The Lebo Courier from Lebo, Kansas • Page 3

Mm CALIFORNIA COUNTY THELEBO OOUREER NEWS. 0(18 -AT TfcNTIQN! 0 -BY- ANOTHERGROOK. J. W. Parker, tha Swindling Money Lender, of Burlington.

Arrested at London, Ontario. OEfiElLjlEWS. Items of Interest Scribbled and Scissored, put into Shuse for Busy Pecplo to Head. M. BOWMAN.

Great Damage By Water -The Barley Sown Oranges Gathered- This Column of News is Hade up from our County Exchanges by the Industrious uso of a pair of Scissors. When you want anyihing in tit harness line you can do fto better than to call and see me. I need no introduction, as I have ber. in the harness business in city for number of years, and have the reputation of turning out some or the Less and most durable work of any shop in the ounty. I have now tn hand a full line of Kansas Ins 1,500 farmers' aliinaces.

The Atchison Chjmp.on is fcrninst The London daily Advertiser of January 31 gives the following account of the arrest of J. W. Parker, the swindling money lender, of Republican The wife cf a forgetful Burhng'cn man tied a string around his fiuger to remind him touke ho me what stie warned doivii town. He then forgot to look at the string and went home without the things just the same. Messina, Feb.

6. We, in Southern California, have had our share of iain within the last two months, and the water has done greit damage on the ranches and in main ditches, and many bridges and flames have suffered. The ditch I am on, from overflow and caving in of tunnels, will have about six or eight hundred dollars worth of work needed this spring. We are having to day what we call a "norther," the day is warm and clear, but the wind is blowing a gale, and on sandy or new plowed land, the Spring is almost here. Business rather good.

Days are growing londer. Thanks for the valentine. To day is Valentine's day. The coal trade still booms. Cora is 'way up 13 cents.

Subscribe for The Courier. Advertise your spring goods. The windy season has come. Buy a house and lot in Lebo. Sow your blue grass seed early.

Advertising is picking up fast. Straw hats will soon be in demand. Let us have a few more street-lamps. Read the change In T. J.

Thomas' The Woild's Fair bill lias ret yet been settled. The deck laborers at Dundee have won the strike. LIGHT AND HEAVY HARNESS Richard Courtwright was granted a i J. W. Parker, late of Burlington, Kansas, was arrested to-day by Detectives Phair and Ryder in this city on a charge of forgery.

Parker was in the real estate busiuess in Burlington, and is charged with forgisg the name of a farmer named Knight, ol new and in default of bail wus by Sheriff Scott taken to the Ottawa Tition bureau is The Iiiimu in session rt jail a few days ago. The sheriff also which 1 wiil put on te maiket tt mat wiit you, and my compeletors will wonder. I will hereafter keep a full line of everything that is called fur in a first lass shop, and a dollar wUh we will be the result of vour fntnre patron aze. I now have a full lire of B-ushss, Comb, Whios, Sec, which are g'Mirj at the lo vest pricts. Shop at old stand Repairing will be neatly and promptly executed, and at prices to suit the times.

Call and see me. The trial of the alleged Binders has took Frank Moors to the penitentiary the same day. He was sentenced to a term of three years'. been put off till May dust is in great clouds, but as we are LEBO IB. IE1.

ad. Burlington, to a ndte of $260. John P- Chess, deputy marshal, 01 Burling ton, started after him last Monday. He traced Parker and his wife to Chicago, Detroit and here, and got off the train just in time to catch hi in going on the train to Hamilton. Judge Davis, issued a warrant and Parker was lodged in the cells.

It is alleged that the prisoner had defrauded farmers in his town of upwards Wilson Neyhart did not get the new mill in operation this week ss they intended. In such matters there are nearly ttiwhys causes for delay that it i3 impossible to anticipate. Some wheat has already been placed in tlie bin, and work will, without doubt, cemmer.ee next week. so near the foothills on the north side of the valley, we do not get much of the dust. Most of the barley is sown and is coming up fine, and other spring plowing has commenced.

Oranges are mostly gathered, and are at their best now fresh from the tree. I was very glad to see a letter in The Courier from our old friend, Mr. Burnham, and hope if he comes our way he will call and see us. BY TRADING AT- it The financial effurs of Montana is in a very bad way. St.

