Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1901 — Page 8

Peterson. Ralph Arnol raised a new barn last Friday. Mrs. George Martin is slowly improving. Ralph Spade was in parts unknown Sunday. Preaching next Sunday evening at Antioch. Mise Rosa Johnson spent Sunday at Decatur. Sam Steel and family called on friends at Deeatui Sunday. A. J. Beavers and wife of Huntington were seen in our burg last week. James Brown expects to leave Thursday for Marion where he will attend set x»l. Louis Steele who went to Colorado for his health returned home last week reporting that it was not very suitable for his condition. Quite a number of people from this locality attended the Rettecca meeting at the Decatur M. E. church Sunday. A good time was reported. Hedge Corner. Herman Geels has purchased a new shovel. Charlie Schultz has purchased a new bike. S. P. Sheets finished husking corn last week. The hedge on First street was trimmed last week. Mike Fisher is visiting at the home of John Schurger. Western Spv itemizer was at Deca tur last Saturday. Jim Bain and John Rex passer! through Hedge Corner last Sunday. Frank Baker said Sunday that he was stolen, but we rather think he was kidnapped. Ask Chas. Heopner if he thinks that Zeigler will visit Hedge Corner next spring, and why? Ida Merryman left Sunday for Wells county, where she has a position with Mrs. Beckner. George Geels. Ernest Doehrman, John Amspaugh and C. Cloud were scraping First street last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wiil Elzey passed through Hedge Corner Sunday on their way to Alfred Elzey's in Union township. George Geels. Dave Libby and sons went fishing last Tuesday. Thev came ' home with four big suckers and one ' catfish 2| inches long. Dave Liblfv set a hen last Monday, | and to his surprise fifteen minutes after found the hen had died, 1 and he now wonders on which was the joke, the hen or the eggs.

CARPETS... ALL WOOL INGRAINS—-50c. ALL WOOL WRAP, ALL WOOL FILLING, EVERY FIBER OF THESE >»GOODS ALL WOOUm» 25c Cotton Unions. 35c Unions. Nice ranye of patterns, goods worth Hale wool fast colors, full line of 30c and 38c, our price... patterns worth 40c and 45c go at... 25 cents. 35 cents. LACE CURTAINS. 75c SI.OO Lace Curtains. Lace Curtains. Extra wide Notttingham, elegant Nottinghams and Ruffles Goods patterns, wort Srooto £1.25, our worth- *1.50 and #2.00. we are offerP nce - this sale at... 75c per pair. SI.OO per pair. LINOLEUMS LAID FREE OF CHARGE—AND LAID RIGHT. BOSTON STORE. *■ • • Kuebler & Moltz Co. * L O. O. F. Block.

Boko. Farmers are talking of plantingcorn this week. P. L. Workiuger is driving a team for H. Colter. • ® Kit Cowan is helping the brick masons at Bobo. Perry Workinger entertained twelve of his friends at dinner Sunday. The masons will finish laying brick this week on the church at Bobo. Henry Colter will be ready to plane all kinds of lumber in two or three weeks. We wish to tell that Central Spy man that we will be with him if health permits. Walter Chapman purchased 500 cabbage plants, paying 88 cents per hundred for them. Henry Colter's mill was on fire Tuesday, but was discovered before much damage was done. Three Pentecostals are holding meeting at Pleasant Mills. The men stayed as long as the pennies dropped in the hat. Three women are now trying their luck. Monroe. Spring is hereand everything seems to say work. Mumps, measles and bedbugs are all the rage now. Howard Thompson is able to be among friends again. A. B. Bailey made a visit to his old home at Baldin, Ohio, last week. H. C. Andrews is building a tern porary shanty to more in for a short time. James Martz is somewhat better at this writing. He had a severe case of mumps. W. S. Smith and family were the guests of Wm. Scherer and family last Sunday. Work commenced on the new ele-, vator last Tuesday, and will no doubt bean up to date affair. These are days when we like t; I saunter around and tell stories, kill ( flies and go to John Badders’ for ice ' cream soda. Jacob Grimm says he wouldn't work on that old hub mill for 82 per day. Now, Jake looks kinder poor. 1 but whether work done it we can't say. Western Spy. Hello! Hedge Corner, glad to meet you. Miss Sedora Elzey is on the sack list. Anybody wishing their photo taken should call at Harmon Geels’. Adolph Shults has come back in

