Linn County Republic from Mound City, Kansas • 8

DECORATION DAY! from far and near to the Come one, all and everybody make your headquarters at Decoration and RICHARDSON'S GROCERY, The Place for Bargains; ALSO The Place to Sell Your POULTRY, BUTTER and EGGS. of sugar for $1, but we will We do not sell 25 pounds -take them straight through- -cheaper sell you Groceriesthan any house in Linn county. with us, come in and see if If you have never traded the thing ror you. Come in and see us we do not do right -everybody. the accommodation and benefit We are here for of the people.

DSON RI GROCERY COMPANY. Moond Citr Progress. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1894. LOCAL NEWS. cod fish at the Farmers ExFresh change.

hammock at Bacon's and Get you a enjoy life. R. Kincaid, of Kincaid, was in town Wednesday. New lot of kid gloves-blacks, tans and grays.Mrs. E.

M. Gentle is visiting friends in Pleasanton this week. Rev. F. W.

Otto will preach at Pleasanton Sunday night. Ladies you should buy one of those cheap veils at The Racket. If you are thinking of buying a new carpet call on Spears Son. You ought to see how cheap you can get shoes at the Shoe Store. Mason's fruit jars at Richardson's Grocery Now is the time to buy.

The dancing club will give their regular monthly dance Tuesday night. If you want to trade second-hand furniture for new. Call on Spears Son, There will be a camp-fire at house on the evening of Decoraopera tion Day. Dennis Patterson, a clerk in the CadGrange store, visited in the mus over Sunday. Talk is cheap.

And furiture is cheap that it is clear out of sight Spears Son. Dotted Swiss with flgures, Very pretty and new this season.F. G. Watson. A daughter was born to Mr.

Mrs. C. L. Martin, of Centerville township, Tuesday. Dried apples 10 cents and silver skin prunes at the same money at Farmers Exchange.

We have a good supply of rubbers and lids for Mason's fruit jars.Richardson's Grocery. Mrs. Julia Gottlieb. of Kansas and Miss Nellie Eby, of Pleasanton, visited the family of E. M.

Gentle Monday. N. G. Rowley, of this township, Wm. Everet, of Pleasanton, were amined for pensions at Pleasanton the pension board Wednesday.

Paroxysms of whooping cough times cause the rapture of a blood sel. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral gives stant relief. The Pleasanton base ball team the Watson nine, of this city, bats on the grounds at Pleasanton Wednesday, and the Watson nine done up to the tune of 26 to 11. We have orders from the market for 1,000 dozen spring chickens. Bring them in on or before Decoration Day and get dry goods and groceries.

We have bargains for you that be beaten. -Richardson's Grocery. MEMORIAL DAY. of Exercises to be held at Mound Program City May 30. Raising flag at sunrise.

AT COURT HOUSE SQUARE 2 P. M. Music Home Band. Prayer -Rev. J.

M. Iliff. Singing- -Choir. Recitation Mrs. Dot Sands.

Music-Band. Oration- -Hon. John Randolph, of Pittsburg. Forming procession to National Music- Choir. cemetery.

ORDER OF MARCH. Prairie Home Band. Firing Squad. Committee on Decoration. Children with flowers.

Woman's Relief Corps. Presiding officer, orator and chaplain. Montgomery Post G. A A. R.

Citizens. EXERCISES AT CEMETERY. Decoration of graves by Children. Decoration by W. R.

C. Strewing flowers by citizens generally. G. A. R.

ritual exercises by Montgomery Post. -Choir and congregation. Benediction. President of the day, T. Ell wood Smith; Marshal, H.

H. Woy; Chaplain, Rev. J. M. Iliff.

THE DRILL AT WORK. First Test OIl Well Now Being Sunk The in Linn County. -Other Notes. Guffey Galey have located 1 their first test oil well in Linn cunty on the Babb farm, about one mile north of Pleasanton, and on Monday afternoon they begun drilling. Tuesday afternoon when a PROGRESS reporter visited the scene of operations the well was down about seventy five feet.

Their drill rig is one of the most complete, and being in the hands of expert drilthey expect to sink a well in lers twelve days by working two shifts of hands and running day and night. John L. Gove has been working in the vicinity of Mapleton this week for Guffey Galey. Decoration Day Committees. Committee on stand decoration.Miss Mattie Jones, Mrs.

E. L. Marsh, P. L. Bently, Mrs.

J. C. Cannon. Mrs. Committee on gathering flowers.Inda Fleming, Laura Smith, Mary Harrison, Fanny Williams, Ely, Ed.

Marsh, Robert Ernest Kincaid, Percy Gove. Committee on receiving flowers Mrs. at court house. -Mrs. Lucy Dewey, Octavia Smith, Mrs.

J. W. Wickham, Jessie Swift. Friends in the country are earnestly requested to bring there will flowers be a to the committee court house, where to receive them. Mayor's Proclamation.

