Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1894 — Page 1

VOLUME 1.

Thieves broke into the office of A. T. Lynch’s chair factory last Saturday night, and stole several articles of wearing apparel; includ ing an overcoat of considerable value. Long winter evenings are coinring, and what would be better I than the Democrath I’i:i ss taken p with our club oiler with the weekBuy Sentinel. Both for the price * of one. Mrs. R. S. Pat erson went over . to Bjuffton to visit her daughter, Mrs. N. K. Todd, a few days. Mr. ! Todd and wife are moving into a handsome new house there, all their owa. Judging from the number of transientites stopping at the Burt this week, we think that the calamity howler's grave has been dug, | and that peace and plenty will now abound. E Head the advertisements in this ■ paper and they will open your eye , with convincing evidence as to K where you can get value received ■ for your money. Post up by read- | ing the Democratic Press. Frank <’. Dailey, a recent grad | Rate in law at Bluffton, has been K appointed deputy prosecutor for I Wells county. Frank isabrilliant B;young follower of Blackstone, and K here's wishing him all kinds oi ■ good luck. John R. Engle, state agent of one of our many excel lei t tire insuri. ee | companies, was her- last Friday interviewing his agent. Paul (1 Hooper. Originally John is frun Winchester where he has trie ds I by the score. Christ Norwald, an old and highly respected citizen of Preble township, died at his residence last Sunday evening, after a lingering illness of many years. Funeral services were held at Freidheim church, where the interment also | took place, conducted by Rev. Prues. The following marriage licenses were granted since our last issue: William L. Foreman and Callie L. Lebout. Hervey’s. Steele and Sarah B. Bell, Charles D. W. Sclieuman and Christiane B. C. Dirkson, William Schakel and Augusta Lennemeire, George E. Gilmoreand Laura A. Huber. All the turkeys in this united kingdom are now holding indignation meetings over the pres dent's thanksgiving proclamation, which means a slang ter of their tribe. This will effect but little or nothing for it would be folly of the worst kind to think of celebrating such a blessed event without a good supply of turkey dressing. The turkey must go. The council met in regular session Tuesday evening. A petition was presented asking for the location -of an electric light on South Third k street. The petition was referred ‘ to the committee on public im provements. The council re considered its action i ' regard to the ■ employment of J. D. Cook as water works engineer, and employed city Civil Engineer Tyndall to draw Specifications and plans. This was in accordance with the recommen dationsofthe com nitt e on public improvements. An estimate and allowance in favoi of Robinson, I Gillig A Co. in the sum of 81,000 was made upon the Third street | improvement. A number of bills $ were allowed and the council adJ journed. The foot ball game between the f Decatur High S< boo! eleven ami Huntington Giants, vv hich occurred at the latter place la t Saturday, | • resulted in a victory for Huntington by a score of forty-two to four. This was one of the cleanest as the most interesting games ever seen on the Huntington foot ball field. In the game of last Saturday not a single man was hurt, although several received slight bruises, which speaks well for both teams. Huntington's eleven outclassed De catur's in weight, although falling short in team work. Huntington's average weight being ISO pounds while Decatur’s tipped at 11.5. thereby giving Huntington the ad vantage of 355 pounds on the lineup. Decatur put up a clean, stubborn game and Hi ir display of ' pluck excited much admiration from th- spectators, (’apt. Meibers, of the Decatur's, made a run Of3oofeet, the longest run made during the game, saving Decatur its on y touch down. The game was played in two halves of twentyfive minutes each.

