Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1903 — Page 3

TIME tables 1 G. R. & I. ( ln effect September «s, I9O2» TRAINS NORTH. 8 Daily 1:30 a m C., S-■ (except Sunday) 3:17 pm Jo 7-I>ally u’aoept Sunday) 5:00 a m TRAINS SOUTH. ( So 2 - Pally (except Sunday 1:19 p m | SO 14-Uaily (except Sunday) 7:17 a m jio ft- Pally 12:25 a m | I* CLOVER LEAF. RAST, ; ] S, (t Commercial Traveler, dally... 5:25 a m I Sot Mall, daily, except Sunday 12 5S p lu v. 4 -Day Express. dai.y 5:43 pm jo 22 Local Freight 1:10am ’ WEST 1 So 3-Pav Express, daily 5:25 am 1 So 1-Mall. dally, except Sunday .11:25 a m So 5-Commerelal Traveler. Daily . 9:27 pm jo 33—Local Freight 12:05pm i CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect September 22, 1902. WEST. s„ 7—Express, daily, except Sunday. 2:22 a m I So 3-New York and Boston Limited through coach Columbus and 1 Chicago 12:2s p m , So 13—Wells Fargo Express 6:l2pm jo !1 Marlon-llunttngton Acc’m... 7:42 pm EAST s ) » Vestibule Limited for NY 2:22 a m jo 22 Cleveland and Columbus .. 6:58 am ■ jo 4-New York and Boston Limited through roaches Columbus I nnd Chicago .... 3:24 pm, So 14 Huntlugt'n Meadville Expr's 8:20 pm

- J. H. Schug made a business trip to Berne this morning. E. A. Ray of Berne, was a business visitor here this morning. M. L. Smith and wife of Berne, were the guests of friends here yesterday. Joe Btu-ry returned from Fort Wayne this afternoon after transacting business there. 1 J. A. Mahony of Berne, left this city today for Richmond after , transacting business here Miss Louise Bogner left this morning for an extended visit with friends and relativs at lona. Michigan. A. W. Holmes returned to his home at Portland today, after visiting with his son. Heber Holmes. Ed Kitnz went to Fort Wayne this morning to make arrangements for ■ ntrance into the International Bninss college. George Miller of Fort Wayne, who ' has been visiting Harry Todd and family for several days, returned home Thursday afternoon. Mrs. David Gerlier went to Berne this morning, where she was called on account of the serious illness of her father, Jacob Mesehberger. Robert Roebuck of Howard City Michigan, passed through this city today on his way to Pleasant Mills, where he attended the funeral of Ebenezer Roe track, which was held this afternoon. The funeral of Ebenezer Roebuck was held at two o'clock this afternoon at the Pleasant Mills Baptist church. The deceased was sixtythree years old and leaves a wife and eight children. Barney Terveer is having the shade trees in front of his residence trimmed and evenly lined up. Mr. Terveer takes pride in the appearance of these tret's and his efforts liave brought forth a line of shade trees in very beautiful array. The squirrel law does not go into • ffect this year until August Ist and the hunters who have become accustomed to Begin hunting on •lune Ist will have to wait two months longer. Squirrels may he shot from August Ist to December 31st. The change was made by the last legislature.

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J- B. Evans of Bluffton, who has lieen transacting business here, returned home today. Mrs. John Andrews went to Bluffton tixlay to spend several days with friends and relatives. Alm> Sprunger of Berne, father of our townsmna, Eli Sprunger, was in this city today transacting business. Pearl Moore returned to his home at tort Wayne this morning after a several days visit here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bloxom of Marion, who have been visiting friendsand relatives here for several days, returned home this noon. The Riverside Co., are pumping their wells west of town, the showing indicates one of the best fields near Willshire.—Willshire Herald. The electric light which formerly stood in front of the old G. R. & I. depot was taken down today by tin* electric light force and placed in front of the new. John Ault of Jefferson township, and William Breiner of Kirkland township, together with 'Surveyor McKean, made the final report on the Theodore Beerbower ditch report. Mrs. B. M . Sholty and daughter, Mabel, who have been at Phoenix, Arizona, for the last two years for their health, are exjiected home sometime the early part of this month. Jacob Moser of Berne, this morning filed a petition in the circuit [court asking that he be made a citizen of the United States. Evidence was heard and Mr. Moser duly naturalized. AesGiljxm of Mobile. Alabama, is the guest of W. H. Gilpen and other relatives. Mr. Gilpen moved from here fifteen years ago to Mobile, and is now carrying on quite a lucrative patent medicine business there. The May devotion ceremonies were on at the St. Marys Catholic church this morning and a large number of children took part. The affair is very impressive and the observance of the first of May is held each year in that church. The G. R. &I. railway is advertising quire heavily for the Cincinnati excursion to be run Saturday night. May 9. Those excursions are very popular being run every 1 few weeks and are very cheap, only 11.50, for the round trip. The special attraction this time is the liall game, Pittsburg vs. Cincinnati. A story is being printed that the general offices of the Erie railroad may lx* moved from Cleveland to Chicago, and the Huntington newsjxtpers figure that the change will result favorably to that city. It is said that the high officials of this company are figuring on gaining an entrance into Pittsburg and that this change is the first move to bring about this result. When an editor makes a mistake in his pajxT all the world sees it and calls him a liar. When a private citizen makes a mistake nolxxly knows it but a few friends and they come around and ask the editor to keep it out of the jiaper. When the citizen dies the editor is asked to write up his good qualities and leave out the bad. When the editor dies the private citizen says: "Now that old liar will get his deserts."

