Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 6

MORNING SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1901. a Small Amount of Goods Brings Out Interesting Testimony. ST HUNTER HELD THE SACK He is Getting Even Now-Caused Arrest of a Man Named French at Pana. SE OF ALLEGED WIFE DESERTION SQUABBLE There was an interesting case tried in court of Justice Smith Friday to derights of property squabble between orge Ehrhart, George Torrence, of glorville, and Constable Lloyd, of this y. The case grew out of the replevin of he household goods from Mrs.

Lura crence by George Torrence several eks ago, and it developed afterward It Ebrhart had a mortgage on the goods. came to light in the evidence that George a Lura Torrence were divorced husband wife and that at the time of the ditee Torrence had loaned the woman me goods. At least Torrence testified the only loaned her the goods but the man said the goods had been given to Torrence has been a frequent visitor the city recently and there was some cy testimony as to the relations of the an and woman. After hearing the eviace the court rendered a verdict awardthe goods to George Torrence. FRENCH FLEW HIGH.

Constable Lloyd returned yesterday om Pana where he arrested a man by name of Louis French on two charges eferred by W. F. Hunter, the proprietor the Park hotel. Honter claimed that tench had defrauded him out cf a board 1 for $18. Hunter's story in the case is that seral weeks ago French, accompanied by a oman, came to the hotel and secured onus, registering as husband and wife.

He mained in the city for some time and Id Hunter that he was from Pana and as figuring on purchasing a saloon in is city. He talked like a man of means ad, as Hunter did not want to offend a bod boarder by appearing impatient bout the board bill, allowed bim to eat several weeks board. When the matter paying the bill was broached to French made some excuse and suddenly disapeared from the city. Hunter learned at he had gone to Pana and soon had an ficer headed that way with warrants for is arrest. One of the warrants charged with fornication.

French was taken afore the court yesterday and on waivg examination of the former charge was emanded to jail under bond of $100, here he will have an opportunity to onder over the vicissitudes of the wicked lorld. THOUGHTLESS HUSBAND. H. Ottingmayer was arrested by Conable Fred Miller, yesterday, 00 a warant sworn out by Mrs. Anna Ottingmayer, life of the man, charging him with bandoning and failing to provide for his ife and family.

The prisoner W99 8T- aigned before Justice Smith and was laced under $50 bond for his appearance court today. Deeds Recorded. John Zollars and J. L. Hight, execItora, to James A.

Patterson, bond for leed lots 27, 28 and 29 in the west half of lection 33, townnehip 15, range 2 east exept 11 acres i the northwest corner of lot 7, $5400. Walter Pritchett to James Copenberger bts 9, 10, 11 and 12 in block 2 in the partition of Sarah A. While's estate; $1800. Lewis Mathias to John B. Creekmur rote 4 and 5 in block 2 in Newburg; $500.

Ellen Hale Bolton to Thomas B. Jack he south half of the northwest quarter of lection 17, township 15, range 3 east; 64800. H. I. Baldwin to W.

C. Miller lots 8 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 in block 1 in Columbia Heights' addition to Decatur; $1. Margaret Batchelder to Martha C. Batchelder a one-fifteenth interest in the least half of the northwest quarter of section 8, towaship 17, range 2 east and a tract in the northwest quarter of section township 17, range 2 east; $665. Samson Garrett to W.

O. Miller lot 24, in block 11 in Walnut Grove addition to Decator: $2. Ella Hale Bolton to Martin L. Henry, the nortbweet quarter of the northeast quarter of section 17, township 15, range 3 east; $2400. Travis Brown to J.

O. McGregory lots 11 in block 5 in Enterprise addition to Decatur; $500. Nancy B. Wray to Rosalie J. Bundy, the west balf of the south half of the north half of the southwest quarter of the northleast quarter of section 30, township 16, range 2 east; $1.

Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury As mercury will surely destroy the sense of mell and completely derange the whoie system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articies should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co, Toledo, Ohio, contains no mercury and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.

