Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1896 — Page 2

Seven Months With Fever. M'underfill Hecovery of Health. Nr. Baird's rapid and i:..'rvHor ■ recovery I front a lucre sluTenm to hi- m i :.:.i 1 tveiuht, 270 pouml-. w:i > ;'i y t tie ’ e.'t -• t< >f .fill' grandest, strcn.tth- 1 it and bvdlmug-up medicine < v I pro.ii.ceil, mim<;ly : Dr. Miles’ ResfordUve Nervine. e' -' . : \ fc £ J. H. Baird. "Gentlemen —I wish to express to you my gratitude for the great good that l’r. Miler Xerrine has done for me. I was taken sies with typhoid fever and I laid in bed for seven months. After getting over the fever I was thin, nervous and tired, and did not regain my lost strength. I tried several proprietary medicines, and finally, after having been reduced in weight to 130 pounds, I began trying you- Ncrriny. and at once began to improve. - Was finally c ntirtiy .. cured, and today I can say I never felt bolter in all lay life, and weign -70 pounds This iS-Siv normal weight, as I n.< asure 6 feet inchesjn height." South Bend. Ind. J. FI. BAIRD. Dr Miles’ Nervine is sold or. a positive guarantee that the first bottle will < nyut. All druggists .-ell it.at Fl. ti b-ott.-s. ■ : m.-'r it will I ■■ s.-:.t prepaid, on re.-.t-ty : pt , by the Dri Miles Medical Co.. E.kt&gt, .luu. Dr. Miles’ Nervine bold by all Druggists. No morn! ?!.' ■ in Dr Mil -' v.US Tills. , r;: ,' ■■ • ■ ’■ ■, -,r :t , .

—— = Sailor* Blessed by the Pope. Rome. June Thre- hundred and fifty R aiian Catholic >ailois of the British Mediterran-_..n s luadron made'a special v>it ft . rhe : rati ’an yestt fdny. They attended mass in the Sistine chapel in tin pres f tin pope, wh< bles-ed thvm as w. - carried out on the sedia --star ria. scene was a striking'"' . 'a-. is givingprolonged -rs .'■ . 'ig it hats. Is Great’y Overworked. Laporte. Ind.. Ju:, lv.—Rev. Julius Becks, paster f J s :?. s Catholic church, this city, lias been taken to a church li'Est ital for tr-atm-nt. It is feared that Father Becks, who is one of the best known Catholic priests in the i state, will, n.of be able to again resume • pastoral work. Free Pills Send your addre-'- .-to H. E. Buckleu & Co., Chicago, arid-get a tree sample- box .of • New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in ae: tion and are particularly etftc’ive in the cure of constipation and* headache. For malaria arid liver troubles they have proved invaluable. Trigy are guaranteed to be perfectly tree'from.every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They , do not Weaken j>y their action. bur by giv-I ing tone to stomach and bowel invigorate the system. Regularfsize 25c per box. Sold by Blackburn A .Miller, drug ■ gists. ” i . Jail Is In a Had Condition. Indianapolis, June 1(5. — Secretary , Bicknell of’the state .board of charities • and corrections lias written a letter tb ■ the district judge Os Monroe .c< nnty, calling his attentrofi to the condition' of the county jail. Mr. Bicknell found it : in a very unsanitary condition, unfit for the habitation of prisoners. The state ■ board.has.no power to correct these evils; all that.can be done is to call the attention of, the judge of the district-to the condition. vnarie? nrennan, a Hoy of Bedfora, lost a leg while trying to steal a ride on a moving train.. T Stroiig.oppositiOn is showing in Madison county to the proposed pardotting of the so-called Scatterfield gang of whitecaps, now serving terms in prison. Reports now on file at the Terre Haute repair shop of the Vandalia road show that the company hail 400 cars badly damaged in the Ft. Louis tornado. 1 Lawrence Eschba.ck of Vincennes, while ' burning worms on an apple tree, was thrown to the ground by the breaking of a limb, suffering concussion of the brain. "•J- ... Heliet In Six Hourw. Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours’by the “New Great’ South American Kidney CurlE.’’ This new remedy is a surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in-relieving. )wn in the bladder, kidneys, back and evert part the urinary passages in mule or female. It relieves retention of water arid pain in passing it almost immediately. If you want quick re- ; lief and pure this is your remedy. Sold by I Holthouee & Smith, Druggists, necotur, Ind I Notice to'Teachers. I Notic.e is hereby given .that there will i be a ppblift examination of teachers at the County Superintendent's office in Decatur Indiana, on the last Saturday of each month. Manuscripts made in other coun- ' ties will not be received. Applicants must be seventeen years of age before they will be licensed. Applicants for license must present the proper trustee’s certificate or other evidence of good moral character—see section 4,497, It. S.—and pass a creditable examination in orthography, reading, writing Arithmetic, geography, 1 physiology, English grammar, History of the United States, science of education, “Scientific Temperance” and satisfactorily answer a list of questions on a literary production designated by the State Board of Education. The literary work Will be giveirin examination in the following order: February, isiiti—History, IntroduMion, etc., and Acts JI and 111--Chapter i'll. Marclt—History, Introduction. etc., and Acts IV and V— Chapters;!!]. I V“and V. April—History, Introduction and alkt.he Acts—Chapter IV. ■ J May—Shakespeare’s—“The 'Fein pest.” begin promptly at 8:30 a. in. Kespeotfuiryo . ’ J. F. Snow, Co. Supt. Stf

AT HIS OWN FUNERAL Services Over hi Old Man Who Is Not Yet Dead.. SUBJECT SAT ON THE PLATFORM. Eight Venerable Ji.'U tn Lieu of I’all- - bearers Cui.i’.iu ti’il the G ray -1 Loreil Man to th- lie.t ruin — t oiigreglitlon t lied by and look Leave ot the •■Departed.” shaking His Hands. Ports mouth, <■’. June —The inneral of a living man—plain, old Lorenzo Dow McKinney—at which he was present, was preached at Fallen Tim- . bers, 20 miles from hert*, yesterday to an assembly of *,OOO people. * I It was in one of the grandest ot God s first temples, a primeval forest ot giant oaks, eampmeeting style. Rev. Forest Evans conducted the ceremonies. Just behind him sat the living man. Lorenzo Dow McKinney. Incongruities in the shape of hokey-pokey, gingerbread, popcorn, lemonade, with all the etceteras, were vociferously, not to say discordantly, present. The committee of eight venerable men in lieu of pallbearers, conducted the subject to the platform. 1 Iffy had all known him from youth. Then grayhaired Jared Blakeman. nearly 90 years old. started singing "Jesus lover ot my soul.” and the ..ikon vaults of that temple echoed th sound of s.i.i.r) voices. After the prayer by Rev." Evans, the forest again rairn with song. Tins tiiii” it was "The -we. t bye and bye. Then came th' sermon. The tcsLwa.-, “The Time of Mv Departure is New . t Hand.” At :he conclusion the hytnu "Are you wuyt: I in the blood of.Hie lamb” was sun_ .fnd.th.eii by invitation rhe '- ngregat? :: tib><f by taking b;ave of the departed, t-grimly shaking him by the hand. NEVER MADE LOVE TO HER. Defendant ia a Breach of Promise Case Testifies at Galesburg., Galesburg. Ills., June 22.— The developments in the 810.000 breach of promise eas" of Parthena Connors against James A. McKenzie Saturday were unfavorable to the plaintiff. Considerable stress had been placed on letters written by defendant to plaintiff, but these proved to be plain business letters, closing, "Yours respectfully.” Mr. McKenzie testified in his own behalf that he Was 59 years old. Heclaimed never to have, had any conversation about love or marriage with the plaintiff, and denied that he had ever used force to extort from her a promise to marry him. He swore that in February, 18!*5. just prior To. his marriage . to Ins present, wife. Miss Connors and 1 imr mother came to his house and asked wllat-he titrant by deserting Miss Com nojsC He c ifended that Miss Conn rswas’tlngry -because he would not bring a’damage suit on a trivial charge, ignored by the grand jury. He claimed that he.'dfove ,ver to Conners’, net to , P.rth.ma, but to col F-rt evidence . aga-imV a be- r joint n ?ar h r home. The witness .g'hara"te?ized her demand for mar-Hage as absurd, STREET CAR ACCIDENT. More Than Twenty Passengers Injured In a Philadelphia suburb.. Philadelphia, June 22.