The Walnut Valley Times from El Dorado, Kansas • Page 4

WALNUT VALLEY TIMES MISS FLORA POOL, City Editor Wednesday Evening, Jane Mrs. J. L. Case returns to Florence in the morning. Covenant and business meeting at the 1st Baptist church tonight.

A new baby girl blesses the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wackerie. Three small painter's brushes await an owner at the TIMES office. Licensed to wed: Ullum, 20 and Bertha Ball, 19, of Plum Grove.

Ice cream and strawberry social at Chelsea tomorrow evening. Fred Carr leaves Monday for Perry, Oklahoma, to spend the aummer. Willis Myers will graduate from the Kansas University next Wednesday. A number of fuses were burned out of the phone system last night by ligbtning. The Baptist Ladies Aid Society meets with Mra.

M. H. Taylor tomorrow at 2:30. Mrs. Milton Gregg and little daughter, are guests of Mr.

and Mra. Harry Sexton. Judge G. P. Alkman addressed citizens of Latham on Decoration Day to their please ure.

Misses Hattie Smith and Jean Wilson are attending the Hutchinson Musical Jub1100. The Teacher's Reunion Was rained out last evening. It Will be held next Monday evening. Miss Florence Curtis of Huron, South Dakota, is a guest of her sister, Miss May Curtis, here. Seth Cook has started a peanut and fectionery stand south of the Windsor hotel on Main street.

Major H. W. Schumacher is determined to go to war willy-nilly. Governor Leedy strongly favors him. O.

V. Vernon of Emporia, a member of J. E. Vernon's Sons is spending a tew days with Hayward Morrison. Sheriff W.

G. Turner reports the hardest rain at Wichita yesterday that he ever saw. The streets were flooded. The Presbyterian ladies' strawberry 80- cial, announced for Thursday evening, has been postponed indefinitely. B.

F. Hull has resigned his position with J. A. Wiedemann and has gone to Perry, Oklahoma, to spend the summer. Learned or unlearned, shod, silken hose, Or with our torn feet bare, In earth's wine press of sutlering Alike we tread our share." Mrs.

John Ellis and Mrs. W. G. Pippig of Chelsea were city visitors today. They report a slight shower only, there yesterday.

Miss Florence Richardson and her guest, Mre. 8. P. Bunch were over from Leon today. Mrs.

Bunch returns to her home in Meade county tomorrow. The TIMES Potwin correspondent threatens to write 8 "cereal" story and those who fail to see the point are requested to take it when it is Leiter. See? Mra Julla Felter's awning was badly broken yesterday afternoon. A heavy limb from a tree was blown off and carried around the corner, striking the awning. A team of horses belonging to Captain Ruckle became mired in the mud back, of A.

J. Lesh's grain house today. One of them extricated itself, but the other had to be helped out. Mrs. Alvah Shelden and all the "kids" are attending the marriage of Mrs.

Blanche Lamb, niece of Mrs. Shelden, to Dr. D. Koberts at Arkansas City. The ceremony occurs this evening at 8 o'clock.

New officers in Rebekah Lodge: Mra May Mitchell, Miss Bertice Simmons, Mrs Clark, secretary; McAnally, treasurer; Mrs Alcinda Fisher, representative to the state assembly. The call for a citizen's meeting Friday evening for the welfare of our sick soldiers at Chickamauga is made at 7:80 in order that there will be no interference with Mrs. Black's commencement exercises. The b'hoys of the 21st Kansas at Chicamaugs Park refer to their chaplain as "Holy Joe." It is all done out of the exuberance of their feelings, they do not tend to be impertinent or really disrespectful. A tremendous rain fell here tor 80 minutes about 6:30 last evening.

More than an inch of water fell to that time. As James Whitcomb Riley observed angels must have tipped all the water buckets over at once." Mra. Zillah Malone will close her dressmaking parlors and leave next week to join her husband in Kansas City. She has disposed of her household goods. Mrs.

Malone is a lady who will be missed by very many friends here. At the Butler county Co-oporative Convention of the Christian church, held at Benton, Rev. J. L. McCune was elected president for the unexpired term of Elder P.

H. Guy who has moved from the county. The next meeting will be held at Latham in August. Rust has made its appearance on Butler county wheat but the crop is 80 near maturity that unless there is excessive rain the grain will not be affected. The acreage and condition in both state and county 18 at the maximum.

