Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1903 — Page 3

time tables 1 a. r. & i. (In effect June 21,1908) TRAINS NORTH, N 5-Daily 11:09 pm ■ Nn S-Dally (except Sunday) 5:22 p m So 7—Dally to Grand Rapids 8:00 am ■ TRAINS SOUTH Nn a—Dally (except Sunday 1:19 pm N,,4—Daily • ■ 2:82 am No 12—Dally (except Sunday) ~1. am No. 14 -Sunday only 8:46 pm 1 CLOVER LEAF. In effect May 8, 1908. EAST, No 6-Commercial Traveler, dally... 5:25 a m 5 ■’ Mall, daily, except Sunday. ..11.50a m No 4— Day Express, daby ... 6:43 p m •Jo 22—Local Freight 1:10 am , WEST M„ 3—Day Express, daily 5:25 am . No 1-Mall. dally, except Sunday . .11;25am No s—Commercial Traveler, daily 9:19 p m jio JB—Local Freight 12:05 p m CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect June 14, 1303. WEST. No <i_Huffalo-Chlcago Limited, daily 3:10 am No 7—Express, dally l:l2am No 3—New York and Chicago Limited f through coach Columbus and Chicagodally 12:38pm . No 18—Wells Fargo Express except I Monday 5:12 p m No 21— Marlon-Huntington Aco'm.. 10:10am - EAST No s—Vestibule Limited for N Y 2:55 a m No 22—Marion and Columbus except > Sunday..... 6:sßam * No 4—New York and Boston Limited ( through coaches Columbus and Chicago 3:24 pm ] No id— Buff alo and Chautauqua Lake 9:55 pm No. 13 will not carry baggage. 3 and 4 has , through coach Columbus to Chicago. ( - ... ~ ;

■>V. R. Cochran made a business < trip to Delphos this morning. 1 Miss Dora Matthews went to 1 Peterson this moving after visiting here for several days. Mrs. Wm. Drake went to Gas ‘ City this morning for a visit 1 with friends and relatives. Frank McConnell the machine man returned from a trip in the 1 northern part of the state this morn- 1 ing. ' Miss De’la Sellemeyer arrived in this city today from a several days 1 visit with friends at Garret and Auburn. 1 Miss Bertha Heller returned from ' Portland last evening where she has ‘ been visiting for the past few days with friends. R. J. Holthouse departed this 4 ( afternoon for Louisville, from I which place he will travel the, coming season. Anthony Wertzberger reports that ; his crop of oats this .year yielded forty bushels to the acre. While this is not an unusual yield it is 1 above the average and satisfactory to him. Rev. Pontius announces that he will deliver a character sermon ] Sunday night, entitled ‘‘Judas the ■ Traitor." Church services will also . beheld in the morning at 10:30!] o'clock. Mrs. B. Morrison left this city ■ last evening for Bay View, Michigan where she will stay for a few weeks. Mrs. W. J. Vesey and several '■ other ladies of Fort Wayne ac- 1 companied her.

BOOKS I CHANGE WITH 1 THE SEASON w We always follow the Change. ■ ? Our line of > > j* r School Snpplies | g| Is Unexcelled in ag Price and Quality. I Up-to-Oate Stationery B Smith, Yager & Falk _. _ _ Latest Styles FALL Lowest tt aTo Prices I—l /\ I See Our wiudow. U. DEININCjER.

