Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1894 — Page 1

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

VOLUME 1.

Geo. W. Steele was in the citv yesterday. This is Democrat Day. Every body decorate! R. K. Erwin and C. I*. Cole— Berre, Saturday evening, Nov'. 3. J B Rice and Bro. ship a car , load of cows to Philadelphia today. Peter Forbing took in the sights at Chicago this week, returning ednesday morning. Homer L. Martin of Marion, was In town a tew minutes Tuesday, Hooking as tail, august and hand Borne as ever. John Weber our hustling horse merchant, returned from Philadel phia last night, where he had sold a car load of tine horses. Another car load of choice cabbage and a car load of Michigan potatoes arrived today for the grocery firm of Donovan & Bremcrcamp. Hallow’een was pretty well observed in the south part of the city, notwithstanding the quaran tine placed on young America, byorder of Board of Health. The Decatur Snow White Lime Co. is kept constantly' busy tilling orders for outside trade. Since Septemlrer Ist they have shipped out twelve car loads, besides supplying home trade. Officer Cowan arrested George Russell this morning by order re ceived from the sheriff of Wayland, Michigan, where he had jumped his bail bond for unlawfully selling whisky to Indians. Mr. Theo. Get ke who at onetime was connected with the drugstore ofW. H Nachtrieb, of our city, will manage the new drug store i now being fitted up by Mr. Robert Case, on west side of Second street, opposite Decatur National Bank. The handsome new palatial home I of Ban Ker Porter at Geneva was opened to the public last evening., The occasion was quite brilliant ' and is noted as one of the most ele gaut society events of that place. Theorchestra of this city furn shed I the music. Our local news may be somewhat short this week, but the election I next Tuesday compels us to devote considerable space to political ques tions and issues. It will be two years before the excitement of another election will come before us for sincere consideration, and it will be just that long too before we will allow our local columns to run short of good news. A reading circle consisting of Warren Mosas, 11. F. Callow , Don L. Quinn, Roy Archbold and Simeon Beatty, entertained a few of their friends in their neatly furnished rooms on Monroe street hist evening. The guests w-ere Arlie 1 teVoss. Miles Pillars, Sadie Hale, Bessie Dorwin, Mena Myers, Jennie Bollman, Adda Falk, Leila Miller and Grace Peterson. A pleasant time is recorded. A petition was in circulation about town Monday, with a view of raising money sufficient to gravel the public road east of town from the bridge to the Mrs. Robinson farm one mile on the Van Wert road. Isaac Zimmerman is the owner of fine gravel which he offers to sell for this purpose at 25c. a load. The business men about town were taking very kindly to the snap, which no doubt will be brought to a successful termination. Surely you will visit the famous chrysanthemum show at Meiber’s hall, Nov. 6,7, 8 and 9. The showwill open Tuesday’ evening with a grand parade containing many new and startling features never before thought of. The well known brownies will be there in all their fantastic costumes. Also the forty beauties, more or less, from forty different countries (also more or less.) These beauties will accurately and wonderfully show the different typesof oriental loveliness. The ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay girls will be present to dispense Jones’ pepsin chewing gum to all lovers of the article. Also sweet maidens selling sweetmeats for sweet teeth. Swisraaids will be there to sell sweet jailk, buttermilk and cottage cheese ,J1 abundances The Japanese la lies dispense tea imported from .Is P an - The refreshing beverage will in genuine Japanese cups. I 'Wellington Case will be found in I a °rth part of the hall, lunch served I ° a the European plan. Every I ’b‘ning will be a new and pleasing I Admission, 10c.

Emerson Mann of Geneva, was here Tuesday. Barney Kalveriski made a bus 1 - ness trip to Fort Wayne Tuesday. Emanuel Woods and Harrv Wil- ! kinson drove to Van Wert last Sunday. Mrs. Timothy Coffee and daughter Miss Lena Barthel, were at Ft. Wayne Tuesday. Mr. Foster, of Chicago, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. R K Allison and husband last Sunday. Banker Morrison, and family, of Marion, Ind..were guests of J udge Studebaker and other relatives! over Sunday. I Y °u can get The Democratic ; * from this day and date to January Ist 1895, for 15 cents. J Stamps and the coin taken at par. The marriage record this week looms up with the names of Christ j Schakel and Clara Kiefer, John | Rally and Emilia Grasjean, Manley j S Brown ami Ruth Ellen Runyon. I Hon. R. K. Erwin delivered sev-| er.il democratic speeches in Marion, Grant county, last Monday i and Tuesday to large and enthusiastic audiences. Dick ranks among the ablest orators in the state. I George Watson and wife were in

