Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1904 — Page 5

Harmon young son of Ji)hn Johns, had the misfortune pf having the index finger of bis right hand taken off, while ‘at work at the Decatur Egg Case company’s stave and heading factory a few days ago. Word has been received from Mise Liohtle, who is attending school at Huntington, taking a course in the - business college, stating that she had been quite ill from an attack of heart trouble which seized her Friday evening while going from school, but is now resting much easier and out of danger. The prohibition vote in Indiana is estimated by State Chairman Newlin at 24,280 a gain of 10,562 over the vote received by John J. Woolley, prohibition candidate for president in 1900. This estimate is based on official returns received at prohibition state headquarters from 29 counties not one of which fails to show an increase over the Woolley vote. Manager Fledderjohann stated Monday that the foundation for the power house was now completed and work of laying the cement blocks would commence Wednesday. He also stated that Oscar Huffman, the architect, had just completed a neat water color picture of the power house, and when the building is completed will be a beautiful structure. A telegram was received by Michael Zehr, Friday, announcing the death of Miss Emma Schindler at Phoenix, Arizona. Miss Schindler wentjto Arizona less than a year ago in search of health, she having had an attack of consumption. The change of climate brought her no relief, and she died of that dis ease last week. She was buried in Phoenix on Saturday. Miss Schindler was reared by Mr. and Mrs. John Zehr southwest of Berne.— Berne Witness. It is believed the world’s fair will not close November 30, the date fixed by congress. The officials hope it will be allowed to run as long as the weather will permit. This became evident when it was announced that the time of the air ship contests had been extended t® December 5. and when Secretary Stevens said it was hoped the government would not object to open the gates as long as possible. The admission for the added period probably will be twenty-five cents. Miss Pauline Horstmeyer and Clara Bultemeyer entertained a number of their friends at a six o'clock dinner Sunday evening in honor of Alfred Dookerty and Henry Gerke, of Hoagland. Those present were Alfred Dockcrty, Henry Gerke, Ed Lewton, Ronald Harnish, William Getting, August and William Horstmeyer and Misses Nora Hobbs, Eliza Berning. Lizzie Zwick and Lizzie Bultemeyer. The evening was passed in various games, music and some good singing by the popular Bingen quartet. Some of the songs were “Little Dig Snap” and “My Father and Mother Were Irish.” “If there is one enterprise on earth that a ‘quitter’ should leave alone,” says John Wannamaker, America’s most successful business man, “It is advertising. To make a success of advertising one must be prepared to stick to it like a barnacle on a boat’s bottom. He should know before he begins that he must spend money. Somebody must tell him, so he cannot hope to reap results commensurate with his expenditure early in the game. Advertising doesn’l jerk; it pulls. It begins very "ently at first, but the pull is very steady. It increases day by day and year by year until it exerts an irresistable power.”

The time of year is fast approaching when the rural mail carriers will be bundled up in warm wraps and mittens to protect them from the elements. If you have an eye to their comfort discontinue the practice of dropping your letters and a number of pennies into your mail box, making it necessary for the carrier to pull off his warm mittens and fish around on the bottom of an iron box after them, exposing his hands and causing unnecessary delay. Buy a supply of postage stamps and place them upon your letters, and be sure to stand your letters in the racks provided for that purpose. In this way the carrier can gather them hurriedly and without exposing his lands to the cold winds. Make his burden light for his task is an arduous one at the best.

J- M. Tryon, ex-postmaster of Monroeville, and one of the best known men of the community, died Saturday evening atfer a long illness with Bright’s disease. He was well known here, his wife being a niece of Mrs. Katherine Champer. The funeral services wih be held Tuesday. The electric light plant at Berne is now practically completed and the street lights are all placed, lhe machinery will be set in motion this evening and electricity turned on and the plant given a thorough test. Electricians are busily engaged in wiring private dwellings, a, this new lighting process is in great demand. Berne is certainly a comer. A dispatch from Bellefontaine says that the engagement of Miss Dora Winans, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Winans, of that city, to Mr. Archibald Haughton, of Geneva, Ind., has been announced. The prospective bride is well known in St. Marys, having resided here during her father’s pastorate of the First Baptist church. The wedding will occur the latter part of this month.—St. Marys News.

T. R. Moore received a telegram Monday announcing the death of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Leonard at Attica, Ohio. Mrs. Leonard was seventy-seven years old and had been sick several years from a complication of diseases. Many years ago, during the civil war, Mrs. Leonard was accidentally shot in the right limb. The wound never healed properly and has of late caused her untold agony and suffering. Mr. Moore visited her a few weeks ago, when it was known the end was not for away. The fu neral services will be held Wednesday, and Mr. Moore left this morning to attend.

