Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1903 — Page 5

! Miss Katherine Watts who swallowed carbolic acid several weeks ■ago is able to sit up and it is be- ■ jwved will soon, have regained her ■ former health. e I Invitations are out announcing I that Jess# George Niblick will be ■at home Tuesday evening June 9 ■to a number of his young friends. E shirt waists® are the costume. Sidney Close, formerly of this place I was in the city this afternoon enroute ■ to Springfield. Ohio, to join a carnival 1 company. He had seveual trunks of ■ paraphernalia and still does turns in ■ the acrobatic line. ! j. H. Hall left the city last even- ■ j n g with a party of homestead | seekers for numerous points in the ■ southwest. They expect to be ■ gone about weeks and probably ■ some of them will locate there perE manently. Dr. A. G.Holloway was stricken I with a severe attack'd the stomach I trouble while on'the streets Wdnes-; I day and it xtas necessary to I haul him home. The attack was of I short duration and he is now resting I much easier. I. Chris Sphultz. a well known resiI deni of Preble township, is very low I with brain trouble and his recovery , ■ seems doubtful. He is »»past sixty-five years of age find his en-1 feebled constitution cannot .vitb stand the shock. A. VanCtunp went to Greenfield. ‘ Indiana, yesterday. where he ‘ will commence an invoice of the machinery of the Trees gas and gas . oline engine company. This is done! preparatory to the moving of that | establishment to this city. Photographer closer will, give 1 ,m art exhibit at his studio Saturday, June ff. at which time will be displayed some of the finest piec es of work in the art line. consisting of artistic sepias' and betuatjuX water colors and all the’latest and newest ideas in portraiture. H. L. Gladden, the well known farmer who was injured in the upi setting of a wagon.load of hay sqme time ago, does not’ improve very rapidly and his recovery seems a . question of doubt.- He is quite <»ld ( and the internal injuries received ! are workiing against him. Lee Porter is a big fellow, but according to the latest fish'story, he g< t hold of a big carp the other day that got the best of him. The fish had’ almost* been' landed when it. jerked the poor fisherman in the river and ducked him so many times that he was oblighed. to release his hold. The Erie railroad has commenced she improvement .of the St‘. Marys bridge and the work Will now be pushed to completion. Ten car loads of iron will be used in tiie construction and car loads of • material • will be required for the fesSdfc® abnt’Vft’t’Hs retaining walk and embankments. Entre Nous club in their Shirt Waist minstrel are getting in fine trim for their ' production to be given Thrtrjsday night at Geneva undqr she auspices of the local library board. The cast will be the same as formerly excepting one or two changed. Already a large number of tickets are sold and ft Is thought it will Jje a financial sudSeSs. Adams ccTtinty like !|t. Joseph, re-elected its present county superintendent, Irvfn Brandyberrv. by the unanimous vote of thfWownship trustees. Mr. Brndyberry gave excellent satisfaction. and was therefore retained. As an evidence of his appreciation., of the honor conferred upon him. Mr. Brandyfterry entertained the trustees at dinner. ' —South Bend Times. The Kerlion Eros., of Toledo, Ohio, who recently erected a big pumping station four miles north west of Hartford City, and supplied Dundee and Iftontpemr with natural gas, have taken up the large pipe line leading to these pIaCP-, and will no longer furnish fuel to patrons there. The engine which furnished the power for immense pumps has been removed to Tiffin Ohio for, use in an electric light plant.—Redkey T mes. The local vegetable dealers who have been selling imported products for several weeks say that the demand for them is nojmore, and the market is being supplied by home growers. Miss Mayme Danger very pleasantly entertained "the Bachelor Maids at the home on Madison street Tuesday night at progressive euchre. The prizes of merit were awarded to Misses Bert Voglewede and Rose Center and to Misses Anna Terveer and May Niblick were given consolatory mementoes.

