Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1904 — Page 5

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1 Tin Eagles have instituted'an ar -1 I mory at Portland with a charter I membership of one hundred and I thirty-nine. A banquet to visiting I Eagles was on the program the I night of institution. ■ Peter Miller and son went to Fort | Wayne Thursday, where they ■ (rill visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sa.uI m y Miller before returning to their | home at Adrian, Mich. While here fl they were the guests of Nick Milfl ler. his brother. I Willie Winnes, who works at the fl laundry, has written a letter to fl Santa Claus, and handed it to us to | publish Thursday, which is as I follows: “Decatur, Ind., Dec. 15, I ’O4. Dear Santa Claus. I have fl been a very good bo.y this year and 9 would like a little ironing board, a fl little tub and some Santa Claus ■ soap. Don't forget where I live. I Willie Winnes.” I The Whist club. met Tues, evening I with Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Du I san, and it is needless to repeat I that the event was as always, most I delightful. The gentleman had the I delightful pleasure of playing with ■ their wives as partners, and Mr. I and Mrs. H. R. Moltz scored the I highest number of points. Mr. I Elzey Shaffer, of Albion, was a I guest during the evening. E A medical meeting of the doctors I of Geneva was held at Dr. Mattax’s I office Friday evening for the purI pose of organizing a protective I association against dead beats, and I to make some revision in the fee I hill. There will be another meetI ing on Thursday, Dec. 22. Those I present were, Doctors Mattax, I Ford. Aspy, Brayton, Swarts and I Collins.—Geneva Herald. I The principle enunciated by Wil- | liam J. Bryan, that you might as I well expect to keep rattlesnakes in I your house and then protect the I members of your family from I poison as to permit monopolies to I flourish and then try to restrain I them from harming the public, is I as true as holy writ. The only I way to make your family safe from I rattlesnake poison is to kill the | I snakes; also it the public is to be I protected against monopolies eradiI cate them by repealing the laws I that allow the creation of monopoI lies.—Miami County Sentinel. I Eggs 32 cents a dozen, is the way I the grocerymen quoted the market I tiis morning. Have you any hens? I If you have and they are in action, I you are lucky, if you have nc t, I then better cut off your bill of fare. I A two and a half cents per egg I and then a little more for good I measure, the fruit is just a little too I high priced for the average palate. I This is the highest price reached by I the local egg market' in several I years. Last winter they went to 32 I cents but no higher. This was later in the season. It is expected that they will reach higher figures than ever this year and dealers say that they are getting a good many eggs even at that. The price paid farmers for their stock Is 29 cents a dozen and a farmer with a lot of hens, most of which are laying, is 1D rare good luck. The trouble is that most hens keep firmly posted on the market price of eggs and w hen they get up to a good figure, all the hens cease their efforts as ® Producers and retire to a life of indolence and ease. They don’t forto eat their regular meals, and * fyr this reason come in for a fair ’“are of condemnation.

