Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1904 — Page 3

TIME tables d. r. &~i. (In effect Nov. 29, 1903) TRAINS NORTH. E° ?ZdS)l? to'brandRapids.''" ." J 3 Pally (except Sunday) tt .TRAINS SOUTH K li-I>ally (except Sunday; 7.14 *i n t“a-Dall.v (except Sunday. l:i3p m L 5“ 30-pallX. except S'-nday 7 : ;,lp ln n, Ui ifr— Sunday oob ell) pin CLOVER LEAF. In effect May 3,1903. EAST, a-Comraerctal Traveler, dally... s : <s a m I?^.Mall, dally, except Sunday 1150 ain a-p 4-1 >ay Express, dally ..« : 43p m So23—Local Frolfht 1:10am WEST Kn 3-Day Express, dally 5:25am n 2 l-Mall. dally, except Sunday ll;«a“ so Commercial Traveler, dally . 9:19 ptn -J)-bocal Freight 12:0', p m CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect I)cc. 27, 19tB. WEST, No 7-Sxpresa, dally. .3:00 a m I kJ 3-New York and Chicago Limited I through coach Oolumbua and Chicago daily 12:44 pm I Ka jS-Wella Fargo Expreaa except Monday 6:13 p m a" ad ji-Marlon-Huntington Acc m.. 10:10am EAST NQ B_Vestibule Limited for N Y 2; I.) a m No 22—Marion and Columbus except ■ <undav.......... ■_........6:6Bam I V O 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus j and Chicago 3:2lpm > N,> 11. daily except Sunday, and carries I l,„..covers bdtween Hammond and Marion No 13 will not carry baggage. 3 and 4 has I i trough coach Columbus to Chicago. Kit Cowan made a business trip I *o Fort Wayne last evening. Clarence Kintz made a business ! 11 *rip to Fort Wayne this morning J S. Bowers returned last evening I 'r >m a business trip to Pennville I C. Mathewson made a business! I trip to Fort Wayne last evening. Charles France went to Fort I ’.Vayne last evening on a business I trip. Hugh Woods returned to Warsaw ' Ipi't evening after transacting bu.-i I ness here. Mrs. 11 Mann went to Fort Wayne I ~.t evening to visit so r a few day~ I with friends. A It. Bell returned lust evening | m Stratoga where he w;i' trimI acting timber business. Miss Maud Russel went to F rt IFA ayne last evening to vicit a I few days with relatives. I Mrs. John Moran returned fr-.m I B rne last evening where die I ci- visiting with her parent' I Pearl,Sadie and Ellie Linieii'talii I '■• a' to Kendalville last eveuin. •, Ipuake a short visit with relat v- - .1 Kred France and family arnv I <-1 troin Geneva last evening -ir.d I are the guests of H. L. Center tud I jf itnily. Mr and Mrs. W. S Huglie' r< I turned last evening from Bern, llwbere they spent the day with I friends. Mrs S. E. Brown and family rI turned to Fort Wayne last evening 1 utter visiting here for a few days I’".th relatives. I Mr and Mrs. Durr and Uiiniv r ■ turned to Fort Wayne last Mwhile here they were the gm-'t- ■ Peter Gaffer and family. I Mr- 1,. G. Eiling ham. dui.vht. i ■ und ' returned’last evening IB'A :ncii, 't..r when 1 they wen for a week with relative'

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s 'eele made a business tripl to Lafayette this morning. Fort W S '' llUn . ,aker burned from fort Wayne this morning. atFimtw 18 " aS 11 business >‘t Fort Wayne last evening. Shafer Peterson is looking after 011 business at Berne today. J? ?\ Sne J len luudo 11 b «sin CBB np to fort Wayne this morning. Gene Christen made a business trip to Fort Wayne lust evening. •Tamos T. Merryman is looking after oil business at Geneva today. L. Ellis returned from Redkey this morning where he was visiting relatives. b Mrs. M. Jefferies went to Fort w ayne this morning to visit for a few days with friends. T red \ aughn loaves Monday for Geneva where ho has accepted a position with the Herald. Mr. Puxston returned to New Eagle, Mich., this morning after visiting here with friends. Will Reiter, who has been nursing a lame ankle for some time, was able j to resume work this morning. G. Peter returned to Fort Wayne 1 this morning after visiting here for j I a short time with his cousin I ... -Miss bpencer returned to her : home at Elkhart this morning attar I visiting here with her sister. Homer Myers returned to Lafayette this morning after visiting here ! for a few days with relatives. H. Pine and wife returned from .Geneva today where they were I visiting with their daughter. A. C. Gregory went to Fort Wayne last evening to attend a ' meeting of the Eagle Lodge. W. Harding returned to Fort I W ayne this morning after making a ; short visit hero with realtives. H. Peters returned to Fort ! Wayne this morning after visiting I here for several days with his eou- * sin. | A. McFarland returned to his home at Portland this morning after visaing here for a week with his son. Arthur Sutdes returned this '; morning from Fort W ayne were he I was visiting widi W. Vesey and I family. J Mrs. Win. Arnold returned to I I Plymouth this morning after visit ing here for a few days with her ! jiarents. ‘I Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Vaughn re 1 j turned to Angola this morning after visiting here for a few days with - j their son, Fred. Iny LF'cc./n returned to Fort ' i Wayne last evening after visiting here for a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Elias Coverdale. For the past few cays the many I friends of Jerry Coffee have been amazed at his actions and wondering r i if he was going daft, but murder will i: out. and it was all caused by a nee II baby girl arriving at his home in time ! for New Year's greetings.

