Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1894 — Page 9

1). M. HENSLEY’S ’ -nW. * 3 :?BK. jET .- ■.-* •■'^r a -- - ■ IS;THE PLACE TO BUY YOURB&- " Present EVERYTHING Engraved FREE That WE SELL. — I; SELECT YOUR Present Early and let him lay it away for you.

ADDITIONAL LOCALS. And Xmas less than a u eek away. A piano at Fulk’s Music store for 8150. J. W. Hill ofl’leasant Mills, was in town Monday. Mrs. J. N. Fristoe is in Fort Wayne visiting friends. Jacob Atz of Berne, was at Ft. Wayne Tuesday on business. Pure apple cider for mince pies at Donovan & Bremercamp’s. Commissioner Holbrook was smiling on friends about town Tuesday. You ought to see those fine Banquet Lamps at Blackburn & Miller’s. 8-3 t Surveyor Fulk was attending to] business at Berne the first of the week. Blackburn & Miller are headquarters for Bibles and books of all kinds. 8-3 t Rev. E. T. Gregg was among the throng who visited Fort Wayne Monday, Mrs. D. P. Bolds will spend the holidays with relatives at Wapa koneta, Ohio. Only one more week remains of the old year. Get ready to swear

off and reform. A niee Christmas present to a friend is a box of 25 cigars. Charley Sether has them. Dan X. Erwin, the efficient deputy sheriff, was in Chicago Saturday and Sunday. Charles Sether is manufacturer of the celebrated “Market” cigar. Sold by all dealersThe sickness of a relative took Tom Teeple and wife to Rochester the first of the week. A $50,000 fireisoneof the events of the week at Elkhart. Incendiaries sarted the blaze. Sam Miller has lost his hearing. Any one returning same to him ■will be liberally rewarded. Mrs. H E Lyons of Geneva, has returned home after visiting Mrs. Ed. P. Menefee several days. Landlord Locke and family will spend Xmas and the holiday-; with their paw and maw at Waterloo. E, C. Coffee is doing good work with insurance, and he advertises, hence business is good with him. Girls, buy your feller a Iwx of nice cigars for Christmas. < barley Sether has them for sale; upstairs, corner Third and Monroe streets.

Blank receipt books for sale at this office. Messrs. Newton and Sherman Anders >n of this city, spent Sund ty at 'A ,llsn.,<-, with their bestest jgirl-. People who compare Blackburn Miller’s line of holiday goods with other lines. Buy of Blackburn & Miller. Mrs. B. W. Quinn came home yesterday from Fort Wayne where she had been visiting friends for ’ several days. ’ Do not fail to see the largest stock of holiday goods ever shown ; in the city, at the old drug store, of Holthouse & Smith. _ 9w2 The past few days have been ' liummers.for our merchants. Many people have been in town and that j means buying and business. Sherman Motts is happy, having I gotten a bran new side walk in front lof his comfortable cottage home. ; There is nothing like having things , ' about right. Fulk & Erwin have a good up- , right piaua tor $l5O, and a good parlor organ for sls; violins for | $2.50. Call and see us before holidays. Present indications point to a | i crowded house to see the J. L.coin- I ; pany next Wednes 'ay evening, i The company is said to be a tip top,; first-class one. D. M. Hensley is now ready to fill all orders in Christmas presents. | Call and select your presents and | have them lay them away until Xmas. ' ts. Henry Fred Linn went down to j Geneva Tuesday afternoon to take : a long lasting look at the C. D. : Porter house, of which he was con j tractor in fee simple. The jail at Huntington is without I a single, solitary prisoner. How [terribly lonely the sheriff must feel j I and howmiserably un godly Huntington people must be too.' Holiday’ Goods.* The most com -' plete and largest line ever shown in the city at bottom prices. Call j and see and be convinced at the I old drug store of Holthouse & ■ Smith. 9-2wl The Odd Fellows will elect a I trustee of their beneficial order on

the last meeting night this year, as a notice elsewhere will tell you. The fraternity should not neglect to be on deck. One of the largest steel manufacturing plants in the gas belt is now being located at Alexandria. It is to employ l,(>00 men and receives a bonus for locating there of 8175,000, not very much money either, i “A Brother’s Oath” is the name I of the sensational drama for tonight at Meibers hall by the Graham Earl company. It is funny and you should go and prepare . yourself for a good hearty laugh. A fellow at Anderson has been ; arrested for selling diseased meats, and if it is true they ought to hang him up by the toes without futher : ceremony. He is worse than the fel-1 low who stabs you in the back for what lucre he may find in your; I trouser’s pocket. ■ We stated a few weeks ago that I Daddy North would soon be postmaster at Ceylon, which fact was ' verified yesterday, at which time | his appointment was made public, i 1 His commission will arrive iu a few ' days at which time he will take • I charge of the office, which we hope { he will continue to hold for fully a hundred years yet. The Presbyterian church last I evening was comfortably filled to. hear Charles Lemuel Devault, of!

