Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1903 — Page 3

■ TIME tables a. r. & i. I (In effect June 21,1903) [ TRAINS NORTH, Kg,, 5-Daiiy ••••■• 11:03 p m K :i -Data (except Sunday) 5:22 p m I ■J* 7— Daily to Grand Kaplds 0:00 a in TRAINS SOUTH Hto J-Dally (except Sunday, 1:19 pm ■L 4—Pally 2:82 a m - K„ 12—Daily (except Sunday) :1. am Kq. it-Supday only ..., «:« p m |• CLOVER LEAF. In effect May 3,1903. I, EAST. JLp Traveler, dally ... 5:25 am-' ■L 2-Mall, daily, except Sunday . 11.50 atn • ■to 4—Pay Express, daliy 6:43 pm K o 22—Local Freight 1:10 a m WEST ( Bk, 3—Day Express, daily 5:25 am : Ko l-Mall. dally, except Sunday ...11;25a m I ; No s—Commercial Traveler, daily .. 9:19 p m I [to 28—Local Freight 12:05 pm! —— i CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect June 14, 1903. WEST. 1 No 9-Bnffalo-Cbleago Limited, daily 3:10 a m no 7—Express, daily .1:42 a m No 3—New York and Chicago Limited through coach Columbus and * Chicago dally 12:38 pm:’ N 0 is—Wells Fargo Express except Monday 5:12 p m No 21—Marlon- Huntington Acc'm .. 10:10 a w EAST No 8-Vestlbule Limited for N Y 2:55 a m ] (to 22—Marion and Columbus except Sunday 6:58 a m < No 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus and Chicago 3:24 p m No 19-Buffalo and Chautauqua Lake 9:55 pm No. 13 will not carry baggage. 3 and 4 has I through coach Columbus to Chicago. I Miss Myrtle Watts will leave tobnorrow tor n two weeks visit at Ottawa, O. i ! Dr. Tucker of Fort Wayne, , arrived in this city today on it regular visit. Sammy Miller came in from F< irt Wayne this morning for a few days , visit with relatives. Mrs. S. N. Dorwin and Miss Naomi Dugan went to Winona this morning for a few weeks stay. John Hessler came home from F: >rt Wayne this morning where he had been on a short business trip. H. A. Hartman and family ; left today for Tiffin, Ohio, where . they will visit relatives a few days. Miss Marguerite Confer went to * Fort Wayne last night, where she will visit with her sister Mrs. A. Arnold.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bnckinaster are the happy parents of a big l»aby : boy which arrived at their home yesterday. Mrs. S. J. Roberts returned to her home at For t Wayne last even- < ing after visiting in this city with Mrs T. S. Tisron. Commissioner elect William Miller is at Fremont, Ohio, being called there on account of the illness of Ins brother who is quite sick from cancer. Mrs. Miranda Buckmaster returned to her home east of Berne this morning, after visiting in this city with her twi sons, David and Thomas Bnckinaster. Mrs. Sarah Ford of Berne who has I’een in this city during the sick ness and death of her grand-child, the infant son of Charles Ford, returned to her home today. D. E. Studabaker, wife and son 1 left this morning for a three weeks' lake trip. They will stop at Goshen and go from there to Chicago, ' thence to Milwaukee and Luke Wawussec. The children, brothers and sister , of George Archbold desire to' return thanks to the manv friends and especially the Odd Fellows lodge for their kindness during the illness and death of their father and brother. Col. Bryan lectured at Marion last night, hjs new lecture •'The Value of an Idea,” being well received. Col. Bryan, after an extensive tour of this country will lecture in Europe, he being already booked for a number of engagements there. There is no disputing ‘he fact that Mr. Bryan is the best known and most talked of man | in the country. 1 1

Do You Know That the Day Current is On? That we have received a large shipment of F ANS All Electrical Supplies and General Repair Work at \A/. G, Spencer’s North Hide of Monroe Street.

