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KAX8AS XEWIi
Tril City is the name of a' new town
ob. the state line, west of Coolidge.
The state teacher's association will
aneet in Topeka December 28th to 30th.
There are 857 men employed in the
JL, T. & S. F. railroad shops in Topeka.
Bennettville and Gandy,embryo towns
in Sherman county, hare consolidated.
Sneak thieves are said to be dieagree
a!bly numerous at Garnett, Anderson
county.
The Peunsylvanian resident in John
son county, held a re-union at Olathe the
other day.
The probate judge of Norton county
has revoked all druggists liquor permits
except one.
There are 2,809 school children in the
city of Emporia. A gain of 251 over last
E.T.Wilson was
day while crossing
drowned the other
the Little river in
Rice county.
Fred Litzan, a farmer residing near
"Hanover, Washington county, was shot
.and killed by bis father-in-law, Ludwig
Fragel. A general family trouble was
the cause.
The Ohio Mutual Life Insurance as
sociation is a fraud and people are
rarned to have no business with it.
A.5 this company has in no way complied
with insurance Jaws of the state.
Wm. T. Sorrels a painter of Wichita,
deserted his wift and left her pennilesp.
Not only this but he also succeeded in
working business men and thirteen of
his fellow tradesmen, who were working
far him out of about $300.
"Rev. Hayes, a Methodist minister of
Cold water, Comanche county, was rotten
egeed by a mob a few days ago for in
stituting proceedings against some
saloon keepers of that city.
The treasurer of Coffey county, D.V.
:Kott is a defaulter. He felt Burlington,
the county seat to come to Topeka on
July 29lh and since that time has not
been seen. Examination Rhows that he
is behind in his accounts $30,000.
An 18-year old lad named Shuberr,
living near Great Bend, while handling
a pun accidentally discharged it. The
ball entered his body and lodged in his
chest. He died before medical assistance
could be summoned.
Clav Center Times: Daring the thunder
storm last week, Riley Woodside was
struck and instantly killed by .lightning
jtt Idana. He and two companions were
engaged in shingling a new elevator,
and when struck he fell, a distance of
thirty-five feet. His companions were
stunned, but escaped injury.
Salina Journal' A young man named
Olie Miller who had been working in
Liberty township, was drowned on Dry
creek while on bis return home from a
visit to friendp. He was riding on horse
back and attempted to swim the creek.
The horse escaped. The body of the
juan was discovered soon after the acci
dent. The body of an unknown man about
30 years ot age and six feet high, with a
bullet hole through his head, was found
near El Dorado, Butler county, buried a
foot and a half under ground. Traces of
burial had been carefully removed, and
the presence of the body was detected
oy a dog which dug up one of the man's
1S8.
S. Warwick, of Ashland, Clark county,
mysteriously disappeared from Cold
water, Comanche county, last week, and
it is feared that he has met with foul
play. He was prosecuting attorney in a
murder case about to come to trial and
it is thought that he has been made
-away with by some friends of the de
fendant. Emporia Republican: During the
severe storm of last -week, the house and
barn belonging to J. C. Wheeler, sixteen
miles northeast of Emporia, was struck
hy an extra gust of wind, causing the
Iiouse to leave its foundation Beven feet,
.and of the barn, nothing was left but a
lotal wreck. No stock injured" nor other
damage done. Loss near $800. Small
Insurance.
iKirwin independent: The late heavy
cams have proved fatal to many of the
sod houses and dirt roofs. When thor
oughly soaked dirt roofs get very heavy,
iiud some of them break down, while
the sod walls get very soft and many of
"them tumble down. Thereare a few sod
buildings that stand firm, but they are
getting out of date, and a few more sea
sonslike the present vull see them aban
doned, and good stone aud frame build
ings erected in their stead.
