Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1893 — Page 7

CAMP TAMPA’S ELEANOR. ' ( I An Arizona Romance, Written for This Paper. BY THE DUCHESS.

CHATTER 1. " THE IOLDISRB ANO THE MINSItS. Only those who have seen it done can from any idea of the ease and rapidity .with which a company of miners can lay waste a beautiful bit of landscape, tranforin a veritable garden spot into a scene of utter desolation, and a stream of crystal clearness into a flood as thick, black, and forbidding-looking as the Styx itself. It was some years ago that a charming stretch of hill and valley in Arizona, America, fell under the ban of the gold-seeker. Birds, flowers, trees, and herbage disappeared almost in a day. The uncouth habitations and rudo fixtures of a mining camp sprang up nearly in a single night, amid the yelling, singing, and shouting of the excited multitude which, with inflamed eyes and haggard faces, fell upon mo: her earth as if bent upon tearing her very heart out. This place of desecration is called Camp Tampa, taking its name from that of a military station close by. One object in the afternoon landscape Is in contrast to the rude disturbance, and it Is a girl of 18, who sits in a plainly condemnatory mood, as she gazes from the hillside Into the valley where the miners are ruthlessly at work. Eleanor Lorley may gain in rarity by being the only girl at Camp Tampa, yet she would be lovely among any number of her tex. She Is the daughter of Col. Lorley, the commandant of the army post, and has acquired something of imperiousness by having enjoyed a year of queenly homage from the small company of soldiers. Now that a horde of miners have invaded the pretty valley, she feels that she ought, and might, issue an effective edict of exclusion. When the long shadows disappear with the sunset, Miss Lorley bethinks that it is time to go back to the barracks, and, with a last hateful glance at the quite unconscious miners in the distance, she quits the scene. Next morning, when Colonel Lorley 'shouts for his orderly, before getting out of bed, there is not the usual response by a quick and obsequious servant In the guise of a soldier. The oommandant makes an outcry with some profanity in it. In the middle of his eloquent but rather highly spiced peroration his daughter opens the door. She comes to him across the room in her usual free and graceful manner and an airily seductive costume suggestive of slumben She sinks into a chair and twines her pretty arm negligently round the parental pillow. “What is it, my dear?" asks the Colonel, excitedly, raising himself on his elbow. “Why doesn't Sanders answer? Why are you here?” "My dear, "says Eleanor, drawing her dainty frilled white cambric garment more closely round her with a touch of old Homan grandeur that almost transforms it into a toga, "you have only lived to be a Colonel with no command. Sanders and the rest of the men have deserted, and joined the gold-hunters.” “Eh?” says the Colonel. His elbow gives way and he sinks back upon his pillow. “Merely that,” says his daughter. It" 1 cannot be said but that there is a sense of suppressed enjoyment in her tone. “Now, don’t take a wrong view of it, dearest. Regard It as I do—rather as a distinction to be compelled to courtmartial your whole army." As that army has consisted of only thirty men for a month, the rest of the regiment having been scattered to other Arizona outposts, the matter is not of vast dimensions. < “Besides,” Eleanor continued, “the miners have sent word that they want the very ground we’re camped on, and we’ve got to cot out. ” “Eh?"" says the Colonel again, in a somewhat dazed fashion, being (as he himself would have told you) thoroughly flabbergasted by the wholesale desertion. “Don’t give in," repeats the slender, fragile, white-robed figure in the chair, leaning forward so as the more effectually to emphasize her remarks with a slim but determined forefinger, and becoming more and more the Roman matron every moment. “Stick to your principles; defy these miserable fellows. Be yourself”—with increasing force, as though she fears there is instant danger of his becoming somebody else. “Give in! What d’ye mean, child?” says the Colonel, indignantly. And indeed her backing up is plainly thrown away, as the warrior, scenting the battle from afar, has (metaphorically speaking) buckled on his armor is ahead charging the host “I must get up,” says he. “I’m afraid you can’t have any one to help you to-day,” says the daughter, regretfully. f “Are they all gone?” “Everybody except Surgeon Brannard. And you couldn’t ask him to do your orderly’s work.” “Well, I’ll get up,” says the Colonel again, as though the subject is beyond him. “Do you mean to tell ine that all the men have gone?" “Every one of them; as daylight came they melted. They took all the provisions along, too. But get up now, there’s a dear heart, and let us have breakfast and a consultation, with what appetite we may." She carries herself and the pretty frilled robe out of the rough barracks room, with an air of unflinching determination, albeit