Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1905 — Page 3

f DR. CANADA Ophthalmic Specialist. Practice limited to the correction of defects of the eye. Glasses sited to relieve strain, with its numerous functional symptoms: “"improve Vision and for loss of ace mmodation due to age. references the best. At Dr. Coverdale’s office, at Decatur, Ind., TUESDAY, MAX 2, 1905

Wid Darwin, to whom a Hby girl was born a few days ago, ■ok a sudden turn for the worse Kterday and her condition today ■very serious. A trained nurse ■rived from Fort Wayne this ■orning, and will assist in caring foi h er - ■The marriage of Mr. Frank Goff Kl Miss Stella Dunlap occured at home of the bride at Marion. April 3. Mr. Goff was formerly Barber at Monroe, and while there ■earn© very popular. He has a Kt of friends here who wish him a ]*g, happy and prosperous life. K Collins teacher was trying to IBpress on some little tots the va rlus uses of the different organs of tie body, and explained that the were to see through, the nose tO'tnell and the feet to run; when iSe little one interrupted with, Khat isn't the way with my papa ; jl nose runs and his feet smell.” H’he funeral of El ward F. Numtts. who died at the residence of hie eon. Roscoe. Saturday morning, took place yesterday afternoon, at ■o o'clock from the residence of hfo mother. Mr. Elizabeth Numbers. 19 Rio Grande street. The WoodB nos the World, of which lodge H , Numbers was an old member. B 1 charge of the funeral. A large M nber of the lodges were in at- ■ lance. The services were condo ted b y Dr. Briggs, of whose H rch he was a member, and Dr. B ght, of the Presbyterian church. H i interment was in the City cem efo y. W. G. Evers. Petri T. P. B impson, G. V. Luce and Judge D»m acted as pall bearers — Aus tin! Statesman, Monday, April 3 19® Mr. Numbers was a former DeLtur boy, having been born and MKd in this city. The announce|Kt of his death is received with that have reached thiofflke are to be replied on there is a bright future for the C. B. & C.luilroad. Tae latest stcry is to thleffect that the Chicago & Erie roil, with which the C. B. &C. is deßiced ultimately to make oonneoton, has offered a sum for the pAbase of the line already built,if it 111 be sold free of all enoumtrices. J. W, Sutton, of near was at Portland two days !id while there claimed to arned several things of inHe says that the C. & E. tered for the road the sum if it can be secured if debt. If the road is actsold to the Chicago & Erie, ms a better futu e for the unate line. The extension of rie road would no doubt be eted at once and the ma n oald then begin to derive benefit from this line as a —Bluffton Banner. >w days go Captain Balsley of ate G. A .R. assisted by many ia citizens and members of posts over the state began! movement to make Decora a real memorial occasion ikislear. The movement is worthy of everyone. For ‘“■ast few years the day has been to ball game®, home races an( l|th(*r fcrms of entertainment. W I le V oQn g° r generations aotlose sight of the fact that it 18 *|a.v * or solemn thoughts, when ah juLI revere memory of a rnen who gave their lives t :r .W e devotion of their country. I'iga funeral, not a celebration. minister in Decatur should *j| if ' evor .Y teacher and parent We can certainly devote ’ each year in memory of It will make toe living happier and each of us towards ourselfs and ow ' 9 th® time t 0 talk oppose any games or public j®^B s teation on that occasion. " ■ n ake a memorial day not “V in name but in reality.

Miles Pillars, who’has l>een employed at Laman & Lee s hardware store fur a number of years, has accepted a position in a flour mill at Jonesboro, Arkanas, and will leave for there the first of next month. Dr. J. W. Younge a well known Fort Wayne doctor has left for Phil adelphia with an oath to never set foot on Summit City soil. His wife filed suit for divorce yesterday and his flight ensued. He must have been looking for such an event as he had about 5*10,000 in cash on his person. Charley Cusick returned to Casey, Illinois, Monday. He is field manager for the Independent Oil company, and is looking after their interests in the new territory just being opened there. He says the Casey field is the greatest ever known in this country, 100 barrel oil wells being struck at from 200 to 300 feet. Gas is plentiful and the oil is a beter grade than the Indiana product. Men are getting rich there every day and the community is wild with excitement. About one year ago the Farmers’ Guide Publishing company of Huntington, Indiana, offered one quart of seed corn to each Guide reader, to plant and enter a corn contest at the above named place. When this corn was gathered twelve ears were to be sent to the Guide man for the contest. Friday’s mail brought a JlO check to Charles E. Magley, of Root township, stating that he was awarded first prize. Mr. Magley has been a winner at every fair held at Decatur for the past four years.

