Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1903 — Page 3

TIME TABLES O. R. & I. 4N> effect September 28, 1902) TRAINS NORTH, We S-Daily van ~ m No 2—Hally (except Sunday) . . 3-17 7 tn No “—©ally (except Sunday).... ... 8:0# am TRAINS SOUTH. No (except Sundays 1,19 p m 13-.E‘I 3- .E‘S ,ly < exve P t Sunday) 7:17 ?, No €—Daily 12:25 a m CLOVER LEAF. EAST. N<> Traveler, dally... 5:25a m No 2-Mail. dally, except Sunday.. IS 58 pm No 4—hay Express, dally... «-43 t. m No 22—Local Freight ' . ijOam WEST. No 3—Day Express, daily 5 35 am No L-Mail. daily, except Sunday 11;25a m No b-Commercfal Traveler, dally 9:27 pm No 23—Local IrelgLt 12:05 p m CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect September 22, 1902. WEST. No 2—Express, daily, except Sunday. 2:23 a m No 8 New York and Boston Limited through coach Columbus and EAST No B—Vestibule Limited for NY... 2 22 am No 23— Cleveland and Columbus 6:58 a m No 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus and Chicago ... S:34pm No 14—Huntingt'n-Meadvllle Expt’s 8:20 pm S. V. Robison, of Fort Wayne, was in the city today. Tom Dobson, of Lebanon, returned home today, after a few days business trip he-e, Leslie Andrews ventured down town this mcrining after a second hitch with the mumps. The man who lost that 15 foot log chain can have same by calling at Everett & Hite's grocery. Mrs. Elizabeth JJusbaum. who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huffman, returned to her home at Berne today. Mrs. Helen Lamar returned from Markle, whera she has been attending the annual convention of the Church of Christ. Charles Steele returned home from Columbia City today, where he has been transacting business for the firm of Atz & Steele. The electric light men are quite busy trimming trees at present, and taking up the slack in the wires. The job is a big one and requires #ome time as there several miles to cover.

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Charley Christen transacted business at Bluffton today. Mrs. David Lehman is quite sick today with a severe cold. (Paul Beardsley of this office, is re ported among the sick today. Tom Haeffing went to Fort Wayne this morning to transact business. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stein of Willshire, were visitors here today. Earl Snow went to Montpelier today to visit a few days with friends. Mrs. W. E. Fulk went to Berne this afternoon to visit with relatives for a few days. J. L. Moser and W. H. Stults of Wren, Ohio, were business visitors here today. Levi Atz returned to his home at Geneva this afternoon, after transacting buslmess here. Miss Francis Hess, went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend several days with friends and relatives. Mesdames Dunbat atid Emiclt of Linn Grove, who have beeh visiting friends here returned hom this afternoon. Miss Agnes Kobne, w’ho is attending school at Fort Wayne, came home today to spend a few days with her parents. Will Smith was at Bluffton Wednesday and while there sold a line piano to John Baxter for .1. B. Stoneburner. Four circuses are stili billing Marion with a view of filling that town up with with circus lemonade atd other novelties. Miss Oel Porter, of Boston, who is attending school at Fort Wayne, arrived here this afternoon to visit a few days with Miss Mabel Erwin. The public are invited to call at Loch & Linn for the purpose of ex amining E. Bements’ Sons steele range. Hot biscuits and coffee served, P. A. Allen representing the Harper Publishing Company of Chicago, was here today looking after business for this extensively known publishers of history and other works merit. Amos Licstly, of Linn (IroVe, was in town today, and said that he had been offered a position as pumper in the oil fields, and that he would close • out his entire threshing outfit at a, 1 good bargain.

