Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1897 — Page 2

OUR MAKERS OF LAW — INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN BIENNIAL SESSION. Brief Summary of Each Day’s Proceeding* Prepared Especially tor Our Patrons— Headers Can Know .Just Wliat Their Representatives Are Doing. Indianapolis, Feb. 17. —A bill to make a reformatory of the prison south passed the senate by a heavy vote Tuesday after the provisions requiring that the boat’ll of managers should be bipartisan was gtriken out. The house passed a large number of bills as follows: Limiting the power of township trustees in contracting debts; regelating sales of real estate by trustees and executors without the state; enabling the j commissioners of Jasper county to sell about SBO,OOO bonds to coinplate their J courthouse; amending the law in re- | gard to the arrest and extradition of fugitives from justice from other states; requiring standard half-bushel measure to be used in testing wheat in less than car lots; requiring recorders to keep a separate record of real estate leases; preventing the slaughter of Chinese pheasants until 1901: to prevent preferences by private corporations; amending the mechanic’s lien law, to make the lien hold to the improvements in case the land passes outaif possession of the person contracting Tlie debt; permitting wives of drunkards and imbiciles to join in conveying the husband’s real estate; requiring that the board of commissioners shall fix ferry rates at the time of granting license to ferry boats. v The bill of Mr. Thomas providing for a commission of five lawyers to make a revision of the laws of the state failed for want of a constitutional majority. The subject is one of large importance and has been very little discussed, though nearly all the members who have given attention to it have admitted the necessity of a revision. The senate passed the following bills: To prohibit railroad companies from laying rails on land belonging to cemeteries; amending the road law; permitting any mutual stock and assessment insurance company to do an “old line” business by depositing all funds with the auditor of state, except money for expenses; requiring townships to take care of their own poor; relative to proceedings in civil cases; providing that when the finding is made on the last day of the term the motion for a new trial can be be filed the first week of the

next regular term; requiring county auditors to name and index highways; permitting the Indiana university to sell real estate in Bloomington. Indianapolis, Feb. 18.—Some very important measures were disposed of in the legislature Wendnesday. The house passed the dependent orphans’ home bill and the intermediate prison bill. They now go to the governor for signature. The senate acted favorably upon the Shively antitrust bill and later in the day passed the Gilbert antitrust bil’ which is not nearly so drastic and does not interfere with price agreements or the ’‘equality plan” as it is known. The Republicans in the house had all their members in their seats and spent nearly the whole day in advancing the following political measures to third reading: The metropolitan police bill, the bill repealing the apportionment act of 1885, the election bill, the bill restoring the appointment of the state house engineer to the governor, the prison management bill and the bill giving the work of polltaking the recognition of the law. It also passed the following bills: One of the attorney general’s bills seeking to amend the Vandalia charter, a bill changing the time of paying taxes and the partition fence bill. The 7 per cent usury biJi was taken/up on second reading, and amended so as to make the acceptance of brokerage unlawful by the lender, which was adopted after a long discussion and the bill engrossed. Indianapolis, Feb. 19.