Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1912 — Page 2

Oise* Smth aged twenty •» pk»«d ib '*• capacity of fireutaa at the Adams bead me actory, comer o! • -a -*• «.-• vttb a terrible accideal at * o'clock this o*c raise whtie try tog to place a belt on a pulley, and >t U believed by fellow workmen that bls foot became fasten-' rd io the tek and carried down to the fiy wheel, where It was tom off above the knee and Mt securely bound with th* sf pcjlley, and that be escaped j - - dr > "iered B- • fr*" thoee connected with the plant and £a* miliar with the quarters in which he had to free himself, ont of further danger He bad gone to work at 5 o'clock, the usual hour, and everything »m in good running order, and the macii-nerv pv | w tor tbe day * work. raor other tbe belt had run off tbe pulley, seven or eight feet from tbe goir. and he went -» to place tbe earn- in position far running How th* injured man met with the misferwae no one in exactly able to etate, is there was no one present in the engine room al tbe time of the accident, and ai that could be obtained was from Mr Smith, who said that he was putting on the belt I* is believed from the appearance of the scene that the used his foot in tbe placing on of the belt, which when the belt once started. Wame fastened and. unable to free himself from this position, clung to the belt and was carried s distance of eighteen or twenty feet to the drive wheel and where the amputated limb was sUu ranging when found. Tbe iimb was so tightly wound by the belt that it had to be chopped out and tbe flesh was ground to a pulp. The large pulley near the froof was pulled from its fastenings, and with it cut off all of the different steam pipes runa.ng through the room, and the heavy failing piece, with the escaping steam from the boiler soon sounded to the other workmen in the other parts of the building that something wrong had happened. Enoch Eady was the first : to reach the scene, but when he first 1 ratted the door tbe room was so full l of steam that ae was compelled to i step back, but at tbe same time he i heard the moans of Mr Smith from : somewhere in the room He made the second attempt This ’ime. upon opening the door, he noticed the form of a < man lying near the door and bolding 1 ths limb from where tbe foot had ■eeri torn, to check tbe flow of blood somewhat, who said. ‘For God's sake, i help me " Mr. Eady then called for i b-’.p and Jacob Hrs- - tie first to,' rraca :. a. and the* pulled him from 1 his position, and with the help of oth- I era carried him across the G R 4 I. track* fust south, to the office The door panel had to be broken in. 1 as none of the office force had yet ar- < r red, and where the injured man was 1 made as comfortable as fteir labor ] co .id provide, while a sheet was made 1 into a cord and wrapped about tbe leg. . Drs Smith. Beavers and M iler were < at once sent for and responded, ban- s daging the injuries the best way possi- t tee for his removal to a Fort Wayne t hospital at once. When found all his dotting, from the right shoulder down to his feet had been torn from his body' 1 and was still rlinging in small threads < t .rn to shreds. His .'ace was beamear- < edl with blood, and from the escaping •team he presented a most pitiable condition to those who found him. He < never lost his nerve, or became uncon- * ion*. and how he extricated himself 1 from another large running belt, which ( »• tad to get around, as well aa other < •bjeeta, to the door, remains inexMamed As soon as his injuries were 1 attended to he was carefully placed in aa automobile with Dr. Smith. Roy Bator. a fellow workman, and Charles Miller as driver, from the Fashion < s’aoies and taken to the Lutheran bos- ; Vital, Fort Wayne, for better treat- s ■ent. |, Ths young man is the son of Olsen i Swlth, and years ago was a resident 1 •f Ossian Later je family moved to i Hart, Mich., where they have since re t sided. Some time later he came to 1 '-is eity and at first was employed as : firemen for several months at the city ' electric light plant. Prom there he • vent to the interurban power plant, : where he served in the same capac- | ty for two years or more, then going i •o his present place of employment lie has been employed at the Adams i riant only a short time, but had won ’ ■ respect of all his co-workers and was well liked by all He was making ' • home at the John Foughty residence on Meleveath street, and the word of the sad accident was received wish much grief. Although he suffered ntense pain from the injured limb, a cut was found on the neck, • this injury was slight, and although he lost considerable blood it la believed that with tbo care afforded him he will survive the -njuries. His fatter wa» wired at once, aed be will reach the city as soon us tie can. Word from the hospital at noon today, where Mr. Smith was taken soon after the accident, by the employees of toe factory, was that he ’u under-