The will of Joseph Pogue ; been probated in court and Jarnos T. Merryman appointed executor. Charley Ahr was arrested Saturday’ afternoon on a charge of provoke. When taken before Squire Smith for trial he begged pitequsly and it being his first offense was ■ dismiseesd by permission of Isaac Peterson who had filed the charge. City Electrician Mylott has ad • 1 vised the city council that no more® lights can be safely pulled by’ the number of dynamos now used. He states in his report that the machinery is.now overtaxed and urges that additional equipment be bargained for at once. A representative of the Palinfield reformatory school for boys was in town Tuesday, and said that Willie Schumacher of this city was one of the best boys in the school and 5 is getting along nicely. He | has developed into a thorough engineer and is busy most of the time in ojierating the big engine of the institution. Scott Hughes, the tougliest young man in this part of the state was on a real’ drunk Sunday afternoon j and it required four stalwart policeI men to land him in jail and even j after arriving there, lie keptup his rampage. This morning he pleadled guity and was fined five dolllars i and costs amounting to about fifteen dollars, in default of which I i he went to jail. ■ • The price of meats In Chicago has I advanced'one cent .per pound, since the recent rains in the southwest, so ■ say the exchanges. The change iff i price is attributed to the loss of live 1 stock and the prospective damage to the standing crops. The magnates dig up any old thing now days to justify their ends. Wonder what was the price of meat after the great flood in Noah’s days. Last Monday, Will Parent with a large force of men commenced work on Elmer Johnson’s new barn, which is being built on the Johnson farm south of the city. When completed the structure, which is fifty-two feet feet wide and eighty feet' long, will, stand' fifty feet high and have stable room for thirty-two head of horses. Mr.-Johnson is not only a buyer pf good horses-but a breeder and his place has the appearance of a veritable stock farm. The city council at Bluffton has just decided to expend $9,000 in repairing the punctures in her asphalt streets.. This is not all their grief, as a conservative estimate has placed the damage at $16,000 if all the punctures are asphalted. They had an agreement with the contractors to keep them repaired nine years, and now after only five years of that tjpie has elapsed they can find no company in existence and they will proceed to cover-their own holes? ‘ * Better than any silver-tongued thermometor or costly barometer is an old, scratched lob-eared eat. If he eats grass, it is a sign of rain; .if. he stands with his back to the stove, look out'for cold weather; when he washes his face, wash yours, fur company is.- coming; if he is nervous at the time he is usualy sleepy, look to' your lightning rod, as an electricMorm is brewing. 'fcerything lit doesjs a sign of something. If you haven t a measlyiy old <sit you had better get one at Once,. » - .. C. H. Streeter, the gentleman who is urging in|K* case of contempt in our circuit court, was before the commissioners this morning and proposed to r<fties;e tin - county from their care of the orphan children in the Berne home, by finding places for them in private families in different parts of the state. The L expense attached to this prorgam is nearly as much as caring for them - under the present system aitfl unless the board changes their minds, they will continue to care for them the same as in the past. ‘ The case of Benjamin Emerine vs Maria Emerine, is on trial in circuit court today, the jury having been impaneled after an hour s , wojk this morning. The plaintiff t siA his mother, Maria Emerine, for [ SI,OOO, which he alleges is due him ■ on account and the specific performance of labor. The defendant ’ says she haspaid her son several times the amount he claims she ’ owed him. The case will require ' i the attention of the court during j today and tomorrow, as there are a ' number of witnesses subpoened. ' Attorneys P. G. Hooper and Dore B. Erwin appear for the plaintiff, and ! L. C. De Voss for the defendant.

I MORE COMFORT! I I In Our Fine OUTING SUITS for Hot 1 Weather than four times the money could I buy for you by going to a Summer Resort I They are made of Trish Donegal Homespun Flannels etc., and | excel anything yet shown for Fit and Snapp. g PRICE $5.00 TO $15.00. I Avery heavy selling season has just left us with a great many g odd garments in Men’s and Boy’s suits which we offer at a lower | prices than you would expect if you made your own price on them f these goods must all be sold out within 60 days and it will be : money in your pocket to take advantage of this sale, | 40 dozen Boy’s Brash Knee Pants worth 25c go at 15c a pair. I 20 doz Men’s & Boy’s Negligee Shirts worth 50c goat 25c each 25 doz odd Straw Hats worth 25c go at . ■. , 10c each. I 50 Mens odd suits worth 56.00 to go now . . , . . 83.08. I 65 Men’s odd suits 87 50 to SIO.OO ........ 85.50. B | Press Suity for all occasions the Top of Style. I I The swellest there is in swell Straw Hats to suit all. I I FREE Handsome nremiums with vour purchases FREE I IGUS ROSENTHAL THE S ARE I DECATUR, INDIANA I

Mrs. Scott Hughes and Mrs. N. C. Coverdale visited at . Geneva Wenuesday.Attorney and W. P. Streeter state agent for the Inidana State Board of Charities, . left the city ;Tuesday but' .before doing so-agreed to bring the Bentz children here and. turn them over to the custody of the Adams circuit court within eight days. They claimed that it would require that long to arrange matters and said they did not care to figure in any court cases, nor did Secretary • Butler and Mrs. Wall. They were cited to apjiear here next Monday and their trip yesterday was to have that order withFld a few day* to give them art opportunity to'present the children in court. This being all that is desired Attorney DaVoss, who repMrs. Bentz, willingly agreed and the children are to be brought here the latter part of next week. Mr. Streeter is a perfect, gentleman and gave the impression that he had t>een’ < honest in his transactions and he. as well as the other officers, had done what they believed would *be the nest for the children. ® The ladies of the Presbyterian church are arranging togivea splendid home "talent performance at Bosses opera house on Friday. June 12. The title of the production is ‘The deestrick School . and Miss Hershey of Michigan direct same. The entertainment is one of the finest and most pleasing ever put on by local talent aSd is sure to please the large audience already arrangindrtoattend. While the time is short, allowing only a week to perfect the drills we are assured that rhe practice will be sufficiently urged along to make the performance as nearly perfect as possible. This entertainment is replete with new and entirely up-tc.late ■features, one being a dicfficult theatrical performance, and is sure to please everyone. Miss Herschey has had several years experience in her work at drilling for this kind of a performance and is thoroughly acquainted with her duties. Remember the date, one week from Friday night and watch for later announcements, giving full particulars.

