Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1894 — Page 1

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

VOLUME I.

BMp doyoulikeus * . Hunt of Richmond, aas in pe city Monday. Bek Vetz of St. Paul, Minn., ||Bsi hi* home Tuesday last. , Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hill were at jVabash last week visiting friends white the 89th boys were re lining. Dell Locke, the accomphskof the Burt, returned wHaj' from a week's absence at Waterloo. O. T. Rayn, editor and pubflffir of the Geneva Herald, a vainof that town, paid this a fraternal call while in town Monday. and Mrs. L. D. Adams, werethe wedding of Mr. ■ - Deaking and Miss Jessie 1). ■■linger. which was solemnized ■k- last Thursday. BB*. E- Studebaker, notary public, monty loaner and insurance agent, ■■epresented in our advertising this week. His office is opposite the court bouse, wW'c solicits the consideration public. ■■on. R, K. - rwin is at MontiWhite county, where he de|Hrs democratic talks Wednesday, TKrsda v and Friday of this week, Bjim request of Mr. Tom Taggart, ■Brman of the democratic state committee. ®>e “old school house'' which Mr J John D. Hale converted into a ■Bn warehouse would hardly be ■Bgnized by the graduates of yea s ago, now that the ctipalo has ■K remodeled and every other Kl of the building beautifully ■hinted. (Friday) Oct. 19th, Theo. Wilkin,of the St. Mary’s ■|liolic church will be a half een■k old. We care not to beforeJ&ui map out how theoccasiou will lie t-eb brated by his many friends liß-alnjuts, but feel assured in saying [that it will be in royal manner. Mary Brittson, wife of < 'it j■Basurer Albert Brittson, died evening. She had been gfcl but a few days. Funend ser/®»‘s will be held to-day at 2:00 Slin-, at the Presbyterian church, ■jad acted by Rev. W. I. Alexau SKr. luterment in Maplewood cemggoe A. Hendricks of Fort Wayne, jsla Clash subscriber to this interlisting news bureau, and will conSBiie to be •->» until we celebrate the fi»i. anniversary of our birth. Joe ■k- a faculty of knowing a good thing when he sees it, hence his ■ in joining our household j ofthappj' readers. ■tN farmer’s institute will be held ! inf Decatur, December 10 and 11 Mr. T. D. Tarry of Hudson, Ohio, ■ be here to address the farmers ! WtAdams county at this meeting. Mr. Tarry’s special topics on this: occasion will be on clover, potatoes wheat. Mr. .1. .1. Biliingslj , editor of the Drahi K< Jonriml. will also be li.-re ami to our people on drainage. Monday night as John' was stalling lb: home as K- closing his Imsine. sat the ' . - whe was met at the ’ ■et of the stairs by some unknown ■i-rson who made a grab for bis chain, which he had on his Serson. John also made a grab for ! .■Mie same article with his left hand ’ ■id succeeded in retaining the ■atch, but the chain was detached : ■cm the watch by the thief who i ■tn away- with it towaids the river, ■ohn ga"C chase but on account of ■arkness lost sight of the thief, ■ho evidently waded across the St. Blary's river to get away. I The Democrat last week bid fare ■veil to Randolph county and is now ! ■emoved to Decatur, Indiana, and Where it will continue to run as a 1 democratic newspaper under the ■management of the present owner, ■L. ('. Ellingham. The Democrat! I has had an eventful career, having • ■ seen the ups and downs of all news | papers, and it was generally sup-! posed that it had become a fixture 1 here, but Mr. Ellingham did well ■ to go to democratic Adams where( the chances are better for a demo-I cratic newspaper. The Herald’s business and personal relations with the Democrat and Mr. Ellingham have been most pleasant and courtesies were extended from one to the other iu a friendly way. We wish him success in the new field and sincerely hope that he has improved his opportunities for success.—Winchester Herald.

