Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1898 — Page 1

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Timber the democratic meeting I B ' me ' n 4,L bv Judge Bobo and R.:' headquarters Saturday ■ veilingFive members of Company B ar- • home Monday evening on a ,ved ’ furlough. The boys are n wel and in good spirits but glad ‘ have the privilege of shaking hands nth their friends. x -received in this city recently JXXt that Mrs. H L. Con- ’ who has been quite sick for sevej weeks is much improved. The ts is joyously received by her large •X of friends and relatives here. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lar vev Hart fell from a bed one night tw«>k and broke her shoulder bone. Clark dressed the wound and the ittle sufferer is getting along as nicej v as could be expected. Diphtheria is in our midst and par>nts cannot be too particular. Every Caution possible and everything Xssarv should lie done to prevent a Xr spread of the disease. Five eases have been reported so far. Harry Carr, the victim of a severe heatin”’ at Geneva a few weeks ago, as brought suit against Mont Mauer et al. for damages sustained therew’ He asks that he be allowed the sum of $2,000 and all other proper relief. The Weber building, corner of Monroe and Third streets, is being cleaned up this week preparatory to hein” remodeled for a bowling alley. An addition will lie built and the room otherwise considerably improved. The Shakespeare dull met with Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Studabaker Fifth street yesterday afternoon and took up the study of King Lear. This subject will be completed at the next meeting at which time a review of the work will be taken up. The material for the iron work on the court house tower is arriving and employes are busy getting them in place.’ Work on the construction of the new tower will now be started in earnest. The work has gone along rather slow on account of the material not arriving as soon as was expected. Thematerial, nowever, has to be manufactured to order, Mrs. Hugh Miller, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winnes, for several months, left Tuesday morning for her far away home at Pendleton, Oregon. She left over the Clover Leaf route and will stop a short time at St. Louis. Mr. Miller is the minister of the Baptist church at Pendleton. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller were reared in this county and have a host of friends here who wish them every possible success and happiness. Rev. E. T. Gregg, for five years pastor of the Methodist church of this city, but who is now located at Kokomo, was in the city yesterday on his way home from Portland, where he had been attending the funeral of his old friend, Dr. Arthur. Rev. Gregg is in excellent health and seems well satisfied with his new home, at which place he has charge of one of the handsomest churches in Indiana. Dick Meyers, the popular first sergeant of Company B, is at home on a furlough. He arrived last Saturday morning and will remain until tomorrow. Although glad to be at home with his friends he says life in Decatur seems rather slow compared with the exciting scenes incidental to life in a military camp. Dick looks as though he had been in the service for tears and from all reports he fills the position perfectly. The clerical work of his office is being looked after durtug his absence by Rollin T. Bobo.

The ladies of the Methodist church have arranged to give a grand New England feast in this city October 2ith. Dinner and supper will be served equal to anything ever given w the city. It has been the custom of the church for many years to give a dinner and supper on Thanksgiving "Sy, but this year they have concluded to deviate from that custom and to give their fall dinner as stated above on next Thursday, October 27th. Everybody should make arrangements »secure a good square meal on this . T for a small amount and at the same time help along a good cause. R Catholic fair is in progress at b uffton this week for the purpose of during money to pay their assesstocnts on the pave streets recently uudt in that city. There are said to * but four Catholic families in Bluff01b still through their efforts and hard work the fair is said to be a grand ueeess. A number of our young peoP le are assisting in the fair. Tester ay an excursion was run from Fort „> a J. ne and hundreds attended, invading the Hibernian Rifles, who ?ave a fancy drill during the evening. Ot >ight an excursion will be run totn here and a largo number are aking the necessary arrangements Martin Mvlot, of this city, t ■ t ? -’ e voted on as the most popular "’hman in the state. No doubt our ar > ura ‘ onists "ill have a good time k money thev spend is going — an excellent cause.

