Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1899 — Page 8

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Eastern Dispatch. Clarence Elston lias been quite sick the past few days. Barney Everett visited Grant Strickler last Saturday and Sunday. The Willshire high school has about eleven weeks school yet this spring. D. Ray has rented the houce on the Eastern farm which he will occupy in the near future. The last teacher's institute of St. Mary’s township of this term of school, convened at Pleasant Mills last Saturday with Supt. Brandyberry at the helm. Peterson. Susan Schfrry is very ill with the quinsy. Lannie Steele walked to Curryville Saturday evening. The late fox chase on the Robinson farm was a failure. Church at Antioch was poorly attended Sunday evening. Ida Weldy attended church at Zion Chapel Wednesday evening. H. M. Beery was assisting George Martin to bale hay last week. G. H. Bright’s foot which was severely injured is improving. There are four more weeks of school of this term in Kirkland township. Church closed at Zion Chapel near this place last Wednesday evening. James Beery and John A. Bright visited the graded school at this place. Sam Baker and Bob Beery were at Fort Wayne to pass examination for the regular army. Frank and Ed Baker are preparing to accompany Mr. Fisher’s horses to Hamburg, Germany. Pleasant Mills. A. M. Fuller transacted business at Ohio City last week. The elevator at this place is undergoing some repairs. Dr. Vizard reports a good deal of sickness in the community. Charley Yager gave Decatur a business call the forepart of the week. Otto Martz and wife are spending a few days at Celina, Ohio, with friends. Miss Nettie McCollough returned to her home at Bluffton, after a short visit here with friends. Henry Martz returned from Grover Hill, Ohio, after spending several davs there with relatives. Miss William Cowan of Decatur, visited with her parents, Edward Cordua and wife a few days last week. Rev. Barton closed his protracted effort at this place Monday evening after a week’s session. The meeting proved unsuccessful. A. M. Fuller will erect a large two story frame building in the place of the one recently destroyed by fire. The carpenters will begin work as soon as the weather permits. L. D. Griswold of Tipton county, Indiana, has moved on the farm known as the Winans’ farm, one mile west of town. Mr. Griswold comes well recommended as a good neighbor and we wish him and family success in their new home.

Since our last report our population has increased to some extent. The new additions that we add to the list is the arrival of a girl at the home of Wilson Beery, and a boy at the home of Charles Bartling, and also a boy at the home of Lee Porter. Berne, Sam Shepherd was at Decatur last Thursday. Jacob Atz made a business trip to Portland Monday, James Sullivan was at Decatur on business Tuesday. Dan Shalley and wife were visitors -at Bluffton over Sunday. Andy Gottschalk was a business ■caller at Decatur Tuesday. Joe Augsburger of Woodburn came here Friday and returned Tuesday. Emd Pleuss was a business caller at Fort Wayne Thursday of last week. The Union Central Life Insurance Co. is doing a landoffice business at Berne. David Gerber of Decatur, was looking after business here Thursday and Friday. Twelve oi our young people attended an entertainment at Geneva last Thursday night. Amos Hirshy and Chris Egly made a business trip to Ft. Wayne Thursday of last week. A J. Hawk bought the feed yard on west Main street for? 950, Thursday of last week. The Bank of Berne. C. A. Augsburger and Dr. Franz are connected with the outside world. L. Houmniard moved with his family to Bluffton, Ohio, Thursday of last week, where he has bought property Mr. and Mrs. Hirshy south of town.

welcomed a little boy that arrived at their home Tuesday night of last week. Berne headquarters for the Chattanooga Telephone company will be in the future at Stengel & Craig’s drug store where you will do your’phoning. Lee Walters ofjFt. Wayne, Revenue Collector for this district, was here Monday looking after stamps. Uncle Sam has a fine officer in Mr. Walters. Twenty of our young folks gathered at the home of C. Stengel last Friday evening and gave a great surprise to Sam A. Craig in rememberance of his twenty-seventh birthday. A good time was enjoyed. Pleasant Valley. Nelson Louden has gone to housekeeping. Elmer Ray has moved to Berne and engaged in business. Mrs. Archie Hendricks has been on the sick list for some time. Jesse Clark has been sick for some time and fears are entertained for his recovery. John Hahn and Ot Smith returned last Friday from a business trip to Delaware county. James Hendricks moved on the Eli Ray farm Tuesday, having purchased it some time ago. Alpha Strait is very sick at this writing with rheumatism and a complication of diseases.

