Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1896 — Page 1

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" K Grubb was »t Wnym* Tuvins on business. jafafltte Itape of Geneva, was 1D (own Tuesday on business. Th.. Mis** Fox <»f Fort Wayne, an .visiting friends in the city. Mm L 0. KHin« h “"‘ rt‘tnriHM| hol|l ..fnmi Winchester yesterday. Maggy Beatty was an Indi Spoils visitor several days this , t*k * Mr. and Mrs. <’. D. Murray are at Waterloo visiting with the latter's parents. i I). Adams and wife are home fn)l n Frankfort, where they were visiting relatives The Grand Rapids passengers to Fort Wayne yesterday were numeroih and seemingly happy. George A. Smith and Miss Ella Reed, two of Portland's society voting people, were married yestenlay. Wallace Frank Miller ofthik Harlier, Ohio, visited their uncle* Sol Linn and William Miller o'er Christmas. Th,. J. Thus. W. Luckey Compuny have been invoicing their stock <»f groceries this week. 'I his foa job relished by all inmates of a store. The militia company ate oysters last evening ami enjoyed themselves just the same as white peo pie. They are feeting up preparing to scrap with .Johnny Bull. There was some very beautiful singing at the St. Mary’s school entertainment Tuesday evening, but we must especially mention the solo sang by Miss Ellen Kintz. Her voice and manner denotes culture. Mrs. Itel’e Locke and children went to Waterloo yesterday in answer to a telegram announcing the death of Mr. Locke’s father, which occurred at an early hour that morning. The deceased was taken sick last week and died from heart failure. At the Mi E. chnrch S. 8. at 9.15, preaching at 10:30; subject “Lights ” Junior League 3p. m. Senior League 6p. m. Preaching 7p. in. subject “The Withered Arm.” There will be a special revival services every evening during next week, except Saturday evening. To these you are earnestly invited. Last Friday evening Evangelist C. P. Scoville delivered his lecture on “Peelings and Pearls,” in the Christian church to a fair sized and appreciative audience. Mr. Scoville well sustained the reputation he has here of being an eloquent and charming speaker. His lecture gave good satisfaction to those who heard it. The advertising car of the Nortern Pacific railroad was here Friday and was visited by many of our people. The car is loaded with fruits, grains, vegetables, hay, minerals and animals ofthegreat northwest. The fruit was extra nice and large and Mr. I). M. Stewart, the gentleman in charge, claims they raise thousands of bushels out there just as nice as what he had. If that is the case, seems to us, al if that would be a nice place to live. An exchange remarks that once w hen a man fractured his leg or arm, a doctor was called who “set it,’ now they never do, they always “reduce the fracture,” once they had "numbpalsey,” now they they have “locomotorataxia,” once plain stomach-ache, now “appendicitis,” once heart disease, now ‘heart failure,” ami so on to the e nd until it almost demands an autopsy to tell “what’s the matter ’ and yet we have apparently Progressed j n the art of guess work as in all other arts. People who suppose the old chestnut, the C. U. C. & C. rail- ’ was dead, will learn from the oilowing dispatch to the Enquirer, at it has only been quietly sleep f J? ie dispatch was sent out /om New York, and is as follows: " ■ J. C. Fawcett, of Louisville, an old Ohioan, and well known to lailroad builders throughout the <"intry, has completed all arrange 18 / or the buil( ling of his railUnion City, Ind., by ') ir l ortlarH b Camden, Bluffton th. i ‘"’dington to connect with rm; the Baltimore and luri' r h* B form a through I direct line from Cincinnati to I, ,l ”° ilt| d all points in Northern tndiana.-Bluffton Press.

