Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1900 — Page 1

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Ko church services were held at the MetSist ••hurch last Sunday, owing ? tlr- fact that Rev. Daniels was atSeuding the annual conference at Elk“‘lp’ pT. Simpson, who has been Jsiding elder of the Fort Wayne Eict during the past six years, has £ placed upon the supernumery Mowing to the serious illness of Mrs. Simpson, who is an invalid. ’ Rev. Charles G. Hudson, the newly appointed pastor of the M. E. church, ill deliver his initiatory sermon in £ Sunday, April 22. While it 9 true his health has not been the & t during the past month lie is rangy improving, and hopes to be ampJy able to take care of the duties of his new charge. The building on Monroe street owned bv Williard Steele and heretofore occupied by John Braun with a 'aloon. is being remodeled and when completed will be used as an office by n r S D. Beavers. The rooms will be i arranged in a convenient manner anil will be an improvement to that business district as well as a mighty nice home for the doctor. \ letter received from Jacob Meyer, dated at Trinidad, Colorado, has reachLd this office. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers I left here a few weeks ago and went to I California. They found the weather I too warm for them there, however, and I returned as far as Trinidad, where I they will probably remain until next I f all In the meantime they will read I the Adams county news through the I columns of the Democrat. Our books this week show the folI lowing subscriptions as paid since lour last report: Michael Stevely, IjacobAbnet, Mrs. D. McLeod, J. M. ■ Stewart. W. W. Stewart, S. J. SpangIler, Fred Hilpert, Irvin Brandyberry, ■George Chronister, James H. Ward, ■Herman Reinking, Joseph Shilling, ■Crist Blakev. Conrad Gillig, Wm. J. ■Fuhrman, Fred Voight, Amos Sprun■ger, Nick Schaffer, Peter A. Heath. | | Rev. W. H. Mygrant and family, Kfter two years as residents of this Kty, left yesterday for their future Koine at Wolcottville, Indiana, where Kir. Mygrant has accepted the EvanKelieal charge. Rev. Mygrant deKvered his closing sermon Sunday Krening, choosing as his text the one Kord “Farewell.” His discourse was K touching and interesting one and he Ks well as the congregation were deepaffected by the occasion. Dur■ag the two years spent with us Rev. Blygrant has done much good and his Hew field of labor will feel his presence he is with them long. ■ Mess--. Davis Dailey. Henry Myer- ; George Pricker spent several days week at the Hussleman farm near - ■ b red that Cal Hussleman was one of ■ielecturers at the Farmers’ Institute EheH here last fall and told of certain saving devices and various which he puts into use and which he invited any of the farmers time. The gentlemen mention- ■ returned Friday and report that Hussleman’s farm rightly deserv■its name.-The Model Farm." Much information was received ami visitors were highly pleased with trip.

rhe spring convocation in Scottish le Masonry of the Valley of Fort iyne, assembled at the Masonic mple in Fort Wayne, Tuesday. A Bs of twenty took the degrees from r to and including fourteenth, ich is known as the degree of Perlion, and is a beautiful production srandeur, sublime and mysterious, theclass were five Decatur Masons, rrv R. Moltz, Newton Parrish, pries C. Helm, J. B. Stoneburner IL. G. Ellinghatn. Among the fors from this city were C. A. |an, French Quinn and Dick Insend, all thirty-second degree sons. Yesterday the fifteenth and fvnth degrees were conferred, D. Imitii being among the favored I The attendance was large, the viti.es each day ended with a I ptuous banquet. ae following appeared in the Cinlat) Enquirer, having lieen sent as I p.^ es P a tch from Whitesburg, ■ r ifteen years ago the residents r city were surprised by the apf nee of Mrs. Jennie Spencer, a ■‘‘Hi young woman of Decatur, I migrated a few miles I ot the city and lived with the IVof a man named Collins. Mrs. I eer left a young husband in her I ,ler home and walked the entire ■Ti Sa - T ' n g she desired to see ■ ° the world. It was stated they ■Q over some trivial family affair. ■ h ago John Spencer, her forK l ' rand, placed an inquiry in E Mrs. Spencer answerisement. Only one letK*' and then Mr. ■ r ik lln c n , l<^‘ate i. v left for this city ■ 1 of his one-time wife. Yes- ■. his wife for the first ■tclv ‘ Vears . an( l they were imIrr f aiarr ’' lf l a second time. ■ ot interested people witK Tk ou t-of-the-ordinarv wed1J inmo*- c °uple left here today for Ivpi ln * le eld Hoosier state.” lof Una hle to discover any ■count 3 ever residing

