Carpenter's Kansas Lyre from Rossville, Kansas • 1

500 LB. CAN AND 8 KANSAS A THEREBY TALE RON. KANSAS CONTAINS SQUASH 1SQUA BOND LIARS AND PARENTS UPRAISE BE LIES MUNCHAUSE S. CARPENTER, Editor. ROSSVILLE, SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, DEC.

18, 1885. VOL. 21 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. During the Holidays we will have in stock a superior line of gents', youths' and boys ready made fine dress suits, working suits and school suits, together with a large line of overcoats. We invite the people of the community to see us on clothing as we feel satisfied we have the stock, and at prices to suit you.

In Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, RY GOODS AND DRESS GOODS, you will find our stock full and of excellent material, embracing all the novelties of the season that are new and stylish. We 11 overything at a uniform low price, making a baitof nothing. We also keep a select line of Groceries, fresh and new. FRISHMAN COHN. Notice.

Some how or other the impression has got out that we are selling goods at cost, and in order to undeceive the people, will say that the prices at which we are selling are such that we are making a good fair profit. Don't be deceived in any such manner, but come and see us and save by at least twenty-five per cent. by doing so. KERR ALLEN. LOCAL NOTICES.

Queensware and glassware at Swith de Gilbert's. Christmas cards at Hartzell Tatman's. Smith Gilbert wilt meet any other grocer's prices on the same terms. We will not be undersold. More pretty, useful and ornamental goods suitable for presents at Hartzell Tatman's than any place in town.

Go to Miles Stanley for watches, clocks and jewelery. Tinware of all kinds at Binas Co's. Largest stock, cheapest prices and best goods at Smith Gilbert's. Fence posts at Smith Gilbert's. T.

C. Overhuls keeps the best Shawnee flour. Wheat taken in exchange. Go to D. W.

Yocum's for 7 lbs of Dillsworth coffee for $1, and Christmas candy. Flour $2.00 a hundred for cash. Lime, hair and cemens at Smith Gilbert's. A full orchestra with all the late and popular music at Hartzell Tatman's. Canned fruit.

dried fruit, fish, cheese, crackers, at Smith Gilbert's. Old papers for sale at this office. Furniture and coffins at Smith Gilbert's. Christmas and New Years cards at Hartzell Tatman'8. A splendid line of clocks just in, cheap, and of the best brands at Hartzell Tatman's.

For flour and feed of all kinds call on T. C. Overhuls. Builders hardware at Binns Co's. Get your watch repaired.

at Miles Stanley's. A practical jeweler of eighteen years experience will guarantee you satisfaction. Binna Co. are receiving a fine lot of cook and heating stoves which they sell way down. Dry goods at cost at Frishman Cohn's for the next 20 days in order to clese out stock.

Fine lamps at Smith Gilbert's. Hartzell Tatian's is to price to buy holiday goods. Christmas cards at Hartzell Tatman's. Nails are advancing in price and hard to get at any price, but we have a full assortment and sell on very reasonable margins. BINNS Co.

Mr. Champion, a jeweler of eighteen years experience, can be found at Miles Stanley's store for a few days. Now is the time to buy your furniture while it is selling at cost at Smith Gil bert's. Go to G. Vavarre to buy your watches, clocks and silverware.

Repairing done: All work warranted. Remember the place, Hartzell Tatman's drug store. Oranges, lemons, dates, figs and candy at Smith Gilbert. There is nothing nicer for a Christmas present than an elevant piece of jewelry. Go to Miles Stanley and make a selection without delay.

Beautiful banded ware dishes at Smith Gilbert's at 15 to 25 per cent. less than they are selling in neighboring towns. Elegant watches, silver casters, pickle stands and other silver ware and jewelry at Hartzell Tatman's. Itch, Prairie Mange and Scratches of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Warranted by Hartzell Tatman, Druggists, Rossville.

and autograph albums, gift books, mustache cups, dolls and many other things to numerous to mention. All cheaper than ever before at Hartzell Tatman's. Cost, Cost. Furniture at cost for spot cash at Smith Gilbert's for the next thirty days. U.

