Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1903 — Page 3

TIME TABLES G. R. & I. (In effect September 38, 1902) TRAINS NORTH, No s—Dally 1:30 am No 3—Daily (except Sunday) 3:17 p m No 7—Daily (except Sunday) b:UO ai,i TRAINS SOUTH. No 2—Dully (except Sunday 1:19 p m No 12—Dally (except Sunday! 7:17 a rn No 6-Dally 12:25 a in CLOVER LEAF. EAST. No 6—Commercial Traieler. daily... 5:25 am No 2-Matl, dally, except Sunday... 12.58 pni No 4—Day Express, dally 0:43 pm No 22—Local Freight... 1:10am WEST. No 3-Day Express, daily 6:25 am No I—Mail, dally, except Sunday ,11;25a in Np s—Commercial Traveler, dally . 9:27 p m No 23—Local Freight 12:05 p m CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect September 22, 19(2. WEST, No 7—Express, daily, except Sunday..2:22 a m No 3—New York and Boston Limited through coach Columbus a(ui Chicago .12:2‘ p No 13—Wells Fargo Express U2p .n No 21—Marlon-Huntington Acc’m... 7:42 ~ m EAST No B—Vestibule Limited for N Y 2:22 a m No 22—Cleveland and Columbus (1:58 a m No 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus and Chicago 3:24 p m No 14— lluntlngt’n-Meadvllle F.xpr's 8:20 p m

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Mrs. J. W. Vail was at ■ Fort Wayne this morning. R. K. Allison was a business visitor gK at Fort Wayne last evening. Emerson Beavers, the tombstone £ man, went to Hoagland this mornE ing ' A. Buxbum, of Chicago, was in the ■ city, yesterday, transacting business ■ of importance. Miss Clara Wetter went to Wren |. yesterdav, where she will visit a few E. days with her sister. © ® A representative of the Miami, EEStone company of Toledo, Ohio, is in j .the city today on business. Attention Knights of Pythiafc A Egreat amount ci work in all ranks at ECastle Hall Thursday uigj*t. George Gulong left for Fort V Wayne, this morning, where he will iWvisit with friends and relatives. I Harry W. Harb made a trip to Geneva, this morning, where he will • look after the insurance business. J M. F. Marriott, of Rochester, N. Y., salesman for the “Fearless” dishwasher, left for Portland this morn■ing. I George Wemhoff went to Pt. Wayne ' Soil ay in interest of Wemhoff A Sons, who are putting up monuments in that city. Rev. Allen, of the Christian church, will attend a missionary meeting at the W. Jefferson street church, Ft. ■Wayne, this morning. A. Vancamp went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he has a gang of workmen putting in an elevator for ’ the Hall Pulley Works. Augustine Lapatine and James ■ Lenno, who furnished the music for h the dance last night, returned to their ■ homes at Fort Wayne this morning. Charles Miller, pastor of the Frets' byterian church of Bluffton, will lie E the guest of Rev. E. A. Alien. He L will preach while here a series of ser K mons. A half dozen or more people have P signified their intention of taking in t the excursion to Perry, Ok ahoma • next week. They leave at 12:38Tues- ■ day, and will arrive at their destinaE tion Wednesday evening. A. M. Ringle, the Fort Wayne horse K dealer arrived in the city this ■ morning to arrange for the shipment ■ of four carload of horses to New York ■ City. Mr. Ringle buys for the J. W. ■ Campbell Co., of St. Louis.

=GUS ROSENTHAL’S= Inventory Clearance Sale. One of the Features: 125 fine stiff and soft fur hats, worth up QQ p to $2.50, each O O U Our immense stock of fine Overcoats, Suits and Furnishings is being mercilessly slaughtered and prices cut to one-half their value. CALL WHILE THE ASSORTMENT IS COMPLETE

John P Spuller went to Ft. Wayne this morning, enroute for Leo. James Cunningham, of Delphi, is in the city, today, on business. Fred Mayer left this morning for a short visit with relatives at Monroe. Henry Boehm, of Schum, 0., was in the city last night enroute to Fort Wayne. William Pelts, of Pleasant Mills, was a business visitor to Fort Wayne last evening. Grover Diehl has been absent from Blackburn & Christen’s pharmacy for the last few days. H. L. Holmes went to Berne this morning, where he will transact business during the day. Mrs. P. P. Ashbaucher left for Berne this morning on a week’s visit with relatives and friends. James Garard returned from Fort Wayne this mortrng where he had been visiting with relatives a few days. s* ’ Miss Claris Gordman of the Murray House who has been sick for the past few days, does not improve very rapid and is still very ill. Mrs. J. A. Sutton, of Walk w ho has been visiting Jess Sutton and family, went to Toledo last night, where she will visit with relatives. Mrs. M. P. Burdg is moving her millinery store into the room formerly occupied by Mrs. Boma A®rryman’s Gus Bosenthal has just finished decorating his show window and the job certainly admitethe fact that Gus is an artist in that fine of work. The Ladies Sewing Society of Mie church will meet to morrow at the home of Mrs. Henry Lankanau on north Sixth street.

