Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1897 — Page 1

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job. Lower is looking after busineßß at North Manchester this week. 'John B. Weber returned from Philadelphia and New York last week. Fred Patterson was ’aid up with .... the grippe last week, but is now fully recovered. Dr. 8. Pagan, the Valporaiso specialist, was registered at the Buit yesterday. Aaron Bicker of Geneva, was attending commisdoners court the first of the week. Ex-Commissioner Fuelling visited Fort Wayne the forepart of this week on business. Fred Shafer and Wilda Watts are at Union City buying buggies for the spring trade. M. V. B. Simcoke was appointed justice of the Peace for Monroe township last Tuesday. Miss Anna Colchin, who has been visiting friends at Ft. W ayne returned home Tuesday. Dr. J. W. Younge the Fort Wayne specialist, was looking after his patients at the Burt Monday. Mr. Claude Shimmerman of Columbia City, spent Sunday in the city the guest of Miss Grace Peterson. The Lenton season opened yesterday and the usual Ash Wednesday services were conducted at the Catholic church. Mr. Krimmel, piano tuner of Ft. Wayne, is in the city this week. Parties wishing their pianos tuned may leave word at the Miesse House. Clerk Lenhart was laid up with lagrippe several days this weekMany of our people are registering similar complaints, making business good for the venders of narcotics. Julius Houck and John D. Nidlinger have formed a partnership and will export horses to Germany. They bought a load at Chicago last week and will start them across the waters in a few days. W. 8. Hughes returned from Florida Tuesday night, bringing with him a fine specimen of Florida moss which may be seen in the show window of the Democrat. Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Horton will remain until April. Unclaimed letters are .at the postoffice belonging to Miss Sopha Baumgartner, Mrs. Sarah Bowman, J. H, Bueger, James Caruss, Mrs. Gaudy, John V. Roberts, Miss Mary Rummel, Theodore Weigman, Slack Deonard, C. Mullen. A short time ago the Boston Store advertised a suit and skirt opening to be held at their store Feb. 25. Owing to unavoidable sickness the date was postponed to some time in the near future. They have taken advantage of the extra time given them, and have ar ranged for an open to take place eoop, which will be more extensive and elaborate than the one previ ously arranged. Watch their space in these columns for date and facts. “Col.” Dick Townsend of the Randall, has disposed of his interests in that famous hostelry and is now looking for fresh fields. Dick took hold of the Randall when bet* were even that it would level up in a fourth class boarding house, aud earned for it an enviable reputation. Rumors are afloat that a new hotel will be built by the Studabakers at South Bend and Dick is booked for manager. If such be true the citizens of South Bend may rest assured that they will have a first class hotel under his management. The prosecution is still laboring away on their side of the Bolds case, and the present outlook seems that the balance of this week will be consumed in finishing the evidence for that side. Some seventy-five or one hundred additional witnesses have been subpoened, making over three hundred in all. If the consumption of a whole lot of time and the examin- ? ation of an endless list of witnesses , count for anything, the state ought to have a good case. No new enlightment has been thrown upon the matter during the past week, and our readers will have to wait the results as .found by the court and jury, before any definitejgpnclusion can be reached as to the final outcome. 1

Master Burt Townsend spent Sunday at Fort Wayne with his father. N. K. Todd, wife and baby of Bluffton, were Sunday visitors with relatives in this city. James Levy, roadmaster of the G. R & I. was in the city for a short time yesterday.

Mrs. Winefred Hunt of Winchester, is visiting with her cousin Mrs. L. G. Ellingham. Miss June Merryman will be the guest of Miss Myrtle Long and other friends at Fort Wayne this week. Presiding Elder Simpson of Ft. Wayme, was in the city Monday attending a meeting of the M. E. church. Misses Anna Witz and Lucy Newhouse left Monday for Fort Wayne, after a very pleasant visit with relatives in this city. John Dunken has taken a posi tion with Archibold & Haugh and left for Fort Wayne last Monday to begin operation in his new field of labor. Clerk Lenhart has issued mar riage licenses during the week to Jesse W. Snyder and Mary A. Kinney, Wm/'Klenk and Amelia Haugh, 8. V. Robinson and Emma Myers. Regular services at the Presbyter’an church next Sunday. Preaching 10:30 a’m. Theme “Evils of of the Modern Dance.” At 7 p. m. “The Second Commandment.” A cordial invitation extended. R. K. Allison and D’French Quinn left Saturday evening for Washington, D. C. The inaugu ration of President McKinley and other attractions of a capitol city will be viewed in all its grandeur. The trip is an enviable one

