Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1902 — Page 3

on nort*» side of road from station 16 25 tn station 18.67. Also six b inch tiling on eiiat side of road from siat on 39.70 to station 59, A Iso connect two 2 wells at station 57. and at stations 126 and 248 with six 6 inch tiling At station 12. t6o there shall be placed in position twenty-five 2> feet of seven 7 inch tile and ten 10 feet of five 5 inch, tile At station 116 90, eight 8 rods of jive 5 inch tile are to be put hi At station 333 15 there shall be fifty r>o fret of t welve 12 inch tile and twenty-five 25 teet of eight 8 inch. At Ihe end of the. twelve 12 inch tile there shall be a head built five 5 feet long, two 2 teet th irk. five 5 fret high The contractor shall place the above mentioned tile in according to the grade hereinafter to be established by the engineer ami the same shall be Inspected by him before being covered. Drains to : be covered full depth. At station 11 plus 50 feet, 2 wells. At stat ion 30 plus 0c feet. 2 wells. At station 57 plus 00 feet, 2 wells. At station 121. plus 00 fret. 2 Wells. At station 132 plus 60 feet. 2 wells. At station 146 plus 90 feet, 2 wells At station 161 phis 75 feet. 2 wells. At station 191 plus 00 feet. 2 wells. At station 198 plus 00 feet, 2 wells. At station 2 >7 plus 50 fpei. 2 wells At station 217 plus 00 feet. 2 wells At station 223 plus 25 feet. 2 wells. At station 2*B plusoo feet, 2 wells At station 253 plus 00 feet, 2 wells. At station 383 plus 15 feet. 1 well.

BRIDGE. KIND. LOCATION, ETC. There shall be a steel bridge at station 18 67 said bridge to be twelve 12 fool span with sixteen 16 foot roadway in the clear, and to be of the steel type, latticed rail. •*!” beam bridge with a carying capacity of one hundred and fifty 150 pounds per square foot. Said bridge to be floored with good sound white or bur oak lumber two and one-half 2‘4 inches t hick, same to he spiked down in the middle and to In* fastened at the ends with a 3x5 inch timber securely bolted to the beams or joists, Said bridge to be painted with a coat of good met Jlic paint after erection. Said bridge to be subject to the inspection and approval of the engineer in charge. SPECIAL SPECIFICATIONS. ETC. Then? shall be five yards of crushed stone placed al the points where the said road makes right angle turns. There shall be one foot of clay placed on the muck from station 279 to station 2>9: said layer to In* twenty-tour 2* feet in width. There shad be ten bi yards of crushed stone at the angles of said proposed improvement where the same intersects the Wagoner gravel road. STIPULATIONS The work as it progresses will be laid out l»y the engineer and stakes set by him must be preserved The contractor shall level down all banks*, etc., caused by nutting in any bridge or culvert. or caused bv any other agencies. The materials Mr the improvements at the various points shall he on the site before the o;d matert ils are removed. The Engineer and County Commissioners reserve tne right to increase or diminish the tahor or the amount of materials used. All such increase or reductions of materials used to be estimated by the engineer for which the proper allowances will be made in the final settlement. It is expressly unde stood that the Engineer sitall have the right tomnke any necessary changes when needed wliiie said proposed improvement is under construction. The Engineer and County Commissioners reserve the right to inspect the materials used, and condemn the same if n c» ssary. and alt materials so condemned shall be re moved from the rightofway and not used at any time in the construction of the improve invnt. All sewer pipe, bridge materials, etc.* as Is us» d in public* improvements and are now along the line of the proposed improvement Miall become the property of the township in which it is located, except the stone now in abutments at station 39.70. Corner stones, land marks, etc. shall lx* respected by the* contractor while making said Improvement. It is expressly understood that the contraetpr is not compelled to place In any the, culverts, b*idges. grades or approaches at any private lane, crossing, road, etc., or if any fence, posts or similar ma tier that may lx* within the limits of the rightofway of the proposed improvement is not removed by the party to whom they belong after having ! ad sufficient notice then the contractor shall remove lhe same. Also all telephone companies owning, operating or maintaining any line or poles on or along the line of lhe proposed Improvement, shall remove them io the outer edge of the* rightofway and to Im 1 not nearer than one 1 foot on said rightofway as laid out by the engineer. All gas or oil llnp- or mains owned or operated shall lie lowered or replaced in such a manner that they will not interfere with the construction of lhe proposed improvement.

