Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1903 — Page 3

■ of Fml Wheat fold t I , «i« Minnie MBaskie was lok-mni/ed Sanaay afternoon at ■Vj o'clotk at the Fuelling settle- 1 K;,en: church. I .p| 1( . rov iewers of the Sheets ditch, j I Sohlner of Berne, Joe Winunsj Knd Wilson L&vton. who were ap- J mninti'el by the commissioners, have J Rushed their work so far as the Eking of assessments are e< ineerig*d Knt, will not hand in their report, Kntil May '*’■ I Stonehnrner, wild lias l>een | lick the greater part of the winter, differing severely from pneumonia | pil a slight stroke of paralysis, is j raining slowly ftl health and should ’, other complication intervene he nuv recover. But his extreme old and his heretofore feeble con- S [ition do not warrant such a con ilasion. The finest herd of cattle seen in s ifaese parts for some time, was 1 utracht Thurspay from Judge i irada baker hy Dyonis Schmitt [Tjere were twenty-one head and | : n the aggregate weighed 24,680 j xmnds, an average of something; i than 1.17-') pounds each, and • wrought the snug Sum of $1,110.66. >r more thanV>2 per head. i Mayor (Wee has received from j 1 be Cordesman people of Cincinnati. | : arws of contracts di‘tailing the ;1 terms on which they will move their 1 (ikiit here. Tile only condition is 1 that a large enough amount of stook i* subscribed hy our people. Twc 1 business men have taken under the j 1 consideration the advisability of ; 1 such a venture and should thejl '

decide favorably iwe will get the factory here. ' Miss Anna Miller cleverly entertained the clerks of the Big Store and their friends Friday evening at her home on North Fifth street. Progressive pedro was the anmsement most indulged in and first prizes were awarded to Alva Nichols and Mrs. Bert Hunsicker, the consolations going to Miss Lola Jackson and Fred Get liner. Delicious refreshments were served and the twenty guests all agreed that the occasion was long to he rememlx*red as a most enjoyable one. A fire occurred at n< >“4l Friday at th<% home of John Johns, just west from South TiMru street. The blaze started in the attic which was used s a store room for old ulothes and was caused hy one of the children [leaving a lighted candle burn there. He had gone into the attic to look for carelessly went away, leaving a candle which he had taken with him burning. The upper part of the House was quite Iwdly damag'd and some clothes :.nd carpet were destroyed Neighixirs saw the tire bmtking out of the roof and a bucket brigade soon had the blaze%nder control. The loss - fully Covered by insurance. © • , A Two ditches were sold at the auditor’s office Thursday . Theodore ikvrtxirrer,.. lowf'st bidder in the T. A. and Cinda Beer bower ditch for $1,134 complete® Peter Yoder secured the contract for the Noah Wmteregg r xlitch at the -price of $479.85. Contracts were entered into and 1 onds accepted. The J. A Watson ditch failed to sell, the price of $1,550 hid by Jere North being in excess of the estimate. This ditch ..'as on the wing for two years or more, it having a round in court which decreed the san# a legitimate enterprise. The increase in price of material used in its construction, as well as labor,- which caused the same to drag on the ditch market.

• —— A 1 Comparative Statement of FIRST NATIONAL BANK Decatur, Indiana. « RESOURCES. April 9, 190& ' April 30,1902. i , ~ . « 40»; 030 42 $ 359,840 93 a n d dIPCOUntB * ‘ * 0 010 24 7,737 20 t.S. bonds -a 049 oo 27,160 00 Adams county bonds 4 000 (« 0,453 64 Efch^es 6 furn,ture • . jugg Sh g .“ ; V.‘V 11l 11 - 111 ”- - - 32,751 72 - j; >' 9Bo :)l LIABILITIES. „ . c inn non 00 $ 100,000 00 £g£ ; ::: * »S»oo '!«« Undivided profits .. i'l'ym SI 2c!ono 00 S 599,249 50 £533,883 99 directors (’ A DUGAN, Cashier. P.'S?. SMITH. President. . ' E. X. BHINGEK. Ass t Otshier W. A. KtJBBLEH. Vice-Prudent- . J. B. MASON. J. H. HOBHOCK. D.SPKANU.

