Hodgman County Scimitar from Hodgeman Center, Kansas • 4

RIVERSIDE, RIVERSIDE. NORTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE. LOHNES HASTINGS, errrnj nl.i! 'I llMA AGENTS, AND DEALERS IX REAL ESTATE. WE HAVE FOR SALE A VARIETY OF 9 a LVa Shaving, Hair-cutting and Shampooing. jsa IN THE NORTHERN PART OF HODGEMAN COUNTY.

JsarSATISFACriON A GREAT TRAIFvIE FIRE Mnrlt Mrnrly lliimlr-il yitlrn Kurlii ul I'm nml oiiira lwa llb Tcrrillp Jump Five lltimltrl t'ft Arromi Hip pHwim- niiit Iim Urrnl lu IJie I'cuple of Wot lloilfniHii (mil)'. On last Smithy ulimit eight o'cUn-k In llm moruiiitf ii ktrnujr gu Iwi'i to blow from llio ninth, Iwuasiijj until by ulevni oYlovk tliu iuJ win Mowing ut tliu nuu 't about swiiiy mill's mi hour. About this time tliu people In ihiijjc I onlynix, iibottt iwirlvo mill's ivtst of horn uolietM dink i-loiul ut' 6inolt) coming t'loiii lli- norlli and in ti lew minutm tci rillu iirarlu lliv wiii upon tln'in, burning smtili, sink, mill I't'i'J, as on it wnut In lis patli if lt -i-lriictioii. The HrostarteJ i .1 U. Kaiiroad, cunt' to liiu laWHi'i river near KiiMervilli', lonjH'd ucroi-s and upeil away at upeed.

In the iifiliLiiii IhumI KiiMci'villv It burnt How-tk'ii Hall's sheep raneh, loss Sl.OOJ. loenstiib'e II k'keiibttom's stable ami U11I, $1,00 J. iteniietl'ti InUle ami Dr. Xorris' stable 100, Aiineiiiroiit's burn, two mules anil horse, Iuhs $su0. And haw the report tliut a bn.lln'i-in-liiw of Mr, SIcNabney, whose liaine we cannot now aseertaiu, was burned bailly that lie will probably dm.

Anil unollier person by the name of Irvin, near 1'iifily ville, was bmlly biirueil. Our friends eueially will 110 doubt hereaftei take line ineeautiou, nml line better a wider Hie guards plowed around their farms until more of our land is. broken out. We tire sorry to elironiele such sad news mid niisroi limes of our western neighbors, us most of them ha 1 just bewail to make money ami get conifortably isituiited in their new home. The lire si rip was from a half to three-fourths of a mile wide and passed through Valine '26 in this county near Kalvest i.

JfcJjTWe lonii Money 011 county farm nt Lowest Interest. Can make you a loun ut 7 per cent, interest nml fair coiniir.B.sioii, C. E. ROUGHTON, Dry -Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, dtps and Notions. Also f.rat-ulasa accommodations at th ROUGHTON HOUSE With Stage Line and Livery Stable in connection.

Stage connects with all daily trains east and west at Speareville. Give mo a call. Yours E. C. ROUCFSTON, JET It ORE KANSAS.

AXHTOX KEISEXECKEK. J. W. rt'OOI). HAEBWAEE! Christy Bonner, We keep constantly on hand a tlrsUolass Hue of Hardware; Stoves, and Tluwus Wood Reisenecker, and everything found In a llrstlass cencnil hunlwiue elablishmcut.

Call ae us, East side ef the Square, Jutuioru Kansas. mi mm BROWN, BIERER COTTERAL, Nne4or M1I.TO.K BBWW.V. Those desiring houses built should nave LAW AND LAND. up draw plans for them. Any kind of fancy work executed with Rooms 5 and 6 U.

S. Iuid Office Building. GARDEN. CITY, KANSAS. LUlgHllou, ConlesW nil Collection prlaltlc.

Respond to elU Promptly either by Telegram or Letter. accuracy and care. JSTSliop on door north Cliristj A Bonner'B Hardware Store. 4. M.

MiCLFNAIIAH, OAH Loan ICxamloer. BTJE9 EH J. N. RARDIN, Washington Letter. trcm our RoKiilnr Cnrresponrfant.

