Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1895 — Page 1

. Recorder. * The Decatur Democrat.

VOL. XXXIX.

Teacher’s examination next Saiur- | day. _ M. V. B. Archibald left for Indianapolis Mnoday. — j Harry Hough, of Indianapolis, was here yesterday *'\tev. Boyd, of Middiepoint, Ohio, wat in our city Mondav. Dr. M. F. Porter of Ft. Wayne, was , in our city Monday. Gerber the butcher, left for Buffalo, N.Y. last Saturday. Mrs. P. A. Kiger, of Fort Wayne, is the guest of Mrs. C P. Ferry. Peter Holthouse was at Geneva Monday, looking after his store there. Mrs. L. B. Bowen and family of >' Willshire, are visiting friends here John Abnett the pioneer of Jefferson township, was in the city Monday. Miss Kitty Fought, of Geneva, is the guest of her aunt, Kate Flickinger. Mrs N. Blackburn entertained the Ladies’ Social Society Wednesday. * Mrs. Lyman Hart and Mrs. A. J Christen spent Sunday at Ft. Wayne. ■ Dr. Josepb stoneburuer and wife of Berne, are the guests of relatives here Arrangements are in progres for an appropriate observance of Decoration Day. Misses Lizzie and Bose Johnson are visiting relatives and friends at IJluncie. ~ ? J. T. France and wife and A. R. Bell and wife are the guests of friends at Toledo K Ed. Walkup, the Delphos, Ohio, fCourrant man, was a callerat this office yesterday. W. H. Niblick, President of the iiAdamstJountyßauk.was at Fort Wayne Wednesday gj Isaac Rosenthal left for Peru Wednesday where he will spend some time With friends. 1 Mrs. J. W. Merryman went to Roanoke Monday to visit her sister Mrs Karris Hays. Mrs. Jessie Townsend returned Tuesday from Portland where she . visited friends. Mrs. Will Wagoner left for Geneva yesterday where she will visit friends a short time. | Miss Alice Baughman returned home ■ yesterday from a month’s visit with I friends at Albion. I Rev. Lower of Lima, O, is the guest lof his brother Joseph A. Lower and Bother friends here. I Aleo. H. Holloway of Dayton, Ohio, ■is the guest of his parents Dr. A. G. I Holloway and wife. I Miss Hattie Mook and Delilah Fos- ■ ter were in Decatur Wednesday.— I Willshire Gazettes. ■ .Monday night was the hardest freeze E3 this cold snap. It has finished what ■ garden truck was left. H Rev. Freeh and family, of Albany, ■ Ind., are the guests of Mrs. Freeh’s ■vfrents, W. B Reynolds. ■ John Frysinger, of Decatur, was in ■town Wednesday looking for good ■ horses.—Willshire Gazette. ■ As usual the town was full of people ■to see the street parade, while not so ■many attended the show. ■ £6O- of Sugaj .Ridge, O„ who ■bJb been the guest of Mrs, Martha ■Shields returned home Monday, ■ Wm. Danner of Loudenville, 0., is ■the guest of his cousin Mrs. Martha ■France and other relatives here. ■ D. C. Menefee returned to his home Kit Geneva Monday after a few days visit ■with relatives and friends here. E Henry Woods, of Farmland, is in the Ecity yesterday on business. While here Kie made this office a pleasant call. ■ •Mrs. Clara Shields of Monroeville, ■who was visiting Mrs. Martha Shields East week returned home Saturday. ■ Hale, of Willshire, 0., who has the city tor the past few days ■efiMonday afternoon for Bluffton. ■ Nellie Blackburn is at Fort Wayne ■attending the convention of the ■Woman’s Home Missionary Society. ■ Mrs. M. V. B Archbold and mother Edge left Monday for Piqua, Ohio, ■frhero they will visit about three weeks. I

