Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1908 — Page 5

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P^M^r^S^M^ t D o Au ’ Sbu ’ eer et « have who was elected to Samuel Mger, a small L T r°m Maska, is well known < and in Jefferson township for has Eureka Oil & Gas Co . has address is 1312 »th 8W an oil lease in Wabash [Washington, D. C. son townships to M P . C olt Washington, D. U I n„,<r Co . Columbus, Ohio. U DM'' 0 :’ ch eerfuily recom lt fme aas a "ery efficient rem*rryman held court at luX/is and coMs. today, while Judge Macy I » Thomas C» e - - heard issues in several I C Slemp, Congressman from I /writes: “I have used yourr val- . I ' ° f *e Randolph circuit I ernedy as an invigorating 1 jurisdiction in the case I T*/effective and permanent IGallmeyer. trustee, vs. I * \. ati rrh.” | eyer et al - Attorneys 1 a-lin the Idea' laxative. Irrer filed by the plainPftru .l Paragraph of the sepI our Druggist for a If Dora Gallmeyer but I mac for 1909. I rendered.

S FIRST VISIT HOME. 29,-There never - | measure before conCoppersmith Comes f rOrn I Memory of the oldILeavenworth, Kansas. | c , e Hoosier delegapj of I 3r,h sue b vigorous I John Ritter was the victim OI | O i . T-nnsdavl bankers of Indioleasant surprise on Tuesday i a , |r I enator Carter for Ur brother George Coppersmitn.| tb n in nn-1 a system of posLnworth, Kansas, walked In up l (a .i. I this country. [ unawares. It was the first Tt i tnr I ’ and messages liof the brother and sister ior| OV ( ■ I tn li j telephone from Ivin vears so it Is needless tohrd 1 ■wo jeuia. - embers of the Ki iov was unconfined around I ger. . . ni joj "a- I ! opposition to Kihe Ritter home for a time I this ■ l 1 - “ . I n the opinion ■Ling. A family reU " lo " l ± f 1 r bankers and H g planned, the same to take f , lia a ■ the home of another d^ ba n k( :s and ■Lpersmith, of Rockford. Ohio, h.. th of ■lYear’s day. George Copper- medi jn th<? ■ led near Rockford and left ’, ot con . H-l thirty years ago. and this t(n t opposition ■-L- visit home. He will stav bj . thelr ■Xks, and It is safe to say asto c , inkers are ■.lime will be pleasantly spent.lwrith] capacity I I • — l and e 1 protests. ■Ational Union, an insurance Thc s?ociatjou ■.llch has perhaps paid more heads col i ectioD ■ I Decatur than any other fra- | o f Ind IVe been ■ler. and which is considered fi ied i gubject ■ lie best that does business I within ■ id a meeting at the office of I ■lin Monday night, when the I W asl, nPnlie? ■klere chosen for the ensuing l o f p r . - n( jj a n:i l c yi e s c ■

HB>lwill soon be here and an | c p em ist bv b ■1 be made to Increase the | cT amp i ( ■Jip of the local lodge, which I t >, ns . a i. t h 4 T ers about fifty ’ Tbe neW lolUcial k)OSi MJ elected are: W. J- Myers, | ve ]t’s te )on Krick.vice president; Ibarding t<: d jls-lleller, speaker; James P | an -j forn b j e l:;i,secretary; Fred V. Nfills. | w abo’tf, iLcretary; R- K. Allison, I g ( , r y > but,\ ■t-rtD. B. Erwin, usher; A. C. Imade mu i ®" I 1 chaplain; J. A Smith, ser- | lta rned H M> 1 Ims; D. M. Hensley. door-| w ay. Wh e»W.W. P. McMillen, L. I p, a tch of r I lam and J. T. Merryman I committee who will| men who be IpeL books of the officers for| is re ady,” ld " J - l ar and report at the next| nfb been ' 8 1 : I H - Heller ' W - J ’ MyerS and Ibien foug Stfflen. They will meet next| by a dult< r ' ■ l t ; .-lening at Erwin's office to I rca dy to

isral Decatur young r r to a youth, who £ 1 part of the city, , it several affidavits , officers expect to f y went to Decatur > she will visit relair a few days. Her so visiting in ® e ’ inner. o —— rORIA and (Thildren. avi Ahrap Bought

