Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 29 October 1896 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOLUME XL.

Lon Miland spent Sunday with his parents, near Hoagland. Simeon McGriff of Celina, Ohio, was in the city Monday on business. Ed Eiuhar of Lima, Ohio, is in the city 'he guest of his mother, Mrs. Gilson. ! Charles Railing, who is employed at Bluffton, spent Sunday with his parents in this city. Jesse Marks who resides in Mercer county, Ohio, was in the city Monday on business. Lavina Koos by her attorney, has filed suit against her husband, Philip Koos, for divorce. The person who took the shoe from Gus Rosenthal’s the other day please call for the mate. Mr. J. R. Moore received the sad intelligence Wednesday, that his father in-law was dead at Avilla. George Watson and wife of Wash ington D. C., who have been the guests of J. H. Smith and family lor a few days, returned home Tuesday. Miss Addie (Battling, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Mann, returned to her home at Muncie after a six weeks pleasant visit with them and other friends. "Tn. Postmaster Weltley Reports the following unclaimed letters: Bessie Carey, W. R., Mattie Hathaway, Emma Lower, Anna Paid, Abrham Shalley, Emma Stultes, Clara' Smith. Rev. Lewis and wife of Alexandria, are in the city visiting friends. The former is quite well known to all our people, being formerly pastor at the Christian church. They tell it on one of the Decatur men who went to Fort Wayne, that he made the waiter take away a piece of pumpkin pie at dinner at the hotel and bring back cream’pie, saying he was true to his sentiments —the pumpkin looked too much like gold. The papers of St. Marys, Ohio, are telling about a ghastly find in a gravel pit near that city. A human head was found, and that city is now trying to gain a Little notriety by leading people to believe that the head is that of Pearl Bryan. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Franz in Root township, was a lively scene last Saturday. It was their thirteenth wedding anniversary, and some fifty friends paid their respects to the memorable and pleasant event. They are among Root township’s prominent people, and have hosts of friends. A rather peculiar and irritating affliction appears to be epidemic among small children in neigh boring cities. The physicians ssfy there.are many cases, and are at a loss to account for its prevalence. In some cases the bodies of the little tots are literally covered with sores and it appears to be almost impossible to cure them. The strangest part of the disease is that in some cases the sores cause much itching, while in otheis the sores are very painful. * Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Mann gave a party in honor of Miss Battling of Muncie, at their home on the corn er of 138 Monroe street. Those present were, the Misses Mary Fonner, Laura Aulbin, Nellie Blackburn, Deliaand Hattie Wertzberger, Gerta and Leone DeVoss, Cora Shack ley, Maggie Beatty, Olive King, Millie Lenhart and William and Mr. John D. Reiter. The forepart €>f the evening was spent in games of all kinds and at 10 o’clock refreshments were served and partaken of by all, arid at a wee hour all departed for their several homes Raving first said they had been royally entertained.

The council met in official session last Tuesday evening. The council decided by a unanimous vote, to perßent a petition to the board of commissioners, asking that they annex certain territory laying north and west of Patterson $ Pillar’s mill to this city. The land to be enclosed belongs to Patterson & Pillars, and a part of Mrs. Ellen Robison’s. Notice was ordered published. The street commissioner’s pay roll in sum of sß2.37uwas allowed. The following bills were allowed: W. S. Morris & Go. sl6, Old Adams County Bank $4.52, The Dem ocratio Press Co. $15.00, M. Jack . son $40.00, C. Dorwin $40.00. No meeting of the council will be held next Tuesday evening on account of the election.

