Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1907 — Page 8

INTERESTING LETTER Montefey, Mexico, January 26th, 1907. To the Editor of the Decatur Democrat: - There are so many friends I would like to write and tell of titiscurioua old city, the commercial Northern Mexico, but not permit me to do so, and maybe you would permit them all with one letter through yoW” paper. There D fitch a wealth of curious things to tell, I do not know where to begin. I suppose our arrival will be the best starting point. We were fortunate in becoming acquainted with an American lady coming down, who told us a great .deal about the city and the customs of the people, and we have seen arid learned much since. This lady had. Jived here and gave us the names of hotels, boarding houses and rooming houses. -She told us when we took a,' coach, hs carriages are called here, to not pay.mqre than SI.OO Mexican, 50 cents our money, for a whole party ,for An hour. So S. and I took a coach and started In search of an’ abiding place. It was seven a. m., warjn and clear. Monterey is about 170 ft.-feet; above sea level, in the Sierra Madre mountains. The peaks tower high" above us all around the city, but owing to the hot sun i there is no snow- upon them, neither trees nor grass—just rock. Well, we started in our coach, big enough and heavy enough to hold four of the biggest, fattest men |n\ Decatur, and then some room to spare. The wheels were like the front wheels of a farm wagon, big hubs and broad tires. Our driver was a Mexican peon with high peaked hat, and zerape,. (a blanket of brilliant color the njen wear like a shawl or scarf), and bright blue cot- ' ton trousers, skin tight. Our driver . jcduld not talk English .and we could hot.jtajk Mexican pr'Spanish, but it Was daylight,. and we. f were assured We .would be safe ajiv where in Mon- . eyey, so our one horse fulled us along In our mammoth coach tod we ; looked around at the curious, with the greatest Wepassed two conipaqjiu pf soldiers, dressed .in dark' blue, ppiforms, piped with, red,! white mu^ih rJ stps over wire frames, bare feet'/MfickJ sole fastened with a thong - doming between" the big toe and a flan pf leather over the.tqfopf the foot do, keep, the sun ffoin burning , it. But could see the bare feet plainly., The officers worb long swords an.d thpre.was a lot br\yelloWr'stripes aijjd ball fringe on their coat was no band, but they, seeded' to be happy and were marching'alpng, with speed. We saw ,many orange trees loaded With,.fruit, and mahy banana {fees, but' We fruit was picked from them. The farther down two we yode the narrbwer the streeta became, until down jn the city yre, found them bricked. The houses, jye of one and two stories, flat roots, bpilt of adobe or stone, cemented smoothly on the outside and plainted blue or pink or yellow or brown or white, preferably some shade of blue or pink. Alt the houses have shutters, mostly inside, with window barred with iron, something like? a bay window; because the peons -Mbhe lower Class of Mexicans) are thieves, and the iron, bars are far enough from the window that thfeir cannot reach through the win,.'dew anid’i steal things withjn reach. They tell us to leave nothing near the- window at nigh|, as they will retehihrough with apole and a hook on It, bnd steal your clothes,., Almost all the> houses are byilt 'flush with the. street, and there is a solid front: of houses, hut if ’the fe|g ,doors are left;, open’, into and you gqt. glimpses of flower? and, l ,alm s add orange and banana treesj.'and long copl galleries, or porches as We would shy. In our hunt tor some place to stay we drove here and., there. All the hotels were full, so, were the boarding houses, but we got a room in a private family who are Americans and lovely people. Through them we have learned a great deal of the customs of the people. This is an old city founded in 1596, and I believe some of the old Stone houses are about that old. The floors are cement, only the window frames and shutters, door frames and doors are of wood, and some of. them are wormeaten. There is nothing to burn. This is the capital of the state of Nueva Leon, one of Mexico’s thirty states, and has about 75.0QQ. inhabitants. We are only a square and a half from the principal cathedral which fronts on Zaragossa Plaza. The rear of the cathedral and bishop’s palace comes up within a half square of us. On this same plaza is the hotel where we take our meals. And here twice a week, Thursday nights and Sunday nights are the great parades. The Military Band plays and from eight till ten, crowds of the better class of people—the Spanish-Americans, the society people parade around and around this little park of one square. In the center is the band stand. Around it are flower beds, orange and banana trees, palms as tall as a maple tree, Os different varieties. Outside of these is a broad stone paved walk with,-some seats on each side. We sat and watched,,them, hut this being Lent the crowds are not so great. The young meh all walk in one direction; the young women with their chaperons, in the . opposite one. This is their, sole , chance of meeting, with one exception, of which 1 shall speak later.' ft'a young" man is pleased with a young-lady he’raises‘his hat as he passesj u.