Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1896 — Page 1

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VOLUME 11.

The family of John Vail are siting relative* at Ooian tins' thin wrek. gin Artie Num beta, a former j tricher in onr public schools, but ( „' „f Austin, Texa*. attended the, the wedding of Miss i*U* Schrock, 1 an old scholar of here, lbit> week. E. G. Edmunds has gone to Tip | ton where a position in a print .hop awaits him, ami where he will Moceed to give the people there a few pointers in the art of line job) printing. jfisn Minnie Oberwagner of Del jnho.*. bss l»eeti the guest of Mrs. J MThomss Archbold, family and other friends in this city the past | bwo weeks. She return* d to her home the first of the week. Pet Cox of Fort Wayne, slipped ito this city Saturday aft< r noen long enough to pane a little) of the filthy lucre around to hie, employes Tn other word", it was pay day of the firm of Townsend & Cox. The ice cream social of the sea-; son will I* given by the ladies of) the M. E. church on the court house lawn on the evening of July 3. Ice cream and cake will be served. Cool off aud be ready for ; the Fourth. Lafayette, Crawfordsville con i urttion with Van and L. E. A- W. • Clover L-as schedule effective June 21. Trains 1 and 3 will connect nt Frankfort with Vandalia and L. E. i & W. west bound trains for Crawfordsville, Lafayette, &c. Callon nearest agent. The insurance adjuster vi-ited the scene of the fire in the audit or’s oflice last week, and appraised , the damage at $l4B. The oflice is being repainted and otherwise 1 lived up so that Auditor Brandy berry and deputies will havea realj cozy place again. Miss Jessie Mclssin who has held the position as saleslady at thej IUo-tou Store for several years is) enjoying a vacation. Sheleii Monday morning for a month’s visit with her brother Clem, at Washington, I). C , where she will no doubt lie roj illy entertained. Hiram Gregg of Peru, who has been attending the military university at Orchard Lake, Mich., the. piist year, visited bis brother Rev.) E. T. Gregg, the first of the week.' returning home Tuesday. He will I attend the university at Pennsyl vania next year and make n specialty of medicine. Th* - official board of the M E church ul this city met Monday morning and cast a vote as to whether or not they should go on with the building of a new church The vote stosl twelve fur and seven against it. Orders were accordingly giveu the committee to t force the work to a rapid com pl • tiou. The structure will no doubt be a beauty in every respect. Mrs. T. R. Congleton of Chicago, is the guest of her daughter Mrs. John W. Jeffrey, and many other 1 relatives and friends at Monroe and 1 vicinity. Ou last .Monday night a large num l»er of her relatives and) friends, some who were her old schoolmates greeted her with a j very ugreeabl j surprise. Many ) friends of m rs. Congleton from' Ohio were present. All hid an excellent time. Ye Press scribe visited Preble last Friday fur the first time, and was happily surprised to find a real hustling little burg full of life and business. Postmaster Bouse greeted us in his usual happy manner. He has the one and only store, and does a good busi ness, keeping in stuck a full line of groceries, drygoods and some clothing. The bottling works of Klopfenstein & Dilling is neatly arranged and cold enough to fu> z the peewee etriag oil a brass monkey. The boy s sell their product at all the towns around Preble and even in this city. Agent Sparks at the Erie oilices there, is real clever, and reported the station doing a good lively bust - ness. The new mill and tile yards of David Werling, and stirrup factory of J. M. Vau Voorhees was running in full blast, turning out , lots of sawed aud manufactur 'd stuff. The oil station there is a remarkable industry. In the engine and pump house some large massive machinery works twentyfour hours every day and night. They run constantly, and are kept) clean and in good condition by a very genteel force of men. They , showed us everything in sight.

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Hol»ert Harding of Fort Wayne, visited friends and relatives in the city the past few days this week. About fifty of our business men will be represented in the industrial parade on the Font th. Get your wagons aud decorutions ready aud joiu the list. J. K. Niblick and wife and W. 11. Niblick and wife formed a jolly party who took in the excursion to Dayton last Tuesday morning. They will return next Monday.

