The News from Harper, Kansas • 1

Issued every week at Danville in tlie interests of Danville and Harper County, Subscribe for tLv. Danville News. 1,00 xer year, I jyLji J. C. 'ELVIN Editor and Pub.

DANVILLE, KANSAS, SATTJED AY," AUGUST 12, 1899. VOL. 1. NO. 28 Ed in a wmi I 1M1 fl 1 Atchison Topeka Santa Fe TIME CARD.

BIB lillll EAST BOUND. Passenger 4:15 p. m. Freieht .3:10 a. J.

C. Elvin' J. 0. Elvin' WEST BOUND. Passenger .......11 :36 a.

m. Freight a.m. if cash THE COMPARISON. There's a marked distinction between the -prices now and those in effect a few weeks ago. Tumbling prices have brought midsummer merchandise to the lowest figures we have ever seen such seasonable goods sell for the varieties are greatest, the assortment biggest; more to choose from and more to buy at a lower price than you have ever seen in this part of the country, The bargain feature extends all over the store.

Nearly every line will present special inducements. LOCAL GLEANINGS. ii Danville, Kansas. Danville, Kansas. Best Brand Sugar Corn Case 2.00 Standard Granulated Sugar Per Sack $5.75 est Brands Tomatoes? Per Case 2.00 Dont forget the picnic at Dan-yille, August 17.

Mrs. Johnson has been very sick for the past week. The Village Green was well represented at Harper last Sunday. R. M.

Kiefer, Harper's popular implement man, was in Danville Wednesday. Mrs. Silva Jackson was in town Tuesday and spent the day visiting her mother. fii Mens Shoes, Boys Shoes, Ladies shoes, Childrens shoes just in prices from 25c. to $8.50 Mens Hats, Boys Hats, Childrens, Hats, all new prices irom.

25c to 3.50. Mens Gloves, Ladies Gloves, Boys Gloves, Just in. Prices from 25c. to $1.50. Frank Homes and Geo Persons, of Harper, were in the village on business Thursday.

The kissing bugs have been working the big towns; Wichita grew jealous and reported a case this week, Queensware, Glassware, Stoneware. In these we have the largest, best and cheapest assortment west of Kansas City. Galvonized Tinware. Our prices on this line are the lowest to be found in Harper County. Mens Shirts Pants and Overalls.

This line was never more complete or the prices lower than now. The man that puts up the big-est fight against the Populist ticket this year will get the best office they have to offer next. Harry Glenn, editor of the Kiowa Journal, passed throngh Danville Monday on his way to Harper for a short visit with friends find relatives. SJLY. WILL BE IW: EFFECT Fl Miss Mary Fuller, after spending several days visiting friends and relatives in Danville and Ar-gonia, returned to her home at Mr, jVicKeevers Sunday.

The melon colic days have come. E. G. Moore while in Harper last Saturday became suddenly ill and was immediately taken to his home; at present he is still con-lined to his bed but is some better. A few politicians in Harper have had their laugh cut short by the prompt action of the Mayor in removing the house of prostitution along with their newspaper from the city.

We think the Mayor a little selfish, while he was the only prominent one mentioned in the pamphlet he said nothing, but when Elvin and the News got two-thirds of the paper, Mr. Senseman fired the foundation of the paper (namely, the St. Nick) out of town and of course the paper went along. Grand Picnic. At the Sam Montgomery grove, one mile west of Danville, Ivans, on Thursday, August 17, 1899, for the benefit of St.

Rose Academy. Everybody invited: Come with your friends and spend a pleas-day. Dinner, Supper and Refreshments will be' served upon the grounds. See large posters for particulars. HAPPILY MARRIED.

a. m. in the Harper cemetery. The funeral was conducted by the Masonic Lodge. The deceased was born in Teun.

in 1823. he imigrated to Missouri, and from there caEatTto Harper it 1883 and engaged in the mercantile business until failing health caused him to retire, Mr. Ellis, brother of Mrs. S. E.

Cole, died last Friday at the home of his sister after a lingering illness of two years. He had been attended by some of the most eminent physicians of the United States but could find no relief. The remains were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E.

Cole to Nashville, his home. The Cole Bros, store was closed Saturday in respect for the dead. Strip of Dry Country. fighting the ticket and to forever politically dispose of him. The one able efficient officer, Hamilton, of the" Populist party, who has more strength and demonstrated his honesty, ability and fitness for office, at the expense of a lawsuit instigated by some of the populist reformers, not at their expense, but at the expense of the taxpayers of Harper county, as the records will show to any honest citizen who cares to investigate for himself; in order to gratify a personal and petty spite, and when the tax payers went to the polls last fall they remembered this political transaction and turned down one of the reformers, to remain down ever more; "quoth the HAKIMS It ITEMS.

