The Smelter from Pittsburg, Kansas • 4

The bad weather Thursday, jtnadeifc I 3Vhen this loafers. are-strangersr-havicg had "a 1 anoii, luioc upa Ud a ftjux ui tuu-shine, tna goIJen Beam's that have ade John Kahrs icrse no right to intrude upon the privacy of bad for pedestrians, especially for the ladies. hose they are unacquainted fwith. Kansas famous. The skies will not lower cdntinuQusIyTAt proper inter Commercial Cleb Meetings The members of the Pittsburg Commercial cl ub met jvt cl nb rooms Monday It wits their annua gatiieriug, and.

directors for the ensuing foundered. Ed Allen, cf in the Thursday. citv An intoxicated man was arrested Sun-H Whea-cuitomer comes into a' barber shop to be shaved or have his hair cut, WO -Ient(u IIcirelKX'm is visiting rola- and sees-a number of fellows sitting ycar.waro elerted a-s follows: Raines I SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, ,1801 CTT about, he is apt to go away, not wanting vals we will be a Die to lay aside our ulsters and hen rv wraps." February will likewise prove a fiekia i 'month, and like its predecessor "bo characterized by alternations; of agreeable and dkagrce-able. spells of weather, finally hurrving us out of winter i into March's sblustrv wait. This is a loss to the proprietor.

IT LOCAL MENTION. Messrs. Coughenour Carter appear to Patmor, J. -liindburg, 'James T. Rich J- W.

C. Patmor, W. D. Ford, J. B.

Smith, D. J. Dean and Al W. GifToru, The will be elected at the next meeting which takes flace to tives in Tojek. F.

S. Ilaun. "itIeattorney, is ia tho west on business. "George. Watfon, of Wellirgton is visiting relatives here.

Dr. A. O. Blair has moved his cilice to Elliott's drug btore. have been bothered in this manner be the T.

L. Jones, of Walnut, was in yond all forbearance this week, a couple of grip carriers making their shop a sort Saturday evening, January 10. arms, shortly will come the tearful April with geuial showers," paving the way of lovely May with crocus, violet and arbutus. V' of headquarters while working up some scheme. It appears strange that some people are oblivious to the fact that they A.

Rowe, Kansas City, was in Pittsbnrg Thursday. S. E. Browleo, of St. Louis, was hre become a nuisanco at times.

"Patience ceases to be a virtue" under certain circumstances, and this would appear of day night, and Monday morning was siven the usual S3 and costs. The city council met Wednesday evening, but adjourned, doing no business. They meet Friday evening" a gain. 7 A coii pie of cases of midnight theft have come to our notice. Citizens should bo on the lockout, asthere is a number of the light fingered gentry abouL An "uptown- Western Union wouldn't be a bad thing.

Daily inquiries are made for this by strangers, followed by the question "Where is the telephone office?" Pittsburg should have both of these. The board of education met evening and attended to a great amount of business. There was a full attendance of members and the affairs of the board were thoroughly handled and reports and business w' A reading club has just been formed, or rather is under way. Weekly meet ou business Thursday. Te Daily Capital.

-During the eessiou of the legislature and until April 1. lt'Jl, tho Topoka Daily Capital cau be secured for the following prices: Daily three months, including Sunday paper, $2, or to subscribers of The Smelter paying one year in advanea for 61.30. A subscription for three months will cover the that nature. Theyshould be bounced when hints and requests are. paid no attention to.

Probably thev would crasn Guy Cissna is now in the employ of Greef, the laundryman. Mrs. Rea M. Rice, of Sedgwick, was in the city TLnrtday. McClure, of Cherokee, was L' cit Friday on Vj 7 Miss Pat meteer, who has been ill for Borne time, is improving.

C. E. Banta, tha jeweler, has put up an elegant window 4 i Chas. Leeson, of Girard, fell from a ladder vVednesday and broke bis arm. A union depot is" wanted, -and must come sooner of It is necessity.

i Do not let hospital schemoi'die out. Pittsburg needs such an institution. J. E. Coulter, of Wichita, has accepted a position as bookkeeper for J.

