The Parsons Weekly Sun from Parsons, Kansas • Page 1

4. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR. PARSONS, LABETTE COUNTY, KANSAS. SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1879. VOLUME VIII.

NUMBER 42. KAILKOAD NOTES. The Parsons mills have shut down for MTNICIPAL MATTERS. Cull Proceedings of Meeting of Nw City Council Last Monday Evening. Cor SCI ClIAMBIR, April 14, 1S79.

Council met in regular session with aia donor th Mayer in he chair and all the Muncilmen present. The petition of Chas. Bowerfind wti read asking fcr a license to sell liquors at lot 17 block 33. On motion of Mr. Talbot the prayer of the petition was grant all the council on roll call voting oye.

Tha following claims were presented ani referred to the committee on claims: McGill, of tbe Oswego Independent, left Tuesday last for Colorado. Mc. is making the trip by wagon, believing that roughing t' will ail in his endeavors to restore his health. Sheriff Macon, on Wednesday, removed five prisoners from the Oswpgo jail to Fort Scott for safe keeping. One of the prisoners was the negro who killed a man in the Indian Territory, and shot the Deputy Sh eriff who arrested him.

The other four were white men. all under arrest for horse stealing. The high and grammar school departments were dismissed yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, and accompanied by the teachers visited the machine shops in order to see the practical working? of philosophy. They were shown through the shops aud foundry, and the workmen took pains to accommodate them in every wav possible. A pleasant time was enjoyed.

Last Friday the Eclipn contained an article insinuating that the editors of the Ivfant Wonder were in the habit of associating with soiled doves of the colored persuasion. The Inout Wonder replied to this charge by re marking that the old man of the Eclipse bad better remain on that or young lamb would be given way. This lit tie retort seems to have gone right home to C'elsus, better known as 'cob," who on Saturday gathered up sufficient courage to make an effort to avenge the iu tended reflection upon his chastity. It was about the hour of noon, and at the corner of Woodruff store, that he met Frank McCarter, the author ot the vile insinuation. Blood was iu his eye and he proceeded at once to assault Mc Carter with th remark that there was not a drop of cowardly blood in his veins and that ho would literally wipe out the Infant Won-iltr man.

But McCarter disputed young lamb's abilitv to ''clean'' him out and com- LOCAL NOTE'S. J. B. Steele now sports a nobby new buggy. Judge Ayres spent Thursday in Cherry-Tale.

L. S. Hamilton returned from Kansas City yesterday. Oar streets and roads are in splendid condition for driving. E.

8. Stevens has had his lots on Johnson avenue fenced in. Mayor Thomion proclaims against the canines of the city. Miss Jennie Sheldon, of Sedalia, is visiting friends in the Sipple Brothers have had the front of their business bousejrepainted. K.

T. Holloway was called to Emporia Wednesday last on business. Thrall, of the Oswego Independent, smiled on Parsons people, Wednesday. Joe Bing is having a neat fence built around his residence property. L.

Hamilton contemplates attaching a "speed indicator" to his buggy. Mrs. Jane Horner, of this city, is visiting friends in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. The front of the building, occupied by the Star clothing house, has been repainted. Mrs.

J. S. Pfeiffer spent several days of this week visiting friends in Fort Scott. T. H.

Cunningham is having a neat picket fence built around his residence property. Bishop Vail will hold services at St. John's church in this city on the evening of May 3th next. A neat awning is being erected in front of Cavanagh's storn, corner Johnson aid Biggs avenues. G.

Y. Smith Co. expect to put painters to work on the front of their business house next week. The appointments made by Mayor Thomson Monday night last seem to give universal satisfaction. Charley Busbuch is erecting a commodious The general managers of the roads and fast freight liue3 interested in the Erie Company 's Western connections have been summoned to attend a meeting in New York, to be held May 1, to take steps to strengthen the lines via Indianapolis.

The Missouri Pacific Railroad Company has contracted for 7,000 tons of steel rails to be put on the M. K. T. branch fron Hoi Jen. to Paola.

