Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1911 — Page 3

d(iinß announcement that will 8S a complete surprise to all ex-1 [the most intimate friends of the ’ couple, Is that of the marriage Lilah Lachot, daughter of Mr. Mrs .1 F. l * chot ’ ,0 Mr Wll!lam LgtisL •' well knoWn barber Os !\ lr( . Ohio. The ceremony was _ rlD ,.<l Sunday evening at 6 o'clock ' home of the bride's parents on it Monroe street by the Rev. D. O. ' pastor of the Evangelical church thich the bride is a member. The ding characterized by markdm*jlcity, and only the immediate b( . rs of the family were present, uding also a slßter of lhe groom ’ s Goldie August, of Willshire, O. (r t he ceremony the newly wedded D ie left for their future home at l s hj re . ’i’lie bride's wedding frock a very pretty tan messaline, made me uiece. with a yoke of net and going away gown was a neat, tailI suit of brown with a white hat lecoming prettiness. The bride, i is the only daughter of ex-County usurer J. F- Lachot and wife, has been one of the most popular of the city, and is widely | ra ... county, having served n assistant in the office of her fawhile he was county treasure’', later as a clerk in the Charles ewede shoe store. She is a memot the Evangelical church, where' has been an active worker in all lepartments. She is also a memos the Entre Nous club and is ly popular with all her acquaint,s. The groom, is a prominent ig business man ol Willshire, O„ both are highly deserving of the good wishes that will be theirs. 0— — roman, ■■ of love that had its beiu the fatherland a number "as brought to a climax evening at Keystone, when ■ Abi.nn Dritch of Geneva and Miss ■ id-ce-'r. .1 ' who has just arrived in ■ MtL ■ ’, hi Russia, were married. young Di itch, then twenI tylne y>-u > of age. left for America ■ tolmtikv fortune, fie landed on KMadian soil, later crossing the borinto the United States. Dritch Miss Stockhall had been sweet in < hildhood, and when the B-yeing io. i : left Russia he promised ■ N-m 1 to: Ins bride-to-be as soon as Miss Steckhall has jus' a:in Muncie where she is staying I with her aunt, Mrs. George Roberts. Dritch went to Muncie and his fiance visited the county Hrk -office and purchased a inarrilicense They were married in Ktpstimv and "ill live in Geneva. The bri not speak a word of English K in applying for a marriage license th. estions asked by the clerk were Hwered '. y the groom-to-be. who acted erpreter. « I SOUTH SALEM PICNIC. ■c ■■■ : ner. superintendent of the Kith Salem M. E. Sunday school, an Minces a picnic to be held by the Ml-uol n-x- Saturday, September 2nd. Mtbe gro\e near the churcti in Blue !Cr>ak township. A delightful time is MicipatKi and everybody is cordially plfited to cotne and spend the day Btb them.

I WARD FENCE WINS. I Tan Tw» Out *f Three Games From I Motor Car Employees. Kj| A classy and interesting bail game , B* that of Sunday, when the Ward factory anc | Decatur Motor Car came together on the dia , tt®* 0 ' 1 T d« the which were champions, gimns, the honor going to the 'rot* employees, they winning the si pte at ;• to q The game was fought, each side being confident they could win. Good hitting, fast ajjd classy play's made the highly interesting for the two and fifty fans w ho collected |H| the grounds to witness the game, and Baxter formed the battery ■W 'h® Ward fence team, while Johns! Tricker kept the bail hot for the | car nine. Another game will I I b ' a ' et ' ’ n the near future and withdoubt a much larger crowd will be i.. ~ — I babe was christened. Marie Teresa Omlor, infant j^B l| ghtei of Mr. and Mrs. Chil Omlor. fl I Adams street, was christened Sunafternoon at the St. Mary's Oath- ■ B < ' chlll 'ch by Father Flaherty, Miss Bogner and Dr. H. E. Keller sponsors for the babe. The was born last Friday, August '■ n En ter business college. ■By nuin ber of Adams county and Deyoung people went to Ft. Wayne ■ w here they entered the InternaBusiness college for a comcourse to prepare themselves i entering the business world. | those from this city who left n 'o | ning were Hazel Lenhart, WilI Vm Mongey and Herman Ehinger E ■ ADl,tl1 * 1 business change was re-

