Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1903 — Page 4

Country Correspondence. Watt. Mrs Borrone is on the sick list. Wm Harker will soon move into his new residence Teamsters are hauling logs from the Kruckenberg woods. S. Steele and daughter Nelllie of Port Wayne Sundayed h“rv guests of W. A. MeGille and wife. Sunday School convention at Pleasant View was well attended from here Saturday and Sundiy evening Peterson. Harris m McClemonds of Convoy is visiting friends here Miss Sadie Wedv is in Marion the guets of her sister Margaret Huber Perry Shilta entertained his brother and family from Paulding! Sunday Elias Mitch raised a barn Monday his barn was burned by lightning ♦his season David Steele and family have as ♦heir guests Sam Steele and daugh j ♦er Nellie of Fort Wayne Quite a number of young peop ei were at the home of M:s>e> Dirck and Bessie Bowers Sunday Miss Nora Andrews is an unlucky girl. I warn people to keep dogs out of her way f. r just a few days ag she fell over a dog and it hasn’t harked a] id since • lon roe. H H Hocker returned to Upland ' Monday morning Samuel A ison of near here, spent Monday in Portland Mr and Mrs Haley of Portland visited relatives here over Sunday Quite a number will attend the International League Convention at Detroit from this place John Nelson who has been attending school at Valparaiso, returned home last week. Miss Pear. Ray who has been working at Berne during the past returned home last week H C. Andrews has moved his butcher shop from the old building ♦o the saloon building previously occupied by J M Andrews Eph and Lawrence Lobenstein. who went to (.thio, last week have returned home They were visiting relatives at that place Route Owe. Mr and Mrs J D McFarland of : Decatur s -.relayed at Chas Steinens Miss Ruth Kittle, of Montanrnn» Ohio. is visiting with her sister. ■ Mrs C C Sheets Mr? May Stemen Wayne was the g.wst of her mother, Mrs Dave •Erbia last Sunday Mr and Mrs. C C Sheet* enter♦aired the y- ung jeople of the Mt Pleasant church last Sunday There will be a picnic held the Sth o* August one mile and a half north j «* the Mt Pieaaant church on the Joe Mann farm for the benefit of helping to build a new church at | ♦ha* place The members will serve dinner Every bodv invited

GO WEST! 100,000 Acres for Sale in Nebraska, N. Dakota, Montana and Washington. Adapted to general farming. fruit growing and grazing. IMPROVED and UNIMPROVED. Healthy climate; convenient to schools and churches. EXCEL LENT RAILROAD FACILITIES and good markets Low rate railroad fare to prospective purchasers, either one way or round trip. I also have a few rare bargains in ILLINOIS FARMS - For further information call on or address F. M. Schirmeyer DECATUR, INDIANA.