Mr. Mills, from Wells county, now occupies his farm he purchased some time ago from M. Blossom. Lyman Blossom and Jonas Gilbert attended the funeral of Mr. Spangler’s chilli in Root township last Friday. Rev. R. Morgan, who has charge of the Christian church at Star City, Ind., paid his mother a short visit Tuesday. Howard Louthan and Miss Rose Sprunger were married at Monroe Monday night. ’Squire Albaugh performed the ceremony. William Hendricks returned last Thursday from an extended visit with his son, Cyrus, at Petoskey, Mich. He reports lots of snow and cold weather up there.

A number of guests assembled at the home of James Hendricks Friday night and participated in a farewell supper as Air. Hendricks intended moving soon. Your scribe was not present but it is needless to state that Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks entertained in their usual hospitable manner. Linn Grove. Daniel Schumaker, of Sterling. Kansas, is a visitor here. Mr. S. was a citizen of this place in past years. Lewis Gilgon, a desirable citizen, died at his home three and one-half miles northwest of here on Friday evening, March 3. Age alxiut sixtyfive years. E. C. Hughes, of Jackson Center. Ohio, was here on Wednesday of last week and sub contracted the carrying of the mail between this place and Berne. Eugene Van Camp being the contracting party, and Ambranse A. Call, of Algona, lowa, being the speculative contractor. Our community took on a pleasant surprise when apprised on Sunday of the marriage of Timothy H. Fouts and Mrs. Elizalieth Runyon, both of mature marital age. the groom being 68 and the bride of 70 summers. Mr. Fouts acted the part of wisdom afe he and his son lived alone and the later unfortunately being a mute thus making life all the more lonesome for the now happy grown. Lewis E. Hirschy, of Toledo, Ohio, in past years a resident of this place, favored us with an elaborate amount of interesting manuscript and pictures for the inspection of his many friends. The manuscript in part sets forth the proceedings of a cause of action wherein Mr. Hirschv was arrested and confined in jail for one hour for sticking up posters on telegraph poles, alledged to lx? in violation of the ordinance of the city of Toledo. While in custody his money, watch and other valuable’s were taken, as also was his hat taken off. This Mr. Hirschy views as a gross insult to an American citizen. The case, however, was dismissed by the city for want of cause of action. Mr. Hirschy, now as his own attorney, files a suit against the city for $20,000 damages for alledged false arrest. This case was also dismissed, as he says without his knowledge. Then he transmitted his case to the United States Attorney General who answered that he was unable to see where this department was the proper place to seek redress for his grievances. He then endeavored to file his complaint with the clerk of the supreme court at Washington, who returned the documents by express for want of jurisdiction, that the case should lx> settled in the courts of the state of Ohio. The papers were again return ed to Washington but were neither returned or heard from, but the officers of the supreme court has his anathema and the end from appear- | ances has as yet not come. In Mr. Hirschy’a manifesto, which he num-

