The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1894 Page: 1 of 4
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MANCHESTER, L COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TER, THURSDAY, JULY 5 1894
Volurro 2, Nii"nhor 4.
MAKE READY
—('lioicc syrup ni
cents || gallon.
Scott'*, only 301 —A w hole barrel of pickles til Scot t
-f'linttcl mortgage* drawn at thin
<’ Lynch (<irc himself lonw from 1 ofllci
! I'1* "H'' '“'f1 H,ou«‘' I -Try II gallon of that 30I m rup
lust Nit unlay to conic to town unit
TO via
on September is
Barbecue
and CELEBRATION of the
STRIP
OPENING.
New Store
<
Furnishing
b Goods
1 transact some business. 11 in errand
to t Ills ortlci wa- to leave a couple
1 dollar^ <n sub-i rlptlnn. Such caller**
1 ire appreciated particularly, “aft«-r
I harvest,"
i Aureal inariy well-* are said to In-
fulling in (In- vicinity of Leo. Miller'*-
, .iikI unlit I* of lilutT City In IlnrperH-o.
So fur w* huve heard no complaint In
t ill** lieluhliorlioiel. Our town well In
holding out remarkably well except
I hat it should he made larger at tin
boll*.III.
| John Walt of Anthony was out
on business as conntahle Monday and
arriving In ibe vicinity of Munches
ter nlnnit noon, lie came over iin* line
to town to feed III-* Imrse and take
dliiru-rut a tlrut class hotel. John
always has a (paid word to say for
Manchenter.
—TO TRADE KOIl tiMOCKItIKK.—A
good llarper-eo. farm of too acres, 120
acres in cultivation, 4nacres in past-
ure, good house, burn and water,
orchard and vineyard in bearing, con-
veniently located near railroad nta-
t ion. Will i rude for stock of groceries.
Address, R, tills office. 52
.1, A. Scott returned from MrPher-
son-co. Monday. Mrs. S*-ott and the
I children are still there visiting and
t he children are having tin* measles.
It seems more like home since Jim re-
turned to Manchester. II** hat a host
| of warm friends In-re. Mrs. Scott will
be home next week.
—Travel from the southwest should
not forget lliat the road front the
west coining into Manchester from
t he south side is now in good g|ia|**
for travel, a new bridge having been
built across Cooper creek. Try this
road and avoid tin- hills coming from
the west along the state line.
—Pasturk for Cattle.—1 have
alsiut .'ton acres of splendid pasture
Having I*s ated at Manchester iantl, well fenecd. abundance or pure
with a complete stock of evervthing , , , p ‘
in the almve named lilies. I res|M-ct- rl,,|tiing water and plenty of shade,
fully announce to the public that I Will take one nr one hundred head of
am prepared to furnish any and cattle at 25 cents a head per month.
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had at any other town in tin- West. ca" at w, st »•»» <>' -wtion In, town-
--ship 27. range !». .3-2* J. Cyi-iiehs.
Of L. D. BRAND
Dry Goods
Clothing
AT SCOTT'S V Boots
old stand J Shoes, Notions
A line of SPRING SUITS that is unsur- While the other line* of railroad
passed for beauty, style, fit and price. I aro experiencing great difficulty just
nave come to stay and wi"
advantage to trade with me.
will make it to your ,,oW 1,1 handling traius owing to the
With rno ^ great strike which Is on throughout
ANTHONY. KANSAS and
L. 0. BRAND,
MANCHESTER, OKLA.
Are you seeking
WKT
A business location?!:
If so. don't fail to see....
MANCHESTER.
Tt i-tln pr*-.‘lit tormlnu-of tin* IIMtcliln->«n
\ NiutlM rii rullroati. I- Im-nt.-d on frovern-
incnt IjhuI iind will !»«• pmvptl up :im a free
tnuii with lot- frot* to any utid cverytmdy.
It lias more d* -lruld«* tcirltory from which to
draw trade than any otln-r ttiwri In tht* strip
over 1»»KTN huildimrs now up. A fret*
w .tt r system has been put In hy the people
which affords trood water ami lots of It.
f
the country, our accomodating
Hutchinson & Southern road is send-
ing out trains on time and is exper-
iencing no trouble with striking ern-
; ployt-s. Hut this is probably account-
ed for In the fact that the 11. & S.
docs not handle Pullman sleepers.
