Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1895 — Page 1

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

VOLUME I.

N. K. Todd of Bluffton, was here Tuesday. Mrs. Will Christen is at Rockford visiting relatives. Misses Malotte and liogers were visiting in Wayne Sunday. Albert Britson and Miss Vinia Cutting were at Wiltshire Monday. Jake Miller is having the front of his saloon painted up in great shape. Mr. and Mrs. J. X. Fristoe were at Bluffton last Friday, visiting] relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Cutting visited relatives at Marion over last Saturday and Sunday. John IT. Runyon of Geneva, was among those attending to business in the city Monday. Miss Mary Hocker of French township, is visiting tn the city at the home of W. E. FnTk. Mrs. Robert Patterson is spending the week at Bluffton, a guest <f her daughter Mrs. N. K. Todd. Boh Blackburn is in attendance at the grand army encampment St Muncie, where he went as a dele gate. Mrs. Jeff Bryson returned The first of the week from Indianapolis, where she had been visiting rela- • fives. I. J. Meisse went to Greenville, Ohio, last evening to attend tire funeral <tf a relative who died There Tuesday. Harry Meisse ■•spent last week in New York partially on business ano partially not. He reports the tiirret ki&d of a tine time. Max 'Romberg is busy dripping horses. >it getting to be Sfuite f;»hioaable’for then, to shed tbeir waster goats about this time of year. Rev. ’George Schroeder has received a call from the Presbyterians i at Paulding, Ohio, and 'has gone there to do service for theehuroh. | _ Gwwge at one time was a Decatur boy. The 'new ft* and salara law.allows sheriffs tee cents a mile each way for the transportation of prisoners to the penitentiary. HSie old lawallowed but actual transportation . Thieves brd&t into the store of Postmaster Bonner at Bdbo and! succeeded in • carrying off a good supply of tobacco, cigars, etc. It is presumed that they became frightened as The reason theydet the postmaster <gf so easy. In addition to theseleetießs from Gilmore’s Band, the world known cornet soloist Levy, and leading. vocalists .of the times, five selee tions from home-talent will be given by Edison’s Concert Phonograph Friday evening, at the M. E ' .church. The concert given by the high ■school on Tuesday evening was a great success in every particular. Every number of the program was well rendered. Little Mauguerite Hughes drew forth loud applause by her sweet baby voice and manner. The house was filled and those interested in the financial part are highly please;!. Peter Longacher, through his attorneys France & Merryman, has! brought suit in the circuit court demanding S7,(XW damages from Frank L. Erwin for slander. The complaint is iu seven paragraphs.l each one alluding to the plaintiff as “g—4 d—n thief,” for which in 1 each paragraph he demands SI,OOO ( making a total of $7,000. The Complaint is a long oue and rather pointed, but what the courts will .do with it is quite dark. Both are business men of Berne. It is said that a Huntington editor recently went out accompanied by his best girl, to visit a home recently blest with a bran new baby. He was met at the door by the . hostess, and after the usual salutations asked after the new baby’s : health. The lady, who was quite! ■, deaf and suffering with the grip thought he was asking about her 1 cold, told him though she usually had one every winter, this was the ( worst one she ever had; it kept her \ awake at night, and confined her 1 to her bed. Noticingthat the scribe ] was getting pale and nervous, she < said she could tell by his looks ' that he was going to have one just 1 like hers, and asked him to go in ; and sit down. The paper was out ■ as usual the next morning, but the 1 editor has quit asking about babies 1 when he goes out calling with his 1 best girl.—Bluffton Press.

