The Elgin Clipper from Elgin, Kansas • 1

CLIPPER 1H I 1 81 PEIl YEAR. ELGIN, CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MAJiCIl 2. 1HJU. VOL. TI- SUCSCRIPTIOFJ PRICE.

One copy per year, $1.00 six months, 50 three months, 25 Subscriptions payable in advance. HENRY BURNS JDr-CLgs and 3edioixiee Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Notions Etc, compounded wifh Tin -t. Pi riptinriN 'accurately I ELGIN, THE! LG1N MERCANTILE COMPANY Miss Allice Baldwin, Miss Allie Call and Mrs. Carrie Harris, accompanied by Mrs. Dr.

Call made the Clipper office a pleasant call last Saturday afternoon. The wheat fields are green, the trees are budding, the grass is growing, and we fully believe spring is here, although our poet has not yet fully realized the fact. Rcverand Wood, a graduate of Baldwin University, has been assigned to the ministerial work at Elgin. Why will not the people in and about Elgin build a nice comfortable church. Rev.

Father Pujis, of Sacred Heart mission, will hold services at the Catholic church Sunday, April 5th at 10:30 a. m. Father Louismet will hold the regular services the Sunday following. Billy Revard and wife, Mrs. De-norie, and Mrs.

L. E. Revard were traiding with our merchants Saturday and Monday last. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Julian Trumbly over Sunday. Big Caney has been on one of its annual tares and detained passengers and mail for three days. It would be a good idea to bridge this unruly stream so that communication with the people below would not be interrupted in this manner. Carry a large and complete stor of Hani and Soft Pine Lumber, Sniafe" bu Lime, Hair, Cement, ELGIN, A. II.

1 Let the people vf Elgin meet some night the coming week say Wednesday evening and make arrangements for the setting out of shade trees. There is nothing that we can do that will add to the beauty of the town like a day spent in setting out trees. Let every citizen turn out, on some day that may be designated and go with ax, shovel, pick-ax. wagon, wheelborrow, or anything with which you can assist in beautifying the town in which you live. Let us be a progressive people.

Let us do something for the town that we may be proud of in after years. George S. I larth-y the great American horse buyer of Arkansas City, Kansas, spent hi fortieth birthday in the lovlicst village in Kansas. It is the first and last time that George will ever have the opportunity to celebrate his fortieth birthday Thayer. As lie had only one he chose wisely.

He is a handsome gentleman, writes a good hand, ami seems to understand his business thoroughly. -Thayer Head Light. The Li.r.tN Ci.hm lk, published at Elgin, Chautauqua county, Kansas, comes to our -exchange table. The Clipper is a bright clean newsy paper, and we give Mr. Collins credit for selecting as good a field as he did.

His paper is well patronized by the business men of that town. No man ever looses any money by advertising. Advertising is the right spirit to cultivate. We extend our best wishes to Brother Collins. We also notice the nami's of our old neighbors, James Lawson Son, doing business in Elgin.

We also extend our hand to Uncle Jim and Jessie. McCune Times. The post office of Elgin was assaulted one day the past week and the rib-of its nose badly bruised. It seems that one John Duffy who in his early years was kicked by a mule and crippled under the hat, took offense at the cc pccus.v tions made against him and boldly marched into the store where the P. M.

is a partner, and without any apparent malice or forethought threw the but end of his arm into the face of the P. M. and sent him real-ing against the counter. Others being present and not desiring to see flowing blood from the innocent, interfered and stopped further damage. When any person or thing becomes aal fay Mmi TINWARE.

STOVES, Iron, Nails. Class, Elc. i Call and see me and you will liixi thai I curry first-class stock and sell at the very prices. Very Respectfully, EL FOLSON ID. S.

IVlJVO-EH, DLALKTv IN I'later, V.imr and KANSAS. POLSON, in -i''MllXi 9 Garc, Mm, Ik CHURCHES. CATHOLIC; Services every second Sabbath in each month. Rev. S.

Louismet pastor. CHRISTIAN; Services every fourth Sabbath in each month. Elder J. D. McBrian pastor.

ELGIN PAAYHUSKA Stage Line MAGEE GRIGSBA, Pro's. Stage leaves Elgin, 7:30 a. arrives at Pawhuska, 11:00 a.m. Stage leaves Pawhuska, 4:30 p. arrives at Elgin, 6:00 p.

m. LOCAL BREVITIES. Payment commences Monday. Ludlow Mitchell is quite sick at the S. K.

Hotel. Charles Revard vas in Town last Thursday and Friday. If you want good flrmr go and get it of he Elgin Mercantile Co. Joe Herrod spent several days of this week looking after his farm near Wichita. The Elgin Mercantile Co.

has just put in a car of flour and feed, also a car load of brick. Mrs. L. C. Wait has been very sick the past week but we understand she is now improving.

E. A. Brunt is making arrangements to break and fence 100 acres on his Spring creek farm. Good flour makes a happy family; so get your flour of the Elgin Mercantile Co. and be happy.

It is reported that Peter Mouri-quand has lost over Si 00 worth of cattle in the past two months. C. H. Strong has begun the erection of a dwelling on the north side. It will be 14x24 with a 14x14 The children at the Hominy Post school made their first communion last Thursday.

It being Holly Thursday. Thos. Dent, a carpenter by trade, is one of the late arrivals in Elgin. Mr. Dent is a nephew of J.

