Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1899 — Page 8

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Peter: o 8 Miss Shouck is visiting friends at this place. Stoutenberry & Ward are getting out the timber for James Steele s barn. Joshua Bright will soon erect a new I barn. Zirkle A. Crum have the contract. John Weldy purchased a horse • which is said to be the best trotter in this place. There will be seven barns and one 1 house built in Kirkland township this season. Kirkland is fast improving.

Honduras. V. D. Bell is the owner of a new bicycle. Burket & Liddy are running their tile mill m full blast. Peter Ashbaucherof Decatur, passed through our burg last Monday. Henry Sovine is looking after farm work in Wells county, this week. A party of our young folks were out wheeling last Sunday and were caught in the rain. Two hundred dollars worth of fancy dress goods and ribbons to be closed out at one-half the cost price at the home store. Call and see them and be convinced. Monmouth. Chas. Magley has started up his tile mill. Ferd Peoples returned from Fort Wayne last Saturday. Five of our wheelmen made a trip to Wayne last Sunday. Dr. Zigler made a business trip to Sheldon one day last week. John Frank and Will Wagoner are the owners of new bicycles. Miss Belle Evans is enjoying a six weeks visit with relatives in Illinois, i Sam Harkless.who now belongs to the regular army, is located in Porto Rica. Mrs. Solomon Neuenschwander of near Fort Wayne, was visiting henlast Monday, Two more of our soldier boys re-| turned home last week, they were j John Frank and Will Waggoner.

Shirt Waists at the Boston Store. 50 cent SI.OO Shirt Waists, Shirt Waists, Extra heavy Percales, Choice of Madras, fine in stripes, made ginghams or Pegues, in in latest style, ttf wells and brocades, any color or size, * 35c * trimmed or plain, an only 50 cents. Qhirt Wakfc immense line 0111 l I WGldlo to select from, at SI.OO. A nobby line of good styles, in all colors and sizes, for only 75 cent 35c Fine Madras cloths, BOSTON STORE. FORCY Shirt Waists, blouse effect, oltzCo We have a complete fronts nicely tucked, worth more money, our line of novelties that you price 75 cents. will do well to see. Special this week—Shirt Waist Goods. Percales, Calicos, Madras Cloth, Ginghams, Chevoits

I The former having returned Saturday and the latter on last Thursday. Jese Christen had the misfortune of having his foot pierced with a nail I last Monday. W. Amman has purchased eighty acres of the Evan's farm, one-half mile northwest of here, for $1,825. Bert Christen, Mike and Charles Lord were among thosewhotook in the I excursion to Marion last Thursday. | While there they met W illiam Lord who recently left here for that place. Frank Raleigh, who has been stay-1 ing with W. A. Fonner and family j since Easter, died Wednesday of con- . sumption, aged just twenty-one years I to the day. Interment near Berne. Rev. Daniels officiating. We have been wondering why it is that Fred Bohnke was seen stepping } around so lively and wearing such a big smile last week, but we soon I learned that it was on the account of the arrival of a bouncing big boy the first born. Miss Ella Magley returned to Decatur last Saturday from Fort M ayne, | where she has been confined in a hospital for a number of weeks. She is greatly improved in health, and will remain in Decatur until next Saturday when she will return to her home. Linn Grove. Yoder & Son started up their stone crusher last week. Wm. Nusbaum went south Thursday of last week to be gone indeffi- j nitely. Prof. B. E. Kizer and wife visited - the latter’s parental home at Decatur I ■ over Sunday. W. W. Vanßipper of Kenton, Ohio, has taken a position as trimmer in the Dunbar carriage works. Peter Ashbaucher and wife of Decatur. were guests of Willis 1 anCamp | and family over Sunday. F. A. W. Lindsey and wife and son, Frank, and wife were visiting their I son and brother, Fred, at Geneva, last j Sunday. At the residence of Wm. Anderson ion Saturday morning occurred the ; j death of Mrs. Mary A. Miller, at the j age of sixty-five years, five months and I twenty-one days. She had returned j

