Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1895 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOL. XXXIX.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schneider, a boy. ()m> bKTTI.KKH MkET. XG, Al'G. 29 in Wash Kern’H grove. A. VanCarup if oil the sick list, al this writing is some better. We understand there wifi * 1 be a f billiard hall opened in the old opera house. St. John’s church will hold their annual picnic next Sunday in the grove near the church. The way th* weather is now it seems as though our people would be hunting a warmer climate. Clean up the streets and alleys, cut the weeds and shape up for the fall when the bad weather conies ■on. B. W. Sholty has been comnlis sioned Notary Public for this county and will be ready to do business as such. Next week we’il publish the grave] road law. There is no reason why 8 this county should nothavea plenty of good gravel roads. Ed Miller, who lor a number of years manipulated the little metals on the Journal has resigned hie position under the new management. The commissioners met m special session Saturday and appoint ed Irvin Brandyberry auditor of Adams county, vice Henry France, deceased. Farmers from the prairie land of this county report quite a frost last Wednesday night. Some places -—it cut the corn so as to spoi I 11 for this season. Mr. Bohnse will open a billiard, ice cream and soil drink house in : the room occupied by D. C. Kennedy, on the corner of Monroe and Third street. - —. ’ * * A number of our mechanics are employed at Geneva during the < building boom there. You can see ‘■them go out every morning on the G. R. <& I, train. < f — - .... David C. Kennedy last Wednes- | day loaded his billiard and pool : tables on wagons and started for ‘ Geneva where he will open a billiard and pool parlor. Chauncy Young and Loyd Dalrymple have opened an eating {house in Geneva. The fepys will furnish the hungry ones of that place with a fine meal. The graduates of the Warsaw institute for the cure of inebriates will hold a reunion at that place * <3 on August 16th. An elaborate program has been arranged. Eugene Dill, a noted horse thief and all round crook, whose parents reside near Dunkirk, was arrested at Portland last Friday. He was taken to Muncie where he is wanted for horse stealing. Howard Stepp was arrested Mon day morning charged with the larceny of a saddle from J. N. Fnstoe. He waived an examination and was bound over to court. The case was before the mayor. David E. Smith received a postal ; card from Max Romberg. The card was written from Antwerp, and says he had a pleasant trip, and arrived in the best of health ! and was enjoyiug himself. — D. M. Hensley has a fine display of beautiful paintings in his show window. Most of the work was done by home artists, on whom the painting reflects much credit. They i are attracting much attention and I.comment. — 1 ■— l —-T, — ■ . ■■ ■ E For two weeks the Fort Wayne E papers have announced that the F bicyle club of that place would | make a run to this city. But as yet, they have failed to show up. Perhaps they stopped at the Nine Mile house.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1895.

Charley Smith, another democrat for Adams county. He will be ready to vote in 1916,. While now he weighs eight pounds, he will be bigger then. The board of commissioners were in session Wednesday. They have approved the bond of Auditor Brandyberry, who was immediately sworn in and entered upon the du ties of his office. He will retain Miss France as his assistant. There is nothing like being pre pared for what is to come. Hence we advise the new woman to get ready to have her gentle husband go through the pockets of her bloomers nightly, as soon as that article of apparel becomes her garb. The first test case of the validity : of the Nicholson law closed at In dianapolis last Friday. It was before Judge McCrary, who held that the Legislature had constitutional power to pass the act, and that the law will stand, as passed by that body. . «? During the storm last Friday night lightning struck the chimney on the house of J. Yager and ran down in the stove, throwing the lids off the same, and made a blaze as though the gas was turned on. No damage was done, but the house hold were badly frightened. (>ii the mail car on the G. R. & I. northbound, Tuesday, was a tine bloodhound, the largelt one that was ever seen in this pounty. The mail messenger says that he be longed in Grand Rapids, Mich., and was highly prized for his tine qualities. His weight was 185 pounds. Next Monday commissioners court will be in session and on the the second Monday in August the circuit court will convene. A few cases in which the law has been fractured, will be ready for twelve good and lawful freeholders and householders, who will try to find the amount of the fracture. The committee appointed at the last meeting of the old settlers, held a meeting Saturday the banking rooms of the Old Adams County Bank, and fixed the time August 29, for this year’s picnic, the same to be held m the grove of Wash Kern, four miles east of this city. At Hartford City the telephone service is twelve dollars per annum for business houses, and eight dollars for private residences. This is a low rate for the service, but they have a fine system, and are willing their patrons should have a fair share of the good things of this world. ' " —.