Olathe News from Olathe, Kansas • Page 2

were celebrating the 25th anniversary QtTAXiXTT POS 2S3T Very Lowest Market Race GO VIBE FRAIBI2S CENTER. Poor drouthy Kansas. It Uses but a little cloud to make a large rain. The medical friends report consider able sickness. A Miss Bertha Brown lies very low with typhoid fever.

Mr. Grantham is slowly improving from typhoid fever. More new members were taken into OQcial Paper of Johnson County OQcial Paper of Olathe City. Only Republican Paper in Joflnsrm Uo RATES OP SUBS-RIPTIOS. One $1-50 SixMonttw Three Months S33rTerms, cash in advance.

nOLLXDAT. The new school house here begins to show up. The raging Kaw was high last Sunday and Monday. L. C.

Messick and wife returned to Topeka last Saturday. G. W. Elliott is sitting in the jury box this term of court. The molasses factory at the spring was in full blast last week.

Remember the white picnic and col-. ored barbecue here on the 7th. Tho ostlni-M? ttostnlA trnn a. nrrt. 3.

E. XIaciiey'o Yard, OliATILE. EXAMINE STOCK. GET PRICES. POST NO MONTICELLO.

Epworth League business meeting this Friday evening. Willie Burch is very sick. Dr. Lee of DeSoto is the attending physician. Johnson Mize and wife of Lone Elm.

Anderson county, are visiting relatives here. Miss Carrie Veachey of Lone Elm, Anderson county, Kansas, is visiting relatives here. A.M. Piper, W. Hayes, John Mize and J.

R. Mize tented at the camp meeting. Miss Mamie Dickey of Beioit, Kansas, was visiting her friend, Edna Jefferson, last week. Mr. and Mrs.

James Snyder of Kansas City are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Sallie Henderson. Miss Rosa DuBois returned home last week from McLouth, where she has been visiting a sister. After a two week's vacation the Sunday school will be held at 10 a. m.

Preaching by the pastor, Kev Coleman, at 11 a. m. The Bonner Springs camp meeting closed last Monday. There were fifty-eight conversions. A large number joine 1 the church.

Died, Thursday, August 29, William Justice, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. The remains were interred in the Shawneetown cemetery. Charles Harper of Leo, Missouri, is visiting relatives here. Charles is an old Republican of Monticello and in days past and gone was the correspondent for the Mirror. While Mrs.

Gebhardt was attending the camp meetinglast Sunday evening, fire destroyed the barn on her farm 2 miles west of Monticello. The building was insured in the co-operative insurance company. EDGERTON. Wm. Iseman is erecting a dwelling house on the north side.

Wm. James and family of Gardner were in town on Monday. Dr. Chapin of Gardner spends Monday of each week in Edgerton. Mr.

and Mrs. Wilson of Western Kansas are visiting relatives here. Mrs. Gordon returhedHast week from a visit to Pennsylvania and Ohio. The ladies of the E.

church will have charge of the dining hall during the fair. Miss Mary Sawhill and MissGenevra Erskine have gone to Tarkio, Mo. to attend college. Mr. J.

Higgins and wife of Gardner were visiting Mrs. Higgins' mother and family, Sunday. Mrs. Rankin of Waverly. Kansas, is visiting her brother, W.

E. Garrison, and sister, Mrs. Perkins. Several of the district schools opened this week. The opening of the village school was postponed until the 16th.

of their wedding In a very quiet way when they were surprised to see the entire neighborhood of, "auld folk" drive into the yard. They had come to help them celebrate" and live over old times again. Ice cream and cake were served and before leaving a handsome silver tea set was presented to the old time bride and groom. SPRING HILL. Maud Clavin was in Olathe Saturday.

Hun Pratt went to Kansas City Saturday. M. Clavin went to Kansas City Saturday. W. Mitchell made a business trip to the city Saturday.

Joe Niles and Matt Blaine were doing business in Olathe Saturday. Mrs. O. Xewton and daughter Floe went to Olathe Friday to attend the fair. Herman Pratt started Saturday for Parkville, where he will attend school.

