Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1895 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOL. XXXIX.

Dade btudabaker left for Chicago yesterday. _ 4 Camden bad a safe-cracking job Satarday night. . Cora Sbackley is at Ft. Wayne visiting friends. Mrs. Charles Deicux is visiting her . sister at Preble. * The west end people will soon have a restaurant and bakery. * Mrs. L. G. Ellingbam is visiting t riends at Winchester. Miss Hattie Btudabaker is at llunt■gton. the guest of friends. Frank Crawford of Geneva, spent ’ S anday with bis family here. William Pyle of Ossian, was among the callers at this office Tuesday. Mont Evans and wife are at Rochester visiting his uncle, Rev Sparks. Mrs. Mary E. Jenkins is the guest of her niece and family Mrs. Dr. Thomas. ‘ A fortune in fun to the man who will manage the ball team here this season. Ex-Commissioner Stacy, of Blue Creek township is in the city Wednesday. u • Bernard P. Harris has qualified as administrator of the estate of Louisa' Harris. Mrs. Jacob Schafer and daughter Dollie are the guests of Ft. Wayne friends Albert Walters has qualified as administrator of the estate of John A. * Walters. •' > ....... ■ ■ - T Dop Edwards has accepted a posi tion with'a Ft. Wayne firm as a painter. John 8 Peterson is at Goshen in the nterest of Shaffer Peterson’s Indiana < Citations. I ■ . Mrs. A. T. Lynch who was visiting friends st Winchester returned home Tuesday. William Hiigerman and William 11. Benneke, of Magley, were in the city t Tuesday. Roscoe Walkup of the Delphos. 0., Courant. was a caller at this office Monday Mrs. Sherman Mott has returned from a visit with her parents at Van yert, Ohio. Rev. Wise is batching it now, Mrs. Wise and children are visiting relatives near Ridgville. Mrs. Erastus Fritzinger and sister, Miss Hoffman, are visiting friends in Fort Wayne. • Evans left for Rochester, yesterday, where be will spend some time with friends. Charley Smith mourns the death of bis English mastiff, Someone poisoned him Saturday night. -Mrs. Jane Blue returned from a six Almths visit with friends and relatives at Mechanicsburgh, Ohio. John B. Miller has sold his barber Sop to Bert Lichten waiter. The change t>k place Tuesday morning. Mrs. Kate Champer left for Hunting ton yesterday to attend the reunion of the Moore family of that city. i Mrs. A. Melcheimer of Markle, who has been the guest of her mother Mrs Marker, returned home Monday. jfAmos Foreman returned yesterday morning from Chicago. He brought with him four head of horses. They are roadsters anckfamily horses. Capt A J. Hill, who was out with Haterson’s Citation, has returned. The Winbing of the stairs was more than his physical condition will bear. Peter Longacher leftMondaynight for Elkhart where he has accepted a position in a dry goods house. His family will move there in a few days.. >«Miss Nellie Roebuck entertained "Misses Irene Bell, Murrel -Burdge and Pearl Calderwood at dinner Sunday, in honor of her eleventh birthday. Captain Wells bt Grant county, was jA oar city Wednesday. He was on his way to Ft. Wayne, having in charge a boy for the Feeble Minded institute. > .The managers of the base ball team of last summer made some money . tlh’t they shake of the stupor and give oi3 pe-qde the amusement as of old £ We are under obligations to Hon. A. N. Martin for Volume One of the offidatrecord of the Union and Cont'ederrite Navies of the War of the Rebillion.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY. MAY 17. 1595.

