Southern Kansas Journal and Land Buyers Guide from Coffeyville, Kansas • 5

1 I 1 Tmr Tn a xt i -i Atnit at a ktt- a T- t- t- i i t-i ouiriCirtiN ivaindao uvreiN al ainu lain Duic-no uuiud. SECRET SOCIETIES. eoiis gontlemon. This bank has the confidence of evory man in tho com- erics is the admiration of all who visit this magnificent establishment. Hero you cad buy anything from a needlo to a reaper.

Tho next is iho house of Mathews inanity, and is altogether sound and trustworthy. The First National Bank, of Cof fey vi I lo, has a financial standing that is beyond question. At (ho head of this institution is Th8. G. Ayres, as president, ably sec onded by the efficient and accommo dating Thos.

Scurr, as Cashier. fliey do banking in all its branches, sas with limie givtsses, tho idea bus steadily grown that orchard grass is tho best and most useful grass, and that in mixed pastures and mowing ground, orchard grass and red clover have a permanent position, in Kansas, as firmly as that held by timothy and clover farther east. Here, timothy, though uncertain, frequently has given a largo yield ot valuable hay, but it suffers from dry weather and insects, particularly chinch bugs, and it gives no pasturage worth mentioning. Kentucky blue-grass is a peisitent grower in Kansas under almost every circumstance of climate and soil. It will, in time, drivo almost evry other sort trorn tho soil in which it gets a foothold.

Notwithstanding these good qualities, it is, except for lawns, ol little use to Kansas farmers, for the reason that it yields no hay, and the amount of pasture yielded by it is inconsiderable. We shall take pleasure for the benefit ol our farmer friends, to refer hereafter to what kind of grasses will thrive best in this latitude, and the best mode ot proprogating and perpetuating tho same. Granger. SLOSSON'S BUILDING. This is a nut.

nf the first tirir-k hiiiiilincr ereeterl in fVffi vvi I In. Tt was nut tin ill and aro' sociable gentlemen and aro receiving a share of the business. Tho Gato City Grocery is owned by Davis Glass, and they keep on hand at nil times, a well selocted stock of Groceries and Quecnsware. Messrs. Boot hby Judy aro in the Drug and Paint business and none aro more genial in their business transactions than these substantial gentlemen, who exercise the greatest care in the performance of matters connected with their lino, Messrs Raramel Brothers, two enterprising young men, are also engaged in the salo of Drugs and Paints, and thoy have one of the neateBt and most attractive stores in the city.

They are deservedly popular and are doing an excellent business. Messrs. J. J. and G.

I. Barndollar occupy one ol the largest brick buildings in our city. Thoy are what is termed General Merchants and their spacious and elegant building is filled with a complete stock of goods from top to bottom, and the immense trade they are doing is evidence of the popularity of this firm. They aro old settlers here and enjoy a largo trade with several tribes in tho Indian Nation. Messrs.

Robertson Beaty are in tho Grocery and Feed lino, and thoy may be classed as a firm that succeeds because they are devoted to their business and aro willing to accommodate and try to please their customers. Concluded on Sixth Page. TAME GRASSES. From The Coffeyvillo Journal. From time to time wo have called the attention of our farmers and stock raisers to tho great benefit of shelter, and the temperature of water given to cattle, as beef and milk producing factors.

We wish to direct tho attention of our farming readers to another important fact, as an clement of economy and wealth. Wo refer to tame grasses. Quite a number of our wide awako farmers and stockmen have been convinced of the necessity of substituting tame grasses for our dry and unnutritious native grass. Perhaps tho most encouraging fact in connection with tho recent great agricultural development of our State, is tho gradual and successiul substitution of tho cultivated grasses and clover for the failing wild grasses. For a long distance west of the Missouri river, fields of grass and clover aro common, and every year adds enormously.

The "tame grass question," which a few years ago was regarded by Kansas farmers as a problem of some doubtful issue, is now as gonorally considered settled in favor of the great usefulness and entire practicability of a considerable and increasing lisf, of grasses and clovers. That this tame grass idea will, with the practices underlying it, get a steady expansion in agriculture of the State, thus clearing our farms of their foulness, increasing their fertility and productiveness, and adding to their beauty, no one at all familiar with the facts can doubt. Then tho, kinds of grasses to grow is an important matter to our farming com munity. The kind of grasses and clovers grown in the latitude of Kansas, cast of the Missouri river, may generally, but not always, bo grown profitably in the same latitude west of the Missouri river. As you pass, or come westward, from the eastern boundary ot tho State, tho rapidly increasing altitude and variableness of the climato are obstacles in the way of the successful cultivation of many familiar Eastern sorts; so tbat the facts ot experience observed along the eastern border can not be applied successfully in the central and western portions of the State.

