Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1896 — Page 1

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“Tbe grand J «ry "ti« grindeth. U j Tvix-er w;« nt Wayne yes tenia.'- „ ... pi»rtl*nd “P 11 Henn Unkenaurof Bingen, wan in the city Saturday. Billy Bennett of Bluffton, wa« in town the fimt ofthewwk. nr, Cbnnell and Miss Nona Martin spent last Sunday in Ft. Wayne. (i . ..i Mrs. <'harles Nib lick returned home to Chicago Tuewlay. Ouite :t minilier of our 'Beknlis attended a meeting of the order al (ieoeva last evening. The services at the Catholic church next Sunday and the Sun dm following will be interesting. Connfv Superintendent Snow held teacher’s examination last Saturday which was attended by twenty-fonr applicants. The bans of Mina Nona Martin and Hr C. V. Gunnell were pubfished at St. Mary’s church last' Sunduy morning. J. D. Wisehanpt, the pluiul>er. water and gas titter, has moved from Third street to the corner .ot Sixth an I Monroe. Micha‘l Fox, one of the oldest citizens of Berne, died last Thursday night. Hia funeral services »<re held Sunday. Belinda, the daughter of Mrs. Sarah King, died at her home on First street last night. She has been sick for a long time. Last week Frank Fause sold Gerlier \ Sprunger twelve hogs that tipped the beam at 330 pounds «u h. Quite nice and jucy. A gentleman delivered a very interesting lecture at the court house last evening on the beautiful southern country and its advantages for f inning ami fruit raising. Read the Board of Health tides, regulations and laws. It is necessity for every one to poet himself. You will find them among or legal news. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bryson Mon dry evening very pleasantly entertained the Cecillian Musical Club memliers at their cozy residence on South Fifth street. 11. K. AUison and wife saw “Share Acres” at the Temple at Wayne last evening. It is sa. Ito have been realistic and one of the best plays of the season. 8. W. Hale of Geneva, went through the city’ to Fort Wayne last Friday evening, being called there by the sickness of his daugh ter Clara, who is attending school. The Epworth League of the M. E. church has lieen successful in securing the original and wotld’s famous Blind Boone Concert Co., foroue of their celebrated enter taiuments to be given Thursday, May 14. . Post yourself on the board of health notices, as this is the time of year when precaution should rule and sanitary’ measures be strictly enforced. Cyrus Bowman, the genial day clerk at the Burt, and Frank Bir thol a familiar figure at the B »ston, left last Sunday night for Los Angeles, California, where they go to carve their fortunte, recruit their health and seethe world as it glitters. An up-town Western Union telegraph office is one of the conveniences soon to be realized by our people. The office will be located in the corner of P. Holthouse & Co’s store room and to lie in charge of J- 0. Tolie Patterson. The ad dition is] something that is badly needed by our business men and others, and here’s hoping that mutual good will result therefrom. Through Peterson & Lutz Ella Johns seeks a divorce from Michael Johns. The complaint shows them to have been married July 3, 1880, and lived together until April 21, 1896. The defendant is accused of cruel and inhuman treatment to the plaintiff and children, having used vile language and driven her from home. He is also accused of ! being an habitual drunkard. The plaintill seeks a divorce, the custody of the children and alimony’ in the sum of SSOO. This case has been in court about eleven times previous to this, so the chances of failure for it to get to trial is three to one against. The case is set down for hearing Friday, May 8.

