Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1909 — Page 3

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦++ : WEATHER FORECAST * Partly cloudy with local thunder storms tonight or Wednesday; continued warm. Harry Moltz went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Peters left today for Bluffton and other places, where they will visit for some time. Mrs. .Lida Baumgartner attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Ephraim Baumgartner at Berne today. George W. Ewing, of Balt'more, who visited with l.er aunt, Mrs Dr. McMillan, has gone to Fort Wayne He will return soon to his home Mr. Ed Berling arrived home this afternoon and will attend the commencement exercises given this evening by the St. Joseph’s school.

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Mrs. Ness Moon is very sick. | Ed Coffee returned to Kokomo today. i Mrs. Abel returned to her home at Monmouth. Mrs. E. B. Adams went to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Ellen Dailey and son Gerald returned to Bluffton today. Miss Clothilde Breiner, of Warsaw, is visiting friends in the city. Frank Porter, of Parker City, is in the city visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Porter. Mrs. Daisy Ballinger, who has been sick, resumed her duties this morning at the Baughman store. Mrs. Alta Leidy, of Geneva, went to Cloverdale, Ohio, today, where she will visit relatives for several days. J. B. Holthouse returned from Bluffton, where he was looking after his interset in the cement business. Fr. George returned from Detroit, Mich., where he has been visiting with friends for the past few days. Earl Hughes is enjoying a short vacation from work at the Clover Leaf depot. He will return Saturday.

A new house is under construction for Mr. Hitesman, in the Scheiman addition, and when completed it will be a beauty. Mrs. J. S. Falk and son Fred went to Willshire today for a visit with relatives and friends. They will remain several days. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Archer returned to their home at Saginaw, Mich., after spending a few days in the city as the guests of relatives. Masters James, Virgil and sisters Leontlne and Roberta Judy, of Geneva, went to Cloverdale, Ohio, to visit relatives and friends. Jesse Bubler is still in a very serious condition. He is bedfast. If he can go to Mexico he will make the trip in an effort to gain health. Postmaster John S. Glenn, of Huntington, has filed suit for SIO,OOO damages against the Huntington Herald, alleging that it has libeled him. Judge Bratton, at Auburn, has ire-, fused the writ of Harry Hunt and other citizens to secure possession of the city’s books for examination. Marian Howey, of Auburn, confessed to having passed forged checks and was sentenced to from two to fourteen years in the reformatory at Jeffersonville. T. H. Ernst custodian at the court house, is working off a new cigarette holder on the boys, and when he came down town at noon, a clear right of way was given him. The W. R. C. ladies are all requested to meet at the Grand Army hall on Tuesday evening at seven p. m. The auditor’s committee are also requested to be present, as business of much importance will be discussed. W .H. Graham has returned to his home at Monroe, after making a visit with his son Clyde at Laporte, Ind. Clyde has a very lucrative position as manager of the dry goods department in a big department store al that place and he is doing fine. Frank Porter, of Parker City, returned this afternoon to'Tiis home. Mr. and Mrs. Porter and little son have just returned from a fishing trip in Michigan. Mr. Porter is remembered by many of the boys and girls of the city as their former commercial teacher in the high school. He is in the drug business at Parker City.

French Quinn went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. return to this office and receive liberal reward. Mrs. Noah Mangold is quite ill at her home on First street. P. J. Hyland went to Ft. Wayne this afternoon to transact business. Mrs. Harry Ward and daughter Fern went to Bluffton today to visit friends. David Whitehurst and family of Laketon, have arrived in the city for a visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Rev. Hoile, of Shumm, Ohio, and children Amelia and Edgar, went to Fort Wayne today to visit friends. Mrs. H. M. Matthison, of Pleasant Mills, and Mrs. Stanton and daughter of Chicag went to Fort Wayne today to visit friends. There was quite a rush for the seat sale this morning and from the appearance the graduates will be greeted by a full house. Ed Coffee and Webber, players on the Bluffton ball club, were in the city last evening visiting friends and have returned to the parlor city. The Faylor-Studabaker case is ranidly drawing to a close and will be completed this week. The arguments will probably begin Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Haefling entertained Sunday Mr. Gerald Dailey, of Bluffton, and Miss Agnes Voglewede. A very enjoyable time was spent. Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Camp are planning for a trip to Jackson, Mich., in their touring ear. They will remain for some time visiting relatives. George Morris went to Elwood to spend the week to assist in the opening of a new five and ten cent store there by Morris & Company.—Bluffton News. Miss Teresa Baltzell is at Bluffton, where she is taking a course in the normal. Walter Baltzell, her brother, who has been attending the university’ during the year, will return soon. Harry Andrews has gone to Bloomington to attend the commencement exercises. Harry is a graduate, having graduated in the class of 1907. Since that time he has been at Harvard.

