Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1895 — Page 1

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Dora B. Erwin--like Grover- a girl Saturday. Dor.* i« happy. William Graham, of near Monroe, buried a Rinall ch.ld Saturday morning. Ex Treasurer Robison says that alii pound girl is good enough for them. It ih a daisy. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the parlors of Mrs. John Steele next Saturday, July 27th, at 2 2:30 p. in. Parties from Eort Wayne are here looking up a location to put in a first-clsss plumbing establishment. David L. Myers has bought an interest in the Bowser Manufactur luring Company, of Fort Wayne. His*family left for there Monday. James Frederick France, of Huntington, writes John Mayer of this office, announcing the arrival of a 7J> pound girl to help bless the household. Miss Minnie I’. Orvis entertained a company of friends Saturday evening in honor of Grace and Hiram Gregg, of Peru and Guy Kenyon of Ashville, N. Carolina. The campaign of IS'.m is open — that is the men who want to make millionaires or multimillionaire, have been making lots of fuss about what it will take to make them what they want. Judge A. T. Dailey, of Van Wert, Ohio, is quite sick at the home of his brother-in-law, A. J. Teeple, of this city. He was here attending the Masonic meeting, and before going home was taken violently ill. Hon. John R. Cofferth, of Lafayette, died last Sunday. The deceased was one of the best altor neys this state ever had. He was well known to a number of our people. The bans of matrimony were published Sunday for the first time at the St. Marys Catholic church, of Mr. George E. Heffner, of Toledo, <)., and Miss Anna Forbing of this city. A package passed through the express office here Wednesday marked E. V. Debbs, Pres. Railway Union, Terra Haute, Ind. They failed to make it in care of the officers in charge of Eugene, but it may be forwarded to him, | i . The social which was to have been given by the ladies of the Christian church at the court house tomorrow evening, has been postponed until sometime in the future, on account of the death of Auditor France. The normal school conducted by Walters and Winans, is in good condition, and deserves the patron age of every teacher of Adams county. There is no reason for anyone to go away from home to attend a normal school, when you can get as good work at home. A constable of Hartford townL ship, Saturday morning brought to I Sheriff Ashbaucher, Samuel Clark ; who had been tried before Esquire | Shepherd for assault and battery on | John Biberstine. His fine and costs I amount to $12.10 and he will board | with the sheriff twelve days. Though this is supposed to be an l-pff year, politically, there will -be I elections in thirteen states, namelv: ■ Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, ■ Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New ■ York, Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas, I lowa, Nebraska, Mississippi and ■ Massachusetts. The Connecticut Selection for town officers and to I pass upon the question of redistrict- ■ ing the sjate senate will be held ■ October 7, and regular state elec- ■ tions will be held four weeks later November ~>, in the twelve other ■states.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 2d, 1895.

A pleasant time was had at the home of John McGill, of Union township, Thursday evening of last week. The neighbors and friends to the number of forty were entertained in honor of Mrs. John Wood, of Van Wert, Ohio. All enjoyed themselves and returned home with pleasant thoughts of this meeting. David Eley was Wednesday ap pointed a receiver for the firm of Robison, Gillig & Co- He will immediately enter upon the discharge of his duty. Herman Center will assist him and have charge of the books. The affairs of the company will be closed up as soon as all contracts on hand can be completed. *— ——--5 — Some parties from near Bluffton were in our city Wednesday morning hunting for a stolen horse they thought they had tracked this way, and Seeriff Ashbaucher left here with them. Wells county has been suffering for some time past from horse stealing. If they can't gel them any other way, vigilauts are a good thing. The Greensburg Daily New Era comes to our table for an exchange. The editor, Allen W. Clark, is the president of the Democratic Editors Free Silver Committee, and may be sending out his paper with the hope of making converts to the free silverites. The paper is full of news and well edited. Here is our hand, but not on free silver. I'he commissioners closed up the Wagoner gravel road matter Monterday. They with the county attorney and the help of the citizens of Berne, give to the contractor, Mr. Sprague, the necessary assurance, so that he will commence the work at once and push the same to completion. The contractor expects to get the gravel along the line of the road. Indianapolis. Ind., July 20.