Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1903 — Page 8

CORRESPONDENCE Items of Interest Contributed by the Democrat’s Busy Corps of Correspondents

Watt. i Chas. Snyder is at Van Wert on Business Rain interfered somewhat with preaching services Sunday. Laura Johnson of ..fort W ayne is visiting her parents here. Several fishing parties lately but small success is reported. Harmon Bitner and family called on E. F. Roth Sunday afternoon. James Sfevens entertained quite ■H number of his friends Sunday. Wiliam Roop and family cff south of Decatur Sundayed with his brother B. Shiltz of this place. Gus Roth ’of Albany Indiana is visiting his brother E.. F. Roth, who lives very low with cancer. Apples seem not to be much injured from the frost but other small fruits will be a light crop. Severl of the boys in this vicinity were over Sunday from Fort Wayne where they are working on the railroad. - J. Kirkland bought of Schaffer Bros., a fine phonegraph which furnishes quiet amusement for his ■ friends. Messrs John, Rob McGill, and i John Sloat of Daisie and Wm.! Hitchcock of Watt drove through < to Fort Wayne last Sunday. Pleasant Dale. Fred Bracht has built a new barn. D. M. Byerly is having his house i, l>ainted. • | School commenced west of here Monday. Verne Norris is now working for S. L Driver. sEmtr.-y Carpenter purchased a ( buggy of Adam Hoover. Pre.; ching and singing at this ; pi,tee every Sunday night a item- , ately. W ’>i Eiler has been planting corn . for a few of the farmers in this vicinity.’ ’ • ] D.sa id Miller from Allen county, i O] >. .visited with relatives in this ' • vieiui'.y* • ■ i A number of the farmers have s • . d working in their, ground . lews of dry weather. Quite a number from around here < cx> ct to attend the German Baptist i

THE MARKETS

GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAJN MERCHANT. Corn, per- cwt., (new) mixed 51 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new) 53 ( lais. ue ■ 30 Wheat, new JJ 67 Rye 45 Barley _ 45 Clover Seed 5 00 @ 6 00 . Alsyke i£ .5 50 (tz 6 00 Buckwheat i 65 Flax Seed 1 10 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat, May t.. $ 76j Wheat, July. J 73; Wheat. September ». 71 Corn, May 46; Corn, July 45J Corn, September .45 Oats, May _ 36 Oats,«July * 34| Oats, September 31 g July Pork.._. .sl7 42 Sept. Pork sl6 77 July Lard, per cwt 8 85 September Lard per cwt . 882 ® TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. "Changed every afternoon at 3:00 @ o’clock .by J. D. Bale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, $ 75| July wheat Ift 73a Sept wheat, ®_. 72J @ Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, caflh 461 July corn —4sj Sept corn -45 J Oats, cash 37 Oats, July 341 Oats, Sept 31f Rye, cash .® 53 J STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. Lambs Hogs, per cwt. 5 00 @ $5 25 Cattle per lb 3| @ 4J Calves, per lb 4 @ 4j Cows - —.2 @ 3 Sheep, per lb 2| @ 3 Beef Hides, per lb 6

conference to be held at Benrountaine, Ohio, May 30 to June 5. Hard/ Qlwine came in contact with B wolf Sunday night and had to drive around by Decatur to get away from it. As it was not savage Harley got safe home without being bitten. Quite early last Monday moaning Wm. Eiler, as he was going home stopped along the road, unhitched a horse which was tied near a front yard gate, pulled the buggy in the yard and stood it in front of the door. Bqt that’s nothing uncommon for him. ' Peterson. Miss Nora Anderson is visiting friends and relatives at Craigville. Quite a number from this place attended the Zion Lutheran dedication last Sunday at Decatur. Vinicent Pease of Craigville, was in the- lxa-g last Thursday looking j after the interests of a saw mill, s which is doing work for Judge Erwin at present. Mrs. Lucile Lane of Freeman is . assisting her mother, Mrs. George I McWhirter, through house cleaning, i Messrs. Smith and Lyons of Magley did -an extensive job of pjtper-hang-ing for them. The Straub family are rapidly recovering from the measles. Austin the oldest son broke out with them Tuesday. The Leimenstoll family have taken them also but are getting along fine. Tabernacle meetings such as were held last year will begin Saturday evening. Meetings will be conducted by Misses Snyder and Brenneman of Ghio. These meetings will be held across .the road from John Moores house east of here. Everyone invited to attend. The sawdust pile is burning again and smoke is issuing therefrom in volumes that will likely rid this place of mosquites for the summer. Drummers have frequently’stated that it is the largest of its kind in the state. Charles Bowers says he will need a driver or purchase a carriage, as he finds his present rig too small to convey more than two. The fact is was rushing more girls

