Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1910 — Page 3

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’■ I- ■-= Bluffton, Ind., April 7 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —The E. conference lu session in this city this morning did what they have been trying to do for five years past, when they changed the plan of entertainment for that body, so that the hosts of future conference will furnish only lodging | and breakfast, instead of all the entertainment, the ministers to provide for themselves further than this. At former meetings committees were appointed with this end in view but they never accomplished the end. Rev. Hollopeter this morning made the motion, and while there were some efforts to sidestep, and several motions „ were made, the original Question went through with cheers. Dr. Parr

suggested that at the next meeting the superanuated ministers be taken care of as usual, but this was not made a part of the motion. Bluffton, sixteen years ago, was the first to invite the wives of ministers and now has the distinction of being the last to provide complete entertainment. The session Wednesday evening was greatly interfered with by a breakdown at the electric light station, forcing out the lights. Candles, lamps and lanterns were substituted and the program carried out. The crowd Wednesday night was the first real big one of the session and there were several splendid addresses on home missions, church extension and the freeman’s aid. - '. . . ■

. U' SI. L..MUJ The will of the late Sylvester Pon* | this was probated Thursday. Tne will was written February 26, 1910, , and was witnessed by Rufus W. Glen-, denlng and John P. Shoemaker. It provides for the payment of debts and funeral expenses, then gives to the widow, Susan Pontius, all the real and personal property so long as she lives and then to be divided among the children, share and share allk?. A brother, John Pontius, is named as the executor. Real /‘estate transfers: James C. Baker to John D. Tlnkham, tract in Blue Creek township, $1400; Daniel Weldy, administrator, to David We.ling, 62 acres, Kirkland tp., $135; John Dickson to John Ross, 80 acres, St. Marys tp., $150; Julia A. Allen et al. to John F. Teeters, one acre, Jefferson tp., SIOO. ' 1 A marriage license was granted to Fred H. Hegerfeld, 23, a carpenter from Allen county, Ind., to Marie S. Hoffman, 19, daughter of Trustee Daniel W. Hoffman of Preble township. Citizens Telephone Co. vs. Fort Wayne & Springfield Ry. Co., damages, SB,OOO. Defendant’s motion t) make amended complaint more specific overruled. Motion by defendant to require plaintiff to separate causes of action overruled. Demurrers by defendant Josephine Thomas vs. Mary Arnold et al., quiet title, as prayed in complaint, P. G. Hooper appointed commissioner. Deed reported and approved. ' * ' Clifford Death vs. William G. Ewing et al., submitted, finding for plain- , tiff, title quieted. P. G. Hooper appointed commissioner.. Deed report- - ed and approved. o— ———- John Schurger of the firm of Schurger & Smith, has traced down a deed that for sixty-four years has lain hidden away from public sight But for the fact that the land is about to be sold and an abstract showing a clear title, demanded, the deed might have I lain that many more years. The deed is for land in St. Marys township and was made by John Dirkson to John Ross and executed in Darke county, Ohio, July 25, 1846. An inscription on the back shows that it was entered here for transferrence May 3, 1847, when William Trout, father of Dr. D. G. M. Trout, was auditor. The parties having the deed transferred, however, took it away again without having it recorded, so no public trace was left The land is now owned by the ► widow of James Ross, a son of John Ross, to whom this deed was made, | and it has been in her possesion late- | ly. She now desires to sell the land I and secured Mr. Schurger to make I the abstract When this point in it i was reached, no record could be | found of the deed, and it was only [ after a three weeks’ search that he I has secured it It came to him in J Wednesday afternoon’s mail and Mr s Schurger is much pleased with the | bit of tracing. Had it not been found t it would hate been necessary to bring ( a quiet title suit, involving much ex- ' pense and loss of time. The deed is , excellently preserved and the writing : is of the fine penmanship so much I more common in the olden times than . in the present day of the typewriter. Mr. Schurger has taken it to the re- ' corder’s office, where it will be duly •’ recorded for better safe-keeping. — -o — —— DANGEROUS OPERATION, ■ Mrs. Ben Wagner of Root Township I Operated Upon. I Mrs. Ben Wagner, wife of a promi- [ nent farmer of Root township, underI went an operation for umbilical herI nia Wednesday morning at her home, I three miles northeast of this city. I The operation was perforined at; 9 I o’clock in the morning by Doctors D. I D. and C. S. Clark of this city and I Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne. An opI eratlon of this sort is always conI sidered very dangerous at the best I but Mrs. Wagner rallied well from the I effects and this morning was resting I very easy. J JOE VOLMER RELEASED. ' Brother Received Message to That Effect This Morning. Al Volmer received a message last ; Thursday from his brother, Joe, saying that he had been released. He, > with a man named Otto Reynolds, of Aurora, 111., had been held ten days at South Bend on a charge of having been connected with a robbery of mail sacks at Fort Wayne on February 20th. Joe’s friends here were confident of his Innocence because he was here at the time stated. Further than this he has never been In any trouble and all believed he would be able to prove his innocence. He was to have had a hearing last Tuesday, but this was postponed until next Tuesday and It is not known how the mat-1 ter was adjusted. '