Miss Lottie Clavin has gone to Prairie City, Iowa, to visit relatives and Mr. Cunningham has moved his fam ily back to the Pratt place where they will live this winter. Mrs. Mary Hoyse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Levi Nicholson, was buried in the Spring Hill cemetery Tuesday. Anson Buckley of Lane, Kansas, died of consumption Monday, The body was brought to Spring Hill Tuesday for burial. Miss Ella Cowen of Kansas City is visiting E. T. Barber and wife.

His mother and sister, from Moran, are also visiting them. Mrs. Mary Lucas and sister, Ida Buckley, were called to Lane, Kansas. to the bedside of their brother who is down with consumption. A reception was given by Miss Maud Mitchell Monday evening in honor of Miss Irene Shrake of Kansas City.

Refreshments were served on the lawn, which was brightly lighted. Music and dancing were the principal amusements of the evening. Miss Lileth Sharon pleasantly entertained the MandoHn club and a few intimate friends Thursday evening. The lawn was lighted by variously colored lanterns while the table was ar tistically decorated in golden rod. Those present were: Misses Lulu Lyon, Junivan Braden.

Maud Clavin, Maggie Simmons, Maud Davis, Bess Clavin: Prof. Simmons and wife of Argentine, Rev. E. Lee Howard of Paola. Oscar Longnecker, county superintendent of Miami county, Joe Holden and Homer DESOTO.

Autumn leaves are falling. School will begin September 16. Quite a number attended the John son county fair E. H. Heckert has put a new roof on his house on South Peoria street.

Frank Lee of Winston, visited his brother, Dr. Lee, the first of the week. Charles Jewett and Lee Bradley made a business trip to Lawrence a few days ago. Mrs. Al Nicholson of Gardner is in DeSoto visiting her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Holdren. About fifty people from DeSoto at tended the camp meeting at Bonner Springs last Sunday. A team of mules ran away with a spring wagon on our streets recently, wrecking the vehicle and its contents. T.

M. Uobson of Paola has been in our town several days looking, after the repairing of bridges in and about DeSoto. Mrs. T. B.

Nicholson of Holliday made a brief visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John $. Beecroft. and family, last week.

A new sidewalk in front of C. H. Taylor's store and adjacent property is one of the many improvements going cn in our town. morse. School began at Pleasant Valley Monday.

School will open at Burr Corner next Monday with Miss Louella Sawhill as teacher. The Morse brass band is progressing nicely. The members can now "toot" very well. Mrs. H.

M. Kellogg returned last Saturday from a several day's visit to Edgerton. Miss Mary Dripps entertained a couple qf her cousins from Greenwood, last week. J. Hall will return to Lawrence next week where he will again enter the State University.

C. E. Hall, who has been learning telegraphy under his brother, J. A. Hall, at Hartwell, returned home Monday.

Rev. Nield, of the Stanley Presby terian church, preached an interesting sermon here last Sunday. He will preach here again in two weeks, at 4 o'clock p. m. MT.

PLEASANT. Mud and rain and rain and mud. Camp meeting closed Sunday night. Odie Corp is down at present with malarial fever. Mrs.

S. G. Long and daughter left the first of the wees for her old home in Indiana where she will visit for sev eral weeks. Martin Hertzog has returned from California after several years absence, and will remain visiting relatives and friends for an indefinite time. All rari- eties for Building, Etc, etc TO KEEP OFF THE FENCE.

REPUBLICAN RIDGE. William and Andy Thompson had business in Kansas City last week. Threshing has been suspendedvfor the past week on account of the rain. J. Simmons has returned home to Oak Grove, after spending a week with friends.

A rainbow at night, caused by the moon was an unusual phenomenon seen last week. Mrs. McCaughey and daughter of Stanley visited Miss Nettie Thompson one day last week. Now get ready for the election and a grand Republican victory in November. The dishonesty of the pops in claiming they want free coinage of silver is apparent to ail.

