Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1893 — Page 6

®h> DEOATUB, INDN BLACKBURN, . . - Pnui.T«n«a «— 1 y ■——■«■■■———— , \ 1993 MJK. 1803 Su Mo Tu We ITh Fr Sa ~\T T 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ® ® ® • ® ® ® ® * •_ iiii.T '•■ur.rr: , ' ■ = ==== WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR WAR IN CUBA. Spanish Officers Expects Frol rented Fight -An Indianapolis Family Found Dead |n Tholr Homo- Flood Tliro»l<-<ied-Ttoousands of Cattle Die In liwoda. MSCTERIOW DEATHS. An IniHiMinpolls Family Formcl Dead in the House. Indianapolis special: At about 8 o'clock the other morning Mom* tonith, aged 62, and his son, Oliver, aged 15, Bring at the corner of Annetta and Wells streets, North Indianapolis, yerp toand dead in bed, while Mrs. Smith was found in an unconscious condition upon the floor beside them, sh-i gio* was cold and stiff in death and bad apparently been dead several hours, while the father’s body was warm and life could hot have been extinct put a vs£T short time wlieo discovered. 1 Mrs. Smith was soon restored to consciousness, and is now suffering only from a severe bruise upon the head which might have been caused by fallhag upon the floor. The affair is shrouded in mystery, and ue theory as to its probable ciinse as yet advanced, seems to satisfy all the conditions and circumstances. The father Mid son slept In a bed room adjoining the kitohen, and Mrs. Smith slept upon a iMige in the kitchen, which contained a gasoline stove fitted up with natural gas. Some say that the people were asphyxiated, but this boobs hardly likely. Mrs. Smith sleeptag u» the room where the stove was must have been the most seriously affected. Both rooms were shut up tight aud gas would have had ss little chance erf escape from the kitchen as from the bed room. Marion Smith, a son of Moses Smith, and half brother to Oliver Smith, the first person on the scene, says there was no smell of gas when he went hi the House. PREPARING FOR WAR. Spoai.di Officers Expect a Protracted Fight in Cuba. Madrid special: The directors of the naval arsenals have been ordered to prepare war material for shipment to Cuba, and several regiments are getting ready tie embark. Spanish officers with long Cuban experience believe that operaions there will be protracted because fee rebels have chosen the worst lime <rf the year for their uprising, as fee rainy season is about to commence and this will seriously handicap the •naccll mated Spanish troops. The insurgents can retire to almost inaccessible retreats and will be aided by a sympathetic population in the prosecution of an interminable guerilla warfare should they be repulsed in a pitched fight. The roads of Santiago are impassable for artillery and baggage, aad all supplies must be taken to SanMage by sea. ft is officially announced that three ealumns of troops fare pursuing the Caban rebels between San Augustine and Las Lunas and that two Spanish gun boats will eruise along the coast. The Creole socities have visited the Cwbaa Governor and have assured him of their fidelity. Hall Slones as Big as an Orange. Alton (Ill.) special: The country aerthwest of this city was visited by a serere hailstorm. The average size of hall stones was large as an orange.’ one picked up at Melville measuring 17>j laches In circumference. At the Monticello seminary 300 window Rights were kaocked out. In many instances roofs were shattered by the falling bails of ice. The Missouri, Kansas and Eastern roads ■ew tracks were washed away, causing a loss of at least 8100,000. The MissisMppi is now two miles wide here, with fee prospects of reaching the disastrous stage of last year.

