Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1904 — Page 3

JuanaoaS hthalmic Specialist. | ctice limited to the correc- SI ,f defects of the eye. Glasses ■ I to relieve strain, with its ■ nous functional symptoms: H iprove vision and for loss of H amodation due to age. ■ TERENCES THE BEST. 3 3r. Coverdale’s office, at O jtur, Ind., M st Tuesday each month

■ G. W. Bunner, of Bobo, brought H us ;;1 a basket of fine-looking, good ■ size and excellent tasting apples ■ this morning, for which we ac- ■ knowledge thanks. He has a ■ hundred trees well filed with just ■ such fruit as these samples. * ■ A deal was closed at noon today ■ by which the Racket store on North I Main street was sold by C. C. ■ Lower to J. H. Wolhforth, living ■ near Roll, Blackford county. The ■ deal has been pending for some I time and was closed up today by ■ W. C Bishop and A. W. Hamilton, I who engineered the deal. The ■ consideration was $5,900. —Bluffton I News. I Jehn Beam, of Willshire, has acI cepted a position as head salesman I in the ever progressive Hub clothI ing store in this city, and began I his duties in that capacity I Mogdry. He is clever, accommcI dating, courteous and g ood to meet I He has had five years experience I in the clothing business and will I treat the trade at the popular Hub i in the correct way. I The Bluffton News says: One of I the saddest home-comings ever witI nessed in this city was that last night of James K. Putnam and family, who arrived in this city on the 9:12 over the Clover Leaf en route to heir home in Montpelier. Three weeks ago the then happy family of the parents and six children passed through this city on their way to Pennsylvania for a visit at their old home. Last night one of the children, Miss Jessie, aged eighteen, was brought home a corpse in consequence of an accident at Grove City, Pa., Monday evening in which she lost her life by drowning. Mr. Putnam is an oil man well known over this part of the state. The G. R. & I. railway company is certainly doing a big business at present if one can judge other places by this to<.,n. Last Sunday a week ago seventeen car loads of lumber, coal and merchandise were put on the side tracks here, and sin 39 that date the average has been ten oar loads per day. Show us another town the size of Berne that can beat this reco"d! Mr. Broughton, the ticket agent, stated to the News representative that he has never experienced a rush like the present one during all the time he has been an employe of G. R- & I. company. Extra trains have been running for some time and the crews are putting in more extra time than ever before. —Berne News. A jolly crowd of young people gathered at the home of Miss Sophia Bracht Thursday night and very pleasantly reminded her of her nineteenth birthday. To say the evening was delightfully spent would be mildly speaking, for there was not a lull in their entire program, and all can truly say they had a time never to be forgotten. Games and music were principally their entertainment and was enjoyed to such an extent that not until a very 1 ite hour did the gentlemen select their partners and go to the lunch room for refreshments. The refreshments also showed a characteristic of the hospitality of their hosstess. Let us wish for many more such occasions” was the remark of a number present. Those present were Misses Dessie Zimmerman, Dink Bowers. Emma Wyatt, “Pearl Leimenstall, Lucy Brown, Francis Hurst, Ina Wyatt. Rose Leimenstall, Minnie Cloud, Jennie Straub, Clara Bracht, WannetaCloud, and Len Leimenstal, Messrs. Jake Leyse, Marion Mo Cague, Ehpraim Hower, Ed Hurst, Ed Arnold, Sam Wyatt, Willie McCaaue, Austin Straub, John Zinur ernian, Ervie Huffman, Adam Norris. Herman Johnson, Milton Huffman, Harry Cloud, George Hurst, Charley Bowers, J. Leyse, and Jesse Hurst.

