Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1908 — Page 8

UKJAL ADVERTISING. PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams. July Term. ISOs The undersigned petitioners, who are resident freeholder* and voters in the townships of Hartford and Wabash. respectively, in the county of Adams, and State of Indiana, respectfully petition your Honorable Body to cause to be built, constructed and completed a double track crushed ■tone road over, upon and along the following described route, to-wit: Commencing at the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four (20, township twentyfive (25) north, range thirteen east, on the township line between the tewnship of Hartfo'd and Wabash in Adams county, in the State of Indiana, at a point in the public highway on the north side of a free improved gravel road, thenee running north on and along said public highway between the townships of Hartford and Wabash to the public highway at the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section thirteen in township twenty-five north, range thirteen east: thence running west on and along the public highway on the half section line running east and west through section thirteen, township twenty-five north, range thirteen east, to the west boundary line of said section thirteen, and to the free improved gravel road on said west line of said section thirteen township twenty-five north, range thirteen east, and there to terluiuate.

The entire length of said proposed improvement being two miles, more or less. Your said petitioners also state and show that the said public highway on the said township line between the townships of Hartford and Wabash, as heretofore located and established is thirty-two feet wide only; and also that said public highway on the half section line running east and west through the center of said section thirteen. township twenty-five north, range thirteen east, as heretofore established and constructed is thirty-two feet wide: and that to properly build, construct and complete the improvement of the said two highways herein prayed for. the said two public highways should be each enlarged and widened to the width of forty feet by extending the width of each of said highways four feet on each side thereof, and that said proposed widening and change of said two highways from thirty-two feet to forty feet will be of public utility and such width of forty feet is necessary to properly grade, drain and macadamize the same as prayed for herein. And your petitioner? therefore pray that your Honorable Body take such stpps as gnay be necessary to so change and widen said two public highways as by law provided: and your petitioners ask that said two highways as so widened be drained and graded to the full width of forty feet and w e recommend that the crushed stone portion of said improvement be made fourteen feet in width and dressed on top with stone screenings and be placed on the west side of said first mile of improved road, and on south side of the second mile of said improved road. Said road to be known as the L. O. Bears extension No. 1.