—More than 20 passengers <m two open trolley cars were injured last night in a peculiar accident at Frankford, a suburb ofThis city. One of the gars was returning from and the other going to. a near by pleasure park?* .They ran on parallel tracks. Both were so crowded that nfiPfiy of th? passeng'-irs stood on the sideway footboards and when the cars attempted to pass each other, at a rapi d rate-of speeti, a jam resulted. Nine of the passengers were infernally injured and were taxeh to hosuitals, but it. is not thought that any fatalities will follow. . A , ASKJj’ for”. A new trial. Chicago Legislator, Convicted of Boodling, Wants Another Hearing. Peoria, His., June 22.—State Representative Simon. Shafter, recently convicted by a Peoria county circuit eburt jury of agreeing to accept a bribe, appeared before Judge Worthington Saturday and his entered a motion for a new trial, assigning a iiu>nber of reasons therefor. The staU>*S attorney opposed the motion, listening to the-argunients of tin- attorneys the judge took the case i nt,ler advisement, announcing that he'would render his, decision later. Whitney's Plain Stat«*m<*nt. New Yong. June 22.—William C. Whitney has made public a statement in which he defines the political situa-e ! tidii, makes his position clear as regards I his decision to remain in this country, j insteatj of going to Europe, and cOpi eludes by saying that.he is not a presii (U'lftial possibility; that lie would lint ; run if nominated, and w’Quld not serve. iF.elected. ’ ■ Contemplated Exp<*i*imental Sehieine. ■ Washixgtov, June 22.—Continuous day time collection of mails in the big cities with the size of the various districts "doubled and tlie sorting of the mail in the colb ction wrrgoi.is ready for immediate ’ railroad dispatch withojjL. passing through . the postoilice department will execute soon, probably in Washington and New York." - May Buy the Joliet Railway. Jojjet, Ills., June 22.—Negotiations are now in progress between William McKinley of Champaign and State Senator Macomer of Augusta for the purchase of the Joliet.'electric street railway from J. A. lb'nry. who has owned it,for 20 years ami expended over, .<lOO.l teamti tlfi' ro,,u],_ .If t | 1( . tr insfer is made, over 85'i.fioo will be spent in extelldiiig tlm ii n -. President <m a l imbing Trip. , AV asi.jixgti.ix, June 22. —President Cleveland and tary Carlisle leftthe j city about 9 o'clock last .nights on the lighthouse lender Violet for. M fishing trip down »..e potnina'- river. Withtbe party .was Captain-: Lamberton Os the Violet. ,

Mrs. Anna Gage, wife of ExDeputy if. S. Marshal, ! Solwmbus, Kan., says: “I w asdelivered TWiNS nt le!,s tllan 20 minv -D; rty utes at “' *vith scarcely anjl pain ,7“ ryfl after using only iS two bottles of vltS FRIEND” DID NOT SUFFER AFTERWARD. rs-Sent t'v Express or Mall, on receipt of price*. SI <H> bottle. Book "TO MOTHERS" luitiii'd tree. IIIIADFIELB REGILATOB CO.. ATLANTA, GA. -o) I. B_BV_ALL 1) RUGGI STS. INDIANA BRIEF NOTES. i.w.w *»*■ The xlore Warrick. Jr., of Hartford City, drank tly poison and died. The Kelly Ax company's Alexandria plant will soon be running again in all its depart ments. Gas was struck at the Innis brickyard at Tipton, within four blocks of the courthouse. The pressure is 280 pounds at a depth of ’.GO feet. As the result of a natural gas war at Lapel, cooking stoves cost 25 cents per month, furnaces $4 per.year, while jets are scarcely.counted. ,-V i result of a single bee sting at Fort W.iyife'l’.'ter Sehoaf's bo.lv has swolleh to nearly double its normal size' and his ; death is expected at any time. J ide Laming and Elijah Gregg are nn I ■ der arrest at Shoals charged with arson, i growing out of the /burning of the farmhil'isegif the latterdast month. Charles Wilhelm- of Hartford City, tin- | der arr. -t at Marion, i- reported in.-,'ini' ’ becau-e of nicotine poisoninc, the result , of exees-iye cigarette -mokiug. . ‘ i lour Bii) M <>u*l Live t Hontll. i s > Gilman Hrowii. ot '4 Mill stiecL | South Gardnt?! . Mas-., was toid by the doe- i tor-. Hi- son had lung trouble, following I typhoid malaria, and he spent three hundred and -eventy-live dollars with doctors who finally gave him up. spying: "Your boy won't live a month.'’ He tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and a few bottles restored him to health ami enabled him to gp to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes his present good health -tm the use of Dr. King's New Discovery, and knows it t > be the best in the world for lung trouble. Trial bottles free at Blackburn's drug store. Charles- Schlegel, a saloonkeeper of Evansville, banded his pistol to Samuel Peek, a triend, to examine, and while the , latter was looking at it the weapon was ■ discharged. The bullet struck-Schlegel | below the last rib on the right side and I passed clear through his body, indicting a mortal wound. ’ The Compass Plant. ■ On the western prairie is found the-com- j pass plant who-e leave- point to the north. , We wish to direct you to the great health giver. Bacon’- Celery King for the Nerves. Jf you are s’jffermg from dyspepsia, liver complaint ami indigestion, if you arcsleep-)es-at nikht anil awake in the morning — » _ ... •( feeling lamruid. with a coated tongue and sallow haagared iook-. Bacon's Celery King for th?'Nerves will cure you and restore you to blooming health- Trial pack-.: age-free. Large size soc. at Holthouse & 1 Smith's -ole agent-. Lew Frow of- Raleigh, Rush county, an ■ old pensioner, dropped dead of apoplexy as ' he was stooping.over to fasten his shoe. Rbilman Phillips was shot by John Sni- , der during a fight at Star City, the ball en- j tering his right breastand passing through i his lung. An Important Item. Do not waste yftur nfoney on vile, watery mixtures compounded by inexpertencetl persons when Holthouse <t Smith, sole agents, will give you a bottle of Otto's Cure, free of charge.., If you have coughs, colds, asthma, consumption, or any disease of'the throat or lungs, a few doses of teed remedj' will surprise you. Holda bottle of Otto's Cure to’the light ami observe its beautiful golden color and thick’, heavy syrup. Samples free:.large bottle 50c. James B. Crosby of Marion has made application in the Rush circuit court n r the appointment of a receiver for the Carthage strawboard works on the ground of 'mismanagement. Biu kleii’s Arnica Naive. The best ‘salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum? fever sores, tetter, chapped hands? chilblains, corns, and al! skin eruptions, and positively cures piles or ho pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money reiunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Blackburn & Miller. Keliel In One Day. SotTH ’Amijiican Nervine relieves the worst Jases i it Nervous Ernst ration. Nervous tie-- and Nervous byspepsia in a single day. N'l ’stieli relief and f'ies.-nighus ever come to the invalids of this codntrv. Its powers to cure the-toriiach are wonderful in the 'extreme. It always cures: it’eannot tail. It radically vtire-al! v,:.caimt-s of the Stomach and never disappoitim. Its effects are marvelous and eijrp’ri-iug.—lt gladdens the hearts of the suffering and-Jirings immediate relief It" is a luxury to take and always safe. Trial bottles 15 cents. Sold by Hoithonse Smith. Druggists. Deeatiir lii'l.-? FARMERS Wanting «hin«tes-for- Shed Boot will do well to call on Jno. W. Vail, at his factory, and see his ctrll staves, .They are very cheap, and make as good a f' of as any shingle. Call and see them. wltf Female fetes®. Mirny beautiful women tlie in the very prime ,<>l HJc. Others live iq noddle aite.-'tiut are seldom/ son nd au<l bealtfiy. Why is this yell ask? We answer SELF Nl«i r-m your, life cap- be lengthened and hoirm ma<le happy it you coinrneoee AT ON<:I7.V T- y one package ot Park’s Vaginal Suppose I fries aifd ytm will nevci'-rceri-t it They wll n nite a nciv iv'omaii ot ytwf-and will abstofutciy cure, till the distressing forms <oi ti malt' Wettkncsyes. NO EM’tEItIMENT. NoMooiors' examination. positive cure. I.ei'i'oiTheif or whites.are iismdjy entirely cured f y one or two applicalioiisl Price 81-00 tier package tiv mud prepaid. Particularstet'aled'L’c. PARK HEM EDY <'«»., - Mann.

