Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1903 — Page 8

Route One. Owing to the cold weather the pedro club has not had any meetings lately. ® Jack Kemp wilt not bind soft soap on his pony’s legs this spring as he travels all right. C. D. Kunkle has purchased an incubator and proposes to hatch chickens by steam. Bobelia Bros, of near Hoagland, baled fifteen tons of hay for S. L. Dutcher one day last week. The institute at Monmouth was a gratid success. Full account of the proceedings given elsewhere. Mont Evans has purchased a full blooded Chester White sow. He now has quite a number of Chester Whites all full blooded, and as fine as there is in the country. If you hear an unearthly noise about five o’clock any morning do not be alarmed. It is only Doc Grandstaff playing a tune on that music box of his called a deveiine. Route Two. John Limenstall purchased some wire fence while in town Saturday. Mrs. Jerome Carter is making an extended visit with relatives at Bluffton. Martin Kirschner and brother, John were hauling corn to the berg last week. The 14th inst. was well observed in Peterson. Breiner, we think made a few coppers. Protracted meeting is on at Monroe and they are having a large attendance and good success. C. E. Bollinger contemplates building one hundred and ninety rods of wire fence this spring. The Vitae-Ore doctor. Jonathan Burkhead left Tuesday morning for Kansas. He was accompanied by Mrs. C. M. Andrews. Clark Butcher of Geneva has moved on Marion Andrews' place. He expects to build on his own farm in the spring. Mr. Keller has bought property in Monroe and also a farm near Pleasant Mills. He will move to Monroe in the near futnre. Emmett George will hold a public sale March 5, with J. N. Burkhead as auctioneer. Emmett expects to move to Ohio. J. B. Corson delivered six head of calves to Edward Dirkson Friday, receiving S2lO therefor, and still has more for sale. Al Straub is contemplating renting a farm this summer. It was for that reason perhaps that he was so busy on the streets of Decatur last Saturday. The smallpox is still raging at the George Ernst home. All the members of the family except one have them. Mrs. Ernst has just taken them. Don, the youngest son, is still awaiting the attack. James Niblick thinks when this cool snap is over it will Iw spring. Accordingly he purchased some cabbage seed the other other day. Jim is up to date and we all hope his principal — head of cabbage would burst. A plc.isant surprise was given Miss Rena Wolfe last Wednesday evening her nineteenth birthday. The evening was well spent and every <ne present thought Miss Wolfe an entertaining hostess. All wish her many more such birthdays. Route 2, Geneva. The storm king from the north is again with us. J, J. Kelley and family were visiti )g at El Ferry s last Sunday. Rev. Riugenl>erry of Berne, is holding a protracted mooting at Mt. Carmel. Oar rural free delivery has come for the past two weeks as regular as the bad stormy days. The teachers and scholars of the Maple Grove S. S. were at Berne last Saturday t> get "mugs tuk.” The protracted effort at North Point is drawing large crowds, and so far has been very successful. Daniel Brewster has purchased a new circular saw for his sawmill and is now prepared to do good sawing. John Buckmaster of Blue Creek township, is tool dresser at the well ou the Beeler farm in this townseip. The protracted meeting at the Blue Creek church closed last week without any accessions to the church being made. The oil well drilled in a few days ago on the John Engle farm was dry. It was a great surprise to the oil men of this vicinity as it. is only a short distance from the boomer on the Wendell farm. Jacob Bollenbaeher and son, Abe, while attempting to drive what they supposed to be dogs off of their sheep one mght a short time ago, mistook one of their big fine ewes for a dog, and behold you, heo)>ened fire a short range and the result was a dead sheep. No dogs wore seen. State Une. , John J. Wolf was a caller at Daisy, < thio, Friday. Joseph Crozier was a caller at Abanaka Friday. Lew Parker was a caller in our community Friday. Barney Hackman was in our community Thursday. Bert Woods is working for E. F. Roth for a short time. Fred Harker was a business caller at Willshire, (thio. Saturday. Fred Hintlenlang was a business caller at Decatur, Thursday. Oliver Sheets was in our community, looking up stock, Thursday. Fred Krickenberget delivered some

