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

Miss Bessie Copp went to Marion ■where she will visit with friends for a ■f,.jv weeks. I Henry Gunsett will visit his brother ■Beorgeat Gas City for the remainder ■of the week. f | Steven Mossman has gone to Ply■inouth where he will attend to imKiortant business. I D ire Free! of Bluffton, rSnted the ■farm of John Closere, neortheast of ■Berne, yesterday. Miss Martha Koldowey returned ■from Fort Wayne where she has been ■visiting with relatives and friends. Miss Aartie Welds is again on duty ■at the auditor’s office, after an absence ■covering several months with sickness. Mrs. Lewie Frist of Dowagis, Mich ■igan returned to her home last night ■after an extended visit with realtives ■in this vicinity. Reports from E. Woods now predict ■ his recovery, as the signs during the ■last few days show a favorable indica tion in his condition. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bowman of Alliance, Ohio, came to this city to attend the funeral of Mrs. John Woy who died Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schroll take this method of thanking their many kind neighbors and friends for favors extended in their bereavement. Dad Michaud of Berne, were among those who invaded the city on business. He is the veteran auctioneer in and around Berne and usually has about all he can take care of. Mrs. William Reynolds of Noble, Oklahoma, who is seriously sick as stated several days ago, is Ho better [and the chances for her recovery are [very slight. Mrs. Dan Reynolds has gone to Noble to help nurse the sick. Dr. H. M. Aspy of Geneva, was here attending a meeting of the board of pension examiners, their duties calling them together once every month. The usual amount of business for Uncle Sam was on the calendar. Wells county has gone into the bridge business on a big scale and at their April session will receive bids on fifteen such structures. They are arranging for building even more bridges than are mentioned above, during the year. The State Encampment of the G. A. R. and the W. R. C. and the Ladies of the G A. R., will be held at Andersson on May. 12, 13 and 14. Reports from Andersoa are that the rr angements indicate that the State Encampment will be almost as big as a national encampment. Railroads will make a rate of one cent a mile to Anderson. D. W. Beerv went to Cambridge City yesterday where he will attend the great Lackey horse sale which will begin today. Cambridge City is famous for these sales as only thoroughbred animals are entered and some fast steppers often change hands. Beery & Holthouse have no horses entered at this sale and it is their intention to add to their stable from the list offered for sale.

In this list there are many good properties, offered below actual cost of improvement. We have other properties not listed here for rent, sale or trade. Ca?h transactions are an advantage to buyer and seller, and I now have a large number of cash purchasers as soon as what they want is placed upon the market. If you are inter sted in the purchase or sale or farm lands, business rooms, resideaces, mill machinery, town or city property, write or call tor one of our recent large descriptive lists, in inquiry refer to properties by number. Address 'Phone No. 230. J. F. SNOW, Decatur, Indiana.

No. 67—Building lota on Ch.'Dtnnt street. I.bin street. Penn street, Madison street and Decatur street at f-om 41.!5 to |2UU each. <iu S oond street. Monroe .nd Marshall streets at from 4150 to $856 each. No. BV-A one-acre tract In noithwent D< eatur. good dwelling, stable, cribs, poultry house, etc. sl.">jo. No. IBS—A seven acre tract. Joins the northwest corporation line j. f Decatur. Good location, uu piae road. Prico 4,00. No. 202—A 3li acre tract in south Decatur oil stoned stieet. plenty of good fruit and good buildings, price 4:. ISO. No. 217 Twenty acre tract two and a half miles south ou Monroe on the stone road, blaea land. Log buildings, jl.ujb. No. IM—A twenty-acre tract iti good location. iu Union township, lour and one-hall miles from Decatur, nearlj all black land, ordinary nouse. SBW. No. 66—A no acre tract, 2 acres, nice tim!>e r . no buildings, oil land north 01 Geneva. I3IOU No. 173-A 15! i acre tract lowest Hoot township. one bait mile trom school, threefourths black laud, ho buildings, 41. ft. No. loß—Thirty-acre tract two and a half miles uorthwest of Decatur, sand loam amt elay. 5 acres good young limber, tlve-room good bouse. 21500. No. 150—Thirty acres In south St. Mary’s township, mostly black loam. 110 bubdlugs, 41376. No. 201—A 32 acre farm, three miles northeast 01 Decatur. Improvements all new Fair grade of soil. Rural mail route. J2WU No. 106-Bixty-acre tract, southeast of Berne, good quality 01 soil, fair buddings. Home timber, 43600. No. 1011-An tO-scre tract, two and one-half miles northwest ol Decatur, clay and sand loam, lair uuibllngs, I run and limber M’.OU. No. 137 Eeighly acres, two miles southwest of lierue. lair Improvements, ciay and black loam. 43000. No. 151-An hi acre tract, southwest of Pleasant Mills, black loam, poor buildings, 43600. No. 223— A 120 acre tract near the gravel pike, within five mile, nortbwosluf Decatur, good Improvements, one halt black land. *3.000. No. 234—Fur sale, a lot* sore tractof beech and sugar land two and a halt miles east ot Decatur. New house and burn. IND worth of limber. Price 25,600. N0.226-A 40 acre tract of first class black farming land 3 miles southwest of Pleasant Mills, one mile trom stone roan, small buildings, 42,300. No-21H-A 46 acre tract four miles northeast of Berne ou tree mail route, a quarter ot a

