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. will siuiplv abide «h sn«l oons.dc oureelveo by trying to emu • late his many virtues. The deceased was bora in Carroll county, Ohio, although his father wtta a native of Ireland. His par en tn l( v «tel in Adams county in 18C16 at which time J«w*« was ten years of age. This date takes . us back to the the time when Adams comity was a dense and uu broken wilderness, which has now bwn tranSToruietl into a region of thrift and prosperity, by tne uiitir ing real and energy of such enter nri'ing citiwns as Mr. Niblick. He has seen the trails of the trappers and hunters give place for rail roads ami vehicles, the cabins and garden patches succeeded by fur table houses and broad fields of waiving grain, the additions of churches, school houses, and every other oouceicable institution that tended to broaden the mind, extend the markets of commerce, trade ami traffic, and make the history of Adams county of such thrilling interest, grand practical results, and lessons that now may be per Med with profit by the prew ent Adams county generation, and bv citizens of other regious. In IH4O Mr. Niblick engaged in the boot »ben twenty years old. This DOS! n«S he was engaged iu «ntiUß6«, having been more tli..-* suocesstui fn b. i ding up trade aud a reputa to I** lll *" v » riol,w siIMV That reputation has been JJoldli more to him than all the gold in the universe In these later KiL it no doubt has been a source of satisfaction and gratification to hi,,, to know, that after a life time demoted exclusive to business and ils various competition, he is aide to extend the right hand of fellowship to all those whom he has come in contact with, all these vears In 1806 he connected him Jelf With John Crawford in a gent»nl merchantile business, under the firm name of Niblick & Crawford Several years later the firm was extended to Niblick, Cmwford & Sons, a son of each having been taken into the partnership. lhl » firm existed until some seven years SS\&m»«.-«» Niblick and Son, aud which firm is

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I * riently tilled office of county trea* urer. He was al-syc enthusiastic in his support of the party, at the 1 same time respecting in the great- ■ est degree the opinions of bis | friends and others who chose to i differ with hiui in political prefer- ( i ment. He was also a public i spirited dtizen, and always de j i voted tin e, aid, money and advice] to any movement or project that j r ha,i any tendency towards advane • f ing the progression of this city and county, to l»oth of which he was very devotedly attached. In 1851 he was married to his| present bereaved widow. Her maiden name was Catharine floss, a native of (Jermany. Their lives together have lieen one continued ! ' line of sunshine and devotional i ' happiuess, which had much to do with the kind hearted manifestations on every demanded occasion, j by the deceased. In her present ( bereavement Mrs. Niblick is joined by seven children, one having al reaily passed into that world on high, William Xiolick, president] and Charles assistant cashier of the Old Adams County Bank, John James K. and Daniel M. being •associated with him in business, and Mary and Amelia who reside at home, comprise the family who are now grieved beyond expression at the death of their lougsherished, honored and reverenced counsellor and advisor. To him they have come with many perplexities which he has gladly solved. Now they will have to profit by the dictates of his past life, which is a worthy example to follow and emulate. The funeral services were conducted yesterday morning. As a mark of respect to the deceased every business house in the city | was (dosed during the services, ami people from all over the county came in to pay him homage. It was perhaps the largest gathering of people ever assembled to pay their lasting respects to the dead. And they were all friends; friends with whom the deceased had been associated for years, and not for a day. They knew him and they loved him. It was a fitting tribule to a long life of usefulness and honor. The pall bearers who conveyed the remains to its last resting place was composed of It. B.