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Dr. DeVilbiss, dentist, of Decatur, Indiana, died Sunday last after a couple of months illness from grip, which rapidly developed into Bright's disease. He leaves a wife and daughter. The genial doctor will be remembered by the members of our gun club as one of the best shots of the Decatur club with whom there were several matches, and will regret his sad death. Delphos Courant. George Archbold arrived home last Saturday from West Baden Springs, where he took a ten days course of water treatment and as a result is looking and feeling like a young man. It would be hard to convince Uncle George that the springs are not the greatest place on earth for the cure of bodily ills and in fact his appearance shows it. He will probably return to Baden in September. Mr. Brake, who I accompanied him, did not remain the i required time, but he also speaks quite highly of the place. The city primary, Tuesday, for the ■ nomination of one councilman for each of the three wards in the citv, was not exciting, and but a light vote I was polled. In the first ward Daniel ; Mvers received fifty-three votes, L. C. Miller twenty-nine and James R. | Smith twenty. In the second ward. Dr. Leßrun won with 102 votes to twenty-seven for George Chronister. The closest race was in the “bloody ■third,” W. H. Niblick being renomin- ; ated with 105 votes to 100 for Cy ; Weaver. The polls opened at two i o’clock and closed at eight. Dr. Roy Archbold, dentist, has sent j out cards to the public, announcing | that he will continue in business at i the old location of DeVilbiss & Archbold, and that he will use every effort to maintain the high standard of excellence already established by his deceased partner, Dr. A. L. DeVilbiss, Dr. Archbold is a young man of excellent qualities and will enjoy a splendid patronage. Miss Fannie i DeVilbiss is attending to the collection of the accounts and the settlement of her father’s affairs and may be found at the office of Dr. Archbold at any time during the day.

3 Julia Parrot, who has been in India the past several years, is now in Paris ' and will soon be on her way home. ’ She expects to arrive in New York ' April 22nd. Some months ago her ’ health failed her to such an extent ’ that she had to give up her work in the far east and went to France, where she has been for a time regain- ■ ing her health and doingsome mission 1 work. She is now quite well and will 3 come home and engage in home missionary work. Her field will be in 3 Indiana. This will be good news to , her friends who will be glad to know r that she is to return after her long stay in the foreign field. Since going f to France she has visited the old home 3 of her parents in that country. Bluffj ton Banner. • J. D. Holman, the shoe man, has ‘ concluded to remove his family here ’ and become a peimanent citizen. The high respect with which himself and & family have heretofore been held may be seen by the following from the ) Rochester Republican: Mr. and Mrs. 1 J. D. Holman, who have been honored 1 residents of Rochester for many years, have finally decided to move to their i new location at Decatur, where Mr. t Holman is engaged in the shoe busi- • ness as he was at this place. The L place they occupied in the church and i in society is vacant and cannot be , readily filled at present, if ever, and - their absence is recognized by all who i were familiar with their presence. We are very sorry they found it most profitable to move away, though we shall always be pleased to learn of • their prosperity as they well deserve > all the good things of this life. i A special session of the city council 1 was held last Friday evening with the following members present: Suttles, Haefling, Chronister, Miller. Niblick, I Maun and Mayor Beatty presiding. ' The minutes of the meeting held March 20 were read and upon motion 1 approved. Bills for various items were then presented by the finance chairman and upon motion the follow3 ing were allowed: G. R. &I. railroad. , freight. $2.24, Krick A Tyndall, tile, s $13.45, L. G. Ellingham, printing, - $5.60, Gas Company, gas for fuel, i $181.98, Joe Mallonee. dravage, $1.20, , H. B. Knoff. pay roll, $9.87, J. K. s Mann, pav roll. $3.50, William Geary. > police. $5.00, J. K. Mann, salary,s37.so, . H. B. Knoff. salary. $37.50, M. A. r Jackson, salary. $40.00, C. I. Dorwin, » salary. $40.00, M. J. Mylott, salary, > $50.00, George Kinzle. salary, $4: .00, ■ Thos. Haefling, salary, $40.00, M. A. . Jackson, salary. SIO.OO. Rose A Bell ■ filed their bond as made necessary by i law and upon motion by Mr. Suttles was approved. Mr. Suttles then moved the adoption of the report of . i the committee upon sewers which was ■ carried. The ordinance of the Trout ■ sewer was filet! and read and upon ; ‘ motion by Niblick rules were sus- ! pended and ordinance read a second . and third time and passed. Ordin- | ance declared carried. A resolution that the council allow the sum of • $12.30 to W. J. Archbold, city treasurer, for the payment of the city ß assessment for the construction of the ' Gay alley sewer was presented and adopted. 1

