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nT CADCCT PITV J- FORD has f exeat variety of Special Bargains, and will give you Astonishingly Low Erices. Go ni runtoi uii i stnnlr ftfSnrincr Goods. Plows. Harrows. Stalk Cutters. Tonsme andToneueless Gul- tivators, frown's Corn Planters,Moline nnd John Deere Corn Drills,the best Idster in us8,Saddles,Harness,Dry Goods,Grocenes3oots & Shoe's VOLUME XXI. OREGON, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1386. NUMBER 47. A Great Cyclone HAS STRUCK Oregon, Missouri, And has caused great destruction in high prices of Dry Goods. Below is a few of the many : Half Wool Dress Goods 12 l-2c, worth 20c. . . .. Hid! Wool Fan.-y Dres Goods, J5o, worth Sic. Fancy -Mohair D:css Good?,20c worth 30c. SB Inh Half Wool Cashmeres, .Vc worth 40c:. Summer Silks, 37 l-2c worth 50c Fancy Plaid. A"c wrih 35c. Good Chuck Ginghams. 6 1 4c worth 8 1 3c. Best Check Ginghanisr; 8 1 3c worth 12 l-2c. Fanty Lawns, 4 l-2c worth C 1 4c. Dross Plaid Ginghams, 10c woith 12 l-2c. Draw Plaid Ginghams, 12 1 2c worth ISc. Best Fancy L'lints, 5c worth 7 l-2c. Cotton Brocade Dress Goods, 5i worth 8 l-3c. Cheviots, 8 l-3c worth 10;:. Cheviots. 10c worth 12c. Cheviots, 12 l-2c worth l.lc. Tahle Linens. 5fc wortli G-ric. Table Linens, 45c worth COo. Table Linens. 3.rc wortli 50c Linen Crash, 8 1-Sc worth 10c. Linen Crash, 10c worth 12 l-2c. Linen Clash, 12 J -2c worth 15c. Linen Towels, 12 l-2c worth 15c. Linen Towels, 15c worth 20c. Linen Towels, 2ie worth 80c. Ladies' Linen Collars, 5c worth 10c. Hand kerchiefs, 5c, worth 10c. Col sets, S1X0 worth $1 25. Ladies' Shoes. $1.50 worth 2.00. Ladies' Shoes. $2.0,0 worth 2 50 Mfns' Plow SIioe, $1.25 worth 4.50 Fine Die Shirts, $1.00 worth 1.25. And -all other goods just as cheap. You will always find prices the same and a little below competition. Call and see us and get prices before making pur chases. Ever ready to show goods. Can show the most complete line of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods ever before shown in the county. To be convinced, come and see. Yours Very Respectfully, JOSEPH FITTS, Northeast Corner Square. OREGON, MISSOURI. NEW SPRING 6000$ ! MUST ARRIVED ATffl ANDERSON & CUMMINS. DRESS GOODS. HATS AND CAPS. . CLOTHING. &0. 6RICULTUBAL IMPLEMENTS Davenport, "Weir, Canton, Clipper and Walton Plows, anyjand all at head of list. Thfe Only Place In Town s ' WHERE YOU CAN BUY HSLFS-B Fexfection Flow Ms d ks 1886. 1886. SPRING OPENING. -OF- Dry Goods, Groceries CLOTHING-, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Queensware, Etc. .And lu fact anythiii2 that you may want. UV stand back lor noboyd. We have the stock; we have the price. Your chxnccs of being suited aie better where you fiud thj largct,sto -k thi relore when youk jraut goods do not make a selection until you have inspected oar slock, which in magnitude is amply adopted to tiic wauls t the trade. Our prices throughout our entire stock, always have been, and always shall be the lowest. Cull and be convinced. 0REN & NEW POINT, MO. SAEGER The Skninel office is prepared to turn out at short notice all kinds of job printing, such as . Cards, Tickets, Postern, Receipts, Envelopes, Bill Herds, Statement., Note heads. Programmes, . Letter Heads Vi.iting Cards, Wedding Cards And everything in the line of printed matter, at fair pricas and in good style. Satisfaction guaranteed. Eyerybody wotk for the success of the fair. Daily papers of eyery description at the Potoilice. Fif'y-two marriage licenses have thus far been granted this year. Henry Ashbrouk, of Mound City, f..:irtod for W'joruiiig last Monday. For Kansas City, St Joe and Oma ha daily papers, ca.l at the I'u-t-Jlllce. Mirs Flora Luckhardt has been spending the week with Mound City friends Elder Watdrip, of Mnitlatul, lms goue to Kansas to lake ch-irge of a paper. Mrs. W." B. Chtisty has been visit ing anions her many friends .in Oregon this week, lioufe and small orchard near town for sale or cash rent. Enquire of V. It Hoffmann. -Don't f rgutthat W. K Hoffmann has money to loan on upland farms at