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1 James Hughes, of Bluffton, was here yesterday and sold a <3OO monument to Mrs. H. H. Myers. The stone is to be a handsome family monument, and will be erected at Maplewood cemetery next spring. The funeral services of Mrs. Lucinda Burrell were held Wednesday at ten |c’clock, at the Union Chapel church. Rev. Ryan conducted the services and interment was made in Union Chapel cemetery. The floral offerings]were profuse. No markets will be quoted Saturday or Mondav, owing to the fact that the stock exchanges will all close on account of Christmas. The markets will however, be resumed Tuesday. Farmers will please take notice of this fact and govern their selling according. A Missouri editor wondered how he would get his clothes on over his wings when he got to heaven, and an Arkansas editor “butted in” as follows: “The Missouri editor should wonder how he will get his hat on over his horns.” The litle son of Mr. and Mrs. George Morris was quite sick for a time Sunday morning from drinking a quantity of coal oil, which it secured from a vessel which was left standing on the floor for a short time. Its throat and stomach were painfully burned by the oil, but nothing serious resulted, and the baby is much better today.—Bluffton News. The members of the St. Emanuel church in Union township met Sunday afternoon, and issued a call for Rev. Phillip Bohn, of Edgerton, Ohio, to serve as pastor of this church. This action was made necessary bv the recent resignation of Rev. Schmitt as recently an nounced. Rev. Bohn is a well qualified and able pastor, and the St. Emanuel congregation are earnestly hoping that he will decide to accept. His answer will probably not be known for several days. Rev. Schmitt leaves January 2nd for his new charge n ! Illinois. It is stated that for every thousand persons who die in this country, over ten thousand of them are claimed by pneumonia. Consumption is the dreaded of 'all diseases and has been designated as the “great white plague,” but the close race being given it by its sister I scourage, is startling the health authorities and medical profession all over the world. The census of 1900, the latest reliable statistics for the whole country, show that in that year there had been 105,9<l deaths from pneumonia, while consumption claimed only five thousand more victims. : Geneva, InL, Dec. 20.-Mrs. William Dugherty, one of the best known women in Southern Adams county, fell dead at her home east . of this town in Jefferson township. She was sixty-five years old and ’ had resided in this locality many • years Her husband was absent • from the home attending to busi- , nOS s and when he returned was i horror-stricken to find his wife ly - ing dead upon the floor. She had amiarently been sitting in a chair i X stricken and had fallen to the floor. She had been dead about ’ „ hour when Her husband founa : her The coroner was summoned bear. ; failure.

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C. D. Kuonkle, of Decatur, president of the Adams County Farmers’ institute, and secretary of the .Northern Indiana Fair association, was a caller in town Monday. He was looking for a suitable place to hold the institute which is to be held here on Saturday, January 7th. While here Mr. Kunkle also looked up the interests of the fair association.—Berne News. A petition was filed in circuit court at Bluffton by Bart Mills asking 'that the Cooperative Grocery Co., of Montpelier, be placed lin the hands ’of a receiver. The ' petition will be resisted as the company claims to be solvent with assets of of $6,000 and liabilites of $3,000. Mills says the liabilities are $6,900 and assets $2,500. The Cooperative Co. is composed of some of the wealthiest and best people of Montpelier and has been doing $40,000 worth of business a year. The company claims Mills filed the petition for revenge. Mills is a stockholder in the company. A deal was cosummated and closed late Monday afternoon, whereby James Hurst, a well known Adams county man, pur chased a one-half interest in the Peoples’ restaurant, situated on Second street buying out the interest of John Scheiman property of the Riverside barn. The new firm will be known as the Peoples’ restaurant under the management of Fisher & Hurst. Mr. Hurst purchased this business for the benefit of his son, who will look after his father’s interest and learn the business. The new firm is a strong one, and should draw their share of the trade.

J. T. Merryman, of Decatur, was in town yesterday, representing the Berne Grain & Hay Co., in their little difficulty thev had with the moving of the old postoffioe build ing. A town ordinance passed a few years ago prohibits frame buildings to be built on or moved to Main street and that caused the difficulty. The company has now come to an agreement with the town council to allow the building to be moved to Main street, as it will be covered by iron sheeting, which the company had planned to do, but it seems the council were not aware of this fact. The trouble might easily have been avoided.—Berne Witness. Anderson. Ind., Dec. 20,-Preaoh-ing on “The Slime Pitts Found in Anderson.” the Rev. K Pearce, at the First Baptist church, last evening, stirred his congregation when, after attacking the saloons, he said: “The second pit is a combination arising from social fads. Society leaders set the pace. Others ape. If one has money, brains and mor als are secondary considerations. Some of the evils existing in our midst, if not created, are propagated by the fads of society. Take gambling. Os all traps for men gambling is one of the most fascinating demoralizing and most inexcusable from a public standpoint. Few society parties are complete without cards. A few years ago progressive euchre was introduced and'adopted. • Then a loud protest went up against it. But of late little is said, and yet few are the games which debase and damage the moral sense as this. Many young gamblers and r *. qpectable ones, learned the aft at the card table of our homes, or at some social function.