ROADS WILL COMBINE I Plans to Consolidate All the Electric pnos In Indiana. FIVE HUNDRED MILES OF ROAD. J’-.iiiic In i < hni< h Snirouly Av<»i<h«<l at KiAtnu Sun I’lirki* County Has settled thr, <o»t >’or the Murder I'riui. Tipton Butcher In Troiible Indiana Biirt \ot<‘«*.’ Li>gAxsi'tmr, Ind.. Jum'23.—The promotersand builders of electric railways in this state are just completing a consolidation. All lines being built will be extended ami lines surveyed and being i projected will be chauKed so as to conj neet and make one continuous system i that will not have to depend on local passenger traffic, but can compete in light freight and passenger traffic. This . includes the Indiana, Ohio and Gas I Bi It electric, now being built, and the Logansport and Indianapolis lines, as projected for eastern Indiana, and the electric roads now being projected and organized in the southwest part of the state, centering at Brazil and running . to all principal towns and cities. With i a road between Indianapolis and Brazil, ’ which will be project I’d, the new organization will have, when tn full operation, 500 miles of electric road. . ' L ~ , SI.TTLED FOR KELLER TRIAL. 1 Lxpcnses Were Bather Heavy- 111-l'rel-ing unst tht; Acquitted i'atuily. I R<>i KVILI.E, Inti., June 23. - Parke county lias settled with Vigo county for , the costs incurred in the trial of the. ‘ Kelh rs, who were tried for murder in I Tt rre Haute on a change of Venue from . lu re. The trial lasted. 24 days and cost : 52.550. Tit.- doesnot -include the cost | of the coroner’s inquest, the preliminary I examination, investigation of experts and the subpenaing of witnesses, which amounted to as much more. Although the Keller family wgs honorably acquitted of the grave charge, a deep feeling still exists against them in the neighborhood in which they reside and it is reported that many people all in their power to give tlie family offense and show them they are not wanted in the neighborhood. . ■ ” ■ -t> AGAINST THE STRIKER. Vincennes Basses Upon a Vexatious Labor Question. Vincennes, Inti., June 23.—Judge Shaw of the Knox circuit court has reversed the case of William Drummond ! vs. the Evansville and Terre Hau.er railroatj. Drummond sued the railroad I compajiy for damages on account of an alleged blacklist and secured a verdi 5 for 53,500. -The court decided that the celefiratpd blacklisting law gives no new rights at all, but only provides penalties for wrongfully preventing a n employe-from getting work? when ..e ha.- been discharged without some good cause. But toe court decided that win. j an employe joes out on a strike his employer iltay let the fact be known wi’ - out incurring any liability for so doing. Panic Narrowly .Avoided. Rising Sun, Ind., June 23.—During Service Sunday evening a storm can ■ up and lightning struck the Presbyteria .1 church doing much damage to the building and shocking many of the audience. Lightning also prostrated Miss Blanche E. Riggs, at the Methodist church, while she'was addressing the audience. She was seriously injured, and a panic was narrowly avoided. August Examination Canceled. Indianapolis, June 23.—The secretary of the local civil service board has received instructions from Washington - to cancel the proposed August examination for postotfice clerks and carriers. The present eligible list has already more names than arc needed. Tinplate Factory Won’t Close. Elwood, Ind.. June 23 —The MacBeth chimney factory, employing Slid hands, has closed for the hot season. The factory will resume Aug. 17. The Nivison bottlehouse will close ne.