Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1898 — Page 1

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■LZartv who has been stealing » r P pirs of Henry Kohne, anil | in the markets here is Respect for the man s family public scandal, but if the pi 1 ■ continues indictments will be Ee against him. ■L brick walk along the north side F the court house is being removed | a handsome stone walk will be Kin its place. The new walk will Enl out several feet farther than 1 1 1 one did and will add greatly Eeappvaranceof the street. Adolph Iffniaii has the contract. Krjss Iva Morse very pleasantly enKained her girl friends at a five ■lock tea Thursday, in honor of Miss Kneilla Battenberg, who is soon to En to her home at Decatur. Ind., thence to Sherman. Texas, where I will attend a female seminary. I v ,. r < were laid for ten and all voted |s Iva an admirable hostess. Kgola Magnet. I'hris Hocker the popular Monroe Ir’hant will leave next week for the Ist on an extended visit. He will I accompanied by his entire family, lev will attend the Omaha ExposiKii'and visit relatives at Falls City. Iva. The trip is a delightful one II Chris and family will no doubt lov it to the fullest extent. ■A party of black face musicians I’m this citv have been out this week Ivertising for the great barbecue to I given at Turtle’s Camp next Sun[v by Will Sheets. Among the party I Ora France, Dick France, Jesse Etton. John Dickerson, Elmer Cline Ed Med Miller. The boys no doubt II a good time and did their work 111. IE X. Ehinger, assistant cashier of | National bank, and Henry Bre Irkamp. the well known miller, will Ere Saturday for a ten days trip lough the east. They will spend Endayat Detroit, leaving there MonEv morning for Mackinac, by’ way of I lakes. The trip is a beautiful one Id no doubt Messrs. Ehinger and Imerkamp will be greatly invigo■ted by their recreation. ■ D M Hensley entertained a numIrof his gentlemen friends at dinner I Johnson’s restaurant last Friday, ihe main attraction on the bill of fare las white pike. Mr. Hensley had In fishing at Rome City and the ven pound pike was part of his itch. The boys had a good time id seemed to enjoy the fish almost i well as Dave story of “how he raght it.” At any rate the dinner as an excellent ofie and the guests e waiting patiently for the host to ake another trip to Sylvan Lake, are and Sim Beatty will spend Sunty at the Lake, returning the first next week with their families who we been at Rome City for several Beks. The military camp which is being epared at Cincinnati for the enterinment of those veterans who prefer ie in the open air, to being crowded school buildings during the week 'the National G. A. R. Encampment, (ptember 5-10th, will lie one of the nest of any Encampment. It will (known as Camp Sherman. As an dicatiou of its size, the chairman of e committee on Camp Sherman has mud that 200,000 feet of lumber ill be required to put floors in all fits. A force of fifty workmen, all Id soldiers, is now engaged laying ut the eamp, building streets, laying ater mains, putting up electric light ires, and arranging the necessary initary regulations. The Camp is eing prepared by Maj. M. D. Burke, ti old army officer, and an engineer J more than local reputation. The mnp will tie open for inspection cptember Ist, and ready for occupy September 4th. It will lie innally dedicated at 9 o’clock Monav morning, Septemter sth. There was an exciting time in the am P of the 160th Indiana, at NewNews, last Friday. Alonzo ndrews, of the Anderson company, aswontonly shot anil killed by a egro, Sam Hall, and an effort was lade by aliout seventy-five of Andrews Omrades to leave the campanil lynch he murderer. The officers made an msucessful effort to stop the men, md finally the balance of the regi““nt was ordered out to hold them in heck. At this point there were many threats, and more than one cart’dge slipped into the rifles carried by n *ml)ers of the mutineers. The boys ia S between the frenzied men l “. ’he future disgrace and humili- '?? -V ,e re ß* , nent. also had loads ®'heir Springfields, and their jaws ere set in the determination to stand '■’he oath solemnly taken last May f( / am P Mount. Among the insurwere frantic agitators who howlo hoarsdy an( j i nS ults in the aiesof the soldiers in line to preserve ', er ’ The ravings of the unsteady in' se s' to nia he more grim and the double lines of men whose nonets gleamed a warning. At one l ell was thought the rioters would wbe disarmed, but that step ta^en -_ Finally the men were ‘my pacified and returned to . , rs - M hen first reported it was •■'light here that Lewis Andrews of tbor Pan - ® '' as mau killed and 88 a bttle excitement for

