Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1904 — Page 3

Mrs. Henry Scheiman went to South Whitley this morning to visit for a few days with her parents. A card was received Monday from presiding Elder C. W. Wade, dated May 9th at Los Angeles, California and saying “ I never was in better health in my life, have not been ill a moment —mistake in telegram.'’ We are indeed glad to learn these facts from Rev. Wade and know we are joined in this by his many acquaintances over the district and state, where he is so widely known. W. H. Nachtrieb, the druggist, left at noon Monday for Blissfield, Ohio, having received a telegram from there saying that his his brother Gottlieb was very low and uot expected to live through the day. His serious condition is due to a severe attack of appendicitis. An operation had been performed with hopes of saving his life and from the telegram received today it is believed the operation must have been unsuccessful. The Decatur friends of the family hope that better news my yet be received, though it can scarcely be hoped for. M. A. Hamm freight and passeng er agent at the Chicago & Erie R. R. whom as we stated in an issue of our paper several days ago had tendered his resignation to the officials on account of not having the proper force of men to do the work with and having it all thrown upon him, received word from the general superintendent of the road stating that he would send two men tomorrow to assist in this office from now on and further refused to accept the resignation of Mr. Hamm who now informs us that under these circumstances he will still retain his position with the company. We are ceratinly glad to bear this good bit of news as it shows that the railroad company appreciates the services of a good man. Jack Ferguson, a farmer, and William A. Lagree, machinist and inventor of Marion have been working secretly for more than a year on an airship which is now completed. It is said to be practi cal and to have made a successful trip through the air last Friday. The ship is said to have shot from ts moorings into the air until it reached a height of nearly 10,000 feet, taking a southern direction, passing over the town of Upland where its lights were seen by many. A turn to the east was made and the machine]was driven back to the place of starting when it gracefully settled into the building from which it had shot a short time before. Ferguson and Lagree will take the machine to St. Louis for the airship contest. They refuse to give any description of the airship. J. C- Beard, the former Hartford City grocer who filed affidavits at Anderson charging himself and Mrs. Mary C Walters, who was supposed to be his wife with living together without authoriy of law now realizes that he made one of the mis takes of his life when he went to such’an unusual length to gratify his spite. Mayor Forkner fined each |25 and threw in a thirty days jail sentence. Some friend of Mrs. Walters came to her rescue and paid her fine. The mayor considerately remitted the jail sen fence and the women went free. She immediately left Anderson. Beard, the poor fool, is faring ill meantime. He is broke and nobody is coming to his rescue. Tuesday he was put to work on the stone pile at Anderson and he has an excellent prospect of pulverizing rock for 65 days. Thursdaynight at the home )f Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cook on fifth street occurred a reception given by all the members of the Evangelical church in honor of Rev. Haist and nis wife just arrived to assume their new duties here as pastor of the church. The evening was most enjoyably spent in numerous games and guessing contests and the hundred people present expressed themselves as never having had a finer time. During the evenings enjoyment a fine luncheon was served and at a late hour all adjourned wishing Rev. Haist and wife many more such happy events while here. A musical program was also rendered and proved an enjoyable part of the occasion. Rev. Haist is a scholary young man and both he and Mrs. Haist will no doubt soon be very popular in Decatur.

I eoples & Holthouse are sporting a new team of horses to their bus. Th»y are pure white and make a very attractive appearance. A few days ago a deal was closed by which E. R. Stowell, West Walnut street, sold his secret for fire proof paint, to General A. B Nettleton of Federal Bond Company Chi cago, for a consideration of 157,560, says the Portland Sun. Part of the amount was paid in casb'and a portion of it was given in stock and bonds in the resulting organization. A company is being formed to place the paint on the ’market on large scale. The liquid is black and is called Carbide Fireproof Paint. If the common red brick is painted or immersed in the liquid it is rendered fire proof. Invitation have been issued for the wedding of Miss Luella Miller, daughter of Jacob Miller of Geneva to Mr J. E. Everet of Detroit Michigan, tne event to occur early in June. Miss Miller is an accomplished young lady and well known here, being a sister of Mrs. Lawrence Smith. The family resided here several years Miss Luellla teaching a primary grade in the city schools until year ago when she resigned to accept a place as teacher in a business college at Detroit. Mr. Everett is a well known railroad official and successful business man. His home is at Detroit in which beautiful city the happy couple expect to reside in the future. Miss Miller's many Decatur friends join us in advancing congratulations and best wishes.