Prof. Dugan, cashier of the Decatur National bank, left for Auburn to spend a few days with his old friends there. Mrs. Leach of Mansfield. 0., the mother of Mrs Cnarles Suttles, is the guest of her son-in-law aud his wife of onr city. The train west on the Clover Leaf next Monday morning will leave here at 5:20 and will return in the evening at 7:50. __ . A Martin L. Keizer and family, of near Linn Grove, are the guests of Mre. Keizer’s parents, Frederick Bender and family. Judge Studabaker and wife returned from Chicago Monday night They will make their future home with our people. Wil} Christen has concluded to change bis residence and become a citizen of Rockford, O. He will move there in a few days. The mother of Rev. Smith left for Geneva, Illinois Wednesday, where she will spend a few weeks with the Reverend’s brother. The W. C. T. U. will hold their next regular meeting at tbe home of Mrs. Mark McConnell next Saturday, May 18th at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Sickafoose of Preble, returned to her home after a few days visit in this city with her parents A. J, Reynolds and family. The funeral of Mrs. William Heath was held at Mt Tabor yesterday. She was the daughter of William Jackson, of St. Marys township, In letting the contract for the water works, the specifications call for the center of the street, but should be put along each side of the walk. Farmers report the corn badly damaged by the late frost. This is true with tbe low lands where the wheat is also badly damaged by frost. Albert Schurger is generally happy but Tuesday he was more so than usual - Cigars were free with him. A nice little girl baby has come to make their home brighter. General John P. C. Shanks of Portland, bas concluded to change location. He will move to Chicago To our older citizens the general is well and favorably known. The new managers of the natural gas plant are letting Bowers and Christen manage tbe plant so far. They h'ave paid their money and let it move along in the same old channel Frank Weber, of Toledo, O , is in the city visiting relatives and friends. Frank is an old Decatur boy, and has many warm friends hereabouts who are glad to see him among us again. - Charles Bell makes it a point to be here each Sunday, whether to see his parents or some one else is to our reporter unknown. At any rate Geneva has no attractions for him on Sunday. Willard Hartman returned from the west where he bas b%en for the last year or more. He says the crops there are short and are not favorable this year. John Rice returned Tuesday morning from Coldwater, Mich., where he bought and shipped two car loads of fine driving horses. He says they have the finest roadsters there of any place he has found. David Hunsicker, the groceryman, is determined to follow no one. but to lead, so you can see him out with a new delivery wagon ready to serve his customers. The Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R R. have a force of men and teams grading for the Y. They expect to have the same done in a few days, so that everything will be ready for an early start Monday. Adam Smith met with an accident today chat will lay him for some time. While out in the woods be was struck over the head by a falling limb which cut an ugly gash over his eyes, so that at present it is hard for him to see. '■ L. C. Devoss and family drove over to tbe oil fields Sunday. They pulled up in Wells county where they found everybody at work. They knew it was Sunday but the work went on the same as though it was a week day. Fred Plessinger and Earl Sutton, were visitors in Decatur Wednesday evening. The latter is making arrangements to move to the Adams county capital on account of the change of the Clover Lea Udi vis ion.—Bluff tou News.

On the swamp lands tbe cold freezi ing weather is said to have frozen tbe i oats and wheat so that it is all drooping and brown, while the corn that was up Is so that it can’t be found. Some ' will barrow the ground and again plant ' the corn. The Supreme court yesterday decided that the act of 1893, under which telegraph companies were assessed, is con--1 stitutional. The decision is in the case I of the Western Union telegraph company against tbe Auditor of Marion county and all other county auditors of tbe State. ... w 1 ‘ 1 ' (1 Tbe Chicago A Erie boasts of running one hundred and twentv-two miles in one hundred and twent-two minutes from Huntington to Hammond. A mile a minute is fast enough for about all people, but the Americans they would like to double discount that time, and then some. For Ripgling Bros,, circus at Fort Wayne May 22nd, special train will leave Decatur 7:22 a. m. Returning, the special will leave Ft. Wayne at 7:40 p. m , regular train 11:45 pm. Fare 65c for the round trip. An admission ticket must be sold with each rallioad ticket, making the cost of the two $1.15. Mrs. John Niblick and Mrs. E. T. Gregg are at Huntington, the delegates of the Shakespeare chib of this city, while Mrs Samantha Dorwin and Mrs. R. B. Allison represent the Ladies Historical society of our city. This convention is the largest that the Ladies’ clubs or societies have ever held in this state. What a queer and truthful prophet old Ezekiel was. In speaking of the balloon shoulders, worn with ladies dresses, he said, as recorded in chapter xiii. verse 18: ’‘Thus saith the Lord: Woe to the women who sews pillows to arm holes.” If Ezekiel came to these parts he would hnd enough woe to float a ship. Sam Bone, the Portland policeman, who shot and killed Frank Gouild some months ago, has entered suit against Jay county asking damages in the sum of SIO,OOO for the injury to his health caused by the incarceration in the county jail which is in a very bad sanitary condition