Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1911 — Page 2

D. B. Moore, local commander of the 0 A. R., la in receipt of an order from the state commander of the G. A. R. telling that November sth has been set aside as memorial day by the state department of the G. A. R. in memory of Indiana's great war governor, Oliver P. Morton, and at which time It is asked that all cities join in paying respect to the dead state official. In this city memorial services will be observed at the ( hrlstian chur h Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, when the pastor, Rev. Dawson, will deliver a fitting tribute for the occasion, with the G. A. R. ex-sol-/ diets and ladies of the Relief Corps in attendance. A special announcement is issued by the local commander for all to meet at their hall one hour previous to the time set and to make Durations for the attending in ;. ’. ly. It is the initial memorial service t oi' its kind held in honor of the dead executive and it is deemed by the war heroes still living as well as all other devoted citizens that the tribute be made to his memory. It is the expressed wish of those in charge Os the service that all will avail themselves of the opportunity by being present and to hear the address to be delivered by Rev. Dawson. Police court headquarters known to many as the washing place for soiled linens proved to be the case Friday morning when area: laundry piece came up for cleaning, it having become soiled to such an extent that ( additional washing outside of the wringer was necessary for its whitening. It was the first police court doings ( for several days, oeing pulled off in ’Squire Stcue's court when Miss Golda Teeters filed an affidavit against Amanda Hamerick for assault and battery. The defendant later appear- j ed and ] lead guilty* to the offense, and | was assessed a fine, amounting in all | to $8:30, which she paid, (nd was re-! leased. Following this the defendant then filed an affidavit against Miss Teeters cn a charge of provoke, also with ’Squire Stone, and the trial was set for this evening at 7 o'clock, when it will be tried. The two ladies are both employees of the laundry, and the affair resulted I over a quarrel which took place this i morning at the above mentioned business place, which led to blows and . other things in the quarrelsome line, ■ and after the smoke had cleared away , Miss Teeters came out apparently the . worse, showing a number of scratches J and other after effects of the battle. I —— —- ' — — WAS SUCCESSFUL. Agnes, the little three-year-old, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Chailes I Brown, in the west pa: t of the city, , underwent an operation for the re-1 moval ci her tonsils. She withstood i the operation well and it is thought she will get along all right. DELIVER SANT.’. CLAUS MAIL. Washington, D. C„ Nov. 3 —The

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t postoffice department has raised the * ban on Santa Claus mail after all. . Rescinding a recent decision, Posti master General Hitchcock today di- • rected that any letters addressed to . "Santa Claus" may be delivered to ■ charitable organizations x>r benevolent persons that ask for them instead i of having such mail returned to the senders or destroyed. Mr. Hitchcock said he did not think the practice of delivering "Santa Claus" mail would lead to abuses, as was feared by some of the officials of the department. The many poor children who can be blessed with a happy Christmas in this way, he declared, makes the department's handling of Santa's mail worth while. A nolle prosequi was filed in each of eleven state cases, the defendants , discharged and the cases wiped off, the docket. The cases thus disposed j of are: Morris M. Boyd, charged 1 with obtaining money falsely; Charles D. Murray, search warrant; Orval | Wells, provocation; Ed Neadstine et al., disturbing meeting; Daniel, Straub, selling liquor without license; , Ferdinand Tabler, being interested in I public contract while an officer; Charles Ault, petit larceny; Warren Hamrick, wife desertion: Frank Muter, disposing of crops, on which was a landlord’s lien; Grover Odle, 1 larceny; James Worden, for peace bond. In the old divorce case of Elnora Foughty vs. William H. Foughty, upon petition of the defendant, the care ' and custody of the child, Howard Foughty, was given to William Foughty, the mother, Elnora Fougthy, . to have the privilege of seeing and ( conversing with sale child at all reasonably ccnvenient tines and places, j

