Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1895 — Page 4

PUBLISHED WEEKLY. DEMOCRATIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. LEW G. ELLINGHAM, EDITOR. 51.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. THURSDAY, JULY 11 Pullman has now increased the wages of his employes ten per cent. What next may we expect? And it turns out that Governor Matthews is a sound money advocate that is the news papers say as much. President and Mrs. Cleveland startle this part of the country by announcing that they aie the pioud parentsofa new baby girl. Surely those New York reporters are be hind the times or they would have reported it sooner. John W. Foster as a peace-maker is a decided success. He now carries $200,000 in bis wallet in payment for his services in helping China and Japan to come together upon satisfactory terms and conditions. This is a great country. “Favorable trade conditions continue. General advances in wages of industrial employes— Latest advices being that more than one million industr al workmen have received an advance averaging 10 per cent.” —Brandstreet. Under the new laws now in effect, the township trustees will assemble in the auditor’s office on the first Monday in September to elect a county superintendent, who will serve for two years thereafter. This act is an amendment to section 4421 of the r vised statutes of 1801. William D. Bymun began his sound money crusade Monday night Lpencer, Owen county, lieiug his starting point. Gold bug papers report him large andenthusiaticaudiences while the free silver anther icates rejiort the reverse. Shut your eyes and take your choice.

When Governor Mathews said that John G. Shanklin was entitled to better recogn tion from the ad ministration, he told a fact that sparkied with all kinds of facts He sacrificed himself when a can candidate for governor, by’advocating Cleveland, and then was sntibed by the administration for his kindness. The late fee and salary law is to come to grief so far as county auditors ami treasurers ate concerned, that is providing these officials can bag it in the courts. Such is the arrangements, the test to be com menced in Vanderburg county. Through some mistake the law re quires these officials to earn their salary in fees else they will come out short. As a matter of fact the fees attached to these offices are only nominal, and wouldn’t begin to liquidate any part of a salary. This l>eing true, the courts are asked to sift out the justice of the act.

Some boards of equalization are having fun with thebanks, bankers and building and loan associations, the latter however will be eventual ly settled in the supreme court. The banks won’t deliver their books for inspection, but when asked about any certain individual, will show how be stands with the batik. Ws don't blame the banks, and I hen too, it would lie a stunner to equalization boards to find many of the supposed tax evaders in debt to these banks, a fact they failed to report, and fi-r which they would be entitled to a reduction of their assessed valuation. But the number of people who pay taxes upon but little of what they own, .lie no small number, and thlist is increasing.

It was claimed that the McKinley tariff was a great assistance to the American hen, but a recent oe curenee at Pottsville, Pa,, shows hens are developing under tariff re form as rapidly as prosperity is in creasing. The hen in this case flew into an old church building and laid an egg on one as the seats. A young lady found it and it was an inspiration to her. She took it home and used it in making a cake which was sold as a beginning for fund for a new church, that fund is now rapidly developing and new church is assured. Thee is a triumph of tariff reform which will go thundering down the ages. Who ever heard of a hen building a church under a high tariff.’ Noone. Under its blighting influenc no intelligent hen would undertake such aithing. But when the fetters of trade are cast off she rises to the full hight of her henhood and startles the world with her accomplishments.—Sentinel.

A Few Pointers. Below will be found a number of questions with answeis which may be serviceable information to our readers: 1. Is the standard of weight at the United States mint the troy pound? It is. The law of May 19. 1828, made a brass weight obtained from England, exactly equal to the British pound troy, the standard for all mint transactions, and directed the director of the mint to procure multiple and subdivision weights for actual use. This is re enacted by sec. 3,5480fthe revisedatatutee. 2. Why is the ounce used in place of the pound in all reports of gold and silver purchase or coinage! Presumably forconvenience, just as we speak of amounts of lumber by feet instead of rods or furlongs. The amount of gold or silver in coins is always given ingrains in stead of ounces, because they eon tain less than an ounce. Gold and silver are usually sold by the ounce because pound quantities are not common, and the custom may have originated in that way. There is no legal requirement for it so far as we are aw are. 3. Can any person, citizen or foreigner, have his gold coined into American dollars at our mints free of charge? Not into dollars, because the coinage of the gold dollar is suspended by law. He may have it made into any lawful gold coins. 4. Can any person have his silver coined into dollars at t.he mints at his own expense! No, he can have it made into bars.

