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rVMiffio ait EERILD PBtOTIKG Publishers. A Republican Newspaper Established in 1848. $2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE 38; HUNTINGTON. 7, 1886. NO.

30. I TlfmnilE ZuaLLlllZUU fcVT. 'rT fcr wNwixjs MXact kf r.S.. 1 I Tft Election. Election day came and Republicans were on hand to see that old Jackson lost no ground as a Republican strong hold, ana the result Is most gratifying being one which does our township honor.

It effectually removes all on certainty from the minds of some wbTlbOUgbt the elecUon of Our ticket seemed very doubtful." and verifies what we said last week that the party in this township is fully cognizant of the urgent and increasing need of Republican role in Huntington conn SlVhiulT wis so muen uTter Was' eM for, loyal members of the party could only give ivent to their enthusiasm by the aid Of dynamite which shook up old Jackson" from center to elream ference grand QEP Aa TztIr. tST were so many Independent candidates thrt the rote was divided. Following we give the majorities of the candi dates elected: Trurtee O.John 57 AZr J. W.Hart 105 Justice John Hacketu .108 Conrtable R. Langston 96 Constable Samuel Bash 8 JOTS.

J1 meant f91 ft fK John Morrison looked after the ministerial vote. Republicans struck a sledge ham mer blow Monday. WU1 some kindly disposed person ee tO it that the Democracy's grave ISkeptgTeenr is A. number of Republicans were awsytrom home, Monday, while others rin i 1 mnrt. nave stopped a Bepubllcansdidthe business effect uslly enough to all intent and purpose.

but the very eternal element were not aatlsfled and tamed in Monday Seflie mar fJI wL Ste.MlTwTlSon0 SSsSSi wll? Sf bi WITrtotto characters as JOuni dOnXey WUl OCCnpy a promi neat Plce In the crew. lirday. HOW is It? Were you April fooled? Mrs 0 Ebeisole went to Hunt Ihgton Tuesday. Minnie Eeed returned last week. from her Tiait to Ohio.

Eva Douglass returned Sunday, from near South Whitley. Joseph Edwards and sister, Etta, wniu uu uw pent Monday in Huntington. LiXXie DaTlS lS lying very low, In the last stage, of consumpUon. Mrs Daniel Richards and son. Ervio.

were Ft Wayne Friday. Bev Henry Myers will preach at the ME Church Sunday morning. Mrs Jddson Wertsbaugher. from Tange.UvlslUng her relatives in "Jennie Cutter, of Pen, paid her folks here a visit. Sunday, between trains.

Ph.lip Sickafoose and wife were isiting Mrs Bachel Pelgh, first of this week. Clark Brock left Tuesday morn ing for Elkhart, whose he will spend the summer. A child ef Henry Cook la eulte ill at this wrttln and has had a nam Ua spaTmsT porim th hoaa clothier with t7w JewSh proclh taYfmmAnS tx Mrs AT Lash, residing at Dan rme, Illinois, is visiting with her i parents and friends in this vicinity. Chester Tharp. from the thriving burg of Markle.

was in town Monday evening, and remained till Zent Emsley Dinlus returned, Saturday Noble county, They are lull ceagea dook Tenaers. we learn. i relatives and friends. HerberVTruax and wif of Hunt ington. were In attendance upon the Sn of the late Charles UitchelL which occurred Monday.

Mr and Mrs Prase, who have been residing in Stark county, Ohio, came ''Jf'iJSrnSSi say there is no place like Hoosies Com. Col. Zent is getting comfortably domiciled In hisnew home, and now making some Improvements In the erection of an addition to his dwel ling. Rev. J.

Fodge moved het first of toe wek out to his farm south of town. We a re sorry to lt)se so good a citizen, but th9 centletnan's Interests will still renalain town. A to I I I i so Mrs. jonnstou, wno naa oeen re eentlv residing with Mis. Olmstead, moved to this Dlaee Mondav.

and oo eupies the property on corner of First and Seminary streea. It Will pay anyone Just to Call and see the mammoth invoice of boots shoes and rubbers, at C. C. Ebersole's. nicer line or lower prices cannot be found in the county.

