Potwin Messenger from Potwin, Kansas • 2

Tom Copeland of the Latham Signal mi INEKD MESSENGER. TOWN OF POTWINf says he has a letter from Secretary Hig- We will not move gins that it is not unlawful to shoot BY WORLEY SMITH. chickens and quails from September 1st to January 1st. We are inclined to BRAINERD 1889. think that there is an error somewhere.

To Whitewater or any other town, But will stay in BRAINERD with the The law has been that it was unlawful Largest and Best Stock of to shoot quail except during the month of December, and that is the law still, HATtDWAUE. unless it has expired or been repealed. Those wishing to subscribe for this paper can do so by calling on W. 0. Tomlinson and leaving their names mid twenty-five cents.

This will insure the weekly visits of the Brainerd M.E3SKViER to Jan. 1st. 1890. Wildey Morrison is preparing the A. beautiful site for a town Rolling Land finely sloped for ago Railroad Depot; large town hall, cost $7,600 to build; largo roomy school building, built of stone, two stories high; a fino HARNESS farmers for the enormous task of care- ng for their corn crop by selling them be found la the county outside of El shelters.

Several parties are figuring OUR ROOMS ARE OVER THE STORE, WHERE WE WILL BE FOUND with him for shelters and several have purchased already. Wildey sells a ohurch building; numerous residences and stores; large lumber yard; a splendid stone quarry near by; cattle pens for shipping and feeding; a splendid epring of pure water in town; a Mineral Bpring? near by, whose waters have proven invaluable, especially for Rheumatism, splendid, well-developed farms surrounding it all in sheller that will shell and clean corn that is only slip-shucked and do it per WHEN NOT IN THE STORE. TURNER MORRISON, the beautiful valley of the Whitewater river, unaurpaBaed for fer fectly. These shellers are a great blessing to the farmers when the crop is so large as this year. tility in the state.

A splendid home for the people, and building lots of every variety for sale. A few Ten 10) acre lota yet unsold Has it occured to you how long be adjoining the town. Apply to Bale Shuman Wm. I. Joseph, AGt fore the year can be written without using a figure nine? It will be 110 years frdm next Jan.

1st, before the "9" will be" dropped. At present it occu tfaauary let, 1C39. l'otwin, KoAsast pies fourth place 1889 January 1st it will move to third place 1890, and ten District court convenes two weeks J'roia to-day Friday. Miss Janio Ashenfclter is visiting Miss Nannlo Eaton. Dog days the season of tnad dogs and blind snakes are here.

Mrs. J. A. Roach speut last Sunday in thi3 city visiting relatives. places in the sidewalks need teparing on Homer street.

A brolhdf' of Mr. Hash, from Oeorgia, is visiting In the city. Osage shaft coal $1.00 a tont cash, at Werner Thompsons. 38 tf Horace McLain and George Neal drove over from Whitewater' Sunday. Will McCraner will remain in Brainerd and will still continue to buy stock.

Grandma Rupert lias nioved into the looms in the fear of the block. Dr. Seaman was dvef frond Tbtwiu visiting patients several times last week. El Dorado is retrograding. The roller skating craze has struck there ug ain.

Canon City and McAlister coal at Werner Thompsons. 38 tf years from that day will take second EXPECT Tfj itEMAlN IN BRAINERD AttD DEAL OUT place i900, aiid stay there for 100 years. It is very improvable that any one now living will write the year without the niiie. Dry goods, Boots, Shoos, Groceries, FARM OF t7o ACRES The firm of McCraner Tomliiison has ceased to exist. The store is still in existence and the style of the firm is On The Southeast Corner of Potwis AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

:1 Morris jn Tomlinson, Mr. McCraner having sold his interest to 11. P. Mor Sale. rison.

Although the firm niay not be so good looking as heretofore it will 8 farm is thoroughly fenced with wife, and with Partition' Tomlinson still continue to sell hardware, imple ments at prices unheard of. We bespeak for them a share of the pat Hon. J. W. Robison as been elected ronage, assuring all that they will president of the National Bank of El Dorado.

be justly dealt with. Sell everything in the waV of It will be remembered by those wlio The sale at Sam Thomas' was well Fences, 60 acred of which has been in cultivation, and 80 aoreB in gras3. The house had been put in excellent repair and oontainll three good chambers, a sitting-room and kitchen, all plastered at large cellar, a fine portioo. A very desirable residence eVery way, whioh cost about $1,000 to an excellent well of waterj nicely curbed, etc Farm to the Southeast quarter of section 290 160 acres, lot of 10 acres and house adjoining, baking in all 170 acres, tfor terms correspond with Wm. I.