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.i be a gospel meeting of the y\ . C T. L. at the Presbyterian!: church next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 1 o clock-, The subject will be "Social I Purity’. and every citizen of Decatur is invited to he present and assist in the meeting. Jack Baker, a member of Company B, is home on a thirty days furlough. He is not looking as well as he might I and is just recovering from a six weeks seige of typhoid fever. His stay in > . Decatur will no doubt do him good I and return to him his old health and ■ vigor. We wish to call the attention of our i correspondents to the fact that their i items should be sent in on Tuesday. ’ This only requires a small amount of | extra exertion on your part, while to j us it means a great deal of extra I labor w hen they all come in on ! Wednesday. Dr. Aspy, of Geneva, was in town yesterday attending a meeting of the i pension board, of which he is a member. Four applications for an increase in the amount paid them each month by Uncle Sam was before the boaid. The applicants were duly examined and the facts sent to the pension department of the government. Only two new cases have been filed with Clerk Lenhart, of the circuit court during the past week. They are j State ex rel Harry Carr vs John C. F. I Manley. Michael McGriff and Thos. | E. Mann, complaint filed for dam- j age; demand $2,000. International j Building and Loan Association vs | James L. Wheeler et al., complaint on I bond and foreclosure of mortgage. John B. Miller, the well known I barber, who has been very low with j rheumatism was down street Satur-' day for the first time in four weeks. John looks very bad and has had a serious time but will no doubt be as well as ever in a short time. This is the second attack John has had of this kind within a few months and he says he is not at all anxious for another. The case of Brandyberry vs. Brandyberry on a paternity charge occupied j the time of the circuit court Monday. [ The parties to the suit are cousins. I and the evidence showed them to be about as degraded as it is possible for i humans to become The jury returned a verdict against the defend- ■ ant after being out only a short time. Judgment was rendered for .8400. The defendant in all probability cannot pay the judgement and according to I the Indiana laws will be compelled to spend the next year in the county jail. Dr. C. A. Arthur, one ol the most prominent citizens of Portland, and who was well and favorably known here died at his home last Monday. Mr. Arthur has served two terms as auditor of Jay county, was a surgeon of much prominence in the civil war and was for many years president of the Citizen’s Bank at Portland. He was a clever and popular gentleman and his large number of friends here and wherever he was known deeply regret his death. His funeral occurred yesterday. Dr. Henry E. Keller, who has for several years had his office and labratory located in the Smith building over “Curley’s” place, has secured a five years lease on the Studabaker and Allison building over Mills & Myers’ grocery, and will remove his office to that place about the first of the month. The rooms are being remodeled to suit the convenience of the doctor, and his rooms when completed will be among the finest in the city. The rooms formerly occupied by him will also be remodeled and an elegant club room will be located there. The following from the Berne M itness indicates that the orphans home of that thriving little town is even branching outside the limits of our own country to do good and to establish missionary stations: Two sisters of the Orphan’s Home, the Misses Carrie Peters and Anna bouderman, left this place Monday mornin” for a direct journey to the tar- ! away India, where they expect to arrive after six seeks of uninterrupted travel, if all goes well. Rev. J. A. Sprunger. who sends them out, hopes to be able to start a mission station and build an orphans home in that part of the Orient in the near future.

“Uncle Josh Spruceby.’ showed at the opera house Monday evening to a packed house and the verdict of every one who attended is that it was the best attraction at popular prices ever Xnin the city. Two concerts were given on the streets during the day which were great treats for lovers of music At the opera house the music by the orchestra was alone worth.the price of admission TuHles TLircrman who HFO IMJtll V\ tll known he%, were with the band, the 1X 1X- the leader. The drama was a few * j |.f e was quite opera house.

