Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1893 — Page 1

The Decatur Democrat.

VOLUME XXXVII.

HOME NEWS. Do you stroke? Go to Yager Bro’s. The “Globe” restaurant for meals. 19-4 . A flue Hue of Brushes of all kinds, at Yager Bro’s. Everybody go to the “Globe” rest* aurant for a nice lunch. 194 For New Perfumes and the latest, go to Yager Bro’s. Uncle Dan Hines and wife, of Union . township, visited the city last Monday. Do’you Fish? Yager Bros, s the place to buy your tackle. Chas. E. Miller, optician, of Muncie, Indiana, at Burt House, Saturday July 29th. = -For a gootL square, meal John Wellley & Son, Second street, one door south of Monroe street. 194 John King was over in Wells county last Tuesday, assisting in the threshing of grain on his farm. Remember, Byers & McConnell keep their plug tobacco in a case where dust and dirt can’t reach it " ts Cal Kunkle and wife, of Monmouth, left here last Monday for a week’s visit at the great fair. Dave Rice and wife,—Bluffton, were made happy last Friday by the arrival of a boy-baby. When in the city stop at the C. & E. Bakery and Restaurant, for the best i mealsand lunch. Albert Sciiurger j K 1 y Proprietor. Frankie Walters, formerly messenger hoy here, is now at Goshen, Indiana, 1 where he is night operator on the Big Four. I Mrs. John and James McMullen and ( children of Ft. Wayne, were the guests , of Barney Wemhoff and family for a few days last week. Peter Gaffer and assistants have been , putting in their best strokes this week, painting and papering the upstairs of the “Globe” restaurant. .. Iliratn .waiters, who served as janitpr several years in central school building, is now at Simpson, Huntington county, where he has a position as telegraph operator. Go to Geo. Roop’s for your handmade boots and shoes and repairing. All work warranted and stock guaranteed. Repairing done with neatness and dispatch. ' 2tf Henry Mayer & Co. are prepared to furnish first-class brick of all kinds. Brick for side walks, brick for wells, brick for cisterns, and brick for building purposes, always dn hand. IStf Jim Powell, of Portland, tarried with a number of his acquaintances in our city last Saturday night. Jim has but one fault to find with Decatur or its people, namely: the omnibuses, are built too small for him to get into. Shaffer & Loch have sold their store in Ossion, to their former manager, A. S. Elzey and John Rex, of Ossion. The store has been under the management of Mr. Elz.sy since its opening, and has been a success. The ice cream festival last Saturday night on the Roebuck farm, near Pleasant Mills, was well attended. Several vehicles from Decatur loaded with young people were there, and all report a good time. We were shown a beautiful piece of marble the other day, by George Wemhoff, that came from Proctor, Vermont, and from a quarry owned by the former Secretary of the Navy. It is the most variegated piece of marble we everlooked at On account of the Bethany Park Assembly, at Brooklyn, Ind., the G. R. & I. railroad will sell round trijJ tickets to the above point, July 25th to August 14th. Good to return, until Aug. 17th. One,fare for the round trip. The B. Y. P. U. will have charge of the services at the Baptist church next ' Sunday evening. There will be reports from the Indianapolis convention and other addresses. Everybody is invited. Come and enjoy a feast of good things. Services begin at 7:30. A collection for the B Y P U A will be taken. Having bought W. S Hughes’ marble works, we will close out what stock is on , hands at cost to make room for a new and assorted stock of headstones and monuments, both in marble and graitie. All work is warranted to be llrst-class and prices the lowest of anowhere in the state. All lettering carefully executed in English, German, .French or Latin. Give us a call. 18-5 L. C. & Wji. Hughes. -

