Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1898 — Page 2

The INFLUENCE of the Mother shapes the course I of unborn generations —goes sounding through all the ages and enters the confines of Eternity. With what care, therefore, should the Expectant Mother be guarded, and how great the effort be to ward off danger and make her life joyous and happy. MOTHER'S FRIEND

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system that Childbirth is made easy and the time of recovery shortened—many say “ stronger after than before confinement.” It insures safety to life of both mother and child. All who have used « Mother’s Friend ” say they will never be without it again. No other remedy robs confinement of its pain M A customer whose wife used ‘Mother’s Friend,’ Bays that if she had to go through the ordeal again, and there were but four bottles to be obtained, and the cost was SIOO4O ner bottle, he would have them/’ Geo. Layton, Dayton, Ohio Sent by express, on receipt of price, tl-00 PER BOTTLE. Book to “EXPECTANT MOTHERS’ mailed free upon application, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonial*The BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. GA* SOLD SY ALL DRUGGISTS. BRIEF TELEGRAMS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE HOOSIER STATE. Happening* r»f Interest In the Every D»y Life of Indianians Concisely Told and Especially Prepared For Oar Man* Busy Readers. f Mitchell, Ind., Jan. 11. — Robert Press er, A. B. Martin and Raphael and Frederick Burton, all boys of about 15 years, have been arrested for breaking into a trxear on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad, near Riverdale, i and taking merchandise, Martin confessed and implicated the others. All are sous of wealthy and respectable parents. WRECK NEAIt MUNCIE. Passenger Train Collide* With a Flatcar. Five Injured. Muncie. Ind., Jan. 11.—A passe ngei train on the Fore Wayne and Cincinnati road collided with a flatcar loaded with titeel bars south of here last night. The engine was badly damaged as was the mailcar. The following were injured: William N IT of Cowan, rib fractured, j F. Farquhar of Muncie, back sprained. 1 ! D. M. Tuttie of Cowan, teeth knocked! out. Hanna Garrett of Cowan, leg sprained 1 and teeth knocked out Postal Clerk Kennedy, cut on head. KEFI •ED THE KEOt’EST. Oil Companies Will Not Furnish the stole <»«ol<»*ri<*t. Certain IntorniHtioii. Indi an aivi.is, Jim. 10—Indiana State Geologist Blatchley has requested the pipeline oil companies in this state tc I give him figures as to the amount, of oil I handled by them during the past year for his forthcoming report. The Indi-1 ana Pipeline and Refilling company and the Manhattan Oil company have refused the iurorniation owing to the “peculiar competition.” The Standard Oil coin pan v ha- not replied. Mr. Blatch•e.y thinks there should be legislation compelling corporations to give such information. DECKED CJNt:tSs:>. Gang of lliir-lar. »ml I'orgcr, Mlegcil to Exinl In IlHZletoii. Princeton, Ind., Jun. 8 —Uri Decker the young desperado, who pre-enterl a forged check to the I’armir's bank, has made a confession which reveals the existence of an organized gang of burglars and forgers in the town of Hazleton. Decker told Sheriff Murphy that he was led to commit hi., crime by two men in the latter place, who forced him to present the forged checks. The accused have b-eu arrested and it is said other arrests will follow. in male ahi::::. Daleville find.) Woman Going to KI on dike to Search For Gold. Daleville Ind., Jan. 10.—Mrs. Mattie Harvey has completed arrangements and will leave for Klondike the latter part of this month. She is probably the first woman to go from Indiana. She will adopt male attire after she leaves Seattle. She is not prompted by any desire of romance or sightseeing in making the tnp, but goes with the determination to search for gold.

