Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1894 — Page 5

■: Yon Can Scarcely Guess-:-vE fW J3L- C 5 ' Bra IsL Wz3M Sk Mm lzr' ? y QM r i wit i RS \1 E fXJj </La, ' 1281 fl IJ ■y IA HiM ~ LM *■ 11^0$—•- ***** Ej WHAT A VARIETY OF BARGAINS WE ARE OFFERING IN OUR Miil-Smer Clearance Sals I Goods are so Cheas and the Special Low Price we are giving’ now almost gives them away But we must do some business whether we make any profit or not Goods must go at some Price YOU SAY < 'Zb “Sprang & True are most always busy.” Very true. We believe in pushing trade by giving Low Prices. Come in with the Cash and we will surprise you how many goods you can buy with a 4 ’?'jßr s ' :• * \ <p> DON’T FORGET THE PLACE. SPRANG & TRUE.

Berne Items. Miss Hildigunda yan der Smisser was the guest of Rev. Sprunger this week. A number of Berne young people went to Syracuse to attend the Y. P. A. convention. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Martz died Tuesday morning. R. K. Allison of Decatur was in town Monday. While sickness in town is decreasing, the doctors report many cases in the country. John L&chot was at home over Sun day. David Welty, son of Daniel Welty, a well-to-do citizen of our town, met with a serious accident last Saturday. The boy who is about 14 years old was shooting birds with a double barrel shot gun. After going to the house and putting the weapon back in its usual place it happened in some mysterious manner that one barrel which was loaded discharged and blowed his left hand nearly to pieces. Drs. Franz and Stoneburner performed the am putation of three fingers, leaving the. thumb and index finger. Union Township Items. The farmers are complaining of dry weather and dusty roads. A number of our young pbople attended the Young People’s Union at the Alpha,church Sabbath evening. Miss Ada Springer, of Rockford, Ohio, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Johnson. D. A. Helm will hold a singing at Clark’s Chapel next Saturday evening. Parents come and bring your children to Sabbath school. There is the place for all. Your assistance is nec essary and your children will Be benefited by it. George B. Kline will move to the . city in the near future. The Radicals are erecting a church on the Knittie farm, near the state line. Remember the ice cream social at Wm. Hoagland’s Saturday evening. Canton. Ohio, vs Decatur club at Decatur Monday afternoon. All kinds oF repairing such as replacing buttons, neck bands, &c., neatly done of charge, at Miller’s Steam Laundry. First and Monroe Streets, jHlwlOtf Laundry work called for and delivered to any part of the city and guaranteed tirst-claea. Miller’s Steam Laundry. dil-wlOtf First and Monroe Streets.

Boot Township Items. James McCague, of Williamsport, was the guest os James Archbold last week; * Ezra Steele, of Maglcy, accompanied by his sisters, were in this vicinity visiting last Sunday. R. V. Beabers was a t Bobo last Monday on business. \ The Pleasant Grove class of the U.B. church held the ordinance of baptism at Monmouth last Sunday, ! Our base ball club will hold a social at the residence of Wm. Hoagland’s Saturday evening for the benefit of the club. Canton, Ohio, club vs the Decatur club at Decatur next Monday. IJnn Grove Grist. The oil well on the Nichols place was successfully shot last Friday. The well so far is making 140 barrels-per day. The company is putting up a new derrick on the land of Matthias Yoos this week. The Standard Oil Co., are just completing a well on the P< s>y land south Hartford, towoship. Also the Eastern Indiana Co., are completing a well on Marion French’s place, East Nottingham township. VVeIN county. Tin* predictions are that both of these wells will be a failure. Fred Hoffman and wife and Eugene Runyon and wile were at Camden last Friday. Frank Gottschalk have put in a new Robison <& Co.’s 4 :Cyc)dne” stacker. Albert Baumgartner, of Bluffton. Ohio, is visiting E. Neaderhouser with a visit. Lewis Harding, of Auburn, Ind., is now the decorator at the Dunbar carriage works. An event by no means unpleasant took place at the home of George i’ontius last Sabbath when his eight sons, one however, from ehokte. has been left to dance in the hog trough alone, their wives and children one daughter, her husband and dhihlreti. amt not a few of Mr. Pontius’ sisters ano neighborl, tWiu all gathered fora mutual family reunion. Sixty of this number sat atdinnOr. A family group was formed, made up of Mr. P., Ills sons amt daughter, their wives amt husband and twenty-dive grand-children, when artist Brubaker; ot Portland, with his camera was brought into requisition and a snapshot taken of the group 42 in number. It was an enjoyable company, but rumor unsuppressed would have it so. that Uncle George had some other idea hidden away in his cap which accounted for this assemblage namely that he would take unto himself a partner tobelp him in descending the remaining steps of life, but in tills rumor once more met her defeat. In- a jocular way lie had said he would accept the hand of a help mate in ease she be able to keep him, however he would consent to skirmish about and find the water, and having a“briney” oil well tlie water would be already salted. Tills proclamation got to the public and an answer sot ii came over a lady's name that he had no need to seek any further, that she was his ‘-morning glory."