PAYMENTS All payments for said Improvement* will Im* paid lor in cash at the Treasurer's office in the city of Decatur. Adams county. Indiana. on estimates of lh» engineer, comply ing in all respects with the acts of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, approved March 11.1901 Acts 1901, page 449. * ESTIMATES Section 1 from station 0 to station 114 50. Length is 114.%) feet or 2 17 miles. No yds. stone per mile 1760.. No. ydf. per section 3820 .. . No. yds. at angles 10 Total No. yds for sec 3x30 3*oo yds (ft. Hie per yd. stone sio»’4 00 3530 yds. Co 35c hauling 1340 .*<o 3MO yds. luc spreading 3X3 0j Grading 325 00 Fill at Ruby ditch 150 00 Sewers ami heads Ho 00 Wellsand connections 45 t<9 Drain tiling 120 00 < oping for bridge abutments 20 09 Bridge 95 00 15652 50 Section 2 from station 114.50 to station 24X. Length is 13350 or 2.58 miles. No. yds stone |m r mile 1760. No. yds per sectlon*44sS No. yds. at angles 10 Total No yds for section 4403 4408 yds (ft, Hie for stone $3570 10 4408 yds (•' 50.* for hauling. . 2231 50 M«3 yds (ir !(»<• for spreading. 446 30 Gracing 4500 J Sewers and heads 30 00 Weils and connections 150 00 Drain tiling 15 00 •03 20 Section 3 from station 218 to station 353.50 Length is 10540 feet or 1.996 miles. No. yds. per mile 1700 No. yds. per section 3513 No. yds. for approaches 10.... Total No. yds for sec. 8523 . 3503 yds. GZ Mlc for stone 02818 40 3M3 yds. (ft 80c for hauling 2HIH 40 •V>23 yds <h» 10c for spreading. 8W 3U <1 rading 325 00 Fill In muck 250 00 Hewers and heads 150 09 Wells and connections 37 50 <’ast iron sewer and beads . 175 on Drain tiling and bulk head... 20 00 16946 GO Total estimate of road 11949180 All of which is respectfully submitted. <’• A. Neuenschwander. » I. I> Miller. , Mcui rs. G. E. McKean. Engineer. Subscribed and sworn to tills <>tli day of March. WO! „ ABE UO< H. Auditor. Keuensciiwander aflii ins. JJOTICE OF GHAVEL HOAD ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an orderofthe board of commissioners of the county of Adams and Mate of Indiana, made and entered lu their special March u ssion, HUB. that there will tie a special election held at the regular voting place In Blue Creek township, Adatna county. Indiana, on Saturday, April 12. 1902, for the purpose of determining the queatlon of the building of h maoadani rotul In said township known n*» the • Woods .MAcadsm lb Hd,” on and along the following route to wit Commencing on the state line about one hundred rods south of the northeast corner of section three in townshin twenty-six north range fifteen east. In Adams county, Indiana:

