The Stafford County Herald from Stafford, Kansas • 1

COUNTY JJVBMJl I AM I AM 1 Here shall the Press the People's rights maintain, Una wed by influence and -onbribed by No. 36 Stafford, Stafford County, Wednesday, Sept, 4, 1889. VOL. 10. I lULVIlliV! AAJLQ 2I73a.33.e3rlo: THE PERMANENT COATING FOR WALLS and CEILINGS.

Cheaper and SUPERIOR to Hard finish pair Kalsomine or Wall Paper. Ready for cise ov adding hot water. CAN BE APPLIED BY ANYONE. Call and examine our Stencils, used for Decorating, and get a card of its vm pou vi F. S.

Larabee theii nominated Stafford county's favorite, lion. John V. in a speech that pleased everyone by its elegance, diction and careful privarution. Sterling Bulletin. Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining in the Stafford office uncalled for, week ending Sep. 4 18S9. 0. L. Page.

Charles Kenney Ida Brown. Nancy E. Martin. Parties asking lor them, will please say advertised and give the date of adver W. Scott, P.

M. Wanted. 50 head of choice Steer Calves. 83-St First National Bank. Looks like nun.

Let 'er OoinO, Dry? well yes, just a little, some what. Now, mine host, lie takes the Delevun. We had a refreshing ruin last Monday. Beautiful evenings this week for young-lovers. Several hands of horse traders in the city this week.

Peaches and melons are a drug on the market. Col. Hanlau's fast flyer "Telegraph" is lying at death's door this morning. There was a large number of fanners in town Saturday, doing their trading. George Selfrige was taking in the town last Saturday.

S. II. Titus and lady (-pent last Sunday in the city, the guest of Mrs. E. M.

Broughton. Ye-terday was the most disagreeable day we have seen since the Indians left. A regular sand storm. John Chrisman has raised the finest samples of sod corn that lias Veen on exhibition this seas in city. Go to the Topeka Fair, and take the Mr.

E. M. Broughton who has been i visiting her daughter Mrs. S. II.

in Union township the past Week returned home last Sunday. Sam. McCombs was in the city, h.st Saturday, crowding his way through the' crowds of fanners cn the streets, in the city trading. J. B.

C. Cook passed through the city, last Saturday, on his way to St. with a load of delegates, to attend (he county convention, The Mustard Seed Society will meet at the M. E. church next Saturday, at 3 p.

m. A full attendance is desired, as important business will be considered. You should not forget that Voting Peoples' meeting is held in the M. E. church every Tuesday night.

Everybody is invited out. New service every night. Ladies, there will be a lot of dry goods, clothing, hats, caps, mittens, prasols, gloves, shirts, collars, corsets, winter goods, ike. Sold at auction next Saturday. The Ministerial will meet at the M.

E. Church next Monday Sept. at l.M p. in. Ki'v.

Milton will read a paper on "'The Atonement." All are invited to attend. I hare a team of work horses I will exchange for a driving team. C. Webb, Cashier. The Stafford Investment Cc.

has had their land platted, this week. This is the finest addition the city ha, and will make very desirable homes. Ii is platted into 6 acre lots, and all lots front on Broadway. This week Judge E. M.

Broughton announces himself as a candidate for the office of Register of Deeds, subject the decision of tne Democratic county convention. The Judge served this county four years as probate judge, giving good satisfaction and was well likeu as an officer. He has for the greater part of the hut two years been employed on the Herald. Yv'e know lam to competent and worth)-, and while we 1 nw that Ike Lewis will be (he next IleiYur, if the nomination is any balm to the old man's soul, we would like to see him get it. Bury the croaker out in the grove, in a beautiful hole in the ground, where the bumble bee bumbles, and the wood-pecker peeks, and the Mraddies around.

He's do good to a town ol' push, he's stingy and deai', but he wants Ihe whole earth and part of heavens and stars that shine over head. Then hurry him oil to the bumble bees' roust a ui bury him deep in the ground: for lie's no good to us h-re, so him nut of the wav and snake room for a mar ilia' v.iil One night last week our reporter was in one of the hotels and over heard the prayer of a Kansas City drummer, when he retired, and reports it as follows: Now I lay me down to sleep. And on my body creej); If they should kill me before I wake, I pray theT. P. my lacerated body take.

Several have inquired of us who was elected chairman of the Republican Central Committee, there could not have been one elected, as their was not a qurom of the committee present and they cannot organize by proxy. Gat. Edwards returned from his trip to Anthony, last Friday afternoon, where he has been looking after a location. He contemplates moving to that cjty in the near future. We shall be sorry to loose Mr.

Edwards from amongst us. George Bousman and John Sims took a drive into theounty, last Sunday, to eat melons and peaches. When they returned they were both so full of the delicate fruits they had to be helped out of the buggy. There vas a little article in this paper last week, which caused quite a number of persons to kick and squirm, and say it was a hit at them, personally. We will oulv sav.

ifvou think the coat lit' you Wounded bird invariably llct- See Gill, sown lliis in this For Sale or Trade. Feed mill located in the city of Stafford, complete and ready for work. Can be had cheap for cash or bankable note. A rare chance for the right man. Enquire of W.

E. ill, or It. Porter. F( it SAL11 OB TKAD Ik One. village cottage, house with fjur rooms, and a lot consisting of one orchard more or less, described as follow No.

ii I'lairs resubuivisiou in city of Stafford. Will sell to suit purchaser, or trade for a good team of and wago.i for information inquire of X. A. Collins, Stafford. Consumption Su ely Cared.

To Tiik Enn'oi; -Plea-e inform your readers ha! I a positive rctn-dy for the above named disease. By timely Use thousand of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy, any of your who have coi. sumption if they will send me their express and post office address. KpspoctfulJy, T.

A. Snocr.M, M. 181 Peirl New York. moving to Anthony, Hoy Putts intend in a f-w ihiv-. lie returned from that Santa Fe.

Excursion the agent, at depot. There will bo more wheat 1 fall than lias ever b-en belor county. Mr.ny leads of very line offered for sale upon our urdav. city last Friday, and says he has for.ru the location he lias long been hmkin': for-He in tiie meat market busfm ss. ins were bet Sal- 1 mcm f); tit tin tw The citizens of this citV should appoint themselves, each one of them, io'o com Take the D.

M. A. for nil points ea-t and south. niek time and line equip mittees of to others to coine Th- proprietorship the (ir.in: Central pasvd into the hands of a gentleman by the name of Spark s'of Iowa, la-t Sunday. We welcome you here, Sparks.

wish you sucae.vs in your new field. We have learned 'whether Mr. Jc-so Moreland took pos-seion of the Mi. Hotel, last Sunday morning, and will in the future after the wants of the traviing public and the boarders at that hosiery. We predict Micccss for an old hotel man and gralT, who has beet) keeping the above Jesse, for he know just how to cater to the tastes of the most fastidious.

hotel for souse time past, and brought it up to its present high standard of excellency, will leave the citv or not, but we hope not. for he is one of the best and most enterprising in the city. Married. Botiivm Piter On the 27th of 1880, at the residence of E. J.

Piper in Bry-on township, Stafford county, Kansas, by the Bev. H. S. Heigle, Morris W. Bothum and Mar- J.

Piper, all of Stafford county, Kansas. May peace, happiness and prosperity attend them all along the voyage of life. ments is the motto of that road. Dept. Mardi-d George L.

Walker spent Sunday with his family in this city. II. L. Fitch was in the city, yesterday, platting the land of the Stafford Investment Co. that lies just west of the city, on Broadway.

Any man can. take a drink when he wants it, but it takes a man made of the stuff of which heroes are made to refuse a drink when he wants it. At the M. church last Sunday morning the "Service of the Creeds" was used. In the evening Rev.

Sulliger preached from Revelation 2: 10, "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." At the close of the morning service Mrs. Biddle was received in membership, by letter. Last Satuaday evening there was very nearly arranged a horse-race between George Fhares, and a mover, who was going through the city, but through some misunderstanding it did not take place. We think the horse of the mover is an old "ringer" and would probably have been a hard one to beat. Wlj kit That people linger along always complaining about that continual tired feeling! One bottle of Begg3' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker will entirely re- move this feeling, give them a good appetite and regulate digestion.

Sold ty Frank O. Watson, druggist. S4-ly into our midst and become one ot us. Every vott we can get in the city helps, and by so doing can in a few nrmths have quite a nice little city. Pont rejoice over any one leaving.

Talk up the town and keep all liere. that you can, by acts and words. Miss Jessie Wallace returned home, last Friday morning after spending her summer vacation at her old ho.ne, in Toronto, Canada. We are glad to see her back again, for she is one of the brightest and most interesting young ladies in the city, to say nothing of her charming and entertaining manners; but few can fill her place ia the social circle, and all will extend to her a warm and hearty welcome. Charlie Vickers returned home last Saturday, from an extended trip through the west, including Denver, Colorado, with the Anthony hose team, of which Charlie is a member, took the first prize at the Denver tournament, and that speaks rolumes for the team, for there were some very fast teams in the contest.

TlePridofWomaa. A clear pearly and transparent skin is always a sign of pure blood, and all persons troubled with dark, greasy, vellow or blotched skin can rest assured that their blood is out of order. A few doses of Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker will remove the cause and the skin will become clear and transparent. Try it, and if satisfaction ia not given it will cost yon nothing. It is fully warranted.

Sold by Frank O. Watson, druggist. St-ly ITlm Baby wa sick, tr gre her Wfcea ibe waa a Child, cried for Castoria, Wbn aba became Mim. she dang la Castoria, Whea aba bad Chajrno. e1 raws Vtnn Castoria, Seward.

Mr. Editor The Catholics started this week to build a church. Messers Geo. Wetig and Herman Schultz are at work on the foundation; the lumber has been bought, and the work will be Score one for Seward, the first Catholic church building in the county. lames Lawler, station acent of the D-M.

A. tells us that he billed 22 cars of wheat from this place, during the month of August. Not so bad for a starter. The boys that went to Lyons feel jubilant over their success of breaking the record they may well be proud. Tha first time Stafford county ever got anything out side of the county.

J. W. Bose's election is an assured fact. Seward will boast of a nice new school house. We do need a druggist bad.

No mean construction on last sentence, Joe and his Kesub-resolutions were set down on at the convention, on last Saturday. What will theW. -say now, is not Phil Mc Williams right from the plow handle to do Carnahan, and our Ike will get the entire vole of this neck of woods; and Banmgartner there is no question about him at all; but Fitch will have to set 'em up, and so will Tucker. The county commissioners have struck the right lead now, if we did not have the required population, cut the salaries according to law. The Registers office should be a salaried one; bnt the Legislature will have to attend to that Some one asks es whether Bob Blair has joined the prohibs, they cannot ac count for his vote on Joe's Resolutions in committee.

Jake. Immediately after the convention adjourned, the County Central Committee met in the District Clerk's office. Present, as follows: St. John township, S. A.

D. Glasscock; Stafford township, Frank Cox; Farmington township, J. T. Woodford; Cleveland township, Gen. J.

Cooper; Byron township, J. F. Armstrong; Union township, Ed. Slade; Lincoln township, A. Fullerton; Douglass township, J.

Fowler; Richland twp. Dr. Wilcox; Hays township, J. A. Lore-than; Seward township, Guss Schilling; Fairview township represented by 8.

W. McComb; Cooper township, represented by E. Patterson. Meeting called to order by Frank Cox, the old chairman; S. A.

D. Glasscock, secretary. Upon motion of Capt. Woodford, seconded by Armstrong and Gen. Cooper, Frank Cox waa re-elected chairman for the ensuing year, and S.

A. D. Glasscock was re-elected secretary for the ensuing year, and Capt. Woodford, treasurer for the ensuing year. The committee adjourned to meet in St.

John, Sept. 21, 1SS9, at 1 o'clock p. sharp. Frank Cox, Chair'm. S.

A. D. Glasscock, Secy. Yea Cm sot klari At this season of the year to be without a good reliable diarrhoea balsam in the house, as cramps, colic diarrhoea and all inflammation of the stomach and bowels are exceedingly dangerous if not attended to at once. One bottle of Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam will do more good in cases of this kind than any other medicine on earth.

We guarantee it. Sold by Frank O. Watson, druggist. 34-ly.