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Alllmmi, lht\ld Hhidalatker, John' Meitirr*, JohnHhiMir, I'mirad ltrakr i and K/.ra I.lati-r, all old nana'lAtra < of the deiraaril, who hml known i him for half a rriitttry. i ll*’ Wiia lair II Ailiftiat I 'J. IM'jii; I •Uni Oia<*l*rr tl, latt,*, Itrlnif A({**l *t\iyMur year*, one month and twenty fmtr day*. Funeral nervier* , Wrrr held at the Ht, Mitf'iCttho lir ehiireh, And that I »r««* attminr aI Andtlortnin would not hold hnlf the j\m|inlhltlni! friend*, who * loglil ad tala* ion I td»»r neat In '* *• Hi ,l(Me|)h wii'i lri y. 1 | l( |. .>llll* sh» Sdei.f onr nelovnl ami h” .oitfll friend and eittm-u. CAKIi or TIIAMKA, We draire to return our heartfelt thank* to our frieudaand aniuaintamaw for their kindnemi ami aytn |Mthy during the airkneaa ami death of our lieloved hualaual ami father. Mtt*. Jr3*<r. Nihijok AMi HMIMT. Mr*. Hhitiehart lir* uiK one mileaouth of IVtemon, died laat Sunday morninc after a liniteririK illneNi with typhoid fever. The funeral wan held Turaday, wbieh wax attended by a lance concourse of relatives and fti«nds. Kev. Vitz, pA*tor of the Cierman Itefornanl church, and Mat Kinirh ratio 1 home the first of the week from Milwaukee, where they were attending confereme, or a meeting of the synod of thin eongregatioa. They report a pleaaant tutor am! trip. George 11. Kelley of Geneva, was in toiru last Thursday and Friday. He reports all of < ieueva's ; new brioks either as finished and , •Mvupied or as going ihrongh the 1 finishing touches, '1 he new t'atho 1 lie churrh will he dedicated on next Sunday, and in all probability a special train will be run from thia city an that out ion. The Fortnightly Club is the name of the new literary organization, which forme I itself at I)r. Boyers' office last Thursday night. Itave K. Smith produced a paper on “Criminal Anthropology,” which contained many illustratiomi and points of interest that the average enthusiast on this subject would ! ftvnrjttAjr ( TK» A**♦ w«|u •mMf* C*i!! Is found elsewhere in this editiou. New eireuit court cae« are enncneraiod as follow*' Hattie McAfee vs. City of Hlii tit on; from >• e;n> county. Amanda J. Bitter vs. David Bitter; divorce. Kugetie Christen vs Homer J. Green, et a1.,; foreclosure mechanics lien. Margaret F. Gleekler vs. Sarah J. ! Hines, et al.; partition. John' ' Bright vs. Perry Ksbison, et al., | account; demand #SOO. Cora Cook vs. Ktmer Cook; divorce. Through Attorney IJevoss, Cora | Cook seeks a legal seperation from < Elmer (kmk. The complaint shows them to have l>eeu married August : ! .'JO, 1594, and lived togt*thwr until Mvrh .‘JO, 1895, when they divided the jackpot and went their several | ways. Cora alleges cruel and inhuman conduct, abuse and false; accusations aliout heiself and one I)r, Kirk. She demands judgment, , a decree of divorce and alj other : such releif as the court chodSes to give her. W. T. T. Swaim, one of the editors of the HlutTtoii Chronicle, died Sunday at 11 a. m. He was a gifted young man and with his brother, D. H., was publishing two excellent papers in the Evening News and Chronicle. In his death KlnlTton loses one of their liest citizens. He was a man be loved and respected by all who knew him. He had numerous friends in Decatnr who heard of ; his death with sorrow. His death 1 was brought on by a severe attack | of typhoid fever. Bluflton is lather a decent look- | ing town, all but her sidewalks, and they are a monstrosity within ! themselves. At the present time there is a case filed in our circuit court on a change of venue, wherein Hattie McAfee is trying to secure damages for injuries received bj a fall upon those miserable w'alks. This fall has so iiyured her life that damages in the way of money fall far short of remunerating her in auy way. But what Bluffton powers that be, should do, is to build walks that at least are safe for humanity to tread upon. An injury that lasts a man a life time can’t be adjusted by any petty damage suit that they may win. But Bluflton is a very slow mule.

