Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1896 — Page 7

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' TWENTY MEN KILLED Nitro-Glycerine House Blown All to Pieces. , NUMBER SERIOUSLY INJURED. The California Powder Company’* Plant Badly Wrecked—Oaa<ht Fire After the Exploalon—Thirty Isolated Building:* Practically Destroyed—Loss, Twenty Thousand Dollar*. Pinote, Cal.. Sept, a.—An explosion In the nitro-glycerine house of the California Powder Company, this afternoon, wrecked the building and caused the death of 12 workmen, eight Chinese and the following whites: James McNulty. W. W. Crates. James Fritz. M. C. Garcia. Several of the workmen were more or less injured by the explosion, which was followed by a second concussion. The plant comprised about 30 isolated buildings, and these caught fire after the explosion, and were partially destroyed. The company estimates the property damaged at $20,000. Boiler Exploded. Sanilas Center, Mich.. Sept. 2.— ■While a crew threshing this afternoon on the farm of Herbert Lossing the boiler exploded, killing three men and severely injuring two others. The dead are: Lanson Lossing. Darious Lossing. George Casterloin. Injured: James Davis, George TalL Casterloin and the two injured men were standing on the stack fully 100 feet away from the boiler when it exploded. VERMONT ELECTION. Republicans Sweep the State — Make Large Gains. White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 2. —The Green Mountain state declared for Josiah Grout (Rep.) for governor yesterday and for the Republican state ticket entire by a majority that equalled -—thepredietioirof-the most conftdenr Republican managers. Returns from the distant towns are as usual rather slow in coming in, but all sections of the state show substantial Republican gains ana indicate that the majority for the Republicans will be about 30.000. This is the largest majority ever given for a governor in t his state, the nearest approach to it be mg in 1888 when the majority was 27,618. Returns from 05 towns show a R publican gam of a,.54i over four years ago, and a Democratic loss of 2,181. St. Albans, Vt., Sept. 2. —Chairman Merritt of the Republican state com mittee late last night issued the following bullet in, 230 oftt- of 245 towns give a Republican majority of 31,824. The remaining towns in 1801 gave a Republican majority of 1,181 making the ma- ’ jority 30,000 tor the head of the ticket. ACCIDENT ON PIKE’S PEAK ROAD. Cogs on the Track stop a Train From Plunging Down. Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept., 2.— An accident occurred on the Pike’s Peak cogway that might have resulted in serious hrs »f like. As a train warcoming down from the Peak a ron broke ami the revolving bar broke a , whole in the boiler and threw the engineers from their seats in the cab into a gulch at .he side of the road. The train then dropped back with great velocity, but was stopped by the auto matic safety brakes. The wrecked trai. was a special conveying Frederick Hani son, general manages of the London and Northwestern Railway of London England, to the summit. None of the passengers were injured. This is th: first accident that has happened on the road sjince it was opened. O J ’ ' . - . MRS. MAYBRICK LIKELY TO DIE Baroness de Roques Found Her lu the Prison infirmary Very 111. London, Sept. 2.—Bjironess de Roques, the mother of Mrs. May.brick, had a:: interview with the prisoner last-week. She says that she found her daughter very ill in the infirmary and thinks ini condition hopeless. The baroness adds that Mrs. Maybrick is not likely to survive the winter. Mrs. Maybrick, according. to her mother, is absolutely crushed with despair. The baroness has. returned to the continent. Li Hung Chang. New York, Sept. 2.—After the representatives of the missionary societies left, Collis P. Huntington and several other gentlemen with ladies called oil Li Hung Chang yesterday. Mr. Huntington invited the viceroy to go to the Pacific coast in his private oar over the Southern Pacific, but the offer was declined. The viceroy questioned Mr. Huntington at great length about the of railroads and steamships, tried to impress him with the great opportunity for investing in China. He pressed Mr. Huntington to visit China and become his guest there. This conversation may have important results, as it is said that Mr. Huntington promised to accept the viceroy’s invitation. I Li Hung Qhang was the guest of the Merchants' club at luncheon. He was accompanied from the hotel to the club by Governor Morton and staff, Mayor Strong and others, under escort of Squadron A., N. Y. N. G. Mayor Strong nresided- -

