Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1869 — Page 3

The Eagle. FRIDAY DEC, a. IMH». Local & Miscellaneous. *•- Mew Advertluements. Notice of Administration —Syphers. Democratic Convention. The Democrats of Adams conn ty nrc requested to meet in Convention, at the Court House in Decatur, on Saturday, December 18, 1869,'f0r the purpose of appointing delegates to attend the Democratic State Convention, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the Convention. A general attendance is requested. J. R. 8080, Ch’n. A. H. Hill, Secretary. jfcy The December Term of Commissioners' Court commences on Monday. /nr The members of the Decatur Band are making preparations to give a Concert Christmas Eve. jar The Miesse House is for sale or rent. This is a good chance for any person who knows how to “keep tavern.” J3T Those who have, been par ticular to request us to take wood on subscription, are informed we are very anxious to see it coming—we want it. jtyWe hope that our Democratic friends will remember the call of the Central Committee, and not fad to attend the Convention on the 18th prox XTWe offer the Eagle free to any person sending us the names of five subscribers, accompanied ■with the requisite amount of cash, <7.50. jgr We are turning out a large amount of job work. Call and see specimens of our work and get our figures on the same. Cheap for cash is our motto. jar We would like to purchase two or three bushels of hickory nuts. Those having the article to dispose of will find a purchaser by calling at this office. « —- - — - J3T Tile Teachers of this county are circulating a petition, asking the County Examiner to hold a Teachers’ Institute, at Decatur, between the 25th of December and the Ist of January. J3T Quite a number of persons have complitd with our proposition, by which they receive the American Stock Journal free for one year. See the conditions by which it may be obtained, to be found elsewhere. XT The protracted meeting at the M. E. Church, which we noticed some time since, is still in progress. A considerable number have joined the church. There seems to be no abatement in the interest manifested. Xy The of this place are agitating the question of doing away with the credit system, and commencing a cash business on the first day of January next, be lieving it to be better for both buyer and seller. . JO“ A town in Georgia has been guilty of another great outrage. — A darkie, who was an assessor of internal revenue, was taken in —J hand by the terrible Klu Klux and vanished on time. Being a nigger and an assessor, it is a serious as- » fair. Both houses of Congress will doubtless become pregnant wjth the highly important duty of fixing up another batch of amendments to that useless article of Uncle Sain's, known as a constitution. The people of Georgia should be punished. Some “loyal” white men should be sent down <. there. A genuine carpet bagger among them six months would learn unrepentant rebels! a chanter on manners due to gkshrmAhA officials, that would forever par tcct any sable official from a repetition of the offence in question. It is stated that one hundred and eighty thousand people have left Havana since the Cuban revolution commenced, and that there are ten thousand vacant houses in tWxity.

Packard’s Monthly.—This is = one of the most interesting periodicals that visits our table. It is always filled with fresh, original . contributions, from the earnest, thoughtful, progressive writers of the times, of both sexes. The De- ; cember number, with its usual variety. has reached us. Subscrip tion 81 a year. Address S. S. Packard, publisher, New York. A Good Move —The merchants , of this place, on Tuesday morning, - marked down all their prints to . 12| cents per yard. This is a wise > move on their part. In this age j of steam and telegraphs every- » thing moves with a click, and the - merchant who would do business must depend upon close margins and large sales. Such a course is a standing advertisement to any : business house, and one that in f time will result in larger gains than a can accrue by following the opposite course. Sensible to the Last. —After } viewing the meteor ot the 28th of October, ’69. Already had the moon spread her mantle of mellow r silvery light upon the face of ; things, and the whole family of , stars were mingling their radiance in the great ocean of splendor.