Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1910 — Page 2

■, g ~1 : | 'Fats for \ Nine-tenths of all the sicknew of womee b due to some der.ngen.ent or db- ’ eue of the organ, distinctly feminine. Such sickness otn be cured—is cured everyday by . » Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription It Makes Weak Women Strong, ’ Sick Women Welk It acta directly on the organa affected and is at the same time a general restorative tonic for the whole system. It cures female complaint right in the privacy of home. It makes unnecessary the disagreeable questioning, examinations and local treatment so universally insisted upon by doctors, and so abhorrent to every modest woman. j We shall not particularize here as to the symptoms of those peculiar affections incident to women, but those wanting full information as to their symptoms and meansiof positive cure are referred to the People's Com- * mon Sense Medical Adviser—looß pages, newly revised and up-to-date Edition, sent free on receipt of 21 one- Vs*W| cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only; or, in cloth i binding for 31 stamps. ■ - ' Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y.

S. B. Fordyce will represent the Board of Children’s Guardians, Mat Kirsch, the and J. A. Hendricks, the county commissioners, as an investigating committee upon the advisability erecting and maintaining an orphans’ home in Adams county. They will visit several institutions of this kind located near here, they will go into the cost of constructing suitable buildings, the cost of maintaining them, and other matters that the public and the people will want to know regarding such an institution for Adams county. Upon their report will depend largely the action that will later be taken, for if it is found that a necessity exists for such care of the orphans of the county, you may rest assured that the citizenship of the county will lend every assistance to the movement. The board of children’s guardians have thus far, even under a great handicap, done a great work and a great service to the poor and defenseless youths who but for their care would know nothing of a good home and the blessed teachings that go with such a home. There is one thing upon which we are a little lax in our discipline to some parents who either fail or neglect to support their children, even though they are able to do it The penitentiary is too good a place for such a man, but the law will place him 'there if evidence will show neglect on the part of the parents and no time should be lost in placing him behind the bars or compelling him to, support his own children. FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY. Body of James McElhany Arrives from the Dalles, Oregon. The remains oMhe late James McElhany, whose death occurred at The Dalles, Oregon last Tuesday night at 5:46, arrived over the Erie railroad and was taken at once to the home of a sister, Mrs. Asa Engle, on Rugg street. The body will lie in state until Friday morning at 9 o’clock, when the funeral cortege will leave the Engie home for Steele. The funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at Steele. Interment will take place in the Steele cemetery, beside his parents. So far this week, just twenty have paid or arranged to pay fines in Mayor Judson W. Teeple’s court Most of these are boys who nave admitted gambling in Diner’s joint , Two Gt tee cases are for plain drunk, while all the rest are gambling charges and it is whispered that the end is not yet Two or three warrants have not’ been served yet as the boys are out'

fftat the public mu about W advertising we wa«L Every Smily using our Coffee comes ick for more, an dtdlfeeir | neighbors about it as wdt? We (eave it with fee Wiesta say how easy if is to get wpan yrder for us because our $Mf is good. Write jor catalog given to ladies jor getting up orders.and we Witt shew you how tofurnish your homes by selling staple groceries at prices that invite competition. We are the only mad order house seUinqhigh class staples such as Fancy Teas, Fresh Roasted Rice. Prunes.Rabins, etc. Let us eend uab our twelve page Grocery Price List and Catalog of Pre - tmmus that you way see that we arc the' People. Address. Limo Tea Cal taa. 0

