Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1894 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOLUME XXXVIII.

From Friday's Daily. I HON. GIL SHANKLIN AT THE COURT HOUSE AT 7:80 I’. M., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 0. Henry Colter went to Chicago last night. ______ Mrs. Sherman Mott returned from Van Wert this afternoon. Frank Wolfhuist, of Delphos, Ohio, was in the city yesterday on busines. Miss weldy, music teacher, went to Magley to instruct a class at that place. Jacob Harnish and wife returned to their home at Dayton Ohio, after a ten days visit with their daughter Mrs. Millard Cowan. At the dance at Michael Rohr’s at the Schurger—Rohr reception, there were over three hundred present. What is the matter with the old bachelors of this city? Only one marriage license issued this week. Lyman V anlasin and wife, of Blue Blanket Valley, South Dakota, are visiting their sou-in-law, George Keller, in the southwest part of this township Yesterday Mrs. J. K. Mann gave a dinner to a number of • lady friends. Those from abroad were Mrs Martha Hay, of Roanoke and Mrs. Sant Wood, of Logansport. The father of Ezra Cutting iavisiting him. He is accompanied by two of his sons, Henry and Daniel. They live in Pennsylvania at the eastern extermity, so that they get their mail in the Buckeye State at Niles. Mrs. Anna Kring, of Hicksville, O wife of the late pastor of the Evangelical church of this city about two years ago, died at her home yesterday morning. Funeral will take place Sunday morning at 10 oc’clock. Joe, son of Jacob Miller, and brother of the late Perry Miller, of Wabash township, suffered from hemorrhage of the lungs yesterday while attending the Jay County Fair at Portland. Dr. Hall was called and attended to his wants. claims to have lost a fortune by Are is “doing” some of the towns in this part of the State by soliciting aid and claiming to be int dorsed by all the Lutheran ministers of Fort Wayne. The man is said to be a fraud. “ Barney J. Terveer, has trimmed bis shade trees in the most artistic manner of any in the city, and they equal, if not excell, any trees in the state. A little more care by our people and they can beautify their property to a surprising degree. Dr. J. Q. Neptune and family and Harve Niblick and wife attended the family reunion of Mrs. Neptune's father’s family, A. M. Counterman in Ohio, yesterday. There were about fifty of the relatives and friends present and an enjoyable time was the result. Through t>Rnotice given in this paper of the finding of a gravel bank on the Zimmerman farm, the C. & E. rajl- • road will send an agent here to inspect the gravel and if found to be the quality they desire for ballasting the railroad, they will purchase the entire bank. The John V. Farwell company, of Chicago, notifies the public of the death ofjtheir traveling man, C. Fred Wilber who died Sept. 26, of Typhoid fever The gentleman was well known to all dry goods men and the public in general here. His genial countenance will smile upon us no more. In the report of the council proceedings we erred in the action of the council on the granting to the telephone ■ company the right to trim shade trees. They refused them that right, yet they whack some of the trees. We are glad to know that some of the rights of the people are to be respected. It seems that the County Superintendent of Blackford county is in a dilemma, over a question that might 1 be considered by every superintendent. i It is this: “If a school teacher’s license should be revoked if he shakes dice for , cigars; why should not the school-mam’s license be revoked if she plays pedro for a prize?” Take a leaf of a tree or shrub, place it over a small piece of white linen soaked in spirits of nitre, and insert between the leaves of a heavy book, with a sheef of paper to receive the impres eion. Lay the book away for a few days and then examine. The leaf will be devoid of color, which will have Men transferred to the paper in all the original beauty of tint and outline of leaf. So says one who has tried the experiment.—Ex.