I Pickles, Pickles. Pickles at 15c a hundred at Ed. Johnson's. d725t120wl Coffee & Baker keep the best I crackers, XXXX. Don’t buy any other. For Sale—A lot of good empty whiskey barrels and kegs. Sell 1 them cheap. Enquire of Peter Forbing. Smith a Bell are paying the highest ' cash prices for Clear white Ash logs, out 12 feet long, 12 inches and over at the top end. must be clear and staight For Rent—A house of nine rooms, piped for gas good water. Will rent cheap. Call on or address Mis. Elsie Bollman, or this office. 730dtf-llwtf. i There is no excuse tor any man to appeal in society with a grizzly beard since the introduction of Buckingham's Dye, which colors natural brown or black. Special reduced rates excursion tickets are on sale at all Clovei Leaf stations for Lakeside. Choice of routes via rail or lake from Toledo. 1 have lands in North Dakota and Texas. I will sell or trade for lamb i n zVdains or adjoining counties and ii proper case will give difference ii money. 521 f David Studabaker, Soiled and faded garments can be mad' ' to look like new with Putnam Fadeles- ' Dyes. Anyone can dye with them. Al you have to do is to add the dye to th' water, boil the goods one hour, dry am' press. 10c per package. Sold by W. 11 Nachtrieb, druggist. It would be hard to convince a mai. suffering from bilious colic that his agony is due t > a microbe with an unpronouncablename. But one dose of DeWit-: Colic & Cholera Cure will convince him o' its power to afford instant relief. It killpain. W. H. Nachrit b. We are anxious to do a little good ii 'his world and can’t think of no pleasante: and better way to do it than by recoin mending One Minute Cough Cure as "-w *■. J' . , preventative of pneumonia, consumptim and other serious lung troubles that follow heglecleiT coI3sW H. Naehtrieb. Mrs. Lizzie Ban.hart has opened up a dressmaking parlor in the rooms formerly occupied by the Misses Pai rish, over Smith & Callow’s Drug stor< ■in 2d street, and desires the patronagt ,f every lady. Good work guaranteed 22 w 2 Go to Geo. W Roop's foi the cheapest hand made boots and shoes it Adams counlv, Men and hois call and kip shoes Leather and rubbei cement. Patching a specialty 692d6tn0 4w6mo Wanted—Several trustwoithy gentle men or ladies to travel in Indiana foi established, reliable house Salary S7BO and expenses. Steady positiop E iclose reference and self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Co.. Third Floor, Omaha Building, Chicago, Illinois. -50w24 Eli Hill, Lumber City, Pa.; writes: “1 have been suffering from Piles for twentyfive years and thought my case incurable. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve was recommended to me as a pile cure, so I bought a h x and it performed a permanent cure,” This is only one out of thousands of similar cases. Eczema, sores and skin diseases yield quickly it is k«sed. W- H. Nachtrieb. Six weeks ago 1 suffered with a very Se vere cold; was almost unable to speak. My friends all advised me to consult a physician. Noticing Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy advertised in the St. Paul. Volks Zeitung, 1 procured a bottle, and after taking it a short while was entirely well. 1 now most heartily recommend this remedy to anyone sgffering with a cold. Wm. Keil, 678 Selby Ave., St. Paul, Minn. For sale by all druggists. A Cheaper Than Ever At Hughes’Granite & Marble Works. Fifteen per cent, of a discount for the year 1996 All work warranted to be new and first-class. Lettering done in German and English. You are invited to stop and get prices. , L. C. & Wm. Hughes I7tf (Successors to W. S. Hughss.) Decatur Markets. 'Wheat, No. 2 uew 50 Corn. No. 2 23 Qats, No. 2 new 15 Rye , 35 Clover, red"prime.... . 3WT Clover (Alsyke) : 3 60 Timothy 1 25 Flax Butter 12 Eggs. 10 Lard 7 6 Potatoes . 35 Hams 10 Shoulders... -. .- 7 Bacon > 7 Wool, unwashed .. 10 to 14 Wool, washed «...17to 20 Cattle... 6 00ttf 6 50 Hogs 3 25 to 3 50 Sheep 300 to 500 Hay 12 00 to 15 00 No morphine or opium in Dr. Miles' PainPills. Cuke All Pain. "One cent u dose." - . . . .’; r>'. r > .

