Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1906 — Page 7

OBpATUR aspirants waiting 9HBq Sharpe is Said to be Out of the Running at Bluffton—Pension 1 Board. Cromer is now eviii. _ "ith P oSt "Tice rev >nniiendatffii.s BEHtt according to Washington disggjjpatches, he has recommended Albert §B®/'.Frost for the Portland office, Sam■K'H. Teeple for the Geneva office, Ig&Kd James G. Stanley for the RidgeWgWle office. This is the first announce|HKoits that have been made for this and it is expected that several SgKore will follow in rapid succession. MKamuel H. Teeple, who has been reefor the Geneva office, is a HB partner in the clothing business of ■ with Sam Acker. He has long been ■ a Cromer booster and a substantial ■ citizen and business man of Geneva. |OThe Ridgeville appointee is editor of ■ the News thete. It is given out that Cromer is getting on H the right side of the postoffice depart- ■ went and will be privileged 'to make ■ the appointments of postmasters in the usual way. ... ■P" In Decatur there are several asBS piratots oh the anxious seat, all wait-' ■ ing 'for lightning to strike in the gO right place. They all apparently reB cognize the hand held by J. M. Friare waiting for him to say ■'that he wants it himself, or else to ■t'designate his preference from among /those who are mot cmly willing, but ■ Ohnxious to serve Uncle Sam in the ca■'pacity of postmaster. From outside K.‘ information we learn that the county M chairman is not making any promises■l' or giving away any information. ™ CAt Bluffton the news is given out | that Doc. Sharpe is out of the run- ! Ewing and as a result lots of “hump- / ing” is being done by the half dozen ' -aspirants, all of whom feel confident ‘ that they look like winners. . It is expeeted that the appointment there will be made soon. Dr. L. A. Spaulding has been appointed by Congressman Cromer to Ohb position of pension examiner, or a ■ member of the board of pension ex--7 aminers, in this county. The appoint- ; ment yas made yesterday, and Dr. ?•' Spaulding succeeds Dr. A. E. Spring|Bf stead, a former member of the board. | As now composed, thd board is made B up of Dr. Newman, of Ossian, a Cromer man; Dr. Spaulding, of this city, ; who was for Cromer also, and Dr. ■ Horton, who is a Democrat and who ife gets to be on the board just because ■ the law says there must be of the ( . three members, one of the party not : in power.—Bluffton Bannner. After K' glancing at. the personnel of. the | board in this city, we are at loss to knsy which of the three members claim kjnship to the party not in powF er. ;; A~"'DEMURRER WAS ARGUED I ' : ; In the Case of the Erie Stone Com- | 7 e pany vs. Calvin Miller — Other Items. -. . I The case of the National Supply Company, vs. Steuben Dekalb Oil Company, foreclosure, demand $650, was dismissed and costs paid. ' A demurrer was argued to the. answer of Calvin Miller and others in the suit against them on account in which Ira F. France and other members of the Erie Stone Company are plaintiffs. Peterson & Moran appear for the plaintiffs and Heller & Son and A. P. Beatty for the defendants. The demurrer was argued by Peterson and HtfHer. Judge Erwin has the question under advisement. An insanity board consisting of ’Squire James H. Smith and Drs. J. M. Miller an.) P. B. Thomas held an inquest over William P. Wherry, decluing £him of unsound mind and recommendirg that he be sent to a lidspl.tal tor treatment. He is thirtyyears old and has always been a popular ritizen. . Attorney S. A/ M. Butcher of Geneva, wr-.s attending to court business here today. Ai-’fc Hardison was granted a license for several of his high bred hort.es y. - many children are sickly. M|B/ Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse |K'in Children's Home, New York, breaks up Colds in 2 4hours, cure Feverishness ■Headache. .Stomach Troubles, Teething and Destroy Worms. At all M§®H'ruggists, 25c. Sampl mailed FREE. ■'. ■ddress Allen S. Olmstead, Leßoy, N. Y.

