Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1893 — Page 1

VOLUME XXXV 11.

HOME NEWS. All the latest styles Is “Oxfords,” at Vogelwede’s. See the \Boot-tee Oxford,” at J. 11. Vogelwede’s. D. M. Hensley and Emmet McLain Sundayed in Ft. Wayne. Mrs. Perry Ayers, of Dickson, Tenn., is visiting friends and relatives here. Commissioner Fetters returned to his home on Tuesday, last. Wm. Aspy, of Geneva, was in our city last Monday on business. Web Foreman, the barber, is now flourishing the razor at Berne, Ind. John D. Hale U again suffering from his old disease, contracted in the army. Don’t fail to see the new stock of wall paper at Nachtrieb’s before buying elsewhere. 52tf A nice farm of 50 acres, situated 34 miles east of Geneva, for sale or trade, cheap. Enquire at this office. 5-5 Excursion to Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, April 23. Leave here at 0 o’clock in the morning and return at 8:42 in the evening. Don’J, fail to call and examine the new and elegant line of Wall Paper at Holtbouse, Blackburn & Co. Stock immense. 1-6 Any person that found a small dog with a copper collar on will be rewarded by leaving word at Schlegel's tin shop. Strayed away Saturday night, April 8. PLENTY OF TIME to contract for m ichinery before harvest. Call and see the Osborne Binder and Mower before buying. • John King, Jr. 51tf Stone-cutting at the C. & E. yards in tbs south-west part of the city will commence shortly. Mr. Fisher the foreman is looked for and will arrive in the near future. John Stutzenberger, an Adams county boy of thirty years ago, and who is still a frequenter in our city in a business way, will shorly wed an Indianapolis lady. The advertisement of Gould Bro’s., opticians and specialists, of Toledo, 0., which appears in another column of this paper is worthy of perusal by the afflicted.

ATTENTION, FARMERS! I sell the 1 Osborne Binder and Mower, which has a reputation hard to excel. Don’t fail to investigate its merits before buying any other machine, 51tf John King, Jr. D. O. Jackson wants the party that has his double-shovel corn cultivator and mattox to remember that now is the time of the year for them to be returned. So don’t forget it, but return them at once. GAFFER & RAILING Practical painters, grainers, glaziers, and paperhangers solicit your patronage. Prices as low as the lowest and work guaranteed. Country work will receive prompt attention. Leave orders at Yager Bro’s. Drug Store. 37-24 The “B. & M.” Cigar, manufactured by Byers & McConnell, has become the Standard Brand among Smokers. It possesses the make-up of a ten cent cigar being filled with pure Havana tobacco. Ask for the “B. & M.’’ and you will always enjoy a good smoke. 484 f Ellsworth, Myers & Co., have their sample Hay Loaders, two-horse Corn Planters, Hay Rakes, Hay Tedders and all their former machinery, including the McCormick Binders and Mowers set up, and invite the farmers to come in and see them before giving your orders. 4-4 Rev. F. Freeh, formerly of the Monroe circuit, M. E. Conference district, spent some days here last week with his family, at the home of Mrs. Freeh’s parents, W. B. Revnolds, of this city. The Reverend gentleman left on Tuesday for his work and to arrange the domicile for his family. He is one of the young men of this county who will be a leader in the great work he is engaged in. His many friends here will » rejoice with him in bis promotion. The decision of the Lake county circuit court in the case of the state against David Lewis was reversed today by Judge Olds, of the supreme oourt. Lewis was arrested and fined in 1891 for having a seine in his possession. The decision of the lower court was that the law was unconstitutional. Judge Olds, in his decision, held that it was for the public good that the law was enacted. He said that a law which protects any thing of public benefit from wanton destruction, was also empowered to provide a penalty for its violation.

The Decatur Democrat.