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Sold by druggists, price 75c per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Nearly every unmarried woman you met da in quest of a conquest. MAROA SCHOOLS. February Report of Those Neither Absent Nor Tardy, The following named pupils ware neither absent nor tardy during the month ending March 2, 1900.

1-Ray Adams, Leburn Adams, Clitford Boem, Merl Curtis, Rolla Fenton, Roy Owens, Travis Redman, Herman Smith Willie Wall, Nora Smith-10. Jesse Parker, teacher. Room 2- Ross Bolen, Jonah Covey, Homer Clough, Charles Fenton, Loren Frank, Loy Martinie, Odos Miller, Ralph Moore, Charlie Potter, Eddie Smart, Fay Street, Grover Vantries, Phil Waller, Wilbar Walker, Orville Wikoff, Lucy Craig, Ethel Gregory, Nellie Hubbard, Guyneith Huff, Goldie Wright-20. Facia Hill, teacher. Room 3-Louise McLean, Nellie Moore Naomi Potter, Mary Rodman, Mabel Wilkey, Evelyn Williams, Frances Spurling, Marguerite Schenck, Marie Evans, Marie Shaw, Marie Evane, Wesley Hardin, Harvey Goolsby, George Kincaid, Glenn Stafford, Fred Waller, Leslie Williams, Curtis Sbaw, George Stafford-19.

Emma Bowlby, teacher. Room 4-Goldie Barger, Myrtle BurTOWS Elsie Fenton, Ima Irwin, Oma Keatts, Eva Lucas, Hilda Schenck, Bessie Smith, Vera Trowbridge, Pearl Woody, Howard Clough, Charlie Conover, Perry Goolsby, Newell Harris, Homer Hitt, Weston Hobbs, Thomas Luellan, Ernest Owens, Harold Ramond, Bert Smith, Manford Vantries, Philip Redman. old Weilepp-23. Mattie Sterling, teacher. Room 5-Hazel Dine, Scott Dine, Allie Ferree, Beryl Funk, Hazel Hanks, Bernice Kempshall, Geneva Martin, Etta Martin, Mabel Oakes, Jessie Owens, Cordelia Smart, Hazel Stoutenborogh, Mary Spurling, Sarah Wilkie, Roy Bennet, Harold Buck, Roy Fenton, Harold Fry, Carl Hobbs, Edwin McLean, Homer Miller, Ray Norris, James Roes, William Smart, Parley Vantries, George Waller, Homer Woodard-28.

May Swan, teacher. Room 6-Fannie Compton, Oma Huff, Queen Kempshall, Trepe Lutz, Luella Leiter, Ethel McCannon, Blanche Megrue, Ottie Morgan, Leita Potter, Edna Schenck, Edith Schenck, Alice Shaw, Paul Crandall, Zolla Hukill, John Keatts, Otto Lutz, Murray Morris, Everett McCammon, Rolla Moore, Ivan Norris, Newell Smith, Donald Sterling, Ray Vandeveer, Carter Wilkey. -24. W. H.

teacher. High School- Bishop, Hubert Grady, Grover Hoff, Charles Lyman, John McLean, Franklin McLean, Arthur Morgan, Bruce Potter, Ernest Sterling, Ear! Stroud, Emma Bogle Minnie Carpenter, Jessie Conover, Leilah L. Huff, Zella Hukill-15. Eugenie Shinn, teacher. Those tardy during the month were Mary Fake, Otto Dash, Fred Adame, Nita Davis, Vasear Adams, (twice) Rachel Wilkey, Merl Covault, Cecil Kinkaid, Zelva, Allsup, Orville Allsup, Fred Grady, Haines, Grover Huff, Samuel Jump and Olara Jump.

William Fry Supt. MONTHLY SUMMARY. Room Number Girls l'otal nor 40N Average Visitors 19 10 291 61 25 11 37 20 3 35 5 00 22 23 45 19 03 36 3 2J 45 231 40 02 28 48 29 0 44 10 22 41 24 10 School 22 19 41 15 38 t- Totals 155, 286 23 SALT SEA DOG, Clarence Drake Tells Decatur Friends What Life in the Navy is Like. Decatur citizens just back from Washington report that they met Clarence Drake while there. He is a son of J.