Kansas. The ultimate design is to extend the line into Arizon aud make a juuctiou with the Ciliforniu Pacific. Commodore Garrison is the soul 0 the scheme. Last Monday evon'iu as the M. K.

T. pas-enger train, No. 17. on the Neosho I'i vision, was nesring Emporia, John Haley, thi fireman, gathered up the coal pick on the engine and without uttering a word struck Dav Dunham, th? engineer, on tho back of th-head with the pick, cutting a fearful gash. Dunham was sitting on his seat in the cab, with his back to Haley, looking out of the window, when the blow was received, and did not realize what had struck him until he turned his head in the direction of the tender when he discovered Haley with the pick in his hand endeavoring to repeat the blow.

Realizing the situation, Dunham shut off fteam and grappled his assailant to prevent him from striking again with the pick. At this threw the throttle valve wide open and then endeavored to fling Dunham from the engine, but Dunham had the forethought to put on the air brakes, and succeeded iu stopping the train befcre Haley couli accom. plish his devilish designs. Conductor Hen-son and Baggagemaster Smith at once boarded the engine and put an end to this terrible struggle. Couductor Henson then run the train to Emporia, where Haley jumped the train and gave himself up to the authorities of that place.

Dunham being too badly in-juied to proceed farther was taken to a hotel where his wounds were dressed, whil Baggagemaster Smith ran the train to Junction C.tv, its destination. Dunham returned to Parsons the next day, and says that he can as" sign 110 reason for the assault, as Haley and him had always been on excellent terms and never had had any difficulty. Haley had an examiration at Emporia Wednesday evening, but Dunham not appearing to prosecute, he was released from custody. pairs and will not be put in motion until fall, ItisMr. MatthewHon's intention then to run the mill to its fullest capacity.

An elegant cross, constructed of choice flowers and evergreens, adorned the table just in front of the pulpit at the Presbyterian church last Sunday, the handiwork of Mrs. P. Y. Thomas. The interior of the City Drug Store is being thoroughly overhauled and repainted, all of which when completed will render it one of the coziest and neafst drug establishments in the west.

C. B. Barnard, of Montana, has sold his farm and town property to J. J. Freeman, and will remove to Morrisanville, Illinois, to assume control of a flouriDg.

mill which he has purchased at that place. The recent rains have settled the question cf crops in Labette county From all over the county information comes that farmers arc in excellent spirits and predict this a year of prosperity for the tillers of the soil. Work on the new M. E. Church is being pushed rapidly forward, and it will now be but a short time until it is completed.

The building when finished will be an ornament to Parsons and a credit to the congregation. The mite society of the Presbyterian church, consisting of quite a number of our lads and lapses, enjoyed a holiday yesterday by going a tithing. We have not heard from them yet but suppose they caught multi-toad. Nothing so fully deuotes the popular standing of a newspaper as the character au-J amount of its advertising patronage, aud a glance at our advertisements is sufficient to convince any one that The Srx leads the van in Parsons. The Grand Council of Settlers meet3 next Thursday io this city.

Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, anl Judge McComas. of St. Louw, attorneys for the Settlers in their great laud contest, will be iresent. It is oxi.tcted tue meeting will be largely attended. The Topeka Common wealth now reaches at 1:30 r.

the same day of publication, being three-quarters of an hour in advance of the Foit Scott Monitor, and thirteen hours ahead of the St. Louis papers. Tally one for the Commonafdlh. St. John's church was elaborately decorated with rare flowers last Sunday morning.

The programme for the service was published In The s-in last week, and it is only necessary to add that the attendance was very large an 1 the muse unusually fine. Miss Phoebe Couzius made br second appearance in this city Tuesday evening last, at Hews' Hall, lecturing upon the subject. "A Woman Without a Country." The lecture was an excellent one, and Mis3 Couzins deserved a much larger andionc than that which greeted her. Pete Stanley, a lad of sixteen summers, while exhibiting a loaded pistol to a friend in front of Miesse's bookstore, on Forest avenue, Monday afternoon last, accidentally discharged one of the loads, receiving the same in the palm of his left hand. Dr.