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LIVED FIVE WEEKS. — I With the Ton of His Head Blown Off and Brain Exposed. Mooresville, Ind., Jan. 11.—John Elliott, the contractor who was accidentally shot by Benjamin Cooper, while hunting, is dead, having lived five weeks with the top of his head blown off and his brain exposed. For some time it was thought he would recover, but blood poisoning set in. Ancient Burial Bite, Observed. Flora, Ind., Jun. 11.-Mrs. Henry Eikenberry is dead of diabetes. She was a member of the Old Order branch of the German Baptist church and was buried according to the ancient rites o. that body. A spring wagon was used to convev the body to the cemetery. All the elders of the church delivered an oration over the remains. Twenty-One Years Each. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 10. — Martin Cross and Benjamin Putnam have been seutenced to 21 years for killing alentine Booten, near East Mount Carmel, last fall. Cross stabbed Booten with a butcherknife and Putnam was his accessory. Putnam’s attorneys ask for a new trial, claiming tiiat he is insane. Robert Moore Convicted of Murder. Rockport, Ind., Jan. 10. — Robert Moore was sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory in the circuit Court here for from two to 21 years for manslaughter. He was charged with killing Nicholas Troutvetter of Millersburg, in Warrick county, last February. Both young men were in love with the same girl. Gave the Footpad a Ride. Garrett, Ind., Jan. 10. —Lafayette ! Johnson, a farmer, was held up while returning home by a footpad, who wanted to ride with him. When two miles out he was hit over the head with an iron pin and rendered unconscious. His watch and money were taken. Resumed Passenger Traftic. Seymour, Ind., Jan. 11.—The first passenger train over the Southern Indiana railroad since the floods of last March went west yesterday and was greeted at the depot here by a large crowd of citizens, who are glad to see the road in operation again. Noah Baney Arrested. Indianapolis, Jan. 11.—Noah Baney, who figured in the late attempt to secure Rev. William E. Hinshaw’s release from i prison, has been arrested for receiving i stolen goods. About S4OO worth of groceries were found at his house. Father Corby's Successor. South Bend, Ind., Jan. B.—The Rev. John S. Zahm has been appointed provincial of the Order of the Holy Cross of the United States to succeed the late Father Corby of Notre Dame University. SUFFERING TERRIBLE AGONY. Mau’s Face, Hands and Feet Burst Open After Being Frozen. Chilicothe, 0., Jan. 11. — Peter Wingo is lying at the home of his brother, north of this city, with his hands, feet and face burst open, and it ' is not believed he can ever recover, j About a week ago, during the intense cold spell, Wingo, on the road home, was overcome by the cold and fell from his buggy. He lay uucuncious by the i roadside until morning, when he was found. His feet, hands and face were frozen solid, and he afterward swelled to euoimous proportions, finally bursting open. Wingo has suffered terrible agony. LATEST FROM DAWSON CITY. Will Be No Starvation a* Provisions are Only SI a Pound. Pont Townsend, Wash., Jan. 11. — Nine men from Dawson City have arrived here bringing advices up to Dec. 9. All say that while provisions are scarce there wiil be no starvation. Provisions can still be purchased from $1 to $1.50 a pound. Candles have been reduced from $1.25 to 50 cents each. The trip was made without special incident, dog teams being used. The coldest weather reported at Dawson thus far was 55 de- . grees below zero. ■ CUT INTO BITS. IXcinainw of a Human Body Found In an ExpretM Office. Charleton, la.. Jan. B.—Representa- ■ fives of the Adams Express company > opened an ih-smelling box here yesteri day and found the remains of a human - body cut into bits. The box had stood 1 several days in the express office and the officers becoming suspicious pried oft the lid. Detectives were at once put to work. BUSHNELL INAUGURATED. Kecepttau Last Night Attended by Over Two Thousand. '' Columbus, 0., Jan. 11.—Asa S. Bushnell was inaugurated yesterday for the 5 second time as governor of Ohio, the oath of office being administered by * Chief Justice Burket. Last night the r governor held a reception at which over 2,000 people attended besides the state officers and members of the legislature.

