Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1912 — Page 1

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SPAN OF BEAUTY » *( ‘ ' Will be New Concrete and *1 Steel Bridge Over the Old St. Mary's ■AT MONROE STREET Twin Spans of 89 Feet Each I Will Bridge the RiverWork of Art. ,3 By the time the Ice King give* up hit rale, end the April showers go purling down the St. .Mary’s river past the foot of Monroe street, the waters of old St. Mary s will be gurgling sat--1 ’ isfaciion at the busy worts that will _be in progress ther,e—the tearing away of the. old wooden bridge that 5 for years has been the entrance to the city from the east, and the replacing of a concrete and steel reinforced structore of the latest kind, to be built at • -cost of |17,490 by the Burke ConQ structlon company of New Castle, Ind. | The contract, for the building of the bridge was awarded to this company Tuesday by the county commissioners, and will be built according to the plans furnished by the company. Material for the bridge will begin to arrive at once, and work will commence by April Ist, with promise of completion by July Ist. Besides the technical plans, understood by so few, yet so necessary in the construction, is a water color view of the bridge as ft will be tvhen com- . I pleted, and this hanging in the au- ■ ditor’s o;ce, gives even to the most I untrained eye, a good picture of what the finished bridge will be. There will be two spans of eightynine feet each, bridging the river, joiner- V by the pier in the middle. The highest point of the span above the level of the water will be twenty-one ,■> feet. The road-bed of the bridge, run- • ning over each span onto the end —abutments, will he a length of 121 feet, for each .half, making the roadbed of the bridge a total length of 242 feet. From the end abutments, the road bed extends beyond the river, twenty-eight feet each way. The road bed, from walk to walk, will be twenty-two feet wide, or thirty-four feet from outei edge to outer endge, or forty-eight feet across from the outed edges of the middle pier. A cement walk, stx feet wide, with a cement curb six inches high and eight- ’ sen inches wide, forming a gutter, will run on each side of the bridge, its full length. The bridge will be an open structure, quite a novel change over the dosed wooden structure, so long used. Each side will be guarded by a balusrade running the entire length of he bridge. At the abutments, and the ’entral pier will be heavy pilasters, tnd the balustrade will be divided nto panels, with heavy blocks at in-I ervals of some fourteen feet or more. At the ends of the bridge and the niddle pier, will be large lamp posts, naking six in all. These wil Ibe comletely fitted with glass globes, sixeen candle power bulbs in dach globe nd five globes to each lamp post. The tyle and pattern of the lamp posts hall be subject to the approval of the >oard of commissioners and their ’tigineer. The bridge contractor will furnish nd place on one of the pilasters of he balustrade, where directed a plain ironze tablet, securely anchored into osition. This tablet will contain the kite of erection, the names of the ounty commissioners, the county auitor, county surveyor, and contractor, n plain block betters, not less than wo inches high, raised not less than ne-fonrth inch, and will be about wenty-four inches by thirty-six inches dth plain face, and outer beveled dges. The old wooden bridge will be vrecked and removed by the contracor. All timbers, stone, and other treclrage shall be neatly piled on the ast side of the river, beside the roadway and out of the way of travel, all Id material to belong to the contracbr, who will be responsible for its reJoval from the site. OPEN TO THE WORLD. Practically Ithe only change made y the fair association In its revision f the Fules, is that this year the oultry show will be open to exhibitrs of the world, instead of those only rom thia county.