■ going at. operation at that time, and l that so far be bad withstood the trip ! and ordeal very wed. — i Considerable damage was caused to i the engine room, which made it necee- ■ sary to close down the same until ■ ve pairs could be made All of his fel- ■ low workers are anxiously awaiting ' word of bis condition. and along with his many friends sincerely hope he i will survive tbe serious injuries whirl he stsetaised so suddenly and unexpectedly The second meaage received at j 30 o'clock was that be came out of the operation very well and withstood the ordeal remarkably veil. This will be good news for those anxious to hear of his cnnditlezi'harles F Sautbine is asking for $2400 d»'—ages in superior court at Fort Wayne from Michael Kinder. John Baltes and Mr Scherer, contractors on tbe Sacred Heart academy improvements, for personal injuries sustained while at work on tbe building. Sautbine declares bis skull was fractured by a falling brick, dropped from tbe third story by another workman. Coierick and Hogan are attorneys for the plaintiff. The plaintiff. Charles Sautbine. is a Craigvi.le man, who was working at Fort Wayne at tbe time of his injury He was in a hospital for some time. Before Judge Merryman of Decatur; the W. C. T. U. and the Fort Wayne Fair association are battling over tbe possession of several hogsheads of beer a couple of gallons of “plank road * j whiskey and some glasses that were seised by Sheriff Reicbelderfer on the third day of the fair last September ’ The goods wwe taken on a search warrant issued by Judge Edward O'Rourke i on an affidavit by C. S. Ridenour thar, tbe goods were being kept at the. grounds for an unlawful purpose The , case promises to stretch out over a week, and every Loch of ground is being bitterly contested by the attorneys. A. E. Thomas, former prosecutor. and T. E Ellison are appearing for the W C. T V. and Elmer Leonard and John Eggeman are tbe attorneys for the defendants —Fort Wayne New*. The February session of the county commissioners will convene a week from next Monday. February sth. Harley W'elker. son of 3. T Welker, residing four mites east of the city, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Merica on a grand jury indictment, tar public horse racing Welker gave the IIM bond and was released Attorney Shafer Petersen went to' Fort Wayne this morning in the interests of the Bosse case agzin He went ; to Fort Wayne yesterday for the pur-’ pose of making up issues in the case, i but found on his arrival there that, Judge Merryman was holding one ‘ court and Judge O’Rourke the other,; so there was no opportunity of his get- J ting a hearing then so he was obliged i to return today. Attorney D B Erwin was at Portland yesterday on b-siness in court, dismissing a case in which some Berne citiitns were interested. Real estate transfers Decatur Cem-1 etery Assn, to G. W Shady, lot 272, | '■emetery; Elmer E.. Friedliae. to j David W Slater, lot 99, Geneva, 11500; George Weber to Grid Stow, quit claim deed to realty in Root tp., SI Ou; Charlotte Weaver to Byron T Ault, 40 acres Wabash tp, S4WO o The body of John Steele jf Chicago, former>y of this city, whose death occurred there Tuesday morning from burns received in an explosion of steam pipes, six weeks before, while serving as engineer for the Pullman works, was brought to Fort Wayne at 10 o’clock Thursday evening, from which place it was taken overland to the home of Mrs. Steele's sister, Mrs. Baker, residing near Zanesville, Indiana. a little village north of Ossian. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the church near Zanesville and the burial will take place there in the churchyard cemetery. The body was accompanied by Mr. Steele’s son. Jesse, of St. Louis, and the deceased s brother, Dayton V. Steele, of this city. The widow, Mrs. John Steele, accompanied by Mr, Al Steele, of this eity, arrived in Fort Wayne on an earlier train at 8 o'clock, from which place Mrs. Steele went to her sister's home, where the body was taken later. Mr. Al Steele retrned to this city Wednesday night to be here to attend the luneral of his son-in-law, S. J Laman, which was held this afternoon. Mrs. John Steele's home was near Ossian before her marriage, hence the reason for taking the body to that place for the funeral and burial. o While Attorney D. B. Erwin of this city was at Portland ’s’ednesday afternoon at 2.17 o'clock at the G. n. & I.

