Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1896 — Page 1

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Mrs. Jack Schlegel is at Terre Haute with her mother who in ill. A new school hmnie for our city. See notice to contractors in another column. There will be a change in the Eagle Manufacturing C.)., at an early Jay. Berne is to have a new church. See the notice to contractors in another column. Mrs. P. W. Smith, of Richmond, is the guest of her parents- Abraham Beery and family. S. Peterson, I. J. Miesse, \\ ill Hughes and Harmon Yager were at Ft. Wayne last evening. W. Wamberness, ot Nebraska, is visiting his brother-in-law, RevSmith, of the Blakey church. Men never become too old to act like boys when half a dozen of them get together in idleness. . MiSs Hattie Sttidabaker returned from Fort Wayne today. ad been there visiting her sister, Mrs. Vesey. ■ ' Earl Adams and R >y Jkrchbold returned to Anu Arbor Tuesday morning after a week’s visit with their parents. Adam Cully, of Geneve, stopped off here between trains. Hd was on hie way home from the oil fields near Rockford, Ohio. Mies Mattie v Ming, one ot the teachers in the Geneva school, is in the city the gliest of her mother, Mrs. Jessie Brandeberry. W. E. Winch and family left last Monday for Florence, Alabama wh£re Mr. Winch expects to engage in the lumber business. Mrs. Rushton, of Fort Wayne, mother of Mrs, Page Blackburn, returned home today ' after a week’s visit with her daughter. ' Rev. Stoops has entered suit for damages against the city .for injuries sustained on Second street. The amount he asks is $5,000. Steele Bros, have their new brick building near completion. They wilToccupy it with wind raids and such other machinery as they handle You can find E. G. Coverdale at the Mentzer’s store. He will mend your shoes give you legal advice or swap yarns with you. Call and see him. When you have shown a man a complimentary notice to himself in a newspaper, put the scissors out handy, and then kindly leave the room. All members of 8. of V. Camp, are requested to meet at G. A. R. Hail, Monday evening at 7:30 p. m. sharp. No one should fail to attend. A. B. Ekert, agent of Tiffin Hedge Fence Company, has returned from Ohio to remain here this summer and look after the interest of- the company. Some sneak thief broke into the the store room of Mentzer and carried away all the tobacco and cigars. There is no clew to the thief yet. Mrs. 11. L.Conter and Mrs. Phoebe Corbin returned home last Friday from Little Rock, Arkansas, where they have been visiting for the last five weeks. A new barber_at Burdge’s, one of which Al feels proud and assures his customers the young man will be retained in their home. He weighs ten pounds. , John D. Friedline, and W, Rainey returned M mday from their trip through Alabama. They returned looking well. Alr.” Friedline is favorably impressed with the looks of the iand, ( The majority of the people look darker than the soil.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, APRIL 24. 18M0.

Regular services at the M. E. church next Sunday. Subject for morinng r “A child of God." Evening, “What is inspiration?” All are cordially invited. Miss Grace Peterson entertained a number of her friends at supper Sunday, in honor of Roy Archbold. Those ’present, were: Bert Lower, John Heller, and Ora Fiance. Delma R ynolds was in the city today. He is on his way to Geneva. He says the oil* wells it»> the Van Buren district are weak ones and goes bak to the Camden Held. . —X i- . . 6 Jay county is having a big scare over a mad dog. The dog has bit one man and a large am Hint of stock and as yet it is at large while everybody is armed looking lor the mad dog. A shortage of school teachers at Etlwood causes the school board of that city to look arnurid-for thirteen 'more teacher®. They don’t say anything about the price they pay, but want teachers. When you want job work remember the Democrat office has the newest and Hnest line of type of any office this side of Chicago. Then we have the only artists in the city. Our material and prices excel any in this county. Pat McGee, a conductor on lhe G. R. & L, had a narrow escape from the wheels near Hoagland. He fell from ins train striking the end of a culvert, injuring him so that he is now m the hospital at Ft. Wayne. Regular services at thh Presbyterian »church, Sunday. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. Subject, “The Bruised Reed anil the Smoking Flax.” A fine sacred musical service, consisting of quartette anthems, solos, etc., at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. J. Smith on last Friday entertained the following'dadies at her home on North Ninth street: Mesdames O. N. Snellen, C. Carr, AV. Smith, C. Evans, F.- Cowley, C. Weaver, E. Parry. The day was pleasantly spent in sewing rags. A child of a Mr. Spinger, living just across the state line east of here, was terribly gored by a cow Monday. The cow 1 caught the little one about the waist and came near disemboweling her. The little sufferer is so badly in jured that she will die. Our tocial correspondent from Monroe says that a young man near that burg is a believer in that part of the sjripture which says, “multiply and replendish the earth,” and that there will be an increase of three ii the population of that neighborhood in a tew weeks. The fort Wayne Sentinel, always democratic to the core, now comes out asking the defeat of the democratic nominee for mayor of the city of Fort Wayne-. The paper supports the entire ticket except the nominee lor mayor, thus making the question of his election doubtful. — The strike tsf the glass blowers, of Hartford City, still continues. There are over .(>OO men out and they refuse to go to work unless the discharged man is reinstated. They seem to be fully organized for a long stay out and say they never will return to work unless their demands are met. During the storm Monday night the house of Eli Wagoner, of Monroe township, was struck by lightning, knocking a hole in the roof and setting fire to the shingles. The shock aroused the inmates and with the aid of the heavy rain that was falling at the time, they soon had the fire extinguished. The damage was light—-it will not exceed SSO.

