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-Johnny Lathrop swears he wil' Mr. IS. M. Wells, one ot our most John Hulctt, 1.. Darling, Ji M.

Stevens, sheriff, ft 30 00 4 5 firmed as appraisers of school lands. For sec. 36. T. 3, R.

11. E. W. enterprising and thrllty farmers, play no more billiards. Kansas Free Press.

J. Sells Business Manager. camo In auu "sunsullzod" us to the There was a meeting held at Adjourned to Janvary 6, 1880. amount of on subscription. Smith, P.

T. McNair and James the Court House on Saturday last Mr. Wells is a public spirited citizen. FRIDAY. JANUARY, 16, 1880.

and takes great interest In tho development 01 our county. While we differ with him 011 some points ot to take into consideration the manner of raising $300.00 to finish the payment dn the new Fair Grounds. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1880, 9 a. m.

Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, as before. Board Public policy, we give him credit foi called to order by chairman. The st rict Integrity and(purltyof purpose. II.

C. Lcfler of, centre township $94 cash on the $100 loan of G. W. White for five years. Messrs Corn Royce have caMs in his lot with us to the amount of ijfl.firj.

He desirei he says, to show been selected by the town officers LOCAL AFFAIRS. Additional locals on 3rd page. THB CULMINATION, Hon. T. M.

Helm has commenced suit against Will I). Jonkiiie of the "I'lonecr" tor slander, and lays his damages at $10,000 Corn Royce, of Smith Uontre, and Wobb McNall, of Gaylord, arc attorneys for defendant. It it rumorod that Tom. Fenlou ot Leavenworth, hat been retained by Mr. Holm, if this is so tho fight will bo a bitter oue for Tom is a hard bitter.

Armstrong. For ne qr hf, sw of ne qr tSc ne 01 nw se qr, sec. 36, town 5 range 11, S. R. Herren, C.

C. La-bore and A. Palmer. For section 16, town 4, range 11 Lair Dean, G. Denor and II.

If Springer. For section 36, town 5, range 15, A. M. Hall, George Rowc, G. W.

McFvlroy. For section 36, town 4, range 12, M. C. Burr, Michael Chandler, Perry Glenn. In matter of purchase at tax sale by S.

S. Hammond of certiffi-cate No. 6. sales of 1878, there being an error in description of land on assessment roll, it is ordered that the county treasurer refund to the amount paid by said Hammond, with 7 per cent interest. Miss Ida A.

Ahlborn and T. Moore, are appointed assistant examiners to the County Superinten-tendent for examination of teachers for the year 1880. Ordered that Daniel Middaugh of Harvey Township to represent them iu the action to compel payment of R. R. Bonds in which they are defendants.

Mr. James Branton, is a new subscriber from Cora. We are getting a famous list in that neighborhood. Mr. Mrs.

R. K. Smith, have a very nice lot of fresh cranberries his appreciation of our efforts in havlugtho Final proof law repealed. C. C.

Francis, dropped In the other day and ordered the Fkke Press sent, to 8. 8. Arnott, Fair-mount, Indiana. A Republican victory i 11 Indiana iu 1880 is uow assured. Air.G, W.

Buckley, of Pawnee Township, called oj mouday to sun-dcribo tor tho Free Pkkss. Mr. Buckley is one of (he best fellows us well as farmers Iu Smith County A. Gruosiuger, ha bosu butcher of Guylord, will pay tho highest market price for good, fat heel cattle, and following bills were allowed. For wood as per contract, $78.30 J.

M. Stevens attending Probate court; $3.00. J. MJ Stevens, attending District court, and posting election notices and boarding prisoners, $22.30. Owen Paxon, constable, guarding prisoners in case of State vs.

Frank Kirtley, $7.75. P. Holmes for merchandise furnished pauper, $5.00. S.S. Hite for balance on jail, 1 50 W.

