Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1909 — Page 7

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The show at the Crystal theater last night was a pleasing one and was wltinessed by a large crowd ot people. It? | quite probable that the big airdome will be crowded again tonight as Daniels, the magician, and Dakota Max and Susanna Brady the original cowH boy girl will again be there, but with : an entire change of program. Ask any one who was there last evening and they will tell you that it was a • monster shlpw ?or the money. Be sure to be there this evening H’s * shame to take the money. At four o’clock this afternoon Daniels will make his famous drive, blindfolded • • t ww All

be accompanied by a committee Including the marshal and mayor and one or two other citlsens. His work is quite wonderful and his act on the vaudeville stage is one which pleases all who see him. Besides these specials Mr. Biggs Is offering 3,000 feet of picture films, the best to be seen anywhere, and its sure the place where every show Is a good one/ o Mrs. Lewis Hoffer, of Nebraska, and Miss Ruby'Hoffer, of Elkhart, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ad Hoffer for the past few • weeks, went to Decatur this morning to spend a few days with relatives.— Bluffton Banner * 4 1

I George Richards, who was so badly i I injured Thursday erentog when I struck by a northbound special on i (the Interurban railroad, died at 10:30 I o’clock a. m. Saturday,never regaining consciousness. The accident as told ! yesterday, occurred as he waved bls ' dinner bucket at the motorman of the, special, as it passed the gravel pltj switch north of town. It is believed i that the car struck the pall throwing I Mr. Richards around In such a manner, that the side of the car also struck him. His head was badly crushed and the physicians who examined him pronounced his condition such* that death was inevitable. He sank gradI ually and the end came at the hour mentioned today. The unfortunate man died on his seventy-fourth birthday. He was born In Guernsey county, Ohio, September 18, 1835, and was reared there. He came to this county during the war days, more than forty years ago, and spent a number of years on his farm In Monroe township. For the past ten years he has I made his home with his son, William, where he died. They lived in Michigan for three years and have (resided in Decatur seven years. He was an Industrious and respected citizen. For several years he has been afflicted with a nervous ailment, but I nevertheless kept on at his labor. He is survived-by an only son, William, and two brothers, Henry and Fred. Five brothers and one sister have t preceded him In death. The funeral services will be held Monday morning at ten o’clock at Monroe, leaving the house at 8:30 i promptly. 1 —o I Mrs. Julia Singleton died Saturday morning an naif past six o’clock,death I being caused by me third stroke of; paralysis. She died at the county inB flrmary, where she has lived for the past ten years, and where, too, she ■ has distributed much sunshine and ■ happiness during the time she has ■ been there. She has been afflicted ■ with paralysis for about three years, ■ and during the dSy yesterday was tak- ■ en worse, declining rapidly until death ■ relieved her at an early hour this I morning. She is seventy-seven years ■ old, and has lived in the county for ■ the greater part of her lifetime, and ■ endured many of the early struggles K that was the lot of pioneer days. She I has few relatives left. The funeral ■ was held on Monday morning, interfl ment taking place in the Alpha ceme- ■ tery north of the city after services in | the chapel at the infirmary at nine ■ o’clock. T .. . •—. o— ——— I Fred Liddy, guardian for Ralph and Nola Schaupp filed a report of sale ® which was confirmed. Deed reported and approved. I W. W. P. McMillen vs. John J. | Meyer, note SIOO, default of defenI dant,i submitted, finding for plaintiff I in sum of $68.09 and costs. I Fred Schafer et al vs. J. I Meyer, default of defendant, finding I for plaintiff in sum of $97.89 and costs. I Adda M. &W. J. Hahnert vs. MarI tha Duntner, partition, bond filed by I J. C. Suton, commissioner, and apI proved. , I Rosie Passwater vs. Charles PassI water, demurrer filed to complaint. I Judge Charles E. Sturgis arrived I from Bluffton today, assumed jurls- [ diction in cases Bank of Wren and Bank of Comerce vs. Cardwell " Box Co., et al, suits on notes. The ■ defendants were ruled to answer. . I Real estate transfers: John A. I > Mumma to Leonard C. Miller, 20 acres I Union tp., $1,050; William H. Ayres ■ to David C. Myers, 68 acres in St | Mary tp., $5,800; F. H. Nichols to I Samantha R. Nichols, lot 229, Decatur, I SI.OO. 0 -■ I Bluffton, Indiana, September 18 — I (Special to the Dally Democrat)—At I a meeting of the city council last I night a franchise was granted to W. I A. Kunkel, R. F. Cummins, L. C. I Justus, L. A. Williamson, Dana Brown I and others, the franchise being for B the purpose of'supplying the asphalt I city with artificial gas. Before final I passage the ordinance was changed I so that the stipulation was made that « a plant should be erected within the . corporate limits of the city or within a mile of the city limits, and another 1 condition is that the franchise can- £ not be assigned without the consent » of the common council. This tends 3 to knock into a cocked hat the many ■ rumors that the-franchise was for the t purpose of affording these gentlemen i a chance of speculation, and that It > would not be long until the franchise would be the property of the Indiana Lighting company. The price as stipI ulated is sl.lO, with a reduction of » ten cents where the bill is paid on or . before the tenth of each month. The , plans of the Bluffton financiers have not been made public, but the general ■ impression is that they will accept ‘the provision of the franchise and ■ ■■ i .,v'. .., .

