Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1910 — Page 4

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East Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Receipts, 3,200; shipments, 2,280; official to New York yesterday, 1,900; hogs closing steady. Medium and heavy, $9.00; light to good weight, [email protected]; pigs and light Yorkers, $8.80©58.85; roughs, $8.20©58.30; stags, [email protected]; cattle, 10,910, steady; sheep, 2,000, 25s higher; lambs, higher; tops, $9.10. TOLEDO MARKETS. December 30. 1909. Wheat—Cash, $1.17%; May, $1.17%; July, $1.01%. Corn—Dec., 62%c; May, 66%c; July, 66 %c. Oats—Dec., 44c; May, 45c; July, 43%c. CHICAGO MARKETS. December 30, 1909. Wheat—Cash, $1.24%; Dec., $1.24% May, $1.27%; July, $1.04%. Corn—Cash, 64%c; Dec., 64%c; May, 68c; July, 67%c. Oats —Cash, 47c; Dec. 47c; May, 48c; July, 46%c. PRODUCE. By Decatur Produce Co. Young tuikeys Old t‘ir! e>s, ...13c Chicks llc | Eggs 30c i Fowls He Bowers & Niblick Grain Co. deals in ail kinds of farm seeds. 3tf WANTED—Man past 3, with horse and buggy, to sell stock condition powder in Adams county. Salary S7O per month. Address, 301 Unity Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. It You can get pure timothy, clover and alfalfa seed of Bowers & Niblick Grain Co. 3tf Democrat Want Ads. Pay

GREAT HORSE SALE Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January, 7th. 1910. 300 HEAD / 4 5&3 » ( A T " ■''" /' ' 'Tk f / y s* ; • . 'W ' i //\ v . i t ; 1 z > ««/ . A . o « 11 I u ' *™*Hil a<: ~ ~ -SI In V /$/ ’WM ---'■ : ">- At» Z V 'J IJk '-v-tt-j fll ' -i 'i f-1 - ■ ' ~ Jw- oKmK '■■ J ■ On the above date we will hold onr opening sale. These horses have been especially selected for our opening sale and consist of big, fat draft horses, some good big brood mares, some two and three year old colts and a lot of general purpose horses. If yon want a horse come and look these over. If you have a horse to sell, bring him to this sale. The commission will be two dollars per head and feed whether sold or not. Decatur Horse Sale CompanyI—. k

- Ducks I® o Geese ® c r Chick » c 5 B. KALVER and SON. Beef hides 9 cents J ~~~~ 1 Calf hides '..12 cents , Sheep pelts 25c to $1.25 . Mink 90 to $5.50 , Skunk 39 to $3.00 Coon 90 to $1.75 Possum t® t° 90 Muskrat 10 to 50 Tallow 5c PRICES ON COAL. Chestnut coal $7.25 Hocking Valley $3.76 , West Virginia splint $4.06 Wash nut $4.00 HAY MARKET Ko I timothy, loose in mow... .$10.06 S. W. Peterson. NIBLICK & CO. Butter 20c to 25c Eggs 30c H. BERLING. Eggs 22c Putter 19c Fowls 9c Ducks He Young turkeys 17c Geese 10c 'Old turkeys 13c Chicks 9c James Waggoner of near Monroe is the possessor of some old coins, and in the lot is a five and a one dollar bill of the issue of 162. He has American half-dollars of the date of 1806 to the present time. The collection is a fine one and he will sell it to the highest and best bidder, the same to take place at the Monroe State Bank on January 20, 1910, at 2 o’clock. o Bowers & Niblick Grain Co. deals in all kinds of farm seeds. 3tf

I The Holthouse Drug Co. are pleased to announce to their customera that they have secured the agency for B. B. Ointment, the best known remedy for the positive and permanent cure of eciema, pimples, itching piles and barbers' itch and every form of skin and scalp disease. B. B. Ointment gives instant relief and cures by destroying the germ that causes the disease, leaving a clean healthy skin. 2tw6w o After exposure, and when you feel a cold coming on, take Foley's Honey . and Tar, the great throat and lung remedy. It stops the cough, relieves the congestion, and expels the cold' from your system. Is mildly laxative. Holthouse Drug Co. o MORE DANVILLE PROOF. I Jacob Schrall, 432 South St., Dan- 1 ville, 111., writes: “For over eighteen 1 months I was a sufferer from kidney ! and bladder trouble. During the whole time was treated by several doctors and tried several different kidney pills. 1 Seven weeks ago 1 comemnced taking , Foley's Kidney Pills, and I am feeling , better every day and will be glad to tell any one interested just what Foley's Kidney Pills did for me." HoltHouse Drug Co. o NOTICE. We are operating our feed mills every day and grind ear corn and all kinds of small grain. Charges reason able. Give us a trial. Respectfully, - 293-2wks P- KIRSCH. o YOUNG MEN WANTED. Government Pays Railway Mail Clerks SBOO to $1,400 a Year —Free Scholarships are Offered. Uncle Sam holds spring examinations for railway mall clerks in this vicinity. The job is for life; hours are short, salary twice monthly and vacation. To any young man this is the opportunity of a lifetime. Thousands of appointments are to be made. Common school education is all you need; city and country people have equal chance. Start to prepare now—free information. Free scholarships this month. Write immediately to Central Schools, Dept. 208, Rochester, N. Y. 10-11-14-21-28Jan.5-6-7-8-9

