Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1893 — Page 7

CAPTAIN TWIN’S WIFE. A Thrilling Story pf the Days of the American Revolution. 4

CHAPTER 1. ‘lsn’t that a boat, that speck upon the river near the other shore?" The questioner, a pale, blue-eyed young man of perhaps 25, bore the marks of rough experiences. Ono eye *u closed and one side us his face swollen and discolored. His clothing was in disorder and his left arm badly sprained. He was reclining on the • damp earth at the mouth of a shallow cave on the shure of the Hudson, near what is now the western terminus of Christopher street. It was in the forenoon of a sultry day In the month of June, 1776. In striking contrast to the limp figure of the bruised and battered Harry Shipton was the self-poised, faultlessly attired, gentlemanly looking man of some thirty or more years who stood before him. He was in citizen's dress, but of unmistakable military bearing, tall, well proportioned, with a shapely head, and features of unusual manly beauty. He 1( oked toward the object indicated. "Yes." he said, quietly, “that seems to be a boat, probably somo fisherman's." Then, turning and fixing his pitying eyes upon the disabled youth, he asked, "How did you get through the night?” "Horribly. Such a holo as this to stay in, and my head and arm splitting with pain!” "It is bad. Perhaps you would rather I had let them drag you to the old jail—but that might not have been the worst of your trials." “Oh, no; thia is A palace to that. Don’t think I am ungrateful, but I am in agony. What shall I do? Do you know whether those devils are still hunting for me?" “I think they are, but not in this direction. Someone raised the cry that a Tory had placed you behind him on his horse and galloped off to the north in the darkness, and a lot of troopers started on the run expecting to overtake you. Meanwhile you found a refuge here.” “You found It for me. It is a mystery to-mo how you ever brought me here. I don’t seem to remember." “Let that pass now. How would you like a bit of breakfast?” From his pocket meanwhile the speaker exhumed a small paper parcel and placed it upon a lace-edged pocket handkerchief which he spread upon the ground before the young man for a tablecloth. It was a delicious sandwich. A little flask was drawn from another pocket and some wine poured into a tiny silver mug and placed beside It. Harry Shipton had fasted for nearly twenty-four hours, and having one free hand he helped himself like a starving man. He brightened at once and said: "You arc jolly good to me, and yet I do not even know your name.” “I am plain Dr. Harris for the present. I cannot tell you my real name, because these rocks may have ears, and these are war times. ” “Is there any way for me to get off the island to-day, Doctor? Did yoju see my brother last.night, as you promised?" “Yes, I fsv Chari e Shipton, if lie is your brother. I went immediately to him on leaving you here, told him of your misfortune and your injuries, and where you 'could be found, and urged him to provide means to help you across the Hudson to your family. He was uncivil to me and abused you. He said you were a traitor to your country and deserved to be hanged, and that-he neither could nor would do anything for Perhaps you know that he has enlisted in a rebel artillery company under the captainship of a young man by the name of Hamilton, to whom, by the way, I had to apply, in the guise of a doctor, for a permit to speak to your brother." “Really, that is picturesque! Charlie under Alexander Hamilton, is he! Did Hamilton know of the nature of your errand to my brotherv” “Os course he did. I could accomplish nothing without telling him, and I was convinced he would not betray you. Ho expressed great sympathy for you, and sorrow that you were on the wrong side in the controversy; said you and he were chums in college and that he liked you immensely. He made it easy for me to confer with your brother without eavesdroppers, and you know the result. ” “What could have turned Charlie into stone?" moaned Harry Shipton. “He has always been the dearest boy in the world until lately, so teifder-hearted, so generous, so true. Hamilton was a clever lad, forever drilling the boys in military gymnastics in the college grounds and then orating on politics and war. I could beat him in recitation, though, every time. I was at the • head—and now to think of my being a fugitive, hunted to the death in my own native New York, and my brother willing to let me die! He is a monster!" “War always makes men into monsters." “Look, Doctor, look! That boat is certainly heading for the shore, just below us here,” and Harry Shipton pulled himself up for a better view. There was no available landing place In the vicinity