Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1909 — Page 6

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Patrons of the Indiana lighting company are now being served with mixed coal and water gas for both heating and illuminating purposes which the company officials state means better satisfaction on all hands. Heretofore the artificial gas used In this city has been formed from the hydrogen In water, but the new plant, which has been In process of installation for the past six or eight months, was finally completed Tuesday and the new gas was Immediately turned Into the mains* While the company does not expect that many readjustments of the gas fixtures will be necessary there will of course be a few inconvenienced for a short time, but any reports to the main office will be promptly attended to. The nature of the new gas now being made at the Superior street plant consists chiefly in a greater per cent of efficiency and Is the kind being made in most of the larger gas plants. General Manager Mulholland explained the new gas as being a mixture of the hydrogen gas from water and the methane obtained in the destructive dissolution of coal. Steam from water is passed over a hot bed of coals and the oxygen is absorbed while the hydrogen with a few impurities is mixed with the methane gas from the coal. In the process under which the coal goes everything but the carbon is removed and that remains as coke. The result of the mixture is a gas of much better quality and stronger so that in some cases It is necessary to mix more air with It.—’Fort Wayne Sentinel. The Indiana company is the concern which is arranging to furnish gas in Decatur. ■ - o Attorney A P. Beatty filed a divorce case in which the charges are rather sensational, last Thursday. The plaintiff is Mrs. Hattie Johnson, and the defendant is Edward Johnson. About a week ago this family had some seriots trouble, in which the marshal was summoned and at that time Mrs. Johnson packed her belongings and left for good. The complaint filed today says that Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were married August 22, 1899, lived together Until March 24th, 1909. During that time according to the papers in this case Ed has been guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment, having cursed and rudely taken hold of his wife, and otherwise ill-treated her. On the evening of the twenty-fourth it is alleged he repeated his former actions and drove her away from the house, she being forced to spend the night with her sister. She also says he is addicted to the drink habit, and has other very serious faults, including bad associations, all of which makes it very unpleasant to live with him, and she therefore asks for a divorce. Mrs. Johnson claims that her husband owns real estate to the value of $lO,•00 and in addition to her decree she asks a judgment for $5,000 alimony. The parties are well known here and over the county. o Stockholders in the Ward Fence company have received their first quarterly dividend for 1909, and this fact is a matter of congratulation to - - the company, who since locating in Decatur have developed all and even more than they promised they would. Their business during the year has been in every sense a record breaker, and this dividend is expected to be a permanent’ feature of their business. They have one of the most complete fence factories in the country, and are now able to cope with most any sort of a demand upon them for the many kinds of fencing they make and ship to all parts ot this and other countries. They expect to grow even more and to make their business one of the greatest of its kind. That they will thus succeed every one believes, as they thoroughly understand all the fine points, manage the business throughout upon the high plane of good business and will thus get all the dividend payers that is in such a manufacturing entefprlse. Their busy season will soon be at its heighth, and their daily mall indicates that this year will far outstrip that of any former year of their career. ,

HENRY COUNTY LIKEB IT Gave a Large Majority In Favor of the Drya. Newcastle, Did., April I.—The unofficial but complete vote in the Henry county local option election shows Henry county “dry” by a majority of 2,586. These figures are compiled from returns ' received by the local option league and are considered reliable. Os the forty-two precincts in the county only one gave a "wet” majority, that one being the Fifth, which went "wet’’ seventeen votes. Factory men live In this prectact, largely. Newcastle gave “dry” majority of 326. ' ' -—y 0 ■ 1 Clyde Rice began his duty as a mail carrier Thursday and as a consequence the carriers ware redistreited so that the entire city is covered. There are a few places not reached because of the fact that they have no sidewalks and the houses are not numbered, but if they will comply with this order they will be served. The carriers will make four deliveries each day to the business district, at 7:30 and 9 o’clock a. m. and at 1:30 and 4 o’clock pt m. This district is divided as follows: No. 1, O P. Mills, outside boundaries of route find covemg all territory between, from Monroe street south on Jefferson, Second, north to Court, south to Clover Leaf. No. 2, Wid Dorwin, west side Second street to Court, west to Third, north to Monroe and east to office. No. 3, Fred Vaughn, north on Second to Marshall and west on Monroe to G. R. & L No. 4, Clyde Rice, east side of Second street to Evereitt & Hite grocery. Residence routes, deliveries at 9 a m. and 1:30 P. m.