l>rom Saturdays Daily. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Sudduth, of near Hondurdas—a 11 pound boy. There will be a number of Democratic speakers at Geneva Ind., Oct. 6 Two members of Frank Bergers family are very sick with typhoid fever. Mrs. J. W. Rout returned from Fort Wayne today. Mrs. J. M. Sarr went io Glenwood, Ohio, to-day visit velatives. Miss Mary Closs returned from Fort Wayne today. Miss Myrtle Steele returned from Genava where she has been for the past week. .< Mrs. Fred Busick and cousin, of Root township, went to Toledo to visit friends. Mrs. John Ilowser, of Root township is lying very low with ulceration of the liver. Miss Clara Boinking, of (inion township, was in the city today calling on friends. John B. Rice shipped a car load of lambs from Petei son today. They are fine ones Benj. Wagner and brother, of Root township, are lying very sick with ty phoid fever. G. E. Pugh and wife, of Kenton, 0., who have been visiting Luther Cary, returned home today. Cliff Thompson and wife, returned from Portland to day where thev have been for the past week. Mrs. J. M. Miller, of Menden, Ohio., is in the city to attend the wedding of her brother, Allen this evening. Miss Frank Thompson and Mrs James Hendricks, of Monroe, went to Marion to-day where they will bunday. Miss Margaret Craig, of Indianapolis, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. H. H. Rice, returned home this morning. David McCounehey who has been suffering from a stroke of paralysis for some time received another stroke last night. His recovery is very doubtful. Wm Pyle and wife, of Alexandria, who have been spending their honeymoon here with relatives returned home to-day. G. W. M. Carey, of Warren, Ohio, who has been visiting Wm. F. and W. E. Fulk, of Kirkland township, returned home to-day. Samuel and Michael Kistler, of Trumbull county, Ohio, who have been visiting Stephen Kistler in Kirkland township, returned home to-day. Miss Etta Archbold, who has been sick for the past thirteen weeks, is slowly convalescing and is now able to go out driving, but is unable to The Pythian sisters are to be known as the Rathbone sisters. Notwithstanding the change of name, they will still be loyal to the Knights of Pythias. Pythian Journal.

A great astronomical and astrological event will happen on November 12th this year, when the sun, the earth, Uranus, Venus, M rcuiy and Saturn will be in conjunction. The alarmists and cranks are predicting dire disaster to the earth on that date. The Clover Leaf otlicials are after the I*. A.&>W. railroad. Should they get hold of it on the 17th, when it is to be sold, our citizens should not be surprised if they hear that Decatur will be a division point. This will give the Clover Leaf a through route from St. Louis to Buffalo. A girl’s taste differs according to age, says an exchange. At 16 she wants a dude with toothpick shoes and a microscopic mustache; al 20, a chief justice with a pile of tin; at 25, she will be satisfied with a memb. r of congress; at 30, a country doctor o preacher will do, and at 35 anything uat wears pants. The police of No hern Indiana towns have been advised ; > be on the watch for a man of clerical appearance who has been industriously.swindling Catholic families. lie has been engaged in the work for some time, lie represented himself to be an agent for the Holy Name cathedral and says that he has recently come from Notre Dame. He is collecting money for himself. Do you borrow your neighbor’s paper? Well, why do you? You spend money for things you do not need as badly as the Democrat. : Your neighbor may be poor, yet he is taking the Democrat and you borrow hiss He never refuses you. Os course not, that would look like stinginess, but you never think, perhaps, that he would rather not lend it.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1894.

From Monday's Daily. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler went to Fort Wayne to-dav. Mire Rosa Dailey spent Sunday io Willshire, Ohio. Miss Viola Barnett, after a few weeks ilness is recovering. Joseph Coffee and wife went to Lima, Ohio’ to-day to visit relatives. David McConehey, who had a stroke of paralysis last week, is very low. Will II Hart, a prominent attorney of Huntington, was in the city to-day. Judge Heller Sundayed with bis family and returned to Portland this morning Attorneys J. T. France, Clark Lutz and Frank Mann were at Portland today. James Colchin went to Bellfountaine, Ohio, to-day to spend a week with friends. , _ . Oscar Emeriue, after a two weeks visit in the city returned to bis home at Tiffin, Ohio. L. C. Devoss is suflfeiing from a bite of a mosquito or a carbuncle. He thinks it is the latter. Miss Nettie Drummond left this morning for Geneva where she will remain for some time. John Everett and Henry Hite went to St. Louis last night to attend the exposition at that place. “Ratch” Blackburn, who has been employed by Kerlin Bros., during this summer is in the city. Daniel Sprang and family returned home to-day. They had a week’s outing at White Pigeon, Michigan. Miss Carie Barnett who was called home by the sickness of her sister, returned to Bluffton this morning. Dr. C. B. Reed, of Van Wert, Ohio, was the guest of bis sister, Mrs. Sherman Mott and family last Saturday. Mrs. James A. Hendricks and Miss Frances Thompson returned from Marion where they spent the Sabbath with friends. Prof. George W. A. Luckey, of Riverside, California, is in the city, the guest of his sister, Mrs. Brock and brother Thomas. W. 11. Nachtrieb basemjfloyed Robt. Meyers as clerk in his drug store. Mr. Meyers is thoroughly experienced in pharmacy. —— - - Mrs. John Houser, of Root tow rnship, died yesterday morning after a lingering illness. Funeral took place to-day at the Alpha church. Miss Cora Miesse, who spent the summer with relatives and friends at Columbus and Lancaster, Ohio, returned home last Saturday* Several parties in the south part of the city have lost quite a number of chickens. The next grand jury will be made acquainted with their doings as they are known. Miss Mattie Young accompanied Rev. E. T. Gregg and Wife to Avilla to-day to attend a Ministerial meeting at that place. ifev. W. B. Freeland will also attend the meeting. Farmer J. W. Voglewede met with an accident this morning, in attempting to get on the sidewalk with a load of onions, by spme unknown cause they spilled out on the street. Farmer King was on hand ready to help pick them up. Smith & Bell received a saw log at their mill to-day which was 46 feet long, 4 ft 2 in at the butt and 2j»ft 10 in at the top, measuring 2586 feet of lumber. The log was purchased of Henry Hilgeman, of Preble township, and is said to be the largest log ever delivered to any saw mill in the county.