I Joseph E. Russell vs. Lydia Shamp I et al. Separate demurrer of Lydia A. I Shamp overruled, and separate exception; separate demurrer of Samuel , Shamp overruled, exception. Separate 1 answer filed by Lydia A. Shamp in two paragraphs and counter-claim in one paragraph. Rule to reply to second paragraph of answer and answer to counter-claim. — Frederick Maurer, administrator of i ; the Melchoir Maurer estate, vs. Fred- ; erick Maurer et al., partition. De- 1 cree of partition entered and upon finding of indivisability, order of sale i is made. John C. Moran being appoint- 1 ed commissioner under $6,000 bond, i he to report sale when made, but no I distribution of proceeds to be made ; until further order of the court. Sale 1 is to be private, with four weeks’ no- 1 tice; terms, one-third cash, one-third ; in nine months, and one-third in ■ eighteen months' time. 1 1 At the time of going to press the < several attorneys in the Huntington i county case, Lucinda J. Branyan et , al. vs. Asael Brookover, quiet title, were in court, the matter of the ap- i pointment of a receiver coming up at • this time before Judge J. T. Merry- 1 man. : < In the matter of the Amos Ellen- 1 i herger estate, annual report was filed and allowed. Petition to settle as in- 11 solvent, resulted in the finding of in-; : solvency and notice was ordered. ; < The divorce case of Merle Laisure vs. Lizzie Laisure is set for trial to- ■ < morrow. I < j Auditor H. S. Michaud today receiv- ■ ed from the state accounting board I a report of the examination of the field examiners, who worked here re- . cently. The report covers the work ’ of his office during the year i 1909, and shows that there is due the state the sum of $5.02 from the auditor’s office. The total was $5.05, but as there was a credit of three cents in the auditor’s favor, the ’ total amount due is $5.02. The slight deficiency is simply, a matter of the checking up of fees, and the money is in the safe ready to turn over to the proper department. The report is a most excellent one indeed, and shows

that this difficult and intricate office i is managed in a very capable way, in- | deed. In the Branyan-Brookover quiet ti-| tie case from Huntington, further ac- j tion was taken here Thursday afternoon, Cline, Branyan & Cline with-| drew their appearance for Herman Stetzel and Lavina Stetzel; default of Herman and Lavina Stetzel and Geo. | Ricker; Cline, Branyan & Cline also withdrew their appearance for Cordelia S. Brookover, ancLeeparate and several demurrer filed by the plaintiff to second paragraph of answer. Real estate transfers: Isaac Rose ct al. to Charles B. Niblick, realty in Kirkland tp., quit claim deed, $1; Elijah Walters to D. B. Erwin. 86.72 acres, Root tp., $90(10; Nancy J. Parrish to Lewis C. Mills, 80 acres, Wash- ( inggm tp., $8500; Will A. Rundell et I al., to James P. Haefling, part lot 6. .Decatur, quit claim deed, $1; James

i P. Haefling to Grace Elizabeth Rundell, pt. lot 6, Decatur, quit claim deed. |l. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3—That the republican senate of 1909 increased the appropriation bill submitted to It by the democratic house by more than half a million dollars, is revealed by a compillation of figures just completed. The agitation relative to the condition of state finances has resulted in a thorough Inquiry and it has been definitely established that almost $650,000 was added to the house bill when it reached the senate. As passed by the house, the appropriation bill cf 1909 called for appropriations both regular and specific, totaling $8,444,459.13. As signed by the , governor the bill carried appropriations aggregating $8,955,662.35, an Inj crease of $511,203.22. But this was not the full increase that the senate had made as the bill I was threshed out in conference between the time it was passed by the ! senate and signed by the governor. He had announced his intention to • veto if the bill came to him in the form that It passed the senate. He demanded that $600,000 be cut out of it that it might not greatly exceed the estimated revenues of the state. He did not succeed in bringing about this much of a cut but the sixteen i hours of conference, during which the ' democrats stood solidly for reductions and the republicans were divid-1 ed on their stand for the bill as passed by the senate, did not result in the ; eliminating of numerous items, most of which were large. It was only after the report of i these cuts had brought from the governor his consent to sign the bill that [ the democratic members of the con- 1 ; ference committee permitted the bill :

