Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1895 — Page 1

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

VOLUME 11.

Dan W. Beery was buying horses iu Howard county List week. R. K. Erwin was at Delphos, Ohio, on legal business Tuesday. Mias Jennie Bollman still recov ent. She has been bedfast for some six weeks. Prosecutor Snyder of Portland, la in court here this week, tilling his official capacity, as it were. Mrs. A. E. Huffman came home Monday from a prolonged visit at Marion, where relatives reside. Cabbage is still a commodity at a premium iu our markets. Sour krant will be a favorite diet this winter. Rev- Vita of the German Reformed ehurch, was attending a conference meeting at Huntington the first of the week. The Methodist ladies are preparing a bounteous feast for Thanksgiving, which will bcterved in their church parlors. B. A. Linn of Livingston, Mon tana, sends the lucre fora renewal ofhisPKFss subscription. He is a railway agent at that place. George D. Snyder, a prominent boot and shoe dealer of Bluffton, is sick at Ashville, North Caroliona. He is afflicted with lung trouble. The pet it jury reported for duty Monday, but up to date have not lieen working very hard, and per haps won’t have very much to do during the term. J. S. Bowers was elected a member of the board of directors of the I Old Adams County Bank, to serve the nnexpirud time of Jesse Nib lick, deceased. The selection is evidently a good one. Mrs. A. J. Hill has been absent from the city some three weeks during which time the Captain has put ou a bold face, but beneath this you can see a momentarilly hankering for her return. We hear many satisfactory reports from the exercises held at the Presbyterian church last Sunday evening. A large congrega tion was present all of whom very flatteringly compliment the exercises. Invitations are out for a dance at the New Miesse next Tuesday evening. The dance is given by the Mandolin club, who will also furnish music for the occasion, and good music it will be, too. Preparations are on tap for a real gay time. Rev. Gregg filled the Methodist pulpit at Bluffton Sunday, both morning ami evening. No doubt his brilliant sermonizing of bibical productions were duly appreciated. We have heard it said that the Bluffton congregation would give anything in reason to possess Decatur’s able pastor as their very own. Surveyor Fulk was surveying a few additions to the town of Geneva this week. The oil metropolis of Adams is spreading out for all its worth, and will be a real town, or “bust”trying. This methodis commendable when backed by enterprise and business as Geneva's Ixwmiug is. May she spread and spread ’til she can’t spread no more. An elder in Brown county concluded he would g<» around and urge the beople to attend his meet ings. He visited an out-of the way place, and when he drove up the i.idy asked what might be his business. He politely informed her that he was Elder Jones and was out hunting tin- lost sheep of Israel. “Well, really, that’ has been some stray sheep around here, and one old ram jumped over in our woods pasture, and he may be there yet.” Indiana’s divorce statutes provides that where the defendents were summoned by publication the plaintiff, on obtaining a decree, is prohibited from marrying within two years, thus giving the defendant an opportunity to have the decree opened up. This section has heretofore been disregarded, and such marriages upheld. However, Judge Wiley, at Rensselaer, has decided to enforce it and when, some time ago, he divorced two couples and the parties remarried immediately , he eited them to appear before him for contempt of court. Parties marrying in defiance to this statute arc liable to have to spend their honeymoon in jail.—Portland Sun.

