Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1896 — Page 1

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Web Foreman of E-r in* Sundayed in our city. Eli Springer ami family spent , Sunday in Eerie. -Mr*. Will Winch is the guest ol friends at < leneva. Will Morton, of Williamsport is visiting Dan Mrs. A. 0. Wagoner is visiting friends at Spencerville, Ohio. Miss M Hid Merica, of Bobo, is the guest of Miss May Merica. Miss Lucy Ashbaueher, of Bluffton is the guest of friends in this city. . John T. Erance is amending \ court i.i; .-VKii qircuit court this Henry Krick was at Montpelier, O. There he itikjiected some tile — works. Rev. D. I. Hower left for Harlan Monday to take charge of his wo r k there. Mrs. Herman Tollman, of Geneva, was the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. Hart, over Eister. Mrs. A. S. Elzey, of Ossian, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Linn. Mrs. Will Winch returned home Saturday from a week’s visit with friends at Ft. Wayne. Miss Annie Ettinger, of Bluffton, was the guest of Miss Annie Radamacher over Sunday. T. C. Haley, an attorney of Kenton, Ohio, was the guest of Miss Eva L. Eckrote Sunday. Charles Spencer left Saturday light for Columbia City, where he will put in a telephone line. Del Lock, Robert and Rufus Allison attended a play at the Temple, Fort Wayne, Wednesday night. Prof. George F. Riese, of the Portland Normal school, died last Saturday. He was a young man of tine ability. Sprang and true have their store room increased thirty- two feet in length and will increase their stock accordingly. Jay Bluffton, was in our city Friday night. He is well pleased with Wells countj% especially their gravel roads. Miss Rosetta Meyers, of Attica, Ind., is the guest of her brother Robert and William Wetters’ family of this city. «• Daniel Niblick was around early Saturday morning. A young democrat at his house was the cause. Dan is happy. O. L. N ance and Roy Holmes, two •f onr school teachers, left for Angola Monday, w here they will attend Normal school. John S. Peterson and wife were at Ft. Wayne Tuesday, attending the marriage of Miss Minnie Furgeson to • Mrs. Frank Crawford and children, of Geneva, are the guests of Mrs. Crawford’s mother, Mrs. Tim £offee, and other friends. The Evansville Courier, Hon. John J. Shanklin’s paper, issued the finest Easter edition that has ever been published in the state. —*— 5f —... ; ; • ” . Miss Mowery, of Columbia City, who has been the guest of Mrs, J. B. Ford and Mrs. T. R. Moortf;' re turned home last Saturday. Clark J. Lutz and family returned Monday, from an extended trip through the southern states. .They are much improved in health. Dan Erwin. Chauncy Young-JU, Bell, A. Gillom, C. Andrews, R. Calderwood, C. Roebuck and F. ■Srolii spent Sunday at Bluffton.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL io. ISIHi.

J Fristoe A Sut'les fed for'y two| people Sunday, m addition to their/ | regular boarders. The boys know I how to take care of the hungry. Sylvester Spangler ’ has the ma-1 terial on the ground for his Ims iness room, which will be erected next to Jacob Shaffer’s building. Mesdames C F. True, J. W. Place and Nettie Schroyk were at Huntington Tuesday, as delegates; to the Womans’ Missionary society. 'l’he Loch Washer is gaining a reputation that promises to eclipse all others. They made a large shipment to Jamestown, Ohio, today. The room over the “Home" sa- I loon is being fitted up far a pml I room and soon you can hear thej ivory balls click as they strike each other. — postmaster Baughman, ,of Steele, j was here Monday. The office has) I not “stuck him up” any. Up is the' tjoeial gentleman he was while Re * corder. Last Monday Sprang A True shipped 257(5 dozen eggs, the amount taken in the week before. Besides the eggs sold to their home customers. Hear the “Fanny Crosby” service at the Baptist church next Sunday evening, to be given entirely by the Junior Union. You are most cordially invited. Rev. Granville B. Work joined his family here Tuesday night and spent a few days with friends here before leaving to take charge of his work at Dunkirk. s Mrs. W. L. Gardner left for her home at Rapids City, South Dakota, Tuesday afternoon, after a three months visit with her parents, W. G, Spencer and wife. Rev. Vitz, of this city, and Rev. Vanholz, of Preble township, were attending a conferefice of the German Reform church at Ft. Wayne, the forepart ol’ this week. Rev. Wise and family left here Tuesday for Ridgeville, where they will make their home for the present, while the Reverend will attend school this summer. . Mrg. James Dailey, of Bluffton, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Fritzgearld, left for Geneva Tuesday where she will visit Mrs J. T. Kelley for a short time. The fair weather oib Easter Sunday according to the ancient saying, indicates good weather for seven weeks to come, so that the girls had. better be saving their pin money to take the boys buggy riding. .. . r -' The engagement has announced of Miss None Margin, of Decatur to Dr. Connell of that city. Miss Martin is a popula/r young lady and has frequently visited in this city.—Fort Wayne, Journal. ? The Huntington Daily Democrat says the English speaking Catholics of that city will briild a new church this season. Thf/ structure to cost $40,000 and to #e enclosed this fall. The work is now m hands of the building e/ommittee. Mip.'e host of the Miesse presented to his friends one of the finest faster dinners Sunday that our people have ever set down to. They had thirty besides their regular boarders. The “Miesse” under Calderwood is popular. Mrs. C. J. Weaver was the victim of a very pleamint surprise last Tuesday evening. The following ladies were present: Mesdames G ( W Roop, Joe bremercamp. J Meibers. S Chronister, J Harris, A Buhler, I) .Erwin, Evans, J Carr, F Cowley,M-’eriw.AF Ailegex, O Snellen, M Byers;-,! Buhler, J Nichols. Elegant refreshments were served by Mesdames O Snellen and M Byers.

