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The Weekly Democrat from Hutchinson, Kansas • 3

The Weekly Democrat from Hutchinson, Kansas • 3

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I A BOMBSHELL FROM THE G. A. R. WO0EI) AND MRECKEI). PFKS0'AL gossip.

tot mflsia TwiDirif sit RED FE0NT GO TO La son went to Newton la: How an Innocent Girl was: Lured from OFFICIAL OSOAX OF TBE CUT. J.U. night. a Life of Honor and Happiness to th Judge Ricksecker made another tri Depths of Degradation The Letters HITCHISSOX, SAX- FEB. 25, 1883.

Resolutions of Joe Hooker Post Xo. 1 7 Dtpartmeut of Kansas. Whebas, The soldiers ive each campaign for elective been ap to dopeka this week. GREAT that Blighted a Life. Capt Dill will return Irom Ohio with D.

Democrat: Si nee poor Salli his bride this evening; Hutchinson Satordaj CTeniDg. Feb. 25, 1883. Hawk was taken to the asylnm, friends of pealed to to remember i heir late comrades In arms and. Oliver Courtwrigut, who now lives ihe man who betrayed her have inclus Rum Rc4 Frat Ti Stable, ikt Lrr Kara in Kt Ctasty.

at Durrton, spent iteuuesday in the city Wheat. No. ner hnshel .85 triously circutated the story that she wa "Whereas, The soldiers were especially .4 9 tl .75 uothing but a girl of the street, an that II. Whiteside receives a wicked senJ appealed to a-sist ia the election of off from a Lakin paper, which is no THE he only did what aay other Young man .2.. doubt libelous.

Plumb, Rjraa and Peters; and, THERE ROOU FOR ALL. would do under similar circumstances Corn, Oats, Millet, Commuii German LIVE STOCK. Al Younjr started for Las Vegas on Aot only is the viiiiau shie'ded who left Whebeas. Ve believe (everything else 60to5 Thuriuav morninsr. in company wiu .30 her and her child on the chanties of th world, bul she must bear besides his brother-in law, Win.

Graham. being equal; the men bearlug hnuorable wounds received in the defense of our com FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATION ...2.73 to 4 00 Miss Annie Winslo returned Tues lilts is adding lusu.t. ti nijnrv. Acd cure, rr cwt-i Hois 6 00 I moa country should have the preference day nijriit Irom her eastern trip. Many Geo Updegrafi thtiugh word of Nltnd 'r can hurt th poor who now resides wiiuiu th ol her inenJs met her at the depot.

in the distribution of the Federal appoint 4 COl'NTKT PEOBCCE. pel lb titter, Col W. ii. Colcord has gone to lilt aud, .20 walls ot hii insane asylum, he bereaved mother fee's ino'at keenly the afperiiUa nois alter a car load of short tioru heifers M'uekeas, The soldiers of this 3 00 with which lie intends to toek his Kini; HAVE ENTIRELY Chickens 1 oU'teu, on her daughter's charac'ier. As your i man county ranch.

wis.h the best of character, the Lest of jual- 1 per was the only one to n.iiue om and de Vou can Hus year Wtgena, if Leaded. Tea eaa Bare a Good Piece te Sleep. Yea cea keee a Steve aad Foci iWiik which te enok Tour grub. FREE OF CHARGE Prof. Decker.

ho is the leader of the and the est of records as sold Is I i will bsthe mavor fend the glri when she was brought home KNOCKED THE BOTTOM Oscar 'A tide schooi in this city is given iers, were overiooke'i la the ttpp'untmeu bereft oi' her reason afcer Caudiles for city maishal are still to mid aight wandering. There iniiit be something on his mind. Tom Hanan is the latest in of postmaster of Hutchinson, licno Co. for her reducer, I trust you will give place rauliip'-ing. to the fol'-owing extracts from Lis letters the Kansas.

Therefore, be it Mrs. Dr. Sawyer gave us a call on -OUT OF- Wednesday and informed us that she will go away this SheTllnds this Resolved, That we demand of our Se a which show that she was a good girl, and her only fault was loving a wretch whose Dr. diicgers friends want him to again nie the lace for mayor, but he EYERYBODT town rather uncongenial. ator and Representatives i Congress that heart has not even the compassion of the declii.3.