Sprague is coming May 9 I The popular Elk’s dinner—lsc 52tf Go hear Sprague the greatest. May 9. liemember the date for I will be here May 9. Robert A. Sprague. John Mayer, the brick-maker, went to Marion, Ind., Wednesday to prospect for an opening in bis business. , Will Teeple is putting in the shelving and other work for Tone Holtbouse’s shoe store, at Geneva, this week. Reliable mixed paint, tube and white lead, linseed, varnish and bard oil, at lowest prices at Nachtrieb’s. 52tf Dr. M. L. Holloway was called to Bluffton Tuesday last, on professional business. We have Clothing, Underwear, and a full line of other furnishings, to suit the closest buyers, at Ike Rosenthal’s. a 4-4 Max Romberg returned from Fort Wayne last Wednesday. He was visiting his brother in-law, Noah Weber, who is very sick. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the residence of Dr. Holloway, on Saturday afternoon at 2:30. All cordially invited to be present. We keep a complete line of Drugs, all descriptions, and at prices to suit. We solicit a share of your patronage. Yager Bros. Miss Mariaßaibloe, of Boston, Mass, will whistle and sing and give recitations at the Christian church on Thursday evening May 11. Splendid. Hear her. Too mild a weather—too large a stock of clothing and furnishings, is the situation. Trices will be made to move them at once, at Ike Rosenthal’s, the leader of low prices. 4-4 A 3-piece school suit for your boy at $2.50; a No. 1 child’s suit for 98 cents; good heavy overalls 50 cents, sold everywhere at 75 cents; Jeans Fants 75 cents, worth $1.25, at Ike Rosenthal’s. 4-4 There will be an electton held in the Evangelical church, of Decatur, on Wednesday evening, April 26, 1893, at 7:30, for the purpose of electing a trustee for said church, for the term of three years. S. B. Kring, pastor.

Lost—A 12-inch bone rule with caliper, all of the figures worn off frame on the outside. A reward will be given for the return of the same. J. 11. Stone. April 4, 1893. 3-ts The celebrated circus band, organized in our city under the leadership of Prof. Lew. 11. Corbin will give an open air concert in front of the court house, on Monday evening, next. This will be a rare treat to our citizens, who should avail themselves of the opportunity of listening for the last time for months to their melodious music; as they leave here for Canada, on the 26th. Notice to the Members of the German Reformed Church.—You are requested to attend the election of one trustee, and other officers whose terms do now expire, and attend to all other business that may come before this meeting, on May 7th, at 2 o’clock, P. M. M. Kirsch, Sec’y.

We notice in the Ft. Wayne Journal of yesterday that John Kennely, who arrested desperado Mervin Kuhns a few years ago after being shot full of lead, has resigned his position as night policeman, on account of great suffering from pain, caused by the wounds in his leg, received in arresting this desperado. Our acquaintance with Mr. Kennely licenses us to say that a more efficient officer and gentleman would be hard to find anywhere, and if the city of Fort Wayne has any easier place on her police force than the once just resigned by Mr. Kennely, we hope that be may be “in it” as far as the road extends. The farewell reception tendered Miss Kate Work by the X. Y. Z. girls on Monday evening of last week at the home of J. Wilson Merryman, was one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season. The early part of the evening was spent in social conversation and music. About ten o’clock dainty refreshments were served, after which the company was entertained in an enjoyable manner at that unique game, “progressive beans.” At a late hour the guests took their leave and on all sides were heard suoh remarks as: “I did not think it was so late, how quickly the time passed,” and “Haven’t we had a delightful time?” The departure of Miss Work is much regretted by the young people, but what is our loss is Alexandria’s gain. Among those present from abroad were: Miss Westphault, of Cincinnati, Mr. Moses. Van Wert, Ohio, Bey. G. H. Myers, Whitestorm, Ind., and Messrs Craft, Kelley and Briggs, of Geneva.

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21. 1893.

