Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1900 — Page 8

THE NEW FAIR / SPECIAL X. / Shir! Waist Sale, X X WE bought a lire of N. / samples of the Wayne / X p Waist Co , at 50c on the X N. dollar. No two alike. X Come and see them We X X will save you 50 per cent. X x. The New Fair Store. / ** x * X. * x

Wert Root. Farmers iu this vicinity are busy’ planting corn. Miss Alice Fisher returned to Fort Wayne Monday. Jess and Dallas Butler biked to Ft. V*.yne Sunday. Frank McConnel has commenced taking the assessment. Earl and Frank Butler attended the social :.t Poe Saturday evening. Rev. R. C. Jones preached at the Mt. Pleasant church last Sunday. J. A. Furhman and family Sundayed with Chester Lewton and family, of East Root. David Rice and wife, ofXlonmouth, spent Sunduv evening with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Evans. , Rev. R. C. Jones will preach a memorial sermon at Mt. Pleasant church Sunday, May 27. Soldiers»of both wars are invited to attend. Pleasant Mills. Born, to A. N. Acker and wife —a boy. Miss Martha Bender is very poorly at this writing. J. W. Hill transacted business at Geneva last week. Earl Cowan is home from Chicago 1 visiting his parents. Chas. Yager and wife spent Sunday with country friends. Joel Roe and family Sundayed in the country with friends. A. M. Fuller attended lodge at Decatur last Monday evening. Quarterly meeting at the M. E. church Thursday evening of this week.' Allvert Roebuck is just recovering from injuries received by a run away. The Saints are conducting a series of meetings this week at the U. B. church. The Morris brothers of Middlepoint, Ohio, spent a few days here with their bwther, D. E. Morris. Berne. The county assessor was a caller in town Monday. Bernhard Sprunger is still confined to the house with rheumatism. The excavation for the cellar for the new church is nearly compietwl Albert and Miss Marie Sprunger left Tuesday on a visit to Missouri. The uew council met Monday night and elected A- J. Hawk as chairman. Sam Miller of Fort Wayne was visiting friends here the first of the week. Rud Lehman spent Sunday at the bedside of his sick wife, and reports her improving. Dr. Harry Emick, veterinary, has located at Berne and will lie found at Stengel dt Craig’s drug store.

- —xa.l—- -— RECEIVED I Two more Biggest We car loads of assortment vou can please Buggies. ever saw. anvbodv. BRITTSON BROTHERS.? tr-wnwrrr^-- u - - -

J Dr. Franz went to Indianapolis last Tuesday, to attend the meeting of the I State Homeopathic. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lugenbull left Tuesday for a four weeks' visit to . Mount Ridge, Kansas. Dr. Reussen is the happv papa of an eight-pound girl that arrived at his home Saturday night. Rev. Vornholi has started a cate- ■ chistic school Mondav. and will teach j the first three days in the week. Seven voung people were confirmed at the Reformed church last Sunday, and C. C. StuckejPand wife and Joe Moser and wife were taken in as members of the church. John N. Sullivan died last Thursday night after several months' sickness with heart disease. Funeral services were held at the Reformed church. Rev. Zevkiel delivered the funeral sermon. The remains were | laid to rest in the M R. E cemetery. Chas Coverdale and Jacob Brennel man got into trouble Monday evening I over a broken cane. Brenneman went j after him with a revolver, when Chas. I who was in the Sprunger A Braun's ; livery barn tpok a chair and laid j Brenneman fiat. Chas has the sym- , pathy of the people here as he acted 1 onlv in self-defense. « Linn Grote. Our town deplores the loss of Wm. Wechtet and family, who entrained at Berne for Salem. Oregon, for permanent location. O. T. Coffin of Poneto, leased a block of prospective oil territory near this place last week. Development . will begin in the near future. Lewis Neaderhouser has accepted a position with.the Lake Eriedk Western R. R. as news agent. A position that will round Lie's approval. Falb <k Son. our enterprising blacksmiths, have added stocks n, their equipments and are now prejfered to ’ shoe abstreperous horses in more safety to both man and lieast. Intervening arrangements gave rise to Rev. J. P. Green to recall his ap--1 pointment at the Baptist church on Friday evening of this week, and has 11 appointed Friday evening. May 25, 1 when he will appear for the first time , 1 before our people. The measure of joy of Wm. Staley r and wife and D. Forest Hoffmann and wife is filled to overflowing owing to the advent to each of them a sou. The i former on Tuesday the latter on . Thursday of last week, and register . ten and ten and one-half, pounds respectively. , In the person of David Meschberger ' we have a farmer of no small pretentions. His crop this season will con sist of 100 acres of corn, 72 acres of ’ oats, and MO acres of wheat were put t out last fall, this he has reduced to 20 acres from some foreseen cause— j

