Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1903 — Page 3

DOCTOR E. J. Beardsley, General Practice and Surgery. n„t Special Attention given to Eye. Ear Throat and Chronic Diseases. 1 " Exper* In Fitting Glasses. _ h „ mu irhlv equipped for treating Eye, Ear f)ioroug^r oa t au ,j Catarrhal cases. CALLS answered, dav or night. OFFICE— over postoftloe. RESIDENCE— cor. Monroe and Ninth sts Office Hours--# to 11 a. m. 2 to ip. tn. 5 ' — ' ' The long looked-for bus belonging toC. D. Murry arrived Thursday from Joliet, 111., and it certainly is a beauty. It is trimmed in brown black and yellow, and is decorated accordingly, rubber tire, ball bearings, seats twelve, nas gasoline lamps and has an attachment on the inside with a bell to call the attention of the driver. All in all it is the finest bus that has ever struck the state and is a credit to our city. The reputation of the Methodist ladies was fully sustained, especially so after a hand to hand conflict with the New England dinner which began promptly at half past eleven and lasted for two solid hours. A constant stream of hungry looking people passed in, met the enemy and came out again, a marked contrast then being noticeable. It was certainly a good dinner with all the luxuries the land affords, and creditis due the entierprising Methodist ladies in furnishing their money’s worth. Mrs. Gene Stratton-Porter, of Geneva, author of ‘‘The Song of the Cardinal” which has had such an extensive sale, has a story’ in ‘he November number of the Metropolitan. Mrs. Porter is a charming writer and her camera studies of living birds have evoked the admiration of such authorities as Edward Bok said: ‘‘The series make a distinct advance in nature work, some of the birds being the rarest most artistic and faithful studies ever made.” Her many Decatur friends will read her new story with pleasure and delight. While doing some repairing on the roof of his home on Sixth street, Louis H. Miller was severely’ injured Thursday afternoon. He was repairing a leak in the roof and had taken off the shingles and was driving a nail down when the hatchet turned in his hand and struck him fair on the knee cap. The doctors say that it was a miracle that the knee cap was not penetrated so as to let the joint-water out, and if it had been the case he would have been left a cripple for life. As it is he will only be laid up for two weeks. The dance at the home of John Schurger a mile west of town. Wednesday afternoon and evening was a great occasion. The event was a celebration of the wedding of Miss Louisa Schurger to Mr. Frank Kur ber. In the afternoon about two hundred people, mostly married folks, attended, and in the evening iiuikiivu y j&r ■■ ticipated. All kinds of delicious re-| Ireshments were served, and the big barn dance afforded endless amusement. The Aeolian Club furnished music. The whole populace of Geneva as well as many in this city’ remember M. J. Gottschalk at one time a very popular and successful business man m Geneva. During the money stringency several years ago he i went broke, but since that time he hasretreived his losses and is estimated to be worth $75,000. He owns a large cooperage factory’ “nd a $40,00t) interest in a large Portland cement factory at Bellefontaine, Ohio. W. H. Powers of Bluffton, has recently’ joined Mr Gottschalk and they together will build a factory at Spencerville, Ohio of which Mr. Powers will have charge.

gpcoND consignment of TOOLS AND 1 LAN DWALE cttrom one of the best and largest Tool Factories in the country. All goods of the first quality wTW^To L D AT MANT7 F A O e T VRB R’ S PRICB THE SCHAFER HARDWARE CO-

The Sennho Club met at the home of Mrs. Dr. Connell yesterday afternoon in its regular social session and the afternoon was wiled away by playing the old fashioned but interesting game called pedro Mrs Arthur Suttles and Mrs. George Bail’ oy were the luciy members as the captured first prizes, while Mrs. Miles Pillars and Mrs. John Kern lad to console themselves with the boobies. During the progress of the game a tine two course lunch eon was served and at 5 o'clock all adjoined to meet next Thursday at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Smith. Through the kindness of associate managing editor,Mr. C. E. Harrignton we are in receipt of a copy of‘'Home Education” a magazine which though still in its infancy bids fair to become one of the most popular of the age, especially for Club women and teachers. The magazine is published at Oak Park, Illinois and contains articles of general interest, travel, current events especially to such matters as look at the betterment of school conditions for every one concerned. Mary P. Squire is editor and Louise Babcock, assistant editor of the publication.