PAlNTS—Unequalled any place, at Yager Bro’s. Tobacco—Till you can’t rest, at Yager Bro’s. Do you want a light? You can get it at Yager Bro's. NO MISTAKES* at Yager Bro’s, harm acy. The “Globe” restaurant for anything in the eating line. 194 Miss Estella Oakes, of Kendallville, Indiana, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. 11. H. Hart and family. Earnest Suttles and wife, of Huntington. are in the city greeting relatives and friends. Mr. Pendleton Rice left last Tuesday for Warsaw, Indiana, where be will remain about a week. Nice clean beds on second floor of the'“Globe” restaurant, John Welfley & Son, proprietors. 19*4 Misses Celie and Lena Russell are ' visiting friends at Portland and Monroe Center. Go to P. Holthouse & Co., for sum- j mer Clothing and Underwear, at re- ' duced prices. lOtf For Sale—At a bargain. A 4-horse ' upright engine and boiler. Enquire at this office. For reduced prices in Summer Clothing, Underwear or Straw Hats, &c., go to P. Holthouse & Co. •. IGtf ] Farmers go to the “Globe” restaur- j ant when you come to the city. Every thing in the eating line served there. • 194 . Money to Loan—At six per cent in terest with privilege of partial payment. 37tf Christen & Schirmeyer. j Farmers! When in the city stop at ’ the “Globe” restaurant for something • to eat. Warm meals or lunch served at all hours. 19 -4 Miss VidaLatamore, of Bluffton, and Miss Stella Thomann, of Huntington, 1 spent Sabbath in the city, the guests of Miss Grace McConnehey. J Those needing spectacles can rely on , getting what their eyes require of Mil- ( Wfe .optician. He asks JSjMe recommendation than those be has fitted witbCglasses in Decatnr. Chas. E. Miller, the specialist in j lenses for the eye, is very reasonable in j prices, considering the quality of goods used, and services rendered. Call on ; him at Burt House Saturday, July 291 h, ■ and be convinced. Satisfaction guar- ; ahteed. Miss Cora, daughter of I. J. Miesse, mine host of the Miesse House, this ' city, who is spending the “heated term” in the mountains of the west, writes her father a very interesting letter from Pueblo, Col., descriptive of the city and its surroundings. There will be a Union Sunday school picnic held some time in August. All schools should be in training and come prepared, as there will be a handsome present offered to the winner. Date and place of meeting will appear in this paper later on. By order of committee. Epworth League, and K. of I’. day at the Rome City Assembly, July 29th. Special train leaves Decatur at 7:32 A. M. Fare for the round trip $1,50. Tickets will be good for return on train No. 6 which leaves Rome City at 10:19 P. M. Hite,, Shamp & Yager, dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries. Goods all New and fust-class, and at prices that can’t be beaten. Country produce taken for Cash or Trade. Don’t fail to call on us when you want anything in our line. Hite, Shamp &. Yager, Boyd & Co’s old stand, Second st,. 19-5 Island Park Assembly, Rome City, Ind , formally opened its 15th annual session July 25th. All railroads have given reduced rates, and the program being exceedingly attractive, the attendance will undoubtedly be quite large. On Friday (of this week) July 28th, Christian Endeavor day, 29th K. of P. and Epworth League day, August 3rd G. A. R. day, 7th Powderly day. No such attractions are offered by any other- Western Assembly this year. The old J. & P. Crabbs corner, erected in 1854, by the above firm, is undergoing a change. The main or first - floor will be lowered, so as to be almost on level with the side-walk.. The front will be French plate glass, with the entrance at the corner instead of the centre as heretofore. Another story will be added to its present height, making it a three story structure. Other improvements will also be made, and when completed will be second to none in appearance to any business building in the city. Wm. H. Niblick and Peter Tonnellier are the owners.

DECATUR. ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 28. 1893.

