Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1896 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOLUME XL.

Charley Bell spent Sunday in Fort Wayne. Pete Gaffer is transacting business at Fort Wayne. John S'. Peterson is at his home in this city seriously ill. The post office was closed Monday on account of Labor Day. Miss Lucy Vail, of Ossian, is the guest of John Vail and family. Frank Barthel and Tom Cox wheeled to Willshire, Ohio, Sunday. Lyman Hart, ti e veteran frivt stand man, spent Sunday at Fort Wayne. H. L Goecke of Fort Wayne, is visiting Ed Ehinger of the Decatur National Bank. Quite a number of Decatur people attended colored camp meeting at Greenwood Sunday. Mrs. John W. DeVoss of Hous ton, Texas, is in the city, the guest of L. C. DeVoss and family. George Roop, the veteran shoeman, has opened up a retail store in his block on South Main/street. The City Band, with Corbin as general manager, will furnish the music at the Catholic Fair, this week. Miss Katherine Meisse came home Saturday from an extended' visit and absence at Greenville, Ohio. Charles M. France is holdinging auctions at the Fair each night. Charley is all right when it -comes to crying sales. Alex Leßi im is starting a combination store in the Martin building on South Second street- He will sell moat, groceries, etc. Bluffton is making arrangements to have Bryan speak there some time in October. Blufftonites are nothing, if not hustlers- - Roman J. Hotthonse—is-lookdng for bets that the Cleveland base ball team will get second place in National League, ahead of Cincinnati. Commissioners court began Monday. Persons having business before that August body please take notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Charley Bell, D. M. Hensley, E Malonee andGeorre Flanders were in Western Ohio, Frday, on a hunting tour. They report the best luck of the year. J. H. Beatty, chairman of the popubst committee, desires to meet every member of the committee at the Democrat office on Saturday. September 19, at 10 o’clock. J. 11. Auld, manufacturer of creainery supplies, who has been situated here the past year,, left for Mansfield, Ohio, Tuesday evening, where he expects to remain the coming winter a Mr. and Mrs. Will Keubler chaperoned the following to Robinson’s Park, Foit Wayne Sunday for a day’s outing. Misses Jessie McLain, Emma Jackson, Lena Barthol, Amelia Smith and Mr. Dowdy. We predict an excellent time. Wm. Burdge returned from Red Key Monday evening, vsfcre he had been to attend the funeral of a small grand-child which died of ‘ dipthrr a. IVL-. Burdge reports that diptheria is raging at a terrible rate in that country. He says there were four funerals there Sunday, besides a number in the country around there. The elegant new- residence o Chas. True came near being destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. Parties were at work in the kitchen when the wood work accidently caught fire and in a short time all was ablaze. The foresight of the workmen"prevented the blaze from spreading and it was j-ioon under control. Charley came near being obliged to board with his friends for.a few days. To addition to the complete up-to-date exhibits in the various buildings, the Portland Fair has secured the most special feature ever exhibited on a fair ground, a horseless carriage contest on each' day of the fair, .September’ 28,. 29 30, October 1, 2. The entry books of the Portland Fair are now open Entries in the speed department close at noon day of races. Entries in the exhibition departments close September 28, 1890, . Make your entries now. Address J. F. Graves ftec y -" >

George Hobroke, of Fort Wayne is in the city on business. Miss Bertha Seßemeyer is a Fort Wayne visitor fora few days Mrs. John W. Tyndal and son, Dan, are visiting relatives in Ohio. Lyman Hart and wife spent Sunday in Fort Wayne with relatives. The banks of our city were closed Monday to give the employees a holiday. Miss Tula Marquette of Bluffton, is the guest of friends in Decatur this week. James Gerard has accepted a position with Al. Fristoe at the Peoples restaurant. The Niblick building on Monroe street, which was 1 adly damaged I by fire, is-being repaired. Messrs. Howard Davisanjd Hugh Thomas, of Willshire, called on lady friends here Sunday. Vincent Lewton, of Peterson, transacted business here Saturday, returning home on the noon train. C. H. Slater of Akron, Ohio, Sundayed in the city with his cousins, Isaac and George Zimmerman. R. K* Erwin spent Sunday at Monroeville. Dick made one of his brilliant speeches at that place