Hodgman County Scimitar from Hodgeman Center, Kansas • 4

Mr. Pratt seems to ba moie alarmed K. R. TI.MR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Linu Offici at Laknso, Kansas.

lid. l)OOl. about the comity seat being moved than at 2: 11 p. to. 1 from the wtn at 1:07.

HODGEMAN COUNTY SCIMITAR. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2T. LOCAL NEWS. Notice la hereby given Hint the followinc- PROGRAM OF THE GIT.1IOOLY LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY.

Question for Debate Resolved, That Hodgeman Center. Wo would advise that tho gentleman wait until we ask for the pnneoKer (ram senioin ever stop. Freight earries paieuger, goes east at in. west at lo: u. in.

aiued settler has filed notice of his intention to lake final ltroof in suiiiturt tit hi chum, tiid tickets til all Uoilitf ftntil At ttla fin. that said proof will be made before I). W. Lamed depot. J.

W. Cole. A Clerk District Court at Jetmore, Ho Ig mi an comity seat, before becoming exercised over too much. on Auril I hi. vin Dainnl t).

Elder the people of America would he healthier without physicians, wealthier without 11. E. No. for the Lots 1-2 and half. cull Piutt say that our town company are Our friend Mr.

Ilerren gnve us a one day tlila week. yard here which will bo as soon as the winter breaks aud the buildings would have been erected last fall and this winter had It not been for the severity of the weather. The tow company, which is composed of ten men, is backed by every thing m-ivsxury to make Hodgeman (filter a success, and not one of them has ever asked Jetmoro nor any Inhabitant of Hodgeman county for the county seat, and if Pratt don't want a county seat tight why In tho name of God does he come out in a great two column indignation article as an Introduction, denouncing the town company as a baud of cut-Uirouts, aud fraudulent uarter Heo. 4 To. 21 1 of 11.

22 w. He names the following wituessua to prove his continuous residence upon, aud oultivutiuu of, said land, viz: tllgshy, Tho. Baker, Charles Rapp ami Jesse llauchaiup, all of liodgoiuau P. 0ilodge- lawyers and happier without ministers. 1HHWUNTS.

Aff. Neg. "speculators." But wo say eveu if they are speculators as he says, they haveu't the faillOIIS tt'lllIMN John B. Oough the 'noe Uvtiirer la dtad. gull to a a new and unsettled county to waii 10,, nans, t.

2V. W. 11. UHOtrxi.El, Relktcr. W.

I. Hood, Henry Scott, G. W. Hovey, A. L.

Jones, build a twenty thousand dollar court liouse In their town. T. J. Davis, D. F.

Gregory. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Larsko, Kank. keh llO.lt We sii pprse Pratt thought all he had N. W.

Burns, Charley C'Hssteel. Mr. Spencer. F. E.

Bradley. Notice is hereby given that the fol owin- to de was to state In the columns of his pa-er what "monsters" we were, and people T. J. DAVIS, iMIIITECT C1RPES 1D BOLDER. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ALL KINDS OP 1SUILDI DRAWN WITH ACCUUACr AND CAKE.

PERRONS WHO CONTEMPLATE HI INl DWELINU8. BUSINESS LL0 OR ANV KIND OF Ut.ILDINC-, SHOULD EMPLOY HIM TO CARS-Fl'LLY BAND ACCI ATELY DRAW PLANS FOR I HEM. mi mm SATISFACTION GUARANTEE1 IIodKriuant cuter, Umi siK-eulators and bawling over the blasted of his own unsuccessful scheme. woidd "suck" it. It produces a good ef named settler has filed notice of her intention tu make Anal proof in support of her claim, audthat said proof will be uiado before 1.

Lamed, Clerk District Court at Jetmore, llodgeiuan on April 2(1. lsss, vii: Margrot A. Pieroo, D. 8. No.

6.11 for the Lot! l-i-i-i, Suo. fect to see a man swell and "burst" when reference to them Is ouly done through his real merits are exposed. Our toiiHurial artist N. Burns is doing quite business. A.

