The Peru Times from Peru, Kansas • 3

Pitt liB Alii I. fid Vlll.ghll- DAVIS CJiKKK iTF.MS, Oh! hat a l.h-o rain. W. R. STEPHENSON.

THE PERU TIMES. THURSDAY AL'Jil'STfiUi. lo. LOCAL AND GENERAL. Addition lb.

i i anl of Mr. 1.. II. Vure, If avium. Mr.

Vi.ru mi itiu-tlmn'1-r, a man of honor tiiul -HiiiildKtv. Tint regular ClilMrenV Day i-miee nt Fly Om-Ji lll Ui AiiguM A 15 JJifl Iuiik li. nUlvr. 111 near i.bmi. w.u totally .1 by July A iiioi it it ii i 1 hueittf, siipHiMt.i "1.1-t" S) it.

who i.ihv In biii-Ih mi ill llii pinee, Mablid and l.ii'.. mall, ri ei iith, in t.r,.'li. Mr- 11, Drub Ha i on the li-l tit" but aide to DEAI.KIl IM guml program Is lag pivprretl ami it be iilhiu! tin Will In I II all Itiv M-rviee. If nnv Mibscribor fails jM Tin: ll.iyin tal.lng the farnieM Tiwkh notify tin wo will soo telltinll Jlll IMHV M. 1..

Elliott lliu hariief maker mul tlx peoiii l.iti.w it, us lie Mr. llrovinen nnd oi4, of Howard City, nru tailing the f.imily of John tliut llii' Hsiue rectified. AN EXPLANATION. KaxsasCitv. M.i.

July 81. 1M Cbaiiiv. Mi-i Nilli" nn.l niient Sun' Now, ri-liliy, om fiii ef iheTJme Jormil and liraplde, er' lun acy uIhii: be Air l.lio' milnrid. lio ijui. t.

ei ii-tlemeii, i' du ou no harm, but If li should Ir.i.e it lintloil to buy the ri.il-road. Iioik' wJni Liiow would iuk ipn iioii ttl.i.ta our ability to do A will Ui Hill, our paper di.I it us conseiii wc to (lid the jiapers to tlm miI-s-ribers. Tl''s was In i i.nseiueiii'e of a lit C'ty. Tin paper Wathom I'Kiir, Kasha, d.iV tdtel'liOMi: Willi tln-1 Hoi of Lvmiiii Ui.ki'-.. la .1 Sim.lav, and cut some of Vcmr favor of tho iMtli hot.

Dry Goods, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Boots, Shoes Hals, Gaps, Queensware and a Great Variety of Notions. In fact everything pert to a general Store. Ids nav l.iH. win a surprise us, for wo printed iiim! One of veiir nrein ruieiits In delivered your paper Tuesday. rv Wil li's 'l iuio, ii.k.

1 llickorv grol thill lliu imiii thould I'ivo pine Velley people di'ivhlg th-lr itock over oil Plilii Ui'l In gel wiinethillg iistruy, mill can well understand in I'onvt niciioo it luut have citted you eat -Hell not tin' caxo. I lie (oik that live on l'limi kin Creek tlrive their I I. .1 4 Wo willtiir up the i pres company, ki huUy till lliu tiiui'. SiiiM-M art re-pain il In l.eat tyle. lliiilding on north iileof main i-tr.

et. Kverj body try Lliu. Welinyo lilacl.iiiuitlis in Peru, and farmer will iiIw.mm tied tV'iu at tlieir nluii. Jlr. John AIvv Imi lately eslablinlled I'iltlself here lit tije biwillefs.

He Milni. iiulii. ti lulls i.tnl aeeouui-ilatiug. Suniii ii-ku-ss in in the ciimpMif bit-Ms tSc lli 11. A boy, the son of (Srnilliiirg of their force, died this morning.

