Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1895 — Page 1

The Decatur Democra t.

VOL. XXXIX.

■ Born to Jesse Houser and wife—a I h°y. * - ' ■ Joe Coffee was at Fort Wayne yesler- ■ <la y- |/ Samuel Simiaon, of Berne, was here K*. f; Monday. I Attorney Merryman was at Poitland ■f Monday. ■ Rev. Vita was at Fort Wayne WedI nesday. I Prof. Shimp, of Geneva was in the city I Monday I Mrs. U. Dieninger was at Fort Wayne I Tuesday. I Wood Case was at Willshire Wednesday. * I Adams Culley, of Geneva, wjr in the ■t city Monday. y ‘ • '. / - — r — Home Shirey left yesterday, for his home in Missouri. Erastus Fritzinger was at Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Mrs L. T. Brokaw Biindayed with friends at Fort Wayne. Benj. Winans, of the Geneva schools, Sundayed with friends here. J. C Roop and wife spent Sunday with friends at Willshire, O 4 Miss Lenora Huffman, of Linn Grove, is visiting friends here. v Mrs F. M Schirmever and daughter were at Fort Wayne Wednesday. Prof. A. D. Welker, of Curryville, was a caller at. this office Saturday. Rev. Edgar Jones is visiting his parents here, J. B. Jones and family. . Get your trunks arid valises, a fine lot to be closed out soon at, Porter’s. 2-4 Charles Brock is at Fort Wayne tak ng instructions in instrumental music. Miss Cora Miesse will visit with friends iu Fort Wayne for a few days. Two weeks from Monday is the last day for paying taxes without a penalty. John Edwards met with aa accident whereby he will loose one of his lingers Trunks! trunks and valises.finest lot , n the city; cheap at 11. S. Porter’s. 2-4 M. Schafer. J. W. Kleinhenz and J. C. Miller were at Fort Wayne Tuesday. We will take a few boarders. 867tfwltf Mrs. Mary Oonolkton ;' , Miss Effie Botteuburg left for Marion yeterday, where she entered the Democrat contest for a gold medal, last night . Fred C. Miller, the laundry man, is the father of a bouncing boy, and he is happy. Harry Wilkenson now occupies the James Hurst property on West Monroe street. Miss Lucy, Vail, of Ossian, is the guestof her brother. J. W. Vail and family. 1 Farmers, when in Decatur eat at the Union Bakery and you will get value received. d3ostfw43tf 4 8 Miss Millie Lenhart will visit friends at Ft. Wayne for some time. She left H .‘Saturday. You can get the largest and best loaf of bread in Decatur at the Union Bakery. d3ostfw43tf , E. F. Beerbower, of Wabash township, was shaking hands with friends here Monday. Mrs. Hiler, of Ft. Wayne, wits here Wednesday. She is a patient of Mrs. Dr. Holloway.; Garden making is now in order. The sweet scented onions are being placed in the ground. Henniin Tettman the boot and shoe » ( merchant of Geneva, was in the city Tuesday evening. Col. “Dick,” pt the Randall, Fort Wayne, wpsjshaking hands with friends here yesterday. Emanuel Woods is again able to be J;, down in town after several weeks confinement with a broken foot. Isaiah Fellers left for N apoleon, Ohio, » Monday where he will be engaged in the « • brick business 1 his summer. Ed Closs w-rs at Middleburry,O.,TuesJ day after dynamite to blast stumps out of the new Catholic cemetery. The W. C. T. U. will hold their reguJar meeting tomorrow at 2:30 in the I parlors of Mrs. John King . Misses jLeo Case and Minnie Hale attended commencement exercises at Willshire last Friday evening.

DECATUR ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY. APRIL 5, 1595.

