Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1905 — Page 5

Harry Werthan, of New York Citv. is in our city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jaoob Kalver. Charles Railing informed us today that he was looking for his brcther Tom home from Dallas, Texas, now most any day. He was unable to state what Tom expected to do. Brethren,'’ said a man in the meeting, “so many sinners are dying every day that I have oome to the concjn«ion that hell is full.” }[e sat d-iwn when an old deacon jn the amen corner raised the hymn. ‘‘There’s a place reserved for you.” In the office of Attorney Emi) Franz Monday evening and in the presence of several witnesses occurred the marriage of Abraham Beeler to Miss Emma Roth, both of French township. ’Squire F C. Foreman tied the knot that binds. —Berhe News. The High School Bise Bill team |s daily getting into shape, for a Lard season, and from the present material a strong team will be developed. The season opens against Van Wert some time next month, and Captain Trout is fully expecting a successful season. They are loing their daily work at Steele's park. Miss Maggie Roop was delightfully surprised Tuesday evening by twelve of her little girl friends, I who came in on her in masquerade 5i stumes. Refreshments were served and a royal good time had by those present. Those enjoying jhe festivities were Misses Maggie Roop. Ethel Hildebrand, Nellie B wser, Ella Bowser, Dessie Mann. Lillian Stettson, Bessie Jiffiey, 0 lie Pence, Tottie Hildebrand, d inie Russell. Lotti" Ford, Ocie and Dirtha Meyers. John Kleinhenz of this city, received a message conveying the s»d lie .vs that his eldest sister, Mrs. i Elizabeth Durvellius had died at 9 ■’clock yesterday morning, at her imme at Ottoville, Putnam county jp io. She was seventy years old ■nd a pioneer of her community. ■he had never visited here and ■ad no acquaintances outside of M Kleinhenz’ family. Mr. KleinKtenz will go to Ottov'lie Thursday ■v-ning. The funeral service will he’d Friday morning at nine otc’lock. ■ The people of Ossian witnessed a ■pervade Monday that is seldom seen. Rev. Charles Oswalt, of Rhode Island, officiated as the min--Ist -r at the funeral services of hi« own mother. The services wer< Bmducted in accordance with th< rniesof the Episcopalian ch inch. Mrs. Oswalt was brought to Ossian Bi interment Monday’ and the set vnces were held at the church after the arrival of the tram. Rev. Oswalt was asssited by another memBr (f the Episcopal church, each gfcing clad in the robes of the cpurch. This was the first funeral Bk the kind ever held in Ossian and the fact that the woman's own son hiad charge of the services made it asdecidedlv novel affair. The funeral was a large one, the deceased b-ing a w irnan universally known aid r"specte<|. ■Under the new law no person ■nnected in any manner with a corporation holding or seeking a franchise from the city can hold an office of the city. That is if a men is a stockholder, director, employe Or otherwise connected with a corporation that comes under the law he cannot be mayor, councilman, city attorney, street commissioner, health oificer or anything else pertaining to the C'ntrol of the city government. For instance, no •tjokh ilder, employe or >ffi ter of a gas company, street rail way company ,electric railway or light oom piny, telephone company, factory, asking switch or railroad privib ges frogn the city or in any manner seeking something along this line from the citv, can hold offic i under this law. Judge Clipman, of Audeison, who was Chairman of the cotjomission that prepired the law. in speaking of it said that the ob jc<it is thoroughly and completely to divorce cities from corporation ilCuenoe. It i< thonaht o prevent railroad, traction, electric or any O-Uei uoip (ration from electing or controlling the appointment of city Of'feals.

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Miss Kite Loer, of Decatur, who has been a guest of friends in the city for several days, returned home last night.—Bluffton Banner. Louis Holthouse is daily improving and is now able to set up for a short time each day. He is rapdily gaining strength and with no back set should soon be able to be out on the streets again. This is encouraging news to his many friends, who are hoping for a speedy, recovery.

