Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1904 — Page 3

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Well talk about your winters ot ’49, the old timers can cut out their long chewed over stories and change the date of their story to the terrible winter of ’O3 and ’O4. Tn our report of the election of Martin Laughlin, last week, we made a slight error in giving the vote. On the third ballot the vote credited to James Foreman was received by Peter Soldner. Newton Parrish is running around this morning with a smile all over his face, the cause of which is that a big ten pound girl arrived at his home last night. Both mother and babe doing well. Bluffton has inaugurated a union delivery system, the same being in charge of Harry Deam. Under the system regular deliveries will be made at seven, nine and eleven o’clock in the morning, and two, four and six o’clock in the afternoon. Tire system is a good one. The state superintendent has requested that old and rare books of any kind, though more especially text books be sent from each county as a part of the educational display for the St. Louis exhibit. The state superintendent guarantees that these will be returned safely and in good condition to the owner at the close of the fair. Judge Erwin returned home last Wednesday from Washington, where he has been for the past ten days, visiting friends and taking in affairs of congress, senate and the capital generally. He called on President Roosevelt and enjoyed a quarter of an hours’ chat with that gentleman. The judge reports a most pleasant and enjoyable trip. The devil of a North-Missouri paper has an ambition to "become a paragrapher. The other day he produced the following which he submitted to the editor: There are no hair on a frog; Good apples grew high, also cherries; The bumble bee looks pretty, but cut him out; The farmer what raises wheat kin get full and raise other things; The Lord made the earth, but Morgan and Carnegie owns it; A corn is a wart on your toe. Corn and warts are just the same, only different. Five oil companies are interested in Northern Wells county and in Western Adams county and all of them are renewing their leases by jiaying rental for another three months. This will carry the leases well into the spring and it is expected tha tlively drilling will be done in Lancaster and Jefferson townships when warm weather comes. There are now two wells being drilled north of this city, the one on the Hall farm and the one on the Loeper farm east of Tocsin, just across the line in Adams county. The drill en the Hall farm was down 600 feet yesterday.— Bluffton News. In another column of this issue may be found the sworn statement of the condition of the Old Adams County Bank of this city at the close of business on January 22, 1904, and it is safe to say that but few financial insitutions in the b>g state of Indiana can make a better showing. The total resources reach $962,088! over half a million in loans and discounts. Nearly $200,000 is due from banks and bankers, about the same amount in stocks, bonds and mortgages, about $50,000 is in cash. The deposits on time and demand are $804,060.37. The statement is certainly a glowing one and the bank officials are justly proud of it.

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R. J. Holt house and family are home from a three weeks visit with relatives at Jonesboro, Arkansas. Tt’ s thats Julia Loser who was reported to have again eloped with Oliver Reynolds is still at home and has not been absent. Oliver is still out of the country. A report from Preble says that on a recent afternoon the people of that j neighborhood saw a well dressed fellow walking along the road near there and at. two different times noticed him get down in the midtile of the road. They say the question is — was he looking after a street line or gravel on the road. Hon. W. H. Eichhorn was Friday selected as chairman of the democratic county central committee of Well county. The selection could not be improved upon, and the Wells county democrats are thus already assured of a spirited campaign and an organization that will be thorough in every detail. At the same time M. A. Stout was elected secretary, and Thomas Sturgis treasurer. We will have to acknowledge the receipt of a complimentary pass over the lines of the Paragould & Memphis railroad, the same being countersigned by that young but proficient railroad official, Don L. Quinn. This is the railroad that is owned by Decatur capitalists and which traverses the rich timber lands of Missouri, much of which is owned by the Decatur Egg Case Company, The passenger association which met in St. Louis Thursday decided to recommend to the management of all roads a schedule for excursion rates from April 25 to October 31 which will sell tickets at 80 per cent of double the one way fare. A sixty day ticket at one and one third fare. Ten day trip for $2 plus one fare. The Clover Leaf road broke away from the passenger association early in the year and will make their own rates to the Fair city, a very low one. A sled of young people from this city consisting of W. Winnes, Lee Porter, Dallas Butler Dallas Hunsicker, Toddy Linn, Orval Harruff and Charles Woodie and Misses Arbye Loch, Jess Winness, Jesse Cook, Alice and Lola Jackson and i Edna Bremerkamp, drove to the i home of James A. Steele in Kirkland township Thursday night. The evening was spent in working puzzles, social chats and music. At a late hour the guests departed for their homes wishing Mr. Steele and family many more such occasions.