28 8t Zent was called, by telegram, one day last week, to Bellville. Illinois! Uke charge of his brother Morey's insurance office, who is incapacltaled from business by illness. p.DTx ttt.ot. ThA vnf.h.ii "erl friends wbS so rouslv aided them In their recent 4 nj bereavement, n. a J1 ln glt out ron tSjhSf prop.ST Sm2SSS Sucaneample a most commendable one which others should roiiow.

Price a jid wife, of Hunting hJn a R1" naWt iMrn lLtohlnkmtxt the Jacob Zent household. Prof. Howe is putting on some of the finishing touches to the grading of the Seminary grounds which were begun In the fall. The energy and taste displayed by the Professor in the beautiflylng of the Seminary premises. elicits the praise of all our Citizens WQ0 nim and his institution success.

mQh lLenif our grist mill WOUld be Shortly Chang ed to a full roller process. Ward and King have been in town the past sev eral dT. we learn are now mprJ meDl.M i a 1 1 heCDan is made it Will doubtless have an im mRnrnn Wvsonir. with his Wife, rlanorhtpr and mnther in law.was called. fa Uimiin nnrtVi nf fVllnmril I .1 tV "i A tA ThT rlrtv iSmod nhL and tuL lidv aliva She 1116 mll7 month or two Blace.

The time 1, soon at hand when USthe FtrS wMch Tel lMt 8ummer were 80 mncb better than what this town has been 4. tot at all OUr CitiienS feel grateful for what the town officers i perform. Let the good work begun last summer, go On. One of our good looking young gents boarded the evening train the other evening, and went to Abolte. He went for the avowed purpose of to Choice.

That IS not alL He found the choice, and likewise her father also the lattei to his sorrow. The poor 11 Vf TTn eommune With nature. He soon Ured of the marshy waste of Abolte plains, and longed all night to feast his eyes upon Hills. Will cut dirT or a saw mill tlU the morning train; Again our town has been via ted 'e death h( 'hD jgg Vhi iS 1 In Jwetan uml thS maoT withstanding lT thTt could be done for his relief, grew worse until last Sat urday morning, when the death angel called him heiSce at the age of twenty four years and sixteen days. We record this death with feelings of pro twinA sadness, for Charles was our friend and showed us kindnesses which won our affections.

The burial eervice took place Monday, from the churoh. and was under the direct auspices of the Good Tempter's lodge, of toit place, of which deceased was a member. The attendance was quite iarJte The officiating clergeman was Rev LeweUen and the singing was by the church choir. This cloud of bereavement which now rests over the Mitchell family is indeed a dark one. and the heartfelt sympathy of the enure community goes out in weir oenair, axsottmoNS of ixspect.

I Whirxas, We the members of Roanoke ReolveTt budue the mem ory of the departed brother to say, that we mourn for one who commanded our respect and regard, and one wnom we all held in bigbest esteem. Rohred, That we tender TtlJ' Jr 'ZiStSStiSfSZ wht tetuS cherish with thn the hooe of a re 1 thaLfldir.aW.. Resolved. That we draoe our hall I mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That thi, testimonial of our empathy be forwarded to bereaved fam XTlZ tte HxaaxiH liahtington uemocrat, ana wews tfVreu iixcmi 5 Coxa Shxivx, Conu A A 1 I 1 in (r.ltfttrmHT VHMMWM'm I LJ' Z72TZ2 TXTV' Trr Beview of the Week Personal and Local Ooaiin and lxcal Qossip.

Mrs. M. C. Hoyte is in poor health. W.

J. Shealy was in Delphi Monday, Who fell of train 43 Friday night? Mr, nnntf rnn hirth Mrs. U. Bennett recently gave birth 'as in Lafayette Mon dav on DU8lne8S George Bennett Is running a barber shop at that place. Mrs.

