Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1895 — Page 1

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G. 11. Kelley <»f Geneva, was here Monday. I i Frank Stone wan calling on trade and friends here Monday. Rev. Horton was a Cincinnati ' visitor the tirat of the week. ( J. W. Tyndall was an Indianap olis visitor the tirat of the week. A. J. Smith, wife ami daughter . Bandaged in Marion with relatives. , C. C. Yoi’er, liveryman of Berne, is serioii'l) -i<-k with typhoid fever. Lew Jkshbaucher of Missouri, an uncle of our sheriff, is visiting in the city. , Mra. Earnest Wiekiflg of Bluff ton, spent Sunday with relatives in this city. Miss Emma Jackson, one of the accomplished clerks at the Boston store, is sick with typhoid fever. Miss Rose Rademacher is quite danger v sick, ami her many friends have fears for her recovery. Clint Pontius, one of Hartford influential farmers, was attending to business hen- Monday. CmH:• r Dugan ami assistant' cashier Ehinger, of the National, were dentennialing yesterday afternoon. Attorneys Erwin ami France again liaM business in the Allen circuit ciiurt, which they attended to Tuesday. Mrs. Saeratus Cook of Geneva, went hpme last Friday after a pleasar visit with her daugher, Mrs. E. I’. Menefee. The <1 rami Rapids parted with 348 tickets at this place this morn ing, that numlter being sold for the special train to Fort Wayne. The Misses Cora ami Kathereeni last Monday evening enter tained Frank Bweringen of Fort Wayne, and Charles Beck of Chi cage Donovan Bremereamp sold twen ty-hone tons of cabbage in three Wiys, , "have or.-I' r another car load, which v ill be in today or tomorrrow. Hbev. Shepherd of the Unite 1 Brethren church, is out on a sub scription tour, raising money with which to purchase a new bell for their church. Thi Pkehk bows its humble thanks to Miss Hattie, the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. 11. Kelly, of Geneva, for favors extended. John and William H. Niblick have been appointed executors of the [estate of Jesse Niblick, de cease- as a notice elsewhere will mor* fully tell you. I Th Geneva Herald will soon be printi ■! on a Prouty cylendar press, at th* same time enlarged to a six column quarto. Verily the Herald boom- i, a fact we are very glad to record. Th- Masons held an interesting session at their lodge hall Tuesday evening, which finally wound up with an oyster lunch at Litchenwalter's. Degree w ork was the ex ci tern-nt. The foundation for the hansome news Fred Schafer Monroe street residence is alsmt completed. Work on the dwelling proper has began. When finished it will out- , shine anything in the residence line in Decatur. W. A. Fonner, teacher at District No. 8, in Root township, reports twenty-five pupils enrolled i for the month, of which seventeen were punctual, and whose names are Olive Close, Bertha Rinehart. Henry Archibold, James Close, < Pearl Heller, Louis Shilling, Roy Heller, Gertrude Gales, Ruby Sheets, Minnie Sheets, Clara Kintz, Effie Rinehart, Harvey Elzey, Rolla < Sheets, Willie Kibler, Mary Shil ling and Joseph Gates. Monday afternoon at threeo’cloek < the new St. Joseph Catholic ceme- i tery was dedicated. Among the i dignitaries of the church who par iicipated in the dedicatory ceremonies were the Rt. Rev. Bishop Rademacher, Father Kerur, Father < Oechering, and Rev. Potpie of Fort Wayne, Father Maujay of Portland ami Father Wilken and Father ' Miller. The ceremonies incident to a dedication of this kind were very beautiful. A large assemblage of their membership were present. They can feel very proud of their handsome hurrying ground, which in time will be improved and beautified.

