Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1896 — Page 9

' 1 " - 11,1 "■ Business Directory. J THE BBCATUk MTKHUL BHK. i i DECA’ITH. • INDIANA. ___ Lc CAPITAL. STOCK. 8100.000. , M H I’M S. . . - 4,000. I OFFICERS:—P-Smith, VrecKlciit; .1 ll.' I Hot thol'sh. : C. A. IlmiAN, , I, K. X. ElilM-.tit, A ■s.sfiint (’ashler. | [’• A'Hl<EiT<lf;S:~John U. Koi.TlHH'se. .1.1 k- (UII.TI-.K, (’. A. hi i. tv. II •«'i»l»<.< K. I*. V 1 Smith, 11. It. Moi.tz. J. I>. II M i. • ItlU-iW Ail’viwn money (hT'Osifo'i uh time I certiflcHto./ > I ~'-r~ *■->"'■ 1 —g.~ irsr The Old I Adams County Bank I CAPITAL. »m<W. ESTABLISHED. IH7I. Officers:—W. H. Niblick, I‘it'b.. D. 8l mln I tinker, Vk'e-prch; Ruins K. vlilgon,.Cashier I Chas S. Niblick. Ass'! Cashier. Do u general banking business. Collections I made in all pa.its of Ihe eoiim rj I County. Cltj and Township orders bought. 1.. Foreign and Doini'-lic Exchange bough: and 1*01(1. Interest paid oh time deposits. Fa ill G. Hooper, I Attornx'y at Law Oceatiir. lixliaim. I Patents’ll specialty. R, S- PETERSON, I Attorney zut Ucvw pUKCATI H, I Office Room* 1 and 2. A. Holt house Block. I J. 'JEL. 8080, I HAKTEH < 00’11 •‘•‘IOM.K I I Ml I A T’IOHNI.Y-AT-LA W. I Heal Estate and Collections. R. K. Eli IkIN, I Attoruoy-at-Ijaw. I Room 1 and 2 Niblick A Tonnellier I Block, Decatur, Indiana; U. K. DICKF.KSON, I A.ttoriiey aucl Notary Public. ■ Pension claims a specialty Heal estate and ■ C’ileotton agent. Geneva, - ' - Indiana. I tyjßl*. W. L. HOLLOWAY, !H. 11. ■x.Officeaud residence one door north of M. E. ■ '•Htureh. Diseases of women and children a ■ specialty. A.«. HOLLOWAY, I Physician and Surgeon. ■ Office over Boston Store. Residence across ■ the street from his former home. iJSliltf ■ FHAMK A tIKKRVMAX. ■ .A.ttori.ioyw-al-Ijp.w. ■ Office:— Nos. I. 2 and 3, over the Adams ■county Bank. Collections a specialty. ■ D..I.EKHIN, ■ JL“* li y i. <e i«. IX cfc £» xi l? g, o o hj. . ■ Ail calls promptly attended dm or night. ■Office and > lor Journal i flier, eor■ner of Monroe anti Third st reels. ■ J. ■ lIENTIST, Now located over Holt house’s shoe store, prepared to do all work pertaining to the ■lental profession. Gold tilling a specialty. ■By the use of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to teetii Without pain. Work guaranteed. ■ijtO TO IH. M. ROMBERG tor Your L.I XT-JESJEVTST. ■he Beit Rigs and most Reasonable Prices, lit! U. D. HALE. ■ DEALER IN ■ Grain i Oil, ■ Seeds, Coal, I IFooZ Lime, ■ Salt, Fertilizers, ■ Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and ■lover Leaf railroads. Office and. Retail ■bore southeast corner of Second and ■efferson streets. ■W“YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED Self Acting Weapons. ■ A common story was to the effect that, sword was once on a time to a pawnbroker. Tito fellow |Hiought thisa line opportunity to parade as a gentleman, and, accordingon a festival day ite wore the sword, with some idle fellows, he to use the weapon, but his nn■nniliarity with it excited the derision the bystanders, who unmercifully his bungling manner. But the of these individuals was lived. The sword itself took the in band, as though the taunts its own skill, and soon laid Hiv all its traducers. Then it turned the unfortunate pawnbroker and him. BH Another story is the basis of a popular drama, and tells of the adven- !■ r‘Y df a samurai with as! range sword he had borrowed from a pawnHo lightly hit a man with the without apparently wounding in the least. Some time after the |Ban suddenly dropped dead, and it was that tiie sword had inflicted :l wound even when it had scarcely blood. Upon examination this . found 10 bo it Iduraniasa, wiiicli, | |Bough coming from Iho dishonor of a' and carried in the hands of . ■■ ino<nnpe(i"it, had thus made mani- 1 , ■■. t its power.—Lymau Horace Weeks

