Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1896 — Page 1

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VOLUME 11.

I*7 Th »s Luckey has a few I rorb 1-r i ■ .n kinds ofwinter is now visible j I I t Henry Hobrock was nt Wood-i I “ n " r - I W»1 , I Vr f Burt Lenhart came homi'| I , , Pemison Saturday, where 9 from 1 . I Zlatin* reHide. I t v LaFoUHtc, «»f Portland, | I leokii.U after some court busiI jeM here thin week. I Tim Coffee has been quite sick I far thest week or two, and at I this writing•* no better. I TWe Holthouse still wears his I in a sling. but the disabled I mrinlter i* healing nicely. I ride (leorge Pontius of Hart • 1 I township, was shaking hands i I with friends here yesterday. I Vj Etta Archbold came home from Gas'City last Saturday after „ absence of some three months.; William P. McMahon of Larned. K. n «,M and a former newspaper publisher at Bluffton, died last week. Mr* S. O. Irvin returned home to Winchester Monday after a week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. ,1. C. Patterson. Dr. .L P. D. Johns lecture Saturday night is creating any amount of interest, and if that amounts for anything a large audience will greet the noted divine. A fellow at Laporte who has been blind for years, attended a revival in progress, professed repentance, after which his sight was suddenly and a iraeulously restored.. S. C. Cramer left Tuesday night for New Lancaster, Kansas, at which place he intends to remain for some time. The Press will lie a weekly visitor at his western home. Local democratic politicians in the names of W. W. Briggs, Adolph Sehngg, William Shoemaker of (leneva. Phillipp Sehngg and others from Berne, were among the throng Saturday. Esq. Dickerson, of Geneva, attended the commissioners meeting Tuesday in the interest of the new electric railway. Said railway will pass thiough Jefferson, \\ abash and Hartford townships. M. V. B. Simcoke, of Monroe, has withdrawn from the race for county auditor. Mi. Simcoke is a justice of the peace of Monroe township, which judicial position interfere with his being a candidate for any other except a judicial office. Sam M. Shugert was given a judgment in our circuit court last week, in the sum of 11,116.67. The judgment was rendered against Janies W. Griffen, a former partner in the leasing of land and drilling of oil. The above sum was due him foi services and monies expended ia the business. H.JMax Romberg now has a partner in the livery business in the name of Harvey 11. Hart, who for many years has been connected with the Hart Bros, ilouring mill. The new combination makes a strong firm that has behind it an evident amount of push, hustle ami clientage. They will combine their efforts in making their business better than ever. Some time ago Mrs. Emma Eliott, of Red Key, was tried before Squire Williams, of that place, on a charge of receiving stolen propcty. She was bound over to await the action of the grand jury, and default of SIOO bail, was sent to this city, from where she was taken up to Decatur. Last n'ght her father, John Stowers, of German, Ohio, sent SIOO in cash to secure her release and she was accordingly given her freedom. She came down this afternoon and will go to Red Key.—Portland Sun. Decatur has hit on a new and original plan of giving the people information as to the weather — Publishing the signal and forecasts as soon as they are received. It is through the medium of the water ff °rks engine whistle. As the report reaches that city, it is con'cyed to the pump station, where the engineer proceeds to give them to the eager and listening public by means of a series of blasts on the thistle, which, by means of the r duration, are reduced to signals that can be understood by any one —who has them pasted in his hat. —Portland Sun.

