Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1902 — Page 8

Monmouth. Everything is quiet at present. •Jack Kent was a business caller at Decatur last Saturday. Revival meeting commenced at Concord last Thursday night. .Jack the Squinter has not made his appearance for several days, . Schiferstein Bros, reeived a fresh supply of groceries last Tuesday. Mont Evans and wife Suudayed with J. C. Evans tmd wife in West Root. Rev. Jones of Huntertown, spent last week visiting with old friends at this place. Revival services at Alpha closed last Friday night. The meeting was quite a good success. No school was held in the primary room last Monday on account of the room being filled with smoke. Eastern Dispatch. G. W. Lyon is seriously ill. Pierce Hilyard and wife visited near Bobo last Sunday. A cold wave with the nature of a western blizzard swept over this section of the country last Sunday. Rev. E. H. Peters of the Bobo charge commenced a series of revival meetings at Pleasant Mills last Wednesday night. Ground hogs saw their shadow last Sunday and went back to their nests. Six w<»eks more cold weather according to the old adage. The Latter Day Saints or the promoters of the Evening Light in the church of the living Gori, are going to erect a church near the F radline school house. Saturday was Pug day at Decatur. The republican convention for the nomination of delegates to be sent to the convention at Portland on the 11th was the force of attraction. Western Dt«p«<ch Miss Edith Hoagland is visiting with her brother James Hoagland. Wm. Elzey and wife spent last Sunday with Geo Ruckman and wife. Wm. Singleton and wife spent last Sunday with Joseph E. Maun and wife. Mont Evansand wife,of Monmouth spent last Sunday with J. C. Evans and wife. Wm. Worden and family, of Union township, spent last Sunday with John Evans and family. M in. Butler is reported as improving nicely from his broken leg, which he received some time ago. There are rumors of another wedding to take place ere many months

SILK SALE! ONE WEEK ONLY commencing SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 we will offer our entire —-—.— stock of Novelty Silks and Satins. : : : : : LOT NUMBER 1. —— LOT NUMBER 2. 75c 52c All SILKS that retailed at $1.25 All SILKS that retailed at 85c and SI.OO pel yard, in fancy colors and 90c, goods that are cheap at and stripes, this sale one yard for that price, this sale one yard for 75c 52c LOT 33c i NUMBER ’ SILKS that retailed at 50c and 65c, go at this sale one yard for 33c | NO BLACK SILKS OR TAFFETTAS INCLUDED. [ BOSTON STORE, = I. O. O. F. Block. •• , Kueblcr & Moltz Co.

shall pass. Well boys have all your Ixdls and noise making instrmuents ready. Guy Majors, who has been staying jat Ft. Wayne, returned to this vicinity last week and is staying at tn. Butlers. Mr. and Mrs. Coat Cook entertained a crowd of Mt. Pleasant young people last Sunday. Among those present were Mr. Dallas Butler. John Singleton. Wm. Ruckman. Jess Singleton. Chas. Cook and David Cook, Misses ! Etta Mallonee, Addie Ruckman. Tishie Singleton. Minnie Sheets. Edith . Honglaud and Edith Cook. They all report a good time. Berne. i Adrian Hawk returned to Ft. Recovery Tuesday. E. M. Rav was a business caller at ■ Decatur Monday. Miss Grace Miller was a caller at Berne on Friday. Peter Soldner was a business caller at Decatur Monday. John Craig, of Berne, was a caller at Decatur Monday. Dr. Clark, of Decatur, was a caller here early Tuesday morning. Henry Kreg. of Ft. Wayne, was the guest of friends here Sunday. Bert Heller, of Linn Grove, was a caller at Ft. Wayne Saturday. Charles Sullivan bought a share in the stock of Sprunger’s livery barn. Harry Emick. veterinary surgeon, was a caller at Linn Grove Monday. Some of Berne's young people were out sleighing Sunday. They were at i Geneva. The Misses Bessie Rumple and I Esther Kuntz were callers at Geneva s Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Miller.of Breme- , men, Ind., are visiting relatives here | at present. Clark Funk and J. Miller, of Linn I Grove, were transacting business in I Berne Tuesday. A crowd of young people enjoyed themselves at the home of A. J. Hawk Sunday evening. Mr. Walmer, of Bluffton, Ind., of Walmer, Engeler A Co. was a busiI ness caller here Monday. Chris. Augspurger was called to Hamilton. Ohio, on account of the death of his uncle on Tuesday. Miss Cora Gottschalk returned to - Anderson. Ind. Saturday, after spending a week at home on the sick list. Miss Lizzie Ershman, of Cleveland, Ohio, who is a trained nurse was the > guests of her sisters this week. Rev. Kliewer. of Wadsworth. Ohio, will lecture on Wednesday and Thurs-

