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

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Pleasant Mills. Charles Colter and wife of Decatur Sundayed with Martin Beery and family. Gilbert Thompson is spending several days with his brother Howard of Monroe. Childrens exercises will te conducted at the Baptist church next Sunday evening. Jacob Yager and family, Samuel Shamp and wife and Samuel Hite and wife ot Decatur, were the guests of E. W. France and wife last Sunday. Freeman Beery, Floyd Wood, and Rufus Barthling, was ‘arraigned before Squire Comer last Friday for disturbing a religious meeting at the M. E. church Thursday evening. J. W. Hill appeared for the defendants and as the state failed to make their eases the trio were acquired. Harlie James, Mina Barthling, Grace Winans and Matel Winans, have organized themselves as a Comedy Co,, and made their first exhibit at Monroe on Wednesday evening of last week. And also Miss Grace W inans gave a citation of her comedy work at O. J. Sumans last Sunday. Monmouth. Godfrey Curt is on the sick list. Chas. Lord is now employed on the saw mill at Bingen. Henrv Schieferstein and Wilson Lewton are each the owners of new surries. John Franks is now employed as a barber in one of the barter shops of Decatur. Next Sunday is Children's Day at Concord and the following Sabbath at Alpha. J. J. Magley and family of Decatur spent Sunday with Chancey Wilder and family.

Quite a number from here attended the barn raising at E. Honks of near Bingen, Saturday. G. H. Langhery and wife of Decatur called on Mont Evans and wife last Monday evening.

Chas. Franks, formerly employed on the saw mill at Warren, is now at home while the saw mill is being moved from Warren to Celina.

| Hot Weather Goods at a Sacrifice I g THIS WEEK AT THE BOSTON STORE. | * w §3 GINGHAMS fi4 CENTS Challies, an excellent 0 g 6c quality 3c. i || GINGHAMS PERCALES. our price | 8c quality sc. We have placed on sale 100 pieces of piece SHIRT WAISTS GINGHAMS dyed PERCALES, yard wide, all excellent && cents. Ks 10c quality 7c colorings and styles, a cloth worth SHIRT WAISTS ® 0 rTwrTTAMq ‘ while they last our price is 50 cents. Cj g GINGHAMS SHIRT WAIgTS g 10g^12 2 c, 15c. 75 cents. 0 4. -Z iyi e* !tr2 I St.oo BOSTON 50 cents. I IS! LINEN SKIRTS, complete assort- GINGHAM SKIRTS, only a few ment of sizes, braid trimmed, _ left, make good about the house Kg worth 82, our price to all W I f ||>r" gowns; we must close out, O gj ONE DOLLAR. 1 • FIFTY CENTS. B

In front of the residence of W. A. Former may te seen the sign “Freei hunting." the same beingappropiately decorated with squirrel legs, tail and hide. New church officers were elected at Concord last Sabbath as follows: i Elders. John Christen and Sam Turlman; Deacons, C. D. Kunkle and Eliza Honk. An ice cream social will te held on the lawn of Jacob B. Neuenschwander where the old Monmouth Baptist church stands, one week from | next Saturday evening June 17. This will te the first one in this neighborhood held this season and will surely te well attended. Last Thursday at the St. Johns Luthern church occured the marriage of Martin Gerke, son of Lewis Gerke and wife, and Emma Gall-1 meyer, daughter of Conrad Gall-; meyer and wife. A dainty feast was served at the home of the bride in the ’ evening, several guests were present and the occasion was a brilliant one. The happy couple will soon go to house keeping on the farm of Lewis Gerke. Berne. Julius Schug is at Larwell, Ind., 1 taking treatment, John Moran was a business caller at Portland Monday. A. J. Hawk made a business call at Decatur last Monday. Mike McGriff of Geneva, was in town Saturday evening. Frank Ruf returned home Tuesday I after a, week’s visit here. Fred Neaderhouser connected his i home and store by telephone. Frank Cottrell, the country lawyer, was in town Tuesday afternoon. Sam Schindler and family Sundayed with his parents west of town. Martha Ruf of Fort Wayne, is spending a week with her friends in Berne. A new doctor arrived at Dr. Hager-1 man’s place at Chattanooga, Sunday I evening. Mrs. A. Michaud and children returned Tuesday from a week's visit at | Woodburn.