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1900.

New cases with which to start the ' April term of court are recorded on ' the docket thus: William M. Anderson vs David Miller, petition to have defendant declared insane, set for first Friday, answer filed by clerk. Richard B. Maithu vs the Vernon Insurance and Trust Company of Indi ana, brought from Jay county. The Inion Trust Company vs James M. Ault et al, complaint on mortgage. We are about due for another production upon the beauties of the Grand Rapids depot to be erected some time during the coming summer. The new depot will lay in the shade any similar house along the line, will be fittingly arranged for the comfort and convenience of the road and the public. In fact the company will make good the delay by giving the best on tap. The grounds and sidetracking will also be rearranged. A judgment recovered by Simon T. Cast against the city of Huntington for unpaid costs in suits filed in his court while he was serving as mayor of the city was affirmed by the appellate court Friday. A large number of the citizens of Huntington refused to work on the streets and the city attorney filed complaints against them to enforce payment of the tax. About one hundred and fifty of the defendants failed to pay the costs and Cast demands that the city pay them. The council paid the constables’ costs but insisted that Cast ought not to receive anything because he was receiving salary as mayor. *The court held that in trying the cases he was serving as a justice of the peace and not as mayor of the city. Will Wertzberger left Saturday morning for Benton Harbor, Michigan, where yesterday noon he was united in marriage to Mae Hopkins, an exceedingly popular voting lady of that city. The announcement of the wedding was made some time ago and Will has prepared a handsome home on Eighth street, which himself and bride will occupy at once. They are expected home today, and will soon be at home to friends. Will is one of our best known young men and needs no introduction. He was employed at Benton Harbor for some time and while there met Miss Hopkins. From that city he also enlisted as a member of the thirty-third Michigan regiment of volunteers, where he made a brilliant record for himself. After his return he secured a position at the People’s restaurant and has since been employed at that place. We extend congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Wertzberger, and wish them a happy future.