Flood Threatened. St. Louis special: Th<? Mississippi River Is rising and before the appex of •je flood is f reachod it will eclipse all previous floods in height, ruin, and devastation. The register at this city now marks thirty-one feet, or within twelve laches of the danger line and is rising at the rate of an inch per hour. Reports received from points above here state that the tributaries are rising fast and pouring torrents of water into the Mississippi. Tlie Session Ends. The Young Women’s Christian Association has just closed its' International •onvention at Toledo. The most important thing done by the convention was to take steps to organize the world’s association to take in the eastern countries of the old world. Thousands ot Cattle Dio. A cattle plague, imported from the Don country, where- 10,000 cattle have perished since January, is ravaging the southern governments of Russia. Hundreds are dying, and this will further impoverish districts already threatened with famine. Big Blaxo at Milwaukee. The dry goods establishment of Ed Schuster & Co., was completely de- ’ atroyed at Milwaukee. The loss will amount to about 8100,000. Honoring the Distinguished. Ex-President Harrison and Theodore G. Steele, the artist, have, as a special ■ark of honor, been transferred from the active lijt to the honorary list of ■embership’in the Indianapolis Literary «UD. Hungarian Crops Injured. - The drought has ruined the barley and oat crops of Hungary, and* unless rain falls speedily wheat, which is languishing, will be lost,. , r > Industrial luting Chicago special: Over 3,500 &< res of land in Hie vicinity of Chicagoliavebeen pur*iased or contracted for by the .Oil-c:-gi> Dock and Investment Company. This land is in three tracts. The largest. 2.345 acres, is at Maynard Stutldn, Lake Gouuty, lud., on the Monon route; the seeoßd traijt, 400 acres, is at MaftsonTn this county, on the Illinois Central and Helt Line roads,and the third.3l3’J acre’s, te at Pleasant Hill, In this county, near the extensive railroad system of the Stickney tract- The gigantic deal, though uniform In its financial backing, jvolvos the establishment of three disrtccl industrial towns, whleh are to be rapily as money and energy

tan do It. The company Is capitalized at 813,000.000 and has Issued 80.000,000 of bonds, taken by Chicago and Eastern capitalists. THB PROPOSITION, Which the New York Rankers Declined to AcoopC. Interest In the financial situation centers in New York. There are various surmises as to what will be the outcome of the attempt of Assistant Treasurer Jordan to bring Secretary Carlisle ana the New York bankers to an agreement. At present they seem to be far from a coincidence of views. Secretary Carlisle’s position Is generally approved by financiers. His proposition to the New York bankers amounts to this: Ho asked them tn loan the Government 850,000, 000 in gold for one year from May 1, the loan to be secured by ten years’ Government 5 per cent bonds, to bo Issued at 117J<, which would be equivalent to 3 per cent bonds. The bonds were to be placed in trust with the Secretary or a sub-Treasurer, and on tbe receipt of gold from banks, certificates were to be issued -to them, the Government to retain the right at the end of the year of paying off tbe loan in gold at 5 per cent In dofaultof this payment by the Government xttho end of the year the banks, according to the provisions, were entitled to surrender their certificates and take the bonds at 117 - The bankers declined this proposition. They offered gold to the amount of $30,000,000, but they wanted to make the obligation due on the presentation, and tardily agreed to concede thirty days grace after demand. In default of gold payment by the Government they wanted te include iho sticji'ation in advance that the iTnited States should Issue bonds to cover the amount Secretary Carlisle said this proposition on Its face looked like a trap, a devise of the clique, which is trying, as an incident to the gold exportation, to force an issue of bonds.

