Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1903 — Page 8

■iiin FiiTT nW-— iniW—Wi—Bg^—» rT ~ w, | CORRESPONDENCE | 5 Items of interest Contributed by the Demo- I crat’s Busy Corps of Correspondens

Monroe. Weather is gloomy around Monroe. A horseless carriage was in Monroe yesterday. H. C. Andrews was a business caller at Decatur, Saturday. F. O. Lewellen reports to be getting along fine with his achooi among the Dutch. Frank Hartnate went to his future home at Scofville, Mich. Monday evening. R. D. Andrews and Orvii Osterman made a flying trip to the country Sunday evening. Several boys came very near being arrested for causing a disturbance Friday night at the Literary. East Monroe. 'Squire Gates is rejoicing over a new son in law. Revival meeting at Springhill is still in progress. The revival meeting at Mt. Hope dosed Sunday evenng. The little son of Joseph Malonee | has a bud case of whooping cough. Grandpa Wagoner is improving slowly* from a fall he received Oct., 22. G . M. Headington the famous O. I. C. hog man sold ten head last week for breeding purposes. Mr. and Mrs. W. F Wagoner were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maloney Sabbath last. Pleasant Mills. Dr. Vizard spent Sunday with friends at Marion. The meetings closed at the Baptist church Sunday evening. Miss Dovie Roe is just recovering from an attack of the measles. Rev. Scherich and wife returned to their home at Poneto, Monday. Special overcoat bargains for holidays at G«s Rosenthals. The Sprague concert Is entertaining the people at the hall this week. Mrs. John Cowan is said to be quite ill with throat and lung trouble. Thomas Galogly. of Decatur, was transacting business here last week. Jim Fristoe, of Decatur, and his pony team passed through our burg last Friday. Mr. and Mr-. Gracie, of Kokomo,l arrive 1 h'-r* last week, and as usual will make this place their winter resort. ■ ' The remains of Miss Nina Myers were iutered in the Pieasant Mills cemetery last Sunday by the side of her mother, who preneeded her only a 1 few months ago. Our sympathy is extended to the bereaved family. Berne. ’ Candidates are quite numerous. ■ ’ T. H. Harris in on the sick list. ( Sam Mag ids is longing to return , to his first love. Russia. A. S. Blowers of Portland made ( a pleasant call here Monday. ; Jacob Brenneman m idea business I trip to Fort Wayne Monday evening. ( Quite a lot of sickness and deaths i

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i hereabouts. There were three ! funerals here and around Berne j Tuesday. Faye, the little daughter of Mr. I ' and Mrs. F. C. Foreman has been I ; quite sick since their return home from Ohio last week. The mother of our townsman. Dr. C. H. Schenk died Monday at her home at Salimona, Ind., and will be hurried there Wednesday. J. C. Moran, Al Fristoe, Dee Lewton. Tom Baltzell. W. V. Buckmaster and L. L. Baumgartner were passing their cards around to the voters here last week. We often hear the question asked is Peter J., going some where or is ;he an aspirant for county office? But if the writer has been rightly tipped there is a young widow over ■in Jefferson township who may in the near future change her name. Monroe. Miss Cora Hendricks is on the I sick list. Lewellen and Smith have their ! ditch about completed. J. W. Ball of Muncie was a busi- , ness caller here Monday. M. L. Oliver is making a business •rip to Toledo this week. Sam Shepherd was a business visitor at Decatur Tuesday. R. M. Scherer Sundayed with John L. Gross and family. Miss Daisy Hoosier of new Paris, Ohio is visiting her cousin. Mr. Cunningham of Portland transacted business in Monroe Tues- ; day. L. C. Shink of Chicago is visiting at the home of W. H. Graham this week. James Jones of Indianapolis transacted business with Graham &• Bailey Tuesday. O. V. Graham says he is going to | i join the Salvation Army. We hope he will have great success. Miss Belle Burkhead fell and broke her arm last week. She is resting very easy this week. O. V. Graham was the guest of Miss Florence Hendricks of Washington township last Sunday. The Rhoudies Union held a business meeting at the residence of W. ’ H. Graham Tuesday evenirg Jesse Sells returned home from liwa Tuesday where he has been visiting relatives and friends. Linn Grove. Rev. Er hart is sick with lung I trouble. August Studler moved to Monroe ‘ Tuesday of this week. do f ton Haughton returned to his ( telegraphy studies at Indianapolis f last Monday. j Silas Kizer paid his people of f Champaign county, Ohio a visit week before last. Elmer F. Norris of Rochester, Indiana, holds the position of chief miller at the pioneer mills. t Jacob Longacher of Elkhart, In- 1 diana, a long time friend of ours, I made us a social call last Friday. -j,