The popular Elk’s dinner—lsc 52tf > Mrs. Will Keubler Sundayed at Columbia City. Neal Rademacher was at Ft. Wayne, Tuesday. 1 The St. Marys river is the highest this morning she has been for 20 years. The father of Mr. Moltz, of the Boston store, is visiting him. Miss Kate King is sick with la grippe. 1 Miss Meede Moon, of Harrisville, is visiting friends here. 1 All the latest styles in wall paper at lowest prices, at Nachtrieb’s. 52tf Ellsworth, Myers & Co., for your paints, varnishes and building material. I Ellsworth, Myers & Co. for your hardware of all kinds, also stoves. Ellsworth, Myers & Co., for your harness and whips. 4 4 Dan Beery shipped a car load of fine ■ horses to Philadelphia yesterday. The only genuine Early Rose potatoes in town for seed at Donovan & Coffee's 4-2 Peter and James Kinney, of Jefferson township were callers at this office this week. Deputy clerk Beloit, of the Allen circuit court, was in our city on business, last Saturday. Pete Holtbouse visited his branch clothing house in Geneva last Wednesday. We are under obligations to James M. Lynch, of Chicago, for late copies of the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Mrs. Abe Flickinger is in a very critical condition. She has byen sick for six months past. , Daniel Sprang, the senior member of the firm of Sprang & True, is confined ' to his bed with lung trouble. Ellsworth, Myers & Co., for plows, harrows and wagons. Everything lower than the lowest. 4-4 The reception tendered the new ministers at the court house was at it should be,—bothpleasant and instructive. Moses Bixler, one of lowa’s staunch Democrats, remembers the Democrat. He has been regular in his remembrance for ten years past. Gaffer & Railing are at Berne this week putting the flourishing touches on the Cottage Hotel. They are artists with the brush.

Peter D. Kizer, Dr. Houghton, David Eckrote and a number of others of Linn Grove paid their respects to this office this week. * * • William Robinson, of Fort Wayne, made us a pleasant call last Wedsesday while in our city. He is buying ties for the G. R. & I. railroad. The best on earth. Nichols and Shepard, new Vibrator Threshers and Engines. For sale by Ellsworth, Myers & Co. Decatur, Ind. 4 4 Fob Sale.—A valuable building lot; situated on Winchester street. A fine location for any one that wants to build a home. Enquire at this office. stf / Mr. Wisner, of Bluffton, was in our city last Wednesday, looking up a location for a laundry. He is a practicle man and will find our city a good place for the business. Business men who throw their waste paper out in front of their place of business, will find the Marshal after them with a warrant one of these days. “A word to the wise is sufficient.” Elzey's Cholera Balm cures Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, all pains in the bowels, bad colds, etc. Sold by TP. Harris, one square north of the M. E. church, Decatur, Ind. Its Ellsworth, Myers & Go’s harness trade has increased to such an extent that they have been compelled to put in another hand, Mr. Charles Chapman, of Hoagland. Their low prices for good work is what does it. 4-4 Prof. Snow presented us with a copy of the State Geologist’s Report; also a fine map of the State prepared by the State Geologist. The map shows the location of the gas and oil territory. This shows that Prof. Garley is well posted in the geology of the State, Mrs. Abram Robinson, who lives two miles south-east of the city, lost thirtyseven head of fine sheep yesterday morning, by drowning. They were in a field adjoining the St. Mary's river, and the sudden rising thereof during Wednesday night and early yerterday morning, prevented them from being reached and rescued by the owner.

ABOUT COINTI ROADS. How to Make a Lasting; Hoad from Common Ordinary Clay. The roadbed through a wet and swampy country, and where the surface of the road is below the land on each side, will become wet from the moisture which soaks up from the bottom, the source of the water on each side being higher than the road; such roads in the spring, and other wet weather, will, become impassable. The only way to drain-such a road is longitudinally, with three-inch drain tiles, running the whole lenght of the road to be drained; one line of tile beneath the middle es the road, and one beneath each side; it should be of the porous cheap tile, such as that used in some sections for sub-soil irrigation, which will freely admit the water; the larger the pores, the better. This will carry off all the water, and the air passing through the tiles will keep the bottom of the road dry. Then select the clay from the sub-soil for the road; this clay should be free from organic matter, as far as possible, should be dry and compact, ground fine and should be put on in thin layers and rolled as hard as possible; in this respect our common road rollers are defective in their operation; while they level and compress the surface, they do no allow the air and moisture to escape; they fail to pack the dirt firmly and to make the road solid and hard.