• dav evening for the temperance and i mission anniversary, to be held at the Mennonite church. Mrs. Wm. Sheets returned home Friday from Geneva, where she was staying with her sick mother. She went back Tuesday. Two new telephones were put in • last week on our local board, They t i connect with the residences of D. L. Shalley and Doctor Simpkins. ■ Christian Stauffer and Miss Edna ! Soldner were united in marriage last Sunday at the Memonite church. 1 Miss Soldner has for many years been ■ a saleslady for Simison I’. Soldner, and her many friends wish her happiness. Dave Meshberger drove in a nice bunch of cattle and sold them to Schwartz A Luginbill for $1,301 and I at an average they weighed pounds apiece. Nicest bunch of cattle that was brought to town this 1 winter. Dr George, the president of the electric line was a caller in Berne Monday. A meeting was called in • the evening and by this Dr. George explained all matters. This looks very good and we are almost certain r we will get the line through Berne. A delegation from Chattanooga were s here to represent the east. Willshire. I ... Bert Fisher of Continental, is visitin this citr this week. i Bvron Whiterage was a Decatur visitor last Wednesday. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Byron Whit erage last Tuesday a boy. t Fred Althoen transacted business at Decatur last Saturday. I Ned Daily, our hay dealer, was a i Decatur onlooker Saturday. Harvey Lee of Bobo, transacted • business here last Wednesday. ' M. Hutchinson and H. Crumriue were Decatur visitors last Saturday. 1 Henry Althoen left last Thursday 1 for Florida, seeking to regain his health. i Master Farmer Kohn of Carette, is • visiting his grandmother, Mrs. A. Mook. f Last Monday was pay day at the ■ Willshire stone quarry. The pay roll was nearly $550. > B. F. Ridenour was at Bluffton last s Saturday in the interest of the Clover Leaf stone quarry. ) Several of our people are afflicted • with sore eyes at this writing. We being among that number. , Mrs. J. Passwaters returned to her j home it this city last Wednesday, after visiting relatives in Decatur. , The orchestra boys have rented the Althoen room and will proceed to fill