j the city several days last week, vis-1 i ting with County Superintendent i : Snow and family. They will leave I November 7 for Washington, I). I where George is employed in the) pension department of our govern ' i meet. John Vogelwede, Ezra Lister, ! Tice Ullman and Nick Meibers rel turned home yesterday from a three days outing down the St I I Mary's. ' The weather was too inI clement for either bees, squirrel or I I tish—but for ground-hog, oh, it ' was never better. Ask John VoI gelwede Congressman Martin still lies ' I sick at the Hotel Meisse, but his I condition is much improved over I that of last week. He is billed for i a meeting at the court houseSaturI day night, and if nothing unlocked 1 | for occurs in his physical condition, he will be out. This will lie the ! j last meeting of the campaign, so let’s give our worthy congressman a rousing reception. , Among the number of excursion- ! ists to th s place during the fair : from the west, was 1. J, Miesse, of 1 Decatur, Ind. He formerly lived 1 in this county and was highly ! pleaded with the fairaud the many improvements in Lancaster. Mr. ‘ Miesse called at this office and sub- 1 scribed for the old bird, in order 1 that he might be posted about his ' old home. He was a guest of his cousin, Dr. G. Miesse, during his < stay here.—Lancaster (Ohio) Ea |

gle. President Cleveland has issued a proclamation appointing and setting apait Thursday, November 29, 1894, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, which day will be observed by all the people in the land. It might not be out of order to here add that while many of our pe >ple are beating a pleasing tattoo with a turkey drum sticK, the poor people of our city should not be overlooKed, that they may also unite in this happy day of ThanKsgiving for blessings received at the hands of a prosperous people and a prosperous and mighty nation. The county commissioners were in session last Monday making their selections of inspectors for the election next Tuesday. As taken from the record they are as follows: Union township, William Erwin; Root, west precinct, Fred W. Christman; Root, east piecinct,

Isaac Brown; Preble, south precinct, Henry Wafel; Preble, north precinct, Henry Dirkson; Kirkland, John Hower; Washington, west precinct, John Hessler; east pre cinct, Benjamin McLaughlin; St. Mary's, east precinct, David Mauler; west precinct, Henry Steele; I Blue creek, south precinct, N. Deyo; north precinct, Jacob Wech-1 i ter; Monroe, north precinct, G. H. ' Laughrey; middle precinct, R. E. | I Smith, sen; south precinct, John! ! Elev: French, Jonas Neuenschwan- > der; Hartford, north precinct, Fred ! Huffman; south precinct, William Shoemaker; Wabash, north, Elias Reisen; middle, Samuel Biteman, ' south s. w. Hale; Jefferson,! Franklin Hisey; Decatur, precinct I lone, John Lose; second ward, precinct a. William Keubler; precinct I, Henry Stettler; third ward, precinct a. Mathias Kirsch; precinct b, Jonathan Fleming.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1894

J. W. Place made a business trip to Geneva Monday. Dr. Bower of Ft. Wayne, was in the city last Monday on professional business. MrsjCharles True accompanied Mrs, W. C. Compton to Indianapolis last Tuesday. Mrs. E. H. Leßrun who has been confined to her bed by sickness for the past six weeks, is improving in health. Dr. J. L. Reid and wife of Van Wert, Ohio, were the guests of, lheir daughter, Mrs. Sherman Mott and husband. Monday was a poor day for rab-| bits but an awful good day for J ground-hogs. John Vogelwede i knows all about it. Ask him. The citizens' telephone company requestsall persons usingtelephones j to report all grievances to A. P. Beatty, the company’s secretary. I he Presbyterian ladies will give ' a chrysantemum fair at Meiber’s I J hall next week. Everybody is in -1 terested in the church as well as | the ladies, so make it convenient to I loan your presence and poeket liook upon this occasion. Commissioner Sam Fetters, of Jefferson township, met with the t'DlliniKuiniiorL- loct