Washington, April 1st, 18S7. The Inter-Suite Commerce are not likely to mature an organiza tit 11 this week. They are all in the city mid ready to begin, hut Judge Cooley, of chigan, has raised the point that the commission cannot beorganizud until after the olh of April, because the law will not ike effect until that date. Said he; -'We Will not be commissioners until tlitn, and we have no right to organize until then." Hasjust opened a fresh stock of pure -Manufacturer and dealer in- HARDY M'CLENAHAN, LAND AND LOAN BROKERS, Cae a largs lint of fine land, for ml. In Hodsremira and adjoining oouutiea, insludiDg the land, formerly owned by the SANTA FE EATLROAD CO.

mm PERFUMERY DRUGS FINE ji unu 1W. Call and examine his stock. It costs noth- ing to look. larwss, SailJ'ss, BriJIss, Collars, Vliips, Curry Combs, Brashes, Fly Nats, T03 Dusters, )f which I have a large assortment. Everything: warranted first-clasa.

Custom work solicited. Repairing neatly and promptly done at reasonable prices. Gall and see me. East Side of Square. JETISIOUE, KANSAS.

Also Loan Modm on Real Estate at Low rt Rnt of Interest Write for ttodg. maa CoautyTlaa and Information Coboeraing the "Qarden of the Weak" Address HAEDT M'CLBN Jetmore, Kaueae. A E. SWEET, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. HELM HOGG, PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS DRAWN WITH ACCURACY AND CARE GO TO THE COBHTT SEAT OF rlODfiEMAN COUNTY, J.

B. SELLERS CO It is said the liist question the, commission will take up for consideration will be legnnlingau application by the associated railroads of Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama to he allowed special rates 011 through tinflic without atlecting their local linllie on acconit of the competition of the Ohio a id Mississippi river lines, it is held that the commission is authorized to gram special rates 111 such cases if it finds the water competition materially aU'ccta the through truffle of the roads. At the White House matters have bien vcry tjniet this week. The president is devoting a large share of his attention to consideration of the important appoint-intuts soon to be ma le. The mwvly np-poiuted Austrian minister having arrived in Washington, It is probable that a minister from this country will soor he appointed in return.

The treasury changes are still unannounced, and a good deal ol attention is now being bestowed by the public upon the selection by the president ot the lln ee commissioners for the Pacific railroad investigation. The ta-k of lind-iug the right men for these places proves almost as dilticult as was the construction ol the Inter-Slate Commission. Every week some enemy of the admin-islrattiu announces with great positivenes-that a specified member of the cabinet is about to resign. Last week it was SVens-liuy ICndicott. This week it was Secretary liitney.

Next week it will be tin- Attorney -Oneral or the ih the Secretary of the Interior. 01' all thest toolish inventions probably the most absurd is the latest all. gation namely, that Mr. Whitney is dissatislied with his position and wants the treasury portfolio. Mr.

Whitney's "position" just now Is about as nitisfiietorv in every way as is conceivable. He ife wealthy, successful, influential and the center of metropolitan society. These who are closest to him know that One block west of J. B. Seller JETMORE, KANSAS.

Lime, Plaster, Hair, Cement, SASH DOORS BLINDS SI1IXGLES AX I), MOLXDIXG3. OTS, SHOES, SLIPPERS, RUBBERS, Cofffe, Oitroea), Synip, Trt. Benn, Vinear, Pick Pngar, Matches. Bakine Fodor, 6Urch.Clieefe,8ini)f. Buing.Cnndleg, Ieat, Cana-d Goods, Dri Fru'ts, Tobacco, Lye, Potush, Coal oU, eta, elc, eta.

Qingliamii, Shirtings. CrMonne, Onlicoee, eans, VietoriR La nc, Shi rt Jnilia Liuen. Dreg GonH DeuiB, Veil'n1', Ducking, Fl'Miel, Hqne.CottonadcB, Drilling. Clo'hs, Elastic Hos Cud rwear, a'lutad, WWII LIMBER 1 SPECIALTY. is located in the rich fertile valley of -the Juckner, and offers rare inducements to any "ho 'tvisli to come.

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is surveyed lorth and south through Jetmore, and wil. hus enable us to have the competition of all trunk lines running East and West. THE ATCHISM, TflFEKA 'SASTl FE Has also surveyed a branch line through that has its terminus in Denver. ijts. Filed.