—W. W. Simpson. f>. P. S., dentist
lias located In the front room over W.
T. Elliott's harness store in Anthony.
Parties desiring first class dental op-
I erations performed will do well to see
him us In-makes a specialty of pre-
erving the natural teeth. The doc-
tor is a regular licensed dentist of the
state and thoroughly understands his
business. Has will be administered
where necessary In extracting teeth.
If rli-lies wen- i-qual for you and for me.
How shamefully worthless we'd he!
If work were a pastime and fortunes free,
How terribly, lerrllily Idle we'd be!
If nobody fell to the foot of the tree,
How easily, easily famous we'd he!
If Into futurity someone could see.
How awfully, awfully reckless we'd he!
Hut If we could always he kind and agree,
How thoroughly,thoroughly happy we'd be.
—Exchange.
Get in on the ground floor now while
LOTS ARE. FREE.
New Quarters^
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9k J. n. 06OTT
J. C. BENDER,
Dep t. Co. Surveyor L Co.
Office ut L. I>. Brand's dry imods store.
MANCHESTER, O. T.
J. B. Roark,
Attorney-at-Law.
I Will practice In all courts. Land office
practice a specialty. office cu-t side of
public square, due cu-t of Laud office
at Scot t
— Look at ladles I * cent fast black
hose at Itrund's.
Ir you want to liaise school land
call III Tiik JfJl IIN A I, ottli e.
Frank ( lillder* w is unpiltts-d at
Pond 1 ,'rci-k *.f tin Purge *,f cuttle
stealing.
— Another full car load of ilour ro-
ceived at .1. A. Scott's, for sale at
wholesale and retail.
—WaVTKD,—A Job us cook for a
t hreshing outfit. Have hud <*x|h*ii-
ciici*. Apply at this nfllcc.
—Take your pruduet* to .1. A. .Scott's
and get us much or a little more for
It than at any other store.
—One new Cyclone tank pump,
compl'-te outfit, for sale cheap hy J.
.1. Costa, Anthony. Kansas. -Itf
—Spring ami sumnn-r mens and
Isiys suits at brand's for less money
than New York and Chicago prices.
— J. \V. Smith and wife, accompa-
nied hy Misses Ethel and Maggie
Se,.it,were Anthony visitors Tuesday.
Peaches are beginning to appear
on the market. They sell at about
#1 per bushel hut will he much
cheaper in a few days.
—We are requested to announce
that Klder Frazier of Hutchinson
will preach at Cameron next Sunday
evening at eight o'clock.
J. P. Jones has decided that Man-
chester Is good enough for him and
has given up moving hack to Anthony
as stated in last week's.Iouknal.
— L. F. Starks spent Sunday night
in the vicinity of Wakita lisiting the
Rutherford boys, lie returned Imme
to sunburnt Kansas the next morn-
ing.
—Henry F.lhy planted some white
milo mai/.e on the 2nd of July. It Is
pretty late hut he had the gr. urid
ready and didn't want to sec it lav-
idle.
—This office received a valued call
Friday from J. W. Alsdurf who has a
good claim six miles southwest. His
errand was to drop a dollar "in tin-
slot" for Thk Journal.
—J- J. Lakiu has the thanks of Thk
Journal for a sample peek of Okla-
homa potatoes. They were almost
mature and Mr. Lukin will replant a
large patch in a few days.
— It is reported that the people of
Anthony got ready to sing the I)ox-
ology when they saw rain clouds
rising in the direction of Kiowa last
week but they didn't sing it.
—There lias been but little horse
stealing in this part of the strip but
other sections are catching tll>all the
time. Our people should keep
sharp lookout for their horses.
LET US USE SENSE.
,
A Haubj-j i g. —’lit* |mm pie of I —The Fumth of July hasonee UMire
Munch- m mud surroiindlne r-untry ' * oim* mi l g ■ .*, it wu> nut known
ought In net together on a date for | here until S iturl iv Hint a
ratifying the decision In th-'towns I* excursion over i o-H. ,v h. wu* corn-
contest awl to celebrate the o|M-ning ing f Muiic l,*«t--i, tim |Hopi<- hi**l
of the IJii-loke*- strip lo SI It lenient. 1 mostly 11 :* in„.(l (,* fcl, tWcWl.cro
S RAILROAD • S"|',,','*,M ' 1,1 ''"I""* •»' *s'"»»luy t111- m spend ll, day out many *.f them
yearnml 'Jiik .Iouiinal would sug-1 rem.iin"l i h>* and ........ .uin
Why Continue a Quaieel that Mut<
Result Disastrous to AM
Concerned?