Saturday night. Miss Grace E. Manning, of Anderson, teacher of Latin In our city schools for the coming school term, arrived Saturday. fantha Gregory, assistant bookkeeper of the Adams County Bank I will enjoy a two weeks vacation. | She left Saturday for Spring- ‘ field, Ohio. • Messrs. Boyd, John Holthouse and Harry Moltz did the appraising at the Kern. Brittson & Beeler fire loss this week. They finished their work last night. —-The "Wells Fargo- Ex press isdreing moved to the room occupied by Osborne, the Furnisher.. Agent Moses will be right in the heart of the city when he gets located. C. L. Ayers, a former Decatur boy, but now connecte 1 with a loan association at Marion, Ind., is visiting his relatives and numerous friends in and about this city. A large auction sale is being carried on at Fort Wayne and liberal ly advertised in this city. We advise you to stay at home and purchase your go ds of people who advertise in the Democrat. J. W. Place offers a reward of $5.00 for the capture of the party, or parties, who belong to the City band and persist in practicing at 2 o’clock in the morning. The reward will be paid for the parties either dead or alive. Harry Beery, a form r resident ,01 this city, but now of Chicago, has been looking up relatives and old acquaintances here the past few daws. ”* He accompanied D’French Quinn to Bluffton Monday where they visited N. K. Todd and family. A good story is told of a Bluffton old man -who was importuned by an agent to buy an encyclopedia. He showed that he knew enough without it when he replied that he would not have one around the house and if he paugfit one of his girls trying to ride one of them he would kick her until she copld not ride one. No sale was made. George Gerard, of this city, who for a number of years has been working as a bridge carpenter on the Clover Leaf railroad, received, injuries Friday which will probably lay him up for some time. He was working at Bluffton, engaged in pusiiingacar, loaded with lumber, when engine No. 42 struck the cay. He was knocked down, his leg was broken and badly crushed. He was brought to his home in this city last night. The two year old baby of Jno. Burke was badly scalded, Saturday afternoon, while sitting in ,a high chair. The nyother was doing her work about the house and had a boiler fulLofscaldirg water sitting on the stove. The child was seat--ed near the gtove, and the boiler in some unaccountable way was overturned and the water was dashed j on to the legs of the little one, j scalding them so badly that the flesh cleaved from the bones. The condition child is serious and grave doubts are entertained of its

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1896.

Harry Poling returned from a week’s visit at his grand father Bender’s Saturday. Samuel A. Fristoe, of St. James, Illinois, is visiting his brother and other relatives in this city. Mrs. Henry Stacy, of Willshire, Ohio, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. 11. H. France, this week. The commissioners have granted liquor licenses to Benjamin Knapke Chris Boknecke and David D. Coffee. Miss Nellie Blackburn has returned home after a weeks visit with G. W. Mennefee and family at Geneva. Marriage licenses were issued Saturday to Daniel Baumgartner and Mary E. Huffman, Amos Reuser and Clara Bixler. Lawrence Hendricks, of Mansfield, Ohio, who has been visiting relatives for the past week, returned home Sunday evening. Isaac Rosenthal closed his store from G o’clock Monday I until G o’clock Tuesday evening, to celebrate the jewish New Year I ’ I Will Barkley and Herbert De Voss"have returned from several days visit at Chicago. While there the' were the guests of Bren ton Barkley. Adams county will send the! largest member of students to colleges this fall that she ever has. It is said some thirty will leave the first of next month. Mr. Philip Lilley, John Alter and Louis Weber after spending, several days in this city the gues's of Miss Lizzie Miller left for their homes at Fort Wayne Tuesday. John W. Vail purchased the old h op factory of Everett, Hite & Co. some timeago, and Monday morning started up with a large number of hands. Hard times doesn’t stop John. ’ ~t’WStrert and family came over I from Willshire, and spent Sunday m ith his daughter in this city. Mr. Streit was once connected with business in our city, having charge of the Bargain Store. Frank M. Schirmeyer left Tuesday for Chicago. Frank is interested in the sale of of a large amount of westrrn territory which he will endeavor to sell to any one wishing a cheap and beautiful