tow rates of interest Mrs. Hawkins, of the Woman's Temperance Union is delivering a se ries of lectures in Mound City this week. If you want a choice lot of potatoes fir planting or eating, call and see Philip Keylock, oie-qnaiter of a mile east ol Oregon. George Jacobs has, received the contract for framing the Hol.iday Fam ily Hecord and will at once begin fill ing the contract. Wo regret to learn or the deith of Eli Meek, n former tesident of Mound City, which occurred in the state of Oregon, soiro two weeks ago. J. II. tilenu, i f Humboldt, Ne braska, once a representative in the leufthtture from this county, is visiting hi Mqund.City friends this week. E. P. Thomas and wife and Mrs. S Reynolds ot Corning, were at Hum bo'dt, Nebraska, attending the wed ding of Mr. Thomas daughter, Cora Mr. Carolina Wharton and her daughter, Mr. It. L. Ilutten, of Denver, Colorado, arc visiting at New Point, the gursU of the 1 .roily of Thomas S. Bragg. A new paper we understand, i to be Cftab'ished at MaRland in a few weks, and will be called the Holt County llera'd. A Mr. Carver, of Iowa, Is to be the pub1i.-h r. St. Louis, Mo., April 16, 1886 Pf.lier cables u from Oran, Algiers, Nmth Africa, the only government Meld trial this year, awards Wood's mower first prize gold medal. ' At Corning on Wednesday night 'ast, the residence occupied by Patrick C r ig, and owned by BrHce Earl, was destroyed by file The building is a total 1 ss while the contents were saved The patrons of the Corning school on Saturday la-t gave an Easter din ner to their teacher and scholars. It was a very pltnsant gathering and a deseived sompiimcnt to the teacher, Miss Maggie Workman. If you want, the price of your property greatly advanced, improve it. it. Little improvements in the way of neat fences, n clear coat of paint, a neat yard and shade trees go a long way towards advancing the price of city property, and it costs but a trille to do this Although farmers .sometimes have it bard time of it making ends inert and often have t deny themselves of the comforts of life they are the most inde pendent of all men, nnd as a rule live better and hive more sub.tanti tl com forts, both mentally and physically, than anv other cla-s in all the land. Mr. C. N. VanPclt, formerly edi tor of the Craig Meteor, has purvhnscd a hall Interest In tlio Holt County Press and n ill enter upon bis duties as editor of that paper next week. We weK'orae Mr. VanPelt to our city and especially to tho newspaper fraternity. He is a inont excellent gentleman and one with, whom wi:l be glad to associate, with socially or professionally neither of wbicn, society or the business interests of oar community will be injured by his coming among n Our latch st ring is oc .the outside Bro. Van., you are over welcome. Is -there no way by which this in cessant pilpering, that has been cairicd ou in our community, from lime to time,, can be stopped? On Tuesday night last, the stores of Ira Peter. A. J. ( a tic. and Anderson & Cummins, and the falcon wete a'l entered by thieves. A small aironnt of drawer change was taken from Ira Peter nnd Anderson & Cummin', and tho saloon; attempt were made to enter the giot-erv house of Hindu & Moure and the drug store of Hiude & Pldlhrick, but the thieves were unsuccessful. It is difliult to catch such pilferers, hut if our hu.-iness men will take the proper courc, we believe it can bo slopped attd the thieve brought to the bar of justice. Some of our citizens believe the mNchief is do .e by home talent, while others think, the rogues resides in other places in the county. Edgar Allen has become a granger having moved to his farm in Upper Holt this week. The new board of aldermen will hold their first business meeting next Tuesday evening. To morrow is May . 