Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1905 — Page 3

r rh ildren’B day exercises will be t Cavalry Evangelical church k tfa tardav evening, June 24, at L o 411 friends are most heartily Lited thiS servioe - MlB, J ty Cowan Supt. . ai t Thursday evening Miss Alice L,vid entertained a jolly party of [ diea in honor of Mrs. Lyman of L a tur, Ind. at progressive cards, L frank Walters won first prize [1 Mrs. Lyman received consolaL n prize. A dainty two course Lheon concluded a very pleasant Lmg .-Monroeville Breeze. According to a recent postal re Lt there are now in Indiana 1931 Lrative rural mul services; 276 F. roa tes have been established Ling the year, and 118 petitions L new routes are pending. This L ff s that the spirit of postal ex. Lsion is heartily appreciated in L progressive state. Ifbe state board of health are Lding out ciroulais which tell in Lui the method of prevention and Lament of cholera infantum, Li er a morbus and other comLnts that are prevalent during Lbct summer months. By adEfuing J- N. flurty, secretary of I state board of health, you can ■tone of these circulars and a trough reading may prevent an ■iction in your family. Proper (reis half the battle in keeping jldren healthy, and this circuIcin give you many valuable linters. ■Special sleeping oar leaving Kfiton 9:39 p. m. July 3. arriv- ■ Denver 3:30 p. m., July 5. ■t e s for the round trin: <3O 50 L Warren; 130.90 from B'uff- ■ <29.40 from Kokomo; <31.10 ■m Decatur. Special car will be ■sonally conducted by Mr H. H. Lu president of the League, ■ will have a porter in charge ■the car to take care of passen- ■ through to the Rooky mouo- ■, Sleeper rates through. <3.50 ■ two persons, double berth, ■angements for the trip and ■ping car berth can be made Hough Mr. H. H. Deam, presiHt Bluffton, Ind. Any addi■al information, apply to or ■ \V. H Pletcher, agent Clover ■f rural route, Bluffton, Ind — Bfton News. ■ crowd of seventeen real live ■tecomposed a party who drove ■behome of Commissioner WillB Miller, who lives four miles ■hwest of town. Mr. Henry Beet was generous enough to ■t the ladies in town and with a ■of spirited horses and a large Bic wagon the party was comBe Immediately after arriving ■” Miller home, preparations Be made for dinner The feast B delicious and consisted of Bything in season. Mr. and Mrs. ■ Miller and Mr. and Mrs. WillBMiller need no introduction to and if you ever get an ■tit: n there for dinner, our ad- ■ would be to not miss it. At ek luni-u was served and ■trowa returned to town. Thc.se this royal time were ■fames Gas Reinking. Henry ■Crist B< knecht. Henry Lanke- ■ iP.;! Z.viek, Lou Miland, Lou H. Heckman. George Crist Baise, Jacob Graber. ■hitler. Henry Deeks. Julius and Henry Gunset. One ®as There.

machines must go, not < nly but every other kind which there is any game of w Judge Erwin gave this ssion out when he fined Al- * Raber twenty-five dollars J months ago and ordered his burned at the stake. Arning this same Albrecht r who hails from Linn Grove. e be operates a saloon, was before 'Squire James H. aoootnpmied by a penny ® 4P hine, one of the old card wheels. He was ted b y Deputy Sneriff Dallas *■ who went to Linn Grove ev ® n ™g and brought- the ma--1 °m» with him. Albrecht 4 good humor this morn--0 Named no one but himR- pl“al guilty and was We nty.flv ( dollars and costs. Smith said he had no autfJ destroy the machine, it had caused him and refused to take It was accordingly de- , It is said two or three saDecatur who had B ’’ n^ar machines, hurbjs^6111 ’ n bhe pellar when a out what was going on.

