Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1896 — Page 1

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linger wiw at Kendall ■rille over Sunday. ■ Rev. Wi/kena was a visitor al ■Fort Ws.vne yesterday. ■ v sneit will move his store to ■tfilbiiire in a week or two. ■ Thisi* the lust day before the ■ -rimin'election and the politicians ■ln thick and tn earnest. I John S. Bowers was at LaFayette ■the lir*t of the week making a re- ■ p, lt to the gas syndicate. I \V Wig Briggs of < leneva. and Im V Katidahaugh of Celina, < thio, ■ <ere here Tuesday afternoon. I Henry Dirkson jun., has been I appointed administrator of the es- ■ tate of Henry Dirkson, deceased. I Harry Studabaker of Bluffton, ■ <a»int"wn Tuesday smiling on I iome of Decatur’s sweet fair on. s. I Remember the supper at the I mini army hall tonight. The \V. j I R. ('. will entertain you all for ten I cents. I In the suit of Oliver Steele guarI dian vs Samuel Steele et al., jndg I merit Dr $59 was rendered the I plaintiff. I Delphos sports a suicide club, I an<l n ports sas it is in a healthy I eowlition. It’s a good thing; push I it along. I The pipe line pumping station I at Treble have changed their or I der of things so as to burn gas, I coal or oil. I Scott Hughes is slowly recover I ing from his sore foot, although a I pair of crutches are yet necessary I for safe navigation. I Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Hartman, of Van Wert, Ohio, will Sunday in this city with the latter’s parents and other relatives. Mrs. Clark Lutz has been and is I yet seriously ill with lagrippe, the | prevailing malady just now. She has Is-en sick for some two weeks. Phillip Bchng of Berne, and Martin Laughlin of Jefferson township, were mingling witli the democratic brethren about town Monday even insMrs. R. B. Patterson was again called to Bluffton Tuesday by the illness of Mrs. Jennie Todd, who took a relapse and was seriously sick for a short time thereafter. Mesdames Jeff Bryson and D. P. Bolds are entertaining a num ber of their lady friends with an “at home” this afternoon. The festivities takes place at the home of Mrs. Bolds. Charles Zwick of Bingen, is now a paid up meinlter of the Press family, he having registered bis name with us Saturday. He reports the inhabitants in and around Bingen as being all right. Arthur Fisher left. Tuesday morning with two car loads of; horses, the objective point being Hamburg; Germany. Herman Derks accompanied him. and will help place them on the market in that country. A. A. Reinhard, book-keeper and freight agent for the Robinson machine company, of Richmond, will be married this afternoon to Miss Lousia Bluhm, of French township. The young married couple are well known and have oceans of friends who will throw their old shoe an 1 wish them unbounded happiness and prosperity. Don’t you want good gravel roads? Don’t you know we can have them for the asking, and the cost isn’t worth quarreling about unless you own a few quarter sections, and in that event yon can [ well afford to pay any moderate or ordinary price for the privilege. Let’s buckle down to this matter in go >d live earnest. There is no use wasting furth’er time and words. The prohibitionists met February 17, and perfected a county organization by making Henry C. Fuhrman, chairman; George L. Kern, secretary, and W. J. Meyers, treasurer. The central committee consists of Henry Krick and Rev. Wise in the first ward, Liman Hart and Charles F. Allegar in the second, J. C. Fuhrman and Loui-i Brokaw in the third; Elzy Uler, Union township; W. W. Watts, Root; A. L. Garboden, Preble; J. E. Ellsworth, Washington; John Shufferly, St. Marys; William Drew, Wabash. Hartford, French, Blue Creek, Monroe and Kirkland, are yet to be supplied. The com- ] mittee and party intend to throw their coats, oil up their bearings 1 and raise cain generally.