1 depot waiting for his home-bound p train, he witnessed tbe narrow eecape of a Portland rural mail carrier. whose ng was struck by a southa bound G. R. <= I train which leaves > here at 1:11 in tbe afterncx n Tbe ru--1 rail taa.i earner drove directly ia front I- of tbe on-coming train. Hie boras was { killed, its feet being cut off and tbe 1 starts of tbe wagon were cut off tmootb i from tbe vehicle. The wagon was overi turned with tbe driver inside, but •traiute U> say he escaped with very little injurETAOIEM | earw vb ETAO slight injury. Tbe mail carrier bad t been off duty for several weeks, dur- ! ing the mending cf a broken leg. but 1 he had recovered su!B< lend; to allo* 1 him to return to work last Mcnday > with the aid of crutches Charles Magley and several on tbeir way to the Mancie poultry show, were on * tbe train. Tbe carrier's aaas is Geu. t Maxwell. A half hour after suffering a severe hemorrhage of iimt lunge. Jacob Haley, a well known man of ibe count.', died , Wednesday afsoon at 4:30 o’clock at tbe county .nlnaary, where he bad been an inmate twenty-one years. He bad been a sinerer trom tuoerrufosis of the lungs for the past year or more, but had never been confined to his I bed entirely, but was able to be up and around, or to sit in a chair, whicu afforded tins better relief, and at the time of the hemorrhage Wednesday, had been able to be up. Mr. Haley was seventy-one years of age He was never married- His aged father, who was also with him at the infirmary for seme time, died a few years ago He is survived by a brother, Ban Haley, a sister, Mrs. Dan Straub, of this city, and other relatives. The funeral ' will be he.d tomorrow afternoon at i ‘ I:3*/ o'clock from the ctapel at the infirmary and burial at the infirmary cemetery The Rev. L, C. Hessert of the German Reformed church, this 1 city, will probably conduct ’he serv ' ices. For the second time in seven years. George Hindenlang. a prominent farm-' er of Union township, living five miles east of this city and two miles north of Bobo, is homeless, the result of tbe total destraction of bis home by fire early thia morning. is« family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Hindenlang' and seven children, were soundly sleeping, when from some cause Mr Hindenlang awoke at 3 o clock this morning and found tbe roof over their: heads in one mass of Same. Fortu- > naxely the entire family was sleeping in bedrooms beicw and were thus able to escape, which might not have been their torture Lad they ocupied the upper rooms. The fire is supposed to ■ have resulted from a defective flue l as it started ia the roof. Tbe flames gained such headway that no efforts 'ould extinguish it, and very nearly > the entire contents of the house were lost. A little of the bed clothing was gotten out. nut all provisions, furniture and clothing were lost. Only partially enough clothing to dress was gotten i out by the family and the children. were forced to flee to tbe neighbors i through the bitter cold, without shoes | The three younger children are quite! young, their ages ranging from 9, 5| and 3 years. The house was burned to! the ground About seven years ago I Mr Hindenlang'a house on this place ’ was totally burned, that being an en-1 I tire loss. He then purchae*-'' a house l ! on a neighbor's place apd moved it to l this farm, remodeling the house for ’ their occupancy, and this is the one . that burned this morning. He carried 1 some insurance in the French town-’ ship insurance company, but not' enough to cover the loss, which will be several hundred dollars. The bouse' was of two stories, r-ith five rooms on the ground floor. Tbe churcne* or Adams county have long been pointed to with pride and among them all the Zion Lutheran, located at Friedheim. in the northwest part of Preble township, where ninety! families, as good as live in this great commonwealth, worship each Sunday. It is a beautiful edifice, complete with a 32,000 organ and in every way comfortable and commodious. This hand-' some property is now to be further beautified by the erection of a parsonage at a cost of between >4,500 and 35,000. The contract was awarded to Mr. Linderman of Fort Wayne, he being successful over four otherc. Th® brick were purchased from a Fort Wayne firm and a part of the contract was that the congregation should deliver the brick to the ground. They have already done this, a large number of men and teams going on the job and the 70.000 nrick were delivered within three days. Work on the new bouse is to begin at once and be completed as soon ua possible. The pastor. Rev. Pruess, beloved by all his congregation, will occupy ’be new parsonage when It is completed. Tbe old frame house will be removed and occupied by Rev. Preuss until the new one is ready. When tn is improvement is made the church will have a property worth nt le ist $25,000.

