Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1904 — Page 5

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Homeseekers Excursions. One ureplU'l2.oo round trip fare via Chicago Great Western Railway liefrom Chicago to points in he following states: Idaho, [ontana, Oregon, Washington, Iritish, Columbia, Assiniboa. Manitoba and Sasketchewan. 'ickets on sale March 15th and ipril sth and 19th. For particualrs pply to J. P. Elmer, G. P. A., Chiigo 111. The Fort Wayne Presbytery me t Auburn Tuesday and was welt Rev. Mr. Gaw, of Frrt iayne and Rev. Mahan of La range wore chosen commissioners (attend the general assembly at uflfalo, May 19th. Rev. J. W. lemming of Fort Wayne was elect--1 moderator and Rev. Wilson of rinceton was made temporary erk. In the afternoon memorial irvioes were held in memory of lelate Rev. William M. Donaldson, ho died in Minneapolis, Minn., a w weeks ago and whose remains ere brought to Ossian for interent. The Rev. Donaldson was ghtv seven years old and the old;t member of the presbytery. The eak ers at this serveie were the ev. E. A. Allen of Denature; Elder wrge E . Hardin, of Blufft >n, and Ider J. W. Wilson of Oss'an The •esbytery adjourned to meet April lat Columbia City where Rev. A. . Barrett will be installed as pasrof the Presbyterian church of lat city.

ft WAR ON HIGH PRICES! In Men’s, Boy’s and Children’s Fine Clothing. Bln * fllMil On account of buying in a combination of TWELVE STORES lam saving the middle/•A#/ ' man’s profit, amounting in many instances to 25 per cent and over, and am giv.ng my patrons the benefit of this saving. Our stock is great, giving you the best assortment sjffl ) to pick from, while the prices are at least 25 Per Cent the Lowest. Below are a few of the may choice things in Wearing Apparel and rarest values. . rtf . . 1 ; flw ViicrliPßt grade Your choice of thirty-five styles of Men’s Fide Suits, lg made, menT and 5 young men’s suits, superior to made in all up-to-date fabricsand designs, suitable a ISHFi ordinary home tailored goods, with prices the most even for a best suit, price - - 9/.OU IW ' . I Bgll I moderate. . for as good as you’d care to have in a $15.00 |i -f I f'lfU 1/4 Your choice of 25 different styles of Men’s Suits, in • . tailored, fine fitting add good f f M I M! i f Cashmere, CheviOt and ? eed ’ T“h <4 75 Lring-15styles to pick from. ■i .W I > I ' lent for business or street wear, each - - 54./O wearing 5 y r This Week's Specials J3L , Kr Special values in young men’s suits, especially W Fifty doz men’s heavy canvas gloves, per pair - Qb y and blacks, for communion and confir2 - doz men’s special good Negligee Shirts, all full mation I ~ size well sewed, union made throughout, and We have not forgotten the little feIIOWS, and have i size wen sew , the greatest variety of nobby and good wearing 1 >Ji J 1//, worth 50 cents, this week W the gre at most moderate A Fifty dozen men’s medium weight Underwear per prices Ijg garment 2OC Al] gQods sold at one price to all. Guaranteed as , , l represented or your money back. /VmH Fifty fine Shirt Cases made wUh steeljrame ; rass ZW / trimmed and as good as y $ -/5 , m fair treatment and saving of money. /W? |>7/ rA this week, each ... ’ ’ >I.IU f f GUS. ROSENTHAL THE SQUARE MAN .#.*•*'•* DECATUR, INDIANA * w—- ® 9g,

