Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1896 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOL. xxxx

Rev. Cocking returns to the Boho charge. Ihe same he had last year. ~ Miss Susie 1 looker of, M mroe, is the guest of Miss Susie Hath away. Miss Ella Sprang spent Sunday at Huntington the guest of Miss-Marne Bearers. Clark Caiderwood and family are visiting his parents in Blue Creek township. Mrs. Thus. Troutman of Waterloo is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Levi Ray. Vaughn and Ethel Hudson, of Portland, are visiting W. Orcutt and family. Miss Giaee Mdler left for Terre Haute last Monday, where she will attend school. Thomas Teeple, of Huntington, in the city Wednesday, the guest ot bis son, I), F Teople. Dr. F. M. I’arrish is home from Indianapolis, where he has been attending medical college. Mrs. C. Majors left Monday for 1 Pleasant Lak* 1 :, where she will visit friends for a short time. Mrs. Cora Von Sweringen, of Chicago, is the guest ot her father an«f sister, 1. J. Miesse and daughter. . J. M. Willey, ot Willshire, Ohio, was in the city Tuesday, and ordered The Democrat sent to his address. Miss Gertie Devoes left last Monday for Delphos, C)., where she has accepted a position in a millinery store. The relatives ot RollatStephenson return thanks to friends who rendered assistance during his sickness and death. Barber & Christen received the contracts tor erection of buildings for Pat Kinney, C. IK. Bell and Andy Briggs. Married, at the home of the bride’s parents March 26, Louisa Fuhrman to Chas. 11. Sebnitz, ul Bippus, Indiana. Misses Ada and Pearl Calderwood are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and -Mrs. Wash Calderwood, near Salem. A letter from Barney Wisemental, of Bluffton, received by Frank Gass s last Friday announces the arrival of a boy baby at his home. M. J. Wertzberger and family return thanks to friends for assist- >■ ance during the sickness and death of their sou and brother. An event of the near future will be an oratorical contest between eight of the high school pupils. Time and place given later. Miss Lillie ilerrod, of Hoagland, A is the guest of her sister, Mrs. P. G. Hooper. She is accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Dessie Sipes. The M. E. Conference decided wisely when they returned Rev. Gregg to this charge. Our people will welcome him with us again. V Miss Priscilla Sewall, of Roanoke, is visiting Rev. •E. T, Gregg and family. She was,a lay delegate to the M. E. Conference at Richmond. Ed Wertzberg, of Elwood, and * Will Wertzberger, of Alexandria, Ind., who whre, called to the bedside of their dying brother, returned home Tuesday. - , Mrs. F. 11. Blosser and daughter, Allie, are spending a tew days with', their mother at Bluffton. From there she w’ill go to Markle to visit her brotner, W. A. High. ’ .9 - • *" ..... Missionary. Day at the United . • Brethern church was a success. The Sunday school gave $5 50, the church $1.1" ai'ftl' the Y. I’. 1., $1.33, making a total of SB.OO. 4 ■ '

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 189(1.

