Decatur Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1899 — Page 3

Local News. Harry Karr of Mercer county is in town. rjolehin will have a special line of baked goods for conference week. , e your order with Colchin for tb e finest Bread, Pies, Cakes and Rolls. \v C Martz of Monroe is now lotxj at Marion, where he is holding down a good position of some kind. tz Stuckey, the new harness, and bicycle firm, are stocking up their place of business with their line of goods. Peter Soldner of Berne, the junior member of the mercantile firm, Simison & Soldner, was looking after business here today. Fx-Mayor Quinn is almost fully reeovereil and in fact looking quite his old familiar self. After constant confinement lasting many months he no doubt appreciates the new era of good health. 4 realistic illustration of light and darkness was produced by the sudden failure of the electric lights in theM.E church last evening. The gas lights were lighted and in a few minutes the difficulty was overcome. Moser makes a special rate on photos to those attending conference. Your picture is an appropriate present which will lie highly appreciated bv friends and acquaintances. All work furnished promptly and guaranteed to please. Robert B. Pennman of Ft. Wayne died Monday of paralysis. He was well known here, especially among the lumber and timber dealers, with whom he had transacted business for many years. His funeral will be held today. Among the witnesses who will testify in the celebrated Wabash railwaycase today is Mr. Fairfield of Fort Wayne. He is a nephew of Uncle John Fairfield, who many years ago was a familiar and popular resident of this city. Rev. J. W. Cain pastor for four years at Winchester, with a strong probability of one more, was a pleasant caller in our sanctum this morning. Rev. Cain is one of the strong ministers of the conference and a verypleasant gentleman, you may be sure. A committee meeting will be held at the grand army hall Saturday afternoon at two o’clock to make arrange ments for the reception to be tendered Company B upon their return home. Members of the committee are herebyrequested to take due notice thereof. James L. Bradford has been appointee! postmaster at Marion, to succeed Jesse M. Ballard, resigned. The appointment was made yesterday, and as the salary of postmaster at Marion is not to be sneezed at we presume the appointee is more than pleased with himself. That same pleasant smile brought Rev. E. T. Gregg in on the noon east bound Clover Leaf yesterday, since which time he has been greeting his countless friends. He is one of the official clerks of the conference and when the session begins to grind in earnest, will have his hands full. The very able and agreeable Rev. George Cocking now stationed at NewHaven, Indiana, came in yesterday, and will remain until the conference session closes. For a year or two he preached Methodist doctrine to the people at Hoagland, and while there was a frequent visitor to this city. It has been decided by the supreme court that when an employe of a railroad, having the system known as the “Voluntary Relief,” accepts funds from that relief organization, or if assistance is drawn by relatives who survive him, he nor his relatives can recover further in the way of damages. The coming bonnet is said to be a dandy. It will have a cow-catcher in front, a tail board behind, a flower garden on top, with a bunch of grass on one side and a bird carcass on the other side. The whole will be elaborately banded together by crushed ribbons, and topped off with a veryloud millinery bill. A runaway which resulted rather seriously occurred near the G. R. & Idepot yesterday morning. Eli Merryman was driving along Seventh street just as the eight o’clock trains arrived. The horse became unmanageble and ran away, overturning the buggy and throwing Mr. Merryman out. His right hand was fractured and his back badly wrenched. His injuries, although very painful, are not considered dangerous.

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. ( : Doty of Bellefontaine, Ohio is visiting in the city. M ork done in five hours at the Decatur bteam Laundry. U- J ’ W -.y lare did not go to Fort Wayne this morning. Train was on time, too. i i , Tll ° * w ‘ st and finest line of Choco-! rates. Creams and Home-made Cand-! les, at Cholchins’. Miss Meek Thompson of Geneva is visiting her numerous friends here' this week and in the meantime is at ' . tending the sessions of conference. I Remember the City Meat Market, ! only first class meats of all kinds, j Home made, sugar cured. Hams and I sausage a speciality. Dyonis Schmitt, i Prop. Mr. and Mrs. Bryson have been I allotted the honor of entertaining Bishop Bowman of the Evanston, Illinois district. The Bishop arrived in the city yesterday and will take an ‘active part in the conference. Indefinite news from the war department announces that the soldiers of the 160th will be held in Savannah three weeks. This lining true Company B will set foot on Decatur soil about April 20. Governor Mount says he will defer the organization of the national guard in the districts covered by the 160th and 161st regiments of volunteers, as the service men are to be given the preference in the making up of the guard. The Presbyterian ladies served a very elegant supper at the grand army hall last evening. A goodly number of hungry people presented themselves and partook thereof. The supper consisted of a bill of fare that seemingly touched the spot just right.

