Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1898 — Page 8

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Honduras. Our new road is almost completed. Lewis Sovine was at Decatur last Tuesday. August Studler of Linn Grove, was a caller here last Wednesday. It is rumored that another wedding is close at hand in this vicinity. A large crowd attended the democratic meeting at No. 6. last Tuesday evening. Call at the Home Store and see those bargains in underwear before buying elsewnere. Satisfaction guaranteed. Michael Miller and Jerry MeKean made us a pleasant call while on their way to the political gathering at No. 6, last Tuesday evening. When you ask for DeWitt's Wieh Hazel Salve don’t accept a counterfeit or imitation, there are more eases of piles being cured by this, than all others combined. Page Blackburn. A fine Christmas present given away with each and every ten dollars worth of cash purchases taken out at our home store before Xmas 1898. Be sure and give us a call and see these presents before buying elsewhere. Honroe. Mrs. Joseph Wistter is improving: at the present writing. Vote for the rooster straight and I don't scratch your ticket. Z. O. Lewellen is putting down a j new brick sidewalk in front of his, residence. Hollow'een was celebrated by some ’ of the small boys. The only thing of | much importance that happend was that Hazel Andrews, our butcher,: came up missing of a wagon. After i making a search of our city the miss- j ing article was found.

IT PAVS ,T PA S r= TO BUY CLOTHING | TO BUY CLOTHNIG / AND SHOES OF | s- (jet jn the Band Wagon! CXSSJ THE GREAT SALE OF CLOTHING AT THE ROSENTHAL STAND HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS ONE MONTH. OUR SALES DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS MUCH LARGER THAN WE EXPECTED THEM TO BE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLOTHING CHEAP, AND WE HAVE GREAT VALUES LEFT FOR ATA, COMING BUYERS. WE HAVE RBOUT 40 BOY’S OVERCOATS, AGES FROM 14 TO 19, THAT WE ARE SELLING AT 51.49 a™ 52.50. THESE COATS ARE EASILY WORTH $3.50 AND $5.00. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY BUYING YOUR CLOTHING AND SHOES OF Kern, Brittson & Beeler. r*ra TO BUY CLOTHING TO BUY CLOTHING and shoes of g N. B. Our stores are closed on Sundays. f and shoes o. n’M™ | c OM ®

I j Corn is coming to Monroe by the ear loads. In one day the farmers brought in forty-six wagon loads. The oyster supper given by the school on last Friday night was a howling success. They cleared enough to purchase quite a number of books. i The democratic meeting which was held at this place last Friday evening was well attended. Hon. A. N. MarI tin discussed the political issues of the campaign. Overcome evil with good, overcome : your coughs and colds with One Min: ute Cough Cure. It is so good children cry for it. It cures croup, bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe and all throat and lung diseases. Page Blackburn. Quite a number of Decatur boys attended the speech and oyster supper at this place last Friday night. Among , them was Clark J. Lutz, Dora B. Erwin. L. G. Ellingham, Jonathan I Fleming. D Lewton, Harvey Hart, . George McKean, John and Frek Myers. Pleasant Hills. The sick are convalesence. Our town ought to be incorporated. Joel Roe contemplates moving to our burg soon. Trustee Smith gave Decatur a business call Monday. The elevator at this place is doing “ a rushing business. Frank Ehresman says we should have a night watchman in our burg. Come out and hear Rev. Pearce at the Baptist church next Sunday at j 3 p. m. C. W. Yager attended the demo- : cratic meeting at Bobo last Thursday ■ evening. I: Our schools are progressing nicely. ;No sickness is reported among the I scholars. ■ Hollow’een was duly observed here Monday evening and the boys played ’: their parts well. Everpbody is preparing for winter, j for they are anticipating a very cold j one if all signs do not fail. : Miss Maggie Fortney returned from Monroeville, after spending some time ■ there with relatives and friends. Tuesday night of last week thieves j made a raid on the grocery and dry i goods store of A. J. Wood and also on I Frank Ehresman’s retaurant. Mr. ! Wood claims he lost S3O dollars worth of goods and Frank says his loss will, j amount to $5. This is the second > time within the past year that Frank has been robbed and he feels the loss : very keenly. The other business j places here were undisturbed. No clue to the theives at this writing.

i Berne. : Len Eley is working at the store of Eli Meyers. Al Markle attended to business at Decatur Monday. Fred Neaderhouser was at Decatur Wednesday on business. 1 C. A. Augsburger attended to business at Decatur Tuesday. R. K. Allison of Decatur, was a business caller here Saturday. Eli Riesen is reported as having bought the horse and buggy of Dr. Stoneburner. David Lehman had three fingers of his right hand cut off last Monday by a corn shreder. Remember the election next Tues- ; day. Express your sentiments by coming out to vote. Dr. Stoneburner left again in the i dark of the night for parts unknown. , Will this be for good? : Mrs. Jacob Atz returned from Kendallville, where she had been visiting for the past four weeks. I The lecture at the Reformed church Tuesday night was well attended, and 1 some fine sceneries of the Swiss mounI tains were exhibited. ’ I Stengel & Craig received their holi--1 dav stock of goods Friday of last ■ week. The shipment weighed some I thing like 1,300 pounds. r Jeff Licht v and Miss Sarah Gilliom, daughter of Chris Gilliom, were uniI ted in marriage at the Mennonite church Sunday. We wish the couple a happy future. I Late to Ixxl and early to rise, per- , pares a man for his home in the skies, i But early to bed and a Little Early I Riser, the pill that makes life longer I and better and wiser. Page Black- . burn. —— Monmouth. Reuben Baxter’s finger is improving ( nicely. Chas. Burr has been busy for the ; past week distributing fruit trees. I J. C. Houk’s hay bailing companyare in this neighbornood bailing hay. Several of our young people attended the box-social at school house No. 2. Godfrey Curt has again resumed his work after suffering with a sore hand. John Evans is improving nicely from the broken leg which he received a few weeks ago. Private Chas. Mumma arrived from Lexington Ky. a week ago last Saturday, he had been suffering with malarial fever and succeeded in gettin his furlough extended twenty days.

