Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1902 — Page 8

WALL PAPER M’i< now have on display a great variety of new patterns, com prising all the latest colorings and designs of the season... We can lit out parlors, sitting rooms, dining rooms, bed rooms, halls and kitchens in any style of paper desired and at lower prices than ever before... We will be pleased to have you call and look at our assortment. : : : BLACKBURN & CHRISTEN Druggists. Successors I g Page Blackburn

Williams. O. Robison is on the sick list. Wm. Biggs’ child is still very ill. Uncle Jacob Mock is still very sick. Albert Numbers of Ossian was here Monday. Clod Shafer moved to Hoagland last Tuesday. John Hey was at Bluffton Tuesday night to attend lodge. Mrs. O. Dobison is quite sick with neuralgia of the face. Henry Scheiman shipperl another car load of hogs Saturday. Arthur Hubbs and wife Sundaved with relatives at Fort Wayne. Henry Herb's pony was badly hurt last Thursday on a barbed wire fence. Mrs. John Hey was at Preble this week to see her mother who is quite sick. Mrs. L. Shrader's mother fell last Saturday, breaking an arm and dislocating her shoulder. Uncle Dick Rider had a barn raising last Wednesday, and quite a number lent a helping hand. Mrs. Frank Laughrey was at Decatur last Friday having her teeth extricated. She had seventeen extricated before leaving the chair.

fflli M ffilH AT THE -[I cohen’s gyffl AT THE fey BOBBINET RIFFLED CURTAINS LLILILLILILILILILILILI BOSTON STORE | W ?'E HAVE in stock the most complete line W ever brought to the city, consisting of Ruffles, Battenbergs, Rococo, Brussels, Netts and Arabians. :::::::: SI.OO uinX'ind.l ££ 50c i' r rt w ". ,le T tl,c and 3 '.. yards long. Sold every- best curtain, it is the very where at $1.50. Our price One Doi- hept curtain that can be bought at lar a pair. the price—50 cents a pair Don't clean house unless you visit our carpet department. Special This Week.—lngrain Carpets, all wool both ways at 50 cents a yard. Linoleums, 4 yards wide, laid tree of charge. " "■ ■■■"■ ■ lll ■ - ' —■■■■■■ - - - BOSTON STORE, I I. O. O. F., Block. Kuebler & Moltz Co.

Eas ern Uhpatch. Joseph Everett went to Chicago I Junction,Ohio. Monday. The U. B. people are holding a revival meeting at pleasant Mills. Blue Creek bridge at Stricklers [crossing underwent some repairs Sat [ I unlay. Willshire held her election last , Monday April 7, instead of April 1. i as we stated last week. Rev. Peters preached his last ser j mon before conference last Sunday night at Pleasant Mills. John Smith of Elgin. Ohio, is ex peeted to move on his farm in Adams county some time this week. — Hedge Conner N. S. Sheets has purchased a new wind pump. Joe Steigmeyer and wife spent Sunday with Henry Kintz and family. Mrs. Sedora Elzey who has been quite sick with heart trouble is some I better. Fred and Charles Schultz spent I Sunday with their parents of this | place. | Chancy Rinehart of Hoagland j spent Sunday with S. P. Sheets and I family. | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rubby of Bingen spent Sunday with C. Schultz [ and family. Clara Kintz returned Thursday from Kankakee where she has been for some time. George Geels was engaged in stretching his wire fence on Hedge street Saturday. U illshire. Miss Emily Cornell visited at Delphos Tuesday. Jack Bremercamp Sundayed with relatives at Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison visited at Monroeville Saturday and Sunday. Ada Calderwood of Van Buren, is visiting relatives at this place this week. Prof. Catchpole attended the teachers' Round Table held at Van Wert Friday and Saturday. The last meeting of the Crescent Literary Society will be held Friday evening at 7:00. All are invited to attend. The following are the winners of the April election: Mayor, S. E. Hurless, r: clerk. O. L. Swineford, d; marshall, S. Sims, r; treasurer. James Chilcoate. r; street com.. F. Harshman. r. Councilmen: G. M. Syphers, r: A. Brown, d: G. Mercer, r. School Board: B. F. Ridenour, d: M. Scarry, d; and all is quiet along the St. Mary's.

