Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1903 — Page 3

|time tables * G. R. & I. fgjj (111 effect September »s. I'Jtfi) HHI TRAINS North. ■Lk -Unity 1:30 urn ■Sh 7-Bully teioept Sunday, - ;W) , HE TRAINS SOUTH. Nir - Dully except Sunday t v>nm MuK li ,'iilly (except Sunday ; r , S-Daily.. 13:25 it!" CLOVER LEAF. HR east. fiJßkjn 0 Commercial Traveler, dally r.r. u>„ ■tin S Mail, dally, eve, pt 'undav. ns ~, K|Ke Si- Local rrelght . ... 1:10am: ■ WEST. jfflb.'c 3-Hay Express. daily . ni 1 Mall, dully. except Sunday 11:25am it omnierclal Tiayeler. daily j ~ CHICAGO & ERIE. ■B In effect September 22, l? 2. ■ WEST. ■k> r—Express. dally, except Sunday. 2 22 atn i ■N' * N York and Boston Limited HmT through coach Columbus ami ■ Chicago 12-.' n, n IS Welle Fargo I xpreaa ' „ SRIo 31 Marlon-Huntington A. cTi, . <_• M EAST S -Vestibule Limited for NY ...2 22 a m 4—New York and It Mon Limited M through euaehes Columbus ■H andChlcago ... ,3:2lpm MRin 14—Hunt Ing tn-Mead vllle t'xpr s ■ ■>>,. , . m »- —————~... ————.. ■| Argo BrushwilJer is oneof tlu> main are now on the sick list. Ki C. S. Bishop of Portland, was in the ■city t hiay transacting business, m Tom Ehiuger will be at home to in honor of Fort Wayne friends, m This is the kind of weather that ■the ground hog predicted, so what 1 ■better can we expect. m Henry Harb went, to Geneva this ■morning to attend to business fur the H Metropolitan Insurance Co. ■ A colored tramp was lodged in jail Rlakt night and he iikes the place so ■ well he would like to stay until balm ■ier days. g Miss Estella Wemhoff returned to m Fort Wayne this morning, after at ■ tending the dance given by the ■ Bachelor Maids. f’ Miss Kate Hoover returned to her ■ home at Fort Wayne this morning, master several days’ visit with Henry Biting and family. g James Fristoe has been rubbing his ■ left t>ar ail day. the result f a trost ■ bite received while coming down mstreet this morning. % Abe Minskey of Fort Wayne, was ■registered at the Burt last evening, mattending to business and play.ng pin ■ nechle with the boys. || Miss Agnes Hoover, of Ft. Wavne. m "ho has been visiting the family of m Henry Eiting for several days, re m turned home this morning. k J. R. Schafer left for Asheville, ,\. mC•• yesterday afternoon, where he exm peels to enjoy a few months visit in m the balmy southern clime. ■ James N. Fristoe today received a m souvenir menu card of a banquet re m cently held at Warsaw by the f. P. A post of that city of which he is a mem her. James Gerard and wife came in : from Ft. Wayne this morning to make I preparations for the removal of their I household goods to that place, where Mr. Gerard will run a grocery store. Henrv Frickle, living four miles I south of town, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was hauling in | corn fodder and fell from the load, alighting on bis side, and as a result had three ribs broken. Now is the time to help Decatur if you want to make it a good live city. Industries are coming and uore are anxious to locate here. Wake up, | vou sleepy heads who have heretofore been dormant and let's make Decatur the best on earth. But very few people were seen on the streets of Decatur today and it was noticed that hardly a man fr> m the country was in town, and we don't blame them, for thev have plenty of fuel to make themselves comfortable, while Decatur families are forced to consolidate and live i? one room or take a turn at gymnast: in order to keep warm.

