Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1906 — Page 8

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Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corwcted every day at 1 o ’clock. ———— BUFFALO STOCK MARKET. rfi. Buffalo, N. Y. Nov 13 Special— Oattle—Receipts 10 earn; market steady i- ' «)- ?. Prime steers S . @6 00 Medium Steers _. . @5 00 Stockers to best feeders @3 75 Cows . ■ -■ @ 3 75 , Hogs—Receipts 35 cars; market steady Good mediums&heaw's . @6 50 Y0rker5................ . @6 50 Pig 5.................. , @ 650 Sheep—Receipts cars; 10 market stewdiy Best spring lambs , ~.... 1 ,@ 7 40 Weather sheep . 1 .,.,..,,. r . s - @5 90 Mexed sheep, ..... @S(O Culls Clipped „ @ 4.00 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago markets closed at 1:16 p. w. today according to Decatur Stock and Grain Exchange. May Wheat79| Deo Wheat,,.-.i.... ~,......, 78l May C0rn...43| Dec Corn,.42f May Oa*« .............. 35f Dec 0at5..... ; ... 34g PITTSBURG MARKETS. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg, Pa. Nov 13 Hogs... Supply 25 cars market steady Heavy Hogs . @6 50 Medium @ 6 40 Yorkers_ ,i_ —@ 645 Light. _ @6 45 Pigs I @6 45 ‘" TOLEDO MARKETS. T Changed every day at 3 o’clock'fry J. D. HALE. Decatur special wire service. , . i May Wheat.................. 811 Dec Wheat...... '..... 771 Oats, ca5h..,..,,. ......... 86? May, C0rn.................. 41| Dec C0rn.................... 121 May. 0at5...... ........ 37! Dec Oats. 36$ Rye ca5h...,.....- .... 66$ STOCK. by FRED SCHEIMAN Lambs ...h- , .600@600 Hous per cwt @5.75 Cattle per lb._ 2} @8 . Dalves,Per lb._ 5@5J n ows_ . 2 @3} Sheep...... B| 4 • 111 i y— —.7 T ,

•p'. ' OIL Indiana.«... *«> + »-»(*v.'S9 Somerset . ....m, w 87 8ag1and...... ... „„.... Tiona,.•■*f/i»>..... ... ..««>.«.<5169 Pennsylvania. ....*U& goming. ~* ~ ../Ml NewOaai North Lima...B3 South Lima.,*.... 94 ; . ... ; COAL—PER TOM. Prices ot coal on and after December lot until further notice Kill be aa follows; Hocking Lump, per ton_l3 7 > Virgina Splim. 8 90 Domestic Nut: 3 40 Washed Nut 4 00 Pittsburg Lump.............. 3 60 Pocahontas....... *.,;-i4 00 Kentucky Cannell,. c 5 00

Anthracite....... T 25 Charges for carrying coal—2so per ton orfraoticn th 'roof; up stairs 50c ' perlon By E. L. CARROLL, grain merchant. I Machine husked corn, one cent less. Wneal, No. .? Wheat. No. 3 Red- 65 No 3 White Oats z....... r x,32 Barley ~ ; - 38 Rye No-* H Glover Seed __ _____ 600 Alyskd L 730 Timothy 5eed..................2.00 No i Tnnoihy Day Baled 12.50 No 2 Timothy Hay 8a1ed.... llio No i Mixed: Hay 8a1ed..,.. 11.50 No 1 Clover Hay Baled .JO 10 New Yellow corn December delivery, .50 per hundred. WHEAT, FLOUR, ETC. The OAK HOLLBR MILLS quotation aorreted every day by A VAN CAMP. Oak Pateut Flour, .... „ 13.60(04; 00 Bn n, per ton ......, .116.00 Middlings, per ton .. . .'520.00 Rough meal, per cwt............ |I.OO Kiln dried bolted meal, per ?wt |1.50 Screenings, No.l, pet bu.. 60 “ No- 2, - ...... .40 Chop feed, pertoh $25.00 Wheat,. No,per bu 69 Corn cWt 63 OTHER PRODUCTS. i By Various Grocers and Merchants. Sgg fressh, perdna > 24 i Butter per pound - ■ jls I P0tat0e5................ 50 WOOL A HIDES. By B. Kalver & Son. ’Phone 442. Woeunwashed • 24@ 2 7 Beet Hides £0 . :odf-- w -:^,xd.^u.U...,<• 12 Mink............. @. 5kunk.................. t C00n.......... @. . P055um.................... @ i Mu5krat..................... @ ‘‘ fehWPft lto r ' 25@ 1.50 E Telle* 4f Quotations of coal for month of * July, furnished by George Tricker. t -/ f. o.b. F. O. B. t . _ Mine Decatur. A No; 1 Jackson Hill <aootles»y No. 4 Jackson (steam).. 1.45 2.95 Hocking 1.J5 2; 95 Splint ;;.... i... t... ;ji .... 1.»5 2.90 ) Pocahontas, ~....v 1.55 2.10 - Best anthracite . 8.75 Mine Weights govern car shipments. For home weights and retail add 1« per cent to price. Straight frdm producer to consumer.