; Ann Arbor, lecture upon the sub-, ject “Inside the ease.” He is a young, inspiring fellow and handled the subject with much familiarity, he being logical in many oral! of his illustrations. The lecture was good and beneficial to those fortunate enough to hear him. Superintendent Moffatt invites | you to visit the public schools tomorrow, Von should go and there )by show an interest in the educaj tion of your children, or if you; haven’t any of your own feel that ! much interest in some one else's, i but go. Excuses cover most anyI thing else but this, and there is nothing but death and la grippe ! that will pardon your non-attend- ; auce at this time. Decatur horsemen should have a ■ coming together in the near future i and arange to send one or two deleI gates to Celina, Ohio, on the second Saturday in January next, for the; purpose of anm xing I teeatur in the racing circuit, composed of the towns of Celina, Xew Bremen, Kockford and san M ert. By availing ourselves of this opporII unity we not only place our new | and splendid race track before the public, but we also have an op-. portunity of introducing and promoting our speed stock to ad van - j tage.

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Blank receipt books for sale at j this office. Sardines 5 cents per box at Donovan & Bremercamp’s. Buckwheat flour and maple syrup at Donovan & Bretnerkamp’sSample copies of the Indianapolis weekly Sentinel at this office. On account of the holidays the G. R. & I. R. R. will sell tickets from and to all stations on their line, also to Cincinnati and Indianapolis, at one and one third fare for the round trip. Selling days as follows: December 21, 25 and 31, 1894 and January 1, 1895. All tickets good for return until January 2, 1895. No tickets sold Santa Claus candies at Coffee Bros. Fine celery and Bermuda onions at Coffee Bros. Try Case's Best. The best 5 cent cigar made. 6-ts Case’s drug store for the finest line of perfumes. 6-ts Fresh bread and cakes al- | ways on hand at Coffee Bros. The largest and finest lot of j candies and holiday goods in the city, at Coffee Bros. The finest line of drug sundries in Decatur will be found at Case’s drug store. Buy your holiday candies of Coffee Bros. They are mak ing especial arrangements to : accommodate the trade. Prescriptions carefully compounded either day or: night, by Theo. Gerke, at I Case’s drug store. 6-ts

Streit’s Bargain Store is ■ the place to buy your Holiday Goods. The cheapest place in Decatur. ts For Notions, Small Hardware, Tinware and Holiday Goods, call on the Bargain Store next door to Postoffice. For Sale. A good saw mill and engine. Consists of a new complete saw mill, with Knight's patent dogs, two saws large and small, right or left feed lever, cue buzz saw. Engine of I Gaar Scott pattern with both sawyer's valve and governors. force and injector ; pumps, quick stroke movement. The above outfit will pay for itself in a few months work, as I have done so repeatedly. Now is a chance for some energetic man to make money, also I hold in reserve two good locations for mill which I will give with the sale. Reasons for selling are that a change of business necessitates such; , Drice $650. W. E. FULK, Surveyor-Elect. Decatur, Ind.

i Low Prices Are Rapidly Selling | I Our I Large Stock of Goods. | Drop in And i See us. Adam Gilliom, Second I Street, \\\

Comfortably Settled. We have moved our stock, and are now comfortably settled in our new quarters, where we are better fitted to wait on the wants of our patrons than ever before. We have plenty of light, and it is no trouble to show goods. In connection with our large line of Drugs, we have a complete line of Holiday Goods, also School Books and School Supplies at the lowest possible cash prices. Don’t fail to 'call and see us. Second st., ; opposite old stand, Decatur, Indiana. W. H. NACHTRIEB.

- MM H V ■■ | MUFF, < FANS, JACKET, < NAPKINS, BLANKETS, ’ ! FUR CAPE, UMBRELLA, I KID GLOVES, NEW DRESS. EED SPREAD, TABLE MATT, UNDERWEAR, POCKETBOOK, TABLE LINEN, FANCY SKIRT, FASCINATORS, STAND CLOTH, TABLE COVER, DRESSER SETT, NIGHT SHIRTS, LACE CURTAINS, SETT OF FURS, FANCY APRONS, [ LAUNDRY BAG, FANCY DOYLIES, / FANCY TOWELS, ICE WOOL SHAWL, i FANCY GARTERS. CHENILLE CURTAINS, CARPET SWEEPER, * F( )R • CHRISTMAS PRESENTS! — A T I BOSTON STORE | I. O. O. F. Block. KEUBLER & MOLTZ. Is the place to buy your @ Christmas Goods. O They have a complete line of Toys and Fancy Goods, Glassware, and the finest display of Albums, Toilet arid Smoking Sets ever shown in Berne. Also the best grade of .* OJLJSTZDIES * At hard times prices. Call and see them. WEST MAIN ST. ------ BERNE