Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1896 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOL. XXX X.

Mrs. James E linglprf is reported quite sick. Mrs. Dorwin has returned home a visit in Colorado. Henry Colehen has accepted a position with Mose Byers, where you can find him. Douglas Dudgeon has bought Noah Amspaugh farm, two miles' west of the city. Rev. Reher and family, of Middlepoint, <)-, are cuesta of their aunt M( s - Va ena Jackson. Our farmers have most of their oats sown ami will commence work on the corn ground at once. Mrs. Lucy McConnell, of Monmouth, is the guest of her son M. M. McConnell and family. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. R. B. Allison Satur day April 25, at 2:30 p. m. Col. W. G. Spencer was able to be on the street today for the first time in the year IB9t>. Regular seivices at the M. Echurch Sunday. The subject in the svemug will be “Childish Things ” William Coffee, of St. Marys, ()., was in the city last Monday in attendance at the funeral of his brother Daniel. The following new case has been filed in the circuit court: Joshua r Bright vs Jeremiah Barton, slander; demand. $5,000. Ollie Leßrun met with a severe accident Sunday evening. While at play with some of his playmates, he fell and broke his left arm. Miss Clara Rittenhouse returned today trom Bellefontaine, 0., where she had been to attend the funeral of Mrs.-Samuel Barkley. it , Some of the industrious house wives of Decatur are just now un decided whether to puttheir flowers out or pay another quarter’s gas bill. The pot-pie dinner given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church Saturday was a fine one. The “pie” was like the ones mother used to make. An opera house will be talked of this summer, while at- the same time the city council will talk about building a city hall, but talk is cheap. Mrs. Samuel M. Barkley, of JHontpeher, Ohio., died last Friday morning. Mrs. Rittenhouse and daughter Clara of this city attended the funeral. This is the time of the year “good - man of the house” always has very important business some ,place else when his wife asks him to spade in the gajden. The foundation of the Kuebler house on the corner of Fourth aqd Monroe streets is up and >soon that x Corner will contain one of the finest residences in our city. The fishermen can be seen along the river bank from the first streak of grey in the morning until the time to sleep at night. A few good fish are being caught. George Gates, Esq., of Monroe township, dropped in Monday to say “how do you do.” He had been over in Ohio to see his father and was on his way home. «. Earl Adams and Roy Archbold, two students of Ann Harbor, Mich., are home for a visit. Adams is studying law, while Archbold is applying himself to \ It must make a man feel like he had a sausage grinder in his head, *jghen he is treated to a cold breakfast, while his wife is warming milk ! for her dear little pug dog. A number of the boys are visiting their friends at present. Their postoffice ’address 1 to a the yotlng ladies that want to correspond with them is for the time unknown.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY. A PHIL 17. 1896.

John D. Hale, John W. Vail and j David E. Smith were at Bluffton Monday night, where they ex ph,red the mytenes of the Red Cross degree of masonry. Almanda, wife of J. C. King, died Saturday morning. Her re«mains were taken to lierod, ()., for interment. The family lived on the Zimmerman farm just east of the city. Ex-Commissioner Pontius, of Hartford township, was shaking hands with hits many friends here last Tuesday. Our people all have a good, warm feeling for Uncle George. While the health officer is smelling around he should uot forget Hie alleys. A few of them need im mediate attention, and after being put in order then see that they aie kept clean. The Daughters of America tfill give a hard time social at their hall on the corner of S -cond and Monroe streets. Date will be given later. A cordial invitation will be extended to all. The republicans at their convention Tuesday night nominated the following candidates for councilmen: First ward, James Edington; second ward, John Everett; third ward, Andrew J. Teeple. Lewis Hughes brought to this office Monday morning one of the finest specimens of the Loon that was ever seen in this county. The bird is what is known as a lake Loon. Mr. Hughes will have it mounted. Mrs. Peter Hoffman, of Linn Grove, with her daughter IN onia, were the guests of Mrs. L. C. Miller last night. Mrs. Hoffman returned home today, while Miss Nonia will remain for a longer visit. Clark J. Lutz remembered this office when he r-eturend from the south with what he called the J’lordia orange for this year, which consisted in Weaves and a fine palm leaf, for which we are thankful. • • • , It is now time to get your good Old coin ready for the street fakir. He will soon be here with ®s numerous swindles, and it would be very unkind not to tender him a considerable portion of your cash,gurplus. Why wouldn’t it be a goo'fr plan to import a few wives for some of the men in Decatur who cannot spare the time to earn a living for themselves. It has become such a decided fashion that the idea seems to be too good to overlook. There is a man in Decatur who can be heard any day in the week growling about hard times and how the poor working man is underpaid, yet he is never known to do a day’s work, while his wife continues to support the family by taking in sewing. There is a move on foot to organize a labor Union. The object is to improve the condition of the labor ing class. The meeting for the purpose of organization will be some evening next week. The time and place will be announced through the Democrat. When a young man goes out of his way to walk home with a certain girl two or three times a day, it is high time for him to have the requisite $2 in his inside pocket, for something is going to turn up. The reporter hasn’t noticed anything like that, but then —. While driving on Second,,street, just south of J. 1). Hale’s ware rooms, Rev. Eli Stoops was. thrown from a Spring wagon in which he was riding. . The accident was caused by running into one of the bad places left from the water works ditches. His left Arm is broken at the elbow, and he is otherwise considerably bruised.