P. Time Table. 201 Passenger, west (don't stop) 1 15 202 east 2 45 203 west 2 07 A 204 east 2 07 A 205 west 8 18 206 east 6 10 A 213 Way Freight west 4 10 214 cast 9 15 A 201 and 202 are daily, all others daily except Sunday. So cued In DR' sell Mail go Mail goright The Mails. ail ail going going west closes.

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m. CHURCH DIRECTORY. veningPARSHYTERIAN CHURCH. Divine serBAPTices every other Seuday at 11 a. m.

and very Sp. Prayer meeting every Wednesday Prening. Rev. T. C.

Luce, pastor. BAPTIST other CHURCH. Divine services 7 ry Prayer meeting Monday evening. Sunday at 11 a. m.

and p. all are invited. -W. C. Archer, pastor.

E. unday, ory CHRISTIAN alternate CHURCH. Sabbath. -Services held evRev. A.

C. Reed, pastor. each alternate Regulunday in Baptist church. All are invitRev. J.

W. Clock pastor befor ter. C. W. Regular meetings of Hesperian Lodge No.

A. Saturday night on Regulor before full moon and two weeks thereafter. R. BINNS, W. M.

each C. W. HIGGINBOTHAM, Sec. R. B.

Regular meeting of Col. Fulton Post, No. 827 G. A. first and third Fridays of each month.

DANIEL JONES, Commander. R. B. EVANS, Adj't. Reade -Ex a0 adv APROPOS.

(11 not Readers, patronize those business men per is our who advertise in the LYRE. A man who brning will not advertise his business in his local re upo; paper is not a safe man to deal with. We ople get our back up over the dash board this morning and spring this prize bit of advice upon a great republic and a free people without extra charge. SOMETHING FRESH. Masquerade at the rink Christmas eve.

Mr. Peter Roney, of Quitman, is in the city, the guest of bis brother-in law, H. B. Emerson. See Mileham in his unapproachable Irish song and dance sketch at the coming minstrel performance.

The mammoth advertisement of Frishman Cohn will be noticed in this issue. Read their Christmas heraldings and profit thereby. Mileham's minstrel party at Frishman's new building next Friday and Saturday evenings. The best black face performance even given in the city. Admission 15 cents.

The editor of the LYRE is indebted to Prof. J. N. Goolman, of North Topeka, for copies of sheet music of his own composition entitled "Kansas Zephyrs" and Waltz." Brass band at the rink Thursday eve, December 24. Grand masquerade.

Come and have a good time. Silver cup to lady with handsomest costume, to be voted by the crowd. A. C. SHERMAN.

Agent Boots has received two large street lamps which are soon to be erected near the depot building. If our merchants would club together and erect several of these lamps on Main street it would be a commendable work. Mr. W. A.

Pierce, of Maple Hill, has shipped 400 head of Texas cattle to his ranch pear that place and is trying the experiment of feeding them upon corn. At last accounts about 50 of the number had learned to eat this cereal. The Rossville Cornet band will play at the rink Christmas eve. Mileham's minstrel party at the Frishman building Christmas night and Saturday following. See programme in another columa.

See Mileham and Carpenter in their double song and dance, Hope I Don't at the minstrel performance Friday and Saturday evenings, Dec. 25 and 26th. Mr. Philip Bailley, left last Monday for North Topeka, where he has secured a position in an elevator. Mr.

Bailley is one of our exemplary young men and we shall expect to see him back occasionally. Dr. J. M. Kemper, of Maple Hill, will open another drug store in Rossville about the first of January next.

Mr. Kemper is a "formerly of Rossville" man. of good business qualifications, and we hope to see him succeed in this new enterprise. The following 18 the list of officers elected for the ensaing year for Col. Fulton Post No.

327, G. A. at Rossvillle: Post Commander, S. B. Maxwell; S.

B. Swearinger; J. E. S. Doud; of Day, Henry York; I.

Larrance; A. Montgomery: Officer of Guard, Geo. Stovall. Prof. J.

N. Goolman, of North Topeka, was a visitor at the LYRE office while in the city last Eriday. The Prof. will organize a class in vocal music in Rossyille shortly after the holidays. He is one of the best vocal instructors in the county and our people should give his enterprise their endorsement.

