Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1896 — Page 1

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a 1 - ■ ■ —- Ora Simon* ami wife a boy. • *• -—’ Geo. Schroder and wife--a girl. Decatur was a real lively town last Tuesday evening. Mrs. L. C. Devoes and non are visiting friends at Portland. Work uas begun on tbe alley between First and Second streets. A number id school teachers have left for their homes. Some never to return. Wonder what ha* become of our health officers? Will the republican council please answer. Rev. John Lower, of Lockington, is the guest of lus iyolher, Jostp-i and other friends here. John Wo’y, sickness has beeiji chronicled in the Democrat, is some better at this writing. Mrs. Alplnu Stout and Miss Nettie Sturgis, of Blnff-'on are the guests of Miss Hattie Burns. Miss Lizzie .Miller left for Fort Wavue 'where she will spend a few weeks with friends. E E. Boyer and w ife, of Brocton, Illinois, are the guests of Mrs. . Boyers sister, Mrs. Ed Vv hinrey. Mis* Jennie Bechin, of Fort Wayne ry.as the guest of Miss Jennie Hammeil during commencement. The W. C. T. U. will meet in the ' parlors of Mrs. Dr. Holloway’s residence next SArirdav •>» -_';3o in. The Huntington bicycle club are making great preparations for the road meet to be held m that cite on June 7tin The commissioners contracted with K-. K. Erwin for another y-.w as county attorney. 1 hey pay him 8200,a year. Misses Lucy an 1 Bessie Shaffer returned to Willshire last evening after a few days visit with E. Moser ami family. William Hall, trustee of Ilarfford township, made us a pleasant call, while here settling witn the commissioners. Miss Mary B. Lincoln returned to her home in Fort Wayne yester day. . She is -3 teacher of nuisfc in our city schools. ' . . Allen county will build a new court house this summer. Some tiling they have been in need of lor 10, these many years. Superintendents of Gravel Roads Bricker, Angsberger and Eckrote, were in the city • Tuesday, settling with the comni'ssioners. Miss Tillie Felbahm, teacher of German and English composition in our city high school has returned to her home at" Dayton, Ind. f The chinch bug eats the farmer’s grain, the bee moth spoils the honey; tfie bed-bug fills us full of pain, but the humbug gets our money, Jacob Railing J. E. Smith, Chas. Edington and Ed Murry returned Tuesday from Alabama, where they had been to look at the country. Hon. S. W. Hale, of Geneva, Ind., is in the city, visiting his daughter, who is a student at the Westminster seminary.—Ft. Wayne Segtjnel. The Monroeville- band will, no doubt, be seeured to discourse music for our people hero on "the Fourth. The. committee could make no better ■ . ...; .selection. ■ , Dr*. Boyer.*, Bi. avcrs and Costello il attended the meeting of the Indiana ‘Medical Association held at Fort Wayne last week. They reb " .? ■ turned this morning. Henry Krantz and Ben Lengerich will open a saloon in the room formerly occupied by Tim Coffee, deceased. The—room has. been papered and decorated in fine style.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY. .JUNE 5. 18fc<5.

