Freeport Leader from Freeport, Kansas • 1

KATES OF ADVERTISING: One column, one year. One column, six 50.00 One column, three months. 30.00 Fractional parts tl a column at equitable-rates. Business 5 cents a line each insertion Of all kinds exoeuuni with neatness and dee patch. Rates reasonable.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY RATES 01 SUBSCRIPTION: One year Six months Three months .19 .40 Invariably in Advance. Entered at the Post OfTice at Freeport as second class mail matter. V. FKEEPORT, HARPER COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1890. NO.

28. The Southwest Kansas conference Local and Otherwise. SKIPPED. During the past week considerable ALBION BREVITIES. John" and Jacob' Hutchinson made a trip to Argonia Monday.

The Fisher school closed Saturday, the DR. ALLEN BELL, Physician and Surgeon, FREEPORT, KANSAS. CgNigM calls promptly answered. Office: At City Drur Store. B.

FREEMAN, Justice of the Peace AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Grand Avenue, Feeeport, Kaxsas. Legal papers carefulty executed. J. M. Fuxtox, President.

J. E. Hutchinson, Cashier. C. A.

Sciiiudt, Vice President. FARMERS' BANK OF FREEPORT. IDIIIECTOES: J. if. Fci.tox, C.

A. Schmidt, W. A. Tucker, M. L.

Green, W. II. Garrexger, II. 31. Denlisgek, J.

E. Hutchtxsox. Interest paid on time deposits. Does a general banking business. Patronage respectfully solicited.

TATMAN WISLER, SUCCESSORS TO J. E. HUTCHINSON, Keep a general assortment of DRY GOODS; Groceries, Boots, Shoes and Call and see us and learn prices. Remember the place-East side Grand Avenue, W. W.

KIMBALL 1 a r-i S3 9 CO 1 EL- CD 02 02 02 i of the M. E. church will meet at Hutchinson March 19th, and will be presided over bv Bishop Foss. Bishop Ninde is also expected to be present. Our genial and popular register of deeds, Mr: Hoscoe R.

Beam, was married on Thursday evening last to Mrs. Mildred Hart, one of Anthony's most lovely and estimable ladies, Probate Judge Shoemaker officiating. The Leader congratulates the wor thy couple, and unites with their many friends in wishing them a happy and prosperous voyage upon the matrimonial sea. The citizens of Anthony have or ganized a local immigration society to co-operate with the county and state organizations, and the citizens of Harper are also taking steps in that direction. If Freeport desires to keep up with the procession it is high time some action was taken looking toward a similar organization in order that her interests may be properly represented in this grand immigration movement.

Labor Commissioner Betton has compiled some valuable statistics regarding the manufacturing of Kansas for the past year, from which we make the following deductions: Total capital employed, value of products, amount paid for labor, The amount of capital employed in manufacturing in Harper county last year was value of products, amount paid for labor, 950. What about the approaching city election? The time has come when we should begin to cast about us for suitable material with which to fill the various offices. We want no "cut and dried" ticket, but we do want a ticket composed of good men, men tried and true, who wifl faith fully discharge the trust reposed in them and do all in their power to promote the welfare of the city and her various interests. A mayor, police judge and five eouncilmen are to be elected, and every man who has the welfare of the city at heart should appoint himself a committee of one to see that only the best men are chosen for the various positions IMMIGRATION MAIL LIST. The secretary of the Kansas Im migration bureau urges that every citizen of Kansas send the bureau at Wichita a list of names of any people they wish Kansas advertising matter sent to.

These lists will be arranged into counties in each state and a systematic mailing list kept to mail a ton of Kansas matter every day. Kansas has three hundred and sixty-five tons of good and profita ble things to say to any eastern home seeker each year and with the in coming crop will be increased to two tons of facts per day of the most in teresting matter an eastern farmer, feeder or manufacturer ever saw in print. Send in vour lists and we will send out the mail. IIai.k Cowlky, Secretary Kan. Im.

Bu. Wichita Kansas MARRIAGE LICENSES. Since our last report marriage licenses have been issued to the fol lowing parties: Capt. Percy A. E.

Wood and Miss Sophia D. Turnley, both of Runny mede. Edwin Couch and Miss Frances Rahe, both of Anthony. Adolph Nordgren and Miss Sarah M. Gehring, of Anthony.

