Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1910 — Page 8

Mm? — — ISTROKEOFFORTUNE The Bit of Good Luck That Over- |! took Barney O’Connor. ‘WEALTH THRUST UPON HIM. — ' ■ 1 1 The Viiitor That Called to See the Man Who Had Been Injured—The Sight That Greeted Him and the Hasty Jp. Proposition He Handed Out. ' Several years ago two brothers named McDonald were in business in Halsted street. Among the habitues es their establishment was a man named O'Connor. A man named An* derson then was claim agent for the street railway company that connected Halsted with Chicago. Barney O’Connor was a happy-go-Jucky chap who didn't worry much about anything. He was partial to his beer, bad no kitb or kin co be responsible for, cared little for clothes and worked only when it was absolutely essential, which wasn’t often. McDonald Bros, liked to have Barney around on account of the wit he had brought with him from the/ould sod, and so they found little tasks for him to dA. One day Barney was loafing around McDonald’s about half illuminated and in an extremely rosy frame of mind when they decided they wanted some goods over in the city. Barney was delegated to go after them. He stopped at the corner buffet, hoisted another one and 'took a car for the loop. I The car was crowded fore and aft, 1 and Barney got on the aft. He didn’t get much more than halfway on the step when there came a jolt The crowd surged back on Barney, and he, with several others, was dumped into the street Barney suffered worse than the rest, as be was underneath. But he wasn’t hurt badly. He was knock-J ed unconscious, but after they carried* him into a store and threw cold water on him be came out of it in good. shape. All that remained wye a few. euts. The conductor, however, was excited. He was new at the business, and when he took the names and addresses of the victims of the crash he got considerably balled up. Perhaps he made Barney’s injuries a little more grave than they really were. After O’Connor got over his dizziness he went on uptown and bought his stuff for the McDonalds. He also visited a drinking place on Randolph street. It was there that be learned of a clam bake that was to be held that night at a saloon on lower Halsted. Celebrations of this sort appealed to Barney, and he resolved to be on hand. He was. They had a lovely time.' z Along about 12 O’clock the festivities became superjoyous, and arguments arosfe. Barney was in the midst of

these. Fisticuffs followed forensic froth, and O’Connor Was numbered among the slain. How be got to his room he couldn’t explain coherently. He sure was some beat up. What they didn’t do to him wouldn’t take long to tell. It was the completes! walloping he ever had experienced. He slept late. When be woke up he wished be could have slept later. He found moving undesirable after an attempt or two at it. so he stayed in bed. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon the landlord of the rooming house came up and told Barney a man wanted to see him. Seldom bad Barney bad visitors, and bls curiosity was aroused. But * wasn’t strong enough to induce him to get up. He told the landlord to have the man sent up to the room. /Anderson, out to settle early and avoid the rush, came in and took a look at Barney. He nearly-fainted. “It 1 get out of this on less than sl,000 I’ll be lucky,” he told himself. Then he proceeded to business. “It kind o’ bunged you up, didn’t it?’ he began agga feeler. He couldn’t aay less, for be bad a conscience. “Well, some," acknowledged Barney, not grasping the pertinence of the question, but realizing its truth. “You know, a suit always involves a lot of delay and trouble, and the company has better facilities, and it’s better for the plaintiff to settle”— “Wot ate yez talkin’ about?” Barney broke in. “Why, I’m from the street railway, and we want to see if we can’t fix

