Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1911 — Page 5

Tp. Trustee’s Report Kirkkind Township. ItECEIPTH. January. 21 bounty Clerk, Graham wJohnson ’ ■ , ’* l 21 County Clerk, Continents) Ins, Ch. vs. .lopnson ou 21 Comity Clerk. Owens vs. Helmrlck \’ Q 24 H. S. Michaud, Jan. draw.. *W-39 February. , _ 3 First National bauk, Jan. 21 L. Baumgartner, reVtite on Beery ditch 1341 'V First Natl bank, Feb. Int. 6.90 Vnrst Natl bank, Marchint. 7.12 9 County Auditor surplus dog fund 'l* First Nat’l bank, April Int.. 6.50 21 Wm. Zimmerman, dog tax. ®7.00 "First Natl bank. May Int.. 4.tl ‘’"'pirst Natl bank. June Int. 3.70 20 County Auditor, July draw 3357.68 27 Sam Butler, transfers .... U”t) August. . , , , , ,- K 1 First Nat’l bank, July Int.. 5.75 September.. , 1 First Nat’l Bank, Aug. Int. 9.08 9 Jacob Wyer, dog tax l oo October. ... 1 First Nat’l bank, Sept. Int. 8.61 3 Fred Bracht, dog tax 1-00 November. 1 First Nat’l bank. Oct. Int... 8 41 5 Mrs. Eliza Borne, dog tax. 1.00 12 Orval Harruff, ditch rebate 67.55 December. 3 First Nat’l bank, Nov. Int. 7.48 9 V. Linker, dog tax l ob 9 James Tumbleson, same... 1.00 9 Thamer Dewitte, same.... 1-00 24 Wm. Zimmerman, same... J«o 24 Clarenc Bremerkamp, same 1.00 February. A 3 Elerding Bracht, same .... 2.00 December. 31 Ulysses Fille, same l oo Total receipts $5996.67 DISBURSEMENTS. January. 18 Blem O. Rays, teaching... 40.00 20 Wm| L- Baker & Co., books and stationery ■■■■■■ 20 Rolla M. Houck, teaching.. la-00 24 Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons, sewer tile - - ■■■ ■ ■ 24 Eli J. Schalter, 6 Dictionarles and Atl. Ref. ™2.00 25 Minnie V. Leyse. teaching 40.00 26 Ernest Krutzman. wood for school No. 2 2ZZU 27 Gideon Gerber, wood, Nos. , g, 5 and 6 3" Baltzell, teaching. 50.00 I 8 A M Sellemeyer, teaching 52.00 f 8 Same attending institutes. 24.a0 |ls Rollo M. Houk, teaching ..la.oo |2l Laman & Lee, grates for stove ; ” ■24 R. B. Johnson, Rep. grader 11.20 f 26 Decatur Lumber Co., 3 15-in. sewer tile 7’l,” ’ £26 Decatur Pub. Co., printing report and tax levies l-»a |26 L. G. Ellingham, printing report an dax lexies I- 80 I March. ... T . OQ9 | 2 Rollo M. Houck. Att. Inst. 8.9- : 4 Minnie V. Leyse, teaching. 40.00 . 4 Donald Ernst, janitor fees. 5.00 5 Mabel Beery, same 17 Yager Bros. & Reinking, desk and chairs 25.00 117 Wm. Jackson, teaching.... ijo.oo tl9 Rollo M. Houck, teaching.. 15.00 J2l Geo. H. Ernst, rep. pump. 8.50 t 25 Glenn O. Crays, teaching. 50.00 29 Rollo M. Houck, teaching.. 20.00 6 P Eunice Ernst, janitor fees.. 10.00 I 7 Minnie V. Leyse. teaching. 10.00 9 Krick & Tyndall, brick and tile 4 9 ' ao 9 D. L. Sovine, repairing and sharpening grader ....... • 5.00 15 Blenn O. Crays, teaching. - 2a.00 SISR B. Jackson, rep. grader. 7Jo il9 Gideon Gerber, wood ..... 11.2& 121 Rollo M. Houck, teaching. 10.00 23 Dr. S. D. Beavers, brick, tile and sewer covers ..... 30.00 29 Rollo M. Houck, teaching... 116.80 [3O William Jackson, teaching. 81. JO 30 Same, Att. Inst. ••••••••• i’’ a 30 Ulysses Filler, janitor fees. 20.1|3O Ruben Beery, school supp. Loa Baltzell, teaching.. 173.80 3 Same. Att, Inst. •••••••••• „J 4A. M. Sellemeyer, teaching.. 