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The Prairie Owl from Fargo Springs, Kansas • 3

The Prairie Owl from Fargo Springs, Kansas • 3

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The Prairie Owli
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Fargo Springs, Kansas
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We understand that when Mrs. At a recent reunion in Wheeling, the members of the G. A. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO refused to march under the portrait -THE- Whose Owl are you reading? For farm loans see Scates Calvert AEtzold, Bank entrance. ago for a visit with her parents in old Missouri, she thought that even a long visit would not satisfy her, but already she is willing and anxious to return to Fargo Springs, and so much so that her visit will OAK.

CITY. LI VERY. Call at the Office of Carr Stein and make arrangements for a farm Loan. of President Cleveland, which hung suspended from a printing office, The entire column of over five thousand veterans made a detour to avoid it and drooped their colors ac they passed. So it seems the old soldiers of the east have no more love for His Vetoshid than those of the west.

Who can blame them? No one who remembers their suffering and objects to the veto of President Cleveland of private and the A. B. Carr Editor and Proprietor. Subscription itss: One year, Jjix months, 75 Tliree month's, 50 Single Copies. 05.

Terms. Cash in Evervthmg First-class in Every Particular. be cut short and a home run made Good Acccid: atiuns and Faigo Springs public school opened Monday morning, with Professor Keeder as principal. Deeded Lands Relinquishments bought and sold, by Scates Calvert Courteous Treatment. OAK CITY GOOD UliiS dependent pension bills.

Meade Corpty re Republican 0 Kansas Notaries Public were kept pretty busy Monday, filling out pension certificates for old soldiers. Advertising liates: Display, per inch per mo. Soots. Two of more inches, each 50, 5.ocal business Col. per line, 05 reading 10 feW.

W. KIMBALL SO For bargains in deeded Lands and Relinquishments) see Scates Calvert Etzold. at once. T. A.

Scates, Mrs. R. Keller and D. Summers were appointed as a committee to prepare a program for the county sunday school convention to be held here October-10th and 11th. This insures an" in teresting program and an enjoyable time may be expected.

It is to be hoped that all the Sunday schools of the county will be represented here at that time. Wm. Cox, of 33-33, brought us some samples of the products of his farm which is as good a showing as we have ever seen in this State The'corn he brought is well developed and matured and it has been Theo Botkin is in Topeka this week. Mrs. Wm.

Welch returned to the city, Friday. Mrs. W. A. Gillum went to Lib Sunday.

Herbert Goodland is regaining health slowly. W. H. Day, of Oak City, was in town Saturday. Our devil says Jumbo is in town, whoever that is.

Mrs. A. Russell attended church here last Sunday. Dr. W.

II. Dorsett has moved into Fargo Springs, Mrs. S. Campbell was upon our streets, Monday. Charley Rollins new store on South Central Avenue, is a daisy.

Cash Gustin and brother, of Oak City, were in Fargo Springs Tues day. William Carroll, of Tarbox neighborhood, was in Fargo Springs Monday. Magnus Buck, of the south side was in Fargo Springs Mondaj' and Tuesday. A. K.

Stoufer and Miss Hattie Martin, were viewing the sights at Liberal, Sunday. Fred Shuck is back from Cincin "Who will be the next to announce Only live dollars an-ounce, be it a The city of Harper has passed an ordinance making it unlawful to publicly curse, swear or use abuse-ive language towards another person, or. publicly use profaue, blas-phemious, obscene, abusive or offensive language. Eagle Now then, it is necessary for her to pass an ordinance which will eorapell her citizens to patronize the home papers and keep their sub scription paid up, else how on earth is an editor to live there, no chance to cuss or spread himself as he is long or short one. A I) UNDERTAKIK G.

(n-o) you take theOWLi II not, why not? xJ Or do you borrow ir from your neighbor? so Are you too poor or Time Card A Hail road VeT Bocx Ab hives At Caedex City Ts'o. 1, Franoisco express 2:59 a. m. Xo. a.

Colorado Utah 353 p. m. We acknowledge the receipt of an 1AST BOUND ABBIYEB AT UARDE CITY vitationto a Grand Ball to be gi No. 2. Atlantic Express li P- m.