This can only be done with a roller, constructed on the principle of the tempering wheel used in the old time brick yards, which roller should be made with narrow steel tires with spaces between. A heavy roller constructed on this plan would render the road hard and smooth Notice how the bottoms of ponds are made watertight by the trampling of hogs and cattle. and other animals having split hoofs. This could not be done by the feet of horses and mules, they having solid hoofs compress the surface and leave the clay undisturbed a few inches below, as does our common road roller. The road must be kneaded, ground and packed from the bottom upward in layers so thin that the roller penetrates to the bottom of each, expelling all the air anif moisture. To keep the surface of the roSd dry and hard, it should have qgpwn euough to make the traverse.Agrafe* .greater than the longitudinal grade which would run the most of the water to the side ditches. If the water be permitted to run down thejroad constantly increasing in volumesuid velocity, it will wash away the best’of roads. Where the road is very steep, transverse ridges would assist in turning the water to the sides. Keeping the roads in repair should be the duty of competent men, who should devote their whole time to it. Roads can only be made in warm weather and after every rain this kneading roller should be applied to harden and pack them;, the summer wind and sun would evaporate all the organic matter and moisture, and the road would not heave in the spring when the frost leaves the ground; notice the soil in a hard, dry bank where air and moisture do not penetrate, no heaving there. lam inclined to the belief that roads should follow the natural lay of the country, rather than direct liness which necessitate deep cuts. I write this not as a matured plan but only as a suggestion, and to call out the opinions and the result of the observations of others.— John C, Bender, in Rural World. ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

James Melyille, I>. E., writes to the Orange Judd Farmer: With good roads a farm fourteen miles from a town will be nearer than one winch is five miles removed and has the present roads. No times of famine would occur in cities from lack of farm productions during the season of bad roads. The farmer will deliver his crops when they arq needed. Much time is lost waiting for passable roads. Farmers living near towns will have opportunity for more social pleasures. Good roads will make economic delivery of mails in rural districts possible. Fluctuations in markets will be known in the country as early as in the towns, giving farmers an opportunity of selling and buying to best advantage. If our roads remain in their present form the condition of rural classes Xvill not improve materially during the present generation. “What shall be done with our roads?” is a common question. It is useless to talk of a national system of roads at present. A national movement requires time, labor and patince, and comes after years of waiting and unrequited labor. It may be good in theory but 1 fear it is utterly Uptopian in practice. A state system is but little more feasible. State legislatures move slowly and in a very conservative way, even in so important a matter as a road improvement. i’raeticacl road reform must begin with the individual. The man who talks road improvement must be in earnest to the extent of being willing to give time and money to it. I have in mind a case which well illustrates this. I visited a county where all the main roads were in fine conditionIt seems that a young German farmer became 'enthusiastic on the question, lie studied road-making wherever he could find anything on the subject and asked questions of everyone he thought could aid him. He quietly secured the good will of a tew Influential men and when the town meeting, was held made the following proposition: “Give the road taxes

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pended yearly on the portion of road between my farm and the village, a distance of nearly six miles, for a period of ten years and I will build a single graveled track and keep it in repair.” To his surprise the proposition was accepted. After signing an agreement that the road should thereafter be in a worse condition than it was at that time the tax was turned over to him. The expenditure of four years’ taxes completed a single track, well graveled the entire distance, and before the expiration of the seventh year he had a double track for the entire distance in such good condition that the annual expenditure of his own road tax kept it in repair. Letter List. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Decatur, Ind., for the week ending April 15, 1893: Miss Amy Hauter, Mr Oly Len, Mrs Julia A Champ, Giuseppo Corareto. Persons calling for the above will please say advertised. B. W. Quinn, P. M. ATTENTION ! Head quarters, Co. “B,” ) Fourth Reg’t. Indiana Legion, I We the undersigned, Recruiting Committee, will receive applications for membership in Company “B,” from now until June 1, 1893. Applicants must be able-bodied men of good moral character, at least 18 years of age, and 5 feet 6 inches in height. Serg’t. John D. Andrews, Corporal Hugh Miller, - Private Samuel E. Hite. 5-3 Recruiting Committee. Every now and then we hear traveling men speak very flatteringly of our good looking young ladies. This of course can not be contradicted by the most unscrupulous of mankind, But how many of oui; young ladies stop to consider the chances they are taking in allowing themselves to be flattered and ilrted with by these people of the road. There is a thousand to one chance against the lady, who will mix her time in the company of these people. She looses the respect of those Whom she is at home with, and sooner or later the chain of respectability will be broken, with no welding material at hand to put into shape its former flawless appearance.—Danville Record. OWING TO THE SMALL ROOM -ANDTIIE INSECURITY OFFERED AGAINST FIRE, HENRY WINNES HAS MOVED IIIS STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES TO _THE “BOAVERS BLOCK,’’ FOUR DOORS WEST OF HIS FORMER PLACE. Where be will make all happy by selling them the best goods handled iu the City, at prices that will make other houses “wince,’' bis goods being all new and clean. In addition to his former stock, he has got his spring goods ready for his customers. He has no shelf-worn goods to offer at low prices to catch you all are full stock as warranted.