| I’he two-year old daughter of Joe ; Thomas met with i -ad accident Friday evening. While playing with the door it 11 -w -hut and severed the middle finger from her ;hand. " 'Fhis year parents will be required to file an affidavit to the name and age of their children when the enumeration is taken for school 1 , purpose. This is Jone to do away i with the padding of enumeration. Montpelier will soon put on city airs. At the recent election held for the purpose of .securing a Qity charter, there were 50G votes cast ! iti favor of a charter and 242 'against it, so they will soon be /under city government ; Mrs. Sarah Decker entertained eleven of her lady friends al dinner ; Friday. 1 hose present were Mesdames Henry Hart, Joe Helm, M. Gilson, Win. Roebuck, Theo. Ken-1 hie.lv. Wool Case, Bradley, M. | Byers, Al Buhler, E. Cutting. Did you see the new specialty wagon of Peoples A Rice on our streets Sunday? She is a dandy and a credit to the town. Judging by the new rigs and horses of that firm we think they will be right in line in their business this reason. The following gentlemen with their ladies composed an Easter party at the “Burt” Saturday night. They were entertained by “mine host:” Schirmeyer, Hensley, Clint Patterson, Dan Berry, Ellingham, R. K. Allison, Devilbiss. The remains of Mrs. Willis Sprague, of Bluffton, were brought to this city yesterday for interment. She formerly resided here. A few weeks ago a child of her’s was buried in J/aplewood cemetery. She was a victim of that dread disease, consumption. Last Monday the three year old daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. L. C. Moses, accidently sat down rn a? bucket of hot water scalding its side, back and hand, causing some of the flesh to be burned very nearly to the bone, but at present the little one is doing nicely. Portland men have an insurance company with „l. J. M. LaFollette president ap.d J. A. M. Adair secretary: Marton Trust Co., of Indianapolis, treasurer. The principal office, will be at Indian apolis in of Mr. Adair, who will move there and superintend the work,/ Y'our ax is here and you can fyfive the same by. calling at this /office. A couple of boys tried to sell it to John Hessler who questioned them about it and they became suspicious, running away and’ leaving the ax with him. He turned it over to the marshal who left it here. W. M. Williams, the “nine o'clock tea man,” of Indianapolis, sent us a copy of the Indianapolis Index, a paper devoted to the interests of the capital city. Mr. Williams is shown as one of the prosperous business men of that city. He was a former resident of this county and our people will be glad to learh of his prosperity. I. J. Miesse returned from Bluffton last night, where he had been looking after—his tfonl of course. He is seriously contemplating joining the gangers, and talks of trading the “New Miesse” for a farm. Landlord Ashbaueher would make the Miesse the best in the State. Mrs. Chas. Niblick entertained a number of friends at dinner W ednesday evening, in honor of her mother, Mrs. Waldron, of Chicago. Those present were Mrs. Etta Rosebraugh of Huntington, Mrs. Hale of Willshire, Ohio, Mesdames DeVilbiss, France, Ed Wm. and John Niblick.

