Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1903 — Page 6

Eil Kintz recently closed the school which he had been teaching after a very successful and prosperous term, An eight pound boy has just put in an appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder on West Jefferson street. The Eastern Star Friday night in convention assembled conferred degrees upon Mrs. Tucker and Will P. Edmundson. Dainty refrshements wore served after the business of the meeting was attended to. Miss Lucile Bryson returned from Denver, Colorado, Friday morning, where she has been during the past winter on account of her health. Miss Bryson has very much improved during her stay and is now as strong as ever. Fred Reppert sold under the hammer Friday the household property of Jacob Bender, who died recently. He states that bidding was active and that among the women there was more rivalry than among the men. He cited an instance where a feather tick sold for ten dollars. W. E. Fulk, with a party of eight land seekers, including Mr. Hill of West Virginia, wree due to arrive at their destination, Enid, Oklahoma, last Thursday. They will spend several days looking over the lands and from there they will make a general tour of the territory. The Daughters of Rebekah are arranging the preliminaries for their theatrical production which will be staged at the Bosse opera house on May 11. A hearty reception is already assured for those who will take part in the play, the proceeds of which will go to the benefit of this popular order. Rev. and Mrs. Nethercut and daughter, Margia, of Richmond, passed throughjthis city Wenesdday on their way to Markle, where they will visit for few days. While in this city they were the guests so Mr. and Mrs. Wash Gilpen who lived at Markle at the time Mr. Nethercut was pastor of the M. E. church at that place. * Attorney C. J. L utz came home Friday morning from a several days business trip through the east. H. B. Heller, who accompanied him, stopped off at Mllersburg for a fpw days visit with relatives and returned Sunday night. The lawyers visited Buffalo, Rome, Niagara Falls, N. Y., and a run over to Canada, and spent a day or two in Warren, Pennsylvania. Late Thursday the projectors of the Springfield Fort Wayne traction line, with their surveyors and other employes, resumed work discontinued Saturday . previous. They have the survey within three miles of Fort Wayne and while this is being finished they will begin a systematic effort to get the fran chise from the farmers. They ask that county commissioners give fifteen feet of the public highway and the rural people thirty feet from their frontage. They seemed confident of the success of their venture.

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T. C. Corbett increased his store fixtures by adding a fine Dayton cash register which will hereafter keep books for that hustling cigar dealer. John W. Cowan of Hartford township, and J. T. Johnson of south of this city, with Surveyor McKean are making a report on the Noah Winteregg ditch petition. John Drake has just completed remodeling his resilience on route six, and is now cozily located in a mighty nice home. Harvey Daniels was the artist-that dope the painting act. Crude oil took another jump, the Indiana product being quoted at 11.11. The public is sorter getting used to this ana the increase at this time failed to create even a ripple of excitement in oil circles. “The pitcher that goes often to the well is broken at last, will be said when the Berne-Adams and Dry Town of Berne clubs open their locked doors to a United States marshal and give up their 200 keys. —Berne Witness. The suburban home of Judge and Mrs. David Stduabaker will soon assume a state of remodeling. An addition and an entire interior refurnishing are among the contemplated changes, and which when completed will make their home an excedingly model one. The Hoagland Dramatic club gave a play entitled ‘ ‘ The Danger Signal, ’ ’ also a farce, ‘ ‘ The Rascal Pat. ’ ’ The Fort Wayne orchestra supplied them with music. A full house was reported, and it is said standing room was at a premium. The club is now contemplating giving the play at Berne. The large pipe organ is now being placed in position at the Zion Lutheran church on West Monroe street. The seats Will soon be placed in position and everything put in readiness for the grand dedication exercises which will be held on the eighteenth of next month. An unusual brilliant program is being arranged for that date and a number of out of town Lutherans are expected to be present at the ceremony. The day current of electricity has its objections and chief among the most obvious is that unless a separate line be run from the power station to the day consumers, every user of electric lights will be compelled to put in a meter. It cannot be otherwise for a consumer who pays for the night use of lights would have the opportunity to use the current during both day atnd night. The Bachelor Maids met Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Rose Confer on First street and enjoyed themselves as they are accustomed to do on such occasions. Progressive pedro was the amusement of the evening, the merit prizes being won by Edith Wemhoff and Anna Terveer and the consolation by Lizzie Haines and Ada Deiningen. Owing to the social events the meetings will be held Monday evening at the home of Mary Heffner.

