Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1903 — Page 3

DOCTOR E. J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgery. R ,„ Special Attention given to Eye. Ear, Soee. Throat and chronic Diueaees. Experl in Pittioo Glasses. r» roughly equipped for treating Eye, Ear TBorv •‘ Tbroßtan ,i|3 li ta r rhal eases. & CALLS answered, day or night. OFFICE—over postoffice. RESIDENCE— cor. Monroe and Ninth sts Office Hours—B to 11 a. in. 2 to 4p. m. — „. x

Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets are just what you need when von have no appetite, feel dull after eating and wake up with a bad taste in your mouth. They will improve your appetite, cleanse anti invigorate your stomach and give you a relish for your food. For sale bv Holthouse Drug Co. j “■The clerks of the Boston Store were the guests of Fred Kreisel and wife, and Martin Softener of near Schumm Ohio, Sunday. A delightful time was had and the clerks are well satisfied although the trip across the country was somewhat disagreeable. ’ Driven to desperation. Living at an out of the way place, remote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in case of acciilent, resulting in burns’, cuts wounds, ulcers etc. Lay in a supply of Bucklen’s. Arnica Salve. It’s the best o'u earth. 25c at Blackburn Ac Christen’s drug store. Ed. Ashbaucher and wifo Mr. and Mrs. Willis-VanCamp, Harry Studabaker and wife. Miss Maggie Hoyer. Miss Lilly Ashbaucher and Fred Ashhaucher were the guests of Martin Stair and wife’of Petroleum. Sunday-"l-have been troubled for some time with indigestion and sonr stomach, says Mrs. Sarah -W, Curtis, of Lee, Mass., “and have been taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tabjets which have helped me verymuch so.that now I can eat many things that before I could not.’’ If you have any trouble with your stomach why not take these . Tablets amt get well? For sale by Holthouse Drtig 00. ' . j . Word wac received Monday morning from Mrs. DavidJßice, formerly Miss Millie Lenhart, saying she was too sick to travel and unable be here to attend.the funeral of her father. Was wasting away. The following letter from .Robert R. Watts of Salem. Mo., ,is instructive: “I have been tr< übled with kidney disease for the last five years. I lost flesh and never felt weir and doctored with leading physicians and tried all remedies sug gested without relief. Finally I tried Foley’s Kidney Cure and less than two bottles completely cured me ami lam noft- sound and well.” Holthouse Drug Co. • j Manage)- Graber of the the- county farm brought a bunch of nice hogs to toWn Friday, and the county was made richer by the.sum of J 225, this amount being paid by-Fred Scheiman. -Mt. Graber certainly watches the best interests of the county at all times, and his department is a paying one.

Interesting to asthma . sufferere. />/; /.•/iervill.j. lowa, writes: “I have had asthiift for three or four years and have tried about’all the cough and asthma cures in the market and have received treatment from physicians •in New York and other cities, but got very little benefit until I tried Foley’s Honey and Tar which gave me immediate relief and I will never lie without it iu my. house. I. sincerely recommend it to a.:. •Holthottse Drug,Co.

GO WEST! I 00,000 Acres for • Sale in Nebraska, N. Dakota, Montana and Washington. r iUnXjBHiEtXECfabJEtaaMWIIWM II Adapted to general farming, fruit growing and grazing. IMPROVED and UNIMPROVED. Healthy climate; convenient to schools and churches. EXCEL- * ® I LENT RAILROAD FACILITIES ancl good markets. Low rate railroad fare to prospective purchasers, either one way or round trip. I also have a few rare bargains in ILLINOIS FARMS. For further information call address F. M. Schirmever

Ten jeans in bed. R. A. Gray, J. I■ < lakville, Ind., writes: “For ten years I was confined to my bed with disease of the kidneys. It was so B u V W 3 lat * cou not move part of the Rme. I consulted the very best medical skill available but could get no relief until Foley’s Kidney Cure was reeommenned to me. If has been a Godsend to me.” Holthouse Drug Co. j The first get ‘ident to happen during the reconstruction of the Erie bridge over the St. Marys river occured Saturday but was nothing serious. A scaffold, on which Dan Colchin was working, was knocked to pieces by a heavy piling and Cochin fell to the ground. He fell on a soft bed of cinders and was not injured in the least. In work of this kind accidents are very common and no doubt someone will be hurt before the job is completed. Startling evidence. Fresh testimony in great quantity is constantly coming in, declaring Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds to be unequalled. ' A recent expression from T. J. McFarland Bentorville, Va., serves as example. He writes: “I had bronchitis for three years and doctored all the time without being benefited. Then I began . taking Dr. King's New Discovery, and a few bottles whollycured me.” Equally effective in cur- , ing all lung and throat troubles, oon- ; sumption, pneumonia and grip. Guar lauteed by Blackburn & Christen, druggists. Trial bottles free, regular sizes 50c and $1.00; jAn effort is being made to have the G. R. & I. railway ct>mp&ny m< ' e their freight housh away i from the Madison street crossing and if possible to make them open’ ( tlie street. The citizens who reside along the street feel 'as though they are being injured by the crossing being closed and they will use every i possible effort to make the G. R. & I. qpen said crossing and without too big an expense to them. Several business men are interested in the project and say they will not allow goods’ bought by them to’ be shipped over the G. R. & I. until they take some favorable action in the matter.

