Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1896 — Page 1

THIS WEEK

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THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.

Joe Br« merknmp visited his His - s'er at Newport, Ky., over last Sunday, stopping in Cincinnati * hen* lie hsiked up many old frinds. Pat K. Kinney of Geneva, was in town Monday. He tells us that h>* has Ismght a lot in the burnt district and will erect a neat building riMim thereon just as s-sm ns the blue biitls " histle. The Chicago & Erie railroad are making sur»eys with a view of giving actual distance the jsist oflicesan- located from line of r ml. They wen* here Monday. The sur vey is being made for and by request of tl e postal authorities. While in town Tuesday Michael 'b-Giilf display cd several army wounds, the result of iieing too domestic in his attentions toward the brindled cow. Byway of explanation he was trying to do the inilking act and the <*ow kicked. We don’t blame her. Rev. Thompson, of Marion, filled the pulpit ut tin- Presbyterian church last Sabbath, he having exchanged pulpits for that day with our Rev. Horton. His sermon iHith morning and evening seemed to swallow all right, so we presume the mixture is worth repeat-1 it'llT e board of commissioners T'ues day granted liquor licenses to Curley Radamaeher, Charles D. Murray, Frank Meilters and John Meyers of this city, Jacob Wegmille ami J. C. F. Manley of Gene va. Eugene Eeschleman of Heine, Ed Neuenschwandei of Linn Grove, and Klopfenstein Ci: Dilling of Preble. Harvey Steele, a teacher at No. 5 in this township and a son of Trustee Steele, is at Fort Wayne undergoing a surgical operation. Au injury to one of his eyes caused it all. Dr. Wileox says the injured memlier will retain its former usefulness, but it was a narrow oscajw- from the final Rss of eye sight. Ed Neuenschwander of Linn Grove was greeting his friends here Monday and Tuesday, and at the same time appeared liefore the ! board of commissioners ami was I granted a license to continue his I business at the Grove. He reports | everything flourishing thereabouts and was wearing an unusual smile over the results of the late primary. John I -. Stultz is showing a little I extraordinary enterprise in the hog | industry. A couple of weeks ago [ he had delivered here from Chicago a tine hog with a pedigree as long as your arm. It is known as Deti- ■ ance twenty, sire, Columbia Winner. It is a fine pig built from the groundup. The breed is ent i reh new here, there being nothing like it in the county. Here’s hoping John will come our of the deal with a mighty good finish. Elsewhere in this paper you will find the resolutions passtsl by the official board and members of the m. E. church in this city. They i very sensibly eulogize the ability of their pastor, Rev. E. T. Gregg, and emphatically set forth sufli cient reasons why the Bishop at the i Richmond conference should return i him for another year to his labors lat this place. The church area i unit on his return, and bitter scorn I will be rampant should the confer cnee fail in this one desire. Rev. Gregg is an able pastor, he is loved ami respected by his congregation and that he should return goes without saying. Conference meetthe 27th of this month; so his fanwell sermon will be preached the Sumi ry preceeding. The commissioners in session this | week have continued the gravel road reports. The Knepper high way petition was continued, and the Dunbar petition dismissed. Viewers in the names of James Hessler, Fred Ruklehorn, and Con- : rad Gillig on the Peter Neuensch- i wander petition, anil on the Sold- < ner new viewers were appointed, < namely Henry Miller, C. A. Neuen sehwander and Reuben Myers. By ! a petition of Frank Arnold a high ; way in Kirkland township was 1 ordered vacated. Superintendent f Graber’s report was approved. His I report shows that fifty inmates are -1 now housed at the farm. This is 1 the largest number ever known, h The Nathan Shepherd petition for * a watchman at the Grand Rapids i ( crossing at Geneva was dismissed k without action. W. H. Ernst of t Bluffton, prayed for a franchise to,f run a telephone line along the high t way through the county, which 1 was granted. ' <

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5. ISJHI.