J ink McFeoly has received another high office, which he appre- ] ciates more than that of city ' olerk, which duties he recently ( assumed. It is that of “Dad” ' and he announces the arrival of ' a daughter, with a happy smile. ' Mrs. McFeely and daughter are doing nicely. Miss Carrie Thomas is just in receipt of a letter from her voice teach- ' er of the Northwestern University of 1 Chicago, bearing the glad tidings of ' a choir position iu either Chicago or Evanston. The position in question ! s a decidedly good one, with a salary attachment of considerable magnitude. Her present connection as teacher of music in our public schools will preclude of an acceptance of this handsome offer. Manager Fledderjohann, of the Fort Wayne & Sringfield interurban line informed us Friday that all of the bridge material had arrived, and that the men from tomorrow on would be busily engaged in erecting them. Stone masons are today putting iu the abuttments at the St. Marys river bridge and work of placing the bridge will be commenced some time next week at this place. All work is progressing nicely and all the stockholders of the company are well pleased with the manner in which the road is being put in. Last month was the dryest August in ten years. The total precipitation for the month was but 1.09 inches. There was but one heavy rainfall during the month—one the 20th—when the rainfall was one-fourth of an inch. There was rain but five days during the month, and only *wo days which were recorded as cloudy. Fourteen days were partly cloudy and fifteen days were .clear. The mean temperture for the month was 69.57. The average daily maximum temperature was 84.7, and the average daily minimum temperature was 55.8. ‘ The hottest days of the month were the 21st and 25th, when the mercury reached 92. The low point was on ..the 27th, when the thermometer registered 43. “Ded Burk,” was the supposed name of the horse that won the 2:35 trot at the Great Northern races here on Friday, his driver being Thomas Penchon, but other horsemen in the race protested, claiming that “Ded Burk” was not the horse’s real name and that he was an old ringer. Consequently the money was held and the matter reported to the American Trotting association at Chicago. This morning Mr. Kunkle received a letter from W. H. Knight, secretary of the association, saying that he nad done exactly right, that the evidence offered by the driver was not sufficient. Mr. Kunkle was ordered to send the money in to the association, where it will be held until the record of “Ded Burk” is looked up. If the horse was a ringer the money will be divided among the other winners of the race. Mr. Knight complimented Mr. Kunkle on their race, record as sent in.

Thursday’s Berne Witness gives the following account of the mysteriou disappearance of Solomon Neuensohwander, which was spoken of in this p iper a few days ago: Relatives firmly believe that Solomon Neuensohwander, an old and well known farmer living a few miles south of Fort Wayne, and the young wife of Christian Amstutz, also living south of the city, who were missing over a week ago, have eloped. Both parties are quite well known by Berne people as well as by the’people living in the community south of Fort Wayne. Mr. Neuensohwander is a man between 55 and 60 years old and Mrs. Amstutz is a handsome young wife not yet 25. Mr. Neuensohwander called on his daughter, Mrs. Reuben Lord at Decatur, and on his son Jacob here before leaving for parts unknown, "but neither of the two suspicioned foul play and knew nothing of their father’s intentions until they learned that the two had suddenly disappeared. Mr. Neuenschwander was not in very good circumstances financially. He had rented a 160-acre farm and engaged in the dairy business, hauling to Fort Wayne every day. Through a pretty reliable source it i« known thatjMr. Neuensohwander left with about S7OO in money that he had saved up “to pay the rent as be told his now helpless .wife and children at home. The relatives on both sides believe that their elopement had been planned for some tune. Their w hereabouts have not yet been learned.

Atorneys D. M. Shively, of South Bend, and F. M. Schirmeysr of this city, filed a new case Friday, s entitled Charles E Niece vs Vigo Gil & Gas Co., a corporation, and ■ John A. Dailey, trustee, complaint , on account, demand S6OO. The * summons was issued and made re- [ turnable September 27. u “True Worth”, the famous trot- t ting horse, owned by George Flan- e ders, captured first money Thursday at the Van Wert fair in the (j 224 trot, winning the race in three straight heats. The field was a large one, and “True Worth” captured the prize easily. The purse c was S3OO. This is the first time j this season that this horse has been inside the money, and his race yes- f terday shows to his owner that he } is just rounding into true form. ( Rodgers & Barney, firm of oil ’ men from Indianapolis, struck one 1 of the best wells that has ever been 1 struck in the Blue Creek township * oil field, the well coming in on the ! Clausenberg farm, near Steele, Ind. 1 This well turned out fifteen barrel ! an hour, the oil being produced 1 from twenty feet of sand. The ! firm started to drill in this township early this spring and up to the ' time of striking this well had been 1 getting dry holes, and meeting with other bad luck This firm have at 1 the present time two more derricks erected near the Chausenberg farm, and drilling will be started at once. The quality of the oil found on the farm is of the best, and at the present price of oil mates this well alone a small “Klondyke.” The Blue creek field is fast gaining the notoriety of being one of the best in Adams county, and this section of the county is now becoming thickly dotted with oil derricks. Messrs. Rodgers & Barney are to be congratulated upon their success. Rev. E. A. Pontius left Friday for Saratoga, Ind., and before going informed us that he had accepted the charge at that place, and expected to return some time next week, and assist his family to move to that place. Rev. Pontius attended the White River conference last week, and at that time was assigned to this new charge. This no doubt will prove somewhat of a surprise to his many friends here as he had not as yet given anv official notice for his leaving, i only informing a few of his most : intimate friends of his intention. All during Rev. Pontius’ stay in this city he has proven to be a fine citizen and an earnest worker m behalf of the interests of his church, and also for the general welfare of the city at large. His services will be missed by his congregation and by those who had dealings with him. This move on I the part of Rev. Pontius is no doubt for the best, and we might add that > what is Decatur's loss is Sartaoga’s gain, and we wish him success in his new field. He is one of the

