Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1896 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat

VOLUME XL.

Ed Copeland and wife—a girl. L. Yager spent Sunday at Fort Wayne. Mrs. J. W. Place returned from Huntington Sunday night. Mrs. N. Blabkpurh spent last Sunday at Berne as the guest of her sister. Merl Hainmet of Portland, passed through here Tuesday, ou his way home. Mrs. Henry Hart of Fort Wayne, is spending the day with Lyman Hart, of this city. • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Decatur, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Fulton. —Portland Sun. A. J. Smith left Monday for Colon, Michigan. He will spend a few days catching the finny tribe. Charles Railing, who has been working at Bluffton for a few months, returned home last Saturday. The following unclaimed letters are at the postoffice: Mrs. Ed Lyon, Katie Kampchader, H. Vails Capt. Ward. Harry Christen is seriously ill at the home of his parents in Monmouth. He will be compelled to give up school for awhile. Mrs. A. Hill, who has been the guest of Ben Shrank and family for a few days, returned to her home at Atchison, Kansas, Sunday evening. John Larwood of Blue Creek, was arrested Saturday for assault and battery on the person of one, Cully, of Willshire, Ohio, over a year ago. Toledo quotes the following prices on wheat: No. 2 Red Cash, 71. December, 74J, May, 778. No. 3 Red Cash, 671. A slight raise from the market a week ago. A. P. Beatty, with his mother, returned from Paduch, Kentucky, Saturday evening, where the latter has been in poor health for some time. She will reside here with Mr. Beatty. Med Miller and Frank Barthpl left Monday for a trip on their wheels. They will visit the following towns in Ohio before their return: Van Wert, Findlay, Delphos, Fostoria, Tiffin, Cygnet and Bowling Green. I. J. Miesse received a telegram this morning that he was the grandfather of a bouncing baby boy, Harry Miesse Sweringer. Os course Grandpa Miesse is proud and has notified his friends that he will furnish cut Howers for two weeks free of charge. The financial question has been solved. An eminent French scientist," who withholds his name for fear of being called upon to take the stump, says the world, so far as Europe is concerned, is coming to an end. No international agreement is necessary if such is. the case, to decide the gold and silver question. Mesdames Lyman Hart and ChasEgg were at Monmouth last Friday evening, in attendance at a party given at the home of John Wolford in honor of Mrs. Mickey and daughter of Churubusco, Indiana. The evening was spent in music and games. The music was furnished by the Monmouth quartette and an enjoyable time was reported by all. The appellate court has sustained the decision sf the lower court, which gave $ 10,000.00 to the widow of Jess Harold, the young man who was killed by the natural gas explosion which occurred at Alexandria about two years ago. Will Pyle, a former Decatur boy was badly injured in the explosion and his suit for damages is now pending and he will undoubtedly be given a large amount of damages. Suits have been filed aggregating sloo,’ 000.00. A twelve-year-old boy wrote the following composition on “breath.” “Breath is made of air. Weal ways breathe with our lungs and sometimes with our livers, except at night, when our breath keeps life going throng our noses while We’re asleep. If it was not for breath we should die whenever we slept. Boys thqt stay in a room all day should not breathe; they should wait Until they get put doors. For a lot of boys staying in a room makes carbonicide, and earbonicide is more poisonous than mad dogs, though not just the same way. It does not bite * but that does not matter as long as it kills you;”—Ex.