bers No. 999, he quotes Miss Fannie Hays visit to the Vatican where si e she declined to kneel for the Papal s benediction. Pope Leo told her that none but princes and potentates weie blessed standing. Mis> Hays replied, “Good Father, in the far western country from where I came, all people are princes and potentates . and the Pope blessed her while standing. Inspired by this beautiful thought Mr. Hirschy says he being a Caucasian will not allow or permit any cowardly cur,or mongrel to search his pockets and remove therefrom his watch, money, etc., nor to lift his hat from his head, rights that are sacred to a prince and potentate. The Toledo News in speaking of the case . savs, “Lewis E. Hirchy filed in court and is the author of the most novel and original document ever produced. The manuscript is a curiosity rhetorically, orthorgraphicaily and gramatically, and is worthy of a corner in the Smithsonian Institute." His ecentrieity engendered by the indignity incured from the lifting of his hat by the officer stimulated Mr. H. to another incident that would beg for a parallel by digging up an apple tree, stripping it of the bark and whitewashed, this he set in his front yard, on the end of every limb he hung an old hat, on every available space he nailed gaily painted signs bearing mottos such as "Let no man take the crown,” "Knowledge is power,” and other expressions. Old hats were also hung on poles against the front of his dwelling, a display of decoration that would give Santa Claus a fit. As some boys were investigating the strange sight one night, Lewis heard them, got his revolver and fired two shots swearing softly that he would defend his tree to the last drop of his blood. A cabinet size photograph of his residence thus decorated can be seen at the store of Hoffmann & Gottschalk on application. “More Spleen.’’ With your permission I want to reply to an article which I think does injustice to a large and respected portion of the inhabitants of southern Adams county. I refer to the article in the Geneva Herald of March 3, entitled “More Spleen,” which I think a very appropriate head ing for such an article, for I think pure and adulerated spleen is all that it is. Now if the Herald editor has any cause for complaint, he should state his case clearly and explain his grievance on his own responsibility, and not endeavor to bring all the people of the south part of the county into the matter and make them parties i of his venom. He says in the Herald of March 3, "in vindication of a good cause it now becomes imperative that we again take up what we, hand in hand with every good citizen of sopth- ' ern Adams county, have denounced as the foulest rottenness and a base ' fraud." Now I will venture the as- > sertion here that not one-third of the • people of the three southern town- f ships knows what the editor refers to i in that statement, and two-thirds of them them that do have not denounced I it as a base fraud or foul rottenness. | The Herald’s spleen seems to want ‘ vent and it accordingly seeks to frame i some sort of excuse for its unprovoked I] attack on the commissioners a couple of weeks before. I would like to ask, ! "What is the matter with the Herald ' editor anyway? What is the cause of i' so much ranting and rearing and kicking and fuss? And in the last place what does the gentleman want anyhow?” I must confess that as far as I am concerned myself, that I am ' unable to answer any of these ques- ' tions. Let’s see, in that article he ' says, “Were it not for vicious hands playing about in the background but little labor would be required to unwrap and disclose the foul facts in their true phase.” Now from the above statement can anyone locate the vicious hands of which he speaks? What does he mean? Does he mean to say that vicious hands are keeping the Herald from giving all the facts to its handful of readers? Or does he mean some other person is in vicious hands? If it is some other person or persons, why does he not tell us who ! it is and not keep us in suspense, about a matter of so much importance? ’ If the vicious hands have the Herald in their grasp it certainly would be better to make a clean breast of it I and let us know who they are, or elsej say nothing of the matter at all, and I not have us anxiously looking for a I sensation that will never come to light. Again he savs, "The people are inclined to place all the responsibility on the commissioners, whom we discover are not wholly to blame, &c.” Now this gives rise to other questions. First. Who do you mean by the people? Second. 'When did you make your startling discovery that'the commissioners are not wholly in the blame? Third. Who are the people that are in the blame? As to the first I will say that I happen to be one of the people of southern Adams county and have heard no fault finding or kicking about our commissioners whatever, the Herald excepted. So I think it is but fair that you in some waydesignate the people of whom vou speak, but do not include those who know nothing whatever of your con-1 ; troversy, real or imaginary, whichever ! iit may be, concerning your “discovi ery” that the commissioners are not I wholly in the blame. If you made ! that discovery more than two weeks 1 ago, why did you endeavor to rip the commissioners up the back in such an unmerciful manner when you knew they were not to blame. And again, if you made your discovery since you published that article, why did you not apologize for your mistake and mistreatment of the gentlemen in your issue of March 3. At the time vou discovered that the commissioners were not to blame you undoubtedly