Powler, BqnarfS. Bolt. Grind.t ones, fiop-, Picks, Bit, Hatol.et. Sa. Bib Wir, Caw, Hinges, StoVd Pipe, Cnrtrides, Kettles, Stoves, Evenerg, Chiselfi, Locks, Lattihes, 8pade.

Sto? Unmrnera, Plow, Harrown, Niila, Shot. he would not accept the secretaryship of HATS, CAPG, SLICKERS AMD CUM COATS. the treasury if were offered to him, and everybody knows he would not wish to JETMORE, KANSil ASTROIJC INSTITUTION. A SAFE DEPOSITORY nsign oh thy heels of the greatest triumph of his life the letting of contracts on in favorable terms for the country for the Farmers' Merchants' immediate construction of a powerful navy. After all the denunciation that Cleveland received at the hands of BAIK.

his enemies for the vigorous exercise of his veto power with regard to fraudulent The Proprietor of the Town Site, is very liberal in giving to those vho will locate here, and all the business men are anxious to seo emigration come in, and will sur pension claims, a recent Incident it worthy of mention. On the 19th ol Kansas. February the President vetoed a private Jetmore, pension biil 011 the ground that tin soldier was entitled to a greater reliel render a portion of their patronage to any who will come. under the law than was accorded by the act. as was showu by the records of the $100,000 Capital, Jetmore has all the natural advantages Pension Bureau.

A fortnight ago he received a letter that any town can have. Pure, limpid water can be obtained on the from the claimant's attorney saying that the pension certilieate had not vet reached the beneficiary. Thereupon the President town site at a depth 01 about 25 ieet, ana the wrote an autojrinpli letter to the com missioner of pensions impairing into theeausis of delay. This looked as if he were viifiliuit 111 belief ot the worthy TIE BUM FfflEST soldiers us well as careful of the Interests of the nublic treasury, and that his patient J. W.

RUSH, President. C. E. ROUGHTON Vice President, W. E.

RAMSEY, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. W. E. Ramsey, A.

L. Stone, C. E. Roughton, H. I.

Benton, J. w. Rush. aiioliciition to the detail of his otlice Is C.F.M.NILES, President V' W. S.

KENYON, Vice President J. P. ATKIN, Cashier A General Banking Business Transacted Real Estate Loans negotiated. Finest Vault in this section of Kansas for the safe keeping of valuable papers. BOARD OF DIRECTORS iiii'it'itiil as well as just.

But of all the bills which have been suggested for the relief of man in any uv connected with the war, the worst Almost in the world can be obtained in unlim ited quantities within one mile of the town site. probably, was one received a few days before Congress adjourned by a United Slates Senator. It was ptepaieil oy Come and get property before the railroad citizen of his State, and was well drawn. It provided for the payment with interest, of the money expended by comes and gets the benefit 01T the advance in Will do a General Banking Biisiin'ss. Exchange sold New York, Kansas City Lamed.

KaHsas. Loans made hi amounts to suit on Tersonal Property, Real value of property. every man drafted In the war, in securing si substitute. Iho Senator was asKej 11 For further information, call on or address hi constituent was really in earnest in Hskiutr lii in to Introduce that bill. "Un doubtedly was his reply: "and further tstate, City and Farm Property and Personal Security.

Good Commercial Paper discounted. We are prepared to meet the wants of the community at reasonable rates. We have facilities for making, collections in any part of the United State without charge. Ul be as liberal with depositors as is consistent with a safe bank-ug business and we cordially ask one and all for a share of your patronage. V.

E. KAMSKY, Cashier. more," continued he, "I think lhcie is as T. HAUN, Lodge, Kanww. Garden City, Kansas.

Garden City, Kaiiwa Jetmore, Kaiisrm, Kanaaa. f. A.BLATB, President of First National Rank CF.E NILE3, Register U. S. Lard Office 0.

E. MERRIAM, Cashier First Natioual W. S. KESTON, Attorney at 1. V.

AlitX. Caliioi much sen in it as there was 111 some 01 the so-called pensions measures which Jeivj been introduced hi the senate and JETMORE, KANSAS. froDrietor Town-aite, timing the last rive veins.".