Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1896 — Page 3

The Decatur Democrat

; VOLUME XL.

TO TUI! FItATRHNITW. This office has a six co iiinn quarto Cuttroll N Babcock newspaper press, which we will sell at a bargain. Il is but three years old, in good condition and does a fine job of printing. Address this oil ice. Mrs. Ch irles France returned to her home at Geneva Friday alter a few days visit > ith friends here. The inusica'e ci ven at the Presbyterian church Sunday night was 01 the finest and the ta k by .lames Gerard was very instructive. .James Gerard resigned his pos tiou at th ' People’s Bikery and Link Hill has been formerly installed in his place. Jim went to Geneva this afternoon. Mrs. Ora Simons of Huntington, and her mother Mrs. Mary Drummond of this city, left Fr day alteruoon for the former’s home, where Mrs. Drummond will visit a short time. The total vote in the recent election was 13,579,638 and it will pay Spain to make a note of the fact that nearly every man who cast a ballot is ready to take a few shots at her, if she gets unruly. Mrs. Henry Kohne, who resided two and one half miles southwest of th is city, died yesterday aftei a lingering illness. Euueial will be field itt he St. Mary’s Catholic church. Pjae.k the Hugger’’ is still •abroad. Saturday ight he captured a couple of gir s on I'illii street and gave them the regu a tiou squeeze. The fellow is spot ted, however, ami something smi sa'ional may be expected if he keeps up the practice. ’Pis said that the married 1 idies of Elwood are circulating a petition that will be presented to the council at the next meeting, asking it tc pass an ordinance requiring a curfew bell to be rung at lOo’clock for the benefit of their husbands, whom they believe should be at home at that A recent school census of the state shows that one-third of the children of school age are not attending school. The per cent, of illiteracy among those beween six and twenty-one in this state is now but six to one hundred. But if one-third of the children of a school age are not attending, this per cent’ will probaby increase. In a notice taken from the .Crip pie Creek Times ahd‘~pjibttsh ; Bd nr another column of this paper it will be seen that Adams county speculators are havingsomesuccess in mining claims as well as oil investments. A lucky find in the mining district means a fortune to the discoverers. Success to Adams conntv in her new field of specula..tion. Jacob N. Bricker a form r resi dent of Hartford township, died Nov. 22, 189(5, at the home of his son George, at Shubert, Neb. He left this county in 1883, sor Q his new home in the west, and had been a resident of Hartford town ship for thirty years prior to that time. He was a highly respected citizen in the communitv where he lived, devoting most of his time in later years to church work. At Montpelier, where the gas company has elevated the psce of gasout of sight, there is said to be a movement on foot to organize what will be known as family gas com panies. The plan is for a number of families, not less than twent/, to join together and subscribe SSO to a common fund which will be used in putting down a well. No gas will be sold to outside parties, and the members will receive gas free of cost as long as the well holds out. The companies are now being organized.-. Decitur is always in it. Now she comes up smiling with a “Jack the hugger and kisser ” ’Tis said that a man in the west end of town has been making himself rather previous in that neighborhood for sometime. He approaches ladies on the’way to and from church or the city, embraces them with a lover’s squeeze, p'ants a kiss on their cheeks and is off like a shot. A night or two ago he was discovered in the act by a wjcll known' citizen, but before he could be captured he had disappeared in the darkness and escaped. A trap shouldbe laid for the firm of Hriggers and Kisseis and be given a taste of law in one act entitled “Guilty or 37 years at hard labor. ”