and the little craft was in obvious danger. Gusts of wind had been for some time stirring the broad Hudson into a tumult and the boat was dancing among the waves like a crazy I thing as it neared the rough bank. “By Jove, it will be dashed to pieces! It Is a woman rowing! She cannot manage the oars,” cried Harry. There was no response, for the doctor had darted to the water’s edge with the speed of a whirlwind; but before he was near enough to make his voice heard by the occupants of the boat (two women and an infant), the woman who was rowing made a spring to clutch some overhanging bushes, and partially succeeding was dragged forward into the deep black water and disappeared. The boat rebounded from the shock, tottered a moment upon the crest of a high wave, and then went over—the woman with the infant in her arms uttering a piercing shriek., as she was plunged into the river. The doctor had divested himself of bls loose clothing h as he' ran, aud swinging himself down by the branch of a tree he dropped Into the abyss and presently emerged with a burden that taxed all his strength to lift up the ragged bluff to a place of safety. It was the mother with her infant clasped tightly to her breast in a death-like embrace., The baby was extricated, and after a little piantoulation opened its laughing eyes and puckered its pretty mouth and coo-00-ed. The doctor squeezed some of the wa’er from Its clothing, and picking up his coat from Where he had thrown it wrapped it about the little innocent, which he laid tenderly into a nest among the bushes. Then ho applied ail his energies to the restoration of the mother, whose white, girlish face was very lovely in her unconsciousness. Great masses of brown hair, loosened from their fastenings,

BY MARTHA J. LAMB.

wore so tangled about her neck and throat that he was obliged to cut some of It away wtth his pocket knife to prevent her choking. As she gradually revived he placed the flash with its few remaining drops of wine to her lips—then fanned her gently with his hat. “My baby," she whispered without lifting her eyelids. “Your baby is safe," was the reassuring response. "Is she dead? Oh, heavens, it is my sister Edith!” exclaimed some one behind the doctor, and turn.ng his head he looked into the horrified face of Harry Shipton, who had hobbled to the spo r , from the eave. “No, Harry, not dead," came from the prostrate figure, whose beautiful dark eyes were wide open now and fixed upon her rescuer with wondering interest. She held out her hand and the Doctor raised her into a sitting posture—and it was necessary for him to support her thus for a few moments. “I came for you, Harry. I hope the boat is not lost, for you are to go back in it," she said, and Doctor Harris observed that she had the low, trained voice of a gentlewoman—a voice with a thrill in it that sent the blood rushing through his veins. “You camo for me, Edith! How did you know I was here?" asked Harry. “Charley told us; he came to us in the night—last night—he had special leave of absence from Captain Haniltonto inform us of your hurts, and papa and mamma were to distressed and uncertain how you could bo reached and your life saved that I volunteered to undertake the secret service. Matilga rowed me across the river and is to row you back. Where is she?” “I will look for her,” said the doctor. “She fell into the water, upsetting the boat, and I fear she is drowned.” “Oh, no, I think not. She can swim like a fish, aud is quite equal to saving herself," said the lady, as calmly as she would have ordered a chicken for dinner. The words had scarcely left her lips when a woolly head and a very black face appeared above a rock on the edge of the bank.' Up came one black hand, then another, and, finally, the whole figure of a thort, stout negro woman was in sight. “Halloa, Missus! how’s you got up dare? Use been ranstacklng all frow de riber for ye. St ho, Massa Harry, youse ready, he’s ye? Use jest done beat a tryin’ to catch dat boat, and/I’se got him. Gome along wid ye.” Surprises had chased each other so swiftly that Harry was completely overcome. He saw how he had misjudged his brother Charlie, and now here was his proud and handsome sister risking her life in a venture few men would have undertaken to get him out of the trouble ho had indiscreetly brought upon himself. Matilga came forward and surveyed him with a friendly grin. “Massa Harry, wot you been a doin’ to yer eye? Massa Charlie don’t get no. such bad looks. Be’s you tryin’ to beat dis nigger on de color question? Come along wid ye.” “What is your hurry? We cannot leave Edith here " “Yes, you can,” interrupted the lady, “it is all arranged. Nobody wants to hang me; it is only yourself, Hairy, that Is .in immediate danger. lam going to