Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1896 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

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Amen Crist has moved to French township. Thomas pebolts is rejoicing over the arrival of a boy at their home. Bring your job work to this office when you want first-class work. Work on the new M. E. church will begin on the morning of June second. The industrial parade the 4th of July will be one of the finest this city ever had. Mrs. Eli Peterson, of Michigan City, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baker. The W. C. r. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. IScott Hughes tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. The Democrat office has the material and workmen ana will do you the finest job work. Arrangements are being made to have the noted “Yam Yam's” and ; their band in the parade on July 4. Preaching at U. B church, May 16 and 17, by Rev. K. Counsellor, Presiding Elder. Come and hear him. Quarterly meeting at the U. B. church Saturday and Sunday. Preaching at all services by Rev. E. Connseller. Some one will run against something if he don’t desist from turning the hose on passers-by. The fun may change. i May and June have changed places. We may look jor colder weather and a harvest for the doctors in June. Sheriff Clausmire, of Allen county was in our city yesterday with a young Mr. Smith in charge, who was wanted in our court. o Ira Neptune, the venerable father of the Neptune Bros., dentists, is improving so that there is some hope of bis recovery.

The jury in the Mott-Durbin case rendered a verdict against the defendants for $175.45, the amount of the note' and interest. Adams county loses one hundred and fifty on her school enumeiation of a year ago. It stands at present 7511 with 1283 in Decatur. Major Doxey has on hand a fine line of buttons and campaign literature that he will sell cheap. There is a chancy for a junk dealer. We have just received a second invoice of new job type. We can now compete with any office in the country. Come and see us and you will leave an order. The central office of the City Telephone company will soon be removed from the Burt House to a room over Falk & Erwin’s music e m por i u m. Preaching at the M. E. church Sunday at 10:30 a. m. Evening at 7:30, subject “The Intermediate State.” Senior League at close of evening serv ice. Vic S. Reed has been selling harvesting machinery, but this week he is around setting it up to the boys. lie says The new ( machine agent weighs ten pounds. Portland has some miscreants Wiio delight in cutting the tires of bicycles. As yet they have been unable to head him off, but-are still on the lookout. We notice in Wednesday’s specials from Washington that Miss Effie Bottenberg, of . this city, has been granted a patent on <an umbrella attachment tor bicycles. We are in receipt of a second invoice of new type the Latest and best, and a fine line of fancy stationary. With this we have the only artist in job printing in. the city. .

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 15, IH< 4.

The supreme court at Springfield, IU-, has just handed down a decision to the effect that barber shops■ have a legal right to do businees On Sunday. ■4. ... ' — — At Powder, this state, yesterday, Mrs. Ilemsint, gave birth to six in- ; fants, four boys and two girls. And they are all. doing well. Two years ago Mrs. Henisent gave birth to t VI pl«*t r . The W. C. T. I’.. of Bluffton [ have opened a local jig cure establishment; in that village. Inorder to treat all their home “boozers,” they should establish a branch office in Decatur. A peddler who was selling rotten silk thread was caught by L.euic ant Lapp yesterday morning and | ordered to leave town. He weyrt without questioning the order.-.-— Ft. Wayne Journal. Company B was inspeeteiLFriday night b\’~“Maj >r. Harter ami Col. Keiger. They report Decttwr‘company as ranking among the best in the state, which is certainly gratifying to Captain Miller. Ringling Bro’s circus drew one of the largest crowds ever in Portland, QTuesday. This is the best circus on the road this season. Quite a number of Decatur people attended the performances. Sunday evening Rev. Horton, delivered an excellent sermon on “The Husband.” Next Sunday evening the subject will be “The Wife.” The subjects for May willall relate especially to the home. The new democratic council of Ft. Wayne held their first meeting Tuesday night and about the first thing they done was to take steps is reducing taxes. Wonder if the new council of Decatur will do likewise. The republican press, just now, is in a “clam” as to who is the “best man.” Before the convention he was in a half dozen places in Indiana; but now the breeze has subsided until, McKinley is nominated. -. 7

Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Will Nachtneb entertained friends at a six o’clock dinner. The following gentlemen with their ladies' were present: Rev. E. T. Gregg, W ill Kuebler, A. L. Devilbiss and Dell Locke. «■ Harry Johns one day last week was found with fifty of J. S. Colchen’s bread check in his possession which were taken from him. Some of our boys will be sent to the reform school for their work one of these fine days. Will Barr went to Decatur last evening to attend the B. V. P. U. convention. Misses Erma Ernst, Blancke Oppenheim, Mae Miller, Nellie Robison, Flo Morris, Jehne McDowell and Edith Sark went on the morning train —Bluffton News. — £ , —— Montpelier s new mayor is waging war on all evil doers, and saloon men. He has issued an order that all prostitutes must leave’ town at once, and their houses closed r and that saloon’ men must obey the law to the letter. Mans arrests have already been made. Williard Steele has decided to name his . summer resort “Steele'S Home, Sweet Home Park.” Very appropriate, indeed. It will be formally opened on July,4th, with a grand program of amusement. The christening will be done with great pomp and •eremony. jj’here will be dedication services at Fletches Chapel 3 miles north of Willshire, Ohio, on Sunday niornmg M:iv 24th. The dedication sermon will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Fitzwater. -Everybody is invited to come and bnng.-a well tilled basket- JamesQ. Clemons, Pastor.

At K. of I’, hall Frid >y night three candidates bravely endured the tortures, and were made full Hedged Knights.' .After the work was finished the lodge repaired to the People's Bakery, where Rathbone Sisters surprised them by serving light refreshments. The roadbed of the much pro posed C. W. C. & C. railroad in Wells county, is to be used as a public highway. How bad the -C - projectors must feel. They should donate it to B >*-s Electric Everetts, of Fort Wayne, who would build all kinds of air castle|s on it. The party that stole the lap robe from the buggy of Dr. Calderwood o-i last Saturday evening at .Monroe will be prosecuted if the same is not returned. Remember the green color gives you away and the party that saw you take it has told on vou. Return the robe save trouble. It is said that a Wells county girl has gone insane because she wasn’t born a man. Wonldn’t that knock you? She never has to meet the rent, nor serve on jury, paypoll tax, nor shave, nor fasten her suspenders with a shingle nail. Some people don’t seem to know when they are well off. The nomination of Mount by the republican convention was not the will of the party leaders, but was brought around by the late elections in our state, they saw what was coming and attempted to “hedge,” if possible. They have no love for the farmer but will try to use him to their advantage.

When the city council lets the contract for sidewalk on east side of water works ground, it would not be out of order to consider th? building of a similar necessity on south side of same for the accomodationof school children who attend third ward school. Do both at the same time and look pleasant. Ou Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock a qiiiet wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Barnett. Their daughter Laura E. was married to William E. Ramey in the presence of the immediate families of both parties. The young couple will make their home at present with Mr. and .Mrs. Barnett. If our city would show due courtesy to our farmer friends, who favor our merchants with their patronage, they will surely provide them a suitable and convenient place to hitch their teams while in the city doing their shopping. Other towns do this, why not Decatur. The new council please take notice. Second street, Monday morning; resounded with the distracting melo dies of a “Midway Plaisance” of Chicago fame, with sparrows chirbing, dogs barking, bag-pipes squ?aking, peddlers bells ringing and the small boy yelling to seethe monkey dance, one could sympathize with those who experienced the confusion of tongues —a babel, in the great moral city of Decatur. The troupe of Italians got in their music just the same. A /reporter of the Daily Democrat visited Steele’s park last Saturday. ' Mr. Steele is making many needed improvements about the place, and will have everything in first-class shape for the races in Julv. Among other improvements he is placing a solid board fence, eight feet high, .around the entire park. And the outside wail of the fence is being beautifully decorated by Corbin & Edwards, knights of the brush, with artistic signs for our business men— ’l’hese men are artists', as, everyone, knows, as a glance at their work will testify.