G. W. Adams is visiting friends Whitley county. II. V.

Root, of Fort Wayne, in Andrews Tuesday, on business. MnL Wllllam McMahan is sick at her home In this city. A Leedy. of Wabnsh, spent last Wednesday in this city. James Lynn, of Wabash, spent Thursday here, the guest of J.

J. Leedv. Nellie Isham. one of Wabash fairest belles. Is visiting friends in this city.

J. W. Iry moved his household goods last week from Peru to An drews. T. L.

Mills has gone to La at Which place he Wlli work at a patent right. Baker who ia atndYin law aser, wno is stuaying law fn SS tv 8PeDt MUday at hme in this City. Jessie Powers, who has been visit iDg ner 8ister at Tipton, returned home Saturday. George Autenrith has returned frm tDree Week8' TlBlt WitD hiS family in Michigan. Mrs.

uavis, 01 je ort wayne, mother of engineer Davis, was in Andrews over Snndav viitinr hr sP6Ql aunaav in Liaiayaite the guests of "gineer Ed Friu and fwnUy. Mrs. Dan Bruss, Mrs. A. Leedy.

Mrs. H. WiUets, anna Kelly and Jennie Leedy ipent Frloay In Huntington. Tuesday morning, we were to find a severe snow storm on hand, and four inches of snow on the ground, Root, of Fort Wayne, was in lumber. Bev.

HummeU. of LaFountain. has been appointed pastor for the Chris tlan Church for the ensuing year at this place, uuiy. iue iaiLr pan or last weeK, on account of the death of his grand father at WaMoort w. Minnie Logansport, and Eva McNoun.

of Lagro. spent Thurs day in this city the guests of Charles McNoun and wife Ollie Kutcher has resnmed work on the 1071. He has been taking a VMa Uon for thirty days on account of breaking a steam pipe at Lafayette. M. Swarti was called to Huntington i.Q.

J8 AfhlttTil 1 who TiM m.ri Wnnn. rv" fofay wiU attend the Northern Indiana con ference, at Warsaw, before returning hme Conductor Albert M. Prince Of this torun, lgTerfa? there on train 45 that morning. Mrs. D.

M. Bennett and Mrs. Geo Moelander are in Indianapolis, this week, attending the bedside of Mrs. George Bennett, daughter of Mrs. Mosslander.

formerly ol this place. As a young man was walking along In the eastern part of town last Thursday night, he spied two girls stuck in the mud, and he tendered them his arm and assisted them out The Andrews Band of Hope will giTe an entertainment at the M. E. church, Sunday evening. April llth.

188a, A g0od program has been pre pared. The BeOrow Sd of Hope is especially invited to attend. wTm.m' Black, one of the ma mt fhe wsl mad? a mothS? ati KlTYL. r.ifvS!!, aI 15 TSS. His SenaSfe? Is oni th fftPflmftn' nn thA a raUroaa at tnat place p.

AnderBor, who Mrnn1ovfv1 1 I fvo r.iim. nmn0n' a wi nkt.nr gSSSa North Main street, occupying the up per portion of the building. Engineer William Gunton formerly of the a V. a railway, has been assigned to engine M81 on the second district. He recently moved his family from Fort Wayne, and now occupies the home vacal by engineer Charles Ganison.

In Morris' addition. Bv the barninir of the Wabash ele vatorat WilliamsDort. the derot was somewhat scorched, but by the prompt action of the bucket brigade It was prevented from catching fire. Fifteen Panes of glass were sent from the supply, house at this point to replace those broken by the heat. After ah absence of several months at Tilton, with his force of men en gaged in similar work, Mr.

Samuel Qwu uh mturaea to AQurewu, au commenced wun nis portable engine and saw. to convert Into suitable lengths for engine fuel the immeme pile of Old ties and rails now in sto 0 the railroad yards. Aurthur Kautz leaves for lndlanap oils. Thursday morning, to attend the State oratorical contest Mr. Kautz was a contestant himself last year, and came off with second honors.

