Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1903 — Page 8

CORR E S PO N D E N C E * oi interest Contributed by the [km®crat’s Busy Corps of Correspondents

® Pleasant Tills. •t- :_■ Lhtvt-. — >---’i- r. > gemitw ?.:-rea l rk Sylvester Hill was a business caller at Decatur last Saturday. Charlie Winans of Willshire, spent Sunday here with his parents. W. H. Niblick of Decatur, was a busine" caller here lastJThurrsday, Miss Elva Edington. who is afflicted with ok-er.-. is not so well this week Floyd Wood. ~m of «r post■Mfcster. A J W - * *-sday; . ; Ml- Et?./. Both iff of Dm-d-tur. visited her grandparents here last •v .k. M r Mr- '■';.. Ara-W.’ There will be an ice cream scoial F rfr. v - *ai! Saturday evening. Everybody cordially invited to attend. There will be a blind mu-iealc '•yn-'ert given at the M E. church next Saturday evening. ‘ ' will be observed at the • '1 en roe. -.' ' - writing. • Grandma Hughes i- -lowly but [ w Mr-. R: r-L»'>r .- 1-r sister in Fort Wayne. .John Hendricks i- '-.uf/nag i . - ■ - Rev. J. A. spragnr and ’.rife went to Ft. Wayne M .nday to atJohn Gr .-s S n*-w photograph ga!-b-ry will ’-»• a spl t iid improvement for the town. The candidates- for the sacrament ■were the Monroe M E charge ,paifl 1 <fa - ague | - A UHt- number of people .friended the baptismal s.-rrice. at - • * fc 1 .Atetb -1.-- ,l".r ’ • tend the funeral of a friend. Mr. Sprorue preached the runeral sermo i in Shindy. Ohio, T --lay. \h- .• « . ■ ’ • In<l. vt- ■- --' th ti-..1.. ■ *L.’ .ate. xr r m i Meh. M " • Hendricks h ive ’• «■*”> eWertaini' letter’s sister i Mr- £ H ‘ rijand. Ind. » I Rfiv W H D.ni- ■- Ft Wa/U&l • - ; M .-f £ :r u:t Saturday at ’a. m. and »:00 I p. m. and Saodiy, beginning at a: - *. m. * * Lio i drove. A.•-» M *-r : Bluffton made u.- fri. n ily . 1 n th- Sablstth. Elv-i• N i-.- hwinder broke «ground f j.- in.- new building last Thursday. • ® F. a’. W. Lln lsey’and R B. Miller . m I • v:-:t:ng Fr-1 Linsdey an family last Friday. 8 James Engle is building an addi j.:- n • -'. celling Levi Schnapp Ar Son a> e doing the work. Samne? Gpliger and H. E. Rittgers attended the county superintendent of school at Decatur Monday. Elr Ar.iif-r-’ r. of T '..-d ~ Ohio, is visiting the parental home, Mr and Mrs. Badge!v Anderson. Bert Heller and Sterling P. Hoffman witnessed the band concert at Bn '. -• T!.".r-<iav-v-ning. fkpr juvenile band ■will again entertain our people at their grand j -• n Saturday ev-nmg. .June 13 The Hartford township pedagogues by of of Superintendent Brandyberr* N«Hh Augsbdßrer and Charles Tremp have bought the Stuckey mPat hMtket and are catering to ® »h- wa"’- of their ißi’Tons ® In response to a 'phone message Merrit Mullen left for Greens Fork, Wayne ( ®'.‘Unty. Indiana, to attend the bedside of his sister, who is ' seriously sick. (Tiarl—>kall-y and •■•Mr anfl Mrs. Bison Hauhiinjn of Bluffton. ' attended the band orr'-rt last i

