Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1906 — Page 5

A marriage license has been i«. BU ed to Bonnie C. Macy, a farmer from ne ar Berne, and Miss Lolo Rian of Jefferson township. The March section of the Ladies’ Vito society of the M. E. church hold their afternoon social in ■ /]j 0 church parlors Friday after-' noon. A good attendance is desired- 2t The Ladies’ Aid Society of the! Presbytanan church, will meet with Mrs- Al Burdge Thursday afternoon. Business of importance coraes up at this meeting and the ladies are urged to be present. E P, Menefee, a former resident of this city, is now located at Hurt well, Ohio, where he has an excellent position with a large Cincinnati lumber firm His friends will be glad he is so favorably located. Rev. Dr. Somerville Light, who concluding his’fifth year as pastor of the Trinity M E. church at Elk hart, ha» publicly stated that he “believes five years is enough for any preacher in one charge,” and has indicated that he does not wish his friends to make any attempt to ob’ain his reappointment to this charge. — Elkhart Truth. In the Fairfield county probate court, Lancaster, Ohio, Judge Reeves, has granted Mrs. Fanny DeVilbiss Cole a divorce from Claude W. Cole on the grounds of gross neglect. The cause was heard last Friday, March 16th. Mrs. Cole, who was formerly Miss Fan nie DeVilbiss, is well known here. She will continue to reside at Lancaster, for the present at least. Prices of domestic coal, which have been Readily rising all over the country for the last ten days, received an additional advance of 25 cents yesterday, although locally the prices are about the same. The advances said to be the lesult of the notices sent out a few days ago by all the coal carrying railroad to large consumers that all ship meats of coal will be subject to seizure and confiscation under the clause of the shipping contract which allows the roads to protect themselves in this way These no ices are said to have been issued to become effective next Mon day, in view of the act that, unless some relief is given by the joint conference of miners and operators, which begins tjday, the cos] strike will begin April 1. This same fact has given nse to wild speculation in Chicago and cities where manipulating of the coal market has become almost as much of a feature as the spec illation in grain. Con'ribatory causes to the increases in price are said to be car shortage ard lack, of coal at the mines.

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Mrs. Julia Moses and daughter, Nettie, left Wednesday for Foit Wayne, where they will be the guests for some time of H. P. Moses and family. The condition of J. F. Snow is reported as better today. His physician stated that the crisis was now passed, and the recovery of Mr. Snow is as- ! sured. A gay crowd from rural route nine, headed by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, formed a sled load that spent last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W, Winters. A most pleasant evening was enjoyed ending with a dainty luncheon served by Mrs. Winters. H. L. Confer of Jonesboro, Arkansas, is here for a day or two with his family, having been called to Huntington to testify in the Weston case. Ho will ieturn to Jonesboro Friday. He reports the outlook for the now J. W. Place factory as very bright. The assessors at their Berne meeting Saturday, seemed to be together pretty well in their schedule of assessments on personal property in the various townships. The county assessor makes careful note of the reports given him, and is now ready for the district meeting at Fort Wayne, Wednesday. Hon. W. S Blatohley, candidate for the repub’ican nomination for state geologist, was circulating among the members of his party here today, with a view of interesting them in his candidacy. He has filled the office of state geologist for many years and is perfect ly willing to continue the good work. Judge R. K. Erwin Friday appointed S. A. M. Butorher of Geneva, as attorney for the poor of Adams county, to succeed J. F. Fruchte, whose term has expired. The office, while not one which will make the occupant uncomfortably wealthy, carries with it a good fee for the amount of business usually done. Mr. Butorher is an attorney of many years’ experience and those clients whose 'cause [he represents may feel that their in terests will be carefuly looked after. The appointmentjwas a surprise to Mr. Butcher, this beieng the first time the position has been held by an attorney outside of Decatur. The new appointee will begin his dutiies at once. The retiring attorney, Mr. Fruchte, has proven himself capable and a hard working, conscientious lawyer, having performed well the duties for which called upon.

