Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1904 — Page 3

InrcaSs I ophthalmic Specialist. I ■ p rt ,-tie'' limited to the vorree- g ■ ’.“f defects of the eye. Glasses B ■ ‘ ,p relieve strain, with its ■ ■ li: functional symptoms: ■ ■ r' muXe Vision and for loss of ■ ■ ~nation due to age. ■ I references Ihe BEST. aa I \t Dr. Coverdale’s office, at B ■ Decatur, Ind., g ■

■ Surveyor McKean, with J. D. ■ yidlinger, Cris Borne and J. M. ■ Duff made a viewers’ report on the ' ditch, which is an improve- : ■ nient to the drainage of French ' ■ township 1 I pnclairned letters are at the post- ’ ■ office for A. J. Crabbitt, Chas. ' ■ Archer. Fred Goldmire, Ell Ober- 1 ■ goon, A. E. Herrick, Mr. Drusilla ■ summers. A. B. Soholsman, T. P ■ clean, Rebecca Meyers, Ray F. ■ Stevenson ' 9 Among the officers' reports filed 9at the auditor's office, and ap- ■ proved by the board of oommir--9 sioners. is that of sheriff, which 9 s hoTs amount collected for fees $4. ■ fees taxed 177.20, deeds sl. total 9 $82.20: clerk —civil cases $272.81. ■ prohat > $9.93, marriage licenses 9 |l2O, criminal cases sl3, other 9 licenses sl, transcripts $3.45, oer--9 tificates $26.75, insurance sl. natI uralizaion SB, total $525.94. The I bond of Cary D- Lewton as auditor- ■ elcet, was approved. I Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 10. —A sensaI tional law suit was filed here this I morning, when Hamilton & Brown, I as attorneys for the plaintiff, filed I a case entitled Francis Beeler vs I Dr. C. L. Landfair, damages, deI manding $5,000. The complaint is in I two paragraphs, the first alleging I that some ten months ago Dr. I Landfair performed a crimint I operI ation upon the plaintiff; that she I was young and innocent and did I not understand what she was doing, I that the doctor misrepresented the I facts to her and that her health has I. hsen damaged to a very great exI tent. The second paragraph I charges criminal neglect, and alleI ges that after the operation Miss I Beeler was sent to Decatur and I although Dr. Landfair promised to I go there to attend her and care for her, he failed to do so. She has been greatly damaged and asks judgment for $5,000. The matter was considered by the recent grand jury, but as Miss Beeler refused to give the doctor’s name, no indictment was returned. Criminal action may be taken now. Miss Beeler’s parents live in Adams county. * The Bluffton News said Friday evening: “Hon. Levi Mock today escorted about the city a gentleman whom he had to “look up to’ literally speaking, 'for the gentleman was taller than Levi by three inches. He was Dr. G. W. Barber, of Adams county, who has been visiting with friends here several days. He is six nine and one half inches tall while Mr. Mock is onlv six feet and six and one-half inches in height. It is seldom that Mr. Mock meets a man who is taller than himself, and as the two walked down the street everybody was “rubber-necking” to see the novel sight. Mr. Barber is an elderly gentleman, but stands erect and bears his years well. He is sixty -eight years of age and weighs 230 pounds, while Mr. Mock who is sixty-four vears of age weighs 2'>o pounds. The two were boys together in Randolph county where their fath°rs were pioneers of the same neighborhood, but Levi and Mr. Barber had not seen each other for forty years, until the latter came here a few days ago to visit with John Genet and family on East Market street. Mr. Barber says that his father was a man of fine physique, six feet five inches tall and had the reputation of being able to cut six cords of wood in one day. Mr. Mock told a humorous story at the exfiense of Mr. Barber. He stated that when the latter was a young man he attended church services, and an usher came around during prayer and told him he would have to get down off the seat. He insisted in his ’ demand until he happened to look 'Wb’n aud saw that Mr. Barber s feet ran clear down to the floor. Mr. Btrber expects to return to his home in Decatur this evening.

Billy Bell, Adams county’s short man, was in the city today and at the same time George Barner, theif tallest man, came in for short a visit with friends. Mr. Barber is six feet and nine and a half inches in height and Billy Bell i s about four feet. An ordinary man could m 1 on Billy s sboul'brs and still not come up to Mr. Barber s height —Bluffton Banner. The oommissionres were in session a short time Monday, and gave the stationery contract to W. B. Burford, he being the only bidder. Supplies for the county asylum will be furnished for the next three months by the Schafer Hardware company, Charles Voglewede, Niblick & company and J. D. Hale. Bonds were issued on the Booth and Holthouse ditches, and a telephone was ordered for the auditor’s office. The latter has become a necessity from the fact that so many people have business there by telephone, and under the present arrangements that official is compelled to make duck tracks to the clerks’ office.

