Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1903 — Page 4

— THt DAILY UtMOUKAI. IVIIHY EV KN I >O, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY LEW O. ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Sy carrier. per week IOC By carrier, per year $4.00 By mail, per month 25 ' By mall, per year $2.50 Slagle copies. Two Cents, BCrertlslnK rat<« made known on application Katerod In the postofflco nt Decatur. Indians, as second-class mall matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT MEETING. The democrats of the Eighth Congressional District will meet in delegate convention at Decatur, Ind., on the 31st day of Decemlier, 190.3, at 1:30 p. tn., for the purpose of electing a member of the state central committee for the ensuing two years. The basis of representation fixed by the state central committee will be one delegate for each 200 votes cast for the Hon. John W. Kern for governor in 1899. The chairman of the various counties in the district will appoint a time and place at some date prior to December 31, 1903, for selecting the •lelegates from their respective counties to the said convention. The various counties of the district are entitled to representation as follows; Adams 17 Delaware 24 Jay . 17 Madison 42 Randolph 12 Wells 18 Total 130 j j.;a. m. Ad.uh, Chairman Eighth Con. Dist. Amusements. “Alice in Wonderland" the most ■ luiost successful juvenile production ®ver presented in America, will be ' zwten at the Bosse opera house. ■ Miss Hope Leonard dramatize the story and hoping been urgently solicited by the Ladies Aid Society has consented to give the operetta at the opera house the latter part of this week. It will be the hit I of the season, and the most beautiful combination of effects, inarch os and songs, dance specialties, ofc, the people of Decatur have ever, had tin opportunity to enjoy. 1 boys and girls have lieen selected to jKirtruy the different characters and rehearsals are given daily. The music will be in ■ competent and as Miss Leonard I will personally direct the performance. Joseph Whitehead returned to Monroe today after transacting business here. Mrs. Janies Haviland went to Geneva today to visit for a few days ■with relatives. Notice. The following merchants will close their places of business next Friday, the whole day: Coffee A- Mangold, Loch & Linn, Kuebler A Moltz, M. Fullenkamp, C. F. True, Niblick & Co. • —- —.... Goo I assortment of musio cabi- i ■nets sold cheap. Cull and see them at L. Yager & Sons. 290d7 I

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THEY WANT HER. — Lucy Wolfe and Baby May Go on the Stage. If an offer which the News has ' been informed has been made ini directly to Mrs. Lucy Wolfe is accepted she and her little daughter, Baby Marie, the daughter and ■ granddaughter of John W. Terrell. will appear in Chicago as attractions at the Me Vickers one of th’ largest theatres in that city. The ! I manager of the theatre has written . to Cassius 1. White, so the latter . infirtns the News, asking him to . try to secure the wife and daughter i of Melvin Wolfe to contract for an i, engagement. The killing of Melvin r Wolfe was an occurrancc which at . tracted attention all over the ooun- » try and the three weeks trial with s its sensational disclosures has in- > creased this interest until all perr sonages connected with the tragedy r would be objects of great curiosity i wherever they might go. The manpager of McVickers realizes this fact 1 > no doubt and is anxious to secure > an attraction that will cause a stir. . Whether Lucy Terrell will accept . the offer or not is a queston of 11 doubt and will not be decided at ; least until after the jury brings a ' her father's case. Mr. White says that after he received the letter requesting him to try to secure I Terrell’s daughter to come to ChiI cago with the boy, that he went to i consult Terrell in the county jail ion the matter. Terrell told him to ’ ' see Lucy and Mr. White did so. It ' was a matter that she had not before I thought of and at first she would not entertain the proposition, but 'after consulted friends. With them ho decided to give the matter no further thought until her father - fate was decided and there | the question now rests. If she should go to Chicago she would no doubt be paid handsomely for an engagement of some time.— Bluffton News. LIKES SORGHUM. Harve McCsskcy Brings a Jug of Molasses With Him. The bunch of Grant county boys ' : who have been here for a week jiust | are certainly one of the best crowd |' of good fellows we ever met. Jokes I' are fr< ely exchanged among them J 1 and of course we can scarcely help ■' hearing one now and then. The hit- ' ost is on Harve MeCaskey, a hale 1 fellow, well met and a prince in ' the Green township crowd. Harve : lias a weakness for sorgum molas- ' res and the boys say that at one 1 time he called on a neighbor, saw 1 a bowl of sorghum and refused to igo home until he had tasted to his i lieart's desire of the dark brown stuff. Be that as it may he is 1 now enjoying sorghum of the real kind on his pan cakes at the Murray. He was home over Sunday i and when he arrived at the hotel I Monday he had two gallon of the I m ilttssis he 1 >ves bettor than any I other liquid that ever flowed from a little brown jug. W. Chapman made a business trip ' to Fort Wayne last evening. “ I,_ -■ "■ M " ■ ” '■ 11 111 ■»—— l»IA I.