P. Kelly.overseer of poor $11 H.Nelson, express for county. $2.70. M. F.

Lcary, medicine furnished poor, $18. Blair Hammond, provisions furnished poor, $6.13. H. H. Reed, salary Probate Judge, $100.

just received. hogs. Ho don't want any poor stock. mo tin the reputation of selling none but tho best. ul6-4w Mr.

Miller, of Cora, called hi to have his uamo. written high a-mong our cash subscribers. Ho can now read his paper with a clear conscience. Mr. Thomas II.

Daggett called J. A. Ahlborn, school examiner, Mr. Jones of Jones Magee, the great lumber merchants of Riv-erton, Nebraska, and every where else, was in town on Saturday last, looking up accounts and settleing bills. As usual, he called on the editor of the Free Press as he has great faith in the power of printers ink, Mr.

Jones reports that they can hardly keep pace with the demand for their lumber, this is not surprising when they sell at such low rates as not onlv to successful-ly compete with yards at Gaylord but to beat them by three or four dollars a thousand; and in puality Mr. Lair Dean, and Mr, J. A. Cotton, of Cora.were in town proving up on their homesteads. Last week.

Both made the Free Press a call, of course. They report a good deal of sickness in the vicintv of Cora. The new Store, of Mr. Mrs. R.K.

Smiths is filled tooverflowing with a large supply of Boots Shoes dry goods, ladies dress goods, Call and see them. They will be sold at cost to make room for spring stock. $r2 00. on Monday; nad his Anal proof papers made out aud his name placed ou our Quite an interesting picture E. M.

Pierce boarding prisoners, $So J. E. Kern, overseer poor, $3.00. W. H.

Nelson, surveying and platting road, $6.00. W. Zimmerman, bailiff, $2.00. I. A.

Mullen, attending court as deputy sheifT, and boarding prisoners. John Johnson, merchandise for poor, Bill of Will I). Jenkins for pub can be seen on application to the of stock- and in assortment to choose from, they are ahead of all county 5upt, Mr, rearce it's a domestic scene, but has a political application. Messrs. Jones Magee are courteous, pleasant gentlemen, with whom it is always pleasant to have busi Let every man that has not a share in the Agricultural Society come in and take one, or as many more as he feels able to buy.

and own his share in the grounds that is worth four times the amount ill' D. Jenkins of the Pioneer, went up to Kirwhi ou Sunday last to ness relations. Jackson the Commo 1 6 ense Rem of Beaver Township be allowed constitutional exemtion on assessment of 1879 and relieved of tax to that amount. Ordered that the petition of F. J.

Pattee for reduction of taxes be deferred till April session of the board, when said Pattee may show cause why such reduction be made if any there be. Ordered that A. L. Loofburrow be relieved of tax in school district No. 9.

and assessed in district No. 91, where he resides and tax roll be changed to conform to this order. Road petition of J. H. Willett et al, deferred.

Bill of Shearer for coffin for pauper, rejected. The matter of road petition of G. E. Smith et al, was taken up. Corn Royce appearing as attorneys in behalf of petitioners and Burr White for objectors.

Objection was made by attorneys for defendants on ground of illegal report of viewers, objection overuled and excepted to. Bill of .1 McDowell, viewer on we ask. S. D. Cummings he autddizcd.

1 10 camo buck sick, which is hii indication that there w-v i stringency iu tho money market 1 lie iu as wed as here. dy man is in Kirwin, meeting with Considerable success. Mr. Jack won Saturday was a very warm, lishing notices in case of county commissioners vs. C.

E. GifTord for tax sale, $15; rejected. Bill of Thompson Sells for printing. rejected. Fee bill in case of Insanity vs.

Coats; rejected. Bill of J. W. Pearce, salary, lco; will be in Smith Centre on Friday of pleasant day, and quite a large number of persons were in town. In this week, ana Monday of next week, those who have hordes with teniier 01 the evening we had another taste contracted feet, Sweeney, hoot-bound of winter.

The wind suddently or corked ankle, will ilnd it to their advantage (five him a call. Hit veered to the north and blewheav 'allowed. The Victor So iug S. D. Cummings takes this method of informing the public that he is tin authorized agent tor Smith for tho Victor tic whig Machine.

