Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1903 — Page 3

Ada Singer left bunfor Detroit to enter Wsrcollejtf. s - ie h ‘ iS inade many | durrng her term as a deputy I If the county clerk's office and all j Kn us m wishing her success. ■ T ]„ thirteen year old soifof Isaac i Belson, who lives of this city, J Bet with a painful accident Fri< I M*v evening. He was harrowing I Kl in an accidental way run a har- | Ew moth deep into his leg-just bci .3L. the knee. Dr. C. S. Clark was I Hided and dressed the wound. | ■ Mart ' Andrews. Will Cordua. i Christen. Johnnie Reiter, ! K v ,bst. Frank Schumacher Ed Mose Krohn into Fort | K-, lvnt . Friday evening and t the ranks of the Eagles. In I |- r . nl dependent order they now I Eiiiin allegiance and are full hedged I ■<:::!-i-* of that great society. It j BLs at one time thought posI Eble to organize an order in this city | the project was abandoned and I Mp Decatur Eagles have blown | > the Fort Wayne nest. I I Solomon Billman is displaying. I Krith just pride, a cane which he | last week from a comj who fought with him in the Htvil war. The walking stick is a B ( . a vy one, the head being made ■k m a piece of wood from De veer Wi,-o and containing a bullet fired it during the famous battle of Bj,.nv>i>urg, and in which battle ■k ’li men took an active part. Th. Wwiun took place July 1,2, and 3. Es'ic. and was one of the fiercest of civil war. The body of the . > made of wood from Spangler Blaring. In the center of the stick S- a hidden view of the great battle. Kt is certainly a gift that S ■lumen Hwd prize highly, it was sent him Qiv a veteran who resides in Pennsylvania. I H. L. Confer, than whom there ■tre no better follows on this side of, > globe has a good joke on himt or someone else. While work I W - at Sturgis, South Dakota, -a I Klang expression, “let me have two i & liars 'til pay day,” became a ! B>‘P'llar oiM'and was often heard on [ Hhe streets. While Herman was sisBmg idly at his desk on .a cool day ref Bently. lie happened to think of a | h friend who is still engaged in | Brasiness at Sturgis, and who fre■q wntly exchanged the oxpre>.-ion I ■with him, and picking up a postal ■ : R.-rman wrote him the expres- ! in German. This morning he ■was surprised to find among his I Kami !l letter from his old friend and ■enclosed therein the requested ■two dollars. Now Herman don't what to do with it. I Invitations were issued Friday ■announcing the marriage of | Bffiss Mattie June Merryman to Mr. ■Don Quinn, the event to oocur at I ■the home of the bride's parents, Mr. ■ Sand Mrs. James T. Merryman. Wed ’ Ki’clock. The parties are among I Sthe lx st known society young jxmple ■of t lie city and'the arppoaching event i ■promises tebe a brilliant socialevent. ■invitations will be issued to sixty ■five relatives and friends. Miss ■Merryman will entertain ten of her lady friends at luncheon ■this evening, at which time the an■nouncement of the wedding will be ■tnade. The guests at this evening's ■affair will be Misses Mttry Meyers. Branch Reynolds, Bessie Schrock. Case. Malley; Margie Hanna. - Wayne; and Mesdames Roy W. F. Brittson, Harry C. C. Schafer and R. D. Both Miss Merryman and ■Mr. Quinn are too well known to any introduction at this time.

Comparative Statement of FIRST NATIONAL BANK Decatur, Indiana. RESOURCES. April 9, 1903. April 30, 1902. -■cans and discounts S 406.036 42 ? >h’'Aß4t> 93 )verdrafts....< 6,016 24 <>737 26 J. S. bonds.. .7. 26,034 37 2te»oo 00 idams county bonds 31.042 00 leal estate and furniture 4.000 00 m '-xr ru S£ JSJ? $ 599,249 50 S 533,883 99 LIABILITIES. Capital S 100,000 00 S 100,000 00 Surplus 15,000 00 11-M0 00 ndivided profits 95 non on Circulation . 25,000 00 2n.000 00 Jeposits 455,561 41 390,623 5b ? 599,249 50 5^533, 883 99 directors tw. SMITH. President. c - A< x A «HINGEK Ass’t Crshier ? A^ E H B iB K gbTK e - PrCeident - D. SPKANG.