this up for you for getting hurt. We want to do what’s right; but, of course, you understand”— Barney saw a great light. It made him forget bls woes. J “Do yez mean ye want to pay me fer tailin’ off the car yistiddy?” he asked, i "That’s the idea,” answered Anderson. “Well here I am,” said Barney. "How much am 1 offered?” Anderson hesitated. “Uh—er—l think—er—bow’d two fifty ' Strike you?” r .„ “I think it’s worth at least five,” be replied. “Now, look here,” explained Anderson, “if you fight this case it’ll cost you at least SIOO for a lawyer. You might get S3OO in a trial, and still E- again you might get nothing, it’s alJ ways a good idea”— "D* yez mean ye’ll give me s2so?* ; interrupted O’Connor, sitting up quickJ >y despite his aches. "That’s it,” replied Anderson, so fas-’ ein a ted by the picture of war’s horrors pprtrayed by Barney’s face that he failed to notice the surprise in his tones. •Til take it,” said O’Connor in a Burry. “Bring it to me all in quarters.”—Chicago Tribune. The period of deepest sleep varies from 8 o'clock to &

FANCY WAISTCOAT?. ( Introduced by an English Monarch by I Way of Economy. i The waistcoat—when at least it is a ■! “fancy vest’*—ls the last remaining | vestigfe'bf the gorgeousness which was yonce displayed in men’s dress, and on I Oct. 15, 1666. Pepys chronicles Its first appearance on the person of Charles ' 11. The noVel garment was a "long ' cassock.” as the diarist terms It, worn close to the body. It was or "black . cloth, pinked with white silk under it." Men will agree that the waistcoat is a convenient and commendable garment, the absence of which would dei prive them, to speak of no other discomfort. of an invaluable set of pockets. It appears strange, therefore, that It should not have come into being at an earlier date. 1 Soon after the restoration a sleeveless vest, which likewise left the waist I open, was worn under the doublet. It was not a true waistcoat. This style of dress was brought from France by > Charles 11. From beneath the fullness of shirt exposed by the open vest “the breeches displayed their expanded width." with bunches of ribbon at the waist and lace rutiles below the knees. The doublet worn over the vest was richly laced and embroidered. So costly was this mode of attire that the king resolved to give the lead toward a more economical and sober fashion, and in the fulfillment of this design he donned the new garment, which Pepys bailed with pleasure. Such were the circumstances which attended the introduction of the waistcoat It came in the name of economy I and reform, but ere long it developed i into as expensive and decorative a garment as any which man has ever taken to himself Gradually it was extended downward till it almost reached the knees. It was made of the richest materials, and the outer coat was shaped to ’ bang well open to display its magnificence. i Extravagance and love of finery were simply transferred from one style to another, and bn the waistcoat was lavished all the embellishment which previously bad been bestowed on the i ; breeches. Those flowered and etn- j broidered waistcoats of sheeny satin. , with laced flaps, may certainly have been less troublesome and fantastic; than the preceding fashion, but wbeth- , er they reduced the wearer’s account with his tailor is highly doubtful. ’ i The long flapped waistcoat remained i in favor many years, it was still worn 1 by noblemen and gentlemen when j George I. was king: In the! following ( reign a somewhat shorter waistcoat was prevalent, and from this time the 1 flap began to decrease in length, instead of reaching almost to the knee it came only halfway down the thigh. As men’s dress became more simpii- j ' fled toward the close of the eighteenth ( century and puffing, lace and embroid ( ety were abandoned the flap disappeared.—London Globe. — ‘ 1

■ The Name “Pepys.” * How should "Pepys” be pronounced? 1 h Percy Lubbock, who wrote a biogra- ■ ( phy of Samuel Pepys. declares “Peeps.'’ ‘ j But there are many people living and ( 1 j talking who call themselves “Peppis.” ‘: In 1679 was published a volume called “Luclda Intervalla.’* by James Oar- 1 I casse. who was a clerk in the office of I ' t Pepys. He did not like Pepys and ; 1 would have been glad to spell it < “Peeps?’ But be didn’t He wrote: j ' Get thee behind me. then; dumb deva . 1 begone! 1 ■ The Lord hath Ephtbatha said to my t ( tongue. / Him 1 must praise who opened hath my ( lip®. ] ■ Sent me from navy to the ark by Pepys. > t From this the London Chronicle con- 3 ’ eludes that to his contemporary Pepys 1 I was “Pips." 1 Ly H | I Joe Miller Was Not a Joker. V I Joe Miller, who is generally believed I to have been the soul of wit never ] ' i made a single joke in his life. He was j I an actor and So grave in manner as . to become the butt of other people’s ’ hilarity. » When any witticism went 1 the round Miller was accused of its J * authorship, and be would never deny j * it He lived an exemplary life and i |died universally respected. But no j I I sooner was he dead than appeared ' 8 ; "Joe Miller’s Jests; or, The Wits’ Vade 1 Mecum,” 'compiled by “Elijah Jenkins, * Esq.”—that is to say, forged by John 1 Mottley, the Jacobite, just as years be- 1 fore Hobson’s “Polly Peachum” and 1 ’ ( Ben Johnson’s “Jests” had been forged.