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John English, the sheriff elect of Jay county, died the same night of the election from neuralgia of the stomach or some other acute disease. The funeral took place Sunday. Nathan Cole of Geneva, jumps a st raddle of our combination oiler ami takes the Press ami Sentinel both one year for 81.50. Make hay while the sun shines; comeand see us. The Press will be read by Miss Ethel Hale at Los Angeles, California, at which place she arrived a few days ago, and where she will visit relatives for some three months. On Wednesday evening of last week occured the wedding of Mr. Wilford D. Hartman to Miss Della M. Captain, Rev. T. Payne, officiating. Th Press extends congratulations. Since November I st the following h-tter.s have remained in the post office unclaimed: John Magner. Myles McNeal, Mrs. George N. Healey ami Miss Deloy Peggy. John We tley, P. M. Hie sheriff ami surveyor elect will take charge of their oilices the first of next week, w ile the recorder will have to hold his breath six months or longer before fate will confer official honors on him. The members of the St. Mary's Catholic Church choir of our city paid their respects to Father Wilken last Thursday evening, th'' Occasion being his names day anniversary. A very plei.sant time is reported. The German Building and Loan Association takes a bottle of out superior printing at our popular prices. We have the printers, the stock and the prices, a eombina tion that pleases our customers mighty well. Waller Arnbrewster and bride of Cleveland. < >hio, are visiting in the city, the guest of A. Holt house and family. They were married last Friday at the bride's home in Cleveland and will spend the first days of their wedded life with their cousins, the Misses Holthouse of ; Monroe Street. The chryanthemum fair closed Saturday night, that evening being tinder the supervision of the Ep worth League, ami the program rendered was highly entertaining and funny. The wax figures were wound up and set in motion, ami everything on the program was carried out. It was a success, and the ladies are deserving of much commendation for their persistence and pluck in making the entertain • ment such a blooming success. A. K. Grubb, the genial life insurance agent, is wearing almost a disjointed limb-leg, caused by a gentle tumble down the stairway from the second landing to the walk below, leading to his oftice with Mann & Beatty. It was shortly after last week’s landslide began to make itself apparent, and his feelings began to soar among the angelic creatures in the upper world and while his thoughts were thus penetrating among the stipe riorities unknown to mortal man, he stepped into space, the crash came, with results as related. It was a hard fall, making navigation somewhat difficult for several days, but with patience and arnica he will soon be limber and useful as ever. Governor Matthew’s has been asked to decide who shall be recorder in Wabash county. The story of the contest there is as follows: John M . Crain, republican, was last week elected recorder. Christian C. Mikesell was elected in 1882 ami his term began in November, 1884. He was re elected, his second term expiring November 2, 1892. At the election of 1890, Warren Williams was chosen as his successor. Williams died before entering upon his office. George A. Wellman wasappointed to serve Williams’ full term, which would have expired in November, 189(1. Wellman claims that Cain has no right to the office at the present time. In Randolph eountv Leander J. Monks was judge «if the twenty fifth judicial circuit, but resigned to g< upon the republican ticket. Garland D. Williamson was appointed iu his stead. The republicans last week elected Albert (). Marsh judge, and there is a question as to whether he can seive before October 22, ’97, at which time Judge Monks’ term would have ended.—Ft. Wayne Journal.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1894.

Mine Host Locke of the Burt, accompanied his sister Ella home to Waterloo Saturday, remaining under his parental fig tree until the first of this week. Master Leon accompanied them. Judge Heller’s reelection is a source i.f much gratification to his many friends in this county. He has very ably and satisfactorily tilled the position or one term — six years—aud will continue to do so for the next. We noticed D. M. Hensley, accompanied by a self acting shooter, taking to the woods yesterday morning, and from the stern look on his face we pictured visions of blood. Our sympathy is hereby extended to all wild game running louse at that time. Dunford A Benton’s Comedy Co. put up some iLushy paper for an exhibition of their theatrical abili ties here all week, beginning Mon day night. Disappointment came to th se who had their mouths fixed to see something, for the com ■ pany failed to make themselves htiird. They didn’t come. The grand jury met for business Monday morning, mid organized by selecting .Andrew Gottschalk foreman. They have now settled dowi to business and are busy looking into violations of the law. Those who may fear the righteous hand of justice should visit their aunt in some other region. The law or t nie expired Saturday which makes it lawful for the killing of quails, providing you don't tiespass on somefeLow's land wiio objects. Tne sports are numerous hereabouts, as much so as the game, so it takes lots of tramp ing ami that means lots of wind for ; what little gamecanbecalleddown. The city band will give a grand ball at Meiber's opera house on the evening of Thanksgiving, to which the public generally is invited to patronize. The object of this ball is to raise money with which to uniform the members of this organization and to otherwise placethem ou equal footing with bands of neighboring cities. Admission fifty cents. We Very proudly proclaimed last week that we owned, body and breeches, one “devil.” Sincethose few lines were penned said ‘‘devil’’ has been conspicuous hereaboutson i account of his absence, aud we have cone'tided that he has graduated and gone