The Fowler City Advocate from Fowler, Kansas • 3

RAryfJQM Land Office Garden City June 14, 18SG. Complaint baviug -lieen entered at this The Advocate. St Mas ran Why Printers are The other day I stood within the com posing room ot a great daisy newspaper. There was nQthing to delight the eye co pictures, statues, or sumtous furniture. Serious looking men where standing -(fore.

their. cases so fixedly that nothing less than the falling of the roof would have districted their attention. Scarcely Our Immense Aside'lrom th.etregular practice the band and business meeting of town company, nigjit a littfcexcite-ment made things hum tor a then all was occasional "did they get tl.em $they gone is the reward Sqnie two weeks ago, a pietty little girl ran awav from her up Cimarron, and the mamma wanted the pretty but nugjity little girl back, to the extent of a real $100. Tuesday a couple of cowboys called late and ordered supper, and pretty soon two mot-'. The last two wanted to handle that 100, as they had a lock of the girl's hair The hrt two, it is conceded, were none other than the sweet little lass in tuna's apparel aud her Adonis.

They alj a.supper together, and the sinful pair walked out to their horses hitched at a distance got on them and started away. Then the brave(?) would be captors started for that $100. Eight or ten shots were exchanged but Venus and Adonis rode away into is now open aud displayed on our Counters. Tlie-Clotiiing ia all new and fresh and re bought it to SELL; and sell we will, even at a very elose margin. Come and select early, before they have been picked over.

We bought them for cash and got them cheap, and will giv our customers the benefit of Low Prices, Among them are DIAGONAL SUITS, CASHMERE SUITS, SEERSUCKER COATS AND VESTS. CHESTERFIELD SUMMER SUITS, ETC, Straw of every kind and Shape. HO FOE MEADE COUNTY VIA Ferguson's Stage Line- o- Entt red at the postoflice in City, Kansas, us second-class mail matter. LOCAl BIJtles! BiblesI I have a lot ot Bibles and Testaments, which I will sell cheap. Call soon.

IIakvky Joses. More rain. Kaiu last Friday. Iiain last Saturday. Kain last Monday.

W. II. Willis and fiivcj. Lawrence were in the city Wednesday. Mr.

and Mrs. J. Ii. Nelson visited in Meade Center Wednesday, Rev IXrr kit on Monday's stage for hi home in Sterling, Kansas. Sam Royal reports his new potatoes flourishing and corn just a popping.

The rain of Friday and Saturday of last week has made ootatoes, without the need of any more. Rob't Trotter says he likes to go fishing and catc pretty little fish, such as perch, bass, or II. Ii. 1 ledges' handsome home In the southeastern part of town is a pleasant one, of which he is proud. Mr.

Sund, onr ice man, has made arrangements with a gentleman in Appleton to furnish him in ice this summer for his ice cream business. He taes ZQi) pquuds a week W. II. Sprige, postmaster, and Lon Whorton, the Democratic Telegram man, were in the City Wednesday, and chatted pleasantly with Thk Advocate youth an hour or so. There are some nice samples of wheat displayed in Hurd Strauss' real estate oilice which were grown in this county this year.

We couldn't learn upon whose land they were grown. The Burden papers are booming a young woman for superintendent ot schools. Henthorn never goes back on a woman, especially if she is eood looking and has money to pay for puffs. O. S.

Hurd and family are now in their pleasaut little home, and all seem to be "hapyy as the day is long." The house is the neatest and best arranged one we have been shown through for many a day. D. C. Andrews will homes in the coun ty inside of four years. He has shade and ornamental trees planted orer his lots, and quite a number of vines and shrubbery.

Everything is tastatully ar- ranged 3Iark twain recently declined to discuss the future lite tor the reason that he had friends in both places. Mark possibly fears he may not get to the one he wishes and dosen't care to be licked over the entire campus for earthly utterances. Gem. Chief Sheers, of the Kansas. City police, has issued an edict against wearing mother hubbard dresses on the streets.

