Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1904 — Page 5

(fpRISTOE'S | I Smoke I House I fOR ALL KINDS OF I l Tobacco I Cigars .... I We have more Brands to Se-B leet from than any house ■ in the City. ft al fbistoe. I L East side 2d St., opp, court house Al Parker, of Toldo, is a business Iler here today. Earl Coverdale, E. B. Adams Spank Burns, Joe Lyman and sevother Decatur people were at Fort Wayne Saturday evening to hr the famous Inez band. IWe desire to sincerely thank Sh< re those who so kindly assisted ■s luring the dying hours of our He! ived son and brother, Samuel V. Robison, The relatives. I Will Barkley is at home from T' sago, where he has been emA.oycd for several months as a Bieat_cutter. He will visit his par■i> a few days and then return to |l. “ Windy city.” ■ A verdict was reached at 3 o’clock lit the case of the state against James jfcahn for public disturbance at a ball Wi-.n.e. ’Squire Smith assessed a fine If one dollar and costs against him. Mn appeal was taken to the circuit Hurt. I Three tramps who were arrested evening by Marshall Cordua ltd Night Policeman Frank on a ■l arge of drunkeness and for disturbing the peace in the south end | town, were brought up before ■liyor Coffee this morning- and ■ll9 charge read to them, and each »ne told to tell his story. All of all 3 beautiful tales of ■rue to tell about this being their 4 st offense and that they were

lust changing cars here and W-ant no harm by their actions, ■he court after hearing their tales ■kincluded it would be money saved B get rid of them and consequently irdered them out of town and they ■ot. I The Lake Michigan end of the te line between Indiana and Rllinois has been lost and the police Bi two states are hunting for it. ■he mark for years was a stone at |1 Sth street and Indianapolis street J* 1 ' Hammond. On one side was But the word ‘ Indiana - and on the ether "Illinois.” The stone was four feet long and two feet high, >ne and one-half feet rejecting ibove the ground. Not only has it >een removed, but hole from which it was taken has been filled ip so no one can tell exactly where t 'food. Thefpolioe believe some louseholder, more thrifty than honest, has imbedded the stone in the foundation of a residence or used it as a base for a lawn flower pot. The next boundary stone is five miles in and, a survey will have to be made from that point before the place for a new Lake Michigan mark can be established. If the Decatur public should wake up one of these fine August mornings and find a few inches of snow on the ground there Would be no unusual amount of astonishment. The last few days were'a’wonder in the weather line, and L ncle Ira Hicks, who predicted warm weather for this particular part of the year was very much abused man It was too cold to swim and nearly to cold for anything that comes under the summer schedule. Ice cream dealers cussed and soda fountain owners said it was the worst they ever saw. Summer has been one huge joke, and they say that unless there is a change for the better soon, they will install the hot chocolate and ,eef tea arrangements. Cold weather and dry at that, isn’t the -st thing that ever t happened to glowing crops, or more properly crops that are not growing. All the, way around, everybody has a fek, and it is up to the weather man to fix up a mixture that will contain a sprinkling of warm rain an< l plenty o f sunshine.

a Kfleneman, O. Wemhoff, W. Berling, John Crawford, F. Johns, J. Deininger, and L. H. Kleinhenz went to Rome City this [miming to spend a few days at the lake. A number of street fakirs have been seen on our streets this week and all have been making a nice bunch of money It is high lime that our citizens here should come to the conclusion that it is cheaper to buy of your home merchant who is bound to treat you right than to buy of the fakir who is always trying to beat you at every turn of the road. Wake up men and get wise. It was thirty-nine years ago Tues, evening August 9, 1865, when the members of the old 89th Indinan infantry arrived home from war, The big seige with sickness, wounds and death was over and those who had stood the storm were also happy as were their friends and relatives. That seems many years ago, but as the old boys talked it ever l last night the incidents seemed as fresh in their minds as though it were but a few weeks ago. Since that day many have been laid to rest and the ranks are thin today, but every one is loyal still to the cause he fought for.

