Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1903 — Page 3

IhIACHE ■I Ac ' ill over. Throat sore. Eyes I ptul Nose running, slight cough. / M : Leith chills; this is L-.i Grippe. I Tdinkilkr taken in hot water, sweetened, bcM 1 ire gi’ing to bed, will break it up NBit taken in time. here b. only one Painkiller. "PERRY DAVIS’"

■An addition of a highspeed Wheel er<V Wilson sewing machine has reoemly ben installed by the Harrod & Waggoner Shoe company. The machine makes 3,600 lock stitches per Bnute, which is from 1,600 to 1,800 Boie than the normal machine found in such factories. ■The K. of P. boys here speak in the highest terms of their treatment at BBuffton Thursday, and say everyone geeined to be trying to outdo his geighbor in an effort to show* the visitors a good time. The Commercial Cli b and Elks lodge rooms were MBirned over to the visitors. ■Berry & Holthouse sold their fast pa ng horse, C. D., to Arthur ■Ties ol Michigan, Friday. C. D. race d some last year and was with the 2:30 though he once stepped off a mile in Mr. Niles knows the value of the horse and will -trork him out for next season’s races. .-1 le funeral of Albert Host, one of th« bright young men of Wabash township, was held Thursday and was Kb nded by a large number of his rel fives and friends. His death occurred Monday after but athreedays’ Alness with typhoid fever. Interment took place in Bunker Hill cemetery. ■ The Fort Wayne Gas company Jae notified their patrons at Bluffton that after April first churches and ISJxlges will not be given excursion rates, but will have to plank down /the cash the same as the common Ke' i The reason assigned is that everybody must pay alike, with no favorites. ■ Thomas Archbold and Daniel Rail ing who have been enjoying a nonth in the south around Mobile. Alabama, returned home last Thursday. The boys report a pleasant time and say Khat a recreation trip could not have ben better determined on. The members of the party will re turn later on. I Frank Geary, who left here about years ago, was visiting his parents Frank says in that time he las been from the Atlantic to the lacific coast and in many of the states if the union. He is now working at lyraeuse, Indiana and is enjoying a ■ fc rt vacation on account of the strike ■ere. Fred Rohrer is at Decatur since ■ yesterday on temperance and sa- : I loon business.- Berne Witness. I This would be a funny combination If business were it not known that Mr. Rohrer, as attorney in fact, filed a blanket remonstrance against the* ■anting of a liquor license to George 1 Kiehols of Berne. I The members here of the Ancient Ind accepted Scottish Rite Masons lave received programs of the semiLnnual convocation, which will lie held in Masonic Temple, Fort Wayne, March 17 and 18. Following the conferring of the degrees each day a baninet will be served which adds greatly to the plersuaes of such occasions. It is safe to say that a number of the members here will attend.

IDuroc Jerseys. I have a choice lot of Duroc Jersey Gilts, bred for spring ■itters. If you want a Duroc get the genuine. I sell them Kit prices that you can afford to buy. All Breeding Stock Registered: 1 also have some \\ hite Plymouth Rock Cockerels I will Kell at SI.OO each. They are pure bred mid choice birds. R. BF? b I IXI IINOEE F? . two miles cut nnd tw and No. I, BERNE, IND mu-fourth miles south of Monroe. ■Farmers, Attention! Kraaw ;f I r ./ '• . I am prepared to cry II . vour sa^‘s al, 'l like to book yours. wiiik' “ft ** My calendar is at ■ j (kA jC'tVWMuSSi ’ ti y fdKSff&yh Brittson Brothers hardT*' ffiKKOlE* ware stoic, ami we can complete arrangements ■" I 3W" Satisfaction gnartmI ' teed and prices right. I /■ rT2> < . j ——— —— Hf | FRED REPPERT, ■ AUCTIONEER. DECATUR. IND.

