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iT wTwSirgy?' gggqiartf-'giapqg 4 'H''1 'Cv Fr . - , 4 "r. 'W s-sRS'sagsHssr? ?-&?se. ' JsS T- f , ;- T . ft - , 7 L. k Lf--'' jK. g 4v sr i" P- Kft"ar - Sf, H- THE REGISTER: OFFICIAL PAFEk OF COUNTY W. C. ALLISON, Editor. SATURDAY, MAY IS, 1875. Jy addition to being troubled about the canal ring the people of New York are also exercised over the common school question. Kansas U to have a competing line of railroad to Pueblo, Colorado. The Atch ison, Topeka & Santa Fe will be com pleted to that point in July. And now New York claims that the first blood of the Revolution was shed in that.city iu the battle of Gold Hill in 1770. Oapt. EaD3 arrived at New Orleans on the 11th inst., and will at once enter nprm the preliminaries of his great Jetty work, t Since the Patten-Swing theological difficulties, in Chicago they have two classes of Presbyterians, one of them be ing known ai the "Particular" Presbyte, rians. tiiKPEAKINU of the financial question Cmv. Ingersoll, of Connecticut, says: ''Patient industry can alone satisfy the penalty past excesses are now exacting from our people." Gov. TiLDE-rofNew York continues his labor in "cleaning out sties of cor ruption," and although some Democrats are beginning to charge him with being a Republican, he is looming up as the prospective Democratic nominee fur the Presidency. Tuc Kansas City Timtt of hwt Sunday contained au announcement of a change in the proprietorship of the paper, Col. Green retiring. It is now owned by Morrison Munford and James Munford, and will continue in the future, as in the past, under the direct management of these gentlemen. 1,1 Be t, suits against newspaper publish ers and editors have been fashionable for yean, and with the exception of the late verdict against Storey of the Chicago Timet, have been very unsatisfactory to the plaintiffs. A man in Cincinnati has recently hit upon s planwhich will doubtless proic more satisfactory. He has learned the party who furnished the information and brought .suit against mm. wo nearmy endorse this new move as it will make parties more care ful about the reports they furnish news papers if it becomes fashionable to hold them instead of the paper responsible for the truthfulness of the report.. People outride of the newspaper business have no idea how often editors are called upon by persons who inform them that they owo a duty to the public ji) exposing such and such a one, but at the same time request that their names are not mentioned in the matter. The Wichita Beacon speaks on this matter as follows: Hereafter we shall make it a standing rule, when anyone sends a communica tion in' which be touches upon the con duct or improprieties or others, that be shall attach his name in full to the doc ument. 1 he world has for six thousand years, more or less, been sailing under false colors, and it is the worlf of the LETTKK FROM MINNESOTA. nineteenth century to brine everything down to a true standard. So hereafter, when you wish to punch up John, or Jake, or Kate, or any of the family, just put jour whole name to the communica tion and (ace the music. Your name has as gooi a right to, bear the burden of your own production as ours ; and if you have not the courage to back up your own facts or fancies, don't ask us to doit A SAD AFFAIR. Ice in the Atlantic continues to give great annoyance to steamers and other Vessels. On account of the unusually old weather last winter vast quantities of ice was formed which is carried south as the warm weather commences, and on this account transatlantic navigation will be attended with great danger for some time yet " In Bridgeport, Connecticut, they ovi dently don't consider a clergyman of much consequence. Two young men in that city were recently convicted of the crime of robbing one of these gentlemen on a bridge at night and throwing his body into the water to perish and were respectively sentenced to seven months imprisonment in jiil. A novel, if not just, interpretation of bribery has been given by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Tito promise by a candidate to the voters to perform the duties of the office to which he aspires for less than the salary fixed by law is defined bv the Court to be one form of bribery, and it rules that totes obtained in this way must be rejected. The National encampment of the Grand Army of the -Republic convened at Chicago 'on the 12th inst, Gen. Charles Devere, of Massachusetts, Com