Memorial Services will be held at Mound City on the 30th WHEREAS, day 1894: Now, therefore, E. of May, L. Mound Marsh, acting do mayor hereby request that of the City out of respect City, to the day and occasion, all good and loyal citizens of said city close their usual places of business and closed between the hours of keep them one and four o'clock of said day. E. L.

MARSH, Acting Mayor. Special. Half price sale of millinery and shoes for the balance of this month at Rankin's shoe store. Mother Urged Me I took three to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. healed, and I have not bottles, the sores Only the scars been troubled since.

of the remain, and the memory remind me of the good past, to has done me. Ayer's Sarsaparilla I now weigh two hundred and twenty in the best of health. been on the road for the past pounds, and am I have noticed Ayer's Sartwelve years, have in all parts of the saparilla advertised United States, and always take pleasit did for me." ure in telling what good "Only the Scars Remain," Says HENRY HUDSON, of the James Smith Woolen Machinery Philadelphia, who certifiles as follows: Among the many testimonials which I see in regard to certain medicines performing AYER'S 0 of the on ago, none more cures, 18 which Twenty swellings at my blood, years, than impress broke the cleansing I case. years legs, come my me had age and became running sores. Our family physician could do feared that the me no good, and it was be affected.

At last, my bones would good old Ayer's Sarsaparilla Lowell, Mass. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer Curesothers, will cure you VICTORS are Standard Value.

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-IF YOU WANT A- Farm Loan, or an Abstract of Title To your land cheaper than any other person in the county can make it for you, call on E. L. MARSH. Bacon Block. Mound City, Kansas Room 3, Waymire has united two Blue Judge Mound couples in marriage this week, William Forrester and Miss Saturday Cora Campbell, and on Wednesday Thayer and Miss Lizzie PatterSidney son.

Jacob Waymire, of this city, has Mrs. natural curiosity in the form of a a chicken with three perfectly developed legs. The freak is now over a week old and is apparintly as thrifty as any in the brood. The Mound City Steam Laundry is full blast. Enough work has running been contracted to keep it runalready ning every day and more is expected.

A larger washer and engine will be put in at once to meet the increasing patronage. Services at the M. E. church next Sunday morning as usual. In the evethere will be no services, but inning stead there will be union memorial services at the court house.

Rev. J. M. Payne, of Pleasanton, will preach the memorial sermon. M.

A. Waterman, assistant bank examiner, was in the city Wednesday and went through the Farmers and Merchants Bank of this city. He pronounced this institution to be in excellent shape and approved the conservatism of its cashier and officers. call attention to its statement in We another column and its solid and substantial showing. Thos.

Myers, of Wall Street, is using the chinch bug infectant with sucHis son Eph, south- west of cess. town, is also using it in his wheat with marked success. Others in the county have and are making a success of it and are saving their crops. With a station in the county there is no doubt but that the little pests could be eradicated and the damage from them reduced to a minimun. John Jefferies, of Ottawa, president of the Kansas Prohibition Publishing was in the city yesterday on business.

This company publishes the Lever, and he says they have about 1,600 subscribers. The writet met Mr. Jefferies at the court house where he was trying to convert Bro. Jack Hawkins to the prohibition party doctrines, but Jack was unyielding and couldn't see the error of his ways. See the World's Fair For Fifteen Cents.

Ill. No Nomination. Upon receipt of your address and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our souvenir portfolio of the World's Columbian Exposition the regular price is fifty cents, but as we want you to have one, we make the price nominal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to be prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest of art.

If not satisfied with it after you get it, we will refund the style stamps and let you keep the book. Address H. E. Bucklen Chicago The deadlock is still on in the republican congressional convention at Olathe. After the 627th ballot Wednesday night the convention adjourned to 9 o'clock yesterday morning.

The vote stood Buchan, 45; Funston, 40; Howard, 18; Smart, 12; Parker, 11. We are selling the best 5 and 10c hose in town. -The Racket. Mrs. Elizabeth McMullen, nee Collingsworth, was born in Prebble county, Ohio, March 23, 1818.

At the age of 15 years her parents emigrated to the state of Indiana, where in after years she met and married Otho McMullen, January 11, 1835, settled among their relatives and spent 34 years of pleasant and successful effort, surrounding themselves with every comfort of life. To them was born fourteen childrensix sons and eight daughters ten of whom passed on before, leaving four to mourn the loss of a dear mother, whose love and sympathy was always active and ready to point out the best paths in life's rugged journey. With a part of their children in the fall of 1869 they removed to Kansas and settled on their pleasant homestead in Paris township, where, after a protracted illness of several weeks, on the 20th of May, 1894, aged 76 years, 1 month and 28 days, she calmly fell asleep in abiding trust in her Redeemer, who for over 40 years has been ber strong consolation, she being a consistent member of the Dunkard church all these years. Mrs. McMullen was one of those rare women whose home was her dwelling place, and whose altar was dedicated to the good and true.