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Mrs. Catharine Eady, of Monroe, is visiting relatives in the city. Marshal Cowan took Simon Bark' ley to the insam* asylum at Indi-, anapolis last week. Jerry Knodleand wife, of Minster, Ohio, visited John Wisehaupt and wife over last Sunday. Attorney Jacob Butcher of Gene va, was here Monday looking after a few of his interested clients. J. Fred France of Huntington, and Frank France of Fort Wayne, were here several days this week, i Attorney McGriff, of Portland, was here Tuesday evening between trains, while on his way to Portland Quite a large number of Ihvatur |Msipl<> attendisl the funeral services of Job i Dirkson, yesterday afternoon. Clerk Lenhart is able to spend part of his time at the office, al though his phys cal condition is not entirely recuperated. But two marriage licenses were issued this week and those to Wil liam L. Engle ami Effiie J. .Imlay, | Godfrey D. Rauch and Elizalieth Mi uger. Decatur horsemen s-nt anothe ( bunch of horses to the German mar < k> ts this week. To say the least our horsen en are an enterprising set of individuals. 11. L. Brock of Preble, will get his Press at Wayne for a short time, at which place he is interest e<l in a strx'k of groceries. He went up to Wayne Saturday. R. K. Allison and George W. Bolds exp ct to go to Colorado next Saturday. The object of the trip is for the proper recreation of their drooping spirits. Rufe needs climatic changes. The Northern Indiana Oil ComI pany is buying all the oil property i they can lay their hands on. Just I the other day they increased their possessions by buying $400,000 worth of this property. Dolph Huffman and wife and Mrs. L. D. Adams were at Briant i Tuesday attending the funeral of Mrs. Moore. Thedeceastd died from heart failure being found dead ; in her bed Sunday morning. Clarence D. Carr, Al Buhler and Peter Gaffer is a committee to re I jxirt that on next Tuesday evening [ at 7:3oo’clock Pastor B. F. Vaughn [ will deliver an address at the court ; house on “The Condition of Labor.” I All are cordially invited to attend this meeting. Henry Gallmeir of near Williams, has purchased a folding saw which he says beats all the saws he has ever saw tiefore. He thinks a man after a little practice can cut fifteen cords of wood a day without much exertion. It is a handsome little machine, and a favorite con cern with his family. Mrs. Martha France died quite suddenly and unexpectedly at her home in this city, last Saturday morning. She had been ailing for a week or so but nothing serious was thought of it, until a few hours liefore death relieved the sufferer. [ She was well known, respected and admired by many who knew her. ' The funeral services were held [ from the Evangelical church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. The delinquent tax sale came oft according to advertised pro gram Monday morning at ten o’clock. But thirty-one pieces of property remained to he sold, a mighty small lot of property to sell as compared by most every: other county in the state. The Decatur Investment company sue- I ceeded in buying the majority of property offered. There were but few bidders ami but little interest ( manifested in the sale. Adams county is clearer of anxious partial bidders for this kind of tax i property. According to previous announce-, ment a comfortable number of laboring men met at the court : house last Saturday evening. The [ object of the meeting was the ar ranging for a series of lectures or addresses touching the liberties and responsibilities of the masses of, labor together with statistics on the subject. Rev. B. F. \ aughan pastor of the Christian church, is the selected speaker. He will deliver live lectures, which will cover everything appertaining to this -•lass of mankind. The first lecture will be at the court house next Tuesday evening. Everybody invited. No admission.

FDECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1896.