Louis was shaken up by an earthquake Tuesday night. The dead-locks at Washburn and Des Moines are still on. Corn is felling at tei cents per bushel in Barber county. An overall factory is io be established at Arkansas City. The Omgi county pipers are rowing over the county printing.

Frank Pyle, of the Osawatomie Graphic, is stuck on his feet. G. A. Atwood hns sold the Man '5 ooo by collecting payment of pw nm We have winter by degrees in Kansas. Get your harness oil at the drug store.

48 Read the public sale notice of C. F. Hagler. Let us have a sidewalk to the Methodist church. Just received a full line of oils at tho drug store.

4S notes, which, on his leaving, were Uiuuul II 1U IlUfI UlMii seized, and the unlucky dupes had to The apprahment of the Wingrsn assets was filed in district court yesterday. The goods, lands and all are appraised at 513. 151 96, about 24,000 less than the amount of the liabilities announced at the time of trie essign ment. After the consultation with tha creditors the receivers will, if it is decided to do so, ask the court for an order of sale. pay them again.

Parker occupied a high position in Burlington and was M. URNS, 00, i.aiLS. a prominent member of the Methodist church there. His defalcations and frauds arc to have been of every to CigU, fry If you wmt a Nj. the rua si ore.

45 La grippe has laid his hands on a great many of our neighbors and some of our family, but all well again. We heard the famous Miss Flora Batson sing. Her voice is grand, and of rare power. With kind regards to Lebo friends, we are respectfully yours, G. V.

Cad walla der. variety. When arrested he appeared very much afraid of being taken back, hattan Kepuolic to A. A. Stewart.

The Kiowa county farmern have Another coal pit is being opened at the north field. Let us hear from the farmers, and what they are doing. as the people there are threatening to lynch him. He is a man about 52 years of age. If is wife and child aie ROBERTS GO.

The BOSS Butchers KEEP a large stock of FRESH and SALT meat always on hand, HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR HIDES AND PELTS. GIVE THEM A CALL. aas Nonpareil. Of the twent-slx applicants at the teachers' examination Saturday, Jan. 26, sixteen were sue cessful, as foiloA'i: Second grade.

Nat. Biker, Luia Kelley, E. P. O'Lesry, Mary Leonard, Minnie S3ze, Liliian Love, Cressie Striegil Alda Kiger, L. M- Coy, Bettie Moss.

at the American House. As soon es Lebo is one of the best trading the extradition papers arrive he will F. B. A. points in the county.

be taktn beck, but it will be at least thirty days before they can get here. already commenced their spring work. A few more such reductions of corn raes and the farmers wiil be ruined. Bous bank examiners have been inspecting the national banks at To-peka. There is talk of starting an exchange store at Milton, Sumner county.

LBEO Personal Mentions. I Third grade, H. C. Dooliy, Ceiia Dodd, Birdie Anna Murphy, Raiph Cox and Mamie Hickox. During the past season F.

E. Pratt has shipped out 223 cars of corn, 40 All About our People What' mm 3 a Tlieyare Doing where they Go, etc. A careful study of the resolutions adopted by the state assembly of the F. M. B.

at Garnett, last week, will convince any fair minded person that the farmers know just what they are doing; that they know the riht and dare to do it. They have the audacity of courage to slap falsehood in the face with truth; and people who have believed, or pretended to LEADERS OF A two room house for rent. In quire of N.E. B.ikker. Lebo has a fourteen inch vein of coal, and good mining.

Coal miners make from 175 to $2.00 a day at this place. Attend ti Mush and Milk social next Wednesday evening. Call and see our new brands of cigars. T. W.

Howell. 48 Just received a fine supply of fine harness oil at the drug store. 48 Step in and look at a nice line ot new Embroideries at T. J. Thomas'.

We want a correspondent in every neighborhood. Write for particulars. A fine line of stationery and school I Mr. Albert Arnold is convalescent. Al.

Edwards went to Salina night. R. J. Soper left this morning for PRICE LOW cars of oats, 21 cars of flax seed, 16 of wheat, worth 46,000. In other words this amount of money has been left in our county among farmers, and they are that much better off, though the price of corn and wheat Ii3s been txtrcmely low.