* Saturday. The tinplate,and glass factories’will not close. Tipton Butcher In Trouble. Tipton, Ind., June 23.—James McQueary, it butcher of "this place, has booh arrested on a charge of stealing cattle and was plat'ed in jail. INDIANA BRIEF NOTES. Receiver of the Marion Paper company has been ordered to sell the plant, Methodists at ('arterslnirg are building, a handsome new place of worship. A 'Terre Haute citizen was robbed of his -hoes sat on his porch asleep. ■They were taken from Ids feet. It is positively stated that Lieutenant (lovernor Nye is not a candidfUe for governor before the Democratic state convention. Preparations are being made at Shelbyville to entertain the Mitchell District Medical society there next- Monday ami Tuesday. James G. Harrison and Moses Irwin .. hayy been appqiiKed trustees, under...t-he_ first mortgage, looking to the sale of the plant-, of the New Albany '.Woolenmill . company— ———- — The operators of the mines adjoining Clinton have, offered to grant 57% cents to the miners vt ap are on a strike. The tnen demand (50 cents, and it i,s thought they won'tliiccept anything less! The trotting meeting which was to have been held this week a,t Franklin has been declared off, owing to the - small number 'of entries received. , Another effort will be made to hold a meeting later in t he season. John Shelley is plaintiff in a suit against his m.othe ( r, Mrs. Sarah J. Shelley of Howard count y, iilh'ging t hat in order to se- - ci’fre money in, note she mortgaged In r neighbor’s farm without the owner’s con- - - - ■ 6 k. - - sent. There was an affray betWeeij negroes OVera woman at Baptistown, a. suburb of Evansville; hi whic|,i Jack Knight wn* fatally stabbed by George Price,, who had pifi-vioubly figurgd in several deadly nJ: friiy«;

| NERVOUS, DESPONDENT, I I WEAK, DISEASED MEN S Cures Guaranteed or No Pav w fi YOUNGor MIDDI E-AGED MEN- Vdti H Hinny Imvn boe'ti the victim ot Self Abuse gS ! Wwlhmi joiing. I.HI- rl x erHee or o pnsurcH Q| t<» libioil di. e:i “.s m ’y havo roniph tt'd work. Yon tool th*’ xyittptohiM Hteidin - i 5S over yon. You <1 » a<l th»». future n eultx. *2 , M Y<-U know you nrcnot a iniiu mentally iiml gl i i ka s ‘>xifuiiy. Why not he cure I in mid Jai ! M iivoni the had os vrii m c of ’'tlmr wrecks « Bof tlmxm <)»>r M'.W AlElHOl'ffl . ■ I’HEA S’Mi.M' WJ L ( UUE YOU Ab'l liiJH . H \LL ELSE FAILS HK j I | Emissions, Varicocele and Ilf --- y. — n , JH Syphilis Cured 1 E W. M. MILi.EU, w. M. MII.LER i t Ifrwv R L J mt L e L I D Before Treatment After Treatment ‘‘At the age of 15 1 commenced to ruin my health. Later on as. “ONE OF THE BOYS" 1 contracted naorioni blood disease —SYPHILIS. I win weak and nervi ne, despondent, pimplee, sunken eyes, bene n pains, ulcere, liair looee, sore tongue and B mouth, drains in urine, varicocele!—l was H a wreck. I was in the 1 '-t etag"« when n|« I friend recortimended Dre. Kennedy JI K'*rgan. A dozen other doctors had failed M in curing me. Dr-. Kenne 1; A Korean fa cured me in a lew weeks by their New H Metiiod T reatment. I would warn similar M drsen-ed meirtrrbcwrsre-T,P'Mrritcai Fraude- cj The. are reliable hone-t and skillful ■ physicians.” W. M. MIi.LEB. B CONSULTATION FREE. E We treat and cure Varlco-EB cel e, cyrtli '!■». Kniisstou*-;, dj <4le>"t, Mtrict vr • Nervnas i»e- B Btlity, Unnatural I»i nr ties, SI Kidney ami kttauder His--a eases. 