Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1906 — Page 9

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VOLUME XLIX.

The Decatur Democrat has. as neat a country newspaper office as it is has beejpour pleasure to visit in many a day. Bro. Ellingham is old at the business and knows just how to run an office as well as publish a newspaper.—Chicago Newsp .per Union. Miss Edna Wemier returned home to Decatur today, after spending a few weeks in the city with her cousin, Mrs. Ad Riley. Miss Weimer was employed in the telephone office for a few days but resigned her position on account of her health.—Bluttron Banner. On Thursday, the 21st inst. occurred the funeral of Clarence C-, infant son of Francis and Prilla Goodwin of Windfall, Tipton county. He was born September 14, and died September 20. Brief services were conducted at the home of the grandparents, near Pleasant Mills by Rev. C. B. Sweeney of Bobo. Interment took place in the Pleasant Mills cemetery. David Peterson died Saturday at his home near Ada, Ohio, from a sudden attack of heart trouble. He was a brother of Isaac Peterson cf this pity, and of the late John W. Peterson, and .an uncle to Shaffer, R. S, and S. W. Peterson. He was seventy-three years old and was quite well known in this county. He owned one of the finest farms in the vicinity of Ada, and was considered quite wealthy. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Peterson left last evening to attend the funeral services, which were held this after noon.

Officer W- H. Fox made a raid on fiarry Cutting's saloon on the West Side about 2:30 o’clock Sunday af* ternoon. fie caught four men oom ing from the rear door with the contraband goods, consisting of bottled liquors, upon their parsons. They were caught red-handed and when Fo\ went into the saloon fie found the bartender, Ren Lovell, in the place. This in itself was a violation of the law, even if he had sold nothing. Mr. Cutting' plead guilty to the charge of selling liquors on Sunday and was fined 110 and costs, a total of $22 —Bluffton News. . Sidney Walters, of the United States gunboat, Clstine, was here today enroute to the home of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. John B. Walters, near Willshire. Sidney has been a member of the navy for nearly four years, and is home now lor a fifteen day furlough. Daring his service he has visited every city of importance along the Atlantic coast, also done duty along the coast of Africa, South America, ■Gibraltar, the India Islands and other points of interest. He is an intelligent young man, whose experiences have been interesting and to whom it is real delight to talk. When asked how he liked the navy, he said that might suit some people, but his enlistment whi?h runs ten years could not be too short to please himA News-Democrat reporter in his rounds called upon Mayor J. Fred France and asked for the news, fie replied: “As a matter of political news and because there is c prevailing sentiment that I would seek a re-nomination, I desire to say that because of business matters that will necessarily conflict With the duties of mayor, I have determined not to seek a renomiuation. We have a very beautiful and substantial city. If it has ife equal, it is not surpassed by any city in the state, of its size, in its paved and well improved streets, its excellent public buildings and its artistic and beautiful churches. No more honest, law-abiding, progressive and enterprising people are to be found anywhere. To be the mayor of such a city made up of the best people is, indeed, a great honor. I appreciate the kindness of the people to me in the past and when my term expires I Will retire with the kindest and best feeling for all the people. The party has an abundance of good men from which it Will select a candidate who will have the confidence of the people, will receive their support and be elected.—Huntington NewsH Democrat.

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John Nidlinger and Thomas Baltzell, the two famous hog raisers of Adams county, captured most of the prizes at Fort Wayne at the fair this week. Mr. Nidlinger secured thirteen firs mi, eleven seconds and 4wo championship, Jwhile Mr. Baltzell captured eight firsts, four seconds and two championships. HU A marriage license was issued Tuesday to Jacob Loser and Louise Furner. The groom was born in Switzerland in 1851, and the bride in Germany in 1876. At present they reside near Berne. Mr. Loser became quite well known here two years ago when he prosecuted Oliver Reynolds fcr kidnapping his daughter, Julia. He is well to do, and here’s hoping the future of himself and fair young bride is a happy one. Sunday while out gathering hickory nuts the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Buhler fell from a tree on the Albert Butler farm and sustained a very badly broken leg. The little fellow had climbed up into the tree to knock down the nuts, when he lost his balance and fell. He was picked up and put into a buggy and brought to town, where Dr. C. S. Clark reduced the fracture. The little chap was very faint and seemed to suffer much pain. He rested fairly well last evening and this morning is some better. Mrs. John P. Braun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lengerich, aged thinty years, died at her home, two and one-half miles south of this city, after an illness of six months’ duration, death resulting from consumption. Her death occurred Saturday aftenoon at three o’clock. She was a member of the St. Marys Catholic and a devoted Christian. funeral services were held Tuesday, morning at eight-thirty' o’clock from the church, Father Wilken officiating, and interment will be made in the St .Joseph cemetery. She leaves a husband and son to mourn their loss.Saturday evening at the bride’s home east of Geneva, John fi. Aspy and Miss Ella G. Shimp were married, Rev. B. F. Aspy performing the ceremony. None but near relatives were present, those from a distance being Mrs. Jessie Miller and daughter of Oden, Michigan, Mrs. Nora Anchors and son nf Keystone, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Shimp ot Landisville. The remainder of the guests were relatives living in and near the homes of the bridal couple. The ceremony occurred at eight o’clock, which was followed by congratulations and a wedding supper, all of which was thoroughly enjoyed by the large company present. The bride and groom are well known young people in the southern part of the county, where they will reside and make their future home.

