The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 2

LIFE'S LIGHTER HOURS. SURPRISED MR. JOHNSON? Yesterday evening at his home on North Edward street, G. C. Johnson was successfully surprised, upon his sixty- third birthday.

The surprise was planned and executed by Mrs. Johnson. Upon Mr. Johnson's arrival come in the evening he was greeted by the em- ployes of his bakeries, who were seated at a long table, covers being laid for twenty. A four-course dinner was served under the direction of Mrs.

Garrett. On behalf of the employes Mr. Lelby presented Mr. Johnson with a. handsome golden oak rocker.

He also received many other valuable and useful gifts. After a social evening: the men departed, wishing their employer many years to enjoy his rocker. H. C. and G.

C. Johnson of Peorla were present. SURPRISED. Mr. and Mrs.

J. 3. Campbell wers pleasantly surprised Friday night at their home, four miles southeast of Decatur. The Ladies' Aid society of Antl- och Christian church and their families called and spent a pleasant evening. Light refreshments were served by the society.

Mrs. George E. Albeltz, in behalf of the society, presented Mrs Campbell with a handsome rug. Mr. and Mrs Campbell were recently married.

ENTERTAINED. Mrs W. J. Brust. 625 East North entertained nt flinch in honor of her niece.

Miss Myrtle Aungst of Oklahoma Cltj-. Those In attendance were Misses Astrid Naso, Myrtle Aungst Anna May Montgomery, Mary Miller Bessie Bowyer, Messrs. Thurman Hammann, Luther Aungst, John Hamman and Mrs. Milner, Mr. and Mrs.

Aungst. Mr. and Mrs. W. J.

Brust. There was music and refreshments. Anthony J. The wife of Colonel Anthony J. Drexel of New York is a woman whose charm of manner and person has won her warm friends in the most exclusive circles abroad The Drexels are famous for their lavish hospitality.

When they as their summer home a few People You Know Scraps News. years JRO tho historic Norrls castle in the Isl- of Wight they became neighbors of the British royal family. When they cruised to St Petersburg in their eostlv and i yacht Margherita they had ns a guest Princess Henry of Pless, -who Introduced them to the Russian royal family. J. M.

Gray goes to Bunker Hill to islt relatives there today. Mrs. Cal Mitchell, who has been quite 11 for some time, is slowly Improving. Geraldine Mitchell went to Vlrden Saturday to spend Sunday with her Mrs. G.

C. Carroll. Mrs. Pearl Krieg and mother of shelbyville are visiting Mr. and Mrs, ames Beeder.

Mrs. Alice P. Curl of Cambridge, is the guest of her brother, Charles H. Patterson, on North Main treet. Misses Maude and Josephine BJpler are in Chicago today.

C. S. Cariens and his two sons of Minneapolis arrived in Decatur last night on the Wabash blue train to attend the Tureman-Powers wedding. Cariens Is an attorney In Minneapolis and was formerly a resident this city. Miss Mabel Hldgeley of Springfield, who is in the city to" attend the Tureman-Powers wedding, is the guest of Miss Ethel Baldwin.

C. D. Ray and daughters, Nellie and Minnie, of Maroa were In the city shopping Saturday. Miss Charlotte Brlnkmeyer will spend Sunday with Miss Ruby Armstrong at Blue Mound. Miss Katie Doyle and mother of Ivesdale wer In the oity Saturday on business.

Mrs. J. P. "Harney of Crawfordsvllle is In the city visiting her son, T. C.

Harney, on North Main street. J. B. Nichols left for St. Louis last night.

Walton L. Crocker of Boston, eeoro- tary of the John Hancock Life Insurance company, Is in the city the guest of J. S. Galvin, general agant, and will remain several days. Miss Minnie Crane went to Moweaqua Saturday to be the guest of Misses Julia and Frances Hudson, Miss Kittle Day of Chicago is also a guest at the home of the Misses Hudson.

Mr. D. C. Buck of North Water street is the guest of Bloomlngton friends. Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Mueller will leave Monday afternoon for Washington, D. whera they will attend the American Gas Light association convention. Mr. and Mrs Will Coonradt returned last night from St.

Louis, where thay have been spending several days. Professor H. Coonradt, wife and daughter, who have been attending the World's Fair since last Thursday, returned home last night. Principal H. M.

Owen of Brown's Htisiness college returned last night roin a visit to St. Louis. Dr. N. D.

Myers returned Saturday trom St. Louis, where he had spent week. The 4-year-old son of Thomas Bntler seriously ill at the home of hie pa. ents on North Mercer street with complication of troubles. W.

