The Little Sand-Pounder from Abilene, Kansas • 3

HON. JOHN A. ANDRRSON Will deliver an address at the Dickinson County Agricultural and Industrial Fair, abileNe, Kansas, Thursday, sept. 2D, 1886. OUft LOCAL CONDENSER.

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G. Bessey. Little SaNd-PoUnder. Attorney and Notary. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.

FRY, ROYER Chancellor Lippincott, of the State University, will preach in the Lutheran Church next Sunday morning, and in the Methodist Church in the evening. Clark Mahan will attend the Ann Arbor University. were 107 applicants for teachers' certifi BERRY BROS. MERCANTILE CO. SPECIAL SALE FAIR WEEK.

Publisher. J. W. HART, Real Estate, Loans, cates at the last examination, and the following numbers were granted: 1st grade, 2d grade, 19; and 3d grade, 47,. E.

Sewell is building a fine resi Terms of Subscription i 75 cents per year. Advertising rates made known on application. Office, Second Story Hodge new block, Buckeye avenue. AND INSURANCE. dence The Fair will be a success W.

H. Eicholtz has his elegant new residence nearly completed. W. L. Upshaw suffered from a severe attack of Loans on Farms, City Property and Chatties cholera morbus the first of the week G.

W. Duncan, from Illinois, is visiting N. Blevins Editor McDivitt has returned from California One of our soldier boys had just five dollars after purchasing his ticket to California, and just ten cents left when At lowest rates. REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD Insurance contracted at current rates. Notary business and collections promptly attended to.

We have a large list of farms, ranches and city property. Note the following cp he reached home Go to the Fair L. B. Johns, proprietor of the new carriage works has arrived from Bro, Rohrer has gone to Colorado CP. CP for a little C.

F. Mead has returned from D. Huggins has returned from gc HEAR: Iowa Samuel Carpenter will build a fine hotel north of the Carpenter House Mr. and Mrs. Aug ustine have gone to Colorado Boom the Fair us crow.

We have the best bargain in a Stock Ranch, in Central Kansas. 1440 acres, 10 miles of Wire Fence, House, Stables, Corralls, Well, Springs, Creek, Carp Pond, Timber, Fruit Trees, Stone Quarry, School-House Only 3 miles from Depot, 52 Wm. Huff has enlarged his residence Ice Cream social at Rev. Stauffer's, Friday evening. in jicKinson uo.

rrice, only 14 per acre WHEN AND WHERE COL. HARPER WILL CP 2 ADDRESS THE PEOPLE. CP cp Col. Jesse Harper of Illinois, the peerless orator, the CP finished scholar, the friend and companion of Lin GO CP coln, the distinguished soldier, the able ex-Congressman, who did more than any other man to secure Lincoln's nomination for the Presidency at Chicago in i860, will address the people of the Fifth Congressional District, in portrayal of the urgent need of Hon. CP 1 cp- 1-2 CP cp John A.

Anderson's return to Congress, at the follow The Abilene public schools will open Monday, Sept. G. W. Cowperthwaite hs resigned his positioa of City Marshal. The Relector's suggestion that the city buy Hun-ton's grove for a park, is a good one.

We saw Judge Wilson in Junction Ciiyv on Saturday, he (ooked decidedly lonesome. We regret to learn of the death of Samuel Rou-diez, son of Dr. Roudiez, of Chapman. Adam Korn, one of our prominent farmers, and a very excellent gentleman, died last Thursday. The permanent organization of the Hays Township Anderson club will be made Saturday evening of next week.

Married. In Willowdale, Thursday, August 19th, Squire Banta officiating, Wes. Garten to Miss Lizzie Metzger. The City Council has granted a franchise to G. W.

Hurd to build a street railway. One mile and a half must be completed within a year. Everything is in readiness for our fair next week. The superintendents of the various departments are in high spirits, being confident of good displays. We understand that Salina parties have purchased 160 acres of land from John Harbottle, on the Enterprise road, and will lay out an addition to Abilene.

John Powers, one of the old citizens of the county, living near Chapman, shot himself Sunday last. Mental depression on account of poor crops is the cause assigned. Dr. Hodge was removed for taking part in politics, but we notice Dr. Searl and Charley Coggeshall talk politics just about the same as ever.

Civil service reform is a big thing on wheels. The Methodist church will be enlarged by the addition of rooms for Sunday School purpose, the sup-erintendant, Mr. Nicolay, having proposed to give five hundred dollars more than half the cost toward the improvement. The frame buildings on Cedar street, between the National Bank and Third Street are being moved away and a three story brick block four rooms on first floor will be built. A three story block will also be built on the Eicholtz corner, making a three story block on each of the four corners.

ing places and dates Solomon City, Thursday, August 26, at 8 p. m. Abilene, Friday, August 27, afternoon and evening. Enterprise, Saturday, August 28, 3 o'clock, p. m.

Chapman, Saturday, August 28, 8 o'clock, p. m. Junction City, Monday, August 30. Clay Center, Tuesday, August 31. Concordia, Wednesday, September 1.

Manhattan, Thursday, September 2. C. 0. SHALER HAS THE FINEST DRU6 STORE iN CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK. AN ELEGANT LINE OF TOILET and FANCY GOODS.

ALWAYS HEADQUARTERS FOR PAINTS AND OILS. GO THERE AND GET THE Choicest Brands of Cigars. A COMPLETE LINE OF PATENT MEDICINES. THE HOPE FAIR. ert-O CP The Directors of the Central Kansas Fair Associa CP CP CP tion, met at Hope on Saturday evening, Aug.

21st, nine of the members being present. The following CP Ms I S3 CP permanent officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, A. M. Crary. Vice Presidents, F.

Wright and M. L. Potter. Secretary, L. E.

Robinson. Troas urer, Martin Pease. Marshal, J. N. Burton.

It was decided to hold the first fair at Hope, Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 6th, 7th and 8th. The premium list will be out in a few days. From the interest already manifested the first fair promises to CP i-S CP be a grand success. BANNER'S BOOM.

Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. I I CP EC Banner City is to have a fine new block, 75 75 A special to the Gazette says: D. Miller, liv- FOFTTHE CAMPAIGN, feet, several parties have united to build it. It is to CP be of stone, brick and iron and will be the best and most substantial building between Salina and Coun And All the Years Thereafter. CP cil Grove.

Work is to begin at once and the buil ihg one mile north of Bennington, had his barn and contents, consisting of seventy-five horses, two wagons, two buggies, harness, and all of his farm machinery, destroyed by fire. Value, $20,000, insurance, 3,700. Supposed to be the work of incendiaries, as the family were away from the house. Wm. Lady, a neighbor, who was fighting the fire, was overcome by the heat and is not expected to live." ding will be completed by November.

Banner City is having a steady growth and the buildings going up are substantial and good. Banner. The spiritualists of the Solomon Valley will hold their ninth annual camp meeting at Delphos, beginning Sept. and continuing ten days. The camp HODGE, EDWARDS AND SPECIAL SALE- FAIR WEEK- BERRY BEOS.

MERCANTILE CO. is located near the depot. To Close on Long Time. Four good spring wagons at cost, at Case's. Guns and ammunition at Hodge Bros.

Mr. Burton explains the fact that he received the message sent to Anderson's friends here before they did by saying that he employed an expert operator to loaf around the office and pick up everything that was sent out and received. Profiting by his suggestion, we sent an expert over, and this is the first message we caught: j. To Hon-A. S.

Wilson; We have a hot box up here, and will have to have lots more grease or lose the County. The grangers must have got some sand in some way. ROHREK. -DEALERS IN- I want to trade my farm of 240 acres in Banner township, Dickinson County, for a smaller farm near SIGN PAINTING Abilene, or for Abilene city property. Ihere is on the above farm a good Dwelling House a good Barn, Granary, Lorn Lnb.

three good wells of water. School An excursion, under the auspices of the Abilene Fire department, will visit Fort Riley, Kansas, Sep KUrnitUrei p. o. block, abilene, Kansas. house and is well fenced with hedge and some wire.

This farm lays 3 miles south of Banner City on the Missouri Pacific R. R. Call on J. B. Edwards, P.

O. Block, Abilene, Kansas. I have a house and loi in Detroit, that I will sell cheap for cash or on time, or trade for stock. M. Nicolay.

tember 24, 1886. The soldiers stationed at the fort, together with the state militia, which will be in encampment at that point, will engage in a sham battle. Every facility for comfort will be provided for the ex cursionists, and it is expected that this will be one of the most enjoyable excursions ever contemplated in our city. A competent committee has the arrangements in charge, and nothing will be left undone to make every participant happy. Tickets for the round OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE, Upholstering.

If you have any upholstering to do, such as recovering parlor sets, easy chairs, rockers, lounges or mattresses, see W. E. Stickal, with Iloclge, Edwards first door west of postoffice, Abilene, Kanas. jt trip have been placed at the low price of $1.00 for adults, and fifty cents for children under 12 years of SCENE PAINTING. age.

And Everything Handsome, Tasty and Durable..