Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1898 — Page 1

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■Nlie directors of the Bank of Berne j Kt on the 19th inst. ■ r,,nk Bell is at home for a week’s ■SiSi school at Culver, Indi- 1 Hua. tin .n’t forget the R<x*k Band Concert i church tonight. The ■ ss all over the country say they ■e the best. ■ The iurv of the last term of court ■hi .h was discharged last Saturday Kled themselves on Dung almost a ■ohibitionist jury. I ■ Mr- Don Pease of Toledo, is in the ■ t Siting Mrs. Perry Crabbs. Mrs. ■ea<e i- a reporter for one of the pnn■pal daily papers of Toledo. IB P Beaty, of Decatur, democratic ■ndidate for mavor of that place, was ■visitor in the citv Friday, guest of ■t- Attorney France. Huntington ews- Democrat. IB John Fry singer returned from the metropolis, New York, last ■ondav evening, where he had been ■oking after the h< rs ' business. John Bk s there is eonsid< r ible war scare in KF east. | I \ card reeceived from F.. S. Christen I v . that he is now attending college ■■the State University, and that he is ■ell pleased with the school and his ■[mission thereto. He also orders ■p Democrat sent to him' gßßev. Duckett joined his family Saturday and Sunday preached, ■o excellent' sermoi s at the Presbyehnrch. After the first of May permanent fixture, much ■ h.. own gratification and the satisfaction of his congregation. Miller of the firm of Miller ■I Co of Marion, arrived in the city Monday and is preparing to start large stone quarry north of town. ■h operation. They still have several of the Bluffton gravel road to which will be done as soon possible. 'cording to the Berne Witness of ■- we■!< several of Adams county's Mttiz-ns have determined to take up home in the far west. It savs: Smith and his youngest son left ■ lac Monday for Maysville, North Da to find a new home. Also Joe and family left the same day North Dakota, where Joe to buy land. ■l) M. Hensley was the hickey .-man at the shooting gallery last A number of excellent scores made such as 26 and 27, but on evening Dave made a score which defeated all previous and eventually won him the which was an excellent Marlin ■ffi] >ating rifle. Another rifle will lie away this week. ■BW iliam Barrel was quite seriously t last Monday morning. He was a horse recently purchased by Mil M. Frysingei for shipment, and in front of the Spencer resion North Second street the threw him. His back was quite hurt. He was taken to Peoples and Dr. Boyers called who him. He is now out of although he still has a very hack. Lewis Koenneman who the horse to Frysinger was parin telling him that the horse never l>een broken. proceedings include Jesse vs Jesse Williams, continued Tuesday April term. Emma Nora Linn, judgment susfor verdict rendered. James vs Fred G. Boyd, mosustained t > tax costs to plaintiff. sv i! ii l . ( . f l)r Februarv term were JB&eas follows: P. I’. Ashbaueher, serving petit jurv and special j’F. E. McLain, court ■plilf SiS, Hiding bailiffs $212.50. CoSts .•'?103.90. Jury fees Special jury $l4O. State vs E. Everett, jury disagreed discharged. Continuance bond •“ Sllni of S4OOO was filed and The grand jury sworn in Fetters appointed forea surprise is prevalent among of Berne and vicinity over of one of her most prom* Hr easiness men and one of the accomplished and charming ladies of Decatur. This mar- !■,.><, acp 011 the evening of ■ f y 1.1898, and has been kept a up to the present time, even ei . r 1 r U at ‘ ves and most intimate B . Alt hough many were the pre- '' ‘ hplrfrie nds and associates ■ ' , Pn the .v would lie married. The ■T ng ? artips were Miss Emma . to accomplished ° S a . mue l E. Kelley, one of ■i.* 1 prominent farmers'of Blue ■ knou" S " P '. a,ld Julius C - Schug. of n? “1 business circles, and e hnn of Schug Bros., of > and rs- Sr'hug will go to Ella vn D a ‘ Pw weeks, and of \r ' ‘be accomplished with\ rS ' will come to ■vUnt • t ? S ? er and make her ■ Schim n"‘ l ‘ Mr ' and Mrs - Schug. ■t eomtnXr 8 ° ne ° f ‘b° finest and ■of Ti< r, llo ’i lS - , pr °Perties in the and f'" "bieh after being re■|ncr. we l “ nis hed in a fashionable wi'ii'i rpf l ues ted to announce ■jfrieX at home ” to their

