Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1907 — Page 3

Time .Table b ERIE RAILROAD'. ’XT- € Decatur. Ind EAST BOUND. No. 8. Chicago to New York Express, daily 2:38a.m. No. 10, Chicago to Buffalo Express, daily .rr 9:55p.m. No. 12. Chicago to New York daily 5:45a.m. No. 4, Chicago to New York and Boston, daily 3:47p.m. No. 22, Chicago and Marion accomodation, daily except Sunday 1:48p.m. WEST BOUND. No. 7, New York to Chicago Express, daily 1:50a.m. No. 9, Buffalo to Chicago Express, daily 3:22a.m. No. 11, Chicago, dally 6:05p.m. No. 3, New York to Chicago Limited, daily 12:56p.m. No. 21, Marion and Chicago daily except Sunday 10:10a.m. 0. L. ENOS, Traveling Passenger Agent JOHN FLEMING, Agt FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur—North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. . 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. THE, 51 O DE i_ GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL CIGAR STORE WITHOUT A MATE. W. H. Lindsley

Mrs. James Ball is on the sick list. A. Van Camp made a business trip to Indianapolis today. J. Wille of Willshire, was a business caller to our city today. O. M. Snellen made a business trip to Hoagland this morning. Jacob Atz made a business trip to Paulding, 0., this morning. Bub Mischaud of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. Frank Stone of Fort Wayne, was a business caller to our city today. Jacob Butcher of Geneva, was at. tending to legal matters in our city today. Mrs. Brown went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Father Eberle arrived this morning from Portland and is the guest of Father Wilken. Mrs. Aaron DeVinney went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit for a few days with relatives. Don’t forget the Japanese masquerade at the Rink tonight. Admission 10 cents; skates 15 cents. Mrs. Ed Vancil and son returned this morning from Portland, where ■ they were visiting with relatives. jl Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Strickler land Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roop spent i ■ Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert I Strickler of this city. Come to the Rink tonight and- see ■ the beautiful decorations and hun. I'l reds of beautiful lights. Admission 110 cents, skates 15. The First National bank of HuntingI ton has been designated as a Lnited I States depository and Huntington I breasts swell with pride at the " onI derful achievement. Nearly one hundred dollars woith lof brass fixtures have been stolen I from the machinery and boilers left at I the old pumping station of the Port ■Wayne Gas company at Bluffton.

iThose Who Attended lour CLEAN UP SALE today were surprised at the low ■prices we are offering. Come and look in our window, every Islioe has a card telling the sizes we have and the price. Ladles Patent Button Shoes sl-69 Ladles Gun Metal Bluchers $1 69 Ladies Patent Colt Bluchers $1 95 LadiesKldPatentLsoeStay $176 I Men's Patent Colt Button »2 95 Men's Patent Bluchers 55.46 Men’s Fine Satin Solid Shoes $1 SO I These are just a fe» of the good things you will find. (The shoe, are all new up-to-date lasts and will make nice Spring and summer shoes. I Charlie Vozlewede | The Shoe Seller I

■> ’ > |ii J. C. Mosticki: —JOBBER OF—- !! Cigars :i :: and Tobacco ii *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WEATHER. j Showers. Warmer. Horace Botthoff made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. R. K. Allison went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Wilda Watts went to Fprt Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. James R. Richards of Portland, representative of the Wheeling Glove company, was in the city this morning attending to business matters. The remains of Mrs. Anna Mallonee who died Saturday, were shipped this morning to Ovid, *Mich., where they will be laid to rest by the side of her husband. The remains were accompanied by her son. J. B. Stonburner has added a new I feature to his picture show’ in the I shape of a vaudeville stunt, he hav- | ing secured two professional people, iTh new show will be given in con- ■ nection with his picture show for the i same old price.