Mrs. Charles Helmen is lying quite sick with quinsy. The Foreman bricks are nowgoing through the finishing touches. It is now lawful to kill quail, a privilege many of our gunners arc taking advantage of. Mrs. llliftman, a sister of Mrs. Jeff Bry son, visited the latter in this city over Sunday. She returned home to Marion Mondy. John H. Hubble of New York, was admitted to practice in our circuit court. He was interested in n suit which was then before the court. It has been proven while standing on a stack of scriptures that man is dust. An exchange remarks, dust settles and subscribers don’t. Here is a chance for an argument. Postmaster Weltley reports unclaimed letters belonging tor GeoBiddle, George Brown, Clara Clark, Cory Holland, <’. J. Hokes, James Trulander, E. J. Mann Jane Jacobs, and Magdalene Schultz. The grand jury adjourned Saturday noou until Monday afternoon. While in session last week they returned four indictments. If they will keep up the lick there will be plenty of trouble la-fore they adjourn. There is a school district in Nottingham township, Wells county, where the patrons of the school have connived against the teacher. Last week the teacher had nothing but empty seats to talk to, but he put in his time with due regularity. William Brandyberry plead guilty la-fore Judge Heller Monday to a ch arge of larceny, and was fined S3O anil coats, and sentenced to thirty days in jail. The case is ian old one, having been hanging fire fer some time. Brandy berry hails from the wilds of Monroe ! township. Med Miller was the victim Monday night, and his friends gave him the “horse laugh.” He dressed up in his pointed gaiters and went out to a wedding sup ja-r, but there was no wedding and I likewise no supper. Poor Med, he suffered from the embarrassing predicament into which he so easilytumbled. Rev. Chamnees, pastor of the Geneva Methodist church, filled the pulpit for Rev. Gregg in this i city Sunday morning. The Rev. fully demonstrated the fact that he 'is no back number, by practically illustrating a sermon that was thoroughly understood and enjoyed I by the congregation present. His discourse was pleasing, plain and practicable. Dr. Vance of Vera Cruz, has i filed a suit for slander against I-aac Warner, asking SIO,OOO judgment. Both are prominent | citizens near Vera Cruz, and this .suit is the sensation of the season. The plaintiff alleges that Warner ’ has persistently slandered him ' since July 3 up to the present time, 'alleging that the deaths of certain patients were caused by pro fessional ignorance and negligence. County Clerk Lenhart is now working under the fee and salary I law. The new law works many additional duties on the countyclerk, and many of said duties are complicated and subject toall kinds of verifications. He has to charge for the filing of all papers, making | of affidavits, ami an endless amount of other important documents that comes to his hands. A quarterly report to the commissioners is also among his require I duties, all of which will take lots of time and work. The proceedings of the circuit ! court the p;w‘ w-eek are summed up as f Hows: State vs William Brandy berry; sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined S3O and costs for larceny. State vs. Samuel Wagoner, three cases continued byagreement. State vs. Peter Gaffer, defendant discharged. State vs. James 11. Smith, defendant discharged. State vs. John Blakeslee, defendant acquited and dischartred. State vs. Belle Sullivan, defendant acquitted. State vs. Howard Stupp, sentenced to thirty days in jail, fined $lO. Frank M. Schirmeyer vs. Elizabeth Numbers et al., dismissed and costs paid. Old Adams County Bank vs. James' Kessler, judgment for $72.83 Wabash National Bank vs. John P. Blayney, judgment for plaintiffs I for $66.25.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14.1895.

