Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1909 — Page 3

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Will Burke went to Fort Wayne on business. Frank Gault returned to his home at Preble. Will Evans returned to his home at Monmouth. • Miss Helen Baker will spend Sunday with her parents at Preble. Miss Perth Crays will return to her home at Preble this evening. Anthony Harter, of Albion, dislocated his right shoulder while putting on his coat It Is said that beer fs now transported to Upland, a “dry” town, in large milk cans. Miss Fanchon Magley went to Monmouth -where .she wiJJ visit with Chauncey Wilder and family. Mentone is supposed to be dry, but Flank Staner was arrested there on a charge of selling liquor without a license. A good number of farmers were In the city today doing shopping and have returned to their respective homes. The eastern horse buyers who purchased animals at yesterday’s sale were busy today preparing the horses for shipment. Mrs. Freese accompanied by her children, Roswald and Alfred, went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with friends and relatives. The meeting last night at the M. E. church was very interesting and was attended by a large number of people. The sermon was fine. Sylvester Reynolds, a street worker at Bluffton, may lose the sight of his right eye as the result of being hit by a snowball Thursday. There will be a special meeting of C. B. L. of I. at their hall Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock and all are requested to be present. Interesting religious services will be held at the public churches tomorrow morning and evening, and the general public is invited to attend. The wolf which has occupied so prominent a position in the Hensley window, for the past few weeks, has been taken to Hoagland by those who killed it. Rev. O. S. Edwards, of Battle Creek, Mich., will become pastor of the Lutheran church at Lagrange, succeeding Rev. W. D. Zeigler, who accepted a call to Columbia City. Monroe, Adams county, is in the throes of an old fashioned Methodist revival and the whole country is interested. Over thirty have been taken into the church so far and if the present interest keeps up the number will be multiplied several times. The old Wasson farm of 80 acres 2% miles northeast of town was sold today by the administrator. Mrs. Elizabeth Wasson, to Joseph A. Duncan, of Sharpsville, Indiana, for $75 per acre or $6,000. He will move here March 10th. Mock & Sons made the deal. —Bluffton News. Mack McDonald, a Decatur horse buyer, bought eleven head of steeds at the Baker sale yesterday and hired Clifford Sheldon and George Barton to take the animals through to Decatur this morning. Sheldon started in good time with eight head, but they were stubborn on account of the cold rain, and he had to come back and abandon the trip. Barton and his string got started and made the trip. —Bluffton News.

WEATHER. Partly tloudy tonight and Sunday; warmer south and central portion tonight. ■J ~ —.y-.j..-, , ~,, Mrs. Mary Murphy went to Fort Wayne today. Elijah Mann went to Fort Wayne on a business trip. Miss Mae Spuhler went to Fort Wayne this morning. J. W. Hurliss went to Fort Wayne on a visit with friends. Miss Anna Winnes returned this morning from a visit at Muncie. Charley Hurliss went to Fort Wayne where he will visit with friends. Mrs. A. N. Shumm went to Fort Wayne today to visit with friends. Vida Stoneburner went to Fort Wayne to visit with friends and relatives. Tom Baltzell transacted business in the city today and has returned to his home. Mrs. David Gessinger and Mrs. Worthman went to Fort Wayne to visit with friends. Chancey S. Stetson of the south part of the city is confined to his bed with complication of diseases. ■Winifred Johnson,, of Williams, left this morning for Fort Wayne, where she will do her shopping. Editor Rohrer, of the Berne Witness was in the city again today looking after the interests of the drys. He is a diligent worker. Miss Mary Hite received a letter from her sister, Madge, who is a student at the Chicago Art school, that she is progressing very nicely with her studies. The Eagles will give another of their popular dances next Monday night, to which the public is Invited. God music will be furnished and a great time is anticipated. The members of the four churches of the Churubusco circuit of the M. d. church have joined in a request to the conference to have their present pastor, Rev. F. A. Reichelderfer, returned for another year. Dr. S. C. 'Wolfe, a dentist at Angola, was painfully cut about the face and head by the explosion of a vulcanizer, with which he was at work Thursday afternoon, while one of his arms was scalded by w-ater and steam. Next Monday being Washington’s birthday, and a legal holiday, the postoffice will be closed all day, excepting between the hours of 8 and $ a. m. All those wishing their mail will call between the hours above mentioned. W. H. Hallman. 70 years of age, publisher of the Lagrange Democrat, died Thursday evening from pneumonia. He was a veteran newspaper man, who came from Michigan in September last and purchased the Democrat. William Deerwester, of Warsaw, was fined $5 and costs for illegal fishing after a trial n the Kosciusko circuit court. Deerwester is the man who was shot in the leg by Deputy Game Warden Rodney Fleming, of Fort Wayne, while resisting arrest. The speech of John F. Cunneen delivered at the court room last night was well appreciated. Mr. Cunneen is a diligent worker in behalf of the temperance cause is acquainted with every phase of the question and his talks are therefore very interesting. Seven head of black poll cattle were brought to the city this morning from Huntington county for D. E. Studabaker. The cattle are all registered and will be taken to the Studabaker farm near Van Buren. Mr. Studabaker already has a number bf Poll and Hereford cattle on the farm. —Bluffton Banner.