Former we be heard by petition iu behalf of som Dr. McKiunev attended church las COME AND SEE MS. PRICES brutes A Friend to Jcstick. Sunday night for the first in six one of our comrades. The roa is re in a worse condition at -esen tliaj ter before in the history of cars.

llis ftienus are all lubilant over I Alee Kaa the prospect of his reformation. KE30LVED, rurtuer, that we earnestly the county -ON- requst and pray that our Senators and Be Miss Odie Blackburn was declared, by The suggest ir that the pomps on Main Hy Dearest Sallik: my little darling, I wish you only how much I think tf you, especially siuce you kept I tnre majority the most popular presentaiives iu Congress may hear our A FIRST-CLASS LIVERY street be looked to has been acted upon younjr la jy in Hutchinson at the Metho and a number uf them have been put io dist festival on Tuesday nignt. several your pro Jiise so lauhluily hen I see you I am going to tell you how sorry 1 am prayer and have one of our comrades whom we may select appointed postmaster of other younw ladies, including Miss Hill repair. btout, Miss Mellalou, Miss VHuarbn for ull I eer done ta grieve you. I know you will forgive we, won't darling?" TEAMS AND BUGGIES I araUkeJ at Bttioaable rliei.

and Miss Davis, also received a' large According to all indications, the coming I Hutchinson at the earliest possible moment vote n. Hutchinson August lSl." Resolved, Further, that this preamble Now is your time lo buy the city election will narrow down to the old (lht between the prohibitionists and the Unfortunate Accident. and these resolutions be printed iu each of Ii. B. Tunnell, "amies.

"I am afraid you will think 1 I our county papers and iho National Tri fore part of the winter was too Thomas Curless, a young man of 23, Coraminications monopolize space con residing on the Clymer farm in Salt Creek don't want to see ycu, Ocinjj detained by business. Dou't think I am g.iiui; back on bune at Washington, L. C. HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. siderably this week, but as they are all of I ownship, met with an unfortuuate and warm for our mammoth stock of you, darliug.

you kno'v I cojld never do a very interesting nature, room Is given painful accident on Thursday afternoon J. C. Linsdat, Chair 'in, I. A. Grayson, Com.

EfURAIM iiANK. that, my own precious darling; I love yon better than all the worid besides. I would them willingly. He was out hunting a few miles from the over coats, heavy suits, blankets, give the world io know if you are really iu city with double barrel shotgun, and had Jnlire Strans. of th Sixteenth district.

I he 'aOure preamble and resolutions earnest. Have you told yell 1 want to See her and tell her how much I oaded one bane! of tbe weapon. In will probably preside during the trial of I were unanimously adopted by the Post, iliinaels, water proofls and all ramming home a load in the second he think of you I know she wil: be willing to trust me with her precious little eirl. the state cases at the next term of the FPilrinrv ip, irq-? somehow exploded the charge In the district court in this county. Tell her I am coming to see you Sundav W.

Tf.ktes, Ag't, by M. Beam, si. M. first barret. It carried awav all the heavy goods, so down goes prices and have that talk you said 1 could.

Sallie, Yhen the present postmaster is bounced ngers of the right hand, leaving it you do not love me, vou have no richt to Sensible from the postoffuee is he surely will be only the tin; thumb. He suffered ex Chatty Letter and Some Suggestions. to reduce the largest stock in it is to be hoped some man will be sp cruiialing agony, and was brought to let nie corns down Sunday. I want you to be fair and honest with me and I will with you. I will look for your answer to-iuor-row, sure.

Hood aight. love, be sure and write me to come. Good nirht. uiv owu pointed who enjoys th confidence of the town for mtdical treatment. Dr.

Sidlinger South-western Kansas. public. was suminond aud after an examination he Ed. democrat Having business in darling, may God bless found the hand so badly lacerated that When the irrigation business is seuled I town last Friday I thought 1 would mn nd capitalists are satisfied they can always I to the court house and see the boys autl hud out all about the printing steal. On obtain water here, our water power will ours ever, II.