that they will erect a plant and sup- li ply the citizens of Bluffton with artl- I ficlal gas. LJ Charles Wolfe, a well known young 11 man of this community, Is on trial In circuit court this week, charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill. The trial is creating considerable interest, and the court room was well filled with people this morn-1 Ing. On October Bth last, while a 'number of men were at work on the construction of a macadam road, about a mile west of the Coppock factory, an altercation arose between Charles who was driving a team, and Jacob Mangold, an old and well known citizen of this place, who was supervising the work. It is alleged that Wolfe struck Mangold with a large club, inflicting a wound on the Scalp, which was not considered serious, but an hour biter, Mr. Mangold fell over dead. There was considerable excitement of their side until the state report showed death due to heart trouble. The November grand jury indicted Wolfe on a charge of assault and battery with intent. The case was called for trial Monday. The defendant is represented by Attorneys Peterson & Moran and Dore B. Erwin, while for the state Prosecutor Henry B. Jleller is being assisted by Clark J. Ljitz. Mr. Wolfe is a fine appearing young man of perhaps twenty-five. Dressed in a neat black suit, he made a good impression with all who saw him. He was accompanied to court by his father, Daniel Wolfe, and by his young wife and two little babies. The morning session was taken up in the selection of a jury. The case will likely require about three days, going to the jury some time Thursday. 'I The jury as sworn just before the .'noon hour was composed of William , T. Waggoner, Frank Sullivan, Frank , N. Hale, John Abnet, Jonathan Mosj ure, William Jackson, Charles T. Niblick, Jonathan Rian, Ernst Buuick, C. } D. Belberich, Amos Danner and Ben--1 jamin Winans. ’ At 1:30 Prosecutor Heller made the ' opening statement, saying that the 1 state would be able to prove that 3 while unloading stone along the Las chot -road northwest of town, Wolfe r engaged in a quarrel with Mangold, 1 grabbed a two by four inch piece of 3 wood used afe a cross-bar on hia » wagon, and struck Mangold on the 1 head, knocking him down, and afterwards jumped on him and gave him a severe whipping with his fists, until ’ taken off, that Mr. Mangold died in 3 about forty minutes. The defense said they would not make the statement of their side until the defense j has rested. The first witness called } was Charles Lord, who was hauling ■ stone, along the same road and who was assisting Wolfe to unload, when the affair occurred. ’He told the story of the affair, and was on the stand for ’ some time. There are about forty f witnesses in the case. —o — State of Indiana vs. Warren Reed, receiving stolen property, cause con- , tinued by agreement, bond continued. State vs. Charles Wolfe, assault and battery with intent to kill, motion to , quash indictment overruled; plea of not guilty. Jury impanelled. John Weaver, admr., for the Eldridge Weaver estate, filed a petition to settle as an insolvent, finding of insolvency. Charles Heffner vs. Jacob Hunsicker, damages S6OO, rule to answer i made absolute in five days. Frank Imboden et al vs. Sarah R. Imboden et al, partition, rule to answer made absolute tn five days. ‘ in the estate of Mary M. .Shank, Ray Deffenbaugh was allowed his ’ share, $28.86 and same was ordered paid. Louie F. Miler, executor of the Mary . Gnepper estate, filed a petition for an order to erect a tombstone to cost not to exceed $l2O and it was so ordered. F. S. Armantrout, administrator of the Hubert Topp estate, filed a petition to sell teal estate; assent filed: J. C. Moran appointed guardian ad lltum for defaulting parties. A board composed of Drs. O. M. Graham and William R Brayton and Squire F. S. Armantrout, held an inquest on Mrs. Minerva A. Manley, wife of J. C. Manley, of Geneva, and declared her of unsound mind. She will be taken to Richmond as soon as a vacancy exists. She is forty-eight years old and her mind has been as- < fected about two years, according to < the testimony. She suffers from ner- ( vous trouble. ■ —— ' 1 Bluffton, Ind., Sept 20.—(Special to the Dally Democratl-AJthough an artificial gaa franchise has bebn granted to W. A. Kunkel and others, yet the word is given out that the Indiana Lighting company will still run their lines to this city and make

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ewir '."'j.i.at l ' 1 „ n"i. all arrangements to supply the people 1 with gas. They go on the theory that 1 the franchise given to Mr. Kunkel will permit them to charge the same price, and they will rush the completion of thei rlines and hope to be in Blufftori long before a new company could get ready to fulfill their part of the franchise granted. It is thought by many that it is the hope of the Indiana Lighting company to reach an amicable agreement before, the matter reaches the point whqre an adjustment would be impossible. The situation is rather peculiar. It has been ■ understood for nearly a year that the Indiana Lighting company would bring gas to this city, but the franchise has been held up for some time over a disagreement between the j company and the members of the city i council over the matter of a rate t to be charged, and in the meantime Mr. Kunkel and other financial gen- , tiemen of Bluffton asked for a franchise, agreeing to build a plant of their own pere, and this franchise has been granted by the council. It is expected that some new developments will be announced at an early date. In the meantime the people will watch the skirmishing on the part of the two syndicates who want to supply this fuel to the citizens of Bluffton. — o —— Judge Wrigley has made an important ruling in the matter of cleaning ditches by allotment, says the Columbia City Post. During the summer William C, Glass, trustee of Union township, requested Harry G. Bollinger, county surveyor, to allot for cleaning the Emerick and DePew branch of the Mud Run ditch. The surveyor was preparing to comply with his request, and, in fact, had allotted the branch for cleaning,when Moses Snyder, a landowner, whose lands lie at the junction of the branch and the main line, brought suit against the surveyor and the trustee, asking that they each be enjoined from proceeding with this work. It appears from his complaint that Mr. Snyder’s lands are low and have their outlet through the branch ditch and the main line of Mud Run. The ditch cleaning act of 1907 provides that ditches constructed by a dredge should not be alloted under the pro-

visions of the act Snyder contended that the branch ditch for a distance of three-quarters of a mile above the outlet was constructed by a dredge, and that therefore, the officers have proceeded unlawfully in the matter. His complaint also was that the cleaning of the branch would have the effect of casting down upon his lands an increased .volume of water, and that by reason of the condliton of the main ditch there would be no outlet for this water, and the same would spread over his low lands. The injunction was granted as asked by Snyder .and the officers are restrained from proceeding any further with this work. Judge Wrigley stated, however, that this decision must not be taken to apply to all cases of ditch cleaning, but that each case must be determined upon the facts and circumstances o| the case. The decision is Important in those cases where ditches have been constructed both by the use of a dredge and also other means of construction. John Williamson, formerly of Red - key, but how living at Geneva, who has been in trouble on numerous occasions in the past not only in this

but other counties in the state,through the leniency of Judge LaFollette in the circuit court Saturday morning narrowly escaped a trip to the state prison at Michigan City when he entered a plea of guilty to the theft of a wrench and pair of wire Ipyers belonging to Bert Hammitt, proprietor of a second hand store at Redkey. When arraigned before Judge LaFollette Saturday morning the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the charge against him and followed with a plea to Judge LaFollette for leniency and after much deliberation -'the latter fixed the punishment at a sentence of six months in jail, a fine of $5.00 and. costs and disfranchisement for a period of one year, later on dismissing the jail sentence during the good be.havior of the defendant and appointed Marshal Atkinson of Geneva, as special probation officer to watch the defendant and in case ne does not live up to the promises of reform, made to again gain his liberty Williamson will be compelled to serve the sentence. Judge LaFollette was at first inclined to administer the penitentiary sentence and suspend it as in the case of the jail sentence, but had he done so the defendant would have been compelled to go to jail to await the arrival of a representative of the state prison before his release could have been made, and his plea to be permitted to return to his home where he said his mother was quite ill eventually won out with the judge. —Portland Sun. „ R. D. Patterson and E. Woods the committee to arrange for the reunion of the eighty-ninth regiment, are now hustling, and will soon have arrangements complete for this two days’ event, which will occur on the 28th and 29th of September. In addition to this reunion the committee intend to make it a reunion of all the soldiers in Adams county, and it is expected that these two days will, be among the happiest of the year for the many blue coats now living within hailing distance of this city. The program will be good, Department Commander O. A .Somers of Kokomo having already accepted an invitation, and it is thought that Samuel B. Garrett, recruiting officer for the eighth district will also be among the boys

and enjoy the fun for the two days mentioned. The committee is working hard for the success of the meeting and it is a safe bet right now that the reunion of the eighty-ninth and the county reunion will be the best thing ever pulled off by the Sam Henry Post of this city. The eightyninth yet has many survivors in this and Wells county and they will be on hands when the reunion is held here. o Mr. Elmer Moser and Chas. Moser his nephew, have gone to northern Canada, where they are looking over some land, and if things look satisfactory may invest. Mrs. J. C. Patterson and daughter Marte, Mrs. Fred Patterson and sister, JUSss Rose King and mother, Mrs. Sarah King are spending the day* at Fort Wayne. George Pontius, of Geneva, was in, the. city today visiting friends. Mr. Pontius is 83 years of age, always takes in the fairs in the surrounding cities. He spent the week in Fort Wayne, going Sunday to Petoskey, and this afternoon arrived here and will remain for the home coming.— Bluffton Banner.