Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1907 — Page 5

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Marion is discussing the advisability of extending an invitation to the state G. .A. R. encampment at its Fort Wayne meeting to hold the encampment next year at Marion. Veterans there have turned the matter over to the Commercial club for decision. Leo Miller has moved his barber shop from the Model Cigar Store and for the present has not decided where he will locate. Mr. Miller was forced to make this move owing to the amount of smoke that his customers were forced to submit to and thus making his work almost unbearable. For ten years or more there has not been a residence built in Andrews. That there is to be one erected soon as the work can be done is proof that Andrews is rapidly recovering from the misfortune of the abandonment of the town by. the Wabash railroad under which it went down, some thought never to rise. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Scith and daughters visited Sunday at Decatur, while the boys prepared a big country Sunday dinner for their guests, the Messrs. John H. Weldy, Edward FLantz, Carl Habegger, George Wittwer, Vilas Haecker and Noah GilHom.—Berne Witness. Mr. John Ferguson received a letter yesterday from his uncle,,.. former county commissioner Ferguson, who was taken very ill while visiting his daughter at Delphos, O. In the letter Mr. Ferguson stated that he was much improved in health aryl the nervous trouble from which he had suffered had almost disappeared.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Portland people will be offered beginning May 1, the advantages of a day electric current. The arrangements for the installation of the service are now being completed by superintendent Bailey and his assistants, and it is practically assured that the patronage from the start, will be sufficient to warrant the little additional expenditure required. Ben Hur court No. 15, and Fort Wayne council No. 96, will join in a / spectacular initiation of a class of about 150 candidates at the Majestic during the first week of May. Mr. W. H. Owen, of Crawfordsville, supreme judge of the order, will preside and special scenery will be provided for the work, nothing similar to which has ever been seen here. Young people of the Presbyterian church at Columbia City have arranged for a novel event —a “May breakfast,” to be served at the church on the morning of May 1 from 6 to 8 o’clock. Conforming to the old legend, a large watering trough will be provided, where the young ladies can wash away their freckles on the May day morning. Basil Smith, a young Whitley county farmer.was thrown from his buggy by a runaway accident near the Snyder schoolhouse in Washington townk ship at 11 o’clock Saturday night, and ' lay unconscious by the roadside for a period of eight hours —until 7 o’clock Sunday morning—before he was discovered. He had suffered a severe wound upon the head, and. physicians say his escape from death was miracu- ’ lous. Sult to eject John W. Beavers from three oil leases in Jackson township was filed in circuit court this afternoon by Simmons & Dailey. & . The leases contain about 125 acres and 17 good wells. Mr. Zegiler alleges U^ at he bought leases April 16 and that Beavers now refuses to surrender them for some unknown reason. The property is valued at about $15,000.—Bluffton News. The safe in the branch real estate and banking office of Owen Gandy & * Co., at Roanoke, was blown by burglars early Sunday morning, but the proceeds of the robbery was a total of but $3. The cash had been removed on Saturday and placed in bank at Huntington. There is a suspicion that the wurk rnjy have been done br the * samo gang that operated at Zanesville Saturday morning. Officers have np clue to the robbers. '

