Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1909 — Page 7

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Mirs. Belle France was painfully and quite seriously Injured at about nine o'clock Sunday morning at Van Wert, where she went Saturday for a several days’ vWt with Rev. W. H. Mygrant and family. At the time mentioned she started downstair* from the second floor and at the hea dos the stairway tripped and fell headlong down the stairs, alighting on her head and shoulders. She was quite badly bruised, the right arm was broken between the wrist ant | elbow, and the middle tte sick as a result and a message Monday saia sue was ioth $ ihiMiirh It In not that there luougu MVV ucuor

feared that her illness today was due to Internal injuries, but the relatives think this was due to the fact that It was necessary to administer chloroform while the bones were set Her many friends hope she will recover speedily. 0 ■ ""I" 1 -- Will Gault, of Peterson, better known as Billy, and a son of J. D. Gault, was badly hurt In an accident In the Wabash railroad yards at Wabash last Wednesday. Billy has been employed as a brakeman there for some time, and; on the day mentioned was riding the foot board of the engine, when the big locomotive jumped the tracks. The jar threw th. mu oS F « he ™ I V ’ ■ ."A- '

in front of the engine for some distance, his left leg being badly crushed. He was extricated after considerable trouble and taken to the hospital, where the examination disclosed the fact that no bones were broken, but the flesh was torn and the leg so badly crushed that amputation may be necessary. A day later a piece of steel six Inches long was taken from the leg, and Billy was suffering from a sever fever, but It Is thought he will get along all right and may escape without being crippled. The young man Is well known In this city and visited here two weeks ago. He sea nephew of Mrs. A. M. Fisher and Mrs. Noah Mangold. — —o Treasurer Lachot and hte assistants were a busy lot today, and the receipts will likely figure close to forty thousand aonare. The office weeks and already has a good insight tire day and they were all there for business, the paying at taxes and the I taking of receipts therefore. For the accommodation of those who fail or were unable to pay up during the day, Treasurer Lachot has arranged for the office to remain open until nine o’clock this evening, and any time you call before that hour you will find opporunity to, settle your account with the state' of Indiana, the county of Adams, and the city lof Decatur. {Extra clerks are on duty, and under the system now in use at the office it takes but a few minutes to take up your account there. This is the last day under the law for the payment of taxes, and tomorrow the penalty wfll be added. . This is the last tax payment in which Mr. Lachot will be in charge, and while we are sorry to lose him, yet we are glad to know that so good a man as Charles Yager 1 will suceed him. Mr. Yager has been in the office for the last several weeks an dalready has a good insight into the affairs of the office. ——o- —- Miss Charlotta Stumbaugh gave a birthday dinner the 31th fti honor of Odley Moser, of Willshire, Ohio. The day was spent by music rendered by Miss Stumbaugh and Mrs. Moser. The dining room was decorated In ferns and chrysanthemums. The table was filled with everything imaginable to eat The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Noack and son Francis and daughter Ina, and Mr. and Mrs. Emery Walters and son Donald of this city, and Mrs. D. A. Moser of Willshire, and Master Arthur and Miss Florence Olinger, of Fort Wayne, and Miss Stumbaugh of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Miles Porter and granddaughter, little Miss Anne Weaver and Mr. and Mrs. George I Beers, of Fort Wayne, came down I from Fort Wayne yesterday and enI joyed several hours at the Dugan I heme. They were entertained for I dinner and other guests were Mr. and I Mrs. Earl Brackett and Mr. L. C. I Waring. JDurlng the afternoon a [ numbers of callers met the' visitors and the occasion was a most pleasant one. An automobile party that enjoyed ' Sunday at Bluffton was composed of the Misses Ruby Miller, Electa Glancey, Goldie Gay, Bess Baumgartner and Mr. Claud! Gpy. During their ! stay In the city they called on friends. Mrs. O. L. Vance was the hostess at twelve o’clock dinner and also at six o’clock supper yesterday, for Mr. ; and Mrs. Wm. Beineke and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer. The day was spent in a very pleasing way and F those present enjoyed themselves [very much. I Miss Blanche Ervin gave a party' I Saturday and entertained in a pleftsI ant way throughout the evening. Miss I Germaine Coffee increased the enjoyI ment of the good time by playing sevI oral piano numbers. Also refresh- | ments were enjpyed. ( I The pupils of Miss Grace Coffee’s I room at the North Ward gave a masquerade surprise party on her Saturr day evening and celebrated Hallowe’en in a most happy way. The children had planned the event and completely surprised Miss Coffee. A taffy pulling and and an enjoyable social time formed the evening’s entertainment, and the occasion will be remembered by Miss Coffee and her pupils as one of their most pleasant good tltoes. A most pleasant pedro party was given yesterday by Miss Gladys Miller at her north Seventh street home in honor of the Misses Wetter of Marion, who are visiting friends in the city. The guests were with a party from. that place who just lately returned from a pleasure trip to Washington and California. Miss Zoa Miller and Mrs. Charles Loch entertained at ' a Hallowe’en party Saturday afternoon and she twenty-five ladlM who were present enjoyed themselves Immensely. The| spirit of Hallowe’en breathed itself