POULTRY. • BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb., __ .09I Fowls, per lb ’ ; ,08j ’ Ducks,’per lb 09' Turkeys, per lb .10| I Geese, per lb. 06 II i HAY rtARKET. 1 No. 1 timothy hay (baled) _ [ - - $10.50 @ $12.00 No 1 mixed hay (baled) j. - - SB.OO @ $9.50 No. 1 clover hay (baled).. --— : — $6.50 @ $7.50 Loose hay $1.50 less. WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER & SOX, , Wool, unwashed 18 ! Sheep pelts 40c to $1 00' Beef hides, per pound 06 I Calf hides @ 071 Tallow, per pound 04| COAL. Anthracite $ 7 00 1 Domestic, lump ft 4 50 Domestic, nut 4 25 OIL ITARKET. Tiona ft $1.65 Pennsylvania, ft 1.50 Corning 1.30 New Cattle 1.37 North Lima. 1.13 South Lima ;. ft.... 1.09 Indiana ® 1.09 Whitehouse 1.23 Somerset 95 Lacy ('£ 95 Barkers ville... 95 Ragland 55 OTHER PRODUCTS. VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz $ 13 Butter, per pound 14 Potatoes, per bushel 35 , market opened as follpws: | Wheat,J cent lower. i Corn, J cent higher.

to decide which one he should, was to let them make him an offer. He greatly appreciates wine and the young lady who made him the offer of a wine will receive his attention , in the hereafter. , We, the young Americans of Peterson, gave Frank Stalter quite a surprise Wednesday night of last week by giving hi m a real goal | belling. He was married to an Ohio ■ lady the Sunday before and was making his father’s home his head-1 quarters at that time You are all xnare of the fact shat about twenty boys can make soijse racket and when assisted by several young ladies’screams occassionly,the noise is complete,and ere long the bride and groom appeared at the door. The groom with the article of our search, the cigars. After wishing them the best, we promptly left them and went to our respective homes. Fraqk will farm Crist Beery's place east of Peterson, jand as he will get his mail at the door on roqfe 2, I think the Democrat would not come amiss at th ? noon and evening hours, at least I am sure that he would hear something other than the whip-poor-will at night and the chickens by day. Linn Grove. Ed Miller Sundayed with his parents at Decatur. John Sullivan of Modoc, Indian.,. wasacaller on friends heredast Wednesday.