The advertised letter list this week contains the names of < has. M. Hunt, George S. Rexford, Alfred Evans, E. C. Davis, Henry Dolelo, L. Lyons, A. J.-Brower i aud Hiram Johnson. Miss Fannie Motlett, the highly' accomplished daughter of E. D Moffett, a former editor of the De-' catur Journal but now of Hartford City, is the guest of Miss Mattie Autcu and other friends in the city. Will Boesse the popular modi vine man, had the g<>od luck to strike a rich gravel vein on his farm south of town last week. The vein is five feet deep and extends I over five m res of ground as near as cun be ascertained. Col. R. B. Allison, wife and daughter Tina, will leave some-, time this week for Oden, Mich., where they w ill join R K. Allison anil family, Mrs. Jessie Townsend aud son Burt and endeavor to keep cool until September. Mrs. John Snow and family are visiting at Ceylon in the absence of Mr. Snow who is attending the annual meeting of the county superintendent’s association of Indiana, at Indianapolis. The professor no doubt also took in the state convention. Among the features to be given on July 1 in Decatur will lie two of the best bands in the state. The well known Bluffton band will discourse lively strains of music all day. The famous Glenmore, < )hio, b ind which secured the prize at the Fort Wnyn- tournament last fall will also be here. Look out for a big time. The members of the bar association met at the law oflice of France & Merryman last Saturday evening and selected R. K. Erwin to represent them as a delegate to the state bar association, w hich met in 'hecriminal emit nom at Indianapolis Tuesday. The state association was then organized, and its objects, we suppose, are for the mutual good of the profession. Attorney R. K. Erwiu filed a complaint foi Andrew J. Reynolds who is seeking a divorce from Rachel Reynolds. The complaint states that tney hail been married December 31, 1886, aud lived to getheras husband and wife until June 6, 1896. The defendant is accused of being cruel, inhuman ind neglectful of himself and child. She would leave him with no explanation and l>e gone for weeks, and on the 6th of June she separated and refused to live with him. He asks for a divorce. On last Thursday night burglars entered the county jail at this place and succeeded in relieving Sheriff Ashbaucher of some of his vain ables. Al out midnight the sheriff was awakened by feeling something on his face but could not arouse himself enough to get up. About two o'clock however, he again awoke and this time succeeded in getting on his feet. He was however too weak to walk, After several minutes he came to sufficiently to discover what was the matter. tie immediately awoke the rest of the family and began an investigation. He found that the marauders had entered by cutting through a w indow in the north end of the .jiol aud had after first chlorofor ning the faithful house dog, went immediately to the sheriffs room. After dosing him up sufficiently they went through his valuables. The investigation! showed that they had gotten away i with two coats, some silverware, | fifteen dollars in money and a gold watch. T’.e last named article) being the one which Pete mostly bereaves, us it was a present from tl • teachers of Munroe township, presented to him when he was their school trustee. The thief has not yet been captured’ a’ though Mr. Ashbaucher believes he knows who it was. He thinks; it was one of the tramps who was) lodged in jail some time ago, as he ) then swore vengeance against the sheriff aud his deputies.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25.1896.

M. V’. B. Archbold, of the firm of Arcbliold A Hough, enure home last week with malarial fever. We are glad to note, however, that at lust reporta Mart is improving 1 rapidly. Our c>rr*spmdeuU fr in the euth part of the county report .1 terrific 810x111 which passed over that country last week, tearing down fences, oil derricks and doing much damage to er- ps. Judge Studubaker, J. D. Hale, 1 Martin Miller, Daniel Douovan, • 11. A. Friatoe, L. G. Elliugham, 1 ami Charles Boknccbt were among j those who left for the convention; at Indiana|K>lis last Tuesday morning. Judge D. D. Heller Bundayed with his family iu the city. He) returned to Portland Monday morning where he will proceed to close uji his court eork for the summer, after which he will enjoy i a six weeks’ v ation. Mias Mena Meyers D at honre for her summer vacation. She has just (•omplcted her first year in the; Ohio Weidyn University at Delaware, Ohio, where she is taking the classical course. She will complete her w ork iu three more years. Lightning struck the dwelling! houses of John Didot and Alonzo ; 1 Frittz at Geneva, during a rain | storm last Sunday, and succeeded in doing some damage. Nothing 1 but what can be easily repaired. ) however. A heavy rain followed! which drowned all iiudinations of a fire, or greater damage would h ve resulted. According to th<‘ Portland Even ing Sun of last Tuesday contains the decision of two Jay county cases before the supreme court in which Judge Heller was sustain'd. One case is Thompson vs iiiat aud touches on the Nicholson bill; the other was Throsh vs Starbuck ami ) was an action to set aside a deed lon the grounds that the grantor was of unsound mind. Mayor Quinn and wife and John j Vail and wife returned last Saturday morning from a weeks’ visit at : St. Louis, where they took in the i sights of the cyclone. Tlu y were also in attendance at the republican national convention. They ) enjoyed themselves hugely, ami : 'lr. Quinn says it wilt doubly repay anyone to visit a national convention. Your next chance will be at (.’hicago next month.

