Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1894 — Page 1

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VOLUME XXXVIII.

From Friday'* Daily. Miss Judy Fitz Gerald left for Fort Wayne to-day. Born to Dave Rice and wife, of Monmouth, a girl baby. • John Abnet, of Jefferson township was in the city to-day. Ex-Commissioner John Kupright is among his friends In the city to-day. Miss Effie Bottenburg came np from Hartford City on her wheel. While at dinner some one cm the tire off irom . the wheel. •‘Old Glory” floats from the Central school building. This as it should be. the stars and stripes Should ever be found floating from every public building. __ If you want the latest new* about"! be strike, call at the News Stand to-mor-row morning. Call early and you will not be disappointed on account of the papers being sold out. F Betz’s celebrated Blood Root Poultry Powder will positively cure cholera and all diseases of the flock. As an egg producer it has no equal. Satisfaction guaranteed oi money refunded. For sale by Yager Bros Wl4-4 Oh! oh) for the corner of the public square, you will find L. Hart ready and willing to wait on all both great ahd small, with the finest line of fancy goods, and candies, hot popcorn, peanuts, and cigars. L. Hart's Fruit Stand. 45 ts Harvey Darwactor,'aged 25, died last night at the home of his brother-in-law George Close, who lives about five miles northwest of this city. He had been sick for two months; his death was caused by paralysis. Funeral will take place to morrow. THIEVES VISIT MONMOCTH. Rev. Watts, of Monmouth, was last night relieved of forty dollars in money whicibhe had collected during the day, and a silver watch. The money and watch were in his clothes on going to bed, and left on a chair near his bed. Mr. Watts has a very watchful dog which he keeps chained near the house, who, on the slightest noise that occurs near there is up-and-a-barking. At about 11 o'clock Mr. Watts got up from bis bed and went out doors, and at that time the dog was at his place of rest This morning, however, the dog was gone and nothing has been seen or heard of him since. PAID THEIR TAXES. ) The great railroad tie-up has benefitted the state of Indiana in one respect, at least. Both the Pullman and Wagner car companies, which had all along refused to pay their state taxes, have surprised the state treasurer by paying in full all taxes accrued since the act of 1891. The Pullman company has neaps of gall, but not enough to call on the state for aid in surpressing the strike while yet playing the role of tax dead-beats. The state should very carefully bold on to all it got from these companies and spend as little money as possible in aiding the greedy car companies their fight to force their employes to' accept the European pauper wage scale —Marion Leader. MILITARY DRILL IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. In some of the eastern cities military drill is being introduced in the public schools. Some opposition has been offered against the innovation on the « ground that it would have a tendency to foster the spirit of militaryism and therefore of war. This objection seems to be imaginary rather than real. Boys who attend so-called military schools, or schools in which military drill is a regular feature, are not more prone to fighting than other boys. The spirit of this objection, carried to its logical conclusion, would do away with all militia and armories, with our small standing army, and with the navy and the splendid ships added and adding to it. On the other hand, military drill in * the schools, which would occupy only a few minutes a day, would teach boys how to stand erect, bow to walk and carry themselves, and would be valuable as a discipline in teaching them to obey orders. The advantages clearly seem to outweigh the objections.—Wabash Plain Dealer. ’ ' ■ • SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, If you want something for nothing* now is your chance. The City News’ Stand has in its posession fourcomplete volumes of the beautiful scenes of the White City and eleven parts of the Portfolio of National Photography, the first part of each volume will be given free to any new subscriber of .The Daily Democrat who takes the paper a month, or to any of our old subscribers who will pay a month in advance.

deoatur. adams county, Indiana, Friday, julyis, 1894.