L. Jones has n-hirnvd from Garden City on a business trip. Gregory Steele received a Urge amount of now goods this week. The ltevelle would have people believe that they have a General writing for their paper. Ifev.

Shnff will preach to the people of Hodgeman Center the second Sunday ofMareh. IN 1 i. 21 1 or Uange 22 w. He names the following witnesses to prove his predjudiee, and of course can do them no haiiiu with the good people of this county or of any other county. They have acted Music, by Glee Club.

Declamation, by G. C. Miller. Oration, by A. Jones.

Duet, by Miss Bryan and Trostio. Select reading, by Stella Bryan. Declamation, by E. A. Swift Music, by Gilhooly Boys.

Declamation, by perry Jones. Temperrnce Lecture, by T. J. Davis. Reading of paper.

If Piutt Is bound up in the interest of couiinuous resiucnco upon, (nd Cultivation ot, sid land, vis: rank NorriB and Robert Norrii. ot I.arne 1 P. fair in every deal In this county aud we Pawnee Kans. W. Koymor and R.

Co- tlte people of Hodgeman county in trying to get the tvvelvemile strip cut off, we wonder what It was that caua-d him to be cr, ot Hodgeman P. Hiigeiuan Kans, ire say tau produce as meritorious a re a. w. n. a.

aihowni.eii, ucgisler. cord as the worthy gentleman who condescend to censure them. so bound up in ttieir interest wnen lie worked so hard to get it put on. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Larned, Kane.

Vpl.rnav k.1 Ex-Governor Seymour died at Utica Some one proposes to hold a conven ThcRevello some time ago refered HAKDWARE. Notice Is hereby given that tho following-1 New York last Friday, Feb. 12th 1880 at It makes us feel rather Important to Tje noticed by the gentlemen of the the age of 70 ycajs. Ho was an unsuccess nviifd settler has filed notice of his Intention to omke final proof iu support of his claim, and that said proof will he made before 1. W.

THE BOSTON HARDWARE STORE OF. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS IN ful candidate for president, and was twice Eevclle. arnen, ierg uistricl court at Jetmoro. Hodge- tion at Jetmoro ou the 25th, to talk over the advisability of bonding the county for the purpose of building county bridges. Should all the bonds bo voted, that are now under consideration, we -will soon STOVES, TINWARE, UASOLT; nian Co on April 26, M.

via: John A. elected Governor of the great state. He to us as an obscure sheet, but now devotes two columns to us. We can't account for it unless the Scimitar has cut a blood vessel In the rear end of its aud Pratt comes out in a two column article ami gives the details. Lang, D.

b. No. 5873 for the Quarter. Sec. 4.

n-i Representative Pratt Is Indignant, says the Scimitar slandered him. Better start us left a pure record, and no publlo man UI IV. 6i W. names the fullowi-jr nitnuaiP in has ever led a purer or more honest life. iintinitous reside ace iiduu.

a. ml Anlri uti.11 tt a libel suit have enough ou the county to pontoon all aid land, vii: 1 L. P. Mack. .1.

W. Kevm. 1 KaTF. W. Fisher loans money on farms the creeks from their source down through M.

M. Blunt, all of II. We think Fratl is worse hurt about the the county line project, than the people at ten percent, straight. Kans, STOVES, SHELF IIARDWARl BUILDING PAPER, EQmPMENTS CUTLERY, CLOCKS ALSO A TINKERHS TINNER. No.9 naiufSirevt Hani We have many contributions for the paper, from our various correspondents, and owing to our limited space we are of the county.

i. 20. W. R. Erowni.i Registei.

NOTICE. TIMBER CULTURE. NOTICE. V. S.

Land Ornci, Oardkn Cut, Kanr. Onlnhnr Kith. 1KSS. Pawnee county to the Arkansas and will not ueed uny bridges. But if the dillerent towuships desire bridges, let them issue township bonds and build them.