Each university in Indiana sends one Btudent a contestant. Mr. W. N. Ferguson, agent for tie Waba8Q Llberty 0hlo been granted a leave of absence for two OV three months and Will take an extensive tnp through Kansas and other western States.

His duties at Liberty, will be looked after during his absence by W. H.O'Hara. night tele graph operator from Clymers. Monday evening. Joseph Leedv and JZ'lltt they will spend the summer amor friends.

Leedy went expecting to improve in health.and Jennie in search of pleasure. This deprives Andrews of one of our most beautlfnl young ladi jj to friends are While getting off his train. No. B8 at Danville Friday, conductor James N. Morgan was unfortunate enough to severely sprain his right ankle, which render him unable for 7" 1 ndJew8 Dy his brakeman, Charles McDermot, and me hl8 at tDl8 place on train 44 last evening.

A shipment of eighteen cars of hogs fof tQe maret paasel through here about 110, Friday morning A very fajr trade la being done by the road In consignments of dressed beef In refrigerator cars from Armour Co, Of Kansas City, to New York. and LiverpooL Large quantities of t. rs ui, 4.1UU1 ZV points are aiso snippea to new York Via this route. TTnarl fikilaa Oram an rtn th or.H I V. 1 I I A ucou iuihij uaiKnm engine isjw.

just out 01 toe rorx Jne "tTV 8 i few SSjSTf fiTJfSS Lli lTl SSffin aTb dri and brxck arch in fire box. Howard Is proud over his new engine. He is said to be one of the oest fireman run moted to fill the eat on the right iSnd 8ldA April fools day caught a great many Of our Citizens. We noticed Mr. Hal ler trying to pick up a coin nailed to ATnrm.

hnr full of atonM tn hi an exPra IU11 or stones to nis farm Hany Ball came to the depot for a trunk that was In Ohio. Will stoler tackeled a cotton pie. Al 81us er waited one hour at the depot for a delayed train to see a friend go through. Many mdre laughable Incl denta occurred, and but few escaped being picked up. There has been lu store at the Wa bash yards for a year or more, a large lot of condemned cars principally box eara.

a waitinir ordArs for freneral re dISs. Thev arV noJ beSS slowW senttO the contplnhow ft Peni wUhe btVofa Ss sent fiS tt JFj fMn rJrrtJ wLSh iffwW foftt? erlcSiof Of fi XX 'at 'SrffiS 6T The Clvl In onSn of monr? ufing oand wmmenriiig the foun datio? The slxe Will bTtwenly by fifty feet. The Defiance accommodation, run between that place and Toledo, recent ly In charge of Conductor A. M. Prince, of this place, has been assigned to George Dlmmick during the remainder of Conductor Carvers absence.

Mr. Dlmmick halls from Marshal, Texas. at which place he was division Super tendent on the Texas and Pacific HnS, two divisions dfPr of road He left there by his own re quest preferring to run a train in the North rather than be Superintendent cSanT bly place Mr, Prince back on the ac commodatiou run between Andrews nd TUton. a position he held prior to rn7JCKnU AaT in 7Jf wrPA hv sf asKp. secure the success of their ticket.

Be low Is the correct figure giving the re suit: Vote, Maj ForTrustee. WD Cole, 252 35 Sullivan, 217 For A eor. 86 a oa ti, iqa!" 7 For Constables, Willits. 271.....82 Wire, 267 76 BaK 189 Cretsinger, U.H. Lnster and George Stephan, both Republicans, were elected over six candidates who were in the field.

I I I I ta stnqao iwn April 5th, 1886. Eds. Herald: the correpondent from thi. place does not write every week, will try and write a few items. The school at this place, taught by Miss E1U Thomas, closed Friday.

A pleasant tune was passed. R. B. Stephen, and J. F.

