Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1906 — Page 1

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OLUME xlix.

I ??r b,rt Pennigton, who fell last ■all and broke his log, is again able B , )S up and around and is feeling Kuoh better. The injury causes to use a cane and crutch, as he not yet able to bear his entire Bfeight on the injured member. ■ Rev A P> Haist on [S inday deHtrered the annual sermon to the Knights of Pythias at the Eva geliKalebun hand" from.all reports deKivered a tine discourse. A large unm ■ the local lodge turned out and Kar’hed from their lodge room in a to the church. ■ Dr E G Coverdale returned last Krening tr-'m Chicago, where he K ss taking a special course of ■work. He expects to go to Win ■.ijester tomorrow and arrange for bis future work, and ■vn leave next week for the above ■tß.red place, where he will make ■this future home. ■ R M. Link of Paris, Illinois, end ■owner ut the Burt House building, ■ inn our city looking over his prop ■ ertv with the view of making some ■ change.- curing the coming spring ■ month-. Mr. Link informed us ■ that he expected to make the hotel ■ here one of the best in the state. ■ County Superintendent Opliger ■ hold teachers' examination Situr- ■ dav, ninety five being the number ■ wh' appeared and [took the work. ■ Tbi- is perhaps the largest class of ■ proposed teachers that ever appearBei.i for an examination at one limo, ■ and it speaks well both for the pub- ■ lioschools of Adams county, and ■ fir the general citizenship of the ■ County. ■ Recently a neighboring physician ■ was ca le 1 to prescribe for a young ■ woman. He ordered the mother to ■ apply a plaster to the patient’s chest. I The following day he called to see if I his advice had been followed and I finding the patient about the house, I was complimenting his good judg- ■ meet, when the old lady informed ■ him that, as there was no chest in the I house, she pasted the plaster on a I band box. I Rev George Grether and family I left Monday morning for Elkhart, I where they will visit a few days I and then go to Manitowao, Wiscon I sin, where Rev. Grether has accept I ed the pastorate in a large church. I Rev. Grether came here five years I ago and has proven a popular, I efficient and earnest servant of his I church. A large number of the I German Reformed congregation I wire at the depot this morning to I say good by Rev Grether delivered I his farewell sermon Sunday. His successor will be Rev, L. Hesser of Fort Wayne, who will graduate from the Mission House at Frank lin, Wisconsin, in June and will immediately take charge of the church here. He is well prepared for the duties he will assume and will, no doubt, soon become pop ular in Decatur. The Democrat wishes success to both the old and the new. Martha M. daughter of Hugh and Angelina Dobson, was born •t VaaWert, ’Ohio, December 23, , 1867, died at her home near Pleas*’t Mills, Adams county, Indiana, February 21, 1906. Sbe’was united ln marriage to McClellan Tague, I MaiCh 6, 1889. To this union "ore born four children, two of v hom have preceded their mother ' the grave. A husband and two Beta May and Ethel “pM; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie doblit, Mrs. Lily Johnson and rs - Sarah Runkle, and a large ■foie of other relatives and friends -main to mourn their loss Mrs. tasue was converted in the United rethrsu church near Wren, Ohio, a out twenty years ago. She aftoward unit.d with th? M. E. at Pleasant Mills.* During er long illness she bote her pains ’■thont a murmur of complaint. er aet hours were ones of intense Bering, a short while before eath came she rallied long enough bid he - children and friends her *** good-by. Funeral services er ® conducted at the borne by the pi " toc » C. B. Sweeny cf Bobo. In ,er «eat at Ohio.

