The Torch Light from Plevna, Kansas • 1

1 A i li 4 OR JljL i 4 JL Here sh.aU tlie tlie People's riglrts maintain, Unawed by inHuence and. xmtoritoecl toy-gam. L. D. ABBOTT, PROP.

PLEVNA BENO COUNTY, KANSAS. THURSDAY, April. 11. 89. VOL.

1 NO. 44 r3 i 1 Wei! Wo PI ppn la Iris i iU ill The Democratic press seems greatly exercised over a appt'-intnunt of Grant and Lincoln to a foreign mission. Don't worry gentlemen, the boys will try to hump along and take care of their salaries even if they are deprived of your valuable advice. Mr. Kotmtz, ex editor of the Be! pre Beacon called on us Monday, he was on his-way to Turon to make arrangements to publish a paper there.

He is a geutle-manly appearing young man and must have grit if he thinks of starting a democratic paper in Reno County. Your char.cis for land in Oklahoma are as follows. There is about thousand claims including sand lulls and all. Then-is CO.000 men want claims, a man at Stafford is just 225 miles from Kingfisher, the nearest land office, so if you go, stand the defeat like a man, don't come back here whining. I li 111, CONSTANTLY ilJUi ON HAND 3 All -kind pumps I 1 of et 4 pumps and pump Length pumps, SELL HEAP FOE CASH.

Lyman Mead lias sold uno of his farms to the Allison boys. The boys are killing a kvgL1 number of wild geese these times. Serene Amend has purchased one of the houses of J. W. Clark.

Oh! no we are not going to Oklahoma, we have been there before. Mr. and Mrs. Benenel, visited 3Ir. John Ely of Neola, this weeK.

The ground is well wet and prospects are good for big crops this year. Sam Work, on of the first settlers of Stafford Co. has gone to Oklahoma. Mr. Brownloe lost a fine barn and considerable grain by lire, one day last week.

Mrs. J. B. Haulen, who has been visiting at Anthony Kan. has returned homo.

The mustard seed society will meet next Saturday at 4 p. at the M. E. Parsonage. Real Estate is commencing to look up, several lots of land changed hands this week.

John Heimuller of Cooper twp. will become a citizen of Barton county in the near future. Old woman don't talk to me about burning off a prairie, don't you know I was brought up a farmer? If this weather holds the wild flowers, mocking birds, butterflies and tramps will be here. A five minute talk to the 3'oiing people is given by Rev. Sulliger, at the M.

E. Church, every Sunday night. Gentle spring is passing awaj and golden summer, barefooted kids, tumble bugs, wasps and mosquitos are upon us. Dr. Bulow, formerly of this place, now of 111.

has our thanks for a very fine photograph of himself and J. Lee Jolley. Mr. McAnulty formerly of Oas6oday is assisting Mr. Young, wind up the business of the St.

John Marsh Co. at this place. Mr. W. Clark has exchanged his two houses in the south west part of town with L.

Nean Akers for property in Garden City. 1 goods. Force Wood pumps. friends, and it is but human nature for them to do so. You may say mob law will take care of that.

Don't study on that, there is between 300 and 400 of them in there and men that are sharp enough to get and hold a job there for that purpose, and are able to take care of themselves. They will have the law on their side, and there is now 500 well armed and diciplined soldiers there to take care of mobs and 1500 more so placed that they can be got there in three days, if necessary. So while there may be rough times there, you won't stay on a claim long unless you have a legal right to do so. Next, remember there is now over 30,000 men ready to go into Oklahoma and that the Teritory is not as large as Reno county and to go further, all know there is now car loads of beer and whiskey at Arkansas city and Purcell, ready to be run in there and unloaded on the 22nd and the bar keepers have their buildings along, in sections, all ready to put up when the train stops; and in one hour whiskey and beer will be for sale; it will be a pandomine, keep away; If you must go, take our advice, buy a return ticket, keep the return part and before you have been there three months you will use it. There will be men get rich there, but where one gets rich twenty will be killed and one hundred financially ruined.