—The senate spent nearly the whole day Thursday discussing the Indianapolis street railroad bill on third reading and passed it amending it in away that it friends declare is fatal. The bill came up in the house on committee reports and efforts to amend it were defeated by a small vote. The senate passed the first of the Vandalia bills which had passed the house the dav before and the governor signed it. The second of the series was introduced into the house 7 and passq(l, as wefd the following bills: The Jernegan bill for the regulation of child and female laber an<T providing safeguards for factory employes; the general pharmacy bill; the election bill, which has already passed the senate; the metropolitan police bill, which also goes to the governor now; the -‘custodian bill;” the bill restoring the appointment of the. prison directors to the governor; the bill fixing town elections upon the first Monday in May every two years. / The Linek antitrust bill was read the second time. It is a copy of the Georgia law, with the clause ‘‘who control the output of said articles of merchandise” inserted, so that it will only apply io manufacturers. Mr. Schoonover offered an amendment striking out the clause that had been inserted. The / speaker put the question on a viva voce vote and the amendment was lost. The bill was then made a special order for today. Mr. Willoughby, chairman of the railroad committee, handed in a report killing Mr. East’s bill making it unlawful for railroads to charge more than 2 cents per mile. Mr. Hedgecock made a minority report for the bill The bill went over until next Wednesday. _ Indianapolis. Feb. 20.—The interests in the legislature Friday lay almost entirely in the house. It passed the Linek antitrust bill, which is a copy of the Georgia law so amended as not to interfere with the price agreements of wholesalers. Then it got up a little excitement over a religious question and adopted a resolution condemning the ‘‘Story of Liberty” as a book unfit to be in the public schools, because it reflected upon the Roman Catholic church. It defeated an effort to rush the Indianapolis street railroad bill, as amended by the senate, through the house. Senator Duncan’s bill, providing a new method for the reinvestment of the funds for the State University, was passed under suspension of the rules by the house without opposition, but when his second Dill, authorizing Monroe county to make donations to the university, came up there was much discussion. They suspended the rules, however, and passed the bill by a vote of 61 to 87. ■

The senate spent most of Friday morning lighting over one of the caucus measures to amend the Fort Wayne charter bo that all counoiliuon will *>• elected by wards instead of having a part of them elected at large, and the majority report favoring the measure was adopted. Tin' senate passed a number of minor bills as follows: Permitting the organization of trust companies with not less than #.>0,000 capital stock in counties of less than 60,000 inhabitants; to permit the ownership of real estate by aliens; amending the law regarding uariushments; the second Vandalia bill, which had already passed the house; legalizing the issue of bonds at Jeffersonville, over which there has been much litmation. INDIANAI’OI IS. Feb, 22 — The senate committee on fees and salaries just before the noon adjournment on Saturday offered a favorable reqiort upon the fee and salary bill prepared by the county | officers, with certain ameachnoiits sugi gested by the committees. These j amendment * cut off the raises in salary granted to various deputies in the state house and reduced in ti number of instances the specific fees for transactions of oountv officers. Messrs. Shiveley, Self and Wat am opposed the report, declaring that the people were strongly opposed to anything in the shape of raising the puv’of county officers. Senator Hawkins defended the report at some length, declaring that this was an honest effort to correct, the inequalities admitted to exist in the law of 1895. Upon a viva voce vote the senate concurred in the committee report, thus advancing the bill to second reading. The senate passed the following bills: Authorizing surety companies to go upon all bonds required by the courts; exempting mortgaged real estate from taxation up io a limit of $500; requiring street railroad companies to heat their cars; providing that a widower may sue for damages for the accidental death of his wife; providing for witnesses’ fees in misdemeanor or cases where pleas of guilty are entered. The house passed but two bills on Saturday, one of them the Adams-Jay court bill, which has already passed the senate and now goes to the governor, who is very likely to veto it. The second, which is also a senate bill, was the measure legalizing the action of county commissioners, who have allowed the salaries of auditors and treasurers and requiring those who have not, to do so. There was a little excitement when the Jones colored school bill came un on second reading, but it was amended in away satisfactory to all concerned and engrossed. J t does not abolish colored schools as it stands.

