Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1896 — Page 3

3,000 LADIES’, MISSES AND CHILDREN CLOAKS 4 “* 1 • I « ■ '1 0 4 ' * >• SIB,OOO WORTH OF DRY GOODS AT THE GREAT BANKRUPT MING SALE. These goods were among those sent by mistake to Decatur, Illinois, instead of Decatur. Ind an .. h ive h;id tin- poods retu Ito us and they will be placed on sale at the Great Bankrupt Clothing Sale in the Stone Building Opposite Court House, at Corner Madison and Lstond Streets. T his magnifies nt lot of Dry Goods and Cloaks will be closed at 75 per cent, less than the cost to manufacture, or ,<t 25 Cents on the Dollar. I his sale wi 1 begin Thursday, Friday arid Saturday at 8:30 ft. /V\. «r - ■ and continue Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 24th. By order-, of ihe Credit >rs this si ck m Ist be sold by the 2{ 1 —an I the prices we put on them .ire so ridiculously low that you will do yourself an injustice if you do not come early prl g-.-t the ch >ic ■ of tae <• rare bargains. ‘ ■ THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW SAMPLES OF TH 2 GREATEST BARGAINS EVER . FERZD. •• - cijoak& . — ■ o ’ 518 Ladies’all wool 'Beaver Jacket-, handsomely made and the very finest styles, A lew of the IGrgams: 38 inih dl woo: Ser.-. .. rdi 50 cents, at 18 CciYtS worth s[2oo. $2.98 EACH. < , per Yard. 600 Ladies’ Beaver and Boucle Jackets, made within the last 30 days, and worth 50 inch all wool Seige. all colors, v.oi th $1 00 <ti 39 Cent’S per Yard. •812, 815 and sl6, to be sold at $4.98 EACH. 36 .inch Fine Henrietta, al! colors worth 40 cents per yard, Dur price 18 Cents. 080 Ladies Tailor-Made Jackets, Plain and Rough Cloths, the choicest of styles, „ wrn v u r. n r a w . Worth *B, to fe to be sold at $7.50 and $9.98 Each. Extra U lde N ' ,vc "' '*' 00 Quallty U ' ess Goods at 4o Cent 3 Yard. 500 Misses and Children’s Jackets. All wool, handsome cloths, new shapes, new thousand ditfei ent quantities of C hoice Stylo, Novelty Dress Goods, at 25 sleeves, worth from $6 to sls, to be sold 25 Cents on the Dollar. Cents on the Dollar. UT’You can get the Latest Style Cloaks at % their real value. Price is no 300 dozen extra fine Ladies Real Kid Gloves, imported to sell at #1.50 and $2.00 object—the Creditors orders the sale. the pair, to be sold at 59c and 75c per Pair. LACE CURTAINS— 9I6 Pairs are in this lof of goods, and the prices are wonuad m. ,51.50 .quality 59c pair, $2.00 quality 73c p dr. $2 50 quality 98c pair, $3.75 quality $1.39, $4 50 qualityjh.4B pair, $6.00 quality $1.79, SIO,OO quality $2.69. All at less than % the cost to manufacture. - Buy your Curtains and save many dollars. In our invoices received from the Court for these goods, are Bed Comforts, Ladies’ Handkerchiefs, a large lot of Ribbons, Notions, Hosiery for Ladies and Children, Ladies and Children’s Underwear, and many otheJ articles usually found in a First-Class Dry Goods Store. You can save dollars by attending this sale, and as it’ cannot last longer than the 24th, it will pay you to be prompt and come early. You can have your choice from 3,000 Cloaks at 25 cents on the dollar. Just stop and think what this means. Don’t forget the place. ’ , .. A7VIOS FOREMAN, Trustee for Creditors. ' ■ . . ■ . - ’ ‘ "... At the Corner of Madison and Second Streets. DEC ATUK, INDI AN A.