Mrs. Will Kuebler and Mrs Dr. De Vilbiss entertained friends in honor of Mrs. Edward Schafer, of Sofith Bend. Ind. Those present were Mrs. Edward Schafer and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F. Schafer, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bell, Mr. and Mrs Dr. DeVilbiss, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Locke, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kuebler,, Misses Emma Jackson and Lena Barthel. A bounteous repast was served and an enjoyable time was had. Thomas P. Harris has concluded to move on his farm in Monroe tpwnsbip, which by the way is a fine farm. He will leave our city for the farm to morrow. Last Friday evening his many friends here concluded to move on him. Some fifty of them quietly dropped their work and assembled together and marched to his residence to spend the evening with his family which was pleasantly done. All of them wishing Tommy and his estimable family a pleasant life on the farm.

From Tuesday's Daily. Geo. Ilaefling went to Fort Wayne to day. Samuel Simison of Berne, is in the city to-day. Mrs R. B. Allison returned from Berne to-day. Mrs L. C. DeVoss returned from Portland to-day. W. W. Briggs, of Geneva, was in the city on business to-day. Mrs Frank Miller who has spent a few days at Bluffton returned to-day. Barney Wemhoffi, senior, will celebrate his eightieth birthday next Friday. Miss MineKirkendall left for Helena. M. T-, to day, where she will make her future home. John Rex who has been pronounced of unsound mind was taken to the asylum at Richmond. Frank Schumacher, the tailor, is now located with his shop above the saloon of Robert Steele. Mrs. Dan Donovan arrived home last Friday after spending four weeks with friends in Springfield, 111. P. L. Crawford and wife, of Avilla, who have “been spending a few days here, returnedxbome last night. Mrs. Chas. Cramer, of Cleveland. Ohio, and Mrs. Ed Kogers, of Wellsville, Ohio, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Billman. The good people of the Christian church are now engaged in improving their edifice by giving it a general cleaning up and beuautifying the interior of the same. Mrs. Will Teeple and children went to Marion, 0., where she will join her husband who is engaged in the C. & E. yards as car inspector. They will make that place their future home. Lover Miller and wife, of Decatur, visited here over Sunday. Miss Bessie Hale, of Decatur, was a visitor in the city yesterday. Miss Ethel Hale, of Decatur, was a guest of the Misses Arnold over Sunday^—Bluffton News, Oct. Ist. A. The great ball game between the Indians thefamous and our nine was played to-day. The 1 irgest crowd of the season witnessed the game which was very evenly te the sixth inning. The scofestandin 3to 3. At the end of the game the score stood, Indians, 5; ‘Creams.” 13. The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows, which held their yearly session at Chattanooga, Tenn., last week, adopted some important legislation in regard to the Rebekah lodge. Henceforth all Odd Fellows and wives, and all white women over eighteen years of age, “who believe in the ruler of the universe," are elligible. Formerly only wives or daughters of Odd fellows were admitted. _ The people of Root township have commenced to gravel the Ossion road running west from the St. Marys river between sections seventeen and twenty and between sections eighteen and nineteen, to the line between Preble and Root townships. They get their gravel from the Evans grave pit. The people of Root township don't propose to stick in the mud any longer Will not others of the county do likewise? Neighboring cities are being canvassed by an irrepressible female selling pants buttons. She snaps one of her buttons on the pants of a married nian.usay& the Covington Republican, and he is then compelled to buy a box in order to expillin to his wife where lie got the button. In some instances she will clip oil' two orj three buttons and jhe victim is then compelled to buy a box or go around holding .up his pants, if you should happen to see a female peddler you may consider ymq-self justified in calling the police. Rev. Father Wilkens, of the Catholic church, informs us that a tine bed of gravel has been found on the Orphans farm, just north of town with only about a foot of dirt on top. He says that further investigation will be made to find how large a bed of gravel it is. There is no doubt but that there is plenty of gravel near Decatur to gravel every road in the county. Let us have gravel roads and be up with the south part of the county and our neighboring counties.