HTFor Urge Hit of TOWN AND:CTTY PROPERTY. gddrow the rfNOW AGENCY

W illiam Allen, a drunken umbrella mender, who was released a few days ago, was fined again yesterday by Squire Smith. The fine was three dollars, with about eight trimmings, and the gentleman will be given an opportunity to help clean the streets. The commissioners are winding up I their session in the allowance of j accumulated bills. They alsoappoint ed Aaron Bricker as superintendent [ of the county line bridge, which will i soon be under way of construction and will be paid out of the exchequer of Jay and this county. J. D. Winans, Samuel Soldner and L. W. Lewton were appointed as viewers on the ditch petitioned for by Clement Sheets. Martin Mylott and Charles Teeple left yesterday for Sandusky, Ohio, on the lake, for the purpose of looking at the dynamo display of the Sandusky Construction company. If they find what they want, which must be a dynamo of alternating current, a purchase will be made for the city. The new machine will be installed on the incandescent service, which needs it owing to the great number of bulb lights, which have recently been put in. The St. Mary’s river is still booming although at present the water is on a standstill. The water has steadily risen for the past five days until it is now, almost as high as it has ever been, since the days of scientific drainage. It lacks three feet from being over the road east of the Monroe street bridge and the Erie railroad now crosses over a bayou over a half mile long. Much corn fodder is seen floating in the stream and it is to be inferred that the flood is attended with some damage. Fred Faughn went to Toledo, Tuesday, to prepare for his first run as weigher of the mails. It will be his duty to weigh all mails that is received and put off of the car in which he rides, and the weighing must be very accurate as the mail is weighed twice and a balance struck. This will be carried on by the government for thirty days and from the date thus abtained, the relative mail traffic all over the country can be determined. Fred will leave Toledo tomorrow morning on a regular run to St. Louis a seventeen hour trip and will return after a few hours stay in that city. At Toledo he is given a full day and then the run to St. Louis and back is made on the same schedule as before. For the third time Rev. J. F. Nugent, LL. D.. appeared on the lecture platform liefore a Decatur audience His two previous appearances had made him a favorite with those who appreciate the merit and culture derived from this line of educational work, and it also assured him a crowded house when he appearer! Tuesday evening. His subject “The Last Confessional,” is <ne that has many exponents from as many different channels, and while many will disagree with Father Nugent as to his manner and method of reaching and attaining the elements of a Christian yet no one doubted the sincerity and belief of the speaker, that as he saw it, so he portrayed the beauties of his methods of devotion.

mile from the stone road, fair buildings. *, black land. £2,300. No. 216—A I’Oacre tract tour and one half nub s northwest of Berne, a quarter ot a mile from stone road and school Nearly all black laud, ordinary buildings. 43 4.0 No. 221 An ut acre tract two miles south of Decatur on stone road, good buddings and black land. 46,100. No. 21'' An Ml acre tract, one half tnilo west ot Salem, Blue Creek township, oid build Ings, productive land, some black toll. M.l .0. No. I<>'i A 102 acre tract one and a half milea east of Dccaiur.no buildings, is acres of good timber, 15 acres of sand and gravel, black and sand loam. 36iaii), No 174—Eightv-acre tract in east Wabash township, about 50 acres black loam, now, 6room house, ten acres of timber, 24300. No. 160 An 184-acro tract. In east St Msry'a lownsnip. sand and bght clay loam, some timber, brick house, frame cribs and barn. Price 414,500. No. 130—115-acrc tract southwest of Berne, good improvements, grazing farm, light, clay soil, principally. Price 24tKX). No. ITS—A 120-acre tract, two miles southeast of Deeatur, sand and clay loam, 20 acres voung timber, some saw timber, small frame buildings, $*:ooo. No. 177—A 142-ncre tract one and a half miles east of Decatur, principally sand and clav loam, some bla k land, no buildings, two voung orchards. 35 acres, young timber, 47000. No. 163 Eighty acres, near stone road In Wabush township, oil land, some timber, fair buildings, some black land, balance clay loam, $3200. No. 167—An so acre tract, two miles east of Decatur, light clay and sand loam, no timber. small frame buildings. stooo. No. 220—For sale or trade for Decatur property. three well located and desirable city lots In Anderson. Indiana. 4650. No. 20"-For sale or trade. 11 6.3 acre tract of timber land In Cumberland county, Tenncsto, 4650.00. No 147 -For sale or trade, an 80 acre tract In Lake count v. Michigan, frame buildings, tome timber. 21.330. No. 211-For sale or trade, a general merchandise store and buildings In thriving Indiana town. W ill trade tor 60 or 60 acre larni,stock 42,500. No 111—For sale or trade Una farm—A'large live-stand flouring mill iff Decatur. Indiana, canachv 75 barrels of flour daily. Koller mill, steam power, price 26000 for trill and grounds.

