Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1905 — Page 1

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I PRETTY HOME WEDDING ■ ' ■iss Bryson and Mr. Tor= rence Married

ifILUANT EVENT I Over Two Hundred Guests II in Attendance fl — I I Si Lady “ Bride—The I Ann Home on Fifth Street Scene of Delightful Affair I Amidst a profusion of beautiful I Sowar?. ferns and decorations, sur--1 rounle ; by a circle of two hundred | adtSng friends, Miss Lucile BryI sea wuesday became the bride I of Mt Jeremiah Wilson Torrence. I The ■editing was one of the most social events in Decatur's j histjy and this afternoon has *1 been cne of exquisite pleasure for c I P“WP‘ nts ani § u,9ts - Tae C 3 was performed at two- « I thirty o'clock, as which hour Miss I Welderman. of Eldorado, I Kanls p[ayed the beautiful Men-1 I delay n wedding march, and I imiAiately the expectant guests *‘| bshaß the bridal party coming led by the little ribbon I bearers Misses Gladys Flanders andmnny Heller, who were dressled la white oigandie, trimmed in I a jSusion of lace, Gladys wearial ■ ing Me ribbon and bows and I Fanayl pink. Then came Master I Kleder, a half brother of 3»m, who served as ring and who wore a suit of broad cloth. Miss Francis ’ ’■ sister of the bride, followed honor, gowned in white i ’4 Silkifeislin, over pink taffeta, the I edgetitlie yoke trimmed in pink I forgaAme-nots. They carried a I bouqmt of roses, slightly tinted ice.iß with jink Then came the bride, r:■ Miesfincile. leaning on the arm of tin® herjjjl ■<, Mr. Jeff Bryson. Miss Irsß IwHalways beautiful and grace- < «B^ la Pl -ared at her best, and every ■ gueetteike or thought a oompli- ■ Wt®r her. She wore a gown lt ■of fete design, mode, a cream r.nl we rtfti- over cream taffeta silk, I with dream chiffon drop, transpar I otherlttle ribbon bearers, Misses BWJwensley an *i Margaret Bell, J. fallowed, also being dressed in I white with blue and I PitWßrimming respectively. As I the bridal party reached the center i Shelving ro m they were met ■ hytiAroom, Mr. Torrence, and ■ taliMp, Mr. Jess E. Huffman, and I petty proceeded to the north S siaeof tjhe library, v>here the bride I * ud glßO’ii stood beneath a pretty ■J**®®*- f erns ' roses and carna- . the center of which was I a bell of pansy blossoms. Id’ V *X n C' M’hite, of the Methochurch performed I ? “Bessive ceremony, the ring I The gentlemen party wore afternoon Piince Albert coats. i? and light colored truus- ■ Ini’ lediately after the oere1 bride and groom received ■ ’ the receiving line Mr. and Mrs. Jeff I i ,^fl )arents of tli e bride, Mr. *' Igr ' Kleder, parents of the ln.°^W ranila ’ a and Grand- | During this part of the WBS served and from 1 ‘*Bfy to six o'clock a two-