L. Drake of this city and is serving as an enlisted man in the United States navy. He got a leave of absence of five days and went down to Washington to attend the inauguration. During the greater part of the time be was with the Decatur contingent. Drake enlisted nine months ago.

He went in for four years and says that he thinks he will have enough when his time is up, although he has not yet found the service unpleasant. He is aesigned to the Prairie and went toParis to bring back the United States exhibit. Since then be has been on the receiving ship at New York and does not know to what vessel he will be assigned next or to what part of the world he will go next. His pay is $35 a month and he must clothe himself. He is a bugler and on that account he escapes much of the menial work that falls to the ordinary sailor in the service.

He says that if a man behaves himself and keeps on the good side of the officers that it 18 not so bad, but that to incur the displeasure or dislike of the officers means that the sailor is going to lead a dog's life. He has maneged to keep himself in the first class and is shown many favors, being able to get shore leave when he wants it. SMALL POX. Disease Continues to Rage in Many Different Parts of Illinois. Dr.

Egan, secretary of the state board of health, has received information to the effect that cases have developed in several towns in the state not heretofore reported. He is in receipt of information that there are several cases Belleville township. in Also reported at Cobden, Petersburg and Tallula. Dr. Egan has wired to Jacksonville, instruction Dr.

E. F. Baker to quarantioe Tallula. Two new cases among colored people have been discovered at Bloomington. One is located at the corner of Lumber street and Morris avenue, and the other in the 800 block on North Monroe street There is an epidemic of the disease at Wild Erman near Belleville.

A number of persons are afilicted. The true nature of the disease was not revealed until Thursday. A local doctor had been treating it as the itch. While there has been a great deal of the disease in Illinois during the past two years it has been of a mild character and its appearance in a community is no longer occasion for serious alarm. CARLOAD OF HOGS Broke Out of Illinois Centra Stock Pen and Roamed at Will.

AGENT KEMP AND HIS AIDS Put in the Day Chasing Pigs -All But Fifteen Recovered -Governor Yates Goes Through on a Special. WABASH WILL SPEND MORE MONEY The employes of the Illinois Central from Local Agent Kemp down to the most humble of the section men Were keeping their eyes open yesterday for stray hogs. Agent Ed Kemp was not educated for a hog chaser but he demonstrated the fact that he lets nothing get away from him that he goes It is unusual that the local agent is called on to chase hogs but this was a particularly important case. Thursday night the Illinois Central received a couple of car loads of hogs, which had been on the road so long that they all and feed and the animals required water side-tracked in the yards and torned were out in the stock yards north of the station. During the night some of the rooters in the consignment pushed off one of the bottom boards of the stockyard fence and the entire bunch of hogs got out of the pen.

Friday morning when the cars were to be loaded again is was found that the pens were empty and hogs were found all over the north end of the city. By noon all but fifteen of the animals had been recovered. Despite the efforts of the lllinois Central employes who were scouring the north end of the city they were unable to find any trace of the missing hogs. It looks to the Illinois Central people a8 though some of the citizens of the north end are harboring some of the missing etock and they asked the aid of the city police in investigating but no clue to the missing animals was developed during the day. The railroad company will have to be responsible for the missing animals and since fat shoats are about as good as gold Dow they do not feel like turning many of them loose for the benefit of the needy.

THE YATES SPECIAL. A special train bearing Governor Yates and wife aod several friends passed through this city at 9:45 o'clock Friday forenoon. There was no previous announcement of the coming of the train and with the exception of the intimate friends of the governor who learned privately cf his coming there was Do one at the train to see him. The governor was en route to his home at Jacksonville from Washington, having been summoned home on account of the serious illness of his mother. The party had intended to go south before returning home but the illness of his mother caused a postponement of the trip and a special train was immediately made up to bear the governor to the bedside of his relative.