280.00 | 5 Blenn Crays, same H*™ > 5 Blenn Crays. Att. Inst 15-96 6 Minnie Leyse, teaching ... 126.20 6 Same, Att. Inst " 10 Same, janitor fees •••••••• ! 10 Armintha Jackson, teaching 291.60 110 Same, Att. Inst •••••• — ' *” a " 14 S. E. Howard, janitor fees 14.00 16 Orval Harruff, assessment on ditch * on 16 Orval Harruff, same 20 J. D. Adams Co., b00k5.... 2.0 J 20 Same, supplies 9O ’ ()n 23 Jacob Barger, janitor fees.. 20.0) 28 Eunice Ernst, same ®‘ au J 3 D g' H. Bright, Rep. and lobor 2.35 4 N. A. Loch, supplies z 8 George A. Ernst, supplies, * repair and labor • 11 M. Jahn, same 17 Virgil Beery, janitor fees.. “.oO 18 Decatur Furnace Co., catch 26 A. H. Sejlemeyer, transfers 108.00 I Lewis Conrad, labor, supp. 5.85 i 15 A. N. Steele & Bro., supplies and repairs 15.05 i 16 Wm. Ehrman, tile 10-aO 18 Lawrence E. Opliger, Exp. I County Commencement ... iodj 20 C. W. Yager, Exp. of Acc. 27 Solomon D. Harsh, transf. 24.00 30 David Steele, taking enum. 24.00 2o'R IS B. Johnson, rep. -ft bolts 2.2 > 27 David J. Cook, hanging paper S 3 P Char b les J. Sparks, books . 29.95 10 Daniel J. Cook, varnishing 24.00 16 H. A. Breiner, coal ••••••’ BZ ' al 20 Frank Crum, cleaning school house

21 Charles Arnold, cleaning Scherry ditch 11.90 21 John Yunkeman, houling coal 3.00 23 George Ernst, repairs on pump and labor 2.75 24 Muri FNilk. teachlug 20.00 24 Frank Gault, shoveling coal 1.50 26 Frank Mills, teaching 20.00 October. 1 Hollo M. Houck, teaching 35.00 6 Minnie V. Leyse, same.... 30.00 7A. M. Sellemeyer, same.. 75.00 8 Win. Jackson, same 50.00 10 Wm. Johnson’, Rep. & Lab. 2.50 12 I). H. Goble Printing Co., Twp. Supplies 2.2'J« 12 Wm. L. lacker & Co., school school 14 Rollo M. Hwick, teaching. 15.00 21 Page Blackb.'irn, school supplies , .88 Z) Decatur Pub. C«_,- printing report 2.00 22 Mrs. A. VanCanp, basin basin covers 9.00 22 H, A. Breiner, stamps ... 1.50' 22 Muri F*ulk, teoehing... 45.00 28 David Steele, services ■£ trustee 50.00 28 D. L. Sovine, Rep. grader 6.00 November. 1 V. Linker, cleaning school house 1 Minnie V. teaching 35,00 3 Wm. L. Baker @ Co., school | supplies 19.27 4A. M. Sellemeyer, teaching 75.00 | 4 Frank Mills, teaching ■ 70.00 5 Rollo M. Houck, teaching. 40.00 10 A. L. Greenburg & Sons Co., corrugated culverts,, 36.00 11 Eunice Ernst, janitor fees. 16.00 12 Laman & Lee, stove pipe.. 3.90 12 M. Jahno, supp. &i labor.. 7.2 4 1 18 Wm. Jackson, teaching... 75.00 i 19 Rollo Houck, same 40.00 . 19 Martin Shady, tile 12.00 ' 22 Minnie V. Leyse, teaching 20.00 1 23 Frank Mills, teaching.... 30.00 ' December. 3 James D. Brown, teaching 75.00 3 Muri Fulk, teaching 25.00 6 D. H.. Goble Printing Co., Twp. supplies 3.50 9 Wm. F. Libby, services as supervisor 51.00 9A. M. Sellemeyer, teaching 75.00 1 10 A. Arnold, serv. supervisor 40.00 10 G. H. Bright, hauling coal and supplies- 5.75 14 H. Geels, repairing clock. 1.00 15 Chas, C. Arnold, hauling coal ..... 3.00 16 Eunice Ernst, janitor fees 5.00 17 Minnie V. Leyse, teaching 20.90 19 Henry Scherry, cleaning ditch 2.00 19 Rollo Houck, teaching.... 70.00 22 Henry Worthman, services on advisory board 5.00 22 Albert Reppert, same .... 5.00 22 Wm. Bieneke, same 5.00 22 Frank Mills, teaching .... 