Decatur News, Volume 3, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1901 — Page 8

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE I (Continued from page one.) ‘ ~ \ Ed Lewton made a prolonged call at Williams, Sunday evening. He has a fine new carriage. Henry Zwiek and wife attended the ; shed-raising at Charles Hockeineyer’s Tuesday afternoon. William Biggs intends to move to the old Carval homestead just south of Hoagland in the near future. K George Randebusch will move on the Fuelling farm one and one-half miles east of town in the near future. Confirmation services were held at the St. John’s Lutheran church, palm Sunday. The members of the class were the Misses Alma Schroeder, Martha Bultemeyer, Ida Dfrkson, Emily Hockeineyer and Messrs. Charley Berning, Lawrence Heckman, Julius Schiemann, Henry Droege, Fredle Bernning and Willie Hockemeyer. ft Monmouth- * &■ ' (TOO LATE FOR LAST ISSUE.) | Have you seen the new city dray? Jacob Bixler mingled with friends at Monmouth, Tuesday. ; Samuel Potts is building a new porch | to the front of his residence. Mrs. Ola Evans visited Mrs J. B. Dutcher, at Decatur, Monday. Mrs. Zula Waggoner, of Decatur, is | visiting with Mrs. Waggoner, this week. Charley Magley will put an addition 10 his house on the Cline farm, the coming summer. V Brazie Brown has moved on the Wag-goner-farm and will work for Mrs. Waggoner during the coming year. Rev. R. C. Jones wilt preach his farewell sermon, at Alplia, Sunday, April 7, 10:30 a. in. Everybody invited. ' Rube Baxter will have a new self-feed-er attached to his threshing machine, this summer. Rube believes in improv Ing in times of prosperity. JTHIS WEEKS ITEMS. Farmers are plowing for oats. Charles Magley made a business trip to Decatur, Monday. lEd Lewton purchased a new buggy, Saturday. \ Frank McConnell is selling machinery ; for H. Knapp, of Decatur. |g Lee Fetterhoff, our popular merchant, was at Fort Wayne, Saturday, on business. E, B. Rice, of Berne, and Miss Fanchon Rice, of Decatur, visited friends at Monmouth, Sunday. Henry Schieferstine and wife visited friends at Fort Wayne, Sunday. ,R. C, Jones and Mrs. Dan Small, of diTagland, were in Decatur, Monday, ancEcalled on friends at Monmouth, on their return home. — Bobo. Three from Bobo, took the teachers’ examination, last Saturday. The pleasant spring has come again; all nature is bright and fair. Harvey Brodbeck will quit the mill in a few days to work on the farm. The U. B. people are preparing to put up a new fence around their church. p .-»Last Monday was April Fool’s day; we wonder how many fools were fooled. The carpenters are working on the new church, which will soon be finished, if they continue at the present rate. All three of the itemizers, if we are not mistaken, were at the anti-cigarette meeting, last Friday evening. k Rev. Peters was surprised last Friday evening to see about twenty of Pleasant Mills’ young people, gather at the parsonage and proceed to have a good time. jt? . We are somewhat disappointed each week on account of having to send in all items on Monday, as other correspondents get all the latest news. [Although other papers publish some of the latest news, the News has the opportunity of publishing all the earlier news and reaches the homes of its readers twenty-four hours before any other weekly paper in Adams county.—Ed.] Another Monmouth. What we expect to see in our village this summer: A telephone line from Decatur to Monmouth; electric cars from Fort Wayne to Decatur; a new church built by the congregations of the M.E. churches of Alpha and Mount £ Pleasant; everybody contented and happy; our neighbors doing a good and payI business six days in the week; and if all this happens we will all be well pleased. Now we will tell you what we would like to see in our town: Everybody attending to his or her own business; Doc Zigler and .Charles Wilder run a foot | race on the Fourth of July; some barber start a shop here who does not use soft soap to lather his victim; everybody subscribe and pay for the News, read it I carefully and retuse to lend it to anyone who does not take and pay for it. We could tell you of more things that we would like to see but will tell you a few things that have happened since our b-. last " Reuben Baxter has bought a self feeding thresher. * K? Reub Lord and Lee Fetterhoff, our merchant, went to Fort Wayne, pn bus iness, last Saturday. ’ ’