Slowly, yet sorely, the silver dol lar is disappearing as a circulating medium in this country. It is still very common in the western states, more particularly beyond Indiana, but even in this western country paper money is coming into larger use, and in time, under the government policy of abandoning the coinage of dollars, it promises to be as plentiful as it now is in the east. One trouble with paper money in the west has been that could not be kept clean, and in many cities boards of health have pronounced against it for. sanitary reasons. This argument, however, is losing its force in the face of possibilities of supply now offered by a larger number of sub-treasuries in western cities. There was a time when the only sub-treasury of importance, in the west was in Chicago, and bankers doing business at points more or less remote from that place, did not feel justified in paying the expressage on new moneys to take the place of the old, in such a situation the silver dollar already popular in the west, because of western interest in silver production, naturally came into common use. It was sanitary and the fact that it was bulky did not seem to trouble the general public.

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The Decatur ladies who were Thursday entertained at Winchester by Mrs. Hunt, report a most enjcyable afternoon and evening. They were met with carriages and driven about the city, plater entertanied for dinner and after that 4 reception' in which the Winchester and Decatur ladies exchanged the greetings of the social season. “Jim Wonder,” the fast 2:30 pacer owned by Lase Ellis has been brought home ana will! be kept here for the remainder of the season. He was injured several weeks ago at Portland and w’U be given a long rest. He is merely a colt, but has been showing remarkable form and is no doubt one of the best colts in the country. He was entered in the 2:30 pace at Fort/ Wayne Wednesday, but finished outside the money. A card from Magician LaDelle has been received at this office addressed to the “Executive staff of Decatur Daily Democrat, good old Adams county, home of democracy, U. S. A.” His shows that he played at the Broadway theatre on the edge of Chinatown, San Francisco, during the last week. This week he is dated for the Novelty theatre at Santa Rosa ; Cxi., next week at the Vinique at Eureka, Cal., and the week of October 2nd on an island sixteen hours from ’Frisoo in the Pacific ocean. John Carter, aged twenty-five year, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Carter of Wren Ohio, died Saturday at noon at the home of his parents, after an illness of short duration, death resulting from typhoid fever. Mr. Carter contracted the disease while doing his regular services for the government, he being employed as a rural route mail carrier. He was a bright young man and had a host of friends who mourn their loss. The funeral services were held tliis morning at ten o’clock at the United Brethren church, at Wren, and interment was made in the Wren cemetery. Frankfort, Ind., Sept. 25—The Clover Leaf railroad company is doing a great deal of work in the improvement of the line from Toledo to St. Louis. At every principal station on the line the company is engaged in building additional sidetracks, those at Marion, Kokomo, Frankfort and Veedersburg being built to hold 100 oars. The passenger and freight stations are. also being overhualed, while every section gang on the road is engaged in getting the track in condition for the coming winter. In_this.. city the company is building an addition to the shops at an expense of about |20,000, and when this is completed much of the repair work that is now being done at Detroit will be done here. The improvements will give employment to about 150 additional men.

Auditor Lewton has completed the tax rate for next year which in the city of Decatur is $3.58, a decrease from this year’s rate Os six cents on each one hundred dollars’ valuation. The state tax is twelve cents, state school eleven and sixtenths, benevolent five, educational two and three-quarters, county tax thirty-eight and one-fourth, county sinking seven and four-tenths, county sinking seven and fourtenths, turnpike eight. There are thirty-six gravel or macadamized roads on the tax duplicate, and the only townships not taxed for this sort of an improvement is Union ,- Hartford and French. Next year French will be included thui leaving Union a foot and alone. For macadam roads Root townships pays four cents, Preble fourteen* Kirkland forty-four, Washington sixty-seven, St. Marys fifty-eight; Blue Creek seventy-five, Monroe fifty, Wabash forty-nine, Jefferson thirty-two, Decatur, sixty-seven; Geneva forty-nine, and Berne fifty. The total tax in Union tonwnship is $1.75; Root $1.97; Preble $1.84; Kirkland $1.82; Washington $2.04; St. Marys $2.06; Blue Creek $2.22; Monroe $2.12; French $1.50; Hartford $1.47; Wabash $2 Jefferson $1.68; Decatur $3.58; Geneva $3.72; Berne $3.32.