Curley Radamacher was up to Wiiym- Monday. Mrs. Carry, mother of Mrs. D. P. Bolds is visiting in the city. Henry Colter, one of St. Mary’s practical farmers, was attending to busine-s in town Saturday. The Womans Home Missionarys had a very pleasing session at the Methodist clinn h Sunday evening. Will H. R<-« 1 drove to Berne Tuesday, took dinner at the Cot tnge hotel, ami hasn’t done anything since. Marshal Cowan run Tom Shan mm in yesterday, the offense being an unusual bulky jag, which Tom was trying to parade with single handed. George W. Woodward had a serious siege with i holera morbus last week, from the effects of which he came near joining the band. He has fully recovered. The Presbyterian parsonage is being given the benefit of a number of changes and Improvements which are quite noticeable, and will add much to the comfort of the occupants. A road scraper test and displaywill lie made on one of onr streets next Wednesday by two competing companies, who want to sell a few of their bulky creatures to the county commissioners. The Chicago & Erie changed time last Sunday evening at eight o’clock. The most noticeable in these is the Chicago 2:13 train, w hich is now due at 12:46. Most of the other trains have slight changes. Marriage licenses were issued the past week to William F. Schng to Louisa C. Durr, Christian Eicher and Katy Mosser, Charles Brown and Gertrude A. Harris, Samuel Brown and Genette Runy on, Joseph E. Heffner and Helen A. Margueri ite Forbing. The case of the State ex rel Lena Volmer vs Peter Mougey is slated for final action in our circuit court j next Monday. The case is supposed to lie loaded with all kinds lof sensational enlightments, and the boys are cutting all kinks of monkey shines to escape being | summoned as a witness. The commissioners, Henry Hobrock and Coon Brake and Engineer Tyndall were out on the new gravel road built by the people of Root anil Preble townships. If the road is all right, it will be accepted |by the commissioners. They are at the county infirmary to-day, where several needed repairs are 1 lieing made. The last will and testament of ■Christian Hoffman was probated at the county clerk’s office last Friday. All real and personal property is to remain the property of the widow until she marries. In that case all of said property- is to lie divided in equal shares between the widow and two sons, Victor and Oswalt Hoffman. It also appoints David J. Dilling executor of will. Sheriff Ashbaucher went to Hartford township Monday where he arrested Sirt Frank, who a few davs previous had brutally assaulted his father, from which assault the old gentleman may never recover. The father had reqnest ed the boy to do some work, which so enraged! the brilliant minded youth that he unceremoniously struck him with a rock, inflicting injuries as stated. The boy languishes at the county jail and before begets out again will no doubt be in a more peaceable state of mind. Colerick & Ryan, attorneys of Fort Wayne, have tiled iu the circuit court here a suit which makes Anna Rebinau of Wayne plaintiff, and John Schugof Berne, defendant. The complaint dis closes a breach of marriage contract. The plaintiff says that on December 24, 1893, the defendant offered himself iu marriage to plaintiff, and that said offer was accepted, and a mutual agreement was therein entered into, to be married. The complaint further states that without any fault, mis- j conduct or cause whatever, on her part, the defendant has unlawfully and wrongfully negletced and refused, and still refuses to comply with the requirements of said con tract. Said refusal has damaged her to the sum of $3,000, for which amount she demands as well as judgment for costs. At this rate it is cheaper to marry.

The pan-nls of Rev. E. T. Gregg of Peru, wore guests nt the parsonage in this city over Sunday. The ca-e of Anna Rebman vs John Schng for breach of marriage contract, is set for hearing Nov. 22. The brewery down by the St. Mary's on First street, has Is-eii purchased by the Toledo Brewing < 'out puny. Crude oil is quoted at seventy-; one cents this morning, and that fact causes Deacon Bolds to wear a very comfortable smile, thank you. The daughter of Fred Schroeder and wife of Preble, died Tuesdaymorning, after a lingering illness with consumption. The funeral occurs tomorrow. Attorney Erwi 1 as commissioner, will sell real estate at his law office December 16. It consists of thirty-1 nine acres of land in section seven-! teen, township twenty-eight. W. Wig Briggs of Geneva, was in town Tuesday afternoon, his business lieing to strike a bargain | with Auditor Brandyberry for the properly p’acing of Genva’s taxes upon the duplicate. The state case against John Blakeslee for forgery was pulled off in our circuit court Tuesday, the case lieing hotly contested by a number of our liar. He was acquitted and discharged. Miss Lena Schurger, at her pleasant suburban home Monday evening, entertained a numlier of her young friends, the occasion lieing her twenty-second birthday. A pleasant evening was devoted to games and pleasure. Blue Creek township is a healthy landmark. While Adams county has suffered more or less from ty- ' phoid this summer, Blue Creek has repot ted but one case, and that was a foreigner who was visiting I relatives in that community. Happy Blue Creek. The Grand Rapids lines are go ing to build a new depot at Winchester, and have alreadyawarded the contract to J. L. Shetterly of that city. Now for De jeatur’snew palatial station house, (let a hump on your lines Mr. Bryson, or we’ll quit accepting mileage and pay our fare. You can now drop a penny iu the slot and get iu return any piece of music desired. The instrument tielongs to Falk & Erwin, and is on display at Coffee & Baker’s restaurant. The firm of Falk & Erwin will have a bran new wagon on the road next week, and will deliver a piano or organ anyplace in the county. Miss Adda Snow was re-appoint ed court leporter, the appointment to remain in full force and eflect until further orders of the court. The salary remains the same us 1 heretofore. Miss Snow very ably i fills this position. She makes but ' few mistakes in correctly taking evidence, which is very difficult sometimes owing to many witnesses lieing very hard to understand, even when they do say something. The salary is S3OO a year. Sunday Barney Wenhoff was fiifty-two years old, a fact he was assured of in the evening by the appearance of Dan Donavan and wife, B. .1. Terveer and wife, An thony Holthouse and wife, Dr. H. F. Costello and wife, Jacob Martin and wife, Theodore Smith and i wife, Tim Coffee and wife, 11. 11. Bremercainp and wife, J. S. Col ehen and wife, U. Deininger and wife, Rev. Father Wilken, Joseph Smith, Mesdames Lizzie Ernest and McLean. An enjoy able even ing is reported. A beautiful portrait of Sam Henry has been presented to the grand army post here by a brother jof the deceased. The post here bears the name of this worthy- deceased soldier, he having been major of the eighth and ninth Indi-1 ana regiments. He was killed by a, bushwhacker while enroute from Pleasant Hill to Lexington. Two other officers met a similar fate at the same time. They were Quartermaster Ashley and Surgeon Porter, who went from this place. | Their bodies were afterwards taken , into Lexington by women who lived near where they met their fate. Col. Gilbert, then commanding, appointed Lieutenant McLean to look after them. The portrait, now- the property of the post, no doubt brings to memory much of the sad history pertaining to the Major’s death, as well as manyother thrilling incidents of those dark, rebellious days.

