Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1903 — Page 5

j es se Huffmann of Marion is in the city the guest of friends. Children’s day was observed at n)08 t of the churches of this city SunlaV and some very interesting and appropriate exercises are reported. Mr and Mrs. Will Harding entertained the choir of the St. Marys Catholic church at dinner SumUy in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Harmon. C F. Cook and Miss Sophia Boseker who were in attendance at the Boseker- Reinking wedding Sunday, returned to their home at Fort Wayne Monday. Edward Scheny, of Magley, who has been at Fort Wayne for several weeks recovering from an operation for appendicitus was able to be breught home Monday. Mrs. Ed. Latimer and Mrs. Bob McMillen of Willshire entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Smith, of .Lima Ohio, Alva Nichols and Mrs. Anna Miller of this city at dinner Sunday. Miss May Holthouse has returned, for a summers vacation from Oldenburg, Indiana, where she has just completed a very successful year of school at the Oldenburg Academy. The incessant racing threatens the farmers with a pest of weeds in their corn which it will be almost impossible to get out until they have entirely choked out the tender stock. • Oscar Huffman is now engaged in drawing plans for n new school house to be erected this summer near the Washington church, on the present site of the old one which is to I** torn down soon. Rev. Baumgartner ; of Ft. Wayne, will preach at Salem church three miles east of Decatur at three o’clock Sunday afternoon. In connection the quarterly meeting services will b 6 held. • All are invited to attend. . The meat trust- ’is trying very hard to make the recent floods in the southwest be felt all over the country, by advancing the prices ’ in their products and attributing such rise to the destruction of livestock. Patrick Hyland of Youngstown. Ohio, is in the’ city for a several weeks visit with his son, P. J. Hyland and family. We havb often •wondered where our Pat got all his good nature, but we never knew until we met Patrick, senior, today. • The Waring Glove and Mitten factory commenced operation in their new quarters Monday morning 'and are now running .as usual. The machiney settjng has been changed

somewhat and arranged to give a • large ■ packing apd storage room which was lacking at the other place. Among the attorpeys in court this week is Mr. Morgan of Huntington, the ypung man against whom disbarment proceedings, are on file in Vie supreme court of Allen Judge Braayon.’ The case is setter trial in a few days. Mr. Morgan is’a clever attorney and appears* a • perfect gentleman. The latest thing in circus novelties is the mammoth pipe organ now under construction by Frank Klen & Cy.. of St. Louis, for Ring’ling Bret hers. The organ when i completed will weigh 100,000 pounds, will be built in three wagons. and njo ’ 1 <"' ?■' to haul it in. When in movement die three wagons will be placed side by side and operated by on# man by nieans of connecting tubes. This is considered the greatest innovation in the circus line in recent years. Fred Schieman has bought the Monroe street west en 1 meat market from Charles Penington and ■•took charge of the same Tuesday. Mr. Schiemann is a hustling business man and now does quite an extensive meat business, being the proprietor in addition® to his now acquisition, of the Madison street market and south end pack- * ing house. Mr. Pennington has accepted a position in the packing establishment and Chauncy Wilder will have charge of the west end market. i William Boseker, a machinist employed in Foreman Wm. Schultz s room at the Fort Wayne Electric work was married Sunday to Miss Reinking, a pretty and accom-

plished young lady. The wedding • took place at the home of the brides father, a prominent Adams county farmer living a few miles south of Decatur, in the presence of a numtier of relatives and friends, including four or five of the groom's shopmates. The bride and groom will return here to reside next day—Fort Wayne Sentinel