—Mills, from corner Os Third and Madison south to Erie, on Line street to corporation line. Rice, Third and Madison to Erie, west to Line, south to Elm, west to Thirteenth, north to Madison and east to Court House. Vaughn, west on Monroe to Fifth, north to Nuttman, west to Eleventh, south to Monroe, west to Fifteenth, south to Adams, east to Thirteenth, north to Madison, east to Court House. Dorwin, all that part north of Monroe and east of G. R. & I. except that portion from Fifth and Nuttman covered by Vaughn. This system will be used for one month, when the number of parcels and letters will be totaled and weighed, and if found unfair to any carrier, the routes will be re-arranged by taking off and adding to where necessary. . i i o-i — Berne, Ind., Daily Democrat)—Frod Neaderhouser a prominent citizen of this place, and one of the best known mew in Adams county, died here this morning. He was for years engaged in the flour mill business at Linn Grove, operating the plant owned for so many years"t>y his father, [Emanuel Neaderhouser. He was born In Hartford township March 9. 1869. He came hero about fifteen years ago and conducted a general store until about throe weeks ago when he sold out to Heller A Stuckey. He suffered from kidney trouble and had been seriously ill about a week. He is survived by a wife and three children and innumerable friends. He was a prominent Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock from the house, Interment at the Berne cemetery. The deceased is one of the beet known men in southern Adams county, where he has lived ail his life and where, too, he has been engaged in business ever since he left school. He made a great success and while he dies young, in fact right on the threshold of life Itself, yet he leaves hie sorrowing family with a fair competence. In Berne as well as every place else where he is known, he was a« prime favorite and epunted his friends by the numben of acquaintances he had. His death is universally regretted and has cast a gloom over the entire town ot Berne, where he was so well known and greatly admired. o v Thinly clad, frightened to an extent which only befalls one who witnesses the near approach of an awful and untimely death, Jacob Tester

A Kiirnlns* llOt.©! ill Tsihfyrt'.V Cdlltor Ohio Wednesd momin leavln to be devoured by the leaping flames his clothes, hat and suit case, saving only his watch. It was In an early hour ot the morning that the weird sound of the burning structure aha an alarm from people below rang as a death knell through the hallway add awakening, Mr. Tester awful disaster and almost certain death staring him in the face. The door to his room was ablase and th§ attendant heat was difficult to withstand. He hastily secured his watch and attired in hie night clothes, he leaped from the window escaping practically uninjured. The communication received here from Mr. Teeter is in part as follows: - The hotel burned this morning at three o’clock. Everybody got out My room door was just burning f through when I was awakened. I had just time to jump out of the window. All of my clothes went with the • hotel. I saved my watch but lost r my hat I don’t know whether or i not I will get through this week.— f Jacob Tester. I Mr Tester is at Liberty Center as--1 gisting in installing an engine for • A. Van Camp. i — o —- Peterson and Moran, of this city, and i Emrlck & Emrlck, attorneys from r Fort Wayne, filed a divorce case in ■ which Sadie Schlegel is plaintiff and • Henry Schlegel defendant The couple were married May 19, 1883, and 1 lived together until January Ist last, , over twenty-five years. Henry is accused of being an habitual drunkard and failure to provide, Mrs. Schlegel being forced to work for neighbors 1 to support herself and children. They have four children, two of whom are i married. Mra Schlegel asks for the custody of the other two, Charles, aged i eleven and Bessie agde seven. Prosecutor Heller has filed an affidavit and transcript from Squire i Smith’s court, in the circuit court, Grade Sever vs. Homer Aaehleman, a paternty charge. Eichhorn , & Vaughn, of BQirffton. are attorneys i for the relatrlx. K Another new case filed is entitled Fort Wayne Electric Works vs. Wili 11am G. Spencer, to collect 3125. It is alleged that Spencer owes said firm for $72.79 for seven meters, delivered July 6th last. A. P. Beatty is attorney for the plaintiff. ■- E. S. Callihan has sued tllara Wheat on a note given December 22, 1908, due in sixty days and calling for $66.53 and interst Butcher A Armantrout are the attorneys. The report of the insanity board, declaring Mrs. Louisa Kruckenberg, of Union township to be of unsound mind, was filed at the county clerk’s office and she will be taken to East Haven as soon as there is a vacancy. ’.... 