Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1903 — Page 2

DOfeFOR E. J, Beardslay, Genera! Practice and SurgeryBut Special Attention given to Eye. Ear, Nose, Throat and Chronic Pieoases. expert in Fitting Classes. Thoroughly equipped for treating Eye. Ear Throat and Catarrhal cases. CALLS answered, day or night. O u' El CE—over postoflioe it ESI PENCE—cor Monroe and Ninth ste Office Hours--# to 11 a. tn. 2 to 4p. m. Eli Mayers went to Lima, Ohio, Friday, tvhere he inspected some roofing tile, with the view of using that kind of material on his new house on North Fifth street. Tlie county comtnisuioners, Jacob Abnet, Samuel Doak and David Werling and Custodian Titus Ernst and Deputy Auditor Dee Lewton drove to Bluffton this morning where they will inspect the heating plant used in their very modern court house. A new system is to lie put in the Adams county court house this fall and it is the desire to secure the very test on the market. At a recent meeting of the county council the sum of $7,000 was set apart for this purpose. The oppressive heat Thursday evening affected not the in least the jollycrowd that gathered at the home of Mrs. D. D. Clark. Unrestrained in their gayety, the happy guests enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Progressive peanuts was the chief amusement of the evening, and many were the slips twixt the hand and dish. Miss May Niblick and Thomas Haefling proved the best instructed in the art and were given first prizes Miss Mayme Terveer and Chas Niblick were successful in landing the booby. A three course luncheon was the next feature, and say,—well, we haven’t seen a hungry face all day. After the lunch a guessing contest furnished amusements to the guests Miss Bessie Parker of Fort Wayne was the guest of honor.

Rev. C. S. Parker delivered an address at the U. B. church Wednesday night which strengthens the reputa iin which he his m ide go i this city. The church was crowded, standing room onlj r was at a premium and many eager people stood listening at the doorways and windows, so great was the number of ]>eople that turned out to hear him. They all went expecting to be well paid and departed with a full realization of their expectations. The St. Joseph Conference Quartett • which is composed of Reverends A. M. Cummins, Albion; C. S. Parker Peru. R. G. Upson, Plymouth and E. H. Pontius of this city, gave several selections which in the language of one auditor was “immense.’' The quartette met in ibis city to prepare for a future occasion and it was through this event ih.it Decatur people could enjoy last evening’s pleasure. Tite city of Decatur will receive bids on Tuesday, August 4, lor the j iving of Monroe amt Fourth i treets. Such was the conclusion arrived at in Thursday nij'ht’sawtf;. ; fit* city council. Bright and early in the evening the street committee presented a resolution which advised that a readvertisement be made as E. Woods and Company and Calvin Miller, the lowest bidders had failed to contract and with ■a vote of three to two the resolution was carried. So the streets will undoubtedly be built this year as from appearnces, the citizens and cn’i.neil tow have enough experience to know how to handle the question. The contract for the macadamizing of Fornax and east Rugg streets will also be let on August 4 and engineer McKean has already filed the plans and specifications for the construction of the same. The improvement to these thoroughfares begins at Mercer street runs east on Rugg to Fornax street, thence south on Fornax to Oak street where it terminates. The street is to be twenty six feet wide and in all will be 1155 feet long. Upon advisement by the water works committee George Steele got an increase in his salary and now draws sixty dollars per month. His work is increased at the same time and the superintendent now is compelled to make all taps to the water mains at his own expense. Upon motion by Teeple a street sweeper was elected to fill the vacancy of James Smith who recently resigned. On the seventh hallott Grant Russell was selected from the following list: Horace Butthoff William Teeple, Joe Deaner, John Chronister, Peter Schnider and Fred Spuller.