INTEREST IS GREAT Rev. Thornburg Preached Interesting and Inspiring Sermon Last Night. AT THE M. E. CHURCH Audience Large—Rev. Guild of Wabash to Speak Tonight—Music Good. Last night's meeting in the series of revival services at the Methodist church was very enthusiastic, and the attendance was unusually large. The speaker of the evening was the Rev. Thornburg of Knightstown, and his sermon on “Removing the Vail” was one of great eloquence, and of inspiring thoughts. The men's chorus, the choir, and Rev. Guild and Rev. Powell are providing excellent singing for the services, and all things are lending themselves for the advancment of the good cause. The Rev. Dan H. Guild of Wabash addressed the meeting this afternoon, and will preach this evening also. At this evening's service the Rev. Powell will distribute his New Year souvenirs which are in the form of little calendars. The public is cordially invited to alf of these services. DRUNKS IN LEAD More Than One-Half of the Prisoners in County Jail Last Year Were IN FOR INTOXICATION Total Nmber of Prisoners During Year Was One Hundred Forty-Two. The fact that the Adams county jail is now without a prisoner, for the first time in eleven months, is quite an interesting ont, and one of considerable wonder, especially when 'it is taken into consideration that during the past year, one hundred and forty-two prisoners found shelter therein, according to the record of Sheriff Meyers. Os this number more than one-half, eighty-one, were confined for intoxication. The number im-j prisoned for various offenses were: Intoxication, 81; adultery, 6; con tempt of court, 2; petit larceny, 4; pairole violation 1; vagrancy, 6; bur--1 glary, 1; assault and battery, 3; tresjpass 3; forgery, 2; insanity, 9; receiv■ing stolen property, 1; beating board i bill, 1; jumping trains, 13; witnesses, 12; incorigibility, 1; gaming, 2; projvoke, 1; assault, 2; desertion, 1. e -— PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence, one-half mile south and one mile west of Peterson, two and one-half miles north of Honduras, on the Albert Brocht farm, beginning at 16 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1910, the following property, to-wit: Horses —One gray mare, 12 years old; 1 dark roan mare, coming 3 years old lin June; 1 black colt, coming 2 years i old in April. Cattle —One good milch cow, 1 cow with calf by side, 1 4-year-old cow, will be fresh soon; 2 spring I calves. Five ewes. One Moline riding plow, good as new; 2 breaking plows, 1 corn cultivator, good as new, II spike-tooth harrow, good as new; 2 hay rakes, 1 Ohio hay loader, 1 hay carrier, 190 feet 1-inch hay rope, hay fork, sling pulleys, sling, 1 fanning mill, 1 tank heater, 1 fence stretcher, 1 mud boat, 1 pair of dump boards, 1 set of fly nets, some oak corner posts, 15 cords of wood, 10 tons of hay, corn in crib, corn fodder in the shock, 1 bushel clover seed, 1 hard coal burnen table, 2 cream separators. Terms —All sums of $5.00 and under, cash in hand; over $5.00 a credit of nine months will be given, the purchaser giving his note therefor with approved freehold security to the satisfaetion of the undersigned. No property to be removed until settled I for. Four per cent off for cash. EMEL ELGY. Noah Fraugher, Auct. Simeon Bowers, Clerk. o— STRAYED —A male Schroshlre sheep from the farm of Mr. Morris, four miles west of Monroe, some time between the Ist and 17th of December. Finder return to Mr. Norris and receive reward.