commissioners last Monday. Judging from his personal appearance [Sam is surely withstanding the trialsand tribulations oflifeiery 1 nicely. An informal though thoroughly , delightful party was given Monday j evening at the residence of Mr. i John Omler, east of the city on the I i occasion ofthe 52nd birthday anniI versary of Mrs. Omler. As many I as twenty-live gentlemen and ladies! from Decatur were present, all of j whom repart au enjoyable time. The county clerk shook up the box the first of the week ami drew out the namesof Anhrew (lottschalk of Berne, Sylvester Pease of Kirkland township, James Willey of Blue Creek, Jerry Archerof Washington, C. W. Yager of St. Mary’s, i and Lemuel H. Franks of Root, who will act in the capacity of grand jurors. Soon The Democratic Press will have gained the prestige it deservesand will be eagerly sought after and read by all the inhabitants of this and the old conn tries. Only this week we received an order accompanied by the cash, from C. E. Linn, at Livingston, Montana, ordering a pretty good sample dose of the news. Mr. Linn is an old Decatur boy, and will be remembered by many of our readers. The business authors compiled by C. D. Carr and printed at this office has been the chief topic of conver-

sation all over the city the past [ week. Asan advertising scheme it . is acknowledged to be the greatest • success of the age. It is ingenious, : yet simple, constantly at work, yet cheap. The 834 decks of authors . will no doubt bring to the business ■ men whose ads are on them thousands of dollars in trade that they , would not otherwise have gotten. In fact they are the sensation ofthe winter. This office has had hundreds of calls for them which we have been unable to supply.—Decatur Journal, Dec. 25, ’93. The election commissioners, A. K. Grubb, J. Frank Mann and Count}’ Clerk Lenhart have been busy all week compiling the tickets for use next Tuesday in the various voting precincts of Adams county. The task is no small one, entailing about eleven thousand county and the same number of township ballots. They have to r />/1 4L /x - - -

be counted, and the required number for the various precincts wrapped, sealed and marked, so any one can easily see what a snap the commissioners have on their hands. It reminds us a little of the Irishman relating what a snap he had in America. All he was I required to do was to carry mortar I up to the seventh story’ and then j there was a fellow up there who did ! all the work. The funny’ part of i the whole thing is that the election commissioners won’t get a cent for , their time, trouble, painsand labor,' 1 and a heavy penalty is attached j i ; for any and all “miscues - ” Buth just think of the honor, gentlemen, ■ ! and do your duty according to the Australian commandments, and 1 I perhaps the light of time will shine 1 more resplendantly upon you and , yours for your kindly - considera- 1 tions in behalf of a fair, untram- i I meled ballot. •

> R. F. Cummins of Bluffton, made a social call on A. N. Martin last ( Friday. I The mother of A. P. Beatty at \an W ert, Ohio, has been quite ( ill for the week last past. Jeff Lahman and Mr. Springer of Berne, ami John Moser of Wren, Ohio, were all business callers in , the city Monday. Judges Joseph S. Dailey and E. <’. Vaughn and attorney M. E. Lee, of Bluffton, called at Demo- . cratic Press office last Saturday. Willshire’s postmaster hereafter i will have more mail to hand out. I Henry Durr, of Blue Creek township ordered the Democratic J Press to be sent there for him. The Novembcrtcrm ofthe Adams ] circuit court will convene next , Monday morning, with Judge Hel- ! let on the bench. It isn’t probable I that much court work will be consumated until after Tuesday, but ! after that date business will be | business. j Our subscription list grows larger and healthier as the days go bye. j People say they want the news, : and that is what we are here for, Iso drop in and add your name to the already long list of subscribers. Office in “Noah’s Ark” building,

■ opposite Romberg’s livery stable. ‘ At Winchester last evening at ‘ eight o’clocK occurred the marriage of Miss Winifred Thomas to Dr. j Bader S. Hunt, both prominent young people of that city. The j bride loosed exquisite in a Paris I trousseau while the groom meeKly I submitted to thecrnventional black. Oue hundred invited guests were ! present. Bolds Bro’s, the oil producers of southern Adams, by the junior member of the enterprising firm tries an order of our fine-as-silk stationery, which is going like hot cakes on a rainy day. The firm in question is doing quite an extensive 1 usiness in the oil field, which l fact can be credited to the present i administration of affairs. The petit jury - for the November | term of our court have been drawn and consists of Washington Wolfe of French township, Joseph Albertson of Hartford, Abram Fugate of Kirkland, David Warner of Jefferson, S. S. Gilpen of Blue Creek, G. \\ . Gates of Monroe, Frank Young of Jefferson, John NollofSt. Mary’s, James T. Dailey of St. Mary's, William Farlow of Wabash, Reu ben Baxter of Root, and Joseph Whisler of Monroe. Postmaster Reed, formerly editorial and local editor of the Demo crat of this city, but now of Morris Illinois, “writ,’ us a letter, of which the following is apart in fee simple : “Allow me to congratu-