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Mark McConnell is home from Albion. Mrs. Jennie Todd is visiting her parents in this city. J. H. Hob rock was a Richmond visitor the tirst of the week. (ieorge Flanders was visiting relatives in the country this week, Korney Holt bouse spent several days in this town with his family. A lodge «»f Maccalss-s was instituted at Bluffton Saturday night. (leorge Zimmerman ami wife Sundayed at Bluffton with relatives. Miss Ko»e Meiliers is home from Jeffersonville where she was visiting her sister. IL K. Allison was at Berne Monday attending to business with the Berne bank. Hr. McMillen and family this week entertained Mr. and Mrs. Hoff of Angola, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Clancy of Plainville, Mich., are guests in the city of Jeff Bryson and wife. Mrs. Robert Foreman was called to B Tilt-Monday by the serious ' illness of her daughter, Mrs. Pas- • son. Mr. and Mrs. Beatty of Indianapolis, spent the tirst of this week ‘ visiting in this city with their tieice, Mrs. J. B. Buhler. We understand that Rev. E. T. Gregg is laid up with some sort of a sore foot. We sincerely hope I that the termination will prove I nothing serious. , The marriage of E l ward Augh . enbaugh and Emma Bulkhead was consummated by Rev. Shepherd last evening. The happy couple will immediately go to housekeep- ' ing. A lot of women took on a lot of sleighing yesterday afternoon, the same ending up by consuming a lot of oysters at the home of Mrs. Devilbiss. Such is life in the winter time. An exchange says that a law yet sent the following telegraphic con- , dolence to the widow of a friend: : “I can not tell you how pained I was to hearthat your husband had gone to heaven. M e were bosom friends but now we shall never meet again.” The pastors of several of the churches of the city went to the county infirmary New Year’s day ‘ where they had services with the inmates there. The custom is indeed a reverend one, and the pasb rs who took part deserve commendation in their endeavor to enlighten and make life easier for J the ]Ms»r and unfortunate. The National Sentinel at Washington, D. contains the following well merited mention of our old friend, George W. Watson: One lof the efficient employees of the Pension Office, is Comrade George W. Watson, Captain of the Watch. He was a valiant soldier, ami a patriotic citizen, and devoted, I obliging official, who never allows his self-importance to become, as is too often the case in public life, unduly inti .ted. i The question of gravel roadsns one that should not be allowed to [dieoff. In this advanced age of I progression and the “new women” gravel roads should not be a question but a fact. The past few weeks has been a sorry reminder to this end of Adams that gravel roads are a necessity to life. This thing if going belly deep in mud is a thing for history alone, and not for actual experience. We have the gravel and why not move up out of the mud. Give this question your earnest attention, Mr. Farmer. A case has been filed for trial in the Jay circuit, court, which will attract the attention of teachers and scholars generally. It is a mandamus proceeding, brought against Prof. Lewis M. Crowe, principal of the Pennville schools,; by W. H. Robinson, a former pupil, who seeks to be reinstated. The principal had organized a class j in physics and made Robinson aj member of it. He found the study difficult, s» much so that he was oblged to neglect some of the other branches. He asked to be excused , from it, but this was refused, so it is alleged, and then he declined to study physics any longer. He was expelled, but came back, and was for the second time expelled by force, so the complaint states.

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Hell Smith of Toledo, was here last week visiting Charlie Meiliers. Esq, Bryan came home Tuesday from a short visit with Ohio relatives. Barney Ford of Jefferson township, was in the city the first of the week. Lase Graham carried home the big stick of candy given away by Coffee A Baker. Deputy Clerk Lenhart, wife and baby visited Peterson relatives several days this week. Max Romberg and family s|s-nt Xmas and several days last week with relatives at Fort Wayne. The father of I telle Locke has been seriously ill at Waterloo for a • week past, but is now reported as i recovering. The Cecillian club will be eni tertained by Mr. and Mrs. Doty to night. The program includes a nice social time for the members. I' No council meeting was held ■ Tuesday evening, that Isxly deeming it necessary that their minds I rest from public business for one week. * Miss Ixttie Ernst is at Preble where she is looking after her great grandmother, who now has . attained a real ripe eld age, and at r times is quite feeble. James Darkless is at Paulding, Ohio, where he is helping start a I new bank. Cashier Dugan is one , of the directors amt Jim is going . to start them on the right road to dividend glory. Tin* only cas* tilel since last week, is titled the Birdsell Mann- * factoring Co. vs. Perry Robison, on note which demands S2OO. The members of the bar are no doubt enjoying the pleasure of the holidays'. f Now that horseb ss carriages are