The Valley Echo from Cottonwood Falls, Kansas • 5

weather Is cold. JfcjyVVe have nt heard anything ol' that literary society yet. D. F. Sholly ha opened up one of th finest and largest stocks ol clothing, gents Inrnishing goods, dry goods, boot and sho- ever brought before to Chase county.

BPfw'tTnt Thanksgiving mrkey of ours, we ft ar. i myth. the wea her since ihe election is any indication of Gai field's administra. lion it i i i to be cold cheerless one. M'lie Vallev Kcho.

w. jieCAKJjr.a.i. publisher (OT'l ON WOOD, KANSAS. 'J KKMS. .50 Vkah Ix Anvxft Barney i.antry paid off his hands that work in his stone quarry at this place yesterday.

is our Irom a WSi-Ed. ilildebrand returned happy si -4 big hud Uowcr over a nine Arrival and Departure of Trains pound boy, Imjiii yesterday. The i mother i doing well under the care ol Hi cm? good were bought under Mr ShoPy personal inspection, in New York and St. Loom, since the recent decline in goods. For-bargain call and see D.

F. 81IOLLY, West side Main Cottonwood1', Kas. Dr. MeGalluiH. dhort visit to his old home in thw east on Saturday evening.

ttggull you are out ot employment young man, come to Cottonwood nobody wants tor work here at fair wages. have said that we believed General WinhVld JS. llaneock was elected President il the state of New York was honestly eouiited; we hold to thai lie ui SnlVolk Comity (New YoiU) Journal. KSf-Mr. Phllbrick, a staunch -3 6- 2 giWe wih all our readers to remeni KA.VI'IV A no r.

in 1 1 in 1 1. in 1 1 OS I 4 3T I 50 I I in. I 10 35 III. 1-3 -J5 her that a notice ot tinal proof published in the Echo is jiit a legal a il published iu imy paper in the county. And we will publish all linal prool notices tor lens than anv paper in connrv Greenbueker Toledu township called vesierday and subvcriled for the Echo, as all good Urmibuckers should do.

jWhwat took a rise during the past week, and in consequence the A. T. S. F. railroad was taxed to Us utmost to eairy off the shipments, but she aceom-plished it all the same.

epizootic has not struck Chase CITYSHOESHOP. Joseph Woodring. Fine work a speciality. Repairing of nil kinds done with neatness nd dispatch COTTON WOO I A N8AS. The Old Roiable A AV I VA UP ni i in 5 io 1 35 i.

in. i 3) H. Ill 6 45 05 i ArhiiI. I J.T. 1)1 KKSON CITY' DIUKCTOKY.

county yet, to any great ex.enr, out is raffing at an alarming rate in other parts ot the state. If your horse has it. fry tie cure published on our lirst page. iMnyor ('. I.

Maule. (Hii'i ilnicn Kdwm Win L. V. Scanty. U.

K. Hawaii liichard 1 1 oil man. City Clerk Kinsley. 'm. oi the l'tace David send them in Iriends and pauoni.e the laboring man's paper.

Y. 11. Carilcr, the finest surgeon in Chase county and on" ot the best in tiie United Mates, called in on I Tuesday and Idt us the necessary calai-j eral to have the Echo sent to him lor a year, His noble countenance siill bcais the xenial smile impressed upon it by the result ot the late election. ot our sporting Lads' en-j deavoml to teat his lady on top ol the I show ease in restaurant, the LOCAL ITEMS. PfeyAs our reporter was quietly mean.

bring around the city on Monday his ailcuiion was attracted by the yells and screams of a lemale, he stopped and re-eoniiortt'd and lound to hi astonishment two ladies engaged in a combat. Such pulling ol hah and scratching was never before witnessed by this verdent youth, whi quietly stole away with the thought that all feminine beauty was not perfection bv any means. And he now thinks that his bachelor life Is a blessing In dis is the dav to give thanks WJDon't torjret the ball to-night at the Pennsylvania House. IhjyTbe eohi weather that we have experinced the last week seems to be general all over the countrv. ermine Kentucky other night, and lound to hi sorrow and the embarresment of the lady that Hie glass wan of too light a teetur.

ami the lair one landed in the bottom of the ease. From last accounts the lady was doing as well as could be expected. The youuvr man ofeours-? will pay damages lor the show case of course. SP-Ji-WUh a clouded sky and a cold north wind, it looks as though we might have severe spell ot weather. guise.

BSuThe other day as Sam and lot more jolly fellows sat chaffing each other in the office of the Merchant's Hotel, C. C. Thompson's traveling I agent concluded that as he had reached I a civilized country that ho would black his boots, wlureupon he culled fur tlie bil king aud proceeded to "shitio 'em I up" iu a handsome style. This evoked i f'" the rent Defender the remark, U-iuNcw Orleans is threatened with a Celestial invasion. Ten thousand Chinamen are said to be planning a descent npnii the eiry.

JBh2rA Kansas geutlemau named Mc-Gowan has been eaten by rats while in a drunken stupor. The late ol this nn-loi'tiiiate irenrleman suggests many grave thoughts. For instance, what trouble there'll be in gathering up poor McGowans fragments when Gabriel tnit liw I'oiilirrnl inn ttifii enn ol poor Mac nv he caught in a ol poor jiac mnv ne enugnt a parts Pure Wines and Cigars. O. Hill, -Prop't.

