Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1898 — Page 8

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Bobo. George Schlegel was seen here last Sunday. Eugene Bunner is recovering from a sick spell. Rev. Wise preached at Bobo Sunday afternoon. Rev. N. P. Barton preached at Mt. Tabor Sunday. Milton Hilpert is visiting friends at Toledo, Ohio. Almond Shaffer has been quite sick but is now recovering. Mt. Taboy M. E. S. S. attended the Monroe picnic last Saturday. Freeman Beery of Pleasant Mills, was visiting at G. A. Bunner’s Saturday evening. Epworth League will give an oyster supper at Bobo one week from Saturday evening. Oct. 1. The funeral services of Miss Fanny Hawk were held at Mt. Tabor last Friday conducted by Rev. Smith. This being the second’ one in this family within the past week. Honmouth. Several from here attended the Van Wert fair last week. Harry Christen of Decatur, spent Sunday at his home here, Mrs. Lord has almost totally recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Quite a number from this corner were at Steele’s park at Decatur last Sunday. C. D. Kunkle may be again seen making his daily trips to Decatur where lie is teaching school. The next S. S. convention will be held at Pleasant Grove on Saturday afternoon and evening, Oct. 1,1898. A grand time is being advertised to take place at Bingen on next Saturday night at the dedication of the new school house at that place. Our people were surprised to hear that Jim Hoagland and Miss Ida Mallonee, both well known here, especially the latter as a school teacher, were united in marriage last Saturday evening by Rev. Jones. Among those who took in Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Decatur Monday night were C. D. Kunkle and family, Sampson Pillars and wife; Charles Burr and family, L. N. Grandstaff and daughter, Mont Evansand daughter Belle. Bert Christen, Samuel Kunkle and Ray Christen. Mont Evans received a pair of white kittens from a relative at Chicago last Friday. Mont kept the pets penned up for half a day and then let them out. after seeing the main sights of Monmouth, one of them left for parts unknown. Mont thinks the cat started for Chicago. Pleasant Mills. Charles Yager went to Van Wert Wednesday on business. Mrs. Alva Gilson of Continental, Ohio, is visiting friends here. Rev. Jackson will preach at the U. B. church next Sunday evening. Preaching at the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. Quite a number of our citizens took in the sights at Decatur last Sunday. Our schools will open next Monday with Mary G. McCollough as principal. Wm. Porter contemplates going to the Soldier's Home at Marion, Ind., to live. Mrs. Samuel Hite and Miss Emma Ehresman of Decatur, called on friends here Monday. Mrs. Margaret Merriss returned from Celina, Ohio, Monday, after rn absence of several wyeks. Maynard Fordyce of Parsons, Kansas, was the guest of Trustee Smith and family the first of the week. Mrs. J. Crist and Mrs. Miller of Murray, Ind., spent Sunday with their brother, James Eddington and family of this place. Elmer E. Winans returned from Liberty Center Tuesday, where he has been visiting his uncle, Rev. C. S. Winans, since Saturday. Next Sunday afternoon is my regular time to preach at Pleasant Mills, and all being well, I shall lie there at 3 p. m. Rev. G. W. Pearce. John Conrad will give a special watennellon social next Sunday afternoon. Everybody come out and enjoy a feast and a good time together. Hon. O. J. Lotz, candidate for congress in this district, will speak at this place Tuesday evening, October 4. Let everybody turn out irrespective of party.

Pleasant Valley. Mrs. Magner preached to a large audience Sunday night. W. H. Niblick and John Coffee were in this locality Sunday. Peter Kessler who is hauling at Hoagland, was home over Sunday. Mrs. Will Laughrey, of Kentland, Ind., is visiting relatives in this vicinity. Frank Hartnett is the petit juryman from this township this term of court. Mary J. Ray will hold a public sale of her personal effects on Thursday. September 29. Another dance at Spullers barn last Thursday night, also on this Thursday night Decatur parties are the instigators and managers. Some parties are traveling through the country with a load of chairs and selling them along the road. Patronize your home furniture dealers. Pleasant Valley carried off the honors at Beatty’s fair, getting first premium on potatoes, corn, oats anil wheat. When they get ahead of the Valley, they have got to hustle. Tuesday several of the friends of Geo. W. Gates participated in a birthday dinner at his home in George’s honor. The ’squire entertained iu his usual happy manner and all were glad they were there. The death of Gottlieb Zureher. a well known German farmer of this township, occured Monday morning. He leaves a wife and five small children. two brothers, and a sister, and a host of friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Berne. William and John Hendricks, left Tuesday on a visit in the neighborhood of Richmond Va. William has a son living there and they expect to visit him and view the old landmarks of the battles which were fought there during the siege of Richmond during the rebellion. Linn Grove. Harvey Eckrote exhibited a live opossum in town last week. Fred Lindsey and family of Geneva, visited their parents here last Sunday. Ensley & Meschberger have about two thousand loads of gravel that the public can have for the hauling. David Baumgartner and family of Markle, are guests of their parents. He has sold his photographing business at that plaee. John Pontius and family of Coesse, Ind., attended the Pontius and Shoemaker family reunion held on Saturday of last week. They report a pleasant affair, and that there were one hundred and four Pontius’ and one hundred and forty-four Shoemakers (not by profession) in attendance. The latter claim that their attendance here is less than fifty per cent, of their family strength. James Emery of Nottingham township. died suddenly last Saturday, while he and his wife were on their wav to Dunkirk, Indiana. He was in his usual health on leaving home. After driving some distance he requested his wife to drive the team as he was sick and laid down in the wagon. After a short time he became quiet so that his wife thought he had fallen asleep, on arriving in town she found that lie was dead. Less than two years ago a step son accidentally shot him about the head so that one eye had to l>e removed from which cause his health was since impaired. His age was about forty years, and the second tallest man in the county, his stature was six feet four and onehalf inches in his stocking feet. Geneva. O" ’’B cents. Nice autum weather. The corn crop in this vicinity is nearly all cut and in the shock. Peter Kinney living east of town, is quite sick with rheumatic fever. Marshall Botkins and family werd at Decatur last Sunday on a short visit. Isaac Moore of Concord, Nebraska, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. L. W. Watson, this week. Bob Sutton of near Union City, Ind., was in town over Saturday and Sunday visiting relatives. C. Haviland the veteran butcher, who has l>een quite sick, is able to be about his place of business again. Joe Pease has returned from New Madison, Ohio, where he has been looking around with the intention of going into the lumber business. Bill King and his dog have taken their case before 'Squire Oplinger in Hartford township, where they expect to get justice of the “dogondest” best kind. The Jay county fair at Portland next week has been extensively advertised here the past few days with fine lithograph posters and window hangers. They will fetch the crowd. Will Pickett’s new livery building which is being erected on the lot east of the Odd Fellows, block, is fast nearing completion. It is galvanized like the majority of the town board. The Ceylon M. E. Sunday school will ha grand celebration Saturday, September 24, in Long's grove near that place. A general invitation is extended to everybody to be present. Rev. Jacob Miller, minister of the U. B. church at this plaee during the past year, has been returned to serve as such during the ensuing oneby the conference held at Rossville, Ohio,

recently. Our people are well pleased with his retention. Dame Rumor has it that John Reiff and Ottis Juday have formed a partnership in the dry goods business, and will soon open up a first-class store in the room just vacated by Dau Bolds. The reunion of the Pontius and Shoemaker families held last Saturday west of town, was a jolly, social affair. One hundred and five of the Pontius and one hundred and fortysix Shoemaker descendants were present. Next meeting at same place August 16. 1899 Berne. Bert Harruff of Decatur, was in town Saturday. Ben Welty of Lima, was a caller here over Sunday. Sam Schinnler was a business caller at Decatur Tuesday. Sam Schindler attended to business at Fort Wayne Friday. Sol Wittwer has moved into his new house on west Main street. Quite a number from here attended i the blowout at Decatur last Sunday. | Frank Erwin and farnilv Sundayed here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins. Perry Carter and Fred Liddy are the ones who paid for the Democrat last week. Amos Hirshy and Fred Neaderhouser were business callers at Decatur Friday. Rev. Ruff left Tuesday for Gallion. Ohio, to attend a meeting of the board of the Reformed Orphan’s Home. John Haenne our soldier boy, is home on a seven day's furlough. John did look quite thin but home air is improving him. The Berne Produce Co. has sold out to G. Berling of Decatur. From the looksthere willbe a “hot time" in which the farmers will be the benefitters. Mrs. Jacob Felber died Thursday of typhoid fever and was buried Saturday afternoon. Services were held at the Reformed church, Revs. Ruff and Sprunger officiating. Sam Simison returned Friday night from Michigan, and is now occupying the cashier’s desk at the bank. Rud Lehman left Saturday for Michigan to join his family and enjoy a few weeks rest. Gottlieb Zureher from east of town, died Monday of typhoid pneumonia. Funeral exercises were held Tuesday afternoon at the Reformed church, i The deceased leaves a wife and five small children. On Friday evening of last week a surprise party was given in honor of Miss Cora Gottschalk at the home of her parents.' Those present fromabroad were Misses Grace and Pearl, Mason of Bluffton, Nellie Krick. Della | Harruff and Eva Acker of Decatur, and B. F Welty of Lima. Ohio, be-! sides a large number of her home 1 friends. Io say that the surprise was a success would’ be making a mild statement. At about eleven o’clock a luncheon was served in which the inner man was not slighted in the least. The evening was spent in games- and music both vocal and instrumental. At the small hours of the night the visiting guests took their departure homewards, wishing Miss Cora a pleasant winter at her school work. Miss Gottschalk left Monday for Terre Haute where she will take up her school work as a student. A CRITICAL TIME During the Battle of Santiago. Sick or Well a Rush Night and Day. The packers at the battle of Santiago de Cuba were all heroes. Their heroic efforts in getting ammunition and rations to the front saved the day. P. E. Butler, of pack-train No. 3, from Santiago, de Cuba, on July 23rd. says: "We all had diarrhoea in more or less violent form, and when we landed we had no time to see a doctor, for it was a case of rush and rush night and day to keep the troops supplied with ammunition and rations, but thanks to Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoeea Remedy, we were able to keep at work and keep our health; In fact, I sincerely believe that at one critical time this medicine was the indirect saviour of our army, for if the packers had been unable to work there would have lieen no way of getting supplies to the front. There were no roads that a wagon train could use. My comrade and myself had the good fortune to lay in a good supply of this medicine for our pack-train before we left Tampa. and I know in four cases it absolutely saved life.” The above letter was written to the manufacturers of this medicine, the Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines, lowa. For sale by Holthouse, Callow A Co. Successful Cleaning end Dyeing. Special attention is given to cleaning men’s clothing. All grease and spots are removed. Repairing clothing is done to perfection. Binding, re-lining, pressing and general repairs are made and the garments are made to look like new. Dyeing is done only after the clothing has been thoroughly cleaned, and after being repaired and pressed, one would be surprised to see how well an old suit of clothes is made to appear. The colors are fast and will not crock or fade. We pay express charges one way. Give us a trial. Johnston's Steam Dye Works, Bluffton, Indiana. Ira Marker, another Santiago hero, arrived yesterday.

HELLO! List of People Who Have Telephones and Their Call Numbers. ~ ~t- n i residence... 94 Archbold. M. \ . B. - o fg ee l4s „ „ ( residence 6Auten, T. F. ■ store , 61 Adams County Lumlier Co j* Adams. L. D.. residence Auten A Gay, store Albright, John, residence 11 J Allison. R. K.. residence Adams Express Co Archbold. G. W., grocery'• ■ I* Ashb Richer A Bell, hardware .... 103 ; Archbold A Haugh, officel4B | T , .. T I residence 8.1 Ball. James • store yp Blackburn. Page, drug store 32 Burt House 1 i hardware 41 Bowers. JohnS. stone quarry. .74 I residencel2s Boch A King, livery barn 37 „ T it ' residence 1 * - Bryson, Jett j G j> & j r v ... 10 Beatty, A. P. ■ o gj ee 42 Bremerkamp, H. H.. mill 70 Berling, G., packing house /7 T , (residence 82 Ales ) mill _••• 99 Bain. James, meat market.lo6 Beavers, Dr., residencell3 Boston Store Boyers. Dr. J. S.. residencel2B Beattv, S. P.. residencesß., , r> T a i residence... 20 Coverdale, Dr. J. S. - office 39 Coffee & Baker, bakery 1 Clover Leaf Railroad 21 City Meat Market 46 C. A E. Railroad 36 Colchin, J. S., restaurant 45 „ | Clerk’s office 73 Court House - Surveyor’s office... 87 n i office 75 Christen, G. j residence l2o City of Decatur 95 County Jail 69 Connell. Dr. C. V., residencel3o Clark. Dr. D. D.. residencel3l City News Stand 91 Democrat 51 Dibble. F. W., bus barn 19 ilbiss, A. L., - res [ dence 9 Decatur National Bank 40 Dibble, F. A., dray 50 Decatur Steam Laundryl3l Decatur Egg Case Co., officell6 Eagle Manufacturing Co 84 „ .x TT-. t (grocery .... 48 Everett, Hite A Co. - Monroe gt 1Q g Erwin, R. K., office 85 Erwin, D. B, officel4B Ellingham. Lew G, office 51 Fritzinger, E.. lumber 76 Fristoe. Jas. N., residence 52 F U ik.w.B„ Fristoe, H. A., restaurant 27 j Fullenkamp, J., dry goods 31 France. J. T. ■ Flanders, Geo., laundryl34 , , , t .. ( p king h’s .. 81 Gerber A Sprunger. - £ hop ” G. R. A I. Railroad 10 Ga - V - J - L " ( store 61 Gas Office 75 Geimer, Charles, bottling works.. .115 1 residence 56 Hale, J. D., - elevator 25 / warehouse 8 Hooper, P. G.. office 2 Hensley. D. M.. jeweler 24 Hoyer, Alex, residence 14 Hunsicker, D. H.. groceryll9 Hart, H., livery 93 Holthouse. Callow & C 0132 lee Cream Factory 92 Journal Officel29 Krick & Tyndall, tile mi 1147 tz • 1 tt I residence 83 Knck, Henry /miH 47 Kleinhenz, J. W., brewery 7 Knapke, Ben, saloon 6 Kirsch A Sellemeyer, lumber 12 ... 1. u i office 12 Kirsch, M.,j regidenoe 68 Krantz. Henry, saloonl23 Kuebler A Moltz C 0126 Kern. Brittson A Beeler, store... .138 r - >, ( storel26 Kuebler, W. A., j residence 14() Keller. Dr. H. E., residencello T . p, t ' office66 uz ’ ’ " / residence 58 Leßrun. Dr., residencell4 t I store 4 ' * ’ / residencel46 Miesse House 57 Mann & Beatjy, office42 Mann, J. F., 53 Meibers C I ■' residence 4 9 Meibers, L . L., ( bug barn w Mersman, Wm., brewey 3 Martin, Jacob, residencelo2 McMillen, Dr., j id ßo Miller A Ford, foundry 84 Merryman, J. T.. J Miller, Dr. Jas. M.. ) offi S? I residence... 141 Moser, J E.. galleryl39 Mills A Meyers, grocery 88 Murray, C. D.. saloonl44 Meyers. Dan W., Park Hotell4s Miller, Jacob C., grocery 43 Meibers, John, residencel4l Martin A Farenbaugh, restaurant. 28 Neptune, J. Q. residence 23 Niblick A Co., store 67 National Express Collß Niblick, James K., grocery 18 Nachtrieb. W. H., storelol Niblick. C. S., residencel42 Old Adams County Banks 9 Place, J. W.. office 92 People’s Bakery 27 Peterson A Lutz, office 66 Patterson, R. D., residencell7 Peoples,"E."m" j liv ®7 JI 1 l residence 6o Park Hotell4s Quinn, D. F., residencell7 Romberg. H.M. J S n ce’.ss Rademacher, c.;^::::,". £ Sprang A True

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„ . ... r , I meat market 46 Schmitt, D - residenee 79 Schafer A Loch, hardware 4' Schafer. Fred, , hardware 4 Schirmeyer, F. M., office 351 Smith, A. J. - office 99 Smith A Bell, office99 Studabaker, D.. residence 13 Standard Oil Co 14 Central 30 c , . J First Wardl22 j Schools -j gecQHd Ward 54 | Third Ward 33 : Schurger, Reed A Smith, office. .. 104 ' Smith A Yager, drug storelo7 a -a n v (officelo4 1 Smith. D. E. )residonce l33 Steele. A. N. A Bro., plumbers... .137 Schafer, Jacob R., residence 26 T-i. tx n r> i residence.... 63 Thomas, Dr. P. B„ j offiee 32 True, Chas F., store 16 Tyndall. John, residencelo9 Townsend, D. C., Burt House.... 100 Tyndall, J. W. factory 47 YanCamp. A., mill 15 vr -i t vir ' factoryll6 Vad,J.M., } reside - nce 17 Vail A Moon, factory 44 Woodward A Ball, undertakers... 90 n . j , p. „• ( residence... 86 Woodward, G. W., ) store . 90 Wells Faigo A Co. Express 91 Water Works 95 Western Union Telegraph Co ... .118 Wilkens, Rev., residencel2l Yager, L., undertakerlos Entertaining the Copper. It was a bitter cold night, and a night policeman in Lombard street noticed a light in the bank window, and, going to the door, rapped. “Is that you, policeman?” asked a voice from within. “Yes,” was the reply. “Come in and have a drink, ” said the voice. The policeman stepped inside and encountered a dapper little fellow sitting at a desk. “I’ve been detained tonight straightening up accounts.” The policeman warmed himself at the rousing fire that blazed on the hearth and went out again on his beat. An hour after the policeman came that way and, still seeing the light through the window, rapped again. “Is that you, policeman?” “Yes.” “Come in and warm yourself.” The policeman accepted the invitation. “It’s a howling cold night,” said the clerk. “You’re right, sir,” said the policeman. So he got another drink and returned to his beat. He was rather surprised next day to find that his friend of the night before had got off with some $50,000 of the bank’s funds.—London Sue-

Trained Pigeons. Pigeons are carefully trained. The young homer is taken half a mile the first day, a mile the second, two miles the third, and so on, doubling the distance each time. It must be liberated each time only in the same direction as to its loft, for a bird can be trained along only one route at a time. When 40 miles have been reached, a week's rest comes between. A hundred miles are enough for a young bird’s first year. So essential is the training that old birds are taken only two miles out for the first lesson of a season, though they I may have flown their 250 miles the year preceding. The end of the next season, however, will, if the birds are willing and the trainer patient, be crowned by the accomplishment of a 400 mile flight. As you get higher in the scale of distance, longer and longer rests are needed. Male birds are generally used for long distances. Family matters are apt to engross the attention of the hen, though she is still capable of good work when she has a mind for it. Lo Words. A. to the Link.. There is no more ardent evolutionist in the city and no more persistent a vocate of Darwin’s theory than Ld’Ancona. His friend, Dr. de Man:i <e, on the other hand, is a great bird a cier and devotes all his spare time to an enthusiastic study of ornithology. “I have a splendid specimen o. a monkey in my office, ” remarke . d’ Ancona proudly. “Come in an - - him,” he continued, being a firm liever in the object method of demo stration. “You will admit that I the missing link in a cage.’’ “That’s all right," replied De ville, absorbed in his own pet • 11 “I have a cage at home IU - v: ’ e !■. something in it too. You’re M and neither is your monkey. 1 you something much better t a „ missing link. I have got a bobolink —San Francisco News Letter. Prioleau and Calhoun. , , The Pendletonians were justly pro of Mr. Calhoun and sensitive a» t impression which he made “P° » gers. When Judge Prioleau - j. nO w resident, they were anxious his impressions of their le f t thev first met, as soon as t er |y the' table, the question was asked, “How do you like bun. , “Not at all,” was the reply. “I desire never to aII again.” This was a sad re explanation was demanded. man who makes me think = three the judge replied. “®’ or ® t( . b ' tr ying hours I have been on the str to follow him through h® earth. I feel wearied with and I bate a man who was my own inferiority. * appeased. —Exchange.