Dr. B. W. Rhamy, of Fort Wayne, is making a chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach of Mrs. E. G. Snearly, who died at Roann, Wabash county, some time ago. Rumors that the woman had come to her death by foul play gained circulation, and the husband joined ip a request to the coroner to have the remains exhumed and an investigation made. Mrs. James Stewart and mother arrived in the city this morning from Bradford, Pa., and spent the morning trying to settle several business affairs of Mrs. Stewart in the city. The woman is the wife of James Stewart, well known in police court, and who, it is claimed, deserted him while they resided here which caused him to attenmpt suicide. Mrs. Stewart claimed that she had left a trunk with her husband, but it could not be found this morning.—Bluffton Banner. The Holy Grail boys will meet at the Presbyterian church again next Tuesday night, at which time the senators will practice their speches they will deliver in open senate to be given at the M. E. church one week from Tuesday night. The Knights of King Arthur will be present as well as the members of the Monroe castle of the Grad! and aa interesting meeting is assured. The open promises to be of interest to the public who are cordially invited to be present

Miss Hannah Jaebker, of Preble, is in the city today. J. D. Winteregg, of Berne, was in the city today on business. Sim Burk left on a business trip to Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Miss Fannie McConnel went to Monmouth today to attend the institute. Miss Anna Clark has returned from a visit with friends at Fort Wayne.; Dave Huffman, trustee of Preble township, was in the city on business today. Mr. and Mrs. Lauwrence Schlegel and daughter went tp Bluffton this noon. Mrs. Christ Stodgill returned to Bluffton after a visit with friends in the city. Mrs. Charley Murray and son Herald went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Mrs. John Hofstetter returned to her home at Craigville after visiting her daughter. Fred Rohrer, the temperance speaker, went to Van Buren, where he will speak tonight. Mrs. Grandstaff and Mrs. Dora Shieferstein, of Monmouth, were in the city shopping. Mr. E. H. Shoemaker has returned from Marion. Mrs. Shoemaker will return this evening. Tracy Nelson Is employing his Saturdays by clerking in the grocery at True and Runyons. Mrs. F. A. White and little granddaughter left for Marion, their former home, where they will visit with relatives. O. O. Ovlatt, of Kendallville, will preach at the Christian church tomorrow. All the members are urged to come. Mr. and Mrs. Erman E. Mentzer and son Walter arrived this morning to remain over Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Peters and other relatives. Mrs. W. J. Meyers is entertaining a company of friends at her home on Fifth street, in honor of Mrs. Robert Case, of Magley. who leaves soon for Indianapolis. Mrs. Robert Harding of Fort Wayne, is an out-of-town guest. The board of trustees of town allowed two bills at their Monday night’s meeting and also passed a resolution granting the county commissioners the right to macadamize the mile road bounding the Berne corporation on the north. —Berne 'Witness.

The Jim Touhey subscription fund is increasing rapidly since it was started, and the friends of the unfortunate man are responding nobly to the cause. It is right, it is just that they should. His life has been blighted by blindness. He has been rendered helpless. Miss Bertha Nicodemus will go to hei home tomorrow, where she has been called to teach music to the Dunfee Glee club. She will return Monday to resume duties at the popular theater. Miss Nicodemus is a musician of note and her clever playing at the Grand has been highly appreciated by the patrons of the amusement place. The public will be most fortunate in having the opportunity of witnessing a high class entertainment at the Bosse opera house next Monday night, Feb. 22. The Maude Wildis company is an attraction which usually strikes the larger cities; but owing to an off night between engagements at Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the .senior class of the Decatur high school secured their presence. Every member of the Maude Willis company : s a star, and the program they give is both high class and popular to the extent that it pleases every audience. Miss Maude Willis has studied under some of the best teachers, actors and critics in this country, one moment she is greatly emotional and the next irresistibly humorous. Miss Townsend is a musician and an artist, she has studied with the best teachers in both Europe and America. Miss Lambert is a singer, whose voice possesses rare sweetness and beauty. Mr. Ralph W'alker is a singer and possesses a baritone vojce. Thfs company has the name of being one of the ablest and happiest combinations on the American platform. Seat sale is now on at the Holthouse drug store.

