Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1903 — Page 3

FIRST OF SEASON Shooting Accident Near Geneva. Ellis Pontius Handles a Gun Carelessly and Nearly Loses an Arm. Ellis Pontius, fifteen year old son •f Chas. Pontius, west met with a serious accident last Saturday, While he was out hunting, says the! Geneva Herald. He had shot a rabbit which was in a joint of casing i a«d while trying to push the rabbit •■t the accident occurred. He first | t«ok a sucker rod to push the rabbit ont with, but it was a few feet too short; he then placed the Jbutt end •f his shot gun against the end of the sucker rod and was pushing with the palm of his right hand against the gun barrel. In doing; this the loaded gun was discharged 'Hie contents of the gun tore away a part of the wrist bones and about two inches of the ulna or smaller bone of the arm. The large artery was cut off but the flame from the powder cauterized it or the young man would doubtless have bled to I death, as at the time he was quite a distance from his home. Dr. As • was called by telephone and was soon there to dress the wound. The boy seemed to take the matter very qoietly. The doctor was at the Pontius home Wednesday morning says that the young man is getting along well but it will be some time be p ore he will be able to use the hand again and it is quite probable that it will never again lie just right and will leave the joint somewhat stiff.

ia £\Jl Now all readv in everv department for HOLIDAY TRADE. tai, d-’.^un GEN rS ’, AN °. ( HII - CT Without anv exception the most complete line of goods of all i'HlI II ’’ L DRENS HAN DKERCHIEFS. Just came in this week especiJIM kinds for Christmas presents ever offered, and as usual the prices I ■ JF I I 3__J ally fob the holiday tb.aoe, all new and desirable patterns; no 3a, S are correct. FIRST, yeti can be supplied with any and all the | gM | I | ■ old, stale stuff m this department. We are quite sure to please you Kcrj new and up to-date Dress Gocds, Suitings and Waistings the I I 5k 1 f I -a aRw market affords Also Knit Goods of all kinds, Scarfs. Shawls, X X X V-/ -S—a i USEFUL PRESENTS gwi Hoods, Tam-0 Shanters, Toques, Mittens and Golf Gloves for MSB Ladies and Children. In this department none should go away err rr r-Arnnvr raq hacacatu t.i’vrr t.-»c amta host dissatisfied as this stock is all new and will certainly please. Ev- Oi rov A «prp’a ne nn«i\nnr m‘\ erybodv knows from past experience that this is headquarters for X 4- zj ( Xj-/-X44Z> i’nOT« tLA ? KI \ BEE ? J S l A E^ D HOME MALI UK a 4 J r r -j ✓d ! llzl t . [zJIIN J[l JI Cy FORTS and many other articles that go to make up the more use- pjFjtj gSj? RIBBONS AND LACES ful and appropriate Xmas gifts you can find here. I 1 I Then coming to the Important Part I Assortment I " ' COMnS lhe .< BN I ■ ■ -=| Toys for Girls and Boys Sb ml Os Iron Toys of every kind. Banks. Animals, I ISw Table Linens from 25c yard to $8.50 per set. I Wagons. Sleds, Drays, Hook and Ladder Co., Fire I DOLLS ~ KJ'l PSTO Cups and Saucers from 35c to $4.00 per set. ■ ■ /zfi/ Full 100-piece dinner sets from $6 to ?;>0 set. B Engines, and Everything in the Iron Loy Line. V Os every Kind, Color and Price, dressed and undressed But I have in stock a few special things to offer this I Also Wooden Toys—Cradles, Game Blocks, Beds, i | \ mils time- H I ** (* £■" ’ ■ t—»»•» r 'j ■M I 1C I Desks, Blackboards, Trunks. Steam Engines, I I Ham white French Cups and Saucers ■ H No difference how manv dolls the little girl haa now. she ’ <351.7 *5 pOf set d Magic Lanterns, Mechanical Toys, Guns, Iluises, - wants another for Christmas and a suitable’cab or go cart gjl Pl.ta«bi«Fr. t ,vbCbta.7Jtaebpl.te. I HUM, Toy Dtohw. Toy Furniture. Stoves and I per set in fact, everything made to make the children I PpSz, other pieces that you may desire nt the same low prices happy at Xmas time. You can certainly find what g nf\'Y'£ POO\S k,pj Kg 100 piece plain white translucent China Dinner set suits you for oW or young from thia , the greatest I -»•*.' SIO.OO f SCt n f vmna ernnda ever shown in Adams S 1 have ready for the Christmas trade the liest line of H| Every pi«-e guaranty. Th..1..,.. ««* Ot Xmas goods over shown n. MS ■ christ „„ (or , 0 ,„, R B „, D „ Rg Kq| ed. .1 i .in i« rm t. county. Make the children glad and tho er ■ tur, and the prices this year are unusually low, and would fSjI . 100-piece Haviland China dinner set, beautifully decorat- young bv your kind remembrances advise Sunday school teachers who are wanting class I Oc3 gS wl in gold and colors, $32 50 per set . This is the very ones reel y S . utH t 0 eome in !lnd while stoek 1H froßh newest design, and my own importation. Sou can also to them this year __the greatest of all years ■ unbroken Tkj ESH buy this in just the pieces you want if you don t care ' | “ nil unbrofcen. to buy a full set. IWIIiI MI'rUIMBII Ml 111 I 1 1! I» l" l O UTI MBWBmBMIWI'IIII'TIITIirTr^"’ ,^f, | 'ii|H ffiiwr rff . ~ - REMEMBER THE PLACE IS ’f(ss ■Qa I— ■ \\ itn these lines I want to mention j SKS T . „ anAP ;.il things to a.- . , - . the immense stock and varietv of ES| Sst come in early and see for vour- f | / I | J I I l| ' Sis's. • lor ™ CT Eg self. M y display Fancy Chnia .s I | ■ I |mm| KjCS simply grand beyond ( ‘V M( 1 I ‘ V ■ ■ I I 1 I . a Jf To mention in detail all tfw good HERE you CERTAINLt can « JL $ things I have for you to select from your wants supplied from this uu'- ™ / would take too much time and spAce, o**C*S passed stock. It will pav you tovisi therefor must speak in general for the fjig H c. DECATI'R, •“ INDIANA. __L