The governor was in communication with Jacksonville, and was kept posted as to the condition of his mother as the train raced acruss the continent and when he arrived here he received a message stating that his mother was slightly improved. The train consisted of a private car and one coach and an engine and some fast time was made. The train was pulled into this city by engine No. 653 in charge of Engineer Boyle and Fireman Gere. The stop here was only long enough to make the change of eng nes and allow the governor to receive and send a mesage.

The No. 361 in charge of Ruling and Foot pulled the train out to the weat. PELNTY OF WORK. There is plenty of work in sight for the Wabash in this city this summer. Because several hundred thousand dollars was expended by the road in this county last year does not indicate that all the improvement is finished.

On the contrary it means that there still remains work to be Edone this summer which will cause 20 outlay of thousands of dullars to complete it. Mach of the work is to be done oa the road bed and the roadmaster's department will be. one of the busy departments of the road in this section of the country. While the plans are not completed for the work it is pretty generally understood that there is much to de done on the Boody and Cerro Gordo Gravel will be dumped on those fills all summer. It takes about two years for made earth embankments to become perfectly solid and the Wabash will continue to dump gravel 00 the fills until the road bed on the fills is 23 solid as the best gravel roadbed op the eystem.

The room in the new Wabash station to be occupied by the Wabash trick despatchers is said by the men in that branch of railroad work to be the best they have ever seen. The table which will seat five despatchers was designed by Chief Despatcher Welsh assisted by some of the trick despatchers. They have it so arranged that it will be most convenient for work and not for show, although it 1s really not lacking in appearance. The rocin is lighted on three sides by windows and ie really the most desirable office room in the new station. CLOSE CALL.

The Mattoon Journal relates that on Wednesday night a peculiar accident happened to a fast passenger train on the Big Four road. It wag the express train east No. 36, leaving St. Louis about 9 p. 10.

The train was late leaving Lichfield and Engineer King on the run to Hill-boro was trying to make up time. When King opened the throttle at Hillsboro the -locomotive would not move. An examioation developed that the rear wheels of the engine truck had become loosened from the engine truck and had dieappeared entirely. In addition to that one of the driving wheels was about to lose a tire. An inveetigation developed that the wheels from the engine truck had been lost just as the train was leaving Litchfield and the rear end of the truck was down all the way on the ran between those cities and all the time with the enginemen trying to make up lost time.

PAY CAR BURNED. At Chicago a few days age while Paymaster L. B. Butts was preparing his car to go south to Louisville and Memphis to pay the employes a heater exploded and set fire to the car. There was no money or checks in the car and the pay rolls were protected by the safes io which they were stored.

The damage to the car amounted to about $5000. EDUCATE EMPLOYES. The Lake Shore Michigan Southern railroad company has turned educator. At its big shops at Elkhart, it has established a school for its apprentice boys, who are compelled by the rules of the institution to attend ali sessions unless conditions justify their remaining away. The railroad company pays all expenses entailed in maintaining the school.

The courses of study are of 8 purely technical character, being such as are practically applied by macbinists and mechan1CS. The school sessions are held at night, and one of the company's head draugatsmen at the shops, is the chief instructor. The boys are taught mechacical drawing and such conditions figuring in engineer. ang work as weight and dimension finding. BROTHERHOOD BARRED.

A press telegram from Galesburg, says: Considerable excitement prevails in Chicago, Burlington Quincy circles over the discharge of a number of enginemen there and in Quincy, and it is represented that others are under investigation. The discharged men represent that they were discharged because they joined the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, and claim that some of them were allowed no hearing. It is claimed that 100 firemen are liable to discharge for a similiar reason. The Brotherhood men are not thoroughly encugh organized to resist the company's action, and the company has enough extra men to supply their places. BEGINS WORK ON WABASH BRANCH At Toledo, Ohio, work was begun Thursday on the extension of the Wabash railway from Toledo to Montpelier, Ohio, a forty mile line for which 000 construction and $3,000,000 equipment bonds will be issued.

