Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1903 — Page 4

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. tV«KY CVSXIKC. EXtTPT SVSDAY, BY LEW Q . ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, by carrier. per week lO>' By C*rrier. per vur $4 00 B» mall, per montb 25' By ma‘l. per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. fcjYertikies: rate* ■ tnlered in the poßtofilce at Decatur. Indiana. as seeoud-cias.i mat! mutter. m ."t— z—. . | J. H. HELLER. Manager. DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT MEETING. The democrats of the Eighth Congressional Distriot will meet in delegate convention at Decatur, Ind., on the 31st day of December, 1903. at 1:30 p. tn., for the purpose of electing a member of the state central committee for the ensuing two years. The basis of representation fixed by the state central committee will be one delegate for each 200 votes cast for the Hon. John W. Kern for governor in 1899. The chairman of the various counties in the district will appoint a time and place at some date prior to December 31, 1903, for selecting the delegates from their respective counties to the said convention. The various counties of the district are entitled to representation as follows: Adams 17 Delaware 24 Jay 17 Madison 42 Randolph 12 Wells 18 Total 130 J. A. M. Adair. Chairman Eighth Con. Dist. CTTTTYYTYTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTI Announcement?. glllllllllllllllll; iiiiii • W»? an- authorized to announce the name of William Zimmerman as a candidate fi r As-1 **«■*>>■ .r of Kirkland township: subject to the decision of the democratic primary election, to tie held Friday. Juunary 15, H<M. We are authorized to anr tbe Prime of J. U Merrininn as a randioate f-»r Trustee of Blue <r*ek township: t »the d» CKion of the democratic pntnar> election, to Lt* lield Friday. January 15. I'KU. WON liiS SUIT. Dore Erwin Won Suit in Pulaski Circuit Court. Attorney D. B Erwin returned list evening from Pttlhski, county 1 where he was engaged in the trial ■ of a case in the circuit court involving personal andreal estate in which Mrs. Hetler of this county was in terested. The suit was eommenc- ’ ed by Mrs. Solomon Premer against 1 the adminstrator of her husbands estate in which she asked for all 1 the projterty in question. Mrs. lb t- ‘ ler who is a granddaughter contested the case asking for her share. The case was tried Indore Judge Xye who on hearing ull the evidence and looking up the law rendered his decision against the widow andonly allowed her share as given her by the liw and holding that Mrs. Hetler was enti-led to her share of the personal and real estate which derision means that Mrs. Hetler will receive almost ♦2,00 > from the real estate. The ■ case was hotly contested by both I sides and refliers lots of credit on Mr. Erwin. XV.K. Netti went to Fort Wayne last evening to attend the monthly c invention of rhe Metropolitan In suranee agents of this distriert.

| MADE IN OEGATUfi—SOLD IN DECATUR THE unvarying quality of our Harness makes it the safest Harness to buy. You can buy a set today, one next year and another ten tears hence, and you will find the same even, reliable quality in each. The satiafacItion which one customer gets is the satisfaction of all. | We also carry a full line of Robes, Blankets, Collars, Whips and everything in the Hmse Goods line. When in I ■ doubt cull on Kauffman & Smith and l»e convinced. L | KAUF^Ai\r& _ SMiTH I ■ IXTortJ-x IBeoond fittl-x'r’rt I