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The moving picture show Saturday evening was attended by a fair sized crowd who seemed to be well pleased i with the performance. The pictures i were clear and distinct and are > among the best ever exhibited in onr city. They will repeat their performance this evening at the same plaoe. ’ The first snake story cf the sea son is at hand, and if this is a pat ■ tern, we may expect some good ones before summer is over. Ed An I drews of near Monroe, is reported 1 to have killed a blue racer last Sunday which measured five feet and three inches. His snakeship i was enjoying a winter s sleep in a . hollow log when Ed saw him. and a duel which resulted fatally tor the reptile, ensued i The Riefer E icampment, No. 214 i 1 1. O. O. F., will hold a district meeting on Friday, March 2, 1906. All members of the encampment are requested to be present and assist in conferring the degrees; time, 3:30 o’clock p. tn., sharp. There will he present the Geneva staff, also members from Linn Grove. Supper will be served by Olive lodge, No 86, D of R, at 6 o clock At 7:30 pm, the members of the subordinate lodge are oordi ally invited to the meeting Speaking by Grand Patriarch J. M. Baker and others L. C. Helm, Scribe. Members of the Walther League of- the German Lutheran church are the first church to make special efforts or establishing a sanitarium or curing consumptives by the open sir treatment. At a meeting of the st ite department of the league held in Fort Wanye, Sunday, funds were started for the erection of an Indi ana district tent in connection with the league hospital, already established in Denver, Colorado. A few years ago the National league started the sanitarium and Indiana society will have tent No. 1 for the exclusive use of .Indiana invalids. Governor Hanly is to be asked to come to Bluffton to open the base ball season here and there is a possibility that the governor will accept the invitation, as his expenses will be paid and he will be shown a game that will be worth coming to see. Because Bluffton did not play Sunday ball last year the governor was greatly pleased with the management of the Bluff ton club, and at the end of the sea son when he found that it had observed the law and still made good money, more than any other clubs in the stite, he wrote a letter praising the management for its good work. This year the club will be run on the same plan and it is believed the governor will be interested to the, extent that ho will come here to touch the button that will a»art the works moving. The club will probably open the season about the last of May and should the governor accept the invitation ue would draw the largest crowd Bluffton has had tn years—Bluffton News. In yesterday s issue we announced the fact that President Ed S. Moses and the vice-presidents of the Farmer's Institute would meet in this oitfy Saturday afternoon to discuss the oragniaztion of a Woman’s Auxiliary to the institute. To this session all ladies interested are cordially invited. As a matter cf explanation. Mr. Moses has given us the following: ‘‘The Woman’s Auxiliary to b? organized Saturday afternoon, at »he First National bank, Decatur, has for i s object the promoting and improvement in art end science of household economics, and the development in its members of those house wifely qualities which characterize the good house keeper and home maker. The meeting is called for 1:30 p. m., and should interest the ladies cf Decatur, as well as those of the country, and is under the direction of the State Superintendent of Farmers’ Institutes, Prof. W. A Latta. Ue may add to this that a number of the best ladies of the community have already interested themselves in tfaia plan, and the auxiliary will undoubtedly be » successful organi zatlon.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906.

Mrs. John Lahe died Sunday evenI ing at her home on Oak street, at I 6 o’clock, after an illness dating i back several months, death result < ng from a complication of disr eases. She was forty seven years of age and had reisded in this city . for a number of years. The funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock a. m., at the home. Rev. A. B. Haist officiating, and interment will be made in Ma piewood cemetery. Ethel M.. the thirteen year old S daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry > Dellinger, who reside on West Pat- , tersen street, died Sundayjnight at . 9 o’clock, after an illness of only two ‘‘ays, death being caused by nervous prostration and other complications. She was a bright little girl and was the life of their home, and her presence will be sadly missed by her grief stricken parents. The funeral services were held Tuesday morning at ten o'clock at the house, Rev. John C. White officiating, and the remains will be taken to Willshire ; for interrment. Ethel was in school Friday, and it is believed her illness was brought on by over 1 study, Elmer Johnson, the well known , shipper of heavy horses, shipped his banner car load of good horses from this place Friday. To the reporter of the Witness he stated that it ’was the best lot of horses ever shipped from Adams county, and that he never paid as much for i any other car load of horses. The i car consisted of 20 head, for which l he paid the sum of 11,700, The > I horses ranged in price from 1200 to |260. The sight cf the prettv i horses was one worth seeing, and Braun’s livery, where the hrses were kept, was nearly constantly full of admirers of pretty horses. > The farmers of this community are s realizing more every day the fact that it pavs to breed good horses, ( and that it costs no more to raise good ones than poor ones.—Berne Witness 1 I Rev. Willshire R. Peters of Nor . , folk, Nebraska, is in our city the , | guest of his sister, Mrs. S. J. Long, and brother, Isaac Peters. Rev. i i Peters is the author of "Promiscuous Poems,” and author and composer of ‘ Glory in the Highest, Glory,” and ‘‘Christmas Bells Ring Oat,” this being sheet music. For five years he led the life of a misi sionary in the Black Hills, South • Dakota, and Wyoming. While here ne will give several lectures, relat i ing his experiences as a missioni ary among the cowboys, miners and ranchers and will also tell of i the beauties of the country, which are both amusing and interesting. His first lecture in this city will be i given March the first at the M. E. church. Rev. Peters formerly resided in this city and should be greet ed by a large and enthusiastic au . dience. Officers have received informa tion of a smooth swindle which has been worked in the country to the north, and are warned to keep a Icokout for a repetition of the ; swindle in this locality. The case referred to developed in LaPor'e county, and the farmer who was the victim had to pay <250 for his experience. The scheme is this: One day a couple of weeks ago a smooth talking stranger came to his house with a hanging lamp which he wished to introduce in that locality. The cost of the , lamp was $5. The agent felt sure if he could plaoe one lamp in that locality it would be the means of selling others. He made this proposition to the farmer: “I’ll put a lamp in for you for |2.50, providing you use your influence and show the lamp to your friends and neigh bors.” The farmer agreed and the ' agent made out a little statement to send to hie ’company to exph in the |2,50 difference in the.deal The agent had the farmer sign the explanation and left promising to call again in two weeks At the end of the time the explanation turned up in the form of a note for |250. The farmer saw that he was stuck and, borrowing the amount, paid the note.