A. J5en-dure-t i -T JThe coal output during the past month for Fittsburg and vicinity was immense. A runaway occurred the. Gulf the situation then, and know that their tho absence is" desired. session of the legislature and all laws published after the session.

tho citv on business Thursdav. weekly Capital one Smelter and year for rwo I line -I I'ros the II Amei nakes 1 "lie fd vomcn 5aris it 6cho mot i eceivd I ome li Mef-t 1 1 tfie irn 1 Virile vas pac Miss 1 ret a ht vas to i i ier ban i or j-ist hat nig ParM iKltt. o'cl'x orced api(lly I a litt ad gtai 5 bsolutf 1 The I 'clock 1 1 ig ha( ours hi ircd aj miphai: Ahead of Them All. "This is by far the best town in the W. S.

Cleveland's Mighty Effort. For several years past the county has been flooded with small bands of colored minstre's, each band comprising from fourteen to twenty people, which have traveled under-the titles of Georgia's, Alabama's, Black Boys and Colored Minstrels, giving performances that were painfuF to behold not alone to the audiences, but to. the performers thepselves. Manager W. S.

Cleveland, who is ever on the alert to give his patrons something' new, therefore con eluded to have the leading gsnuine colored minstrel company, as. well as the two largest white minstrel companies in the i and with his usual good judgment has succeeded in getting under contract all the best colored artists in the universe, and will have a com state," said a citizen of the Keystone scate to The Smelteh representative yesterday. "During the last" two months I have traveled over the western country quite: extensively, and in my Whlrped his Wife. There was a enso cf wife whipping at the corner of Fourth and Walnut street Monday. The whipper was arrested and brought before Judge Metzer who gave him a fine of 62o and costs.

This tho defendant failed to pay and he was sent to the rock pile to work it out. The facts ia the ease were of an aggravated nature, and the sentence none to severe. wanderings.baye. taken ulnotice, and made thorough investigation of cor poration affairs generally. Especially II.

E. Edwardf, of St. Joieph, was in" tlie city Thursday on business trip. Lon Van Camp visited his family at Cherokee a couple of days this week. Eu Sheldine, of Marion, Kansas, was in Pktiburg Thursday on business.

Robt. Ratliff has been seriously ill for somo days past with heart trouble. Fred Smith, of Neodesha, was in the city Thursday on a business errand. The Cleveland inslrtls Eprcar at fTe opera houee Monday evening next. E.

A. Mayer, of Carthage, was in I'iltsburg Thursday on a business trip. J. A. Weir, of Kansas City, was here on business Wednesday and Thursday John' P.

Morris returned Thursday an extensive eastern trip on busi have I examined into the growth and progression, and in some instances, the ings are to be held, readings, -debates and arguments forming a feature ofthe nelvociety. The Smelter will give further notice of the same in its next issue. There was a drunken man on Broadway Monday night, and his antics drew quite a crowd. He followed the Salvation Army some distance away, evidently ridiculing the same. Some boys got "on to" him finally and led him decay of many western towns and cities, depp.l resulted.

Hog cholera is prevalent in- 03age township-and '-the 'disease is" reportetl spreading. Dr. Hunter has repainted and refurnished his cars and will take the road at an early date. Mrs. Carl of the First ward, Santa Fe addition, is reported very iow with dropsy.

Tho services1 at the Presby terian church during the evenings of thisweek and the causes leading to both, municipal success and failure. The growth and progress of the great west has been Died. rs. Dr. W.

F. DeNeiu man died at ner residence in Pittsburg Friday morn pany comprising sixty of the very best genuine colored performers ever seen on one stage together, prominent among whom are Tom Mcintosh, -James Bland, Will. Eldridgc, Doc Sayles, George Tichner, four Brewer Eaton and Williams, Cicero Reed and Son, Grant and Williams, the Sans Souci Quartette, the Twilight Quartette, Billy Farrell, ing, January 9, 1601. Her unlooked for wonderful in its entirety, and the his tories of some of the cities marvelous. death was caused by blood poisoniny.

Very many friends deeply sympathize with the Doctor and his motherless children. Another runaway occurred Thursday Where retrogression has taken place, the decay is all the more noticeable. In some instances the final decay of afternoon on Broadway; the vehicle being damaged slightly. The team rah Smart and Taylor, the. Great Jalvah, Prof I James Wilson, W.

C. Harris, Henderson" Smith, Mons. Levard, Frank PERSONALS. several blocks on Locust, Seventh and Broadway before it was caught. The driver was falling at a house in the Kverj the i luck I or this I or thor, I leep, t( tiade ti? nemy, Warner and Tom Jones, together with numberless acrobats, comedians, sing- 1.