A man in Chicago wants a di- 1 vorce on the ground that his intellect is too weak to resist the pres- 1 sure of his wife’s influence when 1 she chooses to bring it to bear. f This man is candid beyond the 1 record of his sex. Asa recent poet says, “They all know it, but the y 1 keep it to themselves.” A letter from Charley Mamma ' was received this morning from Uideon, where he recently located. s He says he likes the country and 1 will probably remain there. The 1 town suffered a 125,000 fire Saturday night six buildings were de- 1 stroyed. Everyone is fishing in that locality even Charley himself 1 and he reports catching a number of good sized , ones. He will con- 1 tinue to read the Daily Democrat. ' I Today's Berne News said: Hiram Grove and Mrs. Rachel Stevenson were married on the public highway between Bryant and Geneva last Thursday evening, by the Rev. Z. C. Mower. The original arrangements was that the couple should be married at the U. B. parsonage at this place in the evening, but the Rev. Mower was called to preach a sermon at Portland, an 1 he started, and as his way led past the home of Mr. Grove he stopped and waited for the couple. Vs they did not appear he was forced to continue on his way. About half way between Bryant and Geneva he met the couple and | cold them they would have to be I married on the highway or wait un•il his return later in the evening, they decided to be man ied on the public highway. Judge J. C. Branyan is fond of riding over the city, it matters not in what kind of a vehicle, but his favorite pastime is often inter mingled with bitter experiences. A few days ago as he was riding to (he city in the evening with Liwis. Bridge on the delivery wagon of the Bridge & Weese hardware firm, with a nervous horse hitched to the wagon. When on west Market street near the court room' the driver stopped to let Ju,,ge Bran van climb off the wagon. The Horse would not stand still and at- i ter several attempts to alight the judge had to give it up and ride to the store. There he dismounted from the wagon in a Lurry. But a sorCw in the wagon seat caught his , clothing. A terrible rent was made and it was fortunate that the judge had on a long-tailed coat. —Hunt ington Democrat. Mrs Catherine Tonnellier Gast died at 1:30 o'clock Tues, morning at her home on North Gloss street, after an illness of about six weeks. She suffered from pneumonia and lagrippe to which Were added the ' infirmities of old age, a complication she was unable to battle, bhe I was well known in this city, where she has lived continuously for over thirty years. She was a kind enri-’-' rian lady, charitable and loving aid her friends were many. Catherine Tonnelleir was born in Metz, Germany, September 25, 1X25, and I consequently lacked but a few months of being four score years of age. She came to American in iMs. and Incited at Louisville, Kentucky, where she lived a nun i ber of years. She was married" j January 6 IXSO, to Martin Gist, and t > them six children have b?en I born. The father, three sons, Jacob. Rickey and Lewis and one daughter, Mrs. J. B Holthouse, have preceded the aged mother in death. T v • iildren, Frank Gast, the well Ini ' vn cigar manufacturer, and Mi'S Regina Gast, and an adopted son, Henry Thomas, survive her. Mrs. Gast was a devoted Catholic and a member of the St ! Mary’s soci <tv. Tie funeral servi Cis will be held at nine o’clock Friday morning at the St Mir> s ’ church. Rev. Wilken c indue ng sane. Interment at Si. Joseph's cemetery.