I perhaps that the threshers would go ’ into a trust. Our contracting firm Hoffmann X ■ Liddy, were aw arded the contract for building a six room brick school building at Fountain City, Indiana. For completion four bids were received, namely: Stetterly A Co. of Winchester. Heckennan A Co. of Winchester, 512,471: Shanks .V Co. of Richmond. 513,G00; Hoffmann A. Liddy of Liuu Grove, 512,000. Henry Gentis was enroute to Portland delivering some buggies for L. L. Dunbar last Saturday, and when within 21 miles of Bryant his team took fright and ran away, but were ap prehended on reaching the town of Bryant. In checking up three wheels were found to have broken spindles and a fifth wheel sprung besides other minor damages, delivery wagon was also badly wrecked. One rubber tire buggy was on the load which recened a liberal share of the damages. The broken wheels are being utilized as advertising trophies and demonstrates the superb quality of the material. John Cowans. J. P., while at Deca tur last week, devoted his spare time in visiting the county infirmary, and joins with former visitors in saying that the management of the instituton and farm is one of high grade. The forty seme inmates receive the best of care, while cleanliness is one of the reigning fac’ors. He also found the farm well stocked and receiving humane care. Some forty head of hogs lieing now ready for market.leaving about sixty head as a reserve, John further says there can I>e no dispute but that Mr. and Mrs. important a place. PreNe. Bob Mullen wa- at Decatur Thursday. Chas Steele returned from Chicago Saturday. Mrs. Kreigh went to Kingsland Tuesday. Miss Mollie Yahn is visiting at Williams. Prof. Brittson. of Decatur, was here Wednesday. Lew Sickafus has purchased a fine new carriage. Wm Shielding was a passenger for Decatur Sat unlay. Mrs. Daniel-, of Decatur. Sundayed 1 with her son J. H. Wm. Butler shipped a car of hogs to Buffalo Saturday. Jeff Klopfenstein and wife were at Bluffton Wednesday. C. C. Borse and family visited at Freidheim Sunday. Pete Zaugg. of Linn Grove, was here a few hours Saturday. R A Sparks and wife were at De catur Tuwday evening. Wm. Laughner made a business’ trip to Decatur Thursday. Will Kreigh. night operator at Tocsin, was at home Sunday. W. J. Myers, of Decatur, was transacting business here Friday. A. Weriing and J. M VanVoorhis were Decatur visitors Friday. Herman Geels is working at the oil station during Elzey’s vacation. , Miss Clara Weber has returned from a month’s visit at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Will Creigh returned home from a visit at Tocsin Thursday. R. A. Cross and wife, of Muncie, are guests at the J. H. Daniel home. Lew Sickafus and Mrs. Will Kreigh drove to Decatur Monday afternoon. Mrs. Scheny and daughter, Sarah, were shopping at Decatur Thursday. Mrs. Henry Linnemeier and daughter, Martha, drove to Fort Wayne Monday. Jeff Klopfenstein and FrevtFuhrman were business callers at Decatur Saturday. D. Elzey and wife are at Celina on a fishing trip. Dong has his vacation at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jaebaker Sundayed with Rev. Buuck and wife at Glenmore, Ohio. Mrs. Weissup and Mrs. Patry, of Bluffton, were guests of Mrs. Will Kreigh Sunday. Jacob Roush, of Bluffton, was calling on our business men last Friday in the interest of a cigar firm. Auditor Mangold passed through

