Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1892 — Page 1

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WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE? A few days after tbe election the Poetoffioe Department, by its action caye, that W. E. Aehcraftwaea liar when he said we had defaulted when postmaster, when he said we owed the government money at the time we retired from the postoffice. We then said to our people the government owed ns. We cared but little for his unwarranted attack upon ns, for we well knew that the jnaj ority of the people of this wounty ytere well aware that if there was any fault on our part, the Repnbliead party then in power, wonld soon haye,#* and as Ashcraft said have us behind the ban, bnt as he has had *&ODt all of the county onicen beaded toward the pen, people felt Mire that he ar** misrepresenting Hattert Ndw if he had * ftpfoph” on any one fee wonld have not only 1 said they were beaded for the pen, bat he would have seen them start that way, bnt he was trying to deceive the people by such statements. As we than Paid to you, we again repeat it, and as we paid to you we would furnish you the proof that w« were right and they wrong. Bare we have it: No. 14099 Postoffiee Department: U.S. to the Postm*st*r *t Cincinnati, Ohio, pay to N. Blackburn, Ja>e f. M., Decatur, Ind., or;bearer, one hundred aqd fifty-four dollar* and eighty-nine cents Nov. lq, 1892. T. B. Counts, Madison Dxyis, Auditor P. O. Dep’t. Act 3rd P. M- G This is a copy of the draft received by ns through the postoffice, tbe same was cashed at the PeMtnr National Bank of this city. We promised Ashcraft that we wonld put the draft there and then he can see it for himself. We have kept our part of the promise, and two days after the election the draft was issued. As soon as they found they would be compelled to gfep doyrn and put they were ready so do what they should have done j»t tpfe time or sopp after §. WQmpn took thp office, but by sopie bppfc or prppfc they delayed the same un|iJ they knew that to do so ■ cnArdd itffhlM.J I ! * 1 longer , ...«ie them in «, way that to say the least wonld be ] dishonorable, fhp yrltf qp of improvements Os the pjty wag very creditable. But why leave out our friends of the prohibition party, Messrs - Krick & Co., Ellsworth & fp., anf| last £>ut not least, Lyman Hart. , ’J’herp xjqigftt l>e ip excuse fop over|qokipg thd latter, as the trouble the Journal has experienced at his hiirda would keep one in constant wakefulness. The Cougar document* will still be a source of annoyance tor a tew wp*k* yet, apd *s that and the postoffice passe* from hi* mind, he may find a balm in Morphqu*. *>* osimi ssws**’ Mr. Henry Jackson, of east of Pleasant Mills, will offer tor sale at hi* residence on Saturday, November 26,1892, the following property: Two work horses, 1 two-year qld colt, j »pring wggqn, j new wagon, 3 harrows, 1 two-horse cultivator, l breaking plow, 1 mowing machine, f self binder, 1 pair bob-sleds, 1 horse culti- , vater, I set double harness, 1 saddle, 1 hay rake, hay in the mow, corn in the fleld, jo shocks of fodder, 3 head of young cattle, 1 pair of hay ladders, log bolsters and chain X sow and 5 P'K 8 and other articles. Sums pfs3 and undpr F»«h; over $3 a credit of 9 months wi|| |je pivep, the purchases giving note with approved aepiirity, tyiffi interest at 8 per cent alter maturity. W. Commer, Auctioneer. foremost among the many visitor* froflg ybroad that were in our city last Wednesday, <«* Mr. “Doug.” Gillum. sheriff Os Jay coupjy. jfe in company with several friend* had a huge tfnilforn which they brought with them to ratify with. It wax at such proportions that it required two men to party U. wM e a third man acted as chief Mower. marched up and down our streets several times, and were loudly cheered by the; great multitude of Democrat* Mr, Gillum was a candidate for re election at the last election, and succeeded in getting (here again by a plurality of vote* 0f source this is but a small number to yecetve a* compared with Adsms county's plurality gives fW fherlff, but in Jav J*s to who wins,— Dem* or,