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course luncheon was given in the dining room, thirty guests being served at a time. The Bryson home was beauitfully decorated with ferns, potted plants, vases of pretty flowers, including roses and carnations. The dining room was artistically draped with pink and yellow colors, and decorated with °milax ferns and lighted candles. The presents were the most valuable and prettiest ever presented to a Decatur bride, including a most handsome diamond brooch from the groom, and which the bride wore during the ceremony. Other presents, ircluded cut glassware, silverware, hand painted chinaware and fancy linen tn profusion, entirely filling a room. Mr. and Mrs. Torrence will leave the city sometime this evening on a several weeks’ honeymoon—exact nourand destination unknon. After returning they will span! the summer at Lake Wauwassee, where Mr. Torrence owns a pretty cottage. Miss Bryson has for several years been one of the most charming young society ladies of this city. Beautiful, talented and educated, she will grace a home with dignity. Mr. Torrence is a wealthy young business man of Marion, Indiana, with every quality that insures future success. We offer sincerest good wishes for Mr. and Mrs. Torrence. Among the out of town guests who attended the wedding were: Miss Carrie Kapp, Mr. Harry Stover, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Locke, Bluffton ; Mr. and Mrs. Kleder, Grandma Davis, Marion; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gall, Dr. Anna Bryson, Indianap olis; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Vesey, Mr. and Mrs. McGee and daughter Helen. Fort Wayne, Misses Eda, Goldy and Gladys Bryson, Tosoan, Michigan; Miss Lulu Freidline, Delphos, Ohio. The wedding of Miss Lucile Bryson to Mr. J. W. Torrence of Marion Tuesday, proved a delightful social event, and the guests lingered long after the bride and groom had departed on their honeymoon. About five o’clock in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Torrence announced that they were ready to be escorted to the train. Their friends were ready for them and conducted them to the street, where a hay rack with a picnic wagon attached, was in readiness. GracefuHy they acquiesced and were loaded onto the jVHgon, which was gaily decorated with placards. After an hoar's ride about the city they were taken to the Chicago & Erie depot and put aboard the 5:56 train,. Handbills disclosing the secret of “Jerry and Lucile’’ were distributed through the train, and with shouts of congratulations the Black Rag club of girls and a hundred other iriends waved good-bye to the couple as the train left. Mr. and Mrs. Torrence went to C hicago last night and this morning left on the Pennsylvania “flyer’’ for New York City, from where they will enjoy a trip up the beautiful Hudson. They will return to Lake Wauwassee in about three weeks and remain there for the summer. Mrs. John Kern Tuesday afternoon entertained sixteen of her lady friends at her home in North Fifth street in honor of Mrs. ! George Bailey of Marion . Pedro I was the favorite game, and after : games had been played, Mrs Bju- ' serman was declared the winner, she having lost but one game of the 'series. The consolation prize was 'given to Mrs. Lee Vance. After the awarding of prizes an elegant luncheon was served.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1905.

Corrinne Elizabeth Connell, ten- | day-old daughter of Dr.- and Mrs. CV. Connell, died at five o'clock Monday evening, having been sick since birth. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock from the St. Marys Catholic church, Father Wilken in charge, and interment was made at St. Jo: seph’s cemetery. The trustees Os Mount Pleasant church, three and a half miles northwest of this city are preparing to celebrate the Fourth in J. E. Mann’s beautiful grove a quirter of a mile west of the church. Prep i arations are being made for the biggest and best picnic ever held in this part of the country. Refreshments served on the ground. Let everybody enjoy a day of rest and . pome to celebrate. Trustees Mount Pleasant church. Homer King added a few more laurels to his already enviable (?) reputation Monday night about ten o'clock, when he went to his home on First street and beat his wife all over the house. Her screams could be heard a block away and Ed Lyons, a neighbor, jumped out of bed and ran up town to turn in a police alarm. Officers Frank and Reynolds responded and met King on the way over to the house. He was promptly arrested and gav« bond for his appearance this morning, in the sum of $53. ’Squire Smith fined him two dollars and costs, amounting in all to SIO.BO, which he paid. Mrs. King ! filed the affidavit. Deputy Sheriff Dallas Butler ar rested young Otto Mumma Monday night, after an exciting chase, during which the officer fired two shots to frighten the fugitive. Mumma has had oons'derable notoriety, and has been in court on several different occasions. Recently he stole a buggy from his mother and sold it. The matter was reported to Deputy Butler, who immediately started in pursuit. In the meantime someone tipped Otto that officers were after him, and he attempted to escape. Butler proved too alert, however, and finally captured him and took him to jail handcuffed. What action will be taken is not yet known, but the lad will probablv have to answer to a charge of larceny. E. X. Ehinger, treasurer of the Carnegie Li'rary committee, Friday morning received a draft for S3OOO. the first of Carnegie’s donation of SIO,OOO for the new public library and the same has been placed to the credit of the committee at the First National bank, thus insuring the fact that work on the building will proceed at once. The draft is in the usual form, headed “Hudson Trust Company, Hoboken, New York,” and orders S3OOO paid to E. X. Ehinger, treasurer, payable in New York City funds at the New York Trust Company bank, signed by R- A. Franks, cashier. The draft was attached to a bill with receipt attached and which must be returned to Mr. Carnegie’s secretary at the distributing office. The SIO,OOO will be received in installments as needed and a fund will be kept on hand continually so that no delay will be necessary. Sunday was a happy day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Luttman’s, of rural route three in celebrating the ninth birthday of their little daughter, Rosa, and the day is long to be remembered by twenty-three little folks, consisting of sixteen girls and seven boys who enjoyed themselves as only children can. A sump'uous dinner was served at six o’clock, and it was a beautiful sight to see the little ones all seated around the large table. Miss Rosa was the recipient of many beautiful and useful presents, consisting of money, new dresses, ribbons, handkerchiefs and dishes. Those present were Rosa and Ida Luttman, Amelia Fuelling. Alma Hoile, Annie Whietfelt, Ida and Lizzie Fuelling. Flora Boeger, Mamie Fuelling, Clara Boeger, Elsie Franz, Eina, Flora, and Freda Gearke, Minnie Kuklehan and Fred Kuklehan, Floyd and Johnnie Luttman, Walter Fuelling, Willie and Otto Luttman and Bennie Gerke.