CLUB DANCE. C, Y. M. S. Bovs to Entertain With a a Dance. The C. Y. M. S. Club have com-1 pleted all arrangements whereby they will hold a Society Ball on December 29. This club is always up to date when it comes to anything of this kind and they never sp ire any expense, l imo or labor to make their social gatherings a success. A large number of invitations will be sent out and undoubtedly a number of out of town people will ba present, as it is their intention to make this one of tho best balls that they have ever gjven to their friends, and should you be one of lucky number to receive an invi tation you should congratulate your self on you good luck, as an invitation from this club means a good time. The music will lie furnish ed by Fristoe and Miller,the famous rag time orchestra and this feature j alone should insure the dance going 1 i>euple that it will boa success. Tho boys are fine entertainers and | will undoubtedly have a large crowd, YE OLDEN TIME. Superstition of Friday Christmas in Old New England. The superstitions of old England were believed in by many and from them originated many an enjoyable fairy talc. What will happen if Christmas falls on a Friday was thus set forth in a rhyme firmly believed in in the oklen times: “Now take beeJ, every man. That English understand can, If that Christmas day fall Upon Friday, know well all That winter season shall be easy Save great winds aloft shall blow; The summer also shall be dry Aad right reasonable, I say, Beasts and sheep shall thrive right well, But other victuals shall fail; What child that d iy is born, Great and rich he shall be of corn.” , Was Badly Used. Number six the fast train that ; i is due here at live twenty liv<> on 1 the Clover Leaf railroad came in-J this morning looking somewhat I the worse for wear but still going it. ; I The two last coaches lieing badly scratched up, the steps on the last ] coach being knocked off and part of 1 the rear vestibule completely de-1 molished from what we were able i to ascertain the cause of the dam-' age was the result of it negligent ! agent at a small town long the route i near Ohio City let hts truck standi too close to the ft ack and when the 1 train came along hit it with the] above results, it will cost the railroad several hundred dollars to have I the coshes rejiaired. and will with l out doubt cause some agent to loose I his job. A TIRED BRAIN. Tberv Only One Dnetor In llilhlence Who <un Cure It. Is "brain fag" to be ii-gurtied ns the iL -tuiguishhig 'fuiu, ' of life in the ' twentli th century'.' Following on this alarming question vt.uit s a list of nymp- | loins p.:in round tho sockets <>f "otherwise lr ultiiy exhaustion follow- ■ I ing upon i •iiiliiig. thinking in any bti.-d | itess excitement. < ,<•. A physician, in I answer to an inquiry, said: "The brain is tilt! inosi exq i.-ii- iy delicate iiieeaan- ' ism known to tu, I.ut i lechanisiu' is a . brutal word to apply to the thing ■ which call evolve a liseal policy or u battleship, yet on which a sunbeam, a ; or a perfume produces tiie i most prof< uid effects. Yet some women Use this delicate machinery as no carter wot hl u-s- u hviso; many men ' do :«•. \\ l.eli the bmin Is tired, it does i not say so in words, but in symptoms Then we gniigtle atid < all these syiup- ' toms •brain f::g.' It is an excellent name. Tills disease is as old ns the Hills, and it is on tluj Incr ase. Theris only one doi-lor In i xlstem e who etui cure It. A brai’i fan-fed man I know spent some montli- going from door to door In Hatley street seeking relief anti funlliu n< ae. Otte day lie forthnntely fell down and broke his leg. In | entne l>r. Host .■•nd cured hint. Dr. I Coma mi S' use l< ttl'o a specialist on I "I" . !.-.:t I. _ !. r.tr. ly to b. ' foil.id nt homo." London Mail. Cnrloslly. "I wish I could bit on some scheme.” said the nicrehant. “to make people stop in front of my store its they pass, if euly for a moment. I think It would bel|i litisliiess.” "I've got It.” put lii Ids frhmil "Put up it sign ’l.ook Out For Paint.’ and I'll bet my s.-lnry ngulutt a peitnv cruller nliiciy i.un- men out of st himdred will stop io ace *f H'» dry."-Bal tiiiiore New*.