A quiet wedding took place at the Evangelical parsonage on Saturday evening in which John Brothers and Ellen Dibble were united in marriage, i Both young people are well known in j the city and will make their future home at Rivarre, where Mr. Brothers has a good position. - The funeral of Mrs. Aurie Dykeman was held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at th Chapel church east of the city, Rev. D. B. Kissinger officiating and a large crowd being present to pay their last tribute of respect to deceased. Interment was made in the Decatur cemetery. Mrs. George Crothers, 26 years old, died at her home in Noble county, as the result of a terrible fright she experienced. Mrs. Crothers and her husband were driving home from Ligonier when they met an automobile on the country highway. The horse reared and nearly succeeded in getting away from the driver. Mrs. Crothers at once became dangerously ill and remained so until her death. J. B. Holthouse, of Decatur, was in the city today looking after his cement block industry here. He is finishing a contract for 14,000 blocks for an out-of-town firm and this will require about ten days. As soon as this contract has been completed, he will put his men and machinery at work on his share of the blocks for the piano factory job. He is working a full force of men at this time and the factory is proving a good thing for the city.—Bluffton Banner. The engagemnt of Miss Code Wilcox of this city to J. H. Eiter, of Ft. Wayne, has been announced and the happy event will take place Saturday, April 27, at noon. The wedding will be a very quiet affair owing to the death of the brides mother last week. Miss Wilcox has many friends in this city who will wish her much joy. The groom is a machinist at the Wabash shops at Ft. Wayne and is quite popular among his associates. The young couple expect to make their future home in Ft. Wayne. of this city gives this advice to married men? “This gardening fever is not dangerous. While it always seems severe in its first attack it gradually wears away and in a few days disappears entirely. It seldom keeps a man away from business for any great length of time, but, should it seem hard to break up get a good hoe and place it in the hands of your wife. When you see how beautifully she turns the trick, then the fever will leave you at once. Let the women do the work.” The pure food law is the cause of no little worry on the part of the millers, as it is said they will be put to no little expense to observe it. A state tax for each and every hundred pounds or fraction thereof will be exacted. A shipping tag must also be placed on each sack showing the food quality of the product, the brand, etc., which must be examined by the state chemist ever so often. Fifty dollars for the first offense and one hundred dollars for the following is the penalty for non-compliance with the law. “One of our leading farmers,” says an exchange, “found a cigar in his small son’s pocket the other day on getting home after a shooting trip to Fort Wayne. The farmer confiscated the cigar and whipped with the rope used to tie the family jackass at night. Then the farmer lighted the cigar and started to smoke it himself. It was loaded. It exploded and burned the farmer’s lilacs off his physiognomy and set fire to the barn. The problem now puzzling the community is to find the jackass.”—Bluffton Banner. A. F. Passwater and a party of young men from nWillshire, whose names we were unable to ascertain, got mixed up in an accident late last night, the result of their carriage upsetting by colliding with a pile of dirt recently thrown onto the street by the ihterurban railway company In front of J. D. Hales’ warehouse. The young men had been to Ft. Wayne attending the district meeting of the K. of P. lodge. They returned on the late car, and immediately secured their team and started for home and had just reached the point in front of Hall’s where their rig upset demolishing the buggy and bruising several of the occupants in a serious manner. Fire that is supposed to have Its origin in a spark from a Clover Leaf engine, caused the total destruction of a large elevator at Metcalf, Ill;, Thursday night The elevator belonged to Harry Epps and the total loss is estimated at $45,000. The elevator contained 86,000 bushels of corn. The fire was discovered just before daybreak and the com was still smouldering at night fall Thursday evening. The com was well insured 'and ..the building was insured for about one-third of its value, estimated to be $13,000. At 45 cents a bushel the corn was worth $35,700. Some people in Metcalf incline to the belief that the elevator was fired by persons incensed' at William Marquand, in charge of the elevator, who was elected village president on the anti-license ticket this week.—Delphos, Herald.

Some newspaper men are terrible liars. In writing of a cyclone out west one of them said it turned a well inside out, a cellar upside down, moved a township line, blew the staves out of a whiskey barrel and left nothing but a bung hole, changed the day of the week, blew a mortgage off a farm, blew all the cracks out of a fence and knocked the wind out of a politician. The Keller Incubator Co. received an order for one of their celebrated incubators from Hanover, Germany. A previous order came from London, England. Since their re-incorpoA-tion they have greatly extended their business and at present the outlook is rosy. Their new place of business is being stocked with machines, but if the present rate of orders continue, they will havfe to increase their output. Rev. M. A. Harlan, who has been pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Aukum and who has just been transferred to Warren, will take the business management of the enterprise under which it is hoped to establish a home for orphans and the aged at that place. Benevolent citidens of Warren otter a gift of $50,000 to the work conditioned upon the conference raising an additional $50,000 for the same purpose. The Thaw case leads the record for the number of letters received by the district attorney’s office, during the celebrated trial.... -Tirfe'tiommuiiications came from all parts of the Eng-lish-speaking world. Every day of the trial brought unsolicited advice from persons deadly in earnest in telling how to sum up the case for the prosecution. Every writer had a carefully thought out opinion of the case, based on their own philosophy of life.