The musical club, which was spoken of in a former issue of the Democrat has been organized, and is now a reality, known as the Aeolian Musical Club, of Decatur, Indiana. Rooms over Cfgfee & Mangold’s store have Jjeen “secured and they are to be furnished and fitted for the immediate use. Every member of the club must be a musician and a big orchestra is then to be organized. The plan is a good one and undoubtedly a gixxl orchestra, which this city needs will be the result. The following officers have been elected: President, Roy Wolford; Secretary, Argo Brushwiller; Treasurer,Walter Johnson; and Musical Director W. E. Smith. When Alex Le Brun, the proprietor of the West End grocery store which is located at the corner of Adams and Seventh streets opened up Friday morning for business he discovered that the place was on fire. An alarm was immediately ■sent in and compaiiy No. 2, which had a very short run and soon had a stream'of water playing on the blaze. Within an hour or so the fire was exting wished but the building and - its contents, were badly damaged. The origin of the fire is not known. The buiding was. valued at S2OO and the stock of .goods at SIOOO and the damage of both was fully covered by insurance. J. W. Vail and D, Sprang, the’.owners of the building, have decided to rebuild .and will possibly supplant the old structure with a brick business place of up-to-dtae design. Fred Roller of .Berne was in town yesterday on usual business, fighting applicants for saloon license in Berne, his particular errand today being to file an appeal bond in the case of John Reineke who •'•as granted a license last week. The case will bi' appealed to the circuit court on the grounds that the license was granted pn a theory not upheld by law, that the power of attorney, must be filed each -time with a re, monstrance. The bondsmen are D. S. Wittwer, D. C. ■Sprunger, Peter Leichty, J. P. Habagger, D. C. Neuensehwander. Isaac Lehman, ’H. P. RaV and John Lehman: ’ The case cannot be heard in the circuit court before September and in the meantime Reiueke will continue to sell his goods at the old stand. Three inore Berne citizens have Applied for licenses, Will Sheets Samuel Kuntz and J. fchrsam and’Jonathan Andrews has applied for Washington township, just across the line in the town of Monroe.

The Gillespie’ case, _ which has , been on trial in the Adams circiut court since Monday morning, went to the jury about four o’clock ku-t evening according to schedule time. The ’evidence was concluded about eleven o’clock yesterday C. J. Lutz occupied the time until noon with the opening argument for the plaintiff. Mr • Morgan, representing the defendant. argfted from one to two and Judge Watkins closed for the defense at three o’clock. The case, a§ lx?fore stated, is one where'in Miss Gillespie, a maiden lady, asks to recover her property which was deeded’to a nephew seyeral years ago with the Understanding that he provide for her during her life time. The jury in whose hands the case now rests is composed of Anthony Wertzberger, Fred Kruckenberger, C. M. Melty, U. S. Cress, J. L. Jones. Marcus Jahn, Sam Dutcher, Crist Reppert, Dan Urick, William* Baughamn, Henry Stetler and Dan Kitson. At a meeting of the Masonic lodge last evening, the following resolu- j tions of respect were adopted: All ■ who must die: In obed-: ienee to this universal law, our beloved friend and brother, John H. Len- . hart departed this life on the evening i of Jut"’ 6, 1903. The profusion of i life which now surrounds us and the word of the supreme Architect of the universe assures us of man’s immortality, and bids us hope that our departed brother by virtue of his upright character, his sterling integrity and his deity to every trust as a reward of a well spent life attained unto that rest of immortality that knows no pain, sorrow or suffering. Therefore be it Resolved: That we lament his death and will emulate his life and example, and we do extend our brotherly love and sympathy to his family and bid them and his bretliren cherish hope that we shall all meet again. David E. Smith, P. L. Andrews, J. T. Merryman, com mittee.

MORE COMFORT! • 1 ® In Our Fine OUTING SUITS for Hot Weather than four times the money could buy for you by going to a Summer Resort , They are made of Trish Donegal Homespun Flannels etc., and excel anything yet shown for Fit and Snapp. PRICE $5.00 TO $15.00. A very heavy selling season has just left us with a great many 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 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. 20 doz Men’s & Boy’s Negligee Shirts worth 50c goat 25c each 25 doz odd Straw Hats worth 25c go at . . . 10c each. 50 Mens odd suits worth $6.00 to go now . . , . . $3.08. 65 Men’s odd suits $7.50 to SIO.OO . $5.50. Dress Suity for all occasions the Top of Style. The swellest there is in swell Straw Hate to suit all. FREE Handsome premiums with vour purchases FREE T GUS ROSENTHAL ™m s an are DECATUR, INDIANA

Harvey H. Harruff has been busy for several days jiast taking right of ways or the Springfield Fort Wayne .traction line between here and Pleasant Mills. Ha reports that with but one or two exceptions he has met with splendid success, nearly every one along the proposed route treated him nicely and appeared glad of .the fact that there are good prospects of an electric line past their home. The line runs south to the St. Paul church thence east to Pleasant Mills. As. stated hat. the right of way in nearly in eveny instance and the one or two who are holding back, will it is believed join with their neighbors. The big dry goods and department store of Walnier <fr Engler at Bluffton was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The fire originated in a rear stairway and is believed to have been incendiary. The loss is es timated at nearly S4O, - 000 of which amount Walmer & Engler loose $35,000, the stock being valued at $21,000 and the building at *114,000, with $15,000 insurance on stock and $6,000 on building. W. H. Eichhorn's law office on the second floor was damaged S3OO, covered by insurance. Lawyers Ernst & I Kain lost a hundred dollars, the Elks I club. SIOO no insurance, barber shop hn basement " and others suffered slight loss. The dry goods firm is one of the best known in Bluffton and mem'Pers of th firm are ■ well known here, especially Mr. Engler, who is a native of this county. The building was a three story block and is completely in ruins only the walls remaining standing. The firm will rebuild at once and expect to erect the finest block in Bluffton. Mr.Engler left yesterday for a trip to New York to buy goods but was notified today at Angola where he had stopped for a day and returned home this morning. Jacob Masterson, a fireman and John Bender, a well known citizen were arrested during the fire for carrying away goods. They will be tried today on a charge of larceny. The fire raged for several hours the fire company being unable to check the flames. Bluffton seems to be having her share of incendiary fires.