Trustee Rudolph Schug has been called upon to build a new school house in district one, French township, a petition is now being circulated by David Runyon who up to a day or two ago had secured sixteen names. Mr. Schug states that if the people want the house he will build it next summer. He says that a special levy will have to be made, however, as the cost of the structure will not fall below S3OOO, a sum considerably in excess of that in the township treasury available for such use.—Berne News. The will of the late William Worth of Kansas City, who died January 7, 1904, was filedin probate court today After bequeathing $50,000 each to his wife, Emily C. Kendall and his four children Mr. Kendall created a fund, the income of which is to be devoted to establishing a memorial to be called “The William W. Kendall fund of the Methodist Episcopal church.” This part of the will reads: “It is my will that the balance of my estate, $250,000 shall he held in trust as a sacred fund, the income of wnhich shall be used for the building up of Christ's kingdom on earth under the auspices of the Methodist church It is my will that this fund shall continue untiljthe end of this world when Jesus comes.”

Mrs. Cris Stopponhagen aged thirty-five years died at her home near Friedheim Friday morning at 1 o’clock. The cause of her death was liver complaint. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the Friedheim church and interment at the Freidheim j cemetery. She leaves a husband and six little children to mourn her loss. Judge Morris, one of the pioneers of Fort Wayne is in a serious condition at his home on Maple avenue. He is eighty seven years old and his ailment is simply weakness due to one of his great age. He had been in usual health up to Sunday when he suddenly grew alarmingly weak. His daughter, Mrs. E. A. Barnes, of Detroit, was summoned to his bedside. She arrived yesterday. —Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

In his early days Sir Thomas Lipton denied himself almost every pleasure except that of amassing a fortune, celling one day on a consul on business matters he was offered a cigar by that official. “No, thank you,” said Sir Thomas (then Mr.) Lipton. “Although I am the biggest smoker in England I never smoke cigars. ’ ’’What do yon smoke?” was the surprised queery. “Bacon,” was the prompt reply. Mrs. Fred Busick, aged sixty years died at her home in Root township, Saturday evening at seven o’clock, after a short illness, of pneumonia. She had contracted a heavy cold some few weeks ago and same at once run into that dread disease pneumonia, the attack at her age she could not succumb. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock from the Fuelling Church. She leaves a husband, five sons and one daughter to mourn their loss. Fred Jaebker had a birthday Wednesday, and had almost forgotten the fact until that evening, when a bus load of people from Preble and several from this city called to remind him that they had not forgotten him. Games and refreshments were indulged in, and for tear that Fred might forget the date in the fuiure, the crowd took him and dumped him into a five-foot snow bank. The occasion was a happy one, and it was late when the young folks departed. Reuben Baxter, a well known citizen of Monmouth, met with a serious accident at his home about noon Friday. He started out the door to get a bucket of coal when he slipped and fell, breaking his leg near the ankle. Dr. S. D. Beavers, of this city, was called and set the limb and the patient is reported as resting as well as could be expected. He is a rather heavy man and the fracture of the bone was a necessary result of the fall. He is of middle age and recovery may be a little slow. Louis Steele died at 3:30 o’clock Saturday morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Steele of Peterson, after a long illness. He was twenty-four years, three months and twelve days old. Six years’ago he first became afflicted with lung trouble which soon developed into consumption. Gradually he grew worse the awful disease creeping on him slowly and though everything possible was done for his comfort and to cure him, it was impossible. The climax came a few days ago when he contracted measles and his weakened condition prevented recovery. Death finally came as a relief to his years of poor health and his sufferings are over. The funeral services were held Monday morning at ten o ’clock at the Beery church, with interment at the Beery cemetery. Among the deeds left at the office of County Recorder Cloud Thursday was one which reads as follows: “Charles Gaut to Martha Griffin, lot 211, Decatur, $1.00,” and it is said that this act marks her separation from her church. Grandma Griffin is rather an eccentric lady who resided in the west part of town. Some two years ago she became an enthusiastic PentacGster and joined the band of religions workers who were conducting services on the streets here. So earnest did she become that she deeded her property as described above to Rev. Charles Gaut, the leader of the Penacostal band afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Gaut left here going to the (Berth part of the state and Grandma Griffin accompanied thorn. Rev. Gant wan-. dered from his faith, Mrs Griffin I lost confidence and has been trying I for a year to regain her property, in . which she has just been successful.