One of the tine buildings t<> be I built in Decatur this summer is that I of the M. E. church. They wilßre-l build the present one, making Hflarger and more beautiful. Mrs. Sherman Adams and daughter,of Fort Wayne and Hiram Walters, of Summitville, who were in attendance at the funeral of Leo Wertzberger returned home. William Sciiukel, one of Preble township’s pioneers, died Saturday. 1 The funeral was held last Monday j at St. Paul’s church. The deceased was seventy-three years of age. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kunkle, Doral Peterson, Rose Christen, Loretta Snow, Ethel Hale, Mr. and Mrs. L. Walters and Allie Steele are attend* , ing teachers association at Marion, j Dr. Reuben E Brokaw, of Cleve 1 land, Ohio, was the guest ol his j e I sister, Mrs. I. S. Wagoner Tuesday night. He left here Wednesday for j Portland, where he was married i that evening. Rev. Freeh, of Bristol, stopped off here Tuesday night on his way home from conference. He was the guest of Mrs. Freeh’s parents, W. B. Reynolds. He attended the reception of Rev. Gregg. Misses Bernie Talyor and Ida Bushnell, of Bluffton; Mary Talyor, Effie Maxwell, Messrs John Taylor, and Clint Fry back, of Uniondale, were m the city Sunday attending the funeral of Rol la Stevenson. A large number of our school teachers are going tb normal school at different places. Charley Kizer and Charley Hocker, of Linn Grove, passed through this city last Saturday, on their way to Valparaiso. Henry Garkey, of Root township, was in the city this -week for the first time since his leg was broken by the gravel falling in on him at the Dorwin pit last summer. He i« able to use his leg, but it is very weak. There are unmistakeable signs of nervousjiess in the McKinley camp; That is only fair, for the major has been making the other fellows nervous for some time. The oftener Mark Hanna puts his ear to the ground the worse he will feel. During the school term of ’95-6, at Steele, Elmira Dailey, Jennie Yaker, -Ollie Wagers, Otta Buess, Arthur Bartkng, NannieDailey and Vernia Stone were awarded prizes for not even whispering during school hours. In view of their anger and fool ishness it is possible to forgive Spanish students for burning our Hag and stoning our .consuls, but if Spam thinks she can fire on our schooners and not be brougkfXo a reckoning, she is ages behind the times. Geo. and Phil Mmith., of Rockford, Sam Smith and wife, Mart Smith and wife, of Dull., Ohio, Cy Smith, of Lima, and Chas. Tus sing, of St. Marys, Ohio, were here Wednesday attending'the funeral of Mrs. Geo. Teeple. The first four gentlemen being brothers and the latter two nephew’s of the dechased. The Richmond Telegram in speaking ot the vermeil of Rev. F. Freeh, ot Bristol delivered in the Fifth Street M.‘ E. church of Richmond Sunday evening says:, “It is regretted tint the sermon could not be published in full. It was rich with good points clearly presented. - ' - ‘ ■ x " .. ■'E, * Interesting Easier services at the Presbyterian church next Sunday I’rea.chnig 10:30-a. m., tlreiffe=’ ft l , iie Living Christ,” at 7:30 p. m. the Easter -sefviCFW."-will- be illustrated by many beautiful colored views from the stereoptiean. The service will close with a flue set of views, ‘‘The Rock of Ages.” Good music at both services.

George ‘W\ and Emma 'Teeple i return thanks to the Woman's Relief Corps and other friends for kindness shewn them during the sickness apd- burial of s wife. • The flowers for the reception , tendered Rev. and Mr«. E. T. Gregg; were furnished by I J. Miesse. They were beautiful. We are glad to know’ that Mr. Miesse is prepared to furnish owe rs for all occasions. ' It will be a great pleasure to get' them of him. The M. E. Confrenceot Northern Indiana, when in session at Richmond hacLgnder consideration the question of retaining a minister in one place so long as the members ef'tlie class desired to retain him. But the majority seemed to think best for to have them changed frequently, so the former order still remains m force. The adoption of the Republican platform m Massachusetts compelled Reed to come out of his hole m respect to the money question, and he will not be able to crawl in again y He is committed to the gold stand - ard even more unreservedly, if possible than Morton is: tor the Massachusetts plank leaves no vestige of chance for subterfuge or evasion. Erwin Whipple died last Tuesday evening at 7p. in. Mr. Whipple has been a sufferer from consumption for several months and had made arrangements to go west Wednesday in seatch of health, and was chatting with some friends when a hemorage of the lungs came on him from which he chocked and. dffd in a few minutes. Hie funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the United Brethern church. * Rev. Wade of Bluffton, stopped off here Tuesday while on hie w’ay home from conference. While here he attended the reception given Rev. Gregg. Rev. Wade is among the best workers the church has, and when the time comes (as it surely will) when Rev.‘Gregg is assigned to some other charge, then our people will be pleased to see the. same conference send the reverend gentleman to this city. Ourtownsman Noah Loch has invented a washing machine that eclipses everything of the kind heretofore, made and will revolutionize the washing machine business. The machine will do any ordinary washing in ten to fifteen minutes by any person who will handle the wash. The work is easily and quickly done. It will pay any one to call in at Schaffer A Loch’s and see the machine and have Noah explain it to you. A* Layirig on of hands, especially for children, is now tating the place of Christian Science. A mother in this city cured her boy of the cigarette habit with one dose. She laid her 'left hand on the boy's neck, her right hand on a substantial slipper, and then laid the slipper where if would do the most good. It effected a cure, and a relapse .is not expected.—Blurt ton News. Ave have a few mothers here who will do well to commence “laying on hands” this day for fear tomorrow may be too late. Let the good work be done so that the effect may be seen. The enormous resourses of the national banks of the United Slates are shown in the last abstract of their condition, completed today, as on February 2s, and made public by (Jomptrolter Eckels. The 3,699 national banks had on February 28 $1,95 1,3 44,78 rin Toans and dis" counts; $192,036,933 in stock and securities, a lawful money reserve of $337,259,92'2., of which *156,000,- . 000 was ui gold. Capital to-the exient of $.653,9.8 1‘,9 f>s; surplus ftmd of i Iss; undivided profits ot *37,0 I T; r’ti: unpaid dividends of sl,23;i,sT'>: individual deposits of •si,(ilS,oo2, ’ >ud bills payable of $20,104,667. -I

