The Sumner County Press from Wellington, Kansas • 5

Perth Notes. M. L. Thomas of minoin township. Notes.

Our Folks and Other Folks. Now is the tisae to salL i Argonia and Milan are growing rap- LOCAL. NEWS. Idly, and are destined to be large towns threshed his wheat recently and bis Fultz wheat averaged 82 bushels per oa a description of your land and prior, and we will sell it for you on short nr. One of the principal events of the D.

Reiser's wheat in Downs town in the near future. J3. 6.Whitmau Jr, was visitiag in Hold your wheat until the blockade past week was the picnic at; Rice's tice. acre and his Golddrop bushels per ship averaged 20 bushels per acre Those expecting to teach school is over. grove five miles west of here onatur acre.

The Wheat Market. The condition of the wbeat market In Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and all western markets is in a very unsatisfactory condition to all parties interested. All reports agree that the markets are glutted with wheat in the poorest condition. The commission Haugoby, Thomson A McBuss, O.Miller threshed forty-eight acres shsuld not forget the examination to day.

Quite a good number were pres 9tl Sumner county has a poor farm with Wellington, Samuel Hicks, of Guelph township of wheat that yielded 12S0 bushels be held next Saturday. ent and addresses ere made by Col. only WelUnstoa Marble Worn. was in Wellington last Tuesday with a load of winter oats. Mr.

I licks has 18 Geo. Patlon's wheat in Valve rde II. C. St. Clair, Rev E.

C. Furgeson Wellinfen last week. the popular insurance agent, was in the city last Friday. H. started out to Denver, Colorado, last Thursday for a short Vis- J.

F. White, of nerald fame at Geuda The fourth annual meeting of the churches of Christ begins at Palestine .1. T. Barnard will build a large barn Prof. Uickok, of WiuSeld, preached to a good audience in the Babtist church of this city last Sunday morning and evening.

L. Weythman and Wm. Kollier commenced making sorghum molasses last Thursday on Weytbman's farm in Guelph township. The laides of the Presbyterian church at Fairview, Conway township, purchased a carpet for their church last Friday at Wellington. So much wheat was brought into Perth last week that farmers had to haul some of it home there being not and James Holland.

Those present township, averaged 43 bushels per acre. All kinds of plain and acres that averaged On bushels per on his farm iu Osborn township. report a good time. In the evening a this evening at 8:00 o'clock. works done iu the best style.

men have been losing money. The grain buyers have lost money to the acre The Burford boys' wheat in London platform was erected on "public The board of education meets in reg Fred Wagoner, of Belle Plaine town township averaged 35 bushels per acre. Spring wheat as a general rule is not ular session next Monday evening ship, has about 100 bushels of peaches square" at l'erth, and many indulged in tipping the "light fantastic to in the county scat Mon M. Terhune's wheat of Seventy-Six HAKaUS ft GaUOSW. Apples! Appll At Curds apple store, second dor in his orchard near Mulvane.

a success this far south, but this year appears to be an exception, an a field of The Showalter Mortgage Company township, averaged 2 bushels per day. the merry music. Everything passed will begin business on the 1st prox We see by the papers that J. A. Ran- two acres sown by John Mickle, of Illi east or rress block.

Wholesale off very orderly, and the "youngsters' appeared to have a jolly good time. Miss Emma Jiarr gave a pleasant party ate the residence of T. J. Wake ney, formerly of this city, is putting up-j nois township, averages forty bushels retail. Fresh cider.

Prim Hev. A. I). Moore is building a new a $2,700.00 house ip North Topeka. per acre.

One of the young bloods of section 13 field lsstfeFriday evening. School books, slates, pencils. last man. The farmer is the only party that has made any wheat money. The result is that the commission men have been instructing the buyers all over the country to keep the bad wheat off of the market.

Wbeat has come into the local markets as fast as ever, looking fair enough. The grain men have bought it and shipped it; but before it got to market it was so badly heated as to be absolutely unfit for sale, one car load from this city having been shoveled into the Missouri river. The house on his farm in Seventy-Six town ship. Work on the Smith-Mann-Keudall was very indignant over tlit hand car C. D.

Newman, of Chicaskia town MS Deckers book store. T. B. Hubbard, contemplates leaving block is being pushed along rapidly business being given away, and wanted V. II.

Sandusky. of Downs township, enough cars to ship it in. A number of wealthy farmers from Kentucky have purchased land north of Mayfield, and the town is anticipating quite a business boom. ship, brought some very nice peaches into Wellington last Saturday. Mr.

to find the fool who wrote it. and the building will he completed the teqcRers profession and starting a land office in Wellington. A NEWSPAPER acre. Geo. Winsor, of Oxford township, threshed 720 bushels of wheat from 30 acres.

Henry Stevens, of London township, threshed 1,000 bushels of Wheat from 36 acres. K. F. Lambert, of Avon township, threshed 20 bushels of wheat from 25 acres. Wesley Simpson's wheat in Belle has purchased lumber to build a large We didn't tell bim it was us.

No sir. without further delay. Newman informs us that he will have barn. II. N.4Vhite and family, of Guelph not much, as we did not care to be pul Dr.

P. A. Wood Invites ever iaaallv about twenty-five bushels of peaches Horsley Acre shipped ten car loads verized. this season. in Sumner county to call at his dm of steers to Kansas City last Sunday Calvin Coffey's store at New Bedford towuskig, started last Monday on a its-it in.

Illis, near Quincy. II. W. Shepard has tendered Mayor J. W.

Hamilton his resignation as city Much complaint is being made about ney were the huest steers thai have John Chestnut, of Belle Plaine town store in Lamed A Cos brick block and get a copy of an elegant newspaper. Ttf clerk. been shipped this season. Hob: as. J.

Lingenfeltor was In town was totally destroyed by fire last Sunday night about midnight. The origin of the fire seems to be a mystery. ship, hfs the best yield of potatoes 'Monday-, accompanied by his young Cattle For Sale. that wc have beard of in the state A. V.