Additional Locals. S. ('. Willi mis mmlo u business rip to Portland today. R. K. Alison ami son Bob made a j tustness trip to Berne today. Loe Custer returned to Geneva tolay after transacting Christmas shopping hete. Jacob Miller returned to his home it Geneva today after v; Ring here for ti few days. W. H. Niblick left lust evening >n un important business trip to Jackson Michigan. Miss Daisy Haley arrived today front Fort AVayne to visi't during the holidays with her jtarents. Ernst O.stermyer who has been in the employ of the Widow Gerke for one year has resigned his position to accept another. Those using city water will please ] ■ take n ttice that same will he turned i off from eight until ten o'clock to- ■ morrow morning to allow a repair ' to bet made in the steam line. J. E. Noble, a representative of the i Bass Machine Company of Feri Wayne, is just recovering from a veiy i severe attack of pneumonia. Mr. Noble is well known in this city. Mrs. Peter Gaffer w».s on the streets today for the first time in eleven weeks and the first since she returned'front the hospital at Fort Wayne. She is progressing finely 'and will soon be herself again. Quarter cf a Million Blaze. Naw York. Dec. 22.—Fire last nigl.t do S(1 y< 1 lite six story factory building of lit? Herrmann furniture ami f.ltunl in ; cabinet works in .Mott street, and the four-story varaish factory of the firm. A quarter of a million dollars damage was done. Battalion Chief Martin Cel nan received fatal injuries in the fall of two great walls of the factory. Pest Commander Ninety Years Gid. Fort Wayne. Ind.. Dec. 22 - The Rev. K. D. Spellman, who has been elected commander of Anthony Wayne post. G. A. R., is ninety years and some months old, and he is thought to be the oldest (I. A. R. commander in the cotut ry. Touched a Live Wire. Terre Haute. Ind., Dec 22. — Taseph BD't an employe of tho Hooten Lum . ber ct i.ipany, while walking from the j , lumber yards to his home, touched a I live wire and was killed by electricity. | I He was fifty-eight years old and a . man ot family.

• rj».r.>sm«saßim3n»mfcr-r« 1- —~•« j I If about Christmas things you r in a liz, TWERb An’ you’ll have to face the Blizzard Bliz, C ■ iW. I An’ you’r afraid that you’ll be friz p . Wear The Hub’s Clothing and there'll come J ' ~ Jte. to vour phiz 1 y The Smile that won’t come off. H W £ z , A p7. 'jg Holiday Clothes jMf— The proper kind High Art made /' and insured regular passports y into good fellowship. We can (\ >» duplicate the beet tailors’ ma A-xV v terials and makes at half price. I Suits and Overcoats S 4 to S2O / OUR HOLIDAY SPECIAL / 'A' \ K wt Men’s Htfc J he New y ./ t \v Fashionable 1 lc * Ld Assembly "v x | Has made a phenominal leap BN} * | public favor. We have a full line the old favorites. &»<**..,.. k■ „ ■ jl ,™ == — an( | j>. ire Furnishing Wearables ===— I I f? We show a glove or a mit that'll fit n,,< ’em for all uses and ages. ’ ; . aU ‘* FaD 7 Shirts ’ kuowu fabrics and makes. Ju«t what you want. Gentlemen’s Umbrellas, the swellest of handles and coverings. ’ >llP •“ a box. Fancy Suspenders, Iteauti Cravenette or R .in • . ful S *’ arfs ’ no ’ eUi «« >» Silk Mulllers. The a enette or h.un Coats, just received sooner you make vour selections the wiser tou many novel patterns and styles. . lru v . UIP " IHer ? ou J ar*». Ao bold up pncen bf»re. We believe it is the mother's duty to bring the boy here for his holiday outfittings. High art insured clothing. ■rwwnr wbb*wtt-cm* itb ■■■_ nmti —1 jh a** _ THE~HUB KAI.VEH & FRIBMAX, Proprietors. | — IIEAD 10 FOOT OUTFITTBBS. DtCAIUB. IKD. — I I ' MM—MMM—MMMMMWr |

| A Well Selected Line of Christmas -Offerings. Solid Silverware, Knives and Forks, Spoons and Novelties. Plated Silverware, Knives and Forks, ' Spoons and Novelities. J American Cut Glass —Bowls and Dishes, Creamers, Pitchers, Water i Bottles and Glasses. I Chaffin Dishes, Baking Dishes and * Five O’clock Teas. ■ Skates, Tool Boxes, Guns and Pocket Knives, Phonographs and Supplies. Phonographs Records for the | / month at /2 price J F Schafer Hardware Co. ■