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County Superintendent Brandyberry will go to Indianapolis, De cember 27 and 28 to attend the forty-eighth semi-annual meeting of Indiana County Superintendent’s association. The program ;is quite a good one and will be of much benefit to the school officers in the various counties of the state. Miss Kate Sohrider, of Dayton, Ohio, an artist, whose abiilty is well known here, where she has visited several times, has sent a displayof beautifully painted china. These goods are for sale, and will make appropriate Christmas gifts. They may be seen at the residence of Dr. McMillen, Winchester street. If you adimre pretty chinaware call and see this display. Twenty members of the local Odd Fellows’ lodge went to Linn Grove yesterday, where they assist that oragnization in dedicating their new lodge room, which was recently completed, and assist in the work of initiating several new members. Plans have been completed for a big time, and those who went from this city will no doubt enjoy themselves. After the degree work has been conferred a large banquet will be served, which will prove to be one of the special events of the entire program. According to the state board of health, smallpox is rapidly growing more virulent and in some parts of the state the disease is spreading with considerable rapidity. In November of last year 324 cases were reported from thirty-one counties, and only one death resulted. In November of this year there are 255 reported 'from thirtyseven counties and twelve deaths resulting. The reason given for the increase in deaths is that in the past few years the disease is that has been of such a mild form the people have grown careless concerning it, many saying that they would rather have the smallpox than the Cuban itch, which a case of mild smallpox closely [resembles. The result has been that when the disease makes its appearance in a community the people having grown careless, take no steps to prevent its spreading in the way of vaccination, etc., and the soourage soon gets a hold that is hard to stamp out. Adams county has not had a case, however, for several months.

Indianapoils, Ind., Deo. 21.—The fourteenth annual meeting of the Indiana Trustees’ association began yesterday. More than 200 were present. The sessions will close today. “Let the coming legislature alone, ’advised President Dragoo, in his inaugural address. “Two years ago when your committees went before the general assembly 1 with a number of sensible, sane suggestions for needed reforms they were ignored. Their suggestions ; were listened to but none ever be | came laws. Wait two years more . and then go before the legislature. , In he meanwhile study carefully I the needs of your community. ■ There is no class of men who are , closer to the people and know bet ter what sort,of legislation they need than township trustees.’ Charles: A. Vanmater, county superinten- ■ dent of Delaware county, delivered an address on “School Consolida tion ” illustrated with stereoptican views. F. A. Cotton, superintendent, of public instruction, spoke to the trustees on matters pertaining to schools and.their management.

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Ben Rice returned last evening from Ridgeville, where he was attending to timber business. Just three more days remain, for Christmas buyers to select their purchases, and a little forethought is in order, says an exchange, that the arduous work of our clerks and delivery men and boys may be less burdensome before the great giftgiving day arrives. All the stores are now ready for the shoppers, the variety of goods is sufficient to please the mest fastidious taste, the prices are low enough to meet the heavy demands of none too fat purse carried by some and the wise thing to do is to buy your presents without further delay. The large number of clerks who stand behind counters and serve many people of many moods, those who must deliver the goods on cold stormy nights and the great host who serve the public these days should be given a generous thought and regard. Indianapolis, Ind.,Deo. 20.—Mayor, city clerks and city treasurers of towns and cities not having special charters met at English’s hotel in room 116 today to consiler a proposed measure to extend the terms of city and town officers from two to four years and give the incumbents two extra years. One of the purposes of the meeting was to raise a fund to bear the expenses of drawing a bill and, supposedly, of maintaining a lobby during the session of the general assembly. There was an attempt to keep the meeting secret. J. Fred France, of Huntington, was elected president. About forty persons were in attendance. France refused to discuss the conference, as did several other city officers. A few, however, talked and the secret was out. Many of the city oflioers’are not in I sympathy with the plan to extend the terms of present officers through an act of the general assembly, although they that the terms of city officers should be four years.