The program which was rendered at the high school last Friday was first class. Mrs M. A. Vondran of Geneva, will visit with friends in the city a few days. Charles Murray was happier Fri day than at any time during his career. Oh! its a boy and the first one i()O. Luster Roush, W. J. Evans ami Fr< ii Ashbam her of B ufflou were in he city Friday morning in the interest of Dr. Ulmer Mrs. Lain McConnel of Fort Wayne, who has been in the city visiting friends for a few (lays, left for Portland for a few days visit there before returning home. Mrs. Samuel McFarland who has been in the city with her parents for some time will spend a few days at Fort Wayne before returning to her home at Benton Harbor, Mich igan Three students have been expelled from the Anderson normal for indulging in a college yell. If all the schools of learning are to follow the precedent, there will soon be no inducement for a young man to seek an education. “School-ma’ams” of Madison county, especially the gay and festive ones, are denouncing the long windeil talk., which the Prince Al bert pedagogues impose upon them in institutes. Such discussions as the Molality of the synthesis” are the soiuce of headaches, they say. The amount allowed for grand jury-services during the present term of court was $272.40. For petit jury was $589.80, and the .mount of costs incurred in the Brown-Gemmell seduction case was $108.40, ami thecase was not tried at that. Two young gentlemen of Bufftoil tooK supper at Coffee & Baker’s restaurant ami after finishing the meal inquired of the baker the way out the back door, and being told they just stepped out and Willie is just out the 50c. We have heard of buggers and kissers, but these are the first meat grabbers we have ever heard of The citizens of Bluffton have had some trouble with the supply of gas during the recent cold snap The pressure in the mains was very weak and wood piles and coal bins were in great demand. No difficulty of this kind has been experienced in Decatur and we are assured by Siipt. Bowers that only an aeeid ut can cut short the supply of gas.. M. E. church services at court house tomorrow. This is the time of the third quarterly meeting. Bev. F T. Simpson, presiding Elder will preach at 7:00 p m. following which will be eommun ion. Sunday school at 9:15 a mi; Preachingby-the pastor at 10:30, subject, Visions. The pastoral talk will be . “Lodges ” Junior leage at 3 p in. Love Feast at (5. Meeting of Sunday school board at 2:30. All are cordially invited. Mond iy evening while Byron Hendricks, son of Dan Hendricks, was going home from church he was overtaken with a sinking chill and fed on the road. He was conducted to his hom§ where the speedily recovered. Next morning, however, hiS jaw was badly swollen, and it caused him a great deal of pain until today, when he came in and consulted Dr..DeVilhiss. The dentist soon discovered that his jaw was broken and Dr. Boyers was called in and the fracture reduced. lie undoubtedly broke his jaw when he fell, as he struck his head on the frozen surface. George Syfert. traveling salesman for B-ancroft, Sheldon <& Co., was in the city this morning calling on customers Several da's ago he and his wife were photographed by an amateur photo grapher at Columbus, Ohio., They were in front of a hotel at the time and sitting on chairs in front of a fence over which a canvass screen had been placed. The light was poor and the photographer made a long exposure with the result that the negative showed that the light rays had penetrated the bodies and photographed the chairs on which Mr. ami Mrs. Syfert were sitting Where the farmer had a sjlk handkerchief in his pocket the rays did not penetrate, but they had gone through buttons and all other parts of their clothing. Thefphotographer believes that he has taken an X raV photograph without the use of X-ray apparatus.

DECATUR, .INDIANA, "MURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1896.

