Parsons Weekly Star from Parsons, Kansas • 1

KLY STAR WEE PARSONS 50 Cents a 2oar, Jfansas, July 5, 1398. Vol. 5. Tfo. 24.

Changed Quarters. Hubert McKee has accepted a posi We have deoidtui to issue the tion in the drug store of his brothci W. C. McKee. Star at Parsons hereafter, as we believe it to he to the interest, of B.

Morris has his new house on Crawford avenue and 16th street, al both publisher and reader. Tin most completed. LOCAL MENTION. Cherryvale will liolcl its old Soldiers' Beunion August 22 to 27. Wm.

Busby left last night on a business trip to Oklahoma. Chas. Unwell was reported yesterday to he much improved. Dr. (Jahriel returned to-day from a business rip to Topeka.

i 1 Piatt Bros, will furnish us with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Saylor are the Will 'Smith, of Chicago, and hi brother Percy, of St. Louis, after visit with their parents in this city, left Monday to return to their work, both being traveling men out of their respective cities. Hamlin Benjamin arrived in the city Saturday evening.

He obtained a leave of absence for eight clays, and returned Tuesday. He is now an orderly serjeant under Gen. Sanger, of the 3d Division, 1st Corps. They have been encamped at Chieamagua, but are under orders to leave this week for Santiago. Hamlin is becoming ac Labette correspondence so our Labette readers will lose nothing by proud parents of a nine pound boy born to them Tuesday.

the change as "they will get the Miss Louise Hopkins, of Klsmore paper at the same price. TTT iii is visiting the family of Mum ell to-uay uu VV start out on our new career McClellan, in this city. a visit with friends in Indiana. with confidence, believing that Wm. Busby returned Tursday from Miss Jemima Wolgnmoth returned there is a good opening for a live, Colorado, where he went to accompany to the soldier's life, and customed likes it.

independent local paper in Par the family a few days ago. today from a visit at Labette. P. Foster left Tuesday for UulTnlo N. Y.

Prof. J. J. Stockard, of Nevada Mo. sons, and are going to give you the best paper in Parsons at a nominal Look over the paper, notice representing the Cottey Female college Mrs.

A. 0. Wick left today for a visit was in the city Monday. Mrs. Nancy C.

Hull, aged 63 years, died yesterday, of dropsy, at her home, eight miles northeast of this city. The remains were buried today in Bethany cemetery. Her husband Wm. Hull died the first of last April, and its local news, correspondence, Miss Mabel Lusk and Mrs. B.

at Altamont. John Fitzgerald left to-day for Kldo rado Springs. then' subscribe. lieeme left Monday for visit of severa weeks with friends at St. Louis.

Mrs. A L. Taylor is very sick with him. well lioy Vrooman left Sunday night malarial fever. th.e wife did not long survive They were old settlers, and were known all over the country.

La Flore, I. where he will' spend a F. II. Brown returned fast night from a business trip toGirard. Pliny Blake and wife arrived to-day C.

II. Kimball left Monday night on couple of month's on the ranch. Ed. Shine and wife of St. Louis ai trom Columbus, for a visit with relatives.

riveu. in the city hunuav, tor a visit a business trip to Denver. The little child of Mr. and Mrs, Edgar Wells is very sick, W. B.

Warren was looking aft cm business at Weir City Tuesday. of a month with their parents. Bran AVeaver, who has been running as extra gateman, has taken a Jay oft Miss Mabel Parks, of St. Louis, arrived last Tuerday for a visit with Hank llice has just completed a fine the family of her uncle, J. W.

Dutton Mc re I in re ve in 1 1 ts. fhe Interstate Mortgage Trust has decided to make its new building on Forrest avenue, two stories instead of one, as was at first intended. The foundation was completed to-day and work commenced on the walls. George Haynes will also add another story to his laundry building, all of which will greatly improve the appearance of that part of Forrest avenue. The colored people of Parsons are new house on west Corning avenue.

llev. Hugh McHirney left Monday for an outing of a month in Colorado. arranging for a big Emancipation Postoilice Inspector Sullivan was in celebration to take place Sept. 22d. John Smith, Simon Saddler, Mrs.

W. Peak and Mrs. K. O. Harris, of Mc and gone to St.

Louis, where he may decide to stay. J. F. Kockafeller, of Huntington, Inch, a former resident of Parsons, was looking after his property interests in the city Tuesday. The street department has been making good use of the grader for the past week, much to the benefit of several of the streets of the city.

J. M. Beynold has purchased the property on the corner of 17th street Cune, were visitors in the city Tuesday Miss Etta Uurnette returned Wed nesday from a fisit at Nevada, Mo. The Parsons Creamery Wednesday shipped 1000 pounds of but ter to llarpei and Crawfonl avenue, and will im Advertised Letters. There are advertised letters in the postollice for Wade Anderson, John Andrews, Mrs.

