Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1895 — Page 1

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

VOLUME 1.

Races, Sept. 19, 20 ami 21. Bob Case of Magley, was in town today. John S. Bowers is up north on a recreating trip. SamSoldner and Jacob Farlow are here from Berne today. I ncle George Pontius of Hart ford township, was in town Tuesday. Moses Byers was attending to business at F< rt Wayne Tuesday. H. 11. Burchnell of Monroe, is one of the Press cash callers this week. Charles X. Brown and T. F. Golden of Geneva, were in the city yesterday. Mrs. X. P. Dean of Geneva, visited her sister Mrs. E. P. Menefee, in this city hist week. Fred V. Mills helped out Blackburn & Miller Monday and Tuesday during their school book rush. J Esq. Smith came home from Sidney, < ihio, Monday, where he went to re une with his old comrades of the 20th, Ohio. The infant body of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pillers died at seven o’clock last evening, after a short illness. Funeral tomorrow. Dr. Erwin has officed himself on Monroe street over the Journal office, where he will be found when not professionally engaged. Miss Kathereen Meisse came home last Friday from a month’s alisence at Greenville, Ohio, where she guested with Miss Roma Turner. Isaac Hilty of Monroe, David D. Coffee and Ben Knapke of this city, were among those who were granted liquor licenses by the commissioners Tuesday. Treasurer Bolds spent last Saturday at Geneva, where he met many delinquent taxites, who cashed up the proper amount for their maintainance of this municipal government. Judge Bobo will be on the bench tomorrow in the injunction suit of Isaac Zimmerman vs. P. P. Ashbaucher. The plaintiff restrained the sheriff from selling certain personal property.

Will Bosse is getting out a four paged medical newspaper, which strenuously advertises the many beneficial advantages of Dr. Marshall’s lung syrup. Will never does anything by halves. Bowen Hale was over from Willshire Tuesday and reported his flouring mill as being ready for operation and business next week. The mill is a good one and Bowen has high prospects of a good business. Wellscounty digs up three shooting matinees in one week, one of which resulted in cold blooded murder. Still many people shut their eyes at home surroundings and talk about the lawlessness in the south. Consistency, thou art a mugwump jewel. The Monmouth Gray Gables pleasure resort was the scene of festivities Tuesday evening. A genial, gay, loud crowd of youthful ■ (?) picnicers took possession and ruled the roost with a high and fearless hand. Supper was served and everything weut merry as a marriage bell. Will H. Fought, the old veteran of Geneva, will start for the grand army encampment at Louisville next Monday morning, and during next week will visit his old battlefields, Chickamauga, Chatanooga, Look Out Mountain ami Missionary Ridge. The Prtss personally wishes Will a grand, good time, and hopes too, that when he returns he will find time to write a descriptive letter for the readers of this paper. The council ordered Court street macadamized last Tuesday evening. The improvement will be made out crushed white lime stone. Seven inches of crushed stone will be placed on the street and wet and thoroughly rolled. Then five inches more crushed stone and two inches of gravel will be put on and wet and rolled so as to cement the street. The commissioners propose to put in a row of hitching posts for the accommodation of the farmers, and the council believes the contemplated improvement will j W ithstand the constant stamping of horses better than a brick pavement. Our council have made no mistake yet in street improvement and if the design is carried out no mistake will made on Court street.

See the program for the races. A. R. Bell was in Toledo Monday on business. Mrs. F. J. Macwhinney of Geneva, visited Mrs. Ed Dorwin last week. J. W. Tyndall was at Berne Tuesday attending to some gravel road business. Dr. Costella has been the physicion at the county infirmary, and a good one he has made too. The railroads are giving a one cent a mile rate to the Louisville grand army encampment. Cheap. Miss Blanche Robbe, daughter of A. F. Robbe of Ft. Wayne, is the guest of Mrs. J. W. Place this week. The comiuissoners are busy this week, with their regular routine of business, and report considerable business for consideration.