John Colchiu an old and re--1 spurted citizen, who sometimes in dulges too freely, filled up Satur- ' day evening and went home, where ! he proceeded to make things lively ) for his family. He was taken in custody by Marshal Go van and brought up before Mayor Quinn Saturday night charged with ! <lrunkeune«s. His Honor after hearing the evidence in the case, decided he was guilty, and fixed his penalty at a fine of out* dollar and costs, amounting in all to •219.74. The fine was paid. On last Thursday afternoon the cry of fire again rang through our streets. From the shrill blast of the water works whistle, it was evident to those who knew the signals that the blaze was in the 1 south part of town. ( itizens rush- | ing in that direction had no trouble iu locating the lire at the neat little home of Grandmother Ferry situated on Winchester street, just north of the Evangelical church. The cause of the tire is unknown. It seems that after dinner .Mrs. Ferry went into the sitting room and was taking her usual afternoon nap, when some small boys playing near the house noticed iiames springing from the rear end of the house. They immediately gave the alarm but the flames spread so rapidly that scarcely any furniture could be saved, and it was with difficulty that Mrs Ferry was rescued. Owing to her ad vanced age and the loss of her property she was almost frantic. She was taken to the home of her daughter Mrs. Dr. McMillen, where she was cared for. Among Mrs. Ferry’s furniture were many souvinirs and relies valuable to her, also a very fine picture of her late husband. The house belonged to Henry Hite and was totally destroyed. Loss about S7OO with SSOO insurance in the German American Insurance Company. Later in the day the the house of Dr. McMillen just across the street was discovered to be on tire. This was caused by a spark from the former fire, but was extinguished before the fire department arrived.

Richard Erwin, John T. France, R. 8. Peterson, W. 11. Reed ami Dave E. Smith were among the attorneys from this city who at;'»>m|e<| the first annual meeting < ( tho Indiana Bur Awoeiotion at I Indianapolis thia week. Frank Shoemaker of police court fame, was again arraigned before his Honor Mayor Quinn last Monday and plead guilty to the charge) I"f intoxication. He was fined one| ) dollar and costs, in default of) which he now languishes iu the) county bastile. A commission of lunacy consisting of Esq. James H . and Janies IU Smith, and Dre. Holloway and ('overdale, decided Dolphns Stone) of Blue < 'reek township insane, and recommended that he Is* aihnitteil) to the Eastern Insane Hospital at' Richmond. He is confined to thei county jail awaiting the instruc ! tiona of the hospital officials.

The democratic glee club has been organized at Preble. They don't lieleive in lieing a minute slow over there, and such promptness and early enthusiasm will reap a meritorious reward. J. M. VanVorheca has already dished out severd rip spankin’ campaign songs, which the boys will soon mast'cate. The boys are all hustlers over there and work early rind late for the interest of democracy.

\rcbitect Hobrock of Fort Wayne, submitted plans to the > commissioners last Friday for the 1 plumbing of the court house. Bids 1 were then rec*‘ive<l njfcn the plans adopted and the contract awarded . to A. N. Steele \ Bro., the Madison street plumbers. The water ) pipes will be attched from the : Third street main line aud will enter at the engine room at the south west corner of the court house. A , fine water closet for gems aud the officers of the court house will Im 1 built in the basement. A ladies’s ; wash room will !>e put in on the first floor and two closets will be placed on the second floor, one in thee urt room and onein the jury room. Numerous wafer fountains will be placed in the various apart merits for th* - lienetit of the thirsty. When completed the work wilt I cost SBBS. Tuesday evening at six o’clock it the First Presbyterian church was consummated the marriage of Rev. George Hunter. Myers and Lila Gertrude S* - h rock. Fhechurcb was artistiC-Uy decorated with cut lowers and potted plants, u d was filled with relatives and invi!'ed guests. To the sweet strains lof Lohengrins wedding march, played by Miss Kate Jackson, the i bridal party led by the ushers. ; Messrs Brittson, Linn, Moses and fhiisten entered the church. The i bride leaning on the arm of her ) brother W ill, was proceeded by I her sistor Miss Nellie, the maid of I honor. They were met at th* I church by the groom accompanied ; by his best man Charles C. Myers. The solemn and impressive Episco ■ pal marriage ceremony was conducted by the pastor Rev. Horton. Lissisted by Rev. E. T. Gregg of the M. E. Church. Master Bruce Patterson carried the tray on which rested the wedding ring. At th* - close of tho ceremony a re'eoption was tendered the bridal parij al the resideuceofthe bride's m itber, where a dainty and sump I tuous repast was served. After which they left ou the Clover Leaf for Anderson, their future home, j The bride looked charming in a ! beautiful gown of white organdie | and carried white roses. The maid I of honor was alsoattired in a hand ! some gown of white organdie, car--1 tying a bouquet of yellow roses. I Before leaving the bride changed her wedding dress for a pretty go , ing away gown of novelty in silk ) and wool with irredescant trim . ming. Mr. and Mrs! Myers are graduates of our public schools, 1 Mr. Myers also having completed I the course of the Boston Theological school this spring. They weie the recipients of many beautiful and useful gifts. We extend to them our congratulations and wish for them a happy and prosperous . future. The guests from abroad were Rev. F. T. Simpson, I). 1)., | Mrs. H. P. Moses aud son, R. F. Harding and wife, of Fort Wayne, Mrs. 8. G. Patterson and family, Joseph Harding ami wife, Indianapolis, Miss Artie Numbers Austin, Texas, P. W. Smith and wife, Richmond, Frances M. Benson, Delaware, Ohio, Miss Roma Turner, Greenville, Ohio, C. C. Myers, ! Geneva, Miss Mina Case, Magley, | 11. Walters, Summitville.