into business for himself.' This being true the public will early grasp onto the fact that we ate very swift people. Here is sue cess to the y< nth, for he will certainly set the world on fire if he doesn’t check the rapid gait. The official vote of Washington township, as shown by the returns gotten from Trustee Vogelwede, shows that this township is strictly democratic, ami no mistake about it. The total number of votes cast for trustee was 1029; of which Steele, democrat, got 653, and Blossom, republican, 366, giving Steele a majority of 277. Parrish for assessor received (159 votes, A. J. Hill, for justice of the peace, got 664, J. R. Smith 692, and J. H. Smith 663. Michael Smith for constable cabbaged 634. Kennedy 665, and Parrish 659. The republican vote averaged about 350, giving the democratic no nineesnearly 300 majority, enough to make contesting out of the question. The democracy in Washington town ship are decidedly all right. Two farmers were not long since discussing their local paper, says an exchange. One thought it had too many advertisements in it. The other replied: “In my opinion the advertisements are far from being the least valuable part of it. 1 look them over carefully an I save at least ten times the cost of the paper each week through the business advantages I get fioni them.’’ Said the other: “I believe you are right—l know that they pay me well and rather think it not good tasle to find fault with the advertisements after all.’’ These men have the right idea of the matter. It pay s any man with a family to take a good local paper for the sake of the advertisements if nothing more. And if business men fail to give farmers a chance to read ad vertisenients iu the local paper, they are lilii d to their own interest to say the least of it. “You never trade with me,” said a business man to a prosperous farmer. “You do not invite me to your place of business and I never go where 1 am not invited; I might not be wel come ” was his reply.

Rev. E. T. Gregg deli vered a lecture in the spacious Methodist Church parlors at Bluffton Tuesday night, and we feel assured that our able pastor covered himself all over with honor upon this occasion. By bills printe ’ at this office James M. Hire of Union township, three miles northeast of this city, will hold a public sale of p-rsonal property on Nov. 21, 1894. The list includes some mighty’ fine stock, etc. Elsewhere you will find notice that the commissioners will receive bids for the superinteudency or management of the county asylum. All who may have the fever for such business should lake notice by reading same. Charles Vogelwedewent down to C ncinnati last week and carried with him t he combination to the safe in the shoe store, a <1 for the next tew days consternation was boiling thereabouts. It arrived safely back Monday afternoon ami is doing business at the obi stand. Our table of figures last week squeezed County Clerk Lenhart's plurality down to 619 when the same should Lave been recorded 1010. This is only a difference of 400; not very much for Adams county you know, but we gladly make the correction for it was unintentional on our part - From the outward appearance of BlacKburn A Miller’s drug store, one couldn’t do a thing but guess that Craig Miller had gone to hard woi k. We never graduated from a school of pharmacy but our printer's eye could see nothing but neatness i thereabouts. Their room too. is jammed full of every thing conceivable, so we presume business must be pretty good with them. An accident at Craigville Saturday very suddenly ended the life of Milt Kessler, a brakeman on the Clover Leaf railroad. It'seems that at this station they were try ing to side track a coupleofflat ears without stopping the train, and while breaking the train the unfortunate Kessler lost his balance, fell between the cars, his body being cut in threads by some fifteen cars passing over him. His home was at Delphos, Ohio, where a wife and one child were horrified at the death of their husband and father. The funeral obsequies were held at Fort Wayne Monday, the same being attended by a large number of; his friends. The following, on a postal card, was sent Joe Breinercamp, of this office, by his friend H. 8. Porter, from the hunting camp near Lewiston, Michigan: “We arrived here all safe and sound last Thursday afternoon, and commenced the work of arranging camp at once. The first day's hunt was pretty good and we corralled two very Hue deer The snow of Friday night helped ns out considerably, and we expect to have good hunting from now ou. I wish you were here to enjoy the big “bile fries” we are having. The boys are all getting fat on the game they are slaughtering and seem well pleased with camp life. The Democratic Presses were read by the boy s with a relish equal to a love letter in bygone day s. Frisinger and Crosure are getting ready to start for the mail station , for more news from home. Will write you again.” Shortly after midnight last Saturday, a number of our citizens were awakened from their slumbers by an alarm of fire which, upon investigation, proved to be in the James H. Stone block, corner of Madison and Second streets, and occupied by Mr. David Oberman, retail clothing merchant. The building is one of the largest in the city, and fronts on Second street and extends back to the alley. The beginning of the fire is supposed to have been caused by a lot of clothing boxes which stood ne.r the stove ig itiug—the boxes having been placed there to form a partition, dividing ti e spacious apartment into two rooms. The tire department, on breaking down the door on the north sideof the building, were not long iu extinguishing the Ha nes, which by the way had not got much start; but a great amount of water was necessarily used to prevent further damage. Mr. Oberman’s loss by fll ■ misfortune is as yet unknown. Ths fire adjusters have been at work for the past two days, taking an inj ventot'y of the amount of goods damag'd by fire, smoke amt water, bat taking Hr. Oberma i’s estimate thereof it will reach nearßß,ooo.

