The Parsons Weekly Eclipse du lieu suivant : Parsons, Kansas • 3

th- GRAND Have of Neodesha, was i 'I "hur-dav. Mi-s Winters i- in tow n. Davis is dangerously' ill- LEAKING SALE W. R. Clifl -n, ot Waco, Texas, is in the paiimixs, Arc.

1. The pice of Logs is advancing. St. John's bark is on the br. Jaker-.

I'eache- have got down to Si per bu-hel. The eornice for Kimball's new Inick building has arrived. It is said that the north part ot town is the healthiest to live in. THE NEXT 30 DAYS city. lohnSippleis expected home in a lew days.

J. R. P.i-own is able to be at his place of K. iJuwii is gi'tiing Sni i'yi arc prevailing iva! ti -1 Gen. (Kiel's children have the whooping CO Ugh.

Killie Seler returned In her home in Cherokee Thursday. 'I he Gulf is negotiating for the properly of Cli.is. Willal-il. The son of Mart Keels is wry sick uilh hooping cough. 1 he "-cc ret irU-s" got away with Parsons on the lior-e trot as usual.

Geo. Mullen's babv has nut expected to live hut is -omewhat hotter. ntsiiiess again. Elder Shick will leave for Herman, llli The town company's heat is veil ling M.n'siial filnwin is for of (,,.. W.

1 1.ill has 1 nois, 011 Friday next. Mrs. J. W. Cowles is so far improved in health that she is able to be around again.

h-t f.T I nil si lie seser.ll days. On. NVhs 's purchase. 1 M.ui'i ni' K. Arey.

WITT, KVKIIY "WOKTII uF GOODS 1 1 1 1 1 1 A F. AT ONE TIME FOlI CASH YF. GIVE. on average ten bu-hels to the acre. E.

1'. Emery was over come by the heat Friday. Nothing serious however. We understand that corn is selling for 75 cents per bushel in some parts of the state. Angell Matthewon and wife are at Niagara Falls.

W. R. Arey is 011 the sick list, but is now lb A iiiiiiiK it our ciueiis wii. al.i C. R.

Kyser has returned from Leavenworth. The little daughter of Chas. Rasback is still very sick. ohn Dale, of Osage Mi-siou, was in the city Monday looking for a stolen horse. large hit of beer came in Ly express the midnight train Thursday night.

hi 1 Chance Free in a 8150 Diamond Fin and of O. L. Hall's Hi air at tk grne thi- Sullivan has iucli.wd l.o-'r real kw Theie is a danger us croinr at the cor- msa. Wagons. i iter of lcui-in airl John-on avenues, Mr.

Morton of Tarpons had an egg hatch the natural warmth of the weather. Mac I'limplicry over from r.uivk.i Spring- -ll a short visit. It now several day since we in-pnred i The price of ham sandwiches has raised to 15 cents a piece. A large number of horses in the city are aillicted with the epizootic. 1 I A1ER 10TKING HOU ufu-r Sl.t ht-r and Crasher.

I WaU arc tin: only kind of veget- pleiitv in this market. i i Mr-. 1 iii'111 ertfllnh a' residence omc time in the. future. somewhat better than he was.

Rumor has it that Mrs. Emma Stimson is soon to be married to a wealthy bachelor. Conductor Eoss will move his family to Far-ons as soon a- the weather cools off. The anti prohibs opiose the amendment with slings. A new pump has been placed in the public ell on Johnson avenue.

The water question is becoming a grave question in this city just at present. The special meeting of the council has been postponed to next Monday night. We understand that the Chicago Grocery Kurd, of the Inter State, called Tliursday and reports lm-iness prosperous with hnn. Crichton, of Chetopa, was in i. la-t week.

Two '-dizzy" liruucttes from I'arsons made several had "mashes" at -age Mission Thins lay. I.liiiIIvI. DRUG WOE UXTO CRISP ELLIOT At the residence of the bride's paranis, Aug. 10th, by Rev. G.

W. I've, Wm. Crisp I. aura E. Elliot, both of this cilv.

Ve Lawyers for 1 Devout Will. ows Houses R. H. Patrick he: iru.ed a partnership with C. R.

