The Sterling Republican from Sterling, Kansas • 4

If you want to advertise Sterling Sterling gUimblicari; Joe Hughes is still confined to his house, but bis health is improving. thoroughly, send copies of Che Republican to friends in the east. Every PcbllslisH every Saturday. SKILES WIRSHING. )f (113 BBOADWAY.) Dr.

Lamb has bten 8 confined to his house all the week. Kansas paper that goes east is read over and over. Musical and Literary Enter- tainment. The musical and Literary entertainment under the auspices of the Y. M.

C. A. and auxilliary, will be given at the First Presbyterian church, Thursday evening, Feb. 10th, 1887. Admis siou, 25 cents children, 15 cents.

List of Letters. unclaimed in the Sterling Postoffice; If not called for will be sent to Dead Letter Office. Steeling, Feb. 5, 1887. Biette Master Hitchcock Barber El ward Johnes Jos K.

Browufield Henry Keith Owen Brownfield Rhoda Miller Annie Brown A Mitehell Estelle BannetJM Roche Alice 2 Crayton Voss Lewis i. Saturday, February 5 1887 No. 18 We are ahead of the Bulletin and Ga Hereafter we shall go to press Friday All communications, advertisements, must be brought in by We got in our new job press on Thursday. Call and sea our' stock of splendid visiting cards. Miss Emma Goss was called home on Thursday evening by a telegram that her father was quite sick, Miss Mattie Chennell and Miss May Porter made a flying trip to the city of Alden on last Saturday, and after pleasant calls vere made on their hosts of friends, returned home on the evening passenger.

According to our exchanges, every town in the state is booming, which goes to show that Kansas is a state of wonderful resources or else that she has the finest crop of liars in the world to edit her newspapers. Free Press. J. A. Stairs has sold his farm to Judire Clark.

In the trade Mr. Stairs naay noon to insure insertion. Colwell Lawrence Emly I Wa aiKr.ru Cheney Joe Mitchell was glad to get back Lome. zette at least one point. A brass band has a practice room in the office adjoining ours.

"You can't have any of our peanuts when your peanuts are gone." We are now fixed to do dodger, bill and poster work in tip top shape. We can set up a full sheet poster without whittling out let teis irom a pine board with a jack knife. We are having thai-Republican office and the editorial rooms painted and papered. When completed our quarters will look like a big, gorgeous Kansas sunflower. Oar new job press has "ariv.

It is a beauty. Bring in your job work. We are now prepared to do it in first class shape. W. P.

Benton, of the firm of J. H. Ricksecker is personally acquainted with the senior member of the Chicago banking firm of Cole Co. who bought the city water works bonds. Get your seats early for the theatre at Beatte Laskey's.

gets the store room on Broadway re The past week has been a harvest for coal dealers. New Store! New Goods! Everything New! No old clothing to sell at less than Cost. Every Garment Hew and Direct From the Manufacturers. Our Goods will be sold on a Small Margin and on a Strictly CASH BASIS. IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, We will not be Undersold.

Sterling feels somewhat proud of her cently occupied by J. limner and residence property formerly owned by J. K. Skiles, south of the railroad on Broadway. Baptist services in the hall over Had-lock's furniture store.

Preaching every Sabbath morning at 11 a. in the eve excellent credit. A dime social will be given on next Tuesday evening, the 8th by the First Presbyterian church, at which refreshments will be served and literary exercises had, to which all are invited; at the residence of M. J. Barr.

City property has advanced in value a hundred per cent in the past eight months, and yet property here is held at prices way below other cities of much less bright prospects for the future. Investments mado now in Sterling property will double, even thrible itself in the next two years. This city is not working on an inflated basis like most of the young cities in Kansas. In Lyons, Hutchinson, Great Bend, Lar-ned, Kinsley, McPherson, real estate is on a wild cat basis and people have become crazy, as it were, over speculative sales. A reaction is bound to come to those places ooner or later and prices will take a tumble to real value.