Farmers, Attention! W J ;ni ! ’ :r^' i:ci ' 1,1 ■ your sales and would V» *.,. t<> Book yours. i jEMEgSB * m iG&* , = t *’♦• W* **" My ca 1 endar is at 11! ittsoii Brothers hardljp» «■ ; .'*jfc.-rw~ >< and we t an coinpteie j anv time you call. HEntt, '"' eu..-111- , .... .. - *— FRED REPPERT, AUCTIONEER. DECATUR. IND.

Mrs. Ben McCarty went to Fort I wayne this morning. Baker of Monroe transacod I business here today. I J/' '* ‘h of Linn Grove, was nere today on business. p JV'Der made a business trip to t ort A ayne this morning. John Gerber ol Linn Grove, was a I business vi ßl tor here today. Marion Smith is at Geneva today in the interest of Brittson Bros. j John Wisley returned to Bluffton , tins noon after a short visit here. E. Woods is reported a little better to lay, though he is still very sick. Cuno Kible, the Bluffton architect, transacted business here yesterday. Charles Burdg went to Bluffton/ this noon to visit friends a lew days,! The Entre Nous club will again i start their weekly dances Friday night. J Titus Ernst is quite sick at his home with a complication of rheumatism and lagrippe. •11. Merryman returned this morning irom Geneva where he has been looking after legal business. Miss Bessie Harruff returned this! i corning from a tew weeks visit with friends and relatives at Berne. The regular panel jurymen who! ire not serving on the Reynolds case have been dismissed until Monday. The thermometer last night went down to four below, not within four j degrees as cold as the night previous, i Sol Neuenschwander returned to! V era Cruz this noon after a morning spent here looking after business in- I terests. Orel Coffock returned to Fort Wayne this morning, after attending the dance gfven last night by the Bachelor Maids. i Business at Fristoe’s smoke house has increased to such an extent that a • new bench for the checker players has become necessary. E. Miller and William 'Parent have completed a number of new tables which will be used io the clothing i store of Sam. Charley <& Lee. I Dr.n Redding of Bluffton, was ini j the city today settingup a binding; •! machine for Loch & Linn, who have I , the agency for the Osborne machine. Miss Dora Gibson made her resular | ■ weekly trip to Fort Wayne this morn-I ing where she is studying music at; the Myers Conservatory of Music. Joe Heffner returned to Ft. Recov'i ery today. Joe is well known here ' i being an Adams county product. He j . owns a Hour mill at that place. E. W. Reiding of Bluffton, district ■ agent for the Osborne Harvesting MaI chine Co. returned home today after a several days business trip here. Jay Elzey, son of Alfred Elzey, was taken quite sick with the grip, a few days ago, while visiting with James Hearst, near Peterson, and is at pres ' entconflned there. E. J. Bailey left last night for Mansfield, Ohio, where he was ordered bv hiscompany. a Chicago mercan ■ tite agency. He will travel for them ; during the rest of the season. The county board of pension examI iners, Dr. Aspy of Geneva, and Drs. McMillen and Holloway of this city, was in session today disposing of their official business. The board meets every two weeks anti this is the first assembly for some time that Dr. Holloway has been able to attend. February 17th being the anniver- ' sary of the heavenly birthday of Fran- ' cis Willard, the Woman's Christian Temperance unions of the nation observed by having memorial services and receiving a silver offering, 82 of - winrh wiU be sent to to the national. memorial fund for organizing. Martin Mylott the city electrican,| took a cold water bath at the electric j light station this morning. The unexpected bursting of a water pipe I causing several gallons, meter m’eas- • • urment, to make itself comfortable i while trinkiing down Martin’s back., i Outside of this inconvenience, •no ‘damage was done.

