Sharon News from Sharon, Kansas • 4

Sharon News, roN Sharoni rutroniib Home Entcririsc Ir. A. CLARKE, BWE9f stiso Til Ottawa, Kansas, Nursery, J. W. M'Neal of Medicine Lodge, was in town last Friday.

He says the M'Neal, Little Thompson Banking Company is now ready for Johnson's hotej is headquarters for commercial men and tourists. Those visiting our totyn and stopping there will find Itrst-clasg accommodations at reasonable prices. lUSLI PROPESTT OP TBJ8 COTOT. The following shows the taxable property and population of this county, March 1, 18S4: Aggregate value of real and personal proper.y, $1,016.9.31, deducting therefrom the exemptions, $98,415, we have $918,577. The total population is given at 4.102; but we feel safe in saying that the population has been THE ROSE OF A NEW LOCATED Garden Spot of .1 ..11 TT 4TE3DAY, JTTKE 10, 1W4.

GEO F1SEBACI, PJItiT PflSMEr. pUBSCniPION PRICp, $1,00 PER YEAR. PPoe over WkIJeId A grocery Store, Sharon, Ktwu. i ii 1 Ji we are. flow do you like us.

Mr. James Huffaker went Harper Friday last Messrs, Ilenton and Turner vent to JIarpcr Monday. Morgan Aston still continues to be pi from chills and fever. Clay Stewart departed for "Winfield the latter part of last week. The pew hardware store will be in active operation in a few days.

Mr. N. Weber, of Raleigh, is visiting his son-in-law, H. A. Bumet The family of Mr.

Ross, Sharon's pew grocery man, arrived here the fore art of this week. Lou. Wickery is convalescing after a three weeks' illness with pumps and fever combined. All wishing to come to Sharon will soon have the convenience of coming pn the "kivered keen. The man who calls this "drouthy JCansas" is liable to be annihilated by our "Bogardus kicker." Sharon's number of business houses afe increasing so rapidly that it is difficult for us to keep a correct tally.

Mr. Sam. Wickery and Thomas Weaver captured four young wolves which they expect to tame and make pets, For Trade, A new 3 1-4 inch Km tU8 Burvey 01 me oauuiern jvnnsas rauroaci, twenty mnea west of Hnrper, nni eleven miles eqst of Medicine Lodge, unci in the center of Sharon Valley the greenest spot in nil Southern Kansas of a dry season. With living streams of pure water ten feet beneath the snw fnce anil surroundoil by beautiful, sparkling brooks, Sharon wijl continue to flourish like a tree by the river side, FARMING ADVANTAGES. The experience of five yenr9 here lns proven farming to be a.

mio cess. Corn, Oats, Millet and Sorglnirn jiav been raised successfully, and wheat, no doubt will bo the chief lands when mills are built, Jackson wagon for a I'g iter wagon and set of harness, Call at this office, P. H. Seay is Sharon's jolly blacksmith, an excellent workman and one pfthe founders of the town. Give him a call.

Oliver Rule, O. Davis, H. A. Burnett and N. Weber, left for Meade county yesterday morning, to look the country o'ct.

Elder Quick, of Medicine Lodge, delivered interesting sermons to large audiences last Saturday night and Sunday morning. PROLIFIC GROWTH OF TREES, Peach Trees and Apple Trees, indeed trees of all kinds, have madi a prodigious growth, and small fruits hnve done extra well Raspber ries mid blackberries of are loaded with SH THE VALLEY TOWN IN THE Barber County, 1 A product of the valley and table, a passing notice front any paper, COMPANY We will give you lota to build on. soon be coming on the train to beautiful vallev. 1 Company, P. II.

SEAY, Secretary. COUNTY, KANSAS. Will cull to poe you this scnwui, bo- liciting your orders fir rut niul Ornamental TreoH, Small Fruit, Flower ml Shiuilw of uil kiiul, tiU.l will furnish you with a better stock of evervt Unitf in liu nuo than 1 A i Hf. 1 wn ever irouKM noeiem rmn. sns.

Hi ntook will hnvo the ml vnntfie of licing raisct in nml nc-climntetl to thirf HtnU 13cnutifv your mul eulinnce the yahie of your property Ijy patronizing mm hltfjaliy. lie J.iw Una twenty. live yvnm uni-n 111 iuct omir, hisl.usinesH. Hi I rtsKw? ttuTiMlea north of Deliveries UrHo at Sluir.ni and Modicino Loil-re in their idl nu 1 Snriiiff of enoh year, FverytliiiiK jjru.inintoel trne ns represented or I uo reilnu'ed SHAKOX, A. II.

IZARD. CONTRACTOR and -BUILDER SHARON, KANSAS. tlT Will do all kinds of carpenter work on short notice and at reasonable prices. Orders by mail promptly at tended to. J.

H. JOHNSON'S riv Headquarters for Travelers and Tourists. SHARON, KANSAS. GOOD ACCOMODATION IND REA SONABLE PRICES. THOKAS SALISBURY, BLACKSMITH IIORSE-SIIOER All work guaranteed to give sataf action.

One Door nortji of FaiWs Grocery, SHARON, KANSAS. JL GRIFFITH, PLASTERER AND KALSOMER. Cellars nd Clstrns walled and cemented in nrst-ciats ityle. SHARON, KANSAS GO 'O CO CD CD CO Advertise IN THE Sharon News. HOTEI Soon the valley will be noted for its beautiful groves uul pleasant homes.

Land can yet be-had at reasonable figures, oonsHleii Comanche Munt which is I of has the toul valuation of property given at exemptions $6. and population, 2:3. On Tuesdav we had a pleasant pall r. yf. "craft and recently 1' Mr.

Fishback inf rmed us that he had arrangements made for th; establish- ment a naner at Charon. Barber eotmtv. under the head of "The Sharon News." New towns arc up in every nook and corner nf our great state 2nd the people scarcely get a town plat laid out before their next thought is about a newsnarcr. which is pretty sure to a follow. We sincerely hope Mr.

Fish back has planted his claim in a rich mine and that prosperity awaits him. (Oxford Register. John F. Carter traded horses the other day wi(h a man who claimed to be a peddler, and gave $20 "boot" John went to Harper last week to see the show. While there a man claimed the animal for which he traded, swore to its ownership and proved that it had been stolen from him.

Mr. Carter surrendered the horse to the proper owner, thus leaving him minus a horse $20 in cash. Mr. John Arie, the groceryman who is selling out at cost, respectfully solicits your patronage. He has goods marked down to lower figures than you ever heard of before.

He is making a drive on all classes of goods, and is bound to undersell all competitors. He is rushing prices. Pon'i forget to call at his store north of Main street, Although many people will tell you that all the good lapd is taken surrounding Sharonj but we know that they are mistaken. There are many thousands of acres of very desirable Und within a radius of seven to eight miles of Sharon yet open to pre-emption settlement, and the seeker for a home need look no farther, Sharon is as certain to have a railroad in the near future as the sun is certain to shine on a cloudless day. The survey is made within at least sixty rods of Main stret.

Work wil! surely be commenced this summer on Millard Lumpkins, driving of the best teams in the county, town Monday. In fact Lump-kins boys and also the father, seem to know what a good and farm is. New towns are springing up like mushrooms in counties west of us Some will survive and some will be compelled to eventually ''give up the ghost." Many farmers from this county have and will go back to Cowley and Stivp ner counties to engage in the wheat harvest. The ground was too wet for most of the fanners to plough week but is in good condition now. A pony mare and colt hi sale by Dr.

T. W. Davis. Quiet and gentle under saddle or in harness. Whenever you want a horse trade tackle Bradbury, and you will always be accommodated.

George N. Babcock, one of Bar ber's brightest young men, was in town on Monday. James F. Crawford, one of our best farmers and citizens, was in town yes terday. Come in and give us your sub scription.

One dollar per year. The printing office has invented and put in operation an elevator. The eight-year-old child of Squire Pelton is seriously ilk Mr. Wm. Garrison made a trip to Harper Friday.

Ours is the cheapest paper in the county. J. H. Warren is constable for this bailiwick. Help build up your town and coun held not many m.l from Sharon re- cently two lad.es were attendance that one of them "made a speech.

George Alien solicits your attention to his stock of geeds and groceries through the me.liu.-n of a column al. in the Ntws this week. He carries a good stock and sells at low prices. The present crop of growing corn is one of the most promising ever seen in this countiy. Barber county wjsl raise an immense acreage if nothing Lefalls it between now and time ol maturity.

We have received the IsnEjf, published at Medicine Lodge a double number, full of good readjng and one of the best papers in the south-west It is well the subscription price, $2 per year. The immigration to Meade and Clarke counties seems on the increase. Young man, Horace Greeley did not intend for you to continue to go west forever when he said, "Go west, young man! go west!" John Commer and Jacob Fishback of New Albany, contemplate a trip to Sharon, with a view to settle on Osage Indian land. Come along gentlemen, many men 'round Sharon now and more are on the way. Karr Davis, real estate, loan and insurance agents, appear in a double column ad.

on the first page. They are "up to snuff" in everything that pertains to a land or loan deal. Give them a call if you want to buy, sell or prove up. S. H.

Henton and Chas. Henton advertise their P. O. store and Livery and Feed Stable. You'll never get better treatment than you will receivt at their hands.

Don't fail to call and see them when you want anything in their line. The stage from Harper now arrives "here at 7 o'clock p. and makes close connection with the incoming train, as the stage from Medicine Lodge to Harper, leaving here at 7 a. m. makes close connection with the outgoing train at Harper.

The late ness and earliness of the hours make it somewhat incovenient for countryfolks who gat their mail every day. The Republican National Conven tion, which convened at Chicago last week, nominated the old "wheel horse of that party, James G. Blaine, as their candidate for the Presidency, He is head and shoulders over any other man in that party andjhe nomi nation is received with general satis faction. The Sharon Town Company plants a double column advertisement in the News this week from which they will undoubtedly reap a rich harvest. It will amply repay every reader of this paper to peruse the advertisement carefully and be governed accord ingly.

Mr. A. D. Clarke, living two miles west of Sharon, will solicit your or ders this season for everything carried in the Nursery line, and guarantees everything he sells to be true as rep resented and first-class in every partic ular. He will give you a fair is a gentleman on whose representa tions you can place the most implicit confidence.

On the first page of the News ap pears the advertisement of the "old reliable grocery house of Z. J. Fair banks, who is always at his post of duty ready to sell you a bill of grocer ies or trade horses. He's the fellow who always gives you your money back in goods. The mammoth ad.

of the enterpris ing grocery firm of Savage Wake field appears on the first page. This 6nn is composed of pleasant, enter prising and honest business men, who in every way merit the patronage of the general pallia You should always call at this popular house and price goods before purchasing elsewhere. Mr. Chas. Wakefield has charge of the business, and he is as clever and wide-awake gentleman as you will find.

i "Y' incr Hint tlift umintrv is sr fliirdrlv nptfWl. 1 I Without an advertlsemet, or even Sharon has beoome one of the trading centers of Southern Kansas. Only a few weeks since the first store was established, to-day we hato seven all doing a thriving business, THE TOWN Will make liberal donations to churches and schools, and trill this summer, with the aid of the District, ereot a good school house. Tliq Town Company and the citizens are as solid as the hills on the tenw peranoe question, and ask no one to looate with them who believe saloons to be a necessary element of thrift, But whosoever will let him oome. (V 1 V- i Thos.

Salisbury, the new blacksmith, plants -an ad. Jifs business in the fEWs this week. He is a good work-man. Give him a calL We would be pleased if our content poraries would exchange with us. Any favors thus extended will be cheerfully returned by the News, Dr.

T. W. Davis and H. Davis advertise their business. Dr.

Davis is an old resident here and. highly de serving of your patronage, Because a man takes the paper is not necessarily a sign that he is in telligent, but a sensible and intelligent man always takes the paper. H. Izard, the carpenter, hangs Up his sign in the columns of the Nws, and if you want a house built he will do the work reasonable. A large train of emigrants en route for Colorado, passed through our town last week.

Hie outfit contained four- teen wagons and a large herd of cattle. We acknowledge with many thanks a beautiful boquet of prairie flowers last Thursday from Mrs. Huffaker. They adorn our marble-topped secre tary. Three loads of household goods for Mr.

Cathcart, the hardware man, arrived here last Saturday night. Mr. Cathcart hails from the Hoosier I A new town called "Rain Belt" has been started in Meade county. A very appropriate name indeed, if the rain fall in Meade county equals that of Barber. Several of our friends have already deposited with us the "wherewithal" to obtain the News for one year.

Let everybody else who has not already done so, follow suit. The News editor will go to Indiana soon, to make preliminary arrangements for a colony of Hoosier emigrants, next October. A large edition of the News will be printed and circulate! among the farmers of some of the eastern states. Size of lots 23 gxl42 feet Two lots will be given for a first-class building. The stage will bring you here five Pk 1 A TV II.

iiours aiier innoingaixiarper, me present rer-. minus of the Southern Kansas R. It. Mails from all points east and west arrive reg- ularly over day, Nuture has marked a beautiful route westward from Harper; the railroad company has sur veyed, and thousands of emigrants Sharon to see this Sharon Town Wm. GARRISON, SHARON BARBER will try by taking the News..