There will be a slight change made in the time table of the Grand Rapids commencing Sunday May fifteenth which however will not interfere grealy with the traveling public from this city Train number sixteen which is south bound and now due here at 7:16 on Sunday evening will hereafter be due here at 8:16 this time however only is in effect on Sunday evening. The same train during the week being due here as usual 7' :51. The only other change will be in number seven which is due here at 8:00 and which formerly only carried passengers as far as Ft. Wayne, on Sundays will hereafter be due hero at the same time but will carry passenger clear through to Grand Rapids thus insuring the Sunday traffic direct access to Rome City and other northern points. All other trains will leave as usual.

The Supreme Court of Indiana last week handed down a decision holding the legislative apportionment act of 1903 unconstitutional and affirming the decision of the Ripley Circuit Court- The Ripley county case was the one in which there was a petition for a writ of mandate to compel the election of members of the General Assembly to be held under the apportionment of 1897. By affirming the decision of the lower court in this case the Supreme Court directs that the election of members of the General Assembly next fall be made under the act of 1897, and this removes the danger of having no constitutional act under which to conduct the election. The decision was written by Judge Dowling and all the judges were of one mind. The decision will mean that politicians that have counted on the 1903 act being good will have to readjust their plans. The decision in no way effects this county. James Wright the Berne man who has been in jail here since February 24th, refusing to pay his fine, though ho had the money in his pocket, gave up the fight Friday morning and walking up to ‘Squire Smith’s office planked down the gilt which made him a free man again. Wright is an oil worker about fifty years old. He came here to buy some clothing but filled up on booze instead. He was arrested by Marshal Cordua and plead guilty before ’Squire Smith who fined him a dollar and costs amounting to $9.80. Wright had $9.96 in his pocket but said he would rot in jail before he would pay. When he had served ten days he appeared before Judge Erwin and asked to be released but refused to swear that he had no means to pay with. He was taken back to jail and remained there until this morning, when he was put to work on the streets with a gang of hoboes. He worked about an hour then concluded that he might as well bo earning a living as work ing for the city and accordingly made it known that he was ready to Settle. He was accommodated in a very few moments.

Wanted at Once —An ambitious and energetic man over 21 years of age to work himself up to a good salaried position with a largecompany. Answer in own hand wr’ting. P. 0. Box 234, Decatur, Ind. ts The funeral services for Miss Bessie B. Steele who died Wednesday morning, will lie held tomorrow afternon at two o’clock at the Beery church. The casket will not be opened at the church hut persons desiring to view the remains may do so at the Steele home from four to nine o’clock his evening and from seven to eleven tomorrow morning. The Indianapolis Star is making a leap for the observance of Decoration Day as it should be, not as a day of ball games, horse racing and fishing, but as a holiday sacred to the memory of heroes of the nation. Os late years Decoration Day and the Fourth of July have lost about all their original solemnity and rising generations scarcely know from the celebrations what the day stands for. The Declaration of Independence is no longer read on July Fourth as it keeps people away from the horse races and if the old soldiers don't give a fine parade with a brass band on Decoration Day they can’t get a corporal’s guard away from the spring ball game. Onion sets are onion sets this year, and it takes a capitalist to have a very large onion bed. The last part of the week sets were quoted at $6.25 per bushel to wholesale and this morning a traveling man from a fruit and vegetable house was asked what the quotation is. He stated that if any could be gotten the price would be $lO per bushel. People go into groceries and ask for onion sets and when told that there are none say “Why I’ve just got my onion bed made and want them bad.” Onions of all kinds are being planted instead of the sets. Some are drilling in the seed. The late spring is the cause of the scarcity. The sets in stock sprouted and many had to be thrown away before the ground was in shape to plant them.

