Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1903 — Page 3

time tables G. R. & I. (In effect May J, WO3) TRAINS NORTH. No 5-Da’ly 1:30 a ni No B—Dally (except Sunday* 3:K p No 7-D»ily (except Sunday) 8:00 a m TRAINS SOUTH. N,. 3-Dally except Sunday 1:19 pm N id—(tally (except Sunday) 7:1? a m No a—Dai y 19:26 a n. CLOVER LEAF. In effect May 8,1903. EAST. No 6—Commercial Traveler, daily... 5:25am N. 2-Mau. dally, except Sunday 11 (Wain N- 4—Pay Express. dai:y B:4Bpm No 22—Local Freight 1:10am WEST No 3-Dav Express, daily 5:25 am ' g, 1-Mail, daily, except Sunday .11:25 am No s—Commercial Traveler, daily .. icia p m i. ■— Local Freight 12:05pm CHICAGO & ERIE. Id effect June 14, lAKi. WEPT. S’ 9- Buffalo-Ch>cujro Limited, daily 3:10 air. to 7— Expreaa. dally ..I:42am So 3— New York aod Chicago Limited through coach Columbus and Chicago dally 12:38 pm So 13—Wells Fargo Express except Monday fi-.lSna Ro 21-Marion-HunUygton Acc’m . 10:10 a m s-Vestibule Limited for N Y 2:56 a m Ro 22—Marion and Columbus except Bundav 6:58 a m S 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus and S 10—Buffalo and 'Ttautauqua Lake 9:55 pm No. 13 will not carry baggage. 3 and 4 has through coach Columbus to Chicago. J. H. S hug left the city today for Richmond on a regular business kip- <). N. Snellen went to Fort Wayne this morning and will be gone for leveral days. I Joe Mason went to Huntington bday. He will join the Knights of Columbus at Peru tomorrow. i W. C. Selker and wife, who have ' keen visiting Mrs. Mary Coflfee of Bns city returned home this morn I B ' The two daughters of W. P. TeeJo went to Leo this morning where I: *y will visit with their grandparnts. Mrs. J. C. Patterson returned r ini Winchester last evening where i ne has been to attend the funeral I a relative. Elmer Johnson the horse dealer. Bade a business trip to Fort Wayne psterday afternoon and returned b.s morning. Lawrence Tester. Paul Beardsley n<l Arthur Beery drove to Berne Ist evening where they witnessed p.‘ production of Mr. B 'b. Mrs. Morrison and Hattie S‘udehker, went to Fort Wayne ths turning where they will visit ►tends for a few days. John Mason returned last evening om a business trip to Celina, 0.. id stopped at Ohio City to withes the burglar test of a safe there V. B. Archbold came in from ichmond this morning where he is l>een looking after the interest I the Publishing company that he Presents. Mr- Lucile Jones returned from Villa, this morning, where she has ken visiting for the past ten days rith her cousins. Misses Maude and es- Brokaw. IP W. Smith, the lumber dealer. Burned to his home at Richmond kis morning. Mr Smith was pres, it during the safe experiment at nio City yesterday and is very ithusiastic over the fact as he says ■have missed it would have been | incaiulabie loss.

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L. C Miller returned last evening from Linn Grove. Earl \\ illianin of near Steele, left for Ohio City today. Harry Emery went to Willshire . this morning on business. Miss Pennington returned from Fort Wayne this afternoon. Clyde Graham returned to Monroe this afternoon after visiting here. Bert Cutting went to Bluffton this morning where he will visit his | mother. Mrs. D. D. Clark and family went to \an Wert this morning where | they will visit. E. Harding, who has been here for some time, went to his home at ! St. Henry, Ohio. The billiard tables for the Commercial Club arrived this morning and will be set up Monday. Miss Sawyer, who has been the guest of R. B. Allison and wife, retured to her home at Bluffton to- | day, Mrs .P. W. Smith, Miss Florence and Mr. Herman Smith returned to Richmond this afternoon after visiting friends here for a few days. Miss Marguerite Mann, the daughter of Attorney Frank Mann, who formerly lived here, is in this city the guest of Miss Jessie Winnes. John Trout went to Geneva this morning to look after the interests of his father who has several producing oi] weslls near that place. Mrs. C. G. Carey passed through this city yesterday on her way from Van Buren to her home at Soest Postoffice, which is north of Hoagland. Phillip Gephart arrived home from Michigan this morning. While in that coutnry he purchased a well improved and valuable farm. Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold returned to the city last evening from Springfield, Missouri, where she lias been for the past three weeks visiting with her brother. Mrs. Wiliam Glenn, of Fort Wayne, returned to her home yestreday afternoon, after making a short visit in this city with Mrs. William Blackburn and Mrs. Richard Burrell. Dr. Lawrence Hughes of Geneva will be the guest of his parents here tomrorow. He will bring with him four gentleman friends of Chicago, who have been visiting him at ' Geneva. The Knights of Columbus are arranging their trip to Peru, so that a lay-over can be secured at Huntington. It is their intention while in that city to visit the Erie railroad shops and all the places of interest. Henry Koeneman and Dave Gerber each shipped twenty-five head lof cattle to Pittsburg this morning . The animals were the best seen here for a long while and will certainy do credit to Adams county. 1 Time Fristoe will leave for Winona Lake at Warsaw next Monday where he will remain during the summer. Mr. and Mrs Fristoe I have already gone there and are now pleasantly located in their cottage. Tomorrow is children's day and appropriate services will be held at the Methodist church Instead of the regular morning services. Every body invited to attend and hear the program which has been prepared especially for this occasion.

