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ill TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. PARSONS, KANSAS, THURSDAY, J2, 1883. VOLUME XII 1. NUMBER 1- RAILROAD RACKET. Nothing doing now in the matrimonial THE LOCAL SCRAP-BAG.

An experimental trip baa been made on tho Denver St Rio Grande to ascertain whether a rate of speed can be obtained on a narrow guage railroad to correspond with that on broad guages. Yesterday' afternoon George Stauter, a baka employed in the bakery of William Wilson, on Johnson avenue, fthet himself in the left breast, the ball passing through the lungs above the heart and lodging under tho left shoulder blade. For a week past Stauter, who rooms at his brother's on East Stevens avenue, had been sick with malarial fever and a part of that time confined to hisbod. Yesterday, while no one was about, ho arose, went to his brother's room and took a No. 38 revolver from' under tho pillow.

Returning to his own room he went to bed and deliberately shot himself. Medical aid waa at once summoned and bo will likely recover. He is a brother of Daniel Stauter, who keeps a barber shop on Forest avenue, and has been in town about aix weeks. On Monday night a Philip Gonimet, a Gertnan farmer residing six miles northeast of the city, was driving to town, accompanied by his twelve-year-old son, the horse became frightened at some loose planks in the Johnson avenue brklgo, across the IjtlM-tte, and began to back. Before Oominet was aware of it the buggy had left the bridge and in another moment they all tumbled over the steep bank nt the south side of the eastern approach to the bridge.

Gomntut soon rose to his feet and found his son uninjured and under the They then released the horse from the vehicle and came at once to town. Gommet received quite a serious, though not a dangerous wound, altove the right eye. following officers, elected to serve the ensuing term, were installed by the UW Fellows on Tne.ubiy hiidit: 'William Kalkbreinitr, uolile M- It. Mason, Vice grand; A. II.

McClenry, secretary; Georgo K. treasurer; H. C. Kinney, warden; S. J.

Ijunlicrt, conductor; T. B. J. Wheat inside guardian; F. L.

Outlor, right supporter to noble grand; A. M. Sourbeer, left supporter to noblo grand; C. 8. Thurston, right supporter to vice grand; W.

R. Harr, left supporter to vice grand; A. M. Kourboer, representative to grand lodge. Hugh Dagen, a section hand who figured in police circles last week as Seward.Akin', the man being so drunk that it was impossible to tell his real name by his own pronunciation of it, was sent to the rock pile by Justice Part On Friday night as E.

C. Ward was on his way home John Berry, a colored man, stole up behind and struck him in the back of the head with a club, knocking him to the ground. The negro ran away before his victim could gain his feet. Ward's head was quite seriously cut and hi face somewhat bruised. Berry is the son of Dorcas Berry, the woman who recently had Ward prosecuted for an alleged assault, and two or three weeks ago he threatened to take revenge on him.

A warrant was issued yesterday for Berry's arrest, but as the officers have not been able to find him it is surmised that he has skipped the town. S. A. Biggs has a cow which appears to be rabid. Yesterday morning when the girl went out to do her milking the cow knocked her to the ground.

Mr. Biggs went to tho girl's rescue, but had to retreat, the cow pursuing him as far as her lariat would allow. The cow then broke her rope to chase a calf that happened to come in sight, and as soon as the calf disappeared began charging on a clump of bushes at the side of the street. The animal was finally confined in the stock yards southeast of town, where she now is. John E.

Welch, of Boonville, was in the city las week and made arrangements with Lee Clark for the erection of a two-story building, 35x30 feet, on the corner of 18th street and Washington avenue for the purpose' establishing a carriage manufactory here which will give constant employment to from eight to ten men. Seward Akin, a section man from the Indian Territory, was fined yesterday by Justice Partridge for a plain drunk enjoyed on Friday. He paid up and was discharged. Later in the day he bowled up and was so howling drunk by evening that Marshal Smith shut him up in the calaboose again. Mrs.