Urown, of Guelph township, hta three-vear -old steers lately at Plaine township, averaged to bnshela U. Burton, of Seventy-Six has the boss hay stack of the son ofajftoni be is duly proud. Killinger Wilson are putting up fif From six rows not more than six rods long, he dug twenty-two bushels. Who About 40 cows, heifers and carves. county.

It contains fifty tons of hay, M. L.arr. of the firm of Sparr Bros. ty tons of hay for Rev. A.

I). Moore in damp wheat. It is true there is much damaged wbeat but we must learn to take things as we find them and not complain. As we now have indications of dry weather we guess some will change their tune and complain as much of the dry weather as they have of wet weather. We would advise the conductor of the local freight to move a little easy, cau beat that' and is covered with a broad roof.

local buyers continuing to ship bad wheat, the commissioner merchants refused to honor their drafts on consignments made. Last Thursday, the Kansas City wheat men issued a circular to buyers throughout the county stating that on Monday they would refuse to receive wheat until the elevators are unloaded. On Monday, C. R. Person, agent of the Saul a Fe railroad at this point, received of Rolling Green, has been quite ill of Iseventy-Six township, and west of Two miles south and a half mile west of Wellington, Kansas.

late buys able to be around again. James L. Campbell, of Avon town- town, at one dollar and fifty cents per The young folks temperance society 'tf Jacob Mbyj per acre. J. M.

Jones, of Avon, tow ustiip, had 8 acres of wheat that yielded 11 bushels per acre. A. Mason, of Belle Plaine, threshed 10 acres of wheat that yielded 35 hush-els per acre. ton. snip, mresneu ten acres ot wheal re Rev.

J. McClung. of Wellington, or mis city neia a festival in the opera Bull Calves For Bala. cently that weighed out 42 bushels per house block cn Wednesday of last wili till ale Presbyterian pulpit in this Invitations are out for the marriage acre. If auy of the farmers of the week.

Their receipts were about $30.00. city next Sunda i 1 i Id Courier. of Horace M. Culter. of Derbv.

and James II. Owens, lirirur as he has pulled through here several township can beat that average we Miss Metta A. Parker, of this county, AIvetTlobinson: son of John C. Rob Superintendent J. V.

Ratliffe held an would like to hear from them. west or oxford, has for sale, one Haas. times lately without heeding the signal inson living west of town, returned last examination for admission to the state oughbred Shorthorn bull calf, six at the Clearwater Baptist church on the 5th prox. normal school at Emporia, last Friday Friday from Crested Butte, Colorado Mrs. Florence Stiner met with quite month old, and one excellent aanj Cattle men in the Territory are now Miss Helen Weeden was the only appli grade bull almost a year old that is an Mrs.

J. Chestnut, of Falls townships a serious accident last Monday night. She was out horseback riding when cant. busy putting up hay. They estimate extra fine animal.

tf has been visiting her son, Jobs Chest something frightened her horse aud it A petition is iu circulation for the nut, near Belle Plaine, the past week. that cattle running on the range will need about one half ton of hay per head to run them through the winter. organization of a school district at Ar became unmanageable, running about two miles with her at a terrible rate of Wheat Wanted. At the Argonia Mills. 50.000 bushels 1).

W. Johnson; of Wellington, is at gonia. Ihe town has grown rapidly ihe'Sprifflb for hisheallh' and made us The family of J. J. Cross, of Belle $10.00 per head.

John A. Murray and E. X. Murray intend to feed a number of cattle near Wellington the coming winter. A.

II. Hanney will stall feed a number of steers on his farm on the Chicas-kia, in Falls township, the coming win-tor. The Wellington creamery suspended operations on the 17th inst. until cool weather. It has not been paying very well.

W. H. proprietor of the brick yards, has the contract of putting up the brick work of the new school house. A gentleman from the east has purchased the Robert Drummond farm in Ryan township, and is building a large house and barn. Win.

McMillan, charged with violating the prohibition law, was cleared last Friday. The evidence did not substantiate the charge. The Milan folks seem bent on having a newspaper. I'ercy S. Martin is the man who is to start it.

He will be iser by the time he gets to Vol. II, No. I. and is, no doubt, entitled to a new dis orders not to receive any wheat billed for the Kansas City market until further orders. The present plan Is to force the price of the lower grades of wheat down all over the country to such figures as the shippers can come out whole.

These statements do not apply to Sumner county markets alone but to all the Missouri, Mississippi aud Ohio river valleys. Our advice to fanners is to keep their damp wheat at borne and dry it. Iu a short time the mill all over the country will start up on full time. The large bulk of spoiled wheat now on the markets will be worked off gradually. The mills will then feel safe iu buying of those who wished to board the train.

The last offense occurred on Saturday evening. Rev. Wm. Long, hnWVC an appointment at Caldwell, came here to take the train for his destination but the signal was not heeded and he was left on the platform. We hope be may report the case and have the matter investigated.

-itT As the election approaches -candidates for the various county offices greet us almost daily with that grip which only a candidate can give. They are all good men but we cannot support them all. Many here will vote irrespective of party. That's just what we of it, by Gtf Johx II. HAXXoxn Jt rv -Geuda II er- speed before it was stopped.

Atone time she was thrown on the horse's neck, but regained the saddle where a pleasanT call yesterday. trict. Plaine township, were made happy by aid. the addition of a boy last Saturday. It A temperance meeting will be held School supplies of all kinds at Dank- she remained firmly seated the remain Miss Lizzie Richardson is in Chicago er book store.

gts appears that the crop of boys is quite numerous in that part of the township. at Liberty school house, Seventy-Six township, next Sunday afternoon at this weekj purchasing a large stock of der of the ride. She was considerably bruised and exhausted but received bo You will find many rare barcaiaa at drjk goods for Richardson Go's fall P. I vers, has found several taran 3:30 o'clock. Rev.

C. N. Bottorff will Richardson's during the next ton dan trade. s.m deliver the address. tulas at his home, lately, and captured to make room for new goods.

$tl B. S. Vawter's wheat in Loudon township, averaged twenty-three bushels per acre. J. M.

