Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1903 — Page 3

time tables G. R. & !. (In effect May 3, 1903) TRAINS NORTH. . ,_nailv •• ........... - I:3ff atn S’Cpalty (except Sunday! 3:17 p rn * £liuliy 'except Sunday) b:UO a tn TRAINS SOITH. «-»-D»lly (except Sunday, 1:1? pm rn-Daily (except Sunday) 7:17 a tn * a—nM’.y 18;2S » t» CLOVER LEAF. In effect May 3,1908. EAST. «. »-Commercial Traveler, dally... 5:25 atn v ■■ Mai', dally, except Sunday . .11 JOaui 2„’ ;._i,ay E> press, daily 6:43 pm fi Loea. Freight ...1:10 atn WEST j_Pay Express, daily .... ... S:Si B ?•' i_Mall. daily, except Sunday .11:25 a m v„S_j’<immerelal Traveler, dally .. 9:19 pm 5 -S-Local Freight 12:03 p m CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect June 14. 1903. WEST, v. 3:10 a tn , , .ially. except Sunday. 1:41 a tn ?. j-New York and Boston Limited ” ‘through coach Columbus and Chicago 12:39 pm gntS-Welis Fargo Express r : 12p m • n :: Marlon-Huntington Acc'm.. 40:10 a m EAST w. g-VeaUbule Limited for N Y 2a tn V, "-Cleveland and Columbus tiUan i_sew York and Boston Limited * through coaches Columbus rndCnlcsgo .... . 3:24pm xjo 10- Huntingt’n-Meadvllle Expr's 9:56 p m Miss Sarah Seherry, of Preble, wasa visitor at this city today. Frank Young made a business trip to F >rt Wayne this morning. Miss Gyp Dorwin visited with friends at Fort Wayne yesterrday. Mis- Hattie Moore went to Avilla this ni< ,rning for a few days visit with relatives. Sam Magner of Berne returned home last night atfer transacting busin, ss here. Jay Elzey who has been taking a few days vacation returned to Fort Wayne this morning. John Kirchner of Preble went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend a few days looking after business mutters. Du id Whitehurst, who lives near this city went to Beme this morning where he will have his eyes examined. Mrs. Rose Haugh, who lives five miles east of this city went to Fort Wayne fora short visit with friends andjrela fives. Miss Mary Crekenwell returned to her houine at Ypsilanti. Mich., this morning after a few days visit here with relatives. Mrs. Charles Kintz of Fort Wayne I»('sed through this city today <n her way home from Preble where she visited with her parents, Mr. aal Mrs S herry. John Shilder the former solicitor of th' Metropolitan Insurance compiny, was a visitor in this city yesterday. He is now traveling for a Huntington cigar firm. Charles Simcoke and sister. Miss Dolly Simcoke arrived in the city from Joliett Illinois. Mr. Simcoke has been teaching in the commerc'd department of the Joliet high school and is now on a summer vacation as he is to return to that plate next year. There are chumps in the burglar hisin< ns well as in other avocations. Over at Rochester a c nip'e rase. 1- broke into the home of Edi tor Bitters and got between ten and fifteen dollars. The account don't state how the money came to ne in the house or to whom it belonged.

