Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1896 — Page 1

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K, |S C l Memfee is s Ailing al ■ nil. |fl,„. t I «-•«’« I,JS K " hl l '"' !i ' ■J will move to town. QB , |- I-., at ty «a-' at St. Louis latter part ofla-t week. f1 1 ,|„.-1..-|-.’lli'""< Vote on the ■tlerofa eit.v charter on \pnl2. M. ... ..Gm and l>r. Monebnrn ■k., . |».>ll;e Seinlter is tills Week ■,‘rtaining Miss Amy Myers, of io >*■ iioyb-sol F- rl Way mal the h urn-of Dr. Me s Dimm.iu and wile, "11“ visiting « th the l»«'. BBti.-ii iim-<>f Elias Bliekingbain r ylon. is in the list of >n re ■ issues. Bflyivsdaines A. R. Beil and A. 1.. I > ilbis' .'pent last Thurs lav with parents at Monmouth. M 1:; i re. k rriv-el I-, ad agitator- ■ t . di'eiis'ii ig the question of betfl r roads ami how to get them, fl J. Ind Fiance of Huntington, fl 1S iiHMiug alter business ami here the lirst of I lie week . ■ Ger.','Sli.ifl. one of our (T.iigweekly readers, was in town and cashed up f.rtt.e «■];. K. Erwin went up to F->rj to probate the Christian will, whose death is itn-u- - |H,lohimy Hartle of iJlulftoa b >ot shoe fame, was here .Monday ■Keiiing on way inmie Inmi B-rm-he spent St inlay. ■Hyic. W. E. Allison returned to Little Rock, Ark., alter a two weeks’ visit at the Dr. McMillen and family. BM Al..i Miller, of I nion township. .Sunday after a short illne.". funeral services were held ;ay with inti rment at Clark'.' |fl An I . B. college co'ting 8 :5.0<>0 ES. to bo located and erected at Surely the people lliete feel ajll.'l t illglf of pt Hb' down their back b me. ■■ Mi" A ;nia Se’deiney er celebrated ■e. lit >■■•..; h bir; hd i_. anni.ei 'll;. ■ t Monday evening, s..m- lifh en twenty of her friends helping |gjert ' pleasantly remember that The Fort Wayne News last Wed ag|i .ay in writing tip the Scottish banquet last week said “J. I’, of Decatur, responded to civilization's debt to ■lasmiry." His eulogistic addre." lr ' ( l uen ßy applauded. ■M def Bryson wants it known that ■ district “spellen skule” will hold 11 the boards at the old stand. Monroe and fifth streets, umrrow, Friday, night. They choose up, “recess" and have old fashioned pleasures of ■he ’4o’s. Bert liarruff is now eating law ami otherwise masticating teachings of Blackstone. He with Peterson A Lutz where li. rem tin for some time. Some we expect Bert to bang out a with letters a foot long, ’ Hfanveying the intell g -nce to the s gßttblic that Bert is a full Hedged at law. Lase Rape of Geneva, was up Friday night, attended some of a lecture at the Methodist j ttiat night, and then started Jacob Martin’s, his old place of while here. While labor under the hnlhieitiauon liewas wandering among the dark ■> li dis of Fifth street. Lew Miller ■tghled him and sent him on his rejoicing. This is a big town. Bl A slight blaze in Dan Slmekley’s in the west end brought lire company out yesterday ■lorning. It was a defective Hue Mind died out of its own free will ■■Gore the company,got an opporto display their skill. is a great thing. This ; our mind though, the ■act that the city council should a team to pull the various ■ghting apparatus to a fire. It is ■OO confoundedly bulky for the firej ■<>inpany to drag, and takes tool ■luch time. A good team of horses 1 ■night save several thousand dol■ars worth of property, and in that ■vent they would be a good invest■nent.