0 11 " A deal was closed Thursday morning which makes G. W. Styles of North Manchester, Indiana, the new proprietor of the Park Hotel. He is i a brother to Mrs. M. A. Ham, wife of the former manager. Years of ex- , perience in the hotel business in Missouri has well fitted Mr. Styles for the business, and he is well able to handle the work. He Assumed control of the hotel today. Mr. Styles ■; and his wife win move here soon. MA Ham, who retires from tte 1 business, has made no definite plans i for the future, but he will-leave the i, city, which Decatur people wllf reI gret to have him do. Gaining Mr. i Styles as an enterprising citizen la i a good thing for Decatur, and he will no doubt make a success of the busi ineus. i ———o— ——-- m I RANDOLPH COUNTY GRAND JURY , In Session Twenty-Two Daye and 1 Returned 238 Indictments. I Winchester, Ind., April 2.—There- ) cent Randolph county grand jury was I a record breaker in point of the ■ length and diligence of its session, i Twenty-two working days were put in and 238 indictments were returned, five of which were for felonies ; and the remainder for misdemeanors, nearly all of which were alleged I violations of the state’s complex 11i quor laws. The cost of the session , was a little over SSOO and this exceeds ed the appropriation made by the ) county council, which did not antlcii pate such an extended meeting. O■' • "*• 11 • • Attorney C. J. Lutz filed a new > case entitled Judson A. Jaqua vs. Grant Jordan, suit on note, demand $176. i Real estate transfers: John C. Roh* > rer to Henry Sprunger, lot 46, Berne, • $850; Daniel N. Erwin to Katherine Burdg, lot 960, Decatur, S9O. 11 Q 11 ■' I Trustee Magley, of Root township, was attending to business in the city today, a part of which appertained to • the welfare of Root township.

t 1 in the various departments of business life m<Xp completely than is true in Preble and its township, this fact having been vividly impressed upon the mind of a Democrat representative who yesterday paid a visit to the enterprising village. When the thoughts of the people revert to the early history of Preble, the nanft of David Werling Is associated with its progress, he being the prompter of every enterprise which has since contributed to the advancement of the town. Sixty years since, this venerable gentlemen came with his parents to Adams county and fifteen years later he removed to Preble township,where he purchased land at the nominal cost of six dollars per acre. Roads were then a luxury and the only neighbor to the Werilngs was Daniel Weldy, who pow resides in Decatur. Mr. Werling after accumulating two hundred acres of land and even before, inaugurated movements for the erection of buildings on his land, and as a consequence the town of Preble is in its entirety located on the land which was once owned by* him. In fact he still possesses a goodly portion of the village. In the year 1888 A C. Miller, superintendent of the Standard Oil company was desirous of purchasing land in the county and after being unsuccessful in securing a tract near Decatur he made an offer to Mr. Werling, which was hastily accepted, and during the follow ing year a tank was erected on the six acre strip of land located north ot the Brie railroad, where now stands a number of the massive receptacles. Within a short time another tank Was erected and they have continued to build tanks until they are now seventeas in number, with each one haying a capacity of 86,000 barrels of oil The tanks are not the only evidence of the existence of the Standard station, and its progressiveness. A boiler house with dimensions 40 ft. by 152 ft located south of the railroad contains twelve mamoth boilers, four feed pumps, two heaters and a six hundred barrel water purifier. The pump house 55x103 is also well equipped. There are several other buildings, including the office and operator’s room. As an evidence of the value of the Standard to Preble, their pay roll monthly averages more than $1,500. Seventeen men are employed regularly and often there are large forces of extra men employed. The seventeen tanks located at Preble receive oil from the Indiana, (Illinois and Kansas fields principally, arid it is pumped from here to other points. Two employes Os the Standard have heW and up to date homes under construction at the present time. These are Charles Foreman, fireman, and Ora Newhard, an employe of the pump house. The Preble Telephone company is also arranging to erect a residence in which the operator win reside and these buildings will be modern in every re-, spect A fact which cannot be overlooked in relating the