The Coyville Star du lieu suivant : Coyville, Kansas • 2

CLAIBORNE'S GENERAL STORE, NEW ALBANY. From this week's New Albany X-Eay. There was a "new coon in town" Sunday. Mrs. J.

0. Smith is seriously sick this week. Earl Busby came over from Howard Monday. Wilford Mulford will start to Oklahoma soon. Miss Ona Lowe visited friends in Fre-donia Sunday.

Absalom Eby is visiting relatives at Howard this week. Mrs. Samuel Crain has been seriously sick the past week. Arthur Maxwell shipped game from this point Saturday. BUFFALO.

From this week's Buffalo Advocate. Several weddings about ripe. The Methodist church bell needs oil on its hinges. Born, to Mr. and Mrs.

Veach of Clifton township, Friday December 17, 1897, a daughter. J. M. Swinney has bought the Wm. Aronhalt farm east of town in the edge of Colfax township.

Ed Moffatt of Colfax township was initiated into the Woodmen lodge at this place Monday night. Rev. Stafford returned to Chanute last Saturday after assisting in the M. E. revival several nights.

Grandma Jones has returned from an extended visit to relatives at Yates Center and Neosho Falls. J. F. Ouoby has purchased property in Yates Center and may move to that place at some later date. Wilber Badgely has quit railroading for the wlntersoason.

DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS and' SHOESA Ted Davis and family of Indian Creek NEODESHA. From this week's Neodesha Sun. The revival meeting at the Baptist church closed Sunday night. Elder Willis F. Jordan, of Caney, is the new pastor of the Christian church.

E. James is advertising a valuable Pile remedy of his own discovery in this paper Prof, and Mrs. Madden left for Hor-ton yesterday to spend the holidays with relatives. Mrs. M.

C. Longwill will visit her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Cowdery at Buffalo Christmas.

G. O. Lines departed for the territory on a pleasure trip of a somewhat educational nature, yesterday. Roy and Blanche Cross, Arthur Street and Grace Allen returned home from school for the holidays Saturday. Howard Scott was up from lndepend-.

ence Monday, where he has been making a study of practical law during the recent, term of Montgomery county court. Geo. Reves is now nicely located irv the Mann property on north 8th street, having moved down from Colfax township to his newly acquired possession some days ago. Martin Dobbins went to Fall River Tuesday night where they have the contract to erect a business building for Mr. Zink of that place.

They went up prepared to begin work. Neodesha Lodge No. 72, 1. O. 0.

F.r will, on New Year's eve, give a ball, social and supper for the benefit of the-lodge. This is to be a regular old fashioned dance and everybody is invited. D. D. Snyder recently in the clothing-and dry goods business here moved to Wichita Tuesday where he will likely open up in the same line of business.

were in town Sunday. GENTS FURNISH ING GOODS AND SHELF R. B. Hogue heats his hardware store with an oil heating stove. 8.

I. Radoliffe, the liveryman, made a trip to Fall River Monday. Little Harrison Wheeler has been sick with a fever the past week. James Richards plastered Jno. D.

Rusk's new house last week. Geo. A. Guess'is at home on the farm northeast of town at present. Uncle Johnny Sharp lost a valuable young horse Sunday evening.

Mrs. A. W. Hogue is expected in from Burrton to spend the holidays. Chas.

Kerley, the C'oyville liveryman, was in town one day last week. Arthur Johnston of Miami, Texas, Is visiting friends in this vicinity. Some of our young people are talking of organizing a dramatic troupe. Jacob Petty intends returning to his home in hoosierdom next month. W.

H. Tyler, trustee of Fall River township, was in town Saturday. W. H. Johnston and Judson Badgely made a trip to Fall River Sunday.

Two carloads of sawdust were shipped from this place to Leon last week. Cal Smith and family departed last week for their home at Milford, Ma County Superintendent Sipe visited the schools in this vicinity this week. Otis Smith and his new bride accompanied his parents to Missouri last week. S. D.

Radcfiffe parted with his faithful single driver, "Old Sam," last week. Daniel Blinn of Coyville visited relatives in this vioiuity Saturday and YOURS FOR TRADE, T. B. Claiborne. A.

Stowell accompanied him to assist int handling his household furniture. Since the question of prices on legal printing has been raised it might be pertinent to ask what per cent, of legaF rates equals the average card rates for business advertising, allowance being: made for extra care and compositon required in legal We knew the Young America bandt has-reorganized because they serenade-as nearly every night, using the room over Gimlin's second hand' store as a practice room. That's right boys, you're the oftly band that can be relied; upon for steady business after all; John Likes, an old' resident of this township died Sunday at her home-three miles northeast of town and was. buried in- Neodesha cemetery Monday. Mrs.