The extension will connect the main line from Toledo to St. Louis with the Datroit-Uhicago branch, thus giving another line from Toledo to Chicago. ARE INTERESTED. Local enginemen attach much importance to the movement to be started by Indiana engineers and firemen for a change in signal lights. The Indianians want their legislature to enact a law abolishing the white light as a safety sigoal and to substitute blue or yellow for it.

They figura that unnecessary rieks are taken under existing conditions. Ag matters now stand the white light means that the road is clear and movement of trains is safe. Specified colored lights denote danger. If the globe on a danger signal should be broken, the light would be white and the enginemen would see a signal of safety. P.

J. Graham went to St. Louis yesterday. Wabash passenger engine 397 is out of the Springfiald shops. General Foreman O.

S. Needham went to St. Louis yesterday. Joho Patin of the car shops office force WaS on the eick list yesterday. Engineer George Dempsey of the Wabash has resigned his position.

Miss Grace Martin, stenographer io the office of Acting Car Builder Master hansen was on the sick list yesterday. Thomas Wells of the car shops has returned from the Wabssh hospital at Springfield where he has been undergoing treatment for his eyes. Between Orleans and Alexander Friday a passenger fell from Wabash' train No. 9. The man was not seriouely hurt.

The train was stopped and he was taken to Jacksonville. The Wabash will have a special five cars some time today for Leavenworth, Kansae. The train will be made up of four tourist sleepers and one baggage car. There will be 120 soldiers in the party. Assistant General Manager Wallace of the Illinois Central and the division offcials of the Amboy division of the road passed through the city on train No.

124 yesterday noon. Mr. Wallace made a hasty inspection of the new station while he was in the city. NOT ENTHUSIASTIC. William Voorhies Was Not Carried Away With the Rice Land Excitement.

William Voorhies and family who recently returned from the south visited rice lands io Louisiana and Texas during the winter and he is not carried away with the excitement that has marked that locality tor several years. He says that he went over the territory about Crowley eight years ago and that land that now sells for forty and fifty dollars an acre could be. bought then for five dollars. He does not think that the possibilities of rice growing justity this great increase in the value of the land. Mr.

Voorhies says that he bas it from the olderd rice growers in that section that there is a great falling off in each succeeding crop. Some of them eay that the crop drops twenty-five per cent the second year. The red rice is another thing that detracts from the value of the grain for commercial value. He recognizes the fact that there has been big money in the business up to this time but he is not one who thinks that the industry is going to last. He carefully examined into it and concluded that he did not care to make any io vestments there.

Men who borrow money there on their land pay from 8 to 10 per cent interest. New Rural Mail Route. Rural free delivery will be established to commence April 1, as follows: Illinois- -Tower Hill, Shelby county, carrier, L. W. Morrison; route, 23 miles, population, 478.

THE POLITICAL POT Republican Township Committee and Candidates for Places on Republican Ticket ARRANGE FOR THE PRIMARIES Democrats Meet and Call Their Primaries for Next Friday Evening -Convention on Saturday. SIXTY-FOUR DELEGATES TO BE CHOSEN The republican township committee and the candidates for places on the republican ticket met last night at the office of James O' Mara and concluded the business necessary for the holding of the primaries on Thursday, March 14. A roll call of the precincts was ordered for the purpose of determining where the primary elections would be held. The number of delegates to which each precinct is entitled. and the places of holding the election are as follows: First precinct, six delegates; Sites' cigar store, East North street.

Second precinct, five delegates; 758 North Water street. Third precinct, seven delegates; Brown's marble shop, North Main street. Fourth precinct, five delegates; Neidermeyer's store North Mercer street. Fifth precinct, five delegates; Newell building, South Monroe street. Sixth precinct, five delegates; Doake's barn, West Wood street.

Seventh precinct, four delegates; Dodd's building, Seigel street. Eighth precinct, four delegates; court house. Ninth precinct, five delegates; blacksmith shop, East Wood street. Tenth precinct, four delegates; Sterr's meat market, South Webster street. Eleventh precinct, five delegates; Kraft's bottling works, East Eldorado street.

