Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1906 — Page 2

WAS PIONEER BUSINESS MJgk • Was Sixty-Two Yeors OM and Had Lived Here Nearly Forty Years H Ci-Funeral Monday. yktt ' —* — JI 111 ' i * A I' *F• • Bernard Fi Wemhoff, the pioneer stone dealer of this city, died at his hoiqe on Fourth street* at 10:30 o’Thursday night, after an illness of five years. He suffered from a complication *ol cliseres, >ut death was due to severe kidney and stomach - ailments, which toQk-am acute-form ‘ yesterday afternoon. His entire family was with him*at the last hours, ~ and, he ; «ime^;--{ittw _ the moment of death. Though his health, haS hdeh declimhg ; for a number of years, he to attend to his business interests until May Ist of this year, since "Which time, he has .. bqen, confined to, the house the. greater n part l°f l the,; jtime. r 4jjs:b - r i foijMr.: JVepihoff was . bom inMmster, r 1 10.> ..•.1853,< aad.was <n hisrgisfry-foird year, ■i When » boy he learned the stone-gut-ter's trade and woi'ked at fit several' ■n years in. Germany, <v He -labored six . toQnfos op the fanMW' cathedral io£ .jfCoiognejjone of the greatest: buildings in ; theyvoyld.; to theillnited States in 1864, landing in New, York, July Sathj apd soon .afterward came ■ to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he reu Tnajned until 1867, when he came to’ jtefoia city,where for forty years, he has been One of our most respected .and public-spirited citizens, He. wa.j •married.-Januajry 11, 1872 at . the 0a- ... thedral nt-Fort Wayne -to Miss Mary McLean, the Rev. Father Brautiner • .officiating, "To this •<union eleven' rj. a -chil-dren‘were bern, three of-whom; two daughter, and ft: son, haye preeed.fnfid Mrst , Wemand foe. foUowing sur•yivet George, Edifo, Oswald, Frank, j EatelU, Otto, Celesta* and John. MrWemhoff was: the last of "his family. *■ 74A- -brother,;the Rev^,Father Wemhoff, '•u. of.iB l ofojWayne,rdied4n -1881; a sister, i.-o Mrs. Joseph Smith, <of-,this city, died f - j<in 11891, and ■'’another sister’died ’a pumber/'of- years: ago ip Germany, wir foOOfoaWemhoff’sySforiing ter, we have not, sufficient words to , Rraise; —He was -a kind—husband, a true, patriotic, honest and public-spir-anew nim,'and the comitfufirty 1 has lost one ofisitot a! men. He worked at his trade forty-eight years and was a master of his art. When! he camd in- business by ■; f ' :; hims4£ for'six < yfea ; fo; fofan,ttJt ed ■» • jpartfter^ip^ wftßf -EdgWrt Hughes. • '’-liater'W was' irf 01 business • ,tJl ’%itlrM^hi^; l Tc®Sn t a l iftl TfartinAfo and mii^ £ lS9b Opened 1 the bte'iteW'place ’' jffi ’Monfoe stfoot, J fHier b^irig ; j ll0 *knrlwn .3&*’K Wefrffioff r S6hs,' frfe fleihg i his; asSistahtis.'- fibre : 'fhan;,fir * « tur wbFd as goopias 'fife Iron tf'-afi'iT iFhvh's f 3 foea§flfg bto ' ffieef hrffi either so a'social ortobUsi1 ■H^D£ss'way.^- A j£-»> ' 7 His life of usefuiess should he a a lesson to~ us and an example of the: iwtT-stfeuess - h<ffie^^ r aufoaadnstajoqs habits will bring.. The deceased was a member”rtf' the St. Josephs. Society, also -of the Knights ofSt.; John., , -the. .Catholic; g Benevolent i , Legion. -His reapheh ..j.