Co. 4. Kew York Has Just OPened The Largest took Of en at Spriugfield, 9th, for the benefit of the Springfield Cornet Band. exactly ninety-three days since it do when things don't go to was planted the samples of pearl suit him. millet were about four feet long Before making arrangements for with well filled heads some of which a i' arm loan call on Carr Stein office Rear Bank of Fargo.

OFFICIAL DlRECiORY UNITED isTATKS. PrcsM.jnt. Grover Cleveland. iSewrsfcary of State, Thoma F. Bayard.

"Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Manning. tteoreUry of war William Endicott- Necrctary of the Navy, William F. Vilas. Vostmastcr-General Auiru.stns H. Garland, tormn'r of Agriculture, Norman J.

Coleman. Scates, Calvert Etzold, have a EVER BROUGHT TO SEWARD COUNTY, CONSISTING OF Parlor Sets, Bed Room Sets, Fine Bed Steads, Sofas, Tables, Chairs, Cots, Wire Spring Beds, Etc. And infact everything in the Furniture lino. FARGO SPRINGS, KANSA measured over nine inches in length The potatoes were of the early rose variety, smooth and large. Mr Cox will harvest over one thousand bushels of corn, an abundance of rice-corn, millet and cane.

He has already dug sixty-five bushels of A Scheme is. on foot to take the Panhandle of Texas, attach it to the neutral strip and form a new territory of the consolidation. An effort will probaly be made to' have this done when congress meets. Eagle Yes and we'll bet a new tin whistle, that the Rock Island Railroad company, has a mighty well developed 'hankerin arter' namin the town which shall be the capital of that new territory, and we'll bet another jS'i ate of Kansas. complete set of abstracts, of Seward county, abstracts furnished.

As evidence of the prosperity of Fargo Springs it is only necessary to state that her population nearly doubled in the past six months, every house is full of people and there is a constant and increasing demand for dwellings. V. S. Senate' nati. The bovs will all come bask John J.

Injrals Preston B. Plumb. X. E. Coro 11 H.

E. Funston 1. W. Perkins. Thomas By an John A.

Anderson to Fargo Springs every time. of Conjrress W. H. Green went to Lamar, potatoes which grew upon less than one quarter of an acre of land. Thus it will be seen that something can be raised by a man who is willing Vilas and other western towns last I Tnruer.

S. It. I'eters. Btate Asrent at Washington S. J.

Crawford. hfpf JiiMtice of Sunremc Court A. H. Hortoii. G-.

STEIN week, returning Friday evening. that they are going to come verry near doing it too. Their road bed H. J. HDISINGTDN Frssidant, Cashisr.

Scaes, Calvert Etzold will urn ish you cheap money to prove up vour claims. 2-39-lf- County Superintendent, Mrs E. D. M. Valentine.

is almost entirely completed to the Territory line in tue south part of If vou want to buy or sell a deed A Kftoctate ustices Oovernor. Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, A nditor of Treasurer of State, the countvand the western end of OF ed piece of Land or Relinquishmer W. A. Johnston, John A. Martin, A.

P. Kiddle B. Allen Tim. McCarty. James II, Hamilton-J.

II. Lawhead S. B. Bradford. D.

Thacher. their track is about one tnvudred to work, whether the season be wet or dry. The county printing of Seward county was awarded to the Soap-Box Mertilla Times You are considerbly off there Mr Times man. The county printing -Authorized Capital, S5C OOP, miles east of us, coming thil, way at the rate of Iavo miles a day. The Rock Island is not always asleep when her eyes and mouth are dont fail to call on Scates, Calvert fe Etzold.

next door south of Bank. At a regular meeting of the G. A. R. post of this place held here on last Thursday, W.

A. Gillum was elected Commander to fill vacancy caused by the removal of J. L. Wells. Public Instruction, Attorney General Htate Printer Secretary Uoard Agriculture Historical Society of Insurance, Librarian Adjutant General FA KG KANSAS I DIRECTORS.

1 Vim. Sims, F. G. Adaiae W. J.

Lea II. J. Denuis. A. B.

