Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1897 — Page 8

o POWDER Absolutely Pure* Celebrated fur its g<“t leavenh g strength and healthfulntw Assures the food agunst altrn and a l forms of adulteratin') common t ,( the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO,NEW YORK

MDNROE Our schools her»* will soon be closed, the primary room having one more week and f ije graded room nearly three weeks. The iew grocery firm of Biiley & Haggard will buv your produce and pay the highest price for it. The hoop and hub factories are running in full blast giving many ham a employment. Next Saturday, April 3, Mrs. AdaSimcoke will off-r for sale at her residence and store in Monroe, most of her personal property, consisting of two wagons. household furniture and some tools, also a stock of drugs and store fixtures, oil cans, jugs ami b >ttles. medicines, show cases' and many other things. Do no 1 " write on both sides of the paper —Ed. MONMOUTH. C. C. Wilder and wile—a girl. G. A. Christen returned from Geneva Thursday. Root township teachers were examined last Saturday. Epworth League is held at Alpha •very Wednesday evening. C. C. Wilder and Wm. Franks are two of our immigrants. Rev. TinKham preached his farewell sermon at Alpha last Sunday. The question for debate at our literary next Friday evening is. “Resolved That Woman Has More Patience Than Man.”

j. KERN, BRITTSON & BEELER, to » (jfflTi/'y Tn this day and age of the world the merchant who can 11/* y'r give you the greatest value for your money deserves your 2X-V Fl— trade. Our two large stores are crowded with Clothing and y n S---. Shoes. Come in and see us. Notice a few of the prices given ' J Q here, then you can see why it is that our patronage is growing f* | 3 l*iye We Have . . so ra P idI P, and why we should have your trade. And growlng trade 1b

Anything in Boys’ and Children’s Clothing that you. may want this spring. Short pant Suits, from SI.OO to SB.OO. $2.50 buys a nice, all wool plaid suit. We have about 100 suits of Children’s Clothing that are left from the Ehinger & Myers stock, that will be closed out at from SI.OO to $2.50. These suits formerly sold at from $2.50 to $7.00. They wont last long. &W7YiJ&. ffe -111 DO ImswrMM vnn I Illi . fc'«a WEAR ■U| OVERALLS liw wJ Item® ■ / Mi HR ifcl Wil ok ■ ra socks? How is -tills? Three pairs Overalls SI.OO, or 35c per pair. These are the same as others sell for 50c. Six pairs seamless Socks for 25 cents. These are as good as most people sell for 10c a pair. V/- ■ «■ ; , . •*. . 1 ,xlz • -ft I- ) •M".. . -V . , ■ .t

JtW Grandstaff ot Wart la rt*lllag hare. Jaha Bixlar of Baraa, la visiting friaada bars. C, Flstniag of Da was visiting bare Sunday. Among th* isapravaaaeats as nurtowa is a *i*w atore whiah Want Evana i* preparing. Reuben Baxter is Monmouth * best maa, with the glove* H* will challenge Corbett soon. J C. Grand*tftff want to Cincinnati to take up his.old duties, but will ptob<bly return, in the near future. OIL CITT Mesdame* Oridorff and Bucher were : visitor* at Berne Friday. J Ora Holliuguworth visited his parents here last Sunday. John Cook was west of Geneva Sui - day lo iking after his oil interests. Tom Cook wason our streets Sunday. Mrs. Showalter who has been sick for so ne time is improving. Grandma Augburn died at the berne of her son-in-law, William Spade last Saturday evening after a long and painful sickness. Funeral at Elm Grove, interment at Wabash cemetery. J. T- Burley, our poultry man. has as Qua a flock of P'Vmouth Rock chickens as there are in the co ntry. Our schools closed last Friday after a successful teim with James Kelley of Geneva, as teacher GENEVA. Ell Kludge has opened up a billiard parlor in connection with his Turkish < bathrooms, in the McGriff block. Soft drinks on the side adds much to the notoriety of the place, as a health resort. i Geo Bucky returned last Saturday from a two week’s visit among relatives and frienea in the vicinity of Sydney, Ohio. The button-hole racket is being worked foi all it is worth by our would be postmasters, but when the time cornea for the juicy plum to drop, there’s an old war veteran that will •‘catch it on the fly.” < Rev. Murray of the M. E. church who has been in attendance at the conference held at Kokomo, returned Monday. Surgeon C. B. Steemen of Fort Wayne, was m town Monday on a call in the case of Miss Lydia Davison who if seriously ill. Cha*. Nelson living three miles east of town—a boy. Fred Deitsch is beautifying his residence place by erecting a handsome fence.

