Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1895 — Page 1

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John Fbnncr is home from un extended absence in Montana. Fred Behafer, wife ami son came hum*- Monday night from South Bind. Fred Hoffman of Hartford township, wns iu town the first of the week. Mrs. Ed Menefee returned to Geneva Tuesday to visit a lew days with relatives. Lew C. Devoes and family have moved into the Spencer property ou Second stn et. Treasurer Holds was looking after delinquents in the southern part of Adams, yesterday. Mrs. A. J. Hill has returned from a month's visit with her daughter at Joliet, Illinois. Will Bosse done Marion drug gists Tuesday, in the interests of Dr. Marshall’s lung syrup. The Grand Rapids pay car went through Tuesday, Hopp ng long enough to settle the old score. The Willshire Gazette has suspended publication, and did it too, without ever saying a word about it. Mrs. D. 8. Fisher and children returned home to Eaton Monday after a two weeks visit with relatives here. Attorneys i leadington. La Follette and Williamson of Portland, were in court Monday looking after legal business. John D. Niddlinger left Monday to attend a meeting of Duroc Jer sey swine breeders, which was held in Chicago. While there he will visit several points in Illinms. The fourteen months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carter, living two miles west of Monroe, died Tuesday evening. The funeral services take place this afternoon. Commissioner Fetters joiner! his brother officials here yesterday, and then discussed the question of road graders, but what termination they arrived at we have not discovered. Rev. Horton went to Columbus the first of the week, where he was called by telegraph to see his wife who was undergoing a surgical operation. She was reporter! in a critical condition. D. L. Shalley has opened up a photograph gallery at Berne, that is simple amoded for completness. He has also all the latest instruments and scenery, and will be able to do business with the best of them. If you contemplate a journey to the South, Southwest or West—to winter resorts in the South, to Mexico or California for the winter or shorter period, don’t fail to enquire of nearest ticket agent of Clover Leaf route for particulars. This office sports one of the new “jiger” phones, and it works with all the ease of perfection. This brings to mind that the companyare swimming along with a line lot of phonesand an equal number of patrons who can find no words of praise sufficient to guarantee their satisfaction of the convenient machine. This office is turning out a mighty big grist of line job work just now, a fact that is making us feel pretty comfortable,thank you. Our way of doing nice printing at reasonable pricesseems to be pleasing our customers just right. If you need anything call in and give , us a trial. We are the people. The celebrated Volmer-Mougey j fornication difficulty has at last | been amicably adjusted. The justification was made on the terms * that each side pay what court costs K they ha*ye made, aud that defend B nt pay pHintiff the sum of two B 'red dollkrs. This payment to ! K 'e on the monthly installment i EL five dollars a whack. The j B nt of this Suit has cheated I B m public oiit of more gos-I K .. you could ctirry on a rail., K il reduced nates, account B 'ml New Year, will ap B all <'lover Leaf stations B . points on\ connecting B ursion tickets will be| K ’* member 24, (25 and 31, ’inuary 1, 1-896, with I return limit! If you' B isit St. Louisl Toledo, K 'talo, Cleveland, Pitts- ■ innati, Louisville, B ‘enria or any witerrnedon’t fail to/ call on K lover Leaf toutc.