MRS. FORCE OPERATED ON. Is improving—Babe Who was Scalded is Also Better. Mrs. Charles Force, of north Second street, was operated on Monday afternoon by Drs. Beavers and Smith. The operation was a very delicate one but was most successful and will greatly improve the health of Mrs. Force. She is much better today, reviving from the operation nicely. Her little thirteen months babe, who was badly scalded Sunday evening is also much better. The child was sitting in the high chair and reaching over to the table pulled a cup of boiling coffee over on her, scalding the arm from the elbow down so badly that the skin came off when her clothing was removed. ,— o CHANGE TIME HONORED CUSTOM Judge Sturgis Gave Instructions to His Grand Jury. In his charge to the grand jury yesterday Judge Sturgis did not admonish them, according to the time honored custom to pay particular attention to the violations of the liquor statutes and hint strongly that there was gambling going on in certain places. On the contrary he told the six men to pay little attention to trivial matters as they could best be looked after by the justice courts and as long as they did their duty there was no use saddling a big expense on the people by bringing petty cases into circuit court. “If you find that the lower courts and officials are not doing their duty in these small matters then it will be your duty to look after these offenses and also the officers who overlook them.” —Bluffton News. o OLIVE LODGE NO. 86, D. OF R. Decatur, Ind., April 12, 1907. We, the committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to our departed sister, Josephine Brpshwiller, Whose death occurred April 3, 1907, would respectfully submit.the following: ' i Whereas, It has pleased God in his all wise mysterious Providence to call from us to His realm above, the spirit of our sister, and while we bow in humble submission to the Divine will, it is but fitting that we bear testimony to her good qualities' and express in this manner our deep sorrow, and while we mourn her untimely decease, our heartfelt Sympathy goes out to her sorrow stricken husband and children for to them it is an irreparable loss. May they be sustained by Him who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, to whose Infinite mercy, in this their bereavement, we tenderly commend this their time of sorrow and commend them to the infinite love and mercy of God. Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for thirty days and these resolutions be spread on the minutes of this lodge, and a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of our deceased sister and also be published in our city papers. MARY E. ARTMAN, SARAH E. VENIS, _. ..NELLE E. WINNES,*'- .;. ... ■ . a- Committee. O —* • Democrat “Want Adw” pay.