' to be reported back to the two houses. This was long after midnight. The democratic house immediately con- , curred in the report of the conference ' committee, but even at that late hour a flurry was started in the senate by , tw-o or three republican members, who announced their determination to prevent an adoption of the report. Leaders of their party succeeded in silencing these members, however, and the report was concurred in at about 2 a. m. In signing the bill, the governor ex-. pressed his disapproval of it because of the fact that It carried appropriations exceeding the estimated revenue of the state, but voiced his satisfaction with the democratic house and members of the democratic conference committee over their vigorous fight to reduce the appropriations and explained that in his opinion it was better and cheaper to sign the bill, even in its unsatisfactory condition, than to involve the state in the expense of an extra session of the legislature. <, Rev. Roberts of Wren, Ohio, had a narrow escape from serious injury, when his buggy was struck by an automobile driven by Harry O. McGill of this city, Thursday afternoon. Mr. Roberts was driving east from this city, about three miles, and McGill was driving the car of J. S. McCrory,, going in the same direction. According to the driver of the car, he sounded his horn and Rev. Roberts started i to turn to the left, directly in front of the car. The machine hit the rig with ■ considerable force, hurling Mr. Rob- ! erts some feet, but he miraculously i escaped injury. One front and one ' rear wheel were torn from the buggy, ! the shafts broken, and the horse was ' injured, his left hind leg being quite , badlj’ cut. Harry immediately ar- ’ ranged with Mr. Roberts to repair all i damages, the adjustment being satisfactory to both parties and Rev. ’ Roberts was taken home by a passing ; rig. McGill telephoned in to Mr. McCrory, w’ho went to the scene and pulled his auto into town behind his buggy. The car was slightly damaged, one light being broken and one of the pipes to the gasoline tank being torn loose.

The -students of the Decatur big’ll 1 scho r i have made an extensive canI vass for the sale of the tickets for ! the lecture course tor this season, but I it anyone has been missed, tickets can i be obtained by calling up any of the high school students, or by calling ot the Holthouse drug store, where the reservation of seats is made. The reservation of seats will be in order tomorrow morning, the board for season I tickets being open at 8 o’clock, and , for the single lecture, at 10 o’clock, j No tickets will be reserved prior to this time, except individual tickets for ( the senior class under whose auspices the lectures are given, so there will I be no favoritism shown. Otherwise, I “first come, first served.” The first number of the lecture course will be given at Bosse’s opera house next Thursday evening by the Apollo Concert company and bell ringers. Every one of the five numbers of the course will be entertaining and instructive, 1 and combined will make a course that I has seldom been equalled in a city of

• thia size. If you haven’t gotten a i ticket yet, get one at once, and have , it reserved tomorrow morning. o- »' The official call of Daniel N. Erwin, I chairman of the democratic county central committee, asking for a meeting of that body in this city on next Friday, November 10th, will be found in today’s issue. As stated in that notice the principal and all important ] duty to be performed is the selecting of a date for the democratic primary i at which time there will be named candidates for judge, prosecutor, representative, sheriff, treasurer, surveyor, auditor, commissioner, etc., and the big battle will soon be op. While the lines have not all been set many of the candidates have been at work for a few’ weeks and a week from today the campaign will start in a friendly but decidedly earnest way. Under the new “corrupt practice act" j the candidates will work entirely on their merits, as it is not permissable to spend any money except for the teal expenses, a strict account of which must be kept and a report filed after the election. It is believed that the date for the primary will be fixed j for about the middle of December, j thus allowing a four or five weeks’ I campaign. Chairman Erwin has filled ( the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Lankenau, secretary of the’ committee, and representing “B” third ward, Decatur, by the appointment of Charles Ernst. | o TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. Frank Gass left Thursday afternoon for Elwood, where he was called by j the illness of his brother-in-law, Ber-. nard Weismental, who with his eldest daughter, Beatrice, is seriously sick 1 with typhoid fever. Seven of the fam-' ily have passed through the typhoid ■ epidemic, which has been in the fam-

ily since the middle of July. But two , members, Mrs. Weismentel and the youngest daughter, have thus far es- , caped. No telephone message naa I been received this morning from Mr. Gass, and as he said he would telephone if Mr. Weismentel proved to be extremely serious, it is supposed | that there has been no change for the worse. ARRANGING GAS FOR SOCIAL. J. S. Peterson, the new manager of the local gas plant, was busy today arranging gas in the Morrison building just south of the interurban depot, where the Eastern Star lodge will give an oyster supper this evening. Mr. Peterson is proving a veryclever and efficient representative of the gas company and the business of that corporation is advancing in strides that should bring joy to the hearts of the district and state managers of the Indiana Lighting comi pany. o A telegram received last Friday by D. F. Quinn, from F. M. Schirmeyer, who has been in Cardwell, Mo., several days, brought the news of the burning of the stave shed and staves of the Lardwell Stave company’s extens'ze plant there owned by John W. Vail of this city, the fire occurring Thursday. The value of the destroyed property is great, but the damage is covered by insurance. No damage, was done the mill, fortunately. No further details of the destruction were received, and relatives are anxiously awaiting further developments by letter. The stave factory in Cardwell fs a very extensive one and has been owmed several years by Mr. Vail. The | Vails have been quite unfortunate In' the matter of fire destruction, a large' cooperage plant at South Whitley, in j which Mr. Vail was interested, also' having been burned recently. 1 ♦ DEDICATE NEW MONROE SCHOOL Prof. Greathouse Arrives This Afternoon From Indianapolis. , Prof. Charles Greathouse, state sunerint endent of public instruction, ar--1 rived from Indianapolis this afternoon

