The Benedict Courier from Benedict, Kansas • 1

BENEDICT COURIER. II. BENEDICT, WILSON COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1900. NO. 15.

ABOUT BENEDICT. Mrs. Fry was in Fredonia Saturday. Roasting ears next. Then we can live.

Mrs. B. C. Wilson was in Fredonia Friday. C.

A. Sprague commenced threshing Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Liggett is on the sick list this week. Guy Orendorff has commenced cutting oats.

Lee Davis began stocking his wheat Thursday. C. A. Tprague threshed 1350 bushels of wheat. C.

A. Sprague's wheat tests bushels per acre. H. S. McCray, deputy sheriff, was in town Wednesday.

S. S. Benedict made a business trip to Wichita Tuesday. Ed. Blackwood of Buffalo was in town Wednesday.

Base ball is on the decline. Lawn tennis is all the rage. Chaffin, Wilson and Roger were shipping hogs Wednesday. Subscribe for the. new Courier.

It will give you the news. Trustee Offen backer and family spent Sunday in the country. C. A. Sprague will thresh as soon as the wheat is dry enough.

Harvest is ended. Wheat is all cut and now for the thresher." The Santa Fe tax gang was in last week working out the road tax. John Knaus is a notary public. See him if you want papers drawn. Roy and Zo Singleton are down from Woodson county visiting relatives.

Mrs. Yockey of Chanute spent a day or two with Mrs. McNair this week. Clark Offenbacker thresh for William Huffman of Guilford Thursday. Knaus drove over to Fredonia Wednesday evening after Mr.

Crans. Sam Givens, Rest's merchant, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. C.

Davis. T. C. Singleton and wife of Fredonia visited I. S.

Benedict's family Tuesday. Mrs. Crutcher and son of Iowa are visiting at Steve Singleton this week. F. H.

Burnett has been shipping in some very nice raspberries from Turner. Don't forget that the Courier guarantees to do first class job printing cheap. Gus Miller bought him a good pair of 2 year old mules of George Denny paying $65. each. Mr.

and Mrs. Dean and family spent Sunday with Mr. Class. Mr. Dean lives in Baker valley.

Miss Ella Miller of Wakita I. T. is visiting her sister Mrs. John Penny north of town. Mis.

Hattie Scates was down from Middletown Sunday visiting friends and relatives here. Hal. McFadden and George Bareus of Rest, were in town one day this week to play tennis. Mrs. T.

C. Davis, Miss Stella Davis and the Misses Tarter drove over to Fredonia Wednesday. Miss Minnie Whitbeck of Fredonia spent Saturday with Miss Kittie Thompson of this place. Some one could get a good location here for a brick plant as we have good shale and plenty of gas. Mrs.

E. S. Hadlock returned to her nephew M. P. Davis after two months visit in Stafford connty.

T. M. Rettenour, mail clerk, is subing for Mr. Pearson this week on the Emporia and Benedict run. Miss Anna Curran of Coyville stopped over between trains Wednesday on her way from Texas.

Blackberries ase twenty-five per gallon. We need another good rain. It would make the berries better. George Tourtelotte of Kansas City, Missouri, a nephew of W. K.

Morse, is here visiting for a few days. Miss Maggie McCain is in town this week dress making for Mrs. Emma Prunty and Mrs. Jennie Carte. Polson went out with his threshing outfit Monday afternoon.

His first job is about six miles up the river. Dr. Riley and wife and Mr. Geer and wife of Coyville were calling on Dr. Hearst and family Sunday evening.

There are more rackets than any thing in Benedict now days since lawn tennis struck the town -tennis rackets. Mr. and Mrs. William Knaus of Roper started Thursday for Indiana. Mrs.

Knaus father is not expected to live. Mr. Styker has a position on the Missouri Pacific at Roper. We have not learned whether he is day or night man. Mrs.