Talk about a new depot has been resumed now that the case of the city of Decatur vs the G. R. & I. railroad has been dismissed, and it remains to be seen whether or not the company will provide the city with suitable accomodations for the traveling public. The Adams 0 >untyßar Association held a meeting at the court room Tuesday evening and passed a resolution, thanking the members of the legislature for their assistance in passing the judicial bill which was passed over the governor’s veto, last Monday. H. Franklin and family have moved to this city from Huntington. The Stone building has been rented into which wid be‘ moved the large department store, which was so successfully managed at Huntington for the past eleven years. The store will be a novelty for Decatur, and we predict for it an imipense business. Mr. Franklin is a bustler in business, being thoroughly impressed with the necessity of printer’s ink judiciously used. Mr and Mrs. Will Kuebler delightfully entertained a crowd of young peapie last Friday evening at their pleasant home in compli ment to the Misses Clara Houck; and Minnie Lauer of Tiffin, Ohio. The new woman was very much admired by the guests, especially after all her wearing apparel was pinned on; even if it wasn’t all in the right place. After that there was a cookie eating match which was greatly enjoyed by all. P. J. Hyland carried away the booby prize as being the slowest eater, also Miss Mame Terveer, while Miss Houck and Chas. Christen won first prizes. Lunch was served in dining room. While in Decatur last Friday, ne were surprised to earn that our old friend Daniel P. Bolds, the present treasurer of Adams county, had been sued by the various trustees for the supposed shortage in the county funds, caused by a series of alleged raised road receipts. The trustees’ claims are beingtried this term of court, and 249 farmers have been subphoened as witnesses and the grind has been in progress for two weeks, and no evidence has, as yet been established to fasten theshioHage on Mr. Bolds. Having, had nearly a life time acquaintance with him, both in social and business relations, we cannot believe him guilty as charged. Wherever he is known, he has many warm friends, who sympathize with him in this trying ordeal, and whose belief in his honesty is not shaken, in the least. —Willshire Herald. wj&k- • - - %• -A-

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 1897.

Mrs. J* J. Chubb of Huntington is the gnest of her sister, Mrs. W. A. Wisner. E. Moser is at Indianapolis attending a convention of the state photographers association. Mrs. Peter Gaffer ente.tained a few of her friends Friday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Mose Byers Attorney Reed was taken with the grippe yesterday morning, which confined him to the house for a day or two. M. E. church services at court house Sunday: Sunday School at 9:15, preaching at 10:30, Senior League at 6, preaching at 7. The Mis-es Clara and Lula Lank enau, daughters of Henry Luckenau of Preble township, have gone to New Orleans to pay an extended visit to their brother. A new dancing school will be organized at the armory tonight. The teachers will be home talent, the music will be furnished by home talent, and taken all in a’) it will be a home industry. Al Porter who has been visiting Jim Wilson at Fort Wayne, for a few days, returned Tuesday. He reports Jim as having somewhat improved which his many friends in this city will be pleased to learn. The com missioners granted licenses to retail intoxicating liquors to John Meyers, C. Radamacher of this city, J. C. F. Manley and Jacob Wegmiller of Geneva, Eugene Eshlemann of Berne, Klop penstein & Dilling of Preble. A large number of contractors are in the city for the purpose of bidding on the gravel road for which a contract will be awarded by the county commissioners today. The bidding will in all likelihood be quite spirited, and in that event it is more than probable that the road will be built very cheap. Remonstrances were filed in commissioners court against the grant ing of liquor licenses to Chas. D. V’urray. Joe Bremerkamp and Meibers & Bell. The latter application was withdrawn. The re monstrance against Murray was heard, but owing to the illness of Attorney R ed the argument in the case was postponed until to morrow morning, at which time the case will be decided. Mrs. Eliza Shirey, wife of John Shirey, died yesterday morning, after a lingering illness of four weeks, at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs Shirey was an amiable woman, of a kind and gentle disposition and loved by all who knew her. She leaves a husband, four sons and three daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the residence on Winchester street. Interment at Maplewood. Sunday was the last quarterly