Joseph Howard killed a sand hill crane last Friday that measured eight feet from tip to tip of wings. He shot the bird through the head at a distance of three hundred feet. Miss Sadie Sterrett does not seem in any way troubled over the runaway accident in town. The ladies say Capt. Mackey is a good person to help the unfortunate out of difficulties.

Our people will all be glad to see Stewart retire as superintendent of the deaf school and a competent man take his place, and if he should be a Republican it would please us all better. Ed Ripley is making political hay even if it does continue to rain. Ed is a man of the people, and while all Republicans will vote for him many members of other parties will do the same. A successful social entertainment was given at the residence of Mr. James Miller last Friday evening.

There was a large number in attendance and all seemed to enjoy themselves. GARDNER. School commenced here this week. Ethel Rhoades is home from Topeka. Born, to Mr.

and Mrs. Snepp, Saturday evening, a boy. There was a large crowd at the cream festival last Friday. Dr. Coleman's sister Carrie and family are here visiting.

They will soon start to their new home in California. OCHELTREE. School opened Monday. John Morris is very low. with typhoid fever.

Bonita desires the same train accommodations as this place. Parties have been here the past week figuring on an elevator. Xa. KJ. ETUy LCI bUD UKKUUiau, uao moved his shop to Scott's addition.

E. Hartley and wife are here from Sheridan county and will likely make this their future home. Rev. Hardy has returned from his summer vacation and will fill all his appointments regularly. a A.

H. LOTT. OFISISSOTO PINE, one-half of the com T- uiwvccu the Grange Saturday afternoon. Geo. Catlin, an amiable young man and a first class workman, is now our Mr.

and Mrs. John Scott went to Bonner Springs Saturday, remaining over Sunday. Mrs. Martha old resident. after several years absence has returned to this vicinity.

Johnson county is no sunbaked plain though 'Squire Osbel did capture a well grown specimen of horned toad not long since. Our little burg is still coming to the front. Messrs Rice Schmoe have put in an A No. 1 cider press and are already quite busy. A youncr man arrived Sunday morning, taking the position of general manager for Mr.

and Mrs. Horace Rogers, weight 10 pounds. Mac Osnel is very sick with typho-malarial fever with complications. His daughter, Miss Ethel, who has been sick for several weeks, is slowly convalescing. Quite a young, young gentleman appeared recently at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Ike Smith demanding free board and lodging for twenty-one years, which was unhesitatingly granted. Rev. Reynolds of Hesper occupied the M. E.

church pulpit Sunday. Rev. Os-born of Kansas City was present in the interest of Bethany Hospital and received collection for same amounting to $30. Messrs Will Clifman and Charlie Rogers have opened a meat market on the corner. They do their own butchering, three times a week, and serve patrons good meats, in good style.

The boys deserve their success for their enterprise. Our school teachers are well placed. Mrs. Isie Gants will again grace the position of tkschool marm" at this place; Miss Maud Masterson at Waverly; Miss Ella Gants at Morning Star; Minnie Gants at No. 62; Alvin Couch at Norwood; and Frank Redding at Lexington SHAWNEE MISSION.

Howard Mullen was down from Baldwin City for a short stay last week. Miss Mary Goodman of Kansas City was visiting Misses Emma and Belle Reinhardt this week. C. W. Noble of Stanley began instructing the minds of the young at Hickory Grove Monday, with a good attendance.

Hickory Grove Sunday school opened Sunday, after a short vacation, with its former zeal and progressive work with an attendance of fifty-nine Ralph Wakefield and Walter Ross of Kansas City passed through our village last Saturday enroute to Olathe; judging from the number of trips they make we would imagine that an interesting attraction existed at that place. Misses Eva and Ada Simmons were out from the City Sunday, the guests of Mrs. Edwin Walmer. They had a very unique little kodac with them and immediately after Sunday school took a number of snap shots of their friends at opportune times and some were caught in a rather romantic position. Miss Eva will remain with Mrs.

Walmer for several weeks. Many of our citizens attended the fair on last Friday and a number remained to see the races and donkey ascend Saturday but were disappointed on account of the rain. Among them were Misses Ella Switzer and Florence Milburn; Messrs Charles u. Foster and P. L.

