Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1899 — Page 8

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Monmouth. Bert Christen is attending high school at Decatur. G. A. Christen of the Geneva schools, spent Sunday here. Township institute will be held at the Monmouth school house next Saturday. C. D. Kunkle and family spent Sunday with E. Houk and family of near Bingen. This is the time of year when the little boy can l>e seen on the streets with his pockets full of hickory nuts. The Monmouth school will cross bats with the Mallonee school next Saturday at the Monmouth ball park. Our schools are in full progress now. Room No. 1 did not open until Tuesday on account of no seats, the old seats were taken out and new ones could not be furnished soon enough. Peterson. The Democrat for all the news. Lana Steele who has been sick for some time is better. Emma Steele of Bluffton, visited friends here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jackson spent Sunday with friends at Bobo. Nettie Clowser. Fred Davenport i and William Jackson, teachers of Wells county, attended the institute at this place last Saturday. A debating and literary society meets every Tuesday evening at the Crum school house. A good program is given every night. The question for debate next Tuesday evening is: Resolved. That morality increases with civilization. The institute last Saturday was a success. Both trustees and every ! teacher of both Kirkland and Preble townships were present. Several other teachers were in attendance. The program was as follows: Devotional exercises conducted by Rose Johnson.! Organic Education. F. D. Aumen;! followed by general discussion. Recitation. Flo Johnson. Music. J. P. Mills. How to teach reading.by A. D. Welker. History, John Weldy. I Recitation, Lucy Fruchte. Child! study. Lulu Lankenau. Reading Circle work was discussed by the whole i institute.

Grand Opening. October 18th and 19th. —CLOAKS, FURS AND SUITS. —- We have completed arrangements with three of the largest manufacturers and will display their entire line. ...ALL GARMENTS DELIVERED. We have spared no pains to make this opening the very best ever held in Decatur. ...OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT contains the largest, most complete assortment of Jackets, Capes and Golf Capes ever before opened in the city. \AZe Offer This Week: $1.50 Cresco. $5.00 h $1.93 $5.00 A, . I’// li I I r li I [ !) a jgggßjßO You are invited to examine i * |l the Cresco—have its virtues I -4 explained to you. There’s I I comfort and economy in the PLUSH CAPES—N ice w/itt twtnn at ITY CHILDREN'S RBBFBRS PLUSH OAPbL We Jro A ye»r S lO Jeivy Z SaUn 6 « 8 f“ d P J*’TOk will be re?a?e abYut ®2. 6 0. Our 8 ’« yo» cy cloth trimmed OuJ’prke found m our Corset stock. this cape which takes too much space. Ask to see it. | Others are getting $7.00 and || $7.50 for one not half so good. I $ 1.50 Cresco. or trimmed $5.00 $ 1.93 $5.00 | THE BOSTON STORE. ll It Pavs to Trade Here. They fill your Pocket Books. Try it Oncer • ~~ --- —

Pleasant Valley. i Will Bovine arrived from Northern Michigan, last week. i John Linker of Magley, visited here Sunday with friends. Mrs. Matilda Madden of Ft. Wayne arrived Tuesday to visit relatives. Roth & Wulliman are husking corn with their husker in this vicinity. Ed France, truant officer, was seen passing through here this week. s John Coffee, agent for Niblick, was seeing to business here the first of the ! week. : Charles Richardson is renewing old ! acquaintances and fiddling between . times. I Harlo Mann and wife visited their ; daughter at Ohio City, Saturday and ‘ iSunday. I I Mrs. Jas. K. Martz is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Tyndall, in I Mason county, Michigan. The box social was a success. About ■ SS was realized, which be will used for I purchasing a library for the school. Dr. Bill Hill of Pleasant Mills, was through this locality last week, presumably selling Hill’s "king of pain.” Linn Grove. Jesse Miller of Swazee. is here visiting his kindred. John Wolford of Monmouth, was visiting B. F. Kizer and family over Sunday. The owner of a lost pocketlxx>k can obtain the same by describing property to Frank Nusbaum. Several have inspected the horse and buggy held by Allrert Johnson, but so far no one has laid claim. David Yoder who has been working at Archbold, Ohio, during the spring and summer, has returned and numbers with the stone crushing force. Wm. Mertz of Fort Wayne, John Kauffman and wife of Retman, Ohio, and Amos Augsberger and wife of | Columbus Grove. Ohio, are paving their people a visit. On Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's mother, the wedding of Albert Ramsey and Lovina Chrisman. Also Saturday evening. Cleoplas bet- | ter known as Doc Rmnvon and Miss