I Berne Sam Reisen was at Decatur Saturday. John Bixler was at Celina Ohio, Tuesday. Chris Voder was a caller at. Decatur [ Tuesday. Marie Bixler is slowly improving | from her fall. Dave Gerber of Decatur was a cal- i ler here Monday. Eugene Runyon spent Sunday' with his wife at Decatur. Nell Neaderhouser of Bluffton called on Berne friends Sunday. Samuel Simison was a business caller at Fort Wayne Tuesday. Lawrence the little son of David Sommers is sick with the measles. Rev. Reiter, of Vera Cruz, preached at the Evangelical church Sunday. Sam Wagoner who has been sick with the measels is getting better. Mr. Hillman of Lima, Ohio, was transacting business here Tuesday. Oscar Augeslierger and Benard Sprunger were callling at Fort Wayne Friday. Ed Heller and daughter Pearl of Linn* Grove were in town Monday forenoon. Mrs. Tone Michaud went to Woodburn Thursday to visit her sister Mrs, Edgerton. Rev. Zechiel lefe Berne Mondav for South Bend to attend the Evangel-' ical conference. Mrs. Erwin and son of Hartford City were the guest of Mrs. T. G. Hopkins and family this week. Miss Martha Schug entertained Nellie Neaderhouser of Bluffton and Miss Kate Huser of here at supper Monday evening. Three new phones were put in I Thursday, No. 39 Rudolph Lehman, i No. 75 Bert Michaud and No. 71 Wm Baungailman. The exchange is still growing. H. S. Michaud returned Sunday night from Monroe Michigan where he carefully selected his fruit and ornamental stock of trees for his spring delivery which will be made Monday April IL The druggest of Adams county had a meeting at Berne Tuesday afternoon i Those present were Callow. Blackburn ■ Falk and Hoffman of Decatur. Anderson of Geneva. Hoffman of Linn Grove, and the druggists of our city. A supper was served at the Cottage hotel. Mrs. Joe Blick died Friday evening and funeral services were held Sunday. Rev, Zechiel preached the fun■eral which was held at the house five i miles east of town. She leaves a