Steven, the two-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Evans, died last night after a week’s illness with | the measles. The funeral services will be held at Clark’s chapel tomorrow’ and interment made in the church yard cemetery. Beery & Holthouse received almost | a cardoad of horses from the farmers today. The animals were bought sometime ago, but were held until today, when they were turned over to their buyers. Decatur is still the big horse market that she always was,and the number of animals raised by Adams county farmers exceed all previous records. The Decatur Egg Case Co. are again having egg eases built in this city and a number of men were put to work several days ago. The shop corner of Seventh and Jefferson streets is used for this department of work, and Wm. McConnehey acts as foreman. The material for these ■ comes from the southern mills of the company, are put together and loaded with fillers in this city and then sent out as orders are received. Grip is very prevalent, and the reports from patients suffering with that disease, come in fast and furious. Tn many instances business men have been handicaped severely owing to the sickness of their employees and have been forced to suspend business. And what is worse the weather is in the proper quarter to encourage the continuance of the trouble and those who have not yet suffered, will need be careful to avoid an attack. The failure of the supply ot gas in the Indiana field has left many factories without sufficient fuel and a number were forced to suspend business. The Ball Fruit Jar company has substituted an artificial plant and is now supplying gas to their mammouth furnaces by the distillation of coal. Intense heat is required in the manufacture of glass and so much gas is consumed that it requires a pipe seven feet in diameter to carry a sufficient supply. Eugene Christen, the architect, went to Winchester Saturday morning to submit a sketch of a $20,000 church to the building board of the , Presbyterian church of that city. The I church, as proposed by Mr, Christen, will be a stone veneered building of the most convenient arrangement and very beautiful appearance. It is safe to say that Gene will have a set of plans that will compare with any submitted, and we predict that his will be adopted. I Mrs. Eli Sprunger was pleasantly surprised last evening by thirty or forty of her neighbors who had plani ned the event for a friendly gathering before she left that section of the city. A jolly good time was had and a delicious eourse of refreshments were i served. The crowd departed at a late hour, feeling that it was the best time they ever had. The Sprunger ' family will soon move into the R. S. ! Peterson property.which they recently purchased in the south part of town. The curtains were drawn Friday . from the show window of the new clothing store of Acker, Elzey A Vance and a neat and attractive dis- ; play was shown to the public. The window is trimmed with a number of different pieces of clothing, which they handle, and is set off in a striking way by a number of incandescent lights which are banked among the . trimmings. The store was formally ‘ thrown open to the public this morn ing, and Sam, Charley and Lee are now actually in business. They have a good assortment of spring and summer goods of the latest patterns, I and will try and handle their share of ’ business.

City Clerk Rowe, of St. Marys, 0., is charged with embezzlement to the tune of over $2,000, and theresis some chance of his going to the Columbus penitentiary. His bond is only SI,OOO, but his old mother has signified a willingness to sell her home to make good the money and save him from disgrace. Rowe claims to be affected mentally and is taking no apparent interest one way or the other in the affair. The word received from the Oklahoma excursionists lead one to believe that the territory invaded is promising in the extreme. People from all over the country are flocking there and much capital is being invested in lands and every conceivable channel of business. There is openings for limited means and a progressive spirit and in a short time acreditable report will be heard from that new country. Will Parr and Fred Nichols figured in a runaway Thursday, which came near costing them some serious injury. They had driven ,up to the G. R. & I. railway crossing, when a train came along and frightened their horse, which turned quickly around and dashed down the street, throwing the occupants in the mud. From the place of starting the horse dashed north down Seventh and Nuttman streets as far as Marshall, where it turned east and was soon caught.

