Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1901 — Page 7

Thomas Dixon at opera house tonight -25 and 35 cents. Treasurer Neuenschwander is spending the week on his French township farm. C. W. Crist of Fort Wayne, is spending Thanksgiving with relatives in and around this city. C. A. Augsburger and C. A. Neuenschwander of Berne, were looking after business interests here Monday. Hon. Abo Simmons of Bluffton, was in the city Tuesday afternoon at tending to legal duties in the circuit court. Ralph Knoff is at home from Chicago where he has been working for several weeks. He will assist his father in his city engineering duties. Thomas Dixon, who with Dr. Parkhurst made the famous fight against Tamany several years ago will lecture at the opera house tonight. Thanksgiving dinner at the Burt House will be served from 5:30 to 7:30, aud will be well worth your attention. If you want to entertain your friends right take them there. Dr. J. M. Miller's new office is now complete and ready for occupancy. It is replete in every way and will hold Dr. as long as he cares to practice a profession for which he is so well equipped.. Invitations have been received here by a number of people to attend the Elk’s memorial services to be held at the Masonic temple, Ft. Wayne, next Sunday evening, at 7:30 o’clock, a number will go. It has been suggested that the churches in the county on next Sunday announce a special collection on the following Sunday for the McKinley monument fund. The suggestion is good and should be put into practice. The Sixby mitten factory of Bluffton has leased a building in Fort Wayne, and will remove there. For the present they will operate both plants but as soon as practicable will remove their entire outfit to the Summit city. Adolph Schug, truant officer for Adams county, and one of the prominent democrats of Wabash township, was in the city Tuesday evening. Considerable of his time is being consumed in attending to his duties in looking after the truants from school. The divorce case of Catherine Place vh James \V. Place will come up for trial in the circuit court next There day. Judge Erwin being disqualified for hearing same on account of previous connection with the case, has assigned the cause for hearing before .Fudge Heller. Mrs. Michael D. Kinney the vener able mother of Trustee James Kinnqy, died at her home in Jefferson township last Friday. The funeral services were held Monday from the St. Mary's Catholic church, near her home. The deceased was eighty-four years old, and has lived in the county many years. Her husband died a few months ago and this fact no doubt hastened the end for the faithful wife. Three children survive, James Kinney living in Jefferson township, and Pat rick and John Kinney, influential lawyers at Celina.

Fall Stock Clothing Is now in, and wo believe that we can truthfully say that we have as complete and thoroughly up to date a clothing stock as can be found in Adams county. Our stock consists of everything in the way of. Men's Overcoats, Men's Suits, Youth’s Suits, Boy’s Knee Pant Suits. Reefers and Youth's Overcoats. Our stock is carefully arranged to suit all, whether you want a low priced suit or garment, or something that is as stylish and neat fitting as a tailor made garment, we can accomodate you. We extend a cordial invi tation to all prospective clothing purchasers to call and insnect our new and complete stock M. Fullenkamp, GASS &. MEYERS, Managers. * ■

Go to the Burt House for Thanksgiving dinner 5:30 to 7:30 if you , enjo|. up-to-date affairs. t ? Irs L L .', G ' Elliu £ ha m and jfrs. John Heller were the guests of Fort Mayne friends Tuesday. The case of Evelyn Eckert vs E hntzinger, which was venued to the Allen circuit court, has been set for trial Jan., 3,1902. F. M. Schirmeyer. wife and daugh ter and Mrs. Rout will spend Thanks giving at Winchester, the guests of Judge A. O. Marsh and wife. Thomas Dixon’s lecture on “Backbone at Bosse’s opera house tonight is a great opportunitv to see and hear great. man. Prices 25 and 35c. Don t fail to be present. Harruff & Lenhart, the real estate dealers have made some good sales during the past few weeks, but have already filled the gap with some new choice pieces of farm land, which may be seen in their list this week. Two now cases filed this week in the circuit court are Arthur S. Nowles vs Mary E. Millett and E. S. Calahan, mechanics lien, demand S3OO. Jacob Spade vs The Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railwav Company, damages, demand SIOO. Sam Frank an old Geneva boy now living in Chicago and traveling from that city with a line of clothing, was calling on Decatur trade Tuesday. He is the same old shinning Sam, as i of old, and one of the whitest fellows that ever raised the edge. Henry Stetler, for the past four years a resident of St. Mary’s township, lias moved back to his first love , and will try living in the city again. Mr. Stetler is one of the substantial citziens of the county, and as a matter of fact is a welcome addition to the citizenship of our city. The democratic county central committee will meet in this city next Sat urday, at which time it is expected the date will be set for the coming ' primary election and rules made to govern the campaign. Candidates will be here in force and from then on the big battle will wage in earnest. A county institute is on tap for this . city Friday and Saturday, and the county superintendent is making preparations for one of the best meetings of the school year. The law’ giving a teacher full pay for attending these institutes is a safe guarantee for a large attendance. Their program will be found printed elsewhere. Thomas Dixon, of New York, will deliver his famous lecture “Backbone” at Boose’s opera house, Thursday evening. Admission, twenty-five and thirty-five cents. Mr. Dixon , is one of the greatest men of the day and should have a large audience. He bears the distinction of having at one time routed Tamany the great New ■ York political association. The first conviction under the new . game laws since the appointment of James H. Smith as a deputy warden • occured Tuesday, when Henry Meyers, a young man from French town- • ship was tried before Squire Cover : dale for hunting on Sunday. He . plead guilty, and his fun cost him ■ $41.50, pretty expensive for a few I quail. The lowest possible fine is ten : dollars and the game wardens fee is I twenty dollars.