Rogers, of Eden township, has 50 acres of wheat that average 21 bushels per acre. J. Peachy, of Conway township, threshed 035 nsbel of wheat last eek from 20 acres. John M. Davis, of London township, threshed 1,519 bushels of wheat recently from 80 acres.

J. C. Heflar, of Eden township, threshed out 300 bushels of wheat from 15 acres recently. John Farris raised 10 acres of wheat on Wm. Ileadricks farm that averaged 18 bushels per acre.

A. Jackson, of Greene township, threshed 5-3 acres of wheat that yielded JO bushels per acre. Frank Logan, of Palls township, threshed acres of heat that averaged 27 bushels per acre. Daniel L'uderwood, of Couway township, has twelve acres of wheat that made 27 bushels per acre. them.

They may be seen at Cheno- Samoef Vt right, of Barber county, J. llriggs, living on the state line two visited lrrs friends, and schoolmates, miles east of Ilunnewell. has lost 13 or worth's drug store where Will. Mann has quite a collection of curiosities Your Wife Should have a New Home sewian- W. A.

Mwrry and Vernon Miller of this 14 head of cattle of the Texas fever re preserved in alcohol. city last Friday cently. They were running on a range and prices will go up again. As it is, the mill men are not buying the wbeat that is shipped out. machine, the very best that is sold where the through cattle passed over.

It seems that Dr. II. R. Walling "did Edward Brown is back again from serious injuries. Geuda Herald.

Advertised Letters. List of letters unclaimed at the Wellington post office August 25, 18S3. Andrews, V. A Brown, Calvin Bee be, Orln (3) Curry. 8.

Court 1 lit, Harmon ire, Jennie Gobble, Isabelle Howard, Miss Sarah Munnctt. Mrs. Martha Mills, Mrs. Ann Mason, William F. Notewan, John Thompson, Mrs.

Nan Tailor, Brwin J. Y. CorFxax, P. M. "Wellington Markets.

Buy one of 8tf A. Graff. We do not consider that anybody is himself proud" in his speech at the Missouri, and his smiling countenance M. Jay, superuitendaiit of the want, gentlemen, your beads arc level and Downs township is going to give some one a rousing support. Most of the schools of this vicinity have been engaged for the coming year.

So far a3 we have positive knowledge they are as follows: Ogdeu school, "Miss Mattie Traut; Lone Star (Xo. 101) Miss Fannie Conner; Prairie Creek, Dennise; Centennial, J. W. Hoover and Prairie Center, W. Wycoff.

can again be seen at his father's in Harvest Home in Black's grove last Wellington schools arrived Tuesday. Stock For Sate. Eighty-two cows aud forty ealvaa. Saturday. We have heard a number Guelph township.

The examination of the city teachers will be held next Monday and the to blame for the condition of our local wheat markets. All the buyers have lost money heavily aud the commission men are now absolutely refusing to take poor wheat off their bands. of persons complimenting his address W. C. Wallace, M.

W. Randolph aud Cowb mostly 2 and ratr old hasn in the highest terms of praise. schools will open on the 10th proximo. George Young, of DeWitt countv, 1111 J. of is A petition comes up before Supt.

Y. Hatlill'e to-day for the division the Lovtdt school district. There All good graded stock shipped frost Iowa last spring. Also two good bulls. E.

C. McWhorten had his team run nois, were in the county last week, The finishing touches will be put on off last week and after looking for them one thoroughbred Shorthorn and one School Jfutes. the liable t. be a close contest over Miss L. S.

Campbell's building this week and thus Wellington's magnifi a day came into this office and had some prospectsjgg aud visiting J. T. Hickman. L. P.

Srn, the proprietor of the bar. The wheat market is dull and buyers cautious owing to the amount of wet wheat thrown on the markets during high grade. Can be seen three miles north of Rolling Green, Sumner county, E. Murray, herder. For further information inquire of M.

J. Kain. mer matter. bul Friday J. T.

Hickman showed us a small perch which some boys put bills struck, and while distributing the bills beard from bis team aud found them four miles north of Wellington. cent brick block will be completed. Where is the town that can show up as fine one. ber of the First Xalional Miss Jessie near Ma held Jones will teach a school the coining winter. the past two weeks.

The highest pric C. Metz, of Avon township, is report Bank, woSCniade happy last Thursday es paiu tor muling wheat have been as has into his well last April. The lislt chant tailor, Wellington. The members and friends of the by he arrival of his family from To- Paj' follows: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7V Monday, 77 Christian church held a basket picnic Tin, ii. Rouse, 7tf Wellington, Kansas.

Djin Wilson and King Clark, living Miss Bits Rockhold had quite an adventure with a rattle snake in the "later" patch. After a running light of about live minutes she succeeded in killing his snakeship with a stalk of green eorn which she pulled up as a means of defense. It was one of the largest snakes seen in this part of the country this season. Come oil with jour snake stories; let us hear from other parts of the county. Land is booming in this vicinity.

Almost daily strangers are here looking at land end all express themselves well pleased with the country. They say Tuesday, 74 Wednesday 73 cts ed as having ten acres of oats that averaged 80 bushels per acre. Amos Robinson, of Osborn township, has 25 acres of very fine, wiieat that averaged 30 bushels per acre. M. Hackney, of Belle Plaine town this and and and been f.uty feet below ground all time, but seemed to be hearty happy.

1. i'. HulTmau, F. M. Warder Louis Veluzat.

wealthy farmers ip the utility of Louisville, Kentucky, Richardson Co. will receive Shipping wheat has ranged somewhat on the Kiiinescah river near Emerald school house in Illinois township, last Sabbath. A large and attentive audience listened to an excellent discourse Eighty-five pupils of school age are enumerated iu the London school district. Miss Lizzie Meriting will teach at Slate Valley, northwest of Wellington, again this winter. C.

M. Iliggins will teach at Argyle, in London township, this winter. Five goods Ml paifl Suniuer county a visit recently daily for the next twenty days. with a view of purchasing land in the lower while rejected has been as low as 45 cts. rn buds a ready sale at 28 cts.