Will and Dave Fruits, aged twenty
and twenty-six, were drowned in the
Walnut river, eight miles above Win
iield. They had been to Winfield for
lumber, and returning to the river found
it had risen and was past fording. They
left their teams on this fide and started
to cross in a boat, to return in the morn
ing for the teams. That was the last
seen of them. Neither could swim, and
it ib supposed the boat capsized and
drowned the occupants Their bodies
jweze .recovered.
"Independence Tribune: Among the
very few who were constantly with Gen.
Grant during his illness, and as one of
the family at the deaib, was Noble E.
Dawson, eon of Wm. Dawson, of our city.
For years he has been a confidential
friend of the general and when the lat
ter was sent on the Mexican mission,
Mr. Dawson at his special request was
ent as stenographer. Mr. Dawson has
feen confidential secretary for Gen.
Grrant for months past, and will have very
much to do with the completion of his
memoirs. Like his father. Noble Daw-.-son
is one of the quiet, reliable men,
-whois ever equal to meet an emergency
-.Abilene Reflector; Last week Wm.
r Arthur, a member of the Plowman's
tf and. was killed by lightning. He was
sleeping with his brother, Charlie, and
while the storm was raging a vivid fish
oC-lightning-and a sharp pealof thunder
-caused -him to get up and go to the win
dow. As he did so another flash of light
ening killed him almrst instantly. The
"bolt passed through the window making
hole about the wze of an egg and tear
ing away a portion of the top of the
Jfoxxee. The lower part of the house was
badly damaged. Tne only marks to be
ibund on the body was a slight breaking
j the skin on tne right shoulder.
Solomon" City Sentinel: A rather
ftnse freak of lightning occured last
week at Mr. H. B. Garrt, who nd6ed
about eight miles northwest of this city.
Daring a heavy storm, lightning struck
a cv clone cave, which is situated close to
a 1J story house, and in close proximity
to trees; it went through the earth,
struck the center pole, ran down it, and
hit and killed a dog which laid at tne
foot. .Fortunately, the family saw no
necessity to use the cave on this oc
casion, but it will be a warning to them,
and should be to others, to avoid
during an electric storm, posts or similar
articles, which convey the deadly spark.
Ames, Cloud County, Advance: A gar
den snake measuring 4 feet and 3 inches
in length was killed in this village last
Saturday. As it was a good size for that
specie of snake to attain, an examination
of its interior was decided upon by the
crowd. On the snake's anatomy being
carved the crew were surprised to see
about 100 little, writhing, coiling reptiles,
measuring about 3 inches in length and
as thick as a lead pencil, wriggle from
her abdomen. The ground was hteraly
covered with snakes, but after a few
minutes thev were all exterminated.
On inquiry we learned that the garden
snake take her young into her body at
the sight of a storm, and as it was
stormy-looking we have no reason to
dispute that theory.
J. K. Fortner with bis family while
gathering plums in Cowley county, near
the state line was startled by the
screams of one of his daughters, and
hastening in the direction soon came
upon a sickning sight. Rose, the oldest
daughter was seated upon the trunk of a
log and a huge black 'snake was coiled
up in her lap. She was so badly fright
ened that she dared not move, but the
younger daughter stood off at a proper
distance making the woo is ring to the
full extent of her lungs. Mr. Fortner
took in the situation at a glance and
placing his wife in front to attract the
snake's attention stepped behind his
daughter and taking her by the arms
quickly drew her irom the log, and the
snake rolled to the ground and was dis
patched in short order. Rose said she
had fallen asleep and when she woke
the reptile was in her lap. The fright
gave her such a shock that she has been
confined to her bed ever since.
The case of Jarred Cone vs. A., T. & S.
F. railroad company has been on trial
for the past two weeks in the Wyan
dotte district court. The plaintiff was
tt-rribiv iDJured at Newton on December
th, 1883. His right leg was mahed and
had to be amputated. His right arm
was broken. Part of his hand was am
putated and his skull was fractured. He
was standing on the railing attempting
to fix the bell ropes when the conductor
negligently started the train and Mr.