1st and oar young lads and lassies are busy pre paring their May baskets. Cnptaiu Lucas, the jolly miller of Forest City took several orders at Craig la t week, lor his very popular flour. We hope the members ot the Young Womans Temperance Union will pnsh their entertainment for the benefit of the oid cemetery. Mrs. P. M. Flinn returned from a short viit with her pnrents,ting called there by the illness of her mother. Good clover past'ire for cattle can he had now on farm of Philip Knstock, one-quarter mile east of town; plenty of good cold well water. Call at once. The Embroideries this Spring are Very Cheap, and Styles are unsurpassed for beauty. Give us a cill. IRi PETER, Oregon, Mo. Littlo onions, frc-di and green. In the market now are seen ; Folks who eat them yon can tell. By the way their breaths will smell. Robert Meyer and Geo. Mtntnn are home for a rct from Columbia, where they are students of the State Univei -sify. Mi-s L tura Johnson, for the past year astitant principal of our schools here, lus returned to her home near Maitland. "Uncle" Tommy Cottier and his pushing buys made a shipment of six. cars of cattle from Mound City one day last week. They were bil'cd for Chicago. Miss Eliza Ficy entertained a num ber of her friends at the homo of her parents near this city, on Thnrsdaycve ning lat. A very pleasant time is re ported. Recorder Stokes is building an opera hnu.c at Craig. We understand he contemplates mating it the most complete in its appointments of any in the coun'y. A piece of ennrt pla-ter on a pret ty girl's is very much out of place, but itdosn"t improve matters when her sweet heart goes home with one on the end nt his noje. The weather prophets are unani mous in advising the immediate build ing of cavos and cellars, as cyclones will be of frequent oecnrrence durmg the next two months. All members of Graham Camp, Son - of Veterans are cordially invited to meet with Meyer P-Ht, G. A. R., at their hal, on Satnrd-iy evening, of next week, Mav 8Ui, at 8 o'clock. L P. Graham will go to New Mex ieo in a few weeks.ln starch of health. We trust that his trip will be beneficial to him, and that ho will soon return anioug os greatlv improved in health. The member of Meyer Post are earnestly requested le the commander, to meet at their hall on Saturday ere ning May 8th at 7 :30 rM. No muster ing of recruiis will be had a the meet ing will be a un'on of the membtrs of the P.sl and the Sons of Veterans. Jacob Simmons nn old and higi ly respccied citizen of Forct City, died very suddenly on Wednesday ot last week. He had lived out tho alloitrd three score an ten years and passed to his grave in peace in the enjoyment of the respect aud esteem of all who knew hi in. Kahn & Co , the great clothh rs of th- Missouri Valley, are before the peop'e of Holt County this week, with an attractive advertisement in this issue of the Sektinel. The firm is one of the old and reliable ones of St. Jo seph, and parties dealing with thi house may feel avured of b -ing hones tly dealt with by the firm. Wanted: Pers"ns who abandoned homesteads in the west that wete tat en prior to June 15th. 1880, or anv ot their friends please nte rac, giving me the numbers or location, nnd Iwilwiite you Komeihing ot interest; or of any land claims. Henkv C. Smith. Falls Cny, Neb. Mr.Otto Krause, whom all our pen pie pleasantly remember, as the lead ernf the Jennie Holman Dramatic Com pany, gave us a call Wednesday. We regret to learn of the illness of his w.f . Mr. Crause will remain a week or two' among us, and may conclude to bring his family and spend the summer among us. We hope Mr. Kranse will miliae some of our home talent, and give us an entertainment Say something on the minstrel order. An exchange expresses his senti ments in the following: "You raayj not like to be dunned, but sr.proe you ; put yourself, for a few minutes, in the' publisher's place and consider yourself undei the weekly expense ot fifty dol lars the vear round. You cn then see that it i nt only fair, but necessary for the publisher of a paper to have J what is due him. No man shnu'd get t behind, and if in his carelessness he j does so, thould settle it up as boon us his attention is called to it. Roll in, candidates. Yon are wcl come to I'tir valuable space at the( usual price, S5 per announcement. Those who get left will receive eleven ( dollars' worth of our sympathy. We j know that sympathy dues not count, like voles but it beats nothing clear 1 ! out of sight. And if there ever U a, lime when a man yearns for sympathy j it i- when he dUcojers that -Mhe other fellow" hanked the fat tloiichnut hej has stmguled so hard for. lie tries hard just anout that tune to love his neighbor (his opponent) as he doe I hiiuselt, but to save his life he can't j get his own tonsent to hire a brass i band and go aiound and remade the, j victor. Kiglil here is wtiere llie gco 1 1 ' simantan newspaper wi!l come in with j !ittsll woith ot svniDatbv per capita. 