Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1905 — Page 5

■K. Masonic lodge has accepted ■■ Libation to go to Monroeville ■■ Wednesday evening. May 31st, ■■] confer degree work. y Torrence will give a “stag’ ■Kt to the members of the Mecca I tins evening. Mr. .Torrence K'. united in marr’age June IK to Miss Lucile Bryson of DeM fnr , Marion News-Tribune. ■■The suggestion has been made ■■ at the K. of P lots on Second ■K‘ w ,juld make an excellent the traction line station IK. Local capital is already | r u ning to build a handsome 1 uild■f '. there , and it is hojied they can their theories work. I J jpvitations are out announcing I L marriage of Miss Anna MargaW Terveer to Charles J. Vogle|Kl(ie which will occur Thursday ■■orning. June Bth. at eight o’clock, IK St. Mary’s Caholic church. young folks will be at home July 15th at 126 Sixth street. I I The horse sale Saturday held unKer the auspices of the D’Oatur sale company was a decided in every respect. This will hold another sale on ■ Saturday, June 3rd, which will ■1 sitively be the last of the season Kintil next fall. The last sale prom■sh- to be the best yet and you attend and take advantage Hf the bargains. I I Jerry Lugibill and Peter Lehman from their extended trip ■lto the West yesterday morning, ■apparently in good health and ■jontenlment- They enjoyed their Strip very much and as is always Hpie case glad to be home again. ■The wet weather and the delay in ■farm work there was rather sur■prising to them. They report ■Kansas and Oklahoma in need of [■rain—Berne Witness. | I The Citizens Trust company, re■oeiver for the Merit Manufacturing ■company, today sold sixty sewing ■machines to the Warren Glove ■company of Decatur, Ind. This ■companv is preparing to operate ■ another large glove factory at Hunt- ■ ington, Ind., and the maohi es ■ were purchased to be installed in I the new factory. The machines ■ will be moved to Huntington this ■ week —Fort Wayne News. I The issue of 171.500 worth of ■ bonds for the payment of the forty- ■ two miles of gravel roads in Jack- ■ son township brought a much lar ger premium than was expected when sold at auction by Treasurer Sinner this afernoon. E. D. Bush & Co., of Indianapolis, got the bonds at $71.930, a premium of 1130 in addition to accrued interest. The interest and bonds bear 4% per cent interest and run foi ten years.—Bluffton News. The county asessors over the state seem to have been the victims of malicious persecutions by the members of the last legi.-lature. While in a large measure the salaries of the counfv officers were not tampered with, the assessors had an ax applied beautifully. John French, instead of getting 1939.00 a year, the wage has been reduced to (750. In former years the assessor received three dollars per day as president of the board of review, but this year he must serve without extra remuneration. — Bluffton Banner.

■v ' ,! V I ! <s% 4 <Snv « realty the design. The cutting is mechanical, ' /;'| t A fl but the designing is high art. ' I '' Y fl The designer is the architect and it is he I who is responsible for the style, the “hang” ‘ *-"*• ' ■.7. - ‘he shape of the collar—the finish inside ‘ *'•' flr I Jz/ nw Jfeiffl and out. " u *»* 1 The Clothcraft designer has made style ■ Z his life’s study and receives a very large ■ 1 salary—so why shouldn’t Clothcraft Clothes ■ L]Z/ i excel in style ? % Vi ■„.■.' The cutting must be quick and accurate— g A S that’s all. On some goods the Clothcrafters / Si use an electric machine with rapidly revol v- / WflSi 1 ing steel d *scs —cutting mart}’ thicknesses of / ■ U&mW cloth at once. That is one of the ways in ■ L which Clothcraft Clothes are made possible at ■ 1 t y -J* the price. /XU W There are no other clothes as good as A fit Clothcraft Clothes—at the price, and few at any price can equal them in fit and stylish M \AI \ finish, or in wear. I A potent reason for this is the fact that all \ 4rfgr<gj§r Clothcraft Clothes are made in the Clothcraft factory under direct supervision. That is the !■ direct road to economy and good work. a Also it makes possible the use of g| V K&JT special machines and special devices ■ which save labor, reduce cost, and « V t examine Clothcraft Clothes. H HOLTHOUSE. SOHULTE & 00.