We further ask that bonds be issued for the payment for the cost of such improved road and that a tax be levied upon said townships for the payment thereof as provided by law in such improvements. We further ask that said improveent be established, ordered and constructed without submitting the question of the building of the same to an election of the voters of said townships of Hartford and Wabash and fcr any further necessary order in the premises, C. C. Moser, Christian Eicher. Sol Stuckey, David Stuckey, John B. Zehr, Peter Moser, Simeon Sales. Amos Stauffer, Silas Kizer, Samuel Oplinger, David Worthberger. Chas. E. Pusey, A. Schlagenhalf, John G. Adler. James Bohn. David Falb. Christian Stuckey, L. D. Dunbar, Levi Augsburger, A. M. Neuenschwander, Jacob Kosser. Christ Roth. Clayton Love, Jacob Pitts, C. A. Haviland. John Goff. Harry Swank, Geo. H. Kelley, John W. Kelley, Nathan Shepherd. Josephus Martin, M. F. Aspy. Adam C. Ford, J A. Purdy, Samuel Hall, John. Hall. Ezra Bugh, Abraham Egly, George Zehr, Jacob Schenback. W. C. Campbell, Peter Roth, Peter N. Moser, Noah A. Pusey, Noah Runyan, Fred Stadler, Jaccb J. Flory, George W. Gentis, John J. Angsburger, L. C. Dunbar, William Schlagenhauf, L. L. Dunbar, Isa Falb, ‘ Peter Hoffman, Rufus Meshberger, | Ben Miller, Peter Petersmith, C. Burghalter, John Love, William Laßue, W. W. Briggs, L. L. Mason. E. Barnes, A. Harlow. James H. Kelley, J. W. Kelley Sr., Noah Shoemaker. Frank Laßue, G. W. Caaper. Chris Hirschey, William Anderson, Noah Bieberstlne, Badge! y Anderson. William Hall, L. O. Bears, David Spichiger, Arnold Achleman. Peter Fox, John D. Mouser, Charles Martin, Abraham B Bixler. Emanuel W’anner, John Yoder, F. J. MacWhinney. Fred E. Lindsley, C. F. Green, Samuel Egley, J. C. Deitsch, W. B. Hale, W. B. Hendricks, F. W. Conner. Aaron Brieker. W. A. Wells, E S Callihan. Homer Pontius. W. C. Glendening, M. A. Atwood. J. W. Heller, Peter J. Liechty. Joel Schaffter, Bert E. Reddot. Henry Decker, Daniel Beeler, F. A. W. Lindsley. A. G. Bliss. A. J. Juday, C. C. Mosser, A. Schug, M. Schindler. Eugene Kneuss, David Kauffman. A. Shanks. Filipaus Sort, Daniel Yoder. John J. Liechty, Adam Bieberstein. Peter Stuckey. John Schindler, Andrew Schertz, H. M. Aspy, John W. Didot, Frank Haviland, O. E. Whitman. J. A. Anderson, C. D. Porter, Frank Haughton, John E. Briggs, Jesse Mann. Geo. Hartman, J. Morris Wells, M. E. Hution, L. G. Botkins, S. H .Teeple, J. M. Pease. Samuel Egley, Ed Stahly, Michael Zehr. J. H. Hardison, A. P. Haviland, A. M. Redding, Thomas Drew. I. N. Veley, O. O. Juday, Chas. Relcheidaffer, Ab Shoemaker, Andrew Idlewtne, Emil Pluss, Enis Sprunger.

This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monoay, July 6. 1908, at which time the taxpayers of Hartford and Wabash townships may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 24-3 t C. D. LEWTON. Auditor. o AN ORDINANCE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, DEFINING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY HEALTH OFFICER AND MARSHAL; DIRECTING THE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common council of the city of Decatur. state of Indiana. That it shall be unlawful and it shall be a nuisance for any person, persons, company, firm or corporation to erect, construct, cause, permit keep or maintain within the limts of said city of Decatur, Indiana anything whatsoever which is | injurious tg health or indecent or offensive to the senses or an obstruc- . tion to the free use of travelers and ; any person or persons maintaing any nuisance as above set forth is declared to be the author and maintainer of a I nuisance. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for ’ any person or persons, company, firm i or corporation to throw or deposit, or I suffer to be thrown or deposited or suffer or permit any child, servant, I member of the family or any other I person under his, her or their control to throw or deposit any manure, rub- I bish. slops, putrid or unsound animal or vegetable matter or any filthy, noisome or unwholesome liquid or slops or any liquid or slops or substances that ar e liable to become unwholesome, in or into or upon any street, lane, ; alley, sidewalk, gutter, crossing, lot I cellar, premises or common; and i* shall be unlawful for any rank weeds to be allowed to grow on any ground within the corporation imits of the city of Decatur. Indiana, and it shall be unlawful and it shall be a nuisance for any overflowing vault of any privy to exist.

