The Gleaner from Jaqua, Kansas • 1

a a a a a a THE GLEANER. 1. JAQUA, KANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1887. ROUND-ABOUTS. PICKED UP AND JOTTED DOWN BY OUR NEWS GLEANERS.

A drenching rain yesterday. For short time our streets were There was also a slight fall of just enough to make the storm esting -not enough to do any damage. More rain last night. No part of Sam's dominion has been more in the rain distribution than this spot in northwest Kansas. Last Sunday must have been an usually quiet Sabbath at Wano.

buggy loads of her racket-makers the day at this town: Garn, Jaqua, Swigart, and the Misses Fausey, Garn, and McCarty. party returned to Wano by moonlight. Fortunately the moon was out late that evening. A Jaqua gang went over to Kingston t'other day. The GLEANERIST to keep 'em straight.

A was made to the photo gallery of Alvord. Davis ventured to make negative of the party--an undertaking that must have gone hard with machinery. We have never seen tives more brilliant than those by Davis, and his photograbhs are and finished in the finest style of Douglas Burton, minus 25 pounds, was in town on Wednesday. Dr. grass says there isn't a sick person in the community.

The boys got tired of waiting Hallowe'en and run in an extra Tuesday night. A theatrical hail came down on Hadley's roof and awakened family supposed it to be genuine article. There were others town who didn't sleep much till wee sma' hours. "Dew Drop" responsible? Lafayette McDermet started on Monday to join the round-up. "Sold eight Challenge wind mills the last ten days." That's what Fausey said to the GLEANER man Monday.

John Andrist, Jessie Childers the GLEANER scribe went over to City the first of the week. Along way we found crops looking remarkably weil for the season. Corn is somewhat better in this western part of the county we have had more corn the divide, where there has been rain, is in the rousting ear stage has a dark green, healthy color. Potato bugs have done little or no damage eastern pait of the county. Wano Rustler: John W.

Graves preparing to build a residence 011 claim up the rivet, and the siglit selectis a genitle eminence that will afford magnificent view, and at which place train of cars can be seen from a point east of Wano to as far as Jaqua, a distance of twenty miles up and down great Republican valley, never once appearing from view, as soon as road is completed that is now being built through this county. Frank Collins departed Thursday morning for Chicago and other eastern cities, where he will purchase a large stock of clothing for the mercantile house of Collins The Farmers' Institute meets at the GLEANER office to-morrow afternoon. Come, everybody. Rev. Aultman preaches at Jaqua on Sunday at 11 a.m.

Rev. Burt will preach on Sunday the 14th. Chas. Wade and J. C.

Messner from Warren county, Indiana, came to Jaqua yesterday and have gone down to establish residence on their homesteads miles south of town. Messrs. Wade Messner got as far west as Red Willow county, some time ago, have spent several months in the They say they bought groceries this town yesterday cheaper than have been able to buy anywhere since leaving Indiana. The Challenge wind mill is the best. Sold by Fausey Garn, at Wano.

Money at Jaqua at ten per cent. and no commission. Don't, buy a windmill until you have seen Fausey Garn at Wano. They sell the Challenge, which gives general satisfaction. Furniture at McDernets'.

G. A. Hadley has one hand a new stock of dry goods, boots and shoes. Choice goods. Lowest prices.

new business houses have been established, and there are still more in prospect. There is still room for another general store and a drug store. The prices on town property 1 here are quite low, compared with prices on similar property elsewhere, and anyone looking for good investments would do well to try this town. DICK DUNCAN. At the residence of his son John on Wednesday morning, Aug.

3, 1887, John Cowger, aged 72 years, 10 months and 17.0 days. Mr. Cowger was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1814. At the age of 12 he moved with his parents to Indiana. There he grew to man's estate, was married, and remained till 1850, when he removed to Dallas county, Iowa.

In 1871 he removed to Nebraska, and last December he came to Cheyenne county, Kansas. He lived here with his sons, John T. and Harvey. His wife died a number of years ago. For 25 years preceding his death Mr.

Cowger had been afflicted with some form of dropsy. Two weeks ago he was injured by falling, but he seemed to be recovering until shortly before his death. Mr. Cowger joined the Methodist church when quite young, and was through life a consistent Christian. Funeral services were held yesterday at the residence of John L.

