Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1896 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat. i ' ' . ,

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A. L. Splits'ami wife a boy. Clarinet? Reynolds is happy. Twin boys at Ins house is the causle. \ - - 'Fhe populists will hold their afternoon meeting of July 11th, in the - Zimmerman grove just east of the cityChas. True and family left, Tuesday. for Colon, Michigan, where they will rusticate for a week or ten days. E l W agoner has been promoted to dav operator at the G. R. & 1., while his brother, Ren, takes the night work. H. Clay “Peterson and daughter, of Albion, Ind., spent the Fourth and Sundav wilh their father, John Peterson, and other relatives here. ’ The band stand is und<T construction ami will be completed before many davs. It is to be-a-beauty. Now look out for Decatur’s new band. There will be a Luthein mission- ■ ard picnic next Sunday, lour miles north of Monmouth. Good music, plenty to eat ami drink. Everybody go. Barney Wemlioffand wife return-, e 1 from Avilla, 'Tuesday. 1 liey had. been there to see bis aunt who is quartered at the home for old people at that place. The Rathbone Sisters of Bluffton, Ossian and this city have arranged to picnic in Metts grove near Ossian July 17. This will ,be a glorious time for all concerned. The order directing the cutting of noxious weeds should be vigorously enforced. They should be cut before they go to seed.. Let the good work be pushed until all are cut. Rev. Hazelton, pastor of the Baptist church,, will preach in the Presbytenan'ckiireh next Sunday at 10:30 a. m. A union service of the Baptist and Presbyterian congregations. - —.—4—The.editor of the Ohio City News - dates his paper J nly~b, Ts-mt, thentells his readers what will take place at Ohio City July 4th. The water of that town must be very bad to mix up the editors’dates that way, -, * » _ : Moyer, the crook shot by the sheriff of Van Wert county Ohio, died Wednesday last. The friends of the dead man have brought suit against the sheriff and his bondsmen for SIO,OOO, and have him arrested for murder. — - 11. S. Porter had a bloom of the frog plant showing it to his friends The bloom was beautiful.Jjßut the odor; whew! It would give limberger cheese second place any time. It was like unto a glew factory. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Karns Lave issued invitations to the wedding of their eldest daughter, Miss Pauline, to Chauncey E. Young, of Willshire, Wednesday. evening aC five o’clock. Mr. Young, who is to wed one of Bluffton’s fairest, daughters, is a prosperous grocer-of; Willshire Ohio. — Bluffton News. W. O. Simons the gentlemanly operator, that’ was at the G. R. & 1., has been assigned to Huntertown, as telegraph operator, freight and ticket agent. Our people are glad to hear ofhis promotion. - While he left for there Monday, his wife remains here until he gets a I house to live in, at their new home. Asm of W. R. Smith, superintendent -Of the creamery, bad the misfortune to jump on a piece of glass which cut his fool so that it came near causing his death from loss of blood. A surgeon was secured ahd the wound dressed and at ’ this time hejs gettjilff along very well.