< not - oply oyer this county.. but,, also 'jvj .over rAllepj county,-where;he. : y,as al r :.i -snqst as jyell fcnowij ajs at-home.; ; 1 i The,:.funeral ; were,. ; held Monday ' morpfog at ;8:3(L o’clock, .W standard time,' froßfc w tke ; .St Marys -is <-•’■ church.; . .t..ir.eii:. ‘v* . h-i .t AA’hile it was known that Mr. Womhoff was in poor health, death caused a 1 shook: to his friends ...•ami acquaintances. His illness' became serious. Just afternoon -■ ■ yes?.,r terday, his^-—sturdy -—constitution,. ' ' ivhich^cffib'liad'■•prolonged l life . several weeks seemed to break ■ and . end came quickly. All the children were pt home when the change for the woTse 'chme excepting Miss Estella who arrived from Fort Wayne .. in an automobile, two hours before her father died. ' ’ I - 5 " 1 ' ; Hiccough «* Dlliner. ’A ■ - Matty persons are debarred from! diptog out owing :to ttrnir -liability ,foi eou- . ; tract hiccough during, a meal. r ,. As a ; ■ rule when causedj?y food it, f c.Qp)o bn at once, and equally, as a rule the food causing it is hot. Soups Are mbre! likely to provoke hiccough-than s<rtfd4,aFe;, < gPodjflftOb;. forego .soup, •r. be a ?h® ‘■‘xvlt'ftttUt causW" . ■ Hdm4 "NotPs. Qt 'one’inay' eat A j little bread - before takifig it; ■ A third *- Is to drihk»ft ifffle wtd and • i Mdake. tho houpdn- very -small btpa. foie hfou■qu. ' ■ ; Meffltor ft r cfflefr ; ne&Wl 60eded' J ft first and: took five 3ut of It Give It a good place—top column, next reading matter!”—Atlanta Conatltutlon. ? t?' ' V ■’ Yv-i.' /c- 17., , a~ . ■

iving Annual Crop of Reports From Assessors. The field deputy for the ’sFate"£Gftfetilffan is'just mow -engaged- ' Upon Al big job .the annual crop rev • ports from the township assessors of , the state having been received at his office. There are 1,016 townships in the ninety-two counties of the state. Each • township assessor sends in a report ; upon which there are answers to , thirty-six questions regarding the ac- ( reage of wheat, corp, oats, hay, potatoes, tomatoes and other timber land, pasture and land regard- ’ ed as untillable. Other questions ’ have reference to the number of horsft, cattle, sheep, hogs'‘and poultry. the wool clip, the amount of but* , ter and cheese made, last year and' ' foe number of dozens of eggs sold*. 1 ’ It is safo to estimate that there iirf ' an Average of four figures to each' of tne itiiirty-six answers. J'■ r -' * 1 On ‘foe 1,616 ’ reiSdrtA,- therefor^ 1 13 th'ere 'kfe atiswerS. 1 four _figurA^• sHh4“irii'swef,' be copied in order to make a confplete record: This must dekte id* : staking ■»; gFMnfo foiat o€ 292,608 figures that must be made by the Meimty," one report. And the compiling -of the crop reports while it is, one of the . most important- , of all that, are collected by the state! statistician,. is only one of the many : duties of the office. I FIRE IN KIRKLAND TQWNSHI? ■o;' I to i ■. *z .3. .4, ,0 J. .I.l* , ■»»«$• fCf A House Owned by William Adler is Destroyed- •' - •i-odam.Sh >10 v; A house 1 oocupied by’ Jim Johns<6fi, oh the 'Wiltiatn Adler 'farm in Kirkland township, eight miles south west of town, , -eik.hy fire aij 2 o ’clock Friday morning. The origiii'‘‘'is unknown. ~ Mr. Johnson saved a small port 1 of his f fiW®Wd part was burned. He carr.ed $390 insurance, wEeTwill probably cover ’ the lossi :Mri Adterf®. Ifisswis; about jjvith S2QO insurance). The house burned 4 u ickfy," and the