Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1907 — Page 3

+ ♦****♦** + *<s> + *! WEATHER. Generally fair and much cooler tonight and Saturday. Sunday fair. * + + + <> 4><i>*4>4. + 4..|.4 FORI «<aYNE i U GFIELO RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur—North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 ami. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon l:3u p. m . 3:00 p.m. 1:30 p . m . 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m.

WANTED —Girl to feed press and help on mails. Apply at this office. Shaffer Peterson was attending to legal matters at Geneva today. Sam Teeple of Geneva, was a business caller to our city today. B. Bodkins of Geneva, was a business caller to our city today. William Anderson of Geneva, was a business caller to our city last evening. H. L. Canter returned last evening. i where he was attending an ice cream manufacturers’ convention. Mr. and Mrs. James Rice went to Hammond this morning to spend Easter Sunday with relatives. A number of foreign horse buyers arrived this morning from the south and attended the horse sael.

/ Take a Peep I to <>ur show windows and see rhe new spring styles of 1 Oxfords — Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

1 f EASTER TIDINGS j[ | gNB Springtime is Coming! ®wa I gg The largest open stock in the city. /j J \ pg SRS Just a short time until Easter, and you should be ready with a New Hk\ \ kg '~ 1 J Suit, Separate Jacket, cr a Nobby, New Skirt. We have them in all j JO |jV|,W ® I'.’ grades and prices and stricter up-to-date styles. We have no old WJ 114; YA Lj; styles to show you. Our line is made up by the most reliable and up- ) lluL I. > &• to-date manufacturers which line needs no introduction to our trade. \ Before you make your spring purchase we ask you to call and see our . gs & line and we will convince you that our assortment is made up of all ' . the latest Parisian styles. ||3 id A FEW GOOD VALUES g Rsa >/; SB "'e have nobby new suits, short sleeves and three-quarter sleeves at $12.50 V v TV »‘Jikrl SpZj * $15.00, SIB.OO, $20.00 to $25.00, made of neat checks and stripes garments WLAWCTwjLf Aft- ? 7Jacket like cut made of all-wool covert in tan and black three butti n cu are tailored proper and have the chic and style that is required for kA-So ggj WAfSlk away, the newest shape. This week $5.00 strictly man tailored suits. egan-' $ hrg \ r In our line of skirts will be found elegant values atss.oo, $6.00, $7.50 to NOBBY NEW WAISTS In this department we can show nobby styles I -.V ( gJBHS? pV • SIO.OO, nice black voiles at SIO.OO, $ll.OO, $12.00. We have styles ex- a t si.qo, $1.25, $1.50 to $3.00 in fancy cotton waists; a line of values fKlj I l\l» | Vm elusive to our store. that are right and will meet your approval. We have a beautiful line of MI i I I lU \ |. 1, S '" £ Wa^S^S A' so ne t s •$ 52.00, $2.50, $3.00 to $6.00. I »1 NIBLICK & COMPANY «Llß| ---- c -

■ Dee DeVinney left last evening for Muncie, where he has accepted a po- 1 sition as paper hanger with a big contracting firm. , The funeral of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. William Schlegel was , held this afternoon at the house at one i o’clock, Rev. A. B. Haist officiating. Interment was made in the Decatur ; cemetery. The Eagles held a very interesting lodge session at their lodge rooms | last evening. Some important business was transacted, after which one candidate was conducted through the mysteries of the order. The Home Telephone company of Elkhart announces an increase in rates to go into effect July 1. Bus-! iness phones will be $2.50 a month and residence phones $1.50, an increase of 25 cents. Party line rates which have heretofore been variable will be fixed at an average of present extremes. “Changed conditions” and the increased cost of material is given as the cause. Al Burdg, the barber, met with a very serious accident yesterday, the i result of which he will be forced to lay off from his duties for a few days. I Al was doing some work about his house, when his left hand came violently into contact with a piece of tin, cutting a gash an inch long and to the bone. The injured member is very sore and Al is taking extraordinary car that blood poison does not set In.