SECOND ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT. ANO OTH«R IXIRCIIII OP TNI PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS OP OBCATUR. This wee.k will be one long to be remembered by lire enterprising ! Catholics of our city. The schools closed their j ear’s term on last Friday ami this week has l»een ; given up to commencement exer-' I < iscs and concerts. On last Mon day evening tire younger scholars gave a very unique concert which surpassed anything of tho kind ever given here. On Tuesday even 1 itigoccured the second annual coin-! menoement of their schools, on which there can certainly lie no discount. Tonight they will give a grand entertainment in the way' of amelo drama, entitle “Dolores”, and which has been the rage in all the eastern cities for the past year. The concert givenun Moudaj ecen ing consisted of songs, drills, dia-j logues and sneeches. The features of the evening were the fan drill j by about fifteen little girls dressed ! in the colors of tire rainlkiw, and > the song entitled, “He Will <’onie, \V«m t H .- • by M tos M1 Holthouse, the eight year old) daughtet of J. B. Holdhonse. The exercises were all excellent. Below j is the program as rendered: Welcome nous I lug Recitation. A Bpoach by eight little girl*. Three Little liotise-Kuepvra. Three Little Helpers. MotiQti Song, The DoliS Hospital. Th«* Kepr«M sos th, Angt H<»w< t. A Lively Afteru<M»n. Little Speeches. Choice of Trade*. Fan Drill lie Will come. Won t IIH Hong. Surprise Party. Christmas Teu Party. I Gun Drill. Tliv Stmtegy. ) Dottie's Dream. The Schoolmaster Abroad. Thv Legend jf the Rainbow. Thv Rainy Day Song ) Little Speeches. ) Good Night. Drill. On Tuesday evening the second annual commencement took place. I The rainy weather prevented a large niunlH r from attending, still 'quite a crowd greeted the class) ) when they were ushered upon the .platform about eight o’clock and) ' introduce*! as the graduates of ’9<‘>' by Father Wilken. Afterarendi 'tiou by the Mandolin orchestra of the city, of a beautiful air. Miss Estella Wetuhoft stepped forward) and in a few word < presented the usual words 01 welcome to those ! who had assembled at this metnorI able event. Miss BEBHIA HOI.TIIOV.SE then spoke upon the subject 01 ourj own city, “Decatur''. She spoke) lof the establishment of the first) tabin in the county in 1819. of the hardships of out ancestors in th*early part of this century, of the) -low progress made tor the first fifty years and finally of the rapid progress mad** iu the last quarter of a century. She told Low the! railroads and other improvements aided in making tho «apitol ot kdaius county one of th' best in Indiana. She also spoke of the great improvements iu tire way of vehicles, -and in tact gave a vivid description of the growt . of this city during the past seven v seven years. She concluded by predict I ing that Decatur would advance! even more rapidly in the future 1 than it has in the past. MISS IDA I’. EHtNGF.R. The “Marnier’s Compass” was the difficult subject chosen by this young lady, anil to say that it was handled brilliantly would be put-1 ting it light. She t'dd of tlie in vention of this very useful article) in the fourteenth century in a rough , form, by whom, it is not known. I She traced its fuller invention down ) to the present day and spoke of its great aid and benefit to the marniers and navigators of the world. She certainly 'lid herself aud her; school credit. MISS GRACE G. IIALE. After another selection by the orchestra, Miss Hale spoke on “Modern Weapons of War”. She spoke of the javelins, swords aud armour of the Greeks and Romans, t of the Hint axes, weapons of stone, bows aud arrow and other warlike weapons of the red men of America , and in an easy unaffected manner described each article. The inven tiou of gun powder in 1217 ami of: cannons in 1377 entirely revolutionized the modes of fighting. After these dates one invention) followed another to the present day. She closed by speaking of the awfulness of war caused by the) great inventions of weapons of war.;