• fine cattle to Wren, Ohio, Saturday. a Bert Gause and Fred Hindenlang . are cutting wood for Mrs. A. Stewart. 3 Ernest Krickenberger delivered i some fine cattle to Wren, Ohio, Saturday. J. S. Lichtenberger and Wm. Stew- • art and wife were callers at Decatur, Friday. , Clark Hindenlang of near Pleasant . Mills was visiting in our community, Thursday. t Wm. Hitchcock of Watt, Ohio, was 3 visiting G. R. Wood and family Thursday. 1 Mrs. Eugene Baxter and family >■ were called to the bed side of her sis--3 ter at Abanaka. Ohio, Saturday. 3 Revival service still in progress at Woods chapel with good attendance 3 owing to the condition of the roads. 1 Mrs. Simeon Treaster and Mrs. Samuel Treaster were visiting Mr. E and Mrs. J. S. Lochtenberger, 'Thursday. The measles in our neighborhood , are some what increasing. There are three families that have them and two families exposed. i 1 Route No. 3. Henry Luttman is very busy get- • ting the material on the ground for his new house. j Some of our farmers are leasing [ their land for oil. and we expect to see some wells put down the coming ? summer. The new club recently organized in our neighborhood, and known as the Meat Augers, held an interesting [. meeting last Tuesday night, at which time important business was transacted. It was decided that as the 1 legislature had passed a law against r killing quail, the old club, known as ! "The Quail Trust,” should combine with the Meat Augers. Object of the I club, self protection. New officers ■ were elected and new titles given. ) Albert Lehman, chief: Harmon Bohnke, first counsellor: F. W. Fuelli ing, second counsellor; Dewey F. ; Busick, master of ceremonies; Chas, j Boknecht, scout, Eddie Bucher, scribe and master of the exchequer. , Meet every Tuesday night at nine . o’clock. > What is the matter with the hogs in Root township’ We read in the : papers that W. A. Fonner had lost a valuable elm peeler sow. She came . home as soon as Willie offered a good feed of corn as a reward. Then Bert Wolfe lost one on butchering day, but afterwards found it in the hay mow. where it had gone to escape the butcher’s knife. Now comes Charley Boknecht and tells us that he had three in the pen that he was feeding ' for the Monroeville market, but on the ' day he was to take them to market they could not be found. After hunting all over the farm Charley returned ' to the pen and found them under the feeding trough, where they had taken refuge. Surely, these hogs are smarter than they look. Linn Grove. David Merschberger sold his black team of draft horses for the fancy sum I of SSOO last week. Mrs. Simeon Sales lost her shawl at , or near the town of Berne, some three weeks ago. 1 ° Rev. J. M. Rittgers of Huntington made a business taip to and near this ■ place last Wednesday, making a short call on his son enroute. • Burrel Mullen and wife visited John Shigley and family of Berne over the Sabbath. Ira Liberger chartered a car and moved to Sturgis, Michigan, last Monday, at which time Noah Bieberstine moved to the vacated property, ■ being the iate purchaser thereof. ' Allen Studler returned Monday from a three week's visit in Allen and I I Putnam counties, Ohio. , Walter Hunt. Frank Nusbaumand Frank Reffv attended the funeral of i Mrs. Ed Neuenschwander at Beaver i Dam, Ohio, on the Sabbath. Our townslady, Mrs. Ed Neuenschwander, died at the home of her par--1 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hilty of Beaver I Dam, Ohio, early last Friday morn- : ing. I Walter Grosh. a former resident near this place, and who became well > known over the country as a knight of the road, died at the Wells county infirmary last Friday. A few years ago he was an inmate of the Adams coun- . ty infirmary. The Wabash Literary society held i a very interesting session Friday evening, question considered being, > “Resolved, that the United States was justified in assuming control vs the , Philippines.” David Baumgartner and Sterling P. Hoffman were the , speakers on the affirmative, while the negative was represented by Elroy , Runyon and Harvey Opliger; rendit tion of judges, two in favor of affirI mative and one voting blank. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term: President, L. E. Opliger; vice-president, Arthur Schaupp; . treasurer, P. D. Kizer; secretary, Nome M. Huffman; chaplain, Homer t Neaderhouser. Mrs. P. Hoffman was the victim of r a well planned surprise on last Saturday evening. By means of a ruse several of her lady friends joined with her to consummate a surprise on Mrs. Cote Slawson, in which Mrs. • Hoffman took an active part. At the same time Mrs. Slawson was colr leagued with the same ladies, (except Mrs. Hoffman,) to make Mrs. Hoffs man the victim, and when the hour arrived unmeasiijvd astonishment was . the state of Mrs. Hoffman when she could realize that reaction had the sway, and that she was the hostess 3 j instead of Mrs. Slawson. However,

