Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1900 — Page 5

|| ro ME of the worst disease 3 I 5 scarcely give a sign until I they strike their victim down. I T he terrible Bright’s Disease ■ ffia y be growing for years and || only show now and then by a I" backache or change of urine, by jaUow face and failing appetite. DrlUflcLeans I [wjl&WiJiil | is a tried remedy that grapples 1 w ith this disease in every symp■l tom. Cures this and all other I didders of the liver, kidneys or (bladder. Sold by druggists — fl jj.oo a bottle. fl TH r or J.H. MCLEAN MEDICINE G?. fl TMt ST. LOUIS. MO. | For sale by Holthouse. Callow & Co. ■

j [ rhe W.C.T. U. wilfemeefwith Mrs. Hugh* Saturday afternoon. ;| Wanted Got"! girl to do geneftl ■casework. Mrs. R. B. Allison. # || Miss Daisy Hill is at home after a ■ eW weeks visit at Fort Wayne and Monroeville. Birdie Todd, of For* Wayne, ■ ‘the guest of Miss Daisy Hill, of Kortli Ninth street. || Prof. H. A. Hartman and family are ■heguests of his mother at Tis 9, ■bio. for a few days. « l| Mrs. L. C. Hughes has returned fl ma several davs visit with relaKtvs and friendtr in Darke eotmtv, ■bio. I I Mrs. Joseph Lower was a guest of ■friends at Iftrt Wayne over the Sab■ath. returning home the first of the ■reek. | Roland (-Reynolds left Wednesday ■Vednesday moSiing for Indianapolis ■here he will visit his cousin, Mrs. ■George Vail. I Miss Blanche Reynolds left Wednesday morning for Terre Haute to KtteniifheH. S. and also the T. N. S. ■ ommencements. _ ‘ | Elmer Johnson was on hands again ■st Saturday with another load of ■andsinne driving horses, which he rj ■hipped to Pittsburg. fl Don L. Quinn was conducted ■rough the third degree of Masonry ■uesday evening and official reports ■ay he behaved real nicely. fl Presiding Elder Daniels conducted ■races at the M.@E. ■httrch last the members ■f that congregation were highly ■leased with his efforts. # ■ A grand picni* is announced to oc ■ur at the German Luthern church ■ear Preble next Sunday. A big ■rowd is expected and ample proft ■i.n for a good time has been made. I Unclaimed letter list: W. A. Wells ■lary E. Wolfe. J. 11. McWilliams, ■evi Johnson, Mrs. Winifred Eider. ■ mer Poste. Gertie Carpenter. J. I ■idler, L. D. Rav, W. E. Dye, L. D. ■lien. ■ Wick A Tyndall are furnishing the ■tie for a large ditch which is being •‘instructed through thft Tonnellier yr tn north of the city. The tile are Rf extra large size and •speak well for wiliis progressive and up-to-date firm. H*ry Voglewede captured a live attlesnake on»his south of the ity l*t week and brought the poisonous reptile to town. It is now on inhibition at Voglewede’s saloon and ias already received a large number of j ’isitors. • * The wedding of Miss Thresa Zeser o Mr. Nicholas Schafer occurred Tuesday morning from the St. Marys atholic church. f . j evening l J"* ! forty invited guest (fathered at h<-home the bride’ ....rents, Mr. md Mrs. Peter Zeser, ana enjoyed»an ®ceptionally good time. Mr. Schafer B in business in this city and ffimself no wife will soon be at home to their fiends here.

x ALL THE COLD ® ,N KLONDIKC ‘ r ... ,~v r ,. b»tt»- niore *• *U. * cairfully and attuidielv £/*?. ccnFtrncted cr mere intel ‘A, * J,- .>** Ih’ently designed wheel* ltau uiC,lel I ? • I b y bicycles Eg Ka m I* fX. “/ks/ of *i<> it ytars old ' SBIA A 1 X ' pß,ct ■ ||ik IB I / \ I / << There are wheels which xSwfl MW I' ’I ' \ B ar? higher priced, but 3|fe H II 0 In ect nomical ami original yfl II 1 111 S manufacturing and ••Hing • WK£g I II methods have made the . Wjg I l| J Rambler price po «lble. I# 'sSC "for the kit Ramblers ever built" IK| ! jiS 4l D w? a*k you t<> r «n an<l '“’’’ SB Ml lUmtdere. and weciirv m < o.- |3® - - A or»M i 'ldt I o. 't n' t booklet Next door to Postoffico. JOHN A. FETZER.