30.00 ' Z1 it, D, services as supervisor 44.00 ' 23 Gideon Garber, wood 30.00 J 23 H. A. Breiner, brooms .... 4.34 24 C. C. Ernst, transcript and road work 5.75 ' 24 Smith, Yager & Falk, paper, varnish and glue 51.81 24 Muri Fulk, teaching 50.00 ’ 27 Fred J. Bracht, hauling coal 3.00 27 Laman & Lee, stove pipe.. 2.55 28 Wm. Jackson,’ teaching .. 75.00 i 29 Martin Stalter, hauling coal 3.00 29 Donald Ernst, oiling floors 6.30 i 30 David Steele, handling school books 5.00 , 30 David Steele, services as trustee 250.00 31 Lawrence Opliger, error on bk | 31 Lawrence Opliger, book eror4Cgy 31 L. E. Opliger, error on book .07 SUMMARY. TOWNSHIP FUND. Balance on hand last settlement $ 571.91 Receipts 1064.51 Total Bal. and receipts... .$1636.42 j Disbursements 1063.21 j Balance $ 573.21 TUITION FUND. Balance on hand last settle ment $ 916.38 ' Receipts 2690.18 Total Bal. and receipts... .$3606.56 I Disbursements 2968.70 j Balance $ 637.86 ' SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND. Balance on hand last settlement $ 59.09 Receipts 1099.91 Total Bal. and receipts... .$1159.00 Disbursements $ 866.65 Balance $ 292.35 ROAD FUND. Balance on hand last settlement $ 827.77 I Receipts 1032.07 | Total Bal. and receipts... .$1859.84 Disbursements 114.60 Balance $1745.24 DOG FUND. Balance on hand last settlement $ 96.00 Receipts 110.00 Total Bal. and receipts.... 206.00 Disbursements Balance $ 206.00 TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS. Balance on hand last settlement $2471.15 Receipts 5996.67 Total Bal. and receipts... .$8467.82 | Disbursements 5013.16 Balance $3454.66 TRUSTEE’S SERVICE ACCOUNT. January. 3 Attending meeting of trustees with superintendent... 2.00 4 Office daj’ 2.00 10 Transferring balance from old to new book 2.00 i 11 Office day 2.00 14 Taking report to Decatur.. 2.00 i 15 Att. Twp. Inst. Preble Twp. 2.00 i 17 Visiting schools, Nos. 5, 6 2.00 r 18 Office day ’... 2.00 119 Visiting schools 2 and 4.. 2.00 ,■ 20 Taking report to accountl accounting board 2.00 ; 24 Making January draw 2.00 25 Office day 2.00 , 27 Paying Gideon Gerber for I wood 2.00 February. 1 1 Office day 2.00 i 2 Visiting school No. 2 2,00

3 Securing supplies and depositing money 2.00 7 Taking books and papers to field examiners 2.00 1 8 Office day 2.00 10 Visiting schools 2.00 15 Office day 2.00 21 Depositing money & meetfield examiners 2.00 22 Office day 2.00 26 Pay bill Decatur Democrat and Decatur Pub. Co 2.00 , March. 1 Office day 2.00 2 Paying Rollo M. Houck... 2.00 ( 4 Paying Donald Ernst 2.00 I 5 Paying Mabie Beery 2.00 7 Meeting field examiners... 2.00 8 Office day 2.00 ' [ls Office day 2.00 117 Paying Yager Bros. & Reinking 2.00 119 Paying Rollo M. Houck... 2.00 ,21 Paying Geo. Ernst 2.00 122 Office day 2.00 .25 Paying Blenn Crays 2.00 ;29 Office day 2.00 April. 4 Att. meeting of Board of education 2.00 5 Office day '2.00 6 Paying Eunice Ernst 2.00 7 Paying Minnie Leyse 2.00 ! 9 Paying Krick & Tyndall.. 2.00 12 Office day 2.00 119 Office day 2.00 23 Paying Dr. S. D. Beavers.. 2.00 ' 8 Accepting Holthouse ditch 2.00 26 Office day 2.00 May. 2 Att. meeting hoard of education ..., 2.00 3 Office day 2.00 4 Paying A. M. Sellemeyer.. 