neighbors who responded, could do nothing Upwards sluing flames, TYPHOID FEVERr r ' ■E# aetEirs : .n.: ;ss 'Tti. t'ff'cfo ftrv Sources of Tlftij?Dangerous" and Pro»., "jl •, :fractod>'.Dlsease< .jAJthough* Qieffc W )re °F legs, typhpjd fever in most of the largo?' cities of this' countH'f ’tfie fate 1 and abtuafn are tW iseasons'whim it<s ! most,be teayed, : ,.j , 0 _ . S3jj - The disease is nbt .so fomidable, regards W mdftdlit£ a as S6me btoe^. ; 1 abut ita great - foyow jt in the form of weak lieart," weak spine er, • r.&vifife disorders tpfite- as slrlotri W sSmd ’whtCh are more fatal, but -fat?less?p retracted.7e A, r go Unless fine -£n®ys jioyv the disease is usually -spreatfoqne. cannot .hopp to ayeid.it, and sd, v it may useful to ; Consider , in. wfi'aF ways' the Serins of the malady’iind their'vfoytfifo the sys- ' tCm- ' so .’ rtg ve-it-- 1 - Wtotertls ttee ,7 usUal ■vrfiicla for typhoid : germs, -as i» well ' ahd . probably all great outbreaks of fop . ease in cities afo. due so ap...infected , .water, supply. This has.beep strikingly . shown . ha Philadelphia, tered water' or mixed w&ter,-4Jomparing two parts 1 foe city in which,foe conditions, ex^ ; <M>t as Mrwater supply; the [ same, fqupd Wafon the one sup* ( plied with filtered water the occurrence s rate of typhoid fever was one in flye thousand,, wfiile in the others, in which the hnfiltet'ed' was drunk, it was 5 1 fine in sixteotyhundred; : = j: -: :i ? But. u city with an. ideal water su'p--5 Ply may be .scourged with typhoid • fever;- although less severely, through; . the medium of Impure ice, and ibis almost as important to know where the j Ice is cut, or with what water it 34 . made, if artificiitfo as where the city water comes from. Not long since a • number of officers on one of the United < States ships in the Mediterranean; 3 squadron were taken down with tyi phoid fever. When the source of tbs j infection was traced it was found to tie ' isoipe ice bought at Athens, the ice mar chine on shipboard having broken, down. Another source of infection is found . in oysters .that have been fattened juj r streknjs eotftapiinated .with- spwage. ( Not only has typhoid followed the eat- [. Ing of foesp flsj), put theftjjphoid bagilH. hgve been.found In the Stbinadhs of“imd ; dysters.' t '- ! " - * -•- >6 ‘ * Raw vegfetablesused sot may hirveheen grown in goil contaminated • with:stops ;Used tor fertiltaets or j may ■ have been- washed te infected watea„ above suspicion all thakused for drinking, tooth H&o&t by- piitting Wln fIW wlfoS! IK .Jwh'o fjg;~ lpi(iie7»! -fIL Finally;, great jeato ®hohM *« » to screen all food from ; .flle|, tor If there is a case of typhoid 'fever In the ’ neighborhood flies may become most active distributers of the poison.— Youth’s Companion.

iFjTir moht leo > - Fred Meyers of East of Town, the Xctim—Leg Out Open and Bone fHn 61 vl’jt n t T“—r Exposed from Knee to Hip* lorriar-sj \ * ) t Fred Myem, twelve years old, son > of Jacob Myers, living on the state ■ • J . > 1 line east of this city was frightfully : and perhaps fotally forjured in a runaway accident, while driving a team -of horse hitched to a heavy wagon. ■ The lad : sot the lines slip from his hands and was compelled to climb s down from, the wagon to recover ■. .them. "While fop. was standing on the ground the horses' frightened and ‘ started to run The young driv--1 er'Srery" pfockrly iar to thbir heads • r and sot ue tbsisf’anci * ? satfieifot to* :' K liit- iiorses, but he succeeded in '.