Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1904 — Page 3

TIME TABLES G. R. & I. (In effect Feb. 14, 1901) TRAINS NORTH, No s—Daily ~,u _ No 7— Daily to Fort Wayne.... h-oo am No 3—Dally (except Sunday) 3;13 p {Jj TRAINS SOUTH No 6—Dally 2 0() a m No 12—Dally (except Sunday).. 7-14 a m No 2—Dally (except Sunday,. ijx No. 30—Daily, except Sunday.. 7-51 E S No. 16—Sunday only 7il6pm CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect Dec. 27, 1203, WEST, No 7—Express. dally 3 00 am No B—New York and Chicago Limited ' through coach Columbua and Chicago daily 12 44 nm No IS—Wells Fargo Express except Monday . 6:43 n m No 21—Marion-Huntington Acc'm.. 16:10 atn East No B—Vestibule Limited for N Y 2:43 a m No 22 Marion and Columbus except Sunday " g ;SB - _ No 4—New York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbua and Chicago 2:2lpm No. 14. daily except Sunday, and carries passengers bdtween Hammond and Marlon. No. 13 will not carry baggage. 3 and 4 haa through coach Columbua to Chicago. CLOVER LEAF. In effect May 3,1908. east No 6—Commercial Traveler, dally... 5 25 a m No 2—Mall, dally, except Sunday ..11 50 a tn No 4—Day Express, dally 6 « D m No 22— Local Freight 1:10 am WEST No 3—Day Express, dally 5-25 am No I—Mall, dally, except Sunday .11:25 am No s—Commercial Traveler, dally .. 9:19 pm No 28—Local Freight 12:05 p m Lake Erie & Western Time card from Bluffton, Ind. SOUTHBOUND No. 41—Daily exept Sunday 7:15 am No I»—Daily except Sunday ..11:57am No. 36—Daily except Sunday 5:25 pm No 41 runs through to Indianapolis without change, arriving 10:30 a m No. 42 leaves Indlanopolls at 7:00 a m. Runs through without change, arriving at Bluffton 10:35 a m No. 41 and 42 run via Muncie A Big 4 route Tilden Lister made a business trip to Ohio City today. E. A. Mann is a business caller at Fort Wayne today. J. Tester made a business trip to Auburn this morning. J. W. Place made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. H. Broode made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Charles Christen made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Otis Dibble who is sick with lung fever is reported as being some what worse today. A. Steele returned to Auburn this morning after spending Sunday here with his family. Rev. Beibrick returned this morning from Geneva where he was hold ing service yesterday. Recorder Cloud lost a bunch of keys or u key at least, for which he will pay a liberal reward. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons went to Waterloo this morning where they expect to make their future home. Miss Blanche Miller arrived today from Detroit and will visit for a short time with her sister Mrs. C. Smith. Gus Rosenthal this morning recieved a brand new National cash register and desk for his store and is certainly a beauty and an ornament to his business room. Gus is always up to date.

FIR S T NATIONAL BA N K Capital $100,000.00 Surplus. 20,000.00 Resources 650,000.00 DIRECTORS: P. W. Smith, Pres’t C. A. Dugan, Cashier W. A. Kuebler, Vice-Pres’t E. X. Ehinger, Ass't Cashier D. Schmitt J. H. Hobrock D. Sprang 3 per cent interest paid on certificates. We solicit your patronage DECATUR, INDIANA Farmers, Attention! If you are going to hold a sale, call on J. N. BURKHEAD LIVE STOCK AND FARM AUCTIONEER Address, Decatur, Ind., R. F. D. No. 2.

