Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1896 — Page 1

THIS_WEEK |

VOLUME 11.

V Jf. Bent7. of Geneva, was in town Mp( , <’ F. True is visiting rela t i/es at Wilii»«t«»wjM>rt. Anditor Brandyberry WM a Htmtint"" visitor Sunday. Mr Durr, living in the northern pi of of the city, is quite sick. h( ,,1, C. Miller wm looking after Fort Wayne Tuesday. John Clo* of Cincinnati, is visit jnj( Jacob Floss and family iu this dty. Surveyor Fulk was in Jefferson township Monday attending to offi c jal business. Ehinger & Meyers the clothiers, Till[begin invoicing their stock of dotting next week. Mins Maude Emetine of Fostoria. Ohio, is visiting in the city a guest of Erank and l<rna Barthol. James B. Teeple of Geneva, died lastSnnday after a short illness. The funeral took place Tuesday. Rev. Lower of Fort Wayne, a former pastor of the United Brethren church here, was in the city Monday. Rev. George Schroeder orders the Pkkss sent to his address at Danville, Ky., where he is attending ncbool. Stults and Harmon of M ren, Ohio, came over to the Oak Koller Mills the other day and took home 150 barrels of flour. Prof. A. I). Moffatt and wife came home Saturday from Spencer, Ind , where they had been spending the holidays with relatives. A sleighing party went out to Joseph Kumschag Tuesday night where they proceeded to taka possession of things thereabouts. A very pleasant time is reported. The P. Holthouse & Co., will begin their regular annual invoice in a few days, at which time the employees thereof will Ire real glad they are living. Jonas Neuensch wander of French township, paid thia office a very pleasant and lucrative call while in town Saturday. He was here on business relative to matters pertaining to drainage, upon which he was a viewer. A card from George W. Watson and wife as Washington, D. C., cards the Press that it is a most pleasant intruder each week, and one which they could not easily dispense with. This is a similar expression that reaches us quite frequently. A. L. Devilbiss and wife were at home last Saturday evening to a few of their friends, among them being R. K. Allison and wife, H. L. Confer and wife, Dr. P. B. Thomas and wife, and J. 8. Peterson and wife. Only a pleasant time could be reported, as these hospitable people can make any one feel at home any place at any time. An explosion at the Chicago A Erie water tank furnished consid erable excitement for a short time, last Friday night. The boiler exploded wrecking everything in sight, except the engineer, Thomas Malotte, and fortunately he happened to l»e at a safe distance! sway at this perilous moment. He was burned to some extent about the face and body, but not serious- 1 ly. The engine, boiler and tanks are a complete wreck and will have to be replaced with new ones. No, definite reasons are assigned for the "reck, although it is probable that those in charge know the real cause thereof. Some Decatur merchants can take profitable lessons from the ministers of this city on the ait of advertising. Bills have been print®d and posted in every conceivable ■ corner announcing revival services at the Presbyterian, United Brethren, Methodist and Evangelical churches. These meetings will be held every evening during the present month of January, and their unusual enterprise in spreading the information and good news, | is deserving of the highest com memdation and fruitful success, •.very one will please note this, and no matter whether you nave any serious intentions of linking yourself with any of these Christian societies, it will do you no harm 0 attend the meetings. It will encourage those hard working genenien in their laborous duties and hat is worth something. Comb i'P your hair and attend these ervices. You can stand it for one •houth in the year.

