Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1910 — Page 2

IN THE MAYOR’B COUftT. Amos Fisher, whose trials wire set for Saturday, entered a plea of guilty to intoxication and was fined five dollars and costs, which he settled. The charge of carrying concealed weapons was dismissed, because the prosecuting witness had left towp. L. H. Corbin was found guilty of selling a qiiart of whiskey to Henry McLain without a license, and was fined fifty dollars and costs. At the time of going to press he had made no arrangements to pay the fine. A FEW SHORT WEEKS. Mr. J. S. Bartell, EdwardsviUe, 111., writes: "A few months ago my kidneys became congested. I had severe backaches and pains across the kidneys and hips. Foley Kidney Pills promptly cured my backache and corc.tj't the action of my kidneys.. This i « 01 ought about after my using v .i m tor only a few short weeks and i nr cneerfully recommend the/’ The Hclthouse Drug Co.

It. is the firm opinion of Mrs. James Hurst that her daughter, Grace, now about seventeen years of age, who has been mind for the past ten years or more, will suddenly regain her sight, and that the happy moment is not far distant. Miss Hurst was stricken with blindness about ten 'years ago, when but seven years of age, following a paralytic stroke which affected the right side of her body, and paralyzing also the optic nerve. The. blindness first affected the right eye and through sympathy, the other also became bliiid. Eminent physicians who were consulted . in regard to the matter, gave it as their opinion that with the improvement of her bodily condition her sight would also be regained, and stated that she probably wohld, at some time, awa&en with her full sight, ah such cases are known to the medical world. The blindness has continued, however, all these years. For many years the young girl was helpless and unable to walk about, but gradually the paralysis is leaving her and she is now able to walk great distances and her physical health in general is much improved. The effect of her bodily restoration is also telling on her eyes, as she is unable to bear great light without pain. The eyes have remained open and it is thought that the pain which is caused by the great fight is an evidence that the optic nerve i& becoming sensitized again and becoming normal. While sitting on the porch recently in the evening’s darkness, a neighbor’s light shone forth from a window' nearby and Miss Hurst was able to distinguish the light, and she is also able to distinguish the difference when the lights in the home are suddenly turned on in the evening. This improvement is a source of much joy to her friends, who are hoping that she may soon fully tte restored to her sight. —o A sensational leap from the top of the ferris wheel' at the fair grounds, in which Will Bunner >and two young ladies, Miss Letha Shaffer and Miss Ella Sheline, all of Bobo, figured, occurred at a few minutes before 6 o’clock Friday evening. The occurrence was purely an accident so far as can be learned and was by no means an advertised feature. Bunner has been conducting a stand at the fair grounds, and when he noticed the two girls he invited them to take a ride on the wheel and they accepted. The first time they reached the top, Will lurched forward in the car, causing it to tip and frighten a scream out of the girls. This pleased him so much that he decided to try it again, resulting in the iron bar coming loose. Will tried to protect the girls, throwing a hand to each side of the car, and succeeded in doing so for a second or two, but soon lost his hold and Miss Sheline fell to the ground, escaping unhurt. An instant later, • Bunner fell directly across Miss SheHne. He was rendered unconscious and for several minutes was believed to be dead. He recovered sufficiently to be brought to town and Dr. Yizzard and Dr. D. D. Clark attended him. Miss Shaffer held onto the iron rod until directly over the ground, when she dropped to safety. It is estimated by those who witnessed the accident that . the three people fell at least fifteen or twenty feet, and the escape of the girls was almost miraculous. Bunner received a badly bruised shoulder and bis right leg was broken above the knee and the knee joint crushed. He was take'n home and will be confined for some time. The ferris wheel had several slight accidents during the week, but none were at all serious until this one, which caused the own er to shut up shop. Bunner had beer drinking heavily for several days, il is said, and was intoxicated at thi time the accident occurred.

Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C A ST O R I A

The cool, crisp air Friday, tie fail blue skies, the rains of the da/ pre viout, a good program, well advertis ed, made it one of the moßt enjoyable and “best attended of the week for the Great 'Northern fair. The crowd was an unusually large one / for Friday and every one present had a good time. The races were just a little oq the tame order, in fact a spirit of listlessness on the-part of the drivers during each day of the fair, made many people question whether or not they were really in earnest. However they were thoroughly enjoyed while they lasted. The four races were completed by 4 o’clock but the crowd lingered for several hours, patronizing the shqws, the stands and visiting. The fair of 1910 is over again and it has been voted a success. The police stopped gambling on the ground during the morning, one arrest being made and the cbn games quickly disappeared. The first race of the afternoon was the 2:17 trot, three in five, for a purse of $250. There were three starters, The SporWWaud V. and Supero, and they finismUan straight heats as named, the best time being 2:30. In the first heat of the 2:13 pace an accident happened which was not on the program, causing considerable excitement. There were four starters and they had just passed the grandstand, starting on tl)e second half, when Virgil M., driving in third, place, owned by W. B. Jones of Poneto, Ind., and driven by Covalt, became tangled in a strand of wire that had been thrown on the track by some one ,and fell, turning a somersault. The driver was thrown over the horses’ head, a distance variously estimated at from fifteen to forty feet, alighting on his head and shoulders. The man was picked up and assisted from the track, and it was found that he was not badly hurt. The horse received a broken shoulder, and being a very valuable aninial. the loss is a serious one for the owner. The race was won by Jay County, Boy in straight heats, with Black Heart second and Main Line third, the best time being 2:19. \ Byron T. took the next race f easily*, with Reward Mack second and Mamie Lee third, this being the three-year-old or under race. Lady Rathmore again proved tod' much for St. Juveline in the Jiveeighth mile run and they flpfshed first and second as named, with| Mary Jones third and Tom Logan fourth, the time being 1:06. The fair grdqnds today look rather desolate, all tirestands ,the stock, the shows and the people having moved on, some going to Huntington, others to Van Wert and a few to Indianapolis, where the Indiana state fair is on next week. The total receipts for the week have not been announced and it is not known how the association came out financially. This will probably be given at the annual meeting which will be held in a few weeks. o - THE CONSERVATION OF NAURE'S RESOURCES Applies as well to our physical state as to material things. C. J. Budlong, Washington, K. 1., realized this condition, and took warning before it was too late. He says: “I suffered severely from kidney trouble, the disease being hereditary in our family. I have taken four bottles of Foley’s Sidney Remedy, and now conside r myself thoroughly cured. This should be a warning to all not to neglect taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy unutil it is too late.” The Holthouse Drug Co. .—o Charles Passwater wants just $4,000 for the alienation of his wife’s affections, and in a suit-filed in the Adams circuit court by his attorney, D. B. Erwin, asks that sum from George W. Pond, whom he holds responsible for the said withdrawal of the affections, of Mrs. Passwater from himself, her spouse. Mrs. Passwater has been trying for some time to get a divorce from her husband. The first time the suit was dismissed for want of sufficient grounds, and a later suit was then filed by her which is still pending. The Passwatevs have been married

three years. It is said that before her marriage she kej't house for the defendant, George Pond, and her husband now says that since their mari-tal-i trouble, Pend has again coaxed her back to work for him, and that she is now at his home, wherefore he brings thealienation suit against him. tj Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Schirfflfeyer and daughter, Irene, went to Van Wert, 0., Friday to attend a concept given this evening by Charles Clark of Paris, the noted baritone singer. Mr. Clark is a native of Van Wert and a memt her of the social set of Mrs. Shirmey- . ~er’s girlhood days, whe she also re- , sided in Van Wert. On all the occasions of his home-coming, Mr. Clark, who has achieved fame in the international musical world, gives concerts much to the delight of his friends, who have very much pride in the fame gained by many of Van Wert’s daugh-

