Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1900 — Page 8

French Township. Abraham Bi'uerstiue had a barn raising recently. The Lehman and Moser pike needs lots of repairing. Chris Luginbill had an ice cream party Sunday afternoon. John C. Augsburger attended the congressional convention at Hartford City Wednesday of last week. Mr and Mrs, Samuel and Levi Klopfenstein of Allen county, are visiting the latter's home, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Stucky. A surprise party was held on Mr. Chris Stucky last Sunday, reminding him of his seventv second birthday. Ail the children were present and had a good time. Western Star. V. Linker was at Decatur Saturday. Charlie Steele was at Kort Wayne Sunday. G. C. Steele and A. J. Brentlinger have purchased new buggies. Cleve Anderson and Ed Shady wheeled to Fort Wavue Sunday. Robert Watkins and Bert Anderson were at Indianapolis last Sunday. Miss Stella Bradlev. who has been in Nebraska for her health, returned home last week. Mr. Lewis Borne, our showman, went to Kingsland Monday to work on the Erie railroad. There will be an ice cream social at Little \ ine next Saturday evening. Everybody is invited. Melvin Smith has resigned his position at Magley and accepted a similar one at the Swamp. L. T. Swain is building another creamery at Peterson which the Pet ersonites can be proud of. Rev. John McKane of Monroe, preached at the Barger school last Sunday and two weeks from then Rev. Moore of Peterson will pr rh Everybody welcome to come and „r the gentleman. Plerwnt "tills. Mrs. W. A Comer is numbered with the sick. The hum of the threshers are again heard in our midst. Miss Annie Bender is the guest of Miss Mary Kizer at Linn Grove this week. William Comer is dangerously ill w ith heart trouble and is not expected to recover. A little boy came to gladden the hearts of D. E. Morris aud wife on the 19th inst. Jacob Yager and wife and Samuel

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Shamp and wife of Decatur, and Nathan Ayers and family spout Sunday with C. W. Yager and family. Miss Ada Murray of Decatur, spent the past week with her uncle. A. M. Fuller and family. Rev. Isaiah Jackson will conduct baptismal services at the U. B. church next Saturday at three o’clock p. m. Ed Winans and sister. Miss Dovie, of Zanesville, Ohio, and Miss Francis Winans of Warsaw, Ind., are visiting their sister. Miss Grace, and other relatives here. The many friends here of Mrs. Lillie Peterson pf Decatur, are glad to learn that she is improving from her recent illness, and hope that she may entirely recover. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender entertained the following persons at their home last Sunday J F Bender and daughter and Miss Ivy Roebuck. Mr. aud Mrs. M. Kizer and daughters Myrtle and Mary, of Linn Grove. J. Clars and son of Williamsport, and the Misses Lulu aud Ellen Drage of Fort Warne. Miss Dovie Winans of Zanesville, Ohio, and Miss Francis Winans of Warsaw. Ind. Geneva Indiana oil 90 cts. There is great activity in the oil fields hereabouts, and everybody is busy. Roy Juday, living south of town who has been Quite ill, is reported as much improved. Tom Drew and his saw mill are working night and day getting out rig timber for the oil men. Jas. Botkins and wife cf Buckland, Ohio, were in town over Sunday visiting his brother. Marshal Botkins. Andrew and Abe Shoemaker drove to Ada. Ohio, Tuesday to attend at the bedside of Andy's' oldest brother who is very sick. The G. R. de I. company have a large force of hands at work putting new ballast under their track through the corporation limits. The grade of the macadam road is completed from the Jay countv line to Ceylon, and the spreading of crushed stone will begin in i few days. The Berne Grain <fc Hay Co., who recently purchased, the S’ W. Hale warehouse and elevator, are having all the business they can handle, and several new hands have been engaged to help along the push. The Genvea M. E. church people will run a benefit excursion from Richmond to Rome City over the G. R A I July 27. 1900. It promises to be well patronized bv the citizens along the whole line.