Twelfth precinct, two delegates; 1705 East Prairle street. Thirteenth precinct, two delegates; 810 North Calhoun street. Fourteenth precinct, four delegates; corner Calhoun and Herkimer streets. Fifteenth precinct, four delegates; Leafland avenue chapel. Sixteenth precinct, eight delegates; Foster'e store, Division and Broadway.

Seventeenth precinct, six delegates; Masterson's shop. Eighteenth precinct, seven delegates; Hendrick's shop, Green street. The committee determined that a list of the persons who voted at the primaries should be made but that no ballots should be numbered. These who wish to be candidates for nominations and were not present to get their names op the primary tickets will enjoy that privilege if they call upon Frank Roby at hie office before 5 o'clock this afternoon and pay the sum assessed against all of the candidates to pay the expenses of the primary election. On a call for candidates these names were presented: Supervisor, J.

H. Record; one to be elected. Assistant supervisore, Joe W. Weigand, F. W.

Kipp, George Martin, James Henson, William Neidermeyer and John Barron; five to be elected. Assessor, Henry W. Waggoner and H. A. Aldridge; one to be elected.

Collector, Ed. G. Allen. Town Clerk, John Nichols. Justices of the peace, F.

Marion May, John brockway, George W. Stoy, John H. McCoy, A. H. Hill, W.

J. Dickinson, S. T. Keeler, James O' Mara, P. B.

Provost, O. W. Smith and J. C. Hane; five to be chosen.

Constables, H. K. Midkiff, Fred Miller, John T. Lloyd, Thomas L. Antrim and W.

W. Conard: five to be chosen. Highway commissioner, Frank M. Hall, Henry Ammans and D. A.

Maffit; one to be selected. master, Greenbury Martin. At the meeting Monday night last, the hovra of holding the primaries WAS fixed at 5 to 7 p. m. but last night the committee reconsidered that action and the primary polls will be opened from 4 to 7 p.

m. There was some surprise that there were not more candidates for assistant supervisor and for constable. Thers are five candidates to be chosen in each case and there were only five suggested for constable and six for assistant supervisor. The official call for the primaries will be published Sunday morning in the Herald. DEMOCRATS MEET.

Arrange Primaries for the 15th and the Convention for the 16th. The democrats of the township met Friday bight at the office of J. Mi. Gray in the Millikin building and had a good representation present. They made arrangements for the primaries and township convention.

Up to date Tommy Andrews is the only 1 man who has announced that he wants a place on the ticket. R. E. Gray was elected township chairman and Dr. Burke secretary.

Julius Genkerke was named as the treasurer. The convention will be composed of 64 delegates. The meeting places in the various districts have been named as follows, together with the number of delegates that each is entitled to: First-Stepben3 Brothers, five delegates. Second-Chronister's, three delegates. Third -Review, two delegates.

Fourth Montgomery'e barn, two delegates. Fifth -Carter's shop, two delegates. Sixth -Doake's barn, three delegates. Seventh -Dodds store, three delegates. Eighth-Council room, three delegates.

Ninth shop, East Wood, five delegates. Tenth- Jacobs' store, two delegates. Eleventh -Kincaid building, six deleI zates. Twelfth- Booker's store, two delegates. Thirtenth- building, six delegates.

Fourteenth- Knapp's store, five delegates. Fifteenth- -Leafland A venue chapel, four delegates. Sixteenth--Fulton's store, four delegates. Seventeenth--Coy's store, three delegates. Eighteenth--King and Monroe, three delegates.

It was decided to hold the primary meetinge on the evening of March 15 and the convention will beheld at the circuit court room on the following night. In the sixth ward some of his friends are trying to prevail upon Harry Heliday to be an aldermanic candidate on the republican ticket. Rudolph Potrafka who has long been one of the republican workers in that part of the city will in all probability be a candidate for alderman on the republican ticket in the fifth ward. Fifth ward republicans usally have an uphill fight but Potrafka is said to be willing to take the short end and make a fight for the place. As the day of the primary draws near there appear new candidates for the democratic nomination in the fifth ward.

