Sherman Center News from Sherman Center, Kansas • 1

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THUPuSDAY, FEB. 3, 1887. PRICE, $1.50 PER YEAR. i 1 A CELEBRATED CASE." PLEASANT REMARKS I ADDiTiOWAL fcDITOiAL. RIJIiE OR RUIN.

IS THE KOTTO OF TKE EUSTIS GAN3. In Which Cobbcy, Codding and Huffman Figure. 7 I Maskei train robbers go through About the People v.t.o Come and Xo The rt vr Town in General. i an express and baggage car near i Dallas, and secure 10,000. Last Friday Codding Huffman, editors of the Thunderbolt, a paper, gotten out by the literary society, were tried for 'slandering J.

W. Cobbey, before the society, Quite an array of ability was shown by numerous legal lights. There Call IV Russell, who had studied law ever since he was a a X.U5U3 iHu-iur-u lueifiitini. says ue would like to see any one close him up. As the merchant can't got credit or a chance to owe any one, its hardly possible that an attempt of the kind will be rriadeT Charles Stevens has moved his barber shop to Wallace, where he wiil take advantage of the It was not lack of business that caused his moving, but prices are fifty per cent higher than here.

Sfr. Moore who has just returned from Iowa reports snow four feet deep on the -t two-year old, and the Neal hoys who know status quo and ss: by heart John Teagar- Heating' Stoves at Oost! "Whenever we say at cost we mean it, and our prices on heaters now such that we shall den was th'ere to mandamus if we didn't keep order. Jesse Barlow was sheriff de jure, I. S. Spencer was judge de faeto, and itANGixo is becoming more popular in the- cast and last week five murderers left for heaven at the end of rope.

Our Senator Ir. 1 ngalls, is receiving raany. riptic.bs from the English jiress, and they arc gcnvraliV "of -a natyre. At Fort Ssiitii an 18-yeaf old Indian Loy murdered three white men which goes to show' that the Indiart question is hot yet'-settled. v.

Ttiil decided that' ne woman suffrage amendment to the constitution is ntgood, so the ladies have, to waU vear. the auuence was large, by jingo. The case Close Jevel in that state, and also. that put every stove in the liooso Conic and Price Tlicni for Yoursclr. Faeth Hess, South Side Public Square.

LU5INESS ULV.S. I sel- for cash strictly and can give you prices that cannot be equaled in the countv. My tock is com-plete and orders are in for more goods. Call and be convinced. Your patronage solicited.

L. M. Wkst, Frv's Old Stand. Dont poke along with a flow horse bnt buy a buggy whip of Faeth Hess. Money to loan and furnished "without delay at the Voltaire Bank, Sherman Center.

You cati 4rnd a M-cll selected htock of dry goods and 'notions at L. 31. old stand. If you have, not, you ought to see that fine fancy stationery, and Colgate's Perfume i at Swigart's. The Kansas Banking IJar-low Sherman Center, is now ready to -cll you lets and property in any rwrt-ci" the fir v.

Tubsaifd buckets cheap at Faeth Hess' hardware store. Flour llussell and brands best on earth, nt Nye's feed store. Money to loan at reasonable rate of intcicst at the Voltaire bank at Center. '-r-Pipes and tine smoking tobacco, at Tom Lint's stand on 1th sreet. be manj from the neighborhood be visited, who wilt came to Shernian cpunty in the sirlng.

As Dr. J. L. Gahdyisnow a pet of "Eustis the people of. that village are mad be njuring th8 Prospects of the County to Annoy Tha Center.

