The County paper., March 25, 1881, Image 1

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(fARW MINE IN HOLT COUNTY. MO.
VOLUME XVI.
Craig has n honk nml ladder ooni
limy, and the. Gazette ni;ui urges them
to Imvo water woiks.
A vast iimount of Ion, tho remains
of the great storm weuk, Is oven .rot un ,
ii.,. nibiin
ithu ground
Craig so.cms to Imvo Imuti consider
ably inundated In parts Inst work ac
binding to Ihu Gazette.
When correspondents seal tholr let
tan aniTput one cent on thum, w have
to pay It nil. Tut the tongue of the.
envelope down among the leaves of the
letters and thoy wil! come safely.
--Thi! oason of storms mado Its de
iart. its very Hint appearance with a
bow, and played "Tornado" lr tho
g 1 pooplu of Carthage ami Joplln,
Mo., I.ikt week.
What road.,! Impassable la their
name. Wagon mou tell us they eould
not get in or out of town lastwcok. A
yeryVare thlug for this country, for
Umatoly. Iowa firmer offered one dollar per
hushal for corn to burn, while their
field.. ere Hilt of eorn lint too full of
fimw lor thorn Iff get it! Tho sikw wan
over tho tops of the stalks. Look out
for the next eold winter.
When audi a wiulrr as tho past
conies thoio prairie, farmers who had
thrift immigh to put a grore of timber
before their hanees enjoyed tho boaefits
of it. A very mall grovo will, in a
fow yearn, Airmail all the wood not (led.
Lt week tins printer mado u say
water, iron and asit are good for tho
cow." The ealf would soon find out
the mistnlo if any one trid it, but
iniaht ne.vcr snspoct we meant bran In -
uteaJ of Iron. )
t l r.-c rotten 1m of Illinois. I
l I 1111 1 11 n itiir.H innn'i ium"i i
9 ,., their relatives. Mrs. I'a.ton '
are v
was formerly Miss Cnrno Collins of
this place. Mr. P has purchased prop
.rtv In Mound City, where he will lo
cate. Alfalfa ctovcr'cd clls at twenty
conta per poind. Ity enclosing twenty
ccnU to Plant Seed Co., St. Louis,
Mo., in stamps, with !t cents for post
njre, you will get by mail, send to try.
t Is worth trying.
St. Patrick's day, 17th of Marcli,
vas duly celebrated all around us in
adjoining counties, but not in Holt. Tho
moat beautiful night was when mon of
the old factions wove tho orange am)
the green togol her and inarched haud
in hand as tho patriotic sons of thu
old Islo should. Who ovor expectoi"
mioh a sigh.t?
A newspaper should givu the vory
iuiiitcaconco of tho news most interest
ing to its patrons. (News, nt gossip
Hnil mibble as ino-t of tllKIM do). If
supported chiolly where published, this
news should be that most interesting to
Its locality. This does not necessarily
Includo local Incidents ontirely, ns so
many publishers orronoously suppose.
In Central Iowa, snow foil Novem
ber lOtu, ono inch deep, and since then
for 114 days the ground has not been
aoen. Hero the ground was covered
not to exeoood fifty days till tho thaw of
February, which laid bare tho ground.
Tho longest sleighing spoil wo ovor had
liorc exoept onco, about thlrty-sovon
years ago, aa wo are informed.
County Judges have a great deal of
authority, yet wo obscrvo that they rare
ly venture to make an important order,
even whon the matter is ontiioly within
their control, without first putting it to
the vote of tho people How comes it
that Legislatures nssumo to do so ninny
things without putting tho question to
tholr constituents?
Meu who will sottlo u prairio coun
try knowing that ere ten years pass,
thoy will auffor severely for want of
fuol, nnd knowing too, that two or throo
days work will supply thorn with wood
abundantly fMovor after, rlghtjat their
doors yet negloct to do so. What aro
thoy? MuehQiight be saliJ Wo know
at leant wl$ tlfcyJard'noPi Thoy aro
not "book (armors. " And they aro tho
very follows who snepy at book farmers.
Tfl ohaunol length of tho big river
on whoso banks wo live, is oyer throo
thousand inllns tram source to xaouth.
U drains oyer 675,000 squaro miles,
and it navigable almost ovory mlloof
its longth, oven nbovo tho groat falls.