Sees sting a child I .' Little Girl at Carthage Has a Narrow ‘ Escape From Death, ' HURT IN A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. i i Livrryituin and Hh f Throwij I'ruin w < ■ - ■ -I TiK’ir Bugff.v ist nt I’o; le-r f n tliv To»Ih of t rulr Smn Muck i n*,’* IMirnliitf Little Gii f jScahh’d to Indiana Note*. Carthage, Ind.. April 25.—The IG-monchs-oid daughter of Theodore Moore of this place narrowly escaped being stung to death Ly lives. The child h..d , wandered to the beehives, and the-bees I swarmed out and frightfully stung her : about the face, neck and tin ns. Wnen the child’s mother, who was aroused by her sereaips, ran to her assistance, the little one’s face ami neck were enveloped in a mass of bees, and Mrs. Moore ' was badly stung In rself in fn-cing her j daughter. The fide one was in arty dead when broturht to the house. ’ ■ ft! N A WAY ACCIDENT. - . I Irvington .’lnn iind Hi« Family Thrown I-rpin Their Huggy. Irvington- Ind., April 25.—P. Q. ; Jacobs, a well known liverym; : ' i this : place, and his family were vieti . . serious runaway yesterday in lijitiiinapolis. He was driving home with iris wile and 2-vear-uld babv The ho. lie was driving became fngiitened i t mi. umbrella mid made a x,'M effort to r.:n I away, throwing t;.e buggy violvmiy , against a streetear |fole and dm.'ioli.-.jiii.g/ tiie vehicle, 'l ie occupai ts wen-thrown to tiie ground, the intby falling first, and the parents be ii falling upon it. The ii juries receive.l by the ciiibi are severe. Mr. Jacobs was slightly bruised and Mrs. Jacobs escaped uni.urt. Hydrophobia Scare. Frankton, Ind.. April 25. — There is a hydrophobia scare just south of this city. Cattle and horses, as well as dogs bitten several days ago, are dying. It. is necessary to keep children indoors. The son of Rus Duncan was bitten, and has been taken to Cleves, 0., to a madstone. Four horses aiid several hogs and cows have died, and the situation is most serious. Twos Did Not Suit Him. Indianapolis, April 25. —George B. Bennett, claiming to l>e from Washington, Ills., lias been arrested here charged with raising $2 bills to S2O bills and passing them in Vest Maryland street houses. Uuited States Commissioner Van Buren held him to the grana jury in S’J,OOO bond, and in uefault of bail lie was lodged in jail. Muck Fires Have Ruined Ground. Logansport, Ind., A]>ni2;>. —A 7-acre track of muck on Al Gottshall’s farm, in Harrison township, has been burning for more than a year, amt even the, recent hiavy rains haw failed to extinguish the tire. Holes have been burned to a depth of eight or JO ten Da t. Tilt; tract is a pc'rfvet hernym-mb and the ground is mniosr ruined. To Form a Stale H.ill League. Er.wooi>, Ind., April2s.—A state baseball league is to be formed to cOtuprise Flwidid. Pei’ii. Lotransuort. Kokomo. Marion, Warsaw, JAmhrson, Tpiro. Haute and Muncie. A mee.tiug Las been called for tomorrow, at which all tin'cliibs 1 wilt be rv’ireSented and the movement will then rakcdeiit.desiuipe. lamg; Time a Justice. Logansport, Ind., April 25.—Moses Plank, of Monroe township, jit Carroll, county, is the oldest justice of the pt aee in Indiana. He has served in that office continuously since 1547, and rhe people of the township have unflinching faith in his knowledge of the law m?u the justness of his decisions. Druggist In the Toils. Valparaiso, Ind., April 25, —Deputy United. States Marshal Collins of Indianapolis arrested Charles Jones, a druggist of Porter, this county, for alleged sale of intoxicating liquqrs without a government license. Opened Blood Vessels nnd Died. Peru, Ind,, April 25.