Fred Huffman made a business trip to Berne this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Haggard of Monroe, spent the morning here shopping. James Lugibill returned to Borno after transacting business here this morning. Oscar Lankenau went to Willshire today where he looked after some business matters. J. T. Williams of Marion, arrived in this city today to attend to his business interests. Jacob Wechter, who has been transacting business in this city, returned to his home at Willshire today. The funeral of Charles Shaekley will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at the United Rrethren church. Mrs. S. E. Hite, who has been visiting relatives at Fort Wayne for several days, returned home this afternoon. Mrs. David Hell worth returned to her home at Celina today after visiting with relatives and friends in this city. Mrs. Al Buhler came over from Decatur last Thursday for a few days visit with her son. Earl Harper and wife.--Willshire Herald Elmer Lawrence of Portland and D. N. Redding of Bluff ton, salesmen for the Osborne Implement com puny, went to Fort Wayne this morning on business. Martin Miller of Fort Wayne, who works for Frisinger Company of this city, was in town today. He went to Rockford this afternoon, where he has recently sold two Belgium horses for the firm which he represents. The finest herd of cattle seen in these jiarts for some time, was bought this morning from Judge Studabaker by Dyonis Schmitt. There were twenty-one head and in the aggregate weighed 24,680 pounds, an average of something better than 1,175 pounds each, and brought the snug sum of $1,110.66, or more than $52 per head. As a result of a misapprension of the provisions of the law creating the new state board of jiardons the board is being flooded with applications for pardons, which means needless trouble for the Ixiard and a waste of time for the authors of the petitions and applications. The new law makes no change in the method of procedure for a pardon, lhe applications must be submitted to the governor, as formerly, and the Ixiard merely examines the cases when they are referred to it by the chief executive. Tile Lake Shore railroad company will soon begin a series of novel improvements through which the officials expect to obviate the troublesome blockades of freight movements. The heavy freight trains are to be moved around the cities and not tlirough them and the great and difficult job of working through crowded freight yards will thus be removed and a great saving in time effected. The company defends this plan by arguing that the recent blockading of train movements was not due to a lack of yard facilities. The electric locomotive is now coming into general use on electric railroads and it apjwars that the motor car will soon become a thing of the past. This new machine is I gaining a foothold in the freight depirtments of the interurlxm and on the most progressive and prosjxTousof these railways, the separate car is entirely absent and freight and jxissengers uro carri«xl on trains consisting of a number of carriages. One reason why such a plan is adopted is that a larger number of people can lie bandhtl by the same numlwr of employees and coinci dent with this fact then- would lxfewer trains run and the jxissibilities of accidents would thus be cut d< >wn. Little Marie Smith, the four year old child of Jesse Smith, figured in an accident Wednesday evening which might have cost her some serious injury. She was playing with her comjxinions near her home on North Second street and started to run across the street. At that moment she noticed a horse and buggy stopping short bandy escaped being trampled underneath the horse's feet. The horse jxissed by hut the child stood t<x> close and her dress was caught by the hub of the front wheels and she was thrown under the carriage. One wheel passed over her Ixxly but she fell in a favorable jMisition and was but slightly hurt.