A repor‘ gained circulation this I morning that Ashlev 'Mann was dead and that lie had died from ; injuries received from a fall while at work plastering the bank building at Monroeville. He was badly Innt however from the fall and is laid up The chances for his recovery are good. Has is more plentiful on the m irket this spring than it was last fall and sells for twelve dollars per ton while last fall it. sold for sixteen dollars per some of it still higher, but the prospects for a good crop and large amount of rough feed will cut the price from now on until the new crop is harvested. Under the new school law of Indiana, parents living outside of the I corporation who desire their chilidren to attend the town school, j £> , . .must see the trustee and 'get a transfer. The time of transfering is from the 10th to the 30th of April. Without a transfer those wishing to attend the town school will be reqrrred to pay the regular tuition fee. -< They tell a story of a young widow in our neighboring county of Wells who put up a costly monument to her late husband and in scribed upon it: “Aly grief is sc great that I cannot bear it.” Later, however, she married again, and, feeling a little awkwardness about. the inscription, she solved the difficulty lx adding one wont to it — “alone.” Newton Bryan, of Emerado,! North Dakota, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Calderwbod, of the “Miesse.” Mr. Bryan left here about fifteen years ago and lias been in the west the most of the time. He is now engaged in the grain business and says they have ton elevators and that last year they shipped over tiften hundred thousand bushels of wheat. ——— I The Muncie Bicycle Company is arranging to, increase its output of wheels to 25,000: 15,000 common wheels and 10,000 high grade! .wheels. While this looks like a large number of wheels, the amount is small-compared with the total amount made each year, and with all this great output men have' amassed fortunes in a few 7 years! out of the manfacture of the wheel.,; John R. Eaton returned from his southern trip and is well pleased with Alabama. He feels as though he will locate there next fall. The rest of the party are still there looking over the country with a view of purchasing a large body of land. There is some Hue land that the government still holds for hopesteads. Some <of this, Mr. Eaton says,-is among thy finest land in the! state. Rev. Wendel took charge of the work at lhe Evangelical church. He I filled the pulpit . Sunday for the ; first time with this congregation. I His class is well pleased with him I and feel that the loss of Rev. Wise will be fully replaced with Rev. Wendel. He is a young man of fine ability and will find a hearty welcome with our people. WeexJ tend to him the hand of fellowship wishing him success in his calling. A Lincoln paper tells the story of Lincoln's nomination and election > to congress, a story very , curious ' and characteristic in its incidents: describes, from new material, Lin coin’s life in Washington, social '< and political, during his term in . congress; and tells of anv. important 1 campaigning tour which he made i through New England in 1848. A lately-discovered report of a speech i delivered in the course..of this tour i is given, and there are a number of 1 important letters' of Lincoln’s that 1 have never been before. ' The illustrations are numerous and I interesting. ' 1