Surgeons found a hairpin imbedded deeply in the pelvic regions of Lillie Studd, of Auburn, 8 years old, and removed it. The child had suffered intensely, and nobody is able to explain how the pin came to be encased in the child’s body. Harry Jeffreys, of Decatur, was in the city Sunday enroute from Decatur to Rome City, driving D. N. Hensley’s pony and cart. Mr. Jeffreys was the guest while here of J. Frank and Miss Anna Cramer — Kendallville Sun. Blind Vncle Jacob Franz returned again, coming alone all the way from Portland, Oregon, where he left a week ago today, arriving at Decatur .Sunday morning. |His nephew Dr. Ernest Franz and Dan Stauffer met him there and brought him home in an automobile. He intends to spend she summer here in Berne. —Berne Witness. The appointment of a receiver for the Bluffton Fence Brace will probably be made this afternoon. The present arrangements are to make the Union Loan & Trust company the receiver for the company. It is probable that as soon as the appointment is made arrangements will be made for the factory to start operations again.—Bluffton Banner. When Dr. G. E. Snearly, of Roann, who has been under a charge of wife murder, heard the report of the physicians which declared that no poison had been found in the woman’s body, he said: “I knew that nothing would be found against me by the four physicians. I am glad the report is public. I knew that I would be exonerated, but it is nice to have the public knotv that I was innocent.” Dr. Snearly will remain at Roann in the practice of his profession. As a result of the visit of the parole officer of Jeffersonville reformatory to this city last week Len Monroe, w’ho has been paroled, will be given a job here working for Charles Shaffer, painter. Monroe is expected to arrive home within a few days. Monroe was paroled some time ago, but the authorities at the prison never let the prisoners out without first securing a job for them, and it was on this account that the parole officer visited this place. —Bluffton Banner. The Fort Wayne Catholic High school for young men will open in' September, 1909. It will be under the patronage of Rt. Rev. Herman Joseph Alerding, D. D., bishop of the diocese of Fort ’Wayne, who will take an active interest in its affairs. It will be conducted by the Brothers of the Holy Cross and supervised by the diocesan superintendent of schools, Rev. A. E. Lafontaine. Two of the cathedral clergy will be engaged as teachers of Christian doctrine and church history.—Fort Wayne Sentinel.

Ivan Brown is visiting relatives at Monroe. Miss Ida Stuckey went to Fort Wayne today. Chas. Dugan went to Berne, where he is looking after important business. R. Schug, of Berne, was in the city today where he was looking after business of importance. Mrs. Chauncey Buckmaster went to Geneva this afternoon, where she will visit for a few days with her parents. The last rehearsal for the commencement was gone through this morning and every one took their part well. Leon Crawford has accepted a position as clerk in the Jacob Martin restaurant the same taking effect on last Saturday. Dr. Cook, of Bluffton, was in the city today and spent a pleasant afternoon as a guest of Mr. L. C. Waring, the two being old time friends. John Smitley, of Adams street, has in contemplation the improvement of his property, all of which signifies that John is progressive and all right. Miss Ruth Melotte went to Bluffton today on her way to Muncie, where she will visit for some time. She will visit at Indianapolis before returning. Mrs. Fred E. Herman and children Ruth and Guy went to Pleasant Mills today for a short visit, after which they will visit friends in Kokomo, and return to Indianapolis. Avon Burke will arrive home this week from Bloomington, where he is a student in the law department of the university and will spend his vacation with his parents. Miss Etna Buckner returned to her home at Cincinnati after a very pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kirch. Miss Buckner was also in attendance at he Kirsch and Sejjg wedding, wihch occurred at Fort Wayne last week. A stunt done by a stroke of lightning at Kendallville is a little out of the ordinary. William Friend had three horses in his stable and he had hung up a pair of horse blankets on a wire stretched across the barn and there was also a log chain ’hanging across the wire. The lightning hit the barn, crossed the wire, set fire to the blankets ana melted a part of the log chain. The Burning of the blankets w’as soon discovered by the family and fortunately there was no other damage done.

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Mrs. Tillman Gerber, of Preble, was in the city shopping today. Misses Marie and Anna Miller went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mrs. Eldridge Goodman, of West Point, Kansas, is visiting relatives in the city. C. A, Colter left on his regular trip in the interest of the Smith & Bell Lumber Co. Mrs. Percy Williams and children went to Alexandria on an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crouse. A. G. Briggs, of Geneva, who for some time has been a sufferer from innumerable boils . and i otherwise knocked out of the box, is reported better, and his friends hope that it is permanent.

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Paul Meyers, of Preble, was in the city this morning. Mrs. Will Lyman, of Indianapolis, is in the city visiting for a few days. Master Dick Meyers returned to Greentown after a visit with friends in the city. Rev. Dr. Wilcox arrived this afternoon from St. Louis, Mich., and will remain in the city for a day or so. Dr. J. Q. Neptune caught a butterfly today and showed it to a large number of his friends. The beautiful insect was of a tan color with spots of purple. With its -wings spread it measured six inches. By dropping a drop of chloroform on the butterfly as it balanced Itself on bls window the doctor made an easy capture.