Ed Hirschy returned to his home j at Berne after a morning here on business. Passenger trains on all railroads entering this city from one half I to three hours late today. This is I due to the violent state of the weather ! which instead of abating is growing i | worse hourly. Mrs. Worthman, aged 74 years, I died at her home two and one-half! I miles north east of Magley, last j night from a complication of grip j and pneumonia. The funeral will be held Sunday. Milton Byers went through here Monday night to Dayton, Ohio, where I he was called by the announced death of his father in-law. Milt was a former resident here but is now living | at LaGrange, Indiana. John Cook went to Bluffton today where he has a contract putting iu a hot water system for Hugh Daugherty. Decatur's artisans have been invading Bluffton’s field of labor for a long time, which demonstrates the superiority of our mechanics. Ou the retirement of R. W. Stine as county superintendent in June he will enter the legal profession, so it is said ou very reliable authority and will form a partnership with C. E.: I Sturgis. Such a firm ought to be a j : very strong one, as both have a very I | wide circle of friends in the county. ! Mr. Stine has held the office of counity superintendent for ten years and in that time has done a great deal towards placing the schools of Wells; county in the very front rank, and he is known all over the state as one of 5 the best-posted of the ninety-two superintendents. Mr. Sturgis already I enjoys an extensive and lucrative I practice, and is one of the staunchest I | attorneys at the northern Indiana! ! bar. There is probably no attorney in the state better read on municipal law than he, and besides his general practice he has served the city as counsel for a number of years.--Bluff-ton News. FILLED 'ER UP. One Hundred Barrels of Oil in Eighteen Hours. The extreme cold blizzard closed up | things iu the oil field last evening and I pumping on the Bowen well as mentioned yesterday, was necessarilly I stopped. They shut down at seven o’clock with a one hundred barrel ; tank of oil, pumped since eleven o’clock the night before. Lines were ’ freezing up and work progressed at a great disadvantage, so operations were suspended awaiting more congenial weather. It now looks to a man up a tree, as though the development of that field was going to bring results of a substantial anti glittering character. If this will continue to be good and throws oil every minute of the twenty-four hours in the day, it will open wide the eyes of the operators and speculators in other fields and a grand rush may be looked for. It is not expected that a resumption of hostilities iu the Parks Oil company field will be made for at least a week, and it may be longer. BACHELOR MAIDS. A Very Pleasant Dance Given by That Club Last Night. The Bachelor Maids were as sue- ' cessful as they were determined to ibe in the dance which they piloted la-l night, ami the event proved one' of the most enjoyable of the season. , From the time of the grand march to the end of the fun, which was I late at night, the guests were com pletely lost in merriment. The attendance was very good and the following out-of-town people were present: Misses Jessie Spaulding. Ethel Starr, Dessie Forest. Ethel Oppenheim and Mr. Homer Wiley of Bluffton, Misses Henrietta Grimmev, Estella Wemhoff, Addie Grimmev and Mr. Orle Coppock from Fort Wayne, and Mr. John Filzmaurice of Win cheater. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Mary A. Murphy to Frederick Thieme pt sec 19, tp 2S, rg 15, 8285. R. A. Drummond to Fred Thieme, pt see 19, tp 25, rg 14. Mary S. Miller to John Tounelier, pt sec 29, tp 28, rg 1 I, $2,100. Itla E. Smith to Rosa Gase, pt sec 4 tp 27, rg 11, 8925. G. W. Burket to M. S. Hoffman, lot 14. Preble, 8775 B. W. Sholty to Clara Booher, lot 3, Geneva, $25. Isaac Lehman to C. C. Leiehty, lot 384, Berne S2(XI. John Tounelier to H. A. Fuhrman, pt see 34, tp 28, rg 14, $3,700. T. M. Eversale to M. W. B iker, pt sec 13, tp 27, rg 13, 80 acres, $5,000. Isaac Lehman to Abe Hocker, lots , 391 and 392, Berne. S2OO. Henry Hite to C. D. Hill, lot 39, i Decatur, SO9O. Frank Byers et al to Chris Bvers. , pt see 10, tp .30, rg 15. S2,(XX). Abe Boch, auditor, to B. W. Sholty, ; lots 496 and 83, Decatur, $29.91. I Norman Case to Jennie Casts lots 758 and 759. Decatur SSOO.

