Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1899 — Page 8

Eastern Dispatch. Rodes, of Willshire, called on friends here last Sunday. Batie Ray and wife of Berne, visited at Durr’s Saturday and Sunday. B. M. Boiler, the Willshire tinner, died Sunday night of indigestion. The administrator’s sale of Lidie Strickler, deceased, took place today. McClellan Tague and wife called on relatives at Willshire Sunday afternoon. Saints of God are contemplating holding a revival meeting at Willshire or Pleasant Mills in the near future. Solomon Barndyberry, we are informed will have a shooting match Christmas day. Turkeys will be the reward of the best shooting. Peterson. Lewis Fulk made a trip to Bluffton Tuesday. There will be a Christmas entertainment at Zion Christmas eve. Bessie Bower returned from Bluffton where she has been the past week. John W'eldy is spending a few weeks with friends at New Carlisle, Ohio. The revival services at Pleasant Dale closed last Sunday evening. Rev. Whitecross who has been conducting the services returned to his home at Flora, Ind., Monday. Bert Reed and May Davenport were married W ednesday evening at the home of the bride’s parents at Craigville. Only a few of the immediate friends and relatives were present. Linn Grove. Mrs. Mary Grosh moved to Bluffton last week and will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Peter Beeler. Andrew Klingman and sister, Mrs. Cory Lantz, of Kokomo, are visiting the family of Postmaster Scblaaenhauf. The Harrford Oil Company has just completed the sinking of an oil well on the John Ligget farm near Polling, Jay county. Salt water was predominant with light showing of oil. One thousand dollars was the cost of the experiment. Last Friday afternoon was devoted to practical and amusing as well as instructive exercises at our public school building by holding a sham election and was conducted under the same rules as are general elections. By arrangement the political complexion showed one vote as a majority for the democratic side. Straight and split tickets were fully demonstrated in this very valuable object lesson. Opera house to-night for the big show.

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Pleasant Hills. The revival is still in session at the U. B. church. C. W. Yager was a business caller at Decatur Tuesday. Rev Brown preached for the Rev. Jackson Monday evening. Mrs. George Bunner of Bobo, called on friends here Monday. Madam rumor informs us of a quiet wedding to take place in the near fu ture. There will be a Christmas entertainment at the M. E. church Christmas evening. Dr. Morgan of Dixon. Ohio, called on Dr. Vizard and family the first of the week. O, where, O, where is the beautiful snow. It has gone and we are in need of a mud boat just now. Miss Berth Botthoff returned last week from Indianapolis where she has been visiting for several weeks. John Mead and wife of Garret City, were the guests of William Comer and wife the forepart of the week. The twin boy baby of H. L. Warner and wife died Saturday evening. Interment took place Sunday afternoon. Dr. Vizard left Tuesday for Hot Springs, Ark., for the beneft of his health which is rather on the decline. Jefferson items. Mrs. Ida Fetters is bedfast with lagrippe. Rev. I. F. Yaney has been suffering intense paid from bone erysipelas. Santa Claus will soon be here, but we earnestly hope not as a candidate. John Buckmaster is with us again after spending a month at Lima, Ohio. A revival is now in progress at Mt. Carmel church. It is being conducted by the Rev. Schlasher. Benjamine Fogle and wife have moved into Marion Ketchum’s house, one-fourth mile east of Thatchertown. The M. W. A. organized a camp at New Corydon last Friday evening. Frank Orndoff of this place rode the goat. S. J. Fogle and Lavina Fetters, both of whom had surgical operations performed upon them a few weeks ago at the Ft. Wayne Medical College, are improving nicely. The teacher, patrons and scholars of district No. 2. cut the wood for next winter’s term of School one day last week. The money is to be invest- ; ed in a library for the school. The following weddings took place last week in this vicinity: Charles j Hollingsworth and Julia Bucher, Wil- ■ son Hollingsworth and Della Beeler, I Benjamine Fogle and May Kizer.