Those people who usually hunt a fishing resort during the heated season. are beginning to get a little restless, and another week of this kind of weather, means that our population will be somewhat depleted. Charles Morrison came in from Springfield, Ohio, where he had been attending grand lodge. Knights cf Pythias, as a representative of the Willshire lodge. The meeting was all kinds of a success, in the parade some fiur thousand Knights being in line. The two days in Springfiell was enjoyable. The next meeting of the Ohio Grand lodge goes to Toledo. J. B. Stoneburner has presented this office with one of the latest pieces of music now on the market, entitled “Blarney,” a march and two-step. The music was written by Miss Lenora S. Hawes, of Jackson, Mich., who has quite a reputation as a composer, and the same was published by the Old Dominion company of New York City. The music has a very pretty lithograph on the front page and also a fair likeness of Mr. Stoneburner’s daughter, Miss Louva. The piece will no doubt make a decided hit and will prove a ready seller. Those desiring the same may get it by calling on Mr. Stonebnrner. The school board of Borne elected teachers for the coming school year at their meeting on Monday as follows: B A. Winans, superintendent and teacher in high school; R. J. Walters, assistant teacher in high school and room 7; Fred Bentz, room 6; Albert Sellmyer, 5; Miss Martha Schug, room 4; Miss Nora Smith, room 3; Miss Ada Witwer, room 2: Miss Mary Baumgartner, room 1. Supt. Winans is well pleased with the corps of instructors placed under his supervision. The changes in teachers are Mr. Bentz from French township, Mr. Sellemoyer, Decatur, and Miss Schug from this place. It will also be noticed that there has been another room added with an additional teacher. As already stated in another issue plans aro under wav for the erection of another school building —Berne Witness

Mrs. D. B. Erwin delightfully entertained a number of her lady friends Thursday afternoon at her home on north Second street, and the occasion will long be remembered by those who were present and enjoyed the festivities. The afternoon was spent in playing red letters, it taking eight games to decide the winners of the prize, a beautiful pink geranium, which was won by Mrs. P. G. Hooper. A penny contest was then indulged in. at which Mrs. Charles Heller of Grand Rapids, Ohio, excelled and was awarded first prize. A three-course luncheon was then served, during which all the guests were presented with a pink rose, as an offering. The out ot town guests were Mrs. Charles Heller, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, Mrs. George Dull, of Ohio City, Ohio, and Mrs. Blackwell, Syracuse, N. Y. Business in the Zion classis of the German Reformed church was pushed along Thursday and con siderable was done in the sessions of the day Parochial reports oo cupied the greater part of the time. These reports are always interesting to the members of ths classes because they show up the phase of the pastor's work in his connection with his delegation. The lady delegates answered questions as to the faithfulness of the pastors in the discharge of their duties. The reports brought out a discussion on the question of ohur-'h discipline The discussion was a long one and interesting to all. Rev. John Bosch of For Wayne read a paper on the subject of “Church Discipline.” By unanimous vote of the delegates. Rev. Alvin Grether will be called to take charge of the church in Marion. Rev. Greether is a licentiate and provisions were made for his ordination and installation. Rev. George Grether, Rev. C. H. Schnei der, Rev. O. P- Vitz, Elder Peck and Elder Fred Reppert were appointed the members of the committee for the special service. The evening was conducted by Rev. J. Wolbach. He preached a sermon on the upbu.lding of Christ’s kingdom in the world and was followed by a general discussion. Tais evening Rev. George Grether will preach the prefatory sermon. -Huntington News-Demo-crat.

