Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1894 — Page 4

ITiF 11P *lll PttlilCT*fit ' ** .?».‘a...xa.;j|t; JT. BX.JLOK»UWf, Orator. I BIDAY, APRIL 20. 1894. ( ■■■■ ■— — l i^_l i Ratr» o/ Kubtoription. One Year, In advance 11 50 Six Month* . ;' 78 Four Montns... 60 AU subscriptions not paid during the year will be charged at the rate of 82.00. -—— - • — 1 ■■."--j Office In Democrat Building, east sldeol Sec end Street—giotird tlcor DEMOCRATIC JUIHCIA L COA VENTION The Judicial convent ion will be belch at Portland. Ind.. Wednesday, May 16. 1894, for the purpose of nominating a candidate forjudge of he 26th Judicial Circuit and a Prosecuting Attorney for said district. The basis of representation to be one delegate for each 200 votes cast for Matthews for governor and one for each fraction of 100 and over. George W. Bolds, | Pn ,„ John Hanlin. f vom COUNTY TICKET’ ; ; For Auditor. :Dem.: W. H. H. FRANCE. (Dem.: JOHN H. LENHART. , ; For Treasurer. ; Dem - J DANIEL P. BOLDS. a ; For Recorder. Dem.: HARVEY HARRUFF ; ; For Sheriff. :bem.: PETER p. ash BAUCHER. •••; For Coroner. j '. T)elD -:' S.C. CLARK. ■ For Surveyor. :Dem.: W. E. FULK. ; ; For Commissioner—2nd Dist. Dem - * CONRAD BRAKE. .. . ... For Commissioner—3rd Dist. ;Dem. DAVID ECKROTE. With all the hard-times cry of the Republican party and calamity howlers in general, Decatur business men report an. extraordinary good business to-day. The move the government is making to do away with postal notes is a good one as the use of the money order is much safer. Such moves are appreciated by all. 2 a 1 Let our City officials get a “hus tie on” and see that Court Street is not made a public feed yard of this summer as heretofore. Propertyowners and others are complaining of this nuisance and their wants should be respected once in, a while. Our Commissioners’ attention is called to the court room of the Temple of Justice for the County of Adams, a leak of one of the pipes is damaging the plastering so that it will soon fall down if not at tended to at once, and save the room. Says one of our metropolitan dailies: United States Senators, like other mortals, have their likes and dislikes. Senator Hill, of New York, is in the latter category, with a large and sensitive majority. Not a single Senator congratulated him when be finished his recent speech against the tariff and the Adminis tration. The officials in authority of the City of Decatur should be more on the alert and prohibit people from driving across sidewalks where no driveway has been established. The sidewalk east of the Democrat office facing Front Street is being abused daily by such work, and we are told that the property-owners have made numerous complaints thereof without any redress. We interviewed a number of our holding a Business Men’s meeting merchants this yesterday regards to in the near future for the purpose of devising plans for organizing a County Fair. As all seen were favorable to an undertaking of this kind, we see no obstacle in the way why a meeting of this kind cannot be held. Let some one of the business men of Decatur say “When” to the holding of this meeting to the Daily Democrat and we’ll announce tha same with pleasure.