('Iliurixlay), of brain trouble, mid will hurrioil this idler-noon. The little tiabo of Mr. Craig, of ilieil shortly lifter ouo o'clock thi.i morning, ami will lie buried this evening. The sick ijcss wiw of complicated a.ituiv, hut Iwiwel troiibhi was m.i.t marked. Tim family liave the sympa Valley to ret slock nut on Hickory mill hop" lhat such a thing may not oe-iiir iiir.iiu.

Wo will l.i.iko yen no un.i water. AVIIILK Thanking the pi-opl. of lVru nnd vicinity fur past favor, wo invito you to cnll Stosk TKLT'NIOX. At a nici'tiiigof Ciibirvalu 1W No (1. A.

held on Saturday. July went to pb'ee eal'ed norll.Wit here, l'lctifo this I'nie. We were ery plennntly on our arrival in to uni Mr. ('. II.

Weihe, olio of our old our town to ttf-it our eli-ti-rjiriring inaber, M. L. Flliott, who is thronged with work at this time. Mr. Wellus is one of the best workmen, at his in the Statu mul is it inun in good herever known.

In another place will found our of tlio erep prospwt. Siimi riting t.rliide, abundai.t rains have nnd see our gissl.i lieforc purchasing elsewhere. W. R. Stephenson, Peru Kansas.

ltlth, It was decided to bold the District Itellliioli of old soldiers nil tho lJlh, and 1 lib days of next. It suggested that Fair Associations take notieu an I avoid holding fairs in conflict with tho above dates. The pro- thy of our people. grain and full particulars will 1ms ptilt- Tho workmen nm now at the ('nitrt charge fur next issiet and in lliiil way diviitu lliu lo with you. Yours truly.

Western Newspaper Union. Tho nbovo explains why the Peru Times did not roach tin! subscribers last week. Tliu oulsidcs of our ijikt uro print in Kansas t'ity, mid the in-nidi-! nre printed at our oll'ico in Peru. Tho render will easily sou the trouble. Ed.

Church Directory of Peru Circuit. Preaching wry two weeks at Peru ii. Cairn Valley, iS.SU ji. Center, 8:00 j. Joncsburg, Cliautuuipiu Springs.

8:30. p. Fly Crcik supplied by Rev. N. M.

Slone. halibut school cvii'Sabbatli at lVru, 9:30 a. Cana Valley, 2 p. Center 10.00 a. m.

Joncsburg, a. in. J. H. Stkais, Pastor.

river. In tlii county, irepanng to put i fallen, the miii is well soaked, the lished In ample I line. K. H. MAiistt.

V. lltni. Adjutant, Post Com. Pd'AN hhaTi: plossoms. nt reams aro full and travel impeded hv down tliu britlgo on the Santa Fe railroad.

Wo niry look for the. cars into Peru "grojit ten HARDWARE. h'g'i wr.ti-rs. o-ir hr.ve not nr-rived for two diiys. will have a large rmoitiit cf corn in thetountry and days freni thin issiiuof ottr imper.

We Kt'i roit Timks: Accept our blosiomr we iirav vou. thry aro emblems of hoM) our fricii.l- at Sedan will keep, as much lis pus! Lie, fiuiu becoming ex- times will he liclter than was Hipposcd friomlidiip and truth. Toe this wuelt havn been general eiteij. Po.siMy you wdi gut railroad Once more our mountain doth bloom tliro.i;;!iot!t fall pastures will be Both Shelf and Heavy. at souiefuturo time.

like the rose. good and tho crops in the State lis good Mr. .1. V'. living 1 miles bn- Thehi'-l Issue i if The Peru Times, was as has been kr.oivu for several years.

Constating of low this phie.n brought to our on Monday hi-it, four i.ar.s of corn which lmlii beautiful, interesting and iustruc live. Tlie late rr.in has cooled the ntnios ure well nnd which are about CUKEK UL'liliLES. eight hit-lies iu length, well filled and pilci'c. settled the itlist, restoreil our eouilihriiim and brought life and color The railroad is booming. Building Material, Nails, Locks graiinid uronrnl the cob.