G. W. Hawk, Mrs. H. C.

Squires, Mrs. J. R. Brown, Mrs. Joe Bing, Miss Hattie Bing, Misses Mary and Jessie rover, Miss Nellie Cunningham and Miss Ella Talbot passed yesterday in fishing on tho classic banks of the Labette, near Ladore.

The case of Howard Coplen for selling liquor as barkeeper at the Abbott House, which was set for trial before Justice Partridge yesterday, was dismissed by Deputy County Attorney Tyler, the defendant paying the costs, $83. There have been two or three incipient rows on Johnson avenue the past day or two which appear to have been too much for the police, no arrests having been made, though one was attempted yesterday afternoon. Horse thieves seem to bo getting, in their work throughout the state. Not a day passes but City Marshal Smith is In receipt of a postal card to look out for some thief that has stolen a horse or mule. The foundation of the new Masonic temple, in course of erection on the corner of Central and Washington avenues, is completed and the laying of brick will be commenced in a few days M.

L. Ohler, a farmer living nipe miles northwest of town, received yesterday by express from Hagarstown, a fine Poland China boar pig weighing ninety pounds. J. J. Uzzell, the new principal of the west side public school building, has purchased of Sarah E.

Patterson lot 4 in block 13 for $1,035, and will occupy the house thereon as a residence. Dr. Davison is preparing a paper on the descriptive goology of South Park, Colorado, to be read at the next meeting of the Scientific Association. The basement under the office of the Adams Express company is being fitted up as a central office and storeroom for the gas works. C.

G. Wallace yesterday purchased the line. L. D. Philibert left yesterday afternoon for a visit to SU Louis.

M. H. Hoffman has closed his fruit and confectionery store. Very few big snake stories have been reported thus far in this section. Miss Theo Emery is enjoying a visit from a couple of young lady cousins from Iowa.

W. K. McManigal, a dentist from Ne braska, is in town with the view of lo cating here. A. G.

Ratliff is adding an to the tenement house he recently purchased of Andrew Ryan. W. H. Deardoff is making an addi tion to his farm residence, two miles west of the city. A.

G. Harper has sold his quarter sec tion farm nine miles northwest of town for ten dollars an acre. The small boy is in his glory now, the water in the streams being the right temperature for bathing. G. T.

Frybach is surrounding his resi dence in the northwest quarter of the city with a neat picket fence. John Johnson, a farmer living three miles northeast of town, is building a stone milkhouso on his place. S. B. Abbott will return to Springfield, to-day, accompanied by his family, where he will reside in the future.

A. Kalbaugh has purchased the cottage house on west Forest avenue recently erected by Mrs. Jennie B. Gooding. R.

H. Patrick returned to the city Sunday afternoon, after an absence of some four months in southwest Missouri. An infant child of Thomas McCor-mick died on Monday and was buried Tuesday in the Catholic cemetery at Ladore. Ed Foyle is building an addition to his barn and making other improvements on his farm five miles west of town. C.

D. Palmer's new residence on East Washington avenue is enclosed and he expects to be able to occupy it early in August. Dora Williams, the bawd, who figured in tlie police court some two weeks ago, is now running a house in Pittsburg, Crawford county. Noble Thomas, a farmer residing six miles south of -town, is preparing to erect a substantial and commodious residence on his place. John Howe is making arrangements to build a now dwelling house on the lot west of bis present residence on Johnson avenue, between 15th and 10th streets.

Mrs. W. W. Warner, who lias been visiting in the eity for several weeks, returned to her home at Gibson station, in the Indian Territory, yesterday morning. A.

M. Taylor will remove with his family to Springfield, where be intends to open a ooal office, George L. Nellis taking charge of his business here. C. H.

Schilling, has rented Judge Coulter's ew luauo on tho north side of Washington RVnJyeast of 10th street, and will with bis family in a few days, J. B. DexUrt who in company with his wife went to Colorado some months ago with the view of bettering his health, has returned, and thinks the trip did him some good. Invitations are for twenty-fifth anniversary, on-ailwri wedding, of Mr. and Mrs.