1 Of course the candidate who does not announce guts no sympathy nor olhee either. WE MAE PKIii ES TELL. READ AND BE CONVINCED THAT THE ARCADE CLOTHING HOUSE Will sell you Clothing 20 PER CENT. Cheaper than any other House in the Wes tern Country,' Read the following prices : Men's A 1 Working Suits. $5.00 Men's Union Cassimere Suits, : : : 6.00 Men's Fancy Union Cas simere Suits, : : 7.50 Men's Fancy All Wool Cassimere Suits, : 10.00 Men's Fine Scotch Cassi mere Suits, : : Men's All Wool-Worsted Suits, : : : Men's Extra All Wool Cassimere Suits, -: Men's Imported Cassi- 12.50 12.00 15.00 20.00 Boys' Union Cassimere Suits, : ' : : Boys' All Wool Cassi mere Tuits, : : Boys' Fine Cassimere andWorstsd Suits, Childrens' Suits from $2 to : ; : : 5.00 6.50 9.00 8.00 mere Suits, Boys' Good School Suits, 4 Orj We have the Largest and best? Lighted Room in the City. When in the St. Joe and desiring anything in the Clothiug Line, remember the popular Arcade Clothing House, Northwest Corner of FiftU and Felix Streets, St. Joseph, 3Io. N. B. A Ball and Bat given with every suit pur chased of us. Beu. Kard's baby, of Sl.arps.Grove, is quite sick'. - Edward Hopkinsof Sharp's Grove, has a very sick child.. There was an Easter party at Wm. Adamson'a in Sharp's Grove, Satuiday night. E. W. Browning, of Sharp's Grove, U having his house repainted insid and. outside. .luilgo James Duncan, ot Oregon, spent one day hut week with is sou near New Point. Aug. Arm ick and wife spant Sun day with their sou, ll-sury iiiir the Min eral Springs. Sfimuil lioppcrt, of West Point. Ne braska visiting tho family ot Aug. Ar maefc at Xew Point. Miss Lena Meyer wh'i, Inn bVen visi'ing at Oregon,return -d t i her hone a' New Point last week. Miss I.'uey Peter, one of Oregon's charming bolls Is rusticating' at New t Point, the guest of Miss Daisy Cowan. Mrs. Dave Gelvin, of Maitland, who has been visiting hur pHrnnts Mr. An drew llershner, ot New Point, returned home lat Saturday. llev. C. V. Miller will preach at the M. E. church next Sabbath iiiorn irg and evening and at (Jnlp School Huiie in the ntternuoa (. Mis Belle Thomas a charming y-ung lady, of Wellington, Missouri, who lias been attending our Normal, returned heme Monday. dtp'. Eddy has an inteiritiiu lol ly r in this i-suf of the Sentinel. Mr. Hopper also has an interesting com muuication.which will appear next week Miss Ella O'Fallon will leave for Tarkio this week to take a po-ition in the millinery establis'irannt of Mis. Brms. Miss O'Fallon is a No. 1 mil liner. Mrs. A. T. Blimtner enteitained a parly of Indies onu day last week, in the fkapv of "tag lacking " A good time was had and lots of ras had to suffer to be stuck uith the needle. Ed Messenger has a tine lot of pas ture land on h:s farm five miles north of New Point. His charges for pastur age nre: Irirses, seventy cents; year lings, fifty cents; old cattle, sixty cents. The "Missionary Flash" of the Eyai'gelicnl church at Xichols Glove will take place, next Sunday, Mav 2nd. Services in the morning and evening, conducted by the pastor. I,. Wenger. All kindly invited to attend. Theie wa- a meeting of the committee of arrangements of the 23d regiment Missouri volunteers, at James port, this stale, on the 21t inst., and arranged details for the regimental re union at Bethany in May. At the joint (ale of Short Horns held at Maryvillc la-rt werk. .1. G. ow an & Sou of this futility made lollo'v ing s.iles: Cleveland, bought by J T Daniel-, ot Maryville. .9100; Mariner