Last Sunday the funeral of Henry Banta, of Willshire, was held at his late residence. The attendance was the largest that ever was he’d in that town Tjie ceremony was under the auspices of the Masonic. Odd Fellows, Grand Army and the Sons of Veterans: the different organizations performing tlieir'funeral ceremony in the order as above named. The sermon was by Rey. Mount, of Van Wert. The high esteem in which the’deceased was held by his friends and neighbors, was evidenced by the number present.

From Wednesday's Daily. GOV. MATTHEWS AT DECA TUR, NOV. Ist. Alex Parks, of Willshire, 0., is in the city today. L. C. Miller took a business trip to Berne to day. Matt Timmonds, of Geneva, was in the city to-day on business. Miss Ida Falk is visiting her uncie and aunt in the country this week. Mrs. Samantha Dorwin and H. 8. Porter went to Fort Wayne today. r E E Davis and wife went to Objo City to-day on a week’s visit with friends. John W. Rex, Dr. Thomas and G. W. Woodard returned from Richmoiiii last night. Mrs. B Knappe and Lizzie Wilking returned today from a visit withfnendfi at St. Hemy, Ohio. S. L. Urick who has been in Northern Michigan for time for bis health, returned home to-day. J. W. Teeple and wife returned from a visit at Richmond and vicinity where Mrs. Teeple has been for some time. Amelia Kodenbeck, of Ft. Wayne, who has been visiting her brother in Root township, returned home today. Mr. Cutting, father of our townsman, Ezra, left for his home at Niles. Ohio. He is in his 85th year and is quitq active yet. Rev. Gregg and wife returned ifrom Avilla today where they have been attending a ministerial meeting since Monday. The latest novelty, the Arabian dance is executed in Uncle Hiram at every performance at Decatur opera house, Saturday, Oct. 6. David Baxter and family have moved from near Monroeville into the ’progerty on north N ineth street, vacated by L. C. Devoss. I The flagging for the sidewalk In front of the court house has been Received and work commenctA placing them down today. Mrs. Fuller, aunt dfIL S. Porter, ot Clinton, lowa, who has been the guest of Mr.,Porter and Mrs. Samantha Dorwin, returned home today. The Uncle Hiram Co. carries two sets of scenery—large and small, and can produce this play on any stage. See it at the opera house Saturday, Oct. 6. John Everett and Henry Hite returned from St. Louis this morning. They report the exposition at that place a grand sight equal to any in the I nited States. Joseph Helm,' Simon Barkley, of near Monroeville, and James Gilson went to Anderson to-day to attend the reunion of. the 47th Regiment which will take place to-day and to-morrow. Isaac Bell, engineer on the Panhandle road from Columbus to Dennis, and family, are in the city visiting ■ his coiW sin, A. R. Bell and family. Mr. Bell is the oldest engineer in point of service on the Panhandle road from Col-, nmbus to Pittsburg. Fin Bennett concluded last week that he would fool bis friends in a gentle way by going to Portland and taking unto himself a he'pmeet. So last Thursday he was bound by the holy bonds of matrimouy to Miss Louisa McFarland, one of Portland’s fair damsels, Good luck to the couple. The great ball game played yesterday by Place's Creams and the America! Indians, drew a crowd nearly equal io Robison's show and hundreds of those present never before saw an Indian. We doubt if there was one in the crowd thought about the danger and Suffering their forefathers were compelled to pass through in the early settling of this country by the Indians. Jim Fristoe steppe'Tw to/the ticket agent yesterday .and me a ticket to Geneva.” He reached in hrs pocket for his pocketbook and not finding it, exclaimed, “I've been; robbed I” As everybody knows that Jim never had a pocketbook, they all give him the “laugh.” Otir reporter tool; compassion on him and advanced him enough money to buy a return ticket to Geneva. A. Burdg.,formerly of this county, but now of Bluffton has just returned from North Dakota. While there he spent some time with Lemuel Hedington formerly of Blue Creek township, and reports a film country apd bountiful crops. He says Mr- Hedington is doing well, having raised over 4,000 bushels of wheat and a large Crop of nay, oats, potatoes* and cabbage. He could not be induced to come back to Hoosierdom,

NUMBER 29.