Vi 'j,"— r “ A surprise party was given last night for Miss LottW Fbrd at the home of her parents fn French township. Watermelon and cake were served. Several games were played and the evening was enjoyed by a ll Those present were the Mlbsos Lottie Ford, Lucy Wagoner, Nellie Walters, Zella Wagoner, Grace Walters, Trella Lalsure, Nellie Diehl, Mandy Klopfenstlne, Lulu Bohnger, Josle Bauman, Cecil Laisure, Edna Amacher, ffiffie, Esther and Pearl Ford, and Messrs. Jacob Hoffman, Franklin Wagoner, Gilbert Lehman, Joel Schwartz, Philip Strahn, Sam Neuenschwander, Melvin Diehl, William Wolf, Erwin Diehl, Emil Klopfenstine, James Wisner, Clarence Klopfenstine, Henry Klopfenstine, Charlie Amacher, Carl Oberbach, Otto Amacher, Edwin Neuenschwander, jesse Girod, Clarence Meyers.

3 A party that attended the fair yes--3 terday and enjoyed .a picnic dinner in the park included C. J. Weaver and [ family, Mrs. Sadie Cowley and daugh- . ter, Maud; Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Steele and daughter, Jeanette; Mr. and Mrs. , Ed Tierney of Fort Wayne, and Mr. t and Mrs. Homer Andrews of La- > Grange ’ , Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brokaw had as l guests Thursday at dinner Mr. and 1 Mrs. Charles I. Bradiac, Fort Wayne: ,lMr. and Mrs. Wilbur Besser, Hammond, and Rev. and Mrs. Sherman . Powell and daughter, Mrs. John Sher- , man Powell. „ . -j,, A dance which promises to attract a bit of attention will be given tfiis evening at the Maple Grove park and will be :n charge of Ed Bernard and Roman Parent, who were busy during the day completing arrangements for the event. Excellent music hasT>een engaged for the evening and a real good time is anticipated.*- Cars will run to the park at 7 and 8:30 and all parties wishing to attend will please \take those mentioned. — o —- 1 — ■■■ - WHEN YOU PUT ON STOCKINGS. Os the heavier sort, do your shoes pinoh, and your feet swell and perspire? If you shake Allen’s Foot Ease in/your shoes, it will give you rest And comfort, and instant relief from <*ny annoyance. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t acept any substitute. o - Among |he displays at the Great Northern fair this week, there was one which certainly deserves special mention and that was the one by the Acker Cement Works. They have ’ constructed a cement house, temporary, of course, which shows to wonderful advantage the various designs in posts, columns and ornaments. It proves that they can make any kind i of cement blocks to be foiind at any big plant in the country. It also shows the progressiYeness of this firm, which 1 within a few years has grown from a < very small concern into one now prepared to bid on a job of most any .< size. They have been fair and square ■ with the people and their trade is 1 growing steadily. One man Who visited the exhibit at the fair grounds yes- 1 terday made the remark that he at- ’ tended fairs all over the country, in- i eluding a number of state fairs and i that at none of these had he seen so 1 good a showing by any cement con- 1 cern. Such enterprise counts and the Acker Cement Works will grow into a great big concern in Decatur within a few years. At-the present time they are ready, and willing to figure With you on any job you may wish, big or little, and will appreciate your business. If you missed the exhibit at the fair or was too busy to investigate the Acker cement blocks, you should call at their plant in the north part of the city, where you will be treated courteously and given any information you may care for in this l lihe. _____o — NAkOLEON’S grit was of the unconquerable, never-say-die kind, the kind that you need most when you have a bad" cold, cough or lung disease. Suppose troches, cough syrups, cou liver oil or doctors have all failed, don’t hue hear or hope. Take Dr. Kings New Discovery. Satisfaction is guaranteed when used for any throat or lung trouble. It has. saved thousands of hopeless sufferers. It masters stubborn colds, obstinate coughs, hemorrhages, la grippe, croup, asthma, hay fever and whooping cough and is the most safe and certain remedy for all bronchial affections, 50c and SIOO. Trial bottle free at all druggists. w— A marriage license was issued to . Herman Otis Dibble, 21, photographer, : and Emma Amspaugh, 18, both of De- • catur. r Martha Buffenbarger vs. Henry - Buffenbarger, suit for divorce, was , filed by Attorney DeVoss. They wefe - married August 27, 1905, afidto them s were born two Bessie and , Alice. Prior to her marriage the ; plaintiff had been for a long time an - inmate of the home for feeble minded -wy ' c&rati&j; A A ifl

