Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1895 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOL. XXXIX.

J. C. Peterson was at Berne Wednesday. Jno. Blakslee left for Monroe • Mrs. Dan Bolds is visiting friends <1 Geneva. Jno. B. Weber is buying horses at Bluffton. A. J. Smith, returned Trom Detroit Monday. W. W. Briggs, of Geneva, was in the city Monday. A. K. Grubb was at Fort Wayne Monday afternoon. R/K. Erwin was at Delphos, 0., Monday afternoon. Mary Close is at Ft. Wayne yesyesterday afternoon. Mose Byers went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon. f . Attorney Cottrell, of Berne, is in the city attending court. Mrs. Will Winch returned from Ft. Wayne this Monday. Clark Fairbanks of Ft. Wayne was in the city Monday. Harvey Hart is looking after the flour business at Craigvilie. Nelson Hendricks of Geneva, is visiting relatives in the city. L. C. DeVoss was at Monroe Wednesday on legal business. Barney Wemhoff Jr. returned from Fort Wayne Wednesday. Jno. Hirscb, the veteran shirt man, was in the city Wednesday. Mrs. A. T. Lynch returned from Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon, n ; — Dr. fl. V. Connell was at Berne Wednesday on professional business D. E. Studabaker is looking after insurance in Jay county this week. Herman Berghoff the beer man of Ft. Wayne was in the city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Colchin are L visiting relatives and friends at Ft. Wayne. -z Miss Sada Baker, of t Blrfffton, I is visiting friends and relatives in I this city, I 'Mrs. Jane Davis,-of Ithaca, Wis., I is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ezra I Mallonee. *•> I Rev. Vitz is attending a conI ference of the German Reformed I church at Huntington. I Misses Clara and Lizzie Gase are I seriously ill at the home of their 1-xiother north of this city. I Mrs. E. P. Menefee and children ■ have returned form a ten days visit ■ with her parents at Geneva. H A number of sQecatur’s horse ■ buyers are at Bluffton today attendI ing the Bnckley stock stock. II Mrs. Jacob Sheffer accompanied llby her daughter Dolhe is visiting ilrelatives at South Bend, Ind., ■ Mrs. E. A. Huffman returned to ■Marion Monday after a pleasant ■visit with relatives and friends. ■ W. B. Moore has taken a position Bin a pothograph gallery at Berne Band left fortbat place this MonHay- ________ H The “only” Tom Shannon was Hirrested Wednesday charged with Hieing on a plain old-fashioned Hlrunk. H Mrs. Laura Grohe, of Delphos, who has been visiting in the Mity for a few days, returned to her |Bome Tuesday. |B A on the G. R. & I. R. R. ■t Portland Monday caused the EBorth bound train to be one hour |B<id twenty minutes late. MB A great number of our citizens ■Ktonded the exercises at the Public Mjchool Friday, and all were loud M .their praises of the way the proHBamme was carried out.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1895.