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

Miss Fanny Tnrmon of Fort Wayne, is visiting In the city with W. H. Meyers and family. Miss Hattie Kelley went homo to Geneva Saturday. having spent the week at the home of Scott Hughes. N. K. Todd, wile and baby went home to BlulDon the first of the week, after a pleasant visit at the home of R. D. Patterson. A. Vancamp has l»een running his flouring mill day ami night for some time past, an overdose of orders Is-ing the cause, thereof. The various pastors of the city are out on a crusade this week seeking to enlarge their tields of lalstr, by adding new people in the interests they agitate. Agent Bryson sold ten tickets to the Bob Ingersol lecture at Wayne Tuesday night. Those who went seein to think they got their money's worth. John D. Bueret was visiting with A. K. Grubb the first of the week. He recently returned from Europe and is now on his way to the national capital where he reports for duty, living a government employee in the navy. Ye editor received an invitation to the public installation of officers at the grand army hall last Saturday night, at which time that order ami the Woman’s Relief Corps publicly installed officers. The program was exceedingly entertaining. Charles Conrad received serious injuries at the Vail Imix factory Tuesday. A large lielt snapped in two, striking Conrad with terrible force. He was rendered uncon-! scions, but further examination revealed no serious injuries, al-1 though he will lie a n ighty sore individual for several days to come. W. G. Mac Edwards the clever I general passenger agent for the i Erie lines, was a pleasant caller at 1 this office Monday, at which time a renewal adveitising contract was l very satisfactorilly adjusted. If all of the officials of these lines are as agreeable as Mr. McEdwards, the Erie will continue to prosper to the end of time. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Doty entertained the Cecillian music i club last Thursday evening, in a very charming manner. Those present were John Niblick and wife, R. K. Allison and wife. Drand Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Winch, Miss Grace McConnehey, Miss Carrie Thompson, Messrs. Walters, I Andrews, Thomas, Gillillaud and .Bell. ■ | Charles S. Niblick and wife were ' celebrating their seventh wedding ! anniverysary yesterday and last night, the pedro club being in- : vited to take a hand in the friendly demonstrations. Those present were W. H. Keubler and wife, U. ' • Deininger and wife, Dan M. NibHick and wife, J. K. Niblick ami wife, John Gerard and wife, C. P. ' Ehinger and wife, E. X. Ehinger i and wife, Henry Meyers and wife, John Webber and wife, Jacob ! Clossand wife, C. Radamacher and wife, Henry Schulte and wife and Mrs. Laura’ Jellel!. The club prei seated Mr. and Mis. Niblick with I a pair of tine blankets. The merri-' lest kind of a merry time was the | result. H* H. Wagoner of Huntington,: I who has been here for the past six Weeks gathering data from the records for the new county map, will comp'ete his labors in this part of the work this week ami ; will then make a complete map < and will return and proof the entire work before having it litho |i graphed. The data gathered in : the country will not be completed i 1 before sometime next week. A < | majority of the township trustees < have decided to place the map in I | the schools which is a most useful : school supply that can be pur- < chased, as there is nothing in the < I way of school supplies that can be 1 < attained so cheap and is as much needed. A teacher can obtain data t to teach any other matter from text i books but the geography of the | I county can only be taught from the 1 1I knowledge which the teacher has \ if there is no county map, ami good t knowledge of ones own county is j < ' as necessary as anything which can 1 1 I be taught in the common schools. < I No taxpayer will object to a school | 'I supply that can be bought as cheap, I as the Adams county map is now ij sold, which is $4, almost one- I half what the map was sold for in t IM2. *

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9,189(1.

