Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1895 — Page 4

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®he democrat X. BLAOKBUBIf, PrapHetor. » — t RID AY, MAY JO, 1895. Rate» of S'tl>»cripUon. One Year, In advance 11 60 Six Months 55 Four Montns 50 All subscriptions not paid during the year will be charged at the rate of *2.00. Office in Democrat Building, east sldeof Sec ond Street— ground floor A Western man for 1896, CLAUDE MATTHEWS. CROP BULLETIN' OF THE INDIANA WEATHER SERVICE. For ths. Week Ending Monday, May 5- 1895. Much sunshine and exceedingly high temperature prevailed throughout the week, with only light scattered rains on Thursday. Crops did not advance much, and rain is very much needed for everything except farm work which is well advanced on most farms. Wheat on favorable soil is still in fair condition and quite promising but on clay and lees adapted soil the prospect for a fair crop grows less from day to day; in the southern portions a lew fields wheat is jointing; in general it is not stooling out well and in some portions of the northern sec tion it is backward; in LaGrange county some of it is only six inches high; if rain comes soon nearly an average crop is still expected. Rye in all portions promises a fair crop. Oats is coming up very slowly. Potatoes are all planted an<J coming up most everywhere. Corn planting progresses in most counties; nearly all has been planted: one in a few counties in the northern portion; in a few counties in the southern portion planting has been suspended as injury from the armv worm is feared. Some of the corn has come up. Garden vege - tation is well advanced and apples, pears and cherries have been full of bloom; peaches also in a few northern counties. Clover and timothy advanced only slowly and grass is green, but short. Cut-worms and army worms are injurious, especially in few southern counties; also potato bugs have made their appearance, but the little green insect on blossoms did not do much damage. Wells are failing again in several localities. Sheep shearing continues and is ended on some farms. Hogs are scarce; cattle in fair condition. NORTHERN PORTION. It was warm and sunny, and light i showers fell only in a few localities. ' **Spring %ork is well advanced and! crops backward'but in fair rondi- j tion. Rye and wheat in low lands! is in fair condition and not injured yet by the drouth, but on uplands it ! is less promising; cm some fields in ’ LaGrange county it is only six inches high and the poorest at this time for years, and yellow in some places. Oats are but small yet, it holds its own and with sufficient rain will make a good crop, especially in Warren, Carroll, Miami, Whitley and Cass counties. Potatoes are all planted in Allen, Steuben, Wells and other counties, and they have come up in Miami and Tipton counties. Clover looks well. Meadows are backward; pastbrage is short but green but stock makes but a poor living in Miami county. Corn plantingiis progressing, the ground is too dry for sprouting; in Tipton county it has come up; no corn has been planted yet in LaPorte and Starke counties and in Lake and Adams counties planting has only commenced, Apples, pears and cher- „ ties are blooming and proihise well; peaches in Elkhart and Whitley counties. Strawberries are all .. right but raspberries blackberries are injured in Miami and

I Kosciusko counties. Fruit trees set out this spring have to be sprayed to save them in Elkhart and Welle counties. Insects did no damage to fruit blossoms in Clinton, Wabash and Miami counties. Sheep shearing has begun in Kosciusko county. Wells are failing in Carrol 1 county. H. A. Huston, Director Indiana Weather Service. Per C. F. R. Wappbnhans, Ass’t Director Weather Bureau. LOOK OUT FOR J’OURSELF. The Indiana Supreme court has made an important ruling on the subject of personal injury at railroad crossings. The decision,is as follows: Where a person crossing a railroad track is injured by a collision with a locomotive or train, the fault is pnma facie his, and unless he affirmatively shows that his fault or negligence did not contribute tb the injury, he cannot recover. One who approaches a highway crossing over a railroad track is charged with the duty to proceed with caution and it he attempts to cross either on foot or in vehicle he must exercise ordinary care and prudence and not assume there is no danger. The question ot care at a railroad crossing as effecting a traveler is no longer, as a rule, a question for the jury but piescribed as a matter of law. One attempting to cross a railroad must look out for signals and look not only for signs of warning, but attentively both ways for approaching trains; and if by looking he could have seen an approaching train in time to avoid injury it will be presumed that he did not look, and must be judged guilty of contributory negligence. The absence of a flagman from a crossing where duty requires him to give notice to travelers will not excuse one about to cross from exercising