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VOLUME XIX.
OREGON. MISSOURI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1883.
NUMBER 10.
PER CENT.
-TO LOAN ON-
Improved, Farms
FOll
1, 2, 3, 4 and
Tliree Points of Milagi Over Other Loaning Finns:
jjy-lst. A very Low Commission chnrged.
Sr'Jnd. No delay. Money furnished within FIVE days nftur nppliDntlon
tnkon, if title perfect.
JBSy-3rd. Whoro Loan Is renowed, no charge for Abstract.
j&Srlf you are thinking ot making u new loan or renewing nn old one, it
will nny yon to conic and soe me, uuil by co doing sorvo your own intorost. Cor
respondence solicited. Will bo nt MuxIow'n Hotel, Mound City, every Saturday.
Address,
J. FOSTER MASK HALL,
OKEOON, MO.
THE GIANT
m ii
The above cut represents our best Overall, which we eliiiin is one of
the HE ST In thu Market for their SUFEUIOltlTY In Make, Fit and
Durability. When you come to the
i&jLxrriLiJJsrjD fair
Do not full to call nt our store and buy .1 nan- of GIANT OVEUALLS
and test their merits. Also bear In mind that wo lira
lor tho beat selections of Dry Goods and Notions, tho Nobbiest Lino
of Mens' and Hoys' Clothing, and tlio best Stock of Hoots and Shoes,
lints, Gents' Fiimishivg Goods of any house outside of Si Joseph,
and all irt prices that defy competition. A cordial invitation to onu
anil all to visit us, whether yo-i wish to purchno or not. li ice-list
and Samples of Dry Goods mailed to those that cannot visit us. ltu
member the place,
St. Joseph Co-Operative Store,
GEORGE RAPP, Manager, Maitland, Mo.
A. M. SAXTON.
SAXTON &
FOR
W have Mlen1iUcil out fctockMnceUioholiilayii
mo nun
A More Complete
Thanking our many patron Mid friends fiir
liy lair mm nonomuio neainiK ir a coniumnnctf
to our lininenn llt. wr liniirto Inorensn our Inr
fn. im-iij Wj. Iifivw utf rrriil.4 nf tffinil tti
narr&uicti, as rrirrnciiira nrmiinry minium.
waicfluS, uiocKS. JGWuiry,
WlilcU you will alwsyx nnit ooninlptp. We Invito nil til mil and Inspect nur iitoek ana 4?t. Ite
patriae of tine watolim.a iivclaltr, liy tlio wont skllltnl uorkmeu ; warranted to glvm (action.
SAXTON fe HENDRICK, Jeweler
SOB I'VIU St.. Hut. l'lflli uliil Sixth,
SAVE YOUR RAILROAD EXPENSE
WHKN
BY VlHITINtl-
ROBINSON BRO
Ikmu
Five and Ten Gent Variety H
No. 331 Folix Street.
Whoro Jin ean And n full nsiwtineiit of Tin anil Wooden Wnrc, (Hum Ware, Jewelry
llotlery' Units' slid Mille Underwear, l'ocket-llooks and Hand Hatchtli, Hllver
I'lnicu ware, nnn in iscr, aiijuiini; y" rn ininr, m, mii in-rvam. iu.ui ji.
ran Lift tlio fame KMdselrowliere. All wo nsk Is a trial. Woliavetlio largtststoJ
ofTojfln tlieclty.
ROBINSON BRO'S, 5 & 10c Sti
321.Fli Street,
S. M. & J. S.
-DEALKHS IN-
Hartare, Tinware, Tapis, Pups,
J. JE&. STONE,
DIJALKlt IN
Btties, Carriages, Spring Yaps, Harness, Sailes, Trunks,
MA1TLAND, MISSOURI.
MONEY !