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New circuit court suits are Shaffer Peterson and Clark J. Lutz vs Jane i Struby, account; demand $1,500, Jacob Miller vs William Burk et al, foreclosure; demand SSOO. John Koos vs Elizabeth Koos, divorce. There was no meeting of the city council last Tuesday evening. Nor will there be any unless a special meeting is called until the officerselect take their places, which will be one week from next Monday. Attorney R. S. Peterson has filed a complaint for divorce which is entitled John Koos vs Elizabeth Koos. According to the complaint they were married October 22. 1876, and lived together until a few years ago. Slander and abuse of the plaintiff is alleged, which can only be satisfied by the granting of a divorce and the care and custody of their three children. John C. Moran, Berne’s legal repre-! sentative, was in town Monday, the institute being the drawing card. He informs us that owing to hhjlarge legal practice he has abandoned the idea of teaching school this coming year, but instead will give close ap-. plication to the business he is build-I ing up. John is located in a busy I town, among a thrifty and enterprising people and will succeed, as he deserves. An exchange says that several cities in northern Indiana have been visited recently by a couple of slick individuals purporting to be in the business of putting up United States mail boxes at family residences and elsewhere for the deposit of mail by the carrier. Their plan is to charge a rental of five cents a year for five years. They collect their twenty-five cents in advance. promising to come on a certain subsequent day and put up the box, but they never show up any more. If you are approached by such a pair insist upon having the box put up before you pay the money. They will probably leave without ceremony.

There seems to be an inclination among the boys of the 160th Indiana to become regular soldiers, and it is not improbable that a large number of them, if not the entire regiment, will become members of the regular army The boys are sorely disappointed at not having been sent to the front, and now the war is over and the regiment has been ordered to Lexington, Ky„ the idea has been sprung by some of the boys to become members of the regular army, and it is said that the majority are in favor of doing so. Nothing definite has been done asyet, the matter of making such a move . having onlv been suggested, but it is said that it would take very little talk | and work to induce every member of the 160th to become a regular soldier. Misses Mary and Jessie McLain entertained a number of their friends Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Donovan, corner of | Fourth and Adams streets. The affair was given in honor of Miss Julia Tracey, of Circleville, Ohio. Progressive pedro was the game of the evening and about ten o’clock an excellent luncheon was served. Those present were Misses Amelia Smith, Flora Confer, Nettie Smith, Ella Touhev, Edith Wemhoff, Florence Campbell, Estella Wemhoff. Mamie Terveer. Mayrne Fullencamp and Lena Bart hell and Messrs. Frank Durkin. Otto Ehinger, Chas. Vogelwede, Clem Stair. P. J. Hyland, Lew Mailand, Martin Mylott, Frank Barthell, George Maddy, Mallace Memhoff, Eugene Christen and Floyd Smith. An enjoyable time was had and the Misses McLain may well feel proud of their ability in entertaining. Prizes were won by Miss Flora Confer and Paddy Hyland, while the booby »ifts were captured by Miss Ella Touhey and Martin Mylott. Drs. Clark and Coverdale were called to Geneva last’Saturday, where it was reported that a three year old child of Abraham L. Buckey, living a few miles west of that city had died from neglect. Citizens of Geneva were greatlv excited over the matter and urged that a post-mortem examination be held. Mr. and Mrs. Buckey are firm believers in the “faith cure and said they would just as leave have a blacksmith come into a sick room as a physician. The family are very noor and this fact will no doubt save ‘them from prosecution. The child was sick nine days with Entero Colitis, commonly called flux. Ihe physicians, however, found that after the child had been sick several days, some neighbors and a brother of Mr. Buckey’s came in and gave the » hild some medicine, which they got of Dr. Elzev of Berne, and it is said the treatment was an excellent one and would no doubt have saved the child had it lieen given sooner The parents were very much frightened when they found that their faith belief might get them into trouble and loudlv protested that they did nothing wrong. They also promised tosecure the services of a physician should any of the family become sick in the future It it is said that at one time Mr Buckev was bedfast for more than a year, when he could have been cured in a short time by any phjsp cian. Coroner Clark made a report of the post-mortem but it is not probable that 1 the grand jury will do anything with it.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1898.

