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played in the work given them. Taking it all in all, the exercises NO LIQUOR SOLD HERE. A Searching Legal Investigation Fails to Bring Out Any Evidence of Violation of the Law. must be pronounced a perfect sue cess, and all can say they did their duty. OBITUARY.

The Liberty party will hold their state convention at Emporia June 7 and 8. It is not believed that they will nominate a state ticket. Born to Mr. and Mrs. D.

S. Patterson, May 16, 1898, at Albuquerque, N. a fine girl. Mrs. Patterson is a daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. G. O. Buckles, of this township. Republic.

Dr. S. A. Day, of Blue Mound, has raised a company of volunteers at that place for the second call of William P. Conrey.

This week we. are again called on On last Saturday Police Judge Hartford, with the Rev. Charley Nessly and City Clerk Libby, organized a kangaroo court for the purpose of positively learning if any person or persons in Blue Mound to chronicle the death of another one of Blue Mound's honored and respected citizens, our neighbor and the president. He is a candidate friend, William P. Conrey, who for surgeon of one of the regiments now forming.

Kansas Notes in K. C. Times. died at his home in our city at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr.

Con Mrs. E. T. Prickett returned on rey had been in bad health for more than three months, suffering from an attack of lead poisoning, but his condition was not considered critical by the attending physician or his family until three or fourdays prior THIS STORE had sold, given away, drank or smelt intoxicating liquors, or had secretly or openly transgressed any state, municipal or divine law. In fact, the boys had decided that the skirts and moral reputation of the city had been stained, and upon themselves they had taken the.

responsibility of bringing to justice the ones who had violated the sanctity of our municipality. Without the filing of a complaint by any person, this trio of regulators proceeded to bring before this court, or smelling committee, some fifteen or twenty witnesses, and from each they attempted to learn if to their own knowledge intoxicating liquors to his death. The funeral exercises were held in the Baptist church on Wednesday morning, the Rev. H. J.

Hassard officiating. The body was laid to rest in the beautiful Pleasant View cemetery, followed to the tomb by a large and sympathetic concourse of friends, that showed the esteem in which he was held by had been sold or given away. After those who personally knew him. He was a member of the G. A.

GHBflFER I post of this place, and the casket which contained' all that was mortal of our friend was lowered into the tomb under the solem and impressive Tuesday from a few days' visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. L. N. Prickett, a sister-in-law who lives at Pleasanton, accompanied her home and will spend the week in Blue Mound.

Joseph Prickett was in our little city Tuesday, and dropped in to tell us that his new residence is approaching completion, and that it will be but a few days until he and Mrs. Prickett will be in shape to royally entertain the preachers and all friends who make them a call. The oration delivered at Mound City on Decoration day by Judge Doster is pronounced by those who heard it to be the ablest talk ever made in Linn county on an occasion of this kind. The judge is one'of our brainiest men, and as an orator, a jurist and a gentleman the people of Kansas are proud of him. Joseph Forrester, who has been employed the blacksmith shops of the Osage Coal at Cribs, I.

arrived in Blue Mound Thursday on a visit to his parents and friends. Joe tells us that during the fall and winter business at those extensive mines was good, as the coal supply for a vast country is mined at that place, but at present there is little demand, and in consequence trade in every line is quiet. Lee Mayfield and wife- returned from their visit to Texas, and, barring an exciting adventure with high water, they had a pleasant trip. They were detained at the South Canadian, Indian Territory, two days on account of a washout, and Mr. Mayfield says it was the closest call from high water he ever had.

Twenty minutes longer and the train would have been swept away. He helped build a boat and rescue several parties who had climbed trees for safety, and he and Mrs. Mayfield played the good Samaritan rites of that order. A loving and-kind wife, with two daughters and a son, survive him, and to them the neighbors and friends extend their most heartfelt sympathy. COMING EVENTS.

Than Ang Store in TlniS I State June 4 People's party primaries. June 9 People's party connty convention, at Mound City. June 15 People's party state convention, at Topeka. June 21 People's party congressional convention for Second district, at Olathe. .81.

