Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1909 — Page 3

WEATHER. Partly Cloudy tonight and Friday; moderate temperature. G. T. Burke went to Bluffton today on business. Ed McAlhaney is in the city making a visit with friends. Miss Gladys Nelson went to Willshire for a visit With relatives today, Lester Baughman went to Portland this morning to spend his spring va■cation. Mrs. C. J. Lutz and Miss Rowena Shoaf returned from Fort Wayne yesterday on the four o’clock car. Mrs. Charles Heckman is spending the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zwick. near Fort Wayne. Mrs. Ruth Garlock, of Chicago, who was very sick there, is improving every day, and will soon be entirely recovered. Frances and Mary Brown, of Celina, Ohio, who have been the guests ot relatives at Berne, returned to their home today. Frances and Carrie Breneman returned to Fort Wayne this morning after being the guests of their aunt, Mrs. R. Rice, in the city. Big preparations are being made for the log rolling to be held here by the Modern Woodmen lodge June seventeenth. A grand time will be had. Tom Haefling left this morning for West Unity, Ohio, where he will look over the electric plant with the view o' becoming manager of same if satisfactory arrangements are made. Aaron Judy and wife of Geneva.who have been visiting'their daughter at Coverdale, Ohio, have returned. They will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdge before returning to their home. April fool day is passing off pleasantly with no dire calamities reported as we go to press. The jokes today must have been few and far between. The day is ideal having all the qualities of springtime. Let us hope that the weather will continue agreeable for a short time at least.

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Herbert Hill went to Fort 'Wayne this morning on business. Mrs. Henry Heckman returned last evening to her home north of the city. Miss Kathryn Watts went to Muncie after a visit with her parents in the city. Jacob Buhler, who has been quite sick with lagrippe for some time is improving. Mrs. Mary Sutlief, a nurse, went to Bluffton to care for Mrs. Engler of that place. T. M. Gallogly has moved from Fifth street to a nice comfortable home on Mercer avenue. Robert Case went to Bluffton today. From there he will return to his home at Indianapolis. Many people are making garden over the city and the men are getting a good work out on the spade. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lee returned today from Pleasant Mills, where they visited with relatives several days. Mr. and Mrs. N. U. Smith, of Fort Wayne, have come to the city for a visit with friends. They will remain for several days. Misses and Leah and Veda Hensley and little brother David, went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit the LaDelles, who are playing at the Temple this week. Jerry Archer will leave Saturday morning for his Michigan home at Midland. He was visiting with his mother and other relatives, and for a week has had a fine time. Robert Case, of Indianapolis, is in the city on business today. He is greeting his old friends. Mr. Case likes his new home in that place, and is prospering there. It is announced that the requisite 125,000 has been subscribed for the Methodist Old People’s home at Warren, and that this makes the Chopson donation of $26,000 also available. Roy Beachler has returned to his studies at Sariham College, after a week spent with his family and many other friends in this city. He likes his school work and is getting along ncely. Miss Marguerite Bell entertained Miss Grace Butler and Miss Mabel Hart at twelve o'clock dinner today at her home on Jefferson street, and the litlte misses report a most enjoyable time. A. M. Fisher expects to leave next Tuesday on a prospecting tour of Texas, and if anything strikes him just right he will invest in real estate there. Before doing that, however, he will take a good look at the country. Many of the teachers in the public schools left this morning for Indianapolis, where they will attend the state teachers' meeting. They will be absent the remainder of the week and it is needless to say that they will have a fine time. John Lobsiger and family will move tomorrow from Vera Cruz onto their farm of 130 acres east of that place, in Adams county. Mr. Lobsiger owns one of the best farms in that section. He has a tenant on one tract and Mr. Lobsiger will superintend the whole. —Bluffton News. After working for" almost a year in an effort to raise a factory fund of $120,000 to double Alexandria's population, the Industrial Club today announced its abandonment of the movement, and Messrs H. Dearn and Joseph Gerspacher, who have been assisting with the work, returned to Chicago. —Bluffton News. E. J. Kirtley, of north Second street, who had a sale last Tuesday, will leave for New Mexico in the near future, where he will make his home. He likes the climate which is healthful, and the country in that state. Indiana, his home state, will still be the best in the Union for him. His friends hero will regret to see him leave. An attempt will be made by Dr. Mead, county physician, and John Ditzler, superintendent of the county infirmary, to get Minerva Eppert, an inmate of the county institution, in the home for epileptics at Newcastle. If she cannot be taken there an attempt will be made to get her into the asylum at .Easthaven. —Bluffton Banner. William Geary arrested Charles Cloter of Berne, last night, upon a charge of public intoxication and placed him in jail. He was arraigned before Mayor France'this morning where he drew a sentence of fifteen days in jail, together with a fine of five dollars and costs and as a consequence he will remain as an honored guest at the Meyers Hotel for thirty days. Dr. C. H. Good of Warren, was in the city this afternoon to become better acquainted with his future home. He was shaking hands and conversing with his old political friends. He will move to Huntington early in April though the exact date of the removal has not yet been decided on. The doctor enjoys good health and is confident he will like his new location.— Huntington Herald.