Ever since Sherman Center was declared the permanent cotinty seat by the commissioners, on the 8th of November, the village of Eulis has looked on our town with envy and hatred. Two or three of the leading spirits in Eustis who had nothing to. lose and all to gain by the decision of the county seat question, has kept up a system of annoyance, in order to keep people away from the Center, and if possible! ruin the town. The first move after the election was to get up a bogus tion and bar? mnnins issued. cpuipGliiut fie coin mission ers to rer the and by bribery arid threats to have tbjvillage of "Enst.is declared tli.e county seat.

failed and the, vote was not counted, but the mandamus taken to the. supremo whore the cast now- vs. Their next move was to find out what houses the merchants of the Center bought of andjf they owed anything, and by misrepresenting the facts have the, whoies.il men close up our stores. This was tried in two cases but both failed, while it has opened the eye's of the cause he had tf) give up one of his fraudulent PROs'tKCTS war between (icr-many and nrc Veccming every fiouubrdy may get killed but it will make limes better. wa3 CobUtsy vs'Tfiohderbblt, wherein said Thuuderbblt had said of said Cobbey, to put it.

poetically: y. yy -y ITe could ho fl ii-j-ick hkke, 1 Thau I could cciif TbJ case ojiened Just like a teer bottle with every' mojjiti oeu for whnt is coming. Neal Teagarden foflice, 5th floor Nivs buif(5-ing, ttke attorneys for plaintiff, and Neil Russel, fofTiee in Y. C. A.

rooms) for the defence. .1 nikQ; first I and said tiie cbarsre that client was not a flap-jack nist'er was fa'se and inaiieious. lie sjioke of Cobbey' early life: tint lie, was a ioor orphan with only one father ami 'mother, and ha Hve with an aunt; how in 1hs lui'iib'e dwelling the was the boss dish of the meal: how be had lived ith this aunt until he was thirty-five: how in her sweet, gentle way she had eduof.te.-l aiid given him a -diploma aft T5. p. ibatch-e'er of vt of struggle since with the world nnd.h; rMr.

Rnssei sroke nt lensrth on thd 'question and held the audience sneM-bound with mm Jil mm ve Thk long. talked of KiirojH'a'n war is to be cjiened by France and Germany rnd that right soon, while Unci Sam is inclined to slap Canada, over jhe fishlngjuestion. Near Foi Scott 2.00 cases of giant powder cxplotlc while in over the. Ussotn i Prc'iic road. Ten thousand dollars v.

or.i of plate glass was broken in the ui and one man killed. men as to what kind of peon'e i in Etlstis. TjlGV nfHr(vfi" entered claims, and lay the blame on the renter people, because the trial was held here. 31 r. Groiib, of 6-87, is having a hard time in the way of holding down 1 a clatm.

and has been threatened with his life. Wfe only have a few of the particulars, but jn a short time we can yon something on the subject that will be interesting. i A joint peiition of the residents of Wan. Lawn Ilidsre. Voltaire and Sherman Center is he'ng circulated pfaving that a tri-week-'y ma'l route be est iblisliel between Wane and Sherman Center via Lawn' lt'fde ar.d Voltaire.

We know of no move thp.t would be more bcnePcjal to the eieacy of the ser--'ee and we add our pea to that of the that it may.ie established withovt -lelay. The present facilities are wholly inadequate to the rapid and satisfactory' transportation of said mail. Wano ItnstVr Tlie blackmailers and slanders iiave been umishally active during the. past week. It is; 'he same unprincipled gang that operated Logan last fall: and the recent develop-' ments convince -us that so long as these skulking yillians nre T'ernrtred fo remain in se Does a Genera! Buiiacss, Leais Jlouey in Lou? iI Shirt To Loan (ft Pinal Itcceijjts or Improved sijy -aonoy auvaj on nun.i, no tieiays ana wua tupen Housekeeping utiits sold cheap at Faeth Hess' Jiard ware store.

Apples of the best variety and free from rot. at "Warrington's for $1. SO' per bushel. Feed of all kinds, lower than the lowest, at Xye's i ced store. Patent medieiin, -itiillifd iroo.ls at ffwuart's drug store.

i Gins ft 11 HizoH be found at Faeth Hess hardware store. advantages beyond the competition of many Eatern firms. ScriDt Bonsai aM si. Mm VIM mil that the road has" mnd their town a point linked the Center, when in fact the line of the survey rim.3 nearer to the Center than All schemes have been so transparent that the people have soen through them. Their Jast grnd effort to harm our town is to pub1 a column of stuff about nKu-Klux mob at the Center and tha peaceful Citizens are denied their rights! They published a letter that is reported have received bv Fielding Parker, telling him if he did not vith -draw hi' contest from the claim of E.