bought by E. N. Pearce, Shetland. ah, Iowa, 8125; Red Lord, bought by Pow ell Bros., Mnryville, SI3U; Thaddeiis, bought by L G. Hitchcock, Salem, Nebraska, $130; Horace, bought by Lewis Dyer, Graham, $9.j; IV London Duke, boH2ht by II. A. Forcade, Gra ham, $G5; V Loudon Duke boulii by W. S. Swinford. Maryville, 8115. To tat, $760 The total number of ani mals sold WH-. sixty on- and the aggro, gate amount o? sale was $5,880; the average price per head bring 90 40 'Tis a strung! world we live in; Some nre Mirrowful and will not be comfortrd while others are exceeding glad aud rejoice wonderfully. On Monday of lat-t uc-i-fc tv.o of Smoky row's (Furet City) citizens much hon ored by some, tuuk a Midden departure f r a new field to ply their avocation Some aie sorrowful, not fo uu h lor the loss ot cosipany, but for the mis placed coiifidrnce, aud the harromng evidence of it on tl.e wiong side of the ledger. Others rejoice because their leaving will add much to the murals of the neighborhood from which they lift. We wou d like to-ask the juetiou, is it light for the citizens ot a community lo permit such cattle to settle down in their midst, with their pollut ing and contaiujnafinj; influence thrown out through the community like the stink of skunk. Jonas Watson row rides in one of those elegant two-seated surreys pur chase 1 of D M. Martin. Oscar Bloomer, of New Point, has taken hi? departure to Illinois lo learn the blackFrnithm? trade. Miss L ike Watson, alter a pleasant visit of several months, will return to her home in Richmond, Indiana. Mrs. Lena Christy, of Watson, Missouri, is visiting in Oregon, the guest of her mother, Mrs. Beltie Bun ker. Itch and ser.ifches of every kind cured in thirty minntei by Woolford's January Lotion Use no other. This never fails. Sold by llinde &Pnil- brck. Mrs. Tillio Buckley and her i-tcr- csting two-year o 1 son, of Omaha, Nebraska, who have been the guests ot Mrs. India Pi tee for several days, re turned home last Wednesday. Bill Painter, New Point's ventrilo quist, has taken his departure anu is now iilavintl marbles on tho eastern banks of tho great Nodaway beneath the snade of a water elm tree. George Acton, of New Point, de clares that their town has the pre'tiest girls in the county and he is bound for a "mah." No doubt Geo. th'n' s of going into'the mtl.inery business-Succe-s to joii George. Charlie Hulhnger and OikleyM.-i non passed through Oregon last Satur day enronte for New Point wuh two big loads of machinery for Orcn & Seag-e-. These gentleman jw doing an tm luetic amount of uutiu.ss. A very interesting lawsuit was had before Esiiuiie Wilkinson on last Sat urday, in which sonic of the best legal talent of our county was engaged T. C. Dungan, J W. Stokes, E VanBus kirk aud It. I. Ilea. Esiiuiro'Hoff mann was in attendance as a witness. Daiy, the eight-vear-old daughter of Peiry Mardmaii, residing near New Point, met with a icry paiuful accident last Thursday. She was riding a mule to the barn where it became frightened and threw her and broke her right arm Just bel w the elbow. Dr J. K. Kearney was ca.led aud set the fractured member. The Snvinsr Styles of Ginghams are to be had at Ira Peter's in a Larger Va riety than ever before off ered to tho PEOPLE. William lllley, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, n vi-iting in Oregon. V. L. Graham, of New Point, wai taking in the sights ol St. Joseph, la.t week W. J. Saegcr and E. S. McDonald, of Now P mt, arc courting to OregoD, this week. Mrs. Mi'ow, of White Cloud. Kan sas, is visiting relatives In the Sch.ief fer district. Thomas and Charles Shaylor. of Wyandotte, Kansas, are vit-iting their brother in the SchacfTcr district. Doc. Kygcr was at New Point over Sunday. No doubt Doc was viewing, some of New Point's fair maidens. Vrs. Ira Peter i in Kansas City this week, called there by t'4e serious i!lnes3 of her sifter, a Mrs. Thomas. R. B. Kenney, of that Kterling firm, Kciicoy & Ilobiitzcll, Koslmd.de, An -dtcw county, is attending court here. The Sclmeffer Sunday school is in a flouri-hir.g condition. The time of its meeting h-is been change j fr-,m 2 o'clock p. 31. to 10 a. si. Tho reidencc of Frank Ile.