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? THE ELKS’ BALL. Your attention cannot too frequentj ly be called to the Elks charity ball, to be given by this liberal organiza I tlon on Monday evening, February 19th. The committee in charge will ' soon call upon their many friends for I the purpose of disposing of tickets and there should be none to fall to invest a dollar toward this worthy ~ cause. There will be a special meet ing of all members this evening, there being business that requires the pres i ence of all members. i' — j . THE MONROE NEWS Great Future is Assured Our 1 I Sister City from Present Busy Rush. CHURCH GATHERINGS Are Scheduled for the Near Future—Building Boom Soon to Open. Monroe. Ind., Feb. 7 —(Special to j Daily Democrat! —Freidman Davis’ has gone to Fort Wayne to accept a! position in that city. The board of directors of the Monroe tile mill held a business meeting on last Monday, at which time the\ business of the past year was gone I over and other business matters at-: tended to. Th© manager, Mr. Rufus i Sprunger, was highly praised for i jhe excellent business which was brought about through his labors, and the high rank in which the company is ‘ held through his untiring efforts. — The Standard Bearers the Meth- : odist church are completing arrange-, ments for the giving on an entertain-! ment at the church on Friday, when . a speaker of note will address the people, and an arranged program will i be carried out. On Sunday evening, February 18th, I at the Methodist church, under the auspices of the Epworth League, a musical entertainment will be given j by those in charge, and they are going to quite a bit of' extra work to make the affair a prominent one. All are invited to attend, and a good time is assured all. "Monroe is still booming." The latest step in this line was the purchase of seven acres by John Hocker and divided off into twenty-five lots, which he has all sold, and in the near future a building boom will be no- j ticed in this tittle town. Eleven new 1 dwellings will be erected, and along with this a new brick business room, with a Modern Woodman hall will be constructed. The Monroe Hay, Grain and Milling; ■ company has added to its force of mil-1 lers, J. W. Folger, fin experienced ' man, who will greatly aid in getting i 1 out their present great demand of business in feed and “our, which requires all their time to complete orders. PURSUED BY BAD LUCK. Woman Reaches Geneva Too Late for Mother’s Funeral. Mrs. Jennitf Fee of Oklahoma City, Okla., who passed through Bluffton Sunday afternoon enroute from her home to Geneva to attend the funeral of her mother, seemed pursued by a chain of bad luck, which started after she had left her home in Oklahoma. She received the death message Friday, and she was delayed in getting started to Geneva. She purchased a ticket to St. Louis, and thence to Richmond via the G. R. &I. After reaching St. Louis, she learned that she could not make connections there in time to reach Geneva to attend the funeral which was held Sunday after'noon at 2:30 o'clock. She exchanged 1 her ticket for one over the Clover Leaf and the Clover Leaf train was about ten hours late, caused by a detour by the way of Danville, 111., on aci count of a freight wreck at Cayuga, Ind. She arrived here at 2.32 p. m.. , and after the train had gone she found she had left her purse in the coach. A message was sent to the conductor at Decatur and her purse containing $15.75 was returned to her by a freight train. She left this city at 5 p. m. for Geneva, bt# was too late to . attend the funeral.—Bluffton Banner.

WEDDING BELLS Rang Happily at St. Mary’s Church for Eiting-Laug-ermann Nuptials. i SOLEMNIZED TODAY Wedding Dinner Given at Home of Bride’s Mother Dance at K. of C. Hall. Wedding bells rang happily forth this morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church for the nuptials of Miss Elizabeth Agnes Kiting and Mr. Albert iaiugermann. which were solemnized by Father Wilken. The wedding party made a very | pretty appearance, the bride being gowned in an ivory-colored frock of, marquisette, hung over satin. White i rosebuds were fastened in her hair,' and the prayer book she carried was marked with the same pretty buds. | The bridesmaids, the bride's sister, I j Miss Josephine Eiting, and a friend, | Miss Eleanor Hockemeyer, were loveI iy in dresses of white seco silk, with I trimmings of net, and also carried 1 white flowers. The groom was attendJed by Messrs. Andy Sherack and , Frank Gillig. Nearly sixty gusts gath- ' ered with the wedding party at the ' home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Cornelius Eiting, south of this city, following the church ceremony, and showered them with good wishes bej fore the wedding feast, which was sumptuously spread at noon on tables, i pretty in their floral decorations, the