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CHAPTER XXXlT—(Continued.) Then he and Bon jamun talked ever their plana for d long time, and before the money-lender left a plan had been arranged whereby Stanmore, as wo shall continue to designate him, hoped to attain tho fruition of hie hope, and get Pratt and Weeks In hie power. What Stanmoro’e plan was we shall presently see. Meanwhile, on tho evening which witnessed tho interview between Stanmore » «pd Abraham Bonjaman, when tho latter told his friend of Pratt's proposition ’ about tho marked money, Paxton received a note from the Chief of Police, requesting him to call at his oflloo at once. The detective hastened to comply with tho request, and when he arrived at tho chief’s office, ho was informed by that official that he had just received notice that a man who was dying at a charity hospital desired to make a confession to him relating to the Oakburn murder. “I knew you would be deeply interested in anything promising information on this subject,' and so I sent for you. Will you accompany me to the hospital? I am going at once,” said the chief. Os course Paxton answered affirmatively. The detective and the chief repaired to the hospii al without further delay. Upon their arrival there they were at once conducted to the ward in which lay the dying man who wished to make confession. Intently Interested and excited at tho prospect of an immediate explanation of the mystery which had so long baffled him, Paxton listened to the confession made by tho dying man, while a clerk of the hospital recorded it in writing. “I know Levi Kredgo, who was the janitor at the office of Jason Garrison, where John Oakburn, the old cashier, was murdered,” began the man. Paxton started as he heard him mention the name of the janitor at the very outset. “On the night of the murder,” continued the man who was making the confession, "at about 1 o’clock, I saw Levi Kredgo get out o* the side window of Garrison’s office. I had dodged into the passage between the two buildings to escape the observation of a party whom I wished to avoid, when I saw Levi. I accosted Levi when he came out of the passage upon the street. I told him I had seen him get out of the office, and he was terribly alarmed.” The dying man paused, and after a few moments he continued: “Kredge begged me not to tell of hid being in the office, and ho offered me a thousand dollars if I would swear to keep his secret. I agreed, for I am a poor man, and a thousand dollars seemed like a large sum to me. Until now I have kept my promise of secrecy, but I could not make up my mind to die without telling all this for I feared that young Harland might yet be convicted of the crime. It is my conviction that Levi Kredge murdered John Oakburn." This was tho man’s confession, and when it had been read to him he was lifted up in his couch, and he signed it. Os course Paxton was not in the least surprised to learn that Kredge was in Garrison's office on the night of the murder, for ho had, as we know, long since concluded that tho janitor made the tell-tale tracks under the office window. It puzzled the detective to decide what part the man whom Pratt Weeks called “Garnar” had in tho crime. Whether ho was principal or confederate he could not say. Paxton informed Stanmore and Stuart Harland of the confession, and their satisfaction at the news may bo imagined. “I had faith to believe that my innocence would bo proven,” said Stuart. "Now should Judith Kredgo accuse Marion publicly, her denunciation wip be harmless, since we may regard the proof against Kredge sufficient to convince any Jury," said Stanmore, who thought only of Marion’s safety. "With tho confession of tho man whom he bribed to secrecy in my possession, I shall visit Levi Kredge, and I think this time I shall be able to frighteh him into a confession,” said Paxton. The detective reasoned from what he knew of the character of Levi Kredge, that, if he was not the principal in tho crime of the broker’s office, ho would now see that there was no hope for him, and he would try to save himself by turning state’s evidence. Paxton had the confession of the man who had seen Kredge leave the broker’s office through tho window in his pocket, and he forthwith repaired to tho Tombs, and was admitted to Kredge’s cell. The janitor seemed surprised at Paxton’s visit, and ho seented danger. “Well, Levi, here I am again, you see, and I have a little surprise for you,” ■said the detective, cheerfully. “What now? Has not Judith’s confession convinced you of my innocence of Oakburn’s murder?” demanded Kredge. 11 “I’ll be frank with you, Levi. I don't for a moment think that Marion had anything to do with her father’s murder," onswed Paxton. “And you still suspect me?” “Certainly.” Kredge made the transit of his coll several times, and finally ho said, in a fierce, desperate tone: “Well, what are you going to do about it?” “You can judge of that for yourself when you have hoard the contents of this document which I have brought with me to read to you. ” Thus answered Paxton calmly, and he drew from his pocket the' confession of tho man whom Kredgo hud bribed to keep his secret. Tho prisoner watched him with an anxious expression on his evil face. Probably the wretch had a suspicion of what was coming. He staggered abross tho cell, and sunk down upon an iron cot. Deliberately the detective a unfolded tho confession, and in a alow, distinct, voice he read it through. Kredgo did not interrupt him. When the detective concluded the reading of ’ the confession, which virtually accused the janitor, the latter did not utter a word, but white and ghastly, he sat staring at the floor as though stricken dumb and motionless. “What do you say to that, asked Paxton, presently. It,was a moment before Kredge annwered.