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

Mrs Catharine Gaffer is quite sick with lagrippe. Postmaster Baiignman of Steele, was in town Saturday. JohnT. Kelley and Trustee Buckmaster, of Jefferson township, were in the city yesterday. Frederick Valin of Mercer county, visited with Recorder Harruff and family over Sunday. Lots of business and lots of polities were disposed of Saturday, much to the pleasure of all concerned. Jake Parks, of the Bluffton Manufacturing Company, was in town yesterday squeezing an eye at relatives and friends. William Baumgartner of Berne, was a cash cal lei at this office last Friday. He reported Berne as being physically able to crawl on all four. P. Holthouse & Co. intend making some improvements in their store room, whith will have a tendency of making things sparkle therealtouts. Dell Dragoo, of Red Key, was again calling on friends here this week, in the interest of his candidacy for prosecuting attorney for the twenty sixth judicial circuit. The death of Mrs. Maurice King : occurred last Friday morning. The funer il services were held at the C B. church Sunday afternoon, followed by interment in Maplewood. The members of the high school will give a musicale tomorrow, Friday afternoon. It will be entirely up to date, and should be attended by all those interested in school work ami its progress. The Alabama excursionists have all returned to their first love, we suppose to remain. However, we are informed that they were fairly taken by the country, soil and other surface beneticaries. 11. R. Moltz of the Boston store came home Saturday morning from New York, where he had been buy ing his spring stock of dry goods. He reports more extensive purchases and finer goods than were ever displayed before. On March 14 Isaac Zimm-rm in will hold a public sale on the land just across the river. A tine lot of stock of all kinds, farming implements and other things will lie sold. A credit of nine months with good security is also a drawI ing card. A. L. Develbissand wife entertained a few of their friends last Thursday evening. A delightful evening was enjoyed. Those pres ent were Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Gregg, D. P. Bolds ami wife, L. G. Ellingham and wife, Mesdames R. is Peterson, M. B. Miller and Will Winch, and Miss Allie Peterson. The members of Company B. all wear finely engraved badges, emblematical of noble and heroic duty done at the Roby battle field something like two years ago. The badges were presented by Mrs. Roby wl o highly values the heroism "of the Indiana militia. The boys all wear them, are proud of hem and we don’t blame them. Mesdames Jeff Bryson ami D. P. Bolds this afternoon will be “at home” from two to six o’clock, at the home of Mrs. D. P. Bolds. [ Mesdames A. T. Lynch, Tom Arch ! I wild, J. 11. Lenhart, Will Winch, Dell Locke, David Studabaker, L. G. Elingham, R K. Allison. C. E. Doty, A. M. Fisher, A. F. Fristoe, A. G. Holloway. M. B. Miller. E. It. Gregg, Champer, Jelleff, TownJsend, Osborne, and Miss Hattie Studabaker, are the invited guests. Light refreshments will be served. The young ladies of Decatur have held an indignation meeting and decided that they will show the young men here a thing or two. A leap year party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. DeVilbiss, on Saturday night, the 29th, is the result. The young ladies of the occasion are Leona Devoss, Nellie and Lillie Schrock, Rose and Kitty Christen, Ethel Hale, Cora Shackley, Matis Albers, Dora and Allie Peterson, and Kathereen They will undertake the task of entertaining Messrs. John Heller, Herman and Lou Yager, Horace Callow, Dave E. Smith, George Flanders. C. K. Bell and Bert Lower. The handsome new Dibble ' & Meibers cab will be used for ' transportation. Cards and dauc--1 ing will be the amusements of the I evening.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27.1896.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hurt entertained a number of friends at their home last Saturday evening. Trustee Nidliugi-i has a card in this issue reynring his office day. Those having official business with him should look ’er up. Mrs. W. A. Ross and daughter, of Columbus, Ohio, will return home today after a pleasant two weeks visit with friends in this city. Albert Numbers who has been at Lima, Ohio, learning to tune and repair musical instrum ■ntshas returned h ine. He will go into the business here. John T. France was holding down one side of a law suit at Bluffton this week. The case was the slander suit instigated by Longacher against Ervin at Berne. Court adjourned last Saturday after a busy five weeks’ term, and Judge Heller is now on duty at Portland. There were a numbe of civil and criminal eases on the; ‘ docket. C erk Lenhart has this week i issued marriage licenses to William , J. Stager and Katie L. Baumgartner, William Gilbert and Emma • Florence Sprague, Albert A. Rein bard and Louisa C. Bluhm. ; W. G. Mac El ward, the same • genial, clever ami accommodating • general passenger ag< nt oft he Erie lines, smiled on us Tuesday while . in town transacting some railroad business with Agent Delong. 1 D. W. Beery has an experienced horseman here, who is fitting his horsesto attend the Pittsburg stock [ sale. Dan knows a thing or two ! about horses, and will have them in bbMiniers befoie he is through. J Among the last cases in court ? 