- JShe. -next time they come around, the circle, if he continues to; be pleased, he raises his .hat’ After the third time he Vaises his hat, ant Phis attentions are acceptable to the y.qung lady and her then she is allowed to w,alkon the other side of her chaperon and 'in passing he is allowed to'touch her hand. After several courses of this, they talk together a little, the chaper-

on takes his -name and address, and takes the young lady home. The parents or guardian looks up the record of the young man. family and position and pecuniary condition, and, if satisfactory, he is so informed and is allowed to come to the house and stand on the pavement and talk through the barred window, the chaperon or some member of the family always being in thaigpom. I do not know, but I suppo®that after betrothal, which is a ve* solemn service, he is admitted to the house. But the foregoing is truestor I saw elegant carriages with 1 Hvdrteti “fjoachman drive up and the young ladies and chaperon get out and parade and parade. The only other time is after the services Sunday. The young women go to church. The men come and stand in the aisles, and in the pews, and twist and twirl their mustaches (or to be Spanish, I should say, mustachols) and eye the girls. Just before the service closes they leave bodily, and when the young women leave the church there they are, lined up on each side, down which alley everybody must pass. A young man who is acceptable, may, without scandal, walk from the cathedral doors to the gates. I saw - this also. There are many fine private carriages here, and Mexicans who live luxuriously, but this class of people you see in all cities. It is the peon class that interest me. They are native to the soil, and their dress is peculiar. All their women wear black mantillas —a wide, black scarf of wool, cotton or lace—usually wool, which they rape around their shoulders and over their heads, and is their only wrap and head covering They are a very dark-skinned people, small in staure. They are the laboring class here and are extremely poor. Most of their hours are of adobe, cemented on the outside. No window, only a door, with a grating in it to let in a little light when they have to close it. Some of the houses are built of cane with roof thatched with grass and leaves. I was down through their market today. I could not talk to them but I could look. Some of their stalls were not., more than four feet frontage. There would be piles of four or five potatoes laid together in piles. Tiny litle things that we would not peel, .but would feed to pigs or chickens. Another stall would have a slice of cabbage (raw), two or three slices of red beet, a couple of potatoes the -eixe ot a hickory nut, a young green •

onion, a slice of white: vegetable, and spray of somethlhg green, stacked together in. a little heap. What-they cost;! do not know. v We crossed the bridge which is Ouilt over- the Santa Catarina river. ■ The river i's dry now,' bqt a .-.big. storm-in the mountains fills it, > -Qno both sides of this long bridge the market ' stalls continue, filled; with sueh . petty stuff: A few beans, a. few stalks of sugar cane, some red peppers, a stall with cheap ribbon, and lace, cheap pottery, etc.,, etc?, all presided over by dark-skinned horribly ugly old men and old women. Air the. peon men wear their trousers so.,tight they look as if they were melted and poured in. They are usually; blue cotton. They weir a colored scarf or broad belt around their waist in which is usually concealed a knife. No suspenders and one of these immense Mexican hats. I saw one peon today who has bias folds of the goods up the sides of his pants, and as a. trimming and they were so tight on him they were hooked up the outside of his leg. They all have their zerapes, a colored blanket they wear nearly all the time. If it is cold they wrap up in it. If not so-cold, folded around their neck like a scarf. I do not know what they do with it when It is hot They roll up in it and lay down .anywhere and go to sleep. The zerapes are bright red, green, purple, striped, gray, brown, all colors and all patterns, but the gayer the more they like it. ■There