—John Hairing, a prominent farmer living a few miles southeast of this city, Committed suicide yesterday by cutting the arteries of both of his wrists and bleeding to death. The cause of the act is not known. „ ... — Child ScHidrd to Death. Gri;enburg, , Ind., April 25. —The little daughter of Nathan Vandever was scalded to death yeslereay by the accidental spilling of a pot of boiling coffee upon her. INDIANA NEWS NOTES. Joseph Ptiterbaiig'li of Elkhart, one of the oldest and wealthier residents, is dead of consumption. Mary Connell, a colored woman of Indianapolis who wemhed 2HO potimfs. died suddenly. The coroner is investigating.. The I’oundation’'for the new college for priests near (New Albany has been linished, and the construction of the building will be pushed. Postmasters were appointed yesterday as folloWs: .1. M. Kane, Rosston, Booile county, amt Samuel T. Atkins, Gadsden, Boone comity. . ,C Dr. Howard Ba. Force, a prominent physician of Bedford, is dead from dropsy. He served as siiygeon of the. late war and was it meptber G. A. R. and Masonic order. The Logansport and Wabash Valley Ga.s company, controlled by tiie iJiptriehskyndicate, has notiiied its consumers that gas ; will be furnished free daring the slimmer , months. Peter Cigrand of Anderson, father of Emille Cigratpi, one of Hidnies’victims, was scrioiisl.' burned by an explosion I , accumulated gas, to which lie applied a. . ] lighted match. 1 JoiAm.v Dielysoti; 4 years old, son of B. ’j If. .Dick.son, ■ ipyrjnleiulciit of the Evans- 1 ville division of the Louisville and Nash-, ville railway, and Loretta, tl years old, ' daughter of W. T. Rickets, ate of a. mixture in which insect powder Haff been > placed, and both died. . ♦ ;

Quickens The Appetite Makes the i Weak Strong. AYER’S ' THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL ’ fflr ’ Bl Sarsa parilia Has Cured Others And Will Cure You. Ayer’n Cherry I’ectoral far Cough** / Material For Cavalry. While the Uuited States' doos net boast <>f a large standm-.’ arinv. the few , regiments of cavalry which have seen i service ou the plains will not only coni- , pa.e. 1;:. i.vwith tiie mounted men j of .either me ions, but f<sr the particular | kind of w irk to wnich they have been i tr ained they an-without -equals in the xvorld. \Ve nave had no reason to keep i them in training, but if put to the test ' we c v.id’ cer’ai:;ly raise a maginticent army m a very short time. Unlike the ■ ; riy days of the rtci nt iteb. .iam, we would'have piyuty of horsemen to call upon. ; Whereas, in earlier days, equestrianism was unknown, eomparati vedy speuk- ! ing, it -has in later days become jsiL- . general as a tm-ans of exercise, recreation ami health that eld and young are . fairly gotid riders. The various sports of polo, limit ing ami racing have served to stimulate imetest in equitation. The military troops formed throughout the country are also factors. Ail of these sources would be drawn Upon for officers rather than for private ‘soldiers. They do not represent a large number in comparison with the force necessary to cope'with a foe, but they would certainly prove a valuable nucleus on which to build.—Rider and Driver. Wouldn’t Need It. The Syracuse Standard tells of an amusing correspondence that recently took place between a Wisconsin farmer and a loctil boiler firm. The farmer wrote as follows: Luxe bins-I Imv a 1,030 alters cf trees that I want cut. I’.n pore but Im willing to pay toe hundred uolers far an eugm that will do my work. The boiler firm saw that the engine necessary to accomplish the devastation of his virginal forest would cost SII,OOO, and they informed him co this effect. A week passed' an.d then the following pithy epistle came from the Wi.scoti«in woods: Diatß in h—l wud I want of an Wjiu or tiler ‘f 1 htd S3,(KXI? LOVE AND HOSES. A wild rose drank < f tin morning dew, A wild,rose sndh-'l :.t :i.( rning sun, « A wild r.