1 ist week was the civil suit of Harry Meissevs Perry Robison. The i’ i plaintiff demanded something like I S7OO salary due while employed by Perry several years ago. He , got judgment for $352. i Mrs. Patterson was taken quite sick at the home of J. C. Patterson, . her son, last Sunday evening, and for some little time fears for her re- • cowry were entertained. She is recovering however and will soon ! be well again. Dr. Coverdale atI tended her. M. H. Hirshfield, with head - quarters at the New Meisse, hits . tieen doing optical work in this « city for a couple of we<-ks. Last Friday he was arraigned before Esq. Hill for selling goods without license, he was given $5 and costs. He secured the county license re- . quired and is doing business at the old stand. An exchange says: The otuer day a traveling man was telling how healthy it is in Texas. He I said he was traveling through the country one day and met an old gray haired man who looked to be I about 90 years old. The old fel- • low was standing by a firm gate ' crying as though his heart would ■ break. When asked why he was 5 crying he answered that his father • had whipped him for teasing his • grandmother. j- The woman’s edition of the Bluffton Banner was issued last Saturday, a copy of which came ■ duly to hand Monday. The pajier t was issued by the ladies of the 1 Baptist church of that city, ami • was a complete and compact history of Bluffton and many of her , enterprises. The paper too, was • typographically all right, and re- • fleets considerable credit on the , Banner ami its efficient corps of printing artists. It was a money • maker, and netted the ladies sev- ' eral hundred dollars. Willshire township begins to assume some pretentions as an oil ‘ field. J. W. Hays it Co’s Jones I well No. 2 was drilled in and shot » last Thursday and has a good show- . ing for’a 25 barrel well. At first , it was thought to be good for 75 - barrels but later developements - show it to be a25 barrel well. No. 3 on the same farm is located and I work will commence on the rig in a ’ few days. J. H. Hardison of Ge- ■ neva, commenced his well on the • Josh Myers farm yesterday. Should , this well prove to be a producer, f it will be the beginning of actual , I work in this field. We have learned i j that E. E. Wolf & Co. will begin a i well on their territory south of ; this place as soon as they finish a > wild cat well they are drilling near • Mendon. Reports of this kind are ■ very common here and people will ) believe them when they see the rigs going up.—Willshire Herald.

William F. Stoger of Bluffton, Ohio, and Sadie L. Baumgartner were married Saturday evening lust nt the residence of Rev. Routli. They will reside nt BlufTloii. The Knights of Pythias district mc<*ting will Im> held at Bluffton, March 25, so the re|H>rt goes. Bluff' ton will no doubt spread herself in until ipation of the Knightly event. Streit’s Bargain Store will move out of Decatur in nb ut ten days. Now is your chance to save money, aw we sellgiMMls for less than former' prices, as we don’t want to move the g'MMls. The officers of the central com mittee were quite busy the first of the week getting the tickets for tomorrow’s election, having them distributed and looking after other inifiortant business. The Methislistsof this city will siHin begin final arrangements for their new and additional church structure. The proposal plans talk out loud and will surely la* very lieeoming and uj» to-date. A. 11. McConneha and wife left Tuesday for Winchester where they will remain for the present, intending soon to leave for some point in Minnesota. Mac's health isn’t the best, a change of climate Iteing necessary to recruit him. The Brown-Gemmell seduction suit which created souh a stink in our circuit court at its September term, is bisiked for a re-hearing and will come up at the next term of court. It originated in Jay county and was brought here on 1 change of venue. The celebrated Cunningham Quartet, under the management of Z. D. Merriken, of Chicago, will appear at the Presbyterian church o.i Monday evening, March 9. The entertainment will la* under the auspices and for tin* benefit of the ' Christian Endeavors. Prepare your mouths for romethmg good. Dr. Kohn of Preble, smiled on us Satvrelay, and among other ' things said that the bottling works of Klopfenstein <& Dilling, was ' about completed. They have an ice house filled with eighty tons of ‘ ice and everything prepared for 1 the opening of their business. ’ Preble is booming with a capital Cock fights, that is cock rooster ' fights, seem to be the proper and ‘ up-to-date thing for our festive sports just now. No less than ' three have been pulled oft according to Marquis of Queensberry rules within the last week. This ’ thing contains much momentary ‘ pleasure, no doubt, but it's bad business. The ease of Lynch vs Rosenthal ■ growing out of the sale of lots in ‘ the Lynch addition, wherein Rosen- ‘ that claimed that the manner of ' j distributing the lots made it a lot- ‘ tery, has been in the supreme court for some time, and was decided last ‘ week against Ly ich. The supreme court held that the distribution of ' lots as proposed by Lynch eonsti tuted a lottery, ami that he could 1 not compel the parties to take and i pay for the lots drawn for them. Mrs. John E. Smith died at her home on Eighth stieet last Friday morning, after a lingering illness j with