Decatur Daily Despatch, The (Newspaper) - January 4, 1890, Decatur, Illinois VOLUME II DECATUR ILLINOIS SUNDAY Great yards of Wool Filled Dress Goods at yards of Twilled Cashmeres at loc yard yards of Double Fold Cashmeres at a yard yards of Double Width Cloth Suitings at IQC a yard Plaid Cloth Suitings at IQC a yard 50 pieces Plain and Brocade Velvet at 250 a 25 pieces of Broadcloth were a yard cut to 850 a yard 20 pieces of French Broadcloth were now a yard 50 pieces of Black and Colored Brocade and Striped Silk Velvet woven patterns marked clown to a yard Boxes of Unbleached Canton Flannels at a yard Boxes of Colored Canton Flannels at 50 a yard Extra Heavy Canton Flannels at jc a yard Cases of Bleached Muslin 36 inches wide at sc a yard Bales of Brown Muslin good weight at 50 a yard One box of Apron Ginghams at a yard One box of regular Ginghams at sc a yard 200 pieces of best Dress Ginghams at a yard 2 Cases of Turkey Red Damask at IQC a yard 2 boxes of Calicoes at a yard i case of choice colors in Calicoes at a yard 200 Pairs All-Wool Red Blankets The Original price and per pair All put in one lot at per pair We claim this the BIGGEST BARGAIN ever offered in Blankets i iv 100 Bed Comforts original price and all put in at each 23 dozen Ladies All-Wool Scarlet Vests and Pants were marked down to each 25 dozen Ladies Grey Wool Vests and Pants were now i case Ladies Heavy Cotton Vests at each 50 dozen Ladies Colored and Black Wool Hose at IQC a pair 30 dozen Men's Grey and Red Mixed All-Wool Shirts and Drawers were i oo and 1.25 marked to close out at 750 each dozen Men's Camel's Hair Shirts and Drawers were now each Plush Jackets at were 12.00 Plush Jackets at were I 5.00 Plush Sacques at I were 18.00 Plush Sacques at 14.90 were Plush Sacques at were Plush Sacques at 1.00 were Ladies English Walking Coats worth for Ladies English Walking Coats worth for English Walking Jackets worth for English Walking Jackets worth for Ladies Cloth for were Ladies Cloth for were One lot of Pine Beaver for were and One Lot of Misses Garments at original price 7 and One lot of Children's Cloaks at to each or a trifle less than half price These Goods Will all be on Sale Monday Following Days A T BRABLEY BROS York Store I J S tr William TURNED HIS BRAIN A New York Physician Goen Mod from DR PAUL HOFFMAN IS THK VICTIM Ho Taken to a by More Karaite Among Than DRIVEN NBW Jan Paul man of Now York assistant tendent of schools has been taken to a hospital a raving manioc from the of Influenza Friday night he trolled the corridors of the Hat in which be resides firing off a revolver Later on he went out into the street and was arrested by an officer while recklessly flourishing the weapon NBW YORK Jan ravages of la grippe continue and not a few cians have arrived at the conclusion that in its serious manifestations it is to be regarded as a symptom of pneumonia There seem to be good ground for this view in the unprecedented mortality recorded re- cently from pneumonia During the twenty-four hours ended at noon Friday deaths from all causes were reported to the health board Of this number fifty-one were from pneumonia one from consumption fifteen from bronchitis and four from influenza Such a number of deaths is enal for the time of year Dr Tracey the statistician of the health ment said that it was exceeded only one day in 1880 and that was in the est part of the summer Then the ber of deaths in twenty-four hours was Another phenomenon of the epidemic is that it has attacked men in greater numbers and with more results than women Physicians account for this by the greater exposure to which men are sub- The at the health department show that out of fifty deaths from pne mote than half the victims were men There have been ninety deaths from pneumonia so fai tins week in lyn The total mortality for the week is expected to inn up to about 400 or sixty more than last week There were 116 members of the Brooklyn police force on the Itat Friday being four leas than Hit day WASHING ION Ian large ber of Congressmen are down with the grip and the work in the departments is seriously retarded by the prevailing sickness among the and officials In fact there is no business in the city that is not more or less affected by it BOSTON Jan deaths re- from influenza have been re- ported to the Board of Health within the past ten days In each case ever la grippe was