Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1903 — Page 5

r FRISTOE’S Smoke House I for all kinds of Tobacco Cigars .... We have more Brands to Se lect from than any house in the City. al pbistoe. l East Side 2d St. opp. court house .

I Thanksgiving suit bargains at Gus Bjoseuthal’s. I As usual at Thanksgiving time Keveral weddings will be celebratKd in Adams county. Licenses have Keen issued to four couple, whose Kames as shown on the county Kerks docket are Manes Hirschy Ko Estell S. Gates, Jacob Kelly to Karoline Saxneon, George Clem to Kat de Harwactor, H.H. Lamnan to Klida M. Blossom. Democrat exKends congratulations. May they Hive long and be happy. I The Schafer Hardware Company Kave been notified by Studabaker Kind Allison that they were the sucHessful bidders and also the lowest Bidders on furnishing all the hardKare.doors and sashes for the building now under way of completion. Khey were successful in under bidHing the big Cleveland and Toledo Hnd Indianplois firms and the conKaet price for this amounts to Kmething over SIOOO. So this Ki-' to show that Decatur can comIj. with any city in the United ■fates when having good as an Bi'. th break. ■ ■Attorneys of the Adams ■unty bar were surprised Tuesday Burning when they appeared in | iourt to find new, beautiful, comoand comfortable chairs for ■ifteir convenience. The old furni- ■ fr was beginning to look shaby K Judge Erwin ordered the new ■ Outfit from a point of necessity. ■he order likewise included a hand- ■ ®me upholsered chair for the conof the court. The improve- ■ Bent is a point well taken by the it being the first quesion ■th ■■ have all agreed to for some ■fre Thefurniture was furnished ■ by L. Yager and Sons. BRev B. E. Parker, of Chicago, an interesting sermons at I the Methodist church Sunday, ocouKflng the pulpit both morning and The large church was well Btped at each meeting and we have ■tard numerous praises on the ■ yjung man’s ability. Rev. Parker has a brilliant future be■far him. He is an educated, bril■Bnt and * incere minister of the gos111 and the facts were already demktrated Sunday. He is clear and |quent in his statements and lilt* acquiring fame for himself is Innd to do unlimited good in the id of work he has so wisely’ Isen. ■teneral orders, No. (>, issued from ■ department of the G. A. R- of I st it e,-asi2eunoe that everything lots to a prosperous year for the ■anization. The annual election fcfficers in the different posts will ■e place at the first regular meet lin December. One of the im■tant and interesting meetings of ■ Grand Army is the installation Officers, which occurs at the first ■ular meeting in January. The ■inlander recommends that in acfcance with a well established ■tmn these meetings be public ■ s and that they be held jointly ■ii the Women’s Corps. B report of the First National •kof Decatur at the close of November 17 has been and shows that banking instito be flourishing in every the total resources reaching >09.48, of which amount $403,r 6 is in loans and discounts,s4l,lis in stock, due from banks p-6.91, due from reserve agents p 10.38, money reserve in bank |506.25. Deposits subjec to check ■110,137.18 and on certificate k'16.65. The showing is a | flass one. Decatur people realize | file National is in every way hnoial institution that any comity can well feel proud of.