here Friday on his way to his farm | just north of town. Houck A Weaver, horse buyers of Decatur, were in this -Jciuitv Thursday looking for horses. Will Steele was herding cattle one da v last week using his wheel instead of aitroncho, as is commonly used ’• a cow boy. Jeff Klopfenstein is having the int,-* >rof his business n beautified by a lilieral supply of paint, smoke and wall paper. Pref. Wellensiek. of the German school, has received a call from Detroit. Michigan, which he seriously. contemplates accepting. County Assessor Crist met Township Assessor Conrad here last Thursday, and together thev assessed the Stand aril Oil Company's plant. Mis. J. IL Bidleman, of Leipsic, . Ohio, was a guest at the J. H. Daniel i home a few days last week. Her ; husband was formerly engineer at the oil station. Ed Highland and Sam Jayberg. of Magley, and R. A. Sparks were at Decatur Monday evening and received an invitation to join the smoke bouse excurison. The young folks gathered at the home of Alliert Weriing Saturday evening and tripperl the light fantastic | until a late hour. George Niblick; furnished the music. Several persons from here attended the funeral of Christian Stopeuhager. an old and respected resident of Preble township, at Freidheim Wednesday of last week. ' — AN EXCITED GENERAL. A Joke Which the Knitter Enjoyed to the I tiuost. A very funny incident took place on the occasion of the kaiser's recent visit to Cassel. The general in command of the division, anxious to give a loyal welcome to bis majesty, had instructed his officers and men that the moment they saw him wave his saber or even his bands above his head, they wore to start cheering while the massed bands were to intone the national an- j them. The genera! is very shortsighted. Suddenly the gates of the palace opened, and an officer appeared on horseback. The general, convinced | i that it was his majesty, waved bis band 1 In the air. At once all the bands started the national anthem, while the 20.- • or more troops present began to I cheer. Only when the amazed officer get near the general did the latter real- ’ Ize that it was not the emperor, but one of bis orderlies, who bad come for ' the purpose of announcing that the ■ monarch would be upon the scene about ten minutes later. The commanding general at once set ! to work to stop both the music and the , cheering. But the more be gesticulated | with bis hands and the more be shout- : ed. the more convinced were his offi- | cers and men that be was encouraging ; . them to Increased loyalty. The din was ' perfectly appalling, and when at length : the emperor arrived, be found the gen- I . era! streaming with perspiration, purple iu the face and on the verge of i apoplexy, while neither the soldiers nor the musicians had a breath left in their j ’ bodies. • The kaiser, who has a very keen sense of the ridiculous, is said to have | literally shaken Lis sides with laughter. ■ —Berlin Letter. Confnalon of Generations. It is not often that a grandmother, a mother and a daughter each bring a male child into the world on the same day. but this has just happened at Galicia, on the estate of Count Potokl. The children are thus greatuncle, un- ! cle and nephew, and as they are all of the same age there will lie some confusion in the generations of the family. The Emperor Francis Joseph when he I beard of the occurrence sent a sum of ■ money to l>e divided among the three ' children —London Daily Graphic. Where Water la Not Needed. Among the distinguished officials wb? will represent this country at the Paris exposition next May is Professor i Elwood Mead, the state engineer of II Wyoming and an irrigation expert of the department of agriculture, relates , The Saturday Evening Post. He was speaking at a meeting upon a local waler improvement, and after expatiating upon the benefits which would be derived by the farmer, miner I and even the manufacturer he said, “And this extra supply of water is ab- , solutely necessary to our dairymen." Before he could begin the next sentence a townsman called out: “Stop rleht there! They give us too i much of It already!”