The funeral of Mrs. John Woy will be held Friday morning at ten o’clock at the M. E. church. Rev. D. F. Kain of Bluffton, will preach the funeral sermon, assisted by Rev. Rhoner. Interment will be made at the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed from two to four and from six to eight o’clock tomorrow afternoon, at the residence. Superintendent Brandyberry asks us to announce to the teachers’of Adams county that the twenty-first annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association will be held at Richmond, Thursday Friday and Saturday, April 2,3 and 4. It is expected that 3000 teachers will attend. Boarding places have been provided at prices ranging from SI.OO to $2.50 per day. All who desire hotel accommodations should make their wishes known early, either to the proprietor of the hotel where they prefer to stop, or to the chairman of the business committee. Supt. T. A. Mott, by March 18. The Rev. A. D. Wagoner held a four w’eeks protracted meeting in the new Mt. Tabor M. E. church in Bobo, which came to a close a few days ago. The result of these meetings being twenty-two new members added to that church and a spiritual uplift to the entire community. The pretty, brightly lighted church was often filled so that the gallery had to be opened to accomodate the audience. The meetings were not of a transient, but of a thoughtful, deep-reaching nature, many eyes being wet with the tears of repentance and of joy. A few more meetings like this would do much good in this community. The machinery for the Big Store Pants company arrived in this city Tuesday night and was placed in position today. The factory will occupy the third floor of the Big Store and power will be derived from the gas engine which is located in the basement. The product put out by this company will be in the pants line and range from thecommon to the best that is made. The machinery will be put in operation Thursday morning and a number of skilled garment makers put to work. The industry is a good one with unlimited possibilities and Decatur is justly proud to have such an institution. There will probably be] something doing in commissioner’s court Thursday and Friday, at which time the ‘•blanket” remonstrance cases against the Geneva and Berne saloonists will be heard. Whether it will be a fight for blood, or a submission with the fight extracted, is yet to be seen. The filed remonstrances are said to contain the necessary names to do the work, and if this is true, it will be n one-sided game, and if they do not the game will also be one-sided, but on the other side. The board set the time for hearing, giving Geneva an inning Thursday and Berne Friday. The element that is ferninst the granting of licenses will no doubt be on handin full force. The circuit court held another short session, and then nothing of serious consequence was taken up. A few issues were made and Attorney Taylor of Portland, filed a plea in abatement in the Sadler-Smith case. The records show business for the day has been transacted as follows: State of Indiana vs. Thomas Shannon, bond fixed at $.'500; finding defendant as poor person and J. T. Merryman appointed to defend him. Louis L. Sadler vs. Edward E. Smith, answer and cross complaint withdrawn and plea it abatement filed; objections filed by plaintiff and overruled. Christian Braun vs. Joseph Brown et al, answer filed by all the defendants except Julius Haugh. W. H. Niblick vs. Peter Frank, demurrer to fourth paragraph overruled, answer filed, rule to reply. Town of Berne vs. Margaret Stone et al, cause dismissed and costs paid. JThe case of the State vs. Burley, a criminal case, is set for tomorrow morning and the jury will be back in their places to hear same. The city council met in regular session Tuesday evening, all members but Stettler lieieg present, and Mavor Coffee presiding. After the regular preliminary routine was gone through with the following bills were allowed: Jacob Eady, salary,s4o; Thomas Haefiing, salary, S4O: M. J. Mylott, salary, st>s; Thomas Baker, salary, SSO; H. D. Rice, salary, SSO: Clayton Dorwin, salary, SSO: George Steele, salary. S4O; If. B. Knoff, salray. S4O; J. (5. Smith, labor, $3, J. G. Smith, labor. $1(5.50; John S. Peterson, insurance. S4O; John Thomas, labor, $22.94; C. A E. railroad, freight, $5(5 0.5; Schafer Hardware company, $34.35; D. F. Teeple, hauling, $4.14; Krick. Tyndall A Co., brick, $1(5.07; J. W. Robison, rent, $3; John Coffee, salary, $45.83; A. Van Camp, repairs, $.75: John Coffee, pay roll, $3.50; Jacob Mangold, salary, S4O; Abe Stoneburner, labor, $34.50; Henry Peters, labor. $0.70; Harry Daniel, printing, $4.75; Amos Fisher, salary, $lO. The chairmen of the judiciary, purchasing and water works committees were authorized to consider a motion for a new pump to force the water from the river to the reservoir. owing to the inefficiency of the presentone. The committee detailed to consider the complaint of Mrs. Robert Poling who alleges that she received injuries from a fall on Adams street this winter and asked $65 damages, reported unfavorably The bill presented by W. E. Fulk asking twenty dollars for his work in making the specifications for bricking Fourth street was dismissed, the council denying that he had been so authorized by it, but had done the work at the instance of the present city engineer. At the conclusion of business council adjourned to meet in extra session Friday night.