A petition for the extension of the East Washington macadam road, signed by James H. Tucker and about eighty or ninety other citizens of Adams county was filed at the auditor's office Saturday, for consideration by the board of , commissioners at the regular session next week. The road is one mile long beginning at the present east terminis of the aforesaid stone road and runing east to the St. Marys township line. The road is one much traveled and is greatly desired by’ Mr. Tucker and others interested. The election will no doubt be ordered and the road will very probably’ carry.' D. I. Weikal contractor for constucting the H. A. Homing buildings near theG. R. & I. depot began work on same and will complete the rest within a short time. At present only a twenty foot coal shed and an office will be constructed this fall but Mr. Heming says he will make a vigorous effort to secure his share of business. Next spring he will put up hay sheds and will go into the business handlingdhat produce. He is anjexperienced dealer in his line and comes recommended has a splendid business man. Mr. Weikel has completed the large boiler and engine room for the Fort Wayne & Springfield traction company, the last stroke of the hammer on that job having been administered this morning. The building is quite large being fifty by seventy feet and is the first of a number which in time will almost cover their fourteen acre plot of ground north of the city. Jim Banks, a porter and Jim Smith, a cook both employed at the Burt House engaged in an old «.pje.soqJherjj battle Thnrsdad flight I and for a few moments the air was ‘full of knives, shot guns, cuss I words and shells but no harm was done and the only serious result is an affiadvit filed aaginst Banks by’ i Bertha Carter, also colored,a friend of Smith’s who witnessed the blood (“urdling affair. Banks went into : the kitchen and asked for his supper, a quarrel and some words foll lowed. Banks being run out of the kitchen some say at the point of a butcher knife. Banks secured a shot gun and a box of shells and said he was arranging to make Smith look like an old time seive. He was prevented from doing any’ harm however and the participants are still alive. The arrest and trial will probably occur this afternoon unless the feud is arranged in j some way more peaceable.

The work on the Allison-Studa-baker block is progressing quite rapidly-, the carpenters having the same ready for completing the brick work on the second story. It is hoped to get it enclosed before the weather man interferes with too cold weather, and it now looks as though they may be successful. As the building goes upward it resembles very materially the old building before the tire cut such a disastrous caper. Jacob Loser, of Monroe township, is loser sixty dollars in clean, hard cash, and some one has evidently profited by paying his taxes this year. Jacob -was in the city Thursday and went to County Treasurer J. H. Vogelwede’s office to settle his fall installment of taxes. He took out a roll of paper money containing eighty dollars in bills and counted off twenty dollars, then reached in another pocket and paid the remaining sum in silver. He replaced his pocket book in his pocket and walked out, carelessly leaving his roll of sixty dollars on the rail. He never missed it until he reached Newville, where he went the same day on business, then he remembered what he had done. He hastened here yesterday, but the money had not been given to Mr. Voglewede, as was rather expected. Mr. Loser offers a liberal reward for the return of his money.

Rev. J. A. Sprague, Monroe’s faithful, earnest and untiring Methodist minister, has succeeded in arranging a lecture course to be given in his church during this month. Tickets will sell for twenty-five cents, and the people of that vicinity will be privileged to hear three good entertainments. The course opens Tuesday evening, November 10th, with Rev. J. S. Cain of Geneva, whose subject will be “Fact and Fiction in every day life.” On the following Thursday evening, November 12 the entertainment will be given by the Fort Wayne district preachers male quartette, consisting of Revs. White, Wagner, Rehl and Sprague. On Monday evening November 16, Rev. J. C. White of this city will lecture on the well chosen subject, “The Tie That Binds.” The three events are sure to be of unusual interest, and through Rev. Sprague’s efforts the people of Monroe will be given an opportunity to attend three good entertainments at a very nominal price. The Bluffton Banner says of that the much talked-of Rupright oil well was shot yesterday afternoon at half past three o'clock, by a shooter from the Empire & American factory. The shot was to have been put down at 9:30 in the morning, but it was found that there was nearlj’ a thousand feet of water in the hole. This had to be bailed out, and the shot was then lowered. The go-devil dropped, but in the meantime the well filled up again and the charge did not explode. 'Aga'il’ was'iiie CfeiuS.* cdilel’i nfl’v'n.T’ and 3:30 the shot went off. Eighty quarts was the amount of the explosive used, and it threw water, oil and rubbish all over the field. The shot developed quite a flow of gas. Dr. Louis Severin, who saw it stated to hold your hand over the pipe a flow of gas a bent as strong as the wind from an electric fan would be felt. The fact that thero is gas there is one which makes the oil men feel pretty confident that they are close to the oil bear .ng rock. Just what the well will be as an oiler is impossible to state. Theie is some oil there, and the well will be tested by pumping. The company putting it down has been busy for some time leasing land in that vicinity, and they will no doubt drill a number of test wells to see what they can make out of the field.