Sterling township believing it advisable to build bridges did so without setting up a howl comiK'lled to omit much of It, and request Bryan Brasket arc prepared to do a U.S. Land Office, Garden Citt, Kansas, ComDlatnt hftvtnff been enteral nt thiMnfiiiee kv ecod business, they located a number of William W. Lane against Mark Burns fur aban- JANUARY OO, IHSO. Comnlaint havlnr hpun at K. that our correspondents not feel slighted as your articles arc quite acceptable, and uniDK his hoinestotul entrv No.

llUh. tinted liar- settlers this week. ZenasM. Lamed. Hoilvninan Annnlv.

knnt.i den City, Kantian, April 7th, l88.r, upon the against Hiram Berry for failure to comply with a ut the quarter anil the a half of the Just to the point. and asking people who live fifty miles uarter Soo. To. 114 t. Kaiize 27 w.

in lloilve- A man who can't see as Fratt does and who won't perform acts detrimental to uiau county, Kansas, with a view to the cancel away to help pay for. them, our bridges are being built as rapidly as possible. We ation ol said cutry; the snid parties are hereby utuinoued to aunear at this oflice on me urn liis interest is an interloper Is he? day ot April, lhMi, at 10 clock, a. to re law as 10 iimr-cr-uuiture Entry No. 12S7, dated liarden City, Kansas, Januarv 2Sd, lSSS, upon the Lots 1-S and half of quarter, Soo.

1 Tp. 23 of Range 2ti w. i 3 Hodgemnn county, Kansas, with a view to the cancellation of said entry: contestant alleging that said Hiram Berry failed to plow or break five acros during the first year alter the date of his said entry, or cause the same to be done and has wholly abandoned said tiact. iave the money and expect to pay for A ten year old boy can find the State and turnish testimony concerning siad leged abandonment. them, but when it comes to paying for bridges outside, old Sterling will kick liouse if some one don't direct hho to wholesale liquor establishment.

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m. aims, Register. NOTICE. C. S.

Land Ofpci, Qarhrk Citt, Kans. Kohruarv Slth. IRRfi. worse than a bay steer. Orwell Times.

The suic oa'ties arc horebv summoned in n- pear at th-a ortiee on the 15th rlav nf Man We of course advocate the building of G. W. HOVEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTAIi PUBLIC, AND HOVEY HARRISOI beal estate axd pkodtj urokeri. CLAIMS LOCATED AND LANI BOUGHT AND SOLD. Insurance and Loan at Lowest Rates.

C'ORHESI'OM'EXt KOLIC1TED. at 10 o'clock a. it respond and furnish testi Ilic loan and real estate firm of Hood A Child has been dissolved. Child will Comnlaint having been entered at this office hv bridges, but in fact think as Bro. Sheldon, mony concerning sau alleged failure.

Joseph Stone against William Crawford for continue in business in Hodgeman Center. i.io-Ji. a), o. ihanhocser, Receiver. NOTICE.

editor of the Orwell Times, that it should be a township matter. Sterling township abandoning his homestead entry 2107, dated liarden City, Kansas, May lilih, Itwi, upon the Geo. G. Lovcring county surveyor, his friend Mr. Mahan gave us a call while in Hodgeman Center.

Mr. Lovering was ou his way to do a job of surveying and we arc told that he is an excellent survey or. We were well pleased with the-appearance of thi geutlemen, and invite them to call again. A lady from Burrton visited Hodgeman Center ou business one day this week and tells its that it seems to be a well known fact jn her part of the country that a railroad is to come to Hodgeman Center. She also says she has known Hiram Constant for twenty years, and that she knows him to be a man of a wonderful business talent, and above all will do exactly as he agrees to do.

