Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1912 — Page 7

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GETS SECOND CHECK. Walter F, Gunaett la in receipt of a J nlne-dollar check for injuries received , . a few wee kg ago, the amount being i I paid by the Central Casualty company j J of Indianapolis, In which he is insur-' . <‘d and la represented by B. Frank | | Kent. Mr. Gunaett is also inaured in . the Hoosier Casualty company and j received seven dollars for the same | Injury. The Hoosier Is repiescnted bj i 8. C. Cramer, WILL SURVEY. The engineers appointed to survey the proposed route of the Erie to the Michigan canal, which is proposed to pass near Fort Wayne will begin work on the surveying of the route in a few days preparatory to handing in their report as to the most feasible route. Should the Fort Wayne route be selected there may be steps taken to get a branch from the Ohio river district, which in such a case would run through thia city. — ———— F. R. McMullen and A. F. Lindley, Chicago capitalists, accompanying William H. Schott, a Chicago interurban magnate, with a number of directors and stockholders of the M. B. & E. and B. G. & C. traction companies, made up a party which made an Inspection trip over the M. B. & E. and B. G. & C. lines yesterday with a view of the Chicago men purchasing the two llnts The men went to Marion Thursday morning at 8 o’clock, returning at 11 o'clock. They went from here to Geneva, where they took dinner, ten of the party going from there to Celina in automobiles. If the purchase is made, members of the traction companies claim Bluffton will have an immense power plant built here. It will also mean the extension of the B. G. & C. to Celina. , If the deal goes through it will ' mean a great thing for Bluffton, as the territory east from Geneva to Celina will he opened up and Bluffton I will get the advantage of this. Besides, the building of a power plant i here will mean considerable to the city.—Bluffton Banner. o The base bail’ game to be played between the Shamrocks and the Lima League team upon the local diamond next Sunday promises to be one cf the feature games of the season. Should the local boys manage to win from this team it will mean much more than the mere winning of a game, it means that the Decatur Shamrocks are among the best bush leaguers in the territory and should mean their admittance into a league next season. Should they be so fortunate as to win this game, and they promise better work they will un- : doubtedly be offered a league proposition. A base ball league should mean much to Decatur. Every town this size cannot boast of a league team and if we can by any means secure a league team, let's do it. It will boost the town, it will bring the people in. It will help. Os course should the boys make a decisive victory the next few weeks they can consistently expect better support than they have been getting. Make it a point to come out Sunday and witness the critical game of the career of the local Shamrocks, and then after the excitement and pleasure of the game have faded, you will feel glad that you have contributed to the cause. —o Mrs. James Stults, wife of Mr. Stults, custodian of the court house, was very painfully hurt Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock when she became dizzy while alighting from the interurban car at Stop 31, near the Fledderjohann house on North Second street, and was thrown to the brick pavement, alighting on her head and shoulders. Mrs. Stults, wishing to alight at this place, on her return from the Fort Wayne fair, had gotten up and was waiting on the platform for the arrival at her stop. The car had not yet stopped, when she became dizzy and fell to the pavement. When she fell, Mrs. Stults had presence of mind enough to roll aside further, to escape the wheels of the car or any on-coming automobiles, before she became unconscious. She was rendered unconscious for a time, but soon revived upon being taken to the Fledderjohann home, where she was cared for, and later taken home. Her | head and shoulders were badly bruised, the shoulder giving her the greater ' pain. Those who witnessed the accij dent were much frightened, and exj pressed wonder that she escaped with-, ! out the loss of her limbs, as danger from being run over by the car seemed imminent. ■ George Moyer, watchman at the Erie railroad crossing, of Winchester! street i nthe south part of the city, narrowly missed being seriously in-j jured Thursday afternoon when a train of which he knew nothing, back- j ed into him, throwing his forcibly to, the ground in full view of the horrorstricken crews of both a local and passenger which were on the main

