Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1898 — Page 5

Additional Locals. Tb e Midnight Charge at the opera hoS-MayM b . f „ •, fnro-et us when looking for a , Gtf crowd at meal time. Baker’s ts ‘fob Sale Jersey Bull, full blood EnqmreofN.jCase. r T O Neptune and children yidav with relatives at WillF t here. We cannot be downed ytS deal. Ashbaucher & 01) a DU66.' Belliv .vted Second-hand Gates stone X No-. 3 1c - E n c 2 lark - Kenton, Ohio. ••Curley” Radamacher and Charley Murray transacted business at Fort Wayne las Friday. WANTED -Salesmen; good salary, steady vork. First National Nurseries. Rochester, New York. 10-1 Kern Brittson & Beeler have a beautiful display in the show window (1 f their shoe store this week. Don’t fail to see Pat, and Jumbothe leader of de Pumpkin Blossom Club. Remember the date, May 30, at opera house. Our letter from camp Thomas this week is written by Arlie DeVoss. We are glad to recieve news from any of the boys. Mrs. E. B. Macy and Mrs. Will Smith and children of Monroe were quests of their sister. Mrs. John Mayer and family, over Sunday. Moygev A Lock have the number of volunteers which have been called from each state arranged very tastily in their show window this week. Mrs. Fred Reppert and brothers Gust. Fred and Herman Sellmeyer, were at Ft. Wayne Monday attending the funeral of Mrs. William ingThe new Miesse House under its present management have had a successful week already. Business improved and it will te but a short time until this house has a reputation hard to equal. The following are the unclaimed letters at the postoffice this week; Mrs. Davis Riley. Henry J. Grote. Samuel Felugle, Nota Winans, Ford MaCline. Jane Lawra, Geo. Sheldon, Mrs. Jacob Good. The government now has I three first class war ships launched and ready for the inside finishing. They are the Kentucky, Kearsage and the Alabama, the latter but recently launched. Ordinarily it will require avearto finish them readv forservice.

. h ii ii II ii ii ii ii ii n n ii H I H H ItI Jilii S. Howi:rs & Co. I I H OUR CHAMPION binders and B 3 mowers are the latest improved h h —no old stock, and the guar- £ h antee on them is such that £ h avoids trouble to purchasers, . £ h and guarantees that purchasers >. h of Champion machines can al- | £ h ways get repairs for any Cham- £ h pion machine sold here at any £ h time. Studabaker and Mill- . £ h burn wagons—the very best on i £ h the market, and warranted fill- | £ h ly. We carry a line of the fin- £ h est surrys, canopy and extra h tops,buggies, road wagons of h the very best makes, all fully £ warranted, binder twine, hay h h rakes, tedders and loaders, hay _ b h carriers and a full line of bicy- b h cles, New Home sewing machines, hardware, sash doors, h blinds, machine oil, linseed oil, h white lead and paints —full and h 3 complete line. Our prices on h h first-class goods are low, and h if you contemplate buying, you j h h| will miss it if you don t call m and see our goods and get h h prices. g H • H H H H H H I) HI I H H I 1 H | John S. Bovers 1 H H H _ HI H ||, H n n ii fi u ii n n lIZ

Pie plates all week from 1c up at the New Fair store. 1 I 8! forl,ar gaiusin buggies at Ashbaucher Bell’s, Gtf You can get solid oysters and X X X X crackers at Coffee & Baker’s. 44-ts ‘ Fairbank’s Soap 3 cents per bar or 10 bars for 25c at the New Fair store. The Michigan Buggy Co. line of luggies for sale by Ashbaucher & Bell. 6tf Santa Claus soap at the New Fair store, 3| cents per bar or eight bars for 2ac. Ashbaucher & Bell’s line of buggies can not be beat. Come and see for yourself. Union memorial services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday. May 29. at the M. E. church. TheU.C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. K. B. Allison next Saturday, May 28, at 2:30 p. in. Several fights which occurred along Second street Tuesday night kept up the excitement of the day. If you have butter and eggs bring them to the New Fair Store. They pay the highest market prices. Jesse King and Nim Griffith were among the delegation from Jay county who attended the convention here Tuesday. The armory will be opened the rest of this week to recieve recruits into Co. H. The boys expect to go to the front soon. Mrs. Harry Bell has been dangerously sick during the past week but is now some better and her many friends hope for a speedy recovery.

The large tent in which the convention 'fas held arrived last- Saturday and was put up on Monday. Harvey Hart was the canvassman. Bluffton’s delegation to the convention had no band. The boys got unruly and wanted fifty dollars and their expenses to blow for their candidate. Postmaster E. D. Moffett, of Hartford City, formerly owner of the Decatur Journal, was among the visitors in the city Tuesday and made this office a pleasant call. Quite a number partook of the excellent evening dinner at the Burt Hous last Sunday. Have you ever attended one of Dicks special meals ? If not you should make arrangements and go next Sunday. George W. Steele of Marion, was nominated for congressman by the republicans of the eleventh district at Logansport last Tuesday on the first ballot. There were five candidates, two, however, withdrew, and Steele had a walk away.