Ex Judge Amos Daily of Van Werl, Oli o, was in the city on business Friday. Dan Beery sold his line black mare Fiiday morning toan Indianapolis livery man, receiving the sung sum 0f5250 for her. Mrs. L. E lingham returned from a short visit with relatives at Winchester. Her mother, Mrs. Col. M. B.Aliller, accompanied her home. The grand jury returned indictments against Drs. Joseph Stoneburner ami J. C. Ulmer, and th ir bond n>s been raised from SI,OOO to $2,500. Both parties gave bond George Pontius and son left Friday for Texas to visit relatives. Word was received that a near relative was dangerously iI L and they rook the first opportunity to hasten to his be iside. r The ladies of the United Brethren church wish to thank the people of the city for their liberal patronage at the supper last Satur day night. They also wish to thank Mr. Studabaker and the Gas Company tor their essential aid. James Grosser and George Nettle returned fiom St. Francis, Arkansas, Wednesday, with the information that small game was abundant and that.H. S. Porter and Mr. Baxter had each killed a deer. The party returns next week. The city sprinkler would have had a license to operate today. The wind made a wholesale transfer of real estate this afternoon, and lots belonging on the south side arc now snugly ensconced on the north side. A little wet water ] would have prevented this Dr. M. L. Holloway has procured for use in her practice, an excellent apparatus for giving thermal baths of different kinds, namely: Tur kish, Russian and medicated. Useful in a wide range of diseases—rh umatism, paralysis, neuralgia, diseases of women, skin diseases etc. Office at residence, North Fifth street, opposite M.E. church. 05t6' i It is currently whispered that Mrs. , while cleaning house, asked her husband to nail up some []. He reftis d. She looked f f at him, t< Id him his conduct was without a ||, beat him with her JfeaT until he saw **. He now lies in a ,tose state and may soon be a fit subjec for dis§. A man . must be an * his life in that way and put a .to his existence. The ladies’ Shakespeare club met at the home of Mr and Mrs. A D. Moffett on Fifth street Thurday evening. Nearly all the members were present. An exceedingly in teresting discussion* upon the phases of the play of Troilus and Cressida was the theme. It was developed by different members of theclubin a -very able manner. All felt well paid lor the endeavor they Lad put forth. Another glaring swindle is being perpetuat’d all Over Indiana. An agent goes , abwt canvassing the town with a littfe basket con tai in ng a healthy looking gieen. shrub. Concealed in the dirt about, it is a vial of very fragrant perfume and upon entering a room this pre vades every corner. The agent: jn’oceeds to tell how the shrub is a rare specimen from the Holy Land and that three seeds can be purchased for fifty cents. He sells the seed and makes his escape before his customer discovers that it is all a fake and'that he paid fifty cents ibr three common seeds, perhaps good to feed birds. „ The board of county commissioners met in regular sesssou Monday and proceeded "to reorganize the board. This was made necessary by,fhe retirement of Chairman Hobrock. Commissioner-elect Mann took the oath of office and Conrad Brake was elected yhamnan. Retiring commissioner Hobrook ha* I nude a good and • efficient officer, I always working to the good of the county and the-interests of the taxpayers- Hjs successor, Joseph E \ Mann, needs no introduction to the people. He has been dealing in stock quite extensively tor a number of years, and is known in.every nobk : and corner of Adams county His] business qualifications amply fit him I for the office to which he has been elected. Success to the ins and outs. The new board immediately proceeded to the transaction of such business as would come before it. License to sell liquor were granted this morning to G. W. Nichol's, R. C, Boyd. Jacob Bremertnan and. I. E. ..Shell of Geneva.

Peter Soldner, one of Berne’s: leading merchants, was in the cilv on business Thursday. Mrs. S. O. Mash and son of Bluff ton, wiio have liven in the < iiy the ttnesf of her [larents, Mr. and Mrs. : A. Gilliom fora, few days, re urned , to their home Friday. E-J. Bailey is blooming as an artist- He has just finishe i a I banner for one of the booths at the M. hr church, and can be seen at the August booth this week. L. Pray the veterinary surgeon, well known to a largp number of our citizens, had his leg broken at Kokomo in a runaway. He is laid up at the home of his father-in law in that city. The proper authority’s attention is called to the bawdy house year the river bridge. It is sa d that if it is not abated by the author ties that the citizens in that neighborhood will take it into theic own hands, as they will not stand it much longer. The married folks pedro club met at the home of J. H. Bremercamp. The usual game was in dulged in and the prize winners were U. Deininger and Mrs. Henri Schulte of the first and JohnGirard and Mrs. Charles Ehinger of the booby. Remember that the only dye that will color your garments without filling them full of copperas, blue vitrol, ets, is Putnam . Fadeless Dyes. Remember that blue vitrol, copperas and other mordants rot your goods.and double the liibiiit.i nf spotting. Putnam FadefassD.es, sold by W. H. Natchtrieb. Fort Wayne Lodge No. 155, B. P. (). Elks, gave a social session at their lodge rooms Tuesday evening, Dec. 8, 189(5, at 9 p. m sharp. It is useless tosay that a good time was had, as it has never been said of the “Elks” that they could not entertain just right and make a fellow forget his lone soineness, Bluffton Knights of Pythias will 'attend the district meeting at Decatur in style. In view of the fact that Decatur is without a band, en nigh money will tie raised to take the local band, and rhe knights will attend fifty strong. —Bluffton Fews. Yes and-We Will show you a good time. Decatur always does things out of sight. Express agent Archbold must have given his horse an overdose of oats Thursday. He took a notion to run away and accordingly carried his notions into Effect . There is considerable discussion as to whether or not the horse did really run away, or was delivering express at his usual rapid pace. Since writing the above we have been informed that some naughty, boy slipped a thistle under his tail to see if he was alive. The Geneva group of five claims in High park is among the best de vel ped and most promising prospects in that new district. The, patent work has all been done and : the initial step toward patenting j the proper ies has been taken, and i i lie government title will be secur- d as soon as possib e. A mill-run t> st showed the existence of a large body Os lower grade ore. the lot returning at thecate of $8 40 per ton. Assays of two and three ounces in gold have been obtained from -earns of ore. Among the principal own ets of the group are L. Peterson, A. W. Hansbrough and Bolds Bros. —CripplejCreek, Col., Times. Friday last was the 28th birthday of Ed Whinery, the genial agent of' the Clover Leaf, and last night about fody of his friends surrounded his home, and at a signal, rtisiie<l into the house from all di rections. From the amount of noise they made, Ed naturally-supposed : that some train had disregarded orders and a wreck had occurred. His first words were “For heaven's sake, how many lives are lost.” After some explanation, he began to realize the true state of atlans, but was greatly excited all the evening, and when called upon for aspeech substituted his wife, say**ing “She always was a better speaker than I am.” Mrs. Whinery was equal'to the occasion, and in a few well chosen words stated the object of the gathering, and took occasion once or twice to say -something about “chicken hearted men.” An elegant meal was served to the self iovifed guests, and after a general good time-, they departed, wishing Ed many more happy birthdays. .