Mr. W. H. Fledderjohann and Mr. T. W. Shelton,of Decatur, were ‘ guests last night at the New Avei line. The gentlemen are promoters of the Fort Wayne, Springfield & Decatur interurban line and they expect to see cars running into Fort I Wayne in the course cf a few J months.—Fort Wayne Journal-Ga- | zette. The three dollars a week young man who contributed one-half of hisjsix days wage to the livery stable in order to take his best girl out for a Sunday drive, and later in the afternoon “blew himself” for “refreshments" went to work Monday morning broke. But what of that, he will have three dollars again Saturday night. And then, the livery barns and ice cream stands must be supported and the girls must be “beaued.” Ellis Deckford and Arthur Comer, two Pleasant Mills boys, were arrested Sunday evening by Deputy Sheriff Dallas Butler near the state line on a charge of associating with one Miss Francis Wilson, a woman of questionable character. The affidavit was sworn to by Sheriff Butler and the boys were arraigned this morning before ’Sauire James H. Smith and plead guilty to rhe clarge, being assessed a fine of <lO and costs, which amounted to <2O in each case. Deckerford paid his fine and was discharged, while Comer went to jail. Miss Wilson was arraigned this afternoon on a disreputable charge and plead guilty being given the same fine as the boys. Young Deckford attended her trial and stated that he loved the girl. He also said that he would pay her fine, secure a marriage license and wed her a t once. The Bluffton Banner said in Saturdy’s issue: “William Diehl, vice president of the German Telephone company, recently organized a' Craigville, was in the city today on business for the company. He was in consultiationwith Attorney J. T Merriman and as a result of the conference,, the attorney is preparing the articles of incorporation, which will be forwarded to the secretary of state at once. It is expected that the incorporation will be completed by the'middle of next week and construction work will be begun at once. The company to be incorporated at ten thousand dollars capita] stock and the officers have already been chosen. Representatives of telephone companies are already on the ground to sell supplies and th needed articles will be purchased at once. As yet no contract hasbeen made whereby the company will secure entrance into this citv but this matter will be attended to at once. Sunday afternoon at . sou thirty o’clock at the beautiful coun try home of JMr. and Mrs. Albert Bracht, who reside in Kirkland township, occurred the wedding of their son, Charles, to Miss Inn Wyatt of this city. One hundred and fifty guests were in attendance and the occasion will long be remembered. The ceremony was performed in the parlor, which wa i beautifully decorated with cut fl ewers and ribbons. The wedding march was played by Miss Simmons, of Huntertown, and the bride and groom were proceeded down stairs and into the parlor by four flower Fgirls. The bride and groom stood beneath a bower of roses. While Rev. Vitz of Vera Cruz pronounced the ceremony that,made them man and wife. Congratulations were in order, after which the guests were invited into the dining room, where a wedding supper was served, which was a most sumptuous affair. Miss Wyatt is well known in this city, being the daughter of Nathan Wyatt, who resides on Fifth street, and during the past year and a half being associated with the insurance firm of Gallogly & Haefling, as bookkeeper and stenographer. She is accomplished in many ways, and has a host of friends. Mr. Bracht, while not so well known, is a hustling young farmer, being a thorough business man and well versed in his line and beng well thought of and respected in Kirkland township. The young couple will make their future home at the Bracht farm. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bracht having turned the same over to them, expecting to move to this city in a few days. The young couple were the recipients of many beautiful and useful presents. A number of out of town guests were present as well as a number of Decatur people.

Chris Boknect has sola the timber no his farm, seven miles north of this city to William Franks, i whose bid was <llßs, the next closest bid being that of John Vail, <784.70. The timber is all full growth and solid in every respect and Mr. Franks has made a fine purchase. Mr. Boknecht sold this timber in order to have his entire farm cleared. Work of cutting and hauling this timber will be started at once. Steele’s park at present is a pretty busy place among the horsemen who are working hard to get the different strings of horses in shape for the coming campaign that will soon be at hand. Among the horses at the park S s a new one the animal having been purchased a short time ago by a stock company of Decatur horsemen from a prominent horseman near Liberty Center, Ind. The animal is only four years old and has never been in a race, and is just now being taught 'the crooks and turns of racing by its trainer, Al Morgan, of Oklahoma. The animal is a pacer with no mark, being called “a diamond in the rough,” and during his recent work out has shown remarkable bursts of speed, having recently shown a 2:16 clip. The animal will be put into good racing condition and the owners expect to clean up a nice amount of money during the season. During the ball game Friday afternoon at Steele’s park between Monroe and the postoffice boys, Rev. Sprague, who played short stop for Monroe, while at- bat struck a ball that rebounded from the bat and struck him on the left side of the nose, cutting a gash an inch long and breaking his nose in several places. He was brought to town and his injuries dressed by Dr. J. M. Miller. Dyke Frisinger was also a victim and while catching for the postoffioe boys was struck by a tip foul between the first two fingers on his right hand, splitting the same in a severe manner. Dr. E. G. Coverdale dressed the injured hand, and it took several stitches to sew up the wound. Rev. Sprague’s in juries are very p inful and might result in his face being permanently disfigured. Jack Ladkin, who for some time past, has been a partner with Chris Meyers in the Decatur Tailoring establishment, has left town, and has taken with him several lollars in hard cash, belonging to a number of local business men leaving in its stead a number of worthless checks. He also before -baking the dust of Decatur from nis feet effected an entrance into the tailoring establishment and confiscated a pair of cutting shears, the property of Mr. Meyers without even leaving note of thanks for -he same the shears being valued at ten dollars. All of this took place Thursday morning and no lew can be obtained as to whr e the gentleman went. Thursday morning Mr. Ladkin, who has ,oeen boarding and rooming with Chris, got up early and left the house He came up street, went to the tailoring establishment took some money from the cash drawer, also a number of postage stamps concealed Mr. Meyers’ shears about his person, then proceeded to several of the saloons, wrote out checks ranging from three to five dollars, obtained the money and mysteriously left the city. His absence was not noticed by Mr. Meyers until about nine o’clock, when several of the check holders came up and demanded to know what Mr. Meyers meant by issuing checks that were no good. In a fl ish the recent strange actions came to his mind and Chris commenced to investigate, when the loss of his money, stamps and shears was discovered. The bank had refused to honor the checks, stating the signature was not genuine, thus leav ing the check holders the losers. This new firm had been getting along nicely and was making money having worked up a nice trade, and Mr. Meyers is at a loss to understand the cause of Mr. Lidkin’s wrong doing. He informed is that he intended to retain the business and continue to run in the same old stand, but hereafter would dispense with the use of a partner. Mr. Meyers had always done a straightforward business and in this case is as much looser as the check holders. He is trying to gain some knowledge of Ladkins present address and will cause his arrest.