Is ie north end when the animals started off. Henry Kech and wife celebrated the ers, dancers ana- musicians, who will have been well attended. Mike Flan nigan, an employe' of -the Granby company, has three children sick with the chicken 3 Real estate is quite active, it is reported, and the prospects are bright for a continuance of the same. freight traffic and passenger business on tha roads running through Pittsburg is good at present writing. twentietn anniversary or their marriage present a unique entertainment with mariy novelties original with Manager Cleveland.

This company is already bookod in most of the leading theatres 'O Monday evening last -and an elegant time was had by a number of invited guests. Cards and good cheer were in of this country from Maine to Califor ne dulged in until quite a'iate 'hour, and nia and New York to New Orleans, and The water made on Tuesday all hands enjoyed the entertainment will surely add another rose to the wreath of Manager' Cleveland's many hugely. ness matters. Capt. Morris is steadily improving ki.d is able to get about a little, that is a tho house.

Chas. A. Clark, of Ellsworth, Kansas, been visiting relatives here for a days past. Mrs. Martin Wood, living in the Second ward, is very sick with infiamma- ion of the liver.

Jas. Robertson, of Indiana, has been the guest of his daughter Miss Ida Robertson, one of the city school teachers, iuring tl week. Oscar Cathcart, of Kingman, Kausas, vas in tho city part of the week looking jver the really interests and prospects 0'euefally of Pittsburg. W. A.

McMillin, proprietor of the Jop-in hotel, was the guest of the Stilwell Wednesday, while Mr. Dean spent the lay at the Joplin hotel. Mrs. Lake and daughter Cecil returned home to Iantha, on Sunday ast, after a delightful visit with Mr. Mrs.

T. J. Crowell. ip New incomj rns fa, cached xhaust wai inner 1 "Olv gain," hen th hrougl "You voman or the F. M.

Koontz, of Fort Scott, was here Tuesday. L. K. Jewell, of Arcadia, was in the city Monday. W.

S. Wing, of Omaha, visited friends here this week. Chas, Little, of Walnut, Bpent Tuesday in this city. Chas. W.

Green, of Coolvale, was ii. the city Monday. Mrs. J. W.

Magie, of Girard, visiter Pittsburg Monday. R. L. King, of Marion, Kansas, was ii. the city W.

E. Brownlee, of St. JosephTwas in the city Monday.7 A. II. St.

Louis, was a. visitci in this city Monday. W. 1L Jackson, of Carl Junction, wes in Pittsburg Monday. successes.

We watch with abated were a complete 'sucCess'for the company. The pressure proved all rightJ The K. and T. company have an artist in the way of a window dresser. Mr.

these towns has been due to the fact that there never "were" any qualities" for success. -The wreck-J in i connection therewith iaJterriolo 16 1 contemplate. Time, money, health and happiness have in general ruin. Even hope, in some cases, became a sarcasm. Turning from these mushroom growths with the sad histories attached; thereto, it is gratifying and indeed cheerful to review the, phenomenal history of Pittsburg.

Its successful past is indicative of victorious future, and fwhen the many natural and other advantages attached to the place are considered, the ultimatum can be easily known. I have met with no such conditions elsewhere. Geographical and climatic position, he mineral wealth underlying and surrounding this entire section, together with other characteristics of a solid ar.d legitimate it in apposition of great importance and insure its ulti-mate'commercial and social supremacy in the southwest. Although a and, in fact, possessing no interests here, yet I can "feel deeply impressed with the sity. It is so differ A smashup occurred in the north end -I Monday.

A' horse ran away "-with a breath-for the -appearance of W. S. Cleveland's Colossal Carnival Minstrels which will appear at the opera house Monday night, January 12. has a handsome window this Avery week. buggy and the vehicle struck a hydrant breaking an axle and two wheels." The horse a block after the smash up, and his legs were badly cut by the Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth Williamson's babe is sick with catarrhal fever. It was improving at last accounts, after a Married. PliAYTER HAWLEY On the 7th broken parts, of the vehicle. 1 The Old Folks' euchre, clubhad a de ef January, 1891, at the residence of the lightful time at the residence of Mr.

and bride's parents, by Rv. G. P. Comings, Mrs. u.

is. lieadie a weeK ago. (June a Mr. Frank Play ter, of Pittsburg, and Miss Minnie Hawley, of Girard. number of invited guests were also pres ii.

The bridegroom is one of the most ent and thoroughly enjoyed themselves Chas. Paul, of Chelsea, I. T. visited this city part cf the week. Michael, of Leavenworth, Kanj prominent citizens of this county, and rne rerresnments were elegant ana J.

