Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1909 — Page 3

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WEATHER. Clearing and slightly cooler tonight; Friday fair. RAILROAD BULLETIN ERIE. Into Effect Sunday June 21, 1908. Eastbound. No. B—DailyB—Daily 5-28 a. m. No. 12 —Daily 2:00 a. m. No. 22—Daily, ex. Sunday..2:oo p. m No. 4 —Daily 3:26 p. rn. Westbound. No. 7 —Dally 1:52 a. m. No. 9 —Daily 3:12 a. m. No. 3—‘Daily 12:46 p. m. No. 21—Daily, ex. Sunday.lo:lo p. m. No. 15 —Dally 7:30 p. m. GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA. Sounthbound. No. 6—Daily 12:47 a. m. No. 12 —Daily, ex. Sunday. .7:16 a. m. No. 2 —Dally, ex. Sunday . .1:11 p. m. No. 16 —Sunday only ....8:36 p. m. Northbound. No. s—Dailys—Daily 1:28 a. m. No. 7 —Daily 7:57 a. m. Na 3—Daily, ex, Sunday . .3:07 p. m. T. ST. L. & W. R. R. No. 2 —Frankfort to Toledo, Ex Sunday 11:27 a. m. No. I—Toledo to Frankfort, Ex. Sunday 11:49 a. m. No. 3 —Delphos to St. Louis, Daily 7:21 a. m. No. 4 —St. Louis to Delphos, Daily 8:03 p. m. No. s—Toledo to St. Louis, daily 10:17 p. m. No. 6—St. Louis to Toledo, . daily ... , 5:05 a. m.

>»♦♦♦»♦***«*♦** : THE • ■ GRAND; * T ♦ One of the finest shows ever w ♦ come to the city. Don’t forget * • * * TONIGHT A ' ♦ • First reel —Winter Sport in St. • Maritz. * ♦ * Second reel —Good for Day. # * Song—“ Decatur.” * • * B Everybody goes to the Grand. # • * *************** jlir Hearing of the successes of men who started on a savings account, the need you have of one? You are not alone placing yourself on the highest road to real and permanent success, but are protecting yourself against hard times in the most practical way. We pay 3 per cent interest. Old Mams County Bank

Petitions for a local option election are now in circulation at Logansport. The usual sign nothing doing, was much in evidence at the police courts again today. The work in the public schools is going merrily along and the attendance thus far has been exceedingly good. Mrs. Lucile Camp, of Waterloo, who has sued for divorce, blames her mother-in-law for all her domestic trouble. Now that the weather has moderated, work has been resumed in, the construction of several buildings in Decatur. Strike of the girls in the mitten factory at Bluffton has been adjusted by mutual concessions and the factory is now in operation again. Representatives of the United States Amusement company, of Indianapolis, are looking for a location to build an airdome at Logansport. Frank Miser, a Waterloo stock buyer and a prominent DeKalb county man, died Monday at Longcliffe asylum in Logansport after a brief illness. The ice on the river is greatly reduced as a result of the recent thaw and it seems that the Ice men are encountering difficulty in getting in their harvest. Knights of Pythias at Butler gave an elaborate banquet at the close of installation ceremonies Monday evening and several hundred members were in attendance. A number of people from the south part of the county were in the city today looking after business interests, and returned to their homes on the afternoon train. James McKendrick, a Kendallville young man, tried to “make a mash” upon a young lady there, but got hold of the wrong young woman and paid a $9 fine for assault and batery. The Decatur men who are at In- ; dianapolis attending the Indiana Retail Merchants’ meeting will return tomorrow, and from the tone of a letter received from them they are enjoying the meeting immensely. Within about a week after the husband had been granted a divorce both Mrs. Martha McKinley and Ralph McKinley, of Goshen, and formerly of Warsaw, were again united in marriage, the former to M. C. Dunlap, of Chicago, and the later to Ida Clement, of Waterloo. A meeting of unusual interest was held by the Modern Woodmen of America last night and important business was transacted. Further steps in regard to the organization of a degree term were taken, and the team members will have a meeting tomorrow night for drill practice. All are requested to Henry Kirkpatrick, superintendent of the Noble county pool farm, his bought a farm in DeKalb county, west of Auburn, and expects to move to it at the expiration of his present contract with Noble county, which will be in September. He will then have served as superintendent for fourteen years. He has made a splendid record. .Mrs. Louisa Winters, of Marion, 74 years of age, is said to be the only person who can correctly locate the exact burial place of the soldiers on I the old battlefield of Mississinewa, i where it is now proposed to erect a monument. The battle of MississineI wa was fought between white soldiers and the Miami Indians seven miles northwest of Marion, in 1812. Mrs. Winters is an adopted daughter of the Miami chief, Me-shin-go-mesia, from whom she received the story of the battle.