Indianapolis, Feb. 23. —The house enjoyed a lively tilt Monday afternoon over the temperance question. Mr. Nicholson called upon the temperance committee, where his antiquartshop bill has been slumbering since the beginning of the session, for a report. The committee reported killing his bill and offering as a substitute the bill prepared by the State Liquor league. As a result of the skirmish the consideration of the report was fixed as a special order for Thursday. Sneaker Pettit handed down the report oi .the special Vandaha committee, wtficJrrecommended the passage of the attorney general’s bill, providing a method for bringing suit for the state’s claim* The senate passed the legislative apportionment bill and it now goes to the governor fo r his signature. It also passed the bill repealing the apportionment act of 1885. It passed the child labor'jbill, providing for factory inspection and preventing/the employment of children; it uow goes to the governor. It defeated the bill for a system of township libraries and passed one providing that assessment life insurance companies may do an old line business by deIrities with the auditor of ssed the following minor ating the weighing of coal providing for the survival ersonal injury suits after hepne injured; providing■ elocating schoolhouses; esystem of accounts in state ■equiring mortgages to be te county where the prop1. xue uuuse passed the building and loan bill, abolishing expense funds and and withdrawal fees, taxing stock anu providing for examinations upon the demand of 10 stockholders. It also passed the bill reducing the terms of city officers two years and the senate bill giving township officers 15 months more of official life. It also passed the bills legalizing releases of mortgage attested upon the margin of the records; to permit the use of a device instead of a blackboard for marking the time of trains; giving private water companies for incorporated towns the right of emnunant domain; to equalize the gravel road tax and a bill providing that the personal property of an estate shall be listed for taxation where it is located. Mr. East’s railroad bill providing for construction of railroads of 50 miles in length failed on third reading, but a motion to reconsider was entertained. Educational Bills. Indianapolis, Feb. 19.—The educational committee of the house made its report upon the Geeting bill today, as well as upon Mr. Nicholson’s bill concerning the diploma of the State Normal school. The latter was reported favorably and will be pushed. Upon the Geeting bill the committee reports favorably with various amendments, The first of these makes the state board of education coiisist of the following: Governor. State superintendent. City superintendents of the three largest cities. Together with the following to be appointed by the governor: One county superintendent. One town superintendent. One person of experience and educational and business qualifications not connected with any institution of learning. Another amendment grades the salaries of county superintendents as follows: Counties having less than 15,000 population, salary between 15,(MX) and 26,000, salary s|,opo; between 25000 and 40,000, salary §1,200; over 40,(MM) salary $1,500. Ready For the Governor. Indianapolis, j-<-b. 23. —The senate , held a comparatively brief morning sesi sion Monday, adjourning in honor' of , Washington’s birthday. It passed the i legislative apportionment act. A mo- , tionwas <»rri«l linijtiug_tfa«. debate to . 15 minutes on each side, Speeches were made by Senators Shoa, Ellison and l Alexander against the bill. Senator > Hawkins defended it and it was passed by a strict party vote of 30 to 12. i

The Medal Medicine | •| Is the Model Medicine, i (I) d* The only medal awarded to ; sarsaparilla at the World’s Fair, 5 ]i 1893, at Chicago, was awarded to ? :> Ayer’s j: j Sarsaparilla.

IF. Whnt to hv> arc worlds Os spl' ndot If the splendor <>f thine eyes Gnzo not in the depths of mine, Idvo, Where thy image lies? What are days without thy presence, What the nights without Niy care. What to me are joys of heaven If thou art not there? Passion’s kiss on red lips dieth If the red lips’ kiss is cold. Scanty is the lily’s perfume Till the buds unfold. There can be no strain of musio Till the player touch the chord , And the master’s thought is silent Till it finds the word. Wc-’ds would darken into ruin . .he sun should cease to shine. What are )’*e and love to me, then. If bereft of thine? —Emily Salinger in Boston Transcript. A BEGGAR’S > ARTIST. LIVES IN A CELLAR AND PAINTS SIGNS FOR MENDICANTS. He Makes a Good Living and Would Bather Be a Painter For Beggars Than a Beggar Painter—How the Pictures Are Used and What He Charges For Them. A new school of art has been discovered. So far as known, this city has its sole professor, and he is as odd as his art. But this is the source whence come the thrilling pictures which the beggar, maimed, half or blind, displays when he mournfully relates just how be was injured and strives to impress upon the charitable how deserving he is of aid.

In one of the shabbiest streets of the city, away down in a basement, a flickering gas flame lights the studio of this queer genius. It is a place of business such as would appall the well dressed banker, but it is no exaggeration to say that its occupant has an income which many more pretentious painters would rejoice to receive. Technique and perspective meet with small consid' ration at the hands of this king of the beggars, for such he seems to be. To watch ingress and egress of his patrons would give a stranger the impression that some philanthropist had established a charity hospital in the basement.