Miller. During the early part of the evening they were entertained by Misses Lena and Jessie Norvell. EUREKA. The Sunday school will be held at Eureka on September 8. Come with well filled baskets, and have a good time.

Plenty of good water. Wm. Dean will attend school at Kansas City next winter. R.P. Thompson and Joseph Wilson took in the Olathe fair two days last week.

Little George McKee has been on the sick Hat but is now well again. J. S. Corp and D. S.

Thompson and family visited D. S. Thompson and family. Wm, Stitziel of Kansas City visited with Mr. and Mrs.

Wesley Dover last week. A number of our people went to Olathe last Saturday to see thejballoon go ap, but were disappointed; getting home about 11 o'clock at tiight. SOUTH PARK. Mr. Goodman's health is very poor.

Everything is prospering nicely here. School began Monday, September 2, Mr. Reed teacher. Four more scholars added to the Sabbath school August 31. VJ.

H. Rbodes's little girl is recovering from an attack of malarial We have from 6 to 18 inches more mud than we had this time last year. Dyspepsia, nervous prostration; irregular heart motion and palpitation quickly relieved by Scott's ICarbo-Di gestive Compound. Sea ad in another column. County News Items.

Items Gathered by the Energetic Reporters for the Mirror from Various Sources. lenexa. BT T. 8. Boss wants a School begins next Monday R.

J. Carter's sale occurs Saturday. Mike Gager is again employed on the section. Albert Evans and family have arrived in our village. George Speake Schenck is Lenexa's worthy miller.

Several from this place attended the fair at Olathe last week. Ed Carter of Jopliu, visited his parents at this place Monday. Fred Bookhouse has commenced the foundation for his new residence. Mrs. D.

C. Snyder of Kansas City is the guest of the family of II. B. Lisk this week. Messrs.

F. B. and A. M. Linn have purchased and are feeding a fine drove of sheep.

Several young ladies from Kansas City are the guests of Miss Myrtle Hart this week. Ed Muenzenmayer of Kansas City, Kansas, is visiting the family of David Legler this week. As it requires 250 inhabitants to incorporate a city of the third class, Lenexa will have to grow. The school building has been remodeled and repainted, which adds greatly to its appearance. George Allen has been appointed justice of the peace at this place to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of R.

J. Carter. It is again reported that the "double track" will be built next spring, and a new depot erected. Of course, Lenexa does not accept the report as a fact. Mr.

and Mrs. Casper Busch celebrat ed their silver wedding anniversary Sunday, August 31. A large number of their friends and neighbors were present and enjoyed themselves very much. The people of Lenexa and vicinity are becoming somewhat alarmed at the 'fate of their townsmen whom the Monticello "cor" says are circulating all over Monticello township. E.

A. Legler offers a prize consisting of a sack of flour for the five best ears of corn grown this season by a patron of Lenexa postoffice. Call at the store and learn particulars in re gard to the matter. meadow brook. Coy Pitts' horse took the blue ribbon.

Miss EdnaFitzsimmons is visiting in Kansas City. Mrs. Genia Briggs and little daughter started for Illinois last week. Little Ernie Williams of Rosedale is visiting relatives here at present. G.

W. Tomlinson has been quite sick for the past two weeks but is able to be about now. Mrs. W. Tomlinson returned from Eureka Springs this week, much bene-flted in health.

Mr. and Mrs. Hop Levi of Bonita were shaking hands with old friends at Belleview last Sunday evening. Mrs. J.

Rosecrants and 'daughter Grace spent the first of the week with relatives in Kansas City, Kansas. G. L. Pitt took the premium at the lair for the best Bellflower apples and cling peaches. Hurrah for Oxford! W.

B. Flauner returned last Saturday from a visit with his brother at Manitou Springs, Colorado. He says he is very well satisfied with Kansas. mt. zion.

School began Monday with D. C. Stahlman in charge. Prof. ask ins, who has been visiting home folks for the last few days, returned to Sweet Springs Monday.