There is some- talk of bricking Monroe street. If not done this ■,r but a lew years will pass until t.l e same will have to be done, and the property holders alofig the street •v.iH have the bill to foot. Such improvements come high, but not a- high as some we have had. Three years have passed since this street was improved and this improvement is about worn out, or in the opinion ot some is so badly worn that it needs to be made new. Should the council in their wisdom decide to improve this street or any other street in the city let the work be of that material that the same will not Have, to be done again for the next ten years. Messrs. J. Fred France and Bran van, of Huntington, were in the .city Tuesday. They were here to interest our people in a shoe factory. The concern they say will emp’oy from fifty to two hundred men. and 7he most of them. be skilled workman. This j< something that our city is greatly m need of a d :hey say. the factory they represent 'nave a tannery in the forepart of the building to start with and a large jobbing department in the rear, the factory -occupying the center, making it possible for the manufacturers to dispose ot all the goods they manufacture. The weekly pay roll ot such an industry vyill at least be two hundred and fifty to five hundred dollars, so that our business men will get the advantage of such an institution. Let our people thoroughly investigate the proposition and if there is any chance to improve the city by such a factory, let the work be commenced at once.

A bold robbery occurred about six o'clock Friday evening. While Mr. Moses, the operator at the C. & E. depot, was home at sapper, two tramps forced their way into the otfieg by breaking in the door. They pried the money drawer open and secured $5.§6. Oar ever vigilant officetsvx. Marshal Cowan and Sheriff Ashbau|her, were soon upon the scene and f arrested two tramps hiding in a yettr by. A few would have being arrested. 'They both leuied having committed the robbery, and stated that neither of them had any money. But our officers were not to be put off so easilj’ snd proceeded to search their prisoners, and as a reward found the money hidden in the sweatbands of their hats A- portion of -ihe money found was identified by -Mr. Moses. The tramps are now m. jail.