The city and county officials for 1 this city have been notified by the sheriff of Jay county to be on the i lookout for John Evans, commonly i known here as “Hubs,” as he was , wanted at Portland for burglary. ] The offense was supposed to have i been committed a week ago, when , several houses and places of busi- < ness were broken into and a large amount of goods stolen. On one occasion the night watchman getting a glympse of the burglars and identifying Evans as one of the men. “Hubs” was at that time making his home at Portland. The next day when the officers went to make the arrest he had flown for parts unknown and has not been heard of since, although a syste matic search had been made for him. The officers state that they want him, and want him bad, and have offered a reward for his capture. The officials here believe they know where to. locate him, and will make an effort to arrest him for the Jay county people. “Hubs” while living in this city never bore the best reputation, yet he was never accused of stealing —his worst habit being drinking. It will be remember’d that two months ago the announcement was made that the Clover Leaf had been sold. President Shonts of that road denied the story, but stated that a deal was pending. At that time President Shonts was not anxious to part, with the property and unless he got a good big price for it he would not sell it. It is stated on good authority now that the deal, while not exactly off, will be called off at an ear]v date. President Shonts has great faith in the property and believes that with the development of the coal lands which extend for a hundred miles along the west end of the road, it will become a vrey prosperous property. Up to 1900, when the Toledo, St. Louis & Western railroad company took the property out of the hands of the receiver, the road had been in the hand of the court quite a number of years and was considered a dead one from a financial point of view. The road had gradually developed from a small line to a through line to St. Louis and from a narrow guage to a standard guage railroad. When the Huntington svstem syndicate took charge of the property an appropriation of $600,000, was made for its improve ment. This money and considerable more, taken from the earnings of the property, has bean placed in improvements. President Shonts when he took charge of the road last January, made a number ot radical changes in the operating system of the property. During the past ten months, notwithstanding adverse operating conditions, the road has shown largely increased earnings and has made a remarkable record in its traffic department. Since coming to the read Mr.Shonts has taken up the proposition of developing the coal lands and he believes they will be getting six thousand tons of coal nerdav from the mines within the ’ext vear. Crop conditions have been favorable for the past two vear s and if they continue so Mr. Shonts hopes to put the stock on a “lend paying basis. This seems almost incredible to those who knew the past history of the road, vet the earnings show the probably of such a thing. The oom ha « an authorized capitaliza Tn f 100 000 shares of common tion oflO(,u has nntßtftnd mg —Delphos Herald.

Royal Arah Masons held their annual election Wednesday resulting!# the selection of the following officers: P. L. Andrews, high priest; T. R. Moore, king; J- D. Hale, scribe; H. B. Heller, captain of hosts; J. W Tyndall, sojourner; B. W. Sholty, R. A. C.; W. P. Schrock, Will Dorwin and E. B. Adams, G. M. of V ; Roy Archbold, secretary; G. Christen, treasurer; B. Kai ver, guard. A wreck on the Clover Leaf and Grand Rapids railroads occurred Monday about two o’clock a. m. at the transfer house, used by the Grand Rapids running into a Clover Leaf train that was holding the crossing. The Grand Rapids’ engineer claimed that he did not see the flat car that blocked the track and thought the way was open. The Clover Leaf had been holding the crossing longer than usual time, owing to the fact that the engine would not work, so that they could neither pull up or back away. The damage, however, was slight, only two oars being wrecked and passenger traffic stopped for nearly four hours. After remaining quiet for a long period, activity will commence at the Clover Leaf shops tomorrow morning. Foreman Ollie Rossilet has received orders from headquarters to commence work again, and he has been scouring the country for boilermakers and machinists. He says boilermakers are scarce, but thinks he will have a respectable force at work in a week or ten days. There is enough machinery in the shops here to keep a large force of men at work. A blacksmith shop has been rigged up between the office and engine room. It is rather small, but will answer the purpose. A portion ot the engine and other rolling stock on the road is badly in need of repairing, and Mr. Rossilet looks forward to quite a lot of locomotive repairing being done in the Delphos shops in the future.—Delpho Herald