an assured fact a philosopher hopes that the country mav have dogless sausage, hairless butter, soundless r pianos, voieelessel ><*utionists,acheless backs, oathless profanity, bag i less bloomers ami jokeless jokes - alsmt all of them. I Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ellsworth I celebrated their twenteith wedding , anniversary Tuesday evening. r Their home was beautifully decora ted and the many triends who aeicepted their hospitable invitation ’ were pleasantly entertained. Re- ‘ freshnients were served during the evening* Many were present from abroad. At a meeting of St. Mary's Lodge ' No. 167, I. <>. (>. F. last Monday | evening the following officers were . elected for the next six months: X. G., Win. R. Dorwin; V. G„ Barney Highbauger Kalvirisky; R. Sec., G. Christen, P. Sec., W. i B. Suttles; Treas., H. R. Moltz, I and Trustees, Daniel Sprang, R. ■ I). Patterson aud J. F. Mann. The * officers will be installed next Mon * (lay evening by D. D. G. M., J. I - . Mann. h D. M. Hensley was the instigator iof a surprise on his better half ' Tuesday evening, that was acorn 1 plete success, surprisingly, socially, and otherwise. This is due to the fact that a man is the only , piece of humanity that can success fully keep a secret. Those present were W. H. Keubler and wife, F. [ \V. Dibble and wife, D. W. Beery and wife, R. K. Allison and wile. 1 I). French Quinn and wife, J. VV. Peterson and wife, J. <J. Neptune and wife, Mesdames Delle Locke, Jennie Todd, Miss Ethel Hale and Dave E. Smith, and Miss Erank ! Brown of Richmond. The undersigned as the executor of the estate of William Diehl, his ISO acres of land for sale in Kirkland township, Adams county, Indiana, 160 acres of which is known as the William Diehl farm, being the southeast quarter of section twenty-three in Kirkland township, and twenty acres of wood land near the old farm. This [is one'of the best farms in Kirk land township, and 1 will sell the 160 acres all in onetxtdy if desired, or will sell the same in parcels; all j this land can be purchased and at i any time on reasonable terms; any ' - | one wishing to buy land in that ; [ locality can do so now on terms [ and conditions that will be reason- J able. For further information 'call on the undersigned, or France & Merryman at the law office of France & Merryman, in the city of Decatur, Indiana. John T. France, executor of the last will of William Diehl deceased.

Miss Hattie Kelley of Geneva, was a gm*st of relatives lien* s<*veral days this week. Misses Dora Peterson and Fanny Devilbiss were guests of Fort Wayne relatives tills week. Mrs. J. Fred France returned home t<> Huntington Tuesday after a pleasant visit with relatives here and at Geneva. Fred Patterson is agent for the Cleveland Lender, which starts here with a sulwription list of thirty. The paper is a good one. The DeimsTut awarded Trustee Frnchte of Preble township, tin* pren iuni of displaying the finest | and is-st looking corn, at their corn show. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Keubler entertiiined a number of friends at their home Monday evening. Luncheon and a pleasant time was on tin* list of amusements. Th«*odore Kennedy and wife went i to Genewa yesterday and that evening witm-sed tin- marriage of tlioir nephew, Clem Kennedy to Miss Anna Stillwell. Both reside in Geneva. Special services liegin January 5 at tin* Presbyterian church conducted by Evangelist W. A, Bodel. Then* w ill Im* afternoon and evening meetings each day. Do not fail to hear him. Ezra Lister is now one of our model farmers, having recently purchased and moved to an eighty acre home, southwest of town. He made this office a New Year's gift by the payment of a year’s advance subscription. Chris Augsburger, of Hartford township, was visiting Superintend«*nt Graber, ot tne county infirmary, the first of tin* week. He has also added his name to the Press family of readers ami will now know everything that transpires in Adams. Grandmother Patterson entertained the members of tiie Presbyterian choir I’uesday evening with a dinner party, the guests for the occasion being C. F. I rueand wife, * Rev. and Mrs. Horton, J. <’. Patterson and wife, C. J. Lutz and wife, Mrs. Jesse Tow nsend, Emma Jackson and Ona Dorwin. A most pleasant evening was the result. Marriage license were this week issued to Charles N. Martz aud Lulu A. Corey, Clarence E. Baxter ami Lora G. Cline, Nathaniel Mentzer and Rosetta Smalley, Divide* Kennedy and Alma Jim* Stillwell, Peter J. Mougey and Lena Volmer, John H. Kemble and Viola L. Runyon, Arthur E. Cal loin and Cora Schindler. Talk about marring being a failnr. there seems to lx* plenty of persons ready to sacrifice themselves on the fail- : ure alter. Pendleton Rico ami wife yesterday entertained their family and its various tributaries to that fam ily. Yesterday was no exception to the general rule, for there as- | sembled the sons, daughters, their j wives, husbands and children ■ making a sum total of some seven [ Ity who pa d their n sp'cts and partook of turkey dressing and cranberry sauce. This generous hospitality has been an adopted itile for many years, and a pleasant | one it is too. Not one misses if they are able to