• - ~ - fr-.-:'.d- -r • —at The dedicatfen of the band pavitlion was a social succ>--s but the low temperature of the weather caused * tine ice cream to stiffen so that it did not s&t the palate. P Hoffmann and Prof. H E Rittgers delivered the dedicatory address. y ■■ ■ Peterson. Meeting began at the tent Sunday. Peoy/.e are busy plan-ing .m in this community. H. A. Briener and wife attended church north of Magley Sunday. Charles Arnold made a busingstrip to the Scheoer farm Monday. Henry 'War p.— - ’"r n-ti. it burg SaturLiy enroute for Magley. Tillman Deihl. f near Honduras, spent Sundav with Maria Bowers and family. | thorugh our place Monday morninc •nr •; ■ • * kt '' Wm. Butl r < ’ D-a-ur l .ad-1 a - 1 st F T..-- vi-i- r Mr. ha- 'il r _■ vith Mr. mumps Mi— Minnie Brown' and Mr. L--vi- herry i’.'. ,-r. :r:-n ’.- at Peters r. s in lay eramig M.-- Gra'-.a -M. Lewton spent Sunday near the St. Paul’ church ' ’he g-t -• >f Ml—Adal- F Norman Lenhart of. Decatur at- . ’.-nd.-tth- —rw --a»--i'--r---nacle last Sunday evening. He remained but a short time, as he - ' ° I the fine weatoer dejairted. • . breeze bi t - over the western part of this town- i ship caused bv -'Mne’thinJ abmt a i rural route, while they were asleep. I cannot definitely sta’ - • *’ -tart at. the proposed route., but ' - generally, -r it it will ( -tart at Craigville. run north three miles, then turning west to the place i of beginning. William Myer- has moved on the i farm r tl ng a- it-i by the : Brown family. Hi- br other-in-law s Harve Hoffman will stay with him i •thissummer. Wm. not long ago in- 1 farmed us that he had a valuable i mole trap stole and he knew in I whose possesion it wa.- and he wish<*l us ®ay that unless the same was ~s>n returned in a, -t. rt time he : • would show s.me-one a hot time. Petersan cun boast of .every ,1:” ,;;:’l,age in Kirkland townspip cannot, that is it has one merchant, one farmmer and one ”cow boy”, • and we. the itemizer. had the pleasure of seeing the cow boy performing some ■f a- -1-igh’ ■ hand p-rs rmance. Saturday evening. The thing went pleasant until the cow started down through the field at the rate of two-forty and was hard to hold, when Mr. Cow Boy tdok wings and started to fly but as it was too calm . to carry him the ground caught him Without any great injuries. State Line. Walter Noahawk was here Sundav. ▼ •John Wolfe Sucdayed at Wren. Frank Swigart is moving to Wolfcale. J. H. Uhl was in our community Sunday. Benj. Shij|z was in our vicinity Sunday. Adam Greip of Schumm Sundayed with Ye Scribe. Rev. Winans of Daisy was in our ■ vicinity Sunday. Frank Troutner of Willshire was in this vicinity Monday. James Bain of Decatur was in this vicinity Wednesday. John Wolf sold some fine beefers to Oliver Sheets of Wren. Wm. Geir was visiting Sam Treaster and wife over Sunday. Elias Mitch was a caller on John Gephart of near Wren Sunday. James Manley of near Daisy was at Decatur on business Tueedav. August Brittner of Howard Mich., jis vis,sing EF. Rcth for a few days. Fred Hindlenlancy and sister Mrs. IA. J. Lichtenberger who have been