While writing with all the scientific knowledge of a great astronomer. Camille Flammarion in his marvellous story “Omega; The End of the World.” which begins in the April number of The Cosmopolitan magazine, keeps the reader at the highest point of excitement by his vivid description of tjie alarm and despair excited by the approach of a comet whose collision with the earth had been declared by astrono mers inevitable. The description begins at a time when the business of the world, has been suspended, and at a great mass-meeting held, in the Institute of France, we hear the discussion of scientists as to the possibility of a second delrtge, the drying up of all the surface water of the globe, or the-total destruction of human life by Cold, together with all the possible phases of death paralleled by the history of the moon. For scientific statement and sensational effect this characteristic production of French genius is unique, and the reader who reads this marvelous story—and if he begins it he will certainly finish it—will have assimilated without effort, a compact store of scientific knowledge. In this way, apart from its absorbing interest, this remarkable piece of fiction will have a distinct scientific value.

NOTICE. PRICE LIST AT TIIE PORK HOUSE, FOR MEATS. CHICAGO DRESSED mEEF. Steak, the best cuts. ----11 c Round and Chuck Steak, - - - 10 Pork, fresh, - - -' 12 Smoked Ham, - 18 Sliced Ham, 22 Side Meat and bacon, smoked. - 16 Beef, for Boiling, ------ 6 Pork Sausage, ------- 12 Dry Beef, -------- 15 Bulk, - - - - 12 Veal and Poultry on hand most all the time. LOOKS A LITTLE POISENOUS. T. H. Beatty, of Union township, this County, has lost, by death, three valuable stallions within the past three weeks —the two last on Monday morning. When Mr, Beatty went to the stable on Monday morning to do his feeding, he discovered one of his two horses lying dead, and the other in a very sickly condition. On examining the feed troughs of the animals, he discovered some chop-feed therein,—food that he had not put there himself. Mr. Beatty cannot account for the sudden dying of the animals, as they were in perfect health the evening before Two of the horses were the property of the Wabash Stock Company, of Wabash, Ind., and among the best stock in the country; the one having sold for $3,000, and the entire loss being raady $5,000. There was no insurance on the horses that we know of. A veterinary surgeon says the poisen used was arsenic. The case is causing quite a sensation The farmers thereabouts are all anxious to find the guilty party. TO RESTRAIN TAX COLLECTIONS. The Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad company filed a bill of equity in the circuit court of Indianapolis, before Judge Woods against Robison, treasurer of Adarns county, and the treasurers of Clinton, Fountain, Grant. Howard. Huntington. Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, and Wells counties in this state, and the,city treasurers of Marion, Warren, Frankfort, Kokomo, and the corporations bf the same towns for an injunction to restrain the levying upon the property of the road for the collection of taxes alleged to be due from the road for 189*2. It is charged that the state board of equalzation raised the assessment without process of law. on main track to $14,000 a mile, side tracks to $5,000’ a mile and rolling- stock to $2,000 for each mile of track. Jude Woods issued a temporary restraining order and fixed the final hearing for Monday, June 5. Clarence Brown, of Toledo, and Sam. O. Brown, of Frankfort, presented the bill.