, Hogs five cents higher on the Chicago markets . Irvin Brandyberry is at Fort May ne today attending to business I affairs there. [ Mrs. Theresa Wert who has [been visiting relatives here returned this morning to Fort Wayne. Edison Brock, who was here to attend the Nibliek-Suttles wedding, returned to Fort Wayne this morning. Charles Bonham rhe genial operator -t the G. R. &I.is on duty again after a two weeks vacation. Prof. J. H .McMurray of Central College which is located at Huntington was ;n this city today attending to business. M H Moon* and family who have been visiting relatives here for several days returned this moring to Sturgis, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Buekinaster are the proud parents of a baby boy which arrived at their home Wednesday night. D. W. Beery and Fred Reppert left for Paulding where they will conduct the Beery and Holthouse horse sale tomorrow. Acker, Elzey and Vance have fixed up a new window. It is certainly a beauty, and displays their goods to great advantage. Mrs. Jane Williams went to Ridgeville this morning where she was called on account of the serious illness of her daughter Mrs. Malott. Mrs. J. H. Schooley, who has been here several days visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Christ, returned this morning to Elkhart. Miss. Amelia Tonnellier left this morning for a several weeks visit at AuClair and Benton Harbor. She will also visit at Anderson on her return. C. R. Reeves of Anderson was selected by the National Photographers Association as their president, the sessions of the same being held at Indianapolis , Earl Coverdale came down street a little quicker than he pexected His horse frightened at an automo-

bile and Eurl was certainly going some before he stopped. Lawrence Kleinhenz came in from Rome City this afternoon where he has been enjoying several days vacation from his duties at the Holthouse Drug store. All members of Co. B. 160 1. V. I. are requested to meet at Frank Gessinger's print shop Saturday evening to outline away to secure the next Reunion for this city. Tin Harrod and Waggoner Shoe Factory will suspend operations tomorrow morning on account of th)’ funeral of Theodore Smith. A daughter of th)’ deceased is employed at the factory. Th)’ land in Madison county has been fixed by the board at ♦ 11.19 an acre. This is higher than all counties in the state [except four. It shows Madison has rich and well cultivat ‘d [soil. The above figure is for as'sessment. Landis worth in this I county double that price for farm- ! ing purposes. Capitalists are seeking investments in Madison county | farms because they are rich and it ' is profitable —'Anderson News. I An exchange says that the loss [of cattle and horses from lightning 1 can be avoided by grounding th. Ixirbed wire fences. It is done this way: Get a five-eight iron rod [and drive it in the ground to a depth lof three or four feet, pull it out and then take a strand of heavy fence wire and put down in the hoi)’ iso made and tramp it down. Leave it project enough above th)’ : ground so it can he tightly wound around each strand of wire in the fence.. A smart man could fix all th)* fence on a quarter section farm in a day in th)* manner indicated, and it will ]>ay to do it.

