Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1903 — Page 5

| GUS ROSENTHAL’S j X j if T\ | GUS ROSENTHAL’S J I Ont of Eleven Stores and | ou Lents on j Prices always the Lowest, i <, ‘ „ j Goods that are not as | I and Clothing the Best. | -—.■ ' —- I represented. ! ——! = ! •’ A GREAT STOCK LEFT OF THE * 8 w ® @ B,oooStocl<Purchased®-D!SCOunt . .. ■ (@) <-x • These Goods must be Closed Out within the Next 60 days, and the prices’are-bound to do the work. Below are a few of the many Bargains: T' ® R|V Boys’Suits, ages !> to 15, CM |ft ® ® Youths Suits D AOr JU Coat and Pantst value 2.(p 01| |U n q A SUITS, a» 13 to 20, made of all C'V/V jp - Qll£ material, strictly well o 1 kfj SUITS, good wool material, made well for 1L J UU /iX Boys' All • Wool Suits, v| fH “Wmade, $6.00 value at Jk/L |!g| JU business and street wear, worth $7, now tOJIvU - Tv worth $2.50 Will J W TfVV MEN’S SUITS, made of high-grade wool and worsted Oil the « Many more, up to the highest nn f L<> Q ftSUFTaamde of best all-wool chevit k « material, hand- padded collar padded shoulders • , s e on«>e ” d ’° ® $5,48 Dollar* I n TmS. mad'™’ g ”ih™ l ’’nd'nr” Dollar Endl “" ol r '““ gra< *“ 10 ““ J‘“ y “ d "I™ 1 1 »'>’«■ !U npreale worth 50c <'(> at each /HP the hardest to please at prices: < SIO.OO Buys vou here the fine worsted and home-spun percale, worm tw, go a», eacn ® ® and never before heard of cashmere that are always sold at $13.50 to $15.00, and fit • Pft . in none less than © | I to be worn by a prince. SIB.OO Hand-tailored clothes. | H liDOZEN Men’s fine Balbriggan | Mfl -> -» »-><=».»- r't ea^/irtP - better fitting and shape-retaining than many tailors can make ®-’ J UUnderwear. worth2sc, go at IUU to order for $12.50. e ® ~ 9 <a ® * \OO Fine Fur, Stiff and Soft Hats at 50 per cent, of their Value ® ® The remnant of one great Sample line, and all strictly up-to-date. sATRW H ATS ’A GREAT abundance of more”barcains — ® (f) , , f - And choice thing’s to complete a man’s or boy’s wardrobe are here awaiting The greatest array ever shown in Palm \\ dam raids, t e new eni ramc, an many more or your inspection. For traveling goods, we are headquarters, and if contem®Fine Spring ahdl Summer Suits, the best and fine# of this season. Production on sale nbw. plsiting a trip, you will be well paid for your time of inspecting our line of 01 AH LINEN COLLARS, in all late shapes, quality equal to twenty - five cent IHp 7 runks, Suit Cases, Grips, etc. Telescopes, large size, from 55c up. ■ /lUU goods, go at this sale at : _ 111 —' ' " "■""- ■- .'.''IZZZZZZ Premiums with your purchases. • All goods sold asjadyertised and guaranteed as represented, oryonr money refunded Tafe advant. jr° - - - 1111 - -— age of this opportunity to save 40c on each dallar and buy your goods while stock is complete. " r-x~i 1 ‘ CZ? CZZi fK I~r I—l A I I ' INDIANA DECATUR " I ) <ZZ> I \ ' <=> iZZ- XI I I I I—

Marriage licenses were to lay to Victor L. Ullman and Anna 'i Hackman, Edward Kiefer and Min ■ tie Roe. The latter couple were married this afternoon by Squire James H. Smith. 0. J. Davis and Mrs. Davis ot, West Milton, Ohio, and Miss Mo-!' retteof Troy;Ohio, arrived in this city today for a visit with I. Bender and family. Mr. Bender was a former reßident of West MiltOli. Bluffton merchants are figuring with J. A'. Gorman for a street carnival. This is the same gentleman who last year entertained this city with the yforst aggregation that were ever permitted to run loose. In court yesterday. Wiliam Farlow who is on the bond >f John A. Hendricks, guardian for Alice Kinney, in the sum of SI,OOO, died a petition to be released from slid bond. Attorney John C. Moran filed the petition. A progressive eucre on tapis this afternoon, the same being given by Mrs. L. G. Ellingham in honor of her cousin affd guest, Mrs. Bader 8. Hunt of Winchester. A battle royal is expected to result before th#’contest enS® Luncheon was served. Fred Spffman and family were nt Linn Grove® in attendance at the funeral of Theodore Schlaugenhauf which was held this afternoon. The deceased A’as a well known citizen of Linn Grove and died Monday afternoon after more than a year’s illness with consumption. The social given [by the Laides Aid society of the Presbyterian church at the home of llhristen yesterday even’g was a very successful event. Quite a crowd attended and if anyone failed to ■■’st his fifteen cents worth it was bis own fault and no one else. Mrs. H. H. Bremerkamp, who is a t the St. Joseph hospital at Fort iiayne, is recovering rapidly from r he effects of the operation which s he has She will M »n be strorfg enough to return to her home. Her recovery was not e xpected to bo so rapid and the attending physicians are highly pleased with the success of the case