consumption. The funeral | was held front the Methodist church i last Sabbath morning. She was | sixty-five years of age, and has lived here for many years, and was known to every one. She was one of the promoters and organizers of the Rebekah lodge, and has tilled every official position in theorder. She leaves a husband to mourn her death. An erroneous description of a piece of land has catwed a compli-1 cated state of affairs tn the estate] . of Henry Schultz, late of Jefferson [ township. By a recent order of court W. 11. Rupright, the administrator, was authorized to sell forty acres out of eighty, the land; i lying half in section 17 and the other half in section 18. The de < scription of the same covered all . the land by mistake, and the en-1 tire eighty acres was sold and con- ! veyed to Abner E. Elzey, though all parties were under the impression that forty acres only had been j transferred. After Elzey had placed the deed in the recorder's office he | sold it to Joseph Elzey transferring ] ' as he thought but forty acres while . in reality the whole estate went.. ■ Schultz heirs will not lose the land, i but as all the transactions are on record it will require some time i and labor to straighten out the matter.—Bluffton Chronicle.

Post I’uster Wellley rejMirts tin-; clniimsl letters liehmging to Jasper Jeffvrey, Ida Tigner, Eva Andcr son, Carrie Ward, l>avid Gnnn, J. M. Wells, Cora McMullen, George Norton, Thomas S. Kizer and Louisa ileiinl erger. Rev. George W. Schroeder teturneil to his school work at Dan vide, Ky., yesterday morning. While hon elast week heassisUslin temporarilly organizing a Presbyterian church at Genevan He re ports the school work as being very pleasant. John Reed, who is pumping for Bolds Bros, on the Frank Pontius farm, was badly burned alxiut the face by the explosion of natural gas on last Thursday. He followed the sun* but somewhat dangerous method of finding a leak by strik ing a match.—< leneva Herald. The Clover Leaf route will issue excursion tickets on March 19, April 2, and 21, and on May 5, to points in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, lowa, Dakota, also to points south and southwest. Call on nearest agent Clover Leaf Route. Catharine Welch Saturday was granted a divorce from John Welsch ami given alimony in the sum of SSO. This reminds us that the last term of court was a record breaker for divorce suits, five different people being dissatisfied 1 with married life and sought a release from present stringencies. The last few days have lieen very appropriate for the further agitation of gravel roads. Byall means let’s lay' aside our prejudices on this important public question and r benefit, and let’s get down to busiI ness. For infom ation we would also like to know what has become • of that petition which is now old • enough to wear whiskers. Grant Railing, wfter one year's confined sickness with consumption, died last Friday morning, i He was born May 26, 1566, and at ■ the time of his death was twenty i nine years, nine months and one i day old. He leaves a wife and i four children ami a host of other ? relatives ami friends. The funeral • services were held Sunday afier- . noon from the Presbyterian church, I with interment in Maplewood. The Clover Leafß. R. will issue low rate excursion tickets on March 9, and 17, from Indiana stations, Marion east to Toledo on above 1 dates for train No. 2, returning train No. 2of same date. The attraction on March 9 will be Ada 1 Rehan, supported by Daly 's New York company ami that of March I 17, the Camille D’Areille Opera company. Make early application I to nearest a 'ent Clover Leaf for i excursion tickets and seats at the Valentine theater. i The expenses of tiie last term of | of court are summed up as follows: I Adda Snow, court reporter, $76; J. ;R. B >bo, attorney for poor, $10; . ‘ Jacob Martin, meals for jury, $3.25; Coffee & Baker, meals for jury, $3.25; J. S. Colchin, meals for jury, $3.25; J. S. Boyers, examina tiou of Meno Me|ch : , $3; W. I! Anderson & Co., decadents estates, • sl2‘ Bowen Merrill Co., law books, $54; J. 11. Lenhart, clerk 11. f court, SS6; P. P. Ashbancher. | sheriff', $112; F. E. McLean, bailiff. I $45; Charles King, riding bailiff', ; I $13.50; Samuel Reisen, riding bail iff, $2.50; L. L. Mason, riding nail iff', $37.50; Yoder, riding bailI iff, S3O; S. G- Martz, riding bailiff'. ■ $10; Clem Macklin, riding bailiff, $7.50, jurors regulat and special venire, $651.10. At the council meeting last Tuesday' evening an ordinance was passed dividing the first ward into I east and west voting precincts. ] The east precinct will vote at the' barn of Dr. DeVilbiss, and the i west precinct at the office of the Egg Case Manufacturing Company. The ordinance will be found else- ; where in this paper. A number lof residents along west Madison stieet petitioned the council to drop the proceedings for the openI ing of Madison street across the G. R. & I. railroad and Friday' night next was fixed as the time when the council would hear the peti-1 I tioners. The committee on public [schools reported in favor of the ; construction of a ward school j building in the first ward at some ; central point, ami reported against i [ the erection of a central building. The report was concurred in. The only claim allowed was to the. Journal in the sum of $32 for pub- j lishing the waterworks ordinance : in pamphlet form.

