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The Alliance Herald from Council Grove, Kansas • 4

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KAILSOAD xacxzt. Parkervllle Items. THE ALLIANCE HERALD. $1.50 Per Annum. Subscription, John Dillon, of the Grove, was in town I'UnUaHID BVEBV FRIDAY.

Wednesday. The "Katy" train hands take breakfast OFFICIAL COUNTY PArKlt. Hill Spring Hints. The "Hayseeders" are all busy. J.

D. Taylor lias moved on the J. O. Hartman farm. Miss Belle Watkins was visiting in Stringtown last week.

Mrs. L. P. Snodgrass was visiting her parents during the past week. D.

F. Robinson, of Garfield township, was in this neighborhood last week. Mrs. Williams and daughter, Maggie, were visiting in this vicinity on Sunday. Mrs.

J. S. Watkins, of Maple Grove, visited her former neighbors In this locality last Sunday. Charley Krouse is hauling a portion at tne Western bouse. T.

N. llaun shipped a car load of oata to market this week. P. W. Good shipped a car load of stock to Kansas City this week.

Business is getting lively in Parkerville and everyone expects a boom this fall. Miss Candis Johnson closed her school last Friday. She gave good satlsfactson. Mrs. Rachel Ernest died Monday night after a long and painful illness, aged 22.

P. W. Good has received his stock of dry goods and is moving into his fine new L. MeKENZIE. Editor.

G. W. COFFIN, Associate Editor. C. W.

WHITE, Business Manager. FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1891. Okganize, educate, co-operate. A Citizen's alliance lias been formed at San Francisco. The Alliance Herald.

llusiiiws on the Increase. The extra men ato pio laat week. Passenger travel on both roads la heavy The switchmen on the Ilurllngtou are on a strike. The bridges are bolng prepared along the line weat of tore. Knit bound shipment over the Missouri Paalfle Is Increasing-.

A CounclGrove train orew mudo a trip to Osawatomie on Saturday. William Grow la on the out-off during the temporary absence of Charley Ilrokaw. ling-gage Master Vlekery Informs us" that buHlnws In his line Is growing every uuy. The fencing (rang are building fences along the 1'uuiUo, butwoea this eity and Gypsum. Agent Lynch of the Paeiflo Is experiencing the pleasure given byo carbuncle on his neck.

Engine 1119 from the middle diviulon wont to the shops last week for a general overhauling. Extra gangs are kept busy repairing the damage done to the road beds by the late rains and snows. Vice-President Rotnhart, of the Santa Fe, says ho is not seeking the presidency of that com puny. Conductor William Dates Is on tho run during the absenoe of Passenger Conductor Donovan. Conductor Joe Lonberger, of Holslngton, panned through the Grove on Monday, on a visit to Parsons.

The Mlsourl Paolllo shops at Owiwntomlo are crowded with work, and good work 1b done by the workmen. Fireman Itrnkun. of Gypsum Cltv. Is In the of his corn to llelmick, which be sold to Frank Lower Co. Wm.

Yadon, of Coxville, Indiana, has quite recently came to our midst and will settle on the Woods farm. Tn people's party gained a complete victory at Abilene In the recent city election. Some of the young people of this place attended the dance at Joe Bane's on Monday night and report a jolly good store. James McCallister has moved to Neosho townghip for the purpose of farming this season. Miss Mary Rinard has received a large stock of spring goods and will have her opening on Saturday.

Harry Simmons goes to the Pacific coast thia summer where he expects to sojourn for four or five months. Geo. Jamison, our new druggist, an old friend of Jerry Simpson, looks quite at home in his chosen business. John Tague lias the finest lot of cattle in Morris county, and from ths appearance of prices will nuikc a bonanza this time. Don't forget the alliance meeting at The Leavenworth Times, Hutchinson Xews and Atchison Champion have at last wheeled nobly into the alliance ranks.

the Hill Spring school house next Saturday night. All members should be present if possible. George Coflin, THE OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. of the Herald, lias promised to be present. liECii'iiociTY is a good nickname for free trade.