®' 34o feet ln len*h or Sa '“ Uß ’ »'>ak. Joseph ft J“ ann Jacob Ahnet, comuitaitinir h»v b< h l " 111 ‘■''’"'Oiissioiiersol'said couiitv “■•<>"' hands SAMUKI. DoAK. Joseph E M ans. •Jacob Abnet Attest—Abe Boeh. AudHor' '. Coni “ l ’ 810 “ B ™- SHERIFF S PROCLAMATION, of Specla! Ma. Adam Road Election In Indiana™* townßhi P' Adams county. Er ’f l n. sheriff of Adams county tlon tn* Jh '° make proolama ou, lhe voters of Blue Creek township. ?| I ", <Jla '‘a- to meet in their re . P . aees of . v011,1,f us established by Indiana,'on eoninllßs,onei 3of Adams county. Saturday, April 12, 1902, !.% vo l e .. on ,he question of building the «onds Macaoam Hoad” in said township in said county, us described In lhe auditor s notice of election. To vote for building of ”No " >ad iea -’ Mot building of said road DANIEL N. ERWIN. Sheriff, March 18, 190 J. A ' Ja ' US °° ,,nt7 - In^ ana ‘ Barney Kalver attended to business at Fort Wayne last Friday. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin aids digestion. Sold bv Smith Yager & Falk. a Mrs. Roy Archbold and son are the guest of the formers parents at Waseon, Ohio. The surest and safest remedy for kidney and bladder diseases is Foley’s Kidney Cure. Holthouse, Callow X Co. a

For sale Horse black in color, weighs 1,400 pounds, guaranteed to be sound in every way. Call at Bower’s & Co. 3-4 2 4 About twenty members of the Decatur Rathbone Sisters lodge attended the Bluffton convention last week. Notice. All persons knowing them selves indepted to J. H. Voglewede will please call at Voglewede Bros, shoe store and settle same. H. G. Meibers, collector. Foley’s Honey and Tar contains no opiates, and will not constipate like nearly all other cough medicines. Refuse substitutes. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a For Sale or Trade—l have sopie very good farms for sale or exchange. Also a list of city property for sale at a bargain. Money to loan at five per cent. P. K. Kinney, Stone Block, Decatur, Ind. 40tf For Sale Eighty acre farm, two miles and a half from Decatur, seventy four acres clear, good black land, good house, barn, cistern, well and otherwise improved. Located on macadam road. Conrad Brake. 3-ts Prince Henry, speaking of his trip, is reported to have said, “I am having the time of my life. You see they do not make so much of me over in Germany. Over there they use me to attend funerals.” Enk Preparation No. 31 is a positive cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. For all manner of stomach Doubles it will be found beneficial and very rapid in its action. Relieves congestion from excessive use of alcoholic drinks. Sold by HolthouseCallow & Co. ts Fifty of the leading farmers and business men of Allen county have organized a fair association with a capital of $15,000, and will arrange for a fall meeting which will be held at Ft. Wayne Driving Park the first week in October. The only cure for tuberculosis is Enk Preparation No. 26. Price $3. Its effects are felt from the first dose. There is hope in these cases as long as there is life. We have plenty of cases where the patient has been confind to lied four and five months. Sold by Holthouse. Callow & Co. ts At the Muncie district conference of the M. E. church which closed at Eaton Thursday Presiding Elder Wade reported 1500 conversions and accessions to the church. The business of the conference was that of recommending preachers to the annual conference al Mariuu Apiil 9th. Wields a Sharp Ax Millions-marvel at the multitude of maladies cut off by Dr. Kiug.s New Life Pills the most distressing too. Stomach, liver and bowel troubles, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, jaundice, biliousness, fever, malaria, all fall before these wonder workers. 25c at Blackburn X Christen’s drug store, a The supreme court has entered an order for the transfer of thirty cases from the docket of the appellate court to its own docket, on account of the disparity between the number of cases pending in the two courts. The order was made under the provisions of an act of the last legislature for the purpose of preventing one court from accumulating an undue proportion of appeals. Chronic bronchitis cured. "For ten | years I had chronic bronchitis so bad that at times 1 could not speak above a whisper,” writes Mr. Joseph Cell man, of Montmorenci, Ind. “I tried all remedies available, but with no success. Fortunateiy mv employer suggested that 1 try Foley's Honey and Tar. Its effect was almost miraculous, and I am now cured of the dis ease. On my recommendation many people have used Foley’s Honey and Tar, and always with satisfaction.” Holthouse, Callow X Co. a