Isadore Kalver made a business trip to Fort Wayne. R. Earl Peters made a business trip to Waterloo this morning. William Hoile made a business trip • to Fort Wayne this morning. | J. L. Gay returned this morning 1 from a business trip to Goshen. Noah Weber of Fort Wayne, was in our city today attending the horse sale. Dr. D. D. Clarkxetumed.this morning from a professional trip to Delphos, O. Miss Simcoke went to Fort Wayne ' this morning to make a short visit with friends. i ’ Miss May Sells went to Fort Wayne this morning to make a short visit with friends. Mrs. Page Blackburn went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the' day with friends. Jacob Werthan arrived this morning from Chicago and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kalver. Mesdames J. and Harvey Sprague w’ent to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Reynolds arrived this morning from Fort Wayne and is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Schumacker. J. H. Blakey went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with his son, Arthur Blakey, who is confined in tfie Hope hospital, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. He is reported as some better and in a fair : way to recover. I The remains of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Merica arrived this afternoon over the Erie from Huntington and were taken to the home of Noah Merica, where the ser- : vices were held at three thirty o’clock, Rev. A. B. Haist officiating and interment was made in the Decatur cemetery. * Fines and costs aggregating $17.35 in each of four cases were assessed against employees of the Indiana Union Traction company who were charged with running their cars above the speed limit in Hartford City. The cases were appealed to the circuit court. I " The Elks are all requested to be present this evening at the lodge room at the usual hour. This being the last meeting night in March the an- | nual election of officers will take place ' and it is urgently requested that every Elk be present and assist in the selection of the same. Make it your business to be present.

Elmer Johnson today shipped two cars of horses to Pittsburg, where he will conduct a special sale next week, j Easter is coming—the joyous festival is just around the corner and a cloud of skirmishers tells that it is close at hand. The shop windows are full of bright and beautiful articles. There are new thought for’my lady—Easter costumes in dainty and brilliant millinery and the latest ideas in costumes, gloves and shoes most chic. The window display cannot begin to tell of the riches within, and even the men are pleased and entertained. These things include everything from fancy goods, comic toys, Easter eggs, appropriate pictures, Easter cards to post cards and the men are not forgotten for the windows are full of clothes —the very latest designs—neckwear and fancy shirts. Today was Good Friday at the St. Marys Catholic church and the event was duly celebrated in accordance with the usual services held by this church. ‘Special services were held at eight o’clock this morning and also at seven o’clock this evening. This is the only day in the year that mass is not said and the church bells will not ring until tomorrow morning. Charles, the little son of Mr. and; Mrs. William Foreman, is confined to i his home and bed in the south part of' the city suffering from an attack of' blood poison, the result of beingl horned by a catfish. The little chap' was fishing yesterday ’and caught a catfish and while endeavoring to take | the fish from the hook, he was horned. Nothing was thought of the injury until last evening,, when the hand commenced to swell and a doctor was summoned. The little chap was delirious all night and is in a very serious condition. Z. T. Sweeney, commission of fisheries and game, this state, has ’ just issued his biennial report forl 1905-1906. The book contains 735 pages, is handsomely bound and has a great number of full page plates of the fish, birds and animals of the state, each represented in its natural color and artistic in the highest degree. In addition there are scores of smaller illustrations of birds and beasts together with a complete text > of the fish and game laws of the stafe i and exhaustive articles on the woods, s lakes and streams of Indiana and - telling what fish and game frequent s each part and the habits of each ■ variety. It is a valuable work and - Mr. Sweeney undoubtedly devoted a - great deal of time and energy to the compiling of it.