Marshal Codua and Night Policeman Fisher arrested six real live tramps Thursday who were raising considerable disturbance near the old mill formerly operated by Smith & Bell between the two railroads, on an alarm sent in by some lady who lives near there and whom they were annoying. The hoboes were placed in jail over night and this morning brought up before Mayor Coffee where three were charged with vagrancy and three with public intoxication . As is the usual ease all put up a beautiful plea in their own behalf and each one said he was not present, but the evidence of the officers greatly overshadowed their testimony and Mayor Coffee proceeded to deal out a little justice to them. To the three charged with vagrancy were’each fined five dollars and costs which amounted to $13.50 in each case, and in the plain drunk cases ho fined each, one dollar and costs which amounted to $9.30 each As none" of the six had any visible means of paying their fine they will board it out with Sheriff Butler. Jaoob Atz has received word of the death of his aunt Mrs. Gottlieb Saurer, of Bluffton. She had suffered with a complication of diseases for more than a year. Mrs. Saurer was horn in Canton, Berne, Switzerland, March 12, 1839. XV ith her parents she came to Vera Cruz in 1852- The marriage of Miss Eliza Moser Gottlieb Saurer occurred’atVera Cruz on May 19, 1860, and they resided continuously on a farm near Vera Cruz until they moved to Bluffton seven years ago this month, with the exception of a short period they lived in Adams county. There were eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Saurer and three daughers and three sons are living to mourn with their father the death of a ’ loving mother. The children are Edward. Robert and Alfred, Miss Lena, and Mrs. Levi A. Linn all of this city, and Mrs. F. P. Hocker, of Audubon, lowa. All were at their mother's bedside. The funeral services will be held Saturday forenoon at ten o'clock at the First Reformed church of which Mrs. Saurer was a member. She ha<s been a member of the Reformed church since she was thirteen years of age. The funeral services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. H. String, and interment will occur - in Fairview cemetery.

The Erie has just erected and put in service one of the largest span girder railroad bridges in the country. It is a single deck bridge on the main line over Yankee Run, near Hubbard, 0., and is 131 feet 4 inches long over the ends of the main girders. An old and light through truss bridge of the same span was removed and the new structure, which is designed for loading of the heaviest engines and cars, was subsituted. Harley Smith a young man of near Berne has been bound over to circuit court in the sum of SSOO bond, on a paternity charge sworn to by Nellas Myers, a seventeen year old girl. The affidavit was filed before Chris Stengel of Berne and at the hearing held May 10th. Smith admitted his guilt and the papers were filed at the clerks office this morning. Miss Myers is represented by attorney Emil Iranz and Smith by F. M. Cotttrell. The parties are quite well known. John Terrell, the Bluffton man is not the only convicted murderer who is confined in the Richmond asylum, though his is the first instance where a man has been declared insane after conviction and prior to sentence. There are two other murderers at East Haven, who had received life terms in the penitentiary. Both became insane after entering prison. One of them is Peter Schnurr.who has been in the insane hospital for thirteen years. He was pardoned before entering the hospital. The other is Barney Boyle, who has been in the hospital for ten years. Both are Allen couny inmates and both are hopeless cases. Bluffton has again come to the front with a base ball team, having organized Tuesday evening, and from the line-up will have a fairly good team. They have also employed that famous umpire, Mac Arbaugh, to win for them those games that will be in doubt, so you may look to see Bluffton far in the lead with games won over any of her surrounding towns where visiting teams get a square deal. It is hardly probable that they can secure dates with any town that has once had the experience of playing there, and they will no doubt be forced to content themselves with playing Kingsland, Ossian, Keystone, Craigville and numerous other little towns surrounding. A small blaze occurred Wednesday at Vail's stave factory on Adams street which however did not result in anything very serious and the loss sustained will not reach more than ten dollars. The fire occurred at eleven o'clock and the fire whisle blew without many people knowing anything about it. The company responded promptly and were socn at the scene of action, their services were however not needed ,the night force at the plant soon had the fire under control. The fire started in one of the stave sheds and burned a hole in the roof probably eight or ten feet square having probably caught from a spark from passing train on the Erie railroad, no damage was done to the stock. The building was insured Washington Gilpen was born in Pennsylvania, February 1, 1827 and died the death of the righteous at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. T. Rainer, Muy 10, 1904. His boyhood was spent in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. On July 12, 1849. he was united in marriage to Mary Brokaw also of Tuscarawas, county. In less than a year they came to Adams county Indiana and bought a farm, which he cleared of the tim ber and established their home. For-fifty four years he was identified with Blue creek township’s citizens. He and his wife united with the south Salem Methodist Episcopal church when they first came to the county and during all these years he has been an exemplary Christian and a faithful church member. It has been said by those who knew him best that he died without an enemy. Five children were born to this union, three of whom, are Mrs. C. T. Rainier, Mrs. F. W. Dibble of Decatur, Ind., and Ezra Gilpen of Hobart Ind., survive him, his companion died November 1, 1879 and two sons, Willis and Lemuel, preceded him in death. He was married to Mrs. Danner, who died May 1, 1901. He left to his sorrowing children, and friends the memory of a well spent life, of comfort to them and the assurance that in some summer clime they may meet him again where there are no good byes.