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CHAPTER XXXIII. When at last Levi Kredgo spoke, ho suld, in a fierce, sullen way: “I won’t talk. You can’t make mo. Leave me, you human bloodhound!” “So you want me to leave you, eh! You want time to reflect, I seo. You arc afraid you will commit yoursqlf. Quite right, Levi. I will go, but before taking my departure, I warn you that your lust chance is gone.” Thus Paxton answered. “You lie. You can’t convict me of John Oakburn's murder. I defy you to do that. You have fooled yourself in this case. Everybody has been fooled. Smart as you are. Smart as you arb, Mr. Paxton, you have not once suspected tlje truth. Only Marion Oakburn and myself know that. Permit me to say to you before you go, that I’ll prove how completely you have followed a false scent, when I make up my mind to speak. I think I’ve given you a riddle to puzzle your brains. That’s all I’ve got to say now," said Kredge. He then turned his back upon Paxton, and not another word could the detective induce him to say, though he did his best to make him talk further. Paxton left the coll more discomfited than he would have liked to admit. There was something in the manner of Levi Kredge that caused him to think that the fellow really was holding back some startling evidence. “What can he mean? How could I possibly have been following a false trail, as he hints?” muttered Paxton. But Levi Kredge was frightened, though he was keeping back some secret which he meant should serve as a trump card in the desperate game ho was engaged in. His sister paid him a visit soon after Paxton left. Levi informed Judith of the detective’s visit, and he related all he had said. “So you were in tho office oil the night of the murder, and you did enter through the window? You have kept this a secret from mo. Why did you not trust me? You are in a dangerous fix, Levi, and I fear they will hang you; but did you really take tho money from Garrison’s safe?” said Judith, with an avaricious light in her eyes, which Levi did not fail to notice. “No; I think I’ve told you that before. But you needn’t worry about their hanging me. I’m as gcg>d as doomed to a long term of imprisonment, which is almost as bad. Tho prospect terrifies mo. I shall make a confession. I’ve been thinking the matter over since the infernal detective left me, and I’ve concluded that my only chance is in telling tho whole truth. Can’t you guess why I didn’t tell you all, Judith?” “No.” “I’ll tell you. Simply because I knew you would insist upon my dividing a nice little sum of money with you. ’’ “Then you did get the money which John Oakburn received tor the cheque that day?" Kredge laughed strangely. Then he said: “I tell you again, no!” Judith vainly tried to win Levi’s confidence, but finally she became angry and left the prison very much piqued at her brother’s refusal to satisfy her curiosity. After he was informed of Pratt’s application to Abraham Benjaman, the jewish money-lender, tor a loan. Stanmore told Paxton, the detective, and he went on at some length to reveal a plan which he had formed, whereby he meant to make the swindlers reveal all they knew about the crime of John Oakbum’s murder, and the marked money. Paxton approved of Stanmore’s plan, and he remarked: “When they are In your power, those rascals will not refuse to speak. When it is a revelation or prison, men are apt to open their lips. ” The detective hoped that in the statement to be wrung from Pratt and Weeks he would find a clue to the real truth of the mystery. Meanwhile Marion Oakbum was in the terrible delirium of brain fever, and much as she might have desired to explain any mystery to which she held the key, she was not able to do so. She raved incoherently, but the one subject that seemed to fill her chaotic brain was her father’s murder. Paxton and Stanmore had Instructed the nurse to note all she said; in the hope that some clue might "be gathered from her ravings, but nothing could be learned, so wild and incoherent were all her statements, and so unreal and weird were the hallucinations which prompted her utterance. If at this time a human life had depended upon Marion Oaliburn's