Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1903 — Page 5

t FRISTOE'S | I Smoke i | House I ? for all kinds of H I Tobacco g l„a Cigars .... | ■We have mere Brands to Se-E I lect from than any house H B in the City. S I AL FRISTOE. East side 2d St. opp. court house

■ A. J. Smith and John Fonner, of ■ this city, and P. W. Smith, of RiehI mond, left Monday evening for a ■ l two weeks’ fishing trip to Black lake. ■ in the extreme north portion of Mich gl igan. ■ Miss Eva Peoples, who has been ■ teaching music in Upland for some S time, is now, in connection with her ■ work, taking instructions in photogB raphy with J. E. Crill. Miss Peoples I i s a daughter of J. R. Peoples, and is B well known here. ■ Marshal Cordtia arrested two men B yesterday for public intoxication, g They laid in jail until Monday, I when they were taken before Mayor B Coffee and plead guilty. They were I fined one dollar and costs, amounting B in all to 59.30, which they paid. The | offenders gave the names of John I Sunday and John Monday. | A marriage license was issued I to Isaac Michael and Eveline I Reynolds. The parties live at Gen I eva and their age is said to hover I near the three score year and ter. i mark. The wedding will occur I Thursday though they have tried to I keep the affair secret the news of I the happy event has leaked out in j some manner or other. f F. J. Schweitzer, of Cleveland I presenting the famous Interna- | tional Correspondent Schools of I Scranton, Pa., was in the city TuesI day and closed arrangements for a I display of their work to be made in I T. C. Corbett 's window within a few J days. A special effort will be made | to secure as many new students as possible between this and next MonI day. A team composed of Decatur and Monmouth players, played a game cf ball, Sunday, at Peterson, and from all reports it must have been a hot one, as the score certainly was close, and had it not have been for a wrangle that started in the third inning over a deeie:?r».??T ” p 3P.’. ri ? who favored Peterson, the Decatur and Monmouth boys might have had a chance to win,but the game broke up and the score at this time was 22 to 14. The game all the way through was characterized by the hard hitting by both teams. Here is something that will make us all weep: “Tenderly she laid the silent white form beside those that had gone before. She maue no cry; she did not weep. Such a moment was too precious to be spent when it seemed as if nature must give way. She lifted her voice and cried loud and long. Her cry was taken up by others who were near and echoed and re-echoed all over the grounds. Then suddenly all was still. What was the use of it all. She would lay another egg tomorrow. The saloon cases which have been on here for several months and which were set for trial this week will be heard in Jay county, attorneys for the defendants having taken a change of venue Tuesday. The suits are ex parte, Preston E. Warner, John Reincke, J- H. Ehrsam and Samuel M. Kuntz. Objection to the changes were filed by the remonstrators but were overruled. Other business in court this morning concluded the granting of a divorce to Amanda Woods from Vernon Woods and the changing her name to Amanda Westfall. Samantha Cassel vs Joseph D. Beery , continued until October 29. Falton Selby vs John Schurger demurrer to complaint and severally to each paragraph thereof. In . probate court the written consent of John R- Vorhees for his wife to act as administartrix of General B. Cothrell was filed. In the John Brown estate Isaac Brown administrator filed his final report and was discharged.

