The Halstead Herald from Halstead, Kansas • 1

Gerald. The The Gerald. HALSTEAD, MARVEY COUNTY, How utterly worthless must all buman symathy appear to the afflicted parenta. And yet this is all that any mortal can give, That there is future existance where joy, must be this world is a riddle which no man may read. Ellis Garten, formerly of the Cim.

Arron Jacksonian, has purchased interest in the German paper of this eity and the publishers of the paper are now Hege Garten. We nope they will cooed in their enterprise, and be. leive they will if they hold to the party which the paper advocates for its I principles are bound to win. The Student's Reunion. Upon Wednesday, Jane 6th, as previously announced, the commencment exercises of the Mennonite Seminary, was held in the Mennonite churoh.

The exercis. of the forenoon Were mainly declamtions and essays by representatives of the different grammar classed. Al noon the students, their parents and friends were invited to dinner at the seminary where plates bad been laid for 120 guests and fully number ate their dinner, there, At two o'clock the exercises of the Reunion, began, The first was a German oration with the subject, The Blessing and Worth ol Labor, by Mr. Franz Adrian of the class of '85. Next was an Eng lish oration; subject: Teaching, by Mr.

Haury; class of 85. German discouse, by Mr. D. zen, of 86, in which the benefits of AD association of students me and exstudents were plainly set forth. The exercises then being finished it was decided to organize an association such as Mr.

Jantzen spoke of. A chairman and secretary were elected, committees on program, invitation, finance a and constitution were appointed. The meeting was then adjourned and a social on the, seminary grounds Upon arriving there, different amusements were engaged in. The older gentlemen sat around in the shade and talked, the young ladies played croquet and the students challenged the ex to a game of ball. Only three innings were played on account of sup.

per being announced. The score at that time stood: 8 total Students 3 8 ON Ex- -students 1 8 0 After supper a second session of the afternoon meeting was held in the grove north of the seminary building, where seats had been erected for the comfort of the guests. Here the report of the committee on resolntiets was heard and several speeches were thade, notable among which were the farewell discotirse by P. H. Knowlton, the eulogy by Prof.

Krtise and the declamation by Arnold Winkelsied, and one by N. G. Parkhouser, a deseudant of the Swiss gentleman of that name, who wrote the poets. The students then played gates turbil a late hour, When they slowly dispersed, all having been royally entertained. Children's Bay, Children's day will be appropri.

lately observed at the M. E. chtitch next Sunday mething; commencing at 10:80. The Sunday school and preachitig services will be dispensed with. All parents should make an extra effort to Have the children 86- tend.

1. 6. 0. F. Election: Halstead Lodge No: 168, 1.

6. 0: F. elected the following officers at their meeting last Weduesday night: Noble grand, 0. J. Hildreth, Vice grind, D.

J. Bookwalter, Secretary, 1r Hinshaw, N. b. frisk, Representative to grand lodge; IT. Copefand, alternate, 14.

D. BloWer Tasterlation oh the fist night in July. The County seat fight in Sherman county has been woh by Goodland. THE Y. ME.

C. A. of Salina; put up a at a 6656 of $40, 060. KANSAS, JUNE 7th, 1888. PERSONALS.

Sam Tarbet is in Colwich, W. M. Crouch is up from Wieb. its. Chas, Rowe was in Nickerson one day this week.

John Gainer came down from Great bend last week. Sheriff Ryan was a welcome visitor in this city Saturday. Col. Groom's familiar form was seen on our streets Tuesday, Mine Inez Belch, of St. John, visiting i in this city this week.

Joe Hankey has resigned 'his position at the Reiger stock farm. Miss Melinda Hess is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Santee in Newton this week. Jack Fraucis came in from Indiana last night for an extended visit with his parents, Mrs. Ed.

Corette WAS down from Newton in attendance on the convention Tuesday. Mrs. Chas. Baxendale's sister and her husband from Kentucky are vis. iting her this week.

The new depot is nearing completion. It will be ceiled, instead of plastering, as usually done. Howard Frayne made us a short call Monday. He has served his connection with the Newton Chronicle. L.

L. Reiger left for a business trip to Texas, the latter part of last week. He will be gone about ten days. Mr. aid Mrs.

Lasell, of Lake town seip, have agreed to disagree and hereafter their pathe will be trod separately, Mrs. Smith, mother of Misses Mable and Nellie, started for Iowa yesterday. She expects to spend the summer with relatives in that state. Mr. E.

