Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1900 — Page 5

■ “Don’t Tell My Wife.” I Ball soap at The Fair Store. ■ 3 balls for 5 cents at The New Fair JjStore. | Big stock. Big patronage our Big values our motto. The gffiig Store. ■ Be sure and get some our celebrat■fed Castile soap, 3 balls for 5 cents. HfheNew Fair Store. B Come and see what we offer you for Hbour dollar in addition to what others llßffer you. The Big Store. B Give us a chance and we will give Jou a chance on a bargain that costs S&ou nothing. The Big Store. ■ We have received another shipment Os our celebrated Castile soap. 3 balls lor 5 cents. The New Fair Store. ■ Better not make any engagements |or .Monday night. "Don’t Tell My sHlVife" will be at the opera house. B Wanted. I(KX> people to buy our Bib.ooo balls of Cocoa nut Castile' soap, aballs for 5 cents. The New Fair sStore. • Noonelooses, lowest price on Arctics. ■■la-kas. Sandals and warm goods, and g chance besides for your dollar at Th.- Big Store. ■ Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Studabaker are at home from a several days visit with relatives at Goshen. Indiana. They BBj>P< irt a splendid time. ETickets for Polk Miller's lecture on j/ itale at Holthouse. Callow A; Co.’s ■■rug store Saturday, January 6th at 12 o’clock. Come and enjoy an evening of fun. Sr ■Economy is the stuff of which fortunes are made. Are you an econo . niical buyer? If so, you will buy of us. Call for tickets on 3 valuable ip prizes. The Big Store. . For sale Cheap, if taken at once. Restaurant, bakery and boarding g house. Trade established. For further particulars call on or address this office. ts ' For Sai.e Cheap A farm of forty acres of good land, vsith buildings on, one mile east of Geneva, for particulars address, P. B. Manley, Marion, Ind. 24-3 m i Show every day throughout January at The Big Store. Continuous performance. Tickets with each $1 purchase. Good in all parts of the house. An extension table, a couch and a rocker given away to the lucky numbers. Don’t miss it. When Deputy Treasurer Baumgartner was at Indianapolis last week he turned over to the state treasurer $17,868.55. Adams county 's taxes due the commonwealth of Indiana. Out of this amount §8020.94 will be returned. it belonging to the school funds. Mr. Baumgartner reports a pleasant trip to the state capitol.

JANUARY CLEABNCE SALES’- JANUARY CLEARANCE SALES! BIG REDICTIONS t ' I ON JANUARY t WE DECIDED TO MAKE SWEEPING REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS ANI/E ADVISE YOU TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS EARLY Cloak Bargains. =- Silk Bargains, Regqrf_Qf Cost. All fancy Corded Silks that were st.oo to sl.lO, this sale, -75 cyd , , All fancy Silks that were 85c, your choice this sale, - -65 cyd All English Kersey Jackets th re $12.50 in tan and castor shades, all silk lined, your choice, - - - - $6.50 A lot of silks that were SI.OO, this sale your choice, - -50 cyd All Kersey Jackets that wejooo in blue, castor and black, all lined.a wonderful bargakr choice this sale. - fe.oo SpCCOI DP€SS GOOdS BUrgAWS. Kersey Jackets in Castor, Brdmd Blue, worth $7 50, your choice - - - - - $450 ’ A lot of Dress Goods, strictly all wool, your choice, - -20 cyd All Jackt Fine Beaver Cloth that were $5 s°> A , , (NT u o ~ , , , , ~ . ... . o . this big bargain, - - - S3OO A lot of Novelty Dress Goods, double fold, this sale, - - 8c yd JpN? Golf Capat were SIO.OO your choice of the A special lot of Novelty Dress Goods, double fold, this sale, 10c yd V lot ------ $6 00 \« J ’ WisrAVe have an excellent lot of choice bargains in this departAll cns’ garments at a Big Reduction ment and before buying it will yay you to see the bargains we are B for Lessen Actual Cost. ‘ offering. ....... O . 77Z7U BARGAIN HUNTERS URCAIINS! Here’s your opportunity. " p" L—— ... NIBLICK T CO.

Misses Amelia and Mary lick were at home to a number heir friends Monday evening an J reports of a most excellent are confirmed. Only one thing better our goods. That is our price £ alee. That is the secret of our cess. When you buy ask for ticket the table, couch and chair. Big Store. Lost or Stolen Lady’s g< 'atch i —0 size- hunters ease, ft dial. The front lid engraved “E the back lid engraved “June ’97. Finder will receive reward I turning the same to this office. 2tf While the season is supp to be dull we propose to do a bi; liness by offering extra indue ts in price, and in addition we w e free of charge valuable and use •tides from our large stock. Con 1 see. The Big Store. A choice lot of cut ai ireded corn, sheaf oats and stove ivered to any place in the city at 0 per large load. Will compt food value with hay at five or lollars per ton. Enquire of Geo ricker. 42-2 Hunters Take Notic unting and trespassing upon ts binson farm in French township sitively prohibited, and persons i ig will be prosecuted to the full t of the law. F B. Rol ,

32tf Residen ager. Welcome Rice, fathe Herbert Rice, a former resident iis city, died at his home in Ind >lis yesterday as a result of a sos paralysis sustained a few c ?o. He was sixty-six years old a I visited here a number of times, Herbert was in business and was liked by all who knew him. Hunters Take NotfHunting and trespassing on the P farms, three miles east of Mon Washington, Blue Creek and oe townships is positively pr *l, and persons violating will 'oseeuted to the full extent of th< Margaret Jacobs, Orpha Ja< eorge K. Jacobs. 41-4 w Harruff & Lenhart, 1; >» notaries public, abstractors, rei » and fire insurance agents. M< o loan at five per cent, on five y ne; deeds, mortgages and other ments executed. Special attd. given to collections and probatfioe. Office in the Brock buildingjde Second street, Decatur. India; 35m2 Mrs. Hettie Green jig of the persons who werecaiPy Miller’s 250 per cent, syndicaps: “It is the same old lessofch people seem never to be wisgh to learn. It is the lesson that 3 two make four and not forty, the lesson that so many need taster that you cannot get somt >or nothing 1 in these days of bus Jmpetition.”