Cone was dashed under the wheels and
mangled as above stated. The trial of
the case occupied part of last week and
all of this week. Messrs. Waters and
Efraenger, of Topeka, and Thomas P.
Fenlon, of Leavenworth, were counsel
for plaintiff, and Judge McCrary, Mr.
Sterrv. of Emporia, and Mr. Seroius. of
Wyandotte, were counsel for the rail
road company. The case attracted much
attention, the court room during the ar
gument being crowded. Many ladies
were present.
Lyman Stilson was killed in an eleva
tor at Seneca, Nemaha county, the other
dav. The accident happened in this
way: He went to look in the bin from
which a car was being loaded and either
accidently fell or jumped in and the pres
sure of the wheat drew him into the
hopper, where he smothered and was
not discovered for about half an hour,
and not taken out until fully twenty
minutes after. The bin is about ten feet
square by sixteen feet high, being hop
per shaped at the center the wheat in
clined in that direction where it deliver
ed itself into a spout and thus conveyed
to the car. It was nearly full and was
not known that anything was wrong un
til the grain refused to run through the
opening in the bottom of the bin. One
of the employers of the elevator was the
first to discover him and give the alarm,
and a hole was cut in the bottom and
the wheat allowed to escape before the
body could be taken out.
Col. W. S. Jenkins, formorly lieuten
ant colonel of the Seventh Kansas, has
issued the following call for a reunion:
Topeka, Kan., August 8, 1885."
Comrades of the Seventh Cavalry.
On the 29th day of September, 1865
our regiment wa mustered out of the
service. On the 29th day of September,
1885, will be the commencement of a sol
diers reunion, at Topeka, lasting three
days.
In pursuance of the expressed desire
of and promise to the members present
at the reunion at Leavenworth in 1883, 1
most earnestly request that every survi
vor of the old Seventh assemble at To
peka on the twentieth anniversary of
our muster out, for the purpose of per
fecting a regimental organization. Such
organization will, I am sure, be of mu
tual benefit to the members, and can be
made to contribute largely to the collec
tion of facts for the preservation of the
eventful history of the regiment. I
would suggest that every member who
kepta diary during the service bring the
same with him, as theiein may be con
tained not only dates, etc., for history,
but a record of facts almost invaluable
to our unfortunate comrades who are
applicants for pensions.
That our roster may be as full and
complete as possible, it is requested that
every member of the regiment send at
once his name, postoffice address, nam
ing his company and the fame informa
tion concerning any other member
whose present location he may know,
to James Smith, at Topeka.
In addition to an abundance of tents
on the camp ground,a commodious room
will be furnished for headquarters,
where members will report on their ar
rival. It is respectfully requested that this
call be read in every Grand Army Post
at their first meeting.
W. S. Jknkiss,
Lieut, Col. 7th Kan.
STOCK NOTES.
Items Glossed from tfee Kansas Press A
pertaining- to Stock and Stock Raising-.
The farmers of Marshall, are county,
purchasing large numbers of blooded
stock thisyear says the Mary ville News.
Hiawatha World: 'John Stafford, of
Morrill, has lost nearly a hundred head
of hogs daring the past few days with
cholera. His brother Harry, has also
lost heavily. It is told that tne two to
gether have lost about $1,000.
Meade Center Bresr. Nine weeks ago
the town of Meade Center was started
with but one house within the town lim
its. It now consists of a booming town
of 139 nomas, with a population of abou
500 souk, and a petition-seat j:
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third-clan city. HowMinMrorsiMorar
Anihony Republican: W learn, that
the hoe cholera is prevalent to soma ex
tent in the eastern part of this county.
JoeBaehrhas lost over sixty head al
ready, and George Kilgore, Fred Swab
and others in that locality are also suf
ferers. Windom Record: One of our leading
shippers remarked to us a few days ago
that the stock, especially hogs and cattle,
offered for market from this section, were
uniformly of a superior quality. Very
little of the scrub variety is found in the
county.