THE H. &
v -i that Saturday. S»- temln-r 15. I*
uunu-d n ;i dale for the c< lehriitl'*n.
urhi-i euiid r. tille.it Ion. The and
office will have reached a d* < Isloi In
the is in test ere that d.ilcuml It will
give ample opportunity to make all
success Is attained only when ucconi*, arrange,uents for exeurshm*. *p* uk-
p.'inled hy sens*.* and business prin- * is. etc. Tln'rol lio r* ris< " wliv we
elpb- Can Manchester and Cumeinn ! •*"' 1'" in i .o* u, io,*»i*i
tnusut lor s Con*#-"*"'»- Th«r< I, Bui On*
Suilsblu location lo, u loon and that i,
Manchtilor A Tosn Nuinou* to (>•*,
BroncK ol Trod** anil Bu* -■*«« TSn It X S a
Hus,i lotnr.
"N'lthlng sueei-i d* like stieees«"and
alford to Ignore botli'r
Tlfs. tnwus have In i• ri in a quuir*
for nine long months, \t lio has been
i« ii**tl;t* d thereby? There was a
time when tin- quarrel would have
been atiileahly settled and the town-
site of Cameron done away with blit
for tin- Interference of Oito Miller as
superintendent of the Hutchinson A
Sourliern railroad in protesting to
the depart ment against the removal
of the office to Manchester. That
protest carried with it dire disaster
to Mr. Miller, to the railroad, to the
town and to the people. It co*t Otto
Miller the loss of his position as a
leading official of the Hutchinson A
Southern railroad—It cost the railroad
hundreds, yea thousands of dollar- in
freight and passenger traffic— it re-
vived a town fight that was once
practically settled and spread dismay
and consternation among hundreds of
people who were shaping themselvi-s
lo locate and build up homes and
business in the then promising town
of Manchester. Who was bem-tilted
by that protest?
When we say that the Hutchinson
& .Southern railroad, with the bare
exception of probably one man. is
ready and anxious to compromise and |
thereby make Manchester the one
remain* u ut home ami made slight
prepiirnt'iiu f*-r ll.*- i ntei iulioncnt of
«*<«*Up- * * - The train I* *t Hutch-
m- *n i li i.il v l J pi*ui isn,rd
a "I i' n tv us l* * ni* r*- •>-. • re picked
uji on Ihe w,,y il win They were
i i-mpn-ed inosil* **f families—men,
women and tln-lr < bi r*-n and ninny
of tin m iiiUgliiba-. r )h.ner- (mr
o|.*i ir hotco how* *. r. fed alsiut 78
i" i- M w*t *>i *>ur visitors eume
- xm* -sly f*,r a short oiit'ng In okln-
h* m i and all who left the train at
the station made ii Is-** tin** fur M;iu-
ehesi* r. I’ci Imps l’ixi |H**,pl<* rroiii the
)'<*untry wer*- here uurlng the day.
awl I fhi crowd. W** should at on-* Tii-- excursion cmne to** unexp- *led|y
o|h-ii eorreiipondenc* with Delegate for tin people her*-to an.in.- a |iro-
D. 1. Flynn. Hon. II. W. I'at tcr.*»>ii cr. m. H.ii reUof He* ice water wi re
and other able speakers asking I hem stationed here umi tln-r*- in front of
to Is-with us and deliver addresses | the i,u-u houses and otln-r minor
at this ‘celebration. We have slept 'irrangi im ni* m.ide for the areommo-
long enough; let us wake up and go dation of guests. The day was cimiI
to work, riiere s no time to los<. ami pleitsaiit compared to the weather
. . ,, , previous, It lielug *iulie cloudy most
- J. A. Lydick was,,, town Monday u„ ...... pll,ISIIll Vceze
feeling IIS Jjiblla.it as any man w, tll(m;l,K f„„lt Ul„ , (ir{,ieast.