“I was never exactly burned! alivW "..sffid an old clerk, telßag his . experience, “but I once worked a' week in a store that did not advertise. M hen I came out my head was almost as white as you see it now. Solitary confinement did it.” Jfc) The Waring Glove company have begun the Bloving of their machinery to the Railing block, corner of Monroe and First streets, and some time next Monday expect to begin operations in th»ir new quarters. The job of moving requires considerable work but everything has been gotten in readiness so as little time as possible will be lost during the change. In the new building the concern will not be cornered so closely as in the old and the management and employees are very anxious for the change. The Willshire bank has reported to the auditor. They make a gratifying showing of business, earnings and increase in surpus and deposits. Their statemnt shows the following important items: Capital 14,000, surplus and profits $3,653.46, deposits $122,915.72, U. S. bonds and premiums $26,866.60, furniture S6OO, cash in reserved brinks $17,821.99, cash on hand $6'.4911.0,-,. total assets and liabilities $130*572.18 each. Henry Althoen has $l,(foo Stock. Alex. Beall $.1,000, P. W. Smith SBOO, Jacob Colter SBOO and C. A. Dugan SBOO. The stock was appraised at sixty-five percent of book value making .appraisement $4,930, last year $3,280, wine deposits were *597,000 last year.—Van Wert Times; Robert Gregory, who has con-. ducted a wall pajier and paint store in this city for several years, and has beyond doubt as fine an exclusive store of this kind as may be found any where is arranging to close out his big stock of goods at special sale and will quit the business, so he informs us. He is advertising a big sale begining June 1 and to continue from that time on until his entire stock of goods, which invoices several thousand dollars, is disposed of. He advertises to sell his wall paper at just half the regular price and paints, oils, varnishes etc., at cost.' Bob says he will quit the painting business entirely, but will continue to do wall papering on a strictly cash basis. He has good reasons, for closing out and says the quicker he can do so, the better he will be pleased. Traveling men claim that Bob has the best stock of goods cm hand of any store of the kind in this part of the state. Henry McLean has been discharged from the position as inspector ' of the' Marshall street sewer and William H. Meyers, the brick layer, has been appointed to take his place. Tire city council met Fridayjevening to consider the proposition and the .■.■■>>> iji.iittee promised the following report which was approved: “The sewer committee of the city council, pursuant of resolutions empowering them to discharge the inspector of the Marshall street sewer, herewith submit their report that they have caused the discharge of Henry McLean, inspector'of said sewer for the reason that said sewer was not being constructed according to the plans adopted by the council for the construction of the same, for on information of the special engineer we learn ‘that the flow line of said sewer, at stake twenty, was raised to 8.1 when it should be 8.9, being therefor raised above the proper flow line .by the aforementioned inspector who acted withhout authority.

In the list of county fairs publish ed in various papers over the state the Great Northern, one of the 1 best held anywheye, is always omitted and an exhibitor wants to know why it is. The matter should be hifeked after by the secretary, as it is impoitant. The following teachers were selected for the Geneva schools for the term of 1903-’O4. Superintendent, C. H. Wood of Valjjlraiso, Indiana ; principal, Otto O. Clayton. Pleasant Mills. Indiana; assistant principal, J. M. Wells of Geneva. Indiana; the department grades, Alfrecf Mower, Geneva; fourtfidejiartinent grades, Grace Burk, Geneva; third dejiartment grades, Luella Rackeldoffer Geneva; second department Jgrades, Alice Addington, Geneva; first department grades, to be filled depending aplicuaits securing license. Friday afternoon Miss Emma Werder of this city had an operation for the removal of two abdominal tumors of different pathological formation. One was a large mulltilocular cyst and the other a I febroid tumor. Extensive adhe- 1 sions had formed about the tumors during tin attack of peritonitis a few weeks ago, rendering the operation extremely difficult, but it was successfully’ performed by Dr. Maurice Rosenthal & Brother and Dr. Griebel of Fort Wayne, assisted ; by DrS. P. B. Thomas, J. S. Cover-' dale, Earl G. Coverdale and H. F. Costello of this city. So far patient remains in a very satisfac- i tory condition. James Carpenter, forejnan of the' carpenter gang on the G. R. I. railway, was quite badly hurt about ten o’clock Thursday. He was superintending the building of a new ' water tank near the bridge, a mile I north of the city, and while up on I the platform made a mistep and fell! about ten or twelve feet, alighting ! on a pile of lumber in such away that his ankle was broken. Dr. J. S. Boyers of this city was called and soon had him in good enough condition that he can get around with the assistance of a pair of crutches. Mr. Carpenter formerly lived here but since last fall has made his home at Kalamazoo. Michigan, and was sent here to especially superintend the of the new tank. He will probably have to go home for a few days rest but will be on duty again soon-. There is some bad looking blood brewing at the usually quiet and modest town of Berne. ' between tli<‘ energetic followers of those championing the anti-saloon cause and those personally interested in antaggonizing this movement. Considerable comment is just now being quietly passed around as to the justification of Rev. Summers hiding among some stale beer kegs at the rear of one of the saloons which was closed recently by the blanket remostrance route*, guarding and spying upon any and all who might come from withhin this once ■ was grogery, His presence was finally revealed, at which juncture the reverend gentleman beat a hasty retreat. Some defend such action on the ground that he was laying for a member of his flock, who is re ported to be frequenting the pace while others think he is not justified in reducing the cut of his coat to such’a level. Whichever is correct, it is evident that all is not lovely, and that the public may hear more of the troubles that are emmating from these conflicting sources. jßeuel Brushwiller, three years old, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed (). Brushwiller, was in qutie a serious condition and from a peculiar cause. Thursday he was at the home of a neighbor's and-wnli several otl er children was eating beech nuts. Reuel had a nut in his mouth and started to run. he fell down and the nut lodged in his throat. He ran home and by the time he reached there was chocked so badly that his face was blue. Mrs. Brushwiller at once sent for a physician and began working with the boy. He became-easier after a short while and when the doctor arrived it was thought he had succeeded in swallowing the obstacle. He was restless all night however, and Friday morning had another severe couhging spell and Dr. Clark was called. After a thorough.examination he gave th*' opinion that the nut had lodged in the wind pipe and an operation would be necessary to remove it. The boy has been having whooping cough and it is possible that the swallowing of the beech nut has only aggravated that | disease.