Amos Hirschy of Berne was a business visitor here today. Badger fights seem to be quite popular with Decatur real (?) sports. Mrs. W. E. Pease went to Craigville this morning where she will visit relatives. Miss Bessie Gerard who has been visiting at Fort Wayne retruned this afternoon. Mrs. Wm. Pillars went to Craigville this morning for a short visit with friends. The Clover Leaf pay car will arrive in this city Monday on its monthly pay trip. Mrs. John Hower and daughter of Huntington, is visiting in this city with Reuben Briener and wife. Mrs. Maraget Bixler and Miss Hallie Moser of Bluffton are here for a short visit with Miss Marie Meyers. The pipe layers on the Marshal street sewer broke the record yesterday by laying 128 feet of big tile. The usual days work is 70 feet. Aughenbaugh <fe Deßolt are prepared to do all kinds of carriage and house painting, and piper hanging. Head quarters over Smith Bros, wagon shop. ’ Calvin Miller contractor for Fornax and Rugg streets stated to a Democrat reporter today that he would begin work on excavating Monday morning. The Knights of Pythias lodge at Alexandria, will next week give a carnival which they are now busy advertising as the biggest thing on earth —or elsewhere. Martin Laughlin one of the best fellows on earth as well as one of the most prosperous farmers and citizens of Jefferson township was looking after business here toda y. Mrs. E. H. Scott received a telephone message from Plymouth last evening stating that her daughter Mrs. Arnold was very sick. Mrs. Scott left for Plymouth this morning. Alva Nichols who for a number of years clerked in the shoe department of the Big store has accepted similar position with a Monticello, Indiana firm and will leave for that place next Monday. A merry crowd of girls gathered at the home of Miss Lillian Bushman Tuesday afternoon and spent a pleasant afternoon with her guest, Miss Lillian Meyers of Decatur, Ind. Games of all kinds were played and delicious lunch was served. Those present were: Norma Rapp, Agnes Snyder. Anna Bornhorst, Alice McFarland, Marie Danaher. Rosa Dunaher, Clara Snyder. Lillian Koehl, Loueta Kuntz, Gertrude Balsinger, Mary Koehl. Rosie Hoverman, Marie Engeman, Mamie McNally, Clara Lemkuhland Lililan Meyers of Decatur Ind.—St. Mary Argus.

I No Fire! No Smoke! No Water! I ■ cur a. tremendous g LI Slaughter Sacrifice Sale j is the great attraction at our store DURING AUGUST. Prices will be cut in two, but the same GOOD QUALITY offered. Hurry! Come now! Don’t delay! ■ WIN NES SH OE STORE 1

Mrs. F. M. Schirtneyer spent last : night in Fort Wayne, where she was v a guest of friends. Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Beardsley and 11 Mrs. E. A. Allen left this morning for a two weeks visit at Winona. t Two daughters of Samuel Peoples east of this city are quite sick | with catarrhal fever. Misses Dessie Beery and Leota i Hower left this morning for an I extended visit with relatives at New Ha ven. Misses AYnelia and Mary Kohne went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon where they will visit with relatives. Miss Maragret Kethler, who has been viistng with Miss Aimer | Kuhen., retruned this morning to Fort Wayne . Profs. Geo. W. Neet, Harlan J. I Cozine, T. S. Lowden, institute in-1 structors, arrived this afternoon and registered at the Murray. Henry Zeigler of Loch Haven . and Frank Zeigler of Crown Over, j Penn., are visiting with J. W. Teeple I and and family. W. S. Morrison for many years traveling passenger agent for the Chicago & Erie railroad has re- \ signed that position and accepted the agency at Lima Ohio, and will settle down and live with his family. ' He had many friends through this i region who will miss him. He I has been succeded by O. L. Enos. | a very congenial gentleman. At Logansport the the other day I a man got boozv and started ■ home on a street car. A woman entered the ear and ordered the | drunk man to move over so as to 1 give her room to sit down. He didn't move with as much agility | as the lady desired so she re | marked, I'd give you poison, that’s ; what I would." “Well madam—i hie—if you were my wife—hie—l'd i take it.” Young America will he in his I glory this fall, the crop of hickory j nuts will be a large one. The trees are said to be loaded and if an early frost don’t get them the quality will lx- up to the standard. Whenever there are plenty of ' hickory nuts the squirrels are > plentiful. Walnuts will be scarce I, and the mothers of youngsters are thankful that stained hands and j | limbs will be harder to develop. Judge Wallon of Indianapolis, ( recently fined a man by the name ( of Grisiwold |3OO and sentenced , him to a year confinement in the I, work house for conducting an | immoral wine room. Such a decision especially the work house' sentence surprised many. for , usually such violators of the law ' get off with a fine. Judge Wallon ( however seems at be different from j ( his associates and gave Griswold ! effect of the law which he richly] deserved. The event of the aeaaon will be , given this evening at the Columbian j club rooms when the Aeolian and Colubmian Clubs will give what is j exisfted to be the swellest dance \ and ice cream social given this' year. Not often does Decatn j * society have the opportunity of, ’ dancing to a full mandolin and | 1 guitar club and rag time orchestra * music. But the great, only they 1 will have the pleasure of hearing r them this evening. Ice cronm, soft drinks, cigars and everything in i the refreshment line will be on s hands so every hody should go and I enjoy themselves as no admission f wil bo charged and a good time is 1 assured. Doors open nt seve 1 over ’ Rosenthal's clothing store. 1