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The Farmers’ Alliance at Memphis in a Political Row. The National Farmer*’ Alliance and Indurtria! Uniou met in convention in the , city of Memphis. In the absence of Governor Buchanan, who was sick, Col. 1 Robert Gales, Secretary of the Commerj cial Association, delivered the welcom Ug Address, which wai supplemented by an addrss* by Hon. A. L. Mim, State I President of th* AJHance ln Tennessee. , Delegate Dean of New York responded, and here began to appear the first symp- ’ tbm« of partisan division which is con- , ceded to exist in the ranks. Mr. Deso ajjd among other things: 1 “The alliance is in character, ' but as. full of politics a* a# egg js of ■ meat.” Delegate Marion Butler, President of 1 the North Carolina Alliance, in the ' course of hi* remark *»id-’ “Whatever may be *aid of the polities of soma of Jts members, the allien** has other objects rather than politics.” At to-night's session of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Uuion President Lqueks delivered his official address. He eulogized t|i® l/*tg President Polk, commented on the crisis which the alliance had passed and dilated upon the Alliance and Industrial Union. Odd Fellows Os Indiana. 1 Between six and seven hundred mem--1 ber* are thp meeting of the Grand Lodge of Odd The officers elected for the ensuing year are: Grand Patriarch—J. B. Cockrum, Indijpapoji*. Grand High J? riept—-George Shirts, Noblesville. Grand Senior Warden—J. S. Byers New Castle. Grand Junior Warden—Louis Lang, Bpsn*«r, Grand Sc.ribe —B. F, Foster, Indianapolis. ! Grand Treasurer—Theodore F. Haugh - ey, IndianapolisGrand Representatives Sovereign grand Lodge—J. W. Cooper and S. P, Stoup. Grand Sentinel—J. Q. Zimmerman Brownsburg. Depqty Grand Sentinel —D, Kuhn, ( Camdaq, Qrand Instructor—W. H. Leedy, Indianapolis. 1 The order will accept the invitation to be present at I, O. O. F. day in Chicago, , Spring ? a ’ r- Indiana being sp near the world’s fair cjty aq effort will be made by thi* Grand Lodge tp fflak? the * best display of any lodge participating in the exercises. ’ —.— 1 Notice of Dissolution, * The partnership in the retail grocery i business, heretofore existing between John c tyeliley and Robert Royd, is dissolved. f persons knowing themselves indebted h to the above firm will please call and set- t tie at once, either by cash or not#, Call at the “old Stan^.l 1 Jrhn Weifi.by. fl P.Rbert Boyd, .'■* r —. Opera How Orchestra. a .3 1 ?.° rehe * t ‘‘ # haS IWn ° .. .u now prepared to furnish music tor all kinds of entertainments, balls and parties at reasonable prices. The following members compose the organization: j, Haryey |fart, Reader; L- H. Gorb|n, Qha*. B. Egg. Benjamin P>iilar.s, Clinton Cloud* Henry H. Hart, George Wemhoff, 35 4 , The Grand Jury is now is now in session. Lftst week they on*’ organized, f t>»N ine U» heepffl? ‘foV m jf ht 0 tackle ihe cause of the wholesale slaughter of the republican party, which occurred f last week, and which Adams county peo- g pie had a hand in. The attention of opr rp«dfr* thi* week 1 is pal|e4 tq thp llad'l of geublpr $ Moltz, i which appears in anpthpr column. They ' announce that Christmas is near at hand I and their line of Cloaks, Furs, Muffs, s Childrens’ Sets, Facinaters, Gloves, and t Hankerchiefs are repieS in every partic- 1 ular, Call and examine. Odd Fellows < HlQcfc. TbeTqMoi LQuis’F 3 Jansas City ‘ R. R. Clover JCeaf Route, will, issue one fare excursion tickets to Ft. Wayne, Ind , pccounl of Indiana State Qhristian Endeavor Gonvpntiou, Nov- 3 4 1 h and Return limit Nov. 28th, from Indiana stations. C.C Jenkins, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. ( Tbs 9. $ E. road, where the turn or egryp pp.purg just jjgroj? the St. Marys river bridge, east, was thp scene of a good- ! sized wreck on Tuesday morning, last. It seems that while a frtight train was com I ing in—the rear portion thereof—thirteen cars broke loose and was undiscovered I Jjy ppgineer, until the detached - portion qf thp "tjra|q dashed l n f° ihe frppt jep- ■ tion, causing a .turning over of the entire rear section into the ditch. Fortunately ’ (here was no one seriously injured, and theje in thg received only a slight shock- 'S'hfther *»/ b f‘ ms ‘bfough ' carelessness pn the part of the trainmen can be given, we are unable to say, but as Ofteurrpd befo re daylight, it is posible that no Mimf c/*n rest qn anyone ot thp tAiq. P**senger trpins wpre compelled to go over the plover L< al from hprp. - Found—A small pmse containing a small smount of mcney. Owner ca

