Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1903 — Page 5

Ig C. Scheiman recovered his horse which had strayed away, as itw as found by Joseph Feist who lives on the Sheriff Butler farm I northwest of town. ■ The Deccatur base ball club is I figuring on getting either Delphos I or Celina to play in this city next i Sunday. Both are good teams and I well matched with Decatur and wil 1 I certainly assure a fast game of I ball. , Edward Chronister sold a bunch I of hogs to Schiemann & Butler that I are record breakers. The bunch I of sixteen averaged 335 pounds I brought <306.82, or nearly twenty , dollars per head. They were ten months old. Mr. and Mrs. David Kern, of near pleasant Mills went to Mt. Clemens, Michigan Monday where Mrs. Kern will stay for some time expecting a beneficiary effect to her health. Mrs. Mark John of Honduras accompanied them. Mrs. Vay Appleman and children of Marion, Indiana, arrived in this city Monday forja short visit with Ed Brushwiller and family.' Mrs. Appleman is on her way to Rome City I where-she and her children will spend the summer. Miss Grace Suttles v i'l leave within a day or two for Boulder, Colorado, where she will'remain two months at least ano perhaps a year. She will go from here to St. Louis over the Clover Leaf. Miss Grace’s health has not been as good as desired recently and the high altitude of Colorado, it is believed, will restore it. lhe C. Y. M. S. bdys will give a dance at their hall this evening in honor of Miss Anna Walsh of Newport, Kentucky. The C. Y. M S. boys have an enviable reputation for hospitality among Decatur people, and the coming dance promises to be in accord with their usual standard of excellence Monday night Dr. Miller disposed of his one-third interest in the famous Decatur horse. Ben H. Elmer Johnson secured Dr. Miller’s interest in the great jiaoer. the consideration being $335. Ben H. has a fine record and Dr. Clark and Elmer Johnson, his owners, will place him on the grand circuit during the fall races. Charles W. Carpenter purchased a fine Kentucky thoroughbred Monday morning; The animal has a good record and will in all probabilities fie a starter in races here on the I nirth. Mr. Carpenter paid a handsome price for the horse, and expects to enter it in several of the fast races this summer. The horse was shipped to Decatur this week. Sunday morning Father Wil kens read to his congregation an appeal for help from the Bishop of Kansas City. The letter was in dorsed by the Bilhop Alerding of Fort Wayne, a'nd gave a brief account of losses and sufferng in the '*' “hr' iiouu a 1 ®?? £ t Ati. sity of immediate aid. A purse was raised at once and sent to the sufferers.

A special meeting of the county council was held Tuesday morning, ai which time they made an appropriation of S4OOO for a heating plant at the court house, $55.21 to Cuno Kibele, the architect for the county infirmary, and $l,lOO for bridges and stone abutments. Another ses- ' Sion ing, when these appropriations were ratified after which the board adjourned. Erwin & Erwin, as attorneys for the plaintiff’s filed a petition for partition of real estate Mond iv afternoon in the county clerk's office. The plaintiffs are Grace Haughton and Francis Kizer and the defendants are Israel Bender Frederick Bender, William Bender, Edward Winans, Dave Winans, Elizabeth Kizer, Iva Roebuck. Tula Poling and Harry Poling. The land in question is eighty acres located in township and eighty in St. Marys township, being the Bender estate. Mrs. Peter Wilhelm, who was recently taken to the St. Joseph's hospitulfit Fort Wayne to undergo an operation for a cancer, continues to improve and the physicians who have her under care now say that an operation may possibly be avoided. She is gaining strength quite rapidly and unless an unforeseen backset takes place will sooon be abe to return to this city. Mrs. Peter Gaffer and several of Mrs. Wilhelm's children visited with her over Sunday and were surprised and overjoyed to’see her in such a promising condition.