story of the Standard Oil company is their possession of seventy-eight acres of land, sixty of which is located in Kirkland township, and the remaining eighteen in Preble township. Not since the construction of the first building in Preble has the town shown the slightest indication of, retrogression, but she has prospered beyond the fondest hopes Os her. admirers. While there are but two hundred and fifty inhabitants in the town* they are of th* tried and true type. Eighty per cent of the citizenship of Preble township la German, people whose integrity, honesty or loyalty has never been subjected to the sightest critictom, For thrift and enterprise they are nnequaled and by arduous labor the Preble township farmers have accumulated neat (fortunes. Their farms are well Improved, they advantage of telephone service and other conveniences which go to make ah. ideal country home. The resldeaiM,i are mindful of their duties at all times and this accounts for the scarcity of law suit* and other unpleasant happenings emanating from that vicinity. Preble township to a little government of which Adams county can well be proud. The dread scarlet fever which has invaded the homes of fourteen Preble township families to nearly stamped out, there being but two homes under quarantine at the present time. These Will be released next Saturday. ’ There are many sufferers from lagrippe in Preble and vicinity. Dr. Grandstafs has many patients who are suffering from the excruciating ailment ” r William Jaebker, storekeeper at Prebie, is making all preliminary arrangements for the construction of a new store building which will be modern. The structure will be built this spring, and when completed wiQ be a credit to the town. Mr. Jaebker enjoys a wide patronage and ba to

F Werl ins? abnilt fnrtv asm ■ KuXJ‘aSTsoM to . dard Oil company later for two hun- . deed dollars per. He still owns much , land in that vicinity, which cannot be 5 bought for $125 per acre. This to . another of the many evidences of , Preble’s Advancement , [ Among those who have figured con- . splcuouely as promoters of the inter- , est of Preble, is Jeff Klopfenstein, . who sixteen years ago opened to the public a place of business in a build- . ing of small proportions. He did a , thriving business, and to keep in f pace with hto rapidly increasing patk ronage, he built a beautiful bulldng t with all modern Improvements a few , years ago. This structure cost about , SIO,OOO, and it has every convenience ( known. Mr, Klopfenstein immediately after the completion of the building, . engaged in the hotel business, and he now owns a livery business, barber . shop, meat shop, saloon and hotel. I M-i' ; ’ ( Dr. J. C. Grandstaff, coroner of [ Adams county, who resides at Preble, t went from Hoagland to hto present . place of abode (twelve years' agpl. j He has prospered as he deserved and t today he is one of the leading physii clans of the county. Since being [ there he has been identified with the t business interests of the town, and . to now secretary of the Preble Telephone He is comfortably : quartered in a well built and conven- ’ |ent office, and he is enjoying a libera* ; patronage. John Hoffmann, (representing the ( Heat and Lighting company which has , secured a franchise from the Decatux . council, authorising them to do busi- • ness in the city, passed through ’ Preble yesterday. He is making an , effort to purchase right of way for the laying of pipes. ! The saw mill and tile mill are owned by David Werling, and although inactive at the present time, they have in their time turned out much material: i In fact the lumber for the construction , of most of the houses in Preble was ; prepared in the saw mill. The scarcity of timber has made it impossible to operate the mill on full time. Albert Huaer, proprietor ot the elevator, to doing a good business. Several men are tn his employ, and he i is contributing to the success of Preble. ■ ! Through their attorneys, Peterson A Moran, Milt Leavell and L. A Holthouse have applied tor a patent on a shaft brace which these gentlemen have invented and which will be in great demand when placed on the market Those who use vehicles with shafts attached will readily see the merits of the new invention when they are informed that the newly invented shaft rod consists of three cir- ’ cular bends with no welds therein. It is placed on the shaft and extends to the cross rod in such a manner as will hold secure the cross rods and shafts, thus doing away with the re-welding of the rods now in use. i Mr. Leavell has made two models which will be forwarded to the patent authorities and without a doubt the i patent will be granted without hesl- , tation. Before making application , the Decatur gentlemeh had an examination made of the records which re- , vealed the fact that no other similar ; device has been acted upon, hence it ■ i.’XX , very satisfactory and without doubt Messrs. LeaveH and Holthouse will reap a bountiful reward for their in- » wntiw ability. G ? ' E v v \ F j V' 0 " r — ■ . The Lutheran oofony of Adams and ABen counties, composed of menfrom • this section who are planning on makt, ing their future homes tn Texas, held .'