The Sterling Republican from Sterling, Kansas • 4

The more any one examines into the the building and loan association, better pleased they will he with the institution. 2fow is the time to subscribe. List of Letters. Remaining unclaimed in the Sterling Postoffice. If not called for will be sent to Dead Letter Office.

Feb. 12 1887. Published every Saturday. W. A.

English returned from his trip to California on Saturday last. Judge Smith has ntted up an office: over Hadlock's store, where he will hold juatice court. Wheat is getting to be a secondary crop in this part of Kansas, "but so fir" Saturday, February ia, 1887 No. 39 Col. Ricksecker has sold his splendid ranch on the Ninnescha or the sum of 837,000.

The money was paid and transfer made on Tuesday last. The advertisement of Beckett Hoopes, the new real estate firm, appears in this issue. These gentlemen are old time residents of Sterling and prompt, reliable and honorable in their dealings, with whom it is a pleasure to do business. We can heartily recommend them to the public and our Grlffwt Leah Gray Lewis Cennedy Lyrm Kva Lay JT Mathews Mrs A Mitchell Stella Smith Miss Katie Vornhw.ey White Angle Benner Wilbur Brownfleld Khos Barton Brewer John Bradlny Harry Cole John risher Henry Flaming Charles Gardner Hereafter we shall go to press Friday All communications, advertisements, etc, must be brought in by Friday noon to insure insertion. as we can learn the stand is excellent "BLEEDING KANSAS." The Suofiower State has been Changes into "Blooming-' Kansas.

Gath In the Fnquirer.l There is a good deal of interesting matter from these outlying new states and territories. The governor of Kansas, John A. Martin, sends me his; new report just out, showing that the state, wuich sed to be a nickname under the name of "Bleeding Kansas," has had the most notable growth probably ever known in this Union of a peamanent, and not a spasmodic commonwealth. The census out there is taken every year and the present population of Kansas is more than 1.500,000. Comparing this with some of the other states, according to the last overnment census, it will be seen that Kansas takes at once a position extraordinary in the nation.

She has more population than Alabama unless th Birmingham boom has put 250.000 people in Goffert Mr Walilngton Charley Parties calling for any of the above It rained somon Thursday. Some snow fell on Thursday. HOOPES BECKETT'S, Real Estate and Loan Agency. Improved and unimproved farms and city property for sale. A large number of lots in various parts of the city for sale.

If you want to sell farm or town property, place it with us. We make the sale of city property a specialty. We have the largest list in the city. Now is the time to invest while the boom is upon us and property is advancing. Money to ban on Farm ai City Property, RATES -AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.

HOOPES. BECKETT, Office: Rear of ist National Bank. STERLING, KANS. Mrs. Joe Mitchell is visiting Kansas City this week.

Diptheriahaa ben quite prevalent letters will give date -of advertisement. C. H. Bkown, P. M.

For Sale or Rent. 160 acres of land two miles frm Also 1-story house. Inquire at office of J. Van Patten. Dissolution Notice.

The partnership heretofore existing near Stafford. Bring in your subscriptions to the Republic x. There is considerable revival in re ligious circles in Sterling. Porter Bros. Mitchell got in a car load of implements this week.

Mrs. Martha Burgess is learning to J. G. Ethhs will shortly commence work on a two story frame hotel building, to be located on the northwes corner of Jefferson street and Broadway. The house is to contain between twenty and thirty rooms.

The cottage now on one of the lots will be moved to another location. There is none of the stock of the First National bank of this city for sale, norven atiS150.00 per share of 8100. Tnis week we saw a private letter from a prominent man in financial circles in Boston in which he offered a big premium for twenty shares in this bank. He will not get them. The Union Pacific surveyers commenced running their line on Monday from Sterling to Iuka.

As the company have heretofore made their surveys from McPherson to this city there will be no necessity for them to run a line again between the above place until the final locating line is to be made. It is verv important that every stock set type in the Reptjblican office. Boys hurry up and get the bus line started or street cars will get ahead of between the undersigned, is this day dissolved, H. L. Xaskey assuming all liabiliatiesof the firm of Beatte Las-key.