Oats at lo (a 18 cts. Butchers by Elder J. E. Cain, of Belle Plaine. ship has 36 acres of wheat that made Land! Land! We want more laud on our list, to 1,150 bushels of fine wbeat.

county Rov, L. Mead, of Hutchison, preaclied 1h te Methodist church of Charley Hogan.a carpenter living in stcck cattle are worth $3.00 per hogs $1.25 per cwt. with few of town, was taken with the cramp last meet the rapidly incrt-sains demand Wm. Dal by of Belle Plaine town months at $35 per month. fered.

Fat sheep are worth $2.50 per and those having farms for sale cannot Friday night and becoming unconscious, bruised his bead up considera crops are much better here than they ship, threshed wheat that averaged bushels ief acre, and rye this city last Sunday morning and evening. His sermon are highly compli- 4V jn i. do better than to nlaan llMnrl mi mar are "back yonder. coal iu $.00 per ton; hay $3.50 (a; wool 1 1 (c IS ClS. With few sales.

In the produce market lard books. SMS. Chbkvku a Wuaaav There is considerable sickness for T. B. Molton, of Conway township.

C. trl Ttodfrey, who sold a farm bly before his friends came to his assistance. Dr. W. B.

Brengle was summoned and succeeded in relieving his pain. had forty acres of wbeat that averaged north west 'of Wellington a short time The Fountain. Every person in Sumner count? is in twenty-live bushels per acre-4 since. Iiaif decided to engage in the this season of the year, ow ing in part to the wet weather. Many think we will have much more sickness than we now have as there has been considerable malaria produced by the unusual wet season.

It is said that the Oklahoma War Wash Wagoner, of Belle Plaine, vited to call at Dr. V. A. Wood's drac Iriig btisilfPss ib Byrden, Cowley coun Geo. W.

itailey, living in the southwest corner of this township, has our thanks for the nicest lot of Concord grap-3 we ever saw. Some of the grapes measured almost two and a half inches in circumference. G. F. Hargis, chairman of the committee on water works in the city council, informed us, when approached on the subject, that at least three more propositions are expected.

There will be no hurry about making a choice. J. It. Duncan, Jesse Duncan and II. Snearing purchased lumber at Wellington last week to build new houses, while Peter Allen is building a new barn.

This indicates that the farmers of Conway township are prospering. E. Bishop, living near Mulvane, was in Wellington last Tuesday with a very fine load of seedling peaches. Mr. Bishop has a very fine peach orchard and informs us that he will have about one hundred bushels of peaches this season.

Mow that Wellington is going to have a system of water works, why cannot a company be organized right here at home to put them in. There is enough idle money here to do it. What money is made in the operation might just as well be kept at home. is worth 10 (a, 1 4 els. per lb; butter, 12i (a, 15 cts; eggs 12t cts; flour corn meal $1 .20: potatoes and tomatoes each 50 cts.

per bushel; sweet potatoes $1.25 per bushel. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN Fur the week ending- Aujrust 29, 18SS. raised 21 acres of wheat' this season ty, Itansas. stock-raisers in the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, are visiting Sumner county and investing unite heavily in real estate. The county commissioners had the barn on the poor farm underpinned last Saturday.

There are seventy acres of splendid corn on the place this season, and the farm promises to be a good investment to the county. John M. Ilothwell returned to Sumner county last Tuesday and will soon move his family here. He reports the crop prospects of Illinois as exceedingly poor and that many people are emigrating, principally to southern Kansas. One of the curiosities of the mail service is how it could take the Cicero pacKage of The 1'itiiss from Thursday at noon until Monday to reach its destination.

Vet such was the case last week. Chief is to be changed into a local newspaper at Geuda Springs. It is hard enough for one newspaper to eke that threshed out 5P5 bushels. store and get a copy or "a new and beau-tiful newspaper named "The Fean-tain," which he publishes the first of i i iKHvnr ki J. Cvpjtlliorvor, of Hilotul, Doni IfARKIET; W.

S. Simmons, of Seventy-Six town phan cumy, is visiting his brother out an existence there according to the every month. Ttf John Echternach will teach a four months term of school at the Tibbctfs school the coming winter. Dr. Latta teaches a six months' term of school at Mystic Valley, in Sumner township, at S40 per month.

J. J. liuoth will teach the school in the district where he lives, in Conway I Vnship, at $40 per month the coming winter. Miss Metta Parker will teach a six months' term of school at Geneva, Illinois township, the coming winter at $40 per month. Miss Nellie Rose will teach a four months' term of school at the Independence district, iu Osborn township, the coming winter.

Homer Thompson will teach a five Herald's anniversary say so. But the ship, has' sixteen acres of Wheat that averaged 29 bushels per acre. living miles west of Wellington, and tUinksttt mukUig this county bis pei-maueut hauic. UATK. i Tt-MfkhAiriiK.

HAiKrau. new paper may be successful if it meets J. K. Uastie commenced spuing To Whom it Mar Concern. All persons desirous of purchasing PIANO, OltUAN Or KEWINU MACHOT.

the public demands in its line, the which the present paper has not done. Frank illey, of Belle Plaine town wheat last Thursday, the 23r of August, and has sixty acres sown. VflNTII. WEKK MAX. MIX.

INCH SB. 23 ThU. I 75 i 24 I Fri SO AS I .00 25 I 8.rt. i .01 I Huu. 8 .00 -7 i Mou.

88 51 .00 28 I Tnes. I 57 .00 Wl. I 85 57 .00 can, by calling on or notifying us, have a Harvest Home Meeting- A large number of farmers, their wives, their children and others met in Mr. A. G.

Black's grove, near South Haven, last Saturday. The meeting was called to order at 10 o'clock A. M. and C. II.

Rahe elected president. Mr. Rahe read a selection from the scriptures and the people rose and were led Next Monday, September 3rd, the George Wight, of Belle I'laine I'tow-n- new postal notes will be issued by all ship, sas in Wellington lust Friday, singing His praises of the Xinnescah has a number one farm and is lnaWhg money. weeks trial or longer if necessary before purchasing, and if the instrument ship, liar, forty acres of wheat tliat nv-eragcstwenty bushels' per 'acre. A evlhm.ni and.

u-ifi. or money-order post offices. This system enables parties to send sums not exceeding five dollars at a cost of three cents, or five cents less than the smallest money order has cost. They will be Noel Faulkner, of London township. or machine doesn't prove satisfactory, WE WILL ItBUOVK IT AT OUU OWN BX- pensk.

We are confident that our goods are as fine as any in the market, aud we sell them at bed-rock prises. i township were in Wellington lastTues- DAILY WKATHEU KECOKD: part cloudy, lisht shower of rain at 4 A. rainfall .07, lower tem-L-erature, light winds 24th, heavy day. Mr. Weythman wyll soon com in prayer by Dr.

II. R. Walling. Ihe juvenile club then sang "Gather iu the Sheaves." Rev. Mr.

Gibson waa called mence thejerection of a new house 14 make terms to suit the purchaser dew, clear with quite cool atmosphere payable the same as money orders and their issuance will be confined to money-order offices. on for an address but declined. U.he oy s-i wiui an en la ny ai. and guarantee, in writing, every instru president then introduced Dr. T.

M. ijjtaficid, who has been work ment or sewinsr machine for First who delivered a most excellent and ap As an evidence of how all Kansas is ing at the onrper.ter trade in this city for the past year, started for Denver, prospering we mention the fact that although the board of education invited propriate address. After the address and a service of song, a committee on organization was appointed, ajfCJthe Colorado, last Monday, where ho ex apparently calm, temperature rising during the afternoon; 25th, cloudy, light winds higher temperature follow ed at P. M. with lightning, rain clouds on horizon; 28th, clear, light winds stationary high temperature with rising barometer; 27th, heavy dew.

clear, lower temperature, no winds, afternoon and night the air dif YEARS. You will save money by giving us a call before buying elsewhere. All on- DKKS BY MAIL PBOJfPTLY ATTBXPSD TO. Itf A. W.

AVHUKY SV Godfrey's Block. Wellington. Kan. perts to resume his trade. threshed 40 acres of wheat recently, that averaged 30 bushels per acre, J.

N. Grant, of Springdalc -t-iwnship, threshed 30 acres of wheat recently that averaged 21 bushels per acre. Peter Appgl, ain Downs threshed 18 acres of. wheat recently, that averaged 21 bushels per acre. D.

C. McKinon, of Seventy-six township, threshed 38 acres of wheat recently that yielded 3B bushels per acre. Wm. Bucther, of Jackson township, threshed 15 acres of oats last week that averaged forty five bushels per aire. J.

A. Leach, of Conway township, bids on the new school building from all adjacent towns and even from Atchison, yet they received only one from Smith White, of this city. Every meeting adjourned for dinnei. Then came a season of genuine pleasure. The dinner was good that's as G.

F. Brftcr, C. Piymell, A. I. Willey; 5 W.

Forney j. D. Justice W. II. Maddy informs us tt he has sold over one thousand dollars worth of nursery stock to farmers living in the western part of the county.

Some of the apple trees planted by the older settlers are already bearing, and this county will soon be well supplied with fruit. Louis Veluzat, of Kentucky, who purchased the John Mann farm northeast of town, has purchased M0 acres of laud in the county recently. He will soon commence the erection of a large house on the Mann farm and intends to make this county his perma good a word as any. There was plen town in Kansas is busy enough just and Thomas Donahue ere down from tt)e thrivHni city ot Belle Plaine Monday evefftrTj to attend 'Masonic lodge. ty of roasted pig, turkey, chickens and Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that so fused with a line palliari- tine dust and dense haze; 2sth, dew, clear and calm, higher temperature. now to give all its mechanics employment on full time aud pay. everything else to tempt the appetite of even the most fastidious. The social chat that accompanied and follow It is absolutely amazing to note the amount of lumber that is going out of ed the dinner was greatly enjoyed by dense haze sufficient to obscure the setting sun, lower humidity, the soil becoming somewhat dry, corn commencing to ripen; 29th, heavy dew, clear, Wellington this summer. Visit the all the very large crowd present.

iim who has been holding Terjitej-y -southeast of HuunewesV started for his home at Macomb, JJIinoi.s, List Sunday, leaving hi stoclttcattle in Fosses pasture in UitvTenritorv. i of Tiife 'Press report torial forie. left last Thursday for a lumber yards when you please, you The meeting was finally called to or nent home. light wind lower temperature and ination of applicants for teachers county certificates will be held at the city school building, Wellington, Kansas, September 1st, 1883, commencing st 9 o'clock A. M.

Examination fee $1.00 in advance. J. V. llATLirrn, 713 County Superintendent. Don't Oo To School, Without baring all the books, copy der by the president.

Then came sing find them full of teams and men, busy loading lumber with which to build atmospheric haze. Hev. A. J. Heasson, paster of the ing and prayer, after which the meeting was addressed by different speak Lutheran church at Feabody, was in John II.

sVolkk, Observer. new houses, barns, stables and granaries. The lumber war and the fine crops came in just the right time this ers in a sort of experience talks. Then months term of school In the Emerald district, London township, at forty dollars per month. W.

P. Griffin will teach a six mouth's term of school in the Windsor distiict, Oxford township, the coming whiter at $40.00 per month. Samuel Kincaid will teach the London school this winter. This is quite a compliment to Mr. Kincaid as he is their old teacher.

W. T. Cooper will teach a four months' term of school at Pleasant Grove, South Haven township, this winter at $40 a month. Charley Roberts the handsome young pedagogue of Sumner county, will teach a five months term of school in the Woods district, Osborn township, at $40 per month. Shields Whitten will teach a six lonths term of school at Rome the flaming winter at $45.00 per month.

Shields is a number one teacher and will teach a good school. Belle Elliott will teach a six months term of school at Lone Star in (iuelph township, the coming winter. This is quite a compliment to Miss Belle as it is her third term in succession in that district. The Caldwell schools opeu next Monday with the following corps of teachers: E. A.

Gardner, principal; Geo. W. Ewing, Miss mattie Oatman, Miss Lida Ross, Miss Mary Vasey and Miss Ray Campbell. The district collected $7, 132.45 during the year ending July 31st, spent $6,653.53 and has a balance of $478.53 in the treasury and 410 school children in the district. J.

W. Campf has secured the school In the flourishing town of Udall, Cow Wellington Wednesday, and is looking up the members of that denomination with a view to organizing a church at weeks' the northern portion of the state. lie will stop a few davs frr BUSINESS LOCAL. books, pencils, slates, etc. year.

Consequently, Sumner county is being dotted all over with bright, new roofs. this place or Caldwell. He has organ need. The place to buy all such i Messrs. Smith White, architects of this city, are drawing plans this week for the new school house in Belle I'laine and the new opera house at Harper, to be erected by J.

S. Ilothwell, formerly of this city, and a Harper grocery man by the name of Coff-nian. John S. Estell, of Guelph township, has purchased the Steve Mullen eighty acres on the state line for $800. Mr.

Estell contemplates purchasing more laud in the neighborhood and will soon be known as one of the heavy land owners of the township. Last Monday, Supt. J. V. ltatliffe granted l'erth a new school district; but as compelled to make the territory snrnller than the petitioners de-si red so as to avoid causing the moving of one or more school houses.

The property of the new district is valued at about $12,000. The way new subscribers have been coming in during the past two weeks is enough to make any newspaper man's heart glad. We propose to keep Tiik I'kess such a good local newspaper that no man in the county can afford to be without it, whether he likes the color of the editor's hair or not. In this issue appears the half column advertisement of J. D.

Decker's book and stationery store. Mr. Decker de-voteB his 1 hole attention to this line of goods and keeps the best stock to be found in the city. He keeps school supplies of every class and variety. Call on him when you want his line of goods.

Fast Thursday a cowboy passing Stone Son's store on his way to the train, thought that the train was going to pull out and leave him, noticing their pony hitched before the store he climed on to it, and never did that advertising medium make better time than it did toward the waiting train, where he arrived, hitched bis pony and quietly took his seat in the cars. The city council met in special ses WS. UandiUl, dca all kinds of Palotins. Grulninr. KalKomininir arid PiMriw.

ized churches at Wichita and Winfield recently. Kien work a Spoil Ity bop dour Sou rh of The stern arm of the law has been sauia re luit-ry. s-so threshed 14 acres of velvet wheat last week that averaged 2 bushels per acre. J. li.

of Seven! v-Six township, has tony-five acres of wheat that averages twenty-six bushels per acre i a 9 Eli Whitman, of Conway township, threshed 13 acres of wbeat last week that averaged twenty-eight bushels per acre. R. D. Nance, of Belle I'laine township, threshed 42 acres of wheat last week that averaged thirty bifshefs per acre. Charley Mendenhall, of Belle Plaine township, threshixl 20 acres ot wheat recently that averaged 30 but-hels per acre.

Bruncher, one of the solid farmers of London tovnsliip, threshed 1325 bushels of wheat recently, from 50 acres. eif is at Dr. P. A. Wood's drug storm, tl See Sere.

Mo wry 'a patent washer only two dollars and a half. Sttt A. Gusrr. The Wellington post-office was moved New goods at Richardson's. a permanent organization was effected by selecting the following officers: A.

G. Black, president; Rev. S. C. Noble, vice-president; K.

Tilbury, secretary. The meeting was then addressed by Rev. D. Harader, of Milan. The following resolution was effered by a committee of ladies consisting of Mesdames Walling, Rahe, Chenoweth, Whidbre and Bell, which was adopted: That we, the farmers' wives of this community, with our toiling- husbands, meet to-day In this our second anniversary meeting- and do, in the form ot this resolution Stolen pressing down so hard on "the boys" upstairs iu the Folks Bishop building that their doors have been closed and they have resorted- to the '-wheel of misfortune," the old device where From the pasture of Mr.

Zimerick, WANTED: Six or seven good six miles southeast of Wellington, ten Enquire st this office. 4stf. last Saturday night. Its new location is just across the street fiom where it was in the rear of the Lamed Co. block.

The room is small, cramped and in a rough condition. Faint and plaster will remedy the latter fault, however. Its location is as convenient as could be desired. head of young cows, with ten calves by their sides. The- cows were branded books the toper puts his money on a wheel, the wheel is turned, his money taken in and his drink passed out by hands Second hsnd school Emporia" afcd then go to bis home in Council Cdve: John Dauglierty, of Liberty, arrived in Wellington last week, and lias taken up bis residence in the S.

L. Hamilton house in the third ward. Mr Dougherty is a brother-in law to J. D. Share.

N. C. Fsnnkiter and wife andT. A. Sboemate, all of London township, made a 'pleasant call last are always pleased to have ourfffends call on us, aitd'show them throitfrh the odfee.

Samuel jy. Hamilton, editor of the Wgjlingtpnjan, jeft last Thursday for Lebanon I ipdiana. His family, who have been on a isit, will return with with him ixt Saturday. Jacob Mwver and M. Dutton, of MS Decker's Book Store.

with on right hip, aud were of the lot bought by James II. Stark of that are invisible to him. This scheme cf thanks, express our deep and lasting- grati Mrs. Reynolds. These cattle were Two years ago John Mann purchased tude to the Giver of all our Rich Harvest and stolen Sunday night, August 19, 1883.

all the blessings we have enjoyed In the past year and that we most devoutly ask that our labors may be so abundantly blessed in renders it difficult for spies to get in their work. But, the officers can shut the shop up if they Want to do so. Work was commenced on the excavation for the new school building last Monday morning by Messrs. Smith A liberal reward will be given for information leading to the whereabouts 160 acres three miles north east of Wellington, for $2,100. Last Monday he sold the farm for $5,000, reserving the crops.

About one-half hour after, the the ensuing year. of the cattle. These cows and calves are the property of James II. Stark. gentleman who purchased the farm Th Fete.

Thirty ncres Of Wheat on the farm of 1). 1'. Munsons, iu lielle I'laine town' ship, averaged twenty seveu bushels per acre. a W. J.

McNeal. of Illinois township, White, architects, to whom the con To The Citizens of Wellington. sold it to a party from Kentucky at an advance of $250, and the farm is now We Print Cards, Blanks, Tickets, Posters, Receipts. Programs, Bill Heads, Pamphlets, Statements, Note Heads, Letter Heads, Visiting Cards. Funeral Notices, Wedding Invitations, tract for its erection was let on the 21st inst.

The foundation is 64x74 feet and the cupola will reach 80 feet above the held at $5,500, which it is well worth. I Wish to inform the people of Well Slielbcyvflife, Illinois, are visiting John threshed an acre of oats from his. field of seven acres recently that turned out Last Friday as Julious Pourron was foundation. The building fronts the west. The balls are to be 16 feet wide.

wheeling a wheelbarrow of rocks upon Tbe night was Ailed with music. And the cares that infest the day Falded their tents like the Arabs. -And silently stole away. On Wednesday evening of last week, Miss Kate Ranney celebrated her fifteenth birthday at her home. It was a delightful evening and the house and grounds were filled with guests at an ley county.

Wages good, commuuity the very best, a fine new school house, situation transcendent, being on Cowley county branch of T. S. F. ington that I am giving more bread for the dollar than auy baser in the city. Oilier bakers are giving twenty-four loaves to the dollar, bat my twenty the scaffold of Hazard's new building bushels.

-G. W. Friend, of Beile I'laine lown- The eight rooms, four below and four R. and most of all he will be joined above, are tone 2lx2S feet. Each school room has an entrance from the abip, threshed ten acres of wheat re the scaffold gave way and scaffold, rocks and man fell to the first floor, breaking eight joints and falling to the Mflrtm.

bHfeeventy-Six township, and, loeking ovr the county. Mr. Mmer is Mr. Mann's father-in-law and Mr. Dottoti if 4iis brother-in-law.

Raj of Potlsgrove. in Wefiingtou Tuesday evening. ile will visit his uncles, the McssrsIlissell, living north of JtownV the McMabau of this city, and by his wife and dadghter. If be is not sion last Friday night and canvassed And anything else commonly I early hour, there ling about fifty persons present. The evening passed happy we would like to know the reason why.

Nevertheless, we regret to loose the smiling countenance, the printing office. Call and see onr I hall, and the lower rooms have doors entering from the outside. The basement extends under the whole building. The walls are to be built of brick, bottom of the cellar. Strange as it may seem the man escaped with a few slight bruses, although his arms and legs the vote on waterworks.

The count was as follows: First ward, S3 for, 4 cently that averagea unriy-iuree uusn-els per acre. Charles. McCully, of Eden township, threshed seven acres of turkey wheat recently that averaged twenty-eight loaves contain the most bread. Don't go by the nnmher of loaves but by the number of ounces you get for dollar. When you weigh the bread you will find that I give a great deal the most bread.

For sale by Alex. Crum and II. X. Capps. HI C.

L. Voris. les and learn onr prices. pleasautly and all seemed to enjoy acainst; Second ward, 29 for, 5 against; sparkling humor and laudable energy were covered with rocks and timber. themselves, especially Art LOring and the Limekiln Club, who occupied the trimmed with stone.

All the rooms of J. W. from the corps of teachers in other ridhds for a week or so and look FOB BALK. Ten thousand old pa pen st this Tnird ward, 1 for, 15 against; Fourth ward, 40 for, 2 against; total, 163 for, bushels per acre. are to be heated with steam.

Messrs. Wheat prices are on the tumble still, Sumner. oyer the cunjitry 2ti against; majority for the bond, 137. dining room and enlivened the hours with some soul-stirring sonnets, in one of which Bro. Gardner lost his teeth.

Richardson Co have just received Carson Hovington are doing a good Mr. De Brunswick and family started Sisiday -for their new home iu John T. Showalter will pay fifty per foot for lite tallest stalk of The mayor appointed the following waterworks committee: 6. F. Hargis, a large invoice of II.

J. Ilolbrook's la business at their store in Guelph town not only in Wellington but all ever the country. Our Wellington buyers have been losing money. There has been a sharp competition among them and each grade of wheat has commanded dies and children's shoes. Ml with at least one ear on it.

chairman, John Murphy and J. M. ship, which with the grange store and that of Donahue at Cleardale, WfebmjrtSaW Kansas. Mr. Brunswick is emphatically a live business man and a good citizen, arid Howling Green is his office on or before September 1, Frank Mercer" threshed tnlrtcen hundred and ten "bushel's 6f wheat in London township one day last week, with his steam thresher.

David Doraettone of the solid farmers of BellaFlajue townsbipv Uiesjied forty acres of wheat recenUybat averaged thirty bushels per acre. At eleven o'clock refreshments were served, and, though wc have a decided weakness for ice cream, the way that Jack Augustine, Joe Stettler and Harvc If you want your land sold, give it make three good stores in the township, all of which are well patronized. the top figure here, but they have all missed the grade on their wbeat In into the bands of IIatxiHky, Thomson A McBkidk, UNEQUALLED." Col. L. M.

Woodcock, colonel of the 2nd Regiment Kansas State Militia, in mmnanv with Captain Lone, of the loth to mwe him Hp. Messrs. Abe RossnfieM and Dave Rabold, his clevex salesmen, will accompany Our Smith White are to complete the building ready for the furniture, by January 1, 1884, for $14,000. Another water works proposition was submitted to the city council last Friday. It comes from J.

A. Jones, of Wichita. The proposition is lengthy and carefully worded. It proposes to give Mr. Jones and his associates a monopoly of the water works business in Wellington for fifty years and the privilege of making all rules and regulations for their government.

The city is to lease fifty hydrants for twen Kansas City. Fjr instance, wheat, Ml Wellington. Kan 4 User Ts E. F. Stewart, of Milan, sold one hundred and eight three year old steers bought as No.

2, has graded No. 3 or lower in Kansas City. This fact taken School Books- Wichita Guards, came down from best wfefcM go with then. Bowling! Geonte Pfeifer, of Jftckwjn to to George Holland, last week, at $35 Wichita last Thursday and mustered Black mangled that article then and there, simply paralyzed us. We don't blame the buys though, for it certainly was a rare treat to have some "sure miff" ice cream.

After refreshments we had music by Misses Emma Williams, Etta Irland and Winna Barnard; in connection with the general decline threshed 5 sere of hea that aver- For school books, slates, pencils, and "We have used Mashs Gouts in basbelN'fter acre sod is neves of has been bringing prices down. everytMngehje needed in auy grade of Blood ft Lives Tonic in per bead. lie in turn sold the cattle to Johnson and Bigg, who will feed them on their farm on the Arkansas, in John T. Showalter as captain. The boys were well pleased with the Colonel's drill and military bearing, and be oats that averaged 3 bushels per acre.

school, go to Dr. P. A. Wood's drug Max sscnnitzier, trial for vio store here you win find a complete with ex celts at results. For Blood liver eoassialBte it is unequatod Henry L- Moore.

La Crosse, Wis Jsasthan Macr, oi Jaskaou town- lation of the prohibition law was men Geuda Springs. lieve there is sometmng besides fun in OsnKs4v)Gafcetre L. G. Hearing, wfc? been a member ot Tax "Fbbss force lor Hie; post two rears, started for Kansas City, where Je will meet 'Will Cimuiugliam and probatjly visit the mountains. Luxe has been in ill health for some, time paat and.

has gone to lake a month's recreation. At the end of that ttf ahin. threshed Is sorts of wbc tioned last week, was convicted on ty years at $3,300 per annum or $165,000 in fifty years provided the number of "Maesh Goldss Blood A three out of four counts. A motion for averaged 22 bushels per jsej, find 12 drill practice. At the close of the drill the captain treated the guests and company in a royal manner to cigars Toxic is an incomparable a new trial was made and overruled.

A hydrants are not incresased or the ren Sasres OI oats um uuue uiauen pes purifying the blood and motion in arrest oi judgement was lucre. and lemonade. liver. I have used it myself made. It is grounded on the fact that A few more buggies left, very cheap Parties wsutiag Use saute should call immediately if they wish to get oi.

8tt A. Gbaff. G. W. Faucher, of Belle Plaine town tal raised after twenty years.

The builders reserve the right to mortgage the property and oblige the city to pay the interest. After ten years the city time, he will return to Wellington and it to others wits We believe that we heard, at one time, that The Wellingtonian had been ship, threshed forty seres of wimmi last as the defendant has once before been convicted under this law, the least pen and some ot the party engaged' in "tripping the l.ght fantastic," Your reporter wanted to dance but the room was too small for the manipulation of bis fairy feet. The guests departed all feeling that they bad been royally entertained, wishing Miss Kate as bright a future as her past has been, and that the next fifteen years may roll around and find her unchanged except in name. Zo. The stock yards have been: cleaned out and put in proper shape, under the Mumiuon of A.

E. Trester. Sanerin- resume bis" old position in this ofhee. -James II. Walker, wwk that imaged nfty bushels per declared the official newspaper of Sum- LCity, Mo.

You will ami all kinds of school sup may purchase the works by paying ten and bis son Frank slxty-fiveacres county for one year irom jurys. "Your Golden Balsan for ts plies at Decker's book store. stf resMOdeMof the Republican and dur per cent, more than they are Valued at mt wbeat that turned out lfWoush- iun Vet. we have failed to see it Throat and Lungs, and Golden I Alexander Mc In tyre, whom we men tion last week as visiting his son in this city, is so well pleased with the county that he has purchased 320 acres of land three miles west of Rolling Green, and will move his family out to Sumner county in the spring and make this his permanent home. J.

D. Clark, living on the Arkansas river near Geuda Springs, brought into Wellington last Tuesday a load of very One watermelons which he readily sold at good prices, the load amounting to $11.00. Mr. Clark lias four acres planted with melons and expects to realise about $600.00 this season from the patch. by a board of arbitration.

The usual alty is $200.00 per count or a total fine of $000.00 and ninety days in jail. The defendant chums that a justice of the peace lias no jurisdiction where the tine exceeds $500.00. This motion has not been decided up to the time of go mihlication of the commissioners pro- OVMUBM, WJ in rssAs, csum jcsm-M at their special meeting St Lives Toxic, have ears of incipient cuttsusapUon. W. ttagan threshed' OTirty-tfaree sirs.

E. Chestnut, who purchased i. day rna to jptcn uje train rox of wheat to Seventi -Sixto. nsfaip July 23 1883, and their regular meeting Auffust 0. 1883 ad belr Pcial Mrs.

Ia. J. Wisenarts millinery state the best ssedidaes in the Cmincil Grove. Air. Koirpn lias oeen test is to be made and the usual schedule of rates is given.

We do not like the tenor of the proposition on first reading; but the whole matter is in the hands of the council and we presume they will do as thy think best. At last Tuesday, which averaged thirty recently, Mas returned from Chicago ing to press. In the mean time. Max prihdiWot.tV Mulvane J. T.

Fowler, Davenport, Iowa. the same date. Can it be bushels per acre. Mr. Uagap.

puscbss- with the finest stock off Millinery ev is in jail, paying at least a part of the tendant Niekersoa and Road Master Gittam came down yesterday on the pay ear, examined the yards and com- be Maesh Gulden blood ie cf that the fact that the proceedings were penaltv of his misdeeds. How true it seen ia Wellington. Call on her at Mrs. Wisekart's old si ami, for all the i free of charge have any- MissLsiKaGonbm.of Enarka, a grad- ed a farm fewnuH nmp isst t- Khtiol and wen' January, and it awl Imild- is that the way of the transgressor la men im 31 r. mnri uhii inr nun had accomplished.

Caldwell Jour Tome and Mausu'd Golden BsiaasT. are for sat JJu A. Wood, dmsjt 1st. ljtgf bottles a' cents sad ft, sj present writing they are waiting fur tuin. to do with the failure to publish latest fasbioua.

Ml hard. ktMtwii lb-publican 1 ing an addition to the hmie. another proposition from St. Louis. them?.