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John Clem of Union township has purchased two head of prize Durham cattle from the celebrated Miller herd at Peru, Ind. H* will have them ready for the 1902 Adams county fair and expects to get the red ribbon. He also received six Silver Wyndott chickens Saturday from Bly Wells county. President Norton, of the Toledo, St. ■ Louis & Western has issued an order to the fact that garnishments of employes have become annoying, requiring the constant attention of an at torney to attend to them on behalf of the company, and hereafter any employe whose wages are garnished a second time will be dismissed. David E. Smith and John D. Hald was at Bluffton Tuesday evening attending a Masonic meeting at which time the Knight Templer degree was conferred upon an aspiring candidate. Right Eminemt Commander Newby was present and inspscted the work and the occasion closed with a banquet at the Bliss house. Last Saturday Treasurer Neuenschwander sold the bonds for the Kirkland township Central Macadam road, the face of the bonds being $9,920. They were purchased by the Old Adams county. Bank, who will pay $2Bl premium. As soon as the bonds arrive from the lithographer they will be taken up by the bank and the money turned over to the hands of the county treasurer. Sixty guests sat down to the bar banquet at Decatur Saturday night and it was a spread out of sight. A coincidence was that Judge Heller’s term expired at twelve o’clock that night and when it came time for him to speak it was just five minutes until midnight. He spoke until twelve and his successor then spoke for five minutes, the first five minutes of his term as judge. Bluffton News. In answer to a call in behalf of the McKinley memorial fund, Edwin Heller of Linn Grove. James Hendricks of Monroe, Cal Kunkle of Monmouth, Henry Zwick of Bingen and G. W. Bunner of Bobo, met at the Democrat office Tuesday morning at which time arrangments were made to carry the work to their respective localities. The absentees also accounted for themselves and the entire county will be covered and reported by the end of the coming week. Mrs. Margaret Meibers arrived home Friday evening from a seven weeks visit with relatives at Louisville, Ky. and Jeffersonville, Ind. She also made a trip to New Albany and had a pleasant visit with Father Fowler, who had charge of the Catholic parish here fifty years ago and before whom she made her first communion. The reverend gentleman is eighty-seven years of age, but enjoys the very best of health and recognized Mrs. Meibers at once. The visit was a pleasant and happy one for both. A little girl has written the following essay about boys: “The boy is not an animal, yet they ean be heard to considerable distance. When a boy hollows he opens his big mouth like frogs, but girls hold their tongues 'til they are spoken to. and they answer respectably and just tell how it was. A boy thinks himself clever because he ean wade where the water is deep. When a boy grows up he is called a husband, and he stops wading, and stays out all night, but the grown up girl is a widow, and keeps house. The Erie’s special Thanksgiving menu card is remarkable not onfy as a masterpiece of the ingraver’s art but also as representing one of the most elaborate meals ever served in a dining car. The beautiful engraving of the old New England homestead shown at the top of the card will awaken happy memories in the minds of travelers, but compensation for absence from the old home will be found in the dinner itself, which will consist of the very best the market affords.