B. H. Beatte, H. L. Laskey.

Sterling, Kan Feb. 4th, 1887. "Wonderful Ourea. W. D.

Hoyt wholesale and retail druggists of Rome, Gan 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-wteh universal satisfaction. There fcare beensome wonderful cvres effected by these medicines in this you. SKILES WIBSHING, (113 BEOADWAIT.) No more wooden sidewalks should Dr.

W. 31. Lamb, proprietor of the Bulletin has about recovered his health and is able to attend to business. He has had quite a severe seige of sickness. C.

W. Boyer has his grading outfit in camp at this point, awaiting orders from the Missouri Pacific construction company to complete some extra grading. Mr. D. B.

Higley will build a neat cottage on his lot on Main street just west of C. Beckett's residence. Frank TJlmer has drawn the plans for the house. Keep the boom moving. The people of Sterling were never before so thoroughly imbued with a spirit of confidence.

No town in Kansas has better prospects. All tobacco and cigars in France are manufactured by the government. The privilege to sell cigars and tobacco is granted by the government and ia a monopoly. Mr. D.

E. McVay, of Michigan County, Ohio, came to Sterling last week looking for a location. He is highly pleased with this place and especially the climate of Kansas. Farms are changing hands quite frequently about Sterling at good prices. Land that could be bought a year ago ror twenty dollars an acre, now brings readily fifty dollars per acre.

There is a fine opening in Sterling for a broom factory. The best broom corn in the west is raised In Bice and adjoining counties. And this city is the center of a good market. The northwest part of the city seems to be the favorite part for residences. The building of the Cooper Memorial co'lege will tend to making this portion of the city more desirable.

Remember the fair and supper to be given at the rink on Washington's birthday under the auspices of the ladies Alliance and Meade post. Everybody hould prepare to attend. Contracts were made during the week for nearly all the material for the water works plant. Pumps, boilers, distributing and supply pipes, hydrants, etc. Material will soon commence arriving.

The building and loan association Is tne best institution ever started in this city. Scores of houses will be built through the aid of this association that never would have been built otherwise. be laid on the busiuess part of Broadway. Sttrl ng has four first class livery stables.and all are doing a good business. Edgar II.

Snow is clerking in the auditors office of the Santa Fe road in To-peka. We shall soon publish a list of papers furnished to the Sterling reading room. New Store! New Goods! Everything New! that state in the last six years. Kansas has nearly twice the populat on of Arkansas, or California, or Louisiana, or Maryland, or South Carolina. It has the populat on of Georgia in 1880, and is nearly where Iowa and Kentucky stood in that year.

Having originated in the state of Massachusetts, it is an astonisliiug fact fact that Kansas is now not very far from having the population of Massachusetts, which was 1,783,000. Kansas is within a year's growth of being as populous as Michigan, and already has four hundred thousand more people than Mississippi or New Jersey. It is more of a state than North Carolina in men, equal to Tennessee, and Texas or Virginia, and has 200,000 more neoplft than Wisconsin by the last government census. Kansas has added 500,000 to her population since, the government took the census. The year before the civil war broke out she had but 107,000 people.

One would think it probable that this state or Nebraska would nake the next great city of the Union somewhere within its limits. Nebraska is growing, not as fast as Kansas, bnt very fast. Kansas City, though in Missouri, gets its morals and manly sentiment from Kansas, aided by her free state comrades. But Kansas is not alone in growth of productions. She has the moral leadership of this century, and the governor, who has made a very temperate statement, says that the prohibition settlement of the liquor question out there has resulted in a change of habits delightful to observe.

Three general elections have been held since the prohibition amendment to the constitution was adopted, and at every one the people have reaffirmed their decision against lqiuors. Mr. J. A. Stairs, has commenced tearing down his frame building on Broadway, recently occupied by J.

