The Lyndon Record from Lyndon, Kansas • 4

Mrs. Albert Mitchell and son, who CURRENT REMARK MID WINTER BUSINESS Is good with us because we do business on all-the-year-round business principles, just as good one time as another, and our customers needs are much the same in volume all the seasons through. Therefore, you will find us just as well stocked with Last Saturday evening Draper Davis and Cyrus Field, prisoners waiting to answer to the charge of burglary, made their escape from the county jail. Jailor Murray was out of the city, and W. II.

Jones, who was assisting the sheriff in the jailer's duties, went to the jail after supper to look aftor fires, no one being in attendance during the supper hour, As Mr. Jones unlocked and entered the outer room a trusty signaled that something was wrong, but before he could heed the warning the two men stepped from the stairway, armed with iron bars, and ordered him to allow them to pass, which he did, as he had no alternative. They had es Miss May Umdeustock left Saturday for Kansas City, Kansas, to take a position in the asylum for the blind. Miss May is a bright girl, of Sterling qualities, and wo are glad to see her Becure a good position. J.

W. Nicolay is putting in a stone crossing from Steele's corner to the Commercial house, similar to the one south from the same corner. They are of a substantial sort that will last indefinitely and cobt but little more than wood. Mr. and Mrs.

S. C. Bedwell returned last Thursday evening from Mt. Ayr, Iowa, where they were called some weeks ago on account of the critical Illness of Mrs. Bedwell's mother.

She is so far recovered as to warrant their return homo. seasonable goods and as full of inducements at this, so-called, "dull" season as at any other. We will not weary you with lists of goods and prices, but simply call attention to the fact that this is Dried Fruit and Canned Goods Season, and we are full up in this line with the best, at bottom prices. Our Strictly-pure, old-fashioned Buckwheat is the thing at this time. It is also the time to use Wilbur's Poultry and Egg Food for your fowls, and get good returns while prices are up.

While our present stock lasts we will offer special inducements market, and can save you money in fact, can do this on Hardware straight through. 7V. ONEAL. R. A Good Bed Has much to do with how you feci.

WHY? One must vest well to feel well, and you can't rest well ina bed made on a squeaky, bumpy or baggy spring, and no matter how perfect all the rest the bed's make-up, it can't overcome the evils of a miserable spring. Put Yourself in a Good Humor By providing your bed with one of those all-steel (no place for bugs) springs. In Our Stock we have, All-steel spring for $1.90. A better one for $2.90. An extra quality, good enough for anybody spring for $3.25.

Worth all the rest of the bed for affording comfort and rest. We have a very complete line of Mattresses as well as Springs, to which we call your attention. Is there anything you need in Furniture? You will fi nd it at KELLY'S. have been visiting relatives here for a week, left last Wednesday to visit rela tives in Indiana and Illinois before returning to their home in Hoopor, Colorado. A very enjoyable party was held at Joe Menoley's last Saturday evening, the occasion being the birthday of Miss Leona.

It was a complete surprise to her, as was also the fine organ pre sented by her parents. IIAKCLAY ITEMS. From our Special Correspondent. G. W.

Watkins spent Sunday in Bar clay. Who could help discussing the weather last Sunday, A large number of Barclay people were trading in Osage City Saturday, The post-office contest is over, at last, and E. F. Painter is the lucky man. A.

W. Smith, of your city, visited the skimming station at this place last Friday. Will Yoeman, of LuCross, Kansas, made a short visit here with his brother John, last week. Jim Moray has rented A. II.

Done's farm for the coming year. He moved his family there last Saturday. Jake Hunt's moved into their now house east of town last week. They have a home of which to be proud. Mrs.

A. O. Justice, of Osage City, spent several days last week with her sister, Mrs. Joe Lloyd, of this place. Rev.

Amos Kenworthy, a prominent minister of the Friends church, conducted a series of meetings here last week. The meetings were well attended and much good done. Rev. Kenworthy left Friday for Rose Hill, Kansas. FROM VAS8AR, From Our Special Correspondent.