C. S. Ridenough, manager of the Mondanis Meadow Dairy of Fort Wayne was here Thursday on business. Owing to the scarcity of milk in Allen county he says they are compelled to scour the neighboring counties to get enough to operate their plant. They use 600 gallons of milk per day and in order to get this amount are offering one dollar per cwt. for good milk. This will seem incredible to those farmers who sold their milk last summer for fifty cents per cwt. Should nothing go wrong the Waring Glove Company will begin operations on March 10. This is the day and date determined upon to start the machinery and begin the filling of a large assortment of orders alreadv at hand. A delay in the shipment of their gas engine as well as a multiplicity of other delays has succeeded in putting back the hands of time in starting. The date now given is thought sufficient to have everything in readiness. After this feature is complete, all that is necessary is to keep a steady run of ten hours a day. “Sit down,” said the fierce old man, and the trembling youth obeyed. “Well, what is it?” The unhappy ycung man obeyed. "Well, what is it?” The unhappy young cleared his throat. “I have come, that is, I have come,” he began in stammering ac cents, “to ask for the hand of your daughter.” The old man leaned back in his chair and regarded his would be son-in-law. He said: “Does my daughter want you?” “Yes, sir.” The old man sighed. "The whims of that child are accountable,” he muttered.” “It seems but a day or two ago that she cried for a doll. Then it was a penny. Now it is a monkey. Os course she’ll have to have it if she wants it. That’s all. Good day. Miss Blanche Reynols very cleverly entertained the members of the Friday Night club and a few other friends at her home on North Fifth street Friday evening. Progressive dominoes was one of the games and resulted in first award going to Miss Lizzie Peterson and the booby to Mrs. Frank Christen. In a guessing contest which furnished no little amusement, the highest honors went to Misa Rose Christen. Delicious refreshments were served and the evening was one of the most pleasant in the club’s history. Besides the regular memlH'rs those who participated in the enjoyments were Mrs. Keigh and Mrs. Sickafus of Preble, Mrs. Charles Dieer, Misses Mary Myers and June Merryman of this city. Frank France came home Friday from a ten days' trip to the sonth west, during which time he visited numerous cities in Indian Territory and Oklahoma. He says the country is all that is claimed for it and the cities are modern and up to date in all kinds of improvement. A city of twenty-five thousand apparently does us much business as an Indiana city of several times its size. He was par ticularly attracted by the architectural designs of the buildings, especially at Oklahoma City, the coming metropolis of the southwest. The rest of the crowd with whom he left are still in the territories and will probably not lie home for a week or two. Frank says this new country is a great place for a young American to make money and make it fast, and has decided to return to Muscogee. Indian Territory, a thriving city of 5000 where he has an opportunity to go into business. Mr. and Mrs. Cherryholmes entertained a number of the W. R. C ladies and G. A. R. boys at their home on 7th street Thursday night. Various games were indulged in, among which was a guessing contest which was a very interesting feature of the even ing's program, and Henry Lankenau carried home the first prize. The host and hostess gave special invita tions to these two organizations and their friendsso that they could not steal of a march on them or break the guard line and invade their quiet camp and surprise them. The usual spread which is customary a* the gatherings of these people was not omitted and all partook thereof with a relish. Mr. and Mrs. Cherry holmes are royal entertainers and the parties attending are loud in their praise of the event. Keep your weather eye open, the W. R. C. ladies have another place mark ed on their map which they will swoop down on in the near future.