An incident, sad and extremely touching occurred at the Indiana House last week, but on account of the nature of the case we refrained from giving an account of it, hoping that the future lives of those concerned should not be shattered by the publishing of the story, but latter developments, compel us to give our readers and account of the occurrence. On Tuesday afternoon a young man named Detro, who has been working here about two months, drove to the Indiana House in company with a voung lady, afterwards found to be Miss Lulu Kessler, of Chatanooga, Ohio, who for some three months has been living at Fort Wayne teaching music and attending the conservatory. Her and Detro had been lovers for two years, but always in opposition to her parents’ wishes and orders, and their meetings were generally secret. Miss Kessler came here Tuesday afternoon and inquired for Detro, and finally located him at Steele’s park, where he was caring for some horses. He was no doubt much surprised to see her and during the evening hired a rig and started for her home at Chattanooga. Before they had gone far, however, the young lady became deathly sick and had to be brought back to the hotel, where during the night she gave birth to a boy baby. Parties at the hotel cared for her and summoned a physician and the fol-[ lowing afternoon she and Warren Detro were united in marriage. The young lady’s parents have for years resided at’ Chatanooga, where they are known as splendid people and own a farm of 200 acres. Lulu had always been their pride and no word of her disgrace reached their ears until Monday of this week. The shock | was a terrible one to those who had * loved and cared for her so long, and the mother espescially, was inconsolable. Her heart was broken, and no possible means of comfort could be extended to her. The terrible news i effected her so deeply that it brought j on an attack of heart trouble and during the evening of the same day she , died. She was a kind and lovable woman and was known as such to all | in her neighborhood. Margaret (Hes- j ner) Kessler, wife of Christ Kessler.! was born in 1855, and was in her for ty-sixth year at the time of her death. Nine children and the husband are left to bear the burden of grief which is thus made doubly hard. The funeral services were held yesterday at the Chatanooga church and the remains of the poor grief stricken mother laid to rest at the home cemetery. The poor erring girl in this city is also grief stricken, and who can say that! her anguish has not been full and ; complete punishment for her folly. |

Milligan Jackson, whom everybody deemed infallible, and who was thought utterly heartless by Decatur ladies, has joined the benedict ranks. He was married Wednesday evening of last week to Miss Ida Vanßuren of Carey, Ohio. The happy event was solemnized at the home of the bride, in the presence of only a few intimate friends. Mr. Jackson returned home Friday evening and is now busy remodeling and otherwise fixing up his residence on north Second street and will soon have it ready for occupancy. Mrs. Jackson is expected to arrive the latter part of the week and they will soon be at home. Milligan is the night engineer at the water works and electric light plant and has friends galore who join in congratulations. Rev. J. E. Stoops returned home Thursday from Dayton, Ohio, where he had been attending the Evangeli- } cal conference, and Friday morning went to Geneva and Berne to arrange for Anti-saloon League meetings for Sunday, April 15. On that date it is expected that State Superintendent Helt of Indianapolis will be present to assist in these meetings in the morning at Geneva and in the evening at Berne, On April 22 Rev. Stoops will go to Anderson and on April 29 will be at LaFayette. Next week he will move his family to Indianapolis, which will be his headquarters. The league has gained a decided victory at Indianapolis in freeing the Fairbanks Park from the sale of intoxicants. —Portland Commercial.

At a meeting of the German Building Loan fund and Saving Association held at the office of F. M. Shirmeyer Monday evening, the following board of directors were duly elected: David Studabaker, James T. Merryman,'William H. Niblick, Frank M. Shirmeyer, John B. Holthouse, J. E. Moser, R. B. Allison, Theodore Smith, John S. Bowers, Rufus K. Allison and John W. Vail. Godfrey Christen w r as chosen as a member of the auditing committee for a term o f three years to succeed Jeff Bryson. Following this meeting a session of the board was called and officers selected for the ensuing year as follows: President, James T. Merryman; Vice President. J. B. Holthouse; Secretary, F. M. Shirmeyer; Treasurer, W. H. Niblick; Board of Managers, David Studabaker, J. B. Holthouse and W. H. Niblick, who act with the president and secretary on matters of importance concerning the association. The German is one of the best concerns of its kind in the state and the new officers are able business men who know their duties and will perform them.