8alina Herald: Frank Shaw sold his
celebrated horse Lord Blantyre, last
week to Powers snd Nelson, of Ells
worth, for $3,500. Lord Blantyre wis
one of the best horses in Saline county
and his sale and removal to Ellsworth is
to be regretted.
Manhattan Nationalist: James Robert,
Jr., a farmer living near Milford, has a
young" pig with six perfect feet The
third pair are directly Desiae those in
front The extra pair join at the knee,
but above the knee there is no indica
tions of any deformity.
Dodge City Cowboy : The loco weed,
which cohered the ranges in southern
Kansas and the Cherokee and Neutral
strip, a year ago, has nearly all disap
peared in these sections. There is too
much of it yet on the range of the
Hardesty Brothers, on the Neutral strip,
but it is rapidly dying under the ravage
of the loco grub. The weed is emigrat
ing northward.
Eureka Eerrld: The lightning last
week did distructiva work for Mr. C. T.
C. White, who lives on Fall river. His
fine blooded stallion, Le Brun, and two
other valuable horses were killed. Le
Brun cost Mr. White $2,400, an J it is
claimed that he valued him at $3,000.
He estimates his loss at $3,500. The
barn in which the animals were at the
time of loss was injured.
Belleville Telescope: Speaking of a
big average in the weight of hogs Mr.
C. H. Pettyjohn, of Grant township,
"takes the cake." He recently shipped
two car loads of hogs, of his own raising,
to Kansas City, one car load of which
averaged 6)7 pounds each, without a
dock, and the "other car averaged 358
pounds, with some docks. These are
two of the best car loads of hogs ever
shipped into Kansas City, the first one
being mentioned by the Kansas City
papers as the best shipped in thisyear.
Junction City Union: Some of the
farmers living along the Smoky Hill
near this place are getting very much
exasperated with the practice of throw
ing dead hogs in the i ) reams. Mr. Jen
nings, occupying the Sanderson farm,
has lost very largely this spring and
summer. Robert Henderson is also a
heavy looser. George A. Taylor says he
has lost $1,000 worth of hogs. These
gentlemen have a portion of the river
enclosed in their heg pasture, and they
attribute all their misfortune to dead
hogs in the stream,
Russell Live-Stock Journal: The assur
ance of a large crop of corn has stimu
lated some inquiry for hogs to feed. Two
farmers in thia county are wanting to
contract for 200 head of feeders each.
The same week says the Sedan Graphic:
"ThiB county is overstocked with hogs,
and in consequence of poor prospects for
a big crop, a man can gt't a porker by
the mere asking for it. Last year a pig
weighing fifty or sixty pounds would
readily sell for from five to six dollars."
What an oppoitunitv for a fine combina
tion between Russell and Chautauqua
counties.
That young and enterprising breeder
of short-horns and Poland China swine,
G. A. Lande, of Humboldt, Kansas, re
ports a number of sales at satisfactory
prices, and says: "Woodson county is
rapidly coming to the front as a short
horn county. There being to my knowl
edge five new herds started in the last
twelve months. My stock is doing very
well. The flies are unusually bad. I had
two milch cows in a pasture that were
confined to pond water, and after water
ing them from the well the quantity of
milk is nearly doubled. Pond water is
not fit for stock to drink.
Medicine Lodge Cressent: Messrs.
Flato & Piatt have shipped in five head
of black registered bulls to put on their
"circle 5" range in Comanche county
The bulls were from eighteen to thirty
months old, and were beauties and no
mistake. It' there ever was a time that
we needed improved stock in this coun
try, now is the time. Last winter's ex
perience has very nearly settled the free
range business, and the rest of our stock
men will sooner or later be compelled to
follow the example of Messrs. FJato &
Piatt, i. e.. keep less stock and of a better
quality. Although their thoroughbreds
are not the hrst that have been brought
in, their action is none the less to be
commended and we hope we will have
numerous items of this character to le-
cord.