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' J S. Cress i 8 attending to import, “nt business at Monroeville, today Jesse Stoneburner, who has been | visiting at Warsaw, returnee! home today. t ommissioner AbnetTof near Gen eva, was a business visitor here this morning. Mrs. Arthur Shaw went to Briant this afternoon for a few davs visit with her parents. U. S. Cress Will go to Castalia, Ohio! ‘ oD(la y> to set up a large monument for a resident of that place. Mrs. !■ eld hake and Grandma Gost returned to Ft. Henry, Ohio, today after visiting here with relatives. Mrs. Congleton, Miss Bessie Congleton and George Maddy went to Muncie this afternoon to spend Sunday with the latter person’s parents. C. Francis Knowlton is again in the newspaper busines at Pennville. His paper is called Pennv ille s New Era and begins where the late Corn and Glassleft off. •)n .June 29 bids will be opened at the auditor s office for the furnishing supplies at the county infirmary, for the coming quarter, this ordeal being gone through with four times a year. Otto Blum has began to put his hand made cigars on the market and says a very neat little trade has already been worked considering | the time he has been in the busijness. I The Decatur base ball team will ! cross bats tomorrow at Steele's juirk with the Huntington team of professionals. A good game is as. surred and the fans should be out and root for the locals. Ray Carpenter will resume work as telegraph ojierator on the Erie railroad next Monday as he lias been notified of his appointment to the Elgin office, a station between Sjjencerville and Ohio City. Sam Johnson, one of the tribe of wandering gypsies, who have been located east of town, was arrested last night by the city officers for public drunk, w?s given a hearing this morning in the mayor's court and fined one dollar and costs, amounting to 59.80, which he paid. Every farm boy wants to lie a school teacher; every school teacher hop's to be an editor; every editor would like to be a banker; every banker would like to lx- a trust magnate, and every trust magnate hops to own a farm and have chickens, cows, pigs and horses to look after. We end where we begin. The Insurance Press, a paper de- ■ voted exclusively to the insurance business, lias some nice things to . say in regard to Ralph Herbst, who is working Metropolitan life in this city. They say that he is making a complete success of the work under the direction of R: C. Drummond and goes on at some length throwing similar boqueta.—Bluffton Ban ner. It is stated that surveyors will start over the proposed route of the McCulloch traction route from here to Lima via Decatur and Fort ■ Wayne, some time within the next few weeks. The road is to parallel the Clover Leaf from Marion to Decatur. From Decatur it is to run north to Fort Wayne and there connect with the Fort Wayne and Lima road. There are some rumors to the effect that the company’ will run a double track to Fort Wayne.

The base ball game at Steele's park will be called at two o'clock. August Syphers of near Pleasant Mills, was a visitor in this city today. Mrs. A. E. Rose, who has been visiting at Butler, returned home this afternoon. Miss Myrtle Valentine went to Monroe this afternoon to spend Sunday with her parents. Mrs. J. C. Patterson went to Winchester this afternoon to spend a few days with her mother Mrs. S.O. Irvin. Mrs. Luitzer, of Lima, who has been spending a week here with her sister, Mrs. John Everett, returned home today. Mrs. George Richards, of Fort Wayne, has contracted with the firm of Hughes, Crees A Beavers for a fine family monument. Fred and Will Mills, of Van Wert, who have been visiting Ted Saurer, went to Geneva this afternoon to spend a few days with relatives. W’ill Wilmingtone, jr., and wife of Grund Rapids,M ichigan, will arrive in the city tonight and be the guests of Ed Phillips and family for a few days. Tlie firm of Lenhart & Lenhart will continue, Noramn Lenhart taking up the work of his father. They h ive a very creditable insurance and real estate business and this will be t.iken care of as before. They are both bright hustling boys and will make it win we feel sure. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mason of Topeka Kansas, who have Ijeen the guests of Mrs. Mason's parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Roop, and fanny of Blue Creek township will return home tonight. Mr. Mason is a prominent citizen of Topeka and served as chief clerk of the Kansas legislature ast winter. The anniversary of the adoption of old glory as our national emblem is fast becoming a national holiday, as signficant as an other, and all over the country the projx-r observance will tie given this year. June the fourteenth is the anniverasry day, but as it falls on Sunday the observance will lie made on Monday and it is very projier that a general display of the stars and stripes should be made. The residents of the north end <f ■ town are pestered almost beyond endurance by a gang of gypsies, who! have set up a camp ust north of the river bridge, and they threaten violence. Chickens and many other things are stolen by the gang of nomads and the ugly old women are on the streets begging or wanting to tell fortunes most of the day. Gypsies are certainly an unwelcome set and a rough reception on the part of the north end citi zens cannot be blamed. Mayor Coffee is in receipt of information from the projectors of the Springfield Fort Wayne Traction line asking that he look up a suitabe location for a power house, should they decide on this place for tliat station. There are many suitable locations here for that building but as the projectors would prefer one in the north part of the city, atfer conferring with many of the business men here, it has been decided to try to obtain some of the Robinson lot near the stone quarry. Isaac W Brown, of Rochester who is known over this and adjoining states as“ the bird and bee" man is planning to estail ish a bird kingdom 'of his own in Fulton county next : year. It is his intention to purchase ■ forty acres. ;>art of it woodland, and then erect a high fence a round the tract. He will build a home in I the center of the place and establish ‘ homes for all kinds of birds that ' fly in this part of the country. Mr. j Brown has twn busier this spring I than ever before and he has delivered a great many lectures in the educational institutemsof Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. The Globe Oil compiny, of which Jesse Robinson of this city is local manager, brought in another good oil well near Chattanooga yesterday. It is estimated at a fifty barrel producer and one of the best in that territory. The company will begin drilling their third well in that territory next Tuesday. They expected to liegin drilling near here before this time but have been unable to do so us they cun not secure rigs or drillers. Mr. Robinson says they can not stub' at present just how soon they will lie aide to get to work on their leases north of the city, but it will be several weeks at least. The company have been very successful so far, both their wells in the south field being good ones. “