THEY MEET. The Riverside Oil Company hold a Meeting. A meeting of the board of directors at the Riverside Oil company was held yesterday iu the law office of Clark J. Lutz. The business|of this company seems to be progressing at a tnerrv ; pace and things,, at least to them, look ■ bright. As soou at 11. R. Moltz re- '' turns from New York there will likely be something doing. They have sev eral good wells making both oil and gas, and in all probability their capital stock will be increased and they i will go into the business on a more I elaborate scale. Their territory lies j south of that owned by the Decatur Oil and Gas company, and looks good to a close observer of surface indications. They already have a production which will begin to manifest itself! as soou as the proper power is placed in position and the weather permits active work. SLIGHTLY BETTER. John W. Peterson Still Quite a Sick Man. | John W. Peterson who is quite sick ( tat the home of Mr. and Mrs. Enos i i Peoples east of town, is reported just; I a little better today His illness is I the result of a hard fall several davs ! ago, when two ribs on his left side were broken. He is eighty-four years old and this fact will make his recovery very slow. Sons, IL S. Peterson and S. W. Peterson reside here, and are well known. Another son, H. C. Petersou, lives at Albiau, Indiana, and was sent for today. A PRETTY SHORT COAT. This very novel coat is suitable for either velvet or peau de soie, and recalls some of the portraits of earlier days. The deep collar which may almost be called a cape, is edged with Vandyck-pointed Irish crochet lace, and the coat, which is here made of velvet, is ornamented with straps of peau de soio stitched with Corticelli stitching silk, and is further decorated by small buttons and dainty bowknots. The yoke jacket, recalling the Norfolk, returns to us with a few modifications, or rather merely one modification, and that the looee’front.

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The yoke and the plait effect remains, the plaits in this instance being similated and on the fronts reach to the belt, while in back the plaitshaped piece is yery wide w here dr joins the yoke, then narrows to the waist and widens a trifle again on the ; basque. The yoke is cut with points j i and adorned with buttons in front, similar buttons apparently fastening the belt on either side of the front. | The revers, collars and cuffs are of plaid cloth. Next Sunday morning at the United Brethren church, will be delivered by the pastor. Rev. Pontius, a inetnor- ' ial sermon to the Knights of Pythias. All members of this order, whether 1 members of Kekionga lodge or not, are requested and invited to be at! Castle Hall at half past nine and accompany the lodge, who will attend ! church in a body. 32-5 Spnniah l)niac<*«. Spanish dances have a certain reson*1 blance to th. dances of the east. In ■ our country one'.-. idea of a dattct is, scmetliing in which the movement is due to tin- legs. In Japan and in Egypt the legs have very little to do with the' dance. The exquisite rhythms of Ja> i auese dances are produced by the sub- 1 th* gesture of bands, the manipulation ' of scarfs, the delicate undulations of j the body. In Arab dunces and in the danse du ventre the legs ate more near- ! fy motionless. The legs are only used I to assist in producing the extraordinary movements of Ike stomach and the hips in which so much of the dunce cons.'sts. It Is a dance la which the body sets itself to its own rhythm. Spanish dancing, which no doubt derives its, eastern color from the Moors, Is almost equally u dance of the whole body, and its particular characteristic —the action of the hips—is due to a physical peculiarity of the Spaniards, whose spines have a special and unique curve of their own.

S P or CASH FEBRUARYSHOE SALE! If you need Shoes, buy them now. if you haven't got the money, borrow it.