INVESTIGATE emd know eight hours of investigation behind closed doors, they decided that Joe Smith had violated divine- law, the law of the city of Blue Mound and of the state of Kansas, and had wiped his feet on the constitution, and at once a complaint was filed by Uncle Samuel P. J. Griffith, and a warrant was issued by his honor, Judge Hartford, for the arrest of the offending Joseph. Seven p. m.

was the hour set to hear the case, but when the court convened it was discovered that several of the witnesses had crossed the frontier lines of the city limits and had bivou-acked bevond the jurisdiction of the city court. Then the case was adjourned until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, when everything was in readiness. The proceedings were opened in due form, with Attorney Nessly appearing for the city, and the Hon. John W. Poore for the defense.

Technically, it was a battle royal from the opening to the close. But among all the fifteen or twenty witnesses who testified it appeared that not one of them had ever purchased intoxicants from the defendant. In fact, the testimony of those witnesses would indicate that Blue Mound, from a moral standpoint, is far superior to the holy city of Damascus in its virtuous days, and every good, honest, true Christian who resides in our city should feel proud that the Prairie Queen is their home. There being no evidence that Mr. Smith had sold liquors in violation of law, the case was dismissed at the city's cost.

DECORATION DAY. THE, FfGT! AT LAFAYETTE'S TOMB. Paris, May 31. The annual American manfestation at the tomb of Lafayette took place yesterday. IT.

S. Ambassador Horace Porter and all of the leading Americans in Paris were present. Gen. Porter delivered a speech in which he dwelt upon the sympathy of France with the United States. M.

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They went as far south as Galveston, and Mr. Mayfield enjoyed the sensation of a surf bath. Linn Co. Republic. A Cheap Bird.

A one-armed soap man came to town Monday, gave our people a free talk, sold some soap, spoke for a room at the hotel for the night and a team from the barn to take him to Colony the next day. But, lo and behold! he did not come for his bed. Landlord Lamay looked around and inquired some, and found he had packed his little grip and gone on afoot. Was rather on the cheap order. Lone Elm Ledger.

We should judge from the description that he is the same pheasant that made the streets of Blue Mound echo three or four evenings as he shouted the praises of his-magical, tragical, whimsical soap. Accidentally Shot. Tuesday afternoon Dr. Lee was called to attend the injuries of Ben-nie Martin, who was shot by his brother Dick while out While close together in the woods, the gun was in some manner discharged, and tore an ugly hole through the fleshy part of the unfortunate lad's leg, after which the charge hit his wrist, making another painful wound. The wound, while it is not considered dangerous, is a very painful one, and it will be some time before the boy will go sqirrel-hunting again.

The boys are the sons of Widow Martin, living northwest of Pleasanton. The wounded noy is about 13 years of When you have any Produce to sell or Groceries to buy. We are making- very low prices on everything in our line. Will sell rou Fern, Diamond Ovalette and Nuggalt Soap, 10 bars of any of these for 25c. Good Sorghum, 20c per gallon.

Soda, 3c. And everything else for like prices. We have a line of Ladies' and Gents' Hose, Men's Underwear, Shirts and Overalls which we are selling at very low prices. Will take your produce in exchange, and pay you the highest market prices. EdgDon't sell your produce until you see us, for if we are not able to trade with you, we will see that you get what your produce is worth from the other fellow.

Come in and see us when in town. The Decoration day exercises in Blue Mound Monday were well attended, considering the fact that the farmers are devoting every hour that that they can to their cornfields. The oration delivered at the opera house by the Rev. J. M.

Payne, of Fort Scott, was pronounced equal to the best ever delivered in Blue Mound on such an occasion. The march to the cemetery was headed by the little girls with their baskets of flowers, followed by the old veterans, with the new company of the K. N. G. bringing up the rear.

This procession was large, and so well was it handled by the marshals of the day that it moved in the perfect order of a division of trained soldiers. The programme, while short, was carried out in perfect detail, and each and every one who was assigned a position is entitled to great credit for the interest they dis- THE excessive use of tobacco, especially by young men is always injurious and undoubtedly shortens life materially. Mr. Ed. C.

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