Brookville Times du lieu suivant : Brookville, Kansas • 2

Hurrah FOREST CITY. A the winter of the present school year the grammar and high efl-iMnle have become so crowded Hurrah train, have made a train three miles long and required twenty engines to pull it. This proves conclusively that as a stock-raising community Spring Creek township takes the that it was nearly impossible for 1 1 1 Brookville is fast becoming a forest city, which is an evidence of contentment on the part of her citizens they propose to live i .1 1 the teachers to give each class me FOB- lead. THE BROOKVILLE SCHOOLS. Tn no one do our citizens necessary time for their proper advancement, and J.

C. Gault, a former teacher of the grammar department, has been engaged to har some of the classes from each of these rooms. No school can be nronerlv unless it be suf- take more pride than they do in the ill here and to masc tneir nomes comfortable and attractive. Well-kept yards and lawns are a better advertisement for a town than can be written, and we have them. It was not very long ago that ornamental shrubbery and trees of all kinds were unknown in Brookville, but to the stranger it public schools of the city, ami mey are justified in so doing by their history and condition at the present time.

School district No. 22, of Holiday gy lifts ficicntly heated and cleaned, so that a good janitor is one of the necessities of a good school. Mr. J. M.

Arnold has been acting in this ca which Brookville is a part, was or- 11 pacity for the last three years, and ganized in 1870, with the ioiiowmg school board: J. M. Coombs, director; M. McDonald, clerk, nndW Anderson, treasurer. The first school house consisted of one room now appears that they are or indigenous growth.

HEALTHFULXESS OF CLIMATE. In speaking of climate Kansas is spoken of by most writers as the teachers and scholars can all tcstny to his efficiency in this position. The successful work of any school requires a fund sufficient to defray all necessary expenses. This the Visit MuUheim's Jewelry Store, only, and was located opposite to the present residence of J. S.

Martin, in the northern part of town. Brookville schools have, the district having an assessed valuation ot POSTOFFICE BUILDING. In 1873 the building, not Deing sufficiently large to hold the increasing number of pupils, was removed "AD ASTRA PER ASPERA. A treat many eastern states have to the present school site ana an land of Italian sunshine. It is perfect.

The summers are long and the winters are usually as prolonged autumns, with occasional freezes and snows for variety. There are rarely over four successive cold days. In this locality, 1,500 feet above the sea, the air is very pure, and the climate healthful) and as a result consumption is rarely if ever contracted here. This genial and healthful climate, combined with the purity of the water, makes Brookville a desirable place to live. other room added.

1 he constantly reached their maximum of population. Opportunities for young men Where you will find the largest assortment of SOLID GOLD GOLD FILLED, COIN SILVER AND SILVER! NE growing number of children desiring to attend school made it neccs-sarv iii iS7o that more school room to rise in any profession or calling have faded out forever. 1 he neio is already occupied by more men IS VI should be provided. Accordingly, that same vear bonds were voted, than can ever succeed, no matter how sanguine their hopes. In the and the present large school nouse was built.

The old school houses HVHrv DKUUuni tu Nothing More Suitable for Christmas Presents than Jewelry o-rowinp west, where the field is not were used for public gatherings of supplied, and new opportunities to all kinds, but the building of. a. city rise in life present themselves cvu) hall and several churches has made day, is a prolific field. It is here where budding genius may mature it unnecessary that the present buil dino- should be used for anything ex- in the future, as it has in the past. MIOOKVILLE STATION.

The railroad company gives employment to forty men at this place. They work in the round house, repair shops, depot and yards. Besides these men there are twelve conductors and twenty -four brake-men who live here, making the total number of men employed by the railroad company seventy-six. These men receive every month an aver BREAST PINS. Here is room for the lawyer, tne doctor, the manufacturer, the me JERSEY PINS, ccpt school purposes.

I he present building is two-stones besides the basement, each story being divided into two rooms besides the necessary chanic, the farmer and the honest EAR RINGS, BUTTONS, laborer in fact, every one may his snecial calling if he halls, cloak rooms, etc. lhe case AND CUFF BUTTONS l-nmvs the value of perseverance ment is divided into three rooms, Kansas is a state of fertile resources, one of which is used for the fur nace, one for the children, who and is bound to develop itselt into 1 Every Possible Variety, for Ladies and Gentlemen. nr MA that- hns laid come from a distance, to eat their dinners in, and the third room has iminn. II la age of $5,000, or $60,000 per year considerable sum. Most of this money is spent with our merchants, y.

Miller is foreman of the round housc, and John Ilogan is the pany's agent. Both gentlemen are genial and accommodating. THE GREAT AMERICAN DKSERT. its swaddlinsr clothes and sud been fitted up for a recitation room. The building has cost about denly reached mature manhood; as An endless variety of- iMittcrflv that rises from an unsightly The rooms arc heated by a Kuttan rl-irvsnlis and floats away on the hot air furnace.