The promise is very great. Rev. George Tomkine, D. C. 8..

of New York City, a member of the Official Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church of Christian Science, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, will deliver a lecture upon the "Practical Excellence of Christian Science" at Ellet's Opera House June 13, I A call is made for a meeting of the citizens of El Dorado in the council room day evening, June 8rd, at 7:80. There are sick among our soldier boys of Co. H. at Chickamauga, and tuads are to be raised to provide delicacies for them not provided by the government. Officers will be elected and committees appointed.

Let the ladies as well as men T. EVANS, Mayor. Officers elected last evening in Fellows Lodge: Artie PeMey, Schumacher, Fountain, secretary; Allebach, treasurer; Bugbee, Grand Lodge representative; Smith, alternate, A Call. County Superintendent Holcomb regrets that the Teachers reunion rained out last evening but now it 18 to be made better than ever before. It will be held at Ellet's Opera House where there 18 abundant room, light, a stage and all conveniences.

The Teachers Reunion will be held in Ellet's Opera House Monday evening, June 6th. Additional numbers have been placed on the program which makes it exceedingly interesting. The publicis invited to attend and meet the Butler county teachers. Admission free. Mr.

and Mra. Joseph Thompson will leave Friday night for Highland, Kansas, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Thompson's uncle, Johnson, who died very suddenly yesterday. Mr. Johnson visited here frequently and will be remembered by many, He graduated from Harvard in 1846, in the same class with Senator Hoar of Massachusotte.

Be it remembered that the excellent tamIly newepsper and great moral agent has a special "wire," receiving all the latest news and more of it than any other daily in Butler connty. And then it gives all the local news, not little dinky items made up out of vacant minds, but the actual pointed facts. To teachers attending the Institute the Daily TIMES will be sent for 15 cents during the season. R. B.

Williams was at Coffeyville recently and saw Pert Florea and Will McGinnis. Bert has built an elegant new residence in new part of the city. His parents and sister, Miss Emile, occupy his new home with him. Will McGinnis still enjoys a good position in the carpet department of the leading store and when he takes down a roll to display to a walks off and leaves -A negro picks it up and replaces it. Ab, there, William! A.

B. Wheeler, 21 and Grace F. Proctor, 18 of El Dorado, have been licensed to wed. Voming and Geing. Out of town: Pottle in Wichita.

Mr and Mrs Maxwell, guests of Mr and Mra George Maxwell to McPaul, Iowa. Mra Hazlett to Wichita. Mre Fellows and children to FairfAX, Mo. Returned home. Mra Almeda Blankenship and grandson, John De Rosalia.

Visitors here: Mra Sarah Wright of Loon with Mra Kiser. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10e or 250. If C.

C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. To Celebrate. To Celebrate.

El Dorado will celebrate Independence Day. There is a wave of patriotic enthus1asm all over the county. Let us all Join hands and have a rouser. Meet tomorrow evening at the council rooms, city building and organize. There is not a business man in El Dorado but has money in celebration of the Fourth here.

Turn out at 8 o'clock sure. Attention Knights! Election of officers of Imo Lodge this evening. All turn out. G. N.

YOUNKMAN, J. P. GENELER, K. of R. and 8.

C. The Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church will give a social at the home of Miss Myrtle Makepeace 5 blocks south of the Presbyterian church, Thursday evening, June 2nd, with ice cream and cake, 15 cents. Program: Duet, guitar and mandolin, Claude McDowell and Chester Shelden; solo, Mrs. S. K.

Black; reading, Corab Mooney; Male quartet, Messrs. McDowell, Bowle, Taylor and McCully; solo, WIll Hunt; whistling solo, Fred Taylor; reading, Bruce Ridenour; solo, Lew Bowie. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured With local applications, cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh 18 blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direetly on the blood and mucous surfaces. tarrh Cure 18 not a quack medicine.

It WAS prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a ragular prescription. It is composed of the beat tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what proSend for such testimonials, wonderful free. results in curing. Catarrh.

duces F. J. CHEENEY Toledo, o. Sold by all druggi4ts, price 750.4 Hall's Family Pills are the beat. Awarded Highest Honors -World's Fair, PRICES BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE.

A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. Institute. A GRADE, Additional teachers registered: El Dorado- Mabel McCarty, Anna Kistler. Grade.

El Dorado -Ila White, Helen Gibson, Mayme Hughes, Josephine Wiedemann, Alice Oldham. Leon -Myrtle Kistier, Lillian Evertson. Rose Hill-Carrie McLaughlin. Burns -May Gourley. -Rose Amlong.