The will of the late John Bell was admitted to probate Monday. Mrs. G. W. Might of Fostoria, is the guest of Miss Minnie Shepherd . Miss May Smitley of Hoagland, is in the city, the guest of her sister Mrs. William Reed. H. A. Fristoe has made a beautiful addition to his restaurant in the way of a $75.00 urn. Mrs. E. J. Kinzel of Convoy, Ohio, spent Sunday in this city, the guest of her son George. L. C. DeVoss and Dan Erwin report a good meeting at the Erwin school house Monday night. The counting and sealing of ballots was finished Tuesday evening. Two days were required to do the work. SuptrMoffett has just informed us that all lhe schools' of the city will observe Patriotic day, November 6, 1896. Full particulars will be given later Mrs. Sally A. Edge, who has been the guest of M. V. B. Atchbold and family for two weeks, returned to her home at Springfield, Missouri, Sunday night. The growing interest in the Ladies’ Mite Society of the M. E. church was shown at the last meeting with MesdamesStudabaker and Champer, when sixty-five ladies were most pleasantly entertained. Thursday evening at the Baptist church the ladies contest in recitations will take place. The selections will be very enjoyable and all will be well repaid for attending. The following little folks had a day out and spent it at the home of Bertha and Ida Kohne, 3 miles west of the city: Rosa Martin, Amelia Webber, Edna Ehinger, May Rademacher, Margaret Confer, Louisa Brake and Rosa Voglewede. The printing of the election tickets took place at this office Monday and Tuesday. The election commission consisting of Clerk Lenhart, R. S. Peterson and C. J. Lutz counted and sealed them in packages ready for distribution, as they came from the press.

Miss Mary Kleinhenz entertained the following young people at her homeon Adamsstreet Sunday evening: Misses Nettie Smith, Edith Wemhoff, Florence Campbell, Marne Confer, Marne Fullenkamp, Nona Forbing, Gerta Holthouse, and Melia Tonnellier, and Messrs. John Nix, Ed Sether, Wallace Wemhoff, Ed Tonnellier and Frank Kleinhenz. Thomas W. Force, the populist candidate for reporter of the Supreme court, yesterday tendered his resignation to the board of election commissioners at Indianapolis and the name of Henry «War rum, the democratic candidate, was substituted by petition. An order has been issued for the pointing of 1,500,000 pasters bearing Wartum’s name, and the precinct election clerks will be required to paste one of them on each ballot before their initials are signed thereon. It cost the state of Indiana $23,588 to hold the late campofinstruction for the militia at Indianapolis last July. The expenses are just being figured, and a mighty howl is raised over the expenditures for horses on which a number of officers cavorted around on the field of battle during the week. Tlye last bill passed by the legislature allows for thirteen horses, but the livery bill this year amounted to $1,288. One firm in Indianapolis received S6BO for the use of saddle horses alone.. In the words of the Indianapolis Journal, there were a good many “ornamental” people at the last encampment. Hitherto that evanescent salutation -yclept a kiss, has never p<>B Sessed a commercial statute. Its value depends on the condition and individual estimates of good will. A jury in the Wood county court has just established a precedent that will ‘fix the ratio’ unles over thrown by a higher court. Some months ago WaTd ’S. Jones is aD leged to have osculated Cora I. Whise, presumable without her desire or consent. At all events she brought suit for $1,500 consequents! damages and the case has just been tried, the jury allowing the fair complainant $250. When the low prices of farm productsand general merchandise is taken into account it would seem only proper that kisses should also come down to a hard time basis. "k’• .v

DECATUR, INDIANA, ’’HURSDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1896.

Mrs. Henry Schulte will visit friends at Fostoria, Ohio, for a few days. L. B. Brokaw of Van Buren, spent Sunday with his parents in this city. Miss Lizzie Louden of the New York Millinery store, spent Sunday with her parents near Salem. Koyer & Son of Fort Wayne, were awarded the contractor decorating the Odd Fellows lodge room. Drayman Teeple hauled a load of oats from W. Bosses office to the ware house scales that weighed two hundred and sixty-three bush els. Pretty good sized isn’t it. The C. & E. run an excursion from Chicago to Canton, Ohio, Monday and a rate of fifteen cents for the round trip was given to employees. This was not a free excursion. A boy by the name of Fritzinger had his leg broben “black man” at school Tuesday. He was in theline, and was thrown with stich force as to break his leg near the thigh. The funeral of Father Bell ocured Saturday afternoon at the Alpha M. E. church. Short services were held at the house before starting for the church. His remains were laid to rest in the Alpha cemetery. The county commissioners are looking after some violations of the gravel road law. Heavy hauling has somewhat damaged the road. The people along the road should be more judicious, for a g- od road is a luxury not enjoyed by everyone in Adams county. Everv member of the W. C. T. U. is especially requested to attend the meeting next Saturday, October 31, at the residence of Mrs. W. J. Meyers. Delegates to the state convention at Logansport will be present, to give a report of that convention. Every member should attend on hat day, and hear thjs report. Bert Millard, the young man who was postmarter at Briant up to a short time ago; and who suddenly left the town, defaulter in the sum of $200.00, died last Monday at Toledo, Ohi >, of heart disease. Arrangements had just been completed whereby he could return to his home, jvhen word was received of his death. Relatives and friends made good the shortage. A very interesting and instructive meeting of the Chautauqua club was held at Mrs. John Niblick’s Saturday The first Capetians, the feudal kings and the feudal system, in “Growth of the French nations” was thoroughly studied, also the intelligence of the French in ‘4 French Trait?*’ A discussion upon Feudalism and Chivalry and a king’s character aud influence upon thecharacterand development of the country, with a geographical study of France than occupied the allotted time. Messrs. R. M. Vanatta, C. C. Wright and Misses Beech and Peckham, teachers in tlie Monroeville public schools were in the city Friday paying an educational visit to our schools,« for the purpose of getting pointers in school work. This course is being adopted all over the state. School officers advise teachers exchanging visits to schools in diflerent cities with a view of placing all the schools in the state, on an equal footing. Teachers will make no mistake in visiting our schools, we hate the finest in the state, and our teachers, besides being “edercated” are dog gone “party, ” we mean the ladies.