Mr and Mrs S. K Schakley en- I tertained at dinner last Sunday the • following guest.-: S Sheets and ■ wife. George Close, wife and daugh- j ter. Jonas Gilbert, wife and children of near Monroe, Kirt Miller and wife of near Monroeville and Miss Blanche Shackley of Decatur. Steele. Jasper Case raised his new barn last Saturday. R. P. Davis has the cellar dug for his new house. Harvey Hocker preached at Salem last Sunday night. Remember the ice cream social for the benefit of the church next Saturday night. Milo Campbell and Arthur Diearmond. of Gas City, are visiting with relatives and friends of this place Chester Shinn and wife went to spend the Fourth at his parents near Montpelier and while there their son took violently sick and hare not been able to return home since. When John Reef went to do his feeding last Thursday morning he ' w&s surprised to find a stray horse in his barnyard, and still more so when I he found it to be dead. Later develop men is proved it to be one of the Pleasant Mills huckster horses. Pleasant .Tills. Mrs. A. M. Fuller is spending a few days at Decatur this week. The stone quarry has opened up for the season at this place. The hum of the threshing machine is again beard in this locality. D. B. Erwin and family, of Decatur. Sundayed here with relative* and friends. Rev. Rvan will preach at the U. B church next Sunday morning, instead of evening. D. F. Moms and wife are the proud parents of a bouncing baby girl that arrived at their home Monday. Rev. Scherich. pastor of the Baptist church, left Monday for Green county. Penn., to visit a few weeks with rela tires and fneeds. Jacob Yager and wife and Samuel Shamp and wife, of Decatur, attended the funeral of Miss Susie Winans at this place last Thursday. Rev. Scherich conducted the ordinance oi baptism by emersion at this place last Sunday. The candidates were Mrs. Albert Bonner and Mrs Charles Yager Mr and Mrs. Jesse Steele celebrated their l>th wedding anniversary last Saturday by entertaining a few of their neighbors and friends at their borne. Those present being Messrs and Meedames D. B. Roop. Ira Steele. A. N. Acker and David Aeber. After refreshments were sewed the evening was spent in a social manner. They left with the beet wishes tor their host and hietees. wishing them many more such happy occasac-ns. Lins Greve. Dana Mescn serger has oom pietec an addition to his west side farm dwelling. Wm Mertz- of Fort Warne, made f bis numerous fnends here a pleasant call on Wednesday of last week We were in error last week in stating that Miss Dean Fulton was nursing Grandmother French, instead of

OUR LITTLE ALMANAC. Weather Forecast and Doings of the Sen and Moon. Sun. | Moon. Rises 4 42 Seta 7 29 Rises 11 03 p.m Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with probable local thunder storms Warmer. Miss Lenora Johns, of Bluffton, who is doing that service. August Studler took the early train on Tuesday at Berne for Switzerland. His outing will be about four months. Mrs. A. Schlagenhauf! and daugh ter. Tena. Mrs. Peter Baumgartner and Ray Schlagenhauf! left Tuesday morning to visit relatives at Kokomo., The annual i«e cream social, under the auspices of the Christian church, will be held at the home of Emanuel Liddy on Saturday evening of this week. The installation of officers of the I. O. O. F. at this place took place oc Wednesday evening in the order named. Peter D. Kizer. N. G.: L. L. Baumgartner. V G.; Lorenzo Dunbar, secretary. Albert Chrisman and Min Della Markley succeeded admirably in keep ing their marital adventures a secret, which dates from June 2s. Rev. O Vita, of Vera Cruz, officiating. The C. M. A. Coming Meo of America lodge are making numerical additions to their lodge at each session. They meet on Tuesday night of each week in the I. O. O. F. hall. Salt Lake City can well claim the distinction ever other cities of sanitary discipline. Her streets are kept re markably dean, while on the gutters constantly carry a cop: ous stream of pure water as clear as when emerging from its fountain. Within a distance of the Temple are the homes of Brigham Young, who led the people into the famous valley where be housed his many wives, but these homes are now deserted On the west side and across the street from the Temple stands the Marman college of much magnitude and on the same plat of ground is situated the Brigham Young's memorial build mg which is now nearing completion and is an architectural beauty. Utah's great attraction is Salt Lake within twenty minutes ride by rail from tbe city. An impressiveobwet that meets the tourist eye is an immense open Pavilion of ancient design, four thousand feet from shore and a mile above sea level thousands of people daily ec»y bathing in the briny waters, ia which it is said to be impoe sible for the bather to sink and has a very exhilarating effect. This minilure sea is forty miles wide and ninety miles long and is most fair to look upon at sun set. coloring sky and water ia gorgec-us hues In conversation with a keeper of a bake shop she informed us that she was not a believer in the Morman faith, but the sect has done wonderful things in the improvement of that habitary country, and surely the surroundings would debar denial We >ow journeyed to> Portland, t iregon. where we met the cordial greeting of Dark! Studler and B. F Kizer and wife. David is as happy as the breeze that blows the leaves from the trees and bolds down a good position with a large wholesale hardware firm of Portland Mr. Kizer after un dergoing a long siege of sickness has now fully recovered and is doing carpenter work, commanding good wage* He and bis wife are well contented <• lib their change of country ry Ar Cnd . ■vaagrtiie lad July It—•Coroaar Mart WaiUag whe Bum beets fee the past week coed-rtiag aa mveeugation nt the recent riot will Szuah this ewtung. He ears he toes not know wbes he win retans his verdict, a arge num her of witzseeen haw bees esasuaed by the eoreoer The grand Jary eia®taad aevara. wensaa** yesterday •'ut more tadktseau ware return. 4 Om at the witaaasM before the cor bear yesterday was Joseph AJltnar facbe- of the girl who killed ta the not The bead'; Gaae-.ne. MlaaapaUs July **.—weaaiy gaa> line bw aided four vktiaM to its sutnn»er's record Aa the result at uet ptoston at the home ot MeArea Camilla Duaa age two years ia dead and bee playmates Maude Vestal, age eight. Marguenie McAree. agad five, and Wtntaaa McAree. aged three, are senouaiy burned _____ Hurt in a Stabbing Affray. RRhnxmd lad, July 1« -Harry Uh ben. while tpiarreltag with a man named Kofaki was scahbed with a knife tn the right side and neriowsly bwt not fatal;y injured The poUre are trying to hxate Kofskf. wbo disappeared mm* after the cutting