James W. Burchfiel and Miss Frances Dombough, of Spring township. Roscoe R. Beam and Mrs. Mildred Hart, both of -Anthony.

From Topeka Capital. In Portland, Oregon, wheat is selling for 1.20(2.$ 1.23; oats for 3840 cents; eggs 45 cents a dozen, and hay 15 a ton. Kansas farmers would like to iret at that market for a month or two. If the Alliance takes hold, the elevators in which to store the wheat crop of 1890 will be in readiness by the time the crop is harvested. This is a project of the greatest importance and promise to the farmers.

Diversity of crops! That is the watchword. Kansas this year wants more broom corn, which in 1889 pro- uueea 1 to tne acre; more castor beans, 11.40 per acre in 1889; more Irish potatoes, $30 per acre in 1889; more sweet potatoes, x62.33 per acre in 1889; more cotton, $29.30 per acre in 1889; more hemp, $35 per acre in 1889; more tobacco, $60 per acre in 18S9. Corn last year produced to the acre. It should be held if possible for better prices, or fed to hog, cattle and horses. All aboard for Chicago in 1892.

The Catholic church at Danville now lias a tine new bell. W. F. Coulson, of Anthony, and J. L.

Tidwell, of Harper, have had their pensions increased. The Cherokees are anxious to sell the strip now, providing they receive a fair price for the same. During the year ending June 30, 1889, the mills of Kansas produced over barrels of flour. The city council of Norwich has put in city scales at that place and appointed a weigh master to attend to them. J.

C. Alvin, an enterprising young business man from Springfield, has made arrangements to open a general store at Danville. The Sumner county commission ers have made an appropriation of $155 to aid the immigration society in its work of advertising that county. The state board of pharmacy will hold its next meeting at Hutchinson on March 5th and 6th. About fifty applicants will be present for exam ination.

Secretary Mohler, of the state board of agriculture, figures the Kansas corn crop of 18S9 at bushels, and the wheat crop for the same year at 36,000,000 bushels. S. II. Xesbit, the newly appointed postmaster at Anthony, assumed the duties of the office last week. He has appointed Capt.

T. M. Finley as deputy, and his daughter, Miss Anna Xesbit, as assistant. Timothy VanFleet, one of An thony's oldest and most highly es teemed citizens, died at his home in that city on the morning of the lTth instant, of consumption. lie leaves a wife and two children to mourn their sad loss.

Prairie tires have already been getting in their work of destruction in some portions of the county, which leads us to remark that the greatest care should be taken by persons setting out fires, to guard against and prevent their spreading, Judge F. C. Kaney, of Anthony, has been appointed special agent of the census bureau for this (the 7th) congressional district, his duties re quiring him to collect statistics of the recorded indebtedness of the several counties comprising the dis trict. There was quite a sensation at Conway Springs one day last week, occasioned by Mrs. Kinney, wife of the section boss of the Fort Scott railroad, administering a cowhiding to a young gentleman named Lovell for circula.ing slanderous reports about her.

At the annual meeting of the re publican league of Kansas, held at Topeka on the evening of the 20th instant, Clark Conklin, of Lyons, and James Hamilton, of Wellington, were chosen as delegates from this congressional district to the national convention. The match game of football be tween the Runnymede Wanderers and a "Wichita team, which took place at the Clipper ball park in Wichita last Saturday, resulted in a draw, neither team making a score. Arrangements are being made for a return game to be played on St. Pat rick's Day, March 17th. A man named VanVleet at Win field offers to furnish cotton feed free to all farmers that will acrree to plant five acres.

This is a very libera offer, and one which should be ac cepted by the farmers throughout this section of the state, since it has been demonstrated that cotton is one of our best paying crops. The contest for the location of the world's fair was decided in congress Monday in favor of Chicago. It Ltook eight ballots to settle the mat ter, the final vote resulting as follows: Total number of votes cast, 307, of which Chicago received 157, or three more then a majority, New York 107, St. Louis 25 and Washington 18. The state superintendent of public instruction has just completed the semi-annual apportionment of the permanent school fund of the state.

