Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1893 — Page 7

gM' - ■Business Directory ■the oecatur national bank. H I Capital. 850,00a Surplus, *IO,MO ■ Origan I sod August U, MOO. M Offlo«rs-T. T. Dorwln, I’r.sldsnt; P. W. Baal th. M Vtoa-Pruidant; K. H. Patarson Cashier; T. T. ■ Dorwln, P, W. Smith, Henry Derkes, J. K. ■ Klbrook, B.J. Terveer, J. D. Bala and B OL Pataraon. Directors. aS We are i-reixrad to make Loans on good aaaa- £■ rlty, resolve Deposits, lurnlsh Domostio and Foreign Kiohanja, buy and aall Government ■V and Manlnlpal Bonds, and furnish lattsrs al M Credit available in any of the principal cities ■>'« Intopa. Also Paaaua Ticket to and from BB tha Old World, including transportation to ■ Decatur. ■ Adams County Bank ■ Capital 976,000. Surplus, 16,000. ■ Organized In 1071. ■ Officers—D. Studebaker. Preaident: Robt. B. ■ AUl.on, Vice-President,' W. H. Niblick, Cashier. H Do a general banking business. Colleotloag ■ made In all parte of tha country. ■ Ooomy. City and Township Ordera bought. M Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and ■ gold. Inlereit paid on time dapoalta. I Paul G. Hooper, H Attorney nt Uctxnr ■ Decatur, - - Indiana. I EJ, I3C. I Veterinary Surgeon, ■ MConroe, Ind, ■ Successfully treats all diseases of Horaea and ■ Cattle. Will respond to calls at any time. ■ Prices reconcile. I mnn num. »■ *• I ERWIN <C MANN, I ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, | And Notaries Public. ■ Pension Claims Prosecuted, ■ Office in Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur, Ind. I tarance a MERRYMAN. J. T. TRAMtrn. ■ J? J. T. MUBBYMAM Attorney* *t Uatw, DICATCB, INDIANA. Office Noe. 1, 2 and 8, over tho Adams County Bank. Collections a A.«. HOILOWAT, FHyßlolan «*» »ur«oon Office over Burns’ harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. AU calls promptly attended to In city or country night or day. M, la HOLLOWAT, M. ». Office and residence one door north of M. * church. Diseases of women and ohlldrea spedailies. __________________. ffi. T. May, ■■ J*liy«loi44nabffiurg*on ■onroo, ... laUaa*. AD calls promptly attended to day a* night Office at residence. «. B. 8080, B. T. 8080. Maatav Commissioner. 8080 ffi SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Baal Batata and Collection, Decatur, Ind. O. P. M. ANDREWS, I’Tiyoioian «*» Burgoon MONROE. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. B. church, ** Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary jWM Surgeon, Modus Operandl, Oroho M Z.J tomy. Overotomy, Castrating, Rldg ifng, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn Ing, and treating their diseases. Office over 1 H. Stone’s hardware store. Decatur Indiana. 3. 8, Coverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas, MD. DOCTORS Coverdale & Thomas Office ovr Pierce’s Drug store, Decatur. Ind H. F. COSTELLO, Physician & Surgeon, *' Office over Terveer’s hardware store. Residence on Third street, in the old Derkes property. All calls promptly attended to In city or country, day or night Litl Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. T Q. NEPTUNE, J. DENIST. If IVJ YY i IT Now located over Holthouse’s shoe store, and Is prepared to do all work pertaining to the dental profeeslon. Gold filling a specialty, By the nee of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. MONEY TO LOAN Oa Farm Property on Long Tima. MTo Cona.xnl«»ion. Low Bate of Interest. JPaurtl*! Faymenla In any amount, eaa bo made at any time aat atop interest. Call oa, or address, J. X. GRVRB, t J. r. MANN, Offioot Odd Fellows’ Building, Decatur. * ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING HUM UECIIW AT THIS OFFICE.

