The Fontana Bulletin from Fontana, Kansas • 1

The Fontana it Vol. No. 13 By Whiting Bros. Fontana, Miami County, Kansas, December 26, 1896. on their lines at the rate of one and K.C.

F.S.M. Time Table. one third fare. Upturning limit Jan NoKTII ISoi'MJ. uary 4.

1897. With every purchase of 10 or more at the lteddin A Underbill stock you () No. 4. K. C.

Ki. Leav 5:39 a in rug Store. will be given one year's subscription to xa. Mail 8:3) pin No. 6 Kaman City Pin 8HHam No.

20 Ixxal 10:25 am No. 84 Stock 10:02 pin Hew December Matchless Bargain Sale. Wp want your trade; we want your rash and in order to get it we. have inaugurated this great matchless bargain sale. Article of use or ornament.

Winter clothing, i m.I -wear, dress goods, Xmaa presents, in fact everything in our mamoth department store at un Sorru Hoc no. No. I. Florida Fast Mail 12:47 in No. 3.

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25. Local Freight 1 7:51 in the. Fontana Bi i.i.ktiv, free. G. W.

Sample, of Dunlap, wns arrested for pounterfpiting last week. Ilia kit was found in his stable. Hp will probably get sample of prison fare. LaCygne Journal: Rev. Robinson and family of Fontana, were in this city Saturday, on their way to Amsterdam, where he goes to hold a revival meeting.

Jewel county claims the champion corn busker of the world. Frank No. 5, Kansas City I'Iur Daily except Sunday. A. PlMOSIl Aot.

I wish to announce to the citizens of Fontana and vicinity that I have opened a drug store in this city where a first-class stock of drugs will be continually on hand. Special attention given to prescription trade. Give me a call when in need of anything in my line. Don't forget the dates of the Miami Poultry and Pet Stock Association Januury 5, 0 and 7. Hutchison News: The Chicago Times Herald prints picture of Will White and labels it "William Allen, editor of Wichita ia.et te." Now look out for a roar from White and Wichita.

A yourg lady made her appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Mc-llwainp last Sunday, ami expressed a determination to remain with them.

John promptly informed the lady that she was welcome to share her lot with theirs. Mother and bulie doing well. At a recent meeting of Camp Xo. 8121, M. W.

of A. the following olllccr wore elected: C. O. Tenney, V. Holier- Funk.

W. II. C. Stewart, clerk; John CitKsida, H. A.

IS. I Iouser, escort W. A. ('louse, watchman; Josh Kigham, sentry; Riihsell Ilibbs, manager for three years; Dr. I.

V. Mott, physician; Russell Ilibbs, delegate. The installation of th'-se officers will be at the first meeting next month. A Western Kansas editor tells a story of being held up by footpmls one night recently. He was "covered" Dr.

Mutt was in l'aola Tuesday. Dr. Mott visited LnCygne Monday. Joe llniney wait in l'aola Thursday. Will ArlK(nHt wan in l'aola Tuesday Itussell llilw wiMM to l'aola Monday J.

W. Fuller. () I. A. Morrell wan in l'aola Monday.

Frank Ixiwp veiled l'aola last Satur day. M. McKoon wa in LaCygne Mon Meyers of Burr Oak, recently husked and cribbed 170 bushels in 10 hours and 25 minute. Morris Miller and Ed Spain have rented the Ben llenness property in East Fontana and will keep bachelor's hall. Anyone wishing board cheup might do well to consult them.

Makiiikd: At the oflice of the probate judge in Paola, Wednesday, herein-bpr23, Mr. William Ilernden of Linn county, and Miss Maude Battersby of Fontana, Probate Judge Mason officiating. C. Blair is selling off his household goods preparatory to his leaving for Colorado. Our people regret losing co good a citizen as Charlie is, but wish him success and prosperity wherever he goes.

LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABE. day. heard of low prices. Our Christmas display is worth coming miles to see. DOLLS! We have certainly the greatest-doll display ever shown in Paola, and we deserve credit for their cheapness, for we have been looking after this line for the past three months, and we feel confident that we hava the right goods at the lowest prices.

6 in jointed doll Bistjue head, with hair, 3c. 8 in. jointed doll. Bisque head, with hair, 8c. 10 in.

jointed doll, Bisque with hair, 10c. 14 in. kid body, Bisque head, with hair, 18c, 23c and 25c. kid body sleeping doll for 45c, 50c, 09c and 98c are each and every one a bargain. To appreciate them is to see them.

Smith was in l'aola Wednes- Good rigs at reasonable rates at all times. Special attention to commercial travelers. City transfer irf connection. FRANK LOWE, Proprietor, with a revolver and his money and valuables were demanded. During the proceedings a number of his professional cards were taken out of his pocket.