John I'reidline and Mr. Eaton ac c. impanied by Mr. R imsyleft Friday I night for Alabama where they will look over the country for a few weeks. They may make a few investments while there. Commissioners Brake ami Hol broke were south a part of last week, consulting the superintendents of the different gravel roads, as to the better way of repairing them, so as to make the improvement of such a nature that the same will not need to be done next year. Several of our neighboring cities have been flooded with counterfeit quarter dollar coins and the belief is that a gang is at work in this section of the state circulating the queer. The coins bear the date of ’'.ls, are a fair imitation and are easily passed if carelessly scanned.* By an oversight of our reporter we neglected to return thanks for the Daughters of America to Rev Vaughan for his excellent sermon delivered to them on their first anniversity some time ago. We hope the Rev. gentleman will pardon ns for our delay in this matter. The Ohio man that wants to vote in the future will have to be able to read and write. The new law may be a little hard on the republican party if the Clarkson idea is any good. But a few years ago he found more illiteracy in the God and morality party than was found with the old Bourbon. The boomarang may return. John Hessler requests us to say that the Press erred in its statement of the death of his brother Augustus. “He was in town Sunday forenoon and attended church, but returned home at- noon? John and his brother going home m the same buggy, where be remained about the house except a short time, when he went to one of the neighbors. This is the time of the year when trees need trimming and when you are liable to be solicited for work of this kind. Os course the trees need trimming, but be sure you let the job to some one who understands his business, else the pretty shade trees may suffer severely. Now it takes years to get shade trees, but the tree niutilator can destroy them in an hour. , 3acob F. Bender, one of Wash-" ton townships most Eged and respected farmers, met with an accident last Monday which has laid him up with a broken leg. When unhitching his horses they started to run before they were loose from wagon, knocking him down, the wheels of the wagon passed over his left leg breaking the bone between the knee and ankle joint. J. P. Hartings opened his billiard parlors Tuesday evening. In the contest John Yager led the party and captured a box of cigars, while Sim Beatty carried off the booby—a bottle of pop. In the solo game John Voglewede, for his expert playing, was awarded a box of smokers. Mr. Hartings will make this a pleasant place to spend a feW leasure moments. V A citizen of Fort Wayne, writing to the Sentinel, suggested that yi’he’n the old court house is torn down, the old court house bell should be preserved and placed in the new Structure for several teas ms. When it was put in position in 1860, it was the • finest bell west of Phila4>, delphia. During the civil war when President Lincoln called for 300,000 men, that old bell rang until Allen county had furnished her quota, and on April 14, 1865, when President-Lincolii was assassinated < the old belt tolled incessantly for i two days; and when Lee surrendered i to Grant, it pealed out long and i loiyd the glad tidings. This fs go- : ing the rounds. 1