Dan Beery was at Kalamazoo, Michi igan last Saturday buying horses. I* Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a I | perfect laxative. Sold by Smith, Yager & Falk. a Mrs. S. P. Beatty will arrive about May Ist. from Omaha, Nebraska, for a visit with relatives, Foley’s Kidney Cure if taken in time affords security from all kidney and bladder diseases. Holthouse, Callow At Co. a I have One Hundred Thousand Dollars SIOO,OOO, to loan on real estate at 5J per cent interest. No commision. D. B. Erwin. ts 11. M. Romberg of the Union Tele phone company arrived home Saturday from Washington for a few weeks visit with his family. If troubled by a weak digestion, loss of appetite, or constipation, try a dose of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Every box warranted. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a i Ladies or gentlemen can earn from ! Sb.OO to .810.00 per day by working for us. Expenses guaranteed to those furnishing us with satisfactory references. W. B. Ellis, 1059 Third Ave., New York. 4-1 i The state reports 9,000 children had to quit school on account of their , eyes. Adams county had 15 of them. Are you going to join them when you can find if you.- eyes are defected at Hensley’s free. 30-ts The town loafer has already taken his chair and is looking for the shady side of a building; but tbe farmers are busy plowing and getting ready i to reap for those who never spin, neither do they sweat. Pneumonia is robbed of its terrors by Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops ' the racking cough and heals and strengthens the lungs. If taken in time it will prevent an attack of pneu- , monia. Refuse substitutes. Holthouse, Callow & Co. For Sale Two farms, one 120 acres and one of 80 acres. Located three miles and a malf southeast of Decatur. Good land and practically all under cultivation. For particulars see any of those interested in the Ayer’s estate. 40tf The man who wrestles with the cow and learns the calves to suck, who easts the corn before the swine is nowin greatest luck: for butter’s on the upward grade, veal’s Jtigher than a kite, pork is climbing up the scale and beef is out of sight. If you have catarrah, there is only one remedy that will cure it to stay cured. Dr. Geo. Leininger’s Formaldehyde Inhaler, drives all the catarrh germs out of the body. This is the common-sense way of curing catarrh. Sold on a guarantte at 50e. by Smith, Yager X Falk. ' ts Charley Painter and Charley Tague have been brought from Columbus to Van Wert to testify in behalf ot the state in the Longenberger case, and Chauncey Roop, Chauncey Tague and Otis Danner have been brought back iir the interest of the defense. Will shire Herald. Mrs. D. T Morris, of Maple Grove f?rm. south of Union City, Ind., was cured of an inflammation of the bladder, of twenty years’ standing, after she had spent over 81.000 and submitted to a serious surgical operation without relief. She used four bodies of Enk Preparation No. 39 and is en tirely well. Sold bv Holthouse. Callow & Co. ts Charles Sheppard, the Redkey man who shot his wife, says he “loves her still.” The Sheppard brand of murderer and suicide, of which there are too many, always make love the excuse for the crime. Sheppard would better have shown his love for bis wife by shooting' himself the day before he married her. When you are aware that the dis tress you suffer comes from improper action of the liver, and such distress ed symptoms as biliousnes, jaundice or torpid liver appear, take Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. It cures diseases of the liver and kidneys. For sale by Holthouse, Callow & Co. a H. L. Weaver, a Lal’orte banker, has been cited to appear before the court to show cause why he should not pay taxes on 875,000 invested in mortgages. He had returned only $33,000, and this is only one of sever al other proceedings of a similar char acter that are contemplated in that city. The Money-Back Cough Syrup. Means a lot to people who are tired of experimenting with the “ordinary” cough preparations you are not out it cent if Dr. Geo. lueininger's For-mal-de-hyde Cough Cure does not please you. It will cure consumption and all serious and stubborn lung and throat diseases. Sold at 25c on a guarantee by Smith, Yager X Falk, ts An exchange enclined to make light of everything says: John Bright and Lulu Cloud were married at Decatur last week and the newspapers of that | city neglected the opportunity to get off a “pun" on the Bright-Cloud. Good for rheumatism. Last fall 1 was taken with a very severe attack of tnuscul'tr rheumatism which caused tne great pain an.l annoyance. After trying several prescriptions mid rheumatic cures, 1 decided to use Chiunlierlain’s Pain Balm, which I had seen advertised in the South Jereeymau. After two applications of this Remedy I was much better, and after using one bottle, was completely cured. Sallie Harris, Salem, N. J. For salt' by Holthouse, Callow X Co. a