stay on this side for the present. I expect to pay a visit to General Washington and ask for a permit to join my husband." “Come along wid ye, Massa Harry. I hear de guns dis berry minute." “I think, Shipton, you had better lose no time. I will look after your sister," said the Doctor, assisting the young man as best as he could toward the shore. “Good-by, Missus. Ursula will fix you up skrim," cried Matilga, as she vanished beyond the bluff. CHAPTER 11. Under the hot skies of that memorable month of June, 1776,-New York waa'one of the most stirring places on the-West-ern Continent. The erection of an independent empire on this side of the Atlantic Ocean was the all-absorbing topic o thought and speech. War and bloodshed was on the wing. Men were working day and night on the fortifications. Fbr many weeks New York had been in a state of agonized alarm. Families were making their escape as best they could, taking little or much with them as the circumstances permitted. The rich kmw not where to go for safety, and the poor, thrown upen the charity of interior towns, suffered from a coroplicat on of ills. Hundreds of men were suddenly deprived of the means of supporting their families. Inhabitants as well as soldiers were subject to strict militaty discipline. Washington had reached New York on the 13th of the previous April, and was in almost hourly consultation with the principal monos the New York Congress, several of whom were appointed to military office. Troops were marching into the city from ail points of the compass in variegated costumes that must have seemed grotesque to the English soldiery. The old red coats worn in the French wars had been brought from the garrets and brushed up for use by the Connecticut men. Thus every now and then was seen a dingy regimental of scarlet with a triangular and much tarnished laoed hat among the tow frocked volunteers. Some of the Marylanders wore green hunting shirts with leggins to mateh. Troops from Delaware came in dark blue coots with rod facings. Some of the Jersey riflemen were in short red coats and striped trousers, others in short blup coats, old leather breeches, light blue stockings, shoos with brass buckles and wool hats bound with yellow. The Pennsylvan a regiments were in all the colors of the rainbow, brown coats faced with buff, blue.coats fnced with red, black coats faced with white and studded w.th great pewter buttons, buckskin breaches and blue cockhats with wh te tape bindings, also blue coats fnced with whi e; while several companies came without any coats at all, each man with I ut a single shirt, and that so small that tho brewEnglanders made fun of them. The Virginians wore in white smock frocks furbilowed with lullles at the neck, elbow* tqid wrists, black stocks, hair in cue, and round-lopped, broad-rimmed black hats, although erelong their light, dragoons were uniformed in blue coats 1 .faced with rod, or brown coats laced Wvith green. Washington's guards wore | blue coats faced with buff, red waist- i coats, buckskih breeches, black felt hats bound with white tape and bayonet and body belts of white. Hunting shirts with breeches of the same clo;h gaiter, fashion about'the legs weie seen on every side, andastheso were convenient . garments lor a < ampaigning country, ; they were soon adopted by the British! themselves. This was the origin of the ■ modern trouser or pantaloon. j

Th* quest’on of what to do wtth the Tories was anxiously being discussed by the patriots, as they were making nilsehlef on every han 1. It was difficult to dlsorlifilnato between those were really criminal as covert enemies and such us indul od in a peaceful difference of opinion. Many were seized on suspicion and impilsoned by the Committee on Conspiracy. The popular elemqpt was fierce and uncompromising and compelled neighbors to show their colors. It was unsafe to breathe a syllable against the American cause. Neutrality was not tolerated. All who did not declare themselves “for liberty" 'were, in the lower class particularly, pronounced traitors and pursued with merciless rancor. They were chased like beasts aud obliged to secret themselves in the woods, swamps and othsr hiding places and wait for tho coming of tho British army. Even In the best families fathers and mothers* were doomed to see their children arrayed against each other, as in the case of Hany and Charlie Shipton. Wives saw their husbands arming against their own blood. Personal and domestic happiness was jeopardized on ail sides. Tho Shiptone l.vel in an elegant hou.e in Broad street, and were greatly beloved by their associates, t olonel Shipton wasia retired Brit sh officer, but his three children were born in New York. His only daughter, Edith, had, in 1774, married her cousin, Roland