The Herald-Despatch from Decatur, Illinois • Page 1

FIRS THE GREAT VSALE oliain's VOLUME XII. i ou intend to realize the benefits w. We can't Govern the Weath- by January 1, but the weather the stock by that date, notwi than the Jobbers! fact me, them. i do a i to induce you pax rv-arK i the i i es ask; can't on i i Imy 1 Don't you know you know from the list of prices that 45 worth i 2.25 worth TnrntMl and Hand at i iKi worth 2.50 a a i i 2 0 0 at worth 1.50 at worth .40 at tii-x worth 1.25 at APHA WITHOUT FEAR OB FAVOR ON PUBLIC ISSUES. TRUE TO LOCAL INTERESTS.

81.00 In DECATUR, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1890. NUMBER 21 55EJ3U. B. BULLMD, MiB offWMl. Tht' Wold ITtifi full qin true .1 for ibTw 60 b7 to A THB It FUNERAL DIEECTC Mr BuS'ara will always keep InstcoMhel na pertainine to therndertaRinz" IIH to correspord Hems' A H'wialty nf embalming and prwerriM' I of the cead Do not fs'l to intern a i Mr.

Hu'lard when lequirioe services In MIICJ harnfii and camaKus a lws a A "t.S -i eht and day. and all orders by" iu iihune will rt '-eive prompt attention SBTO, Troffit, Posl'-lve "r.t'rf A Vior iJOO. Ssec ST. LOUIS. IE FITS! not mean to stop ieii havei then, return I have maJe the disease or FALLING SICKNESS a rrant r-'icedy to cuiv the others have failed is no eeding cure.

Seti.1 at a FreoPottlf of my Office. 133 Pearl MASONIC BLOCK, DEOATVR. ILLIN jfORE WU Buy STEAM ENGINE OR BOILER ItGVTIVlB PlttScure IBDEMEIECTRICTBUSS SEND FOB OUH ATLAS ENGINE INDIANAPOLIS, INO- SALESMEl nt Position Guaranteed With Salary and will! Mtrtu. AH. lllasf ill, of Milwaukee, has rman of the Wisconsin Central Committee.

XTED LOCAL OTKS. the world is the I i i a i elevator of the Shella- and Elevator is i i iron. Mr. and Mrs. F.

M. Vant U' on 21, a i tea pounds. a i Priest had his life i 4 $1,700 in f'ivur of Int i iiiinuiit i be pnid over to her. To Mr. and Mrs Dan McGorray, boiue, No.

SM Eibt Sangamon on Monday, January 20, a daugh- u'i blood and you will not j.i i umatism. Hood's tlR- blood, and tones the whole I A has received a letter i. brother, Robert, who is in i i i the latter states that his MIOW- no signs of improvement. niv HiiKHiS, rihellabarger's head mil- tin i and a an a a dust collectors now commonly in flouring mills. i VT, the Illinois Central employe run over by a Central train uear i on Tuesday night, died of his in- ni- a 5 morning.

i I HI another moi.th.cif Ihis i i solid roads and we'll get i "rn crop of 1889 to moving to i a i make business boom. i i i i has been received here that Geo. lr. tt ami imily, who recently left Decar lor their futua: home at Spokane were for four days at i i i Oregon. i i i iloi.MtN has about 120 or i 1 1 on his books at present.

The a has greatly increased the i ir coal, but has not increased I I I of paupers. The overseer i i -inCf-a in almost every family he i 'or Tin nitiful glossy sheen, so much I 'i hair, can be secured by the -i i A i H.iir Vigor. There is noth- i i thin this Preparation for i.ins; the scalp and keeping it i i i i i and itching eruptions. THK opinion is expressed by men rom i i i who are well acquainted i i ii details of the case, that Corn Hi." hilled 0. T.