Marion newspapers are talking loud about an eight story bank and law building, which is to be constructed in that city. It will be occupied by the Marion National bank and the site itself cost between (20.,000 and (30,000. In a raid by officers upon a Chicago corresponding club—an aleged marriage promoting enterprise —45,000 letters and 10,000 photographs were found and seized. Since April 1, the concern had received an average of 2 000 letters a day from persons who were apparently willing to take a chance in the matrimonial lottery. A buffalo bull reoentlv slaughtered in lowa brought its owner nearly (1,000. The head sold for (600, the hide for (300. and the meat for fitfy cents a pound. In the year 1877 a drove of buffalos estimated at 4,000,000 head crossed the North Platte river in Nebraska and were worth a dollar apiece for the poachers wno exterminated them for their hides. While Indiana has her Landis family, noted in state and national politics, Evansville has her Foster family, that has been conspicuous in the politics of the “Pocket” for the last half century. Some member of the Foster fam ily has been in office continuously during most of this half century, and republicans have begun to accept it as a sign of hard luck if there is not a Foster on the ticket. Gas at e depth of 135 feet, is the sigular discovery made on the farm of Ralph Warner, about five miles north of town. Drillers had been at work drilling for water and at the above depth, the drill stuck and it was necessary to abandon the work. Later when efforts were made to remove the casing a strong flow of gas was discovered. The find is attracting a great deal of attention among those interested in the development of gas fields. It is quite likely that an effort will be made to develop the field.—Marion News Tribune. The remains of Gottlieb Sellemeyer, of Schumm, Ohio, who died in the Lutheran hospital, where he had been taken some time ago, to be operated upon, arrived Thursday and were received by the relatives from Schumm, and the remainder of the trip made by the overland route. Rev. Sellemeyer had been the pastor of the Schumm church a number of years, and had a ho <t of friends there. The funeral was held there Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, and interment will be made in the Schumm cemetery. Miss Nan Peterson, the capable and efficient teacher of room three of the APion public schools, informed the school board Wednesday, that she was not an applicant for the position next year. She has accepted the position of primary teacher in the state school for the Feeble Minded at Fort Wayne, and will begin her new duties at the opening of the school year in the coming fall. The position is an excellent one and is in the line for further advancement and promotion. Miss Peterson was offered the position in April, and after a recent visit to the institution, signed contracts.—Albion Democrat.

The Muncie branch of the United Natioanl Association of the Postoffice Clerks of the United States, No. 860, is rapidly completing the program aqrt arrangements for the fourth annual Indiana state convention, which is to convene in Munoie, Tuesday, May 30. Portland, the baseball attraction for Decoration day, defeated the Southside Athletic association of Muncie last Sunday, by a score of eight to nothing, and also have .he reputation of not having lost a game this season. A large crowd of rooters will accompany the team and a fine game will be in order. The Rebekah lodge had quite a time Thrs evening at their lodge room in celebrating the fact that the last note on their piano had been paid off, and during the evening’s good time the same was burned in the presence of all. Miss Letta Ernst read a report of the Rebekah assembly at Indianapolis, which the evening’s enjoyment wound up in a big feast. M. D. Yontz, formerly auditor of Whitley county, and earlier proprietor of a country store at Laud, in the above named county, and at at present a representative for the W. B Bufford record and blank book house, is under a cloud, which a Wells county grand jury is investigating The auditor there claims that the schedule of stationery prices were changed from their original bid, and that Mr. Yontz is the only person who had access to these figures While all this occurred at least sixty d iys after the bid was made and accepted, yet it leaves Mr. Yontz in an un nviable position. The grand jury is investigating. Two challenges w as received today by the new city ball team for games, from Decatur and Portland. Decatur will probably be played inside of a couple of weeks. A practice game will be played next Sunday afternoon at Geneva with the Bluffton line as given in this paper a few evenings ago. Two players, McCormioK and Veech, will arrive from Indianapolis tomorrow to join the team. The remainder of the team will arrive between tomorrow and Bales of Montpelier, was signed yesterday and will be one of the twirlers for the season besides Williamson and Irwin, of Warr en. —Bluffton Banner. There is hope for the bald man. He need no longer seek to protect his head from draughts. Instead, the bare spot may be covered with a luxurious growth of hair—that is, if he has the time and patience to take advantage of the discovery of a Turkish physician. This phy sioian has been experimenting successfully in transplanting hairs, one by one, to the bald parts of the scalp. He tried his experiments in the case of a patient who had lost a great part of hi° hair through a disease. The method, told briefly, is this: He sacrificed the bare surface and implanted thereon hairs removed from other pirts of the patient’s head. The hairs used for the purpose were cut at each end with scissors. Some four weeks after implantation a certain number of the hairs were found to have taken root, and in no time a goodly , crop was produced.