Section 3. All kitchens shall be j provided with garbage receptacles and said receptacles shall be made of galvanized iron, shall be tightly covered and emptied frequently to prevent I fermentation and bad odors and garjbage receptacles and privy vaults shall be emptied, cleaned and disinfected and weeds shall be cut and hauled away at any time upon the written order of the health officer: said officer to fix a reasonable time limit of not less than five days in his order when said garbage receptacles or privy valuts shall be emptied, cleaned and disinfected and when weeds shall be cut and hauled away. And if any owner or lessees being duly ordered as herein provided, shall fail or refuse to obey said order it shall be the duty of the street commissioner in and for the city of Decatur. Indiana, upon written notice from the health officer to cause the garbage receptacle cr vaults to be cleaned, emptied or disinfected or the weeds to be cut and hauled away and said street comtnisslonr shall keep an accurate account c* the expenses thereof which shall be paid from the city treasurer upon the sworn voucher of the street commissioner and said expenses shall be a Hen on the property and collected by law and turned into the city treasury. And it shall be unlawful to fill up old privy vaults or sinks witljpnt first emptying the same. Section 4. The secretary of the city board of health in and for the city of Decatur. Indiana, who is eity health officer, all deputy health officers and the city marshal and city police of said city shall have full powe' and authority to enter into or upon any street, lot. alley, premises or grounds for the purposes of making a sanitary survey of the same and if a nuisance or any unsanitary conditions are found it shall be the duty of the. city health officer, when informed of the existence of the same to immediately notify the person or persons so offending in writing. fixing a time limit to abate the nuisance, if such person or persons shall fail or refuse to abate the nuissnee within the time specified it shall be the duty of the street commissioner, upon notice of the health officer to cause the same to be abated, keeping an accurate account of the expense thereof, which shall be paid from the city treasury, upon the sworn voucher cf the street commissioner and said expenses shall be a lien upon the property and collected as taxes are collected and turned into the city treasury. Section 5. The city health officer and all deputy health officers shall be diligent in enforcing this ordinance, for the protection and preservation of the public health. They shall study the state health law and the health rules of the state board of health and be active in enforcing the same. The vital statistics shall be carefully collected, duly recorded and reported to the state board of health for final compilation in the state health reports by the city health officer; and he shall make a monthly report to the mayor and common council of said city of all health work done, with such recommendations as may seem proper to hint

Section 6. If at any time the work of prevention of the spread of infectious or contagious diseases is more than can be reasonably expected of the city health officer, he may, with the consent of the mayor and common council employ one or more intelligent men to act as deputy to establish quarantine, remove patients to the special hospital and conduct disinfection. All houses wherein Infectious and contagious diseases may exist or have existed shall at the proper time be thoroughly disinfected, with formaldehyde by the health officer or his deputies at the expense of the city of Decatur, Indiana, as the work is obviously for the benefit of the people. A complete record of all disinfections, all vaccinations and all other health work done shall be kept by the city health officer in the minute npok of the city board of health. Section 7. When visiting persons known to be infected with smallpox, diptheria and scarlet fever all phy- ' siciang and health officers shall protect

