Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1904 — Page 4

Pleasant Mills. The meeting is still in progress at the M. E. church. Preaching at the Baptist church next Sunday evening. Dick Boyd of Decatur gave his parents a call Monday. Mrs. Martin Beery is reported to be quite ill at her home west ot town. The Robison and Braley families moved to Willshire the fore part of the week. John Noll and family will move from the farm to their residence at this place in the near future. James Watkins and family will locate here in the spring. Jim is tired of fartr life and intends working at the carpenter trade. We are gald to state that Sylvester Hill who has been dangerously ill at his home here for the past' four weeks is some better, although very weak and not. yet out of dan- , ger. Some hopes are now entertained for his ultimate recovery. Watt. Mrs. Walter Book who has been quite sick is improving. The different schools are prepay- I ing for closing exercises. Josie Elzy of Daisie is taking i care of her sister Mrs. Deßolt. Mrs. D. Deßolt suffered a re- j lapse Saturday night, was quite sick but is better now. W. Cook and mother of Dasie 1 visited here Sunday guests of D. Deßilt and wife. W. E. Miller had the misfortune i to get his finger badly crushed ' while oiling a wind pump. George Steward and wife of Pleasant View visited Mr S’s parents, C. Brothers and wife Sun day. Preaching service was conducted, Sunday by J. Ault, in absence of Rev. Stover who is holding revival services at Wren. Mr. and Mrs. Uhl of Kendalville ; who have been visiting here have gone te Bucyrus to attend the funeral of Mrs. U’s sisters who died there recently. Linn Grove. Berl Mullen moved out of town Tuesday, locating on the Sylvester Pontius place . Mason Houghton had to lay off school teaching the first of the week I being indisposed. John W. Searls of Warren Pa., was looking after business for the Ohio Oil Co . last Friday. Merlin Dunbar and Arthur Schan were at Marion last Saturday arranging to enter the Normal college in the spring.

COAL 8 HAY Our good clean coal makes We are in the market for us many warm friends We have HAY AT FAIR Anthracite PRICES Smokeless Lump Kanawha Lump Hocking Lump Jackson Lump Pleaße call at our Jackson Nut offiee near G - E - Smithing Coal & L de P ot LA. Henning & Co. 'PHONE 171 &V AWirraMFl >1 C‘X AV 'IK I h kuwJ SsS&SB FL j ~-l UiMft iwnflWVwn v?iKjlnfl '«e. iSL- k.< a. Dn you wl»»h to aoll your farm? If ao. th»'O Itat It forsah- with »h.. * bv advertise lor not. Jum «■ \cu proh r You win b e uTno ?t n, ’ y ; n "’•* win, th utron.'v tor the tune ll.it <1 WHiitemibr f.r n , M^TmXtt,' l L. I ' W perl e. n. ■» nr, our lt.t »n<l new property. .re put upon th. mrirk-t ™«ltt 17 to bur. "ell or rent property call anti exHtnlnc our price, and de.crlptlon». 11 wl,b,r *» Phone No. 230. J. f. SNOW, Decatur, Indiana