W. Tncker he must leave the country, and signing the order of a committee of 85 Now if Parker ever received such a notice, no one in the Center is aware of it and it was the work of one man. Th 're are not a rtosj men the Center that knew that Parker had a contest Tuckef's. claim and if they did or the entire county knew it, it 7 bis silver (ned oratoiy and ujKur his the''-rt'tieal phae of the rjuestioii. lie aid the diploma was nogfdas there were too many flaiv-jaek diplomas in this country now for them to amount to much.

After the Judge had sent Otto Auer to jail for eating peanuts with the hulls on in the court room, and fined Major for writing notes to the girls, thus' the dignity of the court. Mr. John Ten-jrmlen arose. Picking up a. law book, he said that the jaw oh the case could tic found in section 20 township 8, range 40 west That "An act entitled an an act to amend an act on which to act," had passed the legislature before he was born, and that a quarter section of the act entitled an act referred to flap-jacks (sometimes called flap-johns.) exclusively and -for man to make the charge that was a ison-ilap-jaek-ba-ker was high treason, and should be held so by his Honor.

He closed his remarks I our midst the prosperity and growth of Lo-gan is Sheriuan county islroub'ed the same way, and has been ever Uib Center was de In Texas report from tire drouth-strkken districts fays: In the hist few. days -the judges been besieged by unfortunate people, of the district, 'in Stevens couijty, ihey came by st-ores to the court and omen eried: "judge tve are hungry." Then he dealt out a few quarts of cor p. to each all that he had to 'giVo and on which they subsist. At Aibany the relief committee has been dispensing corn meal ouly, but the relief ggent, forwarded- several hmiarod tlollars on Saturday which will enable the committee to lo be.tteV. Ilro-M says he would not have called on the lied Cross but for the slow m'ovemcnt of IVfus hi 'affording, relief.

Miss Clara JJarton. president clared the permanent comity seat. In icliable'Conipauies. Collections in Northwestern Kanas and Ertem Colorado a Specialty Exchange biuight dnd sold on any principal vumnitrcial oity t.i ll. known world.

sent by telegraph. S. T. JiAULOW, President. BARLOW, Vice-Prcsidv gang at Eustis would make a dead match for your gang, Bro.

Coff man. The Howell Lumber Company that d-ee business in the Center is probably the larg est eohcern of the kind in the west. This company own and operate their own mills iii the pineries of north. The headquar V. BARLOW, Cashier, ters of the company is at Atchison, froiv V)f the Red Cross scciety, is now on 5 1 NT i an A'.

fl" where one hundred and s'xty yards in th's state are supplied and kept well stacked for 'he trade. In handling this hnmerce trade hundreds of ipen are eniploycd n7 a business of inany million, dollars iHtye. The expenses run intothe millions, one Mem aieiie Ihvssett fc Irione will lurnish vou monev for linal. juoof the instant and at lower rates tt-an anybody, at Eustis, Kansas. Notick.

I will be at m'y'oilicein Sheiman Center every Satuiday for the trasaction 'of business. Etta J. Hioek, County Stipt I'or 1 resh groceries, at cash prices -and gool weight, call on L. M. Fry's old stand.

Swigartkecs all kiuds of drugs. A. Stevens lias reduced the price ot shuviug to ten cents and hair cutting to twenty-live cents on and this date. "IT; cents for Sumday shae. Cab at theJvansTss Karik'mg'Co.

for hciuxl lands in any part of the county. hiwe twice a wek with Steeus ami have some stylo about you. Only ten cents a shave. Kitchen Queen, At Tea- ifiECKGK I). OlHHEV, her Vay to Texas.

