Shockeyville Plainsman from Shockeyville, Kansas • 5

Howard E. Camp, of Lakin; and Mrs. G. A. Anderson and child are S1CKIYYILIE JLAMAN.

tance apart When they struck the sand hills they took an easterly X)urse along the odge of the hills to A Little fry's Description sf tb Horse. I am Instructed by my teacher to write about the horse. The horse has doing well. Ous sayshedon't intend to allow the boy to be a candidate for office tkifl year. Elmer" Camp, of Garden City, arrived here to-day on a visit to friends and acquaintances, and will remain a week or more.

The boys about 18 or 20 miles east of here. KnUred at the poit office at Bhockey, Kansas, soooud claw mall matter. Biutnm locals seals far 11 ds for each lU-tts. The boys decided to go into camp in the edge of the hills, as they could are looking welL Emmett Shaw's family, who have follow the trail no farther till day been quite sick for some time, are The working force of the Plains light. In the morning they started four legs, four feet, two eyea.two ears and one tall.

The horse is not like the rat or the mouse, all of one color, but are of different colors, grey, sorrel, bay, (which Is nearly a rod,) brown, white and black. They am not like the snow bird, apparently all again up and out of danger. Dr. J. R.

Smith attended them. in the direction of Garden Citv, and after going three or four miles they, It is currently rumored that the camo onto the horses. Both werel man proffer to Harry Voorhls their thanks for a generous donation of luscious ginger-bread -a sample of his own manufacture. All of Harry's acquaintances know him to be an adept in making flap-jacks, but it may not be so well known that he is skilled "In the higher branches of lying down about a rod apart and jof one Bize but vary In size all the collectors on the T. A 8.

F. railroad are to be taloen off and their duties assigned to the conductors. uoia were nooDiea. a pueor fodder 1 way from the little Shetland pony to the heavy draught horse. The av and jane had been urovlded for 1 them, unloaded probably from the buggy, as there was none growing Send us a dollar for a year's sub erage weigtit the horse I would suppose to be about 1000 pounds.

Some men tell the age of the horse the art of cooking. Long may he scription to the Plainsman. It is near, nor was tiiere any house for several miles. Frank savs it's no live and bring us many more samples of his skill and industry. less than two cents per copy for a good live local paper, and yeu cannot afford to do without it.

by looking at his teeth. The horse is used in drawing heavy loads. It is use for him to say that he was not scared, for he was, knowing that This number of the Plainsman the most useful of all of the animals. they must be in close proximity to a Hedefends himself with hlslieeJsand The valve balls for the town pump is teeth. The horse has 13 ribs on have arrived.

We rejoice. The will be sent to a good many who are not yet subscribers with the hope that they will examine it make up their minds to invest a dollar for each side. He has 40 teeth. The total water question has been a source of gang of horse thieves, and knowing, also, that the aand hills are especially convenient for a good Winchester to do good execution, so they decided that the safest thing for number of bones in a horse is 247. 7 of which are in his tail.

year's subscription. After this considerable inconvenience for some time. The mill Twill be whirling again in a few days. Grant County Directwy, Bpretentutlvwe wu.nl Pulton. I'robate Judge -Goo 0 Underwood; Treasurer Henry Bland.

County Clerk ti A Hweudson. Clerk of DUt. Court Pierce, County Attorney Wm Easton Hutchison. Roglsterof Deeds-Capl A lluofclss. Hupt.

Pub. Brown. Huerlff burveyor FTowler, Coroner I Bates. Commissioners MoNutt. Chairman (Conductor, Kas; Sullivan, Ulysses, Kas; W.lgjll Mccracken, Kpurgoon, Kim.

Sherman Township Directory. Truste-Wm Darby, Bhockey, Kas. Treasurer Wm Marriott, 81iocke.y Kas. Clerk Hobert Hhaw, Bhockey. Kas.

Boad John 1'luukett, Shockeyville Directory. BOARD OF TRAPS INVESTMENT ASUOCIAT'N. Followlnc offlcers Ahe ahockey-Ttlte Board of Trade and Investment Asso-'SeUtlon: 4 I'resldenU-L Merdlck. Vice Presidents-Mid ttnockey, RE Rhaw, JKrwln. Secretary Smith.