J. K. McCracken, formerly agent of the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne railway at Fort Wayne, was in the city on business yesterday. Anson Van Camp is preparing to erect stalls on the north side of his mill for the benefit of his farmer patrons, who can hitch their horaes and leave them In perfect safety. The addition is very commendable. Dr. Bergman, a former praetioner of Blue <'n ek township, lately moved to Woodburn, Ind., where he is reported in trouble. .Several indictments for selling liquor to to minors is hanging over his head. He manipulates a drug store. Berne and vicinity was well rep- - presented before the grand jury Tuesday. This fact has set agog even the most timid curiosity of man. The cause of the wheneeness is too my steriously mysterious for i our interpretation at this time. I Will see you later. i ‘ . The commissioners were in session Saturday afternoon and gave i the pauper practice of Jefferson ; township to Dr. Brayton of Geneva, for $2.5, Blue Creek township to Dr. Vizard of Pleasant Mills, for $25, and Monroe to Dr. Stoneburner of Berne for $17.50. In a recent decision of law makes it binding on a person who signs any document without first reading it. That is he ean not avoid later effects on the ground of fraud lor misrepresentation. Here is a • pointer to many of our readers who may not lie careful enough in thi - regard. A man who got s to see a girl twice a week and takes her to an entertainment occasionally is legal ly engaged to her according to a recent decision. Then we suppose 1 a man who throws a cuspidor at I his wife a couple of times a week . and gives her a black eye occasion ’! ally is legally divorced from her. —Huntington Democrat. Howard Stupp, the youngster who faked the $1(1 from the till at Snyder's grocery, some time the first of last month, entered a plea of guilty in open court Monday morning. Judge Heller gave him a thirty day s'jail sentence, a line .I if $lO and disfranchised him for one year. This ought to be a lesson of honesty that would last him I I some time. The bans of Miss Maggie Forbing of this city, and Joseph Heffner were published from St. Mary's church last Sunday morning. They went to Minster, Ohio, Monday, I where the marriage ceremony was • performed by the latter’s brother. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Forbing. She possesses many friends who wish them oceans of joy and happiness during married life. They will reside in St. ’ j Louis. New cases filed in the Adams : I circuit court since last week are, ; August Freese vs. Raliegh Jackson, t et al., on account; demand SI,OOO. J Second National Bank of Akron, , Ohio, vs. George Hoehanimer, et lai., note; demand SIOO. Anna i Rebaum vs. John Scbtigg, com . plaint breach of marriage contract. J Helen M. Dougan vs. Daniel Lang > et al., note and foreclosure of ■ mortgage; demand SBOO. Miss Adda Snow appointed court reporter. Francis A. Palmer vs. Adam Meyers, et al, foreclosure I of mortgage; demand SIOO. On last Friday, “Patriotic Day’ - j 'was observed by the schools. In every room exercises had been pre pared of a patriotic character. Much credit is due the teachers for the thoroughness shown in the training of those under their care, an excellent program having been rendered in each of the several rooms. The benefit of settingaside one day in the year, for recounting the brave deeds and noble leader ship of men who have fought and j died for our country, is a provision I wise in the extreme. We have not a large standing army on which to call in time of need, but must depend on the love and patriotism of the men of this eoutry to defend and maintain her. .Many old soldiers were present who gave thrilling accounts of when “I went to school” and “when 1 first smelled powder.” The boys and girls were given a description of log school-houses and meagre advantages, beside which our buildings are palaces and our training perfection. If boys and girls can be made to realize their superior [ advantages and taught patriotism, this day will surely accomplish that end.

