Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 4 July 1895 — Page 1

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Dell Lock of the Rurt, Sundayed at Koine City. Miss Flora Connor is at Bluffton visiting relatives. T. F. Golden of Geneva, was in the city Tuesday. Frank Kelley of Geneva, was in town a few hours last Friday. County Superintendent Snow visited Ceylon relatives this week. Misses Kitty Cristen and Kate Jackson visited at Portland this week. Twenty seven Grand Rapids pas aengere spent the Fourth at Fort Wayne. Gid Gooodwinan oil well shooter in the Geneva fields, was in town Tuesday. Rev. Burghalter and wife of Lima. Ohio, was visiting Rev. Vitz this week. A. E. Hoffmrn of Bluffton, was here Saturday visiting Lou Miller and family. Dr. Boyers just returned from a pleasant visit in West Virginia with relatives. Frank Harter of Spencerville, Ohio, was visiting friends here the first of the week. Thirty five applicants appeared before County Supeiintendent Snow last Saturday and took teachers examination. Mrs, Charles Ehinger returned the la'ler part of last week from an extended visit with relatives at Minster, Ohio. Frank Dibble is getting in his! work on the streets this week, mak ing improvements that look decid edly all right. Owing to sickness A. J. Smith and wife failed to leave last week I for Colen, Mich., on their pleasure trip. They went Monday morning, j howevt r. Those bargain sales boots and shoes at Holthouse’s are not shod dy, but first class factory articles. I Now is a chance to shoe yourself for little money. An amateur circus was on the boards at Portland to-day. And' arrangements were made to celebrate the event with all the patriotism in Jay county. Fred Bohnke of Monmouth, was in town yesterday, renewing his; Press subscription and the like. He reports crops as looking reasonably well, thank you. There seems to be considerable thieving going on just now. A five dollar William was faked out of Dr. Clark’s office, and a like amount from John Coot’s music store. H. H. Stucky and William Baumgartner remits the cash and orders the Press sent to their address. People are bound to have the news, and that is what we are here for. Mesdames J. K. Niblick, Jacob Gloss and J. B. Webber went to Sturgis, Mich., last Thursday, be ing called thero by’ the death of their uncle, Samuel Arnold. The funeral took place Saturday. The correspondent of the Fort | Wayne Journal bad another blood I and thunder, yellow-backed dime novel encounter in this city, where in five prisoners in our county’ jail had a bloody duel with the sheriff. Harvey Harruff, the next recorder of Adams county, was *in town Saturday. He was accompanied by his daughter who took teacher’s examination before County Superintendent Snow. Harvey will take charge of the recorder’s office Oct ober 1. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. I’attersonand Mrs. Jessie Townsend most charm ingly entertained a number of their friends last Friday evening at the residence of R. B. Allison. A delicious dinner was served at six o’clock after which the* inner man being amply satisfied all were prepared to enjoy a social evening. About thirty guests were present. John Healy alias John B. Curry and Charles Scott were brought here by Portland police last Friday for safe keeping. The birds seem to be considered important catches and care was taken that none got away. They were captured at Dunkirk in the act of robbing a store there. One of them carries three bullets in bis body, they being given him for resisting arrest. They are thought to be crooks from away ba-ek and most likely wanted for some desperate piece of work.

Tira Corbett went to Marion, 0.. yesterday. Watch for theadv’ton the eight page next week. Mrs. John Baker is at Gas City visiting relatives. Harvey Hart isat Pontiac, Michigan, visiting relatives. A. P. Beatty is twisting the eagle’s tail at Van Wert today. Mrs. Bert Lichenwaiter spent the Fourth at Wayne with relatives. George Gates, the happy Esq. of Monroe township, was in the city Monday. Frank Railing and family are this week entertaining Mis. Woods of Lima, Ohio. Miss Bessie Turner of Pont to, is visiting in this city a guest of Miss Stella Malotte. John Shurger was down to Geneva Tuesday attending to some business of importance. Judge Heller was at Portland this week, an important case there being the drawing card. P. B, Manley and wifeof Marion, were in the city today the guests D. P. Bolds and family. Many’ of our business houses have closed and are spending the day as patriotically as they know how. Rev. Horton of the Presbyterian church preached upon the subject of .Sabbath desecration, last Sunday evening. Banker Porter with his wife of Geneva, were in the city last Fri day spending the day at the home of C. A. Dugan. W. H. Reed left Tuesday night for Mason, Mich, to visit his relatives for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Reed is at Hoagland. Our people are scattered promis cuously to-day, Wayne, Bluffton, Portland and Spencerville, Ohio, being their objective points. Trustee Eli Reisen of Wabash township, was here yesterday and drew $3,000 out of the county treasury, Wabash’s share for pub--1 lie business. At Holthouse’s shoe store great I bargain sales are on tap. All boots i and shoes reduced in prices. Don’t ' linger but take advantage of their immense stock now. Auteu & Gay are now prepared to take care of the undertaking trade, as an adv’t. elsewhere will tell you. Their stock of furniture will be opened in a few days. E. Bert Lenhart, wife and baby were visiting relatives at Peterson several days last week and over Sunday. Burt tells wondrous squirrel stories since his return. Mr. Gay, of the firm of Auten & i Gay, has moved his family here from Goshen, and occupies a dwel I ling on South Winchester street, first door south of C. & E. restaurant. Grandmother Ferrell aged ninetytwo years, died yesterday morning after a short illness. She had more than reached the limit in life’s race, but attained her activity i to the very last. Pension Agent Spencer of Indianapolis, spent Sunday in the city with his brother. He is a United States pension agent and has charge of the Indiana office at Indianapolis. He is managing the office very satisfactorily, proving himself equal to the emergencies. A dozen couples or more of Decatur youthful devotees of Terpsichore attended a party at Willshire on Tuesday evening. They probably “trippe I the light fantastic toe” all night, for it was between daybreak and sun rise when they reached home, a somewhat weary and sleepy crowd, but still overflowing with the effereseently joyous spirits. Louisa J. Walters prays the Adams circuit court for a divorce from John A. Walters, on the ground of cruel treatment to the plaintiff, and neglect to the children. The complaint shows them to have been married on May 18, 1863, and lived together until some two years ago. The fruits of this union is four children, Hiram twenty six yeais old, Nelon twentythree, Frank twenty, and Willian D. fifteen. The defendant is charged with neglect to provide for the plaintiff and family, in consequence of which shedemands a divorce and and SI,OOO alimony. The case will come up at the August term.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 4. 1895.

Mrs. 11. 11. Rice was shopping in Fort Wayne Tuesday. The Grand Rapids have a slight change in their time card this week. G. W. Menefee and wife of near Geneva, visited in this city this week. Miss Leo Case has returned from Willshire where she had been visiting relatives. Charley Schiefer has located bis blacksmith shop at the John King stand on First Street. Mrs. Jeff Bryson and children returned Tuesday evening from I Marion where relatives reside. The wife of Samuel Mahin living near this city’ died after a short illness last Friday and was buried Sunday. Henry Hobrock and Mrs. Chas. W. Fuelling left Tuesday for a week’s visit with relatives at De wan jack, Mich. Scott Hughes has bought a busi- j ness lot or two at Geneva, and will immediately adorn same w ith a handsome brick building. The Clover Leaf people are making some repairs at their depot j here, a fact that will be cherished by ail frequenters of that place. Two marriage licences complete the record for this week. Those were granted to Albert W. Werling to Resena S. Sherry, Clarence Cntterel and Maggie G. Burke. Attorney John Shurger has been 1 looking after his crops for a week ■ or twopast which heseemsto think | are very favorably inclined to be I something above the ordinary. Pat Highland was joined by his brother Tuesday evening, and they ■ are now at Youngstown, Ohio, where they are visiting their parents and looking up old familiar I landmarks. Adolph Hart and Allen Porter : spent last Sunday in Fort Wayne, j The former attended services at the i new St. Patrick Church, and reports the finest place of worship he has ever yet beheld. ILS. Tenbrook is again ye editor propietor and manager of the Jour- | nal. For some reason unknown to us, Mr. Henry only lasted two ' weeksand then collapsed. Whether ior not the deal was a financial adi vantage to our now satile brother ’ we know not. ' Decatur and Winchester cross I bats on the home diamond tc-day. I There will be two games, forenoon | and after-noon. Both nines have been re-organized and strengthened r ■ and it is said the games will not i [ only’ be hotly contestsd, but will r I also be fine exhibition of skillful j! playing. Base ball is now a pleasure to lie ; i enjoyed in this city, by those who »i have a hankering for this kind of amusement. Tuesday was the first ,: successful attempt of the season, - Marion being the visting club. Two games were played and the ■ visitors were net in the game at ‘ J any stage. The first game scored •| fifteen to eight, and the latter j twenty-two to six. Not much ball I i science was publicly discovered. j Mississippi River and Lake Ex- | cursion July 1, via the Clover Leaf: .| —A grand tour of over 2000 miles , via Clover Leaf route to St. Louis, Diamond Joe steamer to St. Paul, i rail to Lake Minnetonka and De- ' luth, steamer via North Shore of j Lake Superior to Mackinac, thence I I to Detroit and Toledo via L ike Huron, St. Clair and Erie, and to initial point via Clover Leaf. Per- ■ sonally conducted; meals, berths, “ hotels and transfers included. Call on nearest agent Clover Leaf route. At the council Tuesday evening the marshal was ordered to notify all real estate owers and occupants to cut the weeds in front of their lots, and if they failed to do so, to have some one cut them and charge it up as a lien against the let. 1 Claims were allowed as follows: J. “ D. Edwords $213.35, Al Ro.-s 81.50, ■ E. Burr $1.60, W. Lee $.40, E. 1 Woods $18.75. The street committee reported that a number of i sidewalks needed repairing or building new on Line, Chestnut “ and Russell, Adams streets, and i the street commissioner was orderi ed to notify the property’ owners that the same must be constructed i within the next 30 days or the city would cause it to be doue. The “ city attorney was ordered to pre “ pare a resolution ordering a sidewalk constructed on the south side I of Adams street along the Bremerkamp outlots. Adjourned

Beery’ & Rice shipped a car load ofhorsesto P.ttsbuiglast Saturday. Jesse Niblick and wife were Visiting Bluffton relatives yesterday. Levi Sprunger and family of Berne, are at Bay View, Mich., cooling themselves off. Auteu & Gay will soon be ready for business in theirnew remodeled room in the Ellsworth block. Sam Simison of Berne, was here Monday. His family’ have gone to Oden, Mich., for an indefinite stay. R. K. Erwin and family’ spent last week at Lake View, Mich., where they’ visited Dick’s brother and recreated. John and Peter Bixler of Berne, ■ stopped with Sheriff Ashbaueher and family Tuesday, ou their way to Ohio to visit relatives. Mrs. Irwin Brandyberry and mother returned yesterday from Ridgeville, where they had been attend- I ing the funeral of a relative. Francis Volmer, aged seventeen years, died last Friday morning j of droysy. The funeral took place Monday morning from the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Mrs. D. W. Beery gave a dinner party to a number of her friends at twelve o’clock, noon, last Friday. Quite an enjoyable occasion is reported by the many who attended. W. M. Reed, a former writer on the Democrat, but for four years past theeditor of the Grundy County I Sentinel at Morris, Illinois, has sold his paper. He is postmaster I at that place. Rolla Calderwood, the genial j Imine host at the New Meisse, is| I making things sparkle witn newness thereabouts. He is a genial I sort of a benefactor and deserves all kinds of blooming success. The T., St. L. & K. C. R. R. I Clover Leaf route will issue special I excursion tickets to Boston and return via various routes at greatly I reduced rates account Y. P.S. C. E. and Knights Templar. Choice of ' nearly fifty routes. Ample return I limit. Call on nearest agent. 11. Max Romberg is arranging his business to leave for Europe the object of the visit being a visit to his parents whom he hasn’t seen for some fourteen years. No doubt | Max will feel as festive as the kid with his first pair of red top boots, before he reaches the destinantion of his first love. “Nonia'm,” said a Decatur merchant making a clatter among his tins: “I’ve coffee pots and tea pots but there isn't such a thing as a jack pot in the store.” “I’m so sorry:” wailed theyoung wife;“you see we haven’t been married long and my husband’s mother has always cooked for him, and when I heard him talking in his sleep about a jack pot, I thought I would get one he mentioned it so often he must be used to it. Harvey George of Gas City, came to our city last Sunday morning to | play ball with the Marion club, who crossed bats with a club here at Steele’s park. The second half of the first inning was in progress, j and he was showing himself off' with some very clever pitching, when suddenly he exclaimed “I feel so dizzy, ” and fell to thejg round. The omnibus was there, he was placed in it and brought to the New’ Meisse, in care of Dr. Costello, I but in a few minutes after his arj rival at the hotelhedied. His death was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel He was embalmed and taken to his home at Gas City Sunday evening. The physician’s diagnosis of the case signifies that his death would have occurred any way. After death the face of the ■ diseased turned yellow from an over saturation of nicotine the es sects oljexeessive cigarettesmo ting. I It it said that he disposed of seven boxes of the deadly cigarette while j here Sunday, a habit he had followed for some time. This it is claimed had more to do with bringing about his death than anything I else. His father died in a similar ; manner many’ years ago. The boy was twenty-four yearsold was bora in New York, and came to Alexandria and then to Gas City about oneyearago, where he was employ - 'edin a win low glass factory. He contracted to play with the Gas , City ball team this season, and was to play Monday at Alexandria. A telephone message was sent his , mother at Gas City Sunday after- \ noon, who was prostrated upon i learningthe sad intelligence.

Martin Laughlin and John T. Kelley of Jefferson township, were here Monday on business. J. W. Cowan, one of Hartford township's justices of the peace, was in town Monday, making his report of fines to thecounty auditor. Miss Mammie Meads and J. H. Neidhardt of Spcncervelle, Ohio, the latter a hustling business man, spent several days last week and Sunday in this city with Wilda Watts and family. Daniel Stiner an old resident and citizen of Berne, died last Sun* I day’ evening after a short illness. He had attained his seventy third I year. He was an uncle to Mi’s. P. P. Ashbaueher. The sheriff and family attended the funeral. Two new cases have been filed since last week, and they are titled Louisa J. Walters vs. John A. I Walters, divorce; charge of venue from Madison county: Alex Lebrun vs. Hester Ross, complaint |to foreclose merchandise lien; demand $75. The saloonkeepers of Decatur are a law abiding and peaceable set of people, and will abide the de- ! eisions of the Nicholson law without any instructions from the authorities. Already pool, billiard, card and other games have been I abolished, and they will endeavor to do business asinstructed by’ law. The Baughers of America elected officers the other evening consisting of Kannie Fristoe, C.; Cora Shackley, A. C.; Grace McConnehey, V. C.; Nellie Schrock, A. V. C.; M. L. Holloway, J. P. C.; Lydia Shamp, J. P. A. D : Zeurah Malott, ( R. S.; Hilla Murray, A. R. S.: Maggie Beatty, F. S.; Marry Baughman, treasurer; Delia Wertzberger, conductor; Laura Alban, warden; Lulu Helm, inside guard: Emma I Bushier, outside guard. Many people here remember Didymus Overly, and will regret to learn of his instant death, the facts of which are detailed by the . I Fort Wayne Journal: Didymous Overly, a plasterer, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon on the Nickle Plate railroad tracks, a short distance west of the Lake Erie & Western crossing. Th" ex act manner in which he met his death is a mystery, as no one saw the accident. He left his home a few minutes after haif past om , intending to come tp the city for the purpose of collecting some money which was due him ft<>tn his employer, and started to walk along the railroad tracks. He had gone but a few rods from the house when passenger train No. 4 came by, and Engineer William Morris saw the man step aside to allow the train to pass. No one saw him attempt to board the train. His wife had watched him walking along the tracks, but just as the train approached and saw him from the track, she turned away’ from the door, and a moment lat- r was startled by hearing her little five-year- Id daughter cry out: “Oh! Poor Papa!” Springing to the door she was just in time to see her husband fall to the tracks, as the train went whizzling by. August Jacobs, the watchman at the Lake Erie crossing, also saw him fall, butcou d not say as to whether he had attempted to get on the train. He ran to the spot, reach ing the body at the same time that the terrified wife threw herself on her knees beside it. Overly was unconscious, the only sign of life being a faint moaning. This ceas ed after a few moments. The body was carried to the house, only a few feet distant, where Dr. Har rod, who a r rived short 1 y aft er wa rd s, made an examination. There was no sign of an inquiry other than a slight scratch on the left shoulder. The coroner is of the opinion th.it the neck was broken, probably by the shock of being thrown violently to the ground. The exact manner ■ in which the man lost his life is merely a matter of conjecture. i The theory which is given the most credence is that he tried to board the rear car, and was thrown onto 1 the ties, contact with which broke his neck. He was a very large I man, weighing nearly 250 pounds, and the shock of being trown would naturally be very great. The tin fortunate man was tor y four years ■of age and leaves a wife and four i children, the oldest of whom is ; eighteen, and is employed in a tin plate mill at Elwood- The remaining three are children ot • tender years. No arrangements i have as yet been made for the funeral.

NUMBER 38

Michigan Letter. Oden. Mich., June 26. John Troutman, Decatur, Ind. Dear old fifteen-two—l had not forgotten you, although distant about 400 miles, but for want of something of interest I defered writing sooner. Our trip up here on the 12th inst. was a warm and dusty one, and after leaving Cadillac it was made more unpleasant on ; account of forest fires, which, in many places, burned fiercely on both sides of the track, making the heat intense and with the smoke almost suffocating, still, like John Quincy Adams, “we still live.” The weather since our airival has been decidedly pleasant with the exception of one or two days when the mureury went up to nearly 90“ about noon, but the nights are always cool conducive to sound sleep, and I assure you many nights I have slept eleven hours and then dozed through the day. The next day- after my arrival here I went out fishing and in two hours caught fourteen pickerel. Since then I’ve been out several times and was fortunate enough to catch more than we could possibly use. I don’t think the fishing up to date is as good as it was the same time last year, but the guides think it will be fully as good after July 1. The forest Hies have been raging near our little village, and we began to feel some uneasiness about our cot tage, but last night we had a good substantial rain and all danger is over for the present, at least. The fine new hotel, “The Athnrton Inn” is about completed, but there is no furnishings in yet, and it now looks to a man up a tree as if it would not be open for a month yet. It is to be lit with electricity and the power i house is about done, so that when • eveiything is ready it will go oft in a blaze of glory. Quite a number | of cottagers are now here and more are expected this week. Eugene Morrow and family of Bluffton, arI rived this forenoon, and are now iesting from their warm and unpleasant trip. From what Rufe v rote me last I imagine he will be up ab nit next Sunday or Monday. When I think the signs are all right for you will wriie and let ycu know. Hoping you have been enI joying yourself, and with regards to D'.-U Locke and Rice, and hoping y<m are able to keep your feet warm by this time, even if you have to soak you head to accomplish that result, I am, dear sir, Your Fried, R. B. Allison. Sheriff' Ashbaueher very fortunately averted what might have been a jail break, the first of the week. For several day’s past the prisoners confined there, and there are five of them now, have been keeping up a continuous hilariousness tl ereabouts, and of course it I all had a sequel, and that sequel was bursted in smithereens by the sudden and mysterious appearance of the sheriff and deputy among the I boys when they’ least expected it. However they put ou a long face and looked as unconcernedly as could be, but they were caught right in the act so to speak. A square in the iron ceiling had been marked off and on part of it a fairly’ good impression and indenture had oeeu made. The work had been done with a case knife. In a few days more they might have seen daylight through the roof. Theu all that would have been necessary would i be to go right down into the ball way and then out < f doois. The discovery’ was indeed timely and Sheriff Ashbaueher is deserving of congratulation and commendation ■ for his careful survey and know-l-edge of everything connected in land around thecounty bastile. An editor is a man who lives on what other people owe him till he starves to death. A subsciber is one who takes the paper and says he is well pleased and t Ils everybody else “you ought to subscribe.” After he has subscribed two years and a half, the editor writes to let , j him have $2.50 and the subscriber /writes back and tells him not to send his old paper any more for there is nothing in it, and then the I poor editor goes and starves some more.—St. Mary’s Graphic. • L’nclaimed lettere remain in the ’ Decatur postoffice belonging to G. t B. Horan, Nick Dutcher, John i Dwyer. Anna Hakes, Eliza Houser, Levi Johnson, Martin Nicholson, f J. F. Parish, Cletus Sertel, Ben i Swank, E. F. Sowers, J. H. Thomp son E W. Valentine, Lasha Wal- | ter and Elnora Wolfe.