JOSEPH, January 1st, 1889. Pctwin, KansaS. heard Bent Murdock's speech at the attended and stock arid implements Old Settlers' picnic that he spoke of brought good prices. Werner Thompson are selling coal coming out into this part of the county electioneering one time away back in HARDWARE the'79's. Murdock.

did not tell all of cheap, for cash only. 38 tf Jake Tenner was over frc'm White the story. The party consisted of Dr, White, Bent Murdock and John Blev 'ater Sunday to see his best girl and IMPLEMENTS. ins. The latter was a candidate for her not at home.

Wish some one would donate a coup superintendent, and had a wooden leg. le of great big pumpkins to the cause They came out arid stayed over night KANSAS. BRAINERD, --of the writer and family. with M. C.

Snorf and the next morning started up the Whitewater valley, A general invitation is extended to all to attend the Sunday school con They. had. their with them and LAUDS Alfl) FARMS FOR THE PEOPLE: AUGUST SCHMIDT vention. See program elsewhere. Murdock and Bleyiiis were out walking when a fine deer was started.

Bent promptly blazed away at, the deer and shot John Bloyins in the wooden leg. Cora Taylor is teaching at the Bogle fichool house on Hickory Creek. Her DOES ALL KINDS OF school opened last week. indicator. Those who were acquainted with this The opportunity is passing for Farmers to gat Homes it htib Prices, never to return.

Out of 28,000 acres I have now only 8,000 acres for sale: Charley Noe of the' Leon Indicator is story wondered why Bent did not re giving. some of his hoii-payiug ex-citi late all of the incidents of that trip. Range, zens of that burg a lively broadside. all fenced'. The Milton Township Sunday school convention will meet in Brainerd at Dr.

Brown-Sequard claims to have discovered the olMr of life but his wife CD CO a the church, at 10:30 a. AND WAGON WORK programme: claims he won't live two days if elixir Maud Kelly visited the school Mon Devotional exercises led by Rev West half 23, 25, N4 W. quarter 10, 23, 8. quarter 21, 23, W. half 28, 23, 8.

B. quarter 8, 24, 8. B. quarter 27, 24, N. E.

Quarter 34, 24, S. half 4, 25, N. W. quarter 3, 25. W.half ,2, 24, all fenced'.

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4. 5. 6. Acker. Opening address.

Paper by PSQiPTLY. NEATLY day. Maud was a pupil here last winter and is much missed by her compan Mrs. it. Morrison.

Paper by Kev Acker. Paper by Rev. Rankin. Dis ions. cussion lea by uowaru.jNeiman.

1'a- BRAINERD, KANSAS. I 8 per by Geo. Hanstin, followed by T. Martin Werner, of Brainerd, is in the Beans. Paner or oration by F.

Wiles 6. All of 13. 24, city on business. Mr. Werner i3 al When those lands are eold, the value of lands thereabouts trill all ways a welcome visitor.

Moundridge LYs do followed by W. G. Remarks by Rev. Kinney (senior.) All workers present will have an opportunity to speak, All Sunday school workers are cordially invited to be pres- ime to buy. Mrs.

P. E. Ashenfclter is at home again after quite an extended visit Uiilf ILlUaiU Will 1U1111D11CU S. W. Martin, President.

Wmi E. JOSEPH, Potwioa Kansas. with parents. Her health is much im DEALER IN Pupils graduate at our public schools and receive diplomas when they don't know the multiplication tablej And Bert Morrison is spending the week with friends at Garden Tlaius. He will this is said to be an ago of education.

return Saturday or Sunday and enter El Dorado llepubhcan. General Merchandise school next week. Yes, and to a great extent the fault lies with the parents. If parents would take interest enough in their children May Wilkins came over from Wichi THE CELEBRATED ta Saturday and spent the Sabbath at to watch progress and see that home. She gives a good report of the KANSAS'.

brainerd: they were not promoted from grade to. Wichita University. Many fields of wheat are up and the all stock farmj grade they, would not graduate so soon. But many teachers, and especially high ground is becoming green and fresh school teachers, realize- that parents THE CITY OF the crop. A large acreage will be want their children to graduate as soon as they possibly can, whether they are If 8) competent for graduation or not, and they put them through.

This, does not 5 I CONtXlNING 3,040 ACRES Is offered for Sale. excuse the teacher but if parents would msisr tnorqugn worn vie pu pils would be required by the teacher to do it. High schools are becoming sown in this vicinity. Mrs. R.

