Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1900 — Page 5

Rj.of Tarentime, Pennsyl■e visiting with the family .ase. .» ,frs C. S. Mumma and Mr. illis Cassadv attended the lt Zanesville last Saturday ’• cv A. Dorwin, wife of Rev. of Pendleton is the parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. rt Brittson and son re- ? Tuesday evening from a [8 stay at northern numresorts. S ' \\ Lewton and family to their heartfelt thanks to all ■i , ' r U mllinglv assisted them during ■ t and death of their beloved and mother. I The Second Quarterly meetI . will be held in the Methodist Each next Sunday, Sept. 16th. The Em: elder. Rev. W. H. Daniel. Ell preach in the evening. ■ Hw> I‘- k Lrwiu. E- ® urt Lenhart, |1 , lias G.Jlogly and James Haefling Etendec the opening of the campaign ■ lefferson township Tuesday even Er and report an enthusistic meeting. I" Last Friday, M. E. Woman’s Home issiouarv 'society Decatur. $2.13. )X t Friday, the Brethren church ntioch). Friday after next L. U. church, Blue Creek township. Gus iscnthaL In our article concerning the death Miss .Martha Bender last week, we rted that she was the youngest of euty-two children. This was an ■or on the part of our informant, 0 family having consisted of fifteen ildren. A large number of Decatur people j attending the U. V. L. encampmt at Fort Wayne today, the prinial attraction being the presence of .J. Bryan. The G. A. R. Post of g city, attended the reunion in a jy yesterday. Rev. Vitz, of Indianapolis, was in ) citv Tuesday calling on old friends j acquaintances. He was on his yto Lima, where the annual synod of jßeformed church is in session, rile here he made us a very pleast call. About twenty-five Rathbone sisters shed in upon Mrs. and Mrs. M. V. Archbold Friday evening and proid to make themselves at home dur r their stay of about three hours, freshments were served and the rty was a very happy one. ■A Woman in the Case,” by Fitz A abaters popular company was preited at the opera house Tuesday ming and was one of the best, funand most entertaining ever seen the city. Every one present was pi-.e-ed and are ready for a retrip from the same people. The ili-n.i cratic marching elnb are right along and as soon as MLe:r im.forms arrive, which will lx* in ■ few dav«, they will give an exhibion the streets. The boys are all ■u’l.t i ti.'dr earnestness shows that in old Adams county for will be a marked one. ■ Marriage licenses have lieen issued week as follows: Henry Koeneaiid Emma Wickmeyer. Barclay and Fanny Harshman. Oliver ■I. Linn and Ethel Hall, Oliver V. and Mary E Beckham. Patrick ■ Hyland and Ella Touhey, Albert IllcCordle and Lizzie Pontius, Edwin ■ Aler and Mary M. Harkless. I The races at Steele's Park last FriI ay were above the usual high stand lid and the large crowd present I horoughly enjoyed them. The 2:30 I lace was won bv Cal Miller's horse. I oe.M.. and the free-for-all pace by I )an Beery's new fast one. An excelI rat program has l>een arranged by ti.e I ommittee for tomorrow. I Charles Jeffries, the genial dav Llerk at the Burt House for me I ime. has resigned, and left this week B lor Lafayette, Indiana, where he will I pre in a similar position at the ■ Lahr House, one of the finest and ■ post popular hosteleries in the west. H Charley is a clever young man and I well qualified we predict for ■ pm success in his new position. I P ar °chial schools of the St. ■ Mary s Catholic church opened Morfl with an enrollment c. about 250. I Luring the vacation the school rooms I k V *L r,, P a ' n b'd and otherwise I up for the coming term. ■ Niue the playgrounds have been I materially improved by the addition ■ M acoat of gravel and a new brick ■ The Rathbone Sisters were in their Monday evening for at that ■ |nne they entertained visiting sisters I K?| m p &roev ’H <! > Bobo and Spencer IL, Befreshments were served and ■ pvera! hours passed happily with I an d other modes of enI b ,i ll . 11,n *’ D f on the program. The I ftathtiones are alright, ami the visitors ■ ire ready t< affirm that fact. I „ai tOr , ne y Clark J - Lutz was taken I kid w with pleurisy of the rig t I 800 j. tt y> ‘luring the after ■ fn las condition was very serious. I r B WaH "asier Monday evening ami I L™. improving slowly until I L loDl ' l . < *'*red out of danger, much I Mi< | of his many friends. I pletel I* **' Hoon recover con1 ’ I t * ll ' Singling brothers were ■ lodn M ' r , H Barabixi Masonic I fcau" 1 ' • 11 'b*'petition of their father 1 fiwl t <XeiV ''A The Ringlings quali I kiimJi . <<)ri wr lhe degrees were asI wZt wwftal positions and re I Is hjl.i .i*’. fat h <ir into the lodge. It I Bven v- 111 Masonic, history or I bf thiJi ■ n , K Solomon's time, a case I kind is not recorded.