Hutchinson, October, 1881." 'My Precioi's Little Darling: Oh! THIS IS NOT WRITTEN MERELY FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT, flo doubt be utilized tor a number of entering the building, the first sound that greeted my ears was a terrible pounding amputation was necussaiy. Placing Mr. Curless jnder the influence of chloroform the doctor performed a skillful ooeratio cutting the haud away from a line with the thumb. The patient is doing finely at the Reno house, where he has the best ot treatment. TMs Space Is KeeerTei Ir Gh B.

I F. m-mii factoring enterprises. BUT. WE WILL SURIIRISE ALL WHO WILL FAVOR US WITH my own darling, you can never kuow how up in the court room, and thinking that While in Chicago the coming week it la miss you. I wish I had brought von CALL AND PRICE OUR GOODS, WITH A REDUCTION oar intention to bay some more new ma possible they might be erecting a scaffold on which to hang Moore, I concluded to along with me.

Sallie, would you be eon- eat to live in a tent away out here in the GREATER THAN HAS EVER BEEN NADS IN THE CITY OF icnaiior iue uemocrat. uar office is ran up just for a moment and see what The case against Hilyard et al, will prob already one of the best equipped wi'h ma mountains with me? If yon ever expect to be mine you must keep your promise to IUTCHINSON. OUR STOCK OF OVER-COATS IS LARGE AND was going on; when to my astonishment ably be "nolled" by the government. Dis- terial in the valley, and will soon be equal Th. leading dealer in Hardware, we found that our honorable board of rict Attorney Hallowell says he will have io the best.

WE WILL SELL THEM REGARDLESS OF COST RATHER THEN me. always remember my promise to my own little wife. A gtrl at the W. house told me you weie wearing a ring that some the case dismissed if the circumstances are When the right time comes we will tell county commissioners Lad opened their hearts and were having the Court room lemodelcd. They have had a platform CARY THE SI OVER ANOTHER YEAR.

one gave you, but when she described it I as Mr, Hilyard relates. Cutlery and Machinery. and look at hi. ware and get hi prices. knew it was the one I gave you.

Vou will not deceive me? When I meet von attain An extra session of tne legislature la something about this county printing steal hat will be interesting reading, ami calculated to open the eyes of the people Jo the now one he inevitables. TO PARTIES FROM THE COUNTRY WISHING TO TRADE AT NIGHT, and you ask nie if I have been true I want to look you in the eyes and answer, and you must answer the same. Thank erected in the southwest corner on which to place the juror's chairs, and have placed vhe judge's bench on the south side about the center ot the room, and between the rottenness of repub'ican politics in Reno you, my darling, for that sweet little flow- EYES! Can you afford to trifle with your I have none to send: will send mv WILL FIND OUR ELECTRIC LIGHT EQUAL TO SUN LIGHT TO TRADE BY. WE SPECIALLY INVITE ONE AND ALL TO CALL AND EXAMINE OCR GOODS AND GET OUR PRICES. YOU WILL ALWAYS 1TXD jury box and judge's stand have built a photograph in my next." eyesight? What would you give small platform on which to place the wit ness chair.

The bar railing will run east and west; the desk of our elilcieut district Ever your owu, South Pueblo, July 18, 1882." US HAPPY TO SEE YOU, AND FIND IT NO TROUBLE FOR US TO in exchange for it? Remember that Plank Co. are headquarters for county. Preaching at the Fiesbyterian church to-day at the usnal hours. A short sermon and sacrament of the Lord's supper in the morning- Evening subject: "Dying in Adam, Living in Christ; 1 15:22." All ere cordially invited to attend. Many improvements are being made on the east side, and more buildings will be commenced when the regular bnilding rea SHOW GOODS.

clerk wilt be placed at the east end of the Spectacles and Eye-glasses. Taking It may seem unkind to refuse to publish judge's stand- It ig a very desirable uality into consideration they will uplicate any prices East or West. Yours Respectfully, change in ray mind and should have been done long ago, and If the commissioners a long account a wedding, ending with an equally long list of presents; but for the benefit of parties who may be offended To hare your watches and clocks will now go io work and have the ceiling caily and promptly repaired take we will say, The Dkmocrat follows the RYDE FREEMAN, patched and kalsomined, and used a little them to Amos Plank as they GEO. C. UPDEGRAFF.