T. B. McNair spent Friday night with Tom at the pump house above Toronto. She reports a good time picnicing. W.

K. Morse returned Thursday from his trip to Nebraska to attend the cattle sales. While there he bought a calf for $150. The Missouri Pacific section hands at this hlace went on a strike Wednesday for an increase of pay from $1.10 to $1.25 per day. The Benedict post office will keep open on Sunday as follows; 8 to 9 a.

m. 11 to 12 a. 4 to 5 p. m. -John Knaus, p.

m. The Rev. Mr. Mayes, evangelist, who is holding meetings at Buffalo and who also held a series of meetings at Rest this spring will deliver the oration at Benedict on the fourth. He is said to be a very able speaker.

F. J. Benedict, the grain man from Chanute, was in town Friday evening looking for some one to buy for him this season. The Earlton band will make the music for the celebration on the fourth. It is one of the best bands in southeastern Kansas.

Saturday night found a large percentage of 1 the wheat in shock. It is one of the best crops this part of the country ever had. O. J. Land of the Land Milling company of Neodesha bought a car of wheat of S.

S. Wilson, the latter part of last week. Don't forget that Benedict will celebrate in great style on the fourth. A good band, good speaking, fire works, and gas display at night. Every body come.

Word was received from Earl Sprague from New York dated the twelfth that he would sail for England the next day. He would take ship at Baltimore. As near as we can learn, there were only four sections went on strike this division and one man on the section did not go out and was at work Thursday. Mrs. McDonald of Chanute and her daughter from Canada were over one day the first of the week.

Mrs. McDonald owns some lots on Main street that she was looking after. Enos and Joe Tarter finished cutting their forty acres of wheat on Friday. Joe says it is the best wheat he ever saw. It is on Mr.

Benedict's farm on the south side of the river. Fin Irwin, the Roper merchant, was at Benedict Thursday evening and met his brother Wash, from Lawrence, Kansas, Mrs. Irwin and daughter Alice had preceded him over the Missouri Pacific. Miss Kittie Thompson and Henry Roberts who are attending normal at Fredonia drove over home Tuesday evening to see how Benedict was getting along and returned to Fredonia Wednesday. Mr.

Pearson is back on run. He reports that the death of son Howhis ard was quite sudden and unexpected. He was feeling quite well in the morning when he went ont on his run and was dead when he got back in the evening. Wash Irwin who took a claim in '70 east of Roper was in town Wednesday a few minutes shaking hands with all his old friends. He moved to Baldwin nine years ago to school his daughter and from there to Lawrence where he now lives.

We understand that a little difficulty occurred over the river the other night, Jim Smith and Cash Cales did not agree as to a settlement and after a little gun play got his money, $1.50 the amount in dispute. The sheriff is looking for Cash. Frank Sprague of Prairie township was in town Friday to meet his daughter Miss May who has been away to Manhattan attending Agricultural college at that place. Also Miss Jeane Brown, daughter of A. Z.

Brown returned home at the same time. G. M. Riten our sub postal clerk is on this week in the place of Mr. Pearson who is off on account of the death of his son, Howard, who died at Emporia Saturday on account of an operation.

We did not learn what the operation was performed for. Mrs. H. T. Snead of Osawatomie arrived Sunday evening for a three or four days visit with her parents Mr.

Mrs. George Thompson. She was joined by her husband Wednesday who is an engineer on the Missouri Pacific with a run from Osawatomie to Coffeyville. They will return home abont Wednesday. Rumors from Rest.

A tennis club has been organized here. Most of the farmers are through laying by corn. Earl Carby is working for H. A. Cobaw this week.

Cobaw and McCain are shpping hogs from here today the 20th. Bert Cobaw and Samuel Fife of Chanute were in this vicinity this week. Samuel Kutenbanter and son are working for L. L. Hughes this week.

There will be a match game of base ball here next Saturday. Rest will play Vilas. Wm. Knaus delivered hogs here this week. He and his wife are talking of going to Indiana soon.

