The Times from Gettysburg, Kansas • 3

pr Serosa p. GRA.VES, Editor and rubllsher. AND EXAMINE MY GOODS AND PRICES. i iiolied every Thursday at Reford, (Get-tyturgP. 0.) Kansas.

"Decoration day was observed with appropriate ceremonies to-day at the cemetery on the John Anderson place northwest of Reford. 4 A man who Invests his money in, town loU here now is lure to make money, for, with the rapid strides Reford is now making, the value of lots will certainly advance four-fold in the next sixty dy3. Now doth the little busy pig" ''Improve these rainy hours; Be getteth out of his sod pen. And rooteth up the floworq. A gentleman in Jumping off a sireei oaT the othev day fell and rolled in the'guUer.

While brushing the dirt from his clothes a ADVERTISING RATES. Looal Noticos, 5 cents per line for each In- -play Advertisements, made known on iiijation. ilwriage, Birth, and Death notices tree. I WILL SELL YOU 10 1-2 lbs Choicest Granulated Sugar for $1.00 li i-2 lbs Extra Sugar. 1 $1.

20 lbs Choice Prunes 1 li'-J little girl ran up to him stid said: "Miiter, plecse do it again, Mamma didn't see you thatvtime," 14. lbs Evaporated Blackberries. you promised to give me a I4.lbs Dried look of yoM hair In return for the poem I wrote to you; but I see now'' that this lock 1A lbs Currants iiiHuiHimHHiinaiikii did not ceihe from your head. f' 4 'It 1b quite appropriate then; the poem was hot from IO lbs Evaporateql Peaches Nrdyx 'head, C. R.

II. Time Table AT IREOIRD. GOING EAST. If nil and Express, 7:30 A.M. GOING WEST.

Mail and Express, 5:00 P.M. 4 lbs Oat Flake One day this week Chug. Collins might 20 lbs Good have' been 'seen' going over the' hill in pursuit Of a vouncr rabbit, which he thomeht would 4 Vans Siveet etc be easily csugnt. After running nearly a mile, and being out of breath, he cvme to tlie6onclusIoh that even young rabbits could Reford Sabbath School. Meets every Sunday at Riverside School ijouse, at 10:30 A.

Everybody invited attend. 1 JE89B MOMAHAN, Supt. get a move on them, and gave.up the chase. While a party of young people from Hill City were out riding in a two-seated 25 Boxes Matches i i 25 cis. 8 lb.

can California Peaches 0 sts Evaporated Raspberries, per lb. 25 cts Hand Picked Beans 1 5 cts Climax Tobacco i '40 cts Social Smoking Tobacco 2a cts Lemons 30 cts per dozen -Rain. Beautiful rain. Decoration Day. UQTSubBcribe for the Times Rain and cloudy weathetthe past week, Countv superintendent Mrs, Belle Flynn was in town last Friday.

There ia a man in California so extravagant that he skates on ice cream. James Ellis wag attending district court at Hill City last Friday as a witness. All kinds of job work executed with noatnesss and dispatcii at the Times office. The rarest and cbstliest of precious met als Is gallium. It Is valued at $3,250 an ounce.

Mrs. McMahan is building a neat and commodious cyclone cellar Just back of the millinery store. The latest report is to the effect that the the railroad company contemplates' building a large eating bouse here this summer, -'James Ellis went oyer to Lenora and back to-day on business. 1 While at Lenora he won the sum of seven cents on a guess. If' you wish to engage in any kind of business you can not do' better than "to locate in Reford, the best town in the west, When a dog gets his head fastened in a fence, it is unsafe to extract him, unless you enjoy the pleasure of his acquaintance.

Omer Anderson returned home from Brdbkfield, last Thursday. Ho has been braking on the railroad there thepast Winter. All kinds of wild fiult are In full bloom and the prospects are good for the heaviest yield of currants and plums ever known in this country. Jack Stewart, of the Hill City Democrat, Was up visiting friends and relatives In this vicinity last Sunday 'and went on a fishing excursion as usual To any one who is desirous of investing money in town property for "profit, we would advise him to come to Reford at once, while lots can be bought cheap. A railway man accused of drinking beer while on duty calmly assured the superintendent that he was the victim of color-blind-ttess, and supposed he was drinking Wfter.

James Chadsey, John Goff Elmer Chad-key and Gilbert Glover started last Saturday morning for near Leadvllle, Colorado, where they have a job working in a saw mill. A wag, seeing a door nearly off its binges in which condition it had-ibeen for some time observed that when it had fallen and spring wagon, In the yicinfty of Reford, the Reford 91. Church Meetings every wo weeks at Riverside School House, at 11 :30 A.M. AH irre cordially invited to attend. Rev.

Mitchell, Pastor. rear seat, which was occupied by Bert Williamson, tipped backward, throwing the oecupnnts to the ground. The young lady was quite seriously hurt and the gentleman was hurt slightly. For swelled legs of horses take sulphate Reford Town Board, Members of Board: W. Hanna, B.

