The Jacksonian from Cimarron, Kansas • 1

Paper. County THE D. FRANCISCO, Editor and Publisher. CIMARRON, See Ansel's new Spring Goods. County Paper.

Alfalfa hay for sale by D. Francisco. Cane seed, $1.50 a bushel. See F. M.

Luther. Ladies' Ready-made Wrappers and Skirts at Ansel's. County warrants taken in trade by C. M. Weeks at 80 cents.

Mrs. Nathan English favored this office with a fine rose boquet Friday. Grandma Gregory, Mrs. G. W.

Shields' mother, is reported in poor health. Milk shakes, pop, lemonade and soda right off the ice. Call on Thos. Morris. This weather is pretty tough on the alfalfa growers, whose crops are ready for the cutting.

W. J. Francisco and his son, Finis, have been sick for a couple of weeks, but both are convalescing. Harry Brice was elected 88 grand master at arms, at the late session of the Pythian grand lodge. Ellis Garten went as a delegate to the Republican couvention at Wichita, in place of Drew Evans, who is sick.

Francisco Bros. Co. want to buy wheat to grind for feed. Anyone having wheat to dispose of drop them a line at Ingalls. Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.

gave the best presentation of Uncle Tom ever given in this city. -Harrisonville, Republican. Commenced raining Tuesday morning and kept almost steadily at it until last night, and as a result the ground is thoroughly soaked. The Memorial services at the M. E.

church last Sunday were well attended, and an able sermon was delivered by Rev. D. Kingery, of Garden City. Fernie, Canada, the home of Mrs. Hale Brewer, formerly Miss Ella Naylor, of this city, was the scene of a coal mine explosion last Thursday, in which 150 miners lost their lives.

If you have a good farm, or ranch that you really want to sell, list it with C. M. Dillman. He will advertise your property, will charge a very moderate commission if he sells, and nothing if he does not sell. Born, to Mr.

and Mrs. J. F. Josserand, of west Gray, Sunday, May 25, a girl. This is the first girl in the family, though seven boys have come to grace the home, and it is said John is only hitting the high places as he gets around that section.

R. J. Pribble and Ellis Garten left Monday evening as delegates to the Republican state convention that convened in Wichita yesterday. They were greatly relieved when Charlie Dillman informed them on his return from the Democratic state convention, that there was still plenty of liquid refreshments left in Wichita, notwithstanding the Democratic convention had been held there. Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin Show Tuesday evening, entertained our citizens and surrounding community.

The street parade in the afternoon, the music from the band, and the entire exhibition from beginning to end were good. They were greeted with a good audience, and their return here in the future would be gladly welcomed by the public. It is 8 pleasure to do business with such a company. -Visitor, Alexis, Ill. The Bon Ton short-order rant is the latest business enterprise in Cimarron.

Fred Culp and Charlie Naylor are the proprietors, and the opening will take place tomorrow. They are fitting up in elegant shape. In addition to meals at all hours, they will keep an assortment of canned goods, confectioneries, cigars, tobacco, etc. They have installed a huge refrigerator and will keep fresh meats. The boys will keep a firstclass house, and are located in the Luther building adjoining the Weeks brick on the north.

JACKSONIAN. GRAY COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1902. VOL. XVII. No.

Answers to "Queries." I am not competing for the prize for the "Queries" propounded in the JACKSONIAN of May 8, and being proper questions, I think they should be answered correctly. First, there is nothing that constitutes man a living soul is still alive and knowing all that he ever knew, capable of suffering pain or enjoying happiness. If it were true he would not be dead. It is true the life element, by which he was kept alive, exists after he is dead, and has from the creation of the world and its habitation. That belongs to God and is what keeps the man, animals and vegetation alive.

It is no more a thing of thought and feeling than the air we breathe. We must at present be all mortal. We have immortality promised to us, to put it on or begin at the resurrection, if we have complied with the terms Christ has given us. Is there any part of the ple who perished in the flood who are not dead, or the Sodomites? Was it because Adam sinned that God destroyed them? No. destroyed them for their own sins, and will not wake them up and destroy them again for Adam's sin.

His word does not teach that, God said death was the penalty for Adam's sin, and He has not changed it for other sinners. To remain dead is the wages of the wicked. They are as the Sodomites, and died for ther own, and not Adam's sin. Christ came to bring us out of death, if we accept His terms while we are alive, but if we refuse to accept God is under no obligation to give us life again. All life is in Christ that we have any promise of in the hereafter.