, 'Th*.. M. E. coufernee at Richmond closed its 1896 session Tuesday. The following are the appointments for the Fort Wayne district: F. F. Simpson, Presiding Elder; Auburn, J. K. Waltz; Avilla. C. E. Davis; Bluffton, C. U. Wade; Bobo, G. Cocking; Ceylon, W. A. ’TTrie'st: CliuiTibuseb, J.~M. HaynesT Coesse, N. P. Barton; Decatur, E. T. Gregg; Fort Wayne, Berry st., C. C Cissel; St. Paul,AL C. Cooper: Simpson. J. W. Paschall; Trinity, E. F. Albertson: Wayne st., 11. W. Bennett; Fremotil, O. E. Wileox; Garrett-,,J- B. Cook; Geneva. D. G. Murry: Harlan, Lewis Reeves and D. Hoagland,C.Tinkham: Huntington,- F. G. Brown: Leo, R. C. .1 >nes; Markle, J. M. Steward; Monroeville. W. E. Murry? New Haven , Grant Teters; Ossian. S. C. Norris; Poneto, E. J. Magor; Roanoke, C. M. Hollapeter; Spencerville.) E. M. Foster; Uniondale, L C. Zimmerman: Wolf Lake, IL D. Smith.' The oilier ministets that our people 1 are directly interested in have been 1 assigned as follows: G. B. Work, I) ii n Idrk; -A.- 11. W alters, ~Ru<<i i : J'mes, lugallsiDll j Dor-wm, Anderson,- Indian i Ave.; F. T. Piecth Albion. - x |

One of our readers furii.-lies us I the following itemized s'aU rne'nt of J the bill ol the Democr u.i- I’ress. W e give the figures of t,he Press and then the actual figures that -.ucli work is worth and - bmigiit for from all dealers in stationary: aOOinHlruction varrls supt . - ■: -m ;l '!■'> :m*> inHtlobl'-r.-. <upt ’■ "• 3 W bill heads both «ides '■ m ’’ ~'i 5 quires IS lb legal cap 1 lihC envelopes,. No. ti 1 -, treas ■ m i 2 quires U sheet blank c’k I 2 > 2ss j:io coni allowances 5 ''' zl 12quires 1-2 sheet b’k c’k I'M 28S acquires tax receipts tfl <» treAs IHt 70 Perforating tax receipts <" 7c. ’I 42 Numbering tux receipts Or 7c, 10'' 3'> s i US'notices ta.xpa.yers, treas .. .. -I Mi 5(1 notices tax h Rt a,| a tm sii(icost bill, sheriff 3'o 25» 100 1-4 blanks,’clerk 1 ‘a( lOn 3 doz scratch hooks, sheriff ... I’l I os 3 doz. scratch books, auditor .' I'l I Os I rioz scratch books, treasurer 2 p; 1 Os Desk calendar, clerk 25 Desk calendar, sheriff 25 Notices to taxpayers, treasurer. 3s »i Notice to taxpayers I'' '»> Notice to taxpayers 11-'I 1 -' 00 Delinquent tax list I('3 descripI tirtnsfflr'ldc, auditor 20 60 | 100 cards, two sales ruled, supt.. 5 flu 25" 3JO cards, two sides ruled, supt . 500 2uo 1000 enelopes No, (I 1-2 clerk 3 00 [ U’so-4S A number of times have we been i requested to publish an itemized i statement of all claims allowed by the board of commissioners, but jowing to the amount of tro.ulje .we have refrained from doing so, but this time this account with the tacts con’ pcted therewith, was furnished us i.y a taxpeyer and staunch democrat, with the "desire to show the people the way bills are increased from their true amount to the amount that was allowed. ' i Iff view of the stubborn claim made by the republican party that it ts the party of sound money and sound financial principles, the platforms presented by it in different states afford the evidence on which the people will base a popular verdict. The stupidity of the claim had already been established by the course of certain United States sen

ators and among them the chairman . of the republican national commit- I tee, but it is emphasized, by the comparison of platforms. It is plain that the builders have been governed by politic considerations and are deliberately aiming to hoodwink the voters in every section, or that there is a division of sentiment that cannot be healed b< atty false pretense of unanimity. Indeed there are strong reasons for believing that both of these potential influences inspired the architects. The anibiguous’expressions of ()hio republicans on the subject of silver were unquestionably, designed to attract westerfi,’ north-wester-n and southern delegates to the support of McKinley. It has beeii noted that since the promulgation of that financial double-header the same Confusion of ideas has been embodied in the “declaration "a?- - J of principles” given out by other; states, in the sections named and that they have shown a strong lean- ;