navigate, and they [all begin from one year’s end to [the other to fix their mouths for tin* event. A new deal was worked on a few ! unsuspecting business men Mon day. The article who perpetrated thi* joke was clothed in thegarbof a farmer. He turned up at Adam (lilliom’s dry goods store, Kern A Brittson’s shoe store, and at Nib : lick's. At each place a small bill of goods was purchased, for which ; he presented a check signed 11. H. Bremercamp. Each check was po [ litely cashed by the above named business firms, paying the difference in money and smiling behind a check supposed to be genuine. The checks soon afterwards turned up to be rank frauds, and not worth the paper they were written on. The reason they were no good comes from the fact that the qame of H. 11. Bremercamp was a forgery, and a poor job at that. The fellow' led the firms he had done , business with to suppose that he had sold w heat at the Bremercamp mill and the checks were in payment for same. It isn’t often that the occupation of farming is thus imposed upon, and coming from a i person of this kind it was an easy I matter to run the hook into them.

R. K. Erwin and J. T. Merry man came home from the Atlantic exposition last Friday. They report it n great big show for the money. A. J. Smith and family came home from Atlanta, Georgia, Mon day. They were iibsent sou e ten ilays ami report a pleasant trip and the time well apent. Mr. and Mrs. ('. J. Lutz, entertained the forn er's Sunday school class last Tuesday. They were all lioys and when it comes to eating, no good Isiy will miss it, so all were there. A good, geneial time is sefsirted. The Enquirer Monday unfolded a list of forgeries as long as your arm which had ts*eu perpetrated by a preacher at Ottawa. In the list of suckers appeared the name of John Bogart, a former resident here, who is now holding the rack i..i -100. 1 The marriage of Peter Mougey and Lena Volmer was consumated Saturday evening. To some extent this couple has made themselves noted, but every one will lie glad they have peacefully settled the Venezuealian dispute and settled down to real life. There is son e talk of calling or having the county commissioners call an election in this Washington township, for the purpose of voting on the matter of building a few gravel roads. This will be done under a new statute of law made by the last geneialassembly. Let’s proceed. Will Kelley, tin* well known and popular attorney at law, has formed a partnership with W. A. Hart, now apjwiars liefore the public and in readiness to accept any and all business that may come his way.; Will is a rising young man ami will doubtless soon make a showing for himself. The office of the new firm is at Mr. Hart’s old room in the Jaqua block.—Portland Sun. The 11. O. P. club rooms wen* brilliantly illuminated ami beautifully dts-orated with pottisl plants and rich draperies New Year's eve, at which time, the members of the club done the honors. The club roster contains the names of Earl Adams, Harras F. Callow, Roy , Archbold, John Heller, Burt Lower, Herman Yager, Wm. S<*hr*»ck, Clark Coverdale, Don L. Quinn, 8. P. Beatty and Miles Pillars. The guests entertaineil on this <x*casion were Missses May Hughes, Mena Meyers, Tessa Barkley, Dollie D. Schafer* Grace Peterson, Nellie Schrock, Bessie Dorwin, Rose Christen, and Hattie Kelley of Geneva, and C* K. Bell. Generally speaking Decatur’.business men are a fair mindt <l, pushing set of indii iduals. They all carry up to date stocks of mer chaudise, advertise them in a mild way, and personallj’ do ti eir nt most to in iividuaily promote their private interests. Quite frequently they take time to emissder the public welfare and interests of Decatur. We all do our best, but to [ accomplish a thing of this kind, it takes the concerted knowledge, backbone and aciion of a Ixxly of men, all of wh<un know a thing or two. A board of trade is a*i excellent auxiliary to a town and the business it does. It takes money to do business and it takes lots of business to make a good town, ombine these facts and then consider the necessity ot expanding our commercial relations in ev<*ry conceivable way that will bring til lima,te good returns. A board of trade can do much in dea'ing w ith : manufacturing institutions seeking i i a location. We personally know of one or two exceedingly good factories that could be secured by a i little iiimpaigning on the part of a : tew good, selected men, or a board I of trade. There is but one time to systematically deal with a matter i of this kind, and that is the pres- < ent. Don’t postpone it, with a de- [, termination to hie yourself to your I prayer closet and cypher out the logic of the proposition. Delays < are dangerous. Think once and ■ then think rightly by supporting < the proposition that a board of < trade is the right thing at the right I time. In a few days you may face i a proposition of some sort, the object of which will be the proper or- < ganization of a board of trade. Treat it in a business way. A few i "actories will increase your business, no matter what that may be. It will increase our population, make more valuable your property and in all be a benefit t hat all will appreciate. Push it along.