Quarter oi Boo. 8. id. s. Kauiro r.

in Pratt tells of various stands the Hodgeman county, Kansas, with a view to the has taken time by the forelock aud built U. S. Land Office, Garden Citt, Kansas, cancellation ot said entry: the said parties are Bevclle has taken, but did not tell 9.7th. lKKft her bridges which shows that the people's ereby suiunioui-d to auuear at this oflice on the Comnlaint having heen entered ur thU aHi of its location according to the latest rea 2.ritli duy ot Alurch, ISoB, at 10 o'clock, a. to interest was the first thing to be considered, rcpmd and furnish testimony concerning said unu n.

witty against janies jirown ioraoan-douiug his homestead enti-v n. 910.V AtitA ilur. soning. take it that Jetmore is proposing this uegcu abandonment. den City.Kansas, June 5, 1885.

upon the LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ACCURATE- convention for the purpose of indicating t. Zi, v. ji. 31LES, Register. NOTICE.

3S37 that they are solely bound up iu the inter F. W. Fischer sold two farms this week. Many more are looking at farms, and no doubt will buy of some one before quarter oco. -en, a p.

ss uange 2i in Hodgeman eounty, Kansas, with a view to the cancellation of Bttid entry; the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this oflice on the 15th day of May, lssti, at 1(1 o'clock a. to respond and LY DRAWN AND ACKNOWI, EDGED. noDG-MAN CiNTIR, U. S. Land Omci, Larnrd.

Kansas Iec. 2. 1SSS. Comnlaint having been entered at this Office ests of the people, but when it conies time to build bridges they will want only one fUl'lllsh testimony concerning said nlleirerl ahlfcn- leaving. donmont.

built about one-half mile of Jetmore and Esrasuius 11. Hite against Kdwin T. Noel for bandouing his Homestead Entrv No dated Wit. T. FoLLia.

Henry Soon. Pratt failed to accomplish his job for Cowland, but still he wants them to come L'ec. 11. laat. uimu iub .1.

uuaner bccliou wheu that is built they will lose all inter Township 22 b. Uange'24 in Hodgeman Coun We suppose Pratt thinks because he ld-M 20. S. Toanhocser, Receiver. ALT 13 NOTICE U.

S. Land Office, Larned, Kans. Dec. ISih, 18S5. Comnlaint having been entered at this office hv est in the matter.

County improvement ty Kansas, with a view to the cancellation of said entry: the said parties are hereby kiimmon- forward and help him in the consumation is feigned, but it all points to one point in has been here iu Hodgeman county for several years that he can work all manner of his plans. ed to appear at tins umoo on tno 1 aay ot April, 13.S0, at lo o'clock A. M. to respond and furnish the county. We can say that we agree im SCOTT, AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.

testimony concoruing said alleged abauqoumnut with our worthy friend of the times ex John Booker also sent his name to us of schemes on the people, with impunity, and when couscientioiu new-comers emi Jessie Winslow against James I. Robinson for abandoning his Homestead Katry No. 4123, dated Nov. 23d, 1878 upon the South East quarter Sec. 30, Tp.

21 Range 23 in Hodgeman Countv, actly. with the request to place it upon our sub 11. liRowm.KK, ncgistcr. II. Booth.Atty for Plft.

1 U. S. Laso Offici, Larnko, Kass. Dec. IS.

lhSfi. grate to his county to help build it up they scription list We hope to meet him soon wiir, rr.A Trini prsiNEsa Kansas, with a vie to the cancellation of said entry: the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this oflice on the 25th. day of March are greeted witlijsoiue of his insulting epi and make his acquaintance. Comnlaint having been entered at this oflice bv 18M), at lu cloci a. to respond and fur--A Osman B.

Hughes against William Dickson fur Kidderville Kans. Feb. 24th 1880. Editor Scimitar: thets. Now let persons look at the reason, ableness of this matter and see if the epi testimony concc ing alleged abandonmtv.t.

Ci M. "ODGRMiN CKVlT.l, KANtAI. Rev. Shuff has placed his name on our ahaudoning bis Homestead Lntry 4.io, dated ml, Yt, H. liRowNLEE, Register.

rebruary IS. 9, upon the Aorth test quarter list. The Rev. gives us a ser- thets so conveniently used by Mr. Pratt Sec.

i2. In. 23 s. It 22 w. in Hodgeman Countv.