▲I the preeeet Mas* tbit l*wa *aa shew up the filthiest alleys that exist In the famous Indiana ell and gas bolt. But nevertheless ths town effletals draw tbeir salaries with the same indifference that a person would show without tbo sense of smell l’n*w. Many of our house wives are making garden while their husbands are sitting on the sunny side of Lino street discussing the prospeo.s of a favorable fishing ■eason. John Scheer, foreman of the Genxva hoop worts, who bad his foot injured a few weeks ago. is now able to navigate os crutches ThwNi'w Corydon oil field is coming to the front and producer* are flocking to that vicinity “like all possessed” and no doubt will strike it rich. EASTERN DISPATCH. Joe Daily was a business caller in this vicinity Wednesday. Harry Elston made a flying trip to Jacobs Monday. Joe Harker of Pauldingcounty, Ohio, is visiing reht'ves here. Ed Wells of Spencerville is visiting with the Steanely family. Church at Willshire is continued. Nine were at the altar Monday night. The Pleasant Mills normal commences next Monday. All that, wish to polish their intellectual powers or increase the convolutions on their cerebrum will do well to give Mary G. McCullough $4 and spend ten weeks in tbe school room. Henry A. Durr’s small child is recovering from an attack of lung fever. Clarence Elston has been attending church at Willshire about every night Boyer and wife and D. w. Rose and wife took a living trip and visit in the eastern part of this county Tuesday. FRENCH TOWNSHIP, (Intended tor last week.) Rose Leyse was at Bluffton Monday. Wm . Bluhm was «t Monros Thursday. Mrs. Henry Bluhm is quite sick at this writing C. E. Stuckev attended the institute at Berne Saturday Dr. Stauffer of Vera Cruz, was in our locality last Friday on professional business. Minnie Walters who has been visiting friends in Wells county for some time, is at home again. Delilah Hoffman, Anna Adler. Maggie Moran. Wm. Jackson, D. V. Sovine, A. D. Welker and C. E. Hocker are going to attend school at Valparaiso the coming spring and summer.

Z MT JJ /\ I f/Vswl ————— Easier Sales Day, Easier Sales Day, Saturday, April 17. \\J\ SaMay, April 17. " Wai \ \ I 5? <»//w/ai n\ Ip I 1 R \\y| I \\ I I \ a I 3. • I ft I 5 DO YOU WANT A HIGH GRADE SUIT? The above is a fair re P re8 l e . nta } ioi ?.? f a^.Y^ satFn^nirig, 0 which Worsted Suit. Coat and Vest ed out within that we guarantee for two years. Should the merchant time,.we will replace it free of charge Price $16.00. No mercna tailor will put you up one like it for less than $35. & N. 8.-We have a lot of good watches to give to our customers. Drop in and get one. . Keiii, Biittson & Beelei. — r--r . ■'

Wa are glad to say that Mb, Albert Walton la Improving rapidly from a lang and protracted illness. The schools ia this township will soon oloae, and the small boy can than have obtngs bie own way. French township turned up 100 per sent, at the Berne institute. French township is always wall represented at institutes. School is suspended in Diet. No. 4 on account of diphtheria. Mr. Mauler’s children have been afflicted for some nitre. Ida. a girl of seven, died last Thursday. Three more are sick tn tbe sams family but ar* some better at present. PLEASANT HILLS. Q iit« a number here are afflicted with agrippe and colds. Wilson Beery is now a resident of Pleasant Mills. Wilson Gulick ant sister are housekeeping at their neat residence on Main street. Albert Marker and Perry Carter of Berne, were callers here Monday. John Slusser and family have moved to Sidney, Ohio. B. B. Winans is making an improvement in the way of a new fence around his residence. Alva Conner is building an additim to bis dwelling bouse. I) B Erwin and familv of Decatur, Sun<tayed here with relatives. Dick Boyd and family of Decatur, visited relatives here and in the country Saturday and Sunday.. The carpenters have again resumed tbeir wo-k on A N. Acker’s bouse after a lay off of several weeks. Charles Bartling contemplates moving to tbe country soon. T-e infant child of Otte Martz died Monday morning. The funeral wae conducted by Rev. D B. Reckard at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning It may be interesting to the readers to know how many members of the different secret organizations there are in the United States and Canada: Odd Fellows 954,144 Free Masons 934.835 Knights of Pythias.. .r. 464.439 United Workmen 361.562 Maccabees 241,000 Woodman of America 200.000 Royal Arcanum 180,818 R. O. of U. A. M 170 000 Foresters of America — 127,793 Knightaof Honor .107 59s Knights of Golden Eagle 104,i41 Ind. Order of Foresters.. 100,000

