Coldwater Review from Coldwater, Kansas • 5

i i EDUAlUlK.NDEliSON, h. I'riwiaoiit, First National Bank. Successor to bmi Does a General JOHN A FULL LINE OF Sears' Table and Sissors and Shears, Table and Tea Spoons. You are from Henry Sears Son, WE SELL THE "QUEEN" RAZOR! The se goods are unsurpassed for quality and price. JOUN P.

JONES. ClUlilHV, i S52.000.00. Coldwater Bank. is wm Banking Business. JOKES, Cashier.

THE CELEBRATED Pocket Cuttlery, Bob Ilcnkci as Tom Mrs. 0, L. Tichenor as Kate Ashton, Mrs. J. A.

Templeman as Lillie Ashton, and Mrs. T. Overman as Patty Jones, acquitted themselves with perfect satisfaction to the largo and appreciative audience. When all did so we'd all deserve the mode of praise so freely given them. After the play Master Hal Meade bade the aumence nitdit iu a well rendered speech.

It is to be hoped that the club will frequently, during the winter, favor our people with amusement of thu kind. A pleasing feature of the evening was tiie presenting ltev. Fay, the popular minister of the M. E. church, with a beautiful boquet.

Several wagon loads of salt from the vast salt plains of this county were ukl on the streets, Monday, at $5 a ton, With a county whose soil is unsurpassed for fertility, whose climate is salubrious and health, whose vast deposits'of super ior coal are found but seventy feet under the fuface, and whose hundreds of acres of pure salt can be had forthe scooping of it up, and the quantity inexhaustible and quality superior, we are bound to become one of the great counties of matchless Kansas. Some of our neighbors are making a great ado about finding salt a thousand feet under ground, while our great salt plain furnishes an inexhaustible supply on top of the ground. No boring, sinking or hoisting apparatus necessary, but where the salt may be taken to-day, to-morrow will show other salt to have crystalized to the depth of several inches in a single night. With inexhaustible salt beds, vast coal fields, the finest agricultural lands and the healthiest climate in the world what is to keep us back? The interest manifested in the search for coal docs not lag, as drilling and shaft sinking is going on in several places in the county with flattering prospects of success. The great find on the Pcpperd ranch seems to have filled our people with enthusiasm, and it is safe to predict that a number of coal mines will be opened in Comanche county in the near future.

The entire business portion of the village of Castalia, was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. u. won, Ykn-Prou'ilcut. SHAKEI of P. Organization, Granite Lodge No.

1C8 Knights of Pythias was organized Monday night last by N. L. Ilallowell, D. D. G.

of Kingman, assisted by Chas. Ilascall, of Grcensburg, L. A. Eby, Scott Rupert, F. R.

Holmes and L. M. Axline, of Medicine Lodge, C. R. Robinson, J.

S. Meyers, 0. S. Williams, John I. Lee, S.

A. Parshley, F. C. Price, R. S.

Smith and M. Stevenson, of Ashland. At five o'clock p. m. the boys formed in line and marched, en costume, through the principle streets headed by the excellent Coldwater cornet band.

The following are charter members of Granite Lodge: P. T. Henry, W. A. Templeman; H.

E. Oldfather, Ed Ward, W. D. Weiler, W. II.

Car ter, J. II. Bardwell, A. L. Freeman, Newt Froeman, Ed.

Youmans, B. F. Smith, Cal Eaton, John P. Kern, Mel Klick, C. P.

Kern, B. L. Eaton, Dick Rich, Tom Morrison, D. C. Kelly, Lou Rich, Frank Meyer, D.

C. Murphy, L. N. Wallis, 0. L.

Tichenor, W. D. Murphy, E. B. Widaman, T.

G. Chambers, J. L. Sombart. At midnight an elegant repast was served at the Merchants hotel, where the hungry' Knights' enjoyed the splendid feast.

The following are the officers elect forthe first term: W. A. Templeman, C. P. T.

Henry, P. II. E. Old father, V.C.; Ed. Ward, K.

of R. andS and M. W. D. Weiler, M.

II. Carter, Prelate; J. II. Bardwell, M. A.

L. Freeman, I. and Newt Freeman, 0." G. The boys start off in splendid shape and from the material 6f which it is composed, we predict that Gran ite Lodge will soou be one of the! best in the state. May success at tend them.

Comancho County Salt. Wicliita Esigle. Mr. K. Broadwell, of Comanche county, is in the city and tells of a great salt iodustr' in his section, with which he is connected.

He says that he is hauling salt on wagons thirty-five miles to the Santa Fe road and can sell it at a profit for $10 per ton. He has made arrangements with the Santa Fe company, to build a line to his salt vein." The extension will be completed in about six months. Mr. Broadwell that he can load salt on the cars for one dollar and seventy-five cents per ton. He think3 he will be able to furnish the entire west as soon as one road is constructed.