Campbell F. Brown attended the Liberal Sunday school convention, last Sunday. D. W. Holland, of Ulyssess, but a property owner here, was here Saturday, shaking hands with the boys and looking after his interests.

Oliver H. Stafford and Wm. H-Huffman, of the south side, are in Fargo Sgrings this week hauling hay for the southern stage line company, Miss M. Delia Beall left for her old home in Iowa, yesterday morning. She goes to take charge of a school.

Miss Beall is an excellent teacher. was awarded to the Prairie Owl long ago. -M 9 iCSUIUl UillCV Mill A Jlll. IIarwood, Capitalist, Fargo Springs, Ram Carr Stein do their own exam- mjsu. o.

oiEis, kjasnier, i.1 r.rgo springs, lvan ai Sewaro County. A territorial editor says in his s. Gims i 1111 n'A- parties borrowing money do This institution is cantroled axd mari3 treil by repsesentative Kansas inc, who will operate it for the good ot Southwestern Kauhiu Oliver leisure iUjt iiave to wait two or three weeks Adam T. xuwclanU a. i.uuia.

an examiner to come and look Kaf IUuji-S nV(ir tlwii- Money to loan at the Lowesx Prevailing Hates Exchonges Boaghi and old W. liixon Representative Couuiy Cleik, ouuty Treasurer 'VnitjUM Judc tllejk'ister ol ieeds t-ouuty Surveyor, i ounty Aitot uey 4ruit. public Instruction District Clerk Commissioners -j paper: xesteraay we were marrieu again, It will be remembered that both our former wives eloped with the foreman of the office To avoid any future inconvenience of any kind we have this time married a lady who is herself a compositor and she will set the type while we will hustle for ducks who still owe on subscription. Dakota Bell. (Money laanad on deeded land in Southweatern Kansas on one.

three or fiv Or. A. Ij. r-Lluivel li L) Au-ruu, Mrs. E.

F. Brown J. L. A-UllbtOttl. E.

A. alfon. KiiuoaU T. i'tales. We notice in some of our exchanges, prominent among which is the Abilene Gazette, articles starting out thus: "Do Your Own Painting." Now, as far as we are concerned we don't take any stock in any such talk or the man who wrote it.

Let us turn the sheet over: "Do Your Owx Printing!" How does that strike you? There are men who earn thei'- bread and butter at this business, who have spent years familiarising themselves with the business, and the best results to be attained, and we say if yon have any painting to do hire a "painter" to do it unless your means are limited so that you cannot pay him. This is true of all' professions and years time at Jowext rateH. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 County Script Purchased COERESPO 1ST DE TSTOE John DuBois keeps the gravel between bis place of business and the Pacific Hotel pretty hot these days. Wonder if they eat seventeen The lank school girl and the sallow complexioned boy malces Rome howl down in the vicinity of the Union School building. Nearly all the shingles are loose on the buildings in that neighborhood already and school has only been run ins threcdays.

You dont have to wait for your Mortgages to be recorded, before you TO Ul I RS times a day at the Pacific. CriEincAL National Bank, New York Citt. First National Bank, Kansas Citt, Mo. Finney County Bank, Garden City, Kansas Cimarron Bank, Cimauron, Kansas Promptly Attended tofc Trustee Justices of thel'eace Xruasuivr CIer, Chas. Edwards left for Iowa his old, home, Sunday he expec B.

Miller, Xatiiiin Josephs JacKtou. li. B. Miller. T.

A. vaughn W. 1. Williamson ltotji. Lester to be gone for some time.

Charley The Industrialist will in future be sent to every newspaper in Kansas. Editors who place it upon their list will have the satisfaction of know ing that their publications will be closely read for those items of interest which the Industrialist takes elight in reproduceing, The Owl is pleased to enter the Industrialist as an Ex. Constables is a good boy and we hate to can get your money, it you make 3011, loans with Scates, Calvert Etzold spare him so long. money furnished in less than a Aveek Numerous placards tacked to the Gustave Chirong is still on top in the melon business. That 47 pound one which he left at our office- last week leads anything the man who wants the whole earth generally gets about six feet when the general dividend is struck.