To Improve It so as to confine Its chan
nel, prevent caving in of banks, and
preserve a proper deptb of wator from
Sioux City to its month, oqual to twolvo
foet,wlll oost olghtoen million dollars
A small sum comparatively. Silt catch
ers and matrass ovetmonts will control
the erosion ot the banks. So reports
Major Sutpr, fp, tho oqinmissiouers.
I -Dr. Gitalin is golug 1,1 ,,l,lhl rt"
. (lllluli tn Ills residence. Contract lei to
Doffunbntigh & Suiitli.
llr. Frank Allunnf Craig was vis
iting liii psioiiU mid Irieuds at Oregon,
Inst Sunday.
l'rnf. Hill will preach at tho Chris
tian church, lu this placo next Sunday
I mornlm' mid oveninc.
A ftm()ull of ,
of tht! great storm week, whs ou the
ground even to tho beginning of this
week.
-The man who believes all ho reads
In the papers Is the samo fellow who,
wliou on tho jury, swallowed as gospel
nil that tho lawyers said.
Married, on Sunday last, at tho
residonco of tho Hov. W. T. Mnupin,
Mr. John 1'eters to Miss Mattio Cook,
by Hov. W. T. Mnupin.
A poor truckman in a Vermont,
town drew tho b'g prize in a lottery; it
. -. I 1 1 .1 ! . I ...
waa a bnokcaso, and he drew it from
tho depot to the placo wero tha lottery
was run.
r...,. .,i .n JO t. k,..l.t
warm sun, tho calm air, tho lirelv bi;h '
arodeccptlvo at .this timo. The old
fashioned word "weather breeder" ha.s
a meaning at such times.
Tho Kqttinocti-l storm of this yoar ,
wap characterized hern by cold North
ern blasts and a cloar skv.and tho cold
dip as predicted by Vennor. Oao more
bUgtormnf snow and then wo can look
for warm sf Ing weather.
Thco is one tlass ot men who wi.
glorify, exalt and exaggerate the ad'
Nantagcsof College iijucatou and who
get quite spunky at ow who llings at
tlio Collugo liuinbugtf, and they are
those who ltavo a Diploma and noth
ing olso.
Wide mouths are coming into fash-
ion again for woman. J tie proper
mouth says tho New York Graphic, is
In a wide constant but uiild biui'c, U'.u
-
corners being drawn back horizontally, '
with thu lips left close. Tho
ion Is one of amiable, quiet
ion.
tisrer. I
-some papers in;K o. vuo propuccj ,
of Mother rihiptou as thougli all her
doggcral lines had been forged lately.
Hut 1'epy in his
ropy in Ids' Uiary during
Charles II reign speaks of Shiptons
projihoey of tho burning of London
having boon fulfilled.
Wo received from tho Secretary of
thu Rugby Colony of Tcnn., Mr. W. II.
ni... n.mi,ini,ii..,riM..iY ti.n jr. 1
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uation thoio, trie 'prospects, tho scenery
and climate, etc, In that delightfnl
climate no doubt the colony will pros
per with unythlng like good manage
ment, i
Lvtturg remaining in Tost Office not
sent for want of postage or better ad
dress: to American Insurance Co.
Chicago, Illinois; Thomas Colhour,
Lebanon, Kansas; Milton Trump, Gcr
mantowu, Ohio; Wejton; remainder
not legible.
Hi tliero! Can nothing inducti
those who boss tho Court House to fix
that fish so he will move around a little.
mom unsK.yr nnai w, me
t isrfl . tit l . Si j. I
House ooy.s uu iiiiic.sn muj miuit 111111:11
way thu wind blows beforo election
tiraoP
An aged forester has publlshod
the followinig in n Lclpjiig journal : "I
do not wish to cany to my grave my
much unproved chic tor the bitos of.
mad dogs, but will publish the samo
ni
tho last service which I can offer to
the world : Wash tho wound perfectly
cioan with vinegar and tepid water
- n -i ,
Afterward pour Into Him
drops of muriatic acid, for
then dry it.
wound a few
mineral acids destroy tho poison of thu
dog's saliva."
