Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1905 — Page 5

ME TABLES S RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY er 25, 1904 Now in Effect. Sun UTHDaily Ex Sun Ex Sun Ex S only )) S 3 ir i:oHarii 7:l4am i,i6pni 7si pm 7:46pm id 2:01 “ V,) SSI); Mdywlw" 3:40“ toils 1 Bati 7:15 '* 12:201105:55 •• 1 sleeper t ) Cincinnati, i: 16 train -par 'rains arrive from .south at 1:3- a. in. daily and 3.17 p. m. Ex Sunday. rth Daily Daily to Ex Sun fMjbg Gd Rapids yne ' 2 sso ' 1 20 ” pids X©*4s “ r. 50 P.in 9:40 rseCity Sy? cy MB 2 ’S o ‘ 9=35 “ 6:05 a.in maw X 4-15 “ *0:50 “ iin sleeping car to Grand Rapids and iw Dily. J;59 a. m. trnin parlor car to \\(\v a pids and Mackinaw City 3:17 p. m rlor car to Grand Rapids, sleeping car in » City. Trains arrive from north at *7))) '• , l 4 a. ni. 1:16 p. in. 7:51 p.m, V.ttC A * c ’ I. Lnckwood, G. I*. A ißc «3Qyn Gr. Rapids, Mich. NEW ERIE TIME TABLE. EAST BOUND /nfj 9.40 p. m. - 4:40 p. rn —■snJ ....... .... 6:56 a hi. Jj))} 2:47 a. m BwEST BOUND _. 3:02 a. m. - - 10:10 a.m. sffl —.— 12;44 p. tn. \((v 5:56 p. m. - 2:00 a. m. CLOVER LEAF. In effect Jane 26,1904. EAST 5)), ommerclal Traveler, dally... 6 33am mJ; all. dally, except Sunday ..11 3u a m ay Express, dally 7:33pm ,ooal Freight W:olaru 7/M | WEST MS; ay Express, daily 3:46a tn .Yir all, dally except Sunday . .li:3oam S\V MnmercUl Traveler, daily ..10:03pm 7m <ocal Freight 11:01 p tn Lake tine « Western Time' ard from Bluffton Ind, G SOUTHBOUND SV Daily excpt Sunday 7:15 am 7/1/ Daily exceptSuuday 11:57a m jji; Dally except Sunday ...... . 5:25 pm A; -un h through to Indianapolis without arriving b i::W a m Jill leaves Indianopolls at 7:00 am. Ri ns vX ,n without change, arriving at Bluff .on •'S 4n ' SW j, 41 and 4z ru.i via Muncie & Big 4 route The Court Louse fs Still Opposite Fristoe s Smoke House 5 'L ■ ■ „Jl',!■?■■. 1 ... a agf Ed Ray, of Berne, a caller here today. Joe Hocker, of Monroe, was a business caller here today. P. A. Macklin of Geneva, was tram acting business here today. ; J. H. Cham her Inin, of Indiana]) > Its, is in t he city, buying up Adams county horses. Dr. Thain returned to Fort Wayne last evening.. He was here attending to his patients. j Dr. Miles 8. Porter returned last /Evening to Fort Wayne, after making a professional call in this city. Mrs. L ('. Long ran r trrned to .Boyse, (Ohio, today. While litre •she was jisiting with relatives. Miss Sophia Krickenbach return, ied to Fort Wayne last evening, after ;making a pleasant visit here with h r p (.rents. I > s, dabaker w< nt to Decatur to lay, where she will assist in the installation of officers of the W. R. C -Bluffton News. The B n Ton club were forced to continue their meeting last evening until next week, owing* to illness in the Mylott family, where the club intended r. eeting. 6TW' —

A Window Full of Good Hats a. We have filled both our large show windows with Stiff and Soft Hats that we have only one or two sizes of each number. These are not cheap hats shipped in to deceived people, but hats that were retailed by us at SI.OO $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 ( ' lld $3.00 • I I \Ve need room for our incoming stock of Spring Hats and in order to make I this room we are going to sell these hats at an unheard of price 89c. Cash Gives You Your Choice N. B. This Hat Sale will last three days only, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Make plans to buy one of these Hats. They are all bargains. Holthouse, Schulte & Co.