Mrs L. B Hale left for Bluffton yesterday to attend the wedding of her sister, which takes place Bunday. Fifty-flve persons attended the examination for teacher’s license at Superintendent Snow’s office Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stein and daughter of 'Willshire, were the guests of Wood Case and family last Sunday. J. D. Ed wauls and daughter, Elba, left for Fort Wayne yesterday, where she is taking treatment for deafness. For Sale, one new Breyman Tile Machine. nearly new. Very cheap. , bltf Adams County Bank A number of our farmers say there is no .need of a gravel road .when the roads are as good now as if they were graveled. Mrs. Clarissa Roebuck returned to her home at Pleasant Mills Sunday after a week’s visit wjth her son, Wm. Roebuck and family. Holthous A Smith have by far the largest stock of New Wall Paper, all grades in the city. Call and see their line and get prices. 2-6 Presiding Elder W. S.Birch, of Kokomo, died Friday afternoon at Logansport while there attending the Methodist Episcopal Conference The west end of the city is infested with a lot of thieves who steal all they can get their hands on. A shot gun is the best lock against Such work. HUGHES’ WHITE LABLE Pale Ale in pints, 15 cents per bottle at “Curley” Radamacher’s. d4lwlotf Harness—a fine lot to pick from and the best ever made for the money, and every stitch our own make, never so cheap as now. ‘ H. S. Porter 2 4 r red Vaughn, who has been making his home for some time past, with the Misses Segurs has gone to Angola where be will make his future home. Land For Sale—Forty acres of land for sale in the corporate limits of Decatur, Ind. For particulars call on w45-t8 W. Teeple, Decatur, Ind. The firm of Falk & Erwin have by mutual consent dissolved. Mr. Falk will continue the business and kindly invites the public patronage. 368 6 2-3 Harness—we make them all, and stick in no factory work on you, but you get (Just what you want, and pay pay for that is warranted. At H. S. Porter’s 2 4 - Grand Easter Opening, with all the latest novelties in ladies’ hats and bonnets, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 11, 12 and 13, at Mary Closs & Co’s d377-t7 wl Dr. Stoneburner, of Berne, returned from Greentown Tuesday and stopped here. He had been called there to see bW'sister who is suffering with rheumatism. — Bro. B. F. Vaughn, of the Mackinaw Enterprise fame, is holding a series of every night meetings at the Christian church. Come early to get a good seat free. Barney Kalvirisky leaves Sunday for Fort Wayme to attend the Jewish Passover which commences Monday evening, tasting ten days He will be absent about twoWeek. it took five ot Portland’s brave warriors armed with a draft on a bank ami an order frqm the court to get three frail creatures released from our county jail. The boys finally won. We are agents for the best awnings and largest house in that line See us and We puis them up all in good shape, and no trouble to you, at wholesale price 11. S. Porter. , 2;4, Jonas Neuenschwander with his family and friends passed through here Monday on their way to Bluffton, 0., to attend the funeral of his brother’s wife there, which was held Tuesday. The Methodists will arrange a reception for Rev. Gregg when he returns, which will be some time next week. A glorious time will this be to those interest d in the work of the church. I have lands in North Dakota and Texas. I will sell or trade for lauds in Adams or adjoining counties and in proper case will give difference in money. «52tf . David Studabaker. Having reopeuai- my dressmaking shop, I invite my old customers as well as new ones, to cal) and see me at my old location over Holthouse & Smith's drug store, 377 2tv 1 Mary Parrish For fine carriage ami buggy painting call at Smith Bro’s. Wagon Shop or IL M. Romberg, We use Murphy’s best Qnishinlng varnishes and Brewster colors. d&76ttw3-p