Cowger, Rev. D. W. Burt officiating. Commissioners' Proceedings: from last Petitions for calling an Election for locating a permanent County Seat for Cheyenne County, also petitions remonstrating against calling an election for that purpose were read and on motion laid over for consideration at October meeting of the board.

On motion ordered that aid be granted the Cheyenne County Agricultural Association to the amount subscribed, one hundred sixteen dollars. On motion the report of viewers of road wherein Charles Winebar and others were petitioners was received and road laid 66 feet wide. On motion ordered that we the board of County Commissioners decree that on and after the 23d day of August, 1887, none of the following named stock shall run at large in the county: Neat cattle of any kind over six months old, all horses, mules and asses over six months old, all swine, sheep and goats. On motion ordered that Ed Hoffman be allowed an order for $24.35, amount of tax already paid on erroneous assessment for the year 1886, and that the County Treasurer credit said Hoffman with the amount of June payment, $24.35, to be credited back to proper funds on Treasurer's books. On motion ordered that A Colt be allowed on his assessment for year 1887 a rebate to the amount of taxes on $980.00 personal property, as prayed for, and that the County Clerk leave off from his assessment $980, and charge the remaining amount on assessment roll to him for taxation for 1887.

Fifty-four county orders were cancelled by the board: orders varying in amount from $2.00 to $650.00. Settlement with County Treasurer July 5th, 1887, for school district and township funds: SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1. Taxes collected, .81402 39 Paid District 1333 89 On hand, 68 50 SCHOOL DIST. 2.

Taxes 380 54 Paid out on settlement, 857 15 On hand, 23 39 SCHOOL DIST. 3. Taxes collected: 275 92 Paid out 269 91 On hand. 16. 01 SCHOOL DIST.

4. Taxes collected. 96 36 Paid out. 96 36 SCHOOL DIST. 5.

Taxes collected. 93 80 Paid out. '86 60 On hand. 7 20 BIRD CITY TOWNSHIP. Amount taxes collected 8155 73 Paid out.

134 40 On hand. 21 33 WANO TOWNSHIP. Taxes collected. 47 90 Paid 45 04 On 2 86 HOURGLASS TOWNSHIP, Taxes collected. 282 41 Paid 120 00 On hand.

162 41 B. W. KNOTT, County Clerk. McDermets' for Furniture. HORSES FOR SALE.

Bender Johnson now have their horses at Bender's 1 place, one-half mile north of Jaqua. Prices from $25 to $65. Anyone wanting a good horse cheap will do well to call and look them over. Prices way down, at Benner's. NO.

16. B. M. TIME CARD. AT HAIGLER, NEBRASKA.

No. 40, going east, ........1:25 p. m. No. 2, going east, a.

No. 39, going west, ........1:25 p. No. 1, going west, ......1 11:33 p. m.

THE COMMERCIAL, (Formerly the Haigler House,) HAIGLER, NEBRASKA. R. WAY, PROPRIETOR. A new hotel newly furnished. Week or day board at reasonable rates.

C. M. JAQUA, NOTARY PUBLIC, JAQUA, KANSAS. Office at Collins Brothers' Store. Bridgford Bro's, REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENTS, WANO, KANSAS.

Buy and sell relinquishments, and do a general land business. Give them a call, and they will save you money. E. M. SNODGRASS, M.

Physician and Surgeon, JAQUA, KANSAS. Residence miles west of town. W. C. O'BRIAN, DEPUTY COUNTY SURVEYOR OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, NOTARY PUBLIO, KINGSTON, COLO.

Wm. Cowles, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER, AT COLLINS' STORE, JAQUA, ON SATURDAYS. J. A. GILLESPIE DEALERS IN Drugs, Paints, Oils, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, HAIGLER, NEBRASKA.

Howard Lumber HAIGLER, NEBRASKA, Lumber, Sash, Doors, Building Material OF ALL KINDS: HARD AND SOFT COALS. Alvord Davis, PHOTOGRAPHERS, KINGSTON, COLORADO. flave the largest, hewest and best enutppped Gallery til easterti Colorado. PORTRAITS AND LANDSCAPES: Call and see our work. WANO HOUSE, WANO, KANSAS.

John Long, Prop'r. The Best at the most reasonable prices: the patronage of the public solicited. Andrist Johnson, DEALERS IN BALED HAY. AND Feed of all kinds, LOWEST CASH PRICES. Jacqua, Kansas.

JAQUA, KANSAS. Dick Duncan, the Roving Journalist, Has More to Say about Us. a rivers. hail: inter- Uncle favored garden unFour spent Collins, Jones, The quite went visit Davis Correspondence of the Kansas City Journal. JAQUA, July two months ago I was here and gave the readers of The Journal a brief description of the country, its natural resources, etc.

Then the town had been lately platted, the railroad survey was made, a postoffice had been promised by the department at Washington, and a few buildings adorned the new town site. Now the town has several stores in full blast, a regularly established postoffice, regular mails from two different directions, and many of the modern conveniences of older towns. Then the surveyors were at work setting grade stakes between this place and Wano; now the grade itself is almost completed, and will soon be ready for the laying of the track. CROP PROSPECTS were never better anywhere in the world than they are in this region at a the present time. While central Kansas has been almost burning up with his heat and drouth, the extreme western nega- counties have had plenty of rain, and made crops of all kinds are good.

The pasture toned of the Republican valley, both above art. and below Jaqua, is very good. Sod corn is doing well, as are also melons Snod- and all kinds of vines. now THE RAINFALL of Northwestern Kansas now comes for from the Rocky Mountains, and while on these western counties are often thorstorm oughly drenched, the rains do not exthe tend east far enough to save the central the portion of the state, and thus the corn in is left to the mercy of the hot winds the and burning sun. If the acreage planted in this country were anywhere near what it is 200 miles east of this, we west could produce enough corn in the three or four western tiers of counties to run the state through to another season.

in But as it is, only a few acres to the Mr. last section are planted. The first settlements, by actual farmers, were made here but a short time ago, and, of and Bird course, there is not a very large percentage of the land in cultivation. But the all that is in cultivation bears the best of prospects for a full crop. In some of the counties in the central on portion of Northern Kansas a good less rain has not fallen since last October.

Here in Cheyenne county the people anq have been blessed with heavy showers in from one to three times a week, and all vegetation is in the height of its glory. The season is not near enough is over for this region to be entirely out his out danger; but the prospects are good, and I thorougly believe that the western counties will this year lead all others in Kansas. RAILROAD BUILDING is the rage everywhere this year. At the present the Burlington Missouri disRiver, Rock Island and Santa Fe are the all contesting for supremacy in this territory. The Burlington Missouri River is the first into Jaqua and it will have its trains running here by January 1, 1888, at the farthest This town is on almost an air line between Denver and the present line of the Rock Island that is being constructed through Phillips county, so Jagua can count upon the Rock Island a as being one of its prospective roads.

The Fe, in penetrating Northern Kansas, runs several lines through different pieces of territory and builds many small ores off from these, in order to touch almost every town of importance. In fact they are aiming to thoroughly cover the whole ground SO as to be able to meet all of every form of competition. In order to do this it cannot well miss this beautiful and well watered Republican valley, which is the most natural gateway from Kansas to Colorado. Here water for machine shops, manufactories, can easily be had in abundance. It is very probable that Jagua will be the terminus of the Beaver branch of the Burlington Missouri River road for quite awhile, and that when it is extended to Pueblo, a division round house and machine shop will be located here.

The water advantages here will attract manufactories when the country is a little better settled up. The volume of water in the Republican river is increasing every year, and it is already large enough to produce considerable water power. Since my last visit to Jagua several G. A. HADLEY Carries in stock almost everything belonging to the Grocery Line; and has now opened up a new stock of DRY GOODS, Notions, Boots and Shoes.

Also a fine lot of Hats. Get his prices before buying elsewhere. JAQUA, KANSAS. H. L.

BENNER, DEALER IN GROCERIES CANNED GOODS, DRIED FRUITS, Confectionery, Tobaccos, Cigars, Etc. JAQUA, KANSAS. the best ed five and and west. in they else Collins Brothers, a a SEALERS IN HARDWARE, Stoves, Tinware, Cutlery and Nails. GASOLINE STOVES.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Machine Oils. Glassware and Queensware. ALSO A GOOD LINE OF PATENT MEDICINES. KANSAS..