SOMETH ING FOR NOTHIMO. How The “Fake” Loterleaare WorkIni; Indiana Gudgeon*. The lottery swindle recently exposed In these columns 1b being industriously worked (brought the alate. C. K. Williams, a farmer living near Osceola, received a package by express the other day. He wehl to liie otllce of the express company, and was asked to receipt lor a big envelope forwarded from Dauphin, president, Kansas City, Kas.” Ou the outside us tbe envelope was the injunction: “Notice to express agents Make quick delivery if package cannot be delivered, do not return it, but wire jouraueut for in struciious ” The envelope felt like a miser's to niey bag Williams took it imine and opened it He lound that it contained fifty tickets in tbe “Louisiana Stale Lottery,” including a ticket separated from tue others aud placed in au envelope aud labeled “prize ticket.” Accompanying the ticket was a”conlidculial ’ assuring the person to whom it was addressed dial Hie company bad deemed to establish a “permanent agency” in ins locality Tbe writer “appreciated” the tact that people of ttie "locality” bad ceased to buy.tickets because uo prize ot any value had been drawn there. He was assured ibat oue number iu every eighteen won. The prize ticket inclosed, the (Company 1 hoped,” would draw some large prize. The scheme was evident. It was as bold as a green goods scheme. The person to whom tbe letter was addressed was to sell all tbe tickets amounting to SIOO, and keepone-fourtb of that amount lor selling them; the -prize ticket” was a dummy, and would nut draw anything, but was merely to induce tbe pel son addressed -to attempt tbe sale of tbe tickets or to buy them all himself. Tbe use of the name “M. Dauphin” was to lead people to believe that it was tbe same man who had been the president of tbe Louisiana Lottery Company in New Orleans, but that man is dead. Besides tbe “Little Louisiana of Kansas City. Kas., is tbe Royal Havana lottery, which tbe marines are invited to believe is “operated and guaranteed by tbe government of Spain It circulates matter that is calculated to deceive even the lottery “fiends,” and which makes comparatively easy victims of the innocent and unsuspecting. A job printing company in Indianapolis gets out the bills for a firm known as "E. W Baird & Co.’ The list of so-called prizes is so ar ranged that the numbers for one of the capital prizes cannot be identified Agents are openly selling tickets in ail the middle states, and iu the following Indiana towns: North Manchester, Vincennes, Piiuceton, Elkhart. Washington, bullivau. Terre Haute, Shelbyville. Delphi, Noblesville. Tipton. Kokomo. i’esu, Huntington. Decatur, Ft. Wayne. Keudallvilie, South Bend. Rochester, Goshen. Laporte. Gairett and Portage.—Kokomo Dispatch, August 4.

INDIANA NOTES. Atwood has a scare of smallpox. . Mitchell has a training school for young ministers. Bloomingdale’s new canning factory is about, ready for business. Robert aged 79, the oldest.settler in Marshall county, is dead. Corn is suffering for rain and many counties report poor crop prospects. George Pullinger’s arm was ’pplletl out by the roots in a Richmond flourmilj. .G. 11. Thayer’s grain elevator at Huntington was burned with 15,000 bushels of wheat. William H. Allen, an old soldier, is under arrest in Laporte for deserting his Michigan wife. Rockport citizens are willing to aid the proposed Indianapolis, Chattanooga and Southern railroad project. Julia Rife, aged 17, eloped from Wab;wli county with John Hettmansperger, her widowed brother-in-law, aged 40. Charles Howard dangerously stabbed Fabe Summers in 'Washington after the latter had shot at him two or three tin.s'. A supposed dead natural-gas well in Kokomo developed a powerful flow /i~ i lie casing was being pulled. The gas cmicht fire aud there seems uo way of quenching or controlling it. Opponents to the renoinination of Congressman Bynum •of Indianapolis ire skirmishing for an available candidate in the Seventh district, ft is not, th.- ;ght Bynum will be defeated in the convent ion Administrators of the estates of Ora E. Ball, Charles Hooker, Jesse Harrold and Henry Bohyer, killed in a natural gas explosion at Alexandria some months ago, have brought suit against the Alexandria Mining anti Exploring company torSio,000 damages in each case, alleging improper piping.