Mr, and Mrs. A. H. Gregg, of Peru, who have been visiting their son, Rev. E. T. Gregg and family, returned home Tuesday. Mrs. Catherine Niblick accompanied by her daughters Mary and Amelia and her granddaughter is visiting relatives and friends at Bluffton. Med Miller was invited out to a wedding supper Monday evening, but instead of being banqueted they gave him cold crow and the horse laugh. . In the election of last Tuesday the Democrats seem to have over 300,000 more votes than they had last election, still they seem to be badly defeated. John S. Bowers was elected a member of the board of directors of the Old Adams County Bank to serve the unexpired term of Jesse Niblick, deceased. Ed Coburn, who has resided in this city for the past four years, resigned his position with the Standard Oil Co., and left tor his home at Lima, O. More of zYdams county people want deer—and Monday morning Vince, Bell and Adam Pease started for the hunting grounds of Wisconsin and will be gone about two weeks. Falk & Erwin have on exhibition at Coffee & Baker’s a Regina Music Box. Plays any tune for a penny in the slot. The latest ttfiug among music novelties. Martin Mylott returned from Muncie Monday. The boys say that Martin has taken Unto himself a helpmate. He was accepting congratulations this afternoon. Jacob Trim, a cigar maker of this city, was married to a Miss Morehead at Van Wert, Ohio, Stnday. We suppose cigars are in order now. Shall we call for ours Jake? Candidates for thedifferent county offices are already springing up all over the county. So far they are all good men and fully capable of performing the duties of the various offices. Mary, daughter of Fred Schroder, of Preble, died Tuesday. The immediate cause of her death was consumption,, hastened by "a severe attack .of typhoid fever during the summer. If the street commissioner will cast his “eagle eye” towards north Third street he will find a large sized obstruction on the sidewalk, somewhere near the water works, that needs removing. Found—A day book containing money and valuable papers. The loser can have the same by calling on S. B, Fordyce at Everfett, Hite & Co;’s grocery and describing the same and paying for this notice. J. W. Place, another Os the appointed sports returned f froin Hot Springs Wednesday after failing to see Corbett and Fitzsimmons fight. Jim did not lose anything howeverias his health is much improved-. If the republican doctritie is any ways rfear true we will have good times from now on until the election of 1896. And then the time may change again so that all you need to do to make times good is to have republican office holders. At next meeting of the council the question of employing engineers for the water works will probably come up. These are very important positions and the council should appoint none but men who are capable and reliable, and should consider the true merits of the applicants, regardless of politics, before making the appointments.

We are in receipt of the initial number of the Montpelier Evening Leader, a'bnght, newsy sheet, seven column quarto, brimful of news and advertising. It contains a write-up of the boom town of Indiana. To them, we extend the hand of friendship. Trains No. 1 and 5 on the C. & E. R. R. due here at 10:45 a m. and 2:13 p. m., Sunday changed time and will hereafter be due at 12:10 p. m. and 12:46 p. m. Train No. 5 will be used as a through mail train. No other change will be made. . —.— The announcement of the marriage of Joseph Heffner of Detroit and Miss Maggie Forbingof this city was made in the Catholic church Sunday. They will be marraied at Minster, 0 , by a brother of, the groom. The best wishes of the Democrat goes with them. Ex-Commissioner Henry D Fuelling met with a serious accident last Saturday. While out on the farm he attempted to climb a fence when the fence fell over with him, breaking his collar bone and otherwise bruising him up so that a surgeon was necessary. He is now under the care of Dr. Boyers. The Portland Commercial is booming General J. P. C. Shanks for congress. Under the new apportionment the district is strong republican, but the apportionment may be set aside by the supreme court and then the General may not be so anxious for the nomination. Dr. P. A. Sprungex, an old and respected citizen'’’ residing a few miles''-north of Berne, was found dead in his barn yard last Friday about 6 o’clock a. m. It is supposed that apoplexy was the cause of his death. Dr. Ciark held an inquest on the remains Friday morning, returningin the afternodn. The Grand Army Post of this place is named “bam Hbnry,” after a deceased officer of the late 89th Indiana Regiment of soldiers of the late war. A brother of Sam Henry “Friday notified the Pqst. that he. will in the near future present the Post with a fine large picture of his deceased brother. The sidewalk immediately south of the C. & E. R. R. is in a terrible condition and pedestrians are almost obliged to awim in order to get across. The city should compel the C. & E. company to put down a new walk at once. The poor imitation of a sidewalk there at present is a disgrace to the city. The quail season opened Sunday and Monday morning all the available guns, dogs and hunters started for the rural districts to begin a wholesale slaughter of the little bird. Our state should enact a law prohibiting the killing of small game for a few years. If such protection was afforded it would only be a few years until there would be an abundance of game in this county. An altercation took place in grade 7- of the public sehopls Thursday night between one of the pupils and the teacher. The scholar who is almost a young man, refused to obey orders of his teacher, and even went so far as to lay his hands upon her in a violent manner. Such rowdyism as this should not be tolerated, and the boy should be dealt with in the proper manner for he is old enough to know better. The supreme court has handed down a decision that says: “The pay of the township trustees as overseers of the poor, shall be paid out of the county treasury and not out of the township funds; thus placing all the expense of the poor on the county instead of the township. In townships where large