The Masculine Wig. Civilization has to thank the French revolution and the subsequent wars for masculine emancipation from the wig. It was partly the scarcity of : flour and the war tax on hair powder i that banished the powdered wig, but ' partly also the leveling influence of , Jacobinism. “I do not know the present generation by sight,” wrote Wai- ! pole in 1791, complaining that the young men “in their dirty shirts and ! shaggy hair have leveled nobility as much as the nobility in France have.” Unfair. Hazel, aged seven, while feeding the cat at the dinner table was reproved by her father, who told her that the cat must wait until later, whereupon the small girl wept and said: I “I think it is a shame just because she is a poor dumb animal to treat her | like a hired girl.”—Harper’s Magazine. But Did She? "My head aches awfully,” she sighed. “If you weren’t here I’d take my hair off and rest it” “What?” he cried. “I mean down,” she corrected.—New i York Press. ’ MU 1 The corruption of tjie best becomes ’ the worst.—Latin Proverb

I Though Judgu Mhrrymuu w M at Ft Wawne Tuesday a short session of f court was held here that morning, Special Judge David E. Smith presldi Ing in the case of Wesley Evans vs. < Jacob Fogle for the appointment of 8 a guardian. The defendants Mr. Fogle, t who is ninety-one years of age and s lives in Jefferson township, is in poor » health and was unable to appear in > court. After the evidence had been c submitted, the court found for the plaintiff, that the person was of un- } sound mind, incapable of managing his estate, and recommended that ‘ John T. Kelley be appointed guardian, filing bond in the sum of SI,OOO Costs t were rendered against the defendant, c Air. Kelley qualified at once as guardian. The plaintiff’s attorney was al- ■ lowed S2O out of the defendant’s as- - sets, and the prosecuting attorney, >lO. ,' Real estate transfers: Orlan S. , Marshall to Jacob F. Mutch, 30 acres, l Blue Creek tp„ S2BOO. i, o - ■ ■■■■ i New York, Feb. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Dally 1 Democrat) —Officers of the United Steel corporation, J. P. Morgan & company and other great" financial and industrial corporations will not openly oppose the administration’s federal i incorporation law. This fact became known through statements made public today. Former Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United Steel corporation, declares that although he had not as yet studied the proposed bill carefblly he has confidence in the administration and “provide dthe bill is tractable’’ will cheerfully incorporate under it. (United Press Service.) Stockholm, Feb. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Bally Democrat) —An official bulletin issued today by the physicfan of King Justaz, who was operated upon last night for dppendicits, announces Iris condition as satisfactory and that he will recov- , er. (United Press Service.) 1 Paris, Feb. B—(Special 'to Daily ' Democrat)—The Seine has risen four inches since yesterday and a further rise of at least a foot is expected as the other reaches of river and j its tributaries show slight rises. official bureau says the rise is temper- < ary. (United Press Service. Oberlin, Ohio, Feb. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) — A crowd of Oberiin college students today broke into the Oberlin city jail and released two of their comrades wh had been coilvicted 1 last evening for public intoxication. ' None of the three patrolmen heard the i rumpus. 1 o— —! Indianapolis, Feb. —lt was under- , stood that Judge Albert O. Marsh of i Winchester, United States pension agent for Indiana, will be succeeded ’ shortly by John W. Dyer of Hammond. , Judge Marsh has served a little over i eight years as pension agent and it ' is said that he will be retired because j it is considered that his service for j two. terms is about the maximum limit ! of service for any man holding this ’ position. Judge Marsh in the eight ‘ years that he has served as pension : agent has lost but two cents in hand- : ling the government funds. He is in : the midst of a quarterly settlement ’ and because of this fact, he will not i be notified officially that a successor has been appointed until after the bus- 1 iness of the quarter is finished. In ’ the eight years past Judge Marsh has paid out to pensioners of Indiana something like $100,000,000. He is especially well’ pleased with his record for accuracy in view of the large amount of money handled. John W. Dyer, who is slated to succeed Judge Marsh in the pension office, is a banker in Hammond, at present connected with one of the large institutions of that city. o . — ■ TO HAVE DEBATE. ! I On Which Is Greater Evil—Divorce or Liquor—A Good Subject. The meeting of the Modern Woodmen on Wednesday evening of this week will be one of the greatest import and Interest to all the members, as a great debate has been arranged for that evening, when the momentous question, which has so long been one of national interest, will be discussed—“ Resolved, That the dlvoroe evils are ihore detrimental to society that the unrestricted uses of intoxicating liquors*.” Those who will take the affirmative side on this question are Messrs. Innis and Wolford, while those who will endeavor to show that liquor is the greatest detriment are Messrs. Rice and Bruhn. _o., — —- I John Lachot went to Berne this morning on business. Charles Meyers was«at Fort Tuesday evening on business. «- Mike Miller of Monroe was a business caller in our city today. 1 Mike McGriff is still confined to his home with an aggravated case or ; rheumatism.