mander in-Chief delivered an address on the character and principles of the Order. The reports show material gains in mem bership since the last encampment Rep resentatives from all the Grand Armies that make tho forces of the Union were in attendance. The steamship Schiller, which sailed from New York on the 28th of April, was wrecked otTScilly Islet on the night of the 7th inst. a heavy fog prevailing at the time. Out of some two hundred people on board only fifteen were saved. The Schiller was considered one of the beat ships in the Eagle Line of trans continental steamers, and was under the command of Capt Thomas, an able com mander and an old and experienced seaman. Gen. Pope don't understand bow it is possible for tome of the counties in Kan sas to have as. many destitute within their borders requiring government relief as has been reported, and be has appoint ed Captain Elderkin to look into the Matter. Those who have applied for gwrnment rations, and made affidavits Mutt timy had no available property, etc , nay expect to be called upon by Mr. Elderkin at any time. The St Loujs Democrat and Globe have been consolidated, both these papers now being owned and controled by Mes srs. McKee and Houser. This is good news to the Republicans of that city and of the State, as the division in the party there has always been unfortunate for Ibem ; but with these two papers united .harmony should be restored in the party end it will become strong and aggressive. We believe the united papers will be made,tke leading Republican journal of the West v. We mentioned last week the death of Mr. Coulter, a printer in Lcnvpnworth, from an overdose of laudanum taken, it was supposed, for the purpose of ending life, stating that Col. Anthony of the Leavenworth Tune accused the Typo graphical Union of that city of being re sponsible foe his death, and severely crit icised and denounced their actions gener ally. Mr. Win. W. Embry editor of the daily Appeal defended the actions of the Union, pronounced the statements of Col. Anthony as untrue, using very per sonal and abusive language. He also charged that the dlonel was guilty of fraudulent and corrupt practices in the discharge of his duties as postmaster of that city. In addition to the cause above referred to it is stated that Col. Anthony and Mr. Embry entertained a hatred for each other on account of former quarrels. On la3t Saturday evening it is reported that these gentlemen had a personal al tercation, at which time the Appeal says that its editor, Mr. Embry, kicked Col. Anthony, and on Monday evening at the Opera IIone the affair culminated by Embry ehooting Anthony. From ac counts given of the affair in the Tune and Commercial wo think the shooting was highly criminal, as it could hardly have been in self-defense which is the onlv thine that will justify a man iu taking the life of a fellow man. So far as the newspaper quarrel is concerned the Appeal was more abusive than the Timet, calling Col. Anthony "an assassin, seducer, thief, liar, and the vilest cow ard ever allowed to live in a respectable community." What may be brought to light at the trial to mitigate the crime, we know not, but from the facts as we understand them the assault was uncaled for, wilful and malicious, Up till the time of going to press, Friday afternoon the latest reports were that Col. Anthouy was still alive, but a council of leading physicians gave no hope that he would recoter, and it was generally supposed that death must soon ensue from his wound. The following is an account of the shooting as published in the Times of the 11 th inst: Last night, about ten o'clock, Col. D. R. Anthony, editor of this paper was shot at the Opera House by Vm. W. Embry, the editor oi the Appeal, it was between the third ami fourth acts of the play of Leah, and Col. Anthony was coming down the steps leading from the parquette, when at the turn in the flight of stairs, lie was met by Embry who stopped him, and s.iid, "You go on down stairs." The Colonel replied, saying. "Go on ; I will have no controversy with you." "Yes you will," said Embry shaking his fist in Anthony's face several ti mes. Anthony then, to eet rid of him pushed Embry from him, and the latter urew a pisioi ana urcu uncnuui, nuu mcu retreating to me toot oi uie stairs, irom Haetland, Minnesota,) May 1st, 1875. J Editor Reoist&b: Perhaps some of your readers who are farmers would like to hear a word from one of their fraterni ty who has strayed up hero into