, nr - v h)urr. the well known Blue Creek township farmer, was the holder of ticket number 2469 which drew the buggy at J. D. Holman’s shoe store, last Thursday. Mr. Durr will no doubt make good use of his new rig. Roy Woodruff, son of Rube Woodrun, was taken to the boys’ reformaD' r . v ■ » Monday morning by Sheriff Erwin. Young Woodruff has been rather wild for some time and a few days ago took some money from the safe in Booh iV King’s livery barn. His father asked that he be sent to the reform school, believing that a teim tiff re may make a better man of him. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Donovan and Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Costello entertained a large number ot their friends at the latter’s home on Third street Monday evening* About thi#v couple were, present and indulged in the inbjß.sting game of peikro. Mrs John Gerard and John B. Holthouse wiunlig first prizes and airs. R a dand Charles Niblick Ihe •boobies. ® A runaway on Monroe street Tuesday afternoon created considerable excitement and resulted pretty lucky. Rev. Mann and wife who live near Honduras were driving into the citv ai*l when near the G. R. A I. railwav track their horse became frightened and ran away. Boffi Rev. Mann and his wife were thrown out near the reffdence of J. T. Archbold, but both escaped uninjured. ®

Friends of RA C. Stone will l w pleased to hear of the fact that he was united in marriage at Detroit last November to Miss Gladys .Hofman. The news has been kept a Secret from his many friends here, but nevertheless they greet it witfi pleasure and wish him much joy and happiness. For the present Mr. and Mrs. Stone are living at Detroit but they expect to remove from that city soon. Harry groves of Bluffton, well known here, wiv in the wreck which occurred on the L. E. <Sc W. lines new Cincinnati last Sunday. He was accompanying a load of cattle to Cincinnati mid twentv-one head were killed. Five men, Including the fireman and head brakeman were crushed to death, Whd Harry came out without a scratch. Fifteen cars were thrown over the embankment. We acknowledge receipt of the commencement edition of “Our Voice" by the Geneva High ffhooL The number is very handsome, containing as a frgntipiece the pictures of Prof. J. E. Lung and the graduating class of 1900. affd following with a full wd compete account of the exercises which occurred May 28th and 29th. Earle Shepherd is the editor-inchief, and has certainly performed his duties well, as have all his associate' Hon. A. P. Beatty as attorney for Joseph M. Briner, has filed a case in the Adams circuit court against Edith Briner his wife, asking for a divorce. The complaint says they were married December 30. and liwd tn get her as husband and wife until the following May, when the defendant willfully abandoned said Briner and has since that time refused to live or cohabit with him, wherfore a decree of divorce and all other proper relief is asked for. Supt. Graber of the county infirmary makes a report of that institution which shows in amount 1748 51 cash turned into the hands of th> treasurer for the quarter just ending. The mofley turned over to the county lacked but 5215.13 of paying theentire excuse of the infirmary J >r the time mentioned. This is a matter many times overlooked, and people, not knowing, are apt to conclude that all money paW out is in excess of that paid in. ® We have in no way been bribed,but we can personally testify that Mr. and Mrs. J«JL Graber are most hospitable people and as superintendents of the county infirmary are simply models of perfection, neatness and order. Notwithstanding the fact that the infirmary buildings are about beyond redemption, yet everything is cleanliness personified, and the thirty-five inmateshave a home that in ail its realities is a home The fact remains, however, that new buildings are need ed and that Badly. g,