OSBORNE EMBRACES HIS WIFE Continued from first page. Busenliark asked of his reputation the State interposed a lengthy objection Ixa ause the evidence shows that the defendant made first as sault and they therefore have no right to show his reputation. A legal discussion followed. Ques ion was not decided and examination was resumed, the objection standing for the present, so witness could be excused. (Yoss examined. AFTERNOON SESSION. Court adjourned at 11:15 until 1:30 to allow the attorneys to argue the question raised concerning the proving the reputation of John Busenbark for peace and quietude. During this two hours the attorneys were busy looking up authorities until I:lsJwhen they argued the question before Judge Erwin. The court room was crowded this afternoon, the spectators apparently taking much interest even in the argu ments of the learned lawyers on the law question. Whatever the result of the case or the fate of the prisoner, be it conviction or acquittal, no one who has attended the trial can deny that the case is being well tried. Attorneys for both the state and defense are fighting for their rights and wherever a question on which there is the least doubt is sprung, the legal fray is interesting and exciting. Both sides have well prepared themselves. To this fact is due the rapid progression has been made. By some the lawyers it is beleived the ‘evidence will be concluded by Tuesi day evening and the case would i then go to the jury Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. However this is only conjecture and the trial may continue during all of next week. The argument on the question of evidence as before mentioned was made by attorneys Amsden, Smith and Heller for the defense and by attorneys Moran and Lutz for the State. Each proved his ability and knowledge of law and each showed his masfe-y <,f the art of oratory. The argument continued until 2:20 j and Judge Erwin made known the' i fact that in his opinion the evid mce as to chara r, ier of the deceased man cannot be entered into, but he agreed to withhold this decisi n until he had heard all the evidence on this point. With this under standing and the announcement I that the decision would not be given until the question and objecton were properly entered of record the jury were ordered in and took their places at 2:25. Ira Richards was then called as a witness for the defense, Il • went over his evidence as given for the State. Hi, Schrlety. A 'gentleman who had grave doubts ns to a servant's sobriety one day accused him of 5 rance and as s test chalked a line across the floor and commanded him to walk along it. The fellow looked at the line for a ' bit then at Ids employer. and said: "No jokes. now. sir. Which line do you vi. nt m- t.» walk on?" •»«», t<• pin i u ii._ of 'that. “Some people s:ij yon have more | tr.c:ie. brains." said the blunt I person. "I hope «o." an wered Senator Sor- ■ glium. "M ist everybody I run across fs trying to trade off brains for money."—Washington Star. The first steamer on the Thames was flic Marjory in ISII. The Ili< bu ond followed ter a year later. - ■ ■

ANOTHER SALE. Horse Flesh Selling foi SI.OO a Pound. Frisinger 4 Co. Make Another Horse Sale Yesterday. The live exporters and importers of the best horse flesh that navi- j gates, Frisinger & Co., made another sale yesterday which places A. O. Hadley of Poe, Indiana, in possession of beautiful Bars Lous Champ, a Beligan stallion. The horse is a fine specimen of imported blood.is two years old and sports :i silver tail and mane. The horse weighed exactly 2000 pounds and brought the very exalted price of one dollar a pound or a lump sum of 42,000 a very clever bunch of the long green. Bat the horse is a beauty. and has all the elements that take the eye and the money of those who know a thing or two about good horses. The delivery was made at the time of the sale, and therefor is not a matter of foul wind exagerated for talking purposes. Frysinger & Co., arc doing a landoffice business in in the sale of these animals, and if the present clip is continued, it will be necessary for another trip to Germany to replenish their stock, • which is being reduced at a merry pace. Their show at the many fairs an! stock shows are bringing them customers from all over the country. EXERCISES HELD. Schools Blazed with Oratory Yesterday. ■ 4 Two Weeks’ Vtcation will Now be Enjoyed By Scholars and Teachers. Especial exercises were given in j all the ward and central school bulidngs yesterday afternoon. Reports say that everything passed off ! with precision, not a break ocmiring. Many of thercoms were hand-1 somely decorated, the scholars all uniting in making their particular, room the most tx’autiful. Following the exercises the scholars were I accorded a two weeks holiday vuca i ti m. such an order being decreed j by tbe board of school trustees. I The vacation brings happine—- to I al! the scholars, and now they are ' busy planning for the happy times that Christmas and the holidays always bring. The next two weeks 1 will lx- happy and busy ones and will slip around before they are half ready for it. The present school years has been a pleasant and successful one for the schools. The i officials have managed everything ' admirably and praises are in store for every one connected therewith i MAY RETIRE. Vice President of the Erie to Change Positions. The Enquire says: It is rumored that Daniel Willird, vice president ‘ of the Erie, is t<> go with the Chica-. og, Burlington & Quincy as second vice president, succeeding Howard Elliott who recently went with the j Northern Pacific as president. Mr. | Willard commenced his railroad! career as a track lamrer on the! Central Vermont road in ix;.i, j when eighteen years of age. Mr. Williard is a very able <,penitj)g man and before going with Hie Era was with the Baltimore A- Ohio.