F. Vogt returned today from a visit at Fort Wayne. i Harmon Yager made a visit at Fort Wayne last evening. 1 M. J. Nye made a business visit to Fort Wayne last evening. J. D. Hale returned today from a business trip at Geneva. Dr. Dick Neptune returned last ' evening from a visit, at Geneva. John F. Snow is attending to real estate business at Willshire today. 1 Louis Mailand wont to Williams this morning, where he will spend 1 the day hunting. Mrs. Martha Pogue returned to Monroe today. While here she was 1 the guest of relatives. Mrs. Ross Stone and daughter, of Muncie, are in the city, guests of James H. Stone and family. Peter Forbing returned today from Fort Recovery, where he was visiting with his daughters. Mrs. L. Pontius returned to Berne today, after making a pleasant visit here with Mrs. Ben Wagner. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Buck Baker on yesterday, a big baby girl. Both mother and babe are doing well. Mrs. Studabaker returned to Bluffton today. While here she was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Craig. i Miss Josephine Niblick went to i' Fort Wayne today, to make a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. [ Vesey. Mrs. Charles Roebuck and chil- . dren returned toJFort "Wayne today. While here they were the guests of relatives. Frank Oldigus and Harve Smith returned this afternoon from Berne, where they were attending to telephone business. Mrs. Rosenwinfcle returned to Fr rt Wayne this afternoon, after a sit here with her parents, Mr. nd Mrs. Rinear. C- N. Parker, of Toledo, Ohio, is in our citv today. He is the father of Rev. Eai 1 B. Parker, and represents the Denby cigar company on the road. Father Valentine did not leave to4 day for Cincinnati, as was expected, but put in his time visiting the 1 Catholic schools and looking over their work. Orville C- McLanghln, of Portland. has been chosen as chief iournal clerk of the house. This is the ’ third legislative session in which he has h Q ld important positions. The city band will meet this' evening at 7 o’clock at Loch & | Dirk.son's hardware store, and eveiy member is earnestly request- j ed to be present, ns business of im p.irtanoe will be transacted. ' Arthur Berry and Laurie Meyers leave next Monday with Dick Neptune for Geneva, Arkansas, where i . thev expect to remain the balance ' of the winter, and in all probability 1 and the most of the summer. The hoys have accepted a postion in the , , mill. ’ Tha squirrel and quail law is now 1 out and squirrel x'.tn not he killed before August 1, and quail before i November 10. License to hunt in ! Indiana is not requried except from ■. October 1 to November 10, and that ■ 1 for water fowl only. No license is now needed to hunt mbits. i

Miss Edna Crawford is on the sick list. John Schug made a visit at Bluffton today. Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell went to Marion today to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jones of Pleasant Mills, wero shopping in our city today, Mr. and Mrs. William Hill, of Pleasant Mills, were shopping in the city today. Dick Dalton, of Huntington, was in the city last evening, a guest of Miss Mary Heffner. Gus Rosenthal and Clarence Epstein were guests of friends at Willshire last evening. Mrs. J. Buhler, who has been sick for some time with the lagrippe, is reported as improving. Mrs. J. Corson arrived today from Fort Wayne, and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Taylor. Miss Anna Adler arrived today from Fort Wavne, and will visit for a few days with Miss Lila Hoffman Bishop Henry Spellmeyer, of Cincinnati, will preside at the annual North Indiana conference, which will be held at Portland, beginning April 4. Patten # Perrv in “Jerry from Kerry” will show at the opera house next Wednesday, January 1. This is a strong company and will no doubt please the Decatur theatregoers. The "My Friend from Arkansaw” company arrived this morning from Van Wert, Ohio, and will show this evening at the opera house. This company is a good one, having a fine reputation, and will no doubt put up a first-class performance. John Trostel, formerly surveyor of Wells county, but for two years a resident of Lawrence county, Tennessee, has been elected surveyor of his new home county. This again but demonstrates that Indiana talent and genius is recognized, wheiever it may be. ’Squire Smith had the honor of performing his second Xvedding oer emony of the year today, uniting Miss Clara Adair and Mr. John Clayton in the holy bonds of wed lock. The happy young couple live i in Allen county near Hoagland. The 'squire is certainly starting the naw year right. Williard Steele informed qs tooay that he had scraped all the snow off his pond, and that the same was now in elegant condition for stating. The ice is smooth and slick as glass. He has gone to considerable I expense in getting the pond in this j shape, and will charge all skaters i the small sum of ten cents for their ! pleasure. He states that larg< , {crowds are in attendance arch day. An institution to fit young wo men for the responsibilities of mat- : rimony, including cooking, sweep i ing, bedmaking, caring for children anil 11 r household duties will be established in Lafayete. The instiI tution will be known ns the L.-soy { School cf Home Culture, and will he located in Highland Park. The 'course will cover two years, and that it is aimed especially for ' young women just out of college and those wl o are contemplating matrimony. The school will open next September and will be conducted on the residence plan.