\ainng Ihem onto; the la^&fot' : thdhome of, David, Springer, r one mile jyesfopf ?i Wtt As' 0# figgSfis oyer' fawn the hojr' , .jKa§ M tree and. b foe wagon came in cqptact with -hife* ■ body, which was pinioned and rolled 1 against the tree until ..it was bent over permit ting, the wagon to fie drag- . ge-d on by foe hoy s right ~ leg. S;pl|t . opai frofii the ; knqe to ,foe..^p„exposing, to vitw th§ The ; fl.esh,.was lacerat ed all d bits 0f it Avere deposited -on the trfo ? for, a distance, ( of,,t;eh feet, jJt feared foat the limb will have-to be amputated, at -foe hip. defoyt .Iha/ efEqrt is. made : to pare i.t the .opinion lof the Drs. Hayi®? 3s?£BMlfothA3f -Wten.. ihg brightest 1 opes in the_case are for a crippled leg, stiff at the knee joint. Shouldno doubly NEW STAR. JANUARY IST. ; • ;— . r . s it jirjacf) -;fo ofitnn Oklahoma Star.^ "Ctofes ’"in' ■ Lower \ n Right Cornei’ !: * s mbl>: we ‘0 ■ vd J' l VaJtOW nforfo -iu j&'ter fonsiitation foetw^eiiQfiarifermasfor- Ggggral Mfimpftreys ~ an.<| ( Admimd jQftwfs,<yih.ies x>f ..the •.jeguip’fh6 twb ’frffirifis;'' -firm ■ton?'witfi lining fo«i jiispeefovfett the state. bfzGWfiheato 'by: foe addatteftM#, SfoFr foL so« fleld«ofe:.the:4flag^a§jjd 4^tfo^? dpwwi? right- hand corner. —The— Okalaboma, fc OF&& btHSIOa flit ndflonall ensign until July K 1907. Wffn Htfr Am Old' ! V&l^’s r 'Advli<*e to Men Wko _U«e a Rai or. .. “Whenever I hone a razor,” said infold English cutter,always gite some Mdvice with it, free; gratis, and-J take great nsatfofaqtk’n-rin .Spewing haye<.made„foaring and.-more comfortable -for more than ’s,tw men. Almost every barber wiilteff yotf h'd'fr to Strop to razor, fotit if tekiss- a cutlet to tell you fibw 'td' eai'e'foV-your"strop and how to get ttftf best work<>9ut of_yoqr bladej n: -mae? r.-tsso#! +k.f i tMJsvtfngstrop, on one Side asd horse Off foe Other, is the best. Always hold it taut and draw the razor lightly, but swiftly, from heel to point, -ts yxm let the strop sag yoii will plit afoouha jtour Platte;*t'Dbuk fgr-* ■geUttecovri' youwstrbpxir into after, fofoangh rtn a bathroom near mw;indow; the dusti f %' £< s< x foe. edge from .your riyfor. yvnether yotf keep the strop covered or WhethhF you don’t, rub hand over the : two wrtaces fronpdnrt. ! • ' “Blit Whgt T'dbrrsidtr m/ftbst%lihable advice ? -ißfoow.-to do away with •haring paper, entirely and atfoe sauie time improve foe citing, foe razor’s edge. Nine men out of ten shave" themselves in a i*6oni' Where there is running hot water. Now, the Way to get a most gratifying result is tete: Lather thickly and l well and let It remain on the face, half a minute be-_ fore you begfor,to-shave.. If ,you, have time wash it-ofo_for with It will come 5 *fhe gfflF firiHKMH thaT AAdz&pfg Jposen* ed up in the pores of the skin, and'then apply a second coat. It will be aslaqfi, 7sWoefoo« d j Now turn 4 .0 n thefoot water faucet and let ?T liold the razor under the stream..until_it is heated. TheS f take a slanting, or diagonal, stroke, SM? " wttfc?toi 7scyfoe, rot a square bhHlandyoaSwaybe-amazsd.ta. > find hoW •-■' ; %“foe laW dnSktot sond 1 / ftetfPihdWd»tog«iit? ~©mi’e/f>®M ft-mt ! artMßßtemper.rjWit ■ rould ; be i©U£ B tfoe iW toSte ' kettle and boiled it. Try the hot*blade and you’ll never shave with the colo 1 steel again,”- New York World. . v j