—: i_. .. The Horr Harvey talk has been closed for the present, and for the good of the country it is hoped for ever. We have a man here that can lay either one of them in the shade if they will give him a chance to push the Faber. We refer, to the artist who sends out the fake specials from this place. “Hank” Albright’s base ball nine and Ed Sether’s nine crossed bats at Schurger’s park Sunday afternoon. The game was very inter esting (?) from start to finish. Ball players from Monmouth and Hoagland were preseut and took an active part in the game. Score, 5 to 1 I in favor of Sether’s nine. {□The Sunday school picnic at Fisher’s grove north of town yes terday was a success. The schools commenced to pass through here early in the forenoon in gayly decked wagons, the American flag waving amid bright and happy girls and boys.- Pleasant Valley had about seventy-five scholars in their wagons w’hile St. Paul and Pleasant Mills were not far behind in number. They all report a pleasant time. >

Company B arrived home trom campat Indianapolis Sunday morning, Poking a little the worse for the wear of a week’s camp life. I’he deportment of Co. B was good. But two of the boys got in the guard house, and they escaped punishment. ■ Last Friday night the J. O. A. M. initiated two candidates into the mysteries of the order. And the occasion was one of the most pleasant events of the lodge, since its organization. A number of visiting brethren from Monroeville were present and assisted in the work. A banquet was given at the People’s restaurant after the work was finished. - Bluffton has passed an ordinance making it unlawful for gypsies, traveling Takirs, trades or eompan ies, umbrella menders, tramps, vagrants or vagabonds to camp or build fins within the corporate limit* without a permit from the Mayor and consent of the land owner. George W. Robbins, a traveling salesman for a manufacturing company of Dayton, Ohio, met with a bad accident at Markle, Wednesday while working with a disc harrow, and by the sudden revolving of the same cut three toes off of his, jest foot. lie. was in our city on his way to his home at Winchester a _ —=±_, ——■ The members of the Indiana Na tiouai Guard, who were in camp at Fairview Park last week, will re ceive tiici r pay as soon as tne pay rolls are received at the office of the Adjutant-General. The pay roll of each company must be certified to by the captain of the company. I’he encampment will cost the state in the neighborhood of *30,000. Daniel Erwin, deputy sheriff under Peter P. Ashbaucher, has tend ered his resignation, which took effect yesterday. Francis Emmitt McLean will fill the place, entering upon his duty at once. Mr. Erwin has made a good official, kind and obliging, but always diligent in the carrying into effect the business of the office. The boys tell a good one on John Frysinger. Upon his return borne last Friday he turned to the house in which he had left bis family but found the house empty. John was horror-struck until informed that the family had moved to another part of the city. John made long strides for the place and soon had the pleasure of seeing his family. ■ According to a statement in the Journal of Fort Wayne, the Times Post, the newspaper with the double head is in trouble and is for sale. The paper is well edited and under the care of good newspaper men but Fort Wayne had a good supply of good papers before it was started and consequently it coutd not weather the storm. Our special correspondent from Berne says, they were mistaken in their statement of Sheets having oth er parties connected with him in the blow out that is to be at Berne, August 3rcL We cheerfully make the correction, and wish Wilhan success in the show, for the effort be has put forth he deserves to make same money out of the entertainment. Father Wilken showed us a specimen of sand taken from a pit on the Catholic cemetery grounds. The sand is as tine a quality as can be found any place, free from dirt, with an occasional boulder. The dirt on top is from 18 inches to two feet thick. Sand and gravel seems to be plenty in this county, all we have to do is to hunt it up. We remember the time wheli sand could only be found in a few places.