Ex-postmaster Wm. Keough, of Fort Wayne, was in the city yesterday. Billee has many warm friends in Decatur who are always glad to see him. J. D. Cook of Toledo, Ohio, was in this city last week. He was employed by the city council to superintend the construction of the water works system, and is said to have complete knowledge of this work. The Adams circuit court will convene at the chamber of justice lon November 5. Some important cases are now docketed for hearing at that time and appearances foretell “lots of business.” Judge Heller will preside. A n energetic young boy with lots of business concealed about his trouser’s pocket, can receive a situation at this office. The boy in ■ question must represent a species of I humanity that won’t try to manage ■ the business within a week’s time. John Miller while at Ft. Wayne ! last Wednesday bought a mon--1 key that can climb and descend a rope equal to any jack-tar in the English navy. Ehinger & Meyers have this little performer on exhi- ' bition iu one of their front windows. Go and see it! The subscription price of The ! Democratic Press will be $1.50 per J ear, but in order tv iittiodSCv i ourselves you can get it from now I until January 1,1895, for a quarter iof a dollar. Subscribe now and forI ever live in peace with yourself and . the remainder of mankind. A democratic barbecue is on tap at Peru for some time during the .campaign, the exact date not being i made public as yet. The democrats of that region are always up with | the times, and this occasion we may expect to sparkle with everything tangible toward democratic success. The Democratic Press possesI ses new presses, new type and j printers that were born, and not ! made, so if you want some of the finest printing in the land, we are the people. Remember we guaran - ■ tee to satisfy you in price, style and quality. Just pull the latch string ■ and walk in. ('apt. M. L. Byers, the popular cigar manufacturer, has contracted , for a cottage which will lie erected I at once on South Fourth street, and j will be ready for occupancy by the i first of December. J. M. Baker, ! the hustling contractorand carpen|ter, will do the work. Decatur ap- ’ preciates good business men. December 10 and 11 are the dates [for the farmer’s institute in this i city, and preparations are already | on the wing for the entertainment and success of this institute. The ' tilling of the soil is the most praiseworthy calling of the day and no • pains should be spared to make 11. is meeting a grand success. The : business men and citizens of Deca- ! tur should assist in making it such. “Place’s Oysters” is the name attached to Decatur’s young foot I ballites, who all have blood in their I eye and can w i.pe the earth with any -other like standing armies in this par; of the country. The team will ! be managed by F. B. Adams and [captained by Will Schrock, with I the following energetic young playi ers : Center rush, F. Orcutt; ends, iD. Meyer and Burt Mann; guards, Ip. Robinson and Wid Dorwin; i tackles, A. Bollman ami Charles ' Peterson; quarter back, Chad. I Shafer; halfbacks, A. Devoes and j Will Schrock; full back,Ora France; ! substitutes, R Archibold, A. Nich-1 ; ols, N. Thomas, H. Helm, H. i I Nichole and Charles Woodward. I DePauw is uow a back number. ! Under the supervision of S. P. j Beatty, bicycle racing was on the ! program for last Saturday. The lovers of this sport came to town from every direction and took a good sized finger in the fun. Runyan of Urbana, Ohio, won first place I and time in the ten mile road race, I making the circuit in 27:9. He was I followed by Harry Long of Angola, ! who finished second in 27:39. Third ! place was won by John Kern of this city, who tiinesl it in 30:1. Lee Heller of Fort Wayne, timed the ; distance in 27:29 and was given fourth place. The one mile race for the championship of Adams, county was won by C. L. Ayers in : 2:37. Chalmer Shaffer made a close second at 2:40, and Ora. France whose time was 2:42. The whole seriesof races was watched with interest by all the owners of a safety and to them were highly intei esting and enjoyable.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1894.