The Misses Sillie and Shimp returned to Fort Wayne this morning, after t making a pleasant visit here with . 1 friends. 11 Sam Hite, the south end grocery 1 man, is sporting a brand new delivery 1 wagon and it is a beauty in every 1 respect. Sam is a hustler and is one 1 of our most progressive citizens. ' The interurban cars are running more regular today, but are still experlencing some trouble in getting in and out of Fort Wayne. The damage to the power house at Fort Wayne has ' been remedied to a certain extent, thus making the service some better. The Mission opened their revival services last evening in their new quarters in the Bremerkamp building on Madison street, and tte same was ' attended by a large crowd. The hall, ' although small, is large enough for the faithful few and the services from now on promise to be very interesting. Frank Mosure, the Vera Cruz real estate dealer, yesterday sold twenty acres of ground east of Vera Cruz, belonging to Tobias Steffen to Gottlieb Rolli for $1,200. This morning he closed a deal for a house and lot in Vera Cruz, the property formerly belonging to Anna Yoos. It was sold to I John Watson for $650. —Bluffton Banner. A movemnt will be started next ' Monday evening by the members of ' the Knights of Columbus at a meeting for the erection of a ho; te for j i the societv in this city. Means of i providing a fund for that purpose i will be discussed, '.he society antic- j ipates putting about $40,000 into the - structure. —Bluffton Banner. A number of people who purchased' lots along Line street in the Patter-, son addition, wii Ipetltion the council next Tuesday to have the surveyor I establish a side walk and shade tree | j line so that they may set out their, i shade trees so as not to in any way i interfere with the walks. It is the in- j tention of these property owners to beautify this street and they will urge all the purchasers in that addition to follow suit. The Bluffton News says: "A letter received by Dr. A. L. Sharp from Governor Hanly says he will not pardon Dr. C. L. Landfair nor interfere in his case in any way. Petitions for his pardon were circulated here a short time ago and one was signed by all the jurymen. The doctor will now have to wait until the expiration of the minimum sentence, about a year and a half, and then may be recommended for pardon or parol# by the board of pardons.”

Farmers east of the city are on the ■ trail of sheep killing dogs and if you , have a canine that you value, you had better keep it up at nights or it may , turn up its little toes to the daisies. | Last night a band of slieep killers, | some, of them from the city, killed four or five sheep for John Brennen, east of the city and two of the dogs were tracked to neighbors and they were killed today. Dogs go out from the city at night and kill sheep and the next day a back home safe fr un detection, but f they are found prowling east of Bluffton they are prettv 1 likely never to get back. —Bluffton News. J Tom Railing still has his feet under mother’s table at Decatur and the ■chances seem l°o to 1 that he will be , out in a Decatur uniform this season. I What happened down at Little Rock few know e::c«pt Tom and he “i n’t I I saying nothin’.” The latest popular book i- “The Baseball Guide” received in Hartfo’d City. Pictures of the Bluffton and Decatur teams adorn the book and in the Decatur group is s 'u the likenesses of Fiene and Hqr:. the Chicago?, ac Imported by the Deeabr mamg<..v" to trim Bluffton. — ford City News. Harry Deam has taken an interest with L. D. Price in the “commercial , missionary” work and is traveling with him in that line of business. They are to be at Portland tomorrow night Ito explain their system of building ; up towns and may get a contract to 1 put on a factory revival there. Mr. I I Deam assisted in the w r ork here and i ! did valuable work in the way of sell-j i ing lots. —Bluffton News. Messrs. Frank W. Leslie and Charles i Balyeat, who are on a pleasure trip in the sou’h, were victims of an accident lat sea,'while sailing from Havana to j the isle of Pines. The boiler in the hold of the vessel exploded, killing one i fireman and disabling the machinery. | The captain of the ship put to sea in a life boat and after rowing twentythree miles procured assistance. The relief vessel stranded when within sight of land and the party was later taken aboard a United States revenue cutter, which landed them at port. The Messrs. Leslie and Balyeat escaped injurf.—Van Wert Bulletin. While a Clover Leaf train was being detoured over the Illinois Central tracks from Glein Carbon to Alhatpbra, account a wreck, a 9-year-old boy was run down in the Alhambra . yards and one of his legs cut off. Both . companies have been made joint de- , fendants in a $30,000 damage suit. — Delphos Herald.

| Curt Campbell, who has been with I the Schafer Hardware company for several years as a salesman, has resigned his position apd next week will j remove with his family to Kjkomo. j He has bought the sole right of Howard county, Ind., for a patent medi- ' cine and will personally push its sals. —Willshire Herald. ' Cully & Syphers Saturday sold the Gillig farm of 100 acres southeast of town to James Hoblet. The consideraion was $6,000. Possession is to be given next December, at which time 1 W. M. Harmon’s lease of the property expires. Mr. Harmon has farmed the 1 place for ten or twelve years, and does not much like the idea of having to vacate. It is the intention of Mr. Hoblet to occupy the farm when he ! once comes into full possession of it. I —Willshire Herald.

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