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Peter Stine and wife an the parents of a baby girl that was burn Inst Thursday night. Oil well No. 2 on the Porter farm drilled by Bolds Bros., came in last week, making 200 barrels strong. Ed Miller was off sick a couple of days Inst week, but he is again on duty fully recuperated and repaired ns it were. Our public schools have but five more weeks this term. The average student ami attendant is some what tickled under the vest. W. A. Funner was in from Mon j mouth Tuesday and wore the usual . <»/•! p'l-asint smi/e that characterizes his every day wa/k in fife. Dr. J. L. Hensley of Marion, Ohio, is a guest of his son D. M. il<-ns!ey. The Dr. was a legislator in the Ohio assembly which adjourned Monday. Jacob Kai ser a native of Switzerland, was naturalized by our circuit court Mon lay, ami is now an American ami hoosier from his toe nails to tail lame. The Press g.tes this week for the first time to A. D. Reynolds at V-ra Cruz, who forwards the cash and ordered all the news from our gin mill of happenings. Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdge report a new Imy at their home. The youngster was born last Thursday ami the parents feel bigger than any one in this neck of hoosierdom. Uuc’.e John Rnpright has been in the city several days. He still wears crutches but hopes to lie able to navigate by the aid of a cane ere long. His big farm of 290 teres near Magley is being tilled I by his sou. Judge Marsh of the Randolph circuit court, came up Monday evening and made up the issuee in the case of Ellen Robinson vs Gilligaud Meyers. The issues were made up ami the case will come to trial tomorrow morning. Our local news c lumns are somewhat crowded out this week, advertising compelling us to coni d<mse ami cut down our news. We | hate to do this worse than you to have us, but you will find every thing of any importance any way. School closes in five weeks, and the class who will graduate are said to be mighty well versed in the many studies pursued during ■ the last year. It is a large class, all bright and ready to step higher |or take up the practical lessons of life. One of the officials of the gas company Ims been here this week looking after the way business is managed by our representatives. Himself and Manager Bowers made a tour of inspection over the lines. It is safe to say that everything was found in first class shape ami satisfactory to the syndicate company. Dr. H. F. Costello, secretary of the Adams county’ b tard of health, desires especial attention to the legal notices, ‘‘Rules and regulations of town and city boards of health,” and ‘‘Rules and regulations for the care and management of d tales.” They are very im--1 portant and should be followed without exception. The rules too, are very strict. It will pay you to read them both. At eleven o’clock Monday morning the grand jury for the April term was sworn in and instructed. Within half an hour after, they had found an indictment for horse stealing against Frank Penn, the young man captured by Harry Kirkwood with a horse belonging to Briant Shields in his possession, and fifteen minutes later he had pleaded guilty and had been sentenced to a term of five years in Michigan City.—Bluffton Chronicle. New circuit court cases filed since last week includes The Old Adams County Bank vs Jonathan Kelley et al., on note; demandsl2s. Old Adams County Bank vs John Gerard et al., note; demand SIOO. Elizabeth Sprunger et al., vs Gilbert Stuckey et al., partition. Sarah Miller vs Christian Burghalter et al., petition for partition. Ella Johns vs Michael Johns, divorce. Rokie Boyd vs Franklin Boyd, divorce. Jacob Kneser ex--1 parte, petetion to be naturalized. Mary A. Simmons et al., vs Amanda E. Clendenin, petition for partition. Sarah Warner et al., vs Howard Shackley, to open up right of way and for damages; demand S2OO.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30.189(1.

