Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1906 — Page 2

Decattr’s Postoffice Fe * pjopl? stop to consider the a3oourt cf work Unc.e Sams eta p’.oye? do in one year at tie I eatur poetoffioe. anl the [amount of wail that is handled by them. The following will be of much interest, f no doubt, to many patrons of this office. At present the postoffice, force is composed of postmaster, assistant and four office clerks, three city carriers and twelve rural carriers. A conse: vative esr mateuf the amount of mail receded and mailed during the year! 1905 would be something near the following Letters for city delivery 547,50*. letters fov rural route de livery. 135.000; paper [and circular mail, 921,000 t tai, 1.603,500. We gather from the xurai route reports on tile in the po* offios that the rural boys have handled a good share of this amount, which can be divided as tollows : register collected. 128; letters, collected, 4,010; 1 postals collected. 6.009 newspapers collected 170; circulate collected, 1,916; packages. 1.076; total. 56.39 C Registers delivered ‘ Ila; letters delivered. 77 'l3 pc-ta s delivered, 14,362: newspapers delivered, 3,746: cirnlars delivered 54,551 packages, delivered, a,623; tota., 559,213. Grand total. 615,522. The average man wou 1 laugh at vou if you would tell him that these rural boys have driven as far as around this Jgreat globe upon which we live yet tne re 1 fa t <rr that they have driven nearly four times that distance t r the net t sum of 94.359 miles. Rural ran e patrons should not deny a few pleasant looks and words to the carriers who have been so faithful tc visit their doors 309 tomes ir 1905. and leave them Over 600,60". pieces of mail Again our attention is called to t e city carriers, Mills, Dorwin and Vaughn. These surely deserve gr at credit for t leir dili gene and untiring eSorts to serve the people of Deeatu . We find by conservative estimates that th r y have delivered and collected nearly 985.000 piece- of mail, as well as ■walked a distance of nearly 25,(1 miles. We feel saistfied and extend to these men our heartfelt thanks and just drop a word that all kindness shown to the men in grav are always appreciated Again as’.the field is surveyed, we must not forget the force, as at times it has requi.ed a g-eat deal of hustling to get this trail it such shape that the people co aid be well served by the carriers. There have ’ een very few letters and parcels lost during the year oonsi-jeritig the number handled. Also, in the mailing division, we find there have beer. 5,459 pouches of first-class mail and as many of eecoad -lass mail dispvchol from the office during «he year These dis pat ties of mail hare made with great c»re and accurateness, as the err ror check t-ltps for tne year will ne’ average two letters and one paper missent in any month of the year 1905. In the money order division we find there have been. 263 orders issued and 3.120 orders paid, aggregating a sum of $75,000. The postal department has been the largest in the history of the office, for the year ending December 31. 1905, the gross receipts exceeding sl4 000. Decatur should be proud cf her postal interests and always be will J ing to lend a helping hand. Ao Inspector at Biafftoa. Fostoffioe inspector Birdseye left Monday for the south but hie exact destination is not known. Sunday afternoon he went out sime place in a buggy and it is said tha‘ he vis.tel Ossian and Craigville to investigate -mi’ar charge.-. When he returned the interviewing process at the h: el was not resumed, or at least very few people, if any, were called upon the carpet. This morning all Mr. Birdseye did was to take his depart ure. It is reported on pretty good authority that c arges wi,l be placed against tw,. ana possibly three people in the local oft. How soon action wi < be taken on the report is not know u . Mr. Birdseye, before coming here, spent two week’s, investigating affairs at the Muncie office, where Postmaster Lambert i« ai I to have been dabbling in p lit as to the detriment cf the str ie .—Bluffton News.

