Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1907 — Page 3

Men’s WORK SHOES FROM $1.50 TO —— I $3.00 Best Work Shoes on the market for farmer and mechanic. Every class of trade pleased and benefitted. F. B. Tague’s SHOE STORE

•♦++♦++++++++♦ WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight; probably ■showers; cooler south and central por’tions. Frost north portion. Saturday fair. ♦ ♦+ + + + + + <■♦ + + + + IFDRT.WAYNE-4 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 Frank .’Johnson made a businessitrip ito Ft. Wayne this morning. Louis Sprunger, of Berne, was a l*usiiness caller to our city today. ■Chris Yoder, of Herne, was attending the horse sale is: our city today. Fred Hoffman reti irned this morning from a business i ripi* at Berne. Miss Setter went to Ft. Wayne this morning to make a short visit witb friends. Miss Weldy returned this morning from Berne where she was visiting with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kii'ff, of Berne, passed through our city t bis morning enroute to Bluffton. Mrs. W. S. Hughes and daughter Marguerite and Mrs. N. C. Coverdaie went to Ft. Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. It is being whispered around town that a prominent saleslady in. ■one of our dry goods, stores is to be inuarried in the very near future. Boj's, get your tin cans and old shoes re ady. John and Arthur Streit returned last evening to Montpelier after attending the funeral of their father. They boys will leave Monday for El Reno, Oklahoma, where they , are (engaged in business. Julius Haugk on yesterday afternoon purchased a fine pair of bay drafthorses from Fred Bell and in return paying the handsome price of five hundred and fifty dollars. Mr. Haugk expects to use the horses in work upon the street contract he just received • and is on the market for another team. |

M If You Listen IDK&B TO THE DICTATES OF FASHION YOU WILL WEAR OXFORDS THIS W7 SUMMER. THIS CUT SHOWS OUR NEW TREMONT LAST IN THE V I|bF CEOSSETT MAKE AT FOUR DOLLARS. NOTICE THE SNUG FIT AT THE HEEL, THE HIGH ARCHED THE COMFORTABLE BUT SNAPPY TOE. IT’S A SWAGGER YOUNG MAN’S SHOE. Charlie Vodewede The Shoe Seller

Two men are engaged in putting new tin around he fire hole on the Boston store building. William Colchm has removed to his new home on Chestnilt street, that has just recently been completed. C. M. Parker, of .'Ft. Wayne was in the city yesterday and spent the afternoon with Miss Kittle Smith. A blind woman was in town today and it was very pitiful to see her sitting on the curb turning her grind organ in the cold weather. The number of mortgage exemptions filed this year -about equaled those filed last year, 1650. The valuation exempted aby those mortgages is $513,000. Editor Clarence Rayn, of the Geneva Herald, was looking after business here today. The Herald is well edited and prospering under the guiding hand of Mi. Rayn. The baseball game tomorrow between the Decatur high school team and the Portland sluggers promises :to be a warm one and he boys expect a large crew’d to be present. Although the weather was disagreeable today the horse sale was well attended by tiorse’buyers from all over the country and many of the animals were disposed of at high figures. Ed Lovejoy, Os Wabash, has submitted to the amputation of his left arm. His hand was blown off four years ago by the exposion of a shotgun and he has suffered constantlysince that time. It is said as a result of the temperance meetings conducted at Kenkallville by J. Buck Stanley, over 600 residents of that eity have signed the pledge to abstfcn entirely from the use of i intoxicating liiquors. Hartford City on yesterday defeated the strong Portland team by a score of four to one. It seems that Portland is not as strong .as has,been reported and that Hartforti City is going a faster Slip than was expected of them. Both teams will Itoe seen ,here in the near future. Roanoke is still another list of iiniprovemenis for the town. At the meeting of the-wwn council Tuesday evening it was tteciried to improve the channel of Cow ereek through that place ihy straightening it and also enlarging lit. The town has had to contend with the cleaning and keeping the channel of that creek in sanitary condition. The stream has been giving the town board and the people in general a great deal of trouble in .the pant because of its long wpen coarse through the town..

