Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1894 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOLUME XXXVI IL

From Friday's Daily. ’ Dr. J Ames Calder wood and wife, of Willshire. Ohio, were in the city today. J. 8. Bowers and wife, who have been at Petosky, Mich., relumed home today. Mrs. Samuel Simisou, who has been visiting Mrs. Rufus Allison returned home today. Mrs? Catharine Rader, of Baltimore, •hio, is the guest of Mrs •eorge W. Teeple. Henry Wafle, a prosperous farmer of Preble township, was in the city on business today. Mose Byers, of the fat man's nine, carried off the laurels as being the Champion batter. Miss Emma Teeple who has been visiting friends in Van Wert, Ohio, returned home today. — T. A Auten and wife returned from Petosky,.Mich., today, where they.have been for the past three weeks. Mrs. C. P. Ferry, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. McMillen, returned to Fort Wayne today. Collin & Co., are prospecting for oil in Blue Creek township. They are now drilling a well on the Campbell farm. Miss Dora Dienhart, after a pleasant visit with her friend, Miss Nona Martin, returned to her home at Lafayette, Ind., this afternoon. Mrs. Anna Beatty, of Paducha, Ky., after visiting A P. Beatty ond family, went to Van Wert to extend her visit among relatives before returning home. Mrs. Catharine Nelson, of Monroe township, died today, of flux, and will be buried tomorrow. The funeral will be held at ten o’clock at the M. E. church in MonroeIrom Saturdays Daily. Prof. David Spangler is at Fqrt Wayne. Miss James Coverdale went to Spencerville to visit friends J. T. France and his sons Ora and Dick are fit Ft. Wayne. Mrs. Vail, ot Ossian, is visititing her son, John Vail and family. Wm. Lakey and wife, of Markle, are guests of G. F. Hoopinbarger. Ex-Commissioner H. D, Fuelling, was in the city on business today. Miss Millie Bixler, of near Cedar Rapids, lowa, is visiting in the city. Barah Hoopinbarger, of Zanesville. Ind., is visiting, G. F. Hoopinbarger. David Gleckler, of Union township, was doing business in the city to-day. Mrs. G. Bolds, of Geneva, is the guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Dan Bolds. Rev. Vitz and wife went to Spencerville, Ohio, to spend the Sabbath with friends. Mrs. D. Coverdale returned from Berne today where she has been since Tuesday. J. B. Crothers and wife, of Toledo, Ohio, are the guests of M. V. B. Archbold and family. Miss Cora Barnett, who has been visiting in Bluffton for a week or two, returned home to-day. Mrs. Jay Rugg went to Berne today to visit Mrs. Wm Rawley, whose three of her daughters are quite sick. Mrs. P. G. Hooper entertained a select company of her lady friends at five o’clock dinner last evening. Mr. and Mrs. S. Cook and son Frank of Geneva, are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. E. P. Menefee and family. X? .. Misses Mabie and Pearl Burdge entertained twenty-two of their young friends this afternoon in honor of their jjiirthday. ~~ Rev. M. F. Keiteiypublisher of the Christian Conservator; of Dayton, O , . who has been attending the conlerence ' at Pleasant Grove, returned home this morning. ; ■ ■ —-- X James if. Patterson, of Logansport, returned home yesterday. He wits called to this county to attend the fu j neral of William Rawley, after which he spent a few days with his fathet-in-law, Ezra Lister. - Miss Daisy Macy, sister-in-law of J. J. Mayer, who has been sick with typhoid fever for some weeks, died this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen, in Monroe. Interment will take place next Monday at Farmland, Ind.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1894.