GRAND AKMf PICKUPS.
Particulars Pertaining to the Post.
The new G. A. A. building to be con
structed at Wichita, will cost $9,400.
U. S. Grant post, of the G. A.R..has
been orgrnizsd at Elmdale,Chase county
According to the late statistics of
Brown county there are 536 "old veter
ant, in the county. This number does
not include those living in the city of
Hiawatha.
The first regiment of Wilson county
veterans are arranging for a re-union to
be held at Fredonia, sometime during
me coming xaii, either in uctober or No
vember. Peabody post, of Peabody, Marion
county, buried a comrade last week,
named Samuel Boole, who died penni
less. The post is arranging for a dona
tion of some nature for his family.
Ness City Timer. A meeting of the
Sons of Veterans was had in this town
last week, which agreed to organize a
post here. Twenty-one names were
signed to the petition for a charter.
The .old veterans of Clay Center held
an interesting camp fire there a few days
agy. A literary programme was gone
through with consisting of recitations.
speeches, etc. The chaplain of the post
Rev. J. K. Miller was presented with a
handsome gold headed cane.
Ness City Timet: State Veterinarian
Holcomb was here last week, and in
company with bherin X rayer went to
Lane county where the sheriff bad some
twenty-six head of Texas cattle quaran
tined. It was within the knowledge of
Mr. Holcomb that the cattle were from
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wnica in line, mm um sooth of which:
cattle are, not permitted to be driven
into the state, divides through the en
ter irom east to wen. ine cattle ware,
therefore, not subject to our Quarantine
laws, and were released. They also via
ited the various parts of the countv
where horses were-suspected of bein
diseased with slanders and examined
them. A fine animal belonging to Mr.
Ed. Hooper, and which our sheriff has
had quarantined for about a year, was
pronounced by the veterinarian to be
fatally slandered, and will be killed.
No other horse in the county was pro
nounced thus diseased, thoUffh anma one
or two were found thus affected with dis
eases that frequently run into the glan
ders. It it to be regretted that under
the present laws, the state bears no part
of the loss for horses akuiorhtared to
stamp out the disease.
KJN3AS WOMEN.
Items Tfcat
are Interesting Concerning
inem
There are 900 girls between the ages of
five and twenty-one in the city of Bur
lingame, Osage county. v
A young colored woman has been ar
rested at Mound City, Linn county
charged with murdering her infant child
One of the good ladies of Leavenworth
took a.young girl in charge who had
been unfortunate and was friendless as
well as penniless. The kind action
probably saved the girl her honor.
The Wichita Eagle says' that Nellie
Bailey, the woman who is now canvass
ing for a book detailing the history of
her life, has eloped with a Wichita
painter named Larrels.
Great Bend Register: Last week the
five-year-old daughter of Charles Stod
dard, living ten miles south of here,
while playing in the front yard was over
come by the heat, and fell unconscious
to the ground. She was conveyed to the
house, and every effort made to bring
her back to consciousness, was in vain.
She died shortly after.
Wichita Eagle: An old lady named
Sletter, living near the northern con
fines of the city, and who is very aged,
some say eighty-five years old, went out
oa the westside of Little river a few
nights ago to gather wild plums and be
coming bewildered was unable to find
her way out of the plum thicket. At
last account she had not been heard from
and parties were still searching for her.
Mrs. Eliza Burnett, a respectable hard
working woman of Topeka, was ran over
and killed by a passenger train on the
A., T., & S. Fe railroad at that city last
week. Mrs. Burnett was crossing the
track on her way to 'dinner and as she
carried a parasol over her shoulder she
did not notice the train coming toward
her until the pilot struck her. She was
a widow and left two children.
Great Bend Register: Last week Mrs.
A. J. Pausey who lives in the northeast
part of town took a lamp from a table in
one room and set it down on a table in
another. Unfortunately she sat it so
close to the edge of the table that it tip
ped over and exploded in the lap of her
little daughter Rosa, and enveloped her
in flames. The child's father rushed to
its rescue and was badly burned in try
ing to extinguish the flames, in which
he did not succeed until the little child
was so badly burned that she died.
