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GOING OUT I USINESS! I HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE CORNING, AND TO DO THAT I SHALL CLOSE OUT MY ENTIRE STOCK OF Boots, Shoes, Clothing and Hats at prices that will move them at once. A visit to myVstore will convince you that everything goes. Bargains in every line. My spring stock was never as complete as now, and a visit to the big store is all I ask. My goods and prices will do the rest.

I have a few Overcoats that I am going to sell. What they cost cuts no figure; they must go at some price. Our MarzlufF Shoes for ladies and Florsheim's for men cannot be touched for style and quality anywhere, and At Prices that Are Come in now, while the stock is complete in every line. Shapely little Shoes for shapely little feet. I have all kinds of Children's Shoes at all prices.

The largest line and nobbiest styles in Men's Hats ever brought to Corning-. All the new shapes at prices that talk. This sale is strictly a cash sale and profits are not considered, as the one and only object is to move my stock as quickly as possible. W. A RARE OPPORTUNITY.

CORNING, IOWA Q. TIME-CARD. The following trains carry passengers and leave Corning as follows: GOING EAST. No. rasscrifror, daily No.

4, Passenjjer, dally 1:25 No, 2, Passenger, dally 12, Passengjir, dally 11:18 No. 92, Freight, dally exceptSunday. 1 :02 GOING" WEST. No. 11, Passenscr, dally.

a No. 5, Passenger, daily. No. 3, rassenger. daily 12:43 pm No.

Si, Freight, daily Q5 No. 83, Freight, daily Freight, dally except Sunday 8:10 a No. 81 carries passengers between Creston and Keti No. S3 carries passengers between Creston and Villlsca. No.

91 carries passengers to Pacific Junction. Tickets sold and baggage checked through to -all principal points Excess baggage ai and 2000 mile tickets on sale. All freight must bo removed on arrival. F. H.

(JltlGGS, Agent, 1000 Surprise Party C. D. Tinsley was agreeably- surprised by the arrival of about forty of bis friends announced they had come to spend the evening. The self invited guests took possession of the house and had a very enjoyable time, as did their host. Easter Tea--The Misses Ella and Ida Chubb gave an Easter" tea Saturday evening in honor of their cousin, Hiss Roberts of Kansas.

Twelve young ladies were present to partake of their hospitality. The evening was spent in music and games and the guests carried away with them, besides'pleasant memories; a dainty souvenirs symbolical of the Eastertide. I AND DES MOINES VIA OSCEOLA AXD It. R. T.v Corning Ar Dos Molnes No.

4 1:25 pm Lv Des Moiues Ar Corning No. 6 No. 8:57 pm No. 2 No. 3 12:13 pm A sure connection and excellent service.

H.C. BARNHART Crown and Bridge work a Specialty. All work Guaranteed First-Class. Office overZ.T. YVidener'sNew Store.

DOINGS ABOUT TOWN Tommy-- Can ve play at keeping a drugstore in here, mamma Mamma has a headache)-- Yes; but you must be very quiet. Tommy-- All right; we'll pretend we don't advertise. Woodmen Go to Lenox-- Thirty or forty members of the local Woodmen of the World camp went to Lenox yesterday afternoon for the purpose of assisting in the institution of a lodge there. Clover and History Clubs-- Mrs. W.

B. Ankeny and Mrs. Seward Morris entertained the Clover and History clubs at the former's home last evening. The guests spent the hours very pleasantly with games and conversation, and light refreshments were served. Masons.

Will Banquet-- The Masons meet Friday evening for the purpose of conferring some degrees. After finish ing the lodge work they will partake of a banquet, which will be served by W. J. Wilson, and a pleasant time is anticipated. Easter ties, very latest novelties in the market at Metz McAuley.

Buy pour paiuts and oils at Shinn'a Drug Store. April First--The young ladies of the dormitory were the victims of an All Fool's Day joke Saturday. Invitations were issued to a number of the young men to attend a party there that evening but they failed to make an appearance. The disappointment was not so great, however, but that the girls spent a delightful evening by themselves and it is hard to tell whether the joke is on them or on the young men. New Law Firm--Dale, Brown Helling, will he the name of a new firm of attorneys that has been recently formed in Corning.

The firm is composed of well known lawyers and havobeen-successful in their business in former years. "We arc informed that the new firm, will, in addition to. the law business, do a general land and loan business and we predict that the partnership will be a successful ono. The Harlow Case--There have been no new developments in the Harlow case. The facts were given accurately and fully in last week's UNION-REPUB LIOAN.