DECATUR. INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1898.

rhe following is a copy of a letter received by a western undi rtaker: “stir my wife is ded and wants to be ; berred to morrer at wunner clok yu < no where to dig the hole, bi the sid of my 2 uther wyfs—let it be deep.” The Chautaqua section of the ladies’ Shakespeare club met with Mrs. C. A. Dugan, on First street, Tuesday after- ; noon. The meeting was one of the 1 best of the year and the work was i quite interesting, The subject of Rev. Pearce at the Baptist church next Sunday morning ; will be “Christian Giving, what it is and what it means to the individual and to the church.” Special interesting services in the evening at 7 p. m, Subject, "An evening with the famous Hymns and Hymn Writers. Special music. A bill has been prepared by some of the more progressive barbers of the state, in connection with the state health officers, and will be presented at the next session of the State Legislature, requesting that barber shops be placed under the control of a “State Board of Barbers’ Registration.” It has already been printed, and is now in circulation for signers. Rev. John R. H. Latchaw, president of Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio, will give a free lecture at St. Paul’s Chapel, four miles southeast of this city on the evening of October 29. Everybody invited. Dr. Latchaw is an intimate friend of the pastor at that place and gives this lecture free, asking only a free will contribution. He is one of Ohio’s strongest men in the educational field. The dinner served at the Miesse I House last Friday evening in honor of | the guests of the DeVilbiss Bell party is said to have been one of the most elaborate ever served in the city. Under the recent management this house has obtained a record for serving ex- | cellent meals, which can be equalled by few hotels in the state in a city of our size. Messrs. Miesse & Yager deserve credit for running an up-to-date hotel in every respect. John T. Blaney, of St. Marys town- | ship, was in the city last Saturday | and made this office a call to renew I his subscription to the Democrat. I John says that a few days ago while ! working in a field near his house he : discovered a raspberry bush which 1 had a number of as large and beauti- : ful berries on as it had ever been his ! pleasure to behold. John took the berries to the house and is keeping them as a sort of relic. Two crops of fruit in this county is rather uncomI mon. A genial party of hunters and sports- ! men left Berne Monday night for : Deer river. Minnesota, where they will remain during the hunting season. The boys are all good marksmen and you may exuect to hear stories of a big time and lots of game. Those who are in the party are, W. L. Hunt, Clayton Hunt, Morton Hunt, Frank Hucklebone, Solomon Mosure. David : Runyon, George Nichols, Emil Shaff- ! ter and G. W. Gates. The boys have | promised us a long letter as soon as they are comfortably “at home,’ in | their new quarters. In last week’s issue we mentioned I the fact that Harry Karr, who was the ; victim of a severe beating with a base , ball bat in the hands of Mont Manley, in the latter’s saloon at Geneva some ' time ago, was in town and that he had fully recovered. In the latter statement we have since discovered, however, that we were badly mistaken. In fact Mr. Karr’s visit to this city ' was to consult a physician and it is ' now said that the probabilities are that he will never again regain his hearing. His condition otherwise is not the best and the chances are , that his once strong constitution is ”one forever. Although Harry s friends are still hopeful of his ultimate recovery the statement of his physician is not very flattering in that direction.

Charles S. Niblick, the popular assistant cashier of the Old Adams County Bank, was very agreeably surprised last night. The occasion was the arrival of his thirty-second birthday and in commemoration thereof about fortv of his friends, composed of the Pedro Club of which himself and wife are members, walked in on him early in the evening and took the house. Charley didn’t know really whether he was or wasn t. but finally settled down and didn’t make such a bad host after all. Progressive pedro was the order of the evening. About nine o’clock an excellent luncheon was served and every one did credit to the event by feasting for fully an hour. Those who enjoyed the evening pleasures were Messrs, and Mesdames E. X. Ehinger, Henry Schulte, C. P. Ehingen John Mougey, J. B. Weber, C L Meiliers, John Gerard, John Staroust, W. H. Niblick, D. D. Clark, C. Rademacker, U. Dinninger, H. F. Costello, J. K. Niblick J. B. Holthouse. W. H. Keubler. Frank Crawford and Misses Mary and Emeha Niblick. The event was a complete surprise to Charlev and the pleasures of the evening were appreciated by all The Democrat joins with ( harley s lar°e circle of friends in hoping for him an event just as happy and pleasant in a century from now.