B. W. Sholty has leased the Ma.l sonic building now.' occupied by Dr. Buyers and family and expect to secure jtossession.it) about two weeks. Be will open an ice .cream, parlor and park and expects to haveeverything in running order by July 1. He win furnish the house in an attractive manner and will arrange to accomodate, the public in' metropolitan stye. The furishings will imelude a piano and other means by which the society people may entertain themselves while indudlging in that famous summer delicacy, ice | cream. ' The building will be I divided - into rooms' so that a half 'dozen-different, parties may be served at the same time. The yard at the rear of the house will be ■ converted into a.park and during summer seasons when the weather permits. it will be used a great deal j mOre than the House. . Mr. -Sholty I says he win* ''>•>“-te'" ■ ’ i canopy over the entire ground and I have it lighted with - various colored electric incapdescept and arc lights. He will also have his private office in the building and will personally supervise the business of '•the park. An oyster eating house Is feasibility for the winter months.

Within two weeks the new water tank, which the G. R. & I. railway company is erecting at the St. Mary's river will be ready for filing. The improvements which the dmnpan.y are making on the Decatur water station will amount close to the |2,500 mark and as a result the place will oe as complete as any on the road. The tank, which stands fifty’ feet high and has a capacity’’' of 12.000 barrels, is fed by a gasoline pumping machine that throws a half barrel of water at every’ stroke of the piston. A stand pipe or water plug will be used to fill the tender of the engine and the great pressure at which the water will run, reduces the matter of taking water to a few minutes which is Jthe all important thing in railway equipment, One of the largest and most fashionable dinner parties ever given in thb city, was the one Friday night at the Sprang-Vail "homes with Mr. and Mrs. Sprang and Mr. and Mrs. Vail, and My. and Mrs. Beery acting the very’ becoming' characters of hosts and hostesses. The assembled guests numbered perhaps sixty and were received at the Sprang home, where a preliminary entertainment and &e choosing of partners by the Chinese method to t'b.e complete satisfaction of those# participating. At. 6:45 a line of maifbh was formed to the Vail home where a six course dinner, complete in every detail, and.served in all the elegance of the fifties. and which held in complete abeyance for two hours the guests present. • In the guessing contest that finished this feature of .the evening’s ( hfortainment, Rev. Allen —by fraud — (Claimed first honors. Social amusements of a’highly enjoyable nature interspersed with’frequent draughts from the punch bowl, ended one of .-the most pleasant events of th' sent social season. Trustee .W. H. Rupright has completed a prospecting tour on the Judge R. K. Erwin farm in Preble township and reports the finest bed of gravel in the county. The. vein is nine • feet deep, extends under nearly the entire farm and I is-only three feet under surface, thus making it very Convenient to i handle. The gravel is of the very’ ' best grade ancj Mr. Rupright says the find is a lucky* one for Judge.

Erwin for the citizens of Preble towpship, who will use! it to good advantage in repairing roads as 'well as otherwise. Mr. Rupright made a thorough test and. says there is no mistake in the fact that the gravel bed is a “dandy." Drink .water and get typhoid. •Drink milk and get the tuberculosis. Drink whiskey and get the jim jams. Eat -sortp and get Bright’s disease. Eat oysters and weaken the system. Eat meat and encourage apoplexy. • Eat dessert and take to paresis. Smoke cigarettes and die parly. .Smoke* cigars and get catarrh. .Drink coffee and diOTain nervous prostration. Drink wfne and get the gout. In order to be entirely healthy one must eat nothing, drink nothing, smoke, nothing and even before breathing one. should see that the air is properly sterilized. .At a meeting of the-b< .ard of school trustees Thursda® evening ’the entire list of teachers for the public Schools of Decatur were chosen and are as follows:' C. E. I. of high school and instructor of mathematics: J. B. Dutcher - , science; J. W. Craig, commercial; Maude Hathway, English and history; Rose 'Dumathan, of Van Wert. 0.. latin; J. C. Tritch, principal of north ward; A. D. Suttles, principal of west ward; John R. Parrish, principal of south ward; Oliver P. Mills, seventh grade at central binlding, Bertha Heller, librarian, teachers us - the primary grades are Misses Bessie Congelton. Nellie M innes, Eva Acker, Orval Harruff. Dora Steele, Blanche R yn tlds, El Peterson, Maude® Foster, Della Sellemeyer and Carrie Blosser and) Fannie Rice. Upon her own request Miss Lulu Miller was granted jgjeave of absence for one year. This list of teachers will no doubt give general satisfaction. Prof ’ Charles E® Hocker who becomes principal of the high school is a native of this county, a man well fitted for the position and his selection will be pleasing news to his many friends over the county. The other teachers are able to do credit to the position for ch they have 'been chosen and the board has given the question of selecting those best for the schools, careful consideration.