The Finest Perfumes in the city, at Yager Bro’s. Free soup at Mose's Saturday night from 8 to 11 p. m. John Weber is at Huntington this buying horses.* Everybody eat turtle soup at Mose’s Saturday night. Stationery. The best ever offered at Yager Bro’s. Chartie Harmon’s wife presented him with a bouncing boy on last Monday. John B. Holthouse and wife are the proud parents of a ten-pound boy, that is a fine one. For the Best Bread, Pies and .Cakes, Call at the C. & E. Bakery. 8 ly Alberx Sciiurger, Prop. Alex Beall, wife and daughter, of Willshire, Ohio, were in our city last Sunday. ' ; Will Grant, of Lima, was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grant last Sunday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Harkless, on last Sunday evening a nine i pound girl. —- ■ j Miss Carrie Patterson, of Indianapolis, is visiting Mrs, Eliza Patterson and other members of her family. Misses Cora and Viola Barnett, spent Sunday at Rockford, Ohio, the guests of Miss Julia Billman.. — i A small girl of Rasin Schaffer, of St. ' Marys township, fell off of the fence, breaking her left arm. Mrs. M. B. Gorsline, 6f Ft. Wayne is at the bedside of her brother-in-law, Capt. Ira A. Blossom, of our city. J Fred Stahr, Union township, bad the , misfortune to fall off of a wagon-load of wood, dislocating his left shoulder joint. A son of Joseph M. Rice, south of town met with a serious accident last week by falling from a cherry tree, dislocating his elbow of the right arm. We have some special bargains in Summer Clothing and Underwear which we are selling at a great reduction in prices at P. Ilolthouse & Co. 16tf " ElderS. S. Beaver, of McAllisterville J uniattaCo., Pa., says his wife is subject to cramps In the stomach. Last summer he tried Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for it, and was much pleased with the speedy relief it afforded. She has since used it whenever necessary and found that it never fails. For sale by W. H. Nachtrieb, Druggist. j The conduct of two young girls of our city last Saturday night and Sunday morning, wouldn’t appear very bright to their parents if made known to them. After attending Diffenbaugh's show, they “jollied” around with a couple of the attaches thereof until about four o’clock Sunday morning, when one of the girls,—who was employed as housekeeper in a private family, knocked at the door for admittance, which was refused her, on account of the other girl wanting to stay also. The girls and their company went away, and now a situation is open for an industrious girl at the place where the girls couldn’t get in at 4 in the morning. He Never Came Back! Last Friday a well-dressed stranger applied at the livery barn of Peterson & Boch for a conveyance to go to a Mr. Fouss, who resides near the County Farm, stating that he would return in a few hours, unless per chance he would drive over to Mr. Fred Hill’s, near Wilshire Ohio. This was the last seen of stranger, horse or buggy, hereabouts. A man answering the discription of this stranger was seen at Ridgeville, last Monday, but the horse he was driving was an iron-gray. The horse belonging to Peterson & Block is an Arabian, of the “hoppy-lucy” color, six years old, and fifteen hands high. The buggy is a top, side-bar springs. The value of the outfit.—minus driver—is $l5O. They offer a liberal reward Grand Excursion Io Pori Huron VIA TOLEDO AND DETROIT, For train No. 0 leaving Illinois stations Sunday July 30, Indiana stations Monday morning, July 31st. The Clover Leaf (T. St., L. &K C.)will sell extremely low rate excursion tickets to Toledo, Detroit and Port Huron—or if desired the trip may be extended to Mackinaw, Petoskey, Duluth or Chicago, at small cost additional. The new steamer Alpena will leave Toledo after arrival of train; arrive Detroit 3 p. m. From Detroit, choice of three steamers, viz: Cole, Arundel or Idlewild. Return trip via the popular steamer Greyhound. See agents for further particulars, or address, • C. C. Jenkins, Gen’l Pass. AgenL_= Toledo, O.

Turtle soup at Mose's Saturday night from 8 till 11 p. m. Turtle soup at More’s Saturday night fromßtillllp.no. j Everybody eat turtle soup at Mose’s Saturday night. V; Free soup at Mose’s Saturday night from Btollp. m. * Born to Mr. and Mrs. Amos Crist, on last Sunday evening—a girl. Frank Mann and wife took in the World’s Fair very pleasantly this week. Esquire Van B. Simcoke was at Monroe yesterday on business connected with his office. Miss Grace Patterson, daughter of George Patterson, is visiting her uncle at Terre Haute. Frank Schirmeyer and wife spent several days of this week, taking in the sights at the World’s Fair. Miss Sadie and Lena Caldwell, of Ft. Wayne are the guests of Miss Maggie Peoples near this city. 4m— Nick Miller and Ben SchranK, tonsorial artists, visited Adams county's best business city last Monday by going to Berne. Sheep to Let.—The undersigned has twenty-five head of sheep which he desires to let out on the shares. Frank Gass. There will be an ice cream festival two miles west and one mile south of Monroe next Saturday evening July 28. Everybody invited. On account or the Rome City Assembly, the G. R. &I. Rail Road will sell excursion tickets, JAly 23d to August 9th, return limit August 12th, fare for the round trip $1.70, which entitles the holder to one admission to the Island. J. Bryson, Agent.* Geo. Schroeder and wife returned here from Chicago last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Schroeder’s health has not been of the best since their sojourn in the “windy” city. She will remain here for the present. While George intends returning after a few days recreation. Commencing June Ist., and continuing until Sept. 30, the G. R. &I* R- Rwill sell tickets to Northern Summer Resorts at a great reduction in rates: To Traverse City and return, $12.30. Petoskey and return, or Bay View, $14.15. . Harbor Springs, or We-Que-Tonsing, and return, $14.40. Mackinaw City and return, $15.60. Mackinaw Islands and return, $16.60. For rates to other points enquire of J. BRYSON, Agt. G. R. & 1., 11-ts Decatur, lnd> ROAR DLRS WANTED. Mrs. Mary Congleton, near Winchester and Adams streets, will receive one. two or three boarders at reasonable rates. 18-ts Chicago & Erie. Second No. .1$— Leaving Decatur 1:30 a. m. daily Jsoliti train for Columbus, Ohio, via Marion and the Columbus, Hocking Val'ey and Toledo Railway (Buckeye Route); Pullman Sleepers to Columbus, Kenova, Norfolk, and other Virginia points, via Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo and the Norfolk & Western Lines. J/W. DkLong, agent. Church Dedical ion. The German Reformed church of Preble township, one mile and a half north of Magley, will be dedicated on Sunday, July There will be preaching in German and English. Refreshments will be free. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody. COLORADO TOURIST RATES. IjOW rate excursion tickets on sale at principal T., St. L. & K. C. Stations. The Clover Leaf Route offers through tickets, via all routes beyond St. Louis Liberal privileges in limit and stop overs, Buffet Vestibuled Sleeping Cars. Buffet Reclining Chairs, seats free. Call on nearest agent or address C C. JENKINS, Gen’l Pass Au't. Toledo. ExcuWion to Rome City. The Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City Rail Road, (Clover Leaf Route) will issue low rate excursion tickets during Island Park Assembly. Clover Leaf No. 2 from Frankfort, 8:85 a. m., Kokomo, 9:30 a. m., Marion 10:30 a. m., Bluffton, 11:82 a. m., makes close connection via Decatur, arrive at Rome City 3:56 p. m., except Sunday. Call on nearest agent. C.C. JENKINS, General Passenger i Agent, Toledo. Ohio.

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FREE COINAGE OF BAD DOLLARS ACCIDENTLY FRUSTRATED! Moulds For the Manufacturing of Spurious Dollars Found in The Buhler Flax Factory. The Buhler Flax Factory, in the northwest part of the city has been used for purposes other than what it was originally built for. Last Monday morning, while John Buhler, one of the proprietors, was giving the premises a general cleaning-up, he noticed a bundle of paper stuck underneath a piece of lumber, on which was piled some saw dust. On taking it out of its depository and on opening it. the contents proved to be bottoms of two tin boxes which had contained shoe polish, and of the ten cent size. Instead of the original contents being intact, however, they were filled with plaster of Paris. In the center of these boxes, and in the plaster of Paris, was an impression of a silver dollar, showing both the Eagle and Goddess of Liberty sides of the date of 1887. Mr. Buhler informed us that on several occasions during the past month, he has noticed a change in the situation of chairs and other articles of the office, but thought it the doings of young people who were acquainted with the place, and had used it for game playing. The officers and prosecuting attorney of the city were made familiar with the above find in ordarthat a watchmightbekept there a few nights in order to discover, if possible, the parties who had secreted these moulds there. Mr. Buhler informs us that nothing was done by the officers to discover them. That it was the work of people of more than immature ages, there is not the least doubt. But whether it is the work of home ingenuity or foreign experts, we are unable to say. An empty pint bottle was also found near these molds, which had contained some kind of acid, but as the quantity was but a few drops, it was impossible to say what kind it was. Old Soldiers! There will be a meeting of the exsoldiers of Adams county at the court bouse on Saturday, July 29, 1893, at 1 o'clock, p. m.. for the purpose of making arrangements to attend the National Encampment to be held at Indianapolis, Indiana, on the 5,6, 7,8 and 9th September. All soldiers who expect to attend the Encampment and are not connected with any post, will be furnished with quarters, provided they make the application through the ' post nearest to them in time for the same to be filed with the committee in charge of arrangements. It is the re- • quest of the Department Uommander that soldiers wear the regulation uniform. By order of Sam Henry Post No. 63, Department of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic. N. Blackburn, Commander. : T. R. Moore, Adjutant. i Firemen’s Touriiainciil Rand Contest. The above attractions at Delphos. 0.. August Ist. 2nd and 3rd. $1,290 in prizes. The T., St. L. AK. C. railroad, "Clover Leaf Route" will issue one fare excursion tickets from stations Decatur to Tolgdo. ‘ C. C. Jenkins, Gen'l Pass Agent.. I ■ :— Noliee. ' The Adams County Assembly, F. M. ' B. A. will convene at Monroe. Indiana, Tuesday. August 1, 1893, at TO o'clock, a m. Every body come out and hear i Dr. Robinpon, the Farmer's friend. of , L- Headington, Pres, ' G. W. Gladden, Sec. y I A neat stock of General Merchandise, g Cheap for eash, or good bankable pa per, with or without store fixtures, ;, cheap rent, a liy ge store-room and five u other rooms; post-office in store, only s store in town; cash business established ♦ thirty months ago. For further uarlicnlars,/address. ' John Blocher, 9tf Ceylon. Adams Co. Ind. r SOAPS—Now you strike us. Yager ' Bro's. v

OBITUARY. Elizabeth Mary, daughter of John and ( Martha Holmes, was born in Augusta county, Va., Oct. 9,1829, and removed with her parents to Ross county, Ohio, in 1842, and ( thence to Adams county, Ind., in 1844. She ( soon after united with the Presbyterian church at Pleasant Hill, under the ministration of Rev. Nevius. Throughout ( her life she maintained the pure Christian ; graces and womanly virtues adopted by her in her early days. Her life has always been an example of piety and full of noble ■ deeds of kindness and has been an hwior to 1 the cause of Christianity and her faith. On Oct. 10,1850, she was united in marriage £ with Josephus Johnson, with whom she i lived happy and contented forseveral years in Adams county, Ind., from thence moving to Van Wert, county. Ohio, where they t continued until Feb. 1855, when they re- | moved to Jay county, Ind,, near Portland. ] where they remained until her death. July 10,18'.):?, at the age of 63 years, 9 months and 10 days, leaving her husband, two sons ] an only brother, (her only sister going a year before) and friends of all who knew her to mourn the loss of such a gentle wife, loving mother, affectionate sister and kind and obliging friend and neighbor. All through her last illness she seemed ! to realize that the end was near and mani- j fested a spirit of resignation to the will of the Master. Speaking of the future it seemed a joy and comfort to say she had done her part and was willing to go. She signified that while in health, death had terrors it had become her consoling comfort and reconciliation in affliction. She welcomed its soothing balm. Surely if Zachariah 14-7 was a typical Ascription of triumplifint-A’ictbry of the Gospel church to the milleuial light, her last hours of earthly fear and hope was an antitype and a dav.n of light in her soul at the entrance of the haven of eternal joy and happiness. Speechless whispers, only gestures. Could her happiness reveal. And realities of glories Ope'd the gates and broke the seal. Dearst mother, wife, most,lovely. Gentle as the summer breeze. Pleasant as the air of evening When it floats among the trees. Gentle sister thou hast left us. E'er thy loss we deeply feel But ’tis God who bath bereft us He can all our sorrows heal. Her remains were interred in the Blue Creek cemetery in Adams county, near her first home in Indiana. *** card of thanks. The family and friends of Josephus Joinson wisli to expre-s their sincere thanks to those who so kindly assisted through' the sickness and burial of their most beloved ■yvife. mother and friend. Theresa Archbold was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 4th day of March 1831, and departed this life in the city of Decatur, Indiana, on the 17th day of July 1898, aged 62 years. 4 months and 12 days. She. with her parents moved to this county in’the year 1885, while the Indians were yet in and about the place where thecitynow is. She was married- to Zachariah Merryman on the 6th day of Nov. ISV:, who dei parted this life in Decatur on August ?.>. 18t’>5; two children also preceded her to the better land; Two daughters and one son remain to mourn, the immeasurable loss. For inore than thirty-live years she was a member of the M. E. ehttrch and a faithful 1 attendant at public worship in Dyeatur for the last fifteen years. She was taken ill five months ago. and though scarcely able to talk from the first, often spokj of the , Heavenly home and her desire to go 'there. AH that tender hearts and lovitig hearts of ' devoted children could do was cheerfully rendered, anil her every want anticipated ’ and Wish gratified. She was never too busy to leave her home and children to wait at the bedside of a sick neighbor or smooth the pillow of a dying friend. Peacefully, calmly and without a murgiur, just as the morning sunlight found its way to her pillow, the soul went to that quiet, peaceful ' happy rest that the good, faithful Christian ’ mother that she was so well deserved. The • funeral services were conducted by Bev. M. t A. Teague, of Pendleton, Ind., assisted by Rev. E. T. Gregg, pastor of the FirstM. E. church of this city, and the remains were tenderly laid to rest in the Reynolds cemetery north of the city, there to await the a resurrection moot). *»* Col. John Wellley & Son are remodel--0 ing the up-stairs of their restaurant so y as to accommodate those in want of a I place to sleep with a nice; well-furn- - ished room. The Col. and son invite all those in need ot something to eatr or a place to sleep to give them a call, r I Second st., one door south of Monroe ' street.

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Doctor Calderwood of Wilshire, was in the city yesterday. - Page Blackburn and wife are at Fountain Park, near Warsaw, rusticating. Samuel Knot! and family or Way Cross. Fla., are greeting relatives and friends here. Wm. Strickler, an old comrade of “C Company. Hth Cavalry, paid this office a pleasant visit last Friday. Mr. Sigmond Strauss, of Cincinnati, is visiting his friend and relative. Ike Rosenthal and family, this week. The Pythian Sisters ice-cream festival at J. T. France's residence last Wednesday night w%s a complete success. Frank Railing, of Lima. Ohio, has returned to his old love, Decatur, and has with his family, located on south Eleventh street. Peter Hoffman, the "Gath," of Buena Vista made us a pleasant call last Thursday. He still sells drugs in his town. Miss Lou Shackley, of West Quincy, Mass., who has been visiting relatives here since last November, has left lor Pawnee City, Neb., to visit her uncle. Hiram Shackley. The Ft. Wayne Driving Club will give six days racing, four races each day, on August 14,15,16,17,18 and 19, 1893. This will be worth going to see by our sport-loving people as all the grqjit stables of the country will be represented. Letter List. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Decatur. Ind., for the week ending July 22, 1893: C E Armstrong. Miss Emma Bosh, Miss Mame Schultz. Warren Reed: Persons calling for the above will please sav advertised. B. W’. Quinn, P. M.' A Big Fire. Between six'and eight thousand dollars went /ip in smoke and ashes, last Tuesday as the family of Ernest Heckman, who live five and one-half miles ROrth of this place on the old plank road, sat down to dinner, they were interrupted by the cry of fire, which they soon found to be their barn. The tire started from the ashes and coals thrown out of the fire box of the steam threshing machine, which had been threshing there the day before and that day until nine o’clock a. m. when they pulled out. The machine belonged to Henry Zwick. About noon the wind raised and Soon blew so as to cause a lire in the stubbles of the meadow in which the ashes lay. The wind being from the right’direction in a few minutes, the blaze was at the foot of the straw stack and in an instant, before anything could be done, tiie barn from which they threshed wasj on fire, which being near the stable, in less time than it takes to write it. the stable, granery and the second barn was on fire; still the devouring dames were not satisfied and they spread to another barn about twenty rods southeast of’thUSecond one and it was soon inflames. In this barn was all his farming implements, which all went with the grain. The first barn was about empty having been threshed out, but there was on hand some four hundred bushels of old wheat with some oats, and corn, with about five hundred bushels of new wheat that had ju/t been threshed, also a large amount of Timothy seed. The second barn was full of hay and unthreshed wheat, Wfifen our reporter visited the place the barn had burned from around the ' hay and wheat leaving each mow as ' they were then a stapding pillar of fire, with the three*large barns and other buildings went all the fence near the .fire. one time- tor a few minuteff - the wind blew the the toward the house > cooking the fruit’ 1 and the trees. Had i it continued for a longer period, the - house would have goneryitb the rest. I This is the largest amount of propi erty destroywl by tire for any of our . farmers. e The property was insured in the Preble Township Mutual.