The Russell County Record from Russell, Kansas • 3

inswneV' he Mtuard The will of the rich man of the future will read: "To the respective attorneys of my children I give my entire estate and worldly 200ds Of all dfcrint5ons. Prannallv tn thp A big washout on the K. P. R. R-, east of Junction City delayed the trains for several days this week.

FiDaliy communication was established via. Emporia aud a mail reached us Tuesday afternoon. IMPORTANT TO li OM 81 LA DERS! children aud to my beloved wife 1 give all Official Paper of the County. LOCAL the family and save the trouble of proving the old man insane. EAVGOODS! life we are forced to the conclusion that he must have lived remarkably fast, else how could he crowd more than a hundred years, iii Le has, evidently, lived, judging from his own stories, into tbe time which has elapsed since 1835 up to the present.

But he collapsed and vamoosed the ranche. People didn't believe his innocent yarns, and did not propose to be humbugged by him. The people of Russell county welcome to their midst all honest, industrious persons without stopping to ask whether they are rich or poor, but, we are glad to know that there are very few here who can tolerate a lazy loafer who is always telling what he hat done, but who does nothing, even though he be as rich as a Jew. I have jugt received the largst. and bet assorted stock or General Merchandise that has ever teen opened up in Bunker Hill, which I propose to sell at Warm.

Mails irregular. Bring on your job work. Subscribe for the Kkcukd. CARPETS! At Penncl's. Old papers one cent apiece at this office.

WANTED A few more live subscribers. Go to the Russell Mouse for a good cigar cj 0 Final proofs on can now be made i.cfore the cierk of the District Court, tiip to Salina Call ou Palmer Uaishbarger at yoor final p.ipers. 19tf. 25,000 SWEET POTATO PLANTS three varieties for tale by James Seilens, at his piace south of the Smoky, or delivered iu Russell, us may be desired. Orders by mail promptly attended to.

Price 2 per 1,000. A minister in a neighboring town declared, in the course of his sermon, last Sunday, that "there is no local beaven nor local hell;" whereupon a local editor present took his hat and lett, concluding that there is no hereafter ior him. BOTTOM PRIC ES! The Hon. Mr. Dixon favored us with a call this woek.

for eaah and trade. I will not be undersold by anyone in the county. Having fully r-ganiied for the spring campaign. 1 am pre pared to sell you anytaing and Mr. Landou will raise a large barn tomorrow afternoon.

FOR THE BLACK HILLS, And the recently discovered gold mines in the Big Horn Mountains: Go by the way of Denver, Cheyenne and the great Kansas Pacific Railway. Remember Denver and Cheyenne are the principal outfitting points for the mines: and the safest, most direct and most frequently traveled route to Custer City, Deadwood and the Big Horn country, is via Chevenne and Fort Laramie. FOR THE A LAX MIXES. Take the Kansas Pacific Railway to Denver, where close connections are nude witn the Denver and Rio Grand Railway for Colorado Springs. Pueblo, El Moro, Del Norte, Lake City, Silverton and all points in the San Juan country.

By taking this old favorite line you can stop over in Denver and visit the old established mines and smelting works in its vicinity, au advantage every one interested in mining can readily appreciate. Pullman Palace Cars through to Denver without chnge. Lowest ues to all points Maps, Circulars fcvV, giving full information, cheerfully furnished by addressing General Passenger Agent, Kansas Pacific Railway, Kansas City. Mo. The Kansas Pacific is also the most direct freight route to all the points referred to above- Lowest rates and best time both east and west bound guaranteed.

Call upon or address John Miir, Acting General Freight Agent, Kansas City. Greenbacks iken at par on subscription at this office. A new bakery bus been opened up on Main street. EVERYTHING! Cedar Greek Items. Rain in abundance.

Cedar creek on a little swell. Corn plowing soon commence- Theo- Heller dug 53 feet for watsr. A. H. Thomas has four childred sick with mumps.

Mr. Heller thinks dirt roofs are a fraud in wet weather Wheat is heading out and gives promise of a large yield. Lintenmeyer says it rains through his house roof ''nhuat like netting." Frank Kockaft-llow tended the exhibition at the Smoky school house, stayed late, got lost on the pr.iiiie, south of Bunker Hill, and got the full benefit of the rain last Thursday night. Jcsi BfG. that you may -desire or want from a pin to a plow.

The only favor that 1 ask is that you will J. W. Oliver, formerly proprietor of the Enterprise Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, has taken charge of the Centennial Hotel, renovated, and put it in first class order, and will keep it first elass in every respect. He solicits your patronage While crossing the Smoky, Tuesday morning, with a loid of lumber, Mr. Lanuon's team floundered into a deep hole and fell, and it was only after unloading the entire load that the wagon could be drawn from the sand.