No chills if you get your overcoats at Gus Rosenthal’s. ■ A young man named Kimball of Portland was celebrating Friday, and by evening carried quite a load.’ About six o’clock last evening he staggeCed along Madison street lost equilibrium and fell into the base I ™ ent of the Allison-Studabaker ■ | block now under construction. The ' fall of about twelve foot dazed him and he remained quiet until helped out by some men who had heard ! him fall and finally located him by use of a lantern. He was finally extricated and an examination showed his injuries to be slight, a cut on the hand being the most serious. A woman is seeking a divorce from her husband on the ground of too much beans. She declares that for the past two years he has insisted on a bean diet. They had beans for breakfast, beans for dinner and beans for supper. It was beans, beans, beans, until she heard the ratttling of beans in the flapping of the vines against the corner of the dear little cottage; she had beans in her dreams, and in her waking fancies all the world became a pod, all the men and women in it were merely beans. Such a complaint would never stand a moment in a Boston court. The old heating plant at the court house has been dispensed with and the offices about that institution which do not boast of a stove are complaining some of the fresh northwest winds and cold blasts of frigid air. The engine is resting and the water has been shut off in the boiler. The reason for this suspense of heat is apparent to any one who has time to investigate, for the new heater is being connected. This work will require several days and it will be Friday morning before a comfortable atmosphere will be noticeable in the big building. However the convenience after that time is bound to make up for the inconvenience of the present. J. W. Broadbeck, of St. Marys township, was here yesterday and took home with him a wagon load of full blooded Shropshire sheep ten in all, and as pretty animals as were ever shown in Decatur. The sheep are all recorded and were purchased from A. W. Dolph, Tea Garden, Indiana. Mr. Broadbeck expects to make a speicalty of raising Shropshire and his success is assured as he is a thorough farmer and stock raiser.* The Shropshire is a admitted to be the best sheep known both for the quality and amount of wool and for the mutton. The herd showed here today were perfect pictures and Mr. Broadbeck will soon have a Shropshire farm of his own. Bahelor Maids met Tuesday evening in their regular social session at the home of Miss Nettie Smith on Mercer street with a full membership as is the usual case with the girls. They proceeded too play progressive whist whicu gau£ xl.ifeMayme Terveer and Miss Mayme Confer were the lucky members and captured the first prizes while Edith Wemhoff and Bertha Deininger had to console themselves with the boobies. Atfer congratulations had been extended to both the winners and loosers Miss Nettie proceeded to spread before her guest a fine 'three course luncheon to which all did—you know the rest. The club meets one week from next Tuesday at the home of Miss Edith Wemhoff. Arrangements are all perfected for the Farmer’s Institute which begins in this city next Wednesday lasting over Thursday. The program covering same has been printed and circulated, and the farmers will profit by hearing the discussions which will take place. Mr. E. H. Collins, one of the speakers and a good one too, will give several tests of the scoring of corn, with explanations of the methods involved. He desires that many of those attending bring samples of their own corn with them, all of which will make the test more interesting. As completed the program contains much to interest every farmer in the county and nothing should be permiffed to reduce the attendance. Farming is no longer a drudgery of hard and inhuman work bu on the other hand it takes brains and a practical knowledge of the general pursuits of agriculture make such a vocation. a success. Much is learned at these institute gatherings, and their in uence in this direction has ffing ago been. demonstrated. Morning aftXon and evening sessions I will be held each_day.