k ary term, 1910. f Samuel M. Beavers vs. Sarah WHi kin et al. j No. 7902. To quiet .title to real es--1 tate. . r It appearingfrom affidavit filed in i the aboveentitled- cause, that j Sarah Wilkin, widow of Stephen Wil- . kin, deceased, , - Mariah Wilkin, ' Marla Wilkin, I Sallle J. Wilkin, t Sarah J. Wilkin, . Maria W, Wilson, * Jonathan Wilson, husband of Maria 1 W. Wilson, deceased, Jonathan Wilson, widower of Maria . W. Wilson, deceased, Wilson, \yhose first name Is unknown, husband of Maria W, Wilson, deceased. , } —. Wilson, whose first name is unknown, widower of Marta W. Wilson, deceased. Jonathan Wilson, — Wilson, whose first name • is unknown. wife of Jonathan Wilson, Wilson, whose first name is unknown, widow of Jonathan Wil-> son, deceased, Catharine Leytle, Leytle, whose, first name is unknown, husband of Catharine Leytle, A Leytle, whose first name is unknown, widower of Catharine Leytle, deceased, the children, the descendants, the heirs at law, the surviving -spouses, the creditors, the administrators of the estate, the devisees, legatees, the executors of the last will and testament, respectively, of all or any of the : above named or described defendants, who may be dead, and ot their deceased spouses, the names of whom are , wholly unknown to the plaintiff, the spouses of all the persons above nans- ' ed or described as defendants to this suit who are married and whose spouses are not named as defendants, the names of all of whom are unknown to the plaintiff. The above named defendants are . non-residents of the state oi Indiana. ■ Notice is therefore hereby given the . said above named defendants that < they be and appear before the Hon. ( Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on . the 7th day of April, 1910, the same ( being the 52nd Juridical Day of the ( next regular term thereof, to be hold- ( en at the court house in the City of ; Decatur, commencing om Monday/ the 7th day of February, A. D.,_ 1910, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard, and ■determined in their absence. Witness, my name, and seal of said court hereto affixed, this 4th day of February, 1910. ( JAMES P. HAEFLING, Clerk. ( Dore B. Erwin, Attorney for Plaintiff. <