L N. Grandstaff’s brother of lan Wert, was in this neighborhood last week selling apples. Our schools observed Arbor Day by planting trees and having cises in honor of this day. Amelia Omler held the ticket which entitled her to a gold watch at the Bluffton Catholic Street r air. Mrs. Godfrey Curt and Mrs Samuel Potts spent last Tuesday at the home of Frank Lord south of Decatur. John Christen wishes to state that in order to protect the game on his farm, he will not allow any hunting thereon. X cough is not like a fever. It does not have to run a certain course Cure it quickly and effectually with One Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy for all ages and for the most severe cases. We recommend it because it s good. Page Blackburn. Belle Evans of No. 7. was among the many who celebrated Arbor Day here and’ her school planted trees in the forenoon, and in the afternoon entertained their visitors by dialogues and songs and a prize fight by two d >'as which were to lie characters m a dialogue. After a little whipping the dogs were separated, Linn Grove. Auditor Noah Mangold, of Decatur, made us a business and social call last Wednesday. Lew Reynolds made a delivery of a large and’ fine lot of fruit trees on Thursday of last week. Died, on Sunday evening our townslady. Mrs. Sophia, wife of John M. Watson, of typhoid fever, aged about sixty-five years. The Lyman Bears homestead was sold on Monday of this week. Micheal Miller, of East’Nottingham township, was the purchaser. Upwards of one thousand loads of gravel have been removed from the Enslev & Meschberger quarry during the last two weeks. David Lehman while operating a corn shreading machine on Monday had his hand caught severing three fingers. Dr. Franz of Berne, dressed the wound. Arbor Day was observed at District No. 5, Charles Kizer teacher. Trees were set over the school grounds, flag pole erected, from which floats the national emblem from the only country school in Hartfod township. Frank Lindsey perambulated our streets last Friday wearing his Sunday clothes and an eighteen inch smile. He. however, satisfied the curious when he announced that it was owing to the advent of a eleven pound daughter.

The Largest Stock Os Robes and Horse Blankets in the city. Not only the largest but the best. Bought too, direct from the manufacturers, saving you the middle man s profit. These goods were made for wear as well as for sale. They are the very best made and are big money savers. Our stock of Harness and Horse Goodscan not be beaten and our prices can not be duplicated. BURNS.

Joseph Liddy and D. Forest Hoff man sized up the town of Bluffton on Thursday of last week. Our people started in last Friday at noon to improve our public thoroughfare. Meridian street, Commencing at the store of Hoffman & Gottschalk, thence running north. The improvement is a long felt want. The lads of the town, not a few in number, observed Hollow een on Monday night quite extensively by displacing chatties and by producing a racket on the windows by means of a buzz-saw spool which made shudering sounds within the room. The parental rein was too loose on the urchins. Pleasant Valley. Election next Tuesday. Vote for Lotz. There was a dance at Myers’ Saturday night." Joel Durbin now occupies Mrs. Nelson's house. A small child of Joe Martz is sick with lung fever. Dick Stricked’s new house is fast nearing completion. Frank Cramer moved last week to St. Marys township. James Stogdill moved last week on to J. M. Blossom’s place. Vote ’er straight —State, county and township. Vote for Lotz. James Blossom is working on a contract of work on a house in Rockford. Ohio. Jesse Laisure has moved on his new farm he bought some time ago of Mr. Pogue. Mr. Roads has built a new house on the Nuttman land in Washington township.

Jacob Wable has moved his residence to Paulding county. Ohio. Charles Jefferson failed to make a sale of his farm and will not ™ North Dakota at present. G. H. Martz and wife returned last Saturday from a two weeks visit with relatives in Delaware and Madison counties. Eli Hendricks attended quarterly meeting of the Methodists at Pleas, ant Mills last Friday. The next meeting will be held at Salem. Miss Leona Johnson is teaching a very successful term of school at the Valley, so far, and we bespeak for her a continuation of the same. The Pleasant Valley church now shines resplendant, both in side and | out, having just received a new coat of paper on the wallsand earpet on the floor. J. M. Smith has purchased a com husker and shredder and is prepared to do you a good job. He commenced operation Monday and the machine does good work. James Sweigert and Washington Briant, of Delaware and Madison counties. respectively, arrived a week ago on a visit. Mr. Sweigert returned Monday and Mr. Briant remaining. It is to lx? regretted that so many people value their vote so lightly that they will not go and vote, or move just liefore election and thereby loose their vote. Exercise your privilege aed come out and vote. Vote for Lotz. The teachers and pupils of the Monroe school gave a supper Friday night, the proceeds to be used in purchasing a library for the school. A large number were present and enjoyed them selves fishing at five cents a throw. It was a success.