— Our hero arose from his couch, shook the dew drops from his gray I locks, and straightway wended his s way to the Drug Store of Dor win • & Bro., purchased a lot of Dr. J. B. Townsend's Headache and Blood Purifying Pills, Worm Loz } enges. and Magic Oil, for his whole , family. They excel all others. * 1 For Sale or Rent —T‘e Miesse House, Decatur, Ind. The undersigned will sell or rent his hotel known as the “Miesse House.” It , is situated on the corner of Third street, opposite the Court House, and contains every modern im provement, such as stable, cellar, r cistern, good well of water, etc. 1 I will also sell the furniture with 1 the house, or sell the same to the 7 person who rents. With the furniture is a first-class Piano also for sale For further particulars, call on or address as above. I. J. MIESSE. ) Nov. 29, 1869. r_ _ _ Helmbold’s Bucdv. — Among k . the many advertised remedies, r none more fully and faithfully cars ry out all that is claimed for them than the above named deservedly I popular medicine. As a curative power for all diseases of the kidneys, female weakness, dy pepsia, s and other complaints consequent - upon irregular habits, there is said ? to he nothing to equal it, and as a r proof of this, regular physicians in • New York city and elsewhere are ? freely recommending it for diseases as above mentioned, while at no time during the eighteen years it 1 has been in existence, has its sale" been as rapid as now. Like every 1 good article, tuis as well has Imo r tntors; bo parties buying should be sure to ask for and get none other but that known as Helmhold's Fluid Extract of Btichu — Springfield Journal. History of Woman. > The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, have i just published, to sell through Agents, a small Octavo volume of 448 pages, and 21 full page en-1 i gravings, by Dr. L. P. Brocketts, I - author of "Woman's Work in the ■ f Civil War.” It is entitled. “Wo-| i man, her Rights, Wrongs, Privi-r I leges and Responsibilities, being a ’ History of her Condition in all ■ ages and countries, from her Crei ation and Fall in Eden to the prest ent time.” r The author describes woman's condition, wrongs and Bufferings i r (it does not apfiear that she had any rights) from the Creation. , down to the Christian era; her gradual improvement under Christianity; the laws relating to Woman ; her education, employment, I wages; her capacity for variotiw • callings of life, public and private;' and the inexpediency of Woman " Suffrage. The work contains his torical facts ami data which will be of great value to.the public, especially in consideration of the increasing interest on the “Woman Question.” A large number of spirited engravings illustrate women engaged ! in various branches of industry—•

education, public and private life, some ot which are novel, showing woman in new’ positions claimed as a right by advocates of Woman Suffrage. The frontispiece is an honest i steel plate, showing Woman as i Queen of the Family. Then we j have her ploughing with an ass— , standing at the door of her tent’ directing the work of four htis-1 bands—in the streets of Vienna going up the ladder shouldering I a hod of mortar —on the stump ' out West engaged in screaming oratory —in Salmon P. Chase’s i Chair in the Supreme Court, etc. I Some of the illustrations are quite humorous, evincing a touch of benevolence on the part of the pub-, liaher to amuse, while the work itself is a calm, instructive volume, by a writer whose work on the he roisin of our noble, self sacrificing women during the late war has i given him a pleasing position ( among the historians ot' the times, i The publisher, in his advertisement for Agents, says the work commends itself to that somewhat numerous class of our fellow citi- i zens, who have or who h&ve had— j mothers! Commercial. Wheat commands in this market from 90 to 95 cents per bushel. Very little is offered, holders pre fernng to wait for better prices. Corn is worth from 80 to 90 cents per bushel, and is a scarce article. Very few farmers have a surplus. Pork is selling from 9 to 11 cents per pound. Live hogs range , from 7to cents. Very little pork has been offered in this maiket ibis season. Eggs are worth 30 cents per dozen, and are scarce at that price. Bitter has been commanding 28 cents per pound this week. “Brick”-bats. It costs about four hundred dollars to winter an elephant If the people could only winter the Presidential elephant as cheap. A Southern exchange tells of a negro who insisted that his race was mentioned in the Bible. He said he heard the preacher read about how “Nigger Demus wanted to be born again.” Miss Anthony savs