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Will nm llitr|H*r of(;<>neva, was in the city Monday. Mrs, Dick Neptune was sick several days this week. Arnos Foreman came buck Monday from his trip to < tklahoma. Sherm; , .n Mott is moving to Indi anupolis where he will practice law. Mrs. French Quinn has been quite ill for a week past, but is now better. Judge Studabnker and wife are 1 at Richmond attending the session of conference. Ira Cutting of Chicago, was shaking hnmis with fritmds hen* the tirst of the week. Mrs. John Meibcrs came home from Jett'■rsouville Friday where she was visiting her daughter. t he Shakes|H*arv Club of literary ladies are getting t eir lslhl-7 course of study pr»“paml and printed. Mrs. W. E. Allison of Little Ro -k, Ark., who has been visiting Dr. McMillen and family, left for Hot Springs this week. The Junior C. E. Society of the Christian church, will give a social at the residence oi Rev. Vaughan on next Friday evening. Spring go ids are now being <1 splayed by our merchant.' The liberal use of printer’s ink is now a propei introduction to ready sales. The new telephone line wili begin to materialize itself after the first of April. Our southern neighbors all express a desire for the line. Let 'ergo. Postmaster Weltley report unclaimed letters belonging to I. H. Jackson, Isreal Chronister, Will Cline, Mrs. Thomas Houser, Bell Sullivan and Anna Rice. Jim Fristoe has contracted with the McCormick binder people and will travel in Ohio for that noted concern. Jim knows all about machines and will make a valuable employee. The working degree members of St. Mary’s Odd Fellows Lodge will go to Geneva tomorrow night to ■ confer degree work. The Geneva j lodge are ideal entertainers, so a nice fraternal time will result. The B >ys’ Brigade entertainment at the Presbyterian church last Tuesday evening was quite a successful public entertainment, and netted the boys a few dollars with which they will further pursue the object of their orgmizition. Work began on the excavation for the handsome new Will H. Keabler residence this week. The house in question will lie of bandsome design, beautiful and elaborate, and when completed Will! ,can ...veil out all he pleases without inconvenience or mortal hind rance. Mr. and Mrs. Will Winch will move to some point in Alabama in a couple of weeks. Will has already located a factory there and will continue in the same old line of business. Their many friends here sort ’er wipe an eye of regret at their departure, but wish them re turns that will fully pay for the long distance change. J. T. Kelley and Tom G illogly, both of Jefferson township, have formed a partnership and will open areal estate, loan and insurance office in Geneva and will also piac tice law occasionally if any clients are left after being distributed among the other thirteen attorneys. The new firm deserves success and will undoubtedly get it.—Geneva! Herald Mrs. L.G. Ellinghamentertained the Married Ladies Gecilliati chib m •mbersjand their liege lords husbands Monday evening. A music al program was rendered in which every member of the club participated, and even if we don’t know a thing or two about music, we must confess that there is talent hidden there—get a brick. The instrumental pieces, 11; <1 .. s, the vocal solos were well rendered and appreciated, after which Rufe Allison sang Old Black Joe in a very tender ami pathetic manner. Those present were Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Gregg, Jeffrey Bryson und wife, 11. K. Allison and wife, Delle Locke and wife, 0. L. Waitersand wife, J. Clint Patterson and wife, D. M. Hensley and wife, Mesdames Doty, and Winch, Miss Allie Peterson and Miss Grace Gregg of Peru.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26,1896.

Jim T. Dailey wim over from Bluißon hi't Friday. G<s»rge ILirtnmn was a business visitor in town Tuesday. Miss Rosa Falk will give her millinery opening April I to I. Mrs. Henry Melbersof Ohieago, is visiting Mrs. Dan Yager this week. Mrs. Fr«d Falk and Miss Maine Holl house San taye with relatives in Wayne. <’. W. Bohiike and wife are the parents <4 a tine new girl which was b »rn last Thurs lay. James P. Sale of Bhillton, passml through the city yesterday on his way io the Richmond conference. Nell K. T<sl' came over last Saturday evening and spent Sun day wiin his wife, and there were ot hers. Clark J. Lutz writes home that his wife's health isimproviug daily ami he hopes to bring her home well. They are in Florida. Rev. Gregg came home from con fereuce yesterday to preach the funeral discourse of Mrs. <». W. Teeple, who died Sunday night. New styles in fancy stationery, all the latest <L-s gns can be seen at. ttiis ofliee. Come and take a peep Miss Grace Gregg of Peru, is here, <-haperoning the little Gregg’s during the esnference absence of Rev. ami Mrs. E. T. Gregg. One week from next Sunday is ■ Eister, and we implore the new • men to look with care as to their ■ Easter lx nnets. The new tirade of fashions must be upheld. A telegram was revived by the , editor of the Press this morning, I which brought tne sad intelligence i of the death of a brother-inlaw, Mr. Hawiey, at North Platte, Neb. t lie was the victim of an accident, j with the above result. I Among the new additions at Geneva is a Presbyterion church- * which organized and staited a few weeks ago. La-t week they put in P a fine new church organ, and in i many other ways are making active ( preparations of being a real live church organization. A SIO,OOO damage suit was filed in the Mai ion circuit court this week by Dora Troxell against Ge rge Gunder and Dr. T. C. Kimball, for seduction and an alleged