Miss Lillian Pease is employed with the family of Rev: Leo Erhart of this place.' Eugene Morrow, jr., of Bluffton, ■ was soliciting orders for machinery here on Monday. Ed Beeler and wife of Wells county paid D. F. Hoffman and family a visit on the’Sabbath. The Golden Rule society meets at Mrs. Slaw son’s parlor every Thursday. Invitation extended. Charles Barber of Geneva, made us a social visit last Saturday. | Charley is one of our early Hoosier I friends. Jphn Schott- of ■ Domestic, is sporting a fine automobile, a min-, iature gas engine being the pro- i pelting power. A fishing party composed of Bluffton young people were recreating at the home ofM rs. Caro ine Baumgardner. Pleasure sought and found. Work on the approaches of the ; new bridge,’north of .town, began Monday. C. A. Augsberger and I " . Lew Reynolds of Berne, have the contract. Samuel Gpliger has Sold his farm of one hundred acres to Fred Dubach jr., for- the sum us eight thousand dollars. The far mm is homc-like in improvements. Oscar Huffman of Decatur, was here on Monday looking after the architectural work for the I. O. O. F. hall Ernest Weicking and wife of Bluffton, visited • Uncle Robert Simison on the Sabbath. Elder S. H. Baumgardner presided it the quarterly meeting at Salem over the Sabbath. Elder Baumgardner is a native of this vicinity and we are glad of the promotion his society has conferred upon him. Sevral of the I. O. O. F. boys on Monday etening were just about to take the transport tendered! hem by Col. Ed. Miller, to attend lodge at Bluffton, at which timme the elements gave forth a heavy electrical shock from which the horse took fright and started to run when the tongue of the vehicle ws -caught in the hitch rack at the store of Hoffman & Gottschalk and • -3 unrepairably broken. Luckily no one was hurt or lost their chewing gum, but they did not get to see Bluffton. Pleasant Dills. Born to Homer Gause and wife on the 19th inst.—a girl. A very severe electrical . storm l>assed over last Monday pvenipg. Mrs.' Suttles of Decatur, spent a few days herewith A. M. Fuller and family. NaceCarter and family spent Sunday here with his brother, Irwin 4’arter an wife. James Boyd and ' family and A. Roebuck and family Sundayed with Decatur friends. Mrs. James Hashmman and chilldren ar visiting with relatives at Rockford, Ohio. Mrs. A. M. Fuller and children spent Sunday at the home of Sylvester Tinkham and family in Blue Creek township.

your.ftft I WORTH OF GOODS | CHEAP | .X. NEXT i I uxruu uiAnjLnJinJUinrJVUtnruv muvu suit” SUIT I SUIT ~~j ——— ______ -A OUST AF E W WORDS ; $7 W/ E CARRY AN UP. To _ -4. ' LTL date Hne of Hats m a b o u t it. The suits 5 ' _ -mo* Ta VIA/ c an show you all . ’ we hre showing are smart, : J . ateßt , . .. aT# styles and Shanes handsome, and decidedly w > at prices that cannot fail ♦ well-bred.. They are nil to please you. We also h 0„ clothes of quality, because 60 ilav e . wk a complete line of th. they contain every good the , ram, si I Im famous quality known to the f T : v ; v tailors' art. I HEWES We'have a fine line of MENS POTTER . CHILDREN'S. 0 SUSPENDER SUITS m Try a pair, and you will ranging in price from the w use no others, cheapest to the best hand- W If you are in need of a tailored suits. Every suit /ji ’ good suit case or traveling guaranteed to be worth the you cannot afiord to money paid for it. thi ping PONG- f a n to see cur line. WE D 0 NOT ADVERTISE UNREASONABLE Remember BARGAINS, BUT WE DO GUARANTEE TO GIVE YOU A DOLLAR’S worth of GOODS FOR A DOLLAR ACKER. ELZEY & VANCE STONE BUILDING | |’ | . TWO DOORS NORTH POSTOFFICE

The ordinance of baptism was conducted in. the St. Marys river at this place last Sunday. Miss Nota Winans of Decatur, is spending a few days here with her , aunt, Mrs. W. Barnett. [ D. F. Morris will open up the 1 stone quarry at this place as soon | a» everything is in order. He tsat work this week" and will have everything in readiness i an very short time. The little daughter of Mr. and! Mrs. Will Smith fell from -I porch one day last week and dislocated one of its arms at the * wrist. Dr. "Vizard reduced the fracture and it is getting along nicely Our citizens were shocked Sunday morning by the report that Geo. Homer, a young man about twentyone years old, and v.’lio resides at j Wren, Ohio, lias drovtr. • ’ in tb St. Marys river; one-half mile from town. He and his brother, .who resides on the farm lately vacated by Warren Case, attepted to swim across to the other side. When but a -ftort distance from wh me tl?’y started George sank. Heart trouble is supposed to be the cause of the accident, as he was known to be a good swimmer. His remains were taken to his home at Wren for burial. This has certainly been a week of calamities at Plaisant Mills as another almost fatal accident "happened to Hugh Dull of near Wren, who was struck by lightning during the storm Monday evening, while standing under a tree on the bank of the river, just a short distance from the mill damn. He in com- I pany with a party from Wren, Ohio, including Dr. Havers of that place, were spending the day here fishing, when over taken by the ~ storm’, Hugh took refuge under a tree, yvhile the rest of the party’ went under the mill dam. When found- i he was lying unconscious on the ground with his clothing badly burned and halso Ib> flesh. He was then to the office of Dr. Vizard and proper treatment His * wife was notified an came at once. 1 He was removed to his home 1 Tuesday morning. • ■ Deputy Auditor Lewton still con- ! tinues to improve and should noth- 1 ing unforeseen develop, will soon be out again.