V
5 Years' Time!
OVERALL !
nVU. IIUNDItK'K
HENDRICK
1883.
with umnully Jars? jmrehasei
to commonee
jtiii nun
Stock then Ave
tlietr liberal patmn.tc
lietr liberal patrflti.tc Pic pat 5 BT.
nftliesamaialso, arts hMiy ne Ten
.sinew this vearlntlu' uwkviilo :i I, i,
intr linn tn milt ul rlu4i.lt. r I
nuri xpcr.iai aiii'iiuou m -i, p;i'risyi '
uponns
opposite I-onlt Ilax's (unilture efltahllsliMf nt,
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOlll.
VISITING
St. JoHeplt, Mo.
KENYON
Seels, ApcralIiM
let
f
Have you seen Ira Pctcr'sgoatP
Kml Markland caiuo over to see
hlii ma hift Sunday,
Kev. Carothcra and family nro nt
Mnitliind, this week.
A. II. fircono has n card In thi is
tiuc he wants you to read.
Go to Michael Spoerle's to buy
your grapes and pure native wine.
Misses Minnie and Lena Spoetlo
returned to St. Joseph last Monday.
Clarko Initio left last Sunday on a
business trip to Southwest Mie&ourl.
II. C. Schmidt is agent for tho cel
ebrated Milburn buggies. See "ad."
We return thanks to John Bond
for a lino watermelon. Cnll oltein
John.
See Ira Petor's companion chro
nics; also his Chiiinman in this issue of
the SKNTINlil,.
Georgu Husscl, of Shun, Iowa, was
in the city, this week, tho guest of his
father, It. II. Ku.m'l.
Next week wo will publish an in
tercnting letter from C. C. Akin, who
is now locntud at Kimball, Dakota, 'Per.
George Kohinsnn, of Nebraska
City, was In the city last Sunday, visit
ing ono of our most popular young la-
(llCJ.
Mlko Spocrle has peroral hands
of wine and a lot of grapes that lie will
pell cheap. Nuw's your chance for a
bargain.
George Anderson, Xeil lloblilzell
and N. J. Kyger, of this city, have
made entries ofme stock at tho Malt
laud fair.
We are glad to announce! the con
valescence of.L'nclii Jintmr Noi vel and
wife, who have beeu very sick for .sev
eral weeks.
Pembroke Blnnehan!, who has
been working in Mound City Hits sum
mer, came homo this week shaking
with the chills.
Nov. Unland, of Humboldt, Ne
braska, formerly pastor of the German
M. K. Church, this city, was visiting
friends in town, IhU week.
1. A. Hrodbcek, Frankfort, Kan
sas, is visiting in Holt county, but ha
failed to put in an appearance in Ore
gon yet. Why is this thus, Davis?
Levi Oren, of Now Point, has just
received his fall slock of goods, and
is now ready to give you choice bar.
gains in everything usually found m a
general stock of merchandise.
, W. H. Spiinger and family are now
in San Francisco, California. It looks
as though Wils was gradually working
his way back to old Holt. Come light
along Wils, we'll all be glad toseoyou
George Dunn, who gave such uni
versal satisfaction as teacher of the
colored school last year, and was re-
rynploycd, returned to Oregon last
'eek, and opened school on tho 10th
Instant.
C. W. Wurman, poultry dealer, is
now in tho city and ready to buy all
tho chickens you can taku to him. lie
wants ,000 dozen, to bo delivuivd heie
anil at Imprest City, on the 11th, 1.1th
and 17lh insts. See "ad." elsewheto.
llllly Armstrong, the gcntUninuly
and efficient salesman at Mintou & Bur
gess' Simplo Itooms. tlii city, has
been confined to his bed sovoral days
this, week by a soveio attack of fever.
Ho is now nbio to bo at his post of duly
ngi in,
Tho Jennie Holnian Combination
that playod in our city last week, nio
now playing a week's engagement in
Malthmd. They give onuinber ono
ont rtainniant, urn perfect Indies and
gontiemoH, and merit stieeoss wherever
they go.
Will Waller, foroni.m of tho Kan
sas City Times, "showed up" in our
vlllago last weok. lie eaino'tip to seo
whether tho Tate is in Atchison coun
ty had been injured by tho early frost,
and finding they had not, slopped off
hero to look nt tho Kill in tlm western
part of town.