NUMBER 57

DOCTOR P. A. SPRUNCER SUCCUMBS TO APOPLEXY AKO DIES BEFORE REACHING HOME. The news of the death of Dr. Sprunger, a practieioner of long standing of Monroe township, reached this city last Friday morning, when the coroner was "Dmmoned to come post haste. His death was sudden, but during the brief period of his illness, be no doubt suffered agonies t< 0 graphic and terrible to particularize in words. Thursday evening he was in Berne, ate a hearty supper at a restaurant started to see a couple of patients, and then was going to his home two miles north of Berne. His non appearance at tion e was not unusual and his family thought nothing strange of it. Ihe next morning, however, they were horrified at finding him lying by his buggy in the barn lot, dead. The coroner went immediately to the scene of death, and after a careful examination in which he was assisted by Drs. Franz and Stoneburner, he made the following report: Ktate of Indiana. • Adams County. » I. < '. S. Clark, coroner of said county, having examined the Ikklv of I‘. A. and tiavtni: heard the testimony of wltn*-*-** s. do hereby find that the deceased came to his death *»y apoplexy. C. S. Clark. Coroner. The coroner furnished our representative his conclusion and version lof the Dr’s, death, and we accept it from the fact that it is both plausible and sensible. He says the hearty supper eaten in Berue had a tendency to bring on the j fatal attack, and in vomiting a bliMxl vessel was broken, which resulted in death. There were evidences of such an attack around and near where the dead Isxly Jay. He lay in rather a crouching position with both hands pressing against his stomach, which told of agonies at this place. There is but little doubt that he sutfered intensely and that death was a happy relief. What time of night he reached home and how long he lay where found is not known, and j never will be. The Dr. is a native of Switzerland, coming to this country in his youthful days. He has praci ticed medicine in Adams county for thirty years or more, and was known by every man, woman and child within a radius of many miles from w here he resided. He leaves a wife and twelve children to mourn their loss, which is in calculable. He was identified with many of the enterprising iutensts of the commnity. ami wi’l Le missed from many channels in li!-. He was fifty six years old. Tl - I funeral services were held fro 1.1 the Meiinoiiite church at Bem>, ,011 Sunday, where many of h. - life time acquaintances congregated Ito pay to him their lasting reJ sports’ Last Tuesday evening the conn oil approved the contr .et and bond of E. Woods for the constrm-tion of sidewalks on north Third street. The finance committee reported that they had Mild the went Mon roe street improvement bonds to the Old Adams County Bank at par. Report approved. A reso lution was passed a-.--> s.-iug th< cost and expense of the Bo 1 -alley sewer and ordering the clerk to notify the city treasurer to <<>ile<-t. the same wit. in twenty days, or precepts would be issued. The council p-issed an ordinance regulating plumbers and requiring them to pay an annual license of SIO.OO. The council were unable to determine who to hire as water warks engineeers, ami adjourned to meet Wednesday evening. At the adjourned meeting on Wednesday evening the council ordered City Attorney Mann to appeal the Madison street opening case to the supreme court. J. B. Ford and Milligan Jackson were selected water works engineers, Ford for day and Jackson for night time. We believe the council has made as good a selection as could be made. Both are experienced engineers. Miss Carrie Connell, a prominent lady of Goshen, was out raged by some brutal rufl’iian Monday even ing. She was riding her wheel along some lonely spot, when she was assaulted, dragged from her wheel and outraged. The brute then made away on her wheel. Her condition is precarious.