Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1891 — Page 8

MARKETS I EGGS. ° . I o I ■ . The receipts this week has been exceedingly lights and local demand has exceeded the supply, hence we are able to quote: / Strictly fresh at SOO 15 BUTTER. o — This week is closing on one of the most disastrous butter markets the trade has ever experienced. Ten days ago to-day there was not enough to go around, but the receipts have been liberal. Fresh Butter .SOO 10 DRY GOODS o The supply of Spring Goods are liberal, and in order to reduce the surplus we are quoting as follows: Challus, all shades SOO 5 Calicos -. 00 6 Good White Shirt 00 39 Fine Umbrellas 00 *75 Plaid Ordandy Black 00 10 Plain LaWn Black 00 10 ' Plain India Lawn 00 8 Dress Ginghams 00 8 Black Satine 00 121 You should see each and every one of these before you buy; No trouble to show goods at the Boston Store . , • . - ' - I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Kuebler - & - Moltz.

W. U. T. U. Notes. There will be a meeting at the W. C. T. U. hall an next Monday evening. Quite a number of W. C. T. U. ladies will attend the School of Methods to be held at Bluffton the 26th and 27th of this month. Miss Amanda T. Jones, of Chicago, has invented a successful method of can ning fruit or other goods without the use of heat or chemicals, also an improved method of canning cooked food. She started with SIOO,OOO of capital stock but • has reorganized with an increased capitalzation ot $1,000,000. She is making a specialty of lunch tongues. She is aW. C. T. U. woman, and expects to use a large part of the profits in advancing some of the important lines of work of that organization. The New York Sun gives an interesting account of a Dutch colony at Great South Bay, Long Island. 4t is a flourishing village of five hundred inhabitants, in which every family owns its own home; where there are no policemen, sheriff - or magistrate, because nobody ever breaks the law or is disorderly, unreasonable or quarrelsome; which has no street cleaning department, because every family keeps the street in front of its home in order, and every street is as neat as brick, stone and earth'Can be made. Nobody is in debt, and everybody is laying up money. It is healthful and has a low death rate, because it is situated on the sea and its inhabitants work all day in the open air, spend their evenings at home, and go to bed early. It is a God-fearing community, nearly every inhabitant being a mem ber of one of its two churches. There has never been an arrest in this Dutch colon?, nor so far as their American neighbors know,. a quarrel, and never a theft there during the twenty-five years of the colony’s life. '1 he children are rosy and plump, the women look contented and happy, and all are comfortably dressed. There has never been a bar-room nOr place where liquor is sold in the place, and to drink a glass of beer, as occasionally a young man will when visiting the neighboring town of Sayville, is considered a grave offense by his neighbors, putting him into disfavor with the maidens. Steele Items. ? ~ I Health in this locality is quite good except Amos Danner who is improving after a severe sick spell of some six weeks. E. R. Merriman, our carpenter and cabinetmaker, has quit business tor a short time. Bazzet Kelley’s children were sent from our place to Lafayette, Ir.d , to be'schooled in the Catholic schools at that place. Miss Lizzie Waller, of Mansfield, Ohio, who has been v'siting with her sister, Mrs. D. Cco£, for some time, returned home last Satu-day. E. E Merriman and family, of Decatur, were calling ,on his brother, J. W., Sunday last. Corn planting is about all finished up in this neighborhood. There was quite a large crop put out this season. A. B. Baughman, our Democrat agent, has gone into the dairy business. He has bought one Jersey cow at least. Children Cry for : v? 4P? \ . */ - ... - •./ ‘'AL.