J. H. Ward, of Kirkland township, ! was in the city today. Miss Edna Cashman, of Monroe spent the morning here. E. Burghalter, of Geneva, transact ed business here this morning. Florence Hendricks went to Monroe this afternoon to visit with friends. Vess Nelson returned to Ft. Wayne this morning, after spending a few days here Shafer Peterson returned from Fort Wayne today after a few days business trip. Miss Arby Lock left this morning I for a few weeks visit with friends at | South Bend and Elkhart. Mrs. R, Stone returned to her home at Fort Wayne this afternoon, after j visiting here several days with friends, Mrs. I'ryeback of Bluffton was in the city today enroute to Geneva. I where she will visit her mother, Mrs. J Mann, Amos Miller of Bronson, Michigan. 1 passed through this city on hlfi V,'ay 1 1 to Ohio City, where he will visit with I • his brother * Mrs. Maggie Hardin arrived in the ! I city from Bluffton today, for a visit I with Mr. and Mrs. Mont Hardin, who || live northeast of town. The informal dance which the Entrf 1 J Nous club had intended to give to j niorrow evening has been indefinitely | postponed, Some one discovered that ! tomorrow is Good Friday and lheii [ action is thus explained. < The Decatur high school boys have I organized a baseball team and are !' working themselves on the diamond into fast players. Portland sent in a challenge to them yesterday but it has nut yet been accepted. One week from tomorrow evening the members of the Columbia club will give an informal dance at their I club rooms. Judging from the sue- j cess of their first dance the hop of 1 next week will be very enjoyable. The large furniture Btore of Gay A Zwick is being wired and a number of incandescent lights will be put in for service there. The store is very broad and it will require near thirty bulbs | to supply a satisfactory amount of i light. The G. R. & I, railroad will sell excursion tickets to Fort Wayne April 14, 15, and 16, good returning on the, 17, on account of the 49th convention I of the Grand Commander of Knights Templar, at a one fare rate for thej round trip. Mrs. Elizabeth Passwater returned to her home at Pleasant Mills today, after visiting in this city with her ' daughter, Mrs. Vern McGonagal. Mrs. McGonagal has been quite sick for some time, but is now’ a fairway I for a complete crcoverv. Coffee & Baker have on file at their restaurant several editions of the Decatur Eagle ranging between 1861 4. They contain the accounts of several of the earlier battles including that of Bull Run. The speech of Lincoln on the grave questions of the time are given simultaneously as they fell from 1 his lips. The papers were received by Reuben Lord. The directors of the Logansport A ' \\ abash \ alley Gas Company will' hold their annual meeting within a ' short time. An important question j which they will consider at this time b >ars upon the use of gas in factories for the coming summer. If they con sider the supply of fuel during the h it weather sufficient to warrant such a ruling you can use gas under your ' boiler, but the probabilities are so limited that there is no foundation for very promising hopes. Peter Stein is a cigar maker but he takes pride in a little garden and can lie seen during the cool of every even J ing industriously grubbing with al long handled hoe. Os course he gardens scientifically and as a proof of his advanced methods, has on exhibition at Corbett s cigar store a number of full grown potatoes that he dug only yesterday. But othersclaim that it is a meie delusion and that the crop which Pete is now harvesting have 1 been in the ground since the year 1902. ; “Mr. Bob" is to be presented at' Bosse’s opera house on April 17th. The cast is composed of high school i students, who are rehearsing faith j fully and the production will im I doubtedly be first class. Bluffton j has heard abuut this play and says that Decatur lacks in originality as she Bluffton, witnessed a first class comedy produced by the high school students a few months ago. But ' that is a jumped at opinion. Straight | en out those Rip Van Winkle recollec tions you BlutTtouites, and ask youi selves if you ever heard anything I outside of a home talented production.