t of town. It seems that when Night . Policeman Cephus Melchi walked into : that poker room the other morning Jhe started about the biggest pull ' against such a place that was ever made In Decatur. It is said teat the boys when they settled have made it their business to see that none of their friends escaped and the officers have a large number of names of boys *nd men who will be given a chance to settle. Once in a while among the faces who have appeared before the mayor comes a man, full grown, who has a family, and who deserves no sympathy, but the greater number are mere boys, some of them not more than sixteen years old. Mayor Teepie spent today making up his record, on which he is several pages behind, and it was said that the rest of the warrants will not be'served until this work Is done. As Mr. Teepie has a case in the circuit court Friday it is likely that there will be nothing doing until Saturday, although a case or two might be sandwiched in, if necessary. It is said now that the parents of many of the boys are planning to further punish John Diller, the. keeper of the room, who permitted boys of tender years to squander their earnings In his dive, and that several more affidavits will be filed against him before he has completed his ten days’ , sentence, ments are not yet known, but Mr. Lenhart will probably go to Oblong this evening, and it is quite likely the remains will be brought here for burial beside the body of the brother. —o E. Burt Lenhart Thursday, received a telegram from his brother-in-law, William H.. Johnson, of Oblong, 111., announcing the death of Paul, their two-months-pld son, the death occurring Wednesday. The announcement comes wholly unexpected to the many relatives, here, as it was thought the child had wholly recovered from a recent illness. Mr. Johnson formerly lived here, being a son of R. B. Johnson of Peterson. The family is certainly having its share of grief, for It was only about a year ago that Zera, the four-year-old son, met death by burning, the body being brought here for burial James JfcAlhany, son of Hamilton and Sarah McElhany, was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, October 29, 1836, and died at The Dalles, Oregon, February 2, 1910, aged 72 years, 3 ' months and 3 days. He, with his ' father and mother, moved to Adams ’ county, in 1847, when he was about eleven years of age. He resided in this county until he was about twenty-one. years of ags, and before leaving here he taught school for several terms in this county. In 1857 he went back to his old home in Ohio where he resided for three or four years, when he went west. For two or three years he traveled over different part of Illinos, lowa, Dakota and Nebraska and finally settled in Ottoe county, Nebraska, where he entered' land and where he resided until April, 1908, when he moved to The Dalles, Dregon, in search of health. During his two or three years of travel in the west before setfling in Nebraska he was at one time with a party of white people of about twenty-five In number who were attacked by the Indians, and one-half of the party were killed. He, with a few otners, escaped. While in Nebraska he was successful in a financial way, and left an estate amounting to Several thousand dollars. He never married. He held the office of assessor of his township for a good many years, although opposed , in politics,to a majority of the people of the township in which he resided. He was also a member of the legisla- , ture of Nebraska at one time and served with credit to himself and his constituents. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows lodges at Syracuse, and at one time furnished the money with which , to build an Odd Fellows hall at Syracuse, permitting the lodge to repay it as it pleased. There are four sisters - and one brother living: Winnie A Mann, Elizabeth Crandall, Marla Engle, Lydia Young and Hollowell McAlheny. There are also several nephews and nieces living, who are , children of his sister, Nancy Fore-