The channel bad been changed and deepened by the late high water. CALL NEE Menzies Joseph Has returned from the east, and is working his FOR SALE At this office old papers two for a cent apiece Farmers expect to commence harvesting by the middle of June. Don't forget the agricultural meeting one week from next Saturday. An express train came through on ed" nesduy but brought no mail. Dr.

Pcot delivered his lecture on finance, last evening, to a fair house. Trains came through all right on the P. last night, bringing full mills. Mr- Acker man has returned (alone) from the east, improved in general health. Waterman Adams Co.

sent about 100 of their ponies to Great Bend last week. Our thanks arc extended to mother Wiles for choice fresh vegetables from her garden. Mr. Durkee's new house looms up in goodly proportions; it will soon be under cover We learn that a Mr. Oliver, late of Indianapolis, Ind-, has rented the Centennial Hotel.

Cards, envelopes, letter-heads, bill-beads, statements, neatly printed at this office. Wheat three feet high and just heading out is no rarefy in Russell county, this T. C. Henry once said to us, "we have a fine wheat climate at Abilene, but you are a little too dry at Russell." If we should meet him now, we presume he would say, 'you have a fine wheat climate at Russell, but we are a little too wet at Abilene." The whirligig of time brings about wonderful changes, you know. Mr.

H. Wr. Tusten sowed a field to rye last fall to make winter pasture, and pastured it continuously during the fall, winter and spring, until he to his cattle away to the ranche on the Saline, and now that rye averages four and a half feet high, with heads six inches long, is just beginning to blossom, and promises a good yield. Beajamia F. Moo DSALEB IN HittDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, FLOUR JXD FEED.

Ul SSKL, KANSAS. COAL 1 1 NEAR NICHOLS' OLD WIND-MILL Coal and Lime always on hand at reasonable figures. KNIGHT dt BRADSHAW, ORAO AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Insurance Agents. Notary Public. The New York Family Story Paper still stands pre-eminent in its class.

Full of good stories each week, and a complete volume of Shakespeare's works as a premium for one year's subscription. This is the most substantial premium given by any publisher and is a rare chance for all to secure a copy of that great poet's works. The price of the paper is 3 per year same as other story papers of its size Address Norman L. Munro, 74 Beekman St. New York.

AiAii mm ww sr w. 1 ILiwitc Cf Dick Landon writes that he has a fine lot of ponies on the trail, and will arrive about the 20th of June- Big Creek Items. In your last issue you say a good word in favor of the petition to our county commissioners to declare ail section lines iu the county highways, of 60 feet in width The idea of a highway of less width than that is perfectly absurd, especially in a new state, like Kansas, where land is not supposed to be so valuable as in the older states. In my native county, iu New England, the highways were originally laid out s'x rods wide, but every sharp Yankee who built or relaid a fence, encroached on the highway until now there is ouly just room to pass; and as the bounds were origiually marked by a pile of cobble stjncs, a tree, or an old stump, which having disappeared, no bounds can now be found; but here in Kansas we have the U.S. Survey, and that will secure us from encroathmeut- Captaia Sperry, having signally failed on ducks, has purchased one of Waterman Adams Co s.

Mexican mules, but as yet has been to approach within the charmed circle, described by a 40-feet rope, which the mule seems to eonsider his own ground. Every section of government land, between the railroad and the Smoky, and for some distance beyond, is taken, and sod is being iuverted as if by magic. Plentj- of moisture Big Cr 'ek is booming along, five kuots an hour, with a volume rivalling that of the Smoky and Saline combined. Houses and cabins appear in the afternoon where none existed in the morning; and corn, wheat, millet, are "upward and onward The prairie has put on a bran new dress of deep green, which is fast causing the ribs of the cattle and horses to disappear. No excitement about hoppers or potato bags, so everything is lovely and the Goose Hangs High.

Jennings comes to the front with wheat 49 and one half inches high without RUSSELL, KANSAS. Will pay the highest market price for Grain and Country Produce. Also, dealers in PORK, BALED HAY, LUMBER, SALT, ETC. FORT SCOTT, and other coal kept on hand and for sale, by the bushel or ton, at the Kansas Pacific Railway Depot the roots. Next, Knight and Brndehaw have received the plans for their elevator and will soon go to work on the excavation.

st Friday morning Mrs- Funk lifted a lamp, which had been burning all night from a table to blow out the light, when the lamp exploded, setting fire to her Mr. who was near by, came to her rescue, and hurried her out of the room to a tub of water and extinguished the fire. Mrs Funk's dress was entirely consumed, while, strange to say, she escaped with very slight injuries- Mr. Funk carries a badly burned hand, and avows his intention to use "tallow dips'7 hereafter. WANTED A girl to do general housework in a small family- Apply to W.