Christ Boese, post master of Preble Station, is atllicted with acute sore eyes for the past ten days. He has lieen at Fort Wayne since last Tuesday, under the treatment of Dr, Wheelock, theeminent specialist, with good results. You will please take due note of the fact of the change of Kuebler A Moltz, the Boston .Store adv. Printing ink judiciously used is a sure medium through which success in business is attained, a fact this firm hasn't lost sight of. Paul G. Hooper has been given thedeputy prosecutorship of Adams count y since the election of Xovem- i ber 6th which elected Mr. Snyder iof Portland, as prosecutor. Paul is all right except his polities, so we presume the business of the office will glide along as of old. Th.- election is over and we shall now turn our time and attention to making the Democratic Press ! the best newsy’ newspaper in Adams county, and if you want all the news subscribe now- Have you seen our club oiler, an 1 if not peruse. The Indianapolis Sentinel and this paper one year for 81.51). A most enjoyable progressive pedro party was given Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Fox, 85 Brackenridge si reet, iu honor of M isses Celia and Anna Smith, of Decatur. The house was beautifully decorated with chrysanthemums and roses. The prizes were won by Mr. Floy d Smith, of Dteatur, and Miss May De Wald. A most dainty lunch was served, after which dancing was indulged in until a late hour. —Ft. Way ue Journal. The postoffice department, in order to enlist the assistance of private citizens in the protection of the I'. S. mails both in transit and in the postoffiees, has offered a se l ies of rewards: 81,000 for the conviction in the United States court of any person on the charge of rob bing the U. S. mails while being ; conveyed in a mail car attached to a railway train : 8500 for a conviction on the charge of robbing the mails while being conveyed over any post route other than a rail way; 8250 for a conviction on the charge of attempting to rob the mails, and 8150 for a conviction on the charge of breaking into a postoffice and stealing; 8200 when the amount stolen exceeds 8500. John Keefer, Newton Hartman and John Flinn were instantly killed at Huntington last Friday ; norning, caused by an explosion of! a fifty pound box of dynamite used ' in the construction of the Big Flint River creek sewer. The bodies of the three men were literally torn to pieces, arms, legs, heads, all being torn from the bodies, no recognizab'e features being found afterwards. Several other people were seriously injure 1, but none fatally. One man lost his speech and another his hearing. Every house within squares of the scene of disaster was more or less damaged, the total of which will figure SIO,OOO. The citizens of that city were shocked beyond degree, and to say the least, it was the mo t disastrous an horrible unfortunate affair that has ever occurred iu this section of the country. The programs for the Farmer's ' Institute have been printed, and the date of same is fixed at Decemj ber 10 aud 11. Charles F. True, Fred Falk and W. R. Smith, committee. The first day’ will be opened ■ by prayer by Rev. Gregg, followed by an address of welcome by Mayor Quinn. The cultivation of small fruits will be talked about by W. 11. Myers and C. I*. Payne, followed by T. B. Terry on “Shall we continue to raise wheat?" Miss Ida Long and Mrs. Wesley Bowser will discuss the privileges and possible attainments of farmersdatigh ters, after which the subject will I be changed to “Profiting by what we hear,” by J. J. W. BilLugsley. Breeding and marketing of hogs will take up the time and attention of W. 11. Teeple and Louis Baily In the evening a lecture by T. 15. i Terry. '1 he second day Rev. Alexander is on the program for opening prayer, followed by J. M. Fri- ; singer aud H. 11. Meyers who will tell the attendance how to profilably raise ami market hay. J. J. W. Billingsley will give his attention to faun and road drainage, closing with Misses Matlie Young, Frances Thompson and Mis. J. C. Cowan, who will venture opinions upor the unapprecia ed advantages of farm life. Election of officers and other miscellaneous business will follow.

