Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1901 — Page 8

Ppi THE OPENING OF THE SEASON finds us prepared to fill all foot needs. Our stock of FOOTWEAR . is made up of new. stylish and excellent goods. We carry nothing over j from season excepting such shoes as are still in perfectly correct style. OUR FASTER SHOE OFFERINGS ■ are of superior style, excellent I quality and reasonable price. JOHN H. MOUGGY. Central Spy. Wheat is looking well. Roads are very bad in our community. Rev. Martz of Decatur, preached at Salem last Sunday afternoon. Isaac Robinson will move into Mr. Steele’s house in the park soon. Quarterly meeting at Union chapel i was well attended last Sunday. Homer King was seriously injured ; by falling from a wagon one day last week. R. V. Beaber attended the funeral of Mrs. Walter Chapman at Bobo last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins of Decatur, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. . Worden last Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Patterson of near Monroeville. visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Brown, last Sunday. We are informed that Graden|Light is suffering from the effects of a ‘ severe cancer being removed from ’ his chin. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kern which has l»een ser iouslv ill. is very much improved at this writing. Rev. J. L. Lower of Fort Wayne, preached an interesting discourse on "The Life of Judas,” at Union chapel last Saturday evening.

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. Peterson. The roads are muddy. There are but three weeks more of school. James and Charles Beery passed through the burg Sunday. Prof. G. H. Laughrey and family spent Sunday with Jacob Spade and family D. Beavers was in the burg Saturday and made G. H. Laughrey a pleasant call. Charles Steele intends to raise anew variety of plums this summer. Order early and avoid the rush. Ida Steele entertained a few of her friends at dinner Sunday, the guest of honor being Merrit Abott. “The best music I ever heard. ’ ‘‘You missed half of your life if you wasn’t there.” Such were the ex- | pressions after the entertainment Frii day. Financially it was the greatest I success the school has ever attained. Monroe. Wheat is all right. Dick Stahl is spending leisure time I in Monroe. John Knavel’s hand is doing as well ' as could be expected. Murray Scherer is contemplating j learning the barber trade. We hear that a saloon is going to be started in Monroe before long. James Hendricks makes brooms and ' also sells them at a reasonable price. Levi Gross, of South Monroe, has , had a very sick horse for a few weeks. Word has lieen received that Walton Johnson and comrade reached Arizona all O. K. Mr. Stove moved last week to his new farm one and a half miles south ' of Monroe. Meeting closed at Monroe Friday night. Rev. Peters reports great success in all of his revivals. Oliver Miller left for Cincinnati Monday. From there he will go south to work in a fruit garden. After a short meeting of a few weeks services closed at the Pleasant Valiev church. Twelve conversions are reported. The Epworth League services were largely attended Sunday evening. These services are certainly worth attending. H. C. Andrews passed the cigars around Saturday night. Among them were a few "bumpers” which caused much fun. P. E. Harris is selling a great many plows and other farming implements. Call and see if he can’t make it inter esting for vou on prices. School will close at Monroe April 11. The students are planning to give an entertainment under the super vision of Prof. Falk, of Decatur.

Union Township. Roads are bad at present. Albert Mauller’s new huckster i wagon is a dandy. Smallpox in Union township is now a thing of the past. The public schools of the township ! closed their spring term last week. The two months old child of A. F. \ Thieme is improving and will get well. 1 Trustee Koldeway was looking after I township business at Decatur yesteri day. Another case of smallpox is report ed from across the state line a mile and a half. Trustee Koldeway was looking after the highways in the northern part of the township, Monday. William Schleicher the well known carpenter of Union township, began work Monday morning on Henry Grote's new barn. It will be 40x80 and a mighty handsome building I when completed. Bobo. Mr. Gaunt is some better. The roads are beginning to dry upJesse Steele and wife were at Bobo Sunday. Oscar Moser had two of his fingers taken off Thursday. Some of the farmers are talking of plowing their wheat. We hope that Perry Workinger will get that chromo this week. J. P. Hilyard and family took dinner last Sunday with E. it. Hilvard. Rev. Peters drove 75 miles Saturday and preached two funeral ser- 1 mens. Sam Hashman of Willshire. Ohio.! took dinner with Perry Workinger Sunday. T. J. Hilvard was the guest of his grand-child. Perry Workinger. Satur-. day and Sunday. Harvey Brodbeck will quit the sawmill and work on the farm for his father. Safe Milkeye will take his place at the mill. The remains of Mrs. Chatman were laid to rest in the Mt. Tabor cemetery last Sunday. Rev. Peters ofj Bobo, conducted the services. Jonn Thatcher is fixing up his wagon and getting ready for junking. He says he will pay the highest price for rubber, rags and old iron. Waite Chatman left Bobo Sunday evening. He will spend a few days at his old home in Ohio to attend to : some business, when he will return to his office at Bobo on the Erie railroad. We trust he will have better luck in the future than in the past.