Kysei. for the manufacture of the Kyser plow. The French P.akery has put on the road a handsome new bread wagon, and one fixed up in metropolitan style. Miss Gertie Hill received a fine piano on Saturday. It was furnished by V.

R. Arey. Mrs. Flercher will soon occupy her residence in the southeastern portion of the city again. Mr.

1). W. Perry has been very ill with fever for some time hut is a linle im- Three shares to loan at the meeting of the Pudding and Loan Association Friday-evening, Aug. 19th. 'this is a rare chance for a poor man to procure a home.

Interview- Cowles regarding the workings of the association. on Suspicion. Ifficcr Cummings arrested a ngro Wednesday, suspicioned of stealing goods from the store of J. Smith Son, at Chetopa. After being detained some time the prisoner was released on the lack of evidence to convict him.

i Mr-. Tritider ha- returned from her to I (it ami Sed.dia. The weadier continues to he hot and dry, howevtr much we have desired it to he ilherwbe. One of the kinde-t things heaven has d.ine h.r nun is denying him the p-'wer to look iiito the future. Why i-the house of a tidy wife like a motion a-ljouiued You give it up? ll e.ui-i' i i- alw ay- ill order.

It ha- ecu ivK-rted that Geo. M. Caid-vwll ha- l-ecii sitting up the cigar- his liit-nd- ii n't lulievo a void of it. Parsons is getting iutTa iine fix as the result of her accumulated legal learning. The account a.s about thus Suits brought for claims which the city Council have re 111 -ei I to allow as illegal and unju-t.

Lind-ey vs City S3 OOo 00 llealherly 5 000 O-) 5 000 00 Aver- loii 5. ALTMAN In this city, Tuesday evening, August' 16, 1SS1, of typhoid fever, Isaac N. Altman. aged 36 years and 2S days. The deceased as a son in-law of Isaac P.ai!y,Jr.

MOWF.RY In O-age Tuesday evening, August if), 1SS1, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mowcry, aged about one vear. piviV.l at present. The O-wego Kepuiilieaii intimates that the Star's accusations about the city pruning -teal is all wind.

Wc are in receipt of "eomps" to tke Bourbon county fair, to he held at Fort Scott, ktober. I Sth to 21st inclusive. Fred Kyser has been transferred from the Neo-ho to the Cheroke Division of the Mo. t'acillc. House will occupy the room to be vacated by Joe liing.

Rebecca Jones, the colored damsel in the city refrigarator, has cooled oil' and is now as docile as a spring lamb. Hilly OTlern. ho has been laid up with an attack of bilious fever, is able to be about again. Conductor Chatlield has been tran, fered from the herokee to the Neo-ho division of the Mo. Pacific.

THe: LARGEST I.uck. Professah Mcl'hcrson, of Oswego, the Ki ai from sav the chool other morning on going to the door, found Iv.iiiK throw ii to- his simnlion nn-lci out ev ry night gathering up iron tn-ai their girls to ice cream. i with 1. 1'. Wilson to accept on in the Mo.

l'acfic shops. Rises to lteni'irk. Our neighbor of the Star arises to remark that if any newspaper in town has taken any money to pay them for defending the whiskey trade, ihey ought to defend it and not go back on theirpromi-cs. We should wish be allowed to imbibe some of "them sentiments," most certainly, we should remark bv all means let them do it. in I'or- ill the General Illair, of Foil Seott, attorney for And most coiijiiiele "Hinirisiu.j 1 i ii ild Total i 1.10x50 These claim- the city council have rcfa-ed to allow as wrongful and l.ut never-Uie less the city dragged into tedious law- suits, and unless the rulings the courts give us relief there i- no teding where tins: thing is to cnti.

Tile city in the l.iiui-ey case, haste to the attorney of the First National and he has to take the tcps ncces-arv to collecting from the judgnfent that might be obtained agauis a basket with a baby in it. As tins child grows up, it can be easily told whether is is decern' ed from any of the profes-ahs. If it should develope that the child is shoulder shot, bandy legged orleft handed in the feet, then we may know that some of the profes-sahs has "been v. here his love lies rhornton called Thursday afiernoon Thomas 1 luwey has sold his propeity, on election he -tite-nds to extreme south eixl of Denison avenue, have ai'iered them I ho- A. 11.