The renditon of the Literary Sos eiety program was an educational success. Oratorical, E. C. Run- ( yon: Recitation. Miss Nellie Hunt; Debate on question: “No man should own m >re thin 160 acres of land.” L L. Baumgartner, Ed ; Opliger and Chester Baumgartner ' contended the affirmative, and op--1 posed by Milton Miller, Homer Neaderhouser and H. E. Rittgers. Rendition of judges, two to one in ■ favor of affirmative. The session was blended wiith vocal and instruJ i mental music. ' On last Friday while M. L. Kizer and Levi Schindler were sawing some timber they discovered that the saw had struck some matter foreign to ash timber. On examination a horse shoe was found in good preservation in the center of the log twelve inches in diameter. Two ' hours were devoted in repairing the damaged saw. When they proceeded to make the next cut they stuck a ' family of eight rats of which seven were dispatched. On making the ' last find Martin swore by the oor- ! poration of ginntown and inquired what would come next. Quite an unsightly runaway was j witnessed on our street Tuesday I before noon. Sylvester Pontius is ■ the owner of the team but in charge . of Berl Mullen who had just put on j a load of household goods. The team took fright while being held by Father Mullen, their course was south on West street to Taylor j street where the load was dumped, including hay ladders. They ran into a lot of merchandise in front of I Samuel Oplingers Hardware store | and also into a buggy owned by ' Wilson Bantre, one wheel of which was made a total wreck and the vehicle otherwise damaged. Here one of the horses fell down and was conspicuous. Among the wreckage the wagon gear sustained some damage while the furniture was badly broken. Father Mullen was knocked down by the team and was picked up unconscous and suffers a wrist and hip. Willshire. H. M. Towman is on the sick list. Jess Crow was a Decatur visitor 1 Saturday. Bert Culley visited friends near I Ohio City Sunday. W W. Macy is visiting relatives at Antioch, at present. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ayers visited relatives near Bobo Sunday. W. W. Parks visited relatives at Grand Rapids, Ohio last week. W. G. Hoffer transacted business in Ohio City last Friday. C. E. Deter, of Van Wert trans-

■ acted business in this place Mon--1 day. Mrs. William Wechter is organ- ! izing an orchestra of about 16 1 pieces. J M. Willey and J. P. Datter were Decatur business visitors Wednesday . Guy Weimer returned home Friday after visiting relatives at Dayton and Troy. , Rev. Sherrck closed the special meetings at the Baptist church Saturday evening. Otis Daner after a two weeks visit with relatives at Plymouth returned home last Tuesday. John Fairchld of Chicago an employee of the American Express Co., is here on a short vacation to see his mother. Mrs. N. T Brandt and son, Charley returned home last Friday after a visit with her parents in southern Indiana. James King has moved his pool room from Geneva to this place and has secured the room formerly occupied by the Herald. E. Brown and John Schuman attended the national ..convention of the canning factory men which was held in Columbus last week. The Cresent Literary Society will meet Friday evening at 7:15. An interesting program has been prepared. Resolved That Washington was greater as a soldier than as a statesman. There is much talk of a steam road being built, running from Toledo ti Indinapolis this summer. Three routes have been proposed but the chief engineer is inclined to favor the route running from Toledo to Hander, Continental, Van Mert, Willshire, Anderson and thence to Indianapolis. The route as planned through Willshire township as planed on paper would pass through sections 12, 14, 12, 21, 22, 28, 29, 31 and 32. THE GUARANTEED CATARRH CURE — The Holthouse Drus Co. Will Return Money if Hyomei Fails.—No Stomach Dosing. Hyomei has made so many cures of the most chronic and deep seated cases of catarrh, that The Holthouse Drug Co. consider it a specific in this j disease. The extend an invitation to all ca I tarrh sufferers to call at their store and purchase a Hyomei outfit with the distinct understanding that it will be absolutely free unless it efiects a cure. The cheif reason for the unusual success ot Hyomei in the treatment of catarrhal troubles and other diseases of the air passages, is the fact that it cures by a new principle, impregnatthe air you breathe with healing and germ killing balsams. On this account it reaches the seat of the dis ease in away impossible to pills, drugs or other stomach dosing. Many of The Holthouse Drug Co.’s customers who have suffered with catarrh since childhood have been cured completely by this scientific remedy. The complete Hyomei outfit costs SI. and consists of an inhaler that can • be carried in the purse or pocket, a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hy-1 omei. Extra bottles can be obtained ! for 50c., making it a most economical remedy for the cure of catarrh. Do not suffer longer with catarrhal disorders, but get a Hyomei outfit from The Holthouse Drug Co. under their guarantee to return the money if it fails. You run no risk whatever. If it cures, the treatment is not expensive, white if it fails, The Holthouse Drug Co. will refund your money and it costs you absolutely nothing. Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that by mutual consent the late firm of J. 8. Bowers & Co., hardware dealers, has been dissolved, J. 8. Bowen, having retired from the firm. Samuel J. Laman of the old firm 1 with Wilson H. Lee will constitute the new firm. The retiring firm desire to thank the public for many past favors and bespeak for the new firm of Laman & Lee, a continuation of your patronage. The books and accounts of the old firm will remain at the store for settlement. Respectfully, J. 8. Bowers, 8 J. Laman, for J. 8. Bowers & Co. Would you like to see the latest thing in men’s wear? Acker, Elzy & Vance will lie glad to show them to you. 36<1. On the first and third Tuesday of every month the Erie railroad will I sell one way and ronud trip exourI son tickets to the west, northwest , I >ind southwest at very low" rates. M Further information, call tqion ’ p r ‘ * nr C. L. Enos, T. ( I **• A., Marion Ohio.