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NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS. — — TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1897. Notice is hereby given that the at option of thehx | ' pa j S’one-half’inchid ing road Saxes in full on or before I The First Monday in May, 1898, The same being the 2nd day of May. W. The half On firsts i. paid .he., duel f First Monday in November, 1898, The same being November 7. 1898. , „ • ah • +n o Rofpnf Taxation on each One Hundred Dollars worth of property, and also on of the S r^d tl toa -Sefirst Monday in May, then the whole amount will become due and delinquent, and the penalty attache . f m n ? -s • ii-i <l?is < 2 £ Si - c £ 2 £ = » ® 2. ■T?i g, = z. £ = = g’ ~~ = - £ z . - O> _ <-< CD i 2 £. 5I m NAMES OF '<='<? gS'*® s S' £f- - ® : £ = -a t— 1 z s’ * ~ x g “ “ © 2. i o' “ CORPORATIONS ?.g “ tl?£* Zt t a ~ 5 ; •= g“ i AND i EZS’?I 111 Ml ®H 5 I i ; I 5 = TOWNSHIPS. ■ : g 1 =3= 11 = iI i f* 1 • = • i i i = • i :j•s-2:::= • ■ • : = : : : : : : : p* : : : : : : | • : : : : : — —i—' '~r — :: ~ ’ l i ~~ ÜBioo 911 5 31i42 | 541 10 40 10 10 05 1 84 73 157 50 50 1 W Root 911531 iI 42 54i201225 10 07 1 96 60 1565 050 1(A Preble 9115j31i42j54i15 10 30 jlOlO 1 94 53 147 50 50, 1 1 00 Kirkland | 9 H| 5 3li 42 1 21 54J101510| 10 10 1 89 69 |15850 50 ” ’IOO Washington 911531i42 ;21 5 4i 25 08 15 10 05 4 97 72 169 50 50 100 st . Maryß | 9 11] s|B 11.42 54i062015 05 20 2 85 64 14950 50 100 Blue creeki9 11 5 3 H 42 5j 4| 10 15 10.110 10 1 79 58 137 50 50 100 >lonroe |91153 li 42 | 54J101010 !05 1 66 51 11750 50 1 W French 91153 H 42 514|121510 |0505 1 72 57 12950 50 100 Hartford[9 11 531 i 42 54|1035 10 10 2 i 79 69 14850 50 100 Wabash i 91153 li 42 514i151510 08 05 2 77 59 113650 50 100 Jefferson 911 5 311 42 5 4i 20 40 10 10 05 2 94 74 168 50 50 100 ity of Decatur 9115315T42 21 5| 41 32 35 41223149149 29850 50 50 150 Town of Geneva | 9 11 5 3 li 42 5 4i 35 40 2 110 131 134 268 50 50 50 50 209 I'own of Berne. 9,1153 Ji |42 5Ji 1525 11 00 111111i222 50 50 25 2003 25 DOG TAX:—Each male dog SI.OO, each female dog $2.00. In addition to the above there is levied 32.00 on each male dog and 35.00 on each female dog in the city of Decatur, and 31.00 on each male dog and $2.00 on each female dog in the town of Geneva, and $2.00 on each male dog and 33.00 on each female dog in the town of Berne. ROAD TAX RECEIPTS -Should be presented on or before the first Monday in May, as the road tax is all ncluded in the first installment. Road tax receipts will not be taken for second installment of taxes. Examine your receipts before leaving the office and see that all your property is described. Also see that change is correctly made. PARTICULAR ATTENTION.— Those who have lands and lots or other property in more than one township must see that they have a receipt for all. County orders cannot be paid to any person owing delinquent tax; all persons ire warned against purchasing such orders. (The books will positively be closed on the first Monday in May and the first Monday in November.) . Assignees, guardians, administrators and others who pay taxes on property in trust, and persons whose taxes are complicated, such as undivided estates, are earnestly requested to come before the last few days. The taxes of the Waggoner-Patton and Decatur and Bluffton gravel roads are now due and payable at this office and are subject to the same penalties as other taxes if not paid. . The municipal taxes of the city of Decatur and the towns of Berne and Geneva are payable at this office. The annual sale of delinquent lands and lots will take place on the second Monday in Feb. 1898, at 10 o’clock a, m. * NOAH MANGOLD, JONAS NEUENSCHWANDER, County Auditor. Treasurer Adams County. Decatur, Indiana.