1 Lace curtains for this week, 40c. a pair at the Few Fair store. ■ Fred Stevenson of Bluffton attendi ed the convention here Tuesday. A. J. Smith was a business visitor at Fort Wayne last Friday afternoon. Dave Rice and Arthur Gillium were . r ort \\ ayne visitors the latter part of ! last week. Fred Falk was looking after business in the musical line at Geneva last Friday. ’ W e take good paper in payment for buggies. Come and see us. Ash- . baucher & Bell. 6tf R. K. Allison and wife returned | last Thursday evening after spending , J several days in Chicago. i Don’t miss, when in Decatur, to visit the New Fair Store. Y’ou will find ( everything there from 1c up. We have a new supply of our celebrated 10c bulk coffee. Be sure and . get a sample at the New Fair store. i Don tgo to Klondyke for your Gold Dust as long as you can get a four . pound package at the New Fair store. The Democrat contains a letter from an old Adams county boy this week, who is serving as a regular at Tampa Florida. Don’t forget to get tickets at the New Fair for our Patent Coffee Mills that we are giving away. They are 1 ornamental as well as useful. Mesdames A. R. Bell and Fred Schaffer spent Sunday at Culver, Indiana, where their sons are attending the Culver Militay Acadamy. Don’t forget the first appearance of the Decatur Dramatic Club at the Opera House next Monday evening. The Midnight Charge is the best I drama ever put upon the stage. Mrs. Elsie Bollmaiws entertaining her father Peter Keegan, of Bunker Hill, Ind., this week. Mr. Keegan is a newspaper man of some experience and is quite well known in this city. Judge Studebaker and wife will leave next month for an extended trip through the west. They will visit many cities and other places of ’ interest. They will also spend sev--1 eral days at Yellow' Stone Park. The St. Mary’s river was on a terrible ‘ “jamboree” last Sunday on account of the recent rains. This will no doubt ’ cause our “devil” to run away and go fishing, for of course these high waters • will bring a number of the large finy tribe into this stream. ; George Woodward’s Sunday school class gave a dinner and supper in Woodward & Ball’s furniture store Tuesday and cleared $26.40. Everything was purchased, there being no ‘ donation as is usual in such eases and the class are highly pleased with their , success. Noah Webber left last night for Chicago, where he will join the large : Sells & Forepaugh shows. He will act as horse dealer for them, his : duties being to buy or sell horses is necessary. Noah has been w’ith them before and thoroughly understands his duties. An Italian orchestra made some very pretty music on our streets last Friday. A Roman harp, a flute and two violins composed the aggregation. A number of young people tried to get up a dance while they were here but could not make the proper arrangements. Omer L. Whiteman, a young and promising attorney of Portland came up with the Portland delegation last Tuesday and spent the day with John and Henry Heller, with whom he was in law college at Indianapolis. Mr. Whiteman is deputy prosecutor of Jay county. The regiments and battalions of state guards are not regulars of the U. S. army, as many suppose, They are simply volunteers, to serve during the war, and are entered upon the army rolls as U. S. volunteers. Members' of the regular army are enrolled under the title of U. S. army. On account of the convention last Tuesday evening there was no drill by Co. H. The boys will meet Friday evening however and it is hoped all'the bovs will attend. It now looks like a calf will be made within the next two weeks and it will take a great deal of hard work to get in shape. Several of our junevile friends will give a dog and goat show to-morrow afternoon on Monroe street. The managers are Earl Snow, Fred McFeeley. Bryce True and Ottie Dibble. The show will probably be a large one and as the admission is reduced to 5 cents you should go and take your family. In a letter to his father Arlie DeVoss tells of his success in securing an excellent position. He has been commissioned clerk of the Second Division of the First army corps of Michigan. He is with the 31st regi. ment under command of Colonel Hancock. Arlie’s friends here are much pleased with his success. The Public School Library is to be open this summer. This will give students an opportunity to do some reading this summer. They should take advantage of the opportunity as there are many excellent books in the library from which can be gleaned manv'good thoughts which may te useful to them in the coming years. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, • chilblains, corns, and all skin erup- ' tions. and positively cures piles or no , pav required. Price 25 cents per box. ' For sale bv Page Blackburn.