A very pleasant surprise was given ex-councilman Jacob C. Miller last Sunday evening on the occasion of his 37th birthday anniversary. Tbe evening was spent in games, vocal and in - strumental music, and an elegant luncheon was served by the hostess. Mrs. Miller, after which all adjourned to their respective homes, wishing Jacob many more returns of the day“Mr. and Mrs. B R. Freeman request the presence of your company at tbe marriage of their daughter Clara to George E. Cook, Tuesday evening. May 14, 1895, at 8 o’clock, 19 Full Block, Spokane, Washington. At Home after June Ist, 0717 Ash street.” The above invitation has been received here by a number ot our i>eople, all of whom wish them a happy, pleasant life. Miss Amelia Smith entertained Monday evening in honor of her guests the Misses Reaner and Graft, of Fort Wayne. Those present were Misses Kate Reaner, Clara Graft, Nettie and Amelia Smith, and Messrs. Charles Teeple, Ed Wagner, Clem Holthouse and Dr. C. S. Clark. Miss Graft left on the 1:45, for her home while Miss R?aner will Remain in Decatur for a month 's vacationThe necessity for cleaning up the alleys deserves the attention of the health officer and the city authorities. While there is no need of people throwing their slop and refuse from the house into the alleys. It is done and the only thing now is to clean them up and to see that in the futur we«keep the alleys clean instead of clean them up, as the watchword will be from now on until the work is done. - James N. Fristoe is as fat and full of fun as a dog is full of fleas, but Jim hustles for F. Schafer & Loch. He sells buggies and farming implements, 'among the duties is the putting to getber of rigs. Last Monday being a little wet, Jim concluded to put a canopy ton buggy in shape, he carried the different parts into tbe tin shop, shut the door and went to work. Some time in the evening, after considerable of swearing and sweating, Jim got the buggy together, when some one asked > him how he was going to get it out of tbedoor?lt then dawned upon him that a canopy top buggy could only be got i through a three-foot door by taking it i to pieces. Jim didn’t swear, but he'did i sweat, and at last accounts the buggy was most of it laying out in the alley.,

The supreme council of tbe A. P. A » has resolved to make its organization - world wide and at tbe same time will i seek to influence the politics of tbe > United States and of every State in the : Union. The principles of the A. P. A. may be well, but to have men in Uanada, Great Britain and elsewhere shaping a political policy to be enforced at the polls in the Uunited States is not in accord with tbe A merlcan idea ’ —lndianapolis Journal, May 14tb. ' The Bluffton News of May 13tb savs: I “Lew Ellingbam and wife of Decatur, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Todd yesterday.” “Misses Barthel, ( Clop and Fitzgerald of Decatur, were ( guests of Mr. and Mrs. JamesT. Dailey over Sunday.” “W. G- Dickey and ( wife went to Decatur today to rent a | house and make arrangements to move next Thursday It is an assured fact I now that the trains will be changed I from Bluffton to Decatur next Sunday.” I Miss Amelia Smith entertained com- i pany last Sunday evening in honor of i her guests Misses Kittie Rehner and i Clara Graffe of Ft. Wayne. Tbe evening was pleasantly passed in games and music and an elegant lunch was served to which all did ample justice. Those present were the M isses Maggie Ton-, nelier, Emma Jackson. Jessie McLean, Messrs. Dr. Clark, Robert Meyers, I Frank Barthel, Capt. Garwood, Geo. Wemhott. Great excitement prevails in the new oil field northeast of Geneva. Last evening the drillers on Thos Hollingsworth’s farm, at tbe depth of eight hundred feet, struck an immense vein ; of gas which forced the tools out of the ‘ well and drove tbe drillers from their ‘ ' work. Efforts will be made today to curb the “gusher,” in order that work ; may proceed. This is entirely new and . undeveloped territory.—Portland Commercial, May l-sth. Last Friday evening at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs J. J. Magi ley, Jessie and Eddie were pleasantly surprised, tbe occasion being Jessie’s t 14th and Eddie’s 11th birthday. Those , present were Lilly. Iva and Zelma ■ Steele. Anna Se'lmeyfer, Anna Merryman, Fanchon Magley. Bessie Billman. Lulu Cloud, Dolly Dent. Earnest and Harry Clpud, Earl and ! Otto Mapn. Harry Andrews and Frank : ; Railing. Ice cream and cake were ; i served at 9 o ciock. , _—. : . The Newby bill goes into effect June ; 30th. Under its provisions teachers are i required to orally instruct pupils as to the effects of alcohol and narcotics on the system Failing to give the instruction the teacher iste be discharged. After tbe first of July applicants must pass examination upon the subject of alcohol and narcotics and their effects > So let the teacher get ready for to be , able to freely explain the effects of [ alcohol. A remarkable decision as to the obligations of towns which maintain a water service has been rendered by the general term of the Supreme court'of New York. A fire insurance company sued a town to recover insurance paid j to a resident for the burning of his 1 house. Tbe ground of suit was that the town had failed to maintain its 1 water supply in an efficient condition and that this failure prevented the sav- | ing of tbe building. The court held the ’ ! town responsible. ; ■ - ——— - Max Romberg was down from Deca- , , tur last week with an unruly horse to [ have James Highland drive some shoes | on it. The horse is a bad one to shoe. ' i but Jim did it without any trouble. He j i has a good set of stocks in his shop that will enable him to shoe any horse with out cording or injuring it in anv