Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1907 — Page 7

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l GIVES CURE ALL FOR CHICKENS t ■ Has .Been ..Successfully .Working i , Around Monroeville and is Away Ahead of the Game. tr A grafter of no mean ability, and Who is probably one of the smoothest that has worked in this section of the county for years, has been fleecing the farmers in the northeastern pare of this county and the neighborhood surrounding Monroeville, in beautiful style, out of their chickens. The graft is the latest one on the market, and those who have been taken in desire to warn their friends and neighbors and in this manner the man may be apprehended. The fellow is a smooth individual who travels around over . the country in an outfit that resembles a huckstering wagon and will drive up to a farm house and ask the lady if she has any chickens she desires to sell. Os course every farmer’s wife takes great pride in her chickens and the majority of them always hare some they desire to sell. He then 1 asks to see them and at once discov- ■ ers that the entire flock is suffering I from some new disease that no one 1 ever heard of except Mr. Grafter. He ; then tells the lady he has a remedy 1 for this particular disease and in ex- • change for a dozen of her best look- ■ ing chickens he leaves her a package ' of his remedies which proves to be entirely worthless, and also harmless, and on the deal he is just ahead the chickens he secured in the exchange. ’ The farmer’s wife follows Instructions ’ and directions printed on the box, but , after several days sees no change and , an examination follows, which reveals the fact that they have been swindled. ■ The grafter during the past week has fleeced the farmers out of hundreds . of chickens in this manner and is j no doubt fifty or sixty dollars to the I good. We derived this information , from a well known farmer,who desired us* to publish the same so that his friends might take advantage of his experience. Keep a lookout for this ’ smooth individual and when you see ; him coming tell hinr you have no ’ chickens and inform the authorities. ’ WILL BE THERE AT ALL HOURS ! Secretary Kunkle in the Office of Galloghy and Lower. 1 C. D. Kunkle, secretary of the Great ! Northern Fair association, has office room with Galloghy and Lower, and 1 will be found there from now until 1 the fair opens, August 27. Informa--1 tlon will be dealt out there at all hours, and it is expected that the* gen- '■ ial secretary will not have many idle 1 moments. Arrangements for the 1907 I exhibits goes forward, and by the . opening day everything will he in read- ■ iness. The weather permitting, the 1 fair this year will eclipse anything 1 of a similar nature ever attempted in > Adams county. I— l o ; s Miss Ruth Malotte was taken to Ft. ’ Wayne last Sunday, where she was : operated upon Tuesday morning on ac- ■ count of appendicitis. 1116 operation ; was performed at the Lutheran hos- : pltal, and- was most successful, as ■ the patient seems to be getting along - nicely and It is thought that she will recover in a short time. :v '< >iv

MARRIED AT EIGHT O’CLOCK I X - Gilbert C. Jack and Miss Nellie Snellen Were Married—Will Live in Pittsburg. Saturday morning at 8 o’clock at the home of Mr. and M-f. O. N. Snel-' len on north Third street their beaa- j tiful and accomplished daughter, Miss ' Nellie, and Gilbert C. Jack, of Pitts- • burg, Pa., were united in the holy | bonds of matrimony. The bride has been a life long resident of this city, and her many talents and sterling worth have made her popular among her many friends. She has always moved in the best of society and commands respect from all who know her. The groom is in the employ of the Westinghouse electric supply company, he having assisted in equipping the cars for the FL Wayne and Springfield interurban several months ago, and it was while here on this mission that he met and won the hand of Miss Snellen. The ceremony was quite impressive, with but immediate friends and relatives present. Dr. C. B. Wilcox officiated. The happy couple left this morning for a trip to Philadelphia and Wilmington, Deteware, after which they will return to Pittsburg and make thedr future home. Mr. Jack is a Native of Scotland. The Democrat joins their many friends in wishing them success and happiness, o STILL WANT TAYLOR UNIVERSITY Muncie Hopes to Land the Upland School. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 10. —Persons interested in establishing Taylor university, of Upland, in the Eastern Indiana normal college buildings, this city, got a new lease of life for the project last evening, as the result of a conference between the E. I. N. C. directors and those representing Taylor university of Muncie, at which time it was agreed that the Taylor university directors should receive the bonus of $12,000, provided they were able to bring to this city Taylor university, of Upland, originally intended. The directors of Taylor university of Muncie corporation agreed to do this, and reported that a meeting of the directors of Taylor university of Upland would be held about August 25, at which time a majority of the directors would vote to remove to this city. It was only under this condition that the extension was granted. President Winchester and other members of the faculty are confident of their ability to bring about the desired result. THE MUELLER DIVORCE CASE One Marriage License Issued and But Little Other Business Done. A new case was filed in the Adams circuit court, entitled William O. Gross and Joseph B. Pellens vs. Charles N. Borwn, suit on note, demand $525. Another case filed is that of Elpha Mueller vs. Jackson H. Mueller, suit for divorce. The complaint state that they were married April 26, 1900, and lived together as husband and wife until March 26, 1905. Cruel and inhuman treatment, failure to provide and abandonment is alleged. .The plaintiff asks for a divorce and the care and custody of a son two and a half years old. Clark J. Lutz is attorney for the plaintiff. A.marriage license was issued to Gilbert Jack and Nellie C. Snellen. The groom lives at Wflmlngtpn, Dela- • ware, and the bride is a resident of J this city. •' o ’ I The Elks held a very enpoyable , session last evening at the lodge room a candidate being given the initiatory work. A large crowd Was out and the evening was most enjoyable time i spent. The candidate was Fred Bell, 1 who seemed to enjoy the work as 1 thorough as any one present? The ; Elks membership is now hovering 1 closely around the hundred mark. A Jackson township farmer answered an advertisement “How to get , more eggs,” and enclosed $1 fee. The ' advice was simple: “Raise more hen.” . Another man complained that when he sent $5 to learn the secret of “living without work” he was,! advised to be1 I come a boarder at /the poorhouse. When an inquisitive person tried to learn the secret of "travel free at government expenses,” he received the valuable advice: “Paste a postage stamp on your back, climb into a mail box and make a noise like a 1 registered letter.” h Don’t drown at sea,” was another catch ad. A man : sent his dollar and asked what should be done in case of shipwreck. The answer to this was, “Sink until you reach the bottom and walk home.” i

AID TO POOR B\fljflfl fl Figures Given Out bjg rF Charities and C During the year 1906 tended to many persons — outside of those taken public institutions. This aj 1907. tended by the township iaMwaw the state, and the aggreg' *"“ | ber of person thus heli ! large as is also the total < I thus used. During the y . p«ud ; | qut $233,612.70 for this Reduc /e, and i 38,612 persons received.. o /and yet i this is the smallest n- ,ftr in any ' year so helped during t>n. hast eleven years. Os those aider /8,237 were ' males, and 20,375 < ,±Aales. There were 3,867 boys under the age of 16 years! 485 were between 17 and. 20 and 8,867 were voters. There were 11,057 women and 9,318 girls, o MARKET QUOTATIONS ARE LOW New York, Aug. 9. —Several stocks quoted in New York fell to the new low record levels today. Notable among them was Standard Oil, which reached 466, the lowest point touched in many years. A little later the stock was offered at 475 with no bidders. Several years ago Standard Oil sold above! SBOO, per share and today’s price indicates a shrinkage in value, computed on the total capital stock, of more than $300,000,000. o PRICES THERE MUCH LOWER American Consumers Paid t h e Freight in Extortionate Prices for Their Product. Washington, Aug. 11. —In the business of selling petroleum products in foreign countries, the price policy of ' the Standard Oil company has been apparently to sacrifice the interests of the American consumer for the pur- . pose of securing the Standard’s for- ' eign business. This direct charge is ' made in an official report to President ( Roosevelt by Herbert Knox Smith, , commissioner of corporations in submitting to him further results given j of the operations of the Standard Oil j company by the bureau of corpora- j tions. Part three of the report, dealing with discriminations in prices, was , made public by Commissioner Smith, j It consists of a detailed summary of , the work of the investigators and a ' letter of transmittal of the report to J the president. Commissioner Smith asserts that the s Standard, enjoying practically kn ab- , solute monopoly of the oil trade in this j country, has charged “such prices as it j could thereby extort and the American ( consumer has had to pay these prices, j Meeting competition abroad, it has j given the foreign consumer enormously lower prices and it has used ( the profits made at home to maintain ( its position abroad, so that the Amer- ( ican consumer has been severely dis- j criminated against for the purpose of . maintaining, not the dominance of ( American export trade, but the domin- ( ance of a particular combination which , has used its power frequently and j conspicuously to the advantage of the j American publiq.” ] o : .