Harvey Todd the Madison street saloon keejter was arrested Wednesday on an affidavit sworn out by Marshal Gordua, charging him with selling liquor to Henry McLain, a person in the habit of becoming intoixeated. He was tried before Mayor Coffee who found him guilty and fined him ten dollars and costs. The offense is a serious one which if obeyed would save trouble for everyone concerned. The police will make every possible effort to stop such violations of the law and each offense will be prosecuted to the full extent. Jacob Butcher has filed another divorce case which casts a blot on the fair name of southern Adams, the parties hailing from Geneva. The suit is entitled James Fravel vs Mary B. Fravel, and the charge is adultery. They’ were married February 27, 1890 and lived together until May* 22 of this year. The complaint charges the wife with having committed her wrong doing in Julylast, since which time their wedded life has been unhappy. They’ have four children, the oldest a daughter, twelve years old and the youngest a son, four. The complaint further alleges that the mother is 'unfit to care for the children and asks that their custody be given the father. ' The summons was made returnable September?. Another suit filed Thursday, was .by Merryman & Sutton, a partition suit entitled Rachael E. .Malonee and Emery- A. Mallonee vs William D. Rinehart, .Jessie E. Moore, Isaac P. «Moore, Bertha P. Sheets, Solomon Sheets, Effie M. Elzey. Martin Elzey and Venie.O. Rinehart. In thiis suit the summons was also made' returnable September 7. The county officers made their reports to the commisioners, the auditor’s for .transfers,. $15.75; affidavits, fl; licenses, $24; approving bonds, $66; school fund mortgages, $9; miscellaneous, $1 total $56.65. Clerk—civil cases. $325.78; probate, $22.69; criminal, $35; marriage licenses, $102; other licenses. $2.50; transcripts, sl2: certificates, $20.75; insurance, $39.25; naturalization. $5.40; miscellaneous, $5; total $775.37. Recorder—deeds. $219,25; mortgages, $189; releases, $55.90; I articles of association, $198.25; total $692.42. Sheriff—fees. $29.70; fees taxed, $1.40; fees frpm clefk, $108.06; deeds, diem, $108; miscellaneous, ,$25; .total, $274.16. In addition to this David Studabaker was remitted $5.16 on taxes Supt. J. R. Graber was contracted with for two more years at the county infirmary'at SI,OOO a year. The board wound up their session by appending their John Hancock

to forty south Jefferson macadam road bonds,- and issuing a call for the county council to meet in special session for the purpose of acting upon an estimate for a steam heating plant, the same to be established in the court house at an estimated expi lise*\A ...M p .a. of the one that has done duty there for the last thirty odd years. It has become incapacitated from old age and constant use, 'until now it fails to do its duty. The battle for school trustee was settled Thursday night in a very few minutes by the selection of George W. Woodward on the first ballot. At the regular council meeting Tuesday night nearly two hundred ballots ■were taken and the result was that no one came nearer that two votes and that incident occurred only once or twice during the entire session. It wits finally became apparent that no selection was possible at that time and a recess.was taken until Thursday levening. At Tuesday night’s meeftng nearer everyoi e in town got & vote, but not so Thursday. The four republican ■eouncilmen met in caucus just before going to the council chamber and at their meeting the work was done. Immediately after the members gathered in the council room, Mayor Coffee asked for a vote on the all absorbing question of who shouldbe selected school trustet -• No nominations were made and the vote resulted, G. W. Woodward, four; John Snow, one; and Charles |j. Suttles, one, tlffis electing of Mr. Woodward on the His election was a surprise to the general public as it was not even known he was a candidate, he having been one of the few who did not even receive a vote at the previous meeting. He will qualify within five days and will succeed Mr. Suttles who has made aver/ efficient officer his three years term. The new board will probably organize Monday night.

