Decatur Democrat, Volume 34, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1891 — Page 1

VOLUME XXXIV.

Go to John Mav.r tor first-class brick ' _ iStf The courts of inquiry have been.a little dull this week. SSOO to loan on first mortgage. Call on John T. Bailey. 52-2 Mrs. E. A. Phillips visited friends at Geneva last week. Mrs. Martha France is visiting friends at Allegan. Michigan The W. C. T. U. will meet at the usual hour on Saturday p. m. “ Fresh bread, pies and cakes baked at the Star bakery every day. 30-4 Judson Teeple will build a residence on North Second street this spring. Dr. Bolan will be at the Burt House on Tuesday, March 30th, until noon. : -1 Deputy Sheriff Erwin is confined to his home with a severe case of la grippe. A, S. Elzey has let (the contract for a frame dwelling house On Ninth street. George W. Archbold, formerly of this city is located at Markle, Wells county. George Gates rejoices in the fact that a girl baby has put in an appearance at their house. » John Eiting, of Minster, Ohio, is visit ing his daughter, Mrs. C. P. Ehinger, in this city. Robert Case, the gentlemanly agent of the Democrat at Magley; was in the city Wednesday. ' Just opened at the Misses Fitz Gerald, a'choice line of beautiful ribbons in the latest designs. 31 2 Eugene Girod, the tile manufacturer living nean, Monroe, was in the city Wednesday on business. Wing & Mahurin, the Fort Wayne architects, are drawing the plans for the new: Studabaker bl ck. For Sale—A car load of baled hay at our livery barn, by tee ton or bale. 31-4 Rice & Parks. As the farmers come to town and find ..o '." the streets all paved it will £e but a fewyears until they will go and do likewise. Money to Loan—At from 6to 7 per cent on five year’s time on improved farm and city property. Call on Schurger & Reed. 42* Charles Lange, the merchant tailor, fell from the baggage wagon at the G R. & I. depot last Fridav evening with the resuit of breaking his left arm. The burning out of a chimney in one of John Blakeslee’s houses in the northwest ern part of the city brought out the fire department brigade last Tuesday morning. No damage. Fine shoes for spring and summer wear are being received daily at Tone Holt house's Call and see them. Prices down to bed-rock, and style and quality guaranteed to be of the best. 5 1 '4 • Married, at the residence of the officiating clergyman, in Decatur, Indiana. March 17, IS9I, by Rev, D. A. Boyd. Willis K. Gross and Miss Cora A. Hildebrand, both of Decatur. Mr. John Schurger, ex recorder of Adams county, and now running an abstractor’s office in D, catur, was in the city o Tuesday, the guest of his friend, 11 n Levi Mock.— Bluffton Banner. For Rent—For a term of three years or over, tor cash or share of crop, eighty jtcrefj, fifty under culhation, all fenced, situated in Jefferson township. For particulars call on David Buckmaster, Deca tur, Ind. „ 30-4 Father Wilkin presented l Daniel Donovan with a very fine St. Patrick badge * Tuesday morning. Dan is one of the true blue Irishmen of the city and is a strict observer of St Patr ck’s day. The badge is highly prized by Daniel. Soldiers Attention—Now is the A time to apply for increase, under present jaws many pensioners are entitled to larger pensions than they arp now receiv4. jng. No pay unless successful. - James T. Merryman, 2itf Att’v and Claim Ag’t. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Decatur, Ind., for the week ending March 14, 1891: Mr. David Gaut, G W Huffman, Harry Long, Mr. D. nnis Smith, Miss Nellie Shamlin. Persons calling for the above will please say ’‘-A.iverr'sed ’ ■ • " ’ : b vy. qt inn,, p. m. The agricultural department’s March estimates of corn and wheat in the hands of farmers throughout the country show M 2,000,000 bushels ot corn against 070, on Jjjarch 1, last year, and tig husjjpls qf. w'qpat, which u the iowestquantity of any year for ten years past,Except the stock® of 1881 and 1885, when the crops were much smaller than that of 1890 . It is a strange thing that mean people (io riot know th it they are mean, but yfe 1 j>h „ emcer.; con. ictcn that they are thersouls Os guneroo ty. > A Ou will hear them iary gi ing loud v agar st are’ghbdr who Joes not come lip to the standard of a generous man, and decrying the sin of and’ witholding, wi f hc”t facing n ,ib*e in foe feast thSi tr.ey •t I '®- rf mni' ( ;g fherb s elyes. I'tiey *r s usually people who are : o* green CCi'ltt* l1 ’ and if they are not amusing they wou d be the most aggravating class alive.