Some festive little witch in a mother hub bard has evidently used her seductive powers on the chief and he wants to get even. Gem. To the dead-heada who bum our paper ot Well equipped Stages Leave Dodge City daily, for FOWLER CITY, Meade Center, and Tascosa, Texas, J3 P. HENDERSON SON Have full and complete Stock of Groceries, Flour and Feed. GIVE THEM A CALL tyir Bo'iss Building.

BORROW MONEY OF THE Meade County Land Loan Comp'y. We pay oyer the Money samdaypapers are signed, Detll witVus and avoid annoying delays. Money city dur-up claims. Serve your best interests by seeing us before g. Some patents do very wrong to keep iheir boys in.

knickerbockers long stocking's they are nearly as tail as grown people. Take a slim youth, for instance, with a sma.ll leg, arjjd. abr normally large feet, on; which are heavy shoes covered by Arctic overshoes. Fancy his feelings when some other boy yells out! "Iay, gumboats, where re you going with those straws. Pgck Sun.

Infidels wb.o ridicule tlo Bible practice its presepts in whatever moral qnterpries they engage in or advocate. They enjoy the golden civilization, thrashed down to them without thankfulness to the Giver or acknowledging any sense the source of their obligation. Oiicago Inter Ocean. drertise the "Elixir de Milan," say that Mme. Patti uses to make her voice brilliant and clear.

As she has been offered an engagement Brazil at $6,000 per night, she will probably try Elixir de Brazil. Peck's Sun. A Cleveland speculator sent his son Wisconsin to buy hops, telling him keep his eyes open for any other speculation. After a few days a despatch came, saying:" A widow has got corner on the hop market of this state. Shall I marry her?" "Certain ly." was the reply sent over the wires.

Twelve hours later the son announced: 'Got the hops, the widow and seven step children, shall go to Chicago to-morrow to about a divorce. Wall Street News. The "Hying start" is a subject upon which bicycle ridere are all interested, and there seems to be considerable dif ference of opinion about it. There have been too many flying starts toward Canada of lafe years to suit the general public. reek's Sun.

Deacon Pillar says that Parson Proof- text preaches as fine a sermon as ever he heard. So logical, he says, and so broad. Fogg admits that Prooftext's discourses are perfect in reasoning, and reoognizes their breadth; indeed he goes further, and says that they are well proportioned; that is to say, that they are as long as they are Boston Transcript. Dr. Burchard, who, alliteratively if not literally, turned several hundred Blaine votes Clevelandward with his three IV has been ejected president of Kutgers emale College, lie was care ul not to make any speeches during this campaign.

Let us hope he has got in to his rut at last. eek zun. An editor is a man whose biziness it is to investigate a nuspaper. He write, editorials, grinds out poetry, inserts deaths and weddings, sorts manuscript, keeps a waste basket, 'blows up the steals matter, fights out other people battles; sells his paper for a dollar and fifty cents a year, takes white beans apple sass for pay when he can get it, raises a large fam ily, works nineteen hours out of twenty four, noze no Sunday, gets damned by everybody, lives poof, dies middle aged, and often broken hearted, leaves no munny, is rewarded for a life of toil by a short but free obituary puff in the op position nuspaper. Josh Billings.

Barney Card has been arrested at Warsaw, Ind.ana, on a charge of forg inr notes to the amount of $20000. He the highest card in the deal, but the "joker" was out, and now he is not even a nine spot. Peck's Sun. A sad accident is said to haye occurred at Wrallingford, recently. A colored woman had occasion to leave home for half an hour or so, and put her baby In an oyen to keep the little piccanniny warm, the lire being nearly out.

The husband came in while she was absent, and not knowing where the baby was, built a hot fire. Wife saw the smoke, hurried back too late dark despair! It is the greatest wonder in the world that some enterprising daily has not headlined the tragedy, iu large type, "Roast Sun, A dealer in sporting goods got stuck on an extra large lot of high rubber boots, and thought he saw a way out of the difficulty, so he advertised 'Rub- ber Baptismal Pants" in all the lead- ing Baptist publications. Py this means, he worked oil" most his stock to advantage, but now many of the purchasers are offering their bapUsmal pants at half price, as some of tho old-time hard-shells sat down on thu innovation, claiming: that the origiiyal idea. as they understood it, was to, "go down into the water" and get wet, and their nation that there is nothing scriptural about the new fangled "pants" would seem to hold water. recti's.