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Form B 79-92. ONEWAY TICKET No return TIclM an« no stop ovrr allowed.) FROMRepublican Headquarters CARNEGIE CASTLE (FOR PROTECTION) , VIA SALT RIVER' “TIN PtATt LINE," On. TJUe M«*.lt Soest, “GRANDPA’S HAT," With Rotten Campaign Canvass. LOCAL OFFICERS — B. W. SHOLTY, Engineer. P. G. HOOPER, A. L. DEVILBISS, Boatewalm BART QUINN, Cabin Boy. GEO. SCHROEDER, Chambermaid. —Crew— QR. OQVERDALE, HOLLOWAY, PIERCE, ETC. ROSS STONE, Boot Black. W. E. ASHCRAFT, Ass’t Chaplain. PiIot—CHAIRMAN CARTER. Captain—LlTTLE BEN. First Mate—OUTLAW REID.’ Second Mate—BlLL McKINLEY. Chaplain—PAßSON CHASE. teEf'Tickets not good unless countersigned by— FORCE BILL, U. S. Marshal Pleasant Mills items. The election is over and the Demo:rat<> are jubilant. Quite a number are on th* sipk list at :hi» writing. Sol Swank, of Bobq, has moyed to our ;own and located bit Mdhrqe street. Rumqr has it that H?nyy Steele is meeting * building for thp pustqftq#, Mrs. C. Bartling and family, of Kirkvood, Ind., who has been visiting her >arents for the past five months, left for ler home last Tuesday. i Our Pegasi*,-, W. W. Smith and 1 \lbert Boner, left last Tuesday for some ’ >f the Southern states on a hunting exledition and lor the benefit of Mr. Smith’s lealth which is very bad. They expect a be absent about two months. , For sile, two good dwelling houses, < ar particulars call on JW. HiUl agent. i Quit® & disturbance and racket occured 1 lot long since among some of the U. B. s nd M. F. brethren about electing a Sabath school superintendent. , Honduras Items. Hurrah for Grover, hpa been all the go . lereqhout* for the past two weeks. Mr. J. S. Burket, of near Bluffton was isiting friends at this place on Sunday, ast ' School No- 6 opened gn last Monday or tjie Yfipfep tprw, ftnd No. j will begin ’ in next Monday. Mr. Simon Babcock of this place left or Ohio to attend the bedside of his sick ister. Mr. John Ashbauqher a public sale a*t Thursday ans wil| move to Blnff.on n a fpw days. John and his estimable ■ vise and family will he greatly missqd igre, as tl,ey number their friends by the ,eore. While the best es friends sever heir connection, we are happy with the cnowledge that Bluffton will be the gainer >f a first class citizen. Lewis Sovine has his nety residence ibout completed. Mr. J. H. Fulk and friends attended :he “Society” at Vera Cruz last Sabbath jvening. Listen to a lew of D. M. Hensley's irices on his line of goods: Silve r knives and forks, from $2.50 to ft 0.00. Tea sets, from SB.OO to $20.00 a set. Clocks of all kinds, from $1 00 to | 3 sapb. " Solid gold spectacles, from $3 25 to $6.00 per pair. Ladies’ gold watches, $15.00, SIB.OO S2O 00 $25.00 to $75.00. Gents’.gold watches,. $15.00, SIB.OO S2O, $25.00 to $75.0q. Ladies aha gent* chains from jocts tq $15.00. Pins, gold rings, and everything else too numerous to mention in proportion. Call and You will be shown everything and will always be welcome' Proclamation; To the citizens yf Decatur; Thursday, November 44th having beep designs ted by the president of the flpited States as Thanksgiving Day, it is earnestly requested that each dil»en observe the same in accordance to establ.shed OU>tOl \q ..j, .'Jq; |' -w

