Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1893 — Page 7

CAPTAIN TREMM’S WIFE A Thrilling Story of the Days of the American Revolution, BY MARTHA J. LAMB.

■ CTIAI’TFR 11.-rnntlnnetl. I General Washington was at that moI ment presiding over a council of officers I and committees assembled to dlsiuss ■ burning questions. The British were ■ ” In the harbor, preparing for action. ToI rios'wero enlisting secretly, sworn to I hostile acts for eo-oporatlon with the ■ enemy. It wus dlstovored that they I were to blow up tho magazln- s, splko ■ the guns, and massacre Washington and ■ his officers. A terrible plot was pxr- ■ tlally unfolded. Governor Tryon, from I his safe retreat on shipboard, was offor- ■ ing bounties, tl rough agents on shore. ■ to such as would engage In 'ho oonsplrI acy. Borne of Washington's own serv- ■ anis had been tampered with. A prlI vate meeting had been surprised the I evening beiore, and broken up in great I confusion—its leaders narrowly oscapI ing death by hanging, among whom I was Harry Shipton, son of tho eminent I 001. Sldpton, who, it was retorted, I was one of tho most hot-head- ■ ed and mlschiovlous of them I all. This young man disappeared mirI aculously, and a large price had been B? offered for his capture. He was conI sidered tho most dangerous, as he had I a brother and a brother-in-law in Wa-h-I ing on’s army, and was thus in a po- ■ altion to obtain news for the enemy that I would ruin tho American cause. Some I one inquired the whereabouts of the I father, Col. Shipton, and two or three I expressed the opinion thit he was safe I eomowhero under British colors. Tho I council adjourned until next morning, I and as the gentlemen before purting I were engaged in excited conversation ■ * an aid brought a card to Gen, WashingI ton with these words written on it: I “Mrs. Tremain, the wife of Lieutenant I Boland Tremain, wishes to speak to I General Washington concerning a perI mit to join her husband at his post. I The General consulted one of the ofI fleers who stood near him and learned I the name of the regiment in whioh TroI main was enrolled, and furthermore, I that Mrs. Tremain was the daughter of I Colonel Shipion. Then ho went to the I sltt.ng-room to greet her. She was I standing by the window, but turned at I the sound of his step and met him in such a self-contained and graceful man- ■ ner that he was curiously embarrassed. I He had not expected to encounter a I vision of loveliness, and stammered in I . reply to her direct and urgent request. I “Do you know where your husband is I at present stationed?" he asked. I “I believe he is doing guard duty on I Long Island, but I have no a Ivices as I to the exact locality.” I “Are you aware, madam, that the enI tire army is under orders to bo preparod I for instant action? We are in no < ondiI tion to protect the residents remaining I In the city, mu h less to send a woman I to the front. Troops are changing their I positions hourly; while you would be on I your tiresome journey to one point your I husband might bo ordered miles away I in the exigencies of battle.” He spoke I kindly and considerately, but his few I words were like the stones in a solid I wall obstructing her hopes. I “I sey your point, sir," she calmly I replied. “I did not suppose the collision ■ was so imminent. I thank you for your I courtesy." Y Shs bowod and moved quickly through I tho door an i, joined by Ursu'a, tripped I down the steps and along the dusly road. I . | “I spects you gut no shatiefuotioa, I missus, by de way you runs," said tho I maid presently, quite out of breath. I “Oh, am I going too fast? I was I Wonde ing wiieroabouts the British I mean to land." I “Bress your preshus heart, missus, I I spects da will come a marehiu’ up and I down eberywhere In dare bloody red I coats, ami do rest ob dem will circumI bent de country wid daro ships." I The baby had done more energetic I crying in the hour of its mother’s abI aence on this fruitless errand than ever I before since it first saw the light, and I Edith was too much absorbed theiest I of the alternoOn in quieting and caressI ing it,to nurso'her disappointment. She I feared the child was sick and was comI for.ed only when it seemed to sleep as I usual. Tho servants hud abundant I facilities for making her comfortable, I small and primitive as were their acI commodntions, and Hutda, the old I family cook, placed a delicious supper I be ore her. These 1 rustworthy negroes I had buried a quantity of tho Shipton I Bilverware, jewels, and money in the * earth under and abftut the hut, and Edith made some whispered inquiries concerning the absolute secrecy with which the woik has been conducted. She laughed a little over the clumsy bed prepared for her, but was too tired