- Rev. J. fl. Hawk, of Bluffton,i will deliver the address on Decora ! tion diy lor the G. A. R. of Deca tur, Indiana. Itoii'r Bi,a< Kurils, Corn. April. 13, I The following gentlemen com pose the grand jury for the April, Is'.Hi, term: Jerrv Archbold, Henry Blakey, Frank Johnson, John T. Kelley, W. F. Reinking and Crist Burkholder. The court after instructing them, appointed Jerry Archbold, foreman. They further organized by appointing John T. Kelly, secretary, and have begun the work. A pleasant bridal pirty met at the residence of Ex Commissioner Henry Stacy, of this county, last Sunday, at the marriage qf Mr. John E. Piter and Miss Lucretia A. Douglas. The ceremony was performed by II v. II Kohn, in the presence of a large number of invited guest-’. A sumpi tuous iliuner was served. T’e happy couple were the recipients i many handsome presents, _(7 . ■ , The supreme court in a recent decision says that cities through their councils cannot grant telegraph or telephone companies the right to erect poles in front of or adjoining the property without the consent of the owner. That the right of the town or city is only the right to use the same for the public and not for any special individual or corpora tion. For once it looks, as though the courts intend to favor the people instead of the mighty corporations. John T. France returned from Ft. Wayne Saturday where he had been as counsel in the case of John V. McDowal, of Adams county, against W. R. and Naoinia Wheat for alienating the effections of his wife. The case was begun m Jay county, transferred to Wells county, and from there to Allen county, where the plaintiff got a judgment for five hundred dollars. The ca«£- was tried by a jury ami was bitterly contested from start to finish. The remains of Grant Gwinner were brought here last Monday from Chattanooga, Tenn., and were taken tp. the. residence of his stster, Mrs. Daniel W. Myers, on north Second street, from which place they were taken Tuesday morning to the M, E church where the funeral services ■were held at 10 o’clock under the auspices of the Odd Fellows Lodge of this place. Mr. Gwinner was for a time a resident of our city and to a lafge number of people are well remembered. A farewell reception was tendered Miss Viola Middleton by about thirty of her friends at the home of her parents Tuesday evening. The evening was most pleasantly spent in various games of amusement until 11:30 o’clock when light refreshments were served, after which good byes were spoken and the guests departed for their homes wishing their hostess the best of success. Miss Middleton leaves next Thursday for Jlartford, Conn., where she expects to make her future home. A good looking, well to do bachlor was being teased by the young ladies of a club for not being married. He said: “I’ll marry the girl of your club whom, by secret vote you elect to be my wife.” There were nine members of the club.- Each giiT went into a corner and used great caution in preparing her ballot and disguised the hand writing. '1 he result of, the- 1 voting was that there were nine votes cast, each girl receiving one. The young man remains a bachelor, the club i is broken up and the girls are mortal ] ■enemies, united in the orte determm- I ation that they will never speak to i the nasty man again. . „ <

The first chance of our -city fie mg mulct for the condition of the j streets occurred yesterday when by reason of their bad condition,-nice ■M ■' ■ < X- • 'I the completion of the water works, Rev. Eli Stoops had his left arm' broke’at the elbow, which will in all probability make him a cripple for life, with a stiff joint. Drs. Coverdale and Thomas attended the unfortunate man. A telegram was received yesterday conveying the intelligence Os the death of John Closs, of Belview, Ky.‘, aged about seventy-three years. Mr. Closs was .for many years a resident of this city and highly respected. He was a brother of Mrs. Jesse Niblick and Jacob Closs and also has a son, Ed Cib-s, living in this citv. His death must have been sud len as the friends in Decatur, wf >e not aware of his sickness. Further prrticulars will be given l.atrr on. Jacob Closs, Sen., Mr-. Niblick and daughters Mary Ind Amelia will attend the funeral. D i last Saturday afternoon from two to four Francis Dorwin Dugan, most charmingly entertained nine of her little girl friends in'honor of her fifth birthday. A delightful time was had by all present. Delicious refreshments were served during the afternoon and as a souvenir of the occasion each little lady received a doll’s sun bonnet filled with choice candy. Those present were Bessie Boyers, Lucile Locke, Mary Hite, Pansy Bell, Mane Allison, Irene Schirmeyer, Nellie Rosenthal, Jennie Middleton and Ruth Horton. The engagement of a prominent belle of a southern city was broke.’ off under most ludicrous'circumstances recently. She concfeive’i the insane notion of affecting a lisp and make the fatal mistake of attempting to practice on her wealthy fiance. Entering the parlor ip a cloud of Vera-Violette, or some such choice perfume, she greeted the young man with: “Don’t I ’mell ’feet“Not mine,” was the practical young fellow's reply, as he arose, gathered his hat, and flounced out of the room, never to return again. A Mrs. Showalter, -of Ceylon, was here last week to arrange the estate of her mother* Mrs. John Mocabee, deceased. Mrs. Showalter, ” being in poor health, with the worry and excitement of her attempt to attend to business, caused her temporary alteration of mind. Her condition becoming worse, her friends telegraphed her husband, who and took care of her here until Monday morning when he took her home. At the G. R. it 1. depot she created considerable excitement by,refusing to get on the tram. It took a number of men to put her aboard. They finally got her away. Saturday morning about 8 o'clock word came from Abe Bock's livery barn that Daniel Coffee, better known as “Colonel” Coffee, was dead. About four o’clock this morning Rolla Bobo and Ike Zimmerman went to the river to fish and found him laying on the river bank. They roused hint up and helped him to the livery bam, where he was cared for by by the help at the barn. A few minutes before he died they sent for a doctor, but before the doctor could get there he died. He was a painter by trade, and had been painting for ex-Com-missiouer—Rupright, but came to town Saturday to spend Sunday. He was subject to criwaping spells, and it is supposed whiltF'dpwn the river bank he was seized with one of those spells, and was unable to reivh the top of the bank. And the exposure to the night air so chiiie l him that death was the result, ills remains were interred in St. Joseph cemetery,: Monday.

