Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1900 — Page 8

French Towu*hip. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Burrv—a son. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moser -a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Newhouser—a girl. Emil Liechty will move to Linn Grove this spring. Alfred Debrot will more to the Abe Biberstine property. Ex-trustee Stuckey moved out of this township last week. Chas. Kaltman, of Bluffton, was in ! in this community last week buying , cattle. John Steiner was appointed trustee to fill the vacancy caused bv the removal of C. E. Stuckey. Mrs. Bracket sold a team of fine draft horse? to Yoder A Sullivan, of Berne. Consideration 1300. Christian Neuenschwander, formerly of this township but now of Bluffton, Ohio, visited here a few weeks' among his children, returning home last week. Central jpv. D. A. Helm and wife—a girl. Miss Edith Beaber is wrestling with the grip. Miss Mary Brown was the guest of Miss Allie Koos Sunday. Charles Burrel and wife, of Decatur. | will move near the Pleasant Grove • church this week. Rev. Skank preached a very inter esting sermon at Union Chapel last Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. Q. Kline, of Decatur, began a series of meetings at Union Chapel: last Monday evening. Mrs. George Cline and Mrs. Bert Wolf were the guests of Chas. Hark less and wife, of Paulding, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spangler, of Preble township, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. He ward Shickley Sunday. Misses Goldie Stoller and Zella Stultz were very pleasantly entertained by Mi - May Spuller at her home last Sunday. T. D. Kern and wife and Mrs. Jas. Archbold and daughter. Jennie, spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Niblick near Ossian. There will be more tile ditching done in this community this spring than there has been since time immortal. judging by the hauling that is being done. .Tagiey. Grandmother Kreutzmann is on the sick list. Bob Case shipped a car load of corn last week. August Wc-rthmann drove to Decatur Tuesday. Nelson Casidy moved to his new home here last week. Jonathan Mosser will move to his

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farm in the near future. Literary at the Berger school house every Wednesday night. Lewis Worthman was at Fort Wayne last Friday on business. William Selbv was the guest of John Moen re ana family Sunday. Mr. Swaim, the creamery man, went to Ossian last Monday on busine.-.-. Simon Beineke was the guest of Mr. Hilderbrand last Sunday night. Mr. Brandyberry has several teams ■ hauling bolts from Wells county to ■ this place. Mrs. Buzzard and her son John, were the guests of Chris Reppert and familv Sunday. Mr. William Huckerede returned home last week from a few weeks visit at New Bremen. A uumler of young folks met at the home of John Fruchte last Saturday j night and gave a surprise party on j one of his boys. Magley is booming. The saw mill will start in full blast as soon as the j weather permits. They have their yards filled with logs and bolts. Monmouth. Mrs. L. N. Grandstaff is suffering from a severe attack of lagrippe. Dr. J. C. Grandstaff, of, Hoagland.' visited his parents on Sunday last. Edward Ey is recovering from a severe attack of grip and lung fever. Jacob Neuenschwander will soon, have his contract for fifty cords of wood completed. John Evans has purchased the Widow Fisher farm and expects to move there in the spring. The Monmouth school will be well j ■ represented at the oratorical contest to be held at Decatur Friday evening. Mrs. M. M. Kunkle, who has been . quite sick for some time, is improving and we hope will soon be entirely well. The tile mill firm is now Magley a Peoples, the former having sold a half interest tc Fred Peoples. The boys intend to keep their furnaces in full ‘ blast this summer. Fred Melcher Jr. is doing a boom-, ing business with his saw mill. He has his yard full of logs and is doing a rushing business in sawing handle stuff, plastering lath, garden palings I I and lumber of all kinds. We Worden has sold his farm to W. A. F nner and is to give possession 'on April 1. He expects to make his future home in Union township. Root township will then be without a 'squire. Squire Worden sold his 60 acre firm to W. A. Fonner last week for •St per acre. The probability is that the S juire will rem-:.re to Union township, so there will be a vacancy in that othce. <?ffice seekers take notice.