on a visit with her parent*, when she t met and married the defendant. She ; accuses her husband of failure to provide for her, and beating and cursing ; her., Mrs. Buffenbergpr asks for the l custody of the children, $5.00 per week and SSOO alimony. 3 f , Earl Farlow vs. Jacob Mast et al., i quiet title, submitted, finding for the - plaintiff on complaint. * ‘ '' i „• "• , Jesse A. Swartz vs. Jesse A. Swartz . et al., partition, final report’filed and , commissioners discharged. I V 1> i IF YOU ARB A TRIFLE SENSITIVE About the size of your shoes It’s sokne ’ satisfaction to know that many people can wear shoes a alee smaller by shaking Allen’s Foot-Ease Into them. Just the thing for patent leather shoes, and for breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere, 25c, o John M. Stewart and Joseph A. .Long have brought suit in circuit court against Thomas G. Boggs, a Redkey poultry and produce dealer, asking damages .‘n the sum of SI,OOO and an Injunction rsertaining the defendant from engaging or continuing his business until after July 27, 1911, in Jay, Delaware,' Randolph, Wayne, Blackford, Adams and Wells counties in this state and Mercer or Darke county, Ohio. ' According to the complaint which was filed Mdhday evening by John W. Newton of Winchester attorney tor the plaintiffs, on July 27, 1908, Boggs disposed of his business for the sum of $250 to the plaintiffs, and entered into a written contract whereby lie agreed to remain out of the egg. poultry and butter business for a period of three years, but on August 1, 1908, he again entered in the business,and his competition has greatly reduced the profits of the plaintiffs. In the sale of his business to IStewart and Long, Boggs disposed of his entire outfit, including coops, egg cases, barrels and feathers on hand and the good ‘will of.his business — Portland Sun. \ MANY CHILDREN )aRE !SICKLY. Mother. Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children break up colds in 24 horn's, cure feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders and dfestVoy worms. At all druggists. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S. Omstead, Leßoy, N. Y. HENRY McLAIN HAD REVOLVER. Was Taken From Him by Deputy Sheriff Green—May Injhre Some One. During the hearing of a ditch case before the board of county commissioners Thursday morning, Henry McLain became noisy and when Deputy Sheriff Green asked him to leave, he objected. In taking him out the officer noticed Mr. McLain reaching for his hip pocket and grabbing his hand extracted an ugly looking revolver, loaded and teady. Henry has Imagined for several weeks that some one was trying to injure him and had evidently prepared. ‘A few nights before the night police had heard him shooting in Ms room and had quieted him.. It is feared he may injure some one seriously unless some care is taken:. r ■ o Auburn, Ind., Sept. 9 —The building of the new $250,000 court house for DeKalk county In Auburn became an assured fact yesterday by the passage to its- third and final reading by the county council of a resolution making an appropriation of $250,000 for that purpb&e. The council consists of seven members ard there was only one member, Hammnn, of Smithfield township, who voted against the making of tb.6 appropriation. It required five votes and the resolution on its final passage received six votes. Steps will be immediately taken for the .vacation and razing of the old court house building and the county commissioners have already begun to engage temporary quarters for the different county offices and the holding of court. The architects who drew the plans for the new buildings are Mahurin & Mafturfn of Fort Wayne. Contracts wffl“be let for the building as soon as the law allows and it will be pusheM rapidly to completion. ■ -O'" ; LION FONDLES A CHILD, bn Pittsburg a savage lion fondle! the hand that a child thrußt into his cage. Danger td a child is sometimes great when least regarded. Often it comes through colds, croup and whooping cough. They slay thousands that' Dr. King'd Nsw Discovery could have saved. “A few doses cured our baby of a very bad case of croup,” writes Mrs. George B. Davis of Flat Rock, N. C. ‘‘We always give K to hhn when he takes cold. It’s a wonderful medicine for babies." Best for coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, hemorrhages, weak lungs, 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists.