Mrs. Frankie Morris who was arrested
some time ago in Neosho county, charged
with poisoning her mother for'the pur
pose of securing $15,000 insurance on her
life was found guilty of murder in the
first degree. The trial attracted consid
erable attention and it resulted in many
rather sensational developments. Miss
Morris was the divorced wife of A. A.
Hurd, an attorney in the employ of the
Santa Fe road. After the close of the
trial Miss Morris was married to H. D.
Loveland of Wichita.
Mrs. Geo. Bsthei of Cherryvale, Mont
gomery county succeeded in finding her
runaway husband at Winfield, Cowley
county. About a year ago her husband
suddenly decamped, leaving her to care
for the family the best way she could,
rhey had previously got along all right
and she couldn't tell what was up. It
hadn't occurred to her that a woman
was the cause until she received word
from Winfield that he was Keeping house
there with a woman he represented as
his wife. This exasperated her and she
determined to run him down, she suc
ceeded in doing so. It is her intention
to prosecute her husband and his adul
trous companion to the full extent of the
law.
Winfield Courier: The Woman's Suf
frageSociety met last evening with C.
H. Greer. A very interesting program
was rendered: This society is made up
of enterprising, energetic women, who
8rd not ashamed of enlightenment on
any subject. They take an interest in
the republic's welfare for its elevation,
and mean to work on and until the goal
of female suffrage, their battle ax, shall
have been reached. Such women with
an earnest desire for the widening of the
influence and sphere of their sisters, to
be sorely followed by greater feminine
intelligence and independence, tre a
credit to the city far beyond the sla
very devotees of the flounce, the friz and
the complexion, accompanied by ina
bility and comparative nonenity.
Solomon City Sentinel: One day last
week a young woman, who had been
employed about two weeks at Montezuma
hotel as a waitress, and gave the name
of Lee WilsoD, put on her hat and went
out for a short time, on returning she
passed into the cook-house, and com
menced pouring something out, which
she attempted to swallow, but the cook
noticing her suspicious actions frustrated
them by knocking a great portion of it
from her mouth. It was then ascertain
ed that the article she was endeavoring
to take was morphine, but had not taken
enough to cause injurious effects. She
had previously left in charge of a girl em
ployed in the hotel a letter addressed to
her husband, in which was written that
she had been faithful to him. On being
questioned regarding the sucidal attempt
she acknowledged she was tired of life,
that her husband had deserted her, and
a child she had born was dead.
Earek a Messenger: JohnA.Mertz left
with us some sample coccoona span by
his silk: worme. The worms, or rather
the eggs, were obtained irom Washing
ton bj Miss Ella Smith, snd bare now
increased to between 600,000 and 1,000,-
000. They feed on Osage oranse leaves.
In a proper locality this industry would
certainly prore profitable.
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GROCERIES
CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS.
Also, Qneeosware. Floor, M, Stnneware, CoBMoieries, $wi mi Tobacco.
A Liberal Share of the Public Patronage is Solicited.
COME AND SEE US. WE WILL TRY AND MAKE IT TO YOUR I NT ERST TO COME AGAIN,
WA-KBENBY MEAT MARKET.
WHOLESALE AJSTD DRETAJLTj.
W. S. HARRISON, Proprietor.
Bologna Sausage & Pressed Corn
Beef a Specialty.
The Trade Supplied. Best Prices Paid for Cattle and Hogs
KELLEY &
AGENTS
Buekeye Reaper and Mower,
Keystone Corn Planters, Horse Bakes, Weir & Deere's
Plows and Oultivators,Springfield Superior Grain Drill..
CEMENT, LIME and PLASTER PARIS,
PLOW AND WAGON-WOOD STOCK,
Shelf aBl; nE1Ty Hardware, Iron, Steel and Glass.