6t3 . ' ■ o - ' ■ . EXECUTRIX’ SALE. t Notice' is hereby given that the undersigned, Executrix of the last will and testament of,Anson Van Camp, deceased, will offer for sale at public auction, at the late foundry and machine shop of the decedent, known as the Van Camp Foundry & Machine Works, on North Eighth street, in the City of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, on v Wednesday, February 23, 1910, the personal property of said estate, consisting of new and second hand consisting of a stock of new and second hand machinery, flouring mills, gas and gasoline engines, steam / engines, portable boilers, wood and Iron pulleys, shafV Ing castings, bar steel, pipe, elevator heads, boots, carriages and buckets, bucket and web belting, machine engine and cylinder oil, sewer grates, automatic scales, turning lathe, bushing, wedges, ten ton coke, ten ton moulding sand, 23 ton pig iron, wire rope, new and second hand rope, tools, valves, lubricators, caps, nipples, couplings, tees, ells, injectors, steam guage and other steam and gas supplies and fittings and phimbefs’ supplies, scrap Iron and junk, safe, office furniture, supplies and such other material as Is usually kept for sale and manufactured in a foundry, machine and repair shop and various other articles. Terms of Sale. For all amounts not exceeding five dollars, chsh in hand. For amounts of five, dollars and upwards, a credit of six months will be given. Note bearing six per cent interest after maturity, with approved security, and waiving valuation or appraisement laws, will be required. LAURA A. VAN CAMP, <t3 Executrix. o .x ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE OF REAL : ESTATE. ''Notice is hereby given s hat the undersigned, Simeon B. Fordyce, administrator of the estate of Mercy A. Andrews, deceased, will offer for sale at private sale at the law offices of A. P. Beatty, in the city of Decatur, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m., and 5 o’clock p. m., on Tuesday, March 1, 1910, and from day to day thereafter until same is, sold, the following real es-, tate, situated in Adams County, Indiana: \ \ The southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section nineteen (19) in township twenty-seven (27), north of range fifteen (15) east,-containing forty acres. Also a tract or parcel of ground described as follows: Commencing twelve rods and nine and one-half feet north from the souhteast corner jsf the west half oA the northeast quarter of section nineteen In township twentyseven, north Os range fifteen > east, thence running north on said line twelve rods and ten and one-half feet to a stake, thence west eleven rods and seven feet, to a stake in the road, thence along said road “ seventeen rods and seven feet, to the place’of be-, ginning, containing 76 rods more or 18 Also the following parcel of land, to-wit: Commencing at the southeast comer of ths north east quarter

links, thence east to the place of beginning, containing twenty (20) acres, and containing in all 80 acres more or Jess, in Adams County, Indiana. The terms of ssld sale will be as follows:.' One-third cash on day of sale: one-third in nine months, and oneuilrd in eighteen ( months from date of sale, purchaser to give his notes, with approved personal security, bearing six per cent interest from date and also securing by mortgages on said real estate for deferred payments. Purchaser may have privilege of paying all cash. SIMEOJjI B. FORDYCE, 2t4 Administrator. 'O' 1 NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL ESTATE. The undersigned commissioner, by virtue of an* order of the Adams circuit court, made and entered in a cause therein pending,-entitled Frederick E. Gnepper et al. vs. Oliver I Deen et al., and numbered 7848 upon the dockets thereof, hereby gives notice tftabat 10 a. m-, on Friday, the 18th day of February, 1910, he will otter for sale at public auction at the east door of the court house tn the city oL Decatur, Indiana; and at not less than two-thjrds of the appraised value thereof the following described real estate, to-wit: The northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-two (32) tn township twenty-seven (27) north range fourteen (14) east, except therefrom ten (10) acres off of the east side thereof, thirty (30) acres more or less. Also one rod wide off of the north end of the west half of the southwest -quarter of said section thirty-two (32) in township twentyseven (27) north range fourteen (14) east, one-half acre. Al} in Adams county, Indiana. . ' Terms .of Sale: One-third casu on, day of sale, one-third .in nine months and one-third in eighteen months; deferred payments to be secured by mortgage on the real “state sold and 1 freehold surety to the satisfaction of I the commissioner and to bear interest at the rate of six per cent froih date of sale. Purchaser to have privilege of paying full purchase price on day of said. JOHN SCHURGER, 3t4 Commissioner.; ' ■ —ft ' NOTICE OF DITCH PETITION. To- Martin Herr and all others concerned: , . ■ You are hereb notified that the un- ' dersigned have filed in the Adams Circuit Court their petition for the structlon of a ditch, a part of which