The Barber Disguised Hi in. Quite a good story leaked out the other evening at the expense of a granger who had come to Cincinnati to seJ the sights. WJien he left his hair and beard were of ery red. Landing at the Central Passenger Station he became fearful cf thieves, and deposited his wealth with Chris. Killmeyer, who keeps a restaurant on the opposite corner.

Several jokes were passed at the expence of his personal appearance, and he concluded that he would get shaved. Accordingly he went next door to the tonsorial establishment operated by Peter Matt. This knight of the razor has an eye to business, and after having trimmed his customer up very neatly, succeeded in convincing him that his personal appearance would be greatly improved by changing the color of his hair and bpard a jet black. This was soon accomplished and the granger was mtormea inaa, uie Darner diu amounted to, $5 75. Not having that amount of money aliont him, he returned to Killmeycr's and remarked to that fentlenian in a gruff voice: "Give me $20." Killmeyer looked at him with astonishment a.nd replied: "My friend, you must have been drinking.

I n't know you; why should I give you $20?" "Why don't you know me; didn't I deposit all had with you not an hour ago, and did you not give me this?" producing a due bill, from, Killmeyer for the amount. Chris, took in the situation and so did the house. The' havseed received his money with the. remark; by Kill- mever: "IT1 wager his wife will set the dog3 on him if he attempts, to. get into the house on his return, home.

Times- Star. Extremely Verdant "All flesh is grass," the prophet said; If this be true, I ween, The grass of which the djide was made, Was very, very green. 1 by to oflice bv Bennett Woodring against saac J. Thomas for abandoning his homestead entry No 747, dated at Garden City Kansas Annl 18, ISciS, upon the NW sec 12 twp 80s raoge 2bw in Aleade county Kansas with a view to the cancel lation of said entry; the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office the 5th day of October 1880 at 10 o'clock a to respond and furnish testi mony concerning said alleged round on-Ruent. 10 C.

F. M. kij.es, ueg. June 15, 18SC Complaint havins been entered at this office by Kufu Buxton against Mack lutjan abandoning his homestead mry Ko-2352, dated at Garden City, Kas May $9, 1885 upou the SE or sec twp 32s range 2(iw Meade county Kansas with a view to the of said entry; the said are hereby sum moned to appear at this ofuce on the otli day of 188G, at o'clock a 10 respond and Jurnish lestunony.concerniug said alleged abandonment. 16 c.

k. m.niles, Register. Land Office Garden City. June 15, 18SG, Comnlaint havinir been entered at this ottlcfi Thofaas Henry against John H. Thomas lor abandoning his homestead entry JNo onto dated at garden t'ity, March 27, 1885, upou the SE'i Set 27 Twp 31s range 27w in Meade county ms with a view to the of said entry: the said parties are hereby summoned appear at this office on the 5th day of October, lSii, at 10 o'clock a.

m. to respond and furnish testimony concerpipg said alleged a bail ment. 16 f. M. silks, itegister.

U. S. fcapd Office Garden City, May 28, 18S6, Complaint havine been entered at this office by Martin McCrary against Michael Spach for abandoning his homestead entry No dated at Garden City. Ivan. Oat 3'.

1S85, upon the SE1 Sec lt Twp 31s range 29w in Meade county, kansas. with a view to the cancellation of uaid entry; saifl parties are hereby sum- inonea to appear at tins ottico on the zith day of Sept 18.il, at 10 o'clock a. m. to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged bandonment, 14 O. F.

M. Ed, Register. Land Office Garden city, June 8, 1886 complaint having been entered at this oflice by John W. McNumnra agaht Samuel C. Sumpter lor abandoning his homestead entry No 6354, dated Garden City Kaus Dec 2,1885, upon the SE st-c Id twp range in.