Franklin Street, - - WA-KEENEY, KANSAS.
TIlsT SHOP.
c. w. :e street,
DEALER IN
iStoves and Tin Ware, Wood and Iron Pumps, IXL Feed Mill,
Corn Shelters, IXL Stalk Cutters, Horse Powers,
Tanks. Also Agent for the
OLD RELIABLE HALLIDAY STANDARD,
TWENTY-NINE YEARS IN USE.
All wanting to purchase Windmills will do well to call at my Shop, opposite Post
office in Wa-Keeney, and get catalogue of prices before purchasing.
BEPBRBNCES-F. O. Ellsworth. 8. T. Bartlett, 8. P. Bartlett, B. Hacker, A. C. Trick
W. B. Mead, Thomas Caddick, of Wa-Keeney; Samuel Bowman, two mills; Thomas Moore, and a
16-foot geared mill for Thomas Hindman. of Grainfield, and George B. Henn and John Collie,!
Graham county. Tne aboTO list Is a part of the mills I have sold and pat up in the last year. I alse
manufacture and repilr all kinds of tinware and fit up pump? and gas and water p'pe.
A Pet Dog's Death.
San Francisco Chronicle.
On Saturday evening, in one of the
elegant residence of this city there was
gathered together in the parlor a weep
mg groop of ladies, pouring out the vials
of their grief over a costly child's coffin.
It was not a child's face within, however,
bat that of a dog the pet of the mistress
of the house. His name was Dixie, and
he had a half-brother, Dandy. They
were of the King Charles breed, and their
father had been purchased in England
for $500. Dixie and Dandy had been
the ladie's curley-haired pets for a num
ber of years. Saturday morning last
Dixie, upon whom the cares of old age
bad been telling, suddenly sickned, and
at 1 a. m., expired in the arms of his
weeping mistress. The casket in which
the remains rested was the most elegant
that the undertaker's rooms could f ur
nish. Lying within the satin-lined re
ceptacle, his head resting on a velvet
pillow, Dixie reposed in. his last sleep.
In his right paw he held a sprig of white
jesamine, while about his head a coronet
of white rosebuds, entwined with camel
lias, was encircled. Upon the coffin
plate was the simple inscription: "Dixie.
Died Jane 20, 1885, aged 11 years and 1
month. Upon the casket and about the
room was a profusion of elegant and
costly floral decorations, many being tbe
compliments of prominent citizens. A
number of the lady's friends and canine
admirers were personally present to
share in the common grief. Dandy, the
bereaved half-brother, draped in heavy
crape, mournfully sat upon a cushioned
chair at the head of the coffin, evidently
actuely conscious of the loss that had be
fallen him. The lady herself was dressed
in mourning. After the body had re
posed in state some hoars a gentleman
fmiartA an avtiaf oavofnllo atraTxi Hnwn
the lid of the casket and bore the re
mains to a distant part of the city, from
which thev will be buried temporarily
to-day. The lady, it is said, will later
disinter the remains and bory them in a
lot in Oakland, which she expects soon
to purchase.
Washington Register: Washington
county stood number twelve in the corn
pyramid for 1884 but proposes to lower
the record for 1885. She has by a fair
estimate 125,000 acres which at fifty
bushels per acre, a low estimate consid
ering the prodigious prospects now far
enough along to be counted on to a cer
tainty, gives her 6,250,000 bushels, to
more which would require a train of can
seventy-five miles in length.
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WALKER,
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BOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
Wa-Xeney, Kansas.
THE CUSTOM OF THE PUBLIO
Respectfully solidtod.
Shop in North Boom of Wtrilch 4 Kotoawv
stone building.
A.
B. JOKES.
PHYSICIAN & SUKGEON,
WA-KEENET, KAXSAS.
OFFICE AT SCOTrS DRUG STOBE.
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Bis ptmaaeatlr located la Wa-Keeny.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of
Women and Children Specialties.
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