No such a rage has ever struck this town and we hope it never will, as in the end more harm than good results to the prosperity of the towns. A sure and steady growth of the town and a corresponding advance in value is far preferable. Sterling is growing in a legitimate and healthy manner. A man can buy property here at a fair price and every month see it enhance in valve and feel sure that there will be no drop. Come to Sterling and convince yourself that this a fact.

Donkey parties are becoming fash ionable in Sterling. Parties calling for any of the above letters will give date of advertisement, H. Brown, P. M. For Sale or Bent.

160 acres of land two miles from Sterling. Also lj-story house. Inquire at office of J. Van Patten. Dissolution The partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, is this day dissolved, H.

Laskey assuming all liabiliatiesof the firm of Beatte AfLaT key. B. ILBeatte, IL L. Laskey. Sterling, Feb.

4th, 1887. Wonderful Cures. W. D. Hoyt wholesale and retail druggists of Rome, say: We have been selling Dr.

King's New Discovery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for two years. Have never handled remedies that sell as well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have been some wonderful cvres effected by these medicines in this Several cases of pronounced consumption have been entirely cured by the use of a few bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Electric Bitters. We guarantee them always.

Sold by Hodge Evans. ning at 7:30. Business meeting on Sat Judge Clarke is holding district court urday at 2 p. before every 1st baD In Jiarto 1 county. bath.

Wji. Wilbup, Now is the ripht time to trim up the Pastor. sh ade trees about town. The noor markmanship or the por Frank TTlmer i3 kept quite busy shooting qualities of our city marshal when he attempts to enforce the dog killing orders of the mayor, is causing considerable comment. Marshal Loud- The Geneseo Herald says that two passenger trains run each east and west as far as McCracken, in Ness county.

From this we judge that the construction company is operating the line west of Geneseo. The Ladies of the Alliance are fixing up the front room in Meade Post hall in a nice shape. They have just put a neat carpet on the floor, papered the wall and painted the wood work. We are pained to announce the 'death of Mr. L.

A. Harvey, which took" place at 3 o'clock this morning, of pneumonia. He had been sick only about eight days. His funeral will take place Sunday at the Methodist church at eleven o'clock. erback ought to be in pretty good prac Mail service will not be put on the Missouri Pacific road for some time to come.

When service is put on this line it will give this city double the number of mails we now have each day. J. II. Richsecker will receive and carefully invest money for eastern parties in town property. Parties placing money in their hands to invest will be perfectly safe and sure of profitable rtum3.

The Salina, Sterling Southwestern railroad was completed to Hutchinson on Saturday last. The connection with the Wichita branch was made at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day. Pneumonia is one of the most fatal diseases that a person can be afflicted with in this climate. Everybody should take especial care and not catch cold on their lungs at this season of the year, as pneumonia is liable to be the result. Main street should be opened to the Missouri Pacific depot and a sidewalk should be built at least twelve feet wide.

As soon as that road commences running trains there will be considera-able travel over that route. Hats and Caps, Gents1 Furnishings, Trunks and Valises, A Good Assortment. tice by this time. The Ladies' Alliance assisted by Meade Post, G. A.

R-, will give a social and a supper at the rink on asnmg- THE NEW WORLDS Klansas, a State of Wonderful Possibilities Facts and Fig-urea. ton's birthday, Feb. 22d. Several hand 5.000.00 some prizes will be voted to popular From the New Tcrk Sun. ladies.

One of the articles to be voted for is a very handso me wicker work For ZZe 6f Trld. inM IS a boom Kansas. A new basket and stand. drafting plans for new houses. In less than six months Sterling will hare a direct railroad line to Iuka.

There are several pretty actresses with the Grace George troupe. "We got the butt end of tne Dakota blizzard on Wendnesday night. For reliable insurance go to J. H. Ricksecker Co.

The cold weather of this week may have injured fruit buds. Miss Lizzie Lowe, of Lawrence, ha3 taken cases on the Republican. A cold wave struck this section on Sunday last, accompanied by a biting wind. Kline will build a nice residence this spring. F.

M. Ulmer has designed the plans for the house. Fair Shaak have just put in a large new boiler to furnish steam for the engine at their elevator. Dr. J.