Twenty-pine members of the I’. | B. church, of East Liberty, were ; baptised in the river near Monm mth | Sunday afternoon- jTwenty-four were immersed and five sprinkled., John W. Voglewedfe is devoting his time this summer to tanning, and if we judge him by the strawberries he bring-, to town, we aresure he is making a succe-s of same. .—- / Tip" law provide* trial the city council shall elect the member* of j the citv svhool board nt tbe first ] meeting of the council in June. List .night the council elected R K. ; Allison. . I M r*. K it.Lir.we..L I hauiper.Jifil.u.rii i 1, Saturday even ng, from .<.’<••; .1"* visit with her *i*'er, Mr*. Elizabeth i Curry, at Bluffton. She wiis >ceo in pan led by her neice, ‘-L** Lizzie Studebaker. Mrs. A. D. Moffett i* ■attendmj the meeting of th" State F( iiu'i'i'Hi ; of Literary Clubs -which is in" ses- ; *.on at Connersville. She i* the I delegate from the La.lo >lnke*- j p.jare Club oi this-city. The U. T>. church members desire us to return their thanks to the public, for their liberal support I Saturday and Saturday evening.; they also wish to -thank Robert I Case for hi* kindness. Mondnv*' ie M. E church building ' pissed into the hand* of the contractur. Il vill be necessary !-r show* that have been securing it for to show in, to find another place ; or wait for its completion. The +>**ian ball team sends D - eatur a challenge to play a game J here on the Fourth of July. Other games will be played here on that dav, but our . bows will try and ae- > commodate the Ossianites. . - Col’.'/.Welti*y received notice; Saturday that “Uncle Sam” haff not I forgotten him. From now on ,his i salary as postmaster will be -81,70 b | per annum, an increase of •■*loo, for I which Mr. Welfley is thknkiul. 111, the ease of the state vs Murry i before Esq. Zimmerman.a‘ J a jury i 1 i in Kirkland .township the finding; of the jury was that he pay a fine I of ten dollars £nd cost. The ease, was appealed to the circuit court. Two “cracked” ball teams attempted to play v game of ball Decoration Day on Zimmerman’s diamond. But the Lord smote them with water, and they came to town “wetter” on the outside than the in- I side. L C. Miller attended the meeting | of the Grand Lodge of the Free I and Accepted. Masons of this state, held at Indianapplis last week. He reports this one of the most interesting meetings of -the Grand Lodge he ever .attended. The big ..storm that devastated St. Louis, struck Terre Haute and among the unfortunate, one was Jack Schlegel’s biother-in-law Fitzgerald who was on k street car o o j that was blown from the track, he was badly injured. ' t Mrs. Christopher Griri, living 5.1 miles south .of town, 4as visiting hernephew, J. D. Andrei’s and family., 1 Tuesday. This is th > first time Mrs. Grim has been in I ecatur for I twenty-one years, and die hardly recognized the' place. Bigotry has no head rnd cannot think; no heart and c.ianpt fed. When she moves, it is in wrath; when slie pauses, it i* imid ruin.; Hci‘ prayers are curses; ler God is a demond; her commumo i is death; her vengeance is eternit ; her decalogue written in the bliod of her i victims, and if she stops . moment i in her infernal Hight it is upon a , kindred; rock, to whet he- vulture i fang for more sanguinary insolation. —-Daniel O’Connell. I

| John B. Webber received a letter | I from Max Romberg Monday morn- | mg. It was dated Glasgow Scot- ' land .May 22, and say* he arrived there licit morning all rigirt ami was en j vmg good health. IL-sends his regard* to all hi* f here. ■_>——— ... | Tuesday wa* liquor license -.lay be- ’ fori* the board of <-oinmi**lbners. The I -llowhig applicant.* nresented their tW-titions; David M J’ver*, Kaiitz K’ L-ngl y, Ma'iiia.- S'hafer, J ic'ib Miliei.of Decatur; i’atrick j Kinnev, "f G-meva, and J ilin O. Kunkle, of B-me; ■ , L< w M<’-. and Al W igoner of I ‘ ‘he C. it E. gave an exliibitiou■ of : their-hi-xing abifitiv-s-a—4-a Corbett, j ’’-e other day. in consequence oT which tla.y were called to H intirgi ton, Satur lay, to t-1! tbe official* of ; the road, aim ;t it. Boy* shouldi never qcirr-L In a nyighiiarrng town they have ; i good thing in the way of getting i ; church collections. A crowd of I young, folks went to meeting last , Sunday night ami made l- ve to each i other dmiifg ti e sermon. They j were arrested and the judge didn’t do a t'ning hut fine them j each. Mr*. S' !v> *’--r Woif, of" Root I township, died Momlay moi die g a’ 6 ] o’clock. The de teased was one-’of j Adam* county’s most aged and respected cuz-n*. Her funeral wa i he'd -’t ih>’ BD>D«t chnr .h of ' til.* city on Wv,;n< l.,'v mi-rning at 1 I L-;UO o'•rnek. Inteiiiient in Maplewood eeme.eiy. It i* *aid tint a Bluffton girl has.' ; invented A lamv that will go out at | nremsely io o’clock p. m. Now if I she will let h§r genius expand and /invent a papa tfiat will go to bed at I nine, a dog without teeth and a litI ” ; tie brother who is deal and dumb, I the course of true love- may run I smooth. Rev. Vaughn of tile Christian i church, delivered a “red hot” t-em-I perance sermon Sunday night. The . reverend gentleman expounded | some excellent thoughts on the I temperance question, and hit the ■ saloon violator* square in the. eye. lie said the tight/ in Decatur was in, which v’.ii be watched with much inter st.' - ■ - Joel Laughrey, of Monroe, died Thursday uighl at 7 '’’clock. 