G. McGammon and wife, of Ash has been an active and indefatigable servea in Mrs. jjeaaie weu Known ar ent from the other cases I have met. tistic manner. I I 7 worker for the upbuilding of our city.

Years ago he was a resident of TGir- and must strike one forcibly v.hen the conditions surrounding the building up ard and has many acquaintances here as was in Pittsburg Tuesday. L. R. Jewell, of Arcadia, was in the city Wednesday on business. j- Chas.

Clay pool, of Emporia, visited friends in this city this week. J.F. Ru thf ord, of -line. Bluff, was a of the place are thought of, and thor well as in all-other portions of serious illness of two weeks. Several parties have been in the city during the week seeking business locations.

They liked Pittsburg, and room is the next thing-needed. The I. O. O. F.

public, installation Monday night was well attended. There were a number of guests from other cities in Missouri and Kansas.1 L-' With our electric street railway it looks a little odd to be without a union depot, a telephone office, or up town -accommodations for telegraphing. The public test of the lightning fire extinguisher on Monday evening proved quite a success. Its efficiency is undoubted. A good thiDg all around.

The contract for building veiis oughly considered. -To those" seeking a county. The bride is the youngest daughter of Colonel 'andi Mrs. C. G.

irove, have visited Edward and family for several days 7-tst, and returnod home. J. S. Cunningham, of Knoxville, Iowa, been visiting his daughters, Mrs. iuuies Marburg and Mrs.

J. C. Merrill, or a week or ten days past. W. A.

Burchtield returned from Chicago Monday morning. He went there i make his annual settlement with the illmball organ company, of which he is new home, a removal of residence, or for business purposes, I can biit advise their coming to the Smoky city of-the- south Ha wley', and a yoUng lady of many accomplishments. The ceremony, was performed at.9 o'clock in' the, morning, west, as I hear it called. Before coming guest of the Stilwell Tuesday. J.

F. Adams and wife, of Humboldt, Kansas, was in the city1 Lon Van Camp is now an employe Too "much liquor caused trouble between a'cbUple of riien street Thursday night. There was quite a crowd together and it took the entire force to keep the two. apart As it was they kept abusing each other and finally disappeared in the darkness, the reporter losing track of them. Trouble occurred in the- east, end Wednesday night.

7A man excep tions to: some remarks made by anther party about a 7'lady friend' and -a' row was the result. It was becoming serious when a mutual friend of all parties came to the rescne, and the mat- here I felt: deeply: interested in seeing what ambiintjdf truth there was in the after, which there was a bounteous wed ding feast. Only a few of the relatives of the contracting parties were present," viz: Mr. and Mrs. Geo.

E. Howard, Mr. great things heralded, abroad I about I can truthfully say that I agent of this territory. Dr. Giddings.

of Frontenac, wa find a materialization of -all claims made, and they are substantial and legitimate i a Pittsburg Monday evening. IlecamtVi at the Girard zinc works lias been let. ovi-r to atienu to some proiessiona. and Mrs. Geo.

'Richey, Chas. Richey, Miss Mary Richey and Geo. of and and Austin Hawley and. Miss Myrtle Brown, cf from beginning to end. I leave with business and make some purchases.

the firm conviction that Pittsbrg isT to ivery it tie A )nd ol! ake od tttentic an and he doc rirls tn statue the hi rised tl lay to i isten 1 crmini Onl The I oft the unined Uid we rhoir a loo ibrty ho tr iprUrd Lhe gir! Lie gtai k'iolont age Lrain ing ca women acsenj -No ur.dert lishtna; lace wl at the of the woinai in stn I Fcri eted to salii atlanti To go San and en The company has a quantity of Black on hand, part of A'hich will be used in the Capt. John D. Barker, of Girard, bas been chosen commander of the Kansas Aaron Colean and family will remove ter ended for the time being. becomerthe great. commercial iipd man The happy pair left on the 11:40 train for; St.

Louis and other ufacturing metropolis of vthe west and with Ralston, the tonsbrial artist. JV W. Tuckerr of Carthage, was among Monday's visitors in this city. Born. On Monday, January 5, 1891, to Mr.

and Mrs. n. Burns, a daughter. J. E.

McGerrity, of Columbus, was in Pittsburg Tuesday on a business trip. Thos. McNally has just completed two boilers for the Weir of Weir City. Nesclv was in Pittsburg on a business trip Tuesday. W.

A. King, of Kahoka, was in the city Tuesday on a business errand. J. C- Smart, of Omaha, was looking The Weir Journal: says: i Th6 to Webb City in the near future. Mr.