» their clothing and hair against infection and shall thoroughly disinfect I themselves before coming in contact • with the public. Section 8. It shall be the duty of f | the marshal and of the police of the t city of Decatur. Indiana at al. times s to aid the city health officer in the work of enforcing ths ordinance upon ■ demand of said health officer. I Section 9. Any person or persons, j company, firm or corporation violating : i any of the provisions of this ordi- ’ | nance, upon conviction therefor shall be fined sot each offense in any sum ■ not less than ten dollars nor more ' than twenty-five dollars, to which may • be added imprisonment in the county jail for any determinate period not exceeding thirty days, and each day’s ■ violation shall constitute a separate of- ■ sense. ■ Section 10. It is hereby declared ’ that an emergency exists for the im- ■ mediate taking effect of this ordinance. It shall therefore be in full force and i effect from and after its passaee and • two weeks publication, once each week i I for two weeks, in a newspaper printed ' and published in the city of Decatur. ' i Indiana. I All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with any sec’ion of 1 jthis ordinance is hereby repealed. 1 | Passed and adopted by the common ' council in open session this 16th day of June, 1908. THOS F. EHINGER. Clerk Presented to the Mayor this 16th day of June. 1908. THOS F. EHINGER Clerk | Signed and approved by me this 16th dav of June. 1908. C. O FRANCE. Mayor. 26-2 t THOS. F. EHINGER Clerk o — PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indana. County of Adams, ss: | Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams. July Term. 1908. We, the undersigned, all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of Kirkland township, in Adams coun ty, Indiana, respectfully petition your honorable body, that you construct and complete a free macadamised road in said Kirkland township, over and upon the public highwa situated on the following route/ to-wit: Commencing at the southwest corner of section 27, township 27. north range 13 east, running. thence north on the dividing line between sections | 27 and 28 and sections 21 and 22. | township and range aforesaid, and ter- j ' ruinating at the southeast corner of section 16, township 27, north range 13 east, in Adams county. Indiana. Y’our petitioners further show that the improvement prayed fcr herein 13 less than three miles in length, connects both at the commencement and ending thereof with a free macadam road, and that a United gtates rural mail route passes over said highway. | Your petitioners further ask that . said highway above described be graded, and drained, and that broken stone be placed upon the grad- 5 , and that upon such broken stone, there oe placed stone screenings. Your petitioners further show tha’ . the highway thus sought to be im- ' proved is a public highway already established, and in use and is one of ' th© public highways of Kirkland town- ■ ship, that the improvement herein J prayed for is to be an extension of th e Decatur and Bluffton Macadam Road. ; and is to be calied the Miller Macadam Road. Your petitioners further ask that said road as above described be drain e<l and graded to a width of 24 feet, ' and that broken stone be placed there- , on to a with of 10 feet, and to a depth ; of 10 inches in the center thereof and • to a depth of 8 inches at the sides , therof. and that crushd stone screen--1 ings be placed thereon, to a depth of 3 inches, upon such broken stone, I that said improvement be made a dou- , ble track. That to pay for said improvement we ask, that bonds be issued by the 1 county of Adams, in the State of Indiana, payable in twenty semi-annual installments or series, and for the payment of which we ask that a tax be levid, upon the taxable property of ■ said Kirkland township. Adams county, Indiana, in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they become due. I That said road be built, and that said bonds be issued, and said tax i levied, upcn said property, of said ! township, in accordance with the acts of the legislature, of the State of Indiana, passed in the year 1905, be- • ginning on page 550, and as amended I in the acts of 1907, now in force proi viding for the extension of fre e gravel or macadam roads, and any. and all other amendments thereto. We further ask that the board take all of the necessary steps as I required by law to have said improvement constructed as petitioned herein, that the same be constructed I without submitting the question of ■ building the same to an election of the voters of said Kirkland township, I and that they oonstruet the same ! under the laws of th P State of Indiana, now in force, providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam I roads.

S. L. Driver, G. W. Miller, Guston Yager, Louis P M Fulkj H. Hilgeinann. Christ Heimrich, H. J. Dilling, Jacob Scherry. J. H. Ward, H. T Diehl, Albert Reppert, Jas. D. Brown, M. Jahn, J. Bright, George Crist. Adam W Hoover. Jacob Heller, D. F. Fugate, Ezra Reber. Philip Sautblne, Joe Shoaf, Reuben Beery, Wm Breiner, E. E. Zimmerman, G. H. Bright, James D. Hoffman. W. F. Fulk, John H. Beery. Harman Thomas, J. D Stoutenberry, M. C. Norris, Fred Hubner, Geo. Houck, B. F. Booker, Jaco*> Olwine, P. E. Fugate. A Fugate, Sam Yost. J. V. Pease. Elijah Pease, Jacob Weidler, Geo. P Shaft E. S. Howard. C. B. Niblick. Calvin F. Eiler. Albert Arnold. Jess e S. Byerly. Samuel Leyse, Geo. Martin, David Steele, Jacob Corson, David Cress, Henry Howard, J A. Zerkel, J. S. Crum, Wm. Adler, D. M Byerley. Lewis Zimmerman, H. S. Jackson, G. Pierce, R A. Pierce, Otto Reppert, Mary E Wright. James A Steele, Wm. Bieneke, Elmer Schlickman, Jacob Myer, Jeremiah Barton, C. 8. Bryan. This petition will be presented to