our midst again, and will remain at his old home the coming year. , E. A. Mallonee and wife spent Sunday evening at W. D Rinehart’s. Harmon Geels entertained company from Decatur last Sunday. William Elzey and wife visited rel . atives east of Decatur last Sunday. H. E. Butler and family entertained quite a host of friends last Sunday. Grandmother Tracy returned to her , old home last Monday, where she will . remain for a few weeks. McLellan Pyle and cousin. Irena Elzev called on friends at Decatur last Sunday afternoon. Chauncy Rinehart, the hustling i barber of Decatur, spent Sunday with E. A. Mallonee and wife. Miss Ida Merryman of this place, has left us and will make her home in Wells county for a while. Western Dispatch. Frank Butler has purchased a new buggy. John Singleton has purchased a new bike. Chas. Fuhrman Sundayed with Earl Butler. Chas. Garboden biked to Fort Wayne last Sunday. Harvey Elzey has accepted a posi tion with H. E. Butler. Nelson Fuhrman attended church at Mt. Pleasant last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Butler spent Sunday with relatives at Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fuhrman spent Sunday with relatives at Monmouth. Frank Small and family of Hoag land Sundayed with Uncle Johnnie Reed and wife. Mr. and Mrs. James H ugiaad. took dinner with H E. Butler and wife last Sunday Miss Addie Rorksaa entertadned * ■ crowd o< young f.Nks inss S i-'ity They all rervex a rxnd time Rev. Frank Read of Clrawbiad, I Ohio, praaofaec al ue xce t his I father, John E Htvi .ns Simiay Mr ano Mrs, ■ Usi S»m tac daughte-’ LLhe. <f Pre. sevn Suniay with U»c*e Mamr E-esi asd j Mrs. Jacob Enc-rmti me scu. fes sfe. ofMaaa&m. GLu. rimaic wita. George Exi-.c: aai .mst Sunday. E.ues Diebrssar wth rw? were down the St - -r Saturday trying v -saa a a asw x fish, bu; tney did sax Law- very gioi . luck, one deputv caught m fist. sc i Ernest and Lis ether depoty dad not catch any. truest, the next time you come you will have to bring another i deputy along.

Steele. Mrs. Lizzie Davis is on the sick list W. P. Merriman and family Sundayed with Mrs. Riley. Chester Shiner and wife moved to Monroe last Wednesday. Nelson Mercer is building a new I summer kitchen and milk house com bined. There will be preaching Sunday: night. May 12th by a lady from China. Everybody cordially invited H. 0. Young left this place last Tuesday for Hoagland where he ex peets to' learn the harness trade. W. A Hamrick was home from Hoagland over Sunday. He contemplates moving to that place in the near future. We had no preaching last Sunday, Rev. Peters being called upon to preach a funeral. Next preaching service in two weeks. Re-organ ization at the M. E. Sabbath school last Sunday caused the following officers to be elected: Superintendent. Wm. Campbell: assistant superintendent, C. A. Krugh; treasurer, J. R. Porter; secretary. Nona Porter: corresponding secretary, ly C. McAlhany; organist, Pruda Danner; assistant organist. Rosa Krugh; chor ister. Roy Holmes: assistant chorister? Grace Campbell; librarians, Vera and Lelah Andrews. Pleasant Mills. Straw hats are in good demand at present. We are having a few touches of summer this week. The Pentecost meetings are still in session at the U. B. church. Preparations are being made to. commence work at the stone quarry : next week. Charley Smith and wifeof Bluffton.' railed on tfce latter's sister. Mrs. Al | Boeer, list Sunday. • Mrs. J.'seph C omer is very low. and i’d her death is expected at any time, as she cannot recover. Miss Etta Mattox of Glentnore. 0.. I scent x few days here last week with Tc. Vizard and family. Rev. Perry Morgan, evangelist, will x.capy the pulpit at the U. B. church mat Friday evening. Ui« le Hams Fristoe and Mrs. Al Fnstoe of Decatur, called on relatives tad friends here Tu>?eday. There will be preaching services at U 8.. and also at the M. E. eaarebea next Sunday evening. Ora Brcwn. who has been absent several months in Darke county. Ohio, I spent Suadav with his parents. Mrs. Fred Bender, who has been visiting her parents at Marion re turned home last Saturday evening, in consequence was a victim of a I complete surprise. Saturday being : her thirty-second birthday anniversary Her friends and neighbors in her absence planned to remind her of the occasion on her return. So they I assembled with well filled baskets. About fifty in number were present. When Mrs. Bender arrived a sumptuous supper was in readiness and all did justice in partaking of the good things of the land. An enjoyable time was had long to be remembered. At a late hour the parties left for their homes wishing their hostess many more happy birthdays. Seine. Sam Simison and family Sundayed at Linn Grove. Earl Shalley is doing sign painting through the country this week. Geo. Braun and Chris Martz spent Sunday evening at Linn Grove. Buck, the Portland cement man, is again in town making sidewalks.