the sense of sight and hearing to ascertain for himself the approach of trains. If the facts in a special verdict are such that the court can adjudge as a matter of law, that the injured party was or was not guilty of contributory negligence, the finding of such alternate fact by the jury will be disregarded by the court, GENEVA’S ELECTION. The election in Geneva Mon day resulted in the election of Chas Arnold, Democrat, town clerk; Dr. Mattox, Democrat, treasurer; C. Bell and Joe Pease, Democrats, trustees; but when it came to the marshal the Reps got ip their work, Eugene Barnes, Republican, defeated Henry Finkbone, Democrat, two votes. Finkbone is the present incumbent, and has made a good and efficient officer, but Seems to have inucrred the displeasure of some of the party in the discharge of his dyiy. The -Unexpended Tuition Fund. The question of turning over unexpended school tuition funds to the State, minus the percentage claimed by the Attorney-General, has been decided in the Superior court at Lafayette. Attorney-Gen-eral Smith brought «uit to compel the treasurer of the city school funds to pay over for redistribution the unexpended tuition fund. The court sustained the demurer to the complaint, holding that the law of the last Legislature repeals the , remedy provided for in the law of 1893, and that the unexpended tuition fund is to be deducted an<T taken into account by the trustees when making levies, and that it does not have to be refunded to the State. He holds that a suit under the law of 1893 cannot now be maintained. The case is of* much importance to school trustees throughout Indiana. 50 Dozen heavy weight KNEE PANTS at 25 cents per pair at Ike Rosenthal’s, • v §tf • i- ■ .. ■

HELLO! HELLO! THE CLOVER LEAF WANTS TO COME OUT THIS SPRING. And ont they will come, that is, they will leave the village oij the cow path, and come to Decatur with their division. Yes, they know what is best for them, eo they propose to come to a live, wideawake town. Their business interests will be increased by coming here, and then this is the central point for them for a division. Just where it will be located is yet unknown, but their engineer will be here the last of this week to look up a location and survey the grounds for the Y which will be made instead of a turntable. While our city does not boom like some of the cities in the gas belt, yet we mov6 along at a good, sure gait to get there, when we come down the home stretch so that we are sure to catch the best that comes along the road. Last week a Spencer county murderer was given a sentence of two years in the Soulheren prison, the charge being murder in the first degree; while during the same term of court a man was given two years for stealing five bushels of clover seed. Surely the life of a human being is rated low when it only equals the price ot five bushels of clover seed. It looks as though courts are becoming somewhat loose in their duties when such ver diets are forced upon the comrannThe city of Portland last Friday accepted their water works and bought the electric light plant so that the city will control both the water works and electric light. This is a wise move on the part of the Council, but a few years will pass until they will derive a revenue from them that will sustain the city. Our Council will do the same when the time comes. > Apple Tree Lice. Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, Newspaper bulletin, No. 8, May 8, 1895: The many inquiries received concerning this insect have developed the fact that people are not generally acquainted with the manner in which it takes its food. Like all members of this family, instead of having well developed jaws for biting and chewing, its mouth parts are developed into a beak, which is adapted for sucking. It will be seen therefore, that the arsenites will have but little value infighting this pest, as it takes its food from the inner tissues of tbe plant. It will therefore be necessary to ap ply some substance which kills by contact; and the kerosene emulsion is as effective as any substance which can be used. This is madb by dissolving one-half pound of hard soap in, one gallon of hot water, after which add one gallon of kerosene or coal oil and mix thoroughly, by forcing the mixture back into the same vessel by means of a spraying pump, until it becomes a thick, cneamy mass. Dilute this with ten times its bulk of water before applying it to the trees. These insects have their natural enemies which aid very materially ill their destruction, Among these are the several species of lady- bird beetles, which are unusually plentiful this season. They should not be destroyed, as they are among the horticulturit’s best friends. Baldy and Queen Jumbo; Among the countless attractions offered by the big Reynolds Circus and Menagerie that exhibits here May 21, are a pair of enormous elephants known as ‘"Baldy” and “Queen Jumbo.” These beasts were fpr years the pet and prine of juvenile San Fran cisco, being stationed in the zoological department of Garden. They were brought to this country by the celebrated traveler J. B. Gaylord, and were once the property of the King of Siam. The intelgence displayed by these huge quadrupeds warrant the statement that that they are beyond question the finest performing elephants in America. Don’t forget the fact that you can, get Hour at the City Mills at wholesale prices delivered to any part of the city, at 38c, 750. or $3.00 per barrel. | 4()4tf H. H. Hart & Bro, I