Zara David and Miss Della McClure, who were man and wife up,to the 17th of March, had a battle with with words on the corner of Monroe and Main streets Saturday evening and the fray ended in police court. David plead guilty to provoke which the former wife plead against him and released himself by paying the fine of nine dollars and eighty cents. Within a short time the woman was before ’Squire Simth and paid a fine of equal amount for a similar charge which the man had brought against her. Th" altercation was certainly a dear one and comes near rating at one dollar per word.

1 When the meeting of the city cuncil was called to order by Mayor i Coffee Tuesday ev’g all membres but Stettler were present to answer to j the roll-call. The needs of the elec- j trie light plant were considered and. after much discussion affd a big offering of opinions the following plan of on. That the plant .er u and additional generating mchinery purchased, which the committee will see to at once. The building will also be extended ami th#" machinery arranged in a different way so that the strain on the big Corless engine . can be avoided. Under the recent arrangement and short belt connec-I tions, the boxings of the machinery! are giving away, and the engine is pulling hard when their is no necessity. It is also possible that the street lights, now in use will be replaced by lamps of the encosed arc make, which are considerde as less expensive and more desirable. Funds for these proposed improvements are to be procured through a special sale of bonds that are to be secured by mortgage on the electric light plant alone. This method does not add to the real indebtedness of the city but creates a special debt. After much deliberation the purchasing committee was instructed to buy pumps for the water works tower station. One of these is to be boiler feed and the other will be stationed at the river. The latter is to supply the boilers with river water and will be run by an electric motor. No further dealing with busineswas entered into and the adjourned until next Tuesday evening

The jury in the case of Benjamin Emerine vs Maria Emerine were out twenty hours, finally returning a verdict at seven o'clock Sunday morning as follows: '‘We, the jury, find for the defendant.” Ben Emerine sued his mother for SI,OOO, claiming that she owed him for work done and money expended in remodeling her property. The suit was filed several months ago by Attorneys P. G. HoOper and D. B. Erwin. L. C. DeVoss defended. The suit began last Wednesday and •went to the iurv Saturday noon. Georg# Kinzle has accepted a position as superinendent of the Home Telephone company of Portland, and will begin his duties there within a few days. He has resigned a similar position here, the same to go into effect at once. The new position is a responsible one and the salary attached thereto a snug sum. Mr. Kinzle is one of the best telephone men in the state and will prove himself a valuable man to the Portland company, which owns a modern plant with lines reaching over a large portion of eastern Indiana. Mr. Kinzle and his family have many friends here who regret to have them leave but wish them all possible success and prosperity for the future.

AWN INGS The finest adjustable awning on the market. Any or child can put them tip or take them down. Anything in the awning line can 1 be seen or ordered at ® & H. S. Porter’s Harness Shop.

The promoters for the Springfield Electric railroad were sizing up a location for a power house, which, by th? way. is to be one of the main power stations along the line. They cast their eagle eye over the Fred Schiemann tract cast of town along the Chicago & Erie tracks, the old fair grounds, the Clover Leaf side tracks and the Frank Gast ashery. No conclusions were reached as to which, if any, of the locations would be selected. They desire something like five acres of ground | upon which will De erected a’ ‘ very large building for their mammoth boilers and other machinery. Besides this there would be a car house, the magnitude of which would spread over cohsiderable territory. Then the coal sheds and other buildings would take a good* slice of soil. The two map power stations will be here and at New i Paris, Ohio, with sub-stations at several different points along the route. With Harvey Harruff he dt<>vc to ’ Middletown and Fort Wayne this | afternoon where business in the interest of the roads called them. ; They seem to still retain a clever spirit of energy and desire to push 1 the road to completion.