Rinner and son. He intends to build a two-story brick. holder in the building and loan association should pay their dues promptly on or before the first Saturday of each month. On that day the money is sold There has been some heavy transac and no more can be sold than is paid into the treaaurv. A fine will be added tions in real estate in Sterling the past in every case where a shareholder fails city.

Several cases of pronounced consumption have been entirely cured the use of a few bottles vf Dr. King's New Discovery, taken in connection with Electric Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold by Hodge Evans. For Sale or Trade.

A farm of 80 acres within 1 miles of Sterling, with valuable improvements; under cultivation. Everything complete for raising and harvesting a large acreage of broom corn. Will sell for cash or trade for a good stock of groceries. This is a splendid opportunity to make money quick. For particulars apply at the Republican office.

and promises an average yieia. arming is each year becoming more diversified and no farmer in central Kansas now depends upon one product as was the case few years ago. Wheat, corn, oatsrye, sorghum, broom corn, hay millet, potatos, vegetables, hogs, poultry, cattle are each and all now raisedby about every farmer in this county and the result is the tillers of the soil are getting forehanded every year. It is no unusual thing to find a farmer in Rice county in the fall with from one to two thousand dollars worth of corn and broom corn to sell over and above what he need3 for his own' use besides hogs, cattle, in abundance. The farm houses and buildings are of superior kind also." Nearly every farm has considerable fruit on it and more than enough is raised for the owners consumption.

In five or six years from now there will be a large amount of apples ana other fruit raised here to ship to less favorable sections. Fifteen years has worked a wonderful change in this section. The improvements made here in the above period are equal to the improvements, made in older states in forty to fifty years. Remember that twelve years ago many' people made their living by hunting buffalo over what are now highly cultivated farms in Rice bounty. Ten years ago land in this region was a drug at from 81.25 to 84.00 per acre that now sells readily at from 830 to 8100 an for farming purposes.

We are not now writing about city property. What has caused this wonderful transformation We answer a splendid climate, superior soil, good markets and an enterprising class of people who posses faith in their new homes. Every man who wishes to become independent should come to Kansas and if possible get a piece of land inJRice county. In a few years by steady attention to his business he will be comfortably well off and on the high road to a fortune. An Illustrated Edition.

As soon as possible we shall issue' an illustrated edition of the Republican of ten thousand copies. We shall publish all the cuts of buildings used in the investment company's pamphlet with some additions, giving a detailed description with each cut. "We shall also give a complete history of Sterling in this special issue. The edition will be printed on fine book paper and in the highest style of the art of preservative etc. As the expense of this edition will run up into hundreds of dollars, we shall expect every merchant and others interested in Sterling's prosperity to contribute all they can afford in the way of advertisements and subscriptions to extra copies.

Advertisements and extra copies of thin extra edition will be cash. We intend to issue the edition between March first and fifteenth. Our solicitor will commence at once taking orders for advertisements and ex tra copies. The price of copies will be five cents for less than one hundred and four dollars for one hundred or more copies. to pay his dues on time.

Rice county will increase its population from five to ten thousand the week. During the coming summer business houses will begin to go up on Main street. Peppermints and poanuts seem to be inseparable from theatrical No old clothing to sell at less than Cost. Every Garment (lew and Direct From the Manufacturers. Our Goods will be sold on a Small Margin and on a Strictly CASH BASIS.

coming summer. There is going to oe a big immigration to this part ot tne state and Rice, the banner county is going to get her full share. In a year from now we believe a census win Mrs. Wm. Wood and children arrived show not 13S than twenty-five thous in Sterling last week from Williams, Arizona.

Bemember J. W. Gashes' big sale of and people residents in this county. have now thirteen prosperous cities and villages. The annual meeting of the Y.

M. C. farm utensils, cattle, on February fifteenth. IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, We will not be Undersold. of Sterling was held on Tuesday eve ning of this week.