home. The High School Foot Ball team of this city have received a challenge from the Winchester team, j to meet them on their grounds on i October 23, and then and there to do battle, The boys have accepted the challenge and will begin training next week. S Stewart, wife and son, of Lima Ohio, left home Tuesday for a trio to Rochester, Indiana. They reached this city about 11 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart rode a beautiful tamden, while the son rode a' light,roadster. They expected to. reach Rochester the middle of the afternoon. Woods & Foreman, of this city, were the only bidders on the Bluffton sewer. There being but one bid, the contract was not let, and another call for bids has been made to be opened September . 15. Here’s hoping the Decatur ) bidders are successful and if they are, Blufft,on miay be assured that) they will get a first class job. Attorney France, representing the Fort Wayne and Decatur Gravel Road company, notified the county commissioners this afternoon that the directors of the com pany had refused to sell the road for $2,050, which was the price fixed by the appraisers selected some time ago as the value of the line of the road. The two appraisers who had agreed upon this valuation were George Brackenridge and August Bloom.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. A newspaper man on poetry bent sings forth the following: How dear to our hearts is the old silver dollar, when some kind subscriber presents it to view; the liberty head without necktie or collar, and all the strange things that to us seem so new; the wide spreading eagle, and the arrows below it, the stars and the words xyith the strange things they tell; the coin of my fathers, we're glad that we know it, for, sometime /or other ’twill come in right well—the spread eagle dollar, the star spangled dol lar, the old silver dollar we all) love bo well.

A. J. Smith and family came home Sunday evening from a pleas ant visit with re’atives at Marion. Prof J. F. Snow and Dave E. Smith addressed a rousing silver meeting at Monroe Saturday ingHiram Gregg, who is reading medicine under Dr. Boyers, of this city, spent Sunday with his mother at Peru. Miss Mary Lincoln, the music teacher of the Decatur High Schools, arrived from Fort Wayne Sonnlay afternoon. Rev. E T. Gregg and wife re- ■ ■ turned from a pleasant stay .at Mackinac and other pointsofinterest in Northern Michigan. A heated political argument took place at Tyrill’s blacksmith shop Saturday morning. Both sides were successful, but they came near endingin a fight. 'Squire Smith returned from Portland Saturday afternoon, bringing with him his invalid wife who has been visiting relatives at that city the past.two weeks. The new band made their appearance on our streets Monday night and to say the boys did re- ; markable is putting it lightly. Prof. Corbin deserves much credit. Miss Cora Siebold, of Fort Wayne, has been the guest of Mrs. Sarah ' 'Hller for the past week. She relumed hoine Monday accompanied )by Mrs. Miller arnUMrs. Henry Hite. Warren Moses, the genial agent ' for the Wells, Fargo&Co Express business at this place was having his office cleaned out today and generally fixed, up. He is also having tne telephone repaired. Charles Leibenguth of Marion, I stopped in the city Monday on his j way home from Fort Wayne where I his wife had just underwent a very ■ difficult and severe surgical opera- ) tion at StvMoe hospital. She i.w recovering. Ed. Bailey, wife and daughter, Leota, returned from an eastern trip Tuesday. They visited Cleveland, Fort Wayne, New York and many other large cities, and have purchased the largest stock of millinery ever displayed in this city. Fort Wayne cigarette dealers are trying to evade the penalties of the ordinance now in force there. Some of them keep a stock of-‘Bry-an” and “McKinley” buttons, and with each sale they give a box of j cigarettes. It is hard to keep a good (?) thing down. Delilah Warner has made application for divorce from her husband David Warner, and in addition to this she asks for $3,000 to he’p along a good cause. Procsedings have been begun to keep the husband fr m disposing of any of his propertv until thecase is decided. I “Chic” Stahl the ball player, ■ who began his career on the Decatur diamond, has signed a contract ito play right field for Baltimore next season. If old “Steady” does as well for them as he done for this city and the teams he has played with since he left here, he will be a valuable man for the champions. lAs a*fielder and hitter “Chic” is ) strictly in it. A party from Willshire came to ) town Friday, loaded up on three hoop, made two or three horse deals and then had an insane desire to show his pugilistic ability. He had not gone very far until he struck a : snag and it was all off. The man from Ohio was put to sleep the first round, and friends took hint away to keep him from receiving more punishment. When he arose this morning his face resembled a straw stack after being struck by a cyclone- ; The city of Fort Wayne is considering the advisability of organizing a Wayfarer's Lodge, its purpose being to take care of all hf ramps who enter that' City and make them crack stone in return for the necessaries of life which th v may receivA The stone will be disposed of to the city contractors, and it is hoped to make the institution self supporting in this way. What is the. matter with IJccatur having the same thing? From the, number Os tramps who ■ apply for assistance it seems that j shjch a plan would be a good one, ias they would either have to pay ! for what they receive or give our lyity a wide berth,

8. C. Niman and family drove to Van Wert, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon where they will vi'it relatives and take in theannual fair at that place. A show tronp which entertained the visitors at the Warren county fair last week, passed through here on their way to Fort Wayne Monday. Decatur bidders were not success ful for the Bluffton sewer, the con-1 tract going to Chicago, but ofcourse i I Chicago is larger than Decaturand hey ought to beat us. The interior of our business rooms have been photographed i two or three times within the past week. Os course these parties are i doing this for their health. ♦Over GOO scholars were enrolled ’ the first day of school A pretty j good showing, considering the fact that the present good weather is keeping a large number at home. The county commissioners are in j regular session this week at their I council room in the court house, j They are engaged in issuing hrders for various articles, gravel roads, : bridges, etc. Frank Gessinger, a former typo of this office, writes Fred Martin that he hds been lying sick atCon- : cordia, Kansas, for the past two) i weeks. He will leave for this) place about the 14th of this month. The new fountain ordered by the | commissioners is here and is being I placed in position by the contraeI tors. It is a beauty and the* water ) j will taste like the water of life as lit issues forth from the magnifi-i cent fountain. Unclaimed letters are due Samuel Darr. A. Shofe, I. M. Stevens, ) Philo Shepherd, John Bowen, I James Tucker, Ida Barr. Luther i Cary, C E. Lyons, Sarah E Dur- j I bin, Chistian Felker, C. W. Paxon, J. M. Richard and Louis Heller. All the mills in the city are tak ing advantage of the good rouD and pleasant weather, and are having their mill yards stocked with logs so that they can kpep running constantly, and the lj»d weather later on will not interfere with their calculations. The divorce suit of Sarah J. Straub vs Daniel A. Straub was set down for hearing on the fifth Monday of the present term. A motion was filed this morning, however, asking for a change, whiqh was sustained by Judge Heller, and the case was sent to wells county. James Harkless, the well known ; book-keeper at the First National ' Bank of this city is becoming famj ous as a long distance bicycle rider. He left here Monday morning for Fort Wayne and return, on his weeel. He isit work today as u? ual and looks none the worse for wear and tear. Rumors are current that a wedding in high life will take place in our city before long. One of the contracting parties is a prominent young business man of our city, ) while her ladyship is a well known i society lady of Fort Wayne, Os course this is a. rumor, but when] mentioned in the presence of the' parties or their friends, they turn red, wl|ite and blue and then leave Sealed proposals ami bids were ) opened in commissioner's couyt I Tuesday, relative to the medical practice tor the poor._ Dr. Mattox, iof Geneva, was given Jefferson township for $23, Monrye tor >.)9, Hartford for $23 and Wabash for $2.3. Dr. Vizard, of Pleasant Mills, secured Union. St. Marys, ami Blue Creek Townships at $25 each. Dr. Kohn-.-Preble township. $24; Dr. Costello, Root SSO, Washington S2OO, and French S4O; Dr. Thomas, Kirkland township S4O. Monday evening R. K. Allison! and wife were reminded that they had been married “tin years." Tin horns,, tia pans, tin buckets and tin cheek formed, the musical in- j struments. The neighbors were routed out of bed, and Mrs. Alli son was so rattled that it is said she footed. R. K simply threw up his hat ds for mercy. The band then played “P.-nnie Rooney'' an I ti ed into the hous“ to enjoy them , selves. The following were p r es l-ent: Jeff Bryson afid wile, Dell j Locke :tnd wife,. Editor 'EvyivtPan’d j I wife; Mrs. R. B. Allis'm. Mrs Jessie Townsend, Da > Bohls and wife. Dr. Thomas and wife. A. L Devilbiss and wife, D. M. llenslej and. wife, Mrs. C. E. Dufy, J- !’■ ’ Mann and wife, Miss Locke, of

