Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1898 — Page 3

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Additional Locals. YI-KI Sores corns and warts. Its J. W. Place transacted business at Fort Wayne hist Friday. P. G. Hooper was a business visitor at Fort Wayne last Thursday. John T. Coots was looking after, business at Fort Wayne last Friday. About a dozen Decatur people took in the Sousa concert at Portland last Friday. Mrs. A. T. Lynch returned Sunday from a several days visit with friends at Winchester. The bones and muscles of the human body are capable of over 1,200 different movements. Mrs. Laura Hadley of Richmond, spent Sunday in this city the guest of Wilda Watts and family. Messrs Merrvman and Snyder of Bluffton, attended the funeral of little Albert Lehman last Sunday. The street commissioner is a very busy man these days and we are glad of it, for it keeps him out of mischief. A number of our citizens attended the entertainment given at the Fort Wayne Athletic Club last Friday evening. To Cure a cold in one day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists, refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. 26tf Brenton Barkley, who has lx>eu working at Piqua. Ohio, for some months, is back in his old place at Fristoe’s restaurant. For Rent, -The Hark, Mann dwelling house on Adams street, also a house in Lynch's addition. Enquire of Mann & Beatty. 49tf Hon. M. V. B. Spencer, who has been living at Indianapolis during the past few years, has returned to Fort Wayne and opened up a law office. Dr. J. Q. Neptune, the dentist was at Berne Monday .and Tuesday. The doctor has an exceptionally large number of customers in that little city. For Rent. -A well improved farm of 80 acres. Good buildings. One mile east and two .miles south of Monroe. Call on or address Mary J. Ray, Monroe, Ind. 49-3 t Clover Leaf herd of large English Berkshire, headed by Model 3374, Perfection 6578 and Pearl 6580, for sale. Address Willis L. Magner, Monroeville, Ind. 47-7 It is time to start a crusade against gum chewing, as the energy wasted in this habit could be utilized with eminent satisfaction in “talking” politics during the coming campaign. T. Rheumatic, .a never failing cure for rheumatism in all stages and conditions. Try it and lie cured. Manufactured by the T. Rheumatic Cure Co., Huntington, Ind. For sale by all druggists. A Missourian camplains that at cost him SSO for extra fuel each winter to keep his wife’s $lO collection of plants from freezing, and that the flowers are invariably killed by being “set out” too early in the spring. There are more than 1,000 natural lakes, ranging in size from ten to 4(X) acres, within the boundaries of Steuben, DeKalb, Lagrange, Noble and Kosciusko counties, 312 of them being in Noblecounty.

| And ready now to receive your order for a spring suit. We have all the latest weaves | in woolens, and a close inspection will convince you that we are up-to-date in our especial g line. To guarantee satisfaction would be to indulge in phraseology which has little meaning | in these latter days—words which are employed alike by the reputable and the irresponsible tailor. But let us assure old friends, and new ones, that it shall be in the future as in the | past, our earnest endeavor to supply you with what you want, as you want it, and at a price g which your honest judgment will approve of. Most respectfully, DOTY, The 'Tailor, f Four doors west of Old Adams County Bank. Office of Wells, Fargo & Co. Express will be found at my business room. *