Mr. Pjatt's elevator and shelter lias been kept pretty busy and at present he pays 14 to 15 cents for corn. The salt product in Kansas last year amounted to almost a million dollars. Nine-tenths of the farmers already belong either to the alliance or the M. B.

A. Fort Scott and Pittsburg, Kansas, are just now throwiug mud in each other's eyes. There is one thing raised on Kansas farms that is of no benefit the en you want a believe that the farmers are governed by revengful, selfish and mercenary motives in their organization and are Kansas City. Ed. Price, of Arvonia, was in our city Monday.

Mrs. Ciieney is dangerously ill with pneumonia. stove or any tiling in the line of supplies just received at the drugstore. forgetful of the great principles of justice and patriotism must unds-ceived. Standing upon the broad principles of patriotism and jrstice to all and special priv ileges to propose to use the great power of their organization to right some of the vicious and mischievous influences that are reducing a large portion of Tuesday forenoon Geo.

Ilu'son was arranged before Silas Fesrl, on charge of grand laroeny, the com plaint having sworn out by city marshal B. F. Cunningham. H. Rucker appeared fur the state and G.

E. Manchester for defendant Dr A. J. Eastman, S. B.

Briggs and his ic.n William, J. Anderson, Tcweph L3 We should like to hear from ail the farmers' lodges. Write them up. Hugh Jones went to Burlington 'ast Saturday. G.

W. Browu, of Scranton, is in the city to-day. W. W. Knight, of Lebo creek, was in town Monday.

J. L. Conners, of Burlingame, was The man who never swears but once call and see us, we mortgage. The chances seem to be that 75,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana wiil shortly go on a strike. A Missouri miller has christened a brand of fbur '-Nellie BIy." It is a popular brand.

a year is making up far lost time to- can save you money I Gibbon, E. Climcr and W. D. Meadows were examined bv the state. town yesterday.

ixv.eu uas rise received ins new It is useless to mention our line of ami fresh stock of Confectionery. Gu Jas. Sampson, of Emporia, was in see him. 45tf town Wednesday. ine Kingman county alliance fa the industrial classes in our country to actual poverty and want.

Prosperity to every industry, is what the farmers want and demand, ar.d those resolutions give the to the insinuation often made that F. M. B. A. is but a combine of men en Have your sale bills printed at llrs Tho3.

Evans, of Hartford, was in vers free coinage of silver, ar.d tells cfTue, where they will be inserted in our city yesterday. the examination lasting several hours After an examination of witnesses the justice discharged the defendant, there being a lack of sufficient evi denee to hold him. Married At Burlingtor, February 5, by Judge W. II. Bar, William W.

Baxter and Millie Still. 1 ic. Jennings, of Burlington, was PBYGOOS3 MQOgmSS as it is full and complete. All tin work will receive prompt A wreck at Oiathe last Saturday in our city Monday, ail trains oa this branch lor gaged in one industry, the purpose of Jo'inie Jones will attend the danc several hours. it Melveru to night.

their M. C. so. Build up factories snd revive the iheep industry, should be the watchword of Kansas. Sumner county has a school population of 1 1, coo, and the county is only nineteen vears old.

which is but greed and giin, and, therefore, should be placed in the Of All Santa Fa freights now run over attention. Hoofing and Spoutin Miss Cora Blair left Wednesday this brauch to Kansas City instead same categoiy with the dressed beef for her home, at Ottawa the main line. T'T f) and other combines. Mrs. Defram left Sunday for a visi 9 v-: Now is a good time to prepare A CO Standard.

The Standard was not issued last week. The editor had a terrible attack of the infljedzi, the infernalcst, allfiredesf, meanest body racking disease on top of the earth The compositor had it also; and so did the foreman and the pressman and even the devil didn't escape the ravages of the playful malady. Hence no paper. to her old home, near Hartford. jJLBLAl vour hot-beds and plant seeds foi early vegetables.

The Ccffjy county co-operative association has been organized with a capital stock of 50,000. G. S. VanEman, of California twp was in our sanctum Wednesday. On an average of twenty trains Ed.