The public schools closed a successful full term of school last Friday. Fred Neaderhouser made a business call at Linn Grove Monday evening. Dr. Franz is papa of a girl baby that arrived at his home Saturday morning. Sam Kuntz arrived home from his trip north to Petoskey. The boys are glad to see him home. Misses Pearl Holmes and Wilma Wilson attended the commencement of the Hoagland high school Satur day. Ben Sprunger and brother, Oswin, accepted positions at Fort Wayne, where they expect to be the coming summer. Mark Yaeger .nd Frank Ruf of Ft. V\ ayne, Sundayed her» with friends and relatives,returning home Monday. John Lehman and wife who us«l to attend a store at Poling, moved to South Bend Monday. They were the guests of Fred Neaderhouser over Sunday. Mrs. David Mettle, southwest of Berne, died at her home last Tues day at the age as 51 veers. The funeral services were held at the Berne Reformed church and the remains were laid to rest in the M. R. E. cem I etery. David Stauffer, one of our most rel spected farmers, died at his home northwest of town last Saturday morn- ' ing. Funeral services were held last Tuesday, Rev. S. F. Sprunger officiating. He was buried in the new cem etery west of town. No«k« All those indebted to the firm of Mrs. M Fulleukainp on the old account please call at the Old Adams County liank and settle by cash or note by May 3, 1901. g ] C. S. Niblick.

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Linn Orove. Silas Kizer was at Decatur Friday of last week. Fred Hoffmann of Decatur, was in town Tuesday. Fred Studler is placing a new toof on his east barn. Mrs. Daniel Beeler of Kreps, is re ported no better. Goldie Sells of Camden, is visiting Miss Nellie Hunt. Eli Berie of Bluffton, was in town ' on business Monday. Grandmother French is visiting her daughter, Mrs. P. Hoffmann, this week. Andrew Gottschalk of Berne, was here Thursday as a witness in the damage suit. Eugene Topky of Domestic, caught an eel in the Wabash at this place one day last week. Charles Rowe and daughters. Allie and Jennie, of Bluffton, visited our town on Monday. Fred Hoffmann, for twenty some years a citizen of this place, moved to Decatur on Thursday last. Our townspeople Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey, visited their daughter. Mrs. Charles Fouts at Bluffton, last Sabbath. Henry Gentis, Trussa and Ella Nusbaum were guests of Daniel Neuenschwander at Craigville last Sabbath. The death of Mrs. David Metier of west Wabash township, occurred on Monday evening of last week, at the age of about 60 years. Three attorneys of Geneva represented the plaintiff, while Attorneys Clark J. Lutz of Decatur, and John Anderson of Nottingham, represented the defense on last Thursday in the case wherein Martin vs Anderson and Zimmerman, trial by jury. Verdict in favor of defendants. Changes of real estate in town has put an impetus on that of the country. We note the following: The Stauffer homestead, 80 acres was sold to David Meschberger. Fred Neaderhouser and Emil Earhart for 84.500. The Kizer homestead to David Falb 63 acres for 82.100. In the latter a bargain favors the buyer. A lawsuit and matrimony blended in Cowan's court on Thursday of last just, when the attorneys were making their pleas to the jury the justice was called aside when proper papers were filed for a case of matrimony, by the contracting parties Geo. W. Martz and Mrs. Rachel Runyon. The ’squire promptly rendered a verdict that sent them home peaceful and of one mind.