Real Estate Transfers Adam Pearce to Loranzo Pearce, 2S acres. Sec. 31. Washington tp., SBOO. Daniel Sprunger to J. F. Lehman, inlot 76. Berne, S2OO. Marv E. Luckv. et al,to Old Adams county’ bank, inlot 67. Decatur, $32.50 Theresa McLaughlin to M tn. Bochuker, 38 acres, see. 32. Root tp., S- <5. P. W. Smith. «t al. to M. J. Moore, 40acres sec. 7, Washington tp.,81.000. Decatur Cemetery Association to b. J. Lehman, in lot 341, Decatur cemeterv, $lO3. T , Elias Hirschy. et al, to Isaac Lehman, 15 acres, Wabash tp, $650. Costs That Last n Century. To wear your grandfather's coat would not seem much of an honor, but to John Chinaman it is the greatest felicity. Not only is the common looking, shapeless blue blouse of his ancestor prized because it is his ancestor’s, but because of its Intrinsic value. The clothing usually worn by the Chinese is of the purest silk and costs anywhere from SIOO to $250 a suit. As a nation the Chinese object to wearing clothing of any other kind, and centuries of experiment have taught them how best to make up the costly caterpillar thread into the most durable form. On this account the Chinese dress, though of purer material, has none of the sheen usually associated ■with silk, a peculiarity which has resulted in the erroneous ideas as to their composition. All the garments are made in China and are only exported for the personal use of Celestials in foreign countries. Owing to their cost, however, they are only purchased at long intervals, each garment being of so durable a character that they are handed down to the third and even the fourth generation. Wear appears to rather improve them than otherwise, with the result that the coat of the father or grandfather often has more intrinsic value than the newer and less worn articles. —Omaha Wojrld-Herald. Appointment Senator Allen. Omaha, Dec. 16.—The question has been raised as to whether William A.. Allen, appointed senator from this state, can be seated. The contention of some is that Hayward never having taken his seat the whole matter is in the same position as in states where the legislature failed to elect at the expiration of the term of his predecessor. Accepted a Call to London. Detroit, Dec. 18. —Rev. Dr. J. T. Sunderland D. D., formerly pastor of Unitarian churches in Ann Arbor, Mich, and Oakland, Cal., has accepted a call to the Highgate Unitarian church in London, the church of which the late R?v. Dr. Spear was pastor. Peter Studebaker Dead. San Francisco, Dec. 16.—Peter Studebaker, grandson of the South Bend (Ind.) carriagemaker, died here yesterday of heart failure.

DEFEAT OF BRITISH general buller meet.-, ihe enemy at colenso in BLOODY BATTLE. 1,097 OF ENGLAND’S ARMY Killed. Wounded. Taken Prisoner or Missing - Reports His Reverses to the War Oflice-Thc Boers Capture Eleven of His Guns. London Dec. 18.-The war office has posted the following: Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, commander of the forces in Ireland, has been appointed to the chief command tn South Africa, with General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum as his chief staff. London, Dec. 10.-The Daily Mail hears from a hitherto reliable correspondent that General Buller, after a stiff fight, crossed the Tugela river. Ihe correspondent also states that General Methuen’s communications are cut.

London, Dec. 16.—Dispatches from | Frere, dated Dec. 15. say: General Buller began today at Colenso to shell the Boer position along the Tugela. General Buller had 38 guns in action. He attempted to cross the Tegula river, but finding it impossible, ordered a retirement, leaving 11 guns behind. The British killed, wounded and missing | number 1,097. General Buller has sent the following dispatch to the war office, dated Ohievely Camp, Dea 15: "I regret to report a j serious reverse. I moved in full strength from our camp near Chievely at 4 o'clock this morning. There are two fordable places in the Tugela river and it was my intention to force a passage through at one of them. They are about two miles apart. •‘My intention was to force one or the other with one brigade, s upported by a central brigade. General Hart was to attack the left drift, General Hildyard, the right road and General Lyttleton was to take the center and to support either. Early in the day I saw that General Hurt would not be able to force a passage and I directed him to withdraw. He had, however, attacked with great gallantry and his leading battalion, the Counought Rangers, I fear, suffered a great deal. Colonel I. G. Brooke was seriously wounded. “I then ordered General Hildvard to

aavanoe, wnicn he did ana ms waumg regiment, the East Surrey, occupied Colenso station and the near the bridge. At that moment I heard that the whole artillery I had sent to support the attack—the Fourteenth and Sixty-sixth field batteries and six naval 12-pounder quick firers, under Colonel Long, had advanced close to the river iu Ung’s desire to be within effective range. It proved to be full of the enemy who suddenly opened a galling fire at close range, killing all their horses and the gunners were compelled to stand to their guns. Some of the wagon I teams got shelter for troops in a donga and desperate efforts were being made i to bring out the field guns. ••The fire, however, was too severe I aud only two were saved by Captain Schofield and some drivers whose names

I will furnish. • •Another most gallant attempt with three teams was made by an officer whose name I will obtain. ->f the 18 i horses 13 were killed, and as several i drivers were wounded, I would not allow another attempt, as it seemed that they would be a shell-mark, sacrificing life to a gallant attempt to force the i passage. Unsupported by artillery, I directed the troops to withdraw, which they did in order

••Throughout the day a considerable force of the enemy was pressing on my right flank, but was kept back by mounted men under Lord Dundonald and part of General Barton’s brigade. The day was intensely hot and most trying on the troops, whose conduct was excellent. We have abandoned 10 guns and lost by shellfire one. •‘The losses iu General Hart’s brigade, I fear, are heavy although the proportion of severely wounded, I hope, is not large. The Fourteenth aud Sixty-sixth field batteries also suffered severe losses. We have retired to our camp at Chievely.”

THE THUNDERER Comments on the Great Dangers to the British Empire. London, Dec. 18.—The Times, commenting on the situation, says: ••Neither the Crimean war nor the Indian mutiny gave rise to greater dangers to the empire than that with which we are now menaced, nor at either of those critical periods was Great Britain so Isolated politically, or regarded with such dislike and suspicion as are now almost everywhere apparent. “Unless the calmness which impresses the foreign observer proceeds only from apathy or a want of sufficient imagination to realize the imminent danger to the whole fabric of our empire, the great efforts now urgently required will surely be made before it is too late to retrieve the situation. We are fighting not merely for supremacy 5 in South Africa, but our position as a : great power. We know we have mis--1 calculated the strength of our f<» and

we are resolved to make that miscai.. lation good.” cuBIG FAILURE John P. Squire & c o . Make an \ s signnient- Liabili tles S3,OOO,(lot) ' Boston, Dec. 16.-John P. S qmre& Co., corporation, and allied companies engaged iu the meat, provision audm ea ; packing business, assigned yesterday t' Lawyer Herman W. Chaplin. The liabilities are estimated at $3,000 000 and the assets at $5,000,000, the lat. ter including a recent appraisal of the plant at East Cambridge aud Somer. ville, at $2,000,000. The company Wa j incorporated in 1896 and has a paid nn capital of $3,000,000, stock being largely held iu the Squire family. s } The creditors are for the most part Boston and New England banks, The failure is attributed to the tightness of the money market.

Appeals to the President. Austin, Tex.. Dec. 19.—Governor Sayers yesterday appealed to President McKinley for the surrender of Lieuteuent Rubottom and all noncommissioned officers at Fort Ringgold during the fighting, rioting etc., which took place there recently. Commander McKibben has declined to surrended these men to the civil authorities aud Governor Sayers has carried the matter direst to the president, asking for the surrender of the men. A Moderate Man. “How much is this soap a cake?’ “Take two for 15 cents.” “Two? Do you think I buy soap by the wholesale?”—Fliegende Blatter. No trait of character is more valuable to a woman than the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be happy without it. It is like the flowers that spring up in our pathway, reviving and cheering us

MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, news 62 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) 37 Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed 36 Oats, newls @ 22 Rye 15 Barley 35 Clover seed 3 75 @ 4 20 Timothyl 00 (g 1 10 Eggs, fresh 20 Butter J 6 Chickens 5 a Ducks 05 Turkeys Wool 16 to y Wool, washed2o aad 22 Hogs 3 00 TOLEDO MARKETS DEC. 20, 1:30 P. M. Wheat, new No. 2 red, cash... . 5 69 May wheat. (3 Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. 31.. May corn Prime clover a