complicated with Rome other disease The deaths all occurred between De- cember 32 and January 1 four of them on December 29 The patients were of varying ages mostly adults and it is noticeable that while old people and young infants are ble children fiom to 14 years old are not WALTHAM Mass Jan ford a aged 11 years was found dead in bed at the home of her uncle Isaac Pulford Friday morning The doctor pronounced it a case of la grippe She had complained of ache and of not feeling well for several days but had attended school and was not supposed to be seriously ill CLEVELAND O Jan oer Ashmun of this city reports that there are cases of la grippe in Cleveland Policemen firemen street railroaders and nearly all classes are attacked by it There have yet been no fatal cases here MANHATTAN Kan Jan 4 dred cases of influenza are reported here mostly of a mild type At Olathe Kan a canvass among the physicians revealed the existence of seventy-five eases of the disease 111 Jan 4 The in- has reached this city and is spreading rapidly There is probably thirty cases and new victims are being reported hourly VV Va Jan State has begun to experience la grippe Information from ton Hun ting ton Wheeling burg Point Pleasant and several other points is that there are fe number ef cases of genuine In this many are down with the disease ernor Wilson and Secretary of State Walker are among the afflicted A number of child i en have it On the Ohio side just adjoining this city there are many cases So far there have been no fatalities PARIS Jan sudden change In temperature has Increased the of cases and deaths from ensa The streets wme deserted the theaters and cafes empty and the shops were closed two hours earlier Friday evening than is the custom Few wealthy people are left in the and those who are able are leaving the city in NICK Jan doctors of the Riviera are overworked attending with influenza Persons with pulmonary maladies are ready victims of TBK HAGUE Jan influenza is spreading throughout Holland Dutch Railway Company has been obliged to restrict the transportation of freight owing to the crippled condition Of its staff of employes LONDON Jan 4 Hon Henry Chaplin president of the Board of has been attacked by the In- in a severe foim He is confined to his bed The disease has made its appearance In Liverpool The gion there Is directly traceable to letters that came from There are numerous ruses tif thn disease at head and Jan 4 Dowager Em- press Augusta in suffering from an at- tack of The schools at Halle have owing to the frightful Tex Jan day night a freight train on the San An- tonio Arkansas Pane road went through the bridge at this place There were twenty-two in the train and all fell through On the were a dozen men Up to last seven had been token out four of them not injured Four have not been recovered It reported that I bottes of thne about dead men MOKE PEOPLE THE DESPATCH Tin Otto to 0 ISM AN AVALANCHE of CONDITION ex- in wUk the the utmost i taken against the or rumors to New York Bible Hatue ait has at Port Arthur Friday valued atom baa beea while in transit between na ilte the advocate of an- UM been elected mayor of Can it Kan Thursday ih Lenong WM froien to drunk Alf the section hands on the railroad in Ohio have struck for 10 advance in Many of the striking are work and of IB likely to fail la the Allegheny central tele- at Pittsburgh Friday did to the amount of dally paper with be started in Sioux City la E E Woods at Its head ill aged 70 years for the irn years treasurer and Hector of Central la 111 died Ball colored was banged Ua Friday for the L Evans a white man Ball States Minister Hirseh gave a Deception to Rev T and Mrs Talmage at le Friday la the Mississippi river and a half below the tut ever before touched and la still falling late editor of the 111 Gazette has left for Breslau whine he will represent the United States as Consul Son of Ancona County ill have 130 bead of hogs with cholera and have already lost fifty by the Harrison Bohannon and wife of Mo have been ed and placed in the jail charged with having their child about ber 38 The widow of Jefferson Davis has been offered the choice of an pied section in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond Va for the remains of her the in St Joseph Mo made an assignment Friday The liabilities are between and and the assets about tha same A very brilliant