Interurban Affairs ii The meeting in the interest of { the Fort Wayre and Stringfield railroad company last night revealed several things that ought to interest the business end financial men of this city, and those who (live along the line. In tie first I place it revealed the fact that the few uow intersted in this company ! have an actual investment in stock , of $2)0.829.3 . In addition to I th it it represents two years of hard and unceasing labor, sweat and worry in overcoming the many thousands of vexatious problems that presented them sslves inrapid fire secession. It was given out several months ago that an eastern bending house would ■ examine the affairs of the oom and the valiidty of the un iertaking Bonding houses like all financial institutions are oon ser vative and according to a complete report of their expert engineer it was estimated that it would require $270,000 to complete the line The bonding house agreed that if [the present stock holders would sell or increase their capital stock SIOO. CO, this bonding house would tnen loan them $175,000. This is the pro ject the company are now work mg on. They have already subscribed one-half that amount ana have come to the citizens of this city and along the line to subscribe the other half, or $5 . 000, upon which is guaranteed from six to eight percent interest Now the company can give facts and figures as to the validity of such an investment. Besides this, should the project be carried through, Decatur will profit no* alone from putting in operation ! the road, but from the fact that this city is the base of the railroad operations itse f. Tae power house is located there and it will require two engineers, whose yearly salaries will amount to $1.62., two fire men who will draw in sl, -two ear step men $1.2- a handy man $72 fotir trtok men $2,16' one lineman $72 . a helper $54 ■, superintendent and office expense $3. The salaries of con doctors and motormen is estimated to exceed $5. , and half es that amount will be spent with the Deca tur merchants The history of the Indiana and Ohio electric railways are certainly favcrable to investment. and as this line will so espec ially interest our city and county, ibis stock shcu d no' he permitted to lag the market. The Democrat believes m financial stability and business conservatism. We also be ev-> :n that progress that is so essential and neoe-ary to the p-o---mulgation of commercial interest-. Toe men of means who have teen professing that they want to de some'hint for the interests of our city and county should now step into ■he .:me light. Let us see the color of your hair, and if the proposition submitted by the Fort Wanve and Springfield Railroad company, is a a good business preposition, let’s stand by those who have for two years labored with diligence and patience to give Decatur her first ele.tric railway. Mrs. Ed Trust wilier who resides in the west part of the l :tv. issuffri. , ing with afe en on her thumb which has baen causing considerable pain and trouble for some time. The thumb is so infacted with the disease that it will be ampu-ated seme time this week by Dr. J. M. Miller as there is no chance of healing tee same. Mr. and Mts. F. W. Dibble and daughter, Miss Blanche, entertaining [Friday, both at lunch and dinner at their home east of town. : Tne guests were Mr and Mrs A. , R Bell, Mr. Frei and Miss Pansy Bed, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Beerv and daughters. Misses Dessie and Marie and Master Lloyd Beery, Miss Vera ' Patterson and Mr. Jack DaileyThe guests report delicious meals a ro. al time. I I An Indian living near Gearv owed one of cur merehants and . came in one day recently to pry his bill, after doing su he wanted a receipt. In vain the merchant tr Id j him a receipt was unneoessarv. i Must have to show me owe you nothing, said the Indian. J-‘Me ;go to heaven and the Lord ask Injun he pay debts, Injun says yes. Lord ask In;un where is receipt. What Injun dj - Can’t go ■ ail over hell to look for yen.” He go« the recoip* — Geary Jcurnal.