"Tho last link is broken," tho fid
low said wheij ho kissed his girl good
byo forever at her roquost, bcenuso her
patients wished a dissolution. A few
days nftor ho received ti note nay in i?,
"Dear Georgo, there nro plenty moro
links, come and break thcni," Keu-
r-V.v,Slnto Journal.
i.Ui.jLJtfuir.r.ii'w!ifAiher.now
lAs'onool t'ho best galleries in the state,
Ijo has just received a (ino balustrade
il back-round scenerv! lie is ilso
M W t
oared to tako Instantaneous photo-
lis uy tuo dry.plato method, recent-
roduced in the miles. If you want
igooi Apietures you can do no bettor
'thatitA' giviu; him a call.
'Jbso that nro dosorvlng should ro
coivo l?dlt, and to John ltyan nt
present! nilned in tho county jail great
credit iiAduo on account of thu gentle
manly milJiioi' In which ho deports him
self. He P'VjUo ono of the most ingen
ious men huvo ever soon, making
with only thAuld nl a peu-kuife, sotno
of thu most a-oinplieated and finest
pieees of mechanism,
J. W. Pitv.cr Iids letnrned from
Ohio.
Miss Ina Nies is now
ribbon for Georgo Nies.
measuring
Go to 1). M. Martin's for your
Wagon Sheets and Bows.
Tom Fry is now running his meat
shop on his own "hook".
Ask Jim Cliniuburs, of Mound City
how to plant turnip seed?
Mr. A. Gemcckcr lias pure cider
vinegar for sale at 20 cents per gallon,
Miss Ida Haidmnti mid Lena Smith,
of this county, arc oil our Normal roll.
Call on A. Getnccker for pure ap
ple elder vinegar. O11I3 'JO cents per
gallon.
W. A. Gardner has his herd of
Holstelu cattle on exhibition nt the
Maillaud fair. .
Kl.y VanBusklrk has purchased
100 acres of land in PotUwottonilo
county. Kansas.
Ask unelo Johiinv Brnlguion, of
Blgelow, if he can tell you whero hU
pocket book is?
1". S. Kostoek, jr. has tho finest,
best and most durable organ in tho
market tor sale. Call and see them.
Mr. Price, Brown county, Kansas,
and Albei t Nies, of Andrew county,
Missouti, nro attending our Normal.
Mr. Jareil Harm, of this eity, lias
purcha-ed a farm in Nemaha county,
Kansas, and will shortly reinoye to thu
same.
- llev. As'ing, af this city, is in at
tendance at the German M. H. o infer
ence which is in session at St. Joseph
this week.
It i" useless to go to St. Jocph for
an organ or a sowing machine, when
you can buy to advantage by ealling on
F. S. ituetock, jr.
The St. Joseph Exposition proved
to ho tho inot successful ever held in
that eity. Secretary Karnst is without
a superior in the northwest.
J. W. Balfrey ha opened a restau
rant and b.:ery in-Frrift City, just
east of the bank, whoro lie is piepared
'.o soive you with a meal at any hour.
Mrs. Sehatz oilers, at private, sale,
her hoii-ehoM and kitchen fnn.iitire.
Parties ilcsiriut; anythlig in tills line
should avail tlieinsclvus ol this opprtu
ntty. Married sit thu groom'y residence,
near Bichvillo. September nth, by Ilov.
Asliug, Mr. Fred Kaltenbaeh, of Holt
county, to Miss Anna Kopp, of Dotlge
vtlle, Iowa.
Fred Garst and family, of Ottowa,
Kansas, is in thu eity, the guests of his
uncles, L. N. and J. N. Howard. Mr.
G. is delighted with our county and
may locate among us.
John O Cowan & Son, New Point,
took four fust anil one second premi
um at. St. Joseph Exposition on short
horns; he also took two lir.-t and two
second premiums at Marvvillo.