WOOD COCHRAN, Attorneys-at-Law AND COLL CT1NGAGIJN TS Practice in all the Courts ol the State. OlHces at Cottonwood Falls and Cottonwood, Chase county, Kas. J. A. GOUDIK, ttieni arc gunooais ot yourn.

nat will you take to blaik nine. Sam's JEA trrar.d ball will be given at the I'onnsylyania House in this city, on Thank-giving night, Thursday. November A grand time is expected. Don't, tail io attend the Grand hall at the Pennsylvania House on Thursday evening next, the iust. Tiekets to dance, including supper, only one trap and then eaten by a cat) who in turn may be converted Into the best porn sausages, which may subsequently serve for the dinner of some Irn ly woman, into whose eorper 1 being si me pori ion of tlie McGowan essence must eceos-ai i'.

be absorbed, Hlter which but the subject grows painlully mixed' "Let us talk about the weather. feet wero out. sight, and tho wi lii'tit thought answered, ''ten cents." Sam drew out his feet. Theagent drew a long breath, but was too honest a man to go back on his contract, and to work he went. I'p to date he has blacked the northeast half of the northeast quar ter of section one; of township one, of Newspaper Man's Sad Fate." is the title ol a touching article which we did not read.

Ve suppose it i the old, old story ol some editor who married a girl, and ihen the old man refused to lilt the mortgage on his son-in-law's office, range oi.o, left. His further progress will be chronicled hereafter. Mcl'her- people who are great Monc hu-i- trS-To show to tin not acquainted with the Carpenter And. Builder. All work warranted to give satisfaction.

Orders from town or country promptly attended to. ness done at this place, we will make a i son Republican. Cottonwood 8-'wVttorneys I P. Coekran and C. II.

Cai swell in company with C. paid us a call on Tuesday. These gentlemen are all doing business ever at I he Falls, but. it is only a nia'tt-r ol lime when each and every one of them will be numbered among the business men of the growing little city of Cottonwood. Remember gentlemen, that delays are dangtrous.

DRUG STORE. Dr- McCallum, small estimate ot the men employed and have steady employment in the stone quarries at. Cottonwood owned and managed bv Lantry Burr, Emslie, Itetti-ger Co. and Hughes. These Uiree quairies on tin average the year round employ seventy-live hands each, making a total of two hundred aud twenty-fho men regularly employed at two dollars per day.

which is lour bundled and lifty dollars a day or thirteen hundred and fUty dollars a month paid out cash to laborers. Is not this alone enough to make a town boom, and is there another town In the United St ties wit.h the same number of inhabitants that pays out as much each month and employs as many laborers as Cottonwood. Now remember this is only one branch of business. We have other mechanics of all kinds employed at fair wages und all ol them overstocked with work and crying lor help. I tell you gentle reader it is only a matter of time when Cottonwood will be numbered" among the prosperous cities of the Union.

Her stone quarries are inexhaustable, with the finest stone in the stat for any purpose. And II the mech unic anil the laborer wants work at good wages let him come to Cottonwood. Harney Lantry wants to let a contract to build ol a mile (240 rods) ol stone wall. First-class bids will be received (or 10 days. 2 tf.

a newspaper is the nicest tiling a man can engage in. He has all ts of people to please' and it is an old saying that in pleasing everyone, you please no one," and a truer maxim never was uttered. If lie publishes jokes people will say he is trying to be funny and don't know how; aud if he omits jokes hey say that he is an old fossil, and his paper is as stale as bread in dog days. I ho writes Jove stories they say that he is getting spoony on some girl; and if he fails to publish them the girls say: 'How awful! why don't he?" If he should publish anything about the church when it. is iu error, ho ought to be drummed out of the place or sent to state prison for life; that he is njt fit to live among civilized people; and if le don't speak about the church when it dors wrong, that such a paper isn't fit to lead.

If he differs in politics, the opposite party say he is partial, and his antagonists say: "He is a hog, a fraud, and don't know no more how to conduct a paper than a dog;" besides othei' (et names not very agreeable to him, he wears pocr clothes folks say ii poor and not to bo trusted; if he wears good ones they say, stole them, oi has been to a fire; at any rate they are not paid for" Hut. pshaw, why continue such a pleasant subject, anyone cau edit a newspaper. Keep on hand a full stock of PURE DRUGS, also PAINTS, OILS, etc. tMAs we opened our exchanges the laM week, among the number was lound that old reliable family newspaper the Mhephcrdslown (Virginia) Register, published by our won by and esteemed Iriend ol other days, Mr. John H.

Zlttle. The J'egister was established In lsil), and has been under its present manager for the last sixteen years. 'In looking oyer its columns we were reminded ether and more halcyon days It was like meeting an old Irleud Irom our native shores. We gladly place it upon our exchange list, with the hope that It may ever live on in the luture as it has iu the past, a lienwlactor to coining generations and a financial producer of wealth to Its bonorod proprietor. Here is our brother Zif tie, shake, JkiTSaturday was a lively day among lln boys.

It affected the eyes of one or two to such an extent that they are now draped in mourning. PEKSC1MPTIUNS pounded day and night. East side ot Main Street, 3slj. COTTONWOOD, KAfl..