The yiHitigwier of Mr. and Mr*. Charlei Khmger got a good taatr t of coal oil the other day which he I mistook for mnla water. He didn’t i get rn nigh of the fire water to do • anv luj.tr), so aII is well that ends ' well. Are you nnoting Ihe anstinued story now Iteiog published In the Pmdm. It was just started last | week, And Is a very tub resting i •lor)- from beginning to ending, i Hultocrils* now and ask for the lock uu. nt*er* » Will II l’«*l hs* just hawked a 1 tH’ti !»;.». «»i <#fiH vEf niiu tl 1* tTi*Ui pMta aihl iMgcu t in every instance It contAiiis considerable lalstr and lime, but it is valuable to any one i having real estate interests in ihst hustling little oil towu. Herman Wircktng iHHMI Thursday evening from hia trip to the old couulry. Me was gooe just one year and one day from the time he left home and daring the time gained twenty three pound* in fiesh.—Bluflton Chronicle. Attorneys John T. France and R. K. Erwin entered a caw* in ; the Allen circuit court at Fort Wayne this week. It is the ow of the Indiana Oil Company vs. William Shoemaker, taken on a change of venue from this coaniy. We forgot last week to mention , that Charley Niblick was on the ailing list, with a disable limb leg. He fell badly injuring the knee of his right walking member, which in turn laitsed him enough pain ; for a dozen bruises. It is als»ut well, however. T. F. Golden, of Decatur, Ind., is a viaitor in thia ci'y. He is well pleaaed with this city, and is eon i lemplating moving here in the near j future. Mr. Golden’s avocation is that of a loan and insurance agsnt i and he is a very pleasant gentle man.—Huntington Democrat. Maggie BothofT, through h«r attorne)s, itolio A Coffee, seeks the courts for a legal divorce from Horace Hothnff, her Inve lord and 1 huslmnd. The complaint finds them i married in ItWHI and they' Uved <o gefher as husi.wnd ai d wife until some time in IK*O. ('Aid and inhuiiiau treatment is the argument against him. T*>« ontifg **rtT that nr s!-*”H at Gray G:it»W*s la>i Friday night, uumbered twenty two, and from the uumerous approvals since, we ! judge they entertaimsi age mine 1 Urover Cleveland tfms If is in- 1 deeil gratifying to know that 1 Decatur is lwatinl so near such a noted resort, where the cares and ' vicissitudes of everyday life ran so ; easily lie cast aside, “and joy lie undefined.” Henry Gerkc hail a leg broken between the ksee and ankle last; I Thursday. The brook is a serious • cue, and liesides being painful, will kebp him a-bed for inaoy weeks. Amputation may be necessary, although up to tlu* present time, nothing of this kind has lieendone. The aocideut happened while load ing sand at the pit on the Dorwin land. Ah embankment of sand caved iu, the strong force and! pressure of whie.i caused the fatal ity. Dr. Boyers set the broken : IwneS. John I’arr, a resident of North Ninth street, yesterday the victim of a deplorable accident that may yst end fatally. He belongs to the' i bridge carpenters’ ping on the 1 , I Grand Rapids and was doing some repair work on the St. Marys river , bridge. He fell from the top of the i bridge a distance of thirty feet and • lauded on a Ikhl of rock. Not a Imne was broken, but fears are eti , tertained that internal injuries are i snsta ned. He was immediately f 1 taken home, and medical aid summoned. who are doing all w ithin their power for the injured man. At the council meeting last Tuns- , day evening Ex-Mayor Reed was given the contract to add to the i city map in the council room the . additions to the city imule since | the nap was drawn. He agreed to I I do the work for #5. The following 1 bills were allowed: Journal #'.).()(), Jj. w. Tyndall 155.50, Charles Smith #1.50, J. I), Cook, water . works engineer, #IOO. The county - attorney was present representing ■ Auditor Brandybcrry in reference i to extending the city taxes upon > the county tax duplicate. He rej fused to place the taxes upon the i duplicate unless paid for it by the j city, He demanded #l5O. The ,- matter was referred to the judiciary . committee with the city attorney to report at next meeting.