— The most novel use of the bicycle turned up in the arrest of Thomas Jenkins for selling whisky to evade the. Nicholson law. He carried in his many pockets dozens of flasks and patrolled the streets and roads vending liquor to the wheelmen he met. His clothing was especially built (or carrying the bottles, and when arrested he resembled the bicycle saloon he was. Logansport, Ind I . —A franchise has been granted for the construction of a new telephone system here. The instruments will be made by the American Electric company of Kokomo and will rent at $lB a year for business houses and sl2 for residences. This is the kind of telephone our company should give the patrons here or a company should put in a system that will better the service of the present system. George E. „ Wemhoff does not -A wear diamonds, but he does wear a fine Algerian shirt stud. George, who by-the-way is branching out rather extensively in the marble and granite business, had occasion to order some stone from Algeria recently, and the firm with whom he dealt showed their appreciation of his order by sending him a valuable cut stone shirt stud. While it is not very handsome, if. is esti - mated to be worth in this ,country about $l5O. Noah btalter, of Kirkland township came to town this mbrnihg to deliver a horse he had sold to John Weber. When opposite the postoffice a piece of paper on the street flew up to his horse which shied and jumped, throwing him on the brick street on his shoulder and back bruising, him very seriously. He was caffiW into Yager’s furniture store, and Dr. Clark attended him. At this writing he is somewhat improved, but is severely hurt.

■ Il is said that there is no better or simpler way of testing suspected waler than the following: Fill a j clean pint bottle nearly full of the | water to be tested, and dissolve in , it a half a teaspoonful of granulated sugar. Cork the bottle and keep in a warm place two days. If the water becomes cloudy or milky within forty-eight hours it is unfit for domestic use. The Cincinnati Enquirer, the i leading paper of the west and one of the first to cry free silver—the most ardent advocate of free silver since the question has been discussed, now seems to be on the wane, and should it continue as it now is, will get around to the side of the inony question when its influence will be in favor of the laborer and farmer instead of the . wealthy, as is now the case. The Enquire generally gets around to the right place but sometimes it is a little slow. The World seems to have a special line of ad vertisiug for “Lawson” this week. The World surely has no kick coming from “Lawson.” We know the man that earned him when he first started, then when he failed in business away from home and come back to make a raise, the the same varty again carried him. But now “Lawson” thinks be has his head above water, and he does his best to rum the one who helped him in his hour of need. Ungrateful is that the word, or is there some other one that is now in use for such cases. Horr and Harvey of Chicago, are still hammering away at the ques tiou: “Shall we have Free Silver or a Gold Standard?” Neither one cares,- only that they get their speeches in book form and sell a million copies at twenty five cents each, is what they want instead of enlightning the people. They wrangle, quarrel and call each other names and then call it discussing the question, “Shall we have Fjree Silver or shall have a Gold They will take the money in silver or National bank notes or any way so they can get the money out of the people. Company “B” of the 4th Regiment Indiana National Guards, left Saturday for camp of instructions at Indianapolis. The company is in good condition and should it be come necessary for the call of the state troops, Company l :B” will be found to equal any company in the State. They left here with fortyeight enlisited men and three servants, two of them being cooks. The boys left here in fine spirits, their friends being at the- depot to see them start and bid them good bye, and wish them a safe return. Camp life to them is but a few days of sport and pleasures, while they receive a certain amount of military. instruct-iOHs-t-bat if nbth ing else will give them an idea of military life. Judge Edward O’Rourk of Fort Wayne, Grand Master of Free and Accepted Magjons of this state, was here attending the special meeting of Decatur lodge, Tuesday evening. Among the visiting brothers present were Judge A. T. Dailey of VanWert, Ohio; Williamsport. 