<lr< :;:>(< d tin-vann <:ay through, | A wud rost-. died when th. .dav was done. | And ever tl;e rose was fair. Was sweet, And-ever the rose was sii\\ But-a rose’s lit. . like a <.’.ie.cn, is fleet. And a r< sc in a day v.jH d e. It fell on a day that love < nw grew- ; In the loili-n <-f the In -art lixe :i i < sc, ■I. < Atp- it sniih d in tie iieriiing dew, ■ Lifte li r/e>it died at the sweet duy-’sclosa. And ever the love was f:fir, wasiswevt, An l-i'i r tiie iov*- was shy, Etit t;,. ■ life of love, like a r<’se, is fleet, And a levo in a day \vrli die. —John N. HTllnird in Vanity. SOME gIGNS OF. APPROACHING AGE. liow » Man. Showed Tha-t He Wan Growing: Old Without Knowing It. A man, a,psareutly slightly past- middle hair was tinged with gray and noticeably thin on top, sat near me at a theater. As the curtain rose for the first time a spectacled man of about the same age entered and occupied the vacant seat; between us. He looked at the other fixedly. The look was exchanged, and in a second each had the other cordially by the hand. The conversation toid that theyhfld been schoolmates who had not met in many years. “By Jove, Charlie.” exclaimed the first, “it does me good to see ybu. Yom haven’t changed much more than I have, and I am not a day older than when we got our diplomas. ” • * “I can't quite agree with you, Tom.” answered the other, “but I don't feel very old yet. I see you still enjoy the theater, and I suppose you have kept up y.uur literary tastes for the past 30 years. ” k’Thirty years !” repeated Tom. “How ( the years fiy! Do you remember how they used to drag? Theaters! Well, I do go now and then, but the plays and acting are not what they used.to be. As to books, I still read them, but none of the modern trash. There hasn’t been a good, book written for a quarter of a century. The’ new ones give me the dyspepsia worse than wiiat I eat. Do you remember the. meals we I’iad on the. old Vermont farm? Those were happy days. Thirty years aiid more ago! Strange,,but I don’t show a sign of age. 1 wonder where this confounded draft is coming from. I feel neuralgia ou top of my head now. ” “Tom, old hot,” replied the other, /‘you are deceiving yourself, for you have shown m.irked signs ,of approaching .age withhi three minutes’. Your belief tliat (heaters and aeters' have degenerated, tliat new books are below the standard, that childhood cooking 'was perfection and that time Hies so very fast are all indications that you are rm ■the down hi I|l side'of life. The slight draft that, you say brings a tinge of n,eutkiJgia to the top of your head, Ay here, Imotlce, the hair is rather thin, wouldn’t have been thought of §6 years ago. Then here yt>u are in the very front seat of a theater. No use denying’ thesigns, Tom. We are getting along- and iiiust admit what others plainly see. ’*•—New York Baruld. . •’ ■’ • .... e> . Q

BEATEN AND ROBBED I Aged Batchelor Cruelly Maltreated by Burglars. BUT LITTLE MONEY SECURED. , 1 ITyil t*'i'li. i!>ia llisco*. i <*d Among Imiiana link Hii<) (ail.**’ ill that Nf’.jjhIhhluiiiil \i* Qtiar;'ntJiMul Dam- I ~h*<l For Kvliik >-,)••« t«*<l i'rom h liain IpJiHiia llrins.oi lnter«*rtt. All . ma, Ind., April 28.. — Henry Stiliu.igin'r, a bachelor, 75 years old, | was bm:nd, gagged ai.d robbed, nt nis home in ar T;j ton. late Fafurday night, and h< .ay bound until'yt Merday, when his n.i■<!j |<,u v,u.s dis.ovcri'ii by the neighi oi s. He .had Li » n fearfully ! beaten and was almost di ad. The rob- I bers st < un'd only Unv of the men, I Mr. 8 illwaguei claims, was a negro.J .Mr. H:,. AagutT live.- aiotu , and it is a ; common !■< in i that ho Kt pt considt raLle j uiuuet ' ■m .-aleit abo.it hishOme. t I’l.l N(,t l> OVER A DA'.i. Two l .TiiHT*. DroHiHtl and Two Others .XarruMly I,m ape Death. Fori \. ym:, Ji],.tl JB.. — I’rank i Dailey, Janas Ve..;r<>, Orange Maxv. ill ' and <*■ at Artiol.;, tour tarim t>, <tti iui.,' to cro.