the Board of Commissioners on Monday, July 6, 1908, at which time the taxpayers of Hartford and Wabash townships may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 26-3 t C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. — — — —a » __ NOTICE TO NONRESIDENTS. State of Indiana. County of Adams. ss:_ In the Adams Circuit Court Term 1908. Martha J. Summers et al ra. Charles W. Davison et al. No. 7606. Complaint for partition of real estate. It appearing from affidavit filed in th« above entitled cause, that Franklin D. Davison and Mary Davison of the above named defendants are nonresidents of the State of Indiana, notice js therefore hereby given the said Franklin D. Davison and Mary Davison that they be and appear before the Hon Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the seventh day of September, 1908, the same being the first Juridicial Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the Court House in the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the seventh day of September, A. D. 1908, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness, my name, and Sell of said Court hereto affixed this 19th day of June. 1908.

JAMES P. HAEFLING, Clerk. Dore B Erwin. Atty for Plaintiffs, i 26-3 t — - - -o i SHERIFF’S SALE. State of Indiana. Adams county, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court of. Adams County, Indiana. No. 2696. Mary A. Brandy et al vs. John Merkt. By virtue of an execution to me directed by the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court of said county and state, I have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at the east doo r of the Court House in the City of Decatur. Adams county, Indiana. between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m., on Thursday, July 2, 1908. the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situateij in Adams’ county, Indiana, to-wit: The west half (%) of the east half (%) of the north half (%) cf the northeast quarter of section twenty-three (23) township twenty-five (25), north range fourteen (14) east, containing twenty (20) acres more or less in 1 Adams county, Indiana. And on failure to r ealize therefrom ■ the full amount of judgment, interest 1 thereon and costs, I will at the same 1 time and in the same manner afore- 1 said, offer for sale the fee simple i of the above described premises. Taken as the property of John Merkt to satisfy said execution this 13th day of May. 1908. < ELI MEYER, Sheriff. -1

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned. superintendent of the construction of the Albert Walters ditch and Branches in French township. Adams county, Indiana, on Friday, July 3, 1908, at 10:30 o'clock a. m.. at the office of the county surveyor, in th e city of Decatur, in said ccunty, receive sealed bids for the construction of said ditch in accordance with reports, plans and specifications therefore, now on file in said cadke. Bids will be received and contracts let as follows: Section 1 station 266 to station 319. Section 2 station 213 to station 266. Section 3 station 160 to station 213 Section 4 station 107 to station 160.’ Section 5 station 54 to station 107. Section 6 station oto station 54. Hirely Branch: Section 1 station 35 to station 70. Section 2 station 0 to station 35. Walters Branch: Section 1 station 0 to station 38. and to the lowest and best bidder or bidders as a whole Bidders will be required to file with their bids affidavits as required by law, upon forms furnished by such superintendent and each bid shall be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond 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 be awarded to him, such bond to be approved by said superintendent. The said superintendent reserves the right to reject any and all blds. No bids will be accepted in excess of the estimated cost of such work, or in excess of the benefits found. L. L. BAUMGARTNER, 25-2t —ltd Supt. of Construction. NOTICE. Sale of Unclaimed Freight and Baggage.

Notice is hereby given that the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway company has in its possession divers articles, packages and cases of freight and baggage which have been and remained in its possession for upwards of one year, unclaimed and refused at the places to which the same were consigned, and checked, and upon which the owners have failed, and refused for one year, and more, to pay the carrier’s charges thereon, and to claim and take said freight and baggage, and that all the said articles, packages and cases of unclaimed freight and baggage will be sold, each article, package and case separately at public auction, to the highest bid der, for cash, at the warehouse of the Union Fireproof Storage Company on Pearl street, in the City of Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent, and State of Michigan, on the line of the railroad of said railway company commencing on Tuesday, the Ist of September, 1908, at 10 o’clock a. m and continuing until ail said articles shall be sold. Term*- —Immediate payment by purchaser In cash, and delivery ot the