A. Brady recently bought half of an addition to Hutchinson for It is reported that Col. Woodcock of rain-belt has been created beyond the 100th meridian. Five wealthy railroad Tue construction train on the Salina, A farm of 80 acres within miles of Sterling, with valuable improvements; under cultivation. Everything complete for raising and harvesting a large acreage of broom corn.

Will sell corporations, eager to secure the terri Sterling El Paso railroad went west tory and tne transportation or tne agri cultural produce, are building trunk lines through the state, and they are the second Kansas N. G. has resigned. If this is a fact Lieut. CoL Ricksecker is the commanding officer of the regiment until a new colonel is appointed.

We shall be glad, as will everybody else in this section, to see Lieut. CoL for cash or trade for a good stock of pushinir feeding lines into almost every county. Throughout Kansas all is bus- on Sunday last. We understand that they will go to work on the extension of the Kansas Colorado in Ness county. That road will probably reach Colorado Springs by June next, giving us a through line to Denver.

groceries. This is a splendid opportunity to make money quick. For par tie and excitement. Two nundred and Five Thousand Dollar Stock of Boots and Shoes regardless of Marked Prices, to make room for our Spring Purchases. SK1LE.S WIRSHING.

JOHNSTON ROGERS. Ricksecker elected to the colonelcy of ticulars apply at the Republican fifty thousand immigrants have entered tne state during the past year. The office. west bound cars on every railroad in the regiment. He would make a good one.

Kansas are crowded with hopeful men Greatly Excited. and women wno are eager to secure Not a few of the citizens of Sterling homes in th land once properly desig The Missouri Pacific railroad will soon be laying coal down in this city from the Ft. Scott and Rich Hill mines. We shall then be able to get coal from those mines at considerable less price than at present. Every business man in Sterling should have an advertisement in the home papers.

A full advertising patronage in a paper creates a feeling of confidence in a town among people abroad. So far as we can learn th weather nated as arid. On the Smoky Bill, the Arkansas and Republican overland trails, the columns of white-capped wagons are so numerous as to no longer attract attention. Nightly hundreds of Owing to the delay in the arrival of our new press and other circumstances, we have been obliged to promote "Bumbles" to the foremanship of the REPUBLICAN office. He will still retain his position as rustler of the rounce and kicker of our new jobber.

We score another point over our contempories. The Republican office is one of have recently become greatly excited over the astounding facts that Several of their friends who had been pronounced by their physicians as incurable and beyond all hope suffering with that dreaded monster Consumption -(MAGOFFIN'S BLOCK)- campnres blaze along tnese old trails and groups of men and women and tow-headed children crowd around them The telephone and electric light lines form a pretty extensive net work of wires about town. have been completely cured by Dr. to cook and eat and talk of the future. King's New Discovery for Consumption, the only remedy that does positively cure all throat and lung dis The larger portion of these wagon-road emigrants are from the corn-growing states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana; Missouri and Kentucky.

Many of them have been tenant aimers. They are in search of homes. The emigrants has not been cold enough in this section to do any material havoc to fruit buds. We hope fruit will escape being frozen eases, Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Our neighbors at Little River still maintain that there is a coal deposit in that part of Rice county. "VVe believe work on the Rock Island line to Sterling will be commenced in-Bide cf Bix weeks.

Bronchitis. Trial bottle free at Hodge this winter and that there will be a big wno enter tne state on tne various rail Evans' drug store, large bottles 91. Notice to Our Patrons. crop next snmmer. One enterprising armer, who lives There are scores of men engaged in business in Sterling who do not advertise in the Republican and many of them do not advertise in any paper.