2.00 i 5 Paying Blenn Crays 2.00 I 6 Paying Minnie Ix>yse 2.00 I 9 Inspecting Helmrick bridge 2.00 ,10 Office day 2.00 ,14 Paying L. E. Howard 2.00 116 Paying Orv?l Harruff .... 2.01 • 17 Office day 2.00 19 Inspecting district road bel tween Ehemer and Bracht. 2.00 20 Paying J. D. Adams & Co. 2.00 .21 Depositing dog tax 2.00 123 Paying Jacob Barger 2.00 ,24 Office day 2.00 28 Paying Eunice Ernst 2.00 ,31 Office day 2.00 June. 2 Making report to truant officer 2.00 3 Paying G. H. Bright 2.00 4 Paying N. A. Loch 2.00 7 Office day 2.00 8 Paying Geo. A. Ernst .... 2.00 11 Paying M. Jahn 2.00 14 Office day 2.00 1 17 Paying Virgil Beery 2.00 118 Paying Decatur Furnace Co 2.00 . 21 Office day 2.00 26 Paying A. H. Sellemeyer.. 2.00 ; 28 Office day 2.00 July. 2 Paying Louis Conrad .... 2.00 5 Office day 2,00 •15 Office dav 00 .14 Filling out ditch notices.. 2.00 15 Paying A. N. Steele & Bro. 2.00 ;16 Paying Wm. Eheman 2.00 18 Paying Lawrence Opliger. 2.00 18 Office day 2.00 (19 Paying C. W. Yager 2.00 21 Serving ditch notices 2.00 13 Making estimates for bids 2.00 22 Putting up notices to con- | tractors for supplies 2.00 23 Copying transcript for j Scherry ditch 2.00 25 Att. meeting of Board of I Education 2.00 26 Office day 2.00 ,30 Making estimates for tax I levies 2.00 July. ; 27 Paying Solom D. Harsh ... 2.00 i August. 1 Depositing Int 2.00 2 Office day 2.00 9 Office day 2.00 :10 Posting notices for ditch I sales 2.00 8 Buying paper for schoolhouses 2.00 ■l2 Receiving bids for school supplies 2.00 16 Office day 2.00 19 Sold Scherry ditch 2.00 20 Paying R. B. Johnson 2.00 23 Office day 2.00 I 27 Paying Daniel Cook 2.00 122 Inspecting papering of I school house 2.00 25 Hiring janitors 2.00 ! 30 Office day 2.00 September. 2 Inspecting Scherry Ditch. 2.00 3 Pavin Chas. J. Spark & & Co 2.00 5 Making estimates for tax levies • • 2.00 6 Office day 2.00 16 Paying H. A. Breiner 2.00 19 Paying Frank Crum 2.00 20 Office day 2.00 121 Accepting Scherry ditch... 2.00 123 Paying Geo. Ernst 2.00 24 Paying Muri Fulk 2.00 26 Paying Frank Mills 2.00 October. 1 Att. Institute at Peterson.. 2.00 3 Att. meeting Board of Education 2.00 4 Office day 2.00 5 Selling wood 2.00 6 Paying Minnie V. Leyse... 2.00 7 Paying A. M. Sellemeyer.. 2.00 8 Paying Wm. Jackson 1 2.00 10 Paying Wm. Jackson .... 2.00 II Office day 2.00 12 Paying W. L. Baker & Co. 2.00 14 Paying Rollo M. Houck .. 2.00 18 Office day 2.00 21 Paying Decatur Pub, C 0... 2.00 22 Paying Mrs. A. Van Camp.. 2.00 125 Office day 2.00 |29 Att. Institute 2.00 November. 1 Office day 2.00 2 Delivering supplies, school 2.00 i 3 Paying W. L. Baker & Co. 2.00 | 4 Paying A. M. Sellemeyer.. 2.00 5 Paying Rollo M. Houck... 2.00 8 Office day 2.00 10 Paying A. L. Greenberg & company 2.00 12 Paying Laman & Lee .... 2.00 15 Office day 2.00 18 Paying Wm. Jackson 2.00 ; 19 Paying Rollo M. Houck.... 2.00 22 Office day 2.00 . 23 Paying Frank Mills 2.00 | 29 Office day 2.00 December. I 3 Paying James D. Brown... 2.00! 6 Office day 2.00 9 Paying Wm. L. Liby 2.00 10 Settling with Albert Arnold 2.00 13 Office day 2.00 15 Paying Chas. Arnold 2.00 16 Paying Eunice Ernst ..... 2.00.

