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Rawlins County Pioneer from Atwood, Kansas • 2

Rawlins County Pioneer from Atwood, Kansas • 2

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ADVERTISMENnS THE BARGAIN GIVER Largest STORE AND BEST GOODS 'I IaI mamaL People Tlio True riend of the controlled by no lira lie has no lies toitelt you But first class goods to sell you And makes the prices lower Than any windy blower The Laat Splko The last spike on the Burlington xt Missouri extension to Denver was driven at 4 clock Thursday in the presence of largo excursion parties from Denver and from points in Ne braska Jti understood that the first through Triight for Denver wasshipped from St Joseph lass '1 burs day by way of Plattsmouth The passenger business will be gin Joly 1 Temporary4 accommo dation across' the Missouri wiltbe a ferry at Rulo where an Iron bridge will be built io the shortest posriblo Gatctttt If you appreciate good treatment call on The Bargain Giver Alternates Jone A Blume Crouch 11 Cromwell Quick Caldwell John Kenyon 11 Dimmick Pierson TOWNSHIP John Wiljse Jolm Brbwn Atwo6dKtsu' JIay 31 1882 TAKE MEDICINE AND DIE Tw'ik "WILSONIA CLOTHING ud wUa 1 ntwi aaibyn Ho advertise Bargains for 30 days but for 365 Days in the year DRY GOODS NOTIONS HOSIERY GROCERIES ETC At the lowest living prices everybody treated and NO JEW BUSINESS His Goods are all New and sold Strictly for Cash No old stuff kept over from last year EXTREMITY We have hardly glimmer yet of what Jehovah would do for bis chil dren if they were only ready it Perhaps tho full will come 2 An old lady came to us 6noday whhhvr little grandchild at her side saying her intemperate husband bad turned her out in the cold one freez ing night and that sho had prayed that somebody migh'give a home to an old lady as long as she lived Our faith was weak were not givEQ bu "sent er to a friend to see" what beVcu Id do for her as far as food was concerned resolv ing meantime to see what else could be done She told him her needs and how'sbo had prayed half an hour he said gentleman came here and told uro that he had a small house the rent of winch he wouIcMike to give to any worthy old lady as long as she She and the little boy were at onco taken to tho comfortable little house and' are now living there in' great peace am trust It is easy to call this a singular co incidence it is easier still to believe that in man's weakness God comes with TCougregationalist SCATTER SEEDS In the morning sow thy seed Sow it in each word and deed Scatter It at every hour Who can tell its fill me iower? Scatter it tor who can know Whether this or that will grow? Or if nil shall yield Abundant grain in harvest fi Rl? Scattei it early scatter it late limning and going andwlieifs you wait Neither to winds nor to clouds gjvc heed Bitt evening sow thy seed Sai'tetrfreely gosnel grain Over mountains on the plain Bv the wayside through the land Sow thy seed with lilieral hand In hotiiedi ot'vk niid sin Put the gospel see) grain in They will reap truly who Liilhfully sow teed of thai secd tr boilr'scdds tnar grow Neither to windi nor to clouds give heed But morning and evening sow thy seed THE EVERLASTING ARMS To every weary heart promise? Are sweet ith comfort and earth's aim ms The (Jin istian soul in time of trouble seqs Beneath ins own the everlasting arms AVheii wiury gtows Hie heart afld long the mid thorns and brambles hedge pur pathway in Then id's own arms beneath the heavy Il fill Will help us bear the burden of our shi Oh! promise sweet! Oh! promise fraught with peace! The way bwt with wild alarms But I remember and my fears all Beneath me are the eveilasting arms' 1 The RepabUoaaCouyantlon Of Rawlius county met at Atwood on May 20th consisting of the fol lowing Liat of Delegate ATWOOD TOWNSHIP Delegates John 11 ayes A McDougal Dellaven Warren Roster WW Dennis Lutbdr Gates John Gleason Charles Cain HERN DOX lN George Matt Demmer Biscucu CELIA TOWNSHIP Kase Henry Lovelace John iMcCullougby Jn Kdro AJ EldeVR: A Edie A Hemming EDITORIAL NOTES Northwest Kansas has been visit cd within the last couple weeks by i the heaviest rains and floods in the memory of the oldest inhabitant creek bottoms in some places having been a mile wide The following from tho St Joseph Gazelle is a description of the new independent party of Pennsylvania gc tbak it has plso declared in favpr uof a constitutional amend went to prohibit the liquor traffic jeyv movement orrathcr this revival of the important revolt of 188t is Said to have behind it