Tremaiu, a young man about her own age. When hostilities were dawning he had defied all his relatives and family interests and joined the patriots. Charles Shipton did likewise, despite Ms father’s protest and prayers. Harry Shipton’s sympathies were with his father and with British rulership, aud ho Tombetod with his brother Charles on the subject until coming to boiling heats the father interfered and told each to go his own way. They toft the family fireside one sad evening, by different doors, and before midnight Colonel Shipton was privately informed that he was himself under suspicion and to bo arrested by the “Committee on Conspiracy” during the next forenoon. This was to him an unexpected blow, for he had no intention of taking part in the coming conflict. There seemed but one course, however, for him to pursue; he secured boats and in the darkness of the early morning he and his family were conveyed with a few necessaries to the- Jersey shore of the Hudson, where they took possession of a farmhouse on their own property, some halt a mile from tho river. This was only a temporary retuge, and Edith, who went with them, intended to return to New York the first opportunity in order to be near her husband. “I am at your service, whqt can I do for you?" The Doctor had clambered up the bank from having seen Harry safely embarked on his tr.p across the Hudson, to find his patient convalescing rapidly. She had crept to her baby and was amusing it by shaking bits of grass over its face. “There is a little habitation in the woods to the north of us, not far, where some of our servants are staying. I will go there. May I know how seriously my brother Harry is in,ured?” “H/has no wounds so far as I am aware that endanger his life, but he he has such as should have im mediate ©are.” “Was it true what Charlie told us, that he just barely escaped being hung.” “You might have thought so if you had seen the irresponsible mob that had him in hand when I came upon the scene," said the Doctor, smiling. “May I go and bring somo of your people to you?” “Oh, dear, no; I will go to them. If I had baby on my shoulder I could run away even from a ban I of Indians," and she laughed merrily in trying to rise tb her feet, unconsciously seizing both the Doctor’s extended hands. “You had better see if you can walk before you begin to run," he said, playfully. “I am all right. Yes, I can walk," she replied. “Well, then, I wonder if baby will oblige mo witn my coat?" He picked up the little one, held it high in the a'r, and made It laugh outright, and, lay ng it on the ground again, put on his coat, and then took it in his arms qu te naturally. A little later on a,graceful, hatless woman, whose clo hing, very much soiled and wilted, clung fa t to her limbs, was groping her way step by step through a swampy field, foLowed by a man carrying a baoy. Some negro women sunning themselves in front of a little hut among the trees saw what they at first thought an apparition, but pr. sently recognized tho woman and came runn ng to meet her. “Wat de matter, missus?” they asxed in chorus. “We have been to the bottom of the river; Matilga upset the boat." “Lord’s sase! Glory be’s to God' you’s got out. Ware’s Matilga " “She has returked to mamma with the boat. Ursula, take the baby and relieve ■ this kind gentleman who helped us out of the water. ” The order was obeyed with noisy demonstrations in the way of hugs and kisses, the baby seeming well pleased with it all. and in the midst of the commo. lon the Doctor took’ Edith s hand, raised it to his lips, and walked rapidly away, having left the words, "God bless you!” in her ears for a perpetual memory. “Dare now, guess I know dat chap! Say, m ssus, ware did you find him?” "Fanning me, when I was trying to breathe. Whatdo youknow abcuthim?" “He ware at leister Elliott’s last year. He came along wid de Commodore, and he were de chap dat brung de gold claspet to Miss Agnes.” “Well, hs has been good to us, and that counts for some lung. You must ! not spea £ of him to a soul, lest they carry him off to prison as an enemy. Are my trunks here?” “Yes, missus. We covered ’em up wid leaves in de cel ar." “I must have some dry garments at once, and so must baby, dross me up nicely, Ursula, for I am going to call upon Gen. Washington." With n an hour and a half the wot and snarled hair had been dried and combed and a ranged artistically in the fashion of the day, and tho saeetfaoeof Edith Trema n framed ,n a picturesque gypsy hat, while a thin gown of some su nine; fabric in white and blue set off tho shap ly figure to great advantage. The baby smiled approval, blit cried with animation when the bowitching object went ou’. of sight down the pathway. Richmond H 11 House, Washington’s headquarters, stood