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Hang on to What We Say! 27 500 feet of floor space covered .with HA RD WA RE, FARMING MACHINERY, HOUSEHOLD GOODS of Flxrorv Description. OUR SPECIALTIES! of which we are sole owners and controlers in Adams county. The to CtaupiiDßiDieisaiii Movers ftr 1835. are now on exhibition on second floor of our building. They are made strictly of steel, wrought an^ malleable iron and guaranteed to outstrip any other machine in the world. Call and get particulars. Hoosier and Farmers’ Friend Drills, Both in Plain and Fertilizer, Disc Spading “V” and Feed Grinders, Tooth Harrows, Buggies, Kid and Flying Dutch- Surries, man Breaking Plows Road Wagons , Bryan, Deere and Farm Wagons, Princess Plows, Harness, Flow Points for all make Whips, of plows, Axle Grease, The Celebrated Myers Lap Robes, Force Pumps, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. Iron Roofing. Asphalt Paint, The only Paint that will ' hold to iron or tin and <jood for boilers and stacks. ANO ■ A . (FOR ) W /JSS, f THIS TR»3F VAF.K. ~ KIND 0. 0f MI * $-1 *7 sZz j B 7 Wk ■ 1k 3 * o’ ’ W . WtZLGmt / ) ■ - z Z . Besides a very large stock of Medium aad Cheap Ca ok Stoves chasers at any time, as we ha\ ea conveyance on the road continually. W A FEW Willes TO Olli FIIIEUIS AM (TSTOMEHS. As long experience surely makes perfect, and as we have long catered to the wants of our farmer customers and have the best goods than man’s ingenuity can produce. This is a moneyed interest that every farmer should interest himself in. One set of macluneiy bought of us has out-lasted three sets of Cheap John Machinery' purchased elsew here. The Keystone Bone Fertilizer Has been tested in our county ami found to be invaluable to soil in the raising- of all grains. Thanking our many customers for past favors, we hope to merit a continuance of tne same. Yours very truly.