the aMhranee oC BUiu6 af Maine but whether or Dot that aspiring gentle man is lending it bis aid Senator Mitchell is the reat leader of the in dependents It must be judged Ty bis power to dircot a political battle of this magnitude and the tidal wave of apparent dissatisfaction that 'Dow sweeps over the Stale will have just such strength when it strikes the heretofore 'solid wall of tho Cameron 'break water as he gives In his speech Senator Mitchell declared is trumpet tones that independent parly was tho new party and that it had come to While this is neither novel nor a convincing statement it gives the keynote of tlio 'enruestue The declaration is also made that tho now party is the 'jt is a protest against stalwartism The vindication of Garfield's prraci plesof government is to be made one of the leading issues As one prominent independent has expressed "it they mean take this work? up 6 where Gartidld left JfSUhen bullet struck and with the help of the people to finish it'for him We mean tostay in thia fight un til 6ossism and Camcroniam are yriped out of the politics of this State and that dope wo mean to keepJbcmout Anti bossism and the Garfield policy willbe our lead ing issue One comprehends the oth or If Garfield werq living today movement would noj bo in exis fence There would be no need of it( But Garfield dead and all his friends nod all true friends oftbepeo pic are dead tno so far as the policy nf Artbqraod hia AateiJites js ooo (H Tho agent of tba Mascalero Indi4 iw wriiw Vq CM Egleston Wilson 2 APMacistrom JEERSONJTOWNSIHP owler G'W Hemming was elected TcliRir man and oster secretary The following resolution was Coffer ed by Edie and adopted Resolved That we endorse The action and course Hon John A member of Congress from this district as that of a faithful rep resentative and of the best interests of the district1 and: that we tender him our'support now in the delegates and alternate this day elected' who are instructed to carry out the wishes of the Republicans and of the whole people of Rawlins county in doing all honest anti fan lhings to secure has re nomination On motion Wm Reilly was elect ed delegate and Thos Cava naugh alternate To the Republican Congi district convention at Clay Centre On motion tHon0 LPalmerwas elected delegate and Leeper al ternate to the State congressional convention at Topeka The following Republican county committeq was then elected: Atwood Jno Cromwell Grcasom Matt 3emmer Celia A HHlder R' A Edie Jefferson A Hemming and ay Gibbs Adjourned Personal Intelligence Mr' Dennis and family left for Eureka Springs Tuesday week Jake Dewaid has a job of carpen tering on the Warren hasretircd from tiro Valley House Be now occupies the Winslow residence Mr Romj ue brought his baby to town last Sunday Itwas its first visit He expects to fake it to its grandparents in soon as it18 old enough to make the journey Married on the 14th Mr A Cole to Miss Belle Harrison Bro Greason wishes the happy coup le may sodnlihve lots of other Coles at least we suppose so for he hopes they will will Mr Gates has come to town and is working shop' at wa gon making MrDcnuls op on his claim before be left for Arkansas He was a soldier and had a reduction in time of actual residence which has been about three years 3 Messrs Caves and Jolan have pur chased the Buck ranch up the South Beaver and moved Mr Tu lau comes from remont county la and Mr from Cedar Bluffs Neb We sincerely hope thesegen tlemen may find Rawlins county a pleasant and permanent homo as we learn they are both excellent men rs reenup Leeper has been'quite sick Mr Leeper we take to be qne ofouliiost substantial and reliujffs cill zens and we are sorry to learn of bis ftiL Josie Thotno took his brother Khnd "Abner Gilliland to ihc'B a few days ago to find work which we learn has found Mrai)iindick and her daughter Minnie were at the birthday party ol Mabel Bartlett aged two years when the big fl od came and coi fined them to our side of the creek Minnie re mained with the Bartletts and Mrs stopped at the Atwood House a week and was a fewdays a welcome guest at tho Pioneer farm Thev returned to their home a short time ago There is no great loss without qpnie gain But for for the flood we might never have had the pleasure of making Mrs Ji acquaintance Mr Romjue has sold out at auction i and will return to Missourirwith his motherless babe Messrs Boyer and Mcadden have been batching it out on while their wives have been in town doing up a lot of sewing Author Lecturer Medical Electrician Patentee and