was a hull fight herb Sunday afternoon. This is the Mexican national game, just as base ball is, ours. S— and I did not go. We ■ were told some tickets sold as high as >4O Mexican. If it had been on a Week day, I think I should have gone. I doubt ,if I should have stayed through it all| I am told that there ( must be a license taken , out every time they have a bull fight, for Which they pay the city from >SO to >200,' according to the matador and the number of bulls to be killed, I suppose. For cock fighting they pay from $4 to >lO per month. I saw the beginning of one on the street the other day, as I was waiting for a car, but I did not wait for the finish. Os course, yeu know, they put sharp knives on the spurs, and they fight to a finish, the owner of the winner taking the money. Bread shops, ice cream shops and other shops pay from >1 to >5 per month license. The most dreadful thing to me is the burials. No one is kept over twenty-four hours. To bury “for keeps,” as one might say, is very expensive, so most of the people rent a grave. It is >5.70 for five years and for each suceeding five years, >2.85. Any time the rent is not paid the body is taken up and the grave used again. When the body is taken out for burial, a sack of lime is taken out and at the cemetery, the coffin is opened and the lime sprinkled in. To be buried in the Potter’s field a license of 50 cents must be paid. Sometimes a coffin is rented, and when the cemetery is reached the body is taken out, put in the ground, lime poured over, and the coffin returned to be used again. They have a funeral car, used by the poor people. Runs on the street car line, painted black, with black wooden plumes, wooden draperies, etc., drawn by two little mules hitched one in front of the other. The coffin is placed in the center with- the sack of lime at one side. F have seen this. Before leaving the license business, I want to say that all business is ro quired to pay from % t6T per cent of their sales every two »inontttk- il ’-‘ A‘ heavy fine is imposed for misrepFei sentation of their-sales;- All *l43ver- * tisements have to have a 2-cent •; stamp. There is not time to’gfve'ybu but a little of thig,-as there is so much H I Want to- teM- ymk The Street 6k?s »| are such .antiquated llittle tfiffigs, pull- , ed by two little mules, not Hiuch big-’ JI ger than bjirros. One is hitched be-’ i, fore the other, and the driver hisses, r and whistles and cracks a big whip , I (on the order of the blaCk-snake whip -. Vhly longer) mver them, instead of .•: • .

shoutng and swearing as in the north. Some times the mules walk, some times they trot, some times gallop. Some times they run on one side of the track and some times on the other, but never where they should. At times they take a notion to turn a corner and go up another street Then the diver must get off and lead him back th his rightful path. The conductor takes the fares. After while an inspector comes along and takes the money from the conductor, counts the passengers, and looks at the register. The bell to stop the car runs along the side. It is an old clothes line tied in several places. I forgot to tell you about the harness on the street car mules. It looks as if it belonged to an Alabama darkey. They always wear their halters which are several wrappings of a small rope over nose and around neck. Then an old bridle tied in places, the blinds loose and flapping, and just enough leather or chains to fasten them to the car. The burdens the peons carry on their heads and backs are wonderful. They ’carry an ice cream freezer on their heads and go along the street calling the isale. They will carry, baskets on their heads as big again as a big washtub, but no deeper, filled with things. I saw a man today carrying on his back about a dozen rods of iron, an inch or an inch and a quarter in dianu,er and about sixteen or eighteen feet long. He was delivering them to some place. An acquaintance told me today that Saturday her husband bought a cot with springs and mattress, two straight-backed chairs, a rocker, a lamp and a bucket He took one of the men in the store and showed him the articles and told him to divide it up and bring it as he could. The peon took a rope and tied the mattress on the springs and bed, the chairs on top of that, put the lamp in the bucket, put one load on his back and the other on his arm and delivered them in one load. I * sat on the cot this afternoon when I called. The milkman will deliver cow’s milk, goat’s milk or burro milk, just as you choose. The oranges and bananas are delicious. They grow here. We buy fine ones for two cents each. Os course, we are feasting on them. 1 forgot to say they are building an electric car line. Many of the .streets are bricked. They are putting in a fine, sewer system. In digging they came across an old sewer in perfect . condition,' built by the Spaniards, all knowledge of whir.h hart Inert*