Harris, and has ust Ken granted a new trial by the su- i i i will be cleared on his sec- Mil i a MATTHEWS, the man who had both feet cut off near the Cen- 'ral depot in this city on Sunday, a jary 12. has beeu removed from his home Mt. Pnlaski to the hospital at Lin- where he is now receiving the beat item- and is doing as well as could be Lending i ms recommend Ayer's i i i i a Old and take it with It cleanses the blood, ig'hen 1 the nerves, and vitalizes the in. Popular experience has long i.tml this medu ice at the head of touic ilttTiiativis. new lecture room which 'hi church will build this 'fKt in tlie rear of their lot on the corner if r.

i i i i anil Church streets, will cost iNiiit $70011 or SUI10, and it is the only i i be a by voi i during the year lUiTisv'ss depends very much on the 'iiiiinioii of the liver and kidneys. The lh of uff mike but i iinpression on digestion is good. You can uti' ycmi hyer and kirii eys with Dr. H. McLean's Liver aud Kidney Balm.

per bottle. Ii tMiiTH will preside at the trial i i -i-of the People vs. D. i Mt. Zi HI, who wns indicted for nme ago.

The case will be i Thursday ftie i i i a i be represented by At- i i I A Buckingham end Crea States Attoiney Mills will rep- 'he p-o-ecutiim. In York the supreme court holds irrnss i i nee for an engi- in i i i i i train to run his a i train and the mr1; room of'a depot at a time when i i i i wish to take the train, it tlif jury to determine i p.is.-i ngcr who crosses the MI! out i toward the train, ti.i of i w-is adjourned (Wednesday at 3 "-n i i i Monday. The case of Childers s. half finished, goes i i i i next week. Attflrney Buck- ini, who was counsel for the defend- too ill to be in court and an ad- purnmi-'it wns made necessary.

This 0-ikia two case- that have been half tried icil tin continued on account of sick- ntf.s iromijir the lawyers. With the ex- cp P'i of these cases the civil docket ''l engage atteLtion for two but on Monday the trial of crim- 'l MM.S i be commenced. thi Iniiiunapohs divisions of the i i i i i i i i lines is a colored engineer ranks among the best on the road-" I Burnn. He began firing in i he was given a freight en- KICI to rm, and about two years ago a IHSK-ivr, which he now runs out of In- daily. On the New York road is a colored pissen- ir.

He has been on the road i jecs, and for fifteen -years has a inductor of a passenger train. His name nrv Yannefs. As evidence of th CtS and ability he wears a ln an( rjadge and carries silver nlitcd lantern, which were presented to him bj the officials of the road. SUICIDE IN COLORADO. A Former Decaturite Shoots Himself at Denver- Warner Oglesby shot and i at Denver, Colorado, on Monday night, January 20.

The cause of his suicide has not been assigned and cannot be learned. The first known of the af fair was in a dispatch addressed to J. Oglesby, Decatur, 111." This message was delivered at the residence of Hon. J. J.

Peddecord, who informed the messenger boy that the ex governor was not here. After some delay the message was delivered to relatives here in the city, and it contained a question as to what to do with the body. It will not be brought here for burial. Warner Oglesby was better in boyhood days as "Pete." He was an orphan in hin early boyhood, and Mrs. W.

Binghtim, hi- auut, raised him. He attended the second ward school, and attended the public schools generally til he was a lad in his teens. Those who will remember him in boyhood will recall him as a droll, easy-going and loving boy. Nothing has been known of him here for many years. He went west many years ago, and since then very little has been heard of him.

Perhaps more will be learned of the suicide and the causes which led to it in a few days. The deceased was about 37 years of age. CHURCH THIAL CONCLUDED, The Judgment of the Lower Courts Affirmed and S. Warrick Expelled, September h. K.

Warrick was tried before a church committee of San ner Chapel on a charge of fraudulently eizing and appropriating goods belonc- ng to Jordan S. Smith. In this trial he was found guilty of the charge aud lost 3is standing as a member of Sanner Chapel. HP appealed from this decision aud obtained a change of venue to Sullivan where he was again on Monday by a church tribunal, over which J. T.

Orr, presiding elder of the M'lttoon district, presided. RKV. M. D. Hawes, presiding ilder of the Decatur district, appeared BS advocate for Warrick, D.

C. Corley appeared for the church. After a bearing of the testimony in the case, the in the Sanner chapel was af firmed, and the expulsion of Warrick was ratified. Wanner chapel is located about eight miles east of Macon, aud the controversy which caused the church trial has also caused a suit which is now pending in the circuit court. Married at Kansas City.