they "ask shall be tiled and covered and a part of which shall be an open ditch, the dftch to be dug and tiled with tile of sufficient size to properly drain the ' lands attested. The said ditch and drain to be v constructed over, along and upon the following route, to-wit: Commencing about twenty-five rods north of the southeast corner of section twenty-five, in township twenty-five north, range thirteen east in Adams county, Indiana, thence to spun west about one hundred and forty rods to the place it intersects with the fifteen-inch tile ditch known as the Garret Clawson ditch, thence a northeasterly course -upon and through said Garret Clawson dltcfi about one hundred and twenty rods to the half section line dividing the north half from the south half of said section twenty-five, township twenty-five north range thirteen epst of said county, thence a northeasterly dourse to the east line *of . section twenty-five, township twenty-five north range thirteen east, thence northeast one-half mile to the east line of the southwest quarter of section nineteen, intownship twenty-five in north range fourteen east In said county or as much further as the viewers appolted. by the court may deem necessary to make sufficient outlet for said ditcu and there terminate. . - , Said petitioners also ask jthat a branch ditch be constructed to commence at or near a point which u is near the Elizabeth Martin land, the same being twenty-six acres off of the east end of the north haalf of the southwest quarter of section twentyfive north, range thirteen east in said Adams county, Indiana, at the terminus of a. ditch already constructed and which point is about twenty rods west of the east line of said north half of said southwest quarter of said section twenty-five township twenty-five, north range thirteen east in said county, thence to follow the open channel eastward until it Intersects with the main ditch petitioned for and there to Arminate. Jr They also ask that a certain branch ditch be repaired and deejfened so as to more effectually drain said lands, said branch ditch to be repaired and deepened and constructed and to commence at a point whlcjj is About one hundred and ' twenty rods West and forty rods north of tne southeast comer of section twenty-five in towtwfiip twenty-five north range thlrI teen east in said Adams county In. , dlana, thence south about forty Tods, to where it intersects the main ditoh petitioned for and there to terminate. -That said petition will be docketed in said Adams Circuit Court on Saturday, March 5, 1910. ' WILLIAM GLENENDING., CHRISTIAN HIRSCHEY. CHRISTIAN C. LIECHTY. G. E. CLAWSON. DQvld F- Smith, Atty. for 4t2 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT f OF ESTATE. * Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Jesse W. 1 Stonebunner, deceased, to appear -in I the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 19th day of February, 1910, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said i