revelation, that life would have been lost. Once in her delirium, Marion shrieked: “It’s a lie! It’s a lie! My father was an honest man. You shall not traduce him. I will defend his memory at any cost!" - CHAPTER XXXIV. The day following that upon which Stanmore received the information that Pratt had applied to Benjaman for a loan, the rascally broker made his appearance at the office of the moneylender promptly to the hour of his last visit. Mr. Benjaman was awaiting him. After the civilities of tho day were exchanged, Pratt said: “I hope you have the money ready for me?” “ Yes. It is in the safe, yonder.” Benjaman pointed to a safe in one corner of the office as he spoke. Pratt’s eyes sparkled. He was anxious to have the gold in his possession, There seemed to be no one but Benjaman present in the private office, and the villainous broker said, without fear of being overheard: “I have brought the marked money with me. I want to close this transaction to-day, if possible.” Then he produced a package from a small valise, and, opening it, disclosed several bundles of bank-notes. Benjaman watched them eagerly, and his eyes flamed With the light of triumph as Pratt proceeded to count tho money upon the table. “You will find the amount all right, I think,” he said, after running oyer the bills, and he pushed them to Benjaman. The aged Hebrew counted the money carefully. “Tho amount is correct. Seventyseven thousand dollars, " he said. The reader will remember that one thousand dollars, according to Pratt’s statement, had been paid to tho mysterKus'maOalWt Benjaman, after counting the money, snatched it up, and placed it in his safe. Then, instead of taking out the gold to pay Pratt, he suddenly locked the safe and turned away. Pratt’s eyes were riveted upon him, and he did not understand the moaning of this. “I thought you said the gold was in the safe yonder,” he said. “So It is. But before paying it to you,

I want you to sign this little document, merely as a matter of business and selfprotection, in ease anything unpleasant should happen,” said Bonjamm, and Pratt uttered an impatient oath, as the old money-lender placed a written paper before him. “I have this day deposited with Benjaman & Bon, seventy-seven thousand dollars in bills, marked with a red ‘V’ in the corner of each note. Suld notes are delivered by mo to Bonjaman and Company in pursuance Os un agreement whereby Benjaman is to loan me thirtyseven thousand five hundred dollars, and hold this money as security for the same.” Pratt read the paper carefully. Then he said: J' “Very well, I’ll sigh this for you;” and seizing the pen, he appended his signature in a dashing hand. “Now, then, give mo the gold.” “One moment, please.” “What now?” demanded Pratt, with an Impatient oath. “I want to introduce you to these gentlemen,” eald the money-lender. There was a screen across tho office, and, pushing it aside, ho added: “These are my witnesses I” Pratt recoiled with u sudden Exclamation, us he another Benjaman, tho exact counterpart of the manto whom he had paid tho marked money, and four of Benjaman's clerks, who had been concealed behind tho screen. Pratt glanced in amazement from the man to whom ho had paid the marked money, to the other Benjaman. “What infernal trickery is this? If you have betrayed me, I'll have your life!" turning to the Benjaman to whom ho had given the marked money. “Who are you?" continued Pratt, advancing threateningly. “Stand back!” shouted the other. As he spoko he suddenly removed a board and wig, which he had worn to impersonate Benjaman, and Paxton, tho detective, stood rbt'fealed. At Stanmore’s request the veteran had assumed tho character of Bonjaman the moneylender. “Paxton, tho detective!” exclaimed Pratt; and a gray pallor supplemented the habitual flush of his red face. “Yes, I am Paxton; and at last I have found the money stolen by John Oakburn’s assassin. Daniel Pratt, you are in a situation of awful peril!” said the detective solemnly. Involuntarily Pratt turned toward the door, and there was in his mind a halfformed resolution to make a dash to escape. But it was written that he should not evade ,the hand of justice this time. The