throughout the house. In the hall a sentinel pumpkin face greeted the guests as they entered. In’the parlor the occasion was suggested by crepe paper ribbons of yellow festooned from the chandelier across the ceiling to 'the four corners- of the rooms. 'Enormous black cats frowned upon the smiling company from their places on the lace cnr tains. The color used in the festooning in the sitting room was black and in the dining room a combination of the colors were used, being draped from the chandelier io the corners of the table, which supported an array of pale moons, witches with their brooms and cats and bats! who fairly chased each other along their pathway. In the center of the table a great pumpkfti face shed its beams, making the table look!very pretty. Cats and witches cut from paper covered the table in appropi late and especially pretty decoration. Souvenirs which wHI be treasured by the twenty-five ladies who attended were little autumn baskets. •—— bi ."'O ■ RESOLUTIONS To the officers and members of Keklonaga lodge No. 65 Knights of Pythias, Decatur, Indiana: Your committee appointed to draft resolutions on the death of Bro. A. Van Camp beg leave to submit the following. Bro. Anson Van Camp was born January 13, 1860, and died on October 18, 1909. He was created a Pythian Knight on the sth day of April, 1888. It has pleased the Supreme Chancellor of the Universe to transfer our brother from our earthly lodge to the supreme lodge above. Therefore, Be it resolved, That in his death his family has lost a faithful compnaion and dutiful father, the city an honest upright citizen and this lodge a worthy brother. Be it further resolved, That in memory of our departed brother our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and Be it further resolved, That these resolutions be spread of record in the Minute Record of this lodge on a memorial page set apart and dedicated to his memory and a copy thereof be sent the family of our deceased brother. DORE B. ERWIN, E. BURT LENHART, J. F. FRUCHTE. The above resolutions were adopted in open lodge on Thursday, October, 1909. J. C. TRITCH, Keeper of Records and Seals. ■ —— -o THE FUNERAL HELD TODAY .rt < % ’ ' ■ .V Mrs. Andrew Sohlaugenhaus. wife of a shoe merchant and postmaster of Linn Grove, passed away very suddenly this morning at about two d’clock. Her death was due to a sudden paralysis of the heart and she lived only ten minutes after the stroke seized her. Mrs. Schlagenhaus had been slightly aling for several weeks but her indisposition was nothing of Importance. She retired last evening feeling as usual. At two o'clock the paralysfe seized her. She was gotten into a chair but expired before medical aid could reach her. The decedent was aged 65 and was a native of Germany. She came to America when young and was married some forty years ago to Andrew Schlaugenhaus. Her maiden name was Catherine Kllngmon. The family is prominent at Linn Grove. The decedent is survived by her husband, three children, William, residing at home, Mrs. Robert Slaughson and Mrs. Delbert Yotdy and by one brother William KMnguxon of (Kokomo. The one sister surviving resides in Germany.—Bluffton News. —.—i O ——• BUYS THE ED JOHNSON FARM John J. Schuh of Newton County, Will Become a Resident Here. John J. Schuh of ’Newton county, Saturday closed a deal for the Edward Johnson farm of eighty acres located one mile south of the city. The price paid was Righty dollars an acre. Mr. Schuh will begin at once the erection of buildings and as soon as they are completed he with his family of four children will mlove here and make their future home.; The farm is a good one and all Adams county welcomes these Splen-' did people and hope they will like us, as we already like them. Mr. Schuh is a widower, and incidentally ( we might add in confidence to the ladies that here is a chance in a thousand. — o THEIR BROTHER IS DEAD Jonas and William Hoffman Receive Sad News—Will Attend Funeral. | J. D. Hoffman, of Carbon county, Pennsylvania, a brother of Jonas and William Hoffinan of Kirkland, township died Saturday according to | a message received by the relatives here. For some time he had suffered

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from dropsy and this brought on heart trouble which caused death. The funeral services vzlll be held Thursday and William and Jonas left Tuesday morning to attend the same. The deceased was a farmer and was well to do. — —o ■" A Care For Gapes. Mr. Frank P. Clay, Paris, Ky., says: “Last year I raised hundreds of chickens free from gapes by giving them Bourbon Poultry Cure in their drinking water. I also find this remedy to be a sure cure for cholera and limberneck. Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. —— o— Miss Ida Kohne entertained last evening a number of her friends at their farm a few miles south of the city and a very enjoyable time was had by those In attendance. Those ’ who were there were the Misses Ida, Stella and Agnes Kohne and Chas. Cole of Richmond, and Harry Jefferies and Cliff Ladell from the city. O ! HAB EIGHTY TURKEYS. Mrs. Ellora Sonnemaker, Glasford HL, says: “My neighbors have lost . all their young turkeys. I have eighty head of fine Bourbon turkeys ’ and I give them Bourbon Poultry Cure in the drinking water twice a week and have not lost any.* Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. • . _ ’ '"-0 A Hallowe’en party was given by Miss Bess Congleton at her home 1 on Third street Saturday evening. ■• The guests went In costumes and en- *. joyed themselves in a most novel *. way at this Hallowe’en good time. 1 A feature of the evening was the 1 march which all took part in. The 1 rooms were appropriately decorated ‘ l for the occasion and Hallowe'en ' j jokes were played. Delicious refreshments were served. o Here Is Relief fer Women. Mother Grey's Sweet PowSers fer ChMran. , flurowteßiny need by MMker Gray, nurse In the CMMrwn’n Home In New York, Cure Feverisfenesa, Bad Stomach, Teething Bisordsra, move and regulate the bowels and Destroy Worms. Over Id,MO testimonials. They never fail. At aS Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen & Olmsted. De Roy. N. f. , o — We have a card from J. A. Hendricks written last Thursday from .New Orleans. He and Mrs. Hendricks ’ passed President Taft and' party on the river the day before and the national party were due at that city Saturday. The Hendricks are certainly enjoying a most delightful trip. 11 . 1 ■ " O' 1 "T Pointers on Poultry. Mrs. D. A. Brooks, Sturgis, Ky., says: °I have been using Bourbon I Poultry Cure and think it is the best poultry remedy I have ever used. If i you will get our druggist here to .handle it I can recommend it I am an old hand at raising chickens and ( so many come to me for pointers on poultry. Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. ——o —— The boys and girls were out Saturday evening and celebrated the occasion, Hallowe’en In proper style. Masks of every kind were to be seen and there was a spirit of fun prevailing. There were a number of parties land but a small amount of property was destroyed. This practice seems to be lessening each year*. . The Misses Bertha and Bessie Drummond, who were the guests of friends over Sunday in the city, returned to their homo at Pleasant Mills this morning. ?

Jacob Miller, the contractor and carpenter, is building a nice house for Jesse Niblick and their farm just south of the city. It is a nice little house and will be ready for occupancy In about three weeks. ' o Thia is An Easy Test Sprinkle Allen’s Foot-Sass in one shoe and not in the other, and notice the difference. Just the thing to use when rubbers or overshoes become necessary, and your shoes seem to pinch. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute. Q • L. L. Martz, pension agent, today received a pension for Mrs. Alfred . Brickley, the pension being gotten , within twenty days after the applica- , tion was filed. This is considered a record breaker. The application was * filed Oct 6 and the pension was ■ granted Oct 27. —Bluffton Banner. ■ . —.—, o— —. —— Peter Zeser and sons, Tim and Dannie, have returned from a visit with his mother, Mrs. Englekltag of Fort t Wayne. ! Fred Bailey and Noah Heidler of ’ Pennville, spent yesterday afternoon . the guests of Margaret and Carrie . Gallogly. Mrs. Eli Presdorf spent Sunday , with friends and relatives in the pity . and has returned to her home near Honduras. Mrs. Andrew Zeser returned home i on the four o’clock car Saturday as- ■ ternoon from Ohio, after a visit with » relatives. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Case of Indianapolis, arrived in the city today for a few weeks’ visit with friends and relatives. Miss Pansy Bell and niece, little Elizabeth Bell, went to Hillsdale, ' Mich., to visit with her brother Fred Bell and wife. Mips Landa Baughman, was in the city visiting with Mrs. O. L. Vance for a few days, returned to her home at Fort Wayne yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffman, Mrs. Engene Runyon and Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner went to Linn Grove to attend the funeral of Mrs. Albert Schlagenhauf, which was held this afternoon. Beautiful and appropriate services were held at St Marys church today it being the feast of all saints. Tomorrow being All Souls day there will be services at half past six and nine o’clock. Mrs. Andrew Briggs, of Geneva, and her guest formed an automobile party that spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bowers and family. They returned Saturday evening to their home. Mtes Ella Eddington left for Fort Wayne this morning on her return trip to Ossian after a visit with her mother. Miss Eddington is a milliner at that place. Hon. Thurman Gottschalk of Berne, the present representative from this county, and a candidate for re-elec-tion, was in the city on business today. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Voglewede and family spent a very pleasant day yesterday at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Houck in Unicm township. Mr. Landon Schultz and Louis BTuioit fetured Jto their homes at Fort Wayne, after spending Sunday in the city with friends. : - --- I'-- ■