I The case of Titus H. Ernst, administrator of the Breiner estate vs. Noah Loeh, note S7OO, was dismissed i this morping and costs paid. In the Henry Scherry, Jr., et al., petition for drain, demurrer by Indiana Pipe Line Company overruled. The drain report referred to drainage commissioners and surveyor. — • Daniel W. Beery vs. The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company, motion for change of venue sustained! cause sent to Superior court, Fort Wayne. ■' - ■'/, f , John S. Bowers vs. Edward H. Johnson, to foreclose sewer assessment, assigned for trial .to Judge Branyan, of Huntington. The cases of Bowers vs. William H. McConnehey, et al., Margaret J. Louthan, et al., and James Q. Neptune, et al., were also given to Judge Branyan for trial. He arrived at noon and assumed jurisdiction in said causes; A marriage license has been issued to Lina Christner of near Monroe and Lorenzo D. Jacobs, of ‘ Berne. George W. Bolds vs.‘National Supply Co., -et al., amended complaint filed; change of venue grantedcause sent to Allen Circuit Court. Belus E. Van Camp vs. Christ Hoffstetter, damages; motion to have plaintiff’s answer made more specific overruled. A case entitled State of Indiana vs. Mathias Schafer, allowing persons in saloon on election 1 day was filed this morning and the defendant plead ■guilty and was fined twenty dollars and costs. ' 5 -* . • ■ Judge Fox, of Richmond, was here Friday evening, took a surprising action in the Amacher ditch case, when he refused to sign the transcript for an appeal on the grounds that the stenographer’s report was not complete. This prevents an appeal on the evidence and may conclude the big -case, though Mr. Johnson’s attorneys have not stated what further action they will take, if any. Jacob Amstutz was granted his final naturaization papers and is now an American citizen in every sense of the term. Gottlieb Christner vs. Anthony damages; motion by applicant to disnfiss the appeal sustained and case certified back to Justice of the Peace Foreman, of Berne. z j » Andrew J. Smith vs. Robin Smith, et. al., to set aside a deed and mortgage; set for trial June 9th. Caroline Cramer vs. Caroline Cramer, administatrx, claim $183.51; Peterson and Moran appointed to defend estate. Gustav A. Brandt et al,, vs. Rosa E. Smitley, et al., notice of offer to allow judgmnt by Rosa E. Smitley.. Belus E. Van Camp vs. Chris. HoffStetter, motion filed by 'defendant to have plantiff’s answer made more specific. St I I. — Hurless & Brown vs. Theodore A. Hendricks, defendant ruled to answer within five days. a ■ . In the Hmry Scherry, Jr., et al., petition for dran, the drainage commissioners filed their preliminary report. The divorce suit of Maggie Fogle vs. Robert Fogle was heard this morning, Mrs. Fogle being granted a di T vorce, S2OO alimony ahd.the c custody of the children. The defendant was ordered to pay into court on the 10th day cf each month,- sl'l, until the youngest child is twelve years old. Judgment against defend ; it for costs. Sehurger & Smith filed a new else entitled Jesse Weldon vs. The Pittsburg & Indiana Oil & Gas company, and the National Supply company, eoniplaint to foreclose a laborer’s lien, demand S4OO. The case of Charles ■ Dicer vs. The City of Decatur, in which the plaintiff'asks $2,000 for injuries sustained last fall by falling through a hole in the sidewalk on ' north Seventh street, went to the jury at noon today. An hour and a half was allowed'each side for arguments and the time was well taken up. Schafer Peterson opened for the plaintiff, L. C. DeVoss followed for the city, and J. C-Moran closed for the plaintiff. ' The court’s instructions were quite lengthy. At three o'clock this afternoont he following verdict was returned: “We, the jury, find for the plaintiff and we, fix the damages at the sum of $l5O. O. J. SUM AN, Foreman.” Sheriff Butler drove to Union town-