Council Appropriations. Salary county clerk y 2 IOO m Office expense ’ J Other expenses.... ' p * Salary county auditor..i" •eX. J Office expense “'Jx * Other expenses r * Services as clerk county coun- (»’} J ar T cou uty treasurer.... ]7fJ! !J! Office expense L, Other expenses ' L. Postage ™ £ Salary county recorder...."/. 1300 $ Office expense ~.>£• Other expenses /' ‘' jqo no Salary county sheriff.. / 2(00 (Mt Office expense 133 00 For attending county council 30 00 Fees county surveyor 900 00 Office expense....* 231 95 Postage /'/ ' ■ ~ ls ( 'L Two cases for blanks j 2 00 Wiring office for electric lights 5 gQ Per diem of county superin- ‘ endent 1240 00 Office expense 44,; 00 Per diem of county assessor. 450 (X) Office expense 5 00 Postage '/ / j Additions for 1900 ' 440 Per diem of township assessors 1750 00 FOR EXPENSES OF ASSESSMENTS ALLOWED BY LAW. Union township.. .sllO Root 150 Preble 130 Kirkland 100 Washington 360 St. Marys 115 Blue Creek 100 Monroe 180 French.. 105 Hartford 120 Wabash 180 Jefferson 100-1490 00 Per diem jurymen, grand... 500 00 Per diem jurymen, petit 3800 00 Bailiffs 1250 (Ml Witness fees 25 00 Special judge 200 00 Board, jurymen 110 00 Per diem of official reporter. 600 00 Expenses jury commissioners 60 00 Expenses attorney to assist prosecuting attorney 150 (X) Law books 100 00 Sheriff t;5(l 00 Clerk 600 00 Repairs and supplies court room 25 00 Stationery for court r00m... 25 00 Salary of pauper attorney.. . 250 00 Expenses of changes of venue 1000 00 Repairs of court house and grounds 370 00 Supplies 725 00 Janitor and other employes. 545 00 Rent of surveyor’s office, fuel and lights 75 00 Rent of county superintendent’s office 40 00 Repairs of jail and grounds.. 100 00 Supplies 800 00 Janitors and other employes. 180 (K> EXPENSES POOR FARM. Superintend’! and employes. 1400 00 Supplies 1625 00 Cleaning, shreding and sawing wood 150 00 Ditching and extra help 100 00 Physician for county asylum. 150 00 NEW BRIDGES. Expenses of new bridges.... 7185 00 Union township. .§4OO Root 200 Preble 540 Kirkland 650 Washington 275 Blue Creek 1250 Monroe 1050 French 800 Hartford 350 Jefferson 360 Wabash 1510 Expense bridge repairs..... 2050 00 Salary for commissioners.... 900 00 Expense of bailiffs 150 00 Salary of county attorney. .. 300 00 Collecting change of venue costs 50 00 Prosecuting suits of D. P. Bolds and witness fees.... 900 00 Salary secretary board of health 341 25 Supplies, etc 168 00 Expenses of rep irs of free* gravel roads 11730 00 For new gravel roads taken up in 1900 500 00 For payingoutstaudinggravel road repair orders 4OUO 00 For paying bonds due January Ist, 1901 1000 00 For pavment of interest on bonds ' ‘ * 2000 00 For the expenses of inmates of STATE BENEVOLENT AND PENEAL INSTITUTIONS. Hospital for insane SISO 00 Deaf and dumb institute.... 200 00 Reform school for boys 150 00 Reform school for girls and women prison 275 00 For expenses of public advertising TOO 00 EXPENSES BOARD OF REVIEW. Per diem of members 300 00 Bailiff W 00 Witnesses 25 00 For expenses of poor (to be paid back into the treasury by trustees' levies the following year) 2049 82 For per diem of coroner..... 00 For expense of insanity inquests TOO 00 Deputy hire... BtO J Stationery and supplies H » Other expenses Stationery for com >0 00 Truant officer Night watch at court house.. 120 00 Posting of ditch notices 100 (X) Paying damage on highway 200 00 Expenses of road viewers and (iitch ex|s‘nses K Fencing old fair grounds.... 1« X Burial expenses •• • j** Salary of county council... <<si ou The council also fixed the tax levy, making the county tax 44( cents on each §100; county sinking fund < cents on each JlOO: gravel road repairs 16 cents on each 1100

WOE AND RUINATION GALV ESTON, TEX.. WRECKED BY AN UNPRECEDENTED STORM AND TIDAL WAVE. thousands of lives are lost » The Fair City on the Gult Caught In an Extended West Indian Hurricane and , fradically Destroyrd—Meager Intelligence of an Appalling Disaster. Galveston, Tex., Sept 11.-It is not possible to give at this time, a reliable report as to the number of deaths. From estimates made by persons who have been most active in the work of rescue it is believed that not less than 1,500 and possibly as many as 5,000 people were destroyed. Os course, the wounded and broken are numerous. The damage to property is not lesa than $10,000,000. The loss to life and property at adjacent points ean only be roughly estimated.