Jacob Martin is,ill with lagrippe. C. K. Bell Sundayed with , his parents. Lloyd Dalrymple and Miss Flora Center Sundayed at Bluffton. Henry Heidenrich of Et. Wayne, Is tlidgliest of his uncle, .John Andrews. We are indebted to Dick Boyd for a round of good cigars. The Tish-a-mingo. Jeff Bryson and Dan P. Bolds and familifts spent Sunday in the oil field near Geneva. George Rinzel of the telephone company, spent Sunday at Convoy, Ohio, with friends. D. E Smith returned from Portland Saturday. He reports things lively in the political line. The Portland Fair begins this week, but from the looks of the weather this week it will be a failure. Miss Maggie Baker returned Monday from Gas City, where she had been employed for the past four months. ' Frank Gessinger, formerly of this office, arrived Saturday morning from Concordia, Kan. He reports things on the rise in that country. The G. A. R. committee held a meeting at the law office of R. S. Peterson to settle up all accounts of the encampment held August 14-16. Dr. Theodore Horton, the eldest physician in Wells county, died Friday at his home in Bluffton. He was well known to many of our citizens. Prof. Graves whd conducted the Merchant’s Karnival at Armory Hall last week, left for Marion, where he is billed for a few nights this week. Ed Macy informs us that school begins at the No. 5 school of Monroe township, Monday. Ed has been teaching this school for a few years and has been found very proficient. The Eagle Manufacturing Co. of this city received the tools stolen from them some time ago from Toledo Saturday morning, by express. They were recovered from the thieves while trying to dispose of them in that city. A bus party composed of the following persons had a merry ride to New Haven Sunday. Mesdames John Meibers, Elizabeth Ehinger, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Verner Ehiuger and Miss Maggie Smith. A jolly good time is reported by all. A pleasant surprise was accorded Mrs. John Beery of South Winchester street, by her daughter, Miss Lota, Monday the occas sion being her 36th birthday. Quite a good many friends were present and at a late hour all partook of a sumptuous repast prepared by Miss Lota, and returned to their homes. When you see a boy going around these days with hands as black as the ace of spades, it is safe to bet that he has been hulling walnuts. The fact that both are very black doesn’t indicate that he has gathered a great many, fora right good up-to-date boy can get his hands pretty well stained from halfadoz en walnuts. J. E. Scott, a Hicksville dry goods clerk, and E. H. Draper, a traveling man from Columbus, have made an unique election bet, If Bryan is elected Mr. Draper is to wear his coat and trousers wrong side out on his travels for three mouths. If McKinley is elected Mr. Scott is to do likewise. A forfeit in ease of a backdown on the part of either has been posted. The Ladies’ Shakespeare Club met with Mis. Nachtrieb Wednesday, September 23. Miss Gilliom read a paper on ‘‘The Nation’s Ward,” fringing before the club many surprising and’ interesting gacts, concerning tne North American Indian. The injustice of our government in failing to abide by her treaties, thus, teaching the red men dishonesty and distrust. A common error prevails that the Indian is becoming extinct and will finally be numbered among the lost races, but an investigation of the subject shows many tribes increas ihg in numbers, becoming industrious and intelligent as far as the white maiFwill permit. Give the Indian more schoojg, more confidence iff the “Great Father” and he will eventually work out his own al vat ion. „

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER I, 1896.

W. H. Niblick is at Geneva on business. A. N. Steele went to Kendalville Friday on business. Mrs. Elizabeth Radamacher returned from Dayton, Ohio, today. Seth Welty of Kirkland township, is very-sick with typhrnd fever. Adolph Hart, (be elm tree barber, is laying off, giving his pet carbuncle a rest. It would be jollv to have a neck like a giraffe when you take a glass of beer on a hot day. Chas. Hammell who is employed at Geneva wilt spend a few days with his parents in this city. Bluffton has several cases of diptheria. Let Decatur be on the lookout, as it seems to be working this way. Misses Lacy and Elva Rex went to Preble Tuesday to attend the golden wedding of Ex-commission-er Rupright. «■ Miss Maggie Burk returned to Fort Wayne Monday after spending Sunday in this city, the guest of A. J. Harter. Mrs. Lew Sickafus of Preble, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Reynolds, of this city, returned to her home Tuesday. Mrs. J. C. Patterson and son, Biuce, returned from Winchester Saturday where they have been the guests of her parents for a few days. A. Emenizer of near Williams, was brought to the home of his daughter in this city in a critical condition, where he will remain until he recovers. John F. Dickerson and George Baker of the Phoenix Baud at Monroeville, are in the city. They took part in the band contest at Columbus, Ohio, and captured the second prize. The Democrat knows of a girl on Adams street who has made seventeen doylies, thirteen pillow slips and and a crazy .quilt, and her best fellow is getting prices on sideboards and cook stoves. The time will be announced later. In order that the council may not recon mend the building of two side walks, we will say that we erred in mentoniug the north side instead of the south side of the water works. Inasmuch as the council meets tonight, it should be brought before the committee. The football game of the season will be played in this city next Tuesday by the elevens of Decatur and Portland. Portland’s team, while theyjaave not had much practice, are all old players and quite heavy, having an average of I£s pounds. Decatur’s team is said to be up to date this year.—Portland Sun. State Committeeman Neterville and Mr. Brunt,, brother of the candidate for congress in this district, were here Thursday, feeling the pulse of the democratic local political mixers. They both wore a very loud and pleasant smile, the meaning of which we were unable to masticate. They report very flatteringly of democratic prospects in the district. Daniel Weidy brought three apples to office * that simply lay in the shade anything we have ever before seen in the apple line. The three weighed three pounds and fourteen ounces, and Mr. Weldjfinforms us that the ones displayed here is only a fair sample of what he has at home in large quantities. You can’t beat Adams county, no where you may go. This office frequently receives advertising matter from Fort Wayne merchants, who desire space in the columns of the Democrat. To all of them we have turned a deaf ear. Not today we recived an advertising order, which was accompanied J>y the copy and cash, all of which we returned with a kind declination of thanks. We don’t for a moment pose 1 as a martyr to our home business men, but we do it becausp it is right. 'l’lie Democrat is first for Decatur and her busines men. There is no need to go to Fort Wayne to buy anything” whatever. Our business men are all alive to the necessities of trade, and cah accommodate any one that cares to be accommodated. Patronize them. They pay taxes and help improve the city more than any one else.

