Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1903 — Page 5

ah ladies i>ing flowers for decoru„n day will P lease leave ,hem at ' \ R. hall Friday afternoon. \ change of time on the G. R. & I. the addition of trains ior th and south made June Mi Midge Smith and Fannw w went to Fort Wayne yesterday norning to s P end the dtty * v ' lth 'rieinh- - , Marriage licenses have lx*en issued ‘ John GL Herman and Clarra T P Malley and JoseMeyers. x • line M olpert. frank Lechte who is an employee , ’ t he Simplex Manufacturing Co., at Hammond. Ind., is in this city for a we eks visit with relatives. Reppert returned from Pitts- . r „ y3 sterday, where he sold at action a car load Os hm*es fl , rt he firm of Beefy & Holthouse, of this city. fnclaimed letters are at the postoflice for Mrs. E. T. Miller, Mrs. Anna Lute. John Jueeon, Mrs. E. G. Johnson, Bert Peigh, Mr. Matthews Wale, Mrs. W. J: Young. - The county commissioners and the surveyor of Van Wert county met at the office of surveyor McKean Tuesday afternoon to make.their report on the C, V. Sheets joint ditch. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watts and Jacob-Frank,"of Monmouth take this Opportunity to thank tbosv who lent their kind assistance during the sickness and death of a daughter and a wife. Miss Louise Adler dccompained byVeda and Leah Hensley left for Rome <ity Tuesday, to join Mrs. Hensley who has- gone lief ore :.’KI arranged a cottage f< .r their summer resident*. A. J. Smith, John Fonner and ■P. W. Smith of Richmond, are at Colen, Michigan, this week on their early summer fishing visit. They already have the record for big catches but expect to gain even greater notoriety «n this trip. Dore B. Erwin is .remadling his home on second street an i will soon have all th* conveniences of an up to date residence. An addition of several rooms will be made ami the foundation of the entire building will be rebuilt. « Fred Sellemeyer, who lias been at Fort Wayne attendinghis son, Albert, who had an operation performed Tuesday, returned home this afternoon, stating that Albert was getting along as well as could le expected and would be able to (®me home Thursday.

The electric wiring oL the Commercial club rooms goes on at a good t rate and in all besides the wall lights there will be about thirty drop ineandescehts. Other improvement!* mthe way of cleaning out the shrubbery and weeds are being made and the lawn will be one of the most beaufiin the city. The Elks of have bought the G. R. & I. railroad for June 4 for the avowed purpose <vf selling it out in shar«s of one dollar each good for one round trip to Rome City. This is the first regular excursion of the season to place and no doubt will be well attended. The latest game for swell evening is called “Missionary. The young men. representing the heathen, all line up on one sidt* of the room. The young women repreeenjjng the St her side. The heathens then embrace Christianity. The game is quite popular wherever introduced. £ Dr. D. D. Clark and Frank Koose of St. Mary’s township went to Fort 'layne Monday for a consultation with J. M. Oscar. Mr. Koose is troubled with n%tiff knee, which he received in a fall about five years ago and the purpose of the Fort ayne visit is to determine whether or not Permenant relief is possible. Albert Sellemeyer went to Fort "ayne Tuesday to have an operation performed within tne nasal passage for catarrh brought on by ®ar trouble. He has been suffering from catarrh for the past year and now is in a very critical condition. The operation will be done by Dr. Bulson. He was accompanied by his father, Fred Sellemeyer. ■AH business houses are requested to close from one to four p. m. Saturday, May 30th, that all W 1* present during the carrying out of Decoration Day program showing res pect to the honored dead who so oobly defended the stars and stripes to a credit to themselves : md an honor to our country. D.

Jesse Robinson, representing the Globe Oil company, is in town and says their first well which came in a few days ago near Chattanooga, is a hummer and will make I about seventy barrrels a (lay. They | are putting down two wells near ; and expect to drill a dozen or more I in the Held this summer. He says i that their leases are so arranged that I they must drill wells there to hold I them and it will probably 1* six 1 weeks or two months before they I can spare a string of tools to Jest; the territory north of this city. | However, he says they will reach j hen' just as soon as possible, as | they- are very anxious to develop the territory. A dispatch from Bluffton yes- - terday s*id: County Auditor elect Clem- Brinnemnn and wife were arrested this morning on the charge of assault and battery on the person of Blanche Graves, an orphan, adopted several years ago from the Little Wanderer’s’ home of Boston Mass. The compliant was made by a board of supervision of or-1 phans, of the Methodist church, i Other acts of cruelty besides those specified are alleged and it is said that the child has received lait little I attention, and was made to do more than her share of the work. It is further charged that Mrs. Brinne-1 man struck the child on several occasions, and that her usual mode of punishment was by making her lie on the sofa while she paddled her with a board. The senior and junior Epworth League of the Methodist church held installation services Sunday evening and the following new officers were in vested with their official powers: President of the senior league, Jonas Tntch; first vice president, Bertha Heller: second vice president Blanche Dibble: third vice president Mrs. White; fourth vice president Mary Meyers; secretary Charles Brock; organist Hattie Niblick; choinster. Leota Hower; treasurer, Argo Brushwiller; president Os the junior league, Bessie Boyers; first vice president. Helen Niblick; second vice president, Tom McKean; third vice president, Vera Hammond; fourth vice president, Margaret Mills; secretary, John Harris; organist, Grace -McKean;’ choirister, Glaydis White; superintendent Mrs. Amspaugh and assistant superintendent, Kate Krick. R..S. Peterson left at noon Monday for Anderson where he will close up a contract with Messrs McCullough and Terhune who will enter into a company for the manufacture of Carpenter. fuel. These gentlemen are among the best known capitalists of Indiana and this means that Mr. Carpenter’s invention will be backed by many thousands of dollars. Mr. Peterson this morning that a factory will be" located at once, and very probably here and that sixty people will be employed in turning out the product. Mr. Carpenter will have entire charge of the plant and expects to have things moving within sixty days. Machinery has been ordered especially for the plant and will be put in as soon as the factory is located. The company will not attempt to make enough of the fuel to supply the market but will continue to sell territory and will increase the size of their plant as fast as possible. Mr. Carpenter will hold a big interest in the i concern and expects to soon have i more business than he can attend to.