T. S. Baldwin, Jessie L. Beery, James Berry, J. B.

Case, Ohas. Clans, (2), Mrs. Tacy Green, Miss Nellie Hickes, O. L. llickey, Miss Nellie 10.

Miller, Mrs Klizcie Miller, H. J. Paw-ley, Mrs. A. G.

Peck, Ella Sawyers, Rachael T. Speakman, M. Frank Williams, Tom Wining, L. H. Wood.

Postal cards remain uncalled for, for prove and occupy it as a residence. Co. Pittsburg, Kas. The building which was located on Johnson and 18th street, has been Mrs. C.

M. Ilammill, one of the sales ladies of Elerick's has gone to in for a visit with friends. moved to a lot near the stand pipe, and is being nicely fitted up for a dwelling house. H. II.

Graham is visiting friends at Miss Jennie Billingsley, Photo Novelty Ottawa, and Hank Rice is running Mrs. Carl Vrooman left Sunday night Capt C. H. Terry. his wagonette for him during his ab for Kansas City, where she will meet sence.

the city Tuesday. Mrs. II. (i. Harris left Tuesday for a visit with friends at Kansas City.

IS. B. Stevens returned Tuesday from a business trip to Kansas City. Miss Alice Iden went to Chanute Wednesday for a visit with friends. Mrs.

Ida Karr and Miss Lottie returned to-day from a visit with relatives at Kansas City. Claude Kennedy has completed his new house on north Central avenue, and will move into it in a few days. Mrs. 11. A.

DeLninbert and children left yesterday for a visit with friends at JiuMarpe, Kan. G. W. Hawk, K. A.

Bodwell and Joe Bing took a business trip to Pittsburg to-day. Mrs. AVill Wood went to Erie to-day called there by the serious illness of her uncle Wm. March. Mrs.

Chas. Wirth and Miss'Tate McElroy left to-day for a visit with friends at Salina, Kas. John Talbot returned Monday from Ohama, where he took in the exposition. Butler, the colored porter on the Katy, left Tuesday night for Topeka to Into the Hands of altecciver. Frank Wharton, who has been trav her husband and together they will go to Colorado Springs to spend the balance of the summer.

eling for the Milwaukee Binder has gone on the road for the G. A. Dennis Music house of this cit Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steel drove over to Parsons yesterday, taking to her A new flagstone walk is being laid in lome their neice, Miss Myrtle Curby, front of the Model, greatly to the improvement of the appearance of that who has been their guest the past week.

Neodesha ltegister (Monday.) corner. On Monday evening, July 18th, the adies of the city will serve icecream Miss Clara Boyd, of Kanssa City, ar rived Monday for a visit with on the lawn of the second ward school the family of her brother, Dr. F. 0. building, for the benefit of the Home Boyd.

of the Friendless. July 7th F. Foster, representing-Wm. T. Tingee, of New York City, commenced suit in the district court of Labette county for the collection of a.

note for $10000, held by him, against the Parsons Jjight and Heat Co. 8th C. 0. Workman was appointed receiver for the company, taking possess-r ion Monday, and vvill.conduct its affairs until the pending litigation is settled, which will probably not be until "the' fall term of court. Just what changes, if any, will be made in the management of the plant has not yet been determined but it is thought that the plant will continue to be run as usual.

Tli Courts. T. W. Floyd was arrested yesterday by Policeman Wes Hudson," charged with disturbing the peace. He will be tried in police court at one o'clock to-morrow.

J. N. Moore, of Paul's Valley, I. 1, and Jennie LaRue, of Warrensburg, were married in Justice Scott's Maurice Davis has sold his house on and Homer Foreman, formerly of this city, are with the fith Ohio Vol- east Appleton avenue, and it is being moved to the west part of the. city, unteers, which arrived at Santiago this week.

Ie will at once build a large new residence in its place. Mrs. W. N. Barrows, after spending Business is so quiet in the justices courts in this city, that they are talking of closing up their offices and several months with her husband, left Tuesday for a short visit with friends in Chicago, after which she will return to ler home at Attica, N.

Y. Miss WealthaElerick left Tuesday for a visit with relatives at Centerville, Iowa. Wm.lloush left Tuesday for Eldorado Springs, for a few days of rest and recuperation. Delbert Morning has accepted a position as assistant butter maker at the creamery. John Fitzjerald returned Saturday night from a trip through Oklahoma and Colorado.

The excavation for the Edwards, Cimball, Workman building has been Hon. C. H. Kimball was taken suddenly sick the other night and was unable to go to Denver as he intended. He was out again yesterday.

John Sipple this morning set the stakes for the foundation for a large new house on the lot just west of his residence on east Johnson avenue. completed and work was commenced on the foundation yesterday. The court this morning. Yesterday A. Lusk, Hattie Lusk, John Lusk, and Henry Lusk were arrested for disturbing the peace, and will be tried in Justice Scott's court at one o'clock Saturday.

pists for the building are on the ground, and the work will be completed as rapidly as possible..