Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 3

JOHN VEZZOSO'S ITALIAN ORCHES THE DEATH RECORD. WHITE LOAF sgAA GREAT. BIG tfK PIECB CENTS, Take Your Baby To Akers, Sanford and buy one of those Celebrated RAILROAD RACKET. Master Mechanic Jacob.Schilling was in St Louis yesterday. Supt.

J. S. Goodrich of theWabash here to-day from Chicago. Roadmaaers Welch of Bluffs and Davey of Litchfield were in Decatur yesterday. Division Freight Agent Fleming of the Wabash was here yesterday rrom spring field.

Brakeman Noah Wellman of the P. D. A E. passenger serivce has taken a fifteen days leave of absence and Brakeman Carroll oc his run. Machinist Charles Mitchell of the Wabash shops is laid up with a mashed finger.

His injuries were dressed by Dr. Bell at the Wabash dispensary. Switchman J. Schulke, who winter, lost a leg in the Decatur yards washere yesterday from the hospital at Springfield and went to St. Louis.

The Pennsylvania road ran a vestibulcd train from New York to Philadelphia in ninety minutes yesterday afternoon. The distance is 90.76 miles. General Superintendent H. L. Magee of the Wabash accompanied by his wife, passed through Decatur yesterday en route to Louis after a week's outing at one of the northern resoits.

A leading electrician says that electric locomotives will bo cheaper and swifter than steam locomotives, and that if tiack; are even and straight and roadbeds good a speed of SCO miles an hour is within the range of possibility. Brakeman Frank Eckert," formerly on the Wabash and recently with the Illinois'Cen-tral, has resigned his position on the latter road and returned to Decatur. He will soon establish a dairy here making his headquarters on his father's farm west of the city. Arrangements have been made for a spec ial train over the Wabash from Chicago and the Frisco from St. for Dallas leaving Chicago Oct.

28, at night, and ar riving in Dallas on the morning of the 30th, the day before the Corbett-Fitzsim irons fight. Engine 1536 of the class type 6ent west to run on the Vandalia Wednesday hauled train 20, consisting of cars, from Greencastle to the Belt road in thirty- seven minutes; distance thirty-eight "miles. The train left Greencastle fourteen minutes late, and came to a standstill in the Indian- apois Union Station on time, At Indianapolis on Wednesday, Paul, the 5 year-old son of Eugineer Will Trenary of the I. D. fe W.

passenger service, died of diphtheria. The family'is known'as i faith curists and the Journal of that city rsayi that no physician was called and that the child had no relief except theprayers'of the parents. The same paper credits to I the father the statement that some; wrongful act on their (the parents)part had weakened their power of prayer. M. E.

Ingalls, presidenrof the Big Four and of the Chesapeake "and his address at Clifton Forge, before tho rail road branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, said: "Our Directors havejde termined that with the improvement in business they will establish a plan by which the emldojes shall receive a fair share cf the earnings after the fixed chrages arepro vided for. This was agreedjfuponitwo years ago. but owing the panic of 1893 and the bard times baa been "nothing to divide, and therefore the scheme could not be made effective but with; the jim provement in business I hope that in the next few years this can be made 'effective and that we can show to the world by the results upon this road that strikes and trouble between employers'and employes are unnecessary, and thatthey shall be partners and work together for the common good." Niagara Falls (N. Special; The first step in the construction of the largest steel bridge in the world of single arch plan was taken this week when the contract was let for the construction of the foundation of the mammoth arch, which will be over 850 feet across, besides theshore line parts. The bridge is to be constructed from the plans of Engineer C.

O. Buck, whoisXthe chief engineer of the new East Rivet bridge, New York. The contract for the foundations was awarded to B. P. Smith of Rochester, his bid being the lowest of quite a number.

Work is to commence immedi ately and the'stone structural work will be completed by winter. Thi3will be left standing to see what the effect of the rise and fall of the river and the ice-jams will have upon it. The contract for the iron and steel work will be let this winter and the superstructure completed ready to put up early in the spring. Chicago Tribune. Negotiations between the Chicago and Alton and the Toledo, Peoria and Western railroads regarding the use of the Iatter's tracks from Washington, 111., to Fekin by the former, have come to a successful conclusion.

Arrangements have also been made whereby the Alton secures the right to ueo the tracks of the Peoria and Pekin Union railway from Pekin to Peoria, and terminal facilities at Peoria. This will give the Chicago and Alton an independent through line between Chicago, St. Louis and Peoria. The St. Louis outlet from Peoria is to be secured by acquiring the use of the tracks of the Chicago, Peoria and Si.