E. Marquam, who has been ill with typhoid fever at his home, 1239 North College street, Is somewhat improved, though still very weak. His father, W. H. Marquam, is here from Bloomington to spend Sunday with him.

DAT TO REGISTER. Tuesday will be registration day, and voters should not overlook the fact. It is important that all voters should register on Tuesday. THREE-FOUBTHS DONE. The Barber Asphalt company has finished a block and a half of the East Main street paving.

Only half a block of resurfacing remains to be done on that street. GOES TO SAMOA. Word been received In tho city of tho appointment of Commander C. B. Moore, formerly of Decatur, to the new United States naval station at Samoa.

Ha has for tha past three years been on Mare Island, in 'ornla, where his daughter ried last month. Call- mar- BIG LEAGUE ATTENDANCE. Nev York, Oct. IB --Unofficial figures complied since the close of the baseball season, show that the attendance at games of the two major leagues aggregated nearly 6,000,000. With these figures as a basis, it is safe to say that tho minor and state leagues drew at least an equally large attendance, and it can be seen that the season just ended haa been the greatest In the history of the national game.

Not only have the crowds been larger than in any other year, but the enthusiasm has been more marked, probably because of tho rivalry between the 1 and American Tho latter organization outdrew its older rival by nearly 332,000, due to the closeness of the race, which brought five clubs to the finish In a bunch three eeks before the season ended, and in won only on GUEST OF MR. CRANE. George T. French of Chicago, who is the president of the Decatur Hotel company, is the general agent for Chicago of the accident and liability department of the Aetna Insurance company. He was the guest of J.

W. Crane, the local Aetna agent, during his stay in Decatur. WILL MOVE. C. S.

Needham and family expect to move into the new house Mr. Needham built Just north of his present residence. The older house will be offered for sale. which tho pennant was the laat day of play. e-rnnd tntal of attpnflance American league games was 3,034,559, and that of the National league 2,774,701.

Up to the end of July the National had drawn better, but i pennant practically won by the Giants, Interest decreased and the younger league forged steadily ahead. The polo grounds hold tho recced for attendance at a single game. On July 11 the attendance was given out as 38,805. On three other occasions more than 35,000 persons witnessed games at the polo grounds, according to the club's figures, and the total for the season was 641,275. The Boston Americans proved the best money makers In the American league.

Their total attendance was at home, 621,156, an average of 8,530 against the Giants' average of 9,161. The American league drew over 700,000 more persons last year, while the National's attendance Increased 365,109. The following table shows the attendance in each city. Tho average per game is taken from the number of games each team played on Its own unds: AMERICAN LEAGUE. Total.

Av.pcrgnme. Boston 621,156 Chicago 648,979 Athletics 511,419 New York 4S0.911 St. Louis 401,365 Cleveland 274.100 Detroit 173,296 Washington 133,344 Total, 8.094,669. Attendance in 1908, 2,345,888. Attendance In 1902, 2,206,457.

Attendance In 1901, 1.688,584. NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York 641,275 Chicago 462,580 Cincinnati ..401,488 ..395.660 ..343,128 ..231.633 ..156,632 St. Louis Plttubuirg Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia 143,415 Total, 2,774,701. Attendance In 190S, 2,390,362, Attendance in 1902, 1,081,212.

Attendance In 1901. 1.920,031. 8,530 7,468 7,089 0,002 4,091 2.68G 2,034 9,161 6,098 5,735 6,056 4,973 3,736 2,323 2,431 LoKKest Train. Bloomlngton Fantagrnph: Conductor Huth with the 389, Engineer William Johnson, came In from the north yesterday morning 1 holding the record for taking tho longest train out of Chicago in the history of tho roads centering In metropolis. He lett with 115 cars, and got them as far as Lambert, when he got set out all but seventy- slx, two loads ond seventy-four empties being brought through.

The treln was a mile and a quarter In length. Tho engineer and conductor could not sea each othor when at (ho regpectlva ends of tho train. Nothing like such a train has been known on tho Alton and tho chanccK arc that it will not heard of again In case tho officials become aware qf It. Tho train narrowly escaped sticking a number of passenger trains, and only by superhuman exertions upon the part of tho orcw In keeping the clear, were tho passengers not laid out. That the long train held together Is regarded ns little short of a miracle.

SPOKE TO THE BLIND. J. W. Crane, while at Jacksonville as the guest of President John A. Brown of the state Institution for the blind, who was In attendance at a meeting of the board of trustees, mndc an address to the students at tho in- of Superintendent Freeman.