Our people should all take a look at the property of Jacob B. Buhler ,ju-t west of the G. R. & I. depot. The appearance is such that i’ makes home pleasant. Everthing is painted white. If each one would do likewise the city would be the most beautiful in the state. Then the cleanliness is of such a sanitary condition that it will be a blessing. Just step up that way and take a look and go to work and fix your home the same way. The old fence around" the county graveyard that remains standing and also that which has tumbled down should be removed and a neat iron fence put up in its place. It can be made to look well instead of being an eye sore. Thb matter should be presented to the commissioners at their next session, and this be done or the dead that remain there removed to some othey burying ground, and a paik made of that yard. . -—— - Decoration Day will soon be h* re and arrangements should be ma ie for all cemeteries to be cleaned up, |and put in good repair. Many graves in nearly all cemeteries are more or less neglected, and this we all will admit should not be the case. It does not speak well for a neighborhood for its graveyards to present a neglected appearance, and and if all who are concerned would I lend a helping hand it would be j made a light task to keep all cemei tenes in good condition. Mrs. Townsend entertained a 'number of her friends Monday evej ning at her home on THird street. I Those-preseiit were: Mr. and Mrs. ■R. K. Allison, W. E. Keubler, G. E. Doty, P. i>. f’homas, J. Patterson, Jno. T. France and A. L. ‘ Devilbiss. This was one of the pleasant occasions for which our city’ is becoming noted. Refreshments were, served after which those present left for their respective 'homes with pleasant memories of the social meeting’they were forced j to sever. ■ ~ A few days ago a postmortem ex- ! amination was held on the body of i a young man of this section of the state who had died from the effects of smoking cigarettes. The examii nation showed that the membranous ,! sac around the heart had enlarged until it held nearly a gallon of water, while a fatty grow’th had generated, in addition to which both the lungs w’ere much enlarged and weakened. Cigarette smoking is probably the cause of wrecking the human system to a greater extent than almost any other evil habit or endujgence.—Ex. • Missouri must be a martial paradise, for there dwell together m hau 'mony a strong department of the Grand Army of the Republic, forty [ 'organized “camps.” of the confeder ! iate veterans, the Sons of A'eterans and the Daughters of the CbnfederJacy. There is a home tor confederate veterans supported by voluntary contributions, in which “the other fellows” assist. A home for union veterans is to be established. The “blue and gray” - fraternize, forgetting past differences and remembering only that they were all Ameican soldiers. r. _ One of the most pleasant wed dings of this year was the one that made Martin Fuelling and Sophia Houtmaker man and wife, at Str Peters church last Sunday , at 2 o'clock p. m. The bride is one of Jay county's fair daughters while tlxe grooni is the son of ex com missioner Fuelling of this county. The relatives and friends ot the 6 4 ts> newly wedded couple h,ad an enjoyable time at the pleasant. home of the grooms father after which thev took their departure lor Jay county where they will make their future home. The Democrat wishes the happy couple a prosperous, life.

FIRE! FIRE!! ■, , i Five NtableM in Kiiliih Loom nearly J ! Two TlioiiMind Hollars. About 2 o’clock Monday morning our people were awakened from their peaceful slumbers by screaming of the whistles and clang- ' ing of the Hre bell, lhe town was lighted up with the blaze as it came i pouring forth from the stable belonging to John H, AViHiams,located on the east end bf his lot on Seventh street, between Adams and Jefferson streets. The fixe stables! located on the different corners of . the lots were soon on Hre. They i were owned by J. IL AViHiams, J. R. Porter, J. R. Parish, J. F. Mann and the stable of I. C. AVagoner adjoining on the south. The stable of J. 11. Williams was used b\ Johi \V. V'ail as a store house for e<'g case stock which was i . , j filled at the time having about t ! *1.500 stock stored therein on i which he has an insurance of *I,OOO | , Williams’ loss it 100 insured for SSO, Parish’s loss $250 insured for SIOO, Porter’s loss slooinsured for S6O, Wagoner’s loss *IOO insured for $75, Mann’s loss $l5O no insurance. , This leaves the property owners in good shape, except Mr. Mann. , The fire company was promptly on hand and done good work in saving the adjoining buildings and part of , the material of the egg case company. The burning shingles were carried acress the river a mile from the fire. The .'cause of the fire is clearly of ineendiaryism, a yo.ung man having been seen passthrough . the allex just as the fire gt.arted. The grand juiy will investigate the • matter. The Uonelly family, West . Fork, are remarkable for height,; ■ that is the 10 children are., for the - father is .only 5 feet 4. metres, ano , thre mother tees. James is 6 feet > inches, and weighs 260; Bernard,. 6 ' feet 9 inches, and weighs 548; I William, 6 feet 71 inches, and weighs 200; Thomas, 6 feet 6{ inches and weighs 180: Dan, 9 feet 6 inches, and weighs 145 t Micbeal, 6 feet 4 inches, and weighs 242; Edward, 6 feet 4 inches, and weighs 245; Sarah ’6 feet 2 inches, and weighs 266; Bridget, 6 feet 2 inches, and weighs 200; Ellen, 6 feet and weighs 200. — Portland Sun. . •• <»■ A Miss Tina Allison highly entertained a number of her friends at her home on Adams street Friday evening. Refreshments were served and all present had an enjoyable time. Those present" were: Misses Maggie Hoyer, Jessie Bios som, Josie Congleton, Doll Christen, Hattie and Lizzie Patterson, Lizzie Peterson, Jennie Hammel", June Merryman, Blanche Reynolds. Faye I Edwards. Bessie Schrock. Mary Myers., Fannie Devilbiss AlessrsChalmer Schaffer. Earl Ccverdale, Lawrence Hughes, Earl Fristpe, Will Domvin, Bob Miller, Harry Helm, Forest Bolds, Dick France, Dick Christen. ,z- \\ e havg.a license for certain pediikjj-s ami it is enforced at certain times, and upon certain parties. But the town of Willshire, Ohio, leads all in the license lein. A short tune ago a farmer.drove into pie city with a wagon load of potatoes and commenced selling them to Xhe citizens through the burg without any permit. Our reporter says the marshal told the farmer he mm<t go to the mayor and get a y license, but when he \ found Dr. May he said he did not have any ' authority to issue a license. Again i the marshal was after the fanner, i and again lie caller on Hie Honor, i the mayor. This time the mayor < told him to give him 75. cents and I he issued a. license to the man al- 1 lowing him to sell potatoes. This < they call “a potato lincense.” ‘