Miss Alice Hurtle of this city and Emil Bain of Portland, fooled their most intimate friends Sunday by being united in marriage at five o’clock at the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. E. A. Allen. According to former arrangements the young couple were to have been married at Van Wert Wednesdav, and their many friends were making arrangements, accordingly, but without informing any one went to the home of E A. Allen and were there united in marriage last evening. The happy young couple left last evening for Portland, where they expect to make their future home and where a furnished home awaits them. They were escorted to the train by a host of friends who rioed them in fine shape and in other ways made life miserable for them. The Democrat joins with their many friends in wishing them a long and happy married life. The term “roundhouse” is no longer adequate to the description of the structure used for housing locomotives, as rectangular buildings for this purpose are growing in favor. “Engine house” is not Infinite, as it may more properly refer to a portion of the power house, where the stationary engines ire located. “Locomotive house” is therefore suggested as «n expression having a definite meaning, indicating a building of any shape used for the protection and light repairs of locomotives assigned for service says the Railway Age. Civil engineers are frequently required to design locomotive houses, and they will be particularly interested in the plans of the Pere Marquette shops at Grand Rapids. It ill be seen that the plan is largely dominated by the rectangular locomotive house at the extreme end of ,t ie shop yard and the “Y” for urning engines, the coal chute ard sandhouse at the opposite end. M"s. Robert Harding gave an informal tea yesterday afternoon in honor of her sister, Miss Mary Myers, of Decatur. Receiving with Mrs. Harding and her sister were Miss Schrock, also of Decatur; Miss Nannie Williams and Mrs. Louis Green. The rooms were tastefully decorated with carnations, smilax, ferns and shaded lights and red and green were the predominating colors. Mrs. W. E Lipsett served tea and Mrs. Ben Heaton the ice cream. Other assisting ladies were Mrs. Edwin Hulse, Mrs. Fred Hartman, Mrs. E. A. Wagner, Miss Studv, Miss Grace Tinkham, Miss Foster. Mi*>s Diisy, Miss Fee, Miss Grace Luksns. Little Gladys Hadley opened the door for the callers. Miss Myers will be married early in May to Mr. Emery J. Wilson, of Boston. Mass. Miss Mvers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers, of Djcatur. She is a beautiful and charming young lady and has made many friends during her i visits here. Mr. Wilson is in the • motive power department of the Boston & Maine railroad shops — Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

