Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1897 — Page 8

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MOXKOX School couiumuced Monday with a large attendance. EJm r Ufiriek has moved to Paulding county, Ohio. Z. 0 Lewellen is iMow'y recovering from bis late illness of bi >o<l poison. J Barkhead was selected as janitor at Monroe. To heal the broken and diseased tissues. to soothe the irritated surfaces, to instantly relieve and to permantly cure is the mission of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. W. H. Nachtrieb. koxduhas. The excars on from Ohio brought many friends to this vicinity. Miss Ida H If man of Decatur spent Sunday with her father Little Frances Huffmun was thrown from a buggy Sunday evening but not seriously hurt. Steven Cline is ou the sick list. Several young people from this place attended church at Craigville Sunday. Hard Scrabble and Monroe played • Needmore” a game of baseball last Sunday. On Friday night. October 15, there will be an entertainment and box supper at the Smith school house, one mile east of this place. Everybody invited. Moments are useless if trifled away; and they are dangerously wasted if consumed by delay in cases where One | Minute Cough Core would bring imme- 1 diate relief. W. H. Nachtrieb. MONMOUTH. Our schools opened last Monday with B. F. Kizei of Linn Grove, as principal

JUI 911 Uu Are in position to sell you fall Dress goods of all kinds cheaper than you ever bought them, and can give you an immense variety. Can please you all, young and old, long and short, great and small, thick and thin. Everybody can be suited in variety, style and price. Fancy plaids, doable width 10c Fancy novelties, 12|c, 15c, 20c. AU wool novelties, 36 inches wide, 2oc. Ail wool silk finish serge, 25c. We have a full line of those famous Jamestown goods at 40c, 50c and 90c. These are noted for their beauty, style and real genuine wear. You buy them once you want them again. We have a splendid line of Silks for waists, trimmings and linings. We feel sure we can please you and save you money. S' f' * * n r j N > w U eVi

and Miss E hel Mann teacher in the primary department. The farm of A. J. Smith was a very hot place Wednesday, several del Is and woods were burned. C auncy Wilier weut to Michigan io buy a car lord of potatoes. Chas Burr has a felon on his finger. G. A Cbris en of the Geneva school, was visiting relatives here Sunday. This is a great season for weddings There being four in this neighborhood in one mouth, a id the fifth is now exi nected Helen F inner who was thrown off s wagon and received injuries about her collar bone, is again able touse her arm. .Mr. and Mrs. Amos Lewton, the late married couple, have began h rusekeeping. The groom will teach at district No. 1 Running sores, indolent ulcers and similar troubles, even though of many year's standing, may be cured bv using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It soothes strengthens and heals. It is the greal pile cure. W. H Nachtrieb. EASTERN DISPATCH. Much sickness is prevailing. Mr, Everett has commenced the erec tim of a new house. James Enoch Lyons of near Fort Wayne is visiting relatives and friends here. Henry Hopple and wife attended their son's wife’s funeral at St Mary’s Ohio, last Friday. A B. Riley’s wife was thrown from a buggy while coming home from Steele Friday. Her recovery is doubtful. R“latives from Monmouth visited J. W. Hakes and family last Sunday. Wm Boyer left Sunday evening for St Mary’s, Ohio, where he will spend a few days. Wm. Hakes of Van Wert, is here helping J. W Hakes drill school bouse wells. Dr. Neptune and wife was in this community last Friday. If you have ever seen a little child in a paroxysm of whooping cough, or if you have been annoyed by a constant tickling in the throat, you can appre ciate the value of One Minute Cough Cure, which gives quick relief. W. H Nachtrieb. PETERSON While Lettie Huffman and her little brother were out hickory nut hunting last week, her little brother threw a , a club in a tree to knock off some nuts . The club came down striking Lettie