Easter services were held in all the! churches in this city last Sunday. Miss Agnes Schrock spent Sunday ’ at Fort Wayne, the guest of Homer P. Moses and family. The Choral Union initiated their new headquarters on Monroe street Tuesday evening. The arrangement will be permanent, likewise the Choral Union. George Tyndall, who has been teaching school near Berne this winter. left Tuesday for northern Michigan, where he and his brother are engaged in farming. Quite a number attended the social given at the Presbyterian parsonage last Saturday evening. Both the huge supper and the jolly entertainment were greatly enjoyed by everyone present. Ora France, who is attending the law department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, will return home to-night to spend a week’s vacation with friends before entering upon the spring term of school. Shaffer & Lock, the popular hardware and buggy dealers, now have a handsome new wagon, which is to be used for carrying buggies, surreys, ete. over the country for the purpose of selling them. The new wagon made its first trip last Tuesday. The commissioners were in session Monday and bought the J. N. Fristoe seventy acre tract of land, which will be added to the county farm, and by them improved. The consideration was $2,200. The same day Auditor Mangold sold Mr. Fristoe a thirty acre tract, known as the J. A. Smith farm. Coffee & Baker now possess one of the finest turn-outs in the city. An elegant new wagon arrived last Friday and it is a beauty. A handsome team of horses have also been purchased for the firm, and the rig is right up-to-date. Schafer & Loch furnished the wagon. This new addition was made to haul their provisions from Van Wert and Fort Wayne, thus saving freight and making better time in getting them here. A dispatch from the U. S. Department of Agricultural Bureau at Chicago, says in speaking of the prospects for crops that in Indiana cool weather and rain in southern and frosts in all other portions retarded crops and farm work. Wheat, rye and barley are in fair condition. Oats are nearly all sown. In localities plowing for corn progresses, and some potatoes and peas are planted. Fruit buds are but little injured by frosts. A portfolio, in ten parts, sixteen views in each part, of the finest half tone pictures of the American Navy, Cuba and Hawaii has just been published and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway has made arrangements for a special edition for the benefit of its patrons and will furnish the full set, one hundred and sixty pictures, for one dollar. In view of the present excitement regarding Cuba these pictures are very timely. Send amount with full address to Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent C. M. & St. P. Ry., Chicago, 111. The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church was held in the lecture room of the church last 1 hursdav afternoon with Mrs. Jennie Studabaker as president. One of the best programs ever given at these entertainments was rendered. Mrs. Daniels gave a very interesting talk. Mrs. D. D. Helfer and Miss Nellie Blackburn read interesting papers on I the subject of “Mission Schools.” Mrs. J. D. Hale read a paper which showed careful preparation on “San Francisco and Chinatown. A letter from Mrs. E. T. Gregg, who was for several years president of the missionary society was read. These meetings are held for the purpose of discussing the missionary needs of the world and are certainly very intertaining, instructing and beneficial to all concerned. The stockholders meeting of the German Building Loan Fund & Savings Association of Decatur, Ind., met at the office of F. M. Schirmeyer, secretary, on Monday night for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of any other business tliat might come D'fore the meeting The following persons were duly-elected: David Studabaker. James I. Merryman, Wm. H. Niblick. F. M. Schirmever, J. B. Holthouse, Gias P. Eh'inger. R. B. Allison, Theodore Smith, John S. Bowers. R. K. Allison and John W. Vail. The officers elected bv the board of directors were the same as last year: J. T. Merryman pres.. John B. Holthouse F. M. Schirmeyer sec’y. and Mm. n. Niblick treas. ' Chas. S. Niblick was elected one of the auditing committee for three years, The following persons were elected as a Ixxird of managers for the ensuing year: Daxict Studabaker, J. B. Holthouse and M H. Niblick. The president. J. 1Merryman, and the secretary. 4'.. MSchirmeyer, are by virtue o 1 offices members of the committee. The the report of the secretary «a» read and was very satisfactory and apI nroved unanimously. ,

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 14. 1898.