The city presents a much better appearance at the present time than it did six months ago, owing to the fact that many blocks of cement sidewalk have been put In which not only adds beauty to our city, but also supplies the needs of the people, Sedalia, the capital of Owen counshlp, has joined the ranks of the drytowns in the county, the last liquor license held in the place having expired and the city of Frankfort is the one place in the county where there is a licensed saloon. For some ’time past Sedalia has been the one small town in the county that could boast of a licensed saloon but a blanket remonstrance In the township caused it to join those gone before and the place is now dry as a bone. — Frankfort Crescent. ■ A wreck, which might have proved serious,was prevented here this morning when number 45, a west bound through freight, left the Clover Leaf yards. A. H. Neff, the operator discovered a brake beam dragging on the ground on a car near the rear of the train. He immediately signaled the conductor to stop the train. It finally puled up near the west end of the yards after the brake beam had been pulled off and the car had left the track. The car was soon put on the track again and the train went on west. If the train had not been stopped when it was, a general smash-up of the cars would have resulted. —Bluffton Banner. 0 — Here is Relief for Woipen. If you have pains In the back, Urinary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant, herb cure for woman’s ills, try Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf. It is safe and never falling monthly regulator. At Druggists or by mail 50 cents. Sample package FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y.

Court. Brown, the “Dutch tramp” : Fao was sentenced to the penitentiary Ax years ago for robbing the Amish people in the vicinity of Berne, and who was pardoned one year ago last February, after which he worked at Lafayette, returned a few weeks ago to his old stamping grounds in the Amish settlement. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Butler Saturday after a chase of three quarters of a mile. Six years ago Brown terrorized the Amish settlement by entering their homes and stealing anything he could find and if he held g grudge against them he would out down their trees or do anything that he thought would satisfy his vengeance. The Amish became indignant over his actions and a warrant was sworn out for his artest. Dan Erwin was sheriff at the time and it was up to him to make the arrest. It was generally known that Brown was a hard proposition to capture as on several occasions before he had flawed guns in the faces of officers who attempted to arrest him, but Sheriff Erwin was equal to the occasion. He approached Brown, who was sitting on a rail fence, having picked up a paper in the road, asked if it belonged to him. The wanted man, not recognizing Mr. Erwin to be an officer, advanced toward him replying that it was his paper. Mr. Erwin in an Instant pushed a big thirty-eight revolver in his face and easily took him into camp. Brown was given a trial, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of two to fourteen years. He was a model prisoner and one year ago last February was released. He went from the penitentiary to Lafayette, Indiana, where he worked up until a short time ago .when he returned to Berne and at once began his same old operations. On August the second he went to the home of Mr. Sprunger, near Berne, and asked the young lady at that place for his supper. The girl expressed her willingness to give him what was left‘from their supper, but this did not satisfy him and he left cursing, return soihe time in the night and cut down twenty apple trees, and completely spoiled a top buggy. A short time ago, while John Schwartz an Amish, was at the bedside of his mother, this desperado entered his home and took every stitch of clothing he could find and when arrested he had some of the clothing on his person. Deputy Sheriff Dallas Butler happened to be at Berne last Saturday on business and he was informed by Emil Franz about the actions of Brown, and. as they were talking he (Brown) walked across the railroad track. This being a good opportunity to capture the desperado, Butler suggested that they do so. Brown realized that he must make his escape or again find himself in the str,ong arm of the law and he made a desperate) effort