The Ness County Republican from Ness City, Kansas • 5

5 -i MKSS COUNTY REPUBLICAN Oetmiernftr ouYcnrlin. A delegate convention of the Deino-emtio party of the weslern division ol TENTH YEAR, 188G. hiopokt or tiii: joniition OK TDK FIRST TXTIOIVtL IXESS CITY, KtIST3. At ttieclosc of Uiisincs, February SJS, 18IMJ. Croquet, sett id, Kufihead's.

(larilen seeds! Wliy, ul Hiirfhend's. A. Jordan bought of ieo. Hunt it yesterday, L'i! cars of baled huy. Koe Mrs.

Sheldon's beautiful line of trimmed hats. W. K. Fletcher And Katie Pahst were ijilietly married Wednesday eve. residence of Crouch, Hrown Diiiirrha, Heed for sale at J.

Uobison's. my son, tlniKc ftoii't hurt yon. Tliey iiro just, learning to dance, that's all. 1 know i ortn't stand out ill this night air a iwitchiu' of 'em, but if one 'file 'et aTmery. This institution is aiming; tho most substantial in the West, and to it, nione than to any other one thing, lines Ness and Ness county owe their commercial standing today.

And to its credit stands our population more thiin double that of our western neighbors and greater than that of our sister counties onthenoith and south aye. ranking well with Harton, even. "lids sound big! Fact, true as you live. During the winter following the devastating drouths which have swept prairies ut times the creamery was he anchor atnidst the towering waves despondency which held the home craft fast and made it possible for the discouraged to hold oil 'til a crop had HICSiiClICES. Loans and discounts, Overdrafts, TKij.io Stocks, Sccnrit ins, Banking and Fix, 'JTi.

JoO.oO littler I'tate, J.IX'.iH (' S. () Due from S.Tre-ls, sil2 Cash and sight Kx, Total. ilTi.Tt Mill' J. P. ROBISON CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF rh ci.

El. k. It. HATHAWAY. Hr.itiSKss NIWS CITY, Friday, KANSAS 18M.

May 1, LOCAL UliKVlTlKS. Haturday night At tin- Opera House, 'ourt convene Tueilny. "Caste'' Saturday night lit 1h(" opera lieo. M. Nicholson returned Wednesday night.

We are inilelited to Cashier lingers of thel'iist National lor mathematical assistance I his eek. Mrs. Anna Woollieater of (lighten came down Friday on a visil to her mother. Mrs. Turnstone.

Heverend Crunch came in Monday to make preparation for moving his fain-i I ily and household effects to Kinsley I I The Santa Fe has had steam pile driver at Work over this line during the lllkt UVll UpkLu 114 I safe for the fall tralllc. M. Nicholson, former editor of the Ness County Kurt hi, l. an, was in town and made Huh ollice very pleasant call. Scott City Kepublieiiu.

Iti.s.selXewinnn.who has been vibrnt- ing in other lands for several years.luis returned and will remain until after i linivest, perhaps permanently. A Kansas City boy, it is claimed, went crazy from smoking cigarettes. He was undoubtedly crazy ere he begun, else the deed bail never been done. (ireenlee of Hterling came up Friday to shake hatida ith Ids friends, tie vius accompanied by his mother, who visited here and ill township. In one portion of Wichita there is no 1 need of the curfew bell or he blue- coat tokeep the youngsters at home alter dusk.

A camp of gypsies is lo- rated there. I 'lUrninn Frederick of Iowa Falls. was over the canity last week, looking I over his land purchase made through i .1. and to his home Friday, well pleased. From sonic unknown but much la- meuted cause the Wichita Daily Kagle missed connection at this point Mitur- I I i I I 1 I vtnnln nt eiuiu aim I'OTATOKS, SAT1', FLOUR AND PROVISIONS, ETC.

Kiivt I). 'of Si.ufli Nnli.itinl liiink, D. E. BONDURANT, GRAIN and FEED the southern department of the court, of nppeals of Kansas is called to meet at. Ilo.lgo City on Tuesday Miiy 5.