In general it may be said that no grass or clover can bo permanently successful in Kansas, tbat has not the ability to withstand high temperatures and drouth, as well as severe froezing. Id tho courso of experience of a large number of the best farmers ot Kan KNIOIITS OF LA HO II. meow evory mum-day evenlntr. VlHUInsr momliors in (mod Standing M. W.

Bickkt, Boo. C0FFEYV1M-K POST, No. G. A. It Hoirulnr mootlniw tho second and fourth Saturdays in each month.

All comrades in oodBtand.ng.conl.anyi.nMt H. L. Sthouoit, Adjutant. COFFKYVIMTC LODflK, No. KM1.

KnUrlits of Honor. Meets on tho wieond and fourth Thursdays of every month. All vlsltinfr brethren In good stand Inn aro cordially Invited to attend. F. H.

VENNUJf, Dictator. M. M. Thaykb, Hoportor. TAR LODGE, No.

117, I. 0. 0. tVaft F. meets overy Tuesday night.

0W -All members In good sUindlnK aro H. L. BTltOUGH, N. 0. J.

Butlsh, Bocrotury. TTEimifiBTfl T.nnOR No 80. K. of P. Regular convention every Mon- sjuay nluht.

A coruiai lnviiauuu in c-tended to all visiting brethron in good standing. W. H. LEWABK. C.

C. C. S.Pmxet,K.H. XT EYSTONE LODGE, No. 103, F.

IV i monta nn the nrst and third Saturdays In each month. All Master Masons in goou buuiuu cordially invited to attond. Hall over J. 8. LAN0, Soc'y, CHURCHES.

2 IATH0LI0 services second Sunday of each month, by liov. attier pciiuib. APT1ST services every Sunday at 11 in. Bunuayscnomui, L.J. Dyke, Pastor.

PRESBYTERIAN services every Sabbath at the usual hour. Sunday school at m. and prayor meeting on Wednesday evening of each week. W. 1.

Chambeklain, Pastor. CHRISTIAN Services every Sunday at 11 a. m. Preaching on the second and fourth Sunday of each month in the morning and evening. Sunday School at 8:30 p.

m. Jofx Diu-on, Pastor. UNION (Colored) Baptist services every fourth Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.

in. Class meeting at beginning of morning services. Prayer mooting every Thursday cvon-lng, Sunday school at 2 o'clock p. in. StT'PISCOPAL services overy Sunday niorn-4JJ lng at 11 o'clock, and evening Sac-mncnt the last Sunday morning of each month.

Sunday school at 0:45 n. m. Everybody invited to attend and participate in the services. J. M.Kan kin Rector.

FRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Pub-Hc services every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.

Class meeting at 10 m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. Sunday school ut 3 p. Everybody invited to attend. 8.

H. Barken, Pastor. METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Public services every Sunday at 10:30 a. m.

and 7:00 p. in. Classmeetlng at the close of the morning service. Prayer meoting every Thursday evening. The saorament of the Lord's supper the first Sunday morning of each month.

Sunday school at 2 :30 p. m. AH are invited to attend. H. McBirney, Pastor.

SOUTHERN KANSAS JOURNAL And Land Buyer's Guide. MONTHLY EDITION. COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS. ELLIOTT KOSSEIt Phopkietohs. ED.

A. KOSSEIt Editor. COFFEYVILLE INSTITUTIONS. In another column wu have given a brio! description ol our county and tho many advantages it oflers for those seeking homes, and also to those desiring to make a profitable and safe investment. Nevertheless we have But feebly expressed the many truths that might bo told.

It is not unusual to seo on the streets and alloys of our city, from one hundred, to one hundred Jand twenty teams, and the owners thereof, with their wives making pur-chases in our elegant business houses, after selling their corn and wheat to out many mills. Two these mills are water mills. One is operated by Messrs. Soldomridgo Gharst, with a capacity of fifty barrels per day. The' do good work and are honorable men in their dealings.

The other water mill is operated by Messrs. Ferguson Lemon, and bus recently been fitted np with all the modern improvements and does most exccllont work. It has a capacity of one hundred barrels per da. The proprietors aro prompt and reliable in allot their transactions. Our steam mill and Elevator is operated by R.

C. Gris-hm, one ol thoso practical men who know how to run a flour mill to make good flour, and do tho square thing by all their customers. Tho capacity of this mill is sixty-five bar-rols of flour and sevont5'-tive barrels of meal per day. It is a fully equipped new process mill, with all the modern machinery. We have the Bank of C.

M. Condon doing a good business with gontlemen of abundant wealth aa its backers. Mr. C. Carpenter, one tho proprietors, and Mr.

C. M. Ball, Cashier, are polite and court- Adnnison, and in tho language of the day, thoy aro "rustlers." They not only how to buy, but know how to sell, too. They have a full line of stock and are kept busy. Across the alley on the other corner, is the Drug Store of Messrs.