Copies of Kansas City papers containing an account of the marriage of Miss Lizz llalloy to John F. Livers, have been received by friends of the bride in Decatur. The marriage ceremony was solemnized last Wednesday niirht at St. Aloysius church in Kansas City. The ceremony was performed by Kt-v.

Father Spiech, 3. J. The couple were attended by John Livers, brother of the groom, and Miss Birdie Carroll, of Salina, Kansas. The Jesuit choir was in attendance at the churc and the duet from the opera Maritana," -'Holy Mother Guide Their Footsteps," was rendered by Misses Blanche McDonald and Kate O'Flaherty. A r.

ception was held at the home of the bride following the ceremony. Mrs. Charles Laux and Mrs. W. E.

Moore of this city were present at the wedding and reception. The bride formerly livtd in Decatur and is a niece of Mrs. Laux and a daughter of Mrs. Malloy who formerly conducted a boarding house on West Prairie street. Mr.

and Mrs. Livers are now on their wedding trip but on their return will be at home to friends at No 1313 Washington Avenue, Kansas City. The Snow Stockade. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. the Truckee and Emigrant gaps the state of affairs raused by the snow blockade has become serious.

All cast bound trains are at Sacramento, and Shady Run. The drifts at Truckee Gap are from eight to thirty feet deep. Hundreds of men are at work. The snow plow is helpless and once was stuck in a drift with ten engines behind it, but they dug out and got home again. Telegraph wiret are buried and men are out uncovering them.

Snow shots are at a premium and'men are flying over the snow constantly from Colfax, carrying food to passengers in delayed trains. Xo one is suffering for food or fuel that the railroad officials know of. In New Quarters. Wayne Bros, are now located in their new quarters, the Wikoff block on the east side of Central park, where they are fully prepared to do all kinds of carriage work at moderate figures. All who contemplate placing orders for cew work of any kind or "having their old ones renewed are respectfully isvited to call and see the Wayne will do their best to Scovill-He Pays the Freight.

Furniture, carpets, stoves and everything to furnish your house with. Special nducements to parties goirg to house-keeping. G. W. SCOVILL, 215 South side Park, Decatur, 111.

Electric Belt Free. To introduce it and obtain agents the undersionea firm will give away a few of their $5 German Electric Belts invented hv Prof Van der Weyde, president of the New York Electrical Society (V. 8. Pat. 257 647) a positive cure for nervous debility, rheumatism, Iqss of power, etc.

Address Electric awDcy, P. 0. Box 178, Brooklyn, N. Y. Wnte to them Real Estate Transfers.

Harriet M. Crocker to John H. Crocker, quit claim to the following property: Lots 6, 7, 8, and 10, of block 6, in Maroa; also 100 feet off the east end of lots 9 and 10, block 11, of Railroad addition, of Maroa; also CO feet off of the end of lots 4 and 5, and the south half of the west 100 feet of lots 5 of the resurvey of lots 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12, of block 3, of Maroa; alsc one-half foot off the west side of lot 7, of the resurvey of ots 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12, of block 3," of Maroa; aho lot 19, of the west half ol the j-outnwist quarter of 2, 18, 2 east; also the south i of lot 4, of block 18, of West addition to Kenney. Consideration John Crocker to James H. Sterling, lot 13 and the north half of lot 18, block 5, of Waller's addition to Maroa; consideration George L.

Crocker to John H. Crocker, the undivided moiety of the west half of the northeast quarter of 10, 18, 3 east, in Fiiend's Creek township; consideration $3,200. Governor Conover to John II. Crocker, lots 1, 2, a ana 4, block 2, of Waller's idditiou to Maroa; consideration $295. Elizabeth Wilson et al to Jay Taylor, a piece of laud situated in 1, 15, 3 east; consideration $505.

Matthew Shields to Jay Taylor, deed to the Shields land in 1, 15, 3 east, in Mt Zion township; consideration $230. John W. Shields to Jay R. Taylor, deed to small tract of land in 1, 15, Ii east, in Mt. Zion township; consideration $125.

W. A. Wilson to Juy R. Taylor, 11 and 64-100 of an acre in 1, 15, east, Mt. Zion township; consideration $100.

Leo J. Schwab to Catherine tichwab, 77 of an acre in the southwest quarter of 5, 14, 1 east, in Pleasant View township; consideration, $400. Fire Near Niantic. The residence of Mrs. Mary A.