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[ I i ' , __ - - ■ — I John F. Dickgrsoii and Loins K lin, of Monroeville, were m the citv Tuesday. Mr. I bekehson is mu-i cal director of the Monroeville band, which organization will take .the place of the First Regiment band,i ■of Fort Wayne, in the State service. He was here after musicians to fill ' - ■< the instrumentation of the band. He secured the services of three members of the old band. The republican party his met. . defeat each time they have pul forth a candidate who has been m public ■ life and been actively engaged in the work With .McKinley it will be the same. The party is at war with itself now amt will continue so ■ until after the fall election, when they will see the result. Tni;-. 3 i Democratic year. 'The wind blows j that way now and the effects bn tin: | people show it plainly. The Contractor ha's the iii th' alley T ween the I. O. <). !•. Hmilding ami tris city mill s'arled. i Our authorities s .ould see that the work is properly done, so that it may not need to be taken up again at the expense of the property hold- I » ers. If it had been put down right- ] ly in the first place this expense ! need not have been, and the property ; owners would have been two hum , dred dollars better off than they are. We want the news. If you go j away, or have some one visit you, : or have a birth or death in your family or any item of mews si'nd it in or tell some one connected with the office about it. Don’t forget we want the news. Au Occasional dog. fight, an elopment, a. slight family ■-•-jar,’-’-a runaway, (eVeu iM-tmhmi 14be with scme j -other man’s wife,) don’t fail to Jet usk-now — unless you ' don’t want the public to know about the same. ’■■‘? T “ ~ I Rev. Freeh informs ns that his call home last Monday to preach aj funeral sermon, had its pleasant as : well as sad side. That on arriving I at home he found that friends had - been there and the token they had ' left was asst of Brittanies Encyclc-| peTias,. -consisting of twemty : tive • volumes. 'They were something Mr. Freeh had always wished for, but the large amount, of money they, cost had always his way. i ■ The undecided race between Royal Duke and Malestrom in the free-for-all mixed at Steele’s park. July Fourth,an which both claimed second money, was settled at the race track Wednesday afternoon. The judges decided that they should chase each other around the track for one heat, the winner to have the money. It was close—when they started. Royal Duke was an easy winner, leaving Malestrom too far behind to make it interesting. Louis Sovine, of Honduras, visited the wicked city of Bluffton when the. wild west show was there. Louis now realizes that he was in the wrong town. When he went to feel for his pocket book, he found that some one had their hand on* it just before he put his there. liiMlapked, saw it go,loookedagain, and saw’ it ho more. With his pocket book 'went SBOO.OO in cash and notes. He is ah honest,, hard working man and-will keenly "feel the loss. _ — . _. j, The Odd Fellow’s installed their ; officers Monday night for the ensuing term as follows: Barney Kalverisky, N. G., Chas. E. Suttles, V. 1 G., G. Christen, Sect’y., Harry R. Moltz, Trteas., E» Bushwiller, Warden;: L. C. Helm, Com!., A. Krunemacher, I. G., M. F. Rice, ()’ G., L. C. Miller, R. S. N. G., Harvey ILiruff, R. S. V. G., Haryey Hart, L. S. V. G., E. D. Beeler, R. S. S.,' I’hilip Fuhrman, L. S.'S. After which all repaired to the People’s Restaurant and indulged in ice cream and] cake to their heart’s content at the ek—

I <d 'lie u'i v ei >m m i-si'>n.ed j N -G. Amt ail regretted th at ini s-t-illutiim on:v comes around semi anniiillv. _■ ’ £_ Mrs. .M.irv Na is ind daughter, pYl.rli.de, are'visiting tmur cousins, ' Mr. and Mr< I’. Dining, r. Homer F. t.’ullow to [da M. Falk. Homer Krick to Sadie Jirnks. K. | Meyers to Daisy M. Stauffer. I 11. 11. Murphy, who has been i visiting relatives here, returned to I his home at Belmont, Ohio, last evening. The court docket shows four : cases sent-to ouruoiirt from Wells ' county, while .1 ;y county '•hows two c tses here. j Cards are on' aunoum.’ing the ; marriage of .Miss Mime IL ■■itmuse, daiiohter of ex-treasnrer H ifthouse, to Mr. Bert Lvne.bL'J'uly 1 ■ Ni’h'iu W.'.'t recMv ■ 1 a telegram tl.ii- afternoon from- liunlirgton bearing the.sad news of the death iof bis brother. Il ; left tor there : this afternoon. Rosettie Leasure asks to have the ! bond severed that ties her to Robert ■N. Leasure. She ■ also prays the ; court to cause -the aforesaid Robert to pay to her the sum of.ussoo that • she may have something to pay her j for what she has done tor him., | This is a year of conventions. All states elect .'Oine, it not all of their state officer'. The majority of these conventions have been run m the interest of some pretended greatness for the benefit of the people. Rut .^Jje.pi'OpJA4VuLLlearii... alter the elections are over that the conventions ! are the saine. Justices of Peace Yeley ami Bird of Wabash held an inquest in lunacy oil Minnie Shew’alter of Ceylon. Dr’s. 11. M. Aspy and C. M. Black, of Geneva, testified lin the case. She is of a melanchoiv ; - ; term, but answered questions in an I irrational manner. Application for i admission to the asylum' at Richemond has.