M. L.l HOLLOWAY, M. D. Office and residence one door north of M. E. nurch. Diseases of women and children • peciahy. A. G. HOLLOWAY, Physician and Surgeon. iiltlce over Boston Store. Resilience ao-< 88 he street ironi Ills to; titer home. 3S-31tf ' L— i u.. —— Paul G. Hooper, Attorney at Law lleeaiur, Indiana. Patents a specialty. R. K. ERWIN. A.ttorney-at«ljaw, loom 1 and 2 Niblick & Tonnelliei Hock, Decatur. Indiana. A. P. BEATTY 4. r. tun MANN A BEATTY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW And Notaries Public. Pension claims prosecuted. odd Fellows buildinc. I 4. T. FRANCK J. T. SlnnrXAS, N. F FRANCE * MERRYMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DECATUR, IND. Office— Nos. 1. 2 and 3. over Adams Co. Bark We refer, by permission, to Adams Co. Bank John D. jMidlinger Trustee Union Township. Office days. Tuesday of each week. GEORGE R. DICKERSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Pensions and Collections a specialty. Os flee in the John C. Huie Building GENEVA. - - - * INDIANA R. S. PETERSON. ATTORNEY at law, DECATUR, INDIANA. Rooms I and 2. in the Anthony Holthouse Block. John Schurger. W. H. Reed. DaveE.Smitl SCHURGER. REED & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Money to Loan at lowest rates of interest. Abstracts of title, real estate and collections Rooms 1."2 and 3 Welfley block. 3 J , DEALER IN Grain, Seed, Wool, Salt, Oil. Coal, Lime, Fertilizers. Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and Clover Leaf railroads. Office and retail store southeast corner of Second and Jefferson Streets, jat"Your patronage solicited. I WANTED-ANIDEA as some simple thing to patent ? Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Patent Attorneys, Washington D. C., for their 81,800 prize offer. P. AV. smith. Pres. <’. A. Dugan, (’aside J. B. Holthouse. V-P. E. X. Ehinger, Ass’t < T lie Decal nr N ational Ban k Decatur, Ind. C A PITA IcSTOtIK: §IIXI,OOO 00 SURPLUS: 4,000 00 ( Di reetors: J. B. HOLT HO USE. 1. H. HOBROCK J. COLTER. P. W. SMITH. C. A. DUGAN. H. R. MOLTZ, JOHN D. HALE Interest given on time deposits. Suffered Eighteen Years. Pains Departed and Sleep Came. Mrs. Julia A. Brown, of Covington, Tenn., whose husband has charge of the electric light plant at that place, has been a great sufferer. Her ailments and speedy cure are best described by herself, as follows: “For 18 years I suffered from nervousness and indigestion. I tried every remedy recommended by family and friends, but I could get no relief at all. Two years ago, while being treated by three local physicians, Drs, Barret. Maley and Sherod, they Mrs. Julia A. Brown. Informed me that I had become dropsical, and that there was little hope for me. I then decided to try Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine, I was then unable to get to sleep until well on toward daylight, and during all this time I had a deep, heavy pain in rhy left side. I was most miserable, indeed, but after taking one-half bottle of the Nervine I could sleep all night just as well as I ever did. The Nervine is the only remedy that gave me any relief whatever. I am now welland strong, and I thank God every day of my life for Dr- Miles' Nervine." MRS. JULIA A. BROWN. Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle will benefit. All druggists sell it at #l, 6 bottles for*s, or it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles’ Nervine Sold by all Druggists,

- ..'-"1...*. Girard /l\ Fire Insurance Co ) of Philadelphia. E. Burt Lenhart, Agt. Decatur, Indiana. I O. TVEFTUME, DENTIST.. Now locateo over Hollhouee’s shoe store, prepared to do all work pertaining to the sntai profession. Gold filling a specialty ly the use of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to rtrset teeth without pain. Work guaranteed. A. L. DEVILBIFS, DENTIST I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Professional Dentist. Teeth extracted without pain. Especial 'tention given to bridge work like lllusi'ntf.m above. Term* reasonable. Office- cond street, over Roeenthall's clothing s.ore. 25-ly I . E. H. LeBRUN, Veterinary Surgeon and Dwtist, Decatur, Indiana. Office:—Corner Second and Madison street Treats all Diseases of Domesticated Animals. making a specialty of Optical Case* Crflls day or night, promptly attended to. 26-ly JOHN S. BOWERS —DEALER 1N—- ... CRUSHED STONE.... Can deliver on line of Railroad. Als< , HERCULES POWDER. For Stump Blasting. Always on Hand The Clover Leaf. T.. St. L. &K.C.R. R. In effect May 26. 