License to wed were issued to ■ Fredrick A Kouk-r and wary Mos-1 uro. Miss- Fanny Huntsman of Fort ! Way ue,' is l tie giu-s. of friends in] this city. M. V. B. Archbold returned! ff'om a business u p to iluuthigtou : Thursday afternoon. Sitjit'otivHuinniel of Rochester, ; New York, is in th- city, the guest t of Isaac Resent Iml. Simon Craig of Geneva, wlto has j been in the city for a lew-day.-*, luv j guest bi friends, returned ii me Wednesday. Rev. Morgan, of Mederyville, Who mrs b■ eu It; idle cit y" the giicST of friends for a few (lays, returned home I h ursuay. Di- J*. L. Williams amt wife, ■ who have been the guests'of F. \V . Dibble and wife for a few days' est Thursday for their home at Indianapolis. Col. Ferry, of Tacoma, Washington, who has been Hie gm-.-i of Dr. McMillen and family, left for Chicago Thursday, v. h< re he will spend a few day s bei re ret uroing [ Iromo.

Persons who have a coughing < spell every night, on account of a tickling sensation in l he throat, may overcome it at once by a dose of One Minute Cough Cure VV . 11. Nachtrieb’s. Two new eases have been tiled v . for the Jaifnary term of the Adams ; circuit court, Henry Peters vs Hem ry Meyers es al on note, demaqjW S4OO, and Benjamin America vh Bertha H America, divorce! If you want, to trade for a farm, or a farm for city property, if you want to buy a farm cheap on easy or want to l>uy or t rade tor city property you get a bargain of R.’K. Erwin. lb ' ' Samuel Hocker, of Adauis county has rented rooms in (he Jenkins building and has put in machinery for the manufacture of brooms. Isaac Gilliom will be connected with “the business as general manager. — Bltdbop Banner. Oe thing was clearly demonstrated at thediielast week. The city needs better equipments with which to fight fire. No good can be done with rattle trap appurtenances. Os course a good cool head is another very important factor. ' ? .■ - ' ' ■ r*.:

CHANGE IN GRAIN TEST Bill of Great I m porta-nee to Farmers To be Introduced in The Ecgislature by Senator S •nor Rubilva of Allen county, b is prepared a bill the passage ot •••' ••!) Im will endeavor to secure w iul' r, that will receive the e.-idial » n iors-ment of all farnmis. It is 'aihu d a! grain d-mlcrs wiit) are- (ii«p..s ! ?d to be a little tricky.and ■A’h-'-e •-hr wdiu-ss and dishonesty have cost; dr - .farming community of [nd ana thousands of dollars. qu,u J-ul -r+epi-o os. i he.mi'e,W w..hi> 1 £, bushel of wheat instead of a quart, by wheat 'myer.s when testing. The senator sats f: nm rs are 'being rob bed m der the present sysiem of les'irig and he has drafted a bill for their protection. “It was only the •other day, said Mr. Bobby-*, “that a farmer of our county came to Fort. Wayne with a ' load ot wheat, and hy rhe rise tit To- quart measure it it wed only tif’y-two pounds. |le had taken a I-ad of the same wheat across the Ohm line the-week before ami it had there tested fifyeiglit pounds. There is, I believe,

I <"’ > ’ 7 I in Ohio a law for the protection ot farmer* in this. That wheat would have tested sixty pounds had it been honestly tested by using a half bushel. Those fellows fill a little t>ra*s measure lightly and then run a stick over the edge, which scrapes off a lot ot wheat below the level of tiie rim and then this is weighed the result that the fanner loses anout thrde per cent. That can be remedied ” Senator Bolidya Will also introduce his bill this session to prevent the elippit g of horses duffing the winter mouths. This hill was killed at the last, session by Speaker | Adam-; who took the floor to op-1 pose it. A LA TIB STATUTE. The law requiring sheriffs of the State of Indiana to make a trip to lhe peitentiaries at the expiration of the sentence of a prisoner aiid bring him back to |hecounty from where he .was sent and there turned loose without a penny in his pocket to procure his next meal, seems to wo k iojustic in manv cases. Formerly the law gave the prisoner, after completion of his sentence, about fifteen dollars in cash with which to ,