. Axuvu nix; tv WUglitLUI late you upon the fine appearance t of your new paper, the Demo- : cratic Press, a copy of which has just fallen into my hands. The paper gives evidence of prosperity i from the start which is no doubt i flattering to you and your friends.” This is similar to many other words of commendation received in person or in proxy, and right now is a good ■ time to take advantageof ourcheap offer to January 1, 1895, for fifteen i cents. The common council in regular I session Tuesday evening passed an ordinance issuing bonds for Second street brick pavement in the sum of $1,412.45. The street committee reported in favor of opening Cleve land street to Oak street, and a resolution was introduced referring it to the city commissioners and they were ordered to meet Nov. 16, 1894, to view the premises. Several side walks were ordered built. The m cia. -r o v ,

T., St. L. & K. C. were ordered to fill in gravel in their new walk between the plank. Mayor Quinn say’s the “crunching” of cinders now between the plank sets his teeth on edge, and his salary does not warrant the buying of so many pairs of shoes as it will require if left there. The contracts and bonds of Abe Flickinger for the construction of the Flagg estate and Philip streets side walks were approved. A resolution was passed employing J. D. Cook of Toledo, to superintend the construction of water works in the city, and he was ordered to i draw specifications, etc. Notices! were ordered published for bids for I 130 maple trees for the park, bids : to be received Nov. 13, 1894. As-1 ter allowing a number of claims the council adjourned. Under a republican administration the chief business of the council seems to be the allowance of claims.

ej Samuel Acker who is teaching! t 'schoolin Hartford City, Sundayed here with his parents. t i Henry Kohne, made he Demo- i e ! cratic Press office a very pleasant ! and substantial visit last Saturday.• f; Dr. J. M. Vizard, of Pleasant! , i Mills called on us last Saturday! i and deposited a few shekels in I the Press subscription box. . The following advertised letters . remain in the post-office: W Cl - I Voss, Archie West, Della Wrest, ! . Mrs D M Hower, Martha Griffin. r I P. B. Manley of Marion, was in . ■ town on legal business Wednesday I ■ ! but found time to locate this office. • land gossip with the “head cook” : I about various important necessities $ beneficial to the welfare of our gov-1 | ernment. Ex-Recorder John Schurger rode . -I into town Tuesday evening, hitched | his horse by the Hart grist mill. t1 N\ hen he returned an hour later the I . bridle to his horse was conspicuous lon account of its absence. The in-1 1 . dividual who perpetrated the job is known, and the easiest way out , is for him to return thebridle. , Orders for job work are making 1 , us smile all over our facelet- They ' are coming in from every direction, I and in every way imaginable, ' 1

. which fully - shows and demont strates that people appreciate good ; work, good material with reasonable prices. You will get all these combinations here. Come and see ■ u * . Mrs. F. G. Gillig, mother of I Amos Gillig and Mrs. Sylvester Spangler, who has been afflicted . I with a complication of diseases for! I a number of years, died last Friday j evening, age 77 years, 9 months I : and 20 days. Funeral services ■ • I were held last Monday at the M. j E. church, of our city, conducted I Iby Rev. Gregg; interment in Ma-1 i piewood cemetery. | The gathering of democrats and ' i others at the Gerke school house ! last Saturday - evening to listen to the speeches made by the Hons, j R. K. Erwin and I) E. Smith was a very large and enthusiastic one. j The speakers handled the McKin-! ley tariff robbery - i such an open and convincing manner, that none I in truth could dispute. After! the speakers closed their addresses ! three rousing cheers were given I Hon. A. N. Martin and the demo-! cratic ticket, which was followed j with sweet martial music by Jona ! than Fleming, Will Bosse and John J. Meyers. The ladies home missionary - so-; ciety conducted a program of services at the Methodist church last Sunday evening. A crowded house was present and all seemed immensely pleased with the exercises of the evening. The object of the