Colean goes to take charge of a coal of- lice for Messrs. Beck, Minard Co. southwestr I Bee no chancefor "failure, points the south. After a short tour Weir company have corn- or retrogression. The advantages'' are they will make their home in Pittsburg.

Loyal Legion to fill the vacancy Caused menced the election of a large smoke A host of friends wish them a happy J. Heller, superintendent of the cable Gen. McCook from too many and too. substantial-; to admit of ultimate disaster. On the contrary, by the removal of the state.

T1, 1 union. Girard Press. and electric railroad at Denver, and his The Smelter can add little to' the the present gives proof' of victory, and wife, have been the guests cf their. that in the no. very.

distant future. The galvanized iron work on "John Anderson's new business block is to -be daughter, Mrs. James Brown, of Park above. Miss Hawleyhas been known and loved in Pittsburg for years by a large circle." who wish her and Mr. The Drifting Days.

stack which will no doubt add greatly to the comfort of the workmen-" anil the town as well," as "Its'" height when com-1 pleted will be seventy-five feet, and it is" expected by this means toj remove the smoke nuisance. An exchange tru thf ully uays: The girl who has been given a good sensible education, and who can "cook, sew and keep house well, brings her husband a better dowry than if she brought him a Piayter a happy life. now one touch or winter rnaKes our little world shiver. The raw winds of about Pittsburg Monday and Tuesday. Mrs.

T. B. Warner, of Elroy, Wisconsin, Was a visitor in the city Wednesday. H. S.

Fowler, wife arid daughter, have been visitors-, in the 'eity during tho Annual Report of. Y. M. C. A.

The annual meeting of the Y.M. C.7A. one or two days not long ago caught some of us napping, so to speak. The an elegant piece Cof work." Swift Congdon, of Fort Scott, are the contractors for the same. There was a runaway Monday morning in which a team of ponies figured.

They ran about two blockr. No damage resulted, although they made things scatter along the route. Marshal Clayton had a lively- time with an insane man Thursday. He was largely attended Sunday, the hall Smelter man noticed how the chillness being filled. The meeting was presided over by President Ramsey, and opened melted the crowas irom the street corners, and increased the, congregations few dollars.

We wonder that parents who have daughters to give away, and Place, for several cUq The littlo daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Thornton, residents'of Warren's addition, died on January 7th, aged i years, of membraneous cronp. -Tho 1 funeral occurred on Friday morning.

F. A. Callender resigned his position as assistant secretary of the Commercial Club a few days ago, and is now in the employ of the Pittsburg and St. Lou is coal company. J.

Morgan and wife, Thos. Craddock and wife, John D. James and wife, Henry Ham3worthy and wife and F. and W. Mollain, of Weir City, were in.

tho city Monday night at the public installation of the I. O. O. F. with song service, led by the orchestra.

J. J. Hickman, of Spnngport, 1 ndi'ana was "among the visitors in this city Wednesday. in drug stores and elsewhere. Pedes young men 'who have wives to find, do After devotional exercises the chairmen trians marched up and down to Jack of various committees reported their Frost's quick steps.

Eyes were bright finally took him from his lodging placet George Wan en, of Walnut Grove, spent Tuesday in thi3: city with work, of which the following is a syn er, cheeks redder, feet swifter, and laughter more cheery, than in the sultry opsis: relatives and friends. C. B. Sweet, treasurer, reported total Joseph Demorat, of Osage City, spent summer or autumn days. Everybody seemed in an extra hurry to get there.

expenditures for the -year, not realize the importance of this. Still the erection of new houses goes on. The weather is not so inclement as to stop the building boom in Pittsburg. With alJ the now edifices that are being completed from time to the cry is still for more. Signs "for sale" or "for rent" are not to be seen in this progressive city.

As soon as finished, the Eagle house, to jail and locked him up. He yelled like a Sioux on the route Kansas is the great attraction, and has been for several years, to eastern states and foreign countries as well, and no city within her borders has likewise at amount received from all sources, a few days in the city this week look ing over the situation. It was the hrst real tip or wmtr we $1,207.05. Lon Van Camp, formerly of this city. G.

S. Witter, membership committee, had felt." The thinly clad shivered and loitered not along the way- The seasonably clad pulled their coats closer reported active, and 53 associate members, paid up to re houses and rooms are occupied. There N. D. Sanders, room committee, said and their collars higher, and laughed at the keen bracing air.