corded In the city’s annals, when on | Saturdas ,-ven.B Milton Girod severed bis connection as a partner with the firm of Schlickman & Girod, the owners of the well known restaurant and bakery on Second street. A year and a half ago Messrs. Milton Girod and Henry Schlickman purchased the business from Newton Anderson and have since conducted it in a most succesful way, building up and maintaining a large business. Mr. Girod wished, however, to retire from business and sold his interest to his partner, Mr. Schlickman, who is now sole owner. Mr. Girod has not yet decided upon what he will engage in in the future, but whatever it will be, he will no doubt enjoy the success that he has had in the past. He is a young man whose home is in Berne. Mr. Schlickman will conduct the place along the same sound business lines that it has been heretofore conducted and he will enjoy the good patronage that has heretofore characterized this, one of the best eating houses and restaurants in the city.

Frank E. DeVoss, son of Attorney and Mrs. L. C. DeVoss, a popular young man of the city, after an illness dating back more than eight months from tuberculosis, was called to answer the summons of his Maker at thirty-five minutes past six Monday morning at the family home on North Third street. The dreaded disease, which had been noticed to be dawning upon him from the very beginning of his illness gradually fastened its hold upon him. Everything that was thought could bring about a cure was tried, but to no advantage. A trip west was then planned, thinking the change ol I climate might bring the desired im- ■ provement, and on the twelfth of May, I acompanied by his father, he left for Los Angeles, Cal., then to Barstow, where Mrs. DeVoss has a brother living. After some time spent there no signs for the betterment were shown, and owing to the high altitude they had to seek elsewhere, and they proceeded to Arizona, with the hope that their trip would still bring about a change. Again it was seen that instead of feeling relieved and showing the benefit of the healtful climate, he was simewhat depressed and arrangement) for their return home were made. From that time on he grew I gradually worse, now and then ap- ■ pearing brighter, giving slight consolation to the household, while again he resumed the declining mood, removing all existing hope for the better. He took as much fresh air as he was able to get, but to no avail and the inevitable hour dawbed, as /ad been looked for. Even Sunday he appeared in better spiriis. eating more than for some time past, but the approach oi death was without doubt slowly removing his once active career. Had he lived to the eighth of December he would have seen his nineteenth birthday. He was a member of the city high school, being in his second year, when overtaken by sickness and near the close had to abandon his work and preparations for the western trip were made. He was a young mau of many sterling qualities, beloved by al! and his passing away is most sadly telt bv those with whom he has been closely associated. He leaves besides hie parents, two brothers and three sisters, who are Hubert, city clerk: Artie, at Houston, Texas; Mrs. L. A. Graham, Gertrude and Dolores, at home The funeral was held from tk* home, 1 Wednesday afternoon at 3, with Rev. ’ SemSns in charge, interment raking ! place at the Heeaiur cemetery.

WALTER MILLER DEAD. Farmer Decatur Man Fawes Away at Crawfordsville. Walter Miller, a young man welt known here, where be was employed for some time as draughtsman for the Coppock Automobile company, during which time his home was with the Coppocks, died Sunday morning at his ’ home in Crawfordsville, where he had been since last fall, when he was obliged to give up his work here and return home on account of illness. He was a sufferer from tuberculosis. He was a young man of excdtonce, and during bis stay here became quite popular with all who made his acquaintance, and who are grieved to hear ol 'his death. The funeral wilt probabl. be held tomorrow. REV. LANKENAU TO SPEAK.. The Emmaus Lutheran congregation of Fort Wayne will dedicate the new clubhouse erected on the church property on South Broadway on Sunday, . A nrosram has been September 1 i th. A progiai prepared for the occasion and htv a tfons have been sent out to one dred Lutheran congregations- of th section of the country. Rev. Lan c nau of Napoleon. Ohio, a son ° r he I late Henry Lankenau, of t is ‘ . and the Rev. Koffman of Convoy. , have accepted invitations to spea . the dedication. At i:00 ~SidZr^o^ B ß after en ’