property to him, to be taken away immediately f THE GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY COMPANY, : I By E. C. Leavenworth, General Freight Agent. '.C. U Lockwood. General Passenger. 1 Agent. i Dated at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 112. 1908. SS-M I—— o - 1 NOTICE TO GRAVEL ROAD CON TRACTORS. State of Indiana County of Wells, ss. i Notice is hereby given that the ■ joint board of commissioners of Wells f and Adams counties, Indiana, will, at - 10 o’clock a. m.. on • ij Friday. July 24. 1908, - let the contract for the constwsction of : the proposed macadamized road on the ' county line between French township ■ Adams county, and Harrison township. • Wells county. Indiana, petitioned for ■ by John Lobsiger et al. and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the northeast corner of section 17. township 26 north, range 13 east, in Wells county. Indiana then south on the county line dividing Adams and Wells county to a point in section 20, said township and range, where the Wabash river crosses from Adams county, Indiana, to Wells

county, Indiana, in the southeast quar ter of said section 20. t Bids shall be for the completion of 'said road in accordance with th e proI file and report and plans and speci fications therein set out which are on file in the Auditor’s office in Wells county. Indiana All bidders shall submit with their said bid their bond payable to the State of Indiana in the penal sum equal to double the amount of their bid filed, with approved surety to be approved by the Board of Commissioners of Wells county, said bond , shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the work bid on ac | cording to the plans and specifications and profile for said road; said bond to be for the benefit of any person or corporation who shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of any failure 'or neglect of any such bidder or bidders to enter into a proper contract awarded to them by said Beard of Commissioners, or to carry out the same in any particular, or to pay for any labor or material therefore tha, shall have been furnished either to him. or any contractor, agent or su periutendent under him. or them. Said improvement will be let as a whole to the lowest responsible bidder by said Board of Commissioners, who. however, reserve the right to reject any or all bids filed. Time of completion of said road will be fixed by said Board of Commissioners at the time of entering into contract for said work O. D. GARRETT. __ Auditor of Wells County. Ind. By order of Board of Commissioners of Adams and Wells counties. Ind., in joint session June 11, 1908. 25-2 t . ■ - O' APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given That the undersigned has been appointed Administrator with the will annexed, of the estate of William R. Kirchner, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. MARTIN KIRCHNER. Administrator. Peterson and Moran. Attys June 15. 1908. 25-3 t

COMING FORTY STRONG. The Fort Wayne Wholesale Boosters to be Here Tomorrow. Forty Fort Wayne boosters will visit a live town tomorrow —they ar e coming to Decatur. They are coming forty strong with a band and will try to make us believe that Fort Wayne is in it with Decatur. Every Decatur booster is already on his toes, and [will extend the glad hand to th e visitors in away that will make them I cherish the spirit of home enterprise i that abounds here. Their chief object of coming is to extend the greatness lof Fort Wayne as a wholesale town, ;and in that they may to some extent succeed. The Commercial Club will be wide open during their visit. — 1 —" ■ o "-■ —— A trip through the country now gives one the impression that farmers are going to have a bountiul harvest of all the crons. Grass is exceedingly heavy and tall; wheat begins to ripen and is of good quality, with a heavy stand; oats and corn have a good start and are growing wonderfully these days. Surely the farmers have no reason to complain —Berne Witness. "" ■■ 1 f> ■ ■ ■ — Mather Gray's Sweet Powders for fer Children. Sur.x*-tftilly naeff by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children’s Home in New York, Cure Feverishaess, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over l*,wv testimonials. They never fafl. At all Druggists, 25c, Sample FREE. Address Ulen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. T. _____ FOR SALE—Davis Plantation, Brunswick, Mississippi; i, IM acrea ln tract. L7H acres in cultivation, balance floe Umber, cottonwood alone worth 815,000; Bine room residence, Ur®e barn, fine store, two story (new) gin, cost 87,000; elghty fiy* doable, miwm. tenant hOMw . Und rente fer eighty pounds Hut eotton wr •dfs. tfee beat improved Mtafertppi «sttA For prie.