BY It, J. general even in Harper county where most of the dry strip lies. There are hundreds of thousands of bushels of corn in Harper county, and wheat yielded from 10 to 20 bashels per acre. Bsit on account of some peculiar condition of the climate or some topographical restriction or condition of the country it hasn't rained there this year. is not another place like it in Kansas.

It is not due to any pecular freak of the Kansas climate. It occurs in other states. At the open of settlement in Sedgwick county there was a strip of country between Wichita and Cheney where the wheat was hailed down every vear for seven rears. Hail bIoiexs struck the same locality in the same month and not more than four days either way from the day that the first storm struck. It was always about equally disastrous and happened seven years straight.

The strip of dry country in Harper county may yield the beet average of corn or wheat that is recorded from Kansas next year, but it is in hard luck this year. Wichita Eagle. We think C. S. Jobes exaggerated some about the dry strip.

Certairdy he thought Harper county wa a Lot place, wLere his successor in the bank is a candidate on the Populist ticket for county office. We admit Harper eouu -ty is a hot place, bat not so dry. (Sco. ID. S'mcti, hooted down by the Populist delegates who' was there for that purpose only.

The Populists then proceeded to nominate two Democrats for county clerk and surveyor. W. W. Bird was nominated for clerk and Birchfield, a Republican, for surveyor. W.

W. Bird being called upon for a speech responded and made a good impression on the Democrats. He stated that if elected he would perform the duties of the office in a manner which would be acceptable to the people, and we have confidence that he will. T. L.

Day of Attica, who was a candidate in this conventions, was called upon to second the nomination of Mr. Bird, which he did 'in a speech of a few words; however, entirely ignoring Mr. Louis Smithhisler, who received a majority of the Democrat votes of the 'Democratic delegates present, but of course not of the Populists, therefore was defeated for the nomination. As an impartial paper the News has but one desii to give the facts and proceedings of the convention. We however, believe it would have been better politics, had the Populist managers refrained from taking any part in the Democrat convention, and left the Democrats free to make their own nominations.

While driving to Harper last Saturday Miss Nettie Colemans horse became badly frightened aud ran away, breaking the buggy considerably. Miss. Nettie was not hurt. Last Friday afternoon the seven months old baby of Mr. and Mrs.

Reed, who occupy the house just south of Mr. Weidenbaugh, took suddenly sick with cholera in-fantom. rhey immediately took the little one to Dr. McAdams for treatment, where it died almost as soon as they arrived. The funeral services were conducted Saturday morning by Rev.

D. A. Williams. Ren Moffitt and Miss Lottie Bnrkholder were united in marriage at Denver Colorado, Aug. 10th '99 at the home of the bride's uncle.

Miss. Burkholder is well known to many of our Danville people, having spent much of her time visiting her sister Mrs. Ed. Colopy. The Newb joins their many friends in wishing them a long and prosperous life.

These reform vaven ever will not ers, like "Banco ghost" Mr. Arch. La Plant, of Danville, and Miss Lorilla Reno, fo Cheney, Kans. They took the train at Cheney on Wednesday, August 2nd, '99, and were accompanied by Miss Nellie Reno and Harry turns. The party arrived at Newton about noon and were met at the union depot by the bride's Uncle, Rev.

H. Randalls, and were accompanied bv him to the Bon Ton hotel. The groom ordered an excellent dinner' which was -served atone o'clock. 4:30 p. m.

Mr. Arch La Plant and Miss Reno were united in holy bouds of matrimony by Rev. A. Finch at the parsonage of the Christian church. POLITICAL MISTAKE.

Bank Examiner C. S. Jobes came in from Harper county, and he says that on his place near Attica it is dry. The corn is burned up and will not yield anything even if it rains every day from now till October. Reports from Milan, Argonia and other towns say that in a strip frur or five miles wide and running the total lengthTof Harper county and a part of Snmner near the line of the southern Kansas railroad no rain has fallen to amount to anything rsince the latter part of June, and that the crops are burned up.

The people in this 6trip of country have seen the copioas rains fall on either side of them week after week. The clouds formed and moved up with the appearance of sending a flood but every time they broke and vanished, seeminghy with a special vengeance on the fated strip. This is a peculiar thing. It is not Mrs. S.