cities are located it will relieve these townships of the heavy burden that has been; placed upon it by the fortunate. • Owing to change of time on the Erie, passengers can now leave here at 12:46 noon on train 5, the vestibuled limited, and arrive at Chicago 5|35 p.-m. This train makes direct connection at Chicago with all fast trains and tourist sleeping car lines for California, the Pacific Coast and intermediate points. This change will prove very convenient to residents of Decatur and vicinity, and no doubt materially increase travel. The sidewalks alo' g both sides of Main St. where the water pipes were laid have “taken a tumble to themselves.” The rain of the last few days has settled the filling on account of its not having been put in, in proper shape. This will add more expense to the contractors, and they would haye saved money had they been put down right in the first place, and our citizens would not have been obliged to suffer another inconvenience.

The “phunny” burial of David Nusbaum in the south part of the county on'October sth, and which the Democrat made mention of at the time, is still the chief topic of conversation |mong the people of that neighborhpodr There seems to be a small-sued mysterym the matter, which‘would be well for the present grand jury to investigateIf what has publicly been said of the matter be true we feel as though an investigation should be made at once. Monday evening Barney Wemhoff was rerninded of his fifty-second birthday by the following friends: Messrs, and Mesdames. D. Donovan, J. Martin, B. Terveer, H. H. Brem ercamp, U. Deininger, A: ILolthouse, T. Coffee’J. S. Colchin, H. F. Costello, Theo. Smith, Rev. H. Theo. Wilkins, Joseph Smith, Mrs. 11. McLean, Mrs. Lizzie Ernst. The evening was spent in various amusements. Lunch was served at ten o’clock and an enjoyable time had by all. They departed wishing Barney many more such birthdays. The Bluffton News compares the report of their Sunday Schools with ours. They make a showing of 1,371 present, with a collection of $49.49 for last Sunday to our 510 present and a collection of $8.90. Why this should be -may seem strange but it may be accounted for from the fact that Rev. Gregg, of was there last Sunday and the ungodly trembled and hastened to Sunday School and church, for we are assured that there was an unusual turnout for them that day. Ihis city is at present infested with a lot of despicable vagabonds, whose sole occupations seem to be. to scare ladies into giving them donations. Friday afternoon one of these fellows made a demand of a prominent lady of our city for a suit of underwear and threatened to kill her if she did not give them to him. He was finally driven away and later in the evening was flourishing a razor ou the street. A young man who was standing by kicked it out of his band and the tramp beat a hasty retreat down a back street. Ohl tor the good-old days of the whipping post and ducking stool for these fellows. There is a probability of the populist party going to peices. Yet in the South they still have some hold, but the Ohio vote has discouraged them. They had great promises from members of the g. o. p. but they have found that they were “promises.” They now realize that not a republican-populist voted for Coxey or any member of their ticket. While the democrats, true to their word, voted the populist ticket, giving to Coxey a few thousr i

and vote.s While it would not have changed the election, there is a principle involved that has made the populists feel that they have been badly treated to say the least and that-they will in the near future disband as a political organization. Rev. 11. H. Smith and wife ac companied by the former’s mother, left yesterday for a visit at South Whitley. Rev. Smith has resigned the pastorate of the Baptist church in this city and will spend some time in visiting points of interest before taking another charge. He will be succeeded by the Rev. Carl D. Hazleton of Richmond, Ind. The six year old daughter of C. Hildabrand, yesterday morning was frightfully burned in the face by running against a skillet of hot grease that her mother was carrying. She was holding the skillet about as high as the childs head, so that when its head came in contact with the skillet the child recieved the boiling grease in the face. The burn is so severe that the face is a complete blister all over. Dr. Coverdale is giving the little sufferer all the care he can to relieve the pain. On last Wednesday, at the r home m Root township, J vol. Boerger and Eog|e Fuelling Boer-i ger celebrated their golden wed ■ ding. Their first wedding occurred fifty years ago last Wednesday about one half mile north of their | pleasant home wherv they have lived for the last thirty-t wo years. Their life has befin a pleas jnt one. They have raised a family of seven children and two have passed beyond. The seven all live near the family home and are pleasantly situated. The friends and neighbors kindly assisted them in celebrating this day that so few families are permitted to enjoy. All hope to see them live many a long year yet to enjoy the pleasure of their labors and the company of their children and friends. J We have a few boys in our city that should have the care of their parents, in order to keep them from the care of our officers into whose' hands they will soon fall, if they do not receive the care of their parents. Last Monday evening a couple of these boys, one whose ' name is Shaw and the other we could not learn, annoyed a couple of girls until they had to seek safety in a house they were passing, when the boys laid wait for them again, and the good people had to accompany the children home. The house of correction is the place such boys will come to if the paints do not care of them. While* it is a bad practice for people to have their children on the streets at night. There are times when it becomes a necessity and then to have them insulted by boys who should be at home with their parents, and as a general rule will be if the parents will try to have them stay at home. This case is not isolated; they are’ of frequent Occurrence and should receive the attention of the officers. The act of the council going into executive session Wednesday night | was rat her a peculiar performance. ; Any business transacted during that : session must be spread upon the | records, and those records are open for public inspection and criticism. | Whereby they gained anything by their peculiar actions, we are unable to say, unless they came to the meeting without having properly laid their fences for certaitfcandidates, and took this plan to exclude the curious eye of the inquisitive public while, they were “fixin” things. However the recommtffelations for appointment of Ford and Jackson, are all right and could not “be improved upon, but the recommendations must pass the scrutiny of the water works company before being confirmed. .