I track. A passenger, No. 226, was at the ' depot and a local waat just behind IL j awaiting its chance to get out of town and Moyer was watching both : those trains to see if it would be posI sible to allow people to cross be- | tween the two. Standing to the south of the main track on one of the sidings he did not notice the other local bearing down on him. The first car of the train struck him In the back and threw him between the trains, where the crew saw him. Emergency air was used and the men ran to pick him up. All the Injuries he received were several contusions over his tody. He laid off the rest of the day, but was able to return to work today. o (Reminiscences of the old plank road and Stage Coach Days.) (By Wm. Blackburn.) Way back in the year 1852 the old plank road that was built between St. Mary's, Ohio, and Fort Wayne was in operation. Prior to that time the road which wound its way through the forest was simply a mud road, and during the greater part of the year was in a miserable condition, making the trip from St. Mary’s to Fort Wayne, both for passenger coaches and freight drivers a great hardship. It became absolutely necessary to relieve the situation In some way so they conceived the idea of building a plank road and along about the year 1852 the road was completed and in operation. The plank was eight feet long and three inches thick, laid on stringers under each end of the plank, and the grade was eight feet on the west side of the plank, making the plank and grade 16 feet wide. The road on the Ohio side was laid different, the plank being put on the west side and the grade on the east ■ side. All traffic bound from St. Mary's to Fort Wayne took the east side of I the road and the traffic going to St. s Mary's took the west side. There was a gap about six miles between the i Ohio state line and about a mile • north of Shane’s Crossing, through t what was known as Black Swamp. ? that was never laid with planks and was a uery bad piece of road, and during the bad weather passengers were forced to get out of the coach and 1 walk this distance. The distance from 1 St. Mary's to Fort Wayne was about 1 sixty miles and the stage coaches f used were of the old-fashioned rock-a-way kind, carrying a seating capac--1 ity for about ten passengers and the 1 driver, although, sometimes fifteen or I sixteen passengers made the trip. The r stage left Fort Wayne at 4 o'clock in II the morning, drawn by four horses 3 and the first stop was at Oakland e farm, known as the Wise farm a distance of sixteen miles. The passen- * gers had breakfast with T. K. Black--1 burn, who run the Oakland hotel at h that time. Team and driver were changed there and the next drive was 1 to Willshire, Ohio, where team and 8 driver were again changed and then 1 on to Mercer, where the change was s made again and then on into St. 1 Mary’s, the end of the route. The stage had a large boot behind with a good leather cover to keep the 1 rain from wetting the passengers and 3 baggage and a front boot similarly arr ranged for the mail, king-bolts and sc ' forth. The trip was supposed to be ' made in one day, but no schedule 5 could be strictly adhered to and some--1 times it was quite late in the evening before the stage would arrive at 1 St. Mary’s. The opposite run from ’ St. Mary’s to Fort Wayne was made on the same schedule. The mail stops were at Middleton in Allen county, at ' Monmouth, Decatur and Pleasant ’ Mills in Adams county, and at Willshire, Shane's Crossing, Mercer and Neptune, in Ohio. ’ It was a gay sight to see the merry ’ party in the coach and the driver with his four horses plunging ahead ’ and his whip cracking the leaders, 1 and a gay sight to see them reach the ’ Black Swamp and the passengers get 1 out and wade knee deep through the ' mud and skin along the logs at the 1 driver side, his plunging, straining, tugging horses that awful six miles, cracking that same whip with wildest fury and getting an unceasing string of picturesque cuss words. . . o SHANNON STOCK COMPANY. The Shannon Stock Co., need no introduction to the patrons of the Bosse Opera House, as this is the company I booked for my fair date week of September 16. They were here last winter and I can say without fear or favor that they are the best Stock Co., that ever played my house. If you want a pleasant evening spend it at the Opera House next week with the Shannons and I will guarantee that you will be satisfied. On Monday night ladies will be admitted free, 2 ladles or gentleman and lady on one ' 30c ticket, bought at the Drug store I reserved seat sale before 6:00 o'clock P. M. Prices for the week are 10-20 I and 30c. Tours to please, J. W. Bosse I The trial of the state on the part of Lawrence Opliger vs. Daniel Baumgartner, on a charge of surety of the