Berne Items. Rev. Cartoll preached at the Hall last Sabbath forenoon. A. Marker is at Geneva this week slinging paint. H. Harruff will soon have P. Huffman’s residence on, Railroad street completed. We need water works of some kind here to lay the dust and other purposes. Ira Wagner and family, of Monroe, were the guests of J. F. Lachot last Sabbath. D. Hendricks and family, of Monroe, were the guests of Abe Hocker on last Sabbath. Rev. Funk, of New York, preached at Trinity hall last Sabbath evening to a large congregation. Doc Bone moved from the Meister residence into J. C. Lehman’s residence on Main street. J. B. Atz is having the stone delivered on the ground for the foundation of his new business room. J. Nusbaum is night watchman in the north end at present. Mr. Lehman having been discharged. ~ Our Brass Band at this place is progressing nicely. They will soon come out on the street and give us some music. The township assessor and his deputy, G. H. Laughery, have been at work at this place the past two weeks. Not much sickness in this locality at present, as we see the medical professor rather on a standstill the past few weeks.* James Sprunger is teaching a junior class at this place in the German language and has a good attendance. Bixler & Mattys are turning out from ten to eleven thousand brick every day. At that rate they soon can burn a kiln of 200,000 brick. Dr. J. Q, Neptune, dentist of Decatur, was here at his regular appointment last Monday, doing dential work for the people at this place and vicinity. The foundation for the new block on north side of Main street is nearly completed. As soon as the brick are burnt the laying of the same will commence at once. Robert Swartz who has been in the employ of Sprunger, Gerber & Co., at the city meat shop, is spending a few months in Missouri, and may possibly remain there the entire summer season. Selling at cost. —Any one wanting milinery goods call on Mrs. T. G. Hopkins, next door east ot barber shop. Don’t miss the cheap sales, beginning May 20th. The only first-class millinery store in town. Sidewalk ordinances are very numerous at the present time, and soon our town will be in good shape in that line. The most dilapidated walk is the one leading to the Cottage hotel from the depot. There will probably be a grand Fourth of July celebration m Berne this year, at least such is the talk. We never go on the halves on an occasion of this kind and this time will be the best ever witnessed in the county. Full particulars at a later date. 4

Dad Michaud, Sam Simison. D. Bixler, F. R. Shafer, L. Gehrig and W. Baumgartner composed a fishing party which spent the forepart of the week at Celina, Ohio. They returned home on Tuesday evening with a very nice iQt of fish and report enjoying a good time. Tony Michaud fnet with a very bad accident at the Butter Tub factory by his right hand being caught in the saw which he was operating by sawing three fingers, one was amputated at the first joint, the other two, only the ends, were saved. Dr. C. B. Reid dressed the wounds. It you intend to paint your house call on J. F. Lachot & Co., or Hoffman & Gottschalk and buy the Warren Paint Co’s paint, the best in the market, a paint that is guaran teed for three years. Wall paper can also be bought at Berne very cheap. For sale by J. F. Lachot & Co, or Welty & Sprunger. Prices to suit the times.' If in need of any of rhe above give us a call. Our town marshal has notified the people of this place to clean their streets and alleys, which is a very good move and it is a settled fact that the same will be done in a week or two and things will look far different. Road working will soon be m order. We are informed by the marshal that four days work will be required front each person working the roads. This makes some of the boys squirm, but its a g°A union meeting is being held at this place by the different church denominations. These meetings commenced on last Sabbath evening with preaching in both English and German languages. It is hoped that these meetings may result in much good for the town and community at large. Everybody is cordially invited to attend regardless of what church. The meetings will probably last two weeks Meeting begins at 7:30 p. m. at Trinity Hall. Miles* Nerve ami Liver Pills Act on a new principle—regulating the liver, stomach and bowels through the nerves. A new discovery. Dr. Miles’ Pills speedily cure biliousness, bad taste torpid liver, piles, constipation. Unequaled for me’n, women, children. Smallest, mildest, surest! 30 doses, 25 cents. Samples free, at W. H. Nachtrieb’s. 28* Kansas City Sleeper. The Wabash Line is now running throueh Buffet Sleepers and Free Reclining Chair Cars, between Fort Wayne and Kansas City, in the fast train leaving Fort Wayne at 1:40 p. m. daily except Sundays. For sleeper reservations and such other information as desired, address, R. G- Thompson, Passenger and Ticket Agent, 5-8 f Fort Wayne, Ind 1 Bosse’s Mountain halve. The best salve in the world for burns, piles, boils, fresh wounds, old sores, frozen feet, sore, eyes, etc. Guaranteed to be superior to any other for burns and scalds. It has no equal for piles in all stages. Sold by all druggists. • Pitcher's Castoria.

Linn Grove Items. i Mother Adler, who has been visiting her son, George, for the past six weeks returned to her home at Fort Wayne, on Saturday. David Meshberger on pumping out his quarry, took out a lot of fine fish, among which were some pike one of which weighed seven and one-fourth pounds. One would not judge the times extremely hard to see the amount of goods Miss Lizzie Ensley sells in the millinery line. We have good authority for saying that John Neuenschwander, the cheese maker, for Emanuel Wanner, is the happiest man that came from Switzerland of late, as he enjoys making cheese and love at the same time. The excavation for the basement for our school building was commenced on Tuesday, however the ground was broken on Monday. Peter Hoffmann throwing out the first shovel full of dirt. Milo Harris, of Monroe township, was seen among us on Sunday in a first-class turnout. He having traveled several miles to see—well, to see the country, but the landscape bedecked with fine houses and large barns was not attractive until he had one of our damsels by his side. Fred Glaus, of this township, dispatched a calf this week, that could have been coanted with the curiosities of nature. The young bovine was minus the two frort legs, and was earless and glass eyed, otherwise it was matured and in good health. It would have been a calf of value beyond a doubt had Fred not killed it. At last we were favored with the long desired meeting with the untiring* and truly noble Mrs. Webfoot. She wheeled in on us without giving us notice, pur hospitality was not so extensive as we desired, it being about the hour of noon, we hastily prepared a repast whicl^consisted as heretofore promised, of onion sandwiches, oysters fried with onions and onions on lettuce. Owing to lack of time Adam Mason could not be sent for to make the lemonade, so a liberal supply of goose wine was substituted instead. When we sat down to dine Mrs. W. was in one of her best moods and gave us a graphic description of the wild west, including Gov. Steele. Now changing the subject to Adams county, which to us was more familiar, she says: “Do you know that I before marrying Mr. Webfoot proposed to Coon Brake and he would not have me, that some one about Monroe would have the people believe that 1 was not so intelligent as I am, that (I will thank you for another aromatic sandwich) I took that wire on them high poles for a clothes line, and that stone shop at Decatur for a grave yard. My looks deceive me if Ibe not smarter than that. Do you know that Uncle Josiah Crawford wants my cranium for a snuff box when I am billed for the shining shore, but won’t get it; that Dr. Horn of Camden, has lately heard of the death ot James Monroe; that Van Simcoke was periodically a gentleman.” Having finished our lunch, we proffered our dis tinguished guest pipe and. tobacco, which was declined, bud said she would take a snuff instead. Our better half not being of jealous disposition, we invited the old lady to take in the sights of the town. The first place to which we attracted her attention was the factory of Crisman & Wechter, informing her that at one time it had been a manufactory of hoops but was now changed to a hub factory. The old lady did not wonder at the change, as hoops had gone out of fashion, when we apprised her that it was barrel hoops and not crinoline that had been made there. The next place visited was the stone quarry of John Ensley and Peter Schindler, the quarry being filled with water we pointed out its location telling her that it was twelve feet or more under water, and does John dive down so deep to get the stone, s he saw her mistake when shown a ponderous power pump by which the water is all pumped out, when the stone are readily quarried and hauled out, as it was getting late the olc lady thought it time to be moving. In wending our way up town she saw and inquired what those high shanties were on those houses forj\we answered that those were towers in which swung the bells that called the people together to retui n thanks for our being to Him who created Bill McKinley, who in turn created a McKinley bill. Just as We predicted, while we were away, some longfingered gentry, with felonous intent, took Mrs. W.’s reticule containing her knitting. We gave her a sett of needles to replace a part of her loss.

Fortunate Investment of an Indiana Farmer. Geo. Shaffer, a leading farmer of Arcadia, Ind., writes: “I want to say that Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup is the greatest remedy in the world. I have been as flic ted with rheumatism for three years, and could get no relief from any source until I began using this medicine. The second bottle began to effect me. I am now on my sixth bottle and can work every day. It is a geat medicine; don’t be atraid to recommend it. Geo. Shaffer. Sold by W. H. Nadhtrieb. Bobo Items. Preaching at the school house next Sunday evening. «• . The plasterers are at work on the parsonage. . Literary last Tuesday evening was very interesting. Everybody should turn out and help to push the work. Some one in ou- -icinity has Very little to do when he goes -j poisoning dogs, Mr. Kern, of Elkhart, son of Kern, is visiting friends in our place this week. The farmers are nearly done planting corn in this vicinity. Subscribe for the Democrat, the only county paper that gives the county news. Some miscreant poisoned G. A. Bunner’s Valuable dog this week. Children Oryfior

Pleasant Mills Items. James Fristoe, of Decatur, was in our town last Monday. Tillman Baker and family, of Monroe, spent last Sunday here visiting relatives. Jesse Steele and family were visiting relatives and friends last Sunday at Bobo. Miss Fannie Cordua, of Decatur, was here visiting her sister, Mrs. W. J. Cowan,, over Sunday. Miss Lydia and Phoebe Yager, of Decatur, were visiting their brother, Charles Yager, of this place, last Sabbath. The gossip bubble has bursted, and the gossippers have quieted down, and Pleasant Mills is once more enjoying peace and quietness. A traveling artist stopped in our town and took the photographs of some of our most popular business places one day this week. What has become of our Honduras and Magley correspondents, as we have not seen any items from ffieir quiet little burgs for some time. We believe! some of our people sleep while they stand up, so as to be ready to kick at pike roads. Some of our Republican friends are be coming very restless and uneasy as they are expecting a visit from the old lady Webfoot. She will doubtless call on Wm. Comer and Eb. Roebuck betore her return to Oklahoma. The Methodist brethren will hold their quarterly meeting at this place next Saturday and Sunday. Everybody cotne out and hear the presiding elder. Quite a number from this place attended the lecture at Wren. They report as having a good time and the lecture a grand one. Harlo Mann, of Decatur, spent a few days of the forepart of this week in our village visiting George Borwn and fam ily. Now just a few kind words in regard to purity. Purity is an indispensable requisite to a good character. Purity of thought, of speech, ot conduct, should be scrupu lously adhered to by everyone who desires a good reputation. There are many who style themselves gentlemen, honorable men, men of character and standing, who are guilty of offenses against purity, which ought to exclude them from the society of ths respectable and virtuous, how many young men who think themselves fit Company for the amiable and pure, and lovely of the other sex, who ought not -to be allowed to breathe the same air with our daughters and sisters, and who should not be, if they were thoroughly known by the commun'ty generally, as they are by a few, How many who in the presence ot women in our social circles, will flatter and compliment, with the most obsequious manifestations of re spect, and in the most insinuating manner, who, among their male associates, will speak of women in the most disrespectful and insulting manner, with gross familiarity and unblushing coarseness. When a young man indulges in coarse and depreciating language about the female sex, making them the subject of vulgar allusions, or indecent expressions, you may be sure that he cannot be trusted. The strongest evidences ot a true and noble character are shown in the respect and consideration of women.

Man’s Fancy. Large allowance is to be made for the sweeping assertion of the poet that “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” It certainly is not true of the malarial young man, whose fancy, if he has any, is of the dull and heavy variety. The malarial young man marches around as the captive of general debility. The readiest and most obvious means of escape are afforded by S. S. S., which, without any flourish, routs general debility and his malarial allies. What is true of the young man is true of the young lady, and the whole host of sufferers. S. S. S. is a specific for malaria. Eddie Connelley, the “Irish Demon,” ot the cultured town of Boston, was the guest ot the sporting fraternity of this city yesterday. Eddie is a scrapper and claims to have been engaged in a finish fight with a colored man at Columbus, Ohio, Wed nesday, when at the end of the fifth round the police took a hand in the matter and arrested the gang, with the exception of himself, he escaping in his ring costume, and made tracks for Indiana. He claims to be the champion 138 pound slugger of the world, and can out run or dance any man in the country. Eddie is a great bluffer and a cheap fake amateur traveling on another’s record. Eddie make tracks. Happy Hoosiers. 1 Wm.Timmonds. postmaster of Idaville, Ind., writes: “Electric Bitters has done more for me than all other medicines combined, for that bad feeling arising from kidney and liver trouble.” John Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same place, says; “Find Electric Bitters to be the best kidney and liver medicine, made me feel like a new man.” J. W. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town says: .“Electric Bitters is just the thing for a man who is all run down and don’t care whether he lives or dies; he found new strength, good appetite and felt just like he had a new lease on life.” Only 50 cents a bottle at A. R. Pierce’s drug store. On last Saturday evening at our neighboring city of Willshire, one of the fair sex of that place was seen out strolling around under circumstances that caused the good people of that place to believe that something was wrong, and have concluded that the next time a. negro and a white woman are found together, they wil 1 take the law in their own hands and administer justice by the white cap method or by the New Orleans rule. Bucklen’s Arnica halve. The best salve in the world tor cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 35 cents per box. For sale by A. R. Pierce. 28-* List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Decatur, Ind.? for the week ending May 16, .1891: Mrs. Tresie Strawbeck, Lewellyn Wynings, Mr John B. Hager, Mr. J. S. Fox, Mr. David Donohue, Mr. Jacob Borne. Persons calling for the above will please say “advertised.” B. W. Quinn, P, M. Ed. Shady was buried at the Shady grave yard in Kirkland township last Monday. / riwner v vavwriae

They Have Arrived! And we are now ready to show you the Nobbiest, Newest and Best Stock of ’ $ • •* ’ . . ■ 1 • ■ - - Men’s, Youth’s, Boy’s and Children’s Clothing * and I Gent’s IFurnishings That were ever shown in the city. Our Goode are of the beet make and our Prince are alwaye the Lowest. Don t fail to see our goods and learn our prices betore buying your spring outfit, because we will give you better goods and save you money. We make a ■_ ’ , ?• ■■ '' ; ’■' ' ■ r ' ■ ' Specialty of Merchant /. Tailoring ! And our spring stock of Piece Goods is complete in every way, and we can make you a suit on short notice and will guarantee you a fit. Call in and see us before buying and we will be < pleased to show you through. Yours truly, Ehinger & Meyers, The Clothiers. —" , ■ t ■-’> " ’ 1 -

Monroe Items. Eugene Gerod has commenced to make tile at his old stand. New machinery is still being added to the hoop factory. Hocker & Thomas are putting in a larger engine in their mill here. The Monroe assessors are about to complete their task. They are at Berne this week. The Monroe tile mill is doing fine work headed and managed by Col. Lewellen and Lieutenant Ogg. She must go and no mistake. Try Root Te-na for general debility, warranted, also Sherridon’s Cavalry Condition Powders for horses, cattle, etc. For sale by V. B. Simcoke. Not a negro in Adams county and only county in the state that has no culled population, but we have the worst roads and the stickiest mud in the state. Monroe Hoop company has the largest and best factory in the counfy, and will turn but more hoops than the branch factory at Geneva can possibly do. The farmers, we hope, will make the subject of good roads a special topic at their institute and enthuse the people to action in the way of graveling the roads of Adams county. Monroe wants a livery stable, a life in surance company, bank and a printing office then our town is finished, but as we are so uncomfortably fixed, we have to go to Decatur to be accommodated. The Farmers’ Institute will be held at Monroe Saturday, June 6th. Everybody, men, women and children invited to attend. Free tor all. An interesting programme has been prepared for the occasion. Come and spend One day in the center of your county, and see the improvements among our farmers and citizens of Monroe. The man who expects public patronage is expected to shell out once in awhile. Mr. George H. Martz, a committee to secure some aid from businessmen in Monroe to assist in printing programs, etc., for the coming Farmers’ Institute to be held here next month, only secured two or three patrons who were willing to support the institute. Berne Normal School. The Berne Normal school will begin July 13, 1891, and continue eight weeks. The purpose is a review of the legal branches, instruction and other branches for which there may be a reasonable demand. There will be two courses;' one for teachers, the other for fifth grade pupils. Prospects are very favorable for this term to be even better than either of the others that were so popular. We guaran tee satisfaction. Tuition $5.00 per term in advance. Board can be secured more reasonable in this place than any other town we know of. - Further information will be cheerfully given by F. G. Haecker, Prin. of Berne schools, Domestic, Ind,, or N. C. Hirschy, Angola, Ind. 7-4 John and Annie Yeager left this morning for Ottoville, Ohio, to attend the funeral of their grandmother. They will be met at Willshire by their brother Leo who will accompany them. E. A. Huffman and family, of Marion, were in attendance at the funeral of Joseph Wherry, to-day. Notice to Contractors. Sealed proposals will be received by the Common Council of the City of Decatur, at the council chamber, until 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 9,1891, for the furnishing of all material and performing all work necessary to the completion, according to plans and specifications, a nine inch salt-glazed sewer tile along the line of the alley running north and south between Eighth and Ninth streets. The Council reserves the right to reject any ■ or all bids. Plans and specifications on file at city clerk’s office. By order of Council. „ „ O. N. TyndaUh IM City Engineer. • Notato Contractors. Sealed proposals will be received by the CommonCouncifofthe City of Decatur, at the council chamber, until 7:30 p. m. on ’ Tuesday, June 9,1891, For the placing according to plans and speefi- ’ cations an additional coat of crushed stone on Second street, from the south side of Court street to Winchester street; also on Winchester gr order of • & : v- ■?>, W ■’ •V •' ‘ • - * ‘ V

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Timber Wanted I want 1,000,000 feet of timber at once and will pay the highest market prices for the same, delivered at my factory or at ahy rail road station. For first-class Hickory logs $15.00 per thousand. Oak Butts, 2| feet long, the highest market price. No defective timber wanted. I will not buy any more Hickory Butts this summsr. For further information, address, A.T.LYNCH. Dttatir, M. Notice to Contractors. Sealed proposals will be received by the Common Council of the city of Decatur, at the office of the City Clerk until Tuesday, May 26,1891, at 7 o’clock p. m.. for the following work: For the grading of Madison street from Front street to Seventh street. For the grading of Chestnut street for the full length. For the grading of Bussell street for the full length. All blds to be by the cubic yard, for the removal of all dirt along the proposed routes. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of City Clerk. The Common Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Common Council. „ „ O. N. TtKDAUU. 8-3 City Civil Engineer. Pitcher’s Castorla. Children Cry for

HOFFMAN & GOTTSCHALK Keep a foil line of Drags, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Groceries, Lamps, Tobaccos, Cigars, and a general stock of Merchandise. Prescriptions carefully compounded. , LINN HRAVC iftirv bIUU vrcvyt' INU (

■ - Have received an elegantline of White Goods, Embroideries, Ffouncings, in both black and white, Ladies’ Neckwear, &c. Those wanting in this line should not fail to see them before buying. Remember them on anything in the line of Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries of all kinds, as they have them at the right Cash Prices.

SOIWFaGtS! 1 BY , J. & BOWSES, The Leading Hardware Man. X Here is a line of Goods that are no humbug, and in endless variety. of Latest Patterns. Bryan Plows Princess Plows. John Deere Plows and Corn Cultivators, Reed’s Spring Tooth Harrows, in which teeth will not break and so warranted. Thomas’ Hay Rakes and afun e une*o? rer BPump 8Pump8 ’ io «® lher *>th New Home Sewing Machines i • ’ AND HARDWIRE ANS BUILDIN6 MITEHUL. Will ®? u •? tow tt ® lowest, and give good , Goods that have been tested and have proven a success and are no humbug as many farm--1 Ing implements are. 1 - ‘fiDili l ll._ Adams County Bank Do a general banking business. Collections * made in all parts of the country. County, City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought aud sold. Interest paid on time deposits.