Fuller and E. Purvince, ol every twenty-four hours pass over this branch of the Santa Fe. Emporia, were in town yesterday. 8 SOPEK, A jolly crowd from this place last Monday night boarded carryalls and took across the country through the mud to attend a "taffy-pull" given at Mr. Chas.

Welk's. Nothing was spared in making the occasion agrand one, and taffy and fljur were one among them, and sticks to them. Having good music in attendance a few of the lovers of dancing took the floor, while Mr. Thos. Wilscn and Johnie Andrew did the call act.

Both Master Blair Wilson returned from Captain Henry Booth has announ-ccd himself a candidate for congress from the Seventh Kansas district. Senator Ingalls" received through the mails a buckshot cartridge from Brinff in your sale bills. We will his long visit to Ottawa, last night. print them cheap and give you a no tice i the paper to boot. Esducs the Surplus The city council meet next Tuesday evening, and our citizens should wait on them enmasse and insist upon the city being provided with some kind iss Ella Smith, of Key West, is Ddealse The farmer? have shinned a rum- heriousIy 111 vvith inflamatory rheuma of protection against destruction within the past few weeks.

ittiss liertna maenstocK ana sis are good callers and riled the pers- ter, of Arvonia, were in town Wed by fire. There is a large amount of property in tins city, on which re HARDWARE AND GRAIft The Ness City Sugar company has pi ration to some ex'eat on victims, who never danced more earn nesday. sponsible insurance companies will contracted for 5,000 acres of sugar tstly in all thsir life. All enjoyed the not carry risks. There is prohabl) Mrs.

Mulconcery, of Neosho R3p cane and 1,000 acres of beets for this year. $300 more in the city treasury than "clogs" by Mr. Wilscn, who greatly ids, was trading with our merchants favored them. It is now an establish last Monday. W.

W. Propkr.of ed fact, that whenever this jolly crowd anticipate another "fly time" Mr. Field and Garden seeds I Wagons Buggies Guns. WAGOlWOODWARBr A FULL LINE OF Mr. T.

J. Randall, of Lebo Creek, shot and killed one of his work horse yesterday. He knew the gun was was looking after his interests in this Welk i could be no other than first city this week. choice, and they tender Charlis and V. W.

Davis and son. Noble, re Miss Louise many thanks for the kindness shown them cn this occasion. loaded. Some of the brightest and best corn ever loaded on wagons, is being haul ed into this city and sold for 13 cents turned last night from their visit to Anderson county. wiil be needed to defray the ordinary expenses of the city.

If the people are compelled to pay taxes to main tain a city government, they have a right to demand that such taxes be applied toward procuring those special advantages, public improvements and institutions, such as fire departments, side walks, that can best be obtained by and through the organization of a city government, in fast, those very advantages for the attainment of which town people or ganize city governments. Reduce the surplus! Following are the names of those Farm implements present: Mr. and Mrs. R. J.

Soper visited per bushel Thos. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson, It is now time to plant some kinds elirdav Johnie Andrew, Mrs. Andrew, Cora Blair. Gomer Jones, Miss Lizzie Smith, of Key West, of garden truck, and bunt up plows and mowing machines that were left in the fence corners last year.

The delightful weather of the first John P. Tones, Evan Jenkins, spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. M. Bowman, in Lebo. Harry Clawson, Cora Swindler, Bird Jones, Sallie Knowles, Mrs.

Sanford, Grace Cortner, Birdie Davis. Mrs. Nettie Sanford, of Lamar, Johnie Jones, of the week was very much like days John Singleto of June, and made one's mind turn Colorado, who has been visiting with Superior Cook stoves Rope, Glass, Putty and Machine oils Mixed and dry painT Manufacturers of Tin, Copper and Sheetiron Ware. HOOFING AND SPOUTING A Specialty. PRICES AS I.

IV A T.1E IF? T. Miss Bird Davis for the past three Doc Neiberger, weeks, left last night for her home. some anonymous Mississippi joker. It takes four pounds of sieer to buy-one pound of beef, and 1S0 pounds of wheat to purchase fifty pound of fljur. Coffey county will in the near future have one of the strongest alliances in the state.