Everything is in readiness for the raising of tffc big smoke stack at the water works station and the | jot wgl be done today. A seventy foot •‘jin pole" has been | erect. d and from this the stack, i which is forty-four fhches in diameter, eighty feet high and' weigh- . over three tons, will be swung into position. Thejpipe will stand on the boiler walls and fro the ground to the top i will measure one hundred feet or ten feet more than the brick chimney that now stands there. The job is under the supervision of Robert Shellhammer, an empire of the Bass FTnmdr yand of Fort Mayne. Saturday, May 30 is Decoration Day and the comrades of Sam Henry post number 63, department of Indiana of this city is busy preparing for the occasion. They will, through the committee, place the emblem of their country and strew garlands of flowers on two hundred and eight comrades graves in the twenty-five cemeteries in Adams county. This means much work for the boys who wore the blue and considerable exnense but the good citizen of Decatm j £ ‘ quite liberal in their donations for which the comrades of Sam Henry post feel vt r> . 2 a teful. May we one and all come Saturday‘and help the boys [ who wore the blue.

Thgrg g Nn „ I nnm/ of SIIUIU IU lIU tCC<J OF VOUT mOFICV fiflimiry Like Ours ® © w the appreciation of the services of our patriots, who fought and fbll liberty and the glory of this country. Every American citizen ought to erve Decoration Day, in commemoration of the honors due our heroes, and >rder to do so, be iu the best he can afford. @ y 1.. ■> We are Offering for Decoration Day Week Fine Clothes Boys’ and Children ,’s for men Clothes Hand-Tailored, Perfect Fitting, of the Highest Type and Lowest Prices I®®* » * * ® Straw Hats £SS"B£.Straw Hats

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OUR BARGAIN COUNTERS re full of good things and are bound to make you spend your money. Fine summer neckwear, just arrived and excells all past productions. ® Nothing but dependable goods sold here and all reductions on (merchandise is that amount in your pocket. FREE Handsome premiums with your purchases FRiiiß " GUS ROSENTHAL’S T “ s aT re • ® * ® • * DECATUR, INDIANA

The entire T •ly <>f the City < < T.n eil was jn session Tuesday and worked against the usual volume of business which piles up from one meeting to another. The opening of the bids for the construction of an addition to the electric light station was the first thing done and the offers were as follows: Einn <fe Patton $2537; D. E. Weikle, $2447; Mann & Christen, 12410; Fred Huffman, 12308.75. The contract was not awarded but in all probabilities will goto Fred Hoffman, the lowest bidder, at next Tuesday’s meeting. The purchasing committee was instructed to determine on what condition the Gas company yvould supply fuel for the water station and report at the next council meeting. Although the Fuesday session was a long one there was but little to record as much of the time was consumed in a protracted debate. They adjourned to meet in regular session next Tuesday evening.

Joseph Malley’ of Chicago, Illinois, and Miss Josephine Wolpert were married yesterday at the St. Marys Catholic church by Father Wilkens. Fred Briekner acted as best,-, man in the ceremony and Miss Sophia Wolpert stood up as the bridesmaid. Immediately after the services the bridal party went to the home of the bride, one and one-half miles west of this city where a large number of friends had 1 gathered to assist in the wedding festivities. A sumptuous dinner was served at noon and a receution was on in the afternoon and was continued last evening. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Joseph Wolpert and the groom hails from Chicago, where he is interested in the merchantile business with his father. The happy couple will soon leave for the Windy city* and have the best wishes of their many friends.

A Few of the Special Decoration \ Day Sale Bargains: Cfj DOZEN, childrens crash QU knee pants worth 50c OCc go at - - - L J 4 ft DOZEN, mens fine percale 4U negligee shirts with 2 i collars and detatchable QQc cuffsworth 50c go at Qu J Q MENS wool, cheviot, cashmere suits worth 6.00 A to7.sogointhissaleat Cft YOUNG mens’ suits, ages Q U 14 to 20, made of high grade aterials, suchas homespun cashmere and worsteds worth 6.00 to 7.50; go at this sale at

DR. CANADA COMING. e • ® e i . • . . < Dr. specialist, win make hi% regular visit to Decatur, < < •* » • Tuesday, June 2, 1903. * • At Dr. Coverdale’s office. Those suffering from defective eyes, headache and nervous ills will do well to see him.

Mrs. Doehrman of Fort Wayne, who has been suffering for several weeks from an attack of lung and kidney trouble, has been improving for the last few days and may yet recover. This will be welcome news for her many friends in this vicinity.

Now is the most beautiful and pleasant time of all the summer season. The weather is yet mild and the air is balmy with the perfume of flowers that soon will fade under the burning sun. Everything has an appearance of newness that in itself is life.