The Ottawa Herald from Ottawa, Kansas • Page 2

Almighty Dollar Mighty hard to get and harder to keep. Stand up for Ottawa by going to the contest at Topeka next Friday. Train leaves at 8:50 a. m. Mr.

and Mrs. J. W. Davenport are the happy parents of a girl baby born to them Tuesday afternoon, Ham Lathrop is making arrangements to open a grocery store on north Main in the old Bash property. J.

E. Hornsby is building a large addition to his farm residence near Peoria. W. K. Taylor is doing the work.

The family of Dr. A. A. Allen having Frank Maxey, of Pomona, ex-county superintendent is in the city Tuesday on business. Arthur Bixler intends to build an addition to his store building on Second street this spring: Henry H.

Harford is making arrangements to put in a line of groceries in connection with his meat market on Main and Third streets. Several Franklin county farmers have not yet the amount of stock they desire to feed and have written to cattle dealers to ship in more cattle. C. H. Miller and V.

C. Bryson of Ov- Mi regained health, the doctor has conclu OUT OF Here's where they stay with you the longest. Buying and selling for cash means disposing of merchandise quick and cheaply. You pay for what youlget, not what others have got and neglected to pay for. No credit here, we're selling goods too cheap for that.

erbrook arrived in the city Monday and made a trip into the country Tuesday SIGHT ded to remain in Ottawa for the pre sent. Miss May Pinney, of St. Louis, re is slang. It means that a thing is just about as good as it with a view to purchasing property. A private telegram from J.

L. Bris turned today. She will be engaged at Mrs. C. Russell's as trimmer this can be.

lour shoes are out or sight, if they were our's before they were season. tov at Washington states that he was appointed Monday to the position your's they are decidedly in sight if they are old and shabby, iou can't Mrs. Lucious Boltwood and mother, hide a shabby shoe with blacking or Dist. Clerk Joe Ernst spent Sunday with his family at Pomona. R.

Reed, proprietor of the Reed Hotel at Wellsville is in the city. Miss Etta Davis has resumed her old position at Fraser Co's dry goods store. Allen Harrison of Wellsville is visiting his brother Probate Judge Harrison. F. R.

Miller sold three lots on North Mulberry Monday to Rev. W. C. Harvey, who expects to build upon them. J.

B. Lockwood expects to begin the erection of a new residence on his lots on North Oak street near the North M. E. church this week. Charles Constant, who has been confined for a long spell of sciatic rheumatism, is still very sick, being reported no better Monday.

H. C. Owen, a real estate man of Be-loit, is stopping in the city a couple of days transacting some business. He owns several lots in the city. Miss Ada Grabendike is quite sick from the effects of a painful gathering in one ear, causing her to be indisposed now for nearly two weeks.

Wm. Haigler, four miles east of town, sold seventy-one acres of his large farm last week to the Mears brothers who live adjoining him. Consideration, $2000. Misses Lulu Fordyce and Nellie Post, of Topeka, and Mrs. Geo.

Fladd, of Fort Scott, were the guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Rooert Cunningham. The mission Sunday school formerly held on North Main, will be conducted each Sunday at 4 p. m.

at the Volun Mrs. Sargeant, left Wednesday morning your skirts it will peep out, proclaiming your carelessness to all the world We say "carelessness." because it can for an extended visit with friends in California. A. F. Harris, of Pomona, is in pro be nothing else.

We sell durable, pretty, lace and button shoes for $1.50, bate court Tuesday, making his annual WE ARE SHOWING spring bapes 48c, 98c, SI .38, 1 .58, 1.98, S2.35, 2.50. 3.48, And upwards. Worth from one-half to one-third more. $2.00, S2.50 aud tfi.QO. So money can be no object.

Which are your shoes, out or in sight. The Westover Shoe Co. Opp. Court House. NEWS BRIEFS.

of fourth assisstant postmaster general. S. P. Stewart went to Williamsburg Tuesday. He will go in partnership with James Logan of place in the purchase and sale of cattle and hogs.

