Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1896 — Page 3

DOCTORS KENNEDY&KERGAKJ Specialists in the Treatment ol Nervous, Blood, Sexual antlg P ivate Diseases I? Tna it JEltli. 213101 lure.- 1 VnilMO MNMY nn a ’*’ nnrvoti'i tn d M I U 11111 n ■ d "j ; wen k ni’<l fil litibilit: ted; tired inoniiii.e. no tun bit mu H life e“-: ineniury poor; etiHily ImigiiHl: n excilulde; eyiyi unken, red 'ind blurred; ■ pinipieHiin f ce; di-enntu unit night !■ «<*' ISj dr inn. nt Hlool; oozing on excitonient. linirguid looking; weak back; Imrie pain-; ■ uh-uin; lilt r!• tu-e;sore tlir nt; viirico'cele;K waut of confidence; hnpo- ... WJ, M to C’; luckot energy and i M strongtli. ■ MIiJQI fl TT ’ n, ’ H important (top in H HI Ailill t life should never beH tuken until you are poutively cured iffl you iiiivu I' on weilkemni or iliwelUtod IS Itemi'ndinr “/n/.v futhi'i, Binis-- Isl ion-, varicocele, p.Tinatoriliooa mid B erphili-e- diini'er hiipnini’H” in married ■ life, (nir Si w Method cures them per nu.m :i f ly djiniaie Marti u <-on- It. »- M t.t ■ ••<•<•. ns we <-'in re ♦• • o your strength. g vital oeorg. nd i.r. It you wish 10 ■ Marry..old u.tvicen . ... .e worth a fortune KN to von. Th'!’”.'; Him Jm l'<ii Ni w M.-thnd wiih discovered by sseveral H years aco. It builds up and id ren«t neu- F 0 the ii'tioum system: restores lo t vitality Efl io the eex’i d organs; stops nb drains and B Io s. s; invig rates and resto en lost mad■ Sg hood It. never fails in i-nrirr. the results B of- elf Abuse. I der Excesses. Blood Uls-M eases, or the effects of a misspent Life. f ■,">-=> CURES GUAR VNTEEim if £< OR NO PAY What wa Treat and Cura!! Em!sslons.Varicr’C«le,‘=yDhi-K IP iq.. t v ’ US' >ebi 11 ty. Stricture, B Gle t. impotsn y, Unnatualfiß Is hat s.LesfWian • vandßiadderDlvas s.Con-B sult’at 1 » Free Books (illustrated) B Free Write for Otc stl r, n HI an«f or B Ho e i rcatment. Everything Con-B fidential. Blain envelopes. Nothing sent IS .() I). See testimonials next week. HRS. KE NtDUKERGJN | 143 Shelby St.. Detroit,

Dan Vail will spend the holidays at Ossian. Will Trout will spend the holidays with his parents Miss Carrie llupman of Springfield Ohio, is in the city, the guest of Miss Gregory. C. E Kendrick of Portland s ent Xmas in the city, the guest of L. DeVoss and family. D. E. Studabaker returned to his home at Foil Wayne, after spending Xmas with his father. Al Fristoe at the People’s Bakery has the finest lot of choealates ever shown in Decatur. 87 if Holiday travel On the different roads entering fhiscity was heavier this year than it has been for some time. Miss Georgie Shea r ofLGeneva, returned home Friday afer spending an enjoyab e Xmas with Miss Anna Sellemeyer. Coffee & Baker will have a fine lot of eve 1 green trees for Christmas. They are the best nursery trees. All .sizes Mrs. W. A. Wetter and daughter Letta spent Christmas at Wren, the guest of Mrs. Wetter’s daughter, Mrs. Wesley Stultz. Misses Mena and Mary Myers went to Fort Wayne Saturday to spend a few days with their sis ter, Mrs. Bob Harding. Call on D. M. Hensley and select your Xmas presents. Have him lay them away for you and have your troub es all over with. 82tf Al Fristoe at the Peopled Bakery will receive on or a out Dec 15th 1 car load of Christmas candy. Everything up to date, including Christmas. 87tf