Brock, mile northwest of Niantic, was lurned to the ground Tuesday afternoon. The house was a two-story frame struct- and was occup'e by Mrs Brock and Joseph Ryan aud family, The fire orig mated in the apartments of Mri. Brock on the second floor. It was discovered about 2 o'clock and developed M) qui kly that no attempt could be made to check the flames. Only a few household effects were saved.

Among other things Mr. Ryan lost 100 bushels (f potatoes which were stored in the cellar. The house was a new one. The total loss is near $2,000 Mrs. Brock is quite an old woman and as i was no insurance oa the house the loss is a severe one.

To My Friends and Patrons. The statement that I am not associated with or that I do not intend to continue in the grocery business, as a member of ti firm of Kipp Hart, has no foundation in fact. Sometime ago I purchased a half interest in the business anil it is my purpose to continue in it, and I hope by fair dealing with the public and honest competition to -merit a full share of the trade. The firm of which 1 am a member will carry as complete a line of fancy and staple groceries as can found in the city, and respectfully solicits the patronage of the public to the end that whatevr claim is made may be fully justified. Call on us at Co4 East Eldorado street.

Lou Uart, of the firm of Kipp Hart. Machine for Buttering Bread. The latest and most unique invention is a machine for buttering bread. It is used in connection with a gieat patent bread cutter, and is intended for use in prisons, workhouses and other reformatory institutions. There is a cylindrical- shaped brush, which is fed with butter, and lays a thin layer on the bread as it comes from the cutter.

The machine can be worked by hand, steam or electricity, and I a capacity for cut ting and buttering 750 loaves of bread an hour. The saving of butter acd of bread and the decrease in the quantity of crumbs is said to be very large. Sold Out to W. F. Busher.

The stock of the Black shoe store at 139 East Main street was sold Wednesday to W. F. Busher, he agreeing to pay 60 cents on the dollar of the invoice price. Mr. Busher has already taken possession of the stock, and has removed the greater portion to his store.

It is not Known just what the stock will invoice, but it is surmised that the payment will be in the neighborhood of Mr. Black says that the conditions of business in the shoe trade have been hard for the past two years, and he is anxious to get into some other business. He has not yet determined what business he will in, The Grain Market. Grain prices are quoted by the Shellabarger Mill Elevator Co. as follows: White corn 22 cents per bushel of 70 pounds; yellow corn, 20c; white oats, 20c; mixed oats, 18c; rye, 30c; wheat 72 cents for the best grades weighing from 59 to 60 pounds to the bushel.

Other grades of wheat are bought by weight per bushel 88 follows: 58 pound wheat, 70; 57 pound, 67c; 56 pound, 62c; 55 pound, from 40 to 50c according to quality. DIED. At the home of the parents, No. 1053 North Monran street, on Weanesday. Jan.

SB, Jessie, daughter ol Mr. and Mre. John W. Bartholomew, aged? rears, 5 months 11 days. The little one had been sick about two weeks.

She first had diphtheria and had apparently nearly lecovered when ihe took a relapse, blood poisoning set in and she died within a few days. The father is a Wabash engineer. The bertared hare the sympathy ol all their friradi and uqtuiBUitoM. MACON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. January E.

P. Vail, Pre siding EIUHTU DAY-COMMON LAW. The Western Mill Co vaThe garnishee. Motion to dismiss suit for want of jurisdiction. Aahbnry Childers vs Peter Collins: asump- sit.

Trial by jury Mary Dingman et al TS D. W. firenneman et al; trespass on the case Demurrer to declaration sustained and leave to amend imtanter. as to minor children and rule to plead by call of cause Mary I Hamsher vs Dlllehant; replevin. Dismissed as per agreement on file George Wree, administrator of William Kirks deceased vs James Birks: attachment.

Proof of publication. Rule jn defendant to plead by second Wednesday. Dora Qroxan vs E'iaa Dunkel et al; assumpsit. Default. Court assesses damages at Judgment.

Peduecord, Barrows Co TS Melville terson; attachment. Proof of publication. Fredericka Delbridge vs Blva Wilson et al; forcible entry and detainer. Motion by defendant to dismiss suit CHJLNOIBT. George Pasfield TS Matilda Anna BUckford et al; foreclosure.