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I who was standing under the tree in thhack, knocking her sens< less for a few minutes. A new variety of "peas” are occasionilly seen in Peterson, of which acerain young lady teems very fond. The church at Pleasant Dale closed Thursday night. .About ten car load of crushed stone came to Peterson last Thursday for the new pike Shiman & Butler Co., shipped a car load of hogs from this place Friday. S. 8. Baker and R. D. Beery of Preble, were the guests of William Huffman Saturday night. Mrs. George Brown is quite sick a’ his writing. Several cases of tog cholera are reported in thia vicinity. The graded room here commenced Monday with C E Hocker as teacher No man or woman can enjoy life or accomplish much in this world while suffering from a torpid liver. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the pills tha’ cleanse that organ quickly. W, H. Nachtrieb. ROOT TOWNSHIP George Tricker and Lewis Swartz visited French township last week on business. Miss Hattie Rawley was visiting at Berne last week. Dayton Steele and Darais Robison spent last Sunday with Mr. Grandstaff of Monmouth. Several ot our people attended the Portland fair last week. Rev. Thomas Beaber of this district preached at the Pleasant Grove church last Sunday.

Last Friday evening a number of voting lady friends quietly met at the borne of Miss Nora Tricke. and gave her a surprise party. After a bounte ous supper all repaired to their homes. Forest fires in this vicinity consumed and destroyed lots of fence and woods. l?he fire started Sunday and was only conquered Tuesday evening by the united efforts of the entire community. Weddings and beltings are getting to be a common thing in oar community. Messrs Samuel and George Cramer were at Ossian last Sundav. The Bicyclist’s Best Friend” is a familiar name for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, always ready for emergencies. While a specific for piles, it also instantly relieves and cures cuts, bruises, salt rheum, eczema aud all at sections of the skin. It never fails W. H. Nachtrieb. PLEASANT MILLS. Dr. Hughes is very sick at this willing. The four months s old child of Joseph Comer and wife died Tuesday night. Norman Acker is suffering severely with cancer ot the face. C. W. Yager attended the barbecue at Monroeville, last Thursday. Rev D. B. Keckard is attending the Baptist association meeting at Van Wert, Ohio, this week. Asa McMellen and family left for Sweetzer last week, after sevepal months stay here with relatives and friends. Singing at the Baptist church every Tuesday evening. Clarence Cowan is able to be at his post of duty as teacher in the Pleasant Mills school, after a few days sickness The Farmer’s Grain Co. are having quite a rush at the elevator this week. Dayton Schrank is confined to his bed with a complicated disease, and no hopes are entertained tor his recovery. The junior class of the Epworth league closed for this season with a pie social Saturday evening. Humpbtey Hughes and family left last week for Arkansas, tbeir future home. Lewis Warner and family of Willshire, Ohio, Sundayed with Dr. Harper and wife. Herbert Winans commenced a full term of school at Magley last Monday. Certainly you don’t want to suffer with dyspepsia, constipation, sick headache, sallow skin and loss of appetite. You have never tried DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for these complaints or yon would have been cured. They are small pills but great regulators. W. H. N acbtrieb.

$2 I I You can save money I |j! By coming to our stores when you want Clothing or Shoes fl - Hundreds of people are finding this out this fall. People don't flv buy our goods when they can buy them cheaper elsewhere. fl* Oh, no! They buy them on their merits and because the price fl b is right. Knowing this as we do, we feel that we have the fl A H entire field and are at all times ready to quote prices. fl p ® On 1 “=7“ ~ fl & Men’s cracl* proof dress fl D i 1 shoes, just like cut. - $2.50 I If these shoes crack or break fl fr / J hi We WiH giVe y ° U a neW pair fl l ' H for them. jfl ll rni fcxi : -fl *- fl B ©s I Our hand-made shoes tor school fl t! y 5 i fl I A I wear, positively have no equals, flu // I ' fl n I <-. I ■ ■ fi w "w. Iy»| I* ■/A O ■ H Boys double breasted knee pant fk 9 suits, si.oo. $1.50 and $2.00. \ I , I >fli 0 This S2OO suit is elegant, and is ft 1J / 9 g just the thing for boys to wear A / fl 1 Ito school. JA/ ■' ® We have handsomer ones at S3OO, fl $4 00 and $5 00. 9 H Good knee pants for 25c and 50c. ’ fl Remember, we will not be undersold on any kind of Clothing 9 || or Shoes. Respectfully, fl Kern, Brittson & Beeler. I