visiting at St Marr® Ohh. for ’ a few days returr>e>J home Toeaday. | Clarence Mowery of Anders.,a JI visiting Wm. Drssefor a few days ■ E. F. Roth who is suffering with a ; cancer is no better a: Jth J time o’ < writing. Nathan Gause an 1 fam..y ntinday- > •ed with his parents Ohio Gause at Willshire. Adolph Wood of near Datsy was visiting his brother. G R Wood and family over Sunday. t- G. R. Wood s preparing ’•■: outid his new house and is hauling stone for a foundation W. E. CMfeh - - • - ■of the Brittsoa Hardware Co- was | our vicinity Tuesday. Ed war! G-iser and wife of Gen more was visiting friends and relatives here fora few dsys. Urt.'e A.ice aiway- aa>: net praye»» regularly before going to bed. «J»e ! night, however. a» she rested her hewt ■ on the pi.iow she remarked, in a questioning way: "Mamrna. my prayers are mu i longer than the c :e nurse says in the n;om.ng. Can t I say hers when I c tired?” Does the nurse fray In ’t.'. — ■ ingT asled the mother with a puzz -! look. "Yes. ” said Alice sweetly ’Sae says ‘Lord, hare I irot to eet New A sma.l cL. 1:f A K - fell against a sharp sewer tile wt..playing Tuesday and cut an ■jf.y gash in his fsrhead. The lad - , - -, st i ’.L ii .. < i-- i.u: For Sale —Owing to poor health ’ will sell my store and property at Magley, Indiana, or trade same for farm cr tow* property. Anyone wanting to go into business would do W6ll iO CvCDe s&d 331&6 OF write Robert Case. MagJev. Indiana d3»wsotf The farmers of this vicinity are having troubles of their own this season Early in the month it was too dry to make anv headway .--.r crops in th- gr: isd. an J deterred by the daily showers Decoration Day is the limit and a., enterprising farmers are disc: irasred when that day ccn.es an : the i.'.p? are* t in the ground. At no time has the need :» a h.pitai r -as been sp:vn as firii'i.y- as during the last few days. Monday there three persons taken to Fort , Wayne to be subjected to the sur-. geon's knife. The beneficient effects of such an institution cannot be foretold an i the medical prefe-«. in aqd - m-o ■ ... '-r ' - • should get together on such a proposition. • We are entitled to a hospital ■ by a recent legislative act to be maintained by the county and should not be slow in asking for it. The ball games between the local team and Rockford played Saturday resulted in a signal defeat to the latter team, the score in the morning being 3 to 2 although only three limings .1-;-I. ’ the afternoon 13 to 4. Ihe cold wave which greatly mared the enthusiasm of the Decoration Day program, also greatly detractol from the interest of the games and kept the patrons of such games in ; doors. A very clean game was put! up by both sides and the visitng team was highly pleased wth the way they were treated. The township trustees, with a few ' other friends, were guests at the Brandy berry. at their home on i Third street for dinner Monday., The event was for the purpose of celebrating the re-election of Mr. Brandyberry as county superintendent and tis said that all present done full honor to the occasion. The trustees who partook of the hospitality were Fred Koldewey, L. H. Bok-re-cht. W H. Rtipright Wi.'.-_am Huffman. T. S. Coffee, Charles Yager, J. J. Soldner, Rudoplh Schug. Samuel Oplinger, P. A. Macklin and James Kidney. An elaborate spread and a pleasant time is reported. The C. W. B. M. of the Chrisi tian church will give a missionary ’•-a aF the home of Mr and Mr- ' Harvey Segur on Adams street. Thursday evening and yon and your friends are cordialy invited to attend. The program will be as follows : Piano Solo, Mrs. Harry Daniel - Song, On the mountain top appearing: Scripture Lesson, by leader: The Lords Prayer; Song; Topic, Mountain Mission Work; A Sketch. Dr. Marie Holloway: Items of intreest. By each member; Solo India's Sunset Song, Margret Dan-i-1 R--ading. Mi-.- V- :-. P-.—. -- - Re'itati n. Vera Ea Idy Blest be the Tie that Binds. Busij ness Period. Refreshments.

r-E JOKE A? * It I* Ra»Mlr ******** Tfcaß the F*»woo Sear notmnk fit® » joke upon tten»rel T *« So WM .30 s.x iread to t* nude nsr ■ tke uuoml acre who - az aMti* wttob nay •■*>.«* ta 1.-.r.r arieatnre! Hi. arentw*® earis bencefortt .tadc wed by w rolored Uiwtration. A " tip tte «»Sea * JvKri- »*■ = tori. pn» ft®® extended rob ti» orator of cboitest * brU.iaßt satire will »ar tre ■ •f the rreatest statesoME. * w -*‘ fefeed W joke I. f*« !*-««*“* minhtiev than the pea- T** **** i kamoi sts vatee. and e*ec the Serzy man reams to it when be stir the flaggteg Interest of h» - It f‘WULst—•! . .m'- r-:nec-e of ct .dree. »rd tn LlD*' to*? pars e« nauonal dignitaries. What is the naenning of if r*a-iy growth in power and what resai’J »«.* we predict from its bumoroas Is there a cba- re that ocr keen re..at■ - ■' ' ’ ' i ’ I . * tnmorotis dyspepoi. resulting from disrrini:natwn we dematd qna.iyv. not .■uantity and stubbornly refuse to appease - a wbotesoese. nay cu •. i •• Atlantic. ' Triae* as Irritaats. We are so constituted that what is oieurring at the moc.e:;t :li- » -t eften out of all projwrtion to its is- I For example, we are ttrowz ; off our balance by the merest tr perhaps which occur today. .>ut w_. . j m a week’s time may hare csniS-cac-re whatever. Obstacles wt> - seem like wountains when we mwet there dwindle away to n.v.;-...-s when we e I , - -7 -•• ’ toent in the future may be the most • wi.i k- • -ii •■.* any ’.t ..reread peace, it would seem easier to b an arm or a leg amputated two veers henee than to .lose "a finger today. It is human nature to shrink frost pain, and we purchase release at almost any cost, t if -x- '7 7- '■ - i ■- - . -■ - • • : ‘■ th’ --it-i;-:mt :: ’t- f- ' - t*=: t 1 be much easier to bear.-Sucresa. AtE.- H De,: , of We- i_.t« ■ - tt re -•- I ■» the manteipiede of the principal • a eioek of remarkable design- Belov | it was placed a card bearing the ♦' -' s "Please do not touch." A fa thou, poll- • tj.rian who cbat-reti to find -imsulf an occupant of the room vestured to ask I his noble host after dinner the reason I of this pro-ibitorr m-iee. “I hare, often contended w.-i my daughters." re- : is- -i: w _ • re more curious than men. To satisfy me | ■f fee estenzy fiset they iif - placed the dock to which yon. refer' in the I ba '..’•.■ir- - r- — w;-i - - t - - -r* -} to it. The result baa been that every i nf i‘ . 't.x ‘ - . has occupied that room has asked mo the reason of the notice." "And who. may* I ask." rejoined the' interested I geest, "was the notable exre; - i you x■intit* ’ 'The .:•- Mr Faw -" e tixe postmaster general." was the reply c-f the qike. a* yos know, pcot max he was blind.”’