T, "' ,KB iis h l<>X Woods or Raeville [ s h<*re f O r a day or Indiana. bu iness affairs. Mr ® tteo dh« to J j>n Ridgeville for ' oods has ii ved a ~ d owns a large fa^T? ,y years H'at town. His wife J aort b of <*«W y.-ars ago the “Id Dr. Jeleff w7 n V attßhteTof a rtird or a century 't lced b ere a sister of Dr. ChX She was Woods through her d ’ J?’’ Mr°'*’ner of one-third O f t 3 ??"* ,be er,y which lies just ed effprop ’ Protestant cetneterv Jl* ' he °' d assessed sl/2.50 on L J aad ’as Mr. W«fc J, J" ** i' was exorbiant L “* strenuously tt the ” ° b ' Ipme. claiming L J a T** ° f (nd in another direr on H eT h ‘ S |?ye d an attorney S ■? leaving the city JKh r fro m Oconoiiowoc. Wis and Mb I* Day, 64. rs this city " Tbe MR has been marred once, his w ife ■■ "‘■nty years ago and the bride er ast busland having died ago.

4 Tv co urt wa?'. aC J ailence f n Police ’ ’ ben Dr. w n o Monday night i sn d Leo Wehtu. Sm ‘ ,b ' ° f Hoa Sland. celled upon to * ’ hiß clty -re ■I" B xrr n r f ’ 9 - 3 °each ’ charge of , rn , the fonner on the ! -u‘t an, i a , ° ke ' ' he l*ter for as- ' come < 0 ? attery - Dr Smith had ? business XV± S dly ° D 'cig at the Fa n 4 Quartered his "as at th e h he oU,fit - Webber the speed of ? uv th<? question as to Webber stated “thJt’lTT ar °”- 'bar ennta he had an animal Os »10 f° C propositi( >n for a bet Produced his mi,h and When Webber ebtek fn m ° ney ’ Smith drew a dm Stipulated amount,which. Wehs ’ 4 d BOt suit the fancy of Inn Wh ° Sa ' d be must cast his raps on the hard cold. A word comcom ,? nSUWi ln which remarks not complimentary i n the extreme, were Parsed back and forth and which so '■ago Mebber that he struck the J or and administered severe punishment to him. Smith filed an affi- ' against the aggressor charging assault an d battery and Squire Smith pr< mptly fined him. Webber retaliated by filing a charge of provoke against Smith and he was fined after " ich the participants went on their ’ay. shaking hands with themselves 'hat the fines were not sls.

A county option election may never b e called in Jay county. This is especially true if the coming session of the state legislature should repeal the law enacted at Governor Hanly’s special session held last September. This decision was reached at a joint meeting of the Ministerial association of Penland and the temperance workers of the city held Sunday afternon to d.tcuss the furtherance of the plans formulated at a meeting held last week when it was unanimously decided to prepare and circulate petitions at once in order that the 1,400 names might be secured in time to file the petition at the January session of the board of commissioners. These petitions were drawn and were ready for circulation on Thursday of last week. The time was decidedly short and failing to find persons anxious to circulate the petition and the still harder task of securing signers was responsible for the meeting Sunday and the final postponement of the filing of the petition until the February session of commissioners' court. — Portland Sun. o — The Irene, recognized sa the latest means of railway conveyance, equipped with mammoth dynamos and operated by electricity, passed through Decatur Tuesday afternoon at 1:50 and vs seen by’more than a hundred people who gathered at the Clover Leaf station. This motor car left the shops of the Strang company last March and since then has operated over the principal trunk lines of the east, the Pennsylvania, Reading, B. & 0.. Central of New Jersey, Railway Valley, Cumberland Valley and many others. It has frequently exceeded sixty miles an hour in these runs. On November 21 the car left New York over the Lehigh Valley railroad for Buffalo and from that city came to Chicago over the Erie. Since then It has been operating over the Alton and is now on a demonstration trip over the Clover Leaf and return with the following officials aboard: Geo. J.