Don't be a clam. Bunker Hill News Oh, come off, Mr. News, had you the least spark of springbang you would know that the legion: "Do Your Own Painting" applied only to the female classes. Do you think that a beautful young lady dressing for a reception or ball would think of such a thing as calling in a common paint sliuger to fix her up? brought to this market this Beason. P.

O. Boxes the first of the month, bore the significant legend residents of the town will take the hint and drop a fifty cent piece into the till of our worthy post mistress for a quarter's box rent it will greatly assist her in meeting her bills. Societies. W. C.

T. U. Meet every Saturday at 1 o'clock P. M. Mus.

Stoufeh, Miss Emma Mills President, toec'y L. Tj S. S. Meet every Wednesday ot each week at residence of members. Mrs.

W. A. Gillum, Miss M. Dklla Beale, President, Secy. G.

A. R. Fargo Springs Post Xo. 'MH meet in their Hal on the Und and 4th. Saturdays of each mouth.

A. J. CRUTHEBS, Charley Klinefelter hasn't missed it quite so badly after all, he is A rope factory in. Leavenworth would be a paying enterprise. Kan sas can raise plenty of hemp, why should she not make her own rope.

Times. That's right, start the factory. Every county in the state could use aiore or less rope to pretty good advantage. Send us a thirty or forty foot piece of good pliable truck. leader of a band in Cincinnatti and what he lacks in development of cheek by lack of business, he can make up in lip by blowing on a brass horn.

If you have any Real Estate bus iness to transact, Mortgages, Deeds, filing papers or Relinquishments to make or abstracts to go to Scates Calvert, fe Etzold next door Hold 011 to Vour Claim. G. W. HAAS KINS, Commander. Adjutant.

A. Rhoades, our popular I. O. 0. F.

Fargo Snrings Lodge. Number 3C7. meets grocery man was too busy the firt of the month to make out bills, so that the men who owed him had to every aaturday night in their hall in the Bank Ulock. Visiting Brothers cordially invited to attend. A.

K. Stoufeb, JL. A. Etzold, Secy, N. G.

be "stood off" for sever al days be fore he could get time to square his The Dakota Bell, which has gain ed considerable popularity for its humorous articles, has suspended for want of home patronage. It was published at Sioux Falls, D. T. Wasp. Ah, there! Brother a little to your laurels, one or two more breaks of the 'Johnsinys" Uncle Tom's Cabing Company sort, and up you go.

books. Anton Kinkelaar was in this city to Bank, Fargo Springs, Kans. Whose OWL are yon reading? We are grieved to learn of the death of W. H. Way, of Oak City.

He died on Saturdajr morning, Sept 3rd and was buried at Liberal Sunday! but a short time since we met the deceased in the full vigor of manhood with all the prospects of a long and prosperous life before him but death which is notorious as being a non respecter of persons fastened his grip upon him and he had to go the way of the world. Tuesday. He says the Rock Island Railroad Company are laying out The man or woman who possesses in their own right one hundred and sixty acre farm, situaten in any good agricultural country, is extremely foatunate and is by no means poor It is the best property, and safest and surest in value that there is. Other property may fluctuate be high one day and low to-morrow but your farm is always worth a good price. Live stock may die or go so low that there is no money in handling them; town property owing to some change, may depreciate in value and even become worthless banks may fail, but a good farm is always and at all times good property and worth a good price.

Land is yet cheap in Kansas but it will not be long, It is bound to go high er and the man who sells his farm a town on his farm which is situated about seven miles east of this place, we are glad that this chunk of good Wlien the Liglituiitgrs Flashs A. F. A. M. Fargo Springs Lodge U.

D. meet Friday nights of each week in Masonic Hall, Fargo Sprlugs Kansas Visiting brothers cordially invited to attend. G. b. Siein L.

Calvebt, Scc'y. W. Churches. Presbyterian. nPxesToyterisan.

Preaching 1st, and 3rd, Sundays of each mouth, in Union Church, corner of Main Street and SisJer Avenue at 7 o'clock m. Rev. C. Clabk, Pastor. fortune has fallen at the door of space Tnere is Millions in this" keep your eye on it.

our friend Anton. Our friend, J. M. Cartmell, of Liberal was in the city Saturday, As may be seen by a glance at our announcement column this week, Mr. Ed.