j abortion. The defendants are ls>th quite prominent and this suit is the sensation of the hour. W. S. Hughes will shoitly open up a marble shop bi Fort Wayne, which for beauty and costly granite in stock, will not lie equaled in northern Indiana. Wayne needed ’ such an enterprise, as those now there are all ancient back numbers, fact which will give Se< tt a wide ! field. Colonel Hargatt the veteran print tourist, made Deeatur this week and relieved the boys of their spare change. He has been on the road for forty or fifty years, knows by name every newspaper mifi in .the I'niied States ami Canada, drinks lots of bad whiskey, eats regularly and seldom works or has a emit in his inside pocket Bluffton was overrun with Knights of Pythias yesterday, several hundred being there to attend the district meeting. Thirty-six J went over from here, besides some, from Berne. Speeches, banquets, secret work and many like pleasures composed the piogram. The boys from here report a mighty ■pleasant and entertaining time, ! thank you. Discussing the question of. I “What is a rubber neck?” the Dunkirk Star remarks: “The most of- ! tensive sort of a rubber-neck in every-day life is the one who is everlastingly poking his nose into somebody’s affairs, ami who always is possessed of sufficient whine to cpiiz another concerning some personal affair when he can not learn of it through the ordinary chan-j nels of gossip. Such cases of ‘rub beri ig’ are of such common occur- ; ance that many people pass it by with the thought that perhaps the! poor creatures were never taught any of the decent amenities of life when, perhaps, a severe rebuke may really be merited. The impression that all the people of Indi ana are rubber necks, is a mistake of poorly informed people. Rubber stretches in all parts of the globe, and no section has any monopoly of the article.

Web Foreman, liarber of Geneva, was here yestenlay. John Heller was at Lagrange the first id the week on business. Lase ItnjH l of Wabash town'hlp, was a visitor in town Saturday. John Wiselmtipt the plumber, was over to Bluffton Tuesday afterI noon. Mrs. John Mayer ami baby spent yestcnlay at Berne with Mrs. I'., I’. Harris, Optician Heiwley intends making Monroeville professionally alter next week. Mrs. J.T. Merryman and mother, Mrs. Albers, are visiting Fort Wayne relatives this week. Attorney R. S. Peterson is in some part of Tennessee on legal business of an important nature. S. W. Vance of Willshire, went to Dunkirk Tuesday where he has a position in some of the numerous fact Ties there. M sses Aildie Webber and Mollie Burwell went home to Bluffton Monday, after a lengthy visit with Mrs. George Zimmerman. The congregation of school children at the rsirner of Everett & Hile’s stoie, will end disastriously sometime. Passing vehicles can't drive on some other street just for the accommodation of the youths. The Bon Marche club members will give quite a swell reception in their club rooms soon after the disappearance of Lent. The boys are among the most congenial on earth ami have the finest club rooms in ■ this section of the earth. An exchange says a poor man can support himself ami wife; a poorer man can take care of a wife, two children and a couple of dogs; a still poorer mm can add six or eight children, and as many dogs as can comfortably lie down in the yard. I. J. Miesse left today for Fort Wayne to select his flowers ami plants, and will open tn the Welftey building April 1, with a full line of Easter flowers. Remember the date and plain-, April 1, in New York Millinery Store, at which place all orders will receive prompt attention. In a Kansas town one Sunday recently whilst the minister was holding forth in the church, a crowd got up a cock fight in the yard. The people who had congregated in the church went out to stop the light, but waited until the battle was over before objecting. The minister looked out of the win dow and said, “We are all miser-ablesinm-rs —which one whipded.” The Methodist ladies of the Second and Fourth wards will serve a supper at the church on Tuesday evening fr -m five until seven o’clock, 25cents, children 15 cents. A reception will be tendered the minister and wife. An interesting program is being prepared, ami it is hoped, that every member whoi possibly can, will be present, and j all others will be cordially wel-; coined. Hunter Meyers came home from his school work at Boston the first of the week, and went direct to Richmond with the intention of entering immediately upon workin the ministry in this district His application for a charge will ! nodoubt be granted. Ile has spent : considerable time in preparing himself for the work at hand, is! naturally brilliant and will no doubt make a distinguished mark in his chosen calling. The school board at a meeting held Tuesday evening selected I teachers for the coining year. ! Lell Segur was named as principal of the high school, with C. L. Walters, Charlotte M ilotte, Rolla Ramsey ami Tillie Felbaum a- assistants. The remainder of the se lected list, twenty-five in all, are Dora L. Peterson, Cal Kunkle, El S. Christen, Rose Christen, Ethel Hale, Bessie E. Congleton, W. A. ■ Lower, JohnS. Falk, Dora B. Erwin, Olive Dailey, John R. Par rish, Mena Meyers, Nellie Wtnnes, Kate Jackson, Cora Shackley, Dora A. Steele, Maggie Beatty, and Mary B. Lincoln teacher of music, and Tessa Barkley supply teacher. Sup’t Moffatt was re elected last weejt. Some live new teachers are on the list this year, all of whom arc quite well accomplished and will make efficient instructors in our public schools. The board’s selections throughout are first class and satisfactory to all concerned.

