Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1898 — Page 5

Additional Locals. Edna and Eva. YI-KI cures corns and warts. Its Don't fail to read Sprang & True’s ••cut price ad." “Ticket of Leave Man at Bosse’s opera house, November 24 and 25. Don't forget the Crockery sale for next Saturday. The New Fair Store. Don’t miss seeing Edna and Eva at the opera house next Saturday evening. Jack Burk and wife are happy over the arrival of a ten pound boy at their home. See Edna and Eva, the little wonders at Bosse’s opera house Saturday evening. The Decatur Dramatic Club, all home talent, at Bosse’s opera house, Thanksgiving night. A number of our young people enjoved a dance at Meibers’ hall Friday evening. A good time is reported. Tom Thumb Wedding at Bosse's opera house tonight. Prices 10, 15 and 20 cents. Seats at usual place. You should not fail to read “The Treasure of Santa Rosa Reef ’’ which begins in another column of this week’s paper. A good farm in Huntington county, will trade for city property in Decatur. Address, 37 North Jefferson street, Hunington, Ind. 36-4 Fon Sale op. Trade My residence on north Second street, Decatur. Will sell or trade for small property with cash difference. Address W. H. Reed, Fort Wayne. 29tf Charles Christen and ' Simeon P. Beatty were at Fort Wayne last evening where they witnessed “The Pirsoner of Zenda.” The play is an excellent one. Don't miss the “Ticket of Leave Man” at Bosse’s opera house, November 24 and 25. to be given by the Decatur Dramatic company under the supervision of Father Blume. Read the story of the Ladrone islands entitled, “Treasure of Santa Rosa Reef.’’ From it you will glean information of these far away colonies which you can obtain in no other way. Notice. There will be auction sales at Ellsworth. Myers & Co. every Saturday until their large stock of hardware, buggies, harness, stoves, farm implements, sewing machines, etc. are all sold. 'Tom Thumb and bis wife”, the smallest people in the country, at Bosse's opera house tonight under the auspices of the ladies of the Presbyterian church. Tickets are on sale at usual place for the extremely low price of 10,15 and 20 cents.

JT TT TT 1 Stoves! H ; H | Stoves! j H I h H H ;< Ranges, Heaters and Cook Stoves h H P H H H ■ — H Hi I I ;H 3 Buy the "STEEL GEM.” £ h The only Steel Cook Stove sold in the £ h . ... city. ... Y :1. T H H Hi | £ ROUND OAK HEATERS. See the L h name on the leg. ' None genuine 3 without this trade-mark. h h i L‘ H b H ! ►“ BUCKS' RANGES, Known as the “Great h h White Enamel Line’ Also the lar- h •< gest stock and assortmentof other h h ; first-class ranges, cook stoves h h i and heaters in the county. £ •j I Gas stoves a specialty. £ 3i j > H H We will take pleasure in showing you h and your friends through this Mam- £ moth stock of stoves, which eclip- £ d ses any display in this line £ q ; ever exhibited in the city. £ h E hi | B I J. S. BOWERS I a & B _a| IL □Tn n n ” LnLJJC LL

Edna and Eva. Edna and Eva at the opera house Saturday evening. Twenty-five per cent off on all ladies 'apes at the Few Fair Store. Read our new serial story which begins in another column of this issue. See Sprang A True’s “cut price ad.” You can procure great values at this sale. J. E. Mann and Dr. Aaron Bricker, of Geneva, were looking after business here Tuesday. t Prepare for Thanksgiving. The New Fair Store will have a special Crokerv sale next Saturday. Dr. Miller will again be at Dr. Boxers office Tuesday, November 22. Eyes carefully examined for glasses. All persons knowing themselves indebted to Peter Holthouse, will please call and settle at once. Office at tin Adams County Bank. 30tf The meteoric showers announced to take place have not yet arrived. Can it be that the great and learned astronomers were mistaken? The grand jury selected for the November court term will meet next Monday and begin the performance of the duties involved upon them. Dr. John Grandstaff is recovering from a serious illness with typhoid fever and will soon be able to return to his medical studies at Cincinnati. “Ticket of Leave Man” to be played here Thursday and Friday of next week is said to be the best home talent entertainment ever given in the city. Don't miss it. See the Tom Thumb wedding at Bosse's opera house tonight. Over fifty of Decatur’s babies will participate in the entertainment and you can not afford to miss it. We want, at once, several reliable salesmen to sell our complete line of supplies for threshers, mills, factories, engines, etc. Address, The Crown Supply Company, Cleveland, Ohio. For Sale or Trade —A house and three lots in north end of this city. House is new and first-class, has three rooms. Will sell cheap or trade for other good property. Enquire at this office. The brothers and sisters of Martha Shields wish to extend their sincere and heartfelt thanks to the neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted them during the sickness and death of their beloved sister. For Sale —Thirty-two acres of good land located one half mile east of Preble. Here is a bargain as the land is among the best in Adams county. Good timber land. Frederick Koleeway, Freidheim, Ind.