Meade county Kans with a view to the cancellation of said entry; the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 28ih day of Sept 883 at 10 o'clock a. m. to respond and lurmsh testimony concern? lug said alleged abandonment. 15 p. f.

m. 2HLES, register. NOTICE TIMBER CULTUBE. Land Gcc Qar-den City, June 23, 1SS6. Complaint having been entered at this office by William H.

Walter against William Franklin tor failure to comply with law as to timber culture entry No U5 dated at Garden City Kan Sept 22, 1SS4 upon the Sec li twp 33s of 27 vr in county, Kansas with a view to tho cancellation of said eniry, contestant alleging that William 11. Franklin has wholly failed to comply with the timber culture laws in this, that he failed to break, plow or stir, or caused to be broken, plowed qr stirred ti-e acres of said tract or any part of five acres and that the whole of said tract ia now wild prairie land; the said parties are hereby sum. moncd to appear at this oflioe on the 19th day of October lS8b at 10 o'clock a. in, to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure. lb c.

r. m. kil.es, Register. U. S.

Land Office at Garden City, Knnb February 6. 188t Complaint having been entered at this oflice by Amasa Graves against James Kowe for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 415; dated Garden City Kansas August 7th 1884 upon the SE? Sec 18 Twp 3i Ranse 30 in Finney county Kan with a view to the cancellation of said entry: contestant al leging that the said James Rowe obtained said entry through fraud and connivance, it being fraudulent in this, to-wit: That the said James Kowe, in fact, never made the athdavit accompanying his application, and that said James Kowe was not in the Garden City land district at the time end affidavit was made and sub scribed Ti.e53id4'rties'art aei summon ed to appear at this ottice on the 16th day uf Ju- 7. ISivb at 10 clock to respona ana lur nish testiuiohv concerning said alleged tifUiire 11 i. JSiMis, Itegisier. Land Offick a-t Garden City, Kans.

June 1. 188fl. Complaint bavins hen entered at this off co by William Carter against Augustus for failure to comply with law as to tiaiber culture entry No 4355 dated March 10. 1S8J upon the NW1 and 3W Sec 34 Twp ls range 28w in Meade county. Kansas, with a view to the cancellation of said entry; contest ant.

alleging that no part said tract has been cultivated to crops or otherw ise durini: the second, toird and lourth vears trom uate said entry; that said tntry was not made for the exclusive use and benefit of defendant, but was made in the interest and fvV lue benefit of the Cattle iVvpany." aud not for the purpose jf cultivai ion'ot timber; that it was made lor speculative purposes and in vio lation of law. That five ar-res of sai tract were not p. anted to timber tree seeds or cut tings du riuir the third vear from date of entry by or tor raid defendant, nor was a like amount so planted durii.it tne fourth from date of entry, and that he is in default at this date. That no timber has been cultivated or protected on said tract or replanted where dead or destroyea lhat the only umber tree seeds or cuttin ever planted on said tract were planted by the cattle company about the latter part of April or fore part of May 18S5, in bad faith in their own interest and as a nice pretense ot compli ance with the law. That the planting consist ed of about 7 acres in irregular shape sot with hedge plants in rows running one way only each now beins from about 15 to sl feet apart and the plants 0 to 12 inches apart, lbat the company in the same manner planted an other piece of about 3 adrcion aid trapt.

That the plants planted as aforesaid have not been cultivated and protected, but have died trom neglect ur have bsen destroyed by the coinp.i nv cattle grazing over the tract, so Uiat aoou 10'JU plants are living on the 3 acre tract and not more than 30.) ou the 7 acre tract, and tnat nu plants iiave been replau.cd lieu ot dead or destroyed, and that the company con i rel and exercise ownership ot' the laud aud use it lor its own exclusive benetit. The said parties are hcreb summoned to uppcur at this trice on the 24th day ot September l.Wj, at lu a. m. to respi.nd and tcstiuiouy concerning said alleged tailure. lit K.