The following oth- cera were elected for the ensuing year J. Hanna, president; A. G. Landis, vice Greatly Excited. Not a few of the citizens of Sterling 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 Consumption have been completely cared by Dr.

King's Now Discovery for Consumption, the only remedy that does positively cure all throat and lung diseases, Coughs, Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis. Trial bottle free at Hodge 3c Evans' drug store, large bottles 91. Notice to Our Patrons. Until further notice our meat markets will be closed on the sabbath day. Osthopf H.

W. Maxwell. FlRSTENBUKG BATES. Hats and Caps, Gents' Furnishings, Trunks and Valises, A Good Assortment. president; E.

E. Talbot, recording secretary; J. C. Johnston, treasurer. The board of directars consists of the folio wine: Rev.

R. B. Guild, S. W. Van- Owing to the storm there was no performance at the opera house on Thursday evening.

The Ft. Smith surveyors are said to be at work running a line through lieno county. Every enterprise that will improve the city should receive a cordial support from alL Mr. L. A.

Harvy was buried on Sunday last. The services were held in the Methodist church. derman, Rev. A. J.

Hanna, J. W. Oli ver, J. L. EzelL Rev.

W. H. Butler and Sterling will be the headquarters of the Union Pacific surveying corps for the next three or four weeks if not longer. We will bet a penny grab with Easley that Sterling gets the U. P.

line. 5,000.00 How It Feels to bo "Wounded. Fuom the Recollections of a Private. The next day, just before Longstreet's soldiers made their first charge on the Second corps, I heard th-- peculiar cry a stricken man utters as the bullet tears through his flesh. I turned my head as I loaded my rifle to see who was hit.

I saw a bearded Irishman pull up his shirt. He had been wounded in the left side just below the floating ribs. His face was gray with fear. The wound looked as though it were mortal. He looked at it for an instant, then poked it gently with his index finger, lie flushsd redly and smiled with satisfaction.

He tucked his shirt into his trousers and was fighting in the ranks again before I had capped my rifle. The ball had cut a groove in Lis skin only. The play of the Irishman's face was so expressive, his emotions changed so quickly, that I could not keep from laughing. Resolationa of Respect. At a meeting of Meade Post band, held on Wednesday evening-, Feb.

0th, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Col. Ricksecker went to Topeka on Thursday and will not be back until Borne time next week. The Hutchinson Interiort a recent issue contained an impertinent article about the private affairs of one ot the leading citizens of Sterling. There was nothing funny or smart in the item. II.

L. Lyons. We hope the investment company will soon begin to make preparations for a big excursion to Sterling. It will help the boom along. Plenty of time should be taken to advertise and work the matter up so that it will' be a success.

Now is just the time of year to work up a project of this kind. People in the east are now making their plans to come west on a prospecting tour and thousands of them will be making for this state inside of the next sixty days. An excursion, assisted by the railroads reaching here, and at excursion rates, would be a success. We hope the managers of the investment company will give this matter serious thought. The land speculators in Hutchinson and Wichita work their boom on the following racket.

They buy a quarter section at a nominal price on bond and set forth that thev Dav two or three Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever 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 sale by Hodge Evans.

For Sale. Five Thousand Dollap Stock of Boots and Shoes regardless of Marked Prices, to make room for our Spring Purchases. SKILES WIRSHING. Enlarged Store! New Goods! From J. resent appearances Sterling will have two or three new churches before next new years.

The hammer, saw and trowel will make lively music in Sterling for the next eight or ten months. The ladies fair and supper on Wahs-ington's birthday, at the rink will be the grandest thing of the season. From now on Sterling will be a live, bustling city. It only requires warm weather to start various enterprises into life. A canning factory would be one of the most profitable institutions to carry on in this city.

An effort should be made to get a factory of this kind started. Other cities in Kansas are getting them. The Baptist church society own twe lots on the south east corner of Main and Seventh streets. The society will build a nice church edifice this season. A building committee has been Whereas, It has pleased an Allr wise and overuling Providnce to remove from our midst one of our associates a comrad and friend Mr.