and with L. G. Ellingham, County Superintendent Opliger. Hon D. E. Smith and Professors E. E. Rice and Jonas Tritch, will go thisS evening to Monroe to attend the dedication of the new school house, which takes place there this evening. At 7:30 the building will be lighted for inspection, and the services dedicatory thereto will open at 8 o’clock. The program: I Song—"America”—Audience. i Invocation —Rev. J. F. Crafts. Song—Male Quartet. , Address —State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Song—Quartet. 1 Address —Hon. D. E. Smith of Decatur. • Benediction. After the exercises a formal recep- ■ tion will be held in which every one is invited to take part. i o ,* RETURNS TO WORK. Hot Springs, W. Va., Nov. 3—(Spec-

i' lai to Dally Democrat)— Returning to >' his official duties after eight weeks of I travel. President Taft today planned ■ to complete his third annual message , to congress before he returns to the white house on November 12th. Secretary Hillets left the president's train as it passed through Washington last night, and at once began to collect data for the message. Maga- | zine postage and the trust question, it is said will be taken up by the pres- ! dent. The president will be here four days. Fully seventy-five members of the Woman’s Home Missionary society ol the Methodist church, with their friends, attended the annual thank of- ' sering given Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale, the interest being correspondingly large. Mrs. F. V. Mills, the president of the i society, presided, and the evening was opened with the devotional service by Mrs. John Niblick, and prayer by Mrs. Emma Daniel. Mrs. C. L. Walters gave a talk on the school work done by the society through the deaconesses, and a musical program. : including an instrumental duet by i Miss Frances Merryman and Mrs. i Dan Vail, a vocal solo by Mrs. Arthur : Ford, a vocal solo by Miss Marie Allison, and an instrumental solo by ! Miss Vera Hower, contributed to the pleasure of an interesting program. The thank offering (and this does not include the mite box sums) amounted to nineteen dollars, this said to be the largest thank offering in the history of the society. During the session a motion was made that the society ; write to Mrs. C. G. Hudson, the bereaved widow of the late Dr. C. G Hudson, a former pastor of the Decatur Methodist church, wfose death occurred last evening at Anderson. a letter of condolence and this was carried. Refreshments brought I a most pleasant evening to a close with a purely social hour.

Mrs. S. D. Beavers entertained the boys of her Sunday school class “The Three M’s," fourteen in all, at 12' o’clock dinner Thursday, in honor of I | the seventeenth birthday anniversary ' of her son, William, who is a member of the class. The boys enjoyed the occasion and presented William with an umbrella and a book, as tokens of' their regard. The box social held at the Raudebush school of which Miss Ruby Parrish is teacher, was a most successful one financially as well as socially, the unusually large sum of $22 having been cleared for use in school work. The total receipts were S3O, ant the teacher and patrons alike, are rejoicing over the success of the social. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wherry and chil-1 dren who recently returned from an ' extended visit in California, and who have been visiting a week with Mrs. - Wherry’s sister. Mrs. S. S. Magley, at Monmouth, left yesterday for their home near Monroeville. — The Helping Hand society met in the Sunday school room of the Ger-! man Reformed church yesterday afternoon, and after their business ses-1 sion, were served a delicious lunch-1 eon by the hostess, Mrs. Anne Yahne.. Miss Cora Beitler of Berne will ar- ] rive this afternoon to spend the week- j end as the guest of Miss Mary El-win. ■ , Not for some time have the members of the Pocahontas lodge spent ! such an enjoyable evening as the one |of Thursday, when they entertained in honor of Mrs. Jessie Burdg, who ' was recently favored at Indianapolis | by being elected to the office of Great Keeper of Wampum. Special preparation for an evening of pleasure was made, and to show their esteem for their sister member, who had; brought to them such an honor as' they received of enjoying a state office. Mrs. Al Gerard, in the presentation speech, gave a short, but interesting talk, also presenting their hon-