Engineer William Slusser has step ped to the front as a record breaker on the Chicago <fc Erie railroad. Every one living within distance call of an Erie whistle between Chicago and Galion, Ohio, knows ‘-Whiskey'’ Slnsser the engineman. He has a record as a good fellow and several other distinguishing characteristics and to these he added the reputation of be ing the fastest engineer on the road. On Thursday evening he left Huntington on second fourteen with engine 723. The train consisted of poultry and his leaving time was 8:05 p. in. By the time Uniondale was reached Slusser was on the block of first four teen. He made the trip to Galion, Ohio, and return, 300 miles, in less than twelve hours, the best record ever made with a freight train on the Chicago & Erie railroad. Ossian was visited at two o’clock Saturday morning by a most disastrous fire that wiped out of existance the Ossian Drug Co., Kreigh’s restaurant and badly damaged the stock of Roe Bros. The loss is placed at about $7,500 with SO,OOO insurance. Three stores are connected side b> side on the main street of the town. Roe Bros, occupy a brick to which is joint'd on the south, the Ossian Drug Co's drug store and H. W. Kreigs restaurant. The fire caught in the latter room and had a good start lie fore discovered. It burned the restaurant and drug store to the ground and destroyed every particle of sttx-k. In fighting the fire Roe Bros.’ general store was flooded with water. A carload of salt burned and the stock damaged to the extent of $1,500. Only the casements in the second story of the Roe building wen' burneilt the damage lasing done principally by water.

GUS ROSENTHAL All goods GUS ROSENTHAL—Goods alguaranteed as represented or money refunded. ways sold as advertised. Going Fast And It’s IN o Wonder. Most up-to-date Clothing designed for the most fastidious dressers at 25 to 33 per cent saving. Share in the rare bargains. I Men’s good heavy Beaver Overcoats worth $6.50 SO at $4.50 JSto I 1 Men s Fine All-Wool Kersoy Overcoots in black, — l fl blue and brown, and Oxford Raglans, worth / ' y $lO to sl2, go at /.OU Men’s extra heavy All "Wool Vicuna Overcoats, « \ i with or without yoke and worth $12.50 to 1A s ls - 00 lU.UU [ -A-H high grade goods and designs in Men’s Overcoats <Z F too numerous to mention up to S2O, and 25 to 33 per & cent below value. Youth's and Children's Overcoats in Endless Variety. MEN’S All Wool Suits, Worth $7.50 to $8.50 ZK Fnt SO.OO i f ■ A Men's Fine Dress Suits at Enormous Varietv at Unparalelled Low Prices. 'vl -Ay Several new cases of that fine Underwear Cents arrived at Apiece. | \A We are headquarters for the best underwear made. , \’ Don t miss the opportunity to save 25 to 33 per cent on the price of your Clothing and Furnishings, and call while the stock is complete. GUS ROSENTHAL, The Square Man. Decatur, Ind.

Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings Nov. 29 and 30. the M. E. lecture room will be open to the people in general. The girls of the Queen Esther band will hold the annual fair at this time, and every person is cordially invited to call and buy fancy and useful articles. Friday evening assisted by Falk’s orchestra the girls will give an entertainment. Miss Richenbrode has charge of the drills and pantomines. An admission of ten cents will be charged. Saturday evening the girls will serve a chicken pot pie supper, with many delicacies -in the dining room of the church from sto 7. Price 25 cents. Hon. R. S. Peterson of this city, was at Indianapolis last week where he appeared before the supreme court and argued for a new trial in the ease of the State vs John* Rinkard, convicted at Wabash last spring for the murder of his wife. The questions discussed were those raised by the counsel for the defendant; that Rinkard was insane at the time he murdered his wife at Marion and that the record does not show who the grand jurors were that returned the indict ment against Rinkard. The case was venued from Grant county to Wabash. Judge Peterson said that the best judges of a man’s sanity or insanity are his neighbors, also that no man who is sane will kill his wife and then try to end his own life. It is general ly belie ved that there is a possibility of the supreme court ordering a newtrial of Rinkard outlie theory that ho mav have been insane when he committed the crime. The attorney-gen oral's point was that an attempted suicide does not in law even raise the presumption of insanity. Foot ball enthusiasts of Decatur were in their glory Saturday for a real game was on tap and it was a foot ball game every minute. The contestants were the Library Hall team and the Decatur club, and they were right evenely matched as may be seen from the score which resulted 6 to 0. The scene of action was the Jeleff grounds near the Clover Leaf railway and quite a crowd was present, at 3:15 when time was called and the boys wore up and at it. After twenty minutes play Fort Wayne scored a touchdown and kicked goal making the only six points scored in the entire game. At no time during the rest of the first half or the entire second half was .ther goal in any danger to speak 01. and although the boys tugged and pulled, fought and worked all kinds of schemes, each side practically stood their grounds. Several severe accidents occured dur the game. Bart France of this city securing two broken ribs for his share of the ilays pleasure, while a Fort Wayne youth was presented with a broken nose. The home team goes to Huntington today for the final game of the season. •