she is but a slender, Jissome creature. She is very pretty, Very high-spirited, and just a little spoiled. Her mother died when she was barely five, and ever since the Colonel has had to think a great many times before daring to say “No" to her about a great many things. The girl is assisted In her preparation ot an uncommonly plain breakfast by Surgeon Arthur Brannard. He is a reserved and distrait young man, yet everybody likes him. No one at Camp Tampa has been at all sure whether his relations with the Colonel’s daughter are all of the indifferently friendly order or whether he Is heart and soul her own. But though Nobody is thus ignorant, perhaps Somebody is not, and Miss Lorley herself might have enlightened them upon this disputed subjept but for the fact that she always grows strangely deaf whenever his name is Introduced: He wears eyeglasses and might, by the miners, be termed a “tenderfoot,” which is the American nickname for a smooth dandy among rough men. After the morning meal, during which the three discuss the deserters, the miners, and other matters relating to their suddenly lonesome condition, the young pair are left alone, while the Colonel goes off by himself to consider. “Wo are In a terrible trouble, aren’t wo?" says Miss Lorley, softly. “But wo shan’t starve, Indeed. They"—alluding to the enemy In general with a ..little irown—“sha’n’thavo that satisfaction. You really mustn’t take it so much to heart." •Oh, no. I can t now," says the al-

lent young man, after which he falls into one of his brown studies. Waking up from it he goes on, placidly, “I did ( all that long ago, don't you see." “What?" demands she, somewhat startled. “Why, the taking you to heart," returns he. “Oh!” She turns to him with unexpected vivacity. “Wasn't it a pity about the breakfast cakes?" she says. “Whose cakes?" startled in his turn. “Our cakes—mine." Pleased with her complete success In having drifted the conversation into a safer channel, she now confesses to him all about those indomitable pieces of dough, dwelling with heart-rending pathos upon their stiffness and their hard and unyielding natures. The young officer, having laughed a little, proceeds to console her. “We are not so badly off,” he says. 'The boys have all deserted; and who can altogether blame them—with sl3 a month and a possible fortune in gold offered to them for a choice? So much for them. As to the rest of the miners, they believe there Is a gold foundation for this post, and you can’t expect them to respect even the military in their : crazed eagerness. Why, I am tempted strongly to resign my commission and take to the mines. Awful bore, you know, to keep out of it." “For you, yes. It was quite too good of you to stay here with papa—and me." “For me?” not heeding the latter part of her little speech, and dropping his glasses in his amazement. “Bore for you, I meant. You’re a clever girl; perhaps that’s why you took such an extraordinary view ot my remark." “Was It so very extraordinary?” making him a present of a very lovely smile. “Well, let it be so, if you will. At least let me say we acknowledge the trouble we give you.” "Oh, as to that, I like It.” “What! Trouble? Well, I don’t,” says she gayly. “And to think, ” beating her small foot with a certain haughty petulance upon the floor,“we should have had none of it but for the perfidy of these soldiers. But they shall be taught their places yet. We shall neither truckle tp them nor bend. ” “I wouldn’t truckle, certainly,” says the young man, regarding with a peculiar sense of tenderness the slight figure beneath him in the low chair, with its lovely mutinous eyes and mouth. “But I think," with a carefully casual air, “during such times as these, when a sense of injury Is rife, I should bend—a little.” “What!” He drops his glasses again, but otherwise shows no signs of contrition or any desire whatever to retract his offensive remark. • “I really mean it," he says equably. “Moderation at this peculiar juncture Is everything, and your father (forgive me!) is a little —well severe in his actions. He might let the soldiers dig, and even move the barracks to give the , miners a chance. ” L At this Miss Lorley rises and confronts him. She is so pretty that even mistaken indignation sits well upon her, and, indeed, only serves to heighten her charms. “My father.” she says now, very coldly, “is always right. One must be either right or wrong. That even you" (as though he were a being past all grace) “must allow. If wrong, certainly let him bend —your word, I believe” — disdainfully—“if right, let him maintain discipline. These are his sentiment and mine. We, knowing ourselves to be right " “Very foolish sentiments," says he, calmly. “The wise man, in a case like this, would temporize. But really, you know, ’bend’ was your word, not mine.” "Temporizing just now means weakness,” says she, ignoring his protest “I hardly see that The Colonel has taken too high a stand. ” There is a small upright piano in the room. It has been brought from civilization into the wilderness for the girl’s