All the republicans have to do now, to insure success in 1802, is to discover a new word for free silver. We learn that there has been a little year. trouble between the Dick and Smith N. Dillev has returned from the east families on Paddock creek, in which We suggest the word Hypocrisy. with a complete stock of goods, which he city, recovering iroin a slight accident received several weeks ago.

Full trains from tho west over the Pacific arrive each day hidon with tho remainder of lrint year's grain crop. Charles liuhland a prominent passenger engineer of Oxawatomio, was elected last week as councilman in that city. Superintendent F. F. Dunnaway and Conductor William Donovan are on a three weeks' trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas.

several of the Dick boys succeeded in now sells as low as anybody can in Funeiials resulting from deaths by giving the son of Mr. Smith quite a severe chastising with a hayfork, and county. grippe were so many in Brooklyn Sun Uncle Charlie Parker has eighty acreB when Mrs. Smith came forward as of beautiful wheat on his farm, wlucn day that though all the hearses in that peacemaker Young Mr. Dick gave her from present appearances indicate an a few spats.

You will perhaps hear The excursion sleeper, run every Sunday by the Missouri Pacltlo, )s always crowded city were busy some making two trips abundant crop. more of the affair in the future. In tli Having been awarded the County Printing for the year 1891, the Alliakce Herald will contain all Proceedings of the with passengers for Colorado points. there was not enough and a supply It is rumored that C. G.

Parker contem meantime boys should learn to don't -C. V. Huntington has been re-elected as from New York was called for. president of the Southern Pacltlo at a recent plates making a trip to New Mexico with meeting of the directors of that company. some fine blooded horses he Intends taK Comlskey Clatter- John J.

Ingalls was digging on his The Missouri Pacltlo Is doing a splendid freight business at Ottawa. The little town of ing to that territory. Mr. Talley and Mr. Joe Long have both Clallin, near Holslngton, is not far behind.

J. C. KinirHburv received a severe luiu place one day last week, when some' got a piece or corn planted. Little Leonard January was very sick last week, but being a chip of the old block, and body passing halloed, "what are you ry from one of his fine horses, which bit him on the shoulder, but we are happy to Oh. the grippe, the terrible grippe, it BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, built after his father's fashion he has almost has a deathly grip on the entire common state he is rapidly improving.

recovered. Ity. doing, senator?" "Oh, unfilling bole," be answered, as he lifted spadeful of soil. Wichita Eagle. Since the accident to the OTT last week, fire man Rose has decided to take out a policy In every accident insurance company doing bus- The fact of seeing wagons leaving town loaded with fruit trees from the nursery of James Shame every (lav shows that Henry Bailey had tne misfortune to get his best work horse badly cut on a sharp ness in the lilted States.

harrow. that there are yet some people In the Engineer Frank Kaney and Ed Heath, who Not a single woman nor a married one either voted Ht the city election at Borry Neal and another young gent nave been visiting tneir old homes in umo, county who have faith In Kansas. went coon hunting last week. Just ask returned last week to Holslngton and are en Greensburg. This was a great com H.

P. Rinard, the boss cabbage raiser of gaged in their duties on the middle division. Merry what he saw. And all News of an Official Nature Morris county, is making elaborate and A survey Is being made by Missouri Pacific Samuel Rodgers, of Council Grove, who pliment to Billy Bolton, the handsome widower who edits the Kiowa County engineers for a line from Fort Gibson in tho Territory to Dennison, Texas, and this route extensive preparations to put in a truck garden on a more practical and extended is S7 years old, walked out to John Rob paralleling the will soon be built. Inson one day last week.

Signal, and who is "pizen" on equal scale than ever before. Iloadmaster McGiiIre has not yet made up suffrage. K. C. Star.

Oh I the beautiful wheat fields, one can his mind to resign since ho was elected on the nearly see them grow now between the school hoard. Mack thinks the salary or a school director would warrant him in severing beautiful spring showers. hU connection with the I'aclno. White City Items. W.