The amount apportioned among the various counties is being 51 cents per capita for the school population of the state, 524,206. Harper county, with 4,757 school children, gets $2,420,07. excitement has existed in our community, caused by the sudden disap pearance ot ur. YV 11. liooth, the druggist.

As he wandered off late' on Friday night, the 14th iit the direction of the Chicaskia river'; it was at lirst feaied that it was a case of accidental drowning, or possibly suicide, although the well known aversion of the Dr. to water and the improbability that he would drown- anyhow, rendered the idea extremely visionary, and subsequent developments exploded it altogether. lhe facts in the case, as they now appear, are these Some months ago, F. 15. S.

S. Singer made over the bulk of their immpCfe property," real and personal, to several parties, of which Booth got the lion's which included the home iarm, known as Greenbush, and a large amount of other real estate, aggregating, it is said, about 1,000 acres' together with all the livestock, etc. From the time of the transfer the good Dr. seems to have made the most of the opportunity which his reputation for acquired wealth gave him, and succeeded in running in debt pretty deeply in every direction, and although he had considerable money in bank to his credit, the proceeds of sales of stock, grain, he paid no one. Before leaving he sold out his stock of drugs and fancy articles, the appraised value of which is over 800, to Dr.

Allen Bell, of this for 275, and much of this stock, it now appears, was not paid for. The denouement was caused bv the ap pearance of C. T. Champion, of the firm of Robinson stationers of Wichita, who held a note of Booth's for $110, given by the latter for a bill of stationery and fancy articles purchased from the firm and past due. The equivocal manner and evident desire to avoid him aroused Mr.

Champion's suspicions and he determined not to leave without a settlement, although a visit to the Singer farm and diligent inquiry from the Singers and their employes only elicited the assurance that the property was all Booth's. Finding that his creditor could not be got rid of, the Dr. went to his store late on Friday night, took his medical diploma from its frame "and with his case of instruments left for parts unknown, via Argonia, having previously drawn his money from the bank. Messrs. Robinson Champion then commenced suit for the recovery of their claim, had an attachment issued, etc.

Very soon other suits followed, and at the present time no less than tight are pending, four of which have already been tried before Justice Freeman in this city. We understand suits in replevin have been begun by S. S. Singer, C. S.

Hughs and other parties claiming ownership of the property attached, and the property in the possession of Sheriff Harris and Constable Sutton taken in charge by the coroner under orders from the district court, and the affair seems to be badly mixed. Proceedings in justice's court will be found in another column. THE PRICE OF CORN. The market for corn in this city has already declined so far within the last few days as to wipe out the benefit expected by some of the farmers in the west, to result from a lowering of freight rates by 10 per cent. The speculators got the idea that the cheapening in rates would increase the pressure on the market; which was already so heavy as to' make it weak, and the farmer is nr better off than before.

It is, however, possible that this latest decline in prices will prove to be a partial cure for the evil. Prices have been forced down to the point where over vast areas on the other side of the Missouri it does not pay the farmers to haul corn to the station, and a large number of them will naturally come to the conclusion that it is just as well to hold it over for another year as to sell it on the miserably' low terms offered now. When this point is reached the speculators will be found tumbling over each other in the effort to cover the short sales made at figures which should have deterred anybody from selling in expectation of a further decline. It is fair to say that the effect of a large crop has been more than discounted in the matter of prices, in which case a reaction mav be counted on to fol-low, but no one can tell when. Chicago Tribune.

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Miss Olive Bradfield was the guest of Mrs. W. M. Duffy Friday evening. The literary at II.

and S. was well at tended Friday evening. Wm. Tippit will soon leave for Pratt county. The attendance at the Fisher literary Wednesday evening was not so large as usual.

Zac. TEACHERS, ATTENTION! Program for Harper county teachers' asso ciation to be held at Attica Saturday, March 1, 1S90. 10:30 A. M. School Discipline Wm.

Brockway. Incentives Clarence Southwick. Teachers' Work out of School Jessie Tookcr. Speech Jonas Cook. Influence of History and Literature J.

L. Iloudebush. 1:30 p. m. Hobbies Prof.

O. T. Beeson. Illustrative Experiments in Ph3rsiology Kittie Roark. Relation of Teacher and Pupil Prof.

T. J. Brockway. Our Duties to the Class Lena Porter. Some Inconsistencies L.

E. Eddy. Essay Eva Coulter. The First Years of a Child's School Life Anna M. Baker.

Success and Failures Everybody. Lizzie Kili-e, J. L. Roudebcsh, Com. L.