El Bultemeier completed a deal Hat evening whereby he becomes the owner of the Mutchler & Reinking livery stable, located in the old Weber barn on North Second street. This is one of the oldest stables in this pars of Indiana and has always enjoyed a splendid trade. Mr. Bultemeier takes possession April Ist, and that he will make a success of the business is assured. For a year he has been interested as a partner in the Riv erside stables on First street, where he proved himselt a hustling, competent and worthy business man. He recently sold his interests in tnat barn to his partner, Mr. Rod enbeek, and has since been looking for an opportunity to again get into business. He will add to the already large livery stock and will Ojnduct a first-class stable. Mr. Mutchler expects to leave soon on a prospecting trip through the west. Mr. Reinking has as yet no plans for the future. The WeffihoS Monumental Works | today started opeftitions with their ! new machinery, [Which arrived a i few days azo. and from now on all . the fancy work put on monuments I will be done by electric machinery 1 instead of the old method of using a chisel and mallet. The firm some time ago made mention of the fact that they had purchased new machinery and f.t that time endeavored to explain to the public how I the same was operated and with what precision and propmtness a job Could be turned out, but since I the installation of the same it far surpasses their fondest expeota I tions. The shop has been fitted 'completely with this new machirlery and presents a mach different appearance over the old style. This now makes the Wemhoff works one of the most complete in Indiana, as only a few places in the state have these new devices. Those desiring to see this new machinery work may do so by calling at their shop, as they wou d be pleased to explain the same to you. _.

It rank Johnson, for whom a warrant has been issued on a charge l of asasnlt and battery, and who was to have been tried before 'Squire Stone, has fled, and his whereabouts are at present unknown. Agents Wanted.—-The old reli able nursery firm of L. G. Bragg & Kalamazoo. Mich., want a reliable man to represent them in this section. They have been in business since 1857 and grow one of rhe most complete lines of fruit, shade and ornamental trees, small fruits, etc., in sbe state. Free outfibs and liberal pay. Write them for terms. 4-6 According to the statement of Rev C. G Miller fifty-five applications have been received by the Bluffton Presbyterian church from ministers who are desirous of succeeding him as pastor there. Trial sermons will be heard before a selection is made. Rev. Myron J. Crocker of New York, will preach here, next Sunday and the Sunday following, and will have charge of the mid week prayer service. He is a young men. Rev. Mast of lowa, who was here during the winter, is one of the [ministers whom the congregation will con- ' sider.—Bluffton News. Franklin P. Riegle, of Bowling ( Green, is representing 5,370 former , Ohio postmasters in an attempt to ( recover more than $262,000 due them as fees for work between the ye. rs 1864 and 1870. He has just . returned from Washington, D. C., . and is confident that a resolution ' will go through granting the fees. . Besides having the Ohio men he is . also assisting Attorney Spaulding of Washington, D. C., in looking after the interests of some 14,000 other former postmasters from all ( over the nation whose claims reach into millions of dollars. The men never received fees which wore al- i lowed second and third-class post- i masters on stamps sold and can celled and other work during the i time between the years of 1864 and 1873 through a mistake of the postmaster general and it is to recover, these fees that the men are ' pressing their claims. I Morris King, aged thirty-seven <’ years, and a well-known young man of this city, died Saturday night at the county infirmary at II o'clock, after an illness of one year, death being caused by con sumption. “Red,” as he was commonly known and called among his associates was an agreeable young man, but in many respects was his own worst enemy. He made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Eley on North Second street, where he was taken bedfast four weeks ago. His decline from that time on was rapid and he became such a care that Mrs. Eley was unable to longer care for him and a week ago he was transferred to the infirmary, where his demise occurred. He died without relatives and his body would have undoubt edly been turned over to some med ical institution had not his friends and former associates with whom he toiled for years at the factory came to the rescue and furnished funds with which to give him a decent burial. The funeral services were held this morning at the Deca'ur cemetery at 10 o’clock where Interment was made. At a meeting of the library board Tues, evening, held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick, in or der that the president of the board, Mrs. Morrison might attend, con siderable important business was transacted. The most importantpart of this business was the selection of a date of opening, the time chosen being Tuesday, May 1,, For this occasion proper dedi oatory exercises will be given, and plans for this will later be work ed out. The building itself is complete and has been turned over and accepted from the contractors. The furniture, desks, steel racks etc,; have been ordered and will be put in place by the time announced for the opening. Cement walks will be put in and the grounds fixed up to correspond with the beauty of the building. By the time arranged May 1, everything will be in readi u ess and Decatur's beautiful libra ry will be formally opened to rhe public. It is a handsome, stately building, well arranged and will soon be one of the most popular public buildings in rhe city. The library board have labored faithfully and well and [now our public spirited citizens should chalk up tbn l . 1,1 .• • n • < • > to open I rue L’UllulUg Hut: lIVUI ueot.