The Pythian Sisters are making great preparations to invade Fort Wayne Saturday, where they will confer the degree work and show their sister lodge how the work should be carried out. The ladies are expecting a fine time and will go fifty strong. The city council held a special session yesterday afternoon and adopted several resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds to the contractors on the First and Second streets improvements. Thus the matter of the improvements contracted for and constructed last year is closed up. W. E. Smith this morning purchased the stock and fixtures of Mrs. Whitright, who for some time has been running a grocery store on the corner of Adams and Seventh streets. Mr. Smith will restock the store and will add in connection therewith, a short order house. He expects to be ready for business Monday. The deputy factor inspectorship vacancy made by the death of James Henry Roberts of South Bend, has brought forth a lot of candidates for the place, and the cities of South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen, Ligonier, Fort Wayne, Mishawaka, Garrett, Kendallville, Plymouth, Valparaiso, Hammond and Warsaw have aspirants. The Indiana State Baptist Brotherhood has just been organized at a meeting held at Peru, and the election of officers resulted as follows: President, R. H. Bouslog, Peru; first vice president, L. A. Clark, Muncie; second vice president, B. D. Rainey, Franklin: sercetary, I. M. Feasy, Indianapolis, and treasurer, J. D. Shirk, Delphi. The State Board of Health is contemplating the adoption of a new form of marriage license application blank for use throughout the state and if a decision should be reached those matrimonially inclined, especially those of a bashful disposition, will again find it hard indeed to appear before the county clerk and be •cross-examined,’’ as will be required. The board proposes to make the application more stringent.

James L. Gay made a business trip to Indianapolis today. George Tricker made a business trip to Bluffton today. J. B. S’. 'r.biirner made a bus'acss trip to Geneva foray. E. Burt Lenhart was attending to legal matters at Monroe today. Dan Paiiey went to Geneva today to make a Jmrt ■..-■ it with relatives. A. J. Smith was attending to timber matters at Pleasant Lake today. Charles Yager of Pleasant Mills, was a business caller to our city to. day. Mrs. McLean went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with relatives. Mrs. Schum returned to Schum, 0., today. While here she was the guest of friends. The Robert Downing company went to Bluffton today, where they will show this evening. A small blaze occurred at the home of Dr. McMillen last evening, the result of a chimney burning out. The damage done was slight and is being repaired today. There will be a meeting of the base ball association Wednesday evening at seven thirty o’clock at the Commercial Club and it is requested that every stockholder base ball booster be present. Remember the time and be present. Mr. Harry Shaffer, the trick skater with the Japanese Masquerade company, returned home to Bluffton last night to be married this afternoon at three o’clock to Miss Della Gehring, of that city. He will return here in time to assist at the masquerade. A Philadelphia man’s wife died from the effects of a severe attack from the family dog—a bull terrier which the authorities afterward put to death. The bereft husband says he feels the loss of the dog more than he does the loss of his wife. He’s not like the Dutchman whose wife died and who said: “I have pigs die, und horses die und cows die, but I could stood dot besser as dis."

Gabe Shoemaker and Harry Shaffer were in Decatur today arranging the skating rink there for the masquerade party which will be put on under their auspices tomorrow night. This affair will close the skating season at Decatur and a big crowd is expeced to be on hand. There will be prizes and medals soven for the best costumes just on the plan followed here and a number of Bluffton skaters will no doubt be present for the event. —Bluffton Banner. Easter Sunday, this year, comes on March 31, which is unusually early, and it is not often that it makes its appearance at that early date. "An early Easter an early spring,” is an old saying, but it is not often that it comes during the month of March. The next time it comes during the month of March will be in the year 1917, or ten years hence, but the last time it came in the same month was about fifteen years, ago; but whether its early appearance in 1907 will bring an early spring for this year can be better judged after the spring comes. The blind tiger law, which provides for certain action in event complaint is made of the illegal sale of liquors, will take all this business away from the justice with the exception of the preliminary features in which no fees can be collected. The justice would •not be entitled to assess a fine owing to the fact that the law calls for a heavier fine against a party in connection with the blind tiger law; the warrant may be issued from the court of any justice but it Would be necessary for that official to certify the case to a higher court. Bluffton contractors are today in possession of the plans and blue print drawings for the new King Piano factory to be erected in this city and they are figuring on placing their bids. It is the intention of Mr. King to return to this city on next Thurday and work is to be commenced on the structure just as soon as it is possible for it to be done. This will depend somewhat on the condition of the weather but a few more weeks will see the preliminary work well under way. There is to be a basement under a portion of the building, something that was not at' first contemplated.—Bluffton Banner.

