Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1903 — Page 5

| Smoke I House | for all KINDS OF B Tobacco I Cigars .... I We have more Brands to Se-B lect from than any house B in the City. a AL FBISTOE. * k East side 2d St. opp, court house

Page Blackburn is having his residence in Marshall street improved by a new ’coat of paint, which makes it one of the most attractive homes in the city. Twelve matrons and misses will meet with Mrs. George G. Flanders next Friday evening to organize a eucher club for their entertainment during the winter months. T. R. Moore is in receipt of a letter from his son, Charles M. Moore, stat ing that there was born to them a regular “Arzonia Kicker” baby on October 13. Both babe and mother doing fine. Sheriff Butler returned from Fort Wayne Monday, where he collected a board bill from Ed Fredline, a voung man who left here last spring and failed to settle with his landlord, Martin Elzey. The Fort Wayne Shamrocks defeatel Harry Cutting’s Imperials Sunday by a score of 12 to 2, and think of it Mac Arbaugb umpired too,and then they coludn’t defeat them. This certaidly shows what class Buffton is in. Invitations are out for the opening formal dance to be given by the Columbian club at their rooms on Hallow 'Een. The boys are royal entertainers and this promises to see a delightful and brilliant one in Decatur society. H. P. Streicker returned from Toledo, Monday, where he spent Sunday, and while there called on his stone men to ascertain the reason he could not get stone faster. He informs us that from now on he will receive ten car loads a day. Miss Florence Johnson, teacher of room No. 3 of the Berne schools, was called home Thursday evening on account of a serious fall her sister. Verna, had. Miss Verna sprained her back in the fall and is getting along fairly well so that Miss Florence could return on Monday to teach her room again.—Berne Witness. Postmaster Briittson reports unclainmed letters belonging to F. E. Boroess, Mrs. Elizabeth Wynn, S. Troutner Miss R. Orvis,R. G. Kendrick, Miss Mary Lauglin, Fred Finkhouse Miss Eva Dininger, Miss Anna Clark, H. A. Elsy, Fred Gross Laura Hoffman, and Miss Mary Warday. Rev. E. A. Allen, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Decatur, who is known in this city and has preached in the local Presbyterian church, dedicated a new church edifice at Decatur Sunday. He is serv- , ing his second pastorate at Decatur and this is the second church erected there, as a result of his labors. —Huntington Democrat. Contractor H. P. Streicher made a trip to Willshire last evening where he contracted with the Willshire crushed stone company for three car loads of stone to be delivered here each day until the Monroe street bed for the brick pavement is completed- The stone will be shipped at once and the improvement hurried along as fast as possible. On the levee eas of town, at the Place where two accidents occurred one evening last week another happened Monday night and Henry Hackman the victim did not escape as luckily as did his predecessors ''hose horses jumped down the steep embankment. The accident happened just as the others did and before he knew it he was at the bottom of the ravine. The buggy was demolished and Henry’s right collar l>one was dislocated. It is certainly tone to take some precaution a "amst this dangerous place and the Proper officials should look after An electric light might be a <?ood remedy.