Sixty-nine .miles in sixty-eight minutes, over no more than an ordinary stretch of track, is the latest record, made by a Pennsylvania mail train. Heretofore all the fast mail trains in the west have been run over the Lake Shore, but the Pennsylvania has put on a number of locomotives and are all ready now to meet the best of competition. Senator Ulrey, one of the statesmen from Allen county in the late and'lamented legislature, seems to have shuck it rich. .Tust at the present he is vice prseident and manager of a million dollar oil and gas company. The amount of capital stock looks large but there is no telling what any member of the last legislature would do if he had a chance. The friends of the somewhat brilliant senator in Adams county, hope that it is the real thing and that he will be able to cash it up to the liiiiit, any . time he feels disposed to quit worrying about the future needs of Senator Ulrey. Judge R. K. Erwin received a letter Friday morning from Fort Wayne stating that his cousin Will Ewrin who is in the hospital there and is resting as well as could be expected and chances for his recovery are good. Will was employed in the oil field ‘ near Montpelier and was on top of a derrick Wednesday doing some repairing when . the wind strom struck that section. So suddenly did the storm come up that before Will knew it the the big derick'was rocking. Restarted to descend but as he took a step he felt the timbers give way and relizing that if he staid with the dercik it meanfeertain death,and he jump ed, The distance was sixty-five 1 feet and those -who saw the accident lexpeeted to 'find Will crushed to I death but he escape quickly and while the exeat extent of his injuires are not known,- it is not believed they will result fatally. He was taken to the hospital at Fort Wayne i and as stated, seetus to |be getting along nicely. He has visited here j and is quite well known. E. X. Ehingey, Nick Miller. C. S. Niblick, H. H. Bremerkamp, D. D. Coffee, Theodore Smith and Frank Teeple as trustees, together with Rev. Wilkens, held a session last i Wednesoay, and as a result of the same Eugene Christen is instructed to draw plans or a complete heating. ! plant, the same to be installed in their church, two school houses, sisters’ home and the residence of Rev. Wilken. The plans will cover both hot water and hot air and either one of the two named, and perhaps both will be installed. The system w.ill embrace one of the largest systems of heating in the city and will certainly have to be constructed along elaborate .lines to furnish the required heat for all the buildings. This will add much to a.u-1 value of the-finest and most costly church property in the city, anti has become a necesssity since the low tide of the natural gas pressure. Architect Christen will begin the plans at once and it is expected to complete the same and have it ready for use before the signs of another winter become evident. There was practically no business in the 'Adams circuit court this week, in fact the entire term has 'been rather a disappointment to the attorneys, as they were anticipating a rouser. Many of the cases have been dismissed and others are slow in coming to trial. There are eight cases set for trial this week, and the term should be well occupied. On Monday comes Joel Weldy vs Shaffer Peterson, suit on account, demand $l5O. Joseph Chrisman vs Frank P. Chrisman and Thomas E. Mann, suit on note. S4OO. Tuesday, Henry Patten vs Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction company, damages, demand, $5,000, brought here on change of venue from Huntington county. Wednesday, Benjamin Emerine vs Marie Emerine, complaint on account. SI,OOO. Thursday. John Glendenning, executor, vs David Wheeler, suit for possession of property and SISOO. Friday, Robert M. Hunt vs Walter A. Hunt and Amanda Hunt, partition suit. Saturday, Sarah E. Largent vs Joseph Largent, suit for divorce, and Decatur National Bank vs Steve Longenberger and Peter Heath, forelosure of chattel mortgage of $750. The court officials are confident of some business next week as it will scarcely be possible to get all of these cases out of the way in any way except by trial.

