The Olathe News-Herald from Olathe, Kansas • 5

WE ARE IN THE Business We sell only the BEST Grades of very best KOAL you ever bought---and at a low price. F. R. LANTER, Try Lumberman First published in the Olathe News-Herald. February 9, 1899.

SHERIFF'S HALE. The State of Kansas, ss. County of Johnson In the District Court. Tenth Judicial District State Kansas, sitting within and for the County of Johnson. A.

W. Macklin and S. Black, Plaintiffs, VS. James W. Tate, Defendant.

By virtue of a special execution issued of out the of the Tenth Judicial District Court, State of Kansas, sitting within and for Johnson County, in said State, and to me directed. I will offer for sale at public aucvion, to the highest bidder for cash in band, the south front door of the Court House at Olathe, in said county, on Monday. March 18, A. D. 1899, at 11 o'clock a.

m. of said day, the following described real property to-wit: An undivided following, one sixteenth. The (1-16) Interest in and to the of the southeast quarter of section four (4), except a piece land twelve (19) rods square in the nor heast corner thereof. Also an undivided one-sixteenth interest in the north half of the northeast quarter of section nine (9), except four (4) acres out of the northwest corner described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section nine (9), thence east sixteen (16) rods, south forty (40) rods, west sixteen (16) begin- rode, and north forty (40) rods to place of ning. Also an undivided one-sixteenth (1-10) interest in the following: northwest Beginning at the southwest corner the quarter of the northeast quarter toll of section nine (9), thence south twenty-four (24) rods te center of Indian Creek, thence down said creek with its meanderings to the south line of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section nine (9), thence along the south line of said northwest quarter of the northeast quarter to place of beginning, all in township thirteen (13), range twenty-five (25), in Johnson county.

Kaness, being on (1-16) interest in one hundred sixty-three and ninety one humdredths acres. Said property to be sold as the attached property said of James Tate heretofore cause to satisfy said special execution. J. W. JONES.

Sheriff of Johnson county. Kansas, Dated 7th day of February, A. D. 1899. Parker Hamilton, Plaintiff's Attorneys.

First published in the Olathe News-Herald January 26, 1899. Administrator's Notice. The State of Kansas, s8 Johuson In the Probate Court, in and for said county. In the matter of the estate of John M. Bradshaw, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that letters of administration have been granted M. to the Bradshaw, undersigned on the estate of John Inte of said county, deceased, of the by the county honor- and able, the probate court state aforesaid. dated the 29th day of Decemaber, A. D. 1898.

Now all persons having claims against the said estate. are hereby notified. that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they be precluded from benefit of such estate and that if such claims be not exhibwithin three years after the date of said letters they shall be SARAH forever L. barred. BRADSHAW.

W. Administratrix of the estate of John M. Bradshaw, deceased. December 29, 1898. 1813 First published in Olathe News-Herald January 12, 1899.

Administrator's Notice. The Johnson State of County. In probate court in and for said county, In the matter of the estate William Short. deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of administration have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of William late the of said county, deceased, by the honorable, probate court of the county and state aforesaid, dated the 7th day of January.

A. D. 1899. Now all persons having claims against the said estate, are hereby notified, that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate and that three if such claims be not exhibite within vears after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. STEPHEN A.

SHORT, Administrator of the estate William Short, deceased. January 7, 1899. 19t4 R. J. Sisson of Topeka has purchased Greeley Wilson's farm two miles northwest of Olathe, and has taken possession and will build a new residence and otherwise improve the premises.

The trade was made through the agency of E. L. Caress. More Local. The Star Comedy Company very cleverly presented the two act vaude.

ville sketch. and number of up to date specialties to fair sized audiences at Haves opera house Wednesday and Thursday evenings of last week. The taxpayers of Harrey county got together with the county commissioners and hired an expert to find how much property was escaping taxation. And he found over $200,000 worth which wealthy owners had succeded in hiding from the county assessor. Mell P.

Fezler, the popular candy man of Kansas City, visited our merchants last Friday. Mell has visited Olathe for so many years that he seems one of us, and he has many friends here to whom his pleasant smile is always welcome. George Abbott is receiving many compliments on his work at the Presbyterian church at Gardner. He had the contract for repapering and ing stained glass windows throughout, and the Gardner people are highly pleased with the work. It costs Dr.

Price something tike $500,000 a year to advertise his baking powder. The News Herald will get small slice of this sum this year. We call attention to Dr. Price's ad on page four. There is ten handsome designs in this series which will appear in these columns.

Notwithstanding the extremely cold weather a good sized audience turned out to the recital given by Misses Lucy Burgess and Florence Hogue at Holliday last Friday evening, These young ladies are artists in their lines and their intertainments are worthy of patronage. Sherman and Logan Tuttle have bought out the bakery formerly run by Harry Krout, and will run it under the firm name of Tuttle Bros. The boy's were raised in Olathe, and are first class bakers. Sherman, who is proprietor of a bakery at Gardner, is in Olathe this week. Don't forget the Beach Ellis Theater Company at Hayes opera house week of 13th headed by everybody's favorite comedian, Mr.

