Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1909 — Page 3

enfaw before ten thirty at the home 4f Mr. u< Mrt Bdbertt Hanfltag In Fort Wayne. The latter 5, a daughter <ot Mr. and Mat W. 1 Meyers est this city. Mi*. aieyers received * letter from her daughter this morning giving an account at the affair. Mr. and Mrs. Harding had gone to the Wayne Street ..Methodist chart*, where they were attending a meeting of the St. Ceclla Circle of the Daughters of the King. They returned at 10:45 and noticed immediately .on entering their home ,that burglars bad been in the house. The writing desk had „ been disturbed in the sitting room, and the papers were scattered about the room. Some loose change was taken from the desk. Upstairs in their sleeping apartments burnt matches were lying on the floor and the jewel case on the bureau was open and Mrs. Harding’s watch, a gold chain, three valuable rings, two \ broaches and a valuable scarf pin belonging to Mr. Harding were stolen. The police were summoned and a detective worked all Saturday morning, but has not yet found any clue, and the identity of the robbers remains a mystery. L, W. wa f at Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Acker of this city, recently accepted a position in East St. Louis that of division freight superintendent of the Vandalia route with headquarters at that place. Mr. Acker was > >. reared in this county on his father’s farm near llivarre, and taught school! for several years. He has been con-' nected with several of the largest railroad system* folr the last, ten years. He left this dty about twenty years ago for Kansas, where he taught school. He has made his home at Denver, Pueblo and other cities of the west, and during this time he worked at various Important work on the railroads. Ma Acker first served as private secretary to the president of the Vandalia railroad , system, which paid him about one hundred and fifty dollars a month salary. Later he was traveling auditor of the Denver and Rio Grande road, and received a fine salary, He has been unusually successful and his Decatur Mends are glad to hear of his success. Mr. Acker will arrive home in June to visit his parents and friends. Washington, March 22.—Senator B. i F. Shively is slated for first class committee assignments. Considering i the fact that he is a new senator and a member of the minority party, his committee appointments will be ex- i cepttonally good. His major assign- i ment #lll be a place on the commit- i

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tot a long penou m tervice, ana sonator Shively Thm smashed precedents 1 W landing on It 'in his first mouth ’ of membership In the senate. Indiana ■ will be the ortly -state in the ’Untton 1 to have two members of that great ’ committee, vflftdh has JurtsdhJtten over ' legislation affecting the Unted States 1 tn its relations with all the nations 1 of the earth. Senator Beveridge has 1 been a member est the foreign -relations committee ter several years. Be1 fore him Charles W. Fairbanks,when -a senator from Indiana, had a place - on It With both Indiana senators ■ on the committee the Hoosier state 1 will occupy a position of parttedar eminence in worid councils. The building boom has struck Decatur in earnest Within the next tea days or two weeks Louis Wise and George Steel will begin the erection of two modrn homes on north Fifth street near the North Ward school house. Both houses win contain all the modern Improvements, and when completed be quite an addition to the appearance of that part of the city. North Fifth street has been making great progress in the last few years, and it would appear that the progress already made will be but a drop in the bucket compared to the good things to come. The two houses mentioned will add materially te the growth and beauty already ap1 parent there. > ■ Charles E. Suttles with a large force of workmen began this morning on the five thousand dollar home to be built by Sam E. Hite, the Winchester Street grocer. The new structure will adorn north Third street and no expense will be spared to make it one of the handsomest on that popular thoroughfare. The work will be rush.ed to completion and it is the intention of the contractors to have the heme ready for occupancy within the next six weeks. \ The building on the west part of tbe lot owned by James Niblick of Second street and which has been a landmark there for many years, is being torn down, This building, formerly a carpenter shop, but recently used as a barn is still in a good state of preservation, though it has stood the summers suns and the winters blast for half acentury, and the timbers are good for many years to come. It Is said that lu*. Niblick will remove his dwelling from Second street to Third street where the barn stood and will remodel it, making a modern and pretty home.<'