BUBACH OF PROMISE* A Sensational Salt Fiie<l at Deeatur Which Contemn Fort Wayne People. A sensational suit for breach ol promise was filed in the circuit court of Adams county, at Decatur, yesterday which concerns a young lady well known in this city and a young man who formerly resided here and is well known in business circles. The complainant is Miss Anna Rebman, who is employed as saleslady at Mergentheim’s bazaar, while the defendant is John Schug, who was formerly with the Seavey Hardware company, but is now in business at Berne, Adams county. The complaint which was penned by the young lady’s attorneys, Colerick & Ryan, of this city, alleges that Schug and Miss Rebman were lovers for a period of two and onehalf years. That during that time the defendant gave plaintiff many valuable presents, and wrote letters breathing the sincerest effections and never dying fidelity. Notwithstanding all these promises, however, the complaint alleges that Schug left the city last July to locate at Berne, and that during the latter part of September he wrote to the young lady and coolly in-fo-med her that their relations were ;at an end. In consideration of the damage to her affections, the plaini tiff therefore asks the sum of 13,000. Miss Rebman resides with her I parents at 197 East Lewis street, and has been employed at Mergentheim’s for several years. She is a highly respected young lady, and is esteemed by her employers. Mr. Schug, the defendant, was very popular in social circles during the period of his residence here, and w’is known as a model young man. The case will be tried during the November term of the Adams circuit court. —Fort Wayne Journal, Nov. 9. Council Proceedings. o. • . ■ Council met in regular session Tuesday night, Mayor Quinn presiding. Councilmen present: Coverdale, Niblick, Patterson and Teeple. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. The following bills were allowed: H. 11. Bermerkamp $lO 50 E. Fritzinger 4t> 03 ■W. ’Shaekley .3 00 W. Elzey .. . . 2 25 • The bill of . F. Shaffer Loch for SBB 91 was referred to Finance Committee for correction. Street committee reported that West Monroe street bonds were sold to the Old Adams County Bank at I par. Report adopted. - The bond of E. Woods for the 'building of sidewalks on Seventh ‘street was approved. The matter of purchasing curbing from B. J. Terveer was referred to street comittee. Resolutions on Byers alley were adopted. An ordinance was introduced regulating plumbers. The rules were suspended and'on mention the ordinance was adoped! 1 -— r.An adjourned session was held | Wednesday.night Mayor .Quinn presiding. All councilmen present. The ; followm bill was allowed: l J. W. Vail 60 On motion it was decided to appeal the case of -.the opening of Madison street to. the Supreme Court, ami city Attorney Mann was i instructed to prepare the case to be taken to the higher court. The matter of appointing’ the engineers for the water works was nett taken up and the council went into executive session. Fourteen applications were considered, and the appointment of J. B. Ford as first engineer and Milligan-Jackson as second were recommended to the water works company. / Council then adjourned. /

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