OBITIAHY. Alice M. Lichtenwalter was born at Williamsport, Allen Co., Ind., Sept. 14, 1857 and died at Decatur, Ind., May 2, 1895, aged 37 years, 7 months and 18 days. When about 13 years of age she joined the United Brethren church. Upon May 0, 1875, at Williamsport she was married to Daniel Sprang who with their one daughter Ella survives. Five months before to the day, her father died. Her mother, one sister and six brothers who bore her body to the tomb, also survive. In 1880 they moved to Decatur, where they united with the Methodist Episcopal church and their lives have moved along in a steady, strong stream of usefulness and beauty, refreshing all who* touched them at any point. Now the silver cord is loosed, now the gulden bowl is broken and the remnant »>f the family stands as the New England pilgrim stood, upon the bleak and rock bound coast, looking across the narrow vale that divides the heavenly land from ours, painfully conscious that those who go away are happier far than those they leave behind. There comes borne across that gulf upon the wings of eternal faithfulness, in the same old tender tones. “It is well with the soul.” “Let not your heart be troubled * * * in my Father's house are many mansions.” There are deep, strong currents of life, filled with a constant melody. Other currents may whirl into graceful eddies, sparkle and shimmer and gurgle, but this deep undercurrent with its true and constant tone moves the stream along and marks its course. Sister Sprang’s life was just such a current. It flowed for 12 long years through the Sabbath school; it gathered sweet faced children and saw them develop into strong, true women and themselves go out to lead others along the same way. By one in authority in the Sunday school—who has moved along the years with her it was said to me, “When you have coined into expression all the thoughts of faithfulness of which you can conceive, you will have scarcely made a beginning.” This current flowed through the Ladies’ Mite society and the Womans’ Home Missionary society of which she was secretary. This current flowed through the social life and made everyone better. The deepest and most fulltoned melody found expression in that holy of holies, the home. Their’s was an ideal home life and she was the mother, wife and queen. She was artistic, domestic, fully realizing her position, but never ruling other than by the divine right of love. She with tenderness nursed the sick loved ones, never dreaming, nor did they, that, she would firstpass through glory’s morn ing gate and walk in paradise. The strenght of her life current revealed itself when the last great struggle came. She marshalled all her forces, skilful, loving hands were her allies. She did not demand to« live but simply wished she might. She said with that One to whom the angels came and ministered in Gethsemane, “Not my will O God, but Thine be done.” Thrice did she with the heroism of heaven move up to the horrors of surgical operations which the hand of providence deferred. But with the full force of the facts before her, with a calmness that could only spring from perfect faith/she said that she was trusting, simply trusting in the One who died for her. Os her can it be said as Fuller said of another, “Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts as habingers to heaven; and her soul saw'a.glimpse of happiness through the chinks of her sickness-broken body. Iler' last hours were clouded with unconsciousness with now and then a gleam of the old self; then God’s finger touched her and she slept. Iler’s was a triumphal march for at every crisis her life spoke forth, “None of these things move me.” The funeral was held at the Methodist church which was filled to overflowing. The six brothers who survive her, tenderly carried her remains to their last resting place, while six of the church officials acted as honorary pall-bearerg. While all the officers attended and near all the members with a large number of the Sabbath school of which she was one of toe principal workers. The Daughters of Rebecca had charge of the funeral ceremon’ies at the graveyard. The floral tributes were the best that could be had, while the last resting place was made as beautiful as could be made by loving hands. Chas. E. Miller, optician of Fort Wayne, Ind , will be at Holtbouse & Snlith’s drug store, Saturday, May 18. d405-6wß-I X- — <- • ’ a . •f Farmers, when in Decatur eat at the Union Bakery and you will get value received. d3ostfw43tf g - T&f ' * ’ I - ...