Likes bad1 beea a sufferer from, cancer for some years. She leaves a husband and large family children to mourn, her loss. As a result of the lecture by Miss Gregg last week an Equal Rights oLub was organized with the following offU curs: Mrs. B. E.

Hoslsins. Joseph Cox, who recently moved into The pump, a large tank pump, was put In place in the public well Monday forenoon. The water was then about nine feet deep. White Bros, are hauling water for over two hundred head of cattle. It makes a great deal of work and keeps two tanks busy most of the time.

Water-tank building and repairing the wagons has become so much of a matter that a tank is standing in front of the blacksmith shop most of the time. Thoma8 8hultz and Mary Illght were married by the probate judge at Pre-donia, Tuesday, December 14, 1897. Both are residents of Clifton township. C. M.

Callarman's graphophone was a feature of the Christian church entertainment the other night. He has several records of songs and declamations home talent. Mrs. Anna Fortune Is very ill at the residence of her parents Mr. and Mrs.

R. I. Harris northeast of town. Dr. Maxon of Toronto was called in consultation with Dr.

Jones on Saturday. A little girl babe was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. E. A.

Runyan at Yates Center and on Friday night It died. Mrs. J. H. Ounby and Mrs, F.

Gunby of this place went to Yates Center Saturday lo attend the funeral. Meetings at the M. church are to continue indefinitely. There will be no Christmas tree at that church and the congregation is expected to join with the Friends and Christians and attend the tree at the Friends church. Dr.

Flack of Fredonla was called in consultation with Dr. Jones Sunday on the case of Wm. B. WhitaVer. Mr.

Whitaker was taken down with pneumonia from which he partially recovered. Now he is threatened with brain trouble and can hardly survive. A coffin was taken oui from Buffalo last Friday morninit for the body of Claud Green who died near Rest, aged about 12 years Deceased was a brother to Mrs. G. W.

Colaw of this place and Samuel Green east of town. He died of pneumonia. The remains were buried in High Prairie cemetery. A representative of the Keystone Oil and Gas company was In Buffalo Tuesday at this week and left $80 at the Clifton Bank to pay rental on a 160-a-cre lease they hold on land belonging to J. N.

Harris and a 160-acre lease they hold pn land belonging to J. H. Gunby. This, coupled with the fact that the Forest will soon begin pumping their wells in the Buffalo field, Indicates that Buffalo is all right. The "Fair" given by the Christian church people in the city hall last Friday night was well attended and a real success.

The singing was not as good as was expected on account of three of the singers being absent on account of sickness in the neighborhood, but it was worth listening to. One man bid against his wife in buying one of the quilts and one young man bid off a pair of baby stockings thinking they were pulse warmers. However, it was all right. A Tennessee lady, Mrs. W.

Towle, of Philadelphia, has been using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for her baby, who is subject to croup, and says of it: "I find it just as good as you claim it to be. Since I've had your Cough Remedy, baby has been threatened with croup ever sq. many times, but I wpuld glye him a dose of the Remedy and it prevented bis having it every tme." Hundreds of mother say the same. Sold by all druggists. AND AO TI gentlemen or Indies tft travel tor responsible, established house In Kansas Monthly SiiiM and expenses.

Position steadv. Reference. Knclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Dept. Engineer Potter of Mount's saw -mill is visiting relatives ai Medford, Oklahoma Territory, this week.

Peter Monica! and James Hunt of Fredonia erected a belfry for the Baptist ehurch building last week. Levi Purkey has a permanent position as salesman in R. B. Hogue'a general merchandise establishment. J.

L. Serviss, of Wichita, visited his son who is the new Frisco agent at this place, Friday and Saturday. Miss Iva Matthews, teaches in the joint district south of town, visited her parents in Fredonia Saturday. The Busby Bros, have quit the restaurant business at Howard for the present, but will likely resume again soon. J.

Brooks Taylor has purchased the Orr farm west of making a payment of $1,000 on the same last week. Rev, Pease of Wjehiba, a cousin of Samuel Blinn, preached at the Methodist church Saturday evening and Sunday. The stove pipe in the Methodist church took a tumble Sunday forenoon and caused a postponement of religious services. Rev. Cottlnghams.

of Kansas City, J. K. Demoss. Myers, Mrs. Arthur auditor; Mrs C.

B. Flem-ming, record ing Mrs. Prank cor responding secretary. The boys southeast of town have set out for a good time during the next week or so. Sam Long is getting up a match hunt for game to come off Christ mas.

There will be twenty hunters oru the losing side to furnfsh an." oyster stspper at Pleasant Valley schooll There will be a match shoot at driven to school by the children Monday but was dead Tussday morning. R. B. Hogue answered the correspondence of about twentyfiv of his eastern and western friends Saturday by sending them copies of the X-Ray. That is all right good friends? if you can't take our paper, read your neighbor's (if he is willing).