• W E FEEL VERY GRATEFUL to those who so promptly | I V responded in the payment of their subscription, and we s | promise to double our efforts in making the Democrat a household | necessity. A great number have yet failed to pay up, and to them j I we want to insist upon a prompt payment. It is simply a matter | : of business. If we have sent you the paper a year, you owe us : | $1.50. Notice the date on your paper. j

Misses May Coverdale and Carrie Thomas entertained a number of their girl friends by giving a bicycle partylast evening. The girls met at the home of Miss Thomas on Third street, at seven o’clock. Then followed an i enjoyable hour spent in spinning about j the city. The girls each had Japanese lanterns on their wheels and look-1 ed like so many fairies. After the ride the girls repaired to the home of Miss Coverdale, where dainty refreshments were served. The girls all report a splendid time, and the I party was certainly a unique one. Several of the township trustees who under the law, hold over two years longer than the regular term of office, have asked Attorney General Ketcham for his opinion as to whether they need to file new new bonds covering the extra period of office. Their bonds in every case read, “For a term of four years from the date specified.” and most of the officeholders were concerned as to the requirements in the matter. In the opinion sent out by Attorney General Ketcham it is held that the bonds, though nominally for only four years, hold good for the complete term of office. On last Thursday Conrad Reinking and wife celebrated their golding wedding at their home near Freidheim. nine miles northwest of the city. Mr. Reinking is an old veteran of the Mexican war. All his children and thirty-seven grand-children who have come from all parts of the country, and many of his friends and comrades were present. The festival began at ten o’clock in the morning and lasted until late at night. Rev. C. B. Preuse made a speech suitable for such an occasion. The celebrated pair received many valuable presents, and the entertainment was in every respect one of the best. The Democrat extends congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Reinking and joins with their many friends in hoping that they may live to celebrate their diamond wedding, twenty-five years from now.

The Boston Store is now without the shadow of a doubt the finest and most elegantly finished business house in this part of the state. Since July 5, workmen have been at work on the room and it is now completed. The room has been repapered, new show windows built, new shelving, counters and casings made from birds-eye maple have teen put in and in fact the entire room has been rebuilt. Kuebler & Moltz, the hustling proprietors of the store, are quite proud of their appearance in the new dress, as they indeed have reasons to be. They are hustlers and in the ten years they' have teen in business here have made an army of friends by their honesty and fair dealings. The building they occupy is a mammoth one ami the firm has a ten year's lease upon it. About nine thousand feet of floor is completely covered with a stock of dry goods, groceries, etc., the value of which aggregates many thousands of dollars. At this time Mr. Will Kuebler, of the firm is in New York purchasing an enormous stock of goods for their fall and winter trade. He will return Saturday and the goods will follow in a few weeks. We are proud that Decatur has such a business house as the Boston Store. Another sad fatality occured near this city yesterday afternoon about two o'clock. Herman Bogner, son of John Bogner living two miles north west of here, on the river road, was crushed to death beneath the wheels of a wagon. John Bogner and two small sons were out in the field back of his barn gathering stones to be used to put under a stock barn which they were going to build. The two bovs were driving, while their father walked along the side of the wagon and threw in the stones. They had gathered perhaps half a load of stones when Herman lost his balance, in some manner or other and fell under the moving wagon. The wheel struck him along the left side of the body and ran over his breast and head. Not a bone was broken but the terrible concussion bursted the brain. The little fellow was not unconscious however. He was carried to the house and Dr. D. D. Clark summoned but before the doctor arrived the little sufferer had been relieved from earthly pains and his spirit had flown into the great beyond. Herman was seven years old and was an unusually bright’lad. The parents and rest of the family are heartbroken and the deepest sympathy of the entire neighborhood is with them. Herman lived twenty minutes after teing hurt and spoke’to those about him several times. Although no particular examination was made, it is thought the heart was also crushed. The act was not due to anv carelessness, but was simply one of those unforseen accidents which cannot be explained.