McCormick has moved into Lis new residence on the corner of Bell and Steven avenues. Kirby Smith left on Monday for Pueblo, Colorado, to accept a position in the grocery establishment of Steele Jt Fraunberg. C. A. Gosdyear, of Topeka, if in the city to-day taking a look at the liveliest town in the state.

H. Win-low Abliett, a representative business man of Mammoth, was in the city Thesday. A. E. Singiser, manager of Goodlander's elevator and lumber yard at McCune station, was in the city- Wednesday.

J. Y. Ryan, an old Adam's express messenger between this city and Denison is in the city cracking jokes with the boys. The family of Dr. Rockhold returned on Monday from Marshal, where they have been visiting for the past three -i ni: to the narrow guage railroad.

Mr. Stevens, who ha- been ijuite ill at the Abbott is now out again, and left on morning for Emporia, where he goes to or- IT women may not al'vays he wi-e, but lion oi them were ever fooh-h enough to wear a piece of chin. on their ganie a lodge of locomotive firemen. The -witch at South mound is being run l'olic; Court. J.

T. DeRacavv was arrested Tuesday afternoon upon a warrant sworn out by one Sarah Cale, wherein she charged him with using language that was improper for a gentleman to use in the prsence of a lady. After hearing all the evidence in the case, Ilis Honor assessed him the usual fee for such misdemeanor, out to an enormous length, and all of the swi'clies on llse Mi--ouri are being lengthened. There is in our estimation no iuot that these case-, are all taken under a contingent fee, that i- ith the under-tan. lig that if any thing i- made I it they will divide.

This MEDIC Es kindo! proceedings lu not in the least anv advantage over highway robbery, ami in our estimation it lacks eon.cidorabie of the romance and dignity which tlie fames boys' i'heii; i. a dangcious crossing at the Corner i if and I lenisou avemtes, and another at the corner of (kmdy and Denison avenues, to which the attention of the street coinmis-ioiier is called. the Kansas City, Fort Scott Gulf railway, was in the city Saturday on business. A rev has sold another of those splendid Square Grand C. D.

Pease Co. pianos to E. lliil. Sam Thurber is undoubtedly the happiest engineer on the Sedalia division. For further information see another column.

F.d. Colby has resigned his position on the Neo-ho division of the Mo. Taciiic, to accept a more lucrative position elsewhere. S. li.

Abbott was the country Friday on litisiness connected with his chances for sheriff. James Palmer, who went to Colorado sometime since to seek his fortune, returned home Friday afternoon. Will Johnson, the genial runner for the wholesale cigar house of Douglas, Street was in the city Friday. We have heard it said that in every other house in town if searched, beer could be found. It is a common thing (or Far-ons prostitutes to go to O-age Miss.sion and register at the hotels as the daughters of some of our most respected citizens.

The-iirm of Rat'il'f Meathhas dissolved months. a. Cracker Kaelor TEXT i The paper now in 1 Geo K. Ratliff left Wednesday tor Mr. L.

Garneau has of late been canvass lion t- money for the election of a church, in this city i- being a visit to his old home in Kentucky. While i ing the matter of the feasibility ot erecting nave added to their profes-ion. Oar city council have decided all the-e claims to be viiju-t an 1 theai are and wrongful on the face of I.em. Had the panics who brought the-e suits had to pay a reasonable at; aey- f.e, enter up tuli security ir co-t before bringing them, pretty generally signed. At la-t accounts anl the style now runs Rati iff Kemp, there wa- in the neighborhood of keep a goo 1 market and understand absent he will spend some time in St, I ouis a cracker factory in I'arsons, and has come speculating in the grain market.

to the conclusion that an enterprise of this The child of Jack Everhart, which we I d'racter Aould pay, and is now moving in i their business wad. D.UNT-. I-00 JFitst. i- soinc mn f.i.-t cntin.lv. They p.

-u have rin; ii llie czc-i be Ai-. "scruh" council. Woi.M.iso:! County Po-i. lllcss you neighbor, the Tweed ring and the council all amount only to this Star did not get the city printing. Had die Star got the city printing tivre would have no Tweed ring and scrubs in the council.