*«U Tiwrtr*. Ualtofi State* to Jaaob Brobst, ito a. Washing** *P B. W. Bbilty to Glow Gaurley, 40 a, Profile ip-.;..- 11000 Essa Parks to Jama* K. Marts. 30 a. Moaroo ip ■ 750 D. Norwald to Frofi Norwald. 10 a, Problo tp 160 Eboa B. McKrigto Wm Dunlap.6o a, Wabash tp 1600 H. H. Matb*ws*o to J. MaLbewaon 120 a. Stf Mary* tp ... 400 Adam C. Bueber to Mary M. Reed 20 a, Monroe tp 650 Abner Fuller to Perry C. Good. 3 70-100a, S . Marv* <p 400 Peter Forbing to J. C Pattmou Lol 42. Decatur 1500 Petar Btuckty to Bmil E> beret, 40 a, Hartford tp 1900 John Sours to Amua Stauffer. 40 a, Hartford tp 2500 A. M. Fuller ot al to A. J. a 0 >d. fr pt sec 20, St. Marys tp 25 Arnos Walker lo Minerva Walker, 15 a. Wabash tp 600 Fritz Stndler to C. C. Shepbeid, f a, Hartford tp 100 If you want to paiifc your house you can do well by giving us a call For pure white lead, oil and mixed paints we are headquarters. Prices always the lowest and goods the best that can be had. 3tf Smith & Callow.

' 1 Will ynu buy a bicycle now when prices are so low. An excellent Wheel for and remember this, thesefwheels are fully guaranteed, and any defective parts will be replaced free of cost. Many o> the very cheap wheels offered, you take chances on paying for all repairs and soon pav out tbe cost of a high priced wheel and still have a poor machine. Full line of sundries and repairs and a repair-man at your service to give you guaranteed work. Same place. First-class WHEELS TO RENT. Some second-hand wheels, good, for $25.00 or less. Or will you have a piano or organ, if so, see my line and get prices then you will be convinced this is the cheapest place to buy. The 10c sheet music will be closed out in ten copy lots for 5c per copy. 2.000 or more to select from. Come early and get the best. New music every month. Banjos, Violins, Guitars, Autoharps and Mandolins, dirt cheap. w , DAN ERWIN. Monroe Street. _ o

pelled us to make nil our departments larger. This spring wt> have a very large and complete line of Men’s r.'ioes, from the reliable Calfskin to the delicate Patent Leather. Men’s Dress Shoes from SI.OO to $6.00. A very good Shoe for SI.OO. Men’s Work Shoes from 90c to $2.00. •' >l-1 Ph I v K VI LADIES! When you buy a new pair of Shoes you want an assortment to select from. W^e have them. Black, . . HrovV Ta “- 7 Chocolate, J IS Ox Blood, t Lace or Button, J fUfe? High or Any kind of Toe, ’''■■J ■ A good Dongola shoe for SI.OO. A splendid Tan lace shoe for $1.50. 1 Very high grade, $3.00 to* $3 60.

AwwNMV |l||| WerM’s Mr, ■ •»av yWCB to fBFAM BAKING I mm I MOST PERFECT MADE. > A pure Crape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free ■ ’om Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. ’'<■ 40 YEARS THE STANDARD H NEW GALLERY. ® mils* North of court bouse I (Knoff’s old stand,) I Down go Prices for 60 Days. I Cabinets $2.00 per doz I All other work in proportion I Crayons a specialty. I Water colors and Patels.. I Corpse pictures and flash lights mad* w at any time. We make pictures of I homes and any other buildings cheap. I While we cut tbe price, we give the I best of material, and guarantee every I picture not to fade. We are respon- I siblo, and are here to stay. I GIVE US A GAEL. | HTOCIUIOLDKR’S NIBETSNO. I The annual meeting of the stockholders of I the German Building Loan Fund.and Savings I ' Aesoclationof Decatur. Indiana, will be held: at the office of the secretn-y of eaid association in the oity of Decatur. Indiana, on Monday. April 12.1897, at 7 o'clock p. m, lor th* election of eleven directors, and forthe transaction of euoh other business as may be properly presented at said me ting. . 2-2 F. M. Schikmeybr,. Secretary. ) NOTICK. k i No‘iee is hereby given that my ; wife, Minerva Murphy, has left my ' bed and board without my consent, > and I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by her. 1-3 J. W. Murphy.