Traveling passenger ;ig< t B<>\d of the Clover Leaf railioad, was in the city on business Thnrsduy. The saloon on Monroe s'< vet belonging to John Yost w;r < i -' I by Constable Smith on an e\<ml ion in favor of Charles Geimer. ant for the Toledo Brewng Co. Marriage license wen- to the following persons tin' -v, : Dauiel J McCray and Lla L. \ ley, John Eicher to L'-ua S. Gii-I 'iom, George Hiilcr to DihL, Buck master. Lo k up the spaeo all tied t‘> I Holthouse & Co, ami see what bargains are in store f r you. You will find a few friendly gre tings f om th“in each week, f r ;<r least one year hence. They can do you go d. W. A. Bauman an Adams County farmer wh le taking a load of hogs to B uffton had a runaway and the swi e *ere spi led along the road. His damage t - wagon and harness ' will offset the profit on tbeh gs. Trade in Decatur and save trou >i>» and expense. TheO.N. O club met at the honiH of Miss Anna Radamachei; onlThird street Friday night. A I present took part in progressive pedro. When the games were over the winners were declared to be Flora Confer and Frank Barthol of the first, Ella Touhev and Clem Holthouse of i he baobies. Henry Vogelwede and J. Mason returne I Wednesday from a t»o \yeeks hunt id rhe vicitrtty of F a; ;< >ck, Arkansas.. They say ri .'.r' uie wo'"(s tn re are full -f game and it ir was no extraordina. sight to see eight squirrels on one tree, j They did nor bring any game home I as tne laws of Arkansas prohibit : rhe taking of game from the stare. . A six year old sen of J. W. Kleinhez fell from the second story I of the family residence on Adams s reef this Satur -ay, and was picked : upin an unconscious cbndi'ioi . He j was carried into the house, ami , after a short time regained consciousness, but he is thought to be injured internally. He also has a large gash in his head, caused by coming in contact with the b*ick walk. Most men want a woman for a wife who knows something practical; a girl without a dress to her back is worth a scoie of that fancy kind of girls if she can cook, sew, and mend, and understands house keeping thoroughly. A girl who can put a good square patch on the gable end of a pair of pantaloons may not be as accomplished as she who embroiders green worsted dogs on a gentleman’s slipper toe, but i she is much more useful to the needs of a large family. In all probability the state legislature at the next session will coll- | sidey. a biF, dealing exclusively with foot ball. Several other states j are preparing bills against foot ball : and very likely Indiana will follow i suit. Governor Matthews frowns upon the game and has expressed-} i his sentiments. He b lieges it is a I brutal sport and should be dealt : with legally. “Tis an ill wind that I blows nobody good.” Il' such aj bill should pass, it willdeprive tire players (VQheir pleasure, but will increase business tor barbers, as i players would not havp any parlicnlar use for the chrysanthemum foliage gracing their cranium, and which has alwhysbCen a prominent feature in connection syith tht‘.vicious game. A fight took place Sunday morn ing in the southern part Vt the county between a posse of citizens headed by Marshal Franz of Berne, and a gang of' thieves who have been robbing, persons in that neighborhood. On Saturday night they entered the farm house of John Eicher and stole fiftv pounds of meat, forty poupdsof lard thirty j pounds of cheese, bread, pies and i cakes. He reported (lie matter I next morning to tile .otlija'rs of Berne and they immediately started ] after the thieves. They wore, dis | covered in a thicket, where- they were enjoy ing a feast on their s-olcn goods. As the officers they stopped eating and prepared themselves to. fight. Afeer con siderabie parleying shots were ex changed, and during the excite- j ment the thieves escaped, and the officers returned to town without any prisoners. Monday morn ing, however, one of the thieves who was shot through the legs came into Berne where lie was ar* rested and fined. His wounds were dressed and he now languishes iu the county jail.