eeting for th’s c mference year at the Methodist church. The closing of this year also closes four consecutive years of ministerial labor by the present pastor, Rev. E. T. Gregg. The membership are univeral in fayor of his return, and should that favor not be granted by the high counsels of the confer ence, disappointment would be rampant. During his pastorial say here the church has grown in members, and otherwise puts forth a very healthy appearance. The new church edifice, yet uncompleted, puts forth a command for the return of Rev. Gregg that can’t be overlooked.

A bill was introduced in the legislature some time ago by Senator LaFollette providing for the division of the 26th judicial circuit composed of Adams and Jay counties. The bill provides for seperate judges in each of the above mentioned counties, and finally passed both houses of the legislature and went to the governor for' his approval. After due consideration the governor vetoed the bill and returned it to the senate where the bill originated. Here the bill was made a special issue for passage over the governor’s veto, and carried by a vote of 31 to 16. It then went to the house and on last Monday afternoon passed the house and became a law, by a larger vote than it had on its previous passage. Judge Heller will now hold continuous court in Adams county and Governor Mount must necessarily make appointment in Jay county to fill the vacancy, which of course will be a republican.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred France of

Huntington, spent Sunday in the city visiting relatives and friends. Dan M. Niblick and Chas. P. Ehinger left last Tuesday evening for Philadelphia, Washington, New York and other points of importance in the east. I. J. Miesse is showing some fine looking samp es in fruit trees, vines, house plants, &c. He will make a delivery in April at which tune some fine looking trees can be seen.. ’ Mrs. Wm. Baal of Paulding, 0.,. who. has been visiting Chas. Bottenbergand family, left for Fo- f t Wayne Tuesday where she will visit with friends for a short time before returning home. Rev. Manavian Fied agent of the National Armenien Relief Commit tee, will deliver an address in behalf of the suffering Armenians at the court house at 3 p. in. Sunday, March 7 at a nuion service of all the churchs Waite l - Crow, the violinist and impersonator, who gave several fine entertainments at the armorylast week, left Tuesday for Geneva where he will give a series of entertainments Mr. Crow is a veryclever artist and is bound to please. Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Snellen entertained in honor of Miss Lucy Neuhause of Fort Wayne, and cousin Miss Anna Vitz of Kansas City. The evening was spent in cards. Luncheon was served at 11:30 and all returned home assuring the hostess of having enjoyed a pleasant evening.

