Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1900 — Page 1

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Rh-ff ton’s Street fair has taken the J™ house route to undiminished I*> h where it will await the warning '(Gabriel’s horn. Bluffton may now Minister upon themselves another JcX of self praise alftmt the asphalt city. M rS Barker, of Marion was in the ritv Mondav looking for a location for strietlr Hrst class and up-to-date onfisMi' nary and ice cream parlor she is having some difficulty in securing a suitable location and has no. yet decided as to what she will do. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Schirmever entertained „a number of friends last Murdav owning, the guests of honor being Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Durand, of Lima. Indiana. A pleasant evening resulted, as it only could under the guiding hands of such a host and hostess. Refreshments were served. The body of William T. Briggs . r ....l through this city Monday wund for Winchester. He was ass member of Company A, 18th U. S. | nfantrv and was killed in action at Iloilo, P- 1. oil March 2. 1899. The body left Manilla. April 10. 1900 and Sau’Francisco, June 20. The wooden ! pver-box was made of cedar and was I soaked in carbolic acid. Last Thur.- lay, June 21 As the day usually conceded to be the longest of the year but that distinction for 1900 belongs to last Friday bv al difference of one minute. From now | on the days will gradually grow ehi rter before Christmas. 0u the last day of the month the sun will rise at the same time that it did the first day. tw# minutes later than it did the greater part of the month. Mrs. A. B. Morrison left last Friday I for Fort Wayne, where she joined Mrs. W. J. Vesey and left at five o'clock p tn for N*v York City There she mot by appointment Mrs. E. Y. Comstock and Miss Johnson, of | Marion, and Miss Cleveland, of St. Louis, and left yesterday for Europe. Mrs. Vesey will visit a short time in the (■ •■•4 and then return home. The foreign party will’make a complete tour of Europe, visiting the principal ritie- uni glares of interest, including a several days visit at the world's ex position. They will lie absent about three months and the trip eaunot help ] I'-oing a most delightful one. The wedding of Miss Kate Work of D -.. t Charles "f Lafay* Stte, was a very elegant affair and was attended by several hundred tuests. The Dunkirk News of last Wednesday said in part: Before the iridal party entered Mrs. John A. Moore of Garrett. Ind., rendered Defoven's charming composition, “Oh, I Immed <t,.iv dter this lliss St. John liegan to play a wedling march by Wagner and the bridal party entered the church. From the rear of the church came the two little pte-boys, Herbie and Herold Me ?anu; following them in single file ■anie Miss Bess Work, Joe work. Miss tnianda Sullivan of Garrett. Indiana: Ed Work, Pauline Day, the ring nearer and Miss Work being II ompanied by her hither. Rev. G. B. Work. Fromside wing of the 'hurch came Rev. J. A. Lewellen and Rev. J. O. Blfiss followed by Harry’ McCully of 'Logansport, and the froom, Charles A. Downs. The cere-: noQy w hich was performed by Revs.! Lewellen and Bliss, was the: Methodist ritual ring ceremony, the | r F*“?" familiar and yet so if 1 pres ,v “- Though very brief the service fas beautiful and the recital of-the jord s prayer at its close deeply im!r ...J i[ lt . congregation. The ser ice ended, the guests repaired to the * romeos the bride next door to the “ uri ‘b. where a large reception was iclil. For two hours or more the 1 iouse was thronged and the bride and :i »,iu reeeiieip enough congratula ions and good wishes to last them for term of their natural life. Light rireshments were served, the dining oom being decorated with smilax ‘"I pink roses. Many beautiful r' -ents were received. Mr. and Mrs. ’"'ns will be at l®me after JnlvW“t Lafayefte.

I "POLITICAL CELEBRITIES AT KANSAS CITY NEXT WEEK.