Miss Clara Krill of Bluffton, was a visitor in this city over Sunday. Miss Hattie Christen has been on the sick list during the past few days James Waldron of the Burt House, was a Fort Wayne visitor last Friday I evening, i Tttklug all the year round, the coldest hour of the twenty-four is five o’clock in the morning. Miss Alida Forey of Portland, was the guest of Miss Elba Edwards and other friends over Sunday. Frank France of Fort Wayne, spent several days in this city the latter part of last week, calling on old friends. A German professor reports he has found living bacteria in wine which had been bottled twenty-five or thirty years. Nearly 70,000 tons of cork are needed for the bottled beer and aerated waters consumed annually in Great Britain. For Sale. House and lot two! squares and a half from the Old Ad-1 ams county Bank. Easy terms. En-1 quire at this office. 48tf Hon. J. T. Merryman was a Decatur representative at the Theosophical lecture at Fort Wayne last week, and reports an eqcellent time. Every week 9,000,000 oysters are swallowed by the people of London. Half of the shells are broken up and used for asphalt paving. Mrs. Simon Kuster of Hagerstown, whose husband was killed at Altoona Junction by a railroad accident, has l>een paid $5,000 by the Pennsylvania Company. Lost or Strayed.—Bird dog, black in color, with white stripe on neck and breast. Answers to name of “Bob.” Return to Dr. E. H. Leßrun and receive reward. Miss Grace Petterson has accepted an excellent position as milliner in one of the largest hat establishments in Fort Wayne. She will enter upon her duties about April 1. Nevada can stand prize fights, but it draws the line at lynching, and a county sheriff will lie tried for willful neglect of duty because he failed to prevent a lynching. On March 1 and 15, the Clover Leaf route will issue low rate excursion tickets to all points within home seeker’s territory. Ample return limit. For full particulars see any Clorer Leaf agent The Pierceton creamery plant has been sold out in job lots and the building will be converted into a dwelling later on. It seems that comparatively few of these estabishments have been a success. The lecture of Miss Cocrofts at the Christian church last Wednesday evening was an entire success. Quite a large physical culture class has been organized as a result of their first meeting held this morning. Disfigurements for life by burns or scalds may lie avoided by using DeWitt’s Witdh Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and for all kinds of sores and skin troubles. W. H. Nachtrieb. A Vaneamp of this city conducted services at the Evangelical church at Berne last Sunday, in the absence of the regular minister. Rev. C. M. Pierce, who is assisting in holding revival meetings in Wayne county.

If you wish to reach Alaska it will lx* to your advantage to call upon nearest agent Clover Leaf route. Through tickets via San Francisco or Portland at lowest rates. Full particulars upon application to C. C. Jenkins, Gen’l Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. A few months ago, Mr. Byron Every of Woodstock, Mich., was badly afflicted with rheumatism. His right leg was swollen the full length, causing him great suffering. He was advised to try Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. The first bottle of it helped him considerably and the second bottle effected a cure. The 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by B. J. Smith. f Some 300 and odd cats are maintained by the United States government, the cost of their support lx»ing put down as a regular item in the accounts of the postoffice department. These cats are distributee! among about fifty postofficcs, and their duty is to keep rats and mice from eating and destroying postal matter and canvas mail sacks. For Sale or Trade. I have the following properties for sale, or wi 11 trade for desirable property in the city of Decatur: One farm of 60 acres, one farm of 100 acres. Two houses and lots in good shop town of 10,000 inhabitants. City property will trade for country property. Will sell on terms to suit the buyer. 4-its Richard K. Erwin. I have given Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a fair trial and consider it one of the very best remedies for croup that I have ever f< imk. One dose has always lieei. suffi 1 t. although I use it freely. X,ye. ‘ tnv children contract yiel ven r■ i> ilv to this med- ; iue. 1 -ci co ■ ieutiously recommend it f< ,r eroup 1 colds in children. Geo. E. Wolff, Clerk of the Circuit Court. For mdina, Fla. Sold by B. J. Smith. f A tramp name J >hn G. Reckless, recently locked u it Elkhart, sought to fri'hten the officials by feigning lunacy, ai. 1 taking Jf his suspenders, declared his intention to commit suicide. Tiie attendant told him to wait a minute until a rope could be procured, which world make it easier for him, when lie cha, ed his mind and postponed. the affair. It has not been attempted since. How to Look Good. Good looks are more than skin deep, depending entirelv mi a healthy condition of all the vital >.Frans. If the liver be inactive, yon have a bilious look: ff your stomach be disordered, you have a dyspeptic look; if your kidneys be affected, you have a pinched look. Secure good health, and you will surely have good looks. “Electric Bitters” is a good alterative and tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys. Purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at Page Blackburn’s drug store.. 40 cents per bottle. Molasses and sugar making is upon us and within a few days, the weather Ixting favorable, the trees will lx? yielding up their sweet juice, and the business df making molasses, sugar, and last, but by no means least the toothsome maple taffy will be in full operation. Whole volumes might be written upon this subject, but the only possible way to understand what it means is to be right on the ground and participate in the festivities which always accompany the more ordinary duties dfthe season. Consumption Positively Cured. — I Mr. R. B. Greeve, merchant, of /Chilhowie, Va., certifies that he had Iconsurqption, was given up to die, ; sought all medical treatment that j money could procure, tried all cough i remedies he could hear of. but got no ' relief; sjient many nights sitting up in a chair; was induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and was cured by use of two bottles. For past three years has been attending to business, and says that Dr. King’s New DisI covery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him and others in his community. Dr. King’s New Discovery is guaranteed for coughs, colds and consumption, ilt don’t fail. Trial bottles free at i Page Blackburn’s drug store.