SPECIAL PRICES Here are a few special bargains which you know should not be passed. We are always striving to give you the best obtainable merchandise at lower prices than our comnetitors AND WE DO IT TOO. No. 2 lamp burner J Any size chair seat, jjC Tin eups, each Crimp top chimneys I G inch stove pipe Six guaranteed white 1 Qp _ ~ > • , t . _ _ dinner plates for |W” F’n j Galvemzed funnel 5x6 shelf brackets, pair Qb Coal hods, each... , Lnhanded cupsand saucers ag Qn 6xß sheif brackets, pair gC 25c size wooden bowls Q C P lain -" hitp - set - » Good hammer bars tar soap 1 I C wi’th' 7\ , mß^er.' 1,,,,l 1 Op So. 8 copper boatom wash Shoe tacks, per box boiler, special .. f 1 sip „ j Four quart tin coffee pot | ijk 12 boxes of matches qC Good wash board | t- i ,„„ , , RP . Ep Three pie pans, large size |QC Two boxes of Ball blueing wb Lare bottle machine oil Iron handles, each. gC Roller towel rack This is a pretty good place to spend your money, because you know Economy Means Savina WE DELIVER GOODS.

Miss Lola Ford returned to Geneva this morning, after making a pleasant visit here with Mrs. Lawrence Smith. Two undertakers from Huntington are among the freaks in the make-up of the present legislature. Some “stiff” legislation can be counted on. Frank Snyder and Mont Hardin ' and their wives returned to their homes in Decatur last night, after a visit with Luther Wolfcale and family.—Bluffton News. Lost—A buggy robe, black on one side and with picture of two deer I on other side. Lost between G. R. & I. depot and West part of town. Will give reward for its return. Dr. E H. Leßrun, Decatur. W. I. Badieiler. the man who was injured yesterday morning at the Grand Rapids freight house, was taken to Fort Wayne last evening, , which place is his home. He will rest until his injury will again per I mit him to resume his woik. It, I was necessary to assist him on the ■ . . I t am. J. W. Place & Co. started in this j morning to out their winter har I vest, and have a large force of men , at work, as they desire to push this : work rapidly along and fill up all of their mammoth ice houses while the i present supply of ice is good. The ice house in connection with the plant was the first one started on. which will take several days to fill. By order of the postoffice depart- ; m >nt the rural mail c irrie- must {keep account of the condition of I the roads over which he travels and send in bis report an accurate account of the impossible places, and : I how much attention the patrons of , his route give to keeping the roads in passable condition. It is the purpose of the department thus to I test the interest a p itron has in . the service J. H. Chamberlain has purchased ' 1100 head of horses in this county, ‘ I which tire being shipp‘d to Indi inJapolis, where he will conduct a speIcialhorse sale next week, and at ; which time he will dispose . f 700 j head of fine h. rsp-'. He states that I the market is fair and experts t receive u f.-.nev price for nil of his I animals. This is probably the bigI I gest shipment of horses ever made from this city. Fred Patterson returned to Indianapolis todav to resume his school work in the dental department, after spending the holidays with his parents. This is Fred’s last year at school, which will close in June. He has not fully decided where he will locate, having several places in view. During this present term he expects to take a complete course in porcelain work, | and make this a side line with bis dental work. A minister was moved by the grief of a husband whose wife was to be buried, and sought to com miserate him in the following man- ' ner: “My brother, I know that this is a great grief that has over taken you, and though you are j compelled to mourn the loss of this I one who was your companion and partner in life, I’would console yon with the assurance that there is anther who sympathizes with you and seeks to embrace yon in the aims of unfailing love. 1 ’ To this the bereaved man replied by asking, as he gazed through tears into | th> minister s face: '* A’hat's her / n une 1 ;”