Solc Manufacturer of the Wonderful acknowledged' her own qnd the short coming of herAchristiaiivbretljretL The an and after Explaining once trusted a man to that amount because he had seen him profess conversion he gave her cordial invitation to visit his family thankfully cd And for the eneburagement of oth we 'wilT a'dd that she followed up the advantage thus gained with fervent prayer and an oc casional word as opportunity offered and wasT'after years bf waiting rewarded by? hearing him make a public profession of love to her Master and saw him received into the Church he had so much despised Lina 1 ff 4 drinking cost in CHICAGO The following is ah ex tract from the Chicago Tribune a journal noted for being the ablest opponent oftem peranco in the Northwest liquor dealers cost the city government $93000 and contrib ute all told $191326 which leaves a deficit of $747773 In other words liquor venders cost the city govern ment font times as much as they con tribute to the city They put in one dollar and take out four I would require a license of $300 to reimburse'the treasury The re ceipts of retail dealers exceeds $12 linn linn Inonr nwra than fkKOOO VWVW vt 000 of which is clear profit The profits of wholesale dealers are also large and are not included in this Now view Is jt not shameful that the al dermen refuse to fix saloon license at some rate that will reimburse the treasury for at least half the money i which their traffic takes Kajuins County a 7 695 iut 1331 Rroaiiray aii 2310 TMri Amw ley Tort Lieut Denenliauer has: arriyed home from the 'ill1 fated arctic ex peditionIf JDongress and enter prising individuals would devote llieff money to settling and developing Alaska they would accomplish their object sooner and without such loss ofjife 1 rank James it appears is going to surrender and be pardoned by the Governor to beoonsummatedto a short time So say thepapers But rank says rank James yet 1 have an axe or two to grind first before I Pomeroy has changed the name of his paper to Pomeroy's Great West and is makingit hotter livelier better find meaner than ever' He has made a big hit with it in Denver the wonderful city of Colorado and appears to bo spending much of hs money he is making out of his mines on the paper His Saturday Night Chapters are the best of hi great features and opens up new fields for thought The editorials aro sharp and spicy and treat events and thingsas Al Pomeroy sees them in a vigor and fntaresting'manner7Biii little that is going on escapes his no minings interests ot Colorado receive extra as this great and profitable industry in that State iso rapidly looming up Pumeroy's Great West is worth more than' prie1 $200 per: year and if you wish something original inde pendent and very send for it Address Mark Pome roy Denver Colorado 7 TRUE PROSPERITY A late number of the Irish World in speaking of the large excess ofex ports over imports to and from the 8 instead of looking ou it as a sign of prosperity as the papers gen erally do deprecates it' and says that it should all be consumed at home and that it is but robbing the poor There: is some force in thes argument but when the people will not buy what is exported for they certainly can if they we do not see tho need of finding fault with the exporters And if the people have tho opporlti nity of buying the question arises why do thty not buy The Mormons cre an of bur point Ever since their set tlement in Utah" in 184! "till tiro close of the late war they lived with out intercourse with' other nnd consequently did no iro porting or exporting They have had no panics and have always enjoyed the' exaffl pie of a Jiving within their means that wo havo But alut makes the difference? It is the pro hibition of the liquor traffic When the Mormans were free from ederal control they always forbade the sale and use of intoxicating liquors' In stead of spending their money for that which was not bread and do them no good they spent it for "the necessaries of life and it is a fact that a dollar gTvehtoan honest tradesman does ten fold more 'godd thanTwheh for Doubtless the editor of the Irish World is the fact that the money spent for including what is paid in tafes necessitated by the li quor traffic is equal to or er ceeds our exports and in view of that fact it is self evident that we can never have the prosperity that the Irish World says is prosperity till wobave the prohibition of the liquor traffic Abd when' the vast sumriowtwasfeJ in traffic is put to a better use we may look for prosperi ty is