The Masonio membership in Indiana is 68,941.’’ During the year 1905 there were 5,223 members admitted by initiation, 991 by card and 496 by reinstatement. To offset this gain- in part, 1,153 members wi'hdrew, 2,988 were suspended or'dropped, 155 were expelled, and 713 died." The net gains for the year were 2,621. Major and Mrs. R. B, Alilson ar] rived home Monday night from the south, having spent the winter in Florida. They landed in Birmingham a few days ago in the midst of the worst weather known there in years and consequently both suffered an attack of lagrippe. Mrs. Allison required a physician last evening but is better today. The Major stood the return trip exceed ingly well. This evening the fantastic and clever LaDelles will give a performance at Bcsse’s opera house which you will thoroughly enjoy if you attend. You will see La Delle out small pieces of apple upon the hand, neck, throat and mouth of his wife, using for the purpose a razor edged sword, a feat practiced by the Hindoos and requiring great skill, a sharp eye and judge of distance.. You will see mar veins manipulations of playing cards, eggs, etc. You will see birds, guinea pigs, rabbits, pigeons and chick ens produced from what seems “no where.” You will see magic and illusions that have kept pace with the calendar and even go a little beyond. This will probably be your last chance to see the LiDslles perform in this city as they have con tracts far ahead to appear in the big cities. Seats now on sale at the Holthouse drug store. Secure them now while you can have your choice.

Proeeutor Moran has prepared an affidavit against George W. Cooper of Geneva, charging him with keeping a dice box, to be used as a gambling device at his place of business. The affidavit is upon information sworn to by Frank Minch, who was instrumental in causing affidavits to be filed against Cooper yesterday for conducting a gambling house |and for operating a slot machine. The question as to whether a dice box may 7 be considered a gambling device was recently decided for the first time by the Indiana supreme court, when they held that it was. Many business houses in Decatur and other places over the county would be liable to the same charge and it might be well for you to lay aside the dice box, at least until the moral wave has somewhat subsided. There is perhaps no form of gambling so common as the dice box and it is usually the first the young man acquires. The fact that the stake are usually a cigar does not prevent it from being just as much of a crime in the eyes of the law as though you were playing for gold. The case against Cooper will be filed tomorrow. J. A. Emritt of Indianapolis, president of the American Society of Equity, the organization which recently called a farmer’s strife, designed to raise prices on farm products, has issued a statement denouncing the running of “special seed trains.” Everitt and his organization claim that the greatest problem now confronting the ag rioultural interests of this country is not larger crops, but better prices. This, they say, cannot be accomplished by increasing yields. Everitt says that if the Purdue professors, who are to man the train that is to be run over the various divisions of the Menon next week, will advocate “better price ” instead of “larger crops” or better yet, combine the two, that they will be doing the farmers a real service, in closing * circular letter sent to the press, Everitt says: “The one thing the farmers need is the knowledge how to raise more dollars for themselves first and let the railroads and grain dealers interests be of secondary i moment. Our advice to the far- ’ mere along the line of the Monon road is to tell the ‘corn special’ teachers and preachers to change their text from 'How to Produce i More Com,’ to ‘How to Get a Satisi factory Price for M hat We Can Produce New.’ If the price is fair- . ]y satisfactory now, it is no guarni tee that it will be so next year and in the future. So, bid the ‘corn i ! special’ ‘go way back' and we may i! send for it when ycu can give a J balanced elocation—one-half produo ion, the othwr half marketing.”

’ S. H THE jg II I G CRE A M g SEPARATOR I For many years the I’. S. Separators have been tested un- Ba ■iS der all conditions, and have proved to thousands of satisfied Kg 1 users that they are the best machines of their kind. There U are good reasons for their superiority. ’* The U. S. skims cleaner than any other separator because JiW the milk is skimmed three distinct times before leaving the bowl. EB All parts of the machine are strong, simple and easy to get Kj ■ at. The gears being entirely enclosed are protected from dirt EB EH and dust. The bowl having only two simple p - ' inside is B easily and quickly washed. The whole machine y' ry light SB M running because the working parts run in oil. and 0 accu- B M rately made and fitted. SH No other separator has all these advantages. The U. S. is E® B the cream separator for you to buy. See one for yourself. B B They are sold by % O Charles Werling. Ossicn, Indiana.

Republican Call. Pursuant to a call of the republi can state committee, through its i chairman, James P. Goodrich, the | republicans of Adams county, state of Indiana, are requested to meet at the court house in the city of Decatur, Indiana, on Monday, i April 9th, at 1 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of selecting ten dele- ' gates and ten alternate delegates to the republican state convention I to be held at Indianapolis, India na, April 11th and 12th, 1906; then and there to place in nomimtion candidates for the various state offices that are to oe elected at the coming November election, 19C6 According to the apportionment of votes Adams county is entitled to ten delegates and ten alternate delegates, that being one regular and one alternate for each 200 votes cast for George B. Cunningham, presidential elector in 1904, same apportioned to the various townsnips and precincts as nearly as possible and convenient. The following is the apportionment, to-wit: Root and Union townships, one delegate and one alternate; Preble, Kirkland and West Washington, one delegate and one alternate; St. Mary's and East Washington, one delegate und one alternate ; Decatur A and B precincts of third ward and A precinct of second ward, one delegate and one alternate; A and B precincts of first ward with precinct B of second ward, one delegate and one alternate ; North and Mid die Monroe with North Blue Creek, one delegate and one alternate; town of Berne and French town ship, one delegate and one alernate Hartford with North Wabash and Ceylon precincts, one delegate and one alternate; Geneva, A and B precincts, one delegate and one alternate; Jefferson township and South Blue Creek, one delegate and one alternate. Voters upon arrival at court house will be alloted their places as per the aforesaid allotment and will ballot for or elect their respective delegate and alternate same as if it were in a primary. J. M. Frisinger, County Chairman. F. L. Littsrer, Secretary.