C. Runyon returned to Berne today. John Andrews returned to Monroe today. Ed Beller made a business trip to Willshire today. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gause are visiting relatives at Willshire. I‘ red LoDell returned from a business trip at Chicago this morning. James Harkless, of Paulding. Ohio, is visiting relatives and friends here. Mrs. Baxter went to Muncie today after visiting a short time here with relatives. Mrs. J. Gross returned te Marion today, after a short visit here with her parents. Alhino Smith returned last evening from Liberty Center whore he was working. J. Roll returned to Indianapolis today, after spending two weeks here with hie parents. C. F. Allagar returned to Marion today. While here he was the guest of E. Coverdale. Miss Jessie Myers returned f.otn Fort Wayne today, where she was isiting relatives. John Barnett returned to Marion today, after spending a few days here I with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. FroueGeld returned today from a visit with relatives at [ Van Wert, Ohio. Robert Schrock returned to Wabash today, after making a short visit here with his mother. Miss Sinclair returned last evening I to Fort Wayne, after a short visit here with Mrs. McNabe. S. N. Mygrant has returned from Kokomo, where he was looking after insurance business. Larry Warring returned from; Bluffton last evening, where he spent I the day with friends. After a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller here. O. Comer j returned to Marion today. Mrs. Armstrong, of Pleasant Mills. I is visiting in the city, the guest of I Horoce Buthoff and family. Mrs. Peter Gaffer went to Fort ! Wayne last evening to hold a eon I sultation with Dr. MeOscar. Mrs. Hugh Miller and family re . turned to Muncie today, after visiting a few days here with her mother. Mrs. C. P. Cully end son, after a short visit here with H. Sours and I famly, returned to Briant today. M is. Fred Linn and family have returned home from a pleasant visir with friends at Kalamazoo, Mich. Mrs. J. \V. Shanks, who was visit ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Porter returned to Chicago today. Miss Gillig, who was visiting John ' Wilkie and family while here, return- ’ ed to her home at Delphos, Ohidfto- ' day1 Mrs. J. 'V Sherwood returned to ’ Detroit, Mich., today, after visiting s here for a few days with F. W. Dibble and family. F Mr. and Mrs. Faro Chirsten, after a t pleasant visit here with Mr. and Mrs. I Will Keubler. returned to their home 1 at Chicago last evening. H Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sprang and B Mrs. John Vail are home from Fort Wayne, when- they were attending a • family reunion at A. T. Vail’s. J. W. Gage, who has been spending his vacation with his parents, east of the city, returned today toCinein nati, Ohio, to resume his school work. After aa enjoyable visit with friends at Bluffton. Misses Edna Crawford. Bertha Ftilleukamp and Mayme Vogelwede returned home this morning. Tomorrow miming at tin- St. Marys church after 10 o clock x-r vice the church pews will lie rented for the year P.KH to the highest bidders. Miss Marcello Knobler will entertain about twenty of her young lady friends this afternoon, from t wo to five, at her home on Monroe street, it being her birthday. A good time is looked forward io by all the little tots that i were invited Mrs. Elizabeth Gerber, of Berne., who fell Christmas day and received a broken arm and other serious in juries, is some better today. She is seventy six years old and her recovery will eoiisiM|iieiitlv l>e slow She is the mother of Clerk Gerlier. There will !»<• quarterly meeting services at the 1. B.church lieginniiig ’ this (Saturday I evening and coutinu ’ ing over Sunday. Business meeting ’ after the sermon Saturday evening. • Communion service after the Sunday • morning sermon. Rev. A. M. Cum i! ' mins of Fort Wayne, will conduct the M services. The public is cordially iuI Vl tcl to be present.