Fodder twine for sale at the Bazaar. Fresh made candy daily at the Candy Kitchen. The Candy Kitchen on Monroe street has anything one could wish in candy. Over 100 kinds of fresh made candy at the Candy Kitchen, in the Closs building on Monroe street. Bring your boot and shoe repairing to N. Nix. north Second street, east of Old Adams County Bank. 36-4 Sprang & True offer special bargains in dress goods, to which we take pleasure in calling your attention. That fellow, Lennon, in the Jacob Closs room on Monroe street, surely is a candy maker. He has over 100 kinds to select from. The Juvenile Orchestra of this city will furnish music for the recital of Eva and Edna Saturday evening. Tickets on sale at usual place. Emil Franz was here from Berne, yesterday. He is now a full-fledged constable of that bailiwick, being elected thereto at the recent election. Until further notice the Decatur postoffice will open from 9 to 10 a. m. on Sunday, instead of 8:30 to 9:30. Open in the afternoon same as usual. Kern, Brittson & Beeler have something new to say to you in their half section on page eight. You could not miss it if you wanted to, so do not try. Mr. Moore reports that improvements on the Weber building is going on rapidly and that within a few days he will be ready to open up his bowling alley. Colonel Robert B. Allison and Judge Studabaker attended a meeting of the directors and stockholders of the Marion Bank this week, returning home Tuesday evening. Clerk Lenhart and wife were guests over last Sunday of Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Gregg at Kokomo. They report a plesant visit with our very much adored former pastor and family. Our readers should remember that the holidays are fast approaching and that the best places to buy goods are from those who invite you do so through the columns of the Democrat. The “Caseys’ Wife” Theatrical troupe, said to be one of the finest on the road changed ears here Monday on their way to Ft. Wayne. Several of our citizens witnessed the performance at the Temple the same night. Sheriff Ashbaucher went up to Fort Wayne yesterday to canvass the vote for Adams-Allen counties for joint senator. When they get through Ryan will have about 3,500 more than the necessary number to send him to the senate of the general assembly.

Pianos, organs, guitars, mandolins, violins, etc. Cunningham Bros., Portland, Indiana. The largest variety of high grade instruments in Indiana. AH bought direct from factories and sold at prices defying competion. Write us for any make you want a price on. 36-6 Prosecutor Smith yesterday filed his bond calling in amount for $5,000, and today begins his new term as an officer of'the state of Indiana. The bond is signed by Henry Hite, C. A. Dugan, J.B. Holthouse,'R. K. Allison, P. Holthouse, B. J. Terveer and is worth many hundred times the face of the bond. We bow our thanks to Ed Lennon the new Monroe street candy maker who quite recently opened up in this city. The writer personally knows Ed and that he can simply beat the band making the best and most delicious candies, will soon be demonstrated to the trade here. He has been doing a good business, all of which is merited. The following is the cast of characters for the Tom Thumb entertainment tonight and tomorrow night: Bride, Vera Radamacher, Maid of honor Marie Gass, Groom Ralph Moser, Best Man, Francis Schmidt, Minister Dick Blossom. Flower girls, maids, ushers, waiters, with a host of relatives and ten couples of wedding guests. Barney Kalverisky’ has received an invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Ziv, requesting him to be present at the wedding of their daughter to Mr. Isadora Kalverisky, which occurs Dec ember sth. Isadora is Barney’s eldest son and has many acquaintances here who wish him and his young bride many years of happiness. Barney will attend the ceremony. The latest use of glass is instead of gold as a material for stopping decaying teeth. It answers splendidly, and is "far less conspicious than the yellow metal. Os course, it is not ordinary glass, but is prepared by some new patented process which renders it soft and malleable. Glass, too, is being extensively used for church bells. It can be toughened so there is no risk of it cracking, and the tone is said to l>e beyond anything yet invented, perfect, soft and sonorous. The 14th Annual edition of the Columbia Desk-pad Calendar, issued by the Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn., is being distributed. This calendar occupies an unique place among advertising devices. It may lie said to be largely the product of the Pope Company’s own customers, whose contributions in the shape of fitting testimonials to the merits of Columbia product, or clever bits of verse about bicycling in general appear at the tops of the various pages over the names of the contributors. The pages for Sundays. the first day of each month, and holidays’ present appropriate selections from well-known authors.

! I 1 SPECIAL W | Dress Goods Sale. | | Monday, Nov. 1, g i To Saturday, Nov. 12. i q .. „... p . s pg Special Silk Bargains. ij 2i inch Fancy Taffetas small and large figures, sold at sl.oo ip per yard, this week -72 c Jp 2i inch fancy Novelty Silks, in \ \, J / all new designs and colorings. \A/y g sold at 75cto85c.cho.ee 58c g 2i meh Fancy Figured Silks, /yyx [f® Silks in medium and dark / f S \ S® shades, a bargain at 50c to ' p 60 cents, this sale, - 39 c it A LOT of Fancy and Plain 0 hl Silks, this sale - - 25 s & 40 inch Novelty Dress Goods. gg in all the newest designs and ig® H colorings, a big Bargain at ij. 75 cents, this sale, - sOc M 40 inch Fancy Novelties. pl \ j They are very nobby and this WIX seasons most popular Dress M Goods, all shadings, large line hl to se l ect from, a good bargain at 50 cents, this sale -37 c 1 ' 36 inch all Wool Novetties. B 2500 yards strictly all wool, this fall’s latest designs and H shades; this is a bargain well [fl® worth looking after, choice g® this week, - - -21 c H Ifel Wonderful Cloak Bargains this week. Every garment in our stock guaranteed perfect in fit and finish. Just received a lot of choice, new, nobby garfffls ments. 500 pounds O’Donohue’s Greater New York coffees given away this week. A lady exhibitor will show you how to make coffee. All are invited. | Niblicks Co. | I i