There will undoubtedly be some legislation on the subject of divorce ground out at the next meeting of the legislature, and the social reformers are now preparing their plans and specifications for what they would like to see embodied in the law. One of the prime requirements of the new law will be longer residence in the county where the divorce suit is brought. Six months is required now, and it has been suggested that this should be increased to three years. Further proposed provisions are that all testimony must be corroborated, unsupported eveidence ot either of the parties not being regarded as competent. If a divorce is granted, it shall be limited for a period, before absolute separation is permitted. Absolute divorce shall only be granted after the expiration of the period of limitation, lhe new bill will provide that more time shall elapse between 'the filing of a divorce suit and its hearing. Under the present law. it is argued, the time of hearing depends largely upon the influence of the parties to the suit. The advocates of the divorce reform believe that it the hearing is delayed there may lie reconciliations between many of the applicants for separation. Where the commission of a crime is made sufficient cause for divorce it should be sufficient cause for the punishment of the wrongdoer, according, to the advocates of the new law. At present, if a woman gets a divorce from her husband for assault and battery, there are no further proceedings against the man after the separation. The reformers think that the prosecutors should be compelled to proceed against him for the violaion of the State law. The guilty party should not be permitted to remarry as long a s the cause for which divorce was granted exists. This refers to habitual drunkards. In connection with this divorce law, a reform measure is also to be drawn which wifi throw similar restriction around marriage. Believing that the requirements are too loose, because almost anyone who has $2.00 can get a license to marry, the comnnssion thinks that those intending to marry should be compelled to publish their intention to apply tor a license, for a definite period ot ten days or more. In this way, it is thought that secret marriages would be impossible. There is some sentiment in favor ot prohi )- iting the issuing of licenses to pau- ' er s, feeble-minded, habitual drunkards, consumptives, and perIsons having any

John Melutgjsi, Thomas Muck, Henry Mett, Peter Stone and Simp uel Mott;' all “Weary Willies,” who were arrested Sunday afternoon by Marshal Green, and Deputy Sheriff Butler on a charge of vagrancy and being public nuisances were arraigned this morning before Mayor Coffee to answer to the above charges each and every one pleading guilty and being assessed five dollars and costs in each case being unable to pay they were returned to the county bastile where they will board out fourteen days. It is the intention of the Marshal to at once put these men to work on the streets and make them earn their board. Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 9.—There is a movement on foot to secure a pardon for John W. Terrel, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his son-in-law, Melvin Wolfe, at Petroleum, Wells county, a year ago last July. Attorneys for Terrel have prepared a petition, w hich will be circulated in this and [[adjoining counties, and have written letters to men of prominence over the state asking that they write personal letters to Governor Durbin to interoeed in behalf of Terrel. Terrel has shown little improvement while in the hospital, and he is said to be suffer ing from paresis. It is believed the petition for pardon will be brought before Governor Durbin in time for i him to act before going out of office

The Fort M ayne News of Satur- 1 day evening contained a several column article of the Fort Wayne & Springfield Traction line, it being the first acknowledgement from that city that the line is’actually to be constructed. The paper showed a plat of the proposed line and a picture of the power house now under construction here. The article said in part: “There is a general impression about this city that somewhere <,n the south side a new interurban road grade has been finished, but where it leads to, who is building the road and what communities it opens up to direct connection with Fort Wavne are questions unanswered unitl now. The News is prepared in this issue to give facts of sterling, interest and value to this city, a tri]) having been made to Decatur yesterday by representatives of the The News. There have been a number of brief references to the actual work of construction in the News heretofore, but the full story is told for the first time today. The road is being built by the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company. It was originally intended to reach Springfield, Ohio, but owing to an Ohio system reaching out into ter ritory first, it is now to terminate at Celina, Ohio, where it will make connections with that growing system of electric traction which reaches south as far as Cincinnati, and will touch Columbus and Toledo, and a score of important Ohio cities and hundreds of towns and villages. Celina is, therefore, the intended Ohio terminus, but the first link in this svstem is being built between Fort Wayne and Decatur, twenty miles south. When this branch is completed, the projectors intend to continue south to Portland, where connections east and west will be made with other systems. It 'is entirely probable that within five years passengers will be entering interurban sleeping oars at Fort Wayne and waking up in Cincinnati the next morning. Such a project actually arouses interest in the builders of this important system—opening as it does new fields for Fort Wayne markets and such an accessibility to the city fqr near by towns that hundreds will run in and out during a day because travel will be easy, convenient and chea]). The projectors are W. H. Fledderjohann, of New Knoxville, Ohio; Edwin Fledderjohann, of Beaverdam. fhese being brothers; B A. Fleddm johann, their uncle, of New Knoxville: John H. Koenig, of St. Mary’s Ohio : Charles Dirkson, of Decatur; Willis Armstrong, of St. Mary s and Chris Vogt, of Decatur. The ) road is expected to have the cars in . operation by June 1 of next year. Issie motors for the cars have been . built by the Westinghouse com- • pany. Passengers will enter the cars at the Fort Wayne court house and may leave them at the Decatui i court house, traversing the city ot i Decatur on Second street, a broad. straight thoroughfare on which the majority of the important business | houses are situated. Lhe road will . make the |»ople of the two cities better acquainted..