LINN GROVE. James McHale of Lima, Ind., was a ■miler here Saturi.ay last Lew Ha'ding and Charles Rohn were it Nottingham and Balbec Sunday E. C. Evarts o' this place took al prospecting trip to Peru Monday. Several of bis co-well drillers south of here accompanied him, Died, on Saturday, at the home of J Anthony Simons, one and one-half ( miles north east of here of diphtheria, a daughter, aged seven years and four months: Other members ot the family are afflicted with the malady. Eugene Vancamp has moved into the Dr. Haughton property in town. William Miller of Wabash township, became a resident of west Linn Grove last week. Wm. will hold the position of principal of our school. Father and Mother John Watson spent several days with their son, Lawrence, at Geneva. The stone forth- Genevy M. E church are being hauled by Clayton Shepherd and Emanuel Dunbar. The opening of our schools was deferred until Monday of next week | owing to excessive dust and ather sanitary causes. The Hartford Oil Company has purchased the Lafayette & Adair lease and four welis on the Leonard Zwik farm near Polling, Jay county. Horace Tinkler of Nottingham, called on friends here Saturday. He save he will be a Klondyke bound traveler when comes the month of March. Small precautions often prevent greet mischiefs. De Witt’s Little Early Risers are very small is size, but are very effective in preventing the most serious forms of liver and stomach troubles. They cure constipation and headache and regulate the bowels. W. H. Nacbtrieb. BERNE. Six of Decatur’s prominent society ladies were guests of Mrs. Tbeo. Hopkins, Friday. One hundred and seventy-one tickets were sold here to the Portland Fair, Thursday. . George Lachot and family of Apple Creek, Ohio, are visiting his brother John, and family this week. B. F. Welty of Lima, Ohio. Sundayed here. J. A. Anderson spent Sunday with bis mother at Ceylon. Sam Simison was a business caller at Fort Wayne, Monday. Lorenz Opliuger Sundayed with hie parents at Domestic. F. K. Schaefer resigned bis position

ar town marshal. All applicants will | hand their applications to th« town clerk before Monday evening. Oct. II About twen'y delegates went to , Taenton, Ohio, to attend the district , conference of the Mennooite church John Morgan was transacting business with Chr s Ashb iucber in f rench township, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Erwin of Hartford City, !is visiting Mrs. Theo. Hopkins and i other sriends here this week. ! Mrs. Autb Michaud returned Mon- ‘ day from a visit with her parents at Woodburn. John Armstutz deserves to be commended for the condition of our streets during this dry and dusty time. Dan Stauffer resigned his position with Schug Bros. Wednesday evening, with the intention of taking an extentrip through the west, but as arrangements didn’t ti'ure out. he resumed work at the old stand Monday. Miss Eoimi Kelley and Miss Effie Woodward were guests J. C. Schug Sunday. Rw Sbneder of Japan, will give a lecture in the German and English i langurge at the Reformed churchSaturdayevening. Admission free. All are invited to attend. One Way to be Happy Is to attend to the comfort of your family. I Should any one of them catch a slight cold or cough, call at once on Smith & Callow, sole agents and get a trial bottle of Otto’s ' Cure, the great German Remedy, free. We give it away to prove that we have a sure cure for coughs, colds, asthma, consumption and all diseases of the throat and lungs, Large sizes 50c and 25c. For the Ohio and Indiana Old Settlers’ Reunion at "Bluffton, the Clover Leaf will issue excursion tickets from stations Delphos to Marion inclusive, on September 30, good returning Octo ber 1 at one fare for the round trip. The Chicago & Erie railroad company will sell excursion tickets to Niagara Falls and return on all regular trains September 22 and 23. Tickets good until September 27 for return. Round trip rate $6.20. For further information call or address J. W. DeLong, agent. Telegraph operators are in more demand than for years. Good positions secured by the graduates of the Dodge Institute of Telegraphy, at Valparaiso, Indiana. The foremost school of its kind in the land. Tuition, full course, (time unlimited) including two month’s course in typewriting, $35; by the month $7. Good board, $1.40; furnished i room 25 cents per week. Write immediately for free catalogue and , investigate its claims 26-91

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