sake. She plays and sings well, as Surgeon Brannard admiringly knows. During the present conversation she has seated herself at the instrument and thrummed the keys byway of emphasis. But, now she turns rather abruptly upon the man who dares criticise her father’s conduct, and ejaculates: “You wouldn’t fight your foes, eh? You are a coward! “A coward!” He shrinks from her as though she had struck him. An absurd sensibility about his want of physical prowess clings to him always, and renders him peculiarly sdhsitive to any word that may seem to hint at his selfsupposed lack of manliness. “It was cowardly to suggest that my father should give in.” “I don’t think 1 said that,” says her companion, recovering from his chagrin bv an effort, and turning to her a face very pale and still. “I merely advised a little forbearance, which, In times such as these, is not only kindly but necessary. ” “Papa is not wanting in forbearance, yet you blame him, and to me. I will not hear him censured,” says the girl, with tears in her eyes. “You willfully misunderstand me.” “I most unwillingly understand you.” “You wrong me. Indeed,” says the young man, eagerly; th stops. “It is useless arguing with you now," he says. This is the last straw. “I am In such an unreasonable temper, you mean?” says’ she, with the sweetest smile, but an ominous uplifting of her pretty brows. “Ah! good morning, then.” “Good morning.” They lightly touched each other’s hands and parted. An hour later Eleanor has not seen either her father or her lover. She is in her own small chamber and is meditating rather more upon the conduct of the miners than that of her father. She presumes that the two men are together in consultation over the perplexity of the situation. At length she emerges into the stockaded grounds of the barracks in quest of them. The usual sentry is absent from the gate. Suddenly it opens and Private Patrick McCune stealthily enters, taking care to quickly shut himself in. “What is it? What is the matter?” says Eleanor hurriedly. “Murdher’s the matter!" said the soldier, with terrible Intensity. “It’s in the very air ye’re breathing. They! say as how they’ll have It out wid the ; Colonel th’ night because he won’t let | them dig In these grounds." “They? Who?” asks the girl haughtl-i ly, with Increased agitation. “The boys, miss. They're comln’ at midnight to burn the barracks over his head, an’ then thrae him out, an' tache : him a Iqsson he’ll ‘have no occasion to remember.’ I give you their own words, miss. They’ll kill him, I tell ye, 1 as sure as ye're standin' on that spot,",

I The Informant is gone before she can ' question him further. It is evident that his loyalty is exhausted In the risk ( of the visit, and that he has no idea of giving further aid to the three persons at the poet. The girl stands for a moi ment dazed by the news she has re- I celved. Then she goes In quest of the men. She finds her father readily, and , tells him what the Irishman has said. “Where is Arthur?" she asks, unconsciously using his first name In her excitement. ... « “I don’t know. He hasn't been with mo since breakfast ” It does not take them long to search the promises. The surgeon Is not there. His horse is gons, too. “It looks as though he, too, has deserted us,"says Colonel Lorley. I The girl recalls the young man’s re- ; mark that he had been tempted to quit , military duty and take to gola hunting. | “I didn't do him an injustice,” she . says. “Ho Is a coward!" CHAUI'KA 11. WITH BLACK HAM. * It was true that, Surgeon Arthur Brannurd had quit e I Camp Tampa, but not lor the purpose which Eleanor hod imputed to him. Thesd are the particulars: An unusually rough and un-kempt-looking individual turns hl* horse's head toward the miner’s valley. He seems completely lost in thought, and if his horse were not a most intelligent animal, ami In quite a different frame of mind from his master, both of them would certainly meet their death in some one of the hundred pits and trenches which sear and seam the ground. The rider pulls up his horse on the edge of one of the shafts, and calls out good-naturedly to the group of miners at work in it: “Hello, down there. Could any one of you tell me where to find a doctor?” “There ain’t none here,” comes from I one of the men at the bottom of the j shaft; “but there’s an army surgeon over to the barracks. ” “Thank you, my friend,” replies the stranger, as he rides leisurely away. “No friend of yours, if I can help It," growls a miner as he gazes after the horseman. “If that fellow doesn't belong to some gang«f bandits then I'm greatly mistaken. The boys will make a necktie for him some day. ’’ The rider halts in front of .the gate at Camp Tampa and dismounts. His heavy jack-boots crunch the gravel as he strides toward Brannard, who is in the yard. “Well, what's the matter?" the officer asks. “Anything serious happened?" “A broken leg; that’s all, Doctor,” replies the man, In a careless tone, “but that’s bad In such a country as this, where It’s pretty hard to make an honest living with two sound legs. ’’ Brannard