Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1902 — Page 8

Williams. John Hey and family attended the picnic last Sunday. John Everhart of Monroe, passed through our place Tuesday buying junk. John Hey has been quite busy the past few days cording up his’ next, winter’s wood. Quite a number of people from this place attended the Robinson show at Decatur last Wednesday. Williams is going to have a big time on the evening of the July 3rd. Slack wire walking, acrobatic feats, balloon ascention and other amusements. All are invited. West Root. Wheat harvest is approaching and hands are scarce. F. A. Jackson of Ossian spent last Tuesday with J. A. Fuhrman and family. Several from this vicinity attended the show at Decatur last Wednesday affernoon and evening. A couple of weeks ago two young men of this vicinity engaged in a lively mix-up along the after church. After pounding one another around for a while they told the four onlookers that they were only in fun and that it was a made up play. Boys you should save your muscle and blood for some future time. Pleasant Hills. Mrs. Wilson Gulick is on the sick list. Come and hear the Horn concerts at Pleasant Mills. Miss Dora Mathewson is spending a few days with Fort Wayne friends. Miss Dovie Roe visited with Decatur friends last Saturday and Sunday. Albert Boner made a business trip to Ohio City and Bluffton Monday and Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Nellie McCaslin of Middlepoint, Ohio, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. D. F. Morris, this week. Quite a number of Pleasant Mills people attended the children's exercises at St. Paul Sunday evening. Miss Minta Ritter left Wednesday for Fort Wayne to visit her uncle. Steward Watkins, and other friends a few davs. The ice cream social at the Hall last Saturday evening was well attended regardless of the cool weather, which was almost to the freezing point did not have any effect on the lovers of ice cream. Everybody came out to enjoy the first social of the season, and before the close several gallons were disposed of. The children's exercises at St. Paul church last Sunday evening was a grand success. A large crowd was present, a great many more than' could possibly be seated to witness

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the exercises. The opening song by the choir was very beautiful and appropriate, being entitled “The Children’s Day.” and they certainly did manifest such aspirit of freedom and ability that it was indeed their day. The little ones did so well in performing their duties that they received the highest applause, and the address by the pastor, Rev, Payne, at the close was very interesting and instructive, Berne Mrs. Rudolph Lehman is among the sick at present. The Mrs. Ford and Paul of Geneva, were callers here Saturday, The Stewart family show is billed here for Thursday evening. Fred Neaderhouser was a business caller at Decatur Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Mont Rose were business callers at Bluffton Saturday. George Braun was the guest of Linn Grove friends Sunday evening. Miss Winnie Ezekiel is spending her vacation with her parents at Culver, Ind. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Michaud a ten pound girl on Tuesday Juhe 24th. The Misses Mollie Kunkle and Myral Wilson were callers at Linn Grove Sunday. Mrs. Charles Braun was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Edgerton at Woodburn this week. Miss Pearl Smith arrived here Friday to spend the summer with her ’ uncle, John Ray. D. L. Shalley and son, Earl, left for Winona Lake last Monday to spend a week at the photographer’s convention. Prof. Welty and wife and Miss ’ Amelia Welty arrived in Berne Tuesday from Fort Wayne where they were visiting relatives. Thurman Gottschalk returned home from Naperville, 111.. Thursday, where he had been attending colllege. He will return in the fall. The Misses Mollie Cummins and Mabie Martin and Messrs. White and , Prather of Bluffton, took supper at the Cottage Hotel Friday evening. John Miller of Geneva passed through Berne Tuesday morning for San Francisco. Several of his friends were at the train to bid him farewell. Mrs. Dan and Joe Eckrote of Linn Grove and the Misses Elte and Eva , Walser of Anderson. Ind., spent , Tuesday with Dave Eckrote and fam- , ily ', The Misses Opal Botkins and Ethel Starr and Messrs. Fred B. Holmes : and Jesse Lyors of Portland, were < guests at the Cottage Hotel Sunday j evening. ’ i, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Simkins and Mrs. t Wilson of Plain Citv. Ohio, were en i