When the writer paid a visit to this unique studio the other day, the artist was found attired in a pair of overalls and a greasy woolen shirt, as guiltless of ornamentation at the neck as was the neck itself of acquaintance with soap and water. A bushy beard that had evidently been brown in other days covered the lower portion of the artist’s face, and his shocky hair stood up in indignant protest against the possibility of invasion by brush or comb. From under rather bushy brows a keen pair of eyes looked out. Mind was decidedly in evidence ; conventionality was below par. Both cleanVness and godliness were quite ignored.

The furniture of the studio consisted of an old couch covered with a material which in days gone by had probably been very pretty chintz. Now it was thoroughly disguised by the accumulation of dirt. A real rag carpet covered the floor, but not a single picture was hung upon the walls, although standing about the room were several pictures in various stages of progress. Permission was asked to examine them, and they were well worth seeing. One was a lurid representation of a powder»explosion. So realistic was the picture that if you cared to place your finger on what were alleged to be burning grains of powder you could feel that the grains were there, though the artist denied that that was the intention. He said the printing was intended for a patron of his with two wooden legs, substitutes fur the pair that a powder explosion robbed him of. The object of the painting was to show the charitable stranger just how it happened, and the artist said that in his mind there -was no doubt that his legless patron would greatly benefit by the scene thus placed on canvas. There was another picture, which represented the blowing up of a man-of-war. The flames that spouted from the decks of the unfortunate vessbl wgre far mote red than the light that shines frorii the chimneys of an iron mill at night. Nd tore has neyer succeeded in producing anything quite so glowing as unmitigated red paint, and there was no Jack of it in this picture. The persons who were sailing about in the air seemed to have suffered frightful injuries, and the artist said that this was purely to invoke sympathy for his customer, who was supposed to be one of the actors in the scene so graphically portrayed. The price of such paintings varies from $3 to sl2. The artist can complete one in about 1 1-2 hours, if he does not hurry. If it is a rush order, the work can be concluded within an hour, though in that case the price is increased somewhat. When asked ff he made much money by this sort of work, the artist replied that he did; that he gained more than many paipters who were striving to do great things are able to secure. His patrons were generally prompt pay—indeed the usual terms are cash on delivery. As for embarking in higher art, the artist would have none of it. He tersely remarked that he would rather be a painter for beggars than a beggar painter, and as he waved a goodby there was a contented look on his face, which ■bowed that he meant exactly what he •aid.—Philadelphia Press.

Legal Advertising. OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice in hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the Kstato of Nancy Davis. lato or Adams county, deceased. The estate la probably Insolvent. ItoHßitT A. Davis, Administrator. February fl. HOT. 48-3 Mann & Bpatty, Attorneys. OF INSOLVENCY. In the matter of the estate of Martin Adler, deceased, in the Adams i.’lreuit court, No. 7K). Notice Is hereby given that upon petition tiled In -aid court by William administrator of said estate, sei it tig up the Insutlleieney of the estate ot said decedent to pay tlie debts and liabilities thereof, tltejudgeof said court did. nn the 4lh day of ’ eYuury, 1801. tlnd said ('state to b ■ probably insolvent, and ordered tno same to lie settled accordingly. The creditors of said estate mo then fore herebv notified of such insolvency, and required to file their claims against said estate for allowance. Witness, the Olerk and sesl of said court, ae Decatur, Indiana this Fourth dav of February. 18117. J I [ska,!.] John 11. Lenhart, Clerk. Franco & Merryman, Atty's. 48 3 ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE OF REAL . ESTATE. Notice is hereby given that John Captain, administrator with the will annexed of the estate ot Michael Fuchs. deceased, by order of the Adams circuit court of Adams county. Indiana. »ill as such administrator on or after Saturdav. March 13, 1897. at the law Office of France & Merryman, in the City of Decatur. Indiana, between the hours of Uio'clock a. rp. and 4 o’clock p. m.. offer for sale at private sale to the highest and treat bidder the fee simple of the following described real estate ordered sold by said court, situate In Adams county, tn the State of Indiana, and described as follows, to-wit: The west half of the northwest quarter of section thirty [3f‘], in township twenty.six [2B] north, range fourteen [l4] east, containing eighty acres. Terms;—One-third cash in hand; one-third in six nionths. and one-third in twelvemonths. Deferred payment to bear six per cent, interest and