The funeral of Mrs. Sarah I Holmes, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. S. Kapp, at Bluffton, took place from the residence of her son, L. G. Holmes on east High street Saturday morning at ten o’clock. Many friends were present to pay their last tribute to the one whom they had known for many years. Many beautiful floral designs were given by friends. The Elks and K. of P. each gave a boquet of roses and carnations. Among those from out of the city who attended the funeral was, William Holmes and wife of Muncie, J. D. Hale, Mrs. Sadie Gregg and Mrs. W. J. Craig, of Decatur. There was a short and impressive service conducted by the Rev. C. E. Line after which the remains accompanied by a large procession were removed to Greon Park cemetery where the interment took place.---Portland Commercial Review.

The Marion News Tribune says of the petition presented yesterday by A. L. Sharpe for a franchise through Grant county: "The petition of the Interstate Traction company, which was filed with the county com missioners, asking the right to run its line through Grant county, taking in the towns of Landesville and Van Buren, and having the city of Marion as its western terminal and Lima, Ohio, on the east, was granted yesterday at the meeting of the commissioners in the court house. The fare here to Landessville must not be more than ten cents; the fare from there to Van Buren must not be more than five cents, and the fare from there to the county line shall not exceed five cents. On no part of the company’s line shall the fare per mile exceed two cents. The company must not cross bridges already constructed by the county but must build their own crossings. These provisions, however, probably will work no hard ship with the proposed line, since it was the wish of the corporation to run its lines parallel with, but not on the highways of Grant county. As to the rate of fare, it is believed that the charges specified by the commissoners are as large if not larger than those that would have been made by the company.

s ' , O.W. TUCKER,M.D. ■■■•eMS theeh inent specialist | ~~9 /“ IW' W . jS» of Fort Wayne, Ind. W »1 ■ ' .4 I "■■fli' Will be at Murray House. ft- ‘if THURSDAY, DEC. 22, ’’ , - and Every 4 Weeks Thereafter 1 • T_L, All forms of Chronia - 5 „. nt 11 rt< Diseases that are cure- ' * jr' Successfully able. Diseases of the X Eye, Ear, Throat, Lungs, Heart, S tom ach, Kidneys. Liver, Bladder, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and all diseases of the Blood. Epileysy, (or falling fits) Cancer, Scrofula, Private and Nervous Diseases, Female Diseases, Night Losses, Loes of Vitality from indiscretions in youth or maturer years, Piles, Fistula, Fissure and Ulceration of the Rectum, Bright’s disease,SDiabetes. Cancer, Epilepsy, Catarrh, and Consumption Can be Gyred. A T am not an old-time doctor claiming to have Announcement beena Bpecialißt forb alfa century, and I with methods necessarily antiquated, obsolete and out of date, hut, on the other hand, my methods and practices are decidedly those of the present day—adding the benefits and experiences of the past to the superior knowledge and perfect methods of the present. They are! HL LA I LST discovered, whose efficacy have been proven, and my experience in this class of diseases for the past fifteen years, and the endorsement of the thousands whom I have cured and brought back to happiness gives me faith and confidence in my ——New Method of Treatment I MAKE NO MISLEADING STATEMENTS OR DECEPTIVE PROPOSITIONS TO THE AFFLICTED, NEITHER DO I PROMISE TO CURE THEM IN A FEW DAYS INORDER TO SECURE THEIR PATRONAGE, BUT I GUARANTEE A COMPLETE, SAFE AND LASTING Cl RE IN I HE QI It Kest possible time, without leaving injurious after effects IN THE SYSTEM. AND AT THE LOWEST COST POSSIBLE FOR HONEST, SKILLFUL AND SUCCESSFUL SERVICES No incurable cases taken for treatment. All cases guaranteed by bank endorsement Examination and Consultation Free. Address all communications Dr.* D. W-. Tucker FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

The Euterpean society will meet Thursday evening at the home of Jtohn Niblick. Those having the program in charge will be Dr. Beardsley, Mrs. H. A. Fristoe and Josephine Niblick

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