The Western Progress from Spring Hill, Kansas • 8

sell on as The Western Progress. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1877. LOCAL CITY AND COUNTY. From the number of land buyers looking over the county we think Eastern melt are beginning to find out that ter and cheaper land can be bought in Johason county than in any other portion of the State. This is the time of the year that one wish that Adam and Eve had never introduced the clothing business.

The harvest hands "sweat," young ladies 1 lawyers and ministers feel "exhausted," and we feel tired." Shoo ily The little man on the streets last Friday attracted considerable attention. He was but little longer than Tom Thumb; was not unlike the first printer--he came and went, 110 one knowing his name, nor from whence he came. He would do for a show. 'The pestilentious white worm has made its appearance and commenced war on every maple tree. Is there no way of distroying this unwelcome annual visitor? These worms are something like the transmigratory grasshopper; one of them can eat as much as four dozen of the common variety.

Some inventive genius should invent a trap. How easy we breathe! Last Saturday was the day this world was to be swal- lowed up--scorched. We have felt all kinds of horrible feelings--being in a dungeon, for instance, inhabited by snakes with fangs it foot long--flying undodgable spears and tomahawks--redenameled flying balls of etc. The idea of becoming better is very feasible. Thisis the season when the busy bed bug improves the darkest hour, and the man of the house, after saying the Lord's prayer back wards, takes a quilt for a bed, and a pair of boots for a pillow, and lies down to pleasant dreams; while his wife declares that "there is not a single bug in the house." She probably means that they are all married and have large families.

If an individual didn't watch his sharps and flats in walking along on the east side of Walnut street, leading south from Park, he might have an unasked for introduction to the sidewalk. Those large holes suggest something flat. in the dark especially, and anyone falling flat will not feel sharp; so, therefore, we suggest that they be fixed. How prolific the soil is in our city. is hardly necessary for us to mention the principal crop.

Coming down to a mathematical calculation, we should think there were about seventy-five acres of the odorous white top. It is beginning to blockade the sidewalks, the streets also being hardly navigable, and must be very productive of fevers. We suggest that the city harvest the crop--it seems to be ripe enough. Yesterday, about nine clock, some of the knowing ones noised it around that there would be a train up from Cedar Junction on the St. Louis, Lawrence and Western R.

R. A number of our leading citizens went to the depot, anxious to learn somthing about the future of the road. On the arrival of the train, the officers stated they were passing over the road for the purpose of inspecting it; that they could give no detinite answer as to whether they would operate or not. The whole thing in a nutshell is, they will run it if it pays; if not they won't. Harental ignorance and negligence have doubtless much to do with the ble health of many children, the broken constitution, the life of suffering, and the premature death and decay of many households.

The physical culture, health and strength of the child is the first and most important object to be attained, and due attention to this is the first and most important of parental duties. Spring and summer are the hardest seasons on the child, while teething, which produces nervous wakefulness, colic and debility. We would in all earnestness recommend DR. HARTER'S IRON TONIC AND SOOTHING DROPS. With these efficient remedies, baby is safe.

At Lovell's. Messrs. J. R. Brown, I.

H. Legate and O. Telford have purchased the large grovery establishment of M. G. Miller, the new firm to take possession August 12th.

'This is one of the largest changes in property that has taken place in Olathe in five years. They propose to make arch doors connecting the drug store of Brown Legate and the grocery; one arch being down stairs, the other connecting the upper stories of the two buildings, making an establishment second to to none in the city 111 proportion and authorized capital. These men are of' business experience and will make it win if geniality, firmness and business qualifications are of any consequence. The grocery, bakery and butcher shop will be pun as before. Success to the new deparare In Brief.

Farmers, look after your apple trees, Look out for counterfeit silver quarters. Cherries and strawberries are no more for this year. out for the borers in your orchards; they are a bore. Preaching at the Christian church next Snuday, morning and evening. The busy ily plows farrows through the butter now with impunity.

The accomodation train on the Gulf road now runs through to Baxter. Hang mosquito bars over your picture frames or the flies will all over them. Harvest is upon us: the wheat, outs and flax crop is immense. Look out for better times. Oh no! there's not much raised in Johnson county.

But her exportations are great somehow. Brown Legate received a new safe last week. It weighs eighteen hundred pounds and is considered fire proof. Wiley, Dayton at Spring Hill, are doing a large business. It is one of the best places in the county to trade.

'The refreshment stand back of Smith's barber shop is quite a resort. A little girl stands patiently to take in the nickels. We are informed that the corner of Park and Water streets is soon to be oecupied by a lumber yard, by S. E. Mackey.