M. ll.KS, Ufgifcter. Laud oracc Garden City, June 9, 188i Complaint having been entered at this oflice by Christopher 8. Kockey against John It. Leslie lor failure to comply with law as to timber culture eniry iNo 2112 dated at Garden City Kas May 15,, 18So upon lots Iocs and the fcY.J4 -Mjt ana 4 SE.y tec 3 twp 33s range 2tiw in Aleade couuiy lvaiis.

with a view to the cancellation of said entry; contestant al leging that John Is, Leslie has wholly failed to comply with lhe limber culture law in this: That he Uas failed to break. plow or stir.or cause ihe same to be done. live acres during ihe fust year of said entry or tin lo the present lime, and that the same is now wild prairie; the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at tins oilice on the day of September 18b al 10 o'clock; c. m. to respond aud lurnish testimony concerning said al leged failure.

F. M. kiles, 15 itegister. K. SMITH.

SMI PO.WLER CITY, KANS done neat and cheap, and; Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shop next tioor to Springsteen Co's stables. GIVE ME A CiLL-. Stook of AUD GET PRICES. FOWLER CITY, mm G.

EMEES01T Manager. CENTER UTt BARNEY BARNEY is a coal black Morgan-NorniBU horse 17 hands high and weighs 1400 pounds. BARNEY will stand the ensuiu season at the following places FOWLER CITY On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Ayres' Stables WIL13U11N On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Browning's Stables. TEEMS: T0 I1TSUEE, $12 W. E.

Moody. AYER'S Cherry Pectoral. Ko otaer complaints are so iijaidious in their attack as those affecting the throat and lungs: none so trifled with by the Riajority of sufferers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting perhaps from a trifling or unconscious exposure, is often hut the beginning of a fatal sickness. AVER'S.

Chekuy Pectoral lias Trell proven its Cifiicacy in a forty years' light with throat and lung diseases, and should bo taken in all cases without delay. A terrible Cough Cnrert. In 185" I took a Bevere cold, which affected, my lungs. I had a terrible cough, ai.d passed nitfhi alter uight without slep. doctors gavciue up.

I tried Avkk'k Cnnnnv tokal, whicli relieved ny lungs, induced sleep, aud afforded me the rest necessary for the recovery of my strength, liy the continued use of the I'ectohai. a iK-rnia-nentcure was effected. 1 now 6 years, old, hale and hoiwty, and am satisfied jour CHKUHV Pectohal, saved me. HORACE l-A I ROI UERV Bockingham, July 15, 1882. Croup.

A lUotlier's Tribute. "While in the country last winter my littla. boy, three years old, was taken ill with croup; it seemed as if he would- die from strangulation. One of the family suggested the use. Of AVER'S CllERRV I'ECTOJ'AL, a bottle of which was always kept in the house.

Tliis was tried in small and frequent do.scs, ani to our delight iu less than half an hour the little patient was breathing easily. The doctor said that the Cheukv X'eitouai. saved my darling's life. Can you wonacr at our gratitude? Sincerely yours, Mrs. Emma GEnxr.v." 153 West 128th New York, May 10, "I have used Aver's Cherry Pec-tor ai.

iji my family for several years, and io not hesitate to pronounce it the most ell dual remedy for coughs and colds we have i vtr. tried. A. .7. Crane." Lake Crystal, March 13, li-S2.

I suffered for eight years from Bronchitis, and after trying many reim ies with no sue cess, 1 was cured by the use of AVer's Cherry Pec tor a e. Joseph Waldex." Iiyhalia, April 5, Ifcfeli- I cannot say enough in praisa of. AVER'S, Cherry Pectoral, believing as I do that but for its use 1 should long since have died from lung troubles. BEAGDOS. Ifalestine, Texas, April 22, 1X2.

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Ayer Lowell, Mass Sold by aU Druggistgj. (SaSSemoreD a sound was but the hint click of type falling into place. I never realized before so fopyfoly why newspaper printers are, us it is said, naturally cynical. To-dav they pet type that lells the world of rejoicings uid festivities, to-morrow the same type is made to proclaim disas ter and mourning; the same type which carries to IjOJOO homes the inaugural message of the ruler of 50,000,000 people has not time to lose its sharpness by use before it is employed to report the funeral oration ia the capital in memory of the same man. The momentary contraction ot the loretipger of despicable wretch levels the exaljte.d hopes and robes the whole civilized world in sable.