about two months ago from the Eastern insane asylum on a furlough. Fred Reed, Roy Wolford and Sam Scheidecker, members of the 16L)tli I regiment Company B, were visiting friends here last week, Wm. Cronin of Ceylon, moved into the house of Mrs. Ellen Pontius from whence Wm. Runyon moved on the Ensley place, east of town. Early on Sabbath morning occcurred the death of Rura R., oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cowans. Age thirteen vears, two months and nineteen davs. ’ Just two weeks 'before death claimed the youngest I son. On coming to town last Tuesday morning, Jacob Zehr left his standing on the highway at which time they took fright and ran away, passing over two lines of barbed wire fence while enroute, damaging one of the horses so its recovery is douotful. During the electrical storm last week the residence of our townsman Jacob Baumgartner, was struck by I lightning’ tearing away some of the I cornice, siding and water spouts, and | wonderful to relate the electrical | fluid there divided, a portion going west landing in a cistern some 2;» feet away, while the other division apparently leaped from the house to a I wire fence twelve feet to the east, at I the bottom of which it followed a root I of maple shade tree to the body there- | ot where it terminated. Every vestage I of bark was removed. The Boys Reimbursed. Lieut. S.C.Edington, Decatur. Ind., Sir. Replying to your letter of the 4th inst to the Quartermaster- General you are informed that the money to reimburse the soldiers of the Spanish war for clothing charged to them, will not be available until the governor issues his proclamation declaring the laws to be in force, and he will not do j that until all the laws passed by the | late legislature have been printed and bound and a copy sent to each county I [ clerk in the state and the secretary of I ; state gets a receipt for each one. This . may be done by the first of May and : !it may be the first of June. Meanj while it will be of no use to write this j office regarding the matter, but as soon as the proper papers can be made out and the money becomes available, the payment will be made. • Very respectfully, Jas. K. Gore, Adjt-Gen’l. Rome Citv Commencing May 15, the G. R. & I. will sell excursion tickets to parties of one to nine at rate i of $2.35 each, good until Oct. 31.1899, for return. Parties of ten to fortynine $2 each, return limit three days j from date of sale. For any desired I information please address C. L. Lock- | wood. Gen'l Pass. Agt.. Grand Rapids, , ! Mich., or call ’Phone 10. 9-5 m

w. C. T. V. Normal Institute and County Conmention. On next Monday and Tuesday May 15-16, a W. C. T. U. Normal Ins t tute and County Convention will be held at Geneva, Indiana, commencing at 10 o’clock next Monday morning The 8 o’clock train on the G. n. a- I will furnish convenient transportation for all Decatur delegates and visitors and Geneva will kindly enter tain those attending. A partial pr gram is as follows: . 10:00 a. m. Devotion, organization. &c 10-30, Mother’s meeting. Reform Legislation. Individual responsibility in Christian living and Chnstian work. Christian living in the home; Christian work outside the home. Literature. T 2-00 p. m. Loval Temperance Le gion. Education of the young, in parliamentary usage; in our methods; in department work, , . 3:00 p.m. Indiana s methods of promoting W. C. T. U. work. Industrial school state paper. Normal in stitutes. Observing Memorial Day. &c. 3:15, Parliamentary drill _aml civil government. Evening i :30, medal contest. Tuesdav. 9:00 a. in —Enfranchisement of Indiana women. Press work. Christian work. 10:15. To what extent are women responsible for tne existence of the saloon’ To what extent are voters responsible tor the saloon ’ 10:35. Questions of the hour. Afternoon County W. C. T. L.

convention. 7:30 p.m. Symposium, or address by leader of institute. Mrs. M. O. Cammack. Marion: Mrs. braid. Indianapolis; Medames Rev. Pearce. Gilson and Brandyberry of Decatur; Mesdames Meeks, Hamma, Shugart, Snyder and others of Geneva, will take part in the exercises to which all interested in moral reforms are cordially invited. Music throughout the program. Bring pencils and tablets. Mary Hadley, Sup’t. — JAIES WHITCOMB RILEY. James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, will appear at Fort Wayne, Tuesday evening. May 16. under the I auspices of the Fort Wavne Press I Club. He will recite four numbers and in addition there will be vocal and instrumental music. The Linden Quartet and Mrs. S. C. Moffat will sing and Reineke’s orchestra will furnish the instrumental music. This will be Mr. Riley’s only appearance in northeastern Indiana and every person who can should accept the opportunity to hear him. Reserved seats at Princess rink will cost 75 cents. The reserved seat sale opens at Woodworth’s drug store. Fort ■ Wayne, on Thursday morning. May 11. and persons who desire to attend can send money by mail to Mr. C. B. Woodworth and he will reserve and hold seats until arrival of purchaser of tickets. Cheap rates for small ' parties on all railroads.