From Saturday* Daily. Homer Undsrwood, reporter for the Huntington circuit court, was in our citv yesterday. He formerly was a res iden of this city. The Epworth League state convention which closed its 1894 session in Peru, elected Mrs. A. D. Moffett, of ! our city third vice-president. tor a first class Shave, Hair Cut or Shampoo, call on Newt Anderson. First door east of Burk House, (Burdge’s old stand.)* 30dtf The mother and youngest brother of James Bain left.for their home at Mt. Etna. They were accompanied by Mrs James llaiu and Mrs A. E. Huff- ! man. The Pleasant Grove I . B. Sunday school will bold a picnic, on Thursday, > July 26th. A cordial invitation isfc ex- ■ tended to all. The place of holding the I picnic will be in the grove by the • church. The Epworth League has 628 senior ■ and 284 jnni(jxch:»pters, with a grand i membership of 58 OW) in this State, i $11,421 was distributed to the sick the ■ pastyear. * ’ Henry Kricli and Dr. Mentzer, of Monroeville, called ;\t the Democrat . office this morning and reported the I Pittsburgh road tied up. The DemoI crat package for Monroeville was taken "over bßthem. 1 Aaron DeVinney and wife accom--1 panied by his father and brother spent ! the 4th in Andeison, Ind., with his , brother Will and wife and other rela» , tives. Aaron reports that Henry Ew- ( ing his grandpa, who is well-known in j this county, is in good health and as I strong a Democrat as ever. He is S 3 of age. The school board of our city have contracted with |lr. Albreigbt Christen for the furnisning of one flag staff for ' each of the several Ward school build- ’ ings of our city—the same to be placed on the cupalos thereof and from which ’ the American flag will float during ’ all days of favorable weather, during the year. j Deputy-Postmaste Will Chisten cele- ■ brated the Fourth in a maimer very peculiar. The peculiar part of the celebration was performed at Rockf- ford, Ofiio. whither Will had nied himI self on the Fourth and whs married to ’ one of Rockford’s fairest lady’s, Miss Ehret. The Democrat and a host of friends congratulate the happy couple. Barney Wemboff, Sr., who with his , wife lives on 6th street, between Monroe and Madison streets and who sells ■ spirituous liquors in quantities from a quart to four gallons, had a customer the other evening who didn’t stand on , ceremonies nor the price per gallon of the spirits. About the hour of 10 o'clock Mr. Wemhoff was awakened by , some one calling for him from the outside. On going to the door he was confronted by a young man who said he wanted to buy some whiskey. Mr. Wemhoff asked his visitor if he was of age, to which a reply was received that he was 23 years old. The price and brand of the whiskey was then inquired into by visitor; all of which was satisfactory, and four gallons was bargained for by the visitor, who produced two two-gallon jugs in which to put the juice. While Mr. Wemhoff and the visitor were in conversation, Mrs. Wemhoff put in appearapce, and the three proceeded to the laboratory to make the draught 1 When the first jug was filled and the second one commenced, the visitor again inquired of Mr. Wemhoff the price of the whiskey, at the same time taking hold of the handle of the jug already filled. When told the price be made for the door, where stood Mrs. Wemhoff, and who endeavored to blockade the passage way but was unsuccessful, as the visitor pushed her away and ran out into the darkness, carrying along the jug and whiskey. Mr. Wemhoff gave the alarm of stop theif, but was not beard by any one, and the theif was soon lost sight of. Mr. W. says he will not remain in America any longer, but will go to Germany where such scoundrels don’t exist. BUSYBODIES. There is a neighborhood in this city where nearly, if not quite all the people are respectable. but the bane of the locality is the leisure which some of the womek have, one of two in particular, all of which they devote to nosing around their neighbors’ affairs. They will put out the lights and sit in the dark until a late hour watching any social gathering to see if they can not discover something that smacks of sensation. If they fail to see anything they manufacture something and then talk it over the back fence to any monger who will stand and listen.