At the G. R. A 1. depot the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis E. McLean will be filled by Newton Parrish, while the vacancy caused by the promotion of Parrish will be filled by Charlie Rice. There seems to be an opening for all who are willing to commence at the bottom. Friday Mrs. Rob’t Case entertained the following ladies at her home: Mrs. George Holloway, of D aytion. Ohio, Mrs. Dr. Hollo way, W. J. Myers, W. .1. Merriman, J. H Lenhart, N. Blosser, R. Neptune, J. S. Peterson, D. Erwin. D. P. Bolds, A. L. DeVilbiss, J. S. Bowers, W. E. Folk. J. F. Snow. A. T. Lynch, Miss M ma Myers. George H. Martz, president of the Adams County Farmer's Institute, is in receipt of a letter from Prof. Latta, superintendent of the Farm er’s Institute of the State, in which be says he will visit Adams county the latter part of next week. The exact date will be made known later on. He comes for the purpose of conferring with the farmers of Adams county in the interest of the Farmer’s Institute for this county and the Purdue experimental station of Lafayette, Indiana. A constable from Monroe, armed with a search warrant was in our city yesterday for the purpose pt hunting up s >me property that was stolen from Dr. Raineer. J. Whisler and Gid Longenberger. They thought they had the parties, but on examination failed to reveal the stolen meat, coffee or the coffee mill. The officers will now search the house of some of the Monroeites that are never known to work but can always have meat for din ner. We received a card Wednesday morning from <>. *B. Eikenberg Jk Co., of Eaton, Ohio, informing us that their clothing store had been burglarized last Saturday night. The work was done by. tramps, who stole what clothing they could wear silk hankerchiefs, etc. Our officers are requested to be on the lookout for tramps wearing new clothes. The suits do not match. There is a reward of fifty dollars offered for the capture of the burglars. Wednesday evening Miss Harriet Wilmington gave one among the best musicales ever given m this city. The solos rendered by Miss Leo Long, of Fort Wayne, received the hearty applause of every one'present, on account of her excellent voice and the.manner m which she controlled it. The solo of Miss Margant Long, also of Fort Wayne, was rendered in a beautiful way. The class did remarkably well in the rendering of their pieces. The weather reports for Indiana shows: Good growing weather, with several rains. Corn caring and growing fast. Potatoes look well. Pastures recovering. Wheat and rye threshing done. Oats threshing continues. Fall plowing progresses rapidly. .. For Michigan: Very beneficial Showers in southern half of stale, but not enough rain in nortn era’halt. Corn and potatoes generally improved, but pastures are still very poor. Oats harvest well along, straw short and yield of grain light. The yomplaint of a number of our citizens about the dirt from the trenches of the water works being thrown on the sidewalk caused the contractors to quit digging at noon Tuesday. While the contractors should use all due care not to de stroy lawns and sidewalks, yet we can’t expect great improvements without inconvenience and annoyance while the work is going on, and this is true of the water works. We must expect to be annoyed at times while the pipe line is put in place.

Daniel Straub was arraigned fie fore his Honor the Mayor yesterday on a charge of assault and battery. He tiled an affidavit for a change of venue which was granted, ami his case sent, to E-q'uire Hill. Failing to give bond he will make his home with Sheriff Ashbaucher for the present. The Old Adams County bank held their annual election yesterday and elected the same board of directors as the previous year. The board of directors organized by electing W. IL Niblick, president, David Studabaker, vice president, R. K. Allison, cashier and Charles Niblick, assistant cashier. During the storm last Friday night lightning struch the barn of Mrs. Ileiderlnan, livifig about three miles south-west of this city, and setAhe building on fire. There had just beFli twenty acres oi wheat stored in the barn, which contained hay. corn, horses and farming impie rnents. The barn with all its contents were entirely consumed, except one horse, which was taken from the burning building. Die loss is estimated at about 81.5Q0, with 8-00 insurance. Several other tires are reported, but facts are unobtainable. Martin Myloit was badly injured Tuesday night while at work at the electric light plant. By a mistep he got the forefinger and thumb of his right hand in the armature receiving the full eighteen hundred volts. The skin on his finger and thumb are burned so that it peels off, while his right arm is binned to the elbow, so that it is painful to move. Had he been standing on the ground his body would have received the full amount of the shock which would haye produced instant death. Martin walks the streets with his hand tied up,J and will be laid up for some time prom the injury. While Frailly (-lass was working there he had the same mishap, and came off with but a slight injury. William Lowry, O T. B. Behaymer and H. 11. Schuiterman, commissioners of Mercer county, < >hjo, were in our city today. I'hey were here to .meet the drainage commissioners of this county to take action on the Baumgartner ditch. Here they met George H. Martz, Frederick Fuelling and Henry Blakey. The ditch starts in this county in Blue Greek township in section 22 and runs thence over into the state of Ohio, passing througn and upon the lands* of Baumgartner in this state and also in Ohio, and at its greatest depth will be nine feel. There are a large number-of people here from Blue Creek township and from Mercer county, Ohio. It will take at least two days to get through with the work, Wednesday morning when the foreman of the Berne Stave factory went to his work he found the fire man’s cap only and a short distance from the factory his e.Oat badly torn. And by the tune the hands had gathered excitement was at its highest pitch. The town was soon aroused and a thorough search made for the missing man. Inquiry at his boarding house revealed the tact that he had not been there that anyone knew of. Then the corn fields and wells in the neighborhood were searched, but they failed to reveal any traces of Reftd. Then a search of his room was made which revealed the fact that he had been there sometime during the night and left part of his old clothes and took the good ones. Then it dawned upon the searchers that he had departed tor a place where he would not be dunned for his unpaid board bill. For upon inquiry it was found that he owed the landlady a good round sum for what had kept him alive this spring and summer.