17 YEARS INJoICHIGAN | 200.0C0 CURED ‘ Nocnre, Nr* O ty. Write tors <>uesti'*n Hlaiiii (or Nome o Treatment. Hooks Free- 9 • onsultation * ree. No. 148 Shelby St. DETROIT. - - MICH.g ,g «S£iaBB?aHWKaS Look Here! 1 am here to stay and cun sett Organs amt Piaass cheaper than anyticriy else can ntlorrl to sell tbenff 1 aftH ditlTri'r.t trnikee. GLEANING ANB REPAIRING done reasonable. See me first and save rr. mey. 1. T. <'OOT'*» Htur, | ll( « JOHN S. BOWERS —DEALEJt IN— , STONE, ... CRUSHED STONE.... Can deliver on line of Rpilroad. Also, HERCULES POWDER, For Stump Blasting. Always on Hand. DR. C. V. CONNELL. Veterinary Svirgcori artel DEINTTIST. DECATLK, INDIANA. Graduate ot the Ontario Veterinarj College and Toronto Veterinary Dental School. Treatsail diseases of the domesticated animals. All calls promptly attended day or night. Oflice in Odd Fellowr Block. w 2 "* Baron de Hirsch’s Death. Baron de Hirschdied in a fit of anger at having been swindled, according to the Hungarian Deputy de Pazimmdy, writing to Le Figaro. He had sold his beautiful property at St. Johann on the March on account of its dampness and bought the Ogyaka place near Komom with the idea of turning it into a children’s hospital. Ai'fer spending $400,000 on the palace without having seen it, he discovered that it was iu a bog at the confluence of four rivers. ' /-I First Class Night and Bay .Service between #0 ledo,Ohio, St. Louis, Mo. free: chair cars DAY TBAIMS—MODERN EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT. VESTIBULED SLfEBING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS* SEHl'fl) IN KUUTI. CH NIGHT, at moderate cost: H lot tickets via Toledo, St louis I Kansas City. R. R Clovek Leaf Route. For further particulars, call oi the Company, or atldress O. C. JENKINS, Uenond Ak l '"*. A 'K TOLEDO. OHIO.

WILL PLEAD INSANITY I ' t— ' , I Attempt of Milton Law to Evade t!.e Law For His Awful Crime. I ' IRATE CITIZENS RAID A SALOON. 9 Smnrrsrf P«H»plr SmiUih Wlihloxvh nn<l j * Door** .til l ITjnpfv Liquors Into Kh<* ‘ Stri’i ts li*<*<l Bo^n-stoxvn XS.’jn Assaulted • :md Lobbed Carr (U\«*n li\<- Yr,»rs I * I’or Mnrdrr Indiana Brio! Notes, i Elkhart, Ind., June 22. —lt is now known that n plea of insanity will be entered for Milton B. Wells, who murdered Miss Jennie Walters and at- , tempteil to cremate her to hide his ; crime a few nights ago. It is now ' known that Wells was arraigned in Silver Creek, 'N. Y., about 25 years ago on the charge of starting an incendiary fire, which nearly destroyed the fdaee. Subsequently came his experiments at in Mishaw/ka and Bristol, in this county. In till Mt>‘sv cases there was but very little* doubt of his guilt, but he was always successful in escaping. Many small tires—barn burnings, etc., —in the vicinity of his home here were attributed to him, but bis guilt could never be» established. He now denies all ktu>wl* j dge es thw-cmtsT—rf-r 4 —r~ girl's death, 14it cannot be indueed to taik. _ __ BAID ON A SALOON. Windows and Doors Ari- Wrecked ind I ht* Liquors Destroyed. Somer.M'.t. Ind., June 2?.— The saloon . owned by 1 ).i vid See was attacked l y I indignant citizens, who smashed thewindows and doors and looted til” building, See has I >r two or three years been iu bad odor in the community. his place being denoininated the “Smtl: ■ Hole.” A day or so ago his gr.,,i1l ..(tighter was brought to the place by S-e, and serious charges were made as ainst the old man, resulting in the stwnng of the building. No arrests have b n made. Alan Beaten and Robbed. Bo aiSTOWN, Ind., June 22. —Milton A. i.olley, and old pensioner living alone near here Was summoned from his i. ' -r by two men, who reported a neigh- ‘. or sick and needing his immediate presence. As he stepped outside he was knocked down,.