Dr. Pileher handed us a copy of St. Chairsville (Ohio) Gazette. Dr. has been a subscriber to the Gazette for the last fif-1 ty years.

Rev. W. A. Scarritt, pastor, will preach at the Presbyterian church Sabbath next, 15th at the usual hours. Sabbath school at 9:45 a.

m. "Ice cold lemonade, only five cents glass," comes as persistent to the Olatheans' ears as the racket of buggies and wagons on the street. There will be a full and complete stock of goods put into the new store house of Dr. Julien, as soon as it is completed, by a gentleman from the east. Don't forget the lawn festival Tuesday eyening, the 17th at the, residence of Mr.

John Giffen. Proceeds devoted to the Presbyterian church. At their prayer meeting last Wednesday evening, the Congregationalists voted to suspend their Sunday evening service until the first of September. We understand that Calvin Mitchell, living five miles north of town, has disposed of his farm. It is a fine piece of land, and was offered remarkably cheap.

Henry A. Johnson and Henry Rochester, having formed a partnership, are fixing upand have openeda first-class livery, feed and sale stable, at Rochester's old stand. We will take it all back. The corres. pondent signing himself is all right; your name is on our subscription book write again, as we have lost your communication.

There was a I. 0. G. T. Lodge organized in this city, June, 20th, by Grand Worthy Chiet Templer Campbell, of Fort Scott.

Rev. Dr. Phillips was elected W. C. T.

and Dr. Mosely, Sec. R. S. Houk believing that discretion is the better part of valor," purchased a new safe to store away money and other valuables.

It is the same as that of Brown Legate's. Persons who can accommodate teachers with board during the institute can arrange the matter, by sending word to the county Supt, telling him how many they can accommodate, price per week, etc. "Uncle Billy's last ton fellow from 1 Gardner, that wanted some "tea. on "tick." If you do not lay down the money, the marshal told me he would put me in the calaboose, and dot makes me Personal. Monte Fishback has become localizer for the News-Letter.

Mr. J. P. Taylor returned to the lead mines Monday. J.

H. Connelly, of Oxford, was in town Monday. He says everything looks bright in the east. Col. J.

P. St John returned from Hutch, inson last Friday, where he orated on the Fourth. Rev. J. H.

Phillips, of Lawrence, son of Dr. Phillips, of this place, and "Sallie" Sauls, an excellent young man, late of St Paul, visited our town Friday and I Saturday. Mr. Sauls expects to make his home in Kansas, and may come to Olathe to live. Wm.

Crawford, of MeCamish townwith his wife, who took the cars here for ship, was the town Monday. He came Pittsburg, where she goes to visit her aged parents, whom she has not seen for twenty-one years. Mr. Crawford is one of our best farmers, and has been in Johnson county since? 756. Marriage Licenses Issued.

A. T. Stein to Josephine H. Wallace. Edgar C.

Wood to Sarah J. Ford. Bard J. Roy to Emma Jackson. John P.

Argubright to Eva Winzer. Church Services. Church Services. Every Sabbath at the M. E.

Church. Sunday school at 9 1-2 clock a. m. and at eight p. m.

Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. All are invited. Rev. I. I.

Phillps, D. Pastor. RANDOM NUBS. Jesse Grant is making love to the Princoss Beatrice. Out ofevery tho sand persons born only ninety-tive weddings take place.

How that Louisville Journal would like to Courier mane--we mean Gail's. Mrs. Light made the balloon ascension at Terre Haute on the Fourth of July, Lyndon Times: Principles, Independent; Policy, Greenbacks." That's us. Secretary of war McCrary has brother that is and has been a Mormon for twenty-live years, The Ottawa Republican asks us if we are a mind reader. No: we got our information through a medium.

The Leavenworth Times comes to us in a new dress. The Times presents a bright appearance, and has a large clreution. When you see a man skirmishing around to find the extensiveness of the sidewalk, it is called the Murphy movement. The Independence Kansan drew a pocket-book in the Kansas City Times distribution; a perfectly useless article for a paper to draw. The old saying that the married live longer than the single, is said to be very true.

Strange, isn't it? And so many husbands die from flat-iron invasions too. Progress of the war and weather: The Turks are getting the best of the Russians: the weather is hot and progressing; It is intermingled now with a little scorchiness. In eulogizing a marriage, the Russell Record says: "May they have a good time and may all their troubles be little ones." Just reserve your good wishes when we get married will you? The dispatches from Turkey state that the Russian soldiers invaded the premises of a Turkish nobleman and badly scared the women in his harem." They mnst have been a "harem scarem" set of fellows. The New Haven (Conn.) Union of July 5th says: Five hundred Mennonites arrived at Philidelphia Saturday by the steamship Vedderland from Antwerp. 'The majority of them went to Kansas, where they will settle upon lands of the Atchison, Topeka Sante Fe railroad.