JLMSST 1 PJIIC Wall Street Receives Such a Jolt As It Has Not Had Since 1901. New Low Records for the Year Wert Made In the Trading In Heavy Veiume of Business. Not Since May 9. ISO". Has the StreeWitnessed Such a D ssstrous Day. New York. July l« —Demoraiitatiot ruled in the stock market yesterday making it up to the time of the c s--i rally one of the moat disastro.is da>> since the memorable panic of May 9 19C1. New low records for the yea: were made in the trading on a hear) volume of business Some of the :e elines tn high grade invest menu stocks for the day rar. all the way fron four to twenty points. In the early dealings there was ' rush to sell Prices dropped sharply and in some cases precipitate.y - active stocks down two and tirepoint* each, and with an evrem* break of over 50 points rep rted in S' Louis and San Frau .s Cr. Eastern Olin is certificates The :• cline was especially noteworthy t » ever :n such stocks as St Pa . N-» York Central Union Pa. :5c Cana ar Pacific. Missouri Pacifc Unite States Steel and General E ■■ In the last half how covering o: shorts and investment* by bargair hunters were responsible for par: a recoveries in many issues and cotn plete recoveries in a few like St Pau which closed fractionally above T■:-* day’s final quotations Traders were naturally disp s- d tx view the selling of high grade invest men: issue* with considerable ureas ness. on the theory that it represente: forved selling by important interestr wbo were compelled to part with the:: securities to raise funds to prober speculative acts elsewhere ia the mar ket- Several important market inter ests were aellers of stocks that tac been carried on borrowed money fir t ' long period, the sale* being induced by the attitude of the banka which directed to cal! in . -an* to strengther their position, proper*' ry to the er ported heavy call* tin their res'..-res for crop movement purposes To w*: street th* unpleasant feature of th« Kt-jatioa is that eorprrate b:-— winci seem to be becoming greater that While this feature p rsigts it s pointed oct the street cant?*, hope f?i easy money SALVATION BY FIRE. Yeurj Wo*-a- W*o THed It Fourd • P’t ab • Condition. St Petersburg Jul’ IS—A Joca newspaper re.ate* that a young w xar was found lying oc the beach cf tbt Gulf of Ftetosd behind the Serglevt ■eeaakery. twelve mile* from this city with terribly burned feet and -<* The woman bad on a monk ■ car- «k She said she had been reading re Ogtona books and had -omeluded th* eoif-mcinereuot «a* the only sure mean; of salvaUos She attended religtou* services a the moeastery and then a.m'.y pre pared her funera, pile She wa* ns ! able to bear the path rs the Same* and attempted to return home but ; fell he.'ptaM and remained forty eight hours where she had t*..-n before being found Her life may be saved •trtke Dec ares Off. Bride-port Conn July IS —F-anl Wood of the tro..-eymen* un-on last ! night officially declared :5 the stnkt i of the employes of the Connectictd Railway and Ligtung Company wf t was begun two rnoaths are. The mriker* are gives the privilege by the I union of applying iadiridaaDy foi wore at the offices of the company ln**C tert* Pan : Stricken, Vienna July 1« — Another dysamlt« outrage ha* tarns stempted at Agram . Croatia, where a bus-b ccatadaitg ;. pound* of dynamite wm pieced in the bouse of at artist of the name of v t kovac The inhabitant* of Agram are in s state of panic ta consequent at there repeated attempt* at dynamite outrage* Deere es Meg Baina ASffisUk Me July !«.—Mr* Jar- * G. Blaine t* dead Mrs. Blaine w*« the w,d v -w of th. ffiaow Mt -e s!a man sad her death wm due to old *«» and a grtera' breatiowt SV wm aear.y aevesty five yearn of age aad had bee* in failing health for three year*. Tws Cases on Western Coset. Por-iaad. Oregon. July )<— A boy I sbrt. on the Fourth at July with a toy fitatt is dead at lockjaw Pareren* C<l Jai y ig-*, suit of s plsdsd wound mulcted <m the Pbwrth of July. * boy la dead here at Joekjsw •* «ta Fell On Lag. LmisrilJ*. Ky. July It-Rejj Oul> thee the eight yesr-oid ton of Cr. et of Police SebaMtan Gwther stru-k os th* bead by a br k fell from the third tt.nr f at a build lag ta course at erertk*. the ioj dying a fsw hours later