It has been hinted that an import - | ant business change will take place lin the nerr future. The regular meeting of the K. P. lodge will be held tonight and business requiring the attention of all the members will be trnasacted. The funeral services of the late Mrs. Schafer were held at Rivarre this morning and several Decatur people were in attendance to pay respects to the departed woman. The school board will hold their regular monthly meeting one week from tomorrow night, at which time they will transact important business relative to school work. The Grand had a big run last night and all were pleased with the pictures and bong “Decatur,’’ which was ably rendered by Miss Verena Niblick. Large crowds saw each performance. The rumor is affoat that a prominent Decatur couple will soon become man and wife, and if the love affair culminates as proposed there will be some greatly surprised people in the city. There will be a special called meeting of the fire department this evening at seven o’clock at the city building. Every member is requested to be present as there will be important business to be transacted. L. C. Helm, chief. There is scarcely an empty house in the city at present and this is saying something when times are supposed to be stringent. Usually two or three families live in one house during the winter time, thus causing many to be empty. The Erie shops at Huntington have been closed for an indefinite period of time. The cause of the shut down is not known, as the railroad is doing a good business. Since Christmas the men have only w’orked thirty hours each week. The opposition to dredging the Salamonie from Pennville to Montpelier has been so strong that the project may be dropped. The petitioners now say if the remonstrators will pay their shares of the costs to date the whole plan will be given up. A meeting was held at Portland Monday to consider the proposition. Horse buyers from different sections of the country have already begun to arrive to attend, the big horse sale to be held at the First street stables tomorrow. Tomorrow’s sale will be one of he best ever held in the city and the farmers will do well to attend and secure some of the valuable ifesh to be offered for sale. Remember the sale is tomorrow, January 22. The show which was billed to appear at the Bosse opera house last night did not appear for some reason. A number of tickets were sold and the money had to be given back. It is supposed that the company went bankrupt some * place. There are a great many of the shows going to the wall this season as the show business, we are told is far from being good. Henry C. Paul returned last evening from Indianapolis, where he attended the annual meeting of the Federal Union Surety company, and was reelected third vice president of the company. Former Governor W. T. Durbin is president succeeding Hon. Hugh Dougherty, who resigned some time ago. The old officers were all re-elected, and the board of directors was enlarged by the addition of three members. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. A special order has been received at the postoffice from Washington, D. C., announcing that hereafter tinseled postcards must be sent in sealed envelopes. This order does not mean that the cards can be sent in the transparent envolepes now used, but that the envelopes must" be made so the tinsel will not come through the paper. It is claimed that the tinsel is poison and several clerks have got blood poison from handling them. Mrs. Ed Lyons has returned from Knightstown, Indiana, where she paid a visit to the G. A. R. soldiers’ and sailors’ home. Mrs. Lyons is a pArminent member of the W. R. C. has been chosen as a grand officer and is a diligent worker in behalf of the .organization. Returning she brought with her a young man by the name of Harry Ream, an orphan, who has been at the home for some time. Mr, Ream will make his future home with Mr. and Mrs. Lyens, Arch Waugh has succeeded in getting 6,000 acres north of the river, for the purpose of forming another game preserve. John Mock, who was instrumental in getting up the other preserve, has received a letter from Fish and Game Commissioner Sweeney stating that Wells county would probably receive another consignment of birds for the preserve north of the river. This will make over 12,000 acres of land in this county on which it will be unlawful to hunt and where the quail, pheasants and other wild game can find refuge for the next five years.—Bluffton Banner.