Wo hnvo not favorod the removal
of the Capitol but if the apologies of tho
Stato Journal fur whipping In tho pen
itentiary represent tho feallngs of the
pooplo of Jefferson it is high timo that
tho Canitol Hhould bo removed. "Notll
W Imt cross, inoxcusablo lornnranee o&most sliiirular accidents wo have hoard
Iho history of mad housos and prlsnus
and thu effect of kindness and concilia
tion on tlio unfortunate could allow any
one to nsk. "Hew olso can you man
age convicts!"
A writor in the Country Gentle
man gives his testimony as to tho clover
field being tho farmors' National bank,
whonco ho can draw' -if ho has deposit
ed llbegjlly without fear of "protest."
Ho bus corn that Is a. foot tailor than
lif.an roaoh with his cane, in whioU a
horso would bti hid at two rods dis
tnnco, on land whoro five years ago
bis son said the corn did npt pay for
cultivation. Causo, a good clover and
timothy sod turned under last Fall.
Wo can gt this sod on any of our prai
rie Roll, Of cotu'SQ a llttlo icanuro will
help It along, and when wo hnvo a good
sod, who doos not kqqw wo can raise
any thing re chooso.?
OREGOX, MISSOURI, FRIDAY,
Wednesday was tin llivt real Hiring
lay of the rear.
See on the luldo how to graft differ
ent kind, of pot does together. Tiy it,
and furnish 11 now variety.
We are asked to talk of tho road to
Forest. It Is useless. Tho overseer
seem never to know ol any couip'aints.
Does lis read tho paper?
A mask of calcined magnesia and
wutur in a thick soft pastt, has proved
to bo tho most smldgii euro for burns
from hot acids, ever discovered, it
might be as gootl for any burn.
How rapidly the roads dry up
and settle here. Wo have known roads
to bn utterly Imp .ssablo ou Saturday
morning at ten o'clock, that oa the fol
lowing Monday morning early, were all
dusty and solid. A positive faet.
j Tho millions of sipiarc mile around
I.... r t f I i . ..
us of snow, lee, mud and wator arc
, nual to a miirhtv ocean lit effect on
weatlur. The evaporation must he '
in""" mm iiiii.i ii'viui;u n.u .i.uiui,- r
enormous and muul recharge tho atnios-1
plj-o with wator which must falU0n,o-1
,
Rill Uplold onco kaown n tlio Ohio j
.laugher, as well as is known to us tho
groat MiMouri Inughur comitted stneide I
not long ago.Whorcvcr he went he kept
all around him In a laughing chorus ol
I which Iih was thi leader. Alas! The
Bolomn part of this life woio too much
for his jolly tomporomuut.
Novr iiso an envelope In your cor
respotidence. unless It has printed on tho .
Imck a ranuest to "return If not called ,
for", so that you own name and post of-1
fico may may be written ou it. lly using
such onveloii!8 you amid all daugcr of
losin" vour letter from mlsiakes or ov- j
orslghts in direetiuus or from its not de-,
ln' il.livored. i
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Uc.uen.i.cr l ..s in .ate May, wnen
, . . . . . .
-M'Plc and peach borer, vigour trees
Take one pint of crudo carbolic add, j
(" third
of niirat. ! o-a bins oft
oap, thinned witti rain wator, llrtu add
i ilium (iinrutl.oi- .nut stir, loarinrr all to
. f . aM , , ,
,iw M-p thol.()tl;;lllv nfiA ,,.
h l0 tfHk ()f tn,M w, ,.
ply to trunk of tree. This will ke.qi j
tho bugs, bcrcrs, etc. out all summer, j
I ho throo lrrflalest laughers we i
ver knew, were men whose laugh alone
mail everv ono roar with witli sympa-
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ioiiu.n.ii.0. i ....u
Is a fool and the wther two committed
' suicide. Moral :
Then shun O I shun Te-lia, fla-lin.
TIioskImiow lis no.inil llku Joy npi'ars,
For soon It will bo eluiicud toralKlis,
Au.t jnilly nijvit ttli blood mt to.irs.