An Electro Amet Magniscope will be on exhibition at the Arm ory Friday and Saturday evenings. This invention is the greatest of the age and the entertainment given is exceptionally fine. Wherever the magniscope has bee • placed on exhibition it has been spoken of very highly and never fails to please. Our citizens should take advantage of this rare oppor unity to see the new invention The Adams County Sunday School convention will be held at the Presbyterian church in this city Wednesday, March 10. Ar excellent program has been arranged for the entertainment of visit ors. District President A. D Craig of Fo t Wayne, and State Superintendent C. D. Meigs of In dianapolis, will be present to address the meeting. It is earnestly requested that every Sunday school in the county be represented and take part in the exercises. The Jo irnal last week contained an account of the murder of Dr. B. R. Freeman by his youngest son Ben. Dr. Freeman was formerly a resident of this city, but for a number of years has lived in Spo kane, Wash. This outlandish story originated from a ihurder that occurred in lowa two or three months ago, in which the principals were of the same name. Friends of the Freeman family in th s city, have heard from them in the past few days, and this puts to flight all sensational reports of the supposed murder. We gladly cor rect this wild rumor in justice to the Freeman family who are not here to defend themselves. Auditor Mangold’s report of the last quarter’s business in his office shows that he c -llected on trans fers sls, affidavits sl2, record bonds $6, school fund mortgage deeds ss, tax title deeds sl9 50, miscellaneous $24.25; totol $100.75. Clerk —civil cases $232.99, probate $196.49, criminal cases $3.35, marriage licenses $76, other licenses $1.50, transcript copies sls 25, certificates, seals, &c. $17.60, insurance $25.50; total $569.68. Re corder—deeds $145.50, mortgages $144, releases $19.70, mechanic’s lieus $8 50, certified records S2O, miscellaneous $26; total $363 70. Sheriff —fees and sales $39 30, fees taxed, &c-, $6 05, fees from Clerk $212.33, deeds and certificates $6; total $263.68. The board of com - missioners have appointed M. V. B. Siaieoke as a justice of the peace in Monroe township. They appointed W. H. Shepherd, John J. Soldner and C. A. Neuensch wander as viewers on the ditch petitioned for by P. K. Kinney. Also John Hessler, Henry Eiting and Conrad Gallmeyer viewers on the David Murphy ditch. The viewers’ report on the Malinda Shoemaker, Henry Worth man and John J. Soldner ditches were approved.

The Evening Musical met at the home of Misß Lincoln last Monday evening. An interesting program was rendered by the members A. J. Smith and A. R. Bell with their wives left Sunday evening for an extended sight seeing and business tour of the south. Florence, Alabama, will be the principal point of their observation and stay, although many other places will be visited. The street commissioner has appropriated court street to his own use for the purpose of storing a lot of unsightly wagons People in that neighborhood are registering a loud and prolonged howl over this condition of affaiis ami believe that thes-* wagons should be re in ved to a spot where they will not be a continual eye core to the public. From accounts in several metropolitan dailies, it seems that the citizens of Delphos, Ohio, and the Clover Leaf railroad are engaged in several legal battles, in wbu ti most of the suits have been lost by the railroad. They now threaten to get even by moving their shops to this city and otherwise injuring thebusimss interests of Delphos. Let the good work go on and begin moving at once. Decatur will show you a goo ! time. An exchange remarks that a town has no more right to depend wholly for success 01 its natural advantages than a man has a right to depend on his wife’s relation to get to heaven. It is the harmony of the whole pe >p!e on the pro gressive plan, that lifts a town on', of ruts, and puts it on tl e road to unalloyed success. That exchange is correct. No town on earth can prosper with the citizens pulling different ways. A long pull and a strong pull al ogether is what counts. Senator LaFollette has been tendered the judgeship for Jay county and refused it. He is urging the appointment of Col. Head ington aud it is likely that he will recieve the appoi tment. The governor i* having bis troubles now, as several delegations from Jay county are besieging the govcrj*9r’s officepand urging the appointment of their respective candidates. It is re[K>ited that exprosecutor Snyder, and attorneys Haynes and Taylor are anxious to carry off plum. The literary and musicale given by Misses Bottenberg and Middlekauf last night, was a great success. We have only time and space this morning to, say that it was very greatly enjoyed by the several hundred persons present. There were recitations and music given by the scholars, and the work done reflects great credit upon the instructors. One piece especially, a pantomine of expression presented by sixteen pupils was very well given. If the two instructors should ever give another, aud We h pe they will, it would only be justice to charge a small admission fee, to compensate for the time and trouble.—Angola Herald (Feb. 17, ’97 ) Council met in regular session last Tuesday evening. All members present except Hart and the Mayor. Au ordinance was presented and read the first time, and then referred to the judiciary committee restricting the sale of intoxicating liquor to the business portion of the city. The ordinance as introduced provides that it shall be unlawful for any one to sell intoxicating liquors in less qusntities than a quart at a time to be drauk on the premises in any building outside of the following limits: Marshall street oh the north, Fourth street on the west, Adams street on the south and the river on the east, and prohibits the mayor issuing any one a license to sell outside of those limits. This is in accordance with Moore bill which was sustained by a recent decision of the Indiana supreme court. The water works superintendent reported a number of delinquent water renters, ,and the matter of adjustment was referred to the water works committee. After al lowing the following bills, the council adjourned: Heavy Stevens $1.20, C. Dorwin S4O, M. Jackson 40, Geo. Kraft $2.25, H. Patterson 40c, Wm. Geary $5, Journal sl4 85, J. D. Edwards 033.34, Mugust Schlegel $2, Telephone Co. $6, Ft. Wayne Iron Works $29.21, Gillig