The high school base ball team is well organized but the boys are unable to get any games. They have sent out several challenges and in particular to Bluffton, but have not yet received any answers. They are waiting pitiently to hear from their neighbor. A mtln and woman are circulating among women to the latter's sorrow. The twain go into a town and take orders for ladies suis at $lO each. After getting one dollar in advance from each lady they leave for the next field and the ladies wait in vain for their new tailored suits. The sailor hat will be the thing in straws’ this season. It will be a slight variation from the old-time standard shape, with higher crown, just a trifle higher and a broad Brim. The crush shapes with the deep creases and swelling curved expansive brims, so popular last season, will not be worn; they are obsolete. *• J The macadam road fever that culminated in Union township has spread to St. Marys and the prospects now are not bad for an attempt there to vote the construction of a road or two. This shows the influence that prevails from the roads now built. There is no argument to the question, especially under the law now prevailing permitting a township to build [her roads on the ten year payment plan. St. Marys needs the roads and there is no better time than now to build them. The Pennsylvania railroad system is experimenting with a new form of telegraph aparatus and it is said that all tests have thus far proven successful. The sending machine is very much like a typewriter and the message received comes in print form, The new method has several advantages over the old, the most weighty perhaps, and the one which urges for its adoption is that messages can be transmitted much more rapidly. It is very probably that it will be put in general use on the Pennsylvania lines. Daniel A. Straub vs. Sarah J. Straub, default as te defendant, rule against prosecutor to answer, rille against Dan M Straub to pay into court, five dollars for use of prosecuting attorney. In probate court A. J. Miller, guardian for Mary C. Gurtner and three others, filed his final report as to Sadie Gore nee Gurtner, and was discharged as to her. Perry L. Ayers, guardian for Walter B. Ayers, filled court report, funds on hands were ordered paid to Walter B. Ayers and final report ordered. In the Valera Jackson estate, Kate Baumgartner, administratrix, filed her final report and was discharged. Charles Fahrenbach, for a long time one of the familier citizens of this town, has had his household goods moved to Fort Recovery, Ohio, and will there make his future home. Mr. Fahrenbach was formerly connected with the firm of Jacob Martin and company but severed ' that relation several months ago on account of a settlement of his wife’s estate in Germany which required his time and atten-* tion. It was thought that quite a’fortune awaited Mrs. Fahrenbach but affairs turned out differently and she receivee but a small inheritance. Mr. Fahrenbach is a baker by trade and will engage in that kind of business at Fort Recovery. The large water tube boiler, which was built by the Bass Foundry and Machine company of Fort Wayne for this city arrived Wednesday evening over the Clover Leaf route. It was sent by the way of Bluffton so that it could be unloaded from the T. St. L. & W. railway, as the draymen wfio have the contract for moving the large “steamer'' to the power sttaion refused to accept it if shippedon any other road Frank Dibble and Frank Teeple had the contract for moving the boiler and began work on the same immediately, After once placed in position it will take but a short time to build the walls and lay the grates and it will soon bo under roof and ready to steam. With this addition it will be possible to develop 540 ■ horse power at the power station, which is sufficient to force a full amount of water at forty-five pounds pressure and to generate electricity sufficient for a city twice the size of Decatur. The new boiler is the only one of its kind in this city and is so arranged that the water runs through the tubes instead of the fire going in that direction as is the case in common or ordinary boilers.

Willshire people were surprised Thursday when they heard that Lady Hornet, an old time horse of that place was one of the liest and fastest pacers in Toledo. The horse was owned by James Chilcoat, who has a good stable, and though he knew it was blooded he thought best to sell the animal which was almost twelve years old. He accordingly sold 240 dollars worth of tickets and the horst* went by lottery to Charles Davis, a traveling salesman. Mr. Davis took his prize to Toledo six weeks ago, where, under the care of experienced men she was developed into a winner and has lately crossed the wire ata 2:lsclip. The owner was in Willshire yesterday getting facts which would prove that the animal had never been classed as the Toldeo people thought that Lady Hornet was a “ringer.” The City Council meet in extra session' Thursday for the purpose of disposing the street improvement questions which have lately developed. The street committee stated that there had contracted with George E. McKean for his services as city civil engineer and hereafter the public improvements will be under Mr. McKean's supervision. It was then resolved that plans and specifications lie prepared and that a survey be made by the city engineer for the proposed improvements on that part of Monroe street east of Eleventh, on Fourth street and on Sixth street. In the order Mr. McKean is instructed to have his plans embrace a street paved with vitrified brick laid on concrete or loose stone foundation and lined with a sandstone curb. The engineer will in all probabilities have his plans ready by next Tuesday, May 5. Mayor Coffee stated that he considered it best to hear from the majority of property holders before taking any decisive action on these improvements as it was impossible to determine what they wanted and unless that was known it would Be useless to attempt to proceed. Teeple then moved that a committee of two property holders on Monroe street and Fourth streetbe appointed to canvass among the property holders affected and determine just what kind of a street they wanted, if they wanted any at all. The motion was carried and B. J. Terveer and Dan Erwin will consult the Fourth street people and B. W. Sholty and Al Burdg are to canvass from the river bridge to Eleventh on Monroe street. So now 7 Mr. property-holder it is up to you. When these men come around to you say -what you want or what you don’t want and make up your mind to stand by the majority. This plan looks good and the action taken by the council, when in agreetnent with the findings of these committees, must be satisfactory and just» Bids for the construe tion of Sixth street will be called for as soon as the plans are ready, for the majority’of property holders have already signified their desire to have it paved and built eighteen feet wide. It was moved and the motion carried, [that if W. P. Robison, the lowest bidder for the stoning of Rugg, Fornax and Thirteenth streets, failed to contract on or before next Tuesday, that the contract should be readvertised and sold again. Resolutions of respect to the late City Engineer Knoff w*ere adopted and ordered spread on record. The street commissioner -was ordered to put up an electric light line to Krick, Tyndall & company’s factory as that concern wants to put in use about 100 lights. The day current question was again considered and the electric light committee was ordered to report on the same next Tuesday. Architect Eugene Christen w’as ordered to prepare plans for the addition to the electric light power station and after these are finished the city will advertise for bids for its construction.

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