-been made .and she wall be taken there as soon as they receive her. George, the colored man who lias had charge of the horses at Steele’s park, made up his mind to leave the citv last nigitt. But his boarding house master had him arrested. George straightened his account out satisfactorily and was. allowed to go free. About this time Ike Zimmerman missed a set of harness and he was after the poor nigger hot and heavy. But an investigation developed the fact that Dan Beery had taken care of the harness, and the colored man’s troubles were at an .end. A boine-like wedding was the one that Rev. Gregg solemnized last night which united in the holy bonds of wedlock, Miss Ida ?<L Falk,and Horace F. Callow, two of our proniim nt yoinig people. Mt, Callow being a clerk in the Holt.bouse A Smith drug store, and the bride the accomplished daughter of Joel Falk, a prominent farmer of St. M ary s A-ow i+strip, -ami a-wAteA-oF-Prof. Falk and .Mrs. Dan Erwin, of Vliis city. The wedding was at the home of Mrs. Dan Erwiji on Mon roe street, in the of the im mediate relatives.r- Tt>e newly wedded couple will be at home .to their friends at the corner of Monroe and Fourth streets. I’he Democrat exWednesday 'afternoon St 5 o'clock of Mr. and. Mrs Sam K irns -occured the weddinipof their daughter Paiilnfi* to Chauncey Young, of Willshire. The 'ceremony was performed by Rev. E. 'l'. Gregg, of the Methodist churqfi, Decatur, and wms witnessed only by Hie bride’s relatives and a few inti- '.' -TZ ■ ■ . ...■ ;-- 0- -

I I'.a'e itupiids of th<‘ br fi; am! oroom. A' txc lle.iit 'Upper wisg rv I after ■ I tm-I'lTomonv in tun • for Mr. ami !’M''’. j on no to I'-a ve <m Ibe i veiin g I train LWWill.-bin* when- they had i lah mm awaiting them. Mr. ymriiL' ', i' very well known in this city. IF 1 'fmeri\ lived in Deca’ur Hut tea' i;i’t.e v been a member of the firm of '•'yph>-r- A Voting, grocers m Wills.‘!ii '. Miss Karns is one of Bluffton’s estimable young ladies ami Iras aim-t of friends here whose bes-t - i. ,'tiesigo with her to Her new home. -Biail'ton New*. The Democrat exten Is congratulations. *> Moqliy as the f ist line on the Fri" palled in,'at 12:23, a man was - ’en jump from the.tratp n'ear Hale's warehouse. He was well dri'-rd I iarni wore a silk tile. After regarnrliis eipiTibrium he" started on a run j : <wu Mercer str&et, and near •!■ ;>ry iHi .t.-'.- rtsidi nee met two comparn- ; i ’ u .ven also well drt s i-. d, in - ci,t .'ids, ,in i <miTii d. three v;iii'‘-.'. ihe three started smith on M-n -iy t'reet, ami stopped at the resid.;..ce '■f Charles Gerard, where tlieyle.lt the valises, saving they wou d be back soon. They enquired where g._ family named t Reynolds live !, bur almost before Mr. Gerard could ex plain where Mr. ji ßeytjdjd,s resided, the trio tied, going west through Gerard's lot. After reaching the Clover Leaf track they .separated, each going in a different directions. Sheriff Ashbaueher and Marsha' Cowan gave chase, l»ut they give the officers the slip. Wffeii they ret time d t.h ir -va Itses were- a qr&i ieii- am I fou.trd to contain nothing but old clothes and a revolver. i .Laie m the evmiing one of them returned *o Boek’s livery b,ar:i,seem-' .Jugly very much . excited, stating'’.hit his fa'her way dying .near Willshire, and-offered Mr. Bock ten dollars to drive him there at once, which he did. After crossing the State line th” stranger tokl Mr Bock he need - not go any farther, that he was all right now. He then tdd what they ban dope. They h id’robbed a man on the train of one hundred dollars, and was airaid of arrest as soon as the train stopped here. He also, stated that they were here the Eourth, and- were the fellows arrested for gambling-a-t the park. That, they had tl >eeed Decatur people out of-several hundred, dollars. They are prose sional robbers'; and gamblers, and always Had plenty of victim'. The New Band. The members of Decatur’s new band met Monday afternoon and effected a permanent organization and elected officers for the ensuing year. The officers are: Ora France, President; Ed- Lange, Secretary: Fred' Martin, Treasurer: Frank Gessmger, Business Manager. Tjie instrumentation is as follows: (Ini France ....... .. . Solo I' Cornet, lien Kortenbrer Solo 15Cornet j Lid Laiise,. n'i Ist 1! Corm t It miaii Barthell ’ 2nd B Cornet •Ilarry Helm. . ...... E Frank ilradley 1 ;l A o George Everts 2nd Allo 1 loss I liman .."’I. Ist Trombone Fred Martin .. ,2iid Trombime I , i:;k (. -s-imrer BarHtoiie ■ Ltdra- • • • ' Jr '' ' FROM THE CONVENTION. . ’ . “is. -■ . special ty llie llrniocnil. Ciiuv'.o, b.i., July lU.—The latest convention news is the presentation of the names of Matthews, McLean, Bland, Bryan, Boise and Blahkbuim. The convention then adjournwl’iintil ‘J o'clock a. m. today when the call for presentat on o ' names wilkbe taken tip after which - . •’ ■. _ ■ - ;' • - » k ' Irw balloting will begin. I_- ■ ■. ■.— -» ’ The.beer sold by Cilrley Kadamaclur s absolutely pure, being put up by the bit wers. Don t take any but the best, ' - 701dtf.