Mrs. J. A. Bendure, of Atchison, who has been visiting h3re a few days with friends, left for Rantoul Monday where she will be the guest of Mrs. Ed Hawley.

Ed Bird has purchased A. Yar-brough's interest in the Morrell commission company, on E. Second street, the sale having been made last Saturday. W. H.

Moffitt, who resides three miles west of town, while on his way co settlement as administrator in the Pleasant G. Clark estate. Sheriff Church went to Silkville to serve some papers in the De Boissiere Orphans' Home association vs F. M. Williams and wife, a mortgage forclos-ure case.

Mrs. Prof. Nash, of North Ottawa, who got a dangerous fall from a run ning horse two weeks ago, is able to be out again. Rev. Wenn moved with' his family Wednesday to Erie, Kan.

He will, how ever, continue to preach here every Sunday until June, when a new minister will be secured. church Sunday morning, was thrown from his horse and two of his toes on the right foot wrere broken. Mr. Moffitt is sixty-one years of age. Separate Skirts $1.98, 2.50..

2,75, 3.50, 3.25, 4.85, 4.98, Worth Twenty-Five per cent more elsewhere. J. P. Burk is moving to the Mechem J. D.

Wright, of Baker university, is spending a few days in the city. Miss Stish, of Paola, came over with the minstrel today. She is the guest of Miss Eva Metcalf. H. Li.

T. Skinner has been nursing one of his thumbs for several days past as the result of a bite from a pet Pig. Frank Barton, who was arrested Saturday by Marshal Heck for being drunk, was fined 23 and costs Monday morning. Louis Boltwood and W. T.

Bird were down to take Sunday dinner with the Paramore hunting party at the Burlington lake. They repor game plentiful there. The party will be home Tuesday. The second meeting of the Fianklin County Ohio Association will be held at the court house next Tuesday, March 30, at 2 p. m.

All persons born in Ohio are cordially invited to be present and register. Cal Crozier and Albert Melander will go to Emporia to open up a clothes cleaning and pressing shop this week. Ollie Wright will remain here to conduct the business at the shop on Second street. Herman Beckel, Reuben Squires and George McCary, young men residing in the vicinity of Richmond, were arrested Saturday by Constable Grant Smith on a warrant charging them with disturbing an entertainment at the Mt. Pleasant school house.

They were brought before Justice Robbius, and each fined SI and coses, amounting to So each. Probate Judge Harrison is having a rush of marriage licences at present. Saturday he issued two licences, one to Jas. Nicademus and Amanda Shirritz and one to Alfred Clark and Olliellughes, of Centropolis, and Monday a licence to E. C.

Sims and Bertha Hoag, both of Lane and Sunday afternoon he married the first parties mentioned, Jas. Nicademus and Amanda Shirritz. Mr. P. Murphy, who went to Osawatomie Saturday to see his sou William, returned from there Monday afternoon and states that his son is recovering from the accident to his eyes which he met with while at work on a dynamo Saturday.

Some pieces of copper Hew into his eyes and it was feared for a while that it would cause the loss of sight of one. The pieces have since been removed and his eye sight will not be injured. The estate of Mathew Thompson deceased was finally settled in probate court today, and Mrs. Morrow who has faithfully and conscientiously administered it for twenty years as administratrix and guardian, was dismissed. John M.

Thompson came of age March 15. The settlement ot the estate was most satisfactory. Mrs. Morrow has discharged every social and legal duty in regard to the heir, without charge for her infinite services. A.

delightful surprise was given to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spencer of 229 Ash street on Saturday evening, it being the second anniversary of their wedding. Excellent refreshments were served and the evening was spent in games and music. The presents were very nice and useful.

Among those present were, Messrs and Mes-dames, John Okerburg, Peterson, Henry Pierson, Pontus Linnquist, Andrew Swanson; Misses Tilda Hall-berg, Hanna Okerburg, Ida Okerberg, and Mr. Gus Anderson. Mr. John Rousseau, of Topeka, and teer rooms over Ashby Warner's on Miss Belle Morril, of this city, were farm one mile east of town. He will still be interested in the Burk Hardware store and drive in daily to South Main.