Cliareton, Genl. Pass. Agt.; D. Bowes, Chief Asst. Gen. Agt.; R. J. McKay, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.; W. H. Abel, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.; E. L. Brown, Dist. Pass. Agt., Toledo; A. D. Perry, Dist. Pass. Agt.. Mexico; C. R. Murray, Dist. Pass. Agt.. Bloomington; E. J. Naylor, Dist. Pass. Agt., Dallas, Texas: Frank O'Brien, Dist. Pass. Agt., St. Louis; C. A. King, Gen. Fgt. Agt.;F. L. McLain, M. A. Clover Leaf; D TI. KJump. ’.trainmaster W. B. Strang, pres., J. King Duffe. vice-pres., L G. Wilson, chief eng.. J. W. Eskhclme. asst, eng., Strang company. A representative of the Democrat was shown through the car by Mr. Dvffy, vice president of the Strang company and was told in detail of the new contrivance of travel. The interior is beautiful and conveniently arranged, the seating capacity being ’as large as that of a Pullman coach. ‘The crew consists of a motorman and Conductor. The motor room is probn blv the most attractive of all with 8 mechanical devices and a specta--1 r could entertain himself for hours itching the manipulation of the mat inery This motor car can be op- » V ted at a very low expense and it is improbable that the Clover Leaf in pie will install a number of them U 'be near future. n f te advertising program for the Smit! m instrel ’show is being printed nith. week and will be as handsome y sho ua i_ -

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VOTE WAS SEVEN TO FIVE. be Dunn Case Assumes a Peculiar Shape. Following the disagreement of the jury on Saturday, Charles W. Dunn, ' uo has three times undergone the ordeal of trial on the indictment which charges him with the murder of Alice < cthrell at Wallen more than seven years ago, has gone quietly back to his work. He is at liberty under a bend of $5,000 and is living with his sen, uncomplainingly awaiting the final disposition of the case which has become unique in the annals of the Alien county courts. Dunn has little comment to make beyond the reiteration of his declaration that he is innocent and the expression of entire satisfaction with the efforts and the course of his attorneys. When Judge Watkins dismissed the jury at 4 c clock Saturday afternoon it lacked but ten minutes of forty-seven hours since the panel of twelve men had received the court’s instructions and rtired to the jury room to deliberate upon a verdict. Subsequent developments show that the jurors were hopelessly divided in judgment, and that agreement was impossible. The vote of the jury it is learned, stood steadfastly at 7 to 5 in favor of acquittal of the aged man. The future of the case is entirely problematical. There is a persistent belief in many quarters that it will never come to trial again, but that it will be dismissed by the state. Under the law the prosecuting attorney may, with consent of the jvdge of the court, nolle prosse a case of this character, but ProsecutorThoma.3 has given out no statement regarding his intentions in the matter.- —Fort Wayne Sentinel.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hower entertainel at a turkey roast Monday in hono- of their grandson, Bice Thomas Dilie’s first Christmas. Those present were Mr. Frank Hower, Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Dille, Miss 110 Dille, Georgian Dille, Josephine Hower, Carl Hower. The hours were happily spent. All departed wishing Mr. and Mrs. Hower more such happy Christmas. The Young People'* Society of the Evangelical church held their businss meeting at the parsonage. There was a full attendance and following the business session officers for the coming term were elected: President, Mrs. Runyon; vice president, Miss Ella Edington; recording secretary, Miss Vernia Smith; corresponding secretary, Miss Gladys Kern; treasurer, Mr. Eugene Runyon; organist. Miss Vernia Smith: chorister, Mr. George Kern. After the business session a social time was enjoyed by all, after which light refreshments were served. Attention is called to the meeting of the Ladies’ Mite Society of the M. E. church on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 30, at the home of Mrs. W H. Nachtrieb. A musical program will be given and a very pleasant afternoon is promised Let all members and friends of the society be sure to attend. o — Frank M. Schirmeyer left Tuesday morning for Belt, Montana, where he was called on account of the very serious illness of his stepmother. For several days she has been quite sick and last evening Mr. Schirmeyer reeled another message from his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Young, of Belt, with whom the mother has lived for some years, stating that she was very low and if he wished to see her alive he should come at once. The aged Mrs. Schirmeyer is well knoxvn here, is a sister of C. C. Cloud, the ex-county recorder and M ’ed here for over forty years. She left here about fifteen years ago after the death of her husband and has since lived with her daughter in the west. She is past eighty years old, and it is probable that her illness is due to her age. though none of the messages have stated the cause. It is scarcely probable that she will recover. She has a number of other relatives in this county.