lx pie pr- sent in Mau-'lu st.-r on that
day. Lit ns hold a me* Dug and
dis-ldc on our plans at once The ll
\ s. railroad will offer *--n low excur-
sion rules fn.m .ill i*.lot* altnig It-
line untl a»«lst n» In evt-ty way to
have seen under the very "drying" elr-
eunistanees surrutinding Hit Harper-
'J UK .Ini knai. received Friday
co. corn fields, lie had great faith a pi‘'asuni vi-ii li*m II. T. Flint of
in a good corn crop this season and the 11. A s. rahi nd. Mr. Flint is a
wa* not at all sparing in tlie miiMint man of unhiasid business principjis
of ground planted, putting *iiil alsiui arK* la very anxious to see harmony
2on acres. Helias corn all the way Hnd a K""fl town at this end of the
from seven feet high and in full tussle "• ^ s- road. He realizes that it is.
down to hoot top high and no proba-
bility of tussling miles.- we g. t rain,
and that very »oon. His wheat was
very good and with the old corn Id-
how has on hand In- will pull through
in pretty good shape, rain or no rain.
He attributes tin- principal cans* of
the failure of the corn crop to Un-
furl that tln-re is no moisture in the
sub-soil. Hot winds have tln-lr effect
but nothing gets away with corn so
quickly and so effectually as a lack of
moist lire underiu-nt h t In- surface. If
anybody in the country grows corn,
Mr. Lydick always has it. His theory
is a plausible one and we (hmht not
and only town at this end of their [that he knows what In
line, we do so with a full knowledge alxmt.
under all existing eireuuistnriees.lioth
impracticable and impossible to build
the town on the( ameron side of tin-
line. Mr. I-lint lias the true interests
of the railroad at heart, regardless of
low ii diffen nee*, and lie thinks Un-
people of i . Hu ron and Manchester
ought to come t>> seme amicable un-
derstanding for the good of one town.
The natural and more suitable locu-
tion. lie say*, i* at Manchester, lie
considers title to Nil* m Manchester
absolutely safe regardless ,,f how
the contest may l»- finally settled.
Mr. Flint has never made himself ob-
noxious to olll people ill tile town
is talking ‘l|larrel and tin y all respect him as an
, official of the II. A S. road.
—Up to lo day* or two week* ago
there was neo r a liner prospect for
corn in tin- West than we bud here in
KNIP,
OKLAHOMA.
Scott & Dark,
BLACKSMITH
AND
General Wagon and Carriage
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t + Hus removed his store to the new J f Work In all their branch**. Plow work and
£ t building, (north front).on the corner + +'
+ + of Main and Cleveland avenue, first J j
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X door east of Tiik Jouknal office.
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Horse Shoeing
I invite both old and new customers
to call and see me and guarantee to
give them good treatment and fair
dealing in all lines handled. You
should bear in mind that Scott leads
in low prices, all others try to follow.
don't forget TE,e New Location
JAS. A. SCOTT,
Is/IA-IST CHESTER,
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OKLA..
a specialty. Satisfaction cnaratileeU. Shop
*>n .lackson Avenue, near Hadgcr lumber
yard,
MANCHESTER. 0 T.
The Ever Popular
Bennett House,
JOHN SCIIMOKEH. Fn.pr.
- Anthony, - - Kansas.
This house lia* been tliorouglily ren-
ovated and placi-d in tirst-class shape
to accommodate tin* traveling public.
Try The Bennett.
SI to SI.50 per day.
—Steve Miller lias accepted a posi-
tion as hart, nder for E. Hupp and
begun work on the morning of the
Fourth. It would be bard to make a
“sandy" stick at the saloon now.
—School lands are ready for leasing
—sections l.'t and .73. Select your
quarter and make your application to
lease through this office. Hlanks fur-
nished and the work attended to for
50 cents.
— Mrs. J. W. Walcott and her son
Ililey and wife came down last Friday
to visit Mr. Walcott on the claim.
They returned home Sunday. Riley
resides at Newton and is an engineer
on the main line of the Santa Fe.
—J. S. Seamen, the gardener, tells
us lie lias a splendid show for corn,
kaffir corn, cane, watermelons, pump-
kins. etc..considering the dry weather.
His potatoes are fine and he had a
world of beans, peas, radishes, etc.
—Jerry Allen is the only colored
ntan whose name appears on The
Journal's subscription !i*t. Jerry
has a good claim several miles south-
east of town and tries to make of
himself a respected, law abiding
citizen.