You may think we say this to keep the labor here, but that is not the case. Corn huskers will be thick in Kansas this fall, the tide will have turned, FROM STAFFORD HERALD. Fine rain, Sunday night. Where will the poor farm be? Corn has commenced to grow. The coal men have had a poor winter.

County Commissioners meet this week. J. W. Clark and family go to Colorado soon. Mr.

Crist is very sick and not expected to live. 3Ir. Jack Miller and Harry Ellis were in town Monday. Quite a number of St. John men were in the city Monday.

Mr. Paul Nagle was in the business center Monday. They Wanted him. Last Tuesday morning, Mr. Richardson, saw a wolf and mounting a horse, gave him a chase, the wolf ran towards Mr.

Horn's Bill forgetting all about Ids dignity as deacon in the church, jumped onto a colt and lit out to help, after running him about 5 miles, George McNeil, saw them coming and mounted on a fresh horse and came into the race and they actually run the wolf dowp. Geo. jumped off of his horse while it was on the run, onto the wolf. This is the second wolf he has caught that way this season. The badges for tlie Loyal Blue Cadets have arrived and th boys meet every Monday night for drill.

The cadets were organized and are drilled by Mrs. Rev. Sulliger. The following officers were appointed at the last regular meeting: Captain, Stephen I. Holmes; 1st Earl B.

Akers; 2nd Paul B. Bous-man; Sergeant, Virgil L. Gaston; Color Sergeant, Edward L. Tracy; Corporal, loseph W. Edwards; Company Clerk, Louis B.

Hillis. Mr. Fred Verning has for some time been selling German Electric belts and appliances in this part of the country, they have different belts and appliances for different diseases, he has sold many of the different appliances for kidney disease rheumatism, lame back and about every complaint the human flesh is heir to and we are happy to say, both on account of the ailing ones and the seller, every one that has purchased one, seems highly pleas ed with them, he gives a written guarantee with each, and alwiys has a supply on hand. We saw last Sunday morning four or five bright young boys about 15, shoulder their guns and start for the country hunt. Now say to those boy's parents, if you have no respect for the Sabbath, have a little for your neighbors.

How would you like to have a gang of strange boys shooting around your premises on Sunday keep your boys at home. In the 45th year of her age, Mr. Philip Blackbeaye, of Fairview twp. Mrs. B.

has for vears been a victim of that fell desease, consumtion. She will be hurried at Pleasant Plains, Pratt Co (tomorrow) Thursday. April, 11th. THE HALLADAY. Cri 4fc 3 -ilKH 'ill For sale by the Plevna Lumber Compny.

For sale. For the next 40 days I will offer my farm at a sacrifice. I have two good houses, one of two rooms and a six roomed house, good pasture of 100 acres. Young orchard, cherries, mulberries and small fruits bearing. 13 acres in forest trees.

This will be sold very cheay between now and the first of May. II. A. Abbott. Plevna, Kans.

Loud and prolonged were the express -ions of unbelief, when it was rumored that Mr. Charley Macy, got up at four o'clock Saturday morning, but when ij was found that it was all for the sake of a promising young school maam, and that he ran Old Bet, all the way to Arlington, to catch the train, we felt like cryin, "Lord help thine unbelief." He says; "he would have gotten ber thereon time, if she had been ready when he was. On to Oklahoma. Will now be the crv of the rest-less spirits in the land. To that class, we have nothing to say, but to the honest homeseeker, we say in all kindness and candor, don't go.

You are far better off here in Kansas than you can possibly be there. First; there is now people enough on the Kansas and Texas borders to take up all the land there is in the Territory. Second; While the bot-torn lands are fine and rich, the uplands are not worth farming. Of-course every man thinks he will get a bottom farm. Of that there is very little chance, as the old boomers have the correct No's, of every good piece of land.