Ray Allen, of this office came near losing the index finger of his right hand, last evening, while working about the folding machine. He attempted to pull a piece of paper out, when his finger caught in a cog wheel, resulting in the finger receiving a bad scraping. Isaac A. Griffith, of East Main street, is unfortunate of late. Wednesday he fell down in the cellar and cut several bad gashes in his head and bruised his arm. He was feeling better Thursday morning but his injuries continue to cause him pain and inconvenience. It is not long since he was the victim of an accident in the harvest field, it will be remembered, which threatened for a time to prove fatal. He is nearly seventy years old.—Portland Commercial Review. Fred LaDelle of this city received a message last Friday stating that his mother, Mrs. Marion Kirk had died last night, the result of stroke of paralysis. She was fifty-eight years old and had bee in poor health for some time, this being the third stroke she has suffered. The funeral services will be held tomorrow and it is impossible for Fred to reach there by that time. The news was a sad shock to Fred and he regrets the fact that he was unable to be with his mother at the last moment. At a certain dinner party a charming young woman was seated next to an exceedingly deaf old man . She had done her best to interest him, but had found it necessary to shout out each remark unto the third and fourth narration before the old man could catch the point. So the time dragged along till the dinner was waning ana the fruit was passed. The young woman determine to make a final effort at being agreeable, So she threw her 'mice into saying: “Do you like bannanas?” “How is that?' ’ asked her neighbor in surprised tone. “Do you like bannanas?” she repled. “Well dear.” he replied' so long as you have introduced the topic, I will say that I much prefer the old fashioned nightshirt'”. The Citizens Telephone company are right now having about as busy a time as ever in the history of the company, in keeping their lines in service for the use of the public in general. This cold snap, has been a very severe test on the copper lines and in many places on their toll system the lines have snapped comple'iely in two. It has kept Superintendent Kinzle and his force of linemen busy repairing the same so that the service would be complete. Yesterday a full force of men were at Geneva and at East Farmland mending the lines tliat had been thus cut in twain by the cold weather. The company here are deserving of graet credit for thus showing their enterprise and in trying to give their patrons a good telephone system. Rev. Norman Jones, formerly paster ot the Presbyterian church here, died at his home at Washington Court House, Ohio January, 11, aged seventy-one years. The funeral services were held there Friday, January 14, from the residence of Robert Howat, Rev J. S. McNair officiating. His daughters, Misses Cornelius Jones, of Dayton, Lucile Jones of East Liverpool and Josephine Jones of San Fransisco were all in attendance Rev. Jones was one of the grand old men of the Presbyterian church and was a popular man here He was born at Washington 0., November,2B, 1832. He was a graduate of the Salem academy, Washington college and the Union Theological seminary, New York city. He was an army chaplin during the civil war. He was pastor of Decatur church from 1871 th 1877.' Removed to Bluffton, Indiana, in 1878, and again in 1880, to his home, Washington C, H, Ohio, where he remained until 1899. Since 1887 had not preached regularly, but continued his ministerial calling without pastorate. On December 13, 1860, Norman Jones was married to Joshephine A. Denver, daughter of Patrick Denver of Wilmington, Ohio, whose death occured December, 27, 1898. She was the sister of the late 'Gen. J. W. Denver of Willimngton, Ohio. Mrs. E. W. James of Coshocton, Ohio, is the only surviving member of her family. Os this marriage five children were born, two of whom died in infancy. Cornelius,Lucile and Josephine still survive. Death had long been looked for and came as a re lief from physical infirmity and suffering.