Bluffton has some notion of moving, out pf the mud. They talk of sewera ancPbrick streets. We are glad to see them have the spirit of enterprise that they talk that way. They need both of the improvement*. The health officers are smelling around in the alleys and will soon be nosing in your cellar, so be ready to receive them and dump then into the refuse. You will soon see them send an officer around saying “clean up.” Landreth’s, “fresh every year” Garden Seeds in dated packages. Also bulk seeds Sold only by Holthouse & Smith, 2-6 “The Old Drug Store.” Grandmother Magley has passed her 83rd year. While this winter has been a little bard on her, she is again able to be around, and for one of her age she is very active. She is making her home with her son Samuel, of Root township. Some time ago William Scheimannof near Williams, Ind., applied cyanide of potassium to a large wart on bis band which had been troubling him for about a week. The wart soon disappeared, but the result was blood poisoning which caused his death. We are headquaters for Wall Paper and Paints. We carry the largest and best selected stock and make prices right down to rock bottom. Holthouse & Slith. 2 6 “The Old Drug Store.’.’ In the trimming of shade trees, let the officer whose duty it is, see that they are trimmed high enough not to interfere with people who have to carry an umbrella. Now is the time to see that the work is done as it should be, for the benefit of those that travel that way. Mrs. Suda Grimme, nee Fay lor, postmaster of Virgie, Jasper county, a former resident of this county is anxious to have the news from Adams county. Her friends will be glad to learn that she is one of Uncle Sam’s employes. The Democrat will carry the Adams county news to her. On Easter Sunday the Miesse will change hands I. J Miesse will retiie, having rented the building to Rolla Calderwood for the term of three years. Miue Host has been in the service for so long a time that he has grown fat, and is known throughout the State as one of the leading caters to the public. The Decatur Democrat is thirty-nine years old and is one of the most prosperous papers in eastern Indiana. The Democrat is a good local journal and the Plain Dealer extends congratulations to Editor Blackburn on the fact that while the Democrat is growing old, it is also growing better.—Wabash Plain Dealer. v . ... Henry Schulte, the capable manager of the Geneya Clothing House, is compelled by business demands in the Decatur store to return to that. city. Mr. Frank Crawford, of Decatur, will henceforth have charge here. He is a clothing man of many years experience and is well and favorably known to many of our citizens,—Geneva Herald. J. E, Garwood is with Schafer & Loch, he having accepted a position, commencing April Ist? To our people he needs, no introduction, having been with Schafer & Bros., for three years in the eighties. He will have special charge of the sewing machine department of their store, while you can find him ready to sell you a buggy or anything else they handle. W. J. Archbold, agent for the Adams Express Co., has received a notice from the General Manager of his company, not to receive any package, for any lottery or any package ■ tlnyt looks as though it may be intended for such a purpose. They" cite the law, in such cases and then affix their own penalty for a violation of the law and their order. Richmond, Ind., April 3, 1895. Editor Democrat.—We recently suffered quite a loss by fire on our farm in your county. By the assistance of neighbors, our new barn was saved with slight damage. We wishjto tender our sincere thanks to all who so nobly assisted on.tbat occasion. Will you kindly publish this letter in your next issue? Very truly yours. Robinson & (jo. ’ Prof. T. V. Smith, of Urbana, Ohio was in our city Tuesday. He represents the Purtlebough mineral spring of Urbana, O. He was a. resident of our city in days gone by and was one of the first photographers that our could boast of While be lived here he married a Miss Patterson who has since died. For a time he was a leader of the Decatur brass band and for a long time was a professor of music. ' '■ ' -■ 1 •