Commissioner Samuel Doak made a business trip to Berne this morn iug. Mrs. T. L. Miller went to Kokomo today to spend several days with rela tives. Scott Hughes was released from jail this morning after serving out a good long fine. Mr. and Mrs. John Weber returned to Ft. Wayne last evening after visit ingin this city. A. R. Bell returned from Ridgeville last evening where he had been transacting business. Charles Battenberg went to Seattle’ Washington, today where he expects 1 11 enter business. A. J. Null, of Ft. Wayne, who has been visiting in this city returned to his home last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hough returned to Marion today after a several days visit with her relatives. A wire picture holder was left at this office yesterday and the owner! may recover same by calling. Mrs. John Mayer, who has been visiting with friends and relatives at Berne, returned last evening. Miss Nera Ernst is at Wren, 0., today conducting the millinery depart ment store for Mrs. M. P. Burdg. Mrs. Frank Ferrell went to Hoagland last evening where she will visit for a few days with friends and relatives. Mrs. D. J. Baxter arrived here today from Bluffton to visit with E. Freidline, at Monroeville, for a few days. E. L. Carroll was a business visitor ; at Monroe yesterday, where he looked after the interests of the Carroll Elevator Company. Dr. Canada, the eye specialist, who makes a regular trip to this city, went to Ft. Wayne last evening. He will return again next week. Mr. and Mrs. William Wilmington, of Grand Rapids, Mich., arrived here today for a several days visit with E. A. Phillips and family. John W. Meibers has been appointed by Treasurer Voglewede delinquent tax collector and will begin his duty as such official Monday. No one has called for the silverine watch left at this office two weeks ago. if not claimed soon we may be tempted to put it to our own use. Miss Elizabeth Pilliad. of Grand Rapids, Mich., will arrive here this i evening to be the guest of Clark Voglewede for several days. Invitations were received here this j morning announcing the marriage of Miss Edith Fulk, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fulk, of South Bend, but formerly of this city, to Clarence H. Snoke, also of South Bend. Miss Gladys Bowers went to FtWayne last evening where she will be the guest of her sister, Miss Vida Bowers, during the commencement' exercises at the Sacred Heart Acad emy. School closes at that institution next Friday. Work on the construction of the rural telephone lines, east of this city, is progressing rapidly and it will be but a short time until the farmers will be connected up with the Decatur exchange. The lines are being built by the Citizens Telephone Company of this city. The Columbia City base ball team is scheduled to play the Shamrocks of Foil Wayne at the latter place to morrow. Columbia City earnestly hopes to win the game and a special train to Fort Wayne will be run for ♦he .300 funs who want to lend their support. Wagner of Ossian, will be in the box against Fort Wayne and many Ossian people will be in attendance to see the "phenom" work. A dirty set of gypsies, who have been camping two miles east of town passed through the city today going westward. A worse gang of vaga bonds it has not been our misfortune to see, and the filthiness of their surroundings is something revolting. Not so much do we pity the older ones who have so wilfully degraded themselves, as the young and helpless, who are forever doomed to a life of poverty. STRAYED. Two stray colts of the following I desccirption were found with hi* | horses Thursday by Julius Johnloz, at his farm one mile north and one mile west of Monroe. One u yearling nude of dark buy color with white face and leg hind foot. The other is a sorrel female about two years old, and also having a blazed face. Ihe owner will oblige Mr. Johnloz by promptly taking them off his hands.