Roekhold dressed the wound. James Grimes, city assessor, has just completed the canvass of Parsons, and reports a fraction over thirty-one hundred actual inhabitants, an increase of one thousand over that of last year. How is that for a year's growth And we predict that Parsons will discount that fifty per cen'. by this time next year. Let them alone, they will starve out in a little while Eclmt.

It looks that way old man. It won't take long for them to starve you out at the present rate. When you get down to liver three times a day does begin to look as if The Sun would soon be called upon to announce the death of the old man's weekly blackmailer. At the annual meeting Monday evening last the following members of the Yestry of St. John's church, in this city, were elected for the ensuing year: Senior Warden, W.

C. Holmes: Junior Warden, S. W. Kniflin; Yestrymen: G. T.

Cavanaugh, S. A. Biggs, S. 0. Fletcher, AV.

II. Evans, Maurie-? Davis, J. 11. Brown and II. T.

Leiuist. Through the courtesy of Cashier Claik, of the First National Bauk, we were permitted to accompany him in a pleasant drive around the city ThursJy evening, and judging from tb large number of new house we noticed iu course of erection and the numerous improvements in the way ot new fences, additions to etc throughout the city, we are forced to repoat that Parsons is certainly booming. C. P. Brace, western agent of the Children's Aid Society, New York, has written Postmaster Fletcher that he would like to ship a car lod cf homeless boys for distribution among the farmers and others who need help in this section Whitelaw Keen, editor cf the New York Trihunt, has given 1,000 into ad shipping west unfortunate but deserving boys who are without homes.

In March last a car load was shipped to Fort Scott, and all soon found homes among the farmers cf Bourbon county, and we understand there is mutual satisfaction and delight among the toys in their new homes. Farmers wishing a good, trusty boy (their ages range from 12 to 17) will please leave their names at the rostofiie. At the request of the general agent, a supervising committee consisting of Postmaster Fletcher, M. W. Reynolds, T.

C. Cunningham and Dr. Rockhold has been appointed. The boys, some fifty or siity in Dumber, will arrive in Parsons next Friday. Parsons is 'he railroad centre cf southern Kansas.

The K. T. pay car parsed over the road Thursday. The Kansas Pacific Railroad id distributing large quantities of new ties alon? the line of the road. The T.

track between Parsons and Fort Scott is being re-tied, and tcel rails will be put down this spring. The chain bearers, flagmen and engineers of the Oswego, Wichita and Western ros are expected at Cherryvale to-day The first engine over the Chicago, Alton St. Louis Railway arrived at Kansas City last Saturday, pulling tour flat-cars lotdel with rock. The gross earnings of the T. I Railway for the month of March were .1 uniciDc vi rii.i ior mc month last year.

The second story id the Narrow road's depot, in this city, is being plastered aud fitted up for occupancy by the officers of the road and their families. The Michigan Central Company have contracted for the erection at Detroit, of a new grain elevator of GOU.000 bushels capacity, to be completed fvr buioess by September 1st. The Harrisburg Car Company his just completed a large gondola car for P. T. Barnum.

It is forty- four feet long, nine feet wide, aud is built of the very strongest and best material. boiue time ago the roads running to Atchi son decided to build a union depot there, and organized a company for that purpose, but they are in trouble now because fjey can't agree upon a site. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com r.anr are building at the Mount Clare shop tw-'nty-tivo engines of the 'Mogul' pattern, for use ou the grains of the Alleghany and 200 freight cars. The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Company is filling the frogs and guard rails ou the road with wooden packing to prevent the feet of switchmen from being caught wheu following their duties. The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company has stripped the brass ornaments from all its locomotives, leaving them as black and dull as are those of the Michigan Central, and the Chicago, Rock Island and l'aciik.

A special M. K. train, of thirteen coaches, passed through Parsons yesterday, conveying six companies of the twenty-second U. S. Infantry, commanded by E.

S. Otis, to San Antonio, Texas, from whence they go to I the southwestern border of Texas. The State Board of Railroad Assessors will meet next Monday at This board assesses all the railroad property in the state. The board consists of the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Attorney General. Thursday List, being the twenty-second birth day of Charles M.

