Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1908 — Page 5

ft. ■■ A !' | <*V . • W®r&- f &W " f Wa ' Y . \ J3HB/ ' M 55. ) SOPHIA £ . J : \, J HEALTH VERY -POOR—RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA Catarrh Twenty-five YearsHad a Bad Cough. s?is« Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston, 111, •writes: “I have been troubled with catarrh fur nearly twenty-five years and have tried many cures for it, but obtained very little help. “Then my brother advised me to try peruna, and I did. “My health was very poor at the time I began taking Peruna. My throat was W rv sore and I had a bad cough. '•Peruna has cured me. The chronic catarrh is gone and my health is very ouch improved. “I recommend Peruna to all my friends who are troubled as I was.” PtiUJNft TABLETS:— Some people prefer tablets, rather than medicine in a {aid form. Such people can obtain PeruMtablets, which represent the medicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet equalsone average dose of Peruna. Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1909.

IS AFTER REVENGE It is Said That Asa Blount Has Threatened Life of James Harmon OF RIVARRE. IND. The Noseless Man is Enraged Over the Costly Encounter at Rivarre James Harmon, residing at Rivarre 'to was a participant in the fierce Winter which occurred at his home ««me time ago, in which Asa Blount Portland, lost the end of his smellmember, is, jt is paid, much agitated over the report that Blount >s seeking revenge. It will be rememtoted that Blount and Harmon euin a fight several weeks ago, in a drunken condition, Blount s ■ uS e being amputated in some manMr, Blount claiming that 'Harmon to it off while Harmon vigorously toniee the charge. At any rate Blount is enraged over the affair which has rendered him a pitiful sight and reMrts have reached Harmon to the that the man was after his 1 e - It is evesi said that Blount has reatened to kin him and that he ' Ms made several trips to Adams “toty to get a chance at the man. mild the charge be supported, that ■armon bit Blount’s nose off, the I tter c °uld get sweet revenge by a Process of law. but there are few Mople who know of the case who !e 'e he lost the member in that 1 “knner. r

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SMITH MUST FIGHT Resident Roosevelt p ro _ ceeds With Criminal Libel Suit laugh AT message Creates Merriment in Sena^e $ en ator Beveridge Meets Taft rITTT 011, Dec - i6 - p ® . IS proceeding with his plans _ , g a Crhninal Rbel suit against e a'an Smith of Indianapolis, it j s the W,te Houee that ail ’mith' \ eEal aVeMes by w hich Mr smith mtgnt be reached tn n. are beinv in. . dln the courts is anxion?t Satea ' The ,* 7 P " Sh the Prevention as the In S ,. PoSSn)le ' His deling toward the Indianapolis publisher grows in 7*d of diminishing, and he Ms Indiana callers that he i 8 determined b ng Mr. Smith to book in the eourts. He dees not intend to p7 eoed rashly, but will have the matur--01 judgment of the lawyers who are orking on the case before h e institutes suit. If his lawyers advise him that he could not make a prosecution stick, he might reluctantly abandon his Intention, but his desire and purpose is to apply the heavy penalty of the criminal libel law to Mr. Smith if it can be done. A damage suit 5s pot contemplated. He does not want damages, but he would like to see Mr. Smith put in prison. The president, in a special message to congress today recommended that the government prosecute Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the New York World, fcr libel, 4haracjerizing him as a villifier of character who should be brought to speedy justice.

ashington. Dec. 16. —Repeated peals of laughter greeted the reading of the opening paragraph of the president’s message to congress on the Panama canal charges today. As the secretary read the statement that the charges were “false in every particular.” Senator Bailey ilaughed toutright as he was passing along the rear of the chamber to his seat. Other senators on both sides of the chamber jeined with him, and when the reader reached the statement that a statement in a newspaper which he mentioned would not be believed, there was general merriment from both sides of the chamber. There was only a small number of senators present when the reading was begun and it was hurried through, the papers accompanying the message not being read at all. The me' elicited the greatest interest 'n the house. The members gave close attention during the readirtg of the document, and there was a ripple of laughter over the president’s characterization of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World. The message with its accompanying papers was referred to committee.

Washington. Dec. 16.—Senator Beveridge left Washington unexpectedly yesterday and his whereabouts were becoming somewhat of a mystery until special dispatches from New York appeared today in the Washington papers telling of a long conference which Senator Beveridge had with President-elect Taft this forenoon at the residence of Henry W. Taft, brother of the president-elect, in New York. oTWO FANATICS LIBERATED. Lack of Evidence Gives Mrs. Pratt and William Enghnell Freedom.

Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 15.-Mrs. Delia Pratt and William Entgjhneii members of a band of religious fanatics led by James Sharp, who on last Tuesday engaged in a battle with the police of this city, were discharged today by Justice Theodore Remley, who decided that the state h..d not produced sufficient evidence of murdering Patrolman Dalbow. James Sharp and his wife have been bound over to the criminal court for nn on the same charge.

Jacuib Tluser. trustee of Monroe township, requests us to ann °'’^ o . that he desires all persons holding claims against the township to present same for settlement, before December 25th, as he is closing up - term and wishes all accounts settled.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Whitney arrived from Michigan this morning have spent today searching house. They will make this .them future home, Mr. Mhitne.' 1 cently purchased a half in the Oak Roller mills from M - Van Camp.

CAPTA ™ kooktTisT e ,T~ “ »'•“< « Civil War. Tiluffton, Ind Dec IR _ r . . „ Koontz. •» Aea I ®~ Capt ’ 0 P residence ye at his . ° West Ce n'ral avenue to a wound *h th be ‘ ne indlrectl T due his men rWdVeB While leadin g nik x f ‘ n a charge into tbe “Hor th f ch-? 1 a ' <he battle cf sbiloh ,n in whJ War ln ' hat famous battle narv 013,15 ° f hIS men of Com ’ E , 44th Indiana, were killed he eee.ved a wound in the neck from a t nS , She " Wbich was m first to be fatal. Ir. later years the wound broke out afresh and many ■ es he was occasioned sickness. In this last and fatal illness kidney trouble also developed and his system became poisoned. His death had been hcurly expected for several days

ECZEMA AND ALL SKIN DISEASES Are quickly cured by Zemo, a clean liquid for external use. Zemo's record has never been equaled. Smith, Yager & Falk, the druggists, say “Zemo is the best remedy they have ever sold for the cure of Piles, Eczema. Dandruff. Ringworm, Tetter, Rashes, Prickly Heat, and any disease of the skin caused by a germ. See display and photos of cures made by Zemo. — . If you are hungry and tired and want to go some place w'here you will get your money’s worth tomorrow, dotft overlook the big dinner and supper at the Presbyterian church parlors. MRS. McRANEY’S EXPERIENCE Mrs. M. Mcßaney, Prentiss, Miss., writes: “I was confined to my bed for three months with kidney and bladder trouble, and was treated by two physicians but failed to get relief. No human tongue can tell how I suffered, and I had given up hope of ever getting well until I began taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy. After taking two bottles I felt like a new person, and feel it my duty to tell suffering women what Foley s Kidney Remedy did for me.”

THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o • Judge John F. LaFollette has received a picture that he prizes very highly, and which be has had framed and hung in the court room. The picture contains a good likeness of the entire judiciary of the state, which is composed of eighty-five judges, including the supreme and appellate members, the superior court, the criminal and juvenile court of Marion~county and each circuit court judge in the state. The picture is that of the judges who were on the bench at the beginning of the present year—Portland Sun. —-AMEDICINE THAT IS MEDICINE “I have suffered a good deal with malaria and stomach complaints, but I have now found a remedy that keeps me well, and that remedy is Electric Bitters: a medicine that is medicine for stomach and liver troubles, and for run down conditions,” says W. C. Kiestier, of Halliday, Ark. Electric Bitters purify and enrich the blood, tone up the nerves, and impart vigor and energy to the weak. Your money will be refunded if it fails to help you. 50c at all dealers.

Rev. W. B. Pope, for many years corresponding secretary of the Baptist state convention of Colorado, and regarded as one of the most efficient men in this line of work in the United States, is now field secretary of the Baptist state convention in Indiana. Many Decatur Baptists heard him at Fort Wayne at a great gathering in October. Mr. Martin announces that Rev. Pope will be in the Baptist pulpit in Bluffton next Sunday morning and make the address. He is full of vim and enthusiasm and greatly stirs the hearts of all hearers. Every Baptist in Wells county ought to hear him. Here is Relief for Women. If vou have pains in the back, Urinarv. Bladder or Kidney trouble, and v ant a certain, pleasant herb cure womans ills, try Mother Grays Australian-Leaf. It is a safe and nev-er-failing regulator. At Druggists or bv mail 50 cts. Sample package FREE. Address. The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y EXCELS ALL OTHERS. Mr. Jurdy Lowry, Wilmore, Ky. says: “I cured some very sick chickens with your Bourbon Poultry Cure and find it to be the best poultry remedy I have ever used.” Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp, Decatur, Ind.

