The Down's Chief from Downs, Kansas • 5

Personal. Oberlin has a lady advocate of low Wbjr We Celebrate. Nine years aero Downs was first THE DOWNS OH I Ice Cream, at the postoffiee. Children's siimmop Vio EF. W.

H. WHITMORE, Ed. Prop. Thursday, jtjly 2g, isss. OFFICIAL PAPER OF TtlE CITY.

CF.NTRA1 BRANCH DIVISION OF ITZISSOUUI PACIFIC It. II. TIME TABLE, GOING EAST. Passenger 8:20 a. Passenger 6:15 p.

freight reicht GOING WEST NORTH BRANCH. Passenger i 8 :40 a. GOING WEST SOUTH BRANCH. Passenger 4 'AO P. Welcome to Downs.

To-morrow will be a gala-day in Downs. A Nt shower fell Saturday and Monde Numberless of people will visit our city to-morrow. Downs received an exodus of col ored people last week. Workmen are now laying street mains tor the waterworks. The oostoffice will be closed from 10 a.

m. to 4 p. m. to-morrow. Sam Boucher went down to Atchison last Friday and returned Sunday.

The Bank or Downs has put up a new awning over the front windows The Times believes the tariff' should be taken off of whisky. Prettj good. The Beloit Waterworks plant has been sold to E. R. Stevens, of Lamed, Kansas.

Painters have improved the fronts of the Central drug store and Cross' jewelry store. Owing to sickness, Mr. J. M. Dunn will not take a part in the Trades Display, or with the choir.

Our business men are reprinting the fronts of their stores, which gives them a much neater appearance. The band has been discoursing some very nice music on our streets this week. It reminds our people of old times. Sunday night the total eclipse on the moon shrouded our city in darkness for a few hours. Everybody sat up to witness it.

A certain property holder on north Morgan avenue was forcd to put lown a new sidewalk in front of his place of business. Do not forget the fact that there will be a flrst-class dance at the new Dittman building on the afternoon and evening of the 27th. J. G. Baretsch, who has the contract of doing tho brick work on the Odd Fellows hall and Opera House, has a large force of men at work.

Last night at about six o'clock it began to rain, or rather poured, and kept it up for about an hour. The ground is now thoroughly soaked. The weather clerk seeing that our waterworks would not be running order ror tue utn, nas openea A it s-v 1 1 1 the valve and let down enough water to quiet the dust and cool the atmosphere. ParkBucklew and Wm. Schaubel, of Losran.

sold last week three ear loads of cattle to O. Denton, of this place. The cattlemen of the west have caught tho idea that they don't have to sell thek stock in Kansas City, as they can do as well here. Hoyt Baker have moved the ma terial hero for starting a new paper and will get the first issue out on Saturday. There is yet room for one or two more papers tuis city, as there should be a paper for each advertiser, and we hope they will come A good rain fell at this place Tues day night, and everybody seems to be happy.

The late corn will now make a mammoth crop. Some of the early corn has been damaged by the dry weather in tne vincinity oi mis citv. but throughout the country the corn is immense. A seven-vear-old bov of Johnson, a druggist of Cawker, ran away from homo last Friday and came to this citv. Late in tho night his mother came after him.

and with the assist ance of Marshal Litel they found him at M. C. Chase's, where he was taken In charcro bv his mother and taken home. That we have petty thieves in our midst was conclusively shown last Saturday night. A certain man in this citv laid down to sleep as was his usual want, put his watch and nnckot-book beneath his head.

On ivwakenine Sundav morniner. he fel for his watch to see the time, but the iicker was missing, so was his purse He that whoopeth up his bwnbusl in the newspaper shall reap i feniintifiil harvest in eolden shekels 37 th.it readeth the advertisements nrnflt thereby shall have abun dance of this world's goods for little Tie that chooseth not to cninriho for his home paper shal won tier n.t the intellect of his neigh bor. He who advertiseth liberally the cream of the trade Old Tunnicliff took his engin to Atchison last week for repairs. Miss Nina Welts and Miss Hattie Crum were at to Osborne, yesterday. E.

Sutphin. the waterworks con tractor, left last Friday for St. Louis. "FlrHt.nr Mid of the PlainvillA Times, wa3 in the city Tuesday morn ing. Mrs.