AN INVENTORY. I Report of Personal Property at Infirmary. Aggregate Nearly SB,OOO, Including Live Stock, Grain and Other Commodities. An inventory of the personal property at the county infirmly ■was taken yesterday by J. H. I Hobroke and John H. Meyers, j Present also were William Miller, [ David Werling, Samuel Doak, T. H. Ernst, Henry Schulte, Albert Butler, Vance Buckmaster, S. A. M. Butcher and Clark J. Lutz. The inventory shows a total of nearly |S,OOO, divided as follows: Farm impliments, $938.20: farm products, $277.50; farm products for table use $684.31; groceries, $100; dry ■ goods and clot hing, $250, household goods $1,346. ('attic $1539. Hogs, horses and sheep, $1559, total $7697.01. The list includes thirty-six head of cattle, eighteen sheep, sixty eight hogs, two mules, five horses and 200 chickens,all n excellent condition. The farming impliments are modem and in good shape. The report made shows that Mr. Graber has on hands the following |grain raised in 1903: 1500 bushels! iof corn, 300 bushels of wheat,! I 500 bushels of oats. 10 bushels of I barley, about thirty tons of hay. The report is a splendid one and ! should meet the approval of every l one. ANNUAL SESSION. ! County Assessors Meet Next Week. Will Arrange Valuations.- Mr. Crist of This County Will Attend. Elias Crist will go to Indianapolis next week to attend the annual meeting of the county assessors, jAt this meeting the rate of valua ( j tion for the ensuing year will be fix led. All the assessors will be present and from their data and reports, a fair estimate of what prop- { erty should be valued at can be ohli twined-. There will likely lx-a num tier of changes i ■• many of the rates. , Each year sees a difference in the i I values of different products and properties and it is the purpose of these meetings to see that the valuation is always fair for all. Indi ana assessors have the reputation of being the liest organized liixly of any in the state. They'get though with their work with less friction than any of the other states and much of this is due to the fact that before each assessment, meetings are held, a uniform plan of action, decided upon and every assessor! carries out his part of the program to the letter. Hattie Harshman returned to| Geneva today. Mrs. Wm. Baker returned from j | Van Buren totiay. j E. A. Rose is a business caller at' Liberty Center today " Grace Hendricks went to Geneva 1 today to make a short visit. Miss Case lias returned from Will shire, where she was visiting rehitivos Mrs. Lucy Hope returned to her ' home at Portland today after visit ' i ing hero. , Rev. anp Mrs. Hunter Myers returned to Iplaud today, after visit‘"F? bt-ro a short time with relatives. j Mrs Elmer Johnson and family . returned from Rockford today whore they wire visiting her’ mother.

Bosse’s 0 1 >era Ho 11se --- MONDAY, JAN. 4th We mean it! Au entirely new version of PECI<S __BAD BOY _ New play, new scenery, new costumes, new specialties, new people. A BRAND NEW SHOW ! Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents. Seat sale at Holthouse Drug Co. 1 Candies That I I Please. I g I City News ■ | Stand. 1 ~ — ' —■■■ - .! M 1 T—l W TRY THE I I ! BURT MOUSE CAFE ; I FOR ALL FANCY AND UP TO DATE DRINKS. ' i Schlitz Beer on Tap and in Bottle !| and Home-Made “Tom and Jerry” ! CALL ON MOSE AND HE WILL TREAT YOU I ' RIGHT. f ■ • **'' 4 THE RIVERSIDE LiVery and Feed Barn Known as the King barm is now owned by J. M. Rice. The best of care given our trade. Good covered feed vard the finest in the citv. We also buy and sell horses, and pay the highest market prices. Call and see us. J. /V\. RICE ——— — Htroot '- - 1 —-

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS. You are hereby notified flint the 'assessments on the Marshall street I sewer. Erwin branch sewer. Meyer 1 branch sewer and Miller brunch sewer. Monroe 'street sewer extension and Fornax and Bugg street I improvement are now duo and , must lie paid to the city treasurer , within ten days or interest will Ite charged from the 30th clay of De comber lUO3. and bonds issnedI). M. HOWER. Uo2d6 City Clerk. Four Fast Trains Chicago to St. Paul Minneapolis. Via Chicago A- North Wetseran ! railway. Leave Chicago 9:00 a.m.. 6:30 p. m. Northwestern Limited electric lihgted throuhgout) 10:00 I p. in. and 3:00 a. m. East schedules luxurious equipment, dining cur srevice uncip.aled.For tickets,rates and sleeping cur reservations apply to your nearest ticket agents or ad I dress. A. It. Waggoner. 22 Fifth Avenue, <'hicugo. 111. . Wanted—A dining room girl at the Peoples restaurant.

’Phones Residence 312. < MUce 103. Send your dates in early. Fred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. Speaks English. German, Swiss and Low German. DECATUR. INDIANA.

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