unqn an-eminence to the southeast not tar distant, about wlvre Chaiton. now eras es Varick 'fet-eot. It was a country villa, a mile and a half from town, surrounded by fields of grass and gram, w th a flower garden at one si e inclosed by a hedge. I The roses were in bloom, an I t’r-ula, walking beside her mistress along the wind ng carriage drive to the entrance to the mansion, could not resist putting her hand through the ft nee and snatching one, wh < h the fa-tened to Ed.th's hut, and then wa kod on demure y. I buddenly there was a clatter ot hoofs and tw> horsemen galloped round the curve toward them, one of whom lifted } his three-cornered hat as ho passed, aud Ed I h blu-hod under tho admiring ga e o Captain Hamilton, who wheeled his horse to ask respectful y; “t an I serve you in any Way? "No, thank yo >, further than to take good care o. Charlie," and away he i gaftoped. ~ [TO Bl OO.NTINUXUj

THE COLDEST IN YEARS, THIS WINTBR A SURE RECORDBREAKER. Spell of Weather Thronehont the Northweet that Stumps tho CMdeat Inhabitant —Mercury Freeze. Solid In Wlaconslnloe SU Foot Thick ■« St. FauL Great Suffering Reported. KjSOMma 4* m —lt 99 —

■ T beats all.’ac- | cording to the • government weather man at Chicago, how the cold spell hangs on. He says be never saw such conditions. The coldest day Chicago has experienced in ■ twenty years was L in December, 1872, r when itregistered a minus 2 i for only a short time. Three winters later, In January,

there was a day 20 below* one in January, 1879, when It got as tow as 18, and January 1884 and 18v8, had one each equally as chillng. Sunday was the next epoch-maker and the mercury at 7 o’clock a m. showed 16 below Necessarily, the cqld caused untold suffering. It was a litter Sunday for the Goalless poor, and they are legion in Chicag >. Church-goers were comfortable in heated sanctuaries, but the unfortunate in the thousands of tireless attics got another swish from the flood of misfortune. Many a grave will get its fill from the blast. The station houses were filled with men who begged for pla es to sleep. They could have been filled twice over had it been possible to receive ail the applicants. Hundreds came in with frozen ears and faces, piteously asking for a chance to get warm. Ice Six Feet Thick. After three winters that scarcely deserved the name the Northwest is now experiencing one of the old-fashioned kind. The present January has beaten the record for Intense and sustained cold weather and there is no pro-pect of a change. For four years the new year* has found the ground clear of snow at St. Paul, and every lake and stream open. That city has been proudly claiming location in the center of the "banana belt." This winter got its work In early, coming in November with steady snow falls that will lie till spring. The mercury went below zero in the same month and has been above that mark only at rare intervals since. On Christmas Day it was 25 below, about the same on New Year's, and has maintained a steaay gait ever since. At St. Vincent and Minnedosa 40 below has been reached and the cold has been nearly as severe all over the western and northwestern part of the State. A cube of ice six feet thi< k was cut from Vadnais Lake. It is the heaviest ico seen since the famous block which formed the corner stone of the Ice Palace In 1886. In Omaha the thermometer registered 8 below and in the northwestern part of, the State 22 below. The snow in the! eastern part of the State has been there since Nov. 26. Kansas is also suffering! extremely from Ihe cold but in the! western part snow covers the ground; and wheat is well protected. In Des Moines, at 4 o'clock in the morning the thermometer registered 18 degrees below, and at Sioux City the weather has been Intensely cold for a week. The mercury has ranged from 4 to 18 degrees below zero. The Missouri, Big Sioux and Floyd Bivers are frozen to a greater depth than for many years. At Cincinnati everything Is tied up by*the cold weather. The thermometer was 14 degrees below zero, and in some places on the hill-tops it was 18 below. The Ohio Blver is frozen tight from bank to bank, postponing any threatened devastation by the ice gorge. For the first time since 1877, pedestrians are walking across the river on the ice, the five bridges being deserted except by vetfcles and cars. Many motormen and cable gripmen were compelled to desert their posts. More relief is promised the poorer classes. Eighteen car loads of coal, 180 tons, arrived for distribution at cost price. Froze the Mercnrv Solid. Wisconsin is also fast in the grasp of the ice king. Dispatches from all parts of the State report the coldest weather f- r years. In Milwaukee it was 14 degrees below, but that wasn't a marker; to the weather