Fletcher, one of the M. K. T's popular engineers, a number of his young gentlemen friends gathered at the residence of his mother in this city that evening, to offer Charlie their congratulations and wish him a long life and prosperity. The capital invested in all the railroads of the globe exceed 15,500,000,000. These roads, according to the statistics of Prof.

Neumann Spallart, require 62,00 0 locomotives, 112,000 passengers and goods trucks. Annually 1.600,000,-000 tons cf merchand.se and 1,500,000,000 passengers are conveyed by these means of transit. The Kansas Central Narrow Guage has been purchased by Commodore C. K. Garrison.

It runs from Leavenworth west by north to Onago, Kansas, a distance of 84 miles. It was foreclosed by Len. T. Smith, under a mortgage of 250,000. It wiil be run as a branch of the Pacific, and the present niauagement wiil not be interferred with inaterial'j.

The road, proposed to be bui)t west from Oswego, has sulmitted propositions to Fair- view township, west of Oswego, for to Mt. Pleasant, northwest, for ani to Mound Yaliey, for in bonds. The bonds to run CO years and draw sevea per cent, intertst. The election in the townships will be held May 12th. The road to be built by January 1st, 1S3C, or the bonds to be forfeited.

Great rejoicing exists among shippers at the breaking up of what is known as the 'South western Pool'' a combination of the railroads coutrolinc freight rates between Chicago St. Louis and other Western woir The crash was rroduced bv the struct ed a line of its own to Kansas City, de-j nianded .1 liberal share of the freight business and was refused. Immediately it put its rates down to the following figures. Tea cents per hundred ou first and second class, aud five cents on third ani fourth and special freight. Grain is at eight cents for wheat and corn.

Live stock is twenty dollars a car. The St. Loai3 roads then reduced the rates very considerably, and the war for business began in earnest. The feeling between the rivals is very acrimonious, and lower rates still are quite certain to be reach, ed. Shippers need not be surprised if they receive offers transport their goods for nothing and receive a small bonus for the privilege.

Jeorae Thornton, lor ice A Allen, lilor Ile.itberiy 1 Deeker" for mea! .1 Luk, tor rTihtluj lHLnk rs Kaufmian, tor rent of P.in.i, labor Camming, rent of room 1 Ort 35 00 60 1 fit Hi 54 00 43 2 10 00 1 55 00 ravm, lor docket 1 (0 I Thmnon. poor 1 10 II Patrick, goods 4 On motion of Mr. Talbot the rules were suspended and the following claim for clerki nd judges of election were allowed: IhtV, forjudge of election $2 00 Mer'et ly 2 Ou AYCumuiings 44 2 (Kl i Lamb 2 00 A Koyer 2 00 Griffith 2 CO Newton 2 00 Atchison 44 2 00 L' 11 Roland, for clerk of election 2 00 Htuenin 44 2 CO Moir 44 2 1)0 Orrgory 44 2 CC The following claims were allowed as approved by the committee on claims: JJ Pieiwt, for stationery. 4 45 Wiliett, for cemetery 20 35 42 00 It salary 25 00 The report of the city marshal was read and on motion of Mr, Talbot the report was received and placed on file. The following report of tho street commhv sioncr was read: To the Honorable ijor and Council of the City of 1 eubmit to your lluuorble Body the ollowinn report of sidewalk bnilt liutt November Decembrr, 1S78, the cost of which it to be taxed irainntttie IoIiowidk described IjU and collected i8t.txca: In block 68, lot 5, i.VS;; lot 6.

$5.50. Block 45, lot 6, 5 5i; lot 7, $5.50. Block 6, lot 29, 45 Block 4o, lot 1, f4s 75. Block 89, lot 2, i'J rn; lot 3, lot 4, liO lots 6 and 6, $11.25 icli; lot 7, loli 0, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and tnch. Ueo.

Biioci, Street CommiMloner. Mr. Thurston moved that the report be received and placed ou file and the ordinance committee be instructed to dr-ft an ordinance levying a tax against those lots along which these walks have been constructed. Carried. The following officers were appointed by the Mayor: City Clerk, A A Osgood.