Z Harry Dibble, son of Frank Dibble the drayman, wa< somewhat better, and his condition seems to be steadily improving. He was taken ill with inflammation of the intestines last Saturday and a severe attack of appendicitis* has developed. • Strenuous efforts are being made to establish a Decatur council, Knights of Columbus. This lodge has nearly fifty nicjnbers in this city, but sixteen insurance members afte required for a council. In all probability the required number will soon be raised, though as yet nothing definite has been determined upon. The organization' has shown wonderful growth, and a De catur council within the next six months is a certainty.

City Clerk Hower was presented with a garland of flowers Tuesday ev‘g at |the|close of the session of council. The gift came from ad- ' miring citizens and was called the Metropolitan wreath. If any city employe has labored hard during the time the brick street question has been impending, it is the city clerk who writes long records and read tiresome specifications with the ' unwieldy'and technical terms, and the wreath was certainly given to 1 the right person. We are' in receipt of an invitatii n from Jacob B. Duvall, commander of the G. A. R. Post at Ridgeville which reads as follows: “Yourself and friends are cordially invited to attend the dedication ■of the Soldiers Monument at Ridgeville, Indiana, on Thursday, June 25th at two o'clock.” It will be a memorable event and ex-sodliers from all over the state will attend, including various state officers of the G. A. R. Quite a number of veterans from Decatur and Adams county will likely be present. A real naughty exchange tells the •following story, which ought never to have appeared in print. A man built a new home of which he was very proud. Among other contrivances, he could pull a lever and a bath tub would come into his room. One day he was showing a lot of men his new house, and took them ' into his bedroom, where he ex- 1 plained the patent bath tub: “I will show you how it works,” be 'said. Touching the lever the tub | came sliding into the room and his wife was in.it. The Maccabees were hard at work Tuesday eve and as a result everal loi the Decatur members now hold , degrees and several new members i were made. The Warren team ad. I vanced Floyd Tester and Jess Le I Brun into the mysteries of the rank and initiated Harve Rice and Ed I Ashbaucher and the Bluffton boys also made several initiations. Milo I Meredith of Wabash, the. Great I Commander of the state, and J. M . Reploge of Goshen, the great Record keeper were present and the numhe’j.of visitors was as large as e vo??Th T<o.?W but upon a slide in the hasty Decatur band it could not be held. Train No. 6, the east bound Commercial Traveler on the Clover Leaf, ran all the way from Warren to Decatur yesterday under the continual scream of the locomotive's whistle. People along the way, like those of this city knew something was up but could not satwhether or not iffieri -C-a.c uig fin. or some en- ; trine driver was having some fun. ! The fact of it was that the - whistle I valve became disconnected and it was impossible to stop the steam. An attempt was made to do so at Bluffton but the valve did not yield and they had to let it blow. While in this city the difficulty was adjusted and the train again pulled away as quiet as ever. Senator Beveridge received notice Thursday that a civil-service commission will hold examinations in Indiana July 29, 30 and 31 for applicants for cadetships in the revenue citter service. The examinations will be held at Indianapolis, Evansville, Terre Haute and Fort Wayne. Applicants must be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. There are eight or ten vacancies in the service, but it is not believed that more than two or three Os tne placescan fall to this state. The berths are desirable, as they carry a salary of SSOO and a ration allowance, and after two years’ service the cadets are eligible to pro-d motion of lieutenants. One interest-. ing statement is made in connection with the announcement of the ex-. I aminations ‘ ' the marriage of a cadet I will be considered as his resignation.” '