He also believes that more roads will come to his section when they find out the immense traffic that will come from the salt alone. The salt vein lies on top the ground and is thirty feet thick. It is ready for use when ground up. It is pronounced good packing salt. The rich vein of coal which was discovered some two weeks ago in the northeast part of this county, near Wihnore, promises to he a most valuable find, not only for Comanche county, but for southwestern Kansas.

A four foot vein of coal at a depth of only seventy feet below the surface, cannot but prove of unesti-mable value to the people of Comanche county. A shaft is now being sunk, and, it is thought, will soon be in operation. Those who came here from coal-mining districts in the east, say that the indications of coal in the vicinity of Comanche City arc good, and it is quite reasonable to suppose that since coal has been found in that part of the county, it might be found here also. It would be In order for some of our citizens to take the matter under consideration and make arrangements to prospect for coal. Comanche News.

Salt works and coal mines are big things, and 'while they will place Comanche county on top of tiis heap, wo must not forget our sugar interests. The success of making is an assured fact, and no point presents inducements for this industry thau Coldwater. It has been decided that Coldwater shall have a sugar plant, and when our people maktt up their minds to a thing thy h-ive t'w push and snap to put it through. On with tha sViTut benefit. Reduced railroad fares and reduced rates at hotels have been secured.

For particulars address J. II. Lawhead, Topcka. Rev. Thomson will preach next Sabbath morning and evening in this city, instead of Avilla.

County Surveyor E. P. Lee, who has been railroad surveying out west all fall, returned to Coldwater, Monday. The enterprising citizens of Nesca-tunga have organized a company and will at once bore for coal. It is to be hoped they may strike it rich.

There is a glorious future in store for the lucky citizens of Comanche county. Hold on to all the real estate you have, and buy more if you can. The K. P. boys desire to return thanks to their Ashland brethren for courtesies extended Granite Lodge.

Also to their Medicine Lodge and Kingman friends. A good play. "A Dark should be produced in every town in the country. We recommend both the play and the manager, F. J.

McIIenry. Journal, Ashland, Kansas. Come and look at our plush and goat robes, and a fine lot of horse blankets, whips, saddles, bridles, collars, buggy harness, etc. Milt Siiultise, Coldwater, Ks. Misses Lissa and Belle Mumford, who have for some months past held positions at the Merchants, left Monday morning for their former; home in Harrison county, Mo.

The girls made many warm, friends in Cold-water who regret to see them leave. V. R. Kirkpatrick, of near Ottawa, Franklin county, was visiting Rev. W.

R. Hutchison, his former pastor, this week, and looking at thecoantry adjacent to Coldwater with a view of locating. He returned home well pleased. Milton Armstrong, of Laurelville, Ohio, has been spending some daj-s prospecting in this county. He secured a fine quarter of land six miles northeast of Coldwater and may make other investments as he appeals well pleasod with the outlook Like all strangers, Mr.

Armstrong called at the Review headquarters and deposited the needful for the great religious weekly for one year. Wednesday last, Charley Trcnfield, the popular liveryman of Nesoatunga, was united in marriage to Miss Cina Shirk, of Shimer township, by Judge Widaman, at hi3 office in this city. The high contracting parties were accompanied by II. C. Callihan, J.

R. Patterson, T. E. Beck and Misses Ef-fie Simms, Eflle Veatch and Bessie Sunderland. On returning to Ncsca-tunga the happT couple were tendered a reception and serenaded at the hotel.

The Review extends the usual congratulations. "A Deed." Standing room was at a premium at Turner's hall, Saturday uight, to witness the above named play. It was a great play. Jacksoaian, Cimarron, Kans. A Rare Pramctic Treat.

On Monday evening, the 28th, the lovers of pure legitunate dramatic entertainments will be afforded an opportunity to witness one of the moyt intensely dramatic plays written in the past decade. We refer to the comedy drama entitled, "A Dark Deed," which will be brought out by the Coldwater Dramatic Club, under the supervision of that sterling and experienced actor, Mr. F. J. Mclleniy.

Bear thi3 in mind, Mr. Mcllenry's recommendations do not come from the other sldo of the ocean or the far east where we would have no meaa3 of ascertaining their authenticity but are from towns surrounding U3, and are taken from papers that arc our constant exchanges, and they ttamp him as a gentleman and an artist in line. Therefore, it is but reasonable to suppose that under his efficient stage management, the more than remarkable dramatic talent that we undoubtedly have in our midst, will be developed to. an astonishjng degree. Consequently the public can re3t assured that while they are spending their mono- in aid of a pood cause (lifting of the debt of the ML E.

church) 3'et they will get full for the expenditure in an A No. 1, first class entertainment. LOCAL NEWS'. S. C.

Cross, of Protection, was a guest at the Merchants, Monday. Comanche county's coal and salt takes the cake. "There's millions in it." A sermon to young men at the U. P. church next Sabbath, the 20th inst.