-; Jpe river, six u'lib'.s ! north < r’ort Wa, .■, in a < attoe. "J.in.- ■ swift- .. i.i'i i-aini’d tm-mfar out into ' the sii .ui'uiiii they L st'■oitlrol iff lau , _boat. In a:■ w miimtes tin y fiik-’vu toward aia ,:i ~>ll< t iuv ii. anu ri ■■ . . .leal stream ’o" n ti:< ni over the b> aksvater, i ami Da.ivy and \ > vard Wer<.‘ Oa-imd to instaut luath. Born have tamilies. The . mu's nave lan b"< a 1. < <iv<’' <l. The other two iiieii ■ eiung to tin- . ~rs anti fishing tackle and were rescued after a struggle. CVT lEE OI AKA NU N ED. Several Cases us Hyilrophobia Found Among Indiana Five >tock. Moun i Vernon, Imi., April 28 —Several weeks ago a mad dog passed through this section, bitting many cat--tie. State Veterinary Bolser of New Castle has arrived, uccompauied by several members of the state live stock commission. They made an investigation and found several gej;tune eases of hydrophobia, A. Bretnir was coiupelieu to kill ami burn 13 fine Jersey cowsand several calves. Janies Erwin and James liottoiiiy, four cows. A number of nogs have also been lost, and other cattle quarant.’.ned by the state commissiotH rs. Nlunier Will Out. St. Croix, Ind., April 28. —Strong evidence has been obtained against Uevillez, now in jail at Carrollton.,on the charge of milrmring the peddler whose remains were I'ettnii ree( t:< iy buried under a l.aru at Let.yoiti.-and v\ h<>*,’i <i|qh-arelrin IMI. His sister has t(>ijfie<; tii.it he ami a man iiaiiit u .la siiot the peddler, u.-.ag a Am aliber ivaoLvi i. .A mnlet of tii.it cat:bir lias ue.'ii found wherrthe" remains were btined, andi..’her < <>in boI rative testimony is din.i.v.;,..i peiiring. | Jackson s whereabouts ;i r<.- u.txuow.n atm sone sax he is dt .<d. A alitnbh* JHwi’xv Hage.i.-town. Ind.. Aoi'ii 2s. —An OUfragt ]ieip'.irateii it is .-.ujiposed simply ■ i >p.t' i .-cured lu re. William Coiiwax. a farmer and.horsviiran, is the . s .... • owiitfi- ol tm- trot ling stallion Igiiiburt, vaiui tl at- 5;,.i>.10. ><me one entered the aniiiiai'-.-tafile’tit night ami cut on his tail ckm to tiie Lone, haggled’the reniaiiiing hair and I'ul (iff the mane. ' The ap.■■ ;.rance of the horse is complete- ■ ly spoil-<l. ■ ■ _ Asks SIO,OOO Damages. Laporte, Ind., Ajiril 28. — George Scott, adininistrator .of the estatd of John Wahlert, deceased, has brought action in th-* superior court tor SIO,OOO, damage' against tiie Haskell & Barker Car company. Wahlert while in the - rapioy of the eompiq'iy, and the allegation is made that negligence on the part of the company was responsible ; for his death. Awarded Damages For l\je< thfent. Fowi.i’ti, Ind., April 28.—. Mrs. Anna Lucas 'of this city has for thesecond time obtained a verdict against the Lake Erie anil Western railway for being illegally ejected from a train. The conductor demanded 10 cents more than the regu- i lar fare, and upon her refusal to pay, , put her off. The jury fixed her dam- ’ ages at $s0O; A INDIANA NEWS NOTES. I i Hanovi r College has just opeued a new i gymnasium. i The $2."00 residence of H. B. Cox of Washing l , nil has been burned. Miss May Stevens of Mentone, in a lit of jealous ragei swallowed poison Rev. S’. W. Mciioiierts of Union, a poor' > mini, has been .left $10.( 00 by the del'd h of a relative in Ctililoraia. Mel Ca~ le, a wealthy grocer -of Logansport, was robbed oi $2(1(1 nt the Wabash , station by tyvo men. who eseape-L A until in f- J raised bills changed in <lenoiuiihii b"i from to SIA have been circulated at Terre Haute the past week. Frank I’ritebci tof Fowler, who-is under ’ indictineii; lor the killing dt Frank Dusluiruf, ha- be-i: ivieased on S'ijV l bail. Horae- Lake of Bloomington, aged 13, was seriously stabbed by ('hai’les young in tn " h- ni lie had accused of stealing Howers. Thmmi' iobertson, a young man living neat'Port li, «as fa tatty injured by being struck by a Big Four freight train. He went to -deep on a catlk'giiar-Laiid his right arm and legjwere cut -ill. John G.icigluT. in-.a drunken light at H-H'kin Park, wielded his knite,-iaiiggi ousfy stnbiiihg-.Tosep.h Heed mid st .stung ■ John Dn: ,an across the back, ’lleed's left lung >.is p'. n-'i rated, ami bis death i> for. " The lir.