Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1898 — Page 5

Additional Locals. John Reiter spent the Fourth at Bluffton. _ Screens for doors and windows at the Bazaar. ‘ 144 Co to Blackburn’s drug store for flv paper and insect destroyers. 15 4 ’First-class machineoil at the Bazaar. c a ve vour machinery by using good 14-4 01 Dennis Hendricks, wife and daugh ter Josie, of Geneva spent the Fourth in this city. The New Fair Store is headquarters for fruit cans and Jelly glases. Go in and get prices. 1(5-3 Train to Robinson's Park leaves here nes t Thursday at 8:05 a. m. Go and jj a ve the best time of your life. yfrs. John Mayer and daughter, flattie, are visiting with relatives and friends at Farmland, this week. j A. Sloan, of Warsaw, is in the it'v' looking after business interests and visiting his uncle. Rev. Duckett and family. Miss Lucy Hendricks of Scio, Ohio, j g the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank Crill- °She will remain several months visiting relatives. Holthouse. Callow Co. are headquarters for everything in the line of paints and oils. Rock bottom prices and goods guaranteed. Miss Blanche Reynolds returned home Wednesday from Terre Haute where she has been a student of the State Normal the past year. Postmaster Andrews reports the following unclaimed letters: Benjamin Allen. A. H. Sellinger. James Baxter, Nora Baughman, Anna Lermann. Mrs. John King and son. Charles, desire to return their heartfelt thanks to the kind neighborsand friends who assisted them during their late bereavement. Two new circuit court eases have been filed, entitled Elizabeth Hostler vs Harry C. Hostler, divorce. Agnes M. Andrews vs Francis M. Andrews, et al., partition. For Sale or Trade A livery stock, consisting of a number of fine horses and rigs. Will sell reasonable or trade for farm property. Call on or address Mrs. Louie Haviland. Geneva, Ind. 4t Marriage licenses have been issued this week to Noah Yoder and Cindy Soles. Samuel J. Fogle and Ida C. Boocher, Henry Bohnke and Nellie Woodward, Oscar L. Dynes and Lucy E. Butcher. A fire which resulted in the destruction of nearly the entire business portion of Payne. Ohio, occurred I’uesday. About fifty buildings were destroyed before help arrived from Fort Wayne.

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I^-£lwL leb " W Me have the finest line of hammocks in the city. Holthouse, Callow Co. Machine Oils by the quart, gallon, or barrel at Blackburn s drug store. 15-4 Miss Belma Porter, of Steele, spent « J°V, r . th in Decatur, the guest of Martin Elzey. . ( meet Mrs. W.J. Meyers next Saturday, July 9, at 2:30 P. M. Buy one of those Electric Bug Exterminators for destroying all kinds of insects. Holthouse, Callow & Co. The ladies of the Methodist Mite Society meets at the residence of Mrs. D. D. Heller on Fifth street this afternoon. Giles Ripley, of Perdue University, spent a few days of this week the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Mary Merriman and family. Wanted—Men at Bluffton, Ind., to work on Wabash street. Wages 12| cents per hour. Inquire of Wanen, Schary Paving Co. Ask Holthouse. Callow & Co., Decatur, and Simison & Soldner, Berne, for Pontius Pure Sealing Wax. Absolutely the best made. T 4-8 The Democrat desires a good, live correspondent at Preble and one at Honduras. Send in your items, boys, and they will be duly accepted. Dr. Miller will again be at Dr. Boyers' office, July 19. Those desiring glasses will have an opportunity, to have their eyes carefully examined. Methodist excursion to Robinson’s Park next Thurday. Train leaves here at 8:05, returning train leaves Ft-. Wayne at 7:35. Take your baskets, and go. Farmers are the busiest people in the land just now. Harvest is here in earnest and there are scarcely enough people comming to town to form a “corporals guard.” Your patronage solicited and your interest cared for. Allow me to act as your agent in supplying you with good goods for small money at Coffee’s Bazaar, north of court house. 14-4 Preaching at the Christian church next Sunday will be at 10:30 and 2:30, as Rev. Adams will speak in the evening at Monmouth. Morning subject “John’s Vision;” evening, “A letter from Christ.” The Methodist excursion to Robinson's Park next Thursday will not be a special train but extra coaches will be attached to the regular train which leaves here at 8:05 a. tn. Returning train arrives here at 8:17 p. m.