All ,if the Counties in Indiana have reported their yield of clover seed for 1904, and according to the summary completed in the state statistician's office yesterday, the I total yield amounted to 301,250 ' bushel. This is a decrease of more than one million bushels compared with he yield of 1903, the total that year having footed up 1,314,594 bushels. Drs. Costello and Beavers Monday performed a successful operation on the left arm of William Helm. Mr. Helm has been having considerable trouble with his arm for the past several months, a callous* place having formed. Four years ago Mr. Helm, was vacinated, and the place on his arm beOame calloused over the vaoination having effect«d tne nerves of that member. He has not had the proper use of the arm for quite a while, and an operation was the only cure. Al-* though he is very weak today, the physicians state that it was a success. He will be unable to resume his duties for several weeks. Mrs. Baldwin Corson, wife of one of the best known farmers in the county, died at her home, three miles south of this city, at 5 o’clock Monday evening, after an illness >f but one day. The suddenness of ter demise has shocked the oomnunity, as she was a well known and popular woman. She had apparently been in good health and on Saturdav evening had attended a social with her husband. On Sunday afternoon she was seized vith a violent pain in the head and suffered terribly. A phvsician was '■ailed twice 'during the night, but could do nothing to aid her reoov ■ry The illness soon proved t J be paralysis, and the good lady grew gradually worse until mentioned, when death relieved her. She was forty-one years old. Besides her husband the following relatives survive her. Three children, Mis. Frank Coppas. Mrs Fred Tablet and Mrs. Murle Essex, three step sons, Frank, Jonah and Ross Corson, three brothers, James Rice, Fort Wayne, Sam and'Will Rice, Black Hills, South Dakota; two sisters, Mrs George Quilor, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Preston Corrier, Dixon, Ohio, and numerous other relatives. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon from the house. Interment in the Rav cemetery. The police officials are looking for Chauncey Steele, a young man of this city who seems to have conducted a wholesale check forging business in this city from Saturday until Mondav evening. So far three checks have turned up , each for $8.25, and Chauncey is missing. Steele is about twenty-five years >ld, a son of Wilson Steele, and has had more or less publicity in the criminal courts, priding himselfjon his ability as a “smapper.” He has been working off and on for several years at Youngstown, Ohio, in one of the mills. Saturdav evening he presented a check at the Holthouse, Schulte & Co., clothing store, calliug for $8.25, payable to himself, and the name John M. Lenhart signed thereto. It was cashed and Chauncey finding it so easy, no aoubt determined it was a soft way of getting rich. Monday noon he cashed a similar check at the Kuebler & Moltz Co.’s store and Monday evening another at the Loch, Dirksm & Co., hardware store. The checks were on the Old Adams County Bank, where Lenhart has an account, but the writing and signature and endorsement are identical. The figures call for $8.25, but the written part reads eight twenty-five dollars. Steele is said to be enjoying a fishing trip down the river and will probably be captured, if not there by the police of surrounding cities. The young man comes from a good family and his mother is almost prostrated over her son’s actions. J-«M. Lenhart, whose name was forged is a brother-in-law of Steele s. It has stated that young Steele had been traced to Fort Wayne, where it is Efelieved he joined the regular army yesterday, thus putting him out of the law s clutches for the present at : least.