fi TANGLE OF HEARTS. The Presided of a Bachelors’ Club Falls a Victim to Love. WRITTEN BY E. S. VAN ZILE. *

CHAPTER I,^—Continued. Wo returned to the ball-room soon Mer. Dr Chapman was waiting with Agnes.' For a man in middle life he was extremely graceful, and hie partner seemed to enjoy her waltz with him. I began to think It was time I made some impression on Fernshaw's Inamorata. I was anxious to see whether she was really the coquette she appeared to bo. “May I have a dance, Miss Upton?" I asked, approaching her. “I have none left,” eho raid, smilingly, “but I am very tired. If we could find a retired corner, I might escape the next number." I felt Hattered, and, offering my arm, bore her away In triumph. As we passed Fernshaw I saw that his face wore a look of despair. Foolish boy! He seemed to forget that emotion Is considered by society eminently vulgar. We pushed our way through the crowd, and at length found a quiet little nook where we could converse unobserved and uninterrupted. “You are fond of society?" I asked, as I threw a wrap around her white shoulders. “I don’t know,' she replied, musingly. “I don’t think I am. But I don't want to be neglected.” “Then you go through all this kind of thing from pride, not affection.” “Yes; I suppose so. But what can a woman do? She has to have some excitement Perhaps It doesn't pay, in the end; but then, what does pay? Society and life are much the same. Aft<r wo have passed through them we find there was nothing In them. But this fact does not render suicide or seclusion any the more attractive. ’’ I gazed at her in surprise. Youth, beauty, health, admiration were here, but she spoke and looked as though she were weary from wisdom and wise from weariness. “Your argument is sound, but you are too young to consider society the only alternative to a nunnery or prussic acid. How about the quiet joys of domestic life?” She laughed outright. “The joys of domestic life! Your question proves that you are a bachelor. What does marriage offer to a New York girl? She becomes the vanquished ' rival of a club, the lonely watcher for a husband’s late return, either a spiteful gossip or a moping invalid. But, like death, it is a fate which must be borne. Yes, I suppose that will be the outcome of It all.” She looked at me musingly, as though in search of sympathy. She was so confidential, so trustful, that it seemed to me I had known her for years. As I gazed into her large dark eyes, I regretted that as a member of the committee I had not been ordered to take charge of her. I could readily understand how Fernshaw had lost his heart to her, and I even began to suspect that Barnes, the cynical and worldly, would find it difficult to resist her subtle charm. “I should judge, then,” I remarked, “that your marriage, when it occurs, will be simply a ceremonious conformity to the customs of society. You do not seem inclined to fall in love.” “Love! Love! What is love?” she asked. “An ancient question,” I replied. “How will this do for a definition? Love for a being of the opposite sex Is that feeling of affection which demands expression at all hazards." “Well said," she exclaimed. “You have placed the passion In a philosophic light. Love must be delightful. I should like to fall in love.” She glanced at me wistfully. There was a far-away look in her eyes and there really was no reason why I should turn red. But I did. I was an old hand at this kind of thing, and knew by instinct that Barnes was in her mind, but for a moment I longed to take her in my arms and tell her to love her father’s 1 committeeman with all the ardor of her youthful heart. “I wonder what Mr. Fernshaw will thinkl" she exclaimed a moment later, looking at her dance-card. I followed her gaze and saw that I had stolen my young brother’s turn. My conscience troubled me, and I hurriedly offered her my arm. We returned to tho ballroom. "The Cotillon is about to begin," rema ked Barnes, as he joined us. “We had better find a place.” Miss Upton took his arip and whispered to me: “I will give you my first favor." I moved away gloomily. I did not Intend to dance the verman, and I was annoyed to' think that the words of this girl had led me to regret that I was not as handsome as Barnes or as young as Fernshaw. • As I entered the coat-room I found the latter talking to Mr. Upton.. "Do you dance the cotillion?” I asked Fernshaw. “No,” he answered, crossly. “Won’t you join me in a cigar at the club, then,?” I asked, including Mr. Upton in my invitation. They both accepted and a moment later we were hurrying up sth avenue. “Who is this Mr. Barnes who paid Agnes so much attention to-night?" asked Mr. Upton, as we seated ourselves at a table in