Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1894 — Page 3

PETE HOLTHOUSE & CO., .The One Price Clothiers, are Headquarters for Men’s, Boys and Children’s Clothing. fck .. — —- - ■ ? «■m t — SUMMER CLI2TNNG- , * We wish to call your especial atten- 1 / tion to our Summer Clothing Department OB • ■* * w which is large and complete, embracing all the t Best Wes and Latest Novelties. • I lflß| I REMEMBER i These Goods must be « sold during these hot j months Regardless of Profits. _ ( ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ir J o TAILORING DEPARTMENT. In our Merchant Tailoring Department you will find all the Latest Novelties comprising a first-class Tailor Shop. Best Fit and Best Goods for the least money. Call in and examine. Yours to Please, Pete Holthouse & Co.

.GROCERIES 11 ’ ’ y Eremerßamp, UIIUULIIILU $ • (successors to DONOVAN & COFFEE.) This • WW YWef es.amished I Everything . v > X "Mfir * A", Inthellne business ' ■ ■ a ,Mr , A of house enjoys » f Lx —r- — —. ■■■ household a trade ; I HF - .-ilET’i I i necessities , second ".phUtf-K HsWrWVH to no.-.e are.tobe ,n the city. found there 7 KESTOffI". SOAP 1< 25 OS. .ftftfSUGJIRS, SYRUPS, & CANRED GOODS of all|kinds such as Asparagus Tips, (Club House Brand) Extra French Peas, Deviled Crab, Kippered Herring, Lobsters, etc., etc., sold at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. 25 pounds of Light Brown Sugar for SI.OO Ca.»lx Fetid for Butter end Ufggaf. iwmi & Brrtaii. Ea«t Side ot Second Street, Decatur, Ind. Daniel Schlegel, DEALER IN lIGBTWG RODS, SPOUTIW, ROOM, AND v Tinware of all Kinds. Stuve-PiM Bepairi and x Meuli done lo order. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana.

One Dollar No. 1 Jeans Pants sold at 150 cent per pair at Ike Rosenthal’s j Mdderb Clothing Store. 4tf 1 Smith & Bell are paying the highest cash prices for Clear White Ash logs, cut 12 feet long. 12 inches and over at the top end, must be clear and staight 48*tf Wb6n in the city stop al the C. & JS. Bakery and Restaurant, for the best mealsand lunch'. Albert Schurger 8 ly ' Proprietor. Boarding and lodging at the Peoples Bakery and Restaurant, three doors South of Post Office. 45 ts For Sale.—A Cook Stove about as •good as new, and a large amount of other furniture. For information call ■ at this office. Go to Geo. Roop’s for your handmade boots and shoes and repairing. All work warranted and Stock guaranteed. Repairing done with neatness and dispatch. 2tf All laundering at Miller's Steam Laundry, is positively guarnteed to be the finest that has ever been done in this city, or no charges will be made, we respectfully solicit a trial. d4lw!o Bucklin’s Arnlea Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts bruises, sores, ulcers, salt, rheum, fever sores, tetter chapped hands, chiblains, corns all skin eruptions and positively cures or no pay required. It is guaranteed togiv? perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 05 cents a box> For sale by B i ack . & Miller. 22* ICE. ICE! ICE! 1. • Pure bpring Water Ice. The finest ice of the season was putjip by S. C.Niman. Those desiring ice for the summer will do well to see him, or leave their orders at J. 8. Bowers & Co’s hardware store. g t f Cur© for Heudnrlic. As a remedy for all forms of Headache Eectric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urge all who areafflic ted to pi-Qcure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at Blackburn & Miller’s, successors to A. R. Pierce, — sj (Miiaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised druggist to sell Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with a cough, cold or any lung, throat or chest trouble, and will use this remedy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may. return, the bottle and have your money refunds, We could not make this offer did we not know that Dr. King’s New Discovery could be relied on. It never ditappoints. Trial bottles free at Blackbnm & Miller’s drugstore, (successors to A. R. Pierce). Large size 50c and SI.OO. 1