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; John Closs the veteran organist, i who for many years was irTcharge lot the Music Hall organ, being its ; faithful custodian and thoroughly acquainted with all its details of mechanism, died last night at 8:30 ’o’clock at his home, corner Fairjfield and West avenue, Dayton, (Ky.) Air. Closs was considered almoff an indespensable quantity at ’all the May festivals and other im--1 pirtant events in Music Hall. During the recent reconstruction of the great hall he was the presiding genius at the task of moving the ! organ to the rear of the amplified stage. Mr. Clo«s hats been eick I only for one week and was 73 years ! old at the time of his death. He ! leaves some property, -including a farm in In liai.a. A son of hisj lives in the West.'— Cincinnati Enquirer. "Tin- Evolution of ’tan." i One oflhe finest sermons, ever dell ivered in the M. E. church at this 1 place, was delivered by Rev. E T. Gregg last Sunday evening, on the subject of “The Evolution of Man.” from the following text: “When I was a child I spake as a child, I understood as a child, thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things.”—lst. Cor. 12-13. He called attention to the fact that in cultural history, men were like nations, socially, occupying one of three stages; being either savage, barbarian or civilized. That the traits of character of a child are to speak’ before thinking; to seek to make ail things conform to its ideas and in the extremest sense is selfish; recoghizeji’g no rights but its own, and not understanding the ethical relations of men. being in cultural history what the savage is in social life. Tfiat to become a man we must put away those selfish ideas, and must . understand, think and act with mature judgement. That it is not the size or - weight that make tire man but mature •, thought; and us illustrations named A'exand R Stevens. Pope and a number of other great men. who were small ; n stature. That to become a perfect man all thougnts and acts roust conform to the Christian idea of the relationship of man to man and man to God. When man shall have attained this point in life, he shall have reached the highest point in cultural history. and be counted civilized in the true sense Before commencing the sejm<jm Rev. •Gregg read an editorial frbm the Chicago Times-Herald on the subject of the ■sermon and lecture of R G Ingersoll, delivered last Sunday in Chicago. This custom he has adopted as a part of his regular Sunday evening services, taking the editorials from the leading metropolitian papers, each to be on some real live subject. All who missed the sermon .Sunday evening missed one of the most eloquent and logical sermons that oias been delivered in the city for years. His subject for next Sunday evening will be “What is' Inspiration,” DE.nOCH I l ie PLATFOKVI. We denounce the.republican legislation known as the Sherman act of I““ us a cowardly makeshift, draught with possibilities of danger in the future,which should make all ot its supporters', as well as its author, anxious for its speedy repeal. We hold to the use of. both gold and 'silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of bofb gold and si-lvet without discriminating against' either metal or charge for miiitage ’tint the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be adjusted through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the" parity of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets, and in payment of debt; and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin. We insist upon this policy as especially necessary (dr the protection of the farmers and laboring classes, the first and most defenseless victims of unstable money and a Huctating currency.

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