'J’ e funeral was held Saturday at 10 o’clock at. Monroe! The decease.! was a member of Ljlth Indiana Regiment during the.late war. He ; was a brother-in-law of W. 11. Frts- ! toe and the father of G. H. Laughrev, of the firm of Hunsicker A i J ... ' i Laughrey, of sour city. The contract for the improve ■ ment on the M. E. church was let to J. Wilson .Merryman for the sum •kiqP'.lS, the bid of E. A. Mann being -87,115. This will not include all the improvement* that will be made. The whole improvements will cost over -810,000. The building will then be equal to any in the state. Some parties visit the cemetry and steal the flowers from the graves. They have been seen at different time*, but prosecution has been witheld. The time ha* come when tlrese wre?lTg>will not be tolerated. If the parties who are doipg tlii* work arek’aught again they will be prosecuted "tn the full ex.tenU7n'“ the law. This thing of mock modesty causes the newspapers a heap of trouble. Information came to this office last week that a lady, had fallen down, and broken her limb, and we had to send a messenger tq, Hud out whether .it was the arm limb or her leg limb. There, is no more impropriety in speaking of a woman’s kg’than there is of that of a piano.

j The supreme court this week decide 1 that territory may be annexed ■to a ci'y with or without the con--1 sent of the inhabitants (d ‘he territory affected, and that the trustees or council of a town have the power to rder an improvement of the j sidewalk* of the town whenever, pubii. *afeiy and convenience re-j qnir- it, an l without the consent t f adj merit property owner*. A farmer <-’.ni- to town one ' morr i.lg with an eight gdlon jug' • f'* l ! of but’ermiik. A In ’y wante ’ ! j four gallon* of the mdk but had ! nothing to measure it in, the only : vessm she had being a five gallon jug. fl’he farmer i.a 1 a three gal1 loti ! "-rg t-h-tt -trrx | -mpty :m<1 —withd the tiii-i- i ig* he ,w.i* able to me >- ure out the four gallon* of milk- de-,I sin 1. 11 aw did lie to it? i The little Wo:Id m ini* becoming i quite notorious of late. M.- ’ at* i his wife. She enter* suit” for di-; vorce and a-k* one y 1,0.00 all- | mony, wh-w! One tiionsand dol ! ■■*. That -wells h.is: head. He want’- to fight -omvone. /fleets Herman Center, who accommodates him. They fight a draw, Goes t > his ofli.-e, and i’. a backless chair, half asleep, whip* Harry M.of' Grand Rapid*. Funny world. \Ycile.the Li li ina *tirveyif'g cor..- was .at work Tn -■!• '-y evening be w- in this city Did Salem tin y ran a> r >** a s:n.g the shape-of an ira‘>- f '.i'"’.";’, who Ye’d a -hot gun ■“hi* h.; ci ?.* a’pel sat ler, ind said lie ! di I n t intend to allow In* farm to be cr -- -i. A shot gm; i„ m.-‘ a. pleasa it thing t > run against but a 1 ctreuinstances of this kind nrist.be ovt-rcome, so the law was quoted, ami the farmei c tneliuie-l to let the gang go .—1 Portland Sun. I*aac Zimmerman and Rolla Bobo were arrested, Saturday, for unlaw liil't fishing in the St. Mjry* river. Their trail wa* by j iry, before tbe mayor. Hooper prosecuted the ease and Beatty defended the boys. By the latter* unadulterated ei<-q'.ieiri eloquence lie succeeded in convincing th’ jury that the aforesaid voting men were innocent. For. after dt libcrafiug about five minutes they returned a verdict of not gen i lv. At the Catholic cbiir. If rif Hc-se Ca**el, at n o’cleek Tuesday niorning, oecuirelt tiwedding of Mi-s Lizzie Muldoon, daughter of one of the leading fanners of that sectio-ir," and Mr. Wm. Drew, of Waukegan, Illinois. The cer-iininy was per formed by I&fv.' J. A. Marks,'and Mr. and Drew were tendeied a reception the home of the bride, They will leave after a few days for Waukeganj where they will reside ■ in the future. Hon. Nicholson, author of the law known a* the Nicholson Liquor Law, of this state, addressed a fair sized audience at the court bouse Tuesnav evening. The audience was not as large as expected owing to tbe entertail ment given by the Daughters of Rebekah to their friends and the free concert given by the Monroeville band. Each entertainment had its crowd. Our city can have a number Af.entertainments at the same time wfthot One interfering wjth the other. Tin' B nflton News says: “JMin Grim, of Vera Cruz, was arrested Mast Friday on a wapraut sworn out against aim, charging him with shooting with intent to kill. T'he act was brought about' by him bringing to hi* father's hou*t" a woman by tbe name of Braude berry, frim ,Monroe, who he said wa* his wife, but some of t-lie people knew better and stoned the house, whereupon he took down the nd ? and lent a bullet so close to a man that he smelled the burned powder is the bullet passed his , hea I.