ored guest with a beautiful bouquet i of chrysanthemums and also their esteem for her. A delicious lunch was . later served, also music and social chatting went to make up an evening of pleasure. At the meeting held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. B. Erwin, the Presbyterian ladies discuss-1 ed plans for their bazaar which will be held during the first week in December, and the business period wa» followed by a social period and the serving of refreshments. Mrs. Asa McMillen of Pleasant Mills was a guest today of her sister, 1 • Mrs. D. B. Erwin. Mrs. Henry Stevens, president of j ■ the Loyal Women’s class of the Chris- ’ ■ tian Sunday school, announces that the class will hold its social session j with Mrs. Jacob Eady on Tenth street next Monday evening. The ladies’ society of the St. Pe-

r— = - a ter’s Lutheran church northeast of f the city, met with Mrs. Henry Lutt--1 man all day Thursday and devoted b themselves to’ quilting for the good } cause. The ladies’ quilts arc noted - all over the country, having been sent ■ to St. Louis, Chicago and others of - the large cities, where they are given > to worthy charity. The ladles also - enjoyed a good social time while t they worked with their busy fingers. , HIS LAST STRETCH. Yuma. Arizona, Nov. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Aviator C. P. Rod > gers, trans-continental flyer, ascended at a nearly hour, sixty miles from • here, on what he hoped would be his ■ last stretch of his flight from New > York to Los Angeles. California. He > reached Imperial Junction, California, at 11 o'clock today. TRIAL .riOW.S SLOWLY. . | (United Press Service.) Los Angeles, Cal., NoY. 3—(Special I to Daily Democrat)—Unless the pros- > ecutior in the trial of James B. McNamara obtains possession of the alleged evidence obtained in the raid on the iron Workers’ headquarters at ■ Indianapolis, the case now on trial . and the pending case against John B. McNamara will be greatly endanger- . ed. it is believed here today. It leaked out, however, that during the last forty-eight hours a series of telegrams have been explained between the district attorney, Frederick, and hip representatives at Indianapolis, urging them to do everything possible for the obtaining qf the evidence. It is due to the fact’ that eight men now in the jury box have absolutely declared they cannot convict on circumstantial evidence. o —. ATTENTION, G. A. R.. I 1 Sunday, November sth. being the ' day set aside as memorial day by the i department of the Indiana G. A. R., in honor of Indiana's dead war governor, I Oliver P. Morton, all members of the ' G. A. R., and all ex-soldiers and the 1 I ladies of the Relief Corps are re- i ' quested to meet Sunday evening at 6 I j p. m. at the hall and be ready to at- ! tend memorial services to be conduct- 1 ed at the Christian church at 7 p. m. i in charge of Rev. Dawson. 1 ORDER OF COMMANDER. ' o ( ( WAS KNOWN HERE. I Harry Hammond, Fort Wayne Ball 1 Player, Dead. - i Harry Hammond, until two years I ago, a member on the pitching staff ’ of the Fort Wayne Central League I team, died at his home in Newport, i Ky„ Tuesday, death being due to i ! pneumonia, which he contracted about < I five weeks ago, shortly after his return 1 from Montgomery, where he pitched ’ -in the Southern League. Hammond 1 was well known here, and was one of I the most popular pitchers on the Fort ' Wayne team. He was a veritable iron 1 man and in 1907 won the pennant for < the Springfield team in the Central i League, of which Jack Hendricks was 1 the manager. After departing from 1 : this locality he went to Denver and I Sioux City. In 1908 he pitched against ' | the Reds on one occasion, but was ! obliged to take to the bench., as the ] balls he doled up to the hard-hitting Reds were sent aviating over all parts of the lot. o NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING i— / : The democratic county central cojbmittee of Adams county will meet at 10- oYtoek on Friday, November 10, 1911, in Decatur, for the purpose of setting a date for the Democratic Primary Election, and for the transaction of such other business that may come before the committee. D. N. ERWIN, 258t3 Chairman.