THEY LOVED CHILDREN. Great Writer* Who Won the Hearts of the Y ouiiffmtera. ; It is one of the most lovable traits in many of our greatest men that they are as skill.<il in winning the hearts of little children as in captivating the . minds of their parents. Was there ever a great man who did not love children? if there was, and we have never heard or read of him. his greatness was by so much the less. Even Sam Johnson relaxed his grimness into smiles of pleasure when BosI well’s baby daughter held out her arms to him ami pulled his hair when be was not sufficiently attentive to her. Byron, whose own child life had been so saddened and imbitter.d by a loveless mother, worshiped his little daughter Ada with all bis passionate soul, and history has no sweeter picture than that of Southey singing bis child to sleep as he paced the floor with his "little burden of love” in his arms. Lamb’s great heart had many a warm corner for his child friends-all the heart, in fact, that his sister Mary did not fill—and when he took his daily walk through Edmonton it waa the signal for all the little children to flock to him for a kiss, a kind word. or. better than all, to take his bands or coat tails and accompany him on his rambles. It is little wonder that Charles Dickens, "the great hearted one.” was idolized by the little ones; for there never was a more entertaining companion or one who could better "make himself a child again" for their delight. There are many staid men and women of today who recall with pleasure and regret the romps they used to have with "Boz” in the famous nursery at Gadshill. Amonk groat men of later days Mr. Lewis C:.troll must be counted “king of the children’s hearts.” That solitary. lovable “mixture of a man." who was wedded to mathematics and to children, had few pleasures apart from one or the other. His study at Christchurch was a perpetual nursery, its corners and cupboards stuffed with toys and sweets and all that appeals to a child’s heart, and here or on a river picnic, surrounded by swarms of bis young friends, the mathematical professor was always a boy, as full of fun and as ripe for mischief as the youngest of his guests. May his rest be sweet, this chief of children’s lovers! Oliver Wendell Holmes, most amiable of "autocrats." was a lifelong lover of children and could "skip back seventy years" at a moment's notice at a child’s bidding. Could anything be sweeter than the letter he wrote acknowledging the photograph of one of his little girl friends? "May those lips,” he wrote, "speak what is pure ' and true: may those ears bear but I what is good, and may those eyes always mirror a soul as beautiful as themselves." The Kestaurant Free Liat. A Bostonian was in Washington the other day and in asking how he found ■ it as compared with other cities he re- ■ replied: "Washington is the one town I have visited where bread and butter ■ are on the free list in the cases. I don t | know whether they charge for water or not. as I never drink water away ! from home, but they come pretty near : charging a man for breathing in the national capital. Talking about things on the free list. New York is the only big city 1 know of where a potato is furnished at a case without price. In San Francisco they throw in a plate of ‘ shrimps for good measure. I am not acquainted in Philadelphia, but I suppose a man ought to get several things free there. In my own dear town you can get all the brown bread you can eat if you will buy the beans.”—-New York Commercial Advertiser