Ail kinds of fresh and smoked san •age. bologna. Frankfurt and liver worst. Homemade sausage a specialty at Gerber & Springer's boutb Side Meat Market. d2l 4fw4<»tf Beery & Bice shipped the finest car load of horses Saturday that ever left the city One team weighed 3300 pounds and were well matched- one resembling the other exactly The load went to Philadelphia. Thomas P Shaffer and Alexander Bunner of St. Marys township, who have been attending the Taylor University at Upland. Ind , and were at home on a vacation, returned last Tuesday to commence ttie spring term, which commences April 3id To the Bublic—Mrs. Ella Kellison and Deila alson have formed a partnership in dressmaking and earnestly solicit a share of the public patronage. Our mottoes • Splendid woik and fair prices ’- Satisfaction guaranteed. Rooms over Yager's grocery slore. 37ltt «2tf For Sale—The scenery in the Meibers’Opera House. This is a full set ot scenes and in good condition. As I have concluded to quit the opera bouse business, this will be sold cheap. I have a fine piano with the bouse that I sell will with or without the scenery d363-tfwltf John Meibers Frank A. Jackson has moved his blacksmith shop from the corner of Front and Madison streets to the Ells worth. Meyers & Co.’s building and will be connected with Chas. Scheifer tor the carrying on of blacksmithing and horseshoeing. He solicits his former patrons and triends. The follow ng prisoners were received from Jay county Saturday evening. Hazel .smith. Florence Bonham and Mary Anderson. They were sent here on a mittimus after they had been tried for keeping a house of bad repute. Tuesday gentlemen from Portland were here and arranged to have them diseharged from the custody of the si e ift of this county, they putting up the filthy lucre to pay fines and costs. J. D. HALE has just received a full line of MAY’S N< iRTHERN GROWN SEEDS which are acknowleged to be superior to all others, being earlier, hardier and more productive. They were grown in 1894 near St. Paul, Minnesota. You are invited to call and see them purchasing. Prices to suit the timeb. d 359 16 W 52 4. The south bound passenger on the G. 11. & I. railroad, due here at. 1:5'9 p in., yesterday, found a man dead by the sita of their road about 44 miles northDflhis place, one and a half miles this side of Williams. It is supposed by the train men thatjie is a tramp, and fell from the freight that vfas about one hour ahead of the passenger train. The Coroner left yesterday afb rnoonto view the remains and hold an inquest. There is no doubt of how the man came to his death if the theory of the trainmen is correct. The Kansas City Sunday Sun was again sold on our streets Saturday. This tima.it has a write up of some of our sports, as the Correspondent seems to style them. Some of the boys feel very while others feel grave, but keep up the laugh. This same paper some time ago caused a rumpus in Kokomo which came near endibg the lite of one man and sent another to the Pen for participating in the same It is to be hoped that nothing of the kind will mantbe good name of this fair city on acco int of the sale of this sheet here. Ti e assessors met Monday, the dis ferert townships reported as follows: Union, A. Witzberger; Root tp. John Chii ten, Jr ; Preble tp, HZwiek. Kirk and tp, Wm Kirschner; Washington tp, Petey Jackson; St. Marys tp. Roop; Blue Cfeek tp, --—--—; Monroe tp, 1< E. Smith, Jr , French tp, J. C. Mey< ts; Hartford tp, Reynolds; Wabish tp. R- R Bradford; Jefferson tp, Frank liisey, with the county assessor constituted a board to arrange a rate at whicKtbpy would list, property, I’hey fixed rne rate of real radaltat the following prices per acre: U nion township. $15.86; Root. sl7 36; Preble, sl7 6s- Kirkland, $15.50; Washington. $19.52; St. Marys, $1696; Bine Creek. $15.25; M0nr0e,515.56; French. sls 36 Hartlord, sl6 48; Wabash, sl6 64r Jes ferso 1, $14.60. This is a fair per j?ent less Than the average rate of last assessment. This is the actual realty, the improvements will be assessed separate and apart from ttie real estate The live stpck will be about the usual rate. Work horses not to exceed SSO; cows $25: sheep $2: hogs $2.50 tp. $4 pe: hundred. Wheat 40c per bushel; rye 3uc and oats 20c. Th s is about the rate that personal property will be listed at for taxation