during suffering brought on from old age for more than a year, Mrs. Phoebe Jane Blew, mother of Mrs. Ben Schrank and Jacob Blew of this city, I passed away at the home of the latter, where she had been making her home for the last five weeks. She had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years, eight months and twenty-five days, was bom in the east ( and came to the state of Ohio in Mercer county, with her parents, where they settled. After the death of her! husband she made her home the greater part of the time with her four children, two of them living in Ohio and two in this city. She had been declin- j ing in health for a year or more, but only for the last two weeks had she become more serious, and even then 1 was up and down, as her condition ' would allow. She was cared for by I her daughter, Mrs. Schrank, until' about five weeks ago, when she went ( to the home of her son, and where the ( inevitable hour approached. Site was twice married, eight children having 1 been born, four of whom still survive. Besides those of this city they are Mrs. Arty Hunter of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and Mrs. Charles Right of Ca-1 tawba, Ohio. She also leaves twenty , grandchildren and twenty-eight greatgrandchildren. The funeral services were held Sunday morning from the ( house. n j "SPOONERS” CAUSE FUN. I A "spoony" young couple who spent most of the day at different parts in the business part of the city caused a great deal of amusement for scores of people who witnessed their actions. Both were so much interested in their ( | little love game that they did not no- | tice the eyes of the many people I which wandered in their direction. 1 According to several people the young fellow came to this city from Marion at 7:45 and the young lady from Geneva at the same time. They first went to the court house where they spent some time in the corridors before the eyes of many people. They made several visits to the M. B. & E. ‘ station and took dinner at a local restaurant, but wnerever they were the j spark of love did not leave for an in- j stant, which caused a great deal of merriment at their expense. They both left on different, cars this afternoon, going in the directions from which they came this morning.—Bluff- ; ton Banner. J -a. few minutes after beginning work for the day William R. Elzey, who i esides on First street, met with a painful accident at the heading factory, where he is employed. Elzey was engaged in wrecking the huge piles or heaomg and loading i them on trucks which were taken *o ' the drying kiln for further treatment, and had just finished a stack. He pro- ■ ceeded to wreck another and was pull- | ing out some of the heading, so as to balance the top portion, when, without warning, the pile began to topple and Elzey, in trying to get away, slipped in the mud, and the huge I stack came toppling down upon him. A companion, who was working with him, called for help and the other employees of the plant hastened to his j assistance. They pulled th* huge stack of lumber from him and called Dr. Smith, who was soon on the scene. Elzey was removed to his house on , First street and a thorough examination was made. While no bones were broken he sustained severe bruises about the bead and trdy and may be injured internally. It will require I several days to determine the exact I extent of his injuries, but at present Ihe is in a serious condition. He !• 1 suffering much pain from the various bruises and several weeks will be net essary for bis complete recovery. He was indeed fortunate in escaping with 1 his life as the weight of the faßltng lumber was considerable. ■HUMAN ‘HEARTS.” “Human Hearts,” the "idyl" tff the Arkansas hills, will soon be produced at the Bosse opera house. Like Shore Acres and the DM Homestead time i on iy increases its hold upon the hearts lof the people. The prattle of an inno--1 cent child, the tears of an old blind I mother, the strong love of a simple ' country girl, the passion of an adventuress, the truth of a half-wit, the love of an old negro and the tender memory of a dead mother of the past governor of Arkansas, are all cleverly intermingled by the deft hand of the author of this absorbing tale of the Arkansas hills. Each succeeding season of this thrilling play's annually increasing business, has Induced the management to engage for this season's production one of the strongest companies ever organized in one cast. To the lovers of a good play, not one on the list of this season will appeal more strongly than “Human Hearts." • For the first time in several years 1 did the people of Decatur have an opportunity of watching a wreck tram and derrick in operation was that of Thursday evening when a G. R. * Ifreight engine and tender ran off the de-rail, plowing in the dirt and gravel