One of the li vilest crowds that has been seen In Root township for some time, met al the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dirkson, last Saturday night. There were about forty guests and they met for the purpose of initiating a new piano that Henry had recently placed In his home, and also for the further purpose of having a good time and from what we are told, they succeeded In both. The Schieferstine brothers and Roy Wolford manipulated tho stringed instruments to the enjoyment of all present and John Wolford, Dee Lewton and L. N. Grandstaff rendered a few of their vocal selections. Refreshments were served, games were played, and a general good time had. At the suggestion of L. W. Lewton the party broke up, just In time to get home before Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mann and L. N. Grandstaff, wife and daughter, Sundayed with Dr. J. C. Grandstaff and wife, at Preble. Cal Kunkle says that a setting wild duck will never feather and if he has his cun along he will not let them set, even If they are on the other side of the river. Prairie Farmer Free. We want to add 1,000 new subscribers to our paper before New Year’s, and we are going to do it if a liberal offer will count for anything. We have just made arrangements with the publishers of that great farm paper. The Prairie Farmer from Chicago, for a limited number of yearly subscriptions and we propose to give it one year to every one of our old subscribers who will renew between now and New Year’s; and we will give it one year free to every new subscriber who gets in his order to us fefore New Year’s; paying one year in advance. The Prairie Farmer is the oldest farm and live stock papers published in the western states. It comes weekly, and containing from sixteen to twentv pages, and has departments for all members of the household. This great farm paper is now read by 100,000 farmers, stockman, dairyman and fruitgrowers in the western and central states, and it is considered the old standby by its readers. You know what our own paper Is, and we vouch that you will be pleased with The Prairie Farmer Slaughter of Birds. The destruction of birds each year for decorative purposes, says a writer, [s enormous. England alone uses 30,000,000 birds /or decorative purposes, and to provide all Europe 150,000,000 are annually destroyed, and when we add America it brings the sum total up to 300,000,000. London also takes 400,000 humming birds every year from this continent, and 300,000 would, in all probability, not meet the demands for America. England imports G,<>oo birds of paradise yearly, and these birds are doomed, while 400,000 miscellaneous birds are used. Some bird lover had the curiosity to watch the auction rooms of a London house four months, and it was found that during that time 800,000 East and West Indian bird skins were sold there. One Chicago dealer received 32,000 humming birds in one consignment; the same number of aquatic birds (gulls) and’ ? 300,000 Knew Her Man. An old Irish woman who kept a fruit stall had some watermelons given to her which she exposed for sale. A smart Yankee, wishing to have sport with the old lady, took up one of the melons and said: “These are small apples you grow over here. In America we have them twice the size.” The woman slowly removed the pipe she was smoking from between her lips, and coolly surveyed her inquirer from head to foot for a second or two. Then, in a tone of pity, she exclaimed: “Be jabers, sor, you must be a stranger in Ireland, and know very little about the fruit av our counthry, when you can’t tell apples from ries!” Farm and Furniture Store For Sale —For the next thirty days or until sold, I will offer for sale a forty acre farm near the pike two and a half miies from Decatur; plenty of fruit, good well and cistern, five acres of timber, farm well tiled and fenced in seven fields. Good frame barn, granery, cribs and wagon shed; can give possession as soon as sale is consumated. A FURNITURE STORE FOB SALK. The stock on hand will invoice from SSOOO to S6OOO. For furthur particulars address J. F. Snow, Decatur, Ind. •> .Notice. We desire to inform the public that we will commence on Wednesday Nov. 28 1900 grinding mill food. for 2J4 cents per bushel, or for a toll of one tenth. Cowan & Smith 39-5 m Pleasant Mills Ind , I ■' The farmer’s foot is a corn field that requires neither plowing nor sewing. NOTICE of insolvency. In the matter of the estate of Gideon Bowman, deceased. In the Adams circuit court No. 724. Notice is hereby given that upon petition filed in Said court by Isaac Bowman, administrator, of said estate, setting up the insufficiency of the estate of said decedent to pay the debts and liabilities thereof, the Judge of said court did, on the 2nd day of April, 1901, find said estate to be probably insolvent, and order the same to be settled accordingly. The creditors of said estate are therefore hereby notified of such insolvency, and required to file their claims against said estate for allowance. Witness, the, Clerk and seal of, said court, at Decatur, Ipdi- • ” '' ana, this 2nd day of April " -[Seal] 1901- ■•SuU i Elmer Johnson, Clerk. By Jambs P. Haefling, Deputy. Shaffer Pbtbrson, Attorney.