Pleasant Milt*. John Curler returned from Marion the first of the week. ■ W. J. Cowan of Decatur, transacted business here Tuesday. Rev. Peters will preach at the M. E. church next Saturday evening. Miss Emma Ehresmau of Decatur, I gave this place a short call Tuesday. Dr. J. W. Vizard made a professional call at Honduras last Tuesday. Mrs. D. McLeod returned home from Piqua last week, where she spent the winter. Charles Morris is spending the week at Middlepoint, Ohio, with friends and relatives. Rev. D. L. Brown is in Darke countv, Ohio, this week looking after the interests of his farm. There will be preaching services at the Baptist church next Sunday morn- ' iug by Rev. Sheridan. The many friends of Rev. Peters of the M. E. church of this place, very agreeably surprised him at his home ; at Bobo last Tuesday, by giving him an old fashioned “jmunding” in the way of all the good things in the land. West Root. Hollo, who is our fellow itemizer, Western Spy ? S. Spangler was hauling corn to DeJ catur the forepart of last week. Wm. Mackey made a business trip east of Decatur last Wednesday. A, B. Butlerattended Henry Kohne's funeral at Decatur last Thursday. Fred Schieman. of Decatur, was in this vicinity last Friday buying stock. Jerry Evans is building a machine shed for C. D. Kunkle, of Monmouth. Mrs. Fred Hockemeyer. ot Whitley county, is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Mackey. Nicholas Lange returned home from Piqua. Ohio, last week where he was called to the bedside of his sick sister, Mrs. Eii Lange. George Ruckman. our hustling car penter, is building a new house f. r Wm. Rinehart. It will be occupied i by Rev. J. P. Moore and family. Forrest Elzey and Frank Butler i were initiated into the mysteries of the Tribe of Ben Hur at Decatur last Friday night. The boys say the goat was tired long before they got through. U estern Spy. Miss Jane Close is on the sick list. Samuel Shaekley and wife Sundayed with U. S. Sheets. Misses Etta and Ada Mallonee Sundayed at C. C. Sheets’. H. E. Butler will move into the house vacated bv Mrs. Elzev.

Misses Ida Merryman and Cecil; Kaylor were at Decatur Saturday. Jesse Ball spent Sunday with his uncle. Mr. Reaber. near Honduras. Grandmother Tracy has come to ! make her home with W. D. Rinehart I and family. Misses Nettie Mann and Olive Close took dinner with E. A. Mallonee last Sunday. E. C. Runyon, the former teacht”of district No. 8, was seen in this lo cality last week. Mrs. Mary Elzey is moving to Decatur this week, where her son, Forest will go into the barber business. Miss Marie, the oldest daughter of William Williams, is very sick with brain fever. Her recovery is doubtful. Harmon Geel® and wifehavemoved into the vacant house on the farm owned by Philip Baker, formerly known as the Stott Hughes place. Berne. Gid Riesen was a business caller at Fort Warne Tuesday. Mrs. Peter Soldner is confined to her home with lagrippe. John Falb moved into the house with tn. Miller. Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Ruf, who has been sick for the past three weeks, is not any better. Miss Sarah Boyers bought the parsonage of the Reformed congregation at $775. Otto Franz and Auth Michaud inI tend to move into their new houses j sometime this week. The members of the Evangelical J congregation are getting ready to receive the guests for the convention next week. Ed Baumgartner has resigned as I teacher in the 4th room, as he will have to attend the duties on the home farm now. Ed Donelson, the shooter for the nitro glycerene company, recieved orders that he will be transferred to Montpelier the first of the week. Petitions are circulated among Main street freeholders for signature for the putting down of brick on Mam street j Hope all will hold out a helping hand' The largest well in the Blue Creek oil field was struck on the David Studalmker farm Monday forenoon. The well is good for 500 barrels daily. Joe Eicher was arrested last Tuesday by Marhal Sullivan and taken to Decatur bv the sheriff. We are very sorry for Joe, but hope he will prove hm.se f renocent of the accusation. Take heed and give a wide berth in the future to those bums and hoodlums he associated with in the past. The three year old child of Peter Sturry northwest of town. Sunday