Miss Ines Snellen entertained a number of her young lady friends last evening, in honor of Misses Nina Feeser and Alice Sixb.v at six o’clock dinner. A tine time was reported. Those present were Misses Marguerite Hughes. Edna Hoffman, Burah Treadway and Marie Allison. Noah Webber, a Fort Wayne h irse buyer and Ed Bultemeyer, a well known farmer had some trouble Thnjsday over a horse, in which Ed was worsted about SIOO. He had Webber arrested, but the matter was adjusted and the case di-missed. Bultemeyer sold Weber a horse for $125, but when he examined the check found it called for only $25. The men finally traded back. Marshal Sims was found dead at six o’clock last Wednesday night in the rear of his lot on Cemetery road. He had been at work setting out onions, and fell over and died, apparenty without a struggle. Mr. Sims was about sixty-three years of age, a pioneer resident of this town, a soldier in the civil war, and was a member of a number of secret orders—a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knights of Pythias, etc. No funeral arrangements have yet been made. He was one of the best known men in this community. He was last seen alive about two o’clock when he left the house. — Willshire Herald. A statement issued several weeks ago purporting to come from high officials of the Chicago & Erie rail road to the effect that no excursions would be run except where they have double tracks will not affect the annual Ohio and Indiana Old Settlers’ excursion as was at first feared by those interested. A letter was received recently by W. W. Weisell sr., from the htad of the passenger department of the road saving that the excursion would be run as usual this year and that a representative of the road would be here at an early date to take up the matter and start the ball to rolling for the success of the big affair. The excursion will be run from the east this year and will bring old settlers from Ohio and Pennsy vania to visit their Indiana friends. Th© annual exour sion has grown to large proportions and means a big business which no rai'road can afford to turn down.— Bluffton News. “ John Miller, who resides at Rivare, Ind., recovered his bicyle Friday evening, which had been stolen from him during the fair last fall, and the discovery was made in a noveljmanner. Mr. and Mrs. Mil ler drove in early last evening from Rivare to attend the show, and while walking down Second street, enroute to the opera house, Mrs Miller noticed a bicycle standing along the curb, and said, to her husband: ‘‘Why there is your bicycle!” Mr. Miller stopped, ex amined and clearly identified thf same. Inquiry was made as to who was the owner , when “Socky” Wertzberger stated that it was hiproperty. Mr. Miller then relatef' the circumstances as to how the machine was stolen from him and Wertzberger admitted that he paid a stranger a dollar for it about th* 3 time it was stolen. All parties went before Mayor Coffee and ex plained the situation and the wheel was turned over to Mr. Miller, th© rightful owner, without any fur ther ceremony. Captain Ostenrider and Officer Fenstermaker were at North Jud son one night recently when thei received a message from the division superintendent stating that an attempt had been made to wreck No. 10 at Leiter’s and instructing them to go to that station at once Arriving at Leiter’s thev learneo that a section hand had “wired' the superintendent stating that hr had blocked an attempt to wreck No. 10 and that he would remain at the scene all night to guard the oempany’s property. Ostenrider and Feonstermaker hurtied to the place where the attempt was sup posed to have bten made, but could find neither the section hand or any evidence of an attempt to wreck No. 10 or any other train. Half an hour later they found the section man in bed at his home. He said he had found a full length steel rail across the track and that another secti >n man had helped him removed it but when questioned more closely he confessed that hie I story was a fake through <ut. He I had sent the message to gain f-vor I with the superintendent. He isn’t i working for the Erie now.—Lima Times-Democrat.

Mrs. Levi EstlJe died at her home five miles south of the city at eight o’clock this morning, from an operation performed for the removal of gall stones. The operation was performed by Dr. McOscar, of Fort Wayne and Drs. Clarks of this city Twenty-nine gall stones were taken from her. Funeral Sunday morning. Mrs C. A. Dugan and Mrs Harry Moltz entertained about thirty lady friends Thursday evening at 6 o’clock dinner, at the home of the latter, in honor of Miss Hattie Studabaker, who joins a party of ladies at Fort Wayne Monday enroute on a trip throughout Europe. The dinner was served in three courses and in a dainty manner. The evening was then spent in numerous games and other amusenrnts and at a late hour the guests departed, wishing Miss Stu dabaker, a pleasant and safe jour ney. Mrs. Will Winch, of Fort Wayne, was the only out of town guest. Revillo Scherer was in this city Thursday enroute to see his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Scherer, of near Monroe. Though still a very young man, Revillo has proven his ability to fight life’s battle and he is an Adams county product for whom we predict a brilliant and successful future. He was educated in the county sonools and taught a term or two. Without saying much to anyone, he decided to try his luck in the west. He went to Denver and soon obtained a position as instructor in the Kearns Business College, where he taught the classes in bookkeeping, arithmetic, English, rapid calculation, commercial law and office practice and did it successfully. In January last he passed a civil service examination for a position on the Panama canal. He secured a good grade and a few days ago was appointed bookkeeper for the comm’ssion at a salary of SI3BO and accepted. He will visit his parents here until April 16th, when he leaves for new York from where he sails April 18th for Colon, South America. He will be sent from there to his post. His office hours will be from nine too four and he can devote bis* time outside of those to any business he mav care to engage in. He is allowed six weeks off each year with pay.