son comes. The east side will one day be rule adopted by all papers with any self respcet, and in no case gives prominent tnve hard to give satisfaction in paint here and there, the room will look quite respectable. very thing in their line. ftd CABBIAQE, mention of sooiat evcuts to which some representative of the paper has not been Coming down stairs we dropped in to the most beautiful portion of the town, and it is hard to understand why the business street was not located on the plateau instt-id of down here ia the mod and waitr AND SIGN see Uncle Johnny Payne, and while con nvited. Newspaper meu very rarely have Hutchinson Lumber Company! versing with him, the thought struck us, he time or inclination to attend social A Rare Chance.

I have a quarter section of land, jht miles south Test of the city, how can such a vast amount of work be Wl.ut his become of the beef canning jone in gucU a limited space. There stood gathering for mere amusement, but when they do not receive the courtesy of an invitation thev jrenenlly forget to remember RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT enterp that was to be started here this DEALERS IN JLumoer of all Kinds, which 130 acres are in cultivation, lid which there is a good house nd other improvements which I Mr. Handy and his assistant over iu one corner of the room shivering in a little spring? 'rora appearances is has ker- he event. If people will just renie mber A skere ef puklie peireaege. Tbeir work two by four space like a a couple of pris II rent on most favorable terms.

it their reeonBeodetioa, nuuimu'ii This Is to be regretted. No better could bs found iu the whole the foregoing it may save them rhe trouble r.lct tt. cultivator on shares. oners in a dock, when in comes climbing 'he stairs to this office with a to- west for inducting thU business than Zxaih, Shingles, Doors and J. 11.

McClcrg, Hutchinson. load of mauuscript now and then. Lewis, who wants to get some papers and look at aome court records, and by the Hutchin-o: and if the projectors of the The XIasonic ball at the Opera house on echcrae have abandoned the idea they have time he na:) a book oa the desk either Mr For Sale One of the best Implement. Coal mrZLaBUHN, a DOi.anZa. I If nr his lasiiilanl.

lias ant in atnn vrnrb FRONT -AND CroceryHouse HAS THE EXCLUSIVE AGENCY FOR THK CONTINENTAL Tank Li ne Co' -THE Coal Oil IN THE Ac. RED FRONT. J. F. Blackburn.

v. v' Thursday night was not a success Auanci ally though a pie isant tune was enjoyed by those who attended. To whit circum- According manv stock raisers. th I as there is not room enough to work at nd Grain business stands in south COMPLETE STOCK OF EVERYTHING IN OUR LINE KIPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE hi Lhhr. western Kansas.

Reason for selling "quickest" monty and the largest profits tIle "e8k "d'iI Mf- L- goes- Over on the tance the fact was clue it no known, but. am in debt, and must sell to pay my can be made from hogs. J. H. McClurz otner 8lde IS tne desk of Mr- "ayQe and he crowd was certainly much smaller thac realtors, business sufficient for says he made moie off fifty head of hogs Bls deputy, and by the time two or three this winter than any of jls competitors parties come iu to overhaul the records verybody expected.

Probably the balls ve or ten thousand dollars capital. EP AIRING NEATLY DONE. Opposite the Poet Office, Address J. A. Grayson.

YARD NEAR THE DEPOT. have made in the livery business in a vear. f'jr chattel mortgages, deeds and other at the other towns oa the road had something to do with it. The crowd was com HUTCaiNSON, KANSAS posed of ladies and gentlemen. No intoxi 26tf Hutchinson, Kan.

A Card to all Sufferers: I have Manager, James St. John, papers, his desk is so littered up that there is no work for him until he clears his desk, and just about that time some one else Mr. McClurg is feeding one hundred head of porkers on his farm in Center township, and intends to have them ready for the June market. cation could be seen auywiiere. Our- Masonic friends at least the satisfaction been there aud know how it is.