“I had a running sore on my breast for over a year,” says Henry R. Richards of Wilseyville, N. Y.. ' and tried a great many remedies but got no relief until I began the use of Ban uer Salve. After using one half box I was perfectly cured. I cannot recommend it too highly.” Holthouse. Callow & Co. m Good Advice.- The most miserable beings in the world are thoee suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people of the United States are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects, such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpation of the heart, heart-burn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food aftereating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of August Flower for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. Try it. Get Green’s Prize Almanac. Page Blackburn. if MARKETS. CORRECTED BY J. D. HALE, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IMD. Wheat, new 7Q Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).... FW Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed.... 57 22 @ 26 Barley4o @ 45 Clover seed 4 00 £4 50 Timothy 1 00 <5 1 ftO Potatoes, per bu 40 Eggs, fresh n Butter 14 Chickens\ (>; Ducks/ on Turkeys Geese 95 Wool, unwashed.4s to 18 Wool, washed 20 and 25 TOLEDO MARKETS. MAY 1, 1:30 P. M. Wheat, new No. 2 red, cash... ,| 754 May wheat.... 75J Cash com No. 2 mxed. cash.7. 46J May com... 45* Prime < lover October 5 30

USING HIS WITS. Shots lag How People May Be Guided by Inference. "Yon see.” said the man with the bulging forehead and prominent nose, “if people would only be guided more by inference It would save lots of useless trouble.” “I don't understand yon,” said the man who bad been tickling a pltuple on bis chin. “Why, for instance, I passed a frozen pond one winter day. On the ice I saw a pair of skates, a boy's cap and a mitten. Out In the middle of the pond the lee was broken. Did I Jump to the conclusion that a boy bad been drowned and raise a great hullabaloo about it?” “Os course you did, or else you ought to be prosecuted. You don't mean to say you passed on and said nothing?" "1 do,” calmly replied the man of the forehead, "I inferred instead of Jump Ing to a false conclusion.” “But you had to infer that the twy was under the ice,” protested the oth er. "Not a bit of it. If the boy had fallen In. the skates and cap and mittens would have gone with him. I simply inferred that be had seen a rabbit and given chase. I was right too. In the course of five minutes I met him on the road.” “Ob, you did! And maybe you inferred something else.” “Os course I did. As be had the nosebleed, I inferred that he had fallen over a log in the chase and got left, aud be admitted that such was the case." “Then you ought to have wound up the performance by inferring whether it was a male or female rabbit.” “It wasn't necessary, my captious friend. As I passed on I found the rabbit, dead from overexertion, and it was a male.”—Washington Tost. SOME CURIOUS CHURCHES. (onnre««tioni Which Meet In Inn*. Windiuilla and Boats. A public house is one of the last places one would expect to be used as a place of worship. The inhabitants of Twyford. a village near Winchester, would not consider this at all a novelty, because for several years past the Phoenix inn has been used Sunday for religious purposes. The room in which the religious services are held will comfortably hold about2oopeople and opens at the back on to a pretty tea garden. The most remarkable feature of the services is that they are often conducted while the public bouse is open for business purposes, and the customers can join in the singing if they are so disposed. There are two or three Instances of public houses which have been converted into churches, and there are also two or three theaters which are now places of worship. The Fen district possesses a canalboat church. There are a large number of peopl-.* who live some distance away from any church, and the canalboat church travels from place to place for the benefit of such folk. The boat will seat a congregation of about 100. The old chapel of ease at Tunbridge Wells has a unique situation. It stands in two counties and three parishes. When the clergyman leaves the vestry, he comes out of the parish of Frant of Sussex. If he is going to officiate at the altar, he walks into the parish of Tunbridge, in Kent. If, on the other hand, he is going to preach the sermon, he walks from the larish of Frant to the pariah of Apeldlmrst on bis way to the pulpit. The chapel at Milton Bryant Is situated In the village pond. The reason for the selection of this strange sit" was because no landowner would would grant any other position. The "windmill" church near Relgatu is familiar to London cyclists. Not s<' familiar is the underground church at Brighton. Owing to some "ancient lights" difficulty, the authorities could not "build up,” and as the site was » good one they decided to "build down." —London Mail.

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