Legal Advertising. PPOIN’TMF.NT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is herebv given that the undersigned ■ has lipvii appointed administrator of the estate | nr Elizabeth Sipe, iate of Adams county, i deceased. Toe estate is probably solvent. A. J.Sipe, Administrator. December 28,1897 Lutz A- tsnow, Attorneys. 42-3 j A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned. ; administrator of tne estate of Eiilabeth Sipe ' deceased, will offer at public sale, at the late residence of the deceased, seven miles east and one mile north of Berne, Indiana on i Thursday, January 20, 1898, , The personal property of the decedent con- i listing of two milch cows, one yearling heifer, . two hundred chicken-, grain, hay and corn, wagons, plows, household goods and other articles not herein mentioned. TERMS OF SALE: A credit of nine months will be given on all sums over five dollar-. Sums under five dollars cash in band. The buyer giving bis note with approved security waiving valuation and appraisment laws bearing six per cent interest after maturity. Sale to begin at ten o’clock a. m. Andrew .1. Sipe, Administrator. Lutz & Snow, Attorneys. 42-3 | OTICE TO TEACHERS. Notice is hereby given that there will be a I public examination of teachers at the county l superintendent's office in Decatur. Indiana. ;ou the last Saturday of each month Mann- - script made in other counties will not be re- . reived. Applicants mus* be seveneFtn years of age before they will be licensed. Besides the statutory branches and science of educa- | non. applicants will be require 1 to answer a list based ou s levied iit rature—the ■selection made by tbe state board of education The examination in the science of education ( ‘Plato the Teacher.”) and the general culture hook ( ‘Teaching the Language-Arts.”) for tbe six months beginning with the November examination will be based on the township institute work for this year, covering one institute at each examination. November—Outline one. December—Outline two. January—Outline three. February—Outline four.

March—Outline five. a pril—Outline six The work in reading will not bo based upon any particular text book. Teachers’ examination begins promptly at 8:30 a tn Yours very truly. IRVIN BRANDYBERRY. County Superintendent. OTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The state of Indiana, county of Adams, ss. • n tbe Adams circuit court, February term, 1898 Haeta Helm ) No. 5.661 vs - Complaint for George Helm ‘ Divorce. It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that George Helm, the above named defendant, is a non-resident of the state of Indiana. I Notice is therefore hereby given the said i George Helm that he be and appear j before the Honorable Judge of tbe Adams I circuit court on the twenty-first day of Februi ary. IH9B. the same being the thirteenth juridical day of the next regular terra thereof to i be hnlden at i he court house in the city ot Decatur, commencing on Monday, the seventh day of February A. D. 1888. and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determ.ned in bis ablsencc. Witness, my name, and the seal of said ' court hereto affixed, this twenty-eighth day of December. 1H97 JOHN H. LENHART. Clerk By E. Burt Lenhart. Deputy. Elias G. Coverdale, Att’y. for Pl’ff. 42 3 i — — JpXECUTOR'S SALE OF HEAL ESTATE. Notice is hereby g ven that 1. John T I France, executor of the last will and testament of William Wiehl, deceased, late of Adams county. Indiana, by virtue of the power and authority vvMed in me as executor under I and bv virtue of the will of said decedent, will offer for-ale at private sale at the law office of France A Merryman in the city of Decatur Indiana between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. I and 1 o'clock p. tn. on (or after if not then soldi Thursday January 27, 1898. j to th. highest and best bidder, the fee-simple ! of th.- following described real estate situated j in Adam*county. State of Indiana, to-wit: The south-east quarter of section twentythree (23) io township twenty-seven (27) north range thirteen (13) east; containing one hnn-' dred and sixty acres. Terms or sale:-One-third (Ml cash and the time of deferred payments will be fixed on the day of sale to suit the convenience es the pur-