If there a spot oh earth where the instability human affairs is epitomized hourly, it in the composing room of a daily newspaper. Ex. God bless the man that invented gasoline stoves; and let every map rise up and call him blessed. Laud hiin as your benefactor, as the good fellow that tacked ou an extra hour's sleep in the morning. Praise him as your emancipator from a shovelcr of coal and a carrier of ashes, and ho has made 30U to sleep and dieam ihe morning; while the teakettle sings and the beef tieak hisses.

Exalt him as the champion of equal rights; that gives woman a chance to get up first, and no excuse for her insisting that you 6hal! get up too. Farewell coal, ashes, kindling wood; welcome morning snooze. Lon Whorton. Lon, old boy, you arc too lazy for any use. You ought to have the kind of wife and mother-in-law we have.

Any man who will brag that his wife has to carry the water, make the fires and shine his boots ought to be hung. It's the newspaper man's business to et and publish the news, but there are limits to human performance of dulj. We make this remaik for tho benefit of those whq complain of the lack of local news, but who are never willing to give the reporter an item. There are parties, socials, niarriages and deaths almost daily that we are unable to get all tU3 facts conr cerning just because people withold the lacts from us. If you are to have any party or amusement or know of any such let us know in advance It possible so we properly get the facts in time to make full report.

We invite all who ar think ing of any step or item that would be of general interest to let us know so we can be on the ground or have a representative there tor particulars. Ex. Mr. A. V.

Carpenter had a serious accident Wednesday noon, as he was starting out of town horseback. He was riding at. a rapid gait, when the horse fell and rolled over him. A ciowd gathered very quicklyFiifteclhiar a spring wagon and he was brought into town. When first seen, he was trying to arise, but was unable.

He was able within an hour to go home, one mile, in a tuiggy, but the result of the fall is not known. If internally, there is danger; otherwise, not, as no bones were broken. A rather serious accident occurred Monday afternoon in the south pirt of the city by the team of Mr. Rogers getting beyond control and running into a barb wire fence. The horses were cut by the wire, and one of them breaking a hind leg, injuring it so badly that it was shot to put it out of its misery.

The wagon escaped without much damage, and the boys that, were driving were frightened out ot three years' growth. Telegram. Nothing is more beautifying than a nnmber of trees in a yard. They add greatly to the apperance and value of aey residence and are a source of convenience and pleasure at all nimes. We would like to see every street in our city lined with them.

Their green foliage and spreading branches give a kind ot "come to stay" appearance that makes people from tho East feel as though they home." Press-Democrat. The subscriber offers at private sale at the Congregational parsonage in Fowler City on and after Friday, June 25, all his furniture and a great variety of household goods including sewing machine, vapor stove, heating stove, table, chairs, bedsteads, etc. See list of articles at the post office. Most of the articles are new All will be sold for less than their actual value. Harvey Joes.

Dr. 15. Ostrander of Mertilla, and C. L. Lester of Springfield, were in the city last Saturday, and while here gave this office a short call.

Democrat, Fargo Springs. Dear Lisle, Dr. Ostrander is a member of the Meade county Democratic central committee. Why didn't you say so? Kansas is preparing to raise grain enough to, feed the world. Kansas can do it.

Kansas is a part of the region which Fenimore Cooper, the novelist, a man as well informed as any other of his time, described sixty or seventy years ago as a "desert barrier to the westward advance of population," When Tr.ott,er 5c Myers shall have their building completed and stocked with furniture, the business branches will be near all represented in this the only business point in Meade coup.iy. The first tramp of season struch the town a few evenings ago. He also struck the Waco for "chuck," got it and went on his way rejoicing. W. E.

Moody of Fwier City was in the city Monday, aud reported everything on the move. Telegram. Miss Ida Barnes opened a school at this place last Monday. Beaver City, in the leutral strip, har a paper, so wc have heard. of it in to to a of those who pay for it wc would ask, i hc pn a Yi'oinan for traveling every-come to the office and get one when you want to read it.