PETITION FOR -STONE ROAD. I State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the County of Adams. January Term, 1909. Comes now the undersigned, all res- * Idents and freeholflers cf Monroe township, Adams county, Indiana, and respectfully petition the Board of Commissioners of said County cf -idamis, to take necessary steps to cause to be graded, drained and paved with crushed stone, the highway already laid out and established on and alcng the following route in Monroe township, Adams county, Indiana to-wit: Beginning on the Monroe township Central Macadam Road at the northeast ccmer of section twenty-eight (28) in township twenty-six (26) north range fourteen (14) east in Adams county, and State of Indiana, thence running west one mile between section twenty-one and twenty-eight in said township to the northwest corner of said section (28), thence south one mile between section twenty-eight 128) on the east and section twenty-nine (29) on the west to the southwest corner of section twenty-eight (28) in said township and there to connect with a macadam road and there to terminate. Said petitioners further show that said proposed r n ad when completed will be about two miles in length. Said road shall be called the Emanuel Sprunger Macadam Road. Said petitioners would further ask that said road be built as a double track read, and that it be graded to the width of twenty-eight feet and that crushed stone be placed thereon l on the south side of said road, where ' it runs east and west and on the east ■ side thereof where it runs north and sc nth. Said stone shall be ten feet in width with stone screenings on top of same. Said petitioners would further ask that said road be built as aforesaid and that to pay fcr same, including expenses of location thereof, be paid for by an issue of bonds payable In twenty semi annual installments, and that to pay said bonds a tax be levied uprn the taxable property of said Monroe township, Adams county, Indiana. Said petitioners further show that ssiid proposed road when built will be an extension cf the Monroe Township Central Macadam Road which is now constructed pursuant to a petition and election, and w-ill connect at one end with said road end at the ether end with the Reynolds Gravel Road, both of which are free gravel or macadam roads. Said petitioners ask that said road be built and such proceedings had in connection therewith as provided by the cts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved March 8. 1905. and as amended by acts of 1907. (Acts of 1905, page 521.) 'Emanuel Sprunger, Daniel J. Sprunger, J. F. Lehman. E. D. Engler. J. D. Winteregg. A. N. Sprunger. Jeff Liechty, C. C. Beer. Peter Liechty. Abe Hocker. Fred Brown. W. L. Rav, D. N. Stauffer, D. C. Lehman. C. C. Netienschw’ander, J. P. Habegger. Amos Burkhalter, Menno Burkhalter, Fred Augsburger. William Miller, Lawrence Yager, Edwin Baumgartner. A. J. Jacob J. Feller, Paul Feller. No-h Wullman, Samuel Stuckey, D. S. Witwer, Jonas Sprunger, J. J Reck. Christian Mertz, David P.

’’onmers, Fred Neadertionser. E. P. Hecker. David Lehman, Enhraim Uau-mgartner, Ch’s. Reus=er. Robert Schwarz, Ferdi Ryfe. Phil Schug. J. W. Craig, Chris Stengel Jacob Egley, Christian Rohrer. Daniel Welty, Peter D Steiner, Dan Winteregg. Henry Ellehberger, A. A. Sprunger. John T. Martz. Louis Snrunger, Edwin Lehman. William W. Elev, Daniel Maz°lin. C. B. Funk, C. C. Schtigg, J. C. Scbugg. Gid Riesen, Jesse Rupp, David Schwartz. Abe Stuckey, C. G. Eglev. Emil Juillerat, Abe Beer, Peter Soldner, John M. Amstutz. Daniel Sprunger, Elias Reisen. W. Baumgartner, E A. Luginbfll. David W. Eckrot, John H. Hilty. Jacob A. Habegger, William Tucker. Albert Meyer. Silas Sprunger. Christ Hilty. H. M. Reusser, John J. Schwartz. N. G. Funkhouser. John Wittwer. John F. Mazelln. J. F. Sprunger, Fred Rohrer, Norman Jacobs, Levi A. Sprunger. Peter Lehman, Jerry Liechty, Philip Sprunger, Tone Michaud. Andrew Gottschalk. Thurman A. Gottschalk, Joel Llddy. Benj. Sprunger, David O. Lehman, Amos Krickhofer, Fred Sprunger, Noah Habegger, Peter Burkhalter, Christ Bannrmann, Sam Meshberger, Adam Neuenscbwander, John Nussbaum. Rufus Flory, Amos Reusser. A. A. Lehman, Ed Luginbill. E. M. Ray, J. A. Neuenschwander. Henry Schindler. Oswln Lehman. Eli Baumgartner, Sam S. Egley. Rudolph Schug. Henry Mischaud. C. C. Sprunger, Emanuel Lehman, William Non. John Lehman. Dan Zuereher, John Winl«n, Christian Branchy, Karl Meyer, Christ Liiginbill, David B. Winteregg, Peter Nussbaum, David F. Lehman, John J. Hirschy, David Sprunger. David Habegger. Nonh Fox. Joshua Snrunger, Peter E. Habegger, Peter Mazelln, Benjn- j min Nussbaumer. Jacob Nussbaum. Frank Amstutz. Samuel Witwer. John Rnhrer, Samuel Steiner, Isaac Lehman. i This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, January, 4, 1909.