189: EAST. Passenger 7:01 p. n Express 5:36 it. n Mail *. 12:15 p. n Local ...,2:10 p. n WEST... ‘ ‘ Passenger 4:32 a. u Express 8:33 p. n Mall 11:4t L'JCat .- . :v. ~~. iTKffrnr-m' ■ E A. Whinrey. Agent. ZX Erie Lines. ■ll Schedule in effect June ifi i - Trains leave Decatur as follows: > WEST. No. 5. vestibule limited, daily for E. Chicago i 12:23 p. m. No. 3, Pacific express, daily for I . luea; o, I 1:48 a. m. No. 1. express, dally except Sun- i day for Chicago S 11:06 a. m No. 31. local", daily except Sun-i day f 10:10 a.m. Noi3e-Atf.UK- Fargo Limited Ex-| press, daily except Monday >• 6:13 p. m. and day after legal holiday ) EAST No. 8, vestibule limited, daily for I New York and Boston 1 7:57 p. m. No. 2. express, daily except Sun- (. day for New York I 2:00 p. m. No. 12. express, daily for New.' York I 1:31 a. m. No. 30. local, daily except Sun- I day , I 10:10 a. m. Through coaches and sleeping cars to New York and Boston Trains 1 and 2 stop at all stations on the C. & E. Division-'. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus. Circleville,.Cliillicotlie. Waverly, Portsmouth. Ironton, and Kenova, via Columbus. Hocking Valley & Toledo, and Norfolk & Western lines J. V’. DeLong. Agent W.G Mac Edwards. T P. A.. Huntington ' . ■. ' . .. -1 The G. R. & I. (Effect TRAINS NORTH. - *No.3. +No. 5. ‘No. 1. Richmond 11:00am 11.05 pm 2:50 pm I’arry 1! :'° " " I Chester , ;’■’■} .. : Fountain City. tl:~o 3.0 Johnson Lynn ' 3:2; Snow IHi I 11:46 " " .. Woods ‘ .. Winelieste; .... 12:00 " ll:>2pm 3:0 „ Stone 12:10 p itr Ridgeville 12:19 " 12; O.a m 4:oa , • Collet 1’2:33 4:l ’’ Portland 12:42 ’’ 12:26 am ’4:30 “ , Jav ‘ 4:40 I Brfant 13:59 " 4:4 « i, ' Geneva l:0‘ ' 4: ’.>o i Sfcxjr: ' Sc Monroe , ~ .. DECATUR I: 4 ;' " I:l3am ■_>: ,> 1 Monmouth 1:53 5.41 1 Williams 2:01 ’ .. Hoagland 5:06- .f. •>.>t> __ Fdants , Fort Wayne. .. 2i3a l:aoam t>:2.> •Daily, except Sunday. +Daily to Grand Raptds. T RAINSSO.UTH •No. 2. +No. 4. 7No. 42., i tort Wayne... 1:15 pm 2:50 am 5:45a mj Hoagland I: 4 ? , •’}3 , Williams ...... l- 4 « „ V-u.-.r Monmouth ;;-... 1:58 • ~ .. DECATUR... to>9 3:27 b. 30 _ Monroe tI- .. c't- I Berne -3:20 «,te u ■Ceylon „ I:" 4 .. Geneva 2:A> 7-06 t Briant 2:44 f-l;> ... [ Portian'd: . :.' 3:00 ’’ .1:09 “ f:?» ;; Wlnebester .' 3:44 ’’ 4:44 ’’ Rite " Woods. .. Snow Hill . . .. Lvnn... 4:oa - .*ysJohnson 4:10 \ .. EounUim City- 4:21 ’ 8:4.1 Chester f.... • 1 Piirrv Richmond 4:45 " 5:35 " O'.lu +Datly Grand Rapids. Waily ex. Sunday. s J eef Bryson, Agent C, L. Lockwood. Gen. Pas. Agent. ’ . ' h. . .....3 fl '

We are selling , ■ 111 ■ ■« At a mighty small margin. Everything new and fresh. Nothing old or stale. We guarantee everything. Come and see us. ■phone 88. FLANDERS & MILLS We are Slaughtering Prices Our stock of Dry Goods, Carpets, Queensware, etc., must be reduced and closed out to make room for NEW GOODS. All goods marked down. We can. interest you. Come and see us. JACOB FULLENKAMP. M. Bremerkamp’s old stand. w Winchester Repeating 1 * _ o Our Model 1893 Shot-Gun is now used —— - | |by all the most advanced trap Shot-GutlS » o and game shooters. Single Shot-Rifles | O ask your dealer to show you this gus. 3 o Everything that is Newest and Best in Repeating Arms as well as all o[ 0 kinds of Ammunition are made by the o i ° WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., Winchester Ave., New Haven, Conn. C *9- Send a Postal Card with your address for our 112-page Illustrated Catalogue. CooooQqo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Your Boy Won’t Live A Jloutli. So Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill st eet. South Gardner. Mass., was told by the doctors Hiss'll had lunv trouble, following typhoid malaria, and he spent three hundred and seventy-five dollars with doctors who finally gave him up. saying: ••’lour boy won’t live a month.” He tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and a few bottles restored liim to health and enabled him to go to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes his present good health to the u.