On discovering that he was an editor the robbers returned his possessions and at once fell on their knees and begged forgivenness and pardon. The editor is still wearing his hair in pompadour style, but he is thankful he still has his Waterbury and two postage stamps. About Qosslpt. I An unsigned article was poked under day. J.

W. Tallman was in l'aola Wednesday. A bright exterior often hides a rotten eore. Read lloyd Ithoades' big ad this week. J.

A. IIulT whs at the county sent Monday. S. Uond and family were in l'aola Tuesday. Morris Symonds was in Oawatomie Thursday.

Kussell Ilibbs spent Christmas in Kansas City. Louie Wallingford captured a young eagle Monday. Miss Efly Arbognst was shopping in LaCygne Monday. Mrs. E.

Campbell is spending the holidays in Panla. Mr. Vanderpete was in Merrium RIBBONS, ALL SILK. People who push their noses around in other people's affairs and "talk" about them, alwoys find some pretext fordoing "business" with your actions. For instance, if you spend your money freely they will regard your extravagant habits as shameful.

On the We are afraid that you will i believe us when you read this: Xos. 5, 7 and 9, per yard, 5c. Nos. 12, 10 and 22, per yard 10c. Alt the newest shades, and just what you want for fancy work.

other hand, if you work hard and save our door during our absence this week. We would Inform the writer that Fontana hat a city marshal and if he or she has any more troubles go to Orla Reeves. C. Dunn arrived from South Dakota Tuesday. This is the gentleman whose family recently came here from Fulton, lie will be a resident of Fontana in the future and our citizens welcome him.

The Hamlet Jordan concert last Saturday evening was a grand success. The selections rendered individually and collectively were of a high order and were listened to by a fair sized audience. A Western Kansas editor says a preacher gets $10 for tying a matrimonial knot and lawyer $100 for untying it. He calls it discrimination and calls on the legislature to do something. Fred Miller was strutting around your money they will say you are too stingy and miserly to make a good citizen.

These people who talk about BLACKSMITH I NG- Where are you having your work done and and are the prices right? Every job turned out by me is guaranteed to be done in a workmanlike manner and the following prices will convince you that my charges are reasonable. Horse shoeing, 8 new shoes, No. 4 and under, $2.00 8 old 4 1.40 Plow-shearing, $2.75 and Plowsharpening, ic, 20c and .25 Shovelpointing, i.jo WflGON aijd CARRIAGE uiorka Specialty. NOTICE! AH parties knowing themselves indebted to me will save trouble by calling and set THE PAOLA how you should live and how your bus iness should be run, lead worthless lives themselves and have no business VARIETY STORE CO. W.

E. STICH, Mgr. of their own. You must be your own judge about what you should do, and part of this week. Will Arbognst was in Kansas City part of this week.

McKoon shipped a enite of poultry your object should be to please your self. There is no riper wisdom than to PAOLA, KANSAS. B. L. Kizer of Gridley, visited Tuesday, with his friend Russell llibb 8.

Tom Hardwick spent Christmas in tling their account, by cash or note, At Once. Paola. Wonder what takes him up be industrious, frugal and successful. If tin's, you are a good citizen. It is real nice to have money enough to pay for your coffin and to pay a week's board for your family after you are dead.

A wife doesn't feel like taking in washing the first week after the funeral. Of course it would be all right for her to begin the next day. but you know a womon is sentimental, and this is one of her sentimentalities. Do not feel annoyed about people criticising you. On the contrary, rejoice.

It is an indication that you are doing well. They only roast their superiors and those outpacing them. That Shoot. An old fashioned turkey shoot wns indulged in by a large number of BOYD RHOADES. town Tuesday very much resembling a victorious rooster.

His face was decorated with a $2.50 smile, and he could only say one word with any satisfaction to the bystanders, A one-year-old daughter of G. W. Carlile of Greeley, swallowed the contents of a can of lie about two weeks ago, dying after suffering intense agony for four days. The little girl was a cousin of Prof. J.

R. Hinton of this city. The school children will be in evidence now for two weeks. There are, say, 100 school children in Fontana. A mischievious iichool kid is in ten different places at once.

You will probably think there are one thousand in town, but there are not. there so often. Mr. and Mrs. Cloud of Nuw Lancaster, visited T.

A. Smith and wife Wednesday. Boyd Rhoades can do your blacjk-smithing cheaper and better than anyone else on earth. It is astonishing how much more other people know about your personal affairs than you do yourself. Fuller generally has an eye for business, but Dimond got the best of him in a suspender transaction Tuesday.

B. BLAKER CO. shooters at Joe Dalton luesduy. Fontana, Paola, Beagle, New Lancaster and Block were represented. It Dealers in.

was a general sporting day for everybody. Most of the day was spent in shooting at targets (and craps) and about HO turkeys were carried off by the victors. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? HAVE YOU SEEN IT? The New York Store HAT Til KY SAY. Cass Montgomery says it was inure to l'aola Tuesday. J.

W. Fuller got in some more new-goods Wednesday. T. 1. llenness shipped hides to Kansas City Wednesday.

Mrs. C. M. McKoon returned from Kansas City Tuesday. Go to Koyd Khoads for your wagon work.

He is a dandy. J. E. Sims was in Osawatomie Inst Friday and Saturday. John Siegner wns transtcting business in Paola Tuesday.

.1. N. Morrell was doing business at the county seat Monday. Four loads of cattle were brought in from the south Thursday. G.

W. Flad of Kansas City, spent Sunday with Frank Lowe. lie who listens to no advice rarely lives to impart knowledge. Bert and Morris Symonds were in Osawatomie last Saturday. liohrig Whiting transferred worth of property this week.

Montgomery Sexton, dealers in iirs and fresh and salt meats. J. E. Sims was doing business in Hillsdale the last of the week. 11.

A. Kope, of the Kansas City Star, was rustling in town Tuesday. B. P. Reeves took a load of dressed poultry to Osawatomie Thursday.

A line show case was accidentally broken in Fuller's drug store Monday. This issue contains some interesting correspondence from Cadmus. Read it. J. C.

Tenney and G. W. Young were in Kansas City on business last Saturday. Men raise their hats less often as they grow older because they have less hair. A full account of the Christmas eve proceedings will be published next week.

Willis Morrison of Kansas City, visited old Fontana friends part of this week. People who talk about the faults of others generally have the same faults themselves. -IN- Lumber, Grain, Coal, Salt, Sash, Doors, Lath, Lime, Agitate Cement, Sand, Brick, Paints and Oils. Kansas. Paola, Estimates cheerfully furnished.

Miss Pearl Arbogast and brother Willie w-ere shopping in Osawatomie last Saturday. James Spencer, of Kansas City, visited his father, J. T. Jpencer, a couple of days this week. The boy who is ashamed of hia mother is traveling fast on the road that leads to the region of etermd fire.

Another Kansas man has bobbed up notoriously. A young man from Florence sings in a church choir at. Lake Charles, La. We are still sending out large numbers of the BrLLKTiN as sample copies. If you receive one accept it with our compliments.

A social dance was participated in by quite a number of young folks at the residence of Peter Vanderpete last Saturday night. Edward Kobbins again displayed his artistic skill by decorating one of his large show windows this week with appropriate Christmas decorations. I will have a good spring wagon with stout half platform springs for sale within the next thirty days. Call at my shop and see it. Ciias.

Lord. The family of W. II. Underbill arrived from Kansas City Tuesday, and in the future will be residents of Fontana. We welcome them back again.

On December 24, 25 and 81 and January 1 the Memphis route will sell round trip holiday tickets to all points fun to watch the niggers shoot craps than to wutch the Fontana boys get laid out in the shade. John Huff says he wasn't "right." Defeat was dancing before his eyes all day long. Tom Hardwick says he would have had better success but the dice were "loaded." Charlie Blair says he could have done better, but the turkeys were not large enough for encouragement. John Spencer says he is hard to keep down, but the bones would not roll right some way or other. Boyd Rhoades says he would have carried off the honors, but he didn't have his glasses with him.

Fiank Lowe says those New Lancaster fellows are jonahs. Wc always thought Art Lowe was a cackerjack at tne bullseye, but he shot all day long and only got one little bit of a turkey and then it wns luck, not science. RUSSELL HIBBS, Manager This is the acknowledged headquarters for the best bargains in the county. Opening up their store about the first of last August, llobinson Bros, have steadly gained the confidence of the public until today they enjoy a trade that ordinarily it takes years to build goods BTRICTLV KOK CASH, making the profit; very low and with a full line of Dress Goods, Notions, Un-derware, Shoes, Blankets, Hosery, Gents Furnishing Goods to select from it hast become the popular place to trade. When you visit Paola don't forget to call at the.

New York Cash Store Robinson: Bros, Props. South Side Park. The Commercial Hotel- Morris Miller "passed" a couple of I Frank Lowe, Proprietor, Good table board and pleasant rooms. Special attention to the Commercial trade. Livery and dray in connection.

Centrally Located. Rates $1.50 a day, times, but he couldn't "six" to save his life. Jim Walthall says he would have stayed longer if the supply of turkeys had not exhausted. He carried away three of the birds. KANSAS.

PAOLA,.