As this place has failed so far Kansas, with a view to the cancellation of said jnon whenever he can arrange it, and is a don't apply more appropriately to himself. entry: the said parties are hereby summoned to to furnish yon a correspondent, I will offer very fluent and impressive speaker. appear at this othoe on toe 2oth day ot March, liHt, at lo o'clock a. to respond and furnish a few squibs which may be acceptable and J. P.

Erwin, member of the town testimony concerning said alleged abandonment, We had a call from Mr. Mason of company, from Dodge City, gave us a call if not they can help fill the waste basket, 1 6ay success to the Scimitar it will cer estcrday. He says the Scimitar is attract mi, 11 iJHtoiiiiikR, ncgisicr NOTICE. U.S. Lakh Office.

Larnxd Kans, tainly supply a long felt want in politics in this county. You may look for $1.50 Deo. Mth. 1SS5 ing everybody's attention, guess it is a fact. Pratt devotes two columns of his paper to it for assisting him to induce people to sign a petition to cut off twelve from me as soon as the weather will per complaint having been entered at tots othce by Charles E.

einershagon against William if. Case for abandoning his Homestead Kmry Nc THIS SPACE IS RESERVED FOR mit me to skin and market cow hides tS9, dated 2, IS80, uikhi the N. E. quarter euoujrh to pay it. I am sorry of it but section 7, iownsuiD22b.Hanze24.

W.iulloilne miles from the west end of Hodgeman man County Knusos, with a view to the cancella Jetmorc's monkey lives near this place, tion of said entry: the said oarties aro hereby county, and urging the people to throttle themselves by entering into his court When the Jctaiorians grind on the organ EBWK G. H0UA1, summoned to appear at this office on the 1 day of ISsti, at 10 o'clock A. M. to respond and he daiices and they collect iu the nicklcs, house scheme. iumisn testimony concerning said aitedgeo.

1 bandoninent. He Is at present telling the people how Mr. Pratt don't like county rights, oh badly Jetmore needs a fine court house, no! but who was the first to begin it? Cowlaud and a friend of bis from the same place Tuesday, and we are told that the bonds in Cowlaud precinct will be defeated. J. F.

Jordon sent us his name as a subscriber for our paper. We have not yet met Mr, Jordon but hear him highly spoken of, and hope to make his acquaintance soon. M. Smith gave us a call List Tuesday, iid also a frieud of his from Ness county. Smith has been all over the county reports every body bitterly opposed to the bonds.

Rev. Gregory will preach next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. Let every one -cjine in order to encourage the effort. Services will be held in the usual place, Jl.yau's hall.

G. W. Ronndtree has his livery and feed stable all completed, and is now rcad- R. Eownlei, Register. H.

Booth, Atty, for Pitt, t-sw NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION. Land Offici at Larsko, Kans. Dec. IS. 1SS5.

But so far he has received no encouragement, and has gone away in disgust. The ATTORNEY COTHsT- Who was it vainly prophesied the Scimi tar would uie Iroui weaKncss and the Notice is hereby given that the following Hodgeman Center town company would court house bonds will meet the same fate In tliis part of the county that they did some time ago. I wish to ask the citizens named settler has tiled notice of his intention to die without a struggle? We suppose he SELOB A.T LAW. make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register thought he had found a lot of timid "suck of Hodgeman county if they feel obligated or lteceiver u. a.

l.anu umce at iiarned, Kansas, on Feb. 2S, lSSti, vii: nines Cunningham D. S. ers, who would iniDiDe his potion un to burden themselves with the payuieni of No. for the Lots i-i and a half a uarter Sec HODGHIIA CiNTIR, linn 5.

Td. 22 21 W. limited quantities, but his doses were reject an enormous tax to satisfy the ambitious He names the following Witnesses to prove his ed and from the way he throws up in his desires of Jetmore. We are living in dug continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, two column article he has swallowed the outs and sod houses and burning any and James Lenox. llliatn Ward.