The Bottle at snip natmeaes. Down to Charles H's time it was t oma ry to name and baptize a ihip> aft er Bhe was launched some 1 mesa , week or two after, fbe old method used for men-of-war was sin , in use. Pepys’ "D’arj ” « ><’7 I The ship was safely got atloa., afttr which some high personage went on board with a special silver stau ' | ’ !n « cup” or “unsgon” of wine, out of wbl h he drank, naming the ship poured a libation on the quarter deck, the-, cup was then generally given to the I dockyard master shipwright as a memento. When did the present usage of nam ing and baptizing a ship before she is sent afloat come in? I trace the last explicit mention nf the old method to 1664. when the lloyal Katherine was taunehed (we Popyfc). The thst men tiou of smashing a Iwttle of wine on the bows of a British man-of-war that 1 have fouud is in a contemporary newspaper cutting of May, 1780. describing the christening of H. M. 8. Magnanime at Deptford, l>ut nothing Is hinted that it was then a new custom.—Notes and Queries. Tie Dirt) a Cat. In a rural community in one of the middle states dwelt a man who made a vow In 1856 that he would wear his halt and beard untrimmed until John i C. Fremont should be elected president : of the United States. He kept that vow for 40 years, nt the emi of which time lie had nearly a half 1 bushel of hair on his head and face. Then, coming *c the conclusion, toward which his mind had been gradually working for a long time, that Gcn- ; oral Fremont’s death in the interval I bad practically absolved him from his : vow, he decided to have his hair cut and his beard shaved off cl» an. Ou i his next visit to the county seat he went to a barber shop and was soon relieved of the hirsute burden be had carried for four decades. “How much?” be asked. “Have to charge you half a dollar for that job,” said the barber, looking at the mass that lay on the floor. “Half a dollar!” he gasped. “Don’t I ' get anything for the hair’:”—Youth’s , . Companion. Mrs. Leland Stanford a Poor Woman, j Mrs. Leland Stanford writes toj 1 friends in Washington that she has now disposed of every vestige of the enormous fortune bequeathed to tier by the late Senator Stanford and has recently signed deeds transferring al) his real estate to the trustees of Leland Stanford university. This includes the largest cattle ranches, borse breeding establishments and vineyards in the world, with various farms, country houses and large tracts of wild land. I The deed covered 66 pages of typei written manuscript and required #7.000 , in internal revenue stamps. Mrs. Stanford bad previously transferred to ! the trustees of the university all her personal estate, embracing stocks and bonds valued at $15,000,000. and. so far as the actual ownership of property is I concerned, she is now as destitute as i the day on which she was born. She ; has a contract, however, w.th the trustees under which she is to receive for life an annuity of $25,000. to be used as she pleases, and all her relatives are! liberally provided for in Mr. Stanford’s i wilt—Chicago Record. ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I. O. O. F. BLOCK. Phone ■’ Offlce ' ,M - l hone ) Ketideuce. 153. HENRY B. HELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, rooms 1 and 2. Stone Block, opposite court house. Collections. NoUry Public. AMOS P. BEATTY. ATTORNEY AT LAW . And Notary Public. Pen«ion claims prose-1 cuted. Odd fellows building. 1 JAMES T. MERRYMAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW, DECATI’R, IND. Offioe-Nos. 1, Z. a, over Adams Co. Bank, 1 refer, by permission to Adams co. Bank. ERWIN A ERWIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Orrica.—Corner Monroe and Second streets tat'ion 11 P ruc * No.eliarge for consul. John Schurger. Dave E.Smith SCHI'RGER A SMITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ! T° lowest rates of interest I o es,HU ‘ and collection! Rooms 1. 2 and 3 Welfley block sy

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