there are already fifty members of Congress fivor the women's movement. — The Treasury girls at Washington say all the members of Congress do. * Some Western paper thinks that Congress can have a dead thing on the election of a Radical Pres ident hereafter, by passing a law that the States of Vermont and lowa shall do all the voting. As a matter of of interest to Boston ladies wl|o use this paper to curl their hair after reading it, we will state that a colored member of the Virginia House of Delegates is worth 8100.000. and unmarried. Now, this is a secret. The Rocky Mountain rat is said to be eighteen inches long, ami can outsteal anything in his line We don't often make wagers, but we will back certain Radical office h dders against any other rats in America. Bring no your rats, ours are ready.— Pomeroy's Democi at. The . ax on Farmers. The following letter from the j Commissioner of Internal Revenue, addressed to General Daniel ■ Woodall, assessor of United States . interna! revenue for Delaware, is | published for the information of hall concerned: Office of Internal Revenue, Washington, Nov. 6. 1869—Sir: Your letter of the 4th inst , inquiring “if fanners who go to mar ket regularly twice a' week and sell their produce from the curbstone along the market, at any place they I can find not already occupied, ' should be regarded as produce brokers,’* is received. I reply that they should l>e regarded as produce brokers, and required to pay special tax as such. Fanners arc exempt from special , tax when selling their produce at of production, or in the : manner of peddlers, but selling at' the market place, even thongh a j different stand or station is taken ; every time, is not selling in the manner of a peddler. The farmer who .is in the habit ‘ of going to the market and selling in the manner above indicated makes it his business so to sell, j and should be required to pay spe cial tax accordingly. Very respectfully. J. W. Douglass, Acting Com'r. '

The Afifectlonl. There is a famous passage in the writing of Rouseau, the great delineator of the human heart, which | is as true to human nature as it is ; beautiful in expression: “Were ] I in a desert 1 would find out ; wherewith in it to call forth my ' affections. If I could do no bet- ' ter I would fasten them on some ‘ sweet myrtle, or some melancholy i cypress, to connect myself to. I j would court them for their shade I and greet them kindly for their ' protection. I would write my ' name upon them, and declare that they were the sweetest trees • throughout all the desert. If their I leaves withered I wottld teach my- ' self to mourn, and when they rejoiced I would rejoice along with them.” Such is the absolute ne.cessity which exists in the human heart of having something to loVe. Unless the affections have an ‘object life itself becomes joyless and insipid. The affections have this peculiarity, that thev are not so much the means of happiness, as their exercise is happiness itself i And not only so, if they have no object, the happiness derived from our other powers is cut off. The Radicals of New York pro fesa to be anxious to know in what j way the Democrats of that State j propose to use their recent splendid victory. Governor Hoffman responds by saying that the Demo crats propose to make the Ligislature oi"t!:?.t State honest, which it has not "been for some time ;to use the Legislature for promoting the interests of the masses of unpeople, and not the interests of the few, which the Radicals have not done for some time; to give i the people of that State all over. I the rights of self government, abolish all laws that infringe upon the rights of localities and make the State and the Government in I all its branches thoroughly Demo ' cratic. If the Democrats will carry out the reforms suggested by Governor Hoffman, the people j will give the Democracy along j lease of power Speaking of the Tennessee senatorial election, Graitis reported to have said, “I think the election of Johnson would have been of service to my party.'’ “Once in the fight of ages past,” we had presidents of the United States; but since th accession of radicalism to power, men elected to the chief magistracy are exclusively in the interests of the faction to which they owe their elevation. Hence Grant's talk about serving his “party ” is as natural and as characteristic of his political as sociations, as it is narrow, mean, and disgraceful. General Ames, in addition to de daring that he will march the United States troops from poll to poll in Mississippi, if such action is necessary to elect the Radical ticket, has created a bad condition of feeling in the State, by appointing as registering officers and judges, men whose personal character and antecedents fit them for nothing so* well as dishonest, despicable work. This General Ames is a candidate for the United States Senate, and is allowed t? use the Federal troops to prop his chances These facts are all known to President Grant, ami yet lie does not inter sere. Such a want of proper action shows him to be m >re of a politician than a patriot. A Republican paper of Philadel ■ phia, shortly after the late elec tion, made the following announce ment: “Large numbers of workmen are to be discharged from the Philadelphia navy-yard. Only enough will lie retained to perform the necessary work.” A As omy “enough men to do ne* are to be retained, the question ari«es, very naturally, “What sort of work were those doing who are not to be retained ?” Unnecessary work, we suppose, and what need to pay men for that ? Brigham Young's excommuni cated elders complicate the situa tion by refusing to give up their i tickets of memltership in the “School of the Prophets.” A Mississippi pajier says they have tried negro jurymen, and by the watch every negro went to sleep in exactly four minutes after getting into the box. Nashville was governed forty- ' seven y«ars by a City Council which received no remuneration for its services, being content with the honors, etc. Two gentlemen out prospecting along the Denver Pacific railroad track, came across a herd of one thousand antelopes. An ex rebel in Richmond has given seven hundred bushels of coal to the poor of that city with out taking ‘hs test oath Canby ' is in doubt as to the loyalty of ths transaction. Never lay a stumbling block in the way of a man who is trying to ’ advance himself in the world hon- i i estly and uprightly, for he is likely .to walk over *1 and laugh at you aftarwards. •*

A Sharp Dun.—The Allentown (Pa.) Democrat has a pungent way of dunning delinquents of long standing. This is its mildest style; “Joseph Lazarus, of Catasauqua, has been reading our paper since August 1, 1860. without paying for it. Would like to see you come down with 818.17, Joseph. If you don't we are going to make the best ‘local" of you that our 1 readers have seen in a long time. J So take your choice, Joe.’’ SECIAL NOTICES. The Great Pictorial Annual. Hostetter's United States Almanac for 1870. for distribution, gratis, throughout the United States and ail civilized countries of the Western Hemisphere, will be published about the first of January, and all who wish to understand the true philosophy of health should read and ponder the valuable suggestions it contains. In addbion to an admirable medical treatise on the causes, prevention and cure of a great variety o' diseases, it embraces a large amount of in ormation interesting to the merchant, the mechanic, the miner, the farmer, the planter, and professional man; and the calculations have been made for such meridians and latitudes as are most suitable for » correct and comprehensive ; National CalexDar. The nature, uses, and extraordinary sanitary effects of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, the staple tonic and alterative of more than half the Christian world, are fully set forth in its pages, which are also interspersed with pictorial illustrations, valuable reoipes tor the houshold and farm, humorous anecdotes, and other instructive and amusing reading matter, original and selected Among the Annuals to appear with the opening of the year, this will be one of the most useful, amd may be had fur the asking. Send for copies tp . the Centtil Manufactory, at Pittsburgh, i Pa., or to the nearest dealer in II“STET- ■ i TER S STOMACH BITTERS. The BIT-1 TERS arc iold in every city, town nnd village, and are extensively used throughout the entire civilized ( rh HALL’S ! Bt Vegetable Sicilian /LT HAIR WER. PHYSICIANS AND CLERGYMEN Testify to its merits in restoring GRAY HAIR to its original color and promot- | ing its growth. It makes the hair soft and glossy. The old in appearance are made young nga ; n. It is the best HAIR DRESSING ever used. It removes Dandruff and all I Scurvy Eruptions, It does not strin the : skin. Our Treatise on the Hair sent free by mail. Beware of the numerous preperations , which are so'd upon our reputation. R. P. HALL & Co. Nashua, N. H. Proprietors, For sale by all druggists. W, G, SPENCER & BRO,, - DEALERS IS—HARDWARE. - ■ HAVING