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P, 1 ? 16 ,’ the il n‘‘d father of r rank Dibble the drayman, died at the home of the latter d this city Friday noon, after an illness of several months. About six weeks ago he was taken to his former home at Oliio Cityreturning here three weeks ago? Funeral services were held at Ohio City Sunday morning, with interrment in the cemetery near there. Drs. Miller and McMillen and Esqs. Coffee and Coverdale have offieiallv decided that Wood C» is of unsound mind.- aud recommended him to the officials of the Eastern I Indiana Hospital for the insane.] Nothing was Known of this compli cation until recently, and its develop i nient was a surprise to those who knew him At times he is violent and his commitment to*i hospital became* a °f necessity, for ttie proper protection of his family. He is now ] a physical wreck, and it is not pro-' liable that he will get permanent io'hes. Jeff Klopfenstein, the hustling, I Preble business man, announces that the 124th anniversary of the greatest nation on earth will l>e celebttited by ] the patriotic people of Preble and 1 vicinity on the evening <>f Tuesday, ] July 3. The amusements will begin , iat five oclock an® will consist of al I display of fire yvorks, bicycle race, wheelbarrow race, potato race, fat I mitti s rate, music. The citizens of ] Preble have l>eeii giving th, entertainments on the evening before the I Fourth annually for several years and this years will be bigger and better] than ever. Harry Helm is pushing a new mag i azine scheme and is meeting with ]good success. lie is instituting a ] club to which the membership fee is' ] 81.50 and the yveekly dues thereafter iiten cents ?>er week. In considera- | tion of this amount three of the leading magazines of the day. are delivered to you h week in a morroco case. Tfcese you are supposed to read within a w<«k when the collector ; appears and takes them up, leaving : you three others. At the end of the montlPyou are allowed to keep twen ty-five cents rth of the magazines ]of your choice. The plan is noting | with much favor among our literary i people. ’ Bert Stogdill. a former resident of this county and a nephew of councilman E. H.Leßrun, wasdn wnedatAhe McCleery gravel pit nea® Bluffton Sunday afteftioon. He was in bath ing with several companions and swam entirely across the pit After resting awhile he started to •■turn t where he had entered. According to the Bluffton Barnier he had gone about thirty feet when he reach,si a point directly over the springs that feed the pit. Here the water isintensley cold and it so chilled him that it stopped *the heart's action andcramped him until he could not move. He screamed twice for help and Mr. Chalfant, who was some distance away, rushed up as quickly as possible with a board and ] cast it in, but it was too late. Bert sank and never rose. The water there was about as shallotv as could be found m the pit, being • about eight feet deep. Mr. McCleery, Elias Poss ’ enberger, and Win. Travis werequickly on the scene and yvere soon in the water searching for the body. Mr. Poffeniierger found it aml-iissisted bv ■ the other two carried it ashore. Life was extinct and nothing could be done to resuscitate the body that had linen so full of life and vigor only a few moments before. The corpse was removed to the McCleery home and word sent to the parents, Mr. and '"Mrs. Christy Stogdill. Their grief was terrible to witness. They hastened to to the side,*if their bereavel son where it broke out anew. Mr. Stogdill is afflicted with heart trouble and at one time sank awav and fell to the ground. Mrs. Stogdill is still in a very ; precarious condition and it is feared ' will not survive the terrible shock. The funeral services were held Tues day morning at the Bethel Methodist ' church* Bert was nineteen years of 1 age and both he and his parents tvere | well known here.

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DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1900?

fusion agents say the new’ftension ] law, passed about two week*. ago, is ] one of the most important that has been enacted ui years.,* Heretofore a ] pension has been allowedjor only one specific disability. A veteran suffering from the loss of an arm, internal injury and the usual physical ail- ! ments could only collect forone of these ] three. Now the examiners are to take cognizance of every one of them, add the total and allow the claim on the sum tbtal. • The board of commissioners were in session Mopday, The allowance of bills being the only theme receiving attention. They will iieet August 9. and receive bids for the construction of county asylum buildings. This is I the second attempt to get these much 'needed buildings contracted for at a figure within the limit of the appro- ' priation, Generally speaking the people are hopeful that success ' will attend their efforts and that neyv *tnd modern buildings will soon be a ] realitv there. I

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The numerous friends of Mr. James • Gerard and Miss Sadie Roop were < most agreeably surprised last Friday i • morning to learn that these very jx>p- ‘ ulat young people had bfen united in marriage the previous evening. The I1 i ceremony was performed hs Rev. H. C. Duekettaof the Presbyterian church ; . at the home of the bride’s father, 1 Jacob Roop, of Pleasant Mills. Only ’ the immediate friends were present, i and the affair was aromplete surprise ■ to the large circle of acquaintances. ,1 The bride is an estimable young lady who has made her home in this city 1 for several years, while the groom is | among our most popular and upright i young men. He has for some time < ixs»n connected with Chas F. True’s 1 i Cash store, where, as elsewhere, he 1 has made many warm friends and ad 1 mirers. Mr. and Mrs. Gerard are al- t ready at home on South Mercerstreet. < I May their future be a happy one. i1