the club diningroom and ordered a bottle of champagne. "A broker quite well known on the street. He has made a great deal of money in the last few years," I answered. “Nice-looking follow. Seems to be a gentleman,” remarked the old man. “Perhaps,” spoke up Fernshaw, “but he dresses too well. Don’t you think so?” Mr. Upton looked at the speaker in surprise. He seemed to suspect that Fernshaw was sarcastic. I began to fear that I had done an imprudent thing in bringing the young man and Mr. Upton together. “Well, I don’t know,” answered tho latter, slowly, “lie can afford to, perhaps. He has made his pile. ” This was a homo thrust, and Fernshaw sipped his wine nervously. He had not “made bls pile," and he red- j dened at the thought. His father, It Is : true, was a rich man, but Fernshaw , owned nothing himself, and was conscious that in tills age of the world poverty is a crime. v “Yes, I like the looks of Barnes,"continued Mr. Upton. “I must ask hm to dine with us. Bring him with you tomorrow, Fernshaw. I think you are booked, are you not’" • “Yes. But I hardly feel that I know Mr. Barnes well enough to ta«o such a liberty. Hadn’t you better write him a line?” Fernshaw was pale with anger, but Mr. Upton did not notice his emo.ion. “You'ie right, I will" The old n an Sent for some nolo i aper, and, having laboriously io<npo-td a rather st Ited. invitation, placed it in Fernshaw’s hands. V

“Mrs. Upton said you were to return for her. Give that to Barnes when you get to the hall, will .iou?” Fernshaw bowed, and a few moments later bid us adieu. Poor boy, the world had used him badly that night! There was a desperate look in his eyes as he left tho room, and I felt that In his rage ho would destroy the note when he got outside. It is a dangerous thing to drive a passionate young man too far. CHAPTER lit. A week passed'by, and the committee had accomplished a large amount of work. Barnes, Chapman and myself had proved acceptable to the Uptons, and we had been taken Into the family as old friends. Fernshaw grew more and more disturbed, and was always on the verge of an outbreak. Agnes seemed to maintain a perfect poise and showed no preference toward any one of us. Matters were in this condition when the club met, two weeks after the committee had been appointed. The gathering took place at my rooms, and, moved by an Inexplicable impulse, I had prepared a handsomer entertainment than was customary. We met at 10 o’clock. After we had partaken of salads, birds and a few bottles ot Roederer, we wore ready for business, but Fernshaw had not appeared. As he was in the habit of being punctual, it was evident he had temporarily deserted us. Nothing of interest took place until the president called for "reports of committees.” Dr. Chapman arose and said that the committee in the Fernshaw affair begged leave to report progress. “That won’t do,” exclaimed Barnes, rising excitedly. Then, as if suddenly remembering the words of the Book of Forms, he folded his arms and solemnly remarked, “I am the victim of a woman.” There was an awful silence in the room for a moment. Tragedy was in the air and our president turned pale. “You are in love,” he managed to return at length. “I am," answered Barnes. “May Heaven protect you,” murmured the club, fervently. ‘‘Her name?” exclaimed the President, sternly. “Agnes Upton,” said Barnes. An earthquake could not have created greater consternation than resulted from his words. I felt the blood rush to my face, for I realized that I might have to follow the example set by the club’s “Apollo.” Before I could arise, however, Dr. Chapman was on his feet. “I am the victim of a woman,” he said. “You are in love,” whispered the President, as though he were gazing at a ghost “I am," answered Chapman, cere- , moniously. “May Heaven protect you,” muttered the club, perfunctorily. “Her name?" queried the President, ominously. • “Agnes Upton.” “Is this a joke?” cried the President, i In anger. “What do you mean?” I sprang to my feet, folded my arms, and looked calmly at the President. “I am the victim of a woman,” I said. 1 “What’s this?” The President’s voice ' rang out in tones that stirred the hangings and made the fire llicker in the grate. Are you all mad? Has Agnes Upton bewitchad you—for I suppose you, too, are her slave?” I bowed low in answer and sat down. No one spoke for some time. Not a man in the room dared to move. It was a great relief to see the President take a cigar from Me pocket and hastily light it His ha'r seemed to have grown whiter in the last ten minutes and his good-natured face wore an expression of mingled disgust and perplexity. “I’m glad Brother Fernshaw is not here,” he managed to remark after a