The push and enterprise of this city should not be judged by the methods of these men especially of the last named class. The day i3 not far distant when we confidently believe that a ijority of the business men of this city will be advertisers in our columns. Have commenced the fall trade with a complete line of Silverware, Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry also an Endless Variety of Toys, Stationery, Confectionery, Books, Nuts, Etc. "The Live and Let Live" MEAT MARKET! Monroe Street, Rear of the Bice County Bank, STIEIRILiIICTG-, FC A TTSAS. FIRSTENBERG BATES, Proprietors.

ways areeerally from the Eastern Mississippi Valley States, or from the Atlantic sea-board. As I said 250,000 emigrants have set Until further notice our meat mar two miles nearer Nicker3on than he tled Kansas last year. It is safe to does to Sterling, has subscribed and assert that they brought at least- $100 each info the state. Many men, coun paid for more copies of the Republi kets will be closed on the sabbath day. Osthoff H.

W. Maxwell. FlRSTENBURG BATES. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, can to be sent east than any citizen of Sterling except one.

The great Mascotte Minstrel combi Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe Judge A. 11. Clark's mother is visiting her son Geo. W. Clark, postmaster at Lyons.

There will be several large business houses put up in Sterling the coming summer. The Lyons Democrat says that T. A. Butler has taken his oldest son into partnership in his grading business We should think the Santa Fe folks would be enterprising and put up electric lights at the depot. Prepare for a big rush in all lines of business that will set in as soon as void weather is over.

nation gave an entertainment in Nick- We will keep th best Meats and sell at The Lowest Living Prices. Cash. We think the city will make a mistake if it do not build a neat and substantial brick building for the water works. It is a public building and it should be a credit to the city. A wooden structure can probably be put up for a thousand dollars less in first cost, but it will be more expensive in the end.

The people do not want the council to be puny wise and pound foolish in this matter. paid for Live Stock, Hides and Vurs. TVs want to buy all th hogs that are for la, and will pay the highest prices. Give us a call. 11 Tne Teacher's Association.

The following is the program for the Rice County Teachers to be held at Lyons, Kansas, Feb. 19? 1887. 10:30 a.m. Devotional exercise, conducted bjr Rev. Ebright.

Music. Essentials of a recitation Mrs. Jor-; dan. Discussion Messrs. Hall, Kenton and Henry, i Declamation J.

A. Warner. Some ancient teacher and his method T. D. Leib.

Instructions in morals and manners H. Roberts. Discussion Mra. Gleadall and Miss Ashton. Primary Dicipline Mrs.

Loop. 1:30 p. m. Music duett, Messrs. Racheller and Sankey.

The County High School Mrs. Luce. Normal training for the teacher Prof. Halleck. 6 Instrumental Miss Siberts.

Association Paper Misses Hodgdoa and Woodrum. Query box. General Secretary's Report to tne T. M.O. A.

for the Month of January. Since the last report the Reading room has been opened every week day as usual, with an increased attendance. The record is as follows: No. invitations to room 257 No. invitations to 332 No.

Gospel meetings 5 Total attendance. 157 No. Social meetings 3 Total attendance 40 No. Business meetings 3 Total attendance. 43 Bpiritnal converse with young men 15 Directed to churches 9 No.

letters written in room by young 62 No. meetings of Ladias auxiliary 4 No, meetings entertainment committee 7 No. meetings of library committee 2 No. Books taken from library 81 No. of visitors to Heading Uoora 4S4 The record shows an increased interest in the association, which is very encouraging.

It i3 with thankful hearts we see our members taking new interest in the work, and new members added to the roll. The increased attendance at our gospel meetings shows the effect of personal work upon the part of some, which should encourage every member Store! Enlarged ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents a box. For Bale by Hodge Evans.

For Sale. A fine residence of eight rooms in the most eligible part of the city. One or more lots will be sold with the house. This is an excellent chance to buy a good home" fer cash. Apply at the Republican office.

For Bent. Two good houses to responsible parties. Enquire of J. M. English.

try merchants and bankers generally, have told me that the average sum each emigrant represents is about 8-00. But if they have $100 each they have brought $25,000,000 into Kansas. This money is being expended for tools, lumber, iron, clothing, grain and provisions. Other millions of dollars are being paid out by the railroad corporations, which are now cobwebbing the state with steel rails. To-day money is more plentiful in Kansas than it has ever been before.