Levi A. Harvey, who died on Saturday morning, Feb. 5. 1887, after a short illness. A fine residence of ght 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 fr cash. Apply a the Republican office. We clip the following from the Hutchinson News. Easley says he gets it from another paper but we are like the prominent citizen of Hutchinson who lately bumped against a bunko man in Kansas City.

We don't believe all of Easley's yarns. This item has the regular Easley twang: "And this is Kansas, who a littl while ago, sat upon her hunkers and viewed the world, but the world knew We know of two lots on Main street that were bought about a year ago for 8250. $900 was offered for them the past week. This is a air sample of how real estate is advancing in value in The Missouri Pacific depot is up and enclosed and will be completed in ten days. It ia 20x50 and a weii built structure.

The track measurer of the Saiina. Sterling El Paso road, went through here on Wednesday, measuring the track. THE Sterling. For Rent. Two good houses to responsible parties.

Enquire of M. English. One of the best faroos in Sterling township for sale or trade at 950 per For particulars apply at the Republican office. hundred dollars per acre. Then they make a transfer to one of their number at an advance of one hundred per cent on the fictitious prices.

This party plats the "addition" and the syndicate "buy" the entire number of lots and then put them on the market at big figures. There are several "additions" to the above towns from two to three miles from the original limits with not The Sterling reading room and pub lic library is fast gaining popularity. her not. She gazed at the great train, of progress as it rumbled heedlessly by. The thought stabbed hert and like a flash she seized th'd rear rail of thehiittU' most car; and swung herself off with th' thrciig.

But she was not satisfied. "BUCK EYE" There are now something over three The Lyons papers say that trains will be running regularly from Geneseo to Lyons over tne Missouri Pacific xi week. hundred volumns in the library. Every one who has a spare book should donate it to this institution. A gentleman whose business takes The real estate men of this city are busy as beavers.

Ihey have their hands full in making sales to new comers. She slid along through every coach? past baggage, express and all, and seating herself on the cowcatcher, planted her banner there. It bore these stirring words: "Ad astra glorium pokum squeekum." That means, "get there Eli, through thick and thin," and that's what she did. the members of Meade Post band sincerely deplore the death of our late comrad, and extend to hi bereaved wife and sorrowing relatives our heartfelt sy mpathy in their affliction. In the death of Mr.

Harvey his wife loses a kind and loving husband, we lose a genial and considerate friend and companio and the community an upright, progressive and energetic citizen. llesolced. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished Mrs. L. A.

Harvey, and to each of the city papers. Good For the Girls. EI Dorado Times. Misses Sarah and Ellen Wallace, of Benton are typical Kansas girls. Each owns claim of 160 acres in Scott coun ty which they are improving and will "prove up" on- this year.

Miss Sarah has 40 acres, and hedgerows about her farm, already contracted to be broken and paid for which shows her faith in western Kansas. Th young ladies will go out and build houses on their lands this spring. This is the kind of girls to have. An immense stock of wall paper just received at J. P.

Kind's. For Trade. A good span of young farm horses, almost new wagon, and double harness, five or six good cows. Will trade them for a small residence in Sterling. Apply at the Republican office.

him to many towns in Kansas, says it is a relief to come to Sterling where business men can and do talk business other than about estate and town lots at figures way up high. FREDW. RUGGLES, House, Sip-and Carriage PAINTER. Shop North Broadway, near Lloyd's Feed Mill. how logan kept faith with: grant.

The Adventist society will build a church on north Broadway this spring. Material is now being got on tne gtound. We saw live grasshoppers skipping about in the grass on Monday last, as in July, llow is that for Feoiuary weather SHOE STORE Carry the Largest stock of Boots and Shoes In the Arkansas Valley. We have just received a Large Assortment of the Celebrated The Union Pacific propose to come into Sterling on Third street and they will probably run clear across the city from north to south on that street. If so the depot will undoubtedly be at the intersection of Main and Third street.