24; Bluffton, 10; Arcola, 11; Monroe ville, H; Willshire, Ohio, 7; Fort Wayne, 7; Ossian, 2; Rock ford, 0., 1; Spencerville, ()., 1; Chicago, T, The meeting was for the purpose of conferring the Master’s* degree upon four fellowcrafts. R. K. Erwin, Charlie Teeple, W. L. Walters and Albert C. Wagoner, who were anxious to be advanced and the different sister dodges were invited to assist in the work. It was by far the largest assemblage of Masons ever in our city. An excellent banquent was given in honor of the visiting brethren during the evening

The city officials have decided that no stands of any description will be allowed on the streets durifig show day. strict attention will be paid to this order and all stands will be promptly supressed. It is proposed than when the parade moves down the street there will be nothing to hinder the crowd from seeing everything. Bluffton News. Die easement held by the city on real estate over which the streets pass can be controlled by proper authority, that is by a statute of the city, but for them to attempt to make this a special occasion looks somewhat tyrannical. East Sunday William Elzey and wife and Allie Fuhrman with A ina and Mary Elzey, spent the day with John Miller, near Willshire, Ohio, returning home in the evening. Allie Fuhrman was dm.ng a young horSe. keeping close to buggy in which Elzey and wife were, when near the Raudabush school house, three miles southeast of town, a rig passed them. This caused the horse that Miss Fuhrman was driving to run away. In passing the buggy of Mr. Elzey, Fuhrman’s buggy caught the hind wheel of Elzey’s buggy, tearing it off and upsetting both buggies, the horses turning around and getting tangled in the harness and breaking the buggies so that all the people were hurt some. But Mrs. William E'zey bad her left shoulder broken, while the rest had bad cuts about the head from the horses tramping on the tn. Dr. Coverdale was called to dress the wounds. Editor Democrat:—We often hear the farmers complain about the hitching post, and why shouldn't they say something? The people that have lived in town all their lives don’t know, or can't tell the trouble it is for a farmer to tie his team so far away from where- they wisk to do their trading. We often hear.thy businessmen say, put your team in the livery stable: there are many farmers who only wish to stay in town a few minutes and don’t care to pay for putting the team in a stable. Why, not. put up some posts and chains on Court street or some where as near the business part of town that is convenient and remove the bitching from Second street? Some of the farmers are taking their produce to Bluff ton and Berne. To be accommodating is one of the true roads to success. Then why not let Decatur hsyee her share of success. X \ X Report from the w’either bureau for the northern portion of Indiana: Numerous good rains and warm, moist weather improved all growing crops. Pasturage in many localities begins to look green again. Corn is improved, is tasseling and shooting and grows rapidly; in Pulaski county the crop promises to be one of the greatest ever raised. Late potatoes are in fine condition, but V-StE .a-*—-" ■;?•.««« <l» <■ early potatoes have but few- in the hill; bugs are doing damage in Jay county. Vegetables were helped by the rains. Buckwheat is grow ing fast: in Starke county they are still sowing it. There are plenty of tomatoes for canning. Millet promises a fair yield, but clover seed will be short in some localities, i Apples ami pears are a large crop: in Miami county they have to prop the, branches. Wheat thrashing continues; it yields* better than es timated when in shodk ‘in Adams, Carrol. DeKalb and Allen’eounties. but in Steuben and Pulaski counties the yield is less; in the latter county where'an average of fifteen bushels had been estimated 1.50U1 acres | thrashed a yield of 9,000. bushels only, and h;ilf ot that was inferior wheat. I'he oats harvest continues, and in most counties it is nearly all cut; it does not ripen even in Starke county, some part of a field ent, while the other part is still green. Fall -plowing has begun in many localities. Large hail injured corn