secured by freehold and mortgage security. John Cai-tain Administrator, with will annexed of Michael Fuchs, deceased. France & Merryman. Atty’s. 48-4 FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citizens of the Third Ward in the city of Decatur, Indiana, and to the citizens of the said city of Decatur, Adams county. Indiana. Notice is hereby given that 1. Charles D. Murray, a male inhsbitant of the said city, count* and state, over the age of twenty-one years,w person not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, will make application to the Board of-Commissioners at their next regular session iu March, 1897, for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors In, le J s quantities than a quart at a time, to be drank where sold, In a room situated on the following premises, to-wit: The east ends of inlots Nos. 272 and 273 in said city. Said room is situated on theground floor of the said building, and fronts on Monroe street in the said city, and is 34 feet in length,and 17 feet in width, and has both front, rear and side openings. The room in which the applicant desires to sell is the west i room on the ground floor of a building known as the Burt House, a hotel in the said city. I Notice is further given that the undersigned i will also ask the commissioners for the privll- I ege of carrying on the business of running I pool and billiard tables and card tables in con- ■[ nection with the sale of intoxicating liquors, | and in the same room where such intoxicating liquors are kept for sale, and are sold. Chaki.es D. Murray. Applicant 1 February 3,1897. .1 f 47-3 ■''LT” PPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LiqjßiSE. To the citizens of the city of Decatur, Adams county. Indiana. Notice is hereby given that I, John Meyer, a male inhabitant of said state, over the age of twenty-one years, and a person not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, wjll make applicatoin to the Board of County Commissioners at their next regular session in March, i 1807. for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and j malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, to be drank where sold-tn and at the one storv frame building fronting on Second street, said building having a partition 49 feet back from the front, and back room being a store room for bulk liquors, situated on the following described premises in the city of Decatur, Adams county, and state of Indiana, wit * Commencing at the southeast Corner of inlot number sixty (60), in the city of Decatur, I Adams connty, in the state of Indiana, run-I ning thence west along the alley One hundred and thirty-two (132) feet to the alley at the west end of said lot, thence north twenty-one ( (21) feet, thenqe east Parallel with the south line of said infot number Sixty (60), eighty-nine (89) feet, thence south five feet parallel with Second street in said city, thence east parallel with said south line of said lot forty-three (43) feet to Second street to the placeof beginning. Applicant also desires to operate two (2) pool 47-3 John Meyer, Applicant. LIGATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is herebv given to the inhabitants of ' the town of Geneva, county of Adams, state of Indiana, that I will at the regular term of commissioners court in and for said county to be held at the court house In Decatur in said county and state commencing on first Monday of March. 1897. apply for a license to sell spirituous, vinuous and malt liquors in less quantities than a ciuart at a time to be drank on the premises wheresold in said town of Geneva the building where the said liquors are to be sold is situated on inlot No. 118 in David Studabaker’s addition to the town of Buffalo now Geneva In said cornty and state and more particulaily described as follows: Commencing twenty-five ■ 25) feet east of the northwest corner of said inlot (118) one hundred eighteen thence east seventeen (17) teet, thence south (JO) feet thence west to a point forty-two (42) feet east of the west line of said lot. thence south to the south line of said lot to a point forty-two (42) feet east of the southwest corner of said lot thence west seventeen (17) feet thence north to the placeof beginning. The room where said liquors are to be sold consists of a room fifty feet long and seventeen feet wide belngsltuated oh the ground floor and In the lower story of a two story brick building situated as aforesaid; the said room having both front and rear openings. John C. F. Manley, Applicant. gHERtFF’9 SALE. » The State of Indiana. Adams county ss: In the Adams circuit court of Adams- countv, Indiana. The Aetna Life Insurance Company, a corporation. vs John P, Btayn'ey, Hester A. Blayney. , The Adams County > Nc._s2j3 Bank, a corporation, Drayton M-Ayers, The Wabash National Bank, a corporation. The Decatur National Bank, a corporation. j By virtue of an order of sale to me directed by the clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, of Said county and state, 1 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 Os Decatur. Adams county, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock A. M, and 4 o’clock