Tom Shannon, who formerly lived here but has lately been a resident of Geneva, is in jail on a charge of petit Larceny. He was caught stealing chickens Saturday and taken before 'iquire VV. S. Sutton who bound him over to the circuit court in the sum of S2OO, which of course could not be given by Tom. and the trip to jail Saturday evening resulted. Charles E. Thompkins, who was arrested last week for shooting at Harry Maxwell with intent to kill, has been discharged. His case was called in circuit court Tuursday and upon the recommendation of Prosecutor Moran the intent part of the charge was withdrawn. The defendant plead guilty to assault and was fined fifteen dollars and costs by Judge Erwin. The pistol which caused all the trouble looked far from dangerous, and as much as any thing led the authorities to believe Charles’ statement. There are a few gentle whispers among the faithful of Kekionga lodge looking to the inauguration of the Uniformed Rank Knights of Py thians. Whether anything will develop to the quiet movement now on, is yet to be [determined. The benefits to be de- ' rived will be taken up and discussed and the feasability of such an organi- ( zation will be dealt with and if it , should be determined that the uniform rank would be beneficial to the order, it is probable that some good hard work would then be done to make the thing go. The district meeting yesterday at Bluffton probably inspired the thought that Decatur was lagging some in not supporting this feature of Pythian splendor. In all probability one of the new, I elegant and costly residences that is I scheduled to be erected during the I coming summer, will be built by H. ■ R. Moltz, of the Boston Store, and will adorn the vacant lot at the corner of Monroe and Sixth streets. The site is not to be improved upon and the building as contemplated will later be one of the elegant homes of the city, costing when completed a comfortable sum aggregating several thousand dollars. It is hardly necessary to add that it will be modern in every sense of the term, and contain all the best improvements of the times. It will, without doubt, be an ornament to the city, and afford its owners all the comfort and style that is going. If the present plans are carried out, work upon its construction will soon begin. The Adams circuit court was in ses sion only a few minutes Thursday morning, an adjournment until Saturdav lieing taken on account of the death of Judge Haines. During the [ short time the following actions were i taken in the various cases: State vs I Charles Thompkins, fined sls and 'costs. William Ward vs Elizabeth France, John Schurger, executor, change of venue to Allen county. George Hain vs Louisa Hain et al, appearance by Heller & Son and Merryman & Sutton for defendants. Samantha Cassel vs Joseph D. Beery, summons ordered re turnable March 9th. In probate mat ters Chris Burkhead. guardian for Rebecca Miller and four others, filed his final report which was approved. Grace Libey, guardian for Leon and L. Libey, filed bond of SIOOO, which was approved, bearing signature of Vincent D. Bell and Robert S. Peterson. In the Elijah A. Liby estate Grace M. Liby, administratrix, filed final report. Abe Boch’s sale of livery stock occurred Saturday at the King feed stable on First street, beginning shortly after ten o'clock. Several hundred people were present and nearly everyone was there to buy. As a consequence the stock brought good prices and went quickly. Col. Reppert did the auctioneering work assisted by Doc Covault. The first article sold was a lap duster and went to Wm Worden for ten cents almost before he had finished the bid. A dozen lap robs, harness office furniture followed and then come the buggies, quite a number of good rigs going at fair bids. The sale of harness began about noon ami ihe entire livery stock, together with several others were disposed of. The sale will amount to a snug sum. though it was impossible today to tell the exact sum. E. X. Ehinger of the National bank acted as clerk. The sale was a complete success and Mr. Boch can credit the big sale to his complete system of advertising. The Decatur Knights all came home Thursday from the district meeting at Bluffton and report it the best that ever hapeued in K. P. circles. The attendance exceeded the most sanguine expectation of its promoters, and the members of the grand lodge present, were unanimous in praise of the Knights in this district. The parade far eclipsed anything ever given in the state and the business and secret session held later were each and every one of that pleasant fraternal sort that makes one enjoy the sacred privileges of being a brave and Knightly Knight. It was a late hour when the program was concluded and which was attended by seven hundred members representing every lodge in the district. Grand lodge officers C. S Tindoll, of Shelbyville, Merrill E. Wilson, of Elkhart and Frank Bowers, of Indianapolis, were present. The meeting was in charge of E. Burt Lenhart of this citv, who is the district deputy grand chancellor. Much praise was bestowed upon him for the activity displayed as well as every other evidence of K. of P. prosperity which «w:W so manifest. Judge R. K. Erwin ftiade one of his characteristic speeches which as usual was well received and heartily applauded.