The late Mayor Jones of Toledo, according to statements made by the executors of his estate gave away many thousands of dollars to save defaulters from arrest and disgrace. Private mem randa the existence of which was unknown even to his nearest friends and relations were in Mi. Jones’ safe, show ing that he had indorsed notes for about 200 men in Toledo. These ' borrowers included bank tellers, bookkeepers and confidential men of large corporations who had taken money from their employers. It is believed that if he hid not been taken ill suddenly the late mayor would have destroyed all these evidences of indebtedness. James Rice the horseman, was Saturday engaged in raising tl e frame for a new big barn, which he is constructing on the rear of his premises on First street and which when completed will be most modern and up to date. A large force of men are at work upon this struc ture, which will be completed by the first of January, 1905. and ready for use. Mr. Rice is building this barn to be used as a boarding barn for horses owned by citizens, who have no place to keep them. When oompleed the barn will be thirtv-two feet long by twentyeight feet wide and will be made to stable twenty head of horses, which will be the largest private stable in the city. Mr. Rice was forced to build this barn owing to the fact that the stable he now basis insufficient to handle his business. Last Sunday evening, Rev. Robert Geyer preached his farewell sermon to a large audience in the M E church, before starting on his journey to Africa. He goes as a missionary of the M. E. church to Angola in Western Africa. His talk was very interesting and described his work in the missionary field and his motive for taking up the work. Rev. Geyer is a Monroeville boy having lived in this vicinity since childhood However the last seven years of his life have been spent mostly attending Taylor University at Upland, Ind., where he has been preparing for his life work. He will enter upon his duties as soon as he reaches his destination and will not return for five years, when he will be granted a year’s vacation and will probably nay his old home a ffisit. Rev. Gever and wife left their home in Upland, Tuesday for New York. Saturday, the 19th, they will leave New York for Liverpool and from there on Deoemlier 3rd they will sail for the province. of Angola. Angola is a Portuguese province on the western ccast of Africa just I south of the Kongo river and I about ten degrees south of the 1 equator.—Monroeville Breeze.

Auditor-elect Cary D. Lewton has received from the secretary of state his commission as auditor of Adams comity. On January first the same will go into full force and effect, the term of Auditor Boch at that time being ended. Ar , :30 Wednesday evening at the residence of Solomon C. David on Seventh street, occurred the wedding of their daughter, Goldie P. David, to Charles C. Cunningham, a prosperous young farmer of Oden, Ind. The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. Grether. A number of friends and relatives were in attendance. Miss Tishe Singleton gave a party at her home on rural route four, Thursday evening in honor of Miss Chloe Warner, of Paulding county, Ohio. About thirty invited guests were present and the evening was spent in music and games, and at a late hour the guests departed for their homes, all saying that they had enjoyed themselves to the limit. The third quarterly meeting service will be held at the First Methodist church next Sunday. The usual large attendance at the com-, manion service in the morning is expected of the members. In the absence of the pastor the Rev. John H. Walters will be in charge. Presiding Elder Wade, D. D., will preach at the evening service. Revival services will be held each evening next week. An interesting story comes from Toledo in connection with the Clover Leaf railroad. The report is that the stock is now being pooled. It is undeistood that the terms of the pooling arrangement are that the present holders of stock will get 35 for the common and 55 for the preferred. These prices are of course, above the present market value. It is hardly possible that the whole stock will be sold at any such price, since it is known that the railroad was offered for sale several months ago to some of the larger railroad interests at 12%. The present holders, therefore, while they bought the road for perhaps a little higher figure than that, are not likely to be able to dump it upon the Morgan interests or anyone else for anything like 50 or 55 for the preferred.—lndianapolis Star. L. A. Holthouse returned Tuesday from Kokomc, where he was attending a dog and pony sale, the remains of George Sipe’s dog and pony show, and while there purchased five handsome little animals of full Shetland blood, each being two years of age and as gentle as lambs and thoroughly broke. Mr. Holthouse stated that fifty-three ponies were offered for sale and brought prices ranging from forty-five to four hundred dollars. A number cf dog and ponv show men were present and made the bidding spirited. Among the number purchased by Mr. Holthouse is a little strawberry roan animal that was pronounced by all present at the sale as being the best animal that wa« sold, and Mr. Holthouse has certainly procured a bargain. These ponies are stationed at the Fashion stablesand it would pay any one to stop and see them, especially if they are a lover of fine horse flesh.

An oil well was shot Thursday morning on the Mrs. Theresa Johnson firm in Bearcreek township that creates some excitement as well as a new interest in oil developments in the north part of the county. When the well was drilled in it was thought to be about up to the average, but after the shot it proved to be far out of the class of anything that has been opened in this part of the state within the past year. A telephone message from the north nart of the county received at noon gave the information that the well flowed for a full half hour after the shat a solid stream the volume of the casing and higher than the derrick. The we ll is owned by Alex McDonald of Montpelier and is in the south part of the west half of the northeast quarter of section 14. Other wells will follow at once on the same farm and other companies holding leases nearby are getting ready to offset the g isher. George W. Bolds & Co., are so fortunate as to hold leases on a block near the Johnson and a location has been made on the Melvin H. Montgomery farm. Then on another side of the Johnson lease the Monadnook Oil company is starting a well on the Metz frrm.—Portland Com mercial- Re vie w.