Curtin made a flying trip to Marion, last Wednesday. Olive Ricker spent Friday in this place, the guest of Miss Eva Sparks. I HunUngton Saturday returning Sunday The chool taueht br the Mlsse 0hve Ricker, Ida Mangus and Ada Anson hare dosed. Thomas Hamilton has begun huckstering for F. Cartiiu He hmri a trllde There is a great deal of s.ckne.in this The doctor i.

kcpt ouite busy. Mrs. J. J. Spirks on the sick list.

Miss Olive Lauson, of Sweetser. is visiting Mrs. A. D. Kaylor.

We would not be surprised if Levi did not make occ asional visits to Hntinton now I WhiIe building feace llSt sLrday. a hatchet slipped and severely cut Erasmus I Rinearion JlM. Maple Grove Items. 5L' Our bttle village of Silverton has under gone quite a change, as to its citizens. Our Utt school teacher.

George Stephan. rented a 'T T'a f7 have moved, and Adahne Wuner and fmil7 (except her son Roy, who has taken unto himself a better half, and expects to live on the farm and farm it), have rented the hous. that George Stephan moved out of, have moved there. Our tile merchant On' ule merchant, Ed. Shank, has had a public sale of his per 1 iv.

a Kansas, in purchase of a home. James Hoi lot, our PTocerT keerer. has moved to a town t'" wuc he expecu to carry grocery business. We re to him nd can recommend him to hi. newcustomer as an accommodat ing and obbging business man.

Two spring load, of our young folk, went up to the last day of Emma stulu's school, and staid to the exhibition in I which pr0nouned to be very JZ build a new barn this season. Grace and Edwin Mason, of Motly, are in the neighborhood, also Frank Mason, who has been teaching school near ClaysviUe, V. W. Moore is making some excellent maple molasse, thu season. Brint and Ollie Shank have been on the list, Xnn Fi Moore and 1Ili4t darter Liaz.e to Richmond, Wayne county last week (Wednesday), on account of the nines, of Susan WUey.

Lixxie returned home on last Tuesday. A card from Kirby on last Fri a. ltates that Susan Wiley is better and lble'tolit rommer 8cho1 to to day. Emily J. Eran, to be teacher.

Our Band of Hope is to meet at our 1 houae. on Sabth afternoon, the 3tst halfpast two o'clock. Qnite a large number of our par and chldVer, met at Friend's meeting honaa yesterday afternoon and organised the SabbatTschooUbich to be h3dn every ll attend. Adahne Wuner wa, pointed Elmer Brown, assistant M. H.

Moore, treasurer Anna M. Plummer, secretary; Mary A Brown, chor ister. 4ti t. nM Cost of Standing Armies in the Old World. The amount of money paid to main tain the standing armies of the great powers" of the old world may afford food for reflection and mav also give food tor renecuon, ana may aiso give some idea of the expense attendant upon a system of government in which the military forms a prominent: part, armT exclusive of England standing army exclusive or the Indian esUbllahment.

consisU of 000 men costs $70,000,000 an nually. France, with 400,000 men un der arms, pays 115,000.000 annuaUy for their maintenance. Russia's 715. and Germany's 430.000 men about The five great powers of Europe with 2,000.000 men in line pay Loo ooo ooo a vear for war about S400'000 000 a t0r War purposes. m.

Thk thirteen SUtes of Arkansas, Oallfornla. Colorado. Connecticut.Dela Florida. Nebraska. Nevada.

New TTamnahirA. Orecon. Rhnda lslajirL I Vermont and West Vircrinia. with an aggregate population which does not exceed that of New York alone, have 26 United States Senators to New York's two. From the five States of Kew York, Pennsylvania, Iilllnols.

Massachusetto and Ohio the govern ment derives one half of all its postal in to in 1 I anwiirom warren ana lcimiy. April 1886. Henry LHlrymple, of Liberty Union, was town last Saturday. C. A.