discovered who was to blame, (at least that is to lx* inferred.) Then in justice to the commissioners why do you not make public who is to blame, anti thus diffuse some of your wisdom among your readeis. Or is it the vicious hand in the background that keeps you from disclosing the tout facts in their true phase?" Here in his article "More Spleen." the editor s mind seems to wander off into some nightmare vision in which he sees and admits the fact that it is out of place to make an attack on the board of commissioners but thinks that it might be an efficient means of reaching someone else, that he after using all the vilifying language at his command, finally dubs "conspirator. Os course no one can tell who he means by conspirator. His method seems to be to heap abuse upon good men to get vengeance on some imaginary bad one. Or it may be possible that the vicious hands in the background will not permit him to expose the "conspirator.” Now I come to my last question. What does the Herald editor want anyhow? He has not stated what he wants definitely at any time to my knowledge. Perhaps he wants the county seat moved to Geneva. Or

does he want Line street in the town of Geneva dredged? Or is it the county printing he is after? Or what is it he wants? He speaks about the gravel road coming to an abrupt terminis at Bryant in Jay county. One might think that it was the county commissioners of Jay county that he was aiming his rip up the back for, had he not stated differently in his article of a couple of weeks ago. So on the whole, it would seem that he wants our commissioners to build a gravel road from Bryant north to Geneva, a two and onehalf miles of which is in Jay county, and one and one-half miles in Adams county, so that the gravel road that runs from Rising Sun north to Bryant wo .Id not have such an abrupt terminis at Bryant, but at Geneva instead. It is a shame for such a low down, dirty villianous place as Bryant to have that terminis, Geneva ought by all means to have it. Here he proposes anoter astounding question. He says: "Why is it that a point in Adams county, just near the line, the ro id is impassable 'for a season from four to six months of each year.” Ohl my friend, that question is dead easy. It is because the surface of the ground in that locality is too near the level of low water mark in the Limberlost, and to fix it would require an immense outlay of money to construct a i levy high enough to be above high j water mark. The question is, would it pay for the expense of building it? I am of the opinion that it would be years before the benefit would equal the outlay required. Besides many of the people of that locality are not in favor of doing it. But why is it that Geneva has its best trade and greatest prosperity at the time when you say that road is impassable? Be I sides you don’t expect our commis- I sioners to go over into Jay county to build gravel roads, do you. What I benefit would the road be graveled to the county line? Practically none. I believe our commissioners are good, honest men, who are looking out for the best interests of the greatest number of people, and will do what seems to them right and just without laying too heavy a burden on the people for the benefit of the few. It would lx* a nice thing for some people to have that road graveled, not so nice for some and very detrimental to many others. Indiana has a statute on the gravel road question. The commissioners would no doubt be governed by that. Why do you not proceed in the statutory way ? Or are the vicious hands in the background in the way ? Respectfully, A Citizen. Geneva, Ind., March 7, ’99. Real Estate Transfers. David Studabaker to Henry Sehu j man. 1 acre Preble tp. S2O. Julia A. Allen to H. Harruff. 1 acre Jefferson tp. SIOO. Harlo Mann to James F. Mann, inlots 366 and 364 Decatur. SIOO. Tazwell Fritz to Louisa Heimberger, 100 acres see 31, .SSOO. Wesley W. Mumma to Chas W. Ahr. 40 acres Union tp, SI4OO. Win. N. Peckham to John Miller, 80 acres Union tp. $2600. Thus E. Mann to A. J. Hawk, inlots 200 and 201 Berne, S6OO. Chas S. Mumma to D. R. Brown, 40 acres Union tp, $1307. A. Kueuz to Abe Kneuz, 40 acres Wabash tp, SBSO. A. Peltz to Edward C. Peltz. 115 acres St. Mary’s tp. S2OOO. A. J. Huey to Simison Soldner, 40 acres Wabash tp. SI6OO. Decatur Inv. Co. toSimison <fc Soldner. pt ne qr see 36 Monioe, tp $44.45. C. J. Lutz, com., to Simison A; Soldner, pt ne qr see 36 Monroe tn $260. H