I snra' ’- Ml . Nodevia hareby gtvar. that the nader*ip<*l haa kata anwointad Executor aa the I « a ; - '- . . - ■.; •-- : . '-- t ■ solvent r JAKE.- MES&YMaS Erecutor I Jcua 1, IMB. IM ; ■ Merryaaa A Soxtgx. au<jraey % «i jft ■ - bi Not-.ee is hereby riven that the ndentgned I !»• ’eett *ppo:.-.ted adnucscrator ot'theestate of I*rei rhoret.rrer .ate of Adantv : county. deceased Th- estare is p-ocab-tr : so. rest. ; JvHN b. sto.vebcsxer . .. _ GEORGE W. WOODWARD, A<sn -aerators. L.C. DeVoas, Atty. May9li I B'JABD OF REVIEW NOTICE Mo ice Is hereby riven by t e Board of Beriew Os Adams county. Ir.t »:.» tnat eomp.alnts :f any. wj; be heart tn Tjotnu. ‘ sworn non at tae auditor * ;r>m . B „ dSerent tawnssips on the follow nr d*v» towtt. ‘~ Cnion. 800 l and Preble township*. Monday June la, IMM. ’’ Kirklaad. Waahnston and st Marr 5 townships. Tuesday. June M. Blue Creek. Monroe and French totrnships J une F. IMB ***** seffereon 10-wnsbtpa, .a Geneva. J une ». IMS. BerteiStaaS IXI, Decatur. June a and 3, ’MB ; It * ordered by the Board at Beriev tha’ *■• peraona. retsnnmjata shall be made :n writr A ”' 1 '' fit A -- -. r-x <■■■ W- - I fie-.-.ew ptTBUC NOTICE. 5 Notice » heresy riven that sealed bids wtli '• tbe ®-' June 23. 19»A® 1 For the erection of a school bnOdinz in Adam, county. Ind/i/al t w p ““' a& ‘ »pe»t.aeat/Atwsvr. ay office said B’-tdlneuTv • ’ ’ ’ ' LA , j* opere*. at scaorH b*x»e 1b district So. 3. The right is reserved to reject any and all

~ iiwrrsi»m LEAD i INDIANA’S GREATEST j NEWSPAPER « | I ALL THE NEwTi | ALL THE TIME 5 Reliably Democratic But Always I Fair J THE INDIANAPOUS ■’ SENTINEL . THE DAILY—MORNING OR EVENV ING EDITION—AND THE GREAT SUN DA Y SEN TI NE L, served by i agents throughout the State, only • > 10 Cents a Week ■ By -D?.iiy. $3.00 per year,ln 2:vance: ay >2.50 per year; Daily ' ’ and Sunday together, $5.00 per year. Single C: pies: — Daily 1 cfent; Sun- '! day 5 cents. •

Ms F. A MAC KLIM. TovwLlp Trustee. Wab- j tti 7 »l-'. : \ i. .• * Dated. Junei, rxti. ’ a ' 7.1.A *. -s-y. is tfee dbdBBM eircsix eoart of Adams coo- | tr. Irdia-a. ■ : a ißEki County Bas* p vs • No. - is?. ft a I By virtue of u XxcratioD.* * rect- • - z ■■. - x1 a- * ’ ' 1 • door the t-yvn in the city of Derxi ar. “r unty. Indiana, between tae hour? of li'-J. li-rn < x. m o’clock p. m. on 7 ■ - . '■’ - V the renfs and f «r a ’era not *xceeu»ne - * 7 1 ’ - s."-. s ti - .-a-east ■ frfeiikinal t No. ein >ecii nl6 xmtaining Id k. .a sa.i three tracks 113 <>— lu. more » . Mrth ranae ea»i id Adams County I Ic liana as the property of Irwiu Acker. : -1 ' - ' amomit of jsdrment. interest tLereon and