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Miss Minnie Orvis and the Misses Abbie and Mabel Kuechmann, the well known music teachers of this city, took part in a musical entertainment at Kokomo last Friday evening. They were given quite a warm reception and their audience was highly pleased with the program. While at Kokomo they were the guests of Rev. E. T. Gregg and family. J. F. Wildman, editor of the Muncie Times, arrived in the city last Monday and assisted in carrying on the convention. Mr. Wildman made the Democrat office a call and we found him a congenial common place gentleman, just the sort of a fellow for a first class editor. The Times is one of the neatest dailys printed in Northern Indiana. Manila was captured by the British in 1762, but it required thirteen ships and nearly 7,000 men, 1,000 of who were lost in the assault upon the fortifications, to accomplish what Admiral Dewey did with a smaller numeral force and with no loss save that of the ammunition used. That illustrates the difference between old and new methods and modern equipment. The fellows who have been telling the editor how to run a newspaper are now giving him a rest while they exploit their vast information about running the war. The man who never saw'the ocean and doesn’t know whether the cook’s galley is a hat ornament or a thing to mash potatoes with is one who knows test how a war ship should be handled in battle. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Daughters of Retekah at Indianapolis last week, Miss Nellie Blackburn, of this city, was elected as Grand Conductress of this district. Miss Nellie is well and favorably known in this city. She is a graduate of our city schools and her many friends will be pleased to hear of her success. The Democrat joins with them in extending her congratulations in having such an honor conferred upon her. W. J. Bryan is now a private in the ranks of company A. the first compan y organized in the newly forming 3d regiment. Nebraska volunteer infantry, of which he has the organizing, and he will be colonel as soon as his soldiers elect him. Bryan was the first man to enlist in the new regiment. Assistant Adjutant-General Vivquain adminstered the oath. The ceremony took place at the Lincoln hotel where the mustering office has been opened. The scene at the hotel when it became known that Mr. Bryan had enlisted as a private was almost indescribable. As two companies, A and Bare to be organized, it is expected that the remaining company will be completed soon.

The 159th regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, which was the only Indiana regiment not taken to Chicamauga, left Camp Mount last Sunday in four sections for the rendezvous at Camp Dunn, Loring, Va. There were four sections of the train carrying the soldiers, and they were under the command of Colonel Barnett. The men were all glad to be called closer to the scene of action. Kirk Mann began his duties as sheet commnissioner last Saturday morning and the change could be noticed immediately. A gang of men with Kirk in the center were busy all day cleaning up Monroe street and by evening that avenue presented a very neat appearence. There is no doubt but that our new commissioner knows his business and will attend to it. John Barnett, who has become quite popular about this city by having had charge of the sprinkling wagon for several years has brushed up and has a new metropolitan sprinkler. The wagon is a beauty’ and John is ready to do tetter service than ever in his business of keeping our principal thoroughfares wet down. Verily we are getting more like Chicago every day. The railroads of the country have decided that Uncle Sam should be charged for the transportation of troops during the trouble with Spain, at the rate of two cents per mile, but Uncle Sam was of a different opinion, and so informed them, stating that there was no necessity in charging more at the present than during the civil war, which was one cent a mile. The government will without doubt gain its point. Rev. G. B. Work of Dunkirk, formerly of this city, attended the congressional convention here Tuesday. In speaking of his son, Ed, who is on the battle ship Oregon, he said the report that he is a gunner is a mistake. Ed is first marine sargeant, which is the highest position on the ship excepting those filled by commissioned officers, and these officers are generally taken from the naval academy at Annapolis. In time of war, however, there might be an opportunity to rise. If this should te the case now, Ed would te next in line of promotion.

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The latest fake and swindle is certainly an up-to-date one. The scheme is for a pair of smooth sharpers to go to a farmer and notify him that he has teen drafted to go to the Spanish war and must put up a certain amount or accompany them to the state capital at once. It is said they have succeeded in getting small amounts from several well-to-do farmers in Indiana. The farmers have a remedy. They can do a little fighting right at home when these fellows come near. The sad news of the death of G. W. I Moltz, father of our well known dry goods merchant, Harry Moltz, reaejied here Monday. His death occurred I early Monday morning at his home at Delta, Ohio. The end had been anticipated for several days and Harry had been at his bedside since last Friday. The funeral was held at Van Wert yesterday afternoon. Mr. Moltz was well known here having visited his son quite frequently. He was seventy-eight years old. The Midnight Charge, Monday night. In writing and arranging this beautiful military play, it has been the aim of the author to place before the people a drama purely moral in its character and language, entertaining in plot and detail, and with that pure humor to which none can take exception. The scene and events mentioned in this play are all correct war history even to dates and are backed by the best history of the late I rebellion and many old soldiers when I witnessing its rendition will recall to mind the events mentioned. At ] Bosse’s opera house, Monday, May 30. Every eating house and restaurant in the city were crowded to their utmost capacity last Tuesday. Besides this the various churches did a land office business by furnishing twentyfive cent meals. The Christian church had their headquarters in the court house hall and report an excellent business, having cleared about eighty dollars. The Presbyterian church served meals in the Allison block and also had all they could do. They report having taken in about SIOO. The United Brethren and Methodist churches were also represented, the former in the Derk’s building and the latter in Woodward & Ball’s furniture rooms and they too were beautifully repaid for their trouble.