to do so, then they must suffer the conic

Gus Sellemeyer’s new house is rapidly nearing completion. Rev. Walters, of Avilla, was here this week on a business visit. Capt. Byers, with others, held a court martial at Richmond this week. Dan Yager attended the funeral of Jacob Ryan, at Bluffton, yesterday. Remember that the people will celebrate the Fourth at Decatur this year. Mrs. W. J. Vesey and children returned to their homes at Fort Wayne, Monday. Benj. McLaughlin, of Kirkland township, visited friends at Elkhart over Sabbath. Mrs. J. W. Freeman, Mrs. H. A. Arnold and Mrs. Fenton, of Bluffton, were in the city Wednesday. Wm. E. Burk, of Richmond, Ind., is in the city visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. France. Frederick Shaffer and wife returned last Monday from South Bend where they have been visiting friends. Mrs. E. N. Tyrrill’s class of the Christian Sabbath school enjoyed a basket picnic in the Zimmerman grove yesterday. Leave your orders for fresh raspberries and blackberries at Donoyan & Coffee’s. Cheapest place ir. the city. 14-2 Miss Emma Jackson has returned from Indianapolis, where she has been visitor’s attendant at the deaf and dumb asylum, to spend her vacation. Dr. White Cloud, who held forth at the opera house here three or four years ago, was in the city Wednesday. He will make monthly visits to this city. It is now about time that we were knowing something about water works. What say* our citjy fathers? Let’s have them as soon as posible, the sooner the better. Money to Loan—At from 6 to 7 per cent on five year’s time on improved farm and city property. Call on Schurger & Reed. 42* Union township assembly of F. M. B. A. will have a special meeting next Tuesday evening at the Kohr school house to make arrangements for the celebration at this place on the fourth. The scarlet fever is somewhat bad in the neighborhood known as the Fuelling settlement. Henry Garkey has three children down with it, the oldest girl being in a very precarious condition. a The report that came from Monroe last Tuesday evening to the effect that Ben King had in some manner fell on the saw and was cut to pieces, was aTalse alarm. Ben was in the city fat and hearty at the time of the supposed accident. Jchn W. Vail, who has been the manager ot the stave works of the 'Creamery Package company at this place for a few years past, has tendered his resignation to take effect thy first of July. John will look after his* interests in the hoop business at Magley. John King, Jr., is finishing up the saleswagon for the Marshall Medicine company. It is a model of convenience and handy in all its departments. The finishing touches are being put on by John Edwards, the painter. The wagon will be started on its tour within a few weeks. Soldiers Attention—Now Is the time to apply for increase, under present laws many pensioners are entitled to larger pensions than they are now receiving. No pay unless successful. James T. Merryman, 2itf Att’y and Claim Ag’t. A father has served notice on the county cle-k not to issue a marriage license to h : s son to marry Miss , as he does not wish such people in his family. Os course not. That’s right. And right there hangs a story which will come out in a few weeks. Look out, something is going to explode. She was completely cured- A daughter of my customer suffered from suppressed menstruation, and her health was completely wrecked. At my suggestion she used one bottle of Bradfield’s Female Regulator, which cured her. J. W. Heliums, Water Valley, Miss. Write the Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga., for particulars. bold by Blackburn J The committee to whom was referred the matter of selecting a location for the new creamery, secured a piece of land of Pendleton Rice and a strip of land from Judge Studabaker, about two and a half acres. There was some trouble in regard to the location and some feeling expressed in regard to the matter, but we hope by this time that it has entirely disappeared. The work of building will be commenced at once, as the mason work and the material for the building has been contracted for. Buhler & Chronister secured the stone work. There was issued a marriage license on June 20th tpand with a request to the clerk not to allow the reporter to have the names, so the entry remains unseen at this time. But since that date things have taken a peculiar turn and the couple to whom was issued the license may never become one. It seems to be a very peculiar case, and is not a case of Jove at first sight, but a love affair of tyro or three years. Os course we don’t know positively whether there is much love in it or not- but nevertheless at the hour of going to press they were not joined together «s busband and wife. Let’er go.