Everybody's ryfaagazme IF YOU’VE GOT a little more money than you need ,for every-day uses, that’s liable to find its way to Wall Street sometime—“for goodness’ sake” invest I 5 cents of it in the March EVERYBODY’S and find out how much chance you’ve got in “ the big fellows’ game.” Your I $ cents will pay you back « $ I Sold at City News Stand

Mrs Robert Harding of Fort Wayne, is visiting with relatives and friends. Miss Agnes Voglewede will spend Sunday with Miss Loretta Clebber, near Fort Wayne. The streets were lined with people this afternoon, citizens from all over the county being here. Many farmers were in the city toj day transacting business and the merchants did a good business. An important institute is being held in Union township. Quite a number of Decatur people are attending. Miss Amelia Weber entertained last evening in honor of the Misses Mayme Geis and Ethel Schug of Brookville There are a number of prominent social events scheduled for next week, which will be of interest to many Decatur people. The topic of discussion on the streets today was the local option issue, and there were arguments presented on both sides. The case of Willard Steele vs. Isaac Robinson for the possession of property, has been venued from the court of Squire Smith to that of Squire Stone. Rowena Shoaf is hostess at a meeting of the Busy Bee Club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lutz, where the members of the club will be entertained with games. An affair of last week was the farewell party given by Mrs. Robert Case of Magley, last Tuesday. The members of the Beulah Chapel Aid Society were the geusts. The Euterpean Club met at the home of Mrs. Richard Spetnagle last night. The study of the lesson was unusually interesting. Miss Annette Johnson had the paper. J, H. Heler will return this evening from Indianapolis to remain over Sunday as the guest of his family. He will return tomorrow night to resume his duties «in the house of representatives. After holding the place but a week, Miss Bertha Tember, of Pleasant Lake, resigned the superlntendency of the Jay county hospital at Portland. Miss Tember will take a position at Richmond. James Touhey passed a restless night last night and was feeling quite badly today. He has hopes of recovering sufficiently to be able to walk about again, but the physicians state that this is very improbable if not impossible.

Western Canada the Pennant Winner “The Last Best West” The Government of Canada now gives to every Actual Settler 160 Acres of Wheat-Grow Ing Land Free and an additional 1 60 only I acre. I The 360,000 contented I I American settlers uxuk- ■ Wil f liugl iug tbeir home 9iu iMffia CANADA Lag.. give the best evidence of ____________ the superiority of that country. They are becoming rich.growing from 25 to 50 bushels wheat to the acre, 60 to \[ \- 110 bushels oats and 45 to 60 fJI J bushels barley, tiesides having splendid herds of cattle raised ; *lk on the prairie grass. Dairying is 1 an important industry. . _ ) The crop of 1908 atill keepsWeetern gsjS J Canada in the lead. The world will soon look to it as its food-producer, fl — — ‘ The thing which most impressed —gA X~~~~ us was the magnitude of the counAfll / try that is available for agricultural jjJU.. purposes.”—NationalEditorialCorrespondence. 1908. J EJ Low Railway Rates, good schools | r and churches, markets convenient, I prices the highest, climate perfect. Lands are for sale by Railway and Land Companies. Descriptive pamphlets and maps sent free. For Rail - - Wft y Rates and other information Jw apply to Superintendent of Im'W' migration, Ottawa, Can., or to the y W authorized Canadian Government w. H. ROGERS, I-- ytTil 3d floor, Term. Traction Bldg. ndla ® a p° lis • 1

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fLOOK AT It7?| | Annual County Statement 1 Cr. Dr. ■ g Received from saloon licenses $3,500 ■ K Rec’d as tax on-Saloon propery 280 ■ Extra court expence caused by ■ g saloon $ 1,780 g g Extra exp to city caused by ■ saloon , , 972 ■ ■ Extra exp to township trustee’s g account 897 g g Extra expense to county chari- *; g ties on account of saloon .. . 1.247 ■ Amount taken put of the chan- £ nel of business by the saloon . 51,100 ■ 1 Totals . . $55,996 $3,780 I ■ Less amount received 3,780 w g Net Loss .... $52,216 g ■ I. IMLER, County Chairman. J

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