.a meeting at the Grand theater in this city Thursday afternoon. There are about forty members of the association, and they hare already pur- ; chased about 12,000 acres of land in r the great south. Os this number thirty-five were present yesterday to hear the report of the secretary, C. H. Getting, who has just returned i from a trip to the property. It has ((been a matter of great discussion as [ to whether or not water could be obtained on the land and if so .at what i depth. During this trip, Mr. Getting had a well drilled on the ground, set apart for the church, and reported that a splendid well of water was tho to* 'suit at 222 ’feet. A colonists house i has been erected on the property and ; :the necessary money was raised yesl ter day to pay for this and the welt [The house Is used by the men as a temporary stopping place drhen they reach Texas and until they have a , chance to prtfride a home for themselves. The land is located In Parmer county, and the town is to be known as Fort Wayne. Charley Lavall who accompanied Mr. Ooetting south ana is larming ms

YIOUI GREAII Smbara *h<l' Tm) Md J* . \ .X**. I G, G. RffTNErX CO.. Toledo, a ’ I ■■!■■■ t 1 160 acres. Herman Reinking wlll| leave soon tor the Texas territory and | will remain there for the summery I pfobably returning here in the fall, I and leaving his teouthern farm in I charge son. Next autumn, ac- I cording to present plans, about a halt I dozen families will go to the new ter- I ritory and from then on the members. I will gradually join the southern col- l ony. The president of the company, I William Hockemeyer, ex-commission-er of Allen county, presided at the, I meeting yesterday. ’ | ■ — < — o — LOOKING FOR A VACANCY < Sweeney BtiiJ Holds onto the Office of Fish and Game Warden. ® Indianapolis, April 2.—The Democratic aspirants to the office of fish, and game commissioner, to succeed Z. T. Sweeney, are somewhat concerned over the fal'ure of the resignation of Mr. gwiAney to appear lu the office of the governor. Announcement was made by Mr. Sweeney during the session of the leglsislature that he expected to hand in his resignation .before long, but thus far it has failed to put in an appearance, and some ot those who seek the appointment are wondering whether he has changed his mind. The appointment of the fish and game commissioner rests entirely with the governor, and, as Sweeney was reappointed by former Governor Hanly before the expiration of the latter's term ot office, it is evident that many of the Democratic applicants were informed that he was contemplating sending in his resignation. c ■ 1 "O The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist church met with Mrs. John Everett at her home on Adams street Thursday afternoon. Eighteen members were present A collection of eight dollars and flrty cents was taken. The society is, growing fn number of members and the interest of the meetings la increasing. Refreshmentnwere served to the guests. The president of the society is Mrs. John Everett, the vice president is Mrs.; Henry Wlnnes, who were well pleased with tixe attendance. The members enjoyed the afternoon immensely. ’ Mlssionairy .Society .otV lll * Methodist church met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. William Fledderjobann at her home on Second street Mrs. Paul Hooper had th® paper on Frontier Life. Mrs. D. D. Heller and Mrs. O H. Nachtrieb gave very interestingreadings about the mining and lumbering camps. The society elected officers for this year. They are as follows: President, Mrs. John Niblick; vice president, Mrs. Emma Daniels; secretary, Mrs. Fred Mills; assistant secretary Mra. Daniel Sprang; treasurer,' Mrs. J. C. Helm; assistant treasurer, Mrs. Bred Mills; mfte box secretary, Mrs. W. J. Meyers',- assistant mite box secretary, Mra. W. H. Gil pen; secretary of literature, Mr*. P. G. Hooper. Rdfreshmenls were : served by Mrs. Rufus Allison and the hostess. k ■■ ■' i” 1 ■ yy The annual stockholders’ meeting of the German BuUdltog, Loan Fund A Savings associatiopf will be held at the office of the secretary, F. M. Sohinnerer on next Mdttilay evening. The German has long neto one of the substantial associations jt this kind and has done much for t!Hi building up George Ulmer, who has been foreman of the Kapp primary for several months, left yesterday afternoon for Hillsdale, Mich., where ita has accepted a position as linotype operator. Ulmer has been practicing on a machine for some time In order to get up speed enough to take a machine and his friends are glad to see him land.—Bluffton Banner. o .. ’ CASTOR IA lb tod to Ju w MS Been the Z*" \ —o Here le Relief for Women If you have pains in the back. Erinary. Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a certain, SySSAatVw hy mall 50 “eta’sample package |