II. Law-son. Sam Maples of Peru put up at the Lawson House Thursday night. Sam was on his way home from Oklahoma. A man born in Missouri must see trouble.

Bob Harris. Yes, espe-ially if he monkeys around Cross Hollows. Joseph Boulinger called last Wednesday and ordered his advertisement of horses for sale taken out. It did the work. O.

M. Atkinson, the enterprising station agent at Elgin, came up on Saturday, visiting friends. Independence Tribune. Joe Herrod will round up his cattle on Spring creek next week. He has between three and four thousand head in that locality.

Mrs. Julian Trumbly came over Tuesday to do some shopping and owing to high water was compelled to remain until Friday. Sister Ameliane, accompanied by one of the young ladies of the Pawhuska school, made a business trip to Independence last Monday. J. L.

Morphis, the Hominy Post trader, started for home yesterday with seven good horses which he purchased here and at Independence One of the citizens of the Springs was here this week and from rppear-ance he was suffering with a light attack of hydrophobia or vertigo, or perhaps he had been lately treated to a dose of brain destroyer or sense 1 3stra tvr. PATENT 3IEDJCINES. NOTIONS. i'crfumery, Articles, and everything usually kept in a liif Drug Store. My stock is fresh and my prices are such as to defy honest competition.

When you want anything in my line, crime in anil see me. ELGIN', KANSAS. HiVervbody Earl, son of Geo. S. Hartley of Pawhuska, came up last Saturday-evening and started Sunday to join the Pawhuska colony at Baldwin University in their studdies.

Earl is a bright boy and will make his mark in the world. He takes the Clipper. The case of the State vs. James Sweeney was tried last Monday before Squire Wait. County Attorney McGuire as prosecutor and J.

V. Beekman for the defense. The court could see no reason for holding the defendant to district court, so he turned him loose. We understand that several of cattle have died in this vicinity on account of the scarcity of food. As mild as the past winter has been if.

would seem that there is no excuse for this. Farmers should see to it that plenty of hay is put up to winter their stock through in good shape. It is better to have a rick of hay left over than to be a rick short. O. J.

Mahon called on us Friday to express satisfaction with the Clipper. Mr. Mahon lives on John Lee's place east of town and tells us that Monday he will begin to plant twenty acres of corn and as soon as he has finished it he will list thirty five acres He believes that early shallow plant iner is the thing for this country. He also informs us that his wife has let tuce and peas up. We believe that Mr.

Mahon and wife are the earliest people in these parts. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. John Bird of the Osage Agency or Graj Horse in the Indian Nation. He is in company with George S. Hartley.

They came here by the invitation of Homer J. Hendricks who was well acquainted with them when he run hardware store in Elgin. Bird and Hartley together bought about worth of horses. Thayer Head Light. T.

M. Poison has leased a three hundred acre farm on the Arkansas near Otoe ot Scott McLaughlin for a term of five years and will start down there the first of next week with six teams to begin operations. The place lays on the most direct route from here and the Osage country to the Cherokee strip and Mr. Poison has made application for a permit to operate a ferry at that point. Joe Woten will be Poison's "mamest man" on the ranch.

Last week George Smith advertised in the Clipper that two valuable mares had strayed or been stolen from Wait's ranch and offered twenty-five dollars for their recovery. Sam Magee seen the advertisement and knowing where two stray mares of the discription riven were told Mr. sroitns Drotner, wno went ana got the mares and returned them to their owner. Inasmuch as Sam was at very little trouble lie refused to ac cent any reward. The Cil'M'f k' Should know that I am carrying the largest and best assorted stock of ry Goods a public nuisance it is then necessary that the person or thing be removed On Thursday Jay Newell became enraged at one of Mr.

McKinzies little girls and took a large bone and struck her on the head, knocking her lifeless for a time and cutting a large gash from which the blood flowed freely. A fewdays since this same boy jumped on one of Dean Wait's little girls and gave her a whipping. This boy is a source of annoyance to the people of Elgin and it is said that it makes no difference what he does his parents will uphold him in it, and when a complaint is made they smile to think how promising a child they have. They sometimes say that Jay has "spells" and they dare not chastise him. We would remark that it is time the parents take charge of him or it will be the duty of the people to look after this affair.

If Jay is so sill that he does not know right from wrong, he should be placed in the assylum for the feeble minded; if he is so full of cussedness that he cannot be controlled, then we have a house of cor rection for such. We have heard several say that they would sign a petition to have this boy sent to the reform school. There has been several scraps here in Elgin between the parents of this boy and the citizens; Jay's conduct would become unendurable and they would report to the family and then the fun would commence. Just so in the case of the McKjnzie girl, for it is said that when Jay had struck and knocked the girl sensle.s a sister pf the injured girl came to tier assistance wnenlne! mother of Jay as on hand to chas-J tise those who were there to assist; tnc WOunded. Parents Ukc care of -mir -hil-'rrn nr u.i'1 Ho it for you.

Guilders hardware can fuund Men's Clothing9 ife Iki Eats, To be found on the borders of the Osage Nation, and that I Cannot and Will Not be Undersold. Give me a call. t. m. POLsoru, Elgin, Kansas.

P. I have just received the largest line of children's shoes ever brought to 1 1. re ti Mel.