to escape, but Butler was not to be so easily beaten, and made a heroic effort to get his hands on this man, and he was only successful after he had taken a shot at him, and threatened to kill him if he did not stop.. After getting him safely in his arms Butler took him to town and he was bound over to the,circuit court in Squire Llddy’s court and brought to this city and lodged in jail. A search of his pockets revealed many articles that he has frequently used among which were a bunch of home made keys, powder blow, and a searchlight. Brown will undoubtedly get another chance to don the stripes if the charges are proven true. o The Supreme Tent of the Knights of Maccabees of the World has begun overtures looking to with the Modern Maccabees, an organ- ‘ ization formerly under the same management in different but recently operating as a rival in the .same field. If complete amalgamation cannot be effected a working agree, ment is to be sought that will do away with the harmful and costly competition. :

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km ■ I ■Stea. Tbe Keeley Treatment has Cured more than a quarter of a million of men and women of tbe Liquor and Drug Habits. The qne essential point is to know you are dealing with Gennlne representatives. The Keeley Institute 1204 South Adams Street, Marion, Indiana, owns and controls the rights to this Treatment for aUof Northern Indiana. All mistakes can be avoided by remembering this statement. And If you wish further information, call on or address the manager. Dr. W. V. Daniels i at the above address. I AU confidences carefully guarded. 1 L IL 'J ' LARGE ACREAGE OF TOMATOES. 1 Favorable Weather Me a ns the Largest Crop Ever in State. ■» The increased number of canning ' factories in the state and the increased demand for vegetables this year has led Indiana farmers and gardeners to plant a larger acreage of ‘ tomatoes than ever before. With good weather the tomato crop in this state will be a “whopper,” < his year in every respect. According to statistics compiled by Miss Mary Stubbs, state statistician, a total of 21,822 acres of ground has been planted in ' tomatoes this year within the borders 1 of Indiana. Last year the total tomato 1 acreage was 19,194. In 1905 the acre- ' age was 15,013. Scott county generally leads in the production of tomatoes, but this year the tomato growers of that county have planed more ground than ever before. The acreage reported in that county is 2,265, as against 1,999 of last year. The next highest county is Tipton, which reported an acreage of 2,056. o - - BEEN ILL SEVERAL MONTHS The Deceased is a Daughter of Deitrick Reiter—The Funeral Will . Occur Wednesday. Mrs. Ferdinand Schoppmann, aged thirty years, died Sunday morning at her country home one mile south of Hoagland, at five o’clock, after an illness of several months duration, death resulting from Internal hemorrhages, the result of a severe attack of pneumonia. She 1 was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs Deitrick Reiter and was born and raised in this county, where she also received her early educatioh. She was united in marriage a few yars ago to Frederick Schoppmann, and to this union was born three children, a son and two daughters. Several months ago she was stricken with pneumonia and she had a very hard battle surviving the ravagjngs of this disease, which left I her’ in a very weakened condition. Saturday night she was seized with internal hemorrhages, and early Sunday morning death relieved her. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock at the St. Johns church, Rev. Jans officiating, and interment' will be made in the St. Johns cemetery. She leaves a mother and a husband, one son and two daughters to mourn their loss. —I 0 Charles Pennington has organized a second ball team of local boys that are good snappy players and this team will no doubt mqke most of the teams in their class step some to beat them. The telegraphers’ strike,which practically started in Chicago Thursday night, is spreading over the west and south, but so far no farther east than ‘Detroit. Kansas City, Dsnver and Salt Lake are completely tied up. Dallas, Ft. Worth and El Paso, in Texas, joined during the day. In New Orleans sixty Postal operators quit, the first effect of the strike of the Postal men in Chicagp, but up to a late hour yesterday the Western Union men were at work.