The money In tbe U. 8. treasury 1 . represented by an O< ( AU wtlo l ecarlet underwear at sl.s' per suit at Ehln* o r i Meyers. 35*2 ) For bargain* In Mens’. Boys’ and chil tiffh’s Clothing go to Eninger & Meyers , For Rrnt—l use 0 tour rooms anc summer kitchen. luq ire of E. W Clos*. 35 2 J. Fred France old his residence tn Mrs. Chapman. Jim is now hunting a house. Go early and select your presents and D. M. Hensley will lay them away for you until Christmas. Next Monday sheriff Doak will put on the official robe. We predict a good and efficient office. Vou wi.i find Foreman, the barber, around the comer back of Kleinhentz •Moon•jam l UtAPW-Md* William Drake and wife of St. Mary's township celebrated their golden%edding yesterday. Their relatives and friends wish them a long lease on life. A fine delegation from Bluffton attend ed the meeting here last Wednesday njgty _______ ' The greatest line of Childrens’ Suits and Overcoats at lowest prices is at Ehinger & Meyers. 35W2 Miss Lila Schreck started last night to Athens, Ohio, for a visit among relatives and friends. While our Jollification meeting have beep exceeded by other cities, ou r vote show* what our people were doing. The work was done before the election. The customers of Frank Foreman, the barber, can find him in his new quarters around whee tners •di McConnell vacated. KTa .. .. Remember Frank Foreman, tonsoria artist will move his shop to the rear of Kleinhentz's saloon in the room formerly occupied by Bytrs Sf McConnell as cigar store. « This office is under many obligations to Mr. Cal. Kunkle, ot Monmouth, for half dozen fine quail and a large tat rabbit. There is nothing l|ke being in fuck if you cap’t hunt. Thanks ; At tfonrj - Post, G A.R.,n ? Mt 3Murd # y ß tahf tkenomlna . tfon es Wlll take p]ace There should be- a full attendance of the comrades. Many of the soldiers, who contracted chronic diarrhoea while in the service, have since been permanently cured of it by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by W. H. Nachtrieb. n Peter Schneider will open his pork and sausage establishment to-morrow (Saturday) with a full line of fresh pork, smoked meat, sausages, etc. Call and see him in his new roum in the B block, on Monroe street,. "A chetn cal success and medical triumph,” so speaks an eminent physician in reference to Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral; and the eulogy was none too strong. No other medicine is so safe and efficacious in a.l diseases of the throat and lungs. Frank Crill paid his wheelbarrow ride bet to Jesse King in a very appropriate manner, Besides getting a free ride Jesse listened to som* as fine music as could be ground out by Fros. Corbin and his assistants. It was a merry go-round for all the boys. Mrs. Leonora Barry-Lake, of St. Louis, Mo., an Irjsh Catholic lady of National reputation as an eloquent speaker, will address the people of Decatur on the subject of-temperance at thf Court House on next Sunday evening. Mrs. Lake comes with credentials from the Vicar-General of her diocese, from Archbishop Ireland and other distinguished Catholics. Give her a hearty welcome. There hay? h?C n several warnings given to certain saloonkeepers of our city by parents and others, forbidding allowing miners to drink and frequent their places. These admonitions have been disrespected on every T h is is wrong, and gnlflwfut, Beside* it keeps awsy a class of people who don’t care to associate with miners, A small cutting affray occurred last Wednesday evening. Amos Bechtel, Jr., walked up to EH Hudson and *qid. “I heard yfs ji.M in me, &nd we might as well have it out, 1 ' and struck at him with a knife. Hudson caught the knile on his left arm, making a terrible wound across the arm below the elbow. Dr. Coveri’a'e put twelve stiches in the wound and. Hudson left for A number ot subscribers have been complaining for some week* past that thev are missing their papers. The fault is with the men in the mail seyyjge oq the railroad. Uay.e this office regular and we are satisfied they leave Ihe Decatur postoffice all right, but when po»ta| clerks are tirftl or Iszy and wjnt |o be reported they <io away wjth mail; some times they ship a sacfc t° some pqstoffice in q state a lung wgy off *qd no one tql| whqre it came from Papers are lost in that way while some times they return a week after they »re due.