Adam Gillium and wifeaftcuded tin* funeral of the mother of the former, at Bluffton Sntuidny. The Church < f Christ have petitioned the secretary of the United States treasury to annul the license and selling of la-er on Ellis Island. A woman's edition of the Bluffton Banner will Is* printed on February 22, Washington’s birthday. The ladies of the Baptist church are the interested partii'H. You will find » letter elswhere in this edition of news, from Major Allison, who, with his wife are enjoying the climate in sunny . Florida. Both are quite well. Rev. Hicks of Blufllon, will aldress theKnightsof Pythian mem tiers at theconrt house next Sunday afternoon, that lieing the anniversary of the order. Everybody in vited. The Chicago & Erie R. IL Co. will sell excursion tickets to New Orleans and Mobile Feb. 13 to 16, j account of the Mardi Gris F« stival. For further information call on J. W. Delong, agent. Tom Archbold and 'lark MeCon nell have contracted with the Howe Pump & Engine Company for this [/year. They go to Garrett in a few ’days when- they have charge of the construction of a plant. William Horst nan of near Bing- ■ I en, is the leading tie maker in this; | part of the country. He can make a tie out of mostly any kind of shaped timber. He is a hustler , and is well known in Decatur. Bob Ebinger has signed a contract to travel for some clothing firm, and will go out sometime , about the first of April. Bob knows , the clothing business from a to z . and will make a good salesman, and one that the firm of Ebinger & Meyers will not cure to part with. By the directionsof Celina, Ohio, ■ authorities our officials arrested , [ Alfred Sharpe and a woman by i 1 name of Brady on a charge of association. The man is married and has a family at Celina. They were 1 taken in at the Clover Leaf railway I j just liefore the eastern bound train f i was due. 1 II Burns & patterson have a new front in their business room. It is quite a handsome addition over 1 ! the old one, besides it gives more ' ro >m for the display of goods. » 'This firm doesn’t do much talking 1 ' but they do a clever business most every day, and that is pleasing enough for any modest business I„ " J 1 firm. D. F. Bower, proprietor of the Peoples’ Library, has secured sufficient names to open a branch here. ’ D. M. Hen-ley will I><-1 h<- librarian. ’ No plan offering so many privileges 1 for so small a fee has evt r been offered to our town. Those wishing to see a good library here should . give the plan a careful investigation. Mr. Bower will gladly ex- ■; plain it to any who may call on ’ him. John Dirkson, of Root township, i was found dead Monday morning l iat an early hour. He arose in the I I morning and went out in the yard j at which place he was found by his I family a short time after. Heart ! disease was the cause of death, and it came upon him instantaneous. He was one of the present impanel ed petit jury and last week sit in i court. He is among the oldest of our citiz- ns and at one time was J treasurer of the county. He wasi ’ known all over the county and has ; many friends who will regret to. J learn of his death. 'lke funeral) services took place yesterday. The Studabaker divorce suit was i . adjusted in court Tuesday evening,) an agreement having been accepted by the parties concerned and their attornies. I'he court then acted upon the agreement by granting the divorce, with provisions as ) follows: This agreement between ! Lucy A. Studabaker plaintiff, and ) David E. Studabaker defendant, ' the following shall be allowed the ■ plaintiff for her alimony. The plaintiff shall have the properly, lot No. 69, also the custody of the [child David B. Studabaker, until he is six years old and until the ' furtherorderoftheconrt, provided | that if the plaintiff marry before I six years then the court shall determine as to who shall have the I custody of the child. All property in the house belonging individually Ito plaintiff still belongs to her with a division of the remainder. The defendant pays all court costs ) and each one pays their own atI torneys.

The Willshire Herald with J. I Emmet Culley ns chief (alitor ami scissor grinder, ma<le its initial bow last week. Il is a neat seven column folio, and l<s>ks all right. The relatives and friends of Mrs. Martini France, whose death is m -ntioned elsewh<‘r<', desire to return their heartfelt appreciations ami thanks tor the many fav<>rs and ) sympathy extended to the deceased j during her sickness and affliction. 8. A. D. Whipple of Portland, was here attending to business yesterday. Mr. Whipple is a can-1 didate for pnjsecuting attorney in ' t his district, and as he is a goml lawyer and a clever politician, he no doubt will cut something of a i figure. William Erwin was summoned home from Indianapolis last Fri-I day where he has Is-en summoned a-» ajuror in the federal court, on account of the sickness of one of the small membets of h s family, iThe outbreak wasn’t serious, we are glad to report. The po-toffiee this week reports [ unclaimed letters belouciug to Sarah <’ase, Nick Schafer, J. C. Johnson, Jacob Smith, 11. Stall-1 baum, Greenbury Baxter, Andrew ) t'ribil, D. J. Ludwig, Alice May-m-r, Richard Porter, F. M. Prrish, : George Richards, Ines Rook and John Richards. • : Julius A. Studler vs John Fox was the title of a case which was attractimg some attention and con- j ') suming some time in court last I week. The suit was for $1,000; damages for injuries sustained from , an accident in which a fractious [ team of horses owned by the de i ( fendant, cut a significant part. The ,; jury returned a verict for the deI fendant. Henry Lankeuau wbiler iu town . last Saturday, was stricken with heart failure, from which effects j became near turning his toes to . the daisies. He was in Holthouse’s shoe store at the time, where Dr. I Holloway was summoned, and who , succeeded in reviving him sufficient ). to permit him being taken home. II He is now fully recovered but the stroke was a severe one. Henry ' was here to attend a meeting of ■ the democratic county central *) committee. r I , . Bert Nichols of Decatur, is in the city today. He represents Bolds Bros, of that place, ami is j here tor the purpose of leasing all , lands supposed to be in the oil " field in the southern part of this [country. Mr. Nichols closed the deal whereby the Weller farm was s ' leased to this company today, and ’ the same has been made a matter ■lof record in the recorder's office. • One of the members of the firm of "l Bold’s Bros, is treasurer of Adams ' county, while the other is an oil ' speculator. He was accompanied l iby J. W. Grace, of Andrews.— ■ - Huntington 1 Jemocrat. ( The council met in regular session Tuesday evening. All members were present except Council- ' man Patterson and Coverdale. The • water works committee reported a contract with Townsend, Cox it Co., for tapping the water mains. ’ | The council refused to act on the ■; matter but laid it over until the ) next meeting. The city commis- ' j sioner reported in favor of opening ; Marshall street to the St. Mary’s I river, and assessed the benefits to 'I be paid by the city. The report 1 was laid over until next meeting. | The city attorney was instructed '[to draw an ordinance taxing '[the gas mains. A petition was presented by the G. R. A’ I. Ry. j Co. to cross Nutman avenue with a | spur of their track. On motion [ permission was granted. The matter of permitting John Gerard to take out a city license for one month to sell liquors was deterI mined by refusing the request, but agreeing to r- fund the amount of license for the unexpired term in event he retired from business at the end of one month. The vole on the question of refunding the money was a tie. Those voting “aye” Niblick and Teeple. Those voting “nay” Buhler and Vail. The mayor voted “aye” and de clared the motion carried. The marshal was instructed to kill all dogs running at large unless they could give an account of themselves and would tell who owned them. Also all dogs found in the city which were not reported to the assessor for taxation. The slaughter of the innocents will soon commence and it is reported that some blooded dogs will be the first ones tackled.

