Rush County Progress from Rush Center, Kansas • 3

Mif, II. M. Miller KuKhContur lia THE PROGRESS, Sells A Gleiinon of arned tako the load In the grocory IiunIiicmh. They are wide awake and reliable. YVhon you Iiavo to U'o to Iaintod be sure and.

give (lioni a call. DEALER IN A call from Milt Vv'hittenburger. Fred Foot of this place is carrying the mail from Hays to Larned, The Misses Emma and Georgia Mitchell returned home Tuesday last. D. S.

Cqe, started for Rico, county Accessors. We, undeixtand that parties on the Walnut above Bush Center have been giving aid and comfort 1 to Lancaster who shot Hicks. The names, of thoso gentlemen are known and they can be convicted by their own admissions. They are what is termed in censors after the fact," and are liable imprisonment for five years, in the penitentiary if convicted. Some of the bast men in our county have ex.

pressed a determination that those fcl lows shall bo brought to justice. A largo bill of expense cculd have been saved the county if those fellows had informed the authorities of Lancaster's whereabouts but instead of do ing sq, they permit and even assist a desperate criminal to If such a thing can le done wi'thun punity no 'citizen of our county is safe, desperado may take a notion some one and after committing a mur der know just where to go for aid. It should not be tolerated and if of ficers of the law' do not do their duty in this and all other such matters they should be retired to privato life, and men put in their places who are com willing to vindicate the law. Mi' When yoit go to Great Bend call andsceA. A.

Power he will sell Qro caries to citizens of Rush county at grea tly reduced prices. 11 Shlenkcr, Watclimukep and Jewel, or, has had iJ.i yoars experience ut hist bus Iness the pittronago of the citizens of Kush County and tho Walnut Val ley for repairing watches; clockH op anything pertaining to his lino. When you go to Larned give him a call, tf CliM'ZtstsiSili (tihn; far sale, Christ Huff muster oilers his new stonn BlackHinlth uliopaod a full net of Blacksmith and Unnxmiih tools for salo. ThU is a good opportunity to not into business that pars well. A good yoke of oxen taken fy part pay'.

Call op or address Christ 11 uffmastcr, Lacrosse, Kansas, tf A. A. Power Grocer of Great Bend offers extra inducements t) Rush Co. trade. Itvrolcet.

When you go to Great Bend call on J. S. Harpham and examine his large tock ot Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour and t'aed, and Boots and ho.es. To tho Farmers of Rush County, Kansas, It is a cheerful task, to give my opinion of the McCormicks Harvester and Self Binder. I have tested it full', this harvest.

Three machine'-have cut and bound, each, from 1 5 to 189 acres. As all the farmers knov the grain ripened this year with great rapidity. Notwithstanding the rust, and broken straw, the' machine, it up clean, and bound it well. One oi its great merits, is its simplicily ant" durability. Examine for yourselve, and make your orders for another year, for the McCormick Harvest and Self Binder, the best on tho ma ket.

I also now offer to the farmer Ph. M. Gmidlach's Grain Drills, th best in the world. Examine befon purchase elf.ewhero. E.

C. Rr.nkm, Agent, (Wf Bind J. S. Harphaia the Great Bend Grocer wants to see every man, woman and child in Rush county want ed your trade. txcursions to the Rooky The Atchison, Topeka Santa Raihoadhas arranged with tho various railroad lines in the country for special round trip rates to the Rocky Mountains, and has secured the following rates to Denver, Colorado Springs, Canon City, Pueblo anil return from KansasCiiy $45; St.

Louis, SHO; Quincy, WO; Cincinnati, $05; Pr.ira-lo, correspcnuiii'gly low rates from all points east north and south. These tickets are good for 90 days and to stop-flt all stations west of the Missouri river. Ticket are on tie at till principal stations throughout the coun try. This is tho new route to Denver through tho garden of Kansas 'and Colorado. Send for maps, circular, time to T.

J.AN DERSON, Topeka, -Iva. A. A. Power of Groat Bend Pays cash for. wheat Productions taken in exchange for Groceries.

CalL and see him. Wry GooU.t, Boots I Shoes, GUOGEBIFJ3 AJU) rilDVIMOVW, Ac. Hush Confer, Kansas. 10 1 $10 A. j)p For this Space.