ttelt “ k ”’’za. Decaiur, Indiana. January 26, 1910. Htioper A- Lenhart, Attys. 4t2 ‘ • : o-—* *- ‘ 'APPOINTMENT OF ADMINIB- - ■ ■■ /.*'(* Notice is hereby given tnat the undersigned him been appointed administrator of the estate of Ida Whitright, late of Adams County, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. y J. M. MILLER, z Administrator. David E. Smith, Attorney. / 5t3 — y NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State of Ihdiana, Adams County, 88. In the Adams Circuit Court, February,.term, l? 10. James Rhoades vs. Oliver P. Steele, et al. No. 7899. Seduction and to set / aside conveyance. It appearing from affidavit fikffi in the above entitled cause, that Oliver P. Steele and Vesta A. Steele of the above named deieuuants are-non-resi-dents of the State of Indiana. v Notice is therefores, hereby given the said Oliver P. Steele and Vesta A. Steele that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the 28th day of March, 1910, the same being the 43rd Judicial Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the court House in the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the 7th day of February, A. D., 1910, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness my hand and seal of said court this Ist day of February, 1910. JAMES P. HAtoFLING, ' - Clerk. C. L. Walters and Hooper & Lenhart, Attorneys for Plaintiff. 5t3 HE HAB BEEN PROMOTED. Newton W. Gilbert to be Vice Governor General in the j Washington, Feb. B—Newton W. Gilbert of Fort Wayne, Ind., will be appointed vice governor general of the Philippine Islands. This handsome promotion has been decided upon by President Taft, and xthe formal nomination was maue yesterday. Mr. Gilbert is well known in Indiana, where for years he was a prominent figure in state politics. Re served as lieutenant governor and later was elected to congress from the Twelfth district While he was in congress he made a trip to the Philippines and formed a strong’liking for the archi-

1 pelago. Later, when Taft was secre- ‘ tary of war, he casually offered the - , Indiana man A judgeship in the Phllip- [ pines, not thinking that] Mr. Gilbert I would accept. The congressman sur- • prised him by offering to resign his ; seat in congress without' delay. i ’.' ’ » Washington, Feb. B—After8 —After several - conferences at the white house, Wade ‘ H. Ellis of Ohio resigned his position , as assistant to the attorney general , in the department of justice to accept 1 the chairmanship of the republican executive committed of Ohio and to v . assume charge of the Ohio campaign 1 this fall. < '. . ’ ... , 1 — o— ■ ■ ... ; NEXT LECTURE COURSE NUMBER, r _ The third number of the high school £ i lecture coure will be given on the 1 evening of Monday, February 21st ’ This Is one of the best of the season i and one of the best entertainments I ever given 4n Decatur, the Skovgaard 1 company, and is sure to please all who attend. Plan to do bo. 7 SH O' % — FOR RONT OR SAILE. i .. I, ; In the town of Magley, seven miles ( west of Decatur, Ind., on the Erie i R. R., a house, good barn and' corn > cribs, and other outbuildings, on one • acre of ground, with fine assortment of fruit trees, grapes, etc., all bearing, I and garden spot, to be sold or rent at : reasonable price. For information, - c'all. or write to ERNEST SCHJACKMAN, ’ Decatur, Ind. ' I Feed yard on 2nd St. 34t3 > "' | 0 m ’ FOR SALE—A BARGAIN. . Six room cottage bouse, in good coni dltion, good drove well, good cistern, , good cellar, some fruit, full sized lot, 1 within the railroads, iji good location, \ ’ owner is moving away and will give I you a bargain if sold before Satur- • day, January 29th’ For further Infor--1 motion call -on or ’phbne 430, above Bums’ .harness store. , 20t6 FRUCHTE & LITTERER. i —1 o —: — SURPLUS OF WATER. ’ What with the heavy downpour of rain and |he melting of the ice and snow yesterday, there was so much of a surplus of water that the sewers were unable to carry It all off and many of* those who had cellars awoke I this morning to find them full of water—or if they were fortunate In hiring a good outlet to the cellars—a water fine around the walls about a foot and a half high, showing to what height the water had aspired. L to-.-.,;.-. - . it. x WHEN YOU’RE A8 HOARSE ■as a crow. When you’re coughing , and gasping. When you've bn old- ! fashioned deep-seated cold, take Ah t len’s Lung Balsam. Sold by all drugfl gists, 25c, 50c, anckjl.oo bottles.