The Hepler Banner from Hepler, Kansas • 1

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W. LEE, M. D. PHYSICIAN SURGEON. All calls attended to promptly day or nig lit.

IIEPJjER, KANSAS. To Trade for Clear Land. A new Pitts Thresher and either a common or traction engine. A. Sandersoh.

Weather Signals'. No. 1 is a white flag. No. 2 is a blue flag.

N. 3 is a triangular black No. 4 is a white flag with center. No. 1 alone indicates fair weather stationary temperature.

No 1 with No. 3 below it; fair weather; colder. iso. 2 with JNo. 6 below it; rain or snow: warmer.

No. 1 with No 4 below it; fair cold wave. L'o3 with Mos. 1 and 2 below it wanner, fair weather followed by rain or snow. No.

4 alone indicates a 'cold wave' 'o ver than 45 Read from top of atiji-iataff down. Elder D. M. Harris 'A 13 a a 3 LOOKHEREI Now is the time i to lay in your winters sup ply of choice reading matter at a small outlay We can send SOU the BANNER 1 year and N. Y.

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fc tKESON The long dry spell his at last been broken. A glorious tain. Dr. Ualiebcr, sola a fane cow this weighed over 1300. John Viet, was elected as one of the.

director 8 for the Crawford Co Agticullurnl Society, at Girard last Tuesday. A Sanderson, has furnished rooms and moved his children to town to attend echool this winter. Lewis is still confined to his room with sickneBs. Dun Dec. 12, 1888, Mr.

Mary E. Legg, aged 39 yours and 4 months of Luner and Kidney trouble, The deceased made a profession of re ligion at the age of 18 years, united with the Baptist chnrch in ten years ago has been a g.dovoted christian and a faithful ife and mother. She leaves husband and six besides her parents'fand many friends to mourn her loss. The bereaved friends and relatives have the sympathy of all. We are informed that on las Saturday a footraee came off at this place in which; there was something like tnree hundred dollars at sraite It seems that a dispute arose us to who should receive the money.

One of the parties who claimed the money nrocured a Drivate cuivtnui.ej nnlled out for tiirunl, i ut Has ar resied and bouud over tor his op pearance ut court. Mis liord well of ton citv. re ce'ved a letter the first of the week from soni3 one at Kansas City, in which it stated that her sen Em Smith, who was at woik at tint city had fell through a bridge and was dangerously, if not tatally injured and wanted hi) mother to come at once as he had Bometliincr imp rtant to f'el1 hcr Dispatches were tent to nskiM mlormition n'i ti'a matter, finally ff thai be wan not in the hospitals or here in thd city. KulSuiiti a weilt up to Kansas City Thursday morning to investigate the affair. Two billion bushels of corn were raised in the TJnitod States this season, or about for every man women and child in the country.

Tke Baxter Springs board of trade has issued a circalar anncuno ins that an Indian Territorial conven tion will be held at that place on the 18th of Decembef. The call is also siVned bv representatives of the Miami, Peoria, Cherokee and Shaw nee Indians. Prof. Blake, the Kansas weather prbphet, in nis weither table makes er 1)700 prediction i made accord iog to law. The Weather in Kansas, will, on thi be favorable to crops aid that big crops will be raised.

Not only does he predict big crops, but big prices for the croDS. also that Kansas farms will be in biggest demand t'dt cash sales next year at this time than at any time in her hisiory. Let us all pray that the sanguine Professor's predic tions may be fully verified; There are at present fifty-three perrons in the Kansas state penitentiary under eentencs of death for murder in the first degree. Two of them hare been in confinement since 1874, swaitisg for the governor to order thain hang: through our stock inn Extracted TO DA1L AND NO PAIN TO THE PA NENTSI seven years Dr. Stevens has made a specialty of extracting worthless teeth without pain Crown and Bridge work, gold lined plates etc.

ect. done. Preserving the natural teeth a specialty. All work guaranteed as reoom mended. A.

STEVENS DENTAL COMPANY, Opposite P. O. in Hill Block. FORT SCOTTi HEPLER Una MmM, JOE RHOMBERG, PROPRIETOR. Good freh beef kept constantly on hand.

Meat wagon will make regular trips to Hiattville and other points and supply people oa thd routes. Fresh lard always on hand (HEPLER, KAN.) FOR It has permanently cured thousakds of cases pronounced by doctors bope- less. If you have premonitory P- toms, such as Cough, Difficult oi Breathing. Ac, don't delay, but use FISO'S CURE for CONSUMPTION immediately. By Druggist.

25 cento, If you desire to subscribe for a first class metropolitan weekly paper, our advi6a is take the Chibago' Inter Ocean. We can send you the Ban ner, and the Inter-Ocean for $1,75. Chureff Directory. Preaching at the Christian church on the 2nd and 4th of each month-morning and evening. Th Su'nday sohool lessons will be reviewed on the first Thursday eve ning of each month.

Young peoples' prayer meeting on the 2nd Thursday evening. Peoples' prayer meeting on the 3rd Thursday evening. Childrens' meeting on the fhursday evening. All are invited to these services. All persons indebted to tbe late firm of O.

F. Lewis for goods purchased at the drug ttora are here-by requested to call and settle by cash or note immedintely. The co partner ship having been dissolved by mutual consent. Schuseal VyUUlb 11 I 1 JAUi; The Uadiug.Farm Paper. The Kansas Farmer, now in its 2Gili year improves w'th age.

It con tains 20 pages, and stands at the bead of western farm journals. It is in the hands of men who graduated in the scoool of the farm old Kan sas who believed in developing all our possibilities. Ih9 Kansas Farmer is a broad guage journal which aims at the education of farmers and their families; from the plow to the platform, from the nail to the parlor. The perfect farmer is an educated gentleman, and Jais wife and children are graceful companion) of gord and pure. This stalwart old friend cf the people believs in building up overywhere tha best and the strong est tnon ond women, and in making the farm a fountain of good things.

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Take the Banmb and the Kansas City Pai'v News, toth for $2 50 Barn Burned. The barn of Jas. Muliins, of Was' -idgtcn township, was burned ltst Tbmsdiy. Mr. Muliins was away, t.nd his boy was out in the field herd ing the- cattle and burning off some a ii mi i pasture una.

ine Doy struct a pulor match near a blanket which was on his horse. The blanket tool-fire, and when it burned the bore, he rushed to the barn pell rr til and oommenced to roll. The ba wfe soon in flames, burnkg up two colts, harness, 60 bushels of corn, and some tools. Girard Press. Pennsylvania has a good about election bets, it provides that all wagers shall be forfeited to tl supportjof the poor in the countie: where they are made, and it is i.

misdemeanor for county officials tc fail to prosecute those who have bet. In Birks county tbe officials have in stituted Euit against several persons who won election bets and the monev will be recovered for the use of paupers. General Superintendent Fiey, of the T. hsti the fol owing circular: "Ninors must not be employed in any department i this road, excabf in the shops ttud offices, and then only after the wriit tea consent of their parents or guard ians has been received." If the old saw is irde itiai the hree first day of December rule' the three fisst winter monts, We are not going to have extreme cold weather' this winter; JOURNAL CO, Kansas Ciiy. Ma, istern are low.

Prepare for Christmas. 1889 will soon be with as. This is the cotton tail season. Splendid corn busking Jweath' r. School commenced Monday.

The lire topic at present is oi to Ohlahoma. H. S. Eatinger, has "returnc1 from Texas. Soma dealers from a distance re her buying hay.

Kansas weather' is entitled the bakery. lira. Geo. Steffens, has returned from tit. Louis.

John Legg, of Girard, gave us a pleasant call the'firsVof Pay your taxes (before, the 201 on goes thef penalty. Ed Beholder, of FrlSeott, was in tbVeity this week. Mrs. Henry Schlichtingjhas returned from Fort Worth, Texas. Dr.

Galleker, Wal visiting" the kick nearFarlington.jThursday. Al Kendall, of Nevada, ir in the oity visiting relatives and old friends. The "goose bone- experts arr warning the; people to keep (an eye on thejweather. "We neglected to mention last! weak that P. Miner, had moved his building on'the lot between ih livery barn and Gaylord's office.

TheHepler Cornet and String Band, were out serenading last night ancLhonored as by callinglat out resi dence anddiscoursing fsome Sweet music. Hepler has one of the best little bands in the county. Garrison boss shippers of baled hay at this oity have made it lively around the hay barn and nide tracks i at the Station thiF week. The farmers know where go when they want to sell their hay and get the caxh fer ii Professor Blake thinks that the next crop of jiwinterif wheat will be worth $140 per bushel in Chicago at threshing time, and predicts another big yield for; Kansas. A good second hand wagon for sale or trade cheap.

P. A. Mobbiso. One of the circulars recently issued by the gentfai superintendent to the employes 6f the H. T.

is as follow: 'The paymaster is very mkch fcnnbyed by emfcioyes selling tbeir time slid giv'tij power b'f attorney io collect from' receivers" pa claimed to be dtie them'. On and after this Sate employes' who resort to such measures' to procure pay in advance 6f the payment by will be QistMsfcM at once from the serrice. tfeads of departments will see that itJS elder is rigidly enforced." (S3. 5 A -m ll mill mj 5.