A. Lewis, Kansas. Mr. R. A.

Hetfernan, of fairfield, favored us with a short call, on Tuesday, and renewed his subscription $2-worth. The second side-track is being moved up nearei to the first, and will soon be extend-past the south door of the mill- The heavy rains of the pat week caused souio4wiihout3 on the railroad and threw the trains out of time for a few days- FOR SALE 2b or 30 milk cows, warranted good milkers and gentle domestic cows. 21tf. II W. Tusten.

DEALERS IN ALL K1MS Of I.AM'S A 1 U.AJMS. We offer for sale The Best Tracts of Improved and Viiimjirovod Lands in Russell County. You will do well to examine our list before purchasing lands. Special attextios given to making Homestead and Timiu t'i i.ti iu: K. tries and Preemption Filings.

In this link wk I si Am vnta GES, HAVING THE ONLY KI LL AND SET OF AliS'J K.UTS To QOVWMM MENT IANDS IN THE COUNTY, AND AUK PREPARED TO GIVE ALL INFORMATION REGARD TO THEM THAT CAN BE GOT AT THE LAND OkEICE AT SaLIN A. We are prepared to carry contest cases before the Commissioner of tbe (k-neral Land Office and the Secretary of the Interior. If 70U wish to locate, buy or sell lands, call on us at cor office one door north of the post offioe. ABSTRACT OF TITLE to any land ii this county promptly A Co proprietors of the Pisueer Abstracts of Russell county, Kansas VOOBHIS A HIBBABD'S LA1TD OFFICE, Over the Tost-Officc, Russell, Kansas THE LARGEST AND BEST BJSLJ9CTED LAST LAJfDfl A I I PROPERTY FOR BALI TO BE POU I I Til QOU STY. Deeds an 1 Mortgages made as tbey should be; HomesteaJs and Timber entries made sad proved up on without taking witnesses to the Land Othce, Soldiers' homesteads located, and taxes paid for non-residents.

4Special attention given to contest cases before tbe United Stiviefl Land Office -Qf SMYSER, WEAKLEY ACENTS For the Sale of the Champion Mr. Emley, of Hays City, hired a young man at Neff, Fargo Co's. stable, in this place, last week, to work for him. A few days afterward the young man stole his employer's pocket book with 75, He was arrested and searched, but the stolen property was not found on his person. Finally he agreed that he would produce the pocket book for $10, and the offer was accepted.

He returned the pocket book, received his 10, and skipped out, when it was discovered that $15 more had been taken, making Mr. Emley's loss 825. The ycung man has gone to hunt another man who will lay his pocket book down beside him while he explores his vest pocket for loose change. Mr. T.

H. Killick left samples of wheat and rye at this office which indicate that he has an excellent prospect for a good crop- Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts and all kinds of pipers drawn correctly aud promptly by W. A. Lewis Charges reasonable. Reaper and Mower, Illinois Header, and Kansas Wagon; ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Champion Hay Rakes.

RUSSELL, KANSAS. Mr. Mann is occupying a part of his new building, aud expects to opeu the whole of it to the guests of the Hut sell House in a few days. FOR SALE Cheap A second hand up right piano. This is the best bargain tnat has ever been offered iu Russell.

Call at this office. tf. GO TO NICK GERNON'S To get your lllacksmithing done. All work done with neatness and dispatch Horse Shoeing A Specialty Terms Reasonable- Russell, Kansas. Every family should have a paper your county paper and there is not a man in Russell county who is too poor to take one-If your business cares take your time so completely as to crowd the paper out entirely remember that your wife is compelled to pass the greater part of her time in the house, and wants the paper; your children are growing, up, and their active brains must have some employment: if you take the paper they will read it instead of running the streets- A little girl came to us a short time ago, and asked to see a copy of the Rkcord; her teacher had referred her to the paper for certain informrtion When tbe paper was handed to her she not ouly read carefully the matter referred to, but eagerly scanned the whole paper, column after column.

Her father does not take the paper, although, financially, he is able to pay all our debts, and buy us every day for a year. Let every family in Russell county have a copy of the record. Neighborhood News LINCOLN COUNTY. A number of neighboring farmers, repaired to widow Estes' place on Thursday last, and plowed the ground and planted for her a good field of corn. Such acts are highly commendable, and in no place are they more frequent than among our people.

The grasshoppers, so far as this county is concerned, are things of the past- A great many were destroped by the incessant warfare made against them by the farmers, and the remainder have died or been picked up by the milions of birds. All fears are banished and all hands are happy Register. ELLIS COUNTY. One of the horny-handed grangers of Ellis county astonished the town people by driving his milch cows down Main street yoked to a wagon, last Monday. The patient creatures seemed reconciled to their changed condition-Wednesday afternoon Henry Moore, a colored man residing at Ellis, stole five guidons valued at 825 from General Carr's quarters, at tbe Post.

At half-past six in the evening of the same day, he was arrested by Sheriff Bradsley, and the flags found in his possession. By ten o'clock he had underwent his preliminary examination, and was bound over to the District Coart. Thursday noon he was arraioged be'ore the Honorable District Court, then in session; plead guilty, and was sentenced to one year in the Penitentiary, by Judge Prescott How is this for an exemplification of "swift handed justice' Within twenty hours, he committed the crime: went throurh the lower and upper courts, and received his sentence- Had there been a noon train. Friday mornidg would have found him safely ensconced in the Penitentiary. Sentinel.

Fifteen or twenty good, comfortable tenement houses ars badly neeeded ia this city. Livery Feed and Sale Stable, Da wet McCoat, Proprietors kkell, Kansas. Rigs furnished on short notice. Teams boarded by the dsy or week. Terns Reaa onable.

Lsoiiilon A KaiiMiui Land Colonization Association. II aoth ne 1 aent fur the sale of the Association Lands AH applications for terms of sale to be addressed to ft Killick. Ruell. Kans and will meet with immediate attention Henry Senft, CHAM 11" AM MD'K MAKER The reeord made by the Champion, from its earliest manufacture to the present, has been unprecedented, and this is particularly true in its triumph during the Centennial contest at Edington Station last year; and the Premiums awarded to the Champion Machine Co for the perfection of workmanship, and the materials used in the construction of their machines. The Champion is the only machine made that will cut and save, successfully and economically, all the various crops raised by the farmer- These triumphs have made it the Notwithstanding the fact that money is a little scarce just now, our subscription list has been inflated considerably during the past week.

II. W. Tusten has three miles of hedge on his farm near town; some of it was set out this spring, and a part is three years old and a good fence. It has been stated, in our presence, sovcr-alltimes, recently, that money is very close, but we think there is soma mistake as we are unable to reach it. PROVE UP ON YOUR HOMESTEADS.

W. A. Lewis Co. will make out final papers on homesteads correctly and without taking witness to Salina. tf.

Mr. J.J Beeson, for the last sixteen months the popular landlord of the Russell House, has turned the management of the house over to its original proprietor, 'Squire Mann. William Clim, Wagon Carriage Manufacturer, Russell, Kansas. Repairing promptly attended to. and satisfaction guaranteed.

fgrChargea rea-reasonable. DRUG STORR A 6 WEED has, and keeps constantly on band, a large and well selected stock of Drugs. Medicines. Paint. Oils, Toilet Soaps, Brashes, Perfumery, Dye Stuff, kc Physicians' Preacriptioas carefully eomponnded.

More r-'x Mait, Seres Sea RUSSELL KANSAS. STANDARD MACHINE OF THE WORLD Talk about your zephyrs, your breezes, your hurricanes, and your cyclones! call them by any name that tickles your fancy, and dilate on them till your imagination sinks, exhausted but the biggest bunch of wind that ever struck this town, hailed from La Porte, Iudiana, and his name it is J. Mc Cray. He has an imposing cheek, and the assurance of all the lightening-rod men combined. He can out-talk tho oldest book-agent in the country, and as for veracity the boss Jew second-hand-clothing dealer promptly takes his place as a star of the 10th magnitude whenever McCrsy opens his mouth.

You can't mention a place where he has not been cor a business he has not engaged in. As an agent for the sale of agricultural implements, he excels all others, and sold, in one year, two hundred McCor-mick reapers more than any other age nt in the United States: as a breaker of prairie in Illinois, he counts his acres by the thousand; as a Detective, he gobbled criminals aud big rewards too numerous to mention. FOR SALE A few good milch cows; also 40 head of Texas cows. Must be sold by the middle of June to make room for a herd of pontes. 23tf.

LCTHEE LAftDO. If you want a tract of government land, and don't know whether it is vacant or not, go to W. A. Lewis Co they can tell you, and make out vour DHDers troinpilv and cor- All kinds of work ia my line, done with neatness ane djvpatce F. P.

ARBUCKLE, Dealer te Standard Musical Instruments, SEWING MACHINES; ItrsjKLL, KANSAS George Abrams, BLACKSMITH, KtSSKLL KAN-AM Horse-shoeing a Specialty. Some of our farmers have gone over their corn the first time, while others are still planting. We regret to chronicle the loss to Aleck i Grant, Victoria, of his residence Fridiy night, by fire Mr. ssvs, the alarm was first sounded by the midnight train, and he i is sanguine the fire was tbe work of incendi- aries His loss will foot op nearly 8900. We submit that the important features to be considered ty the farmer in the selection of a Reaper and Mower may be summed up as follows: Material, workmanship, simplicity and durability of construction.

Lightness of draft, lightness of weight, combined with the necessary strength, en-durance of power to accomplish the work Convenience of handling, and adaptation to all the various work required by the farmer. Durability of the machine, and convenience and economy of repairs And, finally, a machine that combines all the feat ores necessary to harvest succeee-ful'y all the vsrious crops raised by the farmer, even under the most unfavorable circumstances. In points of material, workmanship and finiab. rectly. The Rev.

Mr Ashley informs us that about fifty Pawnee scouts passed through Hays City, last Sunday, en route from the Black Hiils to their reservation in the Indian Territory. All ni s'ksorfhtef 4mm ia tk an i pr nsptly charr PIONEER HARDWARE STORE, RUSSELL, KANSA-, Stoves, Tinware, Shelf and heavy Hardwae, Agricultural Implements. WAGONS, and evervthm usuallv foand in a Hardware Store, can be found here at reasonable prices. H. WENT WORTH.

City Meat Market, Rl KAN- W. A. Lewis ft Co say they don't agree with our local of last week, saying the land business was dull, as tbey had made out as high as four land papers each, on two days of that week- with no insurance otar. ROOKS COUNTY. Mr.

Thomas McNulty Jr was bitten on the hand Thursday by a tarantula, and for some time suffered intense pain. He is mach better now, and no serious consequences are apprehended- And now comas Esq Benson with a bunch of rye taken from his field on Box Elder creek, that takes the red ribbon so far It bail feet high one inch, is barely headed out. an I will grow several feet yet. The straw is very heavy, and the heads are seven inches long. Heat Sews.

SALINE COUNTY. Seven rear are htrdlv tree was P. L. Huiet, Wagon 6l Cam ace Manufacturer, Kt -WELL, KANHAA The Champion Has No Rival! And now may be seen able-bodied men with mallets in their hands, driving chisels? Not by a jug full; driving croquet bails through the tortuous intricacies of tho game they never bet on In every business in wh'ch he ever he his been eminently succesful and yet he is as poor as Job's turkey; whether he gave his wealth to charitble and benevolent objects, or squandered it in riotous living, he did not inform us- He was born in 1835. since which time he claims to have engaged in business as follows; For 19 years he was a vetrinary surgeon, and he can tell you more about the anatomy of a horse than the man that made him.

4 years he served in the army, and 5 years he plied his talented brush a fresco bainter. For the space of 7 jers he was brick-layer, and worked at plastering years more- He mt 1 tied mdicines 22 years, and herded cat-tle 10 years; while years of his eventful career wis devoted to the high art vf pointing horse nails He also spent 9 year in tLe service ot his country as a 1" Detective, during which time he jug 1 a nnmber of notorious characters, and knocked the wind out of several schemes, which would, otherwise, have resulted in the overthrow of the government. Besides the ahwve he broke thousands of acres of prairie ia Illinois, sold hundred nay thossanda of McCor-mack reapers, and was a practical carpenter nil his life' Ia urcmiag ip hi? rmirkv A All Laying walks in the western part of town. Hiawatha beats all the towns of Kansas for good sidewalks Hiawatha Herald Which means that the Herald man hts never visited Russell. T.

JE. Cutting. Carpenter and Joiner, GREGORY. Mast ACTtaaa Deisa SADDLES, HARNESS, TRUNKS Valises, etc. Kl SHELL, KANHAB on the streets, or about the residences of Salina.

To-day cur cuy is almost embowered with trees Quite a hail storm occurred in the neighborhood of Mr Scott a farm, on the Saline, last Tuesday night, and did censid- I erable damage to wheat. The Saline river rose eight feet within a very few hoar? i Joirna! Is prepared te do ail kin is of work in au The next monthly meeting of the Russell County Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be held in Russell, on the first Saturday in June. Let all who are interested in the uccess nf the society attend lis promptly as4 ia geed shape I -lasher warn fvmak4 an sfpli mi Ci hTs a.als their aii warrant.