Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1902 — Page 7

Rip Van Winkle at opera house Friday, November 7. See Gretchen in Rip Van Winkle at opera house, Friday, November 7. The old, original and only Rip Van Winkle at opera house Friday, November 7. Mrs. E. P. Menefee and children are the guests of relatives and friends at and near Geneva. Mr. and Mrs. Gart Shober of Fort Wayne were the guests of J. S. Peterson and family over Sunday. Attorney Shaffer Peterson attended to important legal business at Paulding, Ohio, several days this week. A foot ball game is being, arranged between Spencerville, Ohio, and Decatur teams to be played here soon. S. E. Brown the creamery man has removed to Fort Wayne and accepted a position in the Ft. Wayne Creamery. Miss Hanna, of Fort Wayne, was the guest of Miss Bessie Shroek and other Decatur friends over Sunday. Remember the concert at Bosse’s opera house next Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the St. Vincent sociaty. The Ping Pong Club met with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Neptune Tuesday evening, and the affair was an enjoyable one. Scrutinize carefully the advertisement of the New Fair store this week. You will find bargains there to your heart’s content. Gert Reynolds has purchased the Marsh Burdg barlier shop on South Second street, and is busy greeting old and new customers. Dr. Earl Coverdale is at Chicago this week visiting with friends of his college days and otherwise enjoyoing life in the famous western metropolis. Attorney C. J. Lutz left Friday for West Baden where he will remain until next Monday, taking treatment from the mineral springs of that locality. Fifteen people from this city went to Portland last Friday on the'special train to witness the Hanna-Fairbanks-Beverage blow-out. Not a very strong delegation even for an off year. A. J. Smith, C. E. Neptune and John Fonner are at Colen, Michigan, this week, hunting bass and pickerel. They know’ a thing or two about the business and should report good catches. About fifty people will enjoy a club dance at the rooms of the Catholic Young Mens’ Social club this evening, and those who have ever attended a social affair given by the members of this popular club are ready to vouch for an enjoyable evening for those who go. Doc Evans of Bluffton, known as one of the most genial citizens in the great state of Indiana was in town several days this week and didn't for get to tip the boys at this offce. Doc is still in the fruit tree business and informs us that he is selling more trees than he ever did in his life. He is a hale fellow, well met. A tumble in the price of coal at the mines in Indiana is expected any day. The Terre Haute retail dealers who have been operating business on a notice from the operators that no one dealer could have on file an order for more than five cars of coal at onetime, have received notice from a number of operators that they can have all the coal they want. Six marriage licenses were issued this week and the lucky parties who secured same were Sidney Chapman and Oral Jackson, Christian liter and Anna Bmstutz, Melvin E. Babcock and Maud E. Haggard, Charley Tremp and Rebecca Augsberger, Ferdinand H. Tabler and Mary R. Leßrun, Frank Amstutz and Neoma Sprunger. It is announced that the Fort Wayne Fair association will pav a dividend of six j>er cent to jts stockholders, pro-rated on the SIO,OOO capital stock. After this payment the association will have at le ist $5,500 to invest in improvements for next year, and an effort will be made to have a grand circuit race meeting held there during the fair week. Don’t fail to read every word in the display advertisement of the New hair Store, to be found in today’s issue, for if you do you are bound to miss a chance to secure a bargain on some article you may need badly. The big clearance sale begins Saturday and you can buy comforts, blankets, gloves, hosiery and underwear, in fact anything you may want for the "'inter at way down prices. One of the best hunters in the county and a man of forty years experience, informs us that the quail are very scarce this year, in fact more so than they have been in years. He She fact is due to the wet season, prevented the eggs from hatch'ug. He says, however, that rabbits are more plentiful and Adams county People who have a craving desire for meat will have to content themselves on that dish. Charles Henry France, better «nown here as “Jinks” has quit the r,, l>ertoire show business and will ranch into something stronger. He ins formed a partnership with Fred filler and they will go on the road .'“h a spleudiil fatce comedy, playing ' W ise Tramp.” The gentleman re now in Chicago securing actors "d advertising material and will lie n the road soon with as good a show J 1 travels. They will carry a band, 1 their proposition looks like an v «sy money maker.