Word has retched this city of the death of a former Decaturite. John Winsler, who of late years has been a resident of Lexington, Ky. Mr. Winsler will be well remembered by the older citizens as a tailor who worked for Peter Holthouse and married Mary Buhler, a former Decatur girl, who was a cousin of the Buhler boys who at present make this their home. Mr. Winsler’s death was very sudden, caused by heart disease. Matters looking to the final steps toward the dredging of the Salamonia river have assumed such shape that it is quite probable that the dredge will be ordered before the close of the present week. Efforts are being made to get Judge Erwin here either Friday or Saturday to act on the matter. The remonstrances have practically been disposed of and nothing stands in the way of an order. It will require two weeks to advertise for bidders and the letting of the contract can come off in such times as to allow the dredging to start before fall.—Portland Com-mercial-Review. M. S. Artman of Tenth street, has a nephew named Frank Leddick, who lives at Plymouth, Ohio, and who recently gained some prominence by a marriage which mixed up the relationship considerable. The following story is told in a dispatch: Frank Leddiok, a young widower, married his former wife’s niece, Miss Ida Hall, and his first father and mother-in law are now his grandfather and grandmother. His present father and mother-in-law were formerlv his brother and sister-in-law. The former nephews and nieces are now brothers and sisters-in-law to the boidegroom and he is their uncle and brothea-in-law. Those whom he addressed formerly as brothers and sisters-in-law are now his uncles and aunts and he is their nephew and a cousin to their children. while still being called uncle by them. He is his wife’s uncle and husband all in one. His present wife is a cousin to the child of his first wife as well as being its step mother. His brothers and sisters-, in-law are now uncles and aunts to 1 the little oae, whom they have! been calling cousin for « se ieral years.

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B V TO the offke of the SNOW AGENCY, Bl I DECATUR, INDIANA. If you want 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 the market. 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 advertised without expense to the owner, if left on the market forthe time listed.

The postoffice team everlastingly gave the Honduras team a drubbing last Saturday afternoon at Steele’s Park, defeating them by a score of 25 to 0. There were some sensational plays made, especially so in the part of the postoffioe team, and only one error was charged up against them, while the errors made by Honduras was so numerous the scorer could not keep track of them. Dorwin kept the hard hitters from Honduras, guessing throughout, while the latter team used three pitchers and two catchers to try and stop the heavy hitting of the postoffice boys. A return game may be played in a short time. Thursday morning at 8 o’olook at the St. Mary’s Catholic church oo ourred the wedding of Miss Zera Ruble to Mr. Jacob Meyers, Father Wilken officiating. The spacious church was packed by the friends of the contracting parties to witness the event, which was most impresive. The bride was dressed in a light slate-colored silk dress and was accompanied by Miss Francis Hess, who acted as bride’s maid, and who was dressed in white silk. The groom wore the conventional black, and Lawrence Meyers, his brother, was best man. After the services the happy couple went to the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Keller, where a wedding breakfast was served, at which only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present. Miss Ruble is a beautiful and charming young lady, who for the past twelve years has made her home with Mrs. William Parent and Dr. and Mrs. H. E Keller. Mr. Meyers is well, known to all, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Meyers, being an industrious and upright young man. He is at present in the employ of the Palace Meat market which place he has held for several years, and is one of the city’s best young business men, and his friends are many. The happy young couple left today for Columbus, Ohio, where they will spend their honeymoon, and in several weeks will be at home to their many friends on South Third street, where a furnished home awaits them. Tne Democrat extends con grntulations.