J. wUieU will be celebrated at theft; home oa east Forest avenue to-morrow evening. The sons of Dr. whose house at Montana was recently burned in consequence of "a kerosene lamp left for a few minutes, in, tyie garret, were in town yesterday purchasing lumber for a new dwelling. Rev.

R. Talbot, rector of the Episcopal phureb in this eity, but for over ysar jresKHng in' Nebraska, with his family is in theeifcy-and will remain for several weeks, ttyiting his son, Richard, and old friends. In a month or so there will be a sale by the Adams Express Company here of various articles that have accumulated in the office, including several guns, valises, trunks, boxes and packages, which have never been taken from the office. The National Mills, which have been undergoing a thorough overhauling the past two months, commenced running yesterday under the new roller system, which will them to turn out about a hundred and fifty liarrels of flour per day. About twenty men and boy are now at work in the south reservoir of the waterworks, breaking stone for the lining of the basin.

The earthwork of the north reservoir has been completed, and the dam will be finished as soon as the necessary stone for the north basin can be transported. The tin roof of the engine bouse is now in place and the work of painting the entire structure will begin in a day or two. A Budget of Items Picked up la Rail, way Circles. To-day is payday oa the Gulf road. Pacific Station Agent Eldis, of Fort Scott, did tho city yesterday.

Tho Fort Scott Wichita road was completed to Wichita last week. Train-Master Wagoner, of the raciQc, was in tho city yesterday interviewing the boys. J. G. Hammer, night operator at the Pacific dcj)t at Oswego, was in tho city yesterday.

The Pacific switch engiue at this point yesterday run over a dog and cut it in two in tho middle. The Union Pacific has shortened its freight time between Kamsas City and Ikmver forty-eight hours. Conductor Johnny Ifills, of the Pa cific, is laying off on account of sore eyes and Johnny Brown is running his train. Conductor W. K.

Maxwell, who has boen enjoying a lay-off for the past week, resumed his run oil tho Pacific last night. Pacific freight engine No. 01, which has been undergoing repairs at the Pacific shops at this point, was turned out yesterday. Conductor B. B.

Brown is resting up and John Farr is performing Ben's duties on the Pacific between Denison and this point. A largo amount of stock has been going north -on the Pacific road during the past week, a considerable port ion of it stopping here to feed. Vine Palmer, brakeinuu on Conductor 'Chick" Warner's train, lietwecii this point and Donison, is confined to his room here by sickness. Guy Wadham, brother of 'Gone, has been appointed day attendant at the lunch stand at tho Paciflo depot hero and began work yesterday. J.

F. Foley, of Springfield, is now night traindispatcher for the Pa' cine at this point, in placo of Fred Do Garmo, who locontly resigned. There is a movement on foot to induce tho officers of the Gulf road to organize an excursion to Memphis as soon as the road is completed to that point. There is a man In towav whose lathee was among the first conductors on one of the earliest railroads iu this country, between Philadelphia and Cumberland, Pa. During the month of June tho Pacific shipped fibm this point forty-four cars of merchandise, against nine ears shipped during the corresponding mouth of last year.

D. W. C. Perry yesterday assumed the duties of his now position as division superintendent of tho Paciflo and the office will bo removed from Sedalia to this point sometime this week. V.

A. Hoyt, an old-time K. Si T. freight conductor, but now running a train on the 'Frisco road between Paciflo and Dixon, is in the city shaking hands with his old friends. J.

B. Wilson, of our city and now a real estate agent, was one of the first coud uc tors on the Indianapolis Si Terre Haute rond in 1853, and continued to run a' passenger train on that lino for funeral years. Pacific engine No. 45, which it will be remembered was ditched at the stockyards nt this point some months ago and run into tho shops here for repuirs, was turned eut yesterday after a thorough overhauling. A deaf man, who was walking on the Pacific track, tamo near Iieing run over yesterday noon just north of Johnson avenue by passenger train No.