'' tertained at supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Runyon, Sunday evening. I Mrs. Kritt. H. P. Henson, L. De ' | Haven, wife and daughter and E. S. • Murray, wife and son of Bluffton. | took supper at the Cottage Hotel I ' Sunday evening. ) C. G. Egly and Louis Sprunger re- ' i turned home Friday from Pittsburg, > Penn., where they went with two car i loads of stock. They met several old | acquaintances and report everything . alright. Mrs. D. L. Shalley entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lachot and family, Abe ' j Stuckey and family and the Messrs. ■ Noah and Amos Zehr in honor of the ' birthdays of Mrs. Shalley. Noah Zehr, Rufus Stuckey and Dewey Lachot on ''Saturday evening. June 21. Four ’different ages in life were represented, from a four year old child up to ' middle age in life. An eight o’clock lunch was served and all left after having a nice time. Linn Grove. Peter Hoffman and son made a I business trip to Geneva last Satur- ! day. Misses Alta and Eva Waser of Anderson are visiting here, they formerly resided here. H. G. Alleback of Berne, publisher I of the Mennonite made us a social call last Saturday. Prof. H. E. Rittgers of Huntington i exchanged smiles with Linn Grove friends on Saturday. Henry Miller who has done service iin the regular army returned to his home in Hartford township last i week. Anna Shepherd and Raymond French took the train last Tuesday for an extended visit with relatives at : Greenville, Ohio, i Miss Catherine Krick of Decatur ! and Nellie, Grace and Ruth Simison of Berne were in the hands of friends here on Monday. George Adlar of the west end is having a well driven down on his property; Moser & Neuenschwander are doing the work. Three shows are on the bill boards for this place. The Stewart family on Wednesday evening. The Newton family Friday evening. The Waltz Sisters shows united on Saturday. The eighty-fourth anniversary of Grandmother Simison was pleasantly commemorated at the Simison home on Tuesday of this week. At an early hour in the morning invited guests began to arrive from Berne, Bluffton. Decatur and other points and bv 10 o’clock some ninety persons of various ages were unitediv inspiring Aunt Rebecca with fond reminiscences of the past, impressing the assurance that he. devoted life and endurance incidental to pioneer