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, MAY 24. lb

Attorney Smith left for Pittsburgh, ! Pa.', last Saturday where he will spend 1 a few weeks with an uncle and friends. •■— •' ■ ■ . 1,1 1 ■ Mrs- Jacob B Buhler and babe are at Indianapolis where they will visit relatives and friends for about two weeks Mrs. Dr. Stanton of Detroit, Mich., returned home Saturday after a few days visit with her aunt, Mrs. Martha Shields. Mr. and M rs. Frank Lange, returned to their home at Minster. 0., Tuesday after visiting relatives here for the past few days. 9 Samuel Murdock, general manager of the Logansport and Wabash Valley natural gas plant left for Lafayette Wednesday. A large number of the young pedagogues of Adams county are attending at the neighboring Normals schools and colleges. Mrs. E. T. Gregg and W. J Myers are at Fort Wayne attending the •convention of the Women’s State Missionary Society. Bluffton has a fund called the 4th of July fund. They say it now amounts to $337. and they talk of a blow out. That is right, w'ake the sleepy ones np once a year. Mrs. Samantha Dorwin and Mrs Hattie Fuller, formerly of Clinton, lowa, left Tuesday for Geneva, where Mrs. Fuller expects to make her future home. R. C Menefee of Viola, Wisconsin, but now visiting his parents of Wabash township, is visiting bls brother E. I’., Menefee of this city and other friends here Editor Weaver, of the Ridgeville News, was a caller at this office Monday evening. He was on bis way to Kokomo, his former home, for a few days vacation. We have two small books. The one is called Coin’s Financial School, the other is called Financial Fool. The one absolute free coinage, the other the gold stadard. Barney Kalvariskv left for Ft Wayne Wednesday to meet his oldest son who comes from Chicago to visit him He will remain but a short time when Barney will return with the boy. Mesdames Henry Winnes and John E. Smith, left Monday for Indianapolis where they will attend the Grand Lodge of D. of R as delegates from the Daughters of Rebekah of this city. Daniel A. Straub sues bis wife, Sarah J. Straub, for a divorce ifi this court, saying she has been cruel to him and has called him bad names, that she re> fused to cook and do the housework for him. Emanuel Woods and wife and Mrs Hannah Elzey left yesterday for Bremen, Ohio, to be present at the Bremen school commencement. A grand-daugh-ter of Mrs. Elzey, a Miss Stone, is one of the graduates. The fakirs in the side show got in their work today on a feat citizens of this community. But when the marshal would put in his appeal ance, they went “slough,” only to return when the marshal would get out of sight. a If the earlier varieties of corn, grown in the north third of the state, are planted the first week in'June, they will mature under average conditions, in 90 to 100 days, with the chances decidedly in favor of a fair yield oY sound corn. Miss Mary Baughman left Monday for Ft. Wayne, where she will visit relatives and also attend the convention of the Women’s Home Missionary .Society which convenes Wednesday evening at the Wayne street M. E._ church. On the swamp lands the cold freezing weather is said to have frozen the oats and wheat so that it is all drooping and brown, while ttys corn that was up is so that it can’t be found. Some will harrow the ground and again plant the corn. Deputy Sheriff Finch, of Portland, arriyed in the city Tuesday with two female prisoners, Mary Ridleberger and Liza Scott, who he left in care of Sheriff Ashbaucher. They will board out a fine 0’f.510.30 each for public intoxication. Alexander Elzey, one of Root township’s farmers living a short distance west of our city, for the past fourteen years, had not thought of any. more heirs at his house. Wednesday he was surprised to find a Que healthy boy and gitl *baby to cheer them, in their declining years, as they have come near the half century mark in life.