Cash paid tor old castings at the Eagle Manufacturing Company. 12-4 Miss Rose Holthouse spent Sunday wish friends at Fort Wayne. L. C. Holmes was granted a pension of $6 per month last week by Uncle Sam. Only two persons took advantage of the excursion io Lake Maxinkuckee last Tuesday. Dr. C. S. Clark made a visit to his brother, Dr. D. D. Clark, of Otterville, Ohio, last week. Miss Mollie Forbing spent the latter part of this week with relatives and friends in Fort Wayne. Ed. Closs has accepted a position as clerk in the grocery department of Jesse Niblick & Son’s store. Mrs. Dick Morrison, of Manon is visiting her father and family. Mrs. M. has been sick for sometime past and ia now able to be around. Hon. J. J. Todd, of Bluffton, quartermaster of the Fourth Regt., was in the city Monday, while on his way to Richmond, where he acted as judge-advocate in a court martial case. Married —At the bride’s home near New Corydon, Sunday morning last, Philip Harshbarger and Miss Lizzie Michaels, by the Rev. J. P. Chauness. All ot Jefferson township. The greatest and only moral big show of the season wiil be here next Monday and show for one day only. Where is the “Uncle Tommer?” It should make its appearance about this time. Jesse Niblick & Son are putting in a new boiler and engine at their elevator and will hereafter do all work by steam power. It will be quite an improvement in the way of handling grain. Henry Mayer is the local agent of this city for the famous Centlivre beer of Fort Wayne, and the Fred Miller beer of Milwaukee, Wis. When wanting pure beer give Henry an order. 40* To Our Patrons.—We will ask for a settlement of accouts between now and June 30th, If you have not got the money come in and settle the account by note, for all must be closed up by that time. The Eagle Manufacturing Co., have several good eight and ten horse power road engines that parties needing any thing of the kind would do well to look after, as they are offering them very cheap and they are in good shape. 12-4 List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Decatur, Ind., for the week ending June 20, 1S91: Miss Mary Reichert, Mrs. L. R. Keister. Persons calling for the above will please say “advertised.” B. W. Quinn, P, M. William Wymer has resigned as cutter at the Creamery Package Company’s stave works, and has entered into partnership with Hite & Adams and bought a stave works at Bluffton, which they are now moving to Van Buren, on the Clover Leaf road. Mr. Wymer will be the manager of the new works. People who have tried it, are of the opinion that a liberal dusting of wood ashes will kill the worms that are attacking the young grapes. Any kind of dry dust sprinkled on worms that breathe through their skin will usually kill them, and it may be it will kill these pests. It is well worth trying, as the dry ashes will do ro harm to the vines or fruit. — That disgrace upon the human family, the blackmailer, is still plying his nefarious schemes in the city. It is said that he was set down on pretty hard last week, and it may be the means of choking off that kind of business in this city. It is said that he has secured paid spies look* ing for victims, and when they catch on to anything they immediately report and he carefully puts on the appliances to make the victim put up. But the victims have been of late a little slow in regard to putting up. Look out for a big sensation in the near future. Mrs. F. Lester, of Boscabel, Wis , hearing that her neice, Hattie Ritter, about eight years of age, had been left an orphan, and is now an inmate of the county infirmary, inquired after the little one of Superintendent Haefiing, and sent him the money to purchase her a ticket and started Wednesday morning. Mr. Haefiing brought the little girl to the city her to her aunt. She is quite young to make such a trip, but she will be locked after by the C. & E. conductor at Chicago, where she will make a change of .cars. From the way the lady wrote to Mr. Haefiing, he thinks that she will have a very pleasant home. J. W. Cunningham & Bro., of Portland, who are the largest dealers in pianos and organs in eastern Indiana, have recently sold instruments to the following people in Adams county: Henry Hite Earnest Watson, Toseph Thomas, Charles Allegar, Rev. G. B. Work, Park Hotel; Decatur. Dr. Noah Bergman, John Martz, Frank Hoter, Berne. Hon. Silas Hale, Samuel Ball, Rev. E. Boldue, Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, Thomas B. Mann, Geneva. Henry Fogle, Marion Cunningham, Deeter Reed, W. B. Clftqson and others at New Corydon, and others all over the county. f f yqu a pipnq or organ correspond with Cunningham