The Literary at this place is becom ing quite Interesting. Wm, Deckwa is talking of starting a lumber-yard at this place. Mr. Louis Kraft has moved to Le Loup, where he expects to go into business. The Current Remark editor was a business caller at this business center last Friday.

Misses Emma Kraft and Alice Vogel gesang visited with the Storbeck fam ily Sunday. Miss Alice Vogelgesang, of Osage City, has recently been installed as clerk in the general merchandise store of Mr. Kraft at Vassar. E. Brechlsen, Fred Ulrich, Charlie Schendcl and C.

F. Kraft moved Louis Kraft '8 goods to LeLoup Friday, returning Saturday. Agent McNeal reports nine cars of Btock shipped from this point last week. P. Peterson shipped four, Joe Badsky two, Vint Edmonson one, Frank Burk doll one, and J.

B. Ullery one. Mrs. John Tlce, near Vassar, is so afflicted with rheumatism that she is unable to get alxmt even to help her self. She has been under the doctor's care for this and other troubles for nearly a year and a half.

IN AND ABOUT OSAGE CITT. From our Special Correspondent. Miss Laura Powell is visiting her brother, Ralph Powell, and family, south of town. An unaccountable error last week made us aay that Fred Reynolds; of Eldorado, was here. It should have road Fred Peterson.

A smoking stove in the dry-goods store of i S. A Maftsey caused a slight alarm of fire among some of the citiaens of town Monday night. Mrs. A. H.

Howard, who lins been visiting her parents in Pennsylvania for several months, returned home last Thursday, and now A. H. wears a broad smile. Mr. and Mrev H.

J. Croll and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. McConnell, of Barclay, attended the Smiley sermon on "Up to Date Christianity" in the M.

E. church last Thursday evening. Nels Nelson who has been farming E. W. Hanslip's place southeast of town for the past six years, has sold his interest to Hanslip and moved to the Grenett farm, six miles west of Osage.

Grandma Cummings, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Seward Martin, in Topeka, and whose illness we mentioned a few weeks ago, bar returned to her home with 'her daughter, Mrs. Ed Benton, south of town. The lecture of Prof. Smiley on "Are Secret Societies Against Christianity," given under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias on last Friday evening was a decided success in point of attendance and the Knights deserve great credit for the pleasant entertainment which was greatly en joyed by their friends.

On last Saturday evening the young friends of George Partridge to' the number of twenty-six gathered' at his home south of town to celebrate his sixteenth birthday. George and his sister Ada were invited to a taffy-pull ing at a neighbors, but the taffy got scorched and refused to be taffy at all. George returned home in disgust, and when the lights were; turned, QQ found. THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1898.

M. Ii, LATUOUHN, Editor, Lynihn, Kanh. Entered at the poBt office at Lyndon, Kansas, as Becond class matter, Kovcm ber 4th, 1895, Alico Wlduey is much Gen Ilellburn was over from Oangi? City last Thursday. Chap. Alexander was down from Ov- erbrook a day or two this week.

G. J. Goss, of Melvern, had busintss here the latter part of the week. C. M.

Warner and wife, of Melvern, were guests la this city last Friday. W. S. Oloott was sick enough to keep Indoors from Friday to Monday. Mr.

'and Mrs. Josiah Middloton, of Quonemo, visited Mrs. E. B. Fenn Me n-day.

Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Johnston, of Melvern, were guests at the Commercia' Tuesday.

Geo. Hayes went to Kansas City this morning to lay in a supply of wagon material. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith are visiting relatives in Topeka, having gone there last Friday.

Mrs. A. H. Criley Lad an attack of grippe, or something thnilar, the lust of the week. Geo.

Steele has been sick since tl first of the week with a bilious attack, but is better. Mrs. J. T. Duff and daughter Ido left Monday for a visit with friends ir Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Ida B. McLaughlin, of Quenemc, visited her uncles, Garrett and William Robinson, Monday. Mrs. Susan Wsaver is quite sick at the home of her son, Kent Weaver, in the east part of town.