emious i : ; . : * i j. : —: —; -s It its The <.rat>d CeJebi aHon Hehl in This < ilj oil j I . In!) Illi, r ' The Entire Program Was < ar,p<<l Out To The Letter-Tile U' l.ili.r Wax Excellent. ' i With very few e.xcept> - the celebration here, July 4th, was a i howling succes--. Ami the w-ol: ,i<-r — well, it must have been THade to order by -Hie weather committee. A copious rain fell Friday night ! vl.ic’i settled the dust am! the bill I <if the str,e, ’ sprinkler, to tin- sati'j faction ■mi delight yf -e-vdrybi y. The ear: morning trains,'wc eme ! <tuwH” 1. brought a'large numMer of j visytqTs ’.he ettv, a” i d'' , s '•’dock-tdi-* streets were ai; .m wjt’ii human Activity. . ’-'Le Bluffton and Glenmore bands arrived about nine o’clock, and soon lilled the air, and the people, with ' patriotism with patriotic in• Promptly at ten o’clock the m ins trial parade began moving north on Second street, ..headed by :r city dads and the Glenmore bar 1. The parade was over one mile long and was the finest ever witnessed in this c.itv. Abd there is a whole pei'K-.ii credit line each UUfiUJfiSS inau tn ffrni that pirticipitated in the parade. They simply outdone them-, selves and each received of the ten thousand people, who viewed the parade front- *he>Arowdr. ed streets. Ami the basiiiewji man . .who allowed prejudice to him out of the parade was simy in it. Immediately after the parade * ■ occurred the. nail game between Bluffton and Decatur. Itwasagoo.d came witnessed by a large croud. > -"v. ’ . I We will never .predict success for our ball club again. The manager of our cluhx grtve us. all assurance possible that they would wipe the earth with Biufftcm'-here ‘Ur the Fourtlri" ‘ Birnias;They'didn’t do if. But, however, had they played tifte&n more innings, we believe they would have wbm bile it migir. be called a close game, Bnlffton won the game from start to tiie eight inning,’when they w»nt to pieces, and allowed Decatur to pile up five runs. The game was full of features, both good and bad. Following is the score by innings: 1 2 3 4 5 il 7 8 S) Blufft-on—2 © g 0 3 0 0 1 — —lo Decatur - 0 0 0 2'o 1 0 0 5-— TUB RACES. After dinner the vast crowd weeded their way to Steele’s park to witness the races. The track was. in excellent condition, and all horses in good order for “a go.” While there was a great deal of delay in starting each race, the crowd was kept in a good huipor by nmsie.br the Glenm ire band. Following is a resm; df the raws:■ , i i:ee-i'oi:-ai.e_mlxei>. Malestrojn 0 0 0„ !?■ • 11 Royal Duke . - - 0 <• (l 11 Cambridge Hal ..—,2 fill Sreljie Htrfehisbn .3 4 I—> 2 Time -2:31, A ' Cambridge Hal was an easy winner of first money, while Malestrom and Royal Duke were almost neck and neck for second place! And ■ each are contesting for second, honors*. But as yet, the judges . i have not'decide'd' which horse is eni titled toMhe. money. t .. . ' L ; . COVNTY Ml|El>. Koval' Prince L...... 2 1 I' L ‘ *7 ' • t » », Mattie Picket. .-a. .3 ■' - i Black Joe. . ; J-~ Time 2: H>. Koval I’rince had verythwg his r own way and his driver would occasionally "'take tii e to,wipe the ’, prespriation ’from h® IrOw. ■ ’ . . ' ' ' n , \ CT