0 GRADE. Benton--Floyd Hawthorn, Pearl Whitecotton, Mollie Marlatt, Pearl Mathere. Augusta -Pearl Meredith, Minnie Settergreen. El Dorado--Carrie Maher. Beaumont- te Butts.

June -Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler in extreme east portion tonight. Henry Bennett, who has made his home with his sister, Mrs. M. J.

Pool for gome time has returned to Pittsburg, Pennsylv ania, his former home. McClellan Whitemore was killed at Fort Scott last evening during the storm. He was a switchman in the Mo. Pac. yards.

A box car was blown off the track and caused a small wreck. No further particulars are known. He was yard master bere about three years ago. He leaves a wife and three children. He was member of the Masonic Lodge here.

Institate Notes. Rev. W. W. Curtis led the opening exercires at the Institute this morning by Bible reading and prayer.

Prot. E. C. Marshall suggested that perhaps none of the teachers present had ever experienced a time in which it was appropriate to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" just after prayer. But with one accord their voices rang out with its patriotic notes.

Artie Pemey mentioned the manly principal of our officers and men at Chickamauga in preferring to do without aid for their sick rather than use the proceeds from the sale of liquor as was told in Mrs. Armstrong' late letter. An extract was read by Superintendent Holcomb from one of Robert Vaught's let tera in which the teachers at Chickamsuga sent greetings to those assembled at the Institute. That moment they realized fully how many of those who were among them here last year, were far away on the scemes of the famed old their eyes filled with tears that were prompted by friendship. A summer class in shorthand and writing will commence Monday, June 6th.

Those desiring to enter call at the college from 1 to 4:30 p. -BERTICK SIMMONS. 025-9 A Mothers Meeting will be held at the home of Mra. T. H.

Lemon Saturday, June 4th, at 1:80 p.m. All mothers are cordially MR8. E. M. TYLER.

Beauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartie clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving impurities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascareta, beauty for ten cents.

All druggista, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, Christian Science Services held at their ball in Wingert Block, Sunday a.m. at 11 o'clock. Friday p. m. at 3:00, reading room open every day from 1:30 to 4:80.

All are cordially invited. During the summer of 1891, Mr. Chas. P. Johnson, a well known attorney of Louisville, a very severe attack of summer complaint.

Quite a number of different remedies were tried, but failed to aford any relief. A friend who knew what was needed procured him a bottle of Chamberlain's Cholio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which quickly cured him and he thinks, saved his life. He says that there has not been a day since that time that he has not had this remedy in his household Ele speaks of it in the highest praise and takes much pleasure in recommending it whenever an opportunity is offered. For sale by C. H.

Sellg, druggist. AMERICA'S GREATEST medicine Hood's Sarsaparilla, which accomplishes wondertul cures of blood diseases and when all other medicines fail to do any good whatever. HOOD'S PILL'S are the best family C8- thartic and liver tonic. Gentle, rellable, sure. 25e, Indigestion, constipation and livor ditorders yield to Prickly Ash Bitters.

It strengthens the whole system and purities the blood. Sold by C. E. Selig. Give the Obilaren a Drink.

Called Grain-0. It is a delicious, appetizing, nourishing food drink to taka the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have used it becatise when properly prepared it tastes like the finest codee but is free from all its Injurious properties. Grain-0 aide digestion and strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builder, and children, 88 well 88 adults, can drink it with great benefit.

Costs about as much as cottee 15 and 250. Why is it that one man is old and decrep id at 45, and another bale and hearty at It depends on the care be takes of himself. Often a man's body gets out of repair -the trouble grows until it lays him out in bed. Whenever a man feels that he is not as well as he ought to be, whenever he is listless, without energy and without vitality, ever he finds that he is losing weight and that his ordinary work gives him undue ft tigue, he needs Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.

If he keeps on working with his liver inactive and his blood impure -be keeps his nerves and his body under constant nervous strain. He will not be hearty when he is old. The "Golden Medteal Discovery" cures many so-called di808808 because nearly all illness springs from the same thing--bad digestion and consequent impure blood. The "Discovery" makes the appetite good, the digestion strong, assimilation easy, and the blood rich and pure. Commencement.

Interstate Class Commencement at Ellet's Opera House Friday eve, June 3rd. PROGRAM. Invocation-Rev. Chas. C.

Woods. Salutatory, Piano Solo, Grand Concert Polka. (Bartlett). Laura L. Thompson.