E. L. Carroll and John Niblick are I attending to business at Ft. Wayne j today. Mrs. J. B. Miller arrived in this city today to visit at the home of Nick Miller. Pete Holthouse returned from Redkey this morning, where he attended to business interests. I L.T, Brokaw went to Chicago this morning. He will attend to business there and remain about a week. J. W. Vesey who attended the Nib-lick-Suttles wedding last evening, returned to Fort Wayne this morning. P. K. Kinney made a business trip to Geneva this afternoon where he will look after some real estate business. The postmortem yesterday over Theodore Smith revealed that hie death was caused by heart trouble ae stated. Misses Mabel Schlegal and Marie Dickmeyer went to Ft. Wayne this morning, where they will visit with friends. Ferdinand Groge a former resident of this city but now of Fort Wayne was in town today shaking hands with his old friends. R. B. Allison was taken ill while at the bank yesterday and had to be taken home. He was much better today and left on a fishing trip to the north. Doc Grandstaff, an old reliable citizen of Root township, has moved into his new and modern home, recently completed. He says they are ready for all visitors who care to come. D. K. Baumgartner, wife and children of Willshire passed through this city today on their way home from Fort Wayne whre they have been visiting with relatives. The brick masons began work on the new postoffice this morning. Part of the east wall was laid, and if the present rate is continued the building will soon be completed. An exchange suggests that the cows be kept up curing the day time this hot weather, and turned out at night in the pasture, when they can eat grass while it is cool and not be bothered by the flies. This to us seems like a very sensible thing to do, and parties who have done it claim they get good results. Do the right thing by the cows and they will surely reciprocate. Every laxly should follow the crowd to the ice cream social this evening which will lx* given by the members of the Aeolian Musical Club on the lawn of George j Flanders on the corner of Mercer and Winchester streets. Rcrfeshments will also be on hands fa the time. Good music will he furnished I by the members during the evening. All invited to attend. Major R B. Allison, R. K. Allison and French Quinn left at noon for Georgian Bay country on a ten | days fishing trip. They have made ! the same tour several times and realize more than anyone else the pleasures and benefits to be derive d therefrom. They went from hen* t > Toledo and make the two day ti ip I from there to Little Current by I steamer. The Georgian Bay I country is said to be one of the jgreatest fishing places in all I America. , A moonlight picnic wus one of the social events here last evening. The party consisted of Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Allen, Mr. snd Mrs C |J. Lutz. Mrs. Schrock. Misses Nellie [Schrock, Nettie Moses, Gusta Cramer, Emma Jackson, Catharine, Christen, Hariet Wertzberger, Laura Albon, and Jean Lutz. The merry crowd drove to the home of Father Lutz at Poe and they all knew how to spell chicken. That they had a most enjoyable evening you can well imagine. They returned shortly after midnight a little tired but all kind of praises for thier host and hostess. For Sale A phaeton in good condition. Inquire at this office. 112tf Lost Pocketbook, containing card with name of Edith Hackman. Return to this office. 170dtf Tlie ladies' class of the Presbyterian Sabbath school will serve ice cream and cake on the court house lawn Saturday afternoon and evening. They will also have for sale a few home baked cukes at reasonable prices. For benefit of the new church. Everyone invit ><l to attend. 178(13

PAINTING SCENERY Chandler-Sturgeon Opera Co. will Open Here. I Have Several Men Mere Getting Ready for the Season Which Begins August 20th. The Chandler and Sturgeon Comedy Company which will open the theatre season in this city on August 20th as was seated some time ago in the Democrat, have several men here working on scenery and completing arrangements for their first production Their scenery is of the best and will make their stage setting as complete and elaborate as any traveling company could desire to have. They have one setting that of a steamboat leaving New 7 York, showing the Brooklyn bridge and parts of the cities which is truly a representative piece of the highest scenic art to be found on the stage. The company altogether will consist of twelve people and rehearsing will begin next week. Their first production will be “Among the Philippines,” which was written by Mr. Chandler. On two nights following “A Free Born American” and “A Green Eyed Monster” will lx* presented. The specialty part of the show will be strong ‘ and several musical turns will be in the production. One member of the company, George Olmi, is an operatic baritone who played with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and for five years was at the New York Casino. LOOKS LIKE MURDER. Van Wert County Man Accused of Crime. C. C. Swick, who came with his family five years ago to Ridge township, this county, will in all probability have to face a charge of wife poisoning. Coroner Jackson exhumed the body of the first Mrs. Swick hist Thursday, took out the stomach and sent it to Prof. Brig. S. Young, of Ada University, for analysis. The first Mrs. Swick died suddenly in August of last year, after a few hours illness. Swick became enamored of a sixteen-year old neighbor girl named Baleyat, and very shortly after his wife’s death married her. This hasty marriage, so soon after wife No 1. had passed away caused talk, and, is the real animus for the trouble by which Swick has been confronted the past ten days . Carl Early, a brother of Mrs. Swick the first, is taking the initiative in the I investigation. The neighbors of : the Swick family are taking sides, and are about evenly divided for !and against Swick and his girl wife. The affair is creating intense excitement in Ridge township and much bad feeling is being engendered.—Willshire Herald. — NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received by the undersign)* I until noon of August 11, 11*03, Hotel Burt, Rooms 11 and 12, Decatur, Indiana, for the construction of it grade for a single truck, electric railway, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Decatur, ' Ind., following the Piqua road. Each bidder is requested to bid on sections of throe (3) miles, or any multipl thereof, of said route. Plans, sjiecifications and profile . are on file and may be seen at said 1 rooms from Monday August 3, 1903, until day of sale. Contractors will lx* requested to let a certified check for one hundred dollars (1100.00) with th)* projiosal, which cheek shall lx* forfeited in case the presons to whom the contract is awarded fails to enter into a satisfactory contract and furnish sufficient bond to for th)* completion of tin* work within five days after th)* proposal is accepted. Th)* Company reserves the right ! to rojix’t any or all bids. Tli)' Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Company. Per W. H. Fhxlderjohann. General Manager.