tin- r.cid to * reform.' ’.m , . • icr ■ xis'i-g law, the lu tire I not v<’iy |T min ing to a pri*onei brought. baric to a coiiniv and conv polled io beg in maiiv instances for their tir-t. ulcal. i he ; d sent, law was p'issed <n the interests of the cities in which are located- rhe state’s prisons', mil. the inaner of turning a I I r-smim loose Wiihimi a cent with I which to lead a bet-b r lite. ami to i turn ov> 1 a new 1-as .••hon'd be retnI edied, by the m x* legislature. .. JrO.’IE OTHER JACK. I x_7_ Dec Vi - 1 r, Ind., Dec. 12, 1890. There h is been.considerable talk I going around and 111 the city of ■ Dtvarttr l+nggWj itnd if has fallen upon me, Jake 1 Spahr, that 1 have been going j liioiimfat qleven and twelve o’clock ;at night squeezing girls and mar- ■ ried women, and I am here to say I whoever originated or started such la false"Teport/isa liar, and furthermore I will give £SO. i » the man 01 men who will inform me who originated such a report. I presume if 1 lie truth was known the people that started th J lie would be the very people (hat would insult girls Jami married women if (lev thought 1 they w'onld not. be caught. The j report about Jack the Hugger has I been g ing on about thrge or four weeks, and it has also been re ported that I have been arrested for being Jack the Hugger, and will sav 1, Jake Spahr, can prove myself clear from such silly lies, and such lies must be killed at once. Jake Spahr. Now will you be good. It is evident from the tone of the above that 31 r. Jacob Spahr means business and if you want to retain ydur present equilibrium, yon had better remain in the background while I casting pigtail reflection about him ! being the boss hugger’.. We can ’ clearly state that it is a case of sel f ■defense, on the part of the girls, if I t rue. But Jhe above. letter di»1 proves all such idle thoughts." | . - — I— ,-r 'inw Bleclrlc Bitter*. Elect ric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season", lull perhaps anore generallj,' needed, .when the languid, exhausted feelprevails, when the liver is torpid and slugnislr and tlie need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine lias often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more , surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, indigestion constipation, dizziness | yield to Electric Bitters; 50c. and SI.OO per I bottle at Blackburu.& Miller's drug store.

SENATOR EAFOiLFTTE i.-ll.s A I><> .' e . -ialioii itc Think*. Should be » >!-te<l. S, ::'r J.-*. .1. M L.F.-ilmte <>C Pori inf, rs at tn« N-'W . Ave • p VV be 1, ; i' k* .111 st • i ’in is to .1 icihi-r the ruunr t-i.at he a<inr ■> t-». bUnites S'tv.v.s. ithtriiv a rey '< true, hh san! it‘was, ami. ’bat hifriet.sls wmhl sn!>m;t his uam- to Pres dent McK'iihy fmlTat office. S-mator L.ip.iile’te, e h-' « *s one <>■! the InaJerß in the las’ session by ■ ,re"Sof Ins high .character mmli soundness of juJgtneni. said if>a’ he. has in ni’ti I smim '-.‘uisAtion on’ the subject of. iece’V-'r-lii |.s and triisi'.-. •‘ ■'l).- pt -e- ■ ->f th ■■■■■ •>'i' faltr'imTT'nqp'rT riveTA’ If irn'l's,” he said, “has raised the question as to: wheliier it i«- cot against public i- ■•; tere I’ > certain to mv m’tid • that th" i" . rosis of small s-ock 1 holders-are L i mt'eribd in'ma.-r. nf . these.cases , A tbai the la v- should be enqrioci d 10" p o’* Ct U t?m. “T.iere i~ am.■Uu-r piece o' legis'a.-timi.-af-.A withm the province of ; theTeg'slat 'ire, ai dth it is the re ; strie.'ion t»f irpsts. The’ time is | coming when eve>v state will have' a fitaf ile, supnFmen! -fry to. the mitieuM anti-titum act, and if is now time that Indiana take the step. Everything should be done both by i the "state and nation, to prevent' trusts, that can be done, ,*nd there ; is 3 lull field for restrictive' legisla-J tion without interfering with legitimate and sound business interests.” ; —Fort Wayne Gazette. Tsm J'IIUNAI. FBITOR FISHES. ~ --- ; i - It is newsto the -fisherman of De-’ catur is well as the Metho b’st ladies that whmr they have enjoyed the sportJrbpv were gambling, but that ■ is whatjast- week’s Journal -states.,} ft is a f.aef that their is some chance . about. fishing in the St. M .rys river ; for naif the time the hook is i brought tip without anything on it, I but w.r t lnld’s play was sure, for every time the hook a as thrown in, some article, was put upon it. Some people can groan at a gnat and I swallow a camel any day. The 1 editor prides himself on the fact] that he had no reporter there, nor i was not there himself. How enterprising an affair patronized by crowds for a week, netting 8570 and applied to an improvement of great 'credit to our city as well as of vital interest to many of its citizens, is not worth noticing onlv to criticize from reports. Mrs. John Niblick. *•