City Willurd. City Engineer, George Thorntou. Superintendent of Gregory. Health Officer, Dr Britt. Pound keeper and Jailor, VF liecker.

Committee ou ays und Mean, Talbtit ub4 0 Bruuaon. Committee on CUiioa ud Accounts, Sbuey and Lidcr. Cou mittee on Ordimir.ee, Thornton ad BOiTtS. Committee on Street, Allejs audrablic Grounde, Lider Mid I) Talbot. Committee ou Cemetery, Bnir.wa and Bob.

On motion of Mr. Talbot the appointment of A. A. Osgood as city clerk was confirmed. On motion of Mr.

Talbot the appointmen of C. A. Willard for city marshal was con. firmed On motion of Mr. Thurston the appointment of Geo Thornton as city engineer was confirmed.

Mr. Bcggs moved that the appointment of E. P. Emery as ptrcet commissioner be confirmed. Carried.

Mr. Lider moved that the appointment of J. M. Gregory as Superintendent of the Cemetery be confirmed. Agreed to.

Mr. Talbot moved that the appointment of Dr. Britt as health officer be confirmed. Carried. On motion of Mr.

Talbot the appointment of II. W. Decker as pound keeper was con firmed. On motion of Mr. Thurston the appointment of II.

W. Decker as jailor was confirmed. On motion of Mr. Brunson J. K.

Shuey was chosen as President of the council, The bond of A. II. McCormick in the Bum of 3,000, as city treasurer, was received, signed by himself as principal and S. C. McCormick, M.

Johnson, A J. Cary, J. Thompson and R. II. Pattrick as sureties.

Mr. Li ler moved that the bond of Mr. McCormick be approved and placed on file. Carried. The bond of 31.

II. Steel in the sum of as police judge was received, signed by himself as principal and L. J. Steel, John 1-Sipple and A. J.

Cary as sureties. On motion of Mr. Talbot the bond of Mr. Steel was approved and placed on file. The bond of C.

A. Willard in the sum of 1,000 as city marshal was received, signed by himself asjrincipal and M. Johnson, A. Cary and J. Steel as sureties.

On motion of Mr. Talbot the bonl was approved and placed on file. The bond of E. P. Emery in the sum of $1,000 as trect commissioner was received, signed by himself as principal and A.

II. Ellis and V. M. Xorkyke as sureties. On motion of Mr.

Talbot the bond was arproved. The bond of A. B. Hacker, in the sum 81,000 as city attorney was received, signs! by himself as principal and D. B.

WooJ, W. M. Xordyke, J. Q. Howey and W.

Meixell as sureties. On motion of Mr. Thurston the bond was approved and placed cn file. On motion of Mr. Talbot council adjourned.

A. A. Osgood, City Clerk. 0. Duck and James Fish, of Schell City, Missouri, are in the city.

Frank Hoyt left yesterday for his farm new rsiAnepit ftt il.f'ornjj vitli inij ui ritiuiiisicrju ruuuu thrashing to the up-start, when outsiders interfered and stopped the matinee. Result, McCarter go; oil' without a scratch, while lamb exhibited several marks of punishment on his face, with a liow of claret from his nose. Both parties were arrested and taken before Judge Talbot. McCarter plead guilty to disturbing the peace and settled th tine of 1 and costs. Lamb succeeded in having his case continued until to-day, aud the trial will take place before Judge Steel.

St-me thirty witnesses have been subpoened and it looks as if it would be a lively affair, cM man lamb having taken a hand in it, wn'a the evident intention of bulldozing Steel into acquiting his k'. It remains to be seen, however, whether "Mcse" will be bulldozed. Iial Estate Transfers. The following are the transfers of real estate in Labette county, for the week ending April 17, 1879, as reported by I. W.

Tatrick Tarsons Town Company to E. II. Edwards, lots 7 and 8, block 21, in the city of Parsons. S110. M.