John Kock is said to the latest aspirant for that nomination. Frank Meridith who has for the last two years been one of the first ward representatives in the city council will io all probability be a candidate to succeed himself. There wae a rumor on the streets Friday which if true will in a slight measure legsen the compliction in the struggle for the repubican nomination for mayor. Ex-Oircuit Clerk Dave Foster has frequently been mentioned as one of the aspirants for the mayorality but yesterday the story was that Foster had concluded to become a candidate for the nomination for city clerk. The republican city central committee will meet tonight at the office of James J.

Finn in the courthouse. SIX TO SIX Was the Way the Farr-Mills Jury Stood. The jury in the sult of John Farr against the Mills Lumber company was discharged Friday being unable to agree. They were evenly divided on the question of the liability of the defendant company. The jury in the Wilson-Carr casa returned a verdict for the defendant and assessed the costs against Wilson.

The latter charged that he had purchased under a guarantee a team of mules which proved to be windbroken. He wanted to recover the price paid for the team but the jury couldn't see it that way. There is now pending in court the suit cf H. A. Six vs.

Lloyd Stanford. Six is endeavoring to recover a commission alleged to be due for the sale of some property which Stanford sold to O. Bromley. Before a justice a verdict for Stantord was given. The defendant claims that Six had no authority from Stanford to mix in the trade which was made without the assistance of any outside persons.

When court adjourned Friday evening this case was adjourned until Monday noon. There will be court this morning bat for the hearing of motions only. After the adjournment. of the Six-Stanford trial Friday evening Judge Vail beard the testimony in the suit of Willard vs. Culver.

This is one of the echoes of the old Culver electric company. A decision was not given. The docket orders entered were as follows: CHANCERY. James T. Robarts, executor vs.

Charles L. Griswold et foreclosure. Entry of appearance in writing of Oharles L. Griswold and Emada Griewold and decree pro confesso. LAW.

John Farr ve. Mills Lumber trespass on the case. Jury disagree and the court being eatisfied the jury cannot agree they are discharged and cause continued. William Wilson vs. I.

J. Carr; appellant, appeal. Verdict for defendant. Judgmept against plaintiff for costs. H.

A. Six, appellant vs. Lloyd Stanford appeal. Trial by jury. J.

G. Willard Va. John H. Culver et assumpsit. Heard by court.

Fortnightly Club. The Fortnightly club had its first meeting Friday night at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. J.

Brown. The club meets every other Friday for a 7 o'clock dinner and is composed of the following gentlemen and theirwives: Charles R. Murphy, Frank Roach, George Montgomery, William Shellabarger, Harry Crea, Guy Parke, Frank Curtis and Dr. E. J.

Brown. Same Line. The dealers in early garden truck offer about the same line now that they have been offering for the past few weeks. In the vegetable line there is really nothing new. Strawberries are back once more after an absence of few days.

They sell at 40c a quart. Births. Born -To Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Cloyd at their home, 705 North Union street, Thursday, March 7, a son. Remember the scrubbing the floor and dusting the cushions often comes under the head of church work. Strikes a Rich Find. "I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nerrous debility, writes F.

J. Green, of Lancaster, N. H. "No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever ed. They have also sept my wife in escellent health for years.

She says Electric Bitters are just splendid for female troubles; that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family." Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by N. L.

Krone, C. F. Shilling and John E. King, druggists. THE BRIDGE WAITS Because the Highway Commissioners of Mosquito Township Have No Money.

BRIDGE BUILDERS PRESENT To Submit Proposals and Were Disgusted to Learn That No Offers Would Be Considered at This Time. MOSQUITO VOTERS MUST BE HEARD Friday was the day appointed for receive ing contracts for the construction of a $5000 bridge across the Sangamon river southeast of Niantic. This bridge is tween Mosquito township in Christian county and Niantic township in Macon county. The highway commissioners in each township are the ones who first look after the work, and if they are eby on money ask for aid from the general fund of the county. Friday there were a number of bridge builders here to submit bids and all of the various highway commissioners were pres, ent.