On behalf of a number of cred itors, most of them wholesale Kindred Wilmarth have filed a petition asking that tho matter be taken into the bankruptcy court. Mr, Kindred was in Council Bluffs for this pur- posa last week and Judge Woolson will pass upon the matter some time next week. Annual Dollar Social--The Women's Missionary society of the Methodist church held its annual dollar social at the home of Dr. Allen Tuesday. There was a very large attendance and in the evening supper was served to about seventy-five.

Each member of theso- had earned a dollar by her own efforts and wts required to tell in rhyme the manner in which she had earned the money. The meeting was an especially enjoyable one, the recital of the members affording considerable amusement. Badger Cultivators are what the small boys use to make corn plowing easy. T. C.

Reid sells them. A Pleasant Evening--The members Eighth grade of the public school, ac- by their teacher, Miss Andrews, spent a very pleasant evening ast Wednesday at the home of one of heir.number, Horace Dale. It was surprise party and was brought about the fact that Horace is soon to depart for Des Moines. Board of Equalization--The city council met Monday evening as a board of "equalization, it has a considerable amount of work before it and will probably be in session every night this week. Assessments have not yet become ad- usted satisfactorily to the new tax laws and while there.is not a great deal of dckiug many changes are necessary.

Last night the regular monthly meeting- of the council was held and the usual business attended to. T. O. Bell was reelected as superintendent of water works and W. E.

Griffith was chosen street commissioner. Buys The Racket Store--C. Wilson bouget the Racket store last week from J. Mix and is now in possession. The new proprietor is a brother of W.

J. Wilson and is a former resident of Corning. He is a young man and has had considerable business experience. He informs us that he expects to make some improvements in the building or else remove to better quarters and he will run the store in good shape. The store will be known hereafter as the Fair and we wish it success Mr.

Mix expects to leave soon with his family for California, where they will make their home. An Aged Man Gone--Alexander Lumpkin died at his home in this city on Wednesday of last week. The funeral was held on Friday, the services being conducted by Rev. J. P.

Campbell assisted by Rev. II. Bosisto. Dr. Salts, an old friend, also paid a tribute to the memory of the deceased.

Mr. Lumpkin was eighty seven years of age and had been a resident of Iowa since 1856 and of Adams county since 1889. The earlier years of his residence in Iowa were spent near Ft. Dodge and he was a prominent figure during the Indian troubles in that part of the country in the early days. He had friends here and their sympathy is extended to the bereaved family.

Ifyou want a good fitting neat pattern shirt go to Metz McAuley. Have you seen Tinsley's stamp photos. They are tine. Latest styles in wall paper at Shinn's Drug Store. If you need any monumental work done place your orders before the busy spring work takes your time.

Call on C. A. Shafer and get the best for the money invested. At the Turner Home--Mr. and Mrs.

Turner, entertained the members ofjthe club of the Woman's club and their better or worse halves Monday evening in honor of Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Moulton.

In spite of the occasional solemnity of the evening, when the thought came to those present that we are soon to lose the latter, the occasion was a thoroughly enjoyable one. About 'forty were present. It was the regular meeting of the club and the paper of the" evening was read by Dr. Moultoa, the subject he had chosen being "Proverbial philosophy; a study in mendacity." The paper showed Dr. Moulton to be chief of iconoclasts arid his ruthless analysis and demolition of many of the proverbs which have been cherished since childhood filled his listeners with dismay.

He would not only look a gift horse in the mouth, but he strongly advised, people who lived in glass houses to throw stones and the pot to call the kettle black. While he did not take the position that honesty was the worst policy ho" did annihilate the proverb which stands as the antithesis of this position and in case of a visit Rome he made it apparent that, the Romans who expected him to imitate them would be grievously disappointed. There was a twinkle in reverend gentleman's eye, however, during the utterances of hia iconoclastic contentions which caused a suspicion that he was not a firm believer in all that he said and that a part of his motive was an anticipation of pleasure in the discussion his vandalism would provoke. All ia all the paper was wonderfully interesting and the writer's ingenuity in attack, no less than the Hteray excellence of his production, excited admiration and respect. The members of the club participated in a discussion which followed and the twinkle in Dr.

Moulton's eye grew into a broad grin as attempts were made to controvert his carefully prepared arguments. An interesting paper on current events by A. L. Wells completed the Q's program. Partners for supper were chosen by the joining of separated selections from the poets and tho guests adjourned to the dining room, where refreshments were served.