ordeals had been crowned with success for this noble purpose, her decendauts and friends had extended greetings and share with her the joy she so richly earned. Among those attending were George Simison and wife. Eugene Morrow and family, Harry Deam and wife. Harry Studa baker and wife, Ernest \\ ickiug and familv. W. H. Mcßride of Bluffton. Wm.NiMiek, Barney Terveer, Mrs. R. B. Allison. L. C. Miller, and others of Decatur. Mrs. Julia Sessford of Toledo, Ohio, Samuel Simison and family of Berne, these with a large number of relatives and friends of the vicinity partook of a fine banquet where the smile of the hostess as well as the meal lightened the heart of those who partook. After dinner a beautiful scene of childhood was demonstrated by the ladies in the play of blackman in which the aged and the young co mingled the very pleasant affair was then rounded up by artist Ashbaueher of Bluffton secured a negative of the assembly, but the dreaded hour has now come when they must seperate for their respective homes wishing the hostess that their final farewell would be many years in the future. MARKETS. CORRECTED BY E. L. CARROLL, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, news 74 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).... 85 Corn, pier cwt. (new) mixed.... 83 Oats, new 42 Rye 55 Barley 50 Clover seed 3 75(C§4 00 Alsykes 00 (g, 6 00 Timothy 2 00 Buckwheat 60 Flax seed 1 30 Potatoes, pier bu 95 Eggs, fresh 14 Butter 14 Chickens 09 Ducks 06 Turkeys 08 Geese 05 Wool, unwashedl2 to 17 Wool, washed 20 and 22 Hogs 6 00 TOLEDO MARKETS. JUNE 25, 1:30 P.M. Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash.. ..f 782 July wheat 76$ Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... 64| July corn 632 Oats, cash 42.1 Qats. July 381 Rye, cash 60 Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon. 77c; No. 2 red. steady. .*6 l ,c Corn—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 63%c Oats—Firm : No. 2 mixed, 45c Cattle- -Steady at $2.75(57.75 Hogs—Steady at $5 $7.75 Sheep—Steady—at l.iOatL Lambs—Steady at ~ Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened. Closed Wheat— July I *2% I .74% Dec. CornJuly M .67 Dec. (o', . 4tl Oils— * July —37 .3: Sept art; Dec .ae, Pork— July .18,(10 13.25 sep* IS.S3 IH.SO Jan 1u.70 i 5.,,; Lard— July in 55 :o.Ba septlo.ft) 10.10 Jah 9.50 9.(2 Bite— Julyin.M 10.00 sept io.:o Hon Jan. 8.70 8 ;o < loalnr caah market—WheaL -Ur, corn »•<’. 13c < pork. 818.28; lard, 810,68 rite, 810.90. Louisville Grain and Livestock. Wheat—No. i rad and longterry. iWa. Corn—No. 2 white. 1 mixed, 6S\e, Date -No. i mixed. (*‘,c; No. 2 white, 60c. Cattle —Dull at 82.73Q6..U. Hoir»—Steady at IMBT.IC Sheep—Steady at 8t.50Q3.a0 Lam be—Steady at 1G.56.50 Cincinnati Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Quiet; No. 2 red, al‘in Corn—Firm ; No. z mixed. 63‘,c O»ta—Steady; No. 2 mixed, «lc Cattle—Active at 82.50 Q-, <0 Hoge—Activejat t1.10Q7.6u — ‘ Sheep—Dull at 82.50QL _ Lamb*— Dull at 85,j0<4«.T6 ‘’ — — Chicago Livestock. r Cattle— Active; steers, t*QB2S; Stockers and feeders.'|2.'sQs.2s Hons—Steady at 84Q7.85 Sheep—Steady at 33.25Q4.7t Irtmi.e—Steady at t«4<L7i New York Livestock. Cattle—Steady at 83.60Q5.i6 _-.--.-r Hogs—Quiet at 35Q1.7U Sheep—Firm at HQ6. ft* •— Lambs—Steady at 35.23Q7. Cj 6S,: ' East Buflalo Livestock., Cattle—Steady at t3.75Qi.76 Hoki*—Active at ltQi.9o — Sheep—Steady at 33.75(46.30 "rt •- . Lamte—Steady.a 33Q7. <r*~ One Fallnre. “It's funny our minister never gets Harried.” remarked the young liusoand who had just refused his wife a bonnet in his endeavor to change the subject “1 think he'd make a good busband.” “Well,” replied the wife warmly, “he didn't seem to make a very good one when he auut.ed us." A Secret. Old Bachelor Uncle—Well, Charlie, what do yon want now? Charlie—Oh. I want to be rich. “Rich! Why so?” "Because I want to be petted. Ms says you are an old fool, but must lie petted because you are rich. But It's a great secret, and I mustn't tell It!” Thrllllnx Moments. “Johnnie,” called the mother, “1 want you to go to the store for me.” “Walt a second, tnnw," replied the youth, who was absorbed In a five cent volume. "Pepperhole Pete tins thirty-seven Injuns to kill, an' It'll only take him about two minutes.”— ~ '

TALK IS CHEAP’ But it pays to talk prices and compare values with us before buying elsewhere. We are always in touch with the best markets, know where to find the stock and are able to produce it at the lowest figures \v .sell DOORS, SASH, GLASS. PREPARED R()nV ING, GALVANIZED IRON VALLEYS, Ri ncP ROLLS, BRACKETS, PORCH POSTS, ETC You should see our stock of POPLAR. Nicest lin’ of poplar siding. PRICES RIGHT. Decatur Lumber Co, CORNER FIRST AND JEFFERSON STS LORD IVO. Q a o o . A full blooded Hockney stallion, standard and Imported from Warrick, England in August, 1893. LORD BRATTON, srte Paragon, 1326; he by Magnet 860, dam Bellnuth, 1041,; grand dam Silver Bells. He is a perfect picture, a sure foal getter and the kind of 1 animal it will pay you to breed your mares to. He will stand the season of 1902 at James Rice's livery ban on Fiesr street, Decatur, Indiana. Don’t fail to See this Horse Before you Breed. ELMER JOHNSON, JAMES RICE, Owner. Keepe