— — —— I n From Monday'* Daily. » Born to John Wilke and wife, yesterr day morning, a girl baby. The funeral of Mary E Maloney will be held to-morrow at 2210 p. m. from ■ the residence, corner of Third and i Adams streets. E Tbe different Grand Army Posts of Illinois are offering their services to r the government to help settle the . strike. They are ready to help (Jude , Sam out of this trouble the same as they did In the late war. t AN ALL ’BOUND CUTTING! WATCH IN MON HOE. . The town of Monroe furnished quite . a sensation last Saturday night, caused by several parties who live ih them partsengaging in a free-for-all fight. f It seems that the Brandyberry brothers ’ — Laymon and Benjamin—residents of Monroe township and Samuel Trout3 ner, who lives in St Marys township 3 have not been on the very best of terms for some time past, by having had r words at a dance, given in the latter s I neighborhood several months ago. Tbe pic-nic given at Monroe, last Saturday B caused niany people to go there, of which Samuol Troutner was one. While Troutner was engaged in store- * ing away a dish of ice cream, he was 1 interviewed by the Brandyberry e brothers in a manner not very friendly or lenghtly. but to the effect that they s had got h.m (Troutner) where they wanted him and intended giving him a - sound thrashing.” The Brandy berry s t opened 1 the engagement by landing s several well aimed blows on Troutner’s , face and body. Troutner seeing no -way of escaping the punishment he was a (receiving at the hands of the Brandys berrys todk from his pocket a knife of 3 tbe ordinary size and commenced to cut and slash his adversaries in a manner more serious than profitable. In e the conflict Lamon Brandyberry was 1 cut in the neck near tbe jugular vein, r and it was thought at first that he would bleed to death; but by the assis--1 tance of surgical aid the flow of blood 3 was checked and wound sewed usf'and ! he is now in a fairway of recovery. Z Benj. Brandyberry, the other brother received several cuts in the abdomen. . which may prove fatal. f » HKV. GREGG’S SEHMON. ' / 0 Rew Gregg gave hia congregation some timely words of admonition yes- ’ terday. His text was “Remember Lot’s J Wife,” Luke 17-32. 3 Among other things he said: There f are no unimportant moments in life • The mistake of to-day may be tbe 3 monstrosity of to-morrow.' The pillar of salt does not stand for one offence 3 but for a well-grounded desire to disj obey. This disobedience perhaps ber gins in Lot’s choice. He chose at once , the fertile valley in which were the C cities of Sodom and Gomorah. Not j always is the pleasantest the best 7 choice. The call to tbe ministry may be given to the grandsire and find itself j flowing in a steady stream in the purI popes of the grandchild. These present moments are fought with eternal conp sequences. Righteousness is the cause not the I effect of civilization In tbe present ■ crisis, the right is the only cause. We have made mistakes and are making . them to day. We do not discriminate > it makes some difference whether a ( man is good or bad; intelligent or unintelligent, mild or vicious; but our government does not think so. Every ’ vile, miserable wretch too pointed even ’ for the toul nest from which he pame receives a smiling welcome to our ’ shores. . No one asks about his moral, all that is wanted is his vote. Through an in- ' terpreter he is naturalized and at once begins throwing mud upon the stprs and stripes and striving to drag it down and trample it under foot Until we make morals and intelligence the standard, we may expect the rioting of to-day. When he is here we do not rightly impress him. No committee conducts him to some sanctuary and say to him, “this is a Christian nation,” but he is hurried into the vestibule of hell, the American saloon, and there initiated into the good fellowship of this free country. / Men are not striking so much because their bread is in danger, but because their drink is likely to be curtailed. It is time for the righteous men of this nation regardless of party to arise in their might and drive out this curse of our nation. Signs of disintegration are at hand. When in the midst of conflagration and blood shed the governor of one of our greatest states seeks a petty quarrel with the President of the U. S , it is time for the real evil to be wiped out. “He that soweth to the wind shall reap the whirlwind.’.’ Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall Ibse it; but whosoever lose bis life shall preserve It.”

From Tuesday's Daily. I Web Foreman and wife, of Berne, will make Decatur their future home. 1 John France, Frank Mann and Wils i Merryman took flying trips to Geneva 1 to-day. Osa Rohr, of Columbus, 0., is the I guest of his uncle, Michael Rohr and > | family. »! ———— ft i Dr. J. Q. Neptune and family start -1 this evening to Celina, Ohio, for a j week s visit. II Homer Parrish is improving rapidly from the effects of a severe cut in tbe e leg by a scythe. I ( Kindergarten begins tomorrow I I morning at 9 o'clock at the Central ' school building s> , : f i George Brock, of East Liverpool, 0., - i is visiting his parents John Brock and p family in this city., 8 Mrs. Amy Merriman, of South Saleiri * is the guests of Mrs. Elmer Merriman 8 i of Nor&n Tenth street. e / — ;: - j, F. jrarrish who has been at home for j- a week's vacatioiy returned looking ! i fresh £ound and hearty* - J. S. Peterson and wife, of Decatur, s visited with friends here over Sunday, y —Bluffton News, July 9. ? There will be au ice cream supper at I the Washington church on next Saty urday evening. July 14th., ci 8 " Harry Christian, drug clerked BlackII burn & Miller’s has gone home for a s short visit on account ot poor health. ° D. E. Studebaker and family res _ turned to-day from an extended visit , with friends at Goshen and Ft. Wayne. °| Ex-Commissioner Henry Stacy wMi ' in the city to-day itrattendance at the D funeral of his daughter, Mrs. Maloney, s i Mose Byers and Barney Terveer e maue a business trip to Geneva this . morning, returning on the regular afj ternoon train. John B. Rice and wife drove to Ft. Wayne this morning, where they will r remain for several days, the guests of Wm. Jeffries and wife. W. H. Lemar, an old and respectable citizen of this city, died this morning H at the residence of bis son-in-law, J. , W. Burk on Ninth street. Miss Emma Jackson, who has been 9 visiting at Huntington for the past ' week, the guest of Mrs. Etta Bros--3 brough, returned home yesterday. r 3 Will Jeffries and wife, of Ft. Wayne - and Miss Blanche Jeffries, of Spring- . field, 0., Sundayed with J. B. Rice and X family and returned home to-day. 3 Comrade Charles H. Lemar and fam t ily, of Warsaw, Ind., arrived in the city this afternoon, in response to a . telegram announcing the death of his father, W. 11. Lemar. Friends to tbe number of forty congregated at the residence of Willis Syphers on North Eleventh street last ‘ Saturday night and had a general good time. Cake and ice cream was servrd ' to tbe satisfaction of all those present.