Garrett and William Robinson went to Quenemo Tuesday evening to visit until the last of the week. We are glad to note that N. G. Cuny, who ha? been very poorly for several weeks, is able to be out again. The Wolfe school southeast of tov was re-opened Monday with Miss Sadif Moon, of Osage City, as teacher.

Ed Broderson, of Topeka, has been visiting his brother Andrew and other relatives south of town this week. T. M. Gill got a fall of 17 or 18 feet off of his big barn one day last week and got a lame back in consequence. Jesse Bartee of this city and Miss Lizzie Waldee of Arvonia were married at Lyndon last week.

Melvern Review L. P. Joslin has been sick for a week or more, something like an extra hard case of grippe With severe pain in the head. Mrs. Joslin has also been very poWlyi Rev.

and Mrs. W. P. Elliott and Rev. and Mrs.

D. S. Hibbafd were guests at tea and spent the evening with Rtv. and Mrs. D.

M. Sleeth and family lust Tuesday. Frank and Clayton Gingrich concluded a two weeks' visit with. their relatives northeast of town, and left Sunday for their home in Ponca City, Oklahoma. A Lyndon baby, Albert Gutsmithl, headed the procession in the Mail and Breeze edition last week, and Robert PJjeaspt Js also strictly in it.

Bully or Lyndon, Mrs. L. L. Hollenbeck (nee Nellie Hollingsworth) has been spending a few days with the family of her uncle N. Hollingsworth.

Her present home is Kansas City. Thomas Kimball, of Barclay, was a business caller in this city yesterday, and decided to take a couple of J. II Buckman's best Plymouth Roek roost era home with him. Bart Hollingsworth drove over to Michigan Valley Sunday, taking Mrs. ellle Hollenbeck and two children to that village, where they will visit her husband's relatives.

Thoe. Matkins, of Council Grove, who has been visiting his friend John Capper the past few days, returned yesterday to Wentworth Academy, Lexington, The little boy of B. F. Richards, mentioned lust week, as haying been kicked in the hflad by a horse, bus' tained no serious injury, and is now practically recovered. Lum.

Nicolay has a saw-mill on his plaee up near the Dragoon now, and is sawing boards, shingles, lath, posts, rails, or most any old thing you want Sawed, Beats anything you ever saw. Frank Bixby shipped his sheep Mon reserving only a few for the local butcher. It is his ir-tentlon to continue to handle sheep, but may not buy this ueiison on account cf the high price of block saeep. William Deckwa, liviug about a mile west of Dragoon post-office, has sold Ms farm to George Hardtarfcr, who comes from Willow Springs. Mr; Deckwa is not yet fully decided' as td ivbat hi) will do; caped from the corridor by unscrewing a heavy bunk hook from the wall and using it for a wrcnoh on bolts and nuts where a rod had been Bawed off bofore and mended with cross-bars bolted on, and supposed to be entirely safe, The experiences had with the jail since the former one was burned would certainly justify the commissioners in putting in at least a new front grating, as this one having passed through the fire is soft and too easily sawel and bent, and has too many patched places now.

Unusual and ordinarily unnecessary vigilance is the only security against these jail breaks as it is now. LAW ENFORCEMENT. The regular meeting of Osage Coun ty Law Enforcement League will be held at the M. E. Church, Osage City, Kansas, at 10:30 a.

Tuesday, Janu ary 18, 1898. A general attendance of members and those who favor temperance and the butter enforcement of laws is ear nestly requested, as important changes in constitution and plan of work will be proposed. Nathan Brown, A. Thomas, President. Soc'y pro tern.

ABOUT TUB COURT HOUSE. The change in offices have been made, except treasurer, and business moves right on. County-Clerk Thomas is at his desk with Russell Urle as deputy. Ex-Clerk Murphy expects to go on a farm. E.

G. Roberts has np pointed his brother-in-law, Reese Jen kins, of Peterton, as deputy, and re tained Ex-Register Jones as temporary assistant. S. B. Johnson resigned as deputy clerk of the conrt Monday, and assumed the duties of county surveyor.