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Accurate prices paid by De '’* t “ r tDMcbani* for various products. Correctoi every day GRAIN. ST E. L. CIKBOL, GBSIS MMCHAWT. Coro, per cwt- new) mixed 1 fil Coro, per cwt. yellow (new) M Oats, new —— - n Wheat. No. 2 ‘V Wtaffi N / ~ « Bariev — S Clover Seed.. - Imf t no 4 oO © o 00 Buck wheat Flax Seed — 3U . CHICAGO HARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15p.m. today as follows: Wheat. July _J__?< Wheat. September Wheal. Coro. July . September - Com. December I Oats. July •ate. September Joy 1 < bate. D«A?ember —-— 33a >ll 4<J July Lard, per cwt 4 i September Lard per cwt S >-l TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed everv afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by J. D Hale. Decatur. Spec ial wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red. cash f TTJ July wheat ‘*J j S ji. _ . Dei-ember wheat ‘S| Cash com. No. 2. mixed, cash. 52 July corn—— 62 | Sept cornsos > 4‘ Gate. Cash 39 i Gats. July 39 I Gate. Sept.... 331 Guta. December 341 Bye, cash 63 J STOCK. BT FBED SCHUMAN. DEALIB. Lambs 4 @ 4| Hogs, per cwt. ?5 00 Cattle per lb 31 « 4j , Calves, per lb 41 CT 5 Cows 2 iff 3 Sheep, per lb 2| @ 3 Beef Hide*, per lb 6 POULTRY. ■i i. w. FLsci co., raatns. Chickens, young per lb-_ Fowl*, per lb. 1«i 08 Docks, per 1b.5« 06 7.-s-;- per lb. 9 Geese, per lb 04<rG5