j Among the most interesting postals gotten out by Holthouse Drug company are those Just received of the , old log jail and the first court house of this city long ago. These postals were made from pictures of the originals which have long hung In frames In. the court house and which were dug out recently by T. H. Ernst, the custodian. The first court house was ordered built at the May session, 1839, of the county commissioners, which, according to the records, was a “framed house built of good material, 30x40 fe«/t, two stories high; the lower story or room to be left whole without any partitions, and the upper story divided into rooms to accommodate the petit and grand juries. The weather hoarding on the two sides next to the streets shall be planed.” John Reynolds and Samuel L. Rugg were authorized to build the court nouse, which stood On the corner where the A. R. Bell home now stands. It was later moved to First street, where it was used to store goods for the woolen mills, and later used by Schlegel for a tin shop. Willard Steele now owps the property and lately moved this building to make room for a new structure. The present courthouse was built in 1873. In 1849 two small brick buildings, one story in height, were erected in the northeast and southwest corners of the square. In the former were the clerk’s and recorder’s offices and in the latter the treasurer’s and auditor’s. The old log jail was, if possible, a more primitive style of building than the court house. It was built of logs, three thicknesses In the walls, and laid in alternating directions. A ladder ran from the outside up to the loft. In this loft was a trap door and the prisoners were taken up and thrust down through this door into ; the room below, where they were kept with no chance of escape. In ■1879, history gives it that the old • jail was “accidentally destroyed by I fire,” but we learn by “word of • mouth” from those whd remember, ' that it was set fire by a prisoner, '■ who stuffed some fire down between ’ the logs of the walls, where it caught - and soon destroyed the building. The i prisoner, no doubt did this to render 1 his escape. After the destruction of 1 this it was necessary to take the • prisoners to the Allen county jail for 1 safe-keeping, and in 1886 the present 1 fine jail was built. The log jail stood • on the court house square, on the • southeast corner, and in the picture, • the side of the new court house ap- - pears as a background. . —■ ■ o—• 3 Heller, Sutton & Heller have filed a 3 new case, Mathias Kirsch vs. Mathias 1 Poarman et al., to quiet title. - Emil E. Vqiral vs. Sophia Volral, 1 divorce, appearance by L. C. DeVoss 3 for plaintiff. The case comes here t from Allen county on change of 3 venue. F —— . 3 Samuel M. Beavers vs. Sarah Wili kin, et al., cause submitted, finding f for plaintiff on complaint D. B. Er--3 win appointed commissioner. Deed 1 reported and approved. r — William Lehman vs. Charlotte A. > Lehman, divorce, finding and decree 5 for plaintiff for temporary separation i from bed and board for one year, i Defendant awarded SBOO in alimony, . one black cow, one dozen chickens, -two hogs and all the household fiirnir tune. Defendant ordered to yield plaintiff’s land within sixty days, lue case was heard ten days ago. Real estate transfers: Decatur > Cemetery association to D. E. Smith, lot 799, Decatur cemetery, $108.80; John Vail to Hattie Gilpen, 30 acres, - 'Root tp., $2200; George F. Byerly et - al. to Cassius M. Andrews, 100 acres, - Kirkland tp., $10,Z00.50. , o . SERIOUS FIRE AT COLUMBIA CITY I . Business Section Was Threatened I This Morning—Five Stores Burn. Columbia City, Ind., April B—(Spec:B—(Spec- : ial to Daily Democrat)—Fire starting > from an unknown origin for two hours ; this morning threatened to destroy the entire business section of the city. Five two-story business buildings were destroyed before the flames could be controlled. The loss is es- ; timated at $15,000 on buildings and $25,000 on stockh. No one injured. The blaze started in the ice cream parlor of F. L. Meyer. The other buildings destroyed were occupied by A. H. Woodward & Co., jewelers; Phil Farren, merchant tailor; J. R. Harrison, book dealer; T. Z. Clapham & Co., jewelers. The second floors were all occupied by offices. Mrs. Rk S. Peterson returned Thursday noon from Shelby, Ohio, where she was called by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Grace Alweln. Mrs. Alweln Is now out of danger and will speedily recover unless other complications arise. Her sister, Mrs. Low- | er, remained. \ — — — —9'-"'