153,. escaping only by the instant application of the air brake on the part of the engi-ner. Conductor Jack Patterson, of the Pacific, is reported quite ill. Ho laid off last week expecting to make a visit to friends in New Jersey, accompanied by his wife. His visit will bo postponed until he recovers front his present indisposition.

Yesterday at the Pacifio shops here, while a machinit named Lindorfe was at work clipping a ftieeat of steel the burs flew from the chisel and struck his left hand, between the thumb and forefinger, causing a deep ami severe wound, sufficient to lay him off for some days. French railroad employes make a very numerous body in proportion to the length of tho railroads, there Iieing at the close of last year 174,893. As there are but 10,000 miles of road this gives over twelve iiersons per mile of road, against 4.8 persons in this country by the census of 1880. A single French company, the Paris, Lyons Si Mediterranean, with about 8,783 miles of road, hud 51,538 employes, and tho Orleans company lias thirty-one employes per mile of road. Of the whole number of railroad employes in France 14,003 (7 per cent) were women, and on one line 13 per cent, were women.

Otitis and Ends of News and Goaslp Picked Up Here and There ly "Sail Reporters. The days are getting shorter. The festive burglar continues to make himself at home. The physicians predict much trouble from Hux this summer. There was a blind fiddler from Indianapolis in town yesterday.

Blackberries and tomatoes are becoming plenty in the market. Miss Fannie Dana, of Fort Scott, is visiting Miss Katie Brannan. Dr. Woodson, who has been quite ill for the past week, is convalescent. Z.

I. Sipple has purchased N. Durand's three Norman stallions for $4,500. Miss Hattie Barnes, of Osage Mission, was visiting friends in the city yesterday. O.

T. Cavanagh and wife have gone to Geuda Springs to -pass the heated term. J. H. Jewell is making an addition to his farm residence five miles south of town.

N. G. KnitTin, of Gainsville, Texas, is in the city visiting his brother, S. W. Kniflin.

'Chick" Warner has just built a neat portico to the front of his residence on east Morgan avenue. Mrs. W. II. Ward and son, of Chicago, are visiting in the city, the guests of E.

C. Ward and family. Christopher Apich is building an addition to his dwelling house on East Washington avenue. Mrs. Sarah Manners, wife of Frances M.

Manners, a farmer living six miles east of town, died yesterday. A. J. Maxwell left last Friday for Eureka Springs, where he contemplates remaining for several months. E.

C. Ward and O. L. McLean are "moving into the room over the postoffice recently vacated by T. C.

Cory. People aro lieginuing to recover gradually from tho effects of the 4th and the firecracker fiend has vanished. W. C. Morley is building a store house on his farm, three miles west of town, for the storage of vegetables and produce.

The first of August, or Emancipation Day, will be observed by the colored PfPlfi-fif this community by picnics and festivals. M. II. Foss has purchased lots in E. B.

Stevens' addition on east Morgan avenue and will build a comfortable residence the coming fall. A child of Mrs. Henry Hazard died last Friday at the residence of Mrs. Lizzie Kellogg and was buried in Oakwood cemetery at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. S.

Morris Co. are making arrangements to extend their business and in a few days they will open another salesroom on tho second floor of the building now occupied by them. The foundation for the gas works, now in course of erection on the corner of 21st street and Morton avenue, is almost completed, and brick is now leing hauled to tho ground for the construction of the building. Sam Deardorff has closed his connection with tho Redwing Wagon Co. to make a five years' engagement with a similar establishment of Fon du Lac, and left for that point yesterday afternoon.

Prof. J. W. Richardson, principal of tho high school department of our pub lic schools, has removed to Neosho Falls and gone into the newspaper business, having purchased the Post, a weekly paper printed at that place. Herbert son of Henry "Wilson, died at his father's residence on Johnson avenue last Friday afternoon after an illness of only two days.