The facts concerning the change in the climate of Kansas were gathered in the railroad offices. There they were thoroughly digested by the keen-witted promoters of railroad transportation. They hesitated. They hung back. Then after a third crop was fairly in sight, and the accuracy of the information which they had received fully proven, the railroad corporations began to work.

The Missouri Pacific began to build. The Rock Island put their grading force into the field. The San Francisco pushed their feeders toward the newly developed grain fields. New railroad corporations were chartered. Enbank-ments on which steel rails lie rose out of the ground as though by magic.

To the north, south, east and west, it matters not the direction you travel, you come on new roads being built, or already built and in operation. Death. Francis son of Mr. and Mrs. Fran New Goods! The bids for the Sterling water works bonds were opened by the city council on Tuesday evening.

There were several bids in. W. O. Cole bankers, of Chicago, were the highest bidder and the council ordered them sold to this firm. Their offer was 3242.75 premium and furnish their own printed bonds, for six per cent bonds.

This will give the city $35,242 with which to build the water work3. THE Sterling is noted lor its numerous shade trees. It is called the "Foster City" of the Arkansas Valley. E. II.

Baird is not an agent for the Refcllican and he is uot authorized to receive subscription for this paper. The Lyons water works bonds only brought about i7 cents on the dollar, and they draw 7 per cent interesc. It is reported that one of our cotem-poraries talks of starting a daily paper. All right the field is awful wide open. Dogs are not as numerous on our streets as they were a month ago.

The mayor's proclamation worked like a charm. Clement are threshing out their cane seed at their syrup works. They expect to realize about 3,000 bushels of excellent seed. One of the. best farms in Sterling township for sale or trade at 850 per acre.

For particulars apply at the "BUCKEYE" Republican office. cis Bower, died January 29, 1887. Funeral services were held Sabbath after SHOE STORE Carry the Largest stock of erson on Wednesday evening to a large house. The performance was highly pleasing to the people of our sister city. The company took with them the Ster-ing orchestra.

The Mis3 Grace George dramatic company will play in Goodson's opera house every evening of next week. Wherever this company has played they have given satisfaction. Those who wish to get good seats should secure them early of Beatte. There i3 a new real estate firm in town, consisting of Messrs. J.

Hoopes C. K. Beckett. They are both live, reliable and careful business men. They will help boom the city.

Their office will be in the rear of the First National bank. A fire caught from the flue of the Wright residence on Tuesday evening, but it was discovered in season to be extinguished before much damage re-suited. This house has been on fire once or twice before but so far it has escaped great damage. There is considerable work yet to be done in leveling up, on the Salina Sterling El Paso road before the construction company can turn it over to, the Missouri Pacific. The cold weather materially retards this work.

Wendesday was ground hog day. There was lots of sunshine in thi3 quarter of the globe and we suppose Mr. ground hog saw his "shadder" and went back into the historic hole. So the superstitious will now predict six weeks of stormy weather. Along the line of the Kansas Colorado road in Rice county there has already been started several prosperous towns.

They will allhelp build up the county and reduce taxation. The line cf the above road runs through the garden spot of Kansas. The Chinese are the main dependence of the people on the Pacific coast for house servants and cooks in the hotels. If you want to produce all the effects of a powerful dose of emetic on Joe Mitchell ask him when he is eating what he thinks of the Chinese women of San Francisco. FRED.

W. RUGGLES, House, Sign and Carriage PAINTER. Shop North Broadway, near Lloyd's Feed Mill. Joe Mitchell and Dr. Hodge arrived home Tuesday merning from their California trip.

They come from San Francisco via the Central and Union Pacific and to Pueblo thence by the Santa Fe. They left Geo. Horr and Ed. Plummer in Los Angelos. Horr is clerking in a bank.

Will English is still in California. While in Los Angelos they met Harry Walton and are convinced that Harry took no money away with him belonging to other parties. They say that Harrj became discouraged over business embaressments and was too proud to face a failure. Joe says California is a delightful place but too monotonous to suit a northern raised man. Joe i3 satisfied with Sterling is bound to be the best city in the Arkansas valley.