H. L. Adams, with the Quaker Food Co., was in the city a short time today, while on his way to Geneva. lie will conduct a food test at that place. Mr. Eversole, of Colurrdjus Grove, Ohio, wa%, in the city today, antinging to ship to his home twanty head of draft and feeding horses. The car loacffvill probably leave tonight. Uncle Eeuben in New York is announced for the attraction at Bosse's Tuesday evening, February 3. It is said to be one of the funniest shows on the road and they will undoubtedly do a good business here. Brittson Bros, will receive a slipment of four car loads of fence wire this week. Wire fences are now rapidly replacing the rail and board fences, and miles of such material are sold annually to Adapis county farmers. A. C. Ball went to Berne this morning to join the G. B. &I. bridgg? inspection gang. All bridges between Fort Wayife and Bichmond are being inspected with a view of rebuilding or repairing them as nescessity demands. It is very probable that new bridges will be builtet Lynn and Portland. The G. R. & I. vaccination car arrived in the city yesterday and the surgeons went to work. About ten men were vaccinated and in less than ten minutes the job was finished and the car was on its way south. The entire office force of the railroad I>etween Grand Bapids and Bichmond were vaccinated in three days. We received a letter this morning from J. K. Mann which states he has moved from Paragould to Cardwell, Missouri. He is in charge of a construction gang on the Paragould & Memphis railway, the new line in which a number of Decatur people hold stock. His son Earl is in the general office and Mr. Mann and familFare getting along nicely, H. L. Center is home frqpi Chicago where he has been attending to business for ten days for the J. W. Place company. His time there, however, was not devoted entirely to business as he was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, friends of his from Sturgis, South Dakota. Mr. Perkins is cashier of the Meade County Bank in which Herman was assistant for several years.

J. W. Kern, of Kern, Beeler & Co., was a visitor at Marlon today. S. G. Shelter, the elevator man, went to Bluffton this morning. F. A. Wyer of Monroeville, was a business visitor in the city today. H. B. Bixler, of Huntington is in the city the guest of J. D. Meyers and family. John Fetzer who has been quite sick with lung fever, is somewhat improved today. Charles Dicer, the cigar maker, is contined to his home owing to an attack of the grip. B. M. Artick, of Chicago, left for Delphos this noon, after traqfcacting business in this city. E. Schoyer, who has been sampling the town with Wahoo Blood Tonic, went to Peru this morning. Peter Gillig of Delphos arrived in the city yesterday for a short visit with his brother, Conrad Gillig. Harve Bixler arrived in this city from Huntington, this morning, for a visit w<h his friend, George Henneford. Bev. Miller, of Bluffton, conducted Presbyterian services last evening and delivered an able and powerful Sermon.

