Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1894 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

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From Friday's Daily. |, / TO THE BOA II OOF IM H ECTO RS. The Board of Directors of the Adams County Fair Association are earnestly requested to meet at the Court House in the City of Decatur, on Wednesday, July 25. 1894. as business of great im portance is to be transacted. Jas. F. Mann, Sec'y. Oti! oh! for the corner of the public square, you will find L. Hart ready and willing to wait on all both great and small, with the finest line of fancy goods, and candies, hot popcorn, peanuts, and cigars. JL. Hart's Fruit Stand. 45 ts Geo. Holloway, of Wauseon, Ofilo. was the guest of bis parents, Dr. Holloway and wife, this week. Thomas P. Mallonee, of Kunkle, 0., is in the city to-day shaking hands with his friends here. Leave yoiir orders for fancy cakes at the new bakery, three doers south of Postofflce. Samuel Acker is home for a vacation He is attending the Lexington, Kentucky, Business College. Charles A. Lemar left for his home at Warsaw to-day. He was called heie to attend the funeral of his fat bar. John Rice and wife returned from Fort Wayne to day, where they have been for several days, the guests of Wm. Jeffreys and wife. \ Sister Aloysia, Superiess of the Catholic schools of Decatur, will start for Fondulac, Wisconsin, to-night, on a two weeks retreat. John Robert Christen and family have moved to Marion, Indiana. He having bought an interest in the marble works of W. S Hughes. O T. Vance and W. P. Merriman, students from this county of the Angola schools, returned home to-day. They will engage in teaching here this fall. A game of ball was to have come off this afternoon between the Lawyers and Doctors of our city; but as Dick Erwin wouldn't agree to have the admission fee under seventy-five cents, the game didn’t uliicago is feeling the effects of her mobs already. She offered three mil-, bon dollars in bonds for sale and got duly one bid and that at par with a demand for six per cent commission. That city will have a few millions in damages to pay for the losses by her mobs, and capitalists may. not be anxious to help a city with such a mayor, such a governor and such a crowd. Henry McLean is the agent for Adams county for the sale of the F. C. Austin rock crusher, and intends buildng a macadamized road from Decatur ;o Willshire, Ohio, on condition that Decatur merchants contribute their part in the enterprise. The crusher which McLean is representing is a portable affair, and any kind of rock can ye crushed therewith. All that will be required of the land-owners between Decatur and Willshire is to place their material alongside of the road, and Henry and the crusher will do the rest. NOT ALL DEAD YET. Take a. walk through any of the jemeteries throughout the country, jays an exchange, and you will believe with us that the fools are slowlypassing ayvay. You pass the last resting place of a man who blew into an jmpty gun. The tombstone of him who lighted the fire with kerosene'. The grass carpeted mouhd covers the remains of the man who took the mule by the tail. The tall modkiment of the man who didn’t know .it was loaded yvershadows the man who jumped from ;he cars to save a ten rods walk. Side jy side the ethereal creature, who kept rer corset laced to the last hole, and ;he intelligent idiot who rode a bicycle aine miles in ten minutes. Here reposes a doctor who took a dose of his bwn medicine, and the old fool who narried a young wife. Right over yonier in the northwest corner, the breezes ngh through the weeping willows that send over the lonely bed where lies the 'ellow that told his mother-in-law she fed. Down there in the potter’s field, with his feet sticking out to the cold blast of the winter and the blistering rays of the summer sun, is stretched ;be earthly remains of the misguided •egulator who tried to lick the editor, while the broken bones of the man who would not pay for his paper, are piled ip in the corner of the fence. Over by ,be gate reposes the boy who went iwimming on Sunday, and the old wonan who kept baking powder side by fide with strychnine in the cupboard. The fool-killer gathers them in one by >ne, and by and by we will have a iretty decent world to live in. t l --’, • •