THE DEVIL HAH NOT BEEN < ASI * ■ Out of Him. But Worked Hun H-ird Till H» Fired the House and Barn. A young boy about eleven years 'old, that Andrew Wer!ing,'if Wells county, just across the line from i this county had taken to raise, j seems to have been possessed of the devil, or was him-elf one. For after he had been cared for by a bentfacl tor he first tired and burned to the ■ground a smqke house, then a few ! days later fired the hou j e, then the ‘ barn. Mr. Werling and his help went to the field to haul in the last load of barlev and ha I three shocks j on the wagon when they heard the , girl cry fire, and saw the smoke by I the side of the house where he had l kindled a fire to burn the house, and slipped into the kitchen taking l a firebrand from the cook stove carried it to the barn and threw it into the mow filled with wheat in By the time the folks got to the barn the fire had got such headway that to put it out was im ; possible. The only thing they j could do was to save the stock and j machinery, ami not all of that was saved. The girl told what the boyhad done. Where they (letamed him I he at first denied it, but about ten ■ . . . <. ' o’clock that night owned that he had done the mischief, and that he , intended to burn the house but the girl put the tire out before it got a I good start. He then told that he j fired the smoke house that burned I about three weeks ago. The loss on ' the barn and contents is near fifteen I hundred, dollars, while the smoke house and contents were worth about one hundred dollars. Die damage to the house was but slight, r only scorching it on the one side. ! Mr. Werling carried no insurance ■ . so that the loss is entirely on him. The boy was taken to the Bluffton jail to await the action of the court. ! Tiie reform school seems too good a place for such a boy. The World in ns issue of last week says, James Kinney, of Jeffer son township, was in the city and stopped both the Democrat and World, Mr. Kinney called at this office and told us that he had intended to stop the Press and the World, for he could 'not afford to ■ take all three of the county papers. , But 'the I’ress man said to him this is about nine months I have . been,sending you my paper x ,now if. ■ y'ofr will pay me one dollar and fifty cents for one year m advance, ! will I give you the subscription up to this time, which is about nine moiiths, that is the Press twenty -one months for 81 50. The facts—are all men i should be treated alike, but that , some pay 81 50 for one year shows . that some Are fleeced for the benefit (of others. The World man talks of making the World fifty cents. That would only be a little below the Press. When the I’ress came here, the World man said he would tell :oti the gang, but so far he has failed to siiy anything. ‘ He well knew the j arrangement Ta double all bills that were against the county and city, j but as yet has said nothing. So far > they have succeeded in getting their big bills from the county, but' I in the city they run against a snag, ' when their bill was referred to the : finance committee of which W. H ; Niblick was chairman, and knew what the work was worth, it was soon shorn of the extra amount and allowed. Had their bill been what it should have been when they swore to it, they would have appealed it to the circuit court and there had justice done them, but they never said appeal once. They were afraid the people might learn their true object. I'hey can easily afford to give subscribers nine months subscription if they can carry out the arrangements that- brought the. I’ress to this city. . —.—.■._...—_ The Imperial librar\ at Paris ha.- sev-enty-two thousand works treating of the French revolution,

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