Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1895 — Page 1

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

VOLUME 1.

Lyman Hart Snndayed at Rome City. Rev. Father Wilken was at Portland Monday. The Boston's have a change of adv’t. The thing to do is to fill up on bargains. Attorney C. M. France is quite sick, and typhoid fever fears are entertained. Lou and Miss Anna Yager will leave to-day for Petoskey for a few weeks' outing recreation. The cut sale in dress goods still continues this week at Jesse Nib lick & Son’s. Note their adv’t. Mrs. Noah Loch came home Saturday night from a two weeks | absence with relatives at Celina. Ohio. Robert F. Harding and wife of Fort Wayne, spent Sabbath with Prof. W. J. Myers of North Fifth street. Jesse Niblick left Monday for Mansfield and Akron, Ohio, and Cora, Penn., where business interested him. Hugh Miller will preach in the Baptist church in this city next Sunday morning at 10:30. Every one is invited. This is institute week and the town fairly blossoms with pretty school inarms. Keep your eye on Craig Miller. Callie Lobenstein, an inmate of the county infirmary, died Sunday. Interment took place Monday at three o'clock. A. Vancamp and wife returned Monday from Syracuse, an Evan gelical association meeting being the object of their absence. Lew L. Mason, the Geneva con stable and a real clever soldier of the cross, was in town on busiuess and pleasure Tuesday. J. W. Deitsch, druggist of Ge-1 neva, was packing up part of the Case drug stock Tuesday, preparing to move same to Geneva. Trustee Steele has located himself in the surveyor's office at the court house, where he will transact all business pertaining to the township. Fourteen columns and a half of legals ou the outside of the Decatur Press. We did not notice how many columns on the inside. — Winchester Herald. W. E. Keubler is iu New York buying the fall and wiuter stock for the Boston, and that means that you must read their advertisement for bargains in dress goods and the like. L. B. Haletells us to say to our farmer friends that he will be ready to do all kinds of business pertaining to flour, grain and seeds by Sept- 1- He wili Positively liave his mill in operation at that time. —Willshire Gazette.

Dave E. Smith was at Bluffton Monday night where he encumbered himself with the secret work in the chapter branch of the Masons. As soon as he finishes he will take the work in the commander}’ and then will be as big a Mason as grows. Clara, the infant daughter of Valentine Linken and wife, who live about eight miles west of this city, died yesterday of summer complaint and whooping cough. The funeral takes place at 1 o clock to morrow afternoon. Rev. George Schroeder, a former Decatur boy, occupied the pulpit at the Presbyterian church last Sabbath evening. Rev. George has Im-eome quite accomplished in pulpit oratory, a fact his friends will relish for all it is worth. Quite a number from this city took in the Barnum blow out at Bluffton last Friday. The town was duecedly inadequate to accoin_ inc-date the vast throng who flocked to see the elephant, and in consequence many a tired and hungiy mortal failed to see the beauties ot such a world renowned circus. From some around the corner source information reaches us that the Grand Rapids corporation will soon distinguish themselves by the erection of a new depot at this place. This will be cheering news for the people of this city who do business with or travel over the Grand Rapids lines. Theoldshell that marks the place of a depot here is inadequate, inconvenient and decidedly unworthy < t the road and the business this town gives them.

Note the vinegar ad of Donovan & Breiuerkamp. Mrs. Brownell of Indianapolis, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Howe this week. Agent Bryson of the Grand Rapids, with his wife and family, are rusticating among the northern resorts. Lafayette Rape aud Trustee Brown of Wabash township, were in town one day the latter part of last week. Dick and Ora France are in Arkansas where they are visiting relatives and taking in the sights of that country. Dr. 11. E. Keller and wife are the proud parents of an eleven j pounds baby girl, which was born I Tuesday night. The enrollment at the county iu-; stitute this week is 154, the largest in point of numbers since the his- i tory of institutes. Rev. E. T. Gregg and wife are in northern lowa visiting Mrs. Gregg’s parents. They will not return to I the city before September. The eight months’ old child of 11. O. Sleven of Uniondale, died j last Friday and was brought here for interment in Maplewood on Saturday.

Barney J. Terveer is building a j neat and handsome residence prop- j erty on North Fifth street. That’s the way to build a town, so let the; | fever spread. Cashier Dugan of the National,' accompanied by his wife and little Dugans, returned last Saturday I from a ten days’ outing at Clear Lake, Mich. Mrs. Dan A. Gillium died at her I home in Berne last Sunday night, t after a long illness from consumption. The funeral took place! Tuesday afternoon. | Butcher & Butcher is the name : of a new law firm at Geneva. Jacob and Madison Butcher being; i the members in fee simple. The former is an old hand at the business, and here is wishing them con- ; tinual prosperity. Frank M. Schirmeyer is enjoying a trip over the Burlington route through the west, which traverses ! Illinois, lowa, Nebraska and Ne- ; vada. It is an excursion of real estate dealers, and will be both profitable and enjoyable to Frank. The barn and contents belonging ! to Nic Hohamer was burned Saturi day at noon, a spark from a threshing engine starting the blaze. The loss encumbered amounts to about j SI,OOO, an amount that makes the ; ordinary farmer open both eyes at I the same time. Two more of Portland’s fair faced , beauties were turned over to Sheriff Ashbaueher Monday night. We ; suppose it is the same old charge, that of fornication followed by assault and batteration over who should be triumphantly next. Great town, that Portland. Mrs. Ida Cowden of Line street, died last Sunday afternoon at four \ o’clock. She was twenty-one years, i one month and fourteen days old. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Henderson, and leaves a child, father, mother and four 1 sisters to mourn their loss. Interment at Pleasant Mills. The last will and testament of John Helm, deceased, was probated at thecounty clerk’s office Tuesday. According to its provisions the surviving wife, Catharine Helm, is bequeathed all the real and personal property to keep as long as she 1 may live; after her death the prop- ! erty in this city goes to their son ; Samuel, and the remainder to be I divided share and share alike be- ! tween the two daughters, Caroline j Kramer and Mary Mauler. At the council meeting last Tues- ! day evening the street committee j reported the contract wih E. Woods for the construction of the Byers J alley sewer. It was approved. The ! Bremercamp sidewalk was sold to j Jacob Fullencamp at 15 cents per lineal foot, and the street committee was ordered to contract with him. The street committee filed their report against the macadamizing of Tenth street. The report was approved. A resolution was , adopted ordering the construction ■ of a sidewalk ou the west side of Mercer street on the right of way of the C. &E. railroad. The following bills were allowed: William ■ Besser, $5.60; M. M. McConnell, i i $18.00; J. W. Coffee, $1.25, and J. D. Edwards, $213.34.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1895.

Fred Patterson is visiting his grandparents at Winchester. Attorney Simmons of Bluffton was attending court Tuesday afternoon. A child of John Leimenstahl and wife of Kirkland township, died last Sunday aud was buried Tuesday. Isaac O’Neal, an undertaker of Portland, who figured some in a court case the last term, was in town Monday. Nathan P. SI epherd as administrator of J. P. Butcher, deceased, has filed his final settlement and report with county clerk Lenhart. Mathias Miller, an old resident 1 of this city, fell from an apple tree several days ago and very seriousIly injured himself. He is re-' ■ported as being some better this; ( morning. William Shoemaker of Hartford i ( township, stole into our sanctum I Monday evening and deposited the I i exact amount for a year’s subscrip j tion. He reports the oil business j in Hartford as booming very satis- j ■ faetorily. The outing party which left the ( city two weeks ago Monday for an i outing tour around the northern lakes, returned home Monday, j lo< king brown, healthy and reporting one of the m st enjoyable trips yet on the docket. Garber & Sprunger, the pork packers and retailers in meats, seem to be doing a very creditable i business and will make it a successi ful business. They are both hustlers and know just how to look over their nose at the right time. Dr. David J. Erwin is moving ( his family to this city from Clear Lake, Mich. The Dr. has opened an office in the opera house block, where he will be found during (office hours. Several years ago he , was located at Monroe, aud is reputed to be well in line on medical ■ science.

A family re union was held at| the home of Dr. Coverdale Mon day evening. Those present were } T. G. Autenand wife, Mrs. M. E. j Clark, Miss May Hughes and several others from this city; 1). F. Kain and wifeof Monroeville. The families of Jacob Rawley, Lee Nixon and Mrs. Vaughn were unable to be present. The blooming of the bloomer is | an unblushing declaration that a woman has two legs, says the St. Mary’s Argus, and as such it is regarded by the painfully good as hurtful. Yet the anatomical fact has not been a secret. Any observing person knows that stockings come in pairs, and that few women buy a single garter at a time. William H. and Maria Ferguson appeared in court Tuesday and set forth the fact to Judge Heller that they were unable to employ counsel to defend them, so Bobo & Coffee were detailed. This is the young couple who are arraigned for stealing a purse from the home of Jacob Yager while spending their honey moon there. “Tis a sin to steal a j pin; tis a whopper to steal a cop- | per.” Tuesday Agnes Rademacher was j seven years old, so the event was! I celebrated by a surprise, those eu- : joying same being Olivette Cameron ■ : of Fort Wayne, Goldie King, Irene Gerard, Marie Beery, Francis Merryman, Gyp Dorwin, Marguerite Confer, Rose Martin, Nellie Snellen, j Celia Mayer, May Holthouse, Hattie Blackburn, Bessie Beery and Blanche Dibble. The occasion was a most enjoyable one, so report the many young promising ladies present. One Maho ley, living in the north 1 'end—that section known as Oklahoma —came down town Satuiday night and made complaint to the ; police that his wife and Oiie Barnes had gentlemen callers at his house and that he wanted the house pulled. In compliance with his request Policeman Bliss went up, pulled in Samantha Mahoney, Olie Barnes and Alfred Farris, brought them before ’Squire Headiugton, who gave them fine and costs to the tune of $17.30 for Samantha, $5 and costs for Olie, and $17.30 ' for Alfred. Farris’ fine was stayed, but the women were not so fortunate, and, as there was no place to keep them, were let go ou the promise that they would appear be- | fore the ’Squire Monday morning at 9 o'clock, when they were given a jail sentence and taken to Decatur at noon that day by Deputy Sheriff Wilson. —Portland Sun.

Miss Bessie Henderson of Marion, is here this week a guest of Miss Hattie Niblick. Jim N. Fristoe goes to Eagle Lake this week for a few days’ recreation, rustication, illumination and speculation. The three months old twin boy of Mr. and Mrs. William Carshbaum, of near Monroe, died Sunday and was buried Monday at the Ray cemetery. A. B. Morrison and wife of Marion, spent Sunday with Judge Studabaker and family. Miss Josephine Niblick returned home with them Monday. During the past week, county clerk Lenhart issued marriage licenses to Jacob F. Harker and Rebecca McGill, William F. Mann and Daisy Morrical, Morris Ehrsam and Emma Brown.

Unclaimed letters belonging to < Rose Welty, E. W. Valentine, j Pearl Anderson, Ed Anderson, 7 Ella Butterworth, F. W. Hawley, s and A. Kindler remain in the John i Wellley Decatur post-office. J, Tom Merryman left Monday 1 morning for Detroit, Mich., where ' he attended a convention of the commercial lawyers, who were in (, session there Monday, Tuesday and ( Wednesday. A big time was on > tap. The case of Shagart vs. Griffen! was decided by the court yesterday. The decision gives the plain-j tiff $3,760, being an account for work and labor. Peterson, Peter- ’ son & Lutz were attorneys for the plaintiff. The waterworks committee had a j special session last Friday morning ( and gave to Townsend & Cox of Fort Wayne, the franchise of tap . itig the waterworks lines and pip ing same to the curbing. The contract price was actual expense of | the work and $2, for each tap, j Wisehaupt Bros, bid sl-50 and ac-i tual expense. A Press reporter turned his waterburry through the many ave-: nues iu theL. Yager furniture store ■ Mouday, aud what did we seel Just propound the question again, j and ask what we didn’t see, and j we’ll tell you in mighty short, order. The fact of the business is, there isn’t a thing in the line of fine and exquisitely finished furniture that isn’t promiscuously displayed. Fact; go see. Clara O. Drake, through her attorneys, De Voss & Sholty, seeks separation from her husband at the present August term of court. The ( complaint shows them tohavebeen ( married December 22, 1891, and ( lived together until August 6, 1895. ■ During their married life one child i was born, Gracie, now two years 1 old. The plaintiff alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. She asks the court for a divorce, the custody of the child and alimony in the sum of SSOO. Sam Soldner and William Farlow were in town Mouday morning taking home with them a petition for a public road w’hich commences at the half mile section line between sections one and two, run ning north one half mile to section line between Monroe and Wabash townships, and intersecting the Waggoner gravel road, which runs east from Berne to the state line. As it is the people living back on ( the half section line have no outlet to this gravel road, although paying assessments on it. They don’t like it, and will fight for the opening of this road, and we don’t ( blame them. We predict no , trouble in the opening of the road.

Festivities have been rife among the young people of our city of late, and on last Saturday evening they were delightfully entertaiued by | the Misses Margaret Eiehar and Sada Hale at the latter’s home, in honor of Miss Gilpin of Portland. The guests arriving found the house beautifully decorated with plants and cut flowers. A bowl of lemonade placed in the parlor proved an effectual consoler of the thirsty ones during the entire evening, while the ices were served by Miss Mary Myers in the bay window of the sitting room. Later in the evening the company was seated and served to luscious peaches, plums and cake by Masters Fred Holmes and Garth Gilpen of Portland. Music and games made the evening pass all too swiftly, but fearing lest they should make their , charming hostesses twice glad the i guests made their adieux at the I hour of twelve.

Sprang & True’s delivery’ horse had a running race with itself on First street Monday, which ended at an electric light pole, near Pete Ashbaucher’s jail. The wagon was a physical aud moral wreck—so to speak. It has been asked why a city is called a -‘she.” The answer seems an easy one. There is always more or less bustle about a city. Besides a city has outskirts, aud a “he’’ could not, under any circumstances, have skirts of any’ kind. Mrs. David Werling of Preble, died Sunday 7 evening at eight o’clock from inflammation of the bowels. She w’as an estimable lady, well known in this city, with many friends who will regret to learn of her death. The funeral services took place Tuesday 7 at Preble. C. A. Dugan is having a plate glass front put in the business room ferninst Holthouse’s shoe store. The new addition will be fine as. silk and look finer. It will seem that Mr. Dugan knows how to imj prove the town as well as he does to run a bank. Henry Fred Linn

; does the work. Under the new law, the charger :of the county recorder are as fol- ( , lows: Deeds and mortgages of less' than 600 words sl, and 10 cents a | hundred words for all over 600 j words; for entering, indexing and recording all other doeumenis, 10 1 ; cents per hundred words, but no j ■ charges will be less than 50 cents, i Esq. Hill taxed the tariff on Dan j i Straubb and gave him a fine of $25 the charge being assault and battery on his wife. The case was one of I ! those dirty, beastly sort of cases ( that occasionally creep into court. ■ If everything is true Dan is too vile, mean and impudent to waste breath I over, and the longer he is tied up (behind prison bars the better it w’ill < be for his wife and family, and the better it will be for the public.

| Esq. Hill done the right thing i when he gave him the full benefit of the law. One of our exchanges speaks of a millinery store kept by an esti- ( mable lady and says the editor was gratified to see her stocking up. The editor says he was never so j astonished as he was when the p tper came out to meet the lady and have her strike him across the head with an umbrella, and tell him he was a liar, and that she would tell his wife. He didn’t | know what she was mad at, and he had to read the item over a I hundred times to see if there was anything spiteful in it. Anna Geary, the eight year old I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Geary, met a frightful death last ' week. Friday afternoon herself and brother were playing in the yard at a little furnace of theirown origination. From the fire in the furnace, the girl's dress caught fire, and before being rescued her i entire body was burned to a crisp. Her sufferings were agonizing in I the extreme until relieved by death | Saturday evening. The funeral (services took place from St. Mary's I Cathol c church Monday morning, i with interment in their new ceme- ! tery. Much sympathy is expressed for the family, who sadly mourn the tragic ending of their daughter

and sister. It is a foregone conclusion, a boxed up and nailed down fact that Decatur is going to have a series of horse racing, the dates of which ! are September 19, 20 and 21. The ! association has been formed and I j organized, although it isn’t too late ! for any one who may desire to sub ■ ; \ scribe their name and a reasonable amount of cash for the futherr as--1 surance of its success. Don’t lin i ger on the curbing but get into the [! band wagon. It is something in II which every business man in Deca- . | tur can take a hand, aud benefit j! himself personally and his business 1I financially. No one was robbed at f ; our balloon ascension, but here is J something better, something in > which every one is more interested, - and something which will take—- •, it’s a good thing. There wil] be - county paceing and trotting races, i half mile pony race, two years old 1 mixed race, free for all trotting , ■ and pacing races, half mile running 1 race and a mile bicycle race. The •! purses aggregate SSOO, and you e j may expect some speed here that is t! worth talking about. The event, r too, will be the opening of Steele’s e park, one of the finest driving e parks in the state any place. Pre- | pare for the event.

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Institute. Adams county school teachers from every corner of the county are in the city this week attending institute. The session so far has been very interesting. The opening exercises took place Monday afternoon at 1:30, by Rev. Vaughn. The musical feature is entirely under the direction of Dr. James L. On of Middletown, Ohio. Prof. Ingler of Marion, gave a short address on teaching, he being followed by B. F. Kizer, on “what regard should the teacher have for public opinion;” this subject was also discussed by W. A. Lower. Tuesday morning the opening exercises were under the care of Rev. Spray. Prof. Ingler then explained pedagogy, his solution being very correct, according to the theory advocated by some of our veterans of

the profession. C. C. Calderwood then gave his views on “is there a science of teaching;” this subject was followed by a discussion, J. E. Orr taking the principal part. In the afternoon Prof. I ugler gave his views as to “some principles of education.” This was followed by an address by J. R. Parrish on “is it the parents’ mistake?” the in- . stitute iu general taking a hand in the discussion of this important subject. Dr. Orr then told of the j relations of this earth to the other planets, and then after some miscellaneous business au adjournment was taken until the following morn- ! ing. That evening a teachers’ reunion was held at the court room, which was largely attended and ■ enjoyed by all interested in the profession. Wednesday morning Rev. Smith opened the exercises, he being followed by Prof. Ingler, who gave his theory of the “principles of education.” Miscellaneous

business was next in order, and then an address by J. F. Hocker, whose ! subject was “for what is the ■ teacher responsible in the sch >ol!” J. 11. Steele discussed this subject, and then Dr. Orr stated the relation of history to civil government, !as branches of study. Henry | Lankenau rendered an address on the subject of “extremes,” and Dora B. Erwin of this city, discussed same. Prof. Ingler then gave some elements of psychology, i followed by miscellaneovs business, j which closed the work of yesterday. I Last evening Prof. Ingler lectured at the M. E. church, on “side lights of character.” The lecture was well spoken of an. complimented by many who were present. ! Tonight Dr. James L. Orr will lecture at the same place on the ! subject of “fifty pictures of the sky,” and to morrow night Prof. j W. J. Johnson will hold down the boards with “from the Hudson to j the Potomac.” The institute is ! said to be quite spirited and interI esting, for which much credit is due the county superintendent. Last evening a charming and largely attended reception was held at the residence of Mi. and Mrs. H.J.McAfee of 252 Dayton avenue. The reception was tendered to Rev. | aud Mrs. C. G. Reynolds as a. fare- | well prior to their departure for a I new home at Joliet, 111. For the past six years Rev. Reynolds has been the pastor of ihe God rich av- | enue Presbyterian church and great 1 regret is felt by the congregation at his departun . A large p cture of

the junior Bible class and its teacher, Mr. McAfee, was presented to Mr. Reynolds. A graceful presentation speech was made by Harry Leppen, to which Mr. Reynolds responded in a few well chosen words. He referred with much feelings to his pastorate in St. Paul and to his especial interest m the class that had so kindly contributed this testimonial of their regard, i St. Patti i Minn.) Pioneer, July 30. The new cases filed since last week are Julius A. Studler vs. | John Fox, damages; demand SI,OOO. i Isaac Zimmerman vs. Fred Schafer ; i and Noah Loch, replevin. Amos S. Lehman vs. Maria Ann Lehman, ; et al, notes and mortgage; demands i' $2,000. Maggie Brown vs. David ( Gleckler, administrator, claim $lO. - [ Old Adams County Bank vs. Ma- > ■ linda Zimmerman executrix, claim , $70.64. Board of Commissioners 1 vs. Malinda Zimmerman executrix, ; claim $156,67. D. G. M. Trout vs. ; Malinda Zimmerman executrix, e claim $30.45. Isaac Zimmerman i vs. John Rupright, et al, replevin; s appeal from Esq. Smith. Andrew , J. Woodruff vs. John brown and j William P. Moon, foreclosure of ;■ i mechanic’s lien; demand S2O. • Ellen Robinson vs. Lorenzo D. Hall, i ejectment, certified from Esq. Smith.