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i Marriage licenses Leen quite, numerous this week and have been I < issued to the following parties: James [ I ;H. Gerard and tjjjilie Roop. Findlev Striker, and Orva Lhaman. Hays Dull ] 1 and Emma Gulick, John H.Shug and ! 1 Effie L. Woodward. Christian J.]: Schwartz, and Leo P. Schwartz, > Michael D. Costello and Josephine Brunnegraff, Frederick G. Macke and Mary V. Allison. Most of the parties' are well known fie*p and we wish them air happiness. ' The ftueh reorganfzed Clover Leaf > appears to be coming to the end of ] another readjustment of ts affairs. The i committee in March, and the bond ] i holders Thursday last accepted the i offer of ttie new syndicate the , i price of 130 In bonds and stock for the face of the securities, plus the ac-1 1 cfmlated interest since 1893. An as-: i sessment’on the stock and other pro-' ■ visions will yield some 82.200.000 in i cash for improvements and expenses of re ifl-ganization. A

— i The firat marriage license ever issued to an Amish couple was on Monday, when Christian J- Swartz and Leah P. Swartz anpeared before Deputy Clerk Haetiing. - planked down the lucre and asked for the proper credentials that would s< mrely bind a knot in the eyes of the law as well a*>the nalß*d eyes of their own kind of religion. Hateb fore they usually reported a marriage at the clerk’s office, but never would their names to adorn the marriage record. This “breach of the law finally got them into <«>urt. where the usual penalties were attached, and th« 9 promised to reform. The happy I couple Monday was accompanied by j the older hear* of their respective families, and a happier bunch of humanity is seldom seen. It is safe’ to say that ere this, Mr. and Mrs. Christian J. Swartz have fully realized the ethereal bliss of true married life,

* Convention. July 4. 1 \ p4' A Jjk . s 'dpbU. Jn : *" DAVID B. HILL.

© the new cases filed at the clerk’s office this week is one wherein ] France & Peterson as attorneys for ] Mary E. Richard have brought suit for divorce proceedings against 'tier' husband, James Richard. The case is a peculiar one, owing to the fact that ] the license for their marriage was ! issued May sth, 1900, just seven weeks [ prior to tl|fc day the divorce papers were filed, and that the couple have i livf*). together only about two weeks, the defendant having left Jiis wife May 20. They were married by Squire Merriman, and that gentleman was at .< the Clerk’s office making out the re- ] ■•turn papers when Mr. France entered and filed hisccasee e It seems that ] Richards was married before and obtained a divorce to marry his present ] ! wife, but after two week’s habitation with her concluded that he still preferred his first love and returned t<» her. This of course enraged the pres- , ] ent Mrs. Richards and she at once in- i stituted proceedings which will separ-1 ate them permanently. She also asks | alimony in the sum of S3OO. A team of ball players from this city were at Marion last Saturday and ] ] Sunday for the purpose of indulging- ] in the national sport with the ex-i I leaguers of that* city. The Det atur ] team <as composed of F. Peterr-on “Balje” Miller. O. Fraore, D. France. Touhey. DeVoss, Devinney, Roop and Woodward and thv boys were defeated Saturday by a score of 12 to 0. ] Our boys however had reserved tfceir j best day for Sunday, when they ex- i ! pected to walk all over their opponents with Dick France as pitcher and I Ted Coburn, of Warren as catcher. I Here however they were again, disappointed, for about three o'clock a ] heavy down-pour of rain made all ] chances of a game impossible. Our i team r»it up a good Article of ball, considering the fact that they never ] had a minutes practice together. In their notes of the game the Marion Chronicle said: The appearand of Dick France on the Decatur team reminded on* of celd November, when ! a lot of boys could be seen on a field ] with blood-stained uniforms, and tugi ging with each other, liac fighting I lions. France will be remembered by I the foot ball cranks of Marion as the big right guard of the University of Micliigan foot ball team. The Bradley-Studabaker case is , ended and a jury of twelve men have said that Mis-, Louisa Bradly is entitled (.. S|t’,2s fl ' ill'- :ef.'ij:|,.-it. David E. >tu :-ibakvr. Tin- -waffled in the Adams circuit court by A. P. Beatty several months ago ami the ] complaint alleged that during the summer of G 99 D. E. Studabaker eourtisl and wen the haiul of Miss ' Bradley, promissing to marry her : during the fall of the same year, that he willfully and without g >i-1- 41 broke that contract and that the plantiff hail been injured bytheseveriiigthereof to the sum of 810.1)01). About three months ago the ease was ] upon change of venue taken to the Jay circuit court and Afterwards another change as to Judge taken. Judge Fox of Richmond lieing appointed to hear sapie. After much delay the case was finally reached Thursday afternoon, a jury impannelled. and on Friday morning the first evidence was heard. Attorneys Beattv. Lutz. Lafollette and Adair appeared for plaintiff and Peterson, Erwin and McGriff for the defense, the case being hotlv contested by both sides. Mini Bradly told her story on th" witness stand atiitpiing.i i each and every paragraph of the com--1 plaint, which were just as firmly denied by A4r. Studabaker. A number of witnesses were used to show the character of of the plaintiff as bad, ] while she had an equal number to show it ts l>e good. The case was | continued until Monday morning, when the evidence was concluded by I noon. The argument consumed about four hoin>and the jury was instructed and sent out during the evening. \ftei 1 1! hour- deliberation aver diet as above stater] was returned and the case was dosed for the present at j least. There is much diversity of opin-1 here as to the justice of the verdict. ]