W. Hopkins, of this place and brought us some fine samples of millet. He says that corn will make more than half a cropTwhile Methodist Kpiscopal, Services 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 11 o'clock a. m. Bey.

J. B. Bbadley, Pastor. When it lightens you should close the windows and doors; if you have your head out the window jawing at your neighbor, step back and put the window down even if he gets to have the last word, Send each of the family to different rooms it is unlikely that every room in the house will be struck, so some of you will escape. Don't hang around the kitchen stove where the hired girl is cooking, as lightning might come down the enimney and you, or your wife come in the door with the same effect.

Umbrellas attract at present prices will soon regret it 500 to 1,000 is no money for a quarter section of "dirt" but there are those who are so short sighted that they think a few hundred dol cane, millet, rice-eorn fec, will make vn extre large yield, so that is a candidatefor County Attorney subject to the decision of the Fargo Springs nominating convention. Ed is a good young attorney, well liked by all who know him. He would -certainly make a good County all in all crops will not be such a Each Sunday at Union Church at 10 o'clock m. v. s.

Stouter, Supt. and shoes cheap at the Boots Paiace lightening so never ask another man to allow you to walk under his in a lars, which will be spent almost as soon as received, superior to any good farm. Such men are always to be found in any country, they don't seem to realize the value of land. The time will soon come when those who are now disposing of their land for a mere pittance will see their mistake. Stick to your claim.

Keep your farm, break it up and improve it and soon you will be in comfortable circumstances low Big stock of Lumber and Attorney if elected and we think that his announcement should and will receive the thought and consid eration deserved, by the citizens of Seward county. storm. If you rae under a tree and notice the lightening climbing down it, you had better run. If it takes prices at Tylers. Ladies toe slippers, at C.

Sum-irers, on South Cen. Ave. The only complete stock of boots shoes and slippers, at Chas, Sum mers Boot and Shoe Emporium-South Cen. Ave. Fargo Springs, after you, then go it lively.

Observe the distance it is from you and regulate your speed accordingly. If vou nave any -metal about you throw it away money or anything failure after all. Brother J. B. Bradley was a very pleasant caller at this office Monday We consider it rather beneath the dignity of a minister of the gospel to associate with an editor for even so short a time, yet he did it, and we are glad of it and take this opportunity of, requesting him to call agaiu.

We had the pleasure on Monday evening of closing our fingers upon some lucious bunches oi good old fashioned grapes which were raised upon the home farm of our friend William H. Huffman, away back in Sucker state and shipped to him here. Hard hearted as we are it really made tears come to our eyes to look at those grapes and think that we couldn't eat thenvall. a else. Dodge around the trees with celerity.

If it turns to head you off sniit your course witnout delay. Anyway don't let it get any nearer Grasping for time's foretop A man collared us about the first of August and with a face thirteen inches and thi ee-quarters in length said: "My dear Sir, I am in trouble and I don't see what' is to become of me, winter is coming on and I have no money with which to buy coal." "Great Heavens" we said "we are in a worse fix, for we have no money to buy coal with and next snmmer will soon be here and we havn't a cent laid up to bnv ice and in shape to enjoy life Ex. Ladies hand sewed shoes, at Summers. Try the Niagara and Protection Flour, a fresh car load just ree'd at T. A.

Vaughn's. New goods at Saminere, boot and shoe store Ladies, buy yonr Hosiery, Corsets and Notions of, T. A Vaughn. -5 tf Go to T. A- Vaughn's for CIothin to you, and the result that it will be will get kind of Thee.

Ectkin, t. LAWYER Practice in all the State and Federal Courts in the Land Office. Office At North. sntral il venue Fargo Springs, Kansas. tired out and run into the ground.

You can then sit down on a log and fan yourself with your hat. Ob serve these rules and if you ever get hit you can charge it to me and collect it. A. W. Bellaw in Detroit Gents furnishing goods, Hats, Cap I etc.

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