Clerk Lenhart issued marriage licenses this week to Jesse L. Smitley and Amanda J. Kelley, O. Fink and Clista Andrews,Orton F. Wheeler and M. E. Anderson, John W. Cook and Jennie Engle, Nathan Ritter and Edith M. Hill. Miss Dollie Schaffer of this city will go to Bluffton today where she has been engaged to give several selections in reading at the St. Joseph church fair. Miss Dollie is one of the leading elocutionists of the state and her appearance in Bluffton will no doubt be a success. At the election next month the voter will cast three ballots one each for the state, county and township ticket. The state ballots will be printed on a red paper, the county ballots on white paper the township ballots on yellow paper. Three ballot boxes will be provided, one for each ticket, and painted the same color as the ballots it contains.

The democratic central committee have arranged for a mass meeting to be held at headquarters, in the old Meiber’s opera house, next Saturday evening. At that time Judge James R. Bobo and Hon. R. K. Erwin will present the issues of the day. Both men are good, broad orators and the meeting promises to be an interesting and enthusiastic one. Go and hear the political issues discussed, Mrs. Fritzlen, of Denton, Texas, is the guest of Mrs. Townsend, of the Burt house for a few days. She was formerly Mrs. F. A. Jeleff and was for many years a resident of this city. She left here more than eighteen years ago, going to Denton where she has since resided. She says there are many changes in Decatur and indeed she would scarcely have known the city were it not for a few old land marks. Many of our older citizens will remember her . She will remain about ten days. Burglers of some description entered the Methodist parsonage one night last week and as Rev. Daniel and family are enjoying a trip in the east the thieves had no trouble in ransacking the house. It is said every room was entered and things torn up and thrown about in every direction. Just what was taken or what the loss is, will not be known until the family returns home. It is believed the work was done by some of our professional, home talent people, who have surely by this time become quite as expert at such business as anybody. Another case of that dreaded disease, dyphtheria, has been reported to our physicians. This time Can France, the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora France is the victim. His condition is not serious yet, although the case is said to be genuine dyphtheria. No quarantine has been placed upon the house and the chances are that an epidemic will ensue if something is not soon done as a preventive. It is said that many children have already been exposed and it is wrong for our authorities to take any chances. The strictest precaution should be placed upon all who have been exposed,

The time of year has again arrived for millinery openings and they are attended by the female population with more eagerness than the average small boy does a circus. When a millinery opening is advertised to take place the girls, young women and many old, gray haired women, for that matter, have no rest until they feast their eyes on the lovely hats and bonnets usually displayed. After they have attended every opening and have seen every pretty hat in town, they are generally more undecided as to what they want than they were when they started out to make the rounds of the millinery stores. The most preplexing question that a woman has to deal with, next to buying her lover a Christmas present, is the selection of a suitable head-gear. The following account of the OhioIndiana reunion which was held in Warren, Ohio, a few days ago is from the Warren Chronicle and will no doubt be interesting to many of our citizens: “Buckeye State people, not to be outdone in hospitality by their Hoosier relatives, certainly gave their guests a right royal and pleasant time at the annual reunion which was held at the fair grounds Thursday. The attendance reached over 2,000, and there was not one of that number but had a good time. The opportunity of visiting old friends again brought people from Trumbull, Mahoning, Portage and Ashtabula counties to the reunion. As the Indiana people had such a fine literary and musical program last fall, the committee on arrangements for the local reunion had secured excellent talent for the afternoon program. As it was by rotation the turn of Indiana delegation to choose officers, the following were selected: President, W. W. Weisell, Sr., of Bluffton, Ind.; Secretary, W. W. Weisell, Jr., of Bluffton, Ind.; executive committee, W. H. Rupright, Milo J. Gorrell, George Harter, J. L. Metts, of Ossian, Albert Wilson, of Uniondale, John Rupright, of Decatur. By request of the citizens of Bluffton, the next reunion will be held at Studabaker’s grove, at that place, on the third Thursday of September, 1899.”