James Haviland, who has been running the Riverside livery stable here for several months, packed up his belongings Sunday and quietly moved back to Geneva, from whence he came. The business here was not proving a paying investment, hence this move. His son Elgin, however, will run the stable for a short time upon his own responsibility. James will open up in the livery business at Geneva at once. The Appellate Court has held, in a suit over a pavement in Bluffton, that under tho act of 1901, giving two thirds of the resident property owners on a street the power by remonstrance to prevent its improvement by paving, the city council must state in its resolution calling for bids what kind of pavement is to be laid. A contract where the resolution calling for bids on asphalt, brick and macadam pavements, and the council undertook to decide after the bids were received what kind of pavement should be laid, was held to be void, so that the contractor could be enjoined from proceeding under it. Peter Russel, a well known character about town with a tendency towards deliriousness when under the influence of hard cider succeeded in frightening a number of people Saturday evening by what he termed a harmless joke. He was seen in the alley between north First and Second streets with a dangerous looking package and was heard to mumble something about dynamite. That'was enough, the police were summoned and for a few moments excitment was noticeable. The police finally captured Pete and a search revealed a piece of broom stick about eight inches long carefully wrapped in a piece of brown paper. He was given some good advice fox future consideration. The Indianapolis Star said: “M. H. Ormsby, Circuit court reporter of Bluffton, and delegate to the democratic state convention, was beaten too insensibility and badly cut by an unknown assailant in the rear of the Claypool hotel Friday. Up until an early hour that morning Ormsby was unable to give the name of the man who assaulted him and the police do not think they will be able to apprehend.him. Several eye witnesses said they saw •Ormsby walking toward Illinois street quarreling with another man. When they reached the rear entrance to the hotel both men used profane language and then the unknown man struck Ormsby. The latter fell to the ground, and when the police arrived was unconscious. He was bleeding profusely from a deep wound over the left eye. Dr. Hoover of the city dispensary took the man to the dipsensary, where he lay on the table three hours before regaining consciousness. Homer is well known here and his Decatur friends believe he' must have been assaulted and robbed. The supreme court has decreed that the husband is the head of the family. He may choose any reasonable place or mode of living and the wife must ocnform thereto. The husband may decide who shall be the visitors at the home even if the wife owns the home. In the Erie eounty case of the state of Ohio against Oscar Green, the interesting question if a man may keep his mother in law out of his home was bronght to tho attention of no fewer than four courts. It all grew out of a domestic quarrel. Oscar Green did not want his mother in law, Mrs. Martha Hibblethwaite, to visit him and his wife at their home. He gave the mother in law due notice to that effect. But with the perversity attributed to mothers in law in general Mrs. Hibblethwaite went to the Green domicile. Tho son in law met her at the door and refused to let her enter. The evidence is conflicting as to what then transpired. On the one hand it is claimed that Green struck her; on the other hand that he pushed her from the door. Mrs. Hibblethwaite Caused the arrost of her son in law. He was found guilty in the probate court and was fined $lO and costs for assault and battery. The common pleas court affirmed the finding and the circuit court reversed the action, on the ground that Green was the “boss” of his “castle.” The prosecution carried tho case to the supremejcourt. and today that court says the circuit court, was right. It follows, therefore, that if a husband notifies a mother in law that her society is not wanted he has the right to. keep her out of his home.