I County Recoraer and Mrs. Andrew ■ Welfley have j«n* reason to be very proud ot the fine, manly little boy. eleven year-old Vlrgi! Obler. of Peoria, i HL. an orphan lad, whom they have re- - cwtved into their home to rear and : whom they may adopt later on Mr*, i Welfley left last Monday for Peoria. > HI. near which place the boy lived at a home thrown open temporarily for film, and arrived here this morning at ; 2 o'clock with the little lad. Tbe boy has no parents living, and no living rel atfves. Until i few months ago be was aa inmate ot tbe Glenwood school for orphans, located about twenty milM out of Chieas". Mr* Weifley s sister. Mr*. Bradbury, now with her sister, was formerly mat-on of the Glenwood school, ’.nd while the-e became much atta bed to Virgil. When she severed her OMMctfoa with the school, the little boj ehoee love for her was also great. a»!:ed her to visit him on the days allowed them to receive visitor*, and *I«o asked her to find a god home so- him. and b:s bores are now malireri He c--rr.es with the very best recommendaticss and has already won a place in the affections of his foster parsers. . "’O —■ Several nsessage* that may lead * o the identification of the Insane man now confined a the Adams county jafi. have been :ece.ved by Sheriff Durkin. A telephone message Wednesday evening trom Warsaw from tbe chief oi police stated that a taker bad been missing there about twu weeks am’ answered tbe descriptiati of this man to a certain eaten- ibe baker was said to have been a hea'y drinker, i be /chief of police will send a photo ot the missing man to e«rat:.sh the identity, Sheriff Durkin also received an unsigned letter this morning from a Fort Wayne citizen, wise enclosed a newspaper clipping, giving a description c. the man held here. He stated that he ‘ believed from the description that tbe same man was in that city January 14th. The man who called at that place on that date gave his name as i ’Mitchell," thv same that this man gave to Sheriff Durkin, but who later told tbe potice here that his name was Charles Smith. Tbe letter stated that “MitcheU said he had arrived in Fort Wayne from Toledo. Ohio, where he bad been confined five months in a hospital. He seemed to be suffering from cold, exposure and hunger, and wore a light summer suit and summer underclothes, with oxfords At Fort Wayne he was given a pair of ‘ blue overalls, heavy woolen socks, a fur-lmed "altcker” overcoat, and other thing*. There ho told them that he was a cook and tried to get work, applying at the state employment bu--eati at the cou*. house, but was unsucceasfuL He told the Fort Wayne man that he bad no relatives but had friends. The Fort Wayne man refused to sign his name, as he did nit want to lose the time that would be lost should he be called to take part in a trial or legal proceedings, but sent the mesage in the hope that it would lead to locating of the man s friends Dick Myers ot tnr locai K. of P. lodge returned Wednesday evening from Bluffton, where he met with representatives of other lodges of the district to outline the program tor the district convention to be held here February 21st The meeting was called at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the K. of P Home at Bluffton and was presided over by District Deputy A. R. Huyettw of that city, who is also county superintendent of schools Delegatee from ten of the fourteen lodges of the district were present and included tbe following N M Johnston, Tocsin; G. M. Way, Ossian: J. A. Palmer. Roll; R. D Myers, Decatur; I Donaldson Y.'ilson. Uniondale; W. W Briggs. Geneva; W. E. Simons, Bluff I ton; -Philip 3chug. Berne; F. C. Fore man. Berne, and J. E. Millikan, Mont ' pelier. The following program, in part, was outlined: 10 to 12 —Reception of delegates from district; then adjournment for dinner. I:3o—Parade, In which all knigbts rill take part. 2:00 to 1:30 —Business meeting, in which, among other things. Grand Chancellor Hart will give his instruc•ioM, and in which the degree will be conferred upon the past chancellors. 