nuunieuge ui wuicn nau peen lost; The city of 75,000 is dependent on! wells. Where I _room, the lady boils! the water ind tfien filters it through one of the native jars ,of pottery. -ri Could Write ten pages more if I hadtime and you had space. I forgot to' say this city is famous as a Winter! resort, having famouq hot. springs out at Topo Chico; about four miles from? the city. There‘are a great many northern people here now. The great improvements going on in the city bring many, and then, the tourists atfe' many. We are going over to Saltillo In the state of Coahuila tomorrow stay over night. We are going fdr the grand mountain scenery. Our (riends tell us not to miss UN W’e will teturn here before going back to Austin, where we left our trunks. Austin is about 500 miles from here. We then go to San Antonio, El Paso] and then up to Grand Canyon of Art* zona and California. So many people go to these places there is nothing to tell that everyone does not know? These people are new to me, and I thought might be new to you, as not many of our people come to Mexico. Elizabeth Studabaker Morrison. E. R. Early Gives Account of His E. R. Early Gives Acocunt of His Brother's Life, -p ' . ' - - •( Henry Schindler of Berne, has cedved the following letter trom- EZ R. Early of Lebanon, Pa., concerning hjs brother who died in JaCob Hunsicker’s barn In tills county several weeks ago; Dear Sir: — Your favor of the 23rd inst., to hand and was glad and much pleased in getting the information concerning my brother J. J. Early giving details of his sifekness and death. He was born in Palmyra Lebanon county, Pa., July 18, 1836, making his age 71 years, 7 months. He was a business man man in his young days and was well liked and had a great deal of influence but got in company detrimental to his interest and then took to traveling and traveled from Boston. Mass., to Denver, Colorado, and has, I suppose, traveled from New Jersey through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa and Missouri a dozen or more times and was on his way out to Illinois again. He left me last July and went to Somerset county, Pa. He wrote me he was going te Ohio. He sold recipes, the main one being a chicken cholera recipe. Not to be egotistic of his parentage will say that our family was second to none in Lebanon county, Pa. His father was 91 years old when he died. In 1862 he was U. S. 10th district assessor of Lebanon and Schuylkill counties. We have six generations buried in one graveyard (the Bindnagles). In 1862, J.-J. was orie of the' assistant assessors’ and' had three townships to qjurvass and ..assess, .so., you' can see thq .contrast of ithen and nowsrv I wanted -him to stay rieac my sace or : wit!? tfie/but no,. Would' rogm' or Tdfg Ifte : L •-..JJis body -was received on Sunday, Feb.'24, at 1p35 p. m. and-viewed at-S' • -ip. m. We found Him in . Very good ' condition, the coroner apd -undertaker the prompt and-mioe. ■way they sent .-him, as fine afe ? if I

- would have cowe out to be present. 3 In behalf of my brother Joeeph and j three sisters we extend our thanks to . you. Thanking yon again, t I am yours truly/ 1 B. R. EARLY. i I . • - FINDS AGAINST JOHN RUNYON », • , » ii i - Judge Erwi*» Goes to Bluffton to Hear r 1 Motion • t u e Terrel Car.e— I • . i Oth <r Leyal Bushiest. I s i The Marthi !• Linker v< J »h;i i Runyon, paternity suit, went to the 1 jury at four o’clock Monday after- ” noon, a sealed verdict being returned at ten o'clock that night and read in j open court at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, finding the defendant, John Run--1 yon is the father of Miss Linker’s t child. Henry Barkley was foreman. J The judge will fix the amount which j Runyon must pay for the support of w the child, which may be any amount 3 from S2OO to SIOOO. It is probable by p an agreement of the parties in this r case the sum will be fixed at S3OO. ? The epurt will render his decision as J to the amount next Tuesday. i Frank R. Hill vs. Elias R. Liby et I al., suit on note, S2OO. Appearance by ‘ Peterson & Moran for defendants, [ rule to answer. ’ Viola M. Gilbert et al., vs. Ruby V. . Sheets et al, partition, plaintiffs’ atl torney allowed S3O, to be paid by • plaintiffs. — i . s The claim cases of Andrew Gott- > schalk and Hoffman & Gottschalk vs. ■ Andrew Gottschalk, adminstrator of L Silas Oliver estate, were set for tidal i Wednesday,''March 13th. . L ' —— E. Franz has entered his appeari ance as attorney for the defendants in : the attachment cases David Bailev. A.