Matlev. March is here with its cold wind, j hail and snow. Cotton A Linker are the stock buy- ' ere of Magley. Miss Ella Brandyberry is calling on friend# at Monroe. Bargers Brother' were hauling rock i from Buena \ ista last week. Sam Barger sold five head of cattle , t. I. Cotton for the sum of '■ Miss Sadie Miller of Tocsin, spent; ; Sunday with Miss Maggie Matkins. William Ferauhuger and family j spent Sundav with friends s uth of I Vera Cruz. William Shelby, the timber buyer j of Hoagland, spent Sunday here with j his parents. Nelson Cassady has moved to our town, where he has purchased the Mosure property. Protracted meetings are going onj at full speed at the Little Vine church ' with a large crowd each night. John Limenstohl. Al Straub, and J.' Carter and families, of Peterson.spent i Saturday evening with I. A. Steele I and family. Clvde Shady has purchased Frans Shady's farm, moving on the same last Thursday, while the latter moved to Kingsland. What might have caused the death | of some one happened last Sunday . evening on the wav home from 1 church. A crowd of young people ’ were walking home when anapproechJ ing buggy stopped in the crowd and ! ; cne of the occupants pulled out a rei volver. shooting twice, not over two i feet from some ladies. Young men, j take warning, for your names are known and when you go tc church g with some respect or the next time you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Lios Gre*t. Fred Hoffmann made business trips •to Bryant and PoE ingrown on Monday ' ' and Tuesday. Drs. McLlain and Hunter, of Vera , Cruz, made us a friendly call on, Thursday of last week. Geo. John Chenoworth and Joseph Shefden. of Bluffton, were callers hereduring the week. Jacob and Levi Augsberoer and sisters attended the Dowie Zion conference at Chicago last week. Lewis Reynolds and your reporter attended a called meeting of the di- i i rectors of the Hartford <)il company last Thursdav. Isaac Falb is deploring the Jobs of I his prattling parrot. Tuesday m-?m- --, ing he found the tongue of pocr pc-dv silent in death. He valued th- biro at §lO. and it was mocn of a tilxer. A unaloid case of timidity of n

' small magnitude shows prominence in the fact that the Linn Grove graded school has been ignored from entering the Adams county graded schou oratorical contest, which will Ite heli, at Decatur on the 9th. All of the graded schools should lie contestants However, it is being viewed from the standpoint that it shows the points of cowardice to stand aloft when im igin ary danger is approaching. The winI ne’r mav contest Linn Grove at will. Among the things we have seen is that many people attend to ther peoples business more than they do i their own. That a friend at rour face will stab you in the back at the first ■opportunity. That many will i gratis rather than tell the truth for cash. That od Tuesday niorniDn 1 seen a laddy ribbon vender measure a sidewalk, and that when the sidewalk was icy I saw two voung men escort two voung ladies who were taking a J pleasure sleigh ride' into one of our • business houses and say help these (chairs tc some girls and nothing more to sav. The monotou v was broken by the ladies pulling for the street. One !of the gents we think had a kit of ; bjcvcle repair tods in his pocket and the other is registered for educational advancement. That I have frequently i seen people take up their vow s at the church door, just where they had left them the Sunday before. Monroe. James Urick is quite sick Mrs. Ann Wagoner is on the sick ■ , list. C. E. Albaugh and wife Sundayed; at Decatur. A. E. Bell, of Decatur, was a caller] ' in our eitv this week. Mrs. J. W. Hendricks was visiting : in the country last week. Wm. SniLth and family spent >un- ■ dav at Decatur the guest' of relatives. R. O. Johnson is able to be out I again after tliree or four weeks con-I j finement. Our Vite Ore Dr. talks of building a bath house and giving ore baths, i Go ahead. Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen was the guest of Mrs. G. H. Laugbrey, at Decatur a few days ago. Mrs. L. A. Thomas was visiting at Celina, Ohio, and Muncie and Marion. I i Indiana, the past week. Quite a large attendance at church Sunday evening. But the preacher (did not suit :ur old gentleman, so he just "took up his bed and walked.” W. Headri -.- .- rtt - very £u- :ak plank t'-r Smith A Bed. J. W. Everhart feeds the saw. ; •'»”<> Uri k the 't-am and Bill H:.i N J inspects the saw dust. Some one was inquiring as to what become of th- money we raised last -umm-r to build a new walk in front :f the church. Please show up and