Carpet rags dyed with Putnam Fadeless - Dyes do no’ fade, are brighter and will,not stain if you should spill vinegar or other fruit acids on them. 10c per package. Sold by W. H. Nachtrieb Almost the entire population spent Xmas ou Lake. The weather was just co'd enough to furnish good skating aud afford a pleasant opportunity to those who recieved skates for presents. Os course you know what class of “skates” we mean. Squire Simcoke of Monroe, must have a special knack of splicing contracting parties He left his jurisdiction Sbturday and came to Decatur and tied the knot that gives Alex Grim the right to pay the board of Cora Shannon for life. The wedded couple hail from Wabash township Kern, Brittsbn & Beeler in their usual liberal manner enteriaiued the little folks Ymas afternoon at their place of business. Coupons were taken from the Daily and Weekly Democrat and presented for payment, and when the little folks had carried away 500 pounds of candy, It was found that 1,200 coupons had been offered for redemption by ihe children. It pays to advertise, and the Democrat brings best reSuits. Kern, Brittson & Beeler attribute their fast increasing trade to theadvertisingcolumns of the Democrat.

Mins Jenny Root of Plainwell, Michigan is in the city, the guest [ of friends. | Minnie Orvis returned Thursday I afternoon from a visit with friends at Fort Wayne. Jeff Bryson and family spent Christmas at Marion, the guest of! E. A. Huffman. Jas. Edington leftWe Inesday for Richmond v here he is negotiating lor a grocery store. Hirahi Walters, who formerly lived in this city, is the guest of relatives. Robert Chamberlain of Portland spent Chris 'mas in this city the guest of relatives. T. F. Haugh of Bascom, Ohio, will spei.d Christmas witli his partner, M. B. Archbold. Jacob, youngest son of Barney Kalveriskv spent Christinas in l his city with his fat her. Save money by buying your caiuh, nuts and Xmas trees utMartm’s. SfitlS Ed Wertzberger, who is employ ed 'at Elwood spent Christmas with his parents in this city. James McLean of Circlevil'e, Ohio, is in the city the guest of his uncle, Dan Donovan and wife. Go to the Peoples Bakery for a first-class meal or lupch. Oppo site court house. Maurice Baker, who is employed in the tin plate works a. Gas City returned Thursday to spend Xmas with his parents. John and Henry Heller returned from Indianapolis Thursday night They will spend the holidays with their parents in this city Floyd Brittson, who is attending chool at Bloomington, Indiana, will spend the holidays with his brother, Albert Brittson. Miss Ellie Bottenburg who is teaching in the Angola schools, arrived home this Thursday for a few days visit with her parents. Miss Matie Cook and Mrs. Wil Ham Mcßarnes left Wednesday for for a two weeks visit with the latters daughteigat Sherman, Michi gan. N. C. Anderson and C. E. Finch who are engaged in the book selling business for Archbold & Haugh spent Christmas wth Mr. Archbold. -

t The Misses Harriet Burns, Faye r Edwards, Eva Acker, and Josie ? Congletou returned from Terre Haute Wednesday to spend Christmas at home. Teachers, Sunday schools and i church committees will do well to see our candy and g. t our prices before buying elsewhere Coffee & Baker. Hensley will allow you to select your presents and he will Uy them away for you until Xmas and you don’t have to pay foi them until you get them Xmak • 82 f The damage suit in which Col. Guilder of the Fourth regiment I. ' N. G. was defi udant has come to an end, and the jury has decreed that Col. Guilder pay to the phiiutiJl in the cat-.e .five ..thousaml. „doL_ lars. i Remember you get a larger and ‘ better loaf at Coffee .St Baker’s than you get from the bread wag ons. The expense of peddling goes to our customers’ benefit. We have not reduced the size of our l«a.ves, and do not intend to. While Amos Foreman was out in the country some distance on business, night, befell him, and on his way home he overtook a worn out traveler who said quite cheer fully, “Please may I ride!” The request was gianted. And after a lively conversation the parties proved to be brothers. * ♦i *« *«’ A pet deer owned by Jerry Lichty near Berne became rampant a few days and severely injured Peter Sprunger and Rev. Petei Lehman. The deer was loaded with a car load of cattle and ship ped to “the Zoological gardens at Buffalo, while the injured gentlemen were put to bed. They are recovering however and will soon e on their feet, and both have nude promises to leave all deer (not dear) alone. If who took a turkey from John Christen on Wednesday night before Xmas and thoughtlessly forgot to pay for it, will come and settle for it there will be no questions asked. ®l’his is not iikant to be a scare or a thrust in ; the dark, as it did not need the | sharp lynx eye of a Pinkerton fie 4 ; tective to track him in the snow I to his door. The saying, “consci etice makes cowards of us all” is. t very applicable to him by the way 1 he ran across the field and into the < woods. Your name will be made I known and your mauuevers desqri- f bed more minutely in the near fu- f ture if you refuse to reckon with out the host. Fair Play, h