B. A. Winans of the Geneva schools, Sundayed in this city. “Little Dan” Vail is at Craigville visiting relatives a few days. Dan N. Erwin and wife was visiting Kenton relatives over last Sunday. S. F. Biteman and John 11. Run--1 yan of Geneva, were here on business Tuesday. J. S. Peterson, wife and baby Bob, were guests Sunday of rela- ■ tives in Bluffton. J. V. Kenegy of Bluffton, was here last Friday, where business was a drawing card. Homer Shirey, an old Decatur boy, is home from Missouri, visiting hrs father and friends. Miss Lincoln, teacher of music in our public schools, was a visitor at Fort Wayne over last Sunday. Mrs. Sherman Mott returned the latter part of last week from Van Wert, Ohio, at which place -she visited her parents. "See program in these columns of -selections to be rendered by the Concert Phonograph, st. the M. E. Church, Friday-evening. John L. Sullivan says he is goping to turn farmer anr. raise corn, potatoes, etc., instead of—what he has beenraising. Great head, John. Dr. Zimmerman, «of Frankfort, formerly of Berne, was here this moraing greeting old friends. He is the sawie gvod looking doctor of old. T>< Whtfftoß artificial see company are erecting storage Tooms ia this city for their mannfcct tired product. They begin «peratioi» ; next week. Several from this City were at Genex a Tuesday evening organizing a lodge-of the Macobbees. The order there -starts writ vritli thirty recruits and bids fair to excell toer neigh- ( hors. We stated two weeks ago that I Charley Egg, a forts er Deeatorboy, was m Fort Wajme managing a saloon. This is>a-green-eyed misI take. xve-oorreet it. He is em ployed in the machine shops there. Gilmore’s band ‘fey phonograph is due at the Methodist church tomorrow evening. The phonograph is a new invention acid is said to be tine as eilk any time, and this lie ing sueii a ffamotw allottment of musical lights, the entertainment will be well worth hearing. Miss Katie Voight and Samuel Leyse, living near Honduras, Eirkj land township, were married at the bride’s home last Saturday afternoon at twoolclock. Many friends and relatives were present from Fort Wayne and other places, and j the event was duly celebrated. They will live at her home, Mr. ! Leyse having some intention of moving to this city the coming fall. Ferdinand A. Lewis of Bluffton, Ind., and Sarah B. Willis of Springfield, Ohio, were married at Randall hotel yesterday. It xi as a love match carried on by correspondence. Mr. Lewis came here Tuesday to j meet the bride, but she failed to appear, He then went home. I She arrived on Wednesday and was shocked over the disapI pearance of the bridegroom. Tele- ! phone communication brought him to Fort Wayne, ami a happy climax I followed. Mr. Lewis is thirty and his bride twenty-five years old. Stop xviih Dick and get a bride.— ' Fori Wayne Journal, March 21. The Huntington Herald of Tuesday says: “There was a pretty wedding at the I. H. Jones home, I No. 19, Mayne street, today at 10 a, in. The contracting parties were Mrs. Lydia Ryan and Mr. A. I. Boyd of Pittsburg, Pa. The bride looked charming in an ele , gant gown of gros grain silk, trim med with satin to match, and wortcream roses. Rev. F. G. Browne was the officiating minister. The I groom is a lumber merchant ami is also largely connected in the oil I fields of Mendon, Ohio. The wedding was a private affair, the only | friends present being Mr. and Mrs. j C. C. Robertson and their daughter Miss Ethel. After the ceremony ’ the bride was presented with a beautiful cake basket by Miss Robertson, on behalf of Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Robertson. Dinner was partaken of at the France restaurant and was served in a very efficient way by the hostess. The couple then departed for Chicago, where they will spend a few days and | then return to their future home at Bellevue, Pa.” I

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1895.