1 1 hejofficers of the Ladies’ Mite, Society will entertain the society members and their friends at the! lecture room of the M. E. church j Friday afternoon. A musical pro-1 gram will be a feature of the enter-' tain inent. D. D. Heller and daughters Mrs. J- W. Tyndall and Miss Bertha Heller arrived home Sunday morn- 1 ing from Milliersburg, Ohio, where they had been to attend the funeral i services of Grandma Corbus. Mrs. 1 Heller will not be homo for a week 1 or ten days. Monday night about 1 lo’clock Night , I’olieeman Fisher arrested one George Worden for public intoxication. He , laid in jail over night and was brought up before Mayor Coffee this afternoon at 2 o’clock, plead guilty and was , fined $1 and costs, amounting to 59.30, which he paid. The follocwing busines was transacted in court Saturday. State , Life Insurance company, all deposi- : tions ordered published. Sarah E. ; Largent vs Joseph Largent, divorce granted plaintiff, custody of child, defendant ordered to pay $25 into court within 30 days and ten dollars a month for ten months. Eli Baumgartner vs Fred Elenbreger, set for trial November 5. C. F. Moore of Grand Rapids h a moved here and will open a mail < order industry at once. He is an expert drawing master and a graduate of two of the best schools in the , country and will instruct students by mail. He expects to advertise < extensively in magazines and city , papers and w ill no dout do a thriv- ] ing business. His work is on the 1 line of a correspondence school. Waldo Brush wilier is carrying 1 his left arm in a sling the result of a ball game Sunday. He was 1 enjoying the national sport by 1 taking part in a game in the west • part of town and while running 1 bases collided with another player. His left arm was broken just above the wrist. A physician set the broken bone and Waldo will look after his Daily Democrat route as 1 usual. 1 Ardith Evertte, eldest daughter 1 of Mr. and Mrs. George Everette died yesterday noon after an illness of ! two weeks and a half with that ' dread disease typhoid fever. Little Ardith was but four years old, a bright and loving child ana her loss is keenly felt by the parents, relatives and friends. The funeral service were held Sunday morning at ten o'clock from the Evangelical church. George W. Martz as prosecuting witness has filed an affidavit before ’Squire James H. Smith charging John Tinkham, Harl Smith and another young man named Christy with disturbing a religious meeting by their loud and boistrous talk and laughter. Constable William Blackburn went out to Monroe township Monday to arrest the parties. They plead guilty and were each «« The firm of Frisinger and Sprunger certainly received some fine premiums on their horses at Fort Wayne last week, and especially on the horse for a four year old who captured the championship. He had great competition and among the horses he defeated for the prize was the one who took the championship at the state fair at Indianapolis this year. This certainly shows the grade of horses this firm are handling. Chick Stahl, the Fort Wayne outfielder with the Boston team of the American league base ball team, is expected to return to his home in that city within a few days. The profits of the past season games between the Bostons and the Pittsburg National league organization go to the team. Os the enormous receipts, each player will, it is said receive about SI,BOO. Boston won the title to the world’s baseball championship by defeating Pittsburg in the series of games. Business in the Adams circuit court was transacted Tuesday as follows: John D. Edwards vs city of Decatur, before D. E. Smith special judge, additional paragraph answer filed, rule to reply. Troy Huey ex parte commissioners report apporved, drainge ordered constructed and same assigned to 1 cter Kinney, who will superintend construction of ditch, bond filed at $2500. Franklin E. Fefiz v> 11liam S. Smith, depositions ordered published. Henry Nelson vs . ■ _ Bowers seperate demurrer fil« to i t Harriet •£• Haviland complaint Harriet vs Grant Haviland, degsndant lesfrnminanywaJ desposing ■ of real ... 1 personal proper ty.