Old Rip Van Winkle and his doc at opera house Friday, November 7. 8 at oner! ho! an p On , ly Ri P Van Winkle at opera house Friday, November 7. good e f?r 6V I Fair 8 !? re I,llTe 80m °thiiig party tomorrow evening. *.° “* , I!ip V,n wl “ lle . you about their big clearance sale. John W Tyndall made a flying business tnp to Chicago last Saturdaf representing Krick, Tyndall A Co. 3 i Dr. J. S. Boyers arrived home Monday evening from a several day trip mis°sion‘ th ° B ° Uth ° n a bussinesß J. Harrod represented the Harrod Shoe company on a trip through the east last week, arriving home Friday afternoon. J E. Burt Lenhart and wife are the proud parents of a ten pound girl baby. Ihe important event having occurred Tuesday. D. M. Hensley, C. K. Bell, J. Q. Neptune and R. B. Gregory were at Rome City over Sunday on their final fishing excursion of the year. ■ Mrs. Fred Vaughn and son left I uesday evening for Portland, Oregon, where her husband has secured a profitable position on a daily paper. Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Svfers of Indianapolis and Mr. and’ Mrs. Harry Deam of Bluffton were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Allison Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lower, of Indianapolis, will be at home Saturday. Mr. Lower will remain until after election and Mrs. Lower will visit relatives and friends here several weeks. Rev. C. G. Hudson lectured at Monroe Tuesday evening, his subject being “Going Up Fikes Peak.” The number was the first on the Monroe M. E. lecture course and was a complete success. A bicyclist, as good as ever seen on our streets, did some fancy riding here last evening. He was dressed as a “yellow kid' and was advertising Dillings candies, for which N. C. Coverdale’s news stand is headquarters. The “kid” is a winner in his line and did some good turns. Elemer Johnson sold his famous pacing horse, Glad Boy, Tuesday morning to a young man from Pittsburg, the consideration being S6OO. Glad Bov is a good looker and has a mark below 2:20. The gentleman who purchased him will try to secure Little Dick the Geneva horse and will use them for a fancy driving team. The Knox college foot ball team of Galesburg, Illinois, with whom Dr. Dick France is playing, ’defeated the Northwestern University team of Evanston Saturday, by a score of 15 to 0. The latter team is considered one of the four best teams of the west and no little honor falls to Knox for their victory. Dick did good work in the game. J. W. Carpenter and family left yesterday for Kalamazoo, Michigan, where they will make their future home. They have resided here a number of years, during which time Mr. Carpenter has had charge of the G. R. AI. bridge gang. He is still employed by the same company but was transferred a short time ago to the northern division. While our neighboring cities are battling with the smallpox situation Decatur is entirely free from the dread disease. There is not nor has there been for some time a single case in the city, this fact no doubt being due to the efficient work of our health officers under the direct supervision of Dr. H. F. Costello, secretary of the county board of health. The damage suit of Sebastian Miller vs \\ abash railroad company has been settled at last, after being filed in the Adams circuit court three times. The case was one in which $5,000 was demanded for the damage 'to land of Sebastian Miller, by a fire caused from a spark from a Wabash engine. Miller lives in Allen county and the case was brought here on change of venue. It was tried twice and a verdict of SISOO returned. Both times the railway company appealed to the supreme court and were successful in getting the case reversed. The case was set for trial last Friday, but the parties finally agreed on a settlement, the defendants paying SISOO and the plaintiffs all the costs. A number of the young lady friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rose got good and even went with them last evening. Arthur and his bride wanted to avoid a scene at the railway station and they knew that if this crowd discovered where they were to leave there would most certainly be something doing. They therefore intimated that the marriage would take place about eight o’clock and they would leave at 9:27 over the Clover Leaf. However their plans were different and they were married at four o’clock, expecting to leave the city unnoticed at f>:l2 over the Erie. But it came out different for when Rey. Hudson was seen going to the Barkley home in the afternoon the secret was guessed and the telephone system soon gathered the young ladies who assembled at the station prepared for business with several ton of anu all sorts jf placards. ••The bridal couple were given the proper send on and the young ladies are jubilant over their victory.

( monev | Gus Rosenthal z. Your s<,vings ( I s°° underwear for 35C ' I ■ OVERCOAT I—— I B Greatest aggregation 01 Swell Overcoats at the most comfort- ■ I a^e prices * They bear the stamp of Up-To-Dateness at Way 1 I W® Down Prices I ■ Men’s perfect fitting overcoats, made of Oxford gray vicunas and Aft ft ft ■ 1/ ac k and blue kerseys, 44 to 46 inches long, well lined throughout \«| UR ■ 8 a true $15.00 garment UUIUU I W ' 1 hand tailored oxercoats for men and young men in all the late imported and ■ -W Mw domestic designs, guaranteed perfect fitting and shape retaining or no sale at ONE- B jglTj W your tailor’s price. ' ■ ImM Left with a good many odd garments on account of heavy early fall B Rl KF ’ trade, we’ll put them on sale at prices that will make your heart jump with joy. They’re all up to date and new ® | , B . Klß _ 4 co. 2 5 Men’s overcoats, 00 00 I B gray melton, worth $5.00 JZiUU B ■ 20 men’s overcoats, in blue and black beavers, always sold at $7.50. This ft 5 fl fl B | loti ” ,ow 04.30 s H I I 40 men’s fine, perfect fitting, beaver and Vienna overcoats, 46 inches ft 7 CA long, nearly all sizes, worth SIO.OO W I a3U \ H K 35 men’s heavy wool business suits, all up-to-date and good wearing, ft A ftr I worth $6.00t0 $7.50 .. : .... . MiZD fWJBE I B 50 men’s strictly all-wool suits, sure to have your size in some pattern,’ ft 7 rft they’re worth SIO.OO to $12.00 W I 1 u V ENDLESS VARIETY of styles in our Hand Made men’s and boy’s suits away B superior to our home tailors’productions at only one-half their price. It will pay K / 'w » you to step in and see them, as always all goods guaranteed as represented |i or money refunded. Qlfc/ W ■ I FREE-Handsome and useful presents with your purchases-FREE ■ |GUS ROSENTHAL, I The Square Man / Decatur, Indiana j