increased their stock, so M ) to comprise ezery article kept in a , 4L>r|ware establishment, respectfully dsfi'for a continued patronage from the citizens of Ad.itns and the adjoining Counties. Being engaged exclusively in the Hardware Business they expect to offer extra inducements to every one wishing to purchase any- . thing In their line. Hardware for Blacksmiths and Wagon Makers; Iron and Steel of every description. I Horse Shoes, Horse uhoe Iron. Norway Nail Rod, Hardware for Builders, Sash of every size. Glass, Nails, Doors, [ Locks, Thumb Latches. Butts, Screws. I Hasps and staples in fact eve ything in the building line. For Carpenters and Joiners, ■ Cross Cut, Hand, Tenon, Compass and I Wood Saws. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, , Planes and Plane Irons. I HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS . of every description constantly on hand Table & Pocket. CiTJery, Iron. Albats, Silver and Plated Table . aud Tea Spoons. It would be impossible to enumerate everything kept io this establishment. All who are in want of Hardware of any | description are invited to call and examine their stock. You will be remunerated by getting what you want at low prices They have not marked their goods for the purpose of di»c<nuiti*g ten per cent for cash to favored customers at I theexpense of others, but intend doing an honest legitimate business, having owe price for ill. the rich and the poor. CaH at the Sip of tie "PADLOCK” before purchasing elsewhere, as they hope by strict attention to business and a disposition to sell at fair and reasona- | olepric **, to establish a proitabie Hard- ' ware eateblishmaaL. vl*s*

ROOT 4 COMPANY’S GREAT ORIGINAL “NEW YORK STORE* 90 Columbia Street, e FORT WALVE. Dry goods arc cheaper tills fall than they have been for years. ZBT-EIXjS! ROOT Sl COMPANY 90 Columbia M., Invite Flannel Buyers' Attention to their large stock, which they offer from 10 to 25 cents per yard leas than last season's prices. 1 ’ Gilberts Unshrinkable White Flannels. Real Enfield Shaker Flannels. , Red, White, and Yellow All Wool Flannels, 25cper yard. Silk and Wool Flannels, Welsh Flannels. Heavy Gray Skirting Funnels. Bright Plaid Opera Flannels for Children's Use, 40 and 60 cents per yard. Grav. Bine, and Red Twilled Flan nels. 30, 35, 40, and 50 cents per yard. All Colors of Plain Opera Flannels. Domet, or Cotton, and Wool Flan nels, 25, 30, and 35c per yard. Heavy Stripe and Plaid Factory Flannels, 30, 35. 40, and 50c. i Real English Canton Flannels. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, A SPRCIALTY AT ROOT & COMPANY'S, 90 Columbia Street. Close cash buyers will save money by examining ourlarge and attractive stock. Onlj- the best and most reliable makes of Linen and Cotton Goods offered. Barnsley Linen Sheetings and Pil low Casings, I All Widths of Cotton Sheetings and Pillow Casings. Bost makes of Bleached and Brown Shirtings. , French Toilet Quilts. : Honey Comb and Lancaster Counterpanes. I Dimity Spreads. Spot and Damask Tabic Linens, i by the yard. /All sizes of Bleached and Brown Tablecloths. Scotch Huck Towelings. ; Bordered and Fringed Towels. j Dinner and Tea Napkins. ! Fruit Doylies. Russia Crashes. Scotch Diapers. Embossed Table Covers. Curtain Draperies. I Bed and Crib Blankets. | Grev Blankets, I DRESS GOODS! ROOT & COMPANY, 90 Columbia St. Are now offering an elegant stock of Rich Dress Goods, for Fall and . Winter use. in heavy Plain Scotch I Poplins. Rich Tartan Plaids, Solid ■ Colored Silks in all Shades. White, j | Gold and Green Edge Black Repp ' Silks, Irish Poplins. Eppinglines. | Velours. Orleans Cloths, French ■ i Merinos in all Colors. Bright i ■ Plaids for Children, Handsome | : Dress Goods at 40, 50 and 60 cents I per yard, with an immense stock of low price Dress Goods at 20, 25 and 30 cents, all of which are great bargains; Also, a choice line ’ of full and half Mourning Goods. | in all the most desirable fabrics in use. Root A Company, 90 Columbia Street BLANKETS! Lirge Stock of White Be«l Blankets for family us?, at $3.00, $3.50, $4.50, $6.00 to $15.00 per pair. Fine Crib Blankets 1 Silver Gray Blankets, Brown Blankets Buggy Blankets, all at extremely low prices, at ROOT & COMPANY’S, kt J Jt. L ZEI. 1 • I Os every description for Men and Boys Wear. All Wool Cassi meres. 75, U 5, SI.OO. and $1.25 per yard. Heavy Jeans. Satinets, Melton's Broadcloths, and Doeskins. Large Stock and Low Prices, at - • - ROOT A COUPAYY’S. GHA-A.IBJ «■ * r 20 Bales of the Best Brands of Grain Rags, at Chicago pricee, hy the Bale or Dozen, at ROOT A COHPAMY’S. ZB -A.T T ING! 75 Bales of Common Medium, Fine and Superfine Cotton Batting, at from sto 7 1-2 cents per pound less than market price, at ROOT * CO If PA AY'S 1* 27 •• CelauUa Krast