Ves Gilpen of Mobile. Alabama, is the guest of W. H. Gilpen and other relatives. Mr. Giljxm moved from here fifteen years ago to Mo- | bile, and is now carrying on quite i a lucrative patent medicine business ;there. The wall paper dealers of this city have certainly had their hands full tliis springy More pu|x‘i' lias lx;en sold than during any previous season. They explain this by saying that the use of coal has blackened 1 the walls and destroyed the paper. Page Blackburn stated this morning that their duplicate orders were as large as their original ones. D. E. Smith, commissioner appointed® by the court in the case of JulfUs 1 laugh vs. Adam afid Mary Brown, today [sold the land in question from the east door of the court house. The land consisted jpf forty , acres in Union township and sold for $2,625, or about sixty-five dollars an acre. The bidding was lively for a time and the price wdnfe, from to $2,625. As a result of a misapprension of the provisions of the law creating the new state board of pardons the board is being flooded with applications for parcfbns, which means needless trouble for the hoard and a waste of time for the authors of the petitions and applications. The new' law makes no change in the method of procedure for a pardon. The applications must be submitted ip the governor, as formerly, and the hoard merely examines the cases vi len they are referred to it by the ■chief executive.

Dave Hughes, who has been in jail all week serving out a sentence for plain drunk, was released Satnr- , day upon paynfent of the balance of his fintfc.five dollars. The money was paid by his mother. It was the intention of the officers to arrest 1 Dave again for carrying concolaecl weapons but lie bogged for freedom and promised I **! leave town immediately. Under those conditions he was r* ‘leased, Jle carried a revolver j into jail with him when arrested and . denied having such an article I but the gun was found hy Sheriff j Butl‘*r hidden in an old shoe. Among the collection of relies kept at Coffee & Baker's is an old ne\viqia|K'r, the property of Clayton Dorwinl published at Kingstown, N. Y’.-,. in January IkOO, beiag now something more than 103 years bid. This is an old heirloom anil handed down from generation to generation. The thing of value in it is that it contains the death notice of General Washington and John Adam's message to con gress. and also messages of cond(>lenee from most of the European capitals. It’s make-up is odd, being printed on very rough paiier, and among the advertisements was offered for sale a negro wench. An aged woman w’ho had paid her last cent for railroad faro arrived in tMs city Wednesday evening, alone and friendless. During the entire night and all next day .she stayed at the Clover Leaf depot and only 1 got to cat wlatt some charitable passers by coulu afford to give her. Her condition is more pitible from | the fact that she is unable to speak English and thus cannot indicate her desires. A stringer who could speak German eontqrsod with her it little ami “fated that lior husband had recently died, leaving her alone without any money or friends ami that she was now on the search of a home. A purse was made up by : a number of persons who were told of her c edition and she was siunt to Ohio City