Dairy Made Buttermilk Soap—the finest skin soap. Elegantly perfumed. Price reduced to 10c. The only genuine sold at Holthouse exSmith’s drug store. E. J. Wisehaupt, the plumber and gas fitter, has more work on his hands than seven stacks of tramps, and in consequence is working extra time as well as extra help, (’apt. Meyers and Jim Middleton are extensive dealers in Pennsylvania grown apples. Their place of business is in the basement of Pete Holthouse & Co.’s clothing house. Rev. E. A. Allen, the present i pastor of the Fifth street Presby- | terian church of Indianapolis, and a former pastor of the Presbyterian church here, was in the city last week, a guest of his many friends. Os course your eyes will all feast on the juicy advertisement of EhinI ger & Myers, the clothiers and i gents furnishers. Printer’s ink is a valuable annex to business of all kinds and this firm seem to know ■ the fact. The 89th Indiana lx>ys from hereabouts who attended the regimental I re-union at Waitash, Wednesday i ami Thursday of last week, report having had an enjoyable meeting. Hartford City has been selected as the next place of meeting. L. G. Ellingham nas discovered !an aching void in the Demtur newspaper field and in his last issue of ; the Winchester Democrat announced that he would move bag i and baggage to that place for the sole purpose of filling the void. If | there is a void there Lew will come as near filling it as any one we know of around here. He will at i least give the Decaturites a good newsy sheet.—Portland Sun. R. B. Allison is outspoken on the gravel roatl question sufficient ; that he agrees to give out of bis ■ own pocket, $lO a mile for the first six miles of road built leading into ' this city. Dr. Trout will donate $25 on the same plan. This warI rants the assumption that gravel I roads are a badly needed article around these “diggins,” and we ■ wonder who will 4>e first and funj most to start the gravel road ball I rolling. Let’s all speak at once. Ehinger & Meyers, clothiers and merchant tailors of our city, are i entered in the colums of The Democratic Press this week, with a I very attractive advisement of their business. These enterprising geni tiemen need no introduction on our part, as by fair dealing, warranted : goods ami low prices they have establisned a business second to none ! anywhere iu a city of our population. Readers of the Press will please Scan their advertisement on I the Fourth page and profit thereby i when buying anything in their line. The court room was crowded | on Tuesday evening of last week, at i which time the Hon. John G. ! Shanklin, editor of the Evansville I Courier, spoke at length on the political issues under discussion in ! present Indiana state campaign, i | The arguments of the speaker were i invincible and the demagogical eaI lamity attitude which has been sos- 1 tered by the protectionist brethren i was dealt with without gloves. Mr. i Shanklin is a talented and gifted speaker and possesses many adI tnirers in this corner of democratic I . hoosierdom. He was accompanied : by C. W. Welman, democratic can - i didate for clerk of the supreme I court, who also is a pleasing and in- 1 Itelligent gentleman. Both were! i pleasant callers at this office. Joseph W. Roop, of Willshire, 1 ! Ohio, was arrested in Van Wert | | iastSaturday night, by Officer John Risen, for having attempted to I pass raised $lO and S2O U. S. I notes. This had been done by pasting over the figures sl, the' figures $lO and S2O, cut from gen - uine money or advertisements made to imitate U. S. paper money. The work on the S2O note which he attempted to pass was well executed, but on the $lO it was a very bunglesome piece of work. The same Joseph W. Roop recently exI changed three S2O U. S. notes at the Adams County Bank, of our city, for bills of smaller denomina- ■ tions. All three of these bills were badly mutilated, having the corners containing the figures S2O torn off. These, mutilated notes are still in possession of the Adams j County Bank, and with this and other evidence, Joseph W. will stand a fair chance of crossing the \ “divide” for a few stretches.