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Mr. Abram Gilliom. late of GiL liom A < 'ase, boot and shoe merchants, will next week engage in the retail dry’ goods and notion business iu the room recently vacated by J.M. Hensley, the jeweler, one door south of Martin’s bakery: where he will be pleased to have his friends call and examine his large stock of goods. Theeolumns of the Democratic Press will next week contain an advertisement which will more fully explain to ■our readers than we can now give them. A Last Sunday at the Zion Chapel , occured the wedding of Harvey Stee’e to Miss Lena Bell. The groom is a well known teacher of this county and the only son of John Steele, trustee elect of Washington township. The bride is an accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Bell. After the ceremony was solemnized the happy couple repaired to the bride's home where a well loaded table awaited them and their friends. Rev. C. T. Pay ne officiated. Among the guests present were Misses Mary and Lucinda Hocker, Lydia Ashbaucher, Messrs. W. E. Fulk, Joseph Pease, \\ illiam Yager and others. We wish the happy couple a long ami blissful life with many Steele Bells to jingle along their pat hway. Our circuit court has been grinding all week, doing mostly probate work of no particular public importance. Criminal < uses against Ross Stone, Dan Edwards and Luther Mosier for larceny were dismissed and the defendants discharged. Also were the charges agai ist Charles Brewster, John Michaels and Frederick Ginter for larceny’ withdrawn or dismissed. To day the cases against William Brandyberry and Elmer Urick, who are also charged with larceny, will come up for hearing before a jury. The warden of the northern prison has been ordered to bring John Knevel here to testify in this case. All three were implicated in the same charge, the latter being sent up for one year, and the jury in try ing the former two failed to agree, this being the second hitch. Judge Heller holds down the bench. If nothing interferes with present intentions and outward indications I here will be an interesting case in our circuit court ere long, the deI'ision of which will lie watched with eagerness by sexeralof our interested citizens as well as legal lights, whose opinions differ some what in regards to the question under dissection. As the case comes into court tliel leneva Gas < ’ompany will be the plainiilf with the Decatur Trenton Rock Mining Company as defendant, ami is caused by the latter company having contracted with the torn er to fu:ni>h them natural gas, at a stipulated price, the contract to hold good so long as natural gas in sufficient qiiantn !• s could be supplied them by the company in this city, or words somewhat similar. The natur ,1 bev> rnize in the field being operate<l l>y the Decatur company sho- el d stinguishable signs of winking nut. and in order to supply thedemniiiis several additional wells were a ne cessity, and which have quite recently been completed. As a matter of fact this entailed the can pany’ into an expenditure of a larye sum of money and to make th m I selves safe again they raised the price on the Geneva company, and that corporation of money ed natural gasites kicked like a bay mule, and absolutely refuse to ante ani other cent over their original con tract, giving as a reason and stating that they will back same up with ■law and court, that , his company was io use their endeavors to supply them, otheiwise their contract was good as government bonds, j The Decatur company look at it through another eyeglass, and I say they will shut off their supply and cause the august denizens using same to resort to loblolly p elm wood, and in accordance with these decisions last week Secretary Fristoe notified that company that unless they complied with their new contract the supply would be shut off November 13, or as soon thereafter as same could be conveniently i done We understand the Geneva ■ company intends to let them shut nff the snpp y, then enter asu t fi r damages demanding the custody of ! the infant aud all other proper re- ■ lief. So you see the fun will open i soon, and our legal lights may as well begin to whet up their talents [ for ventilation upon the subject.