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Tickets for the lecture “Jean Valjean” are on sale at the post office in the basement of the M. E. church; also at Nachtreib & Fuelling’s and Holthouse & Callow’s drug stores. The limited number of 400 seats will be sold for the auditorium and 600 for the lecture room and gallery. Com; mittee of Arrangements. 2d3 Two more Adams county boys have decided to seek a livelihood with Uncle Sam and have therefore enlisted in the regular army. ill Bucher and Sam Harkless are the young men who will henceforth answer the roll call and do guard duty as members of the grand* st army of the world. They left the latter part of last week for Fort Wayne where they enlisted and were sent to Columbus, Ohio. They will probably be sent to Porto Rico or Cuba within a few weeks. Both boys are well known here and will make soldiers of whom Adams county will be deservedly proud. Will Bucher is a nephew of John Bucher and has for some time made his home with him. The conference of the Evangelical Church closed its session at Rochester Monday. The following appointments are announced in the Fort Wavne district: D. S. Oakes, presiding elder; J. H. Evans; Huntington, J. M. Pierce; Wabash circuit, P. L. Browns; Markle, S. A. Elsey; Webster. Philip Buehler; Kendallville, J. O. Mosier: Decatur. W. H. Mygrant; Berne, D. E.Zechiel. It will be noted by the above that Rev. W. H. My-1 grant has been returned to the charge ; at this place, which will be pleasing news to the members of his congregation. During his residence and pastorate here, he he has endeared himself to our people in more ways than one, and all will unite in welcoming him on his return.

E. \ . Ensworth, president of the Commercial Travelers’ Association, of i oledo, Ohio, was a guest at the Burt house yesterday. F. X. Culbertson of Fort Wayne, representing the R. G. Dunn & Co. Collection Agency, was registered at the Burt yesterday. Our city officers are still on the war path for the “wandering Willy,” as was shown by the ordinance passed by the council at last evening's meeting. Safe Miller, an old Decatur boy now engaged in the manufacture of awnings and tentings at Delphos, 0., is looking after business among Decatur merchants. Dr. H. C. Weakley, superintendent of the Christ’s Hcspit.d.of Cincinnati, Ohio, came in over the Clover Leaf last evening and will be in attendance at the conference during the week. The Clover Leaf train from the west was over two hours late last evening for some unknown reason and about a dozen ministers who were aboard were rather tired and worn out upon their arrival. Thirty couple of young people enjoyed a “social hop” at Mieber’s hall last evening. The music was excellent and the crowd enjoyed themselves to the limit. Charles Pennington acted as master and did his work well. The M. E. conference meets at Decatur next week. There will be several attend from this city. Those remaining at home will want the conference daily and all ean be accommodated by calling on the pastor Rev. A. S. Wooton, before he leaves the first of next week, and give him your name and the subscription price, fifteen cents.- North Manchester Rays and Light.

Judge R. S. Taylor and Henry J. Miller, receivers for the estate of the late R. T. McDonald, have filed an inventory of his property. The personal estate is valued at 82,926.25. Money and deposits and claims are valued at : .*347,936.55. The stocks, bonds and coupons are valued at 82,807,497. The total valuation of the estate is $3,158.357.80. The receivers promise to secure a list of his securities pledged as collateral. Mrs. McDonald has electto relinquish her interest in the estate and accept *SOO in cash.—Fort Wayne Journal, Earl Cartwright of Portland won the Oratorical contest at Indianapols Friday evening. The Indianapolis .Sentinel said: The winner is about twenty years of age. He will graduate from the Portland hisrh school this year. His father is C. C. Cartwright, a merchant of Portland. Besides being an orator Mr. Cartwright is a singer. He intends to go abroad next year to cultivate his voice, which is flexible and modulated. Earl Cartwright is a cousin of Forest Cartwright, who won the first annual oratorical contest held in this city three years ago. Although Portland is the smallest of the towns represented, she has won the contest twice in three years. Almon Greenman, was born in Summit county, Ohio, Dee. 12. 1826. Came with his father to Indiana in | 1836 and settled where Kendleville, i Noble county, now is. In 1837 his ! father settled between Wolcottville and Rome City, where he lived until he entered the ministry of North Indiana Conference in 1850. His pastorates were Allen circuit, Ossian circuit, Allesonville, Anderson, NewCastle, Dublin and Lewisvile.