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•j MIHK AGNEHH X. GEARY. “Hteum” wiw the subject selecte*l by this young indy and tho df*» .criptlon she gave of it from its earliest dieno very showed she had ) paid no little attention to the snbi' <t. She began her essay by » detiuitioh of the subject, «pokeof ; its usefulness and great power mid ! force. The use to which steam has been put has caused a new era in civilization. Miss Geary described i the steam engine and tqmke of ita usefulness in saving time and ot her- , wise benefiting mankind, told of Fulton’s first engine in 1707 which ran five miles an hour and was indeed a wonder. She concluded by saying that only one invention could surpass steam and that was electricity which would l>e described afterwards. MfHH ENTELLA WEMHOFF, who bad already delivered the salutatory now delivered a splendid essay on the practically new subject, "Electricity”. Miss Estella )in a logical and masterly manner . told of the great age of inventions ;we have reached and described ' electricity from the time of the 1 < Irceks until the present day. She 'claimed Benjamin Franklin, how I ever, to lie the father of electricity and told the story of his expert ments with the kite and key. She described the telegraph, telephone and cable line®, and told how they ' brought the various states and even ' continents hi close proximity with ) each other. She spoke of how ! President Cleveland started the ' great Columbian exposiition by simply touching a key, thousands of miles away, and closed by describing electric lights, nioto cycle and electric byciclesMR. BERNARD ADDI.ESI’F.KGER. This young man, the onlj one in I the class, in his usual happy manner spoke upon that patriotic subject, “Our Couuirj” and also delivered the validictory. He described America from the time that ) Columbus landed here, four centuries ago, described the Indian wars, ami showed how for many years our country has been tire safty ; valve of the overloaded citha of EurojM). He spoke of the revolu- ; tionary war, war of 1812, Mexican i war and the great civil struggle. ; He dc.-cribed the gallant works of the great Catholic commandersand 1 generals. He then described the i religions of America and spoke of | their great earnestness and closed 1 his splendid argument by saying I that the loftiest thing we can say is, “1 am an American citizen.” Mr. Addlcsperger, owing to bis hi h grade inhis final * xamination lin n followed with the valilictory jifilhe class ami finished by the poem, “The Time Has Come, Adieu, Go Fourth Alone - ’ Rev. H. T. Wilkon then 1 resent ed the dipion as aud spoke iu bis plain, ontsjsiken manner, giving ictch nis dues and honorsand tell- ; ing of the dntb s ami studies of a graduate of the St. Joseph high ; schools. Miss Estella WemhotT receive*! the highest grade for the year and Bertha Holthouse second. Bernard Ad ilespcrger received ti e highest grade in the final examination and Miss Weinhoff the se- | coll'l. The orations were all of high grade and are surpassed by the giaduales of no school in the state. I’he students showed that they had received excellent training ami were ready to stand alone. Ham Evai's who was mentioned last week as being a fugative from justice, found the world outside of Decatur too cold and chilly. He f returned to visit his old haunts ' and play grounds. James Ball I and George vV. Woodward, who were on his bond for his appearI ance at the August terra of court 1 for forger.v beenuie suspicious and withdrew their names from the ’bond. He was accordingly picked lup by Sheriff Ashbaucher after a short struggle last Saturday after- ! noon and landed in jail where he awaits his trial. He will no doubt 1 be out of trouble for some time to come at least. On last Tuesday night while Janies Rice, of the firm of People )& Rice, was taking some of the guests from th'' Meyers-HchrvCk 1 wedding, in one of their elegant ; rigs, one of his best horses got its foot fastened between the rail and plank at the C. & E. railroad crossing. The hoof was partly torn off, making a very sore foot. The horse ! will be crippled for some time. I These crossings should be watched by the company more closely.