Pneumonia, lagrippe, coughs. colds | eroup and whooping cough readdy ( I yield to One Minute Cough cure. Le this remedy in time and save a doctor’s bill or the undertakers. Pago Blackburn. Erie Excursions To New York City, May 19 to _4. return limit June 2. Account Nationa Electric Light Association. One and one-third fare, certificate plan. To Philadelphia, May 20 to ->. return limit June 9. Account I nited ( Presbyterian General Assembly. 0 | and one-third plan , To Huntington. Ind., May * ± *‘ ’1 return limit May 19. Account knights of Maccabees of Indiana. To Chicago, 111.. June 10 to L>, re turn limit June 19 Account Aniere can Association of N ursery men. ror further information call or address, J. W. DeLong. Decatur. Ind. Rev. G. W. Pearce of Decatur, well known to us, stopped over trains last Monday with Rev. W. P. Pearce, and on Saturday Rev. T. G. Pearce, pastor of the Presbvterian church, Ligonier, . .-ailed on him. It takes the Pearce s to "pierce an audience. —Goshen News. Post No. 63. Dept, of Ind.. G. A. K., cordially invites the officers and niem- ' tors of ’company. B. late of the IbOth I. V. 1., to participate, m a body, with ' the Post in the exercises on Memorial • Day. Mav 30,1899. By order of A. ■ Cherrv Holmes. Post Commander.

W. A. Wisner, Post Adjt. On account of the visit of the I nited States gunboat, Nashville, to St Louis, , the Clover Leaf route will sell excur > sion tickets for regular trains, arriving at St. Louis May 12 and 14, at $0.45 for round trip. Return limit Mav 15. Base Ball at St. Lotus, May 14, Cincinnati vs. St. Louis. Homeseekers Excursions — South and West. On first and third Tuesday of March, April. May and June, the Clover Leaf will issue low rate (about one fare for the round trip) excursion tickets to points West and South. Stop-over and liberal return limit. Call on nearest agent or write C. C. Jenkins, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Everv honest and patrio ic man welcomes every sign of returning prosperity; but tt is perhaps putting it a little too strong to say, as we find in an exchange, that “every man who wants work can get it, and wages are rising everywhere.” It is safe enough to say so, however. The man who wrote the Ixxmiing paragraph sits behind a roll--1 er-top desk in the top story of a newspaper building, inaccssible to the "mob” who might like to learn partsculars. It is probable that, though he mav be too busy to see any of the • unemployed who might like to know about the vawning situations at high ■ pay. that he hasn.t had a raise in twenty years, and hasn't deserved it. Enquirer.

The attorney genenral l Ws the following opinion, whmh "° ut prove news to our trustees- * Ula - T 1 Township trustees to the board of county commit, all of their domgs up to th.- ''sth of April, 1899. when the aet of & went into effect. 2. From the 28th day of April Isqa tow nship trustees should their acts and doings to the town,bin ? advisory board, at its annuual meeti„„ P on the first Tuesday of Sept 3 next. 3. The act of 1897. providing f cr refiorting to the board of county missioners was specifically rt T Pa L > by the reform bill of 1899.’ ‘ ’4. From the 28th day of April 1899, all estimates, contracts, expend ' itures and reports of township trus I tees are governed by the acts of 1,99 I 5. Since the first annual meeting |of the township advisory boards do , not convene until the first Tuesdav in ‘ September, the provisions concern’in ’ | estimates to lie made are not applka- ■ ble to township trustees between th» .: taking effect of said law and the first ■ Tuesday in September 1899. While this is true, still the township trustees i must, on the first Tuesday in Septem Iber next, report to such advisory ' boards respectively, all contracts made j! and expenditures incurred, and these j j will be subject to the approval of j such advisory boards at their annual ‘ meetings on the first Tuesday of next Septemlier.

Low Rate of Interest. Money loaned at five per cent, interest, payable annually or semi-an-nually, at option of borrower, with privilege of partial payments at any interest paying time. No delay in making loans. F. M. Schirmeyer, Decatur. Ind. 9tf MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR. IND. Wheat, new 5 6S Corn, per cwt (mixed) old 43 Corn, per cwt, new 45 Oats, old 29 Oats, new 28 Rye B Barley 35 Clover seed 2 15 @ 300 Timothy 1 10 Eggs, fresh 10 Butter 13 Chickens 05 Ducks 05 Turkeys 0< Geese • 04 Wool - 16 to 18 Wool, washed 18 and 20 , Hogs 3 40 TOLEDO MARKETS, MAY 10, 1:30 P. M. i Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash....? 74j July wheat ••• ‘| 5 . I Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. M Prime clover, 3 50