P. M. on i Saturday, March 6, 1897. The rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situated In Adams County, Indiana, to-wit: , . . .. Commencing at the northeast corner of the northwest quarter [fc] of section twenty-nine [291 township twenty-seven [27] north range fifteen [ls] east thence west one hundred sixty [l6o] rods, thence south eighty [Bo] rods thence east one hundred and five [luo] thence south eighty [Bo] rods, thence east fifty five [ss] rods, to tne southeast corner of sale northwest quarter [M] thence north one hundred sixty [loo] rods to the place of begin ning. containing one hundred six and sixty-six hundreths 110866-100] acres in Adams Bounty, state of Indiana. . . And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of Judgment, Interest thereon and costs. I will at 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 John P. Blayney et al to satisfy said order of sale this 10th day of February, B p ashbauohxr. Sheriff. 48-8 'Bv Francis B. McLean. Deputy. Sob urge r, Reed & Smith, Att ys. for plaintiff,

FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citizens of the Second Ward in the - city of Decatur, Indiana, and to the citizens of the said city of Decatur, Adams county, Indi- • ana. Notice is hereby given that I, Oorno.ius 1 Rademaoker. a mule Inhabitant of the said s olty, county and state, over the ago of twentyh one y. ars. ■ person not In the habit of becom- »- inv Intoxicated, will make application to the Board of Commissioners at their next regular I sc,slon tn M irch, 1897. for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in loss quantities than u quart at a time, to bo drank whore sold. In n room situated on the following premises. to-wl(: Sixteen and one half fe< t off of tho south r part of inlot number 61 In said city. Said . room Is situated on the ground floor of the ■ said building, snd fronts on Second street in > the said city, and is 78 feet In length and IfltJ ■ feet in wil.th, and has both front and rear openings. ’ Notice Is further iiivon that, the undersigned r wII also ask the commissioners for the privil- . egeof carrving on the business of running I pool and bllllnrd tables and card tables In eon- ■ nection wltn the sale of intoxicating liquors. > and in the same room where such Intoxicating liquors are kept for sale, and arc sold. CoiiNKt.it)* RAOKMACKkH, Applicant February 3, 1897. yA PPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citizens of the city of Decatur, in Adams county, Indiana: Notice is herebv given that we. the under- , signed, I-rank Meibers and William L. Bell, malu inhabitants of the state of Initiana. and over the age ot'twenty-one years, artd being tit. persons to be entrusted with the sale ot intoxicating liquors, will make application to the Board of Commissioners, of Adams coun- ' tv, state of Indiana, at their next regular session in March. 1897. for a license to sell spirituous, vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors In less quantities than a quart at a time at our place of business In and at the building ' situated on the following described premises, ' in the city of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, to-wit: In the front ground floor room of the one and one-half story frame building, fronting on Monroe street. Commencing ax a point.on the north side of Monroe street, In the city of Decatur, sLxtvsix (66) feet west of the southeast corner of inlot number two hundred and fifty (2(0); in the original plat of the city of Decatur, thence running north at right angles with said Monroe streetone hundred and thirtv-twn (132) feet, thence west parallel with said Monroe street slxty-slx (flr) feet to the alley, thence south along the alley eighty-two (82) feet to a stake thence east parallel with said Monroe street forty-five (45) feet to a stake, thence south fifty (50) feet to the north sldeof Monroe street, thence east twenty-one (21) feet to the place of beginning. 47-3 William L. Bell. [Applicants. A PPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE To the citizens and inhabitants of the town of Preble and Preble township. In Adams county, Indiana. Notice is herebv given that we. Jeff Klopfenstein and David J. Dilling, male inhabitants of the state bf Indiana, over the age of twentyone yeATs. and who are persons not tn the habit of be -otning intoxicated, will make application to the Board of Commissioners, of said county, at their next regular session in March 1897, for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in less qualities thana quart at a time, to be drank where sold, in and at the building situated on the following described j premises, to-wit: In and at the building situated on the north twenty-five (25> feet of in. 1 lot numb r one (1). in August Bly’s first adddii tion to the town of Preble, tn Adams county. ; Indiana, as said lot Is recorded and designated lon the recorded plat of said town. Said rooms ! in which the applicants desire to sell said inI toxicating liquors is the front room in the one story frame building on said inlot and on the I north twenty-five (25) feet thereof aforesaid. 