Minne sota. We. (eft Geneva Kan. April 4, expecting if reports were true, to find winter still lingering in the lap of spring here with snow and jce in abundance. We were somewhat disappointed in this thougq there was occasionally the rem nants of a huge snow drift in the timber protected from the sun by a steep bank which inclined to the north and jrhich cpuld be seen from the car window. We left Kansas Wednesday morning but did not reach our destination till Monday night We started at Neosho Falls and went by the way of Sedalia, Hannibal, Quincy, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Aus tin &c We ought to have gone through in two days but it took us five. They had taken off one train on account of bad roads and we were traveling less than half of the time. This delay would be as much as human nature could stand under qrdinary circumstances, but for a fellow like your humble servant not very richly endowed with the quality called patience, and with a family on his hands it was well if I should write all the ad jectives that naturally suggest them selves, I expect, Mr. Editor, you would throw my letter into the waste basket After all a kind Providence brought us sifely through without sickness, suffering or accident and I ought to be ashamed to grumble. I am ju9t now staying with the people in Freeborn county- Tliis is near the southern border of Minnesota and is a good farming country. It is the high table land between the sources of the Red Cedar River which flows off south east through Iowa, and the Blue Earth and Cannon rivers which flow off to the north and empty into the Mississippi at Minneapolis and Red Wing. The land is more rolling and uneven than in Allen county or most parts ot Kansas. It is a succession of hill and dale. The sloughs are wide and flat covered more or less with water too wet at any time to be cultivated and are fit only for grass which attains a luxuriant growth in them. These sloughs, or flats, or meadows, or valleys, or whatever one is pleased to call them, constitute on an average, I should iudae one- third of the ground. The tilling is all done on high land. Although this is in the Southern part of the State they say it is colder here than 75 or 109 miles further north because it is higher. It is probably 'as good a place to grow wheat as anywhere iu the State. But the sto ries they tell of winter storms is almost incredible. I find the farmers here arc not nl of them disposed to think their lot is cost in an earthly paradise. They have their difficulties to contend with. Perhaps the chief natural difficulty is the long cold winten, but many of them have bought farms at a high figure and ran in debt for nearly the whole amount expecting to raise wheat and pay it off. The inter est cats up the profits of the farm and and -mower, more than a thousand dollars worth he falls me. He has 32 head of cattle eeven head oi horses and some sheep all the stock ha says ha wants to take cafS of. Notwithstanding the sever ity of the winter be nprer loses any stock from exposure, neglect or poverty. How great Mr. McCIelland's financial resources may be I do not know but he has his eyes on a farm of 160 acres ad joining his which belongs to some heirs and which he thinks they will want to dispose of soon and he means to buy it when they do, though the likelihood is they will make him pay $20 per acre for it Mr. McClelland does but little work himself. His boys carry on the place, They boast considerably of their facil ities to raise potatoes here. Just one item in regard to it When mine host first came here he planted three acres of potatoes. He did not know what the result would be but potatoes was the most convenient so he planted them- He dug 700 bushels of good marketable po tatoes and sold then) at hjs cellar door for 50 cents a bushel, cash.. This gave him a nice little lift when he was trying to make a start. Two or three years aeo the Colorado bug annoyed them but they have disappeared. They have the chinch bug here but never enough, to do any barm. The season is cold and backward here in Minnesota this year." Trees show no sjgns of leafing out yet Farmers are just finishing sowing wheat Nearly ev ery night this week there has been a slight frost, night before last there was a hard one, last night there was some snow. When warm weather does come in Minnesota it comes all at once. Min nesota is but I guess, Mr. Editor, your readers have got all the Minnesota they want this time. By and