Kumrine were bound in holy wedlock. | Eight to ten was the late score at ‘ base ball between the home Shamrocks and the V? bite Oak Ground Hogs, in favor of the former. Owing to rain five inning only were piayed. Pleasant Hills. The sick are slowly convalescing. Rev. Isaiah Jackson and family ■ moved to our burg this week. Harrv Vizard of Dixon, Sundayed . here with his brother. Dr. \ izard. John Meyers and family spent Sunday with James Boyd and family. Dick Andrews and sister, Miss Bessie, of Monroe, spent Sunday here with friends. Harrv Worden and wife of Marion, spent several days here with relatives and friends, A. N. Acker and wife returned Monday, after a few days' visit with relatives at Piqua, Ohio. John Barnett and wife of Bluffton, gave his brother, G. W . Barnett and wife a pleasant call last week. A protracted effort will convene at the M. E. church Thursday evening, conducted by Rev. N. P. Barton. C. W. France and wife gave an ovster supper Wednesday evening to a few of their immediate friends. Mrs. George Davis and children will leave Thursday for Sidney. Ohio, her former home, to visit relatives. Rev. Brown and family of Greenville. Ohio, are now residents of this place, having moved here this week. Samuel Shamp and Samuel Hite and wives of Decatur, were the guests i of E. W. France and family Sunday. Mrs. Diadem McLeod leaves today (Thursday ) for Piqua and Troy, Ohio, to visit relatives and friends. She j will be absent several weeks. ( Messrs. Floyd Wood, Charley Matthewson and the Missses Maud and I Mary Fuller and Adda Boyd formed ■ a merrv crowd and drove to the home i of Svlvester Tinkham and wife in the ; south part of the county last Sunday, i where an elaborate dinner was served < prepared for them bv their hostess. , They report having had a pleasant time during the day, and left with the hope of again being permitted to visit < this most estimable family. I i The "Kathleen Mavourneen . Com- ' edv Company was at Monroeville last ' Thursday an? showed to an enormous < crowd of people who were greatly pleased with their efforts. They will < plaw a return engagement in that town * during Christmas week. They also i played to a large audience at Will- • shire Monday evening, giving entire t satisfaction. 1 ‘

Berne. Noah Wulliman is wearing a boil on his neck. Schug's store room is ready foi the second story. Our visitors to the Mennonite conference have about all left. A. Gottschalk’s new residence is I ready for the paper hanger. Grand-father Hirshy, south of town, ! is very ill with heart trouble. Daniel Shalley took some fine views of the Mennonite conference. A. C. and D. Augsburger transacted business in Bluffton Tuesday. The Berne Witness printed a fine edition in honor of the conference last week. B. Sprunger, who is studying for veterinary in New York, is home on a visit. Paul Baumgartner and Bert Harruff. of Decatur, were callers at Berne Sunday. The delegates to the general Mennonite conterenee, to be held near Philadelphia, left for that place Monday night. John W. Craig accompanied his parents to Decatur Monday night, from where they started for their home near Ashland. Ohio. Samuel Craig and Miss Lena L. Braun were united in marriage at the residence of the bride’s parents by Rev. Vorholt last Saturday evening. They will make their home in the Hilt'v property north of the school house. May health and prosperity crown their future life. The Mennonite conference opened Wednesdav of last week continuing until Tuesday of this week. About 400 visitors were in attendance and many good thoughts were taken home bv the returning guests. Among the subjects discussed was the new college to be erected at Bluffton, Ohio. As the next conference was voted to that place, the building committee was instructed to have the building ready by that time. The following are the members of the building committee: J. A. Amstutz, Bluffton, Ohio; P. C. Sutter, Pandora, Ohio, J. H. Schantz, Dalton. Ohio, and J. W. Leatherman, Wardsworth, Ohio. At the Sunday school convention some excellent thoughts were brought forth by W. J. Robison, of Fort Wayne, a devoted Sunday school worker. The officers elected” for the ensuing year for the Sunday school and Y. P. societv are as follows: President. H. P. Kichbiehl, Canton, Ohio; vice-presi-dent, P. B. Hilty. Pandora. Ohio; secretary, Miss Edith Mehl, Goshen, Indiana”; German secretary, Miss Marie E. Steiner, Pandora. Ohio: treasurer. A. C. Mehl, Goshen. Indiana. Program committee: M. S.