The schools arc breeze, suddenly transformed from a SET BINGS, well supplied with maps, charts, dic It has not been many years since sYfs country was considered a bar- repulsive grub that one would crush tionaries, reference books, philosopn- OVAL iai25TGS without mercy to one or me mosi waste. The writer remembers when it was said that fruit could not nbiects of animated nature ical and chemical apparatus, etc. The schools are divided into twelve o-rades. and for convenience into four -J 1 1 1 1 be raised west of Junction City and that i -admired by all who oenoi LARGEST GENTLEMAN that civilization would not extend it The state to-day is the youuuui wix m- departments primary, secondary, Wvond the sixth principal meridian, wnrW of the world, leading many because no while man could produce states in agricultural products, grammar and high school, thus making three grades in each department. The work done in each department is complete and thorough, and pupils Ml 1 1 Vcrv fine Charms for ladies and gentlemen.

Necklaces and bcart 1 ins cry tine n.u ai 1 a arse selection enough to subsist upon, and that the and in educational matters stanus desert waste would always tie the boldly in rank by the side of staid undisputed domain of the American old Massachusetts, the leading state for lames anu geimi-mu. of Watch Charms, Gold Pens, Gold 1 encils, Gold Toothpicks, Coin Silver Thimbles and Gold Bracelets. graduating from the iiroofcviue nign school rank with any in the county in Educational matters, and one of the "original thirteen." Kansas has examinations for teachers ccrtin- lmme treat because thousands in cates. The excellent system which 1 iii- rWarrenzes the schools and inc young men in the ovcrcrowucu eusi snw no chance to belter their con I WARRANT MY GOODS. savage.

But what a transformation, and in so short a time, too! In Saline county are tube found some of the best producing orchards in the state, and trees of every kind ilourish but with little care. The desert has vanished, the redskin disappeared, and a garden has taken the nlnceof the arid waste. The thoroughness of the different courses dition if thev remained where they nursued is the result of the personal 1 mim inaiMrt won- mm erratcu to mis supervision of Prof. T.J. Rollman, who has been principal lor seven vears.

and who as a disciplinarian golden opportunities and fought or arc fighting the battle of Success drtermination. Poor men who prophets have died and their names and scholar has few if any equals. We become distinguished citizens forgotten. T. Prof.

Rollman is tireless in his efforts are a 1 the state of Kansas, and who to secure the best possible results LOCAL SHIPMENTS AND RECEIPTS. mwan life with their feet on the and gives each school his personal oversight. Besides overseeing the rime of the ladder of Fame, -DEALERS IK- nnil who arc now prominent leaders tho social, political and business 4 i world, arc too numerous 10 aomu work in each department he has the immediate control of the high school, where his ability as a teacher is only exceeded by his work as principal. The grammar school is under the control of II. M.

Means, a young a DRUGS, MED1 01 NES, iin enumeration in a short news Brookville has received during the cloven months ending November 31, two car-loads emigrant movables, fifty-one car-loads of live stock, thirty-three car-loads of grain, seven car-loads of Hour, five car-loads of fiuit and vegetables, thirty-seven car-loads of lumber, three carloads of lime, four car-loads of salt, one car-load of brick, seventy-two car-loads of coal and live car-loads iiili-i'llnnL'fius iroods. A vast ivmpr article, but any reader of this in the least acquainted with me iii a ctfito. run ensuv can to man of good qualities and sterling uny mv mind a score of them. see one worth. Mr.

Means has ocen en- the United btalcs "aged in the profession of teaching for a number of years, first in Illi S.Miate. and all the utatc's reprc CHEMICALS, sentatives in congress to-day date the nois and the last two years in Kan of their success with tne PAINTS, sas. The intermediate department a ciiMMccf nil mannsred bv Miss clay they first stepped on Kansas soil. OILS, 1 1 amount of freight has come in less than car-load lots which is impossible to include in the above. During the fame time there have been forwarded four car-loads of emigrant movables, four hundred and two car 171 nuwv.v.,iiwJi CI Clara Fritz.

Of Miss Fritz's popu Kansas is a great state anu wc an, proud of the fact that we can claim Witv it is onlv necessary to Ray that PERFUMERIES, TOILET GOODS, the state as our hist, iasi anu this is her third year ns teacher of home. this school. This of itself speaks volumes. The little ones in the pri A DISASTKOUS 1'IRC, entailing a loss of $50,000 and four mary school are successfully starte Dyes and Proprietary Medicines. lives visited Brookville December 1, in the way of getting an education 1SS7.

but the losers by this dread ele loads of live stock, two car-loads of grain, thirty-one car-loads of Hour, one car-load of fruit ami vegetables, two car-loads of stone and live carloads of miscellaneous goods. It inutst.be remembered that the year dosing ban been one of the poorest that thin section ban ever known, or UV M. 12. Watson, who has oc cupied the sume position for the past ment began at once to rebuild, putting up substantial fire-proof struct four years, wai.vm nentlv mialified for the duties of pri ures. The public enterprise mown by these citizens in typical of all who breathe the pure otne that is to be found nowhere but in sunny Kansas.

Id amount to mary teacher, and her work in thw room shows that hhe is the right raarmmtn will find our itock complete and of t'tc qtwllty. pTparVJ!" fill er prePiint with accu- a4 much more. The live stuck that yvus hipprd would, if placed in one teacher in the riffht school. During.