' ■■■■■■■r.-.' "■■■ murdere# by request. An Aged Frenchman, Tired of Life, Hire* a I Boy to Stab Him to Death. A st ran go boy murderer is Francois Bertholier, a lad of 16, who has been tried? before the Aix assizes for killing au old man named Blanchard at the latter’s request. In the dock he related his crime with grim composure. He said: “On Friday, Oct. 13 (mark the uncanny day and date), the day before the arrival of the Russians, Blanchard and I went to Toulon. Ho then spoke to me for the first time of his intention of putting an end to his life. He dwelt on this topic for several hours, telling me about his lamentable physical condition and entreating me to deliver him from his sufi ering.” "Did you ask him why he hesitated to commit suicide?” “He told me he could not bring himself to the point and that he had religious scruples. A couple of days later he came into n y Ixulroom and woke me up. He said: ‘Frahcois, I count on you for today. I wish it to be all over by this evening.’ I was very astonished. He added: ‘I am going to sign a bill for 1,800 francs for you. Yon may cash it at my notary’s at Carpentras. ’ ’’ “This sum of 1,800 francs caused you to make up your mind?” fit did. I bought a sheet of stamped paper and made, out the bill, which Blanchard signed. Then we went to Joliettetto Marseilles) to take the steam tramway. Just before starting we went to a case, where my friend made me drink glasses of peppermint. He gave me sixpence to buy a knife at a store. In the tramway Blanchard told me to smoke a lot in orderto deaden my feelings. “At L'Estaque we entered another case, and I was made to drink four or five absinthes. We went along the highroad, when Blanchard, stopping, said: ‘This teems to me the right spot. We shall be very comfortable here. ’ “We went under the road bridge. My friend undressed and blindfolded his eyes and stretched himself on the flagstones. ” “How many blows did you strike with y< ur knife?” “Four. On the way he had recommended me to strike several times—to i strike at the temples and the jugular | vein.” “Indeed you followed out his advice. ; You s with a deftness which a proI feasionm murderer would envy. Did ' Blanchard die at once?” i “Yes. He leaned forward a little, • heaved a sigh, aydthat’s all.” ! “What did you do next?” “I had a little blood on my fingers, i I in the sea.” “Did yon feel no remorse, no terror’” “A little, yes.” The -jury brought in a verdict of not guilty on the ground thatßeftholier had acted wi thqut knowledge of crime, but the .tribunal ordered that he should be sent, to a hc use of correction until the ago 0f,20. —Paris SEAGC.NG HOBOES. Ships Sailing From San Francisco Are Carrying a Full List of Stowaways. Nearly every ship that has gone out of port in the past two moi.ths has had one er more stowaways on board. As a rule, captains do not object to one or two. but when it comes to half a dozen or more it is a serious matter. The coasters to northern ports have been most patronized by Stowaways, and now it is the usual thing for the captains of ' the ships to make a tour through the hold of their vessels to make sure that they will not have more of a crew than they can feed. On the last trip of the Enoch Arden north nine men were stowed away in her hold wjien she was towed out of port, and they did not show themselves until the tug was well out of hailing distance. When the vessel reached Seattle, she was nearly bare of provisions. The stowaways on ships north are all bound for the lumber regions of Washington or the mines of British Columbia, where they hope to get work. Those who manage to get away from San Francisco on ships bound elsewhere seem to have no definite end in view except to keep moving if it does not take too much exertion. —San Francisco Examiner. lAn English Nail Eater. A remarkable surgical operation was performed this week at the Lancaster County Lunatic asylum upon William Fitzpatrick, one of inmates. This man some time ago (Ml to swallowing things, and on Monday morning he ate 192 flooring nails, which naturally upset his digestion. An operation was de- , cided upon without the remotest chance of saving the man’s life. During the operation, which lasted two hours, the surgeon took from his stomach the 192 nails aforesaid, varying from 1% to 8 inches in length,'a half of a screw, a piece of wire, two buttons and a mass of matted hair. The nails alone weighed nearly two pounds. Fitzpatrick is ex- ' peeled to die.—London News. Private Letters Made Public. There has been much speculation over I the appearance in the auction mart re- ! cent ly of private letters to prominent persons still living. Thus nine -letters from Motley, the American historian, to Bismarck were sold this week for S3OO. One was marked “private and confidential” and was addressed “Dear Old Bismarck. ” There is no doubt that these letters are genuine, but the natural query is, How did they get into the public market?—London Standard. His Apology. Editor Meacham delivered a speech at the banquet of the Kentucky Press club at Frankfort and published the thing in full in the next issue of his own newspaper. He thus apologized to his readers: “This is not dene at anybody’s request nor to fill a long felt want. In fact, we have no good excuse of any kind for publishing it. But, as it is labeled, those Who wish to escape are not fc-d texc-dit" . . s ■