house also being bright and fragrant with its wealth of flowers for the oc- , casion. This evening about two hundred friends will join in the dance to be given at the K. of C. hall. Among ’ out of town guests are ■ Rose, Leo and Pauline Schroeder of Madison, Mrs. John i Laugermann and daughter, Lizzie, and son, John, of Tiffin, Ohio; Joseph and Earl Heffner of Fort Recovery, Ohio; jEd Gas© of Tiffin, Ohio. The young couple will live on a farm south of this city. Both are young people deserving of the highest success in life, which will undoubtedly be theirs. ONiIR LINCOLN W. R. C. Will Give Picnic Supper for G. A. R. and Their Wives. ON NEXT MONDAY A Program Will Follow in Commemoration of the Martyred President. The Women's Relief Corps has tak- ’ en things into its hands in the way of celebrating Lincoln’s birthday next, Monday, February tztn, anu have decided to give a picnic supper at the home hall to w-hich all the members of the G. A. R. and their wives are invited. This will be given from 6:30 ■ to 7 o'clock. Following this a program of speeches and music will be given. Mrs. Nellie Sholty, patriotic j Instructor of the W. R. C„ has charge i of the program, while Mrs. Sarah Wertzbergt.- is chairman of the committee on ar.-’-ngements, and a celebration, unsurpassed in excellence, is . anticipated. The celebration mark-’ ing the anniversary of the martyred president, who did so much for the saving of his country at her great l crisis, will be a worthy one. o i PYTHIAN SUPPER. The following menu will be given by the Pythian Sisters at their home I on Saturday evening, from sp. m.: j Vegetable Soup < Pickles Cut Veal German Baked Potatoes ' Baked Beans Cold Cream Slaw i Fruit Cake Coffee TO MEET THURSDAY. — All th© committees on arrangement for the district K. of P. convention to be held here February 21st will meet < at the home Thursday evening, when . 1 further steps will be taken. I

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.’’AUNT JERUSHA’S PHOTO ALBUM" : Is Name of Ityerry Play to be Given Thursday at Yeomen Hall. "Aunt Jerusha's Photograph Album” is the name of the merry play i to be given by the Presbyterian Guild i Thursday evening, February Bth, at the Yeomen hall. The guild has been practicing diligently 'for some time, and expects to give the public an evening of fun. Ten cents admission will ■ be charged. The public is cordially i invited to attend. The cast will be published tomorrow. COURT HOUSE NEWS Will of John Leichty Probated—Suit Dsmissed by True & Runyon. THE DIVORCE CASE l Os Warren Hamrick Set for Trial February Fifteenth —Marriages. i Martin Miller vs. Dallas Butler et al. Defendant ruled to answer absolute in five days. — State ex rel. Jennie Bieberstein. bastardy, set for trial, Thursday, February 22nd. Marie Kruel vs. J. H. Koenig et al. Answer filed in one paragraph. True & Runyon vs. Clifford Death. Cause dismissed; costs paid. Samuel Barger vs. J. H. Koenig et al. C. J. Lutz appeared for defendant ; rule to answer. D. E. Smith appears for Henry Schroeder. Henry Gerke vs. William Fledderjohann et al. C. J. Lutz appears for defendant. The Bank of Tocsin vs. Ernst Gallmeyer et al. C. J. Lutz appears for defendant; rule to answer. D. E. . Smith appears for defendant, Ernst Gallmeyer. Daniel W. Meyers et al. vs. .lames ' M. Rice et al., assessment lien. Cause ; ordered left off docket. The attachment case of William Pouch vs. George H. Garman ordered left off docket. \ .Martha Heideman vs. Henry Heideman, divorce, cause dismissed without prejudice at plaintiff’s cost. Dennis Striker vs. Albert Meyer et al. Note ami foreclosure. Plaintiff * files answer in two paragraphs to cross-colnplaint of Chris C. Beer et al. ' Rule to reply. Answer to cross-com- • 1 plaint of Daniel Rich filed, and reply ito second paragraph of answer of i Chris Rich. I Joseph Chrisman vs. W. J. Heeter, rental and account. Affidavit B>y dei fendant for change of venue from county sustained. Cause sent to Al- ' ten circuit court. Ten days given to perfect change. The Unitype Co. vs. The Decatur Publishing Co., replevin and damages. C. L. Walters appears for defendant. — In the damage case of Rebecca Eady, administratrix, against City of Decatur, C. J. Lutz appears for the plaintiff. The replevin and damage case of Martin Hollingsworth vs. L. G. Botkins was ordered left off the docket. — : In the Taylor partition case, plea in abatement is filed by Mary Taylor. — Muri Laisure vs. L. L. Wright, on note. Dismissal at plaintiff's cost. | In th© I. D. Landis receivership case, rule against receiver to answer petition of Austin Advertising syndicate. Warren A. Hamrick vs. Amanda T. Hamrick, divorce. Set for trial February 15th. Marriage license: Elizabeth Agnes Eiting, born July 4, 1889, daughter of Cornelius and Catherine Eiting, to wed Albert Langermann, farmer, of Ad,ins CONTINDpD ON PAGE TWO.