HOSTED. * Six People- Burned to Death In an lowa Tenement House. An old brick tenement house at 855 Jefferson Street. Burlington. lowa, was destroyed by fire and six of the inmates burned to death. The lodging house was conducted by a Mrs. Johnson. She and a young servant girl named Maggie Bailey were the only women in the building. i The lodgers were of the poorer class of ; laborers and mechanics; about tw’enty of ■ whom occupied tbe various rooms up- , stairs. So quickly did the fire spread i that the unfortunate victims were caught i like rats in a trap. The naines of the I dead are as follows: Michael Hines, a transient lodger. Michael Lee pf Chicago, a stove i moulder. John Morgan, a stove moulder, residence unknown. F. G. Schumann, a carpet weaver. Joseph Swindler of Bulington, a plasterer. An unknown boilermaker, supposed to be from Chicago. All were burned in a shocking and almost unrecognizable manner. Morgan’s feet were burned off and Schumann’s body almost fell to pieces when removed. The bodies were at once removed to the morgue, where hundreds of curious people viewed the Sickening ; sight. There are several suspicious cir- i cumstances connected with the fire, . which the Coroner will investigate. I The loss to the building and contents was probably $2,000, with small insurance. ' SHOT DOWN. White Men Murdered by Indians. Denver special: The long threatened war of the Navajo Indians against the settlers of the county In the vicinity of their lands has come at last, and with it the death of eight settlers. Such was the startling news deceived by AdjutantGeneral Kennedy in a telegram from Lieutenant Plummer, Indian agent of I the Navajos, in which he stated that the ■ white men had been murdered by the In- 1 dians, who are now at war with ! the settlers. He declared that the j situation is a very critical one, ! and 1 asked that the troops be called out to prevent further bloodshed. The ■ telegram was addressed to Gov. Waite, I but he is out of the city and the matter, was referred by Secretary Ixirenze to the 'Adjutant General. Lieut Plummer stated that the people below Durango are iu a wild state of excitement and grave fears are entertained lest the Indians continue their warfare along up the valley. In his message the Lieu tenant states that two battles have been fought already. In the first, five men were killed, all settlers, while at another encounter three more whites lost their lives, aud further bloodshed is anticipated.

MURDER MYSTERY. Cleared by the Contention of One of the Five Somerset (Ky.) special: Several weeks ago the body of Gilson New was found in the South Fork of the Cumberland River, twenty-live miles south of this place. While it was evident that the man had teen murdered, the mystery surrounding thecase could not be cleared. Recently William Neeley was arrested in Wayne County for breaking into Leo Dotson's store. He was taken to Monticello and incarcerated in the county jail at that place. Neeley sent to Sheriff Duncan and made a statement to him that be,',Tom Tucker, Sam Young. Mose Morrow, and Jerry Morrow killed New and threw him into the Cumberland. Neeley says that New was killed to keep him from implicating Mason Johnson in the killing of Josiah Keith at Greenwood several months ago, for which JohtifJohnson was sent to the penitentiary frrfm this place for two V“ars, and for which .Mason is yet to be tried ~ , TOWN DESTROYED By a Cyclone, Twenty lU-rsun. Being Killed. Cisco (Texas) special: A cyqlone struck this city the other night and the place Was literally wiped out of existence. It came almost without warning and lasted but two minutes, but in that time a number of precious lives, estimated at from fifteen to twenty, had been destroyed, over one hundred persons were badly injured, all but.one residence lav in riifns> and but one business block remained intact.-— —: — Hardly-had the storm passed when flames seized upon the ruins and fiiany of the Wounded had r arrowescapes from cremation. The ..volunteer lire department succeeded in gaining control • over rha flames after an hour’s work. The it.habitants are homeless, and the greater part without food. Neighboring towns -an: -ending provisions. The loss proje-rty Is over S2,Oik>, 000. I lllcini I I. UXI'LOSIOV Terrpm^ 4 l-auie ala Uhurch Pair at I airview, J-a. I) o.'.z a;, < uU-rtkinment at the MethTWTst.civo'i, at Faint< w, Pa., a terrible pam- 5... t. ..< 3byth - <-tplowoi) of a mi't ..< c! p'/T.<Jer, o<<:d to produce voi/,’i'd i.vi.'.. the ta .baox. lecoTfng Iznlo-d ; . f ,4 -nppajjog. When the '•tpio'o< the ‘ iiurch was pai-Kcii Fitt. psopie M‘o, women, and ‘•ldldfci. h.*-> a w a<J f „,h fer itn> doors ami trump u o<* Aoutje-r In their wild rush to **.»j*. Ho *a« killed