Clarence D. Carr is getting up another set of his famous advertis- > iug authors, which seem to touch the spot in the wants of the average' advertiser. Barney Kalverisky returned from i Fort Wayne Thursday, looking as , thin as a wafer, having abstained 1 from food and liquids for twentyfour hours in compliance with the I 1 1 edicts of his church. We want a good, live correspond-1 ■ ent in everj- township and town in the county, and will furnish writ- ; ing material and stamps to every lone connected with our bureau of ! j news. Who will be first! W. E. Brown of Dickson, Ohio, j ■ has opened up a retail tobacco and , cigar store, fourth door west of, : I Adams county bank, on Monroe street. His stock is fresh and so | I is hisadd., which appearselsewhere I in this paper. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shaffer gave a ! six o’clock dinner Thursday even- ' ing, in honor of Mrs. Edward Shaf- , fer of South Bend, Ind. Dr. De- ■ Vilbiss, wife and daughter. Alex. Bell and wife, and W. A. Keubler ’ and wife were present and enjoyed the hospitality of .Mr. and Mrs. i Shaffer. A pleasant time is reported. ] Congressman A.N. Martin is now 1 canvassing Adams in the interest I of his own candidacy and the demoi cratic liiiKet. He speaks at Geneva, j Berne, Salem and the Huey school i ■ I house iu Jefferson township, on the I il9 and 20th inst. Large and en-1 ! thusiastie crowds have turned out' ■ to hear him everj' place he has 1 ■ spoken during the campaign, and i everything points toward his tri-; umphant election by a handsome majority. We had the pleasure of an intro- 1 | duction last Thursday morning to | Milton Nash of Elkhart, Ind., late j orderly sergeant of Co. F. 130th I ; Indiana volunteers. Mr. Nash and Dock Grindstaff of Monmouth, , were members of the same companj' , and regiment during the war, and this was their first meeting for many I years Mr. Nash was severely | - wcu’i .ed at the battle of Atlanta, . Ga., and was left on the battle field ! for dead but managed to survive! I arid defer that ordeal for that time. The Democrat of this city, issued ; t: its last number last week. .Mr. El- i • ■ bngham will remove the presses and I • i material to Decatur, this state, ' :! where he will engage in the publi- ' i cation of a democratic paper. The ■ .Journal has always found Mr. El- • j lingham an honorable competitor, I ! and while we have had afew “tiffs” on political matters, we regarded ■ him as a very pleasant gentleman and wish him success in his new field of labor. In the language of ; Rip Van Winkle, “may he live i pong and prosper.”—Winchester! I Journal. The republicans are circulating a I report that Judge Heller is extrav- I ; agant in his allowances, but thej' I 1 fail to tell the people how hisoppo- ! neat run the comity into an expense | of several hundred dollars when he I i was temporarily occupying the | ' bench for Judge Bobo a few years! lago. He took advantage of Judge , ! Bobo's absence, ami a general appoint meut made to him, and or-j ' dered several hundred dollars worth of new furniture for thecourt room, including twelve heavy walnut j desks, expensive linoleum carpet,' I etc. If Mr Peterson was soextrav-; lagant and onty occupied the bench ■ < a few days, the people had not I ought to trust him for six years. | iHe would bankrupt the county in | ■ that time. Jacob Branueman, wife and son I of Berne, met with quite a serious ! I accident while at Fort Wayne the I ! first of last week. Thej’ were start ing hoiae and while driving down I Hanna street in that city their car-, I riage horse became frightened at the ’ ears and began to run, and while trying to check the infuriated animal Mr. Branneman was pulled over the dashboard in front of the wheels which passed over his body. The boj r jumped from the buggy and in doing so sustained a broken arm. Mrs. Branneman also leaped from the rapidly moving carriage and was thrown upon her head receiving a concussion of the brain, which at first was thought to be fatal. She was unconscious for nearly a day, but under the careful I attention of a phj'sician she was able to go to her home yesterday. < 1 Mr. Branm an and son are both > ■ about fully recovered, but it was a < i close call and one which all three 11 ' will remember as long as they may ; ' live. 1 ;