J. W. Becker, of Lenora, is Visiting C. Tunniclrrs family this week. W.

G. Harvev. of Kansas Citv. is in the city and will remain until after the 27th. Miss Jennie Larkin, of Skiddy.

thi3 state, is visiting her brother and sister in this city. Miss Anna LeBoy, of Great Bend. Kansas, sister of L. D. LeBoy, is vis iting the latter.

Miss Hattie Bichey, of Holton, this state, is visiting her sister Mrs. E. M. Sprague in this city. B.

E. Bell, of Falls City, Nebraska, a brother-in-law or w. i. is visiting here this weelc. Mark J.

Kelley, of the Edmond Times, was a caller at this wigwam last Friday, while on his way to Be loit. R. B. Biggs and wife, of Glasco, Kansas, were visiting the family of Geo. Garner, last Saturday and bun day.

Geo. Boot, a prominent real estate agent of Kansas City, has been in the city this week, visiting J. B. Frank lin's people. Ed.

Bemy is taking in the sights of St. Joe this week. C. Tunnicliff is pulling the south branch passenger in his absence. Miss Anna Haslet, who has been confined to her bed for the past week with neuralgia, is now able to be around again.

Joe Harvey and wife, of Topeka, arrived this morning to attend the celebration. They have just return ed from their Canada trip. A. T. Jdoyman, oi ijena, Illinois, arrived here'last night.

He was at one time a resident of Downs, and came to attend our celebration. J. N. Fuller, an old printer well known here, passed down the road Saturday nisrht for Idaho, where he expects to remain permanently. Mrs.

Lulv Svmes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Litel, "who has been quite sick at their home for the past month, is improving very rapidly.

B. H. Bundle, of Greenleaf, came up last Saturday and will remain til after the celebration. Dick is getting as fat as a man could very well get, Miss Mollie Lipton, who has been visiting friends in Atchison for some weeks, returned home Monday ac companied by Miss Minnie McCabe, of Topeka. John Hall, or ort Ann, is.

and president of the First National Bank of this city, arrived Sunday and will remain until after our celebration. Mr. Hall is well pleased with the outlook throughout Kansas. L. M.

Farmer and family will start Saturday for Washington territory, where they expect to make it their future home. They are good people and we are sorr3r to lose them. The Chief will follow them to their new home. Wm. Mellen and wife, who have been rusticating at Colorado Springs for the past three months, returned home last Friday night.

They en joyed their trip immensely, but came back better pleased man ever wiiu Kansas. Chas. Campbell, a prominent farm- er or Jewell county, cauea at tms wigmam last Saturday and paid up back subscription and one year in advance. He is a thorough-bred Cleveland and Thurman man and is solid on the tariff question. A.

L. Post, of Ness City, who was a resident of this city for several years, arrived here last Saturday. He is now visiting with his many friends and getting the old band in shape for the 27th. He has a host of friends here would be pleased to see himself and wire return to tins ilace and make it their future home. A Strike.

Monday morning work was begun on the street mains. There were about seventy-live men at work the ditches. At one o'clock they concluded that $1.25 was not enough for a days work and they all laid down their picks and shovels and demand ed $1.50. This the contractor reruseo to give and the men would not work. Tuesday morning new men filled the strikers places, and are being paid $1.50 per day.

llatlier Rank. The Kansas third party prohibitionist is either a nincompoop or a scoundrel, and frequently he is a mingling of both. He is a nincompoop if he does not know that his ac tion hurts the very cause he pretends to advocate; he is a scoundrel if. knowing this, he persists in associat ing himself with a third party. Atchison Champion.

The above which we find in Gov ernor Martin paper, looks to a man up a tree as being rather rank, and will probably not set very easy on the stomachs of the prohibionists, whom the republican papers of Kansas are asking to join their ranks. We ask the prohibionists to read the above article one or times. How do you like to be called a scroundrel by a man you assisted into office. tariff. "Nfavor Huff returned from the re publican state convention this morn ing.

Lew Wolff and wife, from Superior, Nebraska, arrived in the city this morning. Up to going to press, the republic can statn convention nas maue uu nominations. At Steve Young's sale yesterday. everything was sold at a good price C. K.