Special Thanksgiving bargains in overcoats at Gus Rosentlial’s. Isaac Zimmerman left for Van Buren where he will at once commence to fix up his cigar store. The building has been leased for sometime but owing to the delay in furniture which he had to order from Chicago it has been uterly impossible for him to complete all of his arrangements. He was at Van Wert yesterday and while there ordered all of his tobaccos and stock pertaining to a cigar store. From what he reports to us we can safely say he will be ready to open his place of business to the public by the first of next week. We are sure that he will make a success out of this business as he is able to care for his trade in an easy and polite manner. The name of his place will be “Zimmerman’s Smoke House, ’ we wish Ike all manner of success in his new adventure. Henry Barkley who lives just south of the city was visited Tuesday evening by a chicken thief. The occurance happened about eleven o’clock and Henry and the rest of his family had long before retired and were awakened at this hour by a small dog barking in the house. Henry at once proceeded to get down his trusty shot gun and boldly walked in the direction of the coop when he saw a good sized fellow among the chickens. He ordered the fellow to leave and he hastly dissappeared in the darkness. Henry says he would have filled the fellow with shot but he didn’t have the heart to do so, but he says hereafter he will not have any sympathy on any one caught in a similar position. No chickens were taken and Henry now has all due respect for his little dog. Work began Tuesday on the oil well on the William Baughman farm south of town and it is to be hoped that the drillers will have better luck than when the former attempt was made. It will be remembered a well was started on this farm about a month ago and after a weeks work and reaching a depth of several hundred feet the drill broke and lodged in the well, making it impossible to go deeper. Every scheme known to the trade was used but to no purpose and it finally became necessary to “pull up.” The well started yesterday is within three feet of the former one and the contractor has firm beleif that a good producing oil well will be obtained. All the surrounding territory has been leased and this well shows a sign of oil it is sure thing that many derricks will go up between here and Monroe within the next year. Let's hope they will be lucky. To the Editor:' Kindly impress the fact upon your readers that the strike on the street car lines in Chicago only effects one of the city’s vast street car systems, the other surface lines and elevated railroads »nof trains. Should the strike continue any length of time, all of the steam railways entering the city of Chicago have direct connections over their own rails with the Stock Yards, practically entering the International Live Stock expositions grounds, and arrangements have been perfected to run trains from all the depots in the city direct to the show, sufficient to carry all visitors. A fifteen minute service will be in effect all day until close of the night show on the Stock Yard “suburban line” from the Lake Shore Depot in the city, and train service in connection with the South Side elevated from 40th street and Indiana avenue. Practically as oftens the street cars run. The public can be assured that by this arrangement for moving the visitors it will be done with greater ease and better facilities than any street railway would be capable of doing. There is no trouble in the city and everything is quiet, so that visitors need not fear any annoyance from any source whatever. The stock that will be in the show this year is superior to anything ever ’ displayed before on either hemisphere. The great expense and amount of labor put by the stockmen of the country into their exhibits should bring every person interest'd in the welfare of agriculture in he United States to this exposition. The Boarding House Committee have some five thousand rooms listed of easy access to the exposition grounds, and the immense hotels of th e cit yjy iH w ’u tain their rates so that all wiR be XI lor in ~ Yours frateranlly, W. E. banner, General manager.

Fine driving gloves, the kind that will keep your hands warm at Gus Rosenthal’s. The Ladies Euchre Club met with Mrs. W. F. Brittson Tuesday evening and the usual happy event is reported. Mrs. J. S. Peterson proved her ability in the game of right and left four and captured high prize after an interesting contest. The refreshments were delicious and daintily served. Good roads in Adams county seems to be rhe motto and an effort to secure them is being made in various townships. The latest movement is repored in the following from the Berne News: J. N. Kerr was busy Friday circulating a petion for an extension of the Oak Grove macadam road, extending from the Jack school house one miles east to the township line. Mr. Kerr met with great success, securing 60 signatures in one day and forwarding the petition to the commissioners which goes to show that an improvement of this road has been long felt want among the people of that community. N. H. McClain was also circulating a petition Saturday for an extension of the Monroe macadam road from the No. 8 school house two miles east to the Jack school house, thus connecting the Monroe and Oak Grove roads. Mr McClain was meeting with splendid success and had secured 35 signatures to his petition with prospects of completing it the same day. This is one of the new rural route roads and the patrons are anxious to have it in the best possible condition. John Robbins, king of kidders, and Indiana’s greatest joker was in the city attending to business for the Auburn Buggy Company, which he represents. He is unquestionably the greatest jollier in Christendom and has “Holty and Kornie” backed clear off the track; in fact his reputation is national, even world-wide. No doubt you have read of Indiana’s famous skunk farm,which for several years past has received mention in many newspapers and which is only Mr. Robbin’s latest joke. About four years ago Mr. Robbins had printed 1000 pamphlets in which he stated that he had organized “The Continental Skunk Trust,” a concern duly incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. A number of prominent business men such as Yarnele of Fort Wayne, Eckert of Auburn and others were named as officers and while at first one would think the entire affair a joke, a further glance would always change the smile of increduilty into a serious look. The pamphlet explained fully the heretofore unknown business of raising skunks for the fur trade, claiming that ninety per cent of the supposed martin furs now on the market are nothing more or .ess than skunk skins skillfully prepared. Another commodity on which the jiywirwwffr profits was skunk oil which sells at a fancy price. It was argued that skunks are rapid breeders and that the company starting business with twenty animals could in four years clear more than fifteen million dollars, thus making the stock even | a greater value than Standard oil i certificates; in fact a share or two would make a man independently rich within the four years. The | joke was launched and soon the returns freightened even John Robbins the perpetrator. -Letters, telegrams and drafts began to arrive, men came hundred of miles to see John’s skunk farm and learn the secrets of the business, many inquiries were received from foreign lands. New York and Paris Journals took up the question and discussed it thoroughly. Big daily papers gave it glaring headlines and the Continental Skunk Company proved a favorite. Letters arrived in such quanities that a dozen stenographers would have been necessary to answer half of them and the affair kept John squirming for a time. The drafts and money were all returned to avoid a mixup with the government, but he says the awful stories he was forced to tell have blighted his repuation for truth and varacity in his own estimation at least. Letters still arrive but of course not in the quantities they did the first year and for the benefit of people of his vicinity who have inquired about the skunk industry it is only fair to state that John ■ Robbins of Auburn started the syn : dicate, caused all the trouble and I couldn’t tell a skunk from Jim Place’s sky terrier pup if he saw them together. . C? —