a, Reported b? The J>. < atur idpttraet d l j Money to loan’ on farmserty at the lowest rate of interest, rr.wlfo PriylfeW.Jlf partial payments. I f Offlote foomsYa- ind • tef Studateker Block, Decatur, Indiana. Jtohn ■ Gtteh^r'tol'nmlffin'ls7srew«W r - - --'toe^el 0 ’- Ludow L. Sheline to Joseph Rich, sec. 8, Monroe township, 40 acres, |2IOO. [ John M. Andrews to Charles Miller, pt. .-NE .14, sec. 4, Monroe township.. > 1100. - ... w. a Smith to Martha A. Denter, in-lot r 38, MOn roe: township. <I.OO. ~ Albert I. Chronister to Dallas Spuller, sec 1 and -2, Washington township, 180 acres, <5450. [ Lewis Reynolds to Sanford S. Reynolds, pt. NW 14. see; 9, Hartford township,' . S6OOO. J. A. Wheeler to John Brown, sec. 16/ Wabash township, 60 acres, S2OOO. Frank Gross to John Brown, in-lot 80, 1 Ceylon, $325. , , Jeptha F. Sprunger to E. M. Ray, pt.’ Ln,-lot 254. Berne, Indiana, $65. i , Ferdinand H. T&bler t<S 'Gottlick F. NW 14 wnr %,. see.- 34,- [ Washington township, S2BOO. - ; Willis Syphers Jo Wm. C. McKinneiy,- • pt .out-lot 290, Decatur, Indiana, $900.., HaselC- Andrews ;to John.. M- Andre wept. NE % sec. 4, Monroe townships >Y-’. 4 . Elizabeth H. Koos to Samuel K. Christy’ s - ■ W % SW -H see. 21; St Marys town-, ■ --ship,, $2313. f... 1., Athan Beatttf to' George A. Gage, see !. 1” Creek t.township. toO; A'. : Blake to Hester■ : • > B®©,' LSecMutV inaiaila, $3900. T” 's | to . Children’* Rescue. Society ■ t.o Aptos + ,K, ei l ss ? r ’ et al., out-lots 246, Berney t 1 '<JsoftvS ■ >rIT :rudi .j etety, $12.50. ' ,■ : . Diadame MqLeod to George J. Davis?-' out-lot $5; Pleasiaht Mills, ss<o.'> Wm.. T. S. Moyer to John E.. Taylor,"' sec 24 Wtob'ash tdwrlshlp,''s - acres,: :i; s«ofeM >ft„- ,-,1 ,p ~M- Hancock to Liz?ie Master E % Se ° 15 abash township,., DeCatur rig£ Case Cdptany to btcatur: Filler: Company, ai-lots 569. and: 570,- , an,d 57.1, .S4OQO. Henry A:-TiiiaalP , 'to ’JefierSorr Y ’ M.onroe township .46 2-3 CHdrles H. Heckman to Edward >Marschand, sec 3 Preble township. 80 acres, SISOO. ‘’t ' . 1( f -9foott-et- -M,—to- James O 3 ?S»ja* d : Jane Andrews to Caleb B Andrews, sec* 28 Washington township 80 acres,. t£ EtoWi SMfttWfi,7’seO. I*4 Washington township, 60 acres, $2000.. hajjrge George W. Alekaricter to Anna J. Lichi. tenberger, sec 3, St. Marys townshin 2 acres, S2tFO: - ■’■ Wpj. H. Franhiger to George Martin, ■se<i..7 'Monroe' township, 801 YacreS; $5500. I . Jbnathdn Andrews., to Wm. H. ErauhigS6UQ< 3 Kirkland township, 80 ■ Mary L Coverdale to’ Earl G? Covefoale : tnriot: Cranston A. Thompson t,o Frances •E. ■ Thompson pt. SE % and pt SE ; - sec 34, Wabash township, SIOOO Dyonis A. Schmitt to John:'SV- Lathot pt sec 4, Washington township, $3500. Samuel M. Ablls; et-al. to Jonathan Andrews, W % sec 2 Monroe dOWnship, $3000.M a;-of.'€ . George R. Dickerson to Sadie Chrisman sdimsMt 202,. Geneva., Tndi&na v , $600.; ; J ohn iAv Wheeler >to -Edward.l Gerber, pt IH secs 9 and 16 Wabash township, 53- ; 1-3 acretu.«S£l)»o n < reiM Daniel T Harvey to Benjamin FrFtehe? ’' secs "7,,t0 -18 r Watash township,. ’■•l-38 .acres. $13498........ itoiSJUlixill Jra ‘ John itoiHtrsfchri ite'NoamfFox, sec?to<F -Mo nro® tawnship. 65-atoree.t $5Wi; debrge: Engle? to Joseph M. Peel, sec '♦? Jeffersans.tbwsashlp,"'’4o?»afttes, $2300. i T Jb»h. Elzey to. Jamea>:H .W r ar<l..pt. 72l ' i >airtd.<723; Dehfa.tur,:lHdiana,- $ ! rP75. P, ’it r Jasper LemtogMto -.Frank Heistand eee 18 Jefferson W H. NJhJck jW Cdfo7 r LFBetiWFsec ; 1 MonnJe~townshlp£to(l acres, $6400, Nathan et-al.; Ip* Katie A-. - Albferi-f.' ’Chronister sec 3, 'St. Marys township SII2OO V ship, 20 acres, $120.0. Edgar A. -Erench- to Wm. E- French and wife, in-lot 49, Geneva, $600.. «W«BP $3500. , Benj. AaroniWsltlHhS to Henry M. Rih(t~S ser, In-lot 49 Berne, Ind., SIOO. 1 . Nicholas Meihers to Maggie Knappe, In-lot 704, Decatur, Ind., $25. i- ,- Ed .Gerber to George-E. Fink, seci ‘l6, " Wabash towhshfo-U acres, $l5O. j -F- ; ■a® ‘ AVit£it<^-mn^^u^k^>w, : rif, Itfiat Ij ? ; M country foe ,rich are growing richer and the pdor" podrer? . , ttooi waz when Qi landed.. ijif ihpKf 1 ' 7*' TwsntyMinutes To Cure the Worst Headache From Anjr - Reduction Method. is xMesiheadaehes'ani'tehft yleM instantly W the new Reduction Method-HJr. Shoop’s Twenty Minute Headache Cure. The dauSe for these ; pains is consrastiep—gashing of blood to the nerve centers —which distends the veins to nearly the butstinif pdint. Swollen bndenlarsred. esjssi&ffir® sssbs i Reduction Method disperses the bloOd, "tistributes overflow, and dichannels. It frqes fr6m all pressure and irritation - the pains anc disappear because AB a their .cause 1 ss 4 dies—you may WjTifl|rttaly drug aid stu* pity the nerves into subn ission I—but the remedy which b-inge ■ protnptrpileLaai.MßME' vi rmanent cure M’SfflffgWS iW ifebo thoroUghO®B»eK»mßXhiee®ttitaßks of HeMl ache and Neuralgia.’ The effect of Dr. 8 hoop’s t Twenty Minute Headache Cure is prßfhp i and recommended by | WM. H. NACHTRIEB.

'X * - 4 UNBIASED VISITORS’ QRINIOnJ "s i Stetemeate M*de > M®. I Hammond and by a Government I f *™—lwpdctor. * Turner of ...Hammond, - who forove to tfotpk cityi fojg. made the statement that in his trip* practically across the state,'he found ' splendid itoads, t&ose ’he traveled over in Xdhms county sur? passed any he had Aver been on. He was greatly surprsied and was con- _• yinced that the macadam pike is the only thng for country roads. Mr. . Turner also paid especial attention •to the corn crop along the route ■and said-2 that the showing iu foib county exceeded ■ anything in the State. He cotnpliments the fanners of this section highly. ' Recently a government inspector :paid this city ■ and county ajvdrit to ’’fathet’ ffiets edneefoing the :'roads; facilities for edfoin*tiing rurat route . services, His to ■ the stoenfojAnJ which-jwiff soon .be.,, pub-: listed,:'.states that 'Adtffiis * conntyf dia»'mere good -roads .foan-any ..other-, foe same, size, in the i.United.-Statea., No wonder our. farm lands have more than doubled;.in ; yalue during the past few-years.. ■ 1 ' ■ " 11 1 r- -