When it comes down to real genuine courteous treatment to its patrons the Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago railroad is in a class by itself. This was clearly demonstrated on the train coming over from Pennville lust Saturday morning. When about mid-way between Penn township and this city, the train vas running at something less than a five minute clip, a sudden puff of wind lifted a ninety-eight cent Panama from the head of a PennvilHe passenger. As his top. piece sailed out of an open window the unfortunate passenger put up a vigorous kick to the con - ductor, bemoaning his loss. His appeal visably affected the “con” who consulted his watch and for a moment seemed to be in a deep study, then he pulled the bell rope. When the train came to a stop he signaled the engineer to back up. As he did so he turned to the hatless pusenger and said: “Oh well, were ahead of time anyhow, so’ wejl just back up and get your hat.” And he did. After retracing about a mile of truck the hat was found and the run to this city resumed, the train arriving on schedule time.—Portland Review. If you want to be fashionable, it is up to you to appear next Sunday with two creases down your pants legs that resemble a half grown section of the Erie right-of-way. Decatur young men may be slow in accepting the lead, but it must surely come and the fellow who gets onto the band wagon first will live to be joyful over it. Not since he ascended the throne has King Edward, international fashion plate, created such a sartorial furore as at the present time. Double creased trousers—-that is the King’s latest wrinkle, to be a bit paradoxical and he has set the arbiters of fashion in two nations by the ears. The double creasing gives the trousers a boxlike effect. One of the creases runs front and back, the usual way, while the other runs along side the seams outside and inside. The trousers legs as a result hang absolutely square, as if the wearer had slipped on a pair of three boxes.

Hartford City, Ind., August 10. -J. A. Hindman, counsel for Mrs. Krauss, accused _of poisoning her stepdaughter, Crystal Krauss, said today that it was a settled fact that a change of venue would be asked before'the defendant is called for trial, and that there would be a demand f®r another trial judge. He further said that the case will not be tried in October. It will be necessary for the grand jury, which does not convene until October, to return an indictment. Treason and murder must be proseeuted under an indictment, to which the defendant must respond guilty or not guilty. Mrs. Krauss, he said, would have almost five months to remain in tne Blackford county jail. It is the impression Qf Mr. Hindman at this time that the case will be transferred to Jay county, i which case Judge John Smith could preside over the trial. Judge Smith will be acceptable to the defense. The court has the power to send the case to any adjoining county, and it is certain that it will either be tried in Wells, Jay, Grant or Delaware, and that it will not be tried here.

Special excursion to Marion, Ind., via the Clover Leaf route, Sunday, August 14. National Soldiers' home at Marion. Get information of agents, Clover Leaf route, or address W. L. Ross, General Passenger Agent. Toledo, O. Agnes, the two-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Koenneman, who live near Williams, died Tuesday morning at eight o’clock after an illness lasting several weeks. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock at the St. John's church and interment will be made in the St. John cemetery. The Economy department store, C. Eppstein, proprietor, will open in the Patterson building, next door to this office on Saturday, August 27th. At least that is the present plans and a representative of the new concern was in the city today arranging or opening his business. The store will handle house furnishings, toys and genera merchandise, and will open with a SSOOO stock of new and up-to-date goods. The company operate four large stores over the country and have the advantage of purchasing their goods in immense quantities. Their announceing statement will appear in a few days. Earl K. Shalley, a photographer of Berne wore the gold metal prize at the state photographers association meeting held at Winona recently. The picture which secured him his renoun was entitled “A Hermits’ Repast,” his subject be ing Nicholas Gasser, an old character of Berne. This week’s Berne Witness reproduced a half tone of the picture accompanied by a two column article. It said in part: Nicholas Gasser was born in Steffisburg,on the beautiful and romantic shores of the lake of Thun, Ct. Berne, Switzerland, March 6, 1845, emigrated with his parents to America in 1852, where the family settled in Ohio. In 18,73 young Gasser came to Indiana, namely to the “Emmenthal” northwest from here and was there engaged as a sturdy cheese maker. Since then he has lived in Indiana most of the time and for 15 j’ears past in Berne where he had invested in some town lots on East Main street, on which he built two shanties to conduct his hermit life. Lately Gasser won a law suit against some smart real estate dealer from Indianapolis who had his eyes on Gaser’s valuable town property and ried to get into its possession through crooked means. After winning the case Gasser exultingly declared that this case was worth S7OO to him. When asked how that was, whether he thought his property was worth that much more, he said, this was not but that it was worth S7OO to him that people found out that “old Gasser’s head was not only stuffed with straw.” Shalley's the old man eating his supper by candle light, his bill of fare including soup, bread crusts andjwine. Hirla y Snyder a well known young man who lives west of here just over the Wells county line attempted suicide Tuesday by swallowing a big dose of caustic potash and nis efforts will yet prove successful. It is said that Snyder was despordent because of a love affair, with Miss Anna Richerts, who formerly lived in Ossian with her grandmother. Mrs. Catharine Shultz, but who now lives in Fort Wayne. Disappointed because Miss Richards did not return his love he grew despondent and the attempt at suicide was the result. The attempt of the young man to take his own life was cooly planned and carried out. He manufactured with his own hands the mixture of caustic potash a terrible solution of potash, soda, etc., which had been used by his father for dehorning cattle. He pulverized the stuff and then going into the house, swallowed the mixture in the presence of the family. He then threw the paper upon which it had been spread into the stove and told his parents what he had done. The doctors were summoned at once but they did not arrive for two hours and the potash inflicted the most terrible burns from the young man's throat to his stomach. The doctors used a stomach pump and Harley vomited most of the forenoon. He is now lying in a stupor and may never recover. # The physicians said this afternoon that he would be in a critical condition for several days if he lives at all and the great danger is from the inflamation caused by the hot and burning potash.