Graining and Papering a Specialty. BEFEBKNCKS: Joe. Mitchell. F. M.

Ulmer. STERLING. KAN. A Story of his Refusing- "The Crown" at the Convention of 1830. The statement is -made in Chicago, and vouched for as authentic, that John A.

Logan "refusal the crown," at the national convention held in Chicago, in 1880, before Garfield was nominated. Weary with working for Grant and worn out with excitement, Logan lay On Tuesday the proposition to vote additional bonds in Lyons, was earned by the slim majority of eight in a total vote of 202. Deacon H. S. (joas, one of the early settlers of Sterling, died at his home in Genda Springs on Wednesday morning of pneumonia.

Postmaster Brow a is having. Frank TJlmer draw plans for a cottage iie intends to put up this spring on east Main street. down in his room at the Palmer house during the recess on the last day of the convention to rest and recuperate for the renewal of the struggle, in the afters noon. There was a knock on the doot Logan answered it Senators Wanted To rent on shares a forty acre -tract near this city by a young man who has a good team. Will fur', nish his own seed.

Apply at the Republic ax office. HOE BUR Daniel Coffman has just completed a neat residence in the Investment Company's First addition. This is the first house to be completed in this addition. Robert Arlington is putting up a brick residence near the Missouri Pacific depot. Frank TJlmer will fit his shop up this spring with power and put in a turning lathe, planning machine, saws, 80 as to be able to do all class of wood work.

He will make a specialty of manufacturing doors and window frames and mouldings. The open weather this winter, making it feasable and convenient for farmers to plow over half of the time, insures the planting of a very large acreage in spring crops'. Rice county will produce an immense crop of corn broom corn, sorghum, the coming season. a single building on them and hardly a single bonafida piLTchase owning a lot, in which rom one to three hundred, dollars" per lot is asked from Outsiders A price that the lots will not bring in fifty years to come from real value and they call this booming a town I The Sterling board of trade should revivify itself and work with the investment company to advance the material interests of Sterling. The board of trade should put forth energetic and systematic efforts to induce capitalists to come here and put up factories.

They should get someone to take hold ol the splendid plant of the Kansas Sugar company. We understand that this plant is owned by one man, an eastern banker. It would have been a good plan to have sent a live man, to the cane growers convention at St. Louis, and made an effort to get parties interested in coming here to operate the works. There are several other enterprises that the board of trade could do good work in advancing, such as a creamery, a paper mill, a canning factory, a broom factory, a foundry and machine shops.

All of the above are needed in Sterling, and there is better opening for enterprises of the kind in Kansas than in this city. Meeting of Sugar Makes St. Lottis. Feb. 8.

The National Sugar Grower's association met in this city this afternoon. Pressure of business detained Norman J. Coleman, commissioner of agriculture, president of the association, of Washington, and A. M. Scoville, director of the agricultural station at Lexington, Kentucky, presided.

Mr. Coleman's address was read by the secretary. It showed that the total production of cane sugar in 1885-86 was metric tons, and in 1886-87 was 2,368,000 metric tons. The production of sugar from sorghum cane in this country amounted to tons. The importation of beet sugar into this country from Europe had only lately commenced, but it already reach Store For Rent.

The Best shoe in the Market. CALL AND SEE THEM. Guess the city council had an eye to putting in a main to Lyons when they bought the lots on nortn Broauway for the water works. With three trunk lines of railroad in operation and a first class prospect for two more Sterling ought to boom big this summer. The middle store room in central block, 22x70 feet in size, 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 toF. M. TJlmer, Republican office.

Frye and Hale stood outside. They requested aniaterview with Logan. They were admitted, and without unnecessary words announced their mission, stating that Mr. Blaine could not be nominated, and that they had come to offer their support to Logan, winding up thier remarks by asserting that he could be nominated immediately after the recess. Logan said: yoa are extremely kind, but I cannot accept your proposal.