Real Estate Transfers. Nathan Ehrman to E. Fritzinger, lot 603, Decatur, 5125. Union Central Life Insurance Co. to J. M. Frisinger, 101 acres, Washington township, 52,600. John F. Teeter to David M. Teeter, 18 acres, Wabash township, SSOO. Andrew W. Scales to David M. Teeter, 18 acres, Wabash tp., SSOO. B. Chandler to C. O. Ryan, 8J lot 269 and pt. 270, Geneva, $1,650. Susana Yost to Dan Neuenschwander, 80 acres, French tp., S3OO. Clarissa Tucker to Tracy Stevens, pt, lots 178 and 179, Decatur, SSO. Elsie Stacy to Douglas Dudgeon, 140 acres, Blue Creek tp., $1,600. Lillie M Jenkins to Ambrose Q. Durbin, 40 acres, Monroe tp., $650. P. P. Ashbaucher to Lillie M. Jenkins, 40 acres, Monroe, tp., SBOO. Elijah Walters to John M. Tucker, 5 acres, Monroe tp., $lB5. Alathea Wible to B. B. Mayer, 59 acres, Hartford tp., S3OO. Ester B. Nieman to Harry B. Moltz, lot 132, Decatur, $1,250. David M. Teeter to John F. Teeter, 19 acres, Wabash tp., SSOO. Keeps Folks Well. It is better to keep well than to get well,although when one is sick it is desirable to get well. When considered that eight-tenths of the ailments that afflict the American people are caused by constipation, we shall realize why it is that Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters “keeps folks well,’’ or if sick, enables them to get well. Baxters Mandrake Bitters cures constipation. Price 25 cents per bottle. Why not step in and get a tottle and by using it be assured of good health through the trying hot months. We sell it and guarantee it to give satisfaction or money refunded. Page Blackburn, druggist MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN' MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, news 64 Corn, per cwt (mixed) old 38 Corn, per cwt, new 30 Oats, old 22 Oats, new 22 Rye 40 Barley 25 Clover seed 325 @ 3 50 Timothy 1 10 Eggs, fresh 14 Butte.r 13 Chickens 05 Ducks 05 Turkeys 08 Geese 04 Wooll6 to 18 Wool, washedlß and 20 Hogs 3 25 TOLEDO MARKETS, NOV. 16, 1:30 P. M. Wheat, new No. 2 red, cash... .$ 711 May wheat 704 Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. 331 Prime clover, Dec 4 90

THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK, DECATUR INDIANA. September 20, 1898. RESOURCES. I LIABILITIES. Loans and Discounts, - $186,459.16 . Capital, - - - $100,000.00 Overdrafts. - - 3,426.31 Surplus, - - 7,500.00 U. S. Bonds and premiums 27,500.00 Undivided profits, - 1,431.62 Real estate and furniture, 8,388.79 Circulation, - . 22,500.00 Cash and Exchange, - 73,041.55 Deposits, - - 167,384,19 $298,815.81 $298,815.81 DIRECTORS. OFFICERS. P. W. Smith, J. B. llolthouse, P. W. Smith, J. B. Holthouse, E. X. Ehinger, J. H. Hobrock, President, Vice President. D. Sprang, C. A. Dugan, C. A. Dugan, E X. Ehinger. II R. Moltz, Cashier Ass’t Cashier. A general banking business transacted. Foreign drafts sold. Interest, paid on certificates left six or twelve months. JAMES K. NIBLICK, THE. GROCER. Can supply you with all kinds of Staple and Fancy Groceries, and the prices can’t be discounted any place at any time. Goods delivered promptly to all parts of the city. Call and see us and permit us to place you upon our list of regular customers. James K. Niblick. Donovan & Bremerkamp’s Old Stand. Read What Your Neighbors Say. MRS WINNES, corner Fifth and Jefferson streets, Decatur. Ind., writes: Having faithfully tested your Dr. Bayer s Cough Syrup and Penetrating Oil, I must say that I am highly pleased with them and shall use no other in the future. XAVIER M MILLER, North Fifth street, Decatur, Ind., says: It gives me great pleasure to state that I can not praise your Dr Bayer’s Cough Syrup too highly. It cured mine and my neighbor s bad cold very prompt.y, MRS. A. C. WAGONER. Decatur. Ind., says: I admit tnat vour Dr. Bayer s Cough Syrup. Penetrating Oil and Spanish v roes Tea are the best remedies I have ever used. They do all they are recommended to do. JAF* Ask for pamphlets and samples at B. J. Smith's drug store.