time. We all said “amen" to this in our hearts. “Move the report of tho committee be accepted,” said one of the brethren ' presently. “Whatdo you mean?” asked the President. “The committee has reported altogether too much progress. It must be discharged at once. I have never been so thoroughly nonplused in the whole course qf my career. I was anannoyed at Fernshaw for falling in love, and here I find three men of wildly different tAstes who have succumbed to the same influence which destroyed the peace of our youngest brother. It is very evident that the present status ot ’ this affair threatens the very existence of our club. Four of our brethren are ’ now in love with the same woman. Four of us, fortunately a majority, still remain free from the witchery of Agnes Upton. But what shall I do? It is my duty to protect Fernshaw and I dare not expose any more of the brethren to the fatal influence of this woman. Some action must be taken at onee.' I really don’t know what course to follow.” Barnes arose. “I would suggest,” he said, “that you yourself, Mr. President, take the place ot our committee of three. As you say, four of the brethren now love Agnes Upton. But we are still loyal to the club and will gladly abide . by y< ur decree. It would give me great pleasure to make your task as easy as it can be. May I not present you to the Uptons?" I thought I caught the gleam of malice in the “Apollo’s” handsome eyes, but my nerves were too much shaken for me to oppose the suggestion he had made. Alter all, perhaps it was best to place the matter in one man’s hands. We were bound by our oath to obey the command of our President in all affairs of the heart, and I realized that he was a man who would act justly in a case of : this kind. “Your proposition is acceptable tome. Brother Barnes,” said the President, after pondering the suggestion in silence for a time. “If there is no objection from the club, I will discharge the present committee on the Fernshaw case and appoint myself in their place. But ; what am Ito do? The question at present before us is very diffeient from the i one which came up at our last meeting. Then it was for us to decide whether Fernshaw would be happy if he married Miss Upton. Now lam called upon to say which one of four m n has the best right to sue for Miss I pton’s hand. I really teel.Jh.at the’respons.billty is too great for one man to discharge. ” I Dr. Chapman arose hurriedly. His voice betray> d suppressed emotion, and he seemed to be making a strong effort to niainta.n his so f-control. ‘NH at rliy i.ot at al, Mr. President. You are ust the man for this task. Wu all repose con it ience in your justice, your Io aity to . the prinoqles of tiie club, ami your knowledge of human nature. Now, it should be borne in hi nd that only one ot us can n.ar y Agnes Upton. Three out of the io«r

■ must still remain bachelor* and mem- | bere of the club. It la well, therefore, i that there should be no hard feelings i between us. We should remember ' that, thouuh we are rivals In love, we i are brethren by choice. Alter looking tho ground over with great care, wo expect you, Mr. Piesldent, to decide which one of tho quartette shall remain in the field. Arbitration is a great i modern principle, and may well be employed in such a case as this." “1 agree with Brother Chapman," I said. “He has spoken well," remarked Barnes. And so It was settled that our president should take upon him tho settlement of the most stupendous complica- , tion that had ever agitated the L peaceful circles of our club. But it was with heavy hearts that my friends left my rooms that night. They all j seemed to feel that the luture promised to be stormy, and our present, as ho walked slowly through the hull, looked depressed and anxious. 1 returned to my lonely parlor, lighted i a c tr r and watched the fitful frolics of the dying blaze. I had not intended to confess my love for Agnes Upton to the club, but had been forced to that step in self-defense. In fact, 1 had hardly dared to acknowledge to myself that ! tho passion which had seized me at the , bail, had grown in force during ihe«ucceeding fortnight. But so it was. I, who had given up all thou ht < of matrimony, now longed passionate!: to make ' a life companion of Agnes Upton. A ,d, behold, 1 hud three rivals! 1 I sat in reverie until the clock struck two, but the more I pondered the problem the more I became convinced that when four men love the eame woman not even tho worldly wisdom of such a man as our President can beget a satisfactory outcome. CHAPTER IV. Agnes. Upton had an interesting ex- ; perience during the next two weeks. 