Among the events of Hallow’een is a masquerade party to be given by a number of young ladies at the home of Miss Maud Christen on Tenth street. '"' FAMOUS GOODWOOD.' Something About a Historic Fnglfnh Hare Course. The Goodwood race course is quite unique. It is a long way from a station and is not near any town, says the London Tatler. It is on a hill the top of which is shaped like a ho.seshoe, the space between the two horns being represented by a deep ravine. The course runs round the horseshoe, the start being at the end of one horn and the finish at the end of the other. The result of this is that the equestrians who on other courses contrive to see both start and finish by the simple process of riding across while the race is in progress cannot do so at Goodwood They must elect Which they will see and remain there. On the other hand, the course is very easy to follow with glasses. The races as an Institution are comparatively modern, but there must have been hunt races and matches on this course since the days of William 111., when we hear of the Goodwood hunt as in existence. In 1800, however. the then Duke of Richmond made a new course, which is practically the present one. In 1801 the course was completed, and in order to celebrate this a regular meeting was got up by the duke with the assistance of the hunt and some officer# of the Sussex militia and yeomanry, and prizes to the value of about £I,OOO were put up. This meant a good sum in those days. This was the first Goodwood meeting of importance, and from that year it became an annual event. A Walking Fern. Most ferns are confirmed travelers. New fern leaves grow out from the underground roots some distance away from the old plant. The average observer scarcely notices this, but there Is a native fern that steps off at so lively a pace that its odd habit has long furnished one of the unceasing entertainments of the woods. The walking fern often carpets ledges and tops of shaded rocks. The slender, tufted leaf fronds are singularly unfernlike in appearance. They squirm about and “walk” by declining their taper tips to the soli and taking root there and growing. In time clusters of new leaf fronds spring from such rooted tips. By and by some of these, too, bite the earth and, taking root, start still other colonies, which in turn will continue the progress again and again. Naturally, with the lapse of time, the connection between the older tufts and the younger becomes broken, yet one sometimes finds series of three or four linked together, representing as many steps in the pretty raMjJjle.-* Country Life In America. *

OF KECEIVING BIDS. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners nf Adams County, Indiana, will receive sealed bids for the construction of one Smoke House for use at county asylum on Monday, November 17, 1902. at the room of the county commissioners in the Auditors office of said county «t Wo’clock a m. sharp of said day. Each bid must be accompanied with the proper affidavit as required by law. and by a good and sufficient bond payable to the state oi Indiana in an amount equal to bid. which said bond shall be signed t>v at least two resident free holders of the state of Indiana whose responsibility shall be certified to asre<|uired by law or by a surity company to the approval of said board. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. J. E. M4NN) Samuel Doak >Com. Jacob Abnet j attest ABE BOCH, auditor. 34-2 SOME WRITERS. Bret Harte was a good deal of a recluse, in that respect resembling Hawthorne more than any other man of letters. Baxter, It is said, kept the manuscript of the "Saint's Everlasting Rest” in his hands for thirteen years, revising and condensing. Cooper is said to have written “The Spy” in less than six months. Most of his stories were founded on legends well known in bis neighborhood. Longfellow turned out about one volume of poems a year for many years. Nearly four years were required for his translation of "Dante.” The first volume of poems by Alfred Tennyson came out when he was twen-ty-four. He was forty-one when “In Memoriam” came from the press. Thomas Moore often wrote a short poem almost impromptu. He consumed over two years in reading and preparing material for “Lalla Rookh" and two years more in writing that inimitable poem. One Brick Short. Richard M. Hunt, the architect, used to relate that in his younger days, while supervising the erection of a brick building, a recent arrival from Cork applied for a job and was employed as a hodcarrier after being instructed that he must always carry up fourteen bricks in his hod. One morning the supply of bricks ran out, and, do his best, the new man could find but thirteen to put In bis bod. In answer to a loud yell from the street one of the mason* on the sixth story shrieked down: “What do “T'row me down wan brick,” said Pat, pointing to his hod, “to make me number good!"—New York Times. A Nntnrnl Development. “Hello, Stavern! Haven't met you In aoine time. Still a bachelor, I suppose?" "Not a bit of It I’ve branched out tn matrimony.” ••’t'lieed! <|ive branches, of course?"

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