Among all I he machines in tin Market 'he "Victor" fado at the Iiond. Made of the very best maleii- ily all night. Bill of J. W. Pearce.

postage and express, $13.50. J. of Harlan, will be red-hot on agricultural imple Ji 60 4 70 ments, the coming season. The Thompson Sulky Plow' a specialty. 11 to al 111 warranted substantial and durable.

The lightest running v.m-cLi.ie manufactured. 1 ti9t tacob Simaont, juror, October trrtn, Jflsep Barnes 8. W. Perdue J. J.

Anderson H. Dnral J. J. Hunter H.W.Cook 10 60 13 00 1 1 50 IOW2 --As John II. Small, a young man who lives with Han.

Cliarlon s. AU Fee Bill of E. Stevens, approved, .11 40 25 35 374 65 le.s lees Fee Bill in case State vs. Lars Rosk rejected Stewart Dailv: rei. drich, Wi.fi returning homo h-t Monti nv night from visit to tin- hoitsocl MARRIED.

On Christmas day, at the residence of the bride's brother, near Cora. Mr. E. F. Hutchinson to Miss Annie Rev.

Wm. Long-acre officiating. The young couple have the hearty congratulations of the Free Press. new theory liniment can be hud tor $1. per bottle.

Wo will take wood on fliibgcription for the Free I'KKst'. Mr. Truman Booth, of Beaver, was in (own Monday, and called on yo editor. Mr George Spangler is learning the and boxes" in the Free Press office. He is a rattler on "pi." Dr.

W. G. Stowell or Dr. W. Stowell, Dentists, visit Smith Centre the first week In each month Satisfaction guamtiteed in all cases where wor is done.

Call on Smalley, at Harlan, for coal oil. He sells cheaper than anv other firm in the Solomon valley: Look! 150 test for 30 cents per gallon. 16W4 No snow yet. This is the 1 6th day of January, and a'syet we have had no snow this winter. Talk about your Italian skies and orange flowers.

They are no where in com Petition of voting pre-inct of Harlan; rtjected. Tl.e following bills for bounty on varmints killed in Smith couuty. allowed: James Sheets, 57 J. (i. Terrell, 1 00 F.

Pattee, 1 00 Charles Wa leer 41 Meirill 24 F.dlie Wise, 6 00 William Coleman 1 00 George VanSickle I 00 Hamilton Crane, book, Probate Judi-, .3750 L. C. Uhl, salary, county attorney 175 00 William A born, lie waft thrown from his hoi-Np and had his rijf ht shoulder ilif located. He was at tended by Dr. Gannon, and at Inst account a doing us well as could be expected.

There was qnlto a delegation from tilan. in town, on Mondnv. Mr. Harlan, Harding, Chft. and Al.

Toplill of the called on ye editor. Mr. Ilimling bro ght us several advertisements and su HEW GOODS -A tii nire bno of Indie shos jut recieved at Herberts Shoe Store. scribeis. Charley Topliff enmo to see us because ho likes to, and be PROCEEDINGS OF COUNTY C0MMIS SIONERS.

County Clerk's Office, A. V. rillmorv. bounty on animals, Jojin Ifland, M. Hammoky Wm.

Green, Die Glenn, B. Fr7tei, Isaac Small, 1 00 30 a 00 1 00 63 1 00 93 cause wo ore glad to sco him. All tho gentlemen say Harlan is booming Smith Centre, Jan. 1, Board met in regular session. Present, St.

T. Mitchell, and S. P. Glenn, Commissioners; L. C.

Uhl, County Attorney, arid E. Stevens, road petitioned for by Smith et nl, allowed, 00. Post viewer same road, allowed $2 00. Bill of Jenkins for stationery, allowed, $15 00. Bill of Jenkins for county printing.

$35 00. Ordered that the road petitioned for by Smith et al, and as re-ported by viewers, be granted and ordered opened, question of damages deferred to April session of board by request of objectors. Ordered that the County Treasurer be authorized and required to change the accounts of the several school districts and other funds of the County to conform to the report of the committee appointed to investigate the County Treasurer's hooks and in Smith County Pioneer. On motion, M. E.

Wr lis and Webb McNall were appointed a committee to act in conjunction with the Probate Judge to examine the County Treasurers books and report at the next regular session of the Board in April. Mr. Jerry Sheriff elect, having furnished satisfactory se curity on his official bond, is approved. Ordered that the one mill State school tax erroneously levied by the State, be refunded by the County Treasurer on demand to those having made full payment of tax and applied on the last half of those who paid naif tax. Fee bill of WJ Byers allowed, $4 35 Bill ol Byers, salary as County parison to our snowless Kansas zephyrs.

If you want something good to fat tali at J. A. Kindred's meat mar ket where vou can always find 01 and expects to be incorporated next veur. Thos. Blowers, of Corn, i a loading man, and has piovided hiunoil with $10 worth of reading matte' tor bv subscribing nnd paying for the "Free Press" for one year.

Our office i iu mourning; tho pref-s shrouded in thcsahln trap, pings of woe, and gloom sits upon tue brow of the editors. Mr. Mitchell, the immaculate Samuel failed to call and eee ns ero he passed away to that obscurity to winch his lite constituents have consigned him. The fuiier wo predicted taken place, an iu thecorpso we were not mUtakmi. It would have been plons ant to have mingled our tears with Ins, but he would not mingle worth a cent.

Go thy way, Samuel; your days of tribulation are not vet over, his ''hooks'' the best of beef, pork, inut'oii, sausage, turkeys, chickens, wild jaiii3 and in tact everything Road petition No. 2 of Williams; granted. Official bond of II Nelson; approved Official Bond of Jerry Brisbin examined, and ordered that he give additional County Bonds. Road petition of A Block; rejected, tor want of bond for costs. Road petition of Chester Lawrence; deferred, for want of legal number of petitioners.

Road petition of J. K. Cioode-nough, deferred; for want of description. Road petition. No.

1, of J. L. Williams; rejected. Viewers report on vacation 01' road petitioned for by T. Mitchell, accepted road Viewers report on road petitioned for by S.

T. Mitchell, accepted and road ordered opened. The following bills were then that can he round in a hrsi-class mar ket. -On Saturday last Jerry Brisbin and W. H.

Nelson entered upon the County Clerk. Board called to order by chairman. On motiou, James Ottoway was relieved of tax for 1878, paid by him in School District No. 20, amounting to annuity. Treasurer ordered to refund same.

Ordered that the County Attorney be instructed to make answer to the writ of mandamus served on the Board of County Commissioner and County Clerk, in case of Atchison Denver Railway vs. Board of County Commissioners and Harvey Township at the May. term of the District Court. Ordered, that John Bear be allowed constitutional exemption on assessment of 1879. and that the excess ot tax paid by him be applied on the last half of his tax.

Ordered that the '25 copies of Darters Kansas Statutes furnished by the State be distributed as follows: One copy each to the several Justices of the Peace in Smith duties of their office. Will Nelson got wealthy very suddenly and opened a bank account. His fees for the tew hours he was in office on Saturday amounted to the immense sum ot $1.35. Sheriff Brisbin took possession of the jail cells and prepared them for the reception of boarders. perhaps, but you have our forgiveness dep-trt iu peace.

During a vpry interesting interview with Mr. K. Well's on Sat-urday, he referred to ho earlv efforts of ho in behalf of Unpeople to have the obnoxious final proof law repealed. Mr. VVell's said loans at 6 per G.

W. White cent commission. Isham Flina, road viewer, $3.50. Justus Henderson, road viewer, $2.00. J.

B. Fowler, road viewer, $3.50 had it not been for the advooary of the "Free Press" ho should have despaired of success and would not per Treasurer; less feesn ceived, Bill of county treasurer lor repairs, wood cutting, book case allowed, $0 07 Bill of Martin for blank books for county superintendent office, allowed. $7 25 haps have tiUcinptcd to get up the petition to Cougics-J for Us repeal. We have that petition now, and there county; one copy to the Chairman of Board of County Commissioners; one copy to County Attorney; one copy to Probate Judge, County Treasurer, County Clerk, Clerk are several gentleman 11n.if.ndlc for their loud shrieks of fraud, rubb rv. Our Scarbrough, we regret to state, has taken fresh cold, and is again confined to his room.

This is terrible weather for persons a fflicted with Pneumonia. Mr. S. D. Cummings has a few good horses for sale, will trade some of them for a timber claim near town.

who wero askeil to alhx ircir names. Why did they not dn ho? Mr Wells tells us 'hit the people generally understand this is a tight of personal enemies atunst Mr. Helm, and that the rnud shrickcr are just try District lourt ana Ohentt; one copy to be held by Trustee of Oak Township, until a Justice is elected. Petetion of E. W.

Smith et. al. for vacation of road; granted. Bill of L. N.

Well for medical at-tendance on pauper, $30; allowed. Revised fee bill in case ofState Kansas vs. A. H. Boower, allowed as follows, to-wit: John W.

Simmons, constable fees, $32 30 Our worthy Sheriff Mr. Brisbin, has appointed Al. Hester under W. H. Kelly, marker, $1.50.

Fee bill of J. W. Solomon. J. in case of State vs F.

Bill of Stevens Cannon for stationery, $8.90. Bill of J. Smith, for book case. $8.00 Fee bill of W. P.

Meadorvs, clerk dist. court, for $34.00 and $29.65 allowed, $4 35 deferred. Fee bill of J. W. Walker in case of State vs.

John Grany, rejected. Road petitions of Herman Grau-hblz, deferred. Road petitioned for byM. E. Phillips, granted.

Road petition of F. J. Pattee. deferred. Road petition by J.

M. Jones, granted. Warrantee deed executed to S. D. Cummings for lots 13.

14, 15, 16, block 26, town of Smith Centre. The following con boarding prisoners, $5 5 Mitchell for services as county commissioner, 00 Glen; for same, $15 co Ordered that the houe trfrted over jail cells be accepted and Hite discharged from his obligation so soon as plastering is finished and door made. Adjourned sine die. Admiaiitrator'i lotcie- STATE OF KANSAS, I Smith County. In the matter of the estate of Royal Cleveland, late of Smith County, Khnsas.

Notice i given, that on the Sth day of January, A. D. 1880, the undersigned was, by the Protm'e Court of Smith County, Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Royal Cleveland, late Smith County. Kansas, deceased. All parties interested in said estate will lake notice and eovern themselves accordinely.

A. R. CLEVELAND. 9.41V Sheriff. This is one of the best appointments Mr.

Brisbin could have made, and can't help but give general satisfaction. Mr. Hester is one of the most competent and deserving young men in the County. We heartily endorse the appointment. ing to gull the people.

We sv.ull publish that petition just prior to the meeting of the convention next fall. Mr. Mont Phillip-, has succeeded in his contest suit, and has cut his hair. Ho called In to see us 011 Monday to tell us of his good luck, Hi.d in order thst wo miulit rejoice with him he gave $1.50. to scud the "Fbfe Prksh" to him for a year.

Thin k-J, Monr; whether your hair lonr or short, your head's level nit) -how. We aro glad to Mr. Bur row out on the tree a saiu, titti Ids lllne. You can get more money at Samuel Stranathan, J. William Berry, juror, A.

A. Clark, Garnctt Gibon Jm. Rolnniion, 1 W. H. Simmon, Jehu Jqhnson, W.

W. Stevens, N. W. Kin. W.

S. Crosby, Ean J. A. Killer, 1'. ltan, JN, Toixon.

20 40 I 90 I 50 I OO I 00 CO a so yo OO 00 00 vt less percent of G. W. White than of any one else. Ladies and gents trunks at Ilerbejt's shoe store very cheap..