From Monday's Daily. Rev. Vitz Sundayed at Spencerville. A. H. Edington and wife Sundayed at Fort Wavne. Mrs. Joseph Steele Sundayed with friends at Peterson. Grandma Johnson has returned from a week’s visit at Monroe. Miss Stella Johnson returned from a two week’s visit at Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson were the guests of their son, Ed. Johnson and wife. John P. Chenoworth is happy over the fact that a nice girl baby is born to them. Rev. G. M. H Irsch, of Marion, preached at the Reformed church yesterday. Rev. D. F. Kane, ot Monroeville, was in the city today shaking hands with friends. Samuel Williams and wife, of Monroeville, were in attendance at the show today. The council have concluded to let the water works contract to Koon & Co., of Toledo, O. Misses Katie, Minnie and Lena Sether are visiting their sister Emma at Lamont, Illinois. Hugh Miller left today for Albuquer que. New Mexico, where he will spend the fall and winter. Hon J. T. Kelley and Martin Laughlin, of Jefferson township, were callers at this office to-day. Miss Leona Devoss and Vina Cutting Sundayed at home. They are clerking in a store at Ohio City. Mrs. J. P. Ehret, of Rockford, is in the city, the guest of her daughters, Mrs. Ed Martin and Mrs. Will Christen. Dan Sprang and family left for White Pigeon, Mich., today where they will remain for some time before re turning. us C buries of few Ind., returned Home last Saturday, after a visit with her father and other relatives here Garret Berling was the “cock of the walk” around his poultry house today, all on account of the arrival of a girl at his bouse yesterday. The friends of Lulu Mann pleasantly surprised her last Saturday. It was her 10th birthday and quite a number of her young friends were present. Elder Simpson, of the Fort Wayne district preached at the M. E. church Sunday and Sunday evening, this being the second quarterly meeting of this charge. Albert Vandran, son of A. Vandran, of the Heaston House, of Geneva, Ind., was buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery yestetday. Mr. Vandran formerly was in business here. The W. C. T, U. will meet at the home of Mrs. M. Congleton next Saturday, Sept 29, at 7:30 p m. A full at tendance is requested, as important business will come before the meeting. If patrons of the Decatur National Bank were a little astonished today in the way the cashier. C- A. Dugan, paid out money on par, it was all caused by his wife presenting him with a nice girl baby yesterday, e . Bluffton's Driving club gives its 3rd annual meeting, October 4th, sth and (Sth, offering $1,500 in purses for the occasion. The best horses in Northern Indiana have been entered, and fast time is promised. Rates have been secured on all railroads. We are in receipt of a complimentary ticket from the Hillsdale Fair of Michigan This is the leading fair of the northwest, and; we would be glad to attend, but our overcoat is in soak and we will have to wait until some of the delin<iuents come in and pay their subscription. At Willshire, Ohio, last Friday, a youn t man who had gone up to the top of th ' derrick at the oil well, by some mears slipped or the scaffold gave way so th it he fell to the ground a distance of su feet. He struck ou his head mashing the same and breal mg about every bone in his body. So: aesmen go up and some go down, but M. L. Byers is bound to succeed and ivercoine all difficulties. He is now ocated on the North side of Madison i treet, opposite the Court bouse, witt a nice sign in front of his business place and is running bis cigar factory with a full force of men, and is rece ving plenty of orders.

From, Tuesday's Daily. Mrs. Paul G. Hooper returned from Hoagland to-day. Everett A Hite shipped a car load of hoops to Auburn, 111. [ 4amb — ■ —— — Scott Hughes and wi e aie at I’or land attending the fair. 1 Sherman Mott left last night tor Bluffton on a business trip. 1 Frank Mann and Charles Smith went to Huntington on business today. ’ Hon. R. S. Peterson went to Portland on a business trip this morning. Mrs. George Bolds, of Geneva, who ( has been visiting here returned home to-day. Ex-Commissioner Conrad Reinking, ’ of Preble township, was in the city on business today. t Charles W Miller is suffering from a j slight attack of paralysis, which occurred Sunday noon. Mrs. Jennie Phelps left last night for , Maysville, New York, to remain with friends several months. , Mrs. Rex, who has been visiting her son Jr in Rex, of this city, returned to her home in Ossion today. r J. E. McDonald and wife, of Spencerville, Ohio, guests of their son-in-law, A. C Wagoner, left for their home last night. X Bluckburn & Miller believes in im--1 provements and to that end they have placed a gas burner in their morter in front of their drug store. j Miss Nettie Moses, of Decatur, is the guest of her brother, 11. P. Moses and family, of 244, West Dewaid St. — I Fort Wayne Journal of 251 h inst. — Mrs. Joseph Beatty, of Indianapolis, who for the past two weeks has been i visiting her niece, Mrs. Jacob Buhler, , Jr., returned home this morning. Ben Knappe and wife, and Miss Lizzie Wilkins, are at St. Henry . Ohio, today, attending the Golden wed- , ding of Mr. Knappe’s grandparents This coming October Ist and Wednesday October 10th, Ike Rosejitbal’s clothing stere will bemused on &jgount TO’el*k iu ' ing. Comrade A. C. Gregory returned last night from New York, where he has 1 been visiting relatives since attending the G. A, R. encampment at Pittsburgh, Pa. Herman Benter, wife and children, of near New Haven, are visiting in the 1 German settlement the guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Htideman, mother of Mrs. Beuter. ■ Miss Jennie Pennington