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MANCHESTER, L COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TER., THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1893.
Volume 1, Number 29
B DRY GOODS»
WHAT do you want? I have it.
Calicos, flannels, dress goods,
outing cloth, ladies, misses and children’s
hose, both wool and cotton; mens’ heavy all-
wool home-knit socks, cloaks, small line of
clothing, cotton batting, linen collars and
cuffs, ladies and misses shoes, notions, etc.
My »tnek In nf grind and iim ful
Hutchinson & Southern Railroad.
TIIIIN* A Kill V K. I l.rAVK
I Aivnin/iHMliit Ion, dully ] 11 n> u m. rt.iMl p.ni
0. M. Mohhihon. Ki sldt iit Aiirnt.
Anthony Time-Table Mo Pacific R’y
A:JO p. in,
r.\*t inn'Mi
I No 4J1, Moll and Ripn-M
WK*T IHM'NI*
(No IAS, Mftl) and K.xpn*** IftWn m
Sttn. 4-M itnd i’c' run fluffy and mrry nwllii-
. Iiitf clmlr car bctwrvn K!m*u un«I Kim. I’Hy
.1 K. WITIIF.UN, A Kent.
-TtiWMniir Omtr.Kn. In conver-
sation with Commissioner I litrri—.n
hist Saturday we received quite a hit
nf Infnrmatiun concerning bus I new*
matters connected with uur commis-
sioners court. L-co. will !«■ divldi-d
Into township* 12 miles square, or ns
nearly ns practicable. They are to he
made large to curtail cxjm-iimcs as far
as possible in lining out township
officer* with equipments for transact-
ing duties. This township will !><•
but 10 miles square, si, as to avoid
throwing the towns of Manchcst-r
and Waklta In the same township,
A Justice of the peace, constable,
trustee, clerk and treasurer will lie
bohU. hucIi mm lire nevded dully In your
liDUn s, mid prices, an' u* low tiMCitfi In* imidi*
I Invite ii direful IfiHiM'ftlnn of irnnd* mid
price-, and will extend courteous treatment
whether jrnu • to »*o .
IJ. NONES
QC Cents will pay for adver-
liolni loot, iprBjrttd oritolM} stock ov
\J\J \ t fid In thl*column Appointed f* *r cat’ll townfthlp* Aj •'
fyr„reu:;;.:V-: rule the Justice and « nsUbte will t»
*lnhs1 ^the *•»■•>* »•«>
advertiMcmciit will *
I Ih* dlMfontlUUed
three ottlces divided among those
living hi the country. These appoint
North Side Main Street, opposite Journal office, Manchester, (). T.
TAKEN IT One •lush Imy pony msrv. 4
while feet, white fttce. welclil slsjul <VS*. no
hrund* Inquire at tills office. «7l4
STAR LIVERY 311(1 FEED ST
f | a IIIhthI rewanl fnr recovery of coat I t.
II. c*. I’ll I LliRD K, Proprietor.
First - Class Teams
And maid Innrjflc* Hlwuy* ready for
line af reaw«>ioilde prices., Al*«>
•.addle hornets to hire.
I make a Specialty in the Feed Line and guar*
untie pminuf ami careful ulteiitton to all
Ntock placed In my care. Patronage wanted.
pr-rlevelimd Avenue. Manchester, O. T
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STKAYE1>—One Murk |n»ny mire, Imhl
(««••• 4 white tmt, rathwr.lender huUil.wnlulit u 111 n, , i„, mnri., ,,n, il u,nin
nimut (MnrTOi.uol,rands N.itinTthlsoffice, minis win noi in m.un limn sonn
time In January, hut il is expected to
have everything in grssl working
trim in all the townships by February
1. Mr. Harrison sayshe will represent
this commissioners district, which
comprises the northwest corner of
the county and running south to the
Salt Fork and east to a point east of
and near the town of Pond Creek, it
will he known as the 3rd commis-
sioners district. The 2nd district
will embrace all the territory lying
east of a line running north and south
on the east side of Pond Creek and
north of the Salt. Fork. All the
i a 111mml reward for recovery of coat.
.......in ii Bluff Pity, KimMi s**«4
STRAYED OOP dirk f•;*v mar*1. Star III
fare. 1 w hite hind foot, 7 yearn old, very abort
mane, welirhf about hoo, no brand*. Infor-
mation will bo suitably rewarded by W E
l ord, lilufTOty, Hanna* ‘Jut4
—Genuine buckwheat Hour at Scott
Pros. Try it.
—To Subscriiiekb.—Tlic subscrip-
tion price of Tiik Journal is *1 per
year. <>o cents for <1 months. 35 cents | land lying south of the Salt Fork in
!>e embraced in District
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S. B. FLING
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for 3 months, payable in advance, and
no deviation whatever from the
prices named.
—If anybody asks you, just tell
thorn the Itadger Lumber Co. is
getting in an immense stock of lumber,
and they have some lumber on hand
yet at their old yard in Cameron,
which was abandoned for a better
location.
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-H 'OH I
Hardware and COAL
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Taken Up.
1 hare In my possession at my place
i one mile east and one mile north of
L-co. will
No. 1. Mr. Harrison told us he would
he through this part of the county
within u few days posting himself in
the interest of the court as to whom
it will he advisable to appoint as
officers for the various townships in
Ills district. If you want an appoint-
ment to some township office a peti-
tion to the commissioners court
would not be out of place, hut a still
better plan will be to see Mr. liar-
much credit for her splendid effort to
mark the occasion one long to lie
remembered by ail present. Tiik
Journal would suggi si another Gall
DEM Cameron townsitc
schemers will have a hard
—A lltimy N< » Voir to alt.
-Ls,iiiir4 Wright L down from Atiil, , /
time fiitchln' dls chicken!
Pill onto their ruckrt to] -Tori M. ISiw.II .11,1 Ml.. Uarrle Writ
a' ' i
at tliis hotel building when It Is coni- bleed da |Naople an' have dun quit ’em! "r Antimoy »er.. Mhh.'Im- u r ruitor. «.si>.y
pleted and opened to the public, Vou can't deiwud on’em for nothin', -o. w. shut«,»( iatrOr»y and Mr. n
-A Fifty Haurkl Tank. - A tank t,,1‘l *w ‘"l "«»"“«,»K,U' » ^ U*'k *nn*r “ '‘“n, h'
of 5o barn Is capacity was purchased wh;'1"hH|,‘ w;'l-r
and placed in position Wcdnesthty at ,,te- l,ut ", Wi*' a11 wn'1' ,f ll"n 1! -TMsoffl. e t«n,«i ,,ut H- i»lm
. be cro.M„g of Cleveland avenue and wl,nt ^ » '•*** «“»"• J
steer clear of Hoglowu.
Main street,and water from the Man-
Chester water works i urm din. The
—J. R. Drown was a visitor Satur-
e it. Uliuui, id tbr llmlgrr LunitwrU,
SU|S rltitend.-nt (Ittn Mlllt-r of tlir II A .
road, .erotiiiHtiiltsI liy three Io.II.-m, wan to
tank is now full and will Ih> kept so day. lit1 is holding a bunch of («nu t,«iuy aadtookutnueratUm
for the use of all who want water for! sheep atiout 10 miles southwest of t Ur i,uu»«
stock or other purimses. Tills tank town and says they are fat enough -TheSns weather .till rontinoe. mu>-