J. Bookwalter and mother went out to Haven on visit to E. J's brother last week. E. J.

returned Sunday morning. Mrs. Bookwalter and little Maudie will remain about two weeks. A. Petrie returned from an extended business trip in Colorado and New Mexico Sunday.

He stys every. thing is dry out there. The business of the Halstead creamery in that sec. tion is rapidly increasing, he says. The Convention.

The Harvey county Stinday sthool convention toot in this city last Monday stoning and held meetings Nonday night, Tuesday motning, after. nooti and evening. A large crowd from all over the county was in attendance. An interesting programe was carried out. The paper, the relation of the Sunday school to the church, by Miss Virginia Copeland was good, The qualifications of the ideal teacher by Rev.

W. R. Scott was dm 6XCellent production and was full of instrustion for his hearers. The teacher's preparation, by Pastor Millet, was correct and carried out would titke perfect teacher. Following up the class work, by Pastor Metiger, wits plain and instructive.

The teacHer's theeting was well han died by ReV. Martindal8, but was taken up-by Hastol Hartley and a radi. cal clangs for tires bettet made there. in Rev. Martindade advocated the doing away of teacher's theetings while Rev.

Hartley strongly advocat ed tHem And the good comming W. N. Scott on to interest Sunday school Missions was The evil tendences of the Sunday echool were Wall handled by Ret. Davis atid Pinch W. L.

Cott atswered the "Important withf it Wats the best Convention ever Herd in Harvey county. The conVention be Herd in Sedgwick October 1 48 6 has fired upon as the date for to sandal 6. A. R. at Topelt: NO.

95. IL THE HALSTEAD CREAMERY. Worthy, Halstend Notes on the Business Done, We took the privilege of paying a visit to the Halstead creamery, which is situated on the banks of the Litrle Arkanans river, about half a mile east of town last Tuesday. We bad heard much of this butter making establiahment, had seen much of the machinery an it had arrived from time to time and been hauled through our city, but we had never seen it. Ar.

riving at the premises we were at once ushered into the cream Or TOceiving room, a large room 16x16 feet, containing a tank capable of holding two tons of cream. The collecting wagons, of which there are four, always on the road and. which travel over MoPherson, Sedgwick and Harvey counties, are drawn up by the side of this building, a large hose inserted and the cream is at once pumped into the two ton vat. From the vat it is conveyed 1o the churning department by a large pipe. The churning room, which is 12x20, contains three monster churns, each capable of churning 130 pounds of butter at a churning.

As soop as the butter is churned the buttermilk is drawn off to large tank, from where it is conveyed to the bog pens, where over a hundred head of hogs are fattening therefrom. After this is drawn off, a wheel is turned and 8 large stream of cool water 8000 fills the churn and washes the butter thoroughly. It will be noticed by all observers that the butter, after churning, is like small shot, whi ch causes it to be thoroughly cleansed from all buttermilk: this is caused by having no breakers in the churn, simply a hollow, square box. The present capacity of the churns is over a ton of butter a day. After the or butter is thoroughly washed it is taken to the working room and placed on the revolving working machine, the salt weighed and sprinkled over it and a hundred potinds of butter goes on round the table under the large arms aud the salt is soon evenly and.

thoroughly distributed. It is then paoked in 1, 5, 10 and 20 pound boxes or 25, 30, or 80 ponnd irking and stored in the cooling room, which is 7x14 and surrounded with packed ice. The secret of the sue. CeRS with which Mr. Swattley is meeting in making good butter and that which will keep for 80 long 8 time is that he has been at the basiness since boyhood, having tun three creameries in the East, he has a through knowledge of how, when and why the work should be done.

The cream is chitrned at the right temperature, which is alike no two days, changing as does the condition of the cream and atmosphere: the facalties he has for seperating the butter-milk from the butter, the excel ent system he has of storing it and the extreme cleanliness of everything connected therewith. Mr. Swartley has the supervivion of the entire business, and has ad interest in the reputation of the establishment, not only financially but in quality. No creamery run by a stock company can in any sense of the word compete with him. The trouble with a stock company is the lack of knowledge of the business of any one interested in it, its great essary expense for overseers, bookkeepers; directors and the great waste consequent front lack of inderest by its employes.

Really Mr. Swartley owes the begining of his present business to the Newton cream. ery, which busted, (still owing and left Winte nowhere to Bell the cream from Wis fifty cows, So he begun the making of his own Butter has added to' iN from time a to time until now be has a' large 08 tablishuent, the machines of which are rub by al twelve horse power engine and from 4000 to 5000 pounds gilt otige creamery butter is each week, which finds a ready ket in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Selected County News. Burton.

