Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1907 — Page 3

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♦ ♦♦♦♦♦4 + 4444 + 4 WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; slightly cooler tonight. *♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Becatur —North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY Will Harmon made a business trip to Ft. Wayne this morning. Chris Egley, of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. Charles Sether made a business trip to Ft. Wayne this morning. Thurman Gottschalk, of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. Frank Cottrell, of Berne, was attending to legal matters in our city today. Attorney France, of Ft. Wayne, was attending to legal matters in our city today. Hugh Woods, of Warsaw, is in our city the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Woods. J. H. Koenig, of St. Marys, 0., was attending to interurban matters in our city today. Mr. and Mrs. John Voglewede went to Rome City this morning, where they expect to spend the summer. The advance agent for the Maud Henderson company left this morning for Angola, which is the next stop the company will make.

« DID YOU EVER have a pair of shoes that THE UPPERS OUTWORE THREE pairs of soles? men like will RICHARDS WITH THE INTERURBAN CO., ERWIN HUFFMAN AND VINCE LEWTON, FIREMEN AT THE STANDARD OIL STATION AT PREble ' men whose work is the HARDEST KIND ON FOOTWEAR, BB I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE / WEARING MY ELK SKIN SHOES. AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN |H ARE STILL SOFT AND PLIABLE. SB W E WILL BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU 7 THESE SHOES. THE PRICE IS ’ S3OO for MEN'S AND $2.50 FOR BOYS. Charlie Vodewede The Shoe Seller

Otto Rieff, of Berne, was a business caller in our city last evening. Carl Graft, of Decatur, was in the city Saturday looking after business matters. —Bluffton News. Miss Marbelle Jones and Otis Geiger, of Edgerton, 0., are in the city the guests of friends. Illinois has followed the example set by Indiana, and has passed a law to remove saloons from the neighborhood of army posts and Soldiers’ Homes. FOR RENT OR SALE—Or trade for Decatur property, a 5-room house and half acre of ground in Bobo. Plenty of fruit. Will pay difference in cash. Inquire of Wash Kern, Decatur R. F. D. No. 9. 111-3 t Preferring self-government to the rule of a bishop, the Elkhart Congregational church society has passed a resolution instructing its delegates to vote against the proposed tri-union of the Congregational, Methodist Protestant and United Brethren churches. Charles Wilhelm, a Baltimore and Ohio fireman at Garrett, has been arrested, charged with fraudulent marriage. It is alleged that he married Bertha Cramer to compromise a paternity suit last November, lived with her but a day and then deserted her. Mrs. Ezra Patterson, of Logansport, hid $54 in currency in the oven of an unused stove; then forgot about it and built a fire. The treasury department examined the ashes and sent her a check for sl4 with the statement that only this sum could be positively identified. J. Joseph returned last night from a business trip to Ft. Wayne. The Bachelor Maids will have a meeting at the home of Miss Mayme Terveer tonight. Progressive euchre will furnish the amusement of the evening, and a good time is expected. Mr. and Mrs. McKean, who for the past year have been rusning the Park Hotel in the south part of the city, have moved their effects into the Case property on Fifth street, where they will run a boarding and rooming house. Their new quarters are large and roomy, and they are in a position to take care of their patrons in nice shape.