The "toe" lino of the Kingman News appears to have caught on in great shapo. Judge Ellis has appointed Horace county attorney, vice S. Osborne, resigned. Beymer, at the City Bakery, carries a full line of fresh candies, cigars, canned goods, etc. H.

J. Troth, the gallant old veteran democrat of Rumsey, was in town to-day and made us a pleasant call. A prairie fire northwest of Cold-water has been raging for several days. We hear of no particular damage. F.

W. Andrews, one of the pleasant young men of Harper, was an entertaining caller at the Review office to-dav. There will be union thanksgiving service at the U. P. church on Nov.

Mtk at 10:30 a. m. Preaching by Rev. Fay. Brother Mounts, of the was over Wednesday, and took the cast bound train for Winfield to meet a business engagement.

Parke Thornton; has returned to Coldwater with his handsome The Review force extends congratulations and good wishes. Buy coal of Kelly Johnston. Eastern $7, and Canyon City $10 per ton. Delivered free to any part of city in 1,000 pound lots. G.

II. Lockwood and Tom Morrison left. Tuesday for Kansas City. Mr. L.

goes to and Tom to buy another big stock for his firm. A ladies gold watch was raffled Our young friend Jas. H. Bardwell. of the Chicatro Lumber was the lucky winner.

Lake's stage hue leaves Coldwater daily at 4 o'clock A. M. and connects with the trains at Medicine Lodge. Leaves Medicine Lodge upon arrival of train. tf R.

C. Palmer, Alf Ward and Jioardman Smith went out Tuesday morn in 2 for a chase. A wolf was scared up near town which the soon ran down and despatched, dogs Coldwater is still showing substantial improvement and a number of buildings are under way. The Prairie Gem marches right along regardless of obstacles. Lucky is the man who invested in cur young city.

Newt. Kirkpatrick, ot Ottawa, this state, was in the city latter part of last week arid the first of this week looking after land. He expects to purchase in this county and start stock farm. Mr. McIIenry is a gentleman and au actor of merit.

His play "Dark Deed" is beyond the average. We hope the people of Coldwater will give him the support he so richly deserves. Ashland Herald. Jack Osborne a ew days sinco resigned his position as county, attorney. Jack will leave in a few days for Texas, where he will make his future home.

The good wishes of many friends attend him, Tha members pi I. O. O. of Coldwater will give a grand bull at Rich's opera house, The boys of this lodge are widc-awaks, progressive gentlemen, who have odd fellowship at heart and deserve a lib-oral support from our citizens, Let all lovers of the Terpseehoreau art turn out and take an interest in this grand affair. An elegant supper will be served.

The Review has received an elegantly printed programme of the Kansas Statu Teachers' Association to be held at Topeka on December 27. 28 and 29. Every Comanche i-ounty teacher who can possibly do so should attend this meeting of tho association. It will not only be full jf interest, but will be lasting The Last Loaf. Rich's opera house was comfortably filled, Tuesday evening, to: witness the above play, the first of the season, by 'the Coldwater Dramatic Club.

The entertainment was a church benefit, the performances opening with exercises by a number of Sunday school children young misses and boys, who had received careful and skillful training by Mrs. 1). E. Hutchins, the indefatigable Sunday school worker. The stage, under, her magic hand, had been transformed into a lovely bower of beauty and artistic loveliness.

The curtain rose at eight o'clock, disclosing a happy, and pretty scene that of a May party, with lovely Lottie surrounded by a profusion of flowers, as, queen. The boys and girls were encostume and presented aa appearance both lovely and enchanting. Our littic friend Palmer Fos and pretty little Mabel Miles were the picture of childish innocence on a teter board, other's were amusing themselves in swings and other childish sports. The beautiful queen was surrounded by a bevy of lovely maids of honor, who with song and flowers crowned their queen. They were Ethel Mc-Clain, Mabel Harding, Maggie Mcln-tire.

Gertie Stafford and Laura Car ter. The queen stepped from her flowery bower, when the winding of the May pole by Paul Jones, Irwin Stafford, Frank Kimple, Lottie Chandler, Ethel McClain, Mary Hutchins, Minnie Cole and Myra Hathaway, the beautiful songstress of the evening, was acted with such grace and exactness as evinced their perfect training, Pretty little Miss Baker rendered "The Swallows'' in excellent style. Then came the C3as3 of Bees composed of Viva Darroch, Mabel Miles, Eva HalUday, Ilattie Fox, Collie Chandler, fihirlej MeCla'm, John Scott, Boy; Gentry, Hal Meade and Frank Ileynolds, whose acting won the hearts of the audience. At the of these exercises amateurs came before the audience and presented in an elegant manner tin touching iittle drama of "The Last Loaf." So well was the play render ed that many claimed for it bettei acting than most traveling, troupe give us. Charley Pauley as Marl: Ashton, ()." L.

Tichenor as Caleb Han son, Ed llutfliiasort as Harry Hanson J. A. Templeman as Dick Bustle..