J. D. Hale shipped a car load of new corn to Toledo yesterday. This is the first car of the season. Henry and Della Ashliaucher came home last Friday night from a visit with relatives at Delaware, Ohio. A. Krumanaker went up to Wayne Tuesday morning and is spending the week taking in the centennial. Simeon I*. Beatty was doing Huntington, Wabash and several other town on the insurance business last week. 11. L. Center is doing local work on the Daily Dem., a fact that is decidedly distinguishable from a reading point of view. Edwin France, administrator of the estate of William 11. H. France, held a sale of personal property Tuesday, which was quite largely attended. Superintendent A. D. Moffatt and wife while at Fort Wayne Tuesday, visited the public schools, which they report as prospering in a very creditable manner. Ratch Blackburn was in town the first of the week. He has been in the Geneva oil field, but has lieen transferred to Vanßuren, where he goes in a few days. But two lone, solitary mortals in our county jail. This is somewhat below the usual number, but we predict an increase by the time the incoming grand jury finishes its grist of business. John Klopfenstine, the new assessor, of French township, died Monday morning from typhoid fei ver. He was sick but two days. . Funeral yesterday, with interment at Linn Grove cemetery. J. W. Poling, one of Pete Holthouse & Co’s hustling clerks, is papa of a seven pounds baby girl, which was l>orn last Sat urdoy night. Mother and baby are doing nicely, and John is the happiest man in town. Gradmother Ferrey went up to Fort Wayne bright and early Monday, and will remain as long as the show lasts. We have mentioned her long connection with that now flourishing city, and we doubt not but what she was the proudest person present. An exchange which has been noticing things says: “it takes a woman longer to find a seat in church than it does a man. She doesn’t know whether to sit in front, so that all see what she has on, or to sit in the war and inspect what the others an wearing.” A very tender and . pressive service was that held at the resi-j deuce of Grandma Ferry’s, last Friday afternoon. Mary Ferry Boyles, the sixteen months old daughter of Robert C. and Nellie V. Boyles, held in the arms of the great grand mamma, who is eighty-one, was baptized by Rev. E. T. Gregg, of the M. E. Church. That Grandma Ferry may lie spared for many years, ami that the mamma and grandmamma may live to just as I happy and useful an old age is the prayer of all. When a man milks a cow he should not attempt to smoke a cigar at the same time. A young man in Nottingham township tried it last Thursday, and got along well enough until he lowered his head and touched the cow’* flank with the lighted eml of his weed. The next instant himself and cigar were dreadfully put out. The cow introduced about two tons weight into one of her hind legs, and then passed it quickly under the milker’s jaw. When he ceased whirling around and the myriads of stars he saw disappeared, he said farming was the hardest work a man could put his hands to.—Bluffton Banner. The Clover Leaf route (T., St. L. & K. 0. R. R.,) will issue one fare excursion tickets to Dallas, Texas, and return daily, October 18 to November 3 inclusive, account followingattractions: General Christian missionary convention, “Disciples of Christ,” October 18 to 25; Texas state fair and Dallas exposition, October 19 to November 4; Corbett-Fitzsimmons fistic contest, Octolier 31. Special service to the fistic contest. Engage sleeping car space early, berth rate from Toledo $7.50. Stations west proportionately less according to distance. For further particulars call on nearest agent or address, C. C. Jenkins, Gen. Bass. Agt., Toledo, Ohio.

DECATUR. INDIANA, THURSDAY, OITOBER 17.1895.

W. (’. Ball was a Sunday visitor at Celina, Ohio, where he embraced friends. Mrs. Marion Rynearson returned home to Geneva last Friday after a pleasant visit with Mrs. J. E. Ellsworth. J. W. I’ltve goes to Hot Springs some time the latter part of the month, where he will proceed to recuperate for a few weeks. The Boston store report their clonk opening us being highly satisfactory, but they still have an immense stock. Bee their advertisement. But two marriage licenses have lieen issued the past week, and they were taken by Charley 1). Kern and Cora A. Mumma, Phillip •Sander and Katie Luginbill. Note the advertisement for Sprang & True, who take tl.is method of impressing upon your minds that they have prices that will do you good. Read the advertisement. Jacob Butcher, one of Geneva's local attorneys, dropped the cash in the Press slot while in town Tuesday, attending to business. He reports that part of the universe as l>eing up to the standard. Postmaster Welfly reports unclaimed letters lielonging to Sherman Hallett, Albert Lacy, Peirce Spileard, F. E. Summons, Noah Sauk, Letta Thompson, James Windle, Moze Wallers and G. W. Barnett. Lew Mason, of Geneva, was in town yesterday. A week or tw< ago, he finished moving a hous< from the Keubler lot on Monro street to Fourteenth street. Le’ thoroughly understands this kivj of business, ami can also save y<» money. The ladies of our churches at preparing