Strike of Miners. Staunton, Ills., Dec. 24.— The miners employed by rhe Consolidated Coal com- ' puny in mines No. 6 and 7 have deI elded to go on a strike for an advance, as ihe outcome ol trouble growing out ol'thc scxciming of coal. It is currently i reported that all the miners iu this district will go out. ■ MBS. MAObli: 111 IIS. Williamsport. Ind., writes: “I sufl.rrl tor niirnl Is of s”vere siimieh roubles. My; trouble seeim-d almost, unendurable 1 purchssed a bottle ot Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin of A rmslr rng ami Swank, amt as soon as I hart taken its contents 1 was like a new person, and I now fee; ts-oer and weigh more than I have in years.” Il is sold in 10c; otic and Al siz> sat Holthmi-e i Smith’s Decal nr, and Slengle W trail’s, Berne.. Killed liis Sinter. Chillicothe, U., Dec. 24.—While playing with a revolver yesterday Ralph Ritter, a 12-year,old lad, shot and inslaiilly kilim li.s sister, Minnie, aged 18 years. Ihe ball entered her neck andpassed upwards into tier’brain, causing instant ueath. The boy was placed . under arrest, bur, afterward released. it tatows. As a cure for constipation and indigestion Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin grows rapidly in favor where introduced Children love its taste, for it is so pleasant. Tria] size IO<;. Regular 50c and 5.i.00 of Holtho' se & Smith. De'-alnr, and Sit ngel At Craig, Berne. Adjudged insane. Lebanon, Ind., Dec. 24. —Henry Wyncoop, an old fanner living five miles south of town-,- was yesterday adjudged insane, and will be committed to the asytutn. He was at one .time owner of i considerable land and quite <i proiuiuent | man m this county. A Great Vleiliclne Given Away. Smith W (’allow are now giving free to all a trial package of the great herbal remedy, Bacon’s Celery King. 11 ladies suffering from nervous it.isordets and constipation will use this fi inedy they will soon be free from the headaches and backaches that have caused them so much .suffering. It is a perfect regulator. It quickly cures biliousness, indigestion, eruptions of the skin and all blood diseases. Large sizes 2.5 c and ' 50c. Ot ATION FOR Bl SINESS MEN (in Oiiic.igo Western Railway’, in towns situated inbest sections of lowa, Illinois. Minnesota and Missouri. Over liiiv different lines wanted including bankers, baiters, blacksmiths, doctors drugs, hatdware. harness, furniture, general stores, grain and stock buyers, marble works, cieameries ami v'.rious manufacturing industries. Information ami assistance free. Send for maps and maple leaflets containing farm lists and description of each location. W -L Reed. Industrial Agent. Chicago .Great Western Railway, 601 k Endicott Bldg. Si- Paul. Minn, I ... ... ... . » — ; What Kev. Harwell’s Physician Says. Cambridge City, Ind., Dec. 24.—Dr. Little, physician.of Rev. J. H. Harwell, gives out the statement that the minister is mentally unbalanced, and his con--1 dition is due to an operation performed upon him several mouths ago for catarrhal trouble. One Way to be Happy — Is t<> attend to the comfirt of your family. Should any mie of them catch a s'ight cold or co igh, call at once on Smith & Callow, sole agents and get a I rial bottle of Otto's Cure, the great German Rem’-dy. free. We- • give it away to prove that we have a sure cure for coughs, elds, asthma, consumption and all diseases of the throat and lungs, Large sizes 50c and 25c. Smith a Hell nre paying the highest cash prices sot Clear White Ash logs, cut 12 feel long.-12 inches ami over al rhe top end. must be clear and staighl ... - AN liisky Koi tics I übi oktHßr* ATohuantOwx, lud;, £)cc. 24. —CrrorgQ Richaras, iu a runaway accident near here, hud his right leg broken above the knee and the left below; his right arm was badly twisted and he sustained other serums injuries. He was evidently dragged for some distance, but two bottles of whisky in his pocket were unbroken. '• Excuse me.” observed the man in i spectacles, “but I am a surgeon, and that is not where the liver is.” “Never you mind where his liver is, ’’retoJted the other. “If it was in his big toe or his left ear DeWitt’s Little Early Risers would reach it and shake it for him. On that you can bet youi .giglamps.’’ W. H Naciit’ieb. HAVE vol A I'OIJH If so, then, instead of taking so much quinine aud other strong medicines, take a pleasant and mild stomach and bowel remedy, which will cleanse the system, and you will be surprised how quickly the cold will leave you- Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup J’epsin'will do this better than any other. Trial siz>‘ 10c (10 doses 10c,) larger sizes 50c and sl, at Holthouse & Smith’s Decatur, an 1 Stengel Ac Craig’s. Berne-