John Kelly nml Tom Gallogly were here yesterday ami verified their intention of opening ini office in Geneva where they would practice law, make colhvtions, loan money, buy Imnds und otherwise do business. Only two circuit court <-ii'< s have been filed since last w<t»k, and i thoseare titled Ida M. Bollinger vs. Franklin M. Citppcss and Minnie M. < ’nppess, petit <t ion for pari it ion. George rt. Davis, Harry W. Picket! vs. the New Era Iron Works, of Dayton, on contract and account. P. W. Kmith returned a few days ago from a short business trip in the south where he has extensive lumber and timber interests. II ever there was a man thorough- . ly and rightly engaged in the timber business that man must be Mr. ■Smith. He made his usual appearance in this city the first of the week. At Martinsville they have a bar ■ ass >ciation which stipuiah-s th<lees to lie eharge<l by attorneys. Recently some remonstrances were filed against saloon men there and three attorneys ollered their professional services gratis. These three attorneys have now been notified that they eaidi owe the asso ; elation SIOO, as fines for violation of the association iitles. The various departments of the Methodist church made a financial ' report of their present condition last Sunday evening, at which time the conference year dosed. The reports all showed that much good had been done in their various bem-volent ways, and flattering prospects exist for an increase in i Imsiiiess the coming year. Rev. and Mrs. Gregg left for conference at Richmond Tuesday. Peterson & Lutz as attorneys for Jonas Cotfelt have filed a complaint , for divorce from Elizabeth Coffelt. The complaint tiled shows them to have lieen married in 1882 and lived together as husband and wife until March 11, 1896, cruel and inhuman treatment is prescribed as the cause of separation. She re- ' fused to love and comfort him, as well as many other luxuries that go in with mairied bl ss. She has 1 entertained at her homeone Samuel Bell, for whom she seenud to cherish a warm spot, which Sam has touched upon divers times. A son, Roy Goflk-It, is the fruits of their marriage union, and the plaintiff seekscustody of said child. 1 The death of Christian Milhtroe 1 curred last Friday. His death was not unex|H*cted as he had been ili with various chronic ailments for several months. The deceased had always been claimed as pt-cuiiar in his manner, ways of living and . dealing with his fellow man, yet many were the surprises among his j old neighbors to know the many eccentric oddities thedt ceased hob-! bied. lie was always honest to a j letter. After death a piece of paper was found in a pocket of his clothing upon which a diagram was drawn which showed and ex ■ ; plaim-tl the location of where mon ley was buried on tiis farm. Hi 'children followed ins rm-lion >m that paper, and in a short time thereafter had dug up $1,80(1 nearly all of which was in gold coin, It was buried in thes- various lo icalities in coffee essence cans, being! I very carefully stowi d away. Tmmoney was brought here Saturday ! and deposited in the Old Adams iCounty Bank until the estate is; settled up. His wife has been dead some live years, but nine children i all live, Sarah A. Barkley, Mary' J. Brown, Margaret Beatty. Lu einda Fleming, Mrs. Hoffman, George, Joseph and William Miller. His will which was probated at Fort. Wayne Monday, dates back to 1888, and gives to his children sl,050 each, the remainder of his real and personal property going to his wife. Since then, however, the wife died, so an equal division among the heirs will be made. Ihe estate will probably figure upsls,000. George and Joseph were appointed executors, and tiled as2B,000 bond as such executors. The deceased was born in Switzerland, but has lived in this country for many years. When he first came here he lived in Union township in this county, but for twenty-live years past has lived at the old homestead where he died, just across the line in Allen county, three and one-half miles this side of Monroeville. The funeral services were held Sunday at Clark’s Chapel in Union township, where interment took place.

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BUILD GRAVEL ROADS. NORTH ADAMS PAYS THS FIOOkSR ANO SOUTH AOAMS HAO AUL THS FUN. t'Mion fiifl.xio I tm nr li.Hit I TM.&W S. » M rf-t'bh' ... I '.►« IM Klrklutid, MI,«S r;.< Il WdHhiliKlbti I.IMUI,HI. w » I Si. MarvM W Him* 1’1Wk,....,, ... H’U.'Mi Il" 11 M.nttio . ........ ~,s MJ.’-m j ’MM : French | 10»i W Hurt-ford. Wabusli ; j '.MI - .h-iTt r.on ... ....... ut» *| I h-UH fcnr I Gt’lievn .>» i Ti 00 i Berne... i j Total : ■.. •. ♦. .11 II The above table is surely a coin-pr<-hension of figures that can't l>e digested easily by those well meaning people who are personally opposing the merits of gravel roads 'and their bonded necessity. Just study that table a moment and note what fools we mortals be. The assessment last year for turnpike purposes was three and one half cents on the 8100 valuation. The six northern townships, Union, Root, Preble, Kirkland, Washington, St. Marys and the city of Decatur, were assessed and paiil a total of 81,952.73 to r< pair these gravel roads and not one have we gotten. The six southern townships who possess and re<-eive the bemdits of thes'i roads, paid a total of $1,404.90. This includes both Geneva and Berne, who are grea’ly beueiitted, and who also pay the magnificent sums of 871 and 8129.18 respectively. According to this table of calculations, which was taken direct from the records, in the auditor’s office, and which is also correct, the six northern townships without a road pays $517.83 more for repairing those gravel roads than does the south half, with all the roads. In the land of reasoning and common sense, let’s dig the scales from our eyesand look at this question of gravel roads with an eye of reason, judgment and right. We are not finding fault with the south half for po'sessing all the roads; on the other hand we commend their enterprise and business spirit. We do feel, however, that the people in northern Adams are not ■ looking after and protecting their interests as they should. It surely is a poor business principle to absolutely throw away over $1,900 ! ami get nothing in return. There are now petitions in circulation f< r | several roads in this part of the ' world. Why not build them! I Nearly eiery cou ity in the state tiasa bounteous supply’ of good giav'-l roads, ami there has never jje eii an i .tUiice cited when in the I building of ttie-e roads forced any Uarmer to mike an as-ignmeut. There never was nor never w ill be. .A gravel road ados d-nhir'l <> where it costs cents. In building them it gives employmem to the p -ople along the line. It makes times bett< r and before the road i' paid i for it has pad for it -It. Get down to iacls now , and let's handh noth!mg but the sacred truth. Gravel i roads is what we want. Padewewski’s price for j tying Ht.e ,nano at a privat • rec p <m is ; 85.(0 a minute. A San Francisco i woman wrote to Paderewski's manlager some ten days ago, when the 1 pianist was in that city, asking ! what Paderewski would <■ ar."-to I play for five minutes at an after noon tea. She got a reply 'uving I that the charge would be 82,500. She thought this rather steep, and i wrote another note offering to pay 1.81,000 for live minutes of Faderaw ski’s music. She didn’t even I get an answer to this mite. R. B. Allison and wife returned home lu-t Saturday from their winter absence in Florida. They report a most enjoyable time spent there, with the exception of the sad news of the death of Marshal Vance of Geneva, a brothel of Mrs. Allison. They were many miles from a railroad which delayed the communication of this intelligence for many days, and that fact caused the pangs of sorrow to fall somewhat heavier. Elizabeth Teeple, the wife of George \V. Teeple of Monroe street, died last Sunday evening after a long, lingering illness from consumption. She was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1819, ami at the time of her death was fifty-six years and four months old. She was well known here and possessed many kind loving friends, who now mourn her death. The funeral services were held from the Methodist church yesterday afternoon.