The Independent from Burr Oak, Kansas • 5

mi mivzmui zz. Our enterprising merchants "Williamson Gumming have opened trade direct with' Japanese Dealers of tea In a few days they will receive their first consignment of goods, their tea is cured by the perfection Process in cans of the same name. The.cbeapest Oyster Ilousa in the city is Ilollenbeck's bakery. Goto the City Meat Market for choice roasts, steak, and the best bologna in town. Don't forget to subscribe for THE INDEPENDENT.

"White Pigeon" is the name of the best 90ct. flour in town, kept by Williamson Cumniing. There wasanite a pleasant evening passed at the resideno of Mrs. Neland Friday eve. for the purpose rf reherseing the programme for the public Installation of tha G.

A. R. tnis evening. City Meat Market for fresh' oysters butter, nice lard, and the best of Dealers In- Ss 4roe a kept ym selipti yoatosa, tWoa. aUs- CORRESPONDENCE.

Ea. Independent As we noticed there hasen't anything appeared in your paper from this part of the Township, we thought that a word or two mighi be in place, and if it is not you need not waste time with them. It is somewhat cold around the corners and the consequences are that we are kept busy building fires anchoring. A. Kinzie has been buying more corn lately to feed his teers that he is fattening.

He bought 200 busheli from Nr. Oxley and two or thtee hundred from other parties. As to the price we don't exactly know, Will Hackenberg and wife, will commence to keep house in a few days. Mr. 0.

Kinzie will commence building a new house about the first of February on his farm near Burr Oak. We think Frank Smith will have to move around pretty lively, to keep warm, herding for C. J. Gish, through this winter. We wonder if Jim Files don't wish that his new house was plasteoed about thisl.time of the year.

It would have been Bukr Oak, Jkwet.l County, Kansas. z-x. PJBLISMZD EVERY FRIDAY. C. IIaiidy, Editor and Publisher TEEMS.

SI .25 PEli YEAH- am OAK STOSJC GRAIN MARKET. Hogs $38039O Corn 18to20o Wheat 30 48c. Eye 28c. Stock Cattle 3.00&350. PRCSUGE MARKET.

Eggs 16c. Butter 10 12c. Potatoes GO. Meal $1.00. Flour $180 2.25 Young Chickens $1.00 Old LOCAL ITEMS.

It is snowing. A. S. udy has a sick child. Hon.

Marsh. Parker of Salem was in our city this week on business. A. E. Miller our popular organ salesman made Mankato a visit Wednesday lie reports busmeis good.

Found, that you can buy strictly pure drags, and all first class Patent medi-cine3. Jennings Koss Elder Thornburg mad Guide Rock avir.it Wednesday, lie says every body is busy with the ice harvest. V. J. Godfrey made his maiden as a lawyer last week.

lie vlou his case against a very able attor- Tor fresh pies, and cakes, and bread to ilollenbeck's Bakery. Our shops are sanding out some -very nice cutters and sleighs this week. K. If. Tom drew the horss in the rails, instead of J.

M. Thomas. Our popular merchant Frank Gill, bnrt has just finished painting and dec. eating his store room. Mr.

J. 1'. Gen-Aiiii of Salern did the work. If you want a nice cake, made order, on short notice, go to Iloileii-heck's Sskery. Some of those parties thaj swore off last Saturday have been in and reported.

Don't be bashful gentlemen, let the good work on. Quinn Montgomery own about 77,000 pushels of corn in this county. High Patent Flour SI. 30 peri gack at the Farmers store- 17 The themometer has averaged just -a little above Zero all week, while Iowa has had quite a storm. LIBERAL REWARD For a better cigar bought for 5 cts.

than can be found at The Drug Store. Jennings Ross. A. B. Smith has bean in the city this week holding a school of instruction for the Masons and to tame the goat for the new officers.

Co to the City Meat Market for your -New Years' turkey. If jm want a good home paper subscribe for the independent Fresh eggs and sausage at City Meat Market. Lin. Lisher will start for Oshkosh Wis, noxt Monday, whitfeer he goes to commence work in a planing mill bnccess to you Lin. The finest organ in the city was at tha Post Cilice Thursday.

It is a sample "Western Temple" of Missouri. A. E. Miller, their agenk, has soln 6ix teen in this city. Ed.

McKee of Salem drove 250 fine export hogs to our city for shipment last week. lie is one cf the successful stock raisers of White Mound. seems to be a great deal of icknessin the South West part of eurcaunty among the cLildren. The sickness takes the form of membrani-ns croup. There have ben sovera MANKATO ITEMS.

Tho Mo.racifio 11. R. surveyors were hero and run a lino to the East etyo of tho county. They return and go west to-morrow, to Smith Center. Monday evening, tho Band boys Kerenadod, tho nowly married coupler of our city viz.

Mr. John W.Nash (of the firm ofB. W. Allen Co. Furniture dealers and and John Mosier, the rnarblo cutter, they went via lloyts, to Willy Bau-ghmans, Drayman No.

3. Tho Star Drama Under the Laurals was rendered in Lcmar's Opera House on last Thursday and Friday evenings by home talent to largo audiences. Tho pfot is excellont development such as to call into oxerciso considerable dramatic talent. Such was tho performers conception of it that they carriod all the parts to a successful close without exception. Tho well earned applause that was frequently tendered evidenced tho ap preciation of tho hearers.

Th-Troupo is billed for Jewell city on Saturday evening Jan. 8th, A visit by the company to your city, may be decided upon. Should they so determine you may rest assured that a grand treat awaits the good people of Burr Oak as the young people who compriso it are from among our best and most respected inhabitants. Dennis Odd-Times. buef and pork steak.

Go to Williamson Cum-ming and get a sack of their "White Pigeon" flour 90cts. per. sack. Prof. J.

H. L. Tuck's new torpedo boat, the Peacemaker, has been tested at New York and pronounced a complete success. The little terror dis-peares under the water, and is propelled at a great rate of speed toward whatever object is designed for destruction. Howell Bros, are at the front with a large stock of coal and lumber winch they propose to sell for cash and cash only.

Give us a call and bring the cash and we will do you good. Finest assortment of Candies in town at A. C. Slioup's. 17 Go to Judy, Horner for choice and Christmas toys.

Chas. Russell Co. have received another ciir-ioad of Ketchuin farm wagons. Gene. Stewart received a car-load of Fancy flour this week, and that, with a car-load of feed goes to make up one of the largest feed stores this side of St.

Louis. Mr. Stewart think3 "Reciprocity" is the motto he should have, for he gives a dollar's worth of goods for 100 cent3 every tim Ths City Meat Market i3 doing a good business. Neither lloyer nor Monbeckfind time for other work than keeping their shop supplied, cutting 6teak, making sausage, and dressing poultry for their customers. Albums and Christmas Cards cheap at Shoup's.

17 Ceil Hill, a former Burr Oak boy, but more recently of Smith county, has consuma-ted a trade with G. Canfield for his harness shop, Mr. Hill is a good fellow, and a fine workman and all will be glad to have him return. It is a fact that Jennings Ross keep on hand the best line of drugs in the county. Go to the Farmers store for the Harvest Queea Flour at 00c.

per sack. Again we are obliged to go to press late, but the fault is not ours. It is because our paper does not get to us on time. It is two days behind time this week. We will put forth every effort to avoid delays, and trust it will not occur again.

Send the Independent to yoar friends or give us their names and we will send it to them. Wood! Woodj Parties wanting wood, may have the same delivered to their Jresidenoe, by leaving their orders at this office or Carpenter's Stora. if the winter had not come on quite so soon as it did. A little child of Geo. Bean-blossom is quite sick, at this writing.

The German Baptist Breth-ern, or sometimes called, Dun-kards, are holding a series of meetings out north, in, what what is called, the Paul school house. Brother by the name of Leui Mahler cis doing the preaching and he is giving them some mighty good sermons. So those that attend say and some are counting the cost only if they don't oount too long until is too late. We like to attend good meetings ourself and like to see the good work go on everywhere and in all Churches, for it is right to do rfght. Wo will quit for fear we get too lengthy.

We will wait and see if this goes into print or in the waste-basket. If it goes into print we may oome again. LUTHEB. The total number of carloads shipped from this station during this month is as follows. Hogs Cattle ...2 Wheat 1 15 Rye 8 Oats 1 Total 5G And it wasn't a very good time for shipping either.

NOTICE. All accounts and Notes now due and past due if not paid at once cost will be made on same. All parties knowing themselves indebted to us will confer a favor upon themselves and us by being prompt at once no delays accepted in this. Howell Bring your job work to the INDEPENDENT OiKce. Repairer of and dealer WATCHES, JEWELRY, CLOCKS JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS.

Repaired warranted. IN FAIOLY'S D3'J3 'STORE. D. L. Smith, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 03ice in the Fiiiknd building, Salem, Kansas.

Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. Williamson Gumming have de-. cided to sell their 15aking Powder Frizes right out regardless of the Uak-vg Powder. All the ladies have admired the ware and now tlioy have an opportunity of purchasing it. It is that beautiful Pomona We.

The Executive Committee oftho Liquor-dealers' Protective Association, who are now-desirous to make their busi ness "respectable," at a meeting in Louisville last week decided that it would be to their interest not to resort to fraud in evading the payment of lawful license' and also to prevent tho sale of liquor to minors and to close their saloons ou Sunday. In Pasadena, Cal. tho W. C. T.

U. made a certain bar-keeper the subject of special prayer. Attracted by the singing and open-air exercise tho man became interested and within a week was converted. He at once sought a new business, and gave the first five dollars earned in it towards tho erec-Ibn of a new Church in the town. To those parties that have farms for sale or rent, we would Bay advertise in the the inde-pmndent It has as good a circulation outside of its state as any paper published the oounty.

Scandalous but true, G. L. Canfield is actually selling harness and other horse-millinery just as fast as he can make the goods, and is doing jhe work himself. lie is still ising his choice brand of Pitts-)urgh oak-tan leather..