From Saturdays Daily. See Sprang & True’s special Doll sale “ad” for July 18,19, 20 and 21. Don't fail to be there. Ifiw3 Decatur business men were recently handsomely taken in and swindled by a slick-tongued female shark who was working up a hotel banner advertising scheme, We have no sympathy for business men who are captured in this way, more especially in such cities as Decatur where there is located three newspapers. The newspaper is the proper medium in which to place advertisements and more especially is it the duty of home merchants to patronize their home paper. It is the newspaper that is the life of any town or city and without them any city, town or community is dead, not only at home but to the outside world. Merchants who patronize foreign or traveling schemes should be swindled.—Monroeville Breeze. * Stolen —An eight-vear-old chestnut son-el pony, three white legs to the knees, bald will weigh 800 pounds; also a Harper three-quarter wheel and seven-eighth axle buggy, red running gear, with three bowed top The buggy has one new hind wheel; also, a set of single harness, open bridle. All in good condition. The above outfit was hired by a stranger on Thursday, July 12,1884, for the purpose of going north of Decatur, a distance of twelve miles. A liberal reward will be given for return or any information of the outfit. Address. Peoples Brothers. Decatur, Indiana. However, much we may be in need of rain in Decatur, there can be seen several people on our streets every day whose chief occupation is to throw water on any and every enterprise that presents itself. Ex-Commissioner John Rupright brought-to the city this morning over three hundred {founds of choice honey. The price received therefore was 12 cents per pound.

. Laundry work called for and delivered to any part of tfie city and guaranteed first-class. . IfFwlOtf First and >lunroe Streets. !— POPELIST MEETING. The Populist Convention at the Court House this afternoon was not attended with that enthusiasm which conventions generally produce. After the meeting was called to order by Mr. Ford, of Geneva, who was selected to act as chairman, a few remarks were indulged by several of the most prominent of the patty; but as the members present would not justify, the calling it a convention, it was deemed advisable to make another effort and have the same to take place at Monroe on the second Saturday in August. J. 11. Beatty and J. N. Kerr were selected a committee to arrange the next meeting at Monroe. OUR SOLDIERY. Co. “B” of the 4th Regiment of the State Militia, under command of Captain John Myers, are now at Hammond, the seat of trouble between the strikers and the Pullman Car Company. They are there for the prrpose of help ing to maintain order. The company has a full compliment of officers and men, being a part of the 4th Regiment, under command of Colonel Guilder. I is with pride that .our citizens look upon the soldiery of Adams county, and for a time it looked as though the military schooling the boys got out oi belonging to the State Militia was all there was of the militia; if thii was all our people should bt proud of them for, there is no schooling that gitfes a young in in a bette; improvement of bis physique than a military education. Baton last Monday evening when the order came for them to leave home to do duty for the State, and while the most of them are young men and under the care of their parents, their readiness to go showed their loyalty to their country and their willingness to protect the honor of the State of Indiana. Their patriotism and their courage should be remembered by our people and upon their return they should be tendered a reception that all may participate in. HUGHE S WHITE LABLE Pale Ale in pints, 15 cents per bottle at “Curley” Radaaiacher’s. d4lwlotf Harry and Misses Mary and Lida Spake, of Bluffton, spent a week in our city, the guests of Miss Vina Cutting. Overalls at 25 cents per pair. This is no humbug. Call on Ike and he will show you just what he advertises. stf Work called for and delivered in 24 hours and guaranteed flrs-class at Miller’s Steam Laundry. d4lw!otf

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1594.

From Monday's Daily. Decatur Odd-fellows to the number of about forty went to Willshire, Ohio to-day noon for the purpose of instituting a lodge in that thriving little village- __ The Major-General of the Uniformed Rank of Knights of Pythias has given notice to the committee of arrangements at Washington, to prepare for 11)0.(100 visiting Knights. Indiana will furnish about 2,000 of this number anti Illinois will also furnish a like number. There were more disturbances and drunken people in and about Decatur last Sunday 1 han on any Sabbath for months. Wonder if the new fangled ordinance had anything to do with it? Mrs. George Wilhelm returned to her home at Lima. Ohio, to-day after a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Motts Miller. At the M. E. church Sunday morning Rev. Gregg gave an explanatory talk on the subject of Baptism, and administered the rite of baptism to jhirtyeight persons. Mrs. Adolph Hart left this morning for an extended tripthrough the Southern states with the hope that it may improve her health Hugh Kapp and wife, of Bluffton, were the guests of J. S. Peterson and wife over Sunday. Mrs. John Cowan and daughter, of Auburn, Ind., are visiting in the city, the guests of Fred Shafer and wife. WINCHESTER DEFEATED. When the Winchester Base Ball club were invited to our city on the Fourth of July to contest for supremacy with our club on the diamond, every courtesy was shown them by our club and the people generally with whom they came in contact. Having met with defeat when they were here on the Fourth, the Winchester club arranged another meeting with our club, in which they made every preparation to down our boys, by se curing several leagije players fpom Cin cinnati and other places The game was booked for yesterday, and our boys werebn deck nt—bavins goriu there <m' ; Swaraay?**Wien the game was called it was plainly visible to the average spectator that Winchester intended to win the game if it was in their power to do so. In this undertaking be it said to the credit of our boys, they failed, as the score in the commencement of the last half of the 9th inning stood 8 to 7 in Decatur's favor: our boys having scored more points in the game than Winchesters,'who abandoned the game, be fore it was out. The defeat was tco much for Winchester, they not only lost their reputation as boss-tdssers, but they also lost about 81.200 of their good money. To get even foqr of the Winchesters waylaid one of our boys aud scored a basehit on the jaw of A. E. Smith, who umpired the game here on the Fourth . It is very mortifying to us to speak oi the Winchester Club as being a lot oi coughs; but as the action of yesterday warrants the appellation, we emphasize the same by saying— tuffer noi; tuff. EVERYBODY GET THERE! Captain C. D. Kunkle, of the Monmouth B. B C. writes us that a social will be held in that “burg,” Saturday evening, July 28th for the benefit oi chat club. Vocal aud instrumental music will be furnished. Everybody invited.