door opened, disclosing Stanmoro and two stalwart police officers. “There is no way of escape, Pratt. The game is up. Here is a gentleman who will hear your confession,” said Paxton, indicating Stanmore. “And who are you?” demanded the broker. “I am Donald Wayburn. Tho man you ruined and drove'into exile!” cried Stanmore. Thus speaking he removed the snowwhite beard and wig, which had given him a striking and venerable appearance, and a handsome man, in the very prime of life was revealed. Pratt staggered back until the wall supported him, and he cried: “Trapped! Betrayed!” “Yes. You are in my power. Banjaman is but an agent of mine, and so are Marks & Bock, and Judson, Kirk & Co. All you owe them you really owe me," said Stanmore calmly. “Fiends and furies!" cried Pratt, in impotent rage; and again he turned toward the door. “If you attempt to leave thia room, you will be arrested by Mi'. Paxton on the charge of receiving stolen goods, knowingly," The police officers were outside the door. Paxton had closed it after Stanmore’s entrance, and he now stood with his back against it. “I did not know the money was stolen. I deny such knowledge, positively." “You forget you signed a paper which stated tho money was marked, and the facts of the proposed transaction mentioned in the same document clearly proves you knew it was not safe to itee. tho money." “Overreached!” “Yes. But more than all this, I can prefer against you and sustain as well the serious charge of forgery. Evidence obtained from Sands, your former clerk, who is now in the employ of Lawyer Saybrook, proves you altered Stuart Harland's note, raising it from one to ten thousand dollars.” Pratt dropped into a chair. He saw that he was indeed entangled in the toils which Stanmore had cast about him. Stanmoro whispered to Benjaman, and then tho money lender and his clerks, who had been concealed behind the screen. withdrew. “Whatdo you mean to do?” Pratt suddenly demanded. “It is in my powder to send yem to prison, as you well know. You had no mercy on mo in days gone by, and now I should be merciless toward you. But I have resolved to offer you certain terms,” said Stanmore. “What are your conditions?” askod Pratt, sullenly. “If you will reveal how the stolen money camo into your hands and furnish me with a written confession that I was duped and swindled, and which will«elearly prove my innocence of all knowledge that the speculation by which I was ruined, and through which I unwittingly helped to ruin others, was a swindle, I will spare you, ” said Stanmoro. Pratt was silent for a moment, while bitter reflection filled his plotting brain. “Come, your answer. Will you make terms or go to prison?” Just then Pratt heard a peculiar “clicking” sound, and turning to Paxton he saw the detective snapping the catch of a pair of handcuffs which he had taken from his pocket. The sight of those manacles was very suggestive, and Pratt realized his situation more keenly than heretofore. He uttered a terrible oath, and then exclaimed bitterly: “The game is up. I cave. You’ve got the upper hand this time, and I’ll do what you require. ” Stanmore’s eyes sparkled, for this was a supreme moment of his life. The time of his vindication had come at last. “You are wise to so decide,” he said. “Very wise," remarked Paxton, sotto voce. And he returned the handcuffs to his pocket. i Pratt was conquered. “Now toll us how you camo by the marked money?” demanded Stanmore. “That money was not stolen from John Oakburn. It was not taken from Garrison’s safe, as everybody supposed. On the contrary, it was paid to us by John Oakburn on the evening of the day he drew itfron? the bank," said Pratt. “What! Do you mean to say John Oakburn embezzled the money? He was an honest man; you shall not traduce his reputation!" cried Stanmoro, indignantly. ■ “i haro toiu ’yott’ Btontag bttt the truth." “But John Oakburn did not owe you this money?” Pratt hesitated. Evidently It was hard for the scoundrel to acknowledge his villainy. Paxton now anticipated the most Surprising denoument, but at that moment there came a knock at the office door, and opening It the detective admitted one of his most expert agents.