Galveston, Tex., Sept. 11.—One of the most awful tragedies of modern times has visited Galveston. The city is in ruins and the dead will number probably 1,000. The people at onee organized for the prompt burial of the dead, distribution of food and all necessary work after a period of disaster. The wreck of Galveston was brought about by a tempest so terrible that no words can adequately describe its intensity, and by a flood which turned the city into a raging sea. The weather bureau records show that the wind attained a velocity of 84 miles an hour when the measuring instrument blew away, so it is imisissible to tell what was the maximum. The wind at first came from the north and was in direct opimsition to the force from the gulf. While the storm in the gulf piled the water upon the beaeh side of the city the north wind piled the water from the bay onto the bay part of the city. \ ery few, if any. buildings escaped injury. There is hardly a habitable house in the city. When the people who had escaped death went out at daylight to view the work of the tempest and the floods they saw the most horrible sights imaginable. The whole of the business front for three blocks in from the gulf was stripped of every vestige of habitation. Tlie largest structures, supposed to be the most substantially built, suffered the greatest. The orphans’ home fell like a house of cards. How many dead children and refugees are in the ruins has not yet been ascertained. Os the sick in St. Mary’s infirmary together with the attendants, only eight are known to have been saved. The Old Woman’s home collapsed; the Rosenberg schoolhouse is a mass of wreckage. The Ball high school is but an empty shell, crushed and broken. Every church in the city with one or two exceptions is in ruins. At the forts all the soldiers save 15 are dead, they having been in temjiorary quarters which gave them no protection against the tempest or the flood. The Catholic orphan asylum down the island fell and all the inmates were lost, for there was no aid within a mile. The bay front from end to end is in ruins. Nothing but piling and the wreckage of the great warehouses remain. The elevators lost all their superworks and their stocks are damaged by water. The life saving station at Fort I’oint was carried away, the crew being swept across the bay 14 miles to Texas City. Capt. Haines lost his wife and one of his crew. The shore at Texas City contains wreckage to rebuild a city. Eight per sons who were swept across the bay during the storm were picked up there alive. Many corpses were also picked up. In addition ‘o the living and dead which the storm cast up at Texas City caskets and coffins from one of the cemeteries at Galveston were flshed out of the water there. The number of the dead will not be known until the search of the ruins can be finished. The flood left a slime about one inch deep over the whole city and unless fast progress is made in burying corpses and carcasses of animals there is danger of pestilence. It will take a week to tabulate the dead and the missing ami to get any thing near an approximate idea of the monetary loss. It 1s safe* to assume that one-half of the property of the city is wiped out and that one-half of the residents have to face absolute poverty. For 10 miles Inland from the shore it is a common sight to see small craft such as steam launches, schoon era and oyster sloops. The lift* tioat of the life saving station was carried hao a mile inland while a vessel that was anchored in Moses bayou lies high and dry five miles up from IgiMarque The President Acts. Washington, Sept. 11.—The following telegram was yesterday sent by the president to the governor of Texas Washington, Sept. 10. Hon. J. D. Say ers, Governor of Texas, Austin, Tex The reports of the great, calamity which has befallen Galveston and otb er points on the eoast of Texas excitt my profound sympathy for the suffer ers as they will stir the hearts of th* whole country. Whatever help It It possible to give shall be gladly ex tended. Have directed the secretary of war to supply rations and tents upor your request. WILLIAM M’KINLEY. Cholera In India. London. Sept. 11.—The viceroy of India. Lord Curzon of Keddleston, telegraphs that the deaths from cbol era for the week ending Sept 1, were Native states, 1.03 U; British districts 4.02 L