Now is the timo farmers! Don't
say after while it was too lato. Its the
time for you to gut new seed for most
lliincs you intend to produce. Exper
iment sonio evifry year and koop a care
ful note of results for future publica
tion. Write to any seod firm you may
know, and send a lew postorliee stamps
for seeds and go ou witli your exper
iments. Experiment with seeds in all
sorts of ways. "riant fteod Co., St.
i.ouis, is an easy name to reuioinber
It is real y contemptible, this talk J
aboiit ono state getting tills olfico and
another that. Hays said "Ohio has had
enough." A coutiuual scrambling of
oflieo huntciM is kept up on account of
Stato claims. As for Wo thu People
what
Is it to us who gets an office- or
. what Stato ho Is from. Ono thing wo
all do know, and that U, the members or alio can In setting out trees. A ro
of tho great state of Tax eaters get all i port Is mnilo to the Tree CommUsloner,
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thu offices, let whomsoever will bo ilis-
appointed. That is a community thai
can not complain of neglect.
Tho many trionds of Mr. Abo
flVtcliof, who live sone mile and a half
Silulieast of Oregon, woro surprised to
JL'iliii.n hobbling cm crntclioa won he
oaslo to town a few days ago, and the
explanation ho makes reveals ono of the
of iJl a long time. Ilis sistor-ln-law
has lAon visiting his family recently,
and Jle day. about two months ago, he
jvas Blinding by hur sldo laughing and
'jokinrlwiln her she being setting sew
ing vJlion she playfully pricked his
kneo with a nobdio, It caused him no
pain until the next day, when tho kneo
began to swc)l and In n few bour& lie
was torcud to go to hod, In a short
timo tlie limb swelled to an enormous
sizo and his whole luft slilo became af
fected, ovon his arm becoming great
ly swollon. Tho pain was excruciating,
and In this condition ho lay in bod, un
nblo to turn himsolf, for flvo weeks. Dr.
Goslin Attended him rogulnrly during
the timo and it was only by tho most
skillful treatment that his llfo was
saved, Ho Is still unablo to boar his
weight on the loft leg, bu,t Is rmw slowly
recovering,
cay
ites near New Point?
Judge Kelley delivered an uddtvss ,
to the aicmh!ed celobrators of St Pat
rick's day. at Maryvillerhur-day of last
week.
Dr. J. Villers, tho comical lecturer .
who was hero one time, was entertain
lug Oil' people of Siivaun.ih and other
neighboring towns hut week. j
Tho Great American Co-operative
Association of Ilaskel eoituty, Texas,
has Marled up. Onu huudrd Indus
trial workers wanteil. Address with
nine cents In stamps, II. ('. (iaruer, '.W.
West Madison street, Chicago, Ills.,
who will sniid paniphVis. circulars,
etc.
Tho Savannah Democrat and Hoi -
ckow Herald say that Ihv Mlssoii i Imt -
torn Is to boditehed from l'orewl Cilj to
below Korbes; that t-n thousand
dol'iirs are to bo naid bv Holt eouiitv.
and the roiiaiuder by .siibsci'lptiou.
wrk l, uost aiiout twenty. live
'lunisaiui dollars
How about those wotros and
r-
Ad dou't you forget the Mother
CoosoDramat f Klcr.ln,,,, t
Court Douse, 1'rlday evening, Api II lt.
Admission : adults, J5 cents; students
and children, l! cent. The music
alone, which is to ! furnished by
the
String Hand,
of admittance
will Im worth (lit
'"'C(
Died: On Monday night at hi resl
donee in this oily, John Kilcr, aged
years. Mr. Kller camo to Oregon sev- j
''ni J1'""'
,,1,,Im
.nil years ago and established hiraelf'
ess as a barber, llv his dux '
fn'tly, politeness and tiriassiiiulng man-'
'""' 1'" "" "n is patrrtn-, and few !
n'" I""! "wvo friends. He was kind-,
hearted, honest and charitable. A dm- j
o lungs Iia liten ilentMsinu
,,m' for nmn' years, anil Una ly carried
him off. Ho was buried witli the honors
f , reUlW:.hil,. ,
ltl snail wo all lie wnen llieso
everia.siing noun winns cease vo mow.
There Is a depression in tlio very air
that seems to nll'ect overyoiin. Is it the
porlhcllo'ns and conjunctions of mighty
planets that disturb equildiriumn, take
from or give too much or -nine o-seutiai.
to spirits nnd health P Something Is
wrongsoinewlimo.tlmt'A certain iSoiMi.iy
fee Is like himself; nor does his wile, lit
tlo 'one?, or diqioudits.