The Northern Indiana Association of Dentists will will meet at Wabash, Sept. 15 and 16. This year’s meeting promises to be a instructive and interesting one as the best men of the profession from all other ( Indiana and southern Michigan will be in attendance. The Aeolian Musical Club elected the following officers Friday night, who are to serve for the ensuing six months: President, R>y Wolford; vice-president, John Stoneburner; secretary, Walter Johnson; I financial secretary, Cdonel Foreman ; treasurer, Charles Abnet; librarian, Fred Mayer. Since its organization the club has progressed remarkably and now have several well trained musical companies which include a mandolin and guitar quartette, male voice quartette and orchestra. The organization of a band was also considered but no definite steps in that direction have yet teen made. The settlement sheet giving the C'mplete list of the distribution of taxes to the various township trustees has teen completed. A table giving most of the list was published a few days ago. Yesterday evening the work was completed by adding the common, congressional and liquor licenses. As completed the totals are Union. $2957.10; Root., $3599.02; Preble, $4186.34; Kirkland. $2434.91; Washington, $4930.41; St. Marys, $4311.37; Blue Creek, $2063.10; Monroe. $481.66; French, $4981.66; Hartford, $2874.41; Wabash, $3869.11 ; Jefferson, $3942.13; Decatur, $19,961.78; Geneva, $1391.30; Berne, $5143.86. Grand total $70,984.47. The sheet also shows the total number of school children in the county to 7733, of which number 1212 reside in Decatur. Few j)eople realize what an enormous organization, a railway company is. There are over two hundred and fifty thousand people connected with the safety of railway trains in this country. To discipline its army of workmen a railroad corporation is as complete in details and as efficient us our military staffs and officers. The slightest mistake on the part of an employee may cause irreparable disaster or lose the company thousands of dollars. And dischargers the worst punishment a negligent trainman receives. On the other hand, there is always chance for promotion from water boy to general manager. With the increasing complexity in railroad management it is marvelous that so few accidents occur. The railroads in this country average over a billion passengers each year, with scarcely more than one death to every two and a half million passengers carried. The grain dealers of eastern Indiana met at Fort Wayne Thursday and organized seperately from the Indiana and Ohio association to which they have The district of the new organization is from Portland north to the Michigan line and west to Whitley county. M. C. Neizer of Monroeville was elected*'i>icv i 3&ei?£ and C. G. Egly of Berne, secretary and treasurer. Both men are well known here. In speaking of the Mr. Egly the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette said: C. G. Eglv. who was chosen a secretary and treasurer of the organization, is one of the leading spirits of the grain dealers of the country. He is president and general manager of the Berne Grain and Hay company, which operates four elevators, located at Berne, Geneva, Grabill and Huntertown. They are now erecting a fifth one at Lagrange. Mr. Egly has frequently been honored by the National Grain and Hay associations. He was a member of the National Hay Dealer’s convention in 1902 and at the national meeting of the same association this year he was a member of the committee which selected the place for the meeting next year at St Louis. While a young man, Mr. Egly is one of the most successful business men of this section.” An important factor at the convention was Secretary Sampson, of the State Association of Grain Dealers. Speaking of the crop condition over Indiana he said: ‘‘Crops in Indiana are short this year. Wheat not over 75 per cent of crop, and the acreage is small. The average yield for the state will not exceed ten to twelve bushels to an acre. New wheat is testing 58 to 63 pounds, which shows the quality to be good. The oats is very light. The straw is short and the quality is poor. Corn looks fairly well and the present hot weather is just what it needs-

The improvement to the Odd Fellows building is now well under, way and the north side is now rest- ' ing on the new columns. Such a job requires the utmost care and considerable engineering skill a--1 practically the entire front of the I building rests on the temporary posts. And in a three story build, ing the down pressure is immense, should the brick give a fraction of an inch it would be all oft as the entire front would bo in danger of falling. George Woodward came home Friday night from Lafayette where he was called Thursday by a telegram announieng the death of his brother James Woodward. The deceased formerly lived here and is well known especially by the older citizens. For the past fifteen years he resided at Lafayette, but became so afflicted with Bright’s disease of the kidneys that he was forced to go io the soldiers home at Lafayette for treatment last April. He had suffered for six years and was beyond help, death resulting Thursday morning at 3:45. The remains were taken to Logansport where the funeral service were held this afternoon at two o'clock. Mr. Moodward was a private in company C, 47th Infantry during the Civil war. He was sixty-four years old. The county commissioners met in special session Friday morning and granted a petition for a mile of macadamized road in Kirkland township. The petition was filed by Louis Goldner and others and the description for the proposed road was as follows: Commencing at the east end of the “Peterson and Prairie macadamized road ” at the southeast corner of section two, in township twenty-seven north, range thirteen east, in said Adams county, Indiana, thence running north a distance of about one mile to the north township Jine of said Kirkland township, in said county and state aforesaid, and there to terminate. The said improvement prayed for in said petition to be supplementary to and a continuation of said “ Peterson and Prairie macadamized road” from the east end thereof north over and upon the located highway to* the north township line of said Kirkand township. At the session that morning the proof of notice was filed and the prayer of the petitioners