Ed Vancil home this afterneon from a business trip to Monroe. Wai Wemhoff transrctel business at Geneva today and has returned to the city. M. F. Rice was a Berne business caller today and returned to the city this afternoon. The new grain elevator at Willshire will be completed and ready for business in a few’ days. Joseph Winteregg, of Berne, was here this afternoon looking after business for the insurance firm of Hirschy & Winteregg. Charles Colter returned this afternoon from a business trip to the southern part of the state in the interest of the Smith & Bell lumber company. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Teple, of Geneva. celebrated their twenty-third wedding anniversary last Sunday, by entertaining a number of thier relatives and friends. The day was plehsantly spent and a good time had. A. C. Pontius, of Geneva, has been appointed to the responsible place of auditor of accounts with the Wabash Valley Traction company at Fort ' Wayne. Mr. Pontius is a good man, I and will make the company a faithful employe. The attention of Democrat readers is called to the announcements- of the business men in this issue. The January clearance and odd-and-end are now on. and those anticipating purchases cannot afford to miss seeing the announcements. The meeting of the Shakespeare Club yesterday was one of the best of the club year. The hostess, Mrs. H. R. Moltz, read an excellent paper and served delicious refreshments, and the afternoon was most pleasantly devoted to club work. Hays & Son. contractors, at Dunkirk, have landed a big contract at Napperville, Illinois, their bid being $77,000. The work embraces streets, curbing and sewer work. They will begin active work as soon as the Weather in the spring will permit . Miss Hazel Barr, of Geneva, Is in the Hope hospital at Fort Wayne, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. She stood the operation and is recovering nicely. She has many friends in and around Geneva who will be pleased to hear of her recovery. L. R. Blossom has sold his Blue Creek township farm of eighty acres for $5,050. Ten years ago he purchased this piece of real estate for $2,000, and this sale indicates that Mr. Blossom knows how to make a farm grow into money. He is thinking of locating in Willshire. A new Methodist church at New Corydon has been completed, and on last Sunday was dedicated, Rev. King of the Geneva Methodist church had the services incident to the dedication in charge, A large crowd was present and there was great rejoicing among the New Corydon members. Orrin Simons, of east of town, who was operated upon for appendicitis, about two weeks ago, is improving nicely and is doing as well as could be expected. At the time he was operated upon he was in the most serious condition imaginable. We are glad to hear that he is imprdving.—Geneva Herald. Desiring to locate in a larger town, Dr. C. H. Good will leave Warren, although he has not decided upon a location. The doctor has just returned from a visit to Kansas, but he has reached no decision to go to that state. He recently sold his elegant home at Warren because of his intention to seek a new field for his practice of medicine. “I intend to leave Warren, but I have nut fully decided upon a location,” said Dr. Good today over the telephone. This is the first authorized statement that has been made concerning Dr. Good. —Marion Chronicle,

Men’s Colonial Brand Arctics ALL SIZES 93c Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

THIS IS THE TH OF YEAR WHEN WE CLEAN THINGS UP By giving special prices on winter goods, to get ready for our spring stock. < Now is Your Chance to make a Great Savir £ -nfl# \ » A* J on nt€r W ea,, i n £ Apperal while it is yet winn ter. You can make money by buying for fa- •\ ■ Sneeds. OVERCOATS - WK K For Men, Boys and Children L We have a good assortment cf Overcoats still left IL' llr It JyyA’' the overcoats, • . f j' ’ wlB f ■ ~-— .W-IrS 9 Young Men’s Suits > ; ‘ ’Al| We have about 75 young men’s suits that we WILL HA SELL from 20 to 40 per cent off. Il J- J Children’s Suit Ages 3 to 6 We have about 50 of these suits .4 "'■cMgaMMMMi that we are selling 20 to 40 perct off. \ m' MEN’S FUR MITTENS /ttp VV t WORTH 75c WHILE THEY LAST Elzey & X 'ance

Frank Annen, of Magley, was seeing to business affairs in the city today and returned to his home this afternoon. A new pump has been installed at the Erie pumping station which is modern in every respect and serviceable as well. The pump was badly needed. Surveyor C. C. Ernst went to Indianapolis, where for a few days he will take in the sights at the legislature and visit other" places of interest in the capital city. The “Cowpuncher,” a cleverly written western piay, Is booked at the Bosse opera house for next Tuesday night and from what has been learned it is a very good company.

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Phillip W. Henkel, of Rockford, 111., is visiting in the city with his cousin David Studabaker. Joseph Christman of Genva, was a . business visitor in the city today. 1 Like a great many other Adams coun- , ty farmers he is interested in having . the legislature retain the present macadam road extension law. This county is certainly a good friend of ■ the law, 1 The wolf which was killed near Williams some time ago has been mounted by D. M. Hensley and is on display at his store. Mr. Hensley has ■ done a very neat job on the animal, - and the owners will no doubt be more t than pleased wi|h it. The wolf is an unusually big one, weighing before mounted 55 pounds.

W. H. Wiley and family went to Marion today, where they will make their future home. Decatur is loath to lose such an estimable family and the best wishes of all accompany them to their new place of abode

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