Next, there is now a small army of railroad laborers in there and those are exempt from the terms of the President's proclamation. They will have good claims picked out, the papers filled out ready for filing, and hundreds of them will be standing at the door of the land office ready to file while you are journeying round to locate the land. And as to jumping, you had better let that job out as it won't be a paying investment. Of course many will say that it is not fair for the railroad laborers to take advantage of the President's permit to go in there to labor by locating land. True, but how are you going to prevent it Those men are there on legitimate business; they are, fortunately for themselves, where they have a fi'ood chance to take care of themselves and a few of their Corn is on the rise.

Plenty of rain good crops. Onion sets 15c. qt. at Arthur's. Mr.

M. Moody, is visiting Hutchinson this week. Inquire at Arthur's for sweet potato plants; 10,000 slips ready to set. First come first served. There was never a better prospect for wheat and oats than now.

Prospect for peaches are good, will have plenty and to spare. Ora Skinner has moved to Turon, and will farm for L. L. Jackson. Good flour $1,00 per sack, at Arthur Severance's.

A nice lot of wire cloth for windows, just in at the lbr. yard. Mr. Ballard has put tabs in his cattle's ears and taken them to the pasture. Mrs.

Mardis, who has many friends in this neighborhood, has moved to Sylvia. If you want a good farm for almost nothing. Call on ir. A. Abbott, at Plevna Lumber Yard.

Abbj'ville is on the wa rpath. They ejrg a man and lick him both in one night. I want to go to California, and dig gold, and will sell my farm cheap. H. A.

Abbott. Plevna, Ivans. Rev. Bacon, preached a sermon at Bull Head Sunday, that was worth hearing by the best of us. H.

A. Abbott, lost one of his matched span of Cleveland colts, an examination proved a heart trouble. Rev. Bacon from near Turon, will conduct the services of the U. 15.

Church at Bull Head, the next twelve months. A Farm for a Song. Come down to the Plevna Lumber Yard and sing your song and get your farm, H. A. Abbott.

Ed Ilannon took his shot gun and went out to hunt coyotes, Wednesday night. The echo of that melodious voice haunts him still. L. D. Abbott wears a hat with a large sized bullet hole in it.

Arthur has a nice lot just in and we think could fit him with a new one. For Sale A good farm of 320 acres, good six roomed house, 100 acres pasture, 13 acres in forest trees, small orchord, for sale cheap. Inquire of II. A. Abbott, at Plevna Lumber Yard.

For Sale A good farm, a good location, good neighborhood, school house on place. Will be sold cheap. Inquire of II. Abbott, Plevna Lumber Yard. I want to settle up my business and go west, and I will sell my farm cheap for cash between now and the first of May.

If you want a farm come on. We see the farmers of Reno county have met and formed a Farmers Institute. Why won't it pay our fanners to go and do likewise? Mr. Fred Verning has just received the finest electric battery erer in this a present from the Electric company he is traveling for. We got another wild goose from F.

O. Watson last Saturday night, we kept goose) within range of our six shooter all night and you bet we had a game dinner Sunday. The people of York twp, are on their ear about the R. R. making a flag station of Neola, they say they must have a R.

R. agent or the Company get no interest on the bonds. We hear the Co. Commissioners have purchased 160 acres of land of V. Richardson, for a poor farm.

It is three miles west and one mile south of Stafford. We hear they got it at a bargain, and it is fine land. Mr. A. Peacock the assessor, who is confined to his home, has deputized Messrs Reigel and Biddle as his deputies.

If they have not, they will soon call on you. We think Mr. Peacock's selection good. From reports, they are having one of the most successful meetings at the Zenor school house in Cooper twp. ever known in that neighborhood.

Rev. Nichol of Mo. is conducting the services and there has already quite a number united with the church. Charley says he was more than pleased when he saw Earnest had brought in two geese from his bunt Saturday, but when he hitched to his buggy Sunday morning and found the dashboard broken ofc and the buggy suspended by wire, he did swear a little" notwithstanding he was going to church. Fortunately Earnest had gone to Sunday school or he might have heard the remarks.

We are pleased to learn that our friend Darr has taken to church going, heaven went seven miles out of town to attend worship last Sunday, now if spring chickens were ripe we wouldn't wonder at this but must confess we don't see the point so early in the spring. A A.