5. What is the exact meaning of seigniorage? We cannot say that it has an exact meaning. As used in our silver purchase laws of 1878 and 1890 it means the difference between the face value of silver dollars and the amount paid for the silver of which they are composed. The silver was bought at market value, which was from 1878 to the repeal of the Sherman purchase law considerably less than the coining value. The difference is the seigniorage contemplated by these laws. 6. Since we are on the single gold standard, why is gold not in circulation? It is in circulation. At least there is about 8495,000,000 in gold in the country outside of the national treasury, and that is what “in circulation” most of it is stored away in banks. The reason is partly that people prefer paper money to coin for ordinary use, and partly because the free coinage agitation, the recent panic, the lack of faith in government have led some timid people to hoard gold. 7. What is the meaning of 16 to 1? As used in our coinage laws it; means that any amount of gold coin shall be equal to 16 .more exactly 15.98) times its weight of silver coin. In other words it means that a silver dollar contains I 16 times as much weight of silver as a gold dollar contains of gold. Under free coinage it meant that the United States valued gold sixteen times as high as silver, by i weight. Democratic Platform. 1890. “We denounce the silver bill so called the Sherman Purchasing Act, recently enacted es an ionomer. It perpetuates the demonetiz rtion of silver and the single gold standard, whereas the interests of the . pe >ple require the c unplete remonetization ’of silver and its restoration to perfect equality with gold in our coinage. We demand the free and unresricted coinage of silver upon the basis existing prior to 1873.” 1892. “We believe that there should be kept in constant circulation a full and sufficient volume of money consis ingot gold, silver, and legal tender paper currency at par with each ether.” 1894. “We te-atliru. our belief that both gold and silver should be used as the standard money of the country, and that both should be coined without discriminating against either metal, and without charge for mintage. We believe it absolutely neccessary to the welfare and prosperity of the great ! producing masses that silver should be restored to the place it occupied in the cur j reucy system a quarter of century ago, and we hail with delight the many signs of revolution in public opinion in the great cornmere d nations in favor of a restoration of the bimetallic system. We pledge our hearty efforts to secure the adoption of every measure for thecomplete restoration of silver to its proper place in our monetary system either through international agreement or by -uch safeguards of legislation as shall assure the maintenance of the equal parity of the two metals, and | the power of every dollar at all times in ( the markets, and in payment of debts, and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par and redeemable in such > coin.” I — = Indianapolis will have a city election this fall, and the democrats are already grooming them- ■ selves for a victorious finish when the returns come in. Tom Taggart is spoken of as a candidate for mayor, in which event success would be doubly assured.