John Welfley & Son have sold their restaurant to Coffee Bros., who will take charge thereof on the 25th of the present month; their present location will then be vacated. The Boston Store advertise a 'cloak opening for Oct. 17 and 18, and if our readers have an eye for I bargains you must look it up, and what’s better attend their opening on the days named. Prof. Corbin again leads the cornet band of our city, having consolidated with the other band of our ! city, thus making it one of the finest I I aggregation of first class musicians in this state. Success, boys ! Jesse Niblick & Son, cloaks, ! dry goods, etc., are billed for a cloak opening Oct. 19 and 20. You i will find a few pointers from them ; elsewhere in this issue, to which ' i we take pleasure in calling youres-1 pecial attention. John Vorhees and Mary Dickey, ■ Orion Hunt and Almira Sims, Jno. A. Laisure and Emma Wiehle, Lewis Corward and Lillie Odell, J. I C. Fisher and Elizabeth E. Crawford, John W. Vizard and Eva L. ; Acker, Gustave Remking and Lily ; Keifer, John M. Parr and Allie I Mej era, Homer Charleston and Ella ' Donovan, Daniel Kipfer and Mary Mosier, Adolph C. Witzman and I Emma Meyer have been licensed to marry by County Clerk Lenhart. This issue of The Democratic i Press consists of 2,500 copies i [ which have been mailed to all the ! ’ inhabitants of this earth—and the other. The many difficulties that ’ ! always arise upon the introduction j lof any business has, as a matter of, I fact, been with us, and this issue I ; cannot be called a fair criterion of ! what the news colums of the Press will contain from week to week. But iu order to thoroughly post, I yourself subscribe now and take! advantage of the cheap rate, 25 ! cents until January 1, 1895. An accident occurred at the U. & i E. crossing Wednes ay of last week ■ ! that caused Frank Schnepp to see a ! million stars out of one eye. Mr. : Schnepp lives six miles east of town and brought a load of logs here on ! the daj' in question. After unload-1 ing and driving toward town, the horses scared at the crossing throw-1 ing the driver to the ground the I wagon passing over him. Fortui nately no bones were broken, but i ! sprains were numerous, and it verj' slightly expresses the truth in sayI ing that Mr. Schnepp was and is a very sore mas, and it will take several days of quiet nursing to j bring him back to a normal condiI tion. It was a close call. The board of directors of the Citizens Telephone Companj- had a, meeting at Mann & Beatty's office i I the first of last week and transacted I ! business of importance to the company. It was decided by the board | that the companj- would give its i patrons day and night service,which I ! decision will be appreciated by it s ; I patrons. The rental rate per mouth ! ‘ was also fixed by the board at the i (following prices: For business' houses, public offices and ah publie i business places, $2 per month, and > I for all private offices and dwellings, l i $1.50 per month for each telephone I ' used. This companj- has a capital ! stock of $5,000, and was organized I by home parties, and for this reason ■ ' should be patronized bj every busi-1 I ness and professional man in Deca- i I tur. The companj- wiil have phones in full operation by the 13th inst. We-have been offered, says the ; i Arizona Kicker, $25 in cash and a, : barrel of wild plum vinegar to pub-, ! lish the record of the man who runs |: I the weekly further down the street.! ■ While there is no doubt in our mind j: that he is a bigamist, horse thief, : < barn burner and anarchist sympa-l; thizer, we know what belongs to/ decency and we positively refuse!: the bribe. There is too much mud | slinging among the editors of the' west, anyhow. Thej 7 seem to have forgotten what is due to the posi- < tion. If one of our doctors kills a ’ patient bj- some mistakethe rest are : always ready to swear him clear. If one of the editorial fraternity > makes a trip, the rest are eager to pitch into him. It should not be so. i There should be more of the frater- ; nal spirit, more of the pride of profession. Therefore, while we are i perfectlj- satisfied that the bald- i headed, bow-legged, squint-eyed old coyote w-ho calls himself the editor i of the moribund dish rag, eleven > doors below, ought to be in the ; state’s prison for life, we are not < going to forget what belongs to the i amenities of editorship.