17 Paying Minnie V. Leyse.. 2.00 19 Paying Rollo M Houcil.... 2.00 20 Office day 2.00 22 Settling with R. D. LimenI stoll 2.00 23 Paying Gideon Gerber 2.00 24 Paying Smith Yager & Falk 2JIO I 26 Making financial report... 2.00 27 Office day 2.00 28 Paying William Jackson... 2.00 29 Making financial report.... 2.00 130 Making financial report .. 2.00 State of Indiana, Adams County, ss. I The undersigned, being duly sworn, upon his oath, says that the within is a true and complete showing of all the , moneys received and paid out, as he verily believes; and that the various items of expenditures credited, have been fully paid In the sums stated, and without express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by or paid to him, or to any other person; and that he has.received no money nor article of value in consideration of any contract made by him as trustee. DAVID STEELE, Township Trustee. Subscribed and sworn to before me. the 3rd day of January. 1911. ERNST KRUETZMANN, Chairman ot Advisory Board. o Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Striking didectly at “watered” stock in public utilities corporations and corporations ic general, Senator Proctor of Eikhart bad prepmed for :ntroductfon in the senate today a bill following out me recommendations made by Governor Marshall in his message to the legislature, regarding the issuance of stocks and bonds. The bill provides that no public utilities corporation, which includes, telegraph and telephone companies, traction and express companies, may increase its stock, issue bonds, consolidate, lease or merge with another corporation, unless authorized to do so by the state railroad commission. Any corporation desiring to consolidate with another concern, or to issue bonds, must file a petition with the railroad commission, showing why the bonds are being issued, and explaining completely the proposed consolidation. The petition will be referred to the state tax commissioner, who will return it to the commission with any recommendation he sees fit to make. Bonds that then may be issued by the corporation will be taxable. The bill also provides that no stock may be issued by a corporation unless backed by actual value. That is that for every dollar’s worth of stock issued there shall be a dollar in money or a dollar’s worth of property going into the corporation. The bill would give the courts power to cancel such stock, which, after an investigation was found not to have been issued under these conditions. Proctor's bill would prevent the issuance of bonds by transportation lines unless it is shown that the funds raised fro mthe sale of the bonds are to be used for corporate purposes. The republican side of the senate has been dubbed “Egypty” owing to the long, dry ride the minority advocated for the state in the last campaign. Unless something has been overlooked there are no more “plums” to be shaken down by either the house or senate in this session. The senate put 57 clerks, stenographers, doorkeepers, etc., appointed yesterday’ to work today and the plunder^ committees are taking a rest. The democrats are preparing to spill a choice selection of oratory in the house and senate next Tuesday when they will elect a United State senator. Bernard B. Shively, the “boy senator” from Marion has been promised the honor of placing John W. Kern in nomination in the upper house. The lower house speakers have not been definitely decided upon as yet, but two or three will probably expound at length. Mr. Butcher of Adams county introduced a bill the first day. It is one to enable physicians after the state medical board has revoked their licenses and refused to reinstate them to appeal to the circuit or supreme courts. The bill was referred to the committee on rights and privileges. —o Frank Twigg, a son of Mrs. A. L. Juday of Geneva, has been located at Detroit after an absence of eighteen years, and he is soon to return to his mother’s home at Geneva. The learning of the whereabouts of the man came about in a strange way, of which the Bluffton News speaks in detail as follows: When Mrs. Andy Monroe of this city read in the news last week of the suicide or murder of a man by ( the name of Twigg at pumberland, ' Maryland, she was much concerned for fear it was her brother, Lemuel Ernst Twigg, a son of Mrs. A. J. ' Juday, of Geneva, a young man who has been gone for four years, without I any word from him to relatives. He was engaged in the oil business and ! Mrs. Monroe says is supposed to be some place in the east. Further inquiry was made into the case, and happily for Mrs. Monroe and her mother it was learned that .the Cumberland man found dead with his j . r; —*