to care much for anything but the rest it afforded. She might have been better entertained by some of hor friends in , town, hut her husband’s family, the Tremains, had vacated their house and gone to Albany, and others were on tho wing. Ursula told her “everybody was goin crazy ana movin’." She could 1 not for some time to come return to her parents, because she knew they would * leave the farm house as soon as Harry reached them, and it was uncertain to * what locality fhey would fly. She, therefore, concluded to content herself until further developments. - She spent the few following days in playing with the baby and sleeping. All was quiet as the Sabbath in a seeluded pla -e. Ursu a tramped to tho oily one monHe,- with a basket of fruit to sell. Edith was afraid to let her go without some apparent valid reason, and she succeeded in talking a few moments with Charlie Shipton, and brought home . a letter he had in charge from Lieutenant Tremain. Butthe maid was horrified w.th what she had acjidentally seon near the Bowery road that Edith was a long time in getting from her a coherent account of it. She almost went into fits in telling her mistress. She said a thousand men were being hung all along the “ roads to scare the Brill h. Then she modified her statement* under Edith’s oross-questjoning, until the number of vlo ims was reduced nine hundred and nine y-nine. One man was actually . hung about 10 o’clo/k ihat morning, in the presence of not less than zu,o( 0 persons. It was one of General Washington’s body guard—an Irhhnmn who had deserted fioiu the Br.tish army. He hid been detected and arrested, then speedily tried by a court martial and A founif guilty of “mutiny, sedition, and treachery.’’ It was ’bdb ved that ho was in the cay of the British to murder General V ashington, and ho wa’s promptly executed. j !. The in format oh in the lotters to Edith from hi r husb nd and brother j convinced her that she had a tod wisely in remaining in the woods with the servants. She learned that the city records and money and papers belonging to Ihe provincial Congress had been bocretly convej od to pia os of safety up the Hudson that Washington had advised tho New Vork Congress to remove all women, o ildren and Inilrm persons at ones from the city, as “lt« streets ■S&Si’.' - -/hr v ■

must soon bo tho scene or a bloodycnnillct;”aud they admonished hor that ner only security would bo In hiding, lest sho be called upon to deliver up hor brother Harry to the hangman. it was not a cheerful situation. Edith, however, was young und brave, and she did not presume ti ut she was in any personal danger. The days slipped by one after another until the memorable afternoon of (ho 12th of July. Dlnn r had been sorved later than usual that day, as Hulda, in pursuit of some chickons in the morning, had been hindered at a fuimyard through the absence of the fartnor. Tho table had now been cleared, und l rsula had placed the baby in a curious swing she had contrived from the brunches of a tree aud was rocking it to slumber, while Edith, lolling on the grass in the sha lo nearby, was realing an interesting hook. All at once tho ground trembled an i guns woro heurd in the direction or the city. Edith sprang to her feet and stood in tho attltudo of listening—cannons were indued booming with ferocious rapidity. “It do seem us if de day ob judgment am begun,” cried Ursula. Edith hurried to an opening among the trees, ■where she bad a clear view of tho river to the bay, and what she saw was two largo ships sailing proudly by tho helpless city, firing guns into tho air in reply to tho batteries on shore, which had been opened upon them. These ships cane up the river with the British Hag flying, und when nearly abreast or where she stood threw out their anchors. An offl or in full uniform wes seon upon tho deck of tho largerof the two vessels directing some sailors who were lowering a boat, and then ho followed thorn into It and came toward tho shore. > Ursula was terror stricken and, seizing her mistress, almost forced her intd the hut, while the other women insisted she must hide in the cellar. “Nobady is going to harm mo," declared Edith; “what ate you afraid of?” And she resolutely remained standing in ihe doorway. Ursula, with her teeth chattering, picked up the baby and marched up and down like a sentinel. In a lew moments there was a rustle among the brushwood and a handsome, manly figure, in red and gold and lace, with a jeweled sword at his side, approached with a quick step, and all Ursula’s heroic resolves to defend her mistress with her latest breath were scatt red to the winds, as sh ■ looked up into hi* face! Edith step) e 1 lorward and grasped his hand with hor cheeks aglow, but the next instart the bright