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Falk A Erwin seem to Imispreading out their musical business very satisfactorilly. W. L. Gardner of Rapids City, visited with W. G. Spencer ami family this w< ek. Marshal Barnes of Geneva, made this office a pleasant call while in town last Thursday. A son of Governor Matthews died at Atlanta, Ga., last Thurs day. Tyhoid fever was the fatal malady. Victor S. Reed is the appointed administrator of William E. Brow n, deceased. You will find a notice elsewhere. W. A. Kunkle, wife ami baby of Bluffton, Sundayed in the city with Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Fristoe. They returned home Sunday evening. J. R. Graber, the genial manager ’ of the county infirmary, smiled on us Tuesday, and reported everything progressing in smack smooth style. Will Winch of Warren, Sun dayed in the city with his wife, who will spend the winter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Holloway. A surprise on Mr. and Mrs. E. Doty last evening was the means of quite an enjoyable evening lieing wiled away amid festivities and social enjoyments. A turkey was stolen from the roost of J. Clint Patterson's, and now it isn’t safe to tread in that neighborhood, in the dead hours !of the night. Thanksgiving next Thursday. Dr. Cole of Rockford, Ohio, was in town yesterday, am! he told some pretty funny stories, which were accompanied by the sacred privilege of believing or not, just as yon chose. Regular services at M. E. church next Sunday. Sunday school 9:15 a. m.; preaching 10; Junior League 1 3 p. m.; Senior League 6; preaching 7. Subject, “A scheemer.” You are cordially invited to attend all these services. Kirk Frank, the young idiot who stoned his father, mention of which was made last week, plead guilty before Judge Heller to the charge of intent to kill. The judge has not yet brought down his degree of law, but likely will in a few daysPurdue university now offers free scholarships to two young farmers from each county in the state. If there should lie any one in Adams ilesiring to take advantage of such a snap, they can do so by applying to the next farmers’ institute, or any of the officers of the association. Delle Locke of the Burt, was a guest of Dick Townsend at the Randall, Fort Wayne, Saturday evening. It was the annual game dinner which is yearly given by Dick. This one laid all former productions in the shade, so say many of those whe enjoyed the festivities. The council at a late meeting passed an ordinance compelling plumbers to pay a yearly licenes of ten dollars, and to file a three thousand dollar born! that they will do work up to the standard. It is thought that this will protect everybody concerned, the estab-! lished plumbers and those having work done as well. The public schools will illus-’ t rate Thanksgiving by arranging to supply the the poor people of Decatur with a square meal. Ev- ' ery scholar, who can, will donate whatever they can towards a supply fund, which will be distributer!! among the needy. The act is indeed a generous one and the patriotic school children deserve commendation from the older heads. Judge I). I). Heller, of the Adams circuit court, has just decided a case that will be of more than ordinary interest to the Jay county farmers. It was that of Howard Shewalter against the officers of the late Portland Milling Company, on account for stored wheat, the case being sent to Adams county from hereon a change of venue. The particulars of the suit are well known to our readers and need no further mention. A judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant officers. There are some fifty farmers in this county who would have brought suit had Mr. Shewalter been successful. This will be especially interesting under these circumstances. — Portland Sun.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1895.

Jim W. Place saw a prixer at Hot Springs, so pleit'o don't “ki<l" the gentleman, on the subject. William Baughman him lieen appointed post master at Hteele to take the place of J. R. Porter, who resigned the position. David Klopfenstein and Joseph Lichty with their wives from Bluffton, spent Munday here with Surveyor Fulk and wife. Mrs. Daniel Hines of I’tiion township, died Sunday morning al an early hour. The funeral services took place Tuesday. J. B. O'Donnell of Jefferson i township has joined the Press family of readers, and will keep puated on Adams county affairs.D. C. Baughman, a blacksmith of Geneva, was here Friday last. In former years he worked at his trade here and still knows many people. Tom Donnelly lias left Berne and gone to some point in Ohio. Hi 1 | was one of the shrewdest timber buyers that ever struck this part of the country. Operator Mougey of the Clover Leaf, was at Ohio City several days this week, at which place he had charge of the lines and “jerked i lightning" with his usual dignity. The first snow of the season came Tuesday, and as soon as our snowpoet fully recovers from his last stroke of spring fever, we will have him grind out a few illuminations upon the “beautiful.” Pearl Pence of Converse, Ind., died one day last week from the effects of cigarette poisoning. The fiends in and around Decatur should put this smeltering fact in the tissue and smoke it. The Evening Sun at Portland, 1 shone for the first time on Satur--day last. It was a bright six col-1 umn quarto, filled with lots of news and advertising. Its prospects seem bright and prospersous. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas entertained the Cecillias Club memIters and their husbands last Bat- ■ unlay evening at their comfortable home on Third street. A delight ful evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. A young daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. Hildebrand was frightfully I • burned last Friday morning, from ' the effects of which much pain en-( sues. Dr. Coverdale administered to the little one’s suffering and she is getting along all right. Dan W. Beery purchased the speediest trotter that was put up at the Brick ley horse sale last ' Thursday. He is a beauty, steps 1 a mile in 2:30 with a promise of doing better. You can rest assured that he is al) right or Dan would not have invested his lucre. Walter Stanley and family moved to Fort Wayne aliout two weeks ago, where lie had a position as brakeman on the Nickle, Plate. One day the latter part i of last week he had the misfortune j of having his light hand taken off I while making an unsuccessful I coupling of the cars. Thi< will; finish his career in a capacity of this kind. The house and contents belongJ ing to Ed Kinney in Jefferson townsip burned to the ground Tuesday night. The occupants of ! the house letired for the night, 'and at about ten o’clock the dis-, I eovery was made, and they hail barely time to escape in their night , clothing. Not a thing was saved, j Insurance to the amount of nine 1 hundred dollars in the Continental ! was carried, seven hundred on the ! house and two hundred on the contents. A defective flue caused! the rukery. “If a farmer has a couple of gold i bricks sold to him,” said the no-j torious swindler English Bill to a ! reporter recently, “another man will visit him and swear he has been swindled also, describing minutely the last operator, lie will then tell the countryman that the brick first shown to them real ly was gold, and that they were swindled by the man changing the ! brick while the borings were being tested. The operator says that SSOO each would retain theservices !of a good detective, who would catch the rogue and get the real brick. He offers to chip in SSOO if the farmer will do the same. They telegraph to New York for a detective. He arrives, takes away ! the one thousand dollars and the (farmer gets left. That is called I “ki'liug the corpse.”

Anion Foreman is home from Indinimpolls where he had lieen s tting on tin* federal grand Jury. The Decatur and Portland foot ball tiams will draw pile drivers on each other Thanksgiving day. Fred Schafer, wife and Chalnrer were at South Bend over Sunday w here the)' attended the funeral of a relative, Miss Katie Winsel. Postmaster Welfley this week reports unclaimed letters ludongi ng to Lewis Johnson, Mary Evers, James A. Claxton Ami L. D. Brown. The petit jury was excused Saturday noon until Monday morning, in order Io allow tire different jurors Hie privilege id' spending Sunday with their families. J. Frank Mann, George Windward, Charles Helms, and M. L. Byers went to Indianapolis Monday morning to attend the grand encampment, I. O. O. F., which is in session there this week. The Oglo oil company of Wells county, have refused an offer of $20,000 for their possessions. They have a li*ase on 200 acres of oil property , and now receive oil to the amount of $-1,000 monthly. Marriage licenses have lM*en issued the past week to John P. Baumgarner and Josephine Reffe, George F. Troutner and Lillie MayHarden, George A. Gage and Minnie M. Burk head, Homer Pontius and Mamie Humphrey. The city dads ad journed Tuesdayevening without even allowing anything resembling a bill. Thecause is readily explained. Owing to the non appearance of a quorum, no business whatever was considered. They will no doubt make good this delinquency at their next meeting. W. W. Briggs is now treasurer of the incorporated town of Geneva The office came to him by appointment by the town board, the elected treasurer, Dr. Mattox, having moved out of the cor|>orate limits. Thus it will lie seen that some have honors thrust upon them. Maggie Olive Macy, through attorneys Peterson & Lutz, seeks a legal seperation fron Adolphus Lee Macy. The complaint shows them to have been married iu March 1892. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment sufficient to justify the si*paration. She also demands allimony to the extent of SI,OOO. Owing to change of time on the Eiie, passengers can now leave here at 12:46 noon on train number 5, the vestibuled limited, and arrive at Chicago 5:35 p. ra. This train makes direct connection at Chiciigo with all fast trains and tourists sleeping car lines for California, the Pacific coast and intermediate points. Thisanangement will prove very convenient to residents of Decatur and vicinity, and, no doubt, will materially increase travel. J. Frank Mann cards us from Indianapolis that he was elected Grand Junior Warden of the grand lodge encampment. He won the election on the second ballot, clearlyleading all opponents right from the start. This election assures him of ascending to the Grand Patriot chair, the highest office in the encampment. From there he will go as a representative to the sovereign grand encampment. In all, the honor is not a slight one, and we join Frank’s many friends in extending our congratulations for the success attained. The ease of Nora Daugherty vs E. M. Johnson was pulled off in our circuit court the first of the week. The case was one wherin the plaintiff' sued the defendant for breach of promise and seduc tion. A few weeks prior t » the tiling of the suit the defendant had married another girl, so he was in no position to carry out the marriage of the contract with the plaintiff in this suit. During the progress of the trial many jucy sensatio*ial revelations came to light, and the bald heads in the court room were plentiful. The case was handed the jury Tuesday' evening and they labored .with its dissolution until the next day at noon, when they returned a verdict favoring the plaintiff’. This ends their part of the show, as it is the duty of the court to name the amount of dam i ages the plaintiff will be entitled to. This hasn’t been done as yet, but probably will in a very few | days.