Miss Pansy Burdge is visiting friends in Bhitffon. A number of society functions are scheduled for next week. Miss Gertrude Butcher went to Hartford City this afternoon. Douglas Dudgeon was in town this afternoon attending to business. Mrs. E .A. Mann went to Greenville, Ohio, today for a short visit. Miss Maud Walton of Marion, is here the guest of Miss Maud Thompson. Mrs. J. 8. Gilpen of Silverwood, is here for a visit with Mrs. Red ding Miss Mary Dull went to Willshire today for a few clays visit with friends. Bertha Hower of Craigville, will visit for a short time with Joseph Hower. Miss Emma Moon went to Montpelier today where she will visit for some time. Miss Marie Wynings of Fort Mayne, is here for a visit with relatives. Schiemann <& Butler shipped a fine load of cattle over the Clover Leaf this morning. Misses Helen and Grace Purdy went to Bluffton today and will visit there with their brother. Miss Mary Pry of Vunßuren. arrived here today and will visit her uncle, J E. Rice of Monroeville. Miss Ethel Harding and Miss Blanche Wolfkill left this morning for the latter's home at Bluffton. Childens clay services at the M. E. church tomorrow morning. A good program has been arranged. Thomas Beaver of Grover Hill, Ohio, returned home today after attending to some business in this city. Mrs. W. R. Smith and Miss Francis Bryson went to Bluffton this morning where they will visit for a few days. Miss Vida Bowers, who has been attending Sacred Heart academy at Fort Wayne, returned home today with her sister. Will Wilmington and wife of Grand Rapids, arrived here this morning and will be the guests of Will and Charley Phillips and mother. A number of machinists who have been working at Kriek, Tyndall & Company’s tile well have just completed two new elevators which will greatly facilitate operations in the manufacture of tile at the big press. John Stoneburner went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he will place a fine A. B. Chase piano in one of the homes of that citv. This speaks well for the enterprising Decatur dealer, and we congratulate him on his successful competition with a large city. Ansel Bremerkamp and Frank Barthal came in from the Foreman bridge last evening near where they have been fishing in the St. Mary's river for the past week. The boys report a good time but say that they would have been better satisfied had their Sighing luck been of a lighter shade. Horace Botthoff this morning received another telegram from his son-in-law which said: “Has been a slight change for better in Bertha's condition. Doctor has some hopes.” As may be imagined it is good news for the family here who had given up all hopes of ever seeing her alive again. Hall, Son & Falk have on exhibition at their real estate office in the Studebaker building a sample of growing Kaffir corn. The seed was planted in Oklahoma soil and as our climate is very much like that of the territory the specimen shows the corn growing in its natural conditions. Kaffir corn is very different from maize in appearance but is similar in taste and composition is and thrashed like wheat. Mr. Bob, the farce comedy, as produced by the High School Students, was received with loud voiced approval at Berne last evening. An audience of over two hundred greeted the actors when the curtain lifted and working under the influences of an enthusiastic house the play was gone through without a break or interruption of any kind. The original cast with the exception of one, Miss May Coverdale, who was substituted by Miss Francis Merryman, was used and each player seemed to be at his best. The show was given under the auspices of the Berne Democratic club aud the members of that organization are well pleased with the result of the undertaking.