THE ISLE OF NOBLES.’ $ A Famous Historic Site, the Cradle of Saxon Liberty. The isle of Athelney, or the “isle of nobles,” as the name signifies, is one of the most famous of historic sites. A thousand years ago it was a iow islet covered with willows and alders and surrounded by fens and overflowing marshes, altogether inaccessible except by boats. There King Alfred sought refuge with a swineherd, and there he lay concealed from tho invading Danes for the space of a whole year. The resort of his chieftains to this place caused it to be known as the “isle of nobles,” which may be regarded as the cradle and stronghold of Saxon liberty. After Alfred regained the possession of his throne he erected a Benedictine abbey on this spot and “endowed it with al! the lands in the isle of Athelney.” The monastery has entirely disappeared, but its site is marked by a stone pillar erected in 1801 by the owner of Athelney. The pillar bears this inscription: "King Alfred the Great in the year of our Lord 879. having been defeated by the Danes, fled for refuge to the forest of Athelney, where he lay concealed from bis enemies for the spell of a whole year. He soon after regained possession of bis throne, and in grateful remembrance of the protection he had received under the favor of heaven he erected a monastery on this spot and endowed it with all the lands contained in the isle of Athelney. To perpetuate the memory of so remarkable an incident in the life of that illustrious prince this edifice was founded by John Slade. Esq., of Maunsell, the proprietor of Athelney, A. D. 1801.” — London News. THE MAN WITH THE ADZ. Wonderful Accuracy of Him Aim at the Butcher’a Block. Outside a butcher shop twenty or thirty persons stood watching a man at work with an adz. He stood on a large oaken block, such as meat is chopped on, which he had taken from its legs and placed on the curb, sloping toward the street. The surface of tho block had become scarred and roughened from use. With clean, accurate strokes of the adz the man soon made it as smooth as a mahogany table. It was the wonderful accuracy of his aim that made passersby stop to look at him. He paid no attention to them. A single false blow ■would have ruined the block. When the job was done, the man helped the butcher mount the block, collected $5 and went off to keep another appointment. “It has taken me twenty-three years to learn to chop like that,” he said to a reporter. “My charge is from $5 to $lO. according to the size of the block. A block requires evening off in that way every three or four years. I have customers now that I had when I first began business, twenty-five years ago. In all that time I have spoiled only two blocks, and they were during the two years of my apprenticeship. The butchers can get their chopping blocks put in condition by sending them to the sawmill. But it is more expensive, and they can't spare them so long from the shops. There is enough work of this kind in New York to keep myself and half a dozen others busy.”—New York Press. Korean Men’s Hats. The quaintest feature of the picturesque costumes of the Korean men is their hats. They are mousetrap-like arrangements made from the hair of the wearer’s ancestors. This priceless possession is handed down from father to eldest son, who reaches the goal of his ambition at the moment when the family hat is placed upon his head. Another grotesque form of Korean headdress is the mourning hat that is worn in rural districts by the eldest son for three years after the death of either of his parents. This conical shaped affair of rushes or rice straw is as large as a bushel basket and extends to the shoulders. The Value of Exercise. The brain that never calls upon itself for work must become dull and stupid, and it is the same way with the muscles of the body. They are filled with blood vessels that should be up and doing. The blood has several purposes, and one is to carry away the waste fluids of the body. The lungs are a sort of refinery, and the blood is a distilling agent. If the blood becomes thick and unhealthy and sluggish the body does not keep its youthful state. Eyes grow dull, lips lose their redness, and the complexion is sallow and unlovely. It is an easy and simple matter to make exercise a habit. Wart Cures. Vinegar and cooking soda in solution are said to make a capital cure for warts. If the wart is kept moist with it for ten minutes several times a day it will disappear in the course of a week or so in ordinary cases. Another cure is to touch frequently with acetic acid or nitric acid. but one must be careful not to irritate the surrounding skin by dropping either acid. Why They Spoke. “We had known each other slightly,” said Miss Evvy Waite, “but never to speak to until one day while out skating I fell down quite near him, and”— “Ah. yes!” replied Miss Peppery. "That broke the ice, of course.” —Philadelphia Press. Choosing n Minister. Dean Everett used to soy that parish commit!■ had no n ing a ministir than a minister showed in buying a horse.—Boston Christian Register. The man who becomes his own doctor has ajfoel for a pal is the man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.