Ed Ray, of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. James Coverdale made a business trip to Ft. Wayne this morning. Mr. and Mrs. August Schlickmann went to Ft. Wayne this morning to make a short visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Al Dent went to Ft. Wayne this morning to visit for a ffcw days with friends. While here thev were the guests of relatives. A picture man was busily engaged all morning in taking views of the different business houses in the city and will later arrive in the city and desire to dispose of his wares to the various merchants, who permitted him to take a snapshot of their place of business. A big leak in the Ohio Oil company’s new pipe line was discovered near Craigville Saturday night and about one hundred barrels of oil ran out on the ground. To keep it from spreading over so much territory the oil was fired Sunday afternoon and made a big bonfire. Workmen are repairing the leak today.—Bluffton News. The Clover Leaf wrecking crew was called from Delphos yesterday afternoon to attend to a wreck which occurred at Willshire, twenty-two miles from this town. One freight car was thrown from the tracks and the tracks themselves were torn up for a short distance. There was very little damage.—Delphos Herald. The commissioners have instructed the county auditor to call a joint session of the commissioners in Wells and Adams and Wells and Allen counties for the purpose of appointing an engineer and viewers on the two county line roads that have been asked for. The 28th of May is the date that has been selected for this joint meeting.— Bluffton Banner. On next Saturday the Decatur high school will go to Portland, where they will engage in a battle with the Portland sluggers. The locals have been practicing daily and have put in several weeks of hard practice and are now in shape to go the limit. In Buffenbarger the local boys have a pitcher of no mean ability and who, with a little coaching, will develop into a star. The balance of the team is well balanced and is composed of a bunch of hitters. A crowd of rooters will accompany the team. A gray horse fully equipped with harness except a bridle ran away this evening at a fierce rate down Monroe street. In attempting to turn the corner at the Christian church the horse slipped and fell and slid several feet upon its side, and was captured by Kadle Meibers and taken down street. The horse was bruised and skinned up in bad shape on the right side and its mouth was cut up in bad shape. Who the horse belonged to we were unable to learn. The members of the city council have been invited by the M., B. & E. to take a trip to Marion and inspect the place where the power used by the M., B. & E. and proposed to be sold by them to the city, is manufactured. According to the Marion News-Tri-bune, the company has a contract with the Marion Heat and Light company to use $20,000 worth of current a year while the amount needed to run the lines is only a small fraction of this vast amount. —Bluffton Banner. Prof. B. F. Welty, who has been studying music in Germany for some time, will leave Dresden the 13th of this month. His plan is to go from there to Prague, then to Vienna, Semmering Pass, Venice, Florence, Rome for the international Sundayschool convention, then to Switzerland, Paris, Brussels, sail from Antwerp June 27th for Boston, Niagara Falls, from there to Berne to see his mother and sister here, and then home to Newton, Kansas. He is accompanied on all his trips by his wife. —Berne Witness. “ Fred Vaughn received a telegram this afternon from Bunny Pierce, who last sason played at Lebanon, acting as catcher, stating that he would come to Decatur at once providing that transportation was sent him. Pierce was the star catcher in independent baseball last season, being a heavy hitter, a good throwing catcher and a heady all around ball player. Secretary Vaughn at once informed manager Behringer at Celina, concerning the message, and the chances are that Pierce will be seen in a Decatur uniform this season. A great surprise was sprung on the congregation at the Mennoite church Sunday morning, when Rev. J. W. Kliewer announced the coming marriage of Miss Mary Lehman and a Mr. Louis Reiff, of Bluffton. The wedding is to take place this forenoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham J. Moser on Franklin street with whom Miss Lehman has been making her home for many years. Mr. Reiff has a handle factory at Bluffton, and Mist Lehman is the accomplished teacher of instrumental music in Berne. She has taught music for fifteen years, and has been organist and pianist at the Mennonite church, for about the same length of time. —Berne Witness.

C. J. Lutz went to Portland on business today. E. S. Bollinger went to Berne for a few days to work. Mr. John Stoneburnr is a business caller at Geneva today. Mrs. C. C. Cloud and daughter are at Berne today on business. John Bollinger left this afternoon for Berne as a business caller. Miss Amelia Hess went to Portland to visit relatives for a few days. Joe Berry left today for Berne, where he will work for a short time. Mrs. Col. Miller has gone to Winchester for a few weeks’ visit with friends. After attending to business here. Dr. Runyon returned to his home at Geneva. Miss Bess Yeager, of Napoleon, O , passed through the city today enroute to her home. Miss Mary Seifer is the guest of P. W. Smith and family at Richmond, for a few days. Mr. A. A. Nichols rturned to his home at Cold Water. He was formerly of Decatur. The funeral services of baby McGill will be held Wednesday at twelvethirty o’clock at the home. Interment in the Decatur cemetery. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. McGill died last night at their home in the west part of the city. The funeral services will be held at the home some time Wednesday. Hazel Andrews returned to his home at Cardwell, Mo., last evening after making a pleasant visit here with friends and rlatives. Hazel is enthusiastic over the promising conditions that he claims prevail in Missouri and says that they will soon rank among the foremost states in the union. He invites everybody who visits Cardw’ell to call on him and says the latch string is always out to Adams countyites. The repeated warnings that have been issued by Postmaster J. R. Spivey relative to there being danger of the postoffice department cutting out some of the rural routes and making drastic changes in the event the roads were not Improved speedily, were shown to be true this morning when orders were received by the department and which will go into effect June Ist, cutting out one whole route and making some radical changes in others.—Bluffton Banner. B. F. Winans, of Bloomington, arrived here Saturday morning, looking hale and hearty and circulated among many of his numerous friends for a few hours. He will complete the course at the Indiana university next month. As to his future plans he said that he would teach the coming school year, if he secured a position suitable and if not he would go to Chicago university where he will complete a post graduate course— Berne W’itness. The Frank Trim saloon has been closed to the public and it has discontinued business at least for the present. Peterson & Moran, acting under the instructions of the heaviest creditor, whom they represent, closed the doors after Saturday night’s business, and they will remain closed until the firm they represent permit of the same being opened. At present the only instructions issued by the creditors is that the doors be' closed. Whether or not the stock will be sold will be determined later. Tot McKean, who has been doing the catching for the Decatur high school team, had the misfortune to catch a tip foul on the index finger on his throwing hand and as a consequence he is suffering from a very sore finger, and unable to practice with the team. Tot is a tower of strength to the local team behind ths bat and his services will be sadly missed by his fellow players. While he is nursing his sore finger, his position is being filled by Fat Engle, who is doing very creditable work. The Maud Henderson company opened their weeks’ engagement last evening at the Bosse Opera House and were greeted by a large and (enthusiastic audience. The “Gambler's Wife” was the bill for the evening, and to say that the hearers enjoyed the performance would be making it mild. The actors are all first class artists and played their parts to perfection and the specialty turns were among the best ever presented on the local stage. That the success of the company is assured for the remainder of the week can be vouched for by those who attended last evening. The work of putting in the cement sidewalks along the north Second street improvement goes merrily on, and a number of walks have already been completed. Contractors butler & Butler and Julius Haugk have secured the most of the work and are pushing the same rapidly to completion. James Davis, the contractor from Portland, Ind., has also secured several contracts and is expected to arrive in this city some time this week and get busy. When the improvement along this street is completed, it will be one of the prettiest residence streets in our city.