NUMBER 26

The jury costs in the Brown vs Gemmel seduction case amounts to $302.00 and this is only a small item compared to the other costs. William Dorwin, Amos Foreman and Mann Woods were at Bluffton Saturday. They are trying to get the contract for building a large sewer at that place, the letting of which will be done today. William Burdge received word Saturday morning thatagrandchild ; of h is. the two j ear old child of Lase i Ellis, living at Red Key, Indiana, had died last night. Mr Burdge left for that nlace this afternoon. Diptheria is raging so badly in some of our neighboring cities, that the public schools will not open for some time. The health officers are doing everything in their p >wer to com teract the ravages of the terrible disease. The G. R. I. will make several changes in their time card taking effect Sept. G. The most noticeable change is in the train going south in the afternoon. This train formerly arrived at 1:59 and gets here now at 1:19, a difference of 40 minutes Scheiman Bros. Boch received ) a car load of fancy cattle from NeI braska Tin sday. They expect to : feed them for market. They are said to be as fine stock as were j ever shipped to our city? The I boys are pushers and we wish them I success in their new undertaking. Isaac Rosenthal came near having a serious fire in bis clothing i store on Second street Friday. The mosqqito bar which is placed around the windows became heated ) from the gas light and took fire. The blaze was easily extinguished with small damage but it was, i enough to scare Ike pretty bad. The Bluffton News gives the management of the Warren Fair a (terrible roasting for the loose and I vulgar manner in which they eon-jiucmi-the-jCair. held last week,— They claim that the streets of Carip were nothing compared to the vulgar exhibitions given on the fair grounds. If these are facts they got just what they deserve, only not quite strong enough. Chief Justice Bradley of the United States supreme court has made a decision which offects Decatur and all cities in the United States. The decision says that no county, city or corporation has the right to charge agents, canvassers, i peddlers or traveling salesman a tax or license to sell their goods. No town has any right to license the sale of any article and any man j has a right to do business whenever and wherever he pleases. Mentzer's grocery, situated on the corner of Adams and Eight streets was the scene of another ) petty robbery. The burglars entered the building by cutting their way through a side door and lifting the latch. It is not kn wn the ) exa t amount of goods, taken, but Mr. Mentzer reports it to i»> not. i very large. It s- j ems that quite Mr number of these robberies have been going on lately in the west i ehd and some of them will some night get a dose they are not looking for. ) A young man called at our office a few days ago and showed us a work which is being introduced in I this county; with a request to examine it. We are in a position every day to examine books and readj t g matter, but we • consider j this book, entitled the “Best Fifty Books of the greatest authors,” the best book of the kind ever issued from the press. It is a condensation of what the ciitics consider the best fifty books of the whole | range. Os literature. It embraces ; about one hundred thousand pages l of the originals and covers a period of over three thousand years. A careful reading of this work will ) enable a person to converse more ) intelligently on li entry lines than ninety per cent-of those who have j read the originals. We have nevier before seen anything like it, or its equal in quality of paper or character of illustrations for the price asked for it. It is published by America's most complete art ..minting .works, lhe Matthews--Northup Co., Buffalo, .A. Every ! familyffmeds just such a work, and ;every‘ ‘yoinrg- man —mid- wmmrrshould.possess a copy. Me have | order’d a copy for ourselves and we would Be glad lo know that ' every person in the copnty who is trying to improve himself, or the minds of his family, had done the :a.uie.