Piano Solo, Haipe Eolienne Reverie, (Krueger) R. Josephine Wiedemann. Ladies Trio, Serenade, (Trotere), Misses Hunt, Wiley and Creighton. Piano Solo, Third Meditation, op 17; L. Black.

Soprano Solo, Cavatina, "Lieti Signor," Clara Wiley. Piano Solo, Les Deux Anges op Edna L. Frazier. Piano Solo, Reminiscences Styriennes, Carhlene Cooper Solo and Quartet, Breaking the Day in Two, (F. DeGrasseBlack), Mrs.

Black, Misses Hunt, Wiley and Creighton. Piano Solo, Fantasia from Trovatore, L. Benninghoff. Lyre Quartet, Selected Messrs. Snyder, Harvey, Holcomb and Lawrance.

Valedictory--Piano Solo, Polka de la Reine, Tolle. Presentation of diplomas by Prof, E. H. Scott, president of Western Conservatory of Music, Kansas City, Missouri. Reserved seats on sale at Herbert's, 15 cents; general admission, 10 cents.

Public Library" will from 2 be to 6 open p. m. on Saturdays and a reading.room on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. Stenography and Typewriting. I am prepared to give lessons in short hand and typewriting.

Class now forming. Rooms over the State Bank of El Dorado. 022-7 VADNA COSTEN. War has caused an increase on the price of flour, but the Delmonico sells 20 loaves for 81, and that is cheaper than any one can bake it with flour at $8.20 a hundred. 021-26 No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 500, 81. All druggists In our advertising columns will be found an announcement of Ex-Senator Jobn J. Ingalls' forthcoming book, entitled War For Humanity." Canvassing agents will find in it a book of remarkable interest, and certainly of extraordinary salability. The history of the war is told in picture and story, and in a way that always characterizes the briiliant pen of Senator Ingalls.

In narrating the incidents of this war he finds grand scope for his superb descriptive and analytical powers. The theme is of the author, and su. thor is worthy of the theme. It 18 published by N. D.

Thompson Publishing of St. Louts, Mo. It will be a monumental work that will not only be everywhere read, but it will be a monument to his gentus that will out live in history his brilliant senatorial career. The subscription book trade and canvassing agents are; fortunate in the fact that an author of such rare abilIty has been enlisted in its interest. Stagnant breath, poor appetite, bad digestion are due to a disordered liver.

Correct this at once if you would avoid a sick spell. Prickly Ash Bitters, the system cleanser, is what you need. It purifies the blood, cleanses the bowels and puts the stomach, liver and kidneys in perfect condition. Sold by C. H.

Sellg. Out Rates. The Mo, Pac. 1 18 selling tickets to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma at very low rates If you are thinking of going west it will pay you to see the local agent for rates.E. B.

MOBBERLY. tt Painting, tO. When you are ready for your spring painting graining, white-washing and paper-hanging get estimates from the old reliable. WHITEHEAD. CASTORIA For Infants and Children.

The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of My accounts are in the hands of Curtis L. Harris for collection. Those knowing them. selves to be indebted to me will please settie with C. ARMSTRONG M.

D. Aug6 AGENTS WANTED FOR "WAR WITH SPAIN," including battles on 808 and land. Contains all about armies, vies, torts and warships of both nations and graphic story of the great victory of the gallant everything about Sampson, Schley, Fitzhugh Lee and leading commanders, by Hon. James Rankin Young, the intrepid leader for Cuba libre in the halls of Congress. The greatest war book pubished, 600 large pages; 100 superb 1llu8trations' many in rich colors.

Has large colored maps. Biggest book, highest commisstone, lowest price; Only $1.75. Each subscriber receives a grand $1.00 premium tree. Demand enormous; harvest for agents; 30 days credit; freight paid; outfit free. Write to-day.

Address, The National Book cern, Dept. 15, 856 Dearborn St. Chicago. to 081 Once Tried, Always Used, 10 we sell one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, we seldom fail to sell the same person more, when it is again needed. Indeed, it has become the family medicine of this town, for coughs and colds, and We recommend it because of its established merits- Jos.

E. Harned, Prop. Oakland Pharmacy, Oakland, Md. Sold by C. H.

Belig, Wool Soap! Is all right. The National W. O. T.U. have attempted to pay off the debt on the Woman's Temple, Chicago.

The degt is only. $200,000, And is to be paid wool ly by the sale of WOOL really excellent article, manufactur by Swift We have WOOL SOAP at 5 and 8 cents a bar It is good, and is sold a for worthy purpose. W. W. Pattison Sons.