’T ’ — — - M -- Irene Wt aver entertained a irimber of her many friemls a* an F.i-lt partv at the home of her I'Hint-on Indiana Avenue Sat nr day night. '1 he evening was most ph' i-antly spent in games and vocal and instrumental music. As a | souvenir of the occasion each guest i was presented with a dainty colored i Easter egg. In the departure ol R"v. Wise i from our city, the Evangelical I church ha- lost a pastor, the city of ' Decatur afi honored citizen and the ; cause of Christianity here one of the ' men who by his upright walk in I life leaves an impression with our people that will always be a pleasure for them to know that he was a i true Christian. James E. Watson, the jnan who beat W. 11. Holman for congress in the great landslide of 1 K, .» 1. ha« met j his Waterloo tor the noni -rati n. ! The party will retire him at the ! end.of one term. The campaign of Watson and Johnson for a nomir tion has been the most bitterly c< ".- tested of any that lias ever been j known in’the state. The ppening of Miesse’s Flower Emporum was one of the “hits.” of the season. This is the first time our people have had a chance to get all the Howers they wanted for Einter, and it was a. feast to them i Fowers are, to a lover of the beautiful, what bread is to the hungry. Miesse returns his thanks for the liberal patronage. Jay circuit court last Thursday dumped the following cases over to j our court: “State of Indiana vs j Burton and William Neal.” There are five different cases. They grow I out of the warehpuse failure that happened in Fortland m the fall of ; 1594, in which they acted and received wheat as warehousemen / bought and sold the same witnout giving any account for ’A. ; ‘ -1 ! On last Sunday at noon at the : residence of.ex-commi/sioner Weldy i three miles west of this place, oc-| cii'.red the wedding of his daughter, Ms. Ella Laman 11 Ezra I Irey ol New Carli-le, Ohio:. Mr. I'lrey is i oi of that city’s prosperous busine < men, being -engaged in the : hardware business. 'lhe lihppv ; couple left last Tuesday for New Carlisle their future home. The city of Marion has under consideration the improvement of their streets. They can get asphalt at s■’> per square yard, while vitrified brick will cost them il.sn per square yard. This is a point for our council to take care of as the time is not far off when we-will have some of the same kind of work to do, and let them look for the best for the money. An eastern firm has, been adyer tising they would sell a receppe which was sure to produce personal , beauty, for twenty five cents. A young lady sent the money and got ; full value m return as follows: ' “Mind your mother, stay home at ; nights.” If she regards the receive I she will become beautiful in soul. ; which, after all, is the richest dower a young lady can have.,. Who can estimate the value of a merry laugh and a cheerful manner? In the every day affairs of life, m business, m religion, what we must have is more mirth, more cheer, more good will. A smile .costs nothing: then give it freely. It will win you friends,, love, respect, honor -things men strive for all their lives, without attaining, be cause they are nose willing /o try this simple method. A merry heart ifc not always an indication of- - light head. It more frequently denotes a a„pure life, ;ind a love for our fellowmen. i This is religion, pure and undetiled.

I’hornaT- Freong died !•-' Saturday afternoon about tw<> -»'.-lo,t-k from tlm effect of the l''-i-<- of ar-enic be took last Frida; with ; suicidal intent. Drs, Beaver* and ' Costello done .all they cmid to relieve the unfortunate inaii, but the effects of the deadly drug were too much for tin -kill of the doctors. His funeral was held Monday at nine o’clock a. rn. Interment m St. Joseph’s cemetery. The late city elections go to show that the peop'e still have faith in the democratic party. A majority I of city and town elections show an increase, both in the votes cast and the election of officers. In Kansas City the issue was A. P. A. and anti-A. P. A. in which over 2,000 women voted. At Cimmaron, Kan., i Mr*. C. A. Curtis was elected mayor. Tl ■,i lection board is corn- j posed of women. Surely the “new woman” ha* (-'mp to stay. lii looking over the proceeding*! of the northern Indiana I'eacher*' I . . . i association held last week at Marion. We notice that Supt. A. D. Moffett was made a member of the executive committee and railroad secretary. These are very responsible positions and we are very sure that they will be.ably filled by our worthy superintendent. Congratulations Professor. The democrats of the 12th congressional district met at Kendat- ! ville Tuesday and nominated 1 James M. Robinson, of Ft. Wayne, ias their standard bearer for this year. The nomination was made by acclamation, and the election i will come near the same way. Mr. Robinson is one one the promising I young men of Allen county and the ■ party will give him such an indorsement this fall as will cause *he re- ; publican party to lose faith iu their future. S. S. Anderson, an old soldier of • ! 1:10th Reg. Ind. Vol . Co. D. familiarly known as Major Anderson, i and who resided here about fifteen years ago, is a visitor in the city, looking up old acquaintances and land marks. Tie finds the city , greatly changed, lie is now a resi- ! dent of Decatur, but thinks he may ■in the near future' move back to Huntington. “Major” was-~a soldier rn the Mexican war, and has -cars to show for both events. _ He is -76 i years old.—Huntington Demoerat. Jacob J/iller and Charlev Smith have constructed one of the handsomest boats ever launched on the St. JZarys river. Its length is about thirty feet, width eight feet, with capacity for about twenty persons. It is built with two side wheels, reversible at pleasure and is a fast runner, making easy two knots' per hour. Jacob and Charley furnish the power and propose to run an opposition line to the G. R. I. to Ft. Wayne. They will cut the price to one dollar for the round trip. Jacob is captain and Charley first mate. '1 he Bon Marche Club gave another of their popular pedro parties at their club rooms on Madison street Monday evening to about fifty invited guests. To say that all present enjoyed themselves would be expressing it very lightly. The playing commenced at 8 o’clock and continued until 11 o'clock during which/time fourteen games w.ere played. Cbas. Niblick won 12 of the fourteen and was awarded first prize, a beautiful picture (“Worth its weight in Gold ")■ of a mother weighing her babe. Chas. Christen, winning but three games, was awarded the booby prize a doll. Too much credit cannot be given the members of this club for their excellent management ol these enteitainments anffour citizens may well be proud t,Eat Decatur has. such an organization as Bon Marche Club.