A picture of the battleship Indiana, 1 in our window, has attracted no little attention the past week. The date for holding the meeting of the Eastern Indiana Oratorical contest has been changed from April 29 to May 5. Rev. Kruse, who is attending college at Tiffin, Ohio, will complete his | work there about May 1. He will immediately remove to this city and take charge of the German Reformed church. Captain Miller and Lieutenant Edington were at Pleasant Mills Tuesday afternoon looking after recruits for company Bof this city. About eight of Pleasant Mill’s young Americans will enlist. A private dance is to bo given by the elite of the city tomorrow evening ■ in the Radamacher building on Monj roe street. About twenty couples xvill |be present and the event promises to be one of the best of the season. Miss Edna Sloan of Warsaw, Indiana, who has been the guest of Mrs. | Duckett for several weeks, returned I home Tuesday. During her visit in | this city, Miss Edna made many ■ warm friends who regret her departure. John B. Holthouse was last week appointed guardian of Louis A., Clarence F., Mary C., Frances, Felix W., and Catharine G. Holthouse. The children are aged respectively fifteen, thirteen, ten, seven, four and two years, and the amount to come into their possession is $833.33. A bond of SI7OO was required. Dr. Miles Porter of Fort Wayne, was in the city on Monday on his way to Willshire, where he performed a surgical operation upon the fourteen year old daughter of Alex Beal, who has been suffering for several days from appendicitis. The doctor reports the operation as highly successful and says that Miss Beal will very probably recover. Mr. Beal is the well known cashier of the Willshire Bank. Last Sunday was Easter, and although not as beautiful as it might have been, still everybody seemed happy. Quite a number of our citizens took advantage of the special Easter dinner at the Burt House at 6 o’clock, and all who were there ! expressed themselves as more than | satisfied. Dick is certainly a hustler, ! and you should not forget that when you want a good meal, you can get it at these Sunday evening dinners at the Burt. The Kokomo Dispatch of last week contained an extended mention of Rev. Gregg, a part of which we would like to have re-printed in the Democrat, but some exchange fiend has kindly relieved us of the paper, since which time we have been silently taking the name of John Hopkins in vain. The article in question told many things already known by Rev. Gregg’s admirers here, and they will be glad to learn that so soon he has began to impress the people in Kokomo with the many bright qualifications in which he abounds. A fearful wreck occurred on the Chicago & Erie Railway at Lima, Ohio, Saturday evening, at about 5 o’clock. Express train No. 13, west bound, due in this city at 6:17 dashed into the Lima yards at a rate of forty miles an hour, ran into a siding and collided with a local freight. George F. Miller, fireman on the express, was killed inj stantly, and several passengers in the j rear coach were badly hurt. James I Shaffer, the engineer, jumped before the crash came and saved his life, j The coaches, engines and freight ears were battered and broken, the deI struction reaching many thousands of dollars. The cause of the disaster was . the failure of the air brakes to work. Miller's home was in Huntington where |he leaves a family and many friends, j Funeral services were held from Sts. I Peter’s and Paul s church in that city Tuesday morning. The interest and excitement at the armory of company B still keeps up. A large number of new recruits have been taken in this week and Captain Miller informs us that the required eighty-five have nearly all been mustered in. There has been much comment as to whether the Indiana militia would be called or not. It is now believed that the entire state militia will soon lie quartered somewhere, probably at Indianapolis until October 1, when they will be taken to Cuba. W. T. Durbin of the governor’s staff, who was sent to Washington as a special commissioner to ascertain what would be expected of Indiana in the event of war and to secure, if possible, better guns for the artillery companies of the state, made a written report to the governor Tuesday, in which he conveys the information that the government, in the event of hostilities, will not send troops to Cuba before next October. He was informed bv the secretary of war that the plan will be to build up an army I at once, assemble the troops at some | point, put them under rigid dicipline. and hold them until October in j case it is deemed necessary to send ; them to Cuba. The war department, he relates, holds to the view that it would not lie safe to place troops on the island before October 1. |

Presiding Elder Oakes of Kendalville, and Rev. D. Spangler of Vera I Cruz were the guests of Rev. Smith and family last Monday. Dave Rice, who has been visiting relatives in this citv. has been offered a position on the Chicago police force. He will go there in a few days to accept the offer. To-night at the M. E. church the famous Rock Band concert will occur. This entertainment is unique, high class and one that, you may not have another opportunity of seeing. Be sure to hear them -you will enjoy it. The pesky measles have again broken loose, among the victims being Albert Doty and little Winifred Ellingham. Both have been quite roseate in appearance, but have mastered the intruder and will come out whole in a few days. William Fleetwood and Mary Mc--1 Cune, both of Wabash township, were married in this city last Saturday morning by Rev. Daniels. Some trouble occurred in getting the license at first, as the groom was unable to give his exact age. His father came i to his aid, however, by making affidavit that his son was twenty-two years of age. Miss Effie Woodward, who was ' selected some time ago to lead the High school to victory in the orator- ; ical contest to be held at Muncie, May 6th, is reported quite sick J and it is feared she will not lie able to ( attend the contest. It is to be hoped, I however, that she xvill be improved by that time to enter the race as she is said to be a winner. Mr. Suttles • will deliver the oration in case Miss Woodward is not able.