Kcvmore Web ber and Jonn Eaton, all ot 41 anno P. Hodge potion himself, we suppose. every thing for fuel, aud are not able to man vo Kans. pay our honest debts, and keep our fami M. Bryan and some more of our for business, and by reasonable charges lies comfortable, aud it seems surprising townsmen for several days of this week 2-wb.

w. k. drownleb. Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Larned, Kansas. January 20th 1888. have been pretty nearly all over the county and fair dealing hopes to merit a portion of your patronage. that Jetmore can have enough hardness of heart to ask us to build a twenty thousand noting the feeling of the people with ref is nereoy given that the 101 owing dollar court house in order to make our erence to the bonds, and say that during Pratt thinks the Hodgeman Center BEE named settler has Sled notice of his intention to make final proof in sunnort of his claim, and county officers more comfortable. We im the whole of Uie first days travel that they town company is composed of speculators, that said proofwill be made before D.

W. Larn portune no one to accept any county oflice, ed ClerU I'isinet Lourt at Jetmore. Hodgeman i rnMk In 1oc r. failed to find one man who favored the bonds. They were all over the north and and about all Mr.

Pratt is at present engaged in is speculating over the probabili and when they do accept we certainly ex vu.i uu fioiu. iv, irou, .11: umigafui- gorsou 11. E. No. 44: for the lots 3, 4 and half pect them to perform Ibe duties of their NOTARY mm, RE1L ESTM'E, LOIN ffl IIMCJ Ai quarter Sec.

0 ip. 23 ot K. 22 W. north-east part of the county and east of ty of their SUCC3SS. He names the following witnesses to Drove hi: office in accordance with their oath.

I am continuous residence upon, aud cultivation of. Jetmore and are sincere in saying that said land, viz: surprised to learn from your columns that Henry Brice. ohn Uain. Travnor and A. J.

they don't believe the bonds will receive .11, there is to be a new town started at Kid- Berlin, all. of Middle brauco 0.. Hodgeman Mr. Waffer of Newton visited Hodgeman Center Wednesday, and contemplates Investing largely. He is a nice appearing gentleman, aud we would be very glad 200 votes in the county.

They say they Kant 7 to 13. W. R. Browni.ee, Register. aerviue ana mat a.

awing is tho pro were absolutely surprised to see so much opposition them, and the people who op prietor of it, and that a surveyor has been employed to survey it. This springs from to receive him in our circle. NOTICE. TIMBER CULTURE. U.

S. Land Office, Garden Citt. Kans, pose them the most bitterly are living near Jetmore. People say that they don't see a "Kid" about eighteen years old who in The lilizzartl being over aud work 1.1th. lUtf.

haled too much ot the late blizzard and Spoji a tendon 'rm in this auJ aoiuinsf cjimtie. TOWJST LOTS AND 4,000 ACEES OF LA FOR SALE. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LOAN OS FARMS. Ofhr3 on Main Street, He Vman Cfente-, Kansas. ComDlaint having been entered at thisnflicebv commenced, on and after the first day of how a person can have hardness enough Thomas D.

Biddle against Samuel J. Carter lor failure to comply with law as to Timber-Culture of heart ask Hodgeman county to vote has been running over with wiud ever since. He says he will build ten cood March we will sell 6trictly for cash, aud rive our customers the benefit of the. cash Entry 1N0. 447, dated barden City, Kansas, Aug, 8th, upon the quarter.

See. 15. To. 24 bonds when it is so new and the people houses here next summer aud will not stop Range 27 in Hodgeman oouuty, Kansas, with tyniein. Gkegory Steele.

are too poor to live in any thing but dug a view to the cancellation of said entry; contest at that but will build a town every ten ant alleging that the said Samuel J. Carter has outs aud sod houses, and many of them P. Evans, son of S. Evans of Purily- wholly tailed to oronK or cause to be broken hve miles along the Pawnee valley between have not food enough to satisfy their hun ville, gave this oflice a call and placed his ger, nor fire to keep them warm. We star.