up north. At Sparta the mercury froze solid at 40 b<low; at Whitehall it was 45 below; Lacrosse, 36; Medford, 42; Neenah, 28; Watertown, 30; Faukauna, 35. The Winnebago Indians on the reservation near Black River Falls are suffering terribly. Marine men say the late will be frozen eolid fro n Grand Haveu to Milwaukee if this weather continues. The thermometer at Detroit reached 10 degrees below. Few advices from out in the State have been received as yet. everything seeming to be literally paralyzed by the cold. SATOLLI IS SUSTAINED. Placed at the Head of the American Apostolic Delegation. The Pope has decided to establish a permanent apostolic delegation in the United States, and has nominated Mgr. Satolll to be the first delegate. This deois'oa the Vatican considers to be a sufficient reply to the opposition to Mgr. Satolli and his mission. The Propaganda will send from Rome by the Rev. F. Z. Rooker the documents authenticating the new powers conferred upon Mgr. Satolli as permanent delegate. Archbishop Ireland said: “I am heart.ly glad that this action has been taken The establishment of a delegation here will have a most beneficent result on the church in America. It will maintain peace and harmony and facilitate the settlement of the controversies among Catho.los which heretofore had to be referred to Rome. It practically organizes in perfect form tho Catholic Chur, h In Am riea, instituting, as it were, for more important church affairs, home rue. We will have at home a branch of the Supremo Ecclesiastic;i 1 Court. A further result will be that tho immediate working and thoughts of the Holy See will be brought more promimnily before the American people." Notes of Current Events. It Is said Senator Stanford has decided to resign his seat. , The Wabash has refused to advance the wages of operators. Thu Union Block at Hastings, Nob., was burned. Less, sl2s,th 0. Profits of tho Whisky Trust now amount to 5.’.0.m.0O 1 per month. Mike Mitchell, a miner, was crushed to death by fall ng slate at Brazil, Ind. Two mokf indictments have been returned in the Homestead, Pa., poisoning case. FIBb at Lima, Ohio, destroyed tho Buckland Hotel, two saloons and a confectionery store. Thb remains of Jefferson-Davis will be removed from New Orleans to Richmond in tho spring. Invitations have been sent to the Governors ot all States to attend tho Cleveland inauguration.

Bnsiness Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital, NO,OOOI Burpltu, 010,000 Origanlsed Annual U, 1863. Officer.—T. T. Dorwin. Preaident; P. W. Smith, Vio«-l*ealdant; B. 8. Pateraon Caahier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkea, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. Terreer, J. D. Hale and B 8. Poteracn, Dlreotora. Wo an prepared to make Loans on good aoourity, receive Depoalta, farnlah Domeatlo and Foreign Exchange, bo/ and roll Government and Municipal Honda, and farnlah Lettera of Credit available in any of the principal cltlea of Europe. Alao Paaaago Ticket to and from the Old World, Including tranaportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital, ms,ooo. Surplua, 75,000. Organized in 187 L Offlcere—D. Studebaker. Preaident; Bobt. B. Allison, Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made In all parts of the country. County. City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul O. Hooper, Attorney o,t XiattvDeeatur, - - THdlana. EJ, EC. LgBRUN. Veteri nary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind, Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. xavtN, a. x. mann. i. r. E R WIN Jt MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office In Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur, Ind. T7IHANCB 4 MEBBYMANL J. T. vranCX. A? J. I. MXRBYMAN Attornoyff Law, DZCATUR, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1,2 and 3, over tho Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. M IESBE HOUSE, L J. MIESSE, Proprietor, Decatur, Ind. Location 'Central—Opposite Court House. The leading hotel in the city. Q. NEPTUNE. . DENIST. Now located over Holthouee's shoe store, and Is prepared to do all work pertaluing to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty, By the use of Mayo's Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. Kenl K. M. D., EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST M Calhoun-st. Fort Warne, Ind. JJEV D. NEUENSCHWANDER, IL D. HOMEOPATHIST. ... JbsdAsM. Children and Chronic DiseaaM a Specialty. Twenty years experience. A. 6. HOLLOWAY, aIoiMJD. «*» Surgeon Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. All calls promptly attended to tn city or country night or day. M. L- HOLLOWAY, M. 9. Office and residence one door north of K. * church. Diseases of women and children specialties.