I Taking advantage of buying in com- One of 11 stores—l sell at w bination of 11 stores T save 25 per cent. 25 per cent saving. MARCH sale O F ——————— Advance Styles in High Grade Snappy Spring Clothes. Always abreast of the times, have accumulated the best and choicest things of high art tailors production, the clothes combining the made to order look with stability of wear, up to this date never attained by any ready made clothes at the 1 prices these are selling. My Young Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Department has been greatly strengthened and now contains all that the well dressing youth is looking for as well as what the ladies want to dress the little fellows right. Men’s and Young Men’s Swell Top Coats for spring, worth /J* “5 $9.00, in new coverts and vicunas, go at 0 / The swell thing of this season. The rain or shine spring overcoat shown in good variety. Men’s Suits in the swell and tasty home-spun effects, all hand-made, perfect fitting and shape retaining, better than merchant tailors productions at onethalf the price they ask. fnt* this Fifty different styles of Men’s and Young Men’s special lor inik oaie Suits in fine worsteds, all AH late designs and good enough for a prince, value $15.00, our price j WaW W Call and see this great array of swell goods. We’ll be glad to see you and show you through. All goods guaranteed as represented or your money back. Handsome and useful premiums given with your purchase. GUS ROSENTHAU “The Square Man/' ——Decatur, Indiana,

Shaffer Peterson as attorney, appeared at the auditor's office and asked leave and was granted permission to withdraw the application of L. G. Botkins for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at his present place of business at Geneva. The withdraw ing of the applicant recognizes the rights of the blanket remonstrance. His license, however, does not expire until next month, and perhaps then he will renew his desires and fight to a frazzle the attempt to blanket his business. Thursday has Ixjen turned over to Geneva, when the matter will probably be settled one way or the other. R. Grist of Columbia City, was in the citv vesterdav attending to bus' ness of considerable importance. Mr. Griest is one of the few people who have been successful in a legal fight brought against the great Standard Oil company. The suit was fded in Jay county some two years ago and Mr. Griest claimed that the Standard people has been taking his oil without paying for it. The suit was venued here and the plaintiff was awarded S7OO damages. The monopoly of course appealed to the supreme court and in a recent decision the judgment was affirmed. Mr. Griest's visit here was to arrange mattersconeerningthis case. A letter was received at this office yesterday which stated that two young girls of this city arrived at Montpelier yesterday, were met at the train by sports and taken to a room over the Kentucky saloon, a place known as the toughest joint in that tough citv. The girls went on tickets furnished for that purpose and left here very probably yesterday morning or the day before. The letter is written, so the author says, for the purpose of letting the girls'parents know were they are that they may save them from further disgrace and we publish the item solely for that purpose. Al Fristoe, who runs the smoke house, caused a big stir Tuesday evening and made his liome the scene of interest for about an hour. The affair occured at six o’clock when the family had just finished supper and Al heard what he supposed was some neighbor shutting the front door. They went into the sitting room, turned on the lights, but no one was in sight. The stairway door was open about half, an unusual happening, as this door is always kept closed tight by the family. Mr. and Mrs. Fristoe stood in the center of the room talking for a moment about the queer coincidence, when the register, directly over their head, closed with a bang, sounding as though someone had steiqied thereon. Al shouted, “who’s up there.” and no response coming, the supposition was that a burglar had slipped in the front door and upstairs. Al hurried over and closed the stair door, went out and called for several neighbors