Tho corn is to the vegetation. L.vcrythi::g flouri.diing in tho valley of tho Early Icnt" variety. Tho sued hinco tho reoi'iit rains. was brought from Iowa sjring and Elder S. llooth, of Chnutauqnn Springs, was enjoying our mountain breezes last Saturday.

Mr. Ilooth has just returned from Xcosho county Miss Myers has been visiting her sis shows v. hat cnrly nm-ihern coi will do ter. Airs, luai loung, iluring tlio past in this climato without rain, as it will A Nieo Assorted Stock of week. be seen that this corn had no rain for where he has been visiting relatives for soiiio time past.

Wilber Thnycr visited his sister, near about iA) flays priorto its bcinggathered Jonesboro, Lit week. lloyd is very happy now nnd holds from the stalk. Miss Davis has been sjiendins a few General Hardware, Iron, Steel, Wagon Wood J. A. Mooro and l)r.

T. A. Stevens, of iu Peru Friday evening last, on business. AH old soldiers are requested to inert this ollico on Monday afternoon, August Dili, at 4 o'clock; to talk "Post organization." r.oimli'ul showers of rain fi ll on Saturday and mornings, reviving the crops; raising lliu spirits of tho poo-pie, invigorating tho grass, and furnishing water for both man and boast. Mrs.

Annio Elcook. of tins county, called at our sanctum last Saturday. Wo are always happy to linve tho ladies call, and wo hope that of theni will come mid take a look at Tlio Times of-lice. place was full of fanners on last Saturday. All to enjoy the fine rain which began to fail about 2 o'clock on that morning.

All agree, that corn will be benefitted bv tho rain and that1 weeks at her jjnnidfathor's, Mr. Mow Now Bro. Dunn, as nil dilVereuees seeiuJt to he settled between thctiniphio and Peru Tiim-, let u.uov turn our at ers. new corner, (a Guv. Martin Ixiom) with true parental nll'eetion, while he sings, -Oh! Patrick mind tho baby." Onio Fenner.

the Times' rciortor for the district of Oakland, has tpiietly taken her posit ion in the literary heavens, as a const el bit ion of surpassing bril AND Miss Libbio Percupilo visited her tention to affair of tho county nnd try homo last Sunday. Hoy Clark has taken np thn ordi-r of to be of some benefit to our people. Of course the Times has been of great ben Tin Ware- tlie ttay, niul is worsmgon tliu ratlroait liancy. May her hand never weary and her pen never fail. efit all the lime, but llro.

1). join us in Shot guns nnd darkies inhabit water melon patches now-a-days. Next to tho last item contained in our effort. Yon may yet have soiub in tlueneo fer good. Wo arc not sur Onie Fennor's contribution to the Mrs.

Voss, of Sedan, inado aflyinr Times, last week, created considerable prised that you mitdo tho miskako of iNGLEFIELD. visit to mo alley last rriuay. excitement among tho ladies of Hickory supiosiiig we'tried to divert the Air imowxsviLi NOTES. Creek Valley, ending in a general rouiid-ui), at the Oakland school house Lino railroad from Sedan. We pardon the fall pasture will bu saved and great plenty ami tho prospect for last Sunday.

That's right Onie, show them that vou wield not the. pen iu vain. is hotter tiiiui it lias uccii. good realized. KANSAS, 'ERU The rain conimeneed when tho ther- Tho rain came, tho drouth passed Mrs.

N. Ferguson, wifo of one of our nionietcr-tood at 72" Saturday morn. enterprising farmers, came into our of away, nnd when the morning light began to gild the eastern dome of our lieo Monday. This is the first time James W. Meadows has a tie con.

mountain with a.crimsin halo of Mrs. Ferguson ever visited an olliee am lieautv. a scene of enchant nient was un tract on the Air Lino railroad, and will was greatly surprised at the manner in buy ifood tics when delivered on tho folded to the view, too grand, too sublime, too beautiful for mind to conceive which the work is done. road. you, but please comet by.

saying we suggested tlm propriety of tho Air Line going to Sedan by way of 7'ern. Married on Sunday August 1. l-G, Mr. W. H.