Ware was the auctioneer. A heaftless mother in Wichita at tempted to desert her two weeks old babe Friday, but was arrested oeiore she got out of the city. Our people may look for about ten or twelve thousand visitors to-morrow. Let every citizen of DoWns do what he can to entertain them. Remember that Judge John Martin will address the people on the 27th.

He is one Of the finest speakers in the state and you should not miss near ing hina. It is said that Moore, the Topeka elopist who is temporarily missing, is hidiner in the store of one of the merchants of that place who doesn't advertise. It i3 said that the Pinkerton detec tives have been employed by nearly all tha large railroads of the country and have worked their way into the labor organizations. The city is fast filling up with street fakirs, and we wish to warn the puMic to beware of them. When you think you can beat them at their own game, you get left.

Atone time the Atchison Champion was looked upon as a very reliable paper. Of late it is filled to the brim with slush and falsehoods. Even its own readers republicans are be coming disgusted with its course. The editor of the Long Island In ter-Ocean and Jesse Poolhave made a wager on the presidential election in this wise li Cleveland is elected, the editor will crive Mr. Pool a wheel barrow ride, and Mr.

Pool will do the same tor the editor it Harrison is elected. Mr. Pool, prepare yourself to take the ride. The Stockton Eagle has suspended publication, owiner to the fact that the proprietor. M.

H. Hoyt, has turn ed over the outfit to a Downs bank on a mortgage they held against it. The material was moved Monday to Downs where Ben Baker will run a new paper. Some of our type, sold to Hoyt in 1886, was also taken away, much to our sorrow. Several other Stockton victims were left in the lurch by Hoyt.

Stockton Becord. The Downs Chief is being "boycot ted" by a few republicans of Downs because it dares to assert its right to reedom of speech. Wonder if those same men asK customers wno come nto their stores as to their political belief, and refuse to accept their pal- ronage it tney are democrats xney should, to be consistent, but they doubtless do not. as consistency is not a republican trait. The demo crats of Downs, and, by-the-way, it is said that their ranks are rapidly in creasing, should see to it that the Chief trets two new subscribers for every one lost in this way.

Stockton Democrat. Juftice to whom justice is due was certainly meted out in the case of the State of Kansas vs. imily A. Stearns Ella and Mattie Green. The charge was Drought against tnese young adies by one Hull, who claimed they disturbed her peace and quietude one night last winter.

A jury or twelve was impaneled, and the case occupied a portion or Wednesday and Thursday. After being out only a short time, the jury ac quitted the young ladies, no evidence at all being produced by the prose cuting witness that would indict tne defendants. The costs in the case were charged to plaintiff. County Attorney Havs appeared for the pros ecution, and Messrs. HanbrcK and Heren for the defendants.

The three young ladies were a jolly set, and entertained no fears whatever of being found guilty of a misdemeanor. The jovial actions of all three during the entire proceeding impressed one that their acquittal was a foregone conclusion in their own minds. Osborne Farmer. There were in the United States in 18S0, 17,329,009 people engaged gainful occupations, and of this number 7.670,4S3, or 44 per cent of the working population, were en gaged in agriculture. Not five per- sons in a nunured or tne agricultur alists are subjected to competition with foreigners, so this class derives no benefit from protection.

The manufacturing class numbered workmen. Possibly 800,000 of those have to meet foreign competition. The rest of the population about 40 per cent of the whole body of workers is made up of 1,074,208 people engaged in professional and personal services lawyers, doctors, teachers, servants" etc and of 1- 810,256 people engaged in trade and transportation. None or these can be helped by piotection. So, then, admitting the claims of protection ists that the tariff is a good thing for the men who work in mills, we find that the whole fifty million of us are being swindled in order that 800,000 of our fellow citizens may get high wages.

On the face of it this is mon strously unjust. And when the peo pie find that the men for whose ben efit they are thus taxed, not only do not get high wages, but actually get lower wacres that are paid in tne un protected industries, they will not be likely to vote for that party which proposes to make whisky cheap ana blankets dear. startedi. the ground which now stands the Gem City of the Valley, was then fields of waving grain. The city was named in honor of F.