Kansrs City for the Fourth. Democratic National Convention. Base ball, Milwaukee and Kansas City. Special train will leave Benedict 12:02 a. m.

July 4th. Arrive Kansas City 7:10 a. m. on 4th. Returning leave Kansas City 11:00 p.

m. One fare for the round trip. F. H. BURNETT, Agent.

Santa Fe Excursion -Greatly reduced rates on Santa Fe to Oklahama City on account of reunion of Roosefelts Rough Riders July 1 to 4 one fare for round trip to Kansas City, July 2 8 and 4 return limit 9 for national Democratic convention. A special train will be run for this occasion. Time of train will be given later. -J. H.

Burnett Agent. It is told that a certain little girl was much addicted to the use of slang. One day when she had been very naughty her mother said: "Now, Edith, you must go and shut yourself up in a dark closet and ask God to forgive you, and stay there until He does." Into the closet she went, but in about a minute she appeared with a radiant face. "Why," exclaimed her mother, "what did you come out so soon for?" "Oh, that's all o. replied Edith.

"I told God I was sorry I got so gay and asked Him to please let me off easy and He said, Oh, don't mention it, Miss Jones, you're not so worse." TWO INSANE IN A WEEK. P. WEIGEL AND JOSIE DEAN DERANGED ABOUT POTATOES. Stange case of two persons with the sume is believed that both cases are only temporary. From The Neodesha Register.

Necdesha has had an unusual experience this week in having two persons become suddenly--but it is believed only temperorily-insane. A strange coincidence in the matter, too, is that both of them have for a mania the raising and selling of potatoes. One is P. Weigel, gardener. The other is Josie Dean a fourteen year old girl who has been employed in the kitchen at the Hotel Houston.

She is the daughter of Pat. Dean who lives in the south part of town. Weigel's mind has been wavering for several weeks. He had been a hard working, very quiet man. Lately, however, he began talk loudly on the streets and elsewhere and his one subject was the unusual size of the potatoes he could grow.

Last week he carried several samples about in an old stocking and insisted on bothering busy men and women with their display. Sunday afternoon his vagaries attracted unusual attention and neighbors sent for Mayor Black and Marshal Greer who took him in charge. Probate Judge Keck came down from Fredonia Monday afternoon and after a hearing the jury pronounced Weigel insane. He has since been under guard at his home on Mill street and will probably be sent to the asylum at Osawatomie as soon as the arrangements can be made. His guards have been John Cameron and Ed.

O'Ryan. At his trial Weigel said he knew his brain had gone wrong and charged it to hard work, heat and the use of tobacco. Dr. J. M.

Morehead was foreman of the jury. The other jurors were R. B. Hays, Henry Witt, J. S.

Scudder, Frank Kimball and W. D. Baldwin. Miss Dean was in the kitchen at the hotel Tuesday night about ten o'clock when the other employes noticed that her discourse was rambling. By midnight she was violently insane and had to be taken home by force.

Since then she has had quiet intervals. Yesterday morning when Judge Shurtleff, constable, visited her she was hoeing potatoes where potatoes had never been planted and talked about taking a carload to Cherryvale for sale. She had two potatoes in her hand. they dandies?" she asked. Dr.

Morehead was treating her and says he believes her derangement is temporary due to conditions natural to her age. At home had several violent spells in which she declared she would kill her father and in one of which she tried to kill her mother with a sickle blade but was prevented from hurting her. Judge Keck came down from Fredonia last evening and after a trial she was declared insane and will also be sent to the asylum at Osawatomie. THE SPIRITS WERE OFF DUTY They Refused to Work over time for Mrs. McEvoy Spiritualist.

From The Neodesha Register. Neodesha has had a seige of spiritualism during the past week, but it wasn't more than medium. That is no joke, either. Mrs. Annie H.

McEvoy of Buffalo, N. gave three lectures on spritualism and tests in the same at the city hall Sunday and Monday. They were free lectures and were well worth the price of admission. Mrs. MeEvoy is a woman of medium age and and of medium size and in view of her calling is willing to admit that she is only a medium lecturer.