Mrs. John Colchin, a life long resident of the south part of town, du-<| l*ixt Friday morning, after a Im g mid suflering illness with cntiecr. The funeral service* wen*, held from the St. Mary’s Catholic church Saturday morning, with interment in the St. Joseph c* metery. The attorneys for Rev. W. E. Hinshaw have filed their bill of exceptions in the supreme court. The re<*ord is the most voluminous ever tiled in court, it cov«*ring typewritten pag*s. The attorneys allege that tie evidema* did not sustain such a verdict, and that an error was committed in overruling the motion for a new trial. A F. Shumaker & Co. of Bluffton, wholesale grocers and poultry dealeis made an assignment last Thursday morning, making Charles IL Plessinger of the Studalmker hank as assignet*. The assets of the company are placed at $12,000 with liabilities amounting to $30,000 This means that most oft he i-reiiitors will hold the sack ami that isall. A ms'dle factory, the first in ’he Cniled States, is s<sm to Is* started, the needles to be made by a machine, the first of its kind, invented by Eugene Fontaine, of Detroit. Repeated tests have demonstrated its practicability, and it will turn out 2,500 ms-dh-s an hour. They can l»e sold for fifty cents a thousand, as against $1.2 ' for English and s-venty live cents for German needles. Decatur’s brass band is trying to reorganiz’*, several of the old teernits met the first of the week and gave a grand stand display oftheir talents on the tin horn. We hope Ihe boys will l>e successful In coming together, and that the necessary number will be in it. Some of the best hieal musicians in the country are bid away here in Decatur, ami all that is necessary is to stir them a little, and we can have a* good b md. A masquerade leap year party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tyndall last S.itunlay night. Those present were H. R. Moltz and wife, J. S. Peterson ami wife, Dick Neptune ami wife. Wilson Merryman and wife, F. V. Mills and wife, Sam Lehman and wife, and D. M. Hensley and wife. They all dre-sed up in their best clothes and proceed- d to have a decidedly society time, and if all reports are correct, no one was disappointed. Photographer Moser showed up and “took” the outfit, together with all their superfluous ' finery. The souvenir will be on exhibition at the next worlds fair. The Methodist church members elected ollicers, trustees and all j the other ollicial iinportam-e, necessary for the proper management of the church. David Studabaker, S. Spangler, W. P. Riee, A. R. Bell, Fred Schafer, A. J. Smith, Henry Krick, A. L. DeVilbiss and J. D. Hale were chosen trustees, in ' which capacity they will serve one year. The stewaids are John Niblick, G. W. Teeple, L. D. Adams, J. W. Vail, Dm Sprang. | George Woodward, W. B. Reynolds, 11. 11. Hart, J. H. Lenhart. Dell Locke, J. B. Rice, R*d>ert Andrews ami Jeff Bryson; Recording steward, John Niblick; district steward, Dan Sprang; -alternate, J. W. Vail. David Studabaker was elected a lay delegate to the Lay i Electorial conference at Richmond. March 27. The appearance of Ada Rehan tit the Valentine on Monday evening, March If, will without question! prove the most attractive theatrical: event of the season of ISDG, and the fact that she will be accompanied by the full strenth of the Augustin Daly company, including Mrs. Gilbert. Charles Richman,' and James Lewis, makes the ofl'eri ig almost irresistible to that large class of theater goers who appre eiate the highest type of comedy. I Miss Rehan will be seen here in Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” a character in which she has won most brilliant distinction and which displays to great advan ; tage the superb discipline and, magnificient equipment of the great Daly Comedy company. It goes without saying that her reception will be a brilliant one.—Toledo 1 (Ohio) Sunday Journal, March 1. The Clover Leaf will issue low rate excursion tickets from Marion and' stations east. A number of choice j seats have been secured, which may ' be reserved through nearest agent, I on or before March 6.