sweetheart, Miss Mary Grace Elosser, was not Mrs. Monroe’s brother. The man found dead, supposedly from' cyanide poisoning was Charles Edward Twigg, a merchant of Keyser, W. Va. Deep mystery surrounds the death of the couple, found dead in the same house, and it it not positive whether it was murder or double suicide, or murder of one and suicide of the other. With the clearing up of the fact that the man found dead was not a brother of Mrs. Monroe the latter and her mother will renew effors to locate the missing son and brother, Ernest Twigg. Another son of Mrs. Juday, Frank Twigg, was discovered recently at Detroit, Mich., after an absence of eighteen years. His relatives had feared he was dead. It develops that he had gone to Michigan, became sick ,and on account of ill health, he did not let his relatives know of his wheerabouts, as he did not want tc worry them. A few weeks ago he was taken to a hospital in Detroit for treatment, and In his delirium he escaped and was found by the police wandering on the streets. It happened that one of the officers knew a brother of the sick man, Samuel Twigs a newspaper man in lowa, and he wrote to the lowa man, who thus for the first time in eighteen years learned his brother’s whereabouts. Ilf wrote and told his mother and she i now arranging to have her son return ed from Michigan to her home at Gc neva. Peterson & Moran filed a new case Jessie L. Peters, vs. uouis C. Mills el al., specific performance of contract. F. M. Schirmeyer, trustee, vs. C. E Neptune, on contract, and attachment, demand, S3OO. The suit is to recovei for one of the city lots sold March 26, 1907. First National Bank of Ft. Wayne vs. Allison Real Estate Co. et al., dismissed as toHaugk and Hite. Petition for an order to have the Allison company convey real estate to the receiver sustained and order issued, conveyance to be made within five days. Martin L. Kiger vs. William McDowell et al., deed reported and approved. Commissioner discharged. Sarah L. Guyselman vs. Fort Wayne Outfitters Co., trespass and damages, demand, SI,OOO, from Allen county, plaintiff granted leave to prosecute as poor person. W. C. Geake and Lee Hartzel appointed as counsel for plaintiff. Answer filed. Reply to answer. Appearance by D. B. Erwin for defendant. The cause went to trial before a jury this afternoon. Clara Eckert vs. Marjon, Bluffton & Eastern Traction Co., personal injuries, demand, $3,000, brought here from Wells county, was sent to Jay county on change of venue. n The Rev. J. A. Beatty of Fort Wayne, superintendent of this district of the Methodist conference, met Tuesday evening with the official board of the Decatur Methodist church to tak steps for the securing of a minister tc serve out the unexpired term of the Rev. Sherman Powell, ‘"ho on Sunday resigned to take up his work for the present year as one of the field workers for the endowment fund for the Depauw university. The board decided to secure a supply minister for the remainder of the conference year, which is barely three months, the year expiring about April sth. The Rev. Beatty was undecided as to whom they would secure, but will immediately communicate with possible supplies, and hopes to have a new man here to take up the work next Monday evening, at which time the Rev. Powell will sever his connection with the local church. o— PENSION BILL PASSES HOUSE. ■Washington, D. C., Jan. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A bill of much importance to the old soldiers passed the lower house Tuesday afternoon. It provides pensions of fifteen dollars per month to all veterans over sixty-two years of age, $20.00 to those over six-ty-five, $25,000 to those over seventy and $36.00 to those over seventy-five. MOVES FROM BLUFFTON. C. W. Walters and Family Will Make This City Their Home. C. W. Walters, who has been working in this city for nearly a year, and who some time ago purchased an interest with Otto Reppert, in the VanCamp foundry, is moving his family to this city, their household goods having already arrived. Mr. Walters has purchased a new home, just recently completed. o ATTENTION, ODD FELLOWS! All members of the I. O. O. F. lodge are requested to meet at the hall this evening at 7:30 o’clock to make arrangements for the funeral of their late brother, M; F. Rice.