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Mrs. Jennie Phelps is visiting with friends at Bluffton. We want about a dozen copies of the Democrat of May 23rd. Abe Flickinger has been granted a pension of sl2 per month under the new law. Peter Decker, fell while on a ladder picking cherries, and is now classed with the cripples, Harmon Wicking, of Bluffton, was shaking hands with friends here last s Wednesday. Mrs. Rev. I. T. Hott and her son, Everett, are visiting friends and acquaintances in the city. They are stopping with Mrs. J. T. France. Mrs. Lase Ellis and children returned home last Monday after a three week’s visit with her parents, William Burdge and family, and other friends. County Superintendent Snow is at Indianapolis this week in attendance upon * a meeting of the county superintendents of education, of which he was temporary chairman. Charles McLean, deputy sheriff of Pickaway county, Ohio, was visiting- his brother-in-law, Daniel Donovan, the tore part of the week. He left Wednesday morning for Fort Wayne where he will take part in the encampment of the Knights of St John. Jacob Blue received a letter yesterday from the manager of Geary’s show stating that his son, Albert, is getting along nicely and that Mr. Geary had made for him a fine suit and togged him out and out as a drum major of the juvenile band. The show is at Elkhart to-day. Rev John McConnehey occupied the pulpit at the M. E. church last Sunday and delivered two very instructive sermons. John is one of the most promising young ministers ot the gospel in North Dakota, and during the last session of that conference district was elected its secretary. Only one bottle.—Mr. Arthur M. Fisher, a reliable stock dealer, of Decatur, Ind., says: “One dollar bottle of Dr Marshall’s Lung Syrup completely cured me of a very annoying cough and pains in the chest, bordering on lung fever. I think it is the best cough syrup In the world and would not be without it” A. M. Fisher. Sold by all druggists. A petition was presented to the city council Tuesday- evening by David Eley « . and signed by over one hundred citizens asking that honorable body to reduce the liquor license from $250 down to SIOO. The petition was referred to a committee composed of R. S. Peterson, W. H. Niblick and G. W. Roop. Whether the committee will favor a reduction or letting it remain as it now is, remains to be seen. , The Anderson Democrat advises that saloon-keepers and those who deal in cigars would do well to study the law enacted by the last congress in regard to the sale of cigars. Section 2,692 of the revised statutes says, declares the Democrat, that cigars must be sold to the customer directly from the properly stamped box. A dealer who takes a handful of cigars and lays them before the buyer to cbiose from, or a saloon-keeper who brings a customer a digar on a plate or in a glass makes himself liable to a fine of SIOO. For the past four or five years the T. St. L. & K. C. railroad has been in process of reconstruction by the contractor, S. H. Kneeland, of New York. The contract is a Urge one, involving over 25,000,000 in securities, 9,000,000 ofwhich were its first mortgage bonds. The entire road has been rebuilt and equipped, but the construction work has necessarily interfered with its earnings. It is understood that a complete settlement between the contractor and the railroad company has now been made, and the completed road is now in possession of the company. Dr. White Cloud, the great and only genuine Indian doctor, who lately graduated in two of our best medical colleges in tiie United States and whom we know to be an intelligent man, will visit this city two days in each month, making his office at the Miesse hotel. His .first visit will be Friday and Saturday July 17 18. The doctor now lives in Richmond, Ind., and makes that place his permanent home, and is doing a large practice in the different towns he visits. He has made two new discoveries in medicine which proves a sure cure for catarrh and womb ailments. We know Dr. White Cloud is honorable and will do the afflicted much good. His notice is on another page. To the public.— l wish to announce that I have bought M. S. Elzey’s jewelry \ store, and before laying in my fall stock, I '* wish to close out the old stock, and will sell tor 25 per cent less than our cheapest prices. Call and examine goods and get my prices. Don’t think you are intruding ■ - by asking to see and get prices on goods, we love to show goods, and will toy and treat you right Every article win be engraved tree of charge while you wait, as I do my own engraving, watch and jewelry work. I will retard every cent that In paid me if my work does not give perfect sfttiafectipn. Ido all kinds of week pew* tabling to the jewelry trade, and have >5 years experience at the jeweler’ll bench. Call and see «•. Everybody weteoaa* RespectMy,