GREETED BY PACKED HOUSE Every Member of Cast a Star and Each Specialty Delighted the Hundreds Present. Hundreds of people who occupied every seat in the Bosse Opera House Monday evening, thoroughly enjoyed every moment of “Uncle Rube,” a home talent production given under the direction of Mr. Henry Thomas, and as a benefit for the ladies of the Christiona church, who will use the profits to pay their brick street assessment. It was great success in every way. Standing room was at a premium. Every one performed like an old timer and the audience roared with laughter. The cast was well selected and each proved a star, while every specialty was worth the price of admission. Mr. Thomas, who has been in the show business for years, never proved more capable. He had entire charge of the performance ahd proved his ability clearly. Sam Shamp, who had the leading role, demonstrated that he can act in a most entertaining manner, and he did so. J. J. Helm, as Bub Green, a young rustic, brought down the house every time he apwas good and each deserves special was good and ach deserves special mention. O. P. Mills, as Deacon Smalley, an unctious old fraud, proved the genuine in his part. Clayson Carroll, his son, a promising young rascal, was great; Frank Wemhoff, as Gordon Gray was an artist; Walter Johnson, as Ike, the hired man, looked and acted the part to perfection; Hugh Hite made a capital constable; Dick Erwin, Jr., took the part of dude cleverly; Miss May Niblick, as a charming widow, was excellent, and Francis Bryson as Taggs, a waif, and Miss Mabie Erwin as Millicent Lee, a country school ma’am, did their parts in an ideal way. The chorus, composed of the Misses Marie Beery, Marik Allison, Pansy Bell, Lucile Hale, Florence Sprunger, Lillian Harris, Edna Hoffman, Hilda Tudor, Margaret Hughes, May Holthouse, Fanny Frisinger, Winifred Johnson, and the pony quartette, Masters Van Weaver, David Erwin, Leo Sprunger and Bruce Patterson captured the crowd at each appearance. Every musical number was encored and the audience was never allowed to tire, this part of the program including “Hiram Greene Good Bye,” Mr. Johnson and Milk, Maids; “Don’t You Tell,” Miss Bryson and Mr. Erwin; “Cheer Up Mary,” Miss Bryson and Ensemble; “When Hiram Birdseed Comes to Town,” Mr. Hite; “Pansy,” Mr. Carroll and chorus; “Crocidile Use,” Pony Quartette and chorus; “I Read it in a Book,” Mr. Helm; Duet Selection, Miss Erwin and Miss Niblick; (Special) Whistling Solo, Mr. E. Hamilton Kilbourne; “San Antonia,” Pony Quartette, and closing with a grand finale, “Automobiling” by Miss Bryson, Mr. Carroll and the auto chorus. During this specialty the chorus found a human automobile, which with the calcium light effects used, made a beautoful formation and proved a most pleasing ending to a delightful two hours and a half entertainment. Prof. True R. Fristoe as musical director, also deserves special mention for his very clever work and much of the success of the musical part of the evening was due to his efforts. o— THE ANTIS STILL BUSY Council .May .Regulate .Position .of Saloon Screens. Steps are being taken to interest members of the city council in a section of the state law, which provides that council may regulate the position of windows, doors and furniture of saloons. The law sets out that the council may, by ordinance, say whether screens may be kept in front of the bars or the windows screened. It also sets out that council may name what games, if any, may be played in the barrooms. The temperance element is back of the proposition and council may be asked, in the near future, to take the matter under consideration. They say it is within the power of the council to make saloon keepers give a good: clear view of the interior of their places of business. It is claimed this would have a wholesome effect, as it would prevent many young men from taking their first drink. They say it would also prevent many men from standing up at the bar for any length of time. Some of the councilmen have been questioned regarding the matter, but they have not cared to discuss the proposition.—Muncie Star. • ■ o“Preventics” will promptly check a cold or the grip when taken early or at the “sneeze stage.” “Preventics” are little candy cold cure tablets, and Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis., will gladly mail you samples ahd a book on colds free, if you will write him. , The samples prove their merit' Check early colds with Prevetics and stop •pneumonia. Sold in 5c end 35- c boxes by W. H. NACHTRIEB. 0 -,

Coming/. Doctor Moreland ’ The well known Indianapolis Specialist in the treatment of all ► Chronic Medical and Surgical Diseases will be at j Hotel Murray,Decatur, Ind. Wednesday, May I, 1907 ’ ONE DAY ONLY and return every 28 days. Office hours 9 a m. to ’ 5 p. m., where he can be. Consulted Free and Confidentially. ’ The Doctor pledges his word of honor as a gentleman that any ► case presented to him for treatment will receive most careful and ► painstaking consideration and conscientious treatment. He treats J successfully all chronic and long standing diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose ► and Throat, , Lungs, Heart, Stomach, Bowels, Liver, Kidneys, Bladder, ► Skin and Nerves. Young, Old or Middle Aged Men * suffering from Nervousness, General Debility, Loss of Failing, Vital- » ity, Varicocele, Spermatorrhea, Atrophy, Wasting, Gleet or Blood ’ Polson can be cured by his treatment so that the trouble may never ► return. Women Who are Weak ► and despondent, sufferng from the ‘many ailments peculiar to their ’ sex, can be cured, if possible, without an operation. Married ladies ► should be accompanied by their husbands when coming for consulta- * tlon. Cancer, Piles, Fistula, Constpation, litching or Bleeding Piles, ► Rectal Fissure, Rectal Ulcer, Diarrhoea, Indigestion, treated thor- * oughly and successfully without pain or knife. The Doctor is a graduate of a regular school of medicine, one of , the largest in the middle west, and has this to say. ► “I give the very best treatment and advice in every case sub- ’ mitted to me, and exert every possible effort on behalf of the patient ► and expect to be compensated so the treatment and advice as it is ► rendered. It lies not within the province of man to guarantee life or * health. My terms are not exorbitant and my proposition is this: I ► will guarantee to treat until cured every ease I accept fpT treatment.” Edgar W. Moreland, M. D. Indianapolis, Indiana

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