“We had a private in our regiment,” said the army officer, “who took a great notion to own his gun. The gun cost about sl4. We couldn’t understand why he wanted to pay so much money for a thing he could have right along as long as he needed it, for nothing. Finally one of his friends said to him: ‘What in the world do you want with the old gun, anyway? What are you going to do with it?’ ‘l’ll tell you what I’ going to do with it,’ he answered. ‘When this d d uar is over I’m going to take it home and stand it up in the backyard where the rain will rain on it and the snow wiil snow on it, and every little while I’m going out to it and say: ‘New rnst, d—n you, rust.’ ’ ”

Parties from Bluffton, Fort Waype. Willshire, and Van AVert, arrived this afternoon to attend the closing event at the skating rink tonight, The Standard Oil company has resumed operations at Preble and a force of two hundred men are now located there and will start Monday in the construction of a nw oh line from Preble through the gas belt. Mayor Colfee offir iated at a wedding this morning at his office, unit, ing Miss Lilli: Marrehand and Domfs Brandyberry in the holy binds of wedlock. A large crowd saw the mayor tie the knot and say that he did his duty in a pleasing manner. A special train from Wabash to Peterson, ran over the Clover Leaf last evening, conveying a crew of pipe liners who will commence operations of putting in a twelve inch line from Preble to Indianapolis at once. The crew' is busily engaged today in erecting their camp. There is an effort being made to take a party of those who like roller skating to Decatur tomorrow mght to attend the ’nr smierade to be given by Messrs. Shomaker and Shaffer, of this city. If you want to go, see Frank Smith at the city building and he will make all arrangements.— Bluffton Panner. David Mescnoerger, the big farmer over at Linn Grove, marketed a nice bunch of stock Saturday which brought him the neat sum of almost $2200. He had 36 head of cattle which weighed 41,270 pounds and also 2,020 pounds of hogs. Fox brothers also had 11 head of cattle that weighed 13,500 pounds, bringing them the neat sum of $675. Schwartz & Luginbill shipped the above along with quite a little other stock. —Berne Witness. After being out for hours Saturday afternoon, the jury brought in a verdict of $1320 at Van Wert, against the Clover Leaf railroad in favor of D. M. Williams. At the time of the Venedocia mill fire, the house of Mr. Williams, nearby, caught fire and burned, together with orchard and outbuildings. The case was a hotly contested one occupying the court and jury for two and one-half days. The railroad company had experts from the cities to determine the condition of the spark arrester. Hilary K. Adair, the noted Western detective, replied to the toast. Detection, at a dinner in Omaha. “Speeches pregnant with meaning often help the detective in his delicate work,” said Mr. Adair. “Often a speech of eight or ten words will reveal volumes. Thus .1 once knew how things stood in a house when I heard a Milwaukee woman say to her husband, ‘Jim, do you know you talk in your sleep?’ and the man replied, ‘Well, do you begrudge me those few words?’”

Prosecutor Henry A. Heller was here yesterday in the interest of the Samuel A. Sprunger liquor case. He made a memorandum of the two dray loads of wine, beer and whiskey that were seized at Sprungers’ place 'ast Thursday by Constable Samuel Kuntz, Fred Meyers, William Ray and Fred Rohrer and gave Sprunger ten days’ notice to appear in court and show v.hy said liquors should not be de., stroyed by order of the court. The sheriff, Eli Meyer, was here on Sunday to arrest Sprunger, but Sprunger was nowhere to be found. He has not been seen here since Friday, as he went to Kentucky.—Berne Witness. The work of cleansing Dunkirk, in a moral way, still goes on. In all the last grand jury returned 209 indictments, more than half of the total number hev been served upon Dunkirk people, and it is said that there are still more to come. For a long time, it has been charged that saloon keepers and keepers of dens of vice and for gamblng, had been permitted to ply their trade unmolested and with utter disregard for any and al! statutes. Under the very noses of the officers of the town, it was alleged these transgressions occurred, and were blndly overlooked. Witnesses by the score were summoned before the recent grand jury from the Crown City and its report is not I surprising anybody.—Portland Com-mercial-Review. A guest of the New York Pleiades club’s recent meeting at the Lafayette Brevoort was paying his bill. The waiter laid down two dollars, one in silver, the other a bill. The guest waited a moment, then seeing the waiter about to depart, laid a detaining hand on his sleeve. “The other three, please,” said he. Whereupon, the waiter reached into his pocket and produced three more dollars. “How was that?” asked a Pittsburg man with the guest. “Only this,” repled the guest. “I gave him $lO, $5 of which paid my bill. He handed me back two and was about to keep the other three himself, seeing, I suppose, that I was from Brooklyn.” “Why don’t you report him?” asked the Plttsburger, indignantly. “What’s the use?” queried the Brooklynite wearily. "They’d only hire another one who might take the whole five.”