Louis road from Peoria to Snring-field, 111., on the St. Louis line, and from Peoria to Jacksonville on the Kansas City line. The Chicago, St. Louis snd Peoria road is now in the hinds of a receiver, and will be foreclosed this week. It will no doubt be acquired by.

the Cairo Short Line, and with the latter the Alton now conclud ing the deal. BUMS HAVE A FIGHT. A crowd of bums who were loafing in the east end of town near the railroad last night indulged in a free-for-all fight. Officers Keoppe, Meeban, Koschinska, and Shultze stopped the disturbance. There were only able to arrest four of them and the others got away.

JOHN VEZZOSOL'S ORHCESTRA. Late of Chicago has located in Decatur. Music furnished for all occasions. All or ders mail promptly attended to. Per- manent address, 555 West Decatur street-; 19 d6 TRA, late of Chicago have located in Decatur.

Music furnished for all occasions. All orders by mail promptly attended to. Permanent address, 555 W. Decatur street THE CIVIC FEDERATION. To the Public: A Civic Federation has been organized in this city with the fol lowing as its declaration of principles: "Adopting Lincoln's motto, 'with malice toward none, with charity for all, but with firmness in the right," as ours, we hereby bind ourselvesinto a Civic Federation to see that our city and state laws are enforced without fear or favor." Every man.

woman aud child in Decatur an3 vicinity who endorses the above principles is earnestly urged to lend a helping band. We depend on the public to furnish the funds to carry on this We Need Money. We ask the various churches, Good Templar Lodges and W. C. T.

organizations in Macon county to assist us in raising these funds. "One of our numbers has already donated work and money between $350 and $100 to this cause. Every law loving citizen of Macon cunty should give something. Make your remittances to our treasurer W. M.

Yantis who will receipt for same. 'What you do do quickly." S. R.Gher, President. C. S.

Goshert, Secretary. 19-tf Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, ER; MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fret from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. FOUR SCORE AND EIGHT.

Will Old John Henry's age is Eight years and four score. He's been crippled and bent For fifteen years or more. If he ventured out doors, He was always in fear That he'd fall and gtt hurt. Till within the last year. He buys shoes at our store.

And now he's as spry As a youngster of twenty, -And can kick just as high, And. run just as fast, And stand just as straight. And nobody'd think He was eighty-and-eight. WALTER HUTCHIN, 117 North Water Street These tiny Capsules are superior to iialsaru of Copaiba, Cubcbs and Injections, ffflfl They cure in 40 hours the same diseases without anyincoo-1 Tcnicnce. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS' Hois Central B.

B. I HW Yovt local railroad ticket LU If atrent will give you full par-nTCQ ticulars in regard to these in I L.W Harvest Excursions, wbicb will be run via the Illinois Central Railroad on dates quoted below, to points West, Northwest and Southwest, at the low rate of one fare for the round trip. plus $2. Tickets for these Harvest Excursions Will be sold from all points on its lines in Illinois and WiFconsio, to all points on its lines in Iowa, west of and includ ing Iowa Falls, slso to ail other points within authorized territory in Ncrthwest and Southwest. Tickets A lip QQ will bs good tor stop- nUU Z7 over at nny point beyond QCDT I fl first Harvest Excursion ULI la IU point on terminal line to QCDT OA which the sale of such OLr Z4-tickets is authorized, within transit limit of 15 days, and must be executed fcr the return.

The daes of execotioo on which the return jjurncy may be commenced will be 8epr. 13, 20 and 27, and October 4 and 11, 1895, and will be good only for continuous passage sjter return journey is commenced. IX THIS WORK-A-DAY WORLD Brains oi nervous systems often give away tinder the pressure and anxieties of business. Paresis, wasting of the nervous tissues, a sudden and unforeward collapse of i nnA fik.a;.l ,3 lilt) uicuMu uuu yujoiuii lavuuitq ojc uauy occurrences, as the columns of the daily press sbow. Fortify the system when ei- dhuiuo bwii wiwDBia eicau nil Bostetter's Stomach Bitters, that most helpful medlicine of the weak, worn out and infirm.

Cae it in rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation andjmalaria. 17-diwlw CREAM HAEflNG 11 aV foi May Stoddard. May Olive, the infant daughter "of Mrs. EromaStoddardrdied ofTstomach trouble Thursday morning, September 19, at the home of her uncle D. W.

Bray, in Walnut Grnvp orMiHnn. Th funeral will be held Fritlay at the residence. Rev. Howe will conduct the services. Tl eake.

Catherine, widow of the late Joseph Leake, died at her home at 1002 East William street on Thursday morning September 19, aged 73 years. The deceased is survived by three children," Mrs. Susan DeCIercq, Mrs. Kate Williams and W. G.