VROM THE GRAPHIO: It has been very quiet in Barrion this week, owing to the fact that so many of our ollizens have I been at. tending court at Newton. Mrs. J. M.

Sherpy, mother of the Graphio editor, arrived here from Medicine Lodge last Thunday evening, for a short visit. She will depart for Macksville Stafford county, some time next week. A party just in from Lake, inorzos us that the township is all torn over a large-sized scandal which up is being peddled about among gossip mongers, We could not learn the names of parties implicated, but it sooms that a single gentleman has been unduly intimate with a married lady. Newton. FROM THE CHRONICLE: Miss Mertie Hollis has again open- ed her school in Dist.

No. 20 Em. ma after a week's suspension on account of measles. The Midland right of way C8506 are occupying nearly all the time of the District Court. Last Saturday the jury in the case of Zimmerman vs.

Frisco, R. R. came down from where the road passes, and we derstand they awarded plaintiff damages in the sum of six hundred dol. lars. He demanded eight hunded.

It is said the company will appeal the case and carry it Ito the Supreme Court. On Tuesday morning the jury in the case of I. H. Haney vs. The Frisco railroad, came down to view the land and decided the amount of danages to award, the as was done in the Zimmerman case.

it is thought they will render their verdict to day. Messrs. Frank Wilmore, and Richard Cadwell, of Lake Township, came in Wednesday, and stayed over to witness the game of ball between K. and Halstead yesterday. The jury in the Haney- Midland case was sent to Burrton to view the farm of the former Tuesday morning.

as was the jury in the ZimmermanMidland case. The gentleman neemed to enjoy their early morning tide hugely. And it came to pass that two young bloods whose names we will reserve, hailing from the fair city of Burrton, entered our beautiful and holy city, one night last week and at. ter a short rest proceeded to take in the town. They wandered about the streets for a short time until spieing the object of their search, were seen no more, until about 5 velock the next morning when they were heard pounding the door of a delivery barn which the manager opened, of them managed after time to say Rah! for us.

We boozy, but. Rah tot ta. f'ainted. er. Painted or his red.

How about it Billy! FROM THE COMMONER. H. O. Ashbaugh, toftterly of the Kansan, but how of the Hock Island Union, was in the city severdi dutys this week on business. Uncle Norntan Brewster, of Burr.

ton, called on tis this week: He says the mettorial services by Eider New. by, in that city Suadely, were the finest ever delivered in the city and B6 only wished al cotta have heard him. We with greet chronicle the death of another child of Fred Finsley end wite, of Pleasant township. This tine it is their mind yette old datighter, Minnie with diphtheria, the same disetise which carried away child in the fathily only a Mouth before. The Continbher extends its heartfelt sympathy.

LATER! We have just heard that the third daughter, Laura Maud, aged eleven, died and way buried our Tuesday. The Frisco article on fourth page should have been credited to the Burton Graphic. The work of framing for the new Little Arkansas bridge, west of town, is being done this week. Work on the depot is progressing lively. Quite a number of our home carpenters are at work on it.

Miss Relda Knowlton and Miss Lula Clark of Newton, were guests of Mrs. J. N. McNair, Tuesday, Dell Vanderwalter has been elected captain of the Newton base ball club, vice W. F.

Willis, resigned. The best written school report thin office has ever received was received from Miss Hattie Perkins, the Fairview teacher, this week. We wish to express our thanks to Wm. Brandenburger for a fine lot of nice radishes. They were good and were devoured with great relish.

A number of witnesses from Lake and Lakin passed through town today enroute to Newton 1 to attend the suit of Lasell Vs. Ernest Wright. The Republican club will meet at the office of R. W. Berry next Saturday night.

A full attendance is desired, as important business will cume before the meeting. band satchel of black leather was found on the German M. E. picnic grounds last week, which the owner can have by calling and paying for this notice. It is now officially reported that Newton has purchased the Kansas City "Beatone" ball club.

The price paid, was $1000.00 If they continne to play under the present Newton management, we predict a crushing defeat at every contest, Two Indian boys escaped from the school at Lawrence Monday and started for this city, where they have a brother, who is at work for Mr. Krebbiel. The professor started after them and when he got here he set marshall Hamment after them who soon had them back and off to Lawrence. A young Dutchman did some tall threatening toward Operator Jones a few nights ago. Jones was out walking with a lady the Dutchman was mashed on, so to have revenge he was going to try the carving proHe was warded off and now a warrant awaits his coming, in the hands of Constable Vanborn.