Mover. Excelsor. Missouri; W. "■ Miller. Pulaski, lowa, and P. C. Sutter, Pandora. Ohio. Officers for the middle district are: President, h. H. J Krehbiehl. Trenton. Ohio; secretary, Rev. Carl V. Smissen, Sumerfield, Illinois; treasurer, J. H. bhantz, Dalton; Ohio. Rev. J. C- Miller. of Pulaski, Ohio, preache 1 m the Evangelical church, and Rev. M. S. Moyer, of Tipton, Ohio, in the Reformed church Sunday evening. Notice! Mr. Alex Hoyer has resigned as our a<zent at Decatur. He will be succeeded by T. R. Moore and all orders mailed or telephoned to him will receive prompt attention. We take this method of thanking our trade for past favors, and solicit a continuation of the same. Standard Oil C o. Telephone No. 14. Notice. Notice is hereby given thit on the 28th day of October, 1899. the members of the joint council of the Hoagland pastorate of the Synod of Northern Indiana of the general Synod of the United States of America will meet at Concord to elect three parsonage trustees for the Hoagland pastorate. C. D. Kunkle, Secretary. 31-2 w Wabash Valley Nursery, Bluffton. Indiana. The following list consists of certain items which are on land that we must clear this season on account of expiration of leases. W e also have unusually heavy stocks which we desire to reduce quickly. For these reasons we are willing for a short time to sell at the extremely low prices affixed, although you must know, and will know in the near future, that stock has advanced in prices almost forty per cent. The stock is of our best grades and quality. We could not furnish any finer stock of the sizes if prices were double. These prices are for reasonable quantities of each kind, and at these rates: 5000 pears at 15c, 25c: 5000 cherry at, 30c: 5000 plums at 15c, 25; 2500 apple at Bc. 10c. 15. Consisting of all the leading varieties, in a fine, healthy condition. We also have plenty of Nursery Stock, including shade trees which we will dispose of at prices that will astonish you. So come and see us this fall and get what you need. Don't put it off till spring, for two reasons. (1) The price will not be as low as now. (2) Stock does better planted in the fall. Respectfully, J. B. Evans \ Co., Office, 532 Beth Ave.. 'Phone 124, West Bluffton. Ind Fine thoroughbred B. P. Rock chickens for sale. Eggs in season at SI for 15. Took first premium at Bluffton Street Fair. Money to loan at the very lowest interest. Abstracts made on short notice and at the lowestrates at Schur ger & Smith's law office.

Great Stock and lm plement B Notice is hereby- gj ven ~ ■ undersigned will gi ve a t ■ inplement sale at his farm B one-half miles - utheastof p 9 * B on UI u «eatur, B Tuesday. October 24 Ron ■ beginning at nine o'clock.'the B nig stock and implements towit- I 11 head of horses.—4 o f }.■ B broodmares; 3 have colts hr B side: one three years old m 2 , 1! B two years old mare colt: 2 t r ’ I colts; 3 spring colts. ' ™ at *iiig : B 78 head of cattle--of milch cows, 10 o f th ’ Ol 1 B calves by their side; 7 two and I years old heifers will Ire fresh sooS I head of two and three years old sfe I 2 bulls, one Durham and oneßolZ; I W head of yearling and spring «£ I 120 head of sheep-consisting of | I Breeding Ewes, two and three J. I old; 70 head of Ewes and weath I lambs; 4 Shopshire bucks. net I 25 head of hogs-3 brood sows- 2 I head of shoats. ’ “ ■ Farming implements-McConniei I binder, will be sold on two years time I McCormick mower: Steel hav rake.’ l John Derr corn planter; 3 breaking I plows, one Shtiuk. one Oliver steel and I one riding breaking plow; two double I corn plows; two double shovel plows- I singleshovel plow; disc harrow;spriu» I tooth harrow; spike tooth harrow I planet, jr. combined wheel and hw I onion drill; broad tired wagon: truck I wagon;carriage; bob sleds. I Harness - three sets of double work I harness: Set of single buggy harness I and other articles too numerous to I mention. Terms of sale—Bs.oo and under, cash; amounts over 85.00 a credit of 12 months with approved security Elmer Johnson. MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIS MEBCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, newS Corn, per cwt (mixed) 42 Corn, per cwt, yellow 43 Corn, per cwt. (new) 30 Oats, newls @ 22 Rye 45 Barley 30 Clover seed 3 60 @ 4 20 Timothyl 00 @ 110 Eggs, fresh 20 Butter 15 Chickens ® Ducks 05 Turkeys 08 Geese W Wooll6 to 19 Wool, washed2o and 22 HogsV2s TOLEDO MARKETS OCT. 11, 1:30 P.M. Wheat, new No. 2 red. cash... .J 12 Dec. wheat Cash corn No. 2 mixed, cash.. » Dec. corn Prime clover 8 ™