Leake. Kowalski. Caroline, wife of Charles Kowalski, died on Thursday morning, September 19, at the family North Stock street. The deceased was aged 51 years and leaves a family, one of her sons, August, is a letter carriers. The fuceral will occur the afternoon.

THE ART CLASS. The members of the art class of the Woman's club, have decided to join the Central Art Association, and will hereatter follow the line of work bid down by them. Those desiring to unite with the class will please prepare the following topics for the lesson Thursday afternoon, September 26. Jonathan Trumbull 1755-1843. Rembrandt Peal 1787-18GO.

Give a synapsis of the life and works of two American landscape painters. Florence E. McConnell, Director. THE HORSE TRAINING SCHOOL. Prof.

Beery gave another exhibition of horse training at his school on South Water street last night. He had for his subjects three animals. One a green colt, another a balky and vicious mare and the third a Kicked kicker. He gave to each one the treatment intended for its particular case and demonstrated to the audience that his method of training is effective. He now has one hundred members in his class.

RAISED THE BIG POLE. The new telephone company raised the big pole yesterday afternoon at corner of Cheap Charley's clothing store. The po was the tallest ever raised in the city and the work of placing it in an upright position was watched by hundreds of persons. The pole is sixty-five feet high was placed at the corner by the company fcr the purpose of carrying the wires without interfering with the proposed new transfer house. NEARING COMPLETION.

The new corn mill in the east part of the city is nearing completion so far as the main building is concerned. It is now nearly ready for the roof. There remains to be built however the engine and boiler room and the big smoke stack. The work is being puhsed as rapidly as possible. The mill will be equipped with an engine of about 200 horse power capacity.

GONE TO CHAMPAIGN. Rev. Elmer Towl left yesterday for Cham piagn to look after his new charge as circuit rider of that district. He will move to that place some day next week. This is his first assignment.

Mr. Towl was formerly a teacher in the High school of this city but he gave up teaching in order to go to preaching. HE WON'T GIVE TJP. Governor Colbertson of Texas is not satisfied yet that the big prize fight can be pulled off in his state. He is not going to abide by the decision given by Judge Hurst and says that if neceseary he will call out the troops and prevent the battle taking place whether there is any law against prize righting or not.

THE WABASH GUN CLUB. The Wabash Gun club held the last shoot of the season yesterday afterr.oon when the members shot at 24 blue rocks each. The scores were as follows: imam kitchen, 23; William Carter, 19; R. Humble, 19; 0. S.

Needham, 16; O. O. Burrows, 16; F. Hall, 15; William Boetteger, 15; R. Kinsman, 15: W.

Deverall, 9. FUNERAL AT SANGAMON. The funeral of the late Mrs. Harriet Ferry was held Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jasper Veech, near Sanga mon.

The burial was at North Fork ceme tery. The pall bearers were B. O. Hawkins, Joseph Blythe, L. W.

Wheeler, R. C.Hawk ins, A. J. Veech and J. M.

Walton. A LAWN PARTY. Last evening at their home on West De catur street Mr. and Mrs. David Hutchinson gave a lawu party.

The yard was decorated with fancy lanterns and the guests en joyed dancing on the lawn. Prof. Leonaid's orchestra rendered the music. Supper was served to about eighty guests. EMERGENT COMMUNICATION.

Macon lodge No. 8 A. F. A. will meet at the Masonic Temple at 10 o'clock forenoon to attend the funeral of Brother J.

B. Lonnon at Bement. By order of C. B. Hughes, W.

M. W. L. Hammer, Sec. MEETINGS TO-NIGHT.

Regulpr meeting of Decatur lodge No. 364 O. G. at 7:30 this evening. Regular meeting of Progress Rebekah lodge, No.

141, at 730 this evening. THE WEATHER. The signal service prediction for to-day is fair weather followed by showers at night cooler at night and conditions fair for severe local storms. The temperature at 1 clock this morning was 80 degrees. BIRTHS.

Born To Mr. and Mrs. John Burrell. at their home three miles west of Decatur on Thursday, September 19, a son. MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Morry Brandom. Decatur Bertha Manning Decatur Morry Brandom. PATENT, I Linens and Napkins. ICO doz. 5-8 All Linen Napkins at 1.25 doz.

100 doz. 5-8 All Linen i Gen: an Napkins et $1.50 dcz. CO doz. fall 8-4 All Lin 4 Sati a Damask Napkins 2.08 regular $4 Quality. 50 doz.

All Linen Table (to no FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1395. ABOUT TOWN. A new Upright piano for $250. Mando lins and guitars for $5, and a second hand EQuare piano for $G0 at the O. B.