Sam Simison will leave for Oden, Mich., next week. Dal Jacobs will accompany him. J. J. Moran and wife of Portland, were in town Saturday evening the guests of Johu Moran. Mrs. Daniel Shalley and Mrs. J. P. ' Baumgartner returned Saturday from a week's visit at Fort Wayne. Henrv Miller, living east of town, plead guilty to a charge of provoke before Squire Albaugh at Monroe Tuesday morning. The town council at their regular meeting elected Jeff Sprunger as a member of the school board in the place of Eli Riesen, retired. Wilson Shepherd of Hartford township, who is representing the Home Insurance Company, was in town Tuesday looking up business. Fred Hoffmann, the contractor of Linn Grove, was here the first of the week making arrangements to begin work on the new orphan's home. Quite a number of members of the German Reformed church attended the services of the Reformed Zion classis at Vera Cruz last Sunday, Linn Grove. Your reporter was a business caller at Decatur Friday. Miss Ella Nusbaum went to Van Buren with the Everet family last week. The merry go-round, after laying here in storage all winter is again on the road. H. C. Staley and son, Perry, of Boundary City, were visitors to his son and brother, over Sunday. Miss Nona Hoffmann was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gottschalk at Berne, the past few days. A valuable Jersey heifer was killed for Grandmother Long of east Nottingham township, by lightning last Thursday.

The piking of North Meridian street has been resumed. The portion contracted last fall has stood the test of the elements during the winter. John G. Adler has been appointed local health officer. One of his duties will te to issue funeral permits without which it becomes unlawful to lay a dead body to rest. The Hartford Oil company will hold its annual election at the office of J. H. Hardison at Geneva on Saturday. June 28, 1899, of which the stockholders will take conizance. Hoffman & Liddv were the successful bidders for the erection of the orphan’s home at Berne. The structure will te some larger than the one destroyed by fire and. will te built of brick.

The following barns were raisw during the early part of the week. On Monday Samuel Eglev, Tuesdf{ John Snyder and Celeistial Dolt, Wednesday Abram Bierie. J hursday Fred Reffee. All will be substantial i buildings. The Hartford Oil company's oil well on the Kraner farm southeast ot i Geneva, after a production of 30 barrels the first few days is now producing five barrels per day. At the time the well was shot it was counted a failure. Fred Hoffmann is making extensive repairs on his town residence, slate roof and a large porch is being built on the west and north side and the house repainted, together with other changes reported will give the place a desirable home appearance. Geneva. Oil SO cts. The annual road work is being put on our streets and none to soon either. Our farmers are in the midst of hay harvest, and the crop is said to tea good one. Work in the new oil fields, north and east of town is being pushed to the limit. Adam McKissick, of Muncie, Ind. was in town visiting, the latter part i of last week. Geneva is enjoying another business boom on account of the advanced | price of crude oil. ! Doc. Gardner, the new barter in the McGriff shop, has moved his family from Camden to this city. Geo. Hartman, is building a brick addition to his business soon to accomodate his rapidly increasing business. Mrs. Win. Hall is lying critically ill at her home on Shackley street, and there is very little hopes of her • recovery. Eli Christman, has been employed by the town board to light and care for our street lamps. A good selection, we think. Clem Green, who was injured a short time ago, while at w ork at one of his oil wells, is able to be out on the streets again. Manv of the filthy alleys have been cleaned up. but quite a number remain to be renovated yet, let the goal work go on. Talk of arrangements for a big 4th of July Celebration, is heard on all corners, but as yet no deffinite action has been taken. Miss Ella Hall and Hiram Kranor left here last Thursday for Mason. Mich., to visit at the bed-side of Thomas Mays, who is very ill. 1 Jake Zher has opened up a bicycle