promptly granted. Bids for construction of the road cannot be received or advertised for however until after the session of the state tax board which concludes August 25, but the new road will probably be completed by fall notwithstanding that delay. A representative of the Wallace circus was in the city Thursday and closed contracts for license, advertising, bill boards, show lot and arranged other details for the visit of this great enterprise here on Saturday, August 1. The Wallace Show- prides itself up m being absolutely without a peer, in jxnnt of equipment,’ the excellence of its stock, the extensiveness of its zoological display and the real merit of its performances. No money is spared no expense considered too great to procure the test that can be had in all departments of such a mammoth institution. It is really a credit and a benefit to any community to have a show of such magnitude and character as the Great Wallace Show to visit it, and its coming to this city at an early date will certainly please the lovers. lof amusements. Our people always delight in meritorious circuses, and the fact that , the Great Wallace Show is in the very foremost rank of such amusements, and in a class exclusively of its own as to exceptional merit, is sure to cause an unusual. literal patronage upon its visit here. The Wallace Show is ’ one of the biggest; it is a ten acre ' department store whose wares con--1 sist of amusements. People who patronize the big department store are not expected to want something in every department, neither is it expected that a spectator at the Wallace Circus will be able to see every act, but it is expected that he will not have any trouble to find what he likes to see. The manage- ■ ment has so arranged its program that acts suitable to the great variety of tastes are always in view throughout the entire jierformance, which lasts two and a half hours. ■ The Great Wallace Show’ will give 1 two performances under its immense waterproof tents in Decatur, Saturday, August 1, at the Jeleff grounds near the Clover Leaf rail way. The show comes from Bluff ton here and goes to Grand Rapids.

V.’i’lam J- Hurd. pr. ident of !■-’ , Star Oil C>„ Warren Ind.. ac' ’’’ panied by W. W. Grossman, treasurer and Chas. Saunders, a dim t< r of the same comp my, were in « citv Saturtday on their way to the ; Geneva field, whet* they have a large tract of land under lease, and have several producing wells. Thesegentlemenjwho are thorough oil men, speak in glowing terms-* the possibilities of the field in which they hold interests. Mr Grossman is superintendent of the Hazeh\oo< Oil Co., of Pittsburg and is in charge of that company’s interests in the Warren field. The inmates of county infirmaries throughout the state are becoming exercised over the workings of a measure passed by the last legislature. In effect the law demands the body of the unfortunate in payment for the assistance received at the infirmary. In the case of death and no relative appears to claim the body and pay the expenses of burial it will be forwarded to the state anatomical board, thence to some medical college for dissection. This is one in every case where no relatives appear to pay the expenses. The body is considered the property of the state. The state does not deal in the bodies for the profit;. the medical college pays only actual expenses incurred in the preparation and shipping of the body. There are now many of the inmates who have no relatives living and under the law they may know that, instead of a Christian burial, the dissecting table awaits them at death. It is said that without the body being claimed by relatives a burial permit cannot be legally issued. The body must be sent to the state anatomical board, and to it the undertaker must look for his pay. The law is causing a great deal comment and the knowledge that the state will demand their bodies in payment for keeping them alive for a short time seems to be a pretty hard bargain who is unable to help himself and cannot refuse the conditions demanded. A dispatch from Geneva to Friday morning’s Journal-Gazette said: The Pey Oil, Gas and Mineral company, of Toledo, has opened up what may develope into one of the rich oil pools of Indiana by the drilling in of a wildcat well on the Swartz farm in Monroe township Adams county, four miles north of Berne and about six miles from Decatur. Some time ago this company bought from John Craig and Theodore Beursdorfer, of Berne leases on some over one thousand acres and have since doubled the holdings and now has a solid block of territory, with a well upon it that shows for fifty or sixty barrels. The sand was struck at 1,114 feet, and the oil found at about thirty feet in. The test is located miles from the producing fields. Among the prominent Toledoans interested in the new find are Frank Sparks, Charles Schroeder. George A. Whitney. Jr., and E. L. Twing, others being located at Wakeman. Collinwood and Berne. This well being a test, creates no end of excitement and will te the forerunner of the opening and extension of oil belts to the north of present developements. Years ago this territory was thought to contain oil, but it seemed the oil men were afraid to make a venture until the new company went in. A location for the ■■ ■■ ariiiihg will start in a few days. Other companies owning leases in the township will start operations at once and many new wells will be started. In Blue C reek township, same county in the Studabaker pool, the Central Western Oil company 's No. 9, on the Rawley farm, did 275 bairels while the Ohio Oil company’s test on the Koffman farm did 25 barrels In Jefferson township the Wakeman Oil company’s test on the Ryan farm, in section 16 is light, doing only about five barrels. The Northwest Virginia Oil company’s test on the Herstnad farm, in section 21 did-75 barrels. In Wabash township Slattery, Black & Co.’s test on the Thornton farm, in section 35, did fifteen barrels. i n Hartford township the Ohio Oil Company’s NiH 5, on the Field's farm, did fifty barrels and No 16 did ten bar rels, while their , last well at the Glendenning farm was very light Hartman, Green & Co.’s test on the Mire farm, in section 24, did but five barrels. The Central Oil company s No. 7. Lindsey land, did sis teen barrels, and the Hartford Oil company’s No. 2, Shoemaker twenty barrels.

