Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1902 — Page 8

Writ Ro it Anss Minnie Shoes is on the sick list. Chas. Fuhrman and John Reed spent Sunday at Poe. Howard Shacklev and wife spent Sunday with J. E. Spangler and wife. Misses Pearl and Nina Showers and Anna Thomas of Chicago who have been visiting with Uncle Johnny Reed and family returned home last week. Samuel Fuhrman returned from Oklahoma City. Okla., last Thursday after a two week’s visit with relatives and also taking in the sights of the the new country. Mr. Rouch, Superintendent of the Ft. Wayne. Cincinnati Ac Dayton Traction company was in this vicinity las) week taking up the deeds for land to be used by the company. Watt W. E. Miller is on the sick list. Picnic next Sunday Aug. 30 at Clark’s chappel. W. A. McGill and wife Sundayed with Dasie friends. The excursion to Dayton given by the “Home Gards” was a fine affair. Miss Zelma Bunter of Decatur attended the social here Saturday evening. F. Bowers and wife spent Sunday the guest of Mrs. Bower's mother Mrs. Cresier. The social given by Wood Chapel was a grand success. Although a little cool a good crowd was in attendance. Mrs. Will Hitchcock spent Monday the guest of Liberty township friends, calling on Mrs. Ida Mahlin. who is quite low with consumption. Mrs. H. L. Allen and Mrs. S. E. Walters. E. D. Brothers attorney of Chicago and wife, accompanied by Mrs. Siebolt of Fort Wayne. sister of Mrs. Brothers are visiting their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Brothers of this place. Quite a number took in the excursion to Niagara Falls the 19. We note the following- Messrs, and Mesdames Smith Stevens, James Crosier. E. Baxter, Wilfred Miller and George Nettle. Whooping cough and cholera infantum has played sad havoc with the babies during the past week. A little child of Clifford Death and also of George Hinderlong have died during the past few days. Pleasant Hills. Mrs. G. W. Barnett spent Tuesday with country friends. A. J. Wood took in the sights at Niagara Falls last week. A number of our voung people are attending the institute this week. Miss Lizzie Mathewson of Van

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Wert is calling on relatives here this ] week. James Hendricks and family of Monroe Sundayed here with friends. The Baptist Sunday School will attend the picnic at Monroe next Saturday. James Gerard and wife of Decatur Sundayed here with D. B. Roop and family. Mrs. J. W. Vizard and children are spending a few days at Marion with relatives. Henry Jackson of Dunkirk, is spending the week here with relatives and friends. Hampton Mathewson and family of Fort Wayne spent the week here with relatives and friends. Morris Boyd and John Custer left Tuesday for Sistersville, W. Va., where they expect to be employed in a glass factory. Miss Wilma Cowan has returned from Valparaiso where she has been been attending school for the past several months. Mrs. Albert Fuller and sons returned to their home at Toledo Tuesday, after a very pleasant visit here with relatives and friends. Berne Wm Sheets spent Tuesday at home. Joe Gerssers was a caller at Redkey Tuesday. The Berne public school will open September the first. Rev. Vornholt returned from Winona Lake Friday. Rufus Stucky and Noah Luginbill were at Detroit Monday. Rufus Heller was the guest of Decatur friends Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Craig are visiting relatives here this week. Mr. Updike from Batesville was a business caller here Tuesday. Emma Byrely who will teach in the public school arrived Saturday. Ethel Meyers of Decatur is the guest of Lillian Egly this week. Mrs. Rachael Burkholder took in the excursion to Detroit Monday. Henry Witner and wife, of- Harlan, were the guests of Berne friends over Sunday. John Clouser went to Greenville, Ohio, Saturday to attend the funeral of his mother. The Light and Hope church are putting down a new sidewalk in front of their church. Bert Heller arrived in Berne Saturday from Michigan where he has been for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Rose Martz were the guests of Mrs. Martz's parents at Vera Cruz Sunday. William Loganpence died at his home in the citv Mondav morning,