M. Kirsch is a business caller at Bluffton today. Mrs. W. Westel returned to her home at Bryant today. J. Hunsickerof Berne was a business caller here today. Frank Cottrell and Sam Kuntz of Berne are in the city today. The Methodist official board had an interesting session this morning. P. W. Smith of Richmond is attending to business here today. N. S. Mygrant is looking after insurance businss at Montpelier. Martin Laughlin came up from his Jefferson township home this morning. A. R. Wolf returned today from LaOtto, where he was the guest of his brother. J.N. Fuhrman returned to Matthews today while here he was visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Blowers returned to Berne today. They were visiting with relatives hereMr. and Mrs. Berger returned today tj Berne, after visiting here over Sunday with his parents. Albert Winans returned to Will shire today after spending Sunday here with his parents. The Lase Ellis room is rapidly nearing completion, and will be ready for business at au early date. A crowd of young Bluffton sports were in this city last evening. Some attraction here isn't there toys. James H. Stone is home from Muncie, where he was taking,treatment for his eyes and also visiting his son, Ross. Misses Lucile and Margaret Case returned today from Willshire where they were visiting with relatives. Misses Goldie Gay and Minnie Ritter returned today from Pleasant Mills where they spent Sunday with friends. Miss Mayme Deninger returned to day from Fort Wayne, where she was attending the millinery opening at the wholesale house. Martin Laughlin of, Jefferson township, .C Bogley, E.J Ehrsam and Eiml Franz of Berne, were business visitors to this citytoday. Henry Frysinger, who was severely burned in the fire that destroyed his home on Jan. 26, was in town Tuesday. He is improving rapidly. “Pug" Shaw was handsomely painted up last evening at the Burt House, by a few of his friends, while he was sleeping at the switch. Pug is very indignant over the matter. The date of the Allen county fair has teen changed to the week beginning September 5. The change was occasioned by the state fair appropriating thier dates, which were a week later than now, de term ined on.

Elijah Maun is reported quite sick today. C. Hines made a business trip to Elwood today. Frank Stone of Fort Wayne, is a business caller here. C. B. Jones made a business trip to Hartford City today. Mrs. Daugherty returned to her home at Geneva today. J. Winans returned today from a business trip at Fort Wayne. A. Acker has reeurned to Pleasant Mills, after transacting business here. Mrs. J. R. Graber is visiting in French township this week with her daughter. Mrs. John Huttinger returned to this city and will make her future home here. Mrs. H. Van Camp went to Willshire, Ohio, to visit for a shurt time with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Roop left today for Bucyrus, Ohio, where they will make their future home. The condition of Mrs. Townsend who has been quite sick for some time, remains practically unchanged. The Misses Ackers entertained the Friday night pedro club at their home on First street Saturday evening. The young ladies of the M. E. church will meet tonight with Miss Carrie Cogswell. The missionary mite boxes will be opened. The city streets are showi ig a nice clean front at present, and all owing to the exertions of Street Commissioner Coffee. Keep up the good work. The Euterpean Society will meet Friday evening with Mrs. J. Q. Neptune. The committee on program is Mrs. Neptune and Mrs. J. C. Patterson. The Young Ladies Missionary’ So oiety of the M. E. church will give a musicale and supper at the lecture room tomorrow evening, admission twenty’ five cents. Don’t miss it. Florence Holthouse, little three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Holthouse who has teen very sick since last Friday is much better today and believed to be out of danger. Chicago papers of Friday contained articles telling of the finding of the bodv of Tom Fitzgerald in lake Michigan. It is beleived by some to be the gentleman of that name from here, he having been in Chicago a year. However, the story has not been confirmed. The republican city committee met Saturday night and organized by electing L. A. Graham chairman, and James Smith secretary. A mass convention will be held Friday to nominate the general city officers, and on March 18, meetings will be held in each ward to nominate councilmen. The commissioners are now considering complying strictly with the law as to the heavy hauling on all macadam roads in the county. Much damage is done the public highways during this and next month, and a state law prohibits the hauling of heavy loads. This provision of law should be strict ly complied with. The assessor is quietly sneaking around these gloomy days and leaving his assessment sheet with you to ascertain and probe into your private affairs to see how much you owe the county in the way of taxes. He is a good fellow and you do not want to miss anything in the valuable line in making up your schedule, as you can not help yourself when it comes to paying taxes. Jack Dailey had a very trying experience on yesterday. He went to the country early yesterday afternoon to call on Miss May Niblick and early in the evening started for home and got as near town as three miles when he got stuck and was forced to unhitch his horse, pull his buggy in a farmer's barn and ride horseback, having all this experience pt only the cost of a pair of muddy shoes. The DeOatur high School boys arc getting ready to open up for the spring base ball work. A team has teen organized and several dates have already teen arranged with other high school teams. The captain here claims that he has some very good material on hand and expects to develop some stars from the mon who will work out. He also states that they will challenge the city team and try to gain the championship of the city. This oertainy looks good for the highschool.