Ness county is ent it I' to wo delegates, but how she is going to got them down there is a question 1'iicker is too attentive to his postollicc dot ies to trot nroiind over the country, and the Arnold Brothers enn't get away from their respective callings long enough to "convene" to any extent. Undo Mat. rembleton is talked of, but he's too busy peddling Senator and iovernor might go but they won't. It, miiv seem harsh to thus trample over a corpse, but, had not the party lllowed itself to be strangled in the slimy folds of "anything to beat the iJepublicnns" serpent it would nor now present the unhappy spectacle it does. ('utility loiMMilorlo.

The nuttier of properly securing he county funds is no small matter. You can see by the following bonds, given in the sum or each, the ex-, act condition of our funds: I'lltST NATION l. MONO first National Hank I. lingers Mary liurton (ieo 1 1 nut .1 1' I'obison II t'lsher Kullhead Spiingler .1 Cramla1! llerniau Nim. Kngel OH l.arawiiy (i i'licker I) Neel II A Stewart Agnes Spitngler 10 I'ember Wilson NHSS I'lMM'Y SI li'K Ness Co State K'nk Ness Hank .1 McKiiiuey J-: llollom Hopper .1 (i Collins II Taylor Oppligcr A Shaiiers Merrill Trust Co Ness Co Ksl'eCoK Daniel Harrison Ball Leniicu .1 Cloiiston McMickell Mishler Last KHlilinlll ICveniuK At the First Methodist church in this city will loi.g be remembered with pleasure by hose present.

The service consisted of songs and bible reading, arranged and conducted by Mrs. Yaul iundy. The subjects were: "The Sin of Unbelief" itnd "lion Shall Unbelievers be Convinced of their Ueferences pertaining to the subject mailer were assigned by Mrs. Yan-(iundy and rea by different members of the congregation as follows: 1st Hebrews II 1S-II); Hebrews 111-l-J lievelalioiis XI Matthew Mark VI-3; John 111-1S; lle chit ions I-H L'nd Jonli 1, from the Rtli verse As tlie reference;) were were i xplained in a most read they charming inaiu.er. Tlie choir sang ni.

(i he duet ts by r. and rs. and Misses Pearl Wiugate 'nii( i ll inly and sti'liii I Fro! hinghaiii were very sweet. i Dikii. -Saturday.

April at Ness Cny.of membraneous croup. Ilciilan Carkuff, aged year 2 mouths and 2(1 days. IX MliMOIlV. Dear, sweet lieiilah! She has left us For her Father's home above. From all earthly friends taken.

Yet, dear Fn'iher, Thy will be done. Jesus, Idle our hearts are bleeding o'er the spoils that il 'ath has won, We would at this solemn meeting Calmly say, Thy ill be done. Though cast down, we're not forsaken Tlioiigu idiiirtcd. not alone; Thou didst give and Thou hast taken lllessed Lord. Thy ill be done.

Tho' today we're HI led it mourning Mercy still is on tlie throne. With Thy smiles of love returning, We can sing Thy will be done. lly thy hands the boon was given; Thou hast taken but Thi'. own; Lord of earth and (iod of heaven, Kvi rmore Thy will bedoiic. A Fill KN 11 A Nf'iftrat nail ftcil Order or ClasM ol Norlety.

Thus does Webster describe the title of the pretty comedy that everybody is going to see presented Saturday Cily our of of in as I I I I I I i Flour, Meal, and Seeds. East of I'dHloH'ice, NF.SS CITY, KANSAS I linvo ciiiistiuit ly on liitml nil kinds of drain and Mill Fred; also nil kinds of Fur in unil (innleti Seeds, siiul nil grades (xf Flour; ill I'xcliiiniri' fur Cuttle Of Cntl. nnil oe mo when in neeil of iinvtliinjj in niv line. TMH NAME OF TIIKNKXT PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES day, and Huiiday was II dreary day fur the groom wasil bit trembly. The to the close of the chapter large per of our population.

young mini apologized, saying he us I -jn Isi Corinthians Acts U. Kner left last Friday for a not well. The Judge consoled li i in Acts I V-L'o John Aids visit in iliiJiHiist Major Wolf was his usual happy manner, say ing 1. like 1-13. W1I.I, ITHE PW YORK LIABILITIES.

(Capital Stock paid in, $50,000 Uundivided Exp, 648.1S Circulation, Deposits, Kills Payable, Due to KauKs, oa 30,670.19 rone 1.20 Total, stilt. '111. 'lit. ('II AS. L.