Sunday School conventions are now in order. Root township will have theirs at Alpha church on the 23th day of May. Union township at Clark’s chapel. June 6t.h. These will soon be followed up by Sunday School picnics, then tbe boys will have a fine time. Mr and Mrs. John France. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bell, Dr. DeVllblss and wife and J. D. Hale accompanied by live lady teachers of the Decatur schools drove from Decatur Sunday afternoon and spent the evening with L B. Hale and family.—Willshire Gazette. The Supreme court yesterday decided that the act of 1893, under which telegraph companies were assessed, is constitutional. The decision is in the case of the estern Union telegraph company against the Auditor of Marion county and all other county auditors of the State. Wince Rupright, tbe onion raiser of this county, was in tbecity Monday. He says tbe onions are down and while the beds are not as nice to lay on as some beds are, the onions would not interfere with anyone laying thereon, but be will replant at once and still hopes to have a crop of onions Tbe sad news has been received by friends here of tbe death of the mother of Chas. Thomas who was formerly agent at the C & E. depot. Her death occurred one day last week at her home in Chicago and the remains were shipped to New York for burial, where she formerly lived. . Wheat has been crawlihg upward a step at- a time until now it has reached the 70 cent mark, and the millers keep their weather eye on the price and advance Hour as fast as the wheat advances and sometimes they see the grain buyers and go them one let ter—at least they never fall behind in the price. Muncie is working a new one on the small boys and girls. They have an ordinance subjecting them to arrest if they are found on the street after 8 o’clock p. m.. unless accompanied by their parents or guardian. We would need a police force that would equal Chicago’s famous police, but a few arrests and imprisonments would soon have a salutary effect. A number of the masons of tbis place attended the funeral of Wm Rabbit, a prominent mason of Allen conuty. He lived about seven miles north of this place. The funeral was under the auspices of the Monroeville lodge and the interment • was at tbe Monroeville cemetery. Funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. Murry assisted by Rev. Kain, both of Monroeville- Mr Rabbit was tbe oldest settler of Monroe township, Allen county. Our people will find the natural gas plant in tbe hands of men who will do all in their power to give to their patrons tbe best services that can be got. They believe in giving everyone what they contract for and with this end in view will at once improve the line by adding more wells, increasing the size of tbe pipe when too small and adding to the length of the six inch line so that they can supply all factories, mills and all that want to burn natural gas. M. K. Seralian of Ft. Wayne, who is an artist from Armenia, lectured at the M. E. church Sundayevemng. Mr. Seralian gave a brief history of the Armens ian’s as to their ways, costumes and habits and is a very good ta'ker for one having been in this country so short a time. After he receives the amount of education he desires he will return to tis native land Armenia to teach his fellow citizens the true religion. The new gas territory just opened on the Hollingsworth farm in Wabash township may develops into a regular gas territory. Should such be the case it will make a sure supply for our city. It is only about sixteen miles from this place and but a short distance from Berne and Geneva. The well will be drilled deeper with the hope of getting oil, but at the present time the flow of gas is too strong to do any drilling. The case of Billy Pyle against the Alexandria natural gas company for damages was called in the circuit court at Tipton today. The plaintiff -was the Owner of a barber shop in the Whiteside block at Alexandria "hi'ch was blown up by natural gas. The furni tiire in the shop was destroyed by the Wreck and MruPyle. who was at work at the time, buried under the debris, In pulling him out from under the Siass of brick and mortar his leg was islocated. He claims damages for his injury and also the destruction of his shop.—Elwood Call. Billy was a citizen of this city for a long time, and did some.of (be scraping of faces here before he went to that wicked city of Elwood.

Neal Rademacher thought he would be ahead of tbe railroad company by going to Fort Wayne Wednesday on business, but they required him to paj’ for a ticket to the show, so that it was tbe same price as a round trip ticketithere and back. After a week's visit with relatives and friends here Mr. and Mrs. Lange, of Minster, Ohio, returned home They made many friends here who will gladly welcome this aged couple among us again They being of that age that some time ago they celebrated their golden wedding, a notice of which appealed in the Democrat at tbe time, quite a number of our people attended the happy event. Their numerous friends here wish them a long and happy lease of life. The announcement is made that the laws passed by tbe late legislature are now all in type ready for the printer, and that the book should be ready for distribution about tbe first of next month. The Governor’s proclamation can then be made about the 10th or 15th of June, when the laws will be in effect. The statutes of 1895 will be a volume of 600 pages, a much larger book than has been required for tbe publication of tbe acts passed by a legislature of this state for a number of years. A brother editor says that a newspaper edited by an angel would not suit everybody., and there is not a community under heaven where some of the people are not dissatisfied with their editor and think they can do his work (letter than be can himself. Tbis class of people usually know as much about running a newspaper as a hog does about administering tbe sacrament, and tbis explains why so many ’’long felt wants” are weighed in tbe balance of public opin ion and are always found wanting. Now is the time for tbe city health officer to look after the dirty alleys and places that need cleaning up in time to avoid tbe stench and foul smell that comes from the decomposition of vegetable matter and all waste that is liable to be thrown in the alleys during tbe cold weather. Let the work be done at once and thoroughly done, then kept clean an l tlu-re will be less cause for to pay a health officer to look afte the snnitarv condition of our city. The majority of contagious diseases come front the condition that exists in the city dn account of their tincleanliness SO Ist us be ready for anything of the kind that may come this way. The Fourth of July should be remembered by our people that we may have a regular old-fashioned time of it —something like in the days of yore, when the boys and girls came to the Fourth of July celebration barefooted and some of them with their sleeves rolled up; when everybody stood up around a long table and pitched into wbat they liked best. Then we would talk to tbe girls and shoot fire crackers and listen to some one read the instrument of writing that was then called the Declaration of Independence, and which is still called that but only a few now enjoy anything of that kind, but let us meet and have an old fashioned Fourth of July and see how people will enjoy such a time. Remember it is July the Fourth, for a good time. Frank B Johnson, the exnert was caught through a joke. Sheriff AshRancher called at the Clover Leaf depot and gave John Mougey two postal cards which described Johnson and his scheme. One was sent to the detective of the Clover Leaf road and the other Mougey kept until he concluded to play tbe joke. Being well acquainted with the marshal of Versailles, 0.. he thought it would be a little sport to set him to work on the case. Mougey had no evidence which would show Johuson to be within 1.000. miles of Versailles. A telegram soon announced to Mougey that his joke was no joke after all. The marshal has the S2O reward and Mougey hasn’t even the cigars, but will get them no doubt when he meets his old friend the marshal. An Unlucky Draw. Don Simplicio, to dispel the clouds of melancholy that cast a gloom over bis spirits, has taken to theater going. “Ernani” was produced, aud everybody spoke highly ot' the performance, our hero among the rest. “But there is one fault about it, ” he said on coming out of the house one evening. „ ■ "What is it?" "I’ll tell you. In the third act, where ' the conspiracy takes place, they draw lots to ascertain which of them is to kill Charles V. Now, What was drawn the . first night? Ernani. And the second? Ernani/ Aud the third? Ernani again. Always Ernani. Six nights running! Now, that’s unlikely on the face of it. For the same name to be drawn once or twice may pass, but six times running r—that is too much. ” .. , r HiS remarks were received with a regular ovation- —Giornale delle Denne.