Mrs. S. 8. Magley delightfully entertained Wednesday at a quilting party in at her home near Monmouth. The guests included Sfes D. Kunkle F. A. Peo- ■ pies J. C. Magley sr. Charles Mag- I ley L. N. Grandstaff C. Radama c er D. Lewton. Magley E. S. Christa A. J Lewton and Mrs. W A. Fonner. Mrs. Fonner also as sisted Mrs. Magley in serving her dinner to which all did justice. They parted voting Mrs. Magley a charming entertainer. Geneva. Ind. Jan 5. — Ralph the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs Manly Wheeler who live in the west part of town was made the victim 'of the oornjshredder Thursday as ternoon and while it did not take an arm or even wound him so that he will be a cripple yet it bit off the end of one of his fingers and i that was enough to maks him know that the corn shredder is a mean old thin g. The injury was painful and a physician was called to dress the wcund. It was thought at first that at least half the finger would have to be amputted but that was not necessary Dr. Bulscn cf Fort Wayne, dis trict medical -ounselor was the guest of the Adams county Medici", society last night and gave an in j terestirg and instructive talk, on the subject. ’ Some diseases of the Eye. The next meeting of the so ciety will be a special one to be held Friday evening, January 19th for the purpose of completing the adjustment of the dead beat list which is being prepared. All per sons who have failed to arrange for the payment of old accounts will be placed on that list and the sheet hung on the walls of each physician’s office that who read it mav profit thereby. The right to sign another man's name to a railroad ticket which has been sold by cne passenger to another, has been affirmed by the supreme court of New \ork this week. The decision is one of the first of the kind and sets a precc dent in the change of railroad tick e*s which assert thousands of p -:- seogers. Tee ticket was & round trip between New York and.lndiar apolis over the New York Central, Big Four and Lake Shore railroads The judge he’d that the mere sale of the ticket carried with it the pur chaser's right to sign to it the name of the man from whom he oougbt it. Warren Hamerick one of Uncle Sam s mail men. is having his ehare of hard luck when it comes to horses. During the past tw* 1 years of his service he has lost me e horses by sickness and has hao more misfortune in buying runaway and bucking animals than ail the balance of the force put together. To cap the climax, this morning after securing the service I of a new animal to make his route the horse became frightened at some obstacle soon after leaving the office and before he couid Ie stopp.-d had made a complete wreck out of Mr. Hamerick's rural rou'e wagon, making it necessary t > secure another lig to make the trip. Fortunately no one was injured but the damag? annot be repaired for a mere song and Warren again out cf pocket. His troubles in this line are certainly trying. Fireman J. A. Redding of the G R. <fc I. met with a very peculiar accident Wednesday night which terminated in a luckv manmr. ‘ Redding was walking upon the roof of a box car while his teain . was running at a speed of 35 miles an hour and a telephone wire which was stretched over the right of way caught him just below the chin, throwing him to the roof. IHe retained enough presence cf I mind tc keep him from rolling to ' the ground and sustained no greater injuries than severe bruises upon his aruis and shoulders and" 1 a deep gash in bis threat. The accident occurred shortly after the tram left Mar ie Michigan, but the injured maa made his way t: the cab where he remained until the train reached Grand Rapids He was pl.-teed in care of physi-; cians there, tut was returned to : Fort Wayne Friday evening. The wire which caused rte trouble w-s stretched but seventeen feet above the roadbed and the law of the state cf Michigan requires that no wire sha# be plecd 'ess rtani twenty five feet above the reached. Redding has several poi ntin his favor for reoverieg damages irom the telephone company Tin.; be r? eved no rr-. seems miraculous.—Portiafid coomercial w.