many libraries. Big Advance in the State This Year. If Indiana is not a well informed state, it will be no fault of the Indijanu Library Commission. The I efforts of the commission during i last year lias resulted in the install- ! rnent of 247 new traveling libraries in Indiana, in one of which wore in now counties. So great has Ico >mo I the demand for trained librarians that the commission has decided to < onduct a two ■weeks class ut the i state house next month, and a [course of library work at Winona I next summer. Miss Merica Hoagi land, secretary of the commission says in her annual report that during the last year Andrew Carnegie presented Indiana with nine new libraries, bringing tho total that he has presented to the state thirty I seven. STILL ANOTHER. M. Burns Has Oldest English Book. “The Holy Spirit" Published in London Over Two Centuries Ago. i • It is most surprising to us as -well no doubt hj many of our readers to know that there are so many very old books in this county, so old that the age makes them valuable. We have already mentioned a number, but perhaps the one most interesting of all, because it is printed in English is one to wheih our attention was called last evening. It is I owned by M. Burns, the well known

harness dealer, and was published in London October 27, of the year 1692. Tho title is “The Holy Spirit and his work, ’ being a review of tho life and work of Christ, by Nathan Maters. The book is well preserved, cover and every page being just as when printed, even including the preface. Ffiteen chapters are included in the volume of 243 pages, everyone a pleasant and interesting study. The book was given to Mr. Burns by his mother, in whose family it has been heirloom for over two centuries. The fly loaf contains the name of John C. Tol, an ancestor so far back that it is impossible to trace his relationship and he was probably the original owner. PAID FINES. Boys Who Used Train for Gridiron. Plead Guilty Before ’Squire Lewis and Planked Down SIOB. The eight Geneva boys who had a speck of fun with Conductor Fry of the Grand Rapids railway and who used his grip for a foot ball have paid the penalty of the law and are free to travel as they please, so long as they are gentlemanly about it. They were arrested a few days after their escapade by a detective sent to Geneva for Ihe purpose and who soon had plenty of evidence against the boys. They were aranged before Jutsice Lewis, plead guilty and each got a dose of 113.50, the eight law breakers paying into court <1 OR. While it is well for young > men to have a good time when away from home,they should never 1 forget that other people have rights and it is especially dangerous to i monkey with a railway company, whose range is always as sure as fate.

NO STATE FAIR. Probably None in Indiana Next Fall. World’s Exposition May Cause Several States to Abandon the Idea. Because of the universal interest that will next year be shown in the St. Louis exposition the state board of agriculture may decide at its meeting in January not to have a state fair in 1904. The larger fair would undoubtedly detract much interest usually shown in the local one. During the Chicago exposition the state fair entertained an unusually small number of visitors. In the fair is given the date will be changed so as to begin in early September, thereby arranging the state fair so as not to conflict with Indiana day at the St. Louis fair, which comes on September 15. At a meeting at Chicago, last week of the American association of state fairs and expositions, at which Indiana was represented by Secretary Charles Downing,of the state board of agriculture, the advisability of any of the states giving agricultural exhibits next year was discuss ed, and it is not improbable that several of the states will abandon the idea. Four Fast Trains Chicago to St. Paul-Minneapolis. Via Chicago & North Wetseran railway. Leave Chicago 9:00 a.m., 6:30 p. m. (Northwestern Limited electric lihgted throuhgout) 10:00 | p. in. and 3:00 a. in. Fast schedule.-' I luxurious equipment, dining car i srevice unequaled.For tickets,rates and sleeping car reservations apply to your nearest ticket agents or address, A. H. Waggener, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111.

| Christmas I Goods I I Appropriate Gifts for Old I I <.<..•* and Young, df K No trouble to find suitable presents in our stock * K which comprises many new Novelties. ■ I We have a fine assortment of ymi Mil i ■■!■■■ ■■■mu — g I Albums, Books, Bibles, Toilet Sets, ■ I Manicure Sets, Glove and Handkerchef ■ 3 * Boxes, Collar and Cuff’ Boxes, Smoking ■ I Sets, Necktie Boxes, Lamps, Statuary, ■ E I Medallion Pictures, Dolls, Games, | j| w I Perfumes. Pocket Books and numerous I ■ ■ I other articles not here mentioned. 3 ■ l limn V J Blackburn | L. & Christen I THE DRUGGISTS. |