Mr. Niles states that for the present he will get along without a deputy and hire a copyist, Miss Maggie Kennedy now being thus employed by him. Treasuror-elect Stackhouse was over Monday and settled that Harry Barnes should be deputy treasurer when the time comes. Dr. Heller was also over and took the oatn of office as coroner, and Mr, Hollis relieved Mr.

Wadsworth as commissioner. Ex-Deputy-Register Mercer will farm, but expects to re main in Lyndon. J. J. CLARK.

Mr. J. J. Clark died quite unexpect edly, of typhoid-pneumonia, last Sun day morning at his home in this city The funeral occurred the following day at ten o'clock at the home, and inter ment made in the Lyndon cemetery, Rev. D.

S. Hlbbard conducting the ssrvices at the house and the G. A. Post bestowing their final honors and tributes at the grave. J.

J. Clark was born in Greenwood, Steuben county, New York, on March 14, 1841. He entered the ormy at the age of twenty, and served to the end of the war. On September 13, 1865, he was married to Dorothy Miner, who still survives him. Four children were born to them, Ora now Mrs.

Chas Harvey, of Harveyville, Phillip of Topeka, George of Osage City, and Mernie D. They moved to Edwards county, Kansas, in 1884, and to Lyndon in July, 1895, after a short residence in Burlingame. Proceeded by a short illness, he was taken from this life on Sunday morning, January 9, 1898. He was a shoemaker by trade, and alsp cabinet-maker, following the first named as his occupation during his residence here. He was a loyal peace-loving citizen, enjoying the Ispeet and' esteem of the people of the community.

He was a faithful member and Past-Commander of the local G. A Post, and on Saturday night a week before his death i officiated at the in stallation of the newly-elected officers of. the Post. Being well so short a time before his death, his takikg away was unexpected, as many were not apprised of his illness. All the family were present at the funeral and share the deepest sympathy of the people of the community in their great bereave ment.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. -o- MAXSON From our Special Correspondent. Low Houghtling has been suffering for several days with Btomach trouble Alfred Graham went to Emporia last week to attend the State Normal for the next term. Grant Fine has moved to W. Moore's farm, near Lone Elm school house, Mr.

Thompson having moved to the Pellart farm, Chas. Johnson, who has boen visiting his folks over on the river and brother S. B. and wife in this city the past two weeks, accompanied by his brother Gene left Tuesday for his homo in Washington. Gene expects to remain a year or two there.

At their meeting Monday night the city council, in response to a petition signed by thirty-one business men, appointed night-watch for the period of two months, making the salary for his services as marshal and watch $30.00 per month. The Social Club gave a social in Odd Fellows's hall last Friday evening, and as a social function it seems to have been quite a success. A large propor tion of the young people of' the city were present, making a good sized and very lively company. Refreshments were served. Mr.

Edward Baratta, stopping in the city for time, would like a few pupils on the violin. He is recommended as expert upon the instrument and prom ises eutire satisfaction to pupils, elthifr beginners or advanced. Address him by card or leave word at this office and he will call on you. Six chemical hand fire extinguishers have been put in that number of business places, the individuals paying half the price and the city the other half. They are located one in a place as follows; Rand's office, Geo.

Steele's, Commercial House, Olcott Cood- rich Phelps', and the mill. Mrs. Morgan, recently of Iowa, died last Thursday the 6th, of eancer, at the home her sister, Mrs. Marguerite Thomas, live mile west of this city, and was buried the following Saturday in the Osage City cemetery. She was a a widow lady, fifty-two years of age.

and leaves one sou and two daughters. J. M. Woods, of North Lyndon, and Mrs. Nihizer were united in marriage last Monday at the home of the bride, southeast of this city.

This celebration of nuptials was quite unexpected, no one so far as we can learn having had the slightest inkling of such intention or that their thoughts even had been bant thus ward. However, we acquiese willingly, and ask that the court render judgment in favor of both parties in the case. The school board is having the upper and last room of the annex to the high school building finished ready for occu pancy as a high school recitation room, and have notified John Lofty of their acceptance of his proposition to act as assistant principal. This move is made necessary on account of the large amount of work resting wit the principal. Mr.