D. F. Crane has purchased the Dr. married at the Seventh Day Adventist church at 7:30 p. m.

Saturday evening, by Elder D. H. Oberholtzer. A large attend to business. W.

K. Brown, who for a longtime was Mr. and Mrs. Wurtz of Wellsville were shopping in the city Wednesday. W.

S. Preshaw shipped a car of dressed poultry to New Vcrk Wednesday. Little Alice Snyder, of near Richter, who was very sick is now conTalescing. W. Bloodgood shipped a large order of washing machines to Texas this morning.

The cob pipe factory now has thirty employees, and is turning out forty gross of pipes per day. The Third Baptist church held a Mother Hubbard social last evening About 10 was realized. Mary Wright, the fourteen year old daughter of George L. Wright four miles south of town, is very low of consumption. The students who take part in the Olymphian jubilee to be given April 2, held a rehearsal in the Rohrbaugh yesterday afternoon.

The anglers are commencing to congregate at the dam again and the Deford property on the corner of Third and Walnut, which was owned by the late Mrs. Bowles. Mr. Crane expects to move in soon. number of interested friends the ceremony.

an employee in the Santa Fe yards, has moved to Shawnee, I. T. He went Catherine Welch, who was adjudged down several weeks ago and his family left for there Wednesday. J. A.

Holum, formerly of this county, insane by Probate Judge Harrison a few days ago, was Tuesday taken to the but for the past few years proprietor The F. T. T. K. club met at the home Osawatomie Insane Asylum by Deputy ASK TO SEE OCR NEW WASH GOODS SILKS AND DRESS GOODS.

WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. of Verne Hayes on Oak street last ev ening. It being the anniversary of Mr. Hayes' birthday, the club presented him with a fine shirt stud. of the Ohio House at Topeka, has disposed of his business there, and returned to his farm near Lane.

F. H. Quilty has entered a number of fine horses at the Grand Avenue sale to be held at Kansas City, April 7. He will leave for Kansas City with the horses about, the first of April. Mr.

and Mrs. Michael Spence were Evangelist A. W. Shaffer, who has been assisting in the revival services at the Christian church, expects to make this his headquarters for evan gelistic work in the future. DAVENPORT LATHRGP DRY GOODS COMPANY.

surprised Saturday evening by a num hooks in the water there are about as tVlirk tVlft fwirrst rr a troo Burrell Allen expects to leave for Annapolis, Maryland, next Monday, where he goes to take the required examination, preparatory to entering the United States Naval school. Jim Rodgers, living two miles north ber of their friends at their home on Ash street, it being the occasion of the second anniversary of their wedding. The Epworth League of the M. EL church are arranging for a series of monthly lectures on such topics asr "Scientific Temperance," "Duties of Civil Citizenship" and "Literature as a Reflection of Jim Largent, the young man living near Peoria, arrested Saturday afternoon for applying an obscene epithet of town, is building a new residence and barn on his farm, eleven miles northeast, and expects to move there soon Stmeart Tucker are doing the carpenter work. A.

J. Gaskell began the work of Sheriff Church, upon an order from Superintendent R. E. Eastman of the State Insane Asylum. A horse belonging to P.

Buckley, living eight miles north of town was attacked with the disease called azoturia Tuesday, while hitched in front of Taylor Baldwin's and fell to the ground. The animal was removed to Turner Johnson's livery barn and has not been able to get up since. Two young girls were begging from house to house in the city Tuesday and were telling a pitiful story. They claim that their parents are camped somewhere near the river, and that their father is ill and near death. They were trying to raise money to pay for the rent of a house, as the doctor said the sick man would have to be housed or he would not live long.

County Treasurer C. W. Oldroyd received Tuesday from an old com rade in the army, David Kercher of Leona, Kansas, a cane, which he values very highly. It was sent him through J. E.