F. CWlsey and S. Shearer. Board meets ev-isrt Satnrdav evfiiiins at. t.hn Pnst.nfflnfi.

of iron, two ounces pulverized 2ent'an root, one ounce; nitrate of potash, half an ounce; mix and divide into eight powdeis; give one night aad morning, with good nourishing food, with' oats fo- grain; give no corn. Hand-rub the legs thoroughly and give exercise daily. "Conductor," ssid the nervous passen Hope 1QK cts per ll. 150 j4EADUQHT foyU, tfJlL 15 CENTS PEF Qa Large StocTi Simpson's America nMerimac BrandsPrintsat cts. Choice Brands Dress Gingham 10 cts, Good Ckevoits 8 etc, BpipTS rvi shoes I2T THB COUNTY.

ger, "who is that desperate looking devil at the other end of the car? I never saw a man carry such an outfit of guns and knives 7t- HAVE a NUMBER OF CHOICE FOR BOTH BUSINESS, and RESIDENCE AX PRICES TO WIT THE PURCHASER. jBSTWill cheerfully all, answer all inquirieji in regard to lots. before." "Don't be uneasy "replied the conductor, reassuringlv, 'he is a minister of the gospel on his way to Oklahoma, where he will conduct open air A young woman said she was born to be a farmer's wife because she engaged in milk ing when an infant, and took to cradling early. Later she often cut up and shocked her parents and filled her crib. an early age she learned to sew and she had culti D.

W. HdJVJVAi REFORD, KANSAS. vated her acquaintance with a young agri culturist, and an soon as she placed her af MMS ELLIS, CORNER MAIN AM) IOIRTII STREETS, killed someone it would probably then be fecyons she intended to "make hay while the sun. shining. This was too much for an impressible tiller of the soil, so he gathered her up into his arms and garnered DEALER.

JL8T hung. Born:" To Mr. and Mrs. Harrison her, Ex, KANSAS. REFORD, Turner, girir Williamson attending, In reply to James Ellis' request for Hon Cattle, At last account mother and child were both doing well, and Harrison was ablo to be something that will make his cow give down her milk, we have the following: "When about; you start for the barn with the milk pail up The, railroad crossing, at Fourth street Rf KANSAS.

JfVS Pr o- nas been graded up this week so that parties living north of here can come straight into town instead of going, by, the on your arm for the purpose of milking the C3W you must oommence singing the hymn entitled 'Home Sweet and continue, singing until you are done milking her. If 3 section line crossing. flSTIf you want to buy any horses pr cattle, or if you have anything to trade give mt a call. you can not sing your case is hopeless, un less you can persuade some one that can UNACQUAINTED WITH THB GEOGRAPHY Or THE COUNTRY, WILL OBTAIN MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM A STUDY OF THIS MAP OF Mrs. McMahan desires to announce to the ladies of Graham county that she has a large stock ol hats and millinery goods that sing to milk her for you.

This remedy has. WILSON HA JVM1 been tried timo and again by the. writer and he will guarantee it to produce the required they would do well to call and examine be fore purchasing elsewhere. There are laro quarries of the finest result. Yours truly, Billy Oniontop.

jStar Crops look well in this vicinity, unci S. nisey and Mr. Bells are going get a steam threshing machine this season, BiukloR John Estep, of Lenora, who shot John Ruff last spring, had his trial at Norton last 3Eefoid, Kansas. week. The high wind Thursday night blew down John Fox's.

grGHai7 and broke up his eultl Vator. Our blacksmith, C. M. Potter, went to Hill City last Saturday, to prove up on his homestead, The boys of this vicinity have organized a base ball club. They practice every Satur day Most of our farmers bad to hold their doors and windows Thursday night to keep hem from.blowing in.

X. Y.Z. building stone in the state within less than one-half mile of town, thus, furnishing am? pie facilities for the erection of permanent buildings here at a small cost. We would like to have ona or more regular correspondents from every neighbor-hood in the county and will furnish all necessary stationery and postage and mail the Times regularly to each person who -will send in the news-of their vicinity. A sheriff in Georgia actually attached a railroad train by running a chain through one of the wheels of the engine and fastening it to.

the track. After a while he was convinced that he had no right to stop the United Statea mailsy and; the train was allowed to proceed. A party of Reford nimrods comprising our worthy poslmatser, landlord and blacksmith, went out hunting last Thursday evening. They managed 'to capture two polecats and a rabbit, and after firing nine shots at a snow bird and 'but slightly crippling it, they went home disgusted. A letter written by Bobison, formerly lof this county but now liyiugin Nebraska, jo a.

friend here states that Messrs Hicks and Reeyes-, who left here this spring and went north in search of a better country, stopped at his place over nfght, and were in their way back to Graham county: We most sincerely- beg pardon of the ladies who went fishing last week' for failing to state that they caught in addition to what was reported last week, a frog and a craw-fish. We trust that such a mistake Will not occur again, as we understand that some of the ladies were not wholly satisfied with us as a chronicler of events. Another swindle is being successfully wortced on the farmers after, the following manner: A man comes-to the farmer's house, claiming to be in the employ of the company in which his house Is insured and sent out for the purpose of the lightning, rods to see If they were In good condition, and if not he represents that the campany intends to fixthenw The farmer signs a statement that they are In bad condition, which, as usual, turns up to be a promissory note. Silver Anniveraanv. On the 15tj of June the Kansas State Nov mal will hold its twenty-fifth annual com mftneement.

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Geal Ticket 4 Paa. Acm, mal, and other special exercises of an appropriate character. A novel feature will be sketches of the eighteen students who as sembled in the old stone school house en Constitution street, in Emporia, on the morning of the openirg of the normal a quarter of a century ago. All of these, with a single exception, have been heard from, and some of them will be present, Tli6 first alumai of thB nonnal-clsss of '67 were Mis Ellen Flumb of Emporia, sister of Senator Plumb, and Mrs. Dr.

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