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j J. \\ . Place’s ice line. Oranges, lemons and banannas at the i Star bakery. qo 4® Clem McLean is at Omaha. Neb., working on the Bee. Henry Miller, of Wabash township, was in the city M-md'ai. There was no meeting of the. council fa-..yl'iip<day evening All the la’est patterns in carpets and curtains at J Niblick A Son. 50-4 Daniel Sprang is building an addition to his resid nee on Madi®op street. Snerift McConnell made a-busineys trip to Chicago the forepart of this. week. G. Ghristen and Wilson Merryman took in the sights of Fort Wi'vne Wednesday. - . _• | Nefv style satin finish photos, latest and i best thing out at Don. in A Mosers gal- 1 lerv. 32-2 I Craig Miller returned from his trip j south last Monday much improved - in j health. A complete new assortment in fine dress ' goods. China silk and spring jackets at J. i Niblick A Son. 30.4 IT.e citizens of Portland voted for water works las’ Tuesday and the project carried by 141 majority. Abram Stoneburner, living west of De- , caur. has moved onto the Biumker farm in Kirkland township, Theodore Garkey returned from Lebanon, Ohio, Tuesday, where he had been at'euding school the past winter. Horse cards tor the “ensuing season” neatly printed at this office. We have a great variety ot cuts to select from. For S ale —Improved farms and timber lands, also town property at prices to suit r A Reed. 42* P. W Smith and family are nicely ensconced in their new home at Richmond, where they or def tltf»S Democrat sent to them. f Lon D. Peoples has returned from Medicine Lodge, Kan., and is again on our Hi eets shaking hands with his many friends here. 1‘ you want to see the latest stvles m wall p; per. goto Holthouse & Blackburn’s successors to Dorwin, Holthouse & Co. Prices rock bottom. - 5° 4 The trial of Mevi le against 4 Huntsman i in which Mevil'e w s granted a charge of ; venue is spt for the 25th of this month in the Allen cir u t cou-t. For Sale.—A h..use and lot in Crabb's south-western, addition all in good; repair. ; Seven good rooms with all necessary im- : provements. . For particulars call at this j office'. 47 t'f I R. M. S-.v,!-t, a stenogr.iptwr of Fo’t Wayne, has 1 .eated in this city. He is I rvcominendvd as being a first clas.s short- : hand reporter and being a straightforward - yuiing man 1 Sylvis’. r Wo.i will have a -ale of per- ■ sor.al pr p <rtv at his residence six miles northeits’ <>t i) catur. Thursday, March 26' h. of hor'es cows, h 'gs. ai d a general - line of farming impl -'’-en's. R-cord, r vie. t Baugtimans was in the, citv list Wed-esday, and purchased th- - ty of oiir brother William near; Chri-ti n's factory on Jcil'er-on street. ,He will move into the s,a r.e in about three weeks. Considerable opposition is b-iyg made 1 to the stoning of Third street by the citi- ' I zer.s ot ti,e north end of tlyit street. The : petition and remonstrance will probably ' dome up f r hearing, by the council at the I next inerting. - ■' ' '«■ ' • \ ou c.in until the first of Ma’ ch get the , Democr at and the vl incrican , Barnier I for ore do’ ar and- fifty cents, or the Democrat, . 1-m er lean Farmer and Cincinnati En;uire>-, the three for two dollars and thirty cents in advance p John E/erett, wpile working around a i pl:t’ cr at jl’-e lit) ip factory, Monday morn ing, ilipneu the second finger of the right hand rntc. the cogs. He is now minus that par* of the finger which came in contact w’i’ii the running geifrs of said machine. A b ion to wives.— l taving used “Moth- ■ er’s Friend” I would not be without it. It ' is a boon to wives who know they mint ! p is- through the painful" ordeal of, ch,ydhiiiii. Mi.-. Melbourne, lowa. Write the iiradh'ld'Peculator Co , Atlanta, Ga., for further p irticulars. Sold by Holthouse A Blackburn.’ m Annias B Bailey and Miss Hettie Haggard both of Monro ,*, were united in marriage 'll.esday evening, iSii. a’-’se’en o'clock by R«y. H- H. I Smith, pistorf of the Baptist cliurcti, at his residence in Decutur, In liana. May their wedded li’eT>; as pleasant, sunshiny | and beautiful as was their wedding day. j Walter C. Calhoun, of Green Bar, ' Wis., has written to part-es in this city in | regard to putting in a system of water w rk. Ti>e gentleman .desires fran chisc an 1 (dfei’s to pu 4 in hvdrants for-the ci’y ■n 1 w,ate P>r*thc citizens use at .‘J t ery nomi al cost. We are in need of ; water work: in the citv an<’ "h..,dj ;...vb | • .. . , f » ■■} * |r . . 'h-..i 1 ; .1.1 L«‘ e pa. ti. s jnji-rWf I ■v.cl ha'N’ "j.jt'Vn W s-’Wfiil kilUVi In) t-D'Pid to the n .. ..ystem which Mr. ; I -alhoun, proposes tp put in, ard in our! j m*xt issue we w ill probably be more ab’e ! to give fuller particulars, i

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY. MARCH 20, 1801.

Water works. Call at the Star bakery for a warm meal or lunch. 50-4 Casper Lange, of Cincinnati, was in the city. last Friday. C. M. France his bought Ithe Young property on Monroe sweet. Rev. Allen, of the Fresbvterian church. e *"' was at Huntington Inst week. WSter works and natural gas this summer will make Deca'u r boom Frank Weber, of Findlay, Ohio, was here this week visiting his mother. -V,. ... Dr. J (j_. Neptune, the'dentist, made his usual visit to Bern? last-Monday. C. U. Timmonds, editor of the Hart I ford City was in the city last i T , . , » '■ ! T ' r,:iv ' Three improved farms for sale on easy I payments. Inquire of J. W. Hendricks, i Monroe, Indiana. s°*s j Adam Smith, of the firm of Smith A j Bell, left Wednesday morning for Detroit, I on a business trip, f Fort , acres of well improved land, three ! miles south of the city for sale or trade for town propertv. Call at.this office'. 52 4 In the notice ot the opening of a dressr making shop by Mangold A Garrettson. It should have read Miss Flo instead of I Ida. ! —- J. D Edward®, the electric light man, left last Tuesday morning for an extended trip through southern Indiana. Ohio and Kentucky. Dan Railing and ot'rers are asking to have Ficst street paved this summer. Thus the ball s'artM by the . Democrat to rolling is moving along. Miss Becca Steele has opened her dressmaking shop over John Miller’s barber she will be pleased to receive a share of your patronage. 50-3 Eli Wenzel is spending the winter at Biloxi, Miss , from where he favored us with a palm leaf and a fern from the plantation of the late Jeff Daw's. All members ot the Alumni of the De catur high school, are requested to meet at the resilience of Wire Blackburn, Tuesday March 24th, at 7:15 o'clock. Important business , Henry Mayer is the local agent of this city for the famous Centlivre beer : of Fort Wayne, and the Fred Miller beer of -Milwaukee, Wis. When wanting pure been give Henry an order. jo* John Eh auk, one mile south of Pleas* : ant Mill®, will sell at public auction on i Thursday, March 26 h. six bioid marcs, . cattie, sheep, hogs, wagons, buggies and , a general line of fa- ming implements. I Subscribe for the Decatur Democrat 1 and get a good'fiirm paper free for o’ e I year. It is the Amer can i'ariner and it i should go into tiled -m. s of all our rural St.bs r-. 1 ns. Cat' and see the paper and ! you -wti'b--pleased wid; it. 1. A. I’. Li neb put in a' new a n d larger boil, r at his bub ai d spoke w orks la«t ■ Saturday, Mr. Lynch is doing a very | extensi.e business a>'d employs about ! tb.irt' hand' ’u the fact iw He is filling j th- m w warehouse jfst completed with, hubs to drv out. ' 'I'll? parties who stole; the four hides fre.ni the slaughter h ms? of Bark’pv A i S.'eme, w?re Sven faking- them and three I ■ ot mem arc now iV'tmc l t> their owner, i 11 the, otm r one is bro ght forth there w ill I be no prosecution, but it not returned im* ; m.-diately pou will find the otllcers after I Mai ri.*d, at the resi lence of the bride, in 1 Salem, on Saturday evenmg, March 14, by f. A. Warren, justice of the peace, in j the presence of a few invited guests, Mr. Edward Lynch, to Mrs. Florence Dearmond, all of Adams county. After |he ceremony a p lun-’cov.s .- upp.'f spread. ; tp wirch all present did ample justice. ! Si'.,, s-nfered for niteeu years.—My wife has suffered for fifteen years fr. in congestion and painful men<’i-.i:>»'on. After using thre* b of Bradfield’s Regu'ator she is now able to do her h use work and go where she pleases. J. W. Davis, Mor- | avian Falls, N. C. Write Bradfield R<- . ! Co.. Atlanta, Ga , pai'txul-.rT | by-Hobh. 11 e A biaes'iiurn, m Our friend John Robinson, of Monroe, feeling ti.at it was not good to be alone, and especially it the same gang should cah on him that did during the hunt for I Charlie Werst, so he d-. posited two dol- t lam wi’h Clerk It.de, got the neces- I s,.rv credentials for him to secure a part- 1 ner for life. An informant does figey i p l;ether John will Aucm be singing a sweet 1 lullaby in the sweet bv and bv. The post- slice department is sending I circulars to railway sunerin’endents con- : taining the section of the law which pro- ' hibits the carrying of letters upon train® I unless properly stamped. The circular al’is attenoon to ine fact thatl the law is . oeitig violated daih , and gives notice that ' the section must be complied wi h l . RailWav employls are in the'hki-’r . ; ,R» : ; 1 , j < • . ’• 'Ml' 'I U ilia- * , ie j 1’,”; J ,. aa ‘4 ’A?r j’-I-V.'A'f- | p-ijeis and thvh- iu» n 1 ’ KSt lUhsf-'oHtfliar’ ’ )»>--- . It is this practice at muSt-be stopped. The law does not ■ apply to letters bi a’ing upon the business . of the railway company, and which can be . carried in the baggage car, but the letters ‘of foreign companies must be stamped. ]

Will Decatur have water works? 1 The biggest snow of the season has come ard gone. t Our old fri -nd Jacob Hendricks is rot expected to lh <?. I Party ani | We’dding cakes a specialty, at Martin's Stai bakery.. 40 4 . Mrs/Dr. Neptune spent th : s week with triends at Willshire,'Ohio. Everett A Co;, grocers, have been remodeling their grocery this week. ; Thomas Woodruff will move to the Good farm, five miles sou’h-west of the city, M alter M. Phipps, agent of the C & E. road at Uniondale, is at home visiting his parents. The aid society of the Christian church will in April give a business men’s jubilee or carnival. John II Steele having sold his interest, in the meat market will leave for the west in a few days. Husband—See those fine shoes at Tone Holthouse's. They are just the thing for your wife and children. 4 Albert Steele will move to the city in a few days, having' bought the Colchin property near-the Cath-lie church. Money to loan.—On improved farms at lowe.-t rate of interest. No red tape—no delay. 524 Pall G. Hooper. Arthur F sfier h;.s purchased the Jacob Good farm ot 100 acres in Kirkland town- . ship. He stock it with sheep and horses. Albert Ste- le made money enough last summer oft ot twelve chvys to buy a halt interest i.i the Barkley & Steele butcher shop of tl-.isTity. Prof Zeigler has been doing some fine work on horses here. ’The Dr. operated on a horse tor Scott Hughes that was a delicate piece of surgery. e\. \ anCanip, the Contractor, has tsfleen the contract to build a very fine barn for Lem Adams on h s residence lot on Mercer street. The structure will cost about SI,OOO. Mrs. C. Sou’herland has opened up a dressmaking shop on Second street, one door south of Dorw in's gadcy, up stairs, and extends a cordial invitation to all parties desiring work. <SO-3 Charles returned from Cincinnati Monday, fo»which place he had taken a car load of live stock. The Cin ' cinna’i market is quite dull at this time and the yards a-e fi.ll ot stock. The Eagle Mamit icturing company shipped one oi their famous wind engines to Humphreys county, Tennessee, yesterday. The company is gaining, quite a reputation abroad and are putting out. a large number - f mills this Il you conteinpl ite'bu-\ ing wall paper don't fail to ®ee Hohliousy A Blackburn’s line They l ine the very latest designs and stvles. Their p'-iqes are universally I low. while thi ir stock-i® ®o large that it is 1 almost impossible to rot find some pattern 1 [to suit y'u 304 i j Tne ladies < f the Mie socie’y will give] an or an e sori <1 at the lecture room of thy; M E. church, cn Tuesday evening, March 24th. Refresliruenl... wih be served from sto 8 o’clock. As thi® will be the last so--1.. . ■ j ciai o inis co erence year a special inviI tMioii is ex’e. ded to alt. Come out and | enjoy a pH a<ant evorHng, ! 0 - John il. or. ire; Kamp and family left last Thursday for their new home in-Min-ster, Ohio, where be will engage in the wool n mill busii ess. which his good busi ness quid tie. lion will bring success to the enterprise, and to the citizens of Minster we can recommend him as one who will be an honorable and respected When Baby was siek, we gave her Castoria, »When she was a Cliild, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, ,Wheu she had ChU.lren, she gave them Castoria, . .ss ' ■ / , ii —— if : —-—--' One day ia®t week while Frank Sanders was a’ work at the house of Barkley A Ste le some men stole four b es hides, 'b ee of which was hid m a; clump of bushes on AH Aimmetman's ' I farm ro.\he river. Ti e men thought I Ho inore-securclv hide them they covered [ th’ in with rails. The | moved their property hc- (4> e, «Mid if mati „ r e not sifogfed up soon, somebody will be boatdinsfwith the sheriff. TNp new do; liw r.quires owners of dogffto regi'tT them with the township trust e under a penalty of a fin° ; f Any one tnav I- ~m dog*'Male sfiail pay a license of for the lifist and $2 for each additional ; fehiales, for the first and $5 for each add,i‘ : r.mty I Any one ste i.fing dr y > lj j ’ V; rtue O'*’ 1 i*'I'* 1 '* .*^ir«iv Je’b-ed •- f of- 1 * .omtheregis I ■ ,gs, and all tines under this act, shall constitut ? a fund known as the dog fund, which shall be' ;or the payment of damages sustained by the owncis as swine, cattle, hors s and sheep killed, 1 manned ordamag-d by dogs within such tf'WDS h : p R glstei- d d -gs shall not be 1 o’h; r wisest axed. Emergency.

I A. T. Lvrch shipped two car leads of ! hub® this week. ■ A ttornev E. G Coverdale att-r need rn U r’ ! at Bluffton. Monday. Stop 2tnl see the latest in spring hats, at the Mi=se< Fitz Gerald. Samuel Shell has been remembered by Uncle Sam to a ® rail amount. Sheriff McConnell and Alex Bell v ere at Chicago Tuesday on business. Albert C. Sume?, of;Bluffton, was the guest of his sis’er, Mrs. C. Beers this week. The street commissioner has been busy this week cleaning the mud from Second street. Miss Emma Ehresman, Os X'an Wert. Ohio, the guest ot Mrs. Samuel Miller, Wednesday. Tone Holthcuse is receiving his spring stock of ladies, misses and gents’ fine shoes Goods are arriving daily. 52 4 , J 'bn King, Sen . was out on the streets last Tuesday, after being confined to the house fur some fen weeks. Chris Burkholder and Chris Hostetter two of \\ ab?sh township’s most excellen citizens were callers here last-Saturday. M r s. Saul Slay bough, returned last week from Columbus, Ohio, where she had been to attend the funeral ot her son in-law. ■ ' t Mrs.-Eler.or R .iv, an'aged and respected citizen ot this city, died last Wgdnesdai evening a'ter a lingering illness of some six month®. Daniel Death will return to his first love as soon as Mr®. Death, is able to move Dan says that one v. inter is as long as he can stand it in the city. Harmon Yager has secured employment at Hot Springs, Ark., with a land surveying company, and is now in the wilds of that s‘.»te surveying land®. Mrs. F. G. Reppart, of West Point Neb., is in the ci’y visiting with her brother, Sy Ivester Soangler, and her sister®. Mrs. J. R. Shaffer and J Mangold. Daniel Weldy, jr , uho has been in California for the past four months on account Os h*s health, is on his wav home, and will arrive to-morrow. His health is somewhat imm-ovr-d H. M. Romberg desires all parties indebted to him to call at once and settle as he is in need o’ money to complete fie, building ot h-s new livery stable. Call on him at once and faverosts. St 2 Kleinhenz A May'er c mm?nced break- ‘ ing ground Tuesday for their new build ing on the corner of Madison and Se cond streeis. It is their in’en’ion to have the building finished bv the first of June. About twenty-five pets >tis gathered at the res dene 'of Mrs. John J M ner la®t .Saturday evening ’o renVnd h-r’of the fact th,at she had passed her twe.ntv ninth b r’hday Sh- w.i-. the recipient of several very five pre-ent®. “Col Dan Coffee an t >am Gill land I were up b-tore hi® h''ir>r, Mayo, iieoit, ! rhursday tnry- i ,»•. m drunks lined artu, v®*®’s tach ?xot. being fortunate enough to pcs.® -s the recessarv cash they were sent to j>i’. “Mystic < ure”. for rh .;m' i<®m <«i>d ncu ralgii ra-'ic.-dl.' c-ur/s i >( < t > » ( |>y s. Its ! action iipmi the sv®t m i® remarkable aril nii-sfcrious It rt-m ne- at once the cau® - and the disease imme liatviy di appears./! The fir®t dc.®e g r < a'lv ben< ti's. Price 73c ; So dby Ho’thou e A Blackburn. 47-r 1 ] J> hn K rg. jr , l a® encased in a ue\> enterpr se. L-sst tall he t'lsidy, ol; his cellar with s.qul, s-'Ctirmg a lot oj rad ii<he# p’qnu-d' them in ’ip,e sand A« i i;he tops grew John wpqM cut them off' tltid s-il them r g*cens, and as spring is j Cefoing on now, he is selling the raddishes ' to the grocery houses. The time has come when our ci»y wi\ s , have water work®. Who am; yiti/yns have the ent-in-l-e ’ax,- ho’d of i,t bui d v.-dis® While Ris p»Oj>eity V ! :'-X -uouhi Anti will in a few .' e - 1 ' . •?.'''"> '•*•?>■> i® tie capitalist th t I ».iH doth? work now and make the monev that will naturalv follow it? iPygu intend to paint or paiN'X yo.m: ! house in the rear c u wUt- be to your interest w. call, on us and examine our j ; stock of paint and wall paper. a complete stock in either iiirn, we ary selling the H»a‘h \ paints and ! tinted kyuL w-hicq we guarantee to outy.aau and out-pread any punt in the mar-J ket. Give us a call. S- Id and guaranteed by W. 11. Nachtrieb. •' 49013 j They say it is hard work just nqvy y>v young f Hows to get dyrnks as tue salotn® rcgui,at,u>n is sometimes v»»oie»oiue, and shows what, can be doT't if the authorities only vs. a. ] in thefr w ork. y somebody ! 1 ' duties in the hmgfor promptly p-osc- ] violation cf t u c Cvnihion and anal are c<r.sld< A'd t.-tiling regula’ion... 1 for ’he public weliare, such as scjlfog cigrrtttes and liquors to mjuprs, gambli'g for cigars and t ks, and other inducements so vo.crqpt the young. Parent do no< and can not foltow tluir boys over the town and keep them awav from the pit Calls set for them; while a watchful pub ic official can, and can make it unwholesome for ths law-breaker, ,

A. B. Morrison and wife, of Marion. Sundayed in the city. An elegant line of flowers just received at the Misses Fitz Gerald. 31-2 Harmon Bosse,wife and daughter, Mary are all down with the la grippe. The Farmers Alliance store will buijd a I brick on the allev this summer. " Miss Johnston, ot Marion, Ohio, is the j guest of Dr. McMillen and ’amiiv. I Robert Vance, of Blue Creek, was in ! the city Friday and made us a call. The Chicago Daily Scz. -.« is the leading daily of ’he west. Price 10c. a week L. L. Brokaw, ot Fott Wayne, was renewing acquaintances in the city this week. E. P. Menefee, of the Geneva Heading Works, was a caller at this office last Monday. If vou areg, ing so be a car.dida’e for city office now is the time to announce 1 your name as such. Samuel Miller, the barber, will move to Delphos. Ohio, in a few days, where he has a position in a shop. i Jacob Martin at the Star'b ikery and 1 restaurant, invites all his farmer fri- nds to call and see him when in the citv. J. W. Place will >tart an ice line this season and furnish the Wisconsin ice th .t jhe shipped in. Leave your .orders for ice. . Ladies go to Mrs. Sou h Hands one door south of Dor-.vin’s yallerv and have * your dresses fit by the celebrated Kvlio.g I system. John X'ming. jani’or ot the county j ul, ’ ha® been confined to hi® bed with sickness ! for the past week under rhe care of D •. 1 Coverdale. 1 Allen J. Sl ow.-, a torn er Decatur bov. but now with the Domestic Sewing Machine company, at Kansas City, was in the city this week. Rosenthal A Co., wholesale liquor d- aiers of Cincinnati, obtained judgment against Max Gerard for $132.40 in ’Squire Smith's court yesterday morning. John Steele, oi Barkley A Steele, butclh ers, has sold his interest in the meat mar ket to his brother. A. N. Sttele. The change will take place the first of .Xpril The ladies reading club review has been postponed from the 24th to the 31 ®t, to meet at Jthe residence of Mrs. J D Hale. 1 The meeting of 24th to be held at Mrs. I Clint Pat’ersonls. | . —, A [ Lewis IVagn.r, A. Flickinger, J. R. Boyd, S T. Mahan, Joshua Daw and L C Holmes, of Deca'ur, were in Bluffton yesterday for examination by the pension board.— Bluffton B::ir:.. Have you seen them? What? These fine sho- s for spring and summer wear at Tone Hb’thouse's. The latest stvles a'd the finest quality of go ds. A’ l ;.-oo,fs guarantee! as repr* sen ted 4 Th? ladies of Baptist church will give an > sitpper on Fri.’ay evening. . lu- .<h 27 h, at the residence ot L C. Miller. Eggs prepared in every form known to culinary art will be served t orn 3toßo. m, All are invited. the Pi'Ai.Xß.vr has etjrol’ed over twenty five new names to its subscription b®t during the past two weeks, which is a go J. index that the Democrat is the most vvid.-y read paper in the count' Cone r ght along we st ; ll hive ybaui, no our books far a Tew more I'he f jil Masons of >h\ c'fy visited VijjKhee Lodge of Masons on last Wedne®d-..y night; Dr. J. S. Coverda’e, John W. Tyndall, T. R Moo-e. L. C. Miller. A- R. Pierce, J. B. Ford, Malon Morehead, Harry Mies e ami Barqey KaJveriska They traveled by hsnd cay. Marion Oliver, XViliimu Wisner and his son, William, were arrested Monday on q * ha,;;g,e of the larceny of some notes given by Gvo of above named parties. The .-abused had their preliminary trial ixroi-e ’Squire Smith who acquitted Oliv-r and bom d the two,Wi®ner’s ov r .to the circuit court in tfie $.300 each. For S \t; k—A fine farm of one hundred and- sixty acres, in Sou’h Doka’a, the farm is in Beadle county, sixteen miles south of Huron, in a rich farming cumtry, with fivb acres under cultivation, a good frame house, good and all necessary out buildings, good well of water, over one hundred bearing apple frees, with plenty of small fruit School home within onefourth of a mile. • A barggjiy iGw particulars call at this otfiouor H. S. Porter. qStt I'bf-'je this summer passes we will have w<'er woi ks. If our own people do not want to put them in. there are plenty of capitalists will invest their money in xqc-h an t nterprise, find are ready and willin ; to take hold oi it and cun®pyoe water works. Wh.le'tike tfoo oi bv a so eien A takes a l the rnouey out of the, that is paid for | Hs use. Instead of leaving it here, but if our home capitalists will rot invent fh.en let some one 4;ut in the woA tju*t Ts wiilI ing to do it. TW- summer will n~t prss ! until ihe project is completed. Then with natural gas, a good system of wa'er works£ 1 our streets all nicely macadamized, our side walks all b’lcC, and fine shade A proper distance from vvatk®, Decatur vylJ oqe cfj the finest cit es ia tenheun Indiana,

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Farmers’ Institute. At officers tracing, of the Farmers' 11 I- stbu’e. held at Geneva. M ; rch 16th, it j was decided to hold’ the next meeting at 1 Monroe, June 6th. ard arranged program ■ i for tl ic same. Institute opeceJ at 10 a m in G. A. R. I t.a 1 by mu.®ic ami invocation by Rev. 1 .\®ivy . Hon. S. . Hale, in his welcome adibes®. slid: He v. ted ior the app opria- • 1:011 t.-r farmers’ iostituNs. but at the time doubted the propia-ty o. the same, thinking that tee lari'n-.-i ® vvou-ld n'>t av ail thein1 j selves ot its pr v i-ion®. and ex-ended a • co-dial welcome to alt on behalf of the ■ citizens of Geneva. J Thomas Luckeyj the president of the , association responded in a neat speech, 1 a d as our space is ven- limited this week ■ vve w ill .publish it :n mil in our ■ next issue. ■ Song by choir'-—'’Success to the Jolly I Ola Fai tner ’’ Henry Ku’ck saVs he c ud t ll them how he raised corn; advocated hiring a man for brain* instead of muscle; deep pi< vv ng and s’.a'iAw plant.mg; in culti- : va’ ng corn be cJrefuj tot to cut the 1 r -"ts: not to vverk the .gronud tfter •the corn begin to shoot ears; recom Hi. nds cutting six’ v four hills to sit >ck; in ; husking, husk as ®< on as dry enot'gh, and and haul the lodm r-a® fast as husked and ; sta. k- it in rick® a> il in tliat manner will i J W McK can—On same subject said: ,In raising corn, mu-t have go tl soil; in J I pre ra-ipg. ground .must be in go <1 con« *3 "tH'ivn; in right condition, not too wet; ‘23 p r.v grep; harrow with sp ing tooth hir-dM row; never allow s'»ck to fun over his . corn ground a’t’.-r crop is ga’h.r- tl; don't 'w want over a ha’tc'l 0/ weeds on twenty- j acres; believe- in deep cultivation and . W close to corn vv ijh old fashioned shovel W plow lor wire >v- mi®, his been ■ told that ! five barrels of thrown ou ten acres will rid them. ALTER X'orj SESSION. ■ 1 Alter th? po si ;* ha.; ca l. d the meet ; ing to ord. r .- f'ei ,lim‘-r James R. Smith, .i t this c tv, re-. d <p on ‘ Gardening ■ and S-nal> Fruits.’ which was well rei ceived by allI Mrs. .vlartin 11 rr, Vv abash township, read an _e®<ay.o:. -I'aon Life ” Mr®. Herr’s ; “'■’uv will appe r in the Democrat in 1 the near future. i After a song by the choir J. L. Aspy, J. H McKean and others spoke on the subject of “Stock and S’ock Raising ’’ This subject was well handled by the farmers who took part in the discussion. " "Potato Rai-ing" brought forth Wm. Chmer, ot Monroe township, who in his remarks said: Plow deep, plant in rows three and one half feet apart; plant one eye in apiexe sixteen tn eighteen inches apart; covec lightly; when the plants best ns to grow cover again; don’t believe in .hi bng potatoes. There fwas quite a lively discussion on the subject, me a number ol questions were asked on the . subject which were ably answered by Mr. Clvmer. N- xt on the program was an essay nn "Sorghum and Sorghum Raising.’’ We ■- wfil not toil :h ou this subject at this time, thinking our readers would be better -pl- a®ed to l ave Mr Martz’s remarks in full, which will appear at ano’her time. Lewis Lon;, of Wabash townsNtp, also . spoke on th>‘same subj ct and advises to plant in che :k rows 3x3*4. feet and prefers ’he Early Amber tor this climate, cut up as. soon as the -seed begins to harden: thinks the sach.irine rather deterloates, it not cut b'i proper time. Wesfev Wasson took he ground^that former® were at fault in regard to jKpen d’tch«-; ; that bstuefes vouv throvv-r* . ; m the way if ti e enginwr xc.d tha‘tite fa-mers would itot.he’.p Ann ’he ’natter; he a-*-, bed ‘he J*., t indium s : ze of ■t.le ®rv -fiat dtiri \ the water "ould llu-h th. n;e ard keep them e’ean. i Henry' Mid r, James' ti’endetming mid Jj L. A:;av «!s> spoky <-n the -am" subject. I Ait r ext:r.di'.g > vote of tl link® to the G. A. R people, tn 'rhe ; chmr utx? to the eviitoriot the Geneve. Herald for courtesies; ex’ended tht institute fidfourned to meet at Monroe, June 6, THq New Fair Association. ; At Geneva, <--n Thtr sdav ct theTnstittite the Fair A- toc'a* ion w,as dis-us-ed a». the o’Jicer’s mee in.;, ani snhscrip'toh papers for stock in the sane were'.'pkt.'-’d in the bends of one ’"nan in e,i. h tovv.ss’.ip who promised to s .ltcL subscriptions, and a special effort wilt be made bv them to secure the full quota of stock subseriptio-* • by April ’st so fg it th3 organizalion car* ; be completed bv ’he election of directors on Saturday April itth. It is proposed also at that time- to- have propositions from owners of suit tlVeToe f‘.i vi's f>r fair; .. grounds submit proposition® for sale or lease of samo to th? r.ssociati >n. and let the stockholders decile upon the location. ?xow let evei vbodv make a to - .yard move : and assure'he mi. t'®s or the movement. ; Dpn’t wait to be-asked to take stock, but I when von se? an ■ oil the -parties th <t have j the sub-cription papers, put down pour name for ten or more share® an.l see Hhatr v our r.eighb. r d ?e® the <1 nv■. for it is t"> everybody's in,tore«to hite a first c?a®s fair tn the count;. ai .i organized as proposed, it. cannot rail of being a success and a credit to the e >unty, the same.as in adjoining counties. i Newspapers and <?sp:ciaily - the socat one®, generally, give notice of' swi- diets who practice their games upon •re public, and warn th l ' people in advance t ba in readiness for such such •. scheme. 'Die trickster yryto-s and. al he ugh waned in advaviv, 'the game is trie®* by some potyx tool who wants yn p.irt with his; i» >ney. The rr oncy J. tost and the loser curses the sw'up.Vs «'■ He avows that henceforth he wii let sit h swindles afore; b«»t no soorwti is one fioge than another ctme« and he invests with the same restita. No» i amount of war ning will keep the foul cut j of trouble, and th? sootier lyygoes out into* | some obscure place hint self over- ? j a ten acre field th,®' oetter it wilt be, finan.- J Sfcially, himself and family. . Welfley & Boyd’s is the ow-Jy house iir j I the city th t sell® the world renowned | Carl’on’s Blendes! tea. They also are ; ‘ headquarters for, fish and all canned goodte. J