to stand guard outside and then telephoned the police. In fifteen minutes Sheriff Butler. Marshal Cordua and several deputies appeared on the scene, and in the meantime a crowd of fifty citizens had gathered about the premises expecting to see a bold, bad burglar dragged out. The police were admitted and with drawn revolvers made their way quietly up stairs, where every nook and corner, every closet and every drawer was carefully searched, but not a sign of any human being could be found and soon the disappointed crowd dwindled away. Al has been trying to explain the matter all day and generally closes the scene bj- saying, “well, have a cigar anyhow.” He hasn’t settled with us yet. The recent thawout has brought an army of tramps to town who have been banging out in the cities, but at the first showing of good weather start out on the road. The town was full of them Tuesday and that evening Marshal Cordua and night policemen Fisher and Mangold took a walk out the Chicago & Erie railway tracks to the water tank when • they found [ the whole gang gathered and preparing for a big feast and drunk. One j of the pals hud boon sent up town for [ two quarts of whisky but was stopped and the liquor is now the property of the city. The whole gang was rounded up and taken before Mayor Coffee charged with vagrancy and loitering. Each man had a song to ■give, fully describing his occupation and the cause of his present condition, i Two of them were umbrella menders, | one sold jewelery, anothea coat hang era, and another was a hoop maker, j Their names are entered on the dock et as John Monday. Henry Tuesday, James Wednesday, John Saturday j and Harry Sunday, whose true names are unknown. After hearing the var- [ ious spiehls, one old rounder who we I could safely bet had been up a hunjdred times before, speaking about all the time. Mayor Coffee decided that . about the only cure for such business [ was a jail sentence with permission to i work on the streets. It's a crusty lot of hobos, several of whom have been I here many times and who moke no pretentions of working any mure than is necessary to buy a little food and drink. However, there were one or two young men in the crowd who 1 really looked respectable and out of place with their dirty comrades. The twenty-first annual meeting of [ the Indiana Teachers’ association will be held at Riemond on April 3 and 4. The general sessions will be in the new coliseum. The chief instructors for the meeting will be: Dr. Frank W. Gunsalus; president of Armour Institute Chicago, Dr. Charles Thwig, president of Western Reserve University, of Cleveland; Dr. Rhuben Post Halleck principal of the Male High School, Louisville, and Dr. James W Bashford, of Ohio Weslean University

An interesting letter has been received at this office from P. L. Andrews who is making an extended trip through Indian and Oklahoma Terri tories and which reads as follows: “I left Okahche yesterday and went to Kingfisher, spending part of the day there and then went to Guthrie where I stayed last night and until noon today when I came hero to meet Brick and Gage and tomorrow morning will start for Lawten at 8:10. We have so far had a very pleasant trip. It rained about three days this week. Thursday evening the rain turned to snow and Friday morning the giouud was covered, but the sun came out bright and before noon it was all gone and so warm that an overcoat was a burden. Today the wind is blowing fram the west at a brisk gate and it is cool. When they tell you that it does not rain in Oklahoma you can be sure that some one is mistaken about that matter. Yesterday 1 visited the legislature in Guthrie and it is not a very brilliant body. The majority of its members appear to be men of very ordinary ability. Guthrie is a beautiful city of about 14,000 people but none of its streets are paved and the like of the mud you never saw. Ad ams county in its muddiest days | could not beat this place. Wherever you look it is mud, mud, mud and red mud, and when you come in contact with it you look like you had fallen into a pool of red paint. But the people are in high spirits for they tell me that should it rains no mere this spring, an immense wheat crop is assured. When this crop is good they are strictly in it. Everything bears the marks of prosperity. I was never in a place where the farmers, as a class seemed to live so well as here. On nearly every farm you see new and beautiful dwellings. But you see not big red barns here as people are required to stable very little of their stock and make practically no provis ion for the winter. The stock feeds upon the growing wheat during the winter. It is a very common thing to see 25 to 50 head of cattle feeding on i a big wheat field. But there is much land here that is certainly of very little value. It is a rare thing to find a quarter section of land that has not . some waste on it as all is to some ex tent broken. But any land here that can be plowed will profitably produce cotton and in riding along on the train you see thousands of acres of cotton stubble. Oklahoma Citv is a wonder, , fourteen years old, has 25.000 people, paved streets, street cars and as fine buildings as you can find anywhere and it certainly has a great future. But the “bulls” have the markets in all lines of real estate and prices are ficticious to a great extent. I believe that when the enormous immigration now going on subsides as is most certainly will, that prices will decline, •in a year.or two when the Indians can dispose of their lasils there will lie great opportunitieMn this country.”