I comes in and the same work over again. ave for sale the seven barks which knowing that they gave an From this office I dropped in to see J. P. Theobald. The old Reliable respectabl dance, and it is to be hoped ive done me more good than any- Marshall our Billy as the boys say.

Well, hat they will have better financial success hing I have taken for ten years next time. IS THE ONLY PLACE Come aud get one of my books, it will tell you the truth. here, It is not much belter a little mure space in front of the counter, but very limited behind. Right here comes another If anything is certain to All an editor to the chin with the milk of human kindness it is to have the privilege of pajing his way into a public intertainmeot after having given the affair a free advertisement through his pnper. And this is what all th re sparer men had to do who attended Boot and Shoe Maker 1 Interviews with several members of the WHERE YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING OF THE PUREST oe Hooker Post, G.

A. developed the K. B. Baldwin. Mulkey Co havs just received Hu epened a thop next doer to thought why don't the commissioners hire a clerk for the flice3, and when not in fact that D.

S. Alexander is the choice of the post by a good majority if they could QUALITY IN THE BREAD. CAKE, CONFECTIONERY AND FANCY GROCERY LINE. BILLY DIVIER'S GROCERY, Irom Missouri 25 head of fine cows. use in one office he can go to another, whish they hold for the city.

North llala Htreet, have anything to say as to the appoint lUV uitii wu iiiuiauiij aaiUfs ajuv i then, most racers are run for the benefit There is work enouSh iQ the offlre3 t0 era The Star restaurant gives the best -ooo- HDTCHIN30N. KANSAS of dead head patrons, anyway. PloT a competent person the year around I at a reasonable salary. Anyone passing 5 cent meal in town. ment of our postmaster.

Mr. Alexander is a lite-long republican, is identified with no clique or faction, and has an honorable re FRED mnws Two car loads ot California Early from the most reliable reports we can the court houae nlght after ulht and 9ee. cord, both as a soldier aud private citizen. ose potatoes have just been receiv get. tne wneai crop in mis county is not Marshall hard at it, will houestly say The Corner ed at the lied Front.

only uninjured by the prolonged and se- he ls worked too with an abie None of our citizens enjoys the public con- vere winter, but is in splendid condition dence more fully than Mr. Aljxan.ier, C. Antle's Star restaurant leads assistant to help htm during the day, he would not have to speud at least six aud we know of no one who would be bet- them in excellence of cuisine. HAVE AN UNEQDALDED REPUTATION. er received in such a position than he.

months at night work in his' office. The If yon want cows, go to Mulkey Some fields had the appearance of being dead till the late rains came, and since then it has been found that no wheat is dead. Of course the late planted is still commissioners surely have the power to Co and get their price on their After having a fistic round-up in town a make such an appropriation, as they are few days'ago, and after pleading guilty ew lot just brought in. allowed by law to make all expenditures Farmers, go to the Star restaurant Best Tobacc and IN THE MARKET. and paying his flue as the agressor, John Sutton went to his home in Haven town- GrocerY I necessary to carry on the business of the when you want a sqaare meal.

hip and had his antagonist, Joe Jaynes county, and where an officer is over work and the salary a fixed by law not suffi Dobbins' electric soap the finest rrested for assult and battery. He failed HUTCHINSON, KANS. OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, the world at M. L. Sharp's.

to make a case and Jaynes as dischargeJ cient to enible him to hire a deputy or clerk, we don't think the tax payers would The best of everything ana the We learu that the interior intends to politest waiters at the Star restau- Maintataa tta reputation ike return to tne 'patent ou side plan of grumble at their employing help at a rea-. sonable salary. ant. conducting the paper, or essentially the same thing, the substitution of electrotype From here I cross over to the treas tip you w.AJsn: PURE BRTLTGS I The Black Front has just received carload of Early Iiose potatoes. M.

L. Sharp is selling his large very small, but it gives every indication of healthfulness, and the crop for this year will fill behind that of '82 simply because the acreage is considerably smaller. Every newspaper almost is afflicted with one or more cranks who imagine the saiva-ioa of the paper depends upon a learned and long winded dissertation upon the tariff every week, and The Dmocbat does not escape the young men with bulging brows who imagine they know all about the vexed question. While it would no doubt be profitable for us to pay for a column or so of tariff essays every week, the yawning waste-basket under the desk will to receive such contributions till there is some marked improvements in the intelligence displayed by the writers. George Brown, a dissolute character.