Ihe effiial figures of the Texas league give Tom Railing a batting average of 294 and fielding average of! 915. This is considered fine, as it was Tom s first year in professional company. T. R. Moore arrived Saturday’ from his westren trip through California, Arizona and other notable places and while in Arizona was the guest of his son. He says there is no country like the west. . -t.Ent.’nw -THir- —t . ■ Ihe case of the sate of Indiana vs Belle Schlegel whose true name is unknown was tried Wedndesday before Squire Smith on the charge of assault and batter,’ upon the person of Isaac Zimmerman. The court after hearing all the evidence found her guilty as charged and fined her one dollar and costs, amounting in all to eight dollars and thirty cents, which she paid. Miss Dora Fairchild who left for Midland, Mich., Wednesday was the victim of a very pleasant surprise Monday evening by a number of her girl friends. The evening was enjoyed exceedingly’ by all. Those present were Louse and Lena Adler, Gertie Kitson, Ada Green, Susie Mayer, Maggie Ceaser, Ina and Emly Wyatt and Dessie Beery’ of Peterson. Attorney Levi Mock of Bluffton is in the city attending to business. He is attorney for Ulla Huitz who has brought suit against Bert Bailey* and several other Adams county citzens demanding SI,OOO for false imprisonment. The issues in the case were made up this afternoon and will probably come to trial this t'-rm. D. E. Smith of this city is assisting Mr. Mock. Miss Vernie Johnson a daughter of Truant officer Lemuel Johnson fell down a stairway Sunday and was badly injured. The accident occurred at the home of Joseph Johnson, near the county infirmary, and for several hours afterward fears were entertained that her injuries might prove fatal She recovered sufficienly to be taken home, and is resting easier. Her spine was injured, but to what extent cannot yet be ascertained. A tramp whose true name is unknown was caught Monday evening passing a half pint of whiskey into his friends who are in jail on a drunk sentence. He was arrested and will be tried this evening before ’Squire Smith. The charge is a serious one and the penalty may be very severe while the smallest fine is twenty five dollars. Sheriff Butler made the affidavit and the fellow was released upon promise that he would appear for trial this evening. A message was received yesterday’ from Mrs. D. D. Heller stating that her mother died Tuesday at Millersburg, Ohio. Judge Heller and daughter, Miss Bertha, left : iF dnee" SF” ‘ services which will be held Thursday’ morning at ten o clock. Grandma Corbus was eighty one years old and had been a resident of Holmes county f or over half a century. She visited her daughter here many times and was quite well known. Her sickness was of only a few day s duration though her health has been declining for several years. Mrs. Heller received a letter Monday stating that was quite sick with lagrippeand she and Mrs. Tyndal left Tuesday morning. It is not known whether or not they arrived in time to see their aged relative alive. But two children survive her, a son George Corbus of Chicago and Mrs. Heller of this city. The board of commissioners and Surveyor McKean made an inspection of the C.E. Bollinger macadam road Wednesday traveling from one end to the other and making a careful inspection. Aside from a tew places the road was found to be m exact accordance with the plans and specifications which governed its construction. These few places simply needs grading m and that that will be done by the contractor without delay. The road is six miles in length, traversing north and south from one township line to the other, and it is extensively traveled. The board went in.o session today and made final acceptance The road was built by John Brown of Wabash township,and he was here meeting xvith the board in making settlement. Besides this the board look up some other alloxv ancesand completed the business of the regular Octolier session. They will meet again Saturday ■vhen bids will be opened for the construction the north Preble. 1 macadam road.