I 1 ■»'' I.BM—I I I". A. *}»Fcial in ll’ lni‘*da’.'* Cm • j curmti Eiupiiri“r from .l/unv-ie.. says: ; •’Muncie will,havetf new baseball pari-:, , which, will be.nuidCp'Texactl' after the Cincinnati’park. !: wi|l be n ady for playing April 2: when Muncie will I Open the season o‘ the Ind iana State' ■ i/agt'e with either th/Terre Haute-* or Andersons, The eague was organ- ' ized last week, with the following ; cities: Muncie. Anderson. Terre Haute, I Logansport, Fern. Marion. Union City and Decatnr. The schedule of games j is being arranged. The following gentlemen wilJ I compose the grand and petit jury for the April term, IH9C>: Gram! | jury—W F Reinkmg, Union township, J 11 Blakey, Union, Christian Burk holier,' Wabash. W M Kerr, i Jefferson: John I Kelly, Geneva; I W F Johnson, Jetler- m. Petit | jury—Thomas Moran. Jefferson j township: James D Stults, Root; !A B Baughman, Blue Creek, John |T Baker, Kirkland: Randolph. Sch.ugg, French; Solomon Moser, ! Hartford: Jeff Lehman, Elijah Nidlinger, Union; Je*-e dark, St. Mary*; Andrew Holme.*, Blue Creek: A B Daugherty. Mun roe; Daniel C Spriinger, Berne. • ► - —' - ' The viewers appointed to view and report the land benefited by a gravel road from Decatur to Monroe, have submitted a report that all the lands for two miles east ami west of said road will be benefited thereby. The went further and included all the lands south of the point where the line strikes the township line between Washington and Monroe townships, including a circle starting two miles west of the . south end of the line and describ , ing a half circle. The extreme j south part which is two miles south of the south end of the road. While the report does not say anything about the extension at this end, they may reach out this way and take in this, city, they will complete their work in a few days, so that an estimate of the cost can be published. The annual mpeiing of the stockholders of the Cincinnati, Rich mond <& For.C Wayne railroad wa* held Thursday morning of last week in the office of C. C. Binkley, i:i Richmond. , Thy result iu the election of director* was as foT’o-ws;-W G Hugbart, W R Shelby, J P Hughart and T J O’Brien, of Grand Rapids; Henry E .Robison, C C Binkley and John F Miller, of Richmond; James McCrea, J T Brooks and John EjDavidson, of Pittsburg: David Stiidabaker, of Decatnr. The new directors immediately held a meeting and elected the following officers: President, W O llnghart, of Grand Rapids. Vice-president and gen eral counsel, C C Binkley, of Richmond. Treasurer. W K Shelby, of Grand Rapids. Secretary, Richard Metheany. of Grand Rapids. It is about this time of-year that the housekeeper begins to cast her , eyes about her in search of dirt while her finger tips tingle with the approaching excitement of house cleaning, one of the most important items of which is the windows. Choose a dull day when the sun is not shining, as sunshine on glass causes it to dry streaked, no matter how much it is rubbed. Tak-e a painter’s brush and dust the win* dows .inside and outside, washing . the woodwork on the inside before attempting to v*ash the glass. Ihe latter should be washed with warm water diluted withamonia. Do not use any soap. Use a small cotton cloth with a pointed dstick to re move the 'dirt from the corner*. Then wipe dry with soft cotton cloth. Do not use lifien as it makes the glass linty when dry. Polish with tissnenmvperlir old iie w*; apers, . and your wiudpxss will be so and clean that you can see y'our face in them.

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