Mr. Edward Grantham, foreman at the egg case filler factory has rehis position here and acceptt!<ra position with a Cincinnati firm. Wednesday he w;is presented with a beautiful pair of slippers by the girls of the factory. H.’ E. Sowers who has accepted the position made vacant pref eating them with a few appropriate remarksand Mr. Grantham r(plying in a few well chosen words, banking the girl® for their kindness to him and in the evening he mrthor showed! his appreciation o their kindness by returning the (omplimeut in a treat to candy. M . Vail, the proprietor, presented hin with a fine box of cigars. Mr. Gri ,ntham left yesterday for his new ield of laboryand carries with him i he best wishes of his employer nd the girls of the factory. -1 .

Charles McOonnehey left Monday for Angola, where he will enter school. Mesdames N. Blackburn and E. P. Meneffee went to Berne Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Case went to Canton, Ohio, Sunday night to see McKinley. The vocal ion organ at the Pres byterian church is being tuned by a New York factory expert. Mrs. W. J. Connell of Wauseon, Ohio, will visit with her son. Dr. , Connell in this city for a f w days. | Earl Hughes, whose, horse fell i with him last Sunday, is more seriously injured than was at first sup- • posed. Willard Elzey, who was sentenc- I ed Jo five years in the penitentiary i from Wells couniy , was known as Joe Girard at Kokomo, Indiana, where be lived for a while. Cora Cook by her attorney Lewis C. De Voss, has -fi’ed suit against Robert N. Steele for breach of promise to marry, for which she asks damages in the sum of $5,000. Willie Winnes, the young man who had his foot sprained in the foot ball game Saturday, is unable to walk, on account of the fracture. Oh there is nodanger in playing foot ball!

Two High School foot ball teams wrestled for supremacy Saturday afternoon on the Zimmerman bot tom. Thejuniors slightly outclassed by the seniors, although at this writing the contest has not been fully decided. Carl Edington, a little boy, climbed oa the platform of Bryan’s car at Huntington, Indiana, and since then has not been heard of. The Huntington Democrat says however, that he is a bright boy and fully able to take care of himself eveu in presidental company. The following persons have been chosen by the jury commissioners to serve during the Novemberterm of court. Petit jury, William Hendricks, Henry Mangold, Joshua W. Smith, David Gleckler, Peter Kinney, Jacob Koos, Philip Kern, Samuel Soldner, David Lugibill, C. M. Stauffer, William Higleman jr., John R. Porter. Grand jury F. W. Fuelling, John Wolpert, S. D. Kunkle, R. O. Johnson, Josiah L. Aspy, Henry Marbaugh. Chicago has eclipsed all records in registration. The total of 377,00 exclusive of Cicero, is greater by 46,000 than that of New York. The vote of the citywill be in the neighborhood of 340,00. Only thirteen states of the union cast a larger vote than this in 1892. It is almost twice as large as the combined vote of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming. It is as large as the Combined votes of Tennessee and South : Carolina, of Florida and Georia. of! Louisaua and Mississippi, of CalK , fornia and Oregon. The Ward vs Diehl turkey ease 1 was tried Monday before Squire Smith. The trial was held in the court room and the entire day was consumed in trying this wonderful case. The case is one in which Ward sought to replevin a turkey valued at seventy-five cents from Diehl. The jury brought in a , verdict Tuesday morningat 2o’clock allowing the plaintiff $3.00 damages The costs in the case will amount to about SIOO.OO and the j end is not yet, as attorneys for the! defendant will’ probably take an i appeal to the circuit court. C. M. France and France & Merryman appeared for the plaintig and R. K. Erwin and Schurger, Reed & Smith for the defendant. Some lively betting has been going on in the city in the last two or three days. The amounts are small, principally . $5, and $lO j though several SSO bets have been recorded. Betting is a very poor argument, but Blufftouians. are! showing their good sense in steer; I ing clear of outlandish wagers. The i latest comes 'from Indianapolis , i where William Herd, and Walter Day are neighbors and directly op- ’ posed to each other in polities. ' They have argued long and. often, aud yesterday the argument ended in a bet. lu case Mr. McKinley is elected, Mr. Herd agrees to roll a j peanut all the way from Fountainsquare to Washington street, with a toothpick, and if Mr. Bryan is elected, Mr. Day will do the same thing.., According to the wager, the peanut must be rolled every step of the way.—Bluffton News.