-ker, living a mile south ot the old State Fer ry in Forbe? township, was, entirely de stroyed by fire on Friday night, 16th ins'aut. They lost everything, cloth ing, proviMOi-s, and the family barely escaped with their lives. No insurance. Miss May Curry has-returned home fiom St. "Joseph, where she has been perfecting herself in the art of trim ming in the wholesale niillimrv cstib-li-hiucnt of EngleharJ, Winning & Co. She has accepted a position in the mil linery store of Mrs. Mary Sterrett, of this city. Personal Points. Seek No Farther ! Found at Last ! The Fin est Line of Boots and Shoe? for both Ladies and Gen tlemen. Prices the Lowest. Call and see them. IRA. PETER, Oregon, Mo. s'harles Drake Brodbeck, formerly of this placr, but who leccntly disposed ot his intcret in the drug business a Odell. Nebraska, has purchased a newt stock and wi 1 open up a drug store a1 Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory. May success be yours in your new home. Charey. for you are deser ving and enterprising' wc all know The exhibition at the school bouse last Friday aftern'ion, was an aff.iir of which the teachers in charge may well fell proud of. Our limite I space will not nermit a detailed account of the proceeding-. It is snllicient to say that the tajmp:ctc manner in which they were conducted tends to bhov that the teachers have not been nil during the (chool year just closed. It is true that an exhibition such, as this does not and cannot disp'ay all that the students shouht be taught, but many good and much u -eded qualities are brought into Quite a number of.tlie little folks were invi'ed to Mr. Wm. Adamson's, ot SharpV Grove.on Saturday a ttcrnoon to ee'ebratc their daughter Pearl's sixth birlhda). Ice cream, lemonade nnd cake were served in atMHd.in-e and the litllo lolks had a gala afternoqn. Little Pearl was the recipient ot seyeral nice prc.seuis. A very pleasant, but quiet wed. ling occurred at the residence of C. Hoblit zell. near this city on Wednesday even iii' la-t. Mr. J. E. Hiewmakur and Miss Biiinie Masey, both of Maitland, , action and a-i these were we:l done, we were united in marriage by P.ev C. W. rote the whole affair a complete sne Millcr. The newly married couple look j cess. The .ifiemoon exercises were p c their departure on Tuesday for Drusy, sided over by the able assistant Miss Oregon, where they will make their Johnson Mrs. Kf.ucher, Mis.es Luk future home. ens Kelley. Lehtuer and Fry wcieem- The following h the report of the plojcd in the preparation room. The New Point school for the month ending last mentioned ollieiited at the organ April 23, 1886: Number of pupils en- i nlso. At night tl e l.terary society of rolled, 42; areraae number of pupils ! the Normal gave an excellent enter attending eaih day, 32 1 3; average ( fKinmeiit which was presided over by number of days attendwd by eaeh pupil, Peter Meter The proceedings were a l 15 l-2;number of days tanglt, 20; th.se I ' good character except U part of . ' , . , , ,.,' ,,, '.Protestor Specking s speech, who indul- that attended regularly during the linfortunalP and rather ..it;.. 1... . n ..... 1. 1.. . . . ... . . monm were: ume nu- umiiu, um i uncai el for a nisnns rcueciinsf uoon Oren, Ora Graham, Myrtli Oren, Daisy Gorge.ElIa Marion, Carrie Marion.Lnlu Morning Papers ! Kansas City morning i apcrs to be bjil at Postoflice two hours earlier than St. Joe papers. Don't fail to seo T. L. Price's $16.00 Cultivator, warranted. . Little Bee Tbrelkeld, of Bigcluw, is reported as quite sick. Mesdamcs Dr. Goslin and Thatcher were visiting in St. Joe. this" week. Joe. lloblitzell and wife, of Mait land, haye returned from California. W. H. -Richards was in Bradford, Iowa, this week on real estate business. Mrs. Kellogg, wife of, our repre- ' sentative is the guest of Mrs. C. Hob- htczll. Elder Hardmac will preach at the Union school bouse next Sunday jnorn ing at 11 o'clock. A lo.'id of Bigelow's young people attended the