LETTER WRITING. It, Decline a. u a Art (nn.ri! by the Modern Aeo.paper. The wonderful (k-veiopniJiit of tbe lii-ws'.'.mer may i-e l,K>keii upon ns s very potent factor in O.e decline of let- i ter wriliuj; as an art. The letter no. longer .en r a.-iidcd :i< primaril} the carrier of r.. vs. The expression of one's opinion about great coiiteinporary events is ind.nxl still loft to the letter, but bow much of an iceutive to friendly eoriespoudenee is lost by the fact that every part of the world knows of important happenings almost simultaneously is not to be lightly es timated. says Guntou's Magazine. The stimulus to writing that comes from having "news” to impart is done away with, and it is not always that even the gifted letter writer can afford to lose that incitant. It is only the correspondent par excellence who knows how to attain tbe |>erfeetlou of his art by wilting delightfully of nothing, it indeed Hint may be called nothing which affords him a means for the employment of his delicate perceptions. For ti e s iviug quality of the genuine letter s In the ability of its author to put himself into it. If he writes about trivial things lie does it with a grace of Interest that disguises the triviality He must not make bis little fishes talk like whales, but be should, as Goldsmith himself knew how to do. make his letters cf perpetual Interest because of the aptness of their style to the simplicity of their thought. The Delights of Nudity. 1 ciing to that perhaps f.-mciful theo ry that no primitive Instinct of man is altogether lost. It is modified, uuipli tied, relined; that is all. With all our culture we are barbarians still Man is a clothed savage. And now and again L<“ delights in dotting tbe clothing and returning heartily to savagery. How delightful the feel of the briny breeze and the boisterous wave on the bare pelt! Mr. Edward <'arp«nter rails at the. I think, eleven layers of clothing that intervene between our skins and the airs of heaven. Walt Whitman reveled in his nude sun bath. , What a treat too. sometimes to get away from the multicoursed diuuer and to bite downright nudib'y into simple f'Hxl in the fresh air and to lap water noisily from the brook! Well. ' walking perhaps is the primal instinct. an lent ns Eden, where the Izird , God walked in the garden in the coo! , of the day. And if my theory is cor rect walking will persist till in recovered paradise man walks with his Maker again. No mechanical contrivance for locomotion will extirpate the trilie of tourists, of those who walk from love of walking.—Arnold Haultain in Atlantic. If people t.tlked enly when they hud something to say the silence would be too dense to stir with a stick—(.;„!■ res-on News.

I ■ ■ ■■i—i iwiin wu —mi | If about Christmas things you r in a fiz. - An’ you’ll hare to face the Blizzard Bliz, A r tIL. An’ you'r afraid that you’ll be friz Wear The Hub's Clothing and there'll come ss. to vour phiz a t; The Smile that won't eome off. *’ tS / -If/ f. < T ' V ■' ft Holiday Clothes The proper kind High Art made /' ''F 7 ’ and insured regular passports ' into good fellowship. We can Jr "J i duplicate the best tailors’ ma ‘ Xp-:*S ' terials and makes at half price. ' > Suits and Ottrcaals $4 to S2O ■■ ’v = = /-V ■ V I OUR HOLIDAY SPECIAL / V 'A • i Mens T_T_a The New ... . /V. \ Fashionable *I3IS Assembly V Jfi \\ x Has made a phenominal leap | public favor. We have a full line b the old fa\oritcs. ix<. k .<>nroiher». =“ aM( | Uare Furnishing Wearables *=*=-= S’ We show a glove or a mit that’ll fit. Got Dress and Fancy Shirts, best known em for all usee and ages. fdbrieß aud Jnßt Gentlemen's Umbrellas, the swellest of handles and coverings. 1 Hie in a box. Fancy Suspenders, beautiCravenette or R»i« , ful Scarfe ’ nor<il ‘*'* »n Silk Mufflers. The Cravenette or ham Coats, just received sooner you make your selections the wiser vou many novel patterns and styles. ar> , < 0 hold . up Wlßer > ou \\ c believe it is the mother’s duty to bring the boy here for his holiday i outfittings. High art insured clothing. thF'hub KALVEH A EKIEIIMAK, Proprietors. S HEAD 10 FOOT OUTIITTER3 ' MOATTO ' IN D. 5

| A Well Selected Line of | I I Christmas ()fferings. ■ • • — ' Solid Silverware, Knives and Forks, Spoons and Novelties. Plated Silverware, Knives and Forks, Spoons and Novelities. • American Cut Glass — Bowls and ! Dishes, Creamers, Pitchers, Water Bottles and Glasses. Chaffin Dishes, Baking Dishes and Five O’clock Teas. r : Skates, Tool Boxes, I Guns and Pocket Knives, ■ Phonographs and Supplies. 5 I | j Phonographs Records for the J / month at price i; I Schafer Hardware Co. I '•