logansport. Fort Wayne, Marion, Muncie, Richmond, Peru. Union City, Huntington. LaGrange North Manchester, Marion circuit, Pendleton, Fairmount, Goshen district and two years in Springfield Mo. Has been for ten years on the Superanuate list, and forty-nine years a member of con ference. J. E. Ellsworth & Co. will be the name of a new manufacturing concern soon to be launched into the Decatur business world. The company will manufacture buggies, carriages, road wagons and bicycles, and will also run in connection a repairing and painting department. They have already employed eight men and work will begin to-day. The firm are nicely located in the Ellsworth block on North Second street, where they will be pleased to receive any visitors who may feel interested i enough to call. The company ex- ; peets to increase the number of men employed as fast as necessary and the concern will soon be known as one of the leading ones of our city. Their work will be first class and guaranteed to be as good as the best. Clyde Daughrty and John Burkhead engaged in a wrestling match near Vail s box factory yesterday morning, from the effects of which the former will be laid up for many weeks and may be a cripple for life. The boys were not angry but were simply seeing -‘who was the better wrestler,” as they termed it. They were pretty evenly matched and were both using all their strength, when suddenly Burkhead got the better of his opponent and gave him a sudden turn which threw him to the ground with great force. His right leg was caught under him and broken just below the knee. Daughtry was taken to his home on South Third street and a physician called who dressed the limb and he was resting as well as possible last evening although the fracture is considered a severe one and may prove qnite serious. Cards were out announcing a reception and surprise by Mrs. Chas. Ehinger in honor of her daughter “Vera” yesterday afternoon from 1 till 4 p. m. About 30 little friends responded to the invitation and spent a very pleasant afternoon. Those present were: “Georgia Meibers, Agnes Costello, Lillian Myers, Frances and Agnes Rademaker, Anna ; Clark, Mamie Mason, Celesta XVemhoff, Bertha and Ida Kohn, May Holthouse, Agnes Berling, Agnes and Rose Voglewede, Lizzie Fahrenbach, Marie Gluting, Edna Ehinger, Frances Bryson, Lucile Hale, Emma Ferver, Nellie Snellen, Bessie Tonellier, Genevieve and Joe Myllot, Irene Gerard, Gertie Bremerkamp and Ethel Ehinger. Several hours were spent in amusement of different kinds, after which dainty refreshments were served: Her many friends presented “Miss Vera” with a handsome “rocker” besides other presents such as handkerchives, cup and saucer, sugar ' and creamer, tooth pick holder, Bon Bon tray, atomizer and center piece. I The little guests departed thanking j the “Hostess” for the social good time they had. The souvenirs for the occasion were dainty “Easter ; greetings.” I Yesterday's Marion Leader contained the following account of the 1 meeting of the Christian churches of I the Fifth Indiana district: The 1 Christian churches of the Fifth Indi--1 ana district, comprised of Grant, | Wabash, Huntington, Wells, Adams, ■ and Allen counties, are holding acoii--1 vention in this city. The convention 1 was called to order at 2 o’clock Monday at the First Christian church, 1 corner of Ninth and McClure streets. The sessions to-day were conducted by the Sunday School department of which Mr. Legg is state president. Mr. Legg will preside at these sessions. The sermon this evening will be preached at the First church by National Secretary C. C. Smith of Cincinnati. The missionary services will be held Tuesday morning, afternoon and evening, at the Central Christian church on Fourth street. P. J. Rice, pastor of the Christian church at Fort Wayne, will preside. The evening session will be conducted by the Christian Endeavors, under the direction of B. L. Allen, the state Christian Endeavor secretary. An address will lie delivered by Mrs. Helen B. Moses, of Irvington, Ind, Mrs. Moses is the editor of “Missionary Tidings,” and is a highly educated woman. The convention will close Wednesday night. Session will lie held at the First church. About 150 delegates will be in attendance. The Conference proper will open this morning.

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I I I f I A cordial invitation is extended to ’ all visitors to call at our establish- i 1 ment during their sojourn in Decatur. » We are celebrating our First Anniiversary Sale this week and it will be t to your interest to call on us whether purchase is contemplated or not. | M It Ml 5 Opp. court house. D VanCleef, Proprietor. [ Originator of Low Prices.