FF.ra/ \ The Democrat some time ago made mention of Mr. Williard Steele’s farm east of the city, being a very convenient and desirable place for bolding a County Fair, bas been fruitful to a considerable if not the entire extent of the suggestion. Mr. Steele informed a reporter of the Democrat that he had commenced tbe undertaking by laying out and building of a half mile speed track. With this much of tbe enterprise under construction, there is no disputing the energy and push of Mr. Steele in going still further in an enterprise that tbe people of Decatur and tbe farmers of Adams County will be greatly benefited by when in running order. Now let our merchants hold a Business Men’s Meeting, and come to the assistance of Mr. Steele, and Adams County will hold the finest Fair of any County surrounding us in 1894. The fire-bell attachments were considerably out of working order last night, when tbe alarm of fire was to be sounded from the city dormitory. Night-watchman Geary made several attempts to give the alarm therefrom, but could not. He and John King then proceeded to do the next best act, which was to pull the fire extinguisher out of the building and get matters in shape for the fire laddies on their arrival. If the citizens of Decatur, and the fire department in particular, would expect to be recognized in the sweet-by-and-bye, it would not be an out-of-place idea to reconstruct the entire make-up of the department. We had occasion to drift down the river Tuesday, in the neighborhood of the stone quarries. Everything here was at a stand still. Not a single man was employed at either of these places. John S. Bowers and Robison & Gillig generally give employment to about fifty men during the season of six months in the year. This year not a stone has been turned, nor a pick or shovel put in use. The City Council could have avoided a great amount of this stagnation of business if the proper forethought or push would have been exercised before the season for street improvement was at hand. There is still an opportunity to do a great amount of good in street building before the season closes, hope that all may work t<> that<nd. A Visltto the Couulj .5.i11. We madea visit to the County Jail this afternoon for thw pniptiseof getting a little news from that hostelry for the Evening Democrat. Sheriff Doak gave us a very cordial reception, and devining our mission opened the gates and allowed us an interview with tbe prisoners. We asked to see the party brought here last night from Huntington by Marshal Cowan, and who gave his name aa Frank Brown, and Columbus, Ohio, as his place of residence He came forward and we made known to him our business and asked to give us a little history of how the entrance to tbe hard ware store of J. S. Bowers & Co. was effected. Our mission on this score came to a very sudden hault; in fact tbe only conversation that past between us and Mr Brown (?) was, “If you want to know anything about me you can go to the court house and get it”, and turning up a cigar, that he was smoking at an ele vation of about sixty degrees, walked into another apartment with a swagger characteristic of the tough of all cities There is no mistake about Mr. (?) Brown being at home when behind pris on bars, and great credit must be given our officers and those of Huntington in landing a criminal whose knowledge of right is badly smirched. The other prisoners, four in number, were all feeling as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Neu enschwander and others known hereabouts were anxious to get a bearing in their respective cases, but expressed themselves as gentlemen and treated us to whatever information we asked for that they had to disclose. COUNCIL PHO<TI])IM,«, The meeting w caLied to order wiUtCL--Ift. Patterson in lb chair,. Mayor Re>;<t being absent; all others present. Meeting of previous meeting read and approved. The only special work of the evening was a petition presented by D. E. Studabaker and others asking for the luacadeinrzlng of Third street from the north side of tbeC, & E. railroad to the north corporation lin< of said cjty. which said .petition was referred to the .committee on streets and rile, The tinancydpifi'mittee reported fav. on Street Com missione’r pay roll, allowance, amounting Jo $lO9, besides several other bills of minor sums.