R. A. Longman, of Cincinnati. Ohio, who is connected with the Children’s Home at that place, was in the city yesterday looking after some of the Home’s charges in this place. It fc the duty of the management ot this institution to , keep in touch with their charges until they reach their majority. He has nine children placed in homes in this county and was busily engaged today in looking after their welfare and surround ings. He stated to a representative of this paper that the charges in this city were in good hands and that he was well satisfied with their surre undings. Mr. Longman left this afternoon for Jay county. The contracts for the material and construction of the building were let Thursday evening to Sunders & Detamor, contractors of Portland, for the brick and cut stone work for the sum of J 3.980; to the Berne Lumber company, a home firm, for the carpenter work, including the plastering and the finishing for the sum of 13,795; to Peter J. Eicher, southeast of town, for the foundation for the sum of 1845. In all about a dozen carpenters had given in their bids, some of them being sub-bids for the construction of the building as a whole. The contract for the rooting and galvanized work has not yet been let. According to plans and specifications the new bank of Berne building, the building of which will begin as soon as possible, will not only be an ornament to the town, but it will be Berne’s handsomest and costliest building. It will be one of the most complete and beau tiful bank buildings in this part of the state. Its location, corner Main and Jefferson streets is the best in town. The new structure will be 24x110 feet, two stories, and will have a basement under the entire building. The first floor will be occuped by the bank with its furniture and vault, back of which will be the counsel and directors' room. In the rear part of the room there will be built a suite of four bank i ffice rooms, two of which will be ?Vxlß feet. The second floo- will contain en neatly furnished and double office rooms, whioh will be entered from a hallway 6x9 feet. The face of the north and east fronts of the building will be laid up with the Ohio Press Co. ’s iron spotted brick, with Bedford stone facing and plate glass fionts. — Berne Witness County Superintendent Irvan Brandyberry has issued a call for a meeting of everyone in Blue Creek t ownship interested in their schools, to be held at Salem on April 11th. This meeting has been called for the purpose of discussing the advisability of combining the school* of the township into one. Tne 1 movement is due to the untiring I efforts of C. E. Brenner who ha been urging suoh a change for ! sometime and whose arguments in its favor has created considerable interest. Blue Creek township has seven school houses, all of which 't is said show the marks of time. To condir t these seven schools, seven teachers are necessary. It is now proposed that the township build one or two school buildings sufficiently large to accommodate all the students and to have about three teachers. The probabilities are that only one building will be built and that centrally located, the children to be conveyed to and from their homes in rigs provided by the township. It is estimated th it the cost will not be as much as the maintaining of the present system and the school can then be made a graded one with all the advantages of our city schools. These questions will be thoroughly discussed at the meeting next month. Prot. Bran!dyberry informs us that it is his believe that this system will be in use in every township in the county within a few years. It is being used in various counties in the state and is proving most satisfactory. In fact the system has already began tn this county, as in Pre de and French townships two schools have been combined and the children conveyed to and from with he money thus saved. It is a Known fact that a number of students are more easily governed and taught than a few.

New Furniture Store We will open our doors to the trading public on Saturday, April 1, when we will be prepared to show the latest styles and patterns of the season, consisting of all kinds of : : * : : FURNITURE AND . .. | UPHOLSTERED GOODS | Every article in stock is new and direct from the factory, thus insuring the latest and best. We invite your inspection. Ball & Meyer, Furniture and Undertaking 128-130 S. Second St

Linn Grove. Mrs. Emma Seokler, of Bluffton, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Easley this weex. Miss Ella Augsberger who is employed at Berne spent Sunday here with her parents. Messrs. Lawrence Yager and Albert Huser. of Berne, attended the lecture here Sunday evening. William Fields and wife cf South Dakota, who made a continued visit here with relatives left for their home on M onday of last week. Emil Ehrhart of Berne, confront ed us with his’smiling face last Tues day. Milton Miller, after one week of recreation at the parental home, returned to his studies at- the Tri State Normal Monday. Ver.ion Lindsey made an extended visit with friends at Decatur and Jefferson township. He reports that Lee Lindsey of the later place is seriously sick. Ollie Heller was t'. e guest of his brother Bert, at Marion over the Sabbath. Chancey Heller of Bluffton, visited his mother, th' past few days. Mrs. P. Hoff aiah entertained Mesdames Josephine Walrner, Dr. D. A. Goodin, Lenora Fonts, of Bluffton, and Mrs. Minnie French and Miss Martha Ashleman at SUppefr Sunday evening. A stock company formed of twenty-four members, have been made up for the construction of a free telephone line from Linn Grove to D..mestio at which place intersects two other lines already in operation. The Misses Martha and Drusilla Aschliman pleasantly entertained the following girls at dinner Sunday ; Miss Bessie Baumgartner, Winona M. Hoffman. Ethel and ' Stella Liddy, Clara and Kathryn Meshberger and Ellen Augsherger. The afternoon was spent in singing and music, and the girls were brought back by Mr. Aschliman in the evening Mrs. Walrner assisted by Mesdames Goodin and Foots, of Bluffton. organized a Women's Chris-