KOGKUS. Capiiikh eh rvi Nkss Citv, Kanpas ANNOfNCF.D IN EKLY 1896. Weekly Tribune, 'r of the I'niled Slates, ill publish ult to every American cil izeu regardless. us to olTc this splendid journal and, AY! YOU NEED A SHAVE. GO TO WOLF'S SHOP.

J. L. GREEN, Real Estate and Rental Ipcy, Notarv Public. Farm mid Cily Property for fnlo r.r Exchange. iUCRKY NICHOLSON Attorneys-at-Law OFFICE OVER FIFE'S NA.TU fa WE the pretty deal's was to taint who'd go git a doctor tor less 1 staid.

hell v.m Want it nice hal cheap, call at Sheldon', X. l'ee'iliam Beaver City, likhi-! Iioina, accompanied by his wile, were 'visiting among their Ness eounly friend,) last, Week. They returned tii their home Monday, first ordering the it, 1,1 i. posted as to he aclual con (lit ion of al- lairs here. Children's silk and mull 'lips at Mrs.

Sheldon's, he sure to see them. in Don for one moment iillniv vour- sell to think there are no more busi- UVM interests in Ness City than Close ill our advertising culunins. There ale plenty more, lint say When you find 11 Ness City linn advertised in the Hurl ii ucan. you can tie tu hut (inn. It is straight up rtud sciuare toed.

d.sl(,s nudlUnt wM lltK vlSi ut head's. W). mJ )norl, p.lf.t Ula wind storms, electric si onus, dust storms, rain storms, political storms-and we have tastod the sweets of a wedding day and felt the chill of a November election. Ah, you can live more here in a mouth than you can at home in a month. There are a few of those coin-liiodes at Uiillhead's yei.

If you ate going to plant any water- melons and yon are, tor nicy make a splendid crop here-goand see Fred Wingate. lie is authority on melon culture and he has a lot of home grown seed to sell. Just tell liiui you heard of il and a very ''ash will provide you of knowledge and seed U1 all siimn.er. liulThead is making special prices "eusieads for two neeKs. l'rohate tiarrett had a bridal party before himiiiitc recent ly.

where- don't lilind it.miboy! You'll gel er that in time. I was in a wirise h. than yon, and look at me There's nothing like starling a fellow oil on the right fool. Only two rockers left at llulf- hcad's Furniture Fhiiporiiim. lo those invalids ho seek surcease from pulmonary troubles through the ll.ediuiu of mountain air.

wi would utter 11 Word of caul ion. The sudden change from a low to a high altitude is extremely hazardous. Niss Cily is the happy medium between the two extremes. Stop here a couple of weeks and let your system gradually adapt itself to the peculiar aiinospheric conditions; then yon may with perfect safety continue your pilgrimage to the "ozoned ethereal" of the (iarden of the finds. The Y.

1'. C. benellt nt the opera house Saturday night was well attended and the audience seemed well pleased. O. II Lilrnway ami Miss Ft I a Cullioun rendered Some excellent high class music in their usual artistic manlier, and Mr.

Hurnbaiii proved bin, self absolute master of the guitar. The maiiner in which he handled "Se-bastapool" as simply charming. It is a favorite of ours, but We never heard it so exquisetly executed as on this occasion. The organization realized about live dollars out of the entertainment Our friend Mr, Dickerson has our thanks for a most enjoyable horseback ride Sabbat morning. Our chief recreation is horseback riding, and we happened to mention the same in the presence ot "ick.

lie morning was balmy and we were me. Uniting upon the vicissitudes of life and our absent, loved ones, when the nierrry call of "heah's your boss" broke upon the stillness of the morning and in front of the door stocd a handsome, high beaded charger. We mount and with a toss of his pretty head 1- rank gallopeii out over the rolling prairies with as light a foot as e'er touched sod. Ah, ye benighted creatures, hemmed in by toweling brick walls or rank glowing hedges, ye know not hereof ye speak hen you nil in your iiarouclie and say 'tis pleasant while your liveried coachman guides your richly caparisoned steeds over the macadamized roads Come out where the soft breeze fans your brow, mount a saddlo horse and gallop for miles over the billowy prairies. Then ill you realize that, life is worth tho living.