-fatice of Appointment of Administratrix, 'Vt’OTICE is hereby given that the ttß* dersigned has been appointed Ad* miniatratrix of tbe Estate of William Sy pliers, bite of Adatns county, deceased. The Estate is probably solvent. SARAH E. SYPHERS, Dee, 3,1869. Administratrix. Petition to Sell Real Estate Strife of Indiana, 1 ’ * Adams county, ) * NOTICE is hereby g'ven that Jesse Niblick,Adtninis -ator of the Estate of Joseph L. Eyanson, deceased, has filed his petition to »ell the real estate of the decedent, his personal estate being insufficient to pay his debts; and that said petition will be heard »t the neat term of the Court of Common Pleas of said county. Witness my hand, and tbe seal (L. s.) of the said Court, this 10th day of November, A. D. 1869. A. J. HILL, Clerk. November 12, 4w Appointment of Executors. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have been appointed Executors of the last Will and Testament of Ulerick Amstutz, .deceased. The Estate is supposed to be solvent. CHRISTIAN B. LAHMAN, JOHN SPRINGER, Executors. Nov. 19, 1869. n32w4 - - Sale of Land. 'VrOHCE is hereby given that the tin* dersigned, Executors of the last Will of Ulrich Amstutz, deceased, will sell at private sale, on and after the2sth day of December, A. D. 1869, at the late residence of the decedent, in Wabash ‘ownship, Adams county, in the State of Indiana, the following described Real Estate, to wit: The north west quarter of the south east quarter of section four (4), intown* ship twenty five (25) north, range fourteen (14) east, in Adams county, in the State of Indiana, on such terms as may be agreed upon. JOHN SPRINGER, CHRISTIAN B.LAHMAN, Executors. Nov. 12,1869. n32w4 Petition to Sell Real Estate. State of Indiana, ) ss _ Adams County, /' NOTICE is hereby given that Naney Hoagland. Administratrix of the Estate of Isaac Hoagland, deceased, lias filed her petition to sell the real estate of the decedent, his personal estate being insufficient to pay his debts; and that said petition will be heard at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas of . said county. Witness my hand, nnd the seal , (L.s.) of said Court, this 10th day of November, A. D. 1869. A. J. HILL, November 12, w 4 Clerk. Sale of Real ■ alate. is hereby given, that by virtue of an order ot the Adams Common Pleas Court, the undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Christina Kilchoffer, deceased, will offer for sale at public auction, at the Court House door in Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, on Saturday, December Ath, 1869. between the hours of ten o’clock A. M. and four o'clock P. M., the following de. scribed real estate to-wit: The southwest quarter of section twen-ty-five (25,) in township twenty-six (26) north, of range thirteen (13) east, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land, situate in Adams county Indiana. Tehms: —One third cash in hand. Tbe residue in equal payments at one and two years from date of sale, with notes at interest waiving benefit of valuation i and appraisement laws, and secured to the satisfaction of the Administrator. PETER HOFSTETLER. Oct. 29, 1369. Adminintrator. Ni W & CARRIAGE SHOP, IN DECATUR, IADIAYA. JOHN KINC, Axxorxcxs to the citizen* of Adams I county and vicinity, that ho is now prs* pared to put up WAGONS,. . BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS. SLEDS ’ and anything in my line. None but the best seasoned stock used in their construction. and all work warranted as represented. Giveme a call. All kinds of repairing done to order on short notice. SHOP—On ;orn»r of Front and Mon* roe streets, east of the Burt Eouse. vlln’Jyl. JOHN KING. DORWIN“dT”PETERSON , -BXALtISixDrugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy Articles. Sponges. Brushes. Ftrfumtru. Coal Oil. Lamps. Fat ent .Bed DBCA TUR, iS. Physician's Prescriptions carefully 1 compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. Partners and Phy* sicians from the country will find oor stock of Medicines complete, warranted ge-'uine.and of the best quality. v9nS> ts.Notice of of Administrator. is hereby riven that the ■*- *.l dersigned has been ap^o : Bted Ad■ninivtrator n< the estate of P.Mias Dai lev deenased. Ths ssteto is sssedtobs solves*t A. T DAI LIT. Nev &. l»t idmisistreaer.