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IN EARNEST. Methodists at Noblesville Down to Work. Officers Elected and Other Important Work Done at Yesterday’s Session. . Conference of the Methodist Church at Noblesville is down to | i earnest business and from now on | ; until adjournment the moments will • lie busy ones. The first business ( session was held yesterday’and the I organization was completed by the (election of the following officers: iSecrtary, L. J. Naftager, Kokomo; (assistants, Louis A. Becks, Bluffton; D. V. Williams, Kokomo; John C. ( White, Montpelier; and William A. Griest, Muncie; statistical secretary, j T. C. Neal, Marion; assistants, Louis | Reeves, Russiaville; treasurer, C. ' C. Cissell, Goshen; assistants, W. E. Morton, Ligonier. W. E. Murray’, 1 Churubusco; register, Chauncey King, Newcastle. Examinations of the various classes has lx>en concluded. The opening exercises this morning were conducted by Rev. L. A. Becks of Bluffton and Rev. F. A. I Kemper of Wabash delivered an interesting sermon this afternoon. Rev. .1. M. King will preach this evening at the anniversary of the Clinch Extension soceity. PROCLAMATION MAY I. The first printed copies of the acts i f the General Assembly of 1903 are in the hands of the secretary of state, and distribution to the more remote counties will begin at once As soon as receipts arrive from all the counties showing delivery of the acts the Governor will issue a proc ’ I lamation which will put all the acts in force that did not have enter-. genee clauses or that had a special dab' for going into effect. The proclamation will proliulfy lie issued Muy 1, and it may lx-a few days earlier. Homer Sowers and family who have been residing at Fort Wayne for a number of years, have moved into the Dorwin property near the Erie railroad. Mr. Soiiers formerly lived here and was head book keeper at the Egg Case factory. He will enter into business immediately, the nature of which we are not informed. Decatur Chapter No. 12", (). E. S will have meeting and degree work on Friday evening. April 10, 1003. All members are earnestly requested to lie present. "7d2 For the finest caks ami cookies in , the city, go to’lhe People’s restaurant. I Fresh every day.

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WON FIRST BLOOD. First Round of the Miller-Williams Suit Favors the Defendant. Cal Miller won first blood in the suit brought by John T. Williams for an accounting, the same being ven ued to the Allen county circuit court. I Mr. Miller always signified his will ingness for a settlement, but want ed the firm composed of Miller, Wil I liias A- Williams to share alike, eith-l er in the profits or indebtedness of I the firm. The latter Williams denied any connection with the firm. ; but the ruling Tuesday places him I as a full fledged memlier of that once contracting firm. This feiture of the’ctise lining settled it is proliable that they can figure out their standing and settle same without further process of law. The lawyers engaged in the case were A. I*. Beatty, Henry B Heller and Shaft' er Peterson. Amusements. In splendors of iierpetual spring, Where magnolias bloom, where nightingales sing. The land where Jhe Montezumas reigned, There lived “Aguila,” a child of j fame, "The Eagle” of all the Monti'zumas bra ve. Depicted in "A Royal Slave.” Doesn't Know Anything About It. London. April 9. Lord Londonderry. president of the hoard of edtica- ! tlon, has written a letter In which he repudiates uny knowledge of an intention on the part of the government to introduce a measure of self govern- I meat for Ireland.

Osteopathy. It gives nature a chance. It stimulates organic action. It is not like this or that “ism.” Its keynote is adjustment. Its laws can lie demonstrated. It provides for free circulation and It insures unimpeded nerve force, upon the integrity of which every normal function is dependent. W. WILBER BLACKMAN. Os l teonath, Studebaker block. Gst f — Not Favorable to Arbitration. Lowell. Mas; April 9.—The invest! Ration by the state board of arbitratlon and conciliation of the cotton in J dustry in fxiwell began this forenoon in the city hall. There is a feeling on the part of the employes and of the I mill men that the hearing will avail nothing so .ai m (he real question I- | concerned. Both sides declare that they will not be influenced by any de vision of the investigators, and it L almost < ertain that any decision thal the board may arrive at will receive but scant consideration. They Wouldn’t Shake Hands. Opelika. Ala , April 9.—ln a street fight here J. I, Moon, deputy sheriff was shot through the arm and .John Long, a well known citizen, was in Stantly killed Sheriff Hodge. wh< fired the shot that killed Long, nar rowly escaped death, several bullets going within a foot of his body. The firing began when the two officers of feed to shake hands with Long and his companion Instead of accepting the proffered hands. Long pulled his revolver and began firing nt Moon. Young Farmer Shot Down. Lawrenceburg. Ind.. April 9. Essto Yanney, residing at Cleves () i.hot and seriously wounded Enon Hayes, a young farmer nt Lost Bridge, six miles north of this city late yesterday afternoon. Yanney was placed under arregt last night on u warrant sworn out by Hayes. Roth Hayes and Yanney are connected with prominent famUlss