• The money in the U. S. treasury 1. represented by ar O > | The saddest thoughts of Ashcraft’s pen, Are these sad words I lest my Ben. : I'or latest styles in Neckwear and • I Gents Furnishing goods go to Ehfngrr & 3JW2 M ill Houck, edi.or of the Marlon Leader was In the city Wednesday, attending rhe jolificatlon. Don’t forget everything you buy from D. M Hensley will be engraved freq qf charge, The heavy winds of last night over one of the long seats in front of the court house yard. Better anchor them. Farmeri ' can get better prices for their hogs at Peter Hchncider’* poyk and sau-sa-e house, In B block ou Monroe street, than.ap o ber place in the city. The pension roll now amounts tq one hundred and flfty mUl|«»» of dollars annually. Who says the old soldiers are not well cared tor? Mr. D. C. Wagner, who has been confined to his bed for the past five months, with cancer, died on {Wednesday ftfffirnqon. |h|* sfternoFq, Mr. Emanuel Woods, who ha* been making South Dakota his place of business for the past few years,’l* home vteithis family. The many friends ot Tom Teeple, who 1 had his leg amputated several week* ago will be pleased to learn qf him being able to hobljle on crutches. 1 We are in receipt of a letter from John W. Rout, of Ai, Tennessee, which will : appear next week. It will tell you all 1 about an election in Tennessee. T**» nk *giving Service will be 1 held at the Baptist Church, Thursday Noy. 24th, at 10:30 a. m. Rev. G. K 1 Lewis will deliver the sermon. Let everj 1 body come. 1 Mrs. Le|qe has accepted the situation 1 of affairs as they appear to her. She is a ’ candidate for United States Senator, from Kansas, and feel* that she can do any of 1 them up if she has a chance. < Mr. Wigg Briggs, of Geneva, made us a * pleasant caiy on Wednesday, We VfUi ' not be responjiW? fgr jrt, eoyjuct after ' ?Q tli ’’ that hour it was neck I rind Wftffdut a-break, at a 2:05 ’ ’ ■ I Bright people are the quickest to rqcog nize a good thing and buy it. We sell lots of bright people the Little Early Ris- , ers. If you are not bright these pills will make you so. Holthouse, Blackurn & Co. 21-301 The Grand Rapids & Indiana will issue excursion tickets to Fort Wayne on Nov. 24th and 25th at rate of one fare for round trip, return limited to Nov. 28th. on account of Indiana State Christian Endeavor Convention. J. Bryson, Ag’t. Hon. William Harkins, of Po-ttlan? was in the city Wednesday night, helping to jollify. He feels proud of the vote Adams county gave him and is ready and will make the people a good and efficient legislator. Miss Josie Cassody, of Columbus, Ohio has opened a dress making shop in the room over the gas office. She has had ten years experience in cutting and fitting and guarantees all work to be strictly first-class. She very respectfully solicits a share of yeur patronage. 3otf For Salk—Farm of about 145 acres, known as the Numbers farm, one mile from Decatur. Two-story brick house, barn, well, orchard and other improve mens, will be sold at a bargain, easy payments. Call on or address Christen & Schikmeyer, 30tf Decatur, Ind Try the Key West Special cigar manufactured by Charlie Sether Some time ago the family of Mr. Peter Mazlin, qf Monroe township, were taken violently sick, and one of the family died. Some time alter the burial qrumor gained credence that it was a case ot poisoning. The body burned was exhumed and the stomach and contents were sent to achem ist at Ft. Wayne for analysis, tn the meantime the suspected party keeps at work in the .‘neighborhood. If the follow who tooK a lap-robe from a buggy at the Presbyterian church on night ot Nov. fi.th v will return the same tq this pfficq nothing, will he said about it. jf not t it may cost him much more than the 10M is worth. He perhaps does not know that he was seen, A. E. Forry. About the only legacy tbe Republican party will U4t>re next March will be a large shortage m the treasury-. The eig’Tty ’five inrHions ofdollais left 1 there by the pemoorats tour years ago is gofte, besides a large deficit tq he good by the Democrats, Buch legacies are bad ones for one party to turn over to another, Any th*,t will lead to the whereabouts of our son Henrv, a boy fourteen years old, will be thankfully received by qnjjiqu* parents. Fair com pieqlon and blue eyes. Last seen on Nov. 9th when he left hqme to goto Pleasant Mills, for the mail. Allen Smith and Wi'fc, Willshire, Ohio. 1 [Exchanges please copy J