I outright, but some are so seriously > i jnred that tholr deaths uro probable. i Mrs. George Edwards was holding a baby in her arms, and the child was torn from her and stepped on and •kull fractured. Many wore taken out i unconscious. After the Ponxionera. The acting commissioner of pensions, 1 Mr. I). I. Murphy, has transferred about ' fifty clerks who have heretofore beeK employed on what Is known as statistic cal work, but which, so far as ho can 1 see, is of no value to the office, to cur- ’ rent work, In order to facilitate the bringing up of the business todate. Mr. Murphy Is decidedly of the opinion that among the 958,000 pensioners on the rolls of the bureau there are manv fraudulent cases, and with a view to purging the lists of such as can bo reached, he has issued an order to special examiners in the field directing them to use all dilligencc in searching out such cases as require the attention of the* bureau. . Gasoline Kxplosion. A terrific gasoline explosion occurred at tbe residence of George Hannum.' Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Hannum wasen-j gaged in exterminating insects In the/ furniture by use of gasoline. She had a gallon bucket half full of gasoline in her hand, when it caught lire from a stove near by. Mrs. Hannnm was frightfully burned, but it is believed that she will survive her injuries. Her mother, an aged lady, was blown through a doorway into the backyard, out miraculously escaped serious injury. The house caught fire from the burning gasoline and was considerably damaged. Mother-In-LnTriumph. James O. Barrett of Farmland, Ind,, has been placed under SI,OOO bond by the Federal Commissioner at Indianapolis, for interferrlug with the mails. Barrett disliked his mother-in-law and forbade her writing to his wife. Thereupon the old lady wrote to a servant employed by tbe Barrett family, and Mr. Barrett recognizing the handwriting destroyed the letter. This fact came /to the knowledge, of the mother-in-law and Barrett now finds himself In the grasp of the Government r Undoubtedly Insane. The physicians who have made an examination of the mental condition of I William Townsend, the man suspected ;of having had designs upon the life of i Prime Minister Gladstone, certify that ’ Townsend isja lunatic, and he wiH.probal bly be removed in a short time to an i asylum for the insane. Tbe police, howi ever, attach importance to the arrest, i and hope to be able to discover that I some one was behind Townsend, inclti ing him to the assassination of Mr. Gladstone. Terrible Crime. At Wolf Lake, a small town near Warsaw. Ind., Theopolis Pendleton, a miller, returned home drunk and started a quarrel with his wife, which terminated by Pendleton’s striking his wife in the left temple, killing her instantly. He then Seized their six-months-old babe from its cradle, and pounded its head to a jelly on a cook stove. Then he set fire to his dwelling, and cut disown throat with a razor. The fire was extinguished by neighbors before it had gained any headi way.

Sounds from the Grave. A peasant was bnried alive recently in the village of Maruenteo, Government of Kalooga, Russia. The discovery of the facts was through peasants, who, hearing sounds coming from the grave, notified the authorities. When the body was exhumed a horrible sight was revealed. The shroud was torn to pieces, the face of the corpse was badly lacerated, one of the eyes was torn out and some of the fingers were bitten off. An Engine Gets Into the Chicago River. Chicago special: A freight train on the Illinois Central Rkilroad dashed into the Ninety-second street bridge just at the moment when the tender, James Jenson, was swinging it The bridge had moved six inches and the engine was derailed,running into Jenson's house and going into the river, carrying Jenson down, who was drowned. The engineer and fireman escaped by jumping into the water and swimming ashore. Bishop Brooks' Successor. The high churchmen of the Episcopal Church met in conference at Boston, and. after discussing the situation for two hours and a half, with reference to the election of a Bishop to succeed Phillips Brooks, passed a resolution recommending to the diocese In convention Rt, Rev. William Hobart Hare, D. D., Missionary Bishop of South Dakota for election of Bishop of the. diocese. Cloud Burst in Illinois. Terrlfflc storms and floods visited Central Illinois recently. At Virginia, a cloud burst and caused a great deal of damage. The nursery and floral stock ot Andy Reither were almost swept away. Cellars were flooded and bridges washed away. Hail storms at Springfield, Illiopolis, and Carlisle swept the buds from the trees and smashed window glass right and left. Welsh's Murderers Released. A courier just in from .Farmington, N. M., says that Gen. Plummer, fearing trouble, has released the murderers of Welsh. It is thought that he was overpowered, as he had no troops with hint