Albert Daileylof Walkerton, was in the city Tuesday, the guest of A. J. Teeple. D. W. Beery shipped a carload 'of hay from Ossian to the eastern markets Tuesday morning. John Dickerson, George Baker, i Lee Pillars and Mr Kane of Monroeville, spent Sunday in this city. Frank Shawl left Tuesday night for Hamburg, Germany, with a car i load of fine horses for Fisher & Frysinger. j Joseph Lower brought two turI keys to this city Monday afternoon i that weighed sixty-three pounds, i ' 'Die contest is now open. Bring in your turkeys. ; Erman Mentzer, the boy who ac jcidently shot himself a few weeks . ago, is so far recovered that he is able to attend school. He says he i will look and see if the gun is load-i :ed hereafter. The funeral of Seth Weldy oe-{ i cnrred Tuesday at 11 o’clock a..in. at the Beery church. St. Marys i lodge 167 I. O. O. F. had charge of, I the ceremonies. The funeral was , preached by the Baptist minister of Bluffton, Indiana. A tramp who was stealing a ride on the trucks of the west bound express train on the C. &E railroad, was thrown from the train and one leg severed. The train backed up and took him to Huntington for medical attendance. A man will set on an inch board and talk politics by the hour. Pnt him in a church pew for forty minutes and he gets nervous, turns, twists, and goes to sleep. He will punch his cheeks with filthy tobacco till the juice runs down his chin, and feels good- but a hair in the butter kills him. He stays out until midnight, and his wife don’t know where he is- comes home when he pleases, but if a meal js not ready on time, te poutA kicks until he becomes a nuisance? Oranges will be high priced this season. The Florida crop is short and will not make its appearance in Cincinuati until the latter part of November, when the California fruit will also be placed on the market in quantities. Chicago has just received the first car load of California oranges; Mexico will furnish the bulk of oranges this year. They are on the market now and sell at twenty-five to forty cents a dozen. This price will hold throughout the winter, it is predict-. ed. The Mexican orange is not' pleasing to the eye, but is a deli cions fruit and is rapidly gaining favor. i A circular letter has been addressed to candidates legislature throughout the state by the directors of the various building j aud-loan associations calling upon- ! them t > lietiue their position towards building and loan qssoeia- ! tions. It is claimed that the coitiing session of the general assembly j will be one of vital importance to I building and loan associations, and judging from the tenor of the circa-; 1 lar letter, it is the intention of the directors of the various associ dious io use their iuliuencefor the elect- ! ion of legislators, regardless of party affiliation, who will favor; honest-and just legislation affecti ing building and loan association | I interests. The district meeting of the' Knights of Pythias will be held in i this city December 16. This honor - was bestowed upon this city by I the Grand Chancellor of Indiana. I t means a great deal to the city of Decatur. Hundreds of visitors will be in our midst on that day, shar- ' iug our hospitality and enjoying the entertainment that has been I prepared for them. This district meeting means something to not | alone the local lodge of Knights ofPythias, but it means a great deal to the business men as well ns every I person interested in the welfare of our enterprising city. . In undertaking to entertain the vast crowds of Knights who will visit us on that day, the local lodge has shouldered responsibilities of large proportions. To do it successfully and make for our city a name of which we. can feel proud, the Knights need the hearty co-operation of: every business man, of every citizen of .Decatur. Let us all work I together, whether we be members: of fraternal organizations or not, | and entertain these strangers as they have never been entertained before. Let us make preparations to turn the city, together with our hospitality over to the Knights of Pythias, on that day. - ■>