acres of ground on said tract within oue year from date of said entry or a1 portion thereof or in any manner comply with toe tree culture 'aw. That he has wholly abandoned said tract of laud here and Larned, and thereby insure Kidderville a great railroad center. We do name on our subscription list. Mr. Evans Is bitterly opposed to the bonds and says without iu any uiftn.ier pIowiut or iu any man expect to have a town, and employ a com ed in the outset of this bond question that we did not wish to presume upon the credulity of the people in urging them not to that Purdy ville will go solid against thein petent surveyor before long, burTit is cer- ner causing the same to be plowed or iu any manner complying with the tree culture Law and his said abandonment bo continues at this taiiiiy a misutKe aoout tuis young man Isaac Clayton of Purdyville visited support this measure, as we gave them cre date.

Tho said parties are hereby summoned to ap the Scimitar office while In Hodgeman dit foi having too much discretion to do pear at this oflioe on the 12th day of April, 18S6, starting town. We have men capable to back it, and expect to make it a very lively at 1U 0 clock, a. to respond and furnish testi any thing so detrimental to their interest to mony cor.cer jing said alleged failure. i 20-M. 27.

C. F. M. Niles, Register. Center Wednesday, and subscribed for our paper.

We were pleased to have him sub-scribe, and consider him a valuable sub please a few local schemers, and after an business point Old Timer. investigation of the facts of the case scriber. find that they will oppose it almost to NOTICE. TIMBER CULTURE. U.

S. Land Officii, Garpkn City, Kansas, January 19th. Iss6. Don't judge a man by the clothes he wears; God made one and the tailor made man, and after this proposition is defeated we certainly think that the sentiment of Compl.iint having been entered atthisotlice bv We would be glad if we had space to publish Pratt's two columns indignation G-EEG-OET STEELE. THE FIRST TO OPES IIP IT BflBCEffi CEfR, CASllY A STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, GROCER TES, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, STAPLES, DRESS GOODS, SILKS AND SATINS, VELVETS, NOTlOxNTS, CLOTHING, CALL AND SEfi US AND WE Ti 17,1 CO TI1EE COOD.

ma urn i mm m. Ilotlgemau Center, Ktvuea. Charley W. Johann against H. ingate the other.

Don't judge a man by his family, for Cain belonged to a good family ior laiture to comply witn law as to iniber-Uul-ture Eutry No. 59, dated Garden City, Kansas, article which appeared in the last issue of 1 April 18, ISSt, upon the nalt, 0 uarter. Don't judge a man by his failures in life. uie oruer to snow now new quartor of quarter and quarter, comers who oppose Pratt's schemes are quarter bee. 12, Tp.

22 Range 27 in Hodge man eounty, Kansas, with view to the cancel greeted. lor many a man fails because he is too honest to succeed. Don't judge a man by the house he lives in, for the lizzard and latiou of said entry; contestant alleging that wiuiani 11. legate 1 11 ilea the urst year to break 6 acres and failed the year to break 5 acres or to cause the same to be done and has Mr. Pratt says he has worked for the the people on this "special election business" will be clearly demonstrated.

Our Representative says none of the town company never expect to live in Hodgeman Center. With reference to that we will say that one of the town company is already living here, has erected a building almost twice as large as any building in Jetmore, and that every member of the company will build larger buildings than his, as soon as Mr. Erwin puts his lumber the rat often Inhabit the grandest structure, woolly ooanrtoned said entry and up to the pres When a man dies, they who survive him county. Yes, we will give him credit for that; he worked almost as hard to get the twelve mile strip put on the west end of ent time nas no uiuuer, trees, tree seeds, nuts cuttings growing on said laud and said tract wild nrnirio sod. ask property he has left behind the angel The said parties are hereby summoned to an who bends over the dying asks what good pear at this office on the loth day of May, lhs6, the county as he is aow laboring to have deeds he has before him.

Stafford Demo at iu clock, a. to respond and furiisa testi cut it off. crat mony concerning said alleged Miiure. 1 13-M 2o. 8.

IflAKUousss. Receiver..