Alex White of Ossian, is here visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Sutton. Louis Falla and son of Berne, were business visitors here this afternoon. W. J. Spencer returned to Berne this afternoon after transacting business here. Will Winans arrived from Fort Wayne this afternoon to spend a few days here. Alxi Rawley of Berne, who was a business caller here this morning, returned home this afternoon. Mrs. J. C. Sutton and sons, Alex and Murray, who have been visiting relatives at Ossian, returned home today. Mrs. Glass, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dayton Crist at Fort Wayne for several weeks, came home today. The Royal Slave show troupe, a first class looking aggregation, came in this afternoon from Van W’ert over the G. R. & I. Marriage licenses have been issued at the clerk’s office to Gustav Fischbach and Clara Scheiman, William Wiltfeldt and Minnie Marhenke. Anna Sellemeyer is suffering today from a sprained ankle received from a fall this morning. The pain was very acute until allayed by a physician. Mr. and Mrs. George Houser went to Pleasant Mills today, where they will visit with Mrs. Henry Martz. Mrs. Houser has been quite sick for some turn* and is still very weak but is slowly improving. The Luthern church, corner Monroe and Eleventh streets will lx dedicated Sunday the 17th of May. A large number of persons from Fort Wayne and surrounding towns are expected. The church is all completed but putting on a few finishing touches. Miss Anna Miller cleverly entertained the clerks of the Big Store and their friends last evening at her home on North Fifth street. Progressive jxilro was the amusement most indulged in and first prizes were awarded to Alva Nichols and Mrs. Bert Hunsicker, the consolations going to Miss Lola Jackson and Fred Gethner. Delicious refreshments were served and the twenty guests all agreed that the occasion was long to be remembered as a most enjoyable one. The magnitude of the St. Louis exposition to be held next year may be obtained by comparing the following figures of other world's fairs: In 1876 the Centenniel at Philadelphia covered 233 acres and cost $B- - the Paris exposition of 1900 covered 336 acres and cost $9,000,000; the Chicago Columbian exposition of 1893 covered 633 acres and cost $27,000,000 while the St. Louis fair will cover 1,180 acres and cost all told upwards of $40,000,000. It is no doubt that the St. Louis fair will be so large that no one can see more than a small pirt of it. Among the collection of relics kept at Coffee Baker’s is an old newsjxiper, the property of Clayton Dorwin, published at Kingstown, N. V., in January 1800, being now something more than 103 years old. This is an old heirloom and has been handed down from generation to generation. The thing of value in it is that it contains the death notice of General Washington and John Adam’s message to congress, and also messages of condolence from most of the European capitals. It’s make-up is odd, being lirinted on very rough ptqier, and among the advertisements was offered for sale a negro wench. The prosjiects for a big fruit crop this year have evidently been blasted. Yesterday the temperature began to change with a falling tenqierature and by evening the wind was whistling around with all the sharpness of dead winter. It grew steadily colder and it wus plainly seen that should the heavy clouds break, a killing frost would inevitably result. At about three o’clock this morning the sky cleared and very soon the mercury had dropjxxl Ixdow the thirty-two degree murk and the work of destrue tion was on. Those who awoke early this morning on the tirst of Muy, saw patches of frozen water here and there, while the ground was white with frost. The definite extent of the damage done cannot lie exactly determined but it is safe to say that but a small part of the blossoming trees could withstand such severity on the ]>art of the weather man.

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D. E. Smith, commissioner appointed by the court in the case of Julius Haugk vs. Adam and Mary Brown, today sold the land in ques tion from the east door of the court bouse. The land consisted of.forty acres in Union township and sold for $2,625, or about sixty-five dollars an acre. The bidding was lively; for a time and the price went from $2,000 to $2,625. Marked respect was paid the gov ernor's staff at the St. Louis Fair dedication yesterday. All along the line of parade ovations were given them, thus showing that the governor and his staff were in high favor. Then to add to the flavor the commander-in-chief personally I complimented the Indiana staff'. This makes Governor Durbin u sure winner for the senatorial toga. Anaged woman who had jxiid her last cent for railroad fare arrived in this city Wednesday evening, alone and friendless. During the entire night and all next day she stayed at the Clover Leaf de]X)t and only got to eat what some charitable ]xis sers by could afford to give her. ( Her condition is more pitible from the fact that she is unable to six-uk English and thus cannot indicate her desires. A stranger who could spiik German conversed with her a little and state<l that her husband hud recently died, leaving her alone ] without any money or friends and , that she was now on the search of ; a home. A purse was made up by i a number of p-rsons who were told , of her condition and she was sent to Ohio City this morning.

William Doehyman made a trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon. L. <4. Ellingham attended to business at Fort. Wayne this afternixin. Charley Leßrnn returmxl to Bingen this afternoon after spending the week here. Mrs. Sadie Hully returned to Fort Wayne this afternoon after a : few days visit h< re with friends. M. V. B. Archlxild came in this from his weeks trip to ' spend Sunday with his family. George Flanders is the busiest man in town just now, moving the I laundry tieing a comfaratbly sized ' job. The machinery at the Flanders laundry will soon l>e propelled by ]x>wer from a gas engine, as negotiations for the purchase of such power is now on. The Cress- ! Hughes building on North Second street is lieing arranged as the new I location of this laundry. A small I addition which will lie used as a I wash room was added. The survey stakes for two miles lof the first. Blue J 'reek township I macadam road has !»vn adjusted, . together with some drainage necessary. Work upon the grade will begin in a few days and if the weather remaiins favorable, the contractor, Julius Haugk, will push same to completion It is known there as the Winds macadam road, and is one of three roads that will lie constructed as rapidly us the Blue Creek wealth will admit.