Idleness in this stage of the world is not there the is no product work of to be laziness. done. nor, because, plenty of work to be done, but there is no inoney to pay for it; hence, ruin we have idle men, and property goes to for want or their labor to improve it. -Lyndon Times. Sound words fitly spoken." Study it! Brown Legate, Druggists, are gentlemen in every sense of the expression-live and pushing, yet genial and jocular, they are at once the sort of people one likes to meet in a strange place.

Their store is a model of neatness and convenience, and is filled from top to bottom with goods in their line. The upper story is devoted to wall paper, heavy goods and notions, and the lower floor to drugs proper, patent medicines, perfumes, It is, in fact, the best arranged drug store we have seen in Kansas, and the men who run it know how to keep store to the satisfaction of the public. Mr. John B. Marshall, their prescriptionist, 15 a member of the American Association of Pharmacy, and one of the few thoroughly accomplished druggist whom we have met in the West.Chicago Commercial Advertiser of June 51st, 1877.

Celebration at Carroll's Grove. Notwithstanding the number of picnics and celebrations in the immediate vicinity, it was surprising to see the vast crowd that joined in the celebration here. Our Waugh and Hon. Taylor, acquitted themselves rentarkably well, as was evident from the reported bursts of applause issuing forth from the enthusiastic crowd that pressed around the platform. Those interested have reason to be proud of their superintendent, who, with such admirable tact, brought about so grand a celebration.

A. SUBSCRIBER. NOTICE. The Horticultural picnic at Hoagland's grove, Saturday, July 14th. Several essays to be delivered.

Vol. 6, of proceedings of the State Horticultural Society, is received and ready for distribution. Every person is cordially invited. E. I P.

Deihl, See. List of Letters Remaining in the Post-office at Olathe, Johnson county, Kansas, on the 11th day of July, 1877, which, if not called for in thirty days, will be sent to the Dead Letter Office, Washington, D. Irwin, Miss Ruth Mour, Mrs. John Washington, Eldorado Harper, Ellen Carl, S. Dan Dabin, M.

Mr. Adams, Lewis H. Johnson, J. F. Mr.

J. C. FRANK R. OGG, Postmaster. GARDNER No.

2. (From our own Kooler. 1 Lots of weather. Corn buyers about winked out. Auction of beautiful sea shells last week.

Miss Jennie Kennedy, of Kansas City, formerly of this place, is in town visiting friends. Miss Eva Fletcher and Miss Mattie Bumont, of Leavenworth City, are here to spend the Fourth. Harvest hands in demand; wages from $1.00 to $2.00. Mr. Robinson is gone, and Samantha is fading; but she is getting better the treatment of Dr.

Sinclair. Mr. Davis has moved his steam sheller to Kansas City for repairs; getting ready for threshing. Gardner has a Money Order Office, something we have needed for some time. Mr.

llayes is putting up his elevator slowly but sure. It is sweet to have friends you can trust and convenient sometimes to have friends, who are not afraid to trust you. Mr. Chase: When is a cat like a teapot? Ans. -When your teas-in' it.

Geo. Sharpe wants to know why his mustache don't grow faster. much shade, George. One of our Gardner gents, who has been keeping a record of big beets, announces at last that the beet that beat the beet that beat the other beet whether the original beet that beat the beet that beat the other beet is never beaten by a beet that beats all the beets that was ever heard of and that beat is Dr. Sinclair.

The hog may not be thoroughly posted in arithmetic, but when it comes to square root, he is there. Go and get a ring for your nose, George! Advice to farmers: Shelter your farm implements, when the harvest is over: they will last twice as long as when left out to wind and weather; build a shelter for them, be it ever so cheap; oil and put them away. Just so. When a man wants money or assistance the world, as a rule, is very obliging and indulgent and lets him, want it. Bruce, you went up on the wrong side; try the other side and see it you dont make it; never despair; we've been through all that; go to church with a young lady if you wish to go home with her next time.

Anna says she can stand frogs, mosquitoes, screech owls, Indian war-whoops. the plaintive yells of the gentle the discordant notes of that mule of Sam's is too much for her. Shoot the mule, Sam. Be careful, young man, and don't send your washwoman's bill instead of a billet deux. Edgerton.