E. Eddv, W. C. T. U.

Freefout, Feb. 15, 1890. The Freeport W. C. T.

U. met at the residence of Mrs. C. E. Mann, and was called to order by the president.

After devotional exercises the roll was called and all the members excepting one was found to be present. Verses of scripture commendatory of the work of the union were recited by the members. The first three articles of the eonstitu tion, giving the name of the union, its objects, and the qualifications of members, were read lor llie intormation of new members. The committee on distribution of litera ture reported that it had obtained permis sion to deposit literature in the hotel and depot. On motion, the union agreed to secure the service of Rev.

M. A. Gault to deliver a lecture in Freeport some time in April Miss Ilattie Jordan was appointed committee to provide music on the occa sion of said lecture. The following bills were presented and allowed: For literature, 81 cents; for sec retary's book, 25 cents; treasurer's book, 35 cents. A communication from the state corres ponding secretary was read.

Receipts, $3.75. One new member was admitted. After devotional exercises tbe union adjourned to meet Saturday, March 1st, at the residence of Miss Ilattie Jordan. RURAL INSURANCE COMPANY. By call of the county convention of the farmers' alliance twelve delegates met at Anthony Saturday, Feb.

15th, for the purpose of organizing a County Rura' Insurance Co. S. F. McGowen was elec ted temporary chairman and J. C.

Curran secretary. E. F. Colson stated the object of the meeting. A number of copies from different rural insurance companies were read and one from Green county, Iowa was chosen as beinr nearest suiting the wants of the farmers in Harper county and was adopted by sections, with some alterations.

E. II. Colson, W. L. Stran- ahan, S.

F. McGowen, Wm. Glidewel and W. J. W.

Kennedy were appointee a committee to take such action as is nec essary to obtain a charter and effect a permanent organization. Messrs. Colson, Stranahan and Bartlctt were appointed to draft a code of by-laws and a schedule of prices. It was estimated that this county sends out at least a j'ear foreign insurance companies wnich might be kept at home. The Green county, Iowa, company has carried its policy holders at a cost of 12 cents on the 100 for the last seven years, and should an organization be effected in this county it will be a great saving to the farmers.

J. C. Cckkax. Sec'y. EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.

J. E. Hutchinson was down from Freeport Tuesday. J. E.

is one of those bright, cheerful men, whom it is pleasant to meet. Bluff City Herald. In spile of the depressing fact that farm products were never so low in price since the first settlement of the valley, it is equally true that there is a greater demand for farms than at any time for years. One firm with headquarters in this city, and which firm represents some eastern land and loan companies, informs us that of the eighty farms in Butler county controlled by him and which were without renters last year, all have been leased for the next year, with new applications every day. The head of another firm in this city informed us yesterday that all the farms in tlieir control in Sumner, Harper, Sedgwick and Kingman counties, a hundred or more, had been rented within sixty days with new applications every day.

This may all seem anomalous, but it is true and means better times. Wichita Eagle. -V i. W. W.

LOOKWOOD, Contractor Builder, Builds Barns, Bridges and all rough and heavy work; makes a specialty of Fine House Building; furnishes Plans and Specifications, Estimates and Material Bills on short notice. Call and see him. Office: First door west of Postoffice, FREEPORT, KANSAS. SILAS IIENDRIX, BLACKSMITH FREEPORT, KANSAS. Repairing in iron and wood work promptly attended to.

1I0E5ESH0EIXG A SPECIALTY. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shop at the Foundry and Machine Shop. LOREN JOHNSON, FREEPORT, KANSAS. Hair Cutting and "Whisker Dj-eing done in the highest style of the art.

Shop south of Kansas State Bank. City Livery Stable, FREEPORT, KANSAS. One of the largest and best equipped stables in Southern Kansas. First-class rigs furnished, with or without drivers, at reasonable rates. J.

S. WHITE, Peofkietor. City Meat Market, SANDERSON The choicest of Fresh Meats at lowest living prices. Highest cash price paid for Hides! Patronage respectfully solicited. TO CONSUMPTIVES.

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