A magio change the reading rooms were supplied with 27 daily and weekly and 17 monthly- pe D. Congdon, W. A. Swift and M. B.

Keys, of Fort Scott, have been in the city during the week on business. Mr. Congdon is of tho firm of Swift fc Congdon, manufacturers of galvanized iron cornice in that city, and who will put in an elegant store front for our townsman is no delay here. It II. A.

Rowe, representing Ferd P. Kaiser, art publisher, of St. Louis, was had come over the artery of life. Frost, riodicals. The average daily attend old Jack himself, had touched the hu tracted more attention than Pittsburg.

The smoky city is known throughout the world, in fact. nenry Schnackenberg has moved into the old Central hotel, leaving the Occidental. He will run a restaurant in the front part of the building and rent ap-partments up stairs. The building has been remodelled and repaired, and is in good condition now." man pulse and quickened the pace of in the city In the interest of the firm, all mankind. Some few of the windows and art matters generally.

Mr. Rowe is ance at the rooms for all purposes wa3 probably sixty. F. E. Wright, reception committee, told how eight members of that committee received and -entertained young men calling at rooms evening.

an old time friend of the editor of The showed his presence by the daintily written card he leaves, by the old and and lately a resident of Cherokoe, has returned to Pittsburg to live. Thos. McNally is building a boiler for the K. and T. Coal company.

It is to be one of tho largest in the state. Miss Agnes McMillm returned home from Elm City Monday morning after a pleasant visit with relatives there. r. II. C.

Doolittle returned home from an extensive business trip to Kansas City and other points Monday evening. Chas. Holton, general agent, and George Collier, assistant agent of Cleveland's minstrels, were in the city ,7 .7: C. Collins, of St. Louj was-looking about Pittsburg Wednesday and takirg .1 .1 Smelter and his call upon us" was an exceedingly pleasant event." The House many fashioned white traceries on the nanes.

There appeared the old time John R. Bellrdevotional committee, reported an average attendance at men's he represents is well and favorably Our timato rud bij bread, counte fometi guards from a Hood a dolj comra dollar and it' the Co CVutii: Jt: 1 Far: in i post. 1 play it vriin: known here through the acquisition of shapes and fantastic delinea- gospel meetings of 48; professed con- i a a I TArMi rr leef 1toF 1 VflfH (Tft during last quarter, average versions etchings and other works of art, made tions irom nis irosiy, arnstic nngers, from his frosty, artistic and with these came the de by some of our citizens. sire to seeU the fireside and roof tree as John Anderson. Mrs.

E. B. Brown and daughter Faitb. who had been visiting W. Swai and family during the holidays, left for Chi- cago Tuesday morning.

They will visit, relatives and friends in that city for a few days, and then go to their home in Byron, N. Y. The family of Mr. A. Diteon arrived in the city Wednesday from Lamed, Mr.

Ditson. has been here for some time. He is the inventor of a valuable attachment for printing matter in any number of colors at one impression, something of untold benefit to printer? and typographical art. at boys' meeting, 20; at bible class, 6. Short talks on the work of the present year were made by Messrs.

Barratt, Ramsey and Campbell. The second anniversary of the association will be held in the opera house next Sunday night, at which time in "winters long agone." A few days owtiLOi vAjngaon nave Deen some-what delayed on their galvanized cornice work for Anderson's new business block by reason of the bad weather the last few days. The first plsasant day will see fair progress made tn the same however. John Claypoole, a car repairer in the Frisco yards here, was taken with a severe congestive chill Thursday, and was very ill for a while. His family was sent for, they being lfiiidents of Carl Junction.

He was better at last or this ana then the temperature relaxed. The sun came out again" bring 7 1 7 Run -Them. Out. Of all places where loafers are wont to congregate there is none more obnoxious than a barber shop. It is obnoxious to proprietor and patron both, in the Situation, auu ing rarmth and light, and reminding us prominent association men of the state spta will lolietir nrl(lrfSPK- I that it is difficult for winter to retain its austere mood in our Italian climate for more than two or three days together.

And such will it be in the days to come. G. Rose, of Kansas City, was among the visitors in Fittsburg Wednesday. He gave the local situation a thorough investigation. A J.

I ft. The annual election of officers and board of directors will be Monday evening, January 12, and young men desiring to become members should make application before that time. yet there are persons so lacking in decency and good manners that they must ever be hanging about these places of business. Especially is this the case January clouds will open, ever and 2l: 1. L'.