Futher than that she is only a medium poet. The audience of Monday night had a fair opportunity, covered by an original poem of nearly an hour, to judge of this. She read herself. She also admits having written it herself which is certainly to her credit as a generous, fair minded and honest woman. The next day, however, she left town.

Mrs. McEvoy does not believe the bible was an inspired work. She doubts if Moses did much of the writing anyway. She doesn't believe that the God of the universe could have been the cruel being she says the bible describes him. She refuses to believe any of the miracles.

She doesn't believe there is any hell and offsets that by refusing to believe there is any heaven either, beyond one's own conscience. She believes that Christ was a human child in every sense, not the son of God but the son of a man, probably of a priest. She does not believe in his divinity. Perhaps you have heard or read Robert G. Ingersoll's lecture "The Mistakes of Moses." If you have there is no need to further describe Mrs.

McEvoy's lecture. Perhaps Colonel Ingersol had heard or read Mrs. McEvoy's lecture before he wrote his. After the lectures she gave tests. "Spirits of departed friends are with us all the time," she says.

"Doubtless you have observed flashes of fire here and there, in your room at night, the dashing of a spark perhaps. These are spirits," A credulous Neodesha man who heard her noticed several in his room that night and tried to get up a discussion with them but they were lightning bugs. "You will remember reading in the bible the story of the burning said Mrs. McEvoy; "well, that was only the materialization of a spirit." But aside from all this Mrs. McEvoy is no salamander.

"I don't believe I'll go to heaven in a chariot of fire," she said; "I'm not so cold as to need that." And she didn't intend any slang when said it. turn down the lights. She simply shut In her "tests" Mrs. MeEvoy did not her eyes having walked down the aisle and stopped in front of a tall stranger with a vandyke beard. He was an occulist who was stopping at the Brown and who didn't do any business here because he didn't believe in advertising.

But Mrs. MeEvoy. see standing behind you," she said; "the spirit of a smooth faced man- professor. Do you remember any such person in your family?" occulist with the vandyke beard thought hard but couldn't remember anybody. "It may come to you in a few days," promised Mrs.

McEvoy. She tried several other tests but they were no more successful. Mrs. McEvoy may lecture here again soon, -and then again she may not. McKINLEY AND ROOSEVELT.

Both Nominated by Acclamation at Philadelphia. At the Philadelphia convention yesterday afternoon President McKinley was renominated unanimously at ten minutes to 1 o'clock. At one minute to 2 o'clock it was announced that Governor Roosevelt was unanimously nominated for vice president. The convention was called to order soon after eleven o'clock. Senator Foraker nomated McKinley.

A demonstration lasting a quarter of an hour followed. Governor Roosevelt seconded the nomination. In less than an hour later Lafe Young of Iowa nominated Roosevelt for vice president. The convention sang "There'll be a Hot Time" and ten minutes later Mr. Roosevelt was nominated.

Byron Kirkpatrick for Attorney. Byron Kirkpatrick, son of Congressman S. S. telephoned Register this morning from Fredonia to formally announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county attorney. This practically settles the question of Percy Willets' candidacy for the same place.

He will likely be a candidate for re-election as representative. Small Gas Well at Buffalo. Buffalo has found gas. The Forest Oil company struck it there on farm of M. E.

Whitaker at a depth of more than 900 feet. It already had four oil wells on the Whitaker place. The well is a small one but Buffalo is pleased. It may mean more. William Stone Kills Himself.

William Stone of Virgil, Kansas, committed suicide at that place Friday morning about 8 o'clock by shooting himself with a revolver. Stone had not been in his right mind for several days. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for nomination by the Republicans of Wilson county, Kansas, for the office of county attorney of said county. -E.

D. Mikesell. Marriage Licenses Issued. William Pettit, Neodesha, Kansas. 21 Miss Pearl Certain, 19 James McKee, Fall River, Kansas.