The funeral services, conducted by Rev. H. W. Chaffee, were held on Sunday at the M. E.

church. A few days ago Lewis Hoffman, of the firm of H. II. Hoffman struck his right eye with the end of a piece of wire while engaged at work in the shop, seriously cutting tho eye and causing total blindness for some hours. He will go to Kansas City in a day or two to consult a specialist.

On Thursday one of our livery stables hired a team to a woman of tender virtue, and later in the day having been led to suspect that something was wrong started in pursuit. Near the Neosho river the woman was met on her way home. She had gone to Columbus and returned without even watering the horses, which were thoroughly used up for the time. A span of mules belonging to one of tho teamsters engaged in hauling stone for A. O.

Brown's now building on the corner ot Central ami forest avenues narrowly escaped serious injury yesterday afternoon. In somo way they managed to back into E. II. Edwards' cellar and it was found necessary to remove the harness in order to get them out. Neither of the animals were much injured.

A theory has been held that only a moderate rate of speed could with safety be made over narrow guage roads, and it is a fact that trains on these roads are generally slower. Twenty miles an hour is considered a good rate for the narrow gaugo, while that would be slow for tho broad guage. But on the trial trip mentioned on the Denver line, for ty-six miles were made in fifty-nine minutes and the first half of the distance was run at the rate of nearly a mile a minute. Although this proves the ability to attain a rate of speed on such roads much faster than that usually ran, of course one trip proves nothing about the comparative safety of such a rate of going. A.

A. Talmage, general transporta tion manager of Gould's southwestern system, passed through the city last evening en route to Texas. He stopped and took a look through the shops. Tho St. Louis, Fort Scott St Wichita' road is now open from Fort Scott to Wichita, and tickets are now on sale at tho Pacifio depot here for that point.

Real Kstate Transfers. Angcll Matthewson St Co. report the following transfers of real estate re corded at tho office of tho register of deeds on Tuesday, July 10 Parsons Town Company to Christina Pllaumer, warranty deed, lots 10, 11 and 12, block 80, $300. I'arsons lown Company to Pllaiuner, warranty deed, lot 13, block 70, i'arsons, fuo. Stevens to A Hoyt, warranty deed, 4 lot block 109, Parsons, t'lias Fees and wife to John Mc-Cluro, warranty deed, lot 4, block 134, Parsons, $100.

Oliver Duck and wife to M. St Railway Company, warranty deed, tract in roc 7 town 81, range 20, $1. Daniel Barricklow and wife to Woodman, warranty deed, 100 feet off sido block 10, Felix St Kennedy's addition to Parsons, $000. Stevens and wife to Thomas Roberts, warranty deed, lots 21. 22.

23 and 24, block 22, Parsons, $1,800. John Bell to Burns, warranty deed, sec 17, town 83, range 19, $000. Patterson and husband to 1 U-xell," warranty deed, lot 12, block 4, Parsons, $1,025. Symmes and wife to Oook, warranty deed, see 88, town 84, rango 18, $3,000. Fisher to Grant, warranty deed, lots 7.

8 and 9. block 09. Parsons. $500. Lewis and wife to 8 Butler, warranty deed, a sec 15, town 84, range 19, $400.

8 Butler ami wife to Ellis, warranty deed, a 4 see 15, town 84, range 19, $1,000. A Hhrout and wife to Geo II Jackson, tract in i see 10, town 83, range 21, $500. Marquand to Felix Luc and, war- sons, $300. United States to Wm Ewell, patent, I see 3, town 83, range 17. Cook and wife to John A Kirby, warranty deed, w(nw i see 8, town 84, range 81, $1,500.

John Hhotliff and wife to Lottie Tib-als, warranty deed, lot in see 21, town 83, range 21, $170. Winter finds out what summer lays by." Kidney-Wort cures In Winter and in Summer. There is scarcely a person to be found who will not be greatly benefited by a thorough course of Kidney-Wort every spring. If you cannot prepare the dry buy the liquid. It has the same effect.

