Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1897 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT ■VERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM. PUBLISHER. {1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postofflce at Decatur, Indiana as Second-Class Mail Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, DEC 2. An election would be 3 good way to end the turmoil. Ob, such agony The question now is, who will be the next postmaster of this city. Echo answers who? Plant your holiday adv’ts. The time is ripe and the early bird catches the worm. Get a rustle on yourself and have your copy in early. Congress meets next Monday and the statesmen are already assembling in Washington. It is safe to presume that Reed is yet monarch of all he surveys. Congressman Henry could neyer spend another day in this city and get back to Washington a healthy man. Our climate is embracing too, but there are other things that are not. Representative Livingston of Georgia, who is one of the best friends Cuba has in congress, doesn’t think the outlook good for legislation favorable to Cuba. He thinks there will be a lot of talk but no action. Cal Sinninger of the Warren Independen', in addition to the honors already at his command, is now editor of the first daily paper Warren ever had. If the profit of the production equals Cal’s nerve in starting the venture, it will be a howling success Senator Hanna's chances of being vindicated by the Ohio legislature, grows beautifully less. If be is re-elected to the senate it will be by his bull-dozing boodle methods so familiar to the people during the short time he has been in public ; life. The only elements of states- 1 manship developed has been his 1 boodle and the unscrupulous meth- 1 ons of using it. Hanna as a boss, 1 is a rousing success.

i ARE YOU I Going to make your little folks happy, and the older ones feel young? .YOU CAN if you will. It all depends on you. • j We are ready to do our part. It will only require a look to conJ) vince vou that we have, BY FAR, the largest and best line of Holiday Goods ever brought to Adams county. Our line of DOLLS is simply immense. We have them black and white, red and yellow, long and short, dressed and undressed, wideawake and asleep, girls and boys, and in fact every bind of doll made, from 1 cent to $4 00, We are prepared to please all who wish to buy. DOLL CARRIAGES—We have a big assortment; they were ■ bought direct from the manufacturers and are about 20 per cent I cheaper than ever sol'd before. TOY DISHES—in endless variety from .5 cents to §1 50. Tables, i Chairs Cradles, pianos, and all kinds of toy furniture suitable tor I i little girls. TtiEN FOR THE BOYS—the noisy, romping boys—we have something to please them also. We have horses, wagons, sleds. ! drhms, steam engines, magic lanterns, games, iron toys of every desi crlption. and thousands of others that we can't mention for want of spoce. Be sure you don’t pass our 25c sleds and wagons—they are hummers. NOW FOR THE OLDER ONES—And here we run ashore 1 again in trying to tell you what all we have, but for this class will say that we have a full line of staple and fancy dress goods, mittens, 1 I hosiery, and all the more substantial goods used in making your dear i friends happy. THEN COMES—Our largest and test selected line of all-Cbina | Glass anti Queensware. We are absolutely at the top in this depart I mant as well as all other lines before mentioned. There never was j anything to compare with it broughi to Decatur. We have handsome full sized ctina cups and saucers, decorated in gold and colors, for -50 c a set. Our 10 and 2-5 c China assortment can’t be had any place else for these prices. We will sell this holiday season a 101 piece English j Porcelian Dinner Set, decorated in gold and color for $6 .50; this is an I opportunity you should not pass. This price is less than you can boy cheap American ware elsewhere. You could not give your wife or ' daughter a more suitable or handsome present for the money. We have also an endless variety of Fancy French China which is always suitable ror Xmas presents for lady friends. Should you fail to see our Holiday Goods, you will not be satisfied, as you will miss seeing the largest and nicest ever shown in this city. Barents, remember Christmas is the RED LETTER DAY of your little ones lives—make them happy while you can. We hope to see you all in our store before Christmas, when we may have the opI portunity to sell you your ndeds in our line. Yours, Sfß! I.

W. D. Bynum congratulates himself and what is left of the gold wing of democracy, that the recent elections were not even worse iban 1 hey were. Bynum receives §5,000 a year with an office in New York, and if be keeps up the lick free silver will wipe the earth in 1900. Bynum is a big man in bis own estimation. Thanksgiving was properly observed tn this city, and from what we can barn many poor families were made to feel grateful that such a day as Thanksgiving, has been recognized bv the powers of the nation. Religious services were well attended and the day generally devoted to the proper observance of giving thanks and being thankful that we can give thanks. Incandescent lights at sixty cents a month is a luxury net many of our people will care to enjoy. Not only that, but it is an outrage to impose such a rate, and the people will resent it by a refusal to use the light. This is not the way to make a success for the city, but the fault is not with the people, but with the councilmanic gentlemen, who seem impressed with the idea that their constituents can stand most anything. There is some cheap talk being indulged in by high and mighty officials of our state, regarding an extra session of the Indiana legislature. The object of such an extraordinary session is to stop the extravagant waste of natural gas. Such an expense is unnecessary. The laws we now have if properly enforced, will bring the desired re suit. What we need more than an extra session of the legislature, is executive officials who will enforce the law—including the law against trusts. Chairman Snow of the Adams county central committee, has issued a call for the committee to meet tn this citv Saturday, December 18. The object of the meeting will be for the purpose of setting a time for holding of thp county primary, assessment of candidates and the arrangement of other necessary details. The many candidates seeking nomination before the primary, are now actively at work arranging their fences. As the wishes of the candidates are desired as to the date of the primary, they are all requested to meet the committee at the time mentioned.