Among the nicely decorated places of busfftess yesterday, the Burt House should receive special mention. The office and dining room were tastilv streamed with purple and yellow bunting, while the outside of the building also made a splendid appearance, lheir efforts in this line seems to have been appreciated by the visitors as the register shows 120 people for the day. * Stead v Girl Wanted.—Several young men complain that they have no steady girl. It seems that they no sooner get fairly started with a girl, probably have the theatre bougtn, when the girl “can’t go beeauie l* as ;l sick headache." Dr. Calo well’s Syrup Pepsin cures all forms of stomach trouble and sick headache. Girls—“A to the wise ’ etc. Your Friend. Smith, Yager & Falk. j Hugh and Fanny Hite left Tuesday evening for Minneapolis, Minn., where they will visit relatives and friends during the coming summer. In hour of their departure they were entertained by Miss Genevjjae Hale at her home on Fifth street Thursday evening, and on Mon lay evening they were the guests in a straw ride party about the city. Both occasions are spoken of with pleasure by the young folks, and they should start on their trip to the northwest with many pleasant memories “f their Decatur friends. the past week a traveling salesman wh r«i>t»*ed at th< Burt House as Cm. A. A. ro\y£>ll. New \ork, N. has been attracting no little attention afeout town. He is seven feet three inches high and powerfully built. For many years ho was the principal side show attraction with Barnum A Bailey's circus. He is now traveling for a wholesale gi » ry house advertising and making a special effort to sell “Arm and Hammer soda. He is an aglteable sort of fellow and says he has excellent luck on the road. James N. Fristoe and family will from this time on during the warm season be nicely located at®Winona Laktjy Indiana, where they own a comfortable cottage, and where they have for several seasons enjoyed lake breezes and attended the famous literary course. Mrs Frijjoe that destination t >day, TWie left Tuesday with his white shetland ponv. Earl will go directly there from college at Purdue, while Papa Fristoe will ehj-ij his w. ek's t|»p on thog ad at his “cottage by the sea’’ and by next Sunday the family will hold their reunion and form plans for the summer. Crude oil took another header yesterday and struck the 93 cent line. Where thread will be do one can say; it may be 75 cents and it may lie 50 cents. Many »ells are under contract and must be drilled or heavy forfeitures will result. Many leases have been taken under contract to ( drill within so many Blays or foneii the lease and the decline in oil has not yet checked this cheeked the leasing of new terruory and this is probably the object of the Standard people in forcing the j>rice downward. The making of new contracts will lie affected by the drop in price if it continues and the production will not show any increase.

The farmers of Indiana will fie interested in a decision just handed down by the Apellate court of the state. The case was one appealed by the Lake Erie & Western railway from Jav county to defeat a judgment obtained by Mr. Miller, who recovered damages in the lower court for prop erty alleged to hav© Iteen destroyed bj- fire from negligence. The original complaint alleged that an L. E. A W. locomotive, running along plaintiff’s blge-grass pasture.fired thethick grass ©n the right-of-way,and was negligently allowed to spread to plaintiff's thirty acres of growing timlier and all the property stored on the land. Ihe lower court awarded a verdict in favor of the landowner, and the judgment was affirmed by the appellate court. His Life wns Saved. Mr. J. E. Lillv. a prominent citizen of Hannibal, aMo., recently IMd a wonderful delivemnce from a fright ful death. In telling of it he says: “I was taken with typhiijcF fever that ran into pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I o©nldn'|even sit up in lied. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of consumption, when I heard of Dr. King’s Discovery. One bottle gave gMrit relief. I continued to use it, and now I am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise.” This marvelous medicine is the surest anil quickest cure in the world (or all throat and lifig trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents and SI.OO. Trial bottles free at Page Blackburn’s drug store; every bottle guaranteed. The following is a program of the Root Township Sunday School Convention to l>e held at the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church, beginning at 1 o’clock p. m. Friday, June 8,1900: Bong, Mt. Pleasant school: devotional exercise, Rev. R. E. Jones; song; “Importance of the Sunday school Association,” Win. P. Mallonee. General discusion. Song. “Sunday School Management," Mrs. A. R. Houk. General discussion. Essay, Maggie Peoples. Song. “Relation Between Teacher and Class.” A. R. Wolf. General discussion. Song. Essay, Elva Nidlinger. “Money and Statistics.” Charles Rabbitt. Song. Evening session 7:30: Song. “Wheroare we at ?” < ’has. S. Mumtna. ■'lnspirati'Hi." Rev. Miller. Bong. “The Needs of Our Sunday School,” Rev. R. E. Jones. Song. Collection. Benediction. All Sunday schools and ministers of various chu'rt'hes are invited, uno nay musical organization in the township is invited to attend.