% Recorder’s Office aug 2ft

FIUF.! \ This morning-at, o’clock fire (iri'ke. oat m the CUv Roller M.ils owned- by E Buhler, a- d was corn* plviely dehtri ved. O‘ing 'h p o ati ni of th-- tire in the building uni 'he Start it had (>• f -re ♦’ p >r'Uui <f ilie fin >'e| art nent, h y wile umble io do inure than cou‘b e the fire within the building and -ve djoi 'inu pr per-'y. The mI I ca- torrnerlv ow el a d operated bv J mob S. Hau and wa* considered one of the lies’ equipped mills in •:< rthern Indiana. No came is as■"gned lor the tire a« everything •ennieii in good shape when the mill closed vesterdav evening. The ■n II «a* valued at about $8,000.00 with $4,100 00 insurance. On account of the amount and quality of fine weather we are having at present, we are led to believe hat the equat r is gradually moving nortn, and Adams county will soon be in tne ( >a ana belt. The if any friends of Chauncy Harb will be sorry to learn of his death which took place yesterday at Corning, Arkansas. Mr. Harb was a s<>n in law of Henry Stettler of this city, and was formerly in the grocery business here where he had a large circle of friends and acquaintances.. • The’ part of Winchester street between the Clover T eaf and Chicago Ct Frie r i lroads is in sad need of repiirs. as tie r’ are holes large ] enough to lairy a. good sized team, md bumps s > high that a man can ’ h irdly *»••'■ them. This should i lie loook d after iiy tne street com- ’ missioner win-e he is resting from ' other labors. A .* n i'l -bhiz ■ occurred at the : home of PeterL'olehin near the ice ierrpm factory Wednesday evening, I biitq lie blaze was extinguished be- ; fore much damage was done. A Might that was dickering in a. pei culiar manner, was knocked off the : ’able an ! exploded A few buckets ,of water soon "put an end to the trouble. One question that puzzles the average hunter is the fact that quail are killed off in a single season, but rabbits keep up their wo iderful number .even though slaughtered in larger quantities than quail. The explanation is an easy one. The common wild rabbits breed at six months old and have seven or more litters a year, each of from 4 to 12. It has been estimated that the decemlents of a single pair of rabbits, if allowed full scope, would in four years amount to more than 1,250,000, The senior class of the Portland High School has issued an excellent first number of a High School magazine which they call the “Apropos.” It wears a red ’cover with a good engraving of the High School building oil).the out- ! side. An editorial proposes- an I elocutionary contest between- the high schools of Hartford City, uiiion City, Winchester, Decatur, ; Portland and Buffton- Although j probably none of these schools give nirch attention to elocution, the contest would certainly do much good in the way of creating a friendly .( r u friendly) feeling between the p ople of neighboring i towns. The Carnival of the months and International Congress will be given by-the-ladies of the M. E. church, ('ommeueihg Monday night December 7, in the church being remodeled, corner Filth and A'onroe streets. Each evening an hours musical program will be given, different persons taking part of the- ■ best talent m the city. Beautiful fancy drills wi 1 also be entertain- )■ ing. There will be twenty-six different characters representing the costumes of the different countries. January will "be the winter booth |an.d will represent Russia and j France, February Washington ; both, l ulled States; March candy booth, Japan-; April spring booth, i Scotland; May housekeeper’s booth | Greece; June flower booth, Ire and July national booth, Turkey; Aug ust midsummer booth, Switzerland Septeii d wrVuirffi w e r T)obt‘ h7Kwe< le 11 mid Norway; October Autumn , booth, Italy; November Thanksgiving booth, England; December t’liristinas booth, Germany. A 4 ; | each booth tne ladies will offer many useful and fancy articles for sale that will make choice Christmas presents, and dainty refreshments will be served at most of the booths as well as a substantial lunch at the. November booth, Come everybody and be entertained and well fed. Admission ten cents.

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