-' annual tiratorieal contest -if the Shelby ('< ;.ity Sii.yMy school asso.iial ion I resulted iN .i"i Mi’itg fir?l honors to M.-s f "tig ••atjv«r’ township, and ■ second, ti. Missel'ora Robertson of Van Bureu tp" asliip. '«• 'r

F SCHAFER A LOCH’S HABDWABt "TORE. ■llOAcUitinrtcris. SIOW < RaiiGES. Tl'in.tcr is at hand and you will need a stove. H c have an eri.'. -ss variety and a lartfe stock to .select from, and our j.rices arc f OBLD BEATERJ I ■ ’ A (?IjL I Robes, Blankets, BTiips, VBF StOCk 01 brated Itmbul II auons — Is Unequalled in th© City. y--' Cail ariU see us, 2nd Decatur, Ind. •

NEARLY CREMATEj - Farmer Near Elkhart Severely Burned by Forest Fires. ■ —. RECEIVER FOR SUPREME COUNCIL : Members of the Order of Equity Forces It Into tltb Courts Woman Acquitted , of Murder at Crown Point- —Resignation , of an Aged Justice of the Peace —fndi- ; ana News Notes. I Eckerty, Ind.. April 20.—Chris Newton, one of the wealthiest, farmers in Johnson township, and one of the best known in the county, left hisj team by the roadside, while ite assisted in fighting lire, which was m-vaslating stffe fencing and woods. Hi- entered the woods, ami in tiie rush of work he was , not mi>'.--i for several hours. He was ’ then found insensible, where be hiul , 1 fallen, from exhaustioh. He was lying in the burning leaves; his face, minds and arms were badly scorched ami itis clothing was alm. st burned off..his body. His recovery is (ioubtful. Mr. Newton is a man of family. RECEIVER FOR SU I’ttE.’.l E ( nt'NUIL. ?demb«-i-s of t lie Ord r of t .;aity Forem It into H «' < mills. Indian ti?-.’ i>. April .29.—Wil iam F. Churchman has 1 ■ ct; lipbi'bped rec- iv. r ; of tile Mtpr 'lllv < uuib li •Jr.d’t'l ivqlmy. I This is a beni-iit orgaiiizatmn.'which came into life in At’gi..-t„ P-’s'. and da?' ' bhen ext-.i'ti-.vely pros. ly ting in I’ndii’.ua, lllim.is and (Jiim. ut - me headquartii' I are here. The eomti.uint was Jued Lv a dissatisfied certid-ate hole.-.-r', wlm-- ! claim had not be-ui adju.-ua and who . makes s-rious’eharges in ii;s aib gatmi..' of the hop ." tiiM-lvency". ftn -assoi'i.itipn. Under tile c. nstituii. u the: i should bejt reserve fund bas. ,1 on e. 1- , lections amounting to •’’;.’i.'«i ’. but it is . claimed that this money has been oi_- , verted by tin sapremc ctlieers. .Aged Hack Driver Hurt. Brazil, Ind., April 29.-—John WillMams, the veteran driver of the hack , line between this city and Cardbnia, was seriously ifnot fatally injured. He had a llaek full of passengers when a. fractious horse he was driving ran away. The old man was dragged over the dashboard and under the feet of tiie frightened animids. Tiie hack passed over him, crushing him seriously. The passengers were thrown out and ail more or less injured. Choked by a Burglar. Wap.saw, Ind.. April 29. —Mrs. Mabie Noble, living three miles east of this; ■ city, was aroused by some one at a rear ; window. Her son not being at home, i ’ she went to the room alone, whereupon she was seized by a masked burglar and nearly 'choked to death, besides which she was struck a severe blow over the i head. While she iay insensible, the ‘ burglar ransacked the house, sectoring I S9P cajh, a gold watch ami other valu- , aides. Woman Acquitted of Murder. . Crown Point, Ind.. April 29.—Mrs. , i Marv Moavilelt. imiieted tor murder. : —...—— ... —-A——,—- - .