Solomon says that all go the same place, the grave, or hell in the Bible is more properly the place cf all the dead as long as they remain dend. All do not go into a grave, but it's hell to be dead. I do not mean torment in a hell of fire. It was as much a hell of water that destroyed the people in the flood as it will be hell fire when Christ comes to reward the righteous and destroy the wicked with fire. Life element existed before the flower or it would not mature.

God knew what He was, going to put in blossoms as attributes, but man has to learn after there is a flower. When a violin is rotted into dust there is no use to try to get music; it is as a dead man. TRUTH SEEKER. The Christian Endeavor Leaders at the Presbyterian church for the month of June will be as follows: 1. "'The purpose of His coming." Minnie Culp.

8. "How the weak become strong." Glenn Davis. 15. "Why total abstinence is best." Ethel Emery. 22.

"Practical humility." Zon Fowler. 29. "National prosperity." Eleanor Good and Elsie Emery. Notice of Equalization. Notice is hereby given that the board of connty commissioners of Gray county, Kansas, will meet as a Board of Equalization at the office of the county clerk, at Cimarron, Kansas, on Monday June 2, 1902.

All persons who are aggrieved at their assessment will be given a hearing at that time. If you do not appear your property will be placed on the tax rolls as returned by the assessors. C. M. DILLMAN, Co.

Clerk. Card of Thanks. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the kind neighbors and friends, who so kindly assisted during the illness and death of our beloved wife, sister and mother. S. H.

ELEM AND FAMILY. JOHN A. CAMDEN. MR. AND MRA.

W. ROBINS, Elder Cecil Pierce will preach at the Christian church Saturday evening at 8 p. and Sunday at 11a. m. He will help with the exercises Children's Day at night.

Colorado struck a streak and is letting a great deal of water come down the Arkansas river all of a sudden. This wet spell is a little out of ordinary in western Kansas. Official City Paper. Jumpers and Overalls at Ansel's. See the new "ad" of Francisco Bros.

Co. F. M. Luther has good Cane Seed at $1.50 a bushel. The Ladies Relief Corps will serve ice cream tomorrow.

CANE SEED--lots of it-good, for sale by Francisco Bros. Co. The lumber yard at Ingalls is supplied with plenty of fence posts. The postoffice will be closed tomorrow, except during the open on holidays. FOR SALE.

-Sixty head of oneand 2-year-old steers. See J. H. or Roy Egbert. Francisco Bros.

Co. will pay the highest price--cash or trade, for county warrants. It has been suggested that the business houses close tomorrow from 10 o'clock to 12 m. Wm. Gant and daughter, of Medicine Lodge, old friends of the Tabb family, visited here last week.

For cool refreshing drinks, lemonade, pop, milk shakes, ice cream and soda, call on Thos. Morris. James McDowell, of the State Soldiers Home at Ft. Dodge, was a Cimarron visitor Monday, shaking hands with old friends. J.

Pierp. Morgan's next move is to form a soft coal trust, with a capital of $300,000,000 to practically embrace the entire bituminous field. Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. gave a splendid performance at the Olympia last Topsy especially Enquirer. Washouts east and west knocked out trains on Santa Fe, and no trains have reached Cimarron since yesterday morning at the time of going to press today.

Cimarron May 14, 1902, one dark sorrel horse with two white hind feet, white strip in face, branded bar-H on left hip. GEo. B. HOPKINS. I can sell you improved farms cheaper than you can buy wild land and improve it.

If that will not suit you, I can sell you unimproved land as cheap as you can buy it from any one. C. M. DILLMAN. S.

H. Elem, Sammy and the youngest daughter, left Friday evening his for Neodesha in company with brother-in-law, John A. Camden, who has been here for several weeks during the illness of his sister, Mrs. Elem. Mr.

E. will be absent ten days or two weeks. Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin Show that held forth here Tuesday was strictly all right. It gave a good street parade and a good performance in the evening. They have a clean, unobjectionable show.

A high grade rendition of Uncle Tom's Cabin is perennially -Oelwein, Register. M. Hamilton, of southeast Gray, was a Cimarron visitor Saturday. He reports all crops, cept wheat, in splendid condition in that part of the county. There are a few pieces of wheat that will make ten or twelve bushels to the acre, but much of it will make less.

