Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1903 — Page 3

A.BE. Rose transacted business at Bfrne yesterday. Miss Laura Shetler of bort Wayne is visiting here with friends. .•Jtanl. Bell came Irom Mnm-ie last evening, where he is working to visitrwith his parents. Mrs Will Cortlua went to Fort W*yn> this morning, where she will pisit with friends. Mis- Lulu Lankenau went to Willin' this morning for a few days? visit with relatives. Mrs W. H. Shepherd, who has been visiting relatives here, returnetl this morning to Redkey. Mis- 1 »eorgia Faust went to Fort Wtyn< this morning, where she will enter the International Business legeMrs M. Waldy, who has been visiting here with Mrs. E. .1. Anderson, return' d this morning to Fort Wayne. Chn- E. Ern, who has been working l»er this summer, went to Fort Wayn' today, where he exjiects to remain Mis- Lydia Thomas left this naotnmd for Elkhart. Her sister, Mrs.fE. E. Staffer, is very sick in that pity. Mis- Emma Spuhler returned to her home at Fort Wayne today after -'siting in this city with Clay ton Sp.ihler. Mis- Inna H.rl—t of Portland. here this morning with Miss Dorothy Irvin. She left at noon tor Bluffton. Harty Sprague and wile, who have been visiting here returned to Williac i this morning. They stop ped pre a few days on their return from Cblumbus Ohio. Asti McMillen and family, who have been visiting relatives and friend- for several weeks left Sunday for their home at Sister ville, W.VirL .ma, Asa is employed in a glass factory there.

We are now ready for business with a full and complete line of Foot Form Shoes All goods in stock fresh from factory. Stock complete. Call and see me. CLEM VOGLEWEDE The “Big 4” Shoe Store.

Don’t Forget It! The Detroit ROUND TRIP EXCURSION Under Auspices Ent re Nous Club. Decatur to Detroit and Return WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 'O3. Special Train Leaves 6:40- a. m Via Clover Leaf Route and White Star Steamer. ROUND Going and returning same day, $1.75 TRIP TICKETS ' Returning in Four Days $2.75 For particulars ask Clover Leaf agents or Will Winnes, Jess Robison, Bruce Christen, Com.

A marriage license was issued this morning to John W. Parrish and Doi lie 0. Bright. Misses Orpha Barnett and Erma Mann went to Marion this morning to visit during Carnival week. Ralph Gales and wife left this morning for Lafayette, where they will attend Purdue University this fall. Michael Schaffer and wife of Delphos passed through this city today on their way to Berne where they w-ill viist with relatives. F. A. Dibble appeared on the streets today with his dray which has recently been overhauled and repainted. It looks all right. ’Squire W. F. Worden of Union township was in town today, passing around cigars and announcing the arrival of a big boy baby at his home Monday. D. M. Hensley will go to Rome City Saturday evening and will return Monday, accompanied by his family who have enjoyed the summer I at that popular resort. Mrs. E. Adelsperger will sell at private sale during the next ten days at her residence on Fourth street, household furniture and various household articles, d-wtf Harvey DeVinney and wife of Cleveland are visiting realives here. Mr. DeVinney is an old Decatur boy but has been away for twelve years. He says the city has changed wonderfully. Mrs. Elmer Stetson and children of Coleman, Michigan, arrived in the city last evening, being called here by the illness of her father, William Russell. Mr. Russell is very low with paralysis. Geo. P. Torrence, wife, two children. sister and four brothers, composed a touring party which took in Decatur this morning. They were on their way from northern resorts to Marion and stopped here for a day.