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Samuel Shady, a well known old citizen, died Sunday morning at his home at Magley. He was seventyfour years old and had been ill for some time with general paralysis. He was a member of Company, K, 89th. Indiana regiment during the civil war. He was a brave solder, a good citizen and a kind and courteous friend and neighbor. The funeral services were held from the home at ten o'clock, Tuesday morning, interrment at the Shady cemetery. Dr .Charles J. Blackman formerly of this city and who was in the Iroquois theatre fire at Chicago haa the misfortune to lose his watch while engaged in the work of rescue. Yesterday he received the watch from Chicago. He had dropi>ed it on the floor inside the building and it had been found along with the mass of valuables recovered. The doctor had the number of the works and by that means was able to identify the time piece. The fact that the building was closed and guarded made it possible for many valuables lost inside to be returned to their rightful owners Dr. Blackman spent several days after the fire assisting J in the hospital and it was through his efforts that the sufferings of many of the unfortunate people j was lessened. W'.A . Kuebler of this city re- : ceived a message Friday an- < nouncing the death of his brother 1 Charles, and stating that ho had died of pneumonia after an illness of a few days duration. While in Chicago he was in the employ of ! the well known candy man Genther and it was while thus employed that he contracted the cold that resulted in bis demise. He was forty-six years of age and a single man and the first death of seven brothers. , The funeral services will be held at his old home at Tiffin, Ohio, for which place Will Kuebler of this city leaves this evening, ■ to attend the funeral which will be held Monday ' morning. Louis S. Kuebler, of . Mansfield, Ohio, passed through 1 our city last evening enroute to i Chicago and will accompany the i 1 remains to Tiffin. O. Charles I leaves a mother, six brothers and j three sisters t.o mourn his loss.

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Harry Moltz one of the active members of the firm of Ku'bler & Moltz, dry goods dealers left last Thursday for New York City where he expects to buy a full and complete line of up to date goods that will lie worn by the eastern people, who are the leaders of this country for fashions and thus|by going to the real scene of action this firm will be able to compete with any of the cities in this section of the conn ry when it comes to handling all the latest eastern patterns of dry good* and ladies dress suits fcr the spirng and summer trade.

STATEMENT. W. H Niblick. Pies. R. K. Allison, Casbie-. David Studahaker. Vice Pres. <’. S. Niblick, French Quinn, A s’t Cashiei* Report of the condition of The Old Adami County Bank at Decatur.lnd’ » a. iu the S at<# of Indiana, at the close of business on Ja*a 22.1904, RESOURCES. Loans and discounts 508.902 SB Overdrafts... 8 379 94 Other stocks, bonds and mortgages 18",18* 17 Banking house H.K‘45 kW Other real estate 3,Bhii 8* Furniture and fixtures 4 758 8S Current expenses 5.903 flo Interest paid 5.176 34 Premiums ... 789 4b Due from banks t bank ers,lß7 268 99 ~ i . « t Currency. 25,150 (D ( ash on hand -■ < peclv \ 12,848 08 Cash items 9,038 63 234.805 70 Total 4962.088 05 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ?120.0(X) oo Surplus fund . 15.>0o(i0 Undivided profits 4.008,68 Discount, exchange and interest... It-. 615 »»0 Dividends Unpaid 2bo 00 lnd’l deposits on demand... 489.299 83 Indi deposits on time 314 7tio 54 804.060 39 Rent PM 00 Total ,o>B 0b State of Indiana. County of Adams, ss: I. R. K. Allison. Cashier of Tue Old Adams County Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is t rue R. l< Allison. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this2Btli day of January. 1904. James T. Merryman. Notary Public, My commission expires Feb. 18, 1904 DECATUR INSURANCE AGENCY We write Fire, Lightning and Windstorm Insurance We will insure your property—either farm or city- and take care of your business in a business-like manner. We solicit your patronage. Office in Niblick block over Holthouse, Schulte N Co.’s clothing store. GALLOGLY &JIAEFLING