t 2’—' I From tho beginning of tho Investfg*-' I t!on of John Oakbum's murder, this 1 man had devoted himself, under his principal's direction, exclusively to the i task of seeking the man who had ex- , changed overcoats with Stuurt Harland on thorailway train. The (detective auxiliary whispered to his employer for a moment, and then Paxton cried: “I’ve groat news. The suspected nrin called ‘Garnar,’ who exchanged coats with Btuart Harland, has been captured. Tills agent of mine secured him at Mother Kitt’s house." “Garnar caught!” cried Pratt. “Ah, you know the supposed assassin!” said Stanmore. significantly, “Yos, and now I’ll tell you in a very few words how wo came by the marked money. Tho man called Garnar, which is merely an assumed cognomen, is really named Heid Oakburn, and he te John Oakburn's son by a first wife. Marion is the child of a second marriage, and his half-sister. Reid is really much older than ho looks. Years ago I kuew him well in Kansas City, where he resided for a long time. There he forged a note, and for the job he served a term of imprisonment. He camo out of prison a despernto, reckless man, but he had resolved to live an honest life and bury tho past, so ho has told me. Ho then changed his name, assuming the alias William Hompstcd, and he went to Denver. There he succeeded in working himself into a situation in a bank, ami finally he became cashier." Pratt paused for a moment. Paxton had started when ho mentioned the name William Hempsted, for he knew that was tho name of an absconding Denver bank cashier, for whose capture there was a standing reward of SIO,OOO. From a Denver detective agency Paxton had received a description of “Hempsted,” but it did not correspond with that of the suspected man. “When Reid Oakburn, or Hemps.tcd, or Garnar —the latter his latest alias, became cashier of the bank, and he had the handling of the funds, he fled with a Jorge sum which he squandered in gambling. When he left Denverheassumed a clever disguise, and as he soon after received a severe cut across the eyebrow whiclu left a severe scar, his disguise was perfect. “Fate directed Reid Oakbum to come to this city under the name of ‘Garnar.’ I met him on the street on the afternoon preceding tho flight of John Oakburn’s death, and I recognized him, or fancied I did. I called him by name, and the result proved that I was not mistaken. “A, reward of $5,000 had been offered for' Ids capture, and I meant to have the money. Pretending friendship, I decoyed Reid Oakburn to my office, where I made‘him a prisoner in the private) apartment, intending to turn him over to the officers of the law. “But while Weeks and myself were considering tho matter there was an arrival at the office. Levi Kredge, who was acting as a spy for us at Garrison’s office, came in and reported that Oakburn was going to cash a check at the bank for $78,000, and that the money was to be’ paid to us in the morning. “Then a great idea occurred to aieeT wanted to get Garrison in my power.,' That money would save him. I knew that old Oakburn loved hie wayward first-born son better than his own life, and determined that the old cashier should ransom Reid, and that tho $78,000 intended to save Gjrrison from ruin should bo the price of the fugitive cashier’s liberation by us. “After office hours, Kredge carried to John Oakburn a note which Reid ’had written, in which he tol.-l his father how he was situated, and implored him to save him. Bo it happened that when Kredge delivered Reid’s note to him, John Oakburn had not placed the money which he had just drawn from the bank in his safe. | j“The money was still in his pocket, and in the excitement, when he read his son’s letter, ho forgot all about it, and when he hastened to our office, as he immediately did, he quite unintentionally brought the money with him. “There was a terrible scene between the aged parent and his scapegrace son. Reid fell upon his knees at his father’s feet, and begged him to save him, to pay the sum wo demanded or his release. “ We demanded seventy-eight thousand dollars, the exact amount Oakburn had drawn from the bank. “John Oakburn then discovered that he had the money with him, and at last he said: I will pay you the money that you demand; though it will make me a poor man in my old age, I cannot resist the jfrayer of my son.’ ” (to be coxtinubd.J Disgraceful Speculation. A case affecting the sale of the grave of the mother of George Washington has just IWtf decided in theCircuit Court of Fredricksburg, Va. The owner of the land on which the grave is located sold it and a small tract of land for 82,500, but refused to make a deed because of the threats of his neighbors. The speculators in town had agreed to sell their purchase for $20,000. and when they could not deliver the ground, brought suit for damages. Tho court decided against them because the “grave was too sacred to sell." and the Supreme Court of the United States refused to entertain an appeal. Mourning Colors. Black is the almost universal mourning color in Europe, but there are a few exceptions. For instance, in Russia black is never used for covering coffins, the cloth being of a pink shade when the deceased is a child or young person, * crimson color for women, and brown for widows. Italians do not use black cloth, white being used in the case of a child, and purple velvet in the case of adults. Shaved with a Shark’s Tooth. In Pelham’s “Collection of Travels” (1806), referring to one of the Pacific islands, mention is made of a woman who was seen shaving a child’s head with a shark’s tooth fastened into the end of a stick. The hair was first wetted with a rag dipped in Water, and then, by a proper application of the instrument, she completed the business as effectually as if a razor had been employed. Improved Methods. In the most advanced continental glass manufactories glass-blowing is no longer done by the mouth, but by compressed air. Lead mixing is done by workmen wearing a mask in which are inserted sponges on a level with the nose and mouth; It is in this manufactory that the glass panes perforated in conical-shaped apertures to admit the air are made. . _ . An,rnlWi’l.y Horsesho l y __, x ? . z Popular confidence in the luckbringing power of tho horseshoe cannot but be rudely shaken by the experience of Mr. of East St. Louis, who received a full charge of lightning transferred to him through a horseshoe nailed over the door. Thus arc our cherished illusions dispelled by the sad evidence of fact

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capita), $50,000, Surplus, SIO,OOO Origanized August 15,1683, Offlcarß—T. T. Dorwlu, President; P. W. Smith, Vice-l’roHMenl; R. 8. retortion Cashier; T. T. Dorwin, P. W. Smith, Henry Darken J. H. Holbrook, B. J, Terveer, J, L>. Huie and R 8. Peterson, Dlrectora. We are propared to make Loans on good security, receive Deposits, furnish Domestic and Foreign Exchange, buy and well Government and Municipal Bonds, and fumiHh Letters of Credit available tn any of the principal citieH of Europe. Ako Passage Ticket to and from the Old World, including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital, $75,000. Surplus, 75,000. Organized in 1871. Officers—D. Studebaker. President; Fobtv B. Allison, Vice-President; W. HL Niblick, CaHhier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in oil parts of the country. County. City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul G. Hooper,' . - «r Attorney zxt Law Decatur, - - Indiana. E. XX. LcBRUIXr. Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Indt Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattje. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. ERVIN, R. K. MANN, J. F. ERWIN <£ MANN, ATTORNEYS- AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office in Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur, Ind. FRANCE & MERRYMAN. j. t. FRANCE. J. T. MERRYMAN Attorneys Law. DECATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1, 2 and 3. over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietor, Decatur, Ind. Location 'Central—Opposite Court House. The leading hotel in the city. JQ. NEPTUNE, • DENIST. ■ k Now located oyer HolthouKßfrshoo store, and I is prepared to do all work to the den- • Jul pro>es9lQn. Gold filling w|jlecialty, By the use of Mayo's Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. Kent K. Wheelock, M. D., EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST 94 Calhoun-st. Fort Warne. Ind. D, NEUENSCHWANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. lirme, • - - Yndtana. "Children and Chronic Disease, a Specialty. Twenty years, experience. A. G. HOLLOWAY, JE’lxy siolan Surgeon Office over Burns’ harness shop, restdenee one door north of M. E. chnroh. All oolla promptly attended to in city or eouaWy ni<ht or day. M, 1. HOLLOWAY, M. ». Office and residence one door north of M. B. church. Diseases of women and children specialties.