House cleaning time lias core, bringing with it the usual and many woes of man, poor man. Ehinger & Myers, the clothiers, : have a change in their advertisement this week, which you are solicited to read. The people of Decatur will enjoy a rare treat in the Blind Boone concert fols* given nt the M. E. church Thursday, May 14, Unclaimed letters at the post- , office lehmging to 11. E. IL rberf, (’. T. Owens, Albert Wells, G. W. lade, Benjamin Buck and S. E. i Harmon. J. B Miller moved from the) (bloody third to the first ward this week, where himself and wife will proceed to hold down a residence, <>n Winchester street. Jack Woodward and John Coots had a scrap Tues iay morning, from i which John seemed to have gotten i a little the worst of the deal. Both ’ were fined and costed for assault > I and battery. The Odd Fellows will go to church next Sunday and thus ob-1 s>-n e their anniversary. They will, march in a body to the Baptist! church add there hear the Lei Hazelton orate upon the sacred laws of (iod. Partrik Kieff is laid up with ! severe injuries received by a Clover Leaf engine which caught him trying to cross the tracks. His head and body is badly bruised and cut. He is lying at the home of Henry Vogelwede. The Brown-Gemmell seduction and grab and catch it suit, was ; i continued until the fourth Friday I of the present term. The continu [ance was granted on account of the illness of the defendant, who was. (unable to appear Monday, the time set for the hearing and trial. I. N. Veley of Geneva, was in j 'town last Friday and while here » filed a new bond as justice of the peace there. The Esq. now has J held the office eleven years and now enters u on four years ’ more, which to au extent shows the popularity ami favor he stands. 1 ( It is a long time to be in oilice, but with age he grows better. The editor of an exchange sings thus: “Now the dreary winter's . ove, and the spring time comes J again, when the farmer plows the , furro v ami plants the ye/Aiw grain; ’ when the birds begin to twitter and •' the trees begin to bloom, it is then [• the spring time cometh, and it can not come too soon, for our pants i are growing ragged, and the win * j ter’s cooling breeze has been blow- ‘ ing through our trousers every ’ where —except the knees. ■ ( The city dads met Tuesday even- . i ing but did uo other business than i allow the following bills: James ■ | Ford as first engineer at the water . I works S6O; Milligan Jackson second rleiigin er $10; Journal $14.15; Gas company $47.73; water lines em- , ployees $11.65; J. W. Tyndall, superintendent water works. $55; (• Charles Smith $10; City Marshal hurrying dog fifty cents, and Frank Plock $2.75. The paving or bricking of Court street wasn't acted upon. W. H. Keubler ami wife, E. X. i Ehinger and wife, U. DMninger and wife, C. P. Ehinger and wife, C. S. Niblick and wife, W. 11. Nib [ lick and wife, J. K. Niblick and wife, John Webber and wife, Henry ] Schulte and wife, Dr. Clark. Mesdames John Gerard, and Frank ’ Crawford of Geneva, were very : I royally entertained by Mr. and r i Mrs. Henry Meyers last Sunday ' evening. Pedro was indulged in [ and enjoyed by all. The capital • prizes went to ('harks Niblick and [ i Mrs. John Gerard. Ye Prkss grinder this week squeezed an eye at the handsomely I new remodeled business room of II Burns & Patterson, and was agree i ably surprised to find as many new . additions and neat arrangements, i A forty foot addition gives them . 30x120 feet of store room, generally I enough and to spare, hut their . immense stock fills all the available space. Their line of road wagons, surreys and phaetons are all models of beauty, built with a sole view of durability and style. They carry a full line of harness and horse collars, all hau l made, , so you know what you are getting for your money. They have behind them a life time experience, a very necessary article for the success of any business. Look up i their advertisement elsewhere;

Prof, mid Mrs. A. D. Moffett tonight entertains a large number of their friends at a six o’clock dinner. Next Sunday at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, a class of forty i will take first communion. The services will begin at nine o’clock. W. Wig Briggs of Geneva, was a business visitor in the city last I Friday. He reported that ever ' flourishing burg as happily stirI firing on nil fours. At Wabash gas is being furn- ■ ished to all customers free until November 1. If they would only ' furnish a man to come around each . morning and light it, we wouldn't mind living there. Rev. M. A. Teague formerly I pastor of the W. E. church of this I city, had a stroke of paralysis last i week. How serious it will result [is not \e( known. His daughter, I Mrs. J. F. Mann, was at Lis bed--1 side over Sunday. Regular services at M. E. church next Sunday. Subject for evening “The Inspiration of the Bible.”, j The pulpit editorial will be prei pared and read by R. K. Erwin, ' “Shall Indiana have a C-utenuial Exposition in 1300! All are cordially invited. Oil territory near Geneva is now considered valuable property since the shooting of well No. 2 on the Porter farm, Tuesday. The well , is l<a*ated about a mile ami a half i west of town ami from present indications bids fair to la- a gusher of the first quality.—Geneva Herald. lu less than a week the new telephone lines to Berne and Geneva will lie completed and ready for oper.ition ami business. Since be ginning they have rushed the thing ' j to completion so that patrons might enjoy the benefits thereof. It will prove convenient an 1 ec momical to 1 pf’ople on both ends of the line. . Let’er go Gallegher. Quite a large number from this 1 city atteinied the funeral Sunday of ’ Miss Sophia Mary Gerke who died Friday at the Hope hospital in Fort 1 Wayne. It is said to have lieen the largest attended funeral held ’ in Adams county for years. The [deceased was a young and beautiful , girl with many friends who loved , and reverenced her in life. It was , a sail blow to her parents, who tried . every available skill to return her . i health but to no avail. » I 1 Attorney C. M. France Monday 1 filed a suit for Rakie Boy 1 who is 1 seeking a legal separation and di- ’ voice from Franklin Boyd. The tiled complaint showsthem to have been married June 17, 1892, and lived together as husband and wife until March 9, 1891, at the . (last named time the defendant , wholly abandoned the plaintiff and s has ever since lived apart from r her, without her wish or consent, j The plaintiff prays the court to s sever the matrimonial bonds, and grant other proper relief. ’ At four o'clock yesterdaj’ after- ’ noon occurred the death at Hope ! hospital, of Sophia Mary Gerke, an ' estimable lady of Decatur. The lady was brought to the city two 1 weeks ago, suffering from au ab dominal abcess, and an operation . was performed by Dr. Duemling, r which promised to lie successful. , [ However, complications set in, and - she continued to sink until yetter--1 ( day, when death came. The de y j ceased was thirty three years of -1 age, and was the daughter of Wm. < Gerke, a prominent citizen of Ady ams county. The remains were 1 shipped to Decatur this morning y and the funeral services will lie a held Sunday afternoon, the Rev. 1 Heinze officiating.—Fort Wayne 1 Journal. The insurance adjuster held a c meeting of the local board Tuesday y evening. We understand he also f appeared before the council members ami agreed if they would star tion another hose cart in the first . ward and buy 1,000 feet more hose, i that he would put the city in the r second class rate for insurance, r making a-difference of twenty per ■ cent, to those buying insurance, I otherwise the town will remain as ‘jit was in the third class. No i action was taken on the matter. It .! seems to ns that the twenty per s [ cent would buy quite a grist of hose , j and carts, and that for the benefit of the insurance paying people the ■ additions should be made. They , are perhaps needed any way. Howe ever we will await further investi- } gation berfore offering any critii cisms.