MAKES CHANGE! Mrs. R. Blow has resigned her position as manager of the cloak department at Bradley Bros, and accepted a josition at the Linn Scruggs store. PRICES ABE MARKED DOWN. Mlllrni Offer for a Ont Less Thou They Have.

The first rhanso in weeks In the prices offered for the different grains by local millers in made this morning. New oats brlnK only 27 cents now, wlifre formerly they brought 28, and bring 26 The buyers offer no rtnvm for the change, merely say- 4ng tile prices quoted are all those gralna are worth now. Decatur millers are offering the following prices: Grain--Wheat, single loads, whits corn, 9c; round lots, BOc; mixed or yellow. 49c: In round lots, BOc; oats, new, white. 27i new mixed, 26c; rye, 60c.

Live Stock--Steers, cows, heifers, calves, 4.50; sheep, J3SS.25; lambs, (404.50; hogs, t4.75@5. These prices to the farmers aro Quoted by Max Atlass: Hf 8c, old cocks. 6c; springs, lOc; old toms, IDc; stags, 60; ben turkeyi, lOr; F. ducks, 7c; F. F.

fat. Be; live pigeons, 60c per do2en; guineas, each lOc; fresh horse hides, largo, horse hides, small, tallow, beeswax, butter, lOc; wool, 20c; spring turkeys. Ibs. each and over, 12c; sheep pelts, BometUIng to (or Chicago Tribune: "Takes 5ie.rd to get along here, dosn't it?" commented the traveler, looking out of the cur window at the wretched little village on tho eJge of the swamp. "Yes.

sir." said the native on the elation platform, who was covered with mosquito bites. "A feller has got no. many mouths to feed, you know." Would Hake Him Good. Philadelphia Ledger: "Mother thinks you'll mako me a good wife," said the girl's intended. "Indeed?" replied the girl with the determined jaw.

"You tell your mother I'll make you a good husband." Gone for Good. "He dropped his money In Wall "No use, then, going back to look for tt. There Is a man there whose business It to pick up and keep such things." The greatest possible number of leap years will occur In the twentieth century, the year 1904 being the first one, and every fourth year following up to and Including 2,000. In the same century February three times will have five Sundays--In 1920. 1948 and 1975.

The coreless apple from the United States and Canada Is the latest sensation In the English fruit market. Specimens of the new fruit are expected to irrlve before the end of the year, and orders for trees are pouring in from all tuarters. Prohlb Meetings. The following Prohibition meetings are scheduled for this week: At Oakley, Tuesday evening at o'clock. At court house in Deoatur at 7.SO Thursday evening.

At Austin town hall, Friday evening at 7:30. There will probably be other meetings both In Decatur and In the country, and the dates will be announced later. MARRIED. GOLDEN RUMMAOE. Golden Crown camp of Royal Neighbors will hold a rummage salo and bazaar in the room on North Main stieet used by the Methodist ladles for their rummage sale The sale will open Monday Oct.

27. EGG SCHEMES. One Decatur man who wont out on the interurban thought he would set some cheap fresh eggs at Niantic. He found that some dozens nf otlieis ont on the interurban had also had that iflea and the eggs were about as scarce as In Decatur. Dr.

A. Burton Nichols. Decatur. Legal Bertha A Blanchard, Decatur Death oC Child. Joseph A.

Peters died at 10 o'clock Saturday night nt the residence Mb parents, Mr. and Mrs Jesse Peters, 871 West Packard street, after nn lllnes of less than a clay. His ago was 15 months lie was taken with s-pasms at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and though several physicians were called they wore unable to save the child The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon from the family residence. The Interment will be at Greenwood. NICHOLS-BLANCHARD.

Dr A. B. Nichols and Miss Bertha Blanchard were married at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of th bride's mother, 609 North Water street The ceremony was performed by Rev W. J. Davidson, pastor of the Firs' Methodist church.

The couple left Saturday afternoon for a trip through Michigan. Both are well known young people and have many friends. Bond Concert. A band concert will be given at Fairview park this afternoon. Whether this Is the last farewell concert of the season cannot be stated.

It all depends on the weather, and is a thing which neither Irl W. Hicks nor Charley Bliss can foretell with absolute certainty. If tha present golden glow of Indian summer should lap over into the lap of November it is likely that there will be another final concert or two, Clone to Schedule. The interurban cars were i yesterday with reasonable reference to schedules. Thp sub-station at TTalrvlew park was doing business at the old stand and there were no mishaps to mar the schedules.