SIO.OO TO TEXAS From St. Louis via the Cotton Belt Route SIO ONE WAY sls ROUND TRIP • Feb. 16th, March ist and 15th Ou the above dates the Cotton Belt Route will sell one-way colonist tickets from St. Louis to points in Texas east of and including Amarillo, Quannah, Vernon, Brownwood, Brady, San Angelo, San Antonio, Houston, Gal- • veston, Corpus Christi, Rockport, , Alice. Kerrville, at rate of $lO. On same dates and to the same ter- , ritory the Cotton Belt will sell round ( trip homeseekers’ tickets, 21 days re turn limit and stop-over privileges on 1 going trip, at rate of? 15. This is the opportunity of your life , to make a cheap trip to Texas. Write at once, today, for further information, give your starting point and where you want to go, how many tickets you will require and the date you wish to start. We will tell you exact cost of tickets from your town, time of trains, also send you map of Cotton Belt Route. E. W. L*Baume G. P. <t T. A., St. Louis, Mo. I Frank P. Bell | Electrical Contractor and Supplies ' ■■■■, - ■ k Headquarters at A. E. Rose's. - 7-1 _•

Weather Forecast. • Rain or snow, north portion tonight and Friday; heavy north pors tion; colder Saturday. f .xasss MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatur 1 merchants for various products, Cor rected every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARBOL, GRAIN MERCHANT. ’ New Corn yellow f 67 New Corn, mixed 55 Machine shucked one cent less. 1 Oats, new 40 Wheat, No. 2 96 Wheat, No. 3 98 Bariev M 1 Rye No. 2 57 1 Clover Seed 5 50 Alsyke @ 4 06 Buckwheat4B Flax Seedßo TimothyJ 90 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. tn today, according to J. D. Hate’s special wire service, as follows: Wheat, May 99J Wheat, July 90 Corn, Mayss; Corn July 53} Oats, May 43 [ Oats, July 39 May Pork 15 97 July Pork 14 85 May Lanl, per cwt 7 75 July Lard ’ 7 82 TOLE)) GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3KX o’clock b T J. D. Hate, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cask>l 051 May wheatl 041 July wheat, 93} I Cash corn. No. 2, mixed, cask. 461 Corn, July 503 May Corn 511 Oats. Cash 44] May Oats 432 Oats, July 40| J Rye, cash 65 ■ OTHER PRODUCTS. BT VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz| 27 ’ Lard £ | Butter, per poundll@ls | Potatoes, new (JO Onions M Cabbage per 100 lbEOf Apples, per bu 5f Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DIALER Lambs 4@ 4 50 Hogs, per cwt J 4 75@4 85 Cattle per lb 3 @ 3i Calves, per lbs @ 5} Cows 2 @ 2} Sheep, per lb 2 @ 2} Beef Hides, per lb 5} POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE 00., PACKERS. Chickens, young per lbs@6 Fowls, per lb s@s} Ducks, per lb 6 I Young Ducks 6 Young Turkeys, per lb 10 Geese, old per lb. 4 Geese, young, lb 4 HAY MARKET. No. 1 timothy hay(baled) No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover hay (baled) — _54.50@6 25 WOOL AND HIDES. BT B. KALVER a SON. Wool, unwashedl6to2o Sheep pelts 25c to 75 Beef hides, per poundo6 I Calf hides Qg Tallow, per poundo4 ■Coon . 15 to 1.25 1 Skunk 20 to 1.26 I Opossum 10 to 60 Muskrat st o 99 Mink __.5O >2.00

