The Hornet from Spring Lake, Kansas • 2

THE Spring Lake Hornet. Noli me tangere." Published every other week, Charles K. Sourbeer, Editor and Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year $0.60 Six months $0.25 ADVERTISING RATESTwentyfire cents an inch, per montb.

Flashes Watch 'Eli" boom. Look for blizzarde. Business locals 5cts a line' Mrs. Geo. Barnes, has retorned from Indiana.

A Spring term of school will be taught at this place. Mr. N. B. Clark, our ex-county superintendent, has gone to lud iana on a short visit.

Meade Center capitalists are getting scary and are pur. has. ing land in the vincinity of at fancy prices. Mr. Geo, Winder, lately disrosed of his fine quarter scction of land, to Meade Center parties, the consideration being $1.500.

The literary society hate mained their paper The Wasp. lt being rather youthfull we won't say anything to dis. courage them. Our esteemable ficad, John Werth, stows pp in abis iseue with a "'great big ad" the: Cap. has gone into Real Estate and Loan business at the center, and can give you bargwias ip any.

thing in that line. Populi', in the Montezuma Chief, very truthfully piccures the magnificent Crooked Creck country, the rast expanse of unbroken arable land and its irexhasstable fertility. The one only drawback cited is the want of Railway facilites at present, this want we are bapry to be able to assure our northern neighbors is to be soon supplied without the expense of running new sounty machine as sugjested. Before the snow of another winter flies, the Kansas Southwestern of the Mo. Pacific eys tem, will have traversed the beautiful Crooked Creek country from East to West and from ELi the branch to Garden city.

will bave been constructed. Patience i. others, without money and price "you'l git thar" We have engaged the band, and will pay for the music, but you are cordially invited to engage in the d.ace. The New West wants every farmer in Gray county to sub- scr be for that paper. see where is Gray county situated, anyh Ford Gazette.

That's what we have been tryling to 6n-l out, but we've give it -Mo, Chief You are respectfully refered to the Hon. T- J. Matlock, representative from Harvey county, for the information (not) desired. Montezuma is dandy, we ouly wish it were located a wile or two nearer the equator then when towaships twenty nine are restored she would shine jewel in Meades bright diadem electrifying the world, Meade it wilbe, when its lost territory op the north is returned this winter, is g.ed end igh. We sho ald not covet on Sister Gray's bright light.

Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at the town hall.Everybody cordially inyited. Rev. A. P. George, preached at the crooked creek church Monday morning aud eveniug.

Rev. F. P. Moore's health has been compleatly broken down, caused by nervous prostration, and will return to Now London conn. to recover.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Last week while Ar. George Winder was engaged in breaking a pair ponies, attached to Li ghat wagon, a part of the harness suddenly broke throwing Mr. out of the wagon, causing serious injury to one of his arms, which was at first supposed to be broken. Dr.

Angle was at once sent for. and under his skilifu! attention the patient is making rapid advances toward It is estimated that at least 20, 000 people were present at the inauguration of Governor Martin ac Topeka. Awong the namber wore nine ex-governors of the state. A. T.

BODLE, ATTY- AT LAW. MEADE CENTER. KAS All orders for job work neatig and promptly execute! The man who's keen and wise And wants a boom Will advertise, Look carefully over this issue of the Hornet and be cami. of that it contains about as much original matter a8 any paper ia the connty..