(From Our Own The heat has been almost unbearable for a few days. We had a fine shower of rain this morning. Miss Minnie Pyle, a former resident of this place, but now of Spring Hill, is visiting relations. The U. P.

Church held what they call a communion meeting, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday the ordinance of Baptism was administerd to two the sacrament of the Lord's supper, was also partaken of. The meeting was very interesting, and was presided over by their pastor, Rev. J. N.

Smith, assisted by Rev. Long, an eminent divine of' Garnett. There were nineadded to the church. There was what we took to be a water spout some four or five miles cast of here on Sabbath evening. There was al funnel-shaped cloud extending from a very black cloud, and as we thought almost to the earth.

It remained in that position for about half an hour. Then we could plainly see the water spout out of the sinall end nearest the earth, and continned to do so for some ten minutes, then mingled with the larger clouds. It was a phenomena to us, Lockwood Bros. will commence pressing hay at Wellsville this week, and at this place next week. The haying season will commence in earnest next week, and Lockwood Bros.

are prepared to, and will press from twenty to twent-live tons per day. The Fourth passed off very quiet here. There was no demonstration at all at this place; we attended a picnic at Spring Hill, and listened to a splendid oration delivered by Boyd Hutchison, Esq. We enjoyed ourselves "hugely" and returned home in the evening, feeling much better after our day's recreation. A.

Muddy Move. OMAHA, July anticipated change of the channel in the Missouri river above this place occurred Sunday morning. A heavy volume of water is now pouring through the ent-off, which is about 600 feet: wide. It will be necessary to take immediate steps for the salvation of the levee on this side. Attention! R.

S. Honk Co, mean business, They positively refuse to goods credit to anyone for the next sixty days, they have their books posted for settlement and claim all bills are due by contract at harvest time. They cordially invite all who have asked for credit till harvest (or otherwise) to call and settle their accounts. 38 t-f. Normai Institute.

The first session of the Normal Insti tute, under the late law, will commence next Saturday, the 16th, at the Public School Building. It will be conducted by Prof. P. J. Williams, Supt.

of Normal Dep't of the State University, assisted by Misses Gyer and Short, of the Leavenworth Normal school. The session will last four weeks; tuition $1.00. Every teacher in the county ought to attend. New Headquarters. We called upon Mr.

J. Jewell at his new stand and round him busy getting ready for the heavy trade after harvest. His new room was calculated to be large enough to make a good show of his stock, but such is not the case. The room is not half large enough, and he still talks of putting in more goods, His stock is complete, and anyone wishing anything in his line will do well to examine. Mr.

Jewell makes rooting and spouting a specialty, and excepts no one in the quality of work in that line. His establishment will be known as the Blue Front, one door east of Sutton's. He, with one experienced hand is, kept busy all the time. The Merchant Prince. Probably the above title is not more' suitable for any man in the West than the renowned Hammerslough, the old and reliable clothing merch.it, located on Main, between Fourth and Fifth streets, Kansas City, Mo.

Having transacted business in that city for many years past, he has, by cheap goods, fair dealing and courteous, treatment, by tew. won His a large name and and commodious storeroom is filled with a stock of goods that cannot be duplicated between St. Louis and San Francisco, while his prices are astonishingly low. It will pay the people of Johnson county to look through this establishment when they desire to purchase Clothing, Gent's Furnishing Goods or Hats and Caps. Give Boss" a call and see if we have told anything but simple facts.

W. B. RUTTER, GENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE -ANDUNDERTAK'R (East Side of Main Street.) SPRING HILL, KANSAS. 00 0. HAVE THREE LARGE ROOMS: I filled with the best and cheapest stock of Furniture ever brought to Spring Hill.

Metalic Burial Cases, and also Wooden Cases and Caskets, constantly on hand. I have a Hearse that will be furnished on short notice. Examine my stock before going elsewhere. july11-ly W. R.

RUTTER. J. JEWELL, -DEALER INHARDWARE! STOVES! Sheetiron and Copperware HAVING REMOVED MY SHOP -TO A- Large Commodious Room -ON THESouth Side of the Square I WOULD BE PLEASED TO MEET ALL MY OLD CUSTOMERS. ASSURE THOSE PURCHASING I goods in my line that you will do well to call and examine my complete stock. I employ none but the best of anything entrusted with me will be done with neatness and dispatch.

I also keep a full line of VANE, CALVERT MIXED PAINT Roofing and Spouting a Specialty W. T. Pugh has his office in connection. Remember the Blue Front, next to Satton's store. J.

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