Then you will have an excuse to rind fault or cuss the editor. Don steal around anu dead-heap; it, as you do other thiugs. Develop a wealth of character by per- tho starlit to have picnics aud pic nics. A ueputy sueri.il trom tjiisarrou was here also hunting the girl, but when the shooting commenced be commenced to run. Parties tried to get a conversation out of him, but he was frightened so badly he couldn't talk.

If we had violated the law and those fellows were deputized to arrest us, we would not have to go to Canada to avoid arrest. Defaulting cashiers are invited to this cotuity tor safety Kinsley had Us lirst labor strike Wednesday. On account of the rain Tuesday night the hands employed on Mr. Billings' brick yard were compelled to lay off Wednesday, Having nothing to do themstjves, and being prompted by a goodly supply of bug juice which they had in hi bed themselves, they concluded that the proper thing to do was to organ ize a labor strike, accordingly they proceeded to order out a number ot hands who were unloading ties for the railroad company. The city authorities were notified and the men who were ordered out were guaranteed protection, while the strikers were warned that any more bad breaks on their part would result in a cooling in the city bastile according tq the piost approved plan.

Whereupon the strikers retired with various threats for the future, but the soothing effect ot a sound sleep cooled their ambition to attend to other people's business and they have not been heard from 6ince. Mercury. "If you want proof that a woman Is more cautious than a man." said a drummer, "just keep your eyes open wnile traveling. A woman never forgets to start for a train so early that she will have forty minutes to ask her husband or male escort if her trunks are checked. She never forget3 to pause with one foot on the carstep and one hand on the rail to inquiae it she is on the right train.

She never forgets to ask tbp conductor if she has to change cars before reaching her destination, and if the train etpps at the place she want to get qlF. She never loses a ticket or a rain check, never drops her hit out of the window, never permits herself to go to sleep withjn 100 miles of her destination for lear she may ride by, never fails to get a whole seat for herself and another for her luggage, never walks from one car to another unless the train is standing still, and never get up from her seat to lpaye the train without turning to look arid see is she has forgotten anything. An editor died and slowly wended his way down to where he supposed a warm reception awaited him. The devil met. him and said: "For many years thou hast borne the bianae for the bad spelling a5as; the $1 has often failed to come in The printer has bedeviled thee for wages Saturday night when thoii hadst not a durned farthing to thy name.

Men have taken thy paper without paying for it, nd cursed thee for not cettinc up a bet- ter paper. Thou hast been called a dead beat by the train conductors when thou hast shown thy annual pass to their envi- ous gaze. All these things thou hast borne in silence. Thou can not come in So he fired him. As he did so he murmured to himself, '-Heaven is his home, and besides, if I had let him come in here he would have been dunning his delinquent subscribers and thus created discord in mv kingdom." Ex.

The professional trump, with an appe- tite like a threshing machine, has come airain with the budding spring. lie has no' any since last we extended him ths Jreedoui ot the city, unless it be in his numerosity. His air of familiarity and gall grows more oppressive, it seems to us, each succeeding year, but his gen- eral make-up is the same. Ia half an hour after he strikes a town he is a walk ing repository of grub. We watched one ot these back door callers doing a portion of this city the ether day.

Hehad jut started on his rounds. He visited lour houses, and at each of them was donated, a quantity of victuals sufficient to sup port a family a week- The layt seen of him he was brow-ding tho last contribution in his pocket and making ior the hoU9- ne was doubtless pieparinr lor a transcontinental trip ia a box car. New- ton Hcpublican. Mr. A.

Lucas met with a painful accident Wednesday morning, while trytntr to catch his pony in the pasture just east of town. He was pass ing behind the horse, when the pony.prob ing behind the horse, when the pony, probably thinking it was another horse, probably thinking it was another horse, let loose with both ieet, striking him in the side. The kick was not a serious one on account pf, his being close to the horse. Press-Democrat. Mihs Mary Adams, daughter of Capt Adams, editor and proprietor of ths daily Graphic at Harper, wa.i burned to death a couple of weeks ago.