’"I .i . "■ .... jj MARKET NOTES. " .A' . ‘ ' ' ’ " ■' > i, •■ ‘ uoj cent lower Receipts at Cchicago Today. Hogs, x ,.. 30000 Wheat... ....... 37 ears C0rn.................... 237 cars Oate.^., 99 cars , Cwtfcle.o,. 25000 Sheep.. 28000 Estimate for tomorrow. z : H0g5...... 13000 ' Wheat........i,,. 33 C0m.,1.i. .4....*.....5F0cars Oats 154 ears f —— o— —r —:■ An operation was performed upon t Mrs. Henry A. Fiihrmah yesterday and I several gall stones taken from her. I She is resting easier today and will I no doubt recover from the effects .of J -the same and regain her former good I health.

u j (Continued from page L) / ■ • ■ papefnlly in . the selection of. subjects and material, i' . .;> i; I invite contributions of reftniniscenses or articles pertaining to the history of Adams county, especially from persons of acknowledged ability, (though the right is reserved of rejecting any manuscript not in accord with the plan of this work. I can but hope that my efforts will meet with the approval and tagible indorsement of the people of Adams county, and that the history, issued in these opening years of the twentieth century, will serve for all time as a legitimate record of events, demanding only the supplement which future years must needs entail. J. F. SNOW. -r ■ ■ I >.' i i . ~v/ When the tip of a dog’s nose is cold and moist, that dog Is not sick. A feverish dry. nose means sickness with a dog. And so with the human lips, pry, cracked and colorless lips mean feverishness and are as well ill appearing. To have beautiful, pink, vel-vet-llke lips, apply at bedtime a coating of Dr. Shoop’s Green Salve. It will soften and heal any skin ailmdrit. Get a free, trial box, at our store, and be convinced. Large nickel capped glass jars. 25 cents. W. H. Nachtrieb.: A GVARAMTKED CURE FOR PILES. Itching. Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to c’”"« in 6 to 14 days 50c. n n' -I— —0 —— VLEGAL ADVERTISING / ' - : APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Notice is hereby given that the Undersigned has been appointed executor of the estate of Charles Fuchs, late of .Adams county, deceased. The estate Is probably solvent. : . r.v WILLIAM FUCHS, Executory October 25, 1906. nol3w . APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATRIX Notice is hereby give nthat the undersigned has been appointed Administratrix of the estate of William H. Niblick, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. '? CHRISTINA R. NIBLICK, Adm’r’x. D. D, Heller & Son, Merryman & Sutton, Attorney's. November 12, 1906. 37-3 L ! ■ '’i-' NOTICE FOR BIDS. - ' Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Deqatur, Adams County, Indiana, will receive sealed bids or proposals for the construction and building - and digging of a sewer known as the McLaughlin sewer, starting at' Monroe street, terminating at Madison street in said city aconling to drawings and specifications now on file in the office of the City. Clerk of said city, until 7 o’clock p. m., of the 26th day of November, 1906, fbldder must file with the City Clerk when he files his bid, the usual statutory affidavit arid deposit with him a certified check for the sum of i dollars or deposit the sujn of 1100.00 in cash as a guaranty I that he will accept said bid and cSrry put the construction of said work. The successful bidder will be required to 1 give a bond with surety to be approvI ed by the Common Council, insuring the sfaithful completion of said work according to contract. The Common , Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids, This, the 7fh day--of November, 1906. „ , CARLO. FRANCE. " I • City Clerk. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. L THE STATE OF INDIANA. ‘ ' l < COUNT 1 OF ADAMS, as: 1 8 Cir<;Uit C ° Urt ’ Sei)tem- [ BERTHA BAKER f Elbw ARD. BAKER. , N °‘ 7287 ’ DiVofce and alimony. • 1 L appearing from' affidavit filed tin the above entitled cause, that Edwaed Baker, the above named defendant.'ls a nan-residfent of the State of Indiana.