color faded into a death pallor. “I am tho bearer, Mrs. Tremain, of bad news This messago fiom you;-hus-band will oxplain." And plaolng u letter in h-r hands he turned away as if unwilling to witni as he • distress. “Oh, sir," she cried, “tell me if this be true. Ho says he is fatally wounded and a prisoner," t “It is only too true. He is in our hospital ship with good surgeons in attendance, who fear that he cannot live throught the n ght. Ho begs to be permitted to see his wife and child, and I am here, madam, to take you to his bedside without delay. “I must go,” murmured Edith with her head bowed. _ Ursula tugged at her arm, and drew her aside, and whispered a few words in her ear. “Hush!” she said with decision. “I shall go. Make tho baby and yours 'lf ready once." Then addnssing her visitor: “You caved my life and that of my brother, Harry, from an igno uinlous death by violence. How can I help but trust you. May I ask your name?" “Lord Dunbarton of his Majesty’s service," was the reply. “It is desirable tnat you lose no time in preparations; the sun is going down, and it would be unsafe to try to embark in the darkness from these rough shores." Edith rushed into tho hut, and the officer in waiting heard a mixture of sobs and prayers, and abovo it a clear directing voice. Ere long the party were on tho way to the shore—Edith in the lead. Lord Dunbarton, with tho baby on his shoulder, following, and Ursula, with a bundle of necessaries, running to overtake them a Two barges, well manned, caught Edith’s eye, and, responding to her swift, anxipus look of inquiry. Lord Dunbarton said: “I am sorry I cannot accompany you down tho bay. I hold at present a command of responsibility that forbids it, but you are a courageous woman, and I have detailed lome of tho bests sailors for the expedition. Arrangements are made for yeur reception at the hospital, aud you will be well cared for until you wish to return here. Tho sailors will await your orders. ” And he slipped a paper into her hand which was to bo her safe oi nduot in any emergency To Edith tho hours scorned ages on that weird night voyage in an open barge, obliged to creep cautiously along near tho Jersey coast to the bay, in order to cscapo possible observation from New York, which was astir from center to circumference. Tho nautical movement of the afternoon had caused the wildest excitement, as it was evidently for a purpose. Ursula and the baby found the cushions and blankets that had been provided most weloomo, and slept soundly in the bottom of the barge; but Edith’s eyes never closed. When sho sa w the light s from the British fleet snugly anchored in a case haven botween Sandy Hook and Staton Island, sho thought of tho thirty-seven meu-of-war and 400 transports she had been told were stationed there, and of what lloland ha 1 written her about there not being enough muskets In his regiment to go around. She nearly fainted while being lifted to the deck of tho hospital ship, but she was under perieot self-control on reaching the couch on whioh her young, boyish-look-ing soldier husband was broathlng out his life. Boland Tremain rallied under the sunlight of the actual presence of Ids beautiful wife, coming as it did into tho blackness, where he had seen no ray of hope. He told her how he fell in an honorable warfaie, pierced with three bullets. Ho was defending a post on tiro shore of Long Island, whioh was attacked by a party of British marines. Ho was supposed deal, and his 16mmand was ruptured. «Ono of his companions obtained an Interview, however, with Lord Dunbarton, and begged that boat’s crew might lie Sent to search for him, and finding him alive they brought him to this hospital, where he had received tho kindest treatment. Lord Dunbarton came to see him in person and promised to find and bring his wife and oh id to him if possible, although tho moving of ships at that junoiure night preo pltttte a battle promaiurely. } j Then Edith know what General Washington never understood to hts dying day, the reason why those vessels sailed past the Battery on that summer’a,

afternoon and anchored off tho shore of tho Hudson where they did. Boland Tremain, lingered three days and th> n the end came, peacefully anil painlessly. Edith olosod his eyes and kissed hie fair foiohead, with her hand on wined among the curls of ills rich brown hair. The surgeon lod her away and Ihe burial riles were in oxaut aco irdance with her expressed wishes, after which she found ilio barge in readiness and the silent oarsman conducted her in tho night time for sa eiy’s sake to the haven from which she had so recently embarked. She wem. to bed with her swi ot, sad memories, from which she did not rlao again for many weeks. The strain upon her nervous system, tog ther with a cold contracted In ttie night oxposure, brought on a slow fever and many days of delirium. Ursula found their old tomily physician still in the city and he vislte I her duily. She was sltt ng up for ihe first time on the day of tho evacuation of New York by Washington’s army, but was unable to join the throng of refugees thut were attached to it, as she would have done if in health. Thu British army came in o tho .city, but (he little hut in the woods was so far from town that the faot gave her no disquieturlo. Irsula found it just as easy to obtain supplies as formerly, and asked in much bewilderment; “Hay, missus, w’ai’s de worst, bein’ ruled by a clowned head ober de water, or by a clown ob heads on dis side?” m*'» . * * * A year and a half has passed. It is winter now, und Edith is quartered in the house of a relative in lower Broadway. The faithful Vrusla is dressing' a pretty little maiden of two years, while the mother is lending a letter in a quaint k nd of cipher just received from a lady friend in Valley Forge. It is in answer to one Edith has written, in which she described the condition of New York and declared herself “heartily sick of British tyranny." She is interrupted by the entrance of a servant with a card, upon which, without changing color, sho reads the name “Lord Dunbarton.” Sho has never seen him sin o tho day he sent her to Boland Tremain, and although the mado inquiries after her recovory from the long illness, wishing to uckn wledgo his generous kindness, she could only learu that he had left the country. She meets and greets him presently with the dignity of a princess and intro duo's Miss Bossie, who has accompanied her to the parlor, und who is quite agreeable to being pia ed upon his knee. He explains to Edith in a few words his reasons for resigning his commission and returning to England—he could not be concerned in a war where brother was fighting against brother. Whatever the result of such a conflict, domestic ties must be severed on every Land. The interview was short, but he came again, and then apa : n, and again. He was only in New York on a visit, and the ship would sail in a few days. One morning he called ear y, and as Edith entered ihe parlor to welcome him ho made his errand known without any circumlocution: “I am wholly and altogether in love with you, and have been ever since I found you at the bottom of tho Hudson Biver struggling for liie; will you marry me and let mo take you and Bessie with me to my home across the seas? Without you I do not care for existence.” Edith was not wholly unprepared for this, but it had come in an unexpected fashion, and with face suffused and in a voice betraying intense emotion, she stammered: “Do you mean—mean —now?" “Yes. I mean now, 10-day or to-mor-row, as you like. The ship sails the day after in the m rning; but I have your answer, my darling." And as she reached her two hands \id toward him he caught her in his arms. In the autumn of 1782 a New Y-ork lady writing from England mentions a visit made to the country seat of Loid and Lady Dunbarton, and after describing the perfections of their home and the charms of their h spitalities, says that “Lady Dunbar.on is growing more and more beautiful every day, and was the best dressed of anyone at the late drawing-room and ball on the Queen’s birthday. |Tns END. | Copyright, by the Authors' Alliance. All rights reserved. The Joshua of the Sun. In America corn is king, and over all the land it stalks with golden plume, arrogant and remorseless. Cotton, wheat, oats, rye, mines of the precious metals, products of the dairy are. but satellites at the court of the mighty potentate of the fields. Wliat is the great American hog but bone and sinew and melting adipose furnished of its superabundance by that plutocrat of American products, the many-eared and yellowplumed maize. When we market 24,000,000 hogs we but confess the power of King Corn, for hogs are corn incarnate. Corn is the one American sovereign. It was the gift of the coppcr-colorcd aborigine to the pale face, who now contemplates an annual production of two billion .bushels a year of the value approximately of a round thousand millions of dollars. But if corn thus giveth abundantly of its riches it is a tyrant in its 6way over the subjects who profit by its royal largess. Like Joshua corn commands the sun, in whose fiercest rays it revels and waxes fat. When it waves its silken tassel it demands that all the stokers of the great central planetary furnace shall bend and sweat and groan at their weary ta4k. If fainting humanity, permitted for a brief span of years to walk the earth sacred to King. Corn, offers up wailing petition for relief the cilestial answer is that corn has turned on the heat and that until it shall be the royal pleasure of this great American potentate to mitigate tho blast mankind has no resource take off its flesh and seat itself in its bones, the victim of corn's great influence with old Sol. And so it is that to enjoy a eorn’s benefits suffering humanity must accept corn weather. That corn may be invigorated and freshened and advanced beyond the possibility of Jack Frost's enmity man must wilt. That corn may spring iip to joyous maturity and scatter blessings o’er a smiling land man must hide his head uuder a cabbage leaf. Man in the majestic presence of the suncorapelllng corn is not near so happy as the phmpifin flourishing in the shade of the springing stalks. But there are compensations. The hymn that attributes moods to omnipotence declares that behind the frowning providence the smiling face is hid. If there *is coru weather in dog days there is,Jiarvest weather in golden October. When’man distributes ihat billion of.corn dollars ho forgets how imperiously corn directed the upward movement of the ther-, mometef. There is cash in corn. Hail, then, to King Oornl He is at times a fearsome master, but wliat. a beneficent subject he is. If his is a torrid it is also a Midas touch. i • ft

BURIAL OF PEN. HAYES. The Funeral Service* at Fremont Were ol a Simple Nature. The quiet of Spiegel Grove-ex-Pres-Ident Hayes’ home at Fremont—was not broken from the time death tnioreduntil the morning of the funeral, when i Pi tho body lay in Mi state until the hour Os tho Bervloeo--L During the car.lor jMrVjffiwr hours of tlio (lay Jt) the citizens of Eremoot viewed for the last time tho famll////rA * ar f fi a 111 res of //[/f£ their distinguished /l'/ .e/ neighbor and '/ ’ friend, and an opoicw. waves. portunity to view the remains was also given the guests from abroad at a late hour after the trains arrived. Tho crowd in Fremont three years ago at the obsequies of Mrs. Hayes was estimated at 15,000. That, however, was in Ihe month of June, and tho cold weather which now prevails diminished the number on this occasion. It is estimated, however, that tho number present reached nearly lO.oiio. The churches of the city were all warmed and thrown open for the accommodation of strangers and warm lunches were served by tho ladies of Fremont for the accommodation of all. Every vehicle in the city was undei contract for the day, and outside towns were called upon, as Spiegel Grove is at a considerable distance from the center i f the town, and tho cemetery where ihe interment took place is about two miles farther out. The services were simple and impressive. At 2 o'clock tho family, personal friends and dignitaries from

EX-PRESIDENT HATES’ HOME AT FREMONT.

abroad nasemblod within the parlors. The xxiiid psalm was read by the pastof of the Methodist Episcopal Church, immediately followed by a favorite hymn, suns by I’rof. Alfred Arthur of Cleveland, leader of the regimental band, and David H. Kimberly of the Twentythird Ohio, assisted by a quurtette. Prayer was then offered by Dr. James W. Bashford, President of the Ohic Wesleyan University. There was no sermon. The services closed with singing and the Lord’s prayer. The Grand Army ritual, which is very simple, was used at the cemetery. The Ohio National Guard and other military bodies were in the procession, iypy direction of the Secretary of W T ar the following officers of the army attended the funeral: Brigadier General Joseph C. Preckinridge, Inspector General; Colonel George D. Kungles, Assistant Adjutant General; Lieutenant Colonel Marshall I. Ludington, Deputy Quartermaster General; Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Corbin, Assistant Adjutant General; CajStain Taster 1L Bliss, A. D. C. to the. Ma or General commanding the army. Secretary Charles Foster, Postmaster General Wanamaker and Secretaries Noble and Husk attended as the special representatives of President Harrison, and President-elect Cleveland was present in person. 'They were accompanied by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Rathbone, representing the Ohio Republican Association. With the exception of Representative Haynes, the Ohio delegation did not attend the funeral. Senator Sherman found that his presence was needed in Washington, and Representative Enochs, who was in Gen. Hayes' brigade during the war. and would have attended the funeral, is not in very good health. At WasiiiuKtou. At Washington, on the day of the funeral, the national flag was displayed at half-n ast. At dawn of day thirteen guns were fired and afterward, at intervals of thirty minutes between the rising and setting of the sun, a single gun, and at the close of the day a national salute of forty-four guns. The White Houi-e and all the executive departments were draped in mourning, and will wear their sable emblems or sorrow for a period of thirty days. All the depaitments were closed. Notes of Current Events. Six cases of cholera have occurred at Cuda Pesth. Two new cases of cholera are repotted at Hamburg. The Board of Trade of Hartford condemns the Chinese exclusion act A war in San Francisco-Central America steamship rates has been inaugurated. Cardinal Gibbons has been chosen Papal delegate to the Catholic Congress at Chicago. Thebe will be a line of English steamers sailing monthly to the west eoa9t of South America. The private bank of F. R. Scougal & Co., at Yankton, S. D., has failed. The liabilities are St7J,OCO. A mill belonging to the Goodalo Worsted Company, of Sanford, Me., burned. Loss, slufl,ol>o. Dr. Gatling, of Gatling gun fame, has Invented an electric gun which will discharge 2,000 shots a minute by eleotricity. Gov. Brown of Maryland refuses to pardon ex-State Treasurer Archer, serving a term in prison lor embezzling $132,000. A fight occurred at Thompson's Springs, Utah, between cowboys and citizens. B. L. Terwilliger, a merchant, was killed. It has become known ihat the autopsy of Gen. Butler’s body showed that the bram was four ounces heavier than that of Daniel Webster. The National Woman Suffrage Association decided to meet in Washington every alternate year at tho beginning of the long session of Congress. The mutilated body of a young English woman, who was a bold mountain climber, has bceu found at the bottom of a ravino In the Lig.uorean Alps. The iron steamer John Ena is suppose 1 to have been destroyed by lire, in tho Pacific off Panama. A burning boat resembling the Ena was sighted. Charges of bribery are made against several members of tho Dos Moines, lowa, Common Council, in connection with water main rates. An investigation has been ordered. The will of Horace Smiih, fietd, Mass., loivncs a , to charl able an t benevolent institutions. rs the entire fortune lut $lO,000 Is left to relatives, that sum going lo a brother. During the trial of a divorce suit at ■Wichita, Kus., Oscar Bandars laused a disturbance by attempting to lor. ibly aecWre possession of his ohild. Judge lieod, who was tr tug the ease, left the bench,administered a found thrash.ng to the defendant, called tho court to drdar, and adjourned the hearing fox twenty-lour hours. a

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital, 030,000. Bnrplm, SIO,OOO Orlganlsad Augnst U, 1883. Offloara— T. T. Dorwfn, Preaidant; P. W. Smith, Vloe-Prealdent; R. 8. Peterson Caahler; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Derkea, J. H. Holbrook, B. J. Terveer, i. D. Hale and R H. Peteraon, Dlreotora. We are prepared to make Loana on sood security, receive Deposlta, furnish Domeetle and Foreign Exchange, buy and cell Government and Uanlclpal Honda, and farnmh Lettera of Credit available in any of the principal cltlea of Europe. Alao Poaaage Ticket to and tr„ni the Old World, Including transportation to Deoator. Adams County Bank Capital. $73,000. Surplus, 75,000. Organized in 1871. Officers— l). Htadabaker. President; Robt. B. Allison, Vloe-Prealdent; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking bnslneaa. Collections made In all porta of the country. Coruity. City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestlo Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul O. Hooper, Attorney at Law SeMfsr, - - Indiana, Jbl, Jhi. XjOD3H.XTJ>J"• Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind, Successfully treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. ERVIN, B. K. MANN, I. V, ERWIN <R MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office In Odd FetlowV Building, Decatur, Ind. France a merbyman. j. t. franc*. J. T. MBRRYMAS Attorneys at Xiaw, DECATUR, INDIANA. Offloe Nos. 1. Z and 3. over tho Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. HOUSE, L J. MIES EE, Proprietor, Decatur, Ind. Location Central—Oppoelte Court House. The leading hotel In the city. Q NEPTUNE, • DENIST. Now located over Holtbouse's shoe store, and la prepared to do all work pertoiuing to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty, By the nse of Mayo’s Vapor he Is enabled to extraot teeth without pain. All work warranted. Kent K. Wheeloctc, M. D. t EYE AND EAR SPECIALIST 94 Oalhoun-st. Fort Wavne, Ind. gBV D, NEUENSCHWANDER, M. D. HOMEOPATHIST. Berne, ... Indiana. Children and Chronlo Diseases a Specialty. Twenty yean experience. A. «. HOLLOWAY, Flxyalolaxv db Surgeon Offloe over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. All calls promptly attended to In city or oountry night or day. jyjas. H, L. HOLLOWAY, H. D. Offloe and residence one door north of V. 1$ church. Diseases of women and children specialties.

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Grand Rapids i Indiana Railroad Trains run on Central Standard Time. W minutes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect Sunday, Bept. *5. lstß. OOINO NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. T Cincinnati..lye SOfiam fUWpm Richmond 22l)pinlUM.. 1123 Winchester.... 1 17 .. 1157.. 12 23air. Portland 4 04.. 1235 pm 11)3 Decatur f. 10 .. 131 .. 918 Ft.Wayne...arr 600 .. 2 15.. 250 •• •• ...ive 2 35.. 3 10.. 805 am Kendallvllle 3 41.. 418.. 910.. Rome City 350 .. 431 .. 926 .. Woloottvlllo 4 01 9 31 .. Valentine 4 11 9 42 .. LaGrange 4 19.. 501 .. 951 .. Lima 4 29 10 08 .. Sturgis 4 40.. 5 20.. 10 19 .. Vicksburg 586 .. 6 20.. 11 09 .. Kalamazoo, arr . 005 12 01 .. •• ..lvc 3 45am 1010.. 710.. 1215 pm Or. Rapids..arr 615 .. 810 150 .. “ ’* ..Ive 720 am 10 30 .. 110 pm 200 .. D..GH.*Mcr 429 .. 10 46.. 7 27.. 2 14.. Howard City... 540 ~ IlfiU . 841.. 314.. Big Rapids 652 ..123«am 9 45.. 3 56.. Reed city 730 .. 108 420 .. Cadillac arr 1130.. 2 05.. 610 •• ....Ive 230 .. ....... 910 .. Traverse City 700 pm KHlkaska 3 48.. Potoskoy 635 .. 9Hi Mackinac City 8 00,, 1045 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 MacklnacClty. 715 pm 745 am 20npm Pctoskey 910 ~ 920 .. 345 Kalkaska 1238 .. 11 36 .. 602 Tra verso City.. 11 10.. 450 Cadillac ....arr 2 20am 115 pm 7 00.. 8 05am “ ....Ive 215 .. 1 35.. 660 pm 810.. Reed City 3 28.. 2 30.. 7 50.. 9 00.. Ilig Rapids 403.. 258.. 8 25.. 945.. Howard City.. 455.. 3 43.. 9 20.. 10 32.. D.G.H.AM.cr 6 05.. 5 05.. 10 25 .. 11 35.. Gr. Itaoids .arr 6 33.. 516 .. 11 00 .. 11 50 .. “ “ ..Ive 7 00.. 6 00.. 11 20.. 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 8 00.. 1255 am 340.. “ ..ive 855 .. 805 345 .. Vicksburg..... 924 .. 833 4 12.. Sturgis 10 19.. 920 6 06.. Lima 1032 .. 940 517 .. LaGrange ... .1044 .. 9 52.. 5 29.. Valentine 10 53.. 10 02 5 37.. Wolcottviile... 11 04 .. 10 14 5 47.. Rome City 1109.. 1019.. 568.. Kendallvllle... II 25 .. 10 39.. 6 08.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 50 7 15 .. ** •* ~.lve 100.. 1215 am 645 am Decatur........ 1 46.. 12 58.. 630 Portland 240.. 156.. 730,. Winchester.... 317 .. 2 36.. 809 Richmond 4 20.. 3 40.. 915 Cincinnati 700 .. 6.65. 1201 nm Trains 6 and 6 run daily between Grand Rapids and Ctncinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent. JEFF. BRYSON. Agent. Decatur, Ind. LOOK HEREI I am here to stay and oan sail Organs and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford ke sell them. I sell different makes. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable See me first and ura money. J. T. COOTS,Decatur, Ind, -oama. Scientific Americas Agency for -a I 1 49 sg Fa a ' e M J a ■ JB k n ? « 1 I V 1 k Jj iHaßßiy CAVEATS, TJ7ADE MARKS, *9ffI3Hre*FDESICN PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc* For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO.. 361 Broadway, New York. Oldest bureau for securing patents * n America. Every patent taken out by ns is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge in the g (ientific JimettfAtt Largest circulation of any scientific peper in tbs world. Splendidly illustrated. No intoHipeid roan should be without it. Weekly, l&SaOO i year; f 1.50 six months. Address MUNN & CO,