Peterson. H. A. Briner has purchased a very fine driving horse. Mr. Henry Bremerkamp of Decatur was in our burg Tuesday. * The s one masons are busy at work i on the Election school house. Miss Jennie Spade spent Sunday . with her parents at this place. Rev. G. W. Meranda of New Carlisle Ohio, preacher! at Antioch Sunday. Andrews di Baltzell shipped a car load of hogs from this place Tuesday, i Miss Ada Fisher, of Mt. Pleasant, mingled with friends near this place Sunday. Reuben Beery was one among those who took in the excursion to Kokomo last Tuesdav. • A number of our people attended the funeral of Mrs. Steve Kissler at Honduras Sunday. Miss Lulu McConehey of Decatur, is visiting her grandparent: Mr. and Mrs. George McWhirter. Chas Beery. Martin Stalter. Pearl Moore and Andrew Slaltei are working for the Standard Oil Co. at Preble. We wonder what is wrong with our road officers that they do not put in a bridge just east of town. The bridge is in an awful condition and is not safe to cross, even with light loads. Miss Estella Weldy returned home from McCook, Nebraska, last Friday, where she has spent the past few months for her health. She reports the climate as very pleasant and the change has done her a great deal of good. We notice that the Peterson itemizer ts the Journal says that we stayed with our sweet heart at Pleasant Mills i too late and got our grist mixed with i theirs.. Well, if the grist was mixed, i that was better than he has done for the past two or three weeks. His attraction has been drawn near Craigville so strong that he did not get his grist in at all during that time, and when he did get around again he has I tried to deceive the people and say that “here we are again and a new itemizer at the wheel.” and it is the same old song as of vore. “We wonder whv.” • Linn drove, John Passon, of Minnesota, is here visiting relatives. Ed and wife were at Bluffton Thursday. Miss Katie White, of Cardington, is visiting B. F. Kizer and family. A. Binder, of Pleasant Mills, and James Kizer, of Blv, are guests of friends here this week. I Field Reynolds’ horse ran awav while hitched to a buggy last Satur-

day The driver sustained a few bruises and a pair shafts broken was all the damage done. Cole Richards and wife paid the later’s parents. Mr. aud Mr- >itas Kizer, a visit over Sunday. Emanuel Hseeker and wife and John Rose and wife, of Berne, called on friends here last Sabbath. The ordinance of baptism was administered to four cauHidates by tlio Evangelical church of Berne at this place last Sunday. The largest Vncle Terns Cabin show on the road entertained our people Tuesday evening. Linn Grove is no rural place when it comes to iiatronizing a good show. About a score of our little folks joined by Fred Neaderhouser and family, of Berne, enjoyed a picnic dinner in the grove near here on the Sabbath and a very pleasant time was chronicled. The remains of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Baumgartner, of Vanßuren. were brought here and buried on Monday. Funeral services at the Evangelical church conducted bv Rev. Rilling. Age of deceased two years, five months and twenty-six days, Ensley. Meschberger and Neaderhouser received their large stone crusher from the Indiana Road Machine shops last Friday. The same will be ready for operation by the first of next week. Schindler & i Stauffer have placed a contract for ' one of the same make and size which I will arrive in a few days. Both comI panies are putting in large boilers, I engines and steam drills. The boilers and engines are of the Robison works of Richmond, while the drills are shiped from Chicago. Lally & Co., of Portland are also putting in a large Gates crusher. These together with the Yoder A; Sons crusher will put out daily a large amount of materal for the betterment of our roads. Monroe. Joe and one of the slot machines arrived Monday. Quite a number are going to Rome City on Friday for a day off. Miss May Van Camp of Decatur, spent a few davs here last week. R. N. Leisure and family of Winchester. are visiting friends and relatives here this week. One little fight Saturday night after the turtle soup was all eaten closed the program at 12 o’clock. M. L. Oliver, our grain man, is shipping a few ears of new hay as an experiment. Wetrust he will hare success. C. E. McCullough is completing a cottage residence which will be readv