The efforts of the friends of John W. Terrell to secure a pardon for him will not be allowed to proceed without opposition. The pardon is to be fought and by the same method that is beine used in obtaining one. a petition. Saturday afternoon petitions were drawn up in this city at the request of Jacob Wolfe, the father of the murdered boy, and his friends. These petitions will be circulated as freely as are those in behalf of the condemned man. By the time this paper reaches its subscribers, nearly all of the jurymen and perhaps all of them, who sat as judges at tbe,trial and who, after due deliberation, decided that the murderer should pay the penalty for his actions by spending his life within prison walls, will have been seen and asked to sign a special petition coming from the jury alone asking the chief executive to keep lands off. It has been repjrted that all hut at least one of the jurors would sign the paper. Other petitions are to be circulated freely in the vicinity of John Terrell’s old home. It is claimed that here at least twothirds of the people will sign the counter jjetition. bince active efforts have been put forth in this v: 'initv in the effort to secure for Terrell a par-ion, the old case has been re-opened in the popular mind.—Bluffton Banner.

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Dr. W. O. Smith, of Hoagland, brought a patient, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Keever, of Hesse Cassel, to St. Joseph’s hospital Monday evening and with Dr. Rosenhal operated on the young man for appendicits. The patient is doing nicely, although he was seriously afflicted. —Fort Wayne Jounal-Gazette. Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Pifer and daughter ;\nna, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harding for ten days, went to Decatur yesterday to remain until after Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Harding will join them on Friday and visit Mrs. Harding’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Last evening's Bluffton Banner said: The Beeler case, that has been occupying the attention of the special grand jury since yesterday morning, developed a new feature this morning, when the girl was brought before Judge Vaughn and informed that answered such questions as were pro, pounded to her by that body, she would be thrown into jail for contempt. When thoigirl was called before the court, there was ’quite a buzz of excitement among the members of the bar who were assembled there. “Unless you answer those questions, Miss Beeler, I will send you to jail until you do,” said the judge. At this, and for the first time during the peroid she was before the court,‘Miss Beeler appeared to become serious. Os course, whether Miss Beeler told the grand jury what they wanted to know after her interview with the court, cannot be known as what transpires in that place is a secret that does not become known until after the indictments are returned and the arrests are made. A regular session of the city council was held Tues, evening, Mayor Coffee in charge, and members Kirsch Gaffer, Teeple, ForIdyce, and Buhler present. Clerk McFeeley read the minutes, which were approved. A resolution instructing the clerk to issue orders for the salaries of all regular employees of the citv, was adopted, as was also a similar resolution regarding salaries of city officials, i The fire committee was authorized j to purchase twelve fire coats for the department. The electric machinery was discussed, and City Attorney Heller was instructed to write Mr. Johnson, notifying him to ship the machinery at once, and thus comply with the contract. Mayor Coffee received a letter this morning stating that the dynamo and engine would soon be here, and it is believed the complications will l>e straightened out within a few days, and the contract complied with as agreed. The following bills were allowed: Holthouse & Peoples, labor, $9; Knapp Supply Co., supplies, sl2; Charles Leßrun, labor, $4.50; George Deiner, labor, 60 cents; O. Jackson, labor, SI;C. & E. Ry Co., freight, $206.07; E. Suddith, labor, $1; Harry Bowsman, labor, $82.25; J. W. Coffee pay roll, 1 $36.35; T. S. Coffee, sand, sls; C. & E- R.V Co., freight, $33.80; Kirsch & Sellemeyer, supplies. $100.58; C. K. |Lhaman, labor, $25.50; City Trucking Co., (Xrayage, $60.25; O. W. Parent, labor. $22.50; Fred Beineke, labor, $11.20; L C. Helm, fire chief, $4; A Krumenacker, labor, $35.55.