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— ■■ 'I" — ' < AMS a splendfd 19a$ha<T louring car and Ed Woock r who has been driving Mr. .Kunkel.’s gorses for a ijbt .years, took his first lesson in an dutiy’tbil mwrtiingrHe goes 'ait &e 'work jrist-like ‘an old- timer nt that.The: machine isdoubte .^seated,.&•?&.. equipped in the ygry4g|est modjel, has. atop and. is. a beauty, It ; _was Bought of a Cadillac representative by the name ’of ‘ s ßridgemfin of MrfheS, an«E' Mr.'-Kuhkei’s teain Os Coastmau colts both registered. andporhaps the finest matched team in the: city, were taKm in trade.—Bluffton Banner. Charles D. Fry arrived today from ttiofis tract of build ingritirst street bynpst, ' afdtidiy. 1 eaiAs; sary tooferwlfFaAive Sunday and wpl . start on the excavation Monday. Mr.. ' Fry will to edmpletidh* asWapidiysas '.E U— bWi4— 3o—-W<laM's -iI ■ 'Miis • AgwtS’ Sfehroekv very?! sick--' and wbite; her condition. does- net app&W Merino?, iheri iniprovemqntf.i?; wry- slew* - She has been sick foiirteeni iWfekwAnd-'dias had<fever almost con*, i |titfuaHyirfHeßicnses6eems A’3»EEi!tepas i under ordinary circumsthnces this length of endurance would have worn out a plain case of typhoid. , . elm wet,w - ■ /• ..... ' .'Z j- ■ . „ I r:',' )■'

STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINOI r s — ■ a * Ej)ld Adams County Bank Meeting I ’ August Seven. The annual meeting t of stockhplders of the Old Adams County fefik, wiir he helfi at tliat w'girknown "bankbeen given. Seven directors to serve for the enstung~yeaf will be elected, tond ’ tors will 3-he 'prerent board directors is .composed o&Jt. ® OstfoTO&Mjlftii, M. gQseti, J. S. Bowers, John Niblick, W. J, Vesey and Henry Hite. - • p —MKAJA". The Decatur Weekly Journal t>aj‘ been purchased“by~a company and Hiram It: Greggs ia? ; foe neditog /phe morning and, evening Journal, sold 1 foe list ■ fo'foe :^De«itn& i Democrat whjehrjriil fifofoe. daily field in Decatur. This leaves but one daily paper in Adams county and judging 1 fitom the: experience of /those who ■ Jiaye iiis4 .fo§:.squfote } -.fo&t , A,.B^y t J.. There are too many people who can’t., f .afford .to foke'.and pay l&t to psfper foemselv&f/ ’ tohtoinst'dheir f dooaT paper but mfoal- , : ways-itt ion any free; J notices: they-jean-get or.fifiye I .to borrow their neighbor’s paper. 1 .Thtoy are always jaS'ram they -.id I s-.me honest’Si.iT iustfihble’ Cfiterfoisu I to succeed;—-GeteMi Heralds :?:u.o* I '■ —: —>J- rw I

A ~ , tank at Moitsefier> wasWstriwk by lightning tand? turned. This is the thiM’tpne-thbt 5 t&nk in the same/ location, has been struck by lightning and"Sde§froye4 . ■ I ' s,Tra aetata .£4.7.1 I'nßre v ill’, ian cxchang ? and rcfreshments of ice cream and cake servd by. the young people neyt Saturday -afternoon and evening, at the 4ornßr of SdGtfnidiand Every body cordially invited. ' Tie ' "mitten has-temporarily--Tj/suspended operation owing to delays in receiving shipment of material from the Weaving aSftls? MuCh-inconvenience has been occS-f sioned by these delays in recent weeks jas tbe.-business of the factory de-, mands, a steady out-put. Tlie present. close-down was afrerfioon at five definitely ’known when the plant will resume operation. About- »ppe humfired: girls, yofingy ladies bM lare idle fas :a result,—Huntington Herald: m ssmd M u: ?! ‘X'W if® some, 'new (Hitsbfoajihm itfeubators from aifiHfaran Chisa^Mhieh.are.?beauties. The'fiute irre among the best that can be made and are expected to be ussif by Dr. Keller in issuing a catalogued .•- : . .ri'AV . . t'. ~v£' ■