3 HANOB WITH COX, f >‘V‘ V **■ ' ‘ ■* A : - Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 10~(Speclal 5 to Daily Democrat)—Ohio politiclkne s today are speculating as to the condl i tlon of Colohel Roosevelt’s mind, when be permitted himself to shake hands with George B Cox, ‘‘boss” of Ohio , politics, after he had refused to dine ) with Senator Lorimer. Roosevelt had apparently forgotten the invectives heaped upon him by Cox, when he : sent Taft, then Secretary of war, to 1 Ohio in 1904. " » —T" O - J. A. Blew, one of the city’s best ; known citizens, who runs a horse shoeing and blacksmith shop on 1 North Third street, near the Schlick- | man feed yard, wishes to call the at- ; tention of his friends that owing to illness he will have to close his place of business for the next few weeks. His health has been failing for some tiine, and durin the summer months he has been very closfil/ confined to his place’ of business, which was too much for him to stahd, and it is now necessary for him to take a rest to get his mind away from business careß for a time at least. He will go to Lexington, Ky„ for two weeks, where he expects to recuperate and build up his failing health, He has been suffering from lung trouble, which at the present time is bothering him somewhat, and for this purpose he takes the rest. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Blew and they will leave early Monday morning. He wishes to notify his many friends ahd patrons that during his absence his place of business will be,Closed, but will be opened again on his return in a short time. It is hoped by Mr. Blew’s friend that this trip will be of much benefit to him. o— — If you are not satisfied -after using according to directions two-thirds of a bottle of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, you can have your money back. The tablets cleanse «nd Invigorate the stomach, Improve the digestion, regulate the bowels. Give them a trial and get welL Sold by all dealers. ——o — — SMALL BLAZE AT BRICK YARD. A small blaze broke out Saturday morning about 6:30 in the roof of the kHo it the Mayer brick yard in the north part of the city, but was extinguished before any great amount of damage was done. The kiln had been in use for some time as the brick are being burned and it is supposed the roof became overheated from thq fire in the kiln; The brick yaid workmen were soon on the spot yd with the help of the men from tne'Ward Fence company’s plan., soon haj the fire extinguished. -O ■ — A REGULAR TOM BOY was Susie—climbing trees anS fences, jumping ditches, whitling, always getting scratches, cuts, sprains, bruises, bumps, bums or scalds. But laws! Her mother just applied Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and cured her quick. Heals everything healable —bolls, ulcers, eczema, old sores, corns Try it 25s at all druggists. o " I Awakened by the heavy, sickening odor of chloroform, which filled their tent to a stifling degree about 2 Saturday morning at the fair groundh a Portland man and Ms two sons, who had a refreshment booth at the fair this week, awoke just in time to save themselves from sinking into a sleep that might have knowi no awakening—at least they would probabily not have '-regained consciousness until about two hundred dollars or more which they had taken hp during the fair had been skipped away with by their unknown enemy. As soon as the odor awakened them, they had an inkling of “what was up/ and hastily snatching up a revolver hastened after the tfould-be-robber. He made his getaway, however, and was sighted just as he ran between their tent and that of the Durbin boys next door, the figure of the man being thrown into bold relief as he passed the gasoline light left burning at the Durbin tent. They shot at the man, but he got away uninjured. The chloroform had been poured int 6 the tent on the ground and it was evidently the intention of the perpetrator of the deed to deaden the senses of the family and then skip with the money. The tent was located just north of the office and the agricultural building. o — — “TRACKED AROUND WORLD.” Tonight the Imperial Stock company will close their successful week’s engagement at the opera bouse by presenting Al Wood’s successful detective story, "Tracked Around the World.” This is one of those fastgoing, sensational melodramas that will make you sit up and take notice. The plot of the play relates to the theft of important government papers from a United States senator, who is killed to cover up the robbery and the tracing of the criminals by the secret service agents, the chase .U fe* • - Vi v k v-*?