A new significance will attach to , this year’s Grand Army Encampment in Cincinnati. There is every reason now to believe that it will partake largely of the nature of a grand peace jubilee, in which veterans of a longer and more destructive war will join with the people in giving expression to their joy that the warisagain ended and peace once more has spread its white wings over the land. A slick agent is traveling through neighboring counties, says an exchange. He is selling a wonderful powder for saving to the people oh their coal oil bills. The powder placed in the lamps renders the oil non-ex-plosive and perfectly harmless. He will sell enough to last a family a year for one dollar. The wonderful powder, when the truth is found out, is nothing more nor less than common salt, having some finely powdered charcoal mixed with it to give it a different color. The largest crowd of the season attended the entertainment at Steele’s Park last Sunday and witnessed the balloon ascension. About fifty people from Bluffton accompained the celebrated DeHaven band of that city over on the noon train. The Decatur city band was also on the ground and helped to enliven the occasion. On account of the strong wind w hich was blowing at the time of the ascension. Prof. Walker who was to have made the ascension refused to do so. In about two weeks however Prof. Reed of Portland, who has made several ascensions in this county will be here and Messers Martin & Smith, proprietors of the park have arranged for him to make an ascension, regardless of the weather. Prof Reed will also make a grand parachute leap when the balloon is several thousand feet! in the air. Wait for further particulars next week. During the past week the following have paid subscriptions to the Democrat and we are thankful accordingly: Geo. W. Roop, Jesse Butler. Joshua Bright. J. W. Dague. Jacob E. Hencheon, Robt. Maloney, W. H. Bollinger, Frank Heiman. Louis Hammond, E. H. Goldner, Eli Reber, Theodore Kennedy, J. W. Poling, John M. Fuhrman, Schieman Bros., Win. Williams, Alex. Bolds, V. S. Reed, Wm. Scheerer, Henry Kohne, Alphonse Kohne, David Everhart, Jacob Hart, Henry Eiting, J. H. Graber, Chas. Morrison. Mary Niblick, David Metier, G. R. Dickerson. J. J. Watson, F. J. McWhinney, Eugene Barnes, Aspy & Miller, Jacob Wegmiller, Dr. Black, J. H. Runyon. A. G. Briggs, Albert Kindle, A. Stricker, Eli Meyers, Stricker & Schindler, Reisen Bros., F. K. Schaefer, Neeley Deyo, A. Gottschalk. Hoffman & Gottschalk, Sam Girod, Eli Reisen. C. C. Yoder, J. C. Moran. F. Franz, Chas. Kizer, Mrs. James T, Dailey, Frank Davis, Janies Rohm Pat K. Kinney, Jeff Klopfenstine, Jacob Flory, John G. Kuhn. Fred Fuhrman, J. G. Gault, Mrs. John King. Jr.; Dan Schelgel, Frank Gast. W. C. Fronfield, Jonathan Fleming, Peter H. Colchin, Chris Reppert. John Robison, J. G Dettinger, J. D. Huffman, Miss Lou Hofer, C. W. Hocker, Elmer Johnson, Rev. Julius Heffner and W. B. Reynolds. The Lady’s Minstrel show, under the auspices of the Daughters of Rebekah lodge, appeared at Bosse's opera house last Friday and Saturday evenings. with about thirty coal black “Belles of Honolulu” and showed to large houses both evenings. The show was home talent and was in , every way a success. For more than five week's the ladies, under the management and instructions of Prof. Skene have labored industriously to , prepare themselves to give a credit- ■ able entertainment and their efforts were highly appreciated by all who attended. 'The evenings program . consisted of songs, dances, choruses, , and in fact everything which goes to • make up a first-class minstjell show. The ladies who acted as “funny end ■ girls” as well as “Queen Lili, the middle lady.” did their parts exceed- , I ingly well and deserve unlimited praise. ; They kept the audience laughing all . evening with their witty sayings and , comical jokes. Especial mention ■ should be made of the singing of the , Misses May Niblick. Grace Peterson, i lanthe Gregory and Daisy Burdge. Miss Agnes Schrock in her imitation . of a colored preacher also captivated the audience. The juvenile orchestra , under the leadership of Prof. Fred Falk, furnished the music between . acts and proved to their friends that [ they are the coming musicians of De- [ catur. The boys are alright and will no doubt soon be the finest musical i organization in the city. As to just t how the lodge came out financially t we have been unable to learn, but pre- . sume from the crowds present at the 3 entertainments that they were amply repaid for their trouble.