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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Time, 28 minute. slower t han Columbus or former time. Took effect Bunday, Jan. 10. IM. OOINO NOBTH. PTTATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati. Ire 8 10am hlSOpm 11101nD0nd...... 22i)pm to.'A.. 1136 Winchester.... 3T7 .. 11 nA.. 1236urr. Portland 4(M .. 123r>pm 118 Decatur 610.. 131.. 221 Ft.Wayne...arr 000 .. 2 15.. 306 “ •• ...Ire 236.. 3 26.. 806 am Kendallville 3 41. 4 30.. 9 10.. Home CltV. • 4 47.. 9 20.. Wolcottville 401 . 463 .. 931 .. Valentine 4 H 9 43 .. LaGrange... 4 20.. 6 11.. 961.. Lima 431.. 524 .. 10 03 .. Sturgis 4 43. 6:17.. 11)19.. Vicksburg 339.. 031.. 1118.. Kalamazoo, arr 606 .. 700 .. 1 1 50 .. •• ..Ive 3 45am 0 26.. 720.. IL’Klpm Gr. Rapids..arr 516.. 810.. 9 20.. 2 00.. " " ..Ive 705 .. 10 30 .. 11 30 . 415 .. D„ G.H. A M.or 7 20.. 10 45.. II 45 . 4 28.. Howard City... 8 36.. 1160 . 110 pm 6 50.. Big Rapids 918.. 12 36um 201.. tiK.. Keed City 9 52.. 103.. 2 30.. 7 30.. Cadillac arr 1100.. 2 06.. 4 06.. 9 00.. “ Ive ........ 215 .. 415 .. 910 .. Traverse City «36 10 45 .. Kalkaska 3 44.. 620 Petoskey 5 40.. 8 20.. . MackindoClty 700.. ;9 45 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 Ne. 6 No. 4 No. 8 MackinaeClty. 720 pm 746 am Petoskey 9 10.. 905 Kalkaska 1142 .. 11 M Traverse City 10 45 .. 6 30am Cadillac ...arr 316 am 1366 pm 8 05.. •• .. I 325 .. 126 .. 645 pm 810 .. Reed City 331.. 220.. 7 56.. 9 20.. Big Rapids..... 4 00.. 301'.. 825 .. 94.->.. Howard City.. 451.. 363.. 9 20.. 10 35.. D..G. H.&M.cr 6 06.. 6 15.. 10 25.. 11 35.. Gr. Ila olds .arr 6 20., 5 30.. 1640.. 1150.. “ “ ..Ive 700 ~ 609.. H 06.. 200pm Kalamazooarr 850 .. 8 00.. 1230 am 3 40.. ..Ive 855 .. 806 345 .. Vicksburg 934.. 833 4 13.. Sturgis LOW-. 926 ... 5 07.. Lima 1632.. 946 517.. LaGrange... .boil.. 952 .. 529.. Valentine fa) 53 ~ MO2 537 .. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 10 14 546.. Rome Crty 1109.. 10 19 561 ~ Kendallville... 1125 .. 1039 606.. Ft. Wayne., arr M4op tn 11 56 715.. “ ‘‘ ..Ive 100.. 12 10am 5 45am Decatur.. ..... 140 .. T 253 .. 830 P0rt1and....... 2 40., 153.. 730 Winchester ... 3 17.. 2 38.. 899 Richmond 4 20.. 3 40.. 915 Cincinnati 700 .. 656 1201 nm Trains 5 and 6 run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent. JEFF. BRYSON. Agent, Decatur, Ind. LOOK HERE! I am here to stay and can sell Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford te sell them. I sell different make*. CLEANING ANO REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and tave money. JL T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind. Scientific American Agency m i i i I, i m w ■ J Im J d ’ ■ nil ■ Y* lER k ■ J caveats, trade marks, DESIGN PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc o For information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO., 361 Broadway, New \ ork. Oldest bureau ror securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by ns is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the Jcientifir Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent mail should be without it. Weeklv. *3.00 t ves'r; months. Address MUNN & CO, Vcblishers, 361 Broadway, New York.