—A certain young man in the near
vicinity had better tie liis horse a
little more securely the next time lie
is out on Sunday night. Walking
three or four miles as late as 12 o'clock
at night isn't funny at all, or at
least we wouldn't so consider it.
—July Fourth was Oscar Ilearld-
ston's birthday and that evening
a number of bis intimate friends
gathered at the Hearldston home for
a surprise party. The names of those
present were received to late to be
given space. A splendid supper was
spread. Thanks for a sample of the
tine birthday cake.
—T. J. Marts, who lias been run-
ning a grocery store at this place for
A. H. Ranney of Anthony, accepted a
jMisitiou as head clerk in the general
store of M. D. Lee at Anthony, where
lie begun work Tuesday. J. A. Scott
bought most of bis goods. Hard
times dry weather and a gloomy out-
look for the future caused Tommy to
make the change. We hope to see
Mr. and Mrs. Marts enjoy a prosper-
ous future in Anthony.
large amount of money in Camemu or
any other town where the yearly tax
levy is 76 mills on the dollar. It is
absurd to think about. Business men
nowadays are not seeking an oppor-
tunity to liquidate the indebtedness
incurred by other people. They have
•enough to look after to meet their
individual obligations and don't pro-
of wftut we are saying and are conti- —R. T. Wares and wife of Powell
dent that such a compromise can be creek were in town Monday trading
effected if all concerned will only lay { an<^ 'idled this office. Mrs. Wares
.. ,, , ,, , says she had the tin* *t garden she L-co.. Oklahoma, and llnr|» r-co.,
aside prejudice and look the situation ‘ . , . , , ... . ,, . ..
ever saw but tile dry weather has al- I'-in-.i'. Since that tune there has
over ear* fully in a sensible and bnsi- j completely ruined it. Hut not- 'h-i n nu rain and .».-v-tuI days of hot
ness like way. We do not ask Cam- w ithstanding the drouth sin is well " ;i ds Inis v ii tii:il 1> r.i in l-the early
cron to accord to Manchester that pleased with her in w home and says j11'rt* greatly damaged the late,
which wc would not willingly accord "tbers may come and go but she will l ub ssraii. comes there will be
. , , ,., ... ", be found on I’nwell creek. We admire uo corn at all. Smlli and southeast
1 1 1111 11 "lv 111,1,1 '"it' a,|( 'ir' such pluck and will not miss the mark "f us tl,e situation i* reisuted even
cunistaliens. far when we say five years will find I worSc' Hian here. The damage has
Manchester lias every natural ad- tin in in comfortable circumstances I "eti equally great through Sumner,
vantage over Cameron for the build- and a nice home. They are formerly Harper, barber. Comanche. Pratt and
ing of a good town. The difference
in taxation alone is enough to stay
the growth of Cameron and build up
Manchester.
front Nashville, Kingniau-co..Kansas.
One dollar was placed to their credit
at The Journal office.
— We were over to Sol Hearldston's
. the other day and found him chock
No '.me man is going to invest any full of dry weather and ready for a
change. He has the tinest water-
melon patch we have seen this season
and if there are no preventing provi-
dences we are likely to repeat our
visit in about four weeks. Mr.
Hearldston bad over 2oo acres of
wheat that he thinks will go fully 15
bushels per aero. lie seemed ex-
tremely happy in the thought that
Mrs. Hearldston had no turkeys this
season to riddle his wheat stacks.
pose to thru per with the obligations They held a consultation not long
of others. ago and decided to go out of the tur-
Manchester has not only a more
desirable location for a town, but the
key business.
—The sparring match which was
laws of Oklahoma are more desirable, advertised to take place at Anthony
and especially so to that class of peo-
ple who are seeking locations in a
line town. Luts are absolutely free
here so far as individual or corpor-
last Friday between a colored man
named Harris and Lee Morgan of
,n< r southern Kansas counties, and
extends from 4" to 'to miles north of
the Or.iahoma tine. It is indeed dis-
'•i.a’aaiiig to siitler* in tile new
country. Wheat i* yielding some
better than was anticipated and this
wi . all "(date distrep** in many cases.
Most settlers in tin* part of the strip
are men w ho had nut crops of wheat
in Kansas this year and this will help
to tide them over another year.