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Fire broke out in the dry kiln of i the Wil-on Merryman lumber yards • last Sat ui day inornings about two "’clock, and lint for the hard work of many of our people ami the water works, destruction would - have bet-n lampant tin that neigh-1 Imrhood. Luckily the blaze was 1 confined to the kiln until the water j ' works hose was attached, after! which a force of water soon dee1 troyed all elements of a fire. The loss to Mr. Merryman will aggre- , gate a few hundred dollars, but sutficient insurance was e;irned to I even up the loss. We expect bet- . ter work at (he next tire. The Longacher-Ervin slander ’ suit, which was first tiled in this court and then taken to the Wells circuit court on a change of venue, was pulled otfat Bluffton last week. ' It was a bitterly c*mite«t»*d cast* and 1 ciHisumed tour days in trial. It ‘ originates in Bern<‘, when* the plaintiff at one lime had charge of the t’amplM-ll & Ervin store. He I was unceremoniously dismissal and a short time thereafter this suit was , filed, demanding in its complaint I i|amagi*s to the aimm’it of S7,O*JO, setting up an injured reputation which hail been slandered ami impaired thereby, that amount, lhe suit last week gave the plaintill sioo damages. after the acceptance of the water works plant last Tuesday evening its usefulness was shown in the fire at Wils Merryman’s factory. The temper of the people of lhe city on the water works question was also clearly exhibited at that fire. When the water was turned i.ito the hose and on the fire, its work was so instant and decided, that cheer after cheer arose from the two hundred people present. We venture the predic tion that if Councilman Teeple had been present he would have joined in the cheer. However, his cbeei would have l»een an echo, for it is well known he is always too late to climb in the band wagon before it istarts. A surprise was sprung at the council meeting last Tuesday even ing by the resignation of Street i Commissioner Dibble, lhe conn eil then elected Ezra Cutting to the I office by the following vote: Cut ting 3, J. T. Archbold 2. Lei us hope that the new street commissioner will get a hustle on himself. The water works superintendent filed his certificate of election and bond. The I was approved. 'The water works committee was ' instructed to contra--I with Mr. < Locke to furnish the Burt House : with water for -t*3s per y ear. The : ( matter of insuring the boilers at the water works against loss by I explosion was referred to the wa- , ' ter works committee. The following claims were allowed: Wm. Geary $5, J. I). Edwardss233, Fire Department on account of J. \\ . I Merryman fire $19.25, Ben Knoll < $2.25, John R. Porters 3-75 Luther < < arey $3.45, E. Baxter $2.25, Ben i Baxters3.7s, I*. Smith $1.50, L. i Hammond $3, 0. Boyer $3 Dick i Roop $3, H.Cuttings3, A. Woeiley I $3, John Cratner $1.50, E. Fuller; $1.75, ('. B. Baxter $3.75, F. An i drews $1.50, S. Butler s•>, T. 11. < Blosser $7.50, Dan Shackley $7.50, B. Foreman $1.15, L. C. Miller, i $7, J. B. Holthouse sl, Sol Linn < $4, S. Spangler sl, G. Christen i $4. The report of the city comj missioners upon the opening of i i Marshal street to the river was concurred in, and a resolution of i ! appropriation adopted.

The society elite of I ><*eati:r were carrying things with a high hand last Saturday night, the occasion Iwing lhe leap year party given at lhe home of Mr. and Mis. A. L. Devilbiss. It was quite a brilliant, ‘society ami dress >ipaffair, evening costumes, cab rides and all that j kind of tiling being freely indulged I in by the ladies who did the honors for the occasion as well as the gentlemen who wen* fortunate enough to muster up an invitation and the requisite hair cut. Pr< gressive domino —a new gam** —was a principal pastime of the evening’s amusement. Tom Butlercaptured first money, and Miss Matie Albers the booby. Ctiarles Engler of Bluffton, and Tom Butler of Geneva were the out of town guests present. We have just received the an nouneeinent of Indiana University for the spring term and sumn er school. It is a neat pamphlet of 3f> pages. The Faculty list con tains sixty one names. There will be over two hundred courses pre seated the spring term and thirtyfive courses in the summer school. These sessions offer special opportunities for teachers. The report contain.** the names of several new teachers ami courses. The number of students the present year is much greater than ever before. The University is more a id more adapting itself to the needs of the state and is rapidly growing in popular favor. Thesummers hool has grown from an attendance of 31 in LS9O to 195 in 1595. Catalogues and circulars will be sent on application to the Registar, In ana University, 8100-niiigton, Ind The com non council have under advisability the passing of an ordi nance charging the gas company a license for the use oi the si reels tor their gas mains. Tin* license tin der contemplation fixes a certain amount a foot on the pipe lines in question. The license up scheduled would perhaps bring to the city $1 000 or $1,500 a year. While the city is entitled and should rec ive taxes from every laudable cuter prise, yet we don’t believe it righ to add a license to these same enter prises that pays taxes upon all their valuation. The franchise grant ed the gas company entitles them to charge twenty per cent more for their gas than the prices now gov eruing that commodity. For in stance for every cook and heating stove they can chaige twenty five cents more per month. The com pany has some 1300 stoves besides contracts for the use of gas in other ways. The citizensand gas comsinners can easily see that it would be no hard matter for the company to increase their net earnings $1,500 or $2,000 or whatever the council might add. Like the tariff tax it would come oil' the comsumers, the majority of whom could not afford to pay more for the luxery. The company have been giving us good, conservative and business service, and that fact is appreciated byevery one who has thought about the matter. The pressure has always been up to requirements and neces sity. No matter how mercury stood, the gas was always at the consumer’s disposal, ami for this we are under obligation to the business qualifications of Superintendent Bowers and the company for assisting him iu doing just exactly j what their contiacts with every consumer calls for. There are no j kick registered against the gas company and the council should not start one.