Ed Beery made a business trip to Ft. Wayne this morning. Fred Scheiman was attending to business interests at Ft. Wayne today. A number of foreign horseman were in our city today attending the horse sale. The Medical society will meet this evening at the office of Dr. J. M» Miller. Dr. Boyers will read a paper on ‘ Goitre.'’ All members urged to be present. According to advices C. C. Hocker has ordered his Democrat changed from Brownstown, Indiana, to Elkhart. Whether the change is permanent we know not. The new court house at Huntington is to have a system of clocks driven by compressed air under control of an astronomical master clack, and the system is said to be the first installed in Indiana. The annual memorial exercises of the Eagles’ lodge of this city will be held in the Majestic theater, probably on May 26. The general eulogy will be delivered by Mr. H. G. Davis, of Cleveland, past grand president of the order. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. John P. Nussbaum sold his 140 acre farm in Monroe township the forepart of this week to Jacob Ringger, of Illionis, for the neat sum of $102.50 per acre cash at the time the deed is to be made. Mr. Nussbaum retains possession of the farm until March 2, 1908.-—Berne Witness. The first quartely meeting for this conference year will be held at the Evangelical church over Sunday. The first meeting will be held this evening. Rev. W. H. Mygrant, of Van Wert, Ohio, will occupy tjw pulpit this evening and Saturday evening and Sunday Rev. D. E. Martz, presiding elder, will preside.—Berne Witness. The other day a certain Ossian man handed the editor of the News a long article cried out loudly against mail order houses, with request to publish. Inasmuch as the aforesaid citizen had never advertised in this paper, had never given us a job of printing, and wasn’t even a subscribe? to the News, his unadulterated nerve made our slate rattle.

The Home Telephone company has started the work of making a number of extensions of rural telephone lines. Linemen are now at work on an extension which will run seven mlies out on the Bluffton road. Eight farm residences on the Wayne trace, nine on the Trier road and seven on the Goshen road will be connected up soon. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. Monticello had a big fire Wednesday morning. The dry goods store of William Shields was destroyed and a heavy loss resulted. Mr. Shields had $5,000 insurance on the stock and S2OO on'the fixtures. This is the third fire he has had in five years. How it started is a mystery since tliere was no fire in the building for .several hours proceeding the blaze. The local high school boys are expecting a large crowd to attend their game at Steele’s Park tomorrow afternoon when they meet the Portland Sluggers in a game of baseball. The locals have been practising daily and are in perfect condition, and fully expect a victory. However, the Portland boys come strongly touted, and the lovers of baseball will be treated to a fast game. Mr. Jesse Robbins, Will Adams and Doc. Lyons are arranging to give a masquerade skating party at the Grand Opera House, in Bluffton, on Thursday evening, May 16, 1907, and would like to have as many Decatur skaters attend as possibly can. There will be heap much glee at the rink, and a good time. A gold medal will be given the lady and gentleman having the best costume. William Fronefield was arrested late yesterday afternoon by Sam Frank and immediately arraigned before the mayor to answer to a charge of carrying concealed meapons. William plead guilty to the charge and was fined a dollar and costs. He stayed the docket to the satisfaction of the officials and was released. Thus has closed another capter in the FronefieldZimmerman feud. The Elks will in their "regular session this evening and some important business matters will come up. One candidate will be given the work and there will be a number of new features, never shown before. There will be refreshments for all and following the work the proposed consolidation of the Commercial club membership with the Elks will be discussed and some action likely taken. — Bluffton Banner. Today, prepartory to a bond issue of $850,000, the M„ B. & E. Traction company filed copies in three counties of a first mortgage on its property, the face of the mortgage being $850,000. The mortgages were filed in Wells, Huntington and Grant counties, the three counties through which the completed line of the company passes. For some time the bond issue has been under way by the company and at the present time, all arrangements have been completed.—Bluffton Banner.