■ * • ship last night and took charge of! William Wherry, who has shown i | signs of insanity. * He is about forty i years old and has a wife and six children. His halucination is that he is going to be arrested. He was taken to jail •md the inquest will be held so m i l !>• ». today. SUFFERS WITH MENINGITIS Paint Improves Several Geneva Business Houses—Talk of Fourth of July Celebration. Geneva, May 23. —Little Vena Deitsch, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deitsch, is lying at the point of death and her life has been despaired of. She is suffering with meningitis, and although everything known to the science has been done- for the little patient, her - condition grows worse instead* of better and it is feared that it is only a question of a few hours until death relieves her’of her ( pain. The Cincinnati Store, Porter & Anderson’s drug store, the hotel building and the bank building are |eing improved in appearance, by new coats of paint. The wood and iron work, cornices and decorations are being painted stone color and the same adds materially to the looks of the buildings. The work is being done by Evans & Clark. •, There is spme talk of another big Fourth of July celebration here this year and if those at the head of it are in» earnest, it is not too ■ early to begin preparations. We had a celebration here last year, but we can have a better one this year if everyone does his part. Other towns are making preparations and so should we, else the Fourth will be a dead one here. Geneva, Ind., May 22. —Tfiere is a dark cloud hovering over Geneva and it is no rain cloud either. It is that peace destroying cloud of disappointment. It seems that the Cole Brothers’ circus has “skipped” us and the show is off. It is rumored that the show passed this plaeb because the managers heard of the many skillful players of that great old game—the shell game —who live here and, fearing that the show would go broke if it made Geneva, the town was scratched off the list. Never mind, i c movers of the iitllc shells under which the black ball Gies, nit, there will yet be a chance to show, your , friends your skill in losing your money and if on circus comes a petition will be sent to Carnegie asking him to donate Geneva a shell game instead of a library. It is feared that the farm crops are going tp.be ruined should this drought continue for a few more , days. The fields are so dry that the > oats and grass is simply wilting and the corn which has been planted can do no good without rain. Everything, except the late spring, was favorable > to good crops again this year until I I the present drought and now it is either rain or nd crops. Geneva, Ind., May 19.—-Some five or six years ago Mrs. Orange Whiteman missed some very fine chickens, but no trace of the fowls or thieves > could be found, and nothing could be ‘ but take better care of the remaining ‘ chickens. Yesterday Mrs. Whiteman received a letter from some former neighbors who now live quite 1 a distance from here and in the let- ‘ ter was thirty cents worth of stamps ‘ to pqy, the writer stated, for some chickens that were stolen. The writ--1 er considered that chickens were eith--1 er * T ery cheap at the time of the steal- ’ ing or that after sufferng the pangs ■ v :t a guilty conscience, there was only ■ thirty cents owing. Anyway the remembrance of having taken those ! chickens was not forgotten. ’ Miss Nellie Timmonds, representing ’ the Chicago Lyceum Bureau, was here Wednesday and closed a contract with the Geneva schools for a lecture course of five number to be given 1 here next fall and winter. The attractions are all of the highest order and are of a popular nature which will mean a big drawing card for large crowds. The several numbers are The' Chicago Concert Co., Lincoln Male Quartette, Bill Bone, Robert ! Parker Miles, and Denton C. Crowl. embrace music, humor and good ' hard common sense. A trial canvass for subscribers made yesterday shpws very gratifying results, as there were ! but one or two people who “turned down” the splendid opportunity to hear five concerts, such as these will i be, for SI.OO. Individual tickets will : sell for thirty-five cents. The first ■ number ‘will be given in September. . The list of subscribers may be seen at the Deitsch and Poer drug store and if your name is not there, put it • there.