Thu big snow storm piedickd in j
Vonnor, for March 18th and 'JOth missed
us entirely; but thoy had it North,,
South, East, and West of us. Tho .
St. Louis and Kaiisas City papers de-1
clared tho storm of ln-t Saturday was
thowor-t; so did the Milwaukee and (
Chlcsgo papers. All Chicago all busi- i
ncss was suspended. Tho storm began j
thero early in tho rooming of Saturday
and lasted'jtill Sunday morning. ,
David Harbor, who rosldes near the I
Chambers Schooi House, was badly in-'
Jured somo time ago while riding horso-'
back. A surgical. operation being nee-1
osary, a St. Joseph surgeon was called
on to perform it and the resu t is ho Is
liablo to lose his lifo, Mr. It. is rcprn-
seutod as beln-ono of tho best cltlzuns
of our oouuty and his donilso will be a
sad loss.
It nn Arbor day wero established in
our stato audi as they hnvo it lu Nebras
ka, it would Minmltu to tree planting.
Ono day is set apart for troo planting,
, and everyone is enjoined to do what he
j
, ve
on
verified by nflldavlt, of tho number cot
ut on that dav. Thoso who tet their
! liiL'iit'U and next hl'lu;it number
in
I each Township, nro rowardod.
Pop, pop! Hang, bang! Who fired
those guns In town? What right has ho
to do so? Ho disturbs tho peace, Tho
sick poi'Pon who por'japs has got into a
dozo for tho first timo In hours, is arous
ed to pain nni sorrow. ' Tho baby is
awakened which the tirod mother ha-s
just laid down for tho first time during
tho whole foronoon,
Weds -Mrs. Julia Oliver, wife of
James Oliver deceased, died, at tho res
idonco of bar fatlwr, Mr. David Dabler
In Soueca, Nouiaha county, Kansas,
Thnrsday morning March 17th, at tho
hour of 7 o'clock, f consumption. The
deeeasod was buried Friday, March 18,
at tho Soueca grave ynrd.'lUv. William
Stownrt officiating. Tho decoaso .Ijwas
tho second duughter of David and Mar
garot Dabler, Shu was born March 8,
1H58 in Shelby County, Indiana, whenco
she, with her parents, in thu 11th year
of hot' ago, moved to Holt county, Mo.,
whro, at tho ago "of 17, sho bocamo tho
wlfo of Jamos Oliver. Tho doath of hor
husband, 18 months attorwards, mado
her iv widow, in whioh nto sho lived
until hey death.
MARCH 25, 1881.
Ituv. (leu A. MoUiiilay will preach dis us .tomv proioiiitiiin of lawoi p me
at the Highland schooi house next Sab-. tlce.
Iwth morning and night. ' Legal business of a small kind has
'Iho regular quarterly eomii.ut.ion I'" 'I'1"' tji-.k for several day,
service ot the Piosbytorl'un church of, The M.iitl in.lurs were herein force
Forest ( Itv, will li"hold ou the first '"st week .M cking jn.tlee and jn.Jgnient
Sunday In April. It wiP bo preceded l'"1 Wil-Ii son's court,
by a few evenings of pleaching, to be j The Agent of Tun Corsrv I'iit.k
gin Wedneda, March S'lth. found hlinell water hound here last
-The Tearhei's li.Mllutc of Holi , wt'vk' ''! ""t mnoug Mr.ingen.
..,.M,.i- m.. i i ii... ...,,i ' Miss Kiumin, .-Uturof Mrs Liiudon.
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lat aturdav. It was well attended ,
and tl'.e d!su-Ions were inoitly Inter
esting: a ilmugh some of them were
liudu'y prdonged. much to the ilissali
faction of the audieiiee, and little to th
1 bencllt of either hearers or debateis.
, Wo won d suggest less talk and more
! preparation.
, 'I''"! Savannah Dcmoi rat savs that
' lnve been caught from the 1' atlu
Hlver weighing four pounds. They are
111(1 'took fiirulslic.l by llouesi
Dave Ua.v while he was In Congiess.
The Practical I'arnier .-ays, It nost
thirty-two ildlars to raise a steer weigh
In' .1 tli.Misiii.d I'Oiind.-. two vcars old.'