in Tipton county, and high winds i did damage in Jay, Tippecanoe and Tipton counties. Chinch bugs are i still bad in localities, and grasshop 1 per« in Miami and Marshall counties. AT REST. The auditor of Adams county ’W. 11. 11. France, died yesterday morning at 0:30 o’clock after an lil | ness of about two weeks. He was born in Vermont July 29.J841. He with his parents in 1847 he moved Ito IJcKing county, Ohio, and then; in 1853 they came to Adams county Mr. France was constable and justice of the peace of St. Mary town ship for eleven years and a resident of it until 1 s-. j, when he was ap I pointed superintendent of the Adams county infirmary where he ! served for eight years. He was a electej auditor of the county in lb'.'O and entered upon the duties i of his office November I, 1891; was again re-elected in l'-'.'4 ami would have taken the office the Ist of November 1895 had not death claimed him before the expiration of his Ist term. I In August Ism,i he was married to Phoebe M. Matthewson. To them were born four children, all of whom survive him with their mother to mourn their loss. The funeral will be held at the M. E church Saturday at 10 o’clock a. m. I Interment in Maplewood cemetery. ; l Mrs. Catharine Fuhrman departed this life yesterday morning at eight o’clock. The deceased was past <l9 years of age and leaves a large number of relatives and friends to think of the sweet, pleasant life ' she had led; rejoicing to know that in leaving this world she has passed ; to one where trouble and sorrow is ; unkifown and that she still contin ues in the same life in the beyond, that she lived while with friends in this world. The funer.V ’ will be held Saturday afternoon at the Evangelical church. I'he interment in Maplewood cemetery. .. ,«J ■ ~~~ Berne, Imi,, July 23, 1>95. Emroi: Democrat: We want to ask you if Will Sheets came to your office to get a bid for the work that i-s for our blowout; August 3. Please see the other offices and see it he ’ went to see whe”e he could get the work done the cheapest, or whether he spent our money without caring wdiether we got good work or not : or whether he saved on money. HA C. “ We can't say as to any other office, only our o wn. He did not come here, and we do not know anything about the work or whether he could have saved you money or not, but we Teel sure that we could; for we are the best equipped office, and have the best workmen. There may have been a small side draft to the work. FOREIGN FLASHES. Moses, the great- la'.w«.i.v®r. and author ■ th-* 3 " 'tiFt*V-'(i'W s -if uur < »ki- Rible. - - is said to hifve diyd on the anniversary of his birth, being exactly 120 years old. The average height of a man in the United States is 5 feet !0 l 2 inches; in England. 5 feet l»■ im-iu-s; in France, j feet 4 inches; in Bergiuin, 5 feet 6’. inches. The-T.eghm of Honor of France was' established as a reward for distinguished services in any line, whether military? civil, scientific or literary. It was founded in. ISO 2. , - The'''tael” is not a. coin but a weight. It varies in value a. .■■•rding t > the pric--of silver. ln’'Pekiii at. the, present time one “tael" is equal to si.s(t in Mexican silver, dollars dr .7 ■ i rnts in American • Sold. For the benefit of those who wemld like to know upon what date- East'r fails for the re+w+imeg- y*-a-Ks of tbjs century, the Christi.th Work gives 'th ■ following: ,1896. April 7: 1897. April G; IS9B, Api-il 10; 15.99. April 2; 1.801), April 15. The termination "penny"’ in such words, when to .nails, is supposed to be a corruption of the word “pound."*' Nails wete Mt’SfgTiated. "lie-, cording to their Wojght, by the thousand. VV-hen a • h «usand ’of ..them weighed six pounds they wCre calle.d six-pound .'nails and. so forth. A corrtpJrison >f the■ maximum tclnperature in different parts of the world, shows tlqp. the gr-a t- desert-of Africa is by fat the.lt.>i o- L This vast plain, which extends 2.0110,nii les from east to west and I.OOn miles fr-uu’north to south is osaid to. Jiav-e .at 'temperature' of 150 degrees Fahrenheit in the hottest days of summer.