Judge Studabaker as President, and N. Blackburn as Secretary, as- i sisted by the various committees have j arranged to make the Old Settlers, i picnic to be held September Ist the I. best given in the county. It will be | held in Christianers’s grove, west of I town. Good speakers and plenty of I good music has been provided, and it is hoped that every old settler in the county, with their families, will be present. Private Cummins, a member of company B. 157th regiment, arrived in this city Tuesday afternoon. He has been given a leave of absence on account of sickness. For several weeks he has been a sufferer from typhoid fever and it was feared he would never be able to leave camp at Fernandina. Mr. Cummins is in the care of his wife and friends now and will no doubt soon be himself again, although at present he is but a skeleton. His home was formerly near Ft. Wayne and he was among the first to enlist as a volunteer for the suffering humanity. He was accompained home by one of his comrades who is here with him now’. The commissioners in session last Friday gave to E. Woods and Elijah Mann, under the firm name of Woods & Mann, the contract for the construction of the new court house tower. The competitive bidders were Morrow, Vail & Moon, Hoffman & I iddy and the successful bidders. The bidding was all close, the lowest being $8,970.50. This completes the tower entire, beginning with a foundation of considerable magnitude. The tower in its present location has been considered unsafe for years, the timber used in its construction being rotten and giving away. It has now reached a condition wherein the liability to the county was too great to allow it to longer remain and the commissioners wisely ordered it removed. The new’ improvement will considerably change the appearance of the court house. The 160th regiment have left their quarters at Newport News and are now in camp at Lexington, Ky. They left Newport News Sunday evening and arrived at Lexington Tuesday morning. What will become of the j boys is not known. It seems the boys generally wish to come home, but the officers want them to stay in the service. Yesterday’s Indianapolis Sentinel prints an interview with H. H. Huey, who is regimental photographer. That gentleman does not think the boys will be mustered out very soon and among other things he says: “One reason why I think the One Hundred and Sixtieth will stay in the field is because it is a ‘crackerjack’ in point of discipline and drill. It was recognized to be the best drilled regiment and to be in the best physical condition of all the regiments in the camp of 50,000 soldiers at Chickamau ga. Col. Gunder is a splendid disciplinarian and he has excellent regimental drill-masters. I believe that the reason that the regiment has the best drilled men and the reason its men has the most money is because the regiment has no canteen and j never has had. Col. Gunder wouldn t j tolerate one. Every company of the One Hundred and Sixtieth has a company fund to meet any emergency and is in shape to buy delicacies at any time. I noticed a great contrast between the boys of that regiment and the boys of the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth, which has a canteen. Col. Gunder’s regiment, besides being the best drilled, has the reputation of being the quickest moving regiment the government has in the volunteer service.” Samuel H. Marshall, who has been under arrest for several months charged with the murder of Mrs. Louisa Stoltz, of Portland, was tried and acquitted before a Randolph county jury last week. The verdict was returned Friday afternoon about thiee o’clock, after the jury had been out twenty-four hours. Hon. A. P. Beatty, of'this city, appeared as one of the’ attorneys for the defense and his plea for the life and liberty of his client was probably the effort of his I life. The Winchester correspondent for the Indianapolis Sentinel said: “There is a deep-seated and almost universal feeling in the minds of the people that the defendant is guilty and the jury is being unmercifully criticised. As the members of the jury are of the highest character no suspicion can rest upon them. It must and will lie believed that they acted honestly and conscientiously. There was absolutely no appeal made by attorneys to the sympathy of the jury; there was nothing in the defendant or his history that appealed to sympathy. It was a case where bold opposing facts arose, each claiming | to be the truth, and stared each other |in the face. Both could not be true; both were well proven. One was more j inclined to believe the state s facts, ! but if any difference the important j witnesses of the defense were people of higher character than those of the state. The case was ably prosecuted and ably defended, but the result, depended not so much on the skill of attorneys as on the array’ of facts. If a great wrong has teen done no one is ‘ | to be blaimed unless the defendant s • i witnesses, and not they unless they I have testified falsely or carelessly.