The Bad and Worthless am nover imitated at counterfeited. This is especially true of a family med-icinoand if is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As noon aa it had been tested and proves by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best and moat valuable family medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and people of the country bad expressed the merits of H. and in every way trying to induce suffering invalids ho use. tbeir stuff instead, make, money on the crenit of the name of HV B.

Many others starten nostrums pat np in similar style to IL with variously devieed names in which the word "Hop" or "nops" were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same aa Hop Bitters. All.sudh pretended remedies or euros, no matter what their stylo or name is, and especially those with the wotd or Hops" in their or in any way connected with them or their name, aro imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of gteen Hops on the white label.

Trust nothing else. Druggists and dealers are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits. "Little Joker" is the best smoking ridge yesterday, having spent all his money on a drunk on Monday, despite the fact that ho had been let out of the calaboose in the morning with a promise that he would leave town at once. Roltert Criehton, for tho past two years a clerk in the clothing house of S. Morris Si has severed his connection with the firm and, together with Frank Morton, son of F.

R. Morton, has rented seventy -six acres of ground just north of the city and will engage in raising vegetables and small fruits. The ease against C. F. Sterling for cutting Vineent Hildreth with a knifo at the fair ground two weeks ago was dismissed by Deputy County Attorney Tyler yesterday for want of evidence to prosecute.

Hildreth will bo tried for assault and buttery as soon as ho is able to apiear at court. De Forrest Smith, at ouo time clerk in G. Y. Smith St branch store here, but for the past two years stationed at Kansas City, arrived in the city yesterday morning and at once assumed the position of manager of the firm's branch store here, lately filled by J. F.

Clark. An addition is being, built to tlte frame building of E. II. Edwards on the comer of Belmont avenue am! lHlh street, tho foundation of which is now completed. 1 George Garrison has sold his residence on Kennedy avenue to Mrs.

Lytle, mother of Mrs. H. Keneubii rg; consideration, $455. Benton Abcrnathy is putting up a barn on his farm eight miles southwest of the city, now occupied by John Schumaker. County Commissioner Henderson returned from Oswego yesterday afternoon, the tioard having adjourned until the 23d inst.

The Rev. M. Wood, late of Ohio, will preach as a candidate in the Baptist church here next Sunday morning and evening. Tho work of laying the Mono sidewalk' from the Osage coal office to the Missouri Pacific depot was commenced yesterday. Mrs.

8. O. Fletcher returned yesterday from Fayette, where she has been visiting ber parents for several weeks. John Milligau, formerly with L. G.

Spellman, is now head salesman iu W. M. Nordyke's grocery. Mrs. 8.

Morris, accompanied by the children, leaven this morning for Chicago to pass tlte suiniucr. Lincoln Morris returned yesterday morning from a visit to Kansas City. J. Barnes is building a barn back of his residence on east Fellows avenue. Joe Ilenson, mine host of Karr's Hotel at Carthage, is doing the city.

Miss Whitman has closed the kindergarten school for the summer. Nellis house on east Corning avenue, at present occupied by C. H. Schilling, for $3,000. Quite a party of fishermen made arrangements last night to try their luck on the banks of Bachelor creek today.

Douglass Church, clerk at the Belmont House, was married the other day to Miss Carrie Hooper, of Osage Mission. Miss Joe Davidson, a former teacher in our public schools, is lying dangerously ill at Golden, New Mexico. J. C. Karr returned to the city yesterday, after an absence of several weeks in Iowa and Missouri.

F. A. Hoyt yesterday purchased of E. B. Stevens the east 100 feet of lot 0 in block 169.

Miss Fannie Graff, of Fort Soott, is in the city, the guest of Mrs. W. H. Morris. Travel is quite brisk just bow and our hotels are doing a thriving business.

A daughter was born to lift and Mrs. George Player last Saturday morning. A lecture by Beecher will be the next attraction at the opera house. There is a boy in town who baa two thumbs on his right hand. D.

Kelso returned yesterday- from Iowa..