Noyes to Mrs. C. W. Matthewson, the undivided one-half of lot 2, block 42, in the city of Pursons, 200. L.

S. Cram to M. Stice, lots 10, 17 and 18, block 23, in the city of Oswego. 200. C.

H. Yandle, to L. II. Kemper, lot 4, block 33. in the city cf Oswego, S94.

W. J. Harrod to John Kennedy, the southwest quarter of section 12, township 35, range 17, 3,000. Samuel Morning to W. E.

Snyder, the east half of the northwest quarter ot section 18, township 31, range 21, S500 John Dremmond to A. Baysinger, the northeast quarter of section i3, township 31, ranee IS, 325. George T. Thurston to E. E.

Thurston, the northwest quarter of sectiou 22, township 31, range 19, 83,000. Thomas Sinclair to James Cox, the southeast quarter of section 2. township 32, range 17, $1,200, N. M. Purviance to B.

McPherson, lots 9 J.nd 10, block 5, in Cowell's addition to Oswego, S60. Geo. B. Karr to C. Karr, undivided half of lots 21 and 22 in block 31.

Parsons, 1. O. Wtbster to C. H. Kimball, undivided half of lot 17 in block 2tl, Parsons, 30.

J. If. Baysinger to J. E. Still wel', part lot 1 in block 35, 8400.

A. Matthewson to F. Erwin, lot 11, block 77, Parsons, 7.3. J. Sparks to T.

Busby, northwest quarter section township 33, range 13, SI, 600, E. T. Ihnlon to M. Hanln, east half of tho southeast quarter section 2. township 35.

ranse 17, I. A. Marks to M. M. Bettis lot? 1 aul 2 in block 23, Oswego, M.

Johnson to Georje G. Anthony, lot 12, block 9, iu F. addition to Parsons, J. M. Smith to J.

P. Merrill, lot 2. and 5, block i. Labette. $257 90.

Lillie A. Andrews to Geo. H. Bates, 1 and 2. block 56, Chetppa.

8125. J. 1 lots SECRET SOCIETY NOTES. Another lodge of A. 0.

U. W. is being organized at Emporia. barn in the rear of his residence, in the north end of town. Mrs.

Kiiiina Stimpson, of Monmouth Illinois, i3 visiting her parents. Mr. and .1. T. Morris, in this city.

Ed. Palmer has in course of erection a couple of neat dwelling houses in the tiOrth-eastern part of the city. J. I. Taylor, of Montana, has removed his family to Parsons and accepted a position in the Star Clothing House.

Mayor Thomson has prohibited ball playing upon the business streets of the city. A sensible move, Mr. Mayor. The front of the building occupied by Ellis Co's furniture store, on Forest av cnue, has benn repainted. William J.

Copeland, of New York, arrived ia Parsons last week and has already opened up a real estate office. W. II. Howard has just completed the plan fr an elegant residence to be erected this spring by H. F.

Baker. I). W. C. Perry has underway the erection of a fine residence on his lot recently purchased from E.

II. Edwards. Owen Grove, bakers and confectioners, Forest avenue, have dissolved partnership. 0. W.

Owen continues the business. The sales of town lots by the Parsons Town Company since the first of this month foot up the handsome sum of 2,000. Street Commissioner Emery informs us lhat he eb.aU commence at once a vigorous assault upon the filthy streets and alleys. Observe the harness on S. A.

Biggs' team. It is the handsomest outfit in this section, and speaks well for Mr. Biggs' tasK We are glad to note the fact that nearly every resident of Parsons, who owns any froperty, is doing something to improve it. W. II.

Howard is building a neat cottage for S. B. Cary, the popular druggist on Johnson avenue, in the northeast part of town. Mr. Seltzer, father of Charles Seltzer, and formerly a resident of Parsons and partner of P.

T. Johnsoi, is spending a few days in our city. A. L. Rivers, the quill-driver of the Chanute Timet, made a flying trip to Parsons, Wednesday.

Of course he called on Thi Qnx. The front of the City Hotel has been treated to a coat of fresh paint, making a decided improvement in the appearance of things in that region. The St. John Society of the Episcopal church are making arrangements to give a strawberry and ice cream festival next Friday evening. The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church of this city will hold a fair and festival for the benefit of the church Wednesday tvening next.