Nagle, one of A. Willis' nurserymen, and was sent as a remembrance of old comradeship. Mr. Oldroyd and Mr. Kercher were comrades together in the 16th Ohio regiment and at the close of their service in '65 parted, lost track of each other and did not meet again until sixteen years ago, when they met unexpectedly in Topeka.

They parted again and neither knew where the other was until the other day, when Mr. Nagle ran across Mr. Kercher, the name of Mr. Oldroyd happened to be spoken and brought again to remembrance. Mr.

Oldroyd sent Mr. Kercher a letter Tuesday, acknowledging the present and renewing old acquaintance. to a man whom he passed on the street, succeeded in raising the amount of his cleaning the filters at the water works Tuesday. This requires the removal, washing and replacing of the sand in the filters and will take a force of men several days to do the work. fine and was released that evening.

Mrs. F. B. Peck received a telegiam At the Pomona caucus Monday the Saturday evening announcing the sad occurrence of the death of her uncle, Mr. John Fox, at Omaha, whose burial took place there today.

Mrs. following were nominated on the "citizens ticket:" Mayor, E. F. Scoville; marshal, Owen Cole; clerk, Luther Judge Robb and Mrs. Sarah Robb of Newcomb; treasurer, A.

M. Garrison; this city are sisters of the deceased. J. E. Byers, of North Main street, police judge, H.

Detwiler; councilmen, W. R. Porter, Ed Hollingsworth, James quite surprised many of his friends in Yount and M. F. Lawrence.

W. L. Beardsley, store-keeper at the Santa Fe shops, was at Chanute Mon Lawrence, Ottawa, Kansas City and Wamego are on the ground floor at Grand Opera house in Topeka next Friday night. Are you going? E. B.

Marmaduke was out Tuesday afternoon, repairing the telephone line between here and Pomona, which was injured by the recent high winds. Mrs. Green, who has been showing the advantages of Tottoline for M. K. Fairbank Company, in several of the business houses of the city, went to Garnett Wednesday.

Supt. J. E. Barnes and H. D.

Hilder-brand, superintendent of bridge and building of the Southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe, passed through in special car Wednesday. Mr. Cohn and his entire force at the Boston store have been working over hours to get things in readiness for their millinery opening Thursday and Friday, April 1 and 2. Miss Bar rett has just returned from New York with npwMrds of 150 beautiful pattern hats and bonnets. Prof.

Cravens returned from Topeka this morning, where he drilled the chorus last evening. He states that Topeka has a fine chorus of 250 mem-be ra. The evening before he was present at the Lawrence chorus drill, where they have a membership of 125. Prof. Cravens will go to Leavenworth tom orrow to organize a chorus there tomorrow evening.

C. B. Horton, of Omaha, assistant superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph is in the city today. He came here for the purpose of considering the advisability of changing the Western Union office from its present location to the rear room of the First National Bank building, in order to have a more favorable place for keeping the batteries, but in looking over the situation, Mr. Horton decided to box the batteries and not move the office at present.

The gentlemen associated with the Congregational church have preempt day to establish a new store house for the road at that place. That division was formerly in charge of the master. mechanic, who drew upon the store house here. The new store house has been placed in charge of Frank Wilson, son of Engineer Wm. Wilson.

Probate Judge Harrison has two insanity cases set for today. The parties are Nellie and Mary Hunt, of Pomona. Edward T. Elrod, of Wellsville, and Lydia N. Town, of Louisville, were married by Probate Judge Harrison Wednesday morning.

George D. Stinebaugh has filed thirty-seven original and increased pension papers since the inauguration of President McKinley, March 4. Ex-county Attorney Welsh filed a petition in district court Wednesday to allow A. E. Warren, as administrator, to sell property in this county in the estate of Mary P.

Field, deceased An operation was performed at the hospital Monday to straighten the crooked feet of the one year old son of Ed Hoagland, who lives five miles south of town. Both feet were misshapen in such a manner that the boy could only walk on the sides. It is thought that the operation will prove entirely successful in overcoming thi3 deformity. Ray Elder has arranged for a bicycle department in a portion of the Elder Hardware store. He has tastily arranged one of the front windows with a display of wheels and perfected ar-rangments for inflating tires without the use of a pump, the air pressure coming from a large receptacle in the cellar.