The pleasure and healllifiilness of such exercise is absolutely beyond comparison. Wo will buy your hogs, boats and tillO, JIl'NT been harvested. Though totally destroing all other vegetation, the drouth does not the buffalo gruss. It may look uninviting lo the pampered pel from her clover scented barn, hut I he I county cow know her business. She falls lo with a will convert the rich fodder into buttr-produciiig milk, the output Inch alw a stands at he top notch commercial ipiotat ions, and through the winCr mum lis, whether in sunshine or floundering drifts of blinding snoiv, compir y's employes, regular the ticking of lie (dock, call ut the fanners' doors for the crcaiu cream only, mind you; the milk is left for wduitever use is deemed best.

During the seven years of its existence the creamery hits, been idle but three months two last year and one this year. The follow ing report covers the time from April 'Ml to January 'Ud: eoi Nns ok in iii-: issn IS! If I IMIt INHJ IhlKl Sil IHSIf, Total nil 1.2.1.27 us. I its Do, UK 117.1172 S23.7GU amoi xr t'Ain r. Si I T.Tt.K 37 I I. 2 IS 23 11.

2s I So I1S2 til .17 till 1M.HI lh'll ISM ism sy.j Total 1)3 AMOl'NT PAID roll i. Aiioa Hsn ISI10 til Ktl2 1SSII 3. 1 do 2d 1.721 41 1.072 3.7.H 37 3. 1 H7 oil 3.371 73 4,11.72 ".111 Total 5il The total amount for cream and labor foots op ll.i;(ilif)2, every dollar of which stays right here. and in addition t'l this a large amount is auniliilly ex- i 1 1 i The butter Is made in pound bricks.

Vl() carloads of Inch have been shin ped. niai.y going direct to the Knstorn inaikets ill refrigerator curs. Asa hit of recreation, let us ul ilize liese bricks in our imagination. They would make 311 refrigerator rains. Laid Hat upon the ground, ends together, they would cover a distance ii! miles, I'la-'ed one above another, they would pierce the thin ethereal -id miles nearer heaven than Ness City is.

l'sin them as ties, we could con struct a narrow guage railway lli-Smiles. that is, from here to Wichita and a little to spare for sidei racks. Laid solid, they would pave square inches Pennsylvania avenue from the Santa Fe track north to the Kaildabaugh pasture, touching the walk on either' side uf the street every inch of the wiiy. L'sed us bricks, wo would be able to constrict a building of the satiieJ dimensions as the First National bank and make it 41 stories high. We could build Kill nice 3-1'ooui cottages for the employes.

Or we ci.iil.l build a solid wall feel long, enough to put a 3-foot fence ai'ounil a loStl-ncre pasture, of the original organization, but cessanlly to make the plant what it is today. When others "slopped over" will! glee during the highly prosper ous months, he smiled tiietly; hen the hot breath of the Mummer winds thi'iicled the skin and blanched tht others' checks, and they said: 'Tin useless, we can't nir.ku il go," that smile bi-tllcd into a determined it shall not go down. The llrst pound of butter was made by 8. H. Jones, who Mill retains his position lit tho bead of the butter making There will, no intervention, be the doggoudest biKCst lot of tillers grown in Ness county this year that you ever saw.

At least 50 acres have been planted within a stouesthruw of the gates of the city, and throughout the county nearly every farmer has a good sized patch. Let 'em roll. In the language of one who Is gone but not forgotten "1'utatoes iubout the best fryit there are." I i i i OF NOVEMBER 4th W'llo-e interest will steadily increase, and the disappointment uf the men otes iiriied lie at the last election, Willi the results under tho truth they elected, ill nwike the. campaign the must intensely excil ing in the history of he count ry. The New York the leading Ilepnhiiciin familv newspap1 he political news uf the day.

interesting ol party it Hi 1 lit tons. Also general new ill at ractive form, foreign eorn-spondei Covering tho. new of the world, an agi'icull ural department second to none in the country, market reports hich are recognized authority, fasciniilinK short; stoi urs, complete in each iiuiuhc the cream of the humorous papers, fol'eigjv and-domestic, with their best comic pictures, fashion plates and elaborate descriptions of woman's attire, wilh a varied and ni tractive department of household interest. The "New York Weekly Tribune" is an ideal family paper ilh a eirculat ion larger than that of any ether weekly publication in thu. country issued from the ollice of a daily.