chaser as near as c&q be. The deferred pavments are to bear six per cent interest from date and to be secnr d bv freehold and mort gage security to the approval of said executor. John T. France, Executor. France & Merryman, Attorneys. 42-4 A dministratoks sale of real 7A_ ESTATE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Elijah Walters, administrator of the estate of Abraham deceased, in pursuance with the order of the Adams Circuit Court, of Adams county, Indiana on or after (if not then sold) Saturday, February 5, 1898. at the law office of France & Merryman, in tbe Decatur. Indiana between the hours of 10 o clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m.. will offer at private sale, to the highest and best bidder, the fee simple of the following described real estate in Adams county, in the State of Indiana, to-wit: The south halt'of the south-east quarter of the north west quarter of section thirty-two, also the following described tract to-wit: <x>mmencing at a point forty reds north of the south-west corner of tbe south-east quarter of tbe north-west quarter of said section thirty-two. thence running north twenty-nine rods and fifteen feet, thence east twenty-sev-en rods, thence south twenty-nine rods and fifteer feet, thence west twenty-seven rods to tbe place of beginning: Also the following described tract to-wit: Commencing at the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section thirty-two‘ thence running west fifty-three and one third rod««. thence south nne hundred and twenty rods, thence east fifty-three and one-third rods thence north one hundred and twenty rods to the place of beginning, except therefrom eight acres out oi the north-east corner of said tract described as follows to-wit: Commencing at the northeast corner of said track thence running west forty-two rods, eight teetand eleven inches, thence south thirty rods, fourteen feet and ten inches, thence east forty two rods, eight feet and eleven inches thence north thirty rods, fourteen feet and ten inches to th** place of beginning, the amount of real estate hereby described being fifty-seven acres mor. or less, all in township twenty-eight north, range fifteen east, in Adams counnry. Indiana. Terns:—One third cash in hand on dav of sale, one-third in nine months, and one-third in eighteen months: deferred payments to bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from date until paid, and to be securfa by freehold and mortgage security to tbe satisfaction of the undersigned. . , . Elijah Walters Administrator of the estate of Abraham Walters, deceased. France & Merryman, attorneys, 43.4

Erie’s Tourist Sleeper to the Puvilie C'Oailt.. Commencing Decemh-r", and every Tuesday thereafter, a Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car will be attached to the Erie's train No 13. leaving Jersey City at 8 00 p m. for the accommodation of passengers holding first or second class tickets to the Pacific coast and intermediate points via Chicago and the Santa Fe route The following is a condensed schedule: Leave Decatur 6:15 p no. Wednesday, arrive in Chicago 11:30 p. m. Wednesday, arrive Kansas City 2:15 p. ra. Thursday, arrive Los Angeles S:3O a. no. Sunday, arrive San Francisco 6:45 p. m Sunday. Returning, tonrist sleeper will leave San Fraacisco every Monday at 4:30 p. bo. and Chicago on Erie train No 12 at 9:20. Charges for double from Decatur will be 11 to Chicago, 11.50 to Kansas City and 16 50 to Pacific coast points An experienced tourist conductor will be ia charge. Apply to Erie agents for further information. Extra Gwwd Thins! The great number of neswspapers. magazines, etc., that are now being 1 published have made it verv bard for the readers to decide just what one they wish to subscribe for. The American Subscription Agency, of Indianapolis, has compiled a list of 100 papers that they offer to send a sample copy of each to any address upon rrceipt of 10 cents to pay for mailing. Thev do this so that you may see and read a copy ot each pa er before subscribing. If T° n decide to subscribe for any of their papers to the amount of *1 they offer to deduct the 10 cents from the snbscnp* tion. Send 10 cents to the AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY, 655 Arch Street, Indianapolis. Ind., and you wii. receive one hundred papers.