evening while playing fn a boan fence and having its head between two boards, slipped and broke its neck, the parents found it banging there sometime after dark. The coroner was called Monday morning and gave his verdict to the alxave effect. Linn Grove. Lewis Neaderhouser returned from Clarksville, Ohio, Monday. H. W. Reynolds made a business trip to Richmond, Monday. Miss Malissa French is visiting her brother; Douglass, at Lisbon, 111. M. L. Kizer moved to St. Marv s township on Thursday of last week.|| Geo. Simison of Bluffton, attended the Baumgartner funeral and visited here over the Sabbath. Frank Kizer of Poneto, was among relatives and friends here on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. K. is a farmer and dealer in grain. Eil Huffman, one of our townsmen, moved on the A. T. Studabaker farm in Wells county, last Tuesday. Ed is not easily spared, however, decree said he must go. We nominate our neighbor town of Berne to compete with towns of its size in the world, Willshire included, for the publication of periodicals. Thirteen secular and agricultural paiiers are published in that German center. And now that winter has l>een forced to a pew to the rear, we are prompted to let loose our poetical proclivities. So here we go: Frogs am croaking in the {Kind, grass am growing on the lawn, million insects on the wing, all impresses us that we have spring. The Hartford township high grade school closed last Friday. Patrons and school were alike interested in geographical querries. recitations, dialogues and descriptions. The work of the corps of teachers is to their commendation. The commencement of the graduating class, ten in number. will take place at the Evangelical church on Friday, March 29,1901, in accord with the following program: Organ Voluntary. Miss Cora Neaderbouser; song, choir; Invocation. Rev. Mr. Rilling: song, Male Quartette; Address, "The Golden Age,” Hon. Richard K. Erwin: song, choir; Presentation of Diplomas, County Supt. Brandyberry: Class Poem. Clifton Houghton; song. Mixed Quartette; Recitation. Miss May Beard: Class Address. Harry W. Reynolds: song, choir: Benediction. Rev Mr. Rilling. Class sermon Sunday evening. March 31st, at 8 o’clock, at the Evangelical church.

At the maternal residence near Linn Grove, on Friday March 22, occurred the death of John M. Baumgartner, after an illness of nine days with erysipelas from which his suffering was intense until death came to his relief. The date of his birth was October the 4. 1869, his age was 31 years, 5 months and 18 days. About twenty years ago he was converted and united with the Evangelical church at Linn Grove. Brother John was a modest, quiet unasumiug Christian young man. to know him was to love and esteem him. He made no loud profession but quietly lived what he professed during his illness. At short intervals was he CQnseious which he devoted to praising the Lord and proclaiming God’s will be done not mine. His death was a shock to the entire community and a loss to his mother, brothers ami sisters, not reparable. A father and five brothers precelled him to the better land; a mother, five brothers and four sisters survive him. The funeral services were held on the Sabbath at Linn Grove, conducted by Rev. Rilling. Interment at Greenwood cemetery. In Memoriam. Hall St. Mary's Lodge, No. 167, I. O. O. F. Whereas. our lodge has again been visited by death and William G. Spencer, Sr., our aged, venerable and beloved brother and charter member of our lodge is dead, and we are again reminded that age as well as youth must yield obedience to that universal law of God that has stamped change upon every material creature. Threfore be it 'resolved, that while we lament his departure" and will miss his association and timely counsel, we will ever cherish his memory aril endeavor to emulate his integrity, his honesty and his irreproachable character: and will bury nis faults, if any. beneath the clods that cover his bosom. Resolved fur they, that we tender to the children and friends of our departed brother our fraternal sympathy and condolence. March 18, 190 L David Studabaker, J. T. Merrvman, Committee. M^ al L S ‘ ? lar - v ' ! ’ Lod R»‘ Xo - IO. O. F. Once more the scythe of tune has cut down a brother of our ♦ r iL?, 11 ' we ,iave ,M,eu c “Hed upon to fulfill our obligation to give to the remains of our departed brother * nt wpukure. Brother William K. Dorwm, who for many v,«rs gone in and out among iis.'a worthy brother, an upright and honest citizen, departed this life on the 27th day of February. 1901 Therefore, lie it reaolied. that in the death of Brother right brother, the wife a loving companion the children a kind and int’’ 8 "*" 4, • -b® an Xv«l b th U a 7 C “? W S’ resolved, that we tender to the family of our deceased brother our fraternal 27 n w? y ' i S eC^ Ur, r Ind i MB ’ Marcl > £<, l »81. John H. Lenhart. E C (xiverdale, C. F. Alleger, Committee.'