Read “It’s a Go!” on page, eight, and m ike arrangements to. be here. The friends of Thomson Arnold who assisted in wrecking a bank in Whitley county, swindling farmers out of nearly $200,0.0(1, are working to have him pardoned. He was sentenced to serve two years m prison by the lower courts. The case was taken to the supreme court which recently held against Arnold. Now the governor is asked torn ter sere. The fact is young Arnold helped to wreck the bank, and should be made to suffer .the penalty. This is the way 3 Bluffton ■ divine before taking up a col- ! lection: “The collection will now be taken,” he said, “and I wish to remark further that poker chips, don’t go anv more. Get ’em cashed j before you come and bring the monev. I am forced to this decis on fly the fact that some of the brethren have been shoving.off crips of their own making on ns and letting the laugh be on ns when we went to get them cashed at the Dewdrop Fortune parlors.” * ' Clark Calderwood, who is now exempt from teachers’ examination, in this county, has gone to Lafayette, to prepare for professional license. Mr. Calderwood is one of the many excellent teachers that our county can boast of. We have more school teachers of' a higher grade than any county of our, population in the state. Our county schools stand second to none m the state and the same can be said of the teachers—Mr. Calderwood being one among the best. Henrv Dalch, son of Jacob Dalch, living near Monroe, lost his left foot Friday. He was employed An tbto saw-mill of Web Biteman, of ■French township. While putting on the belt that drives the top saw of the mill the main drive belt caught the lower part of the left leg of his pants which drew him up to the pulley and whirled him around until his leg was so badly ■broken at the ankle that it had to be amputated below the knee. This adds another to the list of life cripples. Memorial day is near atdiand,and it is necessary that our people observe the same as becomes this Nation. This is not a day to celebrate in any manner, but should be observed in commemoration of the departed defenders of this country that this devotion may be transmitted to future generations. We rejoice on each succeeding 4th of July that our children may know that this country was on that day, by our forefathers, declared free from England, so do we meet May 30th of each year to decorate the graves of our departed comrades that coming generations may know of their valor.

On last Tuesday evening at 8:30 o’clock at the new home of * • the bride and groom on south sixth street occurred the marriage of Miss Ella Sprang and Mr. Harry- Bell both of this city. The bride was gowned in white organdie over 'white silk arid carried a bunch of -§2 <1 brides-roses as did also her bride smaid sfiss Grace. Peterson who was also gowned in silk. The groom and his best man Mr. Harry DeWitt of Auburn were each attired in the conventional suit of black. Miss M iv Hughes presided at the piano. The bride entered the parlor leaning on the arm of C. K. Bell a brother of the groom to the gate before which the ceremony took place which was-opened by .Miss Irene. Beira sister of the groom. The wedding ceremony was performed By Rev. E. T. Gregg pastor of the Firs’ M. E. church of this city in the presence of about thirty-live guests. After the ceremohy a i fipunbroubtepast was served.

The grandest celebration in the ; history of Decatur—-J.ul\ Uh. The Portland Commercial prints 1 an interview with one of Jay county’s citizens who. was at Fitzgerald, Fla. In the interview the rnan says the people are leaving there as fast as they came. At the opening of the town they flocked there so that there was scarcely a place to sleep, but now there will ; be but few people iefrtfrere at the end of t-he year unless they are too poor to get away. They that farm 1 can raise from 10 to 12 bushels of: I wheat per -acre and the corn is no I ; better and they have to fertilize to I jto get that amount. He advises i i the “Injianian” to stay in God’s ; J country—by remaining here in the i 1 state of Indiana. I We clip tin- following from the | .North M ’ maester Rays of Light:' “Wm. A Jenks and daughter Fern ‘ visited M". Jenks’ son Samuel, liv-1 ing two miles south of Decatur, first ■ lof the week. He states that a gen-1 I I ; tieman of that place is building | a park in connection with the fair ground that when completed will be one of the’ most handsome and popular pleasure resorts to Ire found anywhere. It consists of two hundred acres, laid out in fine walks and drives through lovely groves of heavy timber. A fish pond covers five acres and is stocked with carp, channel catfish and pike. A street car line is being constructed from the railroad stations to and around the park.” Gas inspector Leach, of Kokomo, is completing his report which will soon be published. Among his other-figures he shows that fife big pipe lines which supply gas to Ohio towns and cities, drawing the same from Indiana fields, are just now supplying 2'48,000 people in that state with Indiana gas, and that at present there are over 1,000,000 people using Indiana natural' gar. He says that the lifetime of the natural gas supply is jusi so long, but thinks that the entire output and consumption -is not so exhausting as the number of wells that were allowed to run wide open during the first years of natural gas. He claims that during the-first four years over $4,000,000 worth of gas was allowed to’escape.