Banker Porter, George W. Bolds, A. G. Brigg* ai d William Fields of Geneva, were here yesterday do inga pretty gmsl job of legging for the franchise for the new electricrailway. Geneva is putting on entirely t<s> many airs. “Did man make Gmi, or did God make man,” is a subject that Dr. J.P. I). John will lecture on al the Methodist church next Saturday evening. Every one of our readers are aware of the ability and reputation of this noted gen tleman, who is known the world over. Be sure ami hear him. The board of trade havealrea y received proposals from several large factory nmeerns, one in particular which gives evidence of being very profitable to the city, and the chance for its location seems favorable. We more than ever firmly lielieve that this board of trade organization will lie the im-ans of making Decatur one of the best towns in northeastern Indi ana. Let every one put their shoulder to the wheel. Quite an array of jucy sensation i alism is Is-ing worked oil’ in our ■ circuit court this week, thecause lieing the damage suit instituted by Mrs. Frank M. Cottrell against Alice Farlow. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is grossly guilty of alleniatingthelove, affec- [ tion and time of her leige lord and [husband, for which nothing short lof $2,500 will suffice as a healer. | The case has been in progress [ since Monday afternoon, some sixty [ odd witnesses being summoned to appear and testify as to their knowledg on the subject. The examination of witnessess will take all of today, then the arguments, so the case will not la-submitted to the jury before tomorrow night or Saturday morning. Attornies France & Merryman and D. B. Ford are attornies for the plaintiff, I while Peterson & Lutz are defend [ ing Mrs. Farlow. The commissioners were called into special session Tuesday and were asked to grant a franchise to [ Charles E. Everetts of Fort Wayne. ■ The purports of the franchise being the erection of an electric street railway along the public highway [ through Jefferson, Wabash and Hartford townships, it is the [ company’s intention to build the road along the outer edge of the publichighway. The commission [ers debated the matter long and hard, and are still at it, but some ■ time today a final conclusion of things will quite likely be reached [and the franchise grame 1 under certain conditions. It is new busi - ness Ixith for our co nmissioners I and county attorney, ami they want to be sure they are right before going ahead. This is commendable in them, ami as a result of their careful investigation the franchise will no doubt lie given the petitioner and the the terms ami conditions will be marked down in black and white. The petition, as presented, asks for a franchise to build an electric railway line from Celina. Ohio, to Rochester, Indiana, there to connect for Chicago. The Iran chiseasks for the privilege of making the road bed on the side of tinpublic highway through the three southern townships in Adams county. The object of the line is for the conveying of passengers and freight traffic. It will be built on the street car system, and will stop anyplace along the line and take on passengers or freight. People who live three, four or five miles i from Geneva can board the car ami. take breakfast at the Shamrock, if j they so desire. The three town ships, and in fact every township in every county through which the line line passes, will be asked to vote a subsidy towards the building of the road. Shouldany of the townships fail or refusi to vote the subsidy, the road is knocked out and will not be built, so says Mr. Everetts. The amount of the sub sidy asked isn’t known yet, but of course it can’t exceed the two per cent, limit. The line passes through the oil belt ol Indiana, which is destined to some day be the Hour-. ishing garden spot of the state. It [ passes through a part of the coun- [ try that for some reason isn’t ham- [ pered with railroad lines, and which will open up new countiy and further develop that already < pened. In fact, the road, to an extent, is a necessity. The oil interests needs and demands it. Take it, Mr. Everetts, and may the Lord forgive you if you fail to make a cool hundred thousand out of the deal.