Downs, for many years superin tendent of the Central Branch road The town site was laid out in the year 1879, and the following spring incorporated as a city or the 3d class, with J. B. Craney as mayor. he hr st residence was erected on the 27th day of July, 1879. which is occupied by J.

D. Ruby; then follow ed C. oglers, J. B. Craney s.

Wm. Harvey's and Skinner Bros, store buildings, all erected within one lonth. The first vear the popula tion started out with about 300 and increased about 200 hundred each succeeding year. In the first year we find that the following "business was represented: One general merchandise store, two grocery stores, one drug store one livery stable, one hotel, one loan and insurance agent, one saloon and one lumber yard. xoaay tne ionowing Dusmess is represented: Eight general mer chandise stores, three drug stores, tour hotels, two banks, three grocery storee, lour Hardware stores, one music store, two lumber yards, three bakeries and restaurants, two meat markets, four livery stables, three blacksmiths, one dentist, one har ness shop, two barber shops, two millinery stores, one tailor, two news papers, soap factory, one bnckvard.

3 doctors, three lawyers, two jewelry stores, three contectionerv stores. one flouring mill, one furniture store, one windmill and pump dealer, one billiard hall, several loan and insur ance agents, one photographer, two job printing oihees, and a 30,000 sys tem of waterworks. There has been so far this year over 80,000 in improvements com pleted and will reach over $100,000 before the close of the year The first anniversary celebration was held July 27, 1882, and has been kept up ever since. At the first eel ebration there were not more than five hundred in attendance. Last year there were over ten thousand in attendance from all over the state, and to-morrow we expect a much larger crowd.

Letter List. Remaining in the Downs post-office unclaimed, for the week ending July 24, 1888. Mrs. James Hen'derson, Albert Hi.craben, G. V.

Bogers. Persons calling for any of the above letters, will please say "advertised. D. S. Gardiner, P.

M. Kallroad Surveyors. The surveyars for the Omaha, Dodsre City Southwestern railway passed through this city, Monday, They came irom Osborne, passing dirctly east through the city on Beai street until they got to the east side of town, then took a bee line for Mankato. To a representative of The Chief they claimed to have a very good route so far. We believe with proper encourage ment this line will be built this tall.

Our people should not sit with their hands in their pockets, but wake up and work for the new line. Neighboring News. Gaylord has a republican flambeau club. A farmer named Cook, of Smith county, has lost four spring calves from a disease which he pronunces blackleg. A boy named Boucher, living near Concordia, was bit by a rattlesnake last week.

There is but little hopes of his recovery. Charley Hutchinson's little 6-year- old boy, living eight or nine miles northeast of the city, met with a sad accident yesterday. While Mr. H. was doing some mowing, the little fellow7 ran in front of the machine, when tho knife caugh his ankle cut ting it nearly off.

At last reports the little surlerer was getting along comfortably. Smith Center Bulletin. Last Sunday afternoon Chris. Es- pelund, a young farmer living about four miles southeast of Bandall, was ound dead in a field near his house. His death was caused by strychnine.

appears that for some time past young Espelund has been paying his respects to a Miss Johnson and on her refusal to marry him became despondent and took this means of ending his trouble, as was stated in a letter written by him on the day previous to nis suicide. ouaniiato Clarion. Mrs. Dr. Bugby of Atchison is the mother of twin girls, eight years old, and they look so much alike that she cannot tell them apart; frequently when they are together she is compelled to ask them which is Lorena, and which is Loretta.

When it is necessary to punish one of them, the other will cry until she is punished when one accidentally breaks her doll, the other breaks her doll purposely. When one of the little girls scratches her face accidentally, the other scratches her face purposely, and does not complain. When one tares her dress accidentally, the other tears her dress in the same place purposely. Once the mother whipped one of the girls for some offense, and knew that she would be compel led to whin the other one: the other one would certainly cry if she did not. So the mother whipped the other one.

as she supposed, but af terwards discovered that she had whipped the same one twice. Mrs. Bueby believes that if one of them should be taken sick, the other one would fall ill through sympathy. She is certain that the death of one would kill the other. They are almost con stantlv together, and 11 one misses the other for a moment a great cry noes up.

It seems like a marvelous story, but it is true; Atchison Globe. low figure at Mrs. Sprague's. 31 Ice Cream, at the postoffiee. You can save mnnw iw- 1, your groceries of F.

Andrews. 31 Ice Cream, at the postoffiee. TweTVfi VflriAtiAss at the postoffiee store. 35 GO tO J. F.

AndrfiVTS fir frafi rrw ceries. Finest stock in the city. 31 Go to Carney Bros, for pop, ice cream, confectionery and cigars. 35 Ladies' and child TPtvs from Ki cents up at Mrs. Sprague's millinery I am dailv rpppivimr frpsh, ct.olo and fancy groceries.

Call and get prices. 31 J. F. AKDfeEws. New line of hats just received at Mrs.

Sprague's millinery store. 31 Two residences to rent by Forline. the Druggist. Wanted 200,000 brick, inquire of J. W.

Huff. 19 F. M. Wells has millet seed for sale at $1 per bushel. 24 Chamois skins, sponges, trusses, surgical appliances, at Forline's.

LeBoy Kroetch are now prepared to do all kinds of tin work. 34 You can get 20 pounds of prunes for $1 at F. M. Wells'. For Ladies' and Childrens' shcic, call on Harper Cawker.

17 Harper Cawker City, are showing a fine line of Wash Goods for Springi 17 Wanted Three hundred cords of building stone in Downs. Inquire of J. W. Huff. 10 Carney Bros, at the postoffiee have just received a fresh invoice of candies, cigars, tobaccos and fruits.

3r J. Bothschild of Cawker City, has a very fine line of spring goods that will bear inspection. Drop in on him when in the city. See our line of Embroidery before you make your spring purchases in this line. We know we can do you good.

Harper Cawker. 17 J. Bothschild of Cawker City, has a large and well selected stock of ready-made clothing, which he is selling at bed-rock prices. J. F.

Andrews, of the "Bee Hive Grocery," has just received a fine line of Queensware that he is giying awav with baking powder. Call and see it. 35 Itch, Prairie mange and Scratches of every kind cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. A sure cure and perfectly harmless. Warranted by J.

G. Poole, druggist, Downs, Kansas. 3G-6m Harper of Cawker City, are now receiving a full line of spring Dress Goods and Trimmings, and will continue to receive weekly, tho latest and choicest fabrics for spring and summer wear. Grve them a call before buving. 17 Harper of Cawker City, have now an elegant stock of summer and sprincr dress goods and trimminsrs.

The head of the firm is in the east buying and shipping and you can bo suited in any quality of goods. Do not fail to call on them as they can show a quality of goods never b'ef ore- kept in stock in Northwest Kansas. English Spavin Linament remove? all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blemishes from horses, blood spavin, curbs splints, sweeney, stifies, sores, sprains, swoolen throat, coughs, etc. Save $50 by the use of one bottle. Every bottle warranted by J.

G. Poole, druggist, Downs, Kansas. 3( For Sale Clieap. Having gone into the Boot and Shoe business at Atchiscn, Kansa. I wish to sell a portion of my Don real estate.

I will sell it on the most reasonable terms. For particulars, apply to John Pugh at the Bank of Downs, or myself at 1500 West Main street, Atchison, Kansas, 32-lm H. B. 21ADDEN-. Sealed Bids.

To whom it may concern Notice is hereby given that thera will be sealed bids received by the board of school district number sixty. Osborne county, Kansas, for the building a school-house in said district. Bids wHl be opened on the 16th day of August at two o'clock p. m. at the house of J.

W. Whorton. Bid. to be sent to E. Kinncar, district clerk, Yoxall postoffiee.

Specifications may be seen at the Downs Chief office. Security to accompany bids double the amount of bids. E. KestxeaR, Clerk. July 25th, 18S8.

35 w3 A Through Sleeper to Chicago. E'ery afternoon at 3.55 o'clock, upon arrival of trains from the west, a magnificent Pullman Sleeping Car Great Bock Island Boute, making close connections with the famous "limited flyer" running through without change, arriving at Chicago the following morning. This i certainly the quickest and mo3t convenient means of- transportation between points In Kansas and the city cf Chicago. For accommodations in this1 car. lease notify your local agent, and will be glad to make suchi-eserv; tions as you mav require by tele-gtaph.

Jno. Sebastian, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt. fogies get the skim milk..