6:3o—Degree work, in which the rank of knight will be conferred upon several candidates by the Ossian team. B:ls—Public meeting at the K. of P. Home. This evening session will be in the hands of the local lodge for the entertainment of the visitors and the Public in general. The program fothis has not been arranged, but will be left in the hands of a committee to be appointed at the meeting to be held this evening. Enroute from Bluffton Wednesday evening. Mr Myers stopped off in Fort Wayne and arranged with Judge Erwin to give the welcome address. The response will be given by W. H. Eichbcrn of Bluffton democratic nominee for judge. Further ithan this, however the program for

« the evening is not k*owa The to- - *! t lodge le arraagiSg tor aa elabor* . ot the several bu . nor* whe wfll be here Fforvsri - m st tend tbe * ' 1 . " — —— HOW A MEMBER- : L. C. Htl® r r ed from Lafayette- where he was m * ■ • tendance at the organ-cauon of a > , >W club in the Lafayette Life la**’ z— i* tbe leanee company for waica ue , . a-time aeo the agents ■; cal agent un> - ** 1 were notified ot the impending •» r cation and all worked w:-a •» : ganised with oaly xbout a doren m»ri > beta, among whom is L. C. Helm c - this city Mr Helm has been aasocia’ > eral years and is fax’ beco — n«, r the leading insuran- e men of this «ect ticq of til# cotmtry FORESTRY TEAM REORGANIZED. I I “ organised, with Waiter Johnson, chie' forester After reorganisation son.* excellent drill work was given, th s ! being in preparation for the degree work to be given next M edneeday ev- ’ enlng Several candidates will be initiated and the foreet;y team will do the work - — - —I-I-" All 3xs su*peed«i in the , city thii xltemoo*. when, wtih one > accord, th* *‘'**Tnes? een ot th# city, with a large trim her of <Kher members os a sorrowing populace gathered st the Methodist church »’ 2 oclocc where the last sad ritea were performed for one with whom they tad kng and kindly been associated in a business and social way—the late Samuel J. tAman. whose death occurred Sunday night after a short illaooa from pneumonia Tbe Rev R. L. Semans of the Methodist church sad charge ot the service and was assisted by the Rev Gieiser of the Presbyterian church and the Rev. G. B. Work cf Warren, former pastor of the Method ist church here, and who officiated at the marriage of Mr and Mr* Laman Tbe Knights of Pythias and the Elks of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body, the knights givi ig their ceremonial at the church, and lie Elks st tbe cemetery. The floral tribute* were many aad were exceedingly beautiful, and testified in their silent way to the esteem tn which Mr Laman was held. The pall bearers were selected from both lodge* Those from the K. of P. were James Hurst. James Bain and O L. Vance; and from the Elk* Charles Voglewede. Charles Teepie and Charles Emet Honorary pall. bearers, named by Mr Lamas, himself. ; when he realized the seriousness ot his condition, and that he could not recover, were A! Bcrdg. Charles Nibtick. C. A Dugan, Page Blackburn. Dun Erwin and C. L. Walter* Among those from out of the city who had arrived by : today noon to attend tbe fnneral were: i George H. Marquardt cf St Francis- i rille. Ill.; Rober Clear. Mrs. Allie My- i er* Mr* Lewis Schroeder. Mr and i Mr* Calvin Black, ot Fort Wayne; : Mrs Marquis Marquardt of Bluff - .n Rev C. B. Work, of Warren. Mr*. Judkins and sous. Prank and Dick, of Del- 1 phoe, Ohio; Mrs. Bi ss, of Lama. Ohio; Mr* Grewe and ffeughur, Arrill*. of Pittsburg; Samuel Alezander, of Delphew. o FRAUDULENT MARRIAGE SUIT. — Dismissed by Deluded Wife—Relatives to Care foe Child. Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 25—Mrs Jennie Kirkwood of Linn Grove baa dismissed a fraudulent marriage which she had filed against Lewis Kirkwood in a local! justice court. Her .’