Prescott Music House. Charles A. Braden has opened a neat barber shop at 1099 East Herkimer street, whrere he is ready to meet his friends. Good upright piano 3225; mandolins and guitars cheaper on payments than others sell for cash. Cheapest place in town to buy good strings.

S. Garrett, 449 North Water street. Canncl coal for grates. Parke fc Son. 17.2m Officer Beatty resumed his place on the force last night after an illness of several days.

Den2 Son, tailors, have moved. 15-dtf Mrs. Arthur Alexander will re-open her Music Studio to h3r pupils on Monday, September 23, and will be pleased to arrange hours for lessons this week at her home, 447 Powers Lane. 19-d6-wl A ieeept'on and rally will be given to the members of the T. M.

O. A. on the even ing of September 24. There will be special service at the Pres byterian church next Sunday. At 8:30 o'clock in the morning there will be a praise and prayer service.

Eev. Penhalle-gon will preach at 11 o'clock and at 6:30 p. m. there will be a reunion service held by the Endeavor society. The coming state fair will be by long odds the biggest show of the kind ever seen in this state.

It will equal the best fair of the class ever held in the country. Banner chair cars will be ready for occupancy at 10 :30 p. m. on the Wabash Excursion Saturday night, Sept. 22nd.

td Charley the trotting horse owned by Charles Rice of Decatur, won second money in the trotting race at Fairbury yesterday. Hcmy Wood has traded his two story house on North Edward to R. Macmasters for two houses and lots in the Powers' addition. The trade was effected through the ageucy of Montgomery Co. Morey Brandom and Miss Bertha Manning were married by Rev.

D. F. Howe at the First M. E. parsonage last evening at 8 o'clock.

They will reside in this city at 1263 North Water street. There are others but the best excursion to Chicago go via Wabash. td Chicago and return only $2 via Wabash Saturday night, Sept. 22. td Start right by taking the Wabash excursion to Chicago next Saturday night, Sept.

22td The last chance for a cheap ride to Chicago Wabash excursion Saturday night, Sept. 22. td One more S2 excursion to Chicago Saturday night Sept. 22. td Old man Thayer, 140 S.

Main St. 18-dG. The sale of the Paul Smith property will occur Thursday at 2 p. m. and will include two good residences properties, a building lot and a first-class business property on Korth Water street.

The sale will be held at the court house and there is a great opportunity for those hunting bargains. 18-d2 Mrs. H. A. Wallace and Miss Lillian Stephens have returned from Cleveland and Chicago, here they have been for two weeks to post themselves for the fall and winter-Styles in millinery and are now ready to show all the latest novelties and take orders.

Watch for their opening announcement. Syndicate Block. 18-d4 A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY. No family should be without Foley's Colic and Diarrhoea Cure, for all bowel com-plaints. For sale by W.

Neisler druggist, Library block l-d4wlm Hey wood A fresh stock has just arrived, do old, shop worn cabs in a took. An elegent carriage, upholstered with silk plceh or corduroy, silk parasol, lace edge, rubber tire wheels, cane bottom in the bed and a latent safety brake, for QQ No Cabs in the Market as Well Made and as good styles as the Heywcod. Call an i see them. For Bale only by AKERS, SANFORD Complete House FurnishersNext to Posfoffice. Cash or PAjments.

PI tl IU bill fflHHIiniHHIIHHIl Steam and Hot Water iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiii cflt i Parties wishing to have any of the above work done would do well to call on us as we do nothing but first-class work and make a specialty in those lines. Our prices are as low as the lowest Eemodel- ing and ventilating of old plumbing work done in the most approved manner. We are now making special low prices for putting in city water fcr sprinkling and hydrant FIELD 213 North fiRAXD OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY EVENING. SEPT. 24.

The Comedy Actor and 8waet 8irgr, MR. CHAS. H. HOPPER, la the Bom antic Comedy Drama, entitled THE VALE OF AVOCA. By Leonard Grorer and Clay M.

Green. Management of John J. Ruddy. PRICES 25c, 50c, 75c Parquet 1. TV.

will Ii ftsfrmlA IBM Bin eepC at the Opera Hooae Dreg Btore. purposes. Call and lee us. WILSON riain QRAXD OPERA HOUSE. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

Special exrra'rdinaiT enmw-nt. Antmtna xncrmas mauerpuee. ALABAMA, aatoryof the Booth. New xo kcomranjauw in the fifth jiar of iu conlinnm ro-w aart ioerca.ii oonnlr- t. wi the ram boa nifiu effect V.

1 Palror' Theatre Nw York. American piay wrl tan." Chicago Tritmp. PRICES 25c, 50c, 75c a 6 SU0. The le of will begin Oft Friday moraine tpt. S3, at the Opera Hour Dr ig tftora..