1 Said room being sixteen (16) feet wide and thirty (30) feet in length, fronting on the pubI lie highway, in raid town of Preble. Said api plicants desire also to keep a lunch counter and cigar stand in said described room and sell cigars, tobacco and lunch therein. Jeff Klopfenstein. I Ali tfl 47-3 David J. Dilling, [Appn ants. ■ ■ FOR LIQUOR LICENSE To the citizens of the town of Geneva, Wa- ' bash township, Adams county, Indiana. I Notice is hereby given that I, Jacob Wegmlller, a male inhabitant of the state of Indiana, over the age of twenty-one years, and who is a person not in the habit of becoming intoxicated, will make application to the board of commissioners, of said county, attbeir next regular session inTMarch, 1897. for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, to be drank 1 where sold, in and at the building situated on > the following described premises, te-wtt: | Commencing twenty <2o> feet east of the northwest corner of inlotnumberonc hundred and seventeen (117). in said town, thence running east, along Line street twenty-two (22) j feet, thence south parallel with the line of said inlot one hundied and thirty-two (132) feet, thence westtwenty-two (22) feet, thence north one hundred and thlrty-tjvo(l33) feet to the place of beginning, being twenty-two (22) feet out of the center part of said inlot. The room where said liquors are to be cirank and soil is a two story brickbui ding, situated on inlot number one hundred and seventeen (117), fronting Lise street, in Geneva. Adams county, Indiana. Building is eighty feet long and twenty feet wide. I desire to sell or carry nn my business in the lower front room which is sixty (60) feet Jong topartitlon and twenty • feet wide, from partition, twenty feet long and twenty-feet wide used and occupied as a storeroom. 47-3 Jacob Wegmiller, Applicant. PPLICA ’ rtoli Folt LICENSE.

To the citizens of the town of Berne, Adam* county, Indiana. Notice is hereby given that T, Eugene Aescblitnann, will make application to the Board of Commissioners, of Adams county, Indiana, at their regu'ar session in March. 1897, for a license to sell splritous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, in my two-story brick building on the ground floor room which is twenty tour (24) feet wide and sixty (60) feet long fronting on the street with a kitchen and dining room in the back part of the building, the upstairs used for a home, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank where sold, at my place of business in and at the building situated on th» following described premises, in the town of Berne, Adnmscounty, Indiana, to-wit: Commencing twenty (20) feet west of tne northeast corner of Tot number two lu the town of Berne, Adams county, Indiana, section four (4), township twenty-five (25) north range fourteen (14) east, thence running south one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet, thence west twenty-six (26) feet, thence north one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet, thence east twenty-six feet to the place of beginning. Notice is further given thatthe undersigned will also ask the Commissioners lor the privilege of carrying on the business of running a pool and billiard table and card tables in connection with the sale of Intoxicating liquors, and in the same room where such intoxicating liquors arekent for sale, and are sold. 47 8 DUGENE A39OHLIMANN, Applicant. ADMJNI9TRATRTX’9 9ALE OF REAL ESTATE. — Nbtloe.iß hereby given that the undersigned, administratrix ot the estate of Lawson Llnhard, deceased, will as such administratrix, in ell things agreeable to the order of.t he circuit gbiirt. of Adams county, Ind ana, between the hours of ten o’clock a. m. arid four o dock p. .d'>o n Monday, March 8, 1897, at the office of the clerk of the Adams circuit court in the city of Decatur. In said county, and from day to day thereafter until sold, offer for sale at private sale, the fee simple of the undivided two-thirds part of the following described real estate In Adams county, Indiana. to-wit: The northeast quarter of the southwest qriarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section twentysix (20) township twenty-eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, also, commencing at the southwest corner of the west half of the northwest quarter of said section twenty-six (20) in township twenty-eight (28) north, range iourteen (14) east, thence running north twenty-eight rods, thence east eighty rods, thence south twenty-eight rods, thenop west eighty rods to the place of beginning,<oortalning in all ninety-four acres. Said land will be sold in parcels, as the game has heeQ . ap P r “L ß ,®?’ for not less tkan the full appraised value thereof, free from any and all leins At the same time and plate the Widow _ of_* aid decedent will sell her one-third interest in all said real estate, at the same rate --TEBMSi—One-third cash in hand on the day of sale, one-third In nine months and the remaining one-third In eighteen month* from day of sale, deferred payments to . ? >ear l ost at the rate t>f six per cent, until paid, and secured with freehold and mortgage security. Lois Ltnhabd, Administratrix. February 1,1897.