Mrs, J. W. Steele, returned to her home at Celina, Ohio, this tiwui after visiting with Cap. John Lenhart and family. James Hardison, manager of the Superior Mil and Gas Company, of Geneva. was in the city this morning enroute for Warrqg. J. H. Coverdale ockendallville arrived in the city this noon for a ahort visit with his cousins, ’fiijtis and Dr. J. S. Coverdale. Grandma Gaffer, who has Ijjen quite low the past few days on account of an attack of the grip, is resting somewhat easier today. Dick Boyd, of Pleasant Mills, was in town today. He reports that his son, who was lacked by a horse last week is getting along finely. O. H. Hardison, the »ng of the Gtneva oil field, was hobnobbing about the city this morning, incidentally disposing of some business. Mrs. L. L. Crane, of Huntington, was in the city this morning on her way home from Geneva, where business was engaging her attrition. The members of the Fia de Side club will be entertained tomorrow’ night by Miss Lola and Alice Jackson, at the Jackson home, on South Market street. Pat Willhelm has resigned his position at the Burt House and is again working at his trade. He is assisting in Uie artistic work on the ceiling of the Holthouse Drug company. The condition qf Joseph Smith who is at the Fort Wayne hospital remains practically the same and no decission Las been reached as to weather or not an operation will be necessary. Dee and W D Jones, of Bluffton, were in Mie city today enroute to Wren, Ohio, where they will attend the funeral of their uncle, Berry Jones, who suddenly died Monday tflOrniWjf. Trustees Kinney, of Jefferson township. argl P. A. Macklin, of Wabash township, were interviewing the county today and drawing their January distribution for their respective The auction sale ai Van Cleef’s was suspended this afternoon, and unless further notice is given the stock will be sold out in ordinary manner. H. T. Stapleford, the auctioneer j-i‘turned Fort Wayne at 3:19. The city electric light wiremen are stringing wire today so as to connect up with the wiring in the new depot. The work will be completed by tonight and it is very probable that a test of the depot lighting system will then be made. A valuable bird dog owned by Johnnie Smith died last night and it was proven from the results of poisoning. The canine was valued at seventy-five dollars and the loss is felt all the more from the fact that the dog was penned up and had no opportunity to go any hat nt. A crowd of young people drove to the home of Herman Gerke, who lives just east of town, last evening, and proceeded to enjoy that gentleman’s hospitality. A real good time is reported and the guests consoled themselves when the time for departing came, with the thought that there will come another time on some future day. The International Correspondence schools of Scranton, Pa., have a display in the Big Store window that is attracting no little attention. In the exhibition are included samples of workmanship done by graduates of the school, (looks used, diplomas, and other articles of an attractive nature. The display is nniitue and is getting the agents quite a little business. Jeff Bryson, agent at the G. B. & I. station here, authorizes us to state that there is absolutely nothing in the report that a law suit was narrowly averted by a compromise between his company and others, and that mich a story was a rank imposi tion on the contractors, Mann Ai Christen. Jeff says the company would have preferred underground wires, but when they ascertained that the city had no rule regarding same, they informed the contractors that the aerial lines would lie used. There was at no time a likelihood of a law suit.

AUC TI 0 N~!~l MtM’ll—l'llllllllMßl Ml—IH m|ii|ill mm • , The New Fair Store’s en- I tire stock will be sold at i : auction, * B SALE EVERY DAY | ® ® ■ I At 10:00 a. m. and 2:00 I and 7:00 p. m. • I •• © ■ The New Fair Store, ! * ■ •. j

R. C. Drummond returned from Bluffton this noon. T. B», Stettler, of Willshire, Ohio, was in the city today, on business. E. L. Carroll was looking after his elevator interests at Curryville, today* P. J. Blank, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, passed through the city on his’way to Dull, Ohio. A. J. Smith left on the noon train for Versailles, Ohio, wh#e he will attend to business for Smith & Bell. Crist Raber of Cleveland, Ohio, stopped off with John Bncher and family over Sunday, while on' his way to Marion. John Moran returned from Indianapolis this noon, where he., has been looking after some legal matters of importance. Rev. £LT. Payne arrived in thecity from Craigville this noof> where he has been conducting revival services for the past jew weeks. L. F. Mumma arrived in the city from Hennessy, Oklahoma, this Mowing where he has been visiting for some time past with friends. N. F. Faze, with the Moore Bros.’ Grocery company, of Lkna, Ohio, left this city for Dull, Ohio, this noon, where he will attend to business. H. C. Kantz of Fort Wayne, is in the city assisting H. H. Diggs in" his work connected with the International I Correspondence School. J, W. Knapke of rural route No, 3, butchered a hog Monday that weighed 992 pounds. The porker was of the Duroc Jersey stock and show* the results of scientific farming. Judge Erwin this afternoon issued a restraining order in . the divorce case of Mary Deihl vs Henry T. Delhi to prevent the latter from dis posing of his personal property and real estate. The little child of Amos Fisher is much better today, and is now almost E beyoud the danger mark. °«lt has been seriously sick for quite awhile and at i oae time lay in a state of convulsions I for over five hours. Clark J. Lutz was down town today, the first time since last Thursday, being at home nursing a case of lagrippe. He is getting to the recovery point and tomorrow goes to Portland where as specitl judge he will decide an important tax case which was tried before him some time ago. The Schafer, Hardware Co., has just received several car loads of wire fencing from the Lamb Fence Co., of Adrian Michigan. This kind of wire is rapidlv supplanting the old time timber fences. The energy of the farmer formally spent in building rail fences is devoted to more lucrative improvements. The farms of this and neighboring vicinities are losing their rustic appearances and present as favorable a view to eye as any in the county. PUBLIC INTOXICATION. Will Jeffries anil Will Hood, day and night clerks at the Murray house, were arrested last night by Officers Cordua and Mangold for public intoxication. While in the custody of Officer Mangold, Hood attempted to extricate himself but was knocked down by the officer. The prisoners were taken to jail with much difficult» owing to the icyness of the walks anil their flimsy condition. After picking themselves up often they were safely incarcerated in the county jail. They were arraigned this afternoon liefore Squire Smith, and fined eleven dollars each. They went to jail.