and beautiful meteor astonished the people about Pekin 111 early Friday morning It traveled ward and was by a loud detonation A dull Christmas trade caused the ure Friday at Alliance O of William Sellers a jewelry dealer at that place His liabilities are placed at with assets of The depletion of the Chesapeake oyster beds is cutting short the supply for the packers and Several of the est firms have begun cultivating the bivalve in Southern waters Willis at one time a heavy manipulator of railroad securities at Philadelphia committed suicide day night in the county prison there having been arrested for debt George M Bane of 111 has been appointed special agent of the Census Bureau to prepare a statement of the mortgage indebtedness ef the Ninth Illinois Congressional district Calvin Morris was hanged in the jail yard at Honma La Friday for ing Alfred Harris October 5 1880 The condemned man confessed bis guilt and acknowledged the justice of bis ment A peculiar disease similar to black tongue has broken out among the tie belonging to S M Roberta north ef 111 Three of the animals died within ten hours after catching the disease The American and Continental Mutual Insurance Companies of Michigan City Ind are declared by Special Agent Bradbury to be Insolvent the American to the extent of and the latter about The main building of the State Uni- versity at Minneapolis Minn was scorched Friday morning by a blue which damaged the institution about The had a hard fight to control the fire King Leopold of Belgium baa ordered an elaborate funeral service for Mile Princess Clementine's governess who was burned to death In the palace at Laeken All of the royal family will attend Sixteen of the Grand Army posts of Beuth western Kansas held a meeting M Friday and passed res by an almost unanimous vote instructing the delegation in Congress to support the Service Pension It is reported from St Paul that Jacob Litt the theatrical manager has eluded the purchase in that city of erty on which he intends erecting an the auditorium ef which is to cost exclusive of fixtures Death of an Aged PORTSMOUTH N H Jan Jehu Christie aged 85 died here Friday Be was Past Worshipful Grand Master Mason of New Hampshire and was the oldest active member of the thirty-third degree of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Bite in the world ratal Wreck IB Texat HOUSTON Tex Jan The accident on the Arkansas Pass railroad waa at a trestle north of Shiner One negro and one white man were fished out of the creek dead There are several other bodies in the wreck To Revive RICHMOND Va Jan In the ginia House of Friday Mr Downing of Clark introduced a viding for the punishment of petit ceny by the Infliction of stripes Cwf if New Turk ALBANY N Y Jan New York last year spent on her nubile schools teachers to liim IS MTM Marled Waiter MM MMM Out IMr All Cur Cal Jan An quantity of down the mountain ride bare tey every before it the denth of it leant Kor a or two putt foam hat been entertained that a huge of now which bad accumulated at What known flume might way a further fall take The weather had however re- clear and people were before noon however the denly beard a subdued running M If of u strong wind trees On looking up toward flume they saw their danger and took to flight Those In the mediate track of the ser bad not time to make and of those seven were The victims are Mm Rich with her little son and laughter Miss of Downieville J T Mooney and daughter and MiM Ethel Langton The force of the was so peat that big in its path were mapped like Four houses were crushed flat and the Catholic church was also reduced to ruins Besides hoM whose names are given several were caught by the and one Chinaman and a le girl are still buried It is not cnown whether they aie dead Several were injured Two of the were alive when dug out of the mow but died very soon It Is feared feat another tremendous bank of snow near Butt's flume may give way Should t do to greater disaster in certain to ensue AM EMPTY TREASURY of Out of Badly INDIANAPOLIS Ind Jan 4 The prising has been made that Indianapolis treasury is exhausted and the accounts have been about contrary to law The new mayor has announced that he will sign no Tor current expenses until there is money in the treasury The accounts appear to be badly mixed as I he ments of the and the committee do not agree An official