Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1896 — Page 1

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Mann is looking up law at Portland. have been in demand the past two or three days. II. B. Knoffri visiting her Mrs. Marion Elzey of De Soil. pay ear on the G. R. A I. through this city Saturday ■ Clara Rittenhouse returned from |9ort Wayne Monday where she has visiting friends. ■ '[’he W. C. T. IL will meet with M. L. Holloway next Saturday M Mrs. Al Buhler Ml Tuesday Miineie, Indiana, where she visit with relatives for a few ■ays. ■ John Schug, formerly of Berne, employed at Indianapolis, was upon his many triends in city Tuesday. H Middleton Beavers was a passen to Bluflton Saturday to ■pend Sunday with friends, his' girl included Gus Ilolbroke arrived in the eity ■taturday to transact business with She county commissioners concernthe new fountain. Henry Ilolbroke, David Eek rote ■md Conrad Brake* returned from ■feneva Friday afternoon where ■hey had been inspecting a gravel ■pit. ■ Miss Lizzie Keller, who has been ■visiting her brother, Dr. H. E. ■Keller, of this eity, returned to her ■home at Monterey, Indiana, ,Sat ■urday. ■ A tine musical and literary nroHgram will be given in the Karnival ■Thursday and Friday nights. ■Don’t missit. Admission 25cents, ■ children, 15 cents. ■ Boyd & Corduway are having ■ water works piped into their new ■ place of business on the corner of ■ Second, and Madison streets. ■ The boys are going to be right up ■to date. ■ Arthur Fisher received word Sat ■ urday that his horses had arriv■ed in New York City all safe and I sound and would leave ■ for Hamburg on the steamer, ■ Patria over the Hamburg—AmeriI can liue. I The lapel button craze is still on ■ the increase. There are.all kindsim ■ aginable, some really funny, some I too simple to be worth noticing and I others so indecent that the wearers I should be run in. The prettiest I ornament for a lapel is a sweet lit I tie flower. ; A Merchants Carnival will be given at the Armory Hall or old Opera House in this City on Thursday and Friday evenings, Sept. 24th and 25th, under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church. Admission 25 , cts. Children 15 cts. An epidemic is raging among the sheep of the entire county with disastrous results. The disease affects spring lambs principally and in some localities the entire flocks have been wiped out. A- J. Smith of this city, has lost a large number of his fine sheep and more are seemingly afflicted. Medical scientists claim the epidemic is due to the wet season and peculiar condition of the food. The Bluffton News of a few days ago gives an interesting description of glass skates which will be used the coming winter, and closes by saying they will be quite popular in that city. If we are not mistaken “glass” skates have been quite popular in that city for a long time, at least we have often seen inhabitants of that village with their skates orqand the strides: they were taking, led us to believe th*t “glass” was an important factor in their make up. The dedication of the new Meth odist church at Pleasant Mills, Sunday, wa£ the means of taking many Deeatflr people there. The ceremonies were quite elaborate, being under the direct charge of Rev. C. V- Wade of Bluflton, asstated by the pastors who were present representing many congregations afid churches, among those present being sev. E Gregg of this city. The ceremonies throughout were impressive to the 500 people in attendance, especially to the members ;at (Pleasant Mills, who feel justly of (their new church! tjdite nlafgeSum of money was raised, enough we understand to finish tiful edifice there erected-