Henry Groamn, of Indianapolis was in town Tuosday arranging for the establishment of the district office of the Singer Sewing Machine Company at this place. ( Part of the business rooms occupied by the Stoneburner Music Store were contracted for and by the fifteenth of this month. the. Decatur office will be formally opened. The district manager, who will have'all the territory .of Adams, Jay and Wells county under his supervision, will then be located her? and the large volume of business directed at this office will give employment to a bookkeeper and several assistants. Heretofore all business of this district was transacted at Fort Wayne but the office at that place could.riot handle the amount, of work thoroughly and it was decieded to'establish a new office and through the influence of John Stoneburner the company selected Decatur as the district center. Several traveling salesmen will make this ctiy headquarters and the new office will certainly help Decatur. The manager of the new concern has not yet been chosen but will be in a tew days. I Dr. J. S. Boyers arrived home from Fort Wayne Tuesday, •where he assisted Dr. Miles Porter in ]>erfori> ling an operation on J. H. Lenhart for gall stones, of the liver. The operation was performed at ten I?'clock thismorinng at Hop - hospital*’ Six x large stones, besides more than twenty smaller ones, were removed. Owing to the fact that Mr. Lenhart had been suffering from these formations for fourteen years past the operation was a very dangerous and delicate, but Dr. Boyers considers it a very successful one and believes that unless something happens unlooked for, Mr. Lenhart will be able to return home within two or three. weeks in better health than he ( has been for many years. A| telephone message from Hope. hospital to the Democrat at two) o’clock yesternay, said . that the patient was resting well and the physicians and nurses are highly pleased with his condition. While the danger from the effects of the operation will not be over for severa days, at this time it is confidently believed he will recover rapidly. 1

The Decatur cemetery association have expended quite a lot of money this year in having ornamental floxver beds made in the cemetery. Tlw public in general - seem to think they have a right to pluck flowers from these beds but such is not the case and the sexton has been ordered to prosecute anyone caught at such work, the same being a strict violation of the association by-laws. In connection with this 'we have been asked to state that it is a violation of the association by-laws to allow a dog in the cemetery at any time and that hereafter it will be the strict duty of the sexton to shoot any dog seen on the premises. While these orders may seem a little severe, they are necessary to keep up the appearance of this beautiful cemetery and the public, in order to avoid trouble should govern thomsalves accordingly. 1 ® One of the quickest verdicts on records in a civil sttit and where a verdict has been returned for the plaintiff, was the one ret (fined Tuesday by the jury in the case of Henry Patten vs The Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction company. The case began yesterday morning and the jury was instructed and sent out at After selecting a foreman they went to supper, retm ning in about an hour and by 6:45 had agreed on a verdict, pyobably not more than haljgtn hour or real work being necessary for the jury to agree. The case was one wherein the sum of $5,000 damages ! was asked for injuries received by Mr. Patten while at work on the rmd, and was brought heftj I from Ttluntintgon county. i the jury <greed so quickly 1 general belief was that the verdict was for the defendant. The verdict was sealed and was not read until ! court convened this morning and | when Judge Erwin read, “We. the | jury, find for the plaintiff and fix ' his damages at $2,800,’’ it caused a stir of surprise. The jurymen certainly had their minds pretty well made up. Attorneys Branyon & Freightner and C. J. Lutz appeared for the plaintiff, and Judge Olds and J. T. Merryman for the de1 f endant.

I The funeral services of “little I Reuel Brushwiller, who died Tuesday morning, was conducted last evening. at half past seven o’clock, |by Rev. White, at the home of I the parents on north Eleventh street. The body was sent to Matthews, Indiana, for burial and the funeral party leaves for that place this morning. After the boy’s death the surgeons of the Hope hospital had * post mortem examination and found that part of the beech nut had lodged in the wind pipe. At the time of the examination the obstacle lay at the end ui the trachea, where that- tube diverges into the bronchial tubes and it is thought by the Surgeons that as the nut worked down the power to breathe was slowly cut off until finally the air. passage was completely obstructed. J. Morgan of Toledo, representing $ several million dollar syndicate, which builds street railways and traction lines, wasjin the city Tuesday, confering with his repre-s-ntafive for this territory W. E. Fulk. Mr. Morgan certainlly presents a good appearance and is a perfect gentleman in every repect. He did not talk a great deal as he said it wasn’t time just yet, but the Moragn traction line from Toledo to Indianapolis will certainly be built and will run through Decatur. He made a short address before the city council and afterwards held a conference with members of the Springfield & Fort Wayne com- ■ pany at the Burt House. The Morgan syndicate have nine railways under construction now,one of which is just being started and will be finished this year running from Terre Haute to St. Louis. Three of the nine will be completed this week and Mr. Morgan expects than to have a little time to devote in starting the line through here. He says he will have a survey man here within ten days and that after that begin work they will pish things along as rapidy as possible. Mr. I Morgan certainly made a good impression here and we are inclined to ' believe that his road will be built ' within a reasonable time. The line will run from Van Wert here 'and thence to Linfi Grove. Mr. I Morgan returned home this morning.