He also says the people of that part of the county would be better satisfied with a mail service from Cimarron than Dodge City. Died, at his home fifteen miles northeast of Cimarron, Wednesday, May 21, 1902, Francis Kincade, aged 57 years, one month and ten days. The deceased was born in Ohio April 11, 1845. He served in the union army in company One Hundred and Twentythird Indiana Volunteers. He came to Kansas in 1876, and a few years later to Gray county, and was a good citizen.

He was a member of the Methodest Church. Funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased Friday at 10 a.m., conducted by Rev. Gross, of this city, after which the remains were, brought to the city cemetery and interred under rites of the Grand Army of the Republio. Ingalls Items. Ingalls Items.

W. J. Francisco is still under the doctor's care. M. H.

Beveridge is working for the Rock Island company at Enid, Okla. Mrs Hatch and children are visiting friends at Ravanna this week. Albert Studebaker is walking with a decided limp, caused by the kick of a horse. Mr. Cross, the well man, is putting down 8 well for Mr.

Hastings on Longview. T. L. Robinson has sold his Logan township ranch and will return to Kansas City. Everett Shaffer and Fred Dodson took passage on the blind Monday night, for Colorado.

The hum of the mower and rattle of the stacker is heard in the land. Alfalfa harvest is in full blast. Mrs. Bertha Dent drove down from Jetmore Sunday, on a combined business and pleasure trip, returning Tuesday. Edgar O'Connell and John Bowers mounted their horses, last Thursday, and started for Colorado to be gone all summer.

Paris has got a boy. His name is Stone. He is from the Soldiers' Home, and is 14 years old. That's how Bruff happened to get him. The "Beckies" gathered np their paskets of goodies, dressed themselves in their Sunday-go-to-meeting best Monday, and hied themselves to the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Dick Endsley and had high time, it being the anniversary of Mrs. birth. I would tell how old she is, but I "don't dast." The farmers are so busy smiling over the crop prospects and improving the shining hours that they have no time to come to town, and the "local" politician wanders from place to place, lonely and disconsolate, with no sympathetic ear in which to pour his tale of woe. Say, "you don't want to judge all the young ladies of Ingalle by "Daisy," of the lican.

While we blush for the strength of "Daisy's" language in her last week's items, we rejoice with exceeding great joy over its results, as seen in the improved condition of that slough of despond, that awoke her ire. Hit 'em again, John Josserand Wa8 in town Monday, stepping as high 88 a blind horse in a stump lot, and purchasing supplies with a reckless disregard for expense. On being expostulated with he snorted, "blame the expense; it's a girl this time (at least, that is what they told me)." The wee lady made her appearance and gladdened the hearts of father, mother and seven brothers, on Sunday evening, May 25. There are tramps and tramps, and vet tramps are not all of the same degree. One morning recently the local freight disgorged a small army of those free and easy members of society upon 119, They were confronted by the alternative of remaining the guests of the town for a season, or counting ties to the next station, and being of a social turn they chose the former, and proceeded to get acquainted with the people.

Two of them were very "likely" looking young men well dressed, mannered, intelligent and apparently educated. One of them introduced himself by card bearing the name of Walter M. Reckord. The other one wrote his name, Harry Hedrick, in a fine smooth business hand. Both were from Kansas City, Kansas, and were going to Colorado to achieve fame and fortune, agreeing when they returned in their special train to pause and take the writer on a pleasure "exertion" in their private car.

They had money to pay expenses, but none to pay fare. While here they wrote to their mothers who live in Kansas City. We conceived a liking for the yonng fellows and cannot help wishing to here of their success. GONEL. Every effort is being made to save the bridge over the Arkansas river here, but with volume of water reported coming and the bridge's dilapidated condition, is possible the old thing will go.

Obituary. Once more we have been made to feel that Death, the enemy of mankind, is still active. On the afternoon of May 19, 1902, Mrs. Pelona Jane Elem, wife of Samuel H. Elem, residing six miles northeast of Cimarron, Kansas, was called from her relatives and friends to a brighter and better world, after all illness of five weeks.

Mrs. Elem was a Christian in the truest sense of the word, and through her life she never swerved from the path of duty. She was a member of the United Baptist, Church from an early age until she came to Kansas, retaining her membership with that body until a year previous to her death, when she became a member of the Church of Christ. Her disease was pneumonia, followod by quick consumption. Her age was fortyseven years, two months and twenty-one days.

She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn. livered The funeral John discourse Bull was from by Elder the text, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow This text was selected by the deceased before her death. The remains were followed by sorrowing relatives and friends to her last resting place in the Cimarron cemetery May 20. With the following kind words for the family, and the happy assurance that we shall meet again, we will let her rest "under the sod and the dew," awaiting the judgment. Rest, mother, rest.