P. Morrison, Mrs. E. T. Ea-, ton, Mr.

Murdough and Miss ucy 1 Strawmatt visited the schools Tllurs-! day. Come again ladies. 1 Mart Werner bought a car load of excellent seed wheat while all Mourid-Hdge with which to supply those who wish to sew wheat this fall. Lovers of rcandal have had a rich morsel to roll under the tongue in our city the last few days. The has created considerable stir and the end is hot Biitler county, offers nothing more than systematic About half of which is bottom land, with soil eight to elxteea fe6vu in depth, and no land superior to it in the West for produotivp ing" -machines.

They teach the lan guages, rhetoric and higher raathemat-, Silperibr inducements ics before the' pupils have more.than,i quality for corn, Wheat, and other grains. This ranch is finely timbered lies alopg the Whitewater river arid tributaries, in Eut-ler oounty, Kansas. It has one field containing: two sections and one-half- mastered grammar, compost tion and arithmetic. It lies with the TO ENTERPRISING BUSINESS MEN WHO ARE SEEKING A A SPLENDID. OPENING A DRUG STORE AND LUMBER YARD.

parents to call a halt and they are the' one of, one and one-half sections; both tenced a first-class stona WalJ recently built and frqm 4 1-2 to 5 feet high, the two walls being eleven miles long; also abput one mile of stone fence around only one who Will do it. LOTS REASONABLE. McPhnrsou county voted for1 uni-; formitr of school text books and the1 The iollowrng is copied from the Peru-find.) Kenubluian. the corrals 5 to 5 12 feet high. board is getting the publishers dowiv 1 II.

home of E.S. Raymond 'i3 no more. MISS MOLLIE CKAIG, very good terms on books. Several bounties around us have adopted the 600 AflRES UNDER COLTIVATiON, uniformity. An enterprising speculator laid' out a town a few miles, distant and oilered to move all the biiildinss in Brainerd DKESSMAKElt AND FITTER, Contractor W.

II. McCraner and wife were com bodily over to Ida Bight free of cost. ing over from l'otwin Wednesday The offer wa3 accented and the rtame R00I3. OVER BANK BUILDING, when suddenly the front wheels of the or Jirameru was swallowed up Builder. i.

Lrainerd, Kansas. Hnuewater. buggy parted company with 'the re jsot quite so uad as that. There are tnaindet, dropping the occupants be several buildings left in Brainerd yet, ana mercnants enougn to ao tne busi hind. Ifo harm done.

The Newton people are wild with cn ESTIMATES FURNISHED. E. R. WIILIAMS, ness. It was a matter of railroad fa cilities, not individual speculation that thiisiasm since receiving a dispatch Kansas.

Brainerd, made Whitewater; and all buildings STONEMASON AND PLASTEHE3 from the chief of their fire department tit the Ottowa tournament, that their moveu iron) jsramera as well as lroru ot her places "yeve moved at the expense of the owners. at' the -hose company took the prize as the mtAlNEM), KAN 13 AS, junction of the Rock island and Mis homeliest company in the state. Tliroe good houses, one of them unusually good, costing $2,500 to build. A small apple and peach orchard, which with the garden is fenced handsomely. Two corrals, large and well-sheltered, a never-failing creek running through them.

Four large double oom-cribs; Fairbanks stock scales. A large windmill with tank, oonnected by pipes with corrals. Fish in abundance in the Btreams. The improvements on the place cost about $25,000. The owner proposes to divide and sell it in half-sections, ALIj but the home farm of 800 acres, which he will not divide unless two or more purchasers simultaneously agree upon a division-r-or will he divide until the home farm is eold.

Correspond witb Wrh. I. JOSEPH, Agt, Potwin, Butler County, Kansas til PO.TWiN, anesville, Ohio. souri Pacific in a beautiful location, on a beautiful stream, and in the richest Ered Schrefller, Eddie Morrrisoii and G. A.

WATSON, Otto Schroke went hunting last Satur agricultural portion of the state. i Whitewater has no need to hire people loeaie nere, out wnen tney come beg day, taking M. C. Snorf, Rupert and Sheldcn along for company. The boys are young and inexperienced ar.d did ging admission we can in no wise cast PliOPr.IETOK OF them out.

lntewaler Tribune. DRAY not succeed in killing many Of all things that may be said' of Mr. Bailey, (editor of the Tribune) it may Ed Brumback went to Whitewater LIVERY cj FEED STABLE be said that he sticks to facts so far as Sunday where lie began his labors as DELIVERY, foreman of the Tribune office. Ed is a his neighbors are concerned, as i3 evi ijood compositor and a model young denced by the 'denial of the above which; it is-unnecessary to state -Than and we are sure will be found a trreat Addition to the Tribune force. tflAISEBD.

IA.VSAS, KANSAS. originated at Whitewater. BtivtvPttft..