On Thursday of this week, the members of the old 160th will meet at Decatur for their final reunion. This is expected to be the biggest event of the kind ever held by the members of this regiment. Bluffton’s company will be represented in full. Nearly every man that belonged to the regiment, going out of Bluffton, will be on hand and is making preparations for the event. —Bluffton Banner. An enjoyable good time was h ad at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J acob Eady on South Tenth streetTuesday evening, the occasion being in the honor of Isaac Heim burger, of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Andy Heimburger and daughter, of Greenville, Mich. The evening was spent in a social good time including music by Albert Sellemeyer and Leota Gil - pen. Those present were Mrs. Homer Cross and children, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Eady, Mrs. Catharine Eady, Harold Eady, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heimburger, of Geneva, Mrs. Fred Hoyer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer. Refreshments were served, including ice cream and cake. Tne much talked-of ball game beween Chattanooga and the Rosenthalls that was to have been played at Delphos, Ohio, Sunday, August the 11, for_sloo a side has fallen through with, Chattanooga having called Manager Hively by long distance telephone and informed him that Chattanooga would not play at Delphos on the proposed date nor would they play on any other grounds excepting their own and then would not play for any side bet but would very much desire to have the Rosenthals come there and play on the per cent basis. This proposition was very promptly turned down by Manager Hively who could not see where the team could make any money by playing in a small town whose population would not exceed three hundred. So it comes to pass that our “bare-footed” friends were merely bluffing and really had no desire to again measure strength with the foxy Rosenthals, who so handily defeated them a few Sundays ago. The proposition to play in a neutral ground and for a side bet was first submitted by Chattanooga, who were loud in their clamor for the game, saying that they did not get a fair deal here and had the better team but when they found out that the proposition just suited the management here, they got very busy with numerous excuses and have at last fluked clear out of a game.

Jacob Yager, ex-county commissioner, and one of the best known citizens of the county, died at 1:16 o’clock yestsrday at his home on Mercer avenue after an illness of several weeks. About two months'ago he suffered a severe attack of stomach trouble, which with complications finally caused death. Early during his illness he made a trip to West Baden, expecting to obtain relief and for a time he seemed improved then he grew worse and has since gradually failed. Several times he seemed to improve and "loved ones were given new hope but only for a short time. This morning his condition became serious and the end came at the hour mentioned. The deceased 'was born in Huron county, Ohio, September, 20, 1837, and was nearly sixty-seven years old. He came with his parents to this county in July 1838, settling in Preble township, where Jacob was reared to manhood. In 1861 he was married to Mary Jane Archbald, who survives him, as do also four children, Charles W. Yager, Mrs. Ed France, Mrs. Samuel Hite, and Mrs. Samuel Shamp. One daughter Ida May, died in 1880 In 1872 Mr. Yager moved to this city and three years later to St. Marys townhsip, where they lived until a few years ago when they returned to this city. Jacob Yager served two years in the civil war, being a member of Company D., 51st Indiana infantry, which engaged in a number of serious battles. His army record is a bright one. He served two terms as county commissioner, also served as assessor and constable of Preble township and as city marshal of Decatur. In public life his record is an exceptionally bright one and his trusts were always well oared for. He was a clean 1 conscientious citizen and his friends and acquaintainoes were many. The funeral arrangements have not yet been announced, j