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MADISON STREET OPENING. Editor Press:—Please allow mo through your columns to communicate with ri’sideuts along west Madison street whom I ciinnnot see and talk with personally. There seems to be a disposition to misstate the condition of affairs in relatimi to the opening of Madison street across the G. R. & I. R. R. Reports are being circulated by people interested in the R. K. Co. that the property owners will lie compelled to pay the assessments made by the circuit court, if the case is apuealed to the supreme court and is there affirmed. Ihere never has lieen any intention ujwn the part of the council to compel the property owners to pay the assessments as made. If the supreme court says the damage assessed in favor of the R. R. is just and ought to Im* affirmed, then the ' city will pay costs and dismiss the case. The statute gives the city that right, and the council recognizes the fact that the assessments are unjust, and should not Im* paid. If the case is affirmed the city will then pay all • •osts and stop further proceedings. Ido not think that the residents of the city ought to Im* frightened by the R. R. Co. lam satisfied the law is with us, and that the case will be leversed, but in event I am wrong, you may rest assured that the council will never js-rmit the present judgment to stand so you will be compelled to pay it. If you will examine into the true condition of things you will see that the present effort and n jxirts are simply' for the purpose of a scare. The sole purpose of the council is to determine some law questions invalued in the case. If the council is right then the street will beopened and the R. R. Co. receive a fair compensation, if the council is wrong then you people west of the R. R. will either have to go around, or buy wings and liy over for all time to come. ResjM*ct fully, Jas. F. Mann, City Att’y. The case of Peter Longacher, of Berue, vs. Frank L. Ervin, of Hartford City, was called tor trial in the circuit court Monday morning before Judge Vaughn. A jury was emj>anel/ed ami the attorneys are at work examining the thirty or forty witnesses who have lM*en summoned in the suit. The case must continue a number of days. During the year 1,'>94 the plaintiff’ managed a branch store at Berne for Campbell & Ervin, of Hartford City. Trouble arose and Longacher was retired. Soon after Ihe difficulty, the complaint, which contains seven jiaragraphs, avers that Ervin, at se\en different times and to us many difle'ent parties, termed Longacher a thief and intimated that he hid taken money belonging to his employers, and Loi gaeher, w ho is now at Elkl art, wants S7,(MK) as reputation for his injured n-putali >n. The attorneys interested are France ci Merryman, of Decatur, and Martin iV Eichhorn for the plaintiff with Cantwell & Simmons, of Harts rd t ity, and Dailey, Simmons X’ Dailey on the defense. — Bluff'on Chronicle. Henry Stephenson was instantly' killed at I niondale Inst Friday morning. He was foreman at the L. D. Adams stave factory and was unloading some logs w hen one of the massive sticks madea header towards him, and succeeded in catching him, breaking bis neck and badly mangling and bruising his face and body. His death re- ; suited instantly. His mangled remains were brought here Saturday, the funeral services being held at the Methodist church, was followed with interment in Maplewood cemetery. The unfortunate man was a resident of [ this city, well known and highly i respected by a large circle of friends who deeply regret that death should so violently and suddenly claim him. The next Indiana State Epworth League conference will be held at Anderson, June 25 to 28. As the location is central it is expected that this will be the largest Epworth League conference ever held in the state. No effort will be spared to secure the very best speakers and to make the meeting ■ practical and spiritual. Special i sessions will be held for each department. Every E. L. Chapter [ in the state is urged to send dele- ' gates. The railroad rates will be I announced later.