The board of review, consisting of W. W. Biiggs, J. W. Bosse, County Assessor Elias Crist. Treasurer Voglewede, and Auditor Lewton, met Monday, organized at once, and proceeded to work. By virtue of their offices Mr. Crist acts as president, and Auditor Lewton as ecretary. The boards’ duty is to review the tax lists as given in by the various assessors, to rectify errors, raise those who have placed their assessments too low ana hear complants from those who think they have been overassessed. The board has decided on the following dates for hearing those from the various townships, who have complaints to make: June 13, Union, Root and Preble townships; June 14, Kirkland, Washington, St. Mary’s; June 15, Monroe township and the towns of Berne and Monroe; June 16, Blue Creek, French; June 19, Hartford. Jefferson; June 20, Wabash, Geneva; and June 21, Decatur. One of the most pleasant social events of the season occurred Thursday night, when a surprise was perpetrated upon Albert Spuller, at his home, three miles south of town. The event was planned by his good wife and by Mrs. Elzey, a neighbor. The guests included eighty of the neighbors, freinds and relatives and the surprise upon Mr. Spuller was complete in every detail. He was called to the home of a neighbor, John P. Baker, to assist in treating a sick horse. While he was absent the guests arrived, completely filling the big hou-e, and then Albert was sent for. We have no way to express the completeness of the surprise. Albert could scarce believe his own eyes until informed that the occasion was his fortyfifth birthday. Several hours of amusement followed and at twelve o'clock a big supper was served, to which the hungry guests did ample justice. It was a late hour when the friends departed with all kinds of good wishes for Albert’s future happiness. A number of Decatur people attended the surprise. Sunday was a gala day at the William Smith farm, three miles east of the city, in celebrating the wedding event, of Mr. and Mrs. Harve Smith, who were married on Thursday evening. A number of the immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present and the event will be one long to be remembered by those who participated The friends and relatives began to congregate at the Smith home early in the morning, which had been specially decorated with out flowers and pink and white ribbons for the occasion and the bride and groom were the recipients of many congratulations. A sumptuous repast was served at noon and the merry-making was continued until late in the evening. Those who were seated at the dinner table were Rev. and Mrs. J. C. White, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Rugg, Mr. and Mrs. D. Slater, Mrs. Robison. Mr. »nd Mrs. F. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith and Misses Nellie Hoff of Logansport, an intimate friend of the bride. Fanny Rice, Fanny Robison, Lucile Bryson, Bessie JWherry, Nellie and Jessie Winnes, Alma Daley and Kittie Smith. In the evening a number of the young men of Mr. Smith’s crowd, including members of the Entre Nous club, and telephone boys, drove to the home, being accompanied by Messrs. Fristoe and Sellemeyer with their cornets, ana made a pleasant call on the young couple. The crowd numbering twenty were ushered into the house and were presented to Mr. and Mrs Smith and were then invited into the dining room and seated about the table and served with ice cream and cake. John Reiter acted as toastmaster, and called upon a number of the boys for remarks, which were resp inded to in a pleasing manner by those chosen, the remarks being well received by Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Music was then rendered by tnembers of the crowd, and at a late hour the boys returned to the city, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Smith a long and happy married life.~