court, Tuesday derided the fee‘and 9 salary law of 1891, unconstitutional and . void In that it omits to include the 1 treasurer, auditor and rt ioorder of Shelby county within its provisions. Tbe e recent decision of tbe Indiana supreme j court in the case of Henderson versus B state ex-re)., involving the fees of sheriffs, is which the law was held constl- ’ tutional was largely commented on in ? the case. Tbe treasurer of Benton 1 county declined to turn into the treas--1 urer’s fund the surplus receipts of his office over and above bis salary, as provided in the 1891 statute, but tbe court 5 holds that treasurers, auditors and re- ' corders are entitled to the respective incomes of their office under the stati utes of 1879. The decision is of far reaching importance and is a victory for the association of county officers re cently formed to fight the law of 1891 i . Last Way ofSchool at District No. 6, tn Washington Township. ' The school at District No. 5, (Roud--1 enbush school) taught by J. H. Steel, closed ast Friday. The forenoon was devoted to regular exercises. The work of the scholars speaks well for the teacher, showing that he has made a success of his work. This was Mr. Steele’s second term at this i place. The school is keeping stride with . the times. The patrons came with well filled baskets, and as the dinner showed contained chicken, cake. &c , enough for all and to spare. After dinner the young men and boys amused themself with a game of base ball. At 1:30 the crowd of about 125 was pleasantly entertained by the pupils for two hours with declamations, recitations, songs and dialogues, followed by speeches by the patrons. It was a day enjoyed by all, and the teacher leaves the school with the good wishes of all. One Who Was There. PUOGK.in. The following is the program of the Farmers’ Institute to beheld at Berne, Ind., April 26,1894. 11:30 A. M. Music. invocation Rev. Stelninger Music. Welcome Address J; F. Lehman Sheep Raising.... F, N Kerr,’ Davis Dailey Music. Education of Farmer’s Daughters Sadie Chrisman and Bina Campbell Music. How to Make the Most of a Clover Crop.. t George Tricker and F. W. McKean The Future Home of our Young People... Edward S. Moses and C. P. Payne Miscellaneous Business. Committee of Arrangements:—A. A. Spruuger. P. Soldner, Wm Baumgartner. Lien Grove Grist. Peter M. Schindler moved on his late purchased farm north of town on Tuesday. Rev. D. B. Reckanl will fill the pulpit at the Baptist church at Poneto next Sabbath. Dr. Caylor and Orlando Hilton, of Nottingham, were visitors to the 1. O. O, F. here on Wednesday night. With much regret we note that our townsman and friend, John Heller* is dangerously sick. < diver Linn, of Wells county, has bought Uie old hay and stock scales and moved them on his farm. Died, at the residence of John Zebr, of the south precinct, on Wednesday of last week, Andrew Rechter, aged 74 years. Trustee Holtman took charge of his remains and placed them in the care of our undertaker when on the following day it was given a respectable burial. He was a tramp by profession, and a soldier in the Federal Army, bein% a member of Co. “A” 71st Regt. Ohio volunteer Infantry, enlisting at Celina, Ohio. Papers were found among his effects showing an application for a pension, his claim under date of April 16,1892, was denied on the grounds that he was a deserter. The aged wayworn traveler was a harmless and homeless old man, friendly hands gave him a dying pillow and a humane interment, but without either an offered prayer, or song sung or the shedding of a farewell tear. He laid his burden down for others to take up and respond to the call of Him who says: “Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” Various colors in Perfection Dyes can be had at the store of Hoffman & Gottschalk, who also keep Sherwin & Williams’ Paste Paint, There is no better on sale. •b Williams'’ Clippings. Mrs. Sarah Mercer has moved into her ' new house which is a handsome one. John King is doing some painting for 1 Henry Saierman. 1 Mr. Grims, who formerly lived near Decatur, has recently moved to this place. Williams can boast of having as nice" a lot of shade trees as any village of her size in the county. There is some talk of the G. R. & I. R. R. Co., locating a telegraph office at this place. 1 Let all enterprising citizens of this place I and vicinity encourage it, for It is soineI thing which we stand In need of. 1 The more Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is used the better it is liked. We know of uo oilier remedy that always gives satisiaciion- It is good when you first catch euitl- It is go<xl when your cough is seated f and your lungs are sore. It is good in any kind of a cough- We have sold twenty-five dozen of it and every bottle has sat- ’ Isfaction. sfedman & Friedman, druggists, . Minnesota Lake, Minn. 50 cent bottles for sale by W. H. Nachtrieb, druggist. a An 014-time supper willbe given by ■lie mflnHwffl of the Epworth League, ’m! onlay evening, April 2lst, at tbe Lecture room of the M. E. church,. Supi per will be served from 5 to 8 o’clock. Everybody invited. / lw

y Dry Goods ■ > 7B 30 ‘ Bo , I’iedee Piece* ' pieces J 'Arnolds Satinees Newhouse Cashmeres ‘ Satin Gloria’s . ‘ - 30 inch wide 30 iiicli wide 30 inch wide at 10 cents. at 10 cents. All Light Colors at 8 cents. OUR XjIND INTOXiUDHa UCEEXI Weaves and Colorings. IT IB COMFIrUTM XJNT BJVHIRY RHaFIICT. Prices as Usual-THE LOWEST. gCMiTOW »TOXI.Jg!. -RTTPirtT ,W R <ft3 MOLTZ.