Large changes are being made in its details, tending to give it greater life mid varietv. and especially mote interest to the Wollleli and young peoele of the household. A SITU AI.CONTIt Al'T enaoles einriisted with iheidlniis of marshal-i snip, uuiuliii the aiii.oiiitiueiil of Mr. iFrayei'H successor. lieorge ltro.1,11 came up frum Drift-Mooil, Oklahoma, Friday to assist in packing his lailier's houM'hold ids I reiiioval to their Territory home.

'The family moved Monday. Mrs. 11. Faraway drove out to her farm Sunday astern. sin and upon her exhibited a peach twig loaded with fruit, which she said was but a fair sample of the entire orchard.

Caste- your quarter la at the box office window Sal unlay night and see a lilay uf more than ordinary merit pre sented in a manner that will awaken all the lutein energies of your soul. i it i to string of Wagons, drawn by tip top good stock. passed through town Tuesday en route from I'll tsburg, Kansas, to it ranch near Colorado Springs. The horses seemed quite intelligent. J.

L. tireen drove out to Fli Harmon's Sunday and is loud in his praises the farm. Mr. I lariii.ni has a large tish pond, well stocked witli carp and calllsi, no wonder "Jim" enjoyed himself. The Irrigation society failed to meet last Tuesday evening, because of the inclemency of the weather.

Next Tuesday evening should see a large attendance, as the subject is a very important, one. Uev, llardgrovo will preach next lis follows: l'eckhulil school house nt 11 a. Cleveland school house nt 3 p. m. Sabbath Schools will also be orgai ized ut the same times and places.

Our old-time friend John Hliodgrass of Itans.mi was in tow Tuesday and reported a rainfall Monday night, accompanied by an electric hi i ii in during which he lost a valuable young mare, Noah Cheliowcth dropped in for a chat over old times last Saturday, lie looked a little tired and he had a i (4 1 1 1 to, for he had just Mulshed planting 11 hiinhcU of potatoes and sowing a large Held of bin ley. Thad Levan expects a bunch of Arizona stock cattle here about the loth of May. There will be about head mid will be placed on the Levan inlich, one of the best in the country, seven miles northwest of town. Judge Andrews druve over Monday that be might be able to open court curly Tuerday morning. Our clerk of the court managed to convince His Honor Hint he was too previous by one week anil the return trip was made "THE 15L1CAV ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $1,25, CASH IN ADVANCE.

(The regular subscription jirien uf tin1 two papers is Sl'BSCKll'TlONS MAY liKtllN AT ANY TIMK. THE REPUBLICAN. evening at the Opera buuse. two are left O. II.

Laraway id this "Caste" is a 3-act comedy, briniining city and a man mulled l'llleuhorgcr. ith pal hos and humor, and intrediic- hu resides in l'eiilisylviinia. From ing the noblest emotion of the human din time thu lirsl stone or the creani-heart mother's love. Mrs. D'Alroy, building as laid up to the pies-widowed by war's cruel mandate, de- cut time, Mr.

Laraway has toiled in- tends her sleeping babe from the onslaught of her drunken father, and spurns ith scorn the oiler made by the Marquise de St, Maur (Mrs, haughty niotherinlaw) to rear her boy, preferring to return to the ballet from whence the lion. D'Alroy took her, to hv Major llnutree. D'Alroy's brother officer, opposes the marriage with the ballet girl, offering the inexorable laws of caste in support of his opposition, but to no purpose. D'Alroy maintains his position with the assertion that true hearts are more than coronets. Haulree, being thrown by his lady love ho is of higher rank than he, is dually compelled to admit the strength of his friend's position and exhibits his better nature in tendering lib services and his wealth to Mrs.

D'Alroy in her need, lsccles.l'olly andtierridge fiirnisht he sport necessary to carry the heavier parts, yet through their lines runs a vein of truest manhood and woiiian-huud ujid tlia awful puvt-r of uppotite. 1 tun in lli.) old Linn Llnek (inl unil making lirst class lory A FJlfJGT PHOTOGRAPHS, For 3.00 A Dozen. I ItnWr rirry bull) In full hmH rr ni) Vtork. S. A.

Slit pbci .1. Fl'LL ASKOKTMKNT Patent Medicines, Tulilcts, Toilet Soaps, o(ions, AM Evcrytbine Usually Kept In A Drcn Stcrc, You will find ut BURNS DRUG STORK, IT KANSAS.