' Lillian Yobst. the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles ' B. Yobst, while playing Tv. s e'ening, stumbled and fell, permitting herself to fall on a board full of rusty nails, one of which ran into her thigh a half inch. Dr. J. S. Coverdale was called and dressed the injury, which will prove noth- , ing serious. Cyrus D. Mead, of Fort Wayne, has been appointed to teach in the Philippines at a salary of (1200, and Mr. A Gurley, also of this city, has been appointed switch engineer on tfie Panama canal at a salary of (1200. Both are civil service appointments. Mr. Mead expects to leave for the archipelago before June 15th. Not a single passenger train makes a stop at the Winona Lake station on the Pennsylvania road on Sundays. On the other days of the week, during the assembly season from May to October every i passenger train stops at the resort to let off and take on passengers. ] Not so on Sundays. This is bei cause of the rules of the assembly association regarding the strict observance of the Sabbath day. If people get to Winona Lake on Sundays they have got to walk or drive. The attempt was made to secure Bluffton as an attraction here for Decoration day at Steele’s park and when base ball was mentioned to the manager he seemed to be in a trance and asked that the local team guarantee them (75. Os course this was refused and was only a loophole that Bluffton presented to dodge a game. It seems that the three straight defeats they suffered here last year has placed a damper on their base ball ability, and they are dead ones. Portland has been secured, and will fill the bill Decoration day. They have a strong aggregation and will make the Rosenthals play some to defeat them. Drs. McOscar and McEvoy, who are attending little Raymond, the six-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Telley, of West Williams street, who fell from the Hoagland school tower Saturday evening, believe that the little fellow will entirely recover. He mu«t have fallen from a height of about twenty feet if his statements are true. He alighted on his right shoulder. All of the bones of the right shoulder joint were broken. The shoulder was examined by an X ray machine today. Both surgeons state that they hope for exI oellent results and the bones may i heal without making a deformity or interfering with the use of the shoulder joint. He was climbing up the tower when he became dizzy. —Fort Wayne News. a well known man, who recent ly returned from a Western trip, is telling a story about two country merchants he met during his travels. The men were brothers, well along in years, and among the most prosperous citizens of their county, i One of the brothers was moved not long ago to believe that he should I join the ohuioh. Neither had ever paid attention to religious affairs, but a stirring evangelist had finally aroused the elderly man to feel that the church was where he belonged. He endeavored to persuade his brother to join the church with him. but whenever the subject was mentioned the brother always waived the subject. Finally the elder brother said one day : “John, why don’t you join the church if I do?” “Well, Bill. I might as well tell you. You go ahead and join the church; but if 1 join it. too, who’s going to weigh the wool?” It was a very pretty wedding cer etnony that took place at the St. John L itheran church, in Preble township, Sunday, at half past I two, the principals being Edward Bultemeyer and Miss Lena Wischmeyer, both most estimable young people. Rev. Jones officiated, the regular church services being used. The bridesmaids were Misses Ida I Wischmeyer. Martha and Lvdia Bultemeyer, and the groomsmen ! Herman Bultemeyer. Martin Heckman and Conrad Droege. The ■ bride looked pretty in white silk 1 mull and carrying bridal roses. The bridesmaids wore white mull ! with hats to match, and carried pink carnations. The groom wore the conventional black. A reception at the bride's home followed the church ceremony, with a five 1 o’clock dinner. The newly mar- ! vied couple will reside in this city, having purcha-ed the Fred Reppert residence on Third street. The Democrat extends congratulations.

»Kb| 'S’ T 0 TIIC OrFI COr THE ■■ SNOW AGENCY DECATUR, INDIANA.

If vou ward to sell your farm or city property for cash, list it with the SNOW AGENCY. We have several cash buyers as soon as what they want is put upon themirket. If you wish to buy a country home or city residence, we may have just what you want, as our lists comprise several thousand acres of good farm lands in Indiana and a large number of city properties. Besides these, we have timber and prairie lands in Missouri, Minnesota and Arkansas, in all stages of improvements Property adver tised without expense to the owner, if left on the market for the time listed.