Our city council is as good as we usually have, no better nor any worse that we know oi. But one thing is certain and that is that they do not have much in the editor ot the Star as to iuw much they are to blame for that, must be left for each one to draw his own conclusions. They can explain why they do as they do. of Kespet-t At a meeting of the Lodge No. 12, A.

O. U. on the evening of Aug. 10, the following resolution- ere adopted WiiKkK.vs it ha- pleased the Almighty-God 10 remove from the family of our Brother Eii war Bero two of their beloved children, ti.ei eiore be it A'ce. That the brotherhood of the A.

O. V. No. 12. do extend their heart felt symp.uh to the bereav ed of Bro.

Hero in this their hour of sorrow and mourn ing. lb-Clibcd. to be the direction of establishing works. Should he receive the support that is at present Mr. Ton.lin, of Indiana, who i- The maddest man we have seen in many a day was a Tuelon cmniigrant who got olf the train with his little tin cup Thursday loo r-ons schoil- during the principal of the I'ar u.i.y oeeii kind 01 proceeding cannot 1 cally condemned, and there! coming year arrived in town Monday with repeat and bombarded the town for beer.

announced as being very very sick on Sat urday, died and was buiied Sunday afternoon. The Western National Fair Association will be held at Bismark grove, this week, here it is supposed there ill be a large gathering. a verv in the the language of the highest authority. OIL- promised him, he will at once put up a building on Bell avenue and put in two thousand dollars worth of machinery, other ise he will begin on a smaller scale. Mr.

Garneauisan expert the cracker manufacturing business, having been for years vcai's his family. He-ha- hitherto heui successful teacher having taught Weill one school. oe uiiio ve 1 iwyers, tor ye bin 1 heavy i burdens and "lay them on the backs of men, but you yourselves will not so much as touch I them wuii one of vour fingers." Mrs. A. Mo-ley has purchased a ot Smith (Jo's, stock and moved it to the room formerly occupied by Stempf's barber shop.

The Gulf road is investing considerable iii r.tr-oite for the purpose of enlarging Ei We several ears of corn Monday, just an attachee of the immense cracker estab-getting well out of the milk, which were iishment of Garneau of St. Louis, about as large and fine as we ever saw in and to whom he is related. Kansas. Corn is still doing very- well where ight Brown Sugar for i 0. Two auctioneers made things liveiy on the corner of Johnson and Riggs avenues, Saturday.

The south join of the Abbott house is being fitted up for a barber shop, lemonade and cigar shop. The lumber dealers are still enjoying a good trade notwithstanding the price of lumber is steadily advancing. The funeral of the little of Len Steel took place at 10 o'clock, from thefam- there 110 chinch bugs. "Little Dutch jtkUe." Sunday noon, while the young Two individuals had a chunk uf a "mill'' down at the barber shop Thursday, the one white, and the other a colored man. They were taken to the police court where the colored man was a e-sed-five dollar-, and costs.

The circus at said to have been a -nide Reports say they resorted to all -ct- of cheating, had a big row, and e.nv.e near having their telil torn down. Such i- liable to be the case with -how- that vi-it the small towns. We handle lha celebrated Seitz Chicago Boots and EVERY PAIR wanauied G. T. CAYAXAG1L tle (il.

-s in n-ii i a r-i Ti their yard-. predict that ere long the Gulf road will have possessions in Parsons that will be an ornament to the city. The Mis-ion Enterprise says "The 'best society' of 1'ar-ons is gloating over another I sensational social scandal which the Sun has j. 1 a.u a oi thcs-: resolution- published in each, of the daily papers. Coin, on Rc-oiu! on- I.

CounvKi.i.. 1. Bi.viu. i'lXCr IL el ti'lC unearthed for the special benefit of the se- I "A Thief 1 in tn; in-; lends for which I "--iduncc on Pell avenue Saturday. lect and limited circle of is it Is.

it was a west side. girl I it shines. The loiv talked of Catholic school build-! ii tV Ot a 'i. of and the nuten.n for iv.rrv-Ibc iiustiuss iicie- We understand that a bet of fifty dollars was made here Friday morning that it would rain inside of 24 hours. From -Pap" Lewis we learn that Junci- iii2 to be erected, and to be under the patter; on charge of the Si-ters of I.orctto, will now tion City and vicinity was visited by a most be pushed forwaa 1 to a speedy completion, Erious rain Saturday morning for about I .1, rr It will be remembered that Bob Lytle, of Ladore township, had some horses stolen a few weeks since.