COAL Per Ton Anthracite| 7 Domestic, nut 4 qq Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 00 Domestic lump, Indiana 3 HO Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 550 Oil harket. I I lonß - *E9S 1 Corning lfio I New Castle North Lima ,'q. South Lima.. 7 " i t; Indiana Whitehousetor Somerset ’’ ,7. Neodasha, (Kan.)...19? BarkersvilleqRaglandg] harket notes. Liverpool market closed steady. Wheat, g cent higher. Corn, g cent higher. Receipts at Chicago todav; fcrr -j,™ 0 Corn 21 . caM Oats _ £ 3lc "« Cattle.... ~ S hntirnata for tomorrow; wfcl; :“«» Corn ? . 4 . r ’ caw Oats..„ 41 r care For Sale—A good dean stock of groceries and fixtures. Will give possewrion at onoe or Feb. 1. R„ mtl 2?x>io with gcod ware room. Rent reasonable.. Good establish.,<l trade. Reasons for selling. Have other business to take our attention For particulars write or call on Minch & Co., Geneva, Ind. t s

GRANDOR Axinite (3) 2:17 J by Axtell (3) 2 p, (the champion three-year-old to bi 1 ’ wheeled sulky) sire of Frances. Western Horseman under date r Nov. 7, 1902, says: The three old filly, Frances, by Axinite step,J an exhibition half mile at T, Haute last Saturday in 1:04, last quarter in 29] seconds. She been a mite in 2:14], Readers of the Democrat that are interested in stand ard trotting bred horses should note that Axinite the sireof Francis i s the sire of Grandor 8699% a proniig. young stallion owned by A. N. Aek-r Pleasant Mills. We wish to further state that Frances sold at the Bl ilr . Baker sale last February for S'lsoo Monroe Agent. Mr. Jonathan Burkhead ha, been appointed agent for the Daily and Weekly Democrat for Monroe and vicinity and is authorized to take subscriptions and receive raon °y- ts '

WE WHITE INSURANCE The Union Central Life Insurance Co. The Travelers Accident & Health Insurance Co Commercial Union 1 Limited) of London Fire Insurance Co. The best companies on earth. Drop a card to John H. Stults Decatur. Ind. — MONEY TO LOAN THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN COMPANY. (incorporated) A large sum of PRIVATE MONEY has been placed with us to loan on city property and farms. No delay or red tape in making loans. Lowest rates of interest. We are able to close all loans on the same day of receiving application. Will loan in sums of S6O up, on one to five years time, with privilege of partial payments Thia company can also furnish abstracts of title on short notice to auv p;ece of real estate in Adams county. THE DECATUR ABSTRACT A LOAN CO. Rooms 3 and 4, Studabaker block. 257dtf ’Phones- Residence 312. Office 103. Send your dates in early. Fred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. Speaks English, German, Swiss and Low German. DECATUR, INDIANA.

Fanns and City Property for Sale. Erwin <fc Erwin have for sale two farms in Union township, well im* proved; 90 acres, 8 miles from city and 120 acres 3 miles from citv Also two 80-acre tracts in Washingt-m township near city, one 90 acre tract one mile from town, 81 acres three miles from city in Root township, well improved, on pike road and rural route. We also have a number of citv properties and two good business blocks. These will be sold at bargains. and we will list others desiring to sell farm or city or city projiertvERWIN & ERWIN — ■ Weak Men Made Vigorous What PEFFER’S NERVIGOR Did! otl' r l !.'n,V’ W v r,ull,r tr,| t quickly Cure- »', > "'j ■ntcert ’'W Ata.lul.-l> ln. 1 „„” , l l \r? Sur»i>tumr«, l.o»t Vlt.ot”. e il,ir 217v> , /i h "r KmtMlon.. l et I"’km.U».tliur I"*, Hotil "d lueamtj-un.l coi.-uu I' " rou iiani^,a Moril.iew eul.-r it , fiitt'l'|. . -M '‘“" r t'fi'ia- It, '- ' • 1 . Iff*. fiPM. ITpihl plain «'■ JuteJi,, w " h A Wrltloii I‘Kl kfr m Mon.-r- I’.u'l 1 h ‘ MEVICAI. ASS’N. ChlcuKo. •**’ For sale by Blackburn A Christen.