Horace Bothoff has just finished, his spring cleaning at the cemetery and beautiful Maplewood never appeared to better advantage than it does now. Mr. Bothoff says that some one has been cutting wire fence at the oemeterv. He knows them and the next similar offense will course the arrest of the guilty ones. Rock Island service to California and Pacific Northwest this summer permits you to do this. Low round trip rates to Los Angeles, San Francisco or Portland on special dates in May, June, July, August, September and October. Liberal arrangements for stop-over among the mountains of Colorado and in California—side trips to the Yellowstone, Yosemite, etc. Write for Colorado and California hooks and Rook Island folder. John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago. A. J. Moser & Co. unloaded several thousand dollar’s worth of machinery from the G. R & I tracks last week from G. W. Sicler, of Wells county, gets one of the monster engines that were unloaaed It is a twenty horse power double cvlnider Rumey and is as good a rhrashing engine as was ever unloaded here An engine of the same description and a Rumely deal sep arator were also unloaded for Amos Steiner and Jacob Bixler Their separator is a self-feeder, blower and weigher—the first machine of the kind ever brought to this state, A thirty horse power Jtmes skid engine was unloaded the same week for Divid Meshbirgers quarry.—Berne Witness. Monroe township Srndav school o invention wis hel lat B >tne last Sunday afternoon and evening. The afternoon session was held at theE vangelioal church, which was filled to its utmost. The program was well arranged and all parts were well rendered. The evening -essjon was held at the Mennonite 'hurch and that spacious bulding vas almost completely filled, the past rs and Sunday schoo' superintendents from all over jthe township were present and took an active interest in the work. The singing was good and spirited, also the selections ren lered in the afternoon and evening by the union choir. The mixed quartette and male quartette as well as the solo hy Rev Sprague were excellent. The spirit I that has been manifested in the conventions shows that the people of Adams county have awakened to the fact that Sunday school as- [ sociations are a good thing. Total collection last Sunday was (22.86. The International Correspondence schools of Scranton have on a attractive display window this week at the Holt house drug store, and J. W. Steed an assistant superintendent, from Cleveland, Ohio, is here explainingjthe system and telling the merits of this famous school, which teaches almost every known profession by mail. This college now has over 700,000 students and beyond any question has done more for the young man in ordinary circumstances than nil the colleges combined. Their entire charge for any course is less than half the tuition in any other college. They teach by mail and guarantee the student who applies himself a thorough knowledge of any subject he may choose from their long list. Thousands of men formerly working at starvation wages have received an education from the International and now draw salaries of fiom (1000 to (5000 a year. Deoatur arleady has number of successful graduate* Call and see Mr Steed, whom yon will find an affable gentleman, glad

A small blaze that did practically no damage occurred yesterday it the Barton Quinn property which is occupied by Ed Highland, and family. Tne fire strted from a defeoitve flue in the kitchen and had burned a small hole in the roof before being detected. A few buckets of water was all that was needed. The loss is slight and is fully covered by insurance. The Schafer Hardware company have a novel way of demonstrating the advisability of using lightning rods on a : ouse, especially during a thunder and electrical display of the heavens. The agent, whoever he may be, is equipped with an electric machine, which is so arranged as to show Jhow lightning will follow any metal about the house when devoid of lightning rods. Then the lightning rod appliance is put on and shows that the lightning has no effect whatever on the house. The manner of demonstrating to the farmer this feature is new and will make many sales for the firm, for after seeing the effects of lightning by this machine, any wise farmer or citizen is sure to leave an order for roding his house. An enjoyable event took place Tues, ev'ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Rainier, on West Tenth street, when thirty-six of the neighbors and friends formed a masquerade party and proceeded to take possession of that home to remind Mrs. Rainier that she had passed another mile stone of this life’s journey. They im nediately got busy in making the evening one long to be remembered. Tne beginning of same was a delightful doughnut contest, in which Wash Gilpen carried off a handsome Haviland china dish. Other games and contests were indulged in and a general good time was had. Music was furnished for the occasion by the Variety Mandolin club, which was highly appreciated and applauded. Refresh nente were served and at a late hoar all departed ’ wishing Mrs. Raimer many more such happy occasions. Pearl Biker, of pugilistic fame, now languishes in jail, serving his time on a fine for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Baker, who has been keeping in the dark for the past several months, in fact ever since his notorious fight in Willshire, where he was badly pumtneled by his partner. He came to town Monday morning and proceeded to tight the booze garrA. In the coarse Os events he had ®n quite a “jag. ’ and started to mise a disturbance in Maynar<r France’s saloon on Madsion street, and for a time threatened violence to the furniture and everyone present. Fr-tnce. who was on the outside, hearing the disturbance, went in and threw the “pug” bodily into the street and telephoned for the police. Marshal Green responded and when told the trouble, started on the hunt for Baker, who was finally discovered near the Erie depot. When Green atj tempted to arrest him and take him to jail Biker showed fight and for several minutes a keen tussle was on. Marshal Grsen, however, having the advantage, used his club with considerable force over Baker's head and face until the young man was ready to submit and walk peacefully to jail. He was arraigned before Mayor ! Coffee this morning and plead guilty and was fined (9:30 and returned to jail, where he will board it out. The marshal informed us today that as soon as this sentence was laid out he would file an affidavit against Baker for resisting an officer and give him another dose.