Johiwn in JailAbout two weeks ago a sleek looking individual, giving the name of Frank B. Johnson, made his appearance in thia city He claimed to represent the collecting agency of 1 invis, Aller. & Co. 327 Superior street. Toledo, 0.. whose business was to collect bad accounts. He claimed to be an expert collector, which proved to be a fact. His scheme was to organize a local collecting agency here. As is usually the case, a few of our merchants grabbed at his bait, each paying him from one to two dol j Jars as membership sea. They also gave him several hundred dollars worth of book accounts and notes to collect from citizens of this county. After collecting about fifty dollars Johuson suddenly disappeared, without turning over any cash to the “agency.” Out , merchants realized they had been i taken in, and wrote to the Chief of i Police of Toledo, and found out there was no such firm as Davis, Allen & Co., at that place. Postal cards were then printed at this office, giving a description of Johnson and bis collecting scheme, and sent out over tbe count¥s. offering a reward of twenty dollars for bis arrest. Sunday Sheriff Ashbaueber received a telegram from the marshal of Versailles, Ohio, saying they had the man and was ready for the twenty dollars. Deputy Sheriff Erwin left at once for Versailles and brought Johnson back this afternoon and landed him in jail where he will remain until court convenes. THE PRELIMINARY. The preliminary trial of Frank B. Johnson, the party that represented himself to be a collecting agent for the firm of Allen, Davis & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, who was brought back from Versailles, Ohio,-under the charge ot embezzlement. was put upon trial Wednesday afternoon and after a continued session of the mayor’s court, he was yesterday acquitted of embezzlement and arrested on the charge of obtaining money under false pretense. Th s is only one of the many instances in which our business men are taker in by sharpers who represent that ihey can collect a debt whether tbe WUiy that owes it is dead or alive. They generally manage to gel a fee fnmi lheir victim and then they leave them to wonder why -they never bear fiom their agents. It is always a good’ pol cy to trade at home where joU can find home people to trade with have them doing business. ’ - —- ——— ./‘few Transferred. The Decatur Trenton Rock Mhi ng Co., by her directors, Wednesday trans ferred all the rights, titles and interest she had in the gas plant of thisfplace to the Logansport and Wabash Valley natural gas plant., after which the officers tendered their resignation and the Decatur Trenton Rock Mining Company ceased to exist longer. Immediately after the transfer to the owners of the plant, the new company proceeded to e ect a Board of Directors, as follows: Charles F. Dietriclig A. B. Proal. James Murdock The board of directors then proceeded to elect tbe officers for the company: Charjps F. Dietrich was elecjhd president; James Murdock, vice-presi-dent; A. B Proal, seer tary and treasurer, and Samuel Murdock, general manager Tbe business here will be conducted by John 8. Bowers and G. Christen, so that our people sill have the same people to do business with as heretofore. The only difference being tbe board of directors, and they will be seen here only once in a while. The gentlemanly way in which the new holders of the plant start their business here warrants our people a good ser vice. ■ Late Planting and Rt-Planting of Corti. BY W. C. The early.ylanted corn has been ser- i iously damaged by the recent frosts and it has been practically destroyed in some localities of southern Indiana by the cut worm. __ ' , Tbis insect is now unusually preval- . ent and destructive throughout the i state. Tbe recent cold weather has ; worked further harm to ' the young corn by retarding < its growth and thus” placing it more " fullv at the mercy of this all-devouriug 1 t enemy. There will be much late planting of < corn, as all who fear the ravages of the cut worm, or have already suffered £ therefrom, will want to plant as late as possible, so as to avoid the “eating < stage” of this insect Where this pest < is at all abundant it will hardly be safe to plant corn—especially upon sod ground—much early than the first ofv June. Tbe important question, there L fore, to those who deem it necessary io * plant so late, is what are the chances of * maturing the crop? While it, is no/j f