Honduras Hooting. The Christian Endeavor at x thls place which was lately organized is moving on with great success. Mrs. Simon Babcock is slowly recovering from an attack of lagrlppe. Mrs. Fredman Voight and others were at Fort Wayne last week. On last Thursday evening a host of friends gathered at the residence of Adam Pease and greatly surprised him. Mr. Peace has been a citizen of this place for a number of years, and Is wandering through the fifty-seventh year of his life's journey. Those present were entertained with music by Miss Gibson. Miss Gibson, of Decatur, is giving music lessons in this vicinity. My wife was confined to her bed for over two months with a very severe attack of rheumatism. We could get nothing that would afford her any relief, and as a last resort gave Chamberlain’s Pain Balm a trial. To our great surprise, she began to improve after tbe first application, and by using it regularly she was soon able to get up and attend to her house work. E. H. Johnson, of C. J. Knutson & Co., Kensington, Minn. 50 cent bottles for sale by W. H. Nachtrieb, druggist. a The Erie Lines will Nell Excursion Tickets to the Following Points. Republican State Convention at Indianapolis, ticketson sale April 23rd,24th and 2-sth; return limit to April 27th; round trip fare $3 30. May Musical Festival at Indianapolis; tickets on sale May 14th and 15, with return limit to May 18th; round trip $4 40. Meeting of the Rebecca Lodge, I. 0. O F.. at Indianapolis; tickets on sale , May 13th and 14th, with return limit to May round trip tickets 54.40. Meeting Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Indianapolis; tickets on sale May 15th and 16th. with return limit to May 18th; round trip $4.40. Peoples Party State Convention at 1 Indianapolis; tickets on sale May 22nd and 23rd, with return limit to May 25th; round trip $3.30. Musical Festival at Indianapolis; tickets on sale May 6th and 7th, with return limit to May Btb; round trip ■ $4.40. German Baptist (Dunkards) Annual Conference at Meyersdale, Pa. The Erie Lines—Tbe Chicago & Erie—will sell round trip tickets from all points at very low rates. Tickets on sale May 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th, yyith return limit of 30 days. For full information call on or address any Chicago & Erie agents. J. W DeLong, Agent. Decatur, Ind. W. G. Me Edwards, T. P. A., Huntington. Ind. Result of an Artistic Conceit. About a year ago a clever artist, in mere caprice, made an ingenious picture of a canalboat being propelled by the trolley. He received a few dollars for the picture, and so far as he was concerned that was the end of it. Some scheming fellow up in Albany saw the, illustration and at once had a bill passed appropriating $20,000 for experimenting. The results have proved successful, and that politician is now on the highway toward becoming) a millionaire. That artist is still making pictures. As this sort of power on canalboats is likely to become permanent, it is just as well to tell everybody the name of the poor, struggling artist, so that he may get some measure of justice. His name is J. F. Burns. —Detroit Tribune. The New Shine. The spring chappie, besides tying his own tie and buttoning his own shirt with real buttons, is supposed to have blackened his own shoes. Whether it is out of deference to the spring muds, or whether as a caprice, it is not known, but it is far from fashionable to have boots with the gloss of a bootblack’s polish upon them. No extreme chappie would go forth in shoes done thus. “Take off the shine, ” is the order given to the bootblack.