Your roviiVty p.i).; is worth-mo iv to yon than nil the city papers you get. You see In it, things that concern you. irnniedtv: ly, "piatter pertaining to the VcliVHre iri' the community ot Vliich you a.r a jait and Subscribe for' h.tiid -ask vour neighbor to tio likewise. DEALER IX AND OF that of fuel, amounting to 7C0.C00. Mr.

i ai'ilw it liOTii ill Jelrrcjs. tiie gentlemanly and a ccomi lariating airent here at the Center, te'ls us that the oftiee and yafd at this place is the lwfst appointed and arranged of any belonging to the company in the state, with the exception of the general "oft'-ce. It is tiie intention of the company to enlarge the yard at this place to meet the demands of the spriiig trade. The county 'officers have, moved 1 hart a r.cv ami comple te stock cf I lard v. SftoVe ind Tiir.vaic.

-1 .171 Flour. ararden Loaf, Bros. Cdt)Quor. Latest improve- Hon. 'Mr.

West, of the Knv.sOF House of from Comanche Co. cnmtV up from Topcka yesterday morning iuid went out to Sherman' Center his In other. Ie. was accompanied byjiis brother's wife aiid child who have Kvea' crfst visiting Mr WjsV attorney and of selling tmt in Comanche county and removing to Sherman. He was a staunch frieiKi to Wallace county the late contest.

Wallace Register. IIUSI XESS CS'TIOX. the advesti'sement of The Ivansas r-ilv Times in this paper. You tin get the thehiselves and books into the new-court house, where they AVill attend to all count business. IIEAT)N(L VAPOR' COOK TO est's At Ill) IJankets, fliin; forts 'General Store.

Ouilts. A NO. i Tm SHOP, i fs 'nMwljN bnmfsbut th? parties interested. The Dark Horse publishes a whole column' on' this letter, and telling the people what a wonderful bad lot we- nre here and that a man is not safe, in the town. All this 5 done to injure the Center, but the fo -s onn not see that it injurs the onniy and will el rive" people awi from it.

But -they do. not. care what injury they do to the county if they think they can harm the Center. It eithe" rule or ruin with them and it is anything to down the Center. As for an organization 0f $2 men.

or a 102 men being banded together by horrible oaths and seeking blood, it is as false as it is. ridic: ulou-. There is nothing of the kind. ir citizens have met time and again to take action on plans and improvements that would benefit the-prosper ity.of tjje town, and.their meetings have been free to all who had the interest of the town at heart. Enstis can fiever cret the conntv seat away from the Center as it is not br'y tlie largest tnwn btit also the choice df the people, and the annoyance 'tlil oiil 'be Kort; actions bf Fust is all through are disgusting the'.

people, and could sucli a thinr be possible as a vote had to-day JLhe Center would receive four-fifths of the votes. By Eustis claiming a 3et of oflicrs tatid buying books for ithem has placed a heavy tax pn the pe.opc in the shnpe of law suits for the county. What Eustis has bought in the way of 'stationery' for her bogus officers will never be paid for but tjie parties who have fur: niched the books will bring suit against the county their pay. Our Eustis friends might just as well ilet up how as in the future for "let lUp" they have got to do, as the per-maneht'eounty seat has been legally established in the Center and will main there. 1 C.

L. liamilton has sold his resilience to Warren Gandy. A dance was given Tuesday night it.Clarks hall in honor of Mr. West. 'VARir LOANS at Oberlin rate at etvis', law otT.ee, Eustis, Kan.

'Kansas Banking Co. will buv your rciin.piishments or sell you anv of real estate, at the best ofbargjins. If you want to ihakea'anddeal I Weekly Times, and the News ot year with a touching eulogy to -3Ir. Cobbey' culinary attainments. 3Ir.