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We believe the John Abbott toire comedy company who are u*s*' 5 *' ing at Bosse’s opera house this^ 0 ’ deserve especial mention, and not hesitate in recommeodin,, u. ll() the theatre going publici.foT"* o They are withouta doubt the strn.' Ur troupe of the kind who ever here and certainly deserve D P , '"d the way of patronage than they h been getting so far this week n Monday evening they presentwi a Black Flag. Tuesday eveniJ i" Golden Giant Mine and last ' , Lynnwood. All areclever peopled their performances each eve na upto date in every respect g T manager and star of the comnanv ■ John Abbott, one of the most X “ heroes we have ever seen, of appearance, and good voice, au diene® he cannot please must l>e feeling badly. Charles J. son. an old timer in the business *1 shows many talents not often seen *’ the ordinary repetoire actor and I 0 efforts have been well received F* # pecial mention should be given J m Douglass, Bartley Rice, R. \v fr and George Elmore, while the ladZZ of the company are by no amateures. The company introduce a number of clean, bright and we speak truthfully when we sai they are the best ever in the citv and deserve packed houses the rest of th* week. MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN MEj. CHANT, DECATCR, IND. Wheat, new j Corn, per cwt, yellow (new i.... Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed.... jj Oats, new 22 a x Rye - Barley 40 g 4fi Clover seed 5 50 @ ti qq Timothyl 50 240 Potatoes, per bu Eggs, fresh 1(| Butter Cl tic kens Ducks o(j Turkeys Geese (g Wool, unwashedls to h Wool, washed2o and 25 H0g5..../. 500 TOLEDO MARKETS MARCH 27. 1:30 LI. Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash... ,| May wheat si Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... 40 May corn 41 Prime clover 6 50| The Matter ot a Semi colon. A Russian military paper tells < a lieutenant who overheard a serjeant giving a recruit a short lecture upoi his duties. “The military service," said the sergeant "requires little prayer to God and a strict attention to tbt orders of a superior.” Somewhat utonisbed at this singular definition of military duty, the officer ventured to ask the sergeant for his authority,! whereunon the sergeant produced u ancient volume containing the following: “The military duty requires IK-j tie; prayer to God. and strict attentioß | to the orders of a superior.”—Amy A Precaution. Husband (going to his rich uncle's funerab—J"ut a couple of large hindkerchiefs in’o my pocket, dear. TW old gentleman promised to leave ae f 10.000. and I shall want to shed sow appropriate tears. Wife--But suppose when the will ill read yen find he hasn't left you uyl thing? I Husband—in that case you bad txtl ter put in threei—London Fun I Gate* ot lhe Land of CromiM. I No one can watch a load of imnll grants land without being struck Sjl the astonishing signs of hope and cofrj fidence about them all. There ball never been any exaggeration of thill Incredible as it may seem to one w!w| knows how grim is the struggle fill life among the masses in Aiuerio.ll la evident that this Is still the Uodfl promise to the poor of Eurvpe.-MM IjUL' 'i Every woman in the countff I ought to know about I Mother's fries<ll Those who do It" * ■' lbout J* I wonder how they- ever I without it. It has robbed ci'll- ■ birth of its terrors for ■ young wife. It has preserved 0® ■ girlish figure and a.i-'iher fflJ l| suffering. It is an ex’ernal ■* B ment and carries with it there'®™ ■ absolutely no danger of 1 1 1 * ■ the system as drugs takenlt ally are apt to do. It is t® I rubbed into the abdomen tow . | and strengthen the mu- es » ■ are to bear the strain much less pain. It ! 'ls<> I 1 "'' " I morning sickness and • 1 0 ■ other mscomforta of pregni Q ■ A druggist of Maviei. ( ’i-■ “I have sold a large ■ Mother's Friend ami -" ive . 1 known an instance where . ■ failed to pro.luce the go«U • I claimed for it." . A prominent . lad y .°o-; t s ®yß berton, Ark., writes. '' ; first aix children 1 from 24 to 30 hour’ Afte 'IB Mother s Friend, my I born in 4 hours ' IM Ost Mother'* Friend st J*' ]■ .tore. Sl Otl i-er ih>"' . IHf BRADfItIO AtuaiA-M- M WHUIM Mr frw lll»,o,'-' IS BOSS