GENEVA COMMENCEMENT. The commencement exercises of the Geneva High school were held Tuesday bvqping At the Methodist church in that, city and were equal ito any event of the kind ever held l in the county. The class sermon j was delivered Sunday by Rev. Cain, the graduating class exercises were held Monday evening and last night’s, events dosed the final school week irt a briliant manner. The program of Monday night was as given in a rec-ent issue. In honor | of last evening's occasion the church i was beautifully decorated with flowers and the class [colors, crimson and white. The class motto as displayed was, “Jforsam HeacVlim Meminnisse Jubalit.” Hon. M.« M. Dunlay, ex-mayor. Anderson. Indiana, made the class address, is I subject being. ''Higher Education.” He thought he was not able to fill his capacity as speaker as he should owing to himself not being connected in close contact with school work, but said he did want to be understood that his ideas of higher education were high and strong. He called the attention of the audience to the high standard in school circles in Indiana. Also talked concerning family relations in school circles. Said further that ifeby some remark of his he had placed or uplifted some ufieduca,ted person and started him on ’ the right road to higher education he had fulfilled his mission. If a student has no other ambitions than spending hours in school idly the parent should at once apply him at something else . and make something useful out of him as well as making hjjn ornamental, and if a flame for education cannot be aroused a child he should, and might as well, be turned to the ways and actions of the world, but on the other hand a youth j should not be deterred from an i education but should be encouraged in his theory and furthered with the unlimited power and chance of higher education and each anti every I one of us should accept, and grasp | the chance to accept same and I after a course in college the youth J’ 01 *' Out better equipped for the [everyday life, than the negligent i and worthless student, and he becomes a leader in his class and his element and as the old adage goes, the dauntless can not fail.’’ j Mental power is a thing of growth,

many of the fames men <: .-id jg ( : not have the elements, of eta* tion but they strove for it and stint succeeded in striking their graw aim in life. W, ooun&r and our flag and millions of« sons stand read;. • defend tie >a dm-.- and the v country by his ed ui-.n does » much as he who defends his fig by arms.. Higher hopesofedw« is. in the young man ami wornaii the present age tn ll( juire t -i’ if they will only accept theopw tunities thrown out to them dsy after day. The diplomas were presented by W. A. Aspy. presite? the school board. Immedurt after' the exercises a large ntnnte; of invited guests pr ■ eled to ti» school auditorium where the alum’ banquet was held. The feast:: sisted of three courses ami was i highly siiecn--- •< Butcher acted as did Jjis duties nobly. The p gram was as follows; Duet, W Murphy, and Um: ~ Messrs. Hughes Baxter a nit E welcome, toastirtster:; ’’p “ president; duet, Qui A ire fed Mrs. Green. Mt - H T • ing,” Prof. J. E. Lung: Rev. Cain; "Choir Invisible.’ L. W. That We W \te_’e Maying.” Dr E. F. Walsh; "The Three Powers,” Mr. A. ” Mrs. Theo. Snyder: Armourers,” Mr. L " Holt; Old Gown,” Grace £lh s “The New Gown.” Hon M Dunlap; selection, Messrs. Hug® Baxter and Reiff. The were Pearl Lucile Runyon, B. Hardison, Grace t . William H. Bradford. Bessie* Millette, William E. Claude E. Veley and Dus. Brayton. Mrs. Marguerite son Charley Miebers wi ■ • Louisville, Kentucky this vftiere they will Us ‘ Mrs. Droppleman. The fast Lake Shore Twentieth Century Limit* ly broke all its P r^viou *.S fast time by running ! ■ 114 minutes. This i- ,l ” of 70.6 miles per hour, am • ent times the train pushed through at a as 90 miles an hour.