Weekly Gazette from Williamsburg, Kansas • 1

mm vol. r. WILLIAMSBURG, AS, JANUARY 14, 1831." 1 NO. 39. The time for selecting officers to 'IB ulds Iha concert THE WEKLY GAZETTE.

serve the citizens of Williamsburg town given under the management of the members of the Episcopal cburob last ship for another vear is 'but' two weeks irom ncx. mcsaay neo. i). is important that tho voters consider the Tuesday evening, was a success in ev ery particular. The evening was pleas ant and the' audience was largely com FBJLNKj BESSETT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

X' 1 1 1 25'CntJ for 3 L'oatii. JATS3 Or ADVZ3H3I1 aide kaswi sn st llji 11 reliableness of the candidates for the several positions, and select such men posed of residents from the country. as will best serve tbem. The officers to be electod are-; cKirk. treas The stage was commodious, and though not ornamented other' than by a large urer, road overseer and two constables! portrait of George Washington it was attractive.

The programme was well Willianuburgr Coal Deposit The following is extracted from letter written by Jl Savage, 'of Law-rence and publiahed in the Journal oa the Gth inst: MFroa Ottawa we passed down that Burlington branch to Wiiliamsbarg, where, Jn company with'Prof. Patrick pf the State University, we spent one. day in exploring tbe Williamsburg coal field. The deposit it situated fourtedfe miles southwest of Ottawa? upon big prabrie, and is crossed' by both Tegua creek and the Ottawa railroad, a By eome, thee a mines are supposed to be the eastern extension' of the Osage county coal! fields, but they are probably an isolated deposit of about ten miles north and south, by five eass and west. As yet, only one seam has been mined, though another seam t7ea W.

H. Connely, of Agency township just acrosf the county line cade us rendered, and generally, well received, the performance calling forth: many roundi )f applause and in one instance a pleasant visit Tuesday. tHc reports that tha railroad proposition, -5 upon which the residents of that township are called to vote next Thursday as giving vent to a great deal of agitation. an eacore. The costumes wero simply superb, and gieat credit is due those who prepared them.

Our limited space forbids us giving a descriptive account of the dress, but the following are the A debate will be' held at Rock Creek school house to-inorro v. evening, 14 below 0 this morning: Township election comes on Feb. 1st. Mercantile business was nearly down to zero yesterday. A gale visited these parts yesterday that made it unpleasant for out-door vrork.

Mrs, Hewitt Craik has placed us under many obligations for recent favors, voluntarily extended, V('m. Fultz, the butcher, is putting up about seventy-five tons of ice for his own use next bummer. District court convenes next Monday. There are nineteen criminal cases and civil suits to b8 dirpcaed of. Miss Anna Hihox returned to her homo at Burlington Wednesday, having been visiting her brother at Prince ton By the ray, the Ashton Cornet lUnd is progressing finely, ond the mom-! bers are mastering soma very difficult promise to be interesting.

names ot tnose wno put on "ve olden Tho Lyndon Times la3t week pub 1, garb," no two being dressed alike Mesdames A Craik, II Ransom, lished the local page of a copy, of Enterprise, an enterprise in that vil Holden; Swift, J'M Bartholow, ty feet lower down, is reported to ez ist. This workable scam both trandi and thickens to tho north and In lage ten years ago, and invited its Kenney, Grace Peddicord; Misses readers to observe the cbanga of a de the city near the flouring mill, Capt. Myra Ransom, Jennie McConnell, Hadie Gioome, Anna Miller, Sallie Sargent, cade. typhi" Look, at -Williamsburg Ransom, formerly "of tho firm of ten years ago, and then look at bar to Minnie Dyer, Burkes, Nan Edwards id Ransom, of this city, has dajl. We publish a contrast some done a good doal ot stripping in the bed of the crack, whore the seams are 18 tune in tno future.

A Qaecerno subscriber to, the Ga nie and Mary Craik; Messrsr Craik, 0 Holden, Swift J. Thrall, and Horn, Fogle, McConnell, Ben-nett, and others with whose names we inche3 in thickness. Ho' ww raining at tho time of our visit buahela 2.BTT3 has "skipped," or i rather left the eouDtry. no has no other cred pieces. are not tamiiur, Ihe instrumental per Capt Rausom had also a ltors to mourn his departure, we will Mrs.

J. W. Reed returned to her borne at Atchison Monday, after aWour shaft with soam forty feet below tha surface, twenty inches' in thickness. mu3ie was furnished by Messrs. Loom -is and Potter, 1st and 21 violins; Wm, Maxwell; bass violin 1 R.

'UriCefiney cheerfully give him credit for bis little arrearage at this Guesa we'll have to: don't see any other way to Vueks visit with the family "of "Wai. three miles 'of tho city, ia which feveral car per week wer it. 1 1 balance toe books. and his son, Master. Willie, cornet! Th receipt at the door were 35.50.

being mined, t. Capt. Ransom is also George Hedges, of the firm of Beftt- Fults. Presbyterian services will be con ducted next Sunday" morning at the E. church --by the rector, Rev; M.

Me postmaster at Williamsburg, and ia do following smart paragraph is Hodges, went to Kansas1 City ing the taost extensive miniig of any Monday to close up a land sale of 1280 taken from an Illinois exchange for the benefit of "our We iufer from the latter sentence 'the editor acres to a'Mr. Spofford.of Ohij, While oii8 there, though meny other Vrsona were stripping and drifting for coal, ia Hedges report two land sales this weekone quarter section to Daniel Magrath and the same amount thereof has netor been outside of the in the city he purchased one of thelarg est and best assorted stocks of farmim plemsnts ever brought to the county to C. W. Cross. county in which he lives, or else he unintentionally, divulges his of mtrch smaller quantities? Williamsburg is growing, and has recoved lately ia addition to her business men a.

Mr. from near who has bought-several hundred acres 'Wra Schofiold, writes us as loo advanced department ot our the 'merits -of Kansas by using nonsens ical phrases: "One ex-Iilinoisan has of and baa alstf opened a new coal been heard from who is not dissatisfied with Kansas. -Ho ia on a visit to drift just south of Sir. Hamil ton has five baa moved ta Kansas chiefly cn account of pay- friends in Farmer City, expresses himself aa well pleased with that state, public school was euspended this week on acsount of the illness of Miss Sudie the affablo teacher. J.

Johnson, living four miles west of town, was the happiest man on our streets Wednesday. A nine-pound son was tho cause of hia merriment. e. learn from the Ottawa Republican that "Williamsburg indulges in sage of our constitutional aci3ndmenU wbioh has wrecked the hopes of so follows? frobT url 1 ngt on you to use tha Gazkttb in finding a lost sleeve button for, me; it a five dollar 'legal enameled oa white metal or nickel plate I will pay a fair reward for tho button." Rev. S.

E. Pendleton, accompanied by Prof. W. I. Graham, of the Baker University at Baldwin, mado "ua an agreeable call' Mondey.

The latter gentleman occupied the pulpit at the K. church. Sunday night, and delivered a very able discourse. 'K 1 The partnership heretofore existing Hfl reports several other families, coaa- many who moved there a few years ago from Macon count j. We' would to this state in tha sprios, if.

our like to cee tuis Farmer Citv man. and cgislatura enact laws favorable to tta perhaps we might, strike bargain to Deck tie and apron A fact amendment, 'We -did not have time to examine tho silk, industry of Williams exhibit him as a living curiosity; The fifth annual meeting of the Kan- burg." sas State Historical Society will be held a A. H. Cormanl editor of the Maar- at the senate chanibor, at Topeka, on botwocn T. J.

Finch and I. P. Finch, Tuesday evening? January 13? 1881, grocers, has been dissolved by the for- 'orthaebction of membars to the board mer disposing ot nis interest toU. W. Cross, the firm name now being Finch of "directors and tho transaction ofttli- cr Members of the society are requested to attend.

On tho ad Cross. Mr. C. secured the lot and building for the sum of 050. i of vvbich our reporter has been ignorant.

Mrs. Eliza of Clinton, 111., arrived in town last Friday to make relatives an extended visit. At present she is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H.StauSer. Mrs.

J. W. McConnell and Lute went to Auburn, Wednesday, to bo absent fortnight visiting friends. The latter will visit at Topeka during their absence. A.

J. Pitzer will remove hia stock of drug-goods from Kansas, in a few weeks. Ottawa Republican. Have the Ottavvaitos become more healthy fcince January 1st? L. F.

Warner, one of the business men of Melvern, and John; The three o'clock train was more journment cf' th annual meeting; a meeting-of tho' board of directors will bo than two hours late yesterday. The i ner, puoiisnoa as voioraao. springs. commends tbo following rules to tha public for a reformation -in spelling, and has adopted the 3ame ia tho make up" of hia paper:" f- 1. a from the digraf when procounct as short, a3 in bed, holtb.

2. Omit silont after a short vowel, as ia bar, giv, eto." 3. Write for ph in 3uch worda aa alfabet, iantom, eta. 4. When a word ends with' a doubl letter, emit the last, aa in shal, clif, eg, e-tc.

5. Change ed Snal to whore it ta the sound of aB in ksht, imprest, oto A man cinnot smoke a eigar too short unless he fiinokes it too Ion I train was detained at Ottawa while the engine was being repaired, 'and not obstructed by the snow as some predicted The hardware store of Stauffer, Gar-rcr Montpcl'er, 0., was destroyed by fire one night last week with a number of other houses Loss, 4.000; insurance? 2,500. The first member of the firm is a brother of II, gauffer, of this place. Willi AMSBDRQ Mabkbt. Corn, 23 "wheat, 75c: rye, ilax seed, 90c; hay, $3.00 psr ton; hog3, 3.75 to $4: 00; cattle, 2.25 to 4.25; flour, 2.75 to 3.00; corn meal, 80c per cwt; buckwheat, 'per lb; feed, 40c per cwt; potatoes, 60c; apples, beef steak, 8 to 10c; dried beef, 15c; ham, batter, 15c; eggs, 20c per doz; coal, 10 to 12c per bu.

McCurdy, a resident of this township, were accessions to our increasing list of subscribers last Monday;.