-but struggled to his feet and used his knife, stabbing one ot his assailants. The other robber, however, again knocked tin* old man dovwi, and bound him. after which he plfmdered his home, taking *3l. This done; he assisted his wounded companion toescape.-’ I'ror Lemonade For Vistors. Coxxr.i:sviT.ij:, Ind., June 22.—For tlie first time in years this city will appropriately Celebrate the Fourth of July. The affair is under the auspices of the I’nion chili, a commercial organization. The feature will be a street fair during she day and two ball games with an Indianapolis ball club. In the evening a pyroteehiiio display, costing .*1.209, will be made. Everything will be free to visitors except the ball game. y Doctors Are Puzzled. Warsaw', [nd., June 22.—One of the pranks of nature is strangely exemplified in the person of William Clark of this city. Although he is only 22 years of age. his hair, long and luxuriant, is perfectly white.. It has turiv dso within six months, A year ago his hair was very black, The doctors are at loss to explain the phenomenon. Five Years For Murderer Carr. Rockdort, Ind., June 22. —Joe-Carr was senteuoed Saturday to the peni- - tentiary for five years for the murder of Peter Bryant, at Derby, Perry county, on Aug. 19, 1892. Carr and Bryant were enemies and met at a dance, when Carr drt'A < knife and cut Bryant four times, the kulte piercing the heart. Escaped Through a Sewer pipe. Rushville, Ind., June 22.—Harvey Hall of Anderson, a prisoner under penitentiary sentence for stealing wheat escaped from the Rush county jail by cutting through the heavy stoiie flooring into, a 15-iuch st.-werpipe and crawling through the sewer to a manhole where he emerged into the fresh air and safely got away. Won’t Grant the Demand. Anderson Ind., June 22. —The National Tinpl ite company of this city, having one of tin* largest plants in the nation, lias announced that they would not sign the Amalgamated association’s scale for the coming year. It asked for a 5 per cent increase in wages. There are others who will not sign. INDIANA BRIEF NOTES. Fred Knabb, a hoy living in Noble township, Jay bounty, died while physicians were amputating bis leg. He was hurt several months ago. The annual Vep'ort of Secretary C. M. Thompson of the Business Men’s associ;p tion shows that Terre Haute-is tlie leading corn market of the state. John Roach of Indianapolis had his collarbone broken and was otherwise injured by being-knocked down as he was endeavoring to board a street, car. The Rev. Dr. J. 11. Crum, pastor of the First Congr ;ational church of Terre Haute'Tor sCveral 'yearsT Jias ■.TCeepted a call to the Tea Con Hill Congregational ehurchr,-Kansas City. A barn lintTgranery belonging t<TN;"IU» Heater, near Warsaw, was destroyed by fire, and several head of livestock, farm iiiiplenieiits, grain, etc., were burned-. Loss, iiisuranee, ijiSOO.' elaborate preparations continue to lie ♦ made for the July ,Fourth /demonstration at (lie Soldiers’ Home, Lafayette. Governor Matthews. General Wallace and other notables are expected to deliver addresses. The plant of the Patton holloww.iee conipany;- in the prison south, has been sold by the receiver to the .[ones Maiiuf,'let tiring company, and 250 convict.-, who have been lying idle pending the Patton litigation, have been put to work. Philip Ila ik, a schoolti'ticher charged with.abet ling theairinie that caused t lie ’ death bPGrrtce McCbunroek, one of• ds pupils, wn- e nivictcd by <'r jury at Crawfordsville lirTugiiu? in a sentence of live x H years’, imprisonment, and a line of SSU.