The improvements that will be made the coming reason will be immense. noon at the TJ. B. church, south of Sterling, conducted by the pastor of the Baptist church of Sterling, assisted by Rev. Hinshaw.

Text, James 4th chapter arid 14th verae. Thus another home is bereft of a loved one but may they not still hope to meet again? Boots and Shoes Store For Bent. Graining and Papering a Speeialtjj; In the Arkansas Valley, REFERENCES The middlo store room in central block, 22x70 feet in will be for rent. This is a desirable location and a fine room for a dry goods or grocery house. The room will be put in complete repair, and shelved to suit the renter.

Apply to F. M. Ulmer, Republican office. Joe. Mitchell.

F. M. Ulmer. KAN. Wc have just received a Large Assortment of STERLING, the Celebrated PUBLIC SALE! to redouble their efforts in behalf of the cause.

The ladies auxiliary is coming to the front splendid and the outlook for the year is very bright. Let us thank God for his mercies in the past and look to him daily for guidance, praying always that our efforts the coming year may be blessed by the salvation of many souls. Geo. F. Kellogg, 4 Gen.

Sec'y; To the President. The following programme will be rendered it the musical and literary entertainment, Feb. 10th. Music. Prayer.

Piano solo: Sonato No. 3 Clementi. Address. Chorus: Night Shades-Moses inEgypt. Recitatiotii-How he saved St.

Micneal Duet: Piano and Flute, Essay Organizations of Sterling. Piano solo: Selected. Duet: I Knew a. Bank. -Reading: The Custom of Whitewashing- Chorus: Italia Beloved.

Reading: Selected. -Recitation Selected. Quartette: Reading: Two Roads, Chorus: Ohl Had I the Wings. SHOE BUR Beatte Laskey have dissolved partnership. Harry Beatte will carry on watch repairing, tor the present inPlummer's drug store.

Mr. H. Irish returned from Topeka on Wednesday. Grenola Chief The Grace George company, who opened her last Monday night have proven themselves to be a first class company, although through the inclemency of the weather their audiences have been small, still they have increased in numbers and appreciation. Miss George is strong in emotional parts and her Lady Isabel in East Lynn caused many to shed tears.

Her 7 Fanchon, sometimes gay, sometimes sad, swayed the audience which ever way her mood tended. As a vocalist she i3 hard to excel, being possessed of a rich contralto voice and her songs completely took the house by storm. The other members of the company acquitted themselves well, but we have not space to mention them separately. The Best shoe the Market At mv farm miles north There will be theatrical entertainments every evening of next week in Goodson's opera house. A first-class theatrical trotipe is coming.

Only two bids were received to dig the wells for the water works. The council did not see fit to accept either bid. From among all the railroads that will be built into Sterling by next fall we ought to secure one or two division headquarters. Norman Reed's fine residence on arris creek, was totally destroyed by lire last Monday. "We understand that very few of the contents of the house were savfd.

J. A. Porter has bought brick for the building for his electric light plant. He will commence work on the building aa soon as the weather will permit. Work was commenced on the new Missouri Pacific depot on Wednesday afternoon.

Four carpenters came that day and fire more bare come since. A new road, direct from Omaha is Mung projected into Central Kansas. The change are, that it will strike Sterling, the great railway center of Kansas. We have just received a large number of fonts of wood type and are now prepared to print posters or any other kind of work requiring large type. Tuesday morning was biting cold I4fe of a Speculator.

Wall Street Kws. They met in Exchange place a year ago this month. One had just bought his wife a pair of diamond earrings and the other -had hen -moving into an up-town brown front. They met again on Sixth- avenue yesterday, and the one inquired: "Say, Green, recommend me a pawn shop I want to spout those diamonds." has it come to-that, old boy? Say, I can't do it." We've just moved into rooms over this hat ttore, and I'm not acquainted around hre." Farm For Sale or Trade west from Nickerson and five miles south-east from Sterling. CALL AND SEE THEM.