The young lady was pouring coal oil into a hot stov? when the flames leaped out and ignib the oil can and her clothing. She ran out into the street, the wind increasing the flames so that life was extinct before the tire could be extinguished. be of is in sonal courage. Possess the courage to that tue printer has gotten off in the pa-speak your mind when it is necessary to per; the paper has goue alas! tor 1.50, application ior a loan. WILLIS Northwest corner im.

i Premium List. Kurd Strauss will nay to UieiMarnier who will bring to their oilice tor extiibu tion The largest and best watermelon $3,00 Hie largest and best luiiskmelon '6 00 The best sample of corn (10 ears) 2 00 The best sample of vhent 100 The best sample of oats 1.00 The largest ar.d best sample of corn on stalk 1.00 The largest pumpkin 1.00 The largest squash 1.00 The largest syeet potato .50 The largest Irisli potato .50 Tbe largest turnip .50 The largest onion .50 The largest sample of millet .50 The largest sample broom corn .50 The largest sample of timothy The largest sample of clover .50 The btt sample Johnson gratis .50 The largest sample of rye .50 AH samples must be raised wiitliin tit- teen miles of Fowler City, Kansas. The premiums wili be paid on Saturday, De cember 3, 1S86V Fowler Market, Report, C0HE(KC'5ED VyEKKJ'X BV SWEET JJKOS. Corn, per 100 lbs, 80c. Oats, per 100 lbs, $1.40.

Bran per 100 lbs, J5c Chop (corn) 05c; mixed, $1 05 Potatoes per bushel, 75fitl 00 Milieu seed, $1 00( 1 25 Cane seed, G571 00 lay per ton, $3 00( 5 00 Hides Green. 3(a5c; dry TtvilOc Chickens Per dozen, $3 00i5 00 Butter 15(25c per lb Ecirs 15c per doz. 4 FULTON HENSLEY, Proprietor Fowler Citv, STATIONERY, CANDIES, MII3NS, TOBACCO, ALE pop, mmii ETC. South Hotel DODGE CITY, KANSAS. Feed Stable.

Corrals and a good Pasture cxanected- Everything pleasrnt and homeMke. No drinks sold on the premises. Rates, $1 per day. uo so, ana hold your tongue when pru- dent you shoutd do so; to acknowledge your ignorance rather than seek credit under false pretenses. Rob't Trotter and Juo.

Meyers will at once commence the erection of a 20x40 business house on South Main street. The building will be stocked wiih surname by themselves. This will be a valuable addition to the business circle, the young centlemen being promising business men. W. F.

Ivrisle, late ot Tennessee, has built a neat 10x44 house on his quarter section of land he purchased of A. V. Carpenter. The house is divided into two rooms sixteen feet square with a twelve feet hall between. Ot course it is old to say he is pleased with Southwestern Kan sas, and the immediate vicinity of Fowler Citv particularly, but we say it.

little Mr. Ocorge Fowler has a nice home on an imposing site in this city. He has a nice system of water works of his own get-up a hydrant in each room supplied from his twenty -two-fcet-to-water Veil by his wind mill. He purposes an addition to tho northeast corner, which will iaiprove the looks as well as increase the comfort of the already pleasant home. A young capitalist a short time aro when escorting her home asked her what sort of "money" she liked best.

Of course the blushing beauty instantly suggested "What kind of interest does it bring?" inquired the iran of cur rent funds ii properly invested, tai- cituiueu.Mn.ei, it win uuuoie uie i original stock every two years." Ex. A newspaper in Illinois recently brought suit against forty-three men who would not pay their subscription and obtained judgment in each case lor the amount of the claim. Of these eight made affidavit that they owned no propel ty but what the law allowed them, thus prevent- ing attachment. Then, under a decision ot the supreme court, they were arrested lor petit larceny and bound over in the su'ui ot $300 bail. All but six gave bonds, while the six weut to jail-.

i xchangc. Miss Belle Andrews accidentally found a splendid piece of vacant land one day this week, two, miles from town. She oidn't tell anybody about but just proceeded to make improvements, and planted a pre-emption rilinc upon it. We kick. That's just, the thing we wanted, and, besides, some real estate agent is knocked out of forty dollars for locating come one oa it,.