-Col. J. W. Stocker, director and
member of the committee on transpor
tation, reports that the C, B. & Q.. tho
C. & N. W.,tho C.U.J. & P.,ud the O.
M. & St. P. Railroads will each sell ex
cursion tickets foi-jthu reunion at Mary
villo,Mo.,from all points whero twenty
five tickets or moro can be sold, for four
couls per inlle, round trip, (that is, two
cents each way), Thu Wabash St. L.&
P., and the K. C. St Jo & C. B. roads
have also fixed upon thu same rates.
A fanner of northern Holt, who
owns land on both shies of a stream,
which is spanned by a bridgo on a pub
He road, has niado n practico lor homo
lime patt of taking out sovoral planks
from tho bridgo for tho purposo ol'keep
in'' his omi cattle and hogs on either
sido of the strea ai as ho may desire. It
seems incuuccivublo that any one of or
dinary Intelligence could do this with
out knowing It is wrong, and that lie In
curs tho risk of having a severe penalty
imposed upon lilin for so doing. Some
0110 ignorant of his act may undertaku
to past, over tiiat bridgu (lining tho
nit; lit and lose his lifo. Better desist
from this practice and repair your fen
ces. There .vas n very happy gathorlng
at Falltur BenJ uuiii Allon'.s tin Wednes
day, thu Mil instant lo celebrate with
lii 111 and grandma Alton, their fialuth
anniversary of wedded lifo Though
somewhat fooblo In body, In mind and
spirit tlu-y are ns ootlvo and lively as in
long years ago.' They remarked that
probably no two poisons had lived to
gether so long with fewer misunder
standings and less prlvato ditllcultlcs.
They appeared young again when the
largo company sat down with Ihem ton
sumptuous wedding least prepared for
tho occasion. The mind wont back fif.
ty yeais when first they pledged Ihelr
faith one to tho other "for bettor or for
worso". Soino valuable presents wore
given thorn, with the ussurauco of all
present of kindest regards and a wish
that tho remaining days of their life
may bo their bit.
The corn crops have been affected
by the late frosts.
Ducks and crimes are Inci'euslnglu
number in our lakes.
The melancholy days liavo come,
tho sweotest of the year.
A Gciuockcr has forsaleat'-'Ocents
per gallon pure older vinegar.
A few ecoud-hand wagons and
buggies nt D. M. Mat tin's at bargains.
Dr. Johnstun, of Craig, is build
ing a large brick business house in that
city.
William Baker and wife will leave
In a few days for their old homo In Vir
ginia. Brother Charles, of thu Maitland
Independent, is issuing a very crcdila
bio fair daily.
Carl Hostetter, of San Jose, Cali
fornia, is in thu city, tUu guest of his
uncle, K. P. Hostetter.
Turn Hindu is building n ware
room in the rear of his drug store; It
willjbu 17 x DO feet. Mr. Ina Baker
has the contract. i
After an abseneeofsovnr.il weeks, I
Mhs Susie 1. likens has retui tied to her
home, much delighted with her visit to
thu Buckeye state.
Tho first postal note presented for
payment at this office was presented by
Mr. Samuel Sluekuy, and was issued
f 1 0111 the Mound City postofliee.
James I.. Allen will attend the St.
Louis Fair and the Louisville exposi
tion, lie will ulo vNii liis aged moth
er who lojidos at I.ogansport, Indiana
A delightful event was tint parly
given last Saturday orenlng tit the resi
dence ot Georgu P. Luokhardt to their
daughter Anna up.iu her fourteenth
birthday.
Mr. John Shutts, ot Juliet, Illinois,
accompanied liy his daughters, Miss
Mary and Mrs. Tail and her husband,
are in the eity, thu guests of his son, Mr.
Hcniy Shutts.
Dr. Gentry and wife, of Wyandotte,
Kansas, worn in our city Saturday and
Sunday, ns tne guests of .Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Kram-u. Dr. Gentry is editor of
tlio K. A U. Advocate of that eity.
N. C. Hatfield, grain buyer, Forest
City, is now ready to buy all thu grain
you can taku to him, and pays the high
est cash market price. Ho can be
found in the store building formerly oc
cupied by Joe Groves.