for a number of feet, which necessitated the calling of the wrecking crew from Fort Wayne to replace it. A short freight, No. 79, generally called a light, and making a run from Ridgeville to Fort Wayne, arrived in this city from the south shortly after No. 3, a northbound passenger train, due here at 3:24, had left the city. ( The engine and tender followed the passenger train to take water north of the city, and were returning, backing !up the track. Just as they reached 1 Adams stret they called for the block to allow them to pass over the Erie and Clover Leaf tracks, to collect the 1 remainder of their cars, which they had previously left standing. The man in the tower gave them the signal and the block to come ahead. Just ! about this time No. 9, a fast through I express, westbound, on the Erie, was ' nearing, and not stopping here, takes j the signal east of the city. After giving the G. R. & I. the block, the en- ' gineer, thinking he had it, as it was 1 given him only a few seconds before, but the operator in the tower believing he did not want It. and was standing still, took it away from him. Os this 1 the engineer was unaware, and he ' slowly backed onto the open de-rail, and before he could bring his train to a standstill the tender had completely left the rails and buried the rear : trucks entirely up to the body of the tender. The engine remained partly 1 on the track, the four of the six big ' drivers resting upon the ties, while the two small front wheels and the back drivers remained in their place. One of the rails was broken and the ties at several places were mashed and pushed out of their position owing to the enormous weight and running 1 over them, and the greatly soaked condition caused by the steady rain oi the entire day. A call was at once sent to Fort Wayne for the wrecking crew, but they having been called to Wabash during the forepart of the day to clear a wreck there, were unable to get back to Fort Wayne, and received no orders to come here until late, and did not arrive here until I 7:40, when they began at once to clear the right-of-way. A large crowd of I people gathered to watch the crew in • the drizzling rain, and it was not until ' 10 o'clock that the tracks had been cleared and trains allowed to pass, after a hold-up of nearly six hours taking place. I After this work was completed tlie 1 crew was called to the yards to put I several other cars on the track which j had been pushed off by a switching eis- ■ gine, and until they were ready to ■ take the dead engine and remainder of the train, midnight was reached. There was but very little damage done altogether, and only a few bolts of the tender were broken by the mis- ■ hap. >1 -o — . 1 Many of the friends and relatives . of Irene Henrietta Gottemoller, little > daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gotte .' moller. whose death occurred on Tuet , * day morning, gathered for the las’. ' time to pay their sad respects, which ,’were held this morning from the St. Mary s church, with Father Wilken i' officiating. Interment took place in . the St. Joseph’s cemetery. 3 i . ’ The town of Berne today showed by j the large attendance at the funeral , ' service of the late Mrs. John Craig, , the high esteem in which she was held by the people, when they gathered at „' the home this afternoon to pay their B g'rmpects to one who bad been neat and dear to them. The services wern , conducted by the Rev. Kattmua, whe , paid a flowing tribute to the estima- , ‘ hie lady, and one who was respected by all. Burial tobk place in the M. K. 9 <E. cemetery. p The Salem church east of the city was crowded with friends and rela,’fives of the respected citizen, war veteran and ex-public official, Seymour Worden, for whom last earthly rites were held at 10 o’clock this /morning, w>lth the Rev. D. O. Wise. , pastor of the Evangelical church, this , city, officiating. The officiating minis , ter paid a deserving tribute to the re- . I spected man, who was beloved by all .i with whom he made an acquaintance. I ' A number of people from this city were , 1 in attendance, as well as many from throughout the county. 3 Marshall Peterson has received a notice from A. Ttauman, sheriff of Fie mont, Nebraska, telling him of one John Gray, who is wanted there on a charge of grand 'larceny, and for whom a diligent search is being made. . He is said to have left that city on the . evening of August 2'fsd. ’’d started in this direction. It is s'lso ■■•ited that t he is a printer by tract' and that he enjoys the f’icndshin o a 'l’eeatur > young lady and ytrhat-s he may wind I up in this city, and asks th« marshal • to be on the lookout should a man , giving the following description be . seen on the streets: , “ Fremont, Neb.. Aug. 23, 1911. “John M. Gray, alias Jack Gray, both may be assumed names, age 24 yrs., > 5 ft. 9to 10 in., very sandy I ion very sandy hair, has a reddish • -