'iTLXTtrZ
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I hlrtj -two dollars. At four cents per
pound the meat brings foriv dollars.
i Two clips of wool, U pounds per clip.
makes eiL'htv founds of wool : at !!2
eeiits per pound eqiuls 'J.'i.iiO. I'rollt
on sheep ij.T.'.no : on steer, CK.oo, fori
same letii'th of time. Is that correct?
Tlio Amateur Flute.
Ilu.tr tii (IiiSt vrllu his Mul,
M'.tertllutii !
OU.wti.it a wi.iiil of s nlllti Is awakcuM
Its ttol !
How It ilrnil-fiMiii-qnavtrs,
(la t tic mml'IciiHil alrof nlxM 1
Anil ili-rtetli nil mil4Trs
T iisuanv llm ..muit or slgiil
)I the ilute, miti'.tluir,
Willi Us tcutlv, tootle lout
Will. r.'ltei:itit looting nf oxaipcrHteit loots,
Th lonj! (irotwlt'il loollltisi tit nKuiililntf lo.a
Of the niuU, (lute, lloto. f.uf.
l'luli'. liutf. rliilr.
Ami tlio wliectlni; ami Hie silltln:;s ot t.t lt.i
tout...
Shsiil.l lie rj: thU nthsr llnlo
O.lilen tliii.'
lmt a itd'iior aiiKUlah will Its pri'scuce ln-
Oli,
stllool !
How lil j ejes t Iii'hxii lis'll iulu
Alio las
All lliu sajs !
How ho'llstnp us ou our wajs
Willi Us liralic !
Anil tlio pnile-oli Iho iipojilol
Til-1 ilou'l llu- In tlio .ei!,
llul lnluit.lt cliil.lhm .nrlois
WliiTu he plays, plays, plaja
In tlio oruilyst of h.ijs.
Au.t lie tutTlfFk we mixta liCllntrn.
An J fxp.'cts us In bo milt,
Who nnu!l rslhcr lutvs tho tfsriwho
TIihii tlio music of lit? ilnlc
Of his nulo. 11 ate, llulo.
Ami tlio tooillinis ofjhli.tool
fsf tho tint wlmriln he tooiolli his ;;ciitltiK
toct
or thu tluit. Hull, llnut.
l'hlutv, ptiletl, phlrUKht,
And tho lottlt-toollo-lootInK of lilt toot
Mound City.
Rev. Duncan llrowu sold his property
to a Mr. Patten from Illinois. Mr. Pat-
J ton 1 u uophlcw of Win. Iloblitzull of
this place Ho get.s possesion this
week.
jir, Wetzell has moved to Wm.
McCutchou's for a whilo until he can
build or rent a house.
Mr. Ilrlnk, one of thu News editors,
has leased thu John Iliatt property, ami
will tnku possession in a few days.
Mr. Miller, partner of Smith George
has lwnsud thu properly in which Dr.
Arnold is now living, and Dr. Arnold
goos Into the Widow Itradlwy property.
Ills rnniored that wo will hnvo a new
confectionary store and restaurant
soon, or that tbvrn will bo a change, of
hand in oao we now have.
Mrs. Drink, who has bueu spending
tho pa-t week here, returned bomii Sat
urday. During the cold, bud weather and
high waters, it is not strange if somo
o'f us should come to need aid fron
neighbors or tho town. One instance
has comv to our kbowledgt, but tho
family was promptly relieved, Such
has been tho practice of our officers
and people; and nn one is likely to sut
ler much among us, who will let his
needs be known.
During the high waters when many
wero compelled to leave their homo ami
seek shulter In the more elevated parts
of town, Mrs. Pritchard who was sick
in bod at tho time, had to bo hauled
out. The waters wore ns high as has
boen known lor several years, the
wholo bottom between hero and Hlgo
low scorns to bo converted into a lake,
and Davis Crook threatened tt engulf
tho city.
Mr. Jonas Elliott Is on a trado for
property In tho new part of town,
Tho attorneys and justices of Mound
City Imvo organized a moot court, which
to meet cycry 'Ihur.'diiy evening and
who has hewn lsitiinr iiniomr u, for
K'onio time, iv t limed to her liomr In
Iowa last we.tk.
i Tho band fotlval was well attemlfd
Iflid about forl tlollars i'chIi.uiI.