ing toward the representative of the Ohio idea. On the other hand the New York platform was constructed with the purpose of unifying the delegates from the middle and east- ■ i ern states against McKinley and j uniting them on Reed or Morion as the one or the other of these candidates may develop the greater stfengtir in The convention. I.t is inevitable that-these conflicting-sen- j timents shall assert themselves in theaiaXionaJ convention and the alternative against an open rupture will be an'adjustable financial plank so constructed that it will dovetail with the dominant sentimentlof any and all’ communities. Il is this Inirn | of the dilemma that will be taken I by those m control. Then the ; thinking delegates with honest convictions svill -be-governed largely by the known character and records of__ the caqdidates. 'The study of these is-51-matter" to which patriotic re ' f?ubl.ie.an< slaould address themselves, j for to attagh importance'.to plat-, t'ornuc' d’anietrieally opposed! J l ' to | act upon the declarations of a eon vention that will be afraid to du’ ’ I . U’-i more than to disguise its views, would be. the- errt'r of msineei'ity and partisan servility. The claim that the republican party is dis-

tinctively the champion of sound money is w'ithout the slightest foundation in fact. ON TIIKEI’. U llEl’.l,’-. Ja) Count) i|u<l Hu»t Have KcUI the lii< Ic I p. A well known man living not far from town relates an instance which sounds rather fishy but after all his statement can be borne out when the depth of the mud.is considered. He had been to church in company with his wife and drove home in a buggy. When he arrived there he found that one of the wheels of the vehicle was missing. A kearch was made the next morning and the I missing wheel found on the road three-quarters of a mile away. The ) man is unable to give any otffer exj planation other than that the mini j was so deep that it held the buggy up and prevented it from .toppling ! over.—Portland Commercial. In this county they have s.»id that when they saw a hat in the road and went to pick it up they found a man under it, but they never got so far along as to lose a i part of the conveyance without knowing it at the time. Our people ; have quit getting that way. It is ! time for the Jay county people to ; let it alone.

The old cemetery is getting to be an eye sore to the people who pass that way. The fence that was put there some time ago has been tumbling down, so that it needs a new one. Let it be done and that at an early day. The friends of almost everyone in the county areburied there and the yard is one that will have to be maintained for a long time hence, or until the city feels able to remove all that are buried therein. The fence need not be like the old one, so high that persons can’t see over. When it was made it seems that the ones l having charge of the work must have thought they would keep all in that were taken there. Let .the fence be a neat iron ope about three feet high: then let the yard be kept in good shape and instead of it being an eye sore to passers-by, it. will be a beautiful home for the [dead. i There is a band of gypsies I camped near Samuel Delhi's farm in Kirkland township. One day last week a female gypsy paid Sam a visit for the purpose of telling his ' fortune. After informing him how immensely rich he would unexpectedly become in a short time, she departed, with fifty cents for her services. In the meantime a small daughter of Mr. Deihl’s had secreted herself beneath the staircase and had fallen asleep, consequently she was soon found to be absent and a very excited search was made immediately, but without apparent success. Suspicion at once fell upon the gypsy woman and Mr. DeihLsoon shouldered his gun and made a bee line for the rendezvous of the gypsies. However the child was soon discovered after he had gone and a messenger was sent in hot pursuit to notify him that the child had been found, thus probably preventing a wholesale slaughter of the gypsies. - Czar Heed, when speaker of*the House of Representatives, appointed Major McKinley to tne chairmanship of the committee that prepared .what is'now known as the famous - McKinley law. While the—lUyo—— did not draft the .bill, he presented it and fathered it, which gave him , the notoriety that came from act-,.'Aud not from any special service that he; has ever rendered , this 11 country. ’The act"'of..Reed’s ap pvintingHiini chairman of tlie Way's . and Means committee'ns ••.boomer- j ang like,” -annoyiiTw thy matr who made it, and who has to bear the embarrassment it brings t.o him. -■

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