Stricken. Peddecord, Burrows Co. n. E. B.

Durfee et al; foreclosure. Decree pro conleaso TS all adalt defendant; not answering and referred to master. Nancy Guthrie vs George Gurthrie; divorce Heard by court. Sarah Miller TS George Miller; divorce. Decree pro confcsao.

NIXTU DAY--CBANC1RT. A Eisley vs Harvey Pasco et al; foreclosure. Beurue pro confestfl Referred to mauler Sarah Miller vs George Miller: dlrorce. Seard by court. Decree.

An Interesting Suit. The suit of Asbury Childers vs. Peter lollms was on trial in the circuit court Tuesday. TheJ plaintiff is represented jy I. D.

Walker, and the the defendant I. A. Buckingham and Charles Shroll. The suit was brought to recover one thousand dollars from Collins for joard and care furnished his wife for a period of 103 weeks. It is alleged that Jollins run his wife away from home and refused to care for her properly, and that she lived with and was cared for by her daughter, Mrs.

Childers. Collins set up ii denial of these statements in his bill, and claims to have properly provided for his wife, and that she left jome without cause. Mr. and Mrs. lived south of the St.

Louis bridge. She became his housekeeper for a time, and in 1884 the couple were married, living together until 1886. She is about 55 or 60 years old, and he is about 60. Mrs. Collins has been married three times, and Mrs.

Chillers is a daughter jy her first husband. Scarcity of Antipyrene. The grippe epidemic has reduced the supply of antipyrcne, the favorite remedy for this but has not. completely ex- l) usted the local supply. One leading drug dealer reported last evening that he bad a few drams over an ounce in stock.

The scarcity of the drug has not advanced the price with wholesale dealers as many supposed, although speculators are boom- iug the price upward. The wholesalers have the same difficulty securing the that the retail dealers do. It can be secured only in Europe and the long run of la grippe in the old country has reduced the supply there, while in this country it is practically exhausted. Ooe local dealer says he manages to keep a small quantity on hand by ordering one or two ounces from fifteen or twenty different wholesale houses. Out of twenty orders to as many different wholesale dealers, for one ounce each, he figures on jettine five ounces.

The wholesale dealers also deal it out in small dribs, tryiiig to furnish each customer with a little as best they can. County Court. Inventories were approved in the following estates: Jane Howell, Catherine Uuver, John Hanks, Henry Myer, Thoa. Scaulon, John E. Gourley, Mattie A.

Mills, Ernest F. Delbridge and Andrew J. Thrift. Appraisement bills were filed and approved in the following estates: E. F.

Delbridge, Mattie A. Mills, Eleazer House, Joshua 0 Perdue, Dennis Godfrey, John McEvoy, Isaac Waggoner and Jane Howell. The inventory of the estate of Joseph Robinson showed real estate valued'at $5,300. He had $522 45 cash on hand at the time of his demise, and notes and mortgages valued at $5,080.23. Burglary at Oalton, On Saturday night burglars broke in the front door of George Ferre'B general store at Dalton and stole a lot of clothing and flour valued at $50, and about $6 in money.

There is no clue to the thieves. This makes six or eight times that burglars have visited Ferre's store. Three or four years ago burglars broke in blew open the safe and stole the contents. It is believed that the burglars go to Ferre's store more than to other places in the vilhge because of a belief that they can make a bigger haul at Ferre's. Pythian Several ladies, under the leadership ol Mrs.

Sophie Gibb and Mrs. Mary Wine- gardener, are endeavoring to establish here a Temple of Pythian Sisters. It is a side issue of the Knights of Pythias, like the Eastern Star is to Masonry, and the Daughters of Rebekah to Odd Fellow ship, and is designed for the wives, daughter! and sitters of Knights ol Pythias. It is said that a number will join such an order. A New York Physician.

