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The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 5

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The Daily Reviewi
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Decatur, Illinois
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TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, THE DECATtJR REVIEW Awarded Blue Btbbon at State Fair, UM. Yon are cordially Invited to attend Fall and Winter Opening Of Pattern Hats and Bonnets Thursday and Friday, September 21 and 22. Mrs. H. A.

Wallace, 110 K. William 8t SCRAPS OF NEWS. NEW WAGON. The Thicker Nursery company is out with a handsome new delivery wagon. CAT NIGHTS.

"Dog days" are over but these nights belong to the cats apparently. MAS Dr. IH. Ot. Wood has moved Ms residence from HiO North Edward street to the flat an 888 East "WlBiani street.

(W I LL HEOOV BR. John the ouy 'Who was accidentally shot Ty his brother, is much improved and it is thought ahat he will recover. ARE 'AT PEOHIA. M. McGiniy, Hutficy Martin and A.

J. Ssberer a-re in Teorta this week acting as repneserttativos of at t'he State Liquor association. T-IFTTY rDEA'F DI'MB. About 'fifty dear ind 'dumb children. In charge of iteach'-rs.

gathered here 'Oils on thpir way to school at Jacks.jnvil.le. The Wabash furnished an extra CAT for them. Leaf Camp tonight at p. In K. of hall In Powers' block.

JL O. O. meeting of Decafcur lodge, No. ai 8 Work In first degwee. Degree staff take notice.

PEOPLE YOB KNOW Reliable Furniture. Reliable Sale. Carpet, Hatting, Oil Cloth Linolium. Ihu Mont Clliftjceft UestX' 3x2 Art Squares $2.25 Art Squares 2.75 3x3 Art Squares 3.35 3x3 Art Squares 3 85 3x4 Art Squares 4.45 GEO. W.

MEYER, Vrlce Fin-nil are HODHC. JTA3 iA NIBW J. J. MJlcmi'y of the Stewart 'Dry Goods cumpany has purchased of diaries Waggoner the beautiful cottage on West rojomly erected by the la'tter. The consideration 'was IN NHVV LOCATION.

Phillips mus-ic house ti now lo- V.i'U-d on East Main strict n'ear cur- m-r of Vi'ator street. The store room traj refinished i.nsMe and iRic pla-ce has CHURCH. Charles Smith and wife of iWirbertforcd. are in the city. iMir.

Smil'li is secretary to Bishop Arnat't and he lias been attending- the conference of African M. E. church at SitfinglieJd. MADE 'IT VP. An meeting of the officers of the Pioaitur M.

E. 'C-ireult was held at Che Fir-: church yiKtwday alfteraoon and the was pimall--'in Rev. A. L. Plowman's was made up.

IN THE SPROCKET. David, who is enndoj-ed at the Huff Bros, company plant. Is suffering a very sore hand, lie was cleaning Ins bicycle when he caught hl- luind in the sprocket wheel badly injjred two lie- S3 William llarkno-s is very low aiul his a if expected al! any lime. 1I diillnous and t.vlkfe abuui railroad accidents suffers J. good deal.

Ills rtrriik thuit he c.ui J.i*: but A short time. V.VI-.rA'B'I/KS STEt-L. GO-XE. Keener Oowdner, the cigar imakiir in the building, who lost a waitdi and about Kfl in money last Saturday, has not a i of his The ro- Hcv havi- bei'n working on the case but. haive iro t.luc.

ISU13B1' ON THE CdlOf'NDS. Peii'jwell. manager -f 'tlio Goodman barid, i. a't home frimi Spring-field, ho -were: m'akc arrangewicnts for boarding the members of One band during tho'stute fair. The men wiM ai fair grounds.

AiUL OVE-T5 TOWN. The advertising c-ir of thc Buffalo I sliuw 'Is in DccAtur today. There Is nf men with 'the car and UN a-lvm'tl-jlng islniw put The show itvin be up ux'ur tliu licre un 10. MOV13D TO Mr. Jo H.

HiM'-slng lnu'o -mnvcd Crr.m 10 i city ami are living ijj MTK. John Giblin. nn iNomh Clititon. Mr. mff is a anil ilas g'one (a Work ir V.