79 Mrs. Ruth D. Baker, 62 John Humphreys, Fredonia, Kan. 28 Mary V. Messenger, 21 Dr.

F. M. Yingling of Buffalo will be at the Fry house to do Dental work June 25th and about every two weeks there after. References any Buffalo business firm. 2 Missouri Pacific Excursions.

-Winfield Chatauqua June 21 to July 2. Date of sale June 20 to 25; limit, July 3: one fare. Ottawa, Kansas, Chatauqua. Sale July 7 to 10; limit, July 23, one fare. Home Seekers Excursions to Ordway, Colorado on first and third Tuesdays of each month till January 1.

One fare for round trip, plus $2.00. Limit for return 21 days from date of sale. Democratic national convention Kansas City, Missouri, one fare round trip, date of sale July 2, 3 and limit to return, July 9. -E. N.

Class, Agent. Publication Notice. published in the Benedict Courier May, 18, 1900. In the District Court of Wilson County Kansas. Lela Clark, Plaintiff vs Samuel Clark, De fendant.

The State of Kansas to Samuel Clark. You will take notice that you have been sued in said Court by Lela Clark, and you must. on or before the first day of July A. 1900, answer said petition of said plaintiff, which was filed in the clerk's re office of said Court, on the 30th day of March 1900 or said petition will be taken as time and ment divorcing said plaintiff from said defedant accordingly. B.

Carter, Attorney for Plaintiff. A. M. KEISLING. Clerk Dist.

Court Wilson county, Say Neighbor, I have rented Walter Harris' Meat Market And shall keep fresh and salt meats constantly on hand. The front room of the shop shall be used as a lunch room in which will be served short order luncheons. hot coffee and other seasonable drinks. Come, eat, drink and be merry. Highest Cash price paid for Hides.

A. E. PATTY, BENEDICT, KAN, Come in and See OUR NEW JONES MOWERS, chain or gear drive. JONES HAYRAKES, hand or self dump. We have the Riding Plow for your hard plowing.

Cassaday and Lone Star Sulky Plows can't be beaten. We carry a good stock of Fruit Cans for your summer canning. Our prices are right. DAVIS BROS. Benedict, Kansas.

THOMAS. UNDERTAKER, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, AT BED-ROCK PRICES. at the old stand of SHEETS BAILEY. FREDONIA, KANSAS.

NEW HARNESS I have opened a harness shop in Benedict and am prepared to SAVE YOU On anything in my line, Will guarantee you better barness for the money than you can get elswhere. All kinds of repairing at reasonable prices. Come and see me. T. I.

THURMAN, Benedict, Kansas. TIME TABLE. MISSOURI PACIFIC. SOUTH BOUND. No.

5, Little Rock Kansas 8:58 A M. No. 3, Kansas City Mail ..,4.06 No. 121, Local ....3:35 M. NORTH BOUND.

No, 6, Little Rock Kansas 1:27 A M. No. 8, Kansas City Mail 11:31 AM. No. 122, Local Freight.

10:48 A M. No. 212, Local 5:55 P. M. All regular trains carry passengers.

ATCHISON, TOPEKA SANTA FE. EAST AND NORTH. 210 Passenger and 11:20 A M. No. 218 Local Freight and 4:55 M.

276 7:15 M. SOUTH AND WEST. 209 4:35 PM. No. 219 Local 10:00 A M.

NORTH AND WEST. 275 Emporia 8:40 A Emporia Mixed and 4:35 Daily except Sunday. Train, No. 275, connects at Emporia for Topeka and East, also for Colorado and California, W. CADY, D.D.S DENTIST.

Uses Wilson's local anesthetic in extracting. Office over State Bank, Fredonia. MACHINE AND REPAIR SHOP, All Kinds of Machine Work. Sauisfaction Guaranteed. Our Prices are Right.

DAVIS BROS. Benedict, Kansas..