A. ERIE Schedule in Effect March 6. 1900. ffi TRAINS LEAVE DECATIP AS FOLLOWS:; WEST No. 5, vestibuled ly for Chicago ) 12:3t| p m No. 3, Pacific express, daily I for Chicago J 2:25 a m Na 1, express, daily, except) Sunday,’ .. Chicago ...... J 10:43 a m No. 31,'local, daily,' except) Sunday I 10:10 a m No. 13- Wells Fargo lira, ex., ) * dally except Monday and >• 6:15 p m day after legal holiday.... ) EAST. No. 8, vestibuled limited, dai- ) ly New York and Boston., ) 7:57 p m No. 2, express, dally, except) Sunday, for New York ... - ) 1:55 p m No. 12, express, daily for New ) York J 2:25 am No. 30, local, daily, except) Sunday 10:10 a t. Through coaches and sleeping cars to New York, Boston and Columbus. Trains 1 and 2 stop at all stations on the C. & E. division. . *No. 13 wllUnot carry auy baggage. M. A. Hamm, Agent. WEST BOUND. No. 3. 3:50 a m Local 3:45 p m No. 1 . 11:03 a m No. 2 9=17 p m EAST BOUND. No. 6 5:18 a m No. 2 .12:07 p m Local.. 7:05 a m No. 4 1.--. 7:04 p m For further particulars, call on nearest Agent of the Company, or address C. D. WHITNEY General Traffic Manager, TOLEDO, OHIO THE G. R. & I. Schedule in Effect March 1.1901. ' ' ' trains going north STATIONS I fNo. 5 | *No. 3 | *No. ?" Cincinnati.. 8:35 pm 10:15 am ........ Richmond... 11:10 pm 12:50 pm 5:40 am Fount’ll City 11:28 am 1:08 pm 5:58 am Johnson 6:06 km Lynn 11:42 am I:2lpm 6:llam Snow Hill 6:16 am Winchester . 12:02 am 1:39 pm 6:27 am Ridgeville... 12:20 am I:s7pm 6:44 am Portland.... 12:39 am 2:17 pm 7:05 am Briant 2131 pm 7:20 am Geneva 1:00 am 2:40 pm 7:26 am 8erne....... 1:08am 2:sopm 7:35am Monroe'. 3:05 pm 7:47am Decatur.... i:3O am 3:19 pm 8:00 am Williams 3:33 pm 8:11 am Hoagland 3:38 pm 8:15 am Fort Wayne 2:20 am 4:15 pm 8:50 am Kendallville. 3:15 am 5:15 pm 9:51 am Sturgis 4:10 ain 6:50 pm 10:53 am Kalamazoo.. 5:20 am 8:10 pm 12:20 pm Ga’ndßapids 7:45 am 10;45 pm 2:10 pm Howard Citv 9:30 am 11:58 pm 3:28 pm Reed City... 10:17 am 1:08 im 4:40 pm Cadallac.... 11:40 am 2:25 am 6:00 tun Petoskey... 2:50 pin 5:35 &a. 9:15 pmMackinaw.. 4:15 pm 6:55 am 10:35 pm *Daily, except Sunday. fDai.v TRAINS GOING SOUTH STATIONS | *No. 2 | fNo. 4 ,| {No. 6 Mackinaw 9:00 pm 1:30 pm 8:10 am Petoskey 10:30 pm 2:50 pm 9:52 am Cadillac 2:30 am 6:40 pm 1:30 pm Reed City 3:29 am 7:45 prr 2:30 pm Howard City 4:40 am 3:55 pm Gr’nd Rapids 7:10 am 11:30 pm 6:50 pm Kalamazoo.. B:soam 1:00 am 8:35 pm Sturgis 10:12 am +N 1, 9:51 pm Kendallville. 11:07 am ‘ \ 10:48 pm Fort Wayne. 12:10 pm 6:50 am 11:45 am Adams Hoagland... 12:57 pm 7:19 am 13:29 am Williams.... I:o3pm 7:24am........ Decatur- -- • 1:19 pm 7:37 am 12:47 am M0nr0e..... 1:32 pm 7:47 am 12:57 am Berne 1:44 pin 7:57 am 1:08 am Geneva 1:52 pm 8:05 am 1:18 am Briant 2:00 pm 8:12 am 1:26 am Portland.... 2:l7pm 8:28 am I:44am Ridgeville... 2:35pm B:soam 2:oßam Winchester . 2:50 pm 9:07 am 2:28 am Lynn 3:06 pm 9:25 am 2:48 am Johnson 9:30 am Fount’n City 3:20 pm am 3:03 am Richmond .. 3:40 pm 10:00 am 3:25 am Cincinnati 6:25 pm 7:15,am JDaily. fDaily. ex. Sunday. *Daily, ex. Saturday from Mackinac City. JEFF BBYSON, Agent. C, L. LOCKWOOD. G P. A BPER CENT MONEY TO LOAN. I have money to loan on good citv property and improved farms ats percent per annum, with privilege of partial payThis is the lowest rate of interest over offered in this stata Paul G. Hooper. I | Dr, Fennel’s KIDNEY “ and Backache Core, ” Per all Kidney, Bladder end Urinary Troubles. Lame Rack. Heart Disease item j ‘Disease. Rheumatism, Bed Wetti i Unfailing in Female Weakness. By dealers. 50c.sire by mail «teFredonia»XT. v The Decatur News and Prairie •Far mer, $1 per year.

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