i Mrs. V. I. Nickey of Gaston, ar riv<'4 in the city today to a visit a ■ few days with her brother, John Mayer and family. She comes as a delegate to the W. R. C. district convention to be held here tomorrow. Mrs. C. D. Murray, Mrs. Sutherland Mrs. James Bain and Mrs. Harry Corduu left yesterday for Indianapolis, They are acting delegates from here to the Pocahontas Convention being held there this week. The farmer is nearer out of the reach of the trusts than any other man in the world. He can burn his own wood, eat his own meat, eggs, mutton and johnny cake, and sleep under what is not mortagged to any corporation. Feel blue. No. The farmer is the happiest man in the universe. Mrs. Henry Coffelt no doubt saved the life of her little two year old son Tuesday. He had wandered away from home and was noticed by a neighbor playing on the Erie railway track near the Carrol elevator, as a fast train was approaching less than a block away. The woman screamed and Mrs. Coffelt made a rush for the tracks,reaching the spot just in time to grasp her baby boy from in front of the big engine. An instant later all would have been over. Attorneys Smith, Hale, Eichhorn, of Bluffton, Feltz of Fort Wayne,D. E. Smith and D. B. Erwin of this city were busy yesterday making up their issues in the case of Frank-1 lin E. Feltz vs William S. Smith the trial of which will probably begin in earnest this morning. The case was brought here on change of venue from Wells county last May 7 and is for the possession of property left in care of Mr. Smith for Franklin Feltz by the latters father who died a few years ago. The case is being heard by Judge Heller. “Kathleen Mavounreen,” the romatic Irish comedy drama, that will be at Bosse’s opera house, Monday October 26, is a clean refined drama that tells a beautiful story of the life of the Irish peasantry. This is a play of great heart interest a beautiful love story being entwined with refined comedy, abounds in sparkling wit and dramatic situations. It is a play* that appeals to the heart of everybody. Kathleen Mauvorneen will be staged with every attention to detail and scenicl effect by the C. Y. M. S. club. During the action of the play refined specialties will be introduced. Seat alse begins tomorrow morning at the Holthouse Drug Co. store. Admission 25 and 35 cents. Eighty three persons who have a desire to draw salaries from the United States government in various avenues of employment presented themselves in Fort Wayne Tuesday to take the prescribed civil service examination. It was held in the United States court room direction of H. A. Filer, of Washington, of Secretary Hess and Mr. Stockbridge of the local civil service board. The applicants come from various sections of northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio, and Fort Wayne is heavily represented in the list. There is but one lady 7 ap plicant. Seventy-five are taking the examination for railway 7 postal clerk. Etc for the ihteiiilL revenue service, and three for stenographer and typewriter. The regular session of the city council was held Tuesday 7 evening, andas one member expressed it, was about the flattest meeting they ever indulged in, absolutely 7 nothing of importance being done other than allowing bills. Mayor Coffee presided and councilmen Peterson, Teeple, Corbett. Stettler, and Fordyce were present. The bills were allowed as follows, M. H. Meyers salary S2O, J. B. Baker labor $1.50, J- H. Welch labor $1.50, Earl B. Adams typewriting $2.25, Ed Luthnan gravel $95, M. J. Mylott expenses $2.25, W. G. Spencer labor $7.88. C. M. Kenyon printing $11.95, L. C. Helm expenses $8.35, D. E. Scjtt i isuranoe $19.76, B . W. Sholty 7 insurance $21.50, L. C. Helm insurance $19.76, A.VanCamp labor $667.98, H. Cortina, expense $7.35, Henry Peters labor $9.60, G.R. & I. railway freight $36.36. C. & E. railway freight $58.58, Henry Coffelt labor $7.20, H. Bothoff salary S2O, D. F. Teeple drayage $112.36, John Coffee payroll $88.78. George E.. Steele pay roll $22.04. This con-1 eluded the business to come before . the meeting and council thereupon ' adjourned to meet in regular con-1 tinned session Tuesday < vening. I

The Best Caps D ftOnnf hftl’ft The Most rwsenmai S i “= Store Nows Monev VIVI U IBU U the Money Ok In Conjunction With Eleven Stores vr \ We Have Purchased 450 Men’s Highfle' "W' |i Grade Overcoats at a Vast Reduction, < 1 which we will Put on sale this week: Among them are: ' Men’s Oxford Raglans, worth $6.50, which ftE ft ft V''• will go at UugJU Men’s Oxford Box Coats, 44-inch length, the TF Efl highest-grade made, worth up to $lO, at i iuU Men’s Finest Black and Blue Kersey and Oxford ' Wpfe JKi’l Viicuna Box Coats and Raglans, worth |fl fl fl ' sl2-50 to $13.50, they goat lUiUU Hand-made Box, Raglans and Belt ftift Ofl (1(1 Overcoats, swellest of season . . . wlZtoZUiUu rirmtiiCHßAUM a cot Twenty-five Little Fellows’ Top Coats, made well, of good material ft jfl fl and will go at, each vliOv 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. All Goods Guaranteed as Represented or Money Back. Handsome and Useful Presents with Your Purchases. Ask for Tickets.

Mrs. David Lehman was quite badly injured yesterday and that the accident was not more serious is marvelous. This morning she came up street, and having lost her key started back home to see if she could not find some way of getting into the house and in walking around her home trying to get in a window she stepped back into an opening made to throw coal in the cellar and fell to the bottom sustaining a number of bad bruises but nothing more serious. The Bachelor Maids met Tuesday eveming .at the home of Confer in their second social meeting of the season and an enjoyable time was had by alt present. At last night’s meeting they again indulged in progressive whist and he contest was an exciting one. Miss May Niblick and Miss Bertha Filllenkamp securing first honors the prize being fancy plates, and Miss Mayme and Anna Tervere were give® as d >?bys. A two course luncheon was served, and was fine. The next meeting will be with Miss Bertha Voglewede. The Daughters of Rebekah of this city entertained 35 members from Bluffton Rebekah lodge Tuesday night, and many hours of pleasure are reported. The guests arrived over the Clover Leaf at 6:43 and were met by a reception committee who escorted them to the hall. Miss Jessie Blossom was a chosen victim for the mysteries of the order and was duly initiated, the work being performed by a Bluffton team. Afterwards various amusements made the moments fly and made rhe evening a pleasant and enjoyable one. Among other amuse ments was a silence contest in which no one was supposed to say a word for five minutes. Just stop and con sider for an instant that it was women indulging in such a torturous game and you will realize the strength of character neccessary to I win. The prize of fifty cents was awarded to Miss Eidth Porter. At twelve o’clock an elegant three course suppm- was e rved and this part ff the occasion strange as it may seent was thoroughly enjoyed. The guests remained un til five o'clock this mining when they left for home.