—J. IL Carnegie of Landers .t Car-
negie informs u* t hat they will have
about 17,000 bushels of wheat this
year from l.nno acres *,f laud, most of
which be think* will grade 2. They
pastured late and very heavily, which
probably cut the crop a little short of
vvhat it might have been. They are
paying 75cents p: r acre for fall plow-
ing for wheat and allowing 50 cents
(ter week for sharpening plow. This
is very small vv ige* but Mr. Carnegie
says present price* and the future
Manchester fizzled out completely. | ;a,th»ok win not allow paying more.
Quarters are too scarce at ibis tinnto * *1CT l,l*t oul H.iooot wheat this
I fall.
draw much of a crowd at such amuse-
ments. Had the "scrap" been adver- —On Sunday last the Hutchinson
alive speculation is concerned. They ,
are in the government s right and can 'tised :,s a ,'*llt to t,ie tinisl1’i,n au<H" I A" Southern went hack to its old time
. . . „ ence would have been secured. The 1 card, arriving at the state line at
be bad at government prices. , Journal does not approve of pugi-
Why not bold a conference between j lism but is proud that we have such a
the two factions and talk up a just stately form as that of Lee Morgan,
and amicable settlement of all dif- Let' ">ake a pretty hard mill
ferences? It ought to and can be
d*me if good business judgment is
in the ring.
—It Is gcm rallv understood bv the
pl.iu to do bus.noss is to get in with here a* soon as arrangements can be
the greatest number of people. Man- made after decision is rendered in
Chester can be made one of the best,
towns in the strip if the people will
only get together. Fate and taxation
are against Cameron—it is fully as
large today a* it can possibly hope to
be in ten years to come.
The railnad is anxious and waiting
for it and we hope to see the business
men of both towns get together and
effect a compromise. Talk the mat-
ter up. There is no good to come
from quarreling.
The big railroad strike is prob-
ably having much to do with the
present decline in wheat. The roads
will not accept wheat for shipment
the townsite contest. It is conceded j
by everybody now that the people will
be given a decision and we feel fully
justified in making the announce-
ment, the only obstacle being the
naming of a date, a* we do not know
at this time just when decision will
be given. Who is the cowman that
will donate the fatted ox?
—The rules adopted some time ago
in order to facilitate business before
tile land office at a time when tin
rush rendered it necessary to divide
the crowd in order to accommodate
them,and there being now no further
necessity for tile enforcement of the
rules, they are hereby abrogated and
parties can obtain any inform,iti**n or
except at the owner * risk. G. A. | transact any business before tile land
Stark*, the leading buyer, is now office at any time between the hours
of w a. in. and 4 p. m.
R. AV. Patterson. Register.
offering only 36 cents for No. 2 soft.
—J. A. Scott handles the Nickerson
flour, as g*>od as can be had anywhere.
A fresh ear I**ad ju*r received and he
—New. fre*h groceries receiv'd
every day at Scott's. Win.* you
can quote price* at wholesale or retail want good goods, squa'e dealing
that caflnot be undersold. 1 and low prices, give hitn a call.
11:30 a. m..and leaving at 2:00 p. in.
This change now makes it possible to
receive a part of our mail matter 24
hours earlier than heretofore, nl-
tliougv the Wichita Eagle does not
arrive any earlier than la-fore. This
is the result of negligence on t he hart
of the mailing clerk or carelessness on
the part of clerks * u the trains. The
Eagle ought to r*;n-li Manchester at
noon the same day on which it is
printed.
—Messrs. Palmer and Woodruff,! lie
former a son of Editor Palmer of the
Medford Patriot, and the latter from
Hutchinson, called at, The Journal
office Sunday. Mr. Woodruff informed
us the hot w inds had not then reached
Hutchinson and that corn looked well
yet. Mr. Palmer said corn was in a
sorry plight between this place and
Medford.
—Our "after harvest" subscribers
are beginning to drop in one by one
to pay for The Journal. We have
been carrying some of you for several
months and hope von will not forget
us. We don't believe we have a man
on * ur list w ho does not intend to pay.
-John Rader. <H W. Rockwell and
Wm. Boyer were x ‘rotn Big Sandy
Tuesday and called at The Journ al
headquarters. Tin y report corn on
the sandy land standing the drouth
much better than that on the black
or red up.aird.
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