ONLYI.SO PER YEAR

NUMBER 70

FROM SUNNY FLORIDA. Braiiiemxiwn, Fla:, Jan. .io,’9t> Dear Ji-xs, Texa am> Bi rt. My weight today is 179 pounds or foi r poiimis more than I ever weighed in my life. Your mother l.as also gained live |s>iinds since our mh ent in Florida. So you see we are getting along Ve:y handsomely in th* 1 Cracker state. We are being regaled every day with new vegetables, such nscibbage, lettuce, onions, laets, radishis, etc., and to that and the exercise we get in fishing I attribute our increase in avoruupois. The weather has, since our arrival, been clear but crisp and the strong northwest winds a trifle chilly for us but very disagreeable to the natives, still we hava not yet bad occasion to wear our outer wraps, ami the (’nickers have lieen out through the day in their shirt sleeves, so you may know the we-ther has not been liad solar. Yesterday ami today the sun has been brilliantly bright and warm and bids fair to continue and we anticipate a mark of 70 degrees in the shade soon. Your mother and self have lieen out fishing an hour or two nearly every day but have caught only about twenty fish so far as the water has been cold and therefore unfavorable for my business. and in addition the condition of the weather has had the tendency of making minows and cral s very meager, ami that was detrimental to success. The kind of fish we have caught has been confined to trout and one flounder. So far we have not done anything in the way of sheeps head fishing but [expect too just as soon as my boat is completed which will not be later than next Tuesday and as they are very beautiful we expect rare sport when we begin our raid on that species. The people on the Monatee river were blessed by not having their orange orchards injured by the freeze last winter and had a fair crop this season and received about four times the amount for them that they have realized for a num- [ her of years before and accordingly they are fairly prosperous and happy. A party of gentlemen are now here fitting out a schooner to make a cruise down the west c .ast as far as Key West and expect to get ready and sail about next Monday or Tuesday. They want me to make the trip with them but your mother objected. I guess I will not go which I very much regret, as I would enjoy it highly. It may ■ lie that I cau e tiipnimise with my : worse-half and go for about two weeks getting off at St. James in Chariot: Harber and returning by rail. If Igo it will lie the means of giving me som- thing new to write about when I get down to writti"g f-»r our Deal papers. I'he i part> tefi-rnd too above are from [De Monas, lowa, some "f wh«m I met here several years ago. and are gentlemen of means and high in the [social scale of their beautiful city ■ ami are as follows, Adam Howell, [president <»f the Hawkeye Insurance Company; Charles Hewitt, | wholesale grocer; Charles Rogg, a prominent druggist; G. M. Hippee, 'capitalist, and e< governor Martin Tuttle, who is a man seventy two years of age but very active ami a I gentleman of vast learning and withal one of the best story tellers I have met in many years. He was one of the liter’s to the golden state ami regales us oeeasionaly with some of his experience while in the mining camps of < ’alifornia. I forgot to say that on our way down through Florida we were able to see the devastating effect of the freeze which occured on the night of February 9, 1895. < North of Tampa there is scarcely a live orangetree to mark the place once considered the finest Orange belt in the United States, You see nothing but dead trees and stumps. They are cutting down the trees ami expect them to sprout from the roots and then bud the new shouts and in that way get anew crop of fruit in about three to four years, which I hope they may realize as the county districts in the north part of the state are almost bankrupt. As the ste imer which carries the mail from here is coming I shall have to stop my scribling to enable me to get the letter oil. We are in excellent good health and only wish you were all here to enjoy this ' most lovely morning weather. Major.