(GOING OUT 1 I OF BUSINESS I | _ $5,000 _ j ■ worth of ■ i Wall Paper | I and Paints) I TO BE SOLD OUT. I I Sale Begins June Ist. I ■ GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED. ■ ■ LISTEN TO THEM: ■ WALL PAPER 50 PER CENT OFF. I ■ 15c paper at 8c per bolt. .‘Wic paper at 18c. ■ Borders at 2.1 cents a yard. Crepe Ingrains at 40c per bolt. ■ W 20c paper at 10c. Ingrains, 15c, 18c and 20c a bolt ■ 25c paper at 12Jc All borders 4c to 12c per yard. ■ V 30c and 35c papers at 15c. ■ g All Paints, Brushes, Varnishes Oils, go at Cost. W4c mouldings at 2c per foot. 5c mouldings go at 2|c a foot. W ■ 6e mouldings at 3c per foot. ■ ■ All other stock and brands go at discounts of 50 per cent. V j; Finest grade of paints at ?1.25 per gallon. ■ ■ THE ABOVE TELLS THE STORY. I have de I a termined to quit business, and want to sell my ■ g entire stock as soon as possible. The BIG SALE K W begins at once. 1 have the greatest assortment E of wall paper, paints and everything in my line ■ ■ to be found any where, and if you need anything, ■ ■ buy it while you can make 50c on every dollar ■ ■ you spend. |r. B. GREGORY j I Decatur, Indiana. Cor. 3rd &, Madison Sts. f AWN INGS The finest adjustable awniug on the market. Any woman or child can put them up or take them down. Anything in the awning line can be seen or ordered at H. S. Porter’s Harness SHop. rfIMBMMMnMMMIM— I' 111 ■' 11M HIWWM—BJMiSiaB: ■

Toe Nalls. To relieve ingrowing toe nails cut a V shaped piece out of the center of the nail, as deep down to the quick as possible, and press in all around the toe and as much as [Mjssible under the Ingrowing part roim good yellow soup. In the course of a few days or so take . the pointed end of a small penknife blade and scrape out all the soap and if possible Insert the blade under the Ingrowing part and with a dexterous twist turn the edge of the blade up ward and pare off us much of the ingrowing part as possible Then press in some more soup and a small piece of absorbent cotton between the nail and the overlapplug flesh to keep the nail from pressing on the same. In the course of a few weeks the flesh un dor the Ingrowing part will become so callous that no pain will be felt, and the nail can be trimmed regularly once a week —American Queen. In the Olden l)a>a of Crinoline. A woman tells this of the old days of | ‘‘cages A man—an artist and a very shy person—walked out with the woman bo delighted to honor and asked her to many him. In stepping closer to her. as the occasion seemed to demand, early In the walk lie got his foot through lief large and expansive hoop ( and was too modest to make any attempt to remove It. She was equally timid, so they took their walk, settled mutters (she consenting* and came home with ills foot still held In her hoop. History does not state how it was finally removed. I only know the story is true, and the pair today are old marrlec. lovers.

Fred Scheiman has purchased the Monroe St. West End Meat market,where he always keeps on band Fresh Meats, Sausages & Smoked Meats Why She Stood. “Madam,” suld the conductor to the plain and somewhat elderly woman standing tip In the street car, “way don’t you ask one of these men to give ' you a seat?” “Because ” she answered, grimly sarcastic, "I haven't the face to do it.”—Chicago Itecord Herald. < out It to Admire. "Why is It that wealthy people become so cold and cynical?” “They don't necessarily,” answered Mr. Cumrox. "They have their enthusiasms. The trouble Is that a rich tmin can't admire anything without being solicited to buy it."—Washington Star.