Notice—All members of Decatur Lodge 571 F. A. M., are earnestly requested to be at| Masonic Hall this evening, June 25, 7:30 p. m. Business of importance. Work in master degree. P. L. Andrews, S. W Gus Rosenthal has made a generous offer, and perhaps a novel one, as riSay be seen by his announcement in another column. The radical bra’heh of the United Brethren church at Pleasant Mills are remodeling their building and Gus announces that being friendly towards all religious bodies he has set apart Thursday July, 2as a special sales day for that church, and agrees that upon that day he will give five per cent of the gross receipts at his clothing store on all cash purchases to the United Brethren congregation to assist them in building their house of worship. Members of the church will txxjn the store on that day and the offer is a strictly bona fide one and certainly a very liberal one. Flag day, which was on the 14th of this month, will be observed next Monday, June 29th, at the G. A. R. Hall on Madison street by the women of the Relief Corps. The program is an interesting one. and fittingly arranged for such an event. It stands as follows: Reception of the Colors; Battle Cry of Freedom, Male Quartette; Reading, The Stripes and Stars, Miss Maude Russel; Essay, History of the Flag; Star Spangled Banner, Quarttete; Music, Aeolian Club; Address, , Our Country by Rev. White; Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, Quartette; Solo, Dr. J-. Q. Neptune; The Flag Goes By, Flossie Bolinger; Flag Drill; Music by Aeolian Club;Betsy’s Battle Flag, Nota Winans;Music Aeolian Quartette, and song America by the audience. In a private car attached to a regular train on the Clover Leaf Tuesday, Messrs. Morgan and Tuttle passed through, enroute to their homes in Van Wert. They were accompanied by their wives, physicians and Attorney Coun of Van Wert. These are the gentlemen who were hurt in an automobile accujent near Marion a few hours after leaving here. It is now stated that Dr. Tuttle is now able to walk about, but is still in a very bad condition, and that he will be forced to visit a dentist when he returns home and secure a new set of teeth. Dr. Morgan still has both of his legs in plaster casts,and it is thought

that he will probably be a cripple for life, as his knee cap is broken in four different pieces and the bones of the foot crushed to such an extent that a complete mending is impossible. The Driving club who will give the big celebration here July 4th, contracted yesterday for S3OO worth of fireworks for the night program, and this part of the celebration ’is sure to be the greatest ever seen in or near Decatur. The harness races uhf• ■a* g. ' *.«>;■ a d r-nrtj J J.v 1 ? t the entries are confined to the members of the club. The running race purse has been increased to seventyfive dollars and a pony race with a purse of twenty-five dollars added, both of these events being open to the world. The Geneva cornet band, one of the best in this part of the state has been secured to furn nish the music. The balloon ascension and parachute drop as well as many other attractions as advertised will be given, and the day will be a real live one. The great anniversary is but ten days away, being one week from Saturday,and you should arrange to come to Decatur to celebiate. Next Saturday the voters of St. Marys township will pass judgment upon the building of two macadam roads in that township, and the prospects seen flattering,for the success in voting a sucffiient appropriation for this purpose. The roads already built have proved of such indispensable value that opponents to such improvements are daily growing beautifully less. Under the macadam road laws the taxation cost of these roads can hardly be calculated, while the benefits are hard to estimate. Five dollars a year for ten years will pay the taxes on a SISOO assessment, and who would feel like standing against such an improvement for such niggardly sum. On the other hand the roads will add ten times their cost to the value of realty holdings. It is the best investment the market affords, and we are glad so many of the St. Marys township land owners recognize the merits of good roads and are doing valiant work in favor of these proposed improvements.