O.ir attention is called to a lap jack” with buggy whips which oc- ( curved between two young men of this city Wednesday evening. For j fully ten minutes each cut and .lashed the other, neither complain‘in Jof the licks that they received, although great welts rose where the whips fell. Finally one of the contestants weakened, and then quit, while his opponent now the victor, walked away, swelling with the pride of his obstinacy. You doubtless remember the story of Indian customs. How the little boys would place live coals under their arms and press them close to the bodv without whimpering or showing signs of ]>ain . But you will remark that the Indian youth did that to harden him to test his physical endurance while the “lap jack was an exhibition of an entirely dis 6 ent character. It was merely a test of the bull-dog variety. Cut and slash, never give up, fight, fight, fight. Yet with all this there is a moral. The contest was entered and finished with both duelists smiling, and if not anything more, they learned “to suffer as to do’. But often such affairs end in a crash and the bulldog tenacity of those who are worked upon by the same influences that made the characteristics of the American Indian, can te used for a better purpose than an exhibition of the so called-sport. A company has been organized to manufacture Carpenter fuel and the same has lieen incorporated under the laws of the state of Indiana, the name of the concern being the White Coal Company of South Bend. The officers and directors are wealthy and well known men, and no doubt the enterprise will tea successful one, at least Mr. Carjientei ’s many friends here hope and believe it will te. It is the belief that factories will te located at South Bend immediately and later in this city. Mr. Carpenter has devoted the past year in putting his deal on foot and arranging to market his new fuel and is deserving of the success that now seem certain to crown his efforts. The Indianapolis Sentinel of Thursday said: A novelty in the way of manufacturing business was incorporated under the name of White Coal Manufacturing company of South Bend. The purpose of the concern is to manufacture a fuel i out of various vegetable compounds.; The finished product will te in the : form of a brick and is said to te I superior to coal both in heating qualities and cheapness of production. The capital stock of the concern is SIO,OOO and Francis M. Jackson, F. H. Goodman, Joseph E. Talbott, Charles H. Carpenter and H. W. Cory were named as directors. The South Bend Times of Thursday said: No longer need the humble servant of the trusts worry himself over the coming winter’s coal supply, for whether miners and operators agree or disagree and work or wrangle. Jhe nonsnrorv ./ ouai' .. 11l te contented and happy, provided that the expectations of the organizers of a new industry, in this city te realized. The plan of this company is to manufacture a new fuel to take the plaee of coal, made from heap, ordinary dirt and waste products, such as sawdust, weeds, corn cobs, stalks and like material, combined with certain prepartions, the discovery of Charles H. Carpenter, for■liana. The or.Lenta are used merely as a filler. The chemical preparation is highly combustible and has peculiar adhesive qualities. When ready for the market, the new fuel resembles building brick, both in size and appearance. For factories larger sized blocks will te made. It is estimated that the product can te put on the market at the low price of $2.50 per ton, and yet realize a handsome profit to the manufacturers. The plant is already in operation in the old Hodson mill on west Race street, where experiments will be made until the special new machinery is built from sjiecial designs that have been prepared. Tests made in comparison with soft coal show that the new fuel will give 50 per cent more eat. while it last nearly twice as l‘ 'ng. Not one discouraging feature was discovered, and the company now has every confidence of suc<\ss. Several offers have already teen male for manufacturing rights I but the probability is that none will |be sold. The purpose of the company is to incorporate in every state in the union, forming co oper ative or subsidiary companies in every county, doing away with necessity of shipping to patrons.