, ! The promoters of the Springfield ; l|& Fort Wayne traction line, who l j have been working the franchise 1 question among the fanners between { ■ here and Fort Wayne ha ve been . i very successful so far as they have J gone They have about j • twelve miles of the proposed route j [ and have secured the right of way i entirely excepting a few instances. | j The work will he taken up Monday j » j and pushed to completion. When you-see two or more doctors j in close conversation you may set ’> down that they are discussing the ’ late county '"hospital law, as published in last weeks paper. Before the issue was hardly dry, the ! j discussions of the question began. j | Generally speaking, the public is j more than anxious to see established j just what the law contemplates j,lt is not at all improbable that j efforts will be directed along the j J lines looking towards its establishment. I In speaking ot railway ments that may be looked for soon 1 ■ the Van Wert Times speaks in this ) • manner: “Another project is the “snort cut on the Glover Leaf from j" j Dupoint via Van, Wert to Decatur, j ; j which is being agitated again. | This would cut diagonally through . 1 Van Wert county from the northeast ,: to southwest and would save many . miles on this rsad, which is des--1 fined to be-one of the big roads of I the country. Os 'course the old crooked route through Delphos and Ohio City would not he abandoned, . hut all fast trains would go over the direct route. % % The Entre Nous club have decided i to give their minstrel show on Tuesday, May 19. The hoys have ' already been working at their jMtrts . for the past two weeks anu tin* date ■' for the* exhibition gives them ample time to fully prepare. The produc- . | tion will be under the direction of j Prof. Fred C. LaDelle and the ■ training for the different characters I has been under his supervision from (the start. Every member of__the club, almost thirty persons, will assist in the presentation of the j show umVtlie ability found therein I when directed by one of long exfperience in minstrel, is bound to make* the affair a very successful production. Surveyor McKean began setting the pegs for the Monroe street brick pavement, with a view of getting the proper grades for plans and specifications; which the council have asked to he furnished them. Tin* petition that has been in the hands of the promoters along th< street, has already been?signed by a representative bunch of the property owners, and it is probable that the council will recognize its completeness, as a sufficient guarantee i j for them to carry into effect their ! arrangements as agreed to a week , or two ago. As originally prepared the paving will begin at the river bridge and never stop for breath until the bell rings at Eleventh I street. “ The township trustees, and school j enumerators for the county have all made their reports to County ! Superintendent Brandytgrry, with the exception or Geneva .rporation. With that omitted the total is 7,395 and when Geneva lands safely, ! the total will perhaps lx* increased j 350. As reported Union township | lias 410, Root >2, Preble 430. Kiri '■land 369, Wflsliingt• >n 500. St. Marys 1369, Blue Creek 373, Monroe 895, French 437, Hartford 4.44, Vabash 1706, Jefferson 448, Decatur 1,212 and Berne 346. This enumeration is taken every year, and as reported this time shows a s’ljaii increase 1 over last year. Root township decreased her report thirty-five, the ’ other township- slewing slight in- j i creases. j State vs. Ohio Oil company, con-] i tinned hy defendant. Robert Pell- j ham vs. George W. Bolds, dismissed | ' and costs paid. W. S. Liken vs. j Lizzie J. Liken, all depositions on ; ; file ordered published, set for trial > i 1 Tuesday, May 19. i >hio Farmers 1 i company vs. James Johnston, [ motion for new trial overruled. ! Julius Haugk vs. Adam Brown et i 1 al reported sale filed and approved, j deed ordered, reported and con- ]* firmed. Robert M. Hunt vs. Walter | ] and Amanda Hunt, demurrer over-1 ruled, reply filed. S. A. M. Butcher | ) vs. C. F. Waltz at al. depositions on l file ordered published. Daniel Rail- > jjig ys. George Flanders, set for trial ! May 8. Ada Stephenson vs. City * of Decatur, demurrer sustained on l the grounds that when a *re company cause destruction of property it caJtnot he called willful. Tliis ends the ease in favor of the pity.

J ATTEND THE GREATj ( Gosing-Out Sale | | Bargain Clothing Co. | ■ ■ .■..., I . To Quit Business I M ■,’& « ' ■ H* ; U I ONLY SIXTY DAYS I jg Owing to the death of one of the members of I !■ ft the firm, and the necessity of settling the 'I , | 1 ■ estate immediately, we have been ordered to dk Adkdl S ■ dispose of our big stock of Clothing and B Furnishings within 60 days. Everything "JT "T ✓"V Tf* 7 I ft goes regardless of cost. The chance of a Iff ■ Vlf / « lifetime to buy GOOD CLOTHING FOR IXI 1 I \A/ B LITTLE MONEY A V-/ f T § S ma - - ■ IN I I HH Full Blast mu I M And continues until the entire stock is disposed of. M ■ Buy early and get Choice. I 355,000 \A/orth of Goods I At almost your own price. You can’t afford to miss these Bargains. B ) BARGAIN CLOTHING CO.) /Wen’s and Boys* (Outfitters 1 I One Door North of National Bank, Decatur, Ind B 1 Fixtures for Sale. B