Stephenson ami Miss Alice Sains, all of this place. Mr. Stephenson is a young; luerchiuit hero and doing a good business, lie is sober, industrious ninl stands well in this community. The bride is well known here, nnd nil wisli her "happy voyage through life. They have a nice homo of their own, and with the energy possessed by tho two, fortune will come to them if no calamity befalls these young people.

William ami Alliee, the TiMEtf congratulates you. or pen to picture. Like a king upon Ins throne, like a flower upon its stalk, like Special attention is called to S. Mrs. Cunningham is very low with flux.

Slio is not expected to live. Pruley's advertisement, lie is soli; in eajrlo in the. heavens, with a smile of conscious superiority, lleun Hidge stood Mr. Vamlevor left the. country be agent, in this county, for the life of U.

S. also agent for "The forth, a royal ituutem, set in tlio fanil tween two days. This was unexpected This Space is Reserved scape of our count)'. May her glory oy too people or tins vicr.ity. of tins World." Mr.

1). is delivering never faun, anil lier flowers never Dr. J. M. Shnrph'ss called on us yes his (Irant book to-dav, iu Sedan and wither.

Azoic. vicinity. terday while on professional visits to tho sick people of tho neighborhood. I.O.O.F. Myself and wife take this method of Wo understand that Salt Creek is thanking the people of Peru ami vicinity rem Lodge Xo.

IOC. Meeting every ilwmtto loose, the. depot in'their town- for their kindnwa t'i us, and our little babe, during tho lingering sickness batiinlny inglit. hip, which will leave them without a station. SUNDAY SCHOOL II ALLY.

Editor I'eku Times: At the close which bereft us of our darling child. .1. VV. MOliKIS, tr S. T.

Haktzkix, 11. S. Hoping if wo are not permitted to bo Quito an interesting law suit is pend of the services at Csma Vtillev last Sab- present in time of need, you, one arid ing lietoro lviii. James Meutlows, oi all, may lind as kind friends as we have Ih evening, the Cnmv Valley Sabbath To All Whom It May Concern, Brownsville, Washington township, this county. It will bo remnioboreu, that FOR Notice is hereby given that wo will found in you.

James-Chaw. Jennie Chaict. school requested Unit our annual Sabbath school ralley for Peru circuit be held at that place, nnd after tho singing not bo responsible for any bills made by our hands or sub-contractors unless the Don't forget the Old Sutlers' reunion parties making them have nn order of several pieces of amnio by the school, tind harvest picnic, to be held at Peru signed by us. Lape lLIFK' some months ago, one. Mr.

Vundever sued Wesley Cole to recover money paid him by Vandever as damages done Colo by prairie fire. Tho cost fell on Mr. Vundever. This trial, at law, teems to be to collect the costs in said case. There seems to bo a question ns to who owns the.

property taken by the Sheriil-, whether W. II. llayden, W. N. Cole, or some ono dsn.

JU. A. It. K. Contractors, the following committees were up pointed: when the first passenger tram arrives in our town.

Everybody invited, tlje PASTURE' LAND TO RENT. COMMITTEE ON GlfOfNIIH. people oi our neighboring towns, as Rev. J. H.

Strain has 1G0 ncrcs of Joseph Alfor.l. John Hart, W. well as tho people of tho country. good pasture land, just south of Father Sharp and John Taylor. J.

ii. BLAIR, The member of the county board. Record, to rent or lease on good terms. COMMITTEE ON INVITATION. Key.

J. II. Strain, Rev. V. U.

Tay GENERAL GLEANINGS. There is a good orchard of fruit to go iu with the land. Call on him at F. lor, and X. M.

Ash. which is to be elected in this district this fall, should bo one of the best men in the district. Ho should be competent, honos't, faithful, not stingy, not Hateho's, three-ouarters of a milu north Tho timo has not boon definitely fixed of Peru, for particulars. july8-3t. but will bo between tho 1st and 16th of September.