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THE SOUND SLEEP OF GOOD HEALTH i The restorative power of sound sleep cannot be over estimated and any ailment that prevents it is a menace to health. J. L. Southers, Eau Claire, Wis., says: “For a long time I have been unable to sleep soundly nights because of pains across my back and soreness of my kiddneys. My appetitite was very poor and my condition was much run down. I have been taking Foley’s Kidney Pills but a short time and now sleep as sound as a rock. I eat and enjoy my meals and my general condition is greatly Improved. I can honestly recommend Foley’s Kidney Pills as I know they have cured me.” The Holthouse Drug o Pointers on Poultry. Mrs. D. A. Brooks, Sturgis, Ky., says: “I have been using Bourbon Poultry Cure and think it Is the best poultry remedy I have ever used. If 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 so me for pointers on poultry. Sold by EL H. Bremerkamp. —The eongregaiion or the Presbyterian church was largely represented at the annual meeting at the church Wednesday evening, when the work of the year was reviewed. Reports were heard from the session, the pastor, the trustees, the deacons, the social and missionary societies, iue Sunday school and all departments of the church, showing a great increase in accessions and in spiritual and material ways. The past year has been most successful in all ways and there is a cause for much rejoicing. The greater number of the officers are elected for* three years. The threeyear term of F. B. Tague, who lately moved to Greenville, has expired, and Dr. S. D. Beavers was elected to succeed him, Amos Biggs, who has served for some time* as clerk, or secretary, by annual election, was re-elect-ed to this office last evening. —* : o VAN WERT GETS KING FACTORY Gives SIO,OOO For a Branch of the Piano Factory. It is probable that the new factory of the King Piano company will be located at Van Wert, Ohio. This announcement will be made in a few days, it is thought,, as the city in Ohio has given the local company an offer, which will be almost impossible for this or any other city to equal and which the company cannot well afford to turn down. The business men of Van Wert have offered the company SIO,OOO and the factory building if the factory is still maintained there. While Mr. Kink would like to have brought the extra factor here, at the same time he could not turn down the proposition from Van Wert. —Bluffton Banner. o Mrs. G. H. Meyers and daughters of Montpelier were here for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Nettle Schrock, and W. J. Meyers and family. Mrs. Meyers left today for Bluffton, where she will attend the conference. Her daughter, Margaret, will remain here for a visit and another daughter, Ruth, went to Berne for a visit with friends. /_

HAS EIGHTY TURKEYS. Mrs. Ellora Sonnemaker, Glasford, 111., says: “My neighbora have lost all their young turkeys. I have eighty head of fine Bourbon turkeys and Bgive them Bourbon Poultry Curs in the drinking water twice a week and have not lost any.” Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. FARMS FOR SALE. One 200 acre farm, three 120 acre farms, one 93 acre farm, one 90 acre farm, four 80 acre farms, one 60 acre farm, three 4 Caere farms, and one 20 acre farm. All well improved farms, from S3O to SBO per acre. Gome quick and get your choise. JAS. M. GILPEN, 44t6 Wayland, Mich. o Judge J. W. Adair of Columbia City, one of the best known jurists of northern Indiana, and well known, especially among the members of the bar here, died at the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne at 10:15 o’clock Wednesday evening, following an operation performed Tuesday for a cancerous growth of the bowels. He had been in failing health for a year past and the operation was performed only as a last resort. He was a native of Noble county, where he was born November 29, 1843. He began the practice of law at Columbia City in 1870 and for years was considered one of the best lawyers of that section. He served as judge of the thirty-second judicial district for a number of years, was a candidate for congress and for the supreme court of Indiana, was a democratic national delegate, was the first mayor of Columbia City and held many other offices of trust He was a member of the “Scottish Rite and a Knight Templar Mason and a Shrinen He was very religious, and a member and worker in the English Lutheran church. He is survived by the widow and two daughters, Mrs. E. K. Strong of Columbia City and Mrs. Clyde Keim of Ohio City. — . —o — — . CONDUCTOR WHO WAS CURED Mr. Wilford Adams is his name, and he writes about it —“Some time ago I was confined to my bed with chronic rheumatism. I used two bottles of Foley’s Kidney Remedy with good effect and the third bottle put me on my feet and I resumed work as conductor on the Lexington, Ky., street railway. It gave me more relief than any medicine I ever used, and it will do all you claim in cases of rheumatism.’’ Foley’s Kidney Remedy cures rheumatism by eliminating the uric acid from the blood. The Holthouse Drug Co. n Dr. Will Kortenbrer went to Monroeville Thursday, where he will visit with Dr. C. L. Meyers., ;1 Dr. Kortenbrer has but recently returned from Grand Rapids, Mich., where on last Wednesday he graduated from the veterinary college at that place, finishing the three years' course with much credit. He will open an office for practice in the near future, but has not yet decided upon the location. He is a son of Mrs. Mary Kortenbrer and is one of the young men of whom Decatur as well as his family may feel proud. o A Cure For eapoe. Mr. Frank P. Oay, Paris, Ky., says: “Last year I raised hundreds of chlckeae free from gapes by giving them Bourbon Poultry Cttre hi their drhiking water. I also find this remedy to be a sure cure for cholera and limberneck. Sold by H. H. BremertMn*. . -,***>.