stares at the fellow with a puzzled sort of smile, which seems to worry him a little, for he fumbles with his cartridge belt, and then breaks out: “But you can fix him all right, can't you. Doctor?” “That depends," was the answer. “I must see him first. If it’s only a fracture I can soon get him on his pins again. How did it happen?” “Lost his footing and fell about twenty-five feet into a rocky hole. We straightened him out as well as we could, and I’ve been riding hard to get you there as soon as possible.” “Isn’t he down there in the valley?” “No; four miles away.” “That means two hours' absence from the post ” “You shall be paid, Doctor, never fear,” comes from the man in a calm tone as he draws out a well-filled chamois bag. “I suppose nuggets ’ll do just as well as coin. Have you a pair of scales. Doctor?” The officer explains that he was not, by army etiquette, permitted to take pay for his services to civilians; but he consents to obey the call, and is soon in readiness to start. After taking a last look at his holsters, which are filled with all the necessary surgical paraphernalia, he swings himself lightly Into the saddle, and rides out ot camp in company with his unknown guide. It is the middle of summer, and, the stream in the valley being low, they follow the sandy bed as the best road. “How large Is your party?” asks Brannard. “About eight of us," is the reply. “And you have found gold-diggings farther up the creek?” “Not exactly on this creek, but on one flowing into it, which is dried up now.” A “How long have you been in Arizona? “ Oh, about to or three years." “And your name is?” “Jim." “That seems to be a favorite name with miners. ” “Doctor,” now breaks in the unknown, “as you seem to be so fond of asking questions, I’ll ask you some. What’s the news? We’re so out of the world that we never hear anything.”- “ The latest news from Calitro,” replies Brannard. without noticing the man’s exhibition of impatience, “is that a gold transport has been surprised and robbed of SIOO,OOO. It’s a pretty condition of things when the Government is powerless to prevent these surprises. It is said to have been the work of Blaek Sam, and as the vigilantes police' will go through the region pretty thoroughly, it is to be hoped they will capture the gang, especially as a large reward is offered. ” “How large?” “Ten thousand dollars, I believe." “If Black Sam and his gang are stupid enough to encamp in the hills,” replies Jim, “.ill’s likely that they will bag him. Well, here we are at the bed of the stream. We turn off here to the east” The two rode along in silence for awhile, when Brainard, glancing at his pocket compass, discovers that their course, instead of being as at first northerly, is now directly south. He calls attention to It. “Yes,” says Jim, “it may be that the brook flows from the south. ” “Then we might have chosen a much shorter way. ” “Possibly, but it would have been a rockv road. Trust me. I know this country. ” They now enter a narrow gorge, and In a few moments a small tent, piles of sand and a pit meet the surgeon’s gaze. Some rough-looking men sit there. “Are those your comrades?" "Yes, Doctor.” “They don’t seem to be very busy.” “Well, you know. Doctor,when there’s sickness in the family it interferes with business. ” “Is the injured man in the tent?" “No; there was ho room for him, so we rigged up a sort ot hospital, which I think you will admire.” They both dismount “What’s the news, Jaoß?" asks Jim. “Oh, nothing special,” answers the man addressed. “A couple of deputy sheriffs came along and asked for our permits to dig. Os course it was all right. ’’ “Did they ask any questions?” “They wanted to know whether we had seen anything of Black Sam and his gang, we told them that no sus- ! picious characters had made their ap- : pearance.” “And then they went off?"--” “Yes; they were bound West—they I said to the Colorado reservation." i “Well, then we sha’n’t see them again for a while. Whore’s the rest ot the ! boys?" “Billy Is with him. Tbm, Bob and Ned have gone to Henderson’s ranch to buy beef. Our grub is running low. ’’ | I Brannard begins to show signs of im- . ! patience. I

I “Yes, yes, Doctor," cries Jim; “there’s just a little formality'to be observed here. You must bo blindfolded.” “Are you mad? I shall not consent" “Come, Doctor; be reasonable," urges Jim; “there's a big secret at the bottom of this." “I don’t like your actions,” cries the Burgeon. “I shall have nothing to do with you." “Don’t be foolish. You must do your duty." “As things have turned out, I refuse!" “Then we shall force you," and as Jim nods to his comrades, they draw their pistols and level them at the surgeon’s head, “Will you do what you have been brought to do?” inquires Jim, in an angry tone, “or would you prefer to be bulleted?” “Naturally, I prefer the former. But what’s the necessity of blindfolding me?" “Well, you see, we have discovered a very rich mine, and we don't want you to know the entrance to it.” Once blindfolded, the men lead Brannard here and there for a few moments, and then suddenly