A. Swoitrinscn. UOTH The EmWcivnr of tne M. 'K. i-lmrch to a trolley i-lik- ami iiicirif UiiTisht.

but it lias hewn to (lUiiiil'rn Ivitli. ami Rive a soc'al nt tlic t'T sumo tihi- om- livi-iilns nrxit wtck. instead. Ira Clokley left yesterday for Boston. C.

C. LeForgee left for Cincinnati Sunday nlgTit. Dr. R. L.

Walston has returned from the north. Dr. McClelland visited friends in Beason, Sunday. Captain W. E.

Bingham has gone to Mackinaw Falls. Frances Cake will go bo in a few days to visit friends. D. Bradley has returned from a ten days' business visit In New York Mrs. Kate Sherwood has returned from a visit with friends In Utchflcld.

Justice Short), -who has been confined to his home by illness, was a-ble Ito "be o'ut today. Frank Smallwood and wife have just returned from a six weeks' visit to various Ohio cities. Dr. H. C.

Jones, Who has been visiting In OhSo for several days past, arrtveH toome tMa morning. J. K. Osborne of Die Patfflc Express Company leaves tonight for Chlca'go on a business trip. Mr.

and Mrs. George E. Moellcr returned today from Detroit and Chicago, where they have visited for ten days. Mr. and Mrs.

W. A. Schorr departed for Apex, yesterday. Mrs. Schorr was formerly Miss Josephine Stickle.

Harry F. Aldridge of the Linn Scruggs shoe department left yesterday for Fa'ir- mount to attend the funeral of a nephew. Miss Carrie Shea has returned home after a visit with her ur.cie. J. G.

Shea and family, at VermilHon Heights, Danville, us. E. K. Mott, general manager of Ihe Armour Packing company, is in the city to- dey looking after the local Interests ot his firm. Mrs.

H. Sackriter and Mrs. John Ayre of Mcnticello are visiting with Mrs. Sack- riter's daughter, Mrs. F.

D. Carver, at 9X Xoith Tnlon. Rev. Mr. Sleeter of Blue MounJ, and fiev.

Mr. Welffenhaugh of Mewenqmi, have lettirned to their homes after visiting In tile city with Rev. Charles flodenbers. Sirs. J.

II. Kobinson and son, Lee, returned home to aif'ier a tiwj weeka visit Mrs. 'Rubinsvn's mother, Mrs. A. Morrison, street.

Dean Cool will leave this week for Harvard college where he will take course in languages. He graduated last year from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Mrs. M. T.

Bonfield and daughters, Marene BonfleW and Ethel Priest, left this afternoon for Oklahoma City, O. to visit Mrs. Bonfleld's sister, Mrs. E. W.

Erisman. Ralph 'Wlsmer, who has been 111 for some time, has about recovered and will soon resume work for the He e.xneetK»to he located as operator at San- Gamon station. Alderman F. M. Young, who was in the city to attend the council meeting last nijiht.

has returned to Chicago where he is looking a the business cf his brother who is flangeruusly 111. Rev. J. IH. Kelly has and will go to Alton before re'turnimf Xo Dcc-afur, t'he laltlter part of the Rev.

Futher O'Rourke was here from Ial'ion Vsty and acL-ompan'ie-J Fa'thur Kelly to Chicago. Miss Clara Greene left mornins'for Washington, D. C. She will be the guest lliuio of Charles F. Joy and family and will also visit Mount Kisoo, N.

and other points in the cast before returning home. WabMh Putting It on the Best Bnginei. FBBAKS IS THAT WRICK. Strike Worriep Some Trainmen Tlie tijl lias guiie to the Springfield shops to ibe equipped with the University nozzle. It lias now been several mouths since the Eweeney, or University apjjlied to the 001 ami the "test IMS been long and severe.

It was first tried on one of the hardest passenger runs on the sytem, in trains and 3 between De c.vtur and St. Louis, where it was carefully watched by the regular engineer. Tt has also been in the where the engine wag handled alternately 'by several different engineers. All -the engineers wJio have Imnillcil the engine say thai the new nozzle is the skiff, that it is all that the inventors c-l-aiiui for it as a fuel saiver, a and consequently a man saver. The fact of its applied to another engine and that the B31, the pride of tlie Wabush, evidence the nozzzlc h-is met with the aipjirovul of the heads of tlic machinery dcpanment, The Root Vandervoort Engineering company has received an order to equip eight more locomotive's on the Illinois Central with the Sweeney One of engines, the received the pipf iast -Saturday and is doing fine work tl'e start.

