Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1905 — Page 2

=Tr r ITB’i I L HE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■VBBY ■▼BHIBO. IXCSPT SUNDAY, BY l_ ■ W a . El. LINQHAM. • •BSCRIPTION RATES. Barrier, per week, 10c Carrier, per year $4 00 By mall, per month 26c By mail, per year 52.50 I Single copies. Two Cents. ttawerUßina rates made known on application I 4ate■ ad la the postoffice nt Decatur. Indi- i I an, as second-class mall matter. J H.HELLER. M nasix. A BOUQUET James P. Haelling on The Slate Indim LegisFalure Commenced ToDay For a Short Session. James P. Hat fling was remembered in the distribution of bouquets handed out by the minority members of the state senate. He is on the slate for assistant Secretary of the senate, and his name will be placed before that august bodv for election. Os course it is nothing but formality, and .Tim will hardly i reach the quarter post, but it is nevertheless a recognition that bears with it an honor that is pleas ing to Mr. Haefling and his friends. At this early stage we already see the fine Italian hand of Senator Tyndall through whose influence this selection was made. Adams county recognizes the honor, and hopes that in two years such a slate will be a winter. Both parties have held their caucusses and the official life of both house and senate are known. Lewis P. Sharpe of Fort Wayne, won out for chief door keeper, all these appointments being decided by a plunder committee, appointed for that pur-

“NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE” os, When something is offered you for nothing look out for the “NIGGER. Some /yjW 1 N stores advertise that they are throwing money away. Gold bricks are offered--also / “Help Yourself Sale,'’ etc., and other full page ads showing that stores are simply < / run to sell goods below cost. Yet how many people believe this “Tomfoolery”? f When wheat is worth 81.00 a bushel does the farmer advertise to sell it for 50c a J V'lf® r~ bushel? When a man gets 82.00 a day for Lis labor does he advertise to work for Jflj | f 81.00 per day? When a merchant offers you an article marked 820 for 89.98 he iy yJ j has it marked 810 too high. Is it not better to ask the right price for merchandise dr and sell everybody alike? We believe in SELLING GOODS ON THEIR MERITS. OUR MOTTO IS One I hillar’s W orth of Goods For a I)ollar I 7 A We don’t believe in CIRCUS advertising, but we do believe in giving our customers vei ‘Y values on earth for their money. If you are hunting Real And Substantial Values it. ■M’ en S ’ B°y s an d Children s Winter Suits, Overcoats and Underwear we positively Wi/» guarantee to sei) them to you cheaper than any firm in town, and further more we Ml win use no fi c itious markings to make you believe that you are getting 82.00 or 83.00 V jff . ELZEY <& VANCE P" H Comer East of Court House. Decatur, Indiana j i. j mi - i —

pose. Governor Durbin’s message will not be read until tomorrow, an unusual custom. The reason assigned is that they want to hold the legislators to hear the messagethroughout, and it seems impossible to accomplish this on the first day. BRAKEMAN HURT W, J. Basheiler Injured at Transfer House Struck in Faie by Heavy Iron—An Ugly Wound Was Inflicted. W. J. Basheilcr, a brakeman on j i the Grand Rapids railroad, his run . 'being on the local freight, was I quite badly injured here today at : the freight house. He together with several other brakemen were I unloading a heavy piece of casting, i which necessitated the use of crowbars, and while thus engaged the bar that he was using slipped and he was hurled upwards, striking with considerable force over the left eye, knocking him down. His i fellow workmen carried him to the depot and Dr. J*M. Miler was summoned, and upon examination found a severe cut over the I left eye, which required several stitches to ' close. The lower eye lid of the left ; eye was completely severed. The doctor dressed his wounds and he was taken back to Fort Wayne on the 3:17 train. Dr. Miller stated, however, that the eye ball was not injured in the least, and that the eyesight was not impaired in anyway, which owing to the heavy blow received was quite miraculous.