From Thursday's Daily. HON. JOHN G. SHANKLIN, OCTOBER 9 AT 7:80 P. M. Today we had the first snow of the season. Harry Cutting and wife—a boy this morning Henry Krick took a business trip to Berne this morning. 11. B Allison went on a business trip to Toledo to day. Henry M. Hart went to Kokomo this morning on a business trip. Charles Ehinger and daughter retimed from Minster. Ohio, today. Mrs. B. J. Rice left to-day on an extended visit at Grand Rapids, Mich. John Kale, brother-in-law of Andrew Barkley is in the city the guest of Mr. Barkley. Mrs. James Dailey, of Bluffton, is in city the guest of her sisters, the Misses Fitz Gerald. P. P. Aschbaucher, of Berne, was in the city this morning on his way to Huntington. Miss Vina Cutting returned from Willshire, Ohio, after a week’s visit with friends. Mrs. Will Winch, of Warren, arrived, today to visit her parents, Dr. Holloway and wife. Mrs. T. C. Cole, of Fort Wayne, is in the city, the guest of her parents, L. T. Brokaw and wife. Mrs. M. E. Clark returned from Ft. Wayne this afternoon, where she has been since Tuesday. Mrs. Maggie Walters went to Fort Wayne to-day to visit her sister, Mrs. Emma Zimmerman. James Middleton returned today from a business trip through New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Arabian dance, tne latest novelty will be produced in the new Uncle Hiram; at the opera house Oct. 6. ! .There were 248 tickets sold at the C. &E. depot to parties to attend th* greatest Democratic rally ever Leld ip na ’. Miss Julia Bradley and brother Frank,' of Valparaiso, are in the city. They are photographers and will start in business here soon. Wm to J. Entzgerald went to Fort Wayne today. To-morrow he will attend the funeral of his neice, Flora, daughter of John O'Connell. Shoes down to bottom prices at Kern & Brittson s shoe store on account of a bouncing boy that arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brittson last eveniug. Hamilton Moffett, father of Supt. Moffett of our schools, left for Quincy. Ohio, this afternoon to visit relatives and friends. From there he will return borne • He was very much pleased with Decatur. Ex-Comissioner George Pontius was in the city last night on his way to attend the rally at Huntington today and was on the lookout for a partner for fear he might get lost in the vast crowd at the barbecue, tie found one. Jacob Fulk and Albert Garnber, of Warren, Ohio, returned home last night. They Were the guests of M. F., F M. and W. E Fulk. The former gentleman is grand-father of W. E. Fulk and a wealthy retired farmef and stock raiser. . • There was a large,,.delegation of ladies Tom this place Went to Huntingtun.Jbis morning, Among those that we knew were Mesd.imqs J. T. France, Shields. Win. Blackburn. D. Hunsicker Dan Y’ag t. John Gerard, tern Adams, Misses Nora A hr, Bessie Hale, Celia Rusnell and many others. ■ Ezra Cutting feels the largest of any , man .in the city today. This morning he stepp. d over to his .-on's house and the first salutation was,_gobd morning morning grandpa.'*' He looked around and saw his young grandson-giving the morning salute, He says well I’ll go aml’he went down to Albert Brit.tson’s , and there lo and behold, the same salutations greeted him. Weil that 4 ’ beats me, yes and it beats the record of all the old men in this city too. Good luck to the boys. __ Robinson & Co., of Richmond, Ind., manufacturers of traction engines, threshers, stackers, etc., will thresh a large crop of wheat on their- farm thfee and one-half miles west of Monroe, in Adams county, Indiana, Wednesday and Thursday, October 17th and 18th, beginning each day at 10 o’clock a. m. The wprk will be done with a machine having one of their latest improved Uncle Tom Wind Stackers and a Self- „ Feeder and Band Cutter. All threshermen and others interested will be made welcome by their superintende’nt, Mr. Henry Bluhm 29 2