make for a definite polpt. A chilliness, as if in some underground place, Is at once noticeable. The trickling of water reaches h s ears. Jim, who is carry.ng his wallet, and leading him by the hand, calls out: “Stoop down —stoop down!" And then, after a moment, Brannard feels the band loosened trom his eyes and hears Jim say: “Here we are, Doctor!” The unwilling visitor finds himself in a roomy, cave-like place, lighted by two lanterns. In one co ner lie a number of small, strong packing boxes and leather sacks, such are used to transport gold ore. In another the man with the broken leg is stretched out on a rude couch. He is a rough-looking fellow, with black beard, hair and pale face. “Without a doubt," thinks Brannard to himself, “this is Blaek Sam, and I have tumbled into a nice nest of bandits. " It was in truth Black Sam, j.hefamous robber, oner, a tavern-keeper at Fort Worth. “Here’s the doctor,” says Jim to his leader, to whom he then whispers a few words. “Step this way,” is the Injured man’s reply. “Do you know who I am?” “I do not” “Then so much the better for you. Come, set my leg for me." The task accomplished, Brannard thus addresses his patient: “Everything is now in order. You must lie still a few weeks, until the bones knit. And now that I have done my part, I ask to be let go. ” “You’ve got to stay here for the present, Doctor.” “Impossible! My friends at the camp ” “They must get on without you.” “How long shall you keep me here?” “Until I can walk. That’s for safety.” “And must I be kept prisonerhere for six long weeks?” cries Brannard, beside himsglf. “Why not?" replies Sam, calmly. “I’ll pay you—well, say a thousand dollars. We’ve plenty of the stuff.” “I will accept none of your stolen gold!" cries Brannard, pointing to the boxes and sacks. “Don’t talk nonsense, Doctor. A thousand dollars in your wallet is better than a bullet in your head." The surgeon was silent. “Come, decide!" “I yield to brute force." “You’ve got good sense.” “A searching party will be sent out for me.” “Have you a wife and children?" “No." “Then don’t worry. Folks will only think you’re off on a journey somewhere. That’s all." An adjoining room in the cavern was assigned to Brannard, and he was well provided for, but his thoughts at once turned to making his escape from this nest of bandits as soon as possible. In the afternoon of the following day Jim enters the cave and announces to Black Sam that Tom, Bob and Ned have arrived. They have not been able to get any meat, but have brought in two prisoners for whom they purpose demanding heavy ransoms. |TO BE CONTINUED. | Knew Only the One Way. A man went with a telegram to an office, in Broadway, says the New York Herald. It was midnight "Handing the paper to the fellow in the cage he said: “I want that delivered at 8 o’clock to-morrow morning.” The fellow in the cage said: “We can deliver it within an hour.” “I don’t want my friend aroused at 1 o’clock in the morning. Send it away from here at 7, so that he will get it at 8. ” The fellow in the cage was puzzled. “We don’t do business that way,” he declared. “I wouldn’t know how to fix it so as not to be delivered at once." After a great deal of cogitation a bright idea struck him. “If you pay the tolls on the words ‘Don’t deliver till 8 o’clock,” he said, “that will do it all right.”And so the customer paid the«extra toll. But did the scheme work? Not much. Within an hour a messenger boy arrived with thetiispatch at the house of the sender’s friendHe rang the bell for ten minutes. Then there came a policeman who asked what the matter was. The” messenger noy said he guessed some one’s wife must be dead as he had an important message that had got to be delivered at once. So the policeman hammered at the side of the house with his night stick and a woke everyone in it—about thirty all told. In the midst of the uproar the dispatch was delivered to the person for whom it was intended. Trembling at the fear of a great bereavement, he opened it and read as follows: “Will expect you to dinner Tucsdav. “Jim.” The messenger boy went back proud of having done his duty, and the fool telegraph company increased its capital by $3,000,000 the following day. Water Drops Cause Torture. The mightiness of the little drop, of water is again illustrated by the wager which an American has just won in Vienna. He bet a considerable sum with a Vienna acrobat that he could not enduro to have a litre of water fall drop by drop from a height of three feet upon his hand. When 300 drops had fallen, the athlete’s face became red and ho looked as if in pain. At the 420th drop he gave up, saying it was impossible to bear the pain any longer. The palm of his hand was swollen and inflamed, and In one place the skin had broken open. It sort of worries some women to be told by the husband there’s one thing lacking to make their new hats perfect, until learn it’s merely the money to pay for it. There is certainly little encouragement in literature for that man whose only returns from th« business are represented in the manuscripts that come tuck to him.