Notice is therefore hereby given the said Edward Baker, that he be arid appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Qourt on: t,he -2nd day of January, 1906, the same being the 39th ■JuYldrcial day of the ribO regular 7 t'erin thereof, to be holden,-? at the Court House in the City of Decatur, ppm'rridneirig on Mondev. the 14th ; dav of November. A D„ 1906, and plead, by Sjisvyer or demur to s.aid cpmplainf, or the same will be heard and determined in his absence. ' / WITNESS, my name and. Seal of :paid Cotirt hereto affixed' this 2nd [SEAL] day of November, A. D., 1006. DAVID GERBER, Clerk. By PAUL BAUMGARTNER, • " Deputy. Dgvid E. Smith, Att’y for plaintiff. 36-. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. riotide is hereby given that the'undersigned, superintendent of the construction of the Jacob Huser ditch,; in Monroe township, Adonis county, Indiana, Off' ’ J!y ' '‘•'3' ■ Saturday, December 1, 1906. at 10:80 o’clock a. in;; at the office o< the County Surveyor, in the City. of Decatur, in said county, receive sealed bids for the construcaion of said ditch with reports, plans'"and specifications therefor, "now on file in said dause. Blds will be rebeived arid contracts let as follows: - so From station ,0 to station 21 plus 7.?, and to the lowest arid best bidder or bidders. ' ’ ' 1 < Bidders will be required to file with their bids affidavits as required by laiy, upon forms furbished by strelr superintendent and" each bid Shall be aceotfipanfefi with a good and sufficient, bpijd in a sum equal to, the .amount of such bid, ' conditional for the faithful performance of said contract, and that such, bidder will enter into. contract, if the same fie .awarded to hifn, such bpnd to be approved by said superintendent; .v The said superintendent the right to. reject any arid all' bids. No 'bids Will be afciiepted In excess Os the estimated cost of such work, or in excess of the benefits found, L. L. BAUMGARTNER, 37-3 t. Superintendent of Construction JvA;. — ',-v • j APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citizens and inhabitants of the ' t«rwn of Williams, in Root township, and to the citizens and Inhabitants of said R'odt . township, 7,-damg cbui}ty, Indiana: - ■ J . Notice , js hereby given that ,I, John Hey, a male inhabitant pf the State, pf Indiana, over the age of twenty-one years and a person not in the habit' of becoming, intoxicated;,.will make appljbatiori to. the Bofird of Commissioners of said county of Adams, at their next . regular sesion, , commencing on the first Monday in .December, 1906, for .a IlcensA ta retail spirituous, Vinous, malt and -intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, with ,the privlege of allowing the' same to be drank on the premises' whereon said liquors are to be sold. Said premises are situated as follows, .to-wit: In and at the building situated on the - north 20 feet of, inlot number 40" in the original .plat of the town .of WilHarris, in DoOt'township, Adams county, Indiana, as the same is recorded and designated on the recorded plat of said town. Said room in which .tfie applicant desires to sell said intoxicating liquors is the front room, ground floor, in the one and one-half story frame building on said inlot arid on the ■ ndrth 20 feet thereof aforesaid. Said room being 20 feet wide and 30 feet-in lengthy fronting on Berry street iri said town Of' Willfairis. Said applicant desires also to keep a lunch ppuntpr and cigar stand- in described room and sell cigars ftnd tohac.cp- " thetelri. ■ • ■' ■. 377-8 L .7 JOHN HEV, rAppiieant. ■ i, i APPLICATIOBTFOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To t,be. the Second Ward of the City o.f Deqatjir, Adams, Coun,ty, Indiana, and all others whom tt may • , concern; - z .' ZNqtici is hereta; .the ,uncferslgned, a biEue inhabitant Over" the age of twenty-orie years, and a resident of said, city, county and state,, will 4t'" the ’ December term, "1906. of the Board of Commissioners 'Of said ebuhty and state, apply fox a license tp sell, ba.rter pnd give away ' for. the purpose of" gain, - vinous and malt liquors in less . quantities than-a uua-rt at a time .with the privilege of Allowing the samd to be drank where sold. Will also,: want to sell cigars -and-ito-bacco. v - , The precise Ibcdtlon of the : premises on which ! desire to- sell; barter, ■ or fl.ve away saifl liquor,, with the pr|vilge of Allowing the same to be drank thereom" is the front ground- floor room of a two-story brick building, situated on the south, twenty-two feet in width Off of in-lot ntitriber fifty-two (52). in i D.evatur,, Adams county, Indiana. Said I room where said liquors are to be i shirt, rtrafik Arid 'gr l ’'c*f J n#hy,‘'fs tvrerfty- • two feet trifle fiy fifty-seven feet long