Ed Neal closed the argument, lie ridiculed the diploma ''brake' and the early life of Cobbey; that he had known Cobbey in the east and he had been raised in afiiii-enee, luxury and opulence by indulirent parents; that if a poor, lonesome flap-jack had been seen loafing at his father" palatial mansion, it would have been arrested and put on the chain gang for flO days; the story of the learned gentleman on the other side was gotten up to bias the juryi he had been asked to dine at Cobbey' claim, and all he had was bakers bread and onions. "I felt sorry for Cobbey. and tears sprung, to my eyes when. i--ate the case, Was. given to the jury and they found for the plaintiff.

The verdict was that piiff man should stay on his claim for a week and Codding could not go to Eustis for 3S hours. MINOR KENTI0N. Somebody should oil the wind niiiis. Found pocket knife call at this ofSce. Otto Gandy, now A Wallace boomer, come iri Saturday Teagarden went to Burlington, Colorado, Saturday.

'The books foir tha officers of arrived Saturday. ()tld xiner had one of the large glass in his store front broken Saturday. Harry has in oved to a dwelling cast of the square on 4tii street Don't forget that you hiust have a partner to gain admittance tothe dance to-night. is the nauip of a new tow in Cheyenne county, and of course has bright prospects. 5 U.

1i.oo-k, the bss cloth L-f of Wallace, was in tow Saturday, caid Svas well pleased with tiie Center. A Mr. Kempt of iTfnois vaa li.ere Friday looking up a business jocatfon and will probably mako the Ceaicrhis ioiM: E. S. West, of visited liis brother, L.

over Sunday, lie represents C-bm-hlanehe comity in the state legislature. 'Tomblin, the baiiker who recently broke up in the banking business at Acktori, will settle for seventy-five cents on the dollar. If utlvdire Jloore. of Iowa, have arrived Where I am prepared to do all kindVci woVk on sliort notice. Boontig a specialty.

for ..3.40. 'While 41.e will keep veu thoroughly posted in hwrc matters, tip Times wifgfT-e wij the rest of the voiir inline at this ofLCe and receive a copy of both palters: Basset tt Irio.no -they can do see Louis RoetheH.s agent of Slu r-j better by you than others Irom the close The railroad surveyors came thraugh town Monday 'alter- surveying to the Colorado line. It is probable that a hew line ill be surv R. M. secured a preemption adjoining his timber claim in Colorado, and will move his fain ily there, and become a horny handed granger himself.

J. E. Thomas, bas rented the Sherman bo Pel and -will continue the business. The house will be refurnished and the best accommodations extended to Teagarden Bros, have placed in hei store room a som secretary, the wprky of Morgan The top is ornamented with live polished buffalo horns artistically set with-fed velvet. The tost was about 30.

Judcre lla and C. Parker, of Rcpariiig ait i Job Work given man Co. for the PIcasanton Stars fa. that their expenenctv ousi- Nurseries. no Has been very iei.r countv -cai'.

on tnern- at Jan. 1 have the Ciieai-kst FaHM can furnish you Ropo, Sj.utV;sf shovels, Picket Pins, Scoop Jjhowl Rakes, Single and Double IlarrieM-. Fry Pans Corn Horse Shoes, Scythes, SiUih, Win Cloth, Clothe LineK, Tacks, 1'owder, Shot, Caps' Shells, "rind Stoned, C.artridges, Revolvers, "C.uf lei S. rc f-, Ba.rbed Wire, Horse Nails, Yon can buy "A suit of clothes cb erfp of' Rut 1 edge Isbell AVest will give you better rates of interest' and more money on Vou fami than any. K'Jaii -ageiicy in tiie county.

Call and be wuYineed. For all kindjof nursery stock take, your orders at home. Call at furniture si oiv- Loriis Roether. on tbis side 1" O'berlin. See me feforo U.

J. Irowis, Ihwtis, Kan. Steel nAils pF al sizes at Faeth fc IK'ss hardw.iro. store. loneV to loan en teat flnd chattels "at lb." Biuk, Sherman Center, Ken.

Oberliri, members of the Itasca town FELIX T. SnrY8ycrsn3 REAL ESTATE AGENT. IiKAIS IX CITY rjUil-iKTV. 3T. A.