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The Clover Leaf. T., St. L. &K.C.R. R. In effect May 26. I S 'X> EAST. Passenger 7:50 p. m. Express 5:10a.m. Local 1:45 p. m. WEST. Passenger 5:10 a. m. Express 8:33 p. m. Local 9:40 a. m. E A. Whinrey. Agent. The G. R. & I. (Effect June 23.1895.) TRAINS NORTH. •No. 3. *No. 5. *No. 1. Richmond 11:90am 11.25 pm 3:3opm Parry 11:10 " 3:40 “ Votaw 3:4# “ Harley 3:51 “ Fountain City. 11:25 ” 3:57 “ Johnson 11:35 “ 4:10 “ Lynn 11:40 “ 12:02am 4:15 “ Slow Hill 11:46 4:21 “ Woods 11:49 ♦♦ 4:24 - Winchester.... 12:03 “ 12:20am 4:34 ’• Stone 12:10 pm 4:44 " Ridgeville 12:19 " 12:34 ain 4:53 - Ooltet 12:32 " 5m5 ” Portland 12:42 “ 12:51 a m 5.17 “ Jay 12:52 “ 5:26 “ Briant 1259 “ 5:32 Geneva 1:07 “ 1:10am 5:41 ” Ceylon 5:43 “ Berne 1:18 “ 5:51 “ Monroe 1:32 “ 6:61 “ DECATUR 1:45 “ I:B7am 6:12 “ Monmouth... . 6:18 “ Williams 2:01 “ 6:26 “ Hoagland 2:06 “ 6:31 “ Adams 6:43 “ Fort Wayne.... 2:35 “ 2:loam 6:55 “ •Daily, except Sunday. ♦Daily to Grand Rapids. TRAINS SOUTH. ♦No. 2. *No. 6. tNo. 4. Fort Wayne ... 1:15 p m 11:45 p m 5:45 a m Adams 5:58 “ Hoagland 1:40 “ 12:14 am 6:13 “ Williams 1:45 “ 12:20 - 6:18 - Monmouth 6:24 “ DECATUR.. 1:59 “ 12:36 “ 6:30 ’ Monroe 2:13 “ 12:49 “ 6:44 " Berne 2:25 12:59 “ 6;56 “ Ceylon 7:04 “ Geneva 2:35 " 1:10 “ 7:06 “ BHuht 2:44 “ 1:20 “ 7:15 “ Jay “ 7:21 “ Portland 3:00 “ 1:40 “ 7:30 “ Collett “ 7:41 “ Ridgeville... . 3:24 “ 2:03 - 7;50 “ Stone.. “ 7:59 ” Winchester.... 3:44 " 2:25 “ 8:09 ” Woods “ 8:22 “ Snow Hill 2:36 “ 8:25 *• Lynn 4:05 “ 2:42 “ 8:32 " Johnson “ 8:38 “ Fountain City. 4:21 2:57 “ 8:49 " Haley .. 8:55 “ Votaw 8:59 - Parry 9:08 “ Richmond 4:45 “ 3:20 “ 9:15 “ ♦Daily Grand Rapids. (Daily ex. Sunday. Jeff Bryson, Agent C. L. Lockwood, Gen. Pas. Agent.

Erie bines. -T. t * J I XSchedule in effect No* v ember 25, 181*4. Trains leave Decatur an follows: WEST. No. 5, vest ibule limited, daily for I Chicap f 2:13 p. m. No. 3, I’acihc express. daily tori Chicag0.................... ( 1:27 a. m. No. 1, express, daily except Sun- i day for Chicago ( 10:45 a. m. No. 31. iocai. daily except Sun- i_ day ) 10:45 a. m. EAST No. 8. vestibule limited, daily for I New York and Boston f 8:08 p. m. No. 2. express, daily except Sun- i day for New York f 1:55 p. m. No. 12, express, daily for New I York J 1:34 a. m. No. 30. local, daily except Sun- I day i 10:45 a. m. Tbrongh coaches and sleeping cars to New York and Boston. Trains 1 and 2 stop al all stations on the C. & E. Division. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus. Circleville. Chillicothe, Waverly, Portsmouth, Ironton, and Kenova, via Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo, and Norfolk &. Western lines .1. W. DeLong, Agent W G MacF. • T P. A.. iluutiustou. TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State of Indiana. Adams County, ss.: In the Adams Circuit Court, August Term. 1895. The .Etna Life Insur-'j ance Company No. 5043. vs. Complaint to foreJohn Orians. close mortgage. Katie Orians. It appearing from affidavit, filed in the above entitled cause, that John Orians and Katie Orians. the above-named defendants, are non-residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said John Orians and Katie Orians that they lie and appear before the Hon. Judsre of the Adams Circuit Court on the third day of Septemlwr. 1895, the same being the twentieth I juridical day of the next regular term thereof, to he holden at the Court House in the city of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the twelfth day of August. A. D. 1895. and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness, my na-me. and the seal of said court, hereto affixed this [seal] ninth day of July, 1895. John H. Lenhart, Clerk. By E, Burt Lenhart, Deputy. Schurger. Reed & Smith. Attorneys for Plaintiff. 39w3