Public Sale. The undersigned will offer at public auction at his residence one mile east of Dent school huose, at 10 o’clock a. m,. on Tuesday April 3, 1906. the following prop erty, to-wit: One horse five years old, one mare thirteen years old, three cows, two calves, one year old; wagon, buggy, set of double harness, good as new; piow, harness, single harness, harrow, twohorse corn plow, mower, four tone hay, chickens, turkeys, etc. On all sums of $5 and under cash in hand, over $5 a credit of nine months will be given purchaser giving note i with approved security. David i Stoler. Fred Reppert, Auctioneer. For Sale—A three-year-old horse. 1 87 wl C. D. Kunkle. Decatur. The Euterpean Society will meet I with Mrs. W. H. Nachtrieb on Thurs II day evening. Mrs. John Niblick and ! Mrs. H. T. Gregg will have charge of ,' the program, and cn account of its length, the members are requested to ’be present at 7:30, sharp.

VARIETIES OF CRAMPS. Curious Afflictions of Men in Various! Walks of Life. i One of the curious consequences of the modern division of labor is the I cramp that attacks those who eonstantly use their bands in one particular i manner. Writing cramp was the first to ap- ' pear, being quite unknown until the introduction of steel pens. It affects men i far oftener than the fair sex, and. sin- ; gularly, those who suffer .:e not liter- ; ary men. but copyists. It ir. almost incurable, and even when the left band is used the cramp very soon crosses over to it. Musicians of every kind ire attacked. Among pianists it is chiefly ladies ambitious to become professionals who are the victims. Violent pain, weakness and fatigue of the arm make playing an impossibility. Violinists are affected both in the fingers of the left hand and the hand that holds the bow. Clarinet players get cramps of the tongue, and flute players get cramp in the larynx. Telegraphers suffer very often, and they call, it "loss of the grip.” Tailors get cramps in legs as well as hands. Smiths and carpenters get what is called "hammer, cramp.” resulting from the enormous number of blows struck. It is estimated that a forger of knives and scissors strikes 28,000 blows every day. . Drivers get cramps in the hand, especially in the case of those who break in hard mouthed horses. Cigarmakers, watchmakers, photographers, auctioneers. sawyers, billiard players, dentists, turners, stampers, weavers, painters, money counters and ballet dancers—all suffer from their own peculiar cramps and often so severely that they have to ' exchange their employment for some other.

CRIMINAL BEES. Roney Gatherers That Have Very Loose Moral Ideas. Almost every form and variety of human crime is to be found among animals. Cases of theft are noticed among bees. Buchner in his "Psychic Life of Animals” speaks of thievish bees which, in order to save themselves the trouble of working, attack well stocked hives in masses, kill the sentinels and the inhabitants, rob the hives and carry off the provisions. After repeated enterprises of this description they ag ■ quire a taste for robbery and violence. They recruit whole companies, which get more and more numerous, and finally they form regular colonies of brigand bees. But it is a still more curious fact that these brigand bees can be produced artificially by giving working bees a mixture of honey and brandy to drink. The bees soon acquire a taste for this beverage, which has the same disastrous effects upon them as upon men. They become ill disposed and irritable and lose all desire to work, and finally, when they begin to feel hungry, they attack and plunder the well supplied hives. There is one variety of bees —the sphecodes— which live exclusively upon plunder. , flow to ttest. To understand how to rest is of more Importance than to know how to work. The latter can be learned easily. The former it takes years to learn, and some people never learn the art of resting. It is simply a change of scenes and activities. Loafing may not be resting; sleeping is not always resting: sitting down for days, with nothing io do, is not restful. A change is needed to bring into play a different set of faculties and to turn the life into a new channel. The man who works hard finds his best rest in playing hard: the man who is burdened with care finds relief in something that is active, yet free from responsibility. Above all, keep good matured and don't abuse your best friend, the stomach.

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