BROKEN. I The Heavy Plate G an in the Window by the Side of the Door of Leopold Yager's Furniture Store. Tuesday night about 10 o'clock while two drunken men were quarreling mi the street, the one. an Irishman called “Happy ’ Jack, threw a brick bat; t B:ll Bell which missed Bt 11 and crushed through the window ns above s'ated Yager is the loser, as the mher parties are financially irresponsible Nothing st.ort of the whipping post has ; any terrors for such people. — Lost Their Bottle. I Some chicken thieves made a call on ■ Judge Studabaker’s ben tionse Fttday 1 riight, but found it locked, so they | made an effoit to get in but faiLd. In their climbing hround they lost : their bottle, which the owner can have ny calling there tied proving property and carrying the same with them | t’here will tie Do questions asked, so j call around and get yonr bottle. RUNAWAY. William Ilardsock of St. Marys . O . 1 was in the city Wednesday looking aftr r his young wife who he says has left her bed and board with him without any provocation wbalever. They formerly lived tn Wiilsniie, Gitio. He says she is harbored here by a family named Cowden and Alva Henderson aod if they willcease to keep her she w ill re- 1 turn to him a:t<l they can live peace-I fully together again. Ilardsock looks as though he is an honest, hatd.woiking young man and : deserves Iretter of one who should be a > helpmate. — MARRIED. At the parsonage of the Baptist church by the Pastor, Rev- H. H. Smith, Miss Phoebe V. Yager to Samuel Hite The bride is the daughter of Ex-Com-missioner Yager, the groceryman, sr>d ■ was one of the accomplished young' ladies of our city, being a grading ot the 1893 Class of the Decatur High School and a leader of the society in wh ch she was au honored The groom is the well known t grccery clerk of Everett, Hite & Co Theyonng couple have gone to Second street The Democrat s'lnds congratulations. 'I Ont of the Poor House. | u The true ring of an American eiir/’n was shown in an aged gentieman 1 *t* »■ name of Manicure, who has passed tpe 88th year of his life. Some time ago ie was brought from his home in county, this State, to Adams c iuty a grandson, who made the old gentleman believe that he would care for I him But he soon found the grand on could not care for bisown family. Ti on be went to his daughter s, who s»>u had the oid-gentlemau eo?i!v dYt-iT h) the poor house But age did cot seem to make any with hi:n And today h? started for -Boone t'otii tv. where he has a little home an 1 spot o! ground on which he can make a living. The fight for life outside of ; . he poo: house will be made by bun ;■.< longas he can breathe. ReorganizedCompany B o : the 4th regin?, "it, Indiana National Gii 'ids. have htco duly mustered out of.tlie service of the State of Indiana, and tor a short tiine.it looked as though we would be without that strong branch of the government of the State, which awes the young man as he sees the tioys march tbrougb our streets with the ’blue clot fie.- and ‘brass h.iluwg his heart as though be seer ted something at.r off that would add hoiun to his name. But the train entire Clover Leaf, due here at 12:15. yes’erdiiy. landed Major Kreiger ami Adjt^Martz, with another ; worthy gentleman, who, with the assistance of- some otMnrr people, last night, got fifty-three oLour youiig men together and ree.rga'ijy.ed the company ! of inalitia. ,which will be known as Co B, 4Ui Regiment Indiana Natkma’ • Guards, anil will be etlicered as follows: Captain. Ed Miller; Ist Lieutenant, R. D. Meyers: 21 Lieutenant, John M. LenhSri. ■ ' I The Demoriat. for the loyal citizens of Decatur and Adams county, welcomes youTwitli the hope that von may ever he found worthy of "the name you bear. ? Easter Excursion to Toledo April 14. . — low rate etcurs on tickets to Toledo, from Frankfort and principal stations east, limited going Fust Night Express, arriving at Toledo Easter, morning. .Tickets limited date of sale.' 9, '-«.W Th' I. to Werl. Samuel Hite to Phoebe Yager Edward K. RSy to 'Lucinda E. Striker. . ’