The Creamery Co., has now a telephone line running from the Creamery across the river to Sprang & True's store and connected onto J. W. Place's telephone. You can now talk to the Creamery or ice cream factory by stepping into Sprang & True s. Frisinger & Mangold brought from Michigan last week a car load of fine horses. Among the number was a pacing horse which they intend keeping here for the Fair this Fall and put him in company with the swift ones that will be entered then. 4 Charles N. Spencer, of Rapid City. Dakota, arrived in the city yesterday and was heartily welcomed by his many friends, In the days when Charley belonged to the fire department of our city there were none of the laddies who could run up a ladder, more agilely than be. Several of the brick-wheelers engaged on Second street improvement to-day noon struck for higher wages. They have each been receiving $1 25 per day for their services, and concluded that a raise of 25 cents would not be out of place. Their demands were not complied with .and they quit. Those that remained and were not in the strike were given a raise of 25 cents per day by the contractor. UKTTKR I.IST. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Decatur, Ind., for the week ending July 9,1894. David Snyder Lettie Hill Persons calling for the above will please say advertised. John Welflky P. M. I i

DAYTON YR. DKC'ATI'R. The Dayton and Decatur base ball clubs bad their first meeting this afternoon. The game was called at 3:30, with our boys on deck. From the first inning to tbe close of tbe game our boys played exceptionally fine ball and made several play s that could not have been better executed by any club in tbe land. The Dayton club was out-classed in this game, and we hope by to -morrow they will give better satisfaction to both'patrons and themselves. While one ot the Dayton players was ready to bat, a very swift ball from our piyjber, Minnehan, caught him on the left side of Hie head causing blood to flow freely. Water was freely applied and in a short while he was able to resume'his place again. The score is as follows: Daytons ...... .. .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 Decaturs.. 11 30103 4 0 10 -32 front Daily. Mrs, J. B For/returned from Marion to-day. Miss Mitiuie Barkley went to Cleveland, Ohio, to-day. Robert B. Allison returned from Ogden. Mich., to-day. - M. V. B. Archbold went to Louisville, Kentucky, this morning. George McWhirter, of Durfee. Ind , is visitiug friends here this week A free lunch for the babies next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock F. E. Gideon, of McGill, 0., was shaking hands with bis friends here to-day. , Rev. Clarence Reynolds, of Minneapolis, Minn , is tbe guest of A. J. Hill and wife. The funeral of W 11. Leman will be held at the M. E. cburch at 10:30 a. m. to-morrow. Miss Mary Mcnean of Circleville, O. is visiting her uncle and aunt, Daniel Donovan and wife. There will be a social held at L nion chapel on Saturday evening, 21, for the benefit of tbe church. Everybody invited. < A baby social will be held at the late residence of C. T. Dorwin opposite the Presbyterian church next Tuesday evening. Attorney J. F. Mann is at Chicago to-day. He will be there to witness the great struggle that is going on there to-day. The tight is said to be hot. The engineer on No. 2 eastbound on the C. & E. says they brought two men from Chicago on cots and let them off at Kingsland to be sent south on the Muncie to Bluffton where they belong. The street contractor has a full set of bands to day, regardless of tbe strike yesterday. Whether the hands that have taken the place of the strikers are “scabs” we have not been informed. Remember, that passenger travel between Decatur and Dayton, 0.. is uninterrupted The Dayton Soldiers’ home excursion train will leave the G. R. & I. depot at 6:30 am., July*. 17th. I’are f 2 \

Miss FrankO. Davis,of near Pleasant Mills, broke her arm yesterday while unloading hay. The rope that works the fork jerked her off of the load, thus causing the accident 40 happen. Dr. Vizzard reduced the fracture. The case of the state of Indiana against Nolan King for giving beer to minors, was an expensive one costing him about thirty dollars. This should be a warning to some people who think they can violate the law without being punished for tbesame. A few prosecutions for giving tobacco to small boys, would have a healthful effect. To kill cabbage worms: To each pail of water add one pint of common salt and two ounces of salt-petre. Dissolve thoroughly and apply the mixture to the cabbage heads with a sprinkler wetting the heads thoroughly. The best time to sprinkle is when the sun is hottest. If directions are followed it will kill every worm, and it is entirely harmless to the human family. We have a few men in our city, that like the anarchists of Chicago, are ready to do anything that will cause an They will tell and publish statements that they well know at the time is false; that the same never existed, (only in their minds) yet they will ask people to believe them. They will tell them to people and insist they are true when they know that the same is of their own manufacture. Anarchists of that class are dangerous people to have in a community.