J. F. Mann to David A. L.ambert, pt inlots 364 and 365 Debatur, SISOO. Sarah A. French to M. E. French, pt sec 3 Hartford tp. S6OO. D.C. Fusbaum to A. B. Bixler, pt sec 10 Wabash tp, S2O. Peter C. Steiner to F. Stauffer. 40 acres sec 15 Wabash tp, SI7OO. Isaac Lehman to David Bixler, inlot 204 Berne, SBO. C. Danner to F. Zurcher, 40 acres Monroe tp, SI2OO. Reformed church to United M. church, inlot 38 Berne, S7OO. B. F. Blossom to Jasper Wable: 20 acres Washington tp, $550. Lewis L. Heaston to Mary A. Kohlharsh, 35 acres St. Mary’s tp,slsoo. The liest Salve in the World is Banner Salve. It is made from a prescription by a world wide known skin specialist and is positively the most healing salve for piles, burns, scalds, ulcers, running sores and all skin diseases. Holthouse, Callow &Co m

MARKETS. corrected by J. d. hale, grain merCHANT, DECATURj IND. Wheat, new...... ••••■•• , ’ l ' Corn, per cwt (mixed) old 4.5 I Corn, per cwt, new ! Gats, old I I Oats,new “'I Rye gg 3O Timothy 1 Eggs, fresh Butter Chickens ,2 Ducks „„ Turkeys Wool, washed 18 and 20 Hogs 3 4U TOLEDO MARKETS, MARCH 8, 1:30 P. M. Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash... .$ 721 May wheat••• '3| Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. 34| Prime clover, March 3 60 US 1 I iw From the day that a young man starts out to seek his first position to the end of his business life, his health has a world to do with his success. When a young man applies to a business man for a position, his personal appearance has a deal to do with the outcome. “ Personal appearance” does not mean dress alone. It does not mean exterior cleanliness alone. A young man may be clean, so far as soap and water will make him. but be disfigured by unsightly pimples, eruptions and ulcerations on the skin. These are due to impurities in the blood. The blood becomes impure because it is improperly nourished. Instead of receiving the life-giving elements of the food, it receives the foul emanations of indigestion, bilousness and costiveness. The reason that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is the best remedy for disorders of this description is that it goes right to first causes. It gives a man an appetite “ like a horse.” It facilitates the flow of digestive juices. It corrects all disorders of the digestion, and makes the assimilation of the life-giving elements of the food perfect. It invigorates the liver. It purifies and enriches the blood. It makes the muscles strong and active. It tones and steadies the nerves. It makes a young man look as he should—strong of body, alert of brain and clean and wholesome of skin. Medicine dealers sell it, and have nothing “just as good.” '■ I had eczema in its worst form,'' writes Austin Ramsey. Esq., of Saltillo, Huntingdon Co., Pa I tried three doctors but got no relief I thought it would set me wild, it itched and burned so badly. The neighbors thought I would never be cured. I took your Golden Medical Discovery ’ and am now ’well.” H MU '■ \ JIuPA ■X 1 The Nicest Wall Paper 'SSS' Does not cost near so much as you will expect, if you will come to my store to buy. This spring there are more beautiful patterns than ever before, and the prices are lower than you will find anywhere else. Come in and see what delightful effects the makers have produced this season. Page Blackburn. 52-13 THE DRUGGIST. QHERIFFS SALE. The State of Indiana Adams county ss: In the Adams circuit court of Adams coun-I ty, Indiana. Mary Smith Jacob 8. Railing, Shanna Railing. Abraham Railing Henry Buckmaster. John Nidlinger, ' No. a,84-, Dyonis Schmidt, Mathias Kirsch, August Sellemeyer. Jacob Longenbarger. Anthony Holthouse. J By virtue of an order of sale to me directed by the clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, of said county and state, I have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at the East door of the Court House in the city of Decatur. Adams county, Indiana, be- ° f 10 °’ clockA - « 4 Friday, March 31, 1899, i The rents and profits for a term not exceed ' ing seven years, of the following described ila.^wi e t': SltUated iD Adams InfhCommencing at the northwest corner of the n.rtb naif of the northeast quarter-of section twenty-six of township twenty seven north range fourteen east, thence east seventy"X theneesouth paralell with west lineof -airt north halt eighty rods to the south Uneot said north half, thence west seventv rons to nGrth half thenS north elgh acres L Tn° Aa epinniDi -'- con, “'nW Indiana Adams county, state of And on tallure to realize therefrom the full Xlw'i U 'X menU ‘forest th°e?Un e and costs, i win at the same time and in the same manner aforesaid, offer for sale the fee simSe of the above described premises P *' ""S ER S ■WSshk. BSW* JM Never r.: ■ 'growth. 1