"I do not hesitate to say that I frequently prescribe Hood's Sarsaparilla for my patients," said an eminent New York physician, whose name, if given, would be recognized as that of a specialist at the bead of his branch of the profession, "and I do so with a good deal of confidence." "In the first place," he continued, "I believe in it as a pure, reliable blood purifier, with especial merit as a tonic. Then, I can rely on it as being the same medicine all the time. What I mean is this: I can write a prescription for a patient, who will take it to a druggist and receive medicine accordingly. The next time the patient needs about the same medicine, or when I give the prescription to another patient, he goes to some other druggist, who prepares a me 'icine which looks and acts entirely different from that of the first druggist I do not mean by this to reflect upon the druggist, for as a rule there is no more honorable or reliable class of business men in the country. But the most honest men may differ in understanding, belief and method.

Now Hood's Sarsaparilla is prepared all the time )y the same men who have given a great deal of thought and time to its composition. It is prepared in large quantities and from the same ingredients. There- 'ore when you buy a second, third, or 'ourth bottle, the; will be the same as he first, of equal appearance, strength and curative power. It is a good medicine and is being prescribed more and more )y the medical Death of Mrs. Shaffer.

Mrs. J. D. Shaffer died Thursday afternoon at her home in Springfield. She las been in failing health for several years past.

The particulars of her death were not received by the relatives in this city. Mrs. Shaffer was a daughter of the ate R. Ji. Perry, for many years general road master of the Wabash, and a sister of Urs.

A. Bradley, Mrs. James Park and Mrs. Harry Snarr. The two last named were with her at the time of her death, Mrg.

Bradley having returned to this city on Wednesday. Mrs. Shaffer was well known in Decatur having been raised here and having attended the Decatur high school. After her marriage J. D.

Shaffer the couple resided here 'or some time, Mr. Shaffer being assistant ticket agent of the Wabash. They next removed to Springfield where Mr. Shaffer was ticket agent tor the Wabash. A few years ago he resigned that position and accepted a similar one on a road at Dulutb, but Mrs.

Shaffer could not stand the climate and he family came back to Decatur about a year sgo, remaining here a few months and then going back to Springfield. The deceased was about thirty-five years old and leaves a husband and one daugbtT, Edith, to mourn her loss. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. Went Crazy at Edwardsville. A telegram from Edwardsville under date of Wednesday BHJS: "A young man about 31 years of age, giving the name of J.

A. Winslow, being, as he stated, on tu's way to Wairensburg, 111., got off the 5 o'clock Wabash train here last evening It appears the conductor had given him a check and taken up his ticket and the passenger left the train at this place without notice of his intention. Several prominent persons, among them the mayor and county sheriff, took an interest in the case to the extent of making arrangements with the railroad company for his transportation. This done, however, the man refused to go, becatni violent, struck the sheriff, called for pistols and in other ways exhibited symp toms of insanity. It required the strength, of several men to secure and place him in safety until morning.

Winslow'e friends at Warrensburg have been notified and are expected to arrive this evening." Married at Wilton Junction. Iowa. On Tuesday evening Chailes Hilder brandt and Miss Mattie Michaels were married at Wilton Junction, Iowa, at the home of the bride's uncle. 'Ihe young couple arrived in Dtcatur last evening at 5 o'clock, accompanied by the parents of the groom and other Decatur relatives who witnessed the ceremony. Mr.

Hildebrandt holds the responsible position of foreman of Mueller SODS shop. He is active and energetic and an exemplary young man in every respect. The bride has been a resident of Decatur for several years and has a wide circle of acquaintances. For the present Mr. and Mrs.

Hilderbrandt will reside at 434 North Morgan street. After February 8th they will be "at home" at 553 Prairie avenue. Tlie many friends of the young couple will join the HKBAI.D in wishing them a prosperous and happy married life. Letter List. The following to the nit of letters remaining uncalled for at Uie Deoator poet-offloe for tbfl week ending Jan.

21. 1890. Beck Frank Mar! Lottie Burlcmh Mary A Maxterenn John Chamberlain Gertie Minor Walt llaniel George Mitchell DavisJB Perkins Davis William Phillips Looy DaTisoL Dora Ryan A Davidson Miafer Will Gray imtin Shark Thomac Hennlng May Thayer Kennedy Thompson Lncky 3 Thomai Tnmllnson William McLean Nettie WeaTer Llute Short McKee Davis Warner A i M. HAXON, manager for the Consolidated Tank Line and James Holiday will shortly open a regular comrjois sion business here, paying especial at tention to the handling of flour. FEARS' FURY And How His Wife Says He Showed It on Various Mr.

and Mrs. John Pears and their infant child have been rooming for a month or longer at No. 452 West Main street. On Tuesday night other residents on the premises heard a woman scream and an infant child crying up in the Fears' apartments. The man of the house rushed up to Fears' apartment and saw a sight which fairly made his blood stand still.