Mr. and Mrs. Hower and family are tiday moving to Anderson, where Mr. Hower will take up his new church work. Nqw that Sunday base ball has teen stopped in Bluffton we are in a quandry to know what poor old Bluffton will do for a favorite past- , time this summer. Fisrt the hot air league made a baloon ascention and now the cruel anti Sunday people are interferring with the local ‘ team and refuse to grant them permissioon to play . Oh what, is tbe theo fate of our dear old Bluffton. The snap business at the hardware store of Brittson, Myers & Co., three days last week was par excellence, the store being ; crowded with buyers. Their first sale for this year has far exceeded ! the fond hones of every member of 1 the firm. All lines are receiving 1 the benefit of a good lively business, I Many buggies, carriages, imple- ’ ments and hardware was disposed • of and every member of the firm 1 are in high spirits over the success 1 of their business, especially during ‘ this advertised sale. Whips were ' given as souviners and several hun ' dred were distributed to Adams county farmers. This hardware 1 firm is pushing out and in conse- ■ 1 quenoe are doing a very clever busi- j ‘ ness. 1 For a year past an article has all- J most continuously been going the I j rounds of the Metropolitan press to ! the effect that farmers of this coun-1 c ty have organized against the auto- j ‘ mobile business, boycotting dealers i who handle them and people who use them. We have made frequent inquiries and investigations and believe the story as false, pure and simple. The automobile is a twentieth century mode of travel, it is sure to stay and each year will find it more popular than the previous. The farmers of Adams county are too sensible to fight progress and we refuse to believe they will ever do so. It is but a matter of a very few years until the farmers will be operating auto farm machinery and coming to town in their horseless < carriages, in fact several progressive farmers have already practically contracted for machines. A campaign against the automobile would be as useless as a fight against steam or electric railroads.

Unclaimed letters are at the postoffice for W. W. Wright, George Di Comstock, Glen Eikenberry, Mrs. Mary Gilson and Mr. Mathew Whale. Frank Schumacher, the tailor, is busily engaged in taking the padding out of the new baseball uniforms, which will be used next Sunday by the members that the officials have already decided upon as permanent fixtures in the team, Through some misunderstanding the order became mixed up and the pants were sent padded, which was indirect violation with the order. The uniforms will nevertheless put up an attractive appearance. The Frank Wade restaurant was Saturday sold to Simon Neuenschwander from near Berne. The deal has been going on for several days but was only consummated yesterday. Mr. Nuenschwander, the new proprietor, took possession yesterday afternoon and served his first meal at supper time, John Porter is still with the firm and will continue to look after the lunch counter. Mr. Wade will remain there until Monday at which time he will leave for a visit through the northern part of the state. He expects to be gone some time but will eventually return to this city to make his future home. He has had charge of the restaurant for some time and has built up a vey gratifying trade.—Bluffton Banner. Crist Boknecht, the well known saloon keeper is looser several hundred dollars as the result of a fire which occurred early Sunday morning totally destroying his automobile barn and all the contents. The origination of the fire is a mystery and perhaps always will be as there was no fire about the building and no one had teen inside for a week or more, so far as Mr. Boknecht knows. The loss will reach S9OO, including the building, the Ram bier automobile, purchased last fall, a new bicycle and two little express wagons. The Graham & Lower agency held the insurance S4OO. be. ing written in the German Fire company. The blaze was discovered by employes at the electric light stations, but the building was in flames and though the fire company responded within a few moments they could do nothing but savs surrounding buildings which they did without a very great effort.

David E. Smith, attorney for Joseph Osborne who'was sentenced to prison for life, was in town Tuesday and brought with him the Bill of Exceptions which will be sent to the supreme court at Indianapolis. The hill is being bound into one book by the Berne Blank Book Com. pany and contains over 2000 pages. The book will be at Indianapolis in about two weeks. Attorney Smith stated to the News that although he believes that the case will be reversed, Osborne will have to remain in prison at least a year, on account of much business in the supreme court at present—Berne NewsThe dream of wealth of George Drum, of Curryville,, Ind. has been dissipated, not unkindly by but emphatically by State Geologist Blatchley. Some time ago Drum found near his home a white piece of something which he did not recognize. It was hard, very crystalline and strange. In size it was almost the size of an egg, or, at least, some eggs. He wrote the State Geoligist of a description of a diamond, and Mr. Baltchley described a diamond as best he could. Drum later sent the treasure to the State Geoloigst, saying that he would trust to his honesty for an assay of the stone with a safe return of it. Mr. Blatohey saw at a glance that it as only quartz and absolutely valueless. A diamond of that size would have been worth SIOO,OOO, according to the State Geologist. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Christen Sun day evening royally entertained the Catholic choir at their home on West Monroe street. Ever since their wedding they have been contemplating entertaining this choir who took such prominent part in the program and last evening showed their appreciation of the same. Pedro was installed as the favorite feature and for several hours all present were lost to the outside world. And the playing was earnestly engaged in for the prizes and upon counting up the scores first prizes were awarded to Mrs. John Girard and Will Bosse and the consolation prrizes to Mrs. Rosse Geary and Ben Knapke. During the evening’s enjoyment a fine two course luncheon was served and at a late hour all departed voteing Mr. and Mrs. Christen as find entetainers.