It is reported that John Hale, a I member of Company B, was in the | city the latter part of last week. It is said he was away from camp on “French leave” and he did not make himself very conspicous about town There remains in the post office unclaimed letters for G. Mallowe, Hon. J. D. Elsey, Harry Bixler, Mrs. Francis ' Brown, George D. Brown, William Gainse, Mike Rume, Chas. McColum, Mrs Ava Wiley, Mrs. J. Wyle, Mrs. 1 Jacob Stultz. W. P. Smith, Mrs. Mamie Slater, C. H. Stone, O. S. Steele. For the benefit of a number of inquirers it may be stated that it will not be lawful to shoot quail before the 10th of November. On that day, however, every man who has a gun can blaze away at “Bob White”, with per feet impunity, as the law prohibiting the shooting of quail expires on the 9th. The state board of education has employed Prof. S. H. Clark, professor of reading of the Chicago University, and a well known University Extension lecturer, to revise the third, fourth and fifth readers of the Indiana series. The revision will be made subject to the control and supervision of the committee on revision of readers. All expenses will be paid by the Indiana school book company. Arbor Day falls this year in Indiana on October 28, by proclamation of Governor Mount. The Governor urges its general observance bv the planting of forest trees on the farms and shade trees in the cities and towns. The day is to be specially observed by the schools in tree planting. it ought, as far as possible, in its fullest meaning, be observed by every citizen of Indiana. Carpenters and painters have been busy during the past two weeks in fixing up the bar for the Burt House case and their work is almost completed. The bar will be one of the finest in any hotel in the state whm completed. which will probably be the latter part of next week. Dick never does things by halves, as will be demonstrated when he opens up this new place of business. On Wednesday evening. October 12. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Johnson, on the state line, in Van Wert county, Ohio, occurred the marriage of their daughter, Victoria, to William Clyde Beam, of St. Marys township, Adams county, Ind. The ceremony was performed at six o’clock by Rev. H. H. Smith, after which a bountiful feast was served. The bride was beautifully dressed in cream colored Henrieta cloth trimmed with lace. The groom wore the customary black. The guests were the brothers and sisters of the bride and groom 1 and a most delightful time was had. By a decision of the supreme court handed down Saturday the Appellate i court judges will be voted for in Novi ember. The prevailing opinion was written by Justice Howard, Justices • Hackney and McCabe concurring. All , three are democrats. A dissenting opinion was written by Justice Jordan, Justice Monks concurring. These two are republicans. The democratic nominations for the appellate court have > already been certified, and the republicans will place their nominees on the ' ticket by petition. The ease decided was an action by the five democratic ' nominees for the appellate bench, who sought a mandate against the board ' of election commissioners to compel ’ them to place their names on the state ballot to be voted for in November next as candidates. The Marion eir--1 cuit court refused to issue the mandate and the candidates appealed from 1 that decision.

During the past tew years the various beautiful homes of our city have been the scenes of many brilliant affairs. None, however, have surpassed the reception and dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. A L. DeVillbiss and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bell, at the home of the latter, corner of Madison and Third streets, last Friday evening. The elite of the city were there and the entertainment throughout, as predicted last week, was one of the most enjoyable ever given in Decatur. Fully'seventy-five guests were present. The Bell mansion was beautifully decorated. The porch was draped with bunting and the national colors, while on the inside, drapery, beautiful potted plants and cut flowers adorned every room. Happy greetings and pleasant conversation entertained the large crowd until 6:30 o’clock, when they repaired to the Miesse house where a sumptous repast was served. The dinning room and the entrance thereto were decorated for the occasion with flowers and plants. The dinner was simply beyond the dreams of any hungry man who ever lived and all present did justice to the excellency thereof. W bile the guests partook of the feast they were entertained with music by Prof. Falk’s Juvinile Orchestra. The sumptous repast over, the guests were again invited to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bell and the evening was spent in listening to beautiful music and in having a general good time. Not a single th?ng was left undone by those who entertained which could add to the enjoyment and delight of the guests i and from all reports the pleasures of . the evening will not soon be forgotten.