(going OUT | OF BUSINESS I I ZZjißjjooZ-ZZ j M worth of ■ | Wall Paper | I and Paints | ■ TO BE SOLD OUT. | I Sale Begins June Ist. I B GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED. ■ K LISTEN TO THEM: ■ ■ WALL PAPER 50 PER CENT OFF. ■ g’ 15c paper at 8c per bolt. 36c paper at 18c. ■ ■ Borders at 2.1 cents a yard. (Jrepe Ingrains at 10c per bolt. a a 20c paper at 10c. Ingrains, 15c, 18e and 2Qc a bolt ■ 25c paper at 121 c All borders 4c to 12c per yard. I a 30c and 35e papers at 15c. a All Paints, Brushes, Varnishes Oils, go at Cost. a w 4c mouldings at 2e "per foot. 5c mouldings go at 2Jc a foot. a 6c mouldings at 3c per foot. g ■ All other stock and brands go at discounts of 50 per cent. g Finest grade of paints at $1.25 per gallon. a ■ THE ABOVE TELLS THE STORY. I have de- g termined to quit business, and want to sell my entire stock as soon as possible. The BIG SALE a b begins at once. .1 have the greatest assortment ■ ■ of wall paper, paints and everything in mv line ■ g to be found any where, and if you need anything, g buy* it while you can make 50c on every dollar a you spend. ■ R. B. GREGORYj

Mathias Brandy berry, and family! are home after-a three months stay j in Ar Kansas. They moved to Paragould March 17, expecting to- make that their future home, but Mr. Brandyberry says he is now satis fled with Indiana, especially old Adams county, and is perfectly willing to remain here. He says we don't know, what rain is here, that in the country he just came from it has rained incessantly for many days, that houses went rolling down the Mississippi like logs do in this country. He believes it to be an unhealthy country and, in fact, he uk?.. Elite• it'ai <■’ ■ - that Matthias struck Arizona at the worst season of the year. Arrangements are going steadily on for an interesting celebration here July 4th. ‘ The Driving Chib have appointed various emmittees to look after, arrangements, advertising and other matters of im portance and they are each doing their share. Another meeting of The club will be 'held tomorrow evening vvfiefl’MM* -e to be arramn-d. So far as announced the days program will begin at ten o’clock a. m. with a grand horse show and parade to the Steele's park where the princijial events are to be li,-Id. beginning at 10:30 with a grand lialloon ascension and parachute leap. Games, sports and jibrhaps an oration will occupy the time until noon when the gr< atgst racing program ever given in this county will be given. The purses and premiums for the day will aggregate #1,500 and all events are open to-the world. The races include a 2:30 pace for a purse of #200; 2:30 trot, purse. #150; 2:20 pace, #2OO ladies race, purse. #SO; running race #50.. The purses are stifiieiently high to attract good horses and many entries from all over the counrty are expected. In fact the Association are already receiving many inquiries for .entry cards. The evening’s program is to be given in this city and will .consist of a great display of fire works. Several gooct bands are to be secured for the day and the glorious event is to be celebrated in jjrand sjwle, a mixture of old amS-nWr niCThods. Lets help make the old Eagle scream. ijj 1

A four pound girl baby was born [to Mr. and Mrs.' Mart Stalter of Peterson, Monday. The most sensational divorce case fl’.ed in court for dome time was placed on the docket in the Adams circuit court Saturday, being entitled Sarah Ayres vs Alfred A. Ayres. The parties are well known, the latter being a justice of the peace in Blue Creek township, and g wealthy and prominent citizen. They were married September 27, 1891, and lived together until a few days ago. The complaint alleges cruel ajid inhuman treatment, the • ’’‘'l r ‘ clearly written pages being necessary to recite his inhuman acts, and if half alleged is true, there is oertainy just cause for a divorce proceeding. It is alleged that duriing. the entire time of their married life the plaintiff has been terribly mistreated, that he has beaten her shamefully at various times, has struck her. not only with his fists, but brought into use such as a poker, a boot, a song book, a chair and Various othec implements -of household warfare, even including a gun. The complaint says that on most occasions when she was thus mistreated she was sick and distressed, that she has given birth to four children and that on these occasions her husband has refused to secure a physician or nurse. Several pages are required to tell how the defendant has given away his property to defraud her out of alimony,providing such a crisis as the present one should come. It is simply impossible for us to give our readers the entire contents of the thirty page complaint but it is replefb with sensational charges and thetrial of the cause will be interesting. Mrs. Ayres asserts that the defendant is is worth #20,000 in his own name and asks that she be given #(>,000 alimony and a farm out of which she claims to have been defrauded by her husband. She also asks for ' the custody of her four clliidren. The case was filed by attorneys J. W. Teeple and D. D. Hel--ler <fe Attorneys Erwin & Erwin anff J. C. Moran will appear for the defendant. A restraining order warranted to prevent the defendant deposing of his proi petty.