The coming minstrel programme will be produced by home talent alone and the performance will be 8 meritorious one. Patronize the boys in their efforts to give you a good home entertainment and show them that yon appreciate local talent. See programme in another column. The price of admission has been reduced to 15 cents. Friday and Saturday evenings, Dec.

25 and 26. Marshall's Military band of North Topeka, will give a concert in the opera house at St. Marys on the evening of December 26th. The entertainment will undoubtedly be second to none ever given in the city. The band now has 27 playing members and is the finest musical organization in the state.

They have just received a fine set of imported instruments, the best that could be procured. We would like to see a good delegation from Rossyille attend this concert and the band promises to make it lively going up and returning. Prohibition in St. Marys. On Tuesday of this week Sheriff Crowl made a descent upon our city with eight warrants and succeeded in capturing six of those indicted.

The descent seems to have been somewhat unexpected and attests to the vigilance of our county offcials. Our ever vigilant sheriff, Mr. Crowl returned to Westmoreland on the 1:85 p. m. train with his men, all of whom were fortunate enough to secure immediate ba' and returded to St.

Marys the game A gentleman from St. Marys informs us that while this delegation of druggists, in custody of the sheriff, were boarding the train for Westmoreland, a half a doz en kegs of beer were unloaded from the train addressed to one of the delegation. DIED. At 5:45 p. m.

Friday, Dec. 11, Mrs. Mary Emerson, of dropsy, aged 76 years, 7 months and 23 days. Fundurburg, was born in Hardin County, Tennessee, and was married nt the axe of 19 at Nashville. She became a' resident of Kansas in 1876.

Twelve children have been born to her, of which 9 are now living. Mrs. Emerson has been an active member of the M. E. church for over 54 years and died an exemplary Christian.

Funeral services were held in the M. E. church at this place at 3 o'clock last Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Webb, after which the remains were followed to their last resting place and the last sad rites were said in the presence of endearing friends and heartbroken relatiyes. A Challenge for Ananias Carpenter.

Rossville, Dec. 8, 1885. Be it known that I have learned by the best of authority that there is an individual in our town who boasts of his ability in sticking type and of his! sporting propensities. I will wrestle this typo, Graeco-Roman or catch as catch can for five dollars, and if that don't meet his approval I will box him four rounds, Marquis of Queensbury, rules for the same amount round. Now if this blatherskite means biz, he, may know his proceedings as my name is here aflixed.

Respecttully, W. S. WILLITS P. S. Time and place to be named by defendant.

W. S. W. -North Topeka Mail. For the sake of the outside of a bologna sausage that wrote the above and signed Mr.

Willit's name to it we will state that we accept the above challenge, but, as we are laboring under a superstitious dread of muscular activity, we will name "pie" as the weapon, the Maxwell house as the place, and any day about noon as the time. Each contestant in the combat de scrap to be ably econded by some gentleman with a goo tooth for pie. We will slug him four rounds, Marquis of Gooseberry rules, each pie entered in the contest to be properly registered, with date of conception, and name of the author blown in the bottle. The Mail has been imposed upon, Willits imposed upon, or us, we don't know which. In yiew of the fact that Willits regards us as his solid baby and that we both soak our heads in the same tank and our overcoats at the same place the Mail will understand that nothing but harmless tranquility exists between the parties referred too.

Good Wishes for Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins. Topeka week the Mail by accident failed to mention the wedding of Mr. E.

C. Hoskins, of Milbrook, Kansas, and Mrs. T. M. Atterberry, of Rossville.

As Mrs. Atterberry has long been a good friend to the Mail and has an immense circle of friends in Shawnee county we much regret the omission, but better late than never. The wedding took place in North Topeka, Tuesday, December 1st, and the two were made one by Rev. C. Holman.

Mr. Hoskins is a gentleman of means and Mrs. Atterberry is also the owner of valuable property, and is one of the most amiable and esteemable ladies of Rossville. Mr. and Mrs.

Hoskins called at the Mail office Friday morning to bid good -bye. They go to their western home this week. We expect to publish a letter from Mrs. Hoskins soon, describing life in that new country. "A little fun now and then is relished by the best of men." Come to the rink Xmas eve.

A. C. SHERMAN. The fair at the Presbyterian church has been the reining attraction this week. The proceeds have been quite encourag- ink.