Chauncey Depew has picked up a new story which runs something like this: “In one of the mining towns of the west it was customary for the miners to have ’ elaborate funerals. The lowly the miner, the more ostentatious the funeral. On the tombstones of the deceased miner it was customary to place a brief incription reciting some virtue of the departed?" On one gravestone were the words: T never drank whisky.’ . Another inscription read: ‘1 always paid my debts-’ These and.other commendable characteristics were outlined on the various stones in the cemetery, on one of which, however, was the following philosophic and unique reading: ‘James O’Brien, 1 dun mxjJLamndest.’. ” A well informed oil man was in the city a few days -ago. and made a statement, that if true, will give Decatur a boom, that will greatly excel the one given it by our Bbar-d of Trade, lie said that after a thorough investigation it was, found that Decatur was in the heart of the gas and oil belt. And that eastern capitalists would soon be here to lease all land in and about Decatur that they can get. And that should they succeed in getting land, work would lie begun at bonce sinking wells, too numerous to mention. That there is oil and gas 'the bowels of mother earth beneath Decatur, beyond all question of doubt. All that w,je wanj is \o touch it with the’; drill, and the boom is on. One that will make 'Decatur a hot rival to Ft. Wayne.

THE NEW COUNCIL .. ' •I < Id Their I'lrM LiiM llieniiiSl. but not Vfiieli IV a» Done. SEVERAL KILLS < IT HOW V; Council met in regular session Tuesday night. It was the last sitting of the old council, and all members, except Vail, of the Second ward, were present. The newly elected members, Knoff, Hart and Niblick, were present and filed their certificates, which were approved. They entered upon their duties at once. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. The petition of Studabaker,- et al to have the sewer repaired between Second and Third, and Monroe and Madison streets, was referred to street committee. The petition of Bocb et al remonstrating; to the bricking of the alley betweep First and Second, and Jefferson and Monroe streets, was also referred to the street committee. The city clerk was ordered to certifv to the city attorney all street and sewer assessments not paid, with instructions that he proceed to collect the same at once. The following amendment to the water works ordinance was made to Section 5, of the ordinance governing the water works: “The w T ater rent shall be paid semi-annually on the Ist day of June and the Ist day of December of each year. Except those consuraming water for street and lawn purposes only, who shall pay the full annual renting on or before the Ist day of June of each year.” Be it further ordained, that rule 2nd of Section 15 be amended to read as follows: “In order to Obtain said license the person applying therefore must furnish satisfactory evidence to the committe on water work that he is of good character, properly educated and skilled in the operation of a plumber.” These ordinances were passed by suspending the rules and put on their final passage so that the same are now in force.

The following bills were allowed: James Touhey $ - >5 Eagle Manufacturing Co 4 55 F. A Dibble 1 •’ > Coffee & Baker 3 50 C. F. True -40 Fristoe & Suttles 3 50 C F. True 5 49 F. A. Dibble. 1 52 Journal • 15 15 Journal* 3 40 Total . 33 71 B. W. Sbolty, election inspector filed a bill for su. 10, blit was only allowed $4,841— Erwin Acker and E. 11. Lebrun each tiled a bill for $4.00 for services as election sheriff, but were only allowed $1.50 each. Each election inspector was allowed $4.00; each judge and clerk —’i • *’- $2.00; each sheriff $1.50; which made a total of '’nfm-ah-or,—a —grandtotal for.election expenses of near . ninety dollars. After some other routine business council adjourned. The wax the wind Flowed things around here Tuesday it looked as though we were struck by a Kan sas cyclone. A number of signs were blown down and some shade trees badly damaged but that was , all. We carefully scanned over all our exchanges expecting to see some startling stories' of the great wind, but this<from the devil, lof the Bluffton News seems to be ■ all there was: “ , —. I _ ° <riu on T \ <•¥<■:.oxdiTE. The devil sends the wicked wind. That blows our skirts knee high: But Heaven is yist -, ’ p... ’ ■ And '"sends lle dost • i That blinds the bad man’s eye.

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