WE VISIT THE COUNTRY. We had the pleasure last Wednesday if ’ mixing” with a small number ol Root township’s most substantial and progressive farmers. Our part of this pleasant meeting was to witness the working of an improved Champion Binder, which was in operation on the farm of Mr. Fred Kukleban. four miles east of Decatur in Root township. We witnessed several turns of this machine aronnd a ten acre field of heavy oats, and it went right through without hindrance or annoyance, and without any noticable fatigue to horses or driver. All in all this improved Champion Binder is the most simply constructed and easy running machine we have yet seen. We publish on the inside pages of the weekly Democrat the Memorial Address of Rev. Mahan, as delivered in Decatur on May 20,1894, Those of our readers who failed to hear this able address for the above occasion should avail themselves of this opportunity. Lost—a fine lafie handkerchief, on Wednesday evening, was dropped on Madison street between 3rd and 4tb streets, or on 3rd or 4th street. Finder I will please leave at this office aud reIceive reward.

Frhm Tuesday's Daily. Marriage Announeenientn. Nathan Andrews to Emma Clark. Mrs. 8 T. Cast and son Burl went to Decatur yesterday for a few days yisit. The deaf mutts of Blackford, Jay, Wells, Grant and Delaware counties will hold a reunion in Walnut street grove, north of Hartford, Sunday. July 29. The hymn "Nearer My God to Thee"’ will be sung in sign language.— Huntington Morning News. Miss Laura Harker will entertain the C. T. C. at the residence of R S Patterson next Tuesday evening. PROGRAM. Current Topics-A .Club Reading Nellie Schrock Prophesy Ethel Hale Sololantha Gregory Reading Dora Peterson Minnesota P. Orvis, Pres. BIRI lIDAY* M RPRISE. The friends and relatives of Mr. J. F. Railing to the number of fifty, gave him a very pleasant surprise, July 15th. it being his fortj-third birth day, ana among the presents received was a very beautiful suit of clothes presented by his wife. The following are the names of some of those that were present: Ephraim McDough and wife, Edward Dague, wife and son, Newton Iley and wife, John, Nettie, Wilber, Esther and Hattie Hey, Geo. AUspaugh and wife and two sons, of Abanaka, 0., Fred Balding and wife, of Bluffton, Willis Staffer, wife and daughter, of Rockford, Ohio, J. S. Hart, and wife, Wm. Malott and wife and two sons, Isaac Peters and wife, Ch rley Baker and wife, E. E. Davis, wife and son, I. J. Miesse, Miss Hattie Baker, of Lima, O. Mrs. Anise Lease and her mother, Mrs. Cowan, of Auburn, Ind., have been the guests of Fred Schafer and wife. Mrs. Lease returned to her home to day. while her mother is still in the city.