The big racing event will be held at Montpelier next week. $6,000 in purses. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Anderson returned to their home at Lagrange, last evening. Mrs. L. A. Linn went to Bluffton this morning where she will visit with relatives. Jess Buhler has begun work in the grocery department of C. F. True’s Cash store. August Peltz, who has been visiting in this city, returned to his home at Fort Wayne this afternoon. J. C. Peoples and family went to Fort Wayne last evening, where they will visit with relatives. Mrs. Martha Griffin left this morning for Upland where she expects to remain for some time. Mrs. Will DeVinney, who has been visiting here for several days, returned this morning to Anderson. Harvey Elzey left this noon for Marion where he has accepted a position in one of the leading barber shops. Miss Blanche Dibble returned this noon from Toledo where she has been visiting with relatives for several days. The Christian Women Board of Mission of the Christian church will meet at the home of Mrs. A. S. Gillig tomorrow afternoon. Sheriff Butler is busy today sending out notices to the jurymen who were drawn yesterday to serve during the September term. The Adams county pension beard were in session today at the office of Dr. W. W. P. McMillen. Five veterans were examined. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eix, who have been visiting in this city with Gustave Heiuking and wife, returned to their home at Fort Wayne yesterday. The Woman's Home Missionary Society will meet tomorrow Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. W. Vail on Madison street. Everybody invited. Jacob Buhler came home today noon from a several days visit with relatives at Marion. His family have 1 been there for ten days past, and will remain until Saturday. Mr. Buhler says he enjoyed himself immensely and that Marion is the best town in the state except Decatur. The Rosenthal base ball club will play the Fort Wayne Shamrocks at South Whitley Monday. The Fort Wayne Nationals is scheduled for this city next Sunday. The Decca-tur-Shamrock game will be played on Labor Day and a large crowd will no doubt be in attendance. Revs. William Gossett and C. S. Hansin of Marion, Russell of Van Buren, Whitecotton of Boyleetown, G. M. Meyer of Kokomo, and Wm. Sleuth of Lincolnville, and W. H. Friend of Forest, Mrs. Joe Bueler of Kokomo, Mr. Guard of Kokomo, and W. H. Wines of Marion, passed through this city today on their way to Geneva where they will attendthe conference. The city of Buffalo, New York has 240 miles of asphalt streets which is more than has any other place in the world. She is considered the criterion on street building and municiple authorities from all over the country have made trips to Buffalo j to examine into her methods of construction. Buffalo first begun to put in asphalt pavements about fifteen years ago and the city is still building them. Scott Hughes was intoxicated this afternoon and seemed anxious to create a disturbance. Sheriff Johnson took him in charge on Market street and started to jail with him. Hughes objecting in a violent manner. As the jail was reached Hughes’ father working in a marble shop across the street saw him and prevailed uporf the sheriff to let him take him in charge. He to?k him to the shop.—Bluffton News. Charley Ross was avoiding his old friends today. Why! Well, he didn’t want to be jollied bo much. The way it happened, Charley was out driving with a friend, who happened to be a lady. They were drivdown Monroe street, admiring the scenery and glorious canopy above them, in blissful ignorance of any impediment beneath, but for once Charley found Decatur’s rapid improvements a source of much vexation. At the Fourth street crossing which had been just plowed up, Charley felt the buggy topple, then fall down, down, down, three feet to earth. Charley, in his usual gallant manner prevented any neriouH eatas trophy, and now stoutly protests any knowledge of the affair.

Buy Suits <£ and /ml ll_ r x Skirts at S? MuT fi IW The Boston Store WE WOULD ADVISE Looking after this Suit and Skirt matter at once, in order to avoid the delay caused by the fast nearing busy season. All the new styles are now displayed. Fall Dress Goods Are In And a fine array of fabrics they are; neat and nobby designs at prices that are sure to please. It will be WELL WORTH WHILE to visit this store before you purchase one item in the dry goods line. Boston Store. I. O. O. F. Block. Kuebler & Moltz Co. ——w I II I' l—M—

Read the Daily Democrat if you ! want all the news all the time. J. S. Peterson and family will be home from Rome City tomorrow. Dave Gerber and John Rex have a car load of fine cattle to ship to | New Jersey Saturday. J. J. Lee the local freight agent for the Wabash railroad at Detroit, writes B. Wemhoff & Sons a very nice letter in accepting some monu- | mental work recently done in the New Haven cemetery. Rev. Frank Lankaneu of New Orleans returned to this city last ' evening from a two weeks tour in the east. He visited all the principal cities of the east and spent several days at Niagara Falls. Rev. Lankenau will visit here some time before he returns home. VARY YOUR INTERESTS. The Wine Man Doe* Not Allow Hiiu•elf to Hun In u Kut. i The wise man keeps out of ruts. To be certain, however, that he will ac I 1 complisb this lie must begin early in , life. He must not begin his life work ■ ! by restricting himself absolutely to a | I single channel. This does not mean , that he should scatter his forces and , attempt everything or should not be- , , eome a specialist. But tno more strict ly he specializes the more carefully should he see to it that he does not be- ’ come narrow and bigoted The young man should early begin the habit ot reading a newspaper. He will thus get a general education that be can obtain from no other source. But he cannot ' get all the education ho requires, even , of public affairs, from the newspapers. Ix*t him not make this error. Their news is neeessaHly fragmentary. He , should read regularly one or two good : magazines of the class devoted to the discussion of questions of public interest. He should rend a little good Action ns well ns history and general literature. While he should persistently l seek the acquaintance of the best men of his own cruft. who are usually the broadest minded, he should also seek friends outside of it. They will help ' him to see that there are other Impor- • tnnt crafts in the world besides his ■ own. All this will broaden his views and help to keep him out of a rut.— World's Work. Flvplinnt Eiim. . “Did you ever taste elephant enrs?” asked an nmnteur botanist of his com- ' panlon as they passed a Aorist's where 1 one of tile plants was displayed. > “No." replied ids companion, “I nev I er did." “It's a good thing for you,” said the botanist, “although It Is an expe- ' rience that will remain in your memory for a long time to eome. I remem-