—New York Recorder. ' , European Expositions. Three expositions are to be held in Europe in 1894, more or less international in their character. At Lyons? will be held a great show of silks, velvets, ribbons, etc., and ail the varied and beautiful products of the silkworm and the loom. At Madrid will be held an ' exhibition of Spanish arts and industries. At Antwerp, in Belgium, however, will be held the only really international exhibition of the year.—Exchange. Downfall of Napoleon* That famous statue of Napoleon which stood high on the cliffs at Boulogne looking seaward in' defiance toward England was blown down in the ) late English channel storm. Itstood 25 feet high and was well known to the casual American tourist—Boulogne Letter. ' When in need of smoking or chewing I tobacco call on Milt Byers, Second St., •signof “Big Injun,” 3tf

Real Estate Transfers. The following real estate transfers have been recorded since last week: Peter D Roth et al to Jacob J Roth pt 160 acres French tp .#2500 00 Daniel Railing to Jaa W Drummond lot 119, Decatur 500 00 Win W Collins to Jeremiah Swank q c d 80 acres in Wabash tp 500 00 Jerry Swank to Ella CollinsSOacres Wabash tp 100 oft Barnet B Boehm to Chas D Porter lots 58,59.00, 73 74 and 75 Geneva 800 00 Decatur Cemetery Association to L Poling lot 250 Decatur Cemetery... 80 00 W Frederick Beineke to Wm H Belneke, Jr, q c d pt of 40 acres Kirkland tp 100 00 David Studabaker to Mame Smith lot 638 Decatur 150 00 JVm W Drummond to Ida Durr pt out-lot 260 Decatur 560 00 Ezra Lister to Levi Poling lot 489 Decatur 810 00 Louisa Ilelnberger to Aaron Heinberger qcd 80 acres Jefferson tp 100 00 John 11 Sipe et al to Jos L Sipe q c d 23 1-3 acres Blue Creek tp.. .. 1800 00 Ott JJolds to Leah Bolds 80 acres Hartford tp. 4000 00 John 11 Sipe et al to A J Sipe 1052-3 acres Blue Creek tp 3000 00 John H Sipe et al to Elizabeth Sipe q c d, 118 56-100 acres in Blue Creek tp 4000 00 Decatur Cemetery Associatiomto Z O Lewellen, lot 78 In Decatur Cemtery 25 00 Emanuel Freidlineto AbelMurchland. 41% acres in Union tp...... 1175 00 Emanuel Freidline to William A Sprunger, 47% acres in Union tp. 1400 00 George W Gates to John H Gates, acres In Monroe tp 1500 00 ’ James L Swartz to Katherine Lattie 30 acres in Blue Creek tp 900 00 Peter C Moser to August Henselman 20 3-4 acres in Monfoe tp 1200 00 Elizabeth Cully to Silas Robinson, lot 108 and pt 138 in Geneva 900 oo John Blakeslee to Anna Golden, lot 226 and 229 in Geneva 600 00 Thomas E Mann et al to John Blakeslee, Qc d, lot 227, Geneva. 100 Alva Houser to John Blakeslee qcd lot 707 in Decatur 1 00 Jesse A Houser et al to John Blak- ’ esleeq c d, lot 700 in Decatur.... 15 00 John Blakeslee to German Building Loan Fund and Saving AssoCelation qe d, lot 700 in Decatur.. 800 00 W H H France, Auditor, to Ed Martin, T T C, lot 10 in Geneva.. 2 00 J T Merryman. Com’r, to Henry F Rodenbeck, 40 acres in Union tp. 1925 00 Persons who are subject to attacks of bilious colic can almost invariably tell, by their feelings, when to expect an attack. If Chamberlain’ Colic< Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is taken as soon as these symptoms appear, they can ward off the disease. Such persons should always keep the Remedy at hand, ready for immediate use when needed. Two or three doses of it at the time will save them much suffering. ( For sale by W. H. Nachtrieb, druggist, a The Democrat gives you all of the latest news, national, state and connty.