to issue a woman’s ejtion, which they promise will ne*r be duplicated in talent, art nd flowery editorial brilliance. WJle all this is true we can safely astre all their many patrons th it burners will not be tolerated. I i The funeral of Mrs. J'fPph Moyer took place Sunday afteaoou from theGermau Reformed chpch, the Rev. Vitz having charge If the ceremony. The deeased did on ; Friday after a short illness. I She possessed many admiring fiends, who now mourn her suddendeath. Interment in the new cemet#y. We understand that two impor | tant trains on the Erie lilts will only smile as they pass thpugh— t\ not stop. The trains reftfred td are the 2:13 west in the afernooii and the 8:08 east in the iveniiit. Both are fast trains, hencoit is important and necessary that tlwy do stop, if the m-comnndatioti/of the Decatur people are t«- be »n sidered. We hope the necesAry means will be brought tr bead on the railroad magnates to induce them to annul this order. / There were 129 new gas/wells completed in the Indiana oil ti-'UI in September, and the proditt was ■ 3,185 barrels. This was a 'A rease of eleven wells, and a gain lot 425 barrels, compared with August. At the close of Septainb/r there were 83 rigs and 103 drilling wells under way, which is a nef increase of seven in new- work ovdr the August figures. On the hat day of July the new work suiAied up 78 rigs and 109 drilling \«lls,| while for the last day of .yigust they consisted of 110 wells Ad 08 rigs. —Portland Sun. / At the council metiing Tuesday evening the judieiiJy committee reported against paying the county auditor for placing/the names of Decatur’s taxpayer on the tax duplicate, and favofcd the purchas ing of a city reconi and then compel the city clerk • n ake the duplicate. Howev® the matter was passed. A resolution was adopted ordering the cityfengineer to construct a sidewall! along the property of Nancy Siflivan on Adams street, and DeUnda Ellsworth on North Third strict, the same to be done without firther advertising. The waterworks engineer filed a drawing for any-pass, which will be used in drawing water direct i from the well#, while the cisterns are being cleaned. The water works committee adopted and were, instructed to/contract for the bypass. J. W. Coffee was allowed j SI.BO, M. Rohr SO, C. F. True $2.87, M. M. McConnell s2l, Wells Fargo Express Co .25, F. W. j Dioble .70, W. H. Reed $5, and the Decatur Journal $9.45.

r Judge 80l moved this week In 1 to the Ezra alhmey property on i S*s-ond st re*. i' I John T. alley and W. V. Buckr master of .fferaon township, were . calling on lends and attending to btuineM h'e Saturday. « Mrs. P*r Colchin, living two ' J miles sou. of the city, died yes > terday nrning. She was the mother <>J. S. Colchin. Fuueral ' P toniorrv' from St. Mary s church. Dan Stang and W. E. Keubler i have lo» invoicing the Jerne Niblick t<s*k <>f gissls. The etoek is a lup* oil® »nd considerable time isrivolved in making the in- . voice. i Whi you want a good job of » printipsrll on the PRKBR. We have jw type, good stock ami first■<*** printers. Thesequaliti- . catiof are decidedly necessary in * the at of good printing. I Era copies of the Press were in f tat demand last week, not be-ing-ble to supply all those who waied a good newspaper. How ev« we will endeavor to supply 1 yo with all the news, and now is ' th time to subscribe. j «lany of our people are this week t>(ing in the centennial at Wayne. Nver Itefore have such vast aggreytions of people assembled at that vace at the same time. It’s a 3 recess and the aristocracy there ‘ re vain in the belief that they are he whole thing. Mayor Quinn received a message Sunday evening which brought 'him the sad news of the death of his sister, Mra. Mary Quinn of Burrows, Carroll county, Indiana. She was his oldest sister out of a If.pnily of twelve children of whom but four are now living. The funeral services took place Tuesday. A gas war is on at Portland. They have two gas companies there i and they united and put up the I price to $2.25 for a heater, and the I other rates being in proportion. The citizens wouldn't stand that kind of monkying with the band | wagon, so they organize*!, got permission from the city council to j pipe the town, and will have gas of their own. Meanwhile they will toast their shins by a natural wood blaze. i The new Uatholic church of Geneva, was dedicated last Sunday at | 2:30 o’clock, p. m., by Right Rev. Bishop Radamaker, of Fort Wayne. /He was assisted by Rev. Father 1 Wilkens, of Decatur, Father Par I kee, of Fort Wayne, Father Ma zon, of Cincinnati and Father Mayjoy, of Portland. The ceremonies were very impressive, and the church which is not large but very neat, would not hold near half the throng who came to witness the solemn services. The bishop nd priests were royally entertained at 'the pleasant home of G. 11. Kelly. On next Sunday morning at the Christian church, there wi’l la-gin a series of meetings under the direction of Hunter McDonald, one of the best evangelists in the state. Mr. McDonald comes very highly recommended as an evangelist and as a popular lecturer, ami his work both in this state and in the west where he has lieen recently engag edin evangelistic