Revered by her family, loved by her neighbors, she has left a will void be in felt. the Fifty -nine years, 4 months 'and 9 community that long days she has been crown of life to her faithful husband, who is left sorrowing on life's bivouac--waiting we trust to meet the one on the ever green Funeral services Monday at the shore. conducted by the writer. A home, large and attentive audience lisvery tened to the discourse, and followed the body to its last resting place in Wesley cemetery. S.

B. McGREW. Mrs. Elizabeth McMullen. Real Estate Transfers.

Real estate transfers in Linn county furnished to the PROGRESS by. E. L. Marsh, abstracter, Mound City, Names. Description.

Consideration. Carrie B. Botkin, administrator, to George J. Miller, block 300 00 1, Pratt's addition to La patrick; lots 5 and 6, block 6, Blue Emery E. Trowbridge to A.M.

KirkMound 1,000 00 Zella Page to Alfred Page; sw of 1,000 00 sec 6, town 20, range 23, Scott W. F. Lemon to T. J. Blakey; lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

10, 11 and 12, 00 block 153, 125 Lee Mayfield, sheriff, to Harry 0. D. Hickman; nw of sec 16, 40 00 town 21, range 22, Centerville Irene J. Ward to Elizabeth Tyson; undivided of of se and se of sw and part of nw in sec 800 00 30, town 20, range 22, Liberty G. M.

Noble to E. W. Goodrich; lot 29 Mound City 52 14. block 8, E. M.

Tucker to Samuel A. 20 00 Hazelbaker; lot 9, block 167, Pleasanton Probate Court News. The following marriage licenses have been issued by the probate judge during the past week: Names. Ages. W.

Blue 20 William 1 Cora E. Campbell, Blue 16 27 Lizzie Sidney Patterson, Blue 23 Thyer, Items from the journal of the probate court: May 21-William F. Brown was apof the estate of pointed administrator Samuel S. Brown, deceased. Take Notice! Down She Goes! hanging 74 cents per roll, Paper and you may save money by seeing me before getting painting done.

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It is guaranteed to give perpay satisfaction or money refunded. Price feet box. For sale by Boughton, Van 250 per Ness Co. Your Watch Insured Free. A perfect insurance against theft or accident is the now famous Mon bull out BOW, the only bow (ring) which cannot be pulled or wrenched from the case.

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The manufacturers watch case opener free. will send you a OFFICIAL STATEMENT Special. Financial Condition of the Farmers Of the and Merchants Bank, at Mound City, of Kansas, at the Close of Business State the 4th Day of May, 1894. on RESOURCES. Loans and discounts on personal 10,550 89 and collateral security.

Loans on real estate 40 88 Overdrafts Real Furniture and fixtures. 558 57 United States bonds on Expense stocks and bonds at their Other present cash market cash items 7 35 Checks and other Clearing-house 3.354 00 1,245 00 Gold 559 75 Silver 105 58 Fractional currency Due from other banks, sight ex- 38 5,128 change 21,550 40 Total LIABILITIES. 12,320 00 Capital stock paid Surplus fund on hand Undivided 725 79 Interest 23 39 Exchange Dividend declared but not 8,481 22 Individual deposits. Banks' and bankers' Demand Time certificates Bills Bills 21.550 40 Total State of Kansas, (ss. Linn County, cashier of said bank, do solI, H.

the above statement is Reese, emnly swear best that of knowledge and belief. true. help to me the God. my H. C.

REESE, Cashier. So to before me, this Subscribed and sworn L. GOVE, of May, 1894. JOHN 15th day the 16th day of Notary Public. (Commission expires on September, 1894.) J.D.

Correct. A. BACON, STRONG, Directors. WM. Cox, Sheriff's Sale.

May 11, 1894, First publication of Kansas, The State (ss. Linn County, E. Heydon, plaintiff, VS. H. Robert Urry, H.

M. Wilcox. C. Urry, Robert Kincaid, Lulu A. Wilcox.

William Marie L. Spears and Lillie Kincaid, Paul Spears. VIRTUE defendants. OF AN ORDER OF SALE, TO BY me directed and delivered. Court of issued the out State of the sitting in and for Linn county, in Sixth Judicial District of Kansas, the 12th day of said state.

I will, on Tuesday, o'clock a. June, A. D. 1894, at the court house door in hour of 9 of said day, at and state aforeMound City, in the county and sell to said. offer at public in hand, all the sale.

highest bidder, and for interest cash of the aoove named right, defendants title in to the following described to-wit: Lot eight to $8.1 the in City block of real estate. two in Cannon's county, in the State of Addition Mound City, in Linn the recorded plat of Kansas, according to said city. on and to be sold as Said property property of the levied above named defendants the LEE MAYFIELD, Sheriff. Sheriff's office, Mound City, for May 10, plaintiff 1894. WM.

RICH, Attorney Pasture at Lost Creek Ranch. pasture for about 40 I have good horses or cattle. Plenty of head of and shade. J. H.

LEWIS. water 0 the City; and exby some- vesin- and crossed was eastern cannot of in of a. in the of of of as 40 of.