husband ami a fattier a mother arid several sisters and one brother and many other relatives to mourn their Charles Laisure and Elma iGillum two popular young folks of ; Berne were married Sunday at 1I o’clock at the home of the brides sis-. | ter Mrs. Tim Rowley. A wedding; dinner was served to which a few I friends were invited. Rev. Zechiel ! preformed the ceremony. Ihe brid< s- [ groom and bridesmaid were Mr. Ed Rice and Miss Pearl Holmes. Mr. i Laisure is proprietor of the Berne Laundry and Mrs. Laisure lias bc-n ; employed at the M itness <ll ce. Me wish them gieat happiness in the; future. I >nn Orove. Joseph Kizer paid Frank Haiigl ton and family a visit last Sunday. Levi Atz moved on the Christian Hirschv south farm Wednesday of last week. David Voder has placed a hand some barber pole in front of his place of business. Charles Rohn and Floyd Tester were guests of the former’s parents! here Monday. Miss Malissa and Raymond French [ and Noah Lindsey are visiting relatives at Muncie. Dr. McLain of Vera Cruz, was pros | I pecting to purchase a match team [ here last Monday. James Kizer opened up a sub- • scription school at our school building last Monday with some twenty on the roll. The oil well on the Marion French farm in east Nottingham township, resulted in a total failure. The Standard people put down the well. Noah French who has been engaged |in the furniture, general store and i undertaking business at Petroleum, [ has sold out his entire business and ' ! will make his third trip to the balmy clime of Santa Anna. California. He starts the first of next week in company with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Miller French, who are vis 1 itors here from the golden state. Rural route No. 6 commencing and [ terminating at Bluffton forms a licit line around and touching our Linn Grove office, taking up all mailing matter enroute, when the same is car ried to Bluffton for cancelation. But this did not seem to satiate their greed as a public mailing box has been i placed here two blocks from the post ■ office which we have christened the > Cromer mailing box, this virtually makes our postmaster dispense the , mail matter for a pittance by reason ’ of which our assistant p. tn. has issued bis proclamation that the above , named liox is removed or the post- [ office will be restrained to plead for an attendant, but it is no isolated case ' I where a mess of soft corn had lieen I served and finally choked the recip- : ient with the cobs. West Root. Etta Mallonee left Monday for' Marion where she will attend school this summer. Mrs. Lewis Hagg returned to ■ Bluffton last Tuesday after a few idavs visit with Ada Fisher. I Last Thursday Johnny Reed celebrated his 103 birtday. ' In the forenoon many friends and relatives gathered at his home each bringing a , well filled basket with them. At noon ; all were invited to seat themselves at [ a large table with everything imag | inable to eat. After dinner the j guests were entertained by L. N. i Grandstaff. John Wolford" W. E. ' Smith and Roy Wolford. They then , gathered in a group and had their i pictures taken by Joe Cai vright of I Poe, In the latter part of the day ■ I they all departed for their home's all. wishing that Incle Johnny mav live to see another birthday. Those present were. V. S. Reed and family, Sam Reed and wife. Mrs. J. Roop, Roy Wolford, W. E. Smith, John I Sargant and family, Joe Cartwright. Frank Small aud family, D. Showers and family, Mrs. John Stewart Mrs. E. Reed L. N. Grandstaff. Charles Ford. John Wolford. Joseph Mann and wife Coat Cook, Wm. Singleton, I Mrs. A. J. Garboden and children, I Mrs. Mm. Butler, I hos. F. Fisher. I Mrs. Samuel Spangler. Mrs. A. A. and Ben Butler. Edward Spangler i and wife, Jesse Butler. Wm. RuckI man, Pollas Butler, Dale Sphar. | Chas. Fuhrman, James Hoagland, | Miss Bessie Fisher, Laura Pierce, I Warren Ibed, Chas. Reed, John Reed, of the surrounding neighbor hood. Transfers ot Real Estate. C. J. Gerlier to John Gerber, lot 29 j Berne, 721 S. Chronister to D. Bailee, part lot 248 Decatur SBS. J. B. Steiner to Mary Steiner, lot ; 55(5 Decatur $575. Marion Book to Charles T. Reed, lot 4 Geneva, s.'loo. i John M. Ray to Daniel Lehman, ; lot 319 Berne, S9OO. John M’. Tabler to Ferd. H.Tabler I lot 19 Monroe. S6OO. John Nix, et al. to Jno. IL Schug . lot 291 Decatur, $l5O. Magalma Schwartz to C. J. Gerlier j part lot 22 Berne. S2OOO. Earl D. Fristoe to Wrn. Gilpin ! part lot 218 Decatur, $250 Oliver Reynolds to Alfred ReyI nolds, lot I 17 Decatur. $l5O. I C. J. Gei'ier to Reuben Schindler II lots 218 and 219 Berne, $1250. ’ I Fred Bitnel, et al. to C. C. Leak,

The Labor of Preparing 1,095 Meals 4 ■ None such I Mince Meat I ■fICNT 11 lias the largest sale of anv nrK 1 z, pared mince meat, bttaiiseitisn; ■ . best We sold ten nnllion « agC 1 r St 3 ear - 1 1 "-’W | 111 vk-au. (lain; / Avoid “ wet ” mi nce meat sola I trom °P ei ’ P a,,s ‘hat siand n » ■ dirt >' f,OOrS a,,d d usty doo, ■ 7/1 way*. j “ X»« Seen” is lOc n paeknge. which nsk«s I 1 z/ ' ' . * \ large, jaicy pies. "Like mother used t<> •• 'J* ( ' \ wair . I ;..u-k.iges mn.le in close iniu .. M . // « 1 insist on receiving "a package of.X., M srcnY : A fIERRELL-SOULE CO., ■ / " * I 4 ’ Syracuse, N. Y. p -—WHZN IN DOUBT. TRY Tieyhsveitnodth elnw ■ f STROHS © , Mk."' peri-, t, an 1 Itnpa;, a ; Isi vlgo-t-> the wild., belnp. All drains and losses ar* chicke.i term. Vnl !.c. -r Mvauon *ft*n wcrr.es them into In,.<ni-v . - , - .: -.led. I’ri "*r. \ i hoses, with iron<hn lef.’. euarr-• •• . T®'vlsaixs.-..,;a-. S~.<! • ' ■■=* book. Address. PEAL KE3ICIKE CO. Page Blackburn, druggist. Decatur. Indiana gig