Dr. Ewing was called upon to express the regret occasioned among the members of the club by Dr. Moulton's prospective removal and tho latter briefly responded. The meeting was tho most enjoyable in tho history of tho club. AMA.TETTR MINSTRELS.

Household goods for sale at loss than half price, over the Kackot Store. Parties wishing monuments erected before memorial day will do well to place their orders now, at the Corning Marble works. Lut Entertainment of the Andemy Lecture Course a Burnt Cork Affair. It is seldom that the opera house holds a larger or more representative audience than that which gathered last Friday evening to see the minstrel show which was to conclude the Academy lecture course. The participants in the event included the best musical talent in Corning and they spent considerable time "in preparation.

They were exceedingly well gotten up and the appearance of some of them was almost worth the price of admission to their friends in the audience. A chorus was the first thing on the program and the minstrels then took their seats and the interlocutor, Dr. Barnhart, took charge of the show. The endmen were Fred Weed, H. E.

Holman, Herman Purdum, Winona Peregrine, and May -Wilson. The following program was carried out, interspersed with the performances of the interlocutor and his assistants: PART I. Professor Kelly How David Killed Goliath Ladles' Quartette "Utllo Alabama Coon" Mule Updo Gates ob Glory" LadyCurzoii "Ambollna Snow" -De Gals" Eli Green's Cake Walk Lady Summerset "My Creole Sue' Miss Black Treatise: "Tho Terpslclioleon" Mrs. Totter Ye Blackbirds, Fly" Male Quartette Plantation Melody PART II. Double Quartette "Down On tboOlilo" rrof.Slumslial.

Animal Trainer A farce, "Wanted--A Valet," was presented by Messrs. Morgan, Holman, Bowman and Mains, and the cake walk and good night song concluded the evening's entertainment. Those who took part in the cake walk were Misses Jean Mitchell, Nettie Twining, Emily Norton, Anita Harris, Jessie Ivey, Winona Peregrine, Messrs. Horace Main, Bert Morgan, Hartford Sweet, Charles Shaw, Prof. Leith and George Johnston.

The ladies' quartette was composed of Mesdames F. II. Griggs, A. B. Turner, E.

F. Miner, and Miss Grace Beymer; the male quartette of Pierce Metz, J. E. Carmichael, Walter Newcomb, and E. W.

Gillet; the double quartette of Misses Winona Peregrine, Ethel Gillet, Lennie Swindler, Grace Smith, Messrs. A. E. Eckles, Hartford Sweet, Max Wiles and Prof. Leith.

The entertainment was a success in every way. The net receipts were over in addition to the season tickets. That the audieuco had its money's orth is evidenced by the fact that every number on the program was encored. The grace of the cako walkers would have stricken professionals dead with envy--or something. Thoso who had the a(Tair in charge deserve great Have You pid that we carry the finest line of Wall Papei'to be found in the- county.

Just remeniberwe can supply your wants, no matter what you are going to paper this, spring. Wo can furnish you with the new shades and large figures in Wall Paper, now so popular. So come and examine our stock before going elsewhere, as it will save you a great deal of trouble, for we are sure that you will come back here to buy after you have looked elsewhere. Come in and see us, at Potter's Drug Store. ABBOTT'S GROCERY.

credit and should feel efforts. repaid for their Cash vs. Credit. It is hard to pay for a sack of flour after it is eaten up, or for a dress after it is worn out. And everyone wants to make the almighty dollar go as far as possible.

iVhile I do not know what you pay for goods at other stores, 1 here quote you a few items at the Cash Store of I. W. Abbott: Seeded Raisins, per pkg ioc 2 Pkgs. Currants 25c 3 Ibs. Pearl Barley 25c 2 cans best Corn i5 3 cans best Tomatoes 25c Paper of Starch Bird Seed 1 Ib.

good Baking Powder lOc 17 Ibs. Granulated Sugar $1.00 18 Ibs. Light Sugar $1.00 20 Ibs. Dark Sugar $1.00 Coffee, per pkg ioc 20c Coffee i5c 8 Ibs. Beans g5c 10 Ibs.

Oatmeal 26c 2 pkgs Quail Oats I5c 4 pkgs Hawkeye Oats '25c Large box Blueing Gold Medal Flour (limited number of Canned Fruita uf all kinds. Go lo kraut. Shuman's market for sauer Butter and please, eggs wanted. Yours to W..