■ aney, docsascd. .. * ■ c • C. J. Rear of Fort Wayne, age< about twenty-two years, a brekema. on the local southbound freight on the G. R. & I. railroad, met'wlth a horrible accident near the freight house in this city about 10 Thursday morning, slipping under the wheels of his train, his right teg being ground and crushed just above the knee, and suffering other injuries that may cost him his life,. The accident happened just as the freight was leaving the switch at the freight house. Rear was walking be tween two of the slowly moving cars working with the coupling. In some way he slipped and was dragged about five or six feet along the track in an upright position, one foot being inside the rails, when the bottom of his trou- ' sers caught on a guard rail of the ' track and he was jerked and twisted ' in such a manner that his right leg was thrown under the wheels of the car. The train was immediately stop--1 pedrthe one wheel stopping directly ; on his leg. It was soon passed off, | however, but not until he had been horribly mangled and cut. Trainmen ' and others who witnessed the accident ’ immediately carried the - unfortunate ' man on a cot to the waiting room of the depot, where Drs. Beavers and Thomas werb called. He was placed < ' In the caboose of the train and dis- < patched to the hospital at Fort Wayne, Dr. Beavers accompanying him there. Those who witnessed the affair say it was one of the moat horrible they ever witnessed here. The young man ’ was conscious the entire time, and displayed great fortitude, viewing the crushed and mangled member as the Cut clothing was pulled away and showing the mangled skin, and the 1 muscles tom and bleeding. The snow ’ about the place of the accident was 5 dyed a deep red with the young man’s 1 life-blood, and it is feared that from the weakening caused by"tfie great ] loss of blood and the shock of the ac- 1 cident that he cannot survive. In fact 1 he stated to those who attended that . he hoped he might die, rather than life a life .maimed as he will be. He begged also, that something be given him to deaden his consciousness of I the awful pain, which waa done as soon as possible. The accident hap- I pened near the offices of the Decatur Filler plant, not more than twentyfive .feet from the Jefferson streetcrossing. The young man hgd been in < the employ of the railroad only about ; a month. ' 1 o • J DISTRICT MEETING AT PORTLAND , ■ < Pythian Sisters Wil! M«et This Year ] on April 23rd. : ( The Pythian Sisters Eighth District . convention will be held in Portland on April 23rd and arrangements are now being made for the entertainment of the two or three hundred delegates who will be in that city for the occasion. The district includes Decatur, Hartford City, Montpelier,| Redkey, Dunkirk, Albany, Pennville,]! Geneva, Ossian, Bluffton and other], surrounding places. An all day ses-ji slon will be held, followed with the | evening’s work, which will close with| > a banquet Several candidates will 11 be received and the Decatur team has r been asked to conterthq degree. Port-1, land entertained the convention six I years ago. 1 ' 'jto .' I A complete report has been made toi. L. E. Opliger, county superintendent 1 of schools, of the winners in the town-1 • ship spelling contests, held 1 recently,l. and who will represent the townships! • in the great county spelling match tOT be held February 19th at Berne. Twbf delegates from each township who] stood the longest In the township r spelling contests, are the honor stu-r , dents, or delegates to the county eon-1 test, while the third and fourth from ■ the last ones standing are their alter-] i nates. The alternates will spell all s the county contest In case the dele-1 > gates are absent. The following are! • the delegates and alternate to the! , county bee: UNION TOWNSHIP. > Dql.—Wlldas Shifferly, DlstrictNo.| i 5; Lucile Fleming, No. 3. ; s Alt.—Florence French, No. 1; Ma-1 ■ bel Moses, No. 6. i ROOT TOWNSHIP. g|||| r Del.—Hattie Wilder, No. 6; ©dm 1 Heckman, No. 6. | 1 Alt.—Grace Hoenizer, No. 4; Ber-i . tha Spangler, No. 2. j PREBLE TOWNSHIP. * 1 Del —John Conrad ,No. 6; Truneyl a Hey, No. J. - j f Alt.—Otto Dilling, No, 5; Roy Gold’- - ner, No. 5. j B KIRKLAND TOWNSHIP. Del—Mabel Byeriey, N 0,3; Ruth! i- Leyse, No. 3. ? t Alt.—Clark Jahn, No. 5; s Shoaf, No. 4. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. Del.—Esther Zerkle, No. 9; Rath! • Zerkle, No. 8. 1 Alt.—Martha Railing, No. 6; Peter] > Spgagler, No. 2. ' ST. MARYS TOWNSHIP.