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Dan Niblick returned Saturday from his trip through the east where he had teen for the purpose of buying goods for the mammouth dry goods and grocery store of Niblick & Co. in this city. During the ten days Dan was absent he visited New York, Philadelphia and Bluffalo. While returning home and when on his way from New York to Philadelphia Dan had an experience which is werth mentioning. He and a traveling salesman were occupying a seat at the rear of the car. After they had traveled several hours the conductor came up and asked if they would care to exchange seats with a distinguished party of gentlemen who wished to eat supper. They replied they would exchange and when the party arrived they were introduced by the conductor to Admiral Cervera, the great Spanish leader, his son and a Spanish lieutenant. Dan says that the Admiral is a fine looking soldier and he feels quite proud of his acquaintance. Cervera and party were o:i their way from Boston to Annapolis, Md. Dan says that all along the line of travel great crowds had gathered to see the famous man. who had met defeat at the hands of the Americans so bravely. The members of the G. A. R. of Adams county met at the court house last Saturday afternoon and decided to hold a grand county reunion of the soldiers of Adam county. R. S. Peterson acted as chairman of the meeting and W. A. Wisner as secretary. Com mittees on arrangements, invitation and grounds were appointed and other preliminary arrangements attended to in order to make this the test event of the kind ever held in the county. The following are the committees appointed: Committee on arrangemetns- W. A. Wisner, Jos. W. Smith, Wilber M. Clymer, Robt. Maloney and J. M. Holloway. Committee on invitation- Robt. Blackburn, T. R. Moore, W. H. Myers, Wm. Sheets aud Jacob Butcher. Committee on grounds-

John Barnett, C. T. Rainier and A. C. Holmes. The exact time of the reunion has not been fixed, but should the members of Company B lie mustered out and return home any time next month, the week of their return will be the date. Then will follow a grand week of gala days, including receptions and the celebration of the boys return as well as the gathering together of the boys of ’6l. All will join in rejoicing that war is again over and peace reigns supreme. Good programs will be prepared for each and every day and our citizens should join in their efforts to give the young as well as the old soldiers a royal entertainment. James Milton Daughtry was instantly killed Sunday morning by being struck by an east-bound freight on the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad at this place. Mr. Daughtry has been a resident of this city for several years. During the past year he has been working about half time for John D. Hale at the Clover Leaf elevator. On Saturday evening as usual a settlement was •made and Daughtry received about five dollars. He came down street, purchased a pair of overalls, a pair of shoes and some groceries. He then made the rounds of the saloons, and when he started for home about twelve o’clock he was very much under the influence of liquor. Mr. Daughtry lives along the Clover Leaf railway about two squares from Winchester street, and it is supposed that he sat down along the track to rest. His hat and the bundles containing the goods which he had purchased were lying together a short piece from where he was found. He very probably went to sleep while sitting there and was struck by the east-bound freight which went through here at 12:45 Sunday morning. He was struck again, how ever, by the west-bound passenger which was due here about five o’clock. The engineer saw the body on the track but was unable to stop his train. He reported having struck a man when he arrived at the station and several people went back along the track a short ways, when they came upon the mangled body. Identification was impossible. Both legs and one arm were cut off and the head mashed so badly that not even one feature could be recognized. In one of the pockets was found a memorandum of the settlement between him and Mr. Hale the evening before, and by this and pieces of clothing he was finally recognized. Auten & Gay were not! fled and prepared the body for burial. Funeral services were held at three o'clock the same afternoon and he was buried at the Beery cemetery, west of the city. In less' than twenty-four hours from the time he left work he was dead and buried. James Daugh try was about fifty years of age. He leaves a wife and a family of seven children. His wife has been living at Columbus. Ohio, for several years, having separated from her husband on account of his habit of Incoming intoxicated. Mr. Daughtry was formerly a professor in several of the best schools in Ohio, and was at one time instructor of mathematics in the Dayton. Ohio. University. He was a good workman and a kind father, ami has many friends here who deplore his untimely end. The sympathy of the entire community is with the sorrowing orphan children who are left,