All schools in wastful. He should be a man not afraid to denounco wrong, protect right, and do exact justice to all parts of the coun reaeli will bo inviUd. A full program TH SINGER! will be.ptibiishc.il as soon as nrrangod. N. Ferguson, agent for tho Singer ty.

Ho should bo a man to demand of J. II. Sthain. We took a pleasant ri to Sedan, the latter part of tho week. Mr.

'Lewis, real estate agent, vouches for tho ctali'Vient thatthe.ro aro more widow women in South Sedan, than any town in the iitale. h. V. G. loan agent, can make you two loans in less time than wo can write his initials.

Mr. N. M. Lee, of Chautauqua Springs, is Very low with consumption. Chautauqua, Springs is finishing up unfinished business; by this we nieau that it is building up the breaches in the Sewing Machine, with headquarters nt the board, justice be given to this district.

the Peru mills, will supply Singer re Wc nominate W. L. Curtis, of pairs at any time. Call on him for your supplies. july8plm.

Dealer in Fancy and Staple Groceries, ANNOUNCEMENT! THIRD ANNUAL FAIR OF THE walls, imtinr; on roofing nnd laying down flooring. Chautauqua County Several tracts of land were sold in this county, last week, with a gain of $-100 on each tract. Joint Stack Fair Association, at Real Estate FOR SALE OR TRADE. I have sixty Acres of land for sale ad-jofniiigPcru. There is 15 ncrcs in cultivation, live ncrcs in meadow, two acres in orchard and 38 in pasture, timber and shade, two wells, a cistern spring and a good house.

Will sell for cash or trade for good stock. Call on S. C. IIOADLY or at The Times oflioe. We, were informed by several com haufauqua Springs, Will lie mercial men that the towns along tho Santa Fo and M.

A. railroads were doing a good business, while those Caned Goods, HELD SEPT. It, 15, 16 and ington township. Special attention is called to the advertisement of the Chautauqua Springs fair. This fair will bo held on the 11, 15, 16 and 17 of Sept.

next. Ample accommodations will bo furnished, good management and good premiums will beofleredto the people. Now let everybody get ready and make this fair a success. Wo have been blessed with good rains in timo to help our crops greatly, so let us rejoice, give thanks to Almighty (Jim! and remember that God helps them who helps themselves. An agricultural show is one of the great attractions' to our country and every lover of his county should encourage these fairs, remembering that it is not iu the range of probabilities that fairs can be held every hamlet, in the Therefore let lis lay aside all envy, strife, and ii! feelings, if wc have any, and join our interests together iasto show the world that we have something in ILL county.

north were comparatively dead. They Our convem-iences for holding this. claimed that Peru was selling tho most goods, and that Sedan, and Cedarvalo Annual Exhibition, tiro im-in Southern Kansas, and our lliirtl surpassed were aijout tio in sales at present. Out in Columbus the people wasted Pointing to tho Equitation wo have three kejrs of powder and 1,000 pounds earned in tho in extending this in- of raising thunder and itation again to our friends, we guar- in tee that while with us thev hall re- A FARM FOR SALE, One hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining South Peru, with fifty acres iu. cultivation, twenty-live of pasture, plenty of timber for fire wood, two wtdls, two springs, and ft house with three rooms.

The entire tract fenced, with about eighty of tila-ble land. Call on P. R. Raines or apply at The Times ofiice for particulars 1 3 julyMf. did not geta drop of rain.

Hut the editor of the Pc.ru Times when he wanted it to rain, just went up and told his wife about it. She told him that it eivc respectful attention, lilwind treat ment and witness an instructive, enjoy- ible and elevating entertainment. would rain in a few days, and it did! Now she did not have to raise half us much thunder ns Columbus did! KANSAS HAVANA J. 1. Heastox, President.

Lew Lyxx, Seere'arv. Okphajc Boy..