The February term of the Adams circuit court closed Saturday and the April term opened Monday morning. Business has been transacted during the week as follows: Winfield S. Hughes et al vs Susannah Archer, damages, demand $1200; plaintiff granted permission to prosecute as a poor person and Schafer Peterson appointed to defend her and sheriff and clerk notified to perform duties without compensation. Peter Tonnellier and Henry Tonnillier vs George Reynolds et al, complain to quit title, deed reported and approved. Wm. Drew vs Emily Drew, divorce granted and judgment against plaintiff for I costs. Jorusa A. Lizer vs Noah Man- ! gold, auditor, judgment on demurer. | John Mooman vs Patrick K. Kinney, I additional paragraph filed to comi plaint. Alma Englehart vs Michael Englehart, divorce, dismissed and costs paid. Nettie Shaffer vs Charles Shaffer, divorce granted with alimony iin sum of S2OO and plaintiffs former name of Nettie Bowman restored. ' Old Adams County Bank vs Frank j M. Berger et al, dismissed and costs | paid. Malissie Harden vs John and I Mary Harden, petition for habeas corpus, motion by defendant to quash I the writ overuled and reply filed. Malissie Harden vs William and Rachel Erickman, petition for habeas corpus, same entry as above case. State vs J. C. F. Manley, left off docket. State vs James Smith, nollied. j State vs John Jones, nollied. State vs John Urick and Al Lacey, larceny, set for second Monday. State vs John Urick and Ben Mathews, set for second Tuesday. Emma E. Mann vs Nora Linn, motion to retax costs sustained in part and said costs ordered taxed to plaintiff. Lizzie and John Hendricks vs Hubert Topp et al, i rule to answer. Bertha Braun vs John W. Braun, divorce granted and plaintiffs maiden name,|Bertha Swank, restored and plaintiff prohibited from marrying for two years. Heaton. Sims A Co. vs D. M. Hensley, motion to strike out second paragraph of answer. James Middleton vs Frank Gast, judgment on verdict for possession of real estate and 820. Christ Galmeyer vs Conrad Graft, account, demand $l5O, default, finding that defendant is indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $101.32 and same ordered paid by garnishee defendants within ten days. William Gilbert vs C. &E. Railway, rule to answer absolute within five davs. ■ Wilferd M. Buffenberger vs Carrie M. Baker et al, partition, finding that plaintiff and defendants each own the undivided one-fourth interest in real estate described in complaint and same ordered sold after proper notice has been given. B. W. Sholty appointed commissioner and bond fixed at $5,000.

Rev. N. D. Shakleford, a former Methodist minister of this city, died Saturday morning at his home in Warsaw. He was seventy-four years of age and had been on the superan- i uated list since 1891. He served in the ministry from 1853 to 1891 and : was one of the best known pastors of the district. He was injured in a runaway about three months ago and his < death was indirectly due to that accident, his old age making his recov- < ery doubtful from the start. He was pastor in this city about thirty years ago and will be remembered by our i older citizens. His wife, who has been with him through the years of his ministry, still survives him, but is in feeble health. • ( The first annual reunion of the 160th , Indiana promises to be a most sue , cessful affair and Bluffton people are making arrangements for the same ■ as will be seen by reading the follow- , ing from Saturday’s Bluffton Banner: At the meeting of the 160th boys last i night the railroad committee was ap- ! , pointed and the chairman was in-i sturcted to appoint a number of other I 1 committees, which he will do in a few : days. The railroad committee con-1 sists of Sergeant S. E. Hitchcock, I ' Lieut. Lester Burgan, who are to act ' with Capt. F. F. Boltz in' securing rates for the coming encampment. It is now the intention to secure tents and go directly into camp and not quarter the boys in residences. The grove across the river will be secured and a regular camp laid out and all be in readiness when the time arrives. The fifty-seventh annual conference of the Methdist church closed at Elkhart Monday evening at six o’clock, when the appointments of ministers for the ensuing year were read. The list included many surprises,the most marked of which to the Decatur people, was the selection of Rev. W. H. Daniels, for two years pastor of the church in this city, as presiding elder of the Fort Wayne district and the 1 appointment of Rev. C. G. Hudson, ' presiding elder of the Goshen district. I to this charge. Appointments of the district were: W. H. Daniels, presiding elder; Angola, A.G.Neal; Auburn, T. M. Guild; Avilla, E. J. Major;