Investigation will be ordered at Deal Jan remains of the of weie removed day to the Lapa church The bier was covered with beautiful wreaths An Imposing cortege followed the body to the church The mourners all the of the im- family except Dom Pedro who Is still quite overcome by the death ef his wife and waa too 111 to attend A Trunt In Va Jan ican Tobacco Company chartered in New Jersey last week is said to sent an Immense cigarette trust Allen of this city Duke A Son of Dunham N C Kinney Bros of New York and Richmond Goodwin of New York and machine works of Lynchburg are in the combination Bloody Battle In LONDON Jan received from Shanghai are that an ary force of the Chinese fought the tives near in the Island of For- mosa and 100 of the Chinese and 440 of the Formosans were killed Place WASHINGTON Jan is under- stood that Guenther of Wisconsin was offered and declined the position of Register of the Treasury the position now held by wans Internal Revenue WASHINGTON Jan The internal revenue receipts for the five months ended November SO were This amount Is over in excess of the receipts for the same period In 1888 Cholera Moving Westward VIENNA Jan 4 Consular reports published say that cholera is raging at Hamadan in Persia that it is fatal and that it is feared it will reach Teheran in the spring A Battle Between and CONSTANTINOPLE Jan 4 has been a skirmish between Turks and Cretans in which many were killed and wounded Sixteen wounded Turks were brought to Canea Too Money at being over Government money in the at San Francisco tary Windom suggests a transfer of in gold coin to New York at a cost of about 85 cents per A Failure DAVENPORT la Jan 4 A Sv Salkey clothing dealer at Maquoketa la with a branch store at Savanna has assigned to A R of this city The liabilities are assets At Light Company Sold HT Louia Jan sale of the United Electric Light and Power Com- pany to the St Louis Illuminating Com- pany was completed Friday by the filing of two deeds one for and the other for To Be Pa Jan Is re- ported that the Baldwin locomotive works of Philadelphia have bought a tract of acres naur this place and will remove plant from phia as soon as possible On Trial for Mealing Cotton LITTLE ROOK Ark Jan which reach here from Sharp county that gnat excitement has been created in the vicinity of Hardy sioned by the trial of Sterling ton William Ed Woods John Bailey and Jesse and Dave Ridens charged with cotton valued at ovar The examination bos not yet been concluded and the are under guard Their friends to the at fifty or more attended the trial armed with and shotguns ud the wan Great Clearing Sale LINN SCRUGGS Have a Great Charing Sale at SACRIFICE PRICES from now the 1st of February next BLANKETS 60 pairs Silver Grey Cotton Blankets a pair 50 pairs Heavy Grey Blankets a pair 50 pairs Heavy Grey Blankets 50 pairs Heavy Grey Blankets 1.95 pair 25 pairs All Wool Scarlet Blankets reduced to 3.65 a pair 72 pairs White Blankets reduced a pair 30 pairs Alf Wool Heavy Blankets reduced to 4.25 a pair Australian and California Blankets Scarlet and White with handsome Borders at first cost Comforts Cheap UNDERWEAR Ladies Unshrinkable Wool Jersey Ribbed Underwear Scarlet White and Natural reduced Scarlet Wool Knit Underwear reduced to 720 950 and Children's White Starlet and Natural Underwear greatly reduced WOOLEN HOSIERY Ladies Heavy Machine Knit Wool Hose reduced to aoc Ladies Extra Knit Wool Hose reduced to Ladies Black Cashmere Hose Misses Heavy Machine Knit Hose 5 to roc Misses Heavy Knit Hose 7 to 150 TABLE DAMASKS 9 pieces Bleached German per yard Bleached per yard 5 pieces German Satin Damask per yard LINN SCRUGGS Now or Extraordinary OO Ladies Fine Shoes worth 95 Ladies Splendid Calf Button Shoes worth t 25 Men's all Calf Boots worth i 50 Men's Fine Calf Shoes 3 50 Men's Fine Calf Shoes a 75 Men's Fine Calf Machine Sewed Shoes i 25 Men's Heavy Sole Scotch Edge Shoes i 35 Boys Fine Shoes 75 Men's Wabash Shoes You will never have another chance like this Mark that down We cannot sell goods at a loss forever Re member the store Is POWERS WE ARE SENDING THEM OUT And will continue to do BO until the entire stock of OUT inn ARI IN NtEU of A SUIT OR OVERCOAT You tap Chance In Life If do not mil the WHITE Buying STOCK Will be SOLD REGARDLESS OF have them You cannot than MM tt Mr I Nerk or Mufflers hi everything that to kept Homo can be at the