William Johnson wife and son visited their daughter and brother Mr- B--r) Mullen on the Sabbath. Nothing better for Xmas present than a pair of fur Ironing gloves. Great variety at Gus Rosenthal. John Wegger is changing the east wing of his place of business and fitting the same to start a restaur- . ant. Clarence Johnson of Eaton, Ind.. ; paid a farewell visit to hi- people here over the Sabbath preparatory ito going to Aut-ralia to follow his Ja vocation which is blowing glass. The box social at school No. 1. . Hartford township, netted <24, I which will go to establish a library : fcr the school—Sterling P. Hoffman, teacher. Also on Tuesdav of last week a like gathering was held at No. 2. French township, net pro- i ceeds.<l2.s0 —Moe Haughton, teach - er. Mineerva Fox was v< 'ted the first prize and Stella Liddy the scond at the Hartford social, and Miss Matil- j da Stuckey was honored at the lat- ■ ter place with first prize. In honor of her sixteenth birthday anniversary the following ■ young people met at the home Miss Clara Meshberger on Monday evening. Her father. Benjamin reminded her of it by placing a new piano in the home. The evening was spent in games and music. Those present were: Misses Bessie and Emma Baumgartner, Ethel and Stella Liddy. Tena Schlagenhauf. Catherin Meshberger. L->anna Dunbar, Nano May Hoffman, and Messrs Charles Shamp. Nelson Gentis, Robert Slawson, Charlie Baumgartner Milton Miller. Each of the young ladies wrote their ; wills and bequests their propertv to ! various ones, which was interesting j amusement when the wills were j read. All returned home at a late hour wishing Calara many more i such happy evenings. Marriage Licenses. Walter E. Book to Hannah Jane | Stevens. Frederick Bender to Clara Shady. William Schlegel to Effie Pearl Baker. Lewis A. Strahm to Tillie Shell. Rea! Estate Transfers. Gotlieb Gerber to Jacob Atz lot 731. Decatur <2OO. G. W. Barnett to Bessie Hill lots 19 and 20. Pleasant Mills <750. C. J. Lutz to Elizabeth Guilick pt I sec 27 S. Marys tp <4OOO. Solomon Linn to S. B. Fordyce et al lot 137 Decatur f JOO. Jacob H. Zehr to Jacob W. Deitsche pt lot 406 Decatur <l5O. United States to William Brown tp sec 13 Kirkland tp 200 acres <250. G. W. Brown et al to Benedict Linninger pt sec 13 Kirkland tp 200 acres <IO,BOO. Enoch Stalter to Benedict Lininger same land <51.48. Samuel Deihl to Benedibct Lininger same land <IOO. For Sale—Registered Poland Chinas, males and females. One j registered Short Horn Bull calf, i Wood for fuel. Address, E. S. Christen, Monmouth, Ind. 277d6wtf MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BI E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. New Corn yellow J 50 New Corn, mixed 481 Machine shucked one cent less. Corn, per cwt., mixed 55 Corn, per cwt, yellow 57 Oats, new 33 Wheat, No. 2 S 3 Wheat, No. 3 81 Rye 50 Barley 50 Clover Seed 5 60 Alsyke @ 5 25 Buckwheat 60 Flax Seed 80 Timothy SI 25 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today, according to J. D. Hale’s special wire service, as follows: Wheat, December..- 80| Wheat, May 81J Wheat, July 761 Corn, December 411 Corn, May 42§ Oats, December 34| Oats, May 36 Jan. Pork $lO 00 May Pork 11 40 January Lard per cwt 6 37 TOLEDO GRAINMARKETS. Chan ped every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock br J. D. Hale, JDecatur. Special wire service. ® Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash.—... December wheat 88| May wheat 8&| Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash- 44

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Corn. December 13 May Corn 43 Oats. Cash 371 Oats. December 36J May Oats 37 Rye, cash 58 S I BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER Lambs 4@ 4 50 ' Hogs. per cwt S 4 10 Cattle per ib 3 @ 3J Calves, per lb 5 @ 51 Cows 2 @ 2| Sheep, per ib 2 @ 2| Beef Hides, per ib 5| OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz ? 27 I Lard 9 | Butter, per pound 11@ 15 I Potatoes, new 60 Onions 50 Cabbage per 100 Ib 50c Apples, per bu 5T I Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 ‘ HAY .TARKET. No. 1 timothy lay (new) INo 1 mixed hav (new).— No. 1 clover hay (new) POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE 00., PACKERS. ! Chickens, young per lb 7 Fowls, per lb._ 061 Ducks, per lb 06 ; Young Ducks 7 @OB | Young Turkeys, per lb 12 I Geese, old per lb 05 Geese, young, lb 6@7 WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER & SON. Wool, unwashed 16t020 Sheep pelts 25c to 75 , Beef hides, per pound 06 I Calf hides 08 j Tallow, per pound 04 Coon .15 to 1.25 Skunk— 20 to 1.25 O’possum 10 to 50 Muskrat sto 18 Mink 50 to $2.00 — COAL—Per Ton Anthracite $ 7 00 Domestic, nut 4 00 Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 00 Domestic lump, Indiana 3 80 Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 550 oil tarket. Tiona $2.02 Pennsylvania 1.87 Corning 1.67 New Castle 1.74 North Lima 1.37 South Lima 1.32 Indiana 1.32 Whitehouse 1.35 Somerset 1.32 Neodasha. (Kan.) 1.21 Barkersville 97 Ragland 66

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