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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trains ran ou Central Standard Eime. M minutes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Sunday, Sept. 24, UM. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 8 No. 5 No. T Clnclnnatl .lve 8 05am 850 pm Richmond 220 pm 1056.. 1125 Winchester ... 3 17 .. 11 55 .. 1223 am Portland 4t)4.. 123r>pm 106 Decatur 510 .. 181 .. 203 Ft.Wayne...arr fioo .. 2L5.. 250 “ “ ...Ire 236 .. 8 10.. 806 am Kendallville 3 41.. 418.. 010.. Rome City 36«.. 4 34.. 8 28.. Wolcottville 4 01 9 81 .. Valentine 411 9 43.. LaGrange 419 .. 601.. 961 .. Lima .. 429 1018 .. Sturgis 440 .. 626 .. 1019 .. Vicksburg 636 .. 8 20.. 110#.. Kalamazoo, arr . 605 .12 01 .. •• ..Ive 3 45am 1010.. 710.. 1215 pm Gr. Rapids..arr 6 15.. 810 160.. •• “ ..Ive 720 am 10 30 .. 110 pm 200.. D.,G.H.4M.cr 4 20.. 10 45.. 727.. 214 .. Howard City... 5 40.. 11 50 . 8 41.. 814.. Big Rapids 653 ..12 36am 9 45.. 356.. HeedClty 730 .. 1(0 4 30.. Cadillac.....arr 1130.. 3 06.. 610 •• ... Ive 230 9 10 .. Traverse City 700 pm Kalkaska 3 48 Petoskey 635 .. »15 Mackinac City 800 ~ 10 45 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. 715 pm 745 am 200pm Petoskey 9 10.. 920.. 345 Kalkaska 12 38 .. 11 36 .. 502 Traverse City 11 10.. 450 Cadillac ....arr 2 20am 115 pm 7 00.. 8 06am “ ....Ive 215 .. 1 35.. 650 pm 810.. Reed City 328 .. 2 30.. 750.. 900.. Big Rapids 4 00.. 2 58.. 825.. 9 45.. Howard City.. 4 56.. 3 43.. 9 20.. 10 32.. D.G.H.&M.cr 600 .. 505.. 1025.. 1135.. Gr. Rapids .arr 633.. 515.. II 00.. 11 50.. " “ ..Ive 7 00.. 600 .. 1120.. 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 850 .. 8 00.. 1255 am 340.. ..Ive 855 .. 805 345 .. Vicksburg , 924.. 833 412.. Sturgis 1019.. 926.. ....... 5 05.. Lima 1032.. 940.. .v...L. 517.. LaGrange .... 10 44 .. 952 529.. Valentine 1053 .. 1002 537.. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 10 14 5 47.. Rome City 1109.. 10 19.. 5 53.. Kendallville... 11 25 .. 1039.. 1 608.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 715.. “ “ J..ive 100.. 1215 am 645 am Decatur 146 .. 12 58 .. 630 Portland 2 40.. 155 .. 730 Winchester.... 317 .. 2 36.. 809 Richmond 4 20.. 3 40.. 915 Cincinnati 7 00.. 656 T2olnm Trains 5 and « run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent. JEFF. BRYSON. Agent, Decatur, Ind. LOOK HEREI I am here to stay and ou sen Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford to sell them. I sell different makes. CLEANING ANO REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and tara money. J. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind. Scientific America# Agency Bfna ' t A y a w B jH t ■ 1 ■ il Sk ■ J TRADE MARKS# PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. For information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO- 361 Broadway. New York. Oldest bureau for seeurinff patents in America. Everv patent taken out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge tn the Scientific Largest circulation of any scientific paper tn ths world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligezt man should be without it. Weekly, 53.00 I year; 81.50 six months. Address MUNN & CO. vvbushxbs. 361 Broadway. New Vork.