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CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

NUMBER IB

Yesterday u® ruing at ten o’clock at the palatial home of the brides parents. Mi and Mrs. Robert B. Allison. ®irr ed the marriage of their handsome ® and accomplished daughter, Mary Yamje Allison to Frederick G. Macke of Birmingham, Alabama. The bride I was elegantly attired in a handsome | and costly bridal trousseau while the 1 groom wore the conventional black. [ They made a handsome couple as they ' entered the parlor, keeping step to j the ever beautiful Mendelsohns’ weilding march plaved by Mrs. Lew' i Ellingham. Rev. Duckett was at his , best, making the ceremony impressive | upon every one present. ' Congratu- ] lations followed and then at 11:30 an , elaborate dinner was served. Mr. and ] Mrs. Macke left on the 1:19 Grand Rapids passenger and after a day or ; two devoted to the sights in Cineinj nati will arrive at their future home ]in Birmingham. Friday evening. The bride is well known to every one u.i Decatur, where her friends are many. : She is a talented young lad v and takes Ito her new home the well ’wishes of her many acquaintance. The grc*m ]is paying teller in the Jefferson I County Saving Bank an important | institution among the business interests of Birmingham. Previous to. accepting hi- present responsible® position he was paymaster on the Louisville A Nashville rliilroad. He , is young but still a man of ability and of considerable wealth, and extremely popular with the people at his home. ! After Mr. and Mrs. Macke will be at at 2914 South Hilands, in a cozy cottage home. Among the out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. Rayn and Miss Ruth Ramey of Portland, and Miss Ruby Pierce,of j Fort Mayne. The Democrat joins : the procession of congratulatory I friends in wishing the happy couple a buig and prosperous life? Upon their departure they were escorted to the train by a numljer of well wishing friends who added the further testimony of t heir appreciation by a comfort able sprinkling of the festive rice. Attorney Lewis C. DeVoss. of this | city, was the victim of the most ; dispicable and contemptible assault lat Muncie last Saturday afternoon I that we have heard of for’ some time. ■ Mr. De\ oss had been at Muncie sev- ] eral days engaged in the trial of Carr vs Manley, a damage suit for injuries j inflicted about a year ago. The ease 1 had been completed and was in the hands of the jury and Mr. DeVoss | went to the depot at three oYdock, I expecting to take a train about that time. He wis acc< mpanied by Harry ] Carr the plaintiff in the case, and while waiting for the train. DeVoss ; -aid he would go over to the New S uthei H tel and telephdfee t-> the I court house to ascertain whether or i not the jury had secured a verdict. He did so and as he came out on the sidewalk took out his watch to notice the time of day. Just then ho was accosted by a man , known in Muncie for his general tough character. win said. “WJiat do you mean bytalking about me the way you have?’ Mr. De\ oss replied that he did not know- him and hid not to hi» knowl edge ever uttered his name, whereupon the villian struck him a terrific blow in the face, just lielow the left eye. knocking him to ground. He attempted to get iq> and was again knocked down. FLe ruffian then grabbed his watch, tore it loose and after carrying if a short distance flung it ujr n the pavement, breaking it to . pieces. He then ran along the street and gave himself over to a policeman, wlatookhim f the police station and he at., nee ,>rdered hi trial, which through the courteousness (?) of the ofli^r-was given him. He wa- fined tenadollars and costs, amounting in all to about nineteen dollars. The 1 man gave his name as Charles Tyron, and Mr. DeVoss says openly that he is certain that he was employed by Manley to assault him.® The affair was an outrage and the man should have brsm prosecuted for assault w ith 1 intent to kill or highway robbery. Mr. | DeVoss was terribly beaten about the I head and his left eve still shows the ] effects Os the blow. ®

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