peace, caine up in police court this ' morning before ’Squire Stone at !> , o’clock. As the number of witnesses wus large and more room was needed than the office of the ’squire afforded, the use of the mayor's room in the city hall was secured. Hare the case went to trial with Prosecutor Parrish and Clark J. Lutz for the prosecution, and with Attorney Dore Erwin for the defense. A large number of spectators were present and seemed to take great interest in the evidence m presented. The case Is being hard fought by both sides and It is probable that it will continue into late this evening. The evidence was sifted thoroughly by the attorneys and technicalities were numerous. The outcome of the case can hardly be presumed at this time. William DeVfnne, the fellow who was up on a drunk charge, was brought up before 'Squire Stone during the dinner hour and drew five dollar and costs for his part. He will lay out fourteen days. This is his third offense. — —' ——n The board of managers of Old Home Week held their regular meeting Thursday night and discussed many plans for the week. J. T. Myers, Dan Beery and Eli Sprunger, who have charge of the horse ahow on Friday, were present and talked their plans over. It is the desire that they offer first and second prizes in each of the classes, totalling about eighty, with sweepstakes for the best and an effort to secure the money ' with which to do this will be made. E. M. Wagner, who will have ! charge of the parade of beet wagons, t also attended the meeting and told s enough of his plans that the commits tee realized they had made no mis- ■ take in selecting him. Automobiles, s carrying the officers of the sugar comc pany, state officials and members of 8 the Old Home Week organization wiil 1 head the parade. A prize for the i. most unique or artistic wagon from I each township will be given, and a '■ prize tor the largest beet in each e township. The foreign labor will be I divided, representing the nation from 8 which they come, carrying the flag of t their country, and among those will s be the Bohemfan, Hungarian, Slav, r Croatians, Pollocks, Germans, Rus- '■ sians and Bavarians. The parade will e form at the Presbyterian church and r proceed to the*factory, Mr. Wagner e hoping to have four hundred wagons n in line. It will be some big feature. 3 Another Politician Accepts. 1 Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sept. 12, 1912. ■' Mr. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind.: ’• My Dear Mr. Quinn: —Your kind invitation of the 7th, to attend your t Home-coming week at hand, for which e please accept my thanks. So far as 3 I know at present I accept your kind 3 invitation with pleasure and will make 3 it a point to be with you some time 3 that week. With kind regards, I re- ■ main, Yours very truly, S. C. FERRILL. 1 Republican candidate for state su--8 perintendent. 1 And Also C. F. Jackman. B Huntington, Ind., Sept. 12, 1912. . Mr. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind.: My Dear Sir: —If it is at all possible for me to attend your Home-coming t week, I shall be pleased to do so. I , thank you sincerely for your invita- } tlon to to present at that time, j Very truly, t CLIFFORD F. JACKMAN. t Progressive nominee for Attorney . General. 1 The Walters Are Planning. , Mr. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind.: r LaFontaine, Ind., Sept. 12, 1912. [ Dear Friend:—Your kind invitation to attend Old Home Week October > next, received. It is our earnest det sire to be present for this occasion. , Decatur is the old home of Mrs. Wal- , ters and myself, and I always enjoy returning to the home of our youth. Since reading many old home letters published in the papers we are more . determined than ever to be present for this occasion. We thank you for the invitation and extend to you and all friends our best w'ishes, and hopes for the successful termination of this celebration. If business will excuse me, I will be there. Expect to send Mrs. Walters, regardless of myself. Yours truly, H. S. WALTERS. Prank Bell is Tickled. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sept. 12, 1912. Mr. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind.: Dear French:—l just arrived home from a two weeks’ outing and could have had no better greeting than your Old Home-coming invitation, for there It lay to welcome us just as we opened the door We will surely be there for a day or two at least, as re don’t have far to travel and no otker excuse, except that our little girl las entered school. Wishing you all kinds of success, I am Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA

I Your* respectfully, » FRANK BELL. > Will Drive from Florida. I Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 8, 1912. , Mr. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind.: < Dear Sir:—lt would give me much s pleasure to accept your kind invltai tlon for Home-coming week, and if I , can get the none of my American ■ roadster turned in the right direction ■ fro* here I will be with you. Tiiank- > ing you one and all, with best wishes, > I am Yours respectfully, HENRY R. TONNELIER. NEW YORK MAN IS COMING. A representative of one of the bigi gest suit and coat houses In New i York City will be at the Gass & Meli bers Store of Quality all day Saturday, but that one day only, when any one of the ladies of this community who ' care to, may look over his samples : and If they so desire, have their measure taken specially for any garments they want. This store has a very large line of ready-to-wear goods on hand, all new and up to date, but if they havn’t just what you want, this is a splendid time to order. o The will of Mary Forbing, whose death occurred last Friday evening, was probated today. The will which was written February 15, 1889, and witnessed by A. Holthouse and D. Donovan, is very short. Mrs. Forbing bequeaths to her husband all her personal property and real estate. Judge James Moran of Portland, ’ special judge in the case of the State vs. Will Ward, for conspiracy to steal, was here today and set the trial of 3 this cause for October 16th. I In the case of the State vs. John ■ Mackey and Ode McClish, grand lar- ’■ ceny, Mackey asked for and was i. granted a change of judge. ils The jury will report next Monday il at which time the cases of the State e against Tobin, Hendricks, Mackey and n Bretnerkamp have been set for trial, a •* Jacob H. Miller vs. William F. Mile lev et al. to foreclose chattel mortn gage. On leave of court the plaintiff ,f withdrew first paragraph of coniII plaint. ’’ Joseph B. Gibson vs. Edward E. 11 Smith et al., to set aside conveyance, 11 from Jay county. Cause set for Octor her Ist. s ■ Frank T. Boesel vs. Wm. H. Fledderjohann, on note, appearance by C. J. Lutz for defendant. Rule to answer. ’’ Clara Anderson vs. Catherine Anr derron, partition. Motion by commish stoner for order of distribution, was s sustained. Distribution ordered, d agreeable to interests of parties as 0 heretofore found. Final report filed e and allowed, and commissioner discharged. Real estate transfers: Charles H. ’’ Harkless to Mary J. Syphers, lot 154, Berne, SIOO. —o BRICE GRINNELL DEAD Former Geneva Man Found Dead On Train By Conductor. 5 1 Adams county acquaintances and l ' friends of Brice Grinnell of Santa Paula, Cal., formerly of Geneva, will be sorry to hear of Mr. Grinnell's death, which occurred suddenly, he bev ing found dead on the train by the conductor when he went to return Mr. Grinnell's ticket. His death seemingly came without a struggle. He wiis thirty-eight years of age and at death was the superintendent of the Union 1 Oil company. He is survived by his r wife, cne daughter, Gertrude, and one son, Harry all of Santa Paula. Mr. ' Grinnell who formerly lived in Geneva was in the employ of the superior r Oil company for J. H. Hardison. • o — WILL BECOME MINISTER. Lewis Dornseif, son of the Rev. ! Dornseif of Root township has gone to St. Louis, Mo., where he entered Con- ’ eordia college, to study for the Lutheran ministry. He will take a threeyesr course there. ■ iIS | 11 We are now ready to re- ! ceive your shipmentsoi cream at Lima “Free Cans for 30 Days for Trial Shipments.” 1 Do not fail to accept of our ; proposition. Write today for . prices, cans, tags or seals. I THE OHIO DAIRY CO. LIMA, - - - OHIO • ■

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