|i ssisl Clothing Sale | I of the year. I Fall and winter clothes are pouring in daily... Summer clothes must go. w and go they will at these prices, which are I WAY BELOW COST: I $4.50 fine Worsted Pants SaO QR $12.50 to sl-5.00 Men’s Suits, in SaQ goat Cassimeres ami worsteds, go at O 0 g I These compare with others’ sls suits. B B 1 and Worsted gJ Qg $ll.OO to $12.00 Men’s Suits, in all C7KA B Bl • ’ K fabrics, go at V • . O $2.00 Pants, all sizes and patterns, C-| 0Q SIO.OO Men’s Chevoit Suits, all KA goat Ql.iCO wool, goat tjb.OU g $1.50 Pants, all colors and sizes, QQ n SB.OO Men’s Worsted and Cassimere K. SI goat t7OC Suits, goat Ou.UU S| SI.OO Pants, while they last, T9C $7 50 Men’s Wool Suits gQ QQ y BOYS’ SUITS— 6to 14, from 60c to SB.OO 2 I Boys’ Knee Pants, worth 25 cents, go at ISc B Boys’ Knee Pants, worth 50 cents, go at 38c 0 ® Child’s Suits in light weights, go at one-half their former price. Men’s 50c Overalls with or without aprons, go at 35c Is f FREE —With every SIO.OO purchase we give a fine, large Ther@8 mometer absolutely free. ; | Get your Atlas before September first. 9 Come early'and get the best at these low prices. I Gus Rosenthal, | | Decatur, Ind. The Square Man. f

ESTIHATE OF LOSS. Late Neus F ru/n Storm-u recked Galveston Show the Loss of Life to be Enormous. “Galveston, Texas, Sept. 12, — Charles S. Diehl, General Manager Associated Press, Chicago: A summary of the conditions prevailing at Galveston is more than human intellect can master. Briefly stated, the damage to property is anywhere between fifteen and twenty millions. The loss of life cannot be computed. No lists could be kept and all is simply guesswork. Those thrown out to sea and burried on the ground whereever found will reach the horrible total of at least 3,000 souls. “My estimate of the loss on the island of the city of Galveston and the immediate surrounding district is between 4,00(1 and 5,000 deaths. Ido not make this statement in fright or excitement. The whole story will never be told because it cannot be told. The necessities of those living are total. Not a single individual escaped property loss. The property on the island is wrecked; fully one-half totally swept out of existence altogether. What our needs are can be computed by the world at large by the statement herewith submitted much better than I could possibly summarize them. The help must be immediate. "(Signed) R. G. Rowe, Manager Galveston News." Miss Mary Myers, of Decatur, was the guest of honor at a picnic at Rob iuson s park on Friday afternoon given by the young ladies of the parly. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harding and Mrs. Will Griswold acted as chaperones. Those who attended were the Misses Davis, Miss Grace Harding, Miss Elsie Jackson, Miss Felts, and Messrs. Elwin Hulse. Herbert Lang, John Moring, Delbert Fitch, George Keplinger, Clarence Swann, Will Rabus and Mr. Phelps. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Night Watchman Geary while making the rounds Monday evening saw three men trying to gain an entrance into the rear end of Moore's meat shop on Madison street. He fired his revolver into the air and started after them but they succeeded in getting away. The next morning it was as certained that some one nad entered the Mart Luttinan saloon on Madison street and Chris Bochnect’s place on Monroe street, and it is believed to have been the same men. No loss of any consequence is reported from any of the places, however.