One day last week as three young
ladles were coming to town in a buggy,
in raising their umbrella, tho horses
took fright and became unmanageable,
tl. rowing them out of the buggy, and
breaking the arm of Miss Missouri Kel
ley, one of the occupants.
L. II. Edwards was called to Hia
watha, Kansas, last week by tho serious
illness of his daughter, Mrs. Noland,
but by careful treatment she is now
conrnlcsccnt. Mr. E. is delighted with
Hiawatha and thinks of moving there
if ho can dispose of his property here.
Wo hope he will reconsider his inten
tions and remain among us, tor we can
illy afford lo lo?u as good a citizen as
Mr. Edwaids
Tho Southwest Iowa and Northwest
Missouri Veteran Association will hold
Its annual reunion nt the fairgrounds,
atMaryvllle,Mo.,Sept,'J.'i,aO)andS",188!l.
Eminent speakors.to-wit: Generals Lo
gan, Coo!. roll and others, nru expected.
A grand street parade on the Will. com
posed of old soldiers, sailor, uniformed
societies, etc. There will also ho during j
the exercises guard mounting, drilling,
dress parades and an extensive and hit-
eresllng sham battle, good quartern and
cooked ra'ious will ho furnished. All the
boys are oxpcctudjlo join organized com
paiuc.s.or bo asslgxed lo them 011 arrival.
Each is expected to furnish himself with
n h'utikct. plate, knife, folk and spoon.
Reduced rates 011 till railroads. All ex
soldiers who desiro attenilingjthis reun
ion are invited to ttniio with Christian
Muyer Post G. A It , at Oregon. They
will please send their names, with com
puny and regiment to W. T .Eddy.Qunr
tcrtuuitcr. Tho new Postal Note books have
arrived at tho postollleo. roady for ser
vice. Thu notes arc bound into books
after tho ordur of tobacco licenses' or
of hank notes two on each page, uud
each is separately numbered, so that
counterfeiting or duplicating is an im
possibility. Each note is about thu si 7.0
of a bank bill and attached ton stub of
record or momorunda In. color they
are betwoou a lemon and an orange,
with a brown and black fauo and give
luck. For !) cents any sum from 1
cent to 1 U9 can bo mailed to nny post
ofllco 111 America, and tho oertillca'.e is 1
good three mouths from date. Tlio
dati) is 011 one side thu face of tho note
and the amount on the other, to bo
punched similarly to a railroad tiukot.
Tho name of tlio postofllee and amount
are written on thu face, Tho notes nro
issued fioin 18X3 to 189 1, and arc made
in New York City from engraved plates
the tamo as green biicxa.
Worman, the chicken buyer Inhere
again. See his advertisement.
I) Foster & Bros, had two hordes
to die very suddenly 0110 day during
last week.
C. H. Hatfield, of Forest City, is
now buying apples. Ho is paying the
top of the market.
Hov. Samuel CarothciH wilppreach
next Sabbath at tho Triumph scTiool
house at eleven o'clock ; at the United
Brcthteu church nt three o'clock and in
Oregon at night!
Mr. J. W. Dunn, of Maitland, had
on oxhlbititi at St. Joseph fan, a fine
lot of horses. Ho tool: premiums on
the belt five year old stallion and the
best two year old stallion.
Mr. A. Getnccker was showing a
pear on the streets hist Tuesday that
was a whopper, tnea-uring twelve inch
es in circumference and weinhtnir one !
pound. j
An excursion train will run from
St. Joseph to the Maitland lair on Fn
d.y and Saturday, leaving Forest City
about H a. m. and returning about fl r.
m. Our citizens should avail themselves
of this excellent opportunity of attend
ing the lair.
Troops of bright, happy faced
children, with loads t.f books, thronged
tho sidewalks Monday last. Teachers
should remember that the young heads
are yet full of summer vacation, and it
will lake weeks to get them down to nl
gebra and granimnr. Go slow-don't
crowd the infants.