• The money in the U. S. treasury is represented by an - For a Nobby at lowest prices, go to Ehmger & M e y er . 35W2 Suit made to order from S2O 00 and un at Ehinger & Meyers. 3 - W 2 Peter Schneider was at Fort Wayne yesterday on business. Do not buy, your winter suit or Overcoat until you see the new qn J stobby linq at Ehinger & Meyer*. 3 _ w2 feome of the bo vs u.u • r , ’ 0 had their fun on Ho luween ' arenow telling the grand jury now it was. The best line of Underwear in the city in all grades and prices is at Ehmger & 1 Meyer*. 3SW2 , We are reliably informed tl at our old 1 friend Joe Hocker, postmaster at Monro* 1 voted for Grover. Os course about all I were for him. s Os the many “Dick’s” that were con- ' •picuous di.rb g cur last campaign, none , outdone Dkk Menefee, of Geneva, on our streets last Wednesday, j Mr. Jr»oV Burney,'of Preble township, I landed jn iffis county forty-one years I ago yesterday, from Fatherland, and has * lived on the same farm he now owns ever t since. v The poultry market |* getting to be quite large iq w qity, Qerhwt Berling ‘ on Munday Iqst, killed and shipped six hundred turkeys for eastern markets ar.d will continue in this work this week Until his order of 2000 is filled. — . s The scarletine has going the t rounds of quite a number offamilies in the t city, Authorities should give the matter g their attention, it may develop into scar- c let fever. Jemison’s great blood, l;\cr and Kidney r remedy for the diseases of the blood, liver and kidney*. Purely vegetable. Contains no mercury, arsenic or other mineral pr isons. For sale by Holihmise, Blackburn & Co. 3-4™ n Oq: County ticket loe.ua up m fine r sha r q. Th? ticket elee'ej are all firstc.ass men,-*qhe most of them being farm- j ers. The tjeavy weight, Samuel Fetters, r Cotnmissiofier qlect, will enter em duty on the Ist Mondav in December. ‘ For lame bjpi there fc nothing better 1 than a flannel cloth with I Chamberlnln’r Pain Bahn and bind it on the affected parts. Try it and you will be f surprised at the prompt relief it affords t The same treatment will cure rheuma ( tism. For sale by W. H Nachtrieb . The fall of the year is a trying season . for elderly people. The many cheerless dark, dismal days act depressingly, not to j say injuriously, on both old and young. . Now is the time to re-inforcej the vita energies with Ayer’s Sa-saparilla—the best of all blood medicines, ■ . f The pork house of Peter Schneider js about completed,Jand w ill be opened to- t morrow for bu< rt>>s. It > a model house, ( all the conveni nc; that, money will pur- t chase he has, and a neater and cleaner , meat s’ -p c innol be found anywhere in the st t:. rie bespeak for Pete a fair share of the public patronage, Hon. A, N. Martin received seven liun- t dred and rifty three ot a plurality over , Daly in this district All those Demo- s crats that were going to vote the Repub- t lican ticket for Daly left before election 1 day. “Our Martin” is a hustler any place t you put him. ] A pedagogue of Monroe township was ' arraigned before’Squre Smith last Wed nesday cha ged with assault and ba tery . on one of his pupils. The boy was bruised . in a shameful manner, his tegs and hips being black and blue all over. We did not learn the result of the suit. The electric lamp suspended near the 1 Presbyterian church, across main street, is of great service on dark nights, We don’t know whether the city maintain 8 this very necessary article, there is one indisputable fact, uamely: that if she don’t she ought to—and twenty more. It is no easy thing to dress harsh, coarse hair so as to make it look garceful and becoming. By the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor, this difficulty is removed, and the hair made to assume any style or ar rangqment that may be desired. Give the Vigor a trial. Miss Margaret Dickson, of Conners ville, will visit Decatur next Monday and Tuesday in the interest of temperance among young people. She will hold a parlor 'meeting on Monday evening and BqHyer. a public address on Tuesday evening. Place_cf meeting will be announced „on Sunday. O do votes a ticket like 541 rs,.with all, aatnes on. one.' instead of a square .hey qse a circle. The mancer of voting is the »a>»e, except they use a■, encil ard make a cross in the circle 11'in tne large circle at the top of the ticker, it means a straight ticket, but if they want to vote a mixed ticket they ntake a cross in the small circle opposite the name of the candidate they wish to vote for. At the last election enough Democrats or Republicans . voting (he Democratic ticket made mis--1 takes by crossing the circle opposite the name of the first eleqtor on the ticket and no more—thus electing one Democratic elector, they intended to vote i straight.