"plate" for home print. This betokens urer s. ae has the best quarters in the whole building and sufficient for his wants. avorite Retai Grocery of the City. gnod sense and good business management on the part of our neighbors.

stock of gueensware and glassware except, possibly, at tax paying time, when at greatly reduced prices. Call and for a week or two his office is pretty well In jotting down Mr. Cochran's speech And Carefully Compounded get bai gains. crowded by tax-payers. These are things Wall paper of all grades, at P.

last week. he was made to give a rather communistic view of rich men's estates. which our commissioners should look after, Book Store. What he did say was that the heirs of i and at once, for a good, faithful and efficient county officer is deserving of all Oar Goedi an alwaji -GO TO THE- The best sewing machines const rich man should only receive a hundred thousand dollars, instead of a hundred. antly kept on hand, at P.

Book Store. favors which a community can bestow upon him; and should, at least, have com Palace Drugstore. Fine stationery and blank books. fortable quarters in which to perform his North Main street was tbe scene of a aged 55 years, committed suicide at Nick; at P. O.

Hook Store. duties. lively set-to on Tuesday, betweeu C. B. Photograph albums and books oi o- on Monday afternoon by sh ootmg bimscir through, the bead with a Remington revolver, 44 calibre.

He died within tin all kinds, at P. Book Store. But fearing I have already taken np too much of your space, I will leave what I School books a specialrv, at P. have to say about tbe printing steal till bnnr after the shooting. He was unable Book Store: aad at everybody know.

You can get money cheaper than next -week. Jours, Sinbad, Langdou, Feb. 18, 1883. to speak after the deed was committed, but it is supposed the cause was despondency from drink and family troubles. He had IiOUir PRICES ON AN mense Stock I finding it of been tepirated from hfs wife for several The city eouncil held the usual meeting OUR PRICES on Monday night with a full attendance.

months, and attempted to have a reconcil iation Aith her oa Saturday, but she re nnkp.i wnleh "no doult made him Nothing much of importance was done. Ii was decided that tlu city has no right Mvton and his hired man, Mcintosh. Myton drew first blood and won the first knock-down, and came out the victor without receiving much injury himself. The revenue derived from the occupation tax is about $230 per quarter." The contract has been given L. S.

Shields to sprinkle the streets till tbe first -of Ma for $220, so the tax levy has been made abundantly large eDough. The Kansas City express, due here at 9:15 a.m. yesterday did not arrive till 2:30 p. hence our Topeka letter was again received too late for publication. Personal journalism is not so popular with the postoffice organ as it was.

There is nothing so effectual in a fight with tbe devil as fire. collect an occupation tax from farmers who peddle their owu produce on the incest Bros. Racdle has the best Canon City Osage and Rifenbnrg Coal. For pood Canon City coal go to E. M.

Handle. J. Donkm Co carry as full a line of staple groceries as can be found in Hutchinson Go and get their prices. The blue front grocpry will tot be undersold in first iss goods. I.

Dcsklx Si Co. Follow the crowd and go to the Blue Front grocery. ARI ALWAYS THE L0WI8T. flWe oe a eall FREESS 4 STALEY, street, which disposes of that question. It also shows that The Democrat's re Of Everything Kept in th.

DRUG LINE. J. H. YOUNG, HUTGtttttSOM, more --cast. coroner's jury returned 4 in accordance with the above 1-cV.

Suicide Is usual.y spoken of as a ragU ct," but Br.iwn seems to have committed sensible act when he shot himself. He was poor, a drunkard, broken down iu health and without a friend in the world, aad he 'isely concluded that he and the world huU no further use for each Other, marks on the subject last week were pro- ductlve of good. The council demanded of L. S. Shields, the street sprinkler, a Corner Main and Sherman Street.

bond for the faithful performance of his duty, and then adjourned. HUTCH1.V80N, KAN6A5. HUTCHINSON! KANSAS.

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