I'ltEE-. Ojt-.M.1. Kl \ Myrtle P . .. . . Red Bird :.. . . 5k5 s eepy Kate .. - .■ 2 . 1 Bluffton Hoy. J I . 1 Cfla'j les Mav .24 Even Money ... r, Birring Bluffton Boy, this was an interesting race. He was an '1 . iea-y winner, in tact too ea.-y to. ! make his part interesting. \\ bile there were no”records broken, the races were interesting 'throughout. In the evening everybody congregated on Second street to witness the fire works. And for about three , hours the street was a pandemonium. Ablaze with lights of all colors, ami i . . 1 tire noise o! cannon (•rkekers, pre- • | seated a mivei' battle seere. It was ■a late hour before tin- din and noise of the. crowd died away, Never in th bi-stoty of Decatur or Adams co’i-iiy, w ben s a large i crowd asstmbled, was such good order maintained throuffh urt ti. '•eutii'.' d , '.' was Fourth. Everybody was here for a I time, ami came in a good humor. Ami. a whole lot .of credit is due diaries M irny and George Zimmerman for the success ami good management of the celebration. - /Tick res. • • The Bluffton-crowd brought their saloon wttii them. There were no accidents to mar the pleasure: of the day. Bluffton furnished about the toughest gang here, Saturday. <).ir restaurants done a laud office business feeding the multitude. . We believe t£^ x uPftXs..r^ l £ouid puj our ball team cut of tlieTTrnsiness in ! . one inning. — The B'uffcoir band are a jolly set of fellows. Ami, by-the-way, they are all musicians.- ■ r .. Willard Steele wjJl erect aa [ ampitheatre at his park ait once. I t will be finished in tune for the Grand Armv reunion. John Stout, .Bluffton, created a little disturbaiidepn the race track by slatff.ung Frank Peterson. He donated -8D.25 to the city cufft-rs for ' his trouble. Kiester Meibers, who run i wide open joint on Monroe street ill day Saturday, is muchly wanted by the officers. He skipped by the light of the moon./ The City Vaudeville company advertised to appear here Saturday evening failed to materialize. It was a great disappointment to the managers of the Fourth, as their tent was to be used as an ampitheatre. iThe Smiths and Browns were numerous. Two men who gave the above ficticious names were arrested for gambling .at the park. They pleaded guilty, and by request of the. mayor swelled the city'' ex.chetpier to the tune of $31.30. Nolan King played-the ‘-copper ■•act on a woman Saturday nigh,, an 1 wasyirrested, ch i/g. d with •‘e di’ ! g l. j Tt , r rvq I,[ wll ch '3l: J t h rc;• dll a r-. - o D • , • . ■' ■ After laying iti j’.iFover .’ighLtbey are said to have compromised .the mailer, ami he wasWhen a .matu.?) and low as to rob defei.iseTt'S.s women he should be sent where the delinquent tax collecior w-oiild not bother him.- ‘ ; - . f- — Dr. Walls, Hie Herb Specialist, j?f Richmond, Ind , will be .at the Burt lloteJ-Deeatirr. Friday, July 17th. The dbl Tor's specialty is chronic diseases. ■» , For particulars‘Beet his ad. in auothef column. Dr Ditseh, the weld kno.wu Chicago > o ' ■ ' ■ specialist, will be in ogr city July fl, and will give consultations and Cxami--nations free of charge Ttej.s will be ;i rare opportunity tort hose, su fieri m v v ith any chronic or nervous disease, to obtain the opinion of a reliable and eilniieiit specialist, saving them Hie expense and inconvenience of going tolhe city as is usually necessaryc" ? ’ • * — A-

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