Reform club entertainment at Mound City lastweek. Dont ask Mr. Eggar why he didn't go to Forest City Satuiday, nolo s you Ate prepared lo fight a ditdl Rev. Roberts will preaeh In For est City next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Methodist church. Rabbi Gerlsman, whom many of -our readers will remember with pleas- ure, was visiting in our city this week. U any one has any need for tramps let them send to Bigelow. There afo from tcu to fifteen there nearly every day. Lee Cbnning went to Kansas City Sunday to make arrangements with the railroads for taking bis cattle out west. Mr. Newton Roberts nnd wife, of Maitland, nre the guests at the homo of Mrs. Robert's parents, Judge R. n. Ilnssel. Mrs. Martin, of California, a cous in ot Mrs. Tbrelkeld took advantage of the low rates and is visiting her friends m Bigelow. Master Ed. Rea made his appear ance in comt this week as a stenog rapher, and we congratulate him on his proficiency. There was a dance. at Chuning's Hall, Bigelow, last Friday evening. The crowd though -small, was select and they report a huge time. Dr. M. Lehnier and wife have re turned from a trip to the Pacific slope. The doctor looks ten years younger then he did before he lo't. General Goions and Grandstaff are the boss fisbermcu of Bigolow;' the string of fish they brought to that town Saturday night was very fine. Chris. Ktinkel, of Baellt' Weo!& Mills, St. Joe. is visiting .relatives in Oregon. A Mr. King of the same firm is also visiting his brother-in-law, Mr. France, f Forest City. Webb Kelley, who went to north west Nebraska a few months ago, to fight th- "Injuns" is like unto the Prod -;gal Son, he has returned, and the faticd calf will bo killed ere long- Mrs. Joseph, who for tho' past two months has been a great sufferer froin disease, passed away on Monday to the i est that' Ls beyond . Her relatives have the sympathy of the whole community. Jehu Foster is going into the cul ture of that delicious vegetable, called the mushroom, providing he can get the necessary plows and information tram Ira Peter, who understands the cultiva tion of them. JO'Pph Ilobiitzcll, wife and moth er, take their departure this week for their'new home, Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Hobltzell will take the road in the interest of a large agricultural imple ment firm. The Woman's Temperance Union of Forest City will give another one of the'r highly enjoyable literary enter tainments at their hall, this Friday eve ning, April 30. They should be grcct e 1 with a large audience. If the writer styling, himself "A Patron of the School" In last week's Press has audacity enough left to make himself knrwn, I will reply to his ar ticle; but I am not in the habit of firing my shots at random. B. J. Speckig. Next Saturday evening you can get that delicious ice cream at Mrs. D. K Bennett's. It needs no recommenda tion from us as;nll who nave ever par taken of it can testify. Parties having cream to sell . will do well to cull op Mrs. D. E. Bennett, as she desLB to purchase. MoneyToLoan ON Painter, Front Kntikte, Heibie Mc Donald. .ia. Kimkle, Guy Roberts and Harlan Roberts. T. O. Felix, Te-icher. IF YOU WANT A (CAR P E Tl) GO TO IRA PETER S He has a variety of Styles and Prices. Lace Cur tains in all the Late StylcH, citizens of the district, that cam ot help to some extent impairing his usefn! i ess here in the future. Ti-a Peter has just re ceived a Lariye Line of Gent's Fancy Shoes and Men's Clothing. Wiu ffunr antce the Prices to bejthe Lowest of the Low. LADIES' SHOES FOR OftLY AT IRA PETER'S, CAN'T BE BEATEN FOB $3.00 fyli&i lopl Fains ! ncaw mil ami gn term, and you will le eou vlncrit tbat llie rate mid trni are Die lowcs and most sattsCictuiv ?rt uttered. Address V. If. Korf uaxx, Urrmi , Jto MISNEY : LOAN OK Improved Farms At a Low rate ot Interest, liori'owerto have privilege lo paying off loan at aity time. Best terms yet oner ed, Jfo delay. Jlone.v on hand. Call on or ttddross J. FOSTER MARSH L Mound City, Mi $16.00 will buy the best Cultivator made of T. L, Price. Call aud see.