way. . i Mr. Romberg said that he would give any man $25 that would shoe his horse without putting him in stocks or with- ' i out cording or tieing him—Willshire Gazette . ? T — —— -Dn Memorial Sunday. May 26th Rev. D. F. Kain wilt deliver a Memorial sermon at Concord church of Root township, services to be#in at 3 i i o’clock p. m. A general invitation is , given to everybody, and especially to all old soldiers, and especially to tbe fol k lowing soldiers of Root township: Henry Frunze, Eleazer Biggs, Jason i Hobbs* Jonas Cline, Martin Lord, Ruben Baxter,L. N. Grandstaff. L. W.' i Lewton, Thomas Fisher, W. P. Mal- ' lonee, John H. Reed, R. A. Drum-, i mond, W. W. Watts. This will be one I of the most interesting meetings that ' we have ever had at Concord church. ; The music will be furnished by the ; Monmouth Quartette, of there is ; none better. Friends, let us come tol getber once more, and do homage to r Him who brought this nation to be the greatest on earth. Fribnu.

The following construction companies bid on the water works: The Ft. Wayne Engineering Co ,of Fort Wayne; the Bechner Construction Co., of Chicago and the Howe Pumping and Engineering Co . of Indianapolis The bids were tabulated and put into shape by Engineer Cook so that we are» able to give to our readers tbe full text of the bids The “Y” for the Clover Leaf will be on tbe Albers’ land. On the south side of the track everything is about in readiness: the work of grading and laying tbe track will be began at once. The transfer of trains to this place will be made Sunday so that Monday morning tbe first train on the division west will leave here westbound. The time of departure will be given later on. There will be some change in the time of some of the other trains, but it will .be slight Tbe morning train west will give our people a fine accommodaI tion —a thing that we have not enjoyed for some time on that road. At the regular meeting of the council Tuesday evening the following order of business was observed fixing tbe salaries of officers. Mayor $250 clerk $350, i treasurer $l5O. marshall $450. street i commissiouer SSOO. secretary board of health SIOO, city attorney $125, chief of fire department SSO, engineer $3 per I day and councilman SIOO. The contract for the macadamizing of Monroe street from Main street will be let Tuesday evening, May 28th. The rei port of the commissioners on Grant street was referred back to them for correction. The water works have been under consideration all week and nothing sure yet, but we still have some hopes i of their being put through. As the 1:41 train pulled in Sunday I morning, two young fellows jumped I from the front end of the sleeper and started to slip off through the darkness up Walnut street. They were seen b; officer Allen who commanded them to halt, but instead of so doing they started on a dead run and separated at Hines' underta>ing establishment, one going north and lha other south, Allen fired three times in the air but bis shots! had no effect only to accelerate the speed of the strangers They disap-■ peared entirely, but it was tipped to. the officers that one of them was hiding jon the roof of a barber shop on west 1 Main street. He was found at tl;e j place mentioned, locked iqr ami kept until morni; g when he was released, i The other could not be located. The I boys are said to be from Decatur and ! will very likely give this city a wide berth on their future “bumming" ex- ! peditions —Portland Commercial. The Celina Demociat is a new journalistic venture bv Moore & Irelan. Under ordinary circumstances the Sun would wish’ the l>oys all the success imaginable. but the motive that prompted the publication is not for the good of the Democratic party of old Mercer. Unfortunately tbe Democrats of Mercer county have, for the past two years been in a mtiddle. and the Standard, the Democratic paper that has battled for the party tor almost fifty years without wavering, could not please I both sides It took as near neutral j ground as possible A few politicians were dissatisfied with its course, and ! have made cat’s paws of these two bovs to haul the chestnuts out of the tire. Their fingers will be burned. They will find the promise of a politician as oliable as a puce of whang leather with the elasticity of rubber, j Boys, we can’t wish you success in this i venture. Our respect for the Standard I is too great.- Portland Sun. Bro. Timmonds speaks from experience when he says “the motive that prompted the publication is not for the i good of the Democratic party.” We j had aud again have a case of that kind I here. Parents or prospective parents who read with great jubilation the paraI graph announcing that, President Cleve- ! land had donated the sum of SSOO to i the happy father and mother of girl I triplets—the sum to be applied to the : education of the girls, should they sur- , vive the affictions of infancy and ehild--1 hood—will fie shocked when it becomes known to them that their exultation was premature; that President Cleveland nfost emphatically denies the libei-. ality with which he has been credited. Os course, it would have been entirely proper for the President to have given such material encouragement to a people whose birth rate is already on the decline, but when one contemplates the territorial vastness of the United States and gives heed to the number of ambitious people whe dwejl therein he will be compelled to admiT/that Presi dent did well to refrain from.establishing a precedent that might easily wreck the combined fortunes of the Goulds and Vanderbilts 11 is to be hoped that, the President's dental will reach all tbe aspiring persons who may have read the original and misleading statement. —The Evening Star eff Washington. DX.