up the town with theiu wild, wierdi music. Mrs. James Harshman of Van Wert attended the funeral of her fra. J. I ' 1 ■ at this place. Rev. Gottshall of the M E. church] began special services in that church last Sunday eveding. which will c.ose I in two weeks. Soe Macy. Wm. Hoffer and F. I i Baticher attended the K. of P. lodge | at Van Wert last Friday evening.. . They report a good time, of course. Rev. Sherrick closed les special] ' meetings at the Baptist church ! Tuesday evening. Five wtrv addinl to the church during the meetings. ' i Mrs. J. P. Detter and Mrs. David ’ Baker left Monday evening for Nor i walk, Ohio, to attend the funeral of ■ ’ their sister, Mrs. Kemp Sigourney. ■ 1 who died suddenly Sunday night. A trio of toughs from Decatur drove over to this village last Saturday. ’ night and showed their disrespect of honor by insulting several of our citi 1 zens and making confusion in a few ’ of our stores. A dose of tar and ’ feathers would not come amiss. Late Sunday evening fire was discovered in the Althoen building now occupied by Manley A I ngerer. but as it bad not much headway it was extinguished after a short struggle. . It is a mystery as to how the fire started as the building is a brick one. Damage amounts to SSO. Last Tuesday forenoon the hoist engine at the Clover Leaf stone quarrv was broken to such an extent that j work had to bo suspended until the ; engine could be sent to the machine shop at Bluffton. The damage done will amount to something like -SUM), and up until this time it has not been ireturned. ' j Conrad Bauman is in very lowspirits at this writing over the tragedy > enacted in his home a short time ago. The Van Wert Bulletin condemned Mr. Bauman in very bitter terms unjustly. Mr. Bauman's bondsman are ' worth over SIOO.OOO. which speaks . volumes for him. The people of this * . place sympathize very deeply with ■ ] him. Monday evening a meeting was i held in the council room by the citi- ■ 1 - zens of this special district to con- ' aider the question of piking. It was decided that we should pike, and J. ■ T. Cully was appointed to go to Van Wert and engage a lawyer and have the papers drawn up at once, and make him responsible if any error should occur. More will be given next week. This is the program that has l>een presented for the next meeting of the Crescent literary society: Music, val- ' edictory address. Fred Delter; inaugural address. Georgia Bobylia; select reading. Ida Weimer: oration. Nellie Brown: recitation. Flo Straub I inger: travel. Pearl Roes: querries: recitations. Clara Roes: biography. Leah Stogdill: essay. Fannie Shock; “Crescent Sunbeams." Evina Weimer. Linn Grove Bert Heller was a Ds-atur visitor Saturday. The new Mission church east of town, is holding a protracted meeting. D. F. Hoffmann. Wm. Nusbam and J'jeeph Liddv took in the sights at Bluffton last Saturday. Jacob Baumgartner made sale of; his personal property, and moved to Dunkirk the first of this week. Clef Neueuscewander and sister of Bluffton, Ohio, visited Daniel Eckroat and family of West Linn Grove, last i Sunday. The literary Friday evening was again a howling success, the music furnished by Prof. Brown and com pane was faultless, the speaking spell-binding the audience. The question under discussion was. Resolved, that marriage increases the happiness of the persons married: James Kizer and Sterling P. Hoff tnann opposed Harvey Opliger and Prof. Ritgers. The judges favord the affirmative. The teachers of French and Hart fordtownships held their joint institute at the school building at this place last Saturday. The forenoon was devoted in debate upon the question, Resolved, that science l has done i more for the civilization of the race | than religion. L. L. Baumgartner. E. L. Hoffmann and E. C. Runvon : affirmative, wnile D. A. Baumgartner, Fred Bence and Prof. H. E. Rittgers denied. Hon. Irvin Brandyberrv, Samuel Opliger and Sterling P. Hoffmann were the gentlemen judges. The speakers held the attention of the audience by their methodical depth | and their masterly oratory. The bal lot of judges favored the negative. A general discussion was now called for to which a few responded. A colloeal dinner was spread, the center piece being a large bird of the turkey sne , ciee weighing something less than 34 j lbs to which an extend of welcome was tendered to all and to which the | Partakers done a commendable part .Me now lieg panion of the musical | talent for not referring to their soul atiring production rendered during I the deliberation of this gathering of instructors. The afternoon was deI voted to other educational topics in which great interest was manifested and which we regret our business was I such that we had to forego being pres lent. 1 Listen kind reader while a story I relate, of three men's rise and three men's fate, as all localities must take it by turn this one fell on our little town Berne. This town has a fnan a J kind of a boss, somewhat of t