> fronting oil 1 Sefeond street in saifi city, fromt arid south side entrance's and opening at rear of .eaid room and its a part of the building ,on said lot as designated Oh the recorded pfet es sitid Cjty . of Decatur. Indiana. , ss . 3f . C HAKL ES D . . V. - f. 1 j• r 1 ’ 'ij.; APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To-, the .citizens of Hartford township, Adams County,. Indiana, and all others concerned: , Notice is hereby given that the undersigned. a male inhabitant of Hartford township, in said county, Will make application at the - December;. 1906 Term of Cornmissioners of Adams county, Indiana, for a license for otie year ; -to sell, barter and give away spirituous, vin.qus and malt liquors in less quantities thari a 'quart at a 'time -with Ithe privilege' pf allowing, the earner to -be drank on the premises where sold, which said premises are situated And deSerfbed as. follows, to-wit: .Lot Number .seven (7) as known.and designated bri "the recorded-plat of the toWn of Bueria Vista; Adams County, Indiana. Said room faces, and fronts On a public" street, to-wit: Water street -In skid town airdZis twenty. 420) feet wide and forty-five (45) feet long, has double glass doors And two windows in front, ohe door upon the north side and one in the west end and trap doors leading, to cellar belotv. Said room Ts the east and front ground floor of said building- and is not connected with any other business and is so "arranged that' same can be securely locked and admission thereto prevented. . " Lunch counter privileges will ' be asked in addition thereto-. -. o A . > WALTER A, HUNT 36-3 t. Applicant. ,-/ 7 ; NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hbreby given thS.t the Undersigned, superintendent of .the-.con-strpetion of the Lewis. Reynolds ditph in Wabash And Jefferson townships, Adams county, Indiana, will on ■ - > ■ .- Saturday, December 1, 1906, at". 10:30 O’clock : a-. -m.,‘ at -the office 4>f the County Surveyor in the City of Decatur, said county, receive sealed bids for the construction of said ditch in Accordance with the reports,- plans on specifications therefor, now on file in said cause. Bids will received and ebhtracte let as follows: Section I—From station 22 to 44 plus 86. Section 2—From station 0 to 22.' Section 3—" Branch No. 1. from station 0 to 3; .Branch No; 2. from .station 0 to 1, plus 29, and to,the lowest and best bidder or bidders. Bidders will be required to file with their bids affidavits, as required by law, upon forms furnished by Such superintendent, and eiach bid shall be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond in a sum equal to the amount of such bid. conditional for the faithfiil performance of said contract, and that such bidder will enter into contract, if the same be awarded to him. such bond to be approved by said superlritendent. The said superintendent reserves the right to reject any and all bids. . No bids will be accepted "in excess of the estimated cost of such work, er in excess of the benefits found. L. L- BAUMGARTNER,' 3T-2t. Superintendent of Construction NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING., Notices is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadama road in Hartford township in Said county known as the Brushwood College Extension No! 1 Macadam road, up and until 10 o’clockZKT"M-dn — *’ . . Friday, December 7, 1906. . at A regular session of the Board Os . Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, sealed : bids' will be rebeived for the cdnstruc- , tion of said road in accordance with ' the plans, specifications and report of the viewers . and engineer, which are • now' On '"file At the ‘Auditor’s Of s said county, said road to be bqilt of • crushed stone alone. 1 A bond must accompany each bill in > twice the'amount of the bid Hied, >eonditionefl for faithful, performance of ’ said work and that the bidder If award- ‘ e'd the 'contract therefor will enter 'lnto : contract therefor and complete .the same • according to, such,,.contract and in. accordance with the bid filed.' All blds shall" be made so as to give the amount fop,,which said road will be . constructed for cash payable oh estl- : mates to be'made by the engiriee'r in . charge, not to exceed eighty per cent • of any one,estimate, out of the funds [ to be hereinafter raised by the sale of [ bonds as required by law. t Each bidder will be required to - fl]e i affidavit,as pro’-fded by law. I The Board of Cdmmissioners rese'rve . the right to reject any. and all bids. ' i C. D. LEWTON, , , ; 37-3 t. Auditor of Adams County. J