lire aii«reuixreiMu vatreo vauu IXUICJ, n. Q. Smith and':Wilson P. Clymer Vs. W» H. Gardner, et al •?*■■ • ‘ ’•: *» nil ■ fc 1 \ The plaintiffs were ruled to reply to-the answer, of defendants in the cpse of Sixby & Grumme Co., et at, : YS- Hirschy Bros, et al., a Conversion suR. ■ f .Doug Balser va. Louis H. Boknecht et al, suit on note, demand >6OO, demurrer to complaint overruled. ■ Julius Haugk vs. James W. Place et al., suit on contract, depositions on file ordered published. Daniel N. Erwin, guardian for Benjamin and Clarence Hoagland, l filed a petition to re-invest funds, so' orrederd, appraisement ordered and Isaac Babcock and J. C. Patterson appointed appraisers. > Dyonis Schmidt, guardian for Peter Braun et al., filed a petition to borrow ,>3OO to pay leins on real estate and it was so ordered. ] Judge Erwin went to Bluffton at noon today to bear a motion in the Terrell case to also look after other legal, matters pending before him in the Weils Circuit court > ? LKGALADVEBTISUTG APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR Notice is hereby given that the un. dersigned has been appointed executor of the estate of Lewis C. Miller, late of Adams county, deceased. Tha estate is probably solvent. NANCY L. MILLER, Executor. Feb. 18, 1907. < 51-3 t L>. .. — Appointment es Administrator. Notice is hereby given, That the undersigned has been appointed administrator of tbe estate of George Hart, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. SARAH B. HART, Adm’r’x. D. B. Erwin, Attorney. February 23, 1907. 52-3 t Appointment of Administrator. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Shelby Ray, late, of Adams c unty, deceased. The deceased is preb ’bly solvent. ALICE E. RAY, Ad’m’r’x. Merryman & Sutton, Attys . Feb. 16, 1907. BIJIt NOTICE OF T’MAL SET- < ' TLEMENT OF ESTATENotice is her by given to the creditors, heirs and 1 legatees of Barney Hkckman, deceased, to appear In the Adams Circuit ourt, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 28th day of March, 1907, and phew catise, if any; why tbe Final Settlement Accounts with the estate-of said '-decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified; to/thew amMher® make-' proof; d heirship, and receive their distributive shares. -). > MARY HACKMAN, Adm’r’x. D/ B. .®wdn,vAUfWSar. ’-"p' ’ ’ 'Deteatur, Ind., Feb—26f-1907i':— 52-3 t ■ a— TJnotice of receiving bids. p Notice is bereby giv'en'Ahat specifi-onfile’-ftPthe •auditor's affioe Adaiix? Dduntyx^ndianaj.-lor qf, ;i a j£ene§ or bar-

. tier at the river bridge near the interI urban power station. Sealed blds will be received therefor, up to ten o’clock arm., on Monday, April 1, 1907, by the board of commissioners. Contract will be let to the lowest; responsible bidder. Each bid must be accompanied by bond and affida- ' vit as required by law. The board of commissioners reserve the right to reject any or al! bids. By order of the Board. C. D. LEWTON, l-3t. Auditor Adams County. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court, Feb- , ruary Term, 1907. Louisa Zaugg vs. Peter Zaugg. . 5 Complaint for divorce. No. 7344. It appearing from affidavit filed in I the above entitled cause, that Peter t Zaugg, the above named defendant, is . a non-resident of the state of Indiana. Notice: is therefore hereby given the said Peter Zaugg that he be and ’ appear before the Hon. Judge of the • Adams Circuit court on the 29th day l of April, 1907, the same being the f 19th Juridicial day of the next regu- . lar term thereof, to be holden at the ‘ court house in the city of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the Bth day i of April, A. D., 1907, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or , the same will be heapd and determined in his absence. Witness, My name and the Seal of said court hereto affixed this 2nd day of March, 1907. ' (SEAL.) DAVID GERBER, Clerk. By PAUL BAUMGARTNER, , Deputy. Merryman & Sutton, Attorneys for Plaintiff. 1-3 NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss. In the Adams Circuit court, February Term, 1907. . . Fred J. Gerber vs. Albrecht Reber, Fred Gfeller, Mary Gfeller. No. 7345. It appearing from affidavit filed in :the above entitled cause, that Fred | Gfeller, Mary Gfeller, wife of Fred ; Gfeller, whose true Christian: name Is to the plaintiff unknown, of the above named defendants, are non-resldeats of the state of Indiana. t Notice is therefore . hereby< given the said Fred Gfeller. and Mary Gfel-