All'll J A PP ' ~NTM,<V! e Notice is li-T. r *fl M Ims been «p|... . KBfl estate Os i t ,1.. . , ’:<tr«iS| ■ county, deceaset 15.. k ■ fl| solvent. Me| »)Sfl H E 111 I.i-.ihht , ■ June 22,1908. ' fl S !■• Notice Is her.■!.. . .. , ■ fl meeting of th, ■■ ■ ams Comity Hank ~ j’, 1 - Hr ■AI Heiuina. at ti. ,? '<l fl Indiana, at .. / ■ fl August 4 h.«. : ‘ I fl board of direct... .'fl|S year, and totrai.- ' •’ :b- fl may coin.-In fer, her ''ktijjjfl fl ' ...Kg E ■-1’ i I E Notice is herein . , I fl eommissiimers. • \ » Indiana, will r.. , ■ || stniction of il,<■ •■r:l»Jfl fl Marys mwn-l,ip . "'' k'" 1 -w ■ | 'orth st. Mary- . . : I fl construction of■; . ~u- / hrj. B | couniy known dam road, up ai,.i , ■ Tuesday. August 1,1903 I nt a reirulai ses- .. , 1 mlssioners. held .. . «'J»fs ) ,.B ants County. Indio,, '••'’"■M.fl will be received f ~ .. ■ of the said road- H „ and specitieati, : - .. '“Phufl and engineer, wi, Auditors..ffi,.....t , Jie built ol crus',. 'rdsttfl A bond must ae. ■ . , | the amount of the ■ road, upon which h. edfor the faithful ens'ot ■ work, and that th. . : ; , “JJfl the contract, enter ~.a . .. M 3 and complete thes„ . , rli . . . I’J'fl contract and in .. o. »,„*■ All bids shall be t.. ■. < ~ ~ ~ amount at whi- n .-a. ’t r.ad «ilii! I constructed for si. M be made by the enn : . an[v . exceed eighty per ■ • out of the funds to 1. ■ ■ o-l rrv..,j sale of bonds a-re.; .:r. . ... Each bidder will 1 . . |-., 9>p ljHw as required by law. The said board of • -im’y eomhiissioutt H reserve the right ton • t inj end alibO 18-3 ABE BOCH Auditor AdaM(foJ| VTOTICEOE RECEIVING BIDS FOR COX STRUCTIONOI PUBLIC DITCH. ' Notice Is hereby g.vm that I. A l »e Bodt auditor of Adams fouuy. lotl-ana. puMiint 1 H to an order of the board f coiniuisNioiierste . the construction of a ditch known the Clement L. V. Sheets ditch. dedcriM»| I follows Commencing at a point which H sixteenlS s rods north of the sou in As- -fraer nf secttn j ten 10. township twmiy . ;.*ht > ni.rtii.raegt 1 fifteen 15 east, in Ada:;..* county. IndiiUk 1 Running thence south <!• jrir-. rimibiny ’ 30 rods: thence north 2c dvjnts. eastninei 1 rods: thence north ■’> d* east fifty-one i 51 rods; thence north 4? east twenty-1 I four 24 rods; thence i. u:< ’o degrees.etit I twelve rods: thunev. ip !■'.; I" decrees.e«t ] I twelve 12 rods; the net* n« hu 1' degrees 3 I twelve 12 rods; them t n rt l> r- d«-uree*.etst | twenty-fou l 'sM rods; t east six 6 rods; them * ■ ■” ti.decrees, west '■ ♦•Hlhtot-u |b rods thei west twelve 12 rods: tip ■. u riii 1 west six 6 rods; thene» •. ■. i decrees, we»t six 8 rods; thence muTh lu decnes. east | twelve 12 rods; thence north 35 degrees,ent twelve rods; thence nonl, '• tWret* east 1 twelve 12 rods; them <• not-tli 65degree\ets i | twelve 12rods; thence north 45 degrees. east six 6 rods: thence nort! < degree' east twen-ty-one 21 rods; them e :. rt: 45degree*.east 1 ■ three 3 rods; thence ea>t twelve lUrods; 1 I thence north 45 ih-irv-. east nice rods: i thence north nine 9r<d- ' i1; - east twenty- I I four 24 rods; thence nort:. I« degrees.east , fifteen 15 rods; thence n :th tweuty-foaril j rods; thence north 50 degrees, eastninel rods; thence north UHi* Lit* > < a-t- rods: 1 thence north 31 degr» • ea-d twelve Brods; thence north 60 degrt e-. e.a-1 fifteen !•> rods; thence north three 3 rod*: tlienee east twen-ty-eight 28 rods: thence north & degrees. 