William Droege of rural route one, reports a sneep killed, it be mg shot by some unknown miscreant, whom the law ought to yank up and give the full penalty. It was found in the field Sunday, having then been dead several hours. Mr. Droege has his suspicions and they ha ve some foundation in fact, and it need surprise no one to hear of the offender of the law and destroyer of animal property, beng brought to the bar of justice. Presiding Elder Rev. Wade preached a magnificent sermon to a large audience at the M. E. church Sunday evening. His text was, “Lcrd, what Would You Have Me Do?” and certainly could not have been handled to any better advantage. Every one leaving the house felt that it was good to have been there and that they would go through many difficulties to hear this. Had this meeting been held during the week and in a public building he would have received much applause and many other compliments. Jesse Batler, concerning whom we wrote an article a few days ago. objects to some statements made, and in his own defense writes the following: “Jesse Batler was not born in Whitley county, bu" heard the wolves howl in Wayne county, Indiana, with boys like Oliver P. Mortion, Sol Meredith, James Booker, Noble Ray, Hunter Meeks and many others. He resided the first eight years of his married life in Whitley countv with a dutchman saw as tlio practice in those days. He was five years in Page county, lowa,[on government [land, where wolves howled and Indians prowled over the prairie. He came to Adams county, March 20th 1861, and cast his first vote in Centreville, Wayne county. He stands firm for George W. Cromer and is opposed to lobbyists or grafters.” Sunday was Peter Gaffer’s forty-seventh birthday, and the event was duly celebrated by a surprise party which had been neatly arranged bv his wife, being a complete success throughout. The guests, who numbered one hundred, had been invited early in the week and last evening walked into •’he house, taking Mr. Gaffer unawares. After the excitement of the occasion had subsided Mr. Gaffer was presented with a beautiful Morris Rocking chair bv the guests. Progressive pedro was then installed and the evening thus made merrv, the prizes being won by Mr. H F. Costello and Chas. L. Meibers, while Mrs. J. H. Bremerkamp and C. N. Christen captured the consolation prizes. A two course luncheon was served, after which the guests departed, wishing Mr. Gaffer many returns of the happy occasion. For the fifth time the supreme court has recently passed upon a i phase of the controversy between the township in which Frankfort is situated and the Clever Leaf rail way. The refusal of the Clinton circuit court to issue a writ of ma adamm ordering the collection of a tax to pay $20,C00 voted by’ the township, with interest from the year 1878, when it was voted, was affirmed. This matter has been in the courts continuously for twenty years and the present case was based directly on two decisions of the supreme court, rendered three years ago, and thirteen 'years ago, respectively. But those de osions are held insufficient to make out a cause of action without proof that the railroad company spent the sum voted (120,000) in the construction of its road within five years. The tax was ordered can celed and the county officers ref used to collect it on the ground that there was a delay of more than five years allowed by law in building the road and the tax was there by credited. The claim now be longs to the West-Tn Construction company, which laid the track for the railroad company. W. J. Craig of thia city, was the principal stockholder of the Western Uontsuotion company, and is therefore the heaviest loser.