-At the races In Forest f ity Inst Sat
urday, lareo delegations from Bigelow,
Craig, Mound City ami Oregon were
present, (iulte an exeitiig tlino was
hail. Money was plenty and consider-
flb-eeliiimred UixtuU. A ! Il!,v,.,.n,s'
" ,, ' , "
mare won tho race w ith unse. The best
of feeling prevailed throughout. John
W. Slokes was master of ceremonies.
Last Monday about noon or a little
after, and while Mrs. John Peters was
busy in boilng grapes, she happened to
set a pan containing hot grapes 011 tho
lloor, and ns her attention was called
to something else, her little hoy baby
got Into them somehow and was so bad
ly flcalded that death resulted in about
two hours thereafter. Mr. and Mrs.
Peters have tho sympathy of the whole
coininuuity in this their hour of soriow.
Judging Ironi appearances the Fair
fax Chief must bo printed on a cheese
piuss. Journal. Better that than for
the editor to have a eheoo head
Chief. Certainly. But when a man
like the editor of thu Chief has a cheese
press and a cheeso head, he is a subject
of commueration. You have our sym
pathy, neighbor.- Bock Port Journal.
The Chief must remember there is
More-head on the Journal than 011 any
other paper in the northwest.
The man who runs a newspnper is
always In a h it box. Only the other
day a curioiis-looking specimen of the
genus homo approached us and fhuI it
would bn a blessing if there were no pa
purs in the county. Wo agreed with
him and a-ked linn how many ho read.
He said, as he bristled up like a pork 11
piuu with tlio colic, that ho didn't read
any because he was t-o busy "funding
to thu mllkin lor ihu old woman." There
it goes, you see! Another Intelligent
subscriber lost.
The Mieiety for tho prevention of
cruelty to uiiiiunls might find a fruitful
field for the exercise of their benevo
lence 111 tlio freight ears in which tramps
USintllv rllli III nrilur In ..viwl.. tlw. mi
, of l(J bl,(Ulllu
..om. ,.., , km, ,.,,,..
, tho train lies at stations thus almost suf
; foeating, during- hot weather. A prop.
or regain mr wieir eoniiori wouiu seem
to require better ventilated lumber ears
for their trauxport'ilion. Let thu afore
said society take notice of this.
No good citizen can bo without his
own county paper. Without it, l.o Is
j comparatively both blind and dumb,
j Blind to what is going on In his neigh
j horhood for the benefit of Ids race, and
I dumb beeausu he, not knowing, can't
tell It. Hu places himself 111 tho posi
tion of those who have eyes ami see
not, and oars, hut hear not. It would
ho uu act of charity to all such, and a
benefit to the community as well, if
some noll-wlshor to his race would do
nate thu u an annual sulueription.
King City Clirouio'e.
Washing hnrno's with warm watur
and soap soon injures thu leather. All
varnl-hrs, uud blacking containing vat-
nish art injurious. When a harness
becomes rusty give it a coat of gia'n
black. Before applying thl, wash the
grain side of the leather with polasli j
water, cold, until the grease Is removed. 1
After thu leather Is quito dty apply the '
grain black, and then oil and tallow.
This fastens thu col u and makes thu
harness lloxiblc and soft. Gi allied har
ness can bo eloancd by a cloth inoUteu
cd with kerodno, but should be imiiio-
, dinloly waslud uud olei afterward.
-Miss Edtm Lukens, wo are glnd to
note, Is Itnpiovlng,
-Mr. John Willuid, of thlsfity, Ii
lying very ill iiAj lfnn.s'as.
Scrviees"Nftflio Uwlon fehml house
next Sunday injirtvjjig and cvytdng by
O.C.Hill.
The com eiup of this county-baroly
escaped dostrhet ion. by frost fhkQtn
day morning. "v
Adrian Plnketon "Ms talking of rac
ing a Uialo Miirjsville, Kansas, In two
or thVee'sjRjeks.
The winter term ol the Woods
school will begin next Monday, with
C'i iilha Wright as teacher.
Miss Julia Mas.i'j, a charming
young lady Jof Fayitteville, Atkausas,
is visiting toalives near Oregon,
Miss Beltte Burgiss, of Forest City,
is visiting friends in Mai vsville, Kansas.