INDIANA INCIDENTS. SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Interesting Summary of the More Im. portant Doings of Our Neighbore —Weddings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News Notes. Condensed State News. Washington Brunemer, a farmer neap Franklin, was killed by lightning. CHARLES Wallick of Peru, was perhaps fatally hurt while making a blast. The Frankton Land and Improvement Company has closed another deal for a large tract of land. Four valuable horses belonging to Hon. Anthony Stevenson, of Spencer County, were killed by lightning. A MAD-DOO scare at Allwiny resulted in a two-mile chase and the killing of the brute by Smith Clark, of that place. William Cassady, a Muncie newsboy, was rescued from the river after he had gone down three times, and will recover. Alfred Williams of Washington County, who escaped from the reform school at Plainfield last January, was caught in Bedford. Jesse France of Fort Wayne, who eully snapped a revolver at his d Henry Mathena, instantly killing him, was acquitted by the jury. Washington Lackey, a wealthy farmer near Vincennes, while cutting wheat, was literally cut to pieces by being thrown in front of the machine knives. Horses ran away. Frederick Goins, a prominent farmer, 57 years old. residing twelve miles northeast of Noblesville, was killed by a tree failing on him. He was a soldier, getting a pension of $72 per month. William Ross, a driver in No. 6 Block Coal tompany mine at Brazil, while at work moving some cars in the entry, was caught by a heavy fall of slate and badly mashed. He will probably die. A suit for $2,000 damages has been filed against Mrs. Eliza C. Hamilton, living near Colfax, whose dog bit John B. Stengley, taking a piece of flesh from his leg and arm and also from his thumb. Seymour saloon men have petitioned the Council for a reduction in license from $250 to SIOO to make up for the stringency in the money market and having to keep their saloons closed on Sunday. John Williams of Converse, had his hand badly mangled. Morphine was administered by the surgeon who dressed the wounds, and he became unconscious under the influence of the drug and remained so for several hours. He is in a serious condition. Frank Leadbetter. a Muncie shoe clerk, had a narrow escape from death by the electric cars in that city. A summer car collided with his vehicle and the bugjfy was smashed to pieces. He was sent up in the air and dropped iu a seat in the car with no injury. Crarles R. Mettonay, a farmer living near Winamac, went out early the other morning to bring in forty head of cattle. In attempting to take a short cut across the quicksand beds of the Pick Mink marshes the cattle were buried out of sight in twenty feet of quicksand. Barton Calloway, colored, an exconvict, who shot at another colored man at a Republican rally at Terre Haute in 1888 and instantly" killed Dollie Phillips, white, was instantly killed the other morning by handling a live electric wire at the rolling-mill where he was employed. Stella Lowe, the 3-year-old daughter of Riley Lowe, a section hand on the Big Four, living at Waldron, was playing with some matches and set fire to her dress. Her clothing was burned from her body and one side from head to foot was virtually cooked. There is no hope of recovery. Chas. F. Griffin and W. H. Fitzgerald were found guilty of contempt by the United States Court, and were ordered to remove the electric car tracks from the streets of HammOnd or go to jail. Trouble grew out of an effort of the electric line to cross the Michigan Central track. At Noblesville. Anna Mahan, 14 years old. committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. After swallowing the dose she told her father she had taken something to kill herself and asked him to smell her breath. She died in fifteen minutes, and before a physician could be procured. The easf-bound passenger on the Big Four ran into a large stone that had been rolled on the track near Waynetown. The engineer saw the rock in time to check up. and saved a bad wreck. The place was on a high embankment, well selected by the wouldbe train-wreckers for a dreadful catastrophe. James Young. 64. of Gas City, died recently of hydrophobia. Two months ago Mr’ Young was attacked by a mad dog and was horribly bitten. He was taken to Chicago for treatment and returned much better. The other night he grew suddenly worse, went into convulsions and suffered intensely until , death relieved him. At times it took three men to hold him in bed. He imagined that he saw strange things in the room. The following patents have been awarded to citizens of Indiana: Charles Anderson, assignor to South Bend Iron Works. South Bend, sulky plow; Robert Baker. Dayton, sash fastener; Thomas M. Bales. Dublin, fanning mill; George N. Cleveland. Freelandsville, corn harvester: Frederick W. Frank, assignor of one-half to H. Lorenz. Indianapolis. caster: Isaac P. Osborn, Florida, fence; William A. Walker, Evansville, parley game. At Madison, Frank Hill's livery stable, valued at $7,000, was destroyed by fire. It was not insured. Charles Cumbach’s residence and. shoe store, adjoining, were slightly damaged. Insured. Dr. Curtis, the* veterinary surgeon, was thrown by a horse and badly hurt. John Gear, section foreman, and Jack Cain, both of Liberty, attempted to board a passing freight train and were drawn under the wheels and killed. Both were terribly mangled. They were good citizens, and their sudden death is a great shock. Both leave families. Wheat harvesting has begun in the southern and some of the central counties of the State. Several places report the yield good, and some say it is excellent. 4s Mrs. Allen Emerick, wife of a prominent farmer residing south of Wabash, was driving to Wabash, her horse took fright on the hill and ran away. The buggy upset and Mrs. Emerick was thrown out, and received a kick in the head, the hoof of the frightened horse laying open her forehead. cutting the temporal artery and inflicting a frightful wound-. She was unconscious when picked up, and Iving at the point of death. She is about sixty-five years old.