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pin ? , Prohlblt| onists: and Party Combining. I The state committee of the prohibition 1 h^ a Wandt allcof rlM]g (or the J ' ' t r Part? <UimS that ’ t haa not ! thn t m a ‘ r tre,tment at the hands of the twa old parties in thi* state. I “I have recewd reports from most of the counties,” .aid Secretary.’Shiel. oi the state committee, to-day, “ an d I* m con- . vinced that we wire cheated out of at least 10,000 votes in the state. Except in a few instances our request; that we be permitted to have watchers'at the count was denied. If men arej honesf they do I not object to being watched. The com- I mittee will/doubtless consider this matter, ] but as to hat will be done Fcannot say. I think we should make arrangements to petition the legislature to amend the law so as to allow us watchers. We are al- j lowed to put our candidates on the official J ballots, and I cannot see why we should aot be allowedwatchers at the count. “Although we did not cast the vote in Indiana we expected, I never saw the party so vigorous. The 'people's party lurt u* some. There was an impression j n some counties that the peonle’s party • ■icket could be elected, and our member* rated with that party. At the meeting ie party w"I arrange to keep up the. I state organ atfon between now and the lext elec o■. a 1 iq two years we will be ible to n.«k<. a Ixuer fight th . ever beore,” The people’s party ecmmltt.e has the same comp.aint to make as-li.e prohibi- 1 ionists about bung refused watchers at :he count in most counties. The man e jer* of the party believe that all the vo:e* ’g :ast: were not counted. Court proceedings next week. A full ■eport will be given. - ———■ — — 1— We will get all the news next week. \ Election is over. There are every indication of a large lumber of business houses being built lext year. ■■ — The election went Democratic and the DRAFT came. Ashcrft please take aotice.' " Max Kraus, of Peru, Ind., has ac- mi cepted a posi’ion with his Uncle, Isaac ', 7 Rosenthal, the clothier. He will remain fl this winter. ‘ Al Burdge, the Monroe street barber, fl feels like calling the new boy at their house Grover. He is sure he is a Demo- ysj crat. He is such a fine looking fellow. While it is a little late, it is better now than never for the street commissioner to J get to work on the streets before they get too bad. Some places will be cut through the stone before spring if not looked after at once. Henry R. Marmie, formerly a resident i of this county, but now of Banning, Pa., writes that while the state is Republican, , S they all say Hurrah for Grover, that they elected a Democratic Congressman from that district, wheri there was over two thousand Republican majority. Rev. G. N. Eldney, of the Wayne street M. E. chbrch, of Fort Wayne, preached at the M. £)■. church last night to the delight ot the congregation. He V was accompanied by his wife who sang a solo during the opening exercises with telling effect. Mrs. Eldney nas a voice of rare power and sweetness. The congregation are loud in praises of her. and the Rev. must look well to his laurels when he takes his wife with him. Invitations are out and distributed . among relatives and friends of our city announcing the marriage of Miss Carrie Droppieman to Mr. Joseph Allgeier, on Wednesday morning, N0v...23, at the St. Boniface church, Louisville, Ky. The bride is the youngest sister of our fellowtownsman, Mr. Theodore Droppieman, the Adams Express Company Agent, We have no immediate acquaintance with either the groom or bride, but through'the acquaint nee we have with the sister brot.uj ■ n-law of the bride, Mr. apt! Mis Frank J. Gilderhouse we feel at liberty in sc tiding our congratu- ' lations to the > pr. vi live happy couple, wishing them maty, days of connubial bliss and prosper!.v . The Democrats bf Decatur and Adam* county ratified here on Wednesday in honor of the great victory achieved in the election ot Cleveland and Stevenson. Fully four thousand people werejin the city from the different townships in ihe county, besides a great number from adjoining towns. At 2:30 p. m., the Hon. A N. Martin, our Congressman elect, spoke to all the people who could get within hearing distance of him in front of the two hours, duration,- and he was many,,. . times appla i< d by the audience. In the evening there were fire-works, tm-horn*, bells of every cfiscription, and a general J display of eVery nois-making instrument, fl procurable. There were several band* C*' 1 music watting sweet bye-and-byes to the | trreezesrwtrtctr wiS-Aer>t wp=trH midnight. Everybody seemed enthusewjjfl an! i-.sbulant over the great victory of the a election of Cleveland and Stevenson. | Theta- were several arrangements can*. | j ci 'c.l. owing to the muddy condition our streets. However it was a 1:0:1 long to be remembered by Democrats ; of Adams county.