Joseph Volmer is home for a visit ; with relatives. A. J. Smith is abed with the popular and seasonable ailment. Miss Bessie Bright will go to Bluffton tonight and visit over Sunday. Miss Alice Jackson has accepted a position ar clerk at the True dry goods store. J. W. Wilkins and family went to Fort Wayne this morning for a short visit with friends. J. H. Heller, wife and babies departed this morning for a two weeks outing at Rome City. Mrs. Frank Hauck and family ar rived from Warren today for a visit with Mrs. Frank Burger. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith went to Fort Wayne this morning, where they will visit relatives for several days. Earl Hughes and Raymond Knoff went to Van Wert this morning where they will visit friends for several days. Dick Siliek will make Bellefontaine. Ohio, next week, where Edna Medium goes in fast company for a fat purse. Mrs. Rebecca Shaw and Oliver Warren of Farmland, will be guests of John J. Mayer and family tomorrow. Clarence Spencer, who has been visiting relatives here for some time returned to Fort Wayne this morn- ' ingN. C. Coverdale has a terrible fight ing badger on exhibition. The animal cost considerable, but can be made useful. Mrs. J. W. Mylott and Mrs. J. S. Turner went to Fort Wayne this morning for a short visit with friends I and relatives. Miss Lila Huffman, who is employed in a dental office at Elkhart, ar rived in the city last evening for a 1 visit with her parents. Chris Scherry, the well known farmer living northeast of this city, left for 1 Fort Wayne last night, where he will visit for a few days with his daughter. J. S. White, who has been visiting with bis brother-in-law, Albert McGill, who lives seven miles east of this city, returned to his home at Fort Wayne, yesterday. Mayland Harman nearly severed bis thumb from the left hand this morning. He was working in the P. W. Smith saw mill and caught his hand on a saw. A daughter of John Clem of Union township, has been engaged as a teacher in the Monroeville public schools, She is said to be an excellent teacher and is deserving of the position given given her, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hunsicker entertained as their guests Sunday last, Mr. and Mrs. F. Freck of Adams county, Mr. and Mrs. David Hus sicker and Mr. and Mrs. Hunsicker, of Decatur, Ind. Monroeville Breeze. Dr. E. J. Beardsley has gone to Winona for a week’s stay, and from there goes to Chicago and then to Milwaukee, where he will visit a brother. He will return to this city August 31, and resume bis practice of medicine. David Wagoner went to McComb, Ohio, yesterday afternoon, where he will visit with his brother, Albert Wagoner. He will also make a short stav at Findlay. Guy Wagener, his nephew, who has been visiting here, returned with him. Today is a holy day for Catholics, it being the annivertary of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin into heaven. The ceremonies are beautiful and impressive to anyone. Father Wilkins is being assisted at the St. Marys church by priests from Fort Wavne.

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IIS STEEL, NOT CAST IRON. Suitable for large or small building. Burns wood, coal or gas. i . ; ... Have You Seen Om AMERICAN MANURE SPREADER? F’XYT'E SOLD ITC OIVE X>AV 1 vOch & I Jnn W.WTEIiI 100 MEN AND 25 TEAMS To Work on Fourth and Monroe streets Paving Contract. Work to Commence Tuesday Morning, August 18th. Apply for work corner Fourth and Madison streets. Report at 7:00 o'clock Tuesday morning. H. P. STREICHER, Contractor. Event of the Season... CLUB SOCIAL By Aeolian and Columbian Clubs at the Columbian Club rooms Saturday Evening, August IS Good time guaranteed. Everybody invited. Come and enjoy vourselves. Dancing permitted during entire evening. Music by Aeolian club. ■ Ice Cream, Cake, Soft Drinks and Cigars. Doors open at o’clock. Admission FKEE. Don’t miss it.

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