Will Frank, formerly of the 160th, has given up his barber business at Joplin, Mo., to manage “Bosco,” the snake eater who disgusted people here last fall. Will writes for a date here for the street fair. He claims that his “Boseo” is the real thing and no imitation. He actually eats the rattle snakes alive and lets them bite him. Will’s show carries a den of twenty five rattlers and he says he has the i strangest outfit on the road. He ex pects to exhibit at the Portland fair. Bluffton News. The board of commissioners have i appointed T. H. Ernst as janitor at the court house for another year. | Mr. Ernst is a mighty good man for the place and keeps everything in exceptionally good condition. For [ the next three months P. Holthouse ; A Co. will furnish the clothing for the county infirmary at a cost of $52.80;, G. W. Archbold <Sc Son salt $4.90; H. A. Fristoe tobacco $14.40; Boston Store, dry goods and groceries $59.24: Smith, Yager At Falk drugs $4.80; Winnes shoe store, shoes $34.25. The friends of Forrest Cartwright will be somewhat surprised to hear of his marriage on May 17th of the present year to Miss Mabel Hawley at Greencastle, Indiana. Miss Hawley comes from one of the most prominent families of Huntington. She was a student of DePauw University where she stood high in her classes, and is a bright Christian young lady. It was at the University that she and Mr. Cartwright formed an acquaintance. Forrest will prosecute his studies dur ing the coming year, graduating in June. Portland Review. New statement cards have been issued this week by the Decatur National bank showing that institution to be one of the l>est in Indiana and to have made a rapid gain during the past five years The resources show the very neat figure of $439,856 or about half a million dollars. The deposits aggregate $303,570.71 against $118,687.86 of five years ago and the report shows a steady increase of busncss each year during the interval' The directors of the institution as shown on the can! are P. W. Smith, N. A. Keubler, C. A; Dugan, E. X. Ehing»r. J. B. Mason, Daniel Sprang and J. H. Hobrock. Jeff Bryson loft the latter part of last week for Washington, D. C., for the purpose of accompanying home his daughter, Miss Lucile, who fins b«*en at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. for some time, on account of poor health. Lucile has been at Washington about two weeks and herself and Mr. Bryson will return within a few days. She is feeling moderately well but is by no means recovered and will leave shortly after her arrival home for Denver, Coh rado, where she will remain during the winter provided the change proves beneficial in flie least. Her friends here earnestly hope for her ultimate complete recovery.

The case sos the state vs. Mentzer and Leßrun, petit larceny, came up before Judge Heller this week. The boys plead guilty to the charge and were sent to jail for five days, disfranchised for one year and fined $3 each. The boys were charged with stealing tobacco tags from John Lenhart. A half hundred lady guests, some in fancy costumes, surprised Mrs. Fred Schafer at her beautiful home, corner Monroe and Fifth streets, Sat urday evening. The affair was in honor of that lady’s birthday anniversary and although the celebration was not due until Monday, the affair was even more successful being unlooked for. Everyone was happy and had a joyous time, none more so than the surprised hostess herself. A brisk wind storm struck this city Tuesday afternoon and continued until well into the night, although no damage has been reported and the change of weather no doubt caused thereby has been hailed with delight. The wind was estimated at Chicago to be going at the rate of eighty miles per hour and we don’t believe it was any less than that here. It is believed to have been a part of the storm which swept through Texas Sunday. Mrs. H. C. Duckett was the victim of a cleverly planned surprise party last Friday evening, and the Presbyterian parsonage was a scene of merriment and gaiety for several hours. Two dozen guests made up the raiding party and the voting ladies took entire charge of tEe program. The hostess responded, however, by setting before them an elaborate luncht'on and ’tis said the visitors were even more surprised than tbeii intended victim. Everything went well, the occasion being enlivened by the production of all kinds of music by Place’s phonograph. The following real estate transfers have been made since our last report: Wm. Mertz to Oscar Burry 80 acres, Hartford township, $360(); Abe J. Sprunger to D. Kwher 40 acres, Monroe township, $500; C. N. Ehrman to W. C. Werling 80 acres, Kirkland township, $3800; Sarah A. Farver to Catharine Bilderback 64 acres. Blue Creek townships9sl; Huldah C. Bentz to H. M. Butler in-lot 409, Geneva, $900; J. H. Uunlahtnan to A. Knavel 40 acres, Union township, $1200; Margaret Gaier et al to Catharine Gross in-lots 77, 78. 79, Ceylon, $250: J. Butcher to C. Campbell part in lots 106, 107, Geneva. $1000; On Hostel to C. F. Cornell 40 acres, St. Marvs township, $1300; J. L. Harper to t). F. Norris in lots 17, 16, 21, Pleasant Mills, $150; Ida E. Smith et al to Everett A Co. 5 acres, Washington township. $750: Mary Kinney to O. Dehoff 5 acres, Wabash township, $225; (). Dehoff to J. Banning 10 acres, Wabash township. $700; W. C. Glondening to J Banning part Wabash township, $2,000.