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The Poccohonta s lodge will hold a special meeting Thursday evening, at which time a general good time will be had. There will be plenty of fun, so don’t fail to attend if you are a member. Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Mann of the approaching marriage of their niece, Miss Pearl Mann, to Mr. Charles Edwin Murphy, of Berne, Indiana. The wedding will occur on Wednesday afternoon, December 7th, at four o'clock in the afternoon at the Mann home on West Washington street. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy will reside in Berne. Both Mr. Murphy and Miss Mann are well known here and have many friends who are ready to extend congratulations. Mr. Murphy formerly resided in this city.—Bluffton News. The city council met in continued regular session Manday night. Those present were Councilmen Kirsch. Buhler, Fordyce and Porter, Mayor Coffee presiding. A resolution that the treasurer of the city of Decatur be ordered to pay the Clover Leaf railway 186.96 and the Chicago & Erie 1212.69, for freight and pay interest on the funded city debt amountinz to 1148.32 out of the sinking fund, was presented and was carried. The building of the James Rice frame building within the fire limits was referred to the fire committee. An ordinance directing the mayor and city clerk to issue orders to Krick & Tyndall for the city’s portion of the contract price for macadamizing Elm, Niblick, Line and South Tenth streets, amounting to $1,085.80 with five per cent interest since March 29, 1904. The ordinance was read three times, the rules being suspended and carried. Then came the old question, the Elm street sewer. The mere mention of it by Mayor Coffee called for arguments from various property owners effected by the assessments, which continued until far after ten o’clock. There was some pretty plain talk pro and con, at times several speaking at once, and it wound up in the council adjourning without taking a vote upon the re- ■ port of the committee upon assessi ments. Adjournment was finally taken until the regular’ meeting of the council one week from tonight, when some action will likely be taken upon the question.

Wallace, Idaho, Nov. 20.—James R. Sovereign, former master workman of the Knights of Labor when that organization was a power in labor circles, is dying ’at his home here of hemorrhage of the brain. His condition this morning is considered hopeless. While he was talking to his wife early in the evening the attack suddenly came on him. Sovereign came here but a few days ago to assume control of the Idaho State Tribune, and organ of the Western Federation of miners. Mr. Sovereign is known in almost every town in Indiana. He stumped the state for Parker during the entire campaign. His work of organization among laboring men has done more to place the cause of unionism upon its present high plane than that of any other man. Fassett A. Cotton, state superintendent of public instruction, gave out some very interesting figures concerning salaries of teachers of the state yesterday morning. He finds that the total amount paid to teachers is $6,832,321.70, $2,887,961.85 of which is paid to men and $944,359.95 to women. The average amount per day paid to the male teachers in the townships schools is $2.57, and that paid to female teachers is $2.37. The average salaries in the town schools are higher, males $3.45 per day females $2.59. In the city schools the male teachers average $1.52 per day and the females $2.75. The average yearly salary for teachers in commissioned high schools is $806.50, in non-commiss-ioned $500.04 and the average paid to high school teachers of all schools is $684.81. The statement also deals with the preparation of the teachers. From colleges and universities there are graduated 1,728, 1,321 from the State Normal; from private normals, 1,250. Besides those who are graduates of these higher institutions 6,427 of the teachers of the state have been in attendance for one year or more, but have not yet been graduated. Teachers to the number of 6,4 27 have but a high school education, and 2,022 but a common school education. Mr. Cotton estimates that as average a teacher will teach for about four vears, and that 4,000 quit the profession every year.

The foot ball game that was to be arranged between Bluffton and Decatur has fallen through with, as our neighbors were afraid to meet their opponents at this place, claiming that the team had disbanded. This excuse is always given by Bluffton, but when the actual facts concerning the case are known, it results in “heap much afraid.” So Bluff ten is wiped off the calendar for another season. Sports in that place are few and far between. The Erie has already had two new time cards arranged and submitted to the officials who have given orders for a third one to be prepared to go into effect by December 4. It is feared that the new card will not be ready by the time set for its taking effect. Os course nothing can be stated definitely concerning the changes that will be made but it is almost certain that two trains will be taken off entirely. It also has been decided that Nos. 4 and 10 will change time somewhat. It is impossible to state the changes till the new card is completed. — Huntington NewsDemocrat, Monday at seven o’clock at the St. Mary's church the wedding of Mrs. Caroline Freang to Mr. John Gluting was solemnized, Rev. Wilken officiating. The bride and groom were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Tony Voglewede who acted in the capacity of bride’s maid and groom’s man, and the regular mariage service was fully carried out. A large crowd of friends were present to witness this event and many were the congratulations bestowed upon the bride and groom. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple went to the residence of the gioom, where a ivedding breakfast was served, the couple then left on the morning train for Fort Wayne, where they will spend their honeymoon. They will be at home to their friends after Thursday on Madison street. This couple hardly need any introduction to the general public, both being well known. Mrs. Freang has lived here all her life and has a host of friends. Mr. Glutting is at present engaged in the general draying business and is one of our best citizens. The Democrat joins with their many friends in wishing hem a h ippy married life.