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GRAIN. 31 E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Corn, per cwt., ( new) mixed 54 Corn, per cwt. vellow (new) 56 Oats, new 30 Wheat, new•f 69 Rye , g <6■ Bark ! 40 Cover Seed 4 50 @ 5 00 Aterke 4 50 @ 5 00 Buckwheat 65 Flax Seed &] 10 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1 :15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat, JulyJ747 W heat. September 721 ■Com, July 473 : Com. September 46; Oats. July 343 Oats. September 32 Julv Pork a. 417 45 Sept. Pork ’ _}l6S7 July Lard, per cwtß 87 September Lard per cwt . 885 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 ocloca by J. D. Hale. Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new Xo, 2, red. cash I 76 July wheat sept wheat, 741 Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 8 July corn 4Sept corn. 1,? Oats, cash Oats. July" Oats. Sept ■>>! Rye. cash ZZZZZZ STOCK. BT FRED SCHEIMAX, DEALEE. I Lambs 4 00 10 41 Cattle per lb.. 3 j @ 4. Calves, per lb 4| @ 5 , Cows @ 3 Sheep, per lb2l H \ Beel Hides, per IbZZZZIZ. 6

I W 4i . <•. th*- ' • £- . EL -DL’-r at - r-'ud. 1. ~ ■*l• • - B If; ... the above Taken as the ‘ •» It* B l V >*; 1 eiecu:. l : Mvi B | I Fl*:-. L I Notice is hereby s?re:. ’ : ■ TaifU wbPU lit * tie vii »vf:»r a* AilLa And »u’e of Indiac >.eia Lay ■ a • a.e r.oa .:ast * . I a person over tb** «jr- f ■ anG a pers-oc 'r- ' zi > ■ V- V -Bird. XL*l i E- . * --j I „witß thr sa> of ie:ci -x’.-z . wj | EDMke applicateto ’. » am f ctasajr ■ s«.ners of the county ' r. 'mi B Juiy fusion t r ta- A--. ■ • ■ to veil »p.rituou.. ;« u>d mit ■ ar..i ocher ialox».*t:nr ..• r- .- ts Bi I the privLeve of » siu- : x I /Irani on the preu, -e - : ■ ; • vbrr !!• ■ ■ : - • . .r:: B.i . -a '-I ::>zon Monrev »’rw. .. . ■ .■ ’ h S’* ■ ' I and situated -c the »<.• :ts-r:<4 ■ prenase, to-wit: ■ i lomo'erc:o; Il feet we-’ '• m -K corn l .t <>t itsiot N‘ '.i ‘ I 1 .!.? ■ Adan.scounty 1.-ratani ■■■>■ ■ • feet thence west i > fee- • - - - .th'.2 :«t ■ i east to the p’.a,-e of e«.c:. •>•: .dl ertned strep of real e»ta’< . - : tt ■ »by If feet • ilMfttes w | I will st the -atne to ... terntiSMCc fra ■ -a : - ar. • - - ■ , . maintain a lunch c itoeutl ■ re-os.-, for the purposa - ■ -t- | 13 3 DBLMA ELZEY AepiitMt I

4*OL'LTRY. BY J. W. PLACE 00.. PACKXIS. Chickens, per lb. • ® Fowls, per lb—Ducks, per lbTurkeys, per lb. Geese, per lb — A HAY 71ARKET. No. 1 timothv hav (baled —- * 510.50 C »1- -* No 1 mixed hav uLed No. 1 clover hav (baled' _ ?6.50«M Loose hay 51.50 less. WOOL AND HIDES. g> BT B. KALVEK S SOS. Wool, unwashed Sheep pelts4oc to JI Beef hides, per pound ... Calf hides Tallow, per pound- —■ —— » 2 COAL. m rJI Anthracite -— jj) Domestic, lump— ■ -j Domestic, nut ® — OIL nARKET. -re ..fl® Tiona iJ] Pennsylvania Corning.... New Castle North Lima South Lima Indiana Whitehouse Somerset Lacy BaTkereville. " jj Ragland OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GBOCEBS ASD MEB , Eggs, fresh, per doz Butter, per pound —- — ;5 i Potatoes, per bushel