] : : — —- —— Daniel Schlegel? DEALER LN UGHTMXG HODS, SPOIM ROOFISG, iW Tinware of al! Khi(K StoYe-JW, Bi»- S Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, • " --Indiana. -*..- .6 • °

growing cur of a g meral Rirhr in her hiisba’na’s sahoii, in which one'man , was killed, who inis been on trial for *-■ i r.:l day n the Lake i .rcuit court, ha.'been ;c<;ui’:> (t. Tiie cases agaiimt ’Nlc. das K;kic aiid Martin .'.li.avitrh, similarly m;eu>' i. liave been dismissed. forest Firf*s. JefFer'sonvuj.e, Ind., 'April 29.—A i terrific forest lire devastated the farms ; ot Charles Bailt y. Len Thomas, William Reynolds and others at Blue Lick, : burning up thousands of feucerails and valuable timber. Hundreds of people j are out lighting it, and have it now. under control. It burned over several square miles of timber land. Aged Squire Resigns. : OsgOOD, Ind., April 29.—Squire MoreLach has resigned his office as justice of : the peace and retired yesterday from l public service, fur the reason that at the close of the day In- had serveu as squire continuously tor 50 years He is still hale a mi liegrty and relates many interesting reminiscensHs of pioneer days. Blood Poisoning Causes ’Death. Williamsport. Ind., April 29.—Mrs. ■ T. A. Alartnj. wiio ran a tac-k in her I fotit while cleaning house last Friday, is dead from bio d poisoning. Just, one year ago Mrs. Martm’s sister died'from . a sipiihtr accident.. • . GREATER* NEW YORK. the Governor Not to j the Bill. New York. April 29.—1 f 'there are many thi’asieml of pi'bpli' in this city opposed to The greater New York bill, last night's .i::ti-< • disMidution rally at Cooper Um.rn ..j-i. m>c_ < -w it. This . meeting was (li-"gm d to be a citizens ’ pr >test to Governor M'-rtoti r.gaiisst the 'signing of the HU. and tin call for <t was signed by su C E..’'. Tie’.-r t: t;i .. 1.-rr •• 'i >9 ■: ml S. V. Iv. Cruger, G neral Ansdn .MeCock, t\-M.i.■ H'. iviuam. lonian AL-. belt. The n'uffiber of person's in rkJ hi.'.l. ’hffwever, did not.exceed (>'■’. Tiie piumor-Ts of the im eting made it plain rim" tln.-v were not tin r*i r<_i opix-e eoiisMiuaAi a of Xi'w York amt Brook-’ lyn. bat to protest against, what one-nj: i: i speak; vs called th" ’jam through measure" passed in spue of tiie. official ; veto and bV die mayors-of both cifMs. Cornelius N. Eiiss. presided and made ~. a strong pe eii against fin- signing of , the-greater New York bill in the present shape and under existing conditions, diaries 11. Barkhh'rst sent a letter protesting agai: sr the bill. „ A resolution denouncing the bill and'calling upon Governor Mdrton Jnot to sign it. was adopted and s< :it by special messenger to tiie goverm r .it Albany. Drunken Bout Ends In Murder. Hoik Island. Ills., April29.—At Buf- ' falo. 12 miles down the river, Jaccb Mounts struck Joseph Goodners over the head with, an oar and killed him. i The tragedy was the outcome es a day’«s ; dissipation on an’ island on the Missis- . ’ sippi river. A party of men, of which Mounts ami Goodners were members, were-retr.Tniug from tiie island when Goodners quarried, with Mi ..brother and was about to strike-hi.m when the fatal assault was made, (loodners was 24 years of age and leaves a widow and child. Mounts is under I arrest.' r There are more than 150 e i'C' of ineasl -s int Ivhvood. but no fat,alii a- b.tve been 1.vertiii. . . ’ '