Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1903 — Page 5

MOTTO—We always sell as we advertise .

ANNUAL INVENTORY SALE!

In order to keep up and devote the standard of Rosenthal’s merchandise, I inaugurate this inventory clearance sale, offering strictly high grade goods at unheard of low prices, so as to encourage buying for immediate as well as future needs. All goods below mentioned were purchased for this season, with few exceptions, and there are men’s, boy’s and children’s apparel to suit and fit anyone... Call early and have first choice.

MEN'S EINE OVERCOATS The cream of highgrade manufacture, sold at CIC KH 325.00, now go at - QIO.OU Men’s $20.00 overcoats - $15.00 fIBL. Men’s $16.50 oveacoats $12.50 Men’s $15.00 overcoats $11.98 A Men’s $12.50 overcoats $9.00 Men’s SIO.OO overcoats $ 6.95 *■ Men’s $ 8.00 overcoats $ 6.50 Men s $ 7.00 overcoats $ 4.50 Men’s $ 6.00 overcoats $ 3.98 "-wv Men’s $ 4.50 overcoats $ 2.50 B °V' S Overcoats Ages 14 to 20. ' 812.00 grades go at - SB.OO ~ SIO.OO grades go at - $6.75 Iliff fi ne ov crcoats worth up JSS- y/w to $12.50, single garments choice $5.00 ~ A.^r H T rJrcas7.:iO grades - - - - $5.25 / $5 00 grades - - . . $3.50 $4.00 grades - - - - $2.50 Fine Children's Overcoats Virtually at your own price.

There are many more rare values for those wanting to save 25 to 50 per cent. Sale will last until February Ist. Handsome and useful premiums with your purchases.

DECATUR, IIXIDIZXIN/A GLS ROSENTHAL THE SQUARE /V\AFN

Harrv Bunner, of Bobo, who has been sick for several months with consumption, was reported yesterday to be sinking, and his death is believed to be a matter of but a few hours. He is quite well known here. The initial number of the Daily Democrat reached our office Tuesday morning. It presents a healthy appearance, and was very neatly gotten up. J. H. Heller is manager and the paper is published from the weekly Democrat office at Decatur.—Geneva Herald. Oil men say that they expect an advance in the market at any time now and they are surprised that an advance has not occurred in the past two or three days. The line runs greatly exceed the sales, indicating that the Standard is using more oil than it buys. The county board of pension examiners, composed of Dr. W. H. McMillan and Dr. A. G. Holloway, of Decatur, and Dr. Aspy, of Geneva, was in session yesterday. Dr. Holloway was unable to attend on account of sickness, but all the regular business was transacted by the other two. W. V. Buckmaster of Jefferson township, was in the city Saturday. He informed us that a new rural mail route out of Geneva had been ordered and would go into affect in February 2. The route makes a good sized circuit through Jefferson township and passes the front door of Mr. Buckmaster’s home every day. He with many others along the route are highly elat ed over the prospects of receiving mail in this way. Two well-known citizens and members of the county council Samuel Soldner and John O. Kranor were guests of Sheriff Butler last Monday and in some way or other they were inveigled into pumping water to fill the big tank at the jail. It must have been quite a job, for the gentlemen in question seem to think they earued their board several fold. Both are good fellows and took the affair in a good-natured manner and informed us that when they left Tuesday they turned the job over to two other prisoners. These have paid us on their Democrat this week: G. B. Cline, Calvin Miller, John Smitley, Robert Case, I, J. Bowman, W. W. Smith, Jacob Mitch, John Mosure, Samuel Opliger, Douglas Dudgeon, Mrs. J. W. Sherwood, J. W. Voglewede, C. S. Mumma, C. H. Snyder, Andy Zeser Solomon Linn, J. D. Martz, Cris Reppert, Michael Aliller, Lorenzo Dunbar, L. D. Miller, J. M. Swigart, S. A. Fleming, Fred H. Blomker, D. J. Dilling, P. A. Macklin, P. V. Lewton, J. D. Hendricks, W. 11. Beineke, Jonathan Kelley, Jacob Koose. Irvin Brandybery,E. A. Aber. S. B. Fordyce, W. F. Keinking, O. M. Kuntz, \\ m. Auman.

Mrs. Joseph Parent called yesterday afternoon and renewed her allegiance to the Democrat, stating as she did so that she had been a subscriber and reader to this valuable paper for thir-ty-seven years. Here’s hoping she may continue to read it for thirtyseven more. Rev. Christian Augsberger, of Berne, died at his home Monday night. Mr. Augsburger was quite an aged man, and the direct cause of his death was a fall which he received some time ago. No serious results were expected at the time of the accident, as the only apparent injury was a bruise on the hip, but he seemed to grow gradually worse until death came. His funeral services will lie held tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. Dr. J. M. Miller, the present secretary of the board of health, is taking all due precautions to prevent an influx of smallpox. While there are no reported cases in the county, the few suspects at and near Monroe and in Union township are being safely guarded to prevent an outbreak should it appear to be smallpox. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, is a maxim worth heeding in this game. The experience at Indianapolis and several other places in the state is evidence that caution is worth heeding. Charles Shackley, a son of Daniel K. Shackley, is affected with a rather peculiar trouble and his friends are considerably worried about his condi tion, which though not exactly dan gerous now, is serious, because he gradually grows worse. He has been working in Chicago and seven months ago wrenched his leg severely. It was thought he would soon recover and no anxiety was manifested. He came home and has since been confined to the house a greater part of the time. Late developments prove that tuberculosis of the knee bone has set in and his entire system is affected. He is now unable to be about at all and his friends are very much worried. It seems the people of Berne, some of them at least, are determined to wipe entirely out of their town not only saloons but the illegal selling of liquor by any one. “Is liquor being sold illegally in Berne?” The Berne Witness said Tuesday : Opponents to the remonstrance often said that there would be more liquor sold in Berne if licenses would be refused than if said license were granted. To assist in demonstrating the matter, SIOO has been deposited with the undersigned to Im* used as follows: $lO to lie paid for the first 15 for the sec ond, and $25 for the third conviction of any one party by the Adams circuit court. Money to be paid by the undersigned to such parties that file the complaint. All complaints must be filed in the Adams circuit court. Fred Rohrer.

GUS ROSENTHAL'S

MEN'S UNDERWEAR. Twenty-five dozen Scotch random suitsand drawers, 101 n worth 25 cents, go at JL <Q 'gG Thirty dozen good med. weight, ribbed underwear, 1 worth 30 cents per garment, go at - - - IwL Forty dozen fine, heavy, fleece lined, med. underwear, OQn worth 50 cents, now each - - - - <Qt/G One hundred and fifty stiff and soft fine fur HATS, QQn worth up to $2.50, go at OOG Twenty dozen Men’s Fifty Cent negligee shirts, goat, each - - - - Men’s heavy Jersey Winter SHIRTS, worth fifty QQ p Twenty-five pairs MEN’S PANTS, go at a pair 25C Blue and red HANDKERCHIEFS, worth ten Q n cents, go at - - - - - 0 G

Not a single marriage license has : i been issued at the county clerk’s office for more than a week. In fact no business of importance seems to be goingon at that usually busy place.and when we hurriedly opened the door I this afternoon and requested ■ news, we were given a “call down” I for disturbing the deputy from a I quiet nap. Judge Erwin took up probate affairs in circuit court Monday and the following business was transacted: In the Peter Parrott estate, Edwin I Heller, executor, a new bond was or-1 i dered filed for twice the amount of j money on hands, Heller acting as i I trustee for Adeline Debroe. In the I I W. D. Mallonee estate, James Hoag-1 land, administrator, the final report was filed. In the case of Aurelia and j Claud Studler, minor heirs, Edwin i Heller was appointed guardian. The board of commissioners Mon-1 | day, received bids for the bonds, : the money for which will be used in building the Brushwood College macadam road. The only bidder was ! the Decatur National Bank of this city,: j and their bid being in comformity ; ' with the law, was accepted. They give ! i $5,600 for the bonds and the same ' will be turned over to tnem as soon as ; the lithographers complete them. I The Brushwood road traverses the southern portion of Hartford township and completes the macadam road to i the Jay county line. The board of commissioners are in session allowing general claims and . settling with the contractors of the ! | Geneva, Ceylon A Wabash towuship j and Kirkland township macadam i roads. The contract price on the' former road was $26,950 and extras to the amount of $627.26. The board . had previously paid $27,153.98 and j the balance of $423.28 was paid to- ■ day. The contract price on the Kirkland township road was $9,779, J with extras to the amount of $370. The board had already paid $8,887.07, I which left a balance of $1,261.93 for 1 settlement. Both roads have been completed for sometime and the work done complied with the specifications governing their construction. Charley Loch, populaar young man of the city, is suffering with a badly ; crushed heel and the peculiar part of ■ it is that he is not real certain when* 1 jhe was hurt. Last week he was one | of a party that enjoyed a bobsled ride : to Berne and while there he slipped ; ! and fell heavily. He believes his foot J was hurt there but it seems more ' probable that it was crushed in some other manner, though Charley says he ! doesn’t know of any other accident I occuring. The foot pained him a little but was not thought to be seriously injured and Charley went to school Monday. During the day the pain increased and he could scarcely get home. An examination by a physician showed that the bone had either been split or mashed.

Sheriff Butler has a new receipt for curing the grippe. He left the office yesterday feeling badly and said he was going to bed. Instead he hitched up, drove out to the country to attend a sale and came back feeling better than he has in ten years. John P. Spooler, J. H. Hobrock and Frank O. Davis as viewer-sand Surveyor McKean as engineer, will next Monday view the Andrew Miller ditch, petitioned for at the last regular session of commissioners’ court. If constructed the ditch will be an asset of Washington township and is needed. ’Squire Worden’s court in Union township was in session yesterday, the case in question being a suit on account wherein an Ohio real estate man will endeavor to collect the sum of $l5O as a commission for the sale of the farm of Mr. Stevenson, the latter one of the oldest residents of his township. Judge Heller of this city is appearing for the defendant and the case was called at one o’clock. We are in receipt of a communication from Bobo which savs the revival meetings arestill in progress at Claik’s chapel and are the best ever held in that house of worship. There have been twenty two conversions and the same number of accessions to the church. The watch cry of these earnest workers is, “Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.” The meetings will continue as long as such interest is manifested as at present, and no doubt much good will still be done. Irvin Brandyberry, as county superintendent. will soon complete the task of visiting the schools of the county. With three more trips the work will be done and then the coun ty superintendent will confine himself to office work, the examination of manuscripts, making out reports and so on down the line. Not many people perhaps know it, but the office of county superintendent is a busy one, and usually keeps that officer pegging away about 365 days in the year, with in the meantime not much room to play. The Decatur contingency who attended the stockholders’ meeting of the Peninsular Cement Works at Jackson, Michigan, came home at an early hour yesterday. Those whe were there were J. E. Moser, J. W. Tyndall and W. H. Niblick and the latter was again elected one of the eleven directors. All three marveled in the greatness of the cement factory and say it is well worth going 1,000 miles to see, whether financially interested or not. The capacity of the plant is simply immense and at that they fail to manufacture it fast enough to supply the demand. The product for the coming season is already sold. At the meeting yesterday it was officially decreed that the capacity of the plant be doubled at a cost of $350,000.

Men's Dress Business Suits The beautiful hand-made suits, uneaquled for fit and style. $24.00 Men’s suits, now - - $16.50 $20.00 Men’s suits, now - - - $15.00 SIB.OO Men’s suits, now - - - $13.50 '515.00 Men’s suits, now- - - $11.75 Z/] L i \ $12.50 Men’s suits, now, - - $ 9.00 r 1 iW- u Men’s suits, now. - - . 7.48 J $ 7.50 Men’s suits, now, - - . $ 5.00 BKy $ 6.00 Men’s suits, now - - - $ 3.98 J $ 5.00 Men’s suits now - - - $ 3.25 k i Boy's Suits for Dress School IW B Ages 14 to 20. bjm $14.00 grades, go at - - - SIO.OO I Wl grades, now $ 8.00 ' VI SIO.OO grades, now ... sg. 50 $ 7'50 grades, now $ 5.00 $ 5.00 grades, now ... «; 3.59 SCHOOL SUITS Long pants, ages 9to 14. 00 lI P Boy’s three piece suits, 9 to 16, short pants, np to SI.OO, at WHOLESALE PRICES Twnnty-five two piece knee pants suits, worth SI.OO, , a 4 CAPS in good variety, at Wholesale Prices.

The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a dinner in the Spangler building on Madison street Saturday, January 24. Come and get a good dinner for 25 cents. In probate court this morning Perry L. Ayers was discharged as executor of the estate of Dayton M. Ayers. Proof of publication and posting of notices was filed, final accounts examined and duly allowed. The Zero Mitten factory of Bluffton was formally turned over to KewAnee people Friday, after three days invoicing. The price was about SBS, 000 and Mr. Sixby formerly owner remains in charge as manager. While the new firm is known as the Boss sompany the name of the Bluffton plant will continue the same as before, the Zero. The factory was opened for business Monday, and will employ 125 girls. A deal was closed Tuesday whereby Harry Studabaker and Ed Ashbaucher became owners of the barber shop of Kitson <& Amspaugh which is located in the Fristoe Smoke House one door north of the postoffice. The boys will take possession of the shop I next Monday when they will be prepared to meet all their friends and turn them out in first-class shad. Harry has been employed at Burdge’s shop and Ed at Reiter's. Both are popular and deserving of the success they will no doubt attain. The case of Mathias Schafer vs. John Schafer was tried Tuesday, L. C. DeVoss appearing for plaintiff and Heller & Son for defendant. The ■ contestants are brothers, and as the suit is one on account may seem a lit- , tie queer. John rents a building of Mathias in the south part of town, in which he runs a saloon. John claims he has a lease on said room and is to pay twenty five dollars a month for ’ same. Mathias wants thirty for the room and says his brother owes him j live dollars a mouth since July. A decision was rendered for defendant. Jury Commissioners Harry R. Moltz. of the Boston Store, and David ) Mauller, of Union township, have a j good job on their hands. They are i busy taking a bird’s-eye view of the tax duplicates and from them selecting names which are written on slips 'of paper ami placed in a box, from ’ which will later be drawn the names of the petit and grand jurors for the , coming year. This is the yearly misI sion of the jury commissioners, and is done to get every man in the county selected as a juryman some time during the year. The work involves considerable time, and when they complete it there will be two men in Adams county that will draw a full breath of relief. One day next week ’ they will pull the first names from the little red box, the lucky ones to comprise the petit jury for the February term of the Adams circuit court.

MOTTO—AII goods guaranteed as represented or money refunded.

E. P. Menefee, former Decatur manager of the Smith A Bell Lumber Company, now of Brookeville, Ind., arrived in the city Monday to trans act business and shake hands witu his many Decatur friends. The Union township ice company are on the map putting up their next summer’s supply, about 1,500 tons. They want it stated that they will be prepared to take care of all the socials and picnics of the season and will deliver the same in a large white wagon which will lie drawn by a pairof black coachers. Keep your eye peeled. The Knights of Kekionga lodge are brushing up a little. They have or dered some new chairs of a handsome and late pattern, and the same will be along at an early date. They are also having some painting done, and a general air of brushing up is apparent thereabouts. This popular secret order is doing a land office business right now. three more candidates to brave their secret portals tomorrow evening, being how the program. Their numbers have been greatly increased during the past few months. Ed H. Andrews of New Baltimore, Michigan, is leasing land just east of I town for Detroit speculators. He will lease 1,000 acres and begin drilling just as soon as the weather permits. Andrews is a renowned oil man and is i well impressed with the territory. He i knows the Adams, Jay and adjoining counties’ fields thoroughly, and is greatly impressed with the territory east of town. He is one of the many , oil men who prefer a clay hill for the site of an oil well. Others try to get down at the bottom of lowland and so it goes. We guess it is all a matter of !luck any way. All that could possibly have been anticipated was the dinner party given , Tuesday by .Mrs. C. S. Niblick, David Studabaker, R. K. Allison, and W. H. Niblick at the home of the latter. About fifty guests were pres ent including ladies trotn several nearby cities and each has no doubt expressed herself as delighted, at least all do to whom we have spoken of the affair. The guests began to arrive at three o’clock and were received by the hostesses. Until five o’clock the guests i were entertained in various ways in eluding vocal and piano solos by Miss I May Niblick. At that hour dinner was served on lap boards, it being an j elaborate affair in two courses and inI eluded every delicacy of the season. A delightful evening followed, the fish ; pond furnishing an hour of amusement enjoyed'.by all. Each guest took her turn at fishing and each drew a souvenir of some kind, well selected to make the occasion funny. The vis itors were conveyed to their train in cabs, accompanied by a number of the Decatur ladies. Good-byes and promices of moresuch occasions closed I the eventful day.