It now develops that had not Cleveland purchased §260,000,000 of gold the present administration would be issuing bonds to meet a deficit, which today amounts to over §50,000,000. Administration troubles w’ll be soon and plenty. When congress meets on the 61 h day of December instead of the much vanuted “prosperity” which Ihe new administration and the Dingley bill were to bring to the country, a glaring deficit of §43,244,762, since July 1, only four short months, rises up to mock a most patient, forbearing and long suffering, deluded, deceived and outraged people for the Hanna senate and the bouse of Reed to explain.—St. Mary’s Argus. Representative Hartman of Montana, takes issue with the republicans who are trying so hard to create the impression that the silver question is dead, lie savs it is the livliest issue now before the people, owing to the absolute failure of the Wolcott Commission; that last year thousands of republicans voted for McKinley, believing that he would do something for silver, and now they know that he will not. Mr. Hartman makes this prediction for 1900: “There will be 2,500,000 free silver republican votes, 1,500,000 populists and 4,500,000 democratic votes for the nominee who stands for the identical principles that Mr. Bryan stood for last year.” The Dingleyites are congratulating themselves that Americans are competing with foreigners in the sale of goods in all parts of the world, even in London. At the same time they are congratulating themselves on the wisdom of preventing the foreign manufacturers from competing with our manufacturing trusts at home by making our people pay more for the goods than the foreigners do. They also congratulate themselves that some day the Dingley deficit will grow less, though there is no indication of it at present. It may be regarded as assured that no matter what occurs the Dingleyites will find it a cause for congratulation. They are easily pleased.—Sentinel.

Government by syndicates is about to become a reality. We have about everything else managed and dictated by the power and money of trusts, but it will be the first instance wherein they have assumed the constitutional right to perform the functuary privileges of government. A party of New York capitalists have leased the South American republic of Honduras and for twenty years will receive its revenues, manage its cus tom bouses, plantations and mining interests. For this privilege thev pay the officials of that republic §1,500,000 yearly, release a now bonded indebtedness of §25,000,000, and at the end of twenty years turn the government back to them. , Congressman Henry was in town yesterday. He came to see who would make a good postmaster and he went away again without saying anything or smiling even loud enough to crack. He left bis kind regards and hoped that every one was reaping a bounteous crop of prosperity, having enough in stock to pass around to his less fortunate neighbor. He received the republican elite and others who make no confession of being elite. He was busy from early morning until late at night. He made it pleasant for every one who called and gave him the glad hand. He heard their troubles. He smiled when they smiled. He has gone away again and now mystery is wrapped np in mystery as to who ’tie. At any rate they made it duecedly warm for the one term congressman while he stayed. He was no doubt glad to come, but equally glad to get away. Any way he was here. As a partial list of candidates who will appear before the primary, we have learned of the following, although our report is not official. If any one is omitted, the mistake is unintentional. The array for clerk of the circuit court is F. E. McLain and A. Vancamp of this city, Elmer Johnson of Washington township, W. Wig Briggs aud John Runyon of Geneva, W. H. Shepherd of Hartford, and Peter Bryau of Jefferson. Sheriff—D. N. Erwin of this city, Albert Butler of Root, Joel Roe of St. Mary’s, William Shoemaker of Hartford, Gid Longenberger of St. Mary’s, Michael Miller of Monroe and Dalid Dilling of Preble, spoken of. Recorder — Harry Knoff, John Beeler both of this city, Esq. William Zimmerman of Kirkland, Eli Riesen of Berne, and Thomas Gallogly of Jefferson. Treasurer—Jonas Neuensehwander. | Surveyor—W. E. Fulk. Commissioner first district-—Joseph E. Mann; third district—Frederick Reppert, and Jacob Abnet. Representative —J. W. Vizard of St. Mary's, and G. H. Martz of Monroe. Prosecuting Attorney—D. E. Smith.