Remember... We handle the Celebrated Smith Wagons a full line of Oliver Plows aud the great and only American Manure Spreader This spreader is thoroughly ironed and braced. See it at our store. LOCH & LINN Mules For Sale i : We have three teams of four-year-old mules—good pullers, good lookers. Will sell them right. It's a bargain. Six months’ time given. BEERY & HOLTHOUSE jKEEP COQLIj ’T'HE dav current is on, and we have a complete • line of DESK, BRACKET and CEILING | Electric Tans | H to suit residences, store and office rooms. | A. E. ROSE I WEST SIDE SECOND STREET.

The Dinner Ilnur. It Is a curious fact tlmt with almost every generation the dinner hour has undergone a change, the principal meal of the day being eaten at different periods, from 10 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night. The author of "Tile Pleasures of the Table'* points out that in England 400 or 500 years ago people took four meals—breakfast at 7. dinner at 10. supper at 4 and livery nt 8. In France in the thirteenth century I) in the morning was the dinner hour; Henry VII. dined nt 11. In Cromwell's time 1 o'clock had come to be the fashionable hour and In Addison's day 2 o’clock, which gradually was transformed Into 4. Pope found fault with Lady Suffolk for dining so Inte as 4. Four and 5 continued to lie the popular dining hours among the aristocracy until the second decade of the nineteenth century, when dinner was further postponed, from which period It lias steadily continued to encroach upon the evening. A I'l in ant T<*nn> ««»n. In tile “New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle" Is a letter to her husband In which occurs the following amusing little fling nt Tennyson : “Did you know that Alfred Tennyson Is to have a pension of £2OO a year, after all? Peel has stated ids intention of recommending him to her gracious majesty. and that Is considered Anal 'A chnctin scion sa cnpnclte!’ Lady Harriet told me he wanted to rnnrrv- 'mint

have a woman to live beside; would prefer n lady, lint cannot afford one, and so must marry a maidservant.* Mis. Henry Taylor -rid she was about to write to him in behalf of their housemaid, who was quite a superior character in her way.” Teeth. Small, chalk white teeth are a sign of a weak constitution. Strong, normal teeth are large and yellowish white. Sometimes an enthusiastic novelist in i depleting the charms of Ids heroine i will give her two rows of pearls between her ruby lips. The truth of the matter is nothing could be more ghast- , ly or nnnnturnl or unbecoming than i teeth made of pearls. It is only “store i teeth" that possess a high polish. He Knew a Way. i j Anxious Father—Hut. my boy, unless I you study you will know nothing. You will make no money with which to buy i things. Young Hopeful- That's nothing. I'll have everything charged, and I'll keep on that way till I get married.—Meggendorfer Platter. Terribly Burned By Gasoline. Frankfort. Iml . Aug 7. Mrs. Douglas, wife of Dr. s'atnuel Douglass, was terribly burned by a gasoline stove, while preparing breakfast for the faqr Uy. anil her husband ind son were also burned while smothering tho flamer Mrs Douglass Is seventy i years old.