Business Directory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital, *50,001 Surplus, •io,m Orlganlxod Anguit U, IMA OSesn—T. T. Dorwln, President; P. W. OtasftK Vloo-Presldant;B. 8. Petereon Cashier; T. T. Dorwln, P. W. Smith, Henry Dark.., J. M, Holbrook, B. J. Terveer, J. D. Hal. and K. B Peterson, Directors. Ws ar. prepared to make Loan* on food severity, xeoeive Deposits, furnish Domestlo and Foreign Exohange, bay and sail Government and Municipal Bond., and farnlah Letters of Credit available tn any of tba principal cities of Europa. Also Passage Ticket to and from th. Old World, Including transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital. *75.000. Surplus, 75,00a Organized in I*7l Officers—D. Btudabakar, President; Robt B. Allison, Vice-President; W. H, Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collection, made In all part, of th. country. County. City and Township Ord.ra bought. Foreign and Domaatlo Exchange bought and ■old. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul G. Hooper, Attorney at Law Decolur, . . Indiana. tana, a. x. mash, j. r ERTFIN A MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Penaion Claims Prosecuted, Office In Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur, Ind. T7IRANCB A MERRYMAX 1. T. ntAirCß. J? J. T. MXRRrMAJT .A-ttoxTti.e'ymi «,t Xagvw, DKCATUR, INDIANA. Office Not. 1,2 and 8, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. A.«. HOLLOWAY, FAxy-tololsaJtx «•> Burgeon Ofloe over Burn.’ harneto (hop, ra.lde.oe one door north of M. I. church. AU call* promptly attended to la city or country algtM ar day. Tyjßß. ■. L HOLLOWAY, M. D. Office and residence one door north of M. M ohurch. Disease, of women and ohUdrea eialttea ' Lev! Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short streets. JQ. NEPTUNE. a DENIBT. Now located over Holthouea’a ahoe atore, and is prepared to do all work pertaining to th. dental profession. Gold filling a specialty, By the use of Mayo's Vapor he Is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. MONEY TO LOAN Oa Farm Property oa Loag Tima. Wo Ooxaa.zaxl*alon> Lbw Rato as latareM. FaymaiitM la aay amouam aaa be made at aay Um amt ■top tatareat. Call oa, or addroea, A. X. GBUBB, or J. P. Oflea: Odd Fellow.' Building, Dooaßm. «. B. 8080, B. T. BOBA Maator Oommlasfoner. 8080 & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Baal Brtato aad Collaction, Decatur, lad. O.P. M. ANDBEWB, ■ilola.xx UB Burseon MONROE. INDIANA. Office and reeidence 2nd and 3rd door, wert at M. E. church. M-* qk- Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary JSQw Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orcho M zi tomy. O verotomy. Castrating, Rldg Ung, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn Ing, and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone’s hardware (tore. Decatur Indiana. J. S. Coverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas, M D. DOCTORS Coverdale & Thomas Officeovr Pierce’s Drug store. Decatur. Ind

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AT Merryman’S • FACTORY Yon can get all kind* oi Hard and Soft Wood, Siding, Flooring, ’ Brackets, Molding, Odd-Sized Sash and Doors. In fact all kinds of building ma terial either made or furnished on short notice. LOOK HERE! I am here to stay aad can mH Organs and Pianos .beeper than anybody else caa atari to tell them. ImU diterent makes. CLEANING AND REPAIRS done reasonable Bee me first aad aanr* money. J", T. COOTS,Decatur, Indi. <« i 1 " —ma— A Scientific American Agency AVE ATM, TRADE MARKS, DESIGN PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, etcJ For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN * CO.. 361 Broadway, Nxw York. Oldest bureau for securing patents tn AmeriaL Every patent taken out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge In the Largest circulation of any scientific paper In the wSd. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent ma£ should be without It Weekly, 53.00 S Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Trams run on Central Standard Time. 28 min utes slower than Columbus dr former time. Took effect Sunday, June 18.1893. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 | No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati..lve 8 15atn 900 pm Richmond 2 20pm 1100 .. ill 50 Winchester.... 3 17 .. 11 55 .. 1234 am i. Portland 404 .. 12;15pm 103 Decatur 510 .. 131.. 243 Ft.Wayne...arr 800 .. 215 .. 215 “ “ ...Ive 2 35.. 3 20.. 805 am Kendallville 3 41.. 4 25.. 9 10.. Rome City 3 56.. 4 40.. 9 26.. WolcottviUe 4 01 9 31.. Valentine 4 11 9 42 .. LaGrange 419 .. 505 :951 .. Lima 4 29.. :1O 03 .. Sturgis 440 .. 526 .. 10 19 .. Vicksburg 536 .. ; 620 . 1109 .. Kalamazoo, arr ...... . 605 .. 6.50 .. 11 40 .. " ..Ive 4 20am 625 .. I 710 .. 1225 pm Gr. Rapids..arr 6 45..' 8 10.: 9 00..>220 " •■ ..Ive 720 .. 10 30 * 1 iOpm 415 .. D.,G.H.&M.cr .10 45 .. ; 1 17'-„ i ..... . Howard City... 1155 . 2 35..' Big Rapids |l246am! 325 . • j Keed City...... 11 12 .. Cadillac arr 1135.. 210., | 900 .. " .....Ive 220 ;510 .. Traverse City ! :7 00pm Kalkaska 3 43 .. i Petoskey !625 .. ■ 910 .. Mackinac City. | 8 05 .. ilo 35 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. ' No. ,2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. 9i»pm 740 am iWpm ; Petoskey...... 10 30.. 9 15.. ' 2 55.. ....... i Kalkaska .12 38.. 11 18. 451 Traverse City.. 11 00.. 4 30.. Cadillac ... .arr 220 am 100 pm 6 30.. : 740 am " .. ..Ive! 230.. j 120 .. i 635 pm Reed City 338 .. j 235 .. ■750 .. 900. .- I Big Rapids..... 1408 .. !307 .. ' 8.20 .. ,932 .. Howard City. 500..' 357 . 920 .. 10 32 .. D..G.H.AM.cr 615 .. !500 .. )10 25 .. 11:15 .. Gr. Rapids .arr 63 ) 515 .. 10 40 .. 11.50 .. " " ..Ive 700 .. 600 .. 11 20.. 200pm Kalamazoo.arr 8 50.. 8 90.. i'-’jjam 340.. “ ..ive; 855.. I 8 iJS .. ..... . 345 ~ I Vicksburg...'.. 924 .'. ; s.:tl 412 .. Sturgislol9 .. 1926 .. ....... 505.. : Lima 10 32.. 9 40.. ( 517 ..-/ LaGrange ... . 110 44 .. | 952 .. : 529 .. Valentine 1053 .. 10 02 537 .. * ' Wolcottville... lliM .. 10 14 547 i Rome City 11 09 1019 5 52 .. I Kendallville... 11 25 .. 10 39 . |6 OS . Ft. Wayne..arr 1240 pm 1150 .. I 7 15 .. “ ;..lve 100.. l-ili'am 545 am Decatur 146 .. (12 58 .. 630 Portland ' 240 .. 200 .. 1 7S) Winchester. .. 317 12 41. 809 Richmond 420 ..j 340 . '9 15 Cincinnati Too.. 715 12ul>v>' ■ Trains 5 and 6 run daily between i.ianil Rapids and Cincinnati. C, L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON. Agent. Decatur. Ind Lines. Schedule in effect June 4. 1893. Trains Lea ve Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. N 0.5, Vestibule Limited, daily for ' n xr Chicago -.40 I. Jl No. 3, Paeifle Express, daily for' . .... , .. Chicago i No. 1, Express, daily for Chicago I. \ r M No. 31. Accommodation, daily, i except Sunday ) A - »■ TRAINS EAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I -,„ r „ .. New York and Boston f J' 30 Vl, No. 2, Express, daily for New ( ’York f “- a /■ ”• No. 12. Express, daily tor New I York.... f 1:30A - M - No. 30. Accommodation, daily ex-1, , .. eept Sunday f J. W. DeLong, Agent. Frank M. Caidwell, D. P. A, Huntington. Ind.: F. W. Buskirk. A. G. P. A.. Chicago. 111.