There was some eurprise when the men from Mosquito township announced that they could not consider bids because their townehip was short of money. They had expended all of the money assessed for road and bridge purposes and could not engage in any 1 further improvements unless they exceeded the 40c limit of tion. That limit may not ba exceeded unless by the consent of the voters at the polls, The highway commissioners eaid that at the coming spring election they would suomit the question to the voters and if it carried they would then be ready. to consider bide. The era from Mosquito did not realize their financial gituation until after bids had been called for.

One of the Ohristian county men, but not a resident of Mosquito township, said; "I am of the opinion the proposition to provide the money for the bridge will carry in Mosquito towaship. The people in that township are the ones who first asked for the bridge. It was not the Macon county farmers who were as much concerned as were the farmers on the other side of the river. For that reason I believe that the proposition wili carry. If it does we will come back and receive bids." Naturally the bridge builders were not a little disappointed at the turn of affairs.

CLINTON. CLINTON. Miss Kate Bowman died at the home of her sister, Mra. Wm. Crawford's Thursday evening, at 5 o'clock with smallpox, No other cases have developed as yet.

March 8. KENNEY. Married---Joseph Todd, of Kenney, and Miss Kirby, of Tunbridge. Elmer Howard uf Gilman, and Miss Jessie Suttle, of ney. Mrs.

Ben Howard and D. E. Randolph, who have been quite sick, are improving, Kenney loses three families this week for the farm: P. H. Montgomery, Pat Renchler and Moses Davis.

William Myers, agent of the I. C. R. while starting the gasoline engine last Tuesday, got two fingers of the right hand caught, which were badly injured. March 7.

NIANTIO. Sophia Downing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Downing, and known to her friends as "Dot," died Friday, March 1, at her home rear Niantic, after 8 lingering illness of heart trouble. Dot was born at Yorkshire, England, October 24, 1887, coming to America with her parents in 1888.

Naturally of a loving disposition and possessing a superior intelligence for one of her age, she was loved by allwho knew her. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by her schoolmates and other friends, She is survived by her parente, five sisters, Mrs. F. Bauer' Martha, Beatrice, Susie and Mars, five brothers, James, Walter, Albert, David and Frank. The funeral was held at the Niantic Christian church, Rev.

Parker officiating. The burial took place at the Harristown cemetery. MONTICELLO. Ed Hettinger, who has spent years in battling with consumption at last sucH cumbed and was laid away, one day last week. His widow, assisted by her father and father-in-law, will carry on farming as before.

Ed. was a good citizen and neighbor, and will be sadly missed. Judge Shonkweiler has bad a pretty busy time of it lately between his own, Champaign and Macon counties. The Republican Printing company has been patting itself on the back of late on account of its last suit against the county for supplies furnished. The supervisors refused to pay for thew because a purchasing agent had been appointed for the purpose, to buy, and the supplies in question a were not ordered by him.

Judge Cochran will give judgment for such supplies aS have been the county's business. The meeting at the Methodist church still goes on with unabated interest. Henry Ferry, an old resident of this county, died on the 5th He had not been sick long. He was a native of Illinois and a brother of Mrs. Mary Wallace of Mt.

Zion township. He was buried in city cemetery north of Monticello on the 6th. A great number of people are complaining with grip. Samuel Smock and Esquire Jones, east of town, are both dangerously ill with the disease. The fire whistle aroused our citizens 8 few days ego and for tome reason the fire company did cot understand the signal and went wandering over town looking for the fire.

In the meanti.ne Mrs. W. J. Britton assisted by a few neighbor women, put the fire out with buckets. It was Britton's smokehouse, and might have been disastrous but for the timely assistance of the women.

March 8. Cures all Throat and Affections. Bull's Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. Salvation Oil cures Rheumatism.

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