Mr. and Mrs. .1. Watkins and I Mrs. Ritter retruned to Pleasant J Mills today. They were enroute I from Fort Wayne Lost—A 1 itlics’ gold watch between Auth's jewelry store and the north side of the Court house. In side of watch are engraved initials of A. M. Finder please leave at this office and receive reward. Tho funeral of Henry Oestermeyer, who died yesterday morning will be held Sunday afternoon at the home at one o’clock. The Rev. Domseif will conduct the services, and interment will be made in the Fuelling cemetery. Mr. Samuel Epstein has sold his interest in the Bell clothing house to Mr. Homer Friedman, formerly of Decatur. Mr. Epstein has not ! yet decided upon a location. He { has been in business here for ten ! years and his resent period of idle- ; ness is the first vacation he has eni joyed in twenty-five years.—Fort i Wayne Journal Gazette.

HAVE YOU Been in to see the warm goods we Are sacrificing during this sale We sold a lot today and have a lot left. Tomorrow will be the big day. Come early. Come ; any time, but come. If you don’t come we both loose. Money tack if you are not satisfied CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE, THE SHOE SELLER Sarne Old Place 123 N. Second St. ■ 11l I . 'W Don’t let the Christmas -t< of iliOl i.l •' ¥ your h-vcd ones empty nip • 1. 1 -.tus-•• • you are temporarily t-hort of money. 101* Come to US (j. e , we can help you fill them; wc. will loan si 2*l W B 1J * * 2 kt vou nio, ' e y. We will loan yon S’s. §lO, .111 I 111 <1 3 .§25. >SO. or whatever you med <.n your household goods, piano, team, fixtures or any other personal propeity without removal from your house, burn or store. You can have plenty of time in which to pay back the loan, from one to twelve month's time. You can pay weekly, monthly, quarterly, or as may desire. You can make payments so small that you will not feel them. Here are some of the terms of our weekly payment plan, al lowing you fifty weeks to pay off your loan: tiOe is the weekly payment on a §25.00 loan. $1.20 IB the weekly payment on a §50.00 loan. §1 .SOjis the weekly payment < n a s7s.oojloan. { $2.40 in the weekly payment on a SIOO.OO loan. Other amounts in same proportion. Courteous treatment, fair dealings and absolute secrecy guaranteed. Please use the following blank. Our agent is in Drcatur every Tuesday. Date Your Name Wife’s Name Street and Number City Amount Wanted j Kind of Security you have Occupation I All communications are held strictly confidential.£ Call on or address W»S tORT WAYNE LOAN CO. Established ! d'B. Fort Wayne, Ind.

The C. Y. M. C- club will this I evening give an informal ball at the ! club rooms in the Studahaker building This dance will only include the members of the club and a fine time will no doubt be had. The music will be furnished by Master John Wemhoff. One week frem Saturday will be the election of road supervisors. The trustees will post a written or printed notice in three public places in the district, and the election is under the direct supervision of the trustees. Arrangements for these elections are going forward in all the townships of the county. The tax rate in Bluffton, or that part of the city situated in Harrison township, is $4.48 per hundred according to the official figures made out. The rate would be just one dollar less on the hundred were it not for the fact, that the one per cent voted to the aid of the C. B. C. is counted in this year.—Bluffton Bunner.