I have been for Gsn. Grant, 1 am for him now, and he will always have one vote ia Illinois ia taU convention so lenij a3 1 am ia it and his name is before it. Grant's nacne cannot bs withdrawn with my consent and he will be voted for to th last." Messrs. Hale and Frye, fiaiin him Look at our Low-Priced Shoes as shewn in the following Cuts. They cannot he excelled at the price we offer them at.

Farm For Sale or Trade Five milts west and six miles south of Sterling. For particulars enquire at the barber shop under the Rice County Bank. J. B. Cummings.

C. K. Beckett on Monday bought Dr. Longan's half interest in the lots and building on Main street, ea3t of the en-jfine house. A cold wave, with rain, sleet and prevailed here oa Thursday at yesterday the weather waa clear And warmer.

Wi.DQUGlAS.tr PUBUC SALE Taeslay, Febr 15,1887, At my farm 3 miles northwest from Nickerson and five miles south-east from Sterling. Sale commence at i a. m. 1 Span Good Work Horses. 2 Span of Mules.

9 Head of Good Milch Cows. 2 Two-Horse Farm Wagons. Riding Eagle Lister, stirring and sod plow combined. 3 Walking Cultivators. 1 Deering Mower.

1 Go-devil. 2 Harrows. 1 Creamery, box and cans. Sets of double Harness. 10 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. W. B.

Hadlock Auctioneer. 7f 1 Newton Republican. Masonic inaaranje assessment notices brought to this city last evening intelligence of the death of John S. Col-lister, who far 38veraya-irs the ed Come to Sterling if you waut to locate in a live, progressive town where there is no "infalation" or fancy prices asked for property. There is no city in the state of Kansas on a more solid basis.

We do not ask strangers to take our statements without salt. But to come here and see for themselves. In the next sixty dayB there will be a larges increase in the population of Sterling. The building of Ihe Cooper Memorial College, the water works and the saany private buildings now under contract and contemplated will require many more mechanics than there is now in the city. The city has bought the sir lots on the southwest corner of Broadway and Main street, where they will put up the waterworks.

-T ir. itor of r.irvav inflexible, left him. Lyons Democrat. Saturday evening we were not a surprised that a vein of tiv fet-t thickness had been reported a i GeutcOj of last Oc- Ill taii Ues Of tuedoUi of o.u oO well known here as 4 he was. did not reach here sooner.

ed an amount equal to our total pro D. J. Fair, the pioneer lumber dealer of Rice county, i3 making ai rangaments A gentleman's easy chair and a ladies' stand and work basket --will be awarded to some one at the fair on Washington's birthday. Vv C. It.

Howard has'Jaougbt the Beatte Laskey jewelrj tock For the present Howard Laakey will conduct the business for Mr. Howard. By next fall we expect to, see the bua- tnees portion of Broadway extended and built up at least two if not three Xlccka norta of Main To-day we hear that the find was made at Thomas in the railroad well at that piaea. It will probably turn out like the Caldwell silver bubble, but we hope not. New York Cash Store opened up to-', day and ready for business.

They tiave a very fine line of dry goods and notion; from the cheapest to the best. They' accept the store room next to the First National bank. Everybody go in and get acquainted with the New Cash Store. to build a mammoth two story briek Call and examine our C3-OOT3S, WOONAGOTT FLEESON, The Practical Boot and Snoe Manufacturers, BUCKEYE BLOCK BROADWAY, STERLING, KAN Notice to Stockholders of ling 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, Soct'y. The Bepvvlican, 1.00 a year.

braiding 44x150 on the lots where he duction of all kinds of sugar. The commissioner considers that upon the whole, although the expectations of a year ago have not been realized, the outlook ia favorable for a large production of sugar from sorghum by the adoption of a new process of diffusion and taturution. has so long had his office. Mr. Fair in tends to put up the finest business structure in the city.

He has recently bought 250,000 brick for this building. i.