t . T. ra-ocr. a. T «■ S' FRANCE A MERRYMAN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. DECATUR. IND. Office—Nos. 1. i and A over Ada ms ' ' l “" 1 ' We refer, by permission, to Adams co. liaiis. . A. r. BCATTY J- r - MA5> MANN A BEATTY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW And Notaries Public. Pension claims prosecuted. Odd Fellows building. I 8080 4 COFFEE. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rooms over P. O. Decatur. Ind H. F. COSTELLO, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office on west side of Second Street, over Tevervs Hardware Sion-. KesWi-nfe on a. m T...ru Street. between Monroe fi-t .!:*■ .0.011. Calls nromntly attended today and night. Money to Loan. I have money to loan onthe I. »an it ion nia!. N f - ' I be paid by born • ■ ' - Can furnish money on a few days noti- • BU' a home and stop paying rent. Low n’< •’! interest. Office over Donovan A Bremer camp, c entral Grocery, De atur. Ind. PAUL HOOPER GEORGE R. DICKERSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Pension*and Collections a specialty. Office in the John 0. Hale Building GENEVA. -■■ - INDIANA John Scburger. W. H. Reed. Dave E. Smith SCHURGER. REED & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Money to Loan at lowest rates of interest. Attracts of title, real estate and collections. Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Welttey block. 38 | J. D. HALE DEALER IN Grain, Seed, Wool, Salt, Oil, Coal, Lime, Fertilizers. Elevators on the Chicago A Erie and Clover Leaf railroads. Office and retail store southeast corner of Second and Jefferson Streets. Your patronage solicited. 1 1 . E. H. LeBRUN, Trtnintj and taiid, Decatur, Indiana. Office:—Corner Second and Madison street. Treatsail Diseases of Domesticated Animals. making a specialty of Optical Cases. Calls day or night, promptly attended to. 26-ly Capital $120,000. Established 1871 THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK Decatur, Indiana. Does a general banking business, makes collections In all parts of the country. Buys town, township and county or<. Foreign and domestic exchange bought and •*->ld. In- i terest paid on time deposits. Officers—W.H. Niblick. Presidimt: D. Studebaker, Yice President; R. K. Allison. Cashier, and 0. S. Niblick Assistant ‘ airier

A. L. DEVILBISS, DENTIST I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Professional Dentist. Teeth extracted without pain. Especial attention given to bridge work like iliusi n afieve. Terms reasonable, Office ond street, over Rosen- I thall's clothing More. 25-ly Dr. C. V. CONNELL, Yttaiwy ui blsl Decatur, Ind. Office I. O. O. F. Block. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Toronto Veterinary Dental School. Tri: >all diseases of domesticated anima’s. Calls attended to day or night. IS WHEN OTHERS FAIL, Consult With Doctor H. E Keller. Physo-Medical Physician and Surgeon, formerly of Chicago, now known as Decatur's leading and most successful Specicialist He makes a specialty of all forms of Chronic Diseases, such as Blor.d and Skin Diseases, >ores, Bpots. Pimples. Scrofula. Private Diseases. Tumors. Tetter. Eczema. Asthma. Indolent Ulcers, Acute and Chronic Bronchitis. Catarrh. Heart Trouble. Diseases of the Eye, Neuralgia, Rheumatism. Piles. Fistula. Fissures, Rectal Ulcers, Nervous Debility of the . young, middle aged and old people, Diseases of Women and Children, and in fact all disi eases that the hnman body is heir to. My past and uniform success encourages me in promising full satisfaction to all my pa- ' tients. Consultations at my office, free: Ger- ! mar. and English spoken. I will also attend ' to all calls day or night, city or country, do- . Inga general practice and conforming strictly i to the principles of the Physo-Medical School I of Medicine. There are no poisons used in my method of treatment. 1 keep a full line of i drugs on hand and furnish all medicines from my office. I hope by strict adherence to the principles of truth and honest dealing to merit you patronage. lam yours truly. H. E. KELLER, M. D. Office over Ilolthouse’s Shoe Store, on west side of Second street. Residence near corner of Fourth and Madison streets, opposite the Catholic church. Office hours from 8 a. m. to 11 a. m., and from 1 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. and from 6p.m. to 8 p. m. Lock box 144. Telephone 77. Decatur. Indiana.

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