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Application for Liquor Mlcciihc, To the citizens of the Town of Geneva, Wabash township. Adams county, Indiana: Notice is herein-given that I. the undersigned. Patrick K. Kinney,a male inliabilaut ot the state of Indiana, over the age of twen-ty-ore years, and a resident of said town, county and state, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county. Indiana, at the next regular session of the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, state of IndiaiA. commencing on the Ist Monday in June, ISflß.fora license tosellspirluous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, to be sold and drunk as a beverage at my place of business, I will also want to sell cigars and tobacco, and run a pool table in the same room which is 40 feet long and 20 feet wide, the same being a onestory frame building, situated on the fol'owing described property, to-wit: In-lot number one hundred and eighty (180), in the town of Geneva, Adams county, state of Indiana, as the same is recorded and designated on the recorded plat of said town. si Patrick K. Kinney. Applicant. Application for Liquor License. To the citizens of the Second ward of the city of Decatur. Indiana, and all others whom it mav concern: t Notice is hereby given that I the undersigned, a male inhabitant over the age of twenty-one years, a resident of, said citv. county and state, will at the June term, IMIS, ot the board of commissioners of said county and state, apply for a license to sell, barter, and give a wav tor the purpose of gain, spirituous, vinous and malt liquots in Jess quantities than one quart at a time with the privilege of allowing the same to he drank where sold. I will also desire to sell cigars and tobacco and operate one pool table. T e precise location of the premises on which I desire to sell, barter ot give away said I quors with the pivilege of allowing the same to be drunk thereon, is the ground floor room of the 1 wo story brick building situated on in-lot No, titty (50) which is one hundred and thirty two (132) feet tn length and twentytour i2l) feet widp. Said room where said liquors are to be sold, drank and given away is twenty-four (24) feet wide by seventy 70) feet long and is part of said lot No fit)) as the same is designated on the recorded plat of ■ said city of DecaAar. Indiana. Timothy Coffee, Applicant. Bobo & Coffee. Attorneys. Application for Liquor License. To the citizens of the city of Decatur, Washington township, Adam-, county. Indiana. Notice is hereby given that I, Timothy Coffee, a male inhabitant of said state over the age of twenty-one years, and a person not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, will make application to the board ol county commissioners at their next regular session in June 1805, tor a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquots in less quantities than a quart at a time, to be drank where sold, at my place of business, in and at the buildlug situated on the following described premises in the city of Decatur, Adams-county, and State of Indiana, to-wit: Commencing at a point twenty-four and three-fourths i24li) feet south of the northwest corner of in-lot number flfty <50.) in the original plat of the town mow city) of Decatur, Adams county. State of Indiana, us the same is designated on the recorded plat ot said city; running thence east parallel with the north line ol said lot one hundred and ihirtv-tw0(132) feet to the alley; thence south, along the alley twenty-four (24) feet: thence west parallel with the first line, one hundred and tnirty-two (132) feet to Second street; run* ning thence north twenty-four (24) feet to the place of beginning, in the second ward of the city of Decatur. Timothy Coffee. Applicant. siicrltrs Sale. The State of Indiana, Adams county, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court of Adams county, Indiana. David H. Hunsicker, 1 <-£' VS • James It. Smith, [• No. SCOI. Lydia A. Smith, | Dallas G.M. Trout. J By virtue of an order of sale to me directed by the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court bi said county and State, I have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at the east door of the Court House in the City of Decatur. Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m.. on Saturday. Juue 1, 1895. rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, Os the following described real estate, situated In Adams county, Indiana, to-wit: <7 a A certain tract off of the south side of the following described land: Commencing at the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section ten (10). township tweuty-seven (27) north, rsnge fourteen (14) east, thence south twelve (12) chains and eighty-one (81) links; thence east eight (8) chains and eighty-three links; thence north twenty-seven t 27) degrees forty-five (45) minutes; east fourteen 114) chains and forty-six (40) links to the north line of said sect on ten (101; thence west sixteen .16) chains and fortyfour (44) links to the place of beginning, being flve(s)acres off of the above tract, viz: begining at the northeast corner of the described land; thence due west to the southwest corner of the above described land; thence due north nineteen and one-half (WM rods; thence due east to the road running from Decatur to NewvfllC. (commonly called the Newville road;) thence south twenty-seven (27) degrees and torty (40) minutes west along the bearing of said road to the place of beginning, except the right of way of the Cincinnati. Richmondand Fort Wayne K. K., in Adams county, Indiana. ■ «- And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and co-<s. I will aj. the same time and In the same manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simple of the above described premises. Taken as the property of James B. Smith and Lydia A. Smith, to satisfy said order Os sale, t hia Bth day of May 18»5. , Peteb P. Ashbauchkb, Sheriff. 8-3 By Daniel N. Erwin. Deputy. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Fair Highest Award.

Notice of Flux] Settlement of Estate. Notice Is hereby given to the creditors heirs and legatees of Solomon Byrd, deceased to appear in the Adams circuit court, held at Decatur. Indiana, on the 9th day of May. 1895. and show cause if any, why the Anal settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to t lien and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. George H. Kellev, Adm'r. Mann & Beattv, Att’ys Decatur. Indiana, April 17,1895. 5-3 Notice of Final Settlement of Estate. Notice Is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Abraham W. Baumgartner, deceased, to appear in the Adams circuit cou’t. held at Decatur. Indiana, on the ll’th day of April. 1895. and show cause if any, why final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. SAMttKL H. Hocker, Administrator. Decatur. Ind., March 27, 1895. L. C. DeVoss, Attorney. 2-3 ■ ■ y - . . Application for Liquor License. ’■ To the citizens of the Second Ward of the City of Decatur. Adams county, Indiana, and all others whom it may -onoern: Notice is hereby given, that I. the undersigned. a mate Inhabitant over the age of twenty-one years, a resident of said city, county and State, wilt at the June term, 1895, of the Board of Commissioners of said county and State, apnlv for license to sell, barter and give away for the purpose of gain spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than one quar] at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drunk where sold. 1 will also want to sell cigars and tobacco. The precise location of the premises on which I desire to sell, barter or give away said liquor, with the privilege of aliowingthesame to be drunk thereon, is the front ground floor room of the two-story brick building situated on the south twenty-two feet in width oil bf in-lot number fifty-two (52). in said city, county and State, said room where said liquors are to tie sold, drunk and given away is twenty two feet wide by seventy feet long and is a part of said lot as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said city of Decatur, ludiang. . - 7-4 David M.Bvkrs. Applicant- ' Application for Liquor License. To the citizens of the town of Berne. Adams county. Slate of Indiana, and all others whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that I, the undersigned, a male inhabitant of the town, county and State aforesaid, being over the age of twent.i-one years, will apply to the Board ofc Commissioners of said county and State fora license to sell, barter and give away spiritous, vinous, malt and other liquors, cigars, tobacco and refreshments kept in a restaurant. Liquors to be sold in less quantities than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drunk on the premises where sold. The 1 cation of said building is on the west twenty-two feet off of inlot NumberOnefn the town of Berne. Adams county. State pf Indiana. The building situated on said lot is a two story frame building with aonc-storj- attachment on the back end. The room to ba occupied as a sale room is ort the ground or first floor, and is lfl‘i feet wide and 43' i feet long, and is a part of the building situated on tharlot as above described, and as thasame is designated on the recorded plat of said town now on file in the uecorder’s office of Adaiqs county. State of Indian. 7-4 JOHN O. Kunkle. Applicant. • 1 — Application for Liquor License. To the citizens of the First Ward of the City of Decatur, in the county of Adams «nd State of Indiana, and all ot her persons whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that. I, the undersigned, a male inhabitant, over the-age of twenty-one years, a resident of the Ward, county and State aforesaid, will at the Juno term; 1895. of the Board of Commissioners of said county and State make application for a license to sell, barter or give away for gain spirituous, vinous, malt and other intoxicaing liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drunk on the premises where sold. I will also want to sell cigars and tobacco and run an eating house in the same room which is the lower ground floor room of a two-story frame building situated in the northeast corner of the following described lot: Commencing at the corner of the street on the east line of.lot number three hundred and thirty-five (335), in the southern addition to the town ,now city) of Decatur; running thence west along the Hne of the street 132 feet; thence south parallel with Winchester street 40 feet; thence east parallel with the first line 132 feet to Winchester street; thence north along Winchester street 40 feet to the place of beginning- The room to be 24 feet wide and 30 feet long, situated in the northeast corner of the above described lot, as the same is designated on the • recoreded plat of said 'town (how city) of Decatur, Indiana. 7 4 M. Schafer, Applicant. Excursion to Denver, Pueblo, Manitou Etc., July. \ M For the meetingof National'.Educational Association, July 5 to 12, of present year, the T., St. L. & K. C. R. R., Clever Leaf Route will issue special round ti u> tickets at greatly rediwed rates. Ample., limits, stop-overs, privilege of change (going-one, return another) beyond St. Louis. Side trip to various Colorado; tour- * Ist points at small cost additional. Through Sleepers or free recllningsihair cars will be arranged for upon Jopllcation. For further particulars \on nearest agent, Clover Leaf Rout? Bai tedtdress, C. C. Jenkins, Qen. I’rfuij «t. Toledo, 0. < • ' atestl ) Vl I r