THE SEMI-ANNUAL Old Adams County Bank Directors Held Regular Session Tuesday. THE USUAL DIVIDEND Was Declared—Total Resources Pass the Million Mark—Heathy Growth. i Directors of the Old Adams County bank held their semi-annual meeting in the counting rooms of that institution in this city Tuesday afternoon and the board and officials are highly elated over the showing made, which by the way was the best in the history of that old and rock-ribbed financial institution. The usual semi-an-nual dividend was declared and the balance credited to undivided profits The bank is now starting on its nineteenth year under its present charter and has two years to run under same. Cashier Ehinger made a report of the bank affairs at the meeting, showing that the total resources are $1,112,143.86 aad the deposits are $931,874.48, the largest ever known at that bank. Every member of the board attended the meeting and each was delighted with the splendid showing for the past six months. The business continues to grow and with the anticipated growth in business in this community in the next six months they anticipate a further marked and marvelous growth in their business. Thel Old Adams County is one of the pin-, neer banks in this section of the state and is known far and near as a solid ' financial house in a solid community. BECOMES TRAVELING SALESMAN. Grover Hoffman, a clerk In the Schafer saddlery department. Tuesday’ began duty as traveling salesman, his territory to be northwestern Indiana, and a part of Michigan. This makes three traveling salesmen that this rapidly growing saddlery works now has. WHO IS HIS SISTER C. C. Bowen, Civil War Veteran. Who Died in Toronto, Canada. Jan. 6 LEAVES A WILL Devising Property to Sister in Decatur—Can She be Found? i Who is the sister of C. C. Bowen, j a civil war veteran, who died January 6th, in Toronto, Canada? His sister is supposed to live in this city or county, and the aged veteran, a short time before his death, made a will j devising all his .property to this sis- ‘ ter. if she cannot be found the Ca-, nadian government will confiscate the I property, as Mr. Bowen still retained his United States citizenship. It is said that the officials are also confin- ’ ing their notices or publications for j the heir to Canadian papers. Such was the import of- a letter received here '■ today by J. C. Patterson, by a friend who is also a war veteran, and who took a kindly interest in this matter i that came to his notice. The amount of the property is not known, nor is i the name of the sister. It is not | known whether she retained the name of Bowen, or married, taking another name. Mr. Bowen, the deceased, was a member of Company G, 100th Indi-: ana regiment. It will be'remembered that about a month ago, a message was received here by Mr. Patterson, Western Union Telegraph agent, from a doctor in a hospital at Toronto, stating that Mr. Bowen was dying, they asking that relatives here be notified., Th© one to whom the message was addressed could not be located, although a newspaper notice was given also, and it is thought probable that the one to whom it was sent was the, sister, to whom he left his property —O — — J. H. Gentis, traveling salesman for the International Harvester company,, left this morning for Columbia City. 1

THEY GOT THE HOOK. King & Bleekman of Fort Wayne, who played at th© Crystal Monday and Tuesday night were uncermoni- ■ ously fired Tuesday night on account of not holding up to the contract They were to put on a change of program each night, but it seems that they only had one learned, and tried a repeater, hence the discharge. To night the price will be five cents and a special film is on the boards con 1 corning the Mexican war. It Is said I to be exciting and lovers of war dra • I ma will be pleased with the play. — -as ii—* -i——m .i GIVEN A START Fred Mitchell, Strange Insane Young Man, Now Rational, Was Discharged BY THE COURT Friends Assist Him to Huntington—Has Hopes of Gettng Job as Nurse. Having become rational, the insane strange young man confined in the Adams county jail the past two weeks, and whose true name was learned to be Fred Mitchell, was given a hearing in the Adams circuit court late Tuesday afternoon and was discharged. He left on the 4 o'clock interurban car for Huntington, where he thought i friends would help him secure a posi- ’ tion as nurse in a hospital, he having j been engaged in this profession, i Though violently insane a short time 'ago, and so adjudged by a jury in the court of 'Squire J. H. Stone, and remanded to jail until he could be giv en a final hearing in the circuit court. Mitchell soon regained his right mind and his pitiable condition a short time ago is thought to have been a temporary derangement due to excessive drinking. He insists that, his* age W thirty-five years, but he looks not more than twenty. He stated that he has no near relatives now, but that his home was in New York City. At eighteen years of age, the death of his father left him SB,OOO or SIO,OOO, all of which he lost recklessly and : was reduced to poverty, taking up a wandering life. Jteing reduced to great poverty and want, he often found tem- • porary reliet in supplying his wants, iby pawning his clothing, so that his supply in this line was not of the best when he struck this city about three weeks ago and worked for a dairyman, a few days before the breakdown came. ’ iHe stated that should he have good I clothes, he thought it would be less I difficult for him to secure a position, i so kindly men here, whose many char-1 itable