.|c VMlen aad Will tan Worden, in a which |TS <ls demanded in payment i of notes given In T 903 for Insurance, i ■ < i /In the case-of Henry A. and Sarah t k. Tindall vs. Jacob Fogle, for parr tition, all depositions on file Were , ordered published. ■ An additional j third paragraph of answer was filed i ’by the -defendant, A marriage license was Issued to i Ernest D. Lusk, a rarmer, aged 21, t from Clayton, Michigan, to Bertha i Jane W#W», 17, of French township. ' >Real estate transfers: Daijid CMyers et al to Lekay Place et al, tract In St. Marys tp., >1,276; R-B. Smith Jr., to Margaret Hahn, lojt 51, Smith Chapel cemetery, >10; Jacob 1 Baker to Bertha Mfeshberger, ,/>0 Seres, Monroe tp., >B,OOO. I o — ■"" Mr. Harold Wilson, Who for some time has served as the agent here for the Wells-Farge Express company, has tendered his resignation, to take effect on Thursday of this week tad the day following he w!H leave for Topeka, Kansas, wlrere be will assume an interest in a large wholesale hardware house. He has contemplated tbs change for some time, but the details have just been arranged. He will be checked out here probably on Thursday and it is has not yet been announced who will succeed him. Harold is a clever young man and has become quite popular during his eighteen months' stay here, made many friend* by hl* strict attention to business and was recently offered the office at Michigan City, by his company. However, the possibility of going into business for himself In the west caused him to turn down the offer. The jobbing house with which he will be connected at Topeka, has been- established about a year and has prospects of a great future, which Harold’s Decatur Mends hope he will share to the degree he deserves. -,-"O — - Reinhard Doehrman, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doehrman of near Echo, in Wells county, and the grandson of Conrad Doehrman of this county, died Sunday morning at 5:30 after an illness of about one week with catarrhal pneumonia. The age of the babe was two months and twenty days. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, at the house at one o’clock and at the Freidheim church at about two o’clock. Interment at the Lutheran cemetery.

>1 FUNERAL OF BARKLEY'! e Union TowneWp Lady, Who Died in n Denver, Laid to Rost. t i. The remains of Mrs. John A. Barkley, arrived at Monroeville Sunday 1 morning and wwre .conveyed from - there to the borne In Union township. 9 The sad hearted husband accompanied 1 the remains of his loved companion I home, where were assembled a number of relatives and friends, who seemed inconsolable in their grief. > The funeral services were held Monday , afternoon, the party leaving the house » at one o’clock and the services were ► conducted at the East Liberty church in Allen county. O . ' ", ’ Rev. M. Gallmeler ig a brother of the Gallmelers who have been par- ’ ties to the big land case which has been in progress in the court here for a week past, and is himself one of the defendants. He has, however, , been absent from this county for flf- , teen years. In 1894 he went to Springfield, IlHnolsl where he was educated for the ministry, spending | six years in his preparatory work. , In 1900 he received a call from a town in Missouri, wtyere he remained until called to Cumberland. He visited here last year, and Impressed all who met him by his reserved, yet cordial manner. The following letter received at this office this morning from him will be of interest to the many who haye a high regard for his opinion and the Dally Democrat certainly appreciates every word of his message:. Cumberland, Md., March 19. Editor "Decatur Daily Democrat,” Decatur, Indiana: Dear Sir—ln this morning’s mail I find several copies of the Democrat I do not know to whom I am indebted for this courtesy. Nevertheless, permit me to state that I am very much gratified not only on account of the full report your paper contains on the case now pending in the, court of your county in which I am naturally greatly interested, but also on account of the great progress which I notice the Democrat has made in the years since I first read it The perusal of your paper made me hark back. I recollect that the Democrat was the first newspaper printed in the English language which in my boyhood days in the early eighties, at the time my father, the late F. W. Gallmeter &>, of PreMe township, was one of Its subscribers, I laboriously tried to spell out and read. Thus you see that thlsvenerable journal has in a measure also been instrumental in giving me an educa-

ition, which I herewith cheerfully acI DOtwlthstamliiiff that such 1 acknowledgement may beam as ing rather late. At that time the Democrat was ’ a Weekly, ana 1 believe, a struggling r one at that. Now It Is a daily and to all apeparances a prosperous one. . Its typographical as well as Its llt--1 erary garb compare favorably with i that of many city papers with far ■ greater pretentions. Its advertising > columns are filled with the announce- . ments of live, up to date, progressive r merchants and business men. This s especially I note with pride and sat- > isfaction. For it augurs well for the i thrift, -progress and prosperity of a community If it liberally supports and patronizes Its home press, its county paper, its best friend, which loyally stands by It in weal and woe, in times i of adversity as well as In prosperity, , always seeking to promote its best . interests. So then, here Is to a prosperous future for the Daily Democrat, the city of Decatur, and dear old Adams county, my Home Sweet Home. Very sincerely yours, M. GALLMEIER. ■ 11 O' ■ REPRESENTS N. DAKOTA Flf?M 1 C. E. Jaberg, of Fargo, North Dakota, I* In the City. C. B. Jaberg, of Fargo, North Dakota, is in the city being the traveling representative of the W. A. Scott real estate company., The mission of Mr. Jaberg at this time is to appoint local agents who will have great tracts of land for sale in that state and which is owned or controlled by this company. It is what is known as Red River land, the soil being rich and fertile and great in wheat producing qualities. This la the strong feature, they claiming that it is the greatest wheat producing land in the . world. Agents will be appointed in all the cities in this section and an effort made to Interest buyers In the good qualities of the soli there, together with the future possibilities of that part of this great country. Mr. Fargo has many relatives in this county and will visit them while here. ——————-O' ■ ’ ——> ■ The police officers here are determined to break up the wholesale chicken stealing which has been in progress for some weeks. For some weeks past, parties on Adams street have been missing fowls every night or so. Sunday Abraham Meyers notified his son, Sheriff Meyer, that his coop had been robbed of two birds that would make an excellent Sunday dinner, and Deputy Sheriff Green and Marshal Butler at once got busy.

-IThey located the Chfekta* ffil right h in the pot at a home where it was - suspected they were going, but of course, it was too late to identity i them, so no arrest was made. It is " S quite probable, however, that this 1 particular family will be mighty carei. ful in the future. 0 — 1 MONROE TO |J£VE NEW STORE r ■ ; William Townsend Opens a Buggy and Harness Store There. 5 Monroe is to have a new business ’ house. William Townsend, of Sbarpsville, Indiana, has located there and 5 will soon open a carriage, buggy and 1 harness store. He is located in the J Johnson building near the postoffice, and his leader In the buggy line will be the Binkley, made at Tipton. He 1 expects to do a good business In the ’ hustling little town, and wfli no doubt ’ do so. ’ .. . 0 . John Potter, who has served as clerk at’ the Hotel Murray for two years past, left today for Wabash, where he has accepted a position as clerk at the Tremont hotel. Hl* place here is being filled by James Beery. John Spuller has rented space te the room occupied by Thomas Leonard and Tom Haefllng, north of the Blackburn drug store, and will exhibit there his DeLaval cream separator, for which he has the agency and which he says is the best in the world. Tom Railing and wife left here at noon today for Chicago, where they will visit friends a few days, and then go to Springfield, Illinois, where Tom reports for duty in the Three-I league. He is in excellent condition and his Mends are expecting him to easily make good. Barney Kalver arrived home Monday morning from Pittsburg, where he has been for a week past While there he visited several nephews whom he had never seen. He had a royal time and had to hunt up all kinds of excuses to get awpy, as they Insisted on him staying'there for the summer. The first commencement in Wells county in 1909 was held Friday evening, when a class of three girls were graduated from the Craigville high school. The exercises cleebrating the auspicious occasion In three young lives were held in the United Brethren church at Craigville, and the interest was such that the edifice was taxed to its capacity to accomodate the crowd that was present to see the graduates receive the diplomas marking their entrance into another epoch in their lives.—Bluffton News. - .