Mrs. Maitba Shields was the only passenger that left here on the excursion train for the Soldiers’, Home at Dajiou. Ohio. ffie'r rettirned from Michigan to-day. Sue had been there for three months attending her father. Columbian Harrison. Mesdames J. N. Fristoe, Dora Er win and Darrie Sutherland left for a few weeks visit at Wai saw. Master True accompanied them. While Alex Hoyer was passing behind his horse last evening, he received an unintentional kick on the hand from that animal, which Will compel him to carry it in a sling for some time. 7 —— ; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hammond, of Huntington, are visiting J. W. I’lace and wife. James B. Ford left for Fort Wayne to-day. Rev W I. Alexander left for Greenwood, Ind., to-day. William Kirchner is visiting friends at Fort Wayme to-day. COMPANY “B” 4TH INFANTRY ORDERED TO HAMMOND. Last night at 11:30 o'clock Decatui people were aroused from their slum bers by ringing of bells at the Presbyterian and Methodist churches The cause for al! this uncalled-lor bell-.' ringing was that Company “B’’4th. loan try had received orders from Ad jutant-General Defrees to report at once in the City of Hammond, Indiana. No strange or unusual commotion should have attended the getting ready of Company “B” 4th regiment on the receipt of the order. All military or ganizatiobs are subject to onHSfe when given by proper authority. That an “order-out’’ was anticipated by the Commander of Co. “B,” was made doubly positive by the receipt of an order received last week from Adju-tant-General Defrees to hold themselves iu readiness to move to the scene of strike disturbance at amo meats notice. Whether the. Captain of Co. “B,” permitted his company to return to their respectiseTiomes on his own re sponsibility or by an order from headquarters we are unable to say. It they were not permitted to return to their homes by an order from head-quarters, the proper thing for the Captain to have done in giving bis men “liberty,'’ would be to have placed a noncommissioned officer and three men on duty at the armory, whose duty it would have been to notify all others of the company to appear at the armory in a move like the one of last night and which could have been done in less time than it was accomplished by bellringing. l

From Wednesday's Daily. Mrs. John Bolinger entertained’the Home Circle club to-day at dinner. — I Miss Blanche Dibble will visit friends at Bluffto for a short time. She left to-day Charles Mann returned yesterday from a week's visit with his uncle near Salem. George W. Archbold and son, Charley, of Maikle. Indiana, are visiting relatives and friends in the city. Amos Foreman bought seven head of cattle of Jacob Gnnset. of Van Wert county, 0., that weighed 8,700 pounds. They averaged over 1,243 pounds. W. E. Hill and wife, of Muncie, Ind., returned home this morning after a pleasant visit with Mrs. Hill’s brother. E. A Whinery. The Epworth League will hold an ice cream social on the lawn of the M. E. church next Friday evening. A special invitation is given to everybody. dB-5-5 Mrs. A D. Eason and children left for Fort Wayne to-day, where they will spend some time with friends before leaving for Kingman, Kan., their home. Ex-Marshal Robert Maloney was a caller on friends in this city yesterday. His daughter accompanied him home for a few days visit. An ice cream social will be held at Beery's grove, four miles west of Decatur, Saturday evening. July 28. There will be good music to enliven the occasion. Come everybody aud enjoy the evening with us. The case oi the State of Indiana vs John Evans for public intoxication was tried to-day before J. H. Smith, Esquire. A line of one dollar <»nd costs was assessed against him, and in default of the necessary amount to liquidate the same he boards with Sheriff Doak. YOU OIGHT TO HAVE BEEN THERE! The most unique and also enjoyable lime of the season was the Baby Show last evening, given under the auspices >f the Y\ P. S. C. E. Society of our city, and field at the late residence ot 0. T. DorvGii. Fully seventy’five ‘of Decatur's sweetest, dearest cherubs were there add partook of manna and rnilk to their hearts content, while ice cream and other refreshments wenserved to their mammas and escorts. Jim Fristoe was master of ceremonies, and if anyone failed to hear his gentle voice they were not within hearing dis lance or out of town.

WHO’S NEXT. / While Isaac Zimmerman was turning over hay in a field adjoining thrp C. & E. track east of the river this morning, he confronted a blue racer snake of unusafil size. His snakeship lay across a wind-row and was undiscovered by Isaac until just in the act. of turning over the hay it was lying on. Being too frightened to attack his snakeship done, he called to hisassistan.ee several men working near by, who in company with a Shepherd dog.came running te his side. Leading the procession, the log made the attack, and was not long in laying his snakeship out. rhe full enghth of which measured 11 feet. IT WAS THE GAME CF ALL GAMES. The "fats” and the "leans” of otu :ity went on the diamond this afterloon as per agreement to settle tt t:i respective claims for supremacy ar jall-tossers. The game was called a: hree o'clock, but as Old Sol shone toe radiantly at this hour for the comfort of the fat men,the leans consented to lefer hostilities until one hour latten itfd at precisely 4 o'clock all hands were on deck. Thp "leans” were the first to bat. md the game progressed finely and pretty evenly until the close ot he third inning, when the "leans" led their “fat” brethren a number of rounds, the score standing 13 to 7. From the commencement of tin fourth inning till the close of the game, it was not a two to one shot which of the two clubs would prove the victors in the game;, but as tlie “fats” were gradually getting their second wind,—forced into them by the many home runs made—they puffed up and imagined themselves invincible?, which idea never forsook them, and they were gi.vetf’the blue ribbon as ball-tossers, the score standing Fats J2B Lteiroa v —27Several beautiful and league-like plays were made by Messrs. Hensley, Locke and DeVilbiss of the “fats” and Joe Brunegraff, Charlev Helm, Will Kuebler. Charley Spencer and Jim Place of the “leans,” all of which received repeated encores from the large and enthusiastic audience.