Mrs. A. P. yesterday for Omaha, Nebr. Mrs. Beatty’s health has been failing the last few weeks, and she expects to gain her health in a western cliiMte. A number of Decatur people are at Ossian attending the annual meeting of the Epworth League of this district, which continues ' in session there until this evening. The institute is being held at the Methodist church. Miss Coxa Hood, president of the district says it is the largest and most active convention ever held in the territory. Last evening’s session opened with the auditorium well crowded with delegates and visitors. The Rev. Guy Mcßride, of Ashley, conducted the devotional exercises. An anthem was rendered by the M. E. choir, of Ossian, followed by a welcome address delivered by Miss Jennie Swain of the local chapter. Response was made by Jonas Tritch of Decatur. A local quartette, trained for the occasion, rendered a selection. The address of the evening was made by the • Rev. D. B. Brumnett, of Chicago. This was followed by a duet by the Misses Hallie Hume and Amy May, of Monreville. After the benediction a reception to the visitors and delegates was tendered by the Ossian chapter . * Prosecuting Attorney E. V. Emrick is usually generous in giving news of interest to the press, but he has suddenly become reticent on a very important bit of news. The News learned late Saturday afternoon that Mrs. Katharine Emrick, mother of 'the prosecutor, had received intelligence that she was one of tl e principal heirs to an estate valued at about $8,000,000. The estate was left by John Nicholas Emrick, who died a bachelor a short time ago in Germany. He was an uncle of the late John P. Emrick, father of Prosecuting Attorney Emrick, Deputy Prosecutor FrankEmrick and Dr. Guy Emrick, of this city. Mrs. Emrick has kept the matter quiet till she received a letter last Saturday from an aunt who resides in Kansas. She received similar information from Germany, and together with tile information, came a German paper giving some slight information in regard to the estate. Prosecuting Attorney Emrick late this afternoon stated that he knew he had a rich relative in Germany, but knew nothing further in regard to the matter. He confessed that he had already begun correspondence in regard to the 'estate, but refused to state how much it would be or how* much of it he would get, or when he was going to purchase a $20,000 autombije. —Fort Wayne News A great number of citizens, who hold property along Monroe and Fourth streets gathered at the council chamber Tuesday evu'g to await in anxious expectation the disposal of the brick street question. No hpcrts are still in their mouth for no decisive step has yet been taken. The street committee reported and resolved at the same time and with only one dissenting voice their'shaky resolution was carried. According to the document the street committee is authorized to enter into contract -with Woods Company for the construction of Fourth street and with Calvin Miller for the improving of Monroe street. The selection of the brick power and the option to increase or make less the width of the streets is theirs. All this must pass the approval of the council, however, and their opinions may then, as before, differ extensively. To get this far required quite a little time by the council as they advanced slowly amid fiery speeches, noisy debates and good humored jokes. Their attention was next turned to Fornax and Rugg streets, by a number of petitioning property holders, and Engineer McKean was ordered to prepare plans and specifications for the macadamizing of the same. Upon motion by Stetler it was decided to construct the west end extension of the Monroe street sewer with fifteen and twelve inch pipttinstead of twenty-two and eighteen inch as was at first intended. City attorney Shaffer Peterson offered a new side walk ordinance which was adopted and hereafter only cement, brick or sawed stone can be used for the construction of walks in this city. The exact kinds of material to be used is in the option of the builder, but his selection must meet the approval of the city civil engineer. The council then adjourned and will meet again next Tuesday evening.

Donation Announcement " The Radical Branch of the United Brethren Church of Pleasant Mills, ————■ Indiana, are remodeling their church building, and as I have always been friendly and liberal to religious denominations, I therefore set apart Thursday, July 2,’03 as a Special Sale Day, and I will give five per cent, of the gross receipts on all cash purchases to help the good cause along. Special Bargains are offered at this sale, in all departments. All those interested in the cause are cordiallj 7 invited to attend this sale. Very truly, s GUS ROSENTHAL, THE SQUARE MAN. Decatur, Ind.

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Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Knecht, of Winchester, are visiting in the city with Col. and Mrs. M. B. Miller and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Harruff have received an invitation to be present at the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Boesel and John Henry Koenig, the same to take place at St. Marys, Ohio, Wednesday, June 24. Mr. Koenig is one of the interested promoters of the Springfield electric railway. Deputy Clerk Haefling wil begin in a week or ten days on the work of indexing the records in the clerk’s office. This will embrace the period of time since sftch records were made, and means a clerical labor of no small proportion. He will endeavor to make a strong headway in tfifc work before the next session of the circuit court begins.

William Mereman desires the immediate return of all eases and bottles, and those who have them will please take notice and comply with the request. Dr. Beavers has purchased the Railing property, corner of Monroe and First streets. and will remove his family there soon. His property on north First street was included in the trade. Horace Botthoff received a telegram yesterday which stated that the condition of his daughter, Mrs. Bertha Murphy, who has been ill at Quincy, Illinois, for some time, has taken another sudden turn for the worse. Her mind has become affected and she has been taken to the insane hospital at Jacksonville, Illinois. There seems to lie no hope for her recovery.