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I aged 35 years. The funeral services , were held yesterday afternoon at the Mennonite church. Miss Wilda Gottschalk and Ear! Shelly were out to see the oil well s shot on Tuesday. David Bixler and sons Noah and Frank spent three days at Chicago taking in the sights. The new electric banjo which is in Stuckey’s restaurant is a very attractive machine. Miss Mae Hocker entertained Ada Zechiet Bertha Kuntz and Ruth Simison Tuesday afternoon. The Misses Edna and Emma Hoffman of Decatur, are visiting her sister Mrs. Eugene Runyon this week. Mrs. Della Sheets left for Fort Wavne and Chicago Wednesday to attend the millionary opening held there. The Evangelical church will hold its quartely meeting next Sunday. Rev. Oaks o’s Fort Wayne will be present. The game of base ball played between Bryant and Berne was only a five inning one. Score 9too in favor of Berne. Fred Neaderhouser is looking after business for the Berne Grain & Hay company during the absence of Mr. Egly who with his family are visiting in Illinois. Linn Grove. Rufus Kress moved into the dwelling vacated by Edson Haughton last week. Our school teachers are attending the county institute at Decatur this week. Adam Augsberger was one of the excursion party to Dayton, Ohio, last Wednesday. George Schlagenhauf and family were visitors the past week with rela- i tives at Fort Wayne. Ed H. Anderson and wife of Union City, were guests of Badgelv Anderson and family last week. Albert Lindsey and wife and Major Ed Miller were guests of L. C. Miller and family at Decatur last Sunday. Mesdames Daniel Hilty and Ed Neuenschwander and Miss Lucy Hilty are visiting their people at Beaver Dam, Ohio. Miss Dove Winans and sister. Francis, left last Friday to visit friends, the former at Kokomo, the latter at Liberty Center. Our young people held a social . party at the home of D. Forest Hoff- 1 mann on Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Orillo Bierie. The enjoyment of . all participants was above par. L. C. Miller <fc Son of the Pioneer Mills, are making their flour delivery by means of a new wagon which for beauty and capacity is in keeping with progressive age. The turnout is

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GINGHAMS Ginghams are getting to be a scarce article in the dry goods market but our buyer has secured an exceptionally fine value in staple checks only, at 5 CENTS A YARD

a product of the Dunbar Carriage Works. ( j Patrons who buv and use Fleck s Stock and Poultry'Food will convince themselves of large packages, small dose, most officious and low prices. On sale at the store of Hoffmann Gottschalk. . i The bank barn of L. P. Walser of | Domestic, size about 60x120 and sheep shed 40x60 was destroyed by fire about 10 o’clock Wednesday evening of last week. A full outfit of farm machinery including a binder together with 600 bushels of wheat. 300 bushels of oats and twenty-five I tons of hay were consumed. New ■ siding and a slate roof had been put on last summer at a large expense. | The loss will reach about $4,000, an . insurance of $1,500 was carried on the | structure and contents. Origin of ( fire is a matter of conjecture, supposed from some one smoking about the bam. The flames were seen by several of our people. Willshire Glen Shelly of Bluffton, is visiting friends in this city. Thomas Thorp transacted business at Van Wert, Tuesday. H. H. King is on the sick list this week with his old-time enemy. The quarterly meeting held in Kohn’s grove last Saturday was very largely attended. Mrs. E. Kohn of Caveette, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Mook of this city. The board of county commissioners transacted a large amount of business in this city Monday. Miss Fann Schock, after a week's visit with friends at Rockford, left Monday for her new home in Lima. Prof. James A. Catchpole arrived in this city Saturday evening after a three months tour in Colorado and other western points of interest. F. R. Hayes, a journeyman printer, is employed at the Herald office. He has made some very startling discoveries while at his daily toil in this town. Ben Straubinger and Jonn Fairchild will leave Monday for Lima, where they will take a business course in the Lima Business College. Both are young men and we have no doubt but what they will have success. Those who attended the Mercer County Fair from this place are now wishing that they had staid at home, as the fair this year was nothing but a very bum show. Willshire will be well represented at the Adams County Fair, as it will surely be a record breaker this year. Jesse Beam, assistant postmaster of Willshire, will leave for Ada, Ohio, about September 15, and begin the study of law. After he has finished his srtidies at that place be will be sent to Ann Harbor to get the finishing touches. Jesse will no doubt rank high on the ladder of fame and be ranked with the great men of the wortd such as Webster, Clay and Caesar. W. G. Hoffer, J. F. Shaffner, CalMorehead and Chas. August attended the democratic county convention at Van Wert last Saturday, and did as good a job of work as could have been expected under the circumstances. Mr. Hoffer was chosen as a delegate to the democratic state conI vention which will be held at Cedar Point on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