Miss Minnie Dullehan is very ill. Henry Smith and wife went to Fort I Wayne this morning. J. C. Cook, of Kokomo, was looking up real estate here today. J. C. Kobbs, of Williams, was a : business visitor in Decatur today. Rathbone Sisters are all requested to be present Monday night. Business of importance.| Mrs. A, D. Moffett of Marion, is in the city for a two weeks visit with Mrs. W. H. Nachtrieb. J. E.J McElfstrick, of Toledo, is looking up the contract for heating St. Mary’s Catholic church. Hugh Hite returned from Rome City last night where he has been on a vacation for several days past. E. Woods left for Columbus, Ohio, this afternoon where he will look after some important business matters. A. P. Beatty and Cal Miller returned from Marion, where they were taking depositions in the case of Williams vs Miller. Mrs. Dr. Stone of New Bremen, Ohio, returned home this morning. She has been visiting her mother Mrs. Hannah Elzey of this city. Rev. C. G. Reynold left for Joliett Illinois, this noon, after making a short visit in this city. Mrs. Reynold and her children will not return for several weeks. The sporting editor of the Democrat predicts the following as the resultsof today's Derby race at Chicago: Fiocarliue, first; Claud, second, and Savable, third. Schieman & Butler shipped three car loads of live stock from this city today. Two ear loads of hogs were sent to Boston and one car load of cattle was consigned to the Cincinnati market. Mrs. F. Scirhmeyer will entertain a number of her lady friends this evening at her home on Mercer street in honor of Mesdames A. D. Moffett, of Elwood; Rev. C. G. Reynolds, of Joliett, Illinois, and A. L. De Vilbiss of Lancaster, Ohio. The St. Peter's Lutheran school, of Root township closed yesterday after a very successful year. Appropriate exercises were successfully given. The teacher, Lewis Teleman. was surprised when he reached his desk in the morning to find it almost covered with flowers, the gifts of his scholars. The school picnic will be held tomorrow in the Herman Gerke woods. Willshire has another oil scare which, as is her luck, a very pleasing circumstance. In that territory east of the place which had long lieen abandoned as oil procuring, a fifty barrel well made its appearance Thursday evening. The well was drilled on a farm belonging to Clinton Steve and oil operators are now all searching fur their lung buried leases of adjoining land. Sir Henry Irvlns'a Wit. On one occasion Sir Henry Irving's company, having been called to the theater for rehearsal, found upon their arrival that they were considerably ahead of time. As Sir Henry had not yet arrived, one of the actors in the company who was noted for Lis accomplishments as a mimic proceeded to give a lively and elaborate Imitation of Sir Henry’s highly characteristic acting. As he finished Ids demonstration a well known voice came from the depths of the darkened auditorium: “Very good.” it said; “very good indeed—so good, in fact, that there is no 1 need for both of us in this company.”— Harper's. What 1> Known About Fish. Pliny, the great naturalist, who lived at about the time of Clulat, leckuued | tlie whole number of known species of tish at ninety-four. Llnmeus, the great Swedish investigator of tlie eighteenth century, could classify 475. and he Is \ known to have been the greatest ich- I tliyologist of the age in which he lived. I Tlie progress made in that particular branch since the time of I.inniet.s seems all the more wonderful, for now : I3.(MK) species show up in tlie eata- j loglies of the tish specialists. An Expert** Opinion. Priscilla—Du you approve of long en- | ga gem ent a? Mayme— Well, that depends. If the | fellow has plenty of money and takes I you to everything a long engagement is endurable; otherwise it is better to rush it through and start a fresh one.— I Detroit Free Press. The Second Fiddle. “Mr. Henpscquc, let me Introduce you to the Count de Dieppe.” "Ah, eet eez ze honor to meet a musician. I hear, sar, znt you an’ your family play ze music.” “Why, I don’t know the first thing about music.” "But I hear eet all around zat you play second fiddle to your wife!” A good ninny things trouble you. Here are tlie first two: You ent too much and you ent it too fast.—Atchison Globe.

GOING OUT ] OF BUSINESS I worth of ■ Wall Paper | and Paints! TO BE SOLD OUT. I Sale Begins June Ist. ( GREATEST BARGAINS EVER OFFERED. I LISTEN TO THEM: ■ I WALL PAPER 50 PER CENT OFF. I 15c paper at 8c per bolt. 36c paper at 18c. ■ Borders at 2J cents a yard. Crepe Ingrains at 40c per bolt. ■ i 20c paper at 10c. Ingrains, 15c, 18c and 20c a bolt * 2oc paper at 12,jc _ All borders 4c to 12c per yard. K ' 30c and 35c papers at 15c. g All Paints, Brushes, Varnishes Oils, go at Cost. ■ 14c mouldings at 2c per foot. 5c mouldings go at 21c a foot. W 6c mouldings at 3c per foot. ■ ' All other stock and brands go at discounts of 50 per cent. g Finest grade of paints at $1.25 per gallon. ■ THE ABOVE TELLS THE STORY. I have de- ■ termined to quit business, and want to sell my S entire stock as soon as possible. The BIG SALE K . begins at once. I have the greatest assortment I s of wall paper, paints and everything in my line ■ ' to be found anywhere, and if you need anything, ■ buy it while you can make 50c on every dollar g you spend. E R. B. GREGORY | ! Decatur, Indiana. Cor. 3rd &, Madison Sts. I Grand and Glorious 4th of July Celebration To be held at Decatur will far surpass any celebration ever held in this city. 9 “ Horse Show and Parade To Steele’s park, at 10:30 a. na. Balloon Ascension and Parachute Drop at 10:30. $1,500 RACE PREMIUMS 2:30 Pace purse S2OO 2:20 Pace, purse, S2OO 2:30 Trot, purse $l5O Ladies’ Race, purse $ 50 Running Race, puree $ 50 FIREWORKS! Grand Display of Fireworks in the evening. Inspiring Music! Come to Decatur and enjoy one of the grandest Celebrations ever held in Adams county.

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