ONLYI.SO PER YEAR

NUMBER 73

i* At the ad journed meeting of the I council held last Friday evening, i 1 the question wh<-ther or not the i cast* seeking to open Madison stn-et . across the G. it. I. R. R. should , Is-appealed to the supreme court ;, came up for consideration. A l number <>f the property owners 1! whose property had been assessed, ; petitioned that the i-ausc be discontinued and their property ie* i lieved of the assessments. About i* a number equal remonstrated r against <*m h action and asked the • council to carry the case, up and s let the supreme court declare the It law. The petitioners were repres sented by Judge Studabaker ami f the remonstrators in person. After -'discussion by Judge Studabaker s and a numls-r of th'- remonst rat<ns, |and after listening to City Attorney Mann’s theory of the law, the k . council passed a resolution direct* r ing the city attorney to appeal lhe case, and in event it should be jalfirmed by the supreme court, the j proceedings were to lie dismissed land costs paid by the <-ity. A re-o- --| lution was passed ordering certain j brick and stone sidewalks taken up ’ on the west side of Winchester .[street running from the south side lofthel’. A E. tracks, and ordering the same ie laid in sand. Also ordering the walks along the east side of the Gillig lot on Sixth street taken up a.d re-laid in said. Probably th>- most important busi- ( ness of Un- ev-ning was the acceptj anee of the* water " rks plant. . The wate: works <- -mmittee repofii d t In completion of the works, and the so lowing resolution was passed; Councilman Teeple being ilie old) one '"ling against it. •• Wii. reas. It a >pears to ihesatisfactioii of the water works committee of the city of Decatur, that the 1 Howe Pump A; Engine Co., <*..ntractors for lhe construction ot a water W'-rks pant in said city, 1 have cimpletvd lhe works in tic1 cordame with the contract "itti said city, and a t st * f th'- works lias been mad*- si: i-l'actor) to tin* ' said committee, now therefor'*. b«* it resolved by the common council of the c.i) of D -eatnr, I <lian-t, that the council hereby aecejil the .said "at» r works pla t as corn- . pleted in all things in accordance with the contract. Provided, however, that this acceptance is not to la* construed so as to relievt* the said contractors in any man..er from maintaining without extra charge, for the term of one year, Hie engines, pumps, boi'ers aril appurtenances, as set forth in the contract and sp< cilications. And it is not to Im* construed so as to relieve the said contractors from keeping the works in good repair, including leaks and failures of whatever description, or from the settling of pavements, fillings ami surface of st reels tor the space of six months from th" turning in of water, and this acceptance of the plant, all as set out in said specifications; nor so construed as to relieve saiti contract’ rs from liability in damages occurring to any person by reason of the condition of the streets and alleys of the said city. And it is expressly understood by this acceptance the city does not in any manner relieve from liability the bonds filed by said contractors until all the terms of said contract in respects above named are fully complied with, and until I the times above mentioned have , fully expired.” The plant there- [ fore belongs to the city, and while ! it cost a large sum of money, yet it i was both needful and beneficial as we hope our people will find it.