Lofty is at present at the State University, but is expected to be here to take up his duties next Monday. He is a graduate of the Lyndon High School, being valedictorian of the class of '94, and stands high as a student. A number of young men, possessing in most cases good family connections but poor judgment, went out to the ball-ground Sunday afternoon for a football bout and special drill in the art of breaking bones for fun, and incidentally to desecrate the Sabbath and their bringing up. In the midst of the carnage, J. H.

Stavely, agent for the land where the game was being plaved. and also an advocate of law and good order, appeared on the scene, and with watch in hand gave them five minutes to vacate. According to reports Mr. stavely was extravagant in his allot ment of, time. Such contemn! for law and the moral and religious conscience of the community can but reflect seri ously on the offender in such a We made mention last week of the death of N.

Hollingsworth's father, Joseph Hollingsworth, December 28th. in the ninety-third year of his age, at the home of his son at Rozetta. Ia 6peakinc of him the Hen derson County Journal says: is familiarly known in this county and the surrounding counties as "Uncle Joe," and those who have known him can testify to his strict honesty and faithfulness-to duty. He was a member of the Friends church, and his life has been in1 accordance with his belief. He was an energetic, industrious man and his perfect helplessness for the past two and a half years has- been a sore trial to him.

For the past six weeks he has been afflicted with senile-gangrene, caused from his extreme age. Although he has suffered, yet God is good, and he was taken before his suffering became extreme. He died at the home of his son-Allen, where he has resided since J875," OLGOTT BROS SPECIAL DRIVE In SHOES. Big Bargains for a Few Days. OLGOTT BRO the house occupied with guests, who proceeded to inform him of their (to him) unexpected visit.

Games of various kinds were played, refreshments were served, and at a late hour they reluctantly turned their faces homeward, leaving reminders and wishes for many and frequent returns of the pleasant occasion. POSSUM HOLLOW. From our Special Correspondent. John Nicolay is getting out frame lumber tor a new house. Rev.

Street, of Maple' Hill, visited in the neighborhood this week. J. F. Besse has bought Mr. Fix' 'stock field for his stock cattle.

Miss Jennie Hollar, of Pauline, Visited with Mr. Besse's family Sunday. J. S. Plackett is having some grubbing done, making his field in better shape.

Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Fix' visited Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Baughman, of Jersey Creek. Eph Nicolay is rough-feeding two hundred head of cattle for D.

R. Kil-bourn, of Burlinganle. A. K. Plackettv of Emporia, was" visiting his brother' Josh last and trying to sell his farm.

Mr. Fix is thinking of renting" his farm and moving to your His son Elmer has gone to Florida. J. G. McNeal visited at B.

F. Besse's over Sunday. He is traveling in tue interest of the Wiihs Nursery of Ot tawa. visiting relatives here, has gone to Emporia to work on the Sunny Slopo stock farm. Many were surprised' to hear of Mr.

Johnson's death. She was taken sick on Sunday the 2nd, and died on Tuesday following. She has lived on her farm north of Dragoon for a number of years. Eph Jfioolay's little boy came near having1 a Serious accident the' other day. He was watching his father load a saw-log, when the rope broke, letting the log roll ba'ck, the end striking hi in oh the leg and knocking him dow'n; RICH VIEW ITEMS, From' our Special Correspondent.

Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Joslin have bbtli been very poorly the past week.

Al Gilliland and family, of visited with Bert Gilliland and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson gave a birthday supper and dance last Saturday pight. For a few days pus), it lu.s been good tiinfc to' plow, and some of tin-? farmers have beeu turning the soil.

Wm; Ransom, otio of Anohia's thriving merchants, hi business ut-iractlonS'tbat caused him to come down to Richview Speaking of the springlike days' wo have been having this month remind) one that is they have not harvested their congealed moisture they are likely to meet with a warm reception at, the refrigerator next summer should thd weather remain it now throaton'. Ed of Illinois, who hue Uen.