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OPENED TO THE WORLD —-X. — ■ THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION IS A REALITY. Frecldeat Cleveland Tanches the Electric Batton that Seto the Mnn.troue Engknra Going—Simple bnt ImprewOve Ceremonies at the Formal Ope dug. Gates Now Alar. The Columbian Exposition Is a reality. President Cleveland has touched the button, the world hail already done the rest. This greatest of all great fairs is now open to the public in all its splendor and international magnificence. Gorgeous in her festal decorattons, radiant with the life and spirit of her people and the myriad hosts of visitors from many lands, Chicago has gracefully celebrated this crowning event of her marvelous history, and in Atting manner received her distinguished guests who graced that notable occasion. The language of the order of exercises conveys no thought of the picturesque grandeur that made the day a notable one In the world’s history—a day upon which the nations of earth assembled together In a city, itself ono of the wonders of the century, and jointly took account of stock to discover how well have been improved the opixirtunities of the ages and what have been the moral and material ach evements of civilization. But in the quickening activity of the people and their evident delight as the day approached, in the settled purpose of every citizen of Chicago to make tbe occasion ono of appropriate significance and personal pride, was contained the promise of a day as unprecedented in its interest i||

1 iflf iHUIIsu l IkWj, & * WilliiHHS L & gMta juMg r, | J TOTO | THE CEREMONIES IN FRONT OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

and pleasure as it will be in its influence upon the future development of the world. Beginning with Friday great events followed each other in rapid succession. It wag eminently.fitting that the arrival of the old liberty bell, that in truth "rang out the old, rang in the new." when the Union was born, should be

I |J [■- AL— ’’ w 0 wi bfMr R i — « 1— jM Is—L wWI 12* , (Set in motion by President Cleveland.)

first, to receive the honors of the time. Friday evening arrived the relic of that day when was trumpeted to the world the declaration of American liberty which so startled the monarchs of the earth. Saturday morning at 11 o'clock th* TUB duke or VEBAGUA Duke of Veregua, a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus, together with his party, reached the Union depot and were escorted to the Auditorium hotel by a troop of cavalry, a battery of artillery, and a regiment of Infantry. The battery of artillery then moved io the lake front and fired a salute in honor of the duke. President Cleveland and members of the Cabinet and their ladles arrived at the same depot an hour later, and the same body of troops that had escorted the duke met and escorted the President’s party to the Lexington. Formal reception of President Olevoiand to the State, tho city, and the World’s Fair was extended before the arrival at tho depot by Governor Altgeld, Mayor Harrison and Director General Davis, who met the Presidential train at the State lino and accompanied them to the city. To Jackson I*»rk. Monday morning bright and early the movement toward Jackson Park began. Carriles were ordered for the ducal party at the Auditorium at 8 o'clock. Ab early as 8:30. acdompanled by the citizens’ committee representing the State Department and a proper military escort, tho ducal party moved south on Michigan boulevard. At the Lexington the ducal party joined the Presidential party, and the procession, composed of regiments of troops, tho Chlcogo Hussars, (jfetingulsheji guests to oarrigg#*,

metnbtM of the national commission and the local boArd, and a host of ci titans aud visitors, moved toward Jackson Burk. X The formal opening exercise* took place on a platform erected tn front of the Administration Building, where nearly 100,000 people oohld witness the

ON THE WAY TO THE FAIR GROUNDS.

proceedings, even if they couldn’t hear the speeches. The place of holding these exercises was determined upon after long contention between two factions of the local directors, one of which desired to have the ceremonies held in the small hall in the presence of about 2,000 invited gut sts.