Winters went to Chicago last week buy goods for bis store. TT Harmon Pnmance. of Huntington, was town last Saturday, Mrs. E.C. Thompson, of this place, viaited her parents at Van Kuren last Saturday, A Frash, of the firm of Pulse Frash, returned from the East, where he has been i to John Van Horn and two who Texas for some time past, re turned last Saturday, Harry Deam, of Bluffton, was in town ut Saturday.

The McClurg Bros, sold out tbeir entirs stock of their Uvery suble last Saturday. Lewi, Thompson and famUy hare returned from Kansas to visit with their parents, Taylor A Huff are consunily receiving orS far eir SlUSS Eleven orders were received last Saturday. Miss Lydia Thompson, daughter of How. nr, 1 JLbV LnTn? SiSbSLteii You mav as well score one for Salamonief tSS. "from "jori? The candidate for trustee, jlS H.

Thomson, Jrn received 158 majority, whUe the lowest majority for the Republicans was 70. The Prohibition vote was about 8. The Democrats will start up Salt river about o'clock to morrow morning. Thevare to Uke of proviM thej have no hopes of returning again soon. We are of the opinion that if all townships in the county do as well as Salamonie, the not ron the nntr Ti, Kfr, K(IuP John J.

Wimams and Mrs. Laura Keller wercunited in marnage to day. May their life be one of toy is the wish 01 the writer. Obsxrvxe. Brown's Corner Oorrerpondence.

April sth, 1886. ttfe eTer brought to the Corners. It is fire proof and only designed to preserve book, and paper, from loss by fire. "SSSWX' 'er. rs.

oo re. t. Pnllin aremt aSsig Collin, are oat wintom E. S. Fisher assistant superintendent, Mrs.

Fison. cretiry, Annie Armstrong; treas urer, Uriah Henon; organist, Miss Lixaie Armstrong; choristers, Lixxie Armstrong. on inrited to come. one invitea to come. Jame.

and Samuel Brubaker have returned from Ohio, where they were called by a tek gram to attend the funeral of their rister. We have had some cold weather the part pj Among the amowtie, here on An Fool. day was a bird killed by Will Larr." It was about the siae of a crow, had a slate colored plumage, a white beak resembling the beak of. crow in shape iu ft wer. a cunoaitv, being armed with talons, and each toe supjued with similar web.

Will said any one that named it might hav. it Simon Summer, wanted but could not comply tt a young man came into the poctoffice and after buyg a one cent stampVinsisted on on a postal card. Postmaster Reney, to the contrary notwithstanding. JSSi'SS Geo. Boutman ha, moved to th.

ReUey property and Henry HSr. left the fn d. now a ouandvia. et Richards left here last Tharsd.v for oToSo. SorrytotavVoa isvt Theo.

wm we miss vo. in charch and 'bbt scnool( bat we peraaadtd that our loss will be other's gain. Tohn Baker is suffering with neural "rs. John Baker wta neurai waJ eleaud secretary of the Sunday to 611 the vancy caused by th. absence of 0 Frank wUl make a good 8ecreUry.

Sunday whool every SundTy at 9, o'clock a. children', meeting at 4 o'clock P. m. prayer meeting at night Every one is cordially myited. Mrs.

MeL Kelley and family. of Hunting. ar, Siting friend, at the Cornen. Littler, of Ft. Wayne, wa, at th.

Corner, a fewlday the guest of Dr. Fiabtr. Matof Dtm. I It is stated tnat a ladv's standing in Sat Se wearer haTnot yet learned the proprieties. But no one need be afraid of being called shoddy" if her loveliness is as apparent by daylight as athops.

Perfect beauty is never the attendant of disease; above all, of those diseases peculiar to women, and which find a ready cure in DrPrerceS Favorite Prescription. Price re duced to one dolUr. By druggists. I The best on earth, can Uroly be said of Griggs' Glycerine 8alve, which is a sure, safe nd speedy cure for cuts, bruises, scalds, burns, wounds and all other sores. Will positively cure piles.

Utter and sad all skin eruptions. Try this wonder healer. Satisfactiom guaranteed or money refunded Only 25 cents. Sold by Drover. 4.

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