ADDITIONAL X-OCAL-S. A Union Temperance meeting was held at the court bouse Sunday afternoon. The meeting was addressed by Evangelist Baker who has been holding nightly services at the Baptist church. Arlington Bros. Big Spectacular Vaudeville always the best. Don’t tail to see aud hear them Monday and Tuesday nights Dec. 6 and . at the Opera House. Admission 10, 20, and 30 cents. John Craig, D. N. Stauffer and Town Clerk Herschey of Berne, were in the city Tuesday. They found time to take this office by storm and succeeded in dropping some of their coin in the Democrat slot. Go to Arlington Bros, show Monday and Tuesday Dec. 6 and 7 and see* Iler, Burke and McDonald in their grand act A Tramp’s Dream, introducing their wonderful Trick Cabin. Admission 10, 20 and 30 cents. The Cantata “Esther” which was given at Willshire Thursday evening was well attended by parties from this city. Cashier Dugan and wife and Mr. and Mrs bson Lee were among the number who attended. The many friends of Jacob Buhler will regret 10 hear that he is growing weaker day by day. He has been confined to the house for five years with paralysis and his extreme old age makes his recovery impossible. Milo Mumma died at his home four and one half wiles east< f this city this morning. He has been ailing for s mie time and death was not unexpected The funeral was held this afternoon at Pleasant Grove Chapel Fine specimens of steel and copper plate engraving can be at this office. By arrangements per fected, we are enabled to furnish engraved cards at verv reaS' naple prices. There is nothing more ap propriate for an Xmas present. A widow with two children wedded a widower with two children, and they had two more children. One day the husband yelled to his wife: “Youi children and my children are out in the yard thump ing the life out of our children ” The Cecilian Club met Tuesday afternoon at the home of C. L Walters where an elegant program was rendered. The next meeting will be held Tuesday eveni g, December 14, at the home of Mrs. E. T. Gregg at which a full attendance is desired. At M. E church Sundav: Third quarterly meeting, Sunday school at 9:15 a. m., preach ng at 10:30 byRev. F. T. Simpson, presiding elder, followed by communion Junior Leage at 3 p tn., Senior League at sp. m., preaching at 7 p. m. All are cordially invited.

There is still left a g iod line ol heating and cook stoves, and a full line of hardware at B- J Ter veer’s. Everything in stock wil be sold at reduced prices until December 15. The new firm of Ashbaucher & Bell will assume control on the first day of January. Do you want a wheel? Everybody who buys a ticket for Arling ton Bros. Attraction at the Bosse Opera house Sept. 6 and 7 will have one chance for a high grade bicycle on exhibition at Yager Bros drug store. This wheel is worth §IOO. The prices of admission are 10, 20 and 30 cents, so there is a big profit for the winner Each ticket will be accompanied by a number and the winning number will be selected by a blindfolded boy on the night of the 7th. The girl who takes as much pri I*in learning to dust a room properly as she does in learning to draw, wb. broils a steak witb tbe same nicety that she embroiders a rosebud, who makes coffee a« carefully as sh> crochets, is the girl who will mate the economical, cheery wile, loving mother and delightful companion. It is not a crime to know how to keep house. Every girl expects to have a home of her own some day, yet the girl and her own mother act as as if there was no such a thing as a servantless home, and victuals grew on bushes ready to be picked. There are tn the state 628 effective lodges of Odd Fellows with 43,186 members. There were 2,076 new members last year, and a loss of 1,553 making a net gain of 553. The resources of the lodges consisting of cash, loans, investments, tur niture, regalia, etc., amounts to §1,411,115.06. The sum of §164,264.03 was paid to members of the order, families of deceased Odd Fellows, funeral benefits, education and other special purposes. The number of members receiving relief was 3,345, and there were 188 widowed families relieved.

Stop! Think! See! And you’ll know that this store will positively save you one-quarter (i) of your clothing bills for theentire family. We display this season the most extensive and magnificent assortment of Men’s, Boys' and Children’s suits, overcoats, hats, caps, underwear, in fact everything that belongs to man’s apparel. Look into any other store; note values and prices; then look at our superb stock, and you’ll be convinced that we are not telling stories. THERE’S NOT ANOTHER STORE in all this country where you’ll be more likely to find just the overcoat you want, at just the price you want to pay. wWZf You don’t see such overcoats as \ JgJ ours every day. They’re made of the richest and heaviest cloths; the linings are all specially tested and guar- ' anteed. H. S. & M. overcoats are known mi to fit more perfectly and wear longer than B those of any other Wfflg L 1 make. They’re the . f kind sold to the finest trade in all the big cities. Wherever you see this labe,: OaM HART, SCHAFFNER & IFi m GUARANTEED CLOTHING. WKjy there’s superior quality , in the cloth and making. Pete f+oltholise & Go. Leading Clothiers and Furnishers. * $ J THE PLACE g + t if) TO BUY YOUR f 1 Holiday Goods | f $ * ■v IS AT THE + M * s 11)1 ML 818 SIB i *1 B M ■ J W ffi 4. * The finest Holiday stock ever dis- f $ pLyed in the city will, as usual, be $ found at our store. We are crowded // f) to the garret with a full and comfi) plete line of t + f Albums, Toilet Cases, $ f) S $ Celluloid Novelties, t * Doll Babies, Books, Lamps, + t Fine Madalevus Pictures, if) J f) Tueserberg Statuary, f w $ £ and everything else f f mortal man can think of. 8 f) + f’l Remember we have the largest _ fj ever displayed in the city, and our fj prices are the lowest. # f) + | Smith & Callow. ♦