most popular ministers ever located in Decatur, and his departure will be sincerely regretted. Tho Hub clothing store, Gus Rosenthals’ clothing store, The Economy department store and Kalver & Sons’ junk store will all close at seven o’clookFriday evening, and remained closed until the same hour Saturday evening, tho event beng the Jewish New Year day. Tomorrow in the Jewish calendar is Hashonoh. (New Year's Day) being the first day of the Jewish month Tishri of the year 5665. It is a great holiday for the Jews, and is celebrated with much festivity all over the world. Church services are held,"and all labor is ceased in honor of the event. Some of the ancient customs observed in the temple at Jerusalem are observed to this day, among them tho blowing of the trumpet, known as the shofer made of the horn of a ram. Various notes on this ancient musical instrument, in exact counterpart of the notes heard by the Israelites in the temple thousands of years ago. The shofer is used in orthodox places of worship only, In reform temples it has been replaced by the modern cornet. Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, follows ten days later. Tuesday, Sept. 20 The observance of this holiday varies considerably. Orthodox Jews fast for twenty-four hours and the synagogs are Jopen constantly- In reform temples services are held all day, but there is recess and another later in the afternoon. In orthodox temples the men worshippers wear their shrouds a custom which has long been obsolete in most advanced Jewish places of worship.

Pat Touhey writes his father from the Jeffersonville reformatory stating that he has been advanced to the blue clothes’ grade, the best in the prison, and from which grade he is enittled to parole. He says he expects to get out before long, and that, he never wants to go back. He is well and is getting along as nicely as could be expected under the circumstances.

Number twelve that is due here at 7:14 on the Grand Rapids, Saturday proved to be a dead one and refused to run for the engineer and fireman, and consequently stood stark still on the hill just a half mile north of the St. Marvs river bridge, and laid there until the local freight from the north arrived and towed the disabled train into the city. The engineer stated that this mornnig when he pulled out of Fort Wayne the engine was all right in every particular, and run smoothly, but just after leaving Monmouth a watercock was blown from the whistle and the engine lost all its steam and water, forcing the engineer to stop the train, the fires were then put out and the train run to Decatur on the side track with the above assistance. A new engine was forwarded out of Fort Wayne, and at ten o’clock the pasengers were again on their way.

There has been some question of residence required to vote in Indiana. The county plays no part in the qualification. One must be a resident of the state six months, of the township sixty days and of the precinct thirty days. Tho following is the section of the law governing this mattter: “In all elections not otherwise provided for by this constitution, every male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, who shall have resided in the state during the six months and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding such election, and every male of foreign birth, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, who shall have resided in the United States one year, and shall have resided in the state during the six months, and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding such e]ec tion, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside if he shall have been duly registered according to law.”

Decatur is still without a city attorney, the council being unable to agree on a lawyer to represent the corporation The “dads” did business Thursday night at the same old stand where they have been batt ling on the question the entire week, and though the session continue until midnight, no result was ob- ; tainable. Every member was present, Teeple arriving out of breath about nine o'clock. The bond of W. J. Archbold for $20,000 was : approved and spread of record. The mayor was empowered to employ Henry Colerick to make the arguments for a new trial in the case of George E. McKean vs City of Decatur, which was recently heard in the superior court at For Wavne. The petition of A. R. Bell to run an electric line east of town to Bellview farm was referred to the electric tight committee.» The proposition of granting free lights to the commercial club during future time was upon motion of Gaffer referred to the electric light committee. The oounci 1 instructed the sewer committee to authorize the city engineer to make plans and specifications of the Shamp branch of the Elm street sewer, showing what would be necessary to lower and put same down to original plans and specifications. It being evident that an election of city attorney was impossible, 210 ballots having been cast, Mr. Gaffer moved that A. P. Beatty be discharged. Buhler, Teeple and Fordyce voted nay and Porter, Gaffer and Kirsch yes, Mayor Coffee voting yes and motion carried. A motion to proceed with the election of a city attorney carried and thirty ballots were taken without success. The vote shifted some from previous nights, J. T. Merryman receiving three votes a number of times. Erwin. Beatty and Hooper received votes each ballot, however, and no election was possible. The result is awaited with interest.