[et al., part lot 387 Geneva, SIOOO. Eliz. MeCardle to John Yoder, part section 14. township 25. range 1.3, 15 acres. $535. J. H. Barr to A. F. M heeler, east; one half southeast cue fourth, section 22. township 25. range 15. 80 acres, S.IOOO. Fred Bunner to Jos. Rich, southwest one-fourth northeast one-fourth, section 18. township 26, range 14, 40 acres, $2275. Elizabeth Brunner to Rudolph Schug, northone half northeast northwest. section 26. township 26. range 13, 20 acres. $7Ol. P. A. Hebegger to Fred Amacher, northeast one-fourth southwest onefourth, section 22. township 26. range 14. 40 acres, $2,400. I D. F. Lehman to Samuel Bentler, northwest one-fourth northwest onefourth, section .32. township 26. range 14, 40 acres. $2505. Samuel Dutcher to J. A. Smith, south one-half south one-half southeast one-fourth, section 23. township 28. range 14. 80 acres, $1275. Clara M. Fairchild to Charles E. Brem, one-'hird northeast one-fourth northeast one fourth, section 24 town ship 27, range 15, 40 acres, $666.67. Same description and parties. $333.3;’>. M. J. Myers to Abraham Boyd, lot 359 Geneva, SIOOO. Chris Scnwartz. et al. to Jacob Nusbaum. part southwest one fourth southeast one fourth, section 21. township 26, range 14. 31 acres, $2025. Elmer J. Ray, et al. to Joseph Rich northwest one-fourth northeast one fourth, section 7. township 26, range 14. 40 acres, SI2OO. F. M. Rynearson to Mm. Bark, part section 29 township 2. range 11. $650. MARKETS. CORRECTED BY E. L. CARROLL, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, news 72 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).... 77 Corn, per cwt. (new i mixed.... 75 Oats, newRye Barley 55 Clover seed | oo ;(7 |2O Alsyke 6 00 (o' 7 CO Timothye Buckwheat ~ (jo Flax seed j Potatoes, per bu 1 fX) Eggs, fresh ]•» Butter ’ Chickens ’ nis Ducks‘J 06 Turkeys <iu Geese 05 Wool, unwashed. .13 to 17 Wool, washed >oand 22 H °S s 5 75 TOLEDO MARKETS AFHU 9, 1:30 P.M. M heat, new No. 2 red,ca«h... $ 7N May wheat Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... 57 • May corn gjf Oats, cash t-i-i Oats. Mav J. | Rve - ca9h ■’■'•■■7 57" I’rcpnrinß Dates. The preparation of dried dates is enrrleii on largely at Awabl and as the season had now commenced I took the opportunity to observe the process and Was taken round the factories by the sheik. The dates selected are picked before they are quite ripe. The factory Imd n chimney about fifteen feet lilsrli mid contained several open, drculm, copper boiler*, capable of holdnitf live gallons each and nearly full of . water. Into these vessels the dates are put and allowed to simmer over a slow lire. As the writer in the copper . creased from evaporation It was tilled «p again, but it gradually became Inspissated by the extraction of the Juice of the date. The fruit Is left i n the water almut linlf an hour and Is then taken out and spread on mats or cloths In tbe sun to dry, aftyr which it t becomes hard and of u pil | ( . rt . d eo | or> It Is exported i n targe quantities from Jjiskat to India.—UeographJcal Jour-

A Qn>*er Mnrrhim- < nitoa. I In tbe Loo Choo isl.mils some curious marri.,-. - iistoms. , consists in the Lridi-c: -■ z- roiiH| to all Iris friends' Loum < anil perjH ting them to dress trim tn> manyn&D ulous style that they fancy. times the happy man is arrayed iti gayly painted kimono, the sleeves which are tied up v. irii a string Ms with bells, toys and truin|s’i.s. a tat is then pm on and a red bat. tbeHj out’’ beiug completed by an empty is osene tin, which rattles noisily akHgi be walks, accompanied generally bjt crowd of children. The Pimpernel. The common pimpernel, "poor mas'i weather glass,” has the disadvantip of being a native plant and has tta i almost completely expelled from « I flower gardens In favor of ewt» which are rarer but lack much oft» lug as pretty. The pimpernel ill charming little flower, which opal l about 8 in tbe morning and closes its in the afternoon, but has the retail able peculiarity of indicating a ro» Ing shower by shutting up its petah ( Select. Once when passing through a ceae fery in Lenox Eliot Gregory was sr prised to see that the members ata| old New England family had been barteal in a circle, with their feet tovw ’ its center. He asked the reason f« this arrangement, aud a wit of day. daughter of Mrs. Stowe, repM “So trial when they rise at the last day only memiiers of their ov. u family mil face them 1 ” i

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