Miss Electa Glancy will entertain the P- F. F. Club tonight. Louis Gehrig went to Berne today to spend Sunday with his family. Jake Weil, of Indianapolis, is in our city today attending the horse sale. David Gottscalk, of Bluffton, was in our city today attending the horse sale. Dr. Blackman, of Bluffton, is in our city today attending to professional matters. Miss Kittle Watts returned today from Ft. Wayne, where she was visiting with friends. The following letters remain uncalled for at the postoffice: John Bunting and A. J. Thomas. Charles Sullivan returned yesterday from a visit with his brother and other relatives at Van Buren. An old blind lady was on the streets today with a grind organ asking for alms from the public. Mrs. C. O. France and daughter Hazel went to Ft. ’Wayne today to spend the day with friends. Charles Coverdale returned to his home at Bluffton today. While here he was the guest of his mother. Mrs. Chambers, the music teacher, will be in the city tomorrow afternoon at the home of’Mrs. J. C. Patterson. Mrs. Emma Switzer, of Lima, Ohio, arrived to be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Everett for a fewweeks.* Mrs. Morrison went to Glendale to visit her daughter, Miss Harriette and attend the festivities of the Glendale school. , Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weaver, of Fort Wayne will be in the city over Sunday to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hensley. Mrs. Kendall Franke, of Bluffton, passed through out town enroute to Glendale, where she will attend the festivities of the school. Yesterixi-’* budding spring balminess was suddenly converted into weather Which this morning resembled a bleak November day, and all fishing parties were postponed suddenly.

Herman Tettmaq, of Third street, is his property in the way of having a new foundation placed under the same. The house will be remodeled in other respects, which will increase the appearances of the same. The Shafer Hardware store, always enterprising, have added a private dray to their equipment, being the first business house in the city to try such a feature. Their large business requires the almost constant service of such a wagon. Pitcher McKee, the Michigan City wonder who was to have reported here to pitch for the Bluffton team this season, has gpne to Hartford City, that organization having offered him S3O more on the month than the offer of Bluffton. —Bluffton Banner. Mrs. DeVilbiss is recovering from her recent serious injuries received in an automobile wreck and will likely arrive here next week. Two ribs were broken off at the spine and her injury was very painful. All others in the party are also recovering. B. O. Drake, of Van Wert, drove to this city a few days ago and sold his horse and buggy to John Webber. Today he purchased Billy G., the pacing horse owned by Charles Sullivan. The horse he bought no doubt is one of the fastest little animals in this county. Dr. Roy Archbold has purchased one i of the new Decatur furnaces, best on earth, through the Schaffer Hardware company anil will have It installed during the summer, thus insuring him safety from next winter's chilling blasts. By the way, the Decatur furnace is becoming very popular, and is being installed in many of the best residences here and elsewhere. Another big crowd was present today at the horse sale and again horse flesh went soaring in the air, and at a recklfjss rate. Something like sev-enty-five driving horses were offered for sale and each and every one found a new home. The sale was cried by Fred Reppert, and he did his duty in a proficient mannef and always got the high dollar for the horse offered. Bismark, the glass easter, is in town greeting old friends and hunting new ones who will buy him a drink. He recently served out a sixty days sentence at Fort Wayne, was released and the same evening re-instated at the police station. He is out now on good behavior. He says he is suffering with heart and kidney trouble, but he managed to eat two glass lunches this morning, thus obtaining his beers. A telegram was received this morn ing by Mr. and Mrs. Abraham StaJter from North Dakota stating that their son Andrew was in a very serious condition and that no hopes for his recovery were entertained. Mrs. Staffer left Decatur something like a year ago to make his home in this norhwestem state, and was following the profession of farmer. Abraham Staffer his father, is making preparations to leave for Dakota as soon as possible.

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