AGENTS WANTED In Every County to Supply the Great Popular Demand for America's War For Humanity Told in Picture and Story. Compiled and written by SENATOR JOHN J. INGALLS, Of Kansas. The most brilliantly written, most profusely and artistically Illustrated, and most Intensly popular book on the subject of the war with Spain. Nearly 200 Superb Illustrations From Photographs Taken specially for the great work.

Agents are making $50 to $100 a week selling it. A veritable bonanza for live and canvassers. at Apply for description, terms territory once to N. D. THOMPSON PUBLISHING CO.

St. Louls, or New York City. Don't Tobacco Spit and smoke Your Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-ToBac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or 81.

Cure guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Chicago or New York Tin Work and Repairing. I am still at the old stand on North Main ready to do any tin work or repair work in tin or on light machinery. Roofing and spouting are my specialties.

dtt J. DAVIS. White Leghons eggs for batching. My hens are laying more eggs than I know what to do with. Come G.

SHELDEN, near Mo. Pec. depot. Chamberlain's Pain Balm has no household liniment. It is the best remedy known for rheumatism, lame back, neuralgia; while for sprains, bruises, scalde and sore throat, it is invaluable.

Wertz Pike, merchants, Fernandina, write: "Everyone who buys a bottle of Chamber. lain, a Remidies, comes back and says it is the best medicine he has ever used." 25 and 50 cents per bottle at C. H. Sellg's drug store. If your stomach la disordered, bowels irregular, and you don't sleep well, you need Prickley Ash Bitters.

It is very effective in removing this condition. Sold by C. H. Sellg. Real Estate Loans.

Five and ten years time, annual interest. Lowest sales in Butler county. Farms and city property for sale or rent. Prompt, pleasant, business are my watch words. Come and see -L.

L. KISER, over Farmers and Merchants Bank. to June 18th Horticultural Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Butler County Horticultural Society at Whitewater Falls, Saturday, June 4th. Every body come.

Good program, good time. W. H. LITSON, R. J.

RATTE, Secretary. President Educate Your Bowels With Cascareta. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C.

C. C. fail, druggists refund money. Splendid Naval Eugagement, Desperate battle fought without the loss of a man-on our side. Consequently all are going to take a trip via the MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.

The following is a list of excursion rates renounced so tarmore to follow: HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, Kansas Mustcal Jubilee May 31 to June 3rd. Tickets on sale May 30 to June 3, limit for return June 13. One fare for round trip. Beginning June 1st, we will sell round trip tickets to Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver, at the rate of $23.50 good 90 days from date of sale. Omaha, Nebraska, Trans-Mississippi Turnfest June 30 to July 3rd.

One fare plus $2 for round trip. Tickets sold June 29; limit for returd July 8. Denver, annual meeting American Medical association, June 7th to 12th; one fare plus $2 for the round trip; limit July 6. Salt Lake City, Utah, International Mining Congress, July 6 to one fare plus $2 round trip. Date of sale July 3rd; transit limit 5 days in each direction; final limit for return July 23rd.

Omaha, Nebraska, National Republican League July 15 to 17; one fare plus 62 for round trip; limit for return July 22. Denver, Col, biennial meeting General Federation of Women's Clubs, June 20th to 29th; one fare plus $2 for the round trip, Limit July 17th. Portland, Oregon, tenth triennial National Council of Congregational churches. July 7th to 12tb: $60.50 for the round trip; tickets on sale July 1st and 2nd. Limit 30 daye.

San Francisco: Cal, North American Turners' Union convention, July 5th; 50 for the round trip; tickets on sale June 28th and Also cheap rates to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and other northwestern points. Consult the Missouri Pacific agent before making a trip, as he will make it to your advantage to do so. For information, maps, etc, call on HOME SEEKERS excursions to points In Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas and Louisiana, one fare plus $2 for round trip. Limit 21 days from date of sale. Stopover privileges allowed.

Dates of sale June 7 and 21st. DALLAS, TEXAS, Meeting of the Imper. 1al Council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine June 14 and 15. Tickets on sale June 12 and 13. Limit for days from date of sale.

One fare for round trip. OTTAWA, Ottawa Chautauqua sembly, June 30th to 24; one fare for the I round trip. A SLUGGISH BRAIN Is caused by Imperfect Digestion and Disorder in the Liver and Bowels. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS IS A BOON TO BRAIN WORKERS. It purifies the bowels, strengthens and regulates the liver, aids digestion, promotes vigor of body, cheerfulness and mental activity.

80LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE. C. H. Sellg, Special Agen.