NUMBER 17.

From Thursday's Daily. I \ Rev. E T. Gregg is on the sick list. ’ Dan Bold is at Geneva to-day on business. « , , The Christian church pie niced over the run to-day. Frank Gast and wife took the after- ’ noon train for Fort Wayne. ’ Comrade Alvin Daugherty, of. near _ Hoagland, was in the city Harry Miesse and sister Catharine went to Fort -Wayne this afternoon. j Tbe loser of an ornamented hair pin . can have the same by calling at thia office. k » 1/1 of. C. L. Clippinger, of Ft. Wayne was in the city to-day looking after the interest of the Taylor University, at Upland, Ind. Mrs. Groman and Mrs, Gibson, of I | Hessel Cassell, Allen eounty, are visitJ ing their sister, Mrs. McLean, of our city for a few days Wm. Ildnter, of Allegheny. Penn , who is an uncle of Theo^Kennedy, and I Ed. Bankard of the same place are yis- ■ iting in the city the guests of Theo. - Kennedy and wife. L. N. Grandstaff had about three 1 tons of hay burned this forenoon by a j spark from an engine on the G. R. & I. .! R. R. The bay was on the farm of xVndrew Daugherty. The Presbyterian church Sunday school children had a very enjoyable outing to-day in Moses' Grove. Ice L cream, cake and other good things in season was not scarce in that neighborj hood to-day. ; Miss Maud Moore, of Fort Wayne, who has been visiting 11. S. Porter and ■ family for tbe past week, returned to 1 her home this afternoon accompanied by Miss Lulu Porter who will remain } there for several days Mine Host Dell Locke, of the Burt, is having water mains laid from Romberg’s livery stable to bis hotel, and ' will be supplied with water from the 1 large tank or reservoir at the latter place. 3 The Missionary Resolutes of the 3 Baptist cburch will grve a pea-nnt social at the home of Miss Della Baughman on Jefferson street, this evcoipg 3 at 8 o’clock. Those eiigagqd in tLd 3 Hunt please bring 5 cents r Having sold two carioads of our lightrunning Milwaukee Binders and Chain ' Power Mowers, and every one having 1 given perfect satisfaction: we are ’ now on deck with a carload of the famous light-running Smith wagons, and a carload of best inake of buggies, surreys and road wagons to select from, and a nice line of our own make which we guarrantee for two years. Call and see us. 17-4 Ellsworth, Myers & Co. Two more of Adams County's teachers have succumbed to the exquisite pain of cupid's dart. Mr. Thomas P. Lhaman who has recently been teaching in Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Chicago, and Miss Bina. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Chmpbeli, of Blue Creek township, were united in marriage at the home of the bride,, Tuesday evening, July 10, 1894. The ceremony occurred at 8 o’clock Pastor 11. 11. Smith officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Lhaman are both well-known as successful teachers, having taught several in Adams county. Thursday afternoon they took the train for Chicago where they expect to make their future home. TO-DAY’S GAME. The third game of base ball between the “Decaturs” and “Daytons” was played this afternoon. The attendance was not so large as on the two „ former contests. This can be accounted for from the lack of interest one takes in seeing the same thing over again. Had the two former games split even —making it -stand one and one, the third or deciding game would have drawn our people out in full force. That the Dayton boys are not in the game with our team has been thrice demonstrated to the satisfaction of everyone. The game Closed with the score standing 19 to 3 in favor Decatur. A LOG. Smith & Bell have hauled some big logs to their mill already,„l ut yesterday they brought from the Hendricks farm that joins Monroe, a log that was 4G feet long hnd 32 inches in diameter at top end. It was for the purpose of cutting but an anchor beam for a dredge used in doing government work at Toledo, Ohio. The beam is to be 22 inches square and 46 feet long. This is the largest log ever hauled to this city, and required 12 horses to haul it. The estimated weight of the log being ten and one-fourth tons.