Men’s $5.00 Shoes, excepting Dr. Reed’s $3.48 Men’s $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes.... 2.98 Men’s Fine Kid Patent Tip Shoes 1.09 Men’s odd sizes in $1.75 and $2 Shoes 1.15 Men’s Light Arcties 75 Men’s Rubber Overshoes 48 Men’s Leather Boots 1.00 A lot of high-cut $2.50 Shoes at 1.48 Men’s $2 OOLeather Boots 1.00

NO MATTER WHAT THEY COST, WE NEED THE ROOM. Charlie Voglewede — — — THC SHOE-SELLER—— —

Where the Ollier Half Win. A young minister in the course of an eloquent sermon on the pomps and vanities of the world staggered his congregation by exclaiming: “Here am I standing here preaching to you with only half a shirt on my back, while you sit there covered witli gewgaws and other baubles.” 'lhe next day a pareel containing several brand new shirts was left at liis house by one of his hearers, a kind hearted old lady. Meeting the donor a few days afterward, he thanked her exceedingly. but expressed much surprise at receiving such an unexpected gift. “Oh,” said the lady, “you mentioned ; in your sermon on Sunday that you , bad only half a shirt on your l>ack.” “Quite true,” added bis reverence, “but you seem to forget the other half was in front.”—London Tit-Bits. Vindicated Tlieir Victim. Bjornsou was once asked by a friend upon what occasion in his life he had taken the greatest pleasure in knowing that he was a poet. "It was when a delegation from the Bight came to my house in Christiania,” be answered, “and smashed all the windows. Because when they bad thus attacked me and were starting for home again they felt that they ought to sing something, and so they began to sing. ‘Yes, we love this land of ours.’ They couldn't do anything else. They had to sing the song of the man whom they had attacked.” The Persian Crow’s Beak. There is a weapon known as the “crow's beak” which was formerly much in use among men of rank in Persia and north India. It was a horseman's weapon and consisted of a broad curved dagger blade fixed at right angles to a shaft, pickax fashion. The shaft incloses a dagger, unscrewing at the butt end. This concealed dagger is a very common feature of Indian arms i and especially of the battle axes of Persia. PUBLIC SALES. | Julius Haugk will offer for sale at his residence three and one-half miles I northeast of Decatur, near Luckey school house iu I’nion township, com- .! tnencing at 9 o’clock a. in., ou Friday, February 20th, eight Lead of first I class horses, consisting of one six I year-old bay gelding, weighing ItiOO I I pounds, two large grey horses, Bel 1 giuni blue roan mare with foal, two three vear obl colts, well broken: two ; I Belgium colts eight months old: eighteen head of good cattle, all Dur ' ham stock, six cows, will be fresh soon; one fresh now, two two-year old steers, live two-year old heifers six yearling calves, seventy head of ■ hogs, consisting of seven brood sows, five with pigs; thirty head of shoats, weighing from 50 to 150 pounds; fourteen head of Shropshire sheep with lamb, seventy-five head of chick ens, Deering self binder and mower ! with six-foot cut- hay loader, tedder, side delivery hay rake, dump hay ; rake, implements all as good as new: ! Clipper fanning mill, check rower. Hoosier fertilizer, grain drill, wide tire wagon, farm wagon, harness, eastiron land rullei, spike tooth harrow,! spring-tooth harrow, two-horse eulti vator, Oliver breaking plow, shovel plows, new ground plow, three ;>erch sidewalk stone, ten ton of hay in mow. 500 bushels of sorh'tl corn, st ven acres corn fodder, 200 bushels see<l oats. Terms: Sums under .$5, cash: $5 and over a credit of nine months will be given, purchaser giving his 1 note with approved security. Free lunch at noon. Fred Ruppert, auctioneer. The undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at his I residence one mile east of Preble and four miles west of Decatur, at ten o’clock a. m„ on Tuesday, Februrary 24, the following personal property, to wit: Five head of work horses, two | colts, yearling, two year old, three milch cows, four full blooded short horns, yearling steer, two calves, nine I