acts done on the quiet have won | for them the life-long good will of i many unfortunates, fitted him out I ! with good clothes, and other things I ihe might need for the trip to Hunt-' ! ington, where he thought he could get i ' work. He is a man of good appear-' ance, and is said to be unusually ■ bright. , o LANDS IN NEW YORK. ' Hugh Miller of Muncie, in Europe Since Last October, on Way Home. The Winnes family is in receipt of a ' : postal from Mr. Hugh Miller of Mun- j I cie, but who has been in Europe since . last October, stating that he was on his way home. At the time of writing the card he was in Paris, and ready' to leave on the steamship, PHncess Irene, for Bremen, and due to arrive in New York harbor at 10 o'clock this morning. While in New York City he will visit with his sister, Miss Grace Miller, after which he will proceed homeward, and he is expected to arrive in Muncie in a few days. It will be remembered that last October he was sent by his firm, the Warner Gear company, of Muncie, to look into a matter relative to some automobile patent, in their interests. That lie! has now accomplished this step will i mean much to his employers, and at ’ the same time their success will be greatly indebted to him. MAGLEY ADDITION. — The census of Magley was increas jed Tuesday morning by one, with the arrival of a nine pound girl at th ■ home of the postmaster and merchant, Jonas Liby. The new arrival has ' brought with her an abundance of 1 home happiness. ‘

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WORK WAS PLENTY » - ■" ■ City Council Handles Big Bulk of Business Before Them Tuesday Night. MERRIMAN SEWER i Is Having Its Ups and Downs —Now in Hands of Entire Council. The members of the city council met in regular session Tuesday evening, and owing to the elapse of three weeks since the last regular meeting, they were conirontea w;b a large volume of business for disposal. The I first work of the evening, following ' the roll call was (j petition filed and I signed by JacK Grady, John Geier and • John W. Marbaugh, the three Grand j Rapids & Indiana, crossing watchmen, I asking that their hours be changed from 7:00 vo 7:00, the present ached- ' ule, to 7:00 to 6:00, relieving them of one hour, as there are no trains passing between these hours. This was left in the hands of the street and sewer committee and was later ai>- ' I proved and their request granted. A ’ resolution calling for the receiving of improvement bonds on the Gause sewer in the west part of the city was read and adopted. A second resolution, similar to the above was also ' J read, it calling for improvement bonds to be issued for the Mylott sewer, both being adopted and ordered to he placed on record. An ordinance regulating traffic in the city of Decatur in case of fire, when the alarm is sounded, was read and passed on the third reading, with all rules suspended. Proof of publication, notice to property owners, pertaining to the construction of the Merriman sewer, was filed, followed with the hearing of objections from those who had any_lhing to say relative to the building of the sewer. Simon Brandy berry, with a remonstrance signed by a number of property owners and others living along said proposed sewer route, was filed, they objecting u »he present outline of the sewer, and tha<. unless changed somewhat they would be opposed to its construction. Mr. Brandyberry, at some length, dwelt upon th.® sentiment of the people who signed his paper, and after his remarks Civil Engineer Kintz explained the matters as to how he thought they were and appeared to him upon his examination of the prescribed course. Several others gave their opinion and all having been given a chance to relate what objection they held, it w-as left in the hands of the ' entire council, who will look into the 1 matter and see what will be the best ' and most advantageous to all concern- ; ed. The treasurer’s reports for the i months of September, October, November and December, 1911, and which had been turned over to the , finance committee to go over the same, were found to be o. k. and ordered to be spread on record. The mayor and other officials of the city ' have again been notified of the meet- : ing of the Indiana Sanitary Water Supply association to be held at Indianapolis on the lath and 16th of ' this month, and the communication ■ expressed great hope that the city would be represented by interested persons along this line. This the mayor has considered, and deemed it necessary that the city should send several representatives to attend and hear the many valuable pointers which will be given out to them, and improvements which ought to be made over the present system of affairs to be • found throughout the state. To this the mayor asked that Superintendent Martin Mylott and Civil Engineer G. F. Kintz be allowed their railroad fare and actual expenses during the two days' session and they have been appointed to ati tend. The purchasing committee was authorized to buy one-half dozen mops, one-half dozen brooms and a : case of lye to be used at the waterworks plant. The contract of the county council, which granted an api propriation for the placing of nine or more light posts around the court house, three at the jail and six to be I placed at the new Monroe street bridge was read and left in the hands of the street and sewer committee to enter into conract with the county officials. The following bills were allowed, completing the evening's work: Holthouse Drug Co $ 7.55 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE