Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1896 — Page 1

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BKI u' I’j i< •• H’shi 1 ' 11 ■ of the week M irink eof the Lamia.l a, ■ » .-I-"" ■ fit i bis friend** ■Mr , "" 1 T n ' 1 M ,1 b ,<„meia. altera pr.mmg..! fcl'h Mrs. W. H.Keitbhi. ■ ti n IvutnAy. is in the city a 1,1 r - ' v ' m ‘ i i " 1 ' 1 * y - ■ * ,lu ‘ la " l '“" ■ of*.*■Mr M'' v - l! " 1,Is " f I,arll '"' l Btmi-hip. visited her s the B'»int\ H'.r ii'i.aud family - x • r.U B days thin week. BH t> w Lilith mule his weekly BaPP"".'' "*’■ < ‘ i,y ‘ y ’ ■ ]Lkin’""‘ I,is '**' aI " 1 , "' 1 ’ " Bant 111 ,h ’* l '“ M « ( r , ! P.ron fell tbeotherei.mBine It. ‘kmi: the left arm. and ■ oIb( . r nr smashing “ h '" B impetl.i ’ running gear <•! hr B make-up. HI p.Minrt-r Wellley this M.ek Bn-. -ime.l letter b hri i: g Bto K.rlel !■: zey. Bream- Bar;.. ■ Hire ■ I'. ■ :.|e. Am in'! i S■ r r B and Gertie Nelson. H Atteiiiey Jac >b Butcher and ■ Frank li nper of Geneva. m.-i? IB visible . . the city yesterday. b. mg H callfil I's business to the meat ■ and only capital of Adams. ■ I?.. i - Meyer havea biro- < Il sduitreiiient which they arc . s IM peril V desirous that you roi l ■ helte. t He arm, am! then buy any ■ nuiuUr i.f tickets you want to. ■ I iiin-er. Curley K ulna u h ■ .r, \\ nr-ll Moo s. Charles Meili, is. ■ C. B. Murray. I*. J. Highland ami ■ N. C •'..vet-dale attended the Elks ■ Mill-' ' Il Wayne Monday ■ ■ eti- ■ in? ■ The remains of Mis. Wi'lis ■ Sprague was brought to this city ■ from Blutlton last Thursday ami in ■ terred in M ipiewood ceim teiy. >he U was a resident of this city sonic ■ time ago. ■ Jud..- Heller has bough' a faun ■ with which he proposes to ainiis- ■ himself with bet ween Judicial acts. ■ There is nothing more temp >ri. ing ■ than a nice quarter sectionpc ■ dally in Adams. ■ A line billiar.list amused s .me ■ of the sporting elements at the ■ rooms of the Bon Martha club ■ Monday evening. He was an ex ■ pert, am! made some very c.ever ■ inaciia pocket shots, bringing th’ U ivories mi any kind of a degree ■ angle, imaginable. H Mrs. Jacob Schaller entertained Il the Shakespeare Indies yc'tei.iay B afternoon. Next Wednesday < v.-n-H ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H A I). Mottatt, this club will close M their season with a swell banquet. H The Fortnightly' members are in |l vited gm-sts of honor and will lend H their exhiierating prestieiieeto the ■ occasion. It is generally conceded H to lie the event of the season. Mrs. Lynch of Decatur, was in the city Saturday afterno >n solicit ing advertising and historical i sketches for a tri-county historic ii magazine, it is proposed to g< t ' ont a ma azine containing historical sketches from at least three to six old residents of each township,' town and city in .Jay, Adams and Randolph counties. .Six thousand will be printevl and sold at ten cents .ijmsie, and Mrs. Lynch said the proceeds were to be used to pay for an non fence around the new cemetery just, laid out at Briant. — Portland Sun. A special from Montpelier to the ’mrt I mrnal, says that the past ight days have shown con dderatble activity in the Indian ’ oil Held, During that period there has been jnst thirty wells com ' plated, of which only six weredry, "r worthless for oil. The r.nriinder of the wells show a daily output of 1,850 barrels the first twenty so hours after completion, or an average of seventy three barrels I to the well, which is considered enormous The Fort Wayne <?as company’s Nos. 1 and 2, on the Bennett farm, in section 16, HarriR on township, Blackford county, are g‘>inl for 150 barrels each; Huntington Light A' Fuel company's No. 2 Cochran farm, section 15, ' r an Buren township, Grant county. J OO barrels; Griffin, Liken & t'o.’s. No. 2, Shoemaker farm, section 23, Hardford township, Adams county, 150 barrels.

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Mark McConnell’s mother of Monmouth, is visiting in the city. Mrs. Bweringen went to Fort Wayne Saturday where she met her husband and spent Sunday. J. \. I'ristoe was a Sunday visitor in town, after a couple ol weeks otit with some machine company. Peter B. Manley of Marion, was here Tuesday evening on his way home from a business trip to Ge- ■ neva. Mike McGr.IT of Geneva, has bought a barber shop and gone into the business. No reduction in prices. Miss Amy Meyers rcturm-d home to Fort Wayne Saturday, after a pleasant two weeks’visit with Miss 1 tollie Schafler. Lisik up the change in Niblick’s advertisement, as they are doing business at the old stand, with spring inducements that are hard to beat. Will Kelley, a bright young attorney of Portland, and a familial figure hereabouts, was looking after legal business here yesterday and 1 ist evening. I’ncle George P int ins was here Monday and Tuesday on bis way to some point in Michigan, when* he goo to visit friends. He will remain several weeks. Dave E. Smith was at Bluffton Monday night, riding the Masonic goat in some of the elevated degrees. Dave will someday Iw in the upper ten in this secret order circles. The M. E. church Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.; preaching 16:30; Junior Leagued p. m.; Senior Lea gue6:3o; Preaching 7:30 —Subject, I “Childish Things.” All are invited. Court opened Monday morning at the usual hour, with Judge Heller presiding. The members of the bar were out in full and business staited oil at the usual ! speedy gait. Lewis Reynolds of Hartford township, was in town Tuesday and ordered our big bundle of Press news for a year. Lew is one of the substantialities over there, ami of course couldn't get aioug without all the news. Fre 1 Si-hatfer now drives one of the finest large sorrel trap horses that has made its appearance in the city for many a long time. It is a proud and stately animal, and all right in every particular, lie recently purchased it from D. W. Beery. Mrs. Henrietta Cline of Preble township, died Sunday morning from heart failure. She was sev- , enty three years old, and one of the most respected ladies in her' cimmunity. The funeral services! were held Tuesday morning at ten o’clock, from the St. John’schurch. A large concourse of people were present to pay their last respect, to - their old friend and neighbor. The law firm of France & Merryman were interested in a suit in the Allen circuit court at Wayne last week. The case originally went to trial in Jay county, wauj U’aii'ferred from there to Wells i county and finally io Allen, the title of thecase was John McDowell j vs W. R. and Naomia Wheat, for , alleniatlng the affections of his wile. A judgment for SSOO was rendered the plaintiff. Our lawyers iuay tickle themselves under the chin in congratulation, as it is seldom a judgment of any amount is leudered in such a case. It was , fought to a finish, by both sides, legal talent of no small caliber be- ■ ing interested in the case. The annmiTvlection of officers of the G -t nmn Building, Loan and i Saving Association occurred at the; office of Secretary Schirmeyer last! Monday evening. Directors were: - chos n in the name of W. H. N ib- ■ j lick, David Studabaker, B. W. •Shidty, F. M. Schirmeyer, J. B. ’Holthouse, J. S. Peterson, Theo. Smith, C. P. Ehinger, J. T. Merry man, C. J. Lutz and Gerhart Ber ling. The directors then got together and selected officers. J. B. Holthou.se being made president; ’ B. W. Sholty, vice-president; W. ’ IT. Niblick, treasurer; F. M. Schirmeyer, secretary; David Studab.kei and J. T. Merryman managers. A. J. Hill was retained as auditing committeeman. This ass iciat'lon is one of the sound money institutions of our city, it not only being perfectly safe and reliable, but an investor that makes you money besides. It will pay any one to invest in a few shares.

DEOATUH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL Hi. ISDii.

A ris-i’iver has Iwoti appointed for the Blutlton Manufacturing company. The company is solvent. Fsq. A. J. Hill and wife were both sick last week, but now are coiivhlvm* ng, and will quite* soon Im* well again. The Boston's have a new change in their n iimrks to you nlmut the question of Indies wearing apparel, | dry goods and other J. <’. Moran cards us from Valparaiso, to amuse him with the Press weekly, lie is there going to school and will remain all sum mer. ('. P. Ehinger, J. H. Bremerknrnp, W. H. Kenhlerand Barney Wemhoff attended the funeral of Mrs. Kline in Preble township, Tuesday. Mrs. J. F. Horton goea to fluColumbus hospital today for continued treatment for a chronic trouble that has sorely afflicted her for son « time. Mrs. J. (’. King died at an early hour last Saturday morning. Her remains were taken to Herod, Ohio. Hunday evening where they ’ ven* interred on Monday. From some unexplanabl reason, we to >k the name of Miss Mattie Albers in vain last week. Mattie 'Grim was the lucky star, so we humbly beg panion all around. (’olcbin has a new fangled delivery wagon that is in ••very wav a beauty. It will travel over the city delivering fresh bread and ’other staple deludes. It is areal beauty. Dame Rumor has tieeu in cireu lation for a few days conveying the' intelligence that W. M. llainsworth and Mrs. David E. Studa baker were married as Goshen a short time ago. Eirl Adams and R>y Archbold came home the latter part of last week from the Michigan university, to spend their summer vaea- i tion. They report eillege life as pleasant, and will return for the ■ second year’s course next fall. A Hartford City man caught three d’ffere t men kissing his wife and went to a lawyer to see ab mt it. I “You have good grounds fora ■ divorce,” said the lawyer. “Idon’t want a divorce,” said the injured party, “I want to get out an in junction to make them quit.’’ J. W. Merryman's new dry kiln at his lumber yard ami factory is quite an improvement over the general run of institutions of this kind. It is heated with natural i gas, ami is s i arranged that it is next to impossible for a blaze to I break out from it. The insurance. ! adjuster was smitten with the workings of the critter, and reduced the I insurance rate* from six to three | ami one-half per cent. Judge Heller has slated the following cases for hearing at the I present term: April 26, Stat? vs Ben Middleton, Slate vs Sam S. Waggoner, <mi three charges; April 21, State vs John Evans. State vs J Albert Brocht, State vs John Smith;; April 23. Milo Wilson vs Chicago & Erie railroad; April 21, National Bank v.-. Robert Fortnia : April 125, Isaac Zimmerman vs Lewi., i Koenemau; April 27, Ari i Brown vs Grirr F. Gemim-1; April 25, Peter Holthouse & Co. vs Jesse I I B iti> r; May I, Fred Diem et al vsi ■ Patterson & Pillars; May I, Rub ■ ber Manufacturing Co. vs C. W. i Hocker; May 5, Sherman Mott vs i Rhoda Durbin. The Fortnightly club bad an other of their interesting -meetings I at the law office of France & Morr.v inan last Thursday night. Richard , ! Dick Erwin was the or.dor of the ; evening, at which time he handled j . so sacred a subject as “the uh inity i of Christ, or is Christ the son of, I God.” He very b ildly and with- ] out fear or intimidation from any I one wiuled right into the subject from a standpoint that Christ was divine. His illustrations to prove; its truth conveyed a line of reason-, ing that was almost invincible. It I also displayed a fact that Dick had. put much thought into the subject, and had defended it in away that | had never been done before. It. is a subject upon which there exists much diversified opinion, and reasoning it from a depth is the only way any light can bo thrown on the subject. While some of the members would not agree with the entire line of arguments, yet they admitted that it was defended more able and thoroughly than they had ever before heard it.

11. J. HolthouMe was a .Sunday visitor wiih his wife here. IL* has been thoriigh iiorlln rn Indiana and Michigan in the interest of a ColumlmsshiM* house. He left for the south Monday n orniiig. Chirk J. Lutz has lieen npp tinted special judge for the cum 1 i>f Perry Robison vs Amos Gillig. The case is one for accounting, wherein the 'plaintiff demands $7,000. It has not us yet been set down for trial. Clerk Leulmrt the past week I issued marriage licenses to Lewis Fairchild and Persuila Graseclose, I’rcd L. Avery ami Verna Mellor {lies, S.imtiel L. Hieseti and Anna C. Swartz, Nathan Cole mid Katie S. Wells. The Peoples livery stable own a line new three seated <-arry ail. taut is simply all right, and will be in great demand this .summer when people want to drive, and al the same time have plenty of room to spread out in. Sam Reissen and Anna Swartz of Jefferson township, were married last Sunday, Esq. Brvaiuiiflciatiiig. Some sixty of their relatives and friends were present, and witnessed the tying ot the nuptial knot. The Pitr.ss extends congratulations. Jacob C. Miller’s new boat waturned loose tn the St. Mary’s last Thursday, at which time it worked with all the charm its inventors asked for it. The ingenuity of i man is something wonderful. Jake is entithsl to a butt< n with a round hole in it. Geneva DiuiKwrats went into convention last Thursday evening, and uoiniuated Frank Hale for I town clerk, Daniel Booher for treasurer, Hank Finklxme for marshal, Michael McGriff for c mu oilman in the uoith ward, and Will Heaston in the middle ward. The Presbyterion ladies know a thing or two about pot pie, as ci i be testified toby ye hungry editor, : who succeedeil in masticating the other end of a spring turkey buz zard. Wecouldu’t have done better ourselves. The ladies fed a goodly number of the Decatur pop ! illation. The money will be used in beautifying the church. The remains of Grant Gwiner were brought here over the Rapids lines Mon lay afterno m from some place in Tennessee. lie was a i brother of Mesdam' s Dan Meyers, Henry Hiatt and Frank Gast. The i deceased and wife left here some six or eight years ago, and at that time h»- was a robust and healthy man, hut consumption conquered. The widow will be remembered ! here is Miss Weyer. Maud Muller on a summer’s i night went out on her bike in the ■bright moonlight. She peddled around from six to ten on a trip that would fag the strongest men; I but her heai t was light and her i -pirits gay, fov it wasn’t work ' 'twas only play. Next morning, | however, she’d a pain in her head; she was ail played out and stayed un bed, while her mother hustled in the kitchen below—not to ride a , wheel but to make things go. Though h 1 morning was hot a d .-•be worked liy the lire she didn’t !collapse with a punctured tire. ■ Alas for the girl and the woman’ -<*••. Things ?re not as they us *6 io be. The large Metho st church an !i I toriain was filled Tuesday evening iby a dense throng of our people. I who were i itorested in the W. C.! i'. I'. contest, by seven members: of our high school. Tht contest - atits were Jo in (' i.gleton, Grac i Boltenberg, Faye Jvlwurds, Ji-s-ie i ‘l'o-som, Ernest t'arr, H rry ten and John Kern. The subjects; jof the orations were, “Is the saloon i j a necessity, audit not, iiow shall: nve get rid of it!” The seven: - orators propounded a variety of thought that was excellent and I ■.veil received. Theron stverifi d the reputation of the high school for excellent work in this line, as well as mmy others. The orators I were a great eredid to our schools', land themselves, and we believe an .occasional repetition of these con- . ts would a g<> '1 thing. Who of our business men will be first tn offer a suitable prize to be contested for by the high school mem bers? Don’t loose your voice but speak up. It's a good thing. Encourage and help it along. Miss Faye Edwards was awarded the first prize of $5, and the second was divided between Miss Josie (’ongleton and Harry Christen. Prof. Moffett presided in his usual graceful manner.

John E. Pifer and Lueretin Douglass were married nt the hop'e of Mr. und Mrs. Henry Stacy, in Blue Creek township. A large number of their friends were present, a sumption* dinner was served and a grand good time was enjoyed. Editor Rayn of the Herald at Geneva, was a fraternal caller at our sanctum Tuesdny afternoon, Where be went ill’o executive M'Ssion with our snake editor. The “profesli” lias now advnnc -d n peg where it awaits the coming of Im mortal J. N. The republicans went undercover Tuesday evening and nominated candidates for couneibiieii. In the first ward James l-xldington was the siciifice, in the eevond John Everetts, and in the third A. J. Teeple. These formalities have to Ih‘ c implied with. The grand jury met Monday afternoon and proceeded to the business of the session by the -election of Jeremiah Archlmld as foreman. As they are not talking much about their business, we know not, whether much or little business is to be considered by them. A Boys Brigade has been organized in the Methodist church Monday evening. The Brigade numbers thirty brave young mem tiers who will learn the various tactics of a drill and the many other ms-essary distinctions of a soldier with a wooden leg. Dick Neptune will be master of ceremonies. The L idles Mite Society elected officers last Friday. Those whom honors Mere thrust u|H»n being Mrs. John Niblick president, Mrs. D. D. Heller secretary, Mrs. David Studabaker treasurer, Mes‘dames Devilbiss. Bell, H«»operaud 11. H. Hart ward presidents. The society is beginning to assume important proportions, are now a good influence in the church. The Ladies Historical Reading Club, is another important literary annex to the thinking minds of Decatur. Last Friday they closed , their eighth year with a literary program and banquet at the home of Mrs. Dr. Holloway. Sixty guests i and members Mere present. Mt*dames Blossom, Miller, Schrock and Miss Lillie S-gur filled Hitprogram with choice selections, which was followed -by music. This mu- followed by amusements and luncheon, all of whieh teemed witl pleasure and social fun. Five state cases were file I at the clerk’s office last Thursday, being brought here on a change of venue from Jay county. The def-udauts in the suits are Wallace and Button Neal, the famous w irehousemen of Portland, who precipita cd them selves into a financial crisis i November 1894. The indictments a 1 set out at length that grain be longingto William Ne vton amount ing t<> 8586, Adelina Lupton sl3l. 18, John M. Ib nry 811, Mary Fry 8)8, John W. Widiams $565; the I said grain Mas left with the Net Bros, on deposit, and that they > wrongfully, fraudulently and fel- j onotisly appropriated said grain to' their own use, by s img it wit • view of defrauding the plaintiffs. France & Merryman as attorneys for Joshua Bright, ox trustee of: Kirkland town-hip, tiled at'the clerk’s office a r-uit tor damag s in the sum of $5,060. The c -mpkiint is written in three par igrapbs the , Isubstance of w ich e upiiiitiially accuses Jeremiah Barton, also of ; Kirkland township, with falsely slandering the. good name and, reputation of the plaintiff'. The ' e implaiut states that at a certain public sale held by Bright in 181'5, ; Barton purchased a brood sow for | $11.25 and one stand ofswormof! i honey bees for $2.25, making a total of $13.50. That in miking, lup the note the latter charge of; $2.25 was omitted and the note was ; written for $11.25. Before signing the note however, the mistake was , discovered, and Barton suggested that the correction be mane by erasure, instead of writing a ucm’ note. This was done. In the month of January this year, the defendant called at the home of the plaintiff and paid the note. After that some time in February the defondent in a conversation with Edward Howard, Samuel Diehl, John P. Straum and divers other persons, maliciously exhibit ed said note, and spoke and published of concerning the plaintiff, i conveying the meaning that he was guilty ol the crime of forgery. The ease will be called up at the pres ent term of court.

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i Cripple ('reek, Colorado, was » swept by n gigantic and terrific storm Inst Sunday uhich destroyed • much pro|M»rty and many lives. This is the place that IL K. Allison mid George W. Bolds of Geneva, spent a few weeks during the winter. It is n gold mining district. While in the city last week attending to some iiiiHiness Mrs. Showalter showed distinct signs of an aberrate mind, which was brought ulHHit by the anxiety and worry of Nettling up the biisiiiess mentioned She was taken to her home at Ceylon, where it is liojwd she will quite soon recover. Decatur daily correspondents have unearthed a sensation at I’leasant Valley, where they say Lida Nelson went oil'int > a tranoe, came back again after a direct communication with G<hl, who directed her to do a little missionary work for the salvation of a few members of the Friends church there. A western judge, sitling in chambers, seeing from the piles of payers in the lawyer's hands that t he first ease was likely to be a hotly contested one, asked: “What is the amount in question?” “Two dollars,” said the plaintiff’s counsel. “I’ll pay it,” said the judge, handing over the money; “call the next case-” He had not the patience of Sir William Grant, who, after listening for two days to the construction of a certain act, quietly observed, when they had done: “That act has been repealed.” The man with the standing ad. 1 says an exchange, is th" backbone 1 of a newspaper and the solid man • of tiie community. In summer or winter, in sunshine or r.iin, his ’ name greets the public eye with every issue of the paper, and the public come in tin e to regard him 1 as well established in iCiecessfiil busim*ss, whether they have been ; his patrons or not. “Nothing succeeds like success” aud the public I' once getting the i lea that a man 1 is doing well stands ready to patronize him and turns to him natural] when it wants any thing in hjs i line. In this simple fact lies the whole secret of persistent advertising. The death of Daniel (' >iTce occurred at an early hour last Saturday morning, it being Lot a olden and unexpected. He M - t..und on the river bank some tim - between four and li’’t> •>’< .oek by ■ Isa nt Zlmmermau aiei . >bo, who went there to enj >y . eirly in >rai’i,'li'.i. I’liey I" nr niiftin . a semi-eoneience coudition. suiiering from pains tn the ?tosn o-si that 'h" de-eribed as terribl i .icy i he'peil him to Abe B • ■ every i barn, mi c* Dim as com: u i •"• ns it were p> ssible a. : - ■ :•• a physician, bit ■ ;. . ed, I the unfortun ite Dauie. •. >t id. The pains in the .-tum , > one from a c i roii.e e ro- : -is ’colie with M'hieh In- bis <-n iaffitvied. Other aibu* ’ • d j with this torment ai-.e , i to in I its mystic travelt-tiud br > t his sudden death. The t • k pl.e e Monday morning. The funeral of Mrs. •-t ; ■ -lay Sprague of Bluffton, c of ’ Mr. William Culley of thi ; ee, took place at the I . H. t ‘*h Friday morning. Rev ■ H. Souder of the Reform I e i Blutlton preached the • i. id had charge ot the servici ed by Revs. Shepherd lutd of this city. Mrs. Sprague w,> • i«>rn lin Allen county near M< .ro ills, October 3, 1873, and died er I late home in Bluffton Aprt. \ aged twenty-t wo years, s \ hs ! aud five days. About tai.- ars ■ igo -ae was united in i.i to 1 Mr. Willis Sprague, to . . on ; two children were born mu prei ceded her to their heax< niy me. jln early youth she unit : v the Evangelical ‘ as- >eiati on j February last united with ReI formed church in Bhibi 1 he has been a faithful daughter, a devoted wife and a kindsistro. In her sickness she found tlieem ? nation of the gospel very pre. . to ' her, and as she approached the end she seemed to become more and more anxious to “go :ae.” Death came to ber as a swe. : re lease from suffering and a. joy fill call to her homo above. She leaves a husband, father, brother, llye sisters, and many friends who mourn their loss. A large company of friends gathered at the i church to do honor. The bereaved husband and family have thesympatyof all.