.stand fled from the county before a constable could! serve him with a warrant and when ! hi* relatives came forward with an offer to take their baby and furnish it a home and care for it she agreed to dismiss the prosecution. o REV. WORK TO SPF.AK. Rev. Setnans of the Method’s’ church has secured as this evening's speaker for the revival services the Rev. G. B. Work <f Warren, Ind., who years ago was pastor of the local! charge. He is an interesting speak- ! er, one whose sayings are full of thought, a deep thinker, and one who w!U not fail to please at thix time. - announcement. Revival services continue at tbe Calvary Evangelical church east of the city. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these service*. Sunday school at 9:3® and preaching at 10:30 next Sunday morning at Salem Evangelical church, east of city REV. E. B JONES. A pleasant evening of pleasure was that of Tuesday erenlng. when Miss] Kate Rolver entertained at the home 1

. u-« Joe Knapke on ot her sister. Mr* joe - ■ Pedro waa tbe North Second street . H.-wav’ 1 ' ufter which •Vw jane e famueeme . _ fy pullmg — » also leat to ’be treat, which was grw , h eajoffd thrown Invtled . .uW iler.ba John* Groce Bogner Mr and Mr*. Sam Doak bad •» tbe-r guests at dinner lav R*’ inlier of South WhilfoFThe Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical church me. Tuesdaj evmlng at the J. F Lacto* borne and is,ng*rated a novel contest able ’ will cloae in foot month* Tbe "sides were chosen—the married members on «*s«• sitb Mrs* Howard Burdi; asd tbo*e Xiving in o® Mis* Gladj* Kern, leader Each »as then riven the privilege of drawing a s’ip of paper on which was writtea the amcwnt of money the was required .o earn in tbe given time, tbe total to be then contributed to the ’wilding fund Each side will vie in earning tbe greatest amount of money. Tbe social side of life «a* not forgotten in planning for this, and a very interesting Bible character guesting contest was in order. Miss Hope Hoffman win«.r.g the honors A program, with a vocal *--lo by Eola Gent is. a piano solo by Crystal Kern, and a reading by Orpha Sheets, was highly enjoyed. The Shakespeare club met with P G Hooper Wednesday afternoon. Owing to the fact that Mra J H Heller would not be here next week, the excharged places on the program with Mrs D Sprang and gave her paper yesterday relating to tbe civilisation of £gyt« Next week s meet will be with Mrs C C Schafer and Mr* Sprang will have tbe paper Mis* France* Tabler gave a riumber party to a few of her most intimate friend* at her home «ne mile ea*t and a half mil* north of the town of Monroe Saturday evening. January 20th. in. honor of Miss Mina Tonkei of Fbrt Wayne, who !* a guest of Prof Charles Pepe and wife. The forepart of the Bfeht was spent :n music and games, a deliciou* luncheon being served at th* midnight hour. At four o’clock a de lightful sled ride was eojoyed. after which a nourishing breakfast was served. Those present were tbe Misses Leona Ray. Oecil Rlckord. Sylvia Hendrick* Naomi Dulls. Elta Johnson. Mary Milb. Lessle Watkins. Min* Tonkei of Fort Wayne, Anna Smith. Prance* Tabler and Mr* Charles Pepe, who acted as chaperon The Girls of the True Blue win meet Saturday afternoon with Miss Emma Weidler. south of the city, and will reslabs as her guestp at supper. The W C T U wdl meet at 2:00 Saturday afternoco tn the library reference room. The program will be in charge of the Presbyterian committee. Miss Mayne Deinlr>??r entertained the Bachelo* Maids Wednesday evening at * 30®,’’ Tbe regular prizes were won by the Misses Bert Voglewede and Mae Berling, and the guest prize by Mr* Fred Deining-' er. Mrs Harry Fritzinger. Mrs. Fred Deinlnger and Mr* Schlagenbeger of Muncie were guests .