Thy memory will ever be dear to those you have left behind, who, in sorrow, weep for thee. Your kindness and loving care will be cherished thro' future years by husband and children, with joy mingled with tears, and at last on the bright, Golden Shore we shall share only joy in a land of endless rest. A FRIEND. Decoration Day Program. The procession will form at the court house at 10 a.

m. and march to the M. E. church. Civie societies are requested to attend in bodies and form in the following order: Grand Army af the Republic.

Ladies Relief Corps. Sons of Veterans. Masons. Odd Fellows. Knights of Pythias.

Modern Woodmen of America. Modern Tonties. Eastern Star. Rathbone Sisters. School Children.

Citizens on Foot. Citizens in vehicles. Citizens on horseback. Exercises of the G. A.

R. will be held at the church, after which the procession will proceed to the cemetery and decorate the graves. The procession will reform, return and break ranks at the church for dinner. AFTERNOON EXERCISICA Music. Prayer, by Rev.

Gross. Music. Roll call of Veterans. Music. Oration, by Rev.

John Morrisol. Music. Recitation, by Miss Ethel Luther. Reading, by Mra. J.

A. Dunbar. Recitation, by Mra. Jas. T.

Hart. All societies that will take a part are requested to their own marshal, and report name to L. D. Einsel, marshal of the day. By the Committee.

Last Saturday afternoon some one, without a word of warning, left some fine chickens at the U. B. parsonage in the absence of the family, but the kind and thoughtful giver has been found. Will Sister Snyder please accept our thanks. Chickens are always 8 legal tender with preachers.

Come again, and to others would say, "Go thou and do likewise." JOHN MORRISON. The rains have softened the road-bed of the Santa Fe, and "flyers" will go slow for 8 few days. Because the Arkansas is "full" will not be an excuse for anyone else to do likewise. South Gray Gatherings. Crops are looking better since the rain.

Eli Bargar is hauling sand to plaster his house. Mark Bird visited relatives at Santa Fe last week. A. Fry dehorned and vaccinated cattle Friday and Saturday. Charlie Paris is breaking sod for C.

M. Weeks on Crooked creek. Bud Peoples and Mr. Lucas went to Meade Saturday for supplies. The people in this vicinity will decorate at the township cemetery next Friday.

Some one has been cutting the wire and pulling up poste at the southeast corner of B. Land's pasture. Walter McDonald was in this neighborhood Sunday attending Sunday school and visiting with young folks. J. M.

Clements and wife went to Ingalle Sunday, returning Monday. They visited D. Francisco and family. Bob Derry says he knew it would rain since he had plowed so deep and so much of it, too, about ten or twelve acres. Mr.

Latimer and his daughter, Mrs. Smith, Maxfield the newcomers north of the place, attended Sunday school at the Shaw school house Sunday. Mesara. Davis, and Smith are here from Kingman county looking after their stock, held by Porter Tabb on the Baswell Shull place north of Fry's ranch. Mr.

Cummings is preparing to leave this country, after a few months stay. He has expended over $300 in the county, but does not expect much of a crop. Lightning played havoc during the storm last week, killing a colt for J. Maxfield and a cow for 'Squire Wright. Mr.

Wright and wife were in the cow yard milking nt the time, and were greatly shocked, but sustained no injury. Derry has a curiosity on his ranch, a calf, we will venture to say, is the smallest specimeu of the bovine family in the state. It is the calf of a yearling heifer, and will not measure over twenty inchex in length and not over eighteen inches high. It is perfect in form, lively and apparently has as good a show to live as any calf. U.

B. HAIVE. The flood tide of the Arkansas river's spring rise reached Cimarron this morning at 9 a. the wall of water being about three feet high. The river is rising rapidly.

The bridge is being guyed with ropes to save it. The bent at the island is sunk and it will be unsafe for teams to cross. The Decoration Day exercises will be held in the court house tomorrow. The M. E.

church folks declined the 1180 of the church for the reason they did not want the church floor muddied. This has been 21 dull week in Cimarron for items. Rain, rain, rain, and nobody in town. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We are authorized to announce the name of H.

J. DODSON as a candidate for re-election to the office of Probate Judge, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. We are authorized to announce the name of Geo. L. Roberta as a candidate for Register of Deeds, subject to the decision of the Peoples party county convention.

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