& Myers $23.40, Schafer & Loch $29 93 and the street commission 1 er’e pay roll $11.85.

NUMBER 51

A fair audience greeted the Rev. T. F. Freeh at the M. E. church, Wednesday evening, on the occasion of his lecture on Odd Fellowship, for the benefit of the I. O. O. F. and Rebekah Londges of this city. The lecture was a matchless one from the beginning to the close and all present were agreeably entertained in listening t> its presentation Rev. Freeh isafine orator, a logic thinker and reasoner and should have been accorded a ( larger audience All who failed to be present missed a rare treat. — Noble County Democrat. The evening of Feb. 22, the G. A. R. an‘d W. R. C. enjoyed the celebrating of Washington’s birthday. There were about 300 present of which over half were ok! soldiers, wearing that happy expression on their countenance telling of t&eir joy of peace, love of country and to its Father Oysters were served, after which games followed. The celebration was well ended with a progran , in which Messrs. Lutz and Erwin addressed the veterans. Mrs. Schrock recited “My Soldier S>n.” Recitations and songs were given by young and old, and with several war stories from soldiers present. TheV adjourned determined to save our flag. The subject discussed hy the Shakespeare Club last week was “The Ideal Newspaper.” Mrs. Nachtrieb read a paper rehearsing the inception and growth of the newspaper and setting forth the leading characteristics that would distinguish the ideal newspaper. When Joseph Pulitzer’s prayer that the newspaper may be both a daily school house and a daily forum, both a daily teacher and a daily tribune, an instrument of just ce, a terror to crime, an aid to educa’ion, an exponent to true Americanism, is answered. We may hope that the ideal newspaper is not an impossibility. But many evils must be overcome and many abuses corrected before that prayer will be answered and that ideal realized. Newspapers great and small as generally conducted are school houses where lessons in crime are taught, and for ums where the worst side of every question is debated. They are teachers of bad literary style and tribunes that have prostituted the noble offices they were created to fill. They are instruments of injustice and f a terror to the innocent. They defeatjthe true aim of education by aiding the development of powers that make for evil and by neglecting the powers that make for good. They are an exponent of the worst features of the American system and the greatest obstacle to wise changes. The ideal newspaper will be a school tfouse where the good, the beautiful, the true will be taught, a forumwhere crime will be, given few words and just punishment, and where the best side of every question will be debated. It will be a teacher of good English and <f a pure literary style, a tribune that will stand firm for the rights of all. It will be an instrument of justice by making sure that its columns are not used for the discrimination of falsehood, it will be a terror to crime no le-s by refusing to cater to the criminal’s love for notoriety than by its denunciation of the crime. It will aid in education by filling its columns with reading matter that will assist in the systematical development of all the powers of man. It will be an exponent of true Americanism by pointing out the faults of the American system. Will the ideal newspaper pay? There is a general complaint that journalism is no longer a paying business. As usual the cause is not as apparent as the result. May we not venturp the opinion that the taste of the American people is not as depraved as journalist think? Let them all, both great and small, try decency and good English in their newspapers and find an answer to the question, “Will it pay?” After the reading of the paper the following topics were discussed: “French Journalism,” “Religious Newspapers,” “The Personality of a Great Editor,” “The Associated Press,” “The Woman’s Press > Club.” The Shakespeare Club is honored by a place upon the program of the State Convention of Literary Clubs which meets at Warren in June. Mrs. A. D. Moffett has been chosen by the program committee of the L U; L. C to discuss the topic- “The Aesthetic in the Life of a Community.”