< luncheon com- | pieted a delightful evening * ectertainI ment. On account of the illness of her I mother, Mr*. G F Kiatx. Miss Marie Kintz postponed her entertainment of the Sina Cur* club Wednesday evening, until Wednesday of next week. Margaret, little daughter of Mr and Mrs O. P Mill* is celebrating her second birthday today with a dinner party to which a number of relative* were invited. Mis* Amelia Weber will entertain the Y. L. E. club this evening. D M. Hensley returned this morning from Marion, Ohio, where he attended the eighty-firtt birthday celebration of his father. Dr J. L. Hensley ( the affair being a family reunion. —— — The Needles aafi Nod* club, recently organized ladles' dub, enjoyed a very Pleasant afternoon at the home of Mrs. p-»nk Carroll Wednesday. from 2 |0 v O'clock. The ladies buried themselve* m wh!!e COBTersaUcn formed a goed pastime for the pleasant. tours. Music was furnished by Mi* tret. Emma Schulte, which was also highly appreciated. B delldouj U “ d “* moth er. Mr* V Th ’ •*» ®oet' next Wednertay afternoon with Mrs -’hug The following were the Sh r D 2 UWU: Emma Schulte Earl Butler, Dallas Hunrieker, fred Blosser, O P. Schug A hack load of young people from'

■ this city drove the Reunion Beery eity. where they Nl|__ talaed Game, . *»» I . j ed and there • ~ t refreshing lunch ur, **' “ inclined Anna sad rrotn 1 Oarard, Emma Sei Orsen I>essl- Mann. 4 p ' For Gault. Edith and -f.'" to Ds rence Bigg*. Oscar Xw-C ,ernoo Hare. Hanry Leer Roma Parent. Pro, ..’I were Haugk. Arthur c the brer. condl - little Mr and M-- this host and boatas* y » , res o’ Wednesday ever.:ar. r durfr and Mrs Btarkw»au,. on I Mr* O. L. Vance, “nd I Mr. and Mr» Otto tain tomorrow ei ciam few of their friends art Wb> batag looked fc that seve Tbe Etstern - * . Tbu iar meeting tom ,» h * B ery membe- to new to attend to. wea was ~z. _._ Professor and Mrs l £ 'ut children arrived lodu , " Linn Grove, where -t. . several week* his nearly recover*.! f- c ~ . WAI perteoce suffers •. wai hn wilk to Udq Omb w e rig ‘ <o kn< Professor a dee. Cola.. , .■ tbe city schools visit enroute to W< - inc spent aom* >ime c*afriend*. Mr Marrinis , - pa with the faculty <>' z \.- th’ *ity About 5 o'clock WtdMa., residents cf th* FA to locate what reteg , 3 fire, but which prn-<e» u „ S’ from a big oil fire vtri •tarted near th* • 4-., tn ago about two hundred !*-* M had been lost in * leai K ' 91 and Wednesday ig*a uesv a( was discovered Th* text made and the oil set on lx a big fire which drew mart « W D. Coil, pre* aen: cfa ' ’w plant in this city, who islyg. 3 with pneumonia tn Muncie n _ at last reports heard hex > . In this city last week sat n # became ill with paeuas* « grew worse upon bis home at Muncie H:« v‘it . daughter are in tbe eoetk a > home is closed he wu zu>. , home of a neighbor, wbmi* ( for, one daughter belnf -- < him. ] Local social circle* in ta • ' soc ial set of Alexandria trv r J over a scathing den irratict posed leap year dance, stock» nouaced a few days age. Father Faust of St Ms.fiJ On reading the an* jt :«mx• proposed dance. Fa' her Pur * uted a signed article to i » andria paper in which he xa ‘ < the dance in vigm-cu* .ernU pressed the hope that the pie of his parish woa.d hzw to do with It. i A goodly vsre tbe revival services Wediesk Ing at the Baptist church with interest to the subject «* Rev. Jone*. “Quitter*’ " 13:18. There were'our ci® * Wednesday evening Three * cetved aa candldules 'or SM® after that will be received : membership of the chartii 71’* desired to unite with the Pw ’ church and will be recons’** that church. "Hypocrite* and Out” U the subject '■« sermon. Everybody welcome Harry Harlan, a traveiitS ’ salesman, was in the city b* 1 * and reported seeing the tor* ■ by Mail Carrier George Mu* Portland, on Wednesday site*-* most instantly killed ’ sel " ' struck by the southbound o ' passenger train, which this city at 1:11. Mr MU’ 6 J | of the well known rural fi - *’ * recently has been having !> g trouble. A short while S ed in an automobile Md C collision, in which he »u injured, and this time be U 1 - g ed with only slight injures Peter M. Mosure. one o' - , well known resident*. * ( farmer, passed out of ’b u Wednesday at the home of bu law, Amos Hirschy. »bere been making hi* home for » of year*. About a year <> r f suffered a stroke of par*J greatly affected him. » n(1 ’ he had been unable to 1)0 anything, and was streets but seldom. He ’** ber of the Meononite ci ' rC ' )9e . funeral will be held from :b« ’ } ; Friday morning at 9:30 from the church at 11 ° cl<K