Mrs. Fears was hurrying from one side of the room to the otker cowering over her babe which she held tightly clasped to her breast, while Fears was following her with the iron stove poker raised above his head as if just in the act of striking her with it. Upon being thus interrupted in bis pleasing occupation of terrorizing a defenseless female, Pears dropped his poker. The frightened woman was sent below and Fears wag asked to give an excuse for his conduct. explanation was very lame.

His wife bad been in the constant habit of inter- him while he was reading by continually urging him to look at the baby as it played on the floor. She would al- ow the infant to cry while he was in the wuse and bad otherwise interrupted him when he wished to sleep or to read. He lad sent her last summer to Lexington, where her relatives reside and bad given her an intimation thst a continued and never ending absence would not be disagreeable to him. But she couldn't ake the hint, wanted to come back, and le finally allowed her to come back to lim. but she was continually bothering iim about the baby and disturbed his leace and quiet.

After listening with whatever patience he could command, mac of the house ordered Fears off premises. He did not stand on the order of his going but went at once. A TBABPUL RECITAL. When Mrs. Fears finally waa quieted she began a recital to the lady of the louse which, ii true, discloses a domeatic ife of almost unparalleled infelicity.

She is apparently about 24 or 25 yean age. She bore Fears a child about six months ago. and the advent of the little one was to him a great annoyance. He wished that it bad never been born, and she said that he threw the baby an the loor when it was not more than a week: old. She further said that be had threatened to kill her, that she was held terror, that on Tuesday night he had lit the baby in the breast with his fist to make it stop crying, that be had slapped and that thereafter he had taken up he poker, holding it over her oicnacing- following her over the room and seen- ng always ready to strike her until he was interrupted.

She a niece of J. R. McLean, of the Blue 3rass shop, and Wednesday went to Mo- Lean's home, e28 Forrest street, where she la now stopping. She intends leave her husband lor all time. Fears a piano aud organ tuner, baa seen iu the employ of C.

15. jas been apparently an inoffensive fellow. lie will probnbly be arrested to day OB some charge founded upon his conduct Tuesday uight. MRS. FEARS' INTENTIONS.

She Will Not Criminally Prosecute Her Husband, but Will Sue for Separate Maintenance. Mrs. John Fears, who waa so terror- zed her husband at their apartments. at 452 West Main street, on Tuesday, night, has concluded to have nothing to do with any criminal proceedings against- ber buuband. She will, however, continue to make her home for some time with ber aunt, Mrs.

J. R. McLean, on- West Forrest street, and has expressed tier intention of never again trying to live with her husband. She will sue for separate maintenance. Fears is an excessively nervoue man at times.

He has had nothing to say regard to his conduct, and would make no statement Thursday. Macadamized The subject of improved hard attracting unusual attention throughout, the country. Several governors have, called the attention of their legislatures to the matter and the newspapers am discussing it as at least only tecond in. importance to billot reform. Matty experiments are reported and new light ia being thrown on the whole subject.

The- most encouraging report made on the actual construction of hard roads from Bridgeport, wbere about seventy five miles of macadamized eighteen to twenty-five feet wide, have- just been completed at an average coat of 28 cents per scjuarc yard. As indicating the correctness of this statement of the cost, it is shown in the adjacent town- of Fairfield, wbere the haul of material much longer, a contract has been let at 38 cents per square yard for constructing a permanent road twenty feet wide. OB the Bridgepert roads mentioned, Hie affirmed that an ordinary team can haul three-ton net load at any season of the yeai; and parts of it over which an average of about 200 wagons and carte, carrying from forty to sixty hundred weights each passed daily through the trying months of February and March last, showed no perceptable injury. The value of such a road this is apparent, though practically inestimable. If Macon county had as much within its entire territory at has been constructed in Bridgeport and vicinity, it would tell vastly on the value of all farm lands in the county and on their well, not to mention the increased comfort u( businew and speed of travel..