and imagines he own%. a V ‘'G faßt . 1 horse, he comes to Linn l ' ,o ' e atu l ! calls on an apprentice, his first name i .is Henrv. his last it is Gentis; and savs I c6me as a man my honor to trace, I own a fast steed and I 11 run you a race, and now so certain as . ravens and swallows 1 have some 1 lucre, and I'll bet vou ten dollars savs Henrv. my sheekles are not very plenty but I'll cover vour ten and make it twenty: so the boss on hs heels did turn and in due tune showed lup in Berne. He sought out Lis man j and about he sped, exclaiming you know that 1 am no jester your first name is Fred and the other is Weclr ter. vou are all aware that I am no off man'. lam Alfred that they usually J call Coffmann, says he 1 am some- | what of a boss, and you are the owner of a noted fast horse, and you know to Linn Grove is a very short space, go i with me there and win me this race: i but Fred's profession is not to get i astride, so Windy 1 11 give you two _ dollars to ride. So M indy did ride as one of his kind, but our Bird throwed dirt made the Berne Myrtle | blind: this was Tuesday, then came, some fifteen or twenty ail bridled and saddled were the Berne gentry, we, vow the rival steed is no more than a plug, we will anchor her as easy as a Lake Michigan tug. The race was pulled off 'twas a very fine heat, but zip by jove Linn Grove had won. so | said the judges united as one. Berne is left behind was the voice of a score the distance in the rear was sixty feet ves more, with hands on their bread baskets Berne declared they were sore, should we live through this] scrape you will catch us no more. ] Ver Bum Sap swore Fred by his 1 borne in the stall. I have lost my plunkers. my rep and my gall; we | will return to our homes and be allj the wiseer and tone our stomachs with DeWitt's Early Risers. Moral. , Hereafter perchance you think you | have something fast, turn some other ■ direction and you will not say, alas! i go to Bluffton. Ft. Wayne or some 1 other alcove. Consult your better , judgment but don’t sjieed with Linn ' .Grove. < — (Ir.iulnx Light Fur. One who rays she lias tried it recoin- ,' mends naphtha for cleaning light fur.' She says: Pour naphtha over the fur, ' then fluff and pat the article until the i soil has I*. n worki-d out. and when 1 , this is done press the naphtha out by drawing the hand firmly over the fur. Then shake a id hang in the air to dry. Be careful of fire. The Koreans ns a people nre l>ettcr developed physically than the Japa- ; nene. They are taller and mentally are liberally endowed.

erp m. vFi.riNGor ADAMs< <>( nt\ o (X)VN< IL N’otie< hereby given that the Adauw ; County Council will in >p»*clal M-ssion at th< Auditor's office in th»- routt bouse in I the city of iHMatur. Indiana, on Monday, Februarv 17, 1902. 1 ir.t For the purpoee of making adrliTional appropriations for the calendar f ir 'of : vs. additional appropriation- for’the i erection of county infirmary I'Ui'din.'- ! cording to plans and spx-cificatlonsheretoforr filed and adopted. 'econd: For the purpose of appropriating : monies now on hand in the county treasury : in the general fund b> longing to raid county and not heretofore appropriated, 'aidadditional appropriations to be made for the purp >se of paying outstanding claims against I said county. .<*•’ AHE IMICH. Auditor. I A PPLICATION lOR LIQUOR LICENSE Notice is hereby given to th. citizens of the town of Geneva and Wabash township hi Adan,s county, -tale of Indiana, that th- undersigned. u male inhabitant of said town of Geneva, in Wabssh township. Adams county. Indiana, for more than ninety days last pass. <l. andoverthe age of twenty one years will make application to the b 7anl of commissioner- of Adamscounty. state of Indiana. | at the nett regular session thereof to la- Im>- . gun and holden at the court house in the city ' of Decatur m said county and -rateontli’. third dav . f March. 1302. the same being the not Monday of ‘•aid ruonih and p-ar. for llcense to sell spirit nous, vinous and malt lluuorsat retail, hi a less .icantitv than a quart at . time with the privilege to allow the same tlrans on the premise, where .old f-irthe gerawl of ~ne year. Tin-precis., ha-ati.ni of the premises when- -aid Intoxicating liquors are t.. .a-—III ami drank a. aforeMkL la in the .”" r> ”f'h.-t»reMory bre k building situated on the middle 32 feet of in lot number n:< in the town of Geneva : n Adams county. Indiana, which said room • is Oil the ground fl.a.r ami fronts to the north , on Line street hi said town of Geneva with -rre plate gla.s window and glass in d Lre the fr nt then .if and Nl.n, t ln width bv b© Whh nton.- us reitm without partition or addition. Said apnh- : » H'neh count, .'and I ■ 11, V't. .2 ‘room, and sell tl r ' J c " ! ‘" <l hin.-h therein. Dated this fifth day of February. JOHN PITTS. ApplU-atit

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