j 'Die many friends of the i her of i I Andrew Appleman gathered at his ;horne on last Wednesday to u-sist; : him in celebrating his eightieth' I birthday. He is in the -*t M j ! health and enjoy* life ak one id his' ' age deserves to. He received’ a I j number of valuable prt *••;. - i* a I memento of the esteem in w ?-i. he, is helii by his friends. _ A out hi' j o’clock a splendid supper w .-- rved j I after which the thirty frn .. i- pr. -i ■ *(-nt each idd him an afi-"‘.ioiiate | good bve and'Wishing L.i i many I I more Mien day - departed i i their; home*. Friday ev-mpg it /lU'j.o’.- < curred the firs', mnuil coinn; • •■- j nrenv of tire < inyirnTrar ScteorMT -"]' partment. The (da«* was a very I j large one and it being the firs-t time I the Grammar Department ever held I public 1 nencement and greatt i praise 1* lue the teacher-, Miss] Dora.Peter*ch’and C. D.. KI for tbe manner in which tin- exer-| cjses-wi’re prepared, for of ■ c>?ui*e • there could not be as milch .spotted of the graduate* a* of ts“ High School graduate*, a* they oi. y nad about three weeks to prepare "then exercises. Tire church wa* corated in a very beautiful and artistic manner./ . lire iMlowiiig good i* elipped from ; n xxchauge:- My . follow not the footsteps oft! > loafer and make no pattern of the example <•! < n:i \ )i- iiorn tired, tor Verilj I ■ ty .■ , t • isiI ties* o. over-t-’ckt d ard their seat* on the corner* are ?J! taken and tn? whittling' p’.ae - ire. ail occupied. It i- better to..* .w wood at two bits | ■i cord than ua .whittle, in* a I -ati g matcb and cus* the government. My son, while thou hast yet iefy in thv.skull the sense of a jaybird, break away from tire habit, for 10, tby breath stinkpth like unto a glue faetiyv, and thy whole appearance i* le*s intelligent than a stone dummy-. Yea thoumrt a cipher with the rim knocked off. — ' - Tuesday evening Rebekah Lodge entertained a large number of. the 1..0. (). F order i; u ii iiali.. Die iia.H.was artistically 1 *-orated "with cut i’o.wer* .. id- tru.'iiig vim'.--.- and ich present wa* -given a card on wh!<.•;" was writrei ' on q-i *t'on* iml th? itiswer to - u-ii being the -irame of * ire ti •* i. - Mrs. A . K. Grubb carried <dl iit honors, having’ m swered the most, ’correct v and A, I’. Lynch, tire boobx prize. The Monroeville oai.-i .furnished some very excellent music for the .occasion,, and Hatpe Blackburn sang a solo in a very pleasing manner. At 10 o’clocs delicious refreshments were served and at a late hour every oiie reltirned to their respective homes. Dr. A. L. W. Bowers, of Winfield, Tuscrawas county, Ohio, one of tire oldest and most successful cancer doctors m the United States, and of whose most elegant skill thousand* of successfully treated patients, can truthfully testify, spent last Saturday afternoon and evening with Judge Heller, of this city; IJis visit w;ps as pleasant as it w,as surprising. He was well acquainted with Mr. Heller’s parents from early childhood until their death. Judge Heller remembers-of Hum as a .successful cancer doctor tor more than forty years, but had not met him for over twentv-five * G years. He .is a hale, heariv and"" jolly old man, and his life’s history is an interesting one. In his earlier life he was in the general practice "of medicine, but of lattfr years lias been making a specialty of treating e. liners, tumors p and tits. Although ’ seventy-eight years of age, he continues to answer calls in hi* profession in many of the states of the union. He is away from home the greater part of his time, and has had quite an extensive practice ill Indiana.