SI.OO ONLY FOR A DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANO AND A TEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WEEKLYJNQUIRER A Decker Bro. Grand Upright Plano, ?650.00 A Gladiator Watch and Cose 30.00 A Lemaire 24 line Field Glass. .... 20.00 A Holman 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 Rice Coil Spring r(lft „„ Handy Top Buggy f • • • • ‘•'J O '’* A Railway Watch in 14 Karat Case. 75.00 A Life Scholarship in Watters' 1 - r Commercial College i' ' ' w A Six Octave Champion Organ .... 200.00 A Double Barrel Shot Gun 30.00 A Silverene 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 wan 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. Ftrrt Clan Night and Day B«tvlm batwaaa Toledo, Ohio, )AND( St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS OAT TBAIMS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS O N NIGHT THAI Nej Wff£4Lß SEBVCD EH ROUTE, MT OR HI9HT, at ziodarata coat. hk fw lickeb lii Toledo, St Lauii 1 1»8» Cftj 1L Clover Le/ir Route. For further particulars, call on noarort Agent of the Company, or addreeo O. C. JENKINS. Ossml FMMazw A|mt> TOLEDO, OHIO, Lines. Schedule In effect May iff. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No. 5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I 0.0, _ M Chicago and the west f r ‘ Vo. 3. Pacific Express, daily for I • u Chicago aud the west f No. 1. Express, dally for Chicago I t> u aud the west.. I u u No. 31. Local >10:35 A. M TRAINS EAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for I y.os p w New Y'ork and Boston ( ' * No. 12. Express, daily If or New I i-jn A. M. No. 2. Accommodation, dally ex-1 . cept Sunday... I ' ‘ No. 30. Local >10:35 A, M. J. W. DeLosg. Agent. Frank M. Caldwell. D. P. A. Huntington, [nd.; F. W. Buskirk. A. G. P. A.. Chicago. HL O.P. H. ANDREWS, Fh-yalclan dto 9-u.x*seon MONBOE. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west ot M. B. church, S6-* Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary Surgeon. Modus Operandl. Orcho *1 ZJ tomv. Overotomy, Castrating, Bldg Ung, Horsesand Spayitfg Cattle and. Dehorn Ing. and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone's hardware store. Decatur "" - AGENTS WANTED Good Solicitors only. Ladies or Gentlemen for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from $2,00 to S3.OJ a day. ENQUIRER COMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. The Cincinnati Enquirer aud the Democrat only one year for 2.30. Lett Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. MONEYTO LOAN On Farai Property on Long Tina. Bifo CJoxxxxxklsssailoix, Low Bat* of Interval jF’kßXl’tiaal X’aaymanta Ib any amounts oaa be made at any ua« a*4 stop interest. Call on, or addiwu. JC. ORUBB, or J. F. MANN, Ofltoa: Odd Fellows' Building. Decatur. O.T. Kay. M D., Z c, lxy<4lol«».jacJ9 13'i*x-gs«»ox>« Ulanroe. ... ladlsoaat. All calls promptly attended to day or alghl. •ffioe at ' k B. 8080, K T. 8080 Master Commissioner. > 8080 & SON. ATTOIfNKVK Al’ LAW. Beal Estate and Collection, Decatur. IwL

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