Dan Sprunger and A. J. Smith are again at Bluffton on business. Henry Meyer was at Berne Monday in the interest of Kern, Britt son A Beeler. Mrs E. A. Huffman of Marion, Indiana, is visiting relatives and friends in this city. M. V. B. Archbold returned from Huntington Tuesday. He reports things rather dull in his line. Kern, Brittson A Beeler were having water works placed in their clothing store Saturday afternoon. A large number of Decatur people attended the dedication of the new M. E. church at Pleasant Mills Sunday. Mrs. Ben Pillars, accompanied by her son Harry, will spend a few days in Fort Wayne, the guests of friends and relatives. JohnSchugof Indianapolis, passed through here Saturday on his way to his home at Berne where he will visit a day or so Auditor Brandyberry, wife and daughter took in the one dollar ex cursion to Chicago, Sunday. They report a very pleasant trip. County Commissioner Brake left Monday for Cincinnati and Louisville, Kentucky, where he goes on business and pleasure com bined. . “Isaac” Schumacher has accepted his old position ofnewsboy with Blackburn & Archbold. He has promised not to go to Cincinnati any more. Rev. W, I. Alexander of Argyle, Illinois, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city, delivered a sermffn to his old congregation Sunday A gang of Italians interested the crowd at the G. R. A I. depot Saturday by making cigarettes, reading letters, and various otl er ways. They went to Fort. Wayne on the 1:45. A small son of Louis Wise had an arm broken Thursday by falling from the baggage wagon. Parents should instruct their children to keep off such vehicles, as the driver has no time to look after them. Charles Vincent, father of Mrs. B. W. Sholty, died in Harvey, Louisana, last Monday, and was interied in the city of New Orb ans Tuesday. Mr. Vincent was formerly a resident of this city, and will be remembered by many of our older citizens. Last Saturday John Yager of the Park Hotel, while getting off a lastly moving train at Dewitt, lowa, was thrown thirty feet upon the platform and sustained a broken arm and other injuries that will disable him for some time. John says he will be more careful hereafter. The Jay county board of commissioners have granted permission to all persons who have heretofore been granted a Pcense to sell spiritous, vinous and malt liquors to run in connection therewith pool and billiard rooms. No exceptions made, an 1 this privilege is given to all persons engaged in the saloon business. The Nicholson law cuts no figure in Portland,

The east bound train on the Clover Leaf due in thiscity at 12:15 was a little late Friday When the train was a short distance outside of Marion, an old man was seen standing in the track. The engineer gave the usual warning but made no attempt to stop his train until too late and as a consequence the old man bad his ribs caved in and was rendered unconscious for quite awhile. He yyas carried into a bouse nearby and medical assistants sent for, -: A pedro party was given Sunday evening at Hie residence of Dau Donavon in honor of Miss Mary McLean ofj’ircleville, Ohio. The guests present were Messrs and Mesdames Henry Schulte, W. A. Knobler and Dr. H. F. Costello. Misses Maggie Tonnelier, Mayme Terveer, Amelia Smith, Lena Bart hoi, Mary Closs and Jessie McClain. Messrs Lester Hollingshead, Otto Ehinger, Tom Cox, Floyd Smith, Martin Mylott and Frank Barthol. First prizes were won by Mrs. W. A. Kuebler and Dr. H. F. Costello. The booby prizes were claimed by Miss Mary McLean and Floyd Smith. Miss McLean left for home Sunday night and the guests remained and escorted her to the ney.'*’ ~ ——

DECATUR. INDIANA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 18%.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heffner —a boy. Mother and babe doing well. Miss Carrie Cogswell of Van Wert, Ohio, is the guest of J. IL Stone ami family. James McConnellof Marion, formerly of this city, was shaking hands i with friends here Monday. i Mrs. Mira Mickey and daughter of Churubusco, Indiana, are the guests of L. 11. Hart and other relatives . Everybody should see the costume drill by fifty young ladies in the Karnival, Thursday and Friday evenings of this week. Wm. Riebard ami family of Streator, Illinois, who have been visiting Ed Menefee and family, returned home Monday. A heavy frost, Saturday night, done some damage to fruits and garden truck, but the hay feverites welcomed it with open arms. Jim York of Geneva, passed through here Saturday on his way to that thriving little city. He has been at work in Ohio for several weeks. Jno. Poling and family of Geneva, were in the city Tuesday evening. John went back and his family will visit a short time with friends. Mrs- E. T. Gregg, Mrs. Allison. Mrs. Henry Harl and a number of other ladies drove to .Monroeville I this morning, where they willspend the day visiting friends. Mrs. Edwin T. Gregg and child ren, Kenyon and Naomi accompanied by Mrs. Gregg’s sister, Mrs. I Allison, left Saturday for Ohio! I They will visit a sister near Cincinnati. Dr. DeVilbiss’ beautiful house on ! the corner of Second and Adams streets has been greatly improved l>y the addition whietUhas just been completed. He is having a new walk placed around it. now. Unclaimed letters are reported as bel 'Uging to John L. Judy. Minnie Kennedy, George M. Bery, Charles Carpenter, George Geardon, George Price, M. M. Hay, Katie Heitz, J. M. Parish and J. C. Keeley. The new fountain was cut loose Saturday and with the excep tion of one or two leaks, works like i a charm, All day long crowds of people were investigating the workings of the concern, and taka drink of pure water —nothing stronger. I Hiram Gregg returned from Peru Friday afternoon. After a week's i visit with friends here, he will leave for Philadelphia, where he will enter the medical school of that place. He will spend four years in the University of Pennsylvania, preparing himself as a physician. W. D. Frazee, a former law partner of Judge Studabaker, was in town Friday renewing old acquaintances. Mr Frazee lived in Decatur in the early sixties, and w'iu&t'he Whig member of the firm. He does not find many of the people who were then residents of Decatur, which fact calls our attention to the rapidity with which an entire population may be changed. The Democrat of Fri day contained an account of a small son of Louis Wise who fell from the baggage wagon a few days agon and received a broken arm. He is reported today as being more seriously injured than was at first supposed, he having received internal injuries that may prove fatal. Surely an accident so severe as this will teach the boys to be careful. They have no business jumping on and off wagons or any other kind of moving vehicles. A great problem is soon to occupy' the minds of the people of the world. In four years the sweep of time will carry us into a new century, and the figures which indicated thecei'iturrxTt‘Tß(H) will; be exchanged for 19(H). When this time comes can we abbreviate the year in writing and printing as we do now in 1896? If we may abbreviate, how shall it be done? How will this lock, ’00? Or this, 19’? When you write at the top of your letter, August 10, ’96, it looks all right, but August 10, ’OO, will not be at all satisfactory. Did you ever think before whati an inconvenient time 1900 is going to bet If so, o just consider hdw lucky your stars are that you will apt be liv ing' itoL this jimdane.' sphere in 2000’ • ** lK4 *'i 1,1 #• '■ ' . . . . <f.

Mrs. Jim Rice is the-guest <>t Fort Wayne relatives and friends. The “old town pump” does business just the same, with the new fountain aong side. Ed Lang, the well known clerk at Burney TiA cer’s hardware store spent Sunday at Minster, OhioPeter Gaffer was distributing cigars to his friends Monday on account of I he arrival of a tine girl at his house. Ben Heaton and Robert Ors, two Fort Wayne lads were in town Thursday night, looking up their numerous friends. Miss Agnes Fleming of Fort Wayne, returned to her homo Tuesday, after a few days pleasant visit with relatives here. Henry Reiter, a former Decatur boy, came down from Fort Wayne Saturday for a tew (lays visit with old acquaintances. Clara, Lerenberger, who has been the guest of H. H Bremercamp for the past three weeks, returned to her home at Fort Wayne, Tuesday. “Hosseless” vehicles and web footed Persian dances are attractions being especially ilium nated by the management of the Jay county fair. A certain Decatur young lady refused to take a walk in the garden with her lover, because, as she said, the corn had ears and the potatoes had eyes. The Decatur foot ball team worked out Saturday afternoon. They are preparing to trim up Winches ter in a few weeks. The boys can do it all right—maybe. Coffee A Baker have just completed the improvements they were making in their place of business. They now have the best equipped restaurant in the state.

Mrs. Elizabeth Radamacher left Tuesday afternoon for Dayton, 0., to visit her sister who she has not seen for a number of years. She will spend two weeks with friends and relatives. Mrs. (’has. Liebenguth of Marion, who has been taking treatment at St. Joseph’s hospital, Fort Wayne, was brought to this city Monday to remain with her broth* r, Mat Kirsch, where she will remain until she fully recovers. Major George H. Sehriner of Illinois,will make a free silver address iu the court room on next Saturday evening The speaking will be in both German and English. The speaker is quite a cultured orator, and we hone everybody will turn out to fiear him. Sheriff Peter Ashbaucher left Friday for Michigan City. He took with him John Blocher whose home is in Ohio City but who was arrested some time ago for stealing a set of harness in Hartford town ship. He was sentenced by Judge Heller during the last week of court to one year in the state penitentiary A few. more such exam pies might stop so much petty thieving. The old oak witness tree, standing at the corner of sections 2 and 3, near the road east of Decatur, between the bridge and Judge Stuabaker’s house was sawed down, Monday. This tree must have been more than a hundred and fifty years old. The public lands were surveyed by the government in the year 1824, and this tree was marked as a witness to the comers of the two sections above named. In 1832 ten years later, Eli Zimmerman bought the land from the government. A few years later in clear ing his farm, he left this tree stand as a witness. The state vs Al Hudson and John Smith, whose true names were unknow; was the title of a case which was called up,before Mayor (juinu Friday at 4> that a tew days ago two boys had a rope aml were going a long the street thiowing it around little girls, and scaring them. They threw the rope over the head of little Ethel Grubband in drawing the rope up threw her hat off and hurt her neck quite severely. The little girl’s father, A. K. Grubb, had an affidavit sworn out and the boys arrested. They were proven guilty but owing to the age of the boys, the sentence was suspended upon good conduct. This should be a lesson to boys who are iu the habit of playing so roughly with their phrymates* awifrily the liG < tie girtev “ ’’

Maurice Baker left for Gas City Monday to resume his old posi tion in the tin mills of that citv. The son of Louis Wise, who fell from t he baggage wagon a few days ago, is in a critical condition and is not expected to live. T. J. Sharp of the Clover Leaf geiieral passenger office, is in the city looking up friends ; 4 ati-ml-to business for the company. Bert Lynch has purchased th" Hunsieker A Laughrey grocery and will take possession at once. Sue- (■■ ss in your new undertaking, Bert Charley Ashville of Winchester, was here a few days ago, billing th" town for the Raudcdph county fair, which is now in full b ast at Wmi chest* r. John T. France and W. H. Reed spoke at Williams Frfday night on the money question, and Dora Ei win interested a crowd at the Dent school house. Mr. W. H. Moore is preparing to make an addition to his residence I at the corner of Ninth and Madismi streets- The west side keeps pace I with the rest of the city. The Business den's Karnival be held in tlvyjarmory hall Thurs|day and Friday evenings, Septem- | ber 24 and 25, will be a succe>. ‘Everybody' should go. Proceeds ; foi the beiTCtit of the Baptist church The eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry enjoyed a reunion at Portland, which ended with ; grand (-amp-tire on Friday' night. According to Portland papers, i' was a mighty enjoyable event tor the 200 visiting blue coats. i ' Tlie e is on exhibition at the ; Daily Democrat office a group of as tine peaches as were ever raised Mike Wertzberger of this city raised the tree from a seed, and this year he picked five bushels off the tree, and Mike says all the balance were larger than the ones on exhibition. They are peaches. At the close of services at the U i B church Sunday evening, twogiris were heard quarreling over ayouryman, both claiming his affections. I This is useless girls, as there are plenty of young men willing to di ! vide their love between you ami somebody’ else.

Miss Jennie Niman verv pleas- ; antly entertaim-d Saturday evening i in honor of Miss Eva Lewis of Can : ton, Ohio. Those present were Aliases Eva Lewis. Bessie Shreck. | Mary Myers, Hattie Niblick, Farnie DeVilbiss and Jennie Niman. ; Messrs Lawrence Hughes, Dick France, . arl Cal PetI er son. Forest Bolds and Frank Bell. The following is. the way the De 'eatur foot ball team will liue up when they tackle Portand: Dick France and Frank Albright, way backs; Chas. Meibers and Frank Petersou, stay backs; Dick Myers and Ora France, pull backs; Fred VaughnandiChas. Woodward, draw backs; Arthur Bollman, Will Shrock and Bert Harruff, come backs; Mike Meibers, full ’back. Now boys, we expect you to make a showing this year. Supt. Moffett informed a Demo crat reporter Saturday that several of our merchants had under consideration the question of offering several good prizes for the two best orators in the high school. The idea is to have all the pupils write upon some subect that they are able to handle, then select the best i six or eight and have them delivI ered iu public. Such a spirit is to be most heartily commended in ' way. Such contests are ‘ held in other places and why not in Decatur? Push the undertaking, it shall have our most hearty I support. Wednesday, September 16, ’he Shakespeare Club met with Mrs. Blossom. “The Black Citizen " claimed the attention *of the club for the afternoon. An able and interesting paper was’ read by ’ - Jennie Studabaker treating of the introduction of the negro to nis continent, his deplorable state of servitude in the past, his present condition of ignorance and content ed improvidence and his outlook for a future of educational and industrial attainments uhder the leadership of Brooker T. Washington.and Other colored men of education and influence ever their own race. The discussion by the club was interesting and animated and the conclusion was that Christianity and education for the colored race means peace and safety for the white race.- <

" XUMBER 28

The section gang on the G. R. A I. are cleaning up the grourjds adjacent to their depot in thiscity, Twelve hundred and forty-eight tickets were sold at Huntington, Sunday, for the cheap excursion to ('hicago. One dollar was the fare . for the round trip. , Fred V. Mills went to Chicago, Sunday remaining several days this week. He visited his brother and took in the many other Beeable sights of the windy city. The Chicago A Erie R, R. will run a free exclusion to Canton, 0., next Thursday for their employes, affording them an opportunity to see the republican candidate for president. rs. C. Wolf ami C. A. Moore es Fremont, Indiana, stopped over here for a short tic e on their way to Cincinnati where they enter a dental and medical college. They are wheeling it through F. M. Sehirmeyer,J. H. Hobrock Martin Christiauer and Chris Boesse left Sunday right for a wink’s prospecting tour through Nebraska, where th y will view the prospects of that country, and perlchance invest sqqie money in land. A crowd of boys showed their poor manners bv driving around i the central school building Friday, hooting and hollowing ito boys in the building. Such afl must not be repeated or the l school authorities may cause some i trouble. i The Decatur Guards Militia company will receive the pay for ■ their encampment at the armory in this city next Tuesday evening. i The boys wi 1 probal ly all be on naud to receive their bit. The pay will amount in all to something j over three hundred dollars. The secretary of the social purity congress which lately convened at Baltimore has carefully prepared and nearly exact figures show that there are 230,000 girls in this country who lean degraded lives; ; that not less than 46.000 are laid to rest in the cemeteries and potters’ field each year and that the average life after become degraded is but five years. Truly' the wages | of sin is death. The Marion, city council at a meeting this week passed a curfew jordii’anee. which provides that all I boys and girls, un(TerWritge of — teen must be in their homes by nine o'clock, unless accompanied by i their parents. A fine of *25.00 may be imposed for any violation of the Ordinance. An ordinance of this kind w< uld be a good tiling for Decatur, especially’ our boys and girls who might thus be saved from a possible life of shame. - An Insurance Company has been i organized in one of the tas’ern cities which has for its title the “Twins Insurance Company.” By I the payment of $20.00 a person s 1 entitled to the benefits of the com pany for all time to come. The | corporation undertakes to insure i the policy holder against becoming i the father of twins. And should a I family be blessed with twins, the J father receives 15000 00 wherewith i to clothe and educate the surplus child. If this company had carried many' policies in this city during the past year it would .have been bankrupt long before this. P. S. The policy makes no provisions for triplets. The citizens of Bluffton had another bomb thrown intp their camp ami it came from such an unexpected quarter that the citizens have not as yet recovered from the shock. This time the working girls or ddmestics have decided to organize a union, to regu.late pay first of all, then number of hours ami finally the amount of work to be done in each family.. There will be a general kick on doing the washing and waiting on the table ami members of the union will kick on performing yither of these househ< Id functions A scale of pll <•»'s wi 11 be ar ran ged and if the home is blessed with a baby, tip, goes'the wages, if there are more than one, 'still higher wages. Four nights off tr week and all Sunday will also be~asked for, with the privilege of entertaining their best fellow in the parlor and practicing on the piano. Bluffton may be able to stand this, but we desire to give them warning that, any delegates sent to this city to organize a sister organization, thereby ruining the peace and happiness of many a home, will be blown fromthemouth of a cannon.