repair shop in J. W • Deitsch s Hard ware store. M ork is plentiful m that line and he knows how to do it. Aaron Heinbarger is building a new front to his residence, corner of Shackley and Decatur streets, w Inch is quite an improvement. Mrs. A. T. Lyons and children are ( at Bluffton. Ind., this week visiting the husband and father, who is employed in the Hoop Works at that ( place. The Redding Meat market was moved into the Hood room last Saturday. The location is central i and the room well adapted for the business. John Didot the jeweler, who has been acting strangely for the past month, was examined by D<x'tors Bravton and Shaffer, who pronounced him’slightly deranged, and he was taken to the assylum at Richmond, Ind., last Friday by the county sheriff. Real Estate Transfers. Permetta Springer to P. J. Edy. lot 665 Decatur, SSOO. Daniel N. Erwin to German B A L association, lots 11-12 Decatur, $738 Harrv Karr to Christion Fetters. 40 acres Washington tp, SI3OO. Harvey Segur to Lelle M. Segur, et al. pt outlet 158 Decatur, S4OO. Decatur Cemetery association to M . R. Dorwin, lot 145, S3O. Sarah J. Culberson to F. Brokaw. 5 acres Root tp. S4OO. St. Marys Tp cem to Catharine Hughes, lot 65 $2. Sarah J. Bittner to Catharine Ault, lot 16. Decatur, $325. Mar*y <J. Ray to John F. Crist, lot: 53 Monroe, SBO. Jas. M. Logan to E. D. McAUum. 28 acres Wabash tp. sl. John W. Vail et al to C. H. Baker, lot 739 Decatur, S9OO. Geo. F. Pontius to Ossitta Sullivan, 10 acres Hartford tp, SSOO. A. J. Buffenbarger to J. H. Rumple, 40 acres Jefferson tp. SIOOO. What you want is not temporary relief from piles but a cure to stay cured. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures piles and they stay cured. Soothes and quickly heals old sores, scalds, cuts, burns, wounds and skin diseases. Page Blackburn. ts ‘•Wonderland ’99”, the Northern Pacific railway annual, for this year, has been received at this office with the compliments of the passenger department of the road. The pamphlet contains 104 pages, beautifully illustrated, describing the regions tributary to the road and is a model of good workmanship. The l>ook is of untold value to school teachers, scholars, tourists or home seekers and can be obtained by sending six cents in I stamps to Charles S. Fee, general passenger agent, St. Paul, Minn.

MARKETS, CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN CHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, new „ Corn, per cwt (mixed)/ . * Corn, per 'cwt, yellow” ” Oats, old''" *2 Oats, new " " Rye 8ar1ey...." ’ Clover seed 2 75 w qi Timothy. i m Eggs, fresh Butter p, Chickens Ducks Turkeys Geese' W 00116 to 18 Wool, washed IS and 2f) Hogs 3 40 TOLEDO MARKETS, JUNE 7, 1:30 P. j| W heat. new No. 2 red, cash 73a J uly wheat ’ 7-| Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. 331 July corn Prime clover 3 50’ Mmsicale Program, Following is the program of a musicale to be given at the home of Mrs. F. A. Dibble, tomorrow Friday afternoon, at two o'clock: part I. Piano solo.. Lizzie Peterson. Mrs. Bell Vocal solo Mr-. Thomas Piano solo Mrs. Effingham Recitation Merle Burde Vocal solo May Niblick Piano selection.. Tena Rademacher Vocal duet Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Vail part 11. 1 Mandolin and guitar. .Josephineand May Niblick Vocal soloLeota Hower Piano selection Grace Miller Solo Florence Edwards Piano duet... .Hattie and Josephine Niblick SoloMatie Albers Recitationßlanche Dibble Piano solo Carrie Thomas Low Rate of Interest. Money loaned at five per cent, in- ' terest. 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. Sehirmeyer, , Decatur, Ind. 9tf , Those contemplating a trip to An--1 nual Meeting Educational Associa- - tion. to te held at Los Angeles. Cal., t July 11 to 14. 1899, or others whode- ■ -sire’to take advantage of the low rate. - should not fail to procure a copy of f the interesting booklet, issued by the f Chicago & North-Western R'y. giving ■ full information as to routes, time of 1 trains, rates and other valuable and 1 necessarv information. Sent free up 1 on receipt of 2 cents postage by WB. Kniskern, Fifth avenue, Chicago.