tian Temperance Union at this place Sunday evening, and designated it as the Linn Grove W. C. T. U. j with a membership of the lucky number thirteen, whose names are Mesdames Caroline Mesohberger, Effie Greiner, Jane Hoffman. Liz zie Fonts, Mary Miller, ami P. Hoffman. The Misses Lizzie French, Mary, Ida and Emma Baumgartner. Nona M. Hoffman, and LeNora Hoffman, The officers are LeNora H ffman, presi dent; Mary Baumgartner, vicepresident; Nona M. Hoffman, cor responding secretary: Lizzie French, recording secretary and Emma Baumgartner, treasurer. Pleasant Mills The Pleasant Mills schools closed last Friday. Dan Roop, the assessor, is getting in his work as usual. Mrs. Jacob Yager and little grandson of Deoatur. spent a few days here with relatives. | Sidney Noll is improving some from his recent illness. Mrs. Samuel Steele and Mrs. James Boyd are still in very feeble ’ health, Ed France's new dwelling house -will soon be completed and ready ! for occupancj. C. W. Yager is also erecting a ' new dwelling, which will be quite an improvement to the town. Nathan Ayres and family are now residents, of Pleasant Mills. They occupy the house latelv vacated by W. W. Smith and wife. Joseph Moser is taking in the sights in North Dakota. The Misses Eva and Ola Moser I left Tuesday, for North Dakota, they will join their brother Joseph and other relatives there, where they contemplate making their fu tuie home. They have our best wishes for success. Frank Masters and family left ! Tuesday for their old home at Nei vada, Ohio, where they will probaly remain. Preaching at the Baptist church I next Sunday morning by the pas tor. Rev. Benett instead of evening j services.

Pleasant Mill can now to., st of a first class up-to-date hardware store, with every equipment neoes sary pertaining to the business. The genial proprietor, E. W. France, have just received a new line of buggies, which he offers at reasonable prices. It will pa y you to inspect his line of goods and be convinced that his line of goods and his prices are the lowest O ir merchants are in line, doin g a very fair business this spring. Real Estate Transfers [Reported by Decatur Abstract and Loan Company] C. D. Lewton and to B. W. Sholty, inlot No. 2, Geneva, 1294. Daniel L. Best to Frederick J. Fuhrman, pt inlot 6, Preble, $230, fJenry A. Tindall to Lavina Frybach, pt sec 3, 50 actes, Blue Creek tp. 12500. Daniel Sprang et al to Daniel N Erwin, pt inlot 81, Deoatur. SISOO. Eliza Horstmeier to Charles Zwick, pt sec 2, 20 acres, Preble tp. $675. Benjamin N. Allen to Luella Sullivan, pt inlot 15, Berne, SISOO. Luella Sullivan to Benjamin N. Allen, pt sec 36, 20 acres, Monroe tp. 12000, C- D. Lewton and to B. W. Sholty, inlot 2, Geneva, $294. Lulla Sullivan to John W. Luohe pt sec 36, 20 acres, Monroe tp, SIOOO. Wesley D. Woodruff to Asa S. Brown, pt sens 15-10 160 acres, Hartford tp, SI2OOO. Jeremiah C. Evans to S. J Spangler, pt sec 19, Root tp, SI6OO. Ruth Heaston to Archie P Hard ison, inlots 199-200, Geneva, $15 n O. Ephriarn Hirschy to Henry Mangold pt sec 8, 40 acres, Monroe tp S2BOO. International Bldg <V Loan association to Herbert Dennis, pt sec 29, Wabash tp. $395 John E Ruse to Joseph 1. Sipe, inlot 48. Berne, SISOO. Thomas J. Hilya r d to Ditha M. Ainsworth, inlot 3. Rivare. 8225. Library social at the •>. W. Tynd» Fr lav ■ ■ ' iu D n't miss it.