An old gentleman by the name of Taylor claims to have been robbed of nine or ten dollars at the Maxwell house last night. Taylor came from Topeka Thursday night and was rather under the in fluence of liquor. This morning his mon ey is gone and the lock on his bedroom door broken. Words of Wisdom. This is the when the man who has been running a big store bill through the year with his home merchant, scrapes together all the cash he can, and takes a trip to the nearest larger town than his own to spend it.

His reasons for doing so are numerous and plausible; things are cheaper there; he can find a better variety; they don't bring on any fine goods in the small towns; they are offering great bargains abroad; and so on, etc. These may all seem good and sufficient reasons to the purchaser and he may come home quite elated with the fine things and and great bargains he has secured with the ten, twenty or fifty dollars he bas parted with. The merchants who have his money feel elated also: they know him for a stranger who will not ask for credit and has brought his money to enrich their town instead of his own, they know that by lowering the price of some staple articles they can dazzle him with the rare bargains he is getting and then make up their profits on the fancy goods sure to be purchased. -Jamestown Kansan. Cabinet photographs $2.50 per dozen at Downing's gallery, Topeka.

Proofs given and satisfaction warranted. Spec ial attention given to children's pictures. Binns will fit any etc. made your stove of sending them. have stove linings which stove.

Backs. grates, ends, in Topeka. You cam fit up in good shape at half the cost for repairs. Call and see For Rent. The building formerly occupied 18 an office by the late O.

Le Roy Sedgwick, is for rent at reasonable terms. Please enquire at residence. Burglary It is an unusual occurrance in Rossville, thanks be to providence, and in the absence of any news of this kinds to chronicle, Frishman Cohn wish us to say that all persons knowing themselyes indebted to that firm will confer a favor by coming in and settling up. We have a tine lot of guns on hand that we are determined to close out at cost, Any one in need of a gun and everybody that hasn't got one ought to have, to shoot white thieves, colored thieves or any other kind of thieves. Horse thieves, chicken thieves, and all other kind of thieyes ought to have the stuffing shot right out of them and we have got the guns to do it with at prices that will make your head swim.

HARTZRLL TATMAN. D. W. YOCUM, -DEALER INStaple and Fancy GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ETC. Carries a complete line and is ready to meet any Aud all honest competition.

ROSSVILLE, KANSAS. H. M. BINNS, Contractor and Builder ROSSVILLE, KANSAS. Plans and specifications furnisned on application.

Close Estimates on all Work Warranted. He guarantees satisfaction and first class work: Merry ar. tee sh son mins 'he de LYRE have 1 1 be he Mi ble so rude," lay 0.0 26th. r. J.

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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DEC. 25 and 26, At the New Frishman Building. Read the splendid programme. A perfectly chaste and refined entertainment: PROGRAMME. PART FIRST.

MILEHAN, GEO DEGRATE CARPENTER, JAMIESON Conversationalist. FRISHMAN Leader of Orchestra DEGRAPE Accompanists. WILLITS, 2nd Violin, CLYDE MITCHNER, Banjo, Drum. En MADAMS, Cornet; FRANK RINKS, Trombone: KIRKPATRICK, Base Overture, "A La Scampinina" COMPANY "Babies Opening in Chorus, Our MILEHAM "A La "There is Hope in the Sweet Bye and Bye" WILLITS Take me to the Cotton Fields" (by request). MILE HAME "The Little Fish and Fly" J.S CARPENTER Grand Finale, "Catching the Butter AND CARPINTEN PART SECOND.

Double Song and Dance, "I Hope I Don't AND CARPENTER 8-'AN UNHAPPY PAIR." MITCHNER Rocks. MADAMS DEGRAFF. ETHEOPIAN SKETCH-' 'The Musical Darkey." Grouty. CARPENTER Pomp. with Incidentally introducing song and dance and the famous "Laura Lee," guitar accompaniment.

BURLESQUE- The Studio." Felix Gumbo, (from the country) BINNS Mr. Collodian, JAMIESON Adolphus, a boy of all fuss. DEGRAFF The whole to conclude with Mileham's Irish song and dence, "The Spooner." Admission 15 Cents I To all parts of the house. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Curtain rises at 8 sharp.

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