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“TWO MARRIED MEN.” The “Two Married Men” company, which is to appear at Bosse’s opera house January 30, comes heralded as one of the best attractions to visit us this season. ® In this age of theatrical productions plays are as nunjerous as the autuiwi leaves. Some of them are happily designated, others not. To the former class belong “Two Married Men.” The play is always received with deep pleasure by an intelligent assemblage. The story of the play is .vastly interesting and alternately hu morons, pathetic, interspersed with high-class specialties. The moral of 'Two Married Men” is wortjw - of hearty commendation, that form of sfri which subdues the mind and the pity which melts the heart, contribtues to elevate the moral and spiritual tone of which promises to be interpreted by an evenly balanced cast, and every indication is given, that the play will be well received on its presentation at the opera house, Friday, January 30th. a THE FEBRUARY TtRM. The Ixiard of commissioners will meet in regular February session next Monday at which time the business of a regular session will be disposed of. As yet there is nothing of any particular nature to be considered, although there is time yet to tap something hot. IIIn Aidlener. First Pianist—-Did you have much of an audience at your recital yesterday afternoon? Second Pianist — Splendid! There were two men, three women and a boy. The boy. I afterward learned, was employed nbout the place, and the txvo men came In for shelter, us It was mining at the time, but the three women were all right. They came to hear me, I know, for I gave them the passes myself.—Boston Transcript. He Took the Watch. It Is Md of the late Dr. Parker that when n very, very, very good young mini came to him asking whether he should accept for certain si>ecliil service u gold watch from an agnostic employer he replied: “Take it. my lad; take it. If lie bad been a Christian, lierliaps be would uot have offered it to IT! •

£ THACKERAY WAS BORED, j An Amnulnjt Incident of the Author** Second Vibit to Bouton. During Thackeray's s» ; ond visit to Boston Mr .lames T. Fields, his host, was asked to invite Tic: keray to attend an evening meeting of a scientific club, which was to be held at the house of it distlngittsbod member. J was, writes Mr Fields, very reluc- 1 tant to ask him to be present, for f knew be was easily bored, and I was fol that a prosy esaay or ge< paper might be presented and felt certain that dvmld such be the rase he would be exasperated with me, the innocent cause of his affliction. My worst fears were v alized 1 djtre<l not look aJjTh.i- lu ray. I felt that his eye was upon me. My distress may be imagined when 1 w l : * he deliberate!} ml i ake .■■ t . noiselessly into a small anteroom adjoining T!i :>r;rt nt wg- din lighted, but Iw knew that I kn w h* was there. Then began a scries of pantomimic feats impossible to describi . He threw an Imaginary person myself, of course —upon the floor and proceeded to stab him several times with a paper folder, which he caught up for the purpose. After disposing of his victim iu this way lie was not satisfied. for the dull lecture still went on in the other room, so he tired an imaginary revolver several times at an imaginary bead. The whole thing was inimitably done. I hoped nobody saw it but myself. Year* afterward a ponderous, fat wilted young man put the question squarely to me: ‘‘What was the matter with Mr. ThatKerny that i*gnt the club met at Mr. ——bouse7“ Phenomenn Allied to Lightning. Subterranean thunders have occasionally been heard preparatory to nn aerial eruption. The sea has cast up volumes of water, as If volcanoes were exploding below. The ground lias burst open, and floods of water have gushed forth from the sides of hills or from fissures iu the rocks. Taking another class of effects, cures have been performed by lightning gouty men have been enabled to walk freely, epileptic persona have been healed. amaurosis has been removed and rheumatism dispelled by ■ flash. But one dare not look too closely Into the subject of medical electricity nor venture to recommend any one to tempt lightning In the hope of experiencing its curative effects.—Chambers' Journal.