•Time to Think OF YOUR Holiday Presents FOR THE MEN FOLKS They are easiest Bought when Yuo come here for them. There is a Better and Larger Assortment than you ever expected to see, in Men's and Boys' Fine Caps Mufflers, 25c to $3 00. Neckwear, 10c to $1.50. Shirts, 50c to $2.00. Hosiery, fine Lisle and wool, Dress and Driving Gloves, Suspenders, one in a box, 25c up to $1.50. Smoking Jackets, $4.00 to SIO.OO. Suit Cases, $1.25 to $20.00. Umbrellas, Handkerchiefs, (linen and silk) Gentlemen’s Jewelry, and many more of the most desirable things. Come early while selection is complete, and let us help you. Gus Rosenthal The Square Man Decatur, Indiana Yes, Its Cold But you can't Afford to have cold Feet when you can Buy warm-lined bhoes from /5c Up, at CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE'S THE SHOE SELLER I

A special session of the city council was held Friday afternoon at two o’clock having been called to consider a bill of the Bass Foundry of Fort Wayne for the new boiler recently put in at the water works station. All members of the council were present and Mayor Coffee presided. After carefully going over the accounts it was found that a balance of $2203.24 still remained unpaid and the bill was promptly allowed. Some other matters were discussed but no action of importance taken. A wreck occurred on the Chicago & Erie railway Monday evening at seven o’clock but luckily no one was injured. The switching crew was placing a cut of five cars on a side track when a bolt in a frog broke and let the cars off the rails. They were turned completely over and the damage to them will be considerable. Owing to the fact that the wreck occurred on a siding that is seldom used the workmen of the wreck crew were not called out and the’ debris was removed this morning. The financial loss will amount to several hundred dollars.

Two good looking fellows were arrested last Tuesday by Night Policeman Fisher on the charge of loitering and were placed in the care of Sheriff Butler until this morning. They were taken before ‘Squire Smith who on hearing he evidence and the pitiyful tale given by the two men, allowed them their freedom if they would at once proceed out of town and when last seen they were wending their weary way toward Bluffton. A letter from Curtis Johnson who has been in the Jeffersonville reformatory for some months says that he has been promoted to the “blue clothes,’’ the only grade from which he can be pardoned. A letter from the warden to Curtis' mother says he has been a model prisoner and every effort is being made to make a man of him. Curt has realized since going to the reformatory that nearly all criminals smoked cigarettes and he believes the influence of this habit is almost as bad as liquor. His time will be out before long ami he will have an opportunity to prove the good leesons he has been taught. a