, John Fonner is visiting relatixes at Marion. W. H. Keubler and wife were in Fort Wayne Monday. Dr. Dick Neptune was at Willshire yesterday abstracting teeth. George Baker was visiting at Portland last week returning home . Saturday. Mrs. D. B. Erwin spent last Sat • unlay and Sunday with relatives at . Pleasant Mills. Shaffer Peterson is in the western < pait of the state this week cireula--4 ting his law citations. Miss Olive Dailey is visiting at r her home this week, having just . returned from college. Mrs. George Zimmerman returned • from Bluffton last Friday, where t she has been a guest of relatives. John Weber of Fort Wayne. > dropped into the city and spinned I yams with Iris frietr Is last Friday. Mrs. Roebuck vent to Muncie, Tuesday, where relatives reside. fjShe will remain during the encampe | meat. •; William Miller, a successful isehoel teacher of Wabash town- . j ship, was in tow n the first of the ? week on business. e ; Dr. C. "V. Connell made -one of • his professional visits near Mouroe 7 where a-fiisabtei horse wag awoits ing hisaxuring. propensities. Delhi ocke und J. Q. Keptune '* and several other Methodiets, -of this place, go to Logansport to- - morrow to see t bat the Rex. Gcegg’s n returmtloesn’t collapse in any way. Rev. E. T. Gregg and wife left • M« imlay and this week are afttending the annnhl confereaee meeting < at Logansport. The prayers «ff bis g eengrugatioiiiiiere seetM to be.a unit c hie return. s The.-echokMS and patrons of No. ! F in iKirklard township, intend having an entertaining time aiext X Taesday, this being the-dMMingslay , «t school there. Harvey iitoele of a this township, is the teaoh»a. I’nole John.Bixler of Berne, -one <atf the oldest residents of ti»e coun- '• ty, dropped iu on us Tuesday amd II invested in a year’s Pbhhbbs. .It - was h-e firat visit to our city for 1 some two yearn, and tb.e many ime: provements he found somewhat 1 surprised him. He stopped with f i Sheriff jfijshbaueher. 1 The hwne of J. R. Smith, iu the I northeast corner, of St. Marys town1 ship, was the scene of turmoil late -. Tuesday night. Some one in puss- ? ing shot through the window of • the bed-room scattering glass all s I over the room ami scaring the in--1 mates of the house almost out of I their boots. No further damage . was done. The streets and stores of our city ■ Saturday were a dense throng of people, coming from every which way, and as a result our merchants all report an immense trade. We expect the busiest of all though was >; Treasurer Bolds and deputy, xvho ■ were hardly permitted to draw an > | easy’ breath the entire day. It is > I drawing towards the close of tax- ' paying time and everybody seem- ■ I ingly set aside Saturday for this purpose. They were able to aceom-1 ■ modate everybody on a moment’s ! native, owing to their nexx - system of making out receipts. It is quite ! a time saver and adds much convenience all around. The rather respectable but farm-1 , er-like men. evidently from Deca i tur, if one could judge from the ; clay’ on their boots and their gen- ! I eral appearance of rusticity, stopped opposite to Harry Beam's, Thursday afternoon, theirattention was attracted by the burglar proof iron grave vault that stands in ,in front of the barn. One of them remarked that it was a queer look- < ing boat, when the other responded, : i “Why. that's no boat, it’s got a top to it. That’s what they use to pack and ship fruit in.” The ' more modern idea of the second < speaker was convincing, and the < two Decaturites xveut home with a ■ tale of something new and strange ! ito tell their brethren, who, since ',» the seduction suit, have been play-' ing marbles and checkers to drive]; dull care away .—Bluffton Chronicle. .■ That’s so ridiculously funny’ that j ’ we’ve a notion to laugh right out. ]; The idea of Bluffton people being 1 such back numbers that they don’t even catch on when being guyed by < two of Decatur's jays- Say, wiil you please take Lawson Popejoy’s ] measure again, we believe that De- ; ] catur DeWitt lied about him. <

Judge Studabaker and daughter Hattie were visiting in Fort Wayne over Sunday, at the home of W. J. Vesey. The young bustlers at the Boston Store have a change of ad for you this week, which we invite you to closely inspect and peruse. Fire insurance adjusters were here fixing up the loss on the John Peterson fire. Everything was amicably settled, which, of course is the only pleasant pait of any fire. A splendid array of musical talent can be heard in a satisfactorymanner through Edison’s Concert Phonograph, at the M. E. church, March 29! Admsssion, 25 cents. Children, 15 cents. Joseph A. Moon, who has l»een ‘ in the regular army for the past three years, being stationed at Foit Omaha, Nebraska, has returned home on a ninety* days furlough. I Alpha thinks he will settle down and become a citizen of Decatur. Lightning rod sharks got in their work on Randolph county farmers last week, which finally terminated in a loss to them of several hnnl i dred dollars. They should deal with home, reputable people land ’. then they would not gdt their pocket book hurt. 1 Mr. ami Mrs. Nachtriek gave a ‘ I dinner party last Friday evening - ito twelve of their friends, those I present being A. D. Moffatt and a I wife, John Niblick and wife, R. B. f Allw-n and wife, J. T. Merryman . ] and wife, Dr. McMillen and wife, j, Mrs. C. P. Ferry and Mrs. M. F. ■ Alvorson. J The Willshire Gazette, with . Davie Bros, as publishers, made its , salutatory Iww last week, a copy of ’ which found its way te this office, t It is a real newsy sheet and will be a benefactor to the town of Willshire, and should receive the ■ ainited support of every one interested -in the welfare of the town. f -Here is wishing the movers of the ’ project a long life of glittering sue- * «ess. The eommissioaers «f Jay and this counrty held another joint ses- ( si«n here yesterday to complete ar--1 rasgements for the construction of ' the Patten gravel road, which traverses the <eounty line. They appointed Jotn W. Tyndall as engi neer and superintendent, and you will find a notice elsewhere of the sale which is to be on April 18, at ■ ■ the auditor’s office in Portland. John is an old hand at this kind of ■ business aud v ill do things -up just eight. 1 n the circuiLcourt comes Eugene Geirard and complains of Christian Augsheiger, and says that on the 22d day «f March, 1895, the defendant in a certain discourse and conversation which the defendant then had, in the presence and hearing of William Baumgartner and divers other persons, falsely and maliciously’ spoke aud published of aud covering the plaintiffby the following false and malicious words to-wit: “You stole two sacks from me,” by reason whereof the plaintiff has been injured in his reputation to his damage in the sum of $5,000, for which he sues and de 1 mauds judgment and for all other] - proper relief. New cases are just now being filed with some regularity. Inclu- i ding last week we sum them up with Rebecca J. Johnton vs. Norval Blackburn et al., on note, de- ! mends 8500. State ex. rel. W. H. H. France, auditor, vs. John Robert Christen et al., foreclosure of school 'fund mortgage; demands $1,000.1 I State ex rel. W. H. H. France, au ditor, vs. Winfield S. Hugheset] al., foreclosure of school fund mortgage; demands SSOO. State ex rel. W. H. H. France, auditor, vs. William R. JmithetaL, foreclosure] of school fund mortgage; demands SI,OOO. John Ilammit vs. Charles Bitters vs. lheodore Kennedy; appeal from James R. Smith, J. P. , Elmer Kittle vs. Fred W. Beineke, on note; demands $l2O. Eugene 1 Geirod vs. Christian Augsheiger, '■ slander; demands $5,000. Peter Longacher vs. Frank L. Erwin, | slander; demands $7,000. George ]; W. Mumma vs. Theodore Beatty h and Peter Shi, on note, demands!; $225. Old Adams County Bank ]: vs. John Bridigan, Elias Bridigan 1 aud James D. Brown, on note; demands SOS. Robinson & Co. vs. William A. Brown, foreclosure of ' chattel mortgage; demands $225. Amos S. Gillig and Daniel W. < Meyers vs. Perry Robison, for an 1 accounting and appointment of re- 1 ceiver: demands SIO,OOO. 1

Pat K. Kinney’ of Geneva, while in town last Fri 'ax’ dropped iu on the Press family and liquidated his subscription to the first of '9O. He reports the south end of Adams county as kicking on all fours. Fred Johns will give a five dollar note for the apprehension of the human culls who destroyed the trees in his yard Sunday night. The Lord should lend a helping hand and have the whelps brought to j ustice. Marriage licenses have been issued to Daniel R. Steed and Louisa J. Donovan, Samuel J. Leyse and Catharine M. Voight, Lewis Arnold and Lydia Kirkwood, William J. H. Hahnent and Addie M. Andrews, John H. Martin and Mary 1 C. Twigg. Orla Weldon of Portland, has ■ purchased the hotel fixtures in the, 1 Shamrock, at Geneva, and henceforth will be Mine Host there1 abouts. Forty seven xvere registered there for dinner last Sunday, i- which is only an indicator of the ; business of the house, which has I gained a reputation of being quite j a fashionable hotel. 1 County Superintendent Snoxv ' > held county diploma examination r ; last Saturday, and sixty two took : advantage of the examination, a, ] There were fourteen at Linn Grove, t ] five at Geneva, six at Berne, nine e I at Peterson, nine at Rivare, four--1 j teen at Monroe, and five at this {place. Next Saturday is teacher’s n examination which will be held in

■, i the court room. '- ] Last Sunday night the LT. B. j church was comfortably filled with ; people who were eager to know 8 i something of thecustoms and habits iof heathenish Africa. A daughter , es the Rev. Skanks of this county, e j Bias been a missionary in that coun- [. | try for a few years and recently ree ’turned on a visit. By some urging .. <®n the part of her friends she cont -sented to give this lecture, and e Ahose who were present now con- .. gratulate their good fortune. She told them of her work there, which Iby the xvay she is getting to like “ quite well. Her experiences have jbeen varied and many but she ad- ’ mires her work and signifies her ’ intention of returning at an early ’ day. A sparring match with eight - ounce glo'ves took place last night Ljust across the state line. The t match was arranged by our bloody I (sports, and was given for their j. j especial benefit. Burden, a col- ;' ored brother, of Richmond, agreed for SSO to knock Bryant, of Port- , land, out of the box in ten rounds. ?! They came into town on the evenII ing train from the south, and some ’ (time aboht ten o’clock a clever delegation left town. There was I! no bands, no music, no Howers. They

: simply drove to the state line, ! pitched a ring on the other side, land business began. The “coon" [is said to have been far the best i man of the two, but he failed to I knock Bryant out in the time spec- | ified, hence the latter captured the SSO and gate receipts. i The council met last Tuesday J evening with all members present I except Councilman Niblick. A resolution was adopted ordering the C. & E, R. R, to plank their crossings at Winchester, Mercerand Line streets the full width of the streets. The judiciary-committee ' were instructed to confer with Mr. j Blackburn with reference to the | completion of the printing of the i city ordinances. A resolution or I dering the property owners on ; Second street from Monroe to Jes I j ferson streets to sweep and clean j the brick pavement on Monday. ! Wednesday and Saturday of each 1 week was adopted. The city attor ney reported that the order of the i county commissioners requirin g the i sheriff to accept no prisoners from the marshal unless he had a com mitment was illegal, as under the law the marshal was empowered to!: commit without a writ from a magistrate. The city engineer and , clerk were instructed to completel the old records of street improve meats made by D. O. Jackson and !.- C.-DeVoss, former clerks, which are found to be defective. Bills on account of the Peterson fire were allowed iu the sum of s4l. The ! street committee were instructed to < examine Niblick street, commonly known as “Sawdust avenue,” and report what could be done with it. ■ The treasurer reported the payment of all benefits assessed for the opening of Cleveland street, and an : order was ordered drawn in favor of Mrs. Margaret Miller for her damages.

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Fred Smallwood of Kingsland, is noxx- nursing a few broken ribs and internal injuries, the result of getting too familiar with moving trains. This is only one more object lesson of the folly of trying to stop a train of cars when they have steam up. J. C. Corbett, the cigar maker, seems to knoxv all about ihe ages of babies for he walked off with $25, the first prize in the Enquirer contest of oue week ago Sunday. He correctly guessed the ages of some dozen babies whose deceiving pictures appeared in the Enquirer. Surely the eye of Mr: Corbett knows its business. Some boys from Spencerville, O , hoboed it here on a freight last ] Sunday, and returned likewise. At Bobo the train side tracked and when it stopped one of the boys ] caught his foot between the bumpi ers, holding him fast for several minutes besides mashing his foot j completely. He was taken on home where the foot was amputated. It isn’t often that you hear of a sale and money consideration any more where $5,000 is involved, that the cash is planked down on the spot. Last week John J. Soldner, living three miles southeast of Berne, sold his farm and received for it the above amount in glittering coin. There is sixty acres of timbered land in the property and , already a saw mill has been put to ! work grinding up this surplus tim ' ber. The purchase was made by

Michigan parties. On April Ist, Prince Bismark will be eighty years old and a movement has been inaugurated throughout Germany and in fact on the entire globe that every German and all his admirers in every country will send him a postal card to reach him not later than on the day. Get a two-cent postal card and address: Seiner Dvrchlaucht, dem Fuersten Von Bismark, Friedrichshur, Deutshland. On the reverse write: In Deutschlands Jubelgruss und Gluckwhntch zu erw Durchlauch achtzigstem geburtstage stimmt freudig eherebletig ein. Sign your name and address in full with ’state and United States underneath? Then mail card wait results till after his birthday, when you will hear how many millions of postal cards Prince Bismark received. It will always be a satisfaction for you to know that yours was one of them, especially if you have any German blood in your veins. Bismark united the German people and made them a nation for you to be proud of as a descendant of German forefathers.—St. Marys Argus.

» French township comes to the ; front this xveek with a record of demoralizing fires. Monday they had two blazes there, one being on ’ the Robinson section which entirely demoralized the finely built bank barns and contents of hay, corn, I oats, xx’heat, etc. Something over 100 head of hogs were penned just near the barn and many of the ] porkers xvere burned. The loss is hard to estimate, owing to the immense amount of property consumed. Ten thousand dollars to say the least, wouldn’t replace the i property consumed and damaged, i It is asserted that the fire originated from a feed cooker which was being used t<> prepare food for the ] large amount of stock on the farm. ! The Robison company is a wealthy j corporation at Richmond, ami have owned the property for many years ! improving it until now it is one of the finest properties in Adams | county, or the state for that matter. The amount of insurance is also unknown, because this was all looked after by the company in Richmond, but it is safe to presume that it was insured for a reasonable amount of its value. Henry Bluhme has lived on the place for some eighteen years, which is evidence that he carefully guarded the company’s interests. At the time of the fire he was abeent from home, being iu attendance at a funeral in this city. day the bran new barn belonging to William Koler, burned to the ground. The contents, including a Bimel threshing machine, hay, grain,-farming implements and one horse, were all consumed. The building was new, having just been built last summer which makes the loss aggregate several thousand dollars. A saw mill, thirty rods away, is where the spark originated from that started the blaze.