SI.OO “ ONLY FOR A DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANO AND A rCAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER A Decker Bro. Grand Upright Piaiio, CCJO.OO A Gladiator Watch and Caso 30.00 A Lemaire 24 line Field Glass 20.00 A Ilolmaa Parallel Bible 13,00 A Venice Parlor Clock 12:00 A High Grade Safety Bicycle. .... 125.00 An Elgin Watch and Boss Case.-. . . 25.00 A Haydock Rico Coil Spring j nA Handy Top llnggy ••• 20W A Railway Watch in 11 Karat Caso. 75.00 A Life Scholarship in Watters’ I Coniniereial College j ' ' ' A Six Octave Champion Organ .... 200.00 A Double Barrel Shot Gun 30.00 A Silvereac Case 7 jewel Watch. . . 10.00 A High Arm Improved Sewing Machine.ss.oo A 15 jewel Watch, Boss Case 35.00 A Five Octave. Parlor Organ 150.00 A Gladiator Watch, Dueber Caso. . . 30.00 A John C. Dueber Watch Case. . . 40.00 And 82 other valuable premiums will be presented to yearly subscribers of the Weekly Enquirer in April, 1892. Enclose one dollar for a year’s subscription to the Weekly Enquirer, and GUESS what will be the number of subscribers in the five largest lists received from Nov. 1, ’9l, to March 31, ’92. For same term last, winter it was 2999, and the winter before was 1405. The premiums are to be presented to those whose guesses are correct or nearest correct. For full list see Weekly Enquirer, now the largest 12 page dollar a year paper in the United States. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. First Class Night and Day Service between Toledo, Ohio, St. Louis, Mo. free: chair cars DAY TRAINS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS. 93-MEALS SEWED EN ROUTE, any hour, DAT OR NtOHT, at moderate fast. Ask for tickets via Toledo, St Louis A Kansas City®. R. CloverLeafßoute. For further particulars, call on nearest Agent of the Company, or address Co C. JENKiNS, GeMFBI PMitearer Afent, TOLEDO, OHIO. Erie Lines. Schedule In effect N<w. 18. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No. 5. Vestibule Limited, daily for I o.on n w Chicago and the west j *’ JS ' . No. 3. Pacific Express, daily for I . ~ Chicago and the west f “‘ du No. 1. Express, daily for Chicago I T0 ., 0 o M and the west f 1 "- 1N 0.31. Local }• 19:35 A. M. TRAINS EAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for I . M New York and Boston f o-ou r ’ No. 12, Express, daily'ltor New I, No. 2. Accommodation, daily ex-1 .>. m p cept Sunday f r ‘ ”‘ No- 30. Local 1-10:35 A. M. J. W. DeLoss. Agent. Frank M. Caldwell. D. P. A, Huntington, Ind.; F. W. Buskirk. A. C. P. A., Chicago, Hl. O.P. M. ANDREWS. JPlxy Bician. Surgeon MONROE. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. E. church. 28-* Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary Surgeon, Modus Operand!. Oroho MZJ totny. Overotomy, Castrating. Ridg ling. Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn Ing. and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone’s hardw’are store, Decatur Indiana. Levi Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur. Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. ACENTSWANTED Good Solicitors Only. Ladies or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from 82.00 to 88.00 a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. The Cincin natl Enquirer and the Democrat one year for 52.30. By subscribing now, you can have both papers through the great cant paiga of 1892. MONEY TO LOAN On Faria Property on Long Time. 3NTo Commlnnloxx. Low Rate of Interest. >**xrtlgal Faa3rxxx<»xa.tai la any amounts oaa be made at any time aa4 Stop interest. Call on, c r address, X. K. GKUBB, or J. F. MAKIT, Office: Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur. O. T. May, H. Menree. ... Indlaaa All calls promptly attended to day or eight. Jffioe st residence. J. R. 8080. R. T. 8080. Master Commissioner. 8080 & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Real Estate and Collection, Decatur, Ind. r ■ -9