Aincr t.ranncll has been quite ill, but
is now improving.
; At vni Hates lias returned from hu
i visit to Iowa. While gone, he ws for a
i time under the treatment of I'aul (',.
tor and thinks himself inch improved
, by it.
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I i oppor iv aikiii navo moved their
I olllee into ih buildiiiir in whicii (ioorirc
I Millet's Irinhv-nn i
Town lot- are in dcinaml.
ti... ! ......
i m- uiitrsiiii-u .iiiiauen
held
Corn lis a, , whe.t at 7.
ItUKT.
; Triumph.
Our neighborhood is quiet once morn;
all trouble has ceased, nml fiVP.'vl.l.tll
. attending to their own business
"Mio" tho correspondent to the
j Mound City News from Triumph spiend
his wings ami turned t hive liviiieudous
! somtue.r.saiilts. jumi ud, popped his
heels and said he was ivnily to try them
again! He clalmul that thlrf corres-
b pondent's brains lid in his foot, and
j we know his are not in his head, there
j fore thuy must bo elsewhere.
! We visited the feed lots of Mead &
i Less'e) tho other day, mid wo are sa'e
I a saying they have tlio best lot of cut-
tic in the county.
Mr. W. J. Scliatz was in this viaiuity
last week.
Thero are numbers of )ouug men
going thiough ihu county on tho html
ol work.
Thu old Nodaway has bees out of Its
banks for a week; some wood lias been
wauhed away that was on tho side piled
up.
Geese and dim, a abound in great
muuhnrs; somu of our hiiutur.i arc
busy killing them. Somo o the New
Pointers wero up and tried their
luck. Sol. Knnkel was tho champion.
Ii. S. Denny has moved to his new
home. Old 100.
Forest City.
Tho rather, mother, sinter and broth
er of Frank Itoniborgor reached here
from Pennsylvania, ou Friday morning
last. They have como to stay.
Thu lard tank is a good thing to rid
the country of dead hogs, and a good
thing for tho owners, financially. Hut
it would be loss ollVnsIve to the nostrils
of our people if its odor partook more
of cologne than it now does.
O. ('. Plummet- and L. P. Martin are
sa'd to be. preparing to run the upper
mill.
Miller has outstripped them all with a
now door strip which ho has just In
vented. A tramp succeeded in getting a boil
ami breakfast at ono of thu hotels last
wrek, owing to his resemblance to Jim
my Foster.
W heat and corn aro unchanged, ox
copt that thsy don't uome In much
since the muddy period began. Hut In
prions they will be t'lo samo as for a
month pa-t tjj to 75 cents for the for
mer and 20 for tho latter. Hogs nro
off, as they always are when they can't
got an idea of where they are to go. The
price is now $l,!iO and not many to bo
had, cattle bring .V' '0
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Martin
on thu 10th Inst, a girl, Mother and
child aru (Ulug woll,
The "steel gaug1' Imvo been put to
work on tho crevasse abov Hlgelow,
They have had to work in water much
of the time. Somu of them are sick in
consequence of it, others have quit and
gone to work elsowhcro.
Capt. II. K. 8. Itnbinsntt who has fil
led the position of P. II,, so long and
honorably here, is about to retire and
ttiKu a position in tho haiiK. Ho will bo
succeeded in tho post office by Miss
Mary Canon.
F. S. Hailey who has suffered for two
mouths past from an injury to ono of
his hands, caused by picking a splinter
nut of a linger, with a pin, and whoso
lifo was, for a whilo, despaired of in
consuqueneo, is nblo to bo about ana In.
Conductor O'Hnrra witli tho con
Btruction train has been busy hauling
rock for a wcok past, to fill tho gaps in
tho rail road track, caused by tlio Hoods.
No grass grows tinder his whnels,
Louis Smith of tho East Forest Mills,
NUMJ3JSK 12.
Is seriously ill. John Soke? Is filing
his place at the mill.
Tin- slouch ha teen hl'h for oium
time. Itlehardson's bridgu has beV.n
moved out of position by the water.
Til s hus opened the channel and as u
conscquciii ii tho water is falling.
finw Point.
i JmIiii W. Itotkin Is in our midst again.