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Judge Erwin Saturday made, an entry upon the probate docket allowing Jack Robinson to make his home with his brother, Isaac, who lives just north of town. Jack has been living with George Tricker, but it was next to impossible to keep him there and the order of the court was asked for that Jack might live where he wanted to. Otto Bllum filed a petition Thursday with the revenue authorities of this district asking permission to open up a cigar manufactory in this city. He will manufacture nothing but strictlly hand-made cigars which he expects to have a large market for in the neighboring towns. Mr. Blum is a fine cigar maker, having worked at the trade a. number of years, and is thoroughlly acquainted with all the good growths of tobacco. While in this city he has been employed at be th Gast'"s and Corbett's factories. Many people of this city have no doubt noticed engine number 509, a big double cab locomotive, now run on the Huntington & Galion division of the Erie at the head of trains three and fouy, and did not realize that on that machine, Eddie Kent, the oldest engineer in the United States, sits at the throttle. He is now past seventy-two years old and is considered one of the calmest and most responsible engineers •on the road. He and his machine have only recently been placed on this division and the greater part of his life up Mjc. between New York and Port Jervis. The recent ruling of the city council which offers to new factories th it locate in this city, free light, free water and immmunity from taxes on real estate for a period of five years, is already bringing results. In all probability the manufaturing of Blosssom, Dys<-rt & Company, which is now located at Rockford, Ohio, will shortly be moved to Decatur. Mr. Dysert, who is now in this city, stated that the firm -had been considering a change of location for some time, as Rockford lacked railroad facilities, and since that disadvantage would not Tie met with in Decatur they had. decided to move here and get the benefit of the city’s 'inducements. The firm has the control of several valuable patents on the | manufacture of gold and silver I leaf letters and their line of goods ' | includes plain and fancy letters. ! house numbers and advertising novelties. All the goods that they ■ put out have merits which will undoubtedly prove a winner over all competition and the industry is destined to be a very important one. The. industry at present isu in an infant state but his grown surprisingly and the compagv expects to employ, '' when ‘ they locate in this city, from eight to twelve skilled men and a numbej of girls. An electrotyping department will be installed and the plant made complete, so that they can compete successfully with all their, rivals. They expect to put their goods on sale all over the United States and have aieady shipped a few orders to Europe.® The institution is certainly a good one and we are glad to see it come to this city. W e

Misses Vera and Marie Patterson ] entertained in a clever manner Friday evening at the home of the former, and the occasion is reported as a very enjoyable one. Guests of honor were Miss May Hill of Chicago and Miss Esther Griffith of Portland. About forty young people were present and the hostesses did their duties well. Several guessing contests, original and up-to-date formed the principal amusements. A two course luncheon was served after which the crowd went to the Entre Nous club rooms and indulged in dancing to their hearts content. Sheriff Butler Saturday received a reward card asking that he keep his eyes open for a chunk of gold that weighs eighty-three pounds and is valued at $23,000. The bar, which is nearly a foot long . and four inches thick, was stolen from the Union depot at Detroit, on the night of March 18 last. It ! was being shipped from Utah to a ’ New York City bank and was in ! care of the Pacfic express company, I who are the losers. They offer a reward of $2,000.f0r the return of the gold and SI,OOO for the arrest and conviction of the thief and $3,000 for both. ' Sheriff Buter silys he hasn’t seen anything of a bar of gold of this size and doesn’t know exactly where to look for it. Glen Adams, a hobo from Indianapolis, was run over by a west bound Clover Leaf freigh, Thursday afternoon and now lies wtih ■ both legs cut oh," at onio'Chy ffi'i a dying condition. When train 45 was puling in this city, about three o,clock Thursday afternoon, a brakeman noticed a man riding between the cars, who was apparently asleep. He realizing the awful risk that the tramp was running went down the bumpers and awakened him. The fellow at first looked surprised then with a shuddering look asked sor 1 his partner. His partner had not been seen by the trainman and as was presumed, had fallen off, for word from Ohio City was soon received which stopped all sujjposij tioh and told of the awful happening. Train 22, the east bound local which passed the west bound freight at Willshire, had bound Adams near F'-iiun 11: and bad p : ckvd him | up and taken him to the Ohio town, i The jiartner of the injured man, who returned to Ohio City at eight | o'clock last evening, told the story | The two had been traveling together : and made a few dollars by repair 1 ing lawn mowers, sewing machines land the like.4l They left Lima, i Ohio, on the head end of Erie train number three, which is due to leave this city at 12:3s p. m., but were 1 discovered at Ohio City and forced to Jay over 'atcithat place for severa hours. When the Clover Leaf train arrived there they boarded that and beingjdightly under the influence of liquor soon weiir to sleep. The fellow stated that he did not know of his friends’ fate and had . not awakened until he reached this city. In such a dangerous place us i they were riding, on the bumpers I or deadwoous of the ear,s it is not I strange that Adams fell, but it is remarkable that the secom. fellow i escaped a similar fate.