who has been visiting relatives and friends for the past three months at Clay’s Prarie. i Paris and Hume, Illinois, returned home to-day. Hon. D. W. Voorhees will speak at Portland on Tuesday, October 9th at 1 o'clock p. m. This will probably be the only chance to hear the Senator this campaign. A. J. Hawk, proprietor of till? hoop factory at Berne, was in the city today on business. Mr. Hawk is stocking his factory now with timber, having nineteen teams hauling while the roads are good. The many friends of Miss Mabel Walsh, formerly of this city, but lately of Bellfountain, Ohio, will be glad to hear of her marriage on Sept. 12th to Chas. Miller, a book-keeper for the Miller Carnage Works in that city. Mrs. Schafer, of South, Bend, Ind., i the guest of her sons, Fred and Jacob, She is accompanied by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ed Shafer, of the same city. The mother of the Shafer brothers was for a long time a resident of this county. Ira Hower of this city and Thomas Shafer, of St. Marys township, went to Upland. Ind., to attend the Taylor University. Both young men are preparing for the ministry and their efforts in that line are'productive of results, .which are appreciated by their friends. Democratic Barbecue at Huntington, Ind., Oct. 3 and 4th. A special train will leave Decatur at 8:10 a. m., Thursday, Oct 4th. Returning leave Huntington at 10 p. m. Tickets on sale for all regular trains on Oct. 3rd and 4th. Return limit Oct. sth. Round trip fare 90 cents. Herman Weicking, of Bluffton was in the city last night. He left here by i the C. &E. for New York, from thence 1 lie goes to Hanover, Germany, v here l he will remain with friends for three i months. He may have company when i he comes back from the Fatherland. ; He goes over about every two years. ; He is one of Bluffton’s solid business men and while here was the guest of < Barney Terveer. .

From Wednesday's Daily. Mrs. Charles Heim is at Portland attending the fair. Samuel Izenberg, of Monroeville, was in the city to-day. Mrs. David Werling returned from Fort Wayne to-day. Mrs. Robt Blackburn returned from Ft. Wayne to-day. 4 They are genuine Indians that will play ball here Tuesday. Herman Derkes left last night for Europe, his Fatherland. Emil George and son Alfred are visiting at Bowling Green, Ohio. Jacob Longenberger of Trumble county, Ohio, is here visiting friends. Hamilton Moffett arrived last night to visit his son, Prof. Moffett and wife. George Woodward and Thomas Auten are at Indianapolis on business. Mrs. Jessie Townsend is at Portland this week attending the fair and visiting relatives. J. E. Mann & Co., shipped two car loads of tat stock from the G. R, & 1. stock yards today. Jonathan Fleming left this morning, for Windsor, Mo., where he -will visit his sisters who live there. George Burns and wife, of Mechanicsville, Ohio, are here visiting her brother, Millen and family. Niblick & Son bought at their ware house one day recently 2200 bushels of oats and 1200 bushels wheat. Mrs. Bryson, Mother of Jeff Bryson, of the G R. * I.‘, left for Grand Rapids to-day to visit her son there. The good housewife has had a peck of trouble for the past two nights, just on account of her house plants. Mrs. Percilla Moyer, mother of Noah Loch, our hardware merchant, w ho has been quite sick, is now convalecing. Frank Eickoff, or Fort Wayne, was in the city to-day and bought a car load of fat stock for the Fort Wayne market. Races at Bluffton October 4, 5 and Fstciyst.m rates via Clover Leif Routed Marion "a rid station to Delphos. Theo. Kennedy and wife returned from Pittsburgh to-day. They visited relatives after attending the encampment. Miss Mary Gloss, Mary Niblick and Gertie Holthous left to-day for Fort Wayne where they will spend some time. Mr. Saul Semons, a very wealthy farmer of Alien county, is the guest of his nephew, Mr. Nathan Wyatt and wife, of this city. Mrs Elizabeth A. Phillips, who has been visiting her son Ed and family, the past two months, returned to Wabash today. • Mrs. 8. A. Baird, of Indianapolis, is in the city, the guest of her granddaughter, Mrs. Charles Meibers and Jacob Roop and family. The sons of Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, White Eagle and Whirlwind will be in the team of Indians that play ball here Tuesday. Don,t miss to,see them A large load of ilax straw was deliv ered at the factory of Buhler Bros., today. Frank Keller, of near Bluffton, hauled a load of two and one-haif tons Mrs Charles Cramer left for home at Fort Wayne to-day. after a two weeks visit with her parents, Solomon Billman and family. For all trains Monday. October Ist, the C. & E. will sell tickets from limit ington, Ind., to Chicago and 4 return for $3. Tickets good returning up to and including Oct. 6ih. If any of our people should find the pocketbook stolen from Fred Bender on show day will confer a favor on Mr. Bender by leaving the s ine at this office or the Adams County Bank. Jacob Martin will not allow the city to progress faster than he does, so with the city improvements Jacob puts on a bread wagon, one that can pass with any city. While his wagon is a "daisy" his bread and cakes will be kept up to the high grade that he is so favorably jinown to handle. There is some little doubt in ti e minds of the militia boys whether or not their being State soldiers , does not release them from street work. Only the insane, idiots, deaf and dumb and blind, persons who performed military duty under the United States government, members of the tire department and residents younger than twenty-one and older khan fifty are exempt. Now if the militia come in any of the above classes, they will not be required to do street work.