The Pension Board met at the office of Dr. McMillen’s yesterday and examined several applicants. Rev. Father Sanger of Whitley county, spent several hours in the city yesterday, as the guest of Father Wilkens. Misses Mabel and Abbie Keuchman, the popular music teachers, have returned from a several weeks vacation with their parents at Muncie. The excursion to Robinson's Park will be attached to the regular morning and evening train on the G. R. & I. railway. It will leave here at 8:05 a. m. Returning train leaves Fort Wayne at 7:35 p. m., arriving home at 8:17 p. in. The members of Union Chapel U. B. church will give an ice cream social in Lower's grove east of town, Saturday evening, July 16. Don't forget to attend. Take your family and have an excellent time as well as help a good thing along. Burglars entered the home of John Colehin just south of the C. & E. railroad Monday night and succeded in getting away with a gold watch, a gun and a few dollars in money. Robberies are getting to be nightly occurences in this city. Attorney Lew C. De Voss yesterday fik>d a complaint for divorce which was entitled Elizabeth Hostler vs Harry C. Hostler. The complaint shows them to have »een married July 3. 1874 and lived together until April 30, 1893. Abandonment is alleged. J. D. Edwards and family leaves today for Weedsport, New York, where they expect to make their home. The K. of P’s and Daughters of Rebekah orders tendered Mr. and Mrs. Edwards a farewell reception Tuesday evening. The best wishes of Decatur citizens go with them. Many of our people attended the Fourth of July celebrations at Preble and Hoagland. They report large crowds and a good time at both places. Several also visited Berne where the day was celebrated in true Berne style. Adams county knows how to celebrate and generally does it. There seems to be a great deal of doubt as to the necessity of putting a one cent stamp upon receipts for amounts over five dollars. A statement sent out by the National Bank of the Republic says it is necessary, although such a statement cannot be found in the copies of the law received here. Don't forget that the annual excursion of the Methodist church will be held Thursday, July 14. The excursion is in charge of the fourth section of the Ladies Mite Society and willl be the event of the season. Robison's Park is a beautiful summer resort and you cannot afford to to miss the treat. Fare for round trip, including fare on street car eighty-five cents. Children under twelve, forty-five cents. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Gregg returned from their eastern trip Tuesday afternoon. They visited all the large eastern cities and many other points of interest. Mr. Gregg has formed a partnership with our popular merchant tailor, C. E. Doty. They will leave in a few days to look up a location. They will put in a large stock of gent’s furnishing goods and also run a merchant tailoring establishment. Their location will most probably lie at either Champaign, 111., or Defiance, Ohio. Onion parties are again coming into vogue. Twelve girls stand in a row. One takes a bite of onion and a young man pays ten cents for a guess as to which one bit the onion. If hegueses right he gets to kiss the other eleven; but if he misses he is allowed to kiss only the girl with onion scented breath. This amusement is said to be getting quite popular among the first social circles of Wabash. James Waldron, a former Decatur boy, is another representative from this county who is assisting in the destruction of Santiago. He is a member of the sixth U. S. Calvary, This troop was one of the foremost in the fight and lost heavily. It was reported that Jimmie was one of the killed, but the report has not been confirmed. A full list of the dead and wounded has not yet been received, Through the kindness of Wash Steele we have the privilege of publishing the following statement of the temperature and rainfall taken by himself: Mean temperature for the first six months of 1898, at 12:00 o’clock noon: January 33, February’ 37, March 49, April 54, May 70, June 84. Rainfall for five months: February 2 inches. March 4f inches, April 3| inches, May 5g inches, June 2.1 inches. A serious accident is reported to have occurred near Peterson Monday. A team hitched to a reaper became unmanageable and ran away. In the mix up one of the horses got tangled up in the reaper and one of its legs was cut off. The team belonged to Dick Welker, who was driving at the time of the accident. He was thrown from the reaper and hurt quite badly. We have been unable to secure further details of the accident. Uncle John Rupright brought his first invoice of honey for the season to our markets Saturday. He sold 210 pounds quicker than it takes to tell it. Everybody has become familiar with the excellent quality of honey that is yearly sold by Uncle John, and consequently the demand is greater than the production, although several hundred pounds yearly finds its wav to our markets. His knowledge about the care and keeping of bees is responsible for the excellence of their production.

I Bargain Week. I 8 L-2 ; g H fe 1 infllT SILKS LESS THAN MANUFACT1I • URED COST I 1 UHL I Ini/ I V u All novelty silks that were SI.OO to $1.25 A al P er yar d> * n beautiful plaids, checks and 0 || stripes, your choice this week only 72c yd (1 fl r A lot of fancy figured silks that were 75c fl H (I to 85c yard, just what you are looking \ * for, this sale only - - - 57 cyd I n ‘ 1 A fine lot of novelty silks that were a bar- —. = gain at 50c, this sale - - 39 cyd I II i m I II A big lot of silks that were 40c per yard, H j this sale, - 25 c yd O 111 I I I ——l I ' '// il\ .. i I J|i\\ | This will be a sale that vou will be well paid to attend. So make ©2 W/ your selections early. I 1 No trouble to show you. If | ffibliqK & Opffipapy. I i I