4^l ]oU ßh our committee had been discharged, Barnes, Chapman and myself • were not obliged to desert our new 1 friends, and not a day passed that one ; of us, or perhaps all of us, did not call at the Upton mansion. Our President was also very assiduous in his attentions and even went so far as to take Agnes and Mr. Upton out driving twice or thrice. The Uptons, of course, did not realize that there was any bond between the new admirers of Agnes. Five,members ot the club had become intimate with the Uptons, but the existence of our organization was unknown to them, and ‘ when we met in their drawing-room there was a coldness in our manner 1 towards each other which disarmed 1 suspicion. This coldness was in part affected and in part the outcome of the fact that four of us were rivals for the hand of Agnes. ' s One evening we were all asked to dine I at the Uptons’. Fernshaw whs present, and turned red when rffj fcaw our ' President enter the room. The young man had been out of town for some days and did not know that the head of I our club had become the arbiter of his I fate. 1 Mrs. Upton, who, by the way, had ■ never been cordial to me, frowned when 1 she saw how warmly I was received by • her step-daughter. Agnes and I had • become good iriends, and she treated > me with more frankness than she did my rivals. Whether this was an en- ‘ j couraging fact I had not been able to , t determine. Timeo Danaos et dona 1 ferentes. For “Danaos” read “wom< n.”, I was separated from Agnes at dinner. and was obliged to make myself i agreeable to an elderly woman, who talked continually about the English , nobility and seemed to have been read- * ing Burke’s “Peerage” before she left; home. Fernshaw was seated by a , pretty debutante, but kept his eyes fixed constantly on Agnes, who was making , herself fascinating to’ our President. Chapman and Barnes w: re snowed under somewhere on the other side of » the table. There were several handsome women > present, but the face of Agnes was bei yond all rivalry. j “She is a queen,” I exclaimed abstractedly. , “No, no—a duchess,” returned the i matron at my side, looking at me as* s though she considered me woefully ig-' s norant. I don’t know to whom she rer ferred, tut I remembered vaguely that : she had been talking about some Ameri ican girl who had mairied a titled for- ■ eigner. Mr. Upton was in high spirits. He was not a witty conversationalist, but t his cordiality as a host made up for a i certain lack of tact apparent in his r manner. “You have been away, Fernshaw?”: > he remarked. "Glad to see you back.” i i “Thank you,” said Fernshaw coldly.' His poetic face had taken on of late a ■ cynical expression, as though a multi--1 tude of rivals had changed his views re ; garding the value of existence. f |TO BE CONTINCEU | ) =================== Unexpected Alarm. • The church at C had a new communion service, solid silver, ot ' handsome design, the gift of a , wealthy friend. It Was kept in a heavy iron chest, securely placed in a > stout closet iu the church; and yet it, > was near being stolen bejore it had been in the society’s possession a month. ! It was communion Sunday. The , new service was used -for the first , time, and was then replaced w its > strong chest and the closet secuieiy ' locked. Meanwhile a thief had secreted himself in the church, and 1 when the building was closed and ’ locked for the night he bpgan operatlons. i I With the aid of skeleton keys and > other tools he opened the closet and s “the iron chest. He packed the silver 1 in a bag, slung it over his back, and ’ prepared to make his escape through one of the vestibule windows. ■ Suddenly he was startled by a • sound as of app oaching footsteps at i the farther corner of the vestibule. • It may have been a rat or a mouse, for besides the thief there was uo hu1 man being in the church. 1 The fellow made hasto to reach the i window-stool, and feeling his hand in contact with a rope, on the impulse of the moment he seized it. It was r) the bdl-rope, and the next instant a i series of soporous peals broke the stillness of the night air. “Fool!” said the thief, “to sound ' the a arm myself.” ' The ringing of the bell aroused the ’ village. The thief was caught, and the communion service was saved. , —; — : — British Flunkeyif m. > In England trade takes awaj’ a ■ man's social standing but sport doesn't. An impecunious nobleman may breed horse- and sell them and stilFbe iu the I’rinee of Wales’ sut. ■ But let him sell beef or mutton and , he is ostracized. He may tra n horses for a salary ; nd stilt be a gentleman. He may be a >t rter and still retain his social stand ng. But he must not go into trade. The outcome of a courtsh’p, nowa. days is 1. rgely a question of income. [ —Elm'ra Gazette.