He has captured one o( his horses, and the person who stole him, in the person of Mr. Ben Hamilton, of T'arsons. Geo. Mullen has matched a race for Saturday, for $50 a side, betw een McClelland's mare and the sw aybacked clavbauk pony from McCune. The neatest and in every way the best exclusive grocery house in Parsons is that of Dougla-s Cv at -he Wallace store, their butter is beautiful to contemplate this hot weather.

Clara, a five-year-old daughter of Mr. Fred. Straub, was badly bitten Tuesday af-ternoin by a large dog, the property of Mr. McCleary, while playing 111 the yard of Mr. Iluggins.

A meet in of the members of the cliurcli 1 i. i .1. aticr, ladies ran on beby able to c-c-i tltlng du-y stamix-d K-, t'K- a. (proved style, at. the b.V'Atv.

I-Totice, with who works in his big brother's printing office, was, as usual, picking 1 i- teeth in front of the Abbott, he undertook to read an extract from a paper, for the edification of the loungers in the vicinity, He had not proceeded far, however, before his wretched diction began to provoke ridicu-e and a number of the less considerate began to snore vociferously. He still persisted and soon the unappreciative audience greeted him with a guffaw that proved loo much for the "elocutionist," when he turned and addressed the crowd of ungrateful "snoo-zers" thusly: "By gawd' I can pronounce Anything that any man in th's crowd can pronounce; my pronunciation is pnah," and then he surveyed that assembly of critics with a look of scorn that was terrible to behold. It was then they not only knew that Jake was an but that he was acquainted with ways that are dark and tricks that are vain and knew the back alley- be called for next Suml.iv lul inmian nom.iii uicmihc uui lie -ociety will delightful shower. uited tne sleeve 01 a coal itu cotton and placed it around her waist a- she sat in the v'. 111 low wrapped in the twilight.

seemed perfection to the girls cross the wav and tilled them with jealous anger, but the she derived rrom the hug was as thin as strained Sun. That west side girl had been reading about, the Fort Worth Advance girl, the Burlington llawkeye girl, the Galveston News girl, and other newspaper girls, so she thought she would bring Parsons into notoriety by utilizing an oft repeated story. Oswego Republican K-'lt ot i-e is iictvbv ivMi i 1 No, lii of 'i-irii-l tru vi 1 ue.l liv We took a judgment against Bigfoot lien on Monday for what he owed us. When he arrives herj we shall iey on a pair of big box toed shoes, we know of a farmer who wants a pair of thein to tit onto the fore lect of a spanking mule that has worn hi- hoofs down. Wanteo to exchange A good house and lot in Parsons 7 room house, good barn and outhouses, for a farm near Parsons.

Grest inducements will be given. Enquire at the Eclipse office. Officer Seltzer has received during the past four weeks about 150 postal cards describing thieves, murderers and robbers, committed within a hundred miles of Parson-. Prof. Kropp, of Oswego, was in the city Friday with a view of locating and we understand will move here about the first of next month.

The professor is a master of music, that is hard to beat. Hie iioard an dated Mareii is, issj I amount lieini; l-'iAv noiiars, has 1 can- eelicl tiiis iiid ot inly, issi, re- issued same dale. Si V.v, 1 no 1 ic, s-i-Lool Cu. M. ulitl.t- afternoon to take active measures in the matttr.

The building i- to be a Drge one, of brick, or Mime and situated near the 'athobe clnu A telegram from Ren. S. D. Storis, superintendent of mission- for this announces that Rev. Dr.

C. Hartley ha- ac-Crpted the cad of the Congregational church of this city, and will begin work on or near the first of net month. The Doctor's record as an able scholar, eloquent speaker, call axi A Truttiui; Ciretsit. Oh Wednesday there was a meeting of the secretaries of the various fair associations of Souther Kansas, at the Abbott Administrator's l'otice. Xmict Is liereby ivii itiat I have Imvii iidiuiiiisti-nnot of tile estate of KoinTsou, deea-cHl, l.v tne laiiic-ite t'ouu 1 a Chas.