She will be absent two or three weokrt.
W. H. Hcrshbeigcr, one ot St.
Joseph's popular clerks was uinoug his
many friends in Oregon, tin) past week.
I Mrs. W. T. Eddy uud Mrs. L. A.
1 Perkins, made entries of several ianey
articles at the Maitland fair, tills week.
T. F. McKane, editor of "Tl.o
Standard," Galva, Ills., is in our coun
ty, viMting Ids brother-in-law, Win.
Kissiek.
Mrs. Warren B. Davis and daugh
ter are in Snbatlia, Kun.n, the guests
of Mrs. Davis' daughter, .Mrs. Harry
Farraglier.
C. W. Thomas has rnadu important
improvements to his olllee, to facilitate
his rapidly increasing bns'ness. His
"study" Jpresentsoiir idea ol lawyer's
sanctum.
Tlio Holt Cotinly Horticultural
Society is rep ice 11 ted at the Omaha
lair by Me.si.rs. N. F. Mini ay and J. N.
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Neal Hobl Ize
,, .
Mr. and Mrs. ltohinson and Mrs.
White returned from their visit to the
northern lakws !ast;Fnday. They re
mained a few days in our eity, tlio
guests of Mr. Hubert Montgomery.
Charlie Ajitbrnso, rejneseuling the
haidware tirru ofSchultz Hosca, St.
Joseph, was in Oregon last week and
gavo us a pleasant call. Charlie Is a
live, wide-awake boy and wo predict
stiiToiri for him "011 the road."
The Ditcher & Ourti- thresher was
entirely destroyed by fire last Thins
day night, while standing in thu Christ
Fuhrinau stack yard. Mr. Fuhtmnn
lost about 100 bushels of wheat and all
the straw that had been threshed. It is
thought to he the work of incendiaries.
-Mr. Ira Peter has just made thu
purchase of a new fire proof safe of tho
latest slyle at a c.iiisideiable of an out
lay. He can now keep with safety tho
notes of his various customers, and
inoro especially tho court house war
rants. His old tafe is now offered for
sale.
All soldiers expecting to attend the
re union at Maryvil.o with Christian
Muyer Post, aie 1 cquested to send in
their names at once, us muster roll
niu.t be sent I'm ward by September 1,
in order to ol.tuio rales and have quar
ters set apart for us. Send jour iiaiuu
to 1). P. Dobyws, Oregon, Missouri.
Rations will lie furnished to all who at
tend. Send in your names with rank,
company kihI regiment.
Mr. II E. Denny, who is now mu
lling a tin usher, Iuforuu us that he has
threshed thus far in thu season, 'J,'.M6
bushels wheat, 8,10:2 bushels oats, 1,'JG'J
bushels lye and 28 bushels timothy seed
That average yield has been ; spnug lf
bushels, full '.'J bushels, rye 'JO bushels.,
and oats about 10 bushels, Tho giaiu
is all of excellent quality, and farmers
are well satisfied with the yield. This
is certainly a line showing, and is an ev
idence that our soil will produce wheat
If properly eared lor.
The Maitland fair ma do a splendid
stint Monday, showing more lifu and
animation than 0110 usually sees ua
commencement days of stocks, tigi cul
tural and mechanical shows; yel il is
but few of the county fairs of thu statu
approxenia'e' in magnitude and ' im
portance Maillaiid's annual gathering,
liencu it is no matter of wonder that thu
opening day started with so much lifo
and vim. Floral hall especially was a
I seenci) of preparation and stir, exhibi
j tors asking space, receiving attention
as fast a.- possible from Seeratary Wul
I ler. Tho display in this department is
1 'mid hultur Hum last year, .especially
j iruils and vegetab es. Tim stock en
I tries are ncarlj ihmbiu that of lut year,
.while the atti nilaneo is uiiieli larrer.
Excursion t rallies Ironi St. Joseph will
run Thuisday and Friday. Arilving at
Maitland at 10.110 a. m. and leaving
Maitland at 6 v, it.
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