The Anti-Saloon league of Indiana may bo involved in a suit brought by Rev. Horatio S. Hilton, former field secretary of the oragnization, who says he has been unable to collect S4OO salary. It has developed that field secretaries Rev. G. L. Tufts and Rev. Ira Hall and Charles Orbison, attorney for the league, have resigned. Orbison ’s resignation is to take effect the first of next month. He said he was glad to get awayfrom the league. It is intimated that the league which promised to exterminate a thousand saloons a year, and which has given the liquor interests of the state the hardest fight of their existence, has not made much head way lately, because of troubles among the officials.

A reception was given Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale on Fifth street for Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Parker of Evanston. The guests included the members of the High School senior class of which the bride was a member prior to her marriage a few days ago and a number of others, about thirty in all. The occassion was a most delightful one and the young folks certainly made the event a merry one. Various amusements were indulged in, a several course supper served and the happy young couple who were guests of honor will long remember the evening as one of the happiest of their lives. Mr. Parker left today noon for Evanston to resume his duties in college and at his church and Mrs. Parker will join him next Monday. We join their many friends in extending future good wishes.

John S. Bowers of Decatur, is said to have come to the relief of the Cinncinnati, Bluffton & Chicago railroad and promises to raise enough money on his own credit to have the work go forth at once. Bowers is rated well up in the thousands and fie can, it is believed, furnish enough money to complete the road into Pennville. Bowers is the man who recently bought the Hopkins farm at Balbec on which is located immense gravel deposits, to tap which is one of the main objects of the road. He is anxious to get a cheap means of transporting the gravel to Bluffton, so that he can deliver it to the Lake Erie and Chicago & Erie. Superintendent Russell and Mr. Bowers were at Petroleum Tuesday and they stated here that all arrangements had been made to resume work and that inside a few days everything would be going along the same as before. —Portland Commercial-Review. Mabie Dull did the horse whipping act Friday night the exhibition taking place on north Second street and he victim being Miss Minnie Coegille. The affair created some excitement and was followed by the arrest of Mabie for assault and battery. She plead guilty before S’quire Smith and was fined a dollar afitl'uL'rtAtii which she paid and then filed an affidavit against her enemy, Minnie for provoke. The girls hadquareled over a lover who seems to have favored Mabel. Minnie said mean things and Mabel lost her temper and determined a revenge. She secured a buggy whip and started a hunt for the enemy, meeting her near the corner of Monroe and Sec ond streets. The whip came down on Minnie’s shoulders with a swish and a cry of pain escaped the lips of the victim. Mabk- admin:’cred several more licks before she could be convinced that she had completed the job but the battle finally adjourned to the ’Squire’s court. Mabie denies using the whip but Minnie swore she had some bad marks across her back as proof.

Radium, the new element, the remarkable facts connected with its discovery and its wonderous pos sibilties on the sciences and the arts —forms the subject of a comprehensive article in the November Review of Reviews, by Dr. George F. Kuntz, the well known authority on mineralogy. This article combines the highest scientific value with a popular method of treatment. The lay delegate election held by the Methodists at their chruch Wednesday, while not a spirited affair, was the means of showing a number of favorites. The vote was not large, perhaps a total of fifty and these were promiscuously scattered among about eight members of this church organization. John Niblick was the fa' orite for the lay delegate and Jeff Bryson for the reserve lay delegate, and it will be the duty of one of them to attend the sessions of the delegate conference, at which time the rules, regulations and other business interests of the Methodist church are discussed and action taken. The said conference will take place in the city of Muncie some time next spring. Both Messrs. Niblick and Bryson are active members of the church and capable of takeing a hand in fixing the policies that will govern the future of this great church.