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The Board of Control suddenly concluded, however, that it had something to say concerning the opening programme, and President Palmer, Director General Davis and Secretary Dickinson, by a few strokes of the pen, upset the plans of the Exposition Ceremonies Committee. At the east front of the Administration Building

afld In the shadow of Its gilded dome, a great platform was accordingly erected. The large or main platform had seating capacity for nearly 2,000 persons. In front of them was a smaller platform for President Cleveland, the Duke of Veragua and suite, the ’President’s Cabinet, foreign commissioners and other guests of honor, numbering about sixty In all, To the right and left of the President’s stand were seats for about 250 members of the press, and back of all was the orchestra. Among the distinguished guests were members of the Diplomatic Corps, Judges of the Supremo Court, members ot Congress, Governors of States, National Commissioners,World’s Fair Directors, members of tho Board of Lady Managers, members of the Illinois Legislature, Chicago City Council, members of the Board of Education, Park Commissioners and a select list of dignitaries, social, collegiate and official. The Opening'ExercUe*.

When all had been seated the orchestra opened the exercises by rendering the “Columbian March." Prayer ■ was then offered by the Rev. W. H. burn, chaplain of the United States

_ , - 58THE WOMAN’S BUILDING.

Senate. Miss Jessie Couthoui followed by reading a poem, “The S’jophecy, written by W. A. Croffut. of Washington. After an orchestral Director General Davis / 101 l the address. President Cleveland responded,” and when he baa finished ho pressed a small eleohio button, the monster engines moved, st&rtinix tho niftchinory in tn? spraj’e^ U revenue cuttetastand-

World’s Colombian Exposition was a thing of life. Following the ceremonies in the administration I uilffings President Cleveland was given a luncheon. President Uleveland, escorted by President Palmer, of the National Commission, proceeded to the restaurant on

the third floor of the building. Here they found a circular table, forty feet in diameter, awaiting their arrival. President Cleveland occupied the seat of honor, President Palmer faced him across the table, while Mrs. Palmer, President of the Woman's Board, and President Higinbotham, of the local directory, faced each other exactly half way round the circle from Mr. Cleveland. The total number of guests was limited to seventy, and included the cabinet officers and their ladies, the Duke of Vcragua and his suite, officers of the lady managers and national commission, officers of the directory, the Governor of Illinois, and Mayor of Chicago. Forty-four colored waiters, representing the number of States in the Union, served the luncheon. After the luncheon was over an official reception of the President of the United States and the officials of the World’s Columbian Commission and the World's Columbian Exposition by the various foreign Commissioners was

held in the United States section of the Manufactures Building. DROVE THE LAST NAIL SATURDAY. Ceremonies Attendant Upon the Completion of the Woman’s Building. Not the least important feature of the completion of the Woman’s Building were the ceremonies Saturday afternoon, at 4 o’clock, attending the presentation of special articles, driving the last nail, and the acceptance of decorated rooms bf the President. The order of exercises was the driving of the nail which was placed by Mrs. Palmer In the proscenium arch over the platform in the Assembly Hall; presentation of silk flag by Florida delegate. The rooms were presented in the following order by chosen representatives: Connecticut, K entucky, California, Cincinnati room (the only city represented in a room), and New York. Immediately after the opening ceremonies Monday, the Woman’s Building was dedicated, the programmeconsisting of an address by "Mrs. Potter Palmer President of the Board of Lady Managers, and music by a chords of women's voices. • The event was one of extreme simplicity and was ot interest to visitors of both sexes. Telegraphic Clicks. Illinois miners demand an increase in pay. A dispatch from Simla, India, says that Lieut Gen. Sir James C. Dormer, the military commander in Madras, has

Tv’ * ’ PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. been severely injured in an encounter with a tiger. Russian peasants who desired topresent a petition to the Czar lay across the track in front of the royal train. A

confllct occurred between the peasants and tho train guards and a number of persons were killed. . The Reading Railroad Company will probably issue $30,000,000 of bonds, at 0 per cent. O. E. Mink is the new Vice President of tho Union Pacific. A. E. Orr is Chairman of tho. Board of Directors. A P. Hepburn, ex-Comptroller of Currency, has assumed the Presidoncy