A franchise was granted by the village council at their regular meeting last Thursday evening, giving the Decatur Oil Ac Gas Company of Decatur, Indiana, an incorporated company existing under the laws of Indiana. the right to lay, construct and 1 maintain, pipes and mains for the conveyance of gas to be used for, lighting and fuel purposes in the vil; I lege of Willshire, providing that the gas be made ready for use by November 10, 1902. The company has accepted the franchise as it now stands and Willshire will have another kind of gas this winter besides her “surface” gas. Re«l Estate Transfers F. M. Buckey adtnr. to James Fravel pt sec 27, tp 25, rg 14, 1 acre, fl. Benj. M. Smith et al to Geo. A. Ray. pt inlot 52, Monroe. <2500. Barbara Reisen to Edward R. Good et al, w}, se sec 22. tp 25, rg Is, 80 acres, S6OOO. W. J. B. Wass to E. D. Wass pt sec 5, tp 28, rg 15, 81500. Augustus Schlegel to Miles D. Pillars, inlot 262, Decatur, SHOO.' Henry Hite et al to Augustus Schlegel, pt. inlot 39, Decatur, ?700. George W. Harden to F. F. Freeh, ej, e.L swj sec 10, tp 28, rg 15, 40 acres, SI3OO. John J. Amstutz to Bessie M. Ray, pt inlot 3, Berne, $825. Jacob Frees to Robert Poer, in lot 378, Geneva, $650. J. S. Bowers to Geo. Wertzberger inlot 4, Dx-atur, S4OO. L. B. Fairchild to C. E. Beam pt sec 34, tp 27, r<» 15, 40 acres, sl. C. E. Beam to W. H. Beam, pt sec 34. tp 27, rg 15, 40 acres, .?2000i Notice to Contractors. Notice is hereby given that the plans and specifications ior a new church to be built by the German Lutheran congregation at the corner of Monroe and Eleventh streets, will be ready for your insi>eciiou after September 3, at Holtho'ise. St hulte & Co.’s clothing store. W,i reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Henry Schulte, Wm. Linn and Crist Boknecht, Bldg. Com.

CARE OF THE EYES, What Is Be ng Accomplished By Specialists ot Today The eye is the most delicate and expressive organ of mankind, and when it begins to fail should be looked after with that devotion and attention bv a thorough ophthajmolnogist. such as any other specialist gives to the science he elects to pursue. The care of the eves is perhaps one of the most imperfectly under stood of anv of our daily duties. More ill arise from their misuse than the public generally appreciate. Epilepsy is a frequent result of eye strain, and I intelligent observation will convince most people that more headaches I come from abuse of the eyes than | from any other cause; a possible i ninetv per cent, we are told. Probi ably one-sixth of the population of this country have eye strain, due to errors of refraction, and would be materially benetittted by the use of glasses, and all who reach the age of forty to fifty should use them during j working hours, reading, etc. They I tire quickly, have headaches, the digestive apparatus is upset, there are pains in the back and a general feeling of dizziness and nausea; the patient may be billions, have indigestion or liver complaint, gastic irriation, virtigo, spinal pains, loss of memory, irritability of temper, distressing insomnia, one or many of these symptoms in extreme cases, and the true cause is never suspected. Fit the person to proper glasses and in many instances the difficulty vanishes. The scientific ophthalmologist s I work depends upon questioning and | examination, and a great many cases there are where the vision is fully . restored by the use of spectacles properly fitted, where it might have been ruined by improper glasses. If the people generally understood this fact it would be to their advantage. Better get glasses from a thoroughly qualified ophthalmologist who understands his business than an ordinary so-called optician or traveling peddler, who is here today andthere tomorrow, and will not (even l if he knows how) make good his I promises, while he charges exhorbitant prices for worthless goods, that ; more often cause permanent injury I to the eyesight and induce still greatI er nervous troubles.

It requires special knowledge on the part of the opthalmologist who fits glasses to the evs, of the kinds of lenses needed to relieve and aid the eye, and which, will preserve the vision to a green old age. Within a comparatively few years optical work has made giant strides and ophthalmic colleges and eminent doctors have by thorough research and experiments been enabled to impart a thorough knowledge in regard to the different forms of “errors of refraction” and the kinds of glasses necessary to relieve them and improve the vision, and the relief now effected by specialists in this department of science would certainly have been considered miraculous at an earlier period. One of the scientific ophtalmologists of Indiana is, Dr. Canada. Ophthalmic Specialist of Winchester. Dr. Canada, realizing the wide field opened for an ophthalmologist some years ago, availed himself of a thorough course of instruction in Ophthalmic work, graduating from the. best Ophthalmic college of the west as well as availing himself of post lectures in Philadelphia and New York City since, and has pursued his profession with marked success. His practice is limited to “correction of errors of refraction of the eye.” He keeps thoroughly posted on ophthalmic work and is supplied with the latest and best facilities for testing the eyes 1 adopting the best methods and ini struments used by the leading pracj titioners, such as Retinoscope, Oph I thalmiscope, trial case, etc., and with these he is enabled to fit the eyes with correct glasses to relieve Hyperopia, Astigmatism, Myopia, Anisometropia, all of which are errors of refraction and Presbyopia, which is the loss of a function, and, believe he is gfully prepared by large exj perience to give you satisfaction, and his parting words to a patient are: “If anything is seeminglv going wrong come and see me and we will see that it goes right.” Mr. Canada has a good library and is a subscriber to the leading monthly magazines covering his sneciel line of work, which denot. s that he look for the latest news and keeps posted on up to date matter. He is the only exclusive ophthalmolgist in Winchester, and it should be a matter of satisfaction on the part of our citizens to know that we have so competent a man in our midst to attend to their wants in this distinction. He has fitted, as our examination of his office prescription file attested several hundred pairs of glasses during the past, which is indeed a good evidence that the public are appreciating his efforts in this direction.—Winchester Herald. Dr. Canada will lie at Dr. Coverdales office, Tuesday, September 2. M ait for “A Wise Woman.”