Store and the second story by a Printing George Slosson who are engaged in the wholesale and retail trade. Tho owners and managers of this house aro professionals, and their gonial manner, in their dealings with their customers, makes them deservedly popular. Next door to this is the extensive furniture establishment of Messrs. Lape, and tho only one in this line in the city. They carry a largo and fine assortment of goods of all shades and grades, at wonderlul low prices.

Tho firm of Boswell are doing a general merchandising trade, and aro excellent business men, with a complete Btock of goods and a liberal patronage. On. the next corner. south of the last named house, is tho fine brick building of Read Brothers, who aro doing a general merchandizing business. Their elegant stock of goods is so first two tory structures erected for business occupied as a flour and feed store and shoe brick, nud of the most substantial character.

arranged in their spacious building as lo give evidence of tact and taste, and that master hands preside therein. They enjoy a very large Indian trade from tho Nation. In tho next block south, is Messrs. Bump Bump, who do quite an extensive grocory trade. Mr.

J. S. H. Bump, the paler familias of the establishment, is one of the old settlers here, and is a straight forward, honerable business man, to which his numerous customers will readily testify. Mr.

M. M. Gould comes in next, with his wholesale and retail establishment for dispensing Drugs and Liquors. He is well supplied in these lines. Messrs.

Heathfiold Snyder are in the Drug business a Coffeyville Condensed. Tin shop. Six hotels. 2,500 souls. No snloons.

Two brinks. Six lawyers. Pretty girls. Good wood. Solid streets.

Onn laundry. Good society. El'Ctric light. Stock denlers. Two jewelers.

Excellent coal. Noble women. Good drniniige. Miisonic Lodge. Wsgon makers.

Splendid water. One hook store. One bruss band. Two gunsmiths. Three railroads.

One sin am mill. One undertaker. Live merchants. One high icliool. Fivo restaurants.

Fire drug stores. Two water mills. One opera house. Good pavements. Wholesome laws.

Healthy location. Four feed stables. Plenty of doctors. Lodge of K. of P.

One privato bank. Lodgo of K. of II. Two dealors in ice. Two lumber yards.

One choral society. An empty lock-up. A substantial town. Threo barber shops. Busy business men.

One furniture store, A dull police court. One Baptist church. Gallant young men. Odd-Fi llows Lodge. Six SuniUy Schools.

Five mails each day. Post of tho G. A. R. Eight graded schools.

Ono Catholic church. Enterprising citizens. Assembly of K. of L. Three butcher shops.

Threo printing offices. One pension attorney. Ono Christian church. Three music touchers. Cattle and bog buyers.

Three hardware stores. Five blacksmith shops. One free reading room. Three telegraph offices. Four implement stores.

Room for home-seekers. One veternary surgeon. Three shoemaker shops. Carpenters and builders. Three handsome depots.

One Presbyterian church. Welcome (or now comers. Numerous house painters. One pressed brick factory. Three flour and feed stores.

One florist and green house. One Colored Baptist church. Four Millinery establishments. Ono Colored Methodist church. No cases on the criminal docket Several dealers in confectionery.

One Methodist Episcopal church. One Protestant Episcopal church. Plenty of private boarding house. One Young Men's Christian Atsociat)! 1880. The first floor is occupied by a Dnir Office, Land Agency and City Offices.

and the best of security is afforded to funds intrusted to their -care. People from abroad desiring to do business with this firm, will find them prompt and reliable. The bank is doing an exceedingly good and safe business. Mr. II.

II. Isham, one of our most prominent business men and retired merchants, is doing a banking business, and is a gentleman of unbound ed integrity and superior business qualifications. His place of business is tho large brick building partly occupied by Mr. John T. Isham, in the hardware irade, and is one the beBt lurnished establishments in that line to be found in Southern and South Eastern Kansas.

Messrs. A. P. Boswell are in the hardware line too, with a full lino of stock, and by their affable dealing with their customers, are The above cut represents one of the purposes in Cofleyvllle, Kansas. It is now shop.

Our Bank buildings are all built of meriting tho largo patronage thoy have. Mr. C. W. Munn is also in the hardware, tinsmith and stove business, and with his full line of all kinds of hardware, tin and stoves gets his full 6hare of the patronage, all of which he deserves.

J. N. Ashby Son, carry a general line of tin wares, and make repairing a specialty. Tho Clothing House of Mr. G.

VV. Semmons, is managed by Mr. Harry Joseph, an experienced and reliable goitleman, who has named his place so appropriately, "The Famous." This brings us to the mammoth business house of the Messrs. Wells Brothers, whose buildings cover a frontage of Ally feet, running the full length of their lots back. Their immense stock of dry goods and groc- OLD ELDRIDGE BANK..