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANC Oapital. szo.ooa Surplus, 810,001 I Orlsantaed Auouit U, USA Oflem-T. T. Donrin, PrMldent; P. W. Itatfe, Vlee-pNaldMt; R, 8, Pennon Caihler; T. gi Dorwin, p. w. Smith, Htnry DerkM, J. M. 1 Holbrook, B. J. Tvtw, J. DI Balo and A A Fatorton, Dlraotoya Wa ara praparad to make Leant on good aoeurtty, Noatvo Dwpotlti, furnlth Domestic and Foraton Exchange, buy and soil Government and Municipal Bonds, and tarnish Letters et Credit arallablo in any of the principal cities of Knroua. Also PassMa Ticket to and from the Old World, Including transportation to Decatur. ■ — Adams County Bank Offloere—D. Studebaker. President; Bobt. B. Allison, Vice-President; W. H. Niblick, Cathlee. Do a general banking business. Collections made In all parts of the country. County. City and Tovnahlp Orders bought Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought an* sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul G. Hooper, Attox*xi.ey- at X*axREF Decefer, . . rnrßnna. JEJ. XI. XsoBXLTJKT. Veterinary Surgeon, Monroe, Ind, Successfully treats all diseases of Horses an* Cattle Will respond to calls at any time. Prices resonable. ■nvnt, a. x. Hunt, x. n. ERWIN <t> MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office In Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur, In*. "LIRANCB * MEHUYMAN. - j. t. ntairaa. A? 1.1. MZRRYHAH Attorney* «,t XMrvcr. DZCATUB, INDIANA. Office Noe. 1,2 and 8. over tho Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty, f —— ” ■' ' ' T 1 ~ A. CL HOLLOWAY, JPlxy ailolAbxx cfe Burgeon Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. K. church. All calle promptly attended to tn city or country night or day. M. L. HOLLOWAY, M. ». Office and residence ono door north of M. * church. Diseases of women and children specialties. , Fix y aslolnexxofe Mursfeosfe ■onree, ... Indian*. AH calls promptly attended to day er afekfe Moe at residence.

J. B. 8080, B. T. 8080. Easter Commissioner. 8080 A SON, ATTORNEYS at LAW, Bml Brtrtt tad OqUmUob, DtcAtur, O.P. ■. ANDBEWE, 3E*lxy aiolAxa Burgeon MONBOB. INDIANA. Officeand residence 2nd and 3rd doors west eg M.B. church. »* Prof. L H. Zeigler, Veterinary /V*W Surgeon, Modus Operand!. Oroho 'i ZJ tomy, Overotomy, Castrating, Bldg ifng, Horses and Spaylnfc Cattle and Dehor* Ing, and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone’s hardware store. Deoatur Indiana. J. S. Ooverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas, M A. DOCTORS Coverdale & Thomas Office ovr Pieroe's Drugstore. Decatur, Ind Rt. F. COSTELLO, A Surseoxi, Office over Terveer's hardware store. Bertdenoe on Third street, in the old ■ Derkej £roperty. All calls promptly attended to i city or country, day or night Lui Kelson, Veterlurj Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cue. Decatur and Short streets. JQ. NEPTUNE. . DENIST. Now located over Holthouse’, shoe store, and Is prepared to do all work pertaining to the dentalprofeß«ion. Gold filling a speciuty, By the use of Mayo's Vapor he is enabled to extraat teeth witnout pain. AU work warranted. MONEYTO LOAN On fam Property on Long Hase. Wo CoxxkxaxiaolONE. Law Bate of Intaseek. WMrtlol P*yme»tffi to any aarauata eaa be made as My ttaM aad atop Intereat. CaU on, or address, XX. GRUBB, f F. MJJfJTt OffiMi Odd miows' Building, Denotes.

... J ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE.