Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1899 — Page 8

Royal bx Absolutely 'Pure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ? ROYAL RAKING POWDER CO., NEW i - . -i i

Berne. Berne schools will close on the 28th i of this mouth. The assessor has been seen on our streets. Lpokout. Jacob Atz, of Decatur, was here with his family over Sunday. Marshal Burry done some fine work in cleaning up Main street. A. P. Beatty, of Decatur, was a business caller at Berne Saturduy. Rev. Pierce is getting ready to move to his new charge at Huntington. W. W. Butcher, of Geneva, was here Tuesday looking after legal matters. Rev. Trustee, of Fort Wayne filled the pulpit at the Reform church Sunday. Peter Burke, of New Corrydon was in town Tuesday. He reports the health of his wife slightly improved. Riesen & Sites will be the new firm that wdl operate a meat market in the old tin shop of D. S. Wittwer, on West Main street, * Bob Michant received a fine lot of flower bulbs that he offers at very liberal prices, He intends to go to Michigan about the 15th and deliver his trees about the 20th of the month. Ehrhart & Runyon opened up their place of business formerly the Campbell & Ervin place to the' public Monday. Both parties are young men and hustlers and we bespeak for them success, John Elley died last Thursday at his home east of town. Funeral services took place Saturday afternoon at the Reforme church. Rev. Pierce conducted the services. The remains were laid to rest in the M. R. E. cemetery. Geneva. Oil 74c. Gregg & Barr have opened up a new picture gallery in the rooms over Attwood's drug store. S. F. Biteman and family have removed to Richmond, where they will make their future home. Miss Myrtle Burris, aged twentythree years, died last Thursday at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. L. Juday,

| UMBRELLA SALE UM £ La5 £g I IMRDFI I AS FAST BLACK, GLORIA ? ® Ul IDKLLLrtJ SILK, STEEL ROD, ANY S® R/Ac+r\ri KIND OF HANDLE YOU MAY I Z EL m Tn DOS TOR DESIBK THIS IS THEUM; | ® FRAME, CONGO HANDLE, CARRY HOME. SAVES YOU | 2® SOLD EVERYWHERE AT C+zAr*/? 50 to 75 CENTS AND MAKES j |SO and 60 CENTS. THIS SALE OlOlCy A PLEASANT REMINDER OF j S 371 c 95c | NEXT TEN DAYS hg— | i 671 c $1.45 Ul — S UMBRELLAS EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE I | RI)FI I7V j IgjP ADVANTAGE OF THIS SALE. | VJ 1 I LJ|\L-L*L-/1U ® GLORIA SILK, STEEL I ? if ROD, PARAGON FRAME, ALL SILK - COMES IN j S NICE ASSORTMENT OF K l IFRI FD x MOI T7 rn ALL THE NEW COACHING | HANDT.ES COSTS YOU AT •‘UEdLCK & MOL L CO. HANDLES. WORTH $1.75 to i a| HOME 75 CENTS and $1.0052.00, THIS SALE 672 I. O. O. R. BLOCK, $1.45

>of spinal fever. Funeral Saturday at lU.1U. B. church was largely attended. The strong winds of the past few days have dried up the mud and the roads are again passable. , Verne Borden has accepted a posi tion with the Geneva Lumber Co. as clerk and general overseer. Work in the oil fields has begun in earnest, and gives employment to all 1 those that understand the ‘‘biz. Miss Grace Watson left last Friday 1 for Mt. Vernon. Ohio, where she will spend the summer visiting relatives. The Blanche Hazleton Comedy Co. ! were at the opera house every night last week and played to fair business. [ D. Polm has moved his boot and shoe repair shop from Fields A Co. and is now with Teeple & Smith in the Rayn block. ’ Revs, Charles Murray and Rush, formerly pastors of the M. E. church at this place, were visiting here over . last Sunday and met with a hearty ret ception. r.| The family of R. F. Vauteleburg. the baker at ‘the Globe restaurant, ref 1 moved to Portland last Friday to re- '- side. Mr. V. remains here with the , Globe. r I Will Fought has established his tin . shop in connection with J.W . Deitsch s hardware store in Wig Briggs’ room. ' j where he is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line. i I Our amattires, under the direction 1 of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Brown, and ! under auspicies of McPherson Camp. Sons of Veterans, will on Friday even--1 ing. April 14, at the opera house, pro--1 dime the very funnv play entitled. , ‘‘Hard Scrabble." ’ The democrats held their primary • election for corporation officers at Aspy & Miller's hall last Monday evening, i The following ticket was nominated: Marshal. E. Botkins; Treasurer. J. F.l Rief: Clerk, W. C. Campbell: Trus- j '■ tee, third ward, John Horner. Linn Grove. Edwin Heller and son and John 1 Ensley and sister were at Bluffton Tuesday. Clavton Shepherd of west Linn » Grove, moved to Bluffton last Satur- . day. The vacated property was

promptly occupied by Frank Lindsey, the late owner. Wm. Stahley of Portland, lias a<" cepted the position as decorator at | the Dunbar carriage works. Frank Herrmann of Decatur, was here Sunday attending the funeral oi . his uncle, Leo Herrmann. Ensley & Meschberger are disposing of quite an amount of building stone and some is being moved over our better roads. Henry Morrow is building a dwell | ing on his westside farm, known as the Geo. Simison place. Frank Mor . row will occupy the house. Married, on Saturday evening at the bride's home, Chester Hall to Myr tie. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V\m. Runyon. Justice Cowan officiating. Bert HarrufT will be in Linn Grove April 25 and 26. to fill out necessary blanks for those wishing to take advantage of the exemption law. By

seeing him your tax assessment may be reduced 8700. Leo Herrmann was born at Ober schaft Hausen, Germany. August 10, 1824. and died in Linn Grove, Ind., April 7, 1899, age seventy-four months and twenty-seven days. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Defenseless Men nonite church by Rev. Wm. Eglev of Berne, and the body laid to rest in the adjacent cemetery. Mr. Herrmann has resided here the past thirty-seven years. John Dilts, P. B. Stoltz and son of Bryant, were here Tuesday of last week to inspect our school building, the following day the party in company with our townsman, Fred Hoffmann went to Poneto and Keystone to view the plans of school buildings at those places. Mr. Stoltz i arranging to build a four room house at Brvant which will be a modern structure. Mr. Stoltz was highly pleased with his investigating trip. He is a nephew of the murdered Mrs. Stoltz of Portland. Real Estate Transfers. S. Linn to W. D. Linn, s pt w 1 out lot 201 D<>catur, S2OO. Noah Loch to B. Bremer, w J s s outlot 67 Decatur, 51000. D. G. M. Trout to P. V Furrow. 10 acres Wabash tp, 8300. E. G. Coverdale to J. C. Dorwin, lot 537 Decatur. S3OO. D. G. M. Trout to H. Decker, pt sw I sec 31 Wabash tp. 5950. Mary P. Lyons to W. Harshbarger, 80 acres Jefferson tp, 8800. Mary P. Lvonset al to G. W• ReyI nolds. 224 acres Jefferson tp. 52400. Lary P. Lyons et al to Mary Foster. 80 acres Jefferson tp. 8800. J. Chrisman to A. E. Mann, pt in lot 113 Geneva, $2500. J. Seheiman to H. '. Andrews, 54 acres Monroe tp. SI2OO.

J. Nusbaum to Wjn. R eusser ’ lot 317 and 1 out lot 3 Berne, ■- A. Schaupp to D. Meschbargen I” 11 ' I sec 4 Hartford tp,-H2OO. ' I ' E F Beerbower to F. Beerbower,. acres Wabash tp, 8100 W. H. Naehtneb to W ■ W • 1 ■ * Millen, pt lot 333 Decatur,Blao C. W. Baumgartner to I-. Reinhart, 40 acres French tp, 81050. J. Baine to Gerhart Berhng pt lot II Decatur. $425. .... Mary Terveer to J. S. Bowers, I acres Root tp, 86000. ( i S. Linn to F. F. Linn, pt w .> out lot 201 Decatur, S2OO. A. Murchland to D. J. Barkley, 1 ■> j acres Union tp, 81700 I S. Linn to E. Linn, pt w J outlot 1201 Decatur’B2oo. C. D. Porter to J. D. Horner, lot 60 j Geneva SSOO. „ c, L s, C. Ashbaucher to E. Schwartz, 80 ■ acres French tp. $3550. „„ n F. Gast to J. W. Bucks, lot 38 Decatur, 82500. * ■ ■ c < ni IP

THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. Order Os Exercises Completed For The Teeting At Fort Wayne. The next meeting of the I nited Municipal League of Indiana will be held at Citv Hall, Fort Wayne, on Thursday, May 18,1899. The program has been completed and is as follows. forenoon session, 10. Meeting Called to Order. Address of W elcome, Hon Henry Scherer, Mayor of Fort Wayne. Response. Hon. Jos. T. Day, Mayor of Dunkirk. Roll Call. „ Reading Minutes of Last Meeting. Report of Secretary, Mr. Carl Lewis. Chief Police of Marion. Report of Treasurer. Hon. A. P. Beatv, Mavor of Decatur. Report of Special Committees. Report of Executive Committee. Address “Co-Operation of Cities of the United Municipal League of ! Indiana in the Detection and Capture jof Criminal, and how Best Secured, G. A. Harrison’ Supt. of Police, Lafayette, Discussion, led by Hon. J. A. McHenry. Mayor of Wabash. Misscellaneous Business. Adjournment. AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30 Call to Order. Report of Committees. Address -"Advantages of Lniformitv of Ordinance for Cities of the United Municipal League of Indiana and the Best Plan to secure Them." J. Fred France. City Attorney of Huntington. Discussion, led by Hon. W.H. . Shambaugh. City ‘Attorney. Fort Wayne. General Discussion. Address “Street Licenses for Shows. Peddlers, etc., and How Same Should be regulated.' Hon. Edward