have the walk put down at once. „ We have two “musical cabinets in town but they now face the wall. Ten dollars and costs tunied them around. We hope they will stay turned. We need the Nicholson law enforced as we have too many games going on. Monroe received more timber last week than she has for years past in i the same length of time. Over one ( hundied loads of elm and ash bolts , came in last Saturday, and everybody j was asking for Joe and the measuring stick. Jacob Grim says the Preble correspondent is mistaken as to thenumber | of animals he killed. Also Burt H. ■ savs he was not married as was reported—but let some girl "pop the . question and he will bhow the boys a ’ good time. j The institute one mile north of I Monroe was well attended last Saturday and a very fine program was rendered. The superintendent was present and pronounced it a reasonable success. Our bad bov of Monroe delivered a very nice speech and says he has made new vows and is going to be a • better boy. Success to you John. The revival meetings have begun— | or at least you would have thought so had you been in attendance last Fri- i dav evening, when an old gentleman ■ arose and stepped out in front of an- ; other gentleman and shook his fist at him and said a good many mean things unbecoming a man of God and one whom is sanctified. Then our janitor rose to a point of order and it was all over. The meetings go on and we hope much good will be done. Preble. J. Ferrv was at Decatur Monday. C. O. Boese was at Freidheim Mon- ] j day. R. A. Sparks was at Decatur Friday evening. Henry Buuck was at Fort Wayne i Tuesday. John Kibler was visiting at Decatur Saturday. Go see the Ferris wheel at Buuck A Jaebkers's. Wm. Jaebker and family Sundayed ] at Freidheim. Frank Lewton was visiting in town Saturday night. Bob Mullen transacted business at i Williamsport Friday. Henry Holbrock was a guest of bis son, Charley. Saturday. Chris Conrad of Freidheim. was here a few hours Saturday. I Bob Mullen has been troubled with ! ' sore eyes for a few davs. Bob Mullen attended church at i Honduras Sunday evening. Mrs. R. A. Sparks and son. Ottis, ] were at Decatur Saturday. Fred Schroeder and David W’eriing were at Decatur Saturday.

Harry Scherry and Chas Milk were at Decatur Wednesday. er Herman Lehman entertained h brother from Monroeville, Sunday Jeff Klopfenstein was the county commissioners Tuesday ’ Miss Martha Linnemeiercameh tm( . from Fort Wayne on a sick furlong Geo. Arnold went to Morey, yjju j Saturday to make that his future home Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Mart Miller last Wednesday a boy, anotherdem ocrat, James Breiner and family of To<sin, were guests of Katy Breiner last ] Thursday. j David Werling sold a car load of | fine oak logs Saturday to a Celina Ohio, firm. H. Wellensick, teacher at the German school, was a passenger for Fl i catur Saturday. Allie Zaugg of Buena Vista, was a visitor with Jeff Klopfenstein and fam ily Friday and Saturday. Mr. Holm returned to his home at Glenmore, after a week’s visit with Rev. J. H. Glansing and wife. Dr. Severin was at Bluffton Wed- | nesday buying furniture, preparatory ito occupying the Burket home. 1 C. H. Carpenter, operator at the oil station, went to Mt. Clemens, Mich., Saturday to take baths for the rheumatism. John Kibler says he will make it warm for the club member who gave him away to your correspondent last week. Geo. Arnold returned from Marion, Ind., Wednesday of last week, where he has been at a hospital for the last month. Mr. McCollough, night ticket agent j at the C. A E. depot at Decatur, was here Friday looking for a girl to do , housework. The east bound mail trains on the IC.A E. were late Wednesday and Thursdav on account of the heavy snow storm nesar Chicago. The scholars of the German school were treated to a sleigh ride to Freidheim and return Friday, and to visit ’ the German school while there. Mesdames Klopfenstein, Daniels, Kreigh and Sickafus composed a sleighing party to Decatur Thursday. Jeff Klopfenstein was their pilot. David Werling. D. J. Dilling. Albert Werling, Charlev Werling and Fred Kirchner started for southern I Tennessee and Alabama Tuesday. They expect to be gone about three : weeks. There is a fellow here that had been ' informed that he was going to hare 1 his girl taken away from him by anI other fellow, and as he was somewhat | afraid, tt might be true he took a guard along with him Sunday evening when going to see his girl.