Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1899 — Page 5

JOHN A. FETZER First-class Repair Shop. Everything in the Bicycle Line. MONROE STREET.

Yi-KI cures corns and warts. Its Special sale on granite ware at the I pgw Fair store. Gent’s balbriggan underwear for worth 40c, at the new Fair store. Fine new millinery, fifth door west o f Adams County Bank. M. Whetstone & Co. 8-4 Andrew Gottschalk has been appointed administrator of the estate of Jotin H. Jeffrey, deceased. OOian oerfdume jn nidjt afle spreifen aenau ju lefen, &ie biefc ®od)e in iruce neuer 'Mnjcige gegeben finb. Attorney P. B. Manley of Marion, was in the city Monday, being called in counsel in some important court matters. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer were at Van Wert last evening, where they attended an entertainment given by the Choral Union of that place. All accounts due and owing the firm of Schulte. Falk & Ehinger will be found at the Decatur National Bank, where prompt settlement is desired. 9-4 Fine roses from the bench for im mediate blooming. 15 and 25 cents each, also other budding plants at Vesey's Greenhouse, No. 90, Thompson Avenue, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 10-4 Miss Eva Elzey and Mr. Frank Krick were united in marriage at the residence of Rev. Klein, pastor of the United Brethren church, last Saturday evening. Both the bride and groom are well known among our young people. Low Rate of Interest. Money loaned at five per cent, interest, payable annually or semi-an-nually, at option of borrower, with privilege of partial payments at any interest paying time. No delay in making loans. F. M. Schirmeyer, Decatur, Ind. 9tf Hugh Woods was in the city today. His father is at Auburn, figuring upon the contract for the sewer there which is to be let tomorrow. Auburn will have 10 miles of sewer, but the ten will cost more than Columbia City’s eleven. Sewer pipe is in the trust' and the price is much higher than last year. —Columbia City Post.

B _„_ - g I gg * «<n i X S §1 ® I I I Big Dress Goods Silk Sale. I I I I We will offer this week a lot of good, choice bargains that will pay you to call in and see our immense assortment of Silks and Dress Goods at closing. f i Everything in this line must be sold regardless of cost. g fl Fancy waist silks that were SI.OO, your choice only 68 cents. g Fancy waist silks that were 75 cents, your choice 50 cents. ■ Fancy wash silks that were 50 cents, your choice 42' 2 cents. g Fancy wash silks that were 40 cents, your choice only 25 cents. i AU novelty Dress Goods, a good value, at SI.OO. | | Forty-five inch width, your choice this week only 75 cents. g All novelty Dress goods that were 75c, your choice this week 48 cents. All new Mixtures that were 50c, your choice this week 32 cents. | We offer a lot of plain and fancy dress goods, would make good, cheap ! skirt or suit, that were 50c to 75c yd, choice while they last at 25 cents. Make your selections early before it is too late. I Niblick & Company SNew white shirt waists in up-to-date styles. > Tailor-mane suits at a big discount. g K B Bi . g B R Sort] .. . ■

Ladies’ 15c hose for 10c, at the new Fair store, this week. A game of ball with the famous Columbian Giants may be played here tomorrow. J. Mill Kelley, lawyer of Portland, was here Tuesday afternoon, returning home yesterday morning. We carry a full line of cheese, such as M isconsin Swiss, limburger, brick and full cream. Coffee & Baker, lltf D. B. Ford, one of Jefferson township’s practitioners of Blackstone, was looking after business in court Tuesday. Joseph Lower was at North Man Chester several days this week looking after some property in that prosper ous city. See the trotting stallion, Electric King, 2-24; his son, Electric Harp, and son of Truman, 2-12, at Steele’s Driving Park, and breed to them. Bicycle riders are still demanding that the streets be sprinkled only to within six feet of the curbing on each side, or else that a dry path be left in the center of the street. Farmers and breeders of Adams county. See the Electioneer stallions at Steele’s driving park. Breed to them; meet the demand of the market and let them make money for you. Miss Mary VanGunten and Mr. Manasse Leichty, two prominent young people of Monroe township, were married at the German Reformed parsonage Monday afternoon by Pastor Kruse. Don’t buy your insect destroyer, Paris Green, London Purple, Hellebore, etc., of peddlers and pay two prices for it. You can save money by buying it of Smith & Yager at the old Dorwin drug store. ts Mr. and Mrs. David Studabaker returned Tuesday evening from a two weeks trip including a visit to NewYork, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities and an enjoyable time is reported. Don't buy your insect destroyer, Paris Green, London Purple, Hellebore, etc., of peddlers and pay two prices for it. You can save money by buying it of Smith & Yager at the old. Dorwin drug store. ts McClure’s Magazine for June will contain a short story by Mr. Kipling that derives a special interest from the fact that it seems to be reminiscent of Mr. Kipling’s own youthful beginnings as a writer and editor. It will be very fully illustrated by the Engghsh artist L. Raven-Hill. At a high school meeting yesterday morning Fred Patterson was chosen to serve as president of the Eastern Indiana Oratorical Association during the coming year. At the recent meeting of the association held at Portland, this city was allowed that office, and the class have no doubt made an excellent selection.