possible to predict the character of the. season, which has a controling influence on the rate of development of the i crop, tbe experiment station has some data of interest in this connection. Ex ■ periments with early and late planting of corn have been conducted on tbe j station fai m for several years to determine the effect of date of planting:— (1; on the yield orcom, and I (2) on tbe time required to mature the I crop. Average yields from early and pate planting of corn. I When planted. Bushels per acre. May Ist 41.0 May Sth to 11th 40.4 May 15tn to 16th 39 8 May 21st to 22d 87.3 May 28th to 30th. 31.7 The earliest planting yields most and the latest, about one-fourth less These results have been secured on ground peculiarly subject to drouth which accounts for the low average yields of both early and late planting. Days required to mature early and late planted corn. When planted. Average No. days. May 4th to 6th 125 May 14th to loth 120 May 24th to 26th 114 •Hine 2d to sth m June 13th to 15th km Tbe figures above give the average of three years with medium-early corn, and are. therefore, approximately cor rent for this latitude. It appears that planting 30 or 40 days later shortens the time required to mature corn respectively two or three weeks. With tbe above facts before us, and under existing conditions, it would seem wise to delay tbe planting, if necessary, till about tbe first of June, by which time time tbe cut worms will have about finished their banquet on “spring greens ■” ERELDiNG BUFFALOES. Seme of the Hybride That Are Prodoeed ■ Are Fine Animals. A famous Montana character is Charlie Allard of Ravalli. Mr. Allard is famous mainly because be is one of the owners of the largest herd of buffalo in tbe country, and no man living has given to these now rare animals more patient study aud attention than he. “The coldest storms of winter do not trouble them, ” be says, "for their thick, shaggy coata are windproof. During th’b heavy snows and blizzards .they climb the hills, and turning their ■breasts to the wii.d defy the storm. They feed where the snow xs thinnest Cattle are driven before a storm and will often go with a wttrd 60 or 100 miles from tbe aecdstomed range unless tfadyreach a sheltered spot. Horses turn their backs to a storm, but the buffaloes {face it every time. They seem to keep in about the same condition of flesh the year round and are as good eating in the spring as they are in the fall, and a buffalo steak is about as fine a morsel as ever a man made a meal of. About two years ago 1 purchased the Jones herd of buffalo, which was at Omaha. There were 31 of them in the herd, and we paid(for I have a partner now)slß,000 for the lot. Marcbiel Pablo, a well known cattleman, has joined me in the business and for the past year has had entire, charge of them, so that Ido not know just exactly how many we have—about 140, I should judge, now, and by next fall there will be fully 200 Os them. "We have experimented in crossing buffalo with all breeds of cattle, and the results are most satisfactory. The Polled Angus stock when crossed with the buffalo produces a magnificent animal The fur is finer and closer than that of the' buffalo, and the meat is sweet and wholesome. We are producing as many of these animals as possible, but will not put any on the market for.severai years yet. We are not selling any buffalo either, for the reason that we need tiiem all at present. We receive letters every day from museums, parks and shows wanting them in all quantities, and though we might dispose of one or two singly we harja no pairs to sell. "A good buffalo hide is worth SIOO now in the market, and heads bring frbm $.200 U ssos when mounted, and tbe value of these is steadily increasing, >o that buffalo breeding is as good an investment as real estate. -Our herd is xbout the only one I know of any size. There Is a small one in the Texas panhandle, ami these, few that roam in the national park, are th- - remnants of the thousands which roamed the' prhiries but a - few -years igo. ” —Anaconda (Mon.) Standard. The Cliusf End of Man. Mr. Cuyler tells the story of a little xiy, tire gon of good Eresbyteriar. par■nts, who was asked the question in he catechism, "What tis the chief end. < »f man?” and. answered it: “Man’s chief end is to glorify God md annoy him forever. ” “There arc too many men,” says Dr. 3uyler,J*who act as if that were their hiefAflo. ” —Ram’s Horn. 1 yr ■ _ _. ■ . : The Broken. A Frtinkfoxjd bard wrote ri poem to his oamorata which was published in a subjban pajier. He said her mouth waß ike a cowslip. The printed spared it and > read “qow’s lip. ” Unhappy bard!— ‘hiladelphnt. Record. ' a /

The Frankfi

NO. 10.