Judge Heller spent Sunday with his family. Emerson Beavers returned to Peterson Tuesday. Gid Barnett has sold his barber shop to Harve Sprague. A marriage license was issued yest“iday to Clyde F. Shady and < ora Hower. Will Spencer, who is employed . by the C, & E. railroad, spent Sun- ; day in this city. i Lou Kohn and Lee Pil'ars of | Monroevlile, spmit Sunday in this city, the guests of friends The Hinega Booble club of Fort Wayne was in the city Sunday, being entertained by friends. Carl Durbin, who is employed at Bellfontaine, Ohio, spent Sunday with his mother in this city. For the big barbecue at Rochester, Indiana, the Erie will make a rate of one cent per mile and will run a special train. Henry Lange stopped over here for a day with his son Ed. He left Tuesday for his home at Grand Island, Nebraska.

Mrs. L. C. Devoss and son, Frank, will attend the Portland fair next week. They will be the guests of Mrs. Mary E. Kendrick while tbeie. R. O. Johnson has sold out his restaurant at Willshire, and expects to go on the road as sa'esman for a confectionery firm at Cleveland, Ohio. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the Decatur foot ball team did not go to Portland. If the weather permits the game will be played some day this week. A dog destroyer is getting in bis work in the west end of town, there being four dogs reported poiseued. Some of the owners are very irate and will make trouble if thepoisen. fiend is found. Claude Roebuck, who has been campaigning Bluffton Boy for the past four weeks, -was in the city Thursday at the home of his parents. He started for Portland this morning, where he says he is a winner. Squire Smith done as nice a job of splicing at his office, Saturday afternoon, as could be found any place. Geo. McCune and Annie Bixler were tied up.tighter’n tight. The Squire threw off the bridal kiss and raised the price $1.25. A great race was driven Thursday at Home Sweet Home Park between Billy C. and Black Hawk. Black Hawk winning the race in the third heat by a length. Some very fast time was made. Billy C. was driven by Ed Heller and Black Hawk by Ban Beery Richard H. Hartford of Portland has been appointed by Governor Matthews as marshal, the duti s imposed is to collec: the vote from every county in the district and re port same at capital. The appointment also provides for traveling ex peaces at the rate of ten. cents a mile. The time for voters to cross precinct lines is near at hand. No voter can change townships or Counties without forfeiting the right, to vote next November. You can cross the precinct lines in the same township until October 3rd. After Saturday of next week a removal from one preci net ’to another precludes the possibility of voting in the coming election. Has it ever struck you what a distance your pen travels every time you write a letter, or even when you sign your name? If not, here are some figures that will astonish you; some words, of course, very mu,ph less, but the aver a|l*ofall your words is as nearly as possible an inch in length. Taking into consideration, however, the numerous curves made in forming each letter, your pen travels the space.of about three inches in every word. Now. if you are a fairly rapid writer, you will write 30 words per minute. That is to say, every minute your open travels a distance of 71 feet, or 150 yards an hour. Clerks, or those who wield the pen at all vigorously, write. aL least half a ini lea day, or about 120 miles in the working year. To see this paragraph in print, you wouldn’t think that the pen of the writer made a tour of 16 yards in winding through the curves of the letters as he wrote them; but it is a fact fox all that.

Will Thomas spent Sunday at Fort Wayne. Henry Schulte was at Geneva on business Tuesday. Rufus Allison and W. 11. Niblick are at Berne on business. Ed Menefee received word that his father was quite ill at his home near Berne. Rev Wilkins was at Fort Wayne Monday, the guest of Rev. Rada i macher of that city. Dan W. Beery informs us that he has shipped 150 tons of hay to the eastern market this week. Lou Connell of Fayette, Ohio, is in the city the guest of his i brother, Dr. Connell and wife. Mrs. Erwin Acker who has been ■ visiting her son, Samuel and wife, at Hartford City, returned home i today. Ernst Cunningham of the Burt house, will spend a few days this week looking at the large pumpkin j etc. at the Portland fair. Joe Heffner, who has been the guest of Peter Forbing and family for two weeks, returned to his home at St. Louis, last Saturday. Mrs. Ernest Cunningham and mother, of Erie, Pa., will spend a few days here the guest of the former’s husband, who is in this city. Loyd Judy, shortstop on the Decatur base ball team of 1893 passed through the city Saturday afternoon from Dayton, Ohio, where he has been playing ball. Misses Flora Bugmeyer and Lydia Drummond, accompanied by Chick Bugmeyer and Lew Brittson drove over to Wabash, Ohio, where they spent Sunday. The Bon Marche boys entertained j the following gentlemen from Fort > Wayne Sunday: W. J. Link,! E. J. Leaf on, C. B. Turner, W. Bastic, ly. C. Munnigan, G. Schulte ‘ W. Molly and C. F Noll. Roy Archbold left last Saturday for Aun Arbor, Michigan, where he will re enter dental apllege. His mother will accompany him as far as Delphos, Ohio, where they will spend Sunday with Mrs. A. Moore, formerly of this city. Robert Hiles, a prominent farmer residing near Middlebury, committed suicide Thursday by hanging himself to a bed post. He has been slightly deranged for some time and was laboring under the . idea that he would starve to death. | When found, he had $200.00 in his pockets, and was comfortably fixed in this world's goods. He | leaves no heirs. Dr. A. Elmer of Fort Wayne Sanitarium, 68 east Main street, will give a general lecture at the Armory in this city, on Monday evening, Oct; sth- On Tuesday l evening he will talk to the ladies, land on Wednesday evening to the | gentlemen. The Doctor has treated I several Decatur patients with good results. There is oh exhibition in the window at the People’s Bakery. a I gourd or squash which has disregarded all the laws of ve et able Tile, and taken Into utselfan animal form This curious growth resem bles in every respect a lizard, with the exception that it does -notJ change color every four minutes, but retains the color peculiar do [ its species. No admission fee is ! charged to view the curiosity. j I Miss May Trout most royally en- j tertained a party of girl friends last Wednesday evening ip honor ‘ of > Miss Louise Bradley, who loaves for a years stay at’Pitteburg, Pehn- j. : sylvauia The fore part oj the I j evening was spent in hunting j nuts, which were concealed in every nook and corner of Miss Trout's elegant home. In the most charm 3 ing “manner, a basket of caritlels was presented to Miss Dollie Christen for tinding the greatest number while the booby prize, a ball of pop-corn, was given to Miss Edith Walters. After games and music they adjourned to the dining-room which was decorated with fall-roses and smilax, and there indulged in a taffy-pulling. It was at. a late hour t hat the merry party broke i up. congratulating their hostess »and wishing for Miss Bradley a pleasant journey, and a safe rei uml home. Those present were Misses Lizzie and Hattie Patterson, Eva Smith, Grace Bottenburg, D >Uie Christen, Tina Allison, Jessie Blossom, Lizzie Peterson t Edith Wai- j ters, Jennie Hammel, Blanche] Adlesperger and Maggie Hoyer. I