A party of Gray Gables outers visited the Monmouth pleasure n* sort Inst Thursday evening, and enjoyed a high old time. The Heralil nt Geneva came out hist w'eek enlarged to a six column quarto, and tilled with its usual amount of news and advertising. The Herald is a real live paper and no mistake. The handkerchief display in the show window at the Boston store shows many points of science and familiarly with this chis-, of work and art. It is simply a beauty and no mistake. Mrs. Abraham Fugate one of Kirkland township’s oh! time citizens, died Tuesday’ after a long illness with consumption. The funeral services were held yes'erday, with interment in the Steele cemetery. Rev. Shepherd of the I'nited Brethren church, reports special services at liis chunk, beginning Nov. 21. The mei-tings will continue over a week or ten days. Oth< r ministers will be present and assist him with the work. Thanksgiving services on November 28, at 10:30. A cordial invitation Is extended to the publie. Low rate home s<s-kers' excursion tickets will Is* sold on November 27 and December 11, from all Clover Leaf stations to various points south and southwest (Arkansas, Texas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, etc. Stop over privileges and ample return limit. Call on nearest agent Clover Leaf route. Last Thursday evening Mr. aud Mrs. Ed X. Ehinger entertained the Progressive Pedro club. Those who enjoyed the evening s amusements were W. 11. Niblick and wife, J. K. Niblick and wife, I’l- - Deininger and wife, 11. H. Bremercamp and wife, W. H. Keubler and wife, Dan M. Niblick and wife, Henry Sholte and w ife, C. P. Ehingerand wife, and J. 11. Meyers and wife. The club meets every two weeks. Agent Delong of the Erie lines, and E. P. Menefee came home Monday evening from (amp Franklin, Wisconsin, where they bad been hunting and recrea ting for three weeks. H. S. Porter of their party is the only one who had luck. He slayed two handsome de* r, one of which is on the market here. The weather was too warm and dry for any success. They both look fat and sassy, so we presume the outing was benelic al and enjoyable. The kidnapping stories that have gained circulation aliout town, relative to the kidnapping of John Trentmau at Mitchell, Indiana, while on his way home from West Baden, are too soft for repetition at this time, it is true, however, that the said John swears by all that is holy, that such is the case. Anyone that cares to study the I matter for ten seconds can positive ly know that such a statement is ’ “buggy,” and that its veiifyersl are in the same condition. John is home, looking as pleasant as an old shoe, ami if he has been kidnaped, he surely enjoyed those [ fleeing moments when surrounded j by so many tender and caressing feminines —who wouldn’t. By this statement John has forever blotted out his bright prosneets for matrimony in this locality. The Adams circuit court dis posed of the following business ( since our last issue: Minerva ; Manley vs John ('. F. Manley, dis missed; judgment against plaintiff for costs. Howard Stubb vs A. K. Grubb, dismissed; judgment against plaintiff for costs. George W. Johnson vs Edward 11. Johnson, et al, judgment against defendant Edward 11. Johnson for 833.80; foreclosure and order of sale. State of Indiana vs Perry Rob ison, jury returned verdict not guilty. Decatur National Bank vs Levi Johnson, etal, note; demand 275. Daniel Haley et al vs James L. Zimmerman, forecl >se median ics lien. Shafter Peterson vs \\ il- ; Ham P. Black, judgment against ; defendant for 51.16. Charles P. Landman vs John Gerard, judg ment against defendant for 95.60 Charles E. Burr vs James M. Burr, note; foreclosure of mortgage, demand 150. Indiana Brick Co., vs I James M. Childers, et al, foreclose mechanics lein. Margie Olive May Ivb Adolpheus Lee May, divorce. Dora B. Erwin ex parte, admis- | sion to bar.