The Nicholson Jain By the Indiana Methodists Indorsed. The action ’of the recent Indiana Legislature in passing the Nicholson I temperanee bill Was strongly indorsed I in resolutions adop’ed by the Northern ! Indiana Conference of the Methodist I Episcopal church. The local option feature was particularly approved. The i resolutions also declared for prohibition. There was a warm contest between Richmond. Ft. Wayne and Marion for the ne.kt meeting of the conference The first ballot resulted: R’chmoud. 76; Fl Wayne, 58; Marion 38 Richmond was selected on the second ballot receiving 97 votes to 75 for Ft. Wayne. A num per of candidates were admitted ro deicon's orders, and ad dressed by Bishop Warren Among , the pledges taken by the candidates was one to refrain from fbe use ot tobacco. Resolutions were 4 adopted denouncing in strong terms pedro and progressive enchre games, dancing parties or public balls, attending horse races or theaters. The funeral of Presiding Elder Birch was held in the afternoon. Rev E. F. Hasty read a memorial paper, and Bishop Warren and Rev. M. Mabin made addresses The remains were taken to Kokomo for burial. The annual meeting of the Women’s Foreign < Missionary Society was held Saturday afternoon, led by Mrs. L. E Hartman, of Ft. Wayne. Dr. G. K. Morris lectured on “The Pastor :»s a Leader.” The Epworth League anniversary was also held, and at night there was an educational mass meeting, led by Rev. C. II Payne, of New Yorlt. The above resolutions are about the regular stereotyped set that each con fererce adopts Then each one at the close of conference returns to his respective work and votes help to his party regardless of anything that may have been done or said in conference. To The Work. The counties of Allen, Adams, Huntington and Wells will unite in a W. C. T. ,U. school of methods at Ossian M E. church. Anril 9 and 10. at 10:30 a in There will be local, county and State 1 workers to assist in carrying ont a care- ! f illy prepared program, under direction ‘of State Superintendent Miss Mary Hadley. Bloomingdale Friends of the cause will find a heart v welcome, and i all reform and Christian' societies are invited to send fraternal delegates. The W C T U7 builds upon the fotii'dation stone which was “rejected qf men" Christ in the . heart and life Christ in the home and chureh. and uhrist4n the government. A! sjoence for the individual and prohibition for the State. No-lice.ise..' No comprom ise! High protection-for the children. No protection for king alcohol. w C. T. U. sistyfs, couie prepared .to • give your helpful'experience in the work Come with, you Bible readings, .and cotne expecting to take part in the discussions and class exercises. M. E 1’ ai.ha. Cor. Sec’y* Letter Lisi. List of unciaune I letters remaining in tlm postoffice at Decatur. Ind., for the week ending April 2, 1895: •Jos. Howe.,Geo Thrift, Geo. Creamer, John Mauer. W. 11. Dickenson, Wry Gefbd, Aaron Kiuffnian. Miss Mary Millen ‘ Persons,, calling for JTfe above will please say adve’ Used. Ji-HN Wei. ELEY P. M. Several of her little friends made known to''Carrie Thom .is on Monday of last week that she was eiubt years old. . At 5 eJfloek a march was played and they were all escorted to the dining room. Here ti e reserve .was’embarrHß.:iiient_soiTw:jrges_ noticed iu older gatherings was missing. Every one was anxious to <h> justice to the ele , gaut supper spread bt-foie them The evening was iu g OIL'S and musim = and all were very loth to (’’e-part. They uiriu fT) wishing the mniaWe little lady !nu:i} more suchocea-'ions. and sincerely hopftjttatll'.ey nnj'again- be among the Chosen elect. The -Misses Walker ? imd MeUonnehey assisted Mrs. Thomas the’ littl’e ones.. She was the recipient oijpiite a ilffmbet Os dainty little presents. T Notice to Taxpayers. Yout tax is now due. and if rot paid ». tj.ll the third hJbndayJikAprjl, $t sp. iff, - thev wt; 1 be returtud delinquem; Posirivtdv no niijde out. BS>tts2tP***l>AN I’. Bolds, Treasurer. WE ARE”PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF PLASTERING Patch-work made a specialty.—Please call wben-ymt want work done. 366-4WI-2 A. M ann & Co. Wanted—A few good boarders at Mrs. Mary Congletons. 367(jfwltf

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