by, perhaps, if you say so, I may send you another dose, Wir-BUR. 150. The husband, wife, parent, child, or guardian of any person who has the habit of drinkjngjiqaor to excess may give. notice in writing .to any person ,no.t to sell under penalty of $5 to $500 dam ages. -Son-resident cannot sell, trade, or vend, and "iiawkerapedlars, or trav eling agents" cannot sell. No license granted till a bond of $2,000 is given, with two sureties, conditioned to Day all aamages wnicn it may nave cau: STANSNKWS. Editors are made special objects of prayer in piannsttan. Secretary of State Cavanaugh says the session laws ot 1875 will take effect May 15th. The Ellsworth Reporter says that out of eleven hundred trees planted west of Ellswotth three years ago, only about a dpzeu have died. The Osages are having about 3,000 acres of prairie broken, and will this season plant about 4,000 acres of corn, oesides other crops, at their agency in the Territory.. " Troy Chtof: We understand t-hat J. F. Cqmmings was recently sent to the cala boose, in Dallas, Texas, as a common vagrant. Cummines was at one time editor of the Topeka Tribune, when it was a leading paper of the State ; was once Mayor of Topeka, and twice a niem- oer ot the legislature. Whisky ! Kansa(s Lands! Geo. A. Bowlus, REAL ESTATE BROKER And Agent for the Sale of L. L. &. G. Railroad Lands, IOLA. (Allen Ceaaty,) KAH8AS. MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS, Official Notice CB(eDDial Medals. In order to enable the public to dis tinguish Centennial medals issued from the United States Mint by order of Con gress, the United States Centennial Board of Finance have found it necessary to issue the following: U.S. CEVTEWIALBOABDOPFmNCE, J JTHIUDKLrUIA, Jl&TUlZf, 1043. ) they struggle along with a burden of Quits a number' oKillicit distilleries have recently beenjied in StvLoui and Chicago, and it h said, farther start Jing disclosures of gigantic fraudulent distilling operations are soon to be made public.". Secretary Bristow has for some tirco past bad agents' secretly at work trying to find out how it is possible for bigb-wines to be sold in the open market 'for less than the cost of production, in cluding ihe Government tax, and it is the discover! they have made which is said to be "startling." which place he fired two more. The first shot was the only one that took effect, it striking the Colonel in the right breast, just below the collar Done, severing a leading artery and causing vi olent internal hemorrhage. By a great effort the wounded man walked to the head of the stairs, where he sat down oil a chair and immediately grew faint, bis bead falling upon his breast and his eyes closing. So quickly was the shoot ing done that few in the house, and even those in the vicinity of Embry, had any idea of what was going on, and it was not until Marshal Hook stepped forward, as sisted bv officer Dent and William Shell- cross, and wrenched the still smoking Eistol from the hands of the murderer, as e was cocking it for the fourth time, that it became known that something tArrihle had hionened. Embry was im mediately taken to the station house and locked up. Mr. Embry claims that the shooting was done in self-defense, and in a con versation with a reporter for the Kansas City 77mhegave the following as the cause of the difficulty : "I have no feeling against Anthony on account of what he said about the Print er's Union. The trouble grew out of the charges of corruption which I made against Anthony id his management of the postoffice. "f made these charges in the interest ot iionestv and the people of Leavenworth, and as a stneere, conscien tious journalist. I think such ought, to be exposed." St Louis. May 11. The earae of Base Ball to-dty between the Chicago Whites and St Lonis Reds resulted as follows: WWtes, 0. 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. 0, 0-1. Reds. 0. 0, 0..0, 0, 0, 0. 0. 