The new Fair store has just received a full line of fans, from 1c up. Anna E. Winnes has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Henry Winnes, deceased. Sheriff Erwin and A. Van Camp drove to Monroeville yesterday where they transacted business of interest. Miss Hoffman, of the Kern, Brittson & Beeler shoe store, spent Sunday with relatives and friends at Linn Grove. W. H. Kuebler, Nick Miller and E. X. Ehinger were among the Decaturites who took in the excursion to Cincinnati last Sunday. William Anshute of Van Wert, was the guest of Mayor Beatty last Tuesday. He made the trip on his bicycle, returning home in the evening. ’ Ason of Frederick Thieme was quite badly hurt last Thursday by a maddened hog which attacked him, biting him on the legs and arms, inflicting quite severe bruises. Miss Glen Pellman and Mr. Wine Griffith, two prominent young people of Portland were quietly married at Dunkirk last Sunday. Rev. G. B. Work performed the ceremony. Pneumonia, lagrippe, coughs,colds, croup and whooping cough readily yield to One Minute Cough Cure. Use this remedy in time and save a doctor’s bill or the undertaker’s. Page Blackburn. ts Wanted. Reliable salesmen for the best specialty on the market. Staple article having steady sale and increasing demand, affording large profits. No samples required. Address 926 Majestic building, Detroit, Mich. 10-4 The first game of ball in which Place’s Creams will indulge in will be played here next Tuesday, and the boys should have a good crowd. Just who will play here is not decided, but the visiting team will be a strong one. The woman who possesses the longest head of hair in the world is said to be Mercedes Lopez, a Mexican. Her height is five feet, and when she stands erect her hair trails on the ground four feet eight inches. The hair is so thick that she can completely hide herself in it. She has cut it very frequently, as it grows so quickly, enabling her to sell large tresses to hair dealers every month. She is the wife of a poor sheep herder. They have an improvement on our elevator in Paris. It is a moving stair-case. You put your hand on a rail, and find yourself going up, up without the least unpleasant feeling. On the contrary, the motion is said to be exhiliarating, and compared to the effect produced by the moving stairway, the elevator is crude indeed. Now a London store has begun the construction of one which has a carrying capacity of three thousand pounds.

Craig Miller returned to this city Monday afternoon from Savannah, Georgia. He was a member of company B, 160th Indiana, and was one of the company’s best soldiers, so it is said. Since the muster out he has been doing some work at Savannah. He will remain several days looking up old friends. About fifteen members of the Decatur Cycling Club, with Dick Christen as captain, made a run to Bluffton last Sunday and took dinner with Dell Locke at the Bliss. They returned during the afternoon and report a fine trip and an excellent dinner. The next trip by the club will probably be to Montpelier or Celina. Unclaimed letters at the postoffce this week are for Fred Cleveland, Sam Daugherty, Harry Dußois, Ed March, Mrs. J. S. Tolan, G. F. Winslow, Miss Lucy West, Albert Osborne, Mrs. J. F. Krebs, Mrs. Jay Cline, Mrs. Nancy Jacobs. Mr. Thatcher. Mrs. Helen Archbold, Koret Honey, Mrs. S. L. Bullord, Frank Bradon, H. W. Baker, Harry Burk, Mrs. Mary Ann Berehard, John Airman, Jess Anderson, Edward P. Foster. Those contemplating a trip to Annual Meeting Educational Association, to be held at Los Angeles, Cal., July 11 to 14, 1599, or others who desire to take advantage of the low rate, should not fail to procure a copy of the interesting booklet, issued by the Chicago & North-Western R’y, giving full information as to routes, time of trains, rates and other valuable and necessary information. Sent free upon receipt of 2 cents postage by W. B. Kniskern, Fifth avenue, Chicago. McClure’s Magazine for June will give the untold story of the negotiations between Admiral Dewey and the Spanish commanders that resulted in the final surrender of Manila without anything more than the merest show of a fight on the part of the Spanish land forces. The story is told by Oscar King Davis, the Manila correspondent of the New York Sun. from the diary of M. Edouard Andre, the Belgian’ consul, who conducted the negotiations. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. AdaE. Hart, of Groton, S. D. “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King’s new Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God, I am saved and now a well and healthy woman. ’ Trial bottles free at Page Blackburn's drug store. Regular size 50c. and SI.OO. Guaranteed or price refunded.

A ' • ■' w/u i «wk' Whole Army ml® of W Have already been fitted out with stylish summer suits from our up-to-date stock, and still they come. WE ARE READY for every one in Decatur and vicinity with handsome suits, made from the most choice and elegant Serges, Tweeds, Cheuoits. Besides a fine line of Hats and Furnishings at lower prices than ever. Rosenthal Bros.