U Pennsylvania;Railway detectives have been ordered to anest all women seen on the tracks wearing red skirts. The officers of the road claim that frequently fust trains have lost time and been brought to a standstill on account of the engineer being deceived into believeing there was danger ahead when, as a i matter of fact, it was merely the I skirt of some Italian or Hungarian women who was picking coal along the track.—Ex. Articles of incorporation under the laws of the state of Indiana, were filed today at the office of county Recorder Cloud of the Burns Developement Company. According to papers the capital stock is SIO,OOO consisting of ten thousand one dollar shares. The object of the company is to sink and operate oil and gas wells and the main offices are at Berne. The incorporatiors are James W. Mathews of Berne, Owen Bruns, Chicago and Mark R. Sherman, Chicago. The first named is secretary and , general manager, Mr. Burns is president and treasurer and Mr. Sherman, vice president. These three likewise form the board of director who will manage affairs during the first vear at least. The incorporation papers were issued April 12th and are good for fifty years. The company will operate chiefly in Adams county. The Bachleor Maids had a very enjoyable session Monday night with Miss Anna Terveer at her home on Fifth street, a full membership being present and a good time in order. As is the usual custom of this club whist was the prevailing pastime, and what the girls do not know about whist is not worth mentioning. Play started promptly at eight o’clock and for three hours their was a constant moving around from table to table. When the bell rang announcing the last game and the games counted up it was found that Misses Mary Heffner and Bertha Fullenkamp had captured the first prizes while Misses Mayme Confer and Mayme Terveer poor girls were compelled to accept the boobies, after the awarding of the prizes a fine three course luncheon was served after which the club adjourned to meet next Tuesday evening with Miss Mayme Deininger.

Tommy—Tomorrow s your birthday ain't it, ma? I wish I had a dollar; I’d buy yon a present. Ma —That's thoughtful of you, my dear. But why do you need a dollar? Tommy—C tuse that’s the price of it. It is the dandiest catcher mask you ever saw. Craigvilie is all worked up at the present time over an epidemic of poker playing that has swept over the vilte’e in the past few months. A gentleman from *'iat place who was in me city Monday gave some startling information. From the tone of his conversation, teasing the kitty is about all some of the fellows in that little burg get accomplished after the shades of evening have fallen. Trouble is liable to ensue from this . One man recently coaxed the festive goddess to cough up S2O and as a consequence the rest of the party came home in the morning minus their week’s earnings. There was a hurried comparison of notes on the part of many of the i wives and they soon discovered the cause. The game is conducted at the home of one of the members of the club and the women are determined to break up the practice. There will be trouble in large gobs for somebody and it will come speedily.—Bluffton Banner. Preparations are now being made at the postoffice department at Washington for the purpose of extending the rural free delivery ser--1 vice during the next fiscal year. 1 Plans under consideration contemplate a wide extension of the service 1 in Indiana. The people of this state continue to manifest a lively interest I in rural free delivery. Applications are now pouring in almost as rapidly ■ as a few years ago when the service was in its infancy. During the past 1 year 8,000 additional routes have I been established throughout the 1 United States. Os this number more than 1,500 were allotted to ■ Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and W iscon- ’ sin, Indiana getting nearly 550 - routes. The total number of routes 5 now in operation in the county is ’ 23,000. It is expected at the department that about 8,000 will be estabf lished in the coming fiscal year and • if Indiana secures an allotment, ’ equal to that of the present year, ’ there will be about 2,200 routes running here July 1, 1905.