Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1895 — Page 1

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

VOLUME 1.

Mrs. J. E. Kern is absent from the city on a visit with her patents at Leiter, Indiana. Misses Lizzie and Hattie Patter son were at Bluffton, Sunday, visiting their sister, Mrs. X. K. Todd. A. M. Sweeney of India 1 apolis, is in the city again this week talking insurance in his same free and easy manner. The \ eno doctor has decan ped but you can find his widely advertised rheumatic cure alls at many of our drug stores. M bile at Berne last Friday E. L. Foreman unhinged himself from the coin, and now owns Press news away up in advance. Judge Dailey of Bluffton, was an attorney in the Shoemaker-McCor-mick law suit which was entertain ing court here Tuesday aud yesterday. A brother of Commissioner Fetters died at Huntington last Sun day after a short illness. Sam attended the funeral services which was held there on Monday. Auditor France was taken very suddenly ill Friday night last with a severe attack of billions fever. He was seriously sick for several days, but is now recovering and will be out again in a few days. Rudolph Lehman the genial cashier of the Berne bank, is now a weekly reader of the Press. A newspaper filled with all the local, legal and general news is what the people want. The bank statements showing the linancialcondition oftheOld Adams County Bank of this city, and the Bank of Berne. Both show themselves to be in exceptionally flourishing condition, and of course are doing an immense business in t heirline of banking. The commissioners were in session Tuesday 7 to hear grievances on assessments of the Waggoner gravel road, which runs east of Berne to the state line. As no one put forth a very hard kick the road will be built on assessments as made. The road was sold yesterday. Twenty-two of the Fort Wayne True Blues were placed under mil itary arrest by order of J. B. Fonder, captain commanding, for fail ure to attend drill. Several of them were found calling upon their sweethearts, and were ruthlessly marched off' to the armory at the point of the bayonet, where they were compelled to drill for several hours.—Bluffton Chronicle. Through Devoss & Sholty, attor neys, Cora Cook seeks legal separation from her truant husband, Elmer Cook. The complaint shows them to have been married August 30, 181*4, aud that they lived together as husband and wife until March 30, 1895, at which time they separated and have not since lived or cohabited together. She alleges cruel, inhuman treatment and all the rest of the abuses named in the category 7 of misdeeds. A rank old swindle is being worked by a sharper, who in the disguise of a tramp, goes to a house and asks for something to eat. Whether accommodated or not just as he leaves he pretends to pick up a ring from the ground. He makes inquiry for its ownership and says It is marked 18 karat, and is handsomely engraved. Xo one about the house knows anything about it, and then he offers to sell it. In many 7 instances he has succeeded in getting as high as three dollars, but has disposed of some for a dollar each. These rings cost about ninety cents a gross. The egg box factory, one of Decatur’s worthy manufacturing institutions, has changed hands— John W. Vail, one of our solid manufacturers and at present a member of the common council, being the purchaser. He is already knee deep in the timber business, and will combine the two mills and still continue to make egg-cases. The egg case industry was first introduced here some two or three years ago, since which time some 20 or 30 employees have been constantly engaged in their manufacture and sale. They have com peted with many of the largest institutions of this kind and done a large and profitable business. Mr. Talbot, the retiring owner, will devote his time to another mill, at some other point. The manager, Mr. 11. H. Rice, will be missed by many of the people here should he also conclude to leave.

Mrs. 8. O. Irvin of Winchester, will arrive today on a few weeks visit with her'daughters, Mrs, J. C. Patterson and J. A. Duncan. Will Heast >n of Geneva, was here yesterday “figgering” a little on painting a few bridges which the county commissioners intended having coated. We last week erred in saying Chancey Young and Roy Botten berg would put in a restaurant at Geneva. We should have said Floyd Dalrymple. Mrs. W. E. Keuble and Miss Lena Barthol left last Monday afternoon for Chicago where they will visit relatives and see the i sights for two w-eeks. Miss Gertrude Ervin who has visiting her friend Miss Mary Myers of Xorth Fifth street for past two weeks left Tuesday morning for her home at Tuscola, 111. Dell Locke of the Burt, and John Trentman are at Rome City enjoying a few days’ fishing and recreation. Rome City seems to be having its share of pleasure seekers this season. W. S. Hughes and wife yesterday entertained a large but happy crowd of Monroevillites, who came over to see the sights and spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Hughes. They drove home in the evening. Under the management of Craig Bros., Madam E. E. Craig will make a balloon ascension and parachute leap at this place next Saturday. It will cost you nothing to witness this novel amusement, so be on hand. Some twelve or fifteen couples from Bluffton were in the city yes terday—coming to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fristoe, who quite recently moved from that place to a real, live town. A very pleasant and enjoyable day is reported as the result of this unusual outburst of socialism. Robert Peterson, a young son of R. S. Peterson, is lying very low, the cause of which is an abcess in the stomach. An operation was performed Sunday by Dr. Porter of Fort Wayne and Dr. Boyers of this city, and the operation dis closed a cherry seed in the stom ach. around which the abcess was formed. At this writing he is a little better and some hopes are entertained that he will recover. This office is better prepared for the execution of finely printed stationery than any other office in the county, and our prices are below talking about. Our type and presses are all new, and our printers are newer, so you will miss it by not dropping in to see us. It is also folly to buy printed matterout of town on a plea of getting it cheaper. We are prepared to ; print anything from a baby card to a full sheet poster, aud do it promptly, neatly and satisfactor illy. Mind your p’s. Persons who patronize papers should pay promptly, for the peculiar pros pects of the press have a peculiar power in pushing forward proper public property. Pay thepublisher promptly and if his pocket book is kept plethoric by prompt paying patrons, he puts his pen to his paper in peace, Lis paragraphs are more pointed and pungent an 1 he paints pictures of present passing ■events to the perusing public. Paste this precious piece of proverbial philosophy in some particular place where all persons can peruse it.—Ex. The Press don’t predict any unusual calamities to those who may see fit to visit our city Saturday and. after transacting any business they may have with our merchants, to then indulge in the pleasure of seeing the balloon ascension and parachute leap by Madam E. E. Craig, who comes here well recommended, as the artistically printed bills—the fruits of this office—will tell you. They carry no side line of cappers who make it their business to visit your larder durin t your absence. The well known firms of Pete Holthouse and Co., Ehinger& Meyers, Ike Rosenthrall, Holthouse & Smith, Yager Bros., Blackburn & Miller, Coffee & Baker, Curley Rademacher, Keubler & Moltz, and many others would not subscribe their names to anything that wasn’t straight as a string, so you need have no fear of being robbed or buncoed, and if you come to town it won’t be necessary to wear a gun or stuffed club in you hip pocket.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 18. 1895.

The Case drug stock is being invoiced today, the purchaser being Porter & Deitsch of Geneva, to which place the stock and furniture will be moved. Miss Emma Jackson came home the first of the week much refreshied after a two weeks’ vacation which was speut among relatives at indianapolis. C. F. True and wife, C. J. Lutz aud wife, and Rev. and Mrs. Horton leave next Monday for a week’s ! outing at Colen, Mich. They will proceed to fish and glow fat. Hartford township was well rep- < resented in town this week, they being witnesses or interesting spectators in the Shoemaker-McCor-mick preliminary injunction suit. Cholera infantum caused the I death to a young child of R. C. ( Drumond and wife. The funeral services took place from the Christen church Monday, the Elder Vaughn officiating. A Milwaukee paper in a headline endeavored to say, “The Rev. j Dr. Smith on a Tour,’’ and the paper came out with “The Rev. Dr. Smith on a Tout,” greatly to the agitation of the flock. About forty-eight blue coats of the Decatur Guards will leave here Saturday iioon via the Clover Leaf j for Fairview Park, Indianapolis, where they will go into camp for one week. The boys are all happy in anticipation of a good time. Last Saturday evening at the residence of Douglas Elzey at Preble, were gatheredquite a number of young folks to enjoy what is commonly called an old style play party, games of all sorts were indulged in. About thirty were in attendance, and a good old time was had until the wee hour had struck. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Harkless entertained at their home Saturday evening a number of friends in honor of Mrs. Tom Watson of I Battle Creek, Mich. Those present ! were Mr. aud Mrs. Ben Pillar, Mr. : and Mrs. Dick Xeptune and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Merryman. The evening was spent very pleasantly and all went away feeling that it ! was good to be there. Treasurer Bolds levied upon a chunk of personal property belonging to Isaac Robinson, the levy being made to settle some delinquent taxes. At this point of the proceedings J. W. Teeple and Isaac Zimmerman filed an injunction claiming in their filed complaint ownership of theaforesaid personal. (Judge Heller assembled court in special session to hear the purports of the injunction, and after weighing the evidence and law, dissolved the injunction, or in other words set it aside, and gave Deacon Bolds the sway he first interposed. Clyde V. Smith, Mercer county’s defaulting surveyor was found ; guilty of presenting false claims to the county auditor and securing $552 illegally. A very loose state of affairs has been developed in the conduct of county officers by the trial particularly on the part of the auditor and commissioners. Surely it would be well if Vortrjed’s recommendation for a uniform system of book keeping throughout the state could be carried out, It would save the state thousands of dollars. Smith’s attorneys have made a motion for a new trial which will be heard before Judge Mooney today.—Delphos Courant. The Methodist congregatitn at this place are a progressive body of Christian workers, and their able pastor seems to be endowed with a double energy 7 in this kind of work. They not only believe in the building up of soul’s salvation, but they 7 also believe in making ■ their place of worship a palace , within itself. To this end $12,000 has been subscribed by responsible members, for the improvement of their church, which orderof things will be carried into effect next year. The improvements include the re arrangement of the church proper making a large auditorium, with gallery attached, lecture and Sunday school rooms, a new church organ, and of course finished anew all over. The addition will be quite commendable in this congregation and they deserve congratulation for their persevering enterprise in building up their church in such a handsome way. The success is mainly due to Rev. Gregg who has had in charge the push of the enterprise.

J. W. Place is now in the midst of a busy season in the ice cream and soft drinks, and if observation counts for anything, the reiceipts this year will far eclipse any previous year in the business. Rev. J. A. Springer of the Orphan's Home, Berne, Ind., will speak at the M. E. church Sunday evening. A number of the orphans and deaconesses will be with him. All are cordially invited to this service. Ed Xeunschwander of Linn Grove, was before the commissioners ' Tuesday 7 asking permission to do a restaurant business in connection with his liquor house, for which he already had license. The per mission was granted. County Clerk Cummins and i ; Druggist Stout of Bluffton, were in | town Tuesday, the former just to \ look at us while the latter came to help invoice the Case drug stock. Both are clever fellows, because we have known them since Adam was a boy. New cases filed since last w 7 eek are summed up in The town of Geneva vs. Martin Urban, appeal from I. j X. Veeley, justice of the peace. Charles W. Scheifer vs. Dalinda Ellsworth, Edward Ellsworth aud William J. Meyers; demand S6OO. Cora Cook vs. Elmer Cook, divorce Rev. Julius Heffner, C. P. P. L. of Minster, Ohio, is in thecity this week visiting Father Wilkens. Rev. Heffner is of Adams county birth, well known among us with oceans of friends who are congratulating him upon his many successes in life. The Press will hereafter keep him posted upon Adams county news happenings. The common council while in session Tuesday evening ordered the contract for the Byers alley sewer. The waterworks committee were instructed to put in a number of fountains, the purpose of which is to quench the thirst of man aud oeast. The suggestion was very timely this hot weather. The Chicago & Erie railroad was ordered to lower the grade of their sidewalk on Mercer streeet. Adjournment. Mr. P. 11. Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, organizer of the Soldiers’ Colony, which is to go to Georgia from the northwest, 60,000 strong, is in Atlanta, to close the contract for 30,000 acres of Georgia farming lands in Wilcox and Irwin counties, the center of the lumber region. Mr. Fitzgerald says the movement is well organized, has full plans maped out and the colony will start south in the fall. It will be composed of war veterans and others from many States of the West and Northwest.—Bluffton Press. The commissioners were in session yesterday to receive bids on the construction and completion of the Waggoner free gravel road, as had been previously announced, advertised, &c. It seems that the appraisement is somewhat low, being ■ returned at $12,576. The lowest I bid was by Spragg & Son $13,882, j David Eekrote $20,500, Karsh & ; Karsh $17,400. Berne corporation ( agreed to raise $1,300 for the road, j so if they are ready to produce it i will bring the bid of Spragg Son j under the appraisement, aud they will be given the contract. The commissioners are going there next Monday to settle that part definitely and then determine upon what’s what. Last Monday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, from the Christian church, occurred the funeral of a little boy ( baby. Dora Don Drummond, son of R. C. and Pinkie Drummond, was born July 20, 1894, and died | July 14, 1895, aged i I months and |25 days. For a second time in I two years the messenger of death has entered this household and | taken from it a flower of tender age. Dora was a child of unusully ( bright mind and but a week before his death was a happy and playful child. He was the pride of his grandparents, whose constant and i careful watch over him during the entire time of his sickness lent much to his comfort and ease until ideath released him from his pain, i All that earthly power could do ( could not prevent his obeying the summons of Him who doeth all I things well. Again a bright aud happ> home has been made dark and lonely by the presence of death; again the Lord bath called back his own; another angel is added to the great multitude that i sing around the Great Throne.

B. J. Terver now sports a bran new trap that is a beauty, nothing else. Besides all this it was made right here at home. The painting was the handiwork of Lew Corbin, and it speaks out loud in his favor, as an artist. The Berne corporation is putting in six large cisterns, the water is to ba used in case of fire. The addition is sensible and will no doubt save some of the taxpayers one hundred times the amount the cisterns are now costing. Commissioner Henry Hobrock came home Saturday from a ten days’ abscense among the refreshing breezes in Michigan. He reports a pleasant time, but wouldn’t trade his little possessive foot ; stool in Adams county for all of Michigan. The Grand Rapids advertise a cheap excursion to Rome City for today, the occasion being a blowout of immense proportions by the order of Elks. A special train passes through this city at 8:20 in the morning. The fare for the round trip being $1.25? Judge Heller is in vacation now, I but for the convenience of the parties interested he assembled court ami heard the preliminaries of the Shoemaker- McCormick damage suit, in which a restraining order had already been granted. He terminated things by continuing the restraining order and set the case for trial at the August term of court. A disgusted philosopher, possibly some hump-backed antiquated, old bachelor, says: “There are women with noses like ant eaters, voices like cat fighters, faces like rank poison to the naked .I eye, feet like pancakes, chests like ironing boards and necks as long and stringy as poor land potatoes, • who go around the country lectur- , ing on dress reform and wearing clothes that would make a freight train quit the road.” Robert Peterson, the bright little eight years old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Peterson, very suddenly died last Tuesday night at 12:30, death being caused by an abscess in the pendictus. He was taken sick one week ago last Sabbath, and suffered untold agonies before death relieved him. He was about eight years old, a bright little fellow and the pride of his parental house hold. The funeral takes place today from the house, the Rev. Horton officiating, assisted by Rev. Gregg. Interment in the Decatur cemetery. August 3 is when Berne will tear up the earth with the largest crowd of people that has congregated in one body foi many a moon. At this time| there will be horse racing, foot racing, bicycle racing, baloon ascension, andan all around ! stunning, good, clever time. Will I Sheets is the instigator of the out burst which takes place in Staufier’s grove, one-fourth mile from the city. For every nickle spent on this occasion, the purchaser gets a ' ticket which includes one chance on buggy, bicycle, sewing machine and rocking chair. Rope walking aud trapese performing are also on the bills. It is safe to predict that should the weather permit, a large I crowd will be on hand to see the fun. Grandmother McGonagle, well known by every one in this city, died last Saturday morning, at the home of her granddaughter Mrs. | | Clark J. Lutz. She had been ill ( for some two months, but was ap patently better or thought to be, just before death relieved her of j further suffering. She was born in 1813, and had she lived until the 28th of this month would have i been eighty-two years old, an age rarely attained. She was the wife of Joseph McGouagle, who years ( ago was publisher of the Decatur i Democrat. She was the mother of eight children, but two now living to survive her, Mrs. Walkup, the wife of Bro. Walkup of the Delphos Courant, and Mrs. Dorwin of iLa Fayette, Indiana. One son left for China in 1861, since which time nothing has been heard from | him. The deceased was well and • thoroughly posted on current is- ; sues aud events of the day, being a great reader of daily newspapers, magazines and other literature. The funeral obsequies took place : from the Presbyterian church MonI day afternoon at four o’clock, the > ceremonies being conducted by the : Rev. Horton, pastor of the church. Interment in Maplewood.

NUMBER 40

The two female sports from Portland who were laying out a fine in our county jail for plain drunk, were released last Friday, after which they 7 lost but little time in retracing their weary steps to their first love. They looked like they 7 might be expert hands at the business. Bluffton bankers and the lioard of review over there have been having a monkey and parrot time, so to speak. The board requested them to furnish their books for the inspection of the board, but they never came back, no never came back. My, what wicked people those Bluffton bankers are. Last Tuesday morning the wee small boys of Decatur went to Berne where they 7 played a game of ball, the score standing 27 to 7 in favor Decatur- If Decatur has not a fine championship ball club they have a brilliant “Kid Nine.” This club will play other clubs in the future. The batteries were: France and Burkhead for Decatur and Curley and Martz for Berne. W. A. Straub, R. B. Johnson, Christ Staffer, Frank Baum, Charley Berry, Grant Ball and Jesse Niblick, not our Jesse, was up before Mayor Quinn the other day, the charge being seining in the St. Marys, near Schenmaum bridge in Preble township. They plead guilty to the charge and were given a fine and costs amounting to from $16.85 tos23. At this rate there isn’t much fun in the sport. Will sheets of Berne, was here yesterday, and gave this office the contract for printing his many variations of bills that will assist in making the grand blow out at Berne on August 3, a success. Will knows full well the value of printers ink, and in this he spared no expense, and we must say he showed extremely good taste and business judgment. The day in question will be one of the greatest days Berne has ever witnessed for many a long time. Balloon ascensions, trapese performers, rope walkers, horse, bicycle, foot and sack races, with the best music in the country. You will miss it if you don’t visit Berne August 3. Tuesday night the fourteenth international Christian endeavor convention came to an end. During its continuance more than 500 meetings have been held. Approximately 50,006 men and women went from all corners of the North American continent as delegates. Others went from near and distant lands and the most powerful nations have been represented in this vast gathering. While several thousand delegates will return to their homes the greater part of the multitude will remain sight seeing until the end of the week. At Tuesday night's meeting Mr. Walsch of the hotel committee re ported that the total number of delegates was 56,285. Three great meetings were held that night. Consecration, striving to get nearer the Master, was the subject of them all. Last Friday evening a very enjoyable time was had by the members of Reiter Encampment Xo. 214, I. O. O. F. z and their guests, the ladies. The installation of officers was held in the lodge hall commencing at 8 o’clock p. m., under the direction of L. C. Miller, D. D. G. P., assisted by J. E. Mann, G. J. W., L. E. Helm, G. S , M. L. Byers, G. T., and G. Christen, G, 11. P. The installation ceremonies were not lengthy ami the floor movements were executed with precision. Ibe following officers were installed: J. W. Delong, C. P ; Eli Crist, H.P.; W. Jackson, S. W.; W. B. Suttles, J. W.; Daniel Sprang, Scribe; H. Winnes, Treas.; A. E. Huffman, Guide; A. F. Engle, O. S.; T. W. Mallonee, J. 8.; H. R. Moltz, Ist W.; S. Billman, 2nd W.; John Welfley, 3rd W., R. D. Patterson, 4th W.; A. L, DeVilbiss and B. Kalvirisky, G’s of T. After the installation the members and their guests were repaired to the banquet room where all were royally feasted. After the inner man had been satisfied, a number of short addresses were made chiefly laudatory of the good things they had partaken of. The guests of the evening were the wives of the members of the Encampment and Judge Studabaker and wife, Mrs. Ed Potts, and Miss Ella Sprang. The general concensus of opinion is that the Encampment ought to do it again.