From Thursday's Daily. Attorney L- C. Devoss is at Geneva today. , See the Indians play ball Tuesday at two o’clock. i Mrs. J. Fred France, of Huntington, is in the city. ! Charley Murray is at Lima, Ohio, to day on business. 4 - — I Attorney A. P. Beatty is at Van Wert, Ohio, today. B. W. Sholty went on a business trip to Huntington to-dav. Mrs. N. Case went to Chicago today to visit relatives and friends. . Abe Barkley and wife, of Monroeville, Ind., is visiting in the city. t, The New York store will be closed next Monday, it being a Jewish holiday. Farmers don't miss to see the Indians play ball at Decatur next Tuesday at two o’clock. Mrs Dannley. of Seville, O», is the guest of her cousins, Miss Ellen and r Lydia Bollman. John Swartz, of Warsaw', Ind., is in the city, the guest of his brother-in- ; UaV. Joel Falk. L, Joseph Hendricks, ot Fort Wayne was in the city today shaking hands with old friends r : Mrs. Gilpin returned from Markle today, where she had been visiting ? friends for a week. f Sotnefof Decatur's Base Ballists are at Ossian to-day trying to get more i laurels than “Place’s Creams” did. The United Brethren people gave a ; very pleasant reception for their pastor . Wm. Spray at his home last evening. Barney Kalvariskey will leave for Ft. , Wayne tomorrow to spend the Jewish j New Years day which is Monday, October Ist. . John Fry and Anna bchmger, coti--1 sins of Albert Schurger, who were here in attendance at the wedding, returned I to Delphos today. 1 Mrs. Perry Crabbs,of Toledo, who , ha? been visuin< her brother? R. Ji. Allison and family tor the past two weeks wjll return home tomorrow. Mis. M. Rice and her mother. Rachael Brewbaker, started today for Altmont, Illinois. They go via Richmond where they will stay a few days before resum the trip. Fiftv-iwo of our citizens took the morning train for Portland to attend the fair. This is evidence enough that our people will appreciate a good county fair. Tbefarmer's interest in his busi riess is quickened by the progressive strides be sees his neighbors take, and these advances are brought out nowhere plainer than in a first-class county fair. Gideon Longenberger will offer at public sale at his residence om>fourth mile west of Salem, in Blue Creek township, on Saturday. October 13. 1894, the following personal property, to-wit: 4 head of cattle. 1 work l.orse. 2 milch cows, 2 two-year-olds, 0 lambs 1 ewe, 1 brood sow. 1 three-horse breaking plow, 1 binder, hay in the mow, a lot of corn in crib and shock. I cutting box. 1 good fanning mill, 1 pair of bob sleds, a two-horse corn planter.! chop grinder. 1 spring-wagon, 1 twohorse wagon, SFXD 111 U ARKO4 O. Here is ex Governor o i Missouri.once said about th<? local paper: “Each year the home local paper -gives from SSOO .to m free lines to a comm unity in which it is located. No otheragency can or will do tins. The editor, in proportion to ins mean-, does more for his town t han ten met, and in all fairness with melt he ought to be supported, not becau-t you like hiin pr admire his wnti' >. ■ but because the- local -<paper is th, best investment a -community eawmake. It may not be brilliantly edited or browned with thought, but financially it is "more benefit to a community than a preacher. I u derstand me, 1 do not mean morally or intellectually, but financially, and yet on ,moral questions, you . will find that most of the local papers are on the right side. To- day the editor of the home paper does more for the money than any other man one earth.” If some one will furnish us the address of this great man we will let him. put his shoes in our trunk and wear our Sunday suit. Such men are scarce and should receive the best treatment when they come in our way., -

NUMBER 28.