HENRY B. HELLER ATTORNEY AT LAW o®ce.roomsland2,Bfnneß 1 oek. 0 p to ’ te Collections. Notary RICHARD K. ERWIN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office.— l.’orner Monroe and s General practitioner. No '.'"-"ets tat km. to r consul, JAMES T. MERRYMAN ATTORNEY AT LAW DECATI’R, IND Office- Nos. 1. 2. 3. over Adams Co. Bank 1 refer, by permission to Adams Co. Ba nk R. 3. PETEKSOn’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, DECATUR, INDIANA. Block™* ’ an<l 2 ' the An ' hOny Ho >tbou S . APBEATTY J.r.xwa MANN & BEATTY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW And Notaries Public. Pension claimed cuted. Odd Fellows building. Cldlms WOseJohnSchurger. Dave E. Smith SCHI'RGER & SMITH. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. I Money to loan at lowest rates of intere - , Abstracts of title, real estate and col eetlon. Rooms 1. 2 and 3 Welfley block. DeVilbiss & Archbold, DENTISTS. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Phone I K® idenee, 9. NEFTUNE I3XIOS. DENTISTS. Now located over the City News Stand are prepared to do all work pertaining to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty By use of Mayo s Vapor they are enabled to extract teeth without nain. Work guaranteed J. ID. HALE DEALER IN Grain, Seed, Wool, Salt, Oil. Coal, Lime, Fertilizers. Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and Clove Leaf railreads. Office and retail store southeast corner of Second and Jefferson Streets taF - Your patronage solicited. i Capital $120,000. Established 1K» THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK Decatur, Indiana. Does a general banking business, makes collections in all parts of tlie country Buys town, township and county eiders. l orei-”i and domestic exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Officers—V .H. Niblick. President: I' Studebaker. Vice President; R. K. Allison. Cashier, and C. S. Niblick. Assistant Cashier _ IK Meisse i»». House. I. J. MEISSE, Proprietor. First-Class Hotel. ..BATHS.. $1.50 and $1.25 PKH BAT. Opposite Court Houxe. MORTGAGE LOANS Money Loaned on Favorable Terms LOW RATE OF INTEREST Privelege of Partial Payments. Abstracts of Title Carefiilly Prepared F. M. SCHIRMEYER. Cor. 2d and Madison Sts. DECATI B, ISO Frazer Axle Grease wawf /k {Kiss & '•£? VITA VERY ■ Not affected by Heat or ColdHighest Awards at Centennial. Paris and World’s Fair. Manufaciurea LUBRICATOR UOm Factories Chciajo, St Loui», New York-