Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1903 — Page 3

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■ Movers went t. > Fort Wayne ■j, morning on a buisness trip. ■ st ~,n was npnsesngertol’ortHdJ tli - morning where he will B.' : with relatives. I' l’"yaneer left for KulaB i/J „, Michigan, this morning K',, j,. vill visit with her -laugh B',. ;.11 . ft. T returned to his ■ today after visiting ■n- wday m this city with his By- Ann;. Egan returned to her B. . ' F rt Wayne thin morning B. - m_ in this city with Mrs Hvr Hee. Bp;.. > - Ai'-ert of the EvangeliB. • r Elkhart this morn B. • make I few days visit with B. ..u:.who live at that place. By- >1 i, Wittg.mfelt returned B r me .it Cincinnati today asB r vi-:t ng -n this city with her Mr and Mrs. D. G. M. BF.-.i”.k M' t otir.el went south to -.a -!i> morning and passed th ■ < :ty m the afternoon on B> ■.V.tv Angola Mr McConnel B ■ ofc, Ih.r . ■vnipany.

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. — School Days Here School Days on, your boys need School Clothes. School boys are the hardest on I J'W lj their clothes, and only rev'j Ha-bleand dependable goods r U V are tlie ones will pa,y in the ell d . Appreciating LlO this fact, v/e have purchased ■ ■ a stock of IR Young Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing Dependable c That are the standard for durability, style and fit. Standard Goods GUS ROSENTHAL THE SQUARE MAN, DEOATUR

Sam Acker, of the firm of Acker, Elzey A \ ance, made a business trip to Monroe this afternoon. Mrs. Dick Morrison and Mrs. Catharine (’hamper came home from a northern Michigan outing Sunday i morning. John Briener of Mendon, Ohio, is the guest of his father., William Briener and other realtives here for a few days. Paul Beardsley will leave at noon tomorrow over the Erie for Beaver Dara, Wisconsin, where he will enter the Beaver Dam Academy. The base ball receipts at Bluffton Sunday amounted to |129. Os this amount the Rosenthals secured forty percent or about 151.60. Joshua R. Parrish went to liarwell, Ind., this morning to continue treatment at that place f >r stomach trouble with which he is suffering. H. M. Romberg left last night for Philadelphia, where he will look after the interests of his position with the American Telephone company. A common door key was picked up on the streets Saturday evening and is at this office awaiting the claim o? ownership. It was found strung on a green shoe string. A district missionary meeting was held at the Bobo Methodist church today. Quite a number of ministers were in attendance. The session was presided over by Rev. Waggoner. Henry Hite returned from West Baden Saturday night to meet with the board of telephone directors which went into session today. Mr. Hite was elected to the position of director while at West Baden. John M. Stewart, former resident of this city returned to South Bend this morning after visiting with relatives near this city. Mr. Stewart is still with the Ohio Farmers Insurance company, a concern which he represented while living in Decatur.

Misses Myrtle and Pearl Calder-’ wood returned Saturday to Dayton. : where they both have excellent positions as compositors in a printing establishment. ’Squire Reynolds, whose health has not been the best for a few weeks, J went to Marion Sunday evening j where he will be the guest of his son, . Del ma, for a few days. Ephraim Lobenstein was in the i city today on his wav home io Monroe. He has been visiting for the 1 past two week at Spencerville, St. Mary's and other Ohio cities. The Chigago hog market was not very octive today. The prospective buyers were slow to close di a's, and the prices were consequently on the verge of a decline. An appraciable drop seems on the slate for tomorrow. Eli Sprunger left for Indianapolis this morning where Frysinger & Company have several imported horses on show at the state fair. It is safe to say that the blue ribbon is in store for the Adams county firm. Dr. McMillen announces the ar rivai of a big boy baby at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lyons vesterday morning. The actual weight of the child was thirteen and a half pounds. Mrs. Lyons aud child are getting along splendidly. Mrs. James Bain received word this morning that Mr. C. B. Hicks, the Grand Sachem of the I. O. R. M. of Indiana, was seriously ill at his home at Lebanon, with little hope for his recovery. The members of this order throughout the state will receive this news with regret. TheG. R. AI. are hauling large numbers of people from the north at the present time, and for the last few days have been running No. 2 which is due here at 1:19 p. tn., in two sections. The extra train today was made up of Lake Shore coaches which the G. R. A I. co:nj a;y hr J >orrowed from that road. Otis Poling entertained a numlier of his li tie friends Sunday afternoon. Those present were Naomi , and Mirl Poling, Inez Coverdale, - Verne and Hubert Fuhrman. Vain Rainier and Cecil and Celia Andrews. The afternoon was spent in i games, which were enjoyed by *ll. Dainty refreshments were served. Agent Tom Miller of the Clover Leaf reports that 233 tickets were . sold at this city Sunday morning for the special excursion train. Os that number 188 went to Bluffton and 45 to Marion. A number of Decatur, people also drove over and it is said , that fully two hundred people from this city were in attendance at the ball game. One of the cases set for trial at this term of court is the sensational breach of promise suit tiled by Ada Coekran against Henry Lewin. Henry is now in the saloon business some place in Michigan and Ada is in Ohio. Service has been secured on Henry and the case is expected to come to trial one week frbm Mon lay — I luff t >n Nev s A recently organized base ball team known as the’Weaver’s Shamrocks won two game- from a scrub I team yesterday. The morning game resulted in a score of 24 and 13 1 and the afternoon in 24 and 6. The | Mud Pike team lost on their own i diamond south of town yesterday. , the High School team winning with [a score of 11 and 1. The Sham- , i rocks and Mud Pikers will play next , ;Sunday. , Med Miller, while over at Bluffton yesterday was for a hilf hour or i more a prisoner <»f course he was , I not locked up for any misdemeanor. .' it was merely an accident. Med had ' dropped into the Weicking cigar » store and when inside, the propri 1 etor closed up his store, n<>t know- i ing that any one was in the place. J Med soon learned of h-s incarceration and signaled to a pis.-er by | who run across (). J. B.iyes of tins ( city. Bayes went to Med’s assist- ( unco and found the proprietor of ,he < store, who soon set Miller free. , Frank Long, a laborer on the 1 Monroe street improvement, hastwo 1 livid scars on his head which have 1 not yet healed While in Lima. Ohio, he was sand bagged on one of 1 that city’s main streets ar d robbed t of sixteen dollars. Two men struck | him over the head with a heavy 1 stove poker and dragged him into a ! by place and searched his clothing, ; Before they had finished he partly I revived and was given another rap » and choked into insensibility. He i was found by the police sometime s after and was taken to the hospital 1 where he was confined almost a i week. i

