DECATUR COUNTY, INDIANA
NEWS
Our Old Folks
Decatur County 3/29/1899
Greensburg, March 25- The announcement of the death of Judge W.A. Moore is incorrect. He is
still living, but his death is momentarily expected. Judge Moore passed
into a comatose state, with no perceptible pulse, yesterday afternoon
which condition gave rise to the report by friends and his late law
partner that he was dead. Last night he revive
Greensburg, IN.
Dec. 7,1898. William J.
Robinson, a pioneer, is dead at the age of 83 of heart failure.
He was born in Decatur County in 1815 and came to this county with his
parents in 1821, settling on the Flat Rock river near St. Omer. He was
a student at the old Miami ()) College and taught in Hanover and
Franklin Colleges in the early forties. In these labors he was assisted
by his sister, who afterwards became prominent as an educator in
Indiana. In politics he was a Whig, representing his county a number of
times in the Legislature. He subsequently became identified with the
Republican Party, representing this and Rush counties in the state
Senate. His last campaign was that for Congress against the late judge
J.D. New, in which he was defeated. He was a member of the
constitutional convention of 1852, and in the political contest of 1856
he was openly charged as an Abolitionist and in favor of allowing the
negro to vote. He was a stanch supporter of Governor Morton, with whom
he was on intimate terms, and shared his confidence during his
political life. Mr. Robinson was a bachelor and leaves a large estate,
consisting of 400 acres. The Hon. William R. Pleak, a nephew, is sole
heir. .
Greensburg, IN.
May 23, 1899. Thomas Hargett,
age 17, residing with his widowed
mother on a farm 6 miles south of this place, fixed a gun trap in his
corncrib for a supposed thief, and received the contents on his right
groin. The trap was so arranged that when the crib door was opened the
thief would receive the contents of the gun. Forgetting his trap he
went to the crib to get some corn, sprung the trap and now suffers from
a serious wound.
Greensburg, IN.
Dec. 28,1898. During the last campaign much was said by the daily news
and New Era concerning the stationery contract let to the Review and
Standard as being illegally let and exorbitant, and if the people would
vote for the Democratic nominees great reforms would be instituted by
them and the taxpayers would no longer be robbed. Bids for the next yrs
supplies were opened today and the lowest bidder was the Journal Job
printing Company, $645,50. The highest bidders were the Daily news,
$1,193 and the New Era, $1,186.45. The Journal Company refused to enter
into the contract unless given all th4e extras, and this declined by
the board.
9/6/1899
Ed Teraska, residing at
Westport, Decatur County, was arrested yesterday and pleaded guilty to
throwing a stone through a passenger car window, which struck Mrs. Grant Plumer, of Chattanooga.
Under the statute he must answer to the charge of assault and battery
with intent to commit murder.
Decatur, IN.
Aug. 29,1899. Miss Louise Bradley,
brought a $10,000 breach-of-promise suit today against David E. Studabaker. Mr. Studabaker
has been paying marked attention to Miss Bradley for several months,
and she avers they became engaged last June. On July 5, Mr. Studabaker
and his divorced wife, Mrs. Louise
Beane-Studabaker, of Goshen, were quietly married at Muncie and
are now residing in this city. Both Miss Bradley and Mr. Studabaker
have been prominent in society circles here. Miss Bradley is one of the
belles of the city, being a very pretty brunette, although not of
wealthy parentage. Mr. Studabaker is the only son of ex-Judge D.
Studabaker, Vice President of the old Adams County Bank, in which his
son is bookkeeper
Greensburg, IN. Feb. 3 (?0 1898.
Alonzo B. Wooley, conducting a
general store at St. Paul, this county, made an assignment today to
James McKim for benefit of creditors. Assts $3,000, liabilities, $6,000.
Greensburg, IN. Feb.2,1898.
Samantha J. Jewett brought
suit today against Israel D. Jewett
for #15,000 for money loaned him to carry on his business, that of a
farmer and druggist. He is the owner of 342 acres of land near St.Omer,
which he inherited from his father. The defendant is the owner of a
drug store and other personal property. She also brought suit against
her husband to provide for her and son. They were married in 1870..
Greensburg, IN.
Feb. 22, 1898. Pap Thomas Post,
G.A.R., at this place, tendered a reception today to Judge J.,V. Hadley, who is holding
court here for his comrade, Hon, J.D. Miller. Many members of Judge
Hadley’s regiment, the 7th Indiana, were present. The address of
welcome was made by Col. M.C.Welsh, who was Major of the 7th, and
responded to by Judge Hadley, reviewing the events of the war and their
subsequent effects; paying an eloquent tribute to the heroism of the
American soldier. Addresses were made by Mrs. W.J. Crisler, president
of the W.R.C. and Mrs. Judge Hadley. Miss
Pearl Eldet whistled a solo, which was encored. Music was
furnished by the married Ladies Musicale.
Greensburg, IN.
Oct. 6,1896. Word reached Sheriff meek today that a mare and colt which
had been stolen from Robert E. Jolly, near Lawrenceburg, was in
possession of a man near Burney, this county. Armed with a description
of the thief, the sheriff and posse went to Burney, where they found a
man answering the description working for John Gartner. The sheriff
demanded his surrender, but the man cleared a fence and made for a corn
field. The officer fired 6 shots, but the man made good his escape.
Soon the surrounding country turned out, and the thief was captured at
a doctor’s office at Hartsville, where he was having his wounds
dressed. One of the shots had take effect in the fleshy part of his
thigh.
Greensburg, IN.
Aug. 12. 1897. Official returns show Griffith received in Decatur
county 2,136: Lee, 2,248: Browder, 100. Lee’s plurality, 292. There was
a falling off of 399 in the Democratic vote, and 405 in the Republican
vote as cast in 1896 for Holman.
Decatur, IN.
Nov. 29,1898. John Leisure, the Illinois horse thief arrested here
Saturday, was confronted with another charge of stealing today. Leisure
had been making love to a girl in Illinois and took from her a gold
ring valued at $50.Officers were informed of the fact and marshal Hart
proceeded to the Leisure residence and discovered the ring on the
finger of the thief’s sister, who gave the ring to the marshal. Leisure
was taken to Illinois today by the sheriff of Montgomery County.