FIFTY OFF FOR CASH. Application of the Cheap John Principle In , •’’ h Chicago Police Court. ' “Well, if, you want to pay the fine, it will be $5. If you don’t want to pay, it will bo $lO. Now, which will you have?” This is the way in which justice is dispensed in the Desplaines street poi lice court. A dicker is made, if possible, with the prisoner in the dock, much on the same principle as goods are sold on the bargain counter of a Cheap John store. | Last night Thomas Gibbons, a teamster, bought a chicken sandwich from a peddler at the corner of Desplaines and Meridian streets, and after eating she ' same refused to pay for it. Officer | Ullmacher felt called upon to arrest him, and he was arraigned before Justice Doyle in the Desplaines street court this morning. After telling all the details of the transaction the officer said: “And when he was searched at the station he had two $5 bills, your honor. ” At this remark Justice Doyle brightened up, and grasping his pey said: I “Is that so? Did you have $10?” Gibbons pleaded guilty to the charge of having an unusual amount of money for a Desplaines street prisoner, and the court continued: “Well, I’ll make it $5 if you wnt to pay, but if not the fine will be $lO. Which will you have?” “If I have been guilty of any wrongdoing, I am willing to pay, but” “Thatwill do. Takess, Mr. Clerk.” “But I don’t think I am guilty, and I don’t propose to pay a fine, ” remarked the prisoner. “Oh, very well,” said Justice Doyle. “You can make it $lO, Mr. Clerk. Take him down stairs,” and the prisoner was led away to await the arrival of the bridewell bus. —Chicago Dispatch. AN EXPERT SWINDLER. ' A Woman With a Remarkable Record Just Sent to Prison In England. Mrs. Annie alias Mrs. Gordon : Bailis, who vvas sente need to prison in London the other day on a charge of fraud, has had an extraordinary career as an adventur' s. She is described as I a Woman of VeiV prepossessing appt arI anco, having a good figure, pretty eyes I and a pale complexion, although she is now past 4C. She victimized people all over the continent? in Scotland, Australia and New Zealand. She has assumed, at one time and another, over, 40 different mime s. Her system usually consisted in renting some large house, living in an xtravagant and lavish fashion : ah a woman of large wealth and distinI guished family, feho would, while in Scotland, speak of her immense posses; i sions in “Australia. After becoming i fixed in a new plane and her credit es- ! | tablished she would proceed to run up ' bills, borrow money and get possession , lof everything of value possible. The i i place would become too hot to hold Per,l and she wculd disappear and seek new fields for her peculiar talents. At one time she obtained assistance from an old baronet to the amount of £5,000. Mrs. Graham was victimized . for £3,000, and no less a personage than ■ Professor Dlackie of Edinburgh fell a victim to her guileless ways, She had just completed a five year sentence in prison last October and apparently has lost no time in getting back there. For a time at least the tradesmen will be sate, as her sentence was for seven years. —London Truth. Scheme of the Russian Government. The Russian government Conti mplates buying up the railways in the southwest of Russia, amounting altogether to about 3,000 miles. The question of constructing a railway to the Polar and White seas is to be consider- ! ed by a special commission. The scheme of constructing a line across Finland from Uleaborg to Moorman coast, on the Arctic ocean, seems to have been abandoned. It is proposed, however, to. construct a railway connecting St. Pe tersburg with Kemi, on the extreme i north of the gulf of Bothnia, vi’a Ladeinoe Polje and Petrozavodsk, a distance of some 600 miles. This might be afterward extended to one of the open harbors on the Moorman coast, which would furnish Russian warships with a naval station. Another scheme is for a ' St Petersburg to Vologda to ' place the capital in more direct connec- I tion with the Transsiberia railway and j to develop the resources of the northern governments. — St. Petersburg Correspondence. Inevitable Army Service. Max Lebaudy, the French millionaire whose bills have won him much notoriety in Paris, finds that his small stature and palpitations of the heart will not save him from having to serve three years in the army. The recruiting conn- ; cil before whioh he -went decided that ' he Was fit for a light cavalry regiment i and might usefully serve as an eclaireur ; or a military cyclist. He thought he had smoked himself into heart disease. Nat-, urally, with, a fortune of 25,000,000 francs to spend, he is disappointed at having to serve as a lancer, which involves cleaning a horse and other stable > duties. As ft is useless to kick against : the inevitable, he intends to give une fete sportique at the Maisons Lafitte before going to be drafted into a regiment. —Paris Letter. Tom Reed’s New Suit. Ex-Speaker Reed has set a new fashion. The other day he donned a suit of i Kentucky tow, very cool, but very baggy. His trousers were beautifully creased, but—shades of Berry Wall—they were creased on the sides instead of the ' front! Tho result was very funny. Mr. | Reed’s capacious legs looked as if they had wings on them, for the creases in . the sides stood out conspicuously and i with generous expansion. And the worst i of it was that everybody had something j to say to Mr. Reed about the way ho . wore his trousers, so that By the time ! the house adjourned ho was & very tired ‘ num.—Vvasiimgton Poet.