NUM BEK 18.

From Thursday's Daily. Chas. Jackson and wife will return to Indianapolis to-day. Howard Davis, of Willshire, was in the city to-day, A. P. Beatty is at Wayne on business to-day. Grant Denman went to Toledo today to look up a location. Rev. Father Wilkens returned from Ft Wayne this afternoon. Call for pure fruit juices at Colchin's fountain. wj... Barney Kalverisky is at Fort Wayne to-day. Mrs. Herman Counter is on the sick list. Mrs. Ike Rosenthal went to Fort Wayne to-day. Call at Ahi s Grocery aud examine Weisell’s Washers. 88 6 Mrs, Daniel Sprang returned from Fort Wayne this afternoon. Master Albert Kaehler, of Tiffin. 0., is the guest of bis uncle. Will Kuebler, and family. The W. C. T U will meet in the parlor of Mrs. Scott Hughes next Saturday, july §lst at 2:30 p. m. P W. Smith and family left here today for Lake Lou, where they will . spend some of the warm weather. Will Kuebler entertained company last evening in honor of Miss Callie Scharlacher. Celina vs Decatur, to-morrow. Game opens at usual hour. Everybody go and see it. We bake every day. Give us a trial. A fine home made bread can be had by calling on us. City Restaurant. Miss Grace McConnehey returned from Huntington after a two weeks visit with relatives and friends. Nearly all ot the old employes of‘the Clover Leaf are being taken back at their old places. Miss Hellen Kintvleft this afternoon - for a visit with friends and relatives in Premont and Tiffin..Ohio. »>* • — Sherman Mott kEd wife after several lays visit with friends at Van Wert,- , returned hyme to-day. Wm. Hughes took a flying business trip to Grafton. Penn., laat night, He will bfe gone: about.one week. There will be an ice egearn social at., the Mt. PleaSant church about three /miles northwest ot the city next Saturday night. Milo Wilson who was so dangerously' injured Tuesday evening at Smith & Bell's saw mill, was taken to his home near Preble last evening. The after-harvest ghost will soon, be stalking abroad through the country' trying to”collect some,, of . the old accounts. -. . . The fat man that lost- his sun-shade at the bail game yesterday, can have . the same by calling at this office and leaving a small reward.. Here, you man that.lost your tongs, •, on can i-ij)d them at the Democrat ’flice. A small" donation for this notice will be expected. The c.-'inriv 1 :' ft’-*: lost a GA. Rruff b e ton. ca i e the same Uy call:ng a ! >' oilier .< .d returning thanks o L <»' Wagotv r. Mrs, Mm.,■ ib a., went to Ft. Wayne •his afternoon rrem there she will return to her home -Ivibs is City, Mo., .She lias been the guest of her mother, Mrs- Russell while here. An cream social wi'Lbe given by the young people of Clark’s chapel., at the residence of Mr. Joseph Miller, Satur lay evening. July 21. Everybody cor dially invited. 85-4 * Wm. El; i\. James W. Wilson, an old Decatur boy, will arrive in th.e city to morrow morning from "Birmingham, Ala., at which place he has been ah home for the past seven yeOrs Jimmie has been in poor health for the past year, and comes here to recruit up. The facts of the game of ball last Tuesday between the Lawyers and the Doctors are that the M. D.’s beat the , . Lawyers, the score- standing 9 to 4 in 'favor of the M. D's. The Lawyers should play ball with the boys awhile before they tackle the Doctors again. A Mr. Iluiry, of Mercer county, Ohio, was here last night an4L bought a straw stacker of F. Shafer ‘ Loch, his having burned the day belore. The fire started in the stacker and burned so rapidly that th?y had great difficulty in saving the thresher.