THESE ACTUAL FACTS ALL FOVND WITHIN THE BORDERS OF INDIANA. An IntnnHtlng Hammary ot tha Mara Important Doing, nf Onr N.lgliboi.«« Crtmei, CMunltlaa, Death., Eta, Minor State Now.. A strong stream of sulphur water has been struck at I’aoll. Fire at Kaleen, west of Lebanon, destroyed 83.000 worth of property. Fart freight No. 70. going cast, killed an unknown man one mile west ot Centerville. Mirs Anna England, aged 26. of Medora, was tou nd dead, near the O. A M. tracks. Supposed to have been killed by the cars. Amor Hewitt, aged 78, had his skull fractured at New Albany, by a piece of wood flying from a lathe and striking him In the forhead. Only 85,000 of tho necessary 810,000 to keep the Y. M. C. A. from dlsnandlng at Richmond could bo collected, sb the organization is a tiling of the past in that city. Deputy Pp.orecutor Thompson of Knox, has filed twenty-one eases against the 1., 1. & I. Railroad Company for its failure to bulletin trains at Stark County stations as provided by the law of Indiana. A son of Henry Hllemau, aged 11 years, was killed at Diskoe. Ho had climbed on a freight to ride and fell between the ears, the wheels passed over both logs, necessitating amputation. During tho operation he died. At Madison, Alfred Lockard, an old soldier of the Fourth Ohio Cavalry, was found in an unconscious condition and died soon afterward. He had just received his pension money and is believed to have been drugged and robbed. The dead body of Elmer E. Wolf of the Marion Soldiers’ Home, was found in Deer Creek, near the home. He Is supposed to have been drowned when trying to cross the stream. He had been a member of Company B, Eighth Missouri Infantry. William Springer of Fortville, is constructing a novel threshing machine which is designed to cut the bands and do its own feeding and stacking the straw, thus doing away with more than half of the help required with the old style separators. A runaway team at, Flora dashed into a carriage containing Philip Voorhees and a little 2-year-old grandchild. Mr. Voorhees died soon after the accident and the child was fatally injured. He was one of the most prominent farmers in Carroll County. Mbs. Charles Johnson, aged 48, while crossing the the Big Four Railroad at the east end of the depot platform, at Batesville, was strucK bv an engine and instantly killed. She was j the wife of one of Batesville’s most I prominent citizens.' i Majors Centlivre and Friend, the newly-appointed members on tho Governor's staff, were tendered a banquet at the Fort Wayne Club the other night Both were presented with costly swords, , with which to defend themselves during j their military terms. The statement has been made that I Wabash College was not represented at ’ the World s Fair. This is incorrect. In the educational departments there are twenty interior and exterior views of the : college buildings and fifteen in the ■ Presbyterian department. John Hobe of Elkhart has a genuine $8 bill issued bv the United States ot America in 1778. It is good on its face for eight Spanish dollars, but Mr. Hobe ' has refused a standing offer of 8200 for his prize. He claims that it is the oldest specimen of United States money in existence. Hiram Curry, the little son of Dr. H. M. Curry. cAGrandview, had a narrow’ escape frohjurowning. He and his Newfoundland dog were playing on the ■ large iron bridge over Big Sandy River, when the boy fell off the bridge into the • water, a distance of thirty feet. He sank and rose the second time, when the dog sprang off the bridge and rescued him. | At Mitchell, Dennis Davidjon, aged | 11, was shot and killed by his brother Dora, aged 14. The boys were playfully throwing water on each other, when Dora seized the shotgun and ordered Dennis not to throw any more | water. Ou his refusal to comply with J the order, Dora pulled the trigger, and i the load tore a large hole near the heart 1 of his little brother. Habry Jenkins, the 5-ycar-old son of James Jenkins, residing in Brazil, met with a fatal