The Barbu . , . town, was sc'®l a b t y na ; f that strikes at the ham Whitfell actually cures the who will mo - session in Dain opium in anv consisted of eol, or any other for 15100. hemical. It is a TT , .. als the irritetated Under the imulates-thesolar tractors Mann ostion: negie library D rU g Goto show pushed to oompi which they sell many more weekßOc a box, and occupancy. The l doesnt completed and oh the roof is The building LES sfcrpcturq, when will add greatly t of the city M | LROAD yn Saturday evei— Mpter died suddenly 25.1905 held in the taterm. Hill church without a .2:38 a. m. That evening she ate. usual, went to the mee;£^ nl ' her husband and about' c and a half after leaving ha. m was the victim of a stroke' m alysis, ending her earthly an instant. Her husband was < ed not far from her and saw fall over—Berne Witness.

B. C. Macey of Berne, and J. MBlosser of Geneva, were here Mon-, day enroute to their homes, after eight months in the United (States navy. They have been on board the battleship Wabash, located near Boston, They were, recently promoted from the rate of t seamen to. firemen, and this advance caused them to be ordered to join the Asiatic flpet,. whiqh very. probably" means athree-year cruise for them and they were accordingly given a ten days’ furlough; ‘They must re-

-port? at the expifatipn of that time at - The boys were in uniform and are clever and courteous young men who are a credit to the navy. .. W. L. Lehne, of Mechanicsburg, Ohib, arrived today, and is busy" arranging a portion, of .the room occupied by Loch, Dirkson &’Co.,’ where _he will open up an up to date jewelry stbfe. He has purchased an entire new stock, which he expects to receive in. within a few days. He will open for business about October~”flrst With a complete line of watches, rings, clocks and all kinds of jewelry and silverware. ; an expert: work-, man and a man who has had many ybairof'experience In the- btfSmefcs and brings. With hitti njahy’reQQm. mendatibps. .He was here about smooth Ago. awX arranged the de<taikrdkmi coming herb. 4 He -sais his' WWbsalfc fiortses gave this, city' as. one 1 'Best ’openings for ol, the state. He will occupy the southeast corner of the big Lobh,' THrkson ■ W Ch ,' room, be ready to greet ‘ '.... ■ Samuel Lutz, one of the best knowh : fnendnthiS section,, died at twelve p’plpok Sunday night at his home, near. Pee. in Alien county. He was seventy-nine years old and had resided in Indiana flfty-sik years, coming from’'Stark county, Ohio, and locating on the farm where he died, fie was a kind, considerate and splendid Citizen and gentleman, whom it was a pleasure to knbw. The surviving children are the Hon. Clark J.. Lutz and Mrs. Charles F/ True' of this city, and William Lutz; who remained at home. Mr. Lutz was married in 1819 to Mias Lucy Lichtenwaletr, who died fifteen years ago. in 1909 he married again, his wife surviyiSg. HIS. home life was aI W B %happy . eqe* and. he stood his illness bravely and with fortitude. He has been afflicted for four years, his illness beginning with a cancerous growth on the lefthand. The disease grew and the amputation of* a part of the hand failed to give relieif. For eighteen months be has suffered untold agony,\nptwijthstMJding the fact f that every thing possible was 'done to relieve him He was unconscions for twelve hours just prior to’ the end. The funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock from the Methodist church at Poe, Rev. John C. 1 White officiating. Interment at the Poe cemetery. .

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BP A Dr. Williams’ Indian Pil* L JUOintment will cure Blind, r w Bleeding and Itching ■■Piles. It absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives instant reDr. Williams’lndian Pile Olntt is prepared for Piles and Itch- ! private parts. Every box is warrumed. By druggists, by mail on re ceipt ot price. 50 cents and Si.oo. WILLIAM' MANUFACTURING CO.. Props.. Cleveland. Ohio Nachtrleb & Fuelling. J, Q. Neptune. D. D. 8. C. E. Neptune, D. D. 8. ’Phone 23. ’Phone 236. Neptune Brothers, DENTISTS.' Rooms 1,2, 3,4, Spangler Building, Decatur, Indiana. Office Phone 207. Lady Attendant English, German and Swiss spoken.