ANNUAL BANK STATEMENT. Statement of the financial condition of the Old Adams County Bank, at Decatur, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on Tuesday, the 2nd day of August, 1904, being the tenth anniversary of the commencement i of the business of said bank. i President, W. H. NIBLICK. Cashier, R.K. ALLISON Vice-President, R. B. ALLISON. Asst. Cashier C. S. NIBLICK. DIRECTORS W.H. NIBLICK. JOHN NIBLICK. R. B. ALLISON. W. J VESEY. R. K. ALLISON. JOHN S BOWERS. HENRY HITE. Amount of bond of President, §12,000. Amount of bond of Cashier. §12,000 Above bonds are on file in the office of the Secretary of State, and are dated and are to run as follows: President’s bond, dated 2nd day of August, 1904. one year. Cashier’s bond, dated 2nd day of August, 1904, one year. RESORCES. Loans and discounts. 567.509 03 LIABILITIES. Overdrafts 8,132 10 __ Other stocks, bonds aud mortgages 130,958 08 Capital stock paid insl2o,ooo 00 Banking house 6,856 92 Surplus fund 2«'.(00 00 Otlierrval estate 3,B>(i 30 Undivided profits 3,486 09 Furniure and fixtures 4 758 82 Discount, exchange and interest... 473 72 Current expenses 56 07 Dividends Unpaid 3,765 Oo Due from bankssl92,4l9 39 lnd’l deposits on demand. 475,484 52 Cash on hand > is ®1 47 f }ffls - 025 86 ’“ d ’ 1 oepOsitß ° D tln,e '''' 336404 26 81148878 Cash items...'?. PeC .'. e ' 1.786 91 T0ta1»*958,913 59 T0ta1*958,9.3 51 State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: W. H. Niblick, President, and C. S. Niblick, Asst. Gashier, of the Old Adams County Bank, at Decatur, Indiana, each being duly sworn upon hia oath, severally say that the above and forego’: g statement is true in substance and in fact. W. H. NIBLICK. President C. S. NIBLICK, Asst. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 3rd day of August, 1904. JESSE C. SUTTON, Notary Public. Commission expires January a, 1906. - d4tw22-2t

Fine Horses No better criterion is offered of the solidity and stability of the Great Northern Indiana Fair than the names of the officers and superintendents. The draft and premium horses this year is under the supervision of S. Pillars, whose knowledge of horse flesh can not be beaten the world over. There is not a farmer in the county who owns better horses, or who knows

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so well how to care for them. When he drives to this city it is always behind a team of magnificent horses, perfectly matched , and worth their weight in gold. This department at the fair this year will be one of the best attractions ever seen at any fair in the country. Lovers of horse flesh will not be disappointed in this year’s exhibit, of the Great Northern Fair which is due August 30 and 31, September 1 and 2. New School Books. As announced some time ago a change in the text books to be used in the public schools of Indiana has been adopted. This change however is not compulsary at once the school boards being premitted to make the change gradually. However if the change is made before March first next, a saving of from one-third to one-half can be made by trading in the old books. For that reason the school board of this city will recommend that the changes be made at once, thus saving money and making the text books uniform. For the benefit of those interested we publish the following table of necessary books and prices direct or by exchanging old books: Books Retail Ex’cjte Primers SO.IO $0.5 First Readers .10 .06 Second Readersls .08 Third Readers .25 .15 Frye’s Advanced Geog’y .75 .50 Tarr & McMurray’s Sut Geography3o .23 Walsh’s New Grammar School Arithmetic .45 .30 Walsh’s New Primary Arithmetic.®.._ .22 .15 The first four are furnished by the Indiana school Book company, the next two by Ginn & Co. and The MacMillen Co., and the two last by D. C. Heath & Co. John Andrews made a business visit to Van Buren today.

SPEED COMING Many Fast Horses for the Fair C. D. Kunkle, secretary of the Great Northern Fair, to be held here August 30-31 September 1-2 was at Fort Wayne Tuesday and succeeded in securing the promises of J. M. Stephens Frank Bogash, Abe Tonsey, [Jap Compton, Fred I Thorn and F. J. Pearse that they ! would bring their string of race horses here and enter them in the races to be given during the fair • These men are known as owners of good trotter and pacers and insures the fact that the horses will be worth coming miles to see. Besides these, however' there will be many ... - . . — -r• 4 ' DR J. W. VIZARD. others ana inquiries are being received each day, showing that every race will be filed and every heat a good one. The speed department will be in charge of Dr. J. W. Vizzard, of Pleasant Mills, who is well fitted to take care of that very important department. The race program begins onj Wednesday with a 2:25 trot, 2, :03 pace and half mile run in heats. Thursday three year old pace or trot, 2:18 trot, 2:20 pace, threefourths mile dash run; Friday, 2:35 trot, 2:15 oace, mile run in hea ts. The purses aggregate $2,250 and every dollar will be paid. The racing alone should attract many people to the fair. The Lot Sale. Abstract of title furnished with each lot sold. M. Fcllexkamp. A piano bargain is only found where you can buy of a dealer that never peddles his goods, but gives you that discount off when you select one from a large stock in his salesroom. J. T. Langle, Studabaker block. 178d2twl Misses Hulda Mitchel entertained the following friends at her home Saturday: JMisees Lydia Miller, Alice Knapp, Vena Butler, Naola Meyer, Lydia Kirsch. Velma Butler, Berta Furman, Eda Butler, Beulah Fuhrman, Verna Mann, Helen Evans, Rosie Fisher, Irene Evans, Ethel Ruckman, Esther Evans' Master Harold Kiisch.