| LOCH & LINN 1.. r ,, v t 1 W/E handle the celebrated Oliver Plows, XY/1- have now as full a line of Bicjcks, I Mu W t, I the best made, both riding and walking Sewing Machines, Harness, Wagons, Bug- I tne , . 5 King. , r i I We call votir special attention to the Oliver gies and Hardware, as can be found anywhere I - . • TA J a elicit vnnr I Riding Plow, which wu will sell you and leave in Decatur, and we earnestly solicit jour » B the plow do the rest. patronage. I r Wfl- also handle the DdVIS Sewing MaW7] wish to convince you that there are no chine, whose superiority is guaranteed, by W better machines made than the Osborne. its extensive use in Adams county. • If you are in need of a Binder, Mower, Hay Rake or Feeder, call and see our machines, ——— —— and we are sure you will be satisfied. ■ I W ! are sole agents for the Old Hickory H Wagons, which needs no special introI duction to you, as for easy running it cannot ■ be excelled. J can show y° u anything in Buggies and K Surries that is handled on the market to1 day. And we call your special attention to £ the Combination Buggy — "TWO in One” have a Tinner who fully understands —which can be changed from a top buggy to his work, and is prepared to do any kind A a driving wagon in two minutes. of repair work or new tinning. I 1 I -LOCI ! & I Studabaker Building- —■ -Second Street

the order of the evening was enjoy yourself and look happy. Among those present were Mesdames Wm. Seckier, Levi Baumgartner. Levi Miller, Frank Heller, Albert Lindsey, Wm. Schlagenhauf, Joseph Eekroat, Catherine Slawson, Rufus Kreps, Forest Huffman, W. A. Hunt, and the Misses Sarah Neaderhouser, Nellie Hunt and Nome M. Huffman. Leaving at a late hour, their persons exhilirated, the guests admonished their hostess to keep an eye and ear in action in the future when instigating a surprise on one of her lady-friends. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Mary A. Murphy to Frederick Thieme pt sec 19, tp 28, rg 15, $285. R. A. Drummond to Fred Thieme, pt sec 19, tp 25, rg 14. Mary S. Miller to John Tonnelier, pt sec 29, tp 28, rg 14, $2,400. Ida E. Smith to Rosa Gase, pt sec 4 tp 27. rg 14, $925. G. W. Burket to M. S. Hoffman, lot 14, Preble, $775 B. W. Sholty to Clara Booher, lot 3, Geneva, $25. Isaac Lehman to C. C. Leichtv, let, 384, Berne S2OO. John Tonnelier to H. A. Fuhrman, pt see 34, tp 28, rg 14, $3,700. T. M. Eversale to M. W. Baker, pt sec 13, tp 27, rg 13, 80 acres, $5,000. Isaac Lehman to Abe Hocker, lots 391 and 392, Berne. S2OO. Henry Hite to C. D. Hill, lot 59, Decatur, $690. Frank Byers et al to Chris Byers, pt sec 10, tp 36, rg 15, $2,000. Alie Boch, auditor, to B. W. Sholty, lots 496 and 83, Decatur, $29.91. Norman Case to Jennie Case, lots 758 and 759, Decatur SSOO. R. K. Erwin to Edward Cunningham, pt sec 25, tp 28, rg 14, 60 acres, $1,500. Chas. W. Yager to E. W. Dailey, lot in Mt. Tabor cemetery, $lO. R. S. Peterson to Eli Sprunger, pt sec 10, tp 27, rg 14, SIO,OOO. John W. Scott to Geo. H. Kelly, pt sec 20, tp 25. rg 14, SSOO. Christian Mesbberger to J. T. Meshberger, pt sec 22, tp 25, rg 14,80 acres $2,800. Maggie Moses et al to E. W. Dailey pt sec 1, tp 27, rg 15, 80 acres. S4OO. I. L. Balawk to R. K. Erwin, pt sec 24, tp 28, rg 13, 160 acres, $6,100. Catharine Davy to Rosa Hoffer, lots 17 and 18, Mflhroe. s.‘loo. M’ller Hendricks to Hattie Sells, pt sec 4, tp 26, rg 14, $l5O. Samuel E. Hall to W. W. Pease, lot 361, Geneva, $575. Mary Fullenkamp to E. F. Gast et al, lot 29, Decatur, sl.