Arrangements have been ina'le, for a trial of the nozzle on the Chicajro Northwestern, railroad, pipe to to one of the mail FRHAKS IX THK WRECK. Some freaks of t'he wreck at Attica are (les'ribcd by a who WHS on the ground after it happened. Tho wreck on t'he 'bridge over -the ba-h. The sPftion of 04 dashed into tlic rear of the Jii'f-t section, ing the caboose iii'ti s)ilint('i--. A recking the engine ami wvernl a Tlieie was not a piece tit the body of the c-aliiOM' us ibjg a door that wuc not broken or yet out; of the (otind lifty feet beluw iinliarnu'd.

Xot even the glsia-? in the d'oor The rear ibrakoiiun wa's on the tank ear ahead of tlie CiiUoose. When the crash came he thrown uj and caught on one of the overhead beams to which he clung unharmed. Had -he 'been jrn the ca.liooM; it would h-aivc been cerkuin lcath. and his imilcr tlie like a story of the Dead Wood Uick variety. HARD TRAIX ilKX.

"Tlie railroad men may strike in connection with this coal strike, 'but it went Fall Opening in the Millinery Department. Thursday Friday, September 21 and 22. A extremely interesting occasion for all admirers of correct and stylish Hats aud Bonnets--au elaborate exposition of what is en regie in the world's foremost fashion centers--an advance hint of the coming modes as understood by the leading Paris artists--clever copies and adaptations from superb Pattern Hats, together with original conceptions from our own workrooms--au event which every woman in Decatur should plan to attend. Something New in Steel Cook Stoves Possessing all the advantages of a Steel Range yet lower in price--in fact the lowest priced good stove manufactured. IS-incb oven-- Squara ff I flfl top 4MO.UU 20-inch oven- square ff 11 nn 4 I 18-inch oven-- be a sympathy stmke." said a eng-ineer thiii 'morning 'he atiaijrhteiii'-l his ibttck -and the from Reservoir $23.00 20-inch oven $26.00 C.

BARNETT, Successor to C. Griswold Co. UM Kftst Main New Water Colors (Bj Celebrated ArtUU.) Some of thc finest evsr brought to IJecatur have just been received at J. Edward Saxton's Book Store. ovrra of he Fine Arts ars in- vitcd to call and examine i them.

0 Chicken Fry t'likken fry at Sharon M. K. c-lnirph TucnJay. Sept. 10.

nipper of tilings. Four of Uucatur. rotuls. Moonlight drive. iVVRNtNO.

lino worth of improvements ru Just been cifltipleteU in lOlcftMl lodgv, I. t). O. and there will IIP a w-irminK opening next FH'hiy will he invited In attend and a goid skiclal jirogr.im will lie given. A 'bamiuet will be given at a time.

THE BOOKS. The ciimir.Hlee having In charge the form a i of circulating library to bo given liv thc Woman's club, requests that all hooks to be given ly mem'KTK lie sent in by of this week. It is desired to have the matter In shape to repurt to the state federation at the meeting In Quincy In October. A REMINDER. Secretary Harry Patterson Is arranging souvenir edition of the Y.

A. Star Course and it will he ready for distribution in a few days. The souvenir of ten descriptive pamphlets of persona and topics in tha star course. All will be handsomely hound together and will make a pretty reminder. TWO WEDDINGS This MornloK at Bt Patrick Catholic Oharoh.

There we're two at St. OPatrlck'3 -this morning and four heiirts that have been going it aJone now beat as 'Wo. 'Kd McQuUlan and Miss Susie MtaCready came frcrni Cisco this morning, secured a and were unk'ed by Rev. iDcan us farmer and Murphy. Tho grci'Jm is a.

the bride 'the daughter of another -pros- poriius farmer, and they return there live. A't t'he same service this morning PhUip and M1ss Kober this city wore married by Rev. Dean Murphy. The groom is an employe of Che Wabash. They will go to housekeeping on East street.

MW SIGHTS FOR ALL What could afford the old folks, who require aid for failing vision, more real liliMsure than good glasses that will to tlic dimmed and ageing eyes new sights and pleasures, and bring them back to the das of We guarantee pair of glasses we sell to be easy, iMirfortable. and properly adjusted. Spectacles eyeglasses in jrold. silver, steel, aluminum, and nil metals and materials useu for this purpose. Prices to satisfy your hear; and fit your purse.