Gunmisgioner Conrad Brake Ims been on the sick list for a week past, A severe cohl was the im- i pending difficulty. M, B. Miller and wife of Rock ford, Illinois, were guesting with ye editor ami wife over Sunday. Mrs. Miller will remain some time. Two marriage licenses were issued this week to Ray E. Anghenbaugh ami Amy L. Burkhead. Clement L. Walter and Grace Me Conuehey. The City Mills owned by Hart Bros, has been sold to Emanuel Buhler, who has taken charge ami is now managing same. The Hart lioys have long been identified with this business for many years. Frank Crum and .Andrew Miller of Craigville, were here yesterday on business, among which was the renewal of the Press sub scription. The former Ismght a handsome surrey of Schafer A Loch and will proceed to ride with elegance ami comfoit. A. Krum-maker is now just able to get around again after a four weeks’ confinement to his home. Alsmt that length of time ago he was seriously injured while cleaning out a well. But he has partially recovered and in a very short time will be as sound as a dollar with a hole in it. The Rebekahs installed officers Tuesday evening, at which time visitors were admitted and a grand Rebekah time enjoyed. The elective officers were Mrs. Frank Hart past grand, Mrs. Horace Porter noble grand, Nellie Blackburn vice grand, Mrs. A. K. Grubb recording secretary. Hattie King finan cial secretary, and Mrs. Helms treasurer. There is more joy iu a printing office over one sinner who pays in advance and abuses the editor on every occasion than over ninety and nine who borrow the paper and sing its praises without contributing a cent to keep it out of the poor house. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth, and obtain material for fencing it on time and without security. John H. Lenhart is the new and | acting superintendent of the Meth- : odist Sunday school, he having been inaugurated into that official position last Sunday morning. John made a speech the day previous in order to get his hand in, and reports state that he started the wheels of the Sunday school revolving in a very satisfactory manner. Chalmer Schafer's eighteenth birthday came to pass last Friday, and that evening his friends helped him celebrate the event in a royal manner. He entertained at his home, those present being May Meyers, Fanny Devilbiss, Lizzie Peterson, June Merryman, Lizzie and Hattie Patterson, Tina Allison, Doi Christen, Earl Coverdale, Earl Fristoe, Dick Christen, Lawrence Hughes, Dick France, Arthur Miller, Forest Bolds, Wid Dorwin, Blanche Edwards, Fay Edwards, Ella Sprang, Kathereen Miesse, the Maddolin club and Miss Mabel Martin of Bluffton. The occasion was indeed an enjoyable one, social games, luncheon, and other pleasant amusements being disposed of. Council met in regular session [ January 7, with all members present, the mayor presiding. City i Attorney Mann was absent but had entrusted to Councilman Patterson cigars for the council to celebrate the arrival of an eleven pound girl at his house. His absence was ex- i cased. The mayor reported the purchase of the water works, and also the deed, ami assignment of stock to the city of Decalin. The mayor’« action was approved. The city clerk reported that the city commissioners had filed with him their report upon the opening of Marshal street. The clerk was ordered to give notice to property owners affected and the marshal was ordeced to serve the notices. The city commissioners will meet to hear objections on Monday, February 3. The city engineer reported the completion of the Line street side walks, and the report was referred to the street committee, and they were ordered to meet on Monday, January 27, to hear objections, and the city clerk was ordered to give notice accordingly. The following claims were allowed: Democratic Press sl, GustSchlegle $20.25, M. F. Cowan 50 cents, Erie R. R. $1.60, Wm. Besser $10.83, Wm. Geary $5.00, Brooks Oil Co. $12.33.

B. J. Kolme of Laporte, Indiana, was In the dty the first ofthe wm-k looking after legal matters iqqiertaining to the last will and testament of Barney- Weinhoff, deceased. City Attorney Frank Mann has a new girl at his house, and it’s an eleven pounder nt that. The little Miss Mann arrived Sunday and has already taken charge of the household, as only a y mtbful girl can. The waterworks is now about ready for active service, Tuesday their engine house whistle pealed forth a piercing shriek for tin* first time, and in a few days mon l everything will In* completed ami in readiness for the final test. The last will and testament of Bernard Weimhoff, deceased, was probated at the clerk’s office Tues day. By its provisisons all of said estate Isith real and personal are to go to the widow Magretha Weimhoff, and appointed her ex ecutor of said will. The will was dated Novemlier I<>, 1877. Bro. L. G. Ellingham, of the Decatur Democratic Press, was a pleasant caller last week. Mr. Ellingham is pleased with his work at Decatur, and certainly his patrons should l>e, since he is giving them a first class newspaper among the very l>est that comes to our table. May Bro. Ellingham continue to prosper.—Winchester Democrat. Another one of Decatur's venerable citizens has passed away. . This time we are called upon to , record the death of Martin Nichols, for a long time a resident of this city. His death was caused by ! paralysis of the heart- He was seventy-one years old. The funeral services took place from the house Tuesday morning, with in- ' terment in Maplewood. 11 I Last Sunday afternoon at the ; home of the bride, occurred the i marriage of C. L. Walters and • Grace McConnehey, the Rev. Gregg • performing the marriage ceremony which combined the twain as one. i Both are well known, popular and teachers in our public schools with , any quantity of friends who have been busy during this week in extending congratulations and best ; wishes for their future prosperityami happiness. They will soon go to housekeeping. The Press joins their many friends in extending i congratulations. It is with considerable regret that the Press locally mentions the continued illness of J. Tom , Merryman, associate lawyer of the firm of Fiance A Merryman. He is able to spend part of the time at I his law office, but not however iu . a fitting capacity to attend to the business that comes his way. His , constitution isn’t calculated for the .' close confinement to business which he has been subjected to and it may be nesessary for him to give business and work the shake for a • I year or two, and devote himself exclusively to recuperating his physical health and strength. Tom ! has n ore friends than you could stack on a rail, all of whom i will wish him a speedy recoveryami the beat of every thing else. Alice Farlow is defendant in a ! circuit court suit just filed, that demands $2,500 damages. The plaintiff is Nancy M. Cottrell, who i files a complaint against the defendant for alleniating her husband’s i affections. Tne complaint in fee simple is as follows: The plaintiff, Nancy M. Cottrell, complains of the 'defendont, Alice Farlow ami says that on or about the first day of January, 1802, the defendant at that time and continually from that time until September 1, 1805, intending to defraud the plaintiff of the affection and society- of hethusband Francis M. Cottrell, and duringall which time this plaintiff and Francis were living happilly- together as husband and wife, persuaded ami enticed him to depart and leave the plaintiff which said Francis did on September 1, 1805, against her consent and contrary to her desires, thus depriving the plaintiff from the society, companionship, conjugal affections, fellowship, assistance, maintenance, protection and support of her said husband. That the plaintiff after enticing him away received him in her embraces at her home, and otherwise carnally knew him, all of which damaged the plaintiff to the amount of the sum above named. D. B. Ford of Jefferson township, and France & Merryman of this city are attorneys for the plaintiff.