Grand opening of the season at the Bosse opera house, “A Wise Woman” will l>e the swell attraction. An interstate conference of managers of children’s home societies, under the direction of the Indiana society, convened at Winona Wednesday Reports showed that in eighteen ’ years 22,000 dependent children had been placed in permanent homes, and a large percentage of them had been adopted. In Indiana 143 have l>een placed in homes during the last year, through the state receiving station at Westfield.

AUTHOR LIKES XViaaton Churchill Ha, Become a Lawmaker. ' ** Winston Churchill, the >.» “Richard Carvel,” “The’cris T" f other popular books, is to cu )u i at ? 1 n ' 1 English namesake and enter polir The English author, soldier and mJ" tician has been a member of paU? ment for some time, and the Atnerie* novelist has just announced his des? 0 of becoming a member of the 19,13 »• ** Hampshire legislature. As Mr. Church’

Lee-, • - • 'WsStttek ■ . iOr •• • fc f Wk' WINSTON - CHVRCHn.L. ill is well liked by the people about his home he will probably be elected. His friends predict for the clever young man a twilliant career in politics. Mr. Churchill's home is known as Harlakenden House. It is situated near Cornish. N. H.. very near the Vermont line. So near is he to the Green Mountain State that his postoffice address is given as Windsor, Vt Harlakenden House is beautifully situated, overlooking the picturesque Connecticut river valley. Here Mr. Churchill Uves the life of a country gentleman in sufficient seclusion to grant him leisure for the writing of the boeki that 'have made him famous and yet in touch with the world The subjects in which Mr. Churchill are particularly interested are forest preservation and the building of good

roads, and it is on a platform advocating these that he seeks election. He said recently: “I am a candidate for the legislature because of a warm and increasing interest in New Hampshire and in national issues. I intend to go on writing books just the same whether I secure the nomination and election or not.” Although Mr. Churchill is by birth 1 St. Louisan, his ancestry is Yankee. He was born Nov. 10. IS7I, and was educated at Smith academy. St. Louis, and at the Naval academy. Mr. Churchill found naval life little to his liking and resigned from the service shortly after his graduation, in 1595 he was married to Miss Mabel H. Hall, a St. Louis girl. After resigning from the navy Mr. Churchill was employed on the Army and Navy Journal and the Cosmopolitan Magazine. He left the latter to devote all his time and attention to books. Mr. Churchill's first book, “The Celebrity,” appeared ia 1898. NEW LITERARY LIGHT. Wife of Chicago's Mayor, VI ho Hal Written a Book. Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, wife of the mayor of,Chicago, who has just written a book, makes her debut in the field of literature as the author of a “Fairy Story For Little Ones,'' as slie

’■•s- vht* -'Vw *' jr ■ ** w V HUS. CABTEB H. HARRISON, calls it. The book will be published during the coming fail, and the smai set of the city by the lake is eageriy awaiting nn opportunity of pa» ;1Ilfc Judgment upon it. Before her marriage to Mr. Hiirri'™ in 188“ the new authoress was " 5 Edith Ogden, daughter of the wl !' llobcrt N. Ogden, judge of the L" ul! ' ana court of appeals at New <,r ‘ Miss Ogden was educated at a f:> s able school In the Crescent < it.' later by private tutors. She sl'“’ German fluently and has n good " mancT of French. Mrs. Harrison traveled extensively both in this c ul try and in Europe. Although sll . fonfl of society ami well fitted in ‘'' l • way to take a lending part in il " 1 tlona. she Is devoted to her chi and to literature. — -