This is free to the use of the public. Dr. A. H. Wright of the Santa Fe hospital, was quite pleasantly surprised Tuesday, the occasion of his thirtieth birthday.

As he went to take his seat at the dinner table, he found his chair occupied by a large box, the contents of which were a mystery to him. Upon opening it he found it contained a very fine microscope, the gift of a number of his friends, who sent it with their best regards. The young ladies' minstrel show at Garnett Tuesday night under the management of Mrs. F. Dobson, of Ottawaf is reported to have scored the greatest hit made there this season.

The girls were greeted by a crowded house and all of them undoubtedly did their best. A Garnett man said this morning that it was the best show he had ever seen in town. The character of the entertainment was almost identical, with the exception of local joked, to the one given here. As a manager of young ladies1 mistrels, Miss Sukey Peach Blossom is undoubtedly an unrivaled success wherever she goes. Several Ottawa people went down to see the show.

8 THE ROHRBAUGH. Stock growers are finding Kuilir corn the cheapest of all Fodder plants. The foliage is is heavy, makes lots of feed anil the seed is equal to corn and fully as productive. We have plenty of the best seed. TOPPING IPD'E CO.

That Kastern Trip. Going East, take the Santa Fe route as far as Chicago. Most direct line from the Southwest generally, and thirty miles the shortest between Missouri river and Chicago, which insures quick time and sure connections. Track is straight and rock-ballasted, with very few crossings ar grade. Vestibuled limited expresses, with latest pattern Pullman and free chair cars.

Meals in dining-cars served a la carte. Inquire of nearest agent, or address W. J. Black, P. A.

T. S. F. I TUESDAY, APRIL 6, '97 II I a 8 8 Salter 3c jVI artin's the city Sunday by returning from Youngstown, Ohio, with Miss Lizzie Chamberlain as his bride, they having been married at her home in Youngstown, Wednesday of last week. They will reside in his property on North Main.

People in the neighborhood of Ninth and Holly streets were shocked Sunday afternoon by a knock down fight which took place in the middle of the road between a colored and a white fellow. There was an excited crowd of darkies gathered around the scene. The fight was all over a jack rabbit which the hounds of the participants had caught and a quarrel arose as to its possession. WThile the two were engaged in blows, another darkey, Dave Anderson, snatched the prize and ran off with it. Tuesday a "citizens' ticket" pro moter called upon Senator Sheldon in the interest of the movement and asked him to subscribe something to the campaign fund which is being raised to back this "non-partisan" game.

The senator listened impatiently for a moment and then burst forth with some language which we couldn't be hired to repeat. "What in the," (several blanks) "do you come to me for?" enquired the senator, "I'm not one of your non-partisans, I'm a populist, and I believe in running a populist ticket as a populist ticket. I won't a gol darned, ragged-edged, star spangled, royal Bengal American nickel to such a confounded, flim, flam game." Our correspondent, who was an eye witness to the scene, also reported other language a trifle stronger, which the senator used to express his opinion of the "citizens' racket. sflAMMOUTH ORIGINAL nn uue Topeka, Kas. 9 Seed Potatoes at MorelPs.

ed next Wednesday evening for an en The only original Uncle Tom's Cabin company extant, presenting the famous historical drama of Mrs. Stowe. Complete in every detail. tertainment. Just what the nature of the entertainment will be is a secret, not even the wives of the managers i 5 Ban cl of WL I) can learn a thing about it.

The only thing learned is that the men propose All Occessories necessary to a complete production. to get even with the ladies who recent-lv clave i a practical joke oa them or The Herald has learned that it will be aericu.tural in its nature. Major Cash Grocery. Is very busy. His old customers who all remember how Mr.

Guy used to save them money have been in to see him this morning. Pickrell will be the Chief Maximus of the occasion; Jno. Boltwood will ap is pear as the Lacteal Emulsifyer and other well known characters will ap pear "in repertoi.