Mrs. Arthur Russel went to Berne today to Visit friends. Ed Boesse returned from a visit with relatives wrest of the city. Mrs. C. J. Lapp returned to Willshire after shopping in the City. Mrs. Eliza Hartings went to Ohio City for a visit with friends today. Mrs. J. C. Yule and chidren, of Alexandria, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bercy Williams. S. E. Hite went to Fort Wayne on business this afternoon. He will return this evening. Miss Addie Fisher went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the afternoon with friends. Mrs. Tom Russel and children went to Berne to visit with Mrs. Charles Sullivan and other friends. Mr. and Mr. Fred Coler of Fort Wayne, have come to the city for a visit with friends and relatives. John J. Soldner, of Monroe township, and a former trustee of that township, was attending to business in the city today. Mrs. H. T. Hower and children, Naomi and Fred, went to Fort Wayne for a visit with her sister, Mrs. T. A. Burnell of that place. Residents of Tocsin, Walls county, have organized a cemetery association purchased three acres of ground and are platting it for a cemetery, to be known as Prairie View. Miss Ahr went to Indianapolis yesterday to attend the teachers’ association meeting at that place. Most of the instructors of our schools will leave today to attend the meeting. Five candidates were introduced Into the mysteries of the Woodmen last night. A very Interesting time was had by the large attendance and at the close of the business session refreshments were served. The City Trucking company Is comfortably located in their new quarters on west Monroe street and they are perapared to furnish coal, feed, cement and the many other useful and staple articles in their line. They do a draying business and moving household goods is their specialty. They ask their friends to call on them. Hower & Hower the .west end grocers, are the first this season to spring any real improvements. They have placed in position a handsome new awing, and it adds materially to the appearance of this much patronized business place. Hower & Hower have a good business and they merit it all, as they especially cater to the trade and carry the best things that the market affords. Ralph Sleppy left last evening for Parma. Idaho, where he has accepted a position with the Harriman railroad lines in the capacity of a surveyor. The construction work of the line Sleppy will be employed on is lu charge of Frank Robinson, formerly of this city, who moved to the west two years ago. Sleppy intends to remain in the west with the good position that the will accept. —Bluffton Banner.

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R. E. Peters, of this office, made a business trip to Preble this morning. Miss EsteHa Weaver went to Shumzn today to visit for several days. Clyde Rice began duties this morning as a city mail carrier. His route has been mentioned elsewhere. Mrs. C. F. True returned yesterday on the four o’clock car from Poe, where she visited with relatives. Mr. Homer Hendricks, of Chicago, went to Monroe this afternoon after visiting relatives and friends in this! city. Mrs. Perry Roebuck returned to her home at Pleasant Mills after a visit with relatives and friends at Bluffton. Mrs. Leo Wilhelm and children, Helen and Reba, went to Pleasant Mills to spend several days with her brother Charles. J. A. Melotte went to Bluffton and Poneto today. He will jgo to Indianapolis and be gone several days in business interests. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Getts, of Marion, have come to the city for a visit with friends and relatives. They will remain for several days. The members of the Pocahontas are all requested to be present this evening at their hall as business of importance will be discussed. Mrs. Charles Baker and son Harry, of Fort Wayne, transferred here enroute to Willshire. While here they visited with Mrs. Emma Foughty. William Rose, confessed firebug, 72 years old, is spending his last days in jail, consoling himself with his most treasured companion—an old violin, which he values highly. Madge Humphreys, of Alexandria, will arrive in the city for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Williams. Oren Crouse, a brother of the latter, from the same place, will visit here for several days. Miss Carolyn Tripplett, of Stamping Ground, Ky., who has been the guest of Dr. W. W. P. McMillen and family here for a few days, left for Geneva this morning, where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Samuel Acker. The North Indiana conference is now in session at Greenfield, Indiana, and very important bosiness is being cared for. Probably the thing that will most interest the local congregation of the M. E. chhrch will be the selection of a successor to Dr. Wilcox. It is understood that Rev. Edwards of Fort Wayne, will be the choice. Search will be made in South Bend for the $300,000 necklace stolen from Miss Jennie Croaker, formerly of that city, in a San Francisco hotel a few months ago. A description of the necklace was received by the police and while it is not thought probable the thief is in South Bend, yet detectives will keep on the lookout for it. A reward of $5,000 is offered for the capture of the thief or- information that will lead to his arrest.

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Mrs. Fannie Bright and daughter Ruth went to Fort Wayne to spend the day with friends. Miss Alberta Beery went to Fort Wayne yesterday on the four o’clock car to visit for a few days. John A Baumgartner, who lives three miles east of Willshire, left foi Kalamazoo today, accompanied by his son Clayton- Mr. Baumgartner is a well known. Van Wert county farmer.

Miss Lillian Dodane went to Hesse Castle today to visit friends. Miss Jennie Woods, of Wren, went to Fort Wayne, to sipend the day with friends. Treasurer Lachot is on the sick list, he taking ill during last night and today he has all the symptoms of the real thing in lagrippe. As a consequence he is laid up at his home, being unable to be at the office.

The commissioners meet next Monday, and as usual they will have a lot of accumulated business to dispose of. In the list is four macadam road petitions. Bonds for the Broadstock macadam road in Hartford township has been sold, thus assuring the building of the road at an early day. Bonds will likely be ordered sold for three other roads, the proceedings having reached that stage.