Joseph Hart of Pontiac, Mich., is in the city visiting with his father and ' brothers. This is Joe’s first visit here in twelve years. He states that expects to go to Idaho in the course of two weeks. Postmatser Brittson reports ununclaimed letters for William Poyd, Miss Jessie Wiler, H. N. Wassel, Joe L. Starusg, Charley Stephens, F. C. Stevenson, Frank Miller, F. E. Lovett, John Kaylor, C. K. Huber and D. Gulick. John Frisinger arrived home from Europe Wednesday looking and feeling fine after an absence of several months. During his trip he purchased forty five head of Belgium, French draft and Percheron stallions. Os this number fifteen arrived about a month ago and thirty head last Saturday evening. John says that about 150 head of stallions came over on the ship and only one was lost. These horses belonged to ten different men., Frysinger &Co., being by far the largest shippers. Contractor Tubman who is making the electric line grade modifies the statement about the reported epidemic of glanders, that is prevalent among has horses. He says that but twenty are under quarantine, and. that as yet none have been killed although two will have to be. He also made the assertion that Dr. W. F. Meyers. Fort Wayne veterianarian who has been treating the diseased horses, is not yet convinced that the malady is that of glanders. The far famed Hopkins gravel pits of near Pennville, have been sold to J. S. Bowers of Decatur. Every railraod project which has included the town of Pennville during the lasUhalf century has an op tion of some kind on these pits. The farm of Hopkins comprises 160 acres and it is one immense gravel pit. The Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago railroad now building from Bluffton to Portland via Pennville,had an option on the farm but released it recently.—Muncie Star. Every hope of a settlement between J. S. Bowers, contractor for the Elm street sewer and the city council seems to have vanished. The attorneys of Mr. Bowres filed an answer yesterday to the report ofS. B. Fordyce which was acted on favorably by the city council at their meeting Tuesday evening but it was unsatisfactory to the committee. After several days effort for a settlement both sides seem to have given up hope and the complaint for a mandate was placed on the circuit court docket yesterday, The papers were filed with the clerk Saturday afternoon, but at the last moment it was decided to withhold them from the records for a day or two to give another opportunity for a settlement. None has come and Mr. Bowers will urge that the mandate suit be pushed along. church held a meeting Tuesday at which some business of interest was transacted. A resolution was adopted to dispense with the usual morning services next Sunday in order that the members of the congregation may attend the dedication services of the new and beautiful Presbyterian church. This event is one that every citizen in Decatur is proud of as it marks the opemv-g .of that modern home of worship, and this action of the board is a complimentary one to the untiring efforts of Rev. Allen and his congregation. Another important action taken at the meeting was the adoption of a resolution that a committee be appointed to raise the sum of SI2OO to be used in repairing and improving the church and parsonage properties. T>'e committee is already at work and the improvements are assured. A law suit, the trial which will occupy two weeks time has been transferred from Wells county here on change of venue. It is a very complicated affair and the trial will be one of the hardest fought in our court for some time. The Blutffon News says: By agreement of aft ornerys the Faylor-Studabaker case was this morning sent to Adams county on a change of venue. The heirs of Catharine Fay lor are trying to have a conveyance of 110 acres of land made by her to D. D. Studabaker, set aside on the ground that Miss Fay lor, the grantor, was of unsounamindat the time she made the conveyance and did not *>ceive sufficient consideration for the land. The ca» has been tried twice here, the last time a verdict being rendered for the heirs. |A new trial ot right was taken and the case must again be tried. It will take about ( two weeks to try the case.

| The Best Caps 0 *'*''*’ I For Men end X Underwear I bovs sold iiuouiiiiiai o SoMHere Here I For Least ! the Best tor Money UIUI U IWVIU the Money lOh In Conjunction wf With Eleven Stores We Have Purchased 450 Men’s Highl| W (1 Grade Overcoats ata Vast Reduction, rUt fi oA which we will Put on sale this week: HI Among them are: Men’s Oxford Raglans, worth $6.50, which QE Aft , \. - will go at WuiUU ulbu Men’s Oxford Box Coats, 44-inch length, the TF Est WW* Liigli est -g ra d e rnadc, worth up to $lO, at | | Men’s Finest Black and Blue Kersey and Oxford fc > Viicuna Box Coats and Raglans, worth ift ft ft \ | sl2-50 to $13.50, they goat IViUU I Hand-made Box, Raglans and Belt I Overcoats, swellest of season . . . y to/Lh I Twenty-five Little Fellows’ Top Coats, made well, of good material ftft I and will go at, each !s J U £ 20 Different Styles of Little Chaps’ Overcoats to please the eye and pocketbook. Mens heavy work hose, 8c a pair 25 doz. underwear-the heavy 50c kind-in fleece-lined, go for 30c a garment. lAII Goods Guaranteed as Represented or Money Back. Handsome and Useful Presenis with Your Purchases. Ask for Tickets.