-• -r*r’ *■ Z i *• ■» . . 77"* 1 PETITION FOR STONE RbAD W ' Th the. Board of ■ Commissioners - of' dSflams, County, >■ We, the undersigned, all Arid each%f us, res^entfrpe holders of Root township, in Adams county, most respectfully petition your honorable body, to cause to be built and constructed, a, stone road on and along the following route, to-wlt: .Comifiencing at the,, northwest corner Township tweptyeight (28) north, range fourteen (ft) east, running thence east over and along the, public highway for a, distance of two miles between sections five and eight (5 and 8) arid section four and nine (4 and 9), township and range aforeeald/and terminating at the northeast corner of section nine (9) townsifip twenty-eight ' (28) north, range/Jpurteen (14) east. Tile above imppOvAmenhias prayed for.IS less than |hree mlleq in • length and/connectsrtat eaph end With an improved free gfavqp road in said towhshlp. ’ I Your petittoheifk further asU-gyjur Honorabie Body that said., high Ay ?.bove descrihdd fie graded and that broken stone be<»lAced upon grade, And upon the broken stone thatYhere be placed sthrie . screenings and that there be built, made and constructed Upon saids*W|y what is known ’ls a macadajpizpd road, and ydur petitioners further show that the public highway thus sought lo be improved iriTa public highway already established ®hd i)B what J* as a dirt rOAd rtn4?is dne of the; publid highways'. of "Ariid Root/township..; - ■ j daidi road as Abqve described be"gradEd to a width of 22 feet, and that broken atone he. placed therebn' to.-a. wifithtnf 10 feet and to a depth of 10 inches in the center thereof, arid tAA 8 inches the sides tWdff' and' thJat s °f e « , ’ ln W/Wrt»laced. 1 aced. tol a depth Os f inches upoff ( 'f/aidn brokhn stone. * ■■ y /• / 7.7/ JJ T ■: ThAt said road be cdnstructed^as*a single trapk, of broken stone arid stojie screenings placed therbont 1 That the name of said prtad above described shall.; be called -the Harmon Reiter and. Henry Butrlihahn Macadam Road. Extension., .-■• / t'-. i. -- - • We ask that said improvement be paid for. by bonds issued by the Corinty of Adams in the State of Indiana, payable in twenty semi-annual installments or series, find for the payment of which we ask that a tax be levied' upon the taxable nropepty. of Root, .township in Adams County, Indiana, in sufficient amount to’.pay the-interest and principal of said-bonds, as they may become due. That said road be built and that bald bonds be- issued and that said trix be levied upon saM.property, of said township, in acordance with the Acts of the Legislature of the State dip InfOr^ e an<i passe<i in the tlm l Ac^f.f^ PinS ° n ■' . ■ ; ;• -j. • ■ r .-.- : • •! • ' ' r* s - ■ - ? sk that the Board take the different steps as required bv law to have said improvement constructed that the same be constructed without submitting the same to an election of the voters of said" Root township, as the Board is authorized to fl^j’nflw-toe Acts of the. Legislature of 1905, as the same appears on pages 554 th « of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, Acts of 1165. NAMES OF PETITIONERS.' Henry F. W. Bulmahli; John G. HeV Henry Bulmahn, Conrad Gallmeien L A. Fu hr man, Sam Fuhrman, Wm Hockemeyer, Carl Hockeirieyer, Chas. Scheimann, Fred Hockemeyer W. Macke, ..... _ Henry .Selklng r Chris. Selking, Fred BussT " John E. Mann, J. 0.. Hoagland, S. J. gpangler, Coat Cook, ’ Geqrge Keller, Charles Dirkson, Henry Dirkson, J. e. Mann B. Ft Butler, Chas. El, Magley John.Tonnelier, John Bogner’ yvm. Bulmahn, Jonas Cline, Herman Reiter, "’ Henry Zwick, Henry-F, Fuelling, Jacob Wm. Fuelling; >■' .' Ernest FueTlftit’ Ernest Franz, . .. j Fred Basse Louis H. Boknecht, Ernest Conrad Charles Boknecht, Samudl Ewihg’ WiUiam Liemann, William Osteririeyer’ Auffust Walter, John C. Houk Henry Weber, Louis "Weber Frederick Hoile, Chas. F. Frieillnri’ Fuelling. J. M. Snaps; Christianer, Jlenry Marhenke, Willis A. Fonner, Wm. C. Gallmeier Au|ushKoenema nn , C . D. This, petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on • "’Monrtoy, December 3 t 1996, time any taxpayer of Root township may Appear and make such objections as the law may provide tor--37-3t D ; Aiditor,