DROME; MS Dr. 'M. P. Parrish lied his ho.rse and buggy in the place morning a'b'iut 9:39 and iwhen lie cam? shortly a 31 o'clock, discovered a vehicle gone. Some time laier was found on West North tied to a el egrrdiph pole, driven, but was nurt.

'1: had been UOJJTLE33 TIES. foreman of the Oty 'EIiAJtric railway. 'has hi? -cunstruterlon torce at work today cm that part of track on Xorth Broadway DMsion street and the ce 'track. He Is putting jollies ties under line rvdls. tj.iHa*in5.

and putting that pieof at road on a par wrth the North Watrr street track, and vhax is nearly perTeo: to rtde over. Progie-ss lodge. Xo. 141, 1. O.

O. will celebrate the anniversary of thc 1'ebekuh degree Sept. 20 at tlieir hall, corner of Xortli Slain and William streets. All Odil and frieml- are cordially invited. A program and cake walk ivill be yiveii.

THE DEATH EECOED. MRS. AMANDA PEASE. Mrs. Amanda Pease died at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at her home, Kast Leafland avenue, aged 67 years.

The funeral will be held pt o'clock from the resilience nrf atternonn. Rev. S. ilowyer will oitleiate and tfte burial will be at cemetery. Tlie deceased wan tlie mother of Charles and Miss Ida Pease of this city: Dr.

T. L. Pease, of Cisco: Dr. F. W.

Pease or Hamilton: Supervisor A. J. I'ease of l.atham: Lincoln Pease of George Pease of Mobile, Ala. and Mrs. H.

Lewellen of Latham. Friends are requested to call at tne house between 10 a. m. and noon Wednesday. JIRS.

HATTIE ORR. TWO NEW SONGS. A CJillesple has received the contracts two new songs which he has written and which will soon be published. One is entitled "Hek-ne." and will lie published by M. Son.

and the other Mrs. Hattle Orr. wife of Perry Orr. died at 10:30 a. m.

today at hec home on East (Marietta street. The time of the funeral will be an- nouqced later. is entitled and will published Hnviland Co. Both are high ciass tmllails and are said to be MEETINGS. 'his face after helping slwrvcl tons of coal from a coal car to his engine.

It w.w a -now car of and it took tlie train crew over an hour of bard work lo coal tlic engine, Tho train brought over two car- iif coal Terre Haute. At Hervc.v they met engine, uf Xo. 8, uvliic.li nas out of coal, anil hail to help coal this engine. One car as left at Hervoy the local, i iwu, 'also oint of coal. The 507, was pulli'ii's 7 west tliis morning, coal at Terre llaute, which was suflieient for the trip to 1'eo- ria.

All the passenger will try to do this uud avoid taking coal at DC- catur. BIGGEST ENGINE OF ALL. The largest, heaviest, and most powerful locomotive in the country was brought into the Illinoib Central yards at Chicago yesterday and will be put into service on a road within it short time. The steel monster is the latent product of tlie Hooka works at Dunkirk, X. It ia of thc twelve-wheeler and was jiuccially designed for service in drawing a freight train over difficult -piece of road Ijetviecn CarlxjiulaU-, and 'Fulton, Ky.

A sister eiiffinc of tint "fon.sol'idation" type is to be furnished by the Dunkirk factory before Xor. 1. The cylinders of "Xo. 640" are 23 inches in diameter, and the stroke of tiio inches. Thc 'boiler, malic up of 420 two-inch tubes, i.s 0 feet 10 inches in diameter, and will stand a pressure of 210 The engine weighs 230,000 pound-, and -ils monster tender not quite half a.s much.

The tender will hold 5.000 gallons of water and 1(1 torn of coal. The dme-whcels, of which "there are eight, are 4 feet inclies in diameter. MAKE THREATS. A serious difference of opinion lu? arisen between the of Qiuncy and the Wuibash railroad, and the shipper- are threatening a 1xy-ott. Thc point at issue the rate to (Juincy dining the street fair at that place.

Tlie has offered a rate of one and a third fares. The shipper- think that ii ought to make a rate of one fare for the round trip. In this connection the trdiiipoilation committee of the -treet fair has obtained the signature- of between forty and of the lea dine to a petition nlrich wa- addrwsed to C. S. Crane, grti- cial agejit, and was turned over to S.

Barnes, local commercial agent of the company. The petition after asking the one fare rate and citing some reasons why it iliould be granted ends in the clause, "Prompt action by your road in making rate will be highly appreciated'and will have a pood effect on future btiii- WMM The Round Oak I Jont CM Uood a Furnhce the Hound Oak a ft Stovn. ft ft Furnace More good, common-sense features than in any Furnace made in this country. The solid One-Piece Castings are Gas Tight, Smoke Tight and Practically indestructible. it's Made to Last and Save Fuel.

Xhat'i Where the Economy In. Come in and examine one thoroughly, get fully posted, tnen fiud its equal in workmanship and principle if you can. florehouse Wells 134-140 E. Main Street. trainina might have ibeon.

In fuel, i many master car Ibiiildeiv who are themselves purely pnn-tical men there is a seated prejudice again.st the man Will f.r Probate. The will of the late Joseph S. Clifton was filed for probate today in the cornt.r court. Judge Hammer Ilxed Oct. us tne for the hearing.

Deed Kec wded- Benjamin Ditl to atirie -XlciJls, lot 9 in B. DUl's sabdH-i5lon; JSOO. ilj NORTH WATEK STREET, R. X. of meeting of Bay I lo Hamburg.

Morton ending tanned shoe A VOCATION XOT CROWDED. Tlie la-n of the Oar tjiat car draugliting is one of the few vocations in which thc is than the xleniand. This largely. to fhe fact that a lar draug-ht-mian have both techoit-al knowledge and ipractical e.vjerienee. Xo master rar builder wants to engage who ha- come from a tcchmcal school, ind so is the prejudice a it is dan- for nn applicant for a under them to mention that he is a graduate from nn institution of 1his kind.

T'he journal above cptoted in evidence of the scarcity of draughtsmen I a Hie employment department of I lie journal was recently -asked to fiirni-h the names of three persons lo take position- of tbii kind and out of the numerous persons on the list only one bud (he HCB- fjunlificalions. OUT OK TXIO. Tlie 1.. 1). 4 ill iiilditinn to the ble rfbout coal i- having a scarcity of wn- 1er.

At AtiAoml and 'herry 1'oint. regular water i- "X- haustcd, and jrcight a i fiinl it m-iv-i- -my to carry tank cais. tioing east i arc filled at Dcca'tur with a nupjii.v whk-h is sufficient to last them to Cam.n 1 go. At this point water enough is takjn to last to Hume and return. Here anot'itr supply is taken to bring thc engines to Uc- catur.

GETTrXG COAL. Tlie D. has now four cars of coa'l. brought here from Indiana, and supplying tiic engines from The Vandalia will bring coal from Itia- zil to Itecator" for its engines. Since the Iwginning of thc the engines have 'been supplied from two cars that happened to le in stock.

GOBBIP. A. TiiUle, traveling passenger agent for tie Union Pacific is in thc city. draughtsman who has not had practical I experience, no matter what his Thomas Fallen, traveling pai'engor fur thc passed i i a l''atur Sunday mi lii-t a to tin 1 'J'. A.

convention al Denver. Fireman Harry Un1.ui of en- gim- 7W i- of ht ilaj. a. it al'O l-'ircmun Uiiynj of 709. Tlin Wiibosh special car.

will go through on Xo. 1- for In- night. Engine 47'J. one of the ban cngim--. went to Sjtringlield KJIOJIS today.

Biigpnc OinvciX! of city has i jul) of rick laying f'ii (Virtuil at Kamwy. The Illinois Cclilral hui-lli- Fej ilouitxly oMipjny to wet Siindi', The company 011 thu Di.imoiid Sunday morning and go by St. Tlic 1). K. yc-lerday tunic.I to thc and the 1).

BIS- ty-fivc can- rf grain from the imith. Ail the grain had to be traii-fi'i'K-d mil uio D. W. public clcvalor it lo'Jay cd fur want of Marrltge and Claude Toncy of La 1'lm-c uud -Mi-i Hcrtha (J-ifford' Jiurric.l Rev. C.

P. Hard at the liouie of near Lolcc City. At thc Mine tirnp and phiw tad lie- day the little daughter of Marc i-s NEWSPAPER!.

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