Architect Ross has just completed the of drawing plans and specifications for a new hotise for B. War. kentine. The residence Will be a twostory frame, with nine fooms and be supplied with all thodern conveniences. Mr.

Warkentine will let the contract immediately and the work of constructing the same will be commended at once. It will be put up on life Hast First street gronds. -Republican. Harlow Mills, S. H.

Baily, Olas Pfeffer; Miss Clara, Miss Ella Her. rick Adaitis and Mrs. A. Hughes, togather with a number of other prominent Stinday sellool workets this city went to Halstead last evening to attend the cottaty Stinday school conventiott noW in session that city. A lafg6 atimber of our church people will go down this thorning and take an active part tit the doings of the convention to day and to Our citizens Who to the Newton say, that, unfess tHe Reptiblican its statements in 18 othe base ball club Wherein it stated they Hid lost three gardes out of fothr, wHen it cau be showN by the store sheets, tHey had only lost out of six, that they with discontinue their aub.

actiption patronage to that and we think what they aak is but to tHe public as Well as to our club. We khow it is hard for New. tok to own that otte club defeated theirs three straight games such are the facts. DEATH'S KEEN SICKLE Mr. G.

Ruth's Deathle Mrs. D. C. Ruth, who has beer very sick for the past twelve days, died at her home in this city last Monday at 8 p. in.

The deceased was well known over thie part of the county and was held in the high est esteem by all who knew her. She wan a ready and willing christian and as such always was ready to do her duty. She was a kind and af. fectionate mother a true and devoted wife and a friend who could be trusted. The funeral was held at the Mennorite church at 10:30 yesterday, Rev.

Goerz, of the Mennonite church and Rev. Miller, of the Presbyterian church conducted the services. The funeral procession was the longest we have seen in a long time, over sixty teams were in the procession to her last resting place in the Halstead cemetery. The sympathy of all their friends are extended to her eight children and the bereaved husband. May the same God, who saw it to call her above, send you the Comforting Spirit to soothe and heal your bleed.

ing hearts. After a Long Iliness. Mrs. French, sister of Mra. O.

Eisenmayer, died at the latter'a residence, Tuesday morning. The funeral was held this morning at 9 o'clock and the remains laid to rest in the Halstead cemetery. The deceased was a lady of noble character and a true christian lady. A large number attended the funeral, School Report. Of district 18 Fairview School, for the first month of school, begining May and ending June 2.

School opened with an enrollment of 10. Present enrollment 22. Following is the names of pupils and their percentage of deportment: Arthur McMurney 100 Ellis Thornhill 100 Andrew Brown 100 Jessie Davis 99 Charlie James 100 Minnie Thornhill 100 Della Smith 100 Rella Spell 100 Edna Means 100 Louie James 100 Elmer Brown 94 Antia Smith 100 Frank Palmed 100 Dora Lohmeyer 100 Lillie Smith 100 Maggie Ewing 100 Mabel Ohm 100 Ella Ewing 100 Susie Stevens 100 Fred Stevens 100 Dora Spell 100 Addie Allen 100 The following named priplia made AZ average of cent or more in the monthly examination, Lillie Smith 92 Addie Allen $7 Edna Means 91 Ellie Thornhill Susie Stovens Della Smith 91 Time lost by tardiness 257 minutes, Average daily attendance 10 The following named pupils hare beon. neither absent nor tardy. Della Smith, Edna Menne, Frank Palmer.

HAFTIN PERKING, Tencber G. A. R. Meeting. H'd Q'rs Buford Post No.

189 G. A. Deptin't of Kansas, Halstead Kanses June 6th '88 Members of the Post will feport for muster Wednesday June 18th 1888 at 7 o'clock p. m. sharp.

The A. A. cannot be Hear before that hour by reason of previous engagements. A. HEMMEANT, Post Adj't.

A Nomination. We Wish to remark that it is about time to rettlark that it is about time to name our prospective candidates for the county offices and while others ate thus engaged we wish to name Halstead's choice for private judge in that staunch, tried and true Reptiblican, a man of honor and uprightness, whom all his fellow men delight to meet and that is Col. N. c. Groom.

As he is a man well liked? wherever known all over the county, we are led to believe, that he can be elected by 8 rousing majority. Then mark it on your slate, N. 0, Groom for probate judge. Much local matter is left over this week and we are late, all caused by; the acsence of half our force and the large edition of to lay, over 200. exto copies being sold..