' combination of ladies is to raise money for missionary work at home. This will make room for those who ' have been advocating this reform but failing to give it lucrative assistance. In many or nearly - ali of the large cities in this country there is room for much practical 1 missionary work, and every - one interested in moral reform should untie their purse strings and help the good work along. Diptheria is still raging to some extent in our midst, although no new cases have been reported during the past few days. Our public schools have not yet resumed and will not until such time that assurance is possible that the danger line has been passed. The city marshal has done very efficient work in keeping the children off the public streets or congregating together in any - public place. The task was no small one but the official acted promptly and as a result

but few children could be seen on the streets. For all this much commendation is due this official, who i has carried out his part of the i mayor’s proclamation with due efi fieiency. It is thought by many that the trial is about over and that soon no fears need be enteri tained for any further anxiety on the subject. Many a mother's heart has beaten in perpetual fear that her offspring would be enveloped in fever and sickness, and then the uncertainties of its life. They may - now - smile a little louder, j Under all circumstances we may I congratulate ourselves that so few I were victims to the malady, and this fact speaks in voluptuous tones I for the sanitary condition of our I town. May it ever remain so, for ! you know that “cleanliness is next j to Godliness,” and this alone may have been the means of saving the j lives of many of our boys and girls.

NUMBER 3

I N. K. Todd and wife drove over from Bluffton Saturday evening, ! and spent Sabbath with the family i of R. B. Patterson. Mrs. Allie France started for Cleveland, Ohio, to-day, where she I will spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Cramer. Fred Shafer and wife, J. Beecher Meibcrs and wife and Mrs. Chilcoat were guests of relatives near Ossian, Wells county, last Sunday. H. C. Wilkinson, associate ediI tor of the Van Wert Republican, i was in the city over Sunday’, a guest of Frank Schirmeyer and wife. Rev. Gregg, the scholarly minisj ter of the Methodist church, will I delh er one of his brilliant sermons next Sunday’ morning uponthesubject of “Good Citizenship.” The | subject is one of interest to all defenders of our country’s name, and the attendance next Sunday morning may fix their mouths for something to the point and entertaining. Ulrich Deininger’s fine line of millinery goods which he has on exhibition in his front window attracts the attention of all passersbye along Second street. Especially so is this true of the ladies, for whenever they chance to pass this

I way a halt and inspection is made I which is conclusive proof that something out the ordinary is to i be seen. Mr. and Mrs. Will Nachtricb ! entertained friends to tea Monday ' evening, the occasion being in honor of their ninth happy marriage anniversary. Those present were Mr. and .Mrs. Will Kuebler, Mr. and Mrs. Jell Bryson, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Devilbiss, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Moffatt, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Locke, •Judge David Studebaker and Mrs. Morrison, of Marion, Ind. The evening was pleasantly wiled away , amid games and social high life, such as married people only know I how to enjoy. Those present wished that the host and hostess might live to be as old as Methuselum, and w’ould repeat the dose regulari ly every thirty days. John Vogelwede and Ezra Lister were out hunting last Thursday,— I the former for squirrel and the latter for bees. After both had prosI pected for several hours, —each by himself, they met at their starting j point and reported their luck, j Ezra reported having found a bee I tree; and as John had never seen j the like, requested Ezra to show j him his find. When they got near I the tree in question, and Ezra had pointed out the place where the bees were, he happened to cast his optics towards a limb on the same tree hanging in an opposite direction from the limb which contained the bees which he had shown John,

and behold, there was another nest of’em, making two swarms in one tree. This looks like a big one to tell to newspaper men, but as we have been invited along when the tree is to be cut for tin - honey, we’ll substantiate the above as facts. The Fourth Year Institu f, comprising a class of ministerial students of the northern Indiana Methodist conference, have been holding the boanis at the Metho•list church in this city since Monday. The class numbers about twentymembers who are thus tested with a strict examination for the first five years of their ministerial lives. The examinations embrace a theoretical test of the work and the ability of the student to master the course laid down by the confer ence heads, who hold the running gears of Methodism. The students who took the examination here numbered twenty, and those who

-conducted same was the older and wiser heads among whom were noticed the Revs. Stewart, J. W. Singer, C. N. Sims, L. J. Naftzger, and J. K. Walts. Monday evening the church was crowded" to hear Rev. Sims of Indianapolis, one of the most brilliant ministers in the state or any other for that matter, make an address. The unanimous verdict of all those who were fortunate enough to hear the talented divine, was that many times they had given up one or two “cartwheels” and then not been treated to half as much wisdom in thesame ! length of time. The address was I simply worthy of more notice than ; we can give it, but we hope for a return of this distinguished talent • at some future time. Tuesday evening the Rev. Naftzger of Richmond, filled the pulpit, and very credit- ■ ably he -lid it too. The program throughout will end tonight.