Mr. and Mrs. Sam shamp were married ten years ° ago Monday and in honor of the event, the Daughters of Rebekah planned a little surprise upon them, the event being duly executed Saturday evening. It was a very enjoyable event and the thirty guests present certainly enjoyed every minute of the time. Delicious refreshments were served and helped to make the evening the complete social success it was. S He didn't have a dollar ; he didn’t, have a dime. Hfs clothes and shoes | were looking just as though they'd served their time. He didn’t try to kill himself to dodge misfortune’s whacks. Instead he got some ashes and he filled five dozen sacks. Then he begged a dollar. In the j>aper in'the. morn he advertised tin polish that would put the sun Jo scorn. He kept on advertising, and, j u s now, suffice to say, he s out in California at his cottage on the bay. Deadly cerebro spinal meningitis, popularity known as spotted fever, and one of the hardest contagious diseases to dSmbat. has broken out in the ranks of 1,200 on board the receiving ships, Minneapolis and Puritan, at League Island navy yard. Already it has killed three young recruits, while fiv« more victims hovering beWeen life dfid death. A heroic effort will 1* madqjo prevent a spread of the dfeease The Minneapolis is the shin wine Felix Scott has been assignee at flie close of his furlough. The Dectaur Steam laundry began running Tuesday and >ll soon be caught up with their work which has necessarily stacked up on their hands during the past ton da vs The job of moving a laundry is considerable trigger than most people think it is and if you don t think so you can gam any desired information by asking George Flanders, the proprietor Howevei, it is all over and they are again comfortably at home in the Hughes building a gas engine to replace the old steamengine and other improvements make the concern able to turn out better work and on shorter notice than heretofore. The plant is one of the best in the

Farmers between this city ’ and Fort Wayne are very enthusiastic aver the electric road prospects and will make a big effort to have railway built. Tbev seem to think that the value of their land will increase to a greater extent than the value of the loss of land sustained by granting a right of way. • *. , .. A little business required a tew moments of Judge Erwin’s time Saturday in circuit court. The records show the tallowing. Geoi rge Hain vs. Louisa Ham et al, dei positons on file ordered published. Oliver I. Evans et al vs. S. B. Fleming company et al, second paragraph of complaint filed, rule to answer. Preston E. Warner, parted-con-tinuance granted by agrqgment of parties, appearance om Schafer Peterson withdrawn. « „ ■ Work on the Ffttzmger post< tffice building began Monday anil from that day rapid strides be made in the- progress of the new addition to the business intere||f of East Monroe street. Two repre senta fives of that many factories who deal exclusively,ip. fashionable and the latest postoffice furniture and fixtures will be here in a few days with a view gs figufe ing with Mr. Fritzinger dponlfiting the new with the necessary fixtures to make it only one of the finest but the finest postoffices in the country. -

Joseph T. Nash, aged about fprty, proprietor of the Nash machine shops at Warren, was lulled by his three year old son Sssiday afternoon. He had taken his family into the country to spend the day along the river and carried with him a repeating rifle. He had been shooting turtles on the Charles Powell farm and after discharging a cartridge left the gun leaning at his;, side. His little son was playing at his feet and in some manner discharged the gun. The bullet took effect in the neck, severing the jugular vein. He bled to death. He leaves a wife and four children. The funeral will be held Wednesday. Mr. Nash was well known throughout the entire oil field. He was a member of the Maccabees lodge in which he carried $3,000 insurance.