LECTURE CLOSE Impressive Service at St. Marys Church I “Union The Battle Cry of Freedom” Was Rev. Valentine’s Subject Last Night. Rev. Valentine closed a successful series of lectures here last night his subject being “Union, the Battle Cry of Freedom." While the attendance was not up to the usual, standard, the big church was well filled and the interest intense. He compared the patriotism of our country to the patriotism of our Great Fatherland—Heaven. As he closed his lecture he spoke in his earnest anu sincere manner of his hope for a future when we shall all gather around a common altar ; and when he read in that sacred ■ hvmn “Nearer My God to Thee,” I there were many damp eyes in the I audience. Father Valentino ex- ■ pressed his thanks to the press and public for their courteous treatment and said that he truly regretted leaving Decatur, and hoped to return within the year. He will go from here to Cincinnati. FOR CONGRESS Chairman Goodrich May Oppose George Cromer. An Indianapolis disjiatch says that an Indianapolis paper is persistently circulating a statement that Chairman Goodrich of the republican state committee contemplates becoming a candidate for the republican nomination for congress in the Eighth district. It is not

Weather Forecast. Friday fair, fresh North winds. known what ground it has for th< statement, as Mr. Goodrich has [ not been talking for publication |in | the mutter. The fact that Mr. Goodrich declined to become a flan - didate for a feaeral appointment' has probably given rise to the im pression that he will seek an| elective office, but jnasmuch as he | has never been an office seeker, thel report that he is to enter the race for the nomination against Coii-j gressman George M. ( romer ol' Muncie is not receiving much credit. Too Much lmnp,inn(lon. Pity the i.ian or v>.iiian tlevoi t of imagination. but lie or she who allows i the imagination too great liberty be-j comes its subject rather than its mas- j ter. The man who wears a rubber! ou the pedal attachment to his cork' leg because the cork foot aches with-, i out the rubber is as unfortunate a vie-; tim as tiie Scotchman who fainted on | account of the heat in church the iirsl I Sunday after stoves we-e set up. although a fte bad not been lighted in 1 ! any of the.a. Dutch Hire For l.uxy People. The li >ii:.udev m'e not fond of lazy ; ' 1 people, and they I ive a very aood way I of curing persons who can but won t . ' work. If a p.mper who is able to work I , refuses to do so they put him in a cistern. to which a pump is attached, and | turn on a >i;e;im , ‘ l water. rhe stream flows into the cistern just slow enough ; ' ; to enable the lazy person by lively j [ pumping to keep the water from getting up over his head. Kcal Riches. “Who Is the richest man in the world?” asks an exchange and begins measuring millions against millions. AH wrong. The richest man iu the world is the one that gets the greatest amount of happiness out of what be has. whatever it is. It is an old truth, , but it was never truer than it is today,—Pueblo (Colon Chieftain. See me for’fire insurance. I represent none but first-class kcompanies. H. HARRRUFF.

GRAHAM & LOWER DECATUR, INDIANA (Phone 239 AGENTS FOR BEST INSURANCE GO’S. IN THE WORLD 11 Farm and Gltv. Fire. Lightning and Wind Storm-

TAGUE'S SHOE STORE A Great January Sale -it— ■— —■ ii—htk ——————— n _ — ■ I — ’ F’- ' I $4.00 shoes go at $3.50 --b, A - 'A. I iSO shoes go at . 3*oo | V. 'A 2.50 shoes go at . 2.C0 ' ilk ___ 1 TJt We are going to give 50c off during January. I I This is a great money saver. Como and take advantage “ of this month’s sale. These prices arefor cash only. « I f—EB. TZXQI J EEI

j Lost—A pair of driving mittens, j Finder return to this office. Annual January clothing sule now on at Gus Kosenthai's. It’s an opportunity Lost—Some one carried away a fur boa from the dance at the Entre Nous club rooms Wednesday evening, and- the owner. Miss Agnes Schrock, is anxious to have it returned at once. NOTICE John S. Peterson has removed his office from over the Winues shoe store into the postoffioe block, where he can be reached by phone 149 by any one desiring to see him concerning Metropolitan Life insurance or fire insurance. 301df> (

Trustee Election J Nootice is hereby given that on January 13th, 1905, a meeting of the memtiers of tho Christian ohurch, Decatur, Indiana, will be held for the purpose of electing three trustees for said church for terms of one, two and three years respectively, as provided by law. BC2d To Whom It May Concern. I have been appointed general agent for the eale of Vitae Ore Medicine and all agents can secure their supplies from me. Jonathan Burkhead. Monroe, Ind. 300 d