ber—oh. it seems like a hundred years back, yet the incident is fro li in my mind and as clear as crystal—when three boys were leaning across a wall looking at the plant in a garden. “I was one of the bays and the other two were telling me what a sweet taste elephant leaves bad. At Arst I refused ; to taste the plant, but one of the boys put a piece in bis month—at least he pretended to —and I agreed to chew some also. Well, persimmons are as sugar compared to the drawing and bitterness of the elephant leaf and for half an hour after I had put the bit of leaf into my mouth 1 drank enough water to Aoat a ship.” Why He Wept. Helen had been only a few days in the house where Walter was the seven-year-old son and heir when it was perfectly clear that she had made a deep impression on his already susceptible heart. One afternoon he brought a footstool and. placing it in front of her. asked her if she would marry him. Helen was a little more than four times as old as Walter, and her unmarried state was a matter of keen interest to her friends. She looked at the boy gravely for a moment and then said: “Why, I can't answer that question offhand, Walter. You will have to wait and give me time to think It over.” Suddenly the boy dropped his head on her knee ami began to cry bitterly. “What Is the matter, Walter?" she asked, patting his head. “I was Just thinking," he sobbed out, “that you'd lie dead and gone before I was old enough to marry you.”—New York Tress Kln« Billy 1 * Decoration. A story told by the late Commander 1 Edward Barrett, U. 8. N„ shows that ■ plated ware when no longer useful for 1 mess purposes on war ships can be devoted to the service of diplomacy. According to lids story, some American navy officers, wishing to conciliate an African potentate named King Billy, presented him with a discarded soup ladle and a lot of gay ribbons. This so delighted the dusky sovereign that when he came aboard the ship to make a visit in state he wore the ladle tied on the front of Ids ample person with , the variegated ribbons and also wore a dilapidated stovepipe hat. Hl* Fate. Casey—O'Rafferty Is a sick mnhn. He has heart complaint nn' consoomp , tlon. i Murphy—Bure, consoomptlon's n bad j disease. < Casey—lt Is thot same; but It's slow. j | He'll die av the heart tlirouble a year ’ ■ afore he'll die av the loong tlirouble.— Kansas City Journal. ( People talk a great deal about the ( sneredness of true love, but admit that you are In love, and they will laugh at you, Atchison Globe.

Bosse Tliui-sclny, SJc-jit. :j MERRY KATIE EMMETT and her capable company, presenting her popular success—"THE WAIFS OF NEW YORK.” * All new scenery and electrical effects. Prices 25 and 50 cents 1 Seat sale at Holthouse Drug Co. WEST DECATUR PROPERTY FOR SALE 1 No. 264 A five room cottage in Cook Town, S3OO. No. 265 A comfortable cottage on Ninth street, $725. No. 263 A stoiy and a half residence on Ninth street, SBOO. No. 262 A story and a half residence on Ninth street near Monroe street, SIOOO. No, 261 A story and a half residence on Eighth street, near Madison, SIOSO. No. 266 A story and a half residence on Eighth street near Adams street, SIOSO. No. 267 Three good building lots on Eighth. Ninth and Adams streets, from S3OO to SIOO each. J-f** Call at office for complete list. FOR RENT Aft«»r September Ist good residence on Ninth street. After October Ist a good property on Line street. Snow Agency, Decatur. Ind.