A DANGEROUS FLOOD Pittsburg Suffers Much Damage from Raging Waters. Pittsburg. March 2. —With every tributary of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers emptying swirling torrents into the banks of these two streams and rushing down to the point where they converge to form the Ohio | Pittsburg was given a visitation Sunday which forced hundreds of families to either abandon their homes or seek escape from the water in the upper stories, while mud and water dispensed destruction and discomfort below. Mills in the low-lying levels throughout the country, numbering between fifty and sixty, were flooded and 38,375 men are thrown idle for four or five days with a loss in wages of more than $326,748. The flood was general throughout Western Pennsylvania, the streams everywhere overflowing their banks and causing more or less damage to houses and farms that lay in their course. Down town in Pittsburg cel lars and basements of business houses which are in the general flood belt were inundated, while in Allegheny two railroads were temporarily paralyzed owing to the water which covered their tracks. People in the First and Third wards, Allegheny, had to adopt Venice methods of going to and from their homes. Gondolas of the ordinary skiff type were commoner than wheeled vehicles. Ample warning had been received by most of the residents and business Arms threatened in time for them to make preparations to minimize losses. River men took early precautions to place shipping under safe control, and as a result property of this character suffered comparatively little damage. From the territory up the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers comes reports that much damage was done by the flooding of the lower floors of houses, mills and factories. From all points above on both rivers the waters are reported as either falling or stationary, and danger is averted. Towns below here on the Ohio, however, are still to have their worst experiences during the present high water tomorrow or later. Mississippi at Danger Point. Memphis. Tenn., March 2. —The Mississippi river is at a standstill at this point. The water covers an area of ten miles in the Arkansas lowlands opposite this city, and the situation is becoming serious. A special flood warning issued by the local weather bureau says that it is probable the flood in the lower Mississippi valley may continue during the next ten days or two weeks and reach stages from one to three feet higher than at the present time. The Ohio Again Rising. Evansville. Ind., March 2. —The Ohio river is rising today. All the sidestreams are still rising rapidly. River men fear a much worse rise than that of a few days ago. as the headwaters are rising and the southern rivers are bank full. Reports say the Wabash, White and Patoka rivers are very high. Boats have been unable to make many of the landings between here and Paducah for two weeks. High Stage of Water Expected. Louisville, Ky.. March 2. —The Ohio river, which has threatened to reach the flood stage here a half dozen times this winter, and has receded each time without doing any great damage, is rising in its banks at tne rate of onetenth of a foot an hour, and there are indications that before it begins to fall again the highest stage of water for several years will be reached. Death of Minister Bowen's Mother. Washington, March 2. —The United States minister to Venezuela and Mrs. Herbert W. Bowen left Washington Sunday afternoon for Brooklyn to attend the funeral services of Mr. Bowen’s mother. Mrs. Ellen Holt Bowen, which will take place in Brooklyn today. The sad news was a severe shock to the minister and reached him late Saturday night in a dispatch from his brother. The Last of Her Family. Philadelphiaa, March 2. —A woman who gave her name as Mrs. Charlotte G. Wellington, commited suicide Saturday night by inhaling chloroform in a fashionable boarding house at Haddonfield. N. J., near here. The woman left a note to the proprietor of the boarding house in which she said: “I am the last of a distinguished family, left so alone that I am tired of life.” Workman Fell Seventy-five Feet. Rochester. N. Y.. March 2. —J. H. Baird of Guysville, Ohio, aged twentyfour years, was instantly killed by falling from Vincent street bridge over the Genesee river to the* roof of the electric light company’s plant below, a distance of seventy-five feet. It is thought he stepped backward and fell. Was a Louisville Man. Kansas City, Mo., Marc h 2.—A prisoner who while trying to escape Saturday was shot by a detective and who gave his name as .lames .1. Arnold, was Sunday identified as Alfred Sunn ders of Louisville. Ky. Saunders had been arrested on a charge' of passing forged notes. Crown Prir.cesa Joins Her Mother. Vleußa. March’ 2.- The former erown princess of Saxony ha# arrived at Lindau, which is situated on an Island in Lake Constance, where she met her mother. She will stay at her mother’s chateau at Lindau for the birth of her child.

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