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Mrs' Valches returned to her home at Willshire today. Chas. Phillips returned last night from a business trip to Lima. Burt Nichols, of Jackson, Mich., was a business caller to our city today. Mrs. Christen went to Ft. Wayne today to make a short visit with friends. Father Bensinger arrived today from Hessel Castle and is the guest of Father Wilken. “Mrs. E. Morrison arrived home today from an extended trip through the South and West. Miss Daisy Brayton was enroute to her home at Geneva after visiting friends at Marion, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. J. Welker, accompanied by Miss Engle, returned to their home at Lima, 0., after visiting friends in the city for a few days. C. D. Fry arrived today from Hillsboro, 111., and will submit a bid this evening on the Madison and Third street improvements. Mr. Fry is the gentleman who constructed First street last year. Frisinger and Klein will go to Ft. Wayne next Thursday evening where they will play a return game with Kauffman and Saunders, who defeated them Saturday evening. The boys txpect to be in better condition when they meet the champions again and expect to be in better condition when seven pins acquired by the champs Saturday evening. The boys will be accompanied by a crowd of local rooters, who will do all in their power to make success assured. The Park Hotel, which for several years has been one of the main hostelries of our city, is again vacant and is for rent, the parties who recently occupied it having given up the business. The building is modern in every respect and has been arranged especially for the hotel business, and should not stand vacant long. The hotel is located in one of the best places in the city for transit trade, being close to tw'o railroads and being situated on one of the principal streets of our city. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Meyers who own the building, have taken considrable pride in keeping the property in first class condition, and they should experience no trouble in renting or relling the place to some experienced hotel man. o LOST—A ladies’ pocket book, contains som small change and a handkerchief. F.nder please return to this office. 112-6 t

John Rupright’s report of his increase in sheep fold was good; W. H. Nachtrieb’s report was very good, but I have to say I can go him still one better. We have 12 ewes that have 23 lambs all strong and growing fine. C. H. Bohnke, Root township. —. o Mrs. Haley returned to her home at Celina today, after visiting friends and relatives in the city. Mrs. Winger returned to her home at Celina today. While here she was the guest of Mrs. J. A. Felzer. Mrs. Emma Russell returned to Toledo today after visiting her father Mr. G. W. Teeple for several days. Three covered wagons containing overland travellers passed through the city today. The wagons were fitted up nicely with all conveniences necessary and the occupants seemed to be enjoying their unique way of travelling.

THEIHUB DECATUR. IND. Always in the Lead Why Pay $3.00 for an Elk Skin Shoe when yon can buy the best Elk Skin Shoe with oak sole at $2.75 Just received a large assortment of Tans and Blacks. Come in and see. Only $2.75 THe HiuJo One Price to All.

A GOOD INVESTMENTThe lot on which the Burt Hotel formerly stood, size of lot 66 by 127% with everything on the ground pertaining to hotel, for $7,000 dollars. You can build building 66 ft. wide and 60 ft. long, 3 rooms 20 ft. wide below, and flats above, that will rent for $l5O per month. Any one wanting good investment this is your chance. Will be in city few days and if you wish to see me call at C. J. Lutz’s office, or Schurger & Smith. 112-2 t Mrs. Gunsell went to Sebum, 0., today, where she will visit her daughter for some time. Decatur Camp No. 9770, Modern W’oodmen will meet in Spangler building over Stoneburner’s music store, Wednesday evening, May B,th, at 7:30. Several matters of importance to come before the camp. 110-4 t C. L. Walters, Clerk.