Willis, a brakenian on the Neosho Division and well known in this city, on la-t Wednesday evening brutally beat his conductor, Mr. Fred Ryser, while laying on the side track at Emporia. Mr. R. is so pounded up that lie is not able to leave hi House, in this city, for the purpose of or- of August, i'm, Kl' uus 11111 Uay efficient pastor and devoute man 1- mo-t ex- i cellent and we congratulate our neighbors for having hi- service-.

J. (iAl.YEX. VV aUiwiJ) lirnrr im-l lli-s routes to the '-sea loam stands, but further that he who manipulates the scissors for "the only," in his periodical peregrinations to warn those whom it might concern that his darling baby brother was an irretrievable dead beat, had sadly neg-lected the back alley routes, and a bad case of the jim-jams was the con--; quence. ganizing a trotting- circuit for fall and summer meitings. The meeting was attended by C.

11. Goodrich, of Neo-ho Falls; Tohn lt is s.iid it Perry Suep-ter, the ton-o- room. The difficulty grew, we believe, out rial ail. -t, went Mi-ion Thurs- of a misunderstanding regarding supper. One thing we have to comfort us, that is, that the nights are getting so king that it gives us considerable relief the sun cannot get in as much work in thirteen hours as it enn in sixteen.

Our old time citizen, John Collins, has got about as far away as lie can, unless he emigrates to the Fiji islands. He writes to us, "send my Ecluse to Hynipm, Washington Territory." You can take it for granded that A. Jackson is the boss stone mason in Parsons. He got another big job from Mr. Biggs.

Will commence this morning on the big foundation. Come and look at his woik. People are beginning to be a little saving of water around town. Unusual precaution P. Cone, of Chanute C.

A. Wilkin, of Os- i wego; E. S. Stovvall, of Columbus; A. P.

Riddle, of Girar and W. E. Winter, of i Fort Scott, and letters from the secretaries; of Neosho and Joplin, Missouri, and Mound City and Paolu, Kansas. The preliminary STABLE R. II.

Roper, of Matthewson, has brought action against IE II. Henderson, agent of the Memphis, Kansas Texas railway, for the payment of S25 which Roper alleges the said company owes him for work performed on the Neosho river bridge. The horse thief, C. P. Hamilton, arrested by Marshal Seltzer, for horse dealing, on last night in this city, was taken Tuesday before C.

N. Bacon, of Neosho county, plead guilty to the charge, and his bad was fixed at $500 he (the ihief) said The entire force of the bridge department of the Mo. Pacific have all been ordered into the shop, at this place, to work on water tanks. The exterme dry weather of the pa-t six weeks has made it impossible to get water at many places along the line, day and attended tli circus, and that while near the inonkev's c.i-'e he was mis- I taken by ll.e -how men for a large chacma that had occasioned them a great deal of! trouble, an 1 ihey seized him and attempted to teed him to he lions. Ilis friends, how- over, realied the mi -Uke sooner than the ed him from his perilous Our Sports Canglit a Tartar.

Tuesday a lad came riding into town on an old sway backed, spavined nag, hich, together with her rider, looked as though they belonged to almost any class in the world rather than the sporting fraternity, so seedy and jaded and ragged and hot were they. He was not long in getting a banter for a race, and our sporting townsman, Mr. Berclow, put in his fine race horse, while licrsss. Buxiies and Turacats 'of) an 1 in order to supply the demand water has to be drawn from locaities where it is ph. uty.

iff showmen, and relie situation upon burn -ide-." agreeing lo -have steps of a circuit was taken and will be completed in the future. Another meeting is to be held in this city at another time when all of the officers of the various fair associations will be present and a trotting society organized and to be governed in the main by the rule- of the National he could not give the security, and that if it could be done, he desired to be sent at The tost riii's Report savs the Mo. Pacific have closed Monday was the v111 birthd.iv ol our 1 out and dispensed with the privy at the de- and the t'o int y. should be used against fire; the grass is beginning to hs dry, so fire will run in it, and children should not be allowed to take any fire out. pal here, and that there is 110 wau to be cnpe.l l.ons memory.