A meeting will be held at the Magley German Reformed church tomorrow for the purpose of raising a contribution to the $50,900 fund for the proposed new seminary building at Sheboygan, Wis. This meeting is called by a committee including William Sellemeyer of the Magley church, Rev. L. C. Hessert of the Decatur church. Rev. Kattman of the Berne church, and Rev. Diehm of the Huntington church. This committee has been given the territory of this classis, including twelve congregations, from which they are to solicit contributions for this proposed new building. The $50,000 will be raised from the three German synods, the northwest, the eastern and central. The German Reformed seminary is located at Sheboygan, but as there are now more students than can well be accommodated, the new building has become necessary. One meeting has been held by this committee, that being at Berne on Tuesday of last week. It is thought that a large sum will be contributed from this classis. Many students from this county are now at the seminar) studying for the ministry. THE DECATUR LAD Played Off on the Bluffton Ccurter. A good story is being related on a well known Bluffton young man who is popular among the fail er sex in the vicinity of Curryville and Peterson He had a •date" in that district for Sunday evening, and according to the program a Decatur youth was to drive out. from the latter city with a horse and buggy to meet him at Peterson station when the Clover Leaf train puled in. “Izzy,” the Bluffton youth, was on time to the dot, but his friend from Decatur was nowhere in sight, and he failed utterly to put in an appearance. Finally, determined not to miss his appointment because of the unfaithfulness of a friend the Bluffton youth hunted around until ne found a man who had been a boy once himself, and learning part of the story and guessing at the rest he consented to take the young man for the three mile drive to the home of his sweetheart. It was then a case of making all night of the courting since the night train west on the Clover Leaf does not stop at Peterson. The local youth was on hand for the early train Monday morning and reported at his office here, a little late and looking tired and sleepy. When word came from Decatur the friend in that city who failed to keep his appointment said it was too windy to make the long drive Sunday night.—Bluffton News. —o The business meeting of the Christian Endeavor society of the German Reformed church, postponed from last week, was held at the home of Miss Della Sellemeyer, the annual election of officers being one of the important events. The new officers are: President, Rev. L. C. Hessert; vice president, Lucy Fruchte; secretary, Bertha Knapp; treasurer, Lydia Miller; organist, Huldah Mutchler. A number of games and contests, with music, provided social entertainment, and a postcard shower was arranged for the former members of the society—the Schlickman family—who lately moved to Colorado. Refreshments were an agreeable feature of the entertainment. About thirty were in attendance. Mrs. Walter Sudduth gave an agreeable surprise Tuesday evening at her home on Madison street for her nieces, Cecil and Ruth Conrad, little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Conrad, who will leave tomorrow for their future home at Muncie. The party was in the nature of a farewell, and about thirty friends of the little girls came after school hours and spent the closing hours of the day with games and general enjoyment. Refreshments were served. Best wishes of all will follow the little girls to their new home. a * On next Frida}’ evening, the W. R. C. will serve supper for the members of the G. A. R. and their famiiles. The members of the W. R. C. are requested to come to the hall in the afternoon and bring a well filled basket with them. Supper will be served at 6 o’clock. COM. The Euterpean club will meet tomorrow evening with Mrs. Roy Archbold. Study of the life and works of Oliver Wendell Holmes will be under the direction of Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. About forty couples attended the dance given last evening by the local council of the Catholic Benevolent Legion of Indiana, and tripped the evening hours away merrily to music furnished by John Wemhoff and Barney Wertzberger. The dance was one of the most enjoyable of the season. WANTED—Man past 30 with horse and buggy to sell stock condition powders in Adams county. Salary S7O per month. Address 301 Unitv Bldg., Indianapolis. Ind.