■ MMWBS 22«$#'<:'i.O* WCWTS ‘' '■ ( ’ ri ' ran3 * n > Buy Suits - I , ft and gt ' ?' Skirts at i I 1 ■ / I iV W I 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. 0. 0. F. Block. Kuebler & Moltz Co.

Rev. Peters of Portland who conducted services at the Pleasant Mills Baptist church Sunday returned to i his home today. The funeral of Mrs. George Bunner was held this morning at the Bobo M. E church and interment was made at the Mt. Tabor cemetery, Rev. Wagoner had charge of the services. The Fort Wayne public schools opened today. H. D. Merrill former principal of the High school in this city has an instructorship in [ mathematics in the central high I school at that place. Amos Foreman cards us to change the address of his Democrat to Puyallup, Washington, which would indicate that he has changed his base. He did not state whether this was permanent or simply temporary. Miss DeVoie. of Glendale College, Glendale. Ohio, is in the city today on business and is the guest of Mrs. Morrison. Miss Irene Schirmeyer of this city, and Miss Robison of near Monroe, will enter Glendale this fall. Harry Harrison, a Fort Wayne man. who has operated the Spring Beach hotel at Rome City for three years past, has left suddenly for the west, leaving behind a number of anxious creditors. He has ordered his clothing sent to St. Louis. He also managed the saloon at Pleasant Point near Rome City. Joe Osburn has regained his usual health and seems more cheerful each day. He sleeps and eats fairly well and seems to have withstood the terrible strain even better than was I expected. The grand jurymen are I being subpoened today and will meet tomorrow to hear evidence and return the indictment. A big scheme is on foot to corner the wheat supply of the world and thus control the prices. The scheme provides for a trust formed between the wheat growers of the United States , Russia and Austria. The plan is not a new one but has been in the minds of Russian otllcials for some time and they are confident of its success. It’is said that a farmer's society consisting of 30,000 growers < has been formed in this country which is ready to enter a combination.

WANTED! Il )0 Men and 25 Teams To work on Monroe and Fourth streets paving contract. Lots of Work and Good Wages. H. P. STREICHER, Contractor.

Mrs. Ella Bell and daughter re ! turned from Petoskey this afternoon Miss Neva Ernst, who works for Simison A Soldner at Bern", visited over Sunday in the city with her par enta. Coffee & Baker will have a car load of peaches for sale tomorrow morning which is to arrive in this city today Gay & Zwick have on exhibition nt their store a Keith piano player. The instrument is made by the company which desires to locate in this city. Gay A- Zwick are the regular agents for the machine. The St. Joseph schools commenced this morning and the roll call found the usual number of students present. The school started a little late this year on account of the intsalla tion of new heating apparatus at the school houses and the church.

Miss Lizzie Fahrenbach of Ft. Re(•every, Ohio, returned to her home today after visiting iu this city with Miss Maggie Sr humacher and other I girl friends. Mrs. Natanel Popkins and two I children arrived in this city last eveing from New York to join her i husband, who is a portrait artist in the employ of Lyman Brothers. | Mr. and Mrs. Pokpins will reside in the Auten property on Fifth street. Miss Emma Busenliark of Cambridge, 111., has written to Mayor Coffee asking him in regard to facts concerning the life of John Busenlairk, who was killed by Joseph Osburn. The writer states that she believes the murdered man to lie a brother of her father from the facts which she learned in an article in the Chicago Tribune. Her uncle, she state's has not been heard of for some time and she fears that ho who was killed is the man.