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLV

NUMBED 14

COUNCIL MET Another Petition Filed to Vacate Part of Market Street—Other Business. City council met Tuesday evening in regular session, with Mayor D. D. Coffee in the chair, and alloouncilmen present. After reading and accepting the minutes of last meeting, Dora Erwin presented a petition to which was signed the names of a number of Market street residents asking for the vacation of forty feet of the west side of that street, stating that as the street is now one bundled feet wide, that sixty feet will be all that is necessary for travel, and that the west side of this street is being used as a dumping greund for rubbish The matter will be brought up at next meeting of the council, it being referred to the city commissioners. The Bell resolution and bill for labor on electric light line to Bellview farm was read. All voted for its adoption except Teeple, who voted nay. Mayor Coffee made his quarterly report on moneys received from liquor and peddlers' licenses for the quarter ending June Ist, which amounted to $1590. Report was accepted, all voting aye. James Stone, of the Cemetery Association, presented a petition to the council for water works, fcr tank, to use seven barrels of water three times each week to water the plants and flowers which are planted in the Decatur cemetery. The matter was referred to the water works committee. All voted aye to Porter’s motion that all extra neecessary expense incurred on dynamo be deducted from the second payment of same, which is $384.10. John Schurger presented Hanna plat of addition to the city. Teeple moved it be referred to street and sewer committee and to report. Kirsch moved the report be adopted, all voted aye, report adopted. Resolution of H. Porter, S. B. Fordyce and Al Bahler approving plat of Ellen Hanna, submitted by her to the council on May 31st, was adopted, all voting aye. Report of the finance committee was accepted. A resolution was then read asking council to take up city orders. All voted aye with the exception of Fordyce. The bond of L. C- DeVoss as city attorney, was read and accepted. The agreement with the Standard Oil company as to price oi various oils was read and accepted. Taeple moved ordinance, for adjusting salaries of health be read third time, members to receive $lO a year, secretary to receive SIOO a year, to be paid quarterly. The request of W. E. Fulk, water works superintendent, to pay for extra city taps, was reads. By a motion from Porter a city school trustee was elected. The name of August Sellemeyer was presented, on the first ballot he received six votes, which elected him. The following bills were allowed: C- &£• freight, $54.28; C. & E. freight, $51.03; C. & E., freight, $51.03; Sam Fran s, police, $45; Joel Reynolds, police. $45! Ella Bell, rebate on water $8.75 Sunday Creek Coal Co., $178.46; Nitional Carbm Co., supplies, $81.50; W. G. Nagel Electric Co., $87.31; Charles Heckman, hauling hose cart, $1; Geo. Winters, rebate on water, $20.45; J. E Corbett, rebate on water, $1 10; H. H. Bremerkamp. rebate on water, $22.06; John Thomas hauling, coal, $67.48; El Green, burying dogs, $1.50; S. Spangler, room rent, $10; G. R. & 1., freight, $24.90; G. R. & 1., freight, $59.80; J. D. Hale, cement, $12.25; Wiliam Hartings, rebate on license, $23.63; Williard Steele, rebate ou water, sl6; Frank Bell, hauling hose cart, $1; City Trucking Co., drayage, $14.38; A. B. Hto., labor, $8.45;W.- i E. Fulk, pay roll, s33s>s; Alex fiarnett, labor, $48.46; W. J Archbold, express, $5.40; M. J. Mylott, pay roll. $194; J. W. Coffee, salary, $45.84; J. R. McFeeley, supplies, $1.50; William Geary, police, $10; Mather Bros., supplies, 153.88.