Bluffton, S. Light; Bobo, E. H. Peter; ' Ceylon, Bryant Hower; Cherubusco, C. Tinkham: Coesse, D. I. Hower; Decatur, C. G. Hudson; Ft. Wayne, Berry .st., H. J. Norris; Ft Wayne, Simpson, T. J. Johnson; Ft. Wayne, St. Paul, B. Sawyer; Ft. Wayne, Trinity, C. E. White; Ft. Wayne, Wayne st., W. D. Parr: Ft. Wayne Circuit, M. C. Cooper: Fremont, J. H. Sprague; Garret, J. Haynes; Geneva, J. S. Cain; Harlan, L. C. Zimmerman; Hoagland, R. C. Jones; Huntington, W. E. Murray; Huntington, L. A. Beeks; Leo, J. F. Chenoweth; Markle, C. A. Rowand; Monroeville, O. S. I Harrison; New Haven, Geo. Cocking; Ossian, J. J. Fred; Poneto. D. Wells; Roanoke, S. C. Norris; Spencerville, O. S. Hart; Uniondale, E. M. Foster; Wolf Lake, C. M. Hobbs; Woodburn. | E. A. Bunner; York, A. D. Wagoner. j Rev. N. P. Barton, of Bobo, was given j the work at Hudson and Ashley; C. M. Hollopeter goes to Sharpsville; G.|' B. Work to Dunkirk; Ralph Jones, Hoagland; J. C. Dorwin, Pendleton; ‘ E. S. Jones, Yorktown; C. H. Metts, Centerville; J. W. Walters, Vanßuren and G. H. Myers, Fortville. Rev. Hudson, who comes here, is one of the best educated ministers in the conference and is spoken of highly by all who know him. He suffered a 11 stroke of paralysis March 14th. how- '■ ever, and his physical condition is not I ‘ all that it should be to begin such aI) work as he will have here. The fol- ’ lowing account of his life will no j doubt interest our readers: Rev. Charles G. Hudson, D. D., who with I ’

this year completes the limit of six , years as presiding elder of the Goshen i district, was born in Franklinville, N. i Y., April 30, 1843, and is the son of j Rev. T. B. Hudson, late of East Gen- ■ esee Conference. He was converted in ; 1853, and graduated from the Genesee | College in 1863, taking the honor as Greeksalutatorian. He was teacher) of ancient language and also of Ger-) man in the Genesee Wesleyan Semi- ! nary from 1863 to 1872, and professor) of ancient language in Simpson Centenary College, Indianola, lowa, in 1873-4. He spent one year, 1867-8, in the University of Berlin, studying Sanskrit and philology. He was admitted to the Genesee Conference in 1873, and to the North Indiana Conference in 1874. In Indiana, he has )) been stationed at Pendleton, Logan -I' sport, Bristol, Angola, Fort Wayne,) ‘ Kokomo. Anderson, Knightstown and ’ 1 Noblesville, being appointed from the ■ 1 last named to the eldership. He serv-'; ed a number of years as secretary of )' the conference, and is widely known ) ’ for his varied activities, ample culture ) 1 and rich success. He was a delegate 1 to the General Conference in 1880, ‘ 1884 and 1892, and first reserve delegate in 1896. His wife is known as one of the leaders in missionary and 1 other church work in the state, and 1 both will prove excellent workers in i i their new field. Recent information 11 regarding Rev. Hudson’s health says 1 that he is much improved and will be : able to begin his work piere April 22. ' We gladly welcome him into our ; midst and wish both for him and Presiding Elder Daniels a pleasant and 1 profitable year. i