George Hill, teamster for the Schafer Hardware company had a thrilling experience Tuesday afternon at three o’clock when his team an d wagon went down the bank of the St. Marys river with great force, the animals landing against trees at the shore. Hill was engaged in hauling dirt away ftom the lot where excavating is being done preparatory to the construction of the new Schafer building and was unloading at the rear of the Kirsch Sellemeyer and Sons lumber yard, when the embankment gave way and Hill jumped from the wagon just in time to avert what certainly would have been an awful accident. After some little time the horses were rescued from their perilous position. One of the animals was badly injured as a result of the fall and aside from this but little damage wa^ Shucks Schumackj n y w h o knew st.il Garrett, Indiana, ft er sorffort ar. dici cepted a posits so rro-< Besides the restaurant. _ survived t> T several / brothers. j ' vgT

REV. FOX CLAIMS A BRIDE Married Monday to Mist Grace Glenn. There was a quiet wedding at the home of Mr. an d Mrs. William Glenn 310 west DeWald street at 3 o’clock this afternoon, when Miss Grace Cur tfs Glenn and Rev. Frank Morton Fox were united in marriage by Rev. Dr. John Halcom Shaw, a noted Presbytrian clergyman of Chicago. Only the immediate relatives of 'he bride were present. The bride wore a simple but beautiful empire gown cf white Japanese crepe, made with a yoke of maltese lace and trimmed a little with gold lace on the bodice, and : a touch of the trimming about the collar and sleeves and ends of the sash. For ornament the bride wore a bunch of violets as she carried no bouquet, and two pretty pins, the gifts of spe- i cial friends. One was a Maderian filagree stick pin, and the other was a coronet pin of gold, set with seel pearls. After the ceremony the company were served refreshments in the dining room, which was decorated with ferns, white carnations and jonquils. The same colors predominated in all decoration, and carnations and jonquils were the only flowers used to any extent. This afternoon the bride ai.'u groom left for an absence of a week from the city. For traveling Mrs. Fox wore a dark blue cloth suit, with blue hat trimmed in green, and a light shade of blue. The bride and groom will return to the city on Saturday and will go to housekeeping at 2227 south Harrison street, where they will be at home to their friends after the first of February. A brother of the bride, Burr Glenn, of Beards-, town, 111., was the onlv guest from out of town. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. Both the bride and groom are quite well known in this city, the former being a relative of the Blackburns. o— A PERSONAL APPEAL. If we could talk to you personally about the great merit of Foley’s Honey and Tar, for coughs, colds and lung trouble, you never could be induced to experiment with unknown preparations that may contain some harmful drugs. Foley’s Honey and Tar costs you no snore -and has of forty years of cures. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o— ... . - David Studabaker who has suffered fiom a long seige of typhoid fever continues to improve and will be ab'e to sit up within a few days, though it will be several weeks before he can be around as usual, and he will probably not re-enter school this year. o When You Put on Stockings of the heavier sort, do your shoes pinch, and your feet swell and perspire? If you sprinkle Alien’s FootEase In your shoes, it will give you rest and comfort, and instant relief from any annoyance. Sold Everywhere, 25c. Do'n’t accept any substitute.

Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer receivefl word this morning fro m Mrs. Young of Belt .Montana, stating that her mother was greatly improved and it Is hoped that by the time Mr. Schirmeyer arrives there some time this evening that she will be much better. o . — GUILTY of counterfeiting. Passing counterfeit money is no worse than substituting some unknown worthless remedy for Foley’s Honey and Tar, the great cough and cold remedy that cures the most obstinate coughs and heals the lungs. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o Brown fk Summers, the Monroe real estate dealers, are at home from a trip to Pickards. Indiana, where they sold two tracts of land, on for $l9O an acre and the other for $135 an acre. They have Oklahoma lands for sale and will make a trip there leaving here January 5. Any one wanting to go along may do so. When Rubbers Become Necessary and your shoes pinch. Allen’s FootEase, a powder to be shaken into the shoes, is just the thing to use. Try it for Breaking in New Shoes. Sold everywhere, 25c. Sample Free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. Don’t accept any substitute. oMr. and Mrs. John W. Tyndall will give a family dinner on New Years day as has been the custom for several years. The guests will include Judge and Mrs. D. D. Heller, Miss Bertha Heller, Miss Elizabeth Corbus. Mr. H. B. Heller and J. H. Heller and family. — o On the top wave of public favor— Admiral coffee.2o9-tf Complexion Proswnd DR. HKRRA'S VIOLA CREAM f W Removes Freckles, Pimplee, C— Liver • Moles, Blaekheeds, \ Seebers and Tee, and ro \ stores the ekia to iia original freshness, producing • clear and healthy flexion. Superior to all face . « 'jsissahgsa. Kgciiii :{sftMßSa.‘ f ?S’S©a? ’ Kval for lh« nuruery. Absolutely pun At draggitu, Price 25 Ce«t«. _ /.>. C. BITTNER A CO.. O