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1..... Uncle Sam is after the people in ■ this state who iise coupon books, i metal (Ships and m fact anything ’ ' that isTised for money tliat. is not ' made by the government. A large I number of our people, have been iking coupon books, while salaons,' bakeries and eating houses have been using metal checks and mak mg change with them. United States Marshal Hawkins arrested (three men at Linton and says that all who uso them must answer at the bar of justice. The district attorney for the state says that it is a direct violation of the United States statutes. z The New York legislature passed a ? law this week prohibiting the raiiroads from collecting, fare on bicycles. The different passenger associations have fixed up a tariff, charging a certain per cent on bicycles, basing their charges on the mileage traveled. This will probably prove a damper on cl.arging forcarrying “bikes." T-ne legislature 1 holds that bicycles are to be classed as baggage.—Huntington Democrat. - i It is coming. Th®, way of the “bike"’ rider, the wheeler and motorcycle are fast coming to the fre/at and the railroads will have to do as ’ the farmer and livery men do—- : take them as they find I I Many towns over the state have organized humane societies, and the I officers will see that all the laws preventing cruelty to men or am male are enforced. They start out L by using printed tags bearing the following wording: “The humane society hereby give notice that this animal must not again be found nn- ’ cared for or unprotected from the I elements. The owner lays himself . liable by such neglect.” This is ■ one side of the tag. On the other I I the law punishing cruelty to animale is printed. The tags are atl ’ tached to the bridle of the horse left uncared for and on a second offense the owner is proceeded against. — j. The' sons of veterans met at the Grand Army hall last Thursdaynight e ; and re-organized the Camp of Sons jI of Veterans by electing P. L. An—j i drews, captain; John S. Peterson, e , Ist lieutenant: John Andrews, i’nff e lieutenant; Dr. Thomas, chaplain: j Samuel Ist saigeht; J. N a Parrish, quartermaster: R. B. Greg ory, sargent of the guard; Charles* ‘ Jlhristen, corporal of the guArd; Ira > Lake, Sargent of the camp; Thos e Markins, guard of the guard; F. E. 1 McLain, color . sargent: D. F. ■ Quinn, John \V. Tyndall and Will > Poling, council of the camp. They ’ organized with forty-three members ’ and seven more who have signed ' the application. This should be 1 one of the best camps in the state ’ and will be if the boys will push ; matters along in that way. The Ladies’ Historical Reading i club held their Sth annual closing ’ last Friday evening, at the home of ’ Dr. Holloway. The rooms were ‘ decorated in the club colors (rose •I ■ ' color and white) and carnations. ' Betweeii sixty and seventy were : j present. The program consisted of: ; -‘America,” sung by all. An inter • esting review of their- work by ; Mrs. Blossom, who has been seere - ‘ i tary» ever since the organization. • Mrs. L. A. Miller recited Lowell’s "Present Crisis. Mrs. Shroek gave ■ the “Plumb Creek Function,'' Miss ■ Sarah Segur recited an original ’ | poem “The Girls,” a parody on O. iW. Holpies’ “The boys." During a part of the evening some stunning conundrums were fired around pro ■ I miscnpusly. The junior mandoli-u , I club interspersed sweet music ias souvenirs cards tied with rose ■ and white ribbons were- given out to the quests, (’h which were to * guessed and written answers to varioils probl em s, maximu?* songs etc,, all of which atfordo-. amusement and'entertainment. A the close of the program a delicious luncheon was served? dining /room. All seemed happy at eleven o’clock, thd closing hour, when gdbij-byes 'were <poken.

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