Rev. Duckett, who is attending col- , lege at Cincinnati, came home Saturday evening and on Sunday delivered two very elouqent sermons, morning and evening at the Presbyterian church. He made us a very pleasant , call on Monday morning and informed us that he would attend the Logansport Presbytery this week which meets at Goodland, Indiana. Mr. Duckett will finish his course in college May sth, after which time he will be among us permanently. The production of “Faust” at Bosse’s Opera House last Monday evening will be long remembered by those who witnessed it. The play is one of the strongest on American boards today and Porter F. White and an excellent company did credit to it in their rendition. The play was written by Goethe, who is known as the German Shakespeare. The story of “Faust” is beautiful, interesting and instructive and the scenic, mechanical and electrical effects were simply marvelous. All who attended this play are loud in their praises for Mr. Bosse’s hustling qualities in securing such high grade attractions. Charles Pennington, while bicycle riding last Monday evening met with quite an accident. He was riding down Second street about as fast as he could go, and when in front of D. M. Hensley’s jewelry store his feet lost the pedals. He looked down to catch them when, with a crash he ran into a rig going in the opposite direction. The bicycle struck the rig between the wheel and shaft and Pennington was thrown clear over the buggy. He was badly bruised and his hands and face were terribly cut and lacerated. No bones were broken however, and Charles will bo alright in a few days. The bicycle which belonged to Harry Cordua, was badly mashed and the repairs on it will cost several dollars. This should be a lesson to boys who make a practice of scorching on the Main streets. It is not only against the laws of the city, but is very dangerous. The following named pupils were perfect in attendance and deportment for the school month ending April 1: Pearl Andrews, Nellie Roebuck. Bessie Gerard, Donna Sowers, Alice Jackson, Nota Winans, Carrie Thomas, Henry Archbold, Estella Archbold, Clara Boknecht, Earl Smith, Lessie Sutherland, Frances Bryson, Frank Rice, Lillie Ashbaueher, Mamie Hoyer, Ora Case, Russell Harruff, Rosa Smith, Lillie Gerard, Ethel Barkley, Harry Fritzinger, Dora Entsminger, Lucile Bryson, Frank Gerard, Hattie Blackburn. Charles Gerard. Walter Mann, Morris Holmes, Bert Laisure, Gertie Laisure, Glen DeLong, Janies Markins, Wilson Ault, Lena Menefee, George Menefee, Nora Pennington, Ethel Dye. Emma Smith, Lulu Mann, Amelia Winters. Maggie Mann, Oda Daugherty. Ruby Miller, Ora Gessinger, Delia Perrv, Dessie Barkley, Vera Patterson, Opal Rex, Emma Spuhler, Iren Myers, Gene Sutton, Mattie Buckmaster, Lettie Wetter, Fannie Hammel, Nellie Peterson, Ralph Holmes, Frances France, Mary Winans. Oscar Sprague. Martin Ault, Chalmer Hower, Johnny Miller, Ralph Hullinger. Amelia Erhart, Josephine Krick, Warran Buckmaster, Marie I Butler. Ralph Edington. Irvin Butler. Walter Dye, Inez Coverdale, Lillian Stetson, Edith Dean, Carrie Blosser, Bermard Graham, Mamie Dorwin, j Arthur Hullinger, Geogia Farrell, Pearl Farrell, Clarence Knoff, Maud Nelson, Ruby Parrish, Clara Teters, Genevieve Pyle, Flossie Spahr, Grace I Laisure.

