Pratt County Democrat from Saratoga, Kansas • 1

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SARATOGA, PRATT COUNTY, KANSAS, AUG. 1885. NO. 5. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

OI NTY. S. Thompson A. S. Kiiv C.

Lewis W. Ellis V. Naron A.Stino Daily Axllno Judge lMh ml. Representative A. Probate Count Attorrio District Clerk County Clerk Count Treasurer Hogister of Deeds Sunt.

Public TIi Winn is. The bugwinnp comes when the, hour Ik late To the pane where the light Is shining, And the hugwunip stands nt the garden gnfo, Ills arm the nmld entwining. The drugwump waits for the stealthy wink, The brum denominating, And the jugwnnip gaily takes a drink From thu jug while his hook he's baiting. The pugwuinp kisses the noRC of her pet, And folds him to her bosom, And the mugwump waits for his of-tiee yet, Andwell, we must excuse him. i i.

1 Publication Notice. Win. II. Benton, Plaintiff, vs, I NaneyA. Benton, Defendant In the district court In and for Pratt County, In the State of Kansas.

The' above named defendant Nancy A. Benton, a non-resident of the State of Kansas is hereby notified that she lias been sued in tho lilstrlet Court of said county of Pratt, tn the State of Kansas, bv the plaintiff William II. Benton, and that she must answer tho petition of tho plaintiff tiled herein, on or before the 8th day of September, or said petition will be taken as true, and judgment rendered accordingly, forever divorcing said plaint! If from said defendant, and for the costs in this behalf expended. Wii.mam II. Bhxtox, Plaintiff.

W. M. Hakhii, Att'y for Plaintiff. Attest: J. W.

Emih, Clerk of tho District Court. Bv A. W. Ei.i.is, Deputy Clerk. M.

Nleol Sherlll" Surveyor Win. loo Ministerial Association. Tho following is the programme of the Ministerial Association of the Me-l'herson District, Arkansas Valley Conference, U. .11. Church, to be held at Saratoga, beginning September it, and to continue until the (ith, inclusive Tho Annual Sermon will tie preached on the evening of the ild, at 8 o'clock, by Rev.

A. S. Rclglc. Subject, "Systematic Theology." "Why Aro "We Here?" AV. L.

II in-shaw. "A Model Preacher" T. JI. Watt. "The Importance of Systematic Pastoral Work" I.

A. Koons. "Conditions of Salvation" "What Are the Proper Qualifications of 11 Minister" J. II. McNew.

"What Can We Do to Occupy the Unoccupied Territory of the District?" Geo. II. Smith. "Should a Minister Do Allowed to Exercise the Eights of P. Ogborn.

"Is Sanctifieatlon a Separate and Distinct Work from Regeneration, and Subsequent to It?" 1). J. Cole. townsiiii'. Trustee Paul Trnltt Treasurer I.

Barker Clerk A. h. Gregory rji S3 Justices of the W. Corrie Springer 3 VI 1 0 0 .0 Peace. en George TT.

Closson A. K. Gregory A. S. Fletcher Marshal.

Attorney T. 51. Bowman Police Judge W. I). Corrie Notice.

Notice is hereby, given that the firm of Walton Hay have dissolved partnership by mutual consent. Mr. Walton having sold his to Mr. Hay, who will continue the business. All accounts due the firm are payable to Mr.

Hay and he, Mr. Hay, will' pay all indebtedness of tho linn. W. D. Wai.tox, 4w-l E.

Hay. 3 a Councilinen u. mnningiuun Allen Burton Lewis Morton Albaugh lames Temple Annual School Meeting. The law requires that the annual meeting shall bo held in each school district on the second Thursday In August of each year at the school house belonging to the district, at 2 o'clock i if. Tli is year the annual meeting comes on the lllth day of August.

While it is the duty of the clerk to post the required notices, a failure to do so will not invalidate tho proceedings of such annual meeting if the voters convene at the proper time and place and transact the business for which the law provides. At the annual meeting of the present year, a clerk is to be chosen in each district. In districts organized since the last annual meeting, the entire Hoard of olticers should be elected. Of- Notice. Carskadon Jacques have, this day dissolved their partnership by mutual consent, W.

A. Jacques taking tho ab 9 3 stracts and land business and X. B. Cars ciintiiius. TJev.

Axline, Presbyterian, preaches nt the Union church every tir.st, third mid fifth Sunday of each month. Rev. Myers preaches nt the Union church every Sunday evening. Union Sunday-School every Sunday morning at ten o'clock. John, J.

Davis, Superintendent. rf 0 0 kadon the law and land, Dated at Saratoga, July 27, m. N. B. Cakskadox, W.

A. Jacijimw. 1 fleers chosen at the first district A. II VERS, jhig, hold their olliccs only until the an-Att'y-at-Law. flection.

The same is true of ofli- Fanners Attention. IX C. LKWIS, County Attorney. Tf you do nt want your farms solddont place them on our lists. Cakskadox IB S5 LEWIS YE ItSf Attorneys-at-Law.

Offices: hika and Saratoga, Kansas, cers appointed (airing the year. lie clerk of each district should prepare his report in time to submit it to the voters present at the annual meeting so that corrections may be made, if necessary, New Dry oods at J. F. Blackburn's. Try the new barber shop and get a "The Observance of the Sabbath" J.

Burgoyn. "How to Promote Revivals" D. C. Myers. "Aro These Associations Beneficial?" I.

Rollins. "The Propriety of Organizing a Ministerial Institute" W. II. Myers. "Is the Punishment of Sinners Eternal?" J.

Knight. "How Can the Laity Assist the Ministry if. Hinkle. "The Relation of the Sunday-School to the Church" I J. S.

Ilerringer. "What Should a Minister Do in Preparing for the Pulpit?" E. Oslmn. "What Course Should Be Pursued with Persons Who Won't Pay the Preacher?" A. E.

Helm. On Friday evening an address, Subject, "The Effect of Religion on the World" John B. On Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock a Missionary Discourse W. H. Myers.

II. Smith, I. A. Koonm, Committee. Nonsensical Excursion.

Xcw York Times. Judge Thaeher, of Kansas, one of the South American' trade commission, has given a brief account of his trip and its results to a reporter in Washington. It contains nothing new. He found, he says, everybody everywhere in favor of trade and subsidies, except in Chill. first-class shave.

uv.wnv ii in niMit 10 mu v.ouniy nupeiiu- I am selling all grades of flour at S3 t-; wholesale prices in any quantity. J. F. Bi.ACKiirRX. Warm meals at all hours of the dav jtendent.

It is important that the clerks' reports should be as full andcor-! as possible, because the County Superintendent must make them the basis of His report to the State Superin XOFFKINGEK SHIRLEY, A rro it s-a t-L a And Ixhuranct. Aakxts. Pratt Centra, Kan. All Business Entrusted to their Care Promptly Attended to. at.

I. W. liidgeway's, west side of the square. The best assortment of Clothing, 0 Boots and Shoes at J. Blackburn s.

A larire invoice of clothing lust re k. cirieisxno, i. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. S3 tendent. It would be a favor, if each clerk would give the name and post-of-lice adity ess of every member of the district Board, in order that the 'County Superintendent may perfect his register of school officers.

Blanks for tho coming year have been sent to all the ceived at Young's. His prices are the lowest. Lorillairds and all other first class tobaccos -l." cents per pound at Blackimun's Office: City Drug Store, SARATOGA, KAN. JUSSTVencrittl Diseases a Specialty.a (J II AS. P.

WILLIAMS, M. I). district clerks. If any have failed to I receive them, the County Superinten Subscribe for the Dkmochat, an eight-page weekly paper a paper devoted to the interests or rrarc county. dent will send duplicates at once on application.

Each district clerk is requested to accompany his, annual report Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes at extremely low Dav with a statement giving the exact loea- or lor cash at Black iitnx's There the reception: of the commission 1 tftr-Tioor noiii-. (n his district, Hi i.v.,li.....iprfi was not warm. Our readers have i iuui Jt, H.n MM-' Amu Hlf Call nt J. W. Bidgeway's for a first class H.l at all hours and you will get tiMttudy learned fchWuey received an it is frnt Tf and when it was built.

Let 5 your itiMrfryu all interested see to. it that Pratt county makes a good showing this year. A. Axi.ixk, County Superintendent. Singular Circumstance.

A correspondent furnishes the following: A paragraph has been going the SARATOGA KAXt W. 1. C'OJtKlE, ATTORNEY-AT-IAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Police Judge and Jus -Ice. Colllections Promptly Attended To.

j). (i i shjons, DENTIHT. East Side Saratoga, Kansas. Teeth extracted with care. All work warranted to be first-class in every The reason J.

F. Bliickbnrn sells so iiiiny goods is that he is satislied with less profits than most merchants. You arc wrong if you think Young's stock of dry goods anil clothing isn't the best and cheapest in the city. You can buy more goods for the money at Blackburns than any other place in the county, call and see him. J.

W. Bidgeway's eating house on the west side of the' square, is the place to to get first clues incals at all hours. J. F. Blackburn has just received amount of cold truth from President Santa Maria sufliciont to reduce their7 otlicial temperature several degrees.

In the countries where silver is mined, Judge Thaeher says there was much favor shown to the proposition for an international American silver dollar. In other countries they were not so en-thu' ''tstio, but nearly every one was in fav "a general con vention to be held in thu Juu'itry, The commission will prepare a series of reports, which will be printed, and will have for their only tangible effect an addition to the useless expense already incurred in this nonsensical excursion. rounds of the papers concerning the finding of the body of a drowned boy 1 near Arkansas City by putting a shirt i belonging to the boy into the water and letting it float to whore the body was and then sinking. Now this method of GENERAL MERCHANDISE Millions for Missionaries, Chinese Mandarin "You American are very smart, but you are not conl- II. I.

COOPEK, LAWYER, UNITED STATES COURT COMMIS-SICNER! NO A PUBLIC. the largest and cheapest assortment of gents' and boys' hats ever brought to Pratt county. Tho best lino of Ladies, Gents and ehlldrens shoes, that was ever brought to the, county, can lie found at J. F. Blackburn's! Call and examine his stock.

Will 51. Pancoast. will insure your building for live years In the Kansas Commercial Insurance Co. for as much as stock companies charge for one year. He is also agent for the Kansas Mutual, and will insure farmers property, stock, grain etc.

against fire, iightniiig and tornadoes at the same rates. Office up stairs in Finan building South Elm Street. tf distent." American Citizen "In what way?" 5 "You spend'milllons of dollars sendf lng to us." "That Is true." finding drowned bodies lias been in use since the time when memory reaches not beyond. An instance occurred in New Brunswick some forty years ago when two nlen were drowned in the salt water where there was hut little current and no whirlpools. A shirt belonging to one of the men and a pair of drawers belonging to the other were thrown into the water and after drifting some distance nway and, separating yard, whirled around siinK upon dropping the grappling hook, the bodies of the men were found, each with his own garment attached to his person.

One of the men was named Charles Ot-terson nnd was related by' marriage to the writer. "Atul the object is to fit us for tbi -Iulcsi and Sai'utog-u. Kingdom of Heaven." "Yes." KEEPS CONSTANTLY' ON HAND THE BEST ASSORTED STOCK OF hi ill you refuse us a residence ii Skchktary ok Sahatooa Tows CO.MI'AXV. the United States. Now, explain that hm kill Fruit For Sals "Well, you see, we are atraul it yo' go to our country to live you will gci KeLsey, Notary Public.

G. W. Alexander, Late of Indianapolis, Ind. into American politics." "What of that?" This Fall during the months of August and September. "That would unfit you for tho King dom of Heaven." .7.

IJ. KKLHEY Jt A A A r.oston millionaire lelt his wire l)er weight in gold annually. The celentv with which she threw her bottle of alti Seven Difi'ercnt Varieties of Handsomely Kememfoercd. The members of the First Presbyterian church this city were the recipients last week of two very handsome and useful presents from friends in the Second Presbyterian at Indianapolis, hid. They were in the shape of a large and ii.i.idsome Bible, with the name of tho church nndt city inscribed on the cover in gold letters, and a communion set consisting of six pieces, all solid silver, with the following inscription on TV- fat out of the window challenged pd-nidation.

St. Paul Herald. '1 CJOTIIKVO-, CAPS, QUEENS- TliAWIIiam-JIKS, "Are you of German extraction?" asked a young lady of a gentleiian AND INSURANCE! Saratooa, PnATT Co.fvry, Kaxsas, WATMS, HOOTS SIIOKS whom she met the other evening party. "Well, no; not ltllHUHAI'tlS, piled ne, "out i have a cousin Office South Side Public Square. plays on the German flute.

-Carl flret- zel'B Weekly. the flagon "First Presbyterian Church, I Sera toga, from Friends in the Sec-tond Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, I Ind." The congregation in this city are AVirVK PLANT, Puhlication Notice. -AND A FULL LINE OF- August Ilafcmann, Plaintiff, vs. Dorette. Ilafcmann.

Defendant liaised on the Bogardus farm. highly delighted with being so nicely remembered by friends so far away and will always hold them as tokens of love and friendship never' to be forgotten. In the district court! in and lor 'ratt county, in the State, of Kansas. The' above named di'ft ndniit. Do-etto Ilafcmann, a non-resident of the tate of Kansas, is notified that she has been sued in tho district court of said county of Pratt, in tho State of Kansas, the plaintiff, August Ilafcmann, and'iiat she must answer' tho petition of tho plaintiff filed herein on or before the Hith day of September, 8ff, or said pet' ion will be taken as true and jmlgilent rendered accordingly, forever di voicing said plaint iff from said defendant.laiul W.

W. RO Manufacturer and Dealer in Hara, Saddles, Collars, WHIPS, COMBS, BRUSHES, HARNESS OIL, ETC. Repairing Done Neatly. All Work "Warranted. Nothing hut No.

1 Oak Leather Used. Tin: troops have been stationed by Gen. Sheridan for the protection of the frontier settlers of Kansas against possible and probable raids by tho Indians, should not bo removed just became he has had a pow-wow with tho Indians. Their withdrawal will induce some of the young braves to go to raiding, for it can be well understood that talk will not pacify, or placate them when the traditions invoke them to seek glory on the warpath, and by scalping nnd robbing unprotected and defenseless whites Kansa City A Large Stock of Small Fruits, all of First-class Variety and in Good Condition. These small fruits, excepting rhubarb and strawberries, are from tho Beno County Nursery nnd will bo delivered at tho Bogardus farm northwest of Saratoga, where those wishing any of tho varieties may be supplied, My 31otto Ihi for tho costs in tins behalf expended.

Attest J. W. Ei.i.is Clerk of District Court. AvursT IIafkmaxx, Pontiff ErCK.NK Kl.l.H, Attorney for Phinliil'. i "Sjiudlt IVoIiIm inul Qiitc-lt Sales loi CuIi Only KAN.

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