3 east eight 8 rod-: thence: i th'degrees, east - nine 9 rod>; thence not tn »>5 degrees east thirty-nine 39 tods: thence north 45degrees, east nine 9 rods; thence north lOdegreexCfct | twenty-four rod*; thence north "■'degrees. ! east twenty-one 21 rod*; thence south Hide- | east twenty-four 24 rods; tin nee soutn 75degrees, east twelve 12 rods: thencesoo 70 degrees, east eighteen 1* rod>; thence ess I ten 10 rods; thence nor'h east fourteen 14 rods; thence north * decrees, east twelve 12 rexis; thence north’- dj’greex east twenty four 24 rods; thence north] krees, east fifty-four M i-al-; tbeniTßortb 37 degrees, east six 6 reds; thence north 3 grees, east 45 rods: ' he.nce : . <v> eighteen \ts' ivus. S'- . . . • grees, east nine 9 rods: th.-nce nort 1 1 - I grees. east thirty 30 rods: thence north vie i grees. east sixteen 18 rods: thencenort see , grees. east fourteen 14 rod> ,n f? ce „s! degrees, east eighteen ’7 r " J . 9: tbe 3 45degrees, ea-t nine rod-, thence hortb’t j teen 15 rods, and terminating in the M eDt . i ditch at a point thirty H' f«l> north otwe ■ southeast corner of the in Van Wert county. Ohio. Passing through and L.H. Bailey. John A J,el Jota Baker. Catherine Knavel. Al I'? 9 ,.., i clo Oieckler, W. P. Barkley ,v,“ A. Barkley. Geo. Gedders. < ll !’- | ' H .■ ■ Margaret F. Beatty. Addie 1. a lo». » p Bitner, Harmon Bitner. <>eo Onler. ■ Anderson. Adam Blent/.. 1 u aroll e Emma Sheets. Mary swam. I>. 11. OH t.erke. A. A. Broadbe. ». H. V » Mary E. B- -adbe k. .)<" I'- .... • Miller. Willi, m Hart. Emany ■ Hart. tia Hawkins, !. .T. Davids r D ert R. Stepheson. Orpha F. wen. i ■ Boyles, Frank Gleckler. 1 I„ \ .ds. A. Sheets, Mary M. Hinton ■ an d F. F. Freeh. John E. Erey■ ■u. L ■'"» K B Miller. Permilia E Wber ,^-KrickW.C. Reinking. William I ; v. J. enberg. Frederic Stahr. ( ha- 1 u| a ter. M Blakey, W F. Blakey. freder’ie Wm.E Blakey. Christ ’J Kerber. Welland, Henry Hough, t " a , rl T y |, me «r. Chas. Grote. Fanny M«J’vr>. I I - - j Letitia A. Walters Letitia -j M Beintz, Mary Keinking. < h ‘‘ s -Bus-n Caroline Grote. Jo«eph t>-I'uro■. , j-peime. bank. Walter Whittenberger. 1r« * H . Ferd. Blakey. Ed C Blakey.. «p fel»F. Keinking. Abraham Deß. H jPr.lohnking. J. H Blakey. E L Abr U* n ®" v . al)1 j son. Lizzie M, Bitner. E. A 'W- I. , welds. Martha Weidy. Nancy ,I:ir ?. 1 I ''; ahe 'tb BlakeyW. A. Mumma. N. S. May-. .Fred'-’. Lucinda E. Fleming Ella h 51 Kuklehorn, Al Bailey. Jennie woe wto Brock. David Murphy. J- .U* eb maE. Blakey William Hard’.: .'■''■ 1 . Curtis L Bmirn. Anthony reunion township, as shown by the port. Will on Monday, July 27,1903’ at ten o’clock a. m. at the aud ' T ” r ,,’ v I the city of Decatur. Indiana Pl ditch as s ' bids for the construction of said aiw . lows: From station 106% to y' ?ecti" n From station 79 to station . From station 53 to station -•■ , )U 4 From station 27 to station O.seci The contract will be let to the l<'» ’ ,re sponsible bidder. Bidders will be required ,( l * il f’ ’ a i'd sufblds affidavits as required ent erin' 1 ' eessful bidders will be jeun.red c „ nstr u ; '- a contract with tbe auditor f bond tion of said work, and *2 . u( jitor. surety to be approved by tbe a • 1- to* No bid will be received f' ; ';,'flaid wort; more than the estimated lion < sill 1,8 Detailed plans and spee'h’.tni found on file in the auditor s ) ABE B ' K 4 H d...u-Countl’ 18t2 Auditor