accident. His father had several dynamite cartridges, which he intended using in blowing up stumps. The child got one, and whijr’Yfiayitig withit. dropped it. causing air explosion. Theforce was terrific, tearing off the child's right arm and mangling its shoulders and face to such an extent that it will die. A sad and fatal accident occurred nine miles south of Goshen, resulting in the "instant death of the 3-year-old daughter of Charles McCrants. The father was engaged in hauling wood when his two ■ little children ran out to meet him, approaching on either side of the wagon, lie did not notice them until one was under the wheels. The wagon was on the down grade at the time, and before it could be stopped the wheels had passed bver the head ot one, crushing out its brains. The following patents have been granted to citizens of Indiana: James I !•’. Boman and J. Cornelius, Flat Rock, bog trap: Alfred Heine and W. K. 11. Woerner. Evansville, typewriting machine; William T. Kimsev, Michigan Qity, car coupling: Jeremiah 11. Matthews, South Bend, transportable circular sawmill; Jeremiah 11. Matthews, South Bend, door securer; John J. Newman. Elkhart, machine for water-proof-ing or coating paper; James. Nortney and F. Schefold, New Albany, electric lamp support. J ames Petty, the well-known saloonkeeper of Frankfort, was found dead in his carriage house the other morning, where ho had banged himself. His suicide cannot be accounted for, except on the theory of .Insanity. He was prosperous in his business and his home life was happy. He left a letter containing instructions as to the settlement of certain business affairs, but made no reference to his intentions, further than to say that he Was “going to the happy hunting grounds? 5 He was known to have money hidden about the house, and 82,055 in gold was found in an old irou box in the attic. I Robert Robinson, the veteran bt the Northern Prison, is dead. Ho was sent to Jeffersonville in 1857 for life, for murder? Whan the Prison North was completed he was transferred there. Ho had teen a trusty for several years' and during Gov, Williams’ term refused a pardon. Arthur McWhorter, the 4-year-old ' son of Mrs. Ella McWhorter, residing with his grandfather,-J. A. Machtell, at Riverside, was found unconscious at the i heels of a pony in the stable, with his i head crushed Jn where the animal had; kicked him. Who bov was an admirer ; of the little hbrse and had gone to the i stable to see nis pet. He cannot re- | cover. HtJ parents were both mutes.

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The Lyon & Healy Organ Is the best and most : salable Organ of the Day Organs sold on Installment Payments at Low Figures. SESD TOR CATALOGUE. Fred K, Shaefer, Agt. BERNE. IND. ARANGEBLOSSOM O H POSITIVE CURE FOR~~ ~ - - ALL FEMALE DISEASES. ?®®e® OH HE nr THE CVUDTAUQ I A tired, languid feeling, low spirited and despondent, with no apparent uUMI Ur I IIL vl Will UIWv • cause. Headache, pains m the back, pains across the lower part of bowel*. Great soreness in region of ovaries. Bladder difficulty Frequent urinations, Leucorrhcea, <d bowels, and with all these symptoms a terrible nervous feeling is experienced by the patient. IHE UdA.'WB BLOSSOM TREATMENT removes all these by a thorough process of absorption. Internal remedies will Dever remove female weakness. There must be remedies applied right to the parts, and then there is per* manant relief obtained. EVERY LADY CAN TREAT HERSELF. O. B. Pile Remedy. I 11.00 for one month’s treatment. |O. B. Stomach Powders CX B. Catarrh Cure. I —prepared by— I O. B. Kidney J. A. McCILL, M.D., & CO., 4 panorama place. Chicago, ill. TOE. s AT.TS ey Holthouse & Blackburn, Decatur. Ask for Descriptive Circulars. HOFFMAN & GOTTSCHALK Keep a full line of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Groceries, Lamps, Tobaccos, Cigars, and a general stock of 'Merchandise. Prescriptions carefully compounded. LINN GROVE, IND. ' JBa_. Jfl At Magley, keeps a large stock of I’ry. |Ah||AAA Goods, Notions, Groceries, Boots, Shoei a*|| I 11*11 LIU «and in fact everything kept in a general 11 Illi II Mil Btore- Buys all kinds ot Country Produce *" “ * ‘1 : or which the highest market price is paid. pr.Jl -- -J ten guarantee to cure all nervous diseases, such as Weak,Memory, El (£1 rMf * r) Sr* hoed. Nightly Emlaalona, Quickneaa, Evil Dream*, Lack vl v Ar-d/ V I Confidence, Nervouanrva. Latitude, all drains and loss ot t power of tho Generative Organs in, either sqx cmi-.