j MEMORIAL DAY.* Sam Henry Post No. 63, Grand Army of tbe Republic at Their Regular Meeting Held May 4, Appointed 1 the Following Committee# for Memorial Day: I 1 ’ Committee on arrangements—Daniel K. Sbackley. Henry Hart, David Laman, Samuel Chronister and Simeon B. Fordyce. Committee on finance—Simeon B. Fordyce. David Laman and Thomae r. Auten. Committee on vocal music—John D. Hale. Committee on instrumental music— Henry H. Hart and D. K. Sbackley. Committee on speaker—N. Blacgburn, b Fordyce and Henry H. Hart. Committee on flowers—The W. R. C. Committee on decoration —The W. R. C. Committee on decorating soldiers' graves—The same as last year. Committee for speaker for Memorial Sunday—Theo R Moore, David Laman and William Wetter Committee on decorating church for Memorial sermon---Henry H. Hart, Daniel K. Sbackley and George W. Teeple. 9 Tbe memorial sermon will be Sunday May 26th at the Methodist church. The sermon will be by Rev. Vilz. The memorial address will be by Hie Hon. B. F. Kain. MEMORIAL SERVICES. The Post, the W. R. C.. and soldiers with their friends will attend Memorial services at the M. E, church, May 26th. at 10:30 a m. The following program w’ill be observed : Music. Invocation by Rev. Gregg. Music. Scripture lesson by Rev. Wise. Music. | Prayer. Rev. Spray. , I Sermon by Rev. 11. 11. \ itz. Prayer. Rev. Smith. „ Music. Benediction, Rev. Wiae. PROGRAM. Memorial Day services to be held Thursday. May SO, 1895: G. A.R. and Veterans meet at the G. A. R. Hall at 9 o'clock a m.. and go to the old cemetery and Catholic cemetery and decorate graves. Return to the Hall and adjourn for refreshments. Form at; the G. A. R Hall at 1:00 p. m. and march to the Court House where Ritual service will be held, followed by an address by Rev. Kain, of Monroeville, Ind . after the service at the Court House, the line of march will be formed and go to Maplewood cemetery to complete the day's services. I.lN'fc OF MARCH. Form on Third street, right resting on Jefferson street? march east on Jefferson street to Second, north on Second street to Monroe street, west on Monroe street to cemetery. . »Mayer's Juvenile Drum Corps. School. Children of City. Woman's ttelief Corps. Kern Martial Band Grand Army of Republic and Veterans. Daughters of America. ’ Junior Order of American Mechanics. Eastern Star Lodge. Masonic Lodge. Daughters of Rebekah. Odd Fellows. , Rathbone, Sisters Kmghts of Pythias. Maccabees. Red Men Monroeville Cornet Band. Catholffi Knights. Catholic Benevolent Legion. Militia , Returning from cemetery Militia to 1 march light, in front headed by Monroeville Cornet Band. By order of 1). K Shack ley, ” —— 11. 11. Hart. . Sam Cronistbr. - D. Lhaman, , Sim Fordyce. T. J. Moore. Marshal. Afraid es Out Jail. i • i Monday night Deputy Sheriff Finch, of Jay county, had a man ju change [ who was connected with the shooting on a Panhandle train near Dunkirk. The . deputy sheriff got along with him all ; right until he got off 6t the train here:, j when the prisoner gave the officer a ; push and then fled, the darkness helped , him to get away from the officer. When I the officer finds "bis man, or another bad man, he will put tbe handcuffs on him instead of trying to intimidate him jby shooting in the air. - s

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