S< >IOOL LOT SALE. "SNotice is herein 'given that I, George Wi Brown, trustee of Kirkland township, Ad ims county, Indiana, will offer at private sale on the premises Saturday, January 2, 1897 at 2 o’clock p. m , the old school house and the old school lot in what is known as the Barger school tn District No. 2 in said township. For sale to the highest and best bidder. I)ermß of purchase made known Ou day of sale. The undersigned claims the right to reject any or all bids offered Ghori;f. W. Brown, 40t8 . Trustee, ' J- ' u

Miss ATiioriiDutcherjust returned from a V'sit, in I’utnam, Co. Diipoiut Ohio visiting her old I itch-and Aui t Garrict and other t. i;t| tves, The GrMinli-nt Kenimlj. ,M r. I.' B. Gri <-ie. merchant of ( liilhowie V i., i-i-i Uli s ; luU In- Pai; coii-m option. ,y given p o die, sought al! im-ilii-at tlo.it-im-iii tme m ui-i could prui’ure, tried ail emigli mtm-ili s Im could bc.ai <d tint got no ii-iii : spent im.liy idaitts sitting up in a i-'iair; wa . i otu.-'-.i tu tri Dr King’s N>-v. DiM- ivery. and Was <-ured by the use ot t wo ho t <-s. l-’oi ' tin- past three yesrs ti has been atteroiiiig t’> business, aid sa;. s Dr. Kings N w Discovery is th'- giai-ilest remedy ever made, us it has done so much lor him ami also 'or otlmrs hi his community. !»i Ki g's New Discovery Is em;ianteed for- iiitigh-, < Uhls, aud ( ofisiunpiiim. , It don't fa I Trial bottles free o. Page Bia klmrn’. Drug Store. mOiT ms Exoq-si>>o! x 1 ,()(i '<> I’liicago ;<u d an<l i• . i)'ii. (»<» d fb' dii ii . v.-: would in- remtukably 1 > e-, not not as low-as t ru-es r Xm is tin I , mi's •"'■l '■ ledy if all k'e j t Ja ( -< l> M 'll Its, S|ll ft I pl|.‘,s given to te: I'iiei am) hnt -hi--. TO I (IE FH » l i HM I l . Th s oflie.e has a six co titint quarto Cottrell X Bibcock news paper press, which we will sell at a bargain. It is but three years old. iu good condition aud does a firn-job of printing. Address tills olficwj

MAW MONROE Cor. and Sts. EIGHTH Now ready for business with a Fine Line of Slcipls ftND Farley Groceries. We thank you for past trade aiid hope by meritorious treatment to merit your future confidence and trade. Call and see us. IIIILIIIiy WIES I . ' 0 down to rock bottom. D. H. HUNSICKER THE GROCER. Al FRISTQE— Will show you the finest line of .... . 1 if n mnn u ul uu —— W- -5 -jg •i• J * Jv Ever shown in Decatur. Old SANTA CLAUS will make his headquarters at wPslOrj Where he will give you prices that will astonish you. Call and be convinced. Fruit Trees and Vines. elise Plants, Gut Roses aqd Gai'nationSDesos or Sprays e Murals ft-ll Hinds Roses and Flower's, ornamental Tfees for Cemeteries. Sale Yni'iG on Court Street, opp. (Hurt House. Leave Orders fo’-' Cut Blowers and Buneral Designs at New York Millinery Store. EZII. J. MIESSE. Decatur. Ind. Look Here! v • lam here to stkr and can sell Organs aiii Pianos cheaper than any body else can afford to sell them. I sell different makes. GLEANING AND REPAIRING ’ done reasonable. See me first and save money. J. T. <IOOTN luo. I "r■ f . ■

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