UNDER ARRESL The ’liird-'rei- of Brakemen Sch u.el Arrested by ’!*sr .li.si fowaa.’ Sa- ur -a\. a- nv-.n - v , 1 thr ion I the tl -.-li- i> ■ » k 'lei lirak<-m-,n Sct.ag--1 <•» Ti . tfe E., at G i>l . < ) a f a 000, Wis > ■".. .: m :f: / 1. -if' r I C '-ver Leaf 4- pot. M r-h ! 1 is inime hr' lc info nimi :r ■ ■ on>'f star> i-d ; •ifier 'l'eTeb'>A . th : soon Ifnni* d “e ’e'low and ■ • e ' idaced him umfer qriesr. II li IsY '-!,(, rb < r jei-.r, <>f ’.ye im;r i- r ■ ‘■A-' ty. 1■« •• • • d .is .. ■■ !Iho m ui. r Ile ■V. S his , F‘ nk. M-'A : V Hod Ma : ’i<.'l(, t's • is bis In me. S “On *-,i he l> :. -if'’ m 1 ■ mi-t a'fc'ii'iw ii> Mirahal T’ ’yap as well as add a nice bun 1 ct Ji ihv lucre to iho< tjim i-’s ex ■ as-s 1 ,ooti Ou -sGlFi'i'. d for thy ; of the miii' h r.'"". j ■ . ... .. . 1 ANSWER TO IPiTE FRO-M - "». The .following answer to t|ir . m problem which appeared iirJJe Democrat a few issues 'ago has been received: First o il ■selling thir v apples at three for q e cent makes ten. sales at one c<’ut [each. Second old man sehs thirty ■apples at two for a cent ami rnikes fifteen sa'es at one cent each. I'm al 1 . sales twenty-tiveatfiDecCut m king twenty-live cents. When on■■ <1 man sold sixty apples, or what hot "•= j had, at the rate of five for two o-ijs lit made but twelve sales at two cents each, making but twenty four •emits. To be practical, the i;hWs could be sold at five for two ■.•iits; j only so long as the three for-a ''’-'nt ’ app es held out, which won! 1 bring | I twenty cents. . Then there, wmdd I j still be left ten two for a. ce ! jt ; I pies, making life addition : ivecents- ' , ■' . > Stands at the Heart. Aug.'J. Bogel, the leading drnv .-f el 1 Shreveport, La , says: “Dr. King - Xvvi 1 Discovery is the only tiling that e ;ny ! I cough,.and it is (lie best seller I tia> c " -1.. ! E/Campbell. nierehant- of ■ Safford. \r.tz.. ; writes: "Dr. King’s New’Diseevery o al tffiit is’elainied for it; it ( neyer fails, mid is a sure 1 cure for consumption, e-.ninif* .ami, colds. I cannot say enough for its metits-" ■ Dr. -King’s New Discovery for consuuii'ftioii. coughs and colds, is not an experiment; I: ' has been tried for a quarter of a centurv. ami today stands at the head. It never disappoints. Eree.fnal bottles at Blackburn’s . Drugstore. •