Real Estate Transfers W. P. Hoskinson et al to Geneva B. Messner, inlot 218, Geneva S9(X). Jabez Collins to J. F. Collins et al. inlots 271 and 272, Decatur $1 Decatur Egg Case Co. to M. Heme fort, ne knw sec 13, tp 26, rg 13, 40 acres $1,500. John Robinson to John N. Kern, nw |, ne |, sec 26, tp 26, rg 13, 40 acres 55. Decatur Cemetery Ass’n to C. D. Lewton, lot 332, Decatur cemetery S3O. Noah Runyon to Albert Runyon, pt sec 10 tp 25, rg 13, 1 acre $75. ’ W. O. Myers to Ida E. Smith, pt sec 4. tp 27, rg 14, 2 acres $266.66. W. H. Niblick, guardian, to Ida E. Smith, pt sec 4 tp 27. rg 14. 2 acres $533. R. K. Allison et al to Thos. E. Macy pt w J. ne J, and ne J, sec 12, tp 25, rg 14, 100 acres S4OOO. Louis Harmon to Marr E. Case, pt sec 34 and 27. tp 27 rg 15, 103 acres $3400. John Hilty to Fred Neaderhouser, in lot 363. Berne $325. Fred Neaderhouser to Emil Erhart, inlot 363, Berne SBOO. Emma L. Smith to Daniel N. Erwin, inlot 209. Decatur SI(MX). Henry Michaud to C. G. Eglv, et al. in lot 9, Berne $1250. Berne Grain A Hay Co. to Emil Erhart, inlot 6. Bernes22s. Glad There Wui Somethin*. “There are not a few people - ho take a pitiable and morbid delight in believing that they are assailed by an incurable disease which must shortly close their careers,” observed a doctor. “1 am sure there is something the matter with my lungs. Please tell me the truth,' said a very anxious old lady to her physician the other day. ihe latter made a careful examination and replied, “1 find that your lungs are in a normal condition.” The patient, with a deep sigh of resignation, asked, “And about how long can I expect to live with them In that condition?” if you are not afraid to bluff it postpone trouble till tomorrow, and it will often leave and never come back.— Atchison Globe. Intellectual Sluminlnar, Querist—Doing any slumming thene days? Pslnnlck—Oh, yes; occasionally I read a modern society novel.—Chicago Tribune. An Error of Judirment. "What caused Puttleigh’s failure?” "H® wus a victim of overconfidence.” “Himself.”—Puck. Hypocrites pray cream and live skimChicago News.

V Notice is hereby given t* u • and tegati es ot John La to appear in the Adams circi.:* urt.lt il Decatur, Indiana, on the Ist day • and show cause, if any. y the fol settlement accounts with th.* »-t ite of ni decedent should not Im- approved an.! heir> are notified to then an i there dim proof of heirship, and rec. • .r distn . five shares. DOKEB ERWI.s Adm r Decatur Indiana. June 25 rv-’. EMIL FRANZ, Attorney at Law. Notary Fu:'i Fire, Tornado and Accident lu-urati eAt ency. All kinds of legal bus ■ prop* attended to. Collections a spe Salty. Office over Rli-sons burlier »hop. M BIRN'E, : : : : : INDIAN* Mortgage Loans. Money Loaned on favorable terrs Low Rate of Interest. Privelege of partial payments. Abstracts of Title carefully prepared. F. M. SGHIRMEYER. Cor. Second aqd M<tdi*»on Decatur, Indiana* SPRING TERM, from April, Ist continues into our Special Summer Session through July and August iu all departments of our sph'U did school the ( INTERNATIONAL BL'ISNESS COLLEOt FORT WAVNE INDIANA. There are no vacation-, and P“P_ Ils may enter at any tiro. % tlnne for any de-lr d ■ " ~ dally roll call of :<■«< tnt month indicate, the character ■ reputation of our college. Our graduates NE' 1 -R FAIL to get good positions, urf. Hk'' to In «r VV public School Tea< h* r Have you Jnvegtliratvd "* ,r HOME STUDY COURSE. Write for Catalog®

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