George F McCullough some time ago presented to the city of Muneie a 100 aero tract of land for park purposes, and within a week the citizens of that busy and prosperous city subscribed $7,000 towards beautifying the property and rendering it attractive to the people. i Mr. Riley of Van Wert-, \\%s in the city Wednesday looking up the opportunities for a successful fish stand. He was not convinced, however, and will hunt- a location at some other plaeK Mr. Riley formerly lived here hut stated that he had not visited or been in D(*eatur since 1850. The appearance of the town to him* was greatly altered bet some land marks he recognized, which proved t$ him that the present Decatur i< the growth of *lie Decatur of half a century ago. i Attorneys MerrVtnan&Sutton filed a new casein circuit court Friday morning entitled Vurnie Colewell vs. Reuben Colewell and Bank of Geneva, a complaint for suppoit. Vurnie Colewell and Rtiiben are husband and wife and lived happily together until a few mortftis ago. They owned a piece ot property and Reuben induced bis wife to sign a deed for the sale yf same. He secured about SI .OOO fur the proper|ty and shortly afterwards left taking with him ajl but about $l5O ; whiWi lie left in his name at the | Geneva Link. Mrs. Colewell is i#wtrying to secure tifiit money and also a judgufrnt against her i husband for supjxjrt. Misses Jennie and Bessie Conglejton entertained at progressive ]x*dro j Thursday night and each guest tolls of a delightful and very happy occasion. Those permitted to indulge in the pleasure were the members of the Friday night club and a number yf outside guests as follows: Mesidames NY. F. Brittson, C. O. France, |Frank Durkins. A. E. Rose J Samuel ! Acker, Miles Pillars, L. G. EUjng- ! ham, J - H. Heller and Miss Edna Crawford. At cards high prizes were awarded to Mrs. (>. France and Mi's. Samuel £eker, tile ladies bearing th>*ir victory in a modest manner. A feature of the invasion were the delicious refreshments, daintily served and mighty gixxl tastin’. The meeting wiw certainly ' one of the most pleasant ot the year.

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D. (4. M. Trout and Jacob Miller of tins city, arc in t'ic oil business to a certainty now and are no doubt feeling very Ttoekefyllery as they are sole owners of an oil well mating forty barrels a day. These gentlemen have a company of their own and evtg'y drop of that oil is theirs which means a daily income of forty-fiye dollars. •Each of these gentlemen owned a farm in the south part of the county and a few months #go while talking about their land decided not to lease but jto go into partnership and drill a I well on each farm. The arrange- j ments were speedily made and the first well came in last week. At, first it was believed to be dry but gilder orders they drilled on through i second pay and as a result got a i : good producer which is now making 1 forty- barrels. They are arranging •to drill another well at once.

Forman, Ford & Co., in a circular to their customers, offer the following as food for reflection: If there was*no duty to be paid on imported glass, based on today's market, an ordinary store front would cost SIOO f. o. b. Minneapolis. The same store front, with the present tariff added, costs $275, the consumer being obliged to pay $175 extra duty, which is the protection given the trust. As plate glass is manufactured entirely by machines, no skilled labor entering therein (and machines are operated about as cheap in America as in Europe), it must be (clear to anyone that the “trust” is not entitled to such enormous and unreasonable “protection as it has at present at the expense of the consumers of plate glass! Somebody really take the trouble to (explain to Messrs Firman, Ford & Co. that it l- the foreigner who jiays the tax. # $