A fire was averted Monday night in the Columbian Club rooms by the keen eyesight of Night Policeman Fisher. Whilewalking down the west side of Second street he saw a blaze in the club room and at once hastened upstairs and was just ready to break in the door when he awoke Dent Spencer who was sleeping there. Dent got up and opened the door and Fisher extinguished the blaze. The cause of same was by setting a small gas stove on a chair, and when discovered had burned the whole bottom out of the chair. Fisher says had it gone ten minutes r ‘L’A: vrsM doubtedly have been afire. Miss Eliazbeth Cumimns of Shelby, Ohio, President of the Cummins Oil Company, also of the C. H. & H. Company, besides owning several good we'ls herself was in the city yesterday, and was interviewed by a Democcrat representative. We found her a clever business lady, as well posted in oil business generally as anyone to whom we have talked for some’time. She dilled her first well last January i and drew a failure. Undaunted she tried again and was successful. She continued and after securing several good ones organized the C. H. & H. company, who now have good property, including the big Hoffstetier well. Recently she organj ized the Cummins Company of ’ which she was elected president and treasurer. Schafer Peterson of this city is secretary and owns a oneeighth interest in the company. ; The other members are Prof. Han- . ley who has charge of the Saginaw public schools and to whom Miss Cummins as she laughingly remarks “used to go to school a long jtime ago,” and Jennie Harpister Tiffin, Ohio. The company drilled in their first well two weeks ago on the Ed Kinney farm in Jefferson I township and got a sixty barrel well, j Tuesday their second well, located on the Pat Kinney farm was shot ) and proved a wonder. It is estimated that it will start off easily at 100 barrels. They have already I started on their third well which with good luck will be in next week. ! The Cummins owns leases on 399 acres and their outlook is certainly I bright.

Well number two on the Ed Kinr ney farm in Jefferson township was - shot yesterday and proved >i hunj dred barrel well and one of the best i in the field. This is the second well j drilled in by the company in which r attorney Schaffer Peterson owns a i one eighth interest. They are drill- ; ing another well on the same farm ; which will come in next week. a On the docket of the Adams circiut court may be found a suit numl bered 6586 and entitled Adam Cupler • vs John J. Black, damages de- ’ mand |B,OOO. It was brought here, ! " bis di'x t ty about a year ago and it was expected to result in a big law suit, beeing set for Monday, November 2. The case is the result of an oil deal in eastern Ohio, but details are of ■ little interset now for it is quite i probable that the case will never - come to trial, the plaintiff having - met death a few days ago in a terrible accident. Cupler was engag--led in the manufacture of nitroi glycerine in the Ohio oil fields. At ’ j times when the work of' the con- ’ i cern became rushing it was the I custom of Cupler to take one of the . | wagons and, driving ; the fields, ; place a shot in the well himself. . The other day the company had sev--5 eral orders for shots ahead and ; were short on wagon drivers. Cup- - ler hitched one of the shooting wags ons up and started to the well to I palce the shot himself. It is not s I nown how many quarts of the - deadly stuff he had on the wagon, . but judging from the effects of the - explosion he must have had sei r era! hundred. Shortly after leav- ? ing the factory a terriffic explosion - was both heard and felt and the ; employes of the factory knew that • a wagon hud gone up, but where, I they did not know until the team i which Cupler had driven from the i barn came rushing madly back to . the stables. An investigation was I made and parts of the wagon, with t here and there a bit of human - flesh clinging to them were all that ■ was left to tell the tale of the in- ■ stant death of Cupler. How the i horses escaped is cannot be explained. But nitroglycerine has been I known to play some very peculiar tricks in its time and this is simply another added to the list.