CIRCULATION 2400 WEEKLY

NUMBER 32

A special train will carry a large number of our people to bluffton this evening on account of a fair given for the benefit of the St. Joseph’s Catholic church at that place. Train will leave here over the Clover Leaf at 6:30 p. m. Returning train leaves Bluffton at 11:15. Tickets good until Friday. Fare for round trip fifty cents. Are you going? Make arrangements to assist this cause along by your presence. H. R. Hupman, of Springfield. Ohio, has been the guest of Miss lantha Gregory for several days this week. Mr. Hupman has just returned from Ponce, Porto Rico, where he has been for several months as an operator in the signal corps of the Ohio volunteer army. At one time it was reported that he had met death in one of the battles on the island and his name was even published in a number of papers. His friends are happy that the report was a mistake and that he was not even wounded. He will return to his home tomorrow. There is a sentiment in this state, especially in the larger cities, in favor of paying all prosecuting attorneys, justices of the peace and constables fixed salaries, thus doing away with the fees which said officers receive in all prosecutions in which they are interested. It is well known that the state of Indiana pays no fees, and in cases where conviction fails, the justice, prosecutor and constable receive no compensation. It is argued that the question of fees often has greater weight than the evidence, and as a result many people are compelled to pay a fine and costs or be thrust in jail. Two more car loads of heavy draft horses left Tuesday morning for the markets of Germany. The horses were the property cf John Nidlinger and John Frysinger and their destinotion is Hamburg, Germany. Mr. Frysinger and Bub Burrell accompanied the animals, the former will, however, only go as far as New York and then turn them over to Barrel who will make the trip across the water. This industry has become a leading one among the horsemen and farmers of this county and they certainly deserve much credit for thus obtaining an advanced market for their stock.

The following cases have been up before Judge Heller in the circuit court this week and have been disposed of: Christian Gerber vs Fred K. Shaffer and John Gaurer, judgment against defendants for $630.45; State ex rel Orpha Brandyberry vs Freeman Brandyberry, judgment that relatix was delivered of a bastard child and that the defendant is the father thereof. Judgment against defendant for S4OO. In default of same he was sent to jail; State vs Harry Johns, finding that defendant is guilty of petit larceny and that he be committed to the. Indiana reform school for boys until he is twenty-one years of age; Buckeye Supply Company vs J. B, White et al., re set for trial on November 10th. State ex rel Lizzie Tapp vs Peter Kinney, cause is continued by agreement. Frank N. Cramer vs John M. Blossom, judgment against plaintiff for costs.

The regular session of our city council met in the city hall Tuesday evening to transact their usual amount of business. Suttles. Haefling, Mann and Niblick were present while Miller, Chronister and his Honor, the Mayor, were absent. Mr, Suttles, of the first ward, was made chairman pro rem of the meeting and the session proceeded to business. The minutes of the meeting of October 4th were read and adopted. The report of the committee on water and light with regards to the Telephone Company was filed, recommending that the city give the Telephone Company the use of water and electric lights in exchange for the use of the telephone system by the city in the citv. It was then moved and seconded that the report be approved and the contract drawn in accordance with the report and the water and light committee were directed to close the contract. The report of the finance committee with regards to the borrowing of $5,500 of the banks to pay off city bonds was filed and the report approved. Republication was ordered of the notice calling a meeting of the street and alley committee on the Gay alley sewer to meet November 15.1898. On motion the following bills were allowed: Gas Company, S4B; Deca tur Democrat, $105; Shelby Hnderson, $1.50; James Touhey, 75c; Andrew Appleman, $26.25; Street Commissioner’s pay roll. $34.40, Fire Department, for fire which occurred October Ist, $10; J. B. Ford, $6.60; Mike Englehart, $10; Nachtrieb & Fuelling, for telephone message, 40c; B. J. Smith, $4.40: Bass Fovndry, 50c; E, Woods, for six feet of crushed stone at 25c, $1.50; Powers & Foorman, $10.56. Niblick then offered a resolution to pay the city part of the Bockt necht sewer,s9.2s, which was adopted, The report of the city clerk for the month of September was referred to the finance committee. A resolution was adopted and a lien declared against lot number 527, in the city of Decatur, owned by Philip Sheets. This concluded the business and council adjourned.