i in *IM ‘ *. AM> DKINK. . ■ Can no Longer I><- in lh<- *ani< Combination r?inperaiice an<! Trnv < ! inu ’lon. i Probably the growing ’temperance sentiment i* a* milch exemplified by th<wommercial travelers ot I J . phe .country as by anything else. iTtie busmes* men of Decatur can ; remember when the traveling salesj meh were for 'heemost part bright i young men who came to town with ! a sort of disb and transacted busi- . I rzess between drink*. At night ; ’.hey frequented p iker jninls or any other resort which afforded w’nat> I was *uppost d to be excitement and 'hriin? ' ~ * Now it '* ,r. 1 ch i: ge-t Tfie v jimg travt-i. i -of for n:-r d . * who are still on ’ire roa 1 have settled t . flown into sedate men wn.li whom ] business is the . first consideration I t-Ip.se who Mused to settle down leave fallen he the wavside. The - earon-ing commercial tourist is now th-?' eJceptioii. Tire morals oi tire fraternity will not suffer by comparison' with tlrese ot any other following. A salesman must be able to do business in order to hold a posit it-n, and ‘fie must.be -.PT.-nt. Cuinpr'itiire. has m’a-ie it nio_r- :.. difficult to ’ .- if good* on tire rresd. To meet competition require- t •h igh e r o r-1. r -of ’ Mll *1 ire s* , abih ty than it d. 1 wMn traveling salesnreu ■ were- fjewer v u t’geir . visits • welcomed a- -‘ft iff’ relief irM> the hum-drum <»f ‘daily tod. It was denioti*’.rate ! in umeMiat the i a iu | who divided hi* ti'Eie between busii ’.<■-* and 'dissipation niu«t neeeßsarilv sacnli •• bi* business. The wholesale ai d .jobbing houses began to draw the Mine and the applicant for a position as salesman was compelled to submit his private character to tire scrutiny of the employer. The retail customer* also began to discriminate between the *alesman who was “out for a time” and the salesman who was “out for re business.” 'hi •'.■ u;ei tl t- ft riner unreliable, wi..d- .iiey f.uu.-d tne latter v. * '• •My w-wt: CQiitidemc. I' 1- .*< Ma' . re v • of th.- grip, wire ; sents 1 ir&selJEt ■ the dealer y'] a ' ■*'. ■- .; breath, at oi c ' ; suspicion. What is tr u- nf ’ ■■’ : ■ -a - men is"tr>re oi eve - ; reh-/ ment of business. M-m ffi.i-u M sober to ho! r<spor.si’.N- ’•ositji | i.* anywhere. I ire leinperance question bids fair t ireMve itsell in the long r>n. ... Value-Un i Si’W»p»pi-l'. I would i':'‘- r Have a. new-paper ~.. ■ al’- ’ . without a government than a government without i newspaper,’ Tire ~ newspaper is a great mental camera which throws a picture of tbe whole - world on a single sheet of paper. The newspaper is today the most ■potent of human agencies for the protection and advancement of th-" race. Almost all that keeps-in us , permanently and effectually the spirit of-regard for liberty and the public good, we must .look to the unshackled and independent Meri gies of the press. The newspaper u* the familiar of Mi men, of all degrees, of all occupati uis. It teaches impercppd®y> Ila* no pompu;--gown-'Or sch.o: 1 -’.; rod to ;i .‘ish < control, but j >-a--- ::*?/_.au ire sa.dmittejl freely and. at once to a world-wide in' niacy with all kin l-and-condUion.A oi people. 'ln iny judgment of-all the i-aachiuery-iist 1 in . caniniunicating iiilormatiorv ti> the public none is oi leall-y iu<u.importance to the community at's large .than, the’ power of the people to ecfnihiunieatC by .advertisement and bring the buyer and seller tore getlior. ‘ Mrs. Rose Falk is ready to quit the millinery business'. Bee her bargains. 12\vlt bredti-

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