■STKIKEKS ATI’WA.MA, Ofliciiils of the Ituilroml (bmpiiuv A>k For Government Protection, MAY SEND AWARSHIP THERE Thin Government, However, No Kight to Interfere With the Striker*—General Shifting Around of the Official* of Navy Princeton Geological Party W \shin<;tox. July 25.—Officials of thy Panama Railroad company at New York have forwarder! to the state department a letter cqiiceriiiiig the labor, troubles that have arisen on the isthmus, stating that the operation of the railroad is obstructed and calling on the ' department for relief. It is said that the United States has the right to maintain free communication on the railroad in the event that Colombia fails to keep it open, and if there is lorcifeje obstrucI tion to our traffic our naval,forces willundoubtedly remove it, but they have i no 1 power to compel the strikers to operate the road. Nothing has been done as yet, but Acting Secretary of State Adee was seen in consultation with Sc-cretary Herbert, ami it is expected that some naval force will soon be dispatched to the seen* <>: t-lv-Irouble. lieinauds of the Strikeriu Colon, Colombia, July 25, —Thesitnation is becoming worse. The strike of the wharf and ship laborers, which commenced on July 17, and which later extended to the switchmen and others on the railroad, continues. All the steamers at Panama are idle and all business is paralyzed. The men struck for higher wages. They were paid $1.50 per day I for working on the wharfs, and $1.75 ; for working on board ships; they dei mand $1.75 |»er day for wharf work and $2 per day for working on board ships. < HANGEs IN THE NAVY. General Shifting .About of Officer* In Secretary Herbert'** Department. Washington, July 25.—Captain Theodore Cane has been ordered totakecomj mand of the Monterey Sept. 2, relieving ■ Captain F. J. Higginson, granted one month’s leave. < aptain Henry Glass is , detached from the command of the Cin- | cinhati and ordered to special duty in ! connection with the Texas. Captain M. L. Johnson, from the command of the Franklin, to command the Cincinnati;' Caprain S. W. Terry to command the . Franklin. Passed Assistant Engineer j T. W. Kinkind, from the Pennsylvania State college, to siH'cial duty at Norfolk. Captain J. H Samis is directed to be in readiness to.take command-of the Atlanta Sept. 1. Naval Constructor F’. L. Feruald has been ordered to proceed to Euroipe for the purpose of examining the bottoms of rhe American line steamships New York. Fan - and Sr. Louis to ascertain whether they comply in construetmii with the terms of the subsidy act. Full details of officers have been made for the Texas afftl rhe Lancaster, . which ships will go- rnto commission about Aug. I. Chief Engineer Thomas Williamson "Itts been detached from • duty as superiutenfleut of the state, war “ amt navy building Ai.tg, 5 ami.placed on ,the retired list with the relative rank of commodore. Princeton Geological Party Safe. WaslUN’iton, July 25,—Mr. ■ Pierce, father of one of the ..Princeton students forming a geological* exploration party in’ Wyoming', yesterday received the following telegram dated at Fountain Geyser, Wyo.; !- All -ate. Leave park Fr,day. Address Waslpikia. Will arrive at Casper outlie : sevent h. “ T.' F PIERCE. This telegram shows that the party is returning by The route over which they entered the park, and ’ shows that they do not think there is any danger to lie apprehemled from the Bannocks aud other Indians. ... Heliogr Telegraphy. Denver, July 25.—Communications were exchanged yesterday by means of .armyheadquarters in the Equitable building in this city and Long s Peak, a distance of 70 miles. Cantaim Eowler, uude’r whose supervision thje signaling party me acting, signaled that the party had Encountered quite a few hardships en route and that the real ascent of the pe;rk had been very difficult. He said that a young man named Wister, travefing correspondent of Harper's Weekly, and a member of the signaling party, w\as laid, tipAvttlr'-ery.sipeias of the face and wetiid doubtless beforced co return. The party will n>'W proceed to Pike's Peat, stopping-oi route to sienai. Denver from various peaks, in the mountain ' range\ : . sf rikF <>S Leiegraphers N >: Ci vb ibl«4; Littiw-R'K'K. July Chief Pow< i’l the Lh'deF-of Railway Telegraphers was in the city yes; rd ay and left last eveiiii?g for Tyler, Tex., th ■ headqirarteks of 'theX.lotton Belt road. Mr. I’ov.-.'it wini.' m the’eityAyas tn con saltation wit\ the local officer.- of his organization, but gave our nothing in reg ird'to the tiytfble between the.oper.iters aiid the votton Belt road. He ' hopes to reach an amicable settlement. - Gtasswekkers' 8,-ale. . Ari \ntic I'tiY, N. J., July .’s—l'i; executive committee of the National •IFlihtgiass workers nipt- the represents. .... fives of the Manufacturers'': association - i he'-e yi’sti'Tday to fix tiph-'seale of wages. After eousfilefable they adjourned to meet again Friday, when a ; conclusion may be reaefied, but the pxi ecutive eonimittee will probably insist ‘ upon a new scale. ”,

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