To Farmers and Horsemen. Having established myself in the Blacksmithing and shoeing Business in Decatur, I would respectfully ask all those in need of work of any kind in my line to give me a call. I win Warrant my Work as good as any, and at Prims as Reasonable. Shop in Ellsworth Co's, building, eaat side of dedond Street, Decatur, Ind. _C. w SCI 11 EK HR, DR. C. V. CONNELL,. • 1 Veterinary Surgeon nxxd. DETCTIST. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Toronto Veterinary Dental School. Treats all diseases of the domesticated animals. All calls promptly attended day or night. Surgery and Dentistry a specialty. Oilice in Odd Fellows Block Decatur, Ind. 2* J? J) — DEALEU IN—Grain. Oil, Seeds, Coal, Wool Lhne, Salt, Fertilizers. Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and Clover Leaf railroads. Office and lietail store southeast corner of Second and Jefferson streets. A CARD* J. S. BOWERS, headquarters tor the Hercules Blasting Stump Powder, Gaps and i Fuses. Foundation Rock of the best quality always on i hand. Hercules Powder be-ing--cheap,-clear your fields of stumps. J. S. Bowers Co., leaders in all classes of Goods. ;

What is this IWMI anyhow It is the only bow (ring) which cannot be pulled from the watch. To be had only with Jas. Boss Filled and other watch cases stamped with this trade mark, A postal will bring ;ou a watch case opener. Keystone Watch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. For sale by I' s. .. Jnslev and Jacob Closs & Son. our jewelers y I*HE best investment real esUte is to keep buildings well painfed. Paint protects the house and saves repairs. You sometimes want to sell —many a good house has remained unsold for want of paint. The rule should be, though, “the best paint or none.” Strictly Pure White Lead You cannot afford to use cuedp paints. To be sure of getting Strictly Pure White Lead, look at tha brand ; any of these are safe: “Anchor,” “Southern,” “Eckstein,” “Red Seal,” “ Kentucky,” “ Collier.” For Colors. —National Lead Co?s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. These c®lor> are sold in one-pound cans, each can beinsf sutiicicnt to tint 25 pounds ot Strictly Pure White Lead thedts.'r?d shade; they are in 110 sense vady-mixed p-iuts, but a corrblnation of perfectly pure colors iff the handiest form to tint Strictly Pure White Lead. A good many thousand dollars have been saved property-owners by having our book on painting and color-card. Send us a postal card aud get both free. NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. Cincinnati Branch, > ar.d Freeman Avenuev Cincinnati