Hostetter, A. F. - 1881

Receive A Contract
The directors of the Manheim and Penn township turnpike company met at the office of their solicitor, A. F. Hostetter, esq., to receive bids for making two and five-eighths miles of their turnpike, commencing at the northern terminus of the Lancaster and Fruitville pike, and ending at a point on the old Manheim road.  There were three bids handed in: S. A. Danner, Lititz; Smith, Shaub & Co., of Lancaster, and David M. Mayer, of Manheim township.  All of these were considered too high by the board and were rejected.  Later in the afternoon Mr. Danner offered to make the turnpike for $10,250.  He was awarded the contract.
~ The Lititz Record, 02-Sept-1881, Page 2, Column 2


Real Estate Transactions.--
Ritter estate: Lititz bakery to Dr. J. Shenk for $2750.  Meadow lot in Lititz to Benj. Lutz, for $660.  House and lot near the railroad, to Emmanuel Kauffman for $1430.  Six acres of timber land situate in Penn township, to J. Ritter for $60.25 an acre.  Lititz mill, in Rome, to A. W. Shober for $8035.  Farm of 63 acres, to John Evans at $210 an acre.  14 acres of land with improvements, to Jacob L. Stehman for $4000.  One-third of 840 acres of Iowa prairie land, to A. F. Hostetter, of Lancaster, for $251.  One-third of two lots in Webster City, Iowa, to A. F. Hoestetter, of Lancaster, for $76.  One-fifth of 69 lots is <sic> Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Graybill  Baer for $104.

Assigned estate of Michael Behmer, in New Haven, house and lot to Tobias Martin for $1800.

The farm of Jacob Gantz, deceased, of Pine Hill, was sold to Benj. B. Lehman for $75 an acre.  The farm comprises 90 acres.  Another lot of land, 5 acres, was sold to Frank Gantz for $2080.
~ The Lititz Record, 30-Sept-1881, Page 3, Column 4