eta' nTI Whlto ’ N °‘ ’ Alt—Forest Everett, No. 7; Hast lobbs, No. 4. ? BLUE CREEK TOWNSHIP. ! Del—Lenore Mercer, iio. MlnnU ! Pricker, No. 7. .Alt-Earl Ripley, No. 2; Wlldus Dailey, No.>s. - Wagner, No. £ Alt-Martha Lehman, No. 8; Irene S TOWX.H.P. Del.—Pearl Ats, !<o. 2; Lucinda Baumgartner, No. 3. Alt—Zella Gilllom, Na 4; Dlnlus Lantz, No. 6. . -. . HARTFORD TOWNSHIP. Del.—lva. Ensley, No. 7; Fred Reefey, No. 4. ’ . ■ Alt—Ruth Ensley, No. 7; Ruth Shoemaker, No. 6. WABASH TOWNSHIP. Del.—Augustus Ford', No. 11; Leslie Augburn, No. 11. « >* < ■.■ Alt—Clarence HirSftby, No. 2; Dona Thompson, No. 10. • JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. Del.—Mary Laughlin, Na 2; Nellie Kerr, No. 2. Alt.—Noah Millpr, No. 1; Alph Booker, No. 5. S The St Marys and Blue Creek township trustees gave as a prise to each representative in the township contest a red letter Bible, which will be highly appreciated by them, y < The following'is a summary of the contestsants in| each township and the number of visitors present at the contests: * Contestants Visitors Union 11 52 Root 12 55 Preble 8 - 1 . ”52 Kirkland 10 45 Washington -15 100 St. Marys 12 175 Blue Creek ...13 - 140 Monroe 20 200 French 12 40 Hartford .....12 40 Wabtah 18 54 Jefferson ..... 12 -i. ” 75 , Total 155 1043 .. ’ t, i— BOUGHT THE BOWLING ALLEYS. Mail Carrier Fred Vaughn Now Owner of the Palace Alleys H®re. Fred Vaughn, tho well known mail carrier, has purchased the Palace bowling alleys and will hereafter have charge of the same. He will continue to serve aa mail carrier but will take care of the alleys in the evenings. Aa this is the most important time for the alleys, Fred will see that patrons of the alleys are well treated. The alleys were established five years ago and are as fine as can be found anywhere in the state, being' the famous continuous Brunswick make. ®ite deal was closed today. —o- Mill ■■■ — 1 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Helm left Thursday for Burkett, Ind., where they were summoned on accouffT of the death of Mr. Helm’s mother, Mrs. JOfin Warren, whose death occurred at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. She had reached the ripe old age of four score and four years and hiad been sick but a little over a week, with the infirmities that accompany old age and which aione were the cause of her death. Early in the sisI ties she and her husband moved to this county from Pennsylvania and for a number of years lived just east of this city. Later they moved to Burkett, Ind., where they have since lived, Mth Helm dying a number of years ago. Borne time afterward she was again united in marriage to John Warfen, who has also preceded her in death. Since moving to Burkett she has made a wide acquaintance and was highly respected by all who knew her. She has visited here a number of times, where she made a host of friends who will be grieved to hear of her death. The funeral services I were held Friday at Clear Lake, Ind, I which is but a few miles from that place, and where interment will be made. She leaves six sons and four daughters, and other relatives to mourn their loss. | I. ——- ' irQ “ ————- | The body of the late Frank Crawford, whose death occurred at Easthaven hospital, Richmond, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, arrived here I Thursday morning at 8' over the G. R. & I. rallrpad and was taken at once to the family home on Eighth street The death came as a sad and sudden shock to all as the immediate relatives were not aware that the illness was so serious. He had been in failing health for about two years and several months ago was taken to the word that he had been stricken with