The court last Saturday granted a divorce to Enos Walker from his once whs wife, Eliza Walker. The plaintiff hails from Geneva. Bam Barger one of I’reble town nhip’s young ami hustling farmcis, was here Satunhiy settling up the administrator affairs of hia deceuHtsl father. A slight wr<’ck on the Chicago Erie Monday, succw-ded in making mince meat of a car, and otherwise , demoralizing rolling stock of a more or less valuable nature. Preaching at the Preabyterian I church Sunday at 10:30 a in. Sub j Tt, “The Life of Prayer.” The services at 7:30 p. m. will Is- illus- I trated by the atensipticon. Every I one cordially invited to attend. Nick Miller has his barber shop in the Burt all arranged in apple pie order, ami is now busy at work ! smoothing up the many faces that appears there for that purpose. The stand is evidently a j.ood on-*, and Nick will take care of it in his evei ready and willing style. Auditor Brandyberry is busier than eight men on his annual report which is due June 1. It is no small or irresponsible job to make out these reports, but Brandy is familiar and correct with the different workings of the office ami the report will come up shining in its usual correct style. An exchange says the following notice was posted on a rural church door: “Preaching in this house. Providence permitting, Sunday preaching, whether or no, the Monday following, the subject, Hethat ilielievetn and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall lie damneii at half past 3 in the afternoon.

George W. Hainma will build a large brick business room on the siteof the old G. A. R. hall, having | completed arrangements to that j effect with the Post on Wednesday. | The upper part will be occupied by the Post as a lodge room, and Mr. Hainma will move his fur iture store into the new room when coin pleted. This u akesfive brick business rooms in process of construction this season. Verily Geneva still boometh.—Geneva Herald. This office has been accorded a . pamphlet from the Cripple Creek , ami Gold Mining Company’, whose: offices are located at Cripple Creek ! ami Geneva, Indiana. In the list |of directors appear the names of ■ George W. Bolds, w ho is also pres lident of the company. Dan P. Bolds treasurer, and C. D. Porter. Among other things the pamphlet says the company is incorporated with a capital stock of $1,500,060 [ shares at a par value of $1 each. The propeity is located five and one half miles s mthwest of Cripple Creek, where the finest ami richest indications are found in any part of the district, around which m uiy good paying mines are in ojierati<m. The trustees of the Meth >dist church advertise in this issue of the Press, in which they give notice to contractors relative to the erection of the handsome new church edifice. The building is to be completed by October Ist, ami if. the plansand specifications speik for anything, it will be a iwauty and a joy forever. The auditorium will be 60x60 with raised floor ami circular seats. The entrance ion the east, the pulpit in the south west corner, just west of which will be a study or cho’r practice room. The choir will be seated where the pulpit now stands, and the gorgeous new pipe organ just back of that. The lecture room embraces the new addition on the north, containing a floor space of 38x10 feet. In the north of this is five separate Sunday school rooms 12x12 feet. The basement extends under the lecture room and will contain a kitchen and dinning room, the latter measuring 28x40 feet. You enter the gallery from the Sunday school room, entrances being from both east and west. Between auditorium and lecture rooms will be three dnek covering doors, the same color as the walls. These doors rise up twelve feet and the posts between them slide to either side. On first floor on both east and west sides will be toilet rooms. The plans most surely show the completest ami most handsomely arranged church building we have ever been permitted to gaze upon. Bids will be received until May 25, after which work will begin immediately and hustled to completion.

