Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1903 — Page 5

Mis. French Quinn is at Bluffton visiting Mrs. N. K. Tcdd. ® g er t Green has taken a position for the summer with Blackburn At Christen. Miss Rose Colchin was unable to be a t work at the shoe factory owing to sickness. Will Smith was transacting business at Bluffton for J. B. Stoneburner the piano man. Miss Della Loch has left on an extended visit with relatives at West Minister in Tipton county. Mrs. Marts of Pleasant Mills, will sjiend a few days in this city with her daughter Mrs. D. B. Erwin. Mrs. Nancy Hatskinson returned to Vialand, Kansas, after visiting with her sister. Mrs. Emily Wolfe. Miss Gertrude Moses left for Chi cago where she will visit for some time with friends in that city. Mrs. Daniel Hunter of Bluffton, is in the city visiting with her daughters Mrs. Wisehaupt and Mrs. Crist. Hartford City is to have a mitten factory, the same to start in a short time and to be owned by local capital. There will be something doing at the K. of P. Thursday evening. Grand Chancellor Merrill Wilson will be here. Mrs. J. M. Park and Miss Park of Danville, Illinois, are in the city visiting with Mesdames J. D. Wisehaupt and Eli Crist. Miss Della Clark who has been visiting friends and relatives at Pleasant Plains, Marion and Warren has returned home. Isaac Weaver, who lives in the south end of town, knows well what the rainjs are as Mrs. Weaver and four of the children are sick with that peculiar disease. Mrs. Robert Harding of Ft. Wayne arrived here from Bellefontaine, Ohio, where she had been visiting with her sister, Mrs. R. C. Piefer. Mrs. Harding will visit her parents here for several days. The city safe is again a respectable piece of property, good as new, an ornament, though rather large, to Fred Schiemann’s meat market. D. M. Hower, city clerk, had the safe put in there so that he might have immediate access to it. Lew Corbin, master of the brush, completed the decorations on the old city safe and that iron box now looks like new. The safe is a valuable one and with a slight cost it has been made as good and strong as it would have been had it never gone through a fire. W. W. Blackman, osteopathic physician, will be permanently locat'd in the new Studabaker block Wednesday, the 25. Osteopathy enhances the natural resources for resistance, relief and recovery, in the conflict with disease. It has won an enviable place in the world, and has done so upon its merits. It courts investigation. Harry Wilkens, construction boss for the contracting firm of E. W oods A Company, went to Rochester to put a gang of men at work on the new sewer. One sewer has already been completed and the entire job will have to be finished this coming summer. The conduit on which work is about to begin will be a twenty-four iuch main and will be several miles long.

I AM compelled to reduce my stock of \A/eitclnes, Jewelry, liwl Silverware, Within the next Thirty Days, to be able to meet my orders given for this year, and will offer my entire stock at the following slaughtered prices, and they must go: WATCHES CLOCKS That Sold at That Sold at $ 200 now go at $ 1.00 S 5.00 now goat $ 3.50 4.50, “ “ 2.00 450 “ “ 300 10.00, “ “ 7.50 3.50 “ “ 2.75 15.00, “ “ 12.00 ||g|P|| 150 “ “ 100 OA An “ “ 15.00 w-'' / \ Watch Chains Reduced the same, z- From 35 cents up, r , . \!bL' l'' — 1847 Rogers, Hamilton or Wm. Our reduction on Ladles’ Set Rings are Knives and Forks--Best q y • same as above—Rings from 25c up. - Cheaper quality 33.25. h . , . . ~, vou p a id full prices. Our stock is complete, having received it since Jan. Ist. Everything guaranteed, w CASH or a bankable note tor thirty days. HENSLEY, The Jeweler W. make a «th> g glaaaea. SECOND STREET, DECATUR. IND

< ’lent Michaels of Hartford town-’ ship, is here as a witness in the: Bolds-Shoemaker cast'. Luther Kelley of Van Wert, arrived today and will visit for an indefinite period with John Kelley, south I of town. „ Charles E. Dehority of Elwood, has l)een appointed by the governor is a mends r of the metropolitan . police board. Burinm & Mosure, real estate dealer: of Bluffton, have dissolved. Lhe latter will return to his former I home at Verat 'ruz. In probate court last evening, J. Franklin Mock was appointed guardian for Mae Mock. The bond was ! duly filed and approved us was also the inventory. The case was filed I by attorneys Merryman & Sutton. Harlo Mann,who has been suffer-1 ing all winter with a bad case of the i lagripi>e and erysijx'las, was in I town today, the first time for several months. He shows plainly the effects of the illness but is getting lx tter. Mrs. Lucy Ashlxiucher Curren of Bluffton, and formerly Lucy Ashbancher and known here, has applied in the Wells circuit court for a divorce . She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide. Coroner Mcßride of Bluffton, has ! not yet rendered a decision in the : inquest over the death of Lewis Gcxlfrey, which was previously noted in these columns. The testi- ' mony at the inquest brought out no new features. Mrs. C. E. Suttles went to Mansfield, (>.. Tuesday, having l>een called to that place on account of the 1 serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Leach, who is suffering with com plications brought on by a severe I attack of the grip. A marriage license was issued ■ today to Jacob Faulb and Albertine Moser of near Berne. The groom is seventy years old and the bride, who lately came to this country from Germany is but thirty. Neither i have ever been married. The Knights of Pythias lodge of Warren, will soon institute a Uniform Rank, and now have fifty charter members for the occasion. S- verv.l memliers of Kekionga lodge have the rank fever and we expect a similar organization here in a short tiirae. The March section oft he Ladies Mite society of the M. E. church, will hold an afternoon social at the home of Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold on North Fifth street from two to five Friday afternoon. Refreshments will be served and a full attendance | is desired. ®3d2 i The farmers of Jay county say they are leading the other ninety, one counties of the state in the production of poultry, eggs and butter In the last year eighty-five cars ol eggs have been shipped from Jay county amounting to 1,014.956 which Isold for 140.598.24. The farmen sold chickens, ducks and geese to tin number of 240,684 for 196,2736.00 The butter proceeds amounted tc twenty-three carloads, or 450,17 C pounds, valued at 163.024.64. Tin total revenue from these sources (amounted to 1199,896.48.