-e of Dr. K'ng’s New Discovery, and knows it to be the best in the worl • for lung trmible. Tria' bottles free at Blackburn’s drug A Famous German Ooetor’s Work. Consumption is now known to be curable it taken in time—the German remedv known as Otto’s Cure, having been found to be an almost certain cure for the disease Asthma, Bronchitis. Croup, Coughs, Colds. Pneumonia, and all throat and lung dis ases are quickly cured by Dr. Otto’s Great German Remedy- Sample bottles of Otto’s Cure are being given away by our agent, Smith : & Callow. Large sizes 25b and 50c. • ’ Free Pills. ' Send your address to H. E. Buckled Co-. Chicago, and get a t ree sample box of New Life Pills. A trial wlli convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in at: | tion and are particularly efftetive in the I cure of constipation and headache. For i malaria and liver troubles they have proved invaluable. They are Jfuaronteed to.be perfecrly free from every deleterious sulf-H stance and to be purely vegetable. They db not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels"greatly in.-. I vigorate the system. Regular size 25c per box. Sold by Blackburn & Miller, drug i i SiStS ’ : - ; ’ ••I have never had a days sickness in my : life.” said a middle-aged man the other duy I | "What" a comfort it would be,” sighs some I poor invalid, "to be in his place for a ytjar !or two." Yet half the invalids we see might be just as healthy as he, if they would only take proper care of themselves, eat proper food—and digest it. It’s so strange that such simple things are overlooked by those who want health. Food j inakes health. It nu&es strength—ami I strength wards off sickness. The man who had never been sick was strong because he always digested hrs food . and you could become the same by helping your stomach to I work as well as his. Shaker Digestive I Cordial will help your stomach and make j you strong and heal ty by making the food you eat make you fat. Druggists sell it. Trial bottle 10 cents. .■ ■ ' *■ - ——A-——- ■ . . FARMERS Wanting shingles for Shed Ro&f will do well to call on Jno. W. Vail, at his factory, and see his cull Staves. They are very cheap, and make as good a roof as any shingle. QaR and see them- 1 wltf Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’* Pair Hishest Medal 1 Dlpto'c"

i notice of Trustees. I will be at m' office on Tuesday of each week. George W. Brown. Trustee ot .Kirkland township. w 29 6m !■ E 1 will be at mj office Tuesday of each w<-.k. L. W. Lewton iwtf Tru.'Ue R >.>t township. I will be at my office o" Tuesday of each week. -J D Nidlinger. Its Ttusjee Union To. The office days of the trustee of •Vashinuton township will be Tue'days md Satiudavs in the Surveyor's office, iud Wednesdays at home. John Ste’ele. 22tf Trustee of Washington Tp. For Sale, one new Brey man Tile Machine, nearly new. Very cheap. oltf \r»AMs 'oiaty Bank Bucklen’a Arnica JSalve. The best salve in the world'for cuts, Oruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and ail skin eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required, it is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or-money refunded. ' Price 25 cents per box For sale bv Blackburn A Miller. A Great lie die rue < ■ ' ?• Smith A Callow are now giving free to a 1 . a trial package of the great herbal remedy. Bacon’s Celery King. If ladies suffering , from nervous disorders and constipation will use this remedy they will soon be free i from the headaches and backaches that I have caused them so much suffering. It is I a perfect regulator, it quickly cures biliousness. indigestion, eruptions of the skin I and all blood diseases. Large sizes 25c and 50c. ■ 8 Notice to Teachers. Notice is hereby given that there will oe a public examination of teachers at .he County Superintendent ’s office in Deca,ur Indiana, on the last Saturday of each nonth. Manuscripts made in other Foun;ies will not be received. Applicants.mnst oe seventeen years of age before they will ae licensed. Applicants for license must present the jroper trustee’s certificate or other evifence of good moral character—see section i 497 R. S.—and pass a creditableexamiiiaci’oii ' in orthography, reading, writing irithmetlc. geography, physiology. English grammar, History of the United States, icietice of education, “Scientific Tempermci” and satisfactorily answer a list of questions on a literary production designat'd by the State Board of Education. jp it v wjwfe. will .give 11 iu- *■ XUUInation in the following order: . February, 1896—History. Introduction, ste.. and Acts II and Hl—Chapter HL March—History, Introduction, etc., and lets IV and V—Chapters Hl, IV and V. April—History, Introduction and all the Acts—Chapter IV. May— Shakespeare’s—“ Ihe lempest. Examinations begin promptly at 8:30 ~ m. Respectfully,’ e J. F. Snow. Co. Supt. Btf « ' b ... . 1