work, bears the, stamp of true excellence. He has several popular lectures which have been well received at many places, and some of these will Isgiven during the meeting. Everyliody is cordially i- vited. J. C. Leach, of Kokomo, the state natural gas inspector, says he believes the gas companiesthroughout the state will give good service this winter. “Until the last year or two the business of furnishing gas to consumers has in a good many places been in the hands of persons who did not know much about the business,” said he: “Ex perienced men are now at the head of nearly all the companies, and 1 believe the service will be more satisfactyry than it has lieen. I have notified all the gas companies that they must take steps to harbor the supply of gas. There must be no waste from this on. There has been a great deal of gas wasted in i Indiana. I have been in office four months, but I am convinced that igas will last longer if we take care Ito save the supply. I have stopped the waste in several towns where flambeaus were being burned. In one or two places 1 found a vast quantity of gas wasted daily. It is probable that I shall have to make [ a few prosecutions in the country.

Friday Novemlier 8, will be observed by the Bublii- Schools of our city M “Patriotic l»ay.” Exer cis’es will lie held in the afternoon. la*t everylssly get ready to go. Mra. Jacob <’. Miller, the wife of our neighlsir across the way, came home from a pleasant visit at Mcssillion, Ohio. She was ac compacted by her pireuts, Mr. and Mrs. John Braun. “I’ve come,” said the delinquent suliscrils-r to the dying editor, “to pay you that loud of W«ssl I owe you on subscription.” “Can’t uae it now,” gas|M*d the editor; “they use brimstone w here I am going. Tuesday morning seventy-two tickets were s< Id to the Fort \V ayne centennial. In the attermsm twenty were sold. Today is the big jiarade, anil we presume noth ing short of 500 people from this city will Is- “thar.” The filed ne-v circuit court cases include Mary Foltz vs. Noah Berg man, note; demand S3OO. Market A Botthoff vs. Horae Botthoff. divorce. William H. Joins -n et al. vs. Mary E Urick et al., partition of real estate Anna M. Lutz vs. Aggie Walkup et al , partition of real estate. The Ladies Aid Society, of the Presbyteriau church, will give upon Thanksgiving evening, a |Church Festival, known as “Every Day Dollar Party and Julilee,” which will be the finest in costuming, characters, etc., ever given in our city. Please keep this date in mind, and Is* ready to enjoy these ' festivities with us. A brother editor gets off the following: Ter. cents per lii e will lie charged for obituary notices to all business men who do not advertise while living. Delinquent subscribers will be charged fifteen cents per line for obituary notices. Advertisers and cash subscribers will receive as good a semi off - as we are capable of writing, without any charge whatever. Better semi in your subscription as cholera is abroad in the laud. “An excellent and never failing cure for nervi us headache, said an apostle <>f physical culture, “is the simple act of walking backward. Just tiy it sometime if you have any doubt aliout it. I have yet to meet the tirat person whodidn’tacknowledge its efficacy after a trial, i Nobody h:rs yet discovered or formulated a reason why such a process should bring such certain re- . lief. Physicians say that it is prob ably because of the retlex action of the brain, anti thus drives away the pain that produced nervousness is the result of two much going forward.” The last will and testament of Jesse Niblick, deeeased, was probated a* the county clerk’s office last Thursday. According to ts provisions the merchantile business is to be continued two years from January 1, 1893, and then closed out according to the wishes of the heirs. To the widow is given one-third of all real estate ami per sonal property, and SSOO in money. The balance of the property to be equally divided between the surviving children, John Niblick,, ' William 11., James K., Mary <’., | j Amelia F., Charles 8. and Daniel] M. Niblick. It also appoints John ’and William H. Niblick, as executors. According to announcemei t the Odd Fellows of this county held their county district meeting in the lodge hall in this city last Monday evening. Qui ea number of visiting brothers were present from Geneva and Linn Grove The degree staff' of the local lodge conferred the initiatory and second degrees, and the degree stall of Geneva lodge conferred the first degree. Ed Bushwiller was the initiatory victim, and Frank Gil pen the first and second. Gilpen regrets that he didn’t have his bottle of St. Jacob’s oil with him. The Rebekahs served supper an 1 lunch at midnight. Os course when a lot of Odd Fellows get to get her it is understood that they will have a good time, an I from the enthusiasm displayed we may judge this meeting was no exception to the rule. Among those present beside the members of the Geneva and Linn Grove lodges we noticed the smiling faces of Dr. R. P. Davis of Portland, and Bro. Garboden of Harmony lodge at Fort Wayne. The degree staff of the local lodge under Major Byers’ instructions believe themselves able to cope with any staff in the state.