c i Three balls of Cocoaut Castile soap r at The New Fair Store. , Perry Everhart, who was arrested for assault at Monroe last week, has given the required bond and is now at - lilierty. The next attraction of the lecture ■ course will be songs and sketches of ’ the south by Polk Miller at Bosse’s opera house next Tuesday evening. He comes with a world wide reputation and will give a splendid entertainment. Seats on sale after Saturi day noon. Working Night and Day The busiest and mightiest thing that ever was made is Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Every pill is sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, listlessness into energy, brain fag into mental power. They’re wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c. per box. Sold by Page Blackburn. Keep your Eye on this Column. If you want to buy, sell, rent or trade a house or farm, let us add your wants to our list. Call at our office, Brock Building, east side Second street, Decatur, Indiana, for full particulars. Following is the present list for sale: Lot 50.3, Decatur, §IOO. Lots 873, 874, 875, Decatur, §350. Lot 949. Decatur, §250. Lot 920, Decatur, §4OO. 80 acres, Washington tp, §2,800.

FOR SALE OR TRADE. Lot 561, Decatur, §450. Lot 769, Decatur. 158 acre farm, Logan county, Ohio, to trade for stock of merchandise. FOR RENT. House 5 rooms, 11th street. House 9 rooms, sth street. Harruff & Lenhart. Real Estate Transfers. John W. Vail adm’r to F. M. Schirmeyer, pt inlots 115-116 Decatur, §l,035. F. M. Sehirmeyer to John W. Vail, pt inlots 115-416 Decatur, §1035. Wm. Jebker et al to Israel Bright, pt sec 35 Preble tp, §123. Peter Parrot to Helen C. Walker, pt inlots 889-890 Decatur, §3OO. P. E. Wirth et al to Jacob Bollenbacher, jr., 80 acres Jefferson tp, §3200. Gideon Gerber et al to Ulrich Gerber, 5 acres Kirktand tp, §l5O. J. S. Coverdale to H. B. Trout, 134 acres Root tp, §3BOO. Francis M. German et al Geo. R. Davis, 80 acres St. Marys tp, §3IOO. Edward Albert et al to Robert Gregory, inlot 935 Decatur, §4OO. Sarah Smith to Frederick Hamil, 40 acres Wabash tp, §IOOO Frank M. Gilpin et al to Harriet Gilpin, inlot 546 Decatur. §SOO. Wm. W. Miller to Edwin T. Miller, 40 acres St. Marys tp, §1125. < Elizabeth Davenport to Geoßmkett, undived i 20 acres Kirkland tp, §IOOO. ;

3 Farmers’ Institute. Following is the program of sarm--1 era’ institute to be held in the circuit j court room in this city on Monday and t Tuesday, January 8 and 9: MONDAY, 9:30 A. M. ’ Opening exercises, Rev. H. C. Duckett, j Music, F. M. Falk, Musical Director. . A Simple Lesson in Farm Chemistry, Cal Husselman, Auburn, Indiana. Recitation, Lottie Kelley. Corn and its Culture, Geo. W. Shaffer. Discussion, S. L. Dutcher, P. M. Fulk, A. J. Porter. • The Farm Home Economy, Mrs. Florence Ross, South Port, Indiana. Recitation, Jesse Kelley. AFTERNOON, 1:30 P. M Music, F. M. Falk. Fertilizers and Manures, Cal Hussleinan. Dairy and Butter Making, Isaac Brown. Discussion, Wm. Smith, Clint Cloud, George Trieker. The Hired Man, Mrs. Florence Ross. Appointment of Committees. Music, F. M. Falk. EVENING, 7:30 P. M. Music by the Orchestra. An Egg and How to Make it, Cal Husselman. Music, Quartette. The Country Gentleman, Mrs. Florence Ross. Quartette and adjournment. TUESDAY, 9:30 A. M Opening exercises, W. H. Daniel. Music, F. M. Falk. Forage and Grain for Farm Animals, Cal Husselman. Care of Farm Tools, A. L. Garboden. The Farmer’s Daughter, Mrs. Florence Ross. Should Agriculture be Taught in the Public Schools, Geo. W. Martz. Discussion, Samuel Houck, I. N. Teeters. AFTERNOON, 1:30 P M Music, F. M. Falk. Report of committees. Business Methods in Farming, Cal Husselman. Address on “Industrial Problems, or; The Man with the Hammer and Hoe,” J. F. Snow. M hat the Farmers’ Institute has Done for Me, W. H. Shepherd. Work and Worry, Mrs. Florence Ross. Music and adjournment. James Dailey, of Bluffton, is reported quite sick from the effects of a H stroke of paralysis, with which he was ; i attacked last Thursday.

GUS ROSENTHAL In spite of last week’s raid here’s a store full of warm wearables you did not get for Christmas, and now is your opportunity to fill up the vacancy and buy anything in Men’s Overcoats, Boys’ Overcoats for comfort and Dress. Men’s Suits, Boys’ Suits, Children’s Suits and Reefers AT COST as we have to reduce our stock before inventory. Call and you will be pleased. hhh B h h GUS ROSENTHAL The Square Man.