NUMBER 29

Ora Moon returned from Marion Friday. M. Syphers of Willshire, is in the.city on business. Joseph Thomas left for central Michigan on business. . Mrs. II S Porter will visit her brother at Fort Wayne a few days. P. A. Hann roadmaster of the ('lover Leaf, is in the city on official business. Al Wagoner left last Saturday for Fort Wayne, where he will re—- ■ sume his old position. John and Samuel Hite of Fort Wayne, spent the day with their brother, Henry, of this city. Dick Meyers, who has been working at Vera, Cruz, Indiana, spent Sunday with his parents. Surveyor W. E. Fulk and family are spending a few days at Beuna Vista, the guest of Mrs Fulk's parents. The funeral of Hester Sprague occurred at Alpha church, three and one half miles east from here, Sunday.Mrs. Robert Harding of Fort Wayne, after a few days pleasant visit with her parents, returned to her home Saturday evening. The Populist central committee met Saturday to transact busiiness, relative to the present campaign. The full quota of members attended. An overland funeral passed through Saturday, from Van Wert to Huntington. The deceased was a child about seven or eight years of age. R. K. Erwin left last night for a few days among the northern towns. He will speak at Albion I tonight, Auburn NVednesday, and at Columbia City Thursday. The school board at Buffalo Cen- | ter, lowa, has passed a resolution I to use corn for fuel, unless there is considerable advance in the price. They say corn at ten cents a bushel is much cheaper than coaf. S. F. Kelley has taken charge of the Miesse House, lately operated by Rolla Calderwood. Mr. Kelly will endeavor to maintain the high standing of this popular hostelry and his every effort will be to cater to the wants of the eating public. A very disgraceful proceeding took place at \\ arren, last Wednes day, in which a prominent minister took part in a rough and tumble tight. He got into a heated political argument in a saloon, and be- ; fore they got through, the preacher I had his face so badly disfigured 1 thatjhe was not able to meet his I congregation the following Sunday. It has been decided by City Attorney Paulus-of-Marion, that a city cannot pa-s a cigarette ordinance that will be effective. A city council has only such powers as are directly specified by statue. There is no act on the statue books to license cigarettes and consequently a municipality cannot adopt such a measure. If the state law did not provide for it, cjjies could not license liquor dealers. Until a few years ago towns had no right to issue liquor license because there was no statue-that gave them the authority to do so. Friday hqst a p -rty of ladies from Decatur, Indiana drove across the country ami spent the day in a very agreeable manner at the Lutheran parsonage in this city I and were entertained by Mrs. D. F. Kain, assisted by the Mesdames E. I Spake, A. C. Robison, M. Griffeth; IJ. Sweaney, 1). E. Kauffman, J,~ Niezer, G. C. Hunsicker,C. A. Nill, .E. Finan, J. Laughlin, L. E. Wright, M. E. Argo, W. D. Baker, land the Misses Edna Miller, all of ’ thiscity and Miss Spake, of Auburn, Indiana. The visitors were the.. Mesdames D. Hunsicker, J. B. Ford, Frankie Hart, MattieSheilds, Fannie Grubb, Milton Byers, Joe j Helm, J. E. Ellsworth,, W. J. Meyers, M. Gilson. J. T. Archbold, Emma Mann, J. Lenhart, Sanpta Wade, C. F. Allegar, Marie L. Hollougiy, M. D., and the Misses Indiallidm, Ollie King, Millie Lenhart, Nellie Ellsworth, Della Harrutl, Sally Pumphandle, Malinda ! Bluegrass and Master Forest Helm. ’ ; Besides a sociirt, good time all were seated around the festal board at a ' given time and partook of a paja tial spread, consisting of all the viands the season affords. It' was drawing near the shallow of daikness when the party left for |heir home, all rejoicing over having made the visit.—Monroeville I Breeze.