Entered a Plea o* Net Guilty. ■ J y M— On ’.he ad- . rice of her attorney* Mr* Christopher Beck arraigned m police court on the g to E .r;er her husband whom »he slashed with a razor. pleaded not guilty and was remanded to jail It It tald the husband, whose comdiUon Is still critical, from the wounds mulcted by her has prond*d the fund* for her defense. | One Way of Evading Arrest. . I Baker City Oregon July IS. —To aeoid arrest on th* charge of eloping w th * fifteen year-old girl, known as I Blossom." A. A. Earl of Caldwell. Idaho ahot and killed the girl and himself. Ear! was thirty-fire year* old and left a widow and two children | Young Men Save Themselves. Davenport, ’a. July IS—Clara Licht and Elsie Morey were drowned 1 last nigh: by the capsiiing of a launch in the Mississippi River Four young men who were thrown into the river from th* overturned boat saved themselves III—III I ——■— NOTICE TO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSUMERS. —— ' 1 The ordinance of the City controling the use of electric lights has a penal section, proriding for imposing a fine ■ for making any changes, I either in the wires or lights used, or in any way meddling with the appliances of the Lighting Plant All persons are hereby warned, not to make any change of lights, or wires, or appliances, or connections herewith without written permission from the superintendant of the Lighting plant, as such persons jiriL certainly be prosecuted, for such violation of the > ordinance. h.c.stetler. Chairman, Electric Light Committee. I

HAY TARKET. ■ No. 1 timothy hay (baled) K No 1 mixed hay (baled ' | No. 1 clover hay (baled' 7 I Loose bay JI.SU less ’" ° I WOOL AND HIDES. I BT B. KALVER r joj, ■ Wool, unwashed IC . H Sheep itelts to fl? | Beef hides, per pound ■ Calf hides ' « | Tallow, per pound K COAL. I Anthracite < . B Domestic, nut * ' * ■ Domestic, lump, Hocking . 5 ■ Domestic lump. Indiana OIL /TARKET. I Tiona u_ I Pennsylvania ” .? ■ Coming ' * ■ New Castle ,L B North Lima B South Lima j, B Indiana .. lf)S1 B Whitehouse B Somerset L ■ Lacy * ■ Barkersville L Ragland;- Hil OTHER PRODUCTS. | BV VARIOrj ouocERS AM 1-1 . SiSM Ig Egire. fresh, per doz ? ■ Lard jg B itter. per pound 0, 7 ' ;) B Potatoes, new B j .TARKET NOTES. I Liverpool market ope:.«; ■ Wheat, i cent lower. I Corn. J cent lower. B Receipts at Ltu .-ago today; I Hogs . .17,000 I W beat •«, I i' rn ■, ur» I ' ' IT! 1 F-. Estimate for tomorrow I H ogs I Wheat . -y, I C- rn 4 n I ’it- - 'ia I emu in v» far !•*« at. wio > an*- I ng pn>at aa* evva >be ao«; - •..>»«. I woal y.urna'.. f«»r u»i wir • .. .i> I •ell of kaMtaa-Cbiaeea iairignM-2 _ « |

ANNUAL I Niagara Fills EXCURSION via f j Lake Erie & Western Ry. I Personally conduct"! I NIAGARA FALLS EXGM I in conneelion with th** I Lake Shore A Michigan Soinnen b I Leave BLUFFTON 5 p I THURSDAY, AUG. 6 I9#J I RATE. MSO ROCSP TRIP. } Tickets good returning * ” 1 Line Steamer. Buffalo to ■('.•••• - wit I deaired. Also Sandusky a ‘ L’ut-m- g Bay. Side trips to I TORONTO, THOUSAND ISLANDS. HL I For tickets, rate*, time at. paaipb- I let v-uultiuiug general :nf : I call on any ticket agent cf t - ltwre I route, or address | ; h.j.rbein. I General Passenger 1 fl Indian*} L* Notice to City Water I Consumers. I The waterworks duplicates are now in the hands of th e city treasurer. There ! sumers who have n<-t P 3 ’“ I their accounts will ple.i** at- I tend to the matter at once an I save being placed on tne I linquent list August to- I }’ I G. E. STEELE. I Waterworks Sup*- I BOY ARCHBOLD. 1 DKXTIST I I. 0. O. F. BLOCK- I Phana i Office, 164 fl * ne I fiNMme MA I