Mrs. J. Fisher went to Marion today} to make a few days visit with Lon Ball and wife. Mrs. D. Aisnworth went to Willshire today, after visiting here a short time with relatives. Mrs. Susan Sullivan returned to Berne today, after visiting her daughter here over Sunday. J. Vogel returned to Anderson, today. While here he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. Kirsch. Miss Edith Porter went to Indianapolis, today, to visit for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Al Porter. Ray Stafford, C. Berlin, Frank Staf ford, R. Bergman and W. Groves, of Bluffton, were callers here last evening. Charles Miller of Preble, will hold a big sale at his home on March 23. Everything goes and if you are in need of anything he advertises, you had better attend and put in your bid. The price of wheat is still on the decline, and unless the Bulk and Bears getjinto another struggle at the stdek exchange soon there’s no telling where the price will stop at. The wise man sold his wheat when it was above the dollar mark, was you one of them? If not, hold on to it, as the price may take a spurt in a few days. William Gay,the eighteen months old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Gay, had his hand quite badly bruised this morning. While the was playing around an open window the window dropped catching his hand in its decent. Dr. J. S. Loverdale was called and eaxinined the hand, but could not find any bones broken The hand was badly bruised and swollen however. Some time during the afternoon they will submit the hand to the X-Ray and in this way will make sure the extent of the injury. Solomon Billman has opened a shoe repairing shop at his home West Madison street between Tenth and Eleventh. His work is gnaran teed to be first class and he will uppreciate your patronage. Give him a call. 48d12 Railroad Notes. Through Pullman sleeping cars to California points via Iron Mountain route, leaving St. Louis 8:30 a. m. daily for Los Angeles via “True

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Clean Up Shoe Sale We have put a price on every pair of winter stock that will surely move them before we close Saturday night. There will be LADIES SHOES FROM _ x o Ladies Rubbers, 3 to 6 S - up 29c GIRL’S SIZES, 12 to 2 85 BABY MOCCASINS GIRLS from 8 to 11 at _ 60c 4C "" Men’s Light Short Rubber Boots, just the thing for spring wear, sizes 5 to 9, at $1.50 per pair CHARLES VOGLEWEDE. The Shoe seller. Open every evening till 8 o’clock.

Southern Route,” also tourist sleeping cars on this same train for Los Angeles and San Francisco every Wed nesday and Thursday. Best winter route to California. For further information call on or address G. A. A. Deane, Jr., T. P. A., 200 Sentinel Big. Indianapolis, Ind. The Black Hills, in the southwest part of the State of South Dakota produces one third of the gold found in the United States, and is said to be the richest one hundred square miles in the wold. A new booklet on the Black Hills has been issued by the North Western Line, with a ne detailed map of this wonderful region. Send four cents in stamps for copy of he booklet. W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M., Chicago,lll A beautiful map, valuable for reference, printed on heavy paper 42x61 inches, mounted on rollers; edges bound in cloth, showing our new island possessions. The TransSiberian Railway, Pacific Ocean cables, railway lines and other features of Japan, C'hiana. Manchuria Korea and the Par East. Sent on rceiept of 25 cents in stamps by W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M., Chicago & North Western R’y,'Chicago 111.

MONEY TO LOAN THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN COMPANY. (incorporated)

A large sum of PRIVATE MONEY has been placed with us to loan on city property and farms. No delay or red tape in making loans. Lowest rates of interest. We are able to close all loans on the same day of receiving application. Will loan in sums of 150 up, on one to five years time, with privilege of partial payments. This company can also furnish abstracts of title on short notice to any piece of real estate in Adams county. THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN CO. Rooms 3 and 4, Studabaker block. 257dtf

Don’t Pay Taxes when your property is mortgaged. Call on INA WYATT Notary Public and take advantage of the mortgage exetn p’ion Jaw. Office with GaJlogly & Hurtling, insurance agents. Decatur. Ind