The Itarn and granary <>» the old Gofl'ee farm, now occupied by J"hn Fuhs, was burned to the grouud Saturday night. The buildings and eontenla entailed a !«■•» of some S7OO. upon which was Inti #loo worth of Insurance. The origin of the lire is uukiiown. Kev. W. 11. Shepherd, the new pastor of the t’aitad Brethren ehurch, wants if distlmtly under Mood that there will Is- prem hlng services every Saldsith morning mid evening -V e h M'H'M'i i! !* to, TU# i-ii* »i 'in»♦•* last Tbunelay J. K. Ellsworth an* ui|«no*l lil.een IJekahs to Monroeville, where they enjoyed the genial hospitality of the * IJ**kah l.slge there. Mrs. Baker enter lained them at her home, they attended lodge iiicel'ng, and iu all •■iijoyed a very pleasant au<l social «lay and evening. Charles 11. Humphrey, the pub Usher of the Hlulltnn I’ress, bas taken unto himself a wife, in the name of Mi*s Kate Gepbart of Warren. We hail set Charley down as a Isicbelor and didn't sup pose there was anything that would change bis fettered opinions upon the matrimonial subjert—but its the unexpected that happens. Kev. Martin Vitz, a brother of the German Reformed past or, has I teen railed to Cleveland. Ohio, to till the pulpit there. lie was for merly at New Bremen, Ohio. The Rev. in this city has a father, father-in-law, two brothers and three brothers in law who an* all engaged in the ministry. This is « little out of tho ordinary. The appointment of John J. Watson as postmaster at Ceylon, was made known last Friday morning. He succeeds Mr. Long, who has lived for nearly a century in that place. The appointee ,s republican in politics, but be is a real clever, a«ronim«*lating fellow, and will atteud to the wants of the i office to the sati -fact ion of its patrons. A very sail and deplorable accident happened to Ed Kintz Tues;day afternoou. He was helping his father operate a cane mill, and j in some manner got caught In the i njity emshing hi* entire right rfde. • Dr. Clark amputate*! the artu just | tielow the shoulder. He is very badly maugied and his recovery is extremely doubtful. Elmer Rohr i Mopped the press in time to save ! uiui from being crushed to drath. ! A* we go to press he is still living. The boy is a sou of W. E. Kintz. Kev. Gregg delivered a sermon to the older inhibitants of this generation last Sabbath morning. , lie very beautifully portrayed the gracefullneaa of the ascendency on | this side of the hill of life, and the still more graceful deeendency on the other side. Many of the aged who art* traversing the last stages were present, and were no doubt made to feel the loving sentiment portrayed ami illustrated. The church was derorated and the meeting hrok up with an old time handshaking, like it use to be in ye ohlen time. The following relatives and friends- -attended the funeral of Jesse Niblick Wednesday: Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Oppenheim, Mr. and Mrs. Al Oppenheim, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cole, Ed Dailey and Mrs. James Dailey, all of Bluflton; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Adelsperger and Mrs. Rachel Zimmerman, To ledo, Ohio; Mrs. Jane Young and Mrs. NettieShorb, Van Wert; Mrs. A. B. Morrison, Marion; Messrs. JL\ 8. Bash, Sol Bash and Dick Townsend, Fort Wayne; John doss, Belleview, Ky., and Rev. Von Sehwedler, Monroeville. Many are the friends of Mr. Edwin Martin who sympathize with him in the sail loss of his wife, who died Sunday night al eight o’clock, after a short Ulness Sunday morning she gave birth to i a child, the ordeal of which was : too much for her physical condition. She was a bright, happy and i girl, loved by every one who knew • her, and who but a few* hours be r fore her death, gave evidence ol : living many years. She was i twenty one years old and had been i married to her present bereave! husband only fifteen months. She » was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 5 Ehret, of Rockford, Ohio. The 5 funeral obsequies were held from r the St. Mary’s Catholic church - Tuesday morning, with interment in the St. Joseph cemetery.