Boys’ Leather Boots $ .75 Ladies’ $3.50 Shoes 2.48 Ladies's3.oo Shoes 2.24 Ladies’ Kid Shoes, all sizes 98 Ladies’Calf-Skiu Shoes, 4 to 8 LOO Ladies’ Storm Rubbers 39 Ladies’ regular Rubbers 34 A lot of Girls’ Calf Shoes, Is and 2s 75 A lot of Girls’ $1.50 Kid Shoes .95

j head of shoats, weigh 130 pounds; sixbrood sows, all with pig; full blooded Poland-China boar, nine pigs, eight head of sheep, one horse power grind er, fodder cutter, buzz saw, fanning mill, wheat screen, corn binder, two wagons, three inch tire - spring wagon, block wheel wagon, corn plow, riding spring harrow, grain drill, hay tedder, set double work harness, stock cutter, spike tooth harrow, spring tooth harrow, bob sled, feed cooker, mowing machine, land roller, two sets of hayladders, two double shovel corn plows, two single shovel corn plows, cultivator, two heating stoves, extension table, corn in crib, two breaking plows and other articles. Terms of sale: ! $5.00 or under cash; sums above that i 9 months time will be given by the purchaser giving bis note with security to the satisfaction of the under signed. W. D. Rinehart, owner; Fred Reppert, Auctioneer. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will offer for sale at his residence, one and three-quarter miles southwest of Pleasant Mills and four 1 miles west of Willshire, at ten o’clock ia. m., on Thursday, March 5,1903, the following personal property, towit: Five head of horses, consisting iof brood mare with foal, nine years old; gelding, seven years old; colt, ; coming two years old; two Norman mares, match team, coming three years old; two cows, one will be fresh by March 20, one giving milk: two years old steer, four yearling calves, two brood sows, will farrow April 5; four shoats weighing ninety pounds each, fifty head of chickens, six head of geese, broad tire Turnbull, Olds and narrow tire wagons, top buggy, two seated carriage, road cart, disc harrow, spike tooth barrow, two breaking £>lows, three double shovel plows, Deering mower, spring tooth hay rake, Avery riding cultivator, as good as new; Milwaukee binder, seven foot cut, as gtxxl as new; grain drill, grain cradle, mud boat, pair of bob sleds, set of log harness, set of fanning harness. set of double buggy harness, set : of single harness, seven stands of bees, | five tons of clover hay, seventy shocks of corn fodder, one hundred bushels of corn, fifteen bushels of seed corn, one hundred bushels of oats, ten bushels of early seed potatoes, pair of hay laddt rs, bolt ladders, two leg chains, twenty-four feet each: forks, i hoes and many other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of sale: s'>.oo or under, cash; sums aliove that ten months time will be given by the purchaser giving ids note with security to the satisfaction of the undersigned. Philip Gephart, owner. Fred Reppert, auctioneer. The undersigned will sell at public auction to the hight st bidder at i.is resilience at the s tith corpora lion line ,on Chestnut street, in the city of Decatur, Indiana, at ten o’clock a. in., on Saturday. March 7, 1903, the following personal property. to wit: Black mare, ten years old. with foal; bay tnare. eleven years old; sorrel horse : colt, two years old iu May this year, well bred: bay colt, two years old; western colt, three vears old; cow anil calf, cow that will calve about April 10, three ye«i old h> ifor that will calvo about May I, yearling< df, brood sow, full blood: sow that will farrow about April 1, two pigs, full blood: and seven shoats that will weigh at least fifty pounds per head, light two-horse : wagon, heavy two horse wagon, pair of bob-sleds, sulky hay rake. Empire i mower, sulky coin plow, two horse Bryan A Fay breaking plow two double shovel plows, single shovel plow, iron Duke harrow, two-horse roller, set double work harness, about 250 bushels of corn in the crib, about 125 bushels of oats in the granary, two tons timothy hay. 100 shocks of corn ftxlder anil such other imple inents that belong to a farm. Terms of sale: $5.00 or under, cash; sums above that 12 months time will be given by the purchaser giving his note i with approved security to the satis faction of the undersigned. R. S. I Peterson, Owner. Fred Reppert, I Auctioneer.