f ’ C. a veroVcomeT/'a prlrty” vl [story and enough sensational scenes il to satisfy all this boys In the gallery, s I Ten dollars In -gold will be given 1-| away tonight at the opera house. Find n out about it. s■ — — o SATURDAY LIBRARY SCHEDULE, e Beginning today, the new Saturday d schedule of hours at the library goes s into effect. It will be remembered e that henceforth the library on * Sato urdays will be open from 10 Ho 12 in the morning and from 1 to 5 and 6 to 9 p. m. Heretofore the library has been t open only in the afternoons and evene ing. i - The pinch wheels, spindles, paddle wheels, games of fortune find “Hi” 3 games at the fair ground closed e promptly at noon Friday. Members i. of the Citizens’ League filed ctomb plaints with the officers and finally b several went to the grounds intending 3 to secure evidence and file affidavits. 3 Shortly after arriving there one man / engaged in ' conducting a “jingle t board” along the main drive and just 3 east of the main grand stand, was ar- ) rested for conducting a gambling game. 3 His paraphernalia was taken, includ- ) Ing his board, and several boxes of • cheap cigars. He was brought to j town and taken before Mayor Teeple, - where he put up ten dollars and his ; goods as a cash bond, and has not - been seen since. The rest of those ' engaged in similar games at the fair - grdunds took the very ( gentle hint and t “ducked.” An Arort was made to se- - cure some of the goods, but was un- - successful. No one seemed to know . the name of the one unfortunate man : taken in and no one seems to care i much. Marshal Peterson made the ar- . rest. During the afternoon Sheriff Meyer ; who was on the trail of the gamblers, i wqnt to the Erie depot, where he i found the big Jprtune wheel and sev- ■ eral boxes that ac- [ companied it He took possession of i them and took them to the jail, where 1 they are now being held awaiting an order from the court. The men ‘were not arrested and the opinion Is that the wheel cannot be destroyed unless the owner presents hlmseir, and then - hie would be arrested for operating it and would be fined and the machine ordered destroyed. It is a very valuable one, and no doubt originally cost several hundred dollars. o — , ■ Saturday was a tyappy one for Grandma Ferry and friendb as was the ninety-sixth anniversary of her birth. Though Qrandma is the most aged of the ladies of the city in the point of years she is in spirit the youngest, 1 perhaps, and no one more thoroughly enjoys the quiet birlhday celebration than she, as she received one by one, the greetings of her friends, from both , near and far, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. P. McMillen, or Winchester street, with whom she has resided for a number of years. The frail little lady, whose bead is crowni ed with tbe snow-white touches of the passing years, still enjoys good health, with all her faculties unimpaired. During these years she has , kept abreast of the times by< reading the current literature, and no one is better informed on topics both of the past and present than she, so that 1 it is a pleasure of the deepest kind to talk with her —a living link of the | past and present century. That grandma may enjoy a continuation of her ! present good health far beyond the 1 /fulness of her century of years was the wish and prayer of not only those ' who called upon her in person and ' letter, but also those who were with 1 her In thought. i ■■ x

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