Sale commence at i m. i Span Good Work Horses, Next fall Sterling will have a fiTst-class educational institution. The Cooper Memorial college will open at the commencement of the fall term. TM wSil r.rjtif. nmiaiiftl facilities for 2 bpan or Mules.

Look at our Low-Priced Shoes as shown in the following Cuts. They cannot be excelled at the price wc offer them at. 1 "orle who wish to give their children Five miles west and six miles south of Sterling. For particulars enquire at the barber shop under the Rice County Bank. J.

B. Cummings. Hfll Gooa Milch Cows. Two-Horse Farm Wagons, i Riding Eagle Lister, stirring and sod plow combined. 3 Walking Cultivators, i Deering Mower.

1 Go-devil. 2 Harrows. i Creamery, box and cans. Engineer ifier who has been employed to superintend the construction of the Sterling water works, writes to Mayor Trueheart that the city will get the plant put up for at least 65,000 less by the method the city government proposes to adopt in buying material and doing the work than would be the case ii the business was done through third parties. Sterling proposes to have everything first class and at fair shoe fm a good education.

In the course of time Sterling will have six separate trunk lines of railroad centering here. We have two now in operation and three more will be built inside of six months. This is a pretty good showing for a city only fifteen years old. Sterling presents a splendid opening for live men who wish to go extensively into mercantile or manufacturing business. Eastern men wishing to go into business, should come to Sterling and investigate before they determine on a location.

Newton Republican. Masonic insurance assessment notices brought to this city last evening intelligence of the death of John S. Col-lister, who is for several years the editor of the Harvey County If etas. He died in New York the 25th of last October. It is strange that the news of the death of one so well known here as he was did not reach here sooner.

wn.i a snarp wind irom tne norm east. Reiuiug: Selected, Solo: Reading: Selections. Quartette: Good Night. An exchange says: A printer recently walked into a certain store on his round to sea if they "had. anything in the way of advertising and noticed 4 drummer standing by the counter with a sample case ready to open.

"Any-tning you desire to say in the paper this week enquired the printer of the man behind the counter. "No," said the business man, "Iwonld'nt give a whoop in 1 for advertising." The drummer waited until the printer was half way to the door, then slowly taking up his sample case with the remark don't care to sell to a man in this enlightened age who does not believe in advertising. When I want to strike up a trade with a dead man I'll go to the prices. The thermometer at six to eight de-jrees below zero. Humerons letters of enquiry are received every day by CoL Richsecker and others from people in the east who have seen copies of the Republican.

Co. Richsicker and C. K. Beckett re-teamed from Topeka on Tuesday. They good work for Sterling while as.

These ao.a few wen in Sterling wn0 2 Sets of double riarness. i Loads of Cobs, i corncrib 12 by 16 by 10 feet high. 10 Tons Good Prairie Hay. And other things to numerous to mention. Terms 9 months time, on approved paper, at 10 per cent interest.

Ten per cent discount for cash On all sums under $5,00, cash. J. W. GASH. Hadlock Call and examine our BTJBBBBGOOI)S.

WOONACOTT FLEESON, The Practical Boot and Sho Manufacturers, BUCKEYE BLOCK. BROADWAY. STERLING. KAK Two new hotels will probably be put up in Sterling this spring if everything works right. One of them will be a larger house than any now in the county.

The water works material will be purchased from first hands at once and work putting in the plant will commence as soon as the weather gets to be warm enoujzh so that men can work Sterling ha8 a population of over It is an orderly law abiding city. This can be proven, from the fact that there has not fc CR over half a dozen arrests in thi pan twelve months and v- offenses. There Notice to Stockholders of the Sterling- Investment Company. An assessment of 10 per cent on the stock of the Sterling Investment company has been ordered by the board of directors of said company to be paid in to the secretary on or before Feb. 15th.

1887, w. H. Page, Sect'y. The Repwblioan, 1.00 a year. J-wk the feie western fret up and Jet, their mate They will graveyard and swap tombstones.

Good 1 is reaily very UiUblL lice judge9 day. advantageously oat of doors. rrrnr! hy njore i.