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Lee Straus of Chicago, was in town Monday doing business and guesting witli Curley Radnmacber. He was evidently smitten on Curley’s lx>y, for he presented the [youth with a fiver, all gold. Postmaster Wellley rejiortH unclaimed letters ns lH*loiiging to C. A. Hengman, Mrs. Garrison Ball, E. B. Stmtuck, John Allen, Frank Webb, Evi* Moyer. William Pennington and Du rs Leyse. Special services nt the U. B. church commencing Wislnesday evening and continuing through January. Everyixwly invited. After next week there will beservices in the afternoon at two o’clock and also in the evening. The bad roads have somewhat delayed the map of Adams county, but they expect to have it ready for delivery by the last of next month. It will tM><*omplete in every respect and detail, ami there is not a land or lot owner in Adams count j - who should not possess one. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer were at home Tuesday evening to A. J. Hill and wife, J. T. I'lame and wife, 11. A. Fristoe ami wife, (’. E. Doty and wife and J. D. Hah*. I’edro, refreshments and a social time pleasantly devoured the few hours spent at this pleasant home. Barney Weimliotl’, sen., one ot Decatur’s oldest citizens, died at his home in this city last Saturday morning. The deceased has been a resident citizen here ever since the city was an infant, and was an honorisl and respected citizen. His death was the result of infirmities that come from old age, lieing eighty-nine years old at the time ot his death. The funeral obsequies took place Monday morning from St. Mary’s Catholic church. Mayor’s court was running in full blast all day Xmas, the proper fining and costing of a large number of plain drunks beiug the cause of an extra grind on this day. Christmas eve seemed to be a r*d letter evening fortius kind of public debauchery. While it's a tine thing to make spending money for the mayor, yet such violations are a sin against God and the laws of our land. Generally speaking, Decatur is a modest, decent town, noted to some extent for its sobriety and good manners. Such outbreaks of this kind have a tendency to dispute these facts. Jail sentence along with such a fine I wouldn’t increase the number any, and might k-sseu these violations. Christmas night the pleasant home of Rev. aud .Mrs. W. H. Shepherd was the scene of a very joyful occasion. This delightful event was in the torn of a surprise, given by the Y. P. <’. I of the I'. B. church to their most worthy’ minister and bis estimable wife. Shortly after seven Mr. Shepherd and famili went to prayer meeting, when shortly after the friends and neighbors began to assemble until there were about sixty present, who began to prepare things for (he return of Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd First the old library case was removed to an adjoining room, and a beautiful new oak one put in its place—a Christinas present from the Y. P. C. C. Next the) went to the dining room where the table was gotten in readiness to receive the many and generous donations which were presi*nte<l by the members of the church and friends present. They next repaired to the parlor to await the coming of Mr. .Shepherd and family. Mr. A. Shaw and Rev. Sloops were stationed at the door, the former to watch for the arrival of the party while Rev. Stoops was to receive them ami present the case. Shortly after eight the victims arrived, ami to sav that they were surprised would be expressing it yery mild, indeed. Mr. Shepherd was overcome for a few minutes, but soon rallied, when he was surrounded by sympathizing friends among whom was Rev. Stoops, who in well chosen and encouraging words pre sented the new case. After the congratulations and Christmas greetings of all present Mr. Shepherd was conducted to the dining room, where a pleasant sight met his eyes. The table was piled full of ail useful and needful articles. After Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd had extended their heartfelt thanks, all repaired to the parlor, where a beautiful prayer was offered by Rev. Horton, followed by a song, “Nearer My God to Thee,” which was followed by a very touching prayer by Rev. Shepherd.