THIS IS WORTH READING. Leo. F. Zelinskl. of 68 Gibson St., Buffalo, N. Y., says: “I cured the most annoying cold sore I ever had. with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, i applied this salve once a day fcr two davs, when every trace of the sore was gone.” Heals all sores Sold under guarantee at all dealers. 25c. e Work is progressing rapidly on the foundation of the building to be erected by the Schafer Hardware company and the structure will be built as rapidly as possible. o MEDICINE THAT IS MEDICINE “I have suffered a good deal with malaria and stomach complaints, but I have now found a remedy that keeps me well, and that remedy is Electric Bitters: a medicine that is medicine for stomach and liver troubles. and firq- run down conditions," sayg W. C. Kiestier, of Halliday. Ark. Electric Bitters purify and enrich the blood, tone up the nerves, and impart vigo r and energy to the weak. Your money will be refunded if it fails to help you. 50c at all dealers. o Niblick & Company are preparing for the big annual sale which they always give during January, and which is awaited by many of the careful buyers in this section. o Every Woman Will Be Interested. There has recently been discovered an aromatic, pleasant herb cure for woman’s ills, called Mother Gray’s Australian-Leaf. It is the only certain regulator. Cures female weaknesses and Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample Free. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y. o Just four more days and the Decatur public schools will re-convene after a vacation of ten days. The pupils have had ideal weather for their vacation and have well improved their time. o MARKED FOR DEATH. "Three years ago I was marked for death. A graveyard cough was tearing my lungs to pieces. Doctors fail- . ed to help me, and hope had fled, when [ my husband got Dr. King’s New Disi covery,” says Mrs A. C. Williams, of Bac, Ky. “The first dose helped me and improvement kept on until I had gained 58 pounds in weight and my health was fully restored.” This medI icine holds the world’s healing record for coughs and eolds and lung and throat diseases. It prevents ' pneumonia. Sold under guarantee by i all dealers. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottie free, o — Judge O’Rourke was an earjly morning visitor to Decatur, on his way home from Marion, where he at- . tended th e eleventh district Demo- . crntic banquet. While here he was ■ the guest of L. C. Waring. i , Here is Relief for Women. 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 a safe and nev-er-failing regulator. At Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample package FREE. Address, The Another Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y. o Mr. L. C. Waring is home from his visit to Marion, where he attended the eleventh district Democratic banquet. He reports it one of the most enjoyable of the many previously held by the Democrats of that district. The speeches were well received. — - - --o MRS. McRANEY'S EXPERIENCE Mrs. M. Mcßaney, Prentiss, Miss., writes: “I was confined to my bed for three months with kidney and bladder trouble, and was treated by two physicians but failed to get relief. No human tongue can tell how I suffered, and I had given up hope of ever getting well until I began taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy. After taking two bottles I felt like a new person, and feel it my duty to tell suffering women what Foley’s Kidney Remedy did for me.” THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o — A space ten feet square on a billboard facing Lafayette square, in New Orleans, has been given to the members of the New' Era club by Junius Garrick, and will be made to help in th° suffrage campaign the club is carrying on. Each week important facts concerning the movement will be announced on the space. o A DANGEROUS OPERATION. is the removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Mr. King’s New Life Pills is ever subjected to this frightful ordeal. They work so quietly you don’t feel them. They cure constipation, headache, biliousness and malaria. 25c. at all dealers. A real spring day this, and when we asked Doc Grandstaff if it wasn’t about the nicest weather he had ever known in Adaras county for this season of the year, he recalled one New Years day when he and John Wolford went out hunting in their shirt sleeves and came home with a dandy bunch of squirrels. On the same day they killed a snake in the woods, proving the fall season had been an unusually warm one.