WG« ! .. IHIUaiNS! Men’s Plow Shoes (good) $ 50 “ “ “ hand pegged. 100 “ Satin Oil Dfess Shoes 1 00 Women’s Dongola Shoes pat tip 95 “ / “ “ plain toe 90 “ “ “ Oxford. 75 Misses “ “ “ .. 65 If you want .CHEAP GOODS. We can .SAVE YOU MONEY. We carry the Medium and Better Grades in the Latest Styles and all Widths. Our stock is larger and assortment better than any other Shoe House in Adams County. No Trouble to Show Goods I No Fear of Competition ! We have what you want. ’ The Prices we Guarantee as Low as the Lowest. KERN & BRITTSON.

>Erie Lines. Schedule In eflect Nov. 12. 1893. Trains Leave Decatur as Follow si TRAINS WBBT. No. VVeeHbule Limited, daily for 2;W p. M No. 8, Pacific Express, dally for I , -ns . a No. 1. Express, daily for Chicago 10:45 A. M No.JH, Local, daily, except Sun-1 A M> TRAINS MAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, dally fori ?.<» w Now York and Boston ‘ r. M daily for New 2;Og p M No.U. dally for Now No. BaLocal, dally except Sun- > day [10:80 A. M. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping oars to Columbus. Clrolevill, Chllllcathe, Waverly. Portsmouth, Irantor. and Kenova, via Colum bus Hocking Valley A Toledo and Norfolk A Western Lines. J. w. DeLono, Agent. W. G. MacEdwards, T. P. A. Huntington. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. Trains run on Central Standard Time, 28 minutes slower than Columbus or former time. Took effect March 15.18 M. ' GOING NORTH. STATIONS. No. 1 No. 8 No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati..lve 45".. 805 Richmond..:.. 735 pm 11 Olla tn Winchester. .. 8 34.. 11 49 Portland 014 .. 1228 pm .. Decatur 10 12 .. 1 25 Ft.Wayne...arr 10 56 .. 215 *• •• ...Ive 235 805 am Kendallville 3 41 9 10.. Rome City 3 56 9 26 .. Wolcottville 4 01 9 31.. Valentine 411 9 42.. Lima ' 4 29 10 10 .. .Sturgis 4 41 TO 21 .. Vicksburg j 536 11 14 .. Kalamazoo.arr .. 6 05.. 1145 .. •• ..Ive 0 25.. 545 am 1235 pm Gr. Rapids. .arr 810 .. 725 .. 215 “ •• ..Ive 740 D'., G.H. AM.er 7 55 Howard City... 9 05 Big Rapids 1000 Reed (Sty 1036 Cadillac arr 11 45 ~..)ve ...1150 Traverse City 160 pm Kalkaska 165.. Potoskej 355 .. .;... . MacktnaoCtty 515 GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 8 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City 740 am Petoskey 915 Kalkaska 112”) Traverse City 1106 Cadillac ....arr 105 pm Reed City 2 35.. Big Rapids. 3 05.. Howard City 3 50.. .. D..G.H.&M.cr .... 6 00 Gr. Rapids .arr 515 “ “ ..Ive 65(>am 1120 pm 216 rm Kalamazoo.arr 100 am 4(i0;.. “ ..Ive 838 405 .. Vicksburg 9 04 4 30 ..; Sturgis 9 56 5 24 ..I Lima 1010 5 37.1 LaGrange.... 10 22 .. 550 . . Valentine 1031.. 800. Wolcottviffe... 10 42 fl 12 .. Rome City 10 47 8 18.. Kendallville... 1103 6 36 . Ft. Wayne..arr 7 50 .. “ “ ..ive 1235 pm 545 am Decatur 1 25 8 30 Portland 2 14 7 30 Winchester.... 240 8 09. Richmond 345 915 pm Cincinnati q:10 12 01 Trains 2 and 4 C run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. C. L. LOCKWOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent JEFF. BRYSON Agent, Decatur, Ind MMMMM■■■■■■■■■■■