00. This is said to be one of the most re markable games ever plajed. debt too heavy for them to carry until tbey arc discouraged, (sometimes they succeed in lifting the debt and sometimes the debt sinks them. Tired of their loads they read with longing hearts accounts of the sources of wealth in California, or tired of the winters they read of the mild weather in Oregon or the gentle climate in the sunny south. Oftentimes just as they are getting rooted in their new homes in Minnesota they pull up stakes and wander off to some locality they deem more congenial. So it is the world over, men get discontented with what they have and make a move for something better. They are pretty like ly to get wisdom if not riches by the change perhaps both. I am stopping now with a staunch old farmer who has been here thirteen years. His name is W. J. McClelland. He has told me some of his experience in farm ing but whether it is a fair specimen of the average of farmers here or whether it is better or worse I havn't yet had opportunity to find out sufficiently to make a statement. He is putting in this season Vio acres of wheat, 25 acres ot oats and 25 acres of corn. Two men do all the work or nearly all. His sowing cround was all prepared last fall. One boy and team did the whole of the plow ing. They say they are seldom hindered from plowing in the fall by either dry or wet weather. Mr. McClelland com mences plowing his land as soon as the grain is taken off and keeps it up till frost comes or until he gets it all plowed. Wheat ground, they say, is much better if plowed in the fall and the most of the farmers have their ground all ready for "the seeder" as soon as spring opens. Mr. McClelland says his yield of wheat since he has been on this place would average considerably above 20 bushels to the acre take the thirteen years together. His -farm is a very high one and this yield is considerably above the average throughout the State. Last year his average was only 18 bushels to the acre. This was-partly owing to the dry weather and partly to an unsuccessful experiment in a new kind of wheat which only yielded 11 bushels to the acre. Year before last it was 22. One year it was 30. Of oats he gets jfrom 40 to 75 bushels to the acre. Corn from 30 to 60. He raises the Denttcorn similar to ours. This crop has failed Jiim but once in the thirteen yean. 'The cause then was early frost :''" Mr. McClelland came herein 1862. He paid $200 for a homestead claim. He had a span of horses, 3 cows and that was all except a large family. He even had to borrow a plow to do his first plowing. He has now plenty of farm machinery of all kinds jncludjuc a reaper, harvester, It befog deemed essential "that medals with appropriate devices, emblems and inscriptions commemorative of the Cen tennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence" should be officially issued, the Congress of the United States by special act approved June lb, 1874, directed the same to "be prepared at the Mint tor the Centennial Hoard of finance subject to the provisions of the fifty-sec ond section ot the coinage Act ot 1874, upon the payment of a sum not less than the cost thereof, and all 'the provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said Coin age Act against the counterfeiting or im itation of coins of the United Statessball apply to the medals struck and isued under tuo previsions of this act." .these Medals, having been prepared and issued are now being sold by the Centennial Board of Finance and its agents,' and the profits arising therefrom strictly applied in aid of the preparation for the celebra tion of the anniversary which the medals commemorate. They arc the only med als relating to the great events of 1876 officially issued, and may be readily dis tinguished from any of the tokens styled Centennial medals and issued by private parties for their individual profit, irom the fact that in addition to the design and other wording, the larger medals have stamped upon them, "Act of Con gress, June, 1874." and the others. "By authority of the Congress of the United States." These official medals are ot four kinds small gilt at $1 ; large bronze at $2 ; coin silver at $3 : larce cilt at $5 : or all enclosed in one case at $11. Cautionary notice is hereby civeu that the Centen nial Board of Finance intends to avail itself of the protootion and privilege granted by the aots of Congress above mentioned, and that the highly penal provisions for publishing, counterfeiting or imitating the authorized official med als will be strictly enforced against all infringement and violation. John Welsh, President Centennial Board of Finance. Frederick Fbalet, Secretary. Robert Bonner has eiven $100,000 to Rev. Dr. Hall's new church. It is said that linen dusters will be of the Ulster pattern this Summer. The largest maple sugar manufacturer in Vermont annually taps 3,350 trees. The authorities at Berlin have resolved to suppress working men's associations. Brigham Young is opposed to free schools and believes in a "limited edu cation." Nearly fifty