Frauk Schlegel is purchased a farm in Oxford township and will sell his place here and move to his new home some time in the near future. M. Kelley shipped his cattle last week. He says fat cattle are low and "stockers" are high, thereby making the profit to the feeders rather uncer tain. Charley Williamson was surprised by the young people of the neighbor hood on the 21st of last month.it being the anniversary of his birthday.

A handsome manicure set was presented to him. Mr. and Mrs. Casper Busch celebrated their silver last Sunday. Over a hundred people were present and a general good time was had.

A silver tea service was presented to these young old people. Mt. Zion took the second prize for the best display at the Johnson county fair, and can point with pride to her scholars of the past. From the display of maps and drawings at the fair it is evident she is still doing as good work as ever. The secret lies in the fact that we have a board that is not afraid to pay a few dollars more in order to secure a competent instructor.

May other schools profit by our example. On the evening of the 25th of last month Mr. and Mrs. W. H.

McGee tracted meeting here Sunday night. D. R. Cole and son of Reno, Leavenworth county, were in town Monday last. Alia, jjuiru aim suu vviu visa uer sister at Cheiry Vale, Kansas, the last of this week.

The gang worxing on bridge 2 had to vacate Monday, as the pile driver was under water. E. Patterson, C. B. Smith and David Gurnley made a business trip to Olathe last Friday.

Prof. J. T. Drake began school in aistrict 7 on septemoer witn twenty-eight scholars. m.

II. Spafford, operator, has gone to worK at Wellsville, and W. S. McFar-land has returned here. jo urassneiu is ciersing ior scnooi house con tractors- that is, he brings lumber to the workmen.

The Holliday House has just been treated to a new coat of paint which improves the looks considerably. W. W. Holyfield, our genial bwn up vu? oan auu lOSb Monday to help complete the school house. Mrs.

Rhodo Oldham of St. Joe, Missouri, passed through here Monday on her way to join her husband in OKla-homa. Mr. Hughs of Platte county, Missouri, was visiting with his uncle, aunt and cousins the Lynch family last week. Some detectives arrested one colored man and two boys here one day last week for having in their possession and disposing of some stolen shoes.

Holliday and vicinity was represented at the camp meeting last Sunday and heard Rev. Randall of Leavenworth deliver a very interesting sermon. Dr. Hulen's brother of Oklahoma drove into Holliday last Monday evening enroute for Oklahoma. He has been visiting kindred in Missouri for some weeks.

Whisky, abusive language disturbed the peace and quietude of the good people on canal street Sunday night. Had not the constable been on the jury at Olathe he might have made a few dimes by arresting the marauding gang. Died, on the 29th day of August, uncie iiiiiie in nis sixty-eigu-tta year. Mr. Justice was born in Ten nessee in itszi; moved to Missouri when young and was many years a resident of Kansas.

He leaves many children to mourn his loss. A Mr. Enochs of Bonner was found dead at Leavenworth last Sunday. Before leaving home at Bonner a week before he had willed bis property to his widowed mother. When found he was so badly decomposed that the coroner ordered the body buried.

Prof. W. HI Layton will soon move to Stillwell, where he has a school for the coming winter. Our loss will be StillwelPs gain. Mr.

Layton will be missed very much in our Sabbath school, as he has been the superintendent for near three years. A petition was circulated here for Sunday mail and sent in with some 54 names, male and female. A remonstrance against the Sunday mail had some 40 names of which three-fourths were those who signed the petition. How changeable are the minds of men I Sasklsa's Arnica CaXrv. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required.

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MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. MONEY ON HAND jp APEBS MADE AND MONEY PAID the Same Day. GOOD REAL ESTATE PAPER BOUGHT. plete stock of a small saw mill; sold by the owner to get out of the business. This stock is 1-inch boards and 2-inch dimension and is very fair stock.

We will sell it so that you can haul it twenty miles and make mjney. V0 alSO Eli 3 Lop of a little mill on the Current River which had cut out its timber and was going to move away, and we had them cut into all sizes barn timbers, making 112,000 which after all isn't very much only eight or nine cars. No one can meet our prices on this stuff without losing money. i -HLodges LUMBERMEN, rj vvnat you sea in uoages cru.r.