, Uncle Ben M<-Lai glilin and wife : will move to Elkhart quite soon. This will Ims regretful news for • Uncle Ben’s many friends, who . have grown use to seeing his famil- ! iar face here so many years. i New circuit court ctura have been filed since w<s-k as follows: 1 Nancy M. ('oltrell vs. Alive Far-. ' low, suit for damages for alleiniat - { ing her husband's* alfwiions, de maud $2,500. George W. Butcher vs. John Harner, ap|s-al frou A. J. Byrd, J. I*. Adams County Bank ve. Leander Reffey, et al., n de; de maud SIOO. Henry E. Keller vs. John Koos, on account, demand Islso. The Prixs has done business the past week with Shurger, Reed ! A Smith, John and W. H. Niblick, Telephone Company, Charles Geiiner, Jonas Neuenschwander, , Coffee A Baker, Jami s Bain, Hunsicker A Laughrey, Ellsworth A Meyers, P. Holt house A Co, De- ( catur Tailoring Company, Donovan A Bremereamp, J. H. Lenhart, A. Holthouse, Benjamin McLaughlin, ' C. A. Vennis, Lew-Guenther, C. E. ( Stuckey, P. J. Bryan, A. Krunnemacher, William Blakey, W<ssl 1 ward A Ball, J. T. France, Nona ‘ Martin, Frank Crum and An ■ drew Miller. , A daily correspondent from PBrt- ( land says: The year just closed r has been a great one for the oil field of Indiana, the riqxirts showing that it is holding its own with the new ones. In Huntington, Grant. . Adams, Jay, Blackford and Wells » counties, 27,011 wells were com , pleted, and in other parts of the i state, outside the oil field, 465. ; Wells county still leads, but Grant i county is fast becoming a rival. Work has tieen greatly hindeied ? during the season, first by the ■ scarcity of water during the summer, and now by bad roads, ren dering the hauling of heavy loads • almost imttossible. 1 The Amish people who were , recently arrested for fornication, f are preparing themselves for a defense that they hope will entire 1 ly clear themselves of the immoral i charge registered against them. P According to their religious belief . ami customs a marriage license is t an unnecessary evil to a lawful maniage, and in a few- instances i, they have violated the laws of our 3 state and nation, by solemnizing » these marriages without a license. While this violation is eminent and nndenied, yet it will tie a somewhat 1 difficult matierto prove them wills fully guilty of the indicted charges, • that of fornication. However, the B l sanctified promulgator of their B singular religious faith may ti id 1 his corns trmi on, before he relieves 1 himself from the serious offense of 0 solemnizing these marriages where s no license has been issued. ' A Montpelier correspondent sums . the oil field up by saying that the . new year starts in with a grist of ! good producing wells. S. W. Ta t t A Co’s. No. 4 well on the B. ami . I). Evers farm, Harrison township. i Blackford county, is good for 2401 ! barrels; the Standard Oil com Jpany’s No. 4, Evers farm, same: ! field, 190 barrels; sane company’s I No. 2 Brothel ton farm, in Wash ington township, same county, 90 i barrels; R. F. Cummins’ No. 5. I Ogle farm, Nottingham township. • Wells county, 150 barrels; H. U. > Zeigler’s Nos. 5 and (>, on the Dickason farm, same field, ar< good i for 100 barrels each; J. A. Graves' • No. 4, Clende-ming farm, Hartford , tow nship, Adams county, good for ■ l 225 barrels; Barnsdall, Fitzgerald < Bros. A Co’s. No. 18, Watson farm, i ’.same field, <lO barrels; Spellacy, ; Kerr A Co’s. No. 7, Turner farm, i Nottingham township, Wells , county, 60 barrels; Standard Oil! company’s No. 1, Lambert farm, 1 ■ I same field, 20 barrels; J. A. Graves No. 2, Scott farm, same field, 10 j barrels; Griffin, O’Connell Co’s. No. 3, Sharp farm, same field, 90 barrels; J. C. Sibley A Co’s. No. 1, 'lrvin farm, Chester township, j Wells county, 30 barrels; J. C.' Lineman A Co’s. No. 20, Abshire farm, same field, 20 barrels; Spy j Run Oil A Gas company’s No. 2, [ j Keesner farm, same field, 45 barrels; the Superior Oil company’s No. 6, Fields farm, Nottingham township, 50 barrels; the Standard I Oil company’s No. 19, Letts farm, 'Jackson township, Jay county, 25 j barrels; J. A. Graves’ No. 4, Cook erly farm, same field, 30 barrels: | McMahon, Dewesse A Co’s No. 2, I Heller farm, Penn township, Jay county, 150 barrels; Locus Oil i company’s No 1, Ninde farm, same , | field, 10 barrels.