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Rev. CftpL Winifred Hei? WIN ’ Wright and Mr. T LAW. Bucher returned Cleona street* the fifth district coL rcoasul Christian churches held a taine. The convention repr<

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ties of Adams, Alien, Grant, Hun’ 1 jntgon, Wabash, Wells and Whitley. and Was fairly well attended. Speeches were made by L. G. Legg, state evangelist; J. O. Rose, state secretary; A. M. Gillispie, Columbia City; Misses Winifrod Heaston and Belle Wright, Huntington; E. F. Daugherty, Wabash; Mrs. S. K. Jones and Merritt Owen, Marion. Splendid work has been done in the district. The church report fifty churches with a membership of 7,015; additions for the year 1417; given to foreign and home missions $1,300. The officers for the ensuing year are: E. F. Daugherty, president; M. F. Rickoff, of secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Barton

Wftbash, president of Christian Wottrtm’s Board of Missions. The spring convention will be held at Decatur:' in April.—Huntington News-Democrat. ~ ,11 Lonis Strahm, Wife and baby, who reside near Peterson, were mixed up in a runaway accident 'Sunday ev.-nieg, two and one,-., half miles east of this city, while returning to their home from Albert Shells, spant the Tbsmt M?. Strahm had his right hand badly lac,eraated, and the little babe was braised and injured, but nothing

serious, while Mrs. Strahm escaped injury. The horse took fright at a piqture frame a little bdy and girl 1 weye carrying along the road and started to run, Mr. Strahm being unable to handle the animal. The horse left the highway and plunged into a wire fence, which had a strand of barbed wire along the top of it. As the buggy struck the fence Mrs. Strahm and babe were thrown out of the buggy and over into the field, while Mr; Strahm -was thrown out so that his right hand fell over on the barbed wire, and he was thus dragged along for several yards, his hand being terribly mangled hy the barbs on the fence. The horse Was finally stopped after it became tangled up with the fence, but not before it waft ,so badly out and bruised that it was hardly able to stand up. Mr 5 , Strahm immediately hastened to the assistance of his Wife, whom he found all right, hut the babe seemed to be badly injured and for a time was unconscious. Assistance 'Was secured froma nearby farmhouse and the -entire party brought to town, where Dr. J. S. Coverdale dressed their injuries. The escape was a miraculous one, and Mr. Strahm stated that he was thankful to get off as easy as he did.

J. D. HALE DKALXR in Seeds, H-ay, Wool, Oil Salt, Goal, Ume, Cement Fertilizers. Office and retail store store southeast cor ner ot Second and Jefferson streets. few Your patronage solicited. 1 D. D. HELLER & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offica over Blackburn & Christen's drug store $2511000? $250,000 to loan on improved farms at lowest rate of interest, we can place your loan at a lower rate of interest and less expense than any other Agency in he city.

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i. 4 Loan Company 3 and 4, Studabaker Block aside __________________ main L. ■ . ed, and out, but den to have decided to givffjta • 'uAA. -w" ’ Andy. They find that it is impossible to raise a fund to maintain the structure, its literature, etc. As the city purchased the lot on which the building was erected, they find that in giving back the building to the donator or library funds that they will also give up the lot and Andy will be given a lot in Richmond free. Just what action Mr. Carnegie will take re mains to be* seen. It is the first of ail the libraries he endowed that has failed to support itself*George Tricker was almost unanimously elected as president of the Great Northern Indiana Fair Association, at a meeting of the stock holdersheld-Tuesday. The meeting was held at the secretary’s office, on the grounds, this morning, and continued at the sheriff s office this afternoon. The attendance was good and aftertheallowanceof and attending,to some Other business of a routine

nature the election of officers* was taken up, resulting after several friendly ,contests in the selection of Presidept, Gedrge Tricker; vice president, M. L. Smith; secretary, C. D. Kunkle; treasurer, John Brown; directors, J. D. Nidlinger, Union township; Phillip Bakery Root; Simon Bowers, Kirkland; J. W. Broadbeck, St. Marys; W. T. Waggoner, Monroe; S. Pontius, Hartford; James Buff, Jefferson; at large, J. R. Graber. William Farlow was elected as director to fill the vacancy of M. L. Smith, who was elected as vice president. The men chosen as officers are all worthy and are men who will push the fair for 1906 as it has never been pushed before. George Trioker, who is cnosen as president, served in that official capacity during the first two years of the association and to him is due great oredit for the successes that have followed. Mr. Nidlinger, who retires from the presidency, has been a faithful, Untiring officer, and he has the respect and highest regards of the asBOOIaMOh. ' husineas men and citizens in general, Who have the success of the fair at heart. The; other newly elected officers are all well known and competent men who will make the fair continue a winner.