This Spae is re served for TAYLOR MOTT VTrORNKYSAT LAW and BK Ah E. I'ATE A Lacrosiro, 'Kanas K. CBURDlClt, onirac SvjLBSS Lacross, Rih Coutity, Kansas. HENRY GREEN, DEALER IX Lacrosse Rush county, Jiassait, BUY ONLY TEE 1MB it is the Only Sewing MacWna which has a 4 i I i.f il is fa' JiiHt leol'ived it largo; stipurb liandsonie aim Huuaiiio stock ot Dry Ciooiln, Hoots Rud-PhouH, UrocorirH, and ItoVIbIoiis, Tmw, For to my Clerk. AVe are authoiizod to unoiinoe the niunoof Frank K.

Gnrnor osa wini'date for tlie office of County C'jerk to the action of the County A Convention of the Grecnbnok partv oftliiK HUio vil) beheld tit Wvaudoite, onthoiyinst. Mr. James Hrvint tho mail oalrlerro report1 quite a littlo commotion tit ono otthe Ness County, dances, wherein Mf. F. routed the dttneetx lVoit the school Afiue RDCcimen of chalk is now on exhibition at this office, from Ness County, turl is as fine as we ever saw, Alio we think G.

C. swaeyis about to start first class hotel in one of those ohaik bedg, Gentlo reader was you ever hungry for a fine, large, recl-meated watermel ou, and did yon ever have one present ed to you that turned out to be a "hoi low mockery," a fraud, a delusion and a snare It happened something on this wise Win. Fisher, hoping no doubt, to brighten our us one last week, it was a beauty, but as it turned out its beauty was only "skin deep." He placed it in the hands of Jas. B'ry an, the stage driver knowing perhaps that Jim had a love for water melons perfectly irresistable, and that he might as well have hid it away' in some dark unexplored labrynth of the Mammoth cave for all the good it would do us. Jim cut off one end, topk out all tho meat, cramed it full of corn, fastened the end on again, and on arriving nt Lacrosse presented the melon to Mitchell, with Fisher's compliments.

Mitchell cast a hasty glance around to "see if anyone obscrv ed him and disapeared into the house but that melon was not cut on the con trary when Taylor returneil from the post office M'tchell handed it to him with the remark, that Fisher sent it to the Progress outfit. A great sha dow of disappointment overspread Taylor's countenance as the end drop edoff. Now everybody in thi3 com munity knot's that Polk Cline's capa city for melon had him to head the brigade. "By tho strug gling moonbeams misty light' and with feelings of extacy Polk took the proffered treasure, but he never cut it. Fierco, Gunn and Glenndehing each in turn had their hopes "dashed to earth" irntil at last the "boys" took it down to Ashcr Mote our popular candidate for representative and as sembled around to see him cut it.

which he did. No when he had got everything rfeady to sever it that tren cherou9 end that Bryan cut off came loose and dropped to the floor where- upon the audience smiled, and kept on smiling uutil you could have heard them a mile whereupon Mott declared that if he got to Topeka he would pass an Ex Post Facto law which would go hard-with them. Moral Nevef trust a stage driver with a watermelon. Sam Bard, in Pensacola, is producing full grown editorials' by putting short paragraphs under blue-glass. The farmers 6f Reno like thos3 of Sedgwick county, will' not take to sheen raisin sr.

until it is demonstrated by sore experience that an exclusive devotion to wheat will bring disappointment and debt. Beacon. Don't eat, em srCen and sliced il you Wouftl like to stay aroundi Abstain If long you'd be a cu cumber or tne ground. Comodore Bvron left ISugiaiid on bis voyago around the world June 21, 1704. returned May PITH'S, about one hundred years ago.

In his voage he discovered the nonulous island, in the Pacific Ocean which uoars his namei Ho was remarkable for ill fortune at sea, and the sailors called him' foul-weather American Yonug Folks. Li a little turn on the west side of the river last week.we counted no Igsr than five steam threshers. Such a thingvcouidnotbe witnessed in any other section of tho state, probably; at least upon the same area. At the same time two steam threshers were were running On the east side, both within sight of town. Beacon.

The Tmva taiun who invented grass hopper soup has concocted a beautiful sauce of cockroaches and kerosene oil. A young mail woke up the other ight and saw a ghost the roJm; seizing his six shooter, he approached ftnrl found it was hi'3 bclfar. Which happened to be standing on the floor. The Davton Democrat seen a hoise in that id ace eai meat. te have frequently seen here's run for stakes, here, with a bit ill their moutn.

It. II. Mitchell S. W. Taylor MITCHELL TAXLOll.

i EDITOItS rnOPHIKTOllS, Lacrosse, Kiish County, Kansas. LOCAL. Cnmo To Hush The Onrdcn County and get A homo. -'There ape 'J hoiiB uids of acres now Vacunt-waiting for I he Homosteudor and settler, TiOiive routed farms niul Come, And take choice land of your own. We have room lor thousands of families tind are willing and fciixioiiH to mUow yon Whore to locate Address Tay lor Mott KoalKstate Agents Lacrosso'for informa Town full 'of newcomers every day, mandSUbilCiri'Ptl0n bk ln do fcnJI t0 haVe 8 stmllJ with J'U t0 tt County Fir this The man that puts up a flouring mill at Lacrosse will have a fortune already! i i wuo uringsagood Btocic ot general merchandise to this place It would be an investment that would There is at least a halt dozen tuor enno Tho party that wen out nf er Lancaster whMt steP" "1 The Topeka daily Blade of which Joud praise cannot be spoken it i.

it, httle Journal and ably Edited hyMS For neatness, news and general reading 'County Clerk, Allen MeCann.viMt, ftsdav Sfat 6ath week-Wouday and mesday-to transact county busineis. Editor Sehtiueli Hay yo Mother Lacrosse. Meet a any 0Tho, "8lob: should rpnr.ixrA luua ana t0 Montgomery for His cpjon of KcoA will oh the other end-after awhile. 1 the or- ountyGranW. '8 8e Rash Jl to do so Montgomery not know wiw.i, i OUJU vv up, Tor Sheriff.

feach fera Ktomin.i: "iemoera7th; 1877 'uioufljr, The publio well in has been "sh county and vould, tkfc hotoft lftdv vm with my autosrranh wleri-can Debater" Please wtnm will wvucii, 'bserib sforthyeekendin, 14: iurger, La J.N.ham,Beirield. Henry Green, of pioneer has dosed aer wheat boe fo any place, whrt we want Is a Han t0 open up a Rood a splendid opening at this place. Cr-Nfcln tosh, Was again in town to see lIpatient John Hicks, whom he says is doing well and with the proper care ill SOou be up again last week to bo gone about two weeks Cyrus. Carr, and Cooper. Young-have acturned io tlieir claims from Rice county.

Toey snyToko. Cline, was waterman for the squad that was out after Lancaster, last week. Joh Hicks is slowlv but surely re-' covering, and wo hope to seo him a-gain on our streets. Thniiksto Messrs. Iloffmnster and Burdickfn'r "playing the devil" ex-elent "roller boy," etc.

E. 'N. Gur.n, was in to see us this week. We believe the pcoplo desire that he should resume the Compass again this fall. Mr Geo.

Lamed, contractor, and builder, has constructed for us a verry neat, and substantial cae rack, which is a standing advertisement of his workmanship, Asher Mott the "champion canvas, ser'lias raised nearly $400 in cash and labor donations, for the completion of of tho second story of the school house now in the course of erection at this place. Mr. L. T. Dehiplahi Commissioner of the 1st district gave us a pleasant call yesterday.

He reports everything in good condition and a large acreage of wheat as being sown in and around Olncy. Mr. A. R. Hookiusmith late ol Bar ton county was in town, Wednesday ho is cowing wheat and making arran gements preparatory to moving his family on his claim about two miles northof Dr.

Wni. M. Goodwin' late of- Ur-banna, Champaig county, Illinois lias pcrmanantly located in Rush county, and will soon put in a stock of drugs in the P. 0. building ih this place.

F. B. Smith, of Rush Center niu be doing a land office" business as we notice he goes to tys City about every week. We, are pleased to see him at the good work, helping settle Rush county. This week Taylor and Mott located Messrs.

Robert S. Preston, Wm.P. Lancaster, and John Lester all from Essex. Page county, Iowa. They took tho whole of section 28, north west quarter B3 anA tho south east quarter of 29 in" township 17, Range 10, and of course they take the Progress.

i We noticed P. H. Mosier of Rush Center in town on last Wednesday. Mosier is a proiaintmt candidate for Treasurer of this county, while it is not the policy of the Phogsess to advocate the claims of any aspirant at present yet if Mosier is tho nominee of the convention we shall cheerfnly support him. lib is one of our best men and a man in whos integrity the people have unbounded faith.

per year. 1 If you want' anything in "tho Tlm-nos line it-will pay you to go andsea A. J. Collins 'of Larned ho keeps Vvcrytidnji iliat beloti'M in that lino. Tlin Aut nt.

fell itintlt At "IJVir A- rw rev ot Larned dealers in Hard vnro and Agricultural Inipliiunntsi-ontinuos to he he point of attraction for tho farmers of and Pawneei "One foot up and one foot down. That's the way ta land in town." That's the son a With WitU "inh was singmjr, lioppinji around on lhfi-bnthilo alter runuini; one nf tho Xi-w Anie i-icith Sewing Machines all day. Oh. it never tires me nl at I like my out or.p. It runs so lfcht.

and ho trouble to set tS( nredle Or'thread it. Hihots iiiuVh I would not exchange it for the world." The temporary school lions in Lneross1 1 1 1 1 tvl tors. Any one desiring jo uri-base ca'ii have tlitj bu'ldingivt lie cost It is 13 24 feet and built in sn bsiau-tial manner. Will make a splendid store room. A title to ha lot on which it staads will be irunrantekl titbppiiu-has-er free cfcoot.

tt I h' 4 5- Our Politics. While we do not propose to take an active part in politics yt we have no hesitation in saying that our sympa thies are with the Greenback party of the country, and when the proper time comes we will lay before aur readers our reasons for raising that ctan dard. Messrs. "ScjaSors" and "Pastern." Know all our readers that sors" is the editor of this column, ably assisted by his steadfast friend and co-laboier, Mr. Our sympathies are religiously Bus sian.

Hays Sentinel. Botially Tur kish Stir. What O. toman do in such a case. Standard.

Keep quiet muzzled men! An onion four inches ill diameter, raised on Mr. A. H. Boyd's farm is one of the great specimens of tho season on exhibition at this Mr. B.

has thirty bushels just like it-Dodge City Times. Many fields' of wheat which grown the past year have been plow'd up and the volunteer wheat coming up is sufiicientjwithout more seeding Tom Stone has fifty acres and Free man Corp has fifty acres of this kind of wheat which they will not Cheap way of getting in a crop. G't Bend Register. Hon. T.

II. Cavanaugh started for Danville, Illinois, yesterday to obtv-in his herd of Hereford Battle, consisting of forty head, which he will bring to Kansas. They will be kept on his farm in Saline county, for breediii purposes. They will be exhibited at the Kansas City, St? Joseph, Lincoln and Toptka fairs. Cohihion wealth The Journal Paris.France says that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has been translated into a greater num ber of languages than any other book of the century.

It has been selected by the British museum to give! the world an'ideaof the variety of lialett spoken at the present time. Ex. The public debt of theUuitedStatef since September been TolodoBlade Very few of the Russians can read. American newspapers can print any kind of a war map they please without hurting the feelings of the natives. Topeka Blade, And.

now. Cant. Eudn. hr.vin success fully completed tho Mississippi scheme, has engaged to build a bridge crosse the Bosphorus. The bridge is sup posed to be C.OUO feet long.

el do we remember wneti our irenu Xerxes co npleid the Rame kine of a structure at the same place, and how proud lie was ol it, sentinel-. We learn that a serious accident befell a Mr. Stilhvell at the mill this side cf Bull City. In endeavoring to render seine assistance in getting the lumber. awf.y h-ta the saw, lie Stumbled and f-U, ad in falling struck the saw with his tight arm and bfcrfj tile hand from the nrni.and spli nteiing the ailnup to thetVopw.

A phycian waa called and amputated the arm above the dhow. Et. wi mm iljfiEl mmmm ETS SKIPS TIio Simplost the Most Durable, and ia Sewing Mine! kn rot Ket out orddr 'ii jJm Si Stl WifcnH teoe; W't, lilisVii The si Family -ThJ "'NEW AXISiCAiT" i Ot learMtf. 8. StfrFWCT, Iiik OtBf.

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