J. Kelly is on the 6ick list. There was mass at the Catholic church Sunday. The mercury crawled up to 110 in the shade Wednesday. J.

N. Mclntire of Arkansas City, is visiting with the Carters. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Garris, Saturday night, a boy.

The institute is running full blast, 100 students in attendance. Ernest, Noel is home from the Strip, his nealth having Mrs. Race, of Boston. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Capt. Freeman. Mrs. Allen has shook the Harper duet from her heels and has hied away for more genial quarters. A band of Indians of the Cheyenne tribe, on their way to Omana, stopped overnight in this city and gave.

a war dance. Frank Homes second trial was held before Judge Broadstone Wednesday. Frank was fiued $25 and cost. Pretty stt-ep for a honest, hard working boy. The Democratic convention was held Saturday in the Woodman hall.

There was a large attendance principally Pops. They swallowed the convention Harper, Kans. Collections made in Harper, Barb. er and Kingman Counties. OFFICE Uo stairs in Bautustrk Bik OBITUARY.

down and are at their old tricks again, dictating caucases, arranging conventions, discovering candidates and making political slates, in order to prevent the nomination of Frank Hamilton, which would have relegated these reformers to the rear and either driven them out or caused them to work against the party in the event of his nomination. By a preconcerted action they adjourned without nominating a clerk, and said they would leave this burdensome duty for the Democrats to perform. A Democratic convention was called to fill the balance of this ticket, but by some mistake it was found by the Democrats assembled to make the nomination, that it was not a Democratic convention, but the adjourned Populist convention of Anthony, being composed of the same delegates in session at Harper. The Democrats under the supposition that it was their convention iunociently called upon a Jeffersonian Democrat to enuncia'e some of the principles of the party in a speech. Mr.

Anthony Smithhisler took the- floor and discovering at a glance they were nearly ail Populist delegates in attendance, asked that they be excluded until the Democrats assembled could proceed with their convention and fill the ticket. He was promptly Last Tuesdajr afternoon little Walter, son of Milo Osborn, met with a painful and dangerous accident While climbing an apple tree he fell to the ground striking his back against a sharp stick, leaving the stick, which was about five inches long, burried in the flesh. Dr. McAdams was immediately called and dressed the wound aud Walter is resting aa well as could be expected. Pursuant to a call the Populists assembled in convention at Anthony; July 29.

A portion of the Populist dictators assumed entire control, and as their ultimatum presented a candidate for sheriff, Mr. D. M. Holliday. It was the old 'story of rule or ruin.

He had been once elected sheriff and served a length of time to the memory of his friends; failing to receive a renomination, he and his present advocates devoted their entire time and attention to the defeat of the party. What was go6d politics at that time is now considered poor war-fare. As against Mr. Holliday we have nothing to say, as is as good and true to his party as sny Populist when running for office. One reason suggested by a populist for his nomination was to prevent his J.

K. WILSON, Pioneer Druggist of harper County. stabli5bci 878. Will be found at the old stand in jntHony Kansas. Carries the largest stock of Drugs, Paints, Oils and Glass in the county.

He Synthia M. Freeman, wife of Joshua Freeman, deceased, was born in North Carolina, November 24, 1822; died in Oklahoma, Aug. 7, 1899. She made a profession of religion at the age of 14 and soon after united with the M. E.

church, and was a member of the same until her death. Her remains were laid to rest In the Danville cemetery August, 10. after funeral services were conducted by Rey. J. F.

Litsey. She was the mother of 14 children, 10 of whom survive to mourn her loss with her many acquaintances who unite in speaking of her as a kind neighbor and devoted mother. J. F. Litsy.

head and tail. Frank Homes indulged in a little pugalism Fridaj; after knocking down several he went and paid a fine of $8. Frank thought as Corbit and Fitz. were out of the way the goal of pugalism was not hard to reach. Andrew Jackson Lamar, died in Springfield, August 2nd.

His remains was shipped to Harper Satur A searching party was out the other evening in search of Miss Lucy Drouhard, who had became suddenly lost from the Delmonieo, and for a time great excitement prevailed. Upon investigation it was found, that she had only gone out for a stroll with a fellow and his best girl. Don't go that way any more Lucy, as there are lots of nice young men around the village who have no girls. has prices that will compete with any in the state. day and were laid to rest Sunday at 10 Will deliver an address at the Academy Picnic, Thursday, Aug 17, at 2 p.

hi. Subject: "Our Country" Remember the date and come. JlUiiL.