A. G. HOLLOWAY, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Boston Store, Residence across H the street from his former home. 38-Bltf IVI «. T. FRANCK J. T. MEnrtYMAE, K, V, >1 j FRANCE 4t MERRYMAN. j ATTORNEYS AT LAW, If DECATUR. IND. Office—Nos. 1, 2 and 3. over Adams Co. Bark] We refer, by pormlaslun. t.o *'hiras Co. Bank. B A. ». BEATTY 4. r. MAHR IS; MANN * BEATTY, H; ATTORNEYS AT LAW || And Notaries Public. Pension claims prose- ’ J cuted. Odd Fellows building. 1 ypIN. M. L. HOLLOWAY, M. ». | S Office and residence one door north of M. B. < ■hurcb. Diseases of women and children a ■ -pecially. Paul G. Hooper, , aettoi’iioy at Law Decatur, Indiana. Patents a specialty. ; — — — — R. K. ERWIN, I A. 11 omo-y- a. t -Li . tloom J and 2 Niblick & Tonnellier 81ock, Decatur, Indiana. R. ’g. PETERSON ATTORNEY AT LAW, DECATUR. INDIANA. Rooms 1 arid 2. In the Anthony Holthouse Block ————————————— ■ || John Schurger. W. H. Reed. Dave E.Smith 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. 38 A. L. DEVILRIES, DENTIST I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Professional Dentist. Teeth extracted without pain. Especla I a ttentlon given to bridge work like lllust in 11. in above. Term* rea- _■ sonable. Office—second street, over Rosentball'a clothing store. 2fr-iy — I Dr. E. H. LeBRUN, Tskriawy ui ktist, I Decatur, Indiana. Office:—Corner Second and Madison street. I Treats all Diseases of Domesticated Ani- I mals, making a specialty of Optical Oasee. ■ oxlls day or night, promptly attended to. I 96-ly ■ Capital *120.000. Established IWI I THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK I Decatur, Indiana. Does a general banking business, make* col* 9 lections In all parts of the country. Buy* ■ town, township and county ortb rs. Foreign ■ an<) domestic exchange bought anil sold. In- « terest paid on time deposits. Officers—W. H. Niblick, President. D. Stude- 1 baker, Yice President; R. K. Allison. Cashier, and O, 9. Niblick. Assistant Cashier v cf. nrax’TTTJjra, 9 DENTIST. | Now located over Holthouse’s shoe store, t prepared to do all work pertaining to the lental profession. Gold filling a specialty, ly the use of Mayo's Vapor he is enabled to ixtraot teeth without pain. Work guaranteed. Dr. 0. V. CONNELL, Veleriniry Surgeon ui Dentist. Decatur, Ind. Office I. O. O. F. Block. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Toronto Veterinary Dental School. Treats all diseases of domesticate! tnlrnni* Dalls nt,tended t» day or night. 18 HALE 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 9econd and Jefferson Streets. |ar“Your patronage solicited. i — DECATUR DIRECTORS: CAPITAL P.W. Smith, SIOO,OOO. J. H. Hobrock, J, B. Holthouse, NATIONAL vi RCRPLUS $5,000. OFFICERS: KI*N K - P. W. Smith, President, ' ■J fl I ill I J. B,Holthouse. Vice-Pre*. 0. A.. Dugan, Cashier, E. X. Ehlnger, Asst. Cash'r A general banking business la transacted. Foreign drafts issued. Interest given on time deposits.