Yesterday afternoon Berey A Holt-\ i house shipped a ear load of horses 11 to Hurry Bell of ('incinnati, and last I night they sent out a ear load of I draft horse: to \®w York City f. r : the. John Campbell company of St. j Louis. Mr. Fletcher of Ashland I jOhio, also bought a car load tindli had his horses shipped to Buffalo j| today. The horse market in Adams 11 county appears to have slumped ■ I but it has not and all foreign horse- j men say that very few places stand I on as high ground as does Decatur J in this respect - . The market is active and the farmers are now pay-1 ing more attention tot he breedinng ' of good horses than they ever did J before. Decatur, it seems, is now in the J throes of a butter famine. For some time flu* worrit'd groceryman lias replied “not a bit” to the ani xious customers, who have traveled I all over town with the vain hope of finding some kind of butter somewhere, and tht> time when the dealer | will be able to supply the demands 1 is not yet in sight. ’Tis true that at this season of the year butter is always scarce, but the present con-1 dition when there is no butter at all, I very seldom occurs. With the I opening of spring, however, and the growing of good pasture, there will be a plentiful supply of milk to raise the six'll and that time is earnestly 1 hoped for. The property holders along Third j street are asking for some move ’ toward repairing that thoroughfare. I which is macadamized, as it is in a very bud condition. At this time , of the year when the roads are muddy a small break in the thoroughfare is greatly enlarged by passing carriages, which carry the | stone away, and soon becomes a very i large hole. The street in question is very rough on account of such i places and the citizens are right in petitioning that it be repaired. No ; 1 road is more durable or meets will i more general satisfaction than the i stone road, when it is maintained in proper conditon, but when its ’ repair is disregarded it is soon no better than the original mud pike. 1 f If the work of the route agents . and advance men can lx* taken as ■ an indication Indiana is to lx l the . storm center during the summer • for a war between the circus trust i and the independent circuses. It t is going to o]X'n early and lively. I and it looks like the public is going to get the benefit of a lot of big shows at lower prices than usual and that Indiana will have seen all ( of the big shows Ix'fore the summer is half over. Just now the Wallace and Ringling circuses are in contest for Indiana dates, and word , { has been received in this city that the agents for the Forepaugh-Sells f circus will be here in a few days for • an early summer date. The Ring- '■ lings are independent of the trust • and the battle is directed against f them. Ben Wallace is said to lx* f more or less independent, but he 1 leans toward the circus combinas tion occasionally and his lxx>kings e do not happen to conflict with any ’• of the shows in the combine. Wal- (* lace sometimes gets in ahead of an 15 independent circus, or right along with it, and does not lose money s on the deal, although business may not Ixi big for both shows.

One of Eleven Stores, I Buy 25 percent Saving Oh all Your Purchases, Goods at 25 per cent saving. this being One of Eleven Stores. Easter Approaching i You’ll all want to Dress Up to Celebrate the I Holiday Right. I can dress you from head to foot in the swellest that skill and brains can ) produce at moderate cost. Men’s Top Coats, up to date, made in fine material, equal to any SIO.OO coat, go in this CZ3 7Pi Easter Sale at < U and up, to the finest hand tailored goods and finest materials. Men’s Suits, the cream of high grade tailoring in Irish home-spun and fine worsted, all new shades and designs, made to order fits at ready made prices, go in this 59.00 to SIB.OO Special in Men’s Good Business Suits, made of all wool cheviots and cashmeres, worth C K OA $7.50 to ?9.00, in this Easter Sale (J/U.vv CONFIRMATION SUITS. In blue and black thibets, worsteds, etc., all wool, well made and good weaves, go in 4P/J KA and this Easter Sale at QJvX.t/VF U p Our CHILDREN’S SUITS are unsurpassed for durability and style and are within the reach of , the most economical. Handsome and Useful Presents FREE with your purchases. All goods guaranteed as represented or your money back. CALL BEFORE BUYING GUS ROSENTHAL, “The Square Man/* Decatur, Indiana. —anwin—wwv w il wiwii mu * i Wiwr hwKsunaaacitaX:

The last lecture of the 1902-3 course will occur at the opera house this evening and the attraction is that grand old man Rev. A. A. Willets in his greatest lecture, i “Sunshine.” Dr. Willets stands alone as the successful lecturer of two generations. When Beecher, ; Phillips and Gough were on the platform. the name of Dr. Willits was I common in the same connection, and no list of successful lecturers of ■ this day is complete without this advocate of good cheer. Although I the doctor has been lecturing for ' nearly forty years, he is stilli n full 1 strength. He is as young in spirit, ■ and as vigorous in thought and j action as he has ever been. He is I undoubtedly the strongest lecturer i who ever appeared in Decatur and you will regret it if you miss hearing him. It is said of Dr. Willits I that he has never yet faced an audience that he failed to capture i completely. Don’t miss him.

i All members of Kekionga Lodge No. 65 K. of P. are earnestly re r quested to lie present at Castle Hall Thursday evening. March 26, 1903. Business of inqsirtannce . Grand ! Chancellor Wilson will be with us. 1 i E. Burt Lenhart, K. of R. & S. I The Bluffton News is enjoying the distinction of setting its type on a Simplex machine, the same as was instulhsl in this office last week. The machine is a revolution to the business and the News will enjoy the sensation after a more familier acquaintance. C . H. Scmitt, who lias lieen work ing at the shoemaker’s trade for Charley Voglewede, left for Monroe, near where he expects to . reside in the future. “Cap” as he is ' known, has purehsaed forty acres of ] land ami will hereafter tickle the . I soil for a livlihood. Here is a sample of Berne s egg trade for a week. If there is another town of this size within reach of the Witnesss patronage, let I ils hear. There were taken last week 459 cases of eggs in all. containing 30 dozens per case, or 13,770 d< zen eggs. These brought ♦1,652.40 to the lucky keepers of the barnyard fowl. The G. R. &I. railroad received 330 cases for shipment yesterday and since a week ago yesterday i 625 cases in all.—Berne Witness. A Special train will bs run over the G. R. .M I. Thursday, April 2, to accommodate all those who expect to attend the Teachers' Association held at Richmond' The train will leave here at 9:45 a. m. H. A. Hopp, manager of the Institute Business college of Fort Wayne, was here yesterday looking after the interests of the school. The college has a number of representatives in this city, some of whom are holding responsible positions. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Katie Burrel to Margaret Meyers, pt lot 2N, Decatur. 11.125. L. A. Graham to Hiram Potts, pt tp 27, rg 15. ♦ 1,250. A. T. Vail to Huber M. DeVoss, jet al. lot 590. Decatur ♦ 1,4(X). Andrew Myers to Eugene Run i yon, pt sec 10, tp 25, rg 40 acres ♦BOO. John A. Hartman to Isaac Lehman. lot 181 Berne. ♦3oo, J, S. Bowers et al to L. <J* Hughes, pt !'<♦» 9.’ 10 and 11, Decatur ♦SOO.

OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary M. Stewart was born May 19, 1870 in Hancock county 0., and departed this life March the 18, 1903, in South Bend, Indiana aged 32 years 9 monhs and 29 days. Mrs. Stewart was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McConnell, of Van Wert. Ohio and was married January 25,1894, to John M. Stewart of Wren, Ohio, and to them were born three children. Carey, Ireta and Myrtle. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart first resided in Daisie, Ohio, where Mr. Stewart was engaged in teach ing school and after lived in Wren. Ohio, where they united with the United Brethren church and in 1897 moved toDeatur, where they united with the Presbyterian church by letter. She lived a devoted Christian life as was shown by her testimony in her last hours. She called her hnslmnd and children to her bedside and said: “Jesus is here. He has come to take me.’ She moved here from Decatur to South Bend in the spring of 1901 She has liven ill for the past four years. She was pitient and clung to life for the sake of her children until an hour liefore her death re- : lieved her. She leaves a husband, three children, father nad mother, four brothers, one sister and a host of friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was conducted on March 21, 'at 2:30 p. m. at the residence at 645 Harrison avenue by Rev. W. Shirey pastor of the West Minster Presbyterian church of South Bend and her remains were laid to rest in the beautiful Riverview cemetery at South Bends. “Oh. dear Mamma thou lui t left us I Thou hast gone on before, Yes, we know you are waiting To welcome us on yonder shore, I Oh, dear Mamma how we miss you, I How our hearts throb with piin ’ When we cull for you dear Mamma, All our calls will lx* in vain.” Round trip theatrical excursion to Toledo, Ohio, every day. March 30 to April 4, account great spectacular production of Ben Hur. Round trip •51.25. Tickets good on train No. 3 leaving Declftur at 12:08 p. m. Tick lets good returning on train No. 3, leaving Toledo at 1:45 a. m. following day of sale. Get tickets and mformation.inid reserve your seats of I agents of Closer Leaf route.