PUBLIC SALES. The undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at his residence one mile east of Preble and four miles west of Decatur, at ten o’clock a. m., on Tuesday, Februrary 24, the following jiersonal property, to wit: Five head of work horses, two colts, yearling, two year old, three milch cows, four full bio -u-xl short horns, yearling steer, two c ,es, nine head of shoats, weigh 130 pounds; six brood sows, all with pig; full blooded Poland-China boar, nine pigs, eight head of sheep, one horse power grinder, fodder cutter, buzz saw, fanning mill, wheat screen, corn binder, two wagons, three inch tire- spring wagon, block wheel wagon, corn plow, riding spring harrow, grain drill, hay tedder, set double work harness, stock cutter, spike tooth harrow, spring tooth har row, bob sled, feed cooker, mowing machine, land roller, two sets of hav ladders, two double shovel corn plows, two single shovel corn plows, cultivator. two heating stoves, extension table, corn in crib, two breaking plows and other articles. Terms of sale: $5.00 or under cash; sums above that ' 9 mouths time will lie given by the I purchaser giving his note with secur | ity to the satisfaction of the under I signed. \\ .D. Rinehart, owner; Fred ■ Reppert, Auctioneer. The undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at his residence at the south corporation line on Chestnut street, in the city of Decatur, Indiana, at ten o’clock'a. m on Saturday. March 7, 1903, the following personal property, to wit: Black mare, ten years old, with foal; bav mare, eleven years old; sorrel horse colt, two years old in May this vear we.l bred; bay colt, two years'oldwestern colt, three years old; cow and’ calf, cow that will calve about Apnl 10, three year old heder that will calve about May 1, yearling calf, brood sow, full blood; sow that will farrow about April 1, two pigs, f u n blood; and , seven shoats that will weigh at least hlty pounds per head, light two horse wagon, heavy two horse wagon, pair of bob-sleds, sulky hay rake. Empire Rr°van’ V ‘T I Bryan X Fay breaking plow two double shovel plows, single shovel plow, iron Duke harrow, two-horse ro er, set double work harness, ab o™ • 250 bushels of corn tn the crib, about ; 12i> bushels of oats in the granarv . two tons timothy hay, 100 shwks of I corn foider and such other imn'e ments that belong to a farm. Terms . o sale: sooo or under, cash; s"s above that 12 months time T given by the purchaser giving his not! ' with approved security to the satis faction of the undersigned R s

HOME MARKETS. [ 1 GRAIN. I BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new..| 72 > Corn, per cwt, yellow i new i 581 ’ Corn, per cwt., (new) mixed 56 * Oats, new oa IJ .ve 4 -, ' Barlev J Clover Seed 4 50 .// 5 55 6 00 // 6 50 ■ Timothy 1 60 Buckwheat... 50 Flax Seed ; iq TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 0 clock by J. D. Hale. Decatur. Special wire service. ' Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash $ 771 May wheat. uni . Julywhi , Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash p; -. ' May corn <-■ < hits. cash ~ * ' Oats, Mav wjj Rye, cash - p STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. ' 5 •Ss» 5,1 ;:± ,. I Sh<M-p. per lb. 2J '(// : Hides, per lb. \ » — POULTRY. BV J, W. Place co., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb. « ’ Fowls, per lb. ; Ducks, per lb ’ f Turkeys, per lb. 12 to ’ ' [ Geese, per lb. u I -■ WOOL AND HIDES. , BY B. KALVER k SON. > Wool. ~ . I Sheep pelts 40cto«?m iSrfhiS ,perpound " ST? ' Skunk hides Ar , 60 Mmklidre I Tallow, ))er pound I?, i _____ ■ CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1 „ . today as follows: 15 P ' m ' | Wheat, May

i Wheat, July "3J j Corn, May ® Corn, July Oats, May Oats, July S| May Pork Jl’ July Pork sl6® Lard, per cwt ... . 95 HAY MARKET. No. 1 timothy hay (ba edl — „ SIO.OO fl Jin No 1 mixed hav (baled) I SB.OO (1W No. 1 clover hav (baled) — - Losse hay $1.50 less. COAL. Anthracite J 9# Domestic, lump Domestic, nut ’ OIL MARKET. Tiona Pennsylvania Corning -J New Castle J u North LimaJ L South LimaJIndiana 106 OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHA. Eggs, fresh, per doz Butter, per pound p Potatoes, per bushel PIARKET NOTES. Liverpool market opened ■» ff B, i higher on wheat. Corn open * cent higher. Receipts at Chicago today: S 14* Wtaßt |;7fan s 3 Estimate for tomorrow: Wheat Cora - 'socaf Oats Low Rftto •« inter*”' Money loaned at fiv” P^ r terest, payable annually or mially, at option of botTO"'' • privilege of partial P a y , R eD i» interest paying time. ; yetl making loans. F. M. Decatur, Ind. Wanetd. Men to learn . Tools, diplomas, positions a .upd of given. Years saved by o, ! r trUf tioo’ free work and exfiert pnilegA Write today. Moler Barb® Chicago, Illinois.