ONLYI.SO PER YEAR

NUMBER 81

Only two souls with but a single thought applied to Clerk L<‘iihart for ll.’cnse the past week, viz: Emmett Ralston to Ida J. Runyon. The Hon. A. N Martin of Bluffton, was here Saturday looking iifler legal bimimwaiKl incidentally looking up his many warm and pets mal friends. Chancey Young is now located at Willshire where he is connected wit h a gns’ery store. He was here Tuesday and ordered the Pittxs changed to his addn*ss there. Florist Meisse furnished the flowers for the Willshire class of graduates at their commencement exercises last Thursday night. Such a profusion of line flowers has not been seen for many a day. The home of John Baker ami wife was made happy last Monday evening by the appearance of a nine |iound son. The youngster looks like his dad and will vote the democratic ticket next Tuesday, providence permitting. The Bluffton Chronicle tells of one .Samuel B. Caley of that county who keeps official figures on the number and dates of the snows and rains. Since November 19, 1895, he makes this report. Snows November 19, 21, 22, 23, 21, 25; December 2,5, 6,7; February 3,4, 9, 11, 12, 21; March 1,7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 27, and April 2. Rains on January 18,22,23,25, 31; February 2, 22, 24; March 6, 19, i 26; April 1,7, 8 and 11. The Portland Sun tells of a -windle, which evidently is new in Indiana, is being worked with ! great success in many towns. A I woman Isxik agent apjiears in town and goes from bouse to house leavI ing Imoks for examination. Next ! day a man calls to see if the Imoks are wante I, and it they are not he takes them away with him. Uusal Ily they are not wanted. A few days later the woman agent ap- | nears again and on being told that ! rhe man agent has taken away the tmok, weeps copiously, says the villian has lieen collecting her j Imoks all over town, pleads poverty, and so on, and accepts the proffered compensation. A serious accident happened on north Fifth street last Sunday. I Dr. Beavers and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Fellers,incompamy w ith Henry Shulte were on their way to [ attend a funeral in the north part if the county, ami when at the ; junction of Adam and Ffth streets the clip holding the tongue to the i buggy and the wheel struck one of : the horses. Trie horses then started ' to ran and became unmanageable. ! I’he buggy was overturneil on north Filth street after quite an exciting struggle lietween the Doctor and the horses. The occunants •f the carriage were thrown out ind the shoulder of Mrs. Fellers was dislocated, and the hea ‘ of the Doctor was badly cut. Mr. Shu’te oscrjied with a shaking up. At I last account all of the injured were I doing nicely. The pleasant home of Superiu- ! tendent and Mrs. Moffett was | thrown open the evening ot April 23 for the closing exercises of the Ladies Shakespeare Utnb. The house was dec nated with blooming | plants and club colors, y ellow and white, were the prevailing tints in <lecorations and refreshments The j MandolinChibfurnished the music. I’he guests of honor were eight | members of the Fortnightly Club, namely Revs. Gregg ond Horton, I Messrs. Moffett, Locke, Irwin, Merryman, Walters and Mann. [Other guests to the number of j twenty-five were present. The ’ program consisted of short talks I ami papers by the fourteen mem- ! bers of the club on the ShakesI pei ian studies, and the impressions |of the various countries of Europe visited during an imaginary tour of three years duration. This club is the oldest in the city and justly famed for earnest work. Next year the membership will be increased to twenty one, division will take the C. L S. C. readings, the other will study social questions. The first Wednesday of each month will be a joint meeting for the study of Shakespeare. The committees for the year are C. L. 8. C. readings, Mesdames Tyndall and Niblick. On Social Topics, Miss • Studabaker and Mrs. Blossom. Shakespere reading, Mesdames Moffett ami Heller. The delegates elected to attend the convention !of Federated clubs are Mesdames i Moffett and Hooper, alternates, Miss Studabaker an 1 Mrs. Blosi som.