I TO THR FRATERNITY. This office has a six column quarto Cottrell & Babcock newspaper press, which we will sell at a bargain. It is but three years old, in good condition and does a printing. Address this office. While loading horses Tuesday night at the Erie stock yards, the plank from the chute to the car was broken down by the excessive weight, and one of the horses was precipitated to the ground and was seriously injured. The following new cases were en- ■ tered Monday: David Studabaker vs Irwin Acker, Jane Acker, John Koos, Judson W. Teeple and Old Akams County Bank, fore closure of mortgage, demand S4OO. j J. R. Bobo attorney lor defendant. The ladies of the M. E. church , will hold an International Congress, : commencing November 3rd and ' continuing through the week. The Entertainment will includeaThanks- . giving dinner and supper and dis i fereut programs for each evening. This office is in receipt of a letter— ■ from Miss Julia Parrott who is stationed at Toungoo, Burma.\ She also encloses a draft drawn at Rangoo„ Burma, for which she desires the Democrat sent to her address. The Demodrat does business in all parts of the world. Now is the time to advertise. Joseph J. Foster, an old and respected citizen of Van Wert county Ohio, died Monday morning at his home near Willshire. He had been suffering for about ten days with a carbuncle, and this together with a complication of diseases was direct cause of his death. Mr. Foster was the fa her of Mrs. R. K. Allison of this city. The funi eral services will be conducted at i the house Wednesday afternoon at waa sixty*. ■ * oneyeftrs old. 5 Hunters report that quail are - more abundant this year, than for . several seasons past, and we desire to call the attention of sportsmen that the shooting season opens November 10th. Anyone shooting quail before that time is liable to a fine, . ■ and deserves to be prosecuted,, if guilty of violating the law. Hunti ers will find plenly of sport this I season, and to make it more interesting, poachers and pot hunters should not be a lowed on a farmer’s land, as this wholes de k'lling of ! birds is what wipes out the Hocks, ‘and causes this gamiest of game 1 birds to Income e tirelv extinct, The popular vote of the whole ' country in 1888 was 11,392,000. In ' 1892 it had increased to 12,110,000. This latter total indicates a popu- : lation of not over 60,000,000, while certain that in 1894 we had at 'east 65,000.000. If we have 75,000,000 now, the largest ’ vote that could be- looked for would be in the neighborhood of 14,000,-’ 000. This can hardly be expected. We are not likely to poll the total possible vote, even though the indications point to an unprecedented total. The probabilities are that i there will b • over 13,000,000 votes cast. Perhaps we may do better, i but even if we do not, no other country since the beginning of the . world ever did as well. v? The following named persons ; have been appointed inspectors of ’election in the various precincts in Adams county by the oommissioaI ers: Vnion one precinct, John I Nidlinger; Root east precinct. Isaac . ; Brown; Root west precinct, L. W. i Lewton; Preb e north precinct, W. Heckman; Preble south precinct, Lewis Frichte; Kirkland one preIcinct, G. W. Brown; Washington' west precinct, John Hessler; Wash 1 I ington east precinct, J,- W. Steele; :St Marys north precinct, David ! Manlier; St. Marys south precinct, jW. H. Smith; Blue Creek north precinct, Jacob Wechter, Blue Creeek south precinct, Neeley Deys; Monroe north precinct, M. V? B. rSimcoke; Monroe middle precinct, W. T. Schug; Monroe south preiici.nct, D. L. (Schelly; French one ' precinct, CtirTStian Stuckey; Hart- : ford north precinct,"Peter Huffman; Hartford south preefhet, William ; Hall; Wabash north precinct, M. > L.Smith; Wabash Geneva precinct; [Simeon Grace; Wabash Gey ion precinct," John Brown; Jefferson one ! precinct, P. J. Bryan; Decatur first ward one precinct; John Lose; : Decatur second ward, precinct a, J. W. Vogelwede; precinct b, HenHiStutler; Decatur third ward preemet a, M. Kirsch, precinct b,. J. Fleming. < "

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