at which time the taxpayers of Monroe township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for. 48-3 t C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. o ■ ~ Miss Elnora Forbing and Mrs. Clint Johnson went to Fort Wayne yesterday to be the guests of friends and relatives for some

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I will sell at mv farm nine miles from Fort Wavne, on the Fort Wayne and Huntington Interurban Road (Homestead Station) Stop 10 Fifty Head of Galoway Ca tie Headed by Campfollower Still No. 2655a; Sired by Scottish Standard No. 15221 (6488); Dam Imp. Damsel 2nd of Durhamhill 15226 (15465) and deescendants of other famous breeds. All of said cattle are thoroughbred and registered or eligible to be registered. SALE TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 13th.'03 Terms of Sale—A credit of twelve months will be given on notes with approved security drawing six per cent interest after maturity. A discount of five per cent will be given for cash. D. E. WOLFE A free lunch will be served. Fred Reppert, Auctioneer.

Jacob Helm went to Fort Wayne today for a visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner went to Fort Wayne this morning to look after business affairs. Attendance at the public schools continues good and the teachers and board are more than pleased. Mrs. E. S. Schwartz, of Fort Wayne, has come to the ettv for a visit with friends and relatives. Catherine Crawford returned to her home at Fort Wayne today after making a visit with friends in the city. Dr. M. F. Parrish, of Monroe, came to the city this morning in his auto. He was looking after business interests. The carpenters are expecting a busy season next summer as many Decatur people will either build or remodel homes. Mike McGriff passed through the city today enroute from Bluffton to his home at Geneva. E. M. Ray, of Berne, returned to his home this afternoon from a business mission to this city. Mrs. Bertha Hendricks, of Monroe, was a shopper Ln the city today and has returned to her home. Chancey S. Stetson is confined to his home with a case of lagrippe. Attorney C. L. 'Walters and U. S. Drummond were visitors at Pleasant Mills this morning.

H. L. Center, the ice cream man. is suffering from a throat ailment and is confined to his bed. Dinner at the Presbyterian church parlors tomorrow for twenty-five cents, supper for fifteen cents.

The perfection churn—best in the world—will churn sweet or sour cream in less than 10 minutes. Light and ' easy running and guaranteed to churn more butter from same amount of cream than any other. For sale at J. D. Hale’s warehouse. E. F. Hoffman, agent, Van Buren, Indiana. e other w-2m

■William Harvey, he of the mysterious disappearance fame, is seen about his old haunts now part of the time and appears to be in as good shape mentally and physically as he ever was. However, he always avoids the subject of his disappearance when it is brought up and when the point is pressed says that he remembers nothing about the time. He still thinks th.Tt he was in Bluffton during the ! time. — —o THIS IS WORTH READING. Leo. F. Zelinskl, of 68 Gibson StBuffalo, N. Y., says: “I cured the most annoying cold sore I ever had. with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. i applied this salve once a day for two days, when every trace of the sore was gone.” Heals all sores. Sold under guarantee at all dealers. 25c. o - D. L. Shalley is in the fruit tree business for ail there is in it, representing the Greening Nursery Co. of Monroe, Mich., for which company H. S Michaud was formerly agent. Mr. Shalley has as sub-agents Dr. Lobenstein, of Monroe, John Runyon, of southeast of town, and F. C. Foreman in Berne. Any orders for anything in •ssaujiAY aujag- •poiupajddn eq ni.w sjuagu sjq jo auo or JO Jiasuqq a»I -ptqS '-'K Jaqiia patsmrjua ami siq o ——— Every Woman Will Be Interested.

There has recently been discovered an aromatic, pleasant herb cure for woman's ills, called Mother Gray’s Australian-Leaf. It is the only certain regulator. Cures female weaknesses and Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample Free. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y. 0 Marion Ketchum, wife and daughter of Jefferson township, passed through Decatur today enroute to their home. o More people are taking Foley's Kidney Remedy every year. It is considered to be the most effective remedy for kidney and bladder troubles that medical science can devise. Foley’s Kidney Remedy corrects irregularities, builds up worn out tissues and restores lost vitality. It will make you feel well and look well. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. ~ i. . -