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An exchange has liguicd out that If two lovers spend four hour* together and the lover lakes or receives J?*Ml kiKM*J* ~—low cutciila- # I tiua—ami re.-'t* kiss h»»l* ten second*. In five years tin**' the lover would have .hJA.OUO kl*M*. and their li|*x would have l**en united for the *|nm*o of forty two day* and *ix hours. Iteeatur girls ran lanit that record, and report* from Geneva verify it. PisUin-islet—^ VfiTTriic h »s taken uuio htm**’lf a ' M* i*li>» iger, a handsome young !adv of i lint place. They were in this city Tuesday, secured the ne**es*ary license ami that day were joined together as hushood ami wife. Both are well known ami have many friends who wish theta happiness and prosperity. The I’Ntas*extends eoiigratulut ions. Sam Si mi sou of Berne, was in town Monday. This bring* to mind that on another |»age in this edition will la* found an advertisement which speaks very loud about a clonk opening, to lie given by Simison A Soidner on < Mober 15, It* and 17. The ladies in and around llerm* don’t want to forgst this fact for they have secured a stock of cloak a. wraps and jackets that are simply a leader any place. Read the adv’t. Hituoii Reppert living north of Preble station, after a lingering illness with typhoid fever, died on Wednetslay of last week. He was a large robust young man, twentyfour years old; full of life and energy, but death was the victor. The funeral t*wk place from the Magley reformed church on Friday, the same lieiug atteisled by a targe and sympathetic concourse of hia relatives and friends. August H. Selletneyer ami family of this city, ’ attended the funeral obsequies. 1 In our legal columns will lie found a notice of a meeting of the 1 stockholders of the Berne Bank, the same to be held on Octolier 19. < at nine o'clock. The liank in queti- * tion is one of the thriving institu tions which Berne is proud to own. The present ofiieers of the liank are ‘! A. A. Spruqger president, C. A. ; Xeueuxchwander vice president, ' Kud Lehiuau cashier, and Situi *. Simison assistant cashier. The ■ i object ot ihe meeting is to el*et seven director*. , - A nitro glycerine explosion near - Montpelier last Thursday morning, . sh«*ik the earth and scared humanity m-arly out of their tiooi*. The mangle*! remains of two men were | found scattered over a i->* „* terri 1 tory in that vicinity The snppo--1 sition is that a nuiulier of can.* *if this powder explosive had la-en buried there and that tin* men, w ho had been out coon hunting, had 1 built a fire over the place. latrge trees were uprooted and shied **t - llexh and clothing were I-lind I Hanging to the limbs. the names ' of the unfortunate are Andrew Cain and William Grose. : . We have squinted an eye at the ■ plans for the new W. A. Keubbr I mansion, and pronounce them all : right. The house throughout will Ik* handsome and commodious, i being designed wholly with a view *J to comfort and convenience. The parlor, reception hall, sitting room, kitchen, with numerous hallways, closets, and the like, will compose ihe first floor, with*similar assortment on the second floor. It will 1 occupy the now vacant lot opposite 1 the Christian church on Monroe 1 street, just the place for *<» elegant a structure. Work will not now liegin on it before spring. The estimated cost is something like #:t,:j(K». 1 We will again refresh yoi r ■ memory with the fact that on October Hi and 17, the Boston store . will give their customer the. ad van * tage of a ‘‘cloak opening.” Their J stock of cloaks lor this season is l simply without a parallel in the ' history of Adams county merchants. J Never before have such magnificent s 1 styles, excellent and serviceable - garments been placed upon the 1 counters of a retail store, and v Keubler & Molt/, are feeling highly ■ 1 flattered with their good luck and if enterprise iu thus being able to ,* 1 please any lady in the land, if she n wants to buy a cloak. But whether j you need or intend buying one or e not, it will pay you to visit their i. store during the opening days, the el lfl and 17th. They will be glad i j to see you and show you—whether i - you buy or not. Better paste the t dates in your hat so as not to for- | get them.