ceased was born January 9, 1863, and passed awa X at the age of fifty-seven | years and one month.. Twenty-five I years ago this coming Marst Ist he was united in marriage to Miss Mary BwtheU and with th, wcptlot ot one year in Geneva, they have made! their home here. To them were born! fives children, all of whom are living: Edna, Jon, Carl, Harold and Leon. All are at home except John, who is at Portland, Oregon, and Carl, who Is in Cincinnati, Ohio, studying for the priesthood. Mr, Crawford was associated for a number of years with hla father in the mercantile firm of Niblick, Crawford & Sons, and helped in the establishment of what is now one of the oldest mercantile firms in the city. Besides the aforenamed relatives he leaves one brother, Will Crawford, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Cougleton and Mrs. Millen Burns. A brother, Joe, died a number of years ago in Colorado. A sister, Mrs. Sally Gates, has also preceded him, and two brothers, Burns and Perry, died in infancy. The funeral was held Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock from the St Marys Catholic churth by the Rev. Father Wilkin. Interment in the St Joseph cemetery. ’ —— MRS. PHILIP KOOS OPERATED ON. — Gall Stones RsmovSd—Lady’s Con<»|. tlon Very Serious at Present. — Mrs. Philip Koos of Pt Marys township was operated on Thursday at her’home, the surgical work being done by Drs. .C. S. and D. D. Clark <rf | this city and Dr. McOscar of Fortl Wayne. Mrs. Koos hab been troubled for fifteen years from gall stones and the removal of these was the result of the operation. Her condition Is very serious, with chances for recovery about even. Miss Harshberger of Fort Wayne is the trained dnuree in attendance, and she. wks assisted during the operation by Miss Haines of this city.! ' Judge Meriryman, who is holding court at Fort Wayne, conducted a short seselon here Wednesday evening. A ■ * Charles S. Clark, administrator ctf the Angelina Schlegel estate, filed a report of the sale of real estate, which was approved. The divorce case of Joseph W. Hakes vs. Sarah Hakes, set for trialFriday, has been assigned for trlal to Hon. D. fit. Smith as special Judge. The cas eof the Bank, of Geneva vs. I George W. Bolds et al., foreclosure of I mortgage, has been dismissed and the costs paid. I Bracht vs. William Prince et] al., default of all defendants, submitted, finding for plaintiff, quieting title to real estate. P. G. Hooper appointed commissioner to make conveyance. James Touhey vs. City of Decatur, MH of exceptions riled, signed and made part of record. The-'brief in this case has been prepared and will bel sent > the suprente ootirt within a few] days. ■ ■ — ■ Js I Real estate transfers: James Glick to Oliver F. Lizer, 40 acres, BL Marys tp„ 13,000; M. W. Hamrick to Calvin H. Hamriek, 30 acres, Blue Creek tp., 31,700; Joseph Dewoo<Lto S. A. W. Michael, losts 175, 188, 189, Geneva, S7O; H. A. Fristoe to D. A. McComb, 30 acres, Wabash tp., |190; Geo. W. Bolds to Clair Wynkoop, 34 acres, Wabash tp„ $2,000. * --'J' - V .. - \ ||||y cases of Manson Reiff were set for trial on the third Friday, February 25th and because Judge Sturgis is disqualified he appointed Judge James T.J Merryman to sit as special judge in these cases. There were twelve ta‘ dictments against Reiff.—Bluffton' Banner. j *» / • I irasite A motion was made for an order on r the administratrix, Mrs. Christina Nlb- » lack, for an order for the payment of 5 a.- portion of the judgment in the damt age suit of Charles Page vs. Mrs. i Niblack and others. The case was ad--1 Indicated at the last term and judg--3 meat entered on the verdict. The ad- - ministratrix was represented today by 1 who objected to the order being grant- » M, but the cour Jj mn J ) ed t J he d O f rde J’

r* • Give - Frotscfilor If* - — fltwe cost. Read kJ tree booklet Milo B JU 14th Si WMhtngton D C Branch Chicago, ClerelsaC Detroit. Ebt lIM. next Monday under the austothi of *1 h to BCh^ I, th firet 7™ tsr Damrisch. It is now his pleasSkovgaard was a favorite dudll of Joachim, the world’s greatest violinist He studied previously for many years with Carl HaUr and the violin at me age of four, toured the Scandinavian peninsula as a WAnciAF ftt thj. : jtT a Wflfl les at Copenhagen at fifteen; toured England, Germany and France as so* Inlet wth tha Meininrer Hof-Kaoelle at nineteen, and a little later visited land other noted artists Music was a passion with Skovgaara. toX Vg Strediva V rius n £ as as if applied t ird han nd * it i Ulma fth 1 . 11 0 AV A la. a , never Dut strings on it His sons, te ra 1 A ta •ta mi uTSfe »» C after tedious negotiations, Mr. Skov213 000 He in. therefor the only i vend v&lue which hds hroucht his -R - .-a' • ' V /' of the Pythian Home Thursday wants to meet all the members of the com[necessary tor every member to be M. D. Yountz of Indianapolis, rep- , nra— <, —, tsSiwiee wwfiixe W. E. Johns* a Son, Lexington, Ky, say: *Lwt year we lost one enrtf fin a White ’ Wvandotte a- a 4| M A 1 r_qflug fHanmr wmi m land cholera with Bourbon Poultry E both drinking water and feed. I like ; this remedy fine.” Sold by H. H. — 0 .. | Alonzo inropp, Mu vsrmei, ill., ’I $ fl . . . .

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