WAR MAY COME! BUT THE NEW SPRING GOODS ARE HERE AT BOSTON STORE. All of which are Open for your Inspection. All the Fashionable Weaves—Bayaderes, Whip Cords, Poplins, Bareges, Homespuns, and Tweeds. I******* The A.8.G.C0. 1 W ortn XlWb ? Skirt. | You ut | Should f Buy it. Length f u f Perfect Ts ? NONE GENUINE WITHOUT Shane ABOVE TICKET. Prices Guaranteed the Lowest. We have a Complete Line of Skirts in Blacks, Brocades, and Novelties, at $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 Ask to see them at the BOSTON STORE. I. O. 0. F. Block. Kuebler & Moltz Co.

To those who drink whiskey for pleasure; HARPER Whiskey adds zest to existence. To those who drink whiskey for health’s sake; HARPER Whiskey makes life worth living. Sold by Luttman & Burdge, Dwatur, lulL In Holland some garlic, salt, bread and stoak are placed in the cradle of a new-born infant. It would be slandering garlic to say that the fellow who sat in front of the Democrat reporter at the opera house, recently, had been born in HollaniL The fellom didn’t have musk or flowers of Italy ;it was a sickly, yellow vapor, that crawled lazily to his coat collar and dropped off in chunks. Mt. Ward L. Smith, of Frederickstown. Mo., was troubled with chronic diarrhoea for over thirty years. He had become fully satisfied that it was only a question of a short time until he would have to give up. He had been treated by some of the best physicians in Europe and America but got no permanent relief. One day he picked up a newspaper and chanced to read an advertisement of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He got a bottle of it. the first dose helped him and its continued use cured him. For sale by B. J. Smith. f

Watch for new story next week. Farm for Sale.- A well improved farm, known as the Bunn farm, with thirty acres of heavy timber, located two miles east of Ossian, in Wells county. For particular call on or address W. H. Rupright, Ossian, Ind. 44-3 mos Allen W. Clark of Greensburg, is doing some extensive corresponding in reference to the second annual convention of the Ohio Valley Bimetallic Meeting at Indianapolis, April 6 and 7. The outlook is flattering for one of the largest demonstrations ever held within the borders of Indiana. The league embraces Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The latest information with reference to rates for tickets, railroad train schedule, sailing dates of steamers, cost of freight per ton, etc., to Alaska and Klondike gold fields will be cheerfully given upon application to ticket agents of the Chicago & Erie R. R. Are you going? If so, you may find it pleasant to join one of the numerous parties we are constantly sending. Full particulars will be furnished by sending your name and address advising date you wish to start tot W. S. Morrison, T. P. A., Huntington, Indiana, or to F. W. Buskirk, A. G. P. A., Erie R. R., Chicago, 111.

Coeur D’Alene, a new story, begins next week. The undersigned hereby desires to thank the many kind friends and neighbors who (lid what they could during the illness and death of his late wife, and who made the funeral the success it was in every particular, and were otherwise kind and neighborly during his late bereavement. “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” Also, I will have a public sale at my place on Friday next, at which I will sell to the highest bidder three yearling calves, four head of horses, some twenty laying hens, a number of articles of female wearing apparel almost as good as new, belonging to my late companion, whose loss I am compelled to deplore, although she is better off up there. Also, fattening hogs, garden utensils, household furniture, crockeryware, and other things too numerous to mention. Crackers and cheese free at the above sale, and dinner to all who buy over three dollars’ worth. Gone from our midst is one I loved, Her vacant chair I see, But then she’s better off above Thau down on earth with me. Terms of sale cash, or will take notes with good security. Zimri Dodd. —From the Peaville Boomerang