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR TKAXSVAALEKS ARE NEARING THE END OF THEIR LONG AND HOPELESS STRUGGLE. Ml SINGULAR EMBARGOifIOF NEWS A The Situation of Affairs at Pretoria Remains Profound Mystery On* Account of a Strict Embargo Upon News From That Quarter--Johannesburg Quiet. London, .Tune I.—The war office f <.as posted the following from idW 1 Roberts: “.Johannesburg, May 31, 2 p. m.—Hen majesty's for™>s are now in possession of Johannesburg and the British flag floats over the government buildings.” Some discussion is going on in London as to what will be done with President Kruger if he is captured. One jdea®is tnat tie will be sent to St. Helena and ttiat lie will be tried for treason. The Daily Express says: “Mr. Kruger’s London agent has invested £IIO.OOO of the president's money in land and mines. This took place before@he war broke out: and to this fact may be ascribed the failure of the Transvaal authorities to blow up the mines.” The Tinies says: “Any further resistance the Boers may offer will be futile. The collapse of the Transvaal as a militant state may be regarded as compile.” ® London, June 4.—Sgine foreign attaches have arrived at Lotirenzo Marques to communicate with their governments for orders to leave, as they consider organized war on the Transvaal side at an end. Flying anreng the Boers are reports that the British have been beaten back at Lidley, with heavy loss, that rhe main attack on F.landsfontein failed and Lord Roberts will be forced to satire to Kllpseverburg, that the railway had been cut behind him south to Vereenlging, and that a provision train has been captured. Without crediting any of the Boer bulletins, everytnlng from the tield of *dr. behind Lord Roberts points to a great effort last week to paraftze his advance by a bold stroke from thetseastward at tffe railway north of Bloemfontein. U’nles*. four Boer columns were in a movement seemingly with this objective, there was a commando in front of Gen. Brabapt near Ficksburg, another faced Gen. Rundle, near .■Jeneftal. a third occupied Lindley ami pressed toward the railway and a fourth seized Heibron and pushed toward Kropjjstad. These operations. asstimln;xJ,.tbem to have beg.ii independent, gli have failed. A revival oft! .™ e th 0 , f t ing power east of Lord k’ advance. although fruitless, is “ bestAiptom that the Boers are not yet G '/tied. In Gen. Rundle’s attack on the entrenched Boers, seven miles east of liSenekal. May 29. the British did not see a Boer all day. so completely were they Screened. The British infantry did not get yards of their riflemen. The 1.52 losses wired by I,ord Roberts ftere suffered by the Grenadiers and Scots guards while advancing over a level from which the grass had been burned. The Britishers in khaki were a conspicuous target again*? the black background. Gen. Rundle withdrew his whole force at sundown to Senekal having succeeded in drawing the Boers from Lindley allow*ig the threatened force to get away safely. The Boers sent to tha British for medical help, saying that ConimandiMit De Villiers was seriously wounded. Gen. Rundle sent a doctor with a bottle of champalgne and tils compliments, as well as a nW-ssage that he would release all the Bft.er priltbners at Senekal. There is no direct news from Pretoria of later date than Thursday evening? Gen. French's cavalry were then at Irene, eight miles south of PretorfW, and tiring was heard there. Jsird Roberts’ messajjys about secondary operati'Mis elsewhere and the situation at Johannesburg, dated at Orange Grove, a farm four miles northeast of Johannesburg, thow that on Saturday at 9:19 p. m., «be was 25 miles from Pretoria. ® •

ROBERTS STILL SILENT News From the Transvaal Capital If Still Intercepted. London. .Tune s.—Of official intelligence regarding what is transplrinmputside of Pretoria there Is little or nothing today. Lord Roberts is silent. Nevertheless by peicitiL together items firom various wrtespondents, It would "seem that Is.rd Roberts' immediate army is all employed north of Johannesburg, except one brigade, which It at Johannesburg, ami that six columns are converging on Pretoria. From Lourenso Marques comes a dispatch dated June 4, paying: "It is known that some great British movement is In progress outside of Pretoria. The mysterious movements ot President Kruger's secretary and physician. particularly their visit to the Dutch warship Friesland which Is In the harbor here, has aroused suspicions that important personages are expected.’ Evacuation of Koomaaaie. London, June 2.—A dispatch from Cape Coast Castle reveals a Romo what serious situation, inasmuch ns a 4»u t from the possibility of Gov. Hodgson’s party isung cut off by the enemy north of Fumsu. It practically announces evacuation of KomaMtle which will be interpreted by the hostile tribes as a British retreat and thus tend to spread the rising. Who Oregon Election, i' Portland, or June 5. Returns from yesterday's election indicate that the Republicans have carried the state by from 5,000 to 8,000 plurality.