I A pleasant surprise was the one ; given Sunday at the country home ' of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bloemker, ; the event being in honor of their i sixty-eighth and sixty-fifth birthdays. A sumptuous dinner was served and heartily enjoyed by the sixty relatives and friends. A number of beautiul and useful presents were given by the children. During the afternoon a program was rendered, including scriptural songs and reading, and prayer by Rev. Schneider. It was a happy day for ..a.fi- .JStother pioemker ,and their friends wish them many more just as happy. The Great Northern Indiana Fair Association held an important session at the office of Sheriff Butler yesterday. By general consent and without a x’ote the idea of admitting more stockholders was done away with. An assessment on the stockholders sufficient to pay off the ifldtbtodiicss cf Was decided upon and the association will henceforth be square with the world. Their buildings are paid for and they xvill next year put forth every effort to make thenfair even better than ever. The principal event however today was the election of officers which was spirited but friendly and resulted as follows: President. John Nidlinger; Vice president William Farlow; Secretary Calvin D. Kunkle; Treasurer, John’Brown. Directors, Root township Phillip Baker, St. Marys James Dailey, Hartford Sylvester Pontius, Jefferson George Brewster, Monroe William Waggoner, Kirkalnd E. E. Zimmerman. At large George Tricker and Rudolph Schug. The new officers are capable and will do their share towards making the fair of 19C4 a hummer in every sense of the word. Another action taken by the association was the adoption of a resolution paying J. B. Corson the sum of twenty five dollars in payment for the deer which escaped from the tail grounds. The next meeting will be held about January Ist at which time the complete report of the financial success of the fair will be made public. The retiring officers and especially President Tricker and Secretary Harris have worked incessantly for the good of the fair deserve the highest praise. w

i -—-———l a . To Mv Friends ®<md Patrons: You are cordially invited to be present at our store on WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21st, and see the XXTH CENTURY LAUREL HEATER in operation, which burns all grades of soft coal and slack without black smoke or soot. Kindly call and allow us to show you how to save twothirds of your fuel bill. Don’t forget the date. Yours very trulv, • * O ® H * & ! IM IM

C. D. Kunkle, chai-man of the Adams county Farmer’s Institute asks us to announce that the institute this year will be held in the i court room in this city on Wednesi day and Thursady, December 2nd j and 3rd. A splendid prorgam is bevm/ .uuvjwjvz*“l iJ 1.-.1?/? ‘ within a few days. The state board of health held a meeting at the office of Secretary Hurty in the state house and passed the new health board rules that ; were compiled several weeks ago. ; The rules are to govern the health ; ' officers in every county in all the states, and copies will reach the ; hands of all health officers within a . 1 fexx- days. The most important sea , ture of the new set of regulations i adopted relates to teachers in the • public schools who are victims of tuberculosis. According to the investigation carried on by the state . hoard no less than 10,000 teachers are affected with tuberculosis. The board orders that they must not be ; re-employed. Health officers are ; directed in the work of establishing , quarantines fin cases of smallpox, ■! cholera, diptheria, membraenous cruop. scarlet fever, measles, typh- ■ us fever, yellow fever, typhoid fever •! and consumption must be reported I hereafter. The board is planning for the school of instruction that ■ will be conducted for the health ■ officers of towns and cities. The i dates of the sessions are December i 16 and 17. Secretary Hurty will prepare the program. Surgeon General Wyma|| of the nited States ■ pubile health service will be intvited to attend. *

John Dickerson has decided not to go to Berne to work and lead the Berne band. He had his household goods all packed ready to move hut has a better c ffer than that of Berne under consideration and will delay moving.—Bluffton News, Some business.of importance was transacted in court yerterday, among which was the filing of a petition to open up the judgment fora divorce and custody of the child in the case of Joseph A. Moon vs Hannah Moon. This is the case which was spoken of yesterday and in which Mrs. Moon attempted to kidnap her child but was stepped by the marshal. Judge Erwin gave the custody of the child to Mrs. Moon with the understanding that the father is to see the child at proper times and places, in case the father becomes so sick that death is possible the child is'to be returned that, he may see her. In the condemnation proceedings, Fort Wayne & Springfield railway company vs A. J. Smith and others. James M. Archbold, George Martin and J. H. Hobrock were appointed appraisers and ordered to report forthwith. They will fix the amount of damages to be paid for the right of way. Other business was as follows: Joseph E. Ellsworth vs Clover LeafrailI way, dismissed and costs paid. Nichoas Gasser vs L. W. A. Luckey et al, demurer filed by J. M. Rose. Partnership of John Busenbark and Joseph Osburn, inventory filed, petition to sell personal property. A partition suit entitled Wiliam D. Rinehart vs Jessie Moore et al was filed by Heller <Sr Son. * ®