Caleb and Hazel Andrews and Joe Johnson, all of Monroe, figured in a runaway Tuesday, and each was slightly injured. Caleb was driving a horse owned by Hazel and they were enroute to town. When two miles south of town the springs gave way, the t< p overturned and the horse ran away, dragging them quite a distance, when the top tore loose and dumped the men out. Hazel got an ugly gash in the forenead, while Caleb and Mr. Johnson each got a bruise on the leg which makes them limp. Mrs. Fred Melcher, aged eighty five years, and one cf the best known women of Root township, died Monday morning at her home, five miles north of this city, at four o’clock, death resulting from old age and other infirmities. She came to this country in 1855, and made her home for a short time with her parents in Fcrt Wayne. Immediately after her marriage to Mr. Melcher they removed to this county, where they have since resided. She had been in the best of health all winter, and yesterday was the first time she showed any svmptoms of being ill. This only being noticeable by the fact that she slept and seemed drowsy. She was assisted to bed and early this morning death came. The funeral services will be held Thursday morning at eleven o'clock from the Fuelling church, and interment will be made in the Fuelling cemetery. Before one of the largest crowds that ever packed ths Bosse opera house, the Heidelburg Glee club of Tiffin, Ohio, rendered a program that has never before been excelled by a like organiaztion in this city, and if the glee club meats with the same success every place as it did here their tour will be a great sue cess. Every chair in the opera house was occupied and standing room was at a premium and when the curtain rose for the opening number the opera house presented a sea of faces. To say that the program was tine would hardly express the thought, as it far surpassed even the fondest hopes of the church members under whose auspices it was given. The songs were rendered in harmony and the read ings by Miss Smith met with much applause. The leading feature of the entire program, however, was the work by the Foolish Four who had the audience in an uproar from start to finish. It will no doubt be many days before the Decatur people will again hear anything that will compare with this glee club and the Reformed church is to be congratulated upon its choice and the success of the concert. Word was received Monday, from Gas City, announcing that Mrs. John Burkett, who formerly resided in this city, had died very suddenly, heart trouble being the direct cause. She got up in the morning feeling as well as ever, and had gon? to the barn, milked her cow and returned to the house. As she stepped in the door she spoke some thing to her husband and without a mean or struggle dropped over. Her husband rushed to her side only to find that life was extinct. He summoned a physician and neighbors, but all their efforts prove fruitless, as the doctor upon eight pronounced her dead. The remains will be shipped to Peterson, Wednesday morning, on the train that is due there at 11:30 o'clock, and will then be taken overland, to the Zion church at Honduras, where the funeral ser vices will be held at 1 o clock, Rev. Stoneburner officiating, assisted by Rev. Byerly, ana interment will be made in the Honduras cemetery. Mrs. Burkett was sixty seven years of age, and formerly resided in Kirkland towship on a farm, and is well Known in that community and in this city. She moved to Gas. City a few years go, where she ( made her home until the time of j her death. She ®was a sister of j Mrs. Henry Dilling and Mrs. Chris | Helmrioh, both of whatn reside in , Kirkland township at the present * » I time.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER o 2

Eighteen saloonists in Bluffton ' and Wells county have been arrested on affidavits charging them ! with keeping their places of business open on a legal holiday, 1 Washington's birthday, Fehruary , 22. They range all the way from I selling to minors, who were found in some of the places, to allowing other parsons than the proprietor in the places on that day The affidavits were filed by George Washington Cotton, a man with a name appropriate for such a work on the day mentioned, and were the result of a crusade which he has been cary ing on for some time against the ilquor traffic in Wells county. It is said that the salloonists do not deny that their places were open on that day, but they contend that under the law they had a right to be. The oases are filed in the court of Mayor Mock and will be contested by the saloonists, who siy they will carry the question to the supreme court, if necessary, for a decision. Oae case will be made a test one, by which all the others w ill be governed. Bishop Alerding of Fort Wayne, has sent the rules of the season to all the churches of the Catholic diocese over which he presides. The rules are as usual, asking that all faithful over twenty one and under sixty, observe the fast, allowing only one full meal each day, excepting Sundays, the one meal to be taken at noon and refreshments or collation in the evening, and tea, coffee or chocolate in the morning. Rule twelve is as follows: By virtue of an indult of the holy see, granted February 25, 1905, for tan years, we permit workingmen and their families the use of flesh meat once a day—and more than once a day in the case of those who are dispensed from fasting—on all the fast days and days of abstinence throughout the year, with the ex oeption of all Fridays, Ash Wednesday, Wednesday and Saturday of holy week and the eve of Christmas. Those who avail themselves ol this dispensation are not allowed to eat fish and flesh at the same meal, and they are exhorted to perform some act of mortifioa tion, such as reciting additional prayers (the Rosary, for example), abstaining frem intoxicating drinks from the use of tobacco, foregoing pleasures, amusements, eto. It is a plain proposition io every reader of the Decatur Journal that it cannot disguise its hand any longer on the congressional tight. Heretofore the Daily Journal hasposed as an independent pauer, seeking only to give the news, but in its. issue of the 21st inst. it comes out in nearly a column article in which it undertakes to picture Mr, Cromer as a man who is entirely under the control of Vioe-President Fairbanks, and throughout the article the writer seems to be wearing a very wry face. Suppose the Journal is right in this conjecture, how many republicans and democrats of this great district would believe that our congressman was committing an unnardonable sin. were he to consult and advise, and yes, even vote in the lower house in accord ance with the views of one of the very few great men of this country, and who has tor years been one of the chief advisors of the presidents and their cabinets, especially the lamented McKinley t.nd our present chief magistrate. Would it not be better, yea, far better, to pin our faith to this district than to soldier under the flag of one whose sole ambition for the past few years has been either to rule or ruin tn» destinies of his district. Would it not be more sane to follow the in spirations of Mr. Chas. W Fairbanks, perhaps the next presiden* of this great republic, than those of Uncle George McCullogh, who goes to Washington and prefers charges against all the federal office holder’ in the Eighth district, and whose influence has lost every man his ambition whenever he championed his cause. The Journal begins to apeak like one of the boya to whom Mr. Stillwell haa promised the poatuffiie. Never mind, Kaiyon, there are others acting like wise. G. O. P.