NF.ITK* ftFINATOHIAL A»ll> KFFIIKNKXTATIVK BKLEI.A’I Its. Tin' following is a IM of the delegates to State Senatorial and Representative Conventions: STATt:. JN'nion—.l. I>. Nidlinger; alternate. Christ Schanierloh. Root--). 11. Hobrok: alternate, Frank . Mr’ onnell. I‘teble— Henry Itirk-on; alternate, Win. I Auman. I Kirkland—Frank Crumm; alternate, Wru I Breinef. » Washington—David St'udabaker. Geo, M. Hae.fliug; alternates, Michael Miller, EJi Crist. St. Marys- .J. W. Vizard: alternate, Eugene Bunner. Blue Creek —Elisiia Merryman; alternate [ .lames Jones. Monroe— Win. Sqlierer, Samuel Simison; ! alti-rnates, G. W. Martz, A. Gottschalk. Frem-i. Fred Reppert;alternate, Christy | Slogdill. Hartford —i’eter Huffman; alternate, L. Dunbar. J ... Wabash—S. W. Hale. A.G. Briggs. Jacob Butcher; alternates, Gideon Refsin, E. Beerbower, Jacob Miller. Jefferson—J. F. Keifey ; alternate, James Kinney. Decatur, Ist ward Henry France: alternate. John Lose. 2nd ward—D. E. Smith: alternate. A. Holtuouse,. :;rd ward—H. M. Romberg: alternate. R. K. Erwin. SEN ATOI’.IAL. Union —Elmer Johnson; alternate, A. Wertzberger. : Root—Henry D. Fuelling: alternate, E. Biggs. Preble-rD. J. Dilling; alternate. Lew,is Fruchte. Kirkland—Geo. M. Houck: alternate, Samuel Steele. \v ashington — Henry Kohne:, alternate, Henry Eiting. St. Marys—Geo. Bunner: alternate. Jesse Steele. Blue Creek—John Merryman: alternate, Joshua Krick. . t Monroe—Robert Smith; alternate,>G. R. Martz. French—Jonas Xeuenschwander; alternate. Jacob Myers, Hartford-Eugene Lindsey: alternate, Samuel Opliuger. Wabash—Crist Nvuenschwander: alternate. Andrew Miller. Jefferson—Thos. E. Macy: alterm.tc, | Clel Mowery. | Decatur—J. F. Snow, Wm. Blackburn; uteiuate, Meibvrs. J. W. Place. . KEIT.ESENI ATIVE. Union— Wm. Erwin: alternate, William ■ H alley. 1 Root— L. W. Lewton: alternate, Jeremiah Archbald. , Preble —Henry Lankenau-: alternate, Franklin Judd. Kirkland—Samuel Diehl: alternate. Win. D. Hoffman. Washington—John VV. McKean: alternate, William W isn.-r, - A?-~* St. Marys—Win. Jack'-on: alternate; Edward France, ’ » '. Blue-Creek— A. J. Porter;* alternate, John Burkey. . t Monroe—Philip Sehng: alternate, Win. " Baumgartner. ■ French—Crist Ashbaucher: alternate, Crist Stuckey " . Hartford—Wm. Shoemaker; alternate, George Wilson." .- Waitasli —S. F. Biteman: alternate, A. J. Bvrd ■J c tierson -r-Va nee B;i ■ kmaster; alternate, Martin l.atighlin. Dei l.li Merryiuan. John T. Frarce;' alien.uii--. John M. B<ikrr." t Noah Mangold. <»«• l t», in*. « Last Saturday Wa-:!> ■ <r>:tte>t craitt day - in Motiioewe l.aye i.ed, ,puu l usltrls of wheat and o.i s w< rej.iken in. Wil'iam So : lit.-- f t: iy ami elYevt- to Briant- .Lsy county, last Tuesday, tith wn•» < '< ■. . b”'t erti■u-. What is M"t,lie'- 10-s is Biiant’s gain. ,W C eodinuemi liiui to the cit. ei of I site Misses-F]"..- d Z-ie D.t«gh< rtly. ■ ( i:d Mr. .'d. 1t... ■ ■ ba- and. -■ > i-s ’ Lucy and Frank Vanßuskirk. sis \i:i •. were tin- _ieot Mr. and Mrs. t Cltas. Daualtt-r.x h<>: 5,.. ,;ay. -, T : • MidWoeSabbrth school w .■•: a si:..r oi mr Mt il up :'•'<> It. ar-':'i.'e.wagi.- '■ is.i’vd tlnra'tdab'>r- ■ it. with t! U' in-l ■>., : .. r >, a war ’ll was tilled with biu a ie pcojae and iited tor >aiat Pa. ; • .• mile- laulheast wifere a picnic wit- billetl, > v te. 'ivtd a beautiful boot • lii-A-d • and Pe- r.i 'ite K, v• v ■ C<> :■ ..<»■' ' nt<-i rrisb g cities and '.a -res'it '. m- t;." I'i.e t>ook a'givtt: •' '' i - '. 'I . 1 •r.< : e a . a ...e: ' wh<> :ow lives « and ... in C<>: >t rings. Colo. Mr. Il.iff-'i at >v< d iii' family .mil ' eff"c:s tin re ■.ears.:-; . Mtb< bi"z :' * ! iC Decitnr I', moi ,;a: — departure, , and Let- ail fe new - .In- on! h>”t e evt ry .1 week. Mr Hr.it n. is en- . gain'd in selling -'■ i” ’ " • ’ atid nw :i-"i> ’ 1 ~ll.il e' <>' ■ iSec ..u-l b ■’ gnM ~t(«lk a’jd bld'.l vd> :!.:<• reside:'.'" We mdst sat tin: .'d- bb ■r i- an er: -rpri'ing bu~’iin'"'nan and i -ok wi,. bleo.nf ; a millionaire we hope ti. Let u~ hear ! fromyou again. "”, Monroe will nave a -u.m. and we intend-to have the - uig/iit the aunty if it can be hail. ! The sir's oi Mor.roe tire greatly stuck on i widowe.t' The jarah' we be.ird rhe other I evening !.>ctvveen.aXew young ladies itdiI ilatell that fact. i , ■. ( Tel! your neighbors, and cv-ryMuly I else that The Daily Democrat is i only 25 cents a month, ilelivet'eil at your place of business or residence. Try Whites Famous Home Made Bread at the Peoples Bakery and Resi taurant. three doors South of the Post otlice. —y~— M ss Margaret Spencer, of Indianapolis. is in tlie eitv. I.et it be knowu tar and wide that the Cominisioiiers w II put down flagstone in front of the Court - ,|| ,/..-.1.- I ■—-J W ■ . ■ Sons of Veterans excursion. On August ISth the Sons cd Veterans will run an excursion to Rome City Round trip fare will be sll ■. Time of train will be given later.