F. Schoch contemplates organuing and teaching in this city a class the art of short hand writing. He expects to commence atout the 10th of next month. Charley Fletcher while out playing base ball last Saturday, had the misfortune to sprain one of his ankles eo badly as to re -quire the use of crutches for several days to come. Their education has been bad, and a epoil-d job of that kind is not very easy to remedy Ecliptc.

This from a man, whose son was kicked out of a restaurant on Friday night, oflast wtek.for insulting a respeetable woman can but be regarded as compliment. cheerfully acknowledge we were never eda-cated' in that direction. A Change at "The St. James." Last Monday morning Al. Stevens and George Karr (of the late firm of Karr Stevens) dissolved partnership.

George sold his interest in the St. James Hotel back to his father, J. C. Karr, interest Mr. Stevens immediately leased, with the furni.

ture, for three years with the privilege Cf five. Having purchased and paid for his undivided half interest iu property and ap. purtenances, Mr. S. now KtartR anew, this time as sole proprietor.

There is no reason why he should not do well. The Hotel is welloknown throughout this section of country, is the best holel-building iu these parts and with its large, clean, comfortable rooms and easy, inviting beds and excellent table must certainly remunerate its young and enterprising proprietor. We are glad to note that improvements iu the management of the house are already on foot. A number of African agents have been discharged to hunt for greener fields. As genial and as pleasant a gentleman as Parscns can boast, Mr.

E. Kirby Smith, has gone behind the counter to assist in making people feel good-natured and to answer questions. We fail to strike the hotel at any hour of day or night tha either Al. or Kirby are not there to amuse and care for the wearied commercial pil grim or the pleasure tourist. We are inform ed that a number of needed internal alterations, additions and improvements to the house, will be noted in short order, in view of which, together with the new and commodious sample room for commercial travelers, the largest in the city, the St.

James bids high for a large share of patronage. Mr. G. B. Karr.

the retiring member of the firm, has not, as yet, announced his plans for the future. Examination of Teacher. 'i he following report of the examination of teachers by County Superintendent of Schools, Covait, held at Oswego, on the 29th day of last month, is furnished for publica tion: NAMI. CEADE A. D.

Hammer Susie Oie A. Hays W. ade K. Brown Two Mary WhitesiJt; Mary Smith Stelia Burnett I'hP. T'xt'l Joe K.

Hill A. L. Moore I. J.Onver t'liira t'harlf Nellie smith Belle Bruiit-r Kratna Uiivi-r '4 ('. lYacocx M.

Swoj Liliie rtoooV'. 'i'ho Cn.try Binnche siiipsou Moliii t'Larits J. Aliee Man-hall F. F. Clover II.

i. Jenkins Leila vVilsoa ATIKAGE. 01 5 3 y2 v) 1 7 77 77 71 79 75 74 74 74 71 70 Ot f3 Numbers 27 and 29 falling below the standard, wero rejected. The standard is cn a scale of 10, as follows: From 8 5-10 to 10, general average, one; from 6 to 8 5-10, two. All falling below on general average cr 5 in any two of the following branches, tIz: orthography, reading, English grammar, mental or written arithmetic, arc rejected.

Next examination will be held in the Superintendent's office, at Oswego, on the last Saturday in April, which will be the last nntil the close of the Normal Institute, next There are G02 chartered lodges of Lici bave now coc. in Illinois, having a membership cf A new Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen has been organized in Emporia The I. O. O. F's of Parsons will act publicly celebrate April 25.

Several of the brethern, however, talk cf attending celebrations by neighboring lodges. An anti-horse thief association ha3 been organized at the Franklin school heue, five miles southeast of Parsons, and now numbers twenty-five members. I. N. Joseph acts as Grand Worthy President, r.nd E.

L. Skelton.Jas Secretary. We publish in.another column it3 aims, purposes, history and growth, as given by G. N. Sampson, G.

W. P. of the Grand lodge of Misouri..