Foley’s Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. Don’t delay taking. Holthouse, Callow & Co. a Lee and Yager of Fort Wayne came home Saturday and were guests of friends over Sunday. To Cure a Colp in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggist refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c. ts Chas. Sitncoke came home Saturday from Joliet, 111., where he has charge of the business department in the Joliet high school. Everybody should take a good spring medicine. We can recommend Swiss Mountain Tea, the king of all blood cleansing restoratives known. Advertised at 25c one month longer. Call at Holthouse, Callow X Co’s. 3-2 Hartford City has advertised for a site for her Carnegie library, and it will be amusing to note the advance in the price of real estate in that little town. Offers of lots will be numerous and prices ‘‘up in the air,” Whose girl are you? Do you ever have the headache so that you can't go to the theatre with him? Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures headache, and if you take it according to directions you can prevent its return. Sold by Smith, Yager X Falk. a Attention Farmers! Have you horses for sale? If so bring them to James Rice’s livery barn on First street, Decatur, Indiana, any Saturday and I will buy them and pay you the highest market prices. Horses of every kind wanted. Elmer Johnson. 43tf A convict on parole in Minnesota has been pronounced legally dead and cannot enter into a marriage contract. There is some advantage to be derived from this condition, as it is also held that dead men pay no bills.

If you have contracted rheumatism no matter what form Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm will cure it. This medicice so regulates the kidneys that the poisonous products which cause the disease are removed from the body through this natural channel. For sale by Holthouse, Callow: & Co. ' a Eugene Christen, a Decatur architect, heard of Willshire's contemplated building boom and came up Monday to see if he could enlist his services. He was accompanied by A. W. DeVoss, of Beaumont. Texas, who is floating a prospective Texas oil gusher before the contemplative gaze of nervy investors. Willshire Herald. Free Kidney Cure. We have arranged to distribute free trial treatment of Dr. Geo. Leininger's For-mal-de-hyde Kidney Tablets. These have proven to be the only positive cure all kidney and bladder diseases as they drive the kidney disease germ n out of the blood. 'Come and get a free trial treatment at once. Smith, Yager & Falk. ts The girl who takes as much pride in learning to dust a room properly as she does in learning to draw, who boils a steak with the same nicety she embroiders a rosebud, who makes coffee as carefully as she crochets, is the girl who will make the economical, cheery wife, loving mother and delightful companion. A Nearly Fatal Runaway Started a horrible ulcer on the leg of J. B. Omer. Frankling Grove. 111., •which defied doctors and all remedies for four years. Then Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. Just as good for boils, burns, bruises, cuts, corns, scalds, skin eruptions and piles. 25c at Blackburn X Christen's drug store. a State Statistician Johnson is preparing a circular letter to be sent to all the county assessors in Indiana, which h'j hopes will have a tendency to cause some of the rather careless township assessors to be more careful and observant of the law in gathering agricultural statistics, along with their duties as taxing officer. A Chattanooga druggist’s statt£ ment. Robt. J. Miller, proprietor of the Read House Drug Store of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes: “There is more merit in Foley's Honey and Tar than in any other cough syrup. The calls for it multiply wonderfully and we sell more of it than all other cough syrups combined.” Holthouse . Cal low X Co. a A friend wants to know what price hogs must bring to make a profit on feeding them 67 cent corn. Fed under proper conditions, a bushel of corn will make ten [xjuihls of puik. and for all ordinary purposes this rule if accepted as a standard of measuring the relative values of corn and pork. Thus the pork so made from 67 cent corn must bring 86.70 per hundred weight in order to let the feeder out. Under present eon ditions we should try other rations for the fatting. Wanted We would like to ask, through the columns of vour pa[s*r. it there is any person who lias used Green’s August Flower for the cure of intlTgestion, dyspepsia and liver troubles that has not been cured and we also mean the results, such as sour stomach, fermentation of the food, habitual costiveness. nervous dyspepsia, headache, des|xmdent fe»>l ings. sliieplessiiesH in fact, any trouble connected with the stomach and liverTThis medicine has been sold for many years in all civilized countries, and we wish to correspond with you and send you one of our books free of cost. If you never triisl August Flower, try one bottle first. We have never known of its failing. If so. something tnose serious is the matter you. Asc vour oldest druggist. G. G. Green. Woodbury. N. J. ts