The petit jury isn’t having much business this term of court, owing to the fact that nearly all cases so far, are being submitted to the court without a jury. John Webber came home from Philadelphia the first of the week, where he had been disposing of a car load of horses. He wore a smile, so we suppose his luck was lucky. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Patterson and Mrs. H. H. Rice, and Herbert’s mother of Indianapolis, Mrs Jessie Townsend and Mrs. Sallie Ramey of Portland, took in the Petoskey excursion yesterday. A remonstrance has been filed in commissioners court against the opening of the Fogle highway. Samuel Soldner. Chris Xeuenschwander and William Peel were appointed viewers who will meet September 28. Twenty new subscribers to the Press this week, will denote the popularity the paper is attaining among the readers of county news. We give the news complete and concise rad that is what the peop’e wants. Work on the waterworks still continues and in a few weeks more, the pipe will all be laid, and that means, the hardest part done. Xo complaints are registered about the slowness of the work, for their is no room for complaint. The township trustees Monday came in to elect a county superintendent, but the late supreme court decision decided that such a task was useless. Superintendent Snow took them iu charge, dined them at the New Meisse for dinner, and others ise showed them a good time. At the bride’s home on Seventh street Tuesday evening, the marriage of Eli W. Peterson and Emma E. Baker took place, the Rev. Horton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. The relatives of the bride and groom only were present. The many friends of the newly married couple unite in wishing them happiness. Joseph Beery, Charles Beery, Enoch Staffer, Surveyor Fulk, Commissioners Fetters, Hobrock and Brake are all summoned to appear in the United States court on September 11, to testify in the case of Beery vs. T. St. L, & K. C. railroad. It is a ditch case, and one in which the railroad company objected to a ditch being cut through their property, giving as a reason, that the ro.M was in the hands of a receiver. The ditch was cut through and this was the result. It is thought to be a big bluff on the part of the company to get out of paying their assessment on the ditch. The twins, Uncle John and Richard McGriff, were ninety-one years old last Saturday. Historical search has failed to find an older pair of living twins in this country, and many people have but little fear to proclaim them the oldest pair of "boys” iu this whole land —Blackford county included. It has been a time honored custom with them to spend their birthdays together, and this year it fell to Uncle John’s lot, and the feast took place at the new palatial home of Michael McGriff at Geneva, where a sumptuous dinner was served, to which were invited their relatives and many friends, all of whom partook and helped to make the occasion very pleasant for the two jolly old boys—who both look as though they would live to celebrate a similar event a year hence. So mote it be, is the wish of their many friends.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1895.

Races at Steele’s park, Sept. 19, 20 and 21. Misses Maggie Pillars and May Patterson are at Logansport visiting relatives. Advertised letters remaining in the Welti y postoffice belonging to Sarah Jackson. John Kugler and Frank Coturel. Read the new advertisements in this issue, for they tell of bargains in anything yon may want to eat, drink or wear. The waterworks pipe line will all be completed inside of three weeks, so say the contractors, who have in charge the work. Note the clothing advertisement of Ehinger & Meyer's, who are in the market for a share of your patronage. They have bargains. Wegmiller’s new saloon building at Geneva is finished and ready for occupancy. This is the first of the new buildings since the fire, but there is more to follow. The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to Eli W. Peterson and Emma E. Baker, Thomas H. Debolt aud Mary E. Bly, William Campbell and Luella L. Siler. The ladies musical club intend giving a musical entertainment to the club members and a few friends. The outburst will take place at the home of Jeff Bryson. Rev. Gregg and wife came home last Saturday morning from a month’s absence with lowa relatives. Both arc looking much refreshed after their recreating absence. Fred Hilgeman of Kirkland township, died Monday at three o’clock after a short illness with typhoid pneumonia and erysipelas, ending in blood poison and death. The deceased was thirty-five years old. Funeral took place yesterday. We are under obligations to the Journal for the use of their newspaper press this week. Our engine got indisposed the first of the week and is no better at this writing. Had not Mr. Evarts kindly loaned us the use of his press, the Lord only knows when you would have got this paper—we don’t. County Clerk Lenhart filed his new bond with the eommisioners the first of the week, and will enter upon his second term iu office the first of November. The bond calls for 10,000 and is iron clad for all the word implies. John is an accommodating aud efficient clerk, and we wish him continued prosperity and popularity. The Chicago & Erie railroad will run a special excursion from Huntington, Ind., to Chicago, Sunday, September 8. Fare from Huntington $2,00 for round trip. Tickets good only on special train. Passengers from Decatur can use trains No. 3«ind 12 to and from Hunting ton. W. G. Mac Edwards, T. P. A., Huntington, Ind., J. W. DeLong, agent, Decatur. R. K. Allison, D. French Quinn, R. K. Erwin, Dr. Dick Neptune, Dell Locke, Ike Rosenthrall, C. H. Meyers, Bob Ehinger and Lew Ellingham of this city, and Rudolph Lehman of Berne, formed a stag party that took in Detroit Sunday and Monday. The only calamities that arose to the surface were the nicotine explosion of Rufe Allison, the sea sickness caused by a mockery of the “roaring billows,” aud the ice water bath indulged in by Ike Rosenthrall at midnight. Detroit is one of the handsomest cities that lays out of doors, which made all the beauties of the trip too numerous to relate. Our public schools opened Monday with a large enrollment of students who are already displaying an unusual amount of interest in this educational work, and it is evident that much profit and good will be realized from this year's work. The corps of instructors consists of A. 1). Moffatt superintendent, Lek Segur principal of the high schor l, with Charlotte Malotte Tillie Felbaum and R. R. Ramsey as assistants. The other teachers in this building are Dora L. Peterson, C. I). Kunkle, Effie M. Battenberg, C. L. Walters, Rose Cnristian Ethel Hale, GraceMcConnehey and Cora Shaekley. At the second ward W. A. Lower, Maggie Beatty Kate Jackson and Eva J. Archer are in charge, while the third ward will be instructed t>y I). B. Frwin, Loretta G. Snow, Louise Rogers and Dora A. Steele. Mary B. Lincoln is special teacher of music, and Bess E. Congleton, supply teacher.

Attend the races at Steele’s park, Sept. 19, 20 and 21. J. E. Mosure, the photographer, returned the first of the week from an absence in Michigan. Oil wellsare now being developed in Huntington county, and the people over their feel pretty big over he find. Misses Maud Copps and Lidia Sehuelker ot New Haven, were guests of Miss Lena Barthol the first of the week. At Holthouse's shoe store they have stock on hand that are being sold at give-them away low prices. They can show you bargains. The commissioners have contracted with Janitor Huffman for another year of his services. Dolph is quite a v jrker and keeps the temple of justice shinning. A Jay county minister admin istered the baptismal rites on an inmate of their county jail. This is an uncommon occurence in this region, but rare things do happen. Al Ayers and his father left last Friday for Vanleer, Tenn., where they will hold themselves in readiness to join the colony that takes up its abode in that state next month. A tragedy took place at Bluffton last week. Joe Harrington was murdered in a house of ill-fame, which was managed by Mabel Moore. Fred Lucelle, a clerk at the Bliss hotel, is in jail charged with the murder. The Clover Leaf route (T. St. L. & K. C. R. R.) will issue low rate excursion tickets from all Ohio, Indiana and Illinoios stations for the St. Louis exposition, September 12 to October 19. Sousa’s grand concert band. Special inducements to parties of ten or more. The great St. Louis fair October 7 to 12. Veiled Prophets’ parade Octobers. Some of our merchants complain about some people here persist on going to Wayne to do their shopping, when the same goods here can be bought for the same money. Our merchants should advertise their goods with a free hand and let the public know the bargains they have, and this w ill keep our people at home. It is the best remedy we know of. Mart Luttman caused considerable amusement for Marshal Cowan last Saturday. An unusual “jag” caused him to be somewhat loud, and the officer immediately went to work to lock him up. Before he concluded that job he had called to his assistance several privates, who dragged him to the lockup in the best manner they could. He was given a fine of some SB, which he afterwards paid and the fun ended. Notwithstanding the many telegraphic dispatches in the metropolitan dailies stating that H. Max Romberg had been taken in tow by Germany officials, and by them sentenced to twelve years’ confinement, a telegram from him to John Weber, received yesterday morn ing, stated that he would personally greet his many friends in this city next Saturday. The telegram was sent from New York where he had just landed, and the information imparted by this news will be received with pleasure by his many friends. He left some time the first of July for a look at his native land and a sight of his mother, whom he had not seen for manyyears. The city dads met in regular session Tuesday evening. The clerk was instructed to notify the contractors for the Second street ini- | provement that when certain reI pairs were made and the bond exeI cuted for which the contract calls, ' the city would pay the balance due them. A resolution was passed ordering Court street macadamized. A resolution was also passed ordering the Delinda Ellsworth sidewalk on North Third street taken up and relaid to the grade and the grade of the street between the walk and macadamized part of the street restored to what it was before the dirt was removed by her. The city engineer reporter! the completion of the Byers alley sewer, and that the total cost thereof was $79.64. He was ordered to report assessments against the property benefited. The following claims were allowed: Charles Smith $1.50, L. C. Helm 35 cents, Eagle Mnfg. Co. $20.06, Decatur Journal $2.50, J. D. Edwards $233.34, E. Woods ; $79.64. The inashal was instruct- , ed to look after the cutting of weeds I along West Adams street.

Mi'S Della Baughman is sick with typhoid fever. President Niblick of the Old Adams, is home from Oden, Mich., I after an extended absence, Agent Bryson of the Grand RapI ids, sold thirty tickets to Petoskey yesterday, their $5 excursion being the drawing card. Jacob Parks came over from Bluffton Sunday- and spent the day with Miss Clara Krill, who was visiting Mrs. John Wisehaupt. Mrs. Bollinger, an aged lady living just west of the city, died yesterday- afternoon, after an illness with consumption. The remains were taken to Grand Rapids,Mich, today, for hit rment. Woman is still clamoring for her “vested rights,” in spite of the fact that she is not only vested, but is necktie*!, standing-collared, shirt bossomed, and, since bloor'crs have come in, other things as well. The rest will come if she is onlypatient. It is nerve tearing to be hasty. A remonstrance has been filed against the Lucinda Fleming ditch which is signed by H. L. Gladden, John 1). Stultz, John 11. Mcssiman, Martha and Mary Welty, Mary Ann Ahr and Abraham Welty. The commissioners appointed John Dirkson, Harman Reinking and David Eley as viewers, who w-ill meet September 17, and consider the matter. The members of the Hartford M. E. Church, three miles west of Geneva, will dedicate their new church Sunday, September 22,1895. Everybody is invited to attend. Provisions have been made so all | can bring dinner and serve it in | a grove near by. A weeks’ revival I services will follow the dedication. The members from the surrounding country are expected to be present. May all who are interested help to make the dedication a lasting benediction. Grant Teeters, Pastor. The Globe Oil Company’s first gusher was drilled in this week on the Isaac < Jain farm one mile northwest of Briant. It began flowing Wednesday- at the rate of 10 barrels per hour or 240 barrels per day. The company will drill two more wells, one on the Cain and another on the L. H. Glendenning farm. Most of the members of the company are Geneva citizens, E. O. Smith, Chas. E. Harper, Green Bros, Charley Brown, Rev. Chaniness, Bert Reddout and George Crim being the stockholders. The county commissioners, Joseph Weldy and the viewers of the Weldy ditch in Kirkland township were cited to appear before Judge Baker of the U. S. court at Indianapolis on September 11, aud show cause why they should not be proceeded against for contempt of court. The citation grows out of the fact that the Weldy ditch crosses the right of way- of the T., St. L. <Sr K. C. railroad, aud the commissioners ordered the ditch constructed without any- service upon the receiver of the road. The road is now in the hands of the U. S. court by its receiver. We have no doubt that our commissioners can purge themselves of contempt. On Tuesday, September 24, the Chicago & Erie R. R. will run their 15th annual excursion, account reunion Old Settlers’ Association of Indiana and Ohio. Round trip tickets will be sold at all stations I between Huntington, Ind., and Marion, Ohio, inclusive, as follows:■ To Lisbon, 0., and Youngstown, < >., $3.75; to Greenville, Pa., and Beaver Falls, Pa., $4.75, children half fare. Tickets will be good; returning any tin e within 30 days from date of sale and give one stop over on return trip at any point east of Marion, Ohio. Special trains in charge of passenger agents will leave Huntington 6 a. in.,, stopping at all stations, these trains will arrive at Decatur at 7:21 a. m. The exceedingly- low rates named will enable passengers to visit in Trumbull, Mahoning, Portage, Columbia. Stark, Ashland, Richland, Summit, Media, and other Ohio and Pennsylvania couni ties, including thecities of Warren, I Ravena. Akron, Kent, Mansfield, ; etc. At a small additional cost, i I passengers can re-buy tickets to Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, etc. For further particulars address any member of the associHation, any agent Erie Lines, W. (>. Mac Edwards, P. A., Huntington, Ind., or J. W. DeLong, agent, Decatur, Ind.

NUMBER 47

A petition has been issued for • the admission of Minnie Nohrwald to the school for feeble minded. A change in the advertisement of the Decatur Tailoring Company, is one of the attractions in this issue. Look ’er up. A. P. Beatty and L. C. Devoss were at Lima. Ohio, Tuesday taking depositions in the case of Milo Wilson vs. Chicago & Erie railroad. Delphos people have voted for waterworks with a decided victoryin its favor, so we presume that ere long, they will be putting on airs just tt.e same as other people. We stated last week that Dr. Coverdale collided with Mrs. Jessie Brandyberry, "but later advices from the seat of the trouble inform us that it was the Doctor’s boy. We gladly correct the error. A church fair will be on tap at Geneva next week, Thursday , Friday and Saturday. It will be held at Kelley Bros, new store room and will be attended by a number of people from this city. The new church is said to be a handsome structure and will lie dedicated the third Sunday in October. George 11. Kelley was here soliciting aid for it the first of the week, and he met with all kinds of good luck. To-day Treasurer Bolds enters upon his second term in office, and which will end two years later. Tuesday morning he filed his bond with the county commissioners, which was approved on the spot. The bond calls lor $150,000, is signed by thirteen of Adams couni ty’s most influential moneyites and is worth a cool $300,000. Treasurer Bolds has made a very efficient, accommodating and trustworthy official during his first term in office, aud of course his second will be equally so. His oceans of friends will wish him all the bless ings mankind is heir to. Receipts that will be valuable to the many fast living people are ground up in the following, says the St. Mary's Graphic: “Toremove freckles, cut them out with a ■ razor aud throw them away. To bring out a mustache, tie to it a strong, cord, twenty feet long, to the other end of which attach a heavy smoothing iron and throw the latter from a fourth story window. To get rid of red hair, hold your head for a few moments in a strong blaze of gas. To preserve your eyes put them in a bottle filled with alcohol. To avoid corpulency quit eating. To conceal your teeth, keep your mouth shut. To keep out of debt, acquire the reputation of a rascal aud no one will trust you.” Circuit court doings can be summed up as follows: State ex rel Refer Soldner et al vs. Charles Duer et al, dismissed at cost of plaintiffs. Geneva Lumer Co. vs. Patrick C. Kelley, Frank Kelley, George W. Pyle, judgement against Patrick U. and Frank Kelley for $284.07. Carrie Richards vs. Geo. Richards, divorce granted plaintiff. Allie France vs. Charles 11. France, divorce and custody of the children granted plaintiff. Charles Wright vs. Anna Wright, dismissed with judgement against plaintiff for costs. D. G. M. Trout vs. Maliuda Zimmerman, executrix, claim allowed for $31.06. Thomas Buckmaster vs. Timothy S. Coffee, jndgemant against defendant for $15.45 and costs and foreclosure of mechanics’ lein. State vs. Julius Johnloz, defendant acquitted. Decatur National Bank vs. MaryKinsey, Samuel Kinsey, Eli ('. Bradigan judgement against Eli C. Bradigan for $105.00. Maggie J. Dorwin vs. Lemuel D. Adams et al, partition ordered, Clark J. Lutz appointed commissioner to make sale, bond $5,000, and Peterson & Lutz allowed $25 as attorney fees. Maggie J. Dorwin vs. Samuel D. Adams, partition ordered, Clark J. Lutz, appointed commissioner to \ make sale, bond $3,000, and Peterson & Lutz allowed $25 as attorney fees. State ex rel Kate E. Meyers vs. John W. Linton, dismissed with ■ judgement against defendant for ! costs, amounting to about SIO.OO. I Isaac Kaufman, Aaron Baer vs. John Gerard, judgement against defendant for $83.38. Decatur Investment Co. vs. Gerry R. Martz |et al, complaint filed on note, summons ordered returnable on September 12. Nicholas Minger vs. Anthony I). Fox et a], title to real j estate quieted in plaintiff. Christy Stogdill vs. Anthony Fox et a], I title to real estate quieted in plain- ‘ tiff. George W. Pyle vs. George W. Peterson, set for Sept. 13.