A number of our citizens were out to the Rupel farm west of town about five miles, Tuesday, to see young Rupel try his flying machine. Automobiles were hitched to the machine and a run was made on a track for the purpose in a pasture field. The truck broke or probably the attempt would have boon successful. The automobiles could not get up speed enough and Wednesday young Ruple was going to try to get A. P. Hardison, who has the highest speed automobile here, to come out and help start him skyward.—Geneva Herald.

At the meeting of the directors of the Citizens Telephone Co., F. M. Sohirmeyer was made secretary and manager for the ensuing year. Other officers chosen were: Henry Hite, president; John Baker, vicepresident;E. X. Ehinger treasurer. A special meeting of the stockholders was ordered called for next Thursday evening, September 15, at seven o’clock, at Secretary Sohirmeyer’s office for the purpose of making a slight change in the bylaws of the association. Letters explaining the situation and notifying each stockholder personally will be sent out tomorrow, stating that the past year has been the most prosperous in the history of the company; that it has been necessary in order to meet the ever growing demand for telephone service to install a copper circuit between Decatur and Fort Wayne and Geneva, besides extensive additions to the plant in this city, and at Berne, at a big outlay of course; that the estimated outlay for the coming year is even greater than the past year, and it is necessary to decide the proper manner of raising funds to meet the requirements. It has been suggested that the stockholders pay the same rental for their ’phones as the other 1 patrons pay, but the directors re fused to adopt this plan without a majority vote of all stockholders, 1 hence the called meeting. The 1 changes to be made in this city ’ soon will mean an improved tele- ’ phone service for our people, equal 1 to any in the state. The CitzenU ’ Co. is a progressive and substantial I one, and it is to be hoped their fu--1 ture plans will be successfully oars ried out

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Man is a funny little cuss 1 d h isn’t long to stay, he flies around and makes a fuss, and then he hikes away. Some men imagine that I they are great and try to tear up ! Jack, but each one meets the same I old fate and trots the same old track. Great Censer's dead and turned to clay and so is C’n ero, and Alexander is gone the same old way the rest of us must go. The sages, heroes, poets, all the men of wealth and worth, into an open grave must fall, and crumble buck to earth.

Joe Tonnellier received a message Sunday from Benton, Harbor, Mich., announcing the sad news that his father, John Tonnellier had died at the home of his daughter Saturday, after suffering a very severe attack of paralysis. Mr. Tonnelier left this place six wesks ago to visit with his sons and daughter at Benton Harbor, and was at that time in fair health, having nearly recovered from the former attack of paralysis about six months ago. He was seventy years of age, an 1, was one of Adams county’s oldest settlers, having come to this county in the year 1847, and making this his home ever since. He assisted materially in building this city. He was engaged in the hardware business a number of years ago, but since disposing of that business had led the life of a farmer up until three years ago, when he suffered an attack of paralysis which rendered him helpless. He soon however, recovered from his attack and for two years was in the best of health until six months ago, when ho was again afflicted, at which time he lost the power of speech for a while. The last stroke attacked him yesterdav, death resulting. He was a member of tho St. Marys Catholic church and was a conscientious worker in its behalf. The remains will arrive in Decatur Monday morning over the Clover Leaf railroad, and the funeral services Avill be held Tuesday morning at the St. Marys church at nine o’clock, Father Wilken conducting the services, and interment was made at the St. Joseph cemetery. He leaves four daughters and six sons to mourn their loss His wife and two children proceeded him in death.

D. W. TUCKER M.D., THEEUINENT SPECIALIST of Fort Wayne, Ind. Will be at Murray House, THURRDAY, SEPT. 29, and Every 4 Weeks Thereafter tt All forms of Chronic rue 1 reata p: Beaßeß that are cureSuccessfully able. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, Lungs, Heart, Stem-