J V? ) V u T- ri ruyytrirmnjvuvvnriruv.ririru" l renjynrjTnniijyrini-uwru~i: on rj-uvrtr I * Motto: | I Buy and Sell for Cash. Head Best quality, ' in all I sell. | g Lowest Price. r -‘ | Oil the 10 im-n-H h, -Ids I Dll til© S ii AM anti ttW‘..'' 0 “..53,50 first and SeCOnd 35 men's cassimereand wor- SCCOIId Sj _ . 4. sled suits, in stripes and . 5 e COUniOrS Checks, inall.siz.es CM no COUlitCrS 5 p „ _ worth 510, at tiFl.t/O 5 | of the , * of the ? ? 90 men s cassimere, cheviot ? 5 Clothing Clothing Depart- at ’ Depart . j ment • *3 n men t | ester we offer 1 These and others in our store represent a large part of the stock 2 C of a manufacturer who makes men’s clothing a specialty. \Ve bought 5 ? them for a great deal less than his ewly season price offer c C them justeaf the time when they are in demand, not after the season 5 S closes, as others du. □ These are "THE’’suit bargains of the season and the best thing 2 d ever offered lor the money in Decatur, the manufacturer’s loss is 5 5; your gain. ’ , 5 We also bought 100 all-wool serge, summer and 3 r vests at a greatly reduced price and at a GREATLY REDUCED 2 5 price we shall sell thpm. Look them over and you will buy one. 5 In boys’ clothing, ages 5 to 14, we offer a good wearing suit worth $1.25 at - - -65 - | In children’s clothing, look at that $1.25 suit, it goes at tj - - -60 c. | 2 Knee pants worth 25c go at - -15 c. 5 5 Examine our underwear at 25c per garment. • 5 E It is a hummer and is usually sold at 35c ? per garment. • | < I 2 Straw hats at all prices. 2 The largest stock of men and boys shirts and u p bicycle goods in the city at prices always the lowest. 2 | COME AND BE CONVINCED. 5 g rinnjuiririn nnnnnnnn nnnn. innn 2 I GUS HI is I: M H AI.. j The Square Man. i i ctuiruuuuVLrijiAnjiJiAruuinjuuinnjijirLruuirLruinjVuuuijuLruirLrLruLrLrLrL.'t

Administrator s sale of reai. ESTATE. The nnder-ik'ned admirmtrator wit h thesMll annexed of Joseph Runyon, deceased. hereby gives notice that bv virtue of an order of the Adam* circuit court, he will at the hour of ten o’clock a, m.. on Saturday July 7, 1900, at the law office of Clark J. Lutz, in the tffty of Decatur. Indiana, and from day to day thereafter until sold, offer for sale at private sale all the interest of said decedent in and to the following described real estate In Adams county. Indiana, to-wit: The southwest quarter of the southwest auarter of section eleven (II), township twenty ve (25) north, range thirteen (13) east. Said sale will he, made subject to the approva. of said court for not less than the full appraised value thereof, and upon the following terms and conditions: At least one-third of the purchase money, cash in hand, the balance in two equal installments payable in nine and eighteen months evidenced bynotes of the purchaser hearing six per cei© interest from date, waiving relief from valuation laws, providing for attorney fees and to be secured by mortgage and freehold surety. Said real estate w>l be sold free ot lelne. John w. Cowins, Administrator with the will annexed. C. J. Lutz, Att’y. 13:4 J. D. HALE, DEALER IN 4t Grain, Seeds, Wool, Oil, • Salt, Coal, L’Hie, * Fertilizers. Elev tors ou the Chicago A Erie and clove Leaf rail reads. Office and retail store southeast corner of Se<>n<T and Jefferson Streets Your uatronage solicited. I MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, new & .....$ 72 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).... 55 Corn, per ewt. (new) mixed.... 55 Oats, new . 23 Rye . ..t... 4# Barley 35 Clover seed 4 00 @ 4 25 Timothy 1 00 @ 1 15 Eggs, fresh K... 11 Butter 13 Chickens 3 Ducks *OS Turkeys 0? Geese 04 Wool,, IS to 22 Wool, washed 25 and 28 Hogs 5 00 TOLEDO MARKETS, Jt’NE 6, 1:30 P. M. Wheat, new No. 2 red, cash... $ 75 July wheat 73 Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. 10 July com 39J Prime clover feOO ST. VITUS 1 DANCE ! Akron, ().. Jan H, 1900 Dr. M. M. FENNER, Fredonia, N. Y. "We have Mold many doKen* of your Rt. VltuiT Dance Hpacltk. and every ca»»e han been cured by it it ha* proved a bleu* mg here ALLEN-CLARK DRUG CO. IsURE AND QUICK CURE.I

Special Bargains! Now on sale at s hp Dfi Vlnrp lb Dy oUIU I ♦ =•■ 1 at • • From the factory to you, $1.25 Women’s Oxfords at 89c $2.50 Woman’s Fancy QI OK Shoes at $2.00 Men’s Satin Calf r Q 1 OK Shoes at J <J>I.4CO $1.50 Men’s Flow Shoes 10 A ?3.504k>x t’alf and Vici Kid Welt for men l>est SiO /I Q in the house, at..«.... » 1 > White Slippers... 29c i ® * Saturdav Onlv. Watch Our Window. * a 1 * You know Us Thn On Vlfiro