Business Manager I) Holsaes. Treasurer John Cooper. Corresponding Secretary Bcovlll. Uunrd of Directors Mid Bhockey, Hoss, Horuaday, Merdlck, 1) Holmes. Board holds regular meetings on second Balurdays In each month.

All Inquiries tahould be addressed to the V5acr.esjondlng BCHOOL DISTRICT 1M. 31. Director Jerlal Hoss. Treasurer A Andeisan. Clerk Hornaday.

fl, A. R. Bear Valley Tost, No. 434, Dept of Kjism, iQ'. A.H., meets on the first and third Saturdays in each month.

G. A. in good lauding are welcomed In our camp. Van Valkknbuho, P. 0.

T. B. HOHKAUAT, Adjt. SantaFe R.R.Time TMe-Harttand Eddie Hobnadat. P.

S. I would rather set type than them to do was to loosen the horses and get out of there as quickly as week we will publish three pages of local matter instead of two as in this week's issue. We have fixed the price of the paper so low that you li. R. White, a half mile west of to write compositions.

Henceforth 11 be found in my pa's printing possible. It is supposed that the thieves intended to keep the horses office. E. 1L town, is engaged in the poultry business on a large scale, both for pleasure and profit. Mr.

W. is a lover of fine birds, and in his extensive yards can surely afford it even if times are a little hard. Send in your Shockey, Dec. 28, 1883. hidden for a few days and when the hunt might be abandoned run them off for sale.

Last week, at Ulysses, one Wilson can bo found many very fine thoroughbreds. Money! We wijl not be beaten on rates by Bickford wjis sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment for petty larceny. any Loan Agent doing a legitimate Insure your live stock of all kinds business. We will make farm loans Me was being guarded by the sheriff against loss by disease or accident Literary Notes. The Shockeyville literary society was wel.

attended last night. It was opened by a song from the glee club. The question, "Resolved, that man will do more for love than money," was decided in the affirmative. as cheap as anybody ean. we are at the Hoisington House and faring, with the Royal Mutual Live Stock correspondents for some of the best as some thought, too well.

Last Association of Indianapolis. Ind. oan companies in the west corn monday night the sheriff was over Full particulars given by T. R. Hornaday, agent for the company, powered by a body of armed men and the prisoner taken from him and panies who will stay with the people, and lend a helping hand in ease of need to any who patronize them.

The paper was an improvement Shockey, Kans. on some of its predecessors, contain escorted to the open prairie where he We do not cut rates or charge exorb ing, among other good things, Harry was horse-whipped and started out of Any one who has a fancy for fine itant rates, but make loans on as fair Voorhis' famous bachelor recipe for the couuty. IThe tax-payers of Grant cattle can enjoy a. fine sight almost making flap-jacks. any day by a visit to the farm of and easy terms as any agents in southwest Kansas.

Come in and WESTWARD. 4f. local freight I4o3, Mexico and Arizona Ex Ko 1 California Express "ol Atlantic Express, 'o 1, New York Express, Ho 42, local freight; 1:14 pra 3:43 a 1:28 pm 9:42 am 0:36 11:56 a county are the gainers. James W. Parman, who located If anything is worth doing it see us and learn our plans and rates should be done right.

The seLect claim two miles north of this town reading by Miss Effle Shockey is before you apply for a loan we will take pleasure in explaining to you four years ago, and before the great Mid Shockey, adjoining this town, and taking a view of Mr. Shockey's herd of Polled Angus cows. They are magnificent. If you wonder why J. S.

Green always interesting because the is so nearly a perfect reader. She learned the plan of our Loans, tell you just influx of immigration to this coun try was dreamed of, and in '88 re LOCAL NEWS. bow much money you will get and to read right from the beginning. moved to Iowa to care for the aged always seemi so happy and con just how much it will cost you. Tnat long looked for song came parents of Mrs.

Parman, writes in T. R. Hornaday's Land, Loan and tented, just cast your eyes north al forth last night and was splendid. The critic made some timely criti private letter from his present home Insurance Agency, Shockeyville. Write for the Plainsmax.

Advertise in the Plainsman. Subscribe fcr the Plainsman. Pope is reported quite Sick. at Hamburg. Iowa, that he will re Kansas.

moat any of these fine days. "That large herd of fine fat cattle on Bear creek is his, from whence he derives cisms, both on language and parlia turn to western Kansas and engage mentary usages. a handsome revenue. Question for debate at the next in business in Shockey ville some time during the coming season. This will be good peto his western is sick with bad meeting: "Resolved, that pride and Ex-Commissioner Robinson ambition have caused more misery was in "town yesterday inquiring friends.

Mr. Parman, besides saak than ignorance and la; Mtold. 'it. Vw. for hay.

Mr. R. had the misfortune, On motion, the night of meeting last week, to lose a valuable horse, inga good and useful citizen, will bring Into bur. town an interesting and intelligent family. was changed from Thursday to which died of Wind staggers, pre i Pinal, proof papers made out free, Wednesday evenings.

G. A. ANDERSON, NOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estate and Loan Agent Taxes paid for non-residents. Mon duscd, as he supposes, by too much at this office.5 -i corn fodder. A Fact for Business Men to Bead Flour and meal at bed rock prices Johnson City Journal.

Our old friend and competitor W. at Holmes'. If we were to put a two-line loca! in the most obscure corner of this P. Struthers, will continue in the real estate and loan busines at this Vla TCmmA Homadav is sick Journal which stated that a certain plaeo. He is a man of extended ex with diptheria.

business man charged more for his ey to loan on from 3 to 5 years' time. Collections a specialty. J. M. Hoss has been on the sick goods or kept an Inferior quality than perlence, has a large list of property for sale and exchange, and is sure to Jtof Correspondence solicited.

his competitors, that man would em meet with abundant success. dIov a Dugilist to come around and kill the editor the next morning af ter the Daner appeared. But if we Owing to the unavoidable absence of both editor and printer the greater portion of the week, and the indis were to ask that same man for an ad position of the devil, we are one day late with this issue. We will en vertisement of his wares he would probably say: "No, I don't believe in advertising; no one reads th3 pa deavor in the future to print the paper in time for it to leave Shockey-ville on Friday morning's mail. JAS- H.

ROBINSON, BLACKSMITH. SHOCKEYVILLE, KAS. Will stay with the country and will do all kinds of custom workhorse shoeing, plow and wagon work, in a good workmanlike manner. Prices of work made to suit the times. Bring in your work and give me a trial.

per." Fact and no mistake. Notice. The regular examination of can didates for teachers' certificates wili Geo. W. Snyder, who recently moved to Shockeyville from Garnet, is an old veteran soldier, one of the "coffee coolers" whose noble sacrifice made it possible for a U.

S.Treamry to exist at all, let alone a Surplus, draws the pitiful sum of 4 per month pension. He is not able to do a days work, but is compelled to keep at work daily to snp port his family. There are many old soldiers hereabouts who cannot do a day's work without great physical suffering, but who must endure a miserable existence in their old age, on $2 to 4 per month and that, too, from the greatest goverment on earth, which owes its very existence to this class of men; yet there are those right in our midst who sneer and scorn the idea of pensions, and be grudge the old veterans even the small pittance they get. Shame I The editor of the Plainsman will welcome, from any source, short, crisp and pithy items of news, or articles on any subject of interest to the general reader; but we especially solicit contributions from the settlers of this part of Kansas, on all questions pertaining to this great country. We want the people to help us make this a good, readable paper.

This they can do if they will. Don't be afraid of, criticism of your orthography or penmanship. We will correct all errors, if any exist. It should be understood that the editor will be held at Ulysses January 26, 1889, FREE To Soldiers and Sol-diekS'Heirs: Pension Vouchers, or any manner of affidavits or certificates pertaining to pensions, bounty or back pay executed free of charge for the above class of persons atT. R.

Loan and Insurance Agency, Shockevville, Kansas. at 9 a. m. ti. jbeown, County Superintendent.

Insurance. The Kansas Home Insurance Co is purely co-operative, and its raeth ods wholly unlike those or any other insurance company doing bus WM. EASTON HUTCHISON. Attorney ext (County Attorney.) Bank Building, Ulysses, Grant Co, Kansas. iness in Kansas, as it divides al Philip Dale and his partner, both of Johnson City, made a short stop in ShockeyvilJe last Tuesday, on their way to Judge Swinney's.

They were going to buy some of the earned surplus among its partici pating assured, instead of sending out of the state to eastern stockholders. 1st for st uertsl days. Sewell Turner, of Stanton county, was in town yesterday. Cheap farms for sale I By Btbuthers. C.

E. Swinney was in town this 1 week and subscribed far the Plains-1 MAN. p. Holmes, atKIein AStruthersold. atand, wants all kinds of country pro-.

duce. John Klein swapped houses Monday. 1 That's right; match 'em up, John. We noticed the juooillng counte- r. nance of Robert Chown on our streets thisfifrtaek.

J. G. Klein has purchased David Bloom's Newton property. Consid-." eratipn, $1,900. Robert Brown" was in town day and made his usual display with his fine bays.

A few choice claims in Bear Val-" ley for sale efieap right now, Inquire T. R. Hornaday. Reuben HeinHn, one ot Stanton county's" enterprising farmers, was in town Wednesday. Wm, II.

Mdaughlin has moved into the building lately vacated by J. M. Hoss and family. a Bascome, who has been Absent in Colorado for Sume time, vas in toyn yesterday, Anderson Divine contemplate adding a dry goods department to their store in a few days. There was a social party at J.

N. yiunkett's residence Wednesday evening. A good time is reported. Mid. Shockey, J.

G. Klein and A. W. Nixon were down to the county seat Wednesday. Taxes, we judge's fine Bear creek hay.

Won to become a further drain upon the people of Kansas. It is legally empowered to insure GRACTCOUNTYflOT against loss or damage by Fire, Lierhtning, Cyclone, Wind Storm and Tornado, while no law of Kan sas permits insurance companies of Shockeyville, Kas. not be responsible for the opinions of other states to do other than a Fire insurance business. Both Participating and Non var ticipating policies issued. Those citizens of Kansas not in the employ nor interest of corporations of other states, (to the prejudice of der if Judge 8.

talked them into favor of his new enterprise, namsly, 'possum farming? The Wichita Commercial, of December 5, had a lengthy article on the extension of the Dodge City, Montezuma 4 Trinidad railroad. That the road will be built to Trinidad, Colorado, the Commercial is confident. Passing through Haskell, Grant and Stanton counties it will be the first road built during 1889. Johnson City Journal. The masons are at work on the foundation of the new school house.

The building will be 24x40 teet and 12 feet high, with a basement underneath. Arrangements are being made to have the lumber on the ground in a few days, when the work, under the supervision of Wm. II. McLaughlin, will be pushed forward as rapidly as the weather will permit. those of Kansas,) are invited to ex amine into the merits of Co-operative Insurance, as practiced by a correspondents.

When writing for the Plainsman, avoid all personal reflection or disparagement of other people or places. The two horses stolen from Richard Aller en the night of the 3d inst. were found early on Saturday morning and returned to Mr. Allei by Frank Rider and Fred Smethers, who had trailed them from the point where they had crossed Bear creek until they lost the trail on the Kendall road. North of this town a few miles they found the trail again, now going eastward.

There seemed to have been a buggy and two horsemen each leading a horse, but they kept, most of the time a considerable, dis- This Hotel has recently changed hands, has been thoroughly cleaned, is well furnished and be conducted as a First class Western Hotel, tT Rates reasonable. MID. SHOCKEY, Proprietor. Company of their own state, managed by their own citizens, and controlled by their own laws. "No one who knows anything about co-operation in principle and practice disputes the tact that it pays." New York News.

For information or insurance apply to T. R. Hornaday, agent, at Shockey, Kansas.