Four of our greatest wars have been declared in April, and it seems our . present crisis with Spain will be no • exception to the rule. Revolution bej gan April 19, 1779; Black Hawk bei gan April 21, 1831; Mexican began j April 23, 1816, and Civil began April 112, 1861. Clem Holthouse, who has been I managing the large shoe house of Holthouse & Son at Delphi, Indiana, came homo last Saturday and is spending a week with his friends and relatives. His father, A. Holthouse, is looking after the business at Delphi during his absence. A number of our business men are talking of giving a street fair this summer. Let’s have it! Nearly all of our neighboring towns are giving these fairs annually and are meeting with unlimited success. Every business man and every citizen in Decatur should assist in getting up the fair and making it a success. Let’s have a record breaker. Rev. J. H. Daniels appeared for the first time before his congregation at the Methodist church and we are pleased to announce that a favorable impression has been made. His sermons Sunday demonstrated that he is divinely eloquent and a pulpit orator of unusual ability. The social qualities of himself and family are also of a very pleasing nature. They are now at home in the parsonage, having a few days ago concluded the pleasant duty of arranging themselves. The question has frequently been asked, “when is the last day for paying taxes?” The law with regard to • the time for paying taxes has changed somewhat in the last two years and there are many who have not posted themselves in regard to it. The last day for paying taxes is the first Monday in May, which falls on the 2nd this year. Before the law was changed the third Monday in April was the last day for the property owner to call at the treasurer’s office and liquidate. School children all over the state of Indiana will be given a chance to help Cuban sufferers and add their mite towards alleviating the starvation which has almost devastated the island. During the meeting of North Indiana teachers at Kokomo last week, the 2,200 teachers present voted upon the question, and it decided that one cent should be asked from every pupil in the public schools. This penny offering will be forwarded to New York to a committee of school people interested in the movement, and who will forward it where it will do the most good. The movement will be started as soon as possible. On Saturday, April 9, a number of ladies from the Calvery class of the Evangelical church drove to the residence of Rev. Smith to remind Mrs. Smith that it was the fifty-fourth anniversary of her birth. They came with well filled baskets which they proceeded to unload on the table, until it fairly groaned with its weight of good things, and all present enjoyed the elegant repast. The many presents were both useful and beautiful. One of the principal features of the occasion was the beautiful Easter offering which presented a beautiful sight. The rain and sickness prevented many from coming, but those who were present had an enjoyable time, and wished Mrs. Smith many more such happy occasions. Those present were Mesdames E. Daniels, H. Traster, S. Cowen, A. Workinger, S. Hudson, M. Gant, M. Holland. Misses Mamie and Stella Cowen, and Messrs. Bert Workinger and Samuel Traste. The state case against C. E. Everett the Fort Wayne politician and promoter of high water schemes, ended in a dissagreement. The jury who tried the case could not get together in an entirety and through this slim hole Everett is breathing fresh air under a bond of $4,000. The case occupied the attention of the court an entire week, lieginning Monday morning. The jury was charged by Judge Heller Saturday afternoon at four o’clock, and were called in Monday morning at the opening of court, at which they acknowledged their inability to arrive at a verdict. From the first, nine were for conviction and three for acquittal, no change of opinion being made from the first ballot. Public opinion is somewhat divided as to the guilt of the defendant, yet there are many things connected with the case, to cast suspicions of doubt as to his real intentions. It is true that he secured the signatures of Aspy and Bolds to notes aggregating $2,000 and that the representations to them were colored to a considerable extent. It is a hard case in which to get a conviction, because it becomes necessary to prove that it was with an intention to defraud at the time the , security of the complaining witnesses were secured. Attorneys France and Smith prosecuted the case while Robertson and O’Rourke of Fort Wayne, and R. K. Erwin of this city, were on the defense. The prosecution are being congratulated for the able manner in which they presented the case, laboring as they did against great odds in presenting convicting testimony. It was a slim hole but no doubt a very much appreciated one by Mr. Everett.