NUMBER 1

I Lafayette Rape, Geneva’s post- , master under the Harrison regime, ■ wasat Bluffton the first of last week, ■ being called there to meet the board of pension examiners. Lase ' is personally all light but politically all wrong. The eight years old daughter of ■ Dr. Andrews of Monroe,died at the home of its grandparents in this ; city Monday evening of last week, from membrane fevei. The funeral sendees took place Wednesday conducted by Rev. ,! Gregg, with interment in the Reynold’s cemetery. About one year ago the doctor buried his wife which will make his grief at this time doubly severe. J. R. Boljg and A. P. Beatty talked on the polical issues to a . crowded house of Jefferson township voters at the Kinnej- school | house last Saturday night. The weather was decidedly unfavorable I but the Jefferson township intelligence was out in force, and listened with eagerness to the gentlemen who addressed them. The meeting i was a fitting indication that the democracy of Jefferson are march ing under the democratic banner. The many friends of Miss Lucy Heidcman were pleasantly entertained at her home iu the German settlement on Wednesday evening, of last week. The following persons were present: Misses Rosa Wolbert, Lena Hines, Lena Lang, Anna Langerich, Katie Lang, | Mary Lang, Lena Schurger, Anna M ollx-rt, Josephine Lang, and , Messrs. John Baker, Elmer Rohr, I Frank Herman, Theo. Langerich, I Henry Langerich, Ben Langerich, l John Lang, Mike Lang, Joe WolI bert, Julius Heideman, LeoKohne, i Tony Kohne, Tone Vogelwede, Gus ! Hessler, Ezra Steele and Albert ! Schurger and wife. Forty-seven of the survivors of I the 89th Indiana regiment re-uned ! at Wabash Wednesdaj- and Thursday of last week,afestive time is re- ! ported. Between the Comrades uho marched shoulder to shoulder duiI ing the conflict of 61-5 there reI mains a friendty relation that noth- | ing on earth can sever, and they can ! sit by the hour relating some interesting reminiscence that occurred ■ during the stages of action in those I dark days. The oncoming genera- | tions have a whole heart cf patriotism for these noble men who ! risked their lives and familj happiness for the preservation of the stars and stripes and this glorious union. Maj' their noble and generous acts then recorded act as a monument of success and happiness for their lives ever afterwards, is the wish of the Democratic Press. If Christ would go to Muncie, instead of Chicago, and diagnose the I brain, mind and kidneys—no heart iis visible?—of the correspondent of ! that city to the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Indianapolis dailies, he I would find a pig headed fop who I should be caged with the wonders (displayed by Barnum, instead of ! running at large among the decent I populace of that magic city. Last I week this sensational illuminator Hired up his imaginative blum.er- | bus and in each of these daily pa- > pera under blood curdling headlines—all paid for by the line—a.pIpeared an account of the strange and vastly mysterious disappeaii ance of Miss Adele Parrott, w. <> ! had apparently found a hole in the ; earth and dropped in, and before I doing so forgot to leave her regrets i and postoffice address. The nincompoop correspondent had all the residents of Muncie dressed in war paint with dark lanterns under their vests, searching various portions of this clouded universe for the aforementioned hole, but v. ithout any particular distinguishable amount of success or reward. It took a quarter of a column for this unprofessional correspondent to relieve his mind about something that never occurred. The young lady, Miss Parrott, lives mar Lynn Grove in this county, but is teaching in the public schools of Muncie, and is a handsome and intelligent young lady. A vacation in the schools there and with the superintendent’s knowledge and consent, she came home last Thursday, and after her departure this Jasper raked his brain with the above results. The articles furnished these dailies and which were read by many of her friends here, are utterly groundless, and we take pleasure in correcting them among the people of Adams county. A dose of hot salt might be beneficial to that correspondent, so we recoin mend it.