Tuev Mavor of Muncie. Disrus,l..n. I«l byCta.-Murg.., Hon. A I'. Boatty, Mayor of Decatur. Whip- < Discussion, led by S. A- D " tup nel. City Attorney of I ortland. General Business. Miscelaneous Business. t FORT WAYNE PRESBYTERY. Arrangements Made for a Pleasant Meeting Here April 17-18. As the Ft. Wayne Presbytery meets at Decatur on Monday evening. April I 17 it will be interesting to our many readers to give a short sketch of its I work and magnitude. The 1 resbyterian church is representative in form -of government, being divided into four separate bodies, Ist, the General Assemblv, which meets annually: 2nd. State Svnod. which meets annually;

3rd Presbvterv. which meets semiannuallv and may be called in special session;’ 4 th. the church session, winch meets upon call of its moderator. Ihe church session is the ruling body of each separate church and their action is subject to review by the Presbytery. Appeals mav be taken from the session to Presbvterv. from Presbytery to Svnod and‘from Synod to the General’Assemblv. The Synod of Indiana is made up of eight Presbyteries. Each church is entitled to two delegates in meetings of Presyterys, one pastor and one elder, and to like representation in meetings of Synods, while each Presbytery is entitled to two delegates in the General Assembly. one pastor and one elder. Fort Wayne Presbvterv includes eleven counties, to wit: Elkhart, Lagrange, Stuben, DeKalb. Noble, Kosciousko, Whitlev. Allen, Adams, Wells and * Huntington, in which district there r are twentv-eight church organizations with a membership of 4880. Presbytery will be constituted on Monday , evening. April 1 1, and the following is the docket: MONDAY. APRIL 17, 7:30. Opening sermon, by Rev. Edward Yates Hill, of Warsaw, Indiana. Constituting prayer. Roll call. H. C. DUCKETT, PASTOR PRESBYTERIAN CHCRCH, THIS CITY. r , Election of Moderator and Temporary Clerks. Report of Committee on Arrangements Rev. H. C. Duckett. Adjournment until morning with prayer. TUESDAY. APRIL 18. Devotional exercises, at 8:30 a. m. r Opening of business session with > praver at 9 a. m. I Correction of roll.

MARKETS. w CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE. GB.Hv ■ CHANT. DECATUR, ISD . ’ * tß ' ■ Wheat, new K Corn, per cwt (mixed: Jd’/ K Corn, fier cwt, new ■ Oats, old kj B Rye 27 B Barley« ■ Clover seeilj ■ Eggs, fresh'" ’ I Butter ' “ ■ Chickens ; B Ducks| Turke vs ■ GeeseJ | Woo i 6to J I Wool, washedlß and 20 I Ho = 8 340 I TOLEDO MARKETS, APRIL 12, 1:30 P. M I Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash... .$ 791 ■ May wheat -J ■ Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. 3d I Prime clover, March 3 ■

All pajiers to be acted on by Pres- I bytery to put in hands ofStated I Clerk. I Reading of minutes of previous I meetings. I Standing Committee announced bv I Moderator. I a Bills and Overtures. I b Judicial. 1 e Leave of Absence. I d Sessional Records one to report I for all. I Reading of Narrative of the State I of Religion in the bounds of Presbv- I terv, Rev. J. A. P. McGaw. D. D. I Election of Commissioners to Gen- I eral Assembly. I Election of five Trustees of Pres- I bytery. I ’ Rejxirt of Standing Coniiiiittees. Judical, Bills and Overtures, Seeioual Records, Leave of Absence. Special reports of Standing Committees. Action on Overtures sent down ; from Synod. (See Minutes. Page 18.) | Report of Committee on Necrology. Rev. H. B. Townsend. Selection of next place of meeting. Reading of minutes to approval. Roll call. Adjournment. The people of Decatur will be welcomed to all the sessions of the Presbytery. The installation of Rev. H. C. Duckett as pastor of the Deeatur Church, will take place Tuesday evening, April 18, at 7:30 o’clock, if the way be clear. The sermon will be 1 preached bv Rev, J. I. Orton,of Lima, Ind., ‘the charge to thepeoph will lx? given by Rev J.C. Brecken ridge; of Bourbon. Ind., and the 1 : charge to the pastor by Rev. J. A. P. I McGaw D. D..of the Tliird Church of Fort. Wayne, Ind.