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Mrs. Anna Droppleimui now receives tho Prenh at Jeffersonville, hid,, having recently moved to 'that place from Ixniisville, Ky. John Henry Bremercamp went gunning for quail Tuesday morning, but the inclement weather chased him home iiefore he even saw the mascot of a quail. Lew I. Mason of Geneva, dropped his coin in the pßi:ssstil>s<-rip-tion slot yesterday, ami otherwise made himself <ouspieuous herealsmts. Lew is all right and don't 'cher forget it. J. Tom Merryman was riding the Scottish Rite gout at Fort Wayne Tuesday evening. Tom has returned alive but we’ll bi t he got his money’s worth. lie will sixm Im* at the top of this frat<*rnal ladder, an honor he, no doubt, will enjoy. On Monday, Dec. 2nd, the Chicago Erie Railroad w ill sell tickets from Huntington to Chicago ami return for $3.00, two days limit. Special train leaves Huntingtou at 7 a. m. and arrives at j Chicago at uouu. Tickets w ill !>e good to return on regular train of Dee. 2nd and 3rd. For further information call or address J. W. DeLong, Decatur. It is quite likely that no new (Grand Rapids depot will lie awarded Decatur until tire Madison street opening case is finally decided by the supreme court. Our readers are all familiar with this case. The opening of Madison street will take in ground given the railroad company by the city when same was located. The 'circuit court gave the company damages in the sum of $5,000 and over, and now the city has appealed the higher court tribunal. The embezzlement suit against Perry Robison was terminated in our circuit court last Thursday. This suit was the result of an indictment by the grand jury at their June session. The returning of this indictment seems to have been the first intimation Perry had of the shortage which amouted to less than three hundred dollars. It was monies paid into his hands while county treasurer, and which from a cause of carelessness he had failed to make an accounting for, when be turned the office over to his successor. As soon as the grand jury indictments were returned he made proper settlements, so not a cent was lost. The trial developed nothing that pointed to anything intentional on the part of Robison, and he was acquitted. It was simply carelessness that got his feet into this net of trouble. Another fatal railroad accident happened two miles east of the chy on the Chicago & Erie lines. Tutsday afternoon. As a result, one of Adam? county’s old and time hon i ored citizens was killed outright, his body being cut ami mangled in ■ a horrible manner. The victim of the casuality was Adam Ault, livj ing a few miles east of the city. He was walking into town on the railroad track, and was just ahead (of passenger number one, due here at 12.10. It is supposed t‘*at he went to one side of tin* track but (the bank beit.g steep he turned to go to the ottrei side. In s< me way he fell, and the train caught him before he could get out of the way. His left leg was cut off just i below the hip ami his tight one Itelow tl e knee. The left arm was I completely ground to fragments, while his left libs and body were mashed anti cut into piect s. The i train stopped and brought the mangled remains tothis city, where the news soon reached every one. A coroner’s examination was held, which brought out the facts as stated. Undertaker \ ager then took charge of the body, and in spite of its mangled condition, made it look quite respectable. The btsly was taken to the home Mrs. Tobe Myers, a daughter of the unfortunate Anil, from which place the funeral will take place (this morning, with interment at Rivarre. Thedecease I wasseventyseven years old, having resided in (this county for many years, and \ was known by many of our people. At the time of the fatal accident, I Mrs. Ault was absent at Mendon, Ohio, visiting relatives. She was immediately informed of the sad nows, and arrived home yesterday. ' The deceased leaves a wife and five childred to mourn the tragic death of ti husband and father. To them j we extend sympathy, fully knowing that they deeply feel the sting- , ing pangs of so much sorrow.