I o] PENING I r~)N and after April Ist I will be ready to welm-' come you at my new place of business in the Studabaker building south of the court house. I » will carry a full line of Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Bicycles, Bicycle Sundries. Sewing Machines, Sewing Machine Needlesand Tin and Enameled Ware. In connection we will have a well equipped Tin Shop and are ready to do your repair work and new tinning. 1 cordially invite the public to come < and examine my stock of goods whether you intend buying or not. We will guarantee everything as represented by myself or clerks. On Saturday, April sth 1 especially invite the ladies to attend our special sale of gray and white enameled ware. As I will carry no second quality of goods will be sure of getting the best. Everybc.,.» • come and see what we can do for you. You will be sure to see something that you need in your kitchen. | |OAHL OC H |

— • Winter time was Pie time Jr —“ Home-made mime meat will not “keep” in Summer. “ None Sri ii Mince AL >t is a year’round delicacy—as MA ? g ° O<l ' S,l,nm< ras in ' Vinter . because it is packed to “keep and does not spoil. By using the delicious | None such Mince Me at IL ( Pie I ime is ALL the Time. You make the crust—we will ■Th I fill it perfectly-. Ten cents a package—makes two large pies. For sale by every good grocer. loc. a package. Recipes on every packi 3 8 e - Valuable premium list of “1847 Rogers Bros.silverware enclosed. I MERRELL-SOL'LE CO., Syracuse, N. Y.

A JACK OF ALL TRAPES. tM ITSTF Jio JBill I is P w lw Ci 73 ! •404" i t/i JACK WALL TRADES' MAS! BY . „ FAIRBANKS NORSK 4CP » t r % - * Ju r V 'tt ■■ y I pump water, shell corn, saw wood, grind feed, churn butter, run sewing machines, and am handy for •»' a hundred other jobs, in the house or on the farm, i can work 24 hours every day. Weather does not affect my work, hot or cold, wet or dry, wind or calm, it is all the same to me. I have the strength of 15 men. It costs nothing to keep me when not working. It costs between one and two cents per hour when I work. I can pump 600 gallons of water per hour. You have just to start me and I will do the rest. Call and see me working at A. E. ROSE.

OLEY’S Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds, hoarseness and croup, >Z<s*■)» bronchitis and la grippe. /vaO Pleurisy, pneumonia and con- ,| ie worst sumption are prevented .zZ iV cases, are ;ilby Foley’s Hone y and Y< ways relieved by / Cjfl/ Foleys Honey and T ar. Asthma Tar, and in the early consump- stages it cures them. .. Zt^V The proof that it ha-- done these things 10 ’ is on lib with yo tr drip ist. We g i.iranter il t 0 d° tll ' sc Noh' fllri ■ 1-. tlueuuu 'l't . ■■ a tin imr" as ( Foleys Honey an 1 Tar, siihouuh tlx-n-,<r< itulc oil which 1 kj dealers make nnnr pi ,lit — >BANNER SALVE cures pil.-s. It's guaranteed, Bohl by Uolthouso, Callow 4t Cu.. druggists, Decatur.