Almost Entirely New 118 acres on interurban 3 miles from city, will exchange for city property. Farm is well improved. 30 acres, 2 mi. from city will trade for city property 95 acres 3 mi’e-s of city $5500 60 acres 4 miles South East of city good buildings $3100.00 80 acres j mile do west Craigville good soil well improved price right teims easy 40 Acres in Root Township $2-00 80 Acres 3 miles of city well improved and ditched SBO.OO per acre, good buildings 60 Acres tract 2 miles of city good improvements, prices right 80 Acree well improved all tiled and cleared good building f black soil near St. Paul Church St. MarysTp. 138 Acres well improved in Root Tp. near Preble Fine 160 acres tract in Kirkland Tp. $85.60 per acre well improved 120 Acres very beet improvements in Kirkland Tp. 2 well improved 8b acres tract in Union Tp. S7O and SBO per acre 40 acres , good farm at S2BOO Six miles east of town 160 acres well improved four miles from city at good price. Stone road and all other desirable advantages. 93 acres near town, fine farm, right pti.-e 40 acres, 3 miles offeity,(house, barn and wind mill, drove well all cleared and well ditched $2600 10 acres nite farm for garden or poultry at a bargain 62 120 acres, well improved land in Kirkland township as good as the township affords. 75 120 acres Washington township well improved with tile and good buildings, four miles of Decatur 77 100 acres four miles of Decatur, fine soil, SBS per acre. 83 30 acres, two miles from Decatur, unimproved, all cleared at S6O per acre 85 45 acres, three miies from Decatur, all cleared, no buildings S2IOO 87 35 acres, three miles fom Decatur, all cleared, fair buildings, S2IOO 88 80 acres two miles from town well improved, S9O an acre. 97 120 seres in Kirkland township, fine improvements and best of soil 120 acres well improved two and a half miles from Decatur on pike, a bargain if taken soon at $7500 108 acres near Decatur $6500 if told by Feb. 15 Some of these farms are quoted on easy terms aid for cash can tie purebased for even less money. Any information concerning any of this list oill be furnished on application. Besides these farms we have some small tracts in and about the city for instance: Two and a half acres with two housesen 13th.st. at a bargain. Some up-to-date properties up town. Two vacant lots in the Fullenkamp addition, cheap vacant lots in other parts of tbe city, a few to sell on weekly or m.ntblypayments. 2 v want lots on west side of south Bth street, at a bargain $225. DAN ERWIN. Corner, Monrce & 2nd. st. DECATUR, IbiD.

Herman Wiecking. jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wiecking, left yesterday evening for St. Louis, where he will take a position in the Yonge greenhouse, one of the largest establishments cf the kind in St. Louis. He will pay particulaf attention to rose culture. —Bluffton Banner.

Always on the market by the Snow Agency. Call or write for recent descriptive lists. No charge for advertising property if left on the market for the time listed. ■ The Snow Agency ’Phone 230 Decatur, Ind. Dan Beery, Mgr. James Rice, Secy. Abe Boch, Treas HORSE SALE

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In the New Sale Pavillion Friday, March Ist. ’O7 AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M. We will on the above date sell 150 head of horses consisting Draft horses, Brood Mart s in foal, Mules, Drivers, Colts and farm chunks. Our past sales have been the best ever held in this city. We have the leading shippers of the best market at these sales to buy your horses. If you have a horse to sell bring him to this sale. If you want to buy a horse attend this sale. We have the kind you want. Wo have horses oi all kinet and all prices. A large number of satisfied buyers who have attended our sales in the past are our best recommendation. Horse buyers attend this sale. Decatur Horse Sale, CoFRED REPPERT, auctioneer.

Judge Sturgis was again able to hold court today, all the members of his family being improved in health. Mrs. Sturgis and son Elmore, who were taken with the diphtheria last week, suffered only slight attacks, and all members of the family are now convalescent. —Bluffton News.

FINE CORN FARMS And Neat GUY COTTAGES

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