«'d by over vxer» n J Mfvtal lion, youthful errors, or excessive use of tobacco, opium or stirnu* plants which soon lead to Infirmity, Conaumptlon and Insanity. I’ul 5 vT'X ’'a np convenient to carry In vest pocket. Sent by mail in plain package to anT address for Kl. or ft for $3. 'AV Uh every S 3 order wf ‘X*® give a written guarantee'to cure «r refund the money. BRFOBS AND AFTER USING. 1 For Sale by W. H. Nachtrieb, Druggist, Decatur, Ind. 4

Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trams run on Central Standard Time, Mmlm utos slower than Columbus or former Ume. Took effect Sunday, Deo. l&lMi. GOING NORTH. v STATIONS. No. 1 No. 8 No. t No. T Cincinnati..lve 8 05am 010 pm Klchmond 2 20pm 10M.. 1145 Winchester.... 3if .. 11IW .. 1248 am Portland 4 04.. 12l<5pm 128 Decatur........ 5 10.. 181.. 220.. Ft.Wayne...arr 8 00.. 2 15.. 800 “ ’• ...Ire 286 .. 3 80.. 806<* Kendallville 341 .. 428.. 910.. Rome city 3’4).. 440.. OM,. WoloottvlUe 4 01 0 8) „ Valentino 411 0 48., laGrange 4 10.. 6 06.. 061 „ Tima .. 42» 10 08.. Sturgis.. 4 40.. 526.. 1018.. Vicksburg 538.. 6 60.. 1103.. Kalamazoo.arr 606 1140.. ” ..Ive 4 20am 6 25.. 9 00.. 1206 pm , Gr. Haplds..arr 645 ~ 810 .. . 22Q,. “ “ ..Ive 720 ..1010.. 110 pm 416.. D„ G.H.AM.cr 10 45.. 727 Howard City 1160 . 841 Big Rapids 1230 am 945 Reed City 103 Cadillac arr 1130.. 2 05.. 510 •’ ....Ive 230 9 10 .. Traverse City 7 uCpm I Kalknska .... 3 48.. ... .. Petoskey 636 .. 915 .. . MaeklniicCtty 8 00. 10 36,,| M GOING SOUTH. STATIONS, i No. 2 [ No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City 1 715pml 7 45ntn 200pm Petoskey 910 .. 920 .. 345 Kalkaska 12 30 .. 11 3» .. 502 Traverse City..' 11110.. 450 Cadillac....arr 2 20am 115 pm 7 00.. Hosam ....Ive 215.. 136.. 060 pm 810.. Reed City 3 28.. 230.. 750.. 900 .. Big Rapids..... 400 1. 258.. 8 25.. 945.. Howard City.. 4 56c. 3 43.. 9 20.. 10 32 .. D.G.H.&M.cr 606.. 5 05.. 19 25. 11 35 .. Gr. Rapids .arr! 6 31.. 5 15.. 1100.. 150 ~ •' " ..Ive 7 00.. 6 00.. 1120.. 800 pm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 8 00.. 12 55am>340 .. ’’ ..Ive 8 65.. 805 345 .. Vicksburg 9 24.. 833 412 .. Sturgis 1019.. 928, 606 .. Lima 10 32.. 940 5J7 .. LaGrange... .'lO 44.. 952 529 .. Valentine 110 53 .. 10 02 6ST .. Wolcottville... 1104 .. 10 14 5 47 .. Rome City 1109.. 1019 52 .. Kendallville ...111 25 .. 1039 008.. Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 11 60 715.. “ .. Ive 100 .. 12 58am 5 45am Decatur 1 46.. 12 58.. 639 Portland 2 40.. 155.. 730 Winchester.... 3 17.. 2 86.. 809 Richmond 4 20 .. 3 40 .. 9 15 Cincinnati 7 00.. 655 . 1201 nm .... Trains 5 and 6 run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON. Agent. Decatur, Ind First Claw Night and Day Service batwoea Toledo, Ohio, St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHaTr CARS DAY TRAIHS-MOOERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS. WMfXIS SERVED EN ROUTE, any Hour, M OR NIOHT, at moderat* coat. Ask for tickets via Toledo, St Louis 4 Kansas City 11 For further particular!, call on nearwl of the Company, or addreu Q t O. JENKINS, fiffiffiffiral Passesartr Agffiffit, TOLEDO. OHIA W. L. DOUGLAS S 3 SHOE CENT °ENIEN. ls And other specialties fuf Gentlemen, Ladies, Boys and Misses are the aJf Best in the World. See descriptive advertise* rv | ment which will appear in i this paper. Take no Substitute, ■jsry. but insist on having W. L. x'M. DOUGLAS’SHOES,with W ' ime aad price stamped bottom. Sold by Fur Sale by Henry Winnea, Second door West of Adams County Bank, Monroe St.