i ’ Legal Advertising I ~ ~ ~— _ — _— _—, ~ _—_ — _— BOARD OF REVIEW Notice is hereby given that the board of Review of Adams county. State of Indiana, will meet at the Commissioners’ Court room in the city of Decatur, in said county at'nine o’clock a. m., on ■' Monday, June 4, 1900, at which time and place all complaints of unequal or unjust valuations for assessments of personal property will be heard. Valuations of personal property will be equalized and all property omitted will be added to the tax list. A uniform valuation of all personal property will be made as nearly practicable as defined by law. Returns made by the township assessors will be corrected and amended so as to make a uniform valuation of all property as nearly as practicable. C. £>. LEW TON, 12-2 t. Auditor Adams County, Indiana. NOTICE OF RECEIVING BIDS. Notice is hereby given that estimates are on file in the auditor’s office of Adams county, Indiana, for the furnishing of supplies for the county asylum. Said estimates of supplies are divided under the following headings: Groceries, Shoes, Dry Goods, Dtfugs, Hardware and Clothing, Mill Feed. Sealed bids are requested for each class of goods separately. All bids must be filed in the auditor’s office not later than ten o’clock a. m„ on Monday, July 2, The contract will be awaided to the lowest reponsible bidder. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Successful bidders will be required to enter into contract for the faithful performance of his bid. C. D. LEWTON, 12-2 t. Auditor Adams County, Indiana. NOTICE FOR BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the Common Coupcil of the City of Decatur, Indiana, will receive sealed bids'or proposals for the improvement, of Second street, commencing at the nortn side of Monroe street .thence north to the corporation line of the city of Decatur, Indiana, sa;d improvement to be with modern paving blocks or bricks. The improvement of said Second street from Monroe street north to Jackson street to be 40 feet wide and from Jackson street north to the corporation line to be 34 feet wide, according to -the drawings and specifications now on file in the office of the city clerk of said city on the 19th. day of June, 190(1, bids to be received between the hours of eight o’clock a. m. and six o’clock p. m. Each bidder must file with the clerk of said'city, when he files his bid, the usual statutory affidavit and deposit with him the sum of One thousand dollars, in money or certified check as a guaranty that he will accept said bid and carry out the construction of said work. The suefess*ful bidder will be required to give bond with surety to be approved by the Common Council insuring the faithful completion of said work according to the contract. The Common .Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise for bids for said improvement, this 23rd day of May, 1906. CARL O. FRANCE, 12-4 t. City Clerk. NOTICE OF THE LETTING OF A CONTRACT FOR THE DREDGING OF THE LOB DITCH AND WABASH RIVER John W- Williams, et al., Ex-Parte. No. 12,158, Drainage Petition. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Superintendent of Construction will on the day and at the place hereinafter named, receive proposals for the construction of the proposed improvement, ih accordance With theplans and specifications heretofore adopted. ESTIMATE OF THE PROPOSED YORK, The proposed improvement consists of the construction of an open ditch or drain, over and along the general route of the Lob Ditbh to a point where the same enters the Wabash river, and commencing at ar near the lands of John W. Williams, and continues down the lob ditch o the’ river; thence down the Wabash river to a point at or near the Price Bridge, where said ditch terminates. There are also three short lateral branches to be constructed. The total number of yards to be excavated in the main ditch and lateral branches is 389,645, and being 12 miles long EXCAVATIONS. All earth excavations must be placed not nearer than ten feet from the line of improvement, leaving a berme of the. width above designated; except where'the channel is through the old bed of the river, in which case all excavations must be removed at least five feet from the bank of the old channel. DRAINS OR DITCHES. All large open drains or inlets that are established drains must be brought down and connected with the new channel. EXPENSES. The expense of doing and performing all of the requirements of the specifications, in moving, rebuilding bridges and abutments, removing railroad bridges, excavating stone and earth, and opening up and connecting the open drains and ditchs shall be paid by the contractor. TIME AND PLACE OF RECEIVING BIDS. Sealed proposals or %ids will be received by the undersigned, at the law office of S. A. D. Whipple, over the Citizens’ Bank, in Portland, Indiana, on or before four o’clock p. m., June ACChiPTANCE OR REJECTION OF BIDS. All persons, companies or corporation intending to bld on said proposed work, must file with their respective bids ,a certified check, payable to the undersigned, in the sum of twentyfive hundred dollars. It must be understood that the undersigned hereby reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Any bidder failing to compl® with the requirements of this notice will have their said bid rejected. FORFEITURES. Any bidder who may be awarded the contract for said proposed improvement and fails or refuses to contract and give bond for the faithful perform- , ance of such contract, within ten days from the letting thereof, shall, as liquidated damages, forfeit his or their I . ’’A