KUSI1, Piiysiciaii anl -'Mm. hardware Hos nnu iNrier mini, avi company were here Monday; understand ibeyv with the other members are settling up the debts of the and looking after a lawsuit, brougiit by the Barlow Bros, for $1800, money '-loaned the company in the summer. See the new prints ginghams at Rutledge Warranted alt whalebone buggy whips at.Faeth t. Hess. Trees of ail Now is- the timV order.

Call on 1 1 MiniLVAN kan. tjiJire Kast of it cute- Ttjti.li (lovernnn nt l.ii'r".. Brushes-. all kh.ds at (twigdrl's drug stor. if.

P. GANDY, -jtenij-es cultivation of tii.itfr tu'ture for n.n- i re-ii'jit. V.i.j..fr. TIANSAS. Louis Rot th.

i Postmaster received word i. i .1 ''-It rt 1 I in Kinl. The new hoot -and shoe house 111 S0B6B .1 MlUlllit will be in running order in a week with their stock of clothing and dry-goods J. N. AX DREWS: from the post ciKcu department on Monday night to discontinue the office at the old toVn of and to turn over the effects to tle office at Sherman Centtr.

Thii was done vesterdav. Parties who have had vesiertiav. j. aine uu uau et's "iarm loan co. Rutiedge 3Ioore will be glad to show; you their new goods.

vj i shebman See their advertisement, ecu give them a call. i tr Is iriviliTT hi iiEAIV liiU" liiLCS U1 UllViVv fTi or so. CHerk Murphy is at transcribing the county records and getting the tax roll. S. AV.

Pennington and bride who arrived last week are "at rorne' in pleasant rooms in the bank building. -j'i--'. their mail sent to, ltalca," should no- kilted by Isbcir-. 1 tify their friends to direct to Slier- Prescriptions rilWjarcuVately at liKHM.N t-EXTCK. 1CXS 1 Immigration has comraciiied as is plainly scene in the Center, and5 'our winter is passed, and no cold weather expected, it will continue.

Messrs. Kavert and Fterland. Of Sherjuur 1. man Cetifcr. Swigart's tjj-ug t-i.

jiis in izv.y- Colorado. 'Chr-ni borht an-' -ojo i 1 ntcr.Kar, of f-r-'iii; fruit trees and for- Ifaviii i L.J. Gandy and fairaly left Tues- SHERMAN CKViTJl, KAN No euro no p.iv. 11. i "wtM T- -l stoic.

Liii: day for Lena, Nebraska. Lena is The drummer with Ins seductiVe Mile was here Saturday, and Mfes RJ-smile and samples of spring goods Ueri coiinty est trees a. Roether. the county-. seat CBaine county and at the the Disiial iver.

ftnripr, oil tncr setrooi uisirKi. f. I I i 4 "it is inouoJoii.iu iiiv i 1 1 i-m i.1 Jc 5bT.r- r.ThC tUnfbr Iioldine Sutluaj- jecbool Jia a ir---Uiiy ic)V station yof the chants. i 1 TVlll ntlv oFMonndVallevwas en.cimn??a rrum xvy, -v, railroaa JiCm willgo ihumuv ua i i V. At vi, I is i u.

i m. Vmini i.ronres'nseetfn ovcry tnisinis -wiiiV orotlivr Of iiEiL estate Biicps. int i su.i:. beinc blown np in powder explosion outw -y vrti i at Fort Scott- -LewishWuiio 1 the heat Man' A A od," )L. II.

HENDItirK. il'iVigs atni li iiit i icr h.t. sur'UM AN Mii i i.ij irfiiidfr tar u-fii', -i ic n-ci. winter will go ahead and make Uh vou were back in Injianyhis liccidcnt. lie nsc5 mtcl Uu thc jo.

Mm.nUsum out. 1 MIKRM.Vv CKVTI-11, A ililll 1 Hli yo'ir wife's peojile Voncs of his Jo? is cmm--r w'-i; I.