PYTHIAN NINTKRN IMHN’N. Talk about your fun and frolicks, but the thing that gets away with .anything that has happened In the city for years, was the ‘•Hard Times” seclal given by the order of the Pythian sisters at their lodge room Tuesdaj evening. Talk about yourcorn huskings and your spellin' schools, and yoitr ole hoe-down-jamborees, but the thing that walks over all the rest, was the frollic at the K. of P. halL It would be useless for us to attempt to give a minute description of the beautiful costumes worn by the ladies present on that occasion, hence we will only give a passing notice to the most i mportant dresses worn. Mrs. Bollman wore a most beautiful costume of Mississippi silk, trimmed in point blank lace, the hat she wore was of the most approved style, but the writer was not close enough to see exactly of what it was made of, but suppose it was a hat. Mine host Miesse, of the Miesse House appeared in the regulation evening dress of a Coxey armyite <>r regular hobo. We mention these two costumes for the reason that they were seen together most of the evening and attracted a great deal of attention, not only from their dress, but for ■ the number of times the wearers were fined for spooning, and for the further reason that they were awarded a prize, for being the best looking couple in <he house. There were several other costumes worn by different ladies present, that we would like to mention, were it not for the fact that they did not seem to be complete and the women might think that’ we were making fun of them, but we suppose it was the bast they could afford and it would be unkind , of us to make light of their dresses from the further fact that the dresses were as light as could possibly be worn under such circumstances. We would make some mention of them, only Mesdames Bryson, Merryman, DeVilviss, Place, True, Shafer, John Rice, and Woodward or some one else of the good ladies present, might find out that we were not posted in the names of the garments worn and could not give a complete and accurate description of each garment and they would feel slighted and neglected, hence we refrain from mentioning or attempting to describe each costume, sufficient to say they were of the most approved style. As to the styles worn by the men, we can say but little, as there was little of which anyone could say anything; sufficient to say is, that>tbe men were out ip their best, and such as is usually worn by the men present when attending on occasions of that kind or other swell affairs. ■ - The only collar in the whole crowd was worn by Jim Place’s dog, all otiiers present hadjU>liUng hut kerd»ie.ts tied ab«)ut teeir necks. As to the actions of the people there, we wish to cover it all with the mantle of charity, for the reason that no other mantle would be large enough to cover it. John France was fined tor spooning and claims that he onlv took fifty..cents worth, although he spooned with all the women in the house to our certain knowledge. The grub they had there was of an order. that would make a man wish for the good oltTflarys of long age. and if not out of sight it oaigh: *o have been and in fact a great deal of it was before Jim Fristoe and Doc Devilbis got away from the table. They had corn bread and buttermilk, and sweetcake and pickles and something white in a dish that Mrs, Vail ate allsof before it got to us, and they called it smear-something. The ladies-cleared about? 1.16 all told after deducting the expense, including five cents for the watch awarded to Miesse and three cents for the cup and saucer awarded ‘to Mrs. Bollman. Everybody seemed'to enjoy themselves,.imiiiding Jim Place’s ’ dog. who struck the finest layout he has had for years. After a drill by the Pythian sisters team, « • which team by the way would have attracted attention in any market., and was better all around and much better actors than the one which the lauudrynian bought of- Dan Beery, some weeks since.) Thq lodge broke up inJiarmonyatiid each one left for their respective hone's, feeling that it was good to ha\e t... re. ( WHO I>lH Nor I.r.r rilE FK.ZE. vv 7 l no ID*. There is no putt of public enterprise that the masses of the people can er.giige in that adds to the building up of a township.coiintv or country in general as good roads. The reason genejally assigned for not haying better roads than there are genu ally Hiroiigt'f this portion of AJtitns (aunty is. ti nt,, we have not got the material to tpake them, 'i'here ;;re iVudyt <>i>le tlrit can bn found :n this portion i.ii the count r;-, that think they can spare the tiui'p t-> pn-sj’ect !\>r gravel. There is pls nt y-pf —j gravel all through. th:s county. ir s. nie ■ more enterprising persons will investigate., as Isaac Zia uierunui has (1 oe. Mr. .Z iiinieiuian 'lias I'qitud grav< 1 on his farm tint is the best vet discovered for gravel roads. It is dark gray, coarse and .fine,' well irdxtd, clean hud sharp. The extent of lis •batik is from eight. to ten an’es, A specimen can be seen at this office. The time of the funeral of Captain Banta, of Willshire, 0., will be given iii to-da..'s? I d Jly. A number ot Co. 1 of tire Splh IJegime.ut will attend the tuneral. ; , - For Sale or "Trahe— For town' property or for a fann.. A line fruit farm within the iimits of the city of Decatur, Will trade for a farm; reason for disposing of so valuable a fruit and berry farm is failing health. 28 3 W H. MYEBS.