NUMBER 53

Some Forged Notes. Sam Evans was arrested at Fort Wayne yesterday by orders from our officers, the charge which implicdes the young man being a plain cuss of forgery. The forged piece of paper was a note calling for the amount of $259, and was signed by David Studabaker. Evans gave the note to Lew Smith m security on a watch deal. He afterwards traded the watch, and in return got several dollars in money. After the deal was made he immediately left for Ft. Wayne to take in the various celebrities of the centennial. The forgery was idiscovered shortly afterwardsand the police at Fort Wayne notified, j who soon located and arrested him. Marshal Gowan went up to Wayne and brought the young man back last night. Judge Studabaker is guardian of young Evans, who in a month or two would have reached his majority mark, at which time three or four thousand dollars would have came into his possession. When searchi-d at the police station two other notes were found which amounted to SSO each • and were signed by David Btudabaker and J. W. Teeple. These also are a forgery, all of which will make if pretty rough traveling for young Evans. He will l>e given a preliminary hearing to-day and iHiund over to court, where he will have to answer to the charge and where he will quite likely find thAt 1 it don’t pay to write other peoples’ 1 names to an order to pay. The “ boy’s past career won’t help him 1 out any, for he has led a reckless, wild and extravagant life for one - his age. We go to press before aI preliminary is given him. % ' '■ " 1 T ~ * The many improvements that are , the pride of our city, and is rapidly placing Decatur in the front ,] ranks of modern up-to-date cities, < are of course, matters of pride to every citizen of Decatur. Our ex- [ cedent streets, the water works so i soon to be realized, and all other ] improvements of which we lioast go far to make up a model city, but ■ there are other things which, while 1 j they may attract less comment than these things and may be less conspicuous in “showing off” our city are none the less important in go- ’ ing to determine our real and permanent well-being. Among these things are our public schools. Our school buildings are models of arcbitectual skill and convenience, and are fitting monument to the . progression spirit of our people, but these things could be so, and yet the public schools be far from what they really ought to be. It is not in the excellence of buildings, convenience of arrangemen s, co.-1 • liness of apparatus, nor y* t of mill tary like discipline that the real excellence of a school is found. A l these are “but the trappings and the suits” of an excellent school. These things we have pertaining to our schools, and more thau this, there is apparent to the eye of one who looks for it, the evidence of real spirit of teaching among the corps of teachers. Around of visits I to the different graces of our schools will reveal to one who looks for it, the evidence of that patient, I skillful and continued labor that is I the real work of the teocher. The ; movements of the pt pils of the dififerent grades in a< <1 about the I buildings are models of discipline, land bespeak for the various teachers, hours of long, hard and patient toil, together with Ho- price of liberty, “eternal vigilaic<-” Butex cellent as this is. it is not so impor taut as that higher and better, though less apparent element, es fieient class room work which is ’ found in the schools. Our schools I then are matters of which every | patron should be proud, and they should be more frequently visited by patrons and persons interested. William Urick, one of Monroe township’s h’ghly respected citizens, died last Sat unlay morning after a saort illness with typhoid fever. The deceased was born in Ohio, but had lived for many years in this county, accumulating many friends by his kindness and honesty. He was fifty-seven years ] old. Funeral ceremonies took place Saturday. Miss Jennie Bollman is reported ■ seriously ill from kidney complica- , tion, from which she can't recover. .) A severe cold was the beginning of this trouble. She is one of Decaf tur’s bright young girls, who has ' many warm associates and friends, -' who are deeply affected by this sad , | realization.