Excavations for die residence of Dan Erwin will be begun within a few days and before the middle of the summer a fine addition to Decatur’s dwelling houses will stand on Fourth street. Miss Blanche Dibble has been ap pointed deputy clerk of Adams couny to take the place of Miss Ada Springer, who resigns June Ist, to enter a business college at Detroit. Miss Dibble began her duties Tuesday in order that she may become acquainted with the work by the time her real term of office begins. Miss Blanche is a graduate of the high schools and is well fitted for the position. © ® A gang of workmen are fitting up the Railing block on East Monroe street for the Waring Glove and Mitten company which will move in the new quarters as soon as pos si file. All partitions are being torn out and the pp-stairs will be made into one room and used exclusively for stitching machinery. The ground floor will be use as the packing and ..cutting room, while the basement will serve a,s the storage department. The is great ly inconvenienced for want of‘room in titeir present quarters and are anxiotis to move to the iS*w place. The work of ntbving will require but a short time and o|>erations will be suspended for less time than a week.

The Fort Wayne Cooperage company. ...which fe headed by A. T. Vail, president, John W. vice president and Millaim H Niblick treasurer and secretary, is to enlarge its Fort Wayne mills according to the following from the JournalGazette: “The Fort AVayne Cooperage conqiany closed a lease on the grounds occupied by the AV hite AVheel works, and will erect a large hoop stave and heading factory. The building will begin at once and it is expected to have flit' plant in operation within a few months. The factory will give employment to about 150 men and boys and thousands of dollars worth of material will be worked up each month- The company has a capital stock of $ >O,000 and operas mills and factories ata number of different places in Ohio and Indiana.

Exeurison to Columbus—Sunday, ' May 24 the Chicago & Erie railroad will run a special excursion train through to Columbus and return. Leaving Decatur 6:24 a. m., arriving at Columbus 10:50 a. m. Fare $1f.50 round trip. Train will stop at Spencerville, Lima. Kenton, Marion and Delaware in both directions. M. A. Hamm, agent. Frank J. Mjcßennett, who is well known in this city and is a cousin of Mrs. Barney Wemhoff, died at his home in Chicago Tuesday evening after a six days illness, with pneumonia. He was' s a native of Fort Wayne, having been born at that place thirty-one years ago. His father is a well known contractor here and for a number of years the sc® was in partnership with his father. He afterwards engaged in the lumber business and was working for Patcke, Leicht company, one of the largest lumber dealers in Chicago, at the time of his death. Mr. Mcßennett was married three years ago to Miss May Hedekin and a three weeks old child survives its paretff. The remains have been taken to Ft. Wayne and the funeral will probably be held Friday. Mrs. Wemhoff will attend the funeral rites and will leave for Fort some time today. ® ~ ® The mail weighers who have been working on railroad traftis for the past while ascertaining the amount of mail taken on at and delivered to the various stations in the country, went out of the service last night, as their work has been completed. These mail weighers began work the fourth of March and have been continuously at it ever since. They will be allowed to use their transportation until May 15. Fred Vaughn and Frank Annon of Decatur have been working in this service, the former running on the Clover Leaf between Toledo and St.Louis and the latter on the Erie from Marion Ohio to Chicago. The mails are weighed each year and the rela tive amount of mail carried on the different railroads is thus determined. The railroad companies are paid by the pound for their postal service and the amount carried during the weighing season is taken as the average in the aaiusting of contracts by the goverment.

Judge Erwin appointed the mem- ® bers of the board of review, they being Godfrey Christen of this city, I and John T. Kelley of Jefferson i township. These ’ gentlem >n, with County Assessor Crist, Auditor Boch and Treasurer Voglewede, form the personel of the board and will begin the labors of equaliz ing the valuations on Monday, June 1. By virtue of his office the county assessor will act as president of the board, and the auditor as secretary. The appraisement of real estate this year greatly increases the labors of the board, and by statute gives them forty days instead of twenty to complete the work of adjusting the assessents upon which will be based the tax lists for 1904. Mrs, Michael Johns was found dead Tuesday morning at her home , on-Marshall street, just west of the opera house. She had been ill for the past several weeks but seemed to be in a condition no worse than usual last niglit and her death came at an unsuspected time and when the entire family was in peaceful slumber. At half past twelve her children were up and caring for their mother but she remarked that she felt very much better and thought it best for them to return to lied. This they did and when , awakened at about five o’clock this morning she was found sitting in a chair as they had left her, cold in death. The deceased, who was formerly Miss Ella Rice, was fortytwo years old and leaves a family of five, four sons and one daughter. She was divorced from her husband about two years ago and has since lived with her children. Her life has been one of hard work, yet with all her trouble she has cared for her children and did for them the very best she could. She lias been a good woman and a kind mother, wbjf 1 more could be said of anyone. ' Deputy Coronor Dick Myers con- | ducted an inquest oyer the remains at two o’clock "yesterday. his ! verdict being that death was due to physical exhaustion, heart trouble being a contributary cause. The : funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:30 o'clock from the home. Rev. White officiating. Interment ' at Alpha cemetery north of the city.