ONLYI.SO PER YEAR

NUMBER (15

GRAVEL ROADS. Washington township is going to make a heroic attempt to wipe the mud out of their whiskers, thank God, The last general assembly passed a law on the matter of building gravel roads, which is a decided improvement oxer the old law, ami relieves the landowners along any propisi-d road from paying any more than any other land or city property owner in any other part of the township. It provides for the issuance of township bonds, the payment of which every taxpayer in the township will have to pay his proportionate share. A |x‘t it ion is now in circulation, having already- received nearly one hundred signature which will be presented in a few days to the Isnird of county commissioners, who will be called into session for action on thesubject. The petition pniys for the submission of the question to a vote of the qualified voters of the township. The roads sought to Im* graveled are described in said petition as follows: Commencing at the east end of the bridge across the Bt. Marys river at t he Monroe street crossing, thence east along the center of said highway to a point where said highway ciosses the section line running north and south between sections two and three in said township, thence running northeast along the center line of said highway to a point where -aid highway crosses the north line of Washington, commencing then at a point on the section line where said highway crosses the section line, running east along the north line of section two in said township, thence running east along the centei of the highway on said section line to a point where said road intersects the public highway, known as the Piqua road; thence southeast along the center line of said Piqua road to the east line of Washington township, then commencing at the east end of Mercer street at the place where said street intersects tne public highway at the section line running east and west between sections two and eleven in said township, thence running southeast along the center line of said highway to a point where said highway crosses the east line of said Washington township at or near the southeast corner of the east half of the northeast quarter of section thirteen in same township, then commencing at where Chestnut street intersects with the public highway at tl e south corporation line of the city of Decatur, :hence southwest along the center of the angling road to a point where said highway crosses the lineofthe south half of the northwest quarter ter of section ten in said township, thence west along the public highway to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of said section ten, thence south along the center line of the public highway to the south line of said Washington township at the southeast corner of section thirty three in said township, then commenci *g at a point in said last mentioned highway at the southeast corner of section twentybne in said township run ning thence west along the south line of sections twenty one, twenty and nineteen in said township to | the west line of said Washington township, then commencing at the west corporation line of Decatur at a point where Monroe street ’ intersects said west corporation line iat the public highway running thence west along the center line of said public highway to the west line of said Washington township I at the southwest corner of thesouth half of the northwest quarter of section six in said township, there to terminate. The roads named embraces about sixteen miles, and will cost some- : thing like $32,000. The bonds will be issued to mature iu ten years. This is the easiest, best and most 'equitable way of building these roads, and if the snap isn’t now gobbled up, we may-expect to forever wear mud shoes, and be set down upon by other enterprising : townships and counties as being totally blind to any degree of enterprise. The Press will give you some interesting facts on the subject j later on. John T. France as executor of the estate of William Deihl estate, sold a lot of personal property at the widow’s home last Friday. It was a cold day but the sale is reported to have been very satisfactory to those having same in charge.