A letter is at hand from Trustee Rupright of Preble township, which imparted the information that after careful measurement, eight hundred feet of oil was standing in the well recently drilled on one of his farms. It is thought that the well will be “shot ” some time this week. The well was drilled some two weeks ago, and then without ceremony or any light on the probable worth of the well, operations ceased. The fact that members of the company immediately got busy leasing additional territory, gave color to the thought that something good was being concealed. This information would indicate that such was the case. After a proper shot the well may start out with a lively production, and if so will be the means of opening new territory, that is now several miles from any stated production. With crude selling on the market at $1.27 a barrel, the opening of new territory is all the more important. Several thousand acres surrounding the well are now under lease, and wrn will soon know whether the well is good or is simply a fake. An awful accident occurred near Monroeville Tuesday night in which one man lost his life and several were badly hurt. A dispatch from there says: Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock a well drilled by the National Oil and Supply company of Lima, Ohio, on the Davidson farm, in Jackson township suddenly belched forth oil and gas which was ignited by the flame in the pumping station, and with a flash there wyw a,..terrific explosion. C. D. Service was so badly burned that he died at 5 o’clock this merning, after a night of agony. A.R.Rhodes was badly burned about the head and upper portion of his body and Orrin Dickinson was painfully scorched. They were all working around the well, and as soon as their wounds were dressed they were taken to Lima, Ohio, where they reside, and the doctors say they will recover. The remains of Mr. Service were brought to this city and taitan In chatrge 01 by Wilam Erwin & Son, the undertakers. Later they were shipped to Utica, Pa., the home of the dead man. The explosion was followed by a fire which sent the derrick and adjacent woodwork up in flames, and the blaze aroused the neighbors far and wide.

Mayor Coffee’s police court got to working and Joseph Showly was caught in its toils. He was brought up on charge of just plain drunk, was arrested last evening by Night Policeman Fisher and was fined one dollar and costs amounting to $9.30. He is going to board it out with Sheriff Butler. A similar charge with a few other attachments was filed against Frank Linnox he was charged with being drunk and also for disorderly conduct at his boarding house. Night Policeman and Russel Harruff arrested him last evening and her plead guilty and was fined one dollar and costs amounting in all to $9.30. He paid the bill. Saturday’s Bluffton News said: Officers of the Adams County Mutual Insurance Company yesterday made an adjustment of the fire loss sustained a week ago by Milo J. Gorrell when his farm residence south of Ossian was destroyed. The loss was about $2,300 and he will received insurance amounting to $1,300, the total amount for which his policy called. He had SBOO on his house and SSOO on his goods. The Adams County Mutual Insurance Company has been organized for a number of years, now has about 1,200 members principally farmers. In case of fires they pay the full amount of the loss unless it is more than the face value of the policy After the adjustment yesterday Mr. Gorrell received S4OO and the balance wil be paid within thirty days. It is the rulejto make assessments only when it is necessary to replenish the treasury, which is now the case. Notices will be sent out within a few days notifying the members of the association that they have been assessed 30 cents each on each 100 dollars of the appraised value of their property. This levy will bring into the treasury of the company about $3,000 and will be the only assessment made until it is exhausted in paying losses. A S3OO loss was paid in Adams. A fierce fight occured at the interurban camp near Monmouth at six o’clock Thursday and Harry Reed came out very badly hurt and a face considerably bruised and battered. Reed and another workman had decided to quit the job it seems and claim to have given a three days notice of their intention. The road is short of men and Reed claims that when they demanded a settlement this morning it was refused him, thinking they would remain. A quarrel followed between Reed and a boss named Fitzgerald and in the story is that just as the latter was going to strike Reed, Bison, the quartermaster interfered and said “let me do this job.” Picking up an iron stove poker he is said to have struck his opponent several times over the head. Reed and his friend walked to this city where Harry obtained uicuwiu'uiu ....He had sc veru.l bad cuts about the face and head and his nose was broken, thirteen stitches being necessary to patch him up afterwards he went to Prosecutor Moran and filed an affidavit against both Fitzgerald and Sison and Marshal Cordua and constable Blackburn left at one o’clock to arrest the men. Reeds injuries are very painful but not beleived serious. He is a. large, well built young fellow and looks as though he had ought to be able to protect himself even against a stove poker. The men were tried before ’Squire Smith the same day and it was shown that Reed brought on the trouble by his unruly action. Fitzgerald was acquitted, while Sison plead guilty to save time and was fined a dollar and costs.