A newly wedded couple boarded the train at an Adams county village not long ago, and a crowd of about a hundred saw them off. The groom was a strapping young fellow with sunburned face and hands, and bear's grease on his hair, while the bride might have been the "hired gal” on the same farm. They had no sooner taken a seat than he put his arm around her and began to caress one of her hands. A voice in the fear of them cried out “spoons!” but the bride groom gave no sign. Pretty soon he pulled her head dver on his shoulder, and there was a titter from the rear of the car. The head stayed right tjjere, however, and Josh got both her hands in one paw. Three or four voices cried out “Oh!” and “Ah!” but it was fully two minutes before be tenderly pushed her away and rose tip and looked around and said: “We are married. It was a case of luv. We sparked fur seven years. She’s my violet and I'm her towerin' oak. We've got ISO miles to go and we are goin’ to spoon every durned roil of it and if thars any critter here who thinks he can't stand it he kin get but and walk!”—Bluffton Banner. During the time Christ was on earth men died after talking like the above. Os course we can spare some Democrats from this State, but we would hate to see the Banner editor go that way. We may be mistaken, but judging from the above some one has said something very unkindly, as that or the ghost of Tom Pepper could only be guilty of such productions.

NUMBER 5.

MORTUARY. Let. death come in any form, it always brings its terrors, but how the pangs of grief are alleviated as we gather around the bedside of one who has patiently borne the trials of life with a precious trust in Christ and foufid him for nearly sixty years her comfort and her support. Such a scene was witnessed on Saturday night, April Bth, when an aged mother, surrounded by all her children, bade adieu to all earthly troubles and joined the mighty host that have gone beyond. Catharine B. Mayer was born in Wuttenburg, Germany, May 1, 1822, and died in Farmland, Ind., April 8, 1893, at the residence of her son-in-law, E. T. Gough, with whom she has lived for the past three years, lacking but a few days of being seventy-one years of age. She came to this country in 1853 and settled in New York City, where she was united in marriage to John F. Mayer the following year. She and her husband and children moved to Glendale, Ohio, in 1870, and after remaining at that place several years moved to Muncie, Ind., and thence to Farmland, Ind., where they lived until 1881 That year she and her husband moved to Greenville, Ohio, where her husband died on May 21, 1882. Since then she has made her home with her children, by whom she was dearly loved, and had ever attention and comfort bestowed upon her. Among her children she was the guardian angel, ever wielding a sweet and gentle influence upon them that will now be sadly missed. She leaves five children—one son and four daughters—one brother and five grandchildren, all of whom with the exception of her brother and one grandchild were at her bedside when she answered the call of her Master. Mrs. Mayer was a devoted member of the German Lutheran Church and always lived faithful to its teachings. On Monday morning, after a short religious service, conducted by Rev. W. H. Pierce at the residence of E. T. Gough, her remains were taken to Greenville, Ohio, where a large concourse of sorrowing friends followed the body to its final resting place. After a short service in German by the pastor of the church of her choice, she was laid to rest, covered with flowery, beside her husband to await a blessed reunion in another world, where sorrow is unknown. The deceased was the mother of John J. Mayer, of this office, and was well and favorably known by many of our German citizens.—[Ed. The popular Elk’s dinner—lsc 52tf Attorney E. C. Vaughen, of Bluffton, attended court here this week. Will Christen, architect. Office over °ete Holtbouse clothing store. 9U On account of bad health, V. B. Simcoke, the Monroe street druggist, offers for sale his entire stock of drugs, medcines and other articles, at cost price. They can be purchased either in bulk or part during the next thirty days. TTIS A FEAT TO FIT THE FEET BUT WE CAN DO IT AND DO IT NEAT; AT GILLIUM & CASE’£ SHOESTORE. MARRIAGES. The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last report: Willihm Fuhrman to Rosie S. Kirchner, William Seitz to Laura Rumple,, Joseph Faulk to Margaret A. Heavelin-. A Dayton dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer of Wednesday last, says: Hattie B. Botthoff, a girl who was employed as a hotel waitress, aud who went under the name of Clara Hamilton, took forty-eight grains of morphine in whiskey this marning, with suicidal inteht, and will probably reach the other shore despite the effort? of physicians. In a note to the lady at whose house she is dying, she reveals her true name, and asks that her body be sent to her father Horace Bothoff, Pleasant Mills, Adams county, Indiana. She concludes" *lhe note with the statement that Frank, her husband, is the cause of this.'