91.00 FOR A DECKER BROTHERS GRAND PIANO AND A YEAR S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER A Decker Era. Grand Upright ria:;o, CGGO.W A GlaJi.itcr Watch and Com ...... SO.CO A Lcmaire 24 lino Field Glasd. .... 20.C0 A Holman Parallel Bible 12 DO A Yenico Parlor Clock 12. W A His& Grade Safety Bicycle 125.00 An Elgin Watch and Boss Case. . . . 25.00 A Ilaydock Rice Coil Spring j Handy Tup Boggy j • • • • ‘ l "'.s« A Railway Watch in II Karat Cose . 75.00 A Life Scholarship in Watters’ t -r Commercial College t ’’ ’ ' 8 W A Six Octave Champion Organ .... 200.00 A Double Barrel Shot Gan 30.00 A Siiverene Case 7 jewel Watch. . . 10.00 A High Arm Improved Sewing Machine,ss.oo A 15 jewel Watch, Boss Case 36.00 A Five Octave Parlor Organ 150.00 A Gladiator Watch, Duebor Case. . . 30.00 A John C. Duebor Watch & Case. . . 40.00 Aud 82 other valuable premiums will be presented to yearly eutweribers 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 Fubscribers 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 Da; Berrios between Toledo, Ohio, )AND< St. Louis, Mo. free: ohair cars DAY TRAINS —MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CAI&/ ON NIGHT TRAINS! MfMEALS SERVED EN ROUTE, ant hoar, DAI OR RIQHT, at modtrat, cost. Ask for tickets ila Toledo, SL Louis A KootuCßj B. L Clover Leaf RouteFor further particulars, call on nawrart Agent at the Company , or address O. C. JENKINS. »mnl turner Atmt. TOLEDO, OHKX #Erie Lines. Scfteduls In e#»ct May IS. Trains Leave Decatur as Follow* TRAINS WEST. 50.5, Vestibule Limited, dally for I q~ .p u Chicago and the west I Vo. 3. Pacific Express, daily fori , u Chicago and the west f No. 1. Express, daily for'Chicago p u and the west f**" No. 3L Local , j10:35A-ll TRAINS EAST. Vo. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for I -.arr, W New York and Boston f ** Vo. 12. Express, daily ;for New I 1 Tta A. M. York > Vo. 2. Accommodation, dally ex-1 iaß P sr. ct’j t Sunday I XoeCO. Local I K>:3s A. SL . a J. W. DkLono. Ageot, Frank M. Caldwell, D. P. A. Huntington, tml.; F. W. Buskirk, A. G. P. A., Chicago, UL O. P. M. ANDREWS. I’lxyaioinu efc Surgeon MONROE.® INDIAN A.., Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. E. church, •’’* 26-* r ay l"». ■.■,■(.-4W* a Prof. L. H. Zelgler, Yeterluarj Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orchs Vi 2j tomv. Overotomv, Castrating, Rid* ling, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn ing, and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone’s hardware store. Decatur Indiana. ACENTS WANTED Good Solicitors only. Ladies or Genilemeu.for Weekly Enquirer. Profits from Sioo to so.ou a day. ENQUIRER GOMPANY, CINCINNATI, O. The Cincinnati EnJfairer and the Pkmocbat pnly one year for 2.30. Lev! Helson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. MONEY TO LOAN Da Farm Property on Long Tima. IVo Oomixxl mm loxx. Lew Bate of Interest. T’aynuexxtai In any amounts oan be made at an; tine aai •top interest. Cali on, or address,' A. K. ORUBB, or J. T. MANN, Offlee; Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur. • T. Hay, 11 ». Plxyaiiolaxxeb Burgeon Hearer. Indiana. Ail call* promptly attended to day or night Iffleo at residence. i. B. 8080, a T. 8080. Master Commissioner, 8080 & SON, ATTOKNKYB AT LAW. Seel Bstate and CoUeotlea, Desist. Lad.