SOUTHWEST The Land of BIG CROPS and PROSPERITY Are you making as much off your farm as you ought? No doubt you are making all you can. The trouble is the land costs too much. It takes too much money to buy a big farm, and so you are trying to make a living on a small farm, or perhaps you are renting one and paying a good share of what you raise, in rent. Wouldn’t it be better to go where the price of good land is so little that you can own a big farm—where every acre of the ground isjworking for you and all you raise is paying good profits. There are thousands of acres ol fertile land in the Southwest along the line of the Cotton Belt Route that can be bought from #3 to $lO an acre. This land is increasing in value each year. SEE THE SOUTHWEST AT SMALL COST A trip to the Southwest will convince you that your best interests lay in settling there The trip can be made at very little expense. On the first and third. Tuesdays of each month you can purchase a round trtp ticket to any point in the Southwest on or via the Cotton Belt Route at very low rates. Stop-overs will be allowed for you to examine any locality you are interested in. Write at once for free copies of books describing this wonderful country and for full information about cost of tickets etc. L.O. Schaefer, T.P.A. Cotton Belt Route 614 Traction Term. Bdg Indianapolis, Ind —■■l ’ ' - — I

certified check filed with the under- ] signed. CONTRACT ArfD BOND. The successful bidder to whom is awarded said contract shall within, ten days thereafter enter into a contract for the performance of said proposed work and Improvement, and shall execute a good and sufficient bond for the : faithful performance of such contract, the same to be fixed by the undersigned, but shall not be in excess of the contract price. Provided, that if such bidder desires, he may give the bond of some standard surety company, to the satsfaction and approval of the undersigned. TIME LIMIT AND FORFEIT. The contractor to whom such contract is awarded, shall commence the work of excavation, at least within sixty days from the day of letting contract, and for a fallurb to actually commence such work sych contractor shall forfeit and pay, as liquidated damages, the sum of twenty-five dollars for each day so delayed. And these conditions as to time limits and forfeitures will be made a part of the contract and strictly enforced. SPECIFICATIONS. The undersigned does not agree to undertake to furnish copies of specifications or profile, except only for the inspection of proposed bidders, and then only to .those who may come to the city of , Portland, where the same may be seen and examined, and arc now on file in the Clerk’s office of the Jay Circuit Court. COMPLETION OF WORK. The specifications adopted for the proposed improvement require that the same shall be fully and satisfactorily completed within a period of two years from the date of ’ letting contract This must be complied with, and will be one of tire terms of the contract, and for each and every day that said Contract remains uncompleted, the contractor -shall be required to pay a forfeit of twenty-five dollars per day. CONTRACTORS.

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IContractors who contemplate bidding on the proposed work must appreciate* and understand that the proposed work i must be done in accordance with the > plans and specifications, and no slighting of such work will, in any case, be I tolerated. BASIS OF BIDDING, : Bids will be received per cubic yard for earth excavations, the bidder may bid on said excavations, but the estimate of such excavations as made by the engineer shall determine the number of cubic yards of earth and shall be estimated so as to include the moving and rebuilding of bridges, and all other work necessary to complete the entire contract The bidder, if he desires, may bid on the contract as a whole, and in such case shall state the amount for the completion of the entire contract. I JOSEPH A. LeFAVOUR, Superintendent of Construction. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT; fails t c -..-a in 6 to 14 days ,50c. • DEATHS FROM APPENDICITIS decrease in the same ratio that the use of Dr. King’s New Life Pills increases. They save you from danger and bring quick and painless release! from consumption and the ills grow-1 ing out of it. Srength and vigor al- ’ : ways follows their use. Guaranteed by Blackburn & Christen, druggists. 25e. Try them. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. I . Take LAXATIVE BROMO Qujnine Tab-i lets. Druggists will refund money if itl fails to cure. EW. GROVE'S signaturej is on each box. 25e. - •