Tower Unsafe. The commissioners were in session yesterday in consultation with Architect Wing of Fort Wayne, considering plans and specifications for the removal of the court house tower. After an examination some time ago, made the following report to them: June 7,1898. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, Adams county, Ind. Gentlemen: — We, your architects have this day thoroughly examined your county court house as you have requested, and beg leave to report tl a 1 we have carefully examined the entire building with reference to its strength and durability. In the first case from some unknown cause wo find all of the soil underlaying the foundations damp as if caused from improper drainage and in its present state is liable to cause uneven settlement which uneven sett lenient may now be seen upon close examination. and believe the condition can be attributed to defective drains from the down spouts. When these are remedied I think you will be free from the dampness now in the building. We find general defects in the cornice and roof causing many leaks which can be easily remedied, in fact a new roof is much needed but the ' most important part which we desire to mention is the construction and condition of the tower at the present time. Isjts present shape it is utterly impossible to prevent its vibration, hence, many of the leaks in the roof 1 may be attributed to this defect. The tower being located in the center and without any direct support to the : ground, but rests on trusses located over the court room. In regard to the tower itself, it is in 1 an unsafe condition. Originally it 1 was wholly constructed of wood and ! cased with galvanized iron. The gal- 1 vanized iron is broken in many places 1 caused by movement and vibration of the construction which necessarily causes the leaks in the roof. A closer ' examination of the principal timbers ' and posts show they are nearly, if not ' all, decayed where' they should hold ■ the principal loads and are beyond • • i repairs. We would advise the removal of the tower from center of building and 1 placing it or rather a new one in a 1 more desirable location, say at the front and center of building and be built either of masonry or steel structural work from foundation up. and showing a finish above the roof in keeping with the present court house. Respectfully submitted, Wino & Mahurin. Die. by J. F. W. President McKinley has issued a proclimation Ito all churches to hold divine services for our soldiers and sailors next Siinday, I

NEWS FROM THE SOLDIERS. Weekly Letter from Our War Correspondent at Camp Thomas, Georgi». Camp Thomas. July 4. 1898. The week passed quietly by with no exciting news until Friday evening when the news came that Santiago was taken and the fleet destroyed. The boys turned out and called out the band which led the way and the whole regiment with candles in hand and mostly attired in under garments paraded the streets. Lieutenant Genville of Co. G fell in in front with the flag and led us to the Colonel's quarters, but the Colonel was absent so the Lieut. Colonel spoke a few cheering words and then followed the Adjutants and Majors, and not until the 1 boys had hollowed themselves hoarse and worn their socks out did they go again to their quarters. During the week some equipments and quartermaster’s supplies were issued for the new recruits, but not enough to fully equip them. Our twenty-five new recruits arrived in due time and the selection of men by Lieut. Vail seems to please the Captain. The boys will undoubtedly make good soldiers as they fall right in with the work and seems to enjoy camp life so far. I On Sunday morning Mr. Wood-1 ward. Mrs. J. M. Lenhart, Mrs. J. M. Russell, Mrs, S. C. Nieman. Miss Hughes and Frank Barthel arrived here and are experiencing the effects of the weather and camp life. During the afternoon of Saturday Major B. L. Dayon came to our camp and paid us for forty-nine days service for Uncle Sam. The privates were paid at the rate of 515.60 per month, but as we think that we are now in actual service and part of the army formation against the enemy we think we deserve the actual service pay, which is 826.50 per mouth for privates. Sunday we had one half day off and on the Fourth of July we were excused from regimental drill. At about one o’clock the report came that Cervera’s fleet was totally destroyed and that Santiago had surrendered. As the report seemed official and Colonel Gunder being in a friendly mood he led the band, followed by the regiment, through our streets and cheer

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upon cheer issued from the crowd. The Colonel took his old campaign t hat in his hand and kept time for the band like some little boy at play. Although our Colonel is strict with regard to things concerning the good > of his command, he is a jolly good ; fellow and we would love to follow > him into the field of actton. Harvey Myers, Arlie DeVoss and : French Parrish are now in the Divi- ■ sion Hospital, but none of them are I dangerously sick. The company in s general is enjoying the best ot health and we have plenty of and a good ■ quality of food, and all reports to the effect "that we are not well fed should > not be believed until coroberated by some commissioned officer, as there is none of them that would stand to see > their men suffer from unnecessary > cause. i The Fourth was some what dull here, yet you might hear fire crackers, i rifles and cannons booming all day. And Co. B was kept moving by such boys as R. D. Myers, G. R. Smith and Rollin Bobo. They always have something to please the boys. We would like to see more of our friends before we leave, but if we move as soon as we expect, we doubt if we will have the pleasure. j John Hale has been detailed as I company wagoner. Harry Bell, Jasper Lee, Charles ' Brothers, Samuel Railing. Benton Knoff and your correspondent were appointed corporals. The boys of Co. B will try their hand at target practice Tuesday. Yours respt., E. B. M. Go where Black Bass Bite and Cool Breezes Blow. Take the D. & C. Steamers, the Coast Line to Mackinac, for a delightful cruise up the Great Lakes. It only costs from Cleveland sl7; Toledo sls; Detroit $12.50 round trip, including meals and berths. Send 2c for illustrated pamphlet. Address A. A. Schantz, G. P. A., Detroit, Mich. A meeting of the Board of Health was held Tuesday evening to discuss the advisability of raising the small pox quarantine against Van Mert and Delphos. This was done as against Van Wert, but it was thought best to still guard against Delphos.