However. im Mr once to the penitentiary at Leavenworth, where he knew he belonged. There arrived in the city on the M. P. passenger train from the east Tuesday, an had there, or scarce anv accommodations of 1 1 1 1 1 Garneau w.i.

alive to the occasion anv kind such as should be furnished at a i HORSES UOAHDKD AND iii'rni'. I i 1 i-oele ot i the sports around town iv.ade up a purse of forty dollars, which would have been made a good deal more, but the "knignt of the galled only had that amount. Louis II. Etzold, the representative of the A mill came off at the barber shop 011 I friends at the ice cream parlors old lady who claims to be one hundred Kansas City Evening Star, the liveliest pa DOUGLASS Si ISSION ES RANT 3 in staple and Fancy. T5 TT C3 Wrf ZzL ir.

A iJ CASH PAID FOll Potatoes, Butter, Eggs, I-VmlTrv and EXEKA Ph' 0 1) ITCE. In. Store with Wallace Co. depot here men an 1 women are liable to have to ait for hours. This strikes Us as being a very singular proceeding at a station here so many people get on anil olf of the two years old.

There is nothing peculiar Forest avenue Monday betw een lien liean and Pomp Brown that was the biggest oft the season. We understand that tlie ebony combattants were engaged in a little game of draiv, when some unpleasantness sprung i per published in Kansas City, is in the city in the interest of his paper. He has a bay window draped in mourning under his left eye, a sure indication that he represents a live newspaper. train as at Parsons. It strikes us that a la-t evenii.g to congratulate Mr.

Garneau, and it is to -ay that all were royally rnleri.ili'e 1, a- all who ever lasted the ice cream, cake and other delicacies thcr- can iv.idi'y te-tily. The cornet band was also in tendance, and made melody in honor of the ec.i-ion. Our fellows thought to make enough to pay for a few coolers at some of the "sea foam" stands, and imagined the boy would leave town much wiser though perhaps not quite as rich as he came. On being asked if they were not ashamed to take a poor tank of good ice water should be kept in the ladies setting room at least, and other such reasonable accommodations as humanity requires. up we do not exactly know what it was about maybe "Pomp" had some aces up regarding this, except the fact that she claimed that she had been robbed of her worldly possessions during the night hile sleeping in the waiting room at the depot, and in consequence thereof a few dimes were chipped in by the benevolent passengers to help her on her way.

She raised enough to get her to Chanute and left on the passenger train. If our memory serves us rightly, and we think it does, we his sleeve, and again he may have attempted to palm off a bob tail flush on Ben ba the latter made a "blufl" at him with a ra ISFACI'lOy GUARAXTh ED. S. LEDC, EUWOOD, Prod HOTEL On f'rawiorl Avenue- pa-l 'ot Uiaai. Twentv Rocms ail Neat and Gfea "FiVs-lKJliXHsCIlolOl.

Mrs. J. lleald swore oul a warrant Monday against Rebecca Jones (colored), for disorderly conduct and using profane lan- zor, when Pomp called him with a "full 1 hand of clubs" and sent Ben to grass. Ben got his pegs again and made another '-blurT' with his tonsorial dagger, when Pomp "call-j him again and exploded a pugilistic grenade plump on his smeller which re The eiartling information was received in the city thi- morning that Jas G. Bennett had been killed ami that hi- body was lying in the roaii near Labette City.

An Et I.IF-t: reporter jumped upon a sw. in saw-hor-e, and upon re.ichirg the scene of the killing ound the report to be true. He telegraphs the follow facts from South Mound and the full details will be found later. James Gonlen Bennett, the editor of New York Hersld, was riding along near Labette City, when near the farm ot V. Cooper he found a ci py of thedaily Sun and upon picking it up he read at the head of its editorial Column "the only newspaper in Parsons." boy's money that way, just because he lacked the sense to cope with such sharpers as they, they answered defiantly that they were not, they said they had to pay for their education, and this lad must pay for his.