tons of books, newspapers and pamphlets are sent daily from New York City. The trip of the Prince of Wales to mum win tusi, it a esumsicu, aoout SjOUjUW. A meeting of the National Teachers' Association will be held at Minneapolis on tne otu oi August. Florida is said to be the best timbered State in the Union, having over 30,000, 000 acres of timbered land. . Emigrants from Arkansas are settling in Cherokee county. There seems to be a general rush from Arkansas this spring. The temperance fair in Cincinnati lasted a week, and was the most complete success pf any fair of the kind ever held in that pity. A canal is projected in Indiana to con nect Lake Michigan with the Wabash River, and thus the opening of naviga tion with Ohio. Tbe Whisky Seimres. The brief telegram we published on Sunday morning, announcing the seizure of several Distilling and Rectifying estab lishments in St Louis and other cities, conveyed but an imperfect idea of the extent of the frauds which those seizures betokened or the importance of the move ment. Fuller advices by mail reveal in some of the operations brought to light oy these seizures, prooaoiy tne most ex tensive, well devised and successful whisky ring in the country. It is stated that in St Louis alone, the profits of the ring and thereby the depletion ot the rev enues from whiky, reached the enormous sum of twelve hundred thousand dollars a day. Its operations were carried on in such a way as to put it beyond question that numbers of revenue officials were cogni zant of if not actual participants in the frauds. The investigations which have at last unearthed this conspiracy have been go ing on for some months, and he vjgor and persistency bv which they have been characterized, reflect great credit upon the faithfulness and capacity of the Sec retary. Col. Bristow has demonstrated anew that he is the right man in the right place. Lawrence Journal. Tbe Lam of 1875. L The Secretary of State has issued the iowiwing uouce, wuicu win w ui m ici est to attorneys and others: To whom U may concern : The laws reauired to be published in the Statute Book will tro into effect and be in force from and after the 15th of May, 1875. Thos. H. Cavauacoh, Secretary of State. The Peaisylvaaia Liceate Lair The new license law of Pennsylvania, repealing the local option law of 1872, and passed after a hard fight, contains the following provisions, as finally amended : The bill directs hotels and taverns to be classified and rated according to tbe last annual return of the mercantile ap praiser or assessor. Those whose yearly sales are $10,000 or more pay $700 for license, $8,000 to $10,000 pay $400, b 000 to $8,000 pav $200, $4,000 to $6,000 pav $100, and all less than $1,000 pay American quails thrive well in Eng land, and now they are to be introduced into relaud, qs it is deemed a better country far them. The counting in the Treasury at Wash ington preparatory to the trausfer of the funds from General Spinner to Treasurer New began last week. A State Convention of Christian Wom en has been called to meet in St Louis the 20th of May to organize and "mature plans for active work." Saunders' News Letter, one of the best known of the Irish newspapers, has ceased to exist It was established in Dublin about 129 years ago. Many towns and counties in Kentucky and North Carolina voted in May under the "local option" law, and it is believed quite a number will vote prohibition. Philadelphia is going to borrow $700. 000 to extend water facilities to the Cen tennial Grounds. The chief engineer however, says the extention will cost $1, 125,000. The principal conspirator in the plot to assassinate Bismarck lost year, has been found and arrested. The Prussian journals state that the plot included the assassination of Emperor William also. President Grant has been invited by Bunker Hill Monument Association to be present at the celebration on June 17, but has given no definite answer. Gen- Sherman has announced that he will be present Maine now prohibits the carriage of liquor into or through tbe State, for pur poses of sale in the State, by express companies, runners, steamboat companies and stages. Any such goods so carried may be seized iu transit A great temperance meeting took place lately in the. Catholic Church of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Many could not gain admittance. In response to the fer vent appeal of the Priest, over four hun dred and fifty signed the pledge, and the work is still going