BEATS THE MUSIC CURE ••To keep the bodv in tune." write® Mrs. Marv Brown. 20 Latayette Flare Pougekeepsie, N. Y. "I ta ae r - King's New Life Fills- Ttep are the most reliable and pleaaent laxative hare found" Bret for the Stomrch. Liver and Bowels. Guaradleed by Blackburn <fc Ceristen druggists. 2->c Real Estate Transfers .Reported by Decatur abatnet and I-c* n Company! Wm. Jailin to Jessie May pt. sc 23 Wabash tp, 22C< W. H- Niblick to R. K. Allison lot 49, Decatur. $4 000. Jno. R Badders to Joseph Rich, inlot 27. Monroe, $17,000. C C Sprunger to M Wulliman. lot 425, Berne, S3OO. J tl Smith to Ed Elliot, -:t 4G.[Berne. $250. 'David Cook to Jno. S McLean, pt sec 6, Wabash tp, SI,IOOO. Henry L Warner to A M Manlier. lot 39, Pleasant Mills. $75. Larua Mathewson to P Ha... p { sec 20. St. Marys tp, I F Klickman to Moehr. pt sec" l, French tp. $3600. David Baumgartner to lames Thatcher, lots 5,-6. Ceylon. S3OO. M Koehr to Jos Rich, inlot 26, Monroe. $1 8C . Daniel Kips-r to F Klickman. 8) acres, seel 1, French tp. $5,300. P W Smith to Jos Rumschlog. 150, acres sic 11, Washington tp SIOO,OO. Catherine Com ner to FM Conner,lot 30, Geneva. ss'l*o. Henry Stucker to Emil Erhart. lots 149. 150. Berne. $2,600. Emil Erhart to Ransom Smith lot 181. B srne $1 . E-uii E-hart to Rmsom Snith lot 184. Bette, s—. Vcgel to A A Sprunger, lot 136. Berne $260, ' Anna Voegel to A A Spiunge. .ot 136 B?rte 260 Wm (Sheets to Thurman Gotts chalk pt lot 320 Therman Got'schalk to Clara D Sheets lot 320 Berne $1 -00. Lillie B Lewt n to Grace Le-t n

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nt lot 275 De-atur $450 ' Am anda Ross to Charlotte Stock I 40 acres sec 34 St Marys tp $ 990 HP Riy to Al fr9d P’ i 337 B“:ne S4OO. Catharina Eckrote to Daniel Yoder lot 20, Buena Vista. $ 75 David El7 to Jno Stoutenberry, 8.? acres, eec 20, Washington tp, Fleetwood to F M Mundhand. pt sec 21, Hartford tp, S4OO. ; Jamas K Martz to Henry «ichards. pt sec 15. Monroe tp, $!•"’ "• John Christen to William Me:cter. 4 acres .sec 16 Root tp. s’-'7,CO. Jno. Hendricks to Thcs. Drew, inot 177. Geneva. S2OO. Samuel Krick to Juliette Ellict. pt sec 16. Union tp. SSOO. Wm. A Krick to Jos D Krick, pt ®ec 16, Union tp. $•"■00. Barne Grain and Hay Co., to W T Palmer, inlot .143. Geneva. $- ■'; Hugh Glancey to George '’.an cev, pt sec 32, Wabash tp. s7o< Sharlotte Schock to Adam Pease, pt sec 7, Washington tp 2,5 '. John Auman to Ulysses Gfeler. pt sec 7, Monroe tp, L- ' Andrew J Pyle to Angenette Aspy, lots 191, 192, 193, 194, 196. 197, 198, in Geneva, s's ! C C Sprunger to J A Neuen schwander, lot 423, Berne, S3OO. Jno C-lchin to Jas H Knivel, p‘. see 36. Root tp $75. ( Michael Smith to Gilbert Striker, lot 894. Decatur, $7 Dan Erwin to Kirsch & Fell -

myer, lot 1003 Decatur sico Elia Reieen to Theo. A. Coo;* acre aec 6 Wabash tp SSOOO. Helena Weiand to Dyonis ScU I pt sec 4 Washington tp 83.C0C. A J Miller to D B Ford, 3 sec 25, Wabash tp. S2OOO. Christian Scherry to Danie ■ Scberry, 80 acres, sec 3, tp 70,00. Feed. A Lewis toHomer Chi'C ton, 80 acres, sec 24. 4,500. Christena Kuntz to jg., van, ]o»s 3269 and 330,225. j Jno Glendenning to Rudolph J fener pt sec 34 Hartfordjtp .■ I J J Leichty to A Eeibersti f: sec 36 French tp, 1. Shaffer Peterson, com . to Adler, pt sec 25 Kirkland tp ■- ■ fl Lucinda Sautbite to AtMosnre; pt sec 34. Kirkland tp cO Lucinda Sautbine to Aaron j I sure. pt. sec 34. Kirtland tp. fgM J W Teeple, oom , to San: T.ndall, inlots 7,8, .< 10, n, . J and 14, Pleasant Mills, $1,300, J Sirah E. Segur to M f hfl an inlot 577, D-»catur, $ ,3:'6. S Amanda Chrisman to H P. ford. lot 66, Geneva. $450, tis th* Ca Half The World "Wonders ou ne w the other half lives. Thowi Lo use Buckleus Aanica Salve wonder if i} will cure Cuts. K;i p .. Burns, Sores and a'. Skin erup;. . they know it will. Mrs Grant jtio I'. OE. Reynolds St. 'pringti.il Di saps. “I regaid it ene of tbe iir« lute necessities of housetops Guaranteed by Blackburn end Ci ten druggis'g, 35c, —