CALIFORNIA Do you want to live where the climate is mild the year round where labor is never oppressed by stress of weather, and where animal vitality is never lost by mere conflict with cold ? Do you want to live in a region where the resources are more varied than in any other equal area in the world, where the division of great ranches affords a fine opportunity to get a small farm that will assure you a competence? Do you want to live where, with a minimum of labor, you can grow profitable crops of grapes and small fruit, oranges, lemons, olives, prunes and almonds, alfalfa and grain, where crops are sure, business is good and capital easily finds profitable investment ? Then go to California, where both health and opportunity await your coming. The Chicago, Union Pacific and North-Western Line is the most direct route to the Pacific Coast, and there are two fast through trains daily via this line, over the famous double-track railway between Chicago and the Missouri River. One-way Colonist tickets are on sale daily. March i to May 15, at the rate of $33.00 from Chicago, with correm spondingly low rates from all points, give you an unusual chance to make the trip. These tickets are good on daily and personally conducted excursions, on which a double berth in a Pullman tourist sleeping car from Chicago costs only $7.00. Round-trip tickets are always on sale from all points at reduced rates via the Chicago & North-Western, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways. W. B. KNISKERN, P. T. M. C. & N.-W. Ry., Chicago, 111. Please mail free to my address, California booklets, maps and 1011 FILL IN THIS COUPON particulars concerning rates and train service. AND MAIL IT TO-DAY.

The two lucky keys to the money box at the Winnes shoe store have been returned, the parties being Mrs. Martin Blakey, of Union township, who received sls and Vane Weaver of this city who received $ . Miss Winnes requests that all those who still have keys in their possession return them at once, as they are worthless to anyone except her. A number of prominent divorced people sat around a banquet table in a prominent Chicago hotel a few nights ago and toasted their misfor. tunes. One motto they had was: “United we stand, but divided we stand it better.” Another was: “God bless our mother-in-law ,but we don’t insist upon it.” All this goes to show how lightly people regard divorce and marriage “in the Windy city. i. 1 —* Another horse thief made his ap pea-ance in this city last evening, and drove away with the horse and buggy belonging to Rev. Pavne, which was hitched in front of Everett. Hite & Co.’s grocery store. The outfit was recovered, however, late last night by Night Policemen Reynolds and Frank near the river bridge. The robbery must have taken place about seven o’clock, for at 8:30 two parties driving the stolen outfit weie seen at Willshire, Ohio, by Oscar Lankenau and a traveling man. The men stopped and inquired what town they were in. Lankenau asked the men where they came from, and they stated Decatur. The parties then inquired the road to Van Wert, which was pointed out to them, and they drove awav. About eleven o’clock Harve Smith while enroute to his home met two men who asked him what town this was, and Harve [informed them it was Decatur. The men drove on coming toward this city, and about 11:30 the rig was found near the river brdige, the men having disappeared. The only theory that can be advanced as to the finding of the rig is that the men after leaving Willshire got onti the wrong road, and finding out from Smith that they were so near the scene of their crime, concluded to abandon their outfit and make their escape. The rig was taken to the livery stable and turned over to Mr. Payne’s son who had given up all hope of recovering the stolen propertz. Rep Payne resides south if this city near the St. Paul church, and bis son had driven to attend lodge.

Marion, Ind., April 10.—Ten years ago James Campbell, fifty years old, mysteriously disappeared from his home and family at Geneva, Ind. Last evening he died at the City hospital of internal injuries, received in falling off a wagon. “They’ll never take me back there again unless I go in a box,” he said to the hospital surgeons when they asked about his home. He refused to tell where he lived until informed that he would die. Campbell was a foreman in a large hoop factory. Today his oldest son arrived from Geneva to take the body back. The first movement by the Toledo, St. L mis & Western Railroad company towards the carrying out of their agreement to maxe Decatur a passenger and freight division with round house, ice plant, coal docks, and other necessary buildings to cost from SIOO,OOO to $200,000, came Tuesday morning, when A.L.Shane, division superintendent, and J. W. Sroupe, superintendent of motive power, accompanied by several engineers and assistants arrived in town. They came on the early Clover Leaf train from Frankfort, registered at the Burt House and immediately began their duties of arranging for preliminaries for the improvements. One of the principal things for such an institution is water of the right kind, in sufficient quantities and furnished at an expense the road can stand. The men here today are making an effort to ascertain which would be the best, to secure city water and put in a purifier or filtering plant or to use river water. In the latter case a power station would be necessary. The Clover Leaf representatives consulted with City Engineer Fulk and informed him that the city water mains should be extended to the division ground, as they would use the city witer for office purposes and fire proteciion. The line would only havt to be extended about two squares. Both Messrs. Shane and Sroupe say that activity will soon be noticeable here, and the improvements pushed to rapid completion. The steel for rails will be delivered here about May Ist, and the real work will then begin. The railroad men went over the site with John W. Tyndall and others representing the city and Commercial club, and spent the entire day here.