SOCIETY COLUMN (Continued fru<o patfe 2 ) ing the members of the aid society cf the Concord Lutheran church at her home in Monmouth this afternoon. This society was newly organized, and at the meeting this afternoon the plans for the work of the cnm’ng year were made. The young people of the Evangelical church surprised their pastor. Rev. D. O. Wise, Tesday night by walking in on him unannounced. Games and taffy pulling furnished the amusement, after which refreshments were served. PUBLIC SERVICE Royal Neighbors Have Public Installation of Their Officers. FOUR ARE INITIATED And Evening Closed With a Musical and Literary Program and Banquet. The Royal Neighbors' hall was well filled Tuesday evening with the members and their friends, the occasion bfing the installation of officers, the initiation of four new candidates, a program and a banquet. Ibe class for initiation included Mrs. C. J. Weaver, Mrs. Mary Bartram, Misses Bessie Jeffrey and Verda Bingham, and the services attending their reception into the lodge were very beautiful and impressive. The following officers were then installed with appropriate ceremonies: Oracle —Lulu Swerenger. Vice Oracle —Mrs. W. H. Fledderjohann. • Past Oracle —Mrs. W. E. Smith. Catharine Christen. Recorder —Mrs. Anna Yahne. Receiver—Mrs. Charles Enos. Marshal—Flora Fledderjohann. Assistant Marshal —Mrs. William Richards. Inner Sentinel—Mrs. John Schelman. Outer Sentinel—Mrs. Frank Keller, Managers—Mrs. Jacob Eady, Mrs. Dorsey Hoagland, W. H. Fledderjohann. Physician—Dr. W. E. Smith. Following the installation a very good program, consisting of recitations by children, and excellent music, was rendered, after which came !a banquet The meeting was a public one, and in their entertainment the Royal Neighbors have given further evidence of their royal hospitality. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, superintendent of construction of the Samuel Teeters ditch in Wabash, Jefferson, Blue Creek and Monroe townships, Adams County, Indiana, on Saturday, January 22, 1910, at 10:30 o’clock a. m., at the office of j the county surveyor, in the city of Decatur, in said county, receice sealed bids for the construction of said ditch in accordance with reports, plans and specifications therefor, now on file in said cause. Bids will be reselved and contracts let as follows: Section 1. Station 177 to station 209 5-6. Section 2. Station 151 to station 177. Section 3. Station 125 to station 151. Section 4. Station 99 to station 125. Section 5. Station 78 to sthtion 99. Section 6. Station 52 to station 78. Section 7. Station 26 to station 52. Section 8. Station 0 to station 26. and to the lowest and best bidder or bidders as a whole. Bidders will be required to file with their bids affidavits as required by law,, upon forms furnished by such superintendtnt and each bid shall be accompanied with good and sufficient bond in a sum twice the amount of such bid, conditional for the faithful performance of said contract, and that such bidder will enter into contract if the same be awarded to him, such bond to be approved by said superintendent. The said superintendent reserves the right to reject any and all bids. No bids will be accepted in excess of the estimated cost of such work, , or in the excess of benefits found. C. C. ERNST, . l-t2-4tl ■- -e — Stomach Tbovm* «ndr Conitifatioh

z■ B JK I*’"”' J I .. . v" D.F. LEONARD Decatur, Indiana LIVE STOCK AND GENERAL ’ AUCTIONEER Seven Years Experience Telephone me at my expense, DECATUR, R. R. NO. 4 Preble telephone line 95. 1 Dr. L. H. Zeigler, VETERINEPV SURGEON Monmouth, Ind. ’Phone 9. Plenty of money to loan on farm property at 5 per cent Privilege a partial payment at any interest paying time. SCHURGER & SMITH, ts Attomes at Law and Abstracters Money TO LOAN on Farms at 5 per C. GRAHAM Insurance Agency Decatur, Indiana. II I. FOR 60 DAYS. 3000 acres of unimproved land in central Michigan at a very low price, and on easy payments. Tlso 200 improved farms. This land is as good as can be purchased anywhere. MICHIGAN LAND CO. Care S. E. Shamp.

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IMB k arMers Attention!! Burkhead, he Leading stock orlari: eight years of e xWrite for dates in dim-. Telephone at my exp°ns' Mj J. W. Burkhead. ■ r' p Farmers Attention!! John Spuhler the live stock and general auctioneer, is prepared to book your sale, which will mean a successful sale tc you. ' He is the auctioneer that gets the high dollar for all property sold. Claim dates early. Phone: Residence 531; office 430. John SPuhler, Auc't. P. J. HYLAND SANITARY PLUMBING Gas Fitting, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Gas and Combination Fixtures I 23 Monroe St. Phow

* The Most Complete « « Line of High Grade * * ♦ : Smoking •• hewing * •TOBACCO* * Carried in the city at * • ♦ ♦ T.C. Corbett’s « * Cigar Store Dr. J. M. MILLER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Treated feYEe TESTED A QUaMSI FITTED t» «outh Second St. • • —DeceW HARRY DANIEL Auctioneer Now is the time to book your farm sales. I will get you the high dollar. Call telephone at Pleasant Mills at my expense. Farmer’s Attention Now is the time to order your fertilizer. John Sheiman sells the kind that brings results. West Monroe St. J. $. COVEWALE.M.D. E 6. COVEBMLE. M. »• Sts. J. $. cmerdale and Sou Special attention given to diseases of the Eye, Ear, Rose, and Throat Office 118% 2»d Street Decatur, Indiana