DO YOO OWN LAND AS A MATTER OF SENTIMENT OR AS A MATTER OF BUSINESS? If you keep your farm because it has always been in your family, or because you arc un .\ to leave the neigsborhood where you were born and raisec---th«, is sentiment. It's all right, too, and if we could aftord it we might feel that way ourselves. But if you keep your farm as a busine.-" proposition pure and simple—if you’re out after the dollars, and feel that you can’t afford to sacrifice profit lor sentimc.itat reasons—then you are the man we want to talk to. We have a proposition to put up to just that kind of nuMi—to men who want their capital of money and labor to return the highest income possible: and who are willing to exchange farms that barely pay for the labor expended on them for farms that will do that and pay a good cash income on their cost, besides. , We want to talk to the level-headed business farmers—the ones who figure the value of land on the basis of income procured. They are the ones who will be inter . ested in South Central Minnesota and Southeast’n North Dakota

where well improved farms, that can be bought at S6O to S9O an acre pay a greater income per acre than the $l5O to $250 land of the Central States. In other words, the capital tied up in the land you now own will make you two to three times as much clear money if invested in a Minnesota or North Dakota farm. Just as nice a country to live in, too —highly improved: good neighbors; good cimate: good markets., roads, schools, churches, etc. Let us send you our Northwestern Catalogues that tell all about these sections. When you have read them you’ll want to see the country; and when you see the country you’ll want to own a farm —and there is where we come in, with 180 of the choicest farms for you to select from. THE STRAUS BROS. COMPANY CAPITAL $1,600 000 Redwood Falls, Minn. Lisbon, N. Dakota. LIGONIER, INDIANA Chas. M. Stahl. - - - Dist. Manager VANWERT, OHIO.

lint, blue eyes, smooth shaves, very prominent upper front gold tooth, hands badly freckled, walks very erect, quite a clragette fiend, is a printer by trade, also a cornet player, claims to have played with different circus bands, was playing here in or-. chestra at moving picture show, may seek same employment, carries Union printer’s card, wears union button. Wore new tailor made blue serge suit, buttons on pants stamped "Herman BHarson,” also has » plain brown suit, wore a light brownish eray soft ba:, top of hat telescoped fiat. Stole a B- : Flat Silver cornet, C-, G- Conn makers' name on horn, owners name Albert Beneon engraved ow bell of horn, inside of bell horn is sold finish, liorut la black case, also stole a light tan leather suit caae, name A. J- Jones,. 'Parlier, Cal., i* ink on top of vase. I ; hold warrant'; arrest, hold and notify j A Hwman, Jr., sheriff." —— o " POLICE COURT NEWS. ( Tke tramp who was arrested the other day by Special Policeman John Andrews, following his creating a disturbance three of the business

FINE INDIANA FARM FOR SALE lam gwtng to offer at public sale on Wednesday, September 13, Hill at tiny farm residence 3 miles west and one mile south ot Linn Grove, Ind. a large amount of personal property, and at the same time will sell my farm of 170 acres at public sale to the highest bidder, farm is level, -v; or more black, balance mellow, good producing clay soil, all excellent corn, oals wheat and clover land; 40 acres woodland, balance in high state of cultivation, well ditched, all well fenced, and well improved with good J storv frame house off» rooms, fine cellar, large cistern, 2 good wells of fine water, wind mill, stock tanks, splendid barn 40x90, implement shed 16xM>. cow shed 14x56. hog house, corn crib and granary 30x40, three stories high, good orchard, on pike, close to school.churches, good neighborhood, tele phone, close to good markets. Terms will be one-third cash, one third in one year, oqe-third in two years, with 6 per cent interest. Ihis is a l.eauti ful home, and one of the best farms in Wells county. Come and see it and buy at your r>wn price, as it will be sold on date named. Will meet you with conveyance at Linn Grove, Ind., if you write me of your coming F. M. FRENCH Telephone Domestic, Ind. Petroeum. Ind,, R.F.D.

places on Jefferson street. was brought up before the mayor’s court this morning for trial, and when arraigned pleaded his own case. He was given the alternative of getting ! out of town by 11 o’clock or going to jail. He accepted the chance and ' considerably less time than that allowed him was necessary for his <om plete effacement from this community. In the two cases against Clifford Death which were tiled in Sqtnie Stone's court, one was sent to Wash ington Kern, and in the other the squire bad no jurisdiction The case against him tor provoke must be earn- . wanted in the township in which he ' lives and hence the ’squire has no authority to try the casa. The ease charging indecency was, on the m»> ! tlon of the defendant, vexiued to the 1 court of Wash Kern of St. Mary’s ' township, where it will be heard August 31st. —r~. FDR REXT—Three room dwelling house, turnished for light housekeeping, or unturntsned. Line street — 'B. W. Sholty. 174tu-th-sat M