We would furnish it to you gjatis if we could afford it. TJie iron work for the new bridge was hauled over from Altooaa week. The bridge was put together Saturday and will be ready for use this week, after the grading has been done. The M. W.

A. recently elected the following officers: R. Maxwell, V. John Collins, W. O.

L. Jackson, Clerk; W. H. Johnson. E.

D. Sutton, H. T. Clii't, Paul. Our musical friend- of the Howard Couranti, gave the vocalists of the Nashville Students' Troupe a "hot roast" last week.

Be sure of vour footing before yon tackle- Thomas. E. on musical ground. Uncle John. O.

Smith sustained a fractured nose one dark night last week by allowing that member to come in forcible-contact with the corner of the house. He considers the nose the proper thing for face protection; John O. Smith has been a subscriber to the Wilson County Citizen for twenty-four years and expects to continue to read the same during the rest of his days, The newest, as well as the oldest county paper will, hereafter be read by him'. Misses Alice Kimbrel and Maggie Miller, and J. S.

Rovenstinej. G. A. Guess and Geo. Whiteside have ordered copies of the X-Ray to make weekly visits to various portions of the western continent to inform, their relatives as to local events in Wilson county.

Readers of the X-Ray will take notice that the paper is at present published from the press of the Wilson County Sun, by COwdery These- gentlemen have been in the- newspaper business for years, and have individually published the newsiest papers in this section of the state-. In taking the X-Rat you in reality get four papers for price oJ one. We have access each week to the late news items of the Sun, Advocate and Star, which gives us the best local news facilities possible. Edocftte Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cnthnrtic, cur constipation forever.

It C.Q..',lail, druggists refund money. preached at the Christian church Sun- Salt Creek school house Christmas day; he was on his way to visit relatives and a wolf hunt is proposed for. New-Years Three cases of what the dbctors. om Monday, pronounced scarlet fever have- at Win field. H.

R. Hall was down from Severy Saturday and Sunday visiting relatives. Hiram reports a flourishing trade in the restaurant business. Sv Blinn, one of Elk county's enterprising farmers, made us a cash ball developed in the family of John Jeffer our town, is now employed on the sec-tioa. Samuel Titus is in from Missouri visiting relatives and old friends in this vicinity.

Fanny Fern Sutton made to her Wichita friends an Xmas. present of the X-Ray. The- Methodists recently purchased three handsome lamps for use in the church. W. T.

Barrett and wife will spend the holidays with relatives at Hutchinson, Kansas. N. C. KMlam of Shelbyvilte, 111.,, was the guest of John Busby, Saturday and Sunday. Jesse Mount and daughter visited the "home- folks." at Fredonia Saturday and and Sunday.

B. A. Williams and his new bride of Eureka. KanM. have been in this vicinity several days.

We wish each reader of the X-Ray a merry, merry Christmas and a happy, happy New Year. Jesse Mount has about two more carloads of sawdust for sale at his. mill northwest of town. George Wade departed' Sunday fon Stover, Cherokee where he will spend the holidays. W.

W. Whiteside, who is spending tin winter in California, is reported to be recovering his health. J. Waldrip is living on F. M.

Wheeler's farm and teaching the Pleasant Val-ley school this winter. John Roveastine, who has been with a railroad grading crew down in Texas, is home for the holidays. Raymond one of our industrious young farmers, transacted business In Fredonia son, on Ohio- street. The city schools; were closed at noon of that day and- the Jefferson residence These children are recovering and al though the symptoms were well developed the malady is not believed to be- malienant nor contagious to any alarm ing degree, as no new cases have devel- oped. Experience- in the past, in this, latitude especially, has proved that Saturday, Sol made a tax-paying- trip to Howard last weak.

A big shooting match came off at Brooks Taylor's farm- west of town yesterday. A beef and many turkeys were the prlaes to be MissBe'Je Spindlsr, who went to- Raton, last month, has secured a good position, as bookkeeper for mercantile firm at that scarlet fever and dipthena in their con tagious forms are very rare; that either the malady is not genuine, or; if: genuine, it occurs in such forms as to- Rev. JL I. Hughes preached at this- be no more dangerous than ordinary ills. Doctors, school officers and health, boards, of course; carry great responsibility when it comes to deciding these- matte's which affect the school interest-.

and the health of the whole but we believe experience proves the- place Suaday between traiis coming up. on. one pnsssnger and resuming to Fredoaia on th other- The Christian Sunday school will have no Christmas-tree this; butt will treat th- children this afternoon- with confectioneries at the church. A horse belonging to Jas. E.

Clark was apparently in good condition wh.e.n, fact thut there are from twenty-tlve i fifty scares to one case of real clanger. and that therefore schools should always. CouUn uedloii 3d.