Miss Dora Houck and Martin Wafel will be married this afternoon at the home of the groom’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wafel in Preble township, Rev. Clausing officiating. Both were former Adams county young people, but for three years have been living at Fort Wayne, where Mr. Wafel has a splendid position in the Bass foundry. He is having a handsome little home erected there and they will soon go to housekeeping. We congratulate them. The farewell banquet given to Judge Heller at Decatur Saturday night by the Adams county bar, was one of the greatest affairs of the sort ever held in Deeatur. It was given in honor of his retirement from the bench after twelve years’ service. There were about sixty guests from Bluffton, Portland and Decatur bars and the banquet which was in eleven courses and superb, was served at the Murray Hotel. Amos P. Beatty was toastmaster. The first toast responded to was “The ex-judge,” by Judge Daily, of Bluffton, former judge of the supreme court. IL- was followed by O. H. Adair, of Portland, in “The New Judge and the Bar,” who in turn was followed by Judge Studabaker, in “Early Reminiscences of the Adams County Bar.” R. 11. Hartford of Portland had the last toast, “The Duties of a Lawyer.” All of the toasts fairly bristled with wit and were the vehicle of much enjoyment. Judge Heller, retiring judge and his successor, Judge R. K. Erwin, made five minute talks. Portland Com mereial Review. Little Eva Hunter, seven years old died Saturday after many weeks of terrible suffering from a peculiar cause. On a Saturday, just ten weeks before death came to her relief Eva swallowed a peach stone. Her par ents of course extremely anxious watched for serious development, which strange to say did not become noticeable for several days. Their physician was called and everything possible was done to aid the little sufferer. She was quite weak and too ill to stand an operation and those attending her bed-side could only await developements. After a fewdays she seemed to improve slightly yet she continued to grow weaker and became very emaciated, and as time went by it could be clearly forseen that every day but brought her nearer the end. She died Saturday after noon at two o’clock. Dr. W. P. McMillen and Dr. J. S. Boyers held a post mortem examination and dis covered that death was duo to general peritonitis. No trace of the seed could be found, it having been ab sorbed. Eva was the daughter of Mr and Mrs. William Hunter, and was a bright and cheerful child, lows! by all who knew her. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the United Brethern church.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hardison, of Geneva, entertained a large crowd of friends Friday night in honor of Chester Brown, of Peru, South America. I The event was the swellest affair ever ' given in Geneva and was most enjoyable. A Ft. Wayne orchestra furnished the music and the dinner was served at the Shamrock hotel. Frank Lord gathered up a good size jag Saturday afternoon and when he became unable to take care of himself and Marshall Hart undertook to do so he objected quite vigorously. A rap from the officers club rather brought him to his senses, and he walked along fairly peaceably to jail. His father Martin Lord, who was also a little up set took the matter up and came near following the boy, but owing to his advanced years was allowed to go home. Frank was taken before Mayor Beatty Monday morning, found guilty and assessed §9.30 which bis father stayed. The patriotic people of Adams county will give freely toward tho popular McKinley m«mmorial fund the object of which will be th« erection of a monument to President McKinley, the same to Is* erected at tho late presidents home at Canton, Ohio. The prime object to be attained is to not only pay a proper regard for our assassinated president, but by tho popular and unanmous subscription toward his fund, it is expected to give those redhanded pretenders of anarchy an object lesson that will last them as long as life itself. Ind iana will head the movement and Adams county will < ome nobly to t he front. Hon. Hugh Dougherty as chairman for this congressional dis trict has appointed A. J. Smith and Lew G. Ellingham of this city, W. B. Hale of Geneva, Sam Simison of Berne, James Hendricks of Monroe, Edwin Heller of Linn Grove, Rolrert Case of Magley, D. J. Dilling of Preble Rev. E. H. Pe'ers of Bobo. W. H. Smith of Pleasant Mills, C. D. Kunkle of Monmouth, and Henry Zwick of Bingen, who will look after the sub scriptions for Adams county. In this city sub committees have been appointed in the names Barney Kalver, J. T. Merryman, C. F. True. B. W. Sholtv, J. I). Hale, J. E. Moser, E. X. Ehinger, D. N. Erwin, Jeff Bryson, Cant. J. M. Lenhart, J. W. Vail, M. F. Rice, Henry Krick, E. Fritzinger, Charles Patten. Dore Moore. Irvin Brandyberry, and H. A. Hartman. At a. meeting held Monday evening the committee assignments were accepted and one week from next Monday morning tho matter will bo closed, and tho Adams county contribution sent to Indianapolis. Let every man. woman and child avail themselves of giving to this fund. It is not intended that large contributions shall be given, but that every one shall give some ting. Public subscription papers are at the hotels, the banks, the west mid grocery, the Journal and the Democrat offices.