to be occupied soon, also Thomas Oliver has a new bouse almost completed, but just as we said before, Monroe is on the boomRainiers. Hendricks and Andrews families left for Rome City Wednesday for a two or three weeks camp. We predict a good time. Jim attempted to run a hack from M r.r,-• r the camp grqptids. but after getting his Rome City excursion bills ah up he was compelled to quit business for want of patronage. One and all got wet Sunday evening while at Darkey meeting except our postmaster, who was there without any coat. He reports no rain, only on a few of the smaller ones. Monroe is on the boom. Boarding houses are ail full of colored brothers, singers and preachers, who are holding a camp meeting, under the direction of Joe the manager of the woods. Andrews A Co. furnish the refresh ments. ice cold. Admission 1U cents. The latest news is that of young men becoming jealous of each other over girls and cutting harness and stealing whips aud other things. Better be careful boys. Someone knows who cut the straps last Saturday night and it is almost known who stole the Decatur boy's robes and whips a week ago. Such work is being done in Decatur as well as Monroe and someone will be given a newjob if they keep on. Speaking of a good time and having a day off, one would have thought so so if they would have called at the home of Ada and Bell Barnett on last Sunday. We had a delicious dinner; all that heart could wish, and cream on the lawn in the afternoon. The most of the time was spent in telling stories and reading poetry. The crowd was made up of Monroe and Decatur people. J. A. Hendrickg and wife. Mrs. Marsh Burdg. Harry Helm and wife, Newton Parrish and wife. Beery and wife. Miss Christen and Mr. and Mrs. John Stoneburuer. All had a good time and at five o'clock adjourned to attend camp meeting. West Root. Threshing is all the go between showers. Rev. Jones preached at Mt. Pleasant Sunday. Fred Hockiemeyer of Allen county, was in this vicinity Monday buying horses. Mrs. Bell and daughter of Toledo, Ohio, spent Friday with Mrs. George Ruckman.. Oats harvest has already begun, on account of the late storms the crop is hard to cut. Thirty-five cents buys the best 50c overalls at Gus Rosenthal’s, the square man. ts

-one or tne serious aeroctsTT" ern pre* ft practical in the sense of befn. ♦ ’ ticular. The minister fwl ; on to tell the statesman .1.5? , ’>> man. the employer and’ti-e just how they should act. p, of the case the minister has * most superficial knowledge' of cial conditions as to which he Is direction* ‘ It is reported in the German that Emperor William intend, to P er the held marshal. Count m pi”' menthal. by elevating him to the rot of a prince on July 30, when " will be 90 years old. Field m 2 ” Blumenthal was chief of staff of v peror Frederick HI. during the of 1808 and 1870-’7l. The house in Market squarc field. In which Dr. Samuel was horn, has been purchased for si 250 by the city corporation. It sold at public auction In IMg tot 11. 000 to a man who was a namesake but not a relative of the lexicographer a, restored It to its original lines and en his death It went to the citv for the sum named. The mine ot Once upon a t>me there was a bantam rooster with an immense opfo, of himself, and as he stood in the bam yard he said: “I will make a stir In the world l will attract attention.” W herefore he began to crow lustily although he had nothing much to crow about. Now ft happened that far above tjj, bantam a hawk was wheeling in the circtimabient air. The hawk had not seen the bantam, owing to the latter’s diminutive proportions, but when ths bantam crowed the hawk heard and in about forty-three seconds has his claws full and was contentedly wing. Ing his flight homeward. Moral: It is not a profitable thing to try to make a noise in the world without a reasonable excuse. MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN M EB . CHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, new.. « Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).. 55 Corn, per cwt. 1 new) mixed.... 53 Oats, new 18 to 20 Rye 45 Barley 30 6 33 Clover seed 4 50 a, 5 00 Timothy 100 @ 105 Eggs, fresh 10 Butter 13 Cluckons 6 Ducks 06 Turkeys 07 Geese 04 Wool btc22 W 001, washed 25 and 28 Hogs 5 00 TOLEDO MARKETS, JI LT 25, 1:30 P. X Wheat, new No. 2 red. cash.. t 19 September wheat 80 Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... 11l July corn 40| Prime clover 5 40