G. Means has left us. "Better late than never." Transacted by Morris County Offiials. The prairie fires have started. One Some papers are finding fault because a former railroad employe has been appointed as last Saturday waked up this neck of woods Some unnecessary noise is being made because Jwdge Tetter has drawn $400 due him as United States Senator.

The pressing need which compelled.Mr. Pef-fer to ask the government for his pay is Will Jones has returned from Riley but did no serious damage. a railroad commissioner for Kansas. What's the matter with this man, Mitchell? Ho wears good clothes, and we think has a gold watch and chain. Its only a small matter to recognize a county.

One of Frank Fyfe's ponies cut Its Jack Pane has been suffering of heart throat nearly to the vital parts by running railroader when one wants to. trouble. very good advice that he didn't get his against the eud of a sharp board. -The Pacltlo Mall steamship Newport, which We must ne represented lu the official office the way some of his colleagues got Len Rotchford drove his cattle to Conn has sailed from Colon, carried a number of purveyors and civil engineers, who are bound for county paper. cil Grove on Monday to ship, as the stock Yucatan In the Interest or the intercontinental Hallway Commission of Washington, who pro Our photographer has migrated to a yard at tomlskey were too weak to hold sunnier clime.

pose establishing a railroad between Soutn America and the United States. his big fat long-horns. He shipped three T. W. Muscrave has rented the Dow cars of as line cattle as has left this neigh borbood for a long while.

The legislative board elected by the railroad Worrell farm. THE ALLIANCE HERALD employes of Kansas are not overjoyed at the outcome of legislation in their Interests by the The I. G. T. is rapidly increasing In last legislature and are circulating documents membership.

theirs. Anotitkk large party left Abilene this week for the west coast of Mexico. They shipped their goods to Topolobam-po. Others will join them in Western Kansas and two hundred in all will make the trip. They take their entire possessions.

The three hundred who went last fall are digging ditches in the interior. They are still living on previsions taken with them. Mrs. R. Jay.

Olive Branch Items. Lots of outs are being sown this week. The "white elephant" is still with us in advising tho ilo.OOU employes to remember the men who failed to materialize when they wero given support as the champions of all laboring all its grandeur. men. Quite a number commenced putting in George llanthoru has a new set of har' ess.

II. Kingman, of Delavan, Is around buy oats on Tuesday. Sudden Death of a Prominent Farmer. It was with sadness that our citizens W. R.

Biirham was a visitor at the Will contain all the County News, together with items from all the different Cities and Villages of Morris County. Grove on Monday. ing nogs. received the intelligence, on Tuesday, of We have had some very cloudy weath Wm. Crocker is repairing the fence on the death of one of Morris county's most er or late.

the Palmer ranch. Billy, you make a good many "Swift" D. Hallmark is recovering from an at prominent farmers, Mr. B. Kinner, who resided two miles north of Kelso.

Bradford Kiuner was about CO years of age movements. tack of the mumps. Our alliance S. Reams has rented the ('has. Patten meets semi-monthly on Monday nights.

farm, east of town. aud came to this couuty eighteen years ago from New York. He had been com Mr. Drayer sold 5000 bushels of corn S. II.

McConnell has returned from his liberal discounts to clubs. for 05 cents per bushel. visit in Ileringtou. plaining about two weeks with la grippe Foil twenty five years Silas G. Slaughter, now 60 years old, has been a horsethief in West Virginia.

He applied for a pension last week in Calhoun county, and by this means he was Identified and captured. lie stole a horse valued at 85f 0 four years ago, deserted his wife, moved to this neighborhoodi changed his name to Walker, married a wealthy widow and was living at ease until his arrest. Singing school closed at the Grand Wm. Sanford will soon erect a substau View school house last Friday evening. tial residence on his farm.

John Harkness has returned from Kan W. R. Staley, a true blue alliance man sas City. He is suffering with infiannn went to the Grove on Monday. atory rheumatism.

Georire J. Bushey and wife, of Latimer, were shopping In town hiHt week. Dick. A New Convert. The creamery will resume operations on Address all communications to Monday next, so we are informed.

The Leavenworth Times is now a peo or cold, but was able to go around and attend to business. On Monday Mr. Kiu-uer was out visiting a neighbor and came home and eat a harty supper before retiring. About 3 o'clock a peculiar noise was heard in Mb room aud on Investigation he was foulid to be unconscious aud died about 4 o'clock. Mr.

Kinner made his home at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Allen, adjoining his own farm. His son, Byron Kinner, of the Kansas City stock yards, was telegraphed and arrived in time to attend his fatuer's funeral, which occurred at Kelso Wednes Harry Phelng, of the Ileringtou Times. ple's party paper sure enough. In its was a recent visitor with home ioiks.

issue of April 2d we find: "There is but A number of our teachers will attend one hope and that is in the new party the examination at the Grove on the 25th. the people's party. The Times turns to The little child of A. F. Deming had THE ALLIANCE HERALD, Council Grove, Kansas.

The railroad commissioners continue to report disgraceful attempts on the part of well to do farmers in the west to impose on them in the distribution of grain. A letter received from Commissioner Green says that three farmers in Norton county sold the wheat which had been given them for eighty-five cents a bushel, before leaving town, and went off snapping their fingers at the commissioners. wards it believing that in its honesty of the misfortune recently to break its leg. Elmer Baer and E. P.

Davis attended purpose and determination to purify our politics is the hope of the state. This is the irun club shoot at the Grove last week. not a change so far as the ends we work day, conducted by Rev. Robert Dobson of this city. The deceased was one of our for are concerned; we have been advo II.

F. Parsons, formerly of the Dwlght PACIFIC MISSOURI progressive and industrious farmers and Wasp, is now foreman in the KegiBter catintr the same principles for years. It office. will be greatly missed in the community which he lived. is only a change from one set of leaders to another.

Not men but measures has M. W. RAILWAY been our motto in past: measures and Four Mile Facts. RESOLUTIONS OK CONDOLENCE. At a regular meeting of Kelso alliance men shall be our motto in the future Howard Hathaway is on the sick list this week.

held ou April 15, 1891, the following res. olutions were adopted: The Times is a good paper that is, it is a newspaper. The weekly is the same size as The Alliance Hekaxd, and its W. A. Miller's little girl has been quite MOST POPULAR And only good route to all point North, South, West and East.

sick again. Wheras, It has pleased God to remove About 120 members jf the I'hil Sheridan command of New York City and of Phil Kearney's command of New York met at NewarkSaturday and adopted a call for a national convention of the honorably discharged veterans of the regular army and navy, to be held in that city July 4 next. A committee waa appointed to send invitations to all organizations of veteran soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States. A. G.

Alexander commenced planting subscription price is $1. D.T. Armstrong, corn on Monday. of Great Bend, hag been hired as the al M. J.

Shirley has put In nine acres of Shortest Quickest! Best! iance editor. We want more papers; we from our midst by death one of our brothers in the death of Brother Bradford Kinner, this alliance lias lost one of its most earnest and faithful members and the community one of Its most respected citizens; his children a kind and loving father, therefore, be it alfalfa this spring. want a state daily, and if the Leaven' Mrs. Snodgrass and Miss Lydia Kidd worth Times fills the bill it should be went to the Grove Saturday. To all points in Trains make direct connection to supported by those of the new faith who Mr.

Shaw and wife visited their daugh Resolved, That while we deeply mourn read dailies. ter, Mrs. W. A. Miller, last Sunday.

and ST. LOUIS, TEXAS, MEXICO the loss of our brother, we humbly bow Miss Hattie Gammell, of Council Grove, to tho will of Ilim who doeth all things Notice. well. CALIFOENIA, visited her parents In this vicinity on bun day. The first quarterly meeting of the Dun- Resolved.

That we. as an allliance. joiu KANSAS CITY, and OMAH A lap charge will be held at the M. E. James Gammell and lady attended the Sunday school convention at the Grove on church In Dunlap, Saturday and Suuday, with his children In their grief at this sad bereavement and can only command them to a kind and loving Ileavenlv Father.

Tuesday. Sunday school was organized last Sun Resolved, That we devote a page of our April 25 and 26. There will also be meetings on Thursday and Friday nights preceding the quarterly conference. day at the South Bend school house with ournal to his memory aud that the mem the following officers: Superintendent, bers of this alliance wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Saturday Preaching at 7:30 p.

m. by P. II. Monroe; Assistant, Mrs. A.

Givens; Because its lines will SAVE YOTJ MANY HOURS, And nlso offers you Through Sleepers To points in TEXAS. (Secretary, Maggie Monroe; treasurer, M. Rev. A. G.

Robb, presiding elder, follow Resolved, That a copy of these resolu Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars AND FOUR TRAINS DAILY Are run between KANSAS CITY ST. LOUIS. ed by quarterly conference. Shirley. X.Y.Z.

tions be furnished the children of our deceased brother and a copy be furnished the Council Grove papers for publication. Sunday Love feast at 9:30 o'clock a. m. I'reochlng by the elder and communion service at 11 a. m.

Preaching at 7:30 Munkres Creek Items. The dance at Tom Riggs' on Monday Moke money! Call it inflation if you please. But this is what the people want and must have. Through all the west and south this is a foregone conclusion that has become well settled in the public mind, and there is no mistaking It. But the cry of "inflation" at thig late day will not do.

It is sophistical, specious and unreliable for all present purposes. Its day is past and it will not scare worth a cent. National View. The Tombstone Prospector says: Since the duty on eggs has been the rule many devices have been thought of for manufacturing them. The idea of a Nogales man is, however, the only feasible scheme up to date.

His proposition is to feed hens on the cheap grain of Mexico and have them lay in the United States. For this purpose a long building will be placed on the line, half in Mexico and half in the United states. They will feed and water in the Mexican end, and when they want to lay they go to the further end of the building, and in that way escape paying the duty. The pro-ector of this enterprise came from Maine. m.

Come and let us unite in serving night was a failure on account of the J.J). AUSTIN, G. L. Kahl, John Rader, Committee. Kelso, Kansas, April 15, 1891.

Geo. A. Edv. H. C.

Caost, rain. the Lord. J. W. H.

Pyke, Connection! made at Union Depot St. Louia, wttk all traina for Chicago and tbe East and South. RECLIXIXG (HAIR CARS FREE. The people of Neosho township are al J.J. Preacher in charge.

J. WADO Gen. Tiaffic Manager. FREY. Gen.

Supt, most out of feed for their cattle and are running them on dry grass. Notice. On account of ill health I am obliged DR. Z. T.

HARVEY, GASTON MESL1ER. Genl Passenger Ticket Agent, SKUA 1,1 MO. Affording all the luxury and comfort of a Bleeping car with no extra charge. James Bolton tapped his last barrel of to close my butcher Bhop for a few weeks PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. molasses out of a lot of eighty barrels.

It was two years old but in fine condition. order to take a little recreation, but The question for diseussloto next Tues COUNCIL GROVE, KAN. day night at the Ritchie alliance is a very interesting one. All should turn will reopen again on or about June 23 with a larger and better supply of fresh and salt meats ever carried by a Council Grove meat market. Thanking my J.

A. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, COUNCIL (1ROVK, KANSAS. out. Does a general practice, and gires ROUND TRIP TICKETS To all popular pleasure resort on sale during tbt nmner months. All trains on this road pass through tbe most pleasant and beautiful sections of country; Making perfect time.

Insuring tbe traveler close connections at all points. Fare always lowest and accommodations tbe best. H. C. TOWN8KNl, Gen.

Pass's? and Tk't Ag't, St. Louis Mo. S. V. Riley met with a severe accident special attention to surgery, obstetrics and diseases of women and children.

Calls, nieht or day. promptly attended. customers and friends for paBt favors and one day laRt week. He fell from a load of hay to the ground, alighting on his head and shoulders, which laid him up for several days. patronage, I remain yours to please, Office Will practice in all state and federal courts.

Office, upstairs, over Hanking' hardware store. over Rigdon's store 16W2 Geo. Pullman..

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