He Is working up a octtlemeut between
It. F. Kunk'e and liiin-Hll In regard to
his brother, J llotkin's property,
i One of our New l'oint nierchanta is
quite happy just at present. It is a
, br'ght and pi utilising Utt; boy. Jo-
seph Colllfon Is the happy man. lie is
) xiivv 'male carrier' as well as mail oar
( nor.
, Dr. J. It. Kearney is again with us,
rend) for wort,
I The Nodaway river slowly ou tho fall
t again, almost back in tho banks.
The members of the German M. K.
ehutrli are going to build a largo and
handsome church this spring, tu-ur what
1s known as thw Kobnt Daxison farm.
The HtMii trouble betwern two ot our
wjd respected farmers has been com
promised and they round i friends.
J. 1'. Kuhl, one of our merchants ha
jn.st arilved with a large supply of goods
for the spring trade. Omkoa.
CHEAP BOOKS.
Call and Supply Yourselves Before Thsy
are All Sold.
W. W. Davenport has just receivid
from thu American Hook Exchange a
cou-lguiiicut of books, embracing near
ly all their vanious publications, which
he will soli at. publisher's prices,
freight added. All the books nro ele
gantly and substantially bound in cloth,
nnd aru marvellously cheap. Call and
sen them. It w.ll do you good to look
at thuni, oren if you don't buy.
Among tho books are the following,
which nlil be sold at thu prices named:
Young's Hiblu CoiieorJance (a mag
nificent book) !! 00
Ilollin's Ancient Di-tory 2 00
Comic llistoiv of United States... b'O
Fifteen Decisive riattle? of tlio
World
Don Quixoto
Tom Hrowu at Huirby
Irvlng's Sketch Hook
Dante's Pootieal.Works
Homer's Iliad
Homer's Odyssey
Acme Hlogiaphv No I. vcryfMlnu.
' " ' No 'J. "
" No :i. "
The Komi
Htiuynn's Pilgrims Progress
Arabian Nights
HobiRRon Ciusoe
Munchausen and Gulliver
.I.soi's Funks
Snvln-rs (Fin. ttv)
10
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115
40
Jt6
35
35
0
.'.0
CO
35
60
60
60
50
60
Hi
ItoiuolafGcorge Elliot's famous book. 36
What Hooks to reail t!S
Also, a large lot of miscellaneous books
from other publishing houses.
Brush Cellcge.
Ta cngh wc) have not heard tho low,
sweet strains of the turtle, yet tho volco
of the blue-bird is heard in thu land;bo
sides we see tlio good houscwile looking
on tho shelves, and Into the old tin cof
fee boiler for garden seeds. Withthoia
nnd other wll known signs pas.ing be
foro us, wo feel liko spring fever. Dy
tho way onions promise to bo very
scarce. Mr. L. Whaly of Mound town
was in our midst nfew days ago, trying
to engage all he could, nt a good prloe.
A litllo mm of Mr.W. J. Clark is very
sick.
A throe year old son of J, K. Wilson
burned his arm soverely, but Is getting
woll.
Mr. J. II. Williams was reported sick
but we nro glad to see bin about again.
Mrs.W. E. Wilson has had several at
tacks of orysiuelas this winter.
Mrs. L. F Wilson i having very poor
honlth.
Mr. J, L. Loaso of Tumor county,
Dakota, Is visiting rolativos hero Ho
bays that Missouri heals Da. for weath
er. A letter from his brother lu Turn
er county reports more snow this win
ter than for many years. He warns
pooplo living in tho Mo, bottom to look
a llttlo out. Thoio has boon more wator
on tho bottom abovo Furost City than
nt any timo hist summer, Too runny
ditches!
Miss Maggie Workman has just clos-
od a four months school.
Winter wheat looks wr I.
Is The Countv Pavkh to ho tho
County Tomperanco Advocate nlsof
Succois to It.
AU'HA.
&Mr. .Will E. Mlnton has pur
chased Geo. Wober's stock of Grocer
ies, consisting of stnplo and fancy gro
ceries, notions and confectioneries t
cigars7 school books, paints, oils, etc.,
and ie now prepared to furnish good
to customers at pi ices that "can't be
boat." Call and sco him. '
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