the true sense of the word anc then Whisky action or Otherwise Now Leads the Van! ST 4 I 1 IN AT5VOOD TO THE PEOPLE KANSAS 1 I BOOTS I A ND I SHOES! In this line he has no equal as he buys at the actory for CASH anff fill sell you a better Boot for the money than any one in Northwestern Kansas te LEE Proprietor Will make yon new WagoW on order or repair your old Wagons? Plows atlhb lire BLACKSMITH SHOP IN CONNECTION 77 7 ATWOOD KANSAS Consultation at tho above desiunatod Chambers with Mr WILSON or hiA or female Assistants without charjer from 10 A to 8 ar 7 TO THE INVALID PUBLTC How to pt welt when aleL and tar to keep wcH wtrajwcal I haalth art quealloiu o( lh utmost importance Million of dojlare haw college in which men might be icutnicied in the dirlne nrt of healing and mUi Hvm hare eut off prematurely while ocher mil ion of offerer hre misery through the blunderinc and criminal wpcriinendn of these cmume the KMOia I uua condition of thingl to continue alway Medical empiric may anwer Ye nd their unenlightened dupe V1 Xt tE JcU ADd JUcucd dd tuffertoj mortab now have aa opportunity reedrt Uc geode mioittraliooi By a ppy lnp1rationMr WILSON" hlmJf thoroughly familiar with the entira" chy nf Impairtn taoro Magomtom by gXn th Hntrt nf methods end fave ini practical ortnoiwicitHm ana ii wn "WILSONIA MAGNETICCLOTHING The Wt eumtadou of thto £ct lite history WIL has made in Brooklyn IScW York and vicinity during th past few mouth MR WILSON Is the riend of the People iiut the Enemy of sH 4 Poisonous Drugs WHY 13 IT As to why 'Christians do hot talk as freely upon the subject of religion as about money matters 1 would say for one that to me there is a great shrinking from touching upon a theme ofsuch solemn importance especial ly in the presence of and for several reasons One is the fear of so blttndcring with it as to bring contempt or ridicule upon it And thenthings which are seep and tangiblefind generally consider ed of equal importance by all are so much easier bandied than spiritual things concerning which there is so much difference of opinion We all shrink from speaking of or referritig to very dealt frjends in the presence of their enemies lest we should bear remarks about them tlrot would cause 4is pain JJuLit is oa6Bre sign tliat diris tianf are indifferent about the salva tion of their friends that they do not often speak to them directly about it Jdany ehrisiiansnho'appearsileni on the subject nearest their hearts in the presence of their friends are in reality sending up swift and earnest petitions to the Searcher of hearts for their conversion or for wisdom to i say something that may be blest to them Then there are many poor timid doubting Christians who shrink from speaking upon tbo subject became they feel so conscious of their own shortcomings that fear they would only' their Master knowing that their inward and secret struggles to resist the tempter and overcome sin in their own hearts their accrit mourniugjivcrtfailues as also their bitter repentance for sin are al) unknown and coriscquently unsuspcct by the world who only sec their failures and the victories A weak woman whp hardly dared to hope sho had herself entered into life but who loved and earnestly desired to lervirtbo Master once saw a very wicked man paying his (subscription to her paator'a salary and ventured to sly to him you help support Mr wish you would go and hear him preach once in and waa ans wered 1 want to get a mean trick served I would' 'go to eburoh memberi to get it done 1 onco paid 4lb0 to see a uian goMinder the tea But the lady had' acut up a fillCul ilOu lUi Ulviiiv a caipc Wi'b io her e'jes ibo MATHES Rawlins Cobhty Piohcer Mrs THORNE EDITOR TflOPNE Publisher ATWOOD PIONEER? Interior that Congress having fpiM to make itn'ippropriation his Jndians had better be 'transferred tq thelWar Department beforetarvafion Com pels them to commence depredations' as short of feree can compel them: to remain on the rcstjgy'arion and and that the of Iff" this lira tter totbe Mascaleros And this is a Christian nation and this its treatment of its warde! A i Postmaster llowo has re commended to Congress the abolition of postage on second class matter as newspapers and periodicals ft If Buflcr frora forra ofMiro vo taro youirolf or yOHT daroor ioHmmAv roW rf for rrompMtt allnln MUk idEl York anortrtt pcopM with whom I iflt doloy wy work ou and you to tho end of lh fcff rtferCDC nEi4i wt: MiiwiBiau i I.

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Pages Available:
86
Years Available:
1880-1882