On arriving at the ground the "kn'ght of the galled jade" took occasion to ask whether there were not any. there who wanted to do some side betting, but their sympathies were all eniited to such an extent that no side bets could be procured. In a race of three hundred yards old spavin stumbled out tv enty-five yards ahead. Our city ports came in from the track each by himself, and skulked away, but not one of them has heard a word about that horserace vet. duced it to rather less than the ordinary gauge, morning Alter a Itir and impartial hearing, Rebecca wa adjudged guilty as charged, and Ihe usual tine wa-, set dow opposite her name.

Not having the ready cash to liquidate- she was lodged in the calaboose. Tuesday morning Rebecca's shrieks and yells demonstrated that she had a lung power well adopted to camp meeting purposes she distinctly denied each and every allegation in plaintiffs information. Kifert. A little colored boy named C. Smith, who was employed in gathering slop about town, met with a most horrible death, last Saturday afternoon.

It appears that and the man who he was working for, were driving on Johnson avenue, and when near the brick yard of Dr. Ileacock, the team (a span of mules) became frightened, and in their endeavors to get away one of the slop barrels was thrown from the wagon. The proprietor of the team gave the lines to the boy to hoi while he got out to replace the barrel. While endeavoring to put the barrel in the wagon the team again tried to get away, and in the attempt the boy was thrown from the scat to the ground, falling under the hind heels of the mules, and before he could get out he was kicked so bad that he died from the effects of it ithin a half hour afterwards. African atitude of that organ.

Even this did not put Ben horz a'u combat he massed his forces, and charged ful have heard of this same old lady being robbed a number of times before, while laying around depots. Our temperance organisations here are like dry land sailors or soldiers in time of peace. In years heretofore you could meet scores of temperance men with blue badges on, and the societies ere running at least two nights iu a eek. There are some men here who must have received half their living from the services they performed for different teinperaifce societies. They wanted a prohibitory law, and they got it.

But where are the blue ribbons now We see none oi them, and with the most severe temperance law that was ever passed, they are as siient as the grave, hile it is being Mclaughlin, itp. Johnson Anii. .1. VV ABi S'liMX, on Pomps center razor in hand, when" the latter handed him a "squelcher" right over the left '-peeker," and following up this ad- vantage with grest dexterity, he planted two cr three beauties ell distributed over Bens African mug, which to tell the truth did not improve' its beauty a bit, through truths (ONsHJN.MELxXs The Eclipse land office has now the best bargain to offer in a farm that ca" be found in Kansas. tf Compells us to admit that it was not hand some to brag on before.

Pomp is a bad on Unman in a mill yABOKKRS- AND KAKMEKv BARBER SHOP Father lriesden, who has been pastor of the Catholte church in this city for the past four years, leaves this week for Chicago, where he will remain. During the time Father Driesden ha- discharged his pastotal dudes here he has not only become a universal favorite with his congragation, bnt with all who have known him, and we regret his departure. Father Rosa has been appointed to fill the place vacated by Father Driesden, and we predict that our Catholic church goers will be greatly pleased with him. All persons who desire first-class photos s'lould call on Sipple. Mr.

Cooper was slimbng close by and saw him smile. Something in that heading seemed to amu-e James, for he began to grin and then Irugh until the woods and fields resounded with one continuous roaring guffaw. He laughed one half hour, and then suddenly f. II from his hor.se. Mr.

Cooper approached, and discovered that he was dead, having busted a blood vessel. P. S. This is a lie. N.

B. Still, it is as near the truth as the Sun will ever come to being "the only news paper in Parsons." isatta Rooms. HILL FARM. Bodi Bt-in and Brow were taken before His Honor, ami pleaded guilty to a charge Sipple a crt'd when itt Wm Stempt will have his bath rooms ready on Saturday, Aug. 20th.

iw Don't fail to give need of Photos. violated right under their very noses. Now will ome one ansvver us one question where are the blue ribbons gone to, where, where? They were splendid on dress -parade, but when the lohg role was beat, they threw their blue ribbons away, and when the roar of battle was heard, they hid. OS IT LTHE EC1.IPSK OKHll WIU guaruutee It IS 21 bOH-iaza, of distuibing the peace and were ordered to contribute $5 and cost toward keeping up I on liamt full bltxxt the incidential expenses of the "machine of I justice. 1 POLAND CHINA HOGS, Wanted two fi.st class stone masons, Kone but first class workmen need apply.

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