Smith County Pioneer from Smith Centre, Kansas • 5

PIONEER. W. H. NELSON, Publishes. SMITH CENTER, KANSAS, FEB.

17, 1898. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. R. I. P.

TIME TABLE. Local time for all trains at Smith Centre, Kansas, in effect Nov. 1897. Passenger No.6, 8:50 a. m.

10. m. Accomodation 42, m. Omaha Stock Ex. No.

90, 1:54 p.m. GOING WEST. GOING HAST. Passenger No. 5, 9:23 p.m.

9. 5:43 a.m. Accomodation No. 41, 5:06 p. m.

Fast freight No. 97. 10:50 a.m. except Sunday. The Weeks Gossip.

Brief Items About What Has Happened in the City and Surrounding Country as Gathered by Reporters. Mrs. B. W. Stagle is still very sick.

It is to be hoped she will speedily recover. W. H. Stone and wife of Lebanon, came over aud spent Sunday with the old folks. Grandma Logan is reported as being confined to her bed by a severe spell of sickness.

Mrs. E. Eldred, of Lebanon, was visiting with her sister Mrs. J. 0.

Smith last Sunday. Dr. Lutz, of the firm of Shively Lutz dentists, was in the city, attending to business last Tuesday. Miss Alice Topliff, the efficient deputy in the Lebanon postoffice, was the guest of Mrs. J.

R. Burrow last Sunday. When the time for plowing comes there will be no room for complaint about the ground being too dry to plow this year. A. C.

McIntyre, representing F. J. Kirkendall of Omaha was calling on his customers in this city the first of the week. J. R.

Lewis was over from Lebanon last Monday evening. It was supposed he would be over again on Tuesday but be failed to show up. Mrs. S. J.

Eply has been ailing for some months and at one time this week was considered in a critical condition, but is now considerably improved in health. F. B. Hough, one of Smith Center's enterprising merchants went to St. Joe Sunday, to purchase his spring stock.

Mrs. Hough went along to see that he got into no trouble. Ben F. Rea left for Smith Center, Tuesday evening, where he will work in a lunch counter. May good luck attend him, the best wishes of all the girls keep him company.Marys Journal.

Mrs. H. O. Bailey arrived from Hamburg, Iowa, last Monday night and H. O.

now wears an unusually happy smile. It is understood that Mr. and Mrs. Bailey will again take up their residence in this city. County Treasurer Crook was in Downs last Saturday on business.

He reports the roads very bad but does not say whether he rode in a carriage or went on foot. Presumably the latter from his disinclination to talk about the trip. The Cuban aid fake is not taking well in this country. Let the government recognize the independence of Cuba and tell Spain to move her troops out inside of thirty days, then if the notice is not acted on, send over a few of our men of war and about 10,000 men and drive the Spanish out. The flutter of a woman's heart at the signs of approaching spring is not caused by the twitter of birds and the sprouting of plants, but rather by the entrancing sight of new, stylish and bandsome furniture blooming in T.

J. Wilson's window. The prospects of having some of the pretty things in their homes surpasses the warbling of nightingales in a bush of full blown American Beauty roses. The fact is not generally known that Judge Pickler. who 18 holding court in Osborne this week, is a lecturer of rare ability and has two well prepared discourses entitled "Babies" and People We Like." The plain truth of the matter is that when it comes to anything that requires brains and intellectual force Dick Pickler is a whole team by himself.

The judge will probably spend next Sunday in the city. -Osborne Farmer. The grocery sharks are again abroad in the land, Recently they have been working in the neighborhood of Kirwin. The Globe says that one man who bought a bill of $6.10 asked a merchant of that city what he would duplicate it for and was answered $3.25, If these sharks should show up here it is to be hoped that our farmers will kick them off their premises every time they appear. They are nothing more or less than beats and will swindie you every time.

000 TWENTY LADIES A MISSES" JACKETS To Be Sold at Half Price They are nice, stylish garments; colors black, brown and green. We have a few of those snaps in Overcoats and Ulsters left you have heard your neighbors talking about, at $3, $4 and $5. Your money would be well invested in any one of them. COOLIDGE'S RED FRONT OUTFITTERS Uncle George Linton was over to Lebanon Tuesday. Carl Hansen, of Pleasant township, was in the city Tuesday.

Dr. Golden, of Kensington, and Tom Rea, of Cedarville, were in the city Wednesday. Dr. Lutz, of the firm of Shively Lutz, Dentists, will be in their office Feb. 24 and 25.

Horace Winegar, of Lebanon, was over transacting business with the county officials Tuesday. Noah Patterson, of Esbon, was over Tuesday renewing old acquaintances and shaking hands with the boys. E. L. Olds, we understand, is very low as result of a stroke of paralysis last week.

This is a second stroke. Alex. Ogle, the young man whose arm was amputated last week is rapidly recovering from the effects of his accident. Van Williams, of Washington township, one of the old reliable Republicaus of the county was in the city last Tuesday. John W.

Brown, ex-county commissioner from the west district, was over Tuesday settling up a little balance on his taxes. Henry White, one of the stalwart Republicans of Washington township, was in town Tuesday, and favored this office with a call. At Beal Sons is the place to get your Salt Fish. Fresh invoice just received. We have a full line of the best.

Call and see them. Beal Sons will take your produce in exchange for groceries. Bring in your corn and wheat and get flour and groceries. We ask for a share of your trade. Charles Brown, formerly of Cedar township, and a son of J.

W. Brown, now writes M. D. after his name and is located in the Chickasaw nation practicing his profession. Beal Sons is the place to buy your groceries.

We buy for cash and we sell for cash. You don't have to pay for bad accounts. Our motto is, "live and let live." Call and see that we mean what we say. Beal Sons have just received a full line of fresh groceries. Our goods will please you for they are of the best.

Don't fail to give us a call and amine our goods. We guarantee everything to give satisfaction. On next Sabbath evening Rev. E. H.

Flesher will continue his addresses to the young people of Smith Centre. The next in order will be an address specially to young ladies upon "Ruth, the True Hearted." You are invited. We are informed that A. D. Barnes has purchased the hardware stock of M.

A. Woods of Lebanon, and will continue the business. "Deak" is a good man and we hope he will receive his share of the business in that community, S. G. King, of Cedarville, Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment, I.

0. O. jurisdiction of Kansas, was in the city Wednesday on his return from a visit to a number of the encampments of the state. He will almost immediately start out on another trip. Wednesday evening the 25th inst.

abont 40 of the people in the Dale neighborhood, with a number from the valley, met at the residence of J. W. Pletcher, on Crystal Plains, for a two-fold purpose. One was in honor of some event in Mr. Pletcher's life, the other to make a donation to the minister who holds services in ibat neighborhood.

About $20 worth of groceries, dry goods, were contributed by those present to the pastor. An enjoyable time was bad by all, SILK SALE! Friday, Feb. 25 Have secured some rare bargains in the silk line. We will make a Silk Sale FRIDAY, FEB. 25th When we will show you the largest and best selected stock of silk for Waists and and Dresses ever shown in the city, at the very lowest prices.

We invite you to call. HOUGH A. C. Finch and lady, of Esbon, were city visitors Saturday. See the Home Investment Company for farm loans.

J. H. Woolen, of Mankato, was in the city on business last Friday evening. L. L.

Allis' children who have been sick for the past week are improving rapidly. S. J. Hartman, representing the Kansas City Paper House, called on us Monday. See the Home Investment Company for farm loans.

Miss Millie Stephenson, of Gaylord, went east over the Rock Island, Friday night, to St. Joe. Mrs. Albert Clemison started for Missouri last Friday morning for a visit with her father. D.

H. Stafford, the banker of Mankato, was visiting with his friend S. C. Walker, a couple of days last week. See the Home Investment Company for farm loans.

Mrs. Mary Cummings, who bas been, visiting ber mother Mrs. Dillon of this city, started for her home in Iowa, last Saturday. S. C.

Stevens is erecting an addition to his dwelling, Messrs McGlassin and Colther will do the work. Misses Barbara Neiswanger and Flora Ragsdale spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Maud Shields, at Stuart. Victor Greuter, the barness maker of Esbon, accompanied by Miss Flora Woods, of Lebanon, took dinner at the Sherman house last Saturday. Victor H. Greuter, of Kensington, and Woods, of Lebanon, were united in marriage, at Kensington, last Sunday by Rev.

A. C. Finch. Frank Brogan of Smith Center, Mrs. Perry Fair's father, is visiting his old time friends, be having lived here many years ago in the -Oberlin Herald.

Among the marriages during the past week, was that of Milton A. Benjamin and Florence L. Clark, both of White Rock township. Rev. H.

Eby performed the ceremony. Last Monday L. L. Allis ordered from Illinois, two Barred Plymouth Rock pullets that score close to the one hundred mark. They will cost $10.

Leslie is bound to have the best in existence, regardless of cost. YOU KNOW drug store is the place where medicines are compounded and sold. Ours 18 that kind. If you don't want high priced patent medicines bring your prescriptions and recipes and we will prepare medicines equally as good at much lower prices. Remember we pride ourselves in making every package of medicine which we prepare conform exactly to your prescriptions.

Qnality is our first consideration in buying drugs -price is second. Cheap drugs are dangerous. We don't keep them, W. E. Fleming DRUGGIST New Bank Bullding SMITH CENTER, KANSAS.

AS Four-room dwelling for sale. quire of F. N. Winslow. Mr.

and Mrs. Ahlborn, of Kensington, spent Wednesday in this city. Those who enjoy up-to-date temperlance songs will enjoy the service at the Christian church on Sunday afternoon. Miss Lucy Morris gave a pleasant party to her friends last evening at the residence of her sister, Mrs. E.

W. Agnew. The fast train on the Rock Island, which we announced last week would be put on Sunday, bas been declared off for the present. Mrs. Ottjes and children left over the Rock Island Tuesday night to join her husband at Jennings, Louisiana, whither he preceded them with his stock last week.

Friday evening last Mrs. S. C. Walker stepped out of the house onto the slippery walk and fell, dislocating her elbow. Dr.

Slagle reduced the dislocation. Charles Miller of Crystal Plains, whose case we mentioned last week, took the train Saturday morning for Topeka to have his eye treated by Dr. Minney. Clyde Henderson went to Topeka last week. He will attend Washburn college.

Smith Center now has a delegation of seven, attending that institution of learning. Wilson Ross received a telegram Monday morning from Sterling, Kansas, that his mother was on her death bed. He took the train for that city the same morning. L. C.

Uhl has been in attendance at the meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge in Wichita, this week. He spent a day with his son Lennie, who is attending the university at Lawrence. E. E. Dugan went to Concordia Saturday night.

From there he went to Kansas City, where he will purchase his spring stock of goods, which, when added to his present stock, will give him about the largest and most complete stock in the county. Paul Suchland gave a dancing party in Hendrickson's hall last evening. It was a farewell reception to Paul, as 1 he leaves next week for Beloit to accept a position in a store. The party was well attended and a very enjoyable time was had. There will be a temperance meeting held in the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.

Evangelist Wilkison will speak and McVey will sing a number of stirring temperance songs. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. F. B. Hough writes us from St.

Joe, under date of the 15th, saying: "The spring goods are very nice and cheap. I will have the finest line of silks and at so low a price that every lady ought to afford a silk waist." See his "ad" in another column and attend the silk sale. A. C. Coolidge, of the firm of Coolidge Co.

of this city, went to Wichita Tuesday morning to attend the Masonic grand lodge which meets in that city. He will go from there to St. Louts and Chicago. On his return he will open up, in addition to his present stock, one of the most complete lines of clothing, boots and shoes ever brought to the county. The Modern Woodmen of America of this city, will have an entertainment at McDowells Hall on Thursday evening, March 3.

The program will consist principally of vocal and instrumental music, but will be interspersed with short talks by several speakers. After the entertainment at the hall a feast will be spread in the Palacine sample room. Every member is expected to be present with his family. RINEHART SLAGLE, Druggists EG to announce that they are now thoroughly organized for busiB ness. With ample stock, tirst class equipment, and a determination to maintain the highest standard of excellence of goods and purity of Drugs, we feel that we are in a position to serve our patrons in a most satisfactory manner.

on OUR STOCK OF Sarsaparillas and Blood Purifying REMEDIES Is very extensive and complete. We keep for sale Hickory Extract or Condensed Smoke for curing and smoking meats. Agents for Lee's and also Lake's Lice Killer for destroying lice and mites on fowls and stock of any kind. All kinds of Hog Cholera Remedies. In fact, ALL up to date remedies.

Filling of Physicians' Prescriptions and Domestic Recipes a Specialty. by a registered Pharmacist of unsurpassed School Book Agency. Old books taken in exchange for new ones here and at our Lebanon store. RINEHART SLACLE SMITH CENTER, KAS. THE GREAT MAJESTIC.

MAJESTIC MAJESTIC MFG. CD. MFG. CO. ST.

LOuIS. ST. LOUIS. 1V385 15 COPPER NICKLED RESERVOIR GAL. THE GREAT MAJESTIC.

HENRY The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. L. Tree died, of congestion of the lungs, last Monday night. For Sale.

Thoroughbred Single Comb White Leghorn Cockerels. Also eggs from Feb. 1. F. R.

FLEMING. To Cure A Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, All Druggists refund the money if it fails to Cure. Price 25c. 2 6m. Horses.

For a short time we will exchange organs for horses, young, sound and well broken. YOUNG'S MUSIC STORE. WROUGHT STEEL THE AND GREAT MALLEABLE IRON MAJESTIC. Book Domestic Free Cook THE Sold only by FOR FARM LOANS SEE GRANT USHER AT Dean Round's Office, SMITH CENTER, KANS..