I ' FOR SALE. Two fine brood mares, in foal; gentie and good workers; when fleshy, . weight about 1800 pounds. Two good spring colts, only a trifle less than full Belgian. A brood sow, with 8 pigs, six weeks old. Also an excellent 40-acre farm; good corn and sugar beet land. Terms reasonable. S. B. Hlrschy, R. R. 2, Monroe, Ind. Two i miles east and two miles south of Monroe, Ind. 258t6-e-o-d-44t3 — — ’ The new twenty-five thousand dollar school building at Monroe was appropriately dedicated Friday evening. Young and old for miles around gathered there and tne big assembly room on the second floor of the building | was packed with interested spectators I and patrons, while the ouside halls j were crowded with enough people to , have filled a room twice the size of the one used. It was a splendid occaI slon, the realization of the hopes of the progressive, and enterprising peopie of that community and the smiles of a people, pleased at the accomplished achievement, were noticeable

• on every hand. The new buildtjja model of modern plans aU( i WOf . equipped with the beet plans for Ing, ventHatlag and conveniences iUI . was praised by all who inspected it The walls of the Various rooms a nJ the halls leading thereto are decorat ed with well selected and VaXuabß. pictures, the gifts of Monroe peo P ] e and the school is an adornment O s merit to the vicinity. The program opened at 7:30 o’clock. p ro f R uf ‘ t East, the popular and efficient superintendent. being in charge. On the platform were seated Rev. Crafts Abraham Boegley, the architect; Wil'. Ham Everly ot Plymouth, the contractor; Lew G, Ellingham. secretary O s state; County Superintendent L r Opliger; Charles Greathouse, superintendent of public instruction; David E. Smith, Trustee Deers and Mr. East Music was furnished by a special quartet, which did most excellent singing. The program opened by the audience standing and singing "America,” after which Rev. J. r. Crafts offered prayer, and the quartet sang Professor East then Introduced Mr. Greathouse of Indianapolis, who gave a half-hour talk, giving compliments to those who are responsible for the splendid educational monument, and telling his ideas of the system of learning facilities in this great state. His talk was most interesting and ' the audience was delighted. Following a song by the quartet. Professor East introduced the Hon. D. E. Smith of this city, who delighted the big crowd with a splendid talk, in which he told of the progress of the schools during the past quarter century. It is a recommendation for any community that its schools have kept pace with its progress and they have more than done so in old Adams county. The old log school building has given away to the frame and then in turn to the small brick and now scattered over the country are many handsome school edifices, monuments to the educational branch of our government and marking the standard of our community. Mr. Smith's address was interlined with stories and anecdotes, and he held his audience during the forty minutes he spoke. The quartet sang again and so pleased the crowd that they were called again and responded. Mr. East gave a short talk on the subject, “Light,” and announc ed that he would be heard from again on. the- ntbjeet at feast so far as the advisory board and trustee were concerned. The audience was dismissed by Rev. Crafts. Following the meeting an informal reception was held in which many met Mr Greathouse and the other visitors and a happy half-hour was spent. It was a successful evening and those in charge are deserving of much credit. It fs to the great honor of the community of Monroe that they have one of the finest schools of any community its size in Indiana and the youth from that section will be given an opportunity of learning of which they should take advantage. The school is in charge of a most competent superintendent and an able corps of teachers, and will hereafter be known as one of the best in northeastern Indiana. Among those who attended from this city’ were L. G. Ellingham. D. E. Smith, L. E. Opliger, E E. Rice, Jonas Tritch, Charles Hocker, O. L. Vance, Charles Dm® Byrd Smith and J. H. Heller. POLICE COURT NEWS. The case of Golda Teeters on a charge of provoke, which wa- to have been heard in ’Squire Stones court Friday evening, was postponed utrtiWednesday, November Bth. at 1 o’clock. A large delegation was present to hear the evidence in the ease and the disappointment was ke en - Over a dozen witnesses were Subpoenaed and the case will be fought, Prosecutor Parrish appearing for the state and Peterson & Moran j for the defendant. I Immediately after a dinner a case which has been on file since mornins. was brought before 'Squire Stone, t e prosecuting witness, Hattie Zaugg- 0 the south part of the county, alh--wife desertion on the part ot her bus band, Albert Zaugg. This the necessary warrants and docu ments were placed in the hands o Special Constable John D. Andrewsand he drove to the home of the ties and made the arrests. In llie a raingnment this afternoon it ed that on a prior occasion *' had withdrawn another case ot t same nature. After some parties agreed to leave their ' ,re : abode and move to Fort Wayne * Zaugg has employment. I he c were paid. It also developed Zaugg had agreed to leave next . day, but the warrant had been out before that time by the »i |e - ( j became impatient at the dela.'. an interesting argument was in in. M»NEY TO LOAN. Plenty of money to loan on ( at 5 per cent. Privilege of payment at any Interest nay in 9