-}• J ’•.TAKEPEARE Cf.ET. | The Lid e>’ Shakespeare Club he) i the r weekly meeting Dec. ’J, -fiitiM.xl Lietme of Airs., il.-ulty. ..A \ iv" ‘ i>.g papt ron 31 ittimpal ’ kb'Am wes prepared by Mrs. ’Vdi •. i o. i>. »• i-(■ . t >i' i•) ■ const 1 • 11 : ion -. ■ -1. 1 c iv> it the pri dom’ii'int ii ' v. a- ("■ co .itioii -.it a gi'i- . v w--H>> 1:1 ".cc -m r ’sil i.■«.■. . ' ,'' ' ' • : i>e ■ rj. , J ..>t iitie i’ber'.y, equal .11' ex m j ;■ : e m ail mer.. Ahi'i'ti if. lit by ;1 , 1 rli--.?- ■ 5... k- ;ii die -hoiibng cl is-. In ttwixv v,e m-' 'f nr riik r- J the •■■ ’i pr.ie ice Jus j. imp' s=--.4 • ’ m . - ■ e ’ . • • v ■ k ••ri-41, ( -I (• m - ■ !;J. v ■ V that degree of instil', w." •: x'b enable-ihe-nver-V'l •■.-"; mil ■; ill'.: Ji-:, ■ 'ffie,.-.- . - b •■■.•■: f In- Ims inter- St i* Vl i-JevJ I ig I 1T;"--brime'-s ji.- ;*er. lie vi 1 1 . of ;".'b“u.ii le'i rms ig ni i nai, im not-in the smise of •v-rco' ! ',i- :: i Lilt ’acx, a »ii men s ■ on.- 1 to. 1 old some vit v.B of c : s n t - s ml die I’-gh rtrad 1 m< . : "i'lio t-sk is ■ . J ne to ■ ;1 up ■■, • <■■• .ii ;J <■ ;he r 0.11; ; ‘Alii, . m ’ ; wMy ■ . '■•’ cmv J the c ri ■iiab> ;r d to ■ .make'the Jii 'ii, ci b 3 ■■■-' 1111. in of s.-nse and .so ■is IcM' J o- io s >m. public ■ 5.11 ii’ A-. Il is hot to make * good Ci’.zeu ot Jis p -li’i<'h’.r.,. but to make a pMvicmn “f We good citi-z-11. Reform, ilwn t* to be educajimal. Fit- - - iiool, colle.oc 4 *and ; Cliurbh has up yi i the duty to teach , num to VM’-e. their c liz. skip. l liore iA.’io 1 »1 to 'ghoii government, in ■» ;i I<>' >ii the-hard .Hid un hi -■■■•’ poh ot political effort and -limg-Je. The pr-ic icM worki’ : spoils -y x ’m is. a . neut to Hi"- non-par--I tir:yi *•’" Jr Ait'isn c.t zen. Is I our poll’. • om-miy so wie i beuiy m iii’ ! 'eJ l.r I'a.i se Himo li;i ve it' jn e:<-Ichi-ive t< I '!■ Many of us me lucliniM io thiuk it is. If speffulaviou is i’ne i ane of the pr-sm j.Sysi ni then it must be left out of the i'n w; dt that s necessary is the ite-' 1 \ -.u-eevd' ihe worker from the trader by affo ding huii itidepend. lent fa. in lies .'for exihanging his i product. O e remarkable feature since the was if the growth of ’great fortunes, there are more ■ millionair.'s m America “han any ' otlu r'cpir'ti v. iVhat we want is a local organism that tends .19 make each individual a little Af'iser, a little more hopeful and a little more [‘eomfoftable each day.