■ * A vXA X*A* ■ V«*A\A Al*. Ml A : er, his wife, whose true'Christian name is to plaintiff unknown; that they be and appear before-Ahe- Hon.' Judria -of the Adams Circut- court on the- ;29th' ■ day of April,;. 1907, the same being , the 19th Juridiciak dgy of the next; , regular term thereof! to be Holden ■ at the court house in the city of De--3 catur, commencing on Monday, the Bth day of April, A. D., 1907, and plead/ by answerer demur to said complaint,’ or the same wijl be heard and deter-! • mined in their absence. •. - : Witness, My name and seal of said court hereto offixed this 4th of March, A. D., 1907. *. (SEAL.) >. DAVID GERBER, Clerk, By PAUL BAUMGARTNER.' /Deputy, Merryman & Sutton, ’ Attorneys for Paintiff. 1 ;• ,l-?t. ’ ■■*■ u. ; 1 ’ NOTICE TO NON-REfiIDENTfi. I The Skate es Indiana, Ooanty of Ad. ams.ee: .la the Adams .Uirenft eourt, Febraary Term, HOT. EMIL JUILLfeRAT ▼s. No. 7339. JOffBPH ROBBINS, LOUISA ROBBINS, ‘ JAMBS MART ROSBINS et >' : Qaiet Title. It appearing from affidavit filed tn the abdve entitled!cause that Joseph 1 Robbins, Loaiea Robbins, James Rob. ’ bins, Mary Robbins, Carl Smith and i Floyd Smith. es .the above named de. fendaata are nori-residents .of the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said. Joseph Robbins, Louisa Robbins, James Robbins, Mary Robbins,' Carl Smith and Floyd Smith, that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit court on • the 18th day of April, 1907, the same ■ being the 10th Juridical day of the , next regular term thereof, to be hold, b en at the Court House in the city of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the Bth day of April, A. D., 1907, and plead : by answer or demur to said complaint or the same will.be heard and deter, mined in their absence. WITNESS, my hand and seal of said court hereto affixed this 20th day of February, A. D., 1907. ’ (SEAL.) DAVID GERBER, Clerk. ’ By PAUL BAUMGARTNER, Deputy. F. M. Schirmeyer, Merryman & Sutton, . 51.3 t Attorneys for Plaintiff. NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the ’ Board of Commissioners of Adams ’ county, Indiana, will receive bids for ’ the construction of a macadam road ' in St. Marys township, in said county, known as the Irwin Carter Macadam ’ road, up and until 10 o’clock a. m. on Monday, April 1, 1907, at, a regular session of the Board of Commissioners held in the city of Deca, Adaffis county, Indiana., sealed bids will be 1 received for the construc- ! tion of said rdad in accordance with the plans; specifications and report of I the viewers and engineer, which are ’ now on file In the auditor’s office of ! said county, ,roads to be built of, crashed htotfe alone. ■ >' VWnd each bid in:twjpe the amount of- the; bid ■ filed, ! conditioned for faithful performance of!sas} work and that the; bidder if awarded the contract therefor will enter into contract therefornand com--the same according, te. such con- ' tract and in accordance with the bid? ' filed <■ ; 1U All bids shall be made so as to give' the i-amount (for,, which said - road will be’constructed for cash payable on es- ■ tim'ates to be made by the engineer in II charge, not. to exceed eighty per cent ■ of any one estimate out of the funds : to be hereinaftai’ raised by rireusaje, of, ■

. r , . bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commiaaioners reserve the right to reject any and all bidv L e-. ' C. D. LEWTON, l-3t Auditor of Adams County. PETITION POR STONE ROAD.. State of Indiana, County of Adams ss. To the Honorable Board of Commission rs of Adams county. Indiana: We, the each and all of whom are resident freeholders taxflayers and voters of and in the township of Kirkland,- in the county of Adams and state of Indiana, do hereby most respectfuly petition your honorable body, that you proceed to construct a free macadamized stone road in said Kirkland township in the county of Adams and state of Indiana, over and upon the following road to-wit, being upon the public highway and situated as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of section 15, and the southeast corner of section 16, in township 27 north of range 13 east in Adams county, Indiana, being one mile east of the Wells county line and commencing at what is known as the Kirkland Township Central Macadamized road, running thence north on the highway dividing said sections 15 and 16, and 9 and 10 in said Kirkland township; two miles to the northeast corner of section 9,« and the northwest corner of section 10, in said township and there to intersect with what is known as the Peterson & Prairie Macadamized road and there to terminate? being two miles long and to connect the said Kirkland Township Central Macadamized road with the said Peterson & Prairie Macadamized road. We further petition that you take such action upon this petition as you are directed and authorized to under and by virtue of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved and passed in the year 1905, beginning' on page 550 of said acts and in force, and under any act mentioned in said act. The improvements herein prayed for to be a continuance of the Kirkland Township Central Macadamized road, and to connect thJe jmoyfe' road with the Peterson & Prairie Macadamized road in said township. ~ ..j.lj;,. The said, macadamized roads being roads heretofore petitioned' ans yot-

ed so imder ttie act of flbe-General i I'Assejfably of the slAte of ImtbuMi, Ift ' fbrdb; nt the tijne" thqLjfcame’ ! dered constructed. ~.. ’ , said; pAffohersT wouldfurther ! drfee the construction of .'safd road as . pfayed for, for the reason that said highway* PYer w'hich iniprovement Js prayed for, .18 one of, -principal : thoroughfares of said s township, and ’ with on'e ex'ceptfp’n la used-more than any other ,highway l ’ in said town&ip. That said portion of sald township and t® toad district though .wjhkSh this highway rujis, had Its fair proportion 'Of improvements .to its said highway, and that other portions of said' township have had more than their exsqultable proportions of improvements made to their: high■*ways. ■-X NAMES OF PETITIONERS. ’ Otto Reppert, W. G. Beineke, James A. Steele, William Barfeer,' Albert Arnold, J. T. Niblick, Lotus. Conrad, C. Schlickman, Martin M, Reuben Bbery, Weyer, Steele, Charles Bryan, Jesse 8. Byeriyy E>ra Reber, Geo. A. Ernst, Bracht, Sarah Schliekmam CL u-Baife-erfek, X F. Shady, JawfrJ|bm D. M. Byerly, M. J. Welker, MH' Zimmerman, H. S. Steele, Reuben S. Pierce, W. F. Stetler, George Martin, Jacob Boeder, Calvin P. Eller, Wm. Ehrman. G. F, Byerly, E. R. Ethst/ Jacob R Henschen, Fred Bracht, Jamea M. Jonah Corson, Edwin S. Howanf S. L. Driver, J. A. Zerkel, Linzy Howard, John Sovlne, Herman' Thomas, B. F. Booker, George W. MiUer, -M. .1 C. Harris, Adam Haauer Jacqb Hel- £ leh, J. G. Crurit, D. O h Zimmerman, ' Cal Shoap, George Crist, £>. F. -Fiig- 4 . ate, H. T. Diehl, Jacob D. Brown, J. Bright, E. E. Zimmerman, Wffi. Kleine, Christian Mankeyv; C. B. Niblick, J. W. Stoneburffer, !J. H. Daniels, Ed Kirchner. This petition will be presented to the Board" of Commissioners on Monday, April 1, 1907, at which time any taxpayer of Kirkland township may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. l-3t. C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. RURAL ROUTE TEN NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson moved to their new home near Willshire last week. George Jacobs and mother were attending to business matters in Decatur, Friday. David Marschand has been busy for rhe last few days, buzzing wood for William Hakes. Elmore Cook and daughter, Nola, were at Decatur Friday, attending to business matters. Samuel Shepherd, who has been on the sick list for the past few weeks, is somewhat, improved at this writing. William Bell of Hocking county, O.y has been in our vicinity for the past few days, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Azie Tucker and other friends and relatives. ■, • ' - ! ■ —o—r ——>■■'--».'■•— ( The following letters.- remain uncalled for at the postuffice: Rushville Grain & Seed Mfg. CO., Mrs. Mary gchnyder, Mrs. Angia ■ Young)-,Mrs. W; S.. Townsend, Mrs. O vee ’ Fisher. ' 1 * Hester Agnes BuTenbarger, the ten months old child of '-i.lr. ahtbftfrs; 'Qrifrlaif Buffenbarger, AieA last evening ut fhqir home in the north part .$f the.-, efty at eight o’clock, death resulting from. v p. complication of diseases. The funeral' services'will be held Thursday afternoon at the house and interment 'jyill! be ; made in’ the, Reynolds > * '. «