Push the good work, boys. Miss Bisland, the other world's famous trotter, fiaished her trip around the world in seventy-six days. There is one thing certain if the Kansas farmer goes to the wall he is going to take the rest of the outfit with him. Next Saturday is Susan B. Anthony's 70th birthday and the ladies of Anthony propose to celebrate it in due form.

Kansas City Times: The government ought to help those who help themselves. The Times refers to the farmers, of course. A man by the name of George Francis Train now proposes to tower the sevcntytwo day record around the world. He says he can make it in sixty days. When you hear a man sneer at the honor and virtue of women, you maybe sure that he is not accustomed to walk in high places and that his boots are soiled with the mud of low life.

The coal miners in the Anthracite regions of Pencsylvenia are having a hard lime of it. On account of the mild winter the the coal companies have bean unable to dispose of their coal and consequently have been compelled -to shut down. Tha miners are said to be in a deplorable condition. Unles; some stray blizzard from the land of perpetual winter sweeps down upon us within a very short Scmsthmg' New. The ladies of ths M.

E. church will give a "Mush and Milk" social on the evening of February 19th. at the Larkins building. Tea, coffee and sandwitches will also be provided. Proceeds to be applied to Pastor's salary, and as Lebo is much behind with its part of the salary, the ladies will be very grateful for liberal patronage.

Come one and all, spend a pleasant evening and help ourcause. Committee. time now, the spring poet may soon begin to wigglo his pen without fear of having his tender sentiments blight V. Davis and son, Noble, left Tuesday on a visit to friends in Anderson county. And now the boarders are "scrapping" to see who's boss.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baumgardner, of Ottawa, came to Lebo this week to see Mrs. Baumgardner's father, Mr. G.

B. Traylor, who is dangerously ill. Mr. Traylor is one of the early set tiers of this countj, and has many friends who will regret to learn of his serious illness. ed by frost.

Gait and be convinced. And still there are not houses enough to supply the wants of the scores of people who come crowding nto our city. People approach us READ every day and ask us if we could tell them of a house to rent and we are to thoughts of ice cream, soda, pop and linen dusters. Poultry raising, if properly con ducted, is a most profitable branch of farming, and right now is the time to set" the hens in order to have the early spring chicken. Now is the lime to open up a business house of any kind in Lebo, Lots are cheap, plenty of everything, ccal seven and eight centg a bushel, and one of the best farming countries in the state.

Come, build you a home and become one of our citizens. I keep a full line of pure drugs and medicines, and always ready to accomodate a customer. Prescriptions carefully compounded. All calls answered promptly. T.

W. Howell. I am agent for the old reliable Phcenix Insurance Company of Hart-ford, Conn. The Phcexix is one of tha strongest aDd promptest to ad-just losses of any of the old-line com-panie in the United Mates. If you want your property insured, call and Mit me and get terms.

M. Bowmak, Insure in The Phcenix of Hartford, Conn. compelled to inform them that we do not know of an empty house in town and they turn away saying that that is the same story they have heard ever Let us all do what we can during the coming summer to build up our little city. We have some of the best farming country and the best coal mines in this vicinity of any town in the state, and ai there1 is no town of any importance within less than sixteen miles, it is a settled fact however, that Lebo is bound to make a thriving city. ince they came.

COAL! COAL! I have c.ooo bushels of coal now Do TJ want LUMBER? If so go to E. A. COLWELL, He is rceiving a large and well assorted stack, and is selling at Bed Rok prices. Just received a carload ofvcrv fine fence posts. For Sale.

A pair of mules, three'and one-half years' old, broke to work. 4S D. Griffin TWO CHOICE PIECES OF land, near Lebo, for sale at io per acre; easy term3. Enquire at this officfe. 44 stripped on reaay to toaa 011 wagons or cars.

If you want coal, call at the Red Flag Mines, or address 46 tf J. W. Kan. I have 5 good yoinsr work-horjes Cheap Meat! Beei by the-quartet at 4 and 5Cts at Robert Co. 9 "TTE will end yu the Counns.t an3 the I wka WeeklT Ciinitsl, the iT)r.