Frank Bainter was having his twlce- a-week layoff in Decatur yesterday anil Sam Sheibley will have an i to get acquainted with his family today. The men on the Spiingfield-De- catur runs have two days on and one day off. Con Ryan's Place, Effective yesterday, Con Ryan was appointed acting supervisor of the i district of the Wabash and the Tenth district east of Jacksonville, vice Thomaa McDonald, transferred. This territory belongs to Supervisor M. Ryan, who is still detained as preneral foreman on the new work on the Thirteenth district.

Acting Supervisor Con Ryan has, during the past summer been i an extra gang on tho i district. He lias been in charge of a section at Ivesdale and has held other positions In the road department. Sixth Anniversary. The wedding anniversary nf Mr. and Mrs Joseph T.

Tucker was observed Wednesday evening: in mini township at the home of Mrs. Tucket 's mother, Mrs J. J. Batcheldnr, who gave three-course dinner in honor of the event. Those present were Mr.

and Mrs. J. T. Tucker and daughters, Ruth and Mary, Mr and Mrs C. H.

Cowen and daughters, Joy, Nlra and Amelia, Miss Georglana Joy Batchelder and Hev. and Mrs A. Arnold and daughter, Miss R. Jenny Arnold. DEATH OF EXPERT SHOT.

Utlca, N. Oct Flllford, the champion trapshnt, riled at his home here of nmnnnonia While We Do Not Claim That our laundry work is perfect, it is nevertheless a conceded fact, that our work is by far the best in the city. Ask your neighbor if the above is not true. Fred Norman Remember there is no change in our telephone number. Main 20, Old Phone.

No. 20, New Phone. seouicc time The time of aQ tfmes Is here for you who have housefurnishing to purchase. Your time because the stocks are greater and more complete and because the novelties of the season are on our floors in greater profusion than later when the better things have been culled over. Our time because the greatness of our stock this season places us above all competition.

Make it a point to visit our store Monday. LIBRARY TABLES In mahogany, golden oak or Antwerp finish; fully fifty patterns to select from. It does not require a separate library room for one of these tables, for where is tha home that does not need a table larger than the ordinary stand? Our prices range $5 to $45. The one like cut is $25. MORRIS CHAIRS Are lazy chairs par excellence, and every, home to be comfortably furnished needs such a chair.

Here is a chance to supply such a lack. A solid oak chair with velour upholstery, patent arm adjustments, for $6.50. A more elaborate one with lion head carvings at $10. Others up to $35. HALL CLOCKS in the Antwerp finish complete, a reception hall or library clock, and are useful as well as ornamental.

Prices range $18 and up. Roman Chairs Those reproductions chairs that add BO much to a hall or reception room are here in great profusion and in all the woods. Their quaintness and difference of style make them most popular. Prices range from $12 to $30 Antwerp Furniture The massive, comfortable and restful (both to eye and body), furniture of wax finished dark oak, will outlive a generation. We have in that finish chairs settees, rockers, couch, clocks, book cases, taborets, etc.

Victor Extension Tables Nothing; has beta patented In line as important as Automatle Ylotor Extension Table. The tabla leaven, a plaoo to put the ana of rickety tabUu Is a thins; of the put. The leaves fit automatically Into place and person oan open It any lenrth required. They are found onljr at Scovlll'B. raocn trom to MO Dressing Tables Where is the young lady that has not wanted one of those dainty French dressing tables.

If she would but come and look she would be surprised ihow little money it would, cost to have her wish gratified, We have them in the woods, mahogany, birdseye maple and golden oak. Prices range from $10 up. Parlor Stand Sewing Tables Our stock is almosf unlimited in large and small sizes and all manner of shapes, $1 to $25. Sewing tables fitted with drawers, oompart- menta, for sitting room or bed room, $6 and up. Our Basement all In that are your trade on that clnas of we that oone demrra tt of the values we muob ours.

(or Instance, that We Store Pipe of ourif-- Ws than moat goods. And to SJrink ot a- polished Imitation Russia stovs for IKa. Then, too, there Is that 15o per square oil oloth that oo cne attempts to meet the prioa. American Oriental Rugs We are showing a large line of American made Oriental rugs that have all the earmarks of the imported article. The weave and patterns are the Bftme, but instead of their being made by hand they are manufactured by power looms.

The manufacturer warrants them to wear and hold their color as well as the imported rugs. Then, too, the price is not one-third the Oriental rug. Small sizes as low as larger sizes up to $45, COMPANY NEWSPAPER! NEWSPAPER!.