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JOHN MEIBERS. BE Yesterday morning at the St. Mary’s Catholic church Rev. Father Theodore Wilkins conducted the last sad rites and a host of relatives and dear friends paid their last homage to a Decatur pioneer, John Meibers, and with bowed heads and sad hearts his remains were followed to the St. Joseph cemetery, where they were laid to rest. During the past year Mr. Meibers has been.slowly failing, caused by old age and by an attack of lagrippe, which his system was unable to grapple with. For six months past he has scarcely been conscious of his state, and his family and dear ones knew’ that the end was not far off. He showed no decided change for the worse, however, until Sunday afternoon, from which time he sank rapidly and at 2:30 Monday morning, with the loved ones about his bed, he slept quietly, [peacefully, almost without a quiver into that sublime unconsciousness—death; from whence there can be no I awakening save in the glourious home ’ where eare and troubles are unknown. ; His life is another example of what ! may be accomplished by honest, ' energetic, well directed effort. From a poor boy he came to be a wealthy and honored citizen, loved and respected by all who knew him. Those who knew him best and longest trusted him implicitly and their confidence was never betrayed. He died among the people with whom he had spent nearly sixty years of his life, having come to Adams county in 1841, and although his face has not been seen upon our streets for many months, still he will be often missed, not only by those near and dear to him, but by us who have mingled daily in business intercourse with him. He was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, January 6, 1822, being seventy-eight years, three months and three days old. In 1839 he came to America, landing at Philadelphia and going from there to Cincinnati, where he remained two weeks. He then went to Minster, Ohio, was unable to secure work and went to Celina, where he worked a year upon the construction of the resevoir. Early in the year 1841

he arrived in Adams county, where ho engaged in farming for several years and then embarked in the saw mill business. In 1847 he went to Cincinnati, remaining there as a clerk in a large dry goods house about two years when he again came to Decatur and went to contracting, which he continued about ten years, building many of the old land marks of that day. In 1859 he engaged in the grocery and dry goods business which he continued untill 1866, then forming a partnership with William G. Spencer in the hardware business. In 1868 he was elected and at once entered upon I the duties of county treasurer, which office he held for two terms of two years each. As in business, so was he in office, genial, approachable, kindly. I Ever willing and anxious to do his j duty, not only to bis trust, but to his fellow man. His record in office was I a clean one and his ability in that ’ capacity was indeed noticable. After . his term of office expired he again engaged in the hardware business with James H. Stone, of which firm he was the senior member. In 1874 he retired from the firm and engaged in business at Geneva where he continued for some time, afterwards retiring from business and devoting his attention to looking after his property. He was the owner of several handsome business houses, residences and farms in and about the city, owned stock and was for many years a director of the Adams County Bank, and those who are left to mourn their severe loss are in most comfortable

I circumstances. Mr. Meibers was mar- ) ried to Miss Catherine Hideman, of I St. Marys, Ohio, in February, 1843, J and to them were born four children, ! Elizabeth Uhle, Toledo, Ohio; Christine Archbold, deceased; Mrs. J. H. { Voglewede, of this city, and Henry G. Meibers, of Chicago. Mrs. Meibers ) died in 1856 and in 1859 Mr. Meibers I was married to Miss Margaret Smith, I who survives him, and to whom were I born six children: Mrs. Joseph Ton- ) nellier, Mrs. C. S. Clark, Charles, John Vt. and Michael Meibers, of this city, and Mrs. Theodore Droppieman, of Louisville, Kentucky. In politics Mr. Meibers has always been a democrat and his constituents have ever been proud of his firmness and allegiance to his party principles. He has always been a public spirited man and gave freely towards any enterprise for the public good. He has been for many years a member of the St. Marys Catholic church and there also will his absence be keenly felt. Although he had nearly reached the four score year mark, still it is hard to part with him and the bereaved ones have our sincere sympathies. Adjutant-General Gore has written to officers of the Indiana regiments that served during the Spanish war requesting that they send addresses of men so far as possible. He asks them not to guess at an address, but to send only those which they know to be correct. About June 1 the report of the Indiana volunteers, prepared by the state government, will be issued and it is the purpose to present every soldier with a copy.

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