Ed Beach. Everyone knows Ed and the company will no doubt draw crowded houses the entire week. Prices within reach of all 10, 20 and 30 cents. Latest Designs in Wall Papers A Large, Exclusive Line. The 1899 papers are handsome in design, and our line this Spring is mcre complete than ever before.

Prices Right. GEORGE ABBOTT. F. R. LANTEROLATHE, KAS.

LUMBERMAN: A called meeting of the District U. P. Presbytery was held here Tuesday afternoon to consider the resignation of Rev. R. H.

Barnes, pastor of the U. P. church of Olathe, who is desirous of going to Cuba. 'The Presbytery ad journed without taking definite action in the matter. -Ottawa Herald.

Mr. Kutz of Pratt county has introduced a bill in the legislature to exempt holders of brat grade teachers' certilicates from future examinations. However if a teacher holding such a certiticate shall cense teaching for IL period of two years he shall not avail himself of the privilege of this act. Valentine's Day is drawing near, and hundreds of the frightful creations known as "comic" valentines decorate the windows aud stores of the merchants who handle these workings of a disorded imagination, which were doubtless conceived while the cartoonists were writhing in the throes of some horrible nightmare. H.

K. Avery is exhibiting to his friends a kodak picture of his two alligators, the largest of which is two feet long, the smaller one measuring about nine inches in length. Mr. Avery has the bay window of his residence in South Olathe arranged to imitate a tropical jungle, and the effect is indeed pretty. The crossing of Park street and Kansas avenue 19 the coldest spot in town.

Cold and wind may be unnoticeable in other places but on this particular corper the wind is cutting and the cold intense. It is accounted for by the ex treme width of the avenue which gives a clear and unobstructed sweep to either north or south wind. Governor and Mrs. St. John attended the annual meeting of the State Temperance Union at Topeka last Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Wednesday afternoon Governor St. John ad dressed the union on the subject, We to Have a Pledge Signing Campaign Throughout the State and How Should It Be Conducted?" Beach Ellis Theater Co at Hares opera house Monday, February 13 and week. As an inducement to insure a big opening house and in order to show the strength of superior company they make the following proposition viz: Each person purchasing a reserved seat ticket will be entitled to reserve one seat for lady, free of charge, on opening night only. H. H.

Nuser of Olathe handed the News- Herald a clipping from a Des Moines, Iowa, paper telling of the serious wreck of a work train near Albia, Iowa, a few weeks ago, of which his son was conductor. The train was wrecked while crossing a switch. ductor Nuser was on the engine with the engineer. Both men jumped and escaped serious injury. The fireman was canght between the engine and tender in the crash which followed and badly injured.

Just as a traveler was writing his name on the register of a Newkirk hotel a bedbug appeared and took its way across the page. The man paused and remarked: been bled by Arkanbas City fleas, bitten by Guthrie spiders, ard interviewed by Oklahoma City graybacks, but I'll be blanked if I ever WAS in a place before where the bedbugs looked over the hotel register to find the number of a fellow's Times. Record. Mra. Jane Wilkin, mother of Mrs.

Rev. R. H. Barnes, died at the family home in Olathe Monday morning at 5 o'clock. She was 88 years of age and had been ill for A long time.

At her own request the funeral was held from the family home. 'The services were conducted by Rev. D. M. Sleethe, of Lyndon, Kas at 1 o'clock Tuesday atternoon.

Mrs. Waddell of Olathe is a danghter of Mrs. Wilkin. The following children were also present at the funeral: Rev. Ralph Wilkin of Tilden, Mrs.

R. W. McBride of Nerissa, and Wilkin, whose home is in Northern Kansas. Sam J. Kelly has a very amusing piece of machinery on exhibition in his display window.

It is a littte clock work affair, more interesting because of its trueness to life. It represents a tailor seated on his bench, his two employees on either side of him. He sits there calmly sewing, while his journeymen work as it their lives were at stake. Under the. benign influence of the employer's silence his helpers cease work and engage in a of spirited argument.

Ere this has continued long the boss brandishes his fist and screams at them, and with this incentiye they drop their heads and work away for life. City Printing. When the matter of awarding city printing for ensuing year came up in the executive session of the council Tuesday evening three bids were ed. The Tribune offered to do the work at 50 per cent, of legal rate. The News- v8-Herald bid was 30 per cent.

and the Mirror bid 50 per cent. After geveral ballots the Mirror was awarded the contract. If. the council had adhered to the letter and spirit of the call, viz: the lowest and best bidder -the News- Herald was honorably entitled to the award. The council however openly stated that was politics" and made the award aS stated.

So mote it be. City Assessor. C. A. Church was appointed city assessor for the coming year at the coun cil meeting Tuesday evening.

There were six contestants as follows: A. Church, T. S. Caylor. Geo.

M. Durkee, E. Stevenson, J. L. Phillips and S.

R. Rogers. Death of An Old Mason. Viatt Rees, an old and respected zen of Johnson county died at his home near Gardner last Sunday morning. He was past 83 years of age.

He had been in feeble health for sereral years, and had just returned to his old home from 8 visit to a daughter at. Iola. Mr. Rees was was the first High Priest of Olathe Chapter No. 10 R.

A. M. He was a member of Olathe Lodge No. 19 A. F.

and A. M. under whose auspices the funeral ceremonies and burial was conducted. The funeral services were held at the old home Tuesday afternoon and burial was in Antioch cemetery. The follow.

ing members of Olathe Lodge attended the funeral: Wm. Julien, Jos. Danley, C. Wintermute. Ben Scott, J.

D. Dent, Ray Walker. D. F. McKaig, Ed Bryant and D.

Hubbard. Mr. Rees WAS the father of Mrs. Joseph Stuart, of Olathe. Fair Association.

A meeting of the directors of the Johnson County Fair Association, business men, farmers and all interested in having a fair is hereby called to meet in the county attorney's office in court house on Saturday, February 11, 1899, at 2 p. m. All are urged to be present. I. C.

DANT. President. w. c. T.

U. Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Woman's Christian T'emperance Union in the county attorney's office in the court house Friday afternoon, February 17. All members are requested to be present. By order of the president.

MAGGIE McINTYRE. Secretary. A Letter. W. A.

Olathe, Kas. Dear Sir -Your letter of the 7th with sample of printing enclosed, is at band. We presume the sample is sent for criticism. It is certainly a gem of the jim crow printers' proticieney, It is impossible to determine whether this sample was printed on a cheese pross or a bay press. We are uncertain as to whether the printing is done from shoe pegs or shingle nails -surely it 18 not from type.

The idea of using axle grease as a substitute for ink is a new one to the writer. But on the whole this job compares very tavorably with a similar one commented on recently in these columns. En. Opera Honse. Commencing Monday, February 13 The Beach Ellis Theater Co.

will hold the boards at Hayes opera house. This company is not a new one by any means, ail the members having played together the entire season. Messrs. Beach Ellis seeing the prospects ahead of good business throughout Kansas decided to head their company, This paper extends tothem best wishes tor success. The opening will be Destiny." Business Chance.

Energetic man with small amount of cash or security can secure interest in business that will afford large returns on investment. Address for one week Herald ofhce. Marriage Licenses. February 4, Henry Smith. age 53 to Varina Smith, age 44, both of Kansas City.

Mo. Married by Probate Judge. February 4, Joseph F. Martin, age 28, of Kansas to Iona Peari Sprague, age 21, of Olathe. Eebruary 6, Benhard Bechler, age 36, of Olathe.

to Ida Walker, age 35, of Gardner. Married by Rev. P. J. Kennedy of St.

Pauls church Olathe. February 6, Edward Buchholo, age 28, to Lydia Young, age 28, both of Lenexa. GO TO ALBERT LANE FOR Fresh Beef and Pork, Saugage, Bologna Card, etc. Will pay the Highest Market Price for POULTRY and HIDES. BOAL'S Candy Kitchen Is the place to get Pure, Fresh, Homemade Candies.

Opera House Block, Olathe. R. C. McKASSON, Barber Haircut 25c, Shave 10c One door east of Duffy Kea's new store, Olathe. Mules and Mares for Sale.

We will sell at auction on Wednesday. February 15, 1899, at Luellen's barn in Olathe abeut fifteen head of Brood and Work Mares, ten head of young Work Mules and one Imported Cleveland Bay Stallion. 20t4 G. T. GOODE SON.

'Teachers' Association. The next meeting of the Johnson County Teachers' Association be held on Saturday, February 11, 1899. The morning session will meet promptly at 11 o'clock. The lesson will be "Teaching the Language Arts," pages 55 to 112, conducted by Miss Lorena Ellis. 'The afternoon session will meet at 1:30.

Both sessions will be held in the court room. The following is the program: Music, Quartette. Roll Call, My Average Daily Attend- ance. Current History, Kate Jones. The Omaha Exposition, Rose Curtis.

Discussed by May Hudson, S. W. McGarrah. H. P.

Butcher, Myrtle Ellis, Margaret Curtis. J. S. Steed and others who were there. Habit in Education, Jessie Tibbitts.

Russia as It is, C. W. Briggs. Reading, Gladys Phillips. Music, Quartette.

On Friday evening, February 10, Prof. Guy P. Benton will deliver his excellent lecture on AdamsPatriot." at the M. E. church, Admission 15 cents.

Proceeds to go to the teachers' libary fund. EDITH BARNETT, County Superintendent. Register. The new registration books are now open at the city clerk's office. Everyone who wants a vote in the city election next April must register.

Previous registration makes no difference- you must enroll on the new books. We would suggest to the women folks of Olathe not to forget that the right to vote is theirs in this election and they should lose no time in registering. Card of Thanks, We desire to return our heartfelt thanks to the neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted us in the sick. ness and death of our beloved son, George. JOHN W.

HARPER AND FAMILY. Try News Print.