CIRCULATION 2400 WEEKLY

A gentleman giving his name as Mr. Grant, came to this city about three weeks ago and suecedeed in getting into debt for a considerable sum at the Park Hotel and Peoples’ livery barn. After spending some time in explanation he was allowed to go without being arrested. Special Easter exercises were held at the Methodist church last Sunday afternoon. Speeches and songs by the children and an able address by Dr. Boyers on the subject "What of the hour,” were the interesting features of the day. Notwithstanding the rainy and gloomy weather a large crowd xvas present to enjoy the services. The exercises were all splendid and all who were present felt the good of the meeting. The Bluffton high school held their contest last Friday evening for the purpose of selecting their delegates to attend the Eastern Indiana Oratorical Contest at Muncie, May 6. There were four candidates for oratorical honors and eight for declamation. Ten dollars was offered by the school as first prize and five dollars for second. The successful orators were Wesley Dußois first and Clifford Lipkey second, while Mis i Ethel Saner was selected to represent them in declamation and Miss Nellie Oldfather as her alternate. Several Decatur people attended the exercises. New circuit court cases are W. H. Niblick and John Niblick, executors, vs Lyman A. Blossom, note $125. David Long vs Herbert W. Dennis et al., partition. Leopold Yager vs Margaret E. Good admr., claim $8.19. A. Holthouse vs Margaret E, Good admr., claim $19.50. Samantha Cassel vs Thomas H. Andrews, claim $6. George Zehr vs Daniel Eckrote admr., claim $14.45. J. J. Watson vs admr. John Maccabee, deceased, claim $10.04. E. P. Davenport vs George W. J. Houck, claim $18.50. Elijah Walters vs Elijah Walters admr., claim SIOO. Ellsworth, Meyers & Co. vs Sol M. Schnepp admr., claim $10.62. Mrs. John Vail and Mrs. Daniel Sprang were the charming hostesses who entertained the official board and the choir of the Methodist church at 6 o’clock tea last Thursday evening. Over seventy guests were present and participated in the gayeties of the evening. The dinner was given in honor of the pastor of the Methodist church, Rev. Daniels, and his family, who have recently come into our midst. The guests were received at the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. Sprang. After a half hour of pleasant conversation and greetings, the guests were invited to the no less elegant homo of Mr. and Mrs. Vail w here tables heavily laden with all the choicest viands of the season awaited them. During the progression of the feast, Mrs. Harry Bell added to the pleasures of the evening by rendering several beautiful pieces on the piano. After an hour spent in the manner already described, the guests returned to the Sprang residence where the evening was spent in an enjoyable manner. All present join in the verdict that Mesdames Vail and Sprang are leaders in the art of entertaining. For several months the citizens of Columbia city have been contemplaf - ing the building of a much needed sewer in that city. Advertisements for bids were posted, and among those who sent in figures on the same were Emanuel Woods & Co., of this city. On last Friday morning at 11 o’clock the council met to open the bids. Mr. Phillips, one of the engineers, said he had made all the ejaculations and turned a summary of the same over to Clerk Mattoon, who read the report in the presence of the council, contractors and spectators. This report showed that there were eight bids on the sanitary sewer and eight bids on the storm sewer. O’Brien & DeHarity of Ellwood. bid on sanitary $29,986.07, storm, 23.643.93. E. Woods & Co., of Decatur bid on sanitary $22,984.90, storm $25,548.15. There were six other firms who bid on the contracts but none were within hailing distance of these two. It will be observed by reference to the above bids that the bid of E. Woods & Co., is the lowest for the sanitary system, and that O’Brien & DeHarity are the low bidders on the storm sewer. The lowest combined bid is that of E. Woods & Co. The councilmen reached no conclusions at their sessions Friday and adjourned to meet again Monday night. As for extras, which means cost of engineers, superintendent, advertising. lumber, etc., they have been estimated at from $2,000 to $6,000. At the meeting Monday night there was a dead-lock for over an hour, three of the council voting to give one contract to O’Brien & DeHarity and the other to Woods & Co., but finally Mayor Harrison cast the deciding vote, and gave the entire contract to E. Woods & Co., for $46,682.83. This does not include extras, etc., and this will run the contract to over $50,000. | Mr. Woods is now in Columbia City and work will be commenced on the ' contract at once. The citizens of this j county are well pleased with the sucleess of the Decatur firm and wish : them entire success in their work. 'The sewers are to lie fifteen and twenty feet deep and will be about I thirteen miles long.

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