Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1897 — Page 5

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LOCAL NEWS. interesting, important, Nawsj and All Kight. The Indiana quail law seems destined to get itself tangled up wi h inter-state commerce. The Supreme icourt decides that money lost by a man at gambling tan be recovered by his wite. A consignment of sixty-five tierces of corned horse meat has just been gent from Linton, Ore., to Rotterdam. Fred Rupricht of Wooster, Ohio, han been arrested on a charge of having stolen one hundred horses in the past two years. The tool with the gun that is not loaded is getting in his work right along. There is a law in Indiana that makes it a penal offense to point a gun loaded or unloaded at annther person. Let some prosecutions be made under this law. December 30, the late Ind ana legi'lature will me-*t and will nan. quet at the Grand Hotel in Indianapolis. On the list of toasts is that otW. II- Eichhorn, whose subject is'The Minority.” S. E. Nichol son will speak on “The Majority.” A young society man of this citv who claims that be understands all about the fair sex says that the average woman swallows flattery just as a baby swallows buttons—regardless of the trouble that may follow.

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A Cincinnati man has mortgaged a cat. Cats covered by mortgage are all very well, but they are better when covered with a foot or two of earth. A young man of Decatur who makes weekly visits to a young ladv residing on West Cherry street, tried to ride home on the head end r of the passenger last night, but he > was put off at Craigville and walked the rest of the way.—Bluffton News. i A North Manchester woman has sued her husband for a divorce on the ground that every time they quarrel he shuts her up in an ice box. Since the announcement refrigerators have become popular in that town, and hardware dealers are correspondingly happy. It is said that in the woods around Willimantic, Conn., the nuts are so scarce this season that squirrels climb into the coat pockets of farmers going to. town, and once in the city they jump out and eat peanu s off ihe stands. Even chestnuts appear to be scarce. A Marion judge who has the reputation of divorcing thirty-six couples in one d<y will continue th-- good work but. has given n< toe that no one need apply for maiden names. But unfortunately or fortuuately ?.s it may be, maiden names don’t cut much ice in divorces. On the opinion of the attorneygen, ral of the law, it is stated that n this state no person can sei! or give tobacco to any minor under Sixteen years of age, even on a written order from the father, and even

the father cannot sell or give tobacco to his own son utider age. An exchange tell this dog story: A resident of Trimble, Tenn., taught his pointer pup to remain in the yard by punishing it when it went outside. The pup took the lesson to heart, and one day when it saw the cat go across the street and sit down it ran over, caught the eat by the neck and brought it home. The town board of health met Monday evening with the county health officer Dr. Costello of Decatur, to consider the abolishment of the s'a'es from the Berne schools. Ihe slates will have to go. They don't want the school children to “exchange spit” any more as a citizen called it some time ago.—Berne Witness. Safe Miller, who bet he could eat thirty quail in thirty days, has twe Ive more quail to eat before winning the wager. The boys say he is not eating dinder or supper of late for fear the quail at 8 o’clock every evening will be too much for him. He admitted last evening that he was getting tired of them, and his feast the night before made him ill. Will he finish?—Delphos Herald. From now until next spring the river will receive a large portion of the small boy’s attention. Self-ap-pointed committees go down every morning to see if the water is frozen sufficiently hard tor them to skate upon. If weather like the few past days keeps up throughout the winter the small boy will surely be disappointed in his pleasure of skating, but the boy relies upon Hicks, who says we are to have a long and severe winter. Decatur people will pay dearly f r Florida oranges this winter. Oranges that sold a few years ago for $2.75 a box will sell this season at $4.50 and $5 a box. The crop of Florida oranges will be about 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 boxes short this year. This will not only cause oranges to advance in price in the states of the north, but it will work a great hardship on the people of Florida in that they will be made poorer by several million dollars. The course of true love never did ! run smooth, but it pursued an uncommonly tortuous and rocky course for a Lebanon, Ind., man, who first shot himself because his sweetheart refused to many him, then recovered to lead the remorse stricken lady to the altar and sipping connubial sweets two months, finds he wants nothing so much as 3 divorce for which be has applied. The victim is entitled to alimony in large doses. A new style in ice skates will be in vogue the coming season. The skates will be made with slots in the runners to support the shafts of several pairs of rollers which are mounted loosely on the shaft and have sharpened edges to cut the ice as the skater glides along. Os course the skates will be a novelty and many of the older patterns will be in use, but the up to-date skaters wid have the new skates if they prove practical. Congressman Henry had a mess on his hands at Hartford City last Tuesday that outrivaled bis one day stand in this city, two to one. Fourteen candidates faced the starter, and thirteen that unlucky thirteen, are bound to get the flag. After getting through his trying ordeal at Hartford. Statesman Henry’s hair was slightly tinged with gray, showing that he had suffered great mental anguish. Life among P. O. applicants has driven the M. C. to early retirement and after this term be will seek rest with hie army of disgruntled applicants. The rapidity with which a wild animal may be exterminated can be judged from the fact that the Smithsonian institute has recently tried in vain to obtain a living specimen of the wild, or passenger pigeon which was formerly found in this country in countless millions. After the offer of a liberal reward and much correspondence it has been concluded that the American wild i pigeon is extinct. The seals are going just as fast. This year’s catch in the North Paciffic is little more than hair that ot last season. Three or four years more will wipe out the seals unless their slaughter is stopped or closely regulated. It is deplorable that an urgent practical question like this should be tangled up in diplomatic piques and red tape delays. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or Sc, i It C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.

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