on. With about two regiments, one of in fantry and one of cavalry, General Cus ter will start from Minnesota for the Black Hills on 'or about June 1st Another expedition will start for the same destination from Fort Laramie, Wyoming, at about the same time. The St Louis Timtt thinks the secre tary of the state constitutional conven tion should be provided with a slop bucket big enough to contain all the res olutions sent to his desk by members. Wouldn't it be a good idea to get a shade larger one and just empty in the members themselves ? The State would lose nothing. K. C Journal of Commerce. General James G. Blunt, of Leaven worth, is about to institute a libel suit against the Chicago Tribune, claiming foO.OOU. ilis grievance consists in an editorial recently pnblished in the Trib une, headed, "The Thief Blunt," in which the. General was accused of having de frauded the Cherokee Indians. The monthly-payment system in the matter of sewing machines, has received a set-back in the New York courts, it having been decided that a woman who has nearly paid for her sewing machine in that way, has rights that the company is bound to respect, and cannot be de prived of her machine and all she has paid upon it, by a little delay on ner part in meeting the claims against her. At a recent dinner given to General Crook in San Francisco, Senator Sargent replied to a toast to the President in these words: "I havo heard from his own lips that he desires to retire' from ' . . . srsr . m , ft the Presidency! oi tne uniiea otates. He represents the President as saving: "I had no rest during the war; I had none under the succeeding administra tiononly anxiety and responsibility : I have had no rest during the past six years; I have two more years oi this lanor to endure, and ohall be glad when the end comes." J. P. Colborn At corner Maditon and Wathtngton Atenue, Iola, : : : : Kansas, Is positively selling BETTER GOODS and more of them for LEBB MOLY t" ' upu, it any other Dry Oooaa establishment In Sotl aoKaasas. v. Jty Stock consists of a tall lis Dry Goods AND NOTIONS, Which have been selected with great care. -A handsome stock Of QUEENb" WARE of the best brands. GLASSWARE in all varieties, which I sell at unquestionably LOW PRICES. BOOTS, SHOES And LADIES SERGE GAITERS to suit the moat. Swtidious MATS dJYD CAPS FOR MEJY AND BOYS, In styles to suit the Professional Man, the Business Man, the Farmer, tha Mechanic and the Plow Boy. ar Window Hollands, Paper 'Shadet and ration Curiam Fixtures constantly on hand. Walt Paper in great vartet !.-$& J. $ P. Coats' and Clark's O. N. T. Spool Tbead in all numbers, ad the story Is not half lold. We will jirove the &cts at the counter. CLOSING OUT? MY ENTIRE STOCK Boots and Shoes, Ready-Made Clothing, H-TJS, O. -AND- GENTS FURNISHING GOODS . Are now offered At Greatly Reduced Prices With the intention of closing out. Now is the Time, and the Sign of the Big Boot the place To get the Very BEST BARGAINS ever offered in this Ifarket. Jno. Francis & Co. 'WliohMie aad Setail Ssalers in Groceries and Drd Our Stock is Entirely New ! ETerytfclis kaTiig fceei parckasN stace sir lass Ij fire, ipnl The attention of Merchants and Dealers general I v is called to our stock of jrooda consisting of everything in the Grocery and Dragline, which we are now selling as low as any house in Southern Kansas can sell the same quality of goods. It is not always the article that costs the least money that We arc buying and bare on band the is tbe cheapest. BEST GOODS IN THE MARKET. We are handling the QUINCY EAGLE and SIOUX CITY FLOUR, whiek we can warrant to be of first rate quality. Our Stock of Drugs and Chcmicafs Is aariTsled In Soatatra imsn Tliey are of tJie Purest Quality and all Fresh, Thy hsTlng bm irifctrf min the fxnonal npnruin of oar 3b. 8. BUaosr who hu bad yrn of npmtnce in th. purehua and dinwnifar or Drur. Om imii Utm p:we the public in general both u to price and in quality of good. Sire aa emit The highest market price paid for Produce of all kindi. WS'Goods delivered TREE in any part of the Cty.m Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded at all boura, dav or sdg at. L. L. DRY Northnip, DEALER IN GOODS, -Groceries, Clothing, Hats and Cape, Boots and Shoes, Drags, Medictees, Hardware, Haib Cutlery, Queens waie, and " . FURNITUBE. : AGESFTyOR MORTON'S GOlD'jpEfiTs I pay cash down for my goods, and offer great inducements to cash buyers. Will Not be Undersold by any one. Vs. "I? Q A r r-.g.var i . i&e.