' WERE WEDDED TODa Dr. C. B. Wilcox Perform the Very Impressive Ceremony The home of Mr. and Mrs Dan Haley was the scene of a very Dr home wedding Tuesday morning a . o’clock when their daughter v Daisy and C. Ross Jaker were u CI In the holy bonds of wedlock p C. B. Wilcox officiated in the inspn sive ceremony and at the eompietj of same an elaborate wedding dinn wa s served to which the dozen ge u did ample justice. Th e happy yo a couple left this afternoon for p 0 Wayne where they will make their f ture home The bride is an accoi pllshed young woman and is held the high esteem of all who know h ( For some time she has been employ in Fort Wayne as a stenographer. Tl groom hag a lucrative position as boo keeper at the Fort Wayne Electric works. The best wishes of all accoi pany the happy couple to their pi ac of abode.

MONROE NEWS. Mrs. C. E. Bollinger spent Thur day in Decatur visiting friends. Mr Villo Graham is carrying hl arm In a sling from the effects of (very bad sprain. The funeral services of Norma Gi bert were held at the Pleasant Valle church today at ten o’clock. Mrs. C. C. Rayl went to Richmoni to spend a few weeks visiting he sister, Mrs. Bert Keller and family Mr. Graham is remodeling fail house, placing a cellar and new feun daton and building a new addition oi one side. Mrs. Charles Merriman was called to Decatur on account of her mothei Mrs Robert Andrews, who is reported quick sick. Mr. Freeman McAlexander and fam ily have moved to Portland and Sam uel Shepherd will mov e into the house vacate by Mr. McAlexander. Monroe is making great preparations to celebrate the Fourth, There will be some entertainment all day. Come an d spend the day with us. Samuel Shepherd, our well 2nown barber, has tak/en unto himself a wife. They expect to go to housekeeping in the west part of town. We all extend congratulations. One evening this week ther e was a lively scene over a horse race and serious trouble was prevented by the timley interference of the city marshal. who brought the race to a stop by a dead heat. Quite a commotion wag caused by the doctors of this place over the amputation of a leg of a Scotch Collie, by being severed by coming in contact with a mowing machine in which Dr. Buckmaster came out best in th e argument.

The barns of Jacob Roth and Wm. ’ Llby about a quarter of a mile apart i was struck by lightning yesterday tore i out four rafters out of Liby’s and ■ splintered it up some. Mr. Roth had on e good two year old colt and six hegs killed in the barn. The bam • was not damaged as much as Liby's. o The report has reached Berne that Prof. R. J. D. Walters, teacher in our public and high school in ’O4-’OS and • ’06’07, will be married next Wednesday to a Miss Olive Good. Prof. Walters has held the superintendency in the Warren high school the past two school years.—Berne Witness. As the 9:20 o’clock car on the interurban came In town last evening, a horse hitched to the post in front of the Holthouse Drug Co.’s store became frightened, swerving around on the sidewalk and turning the comer ran west on Monroe street and has not been heard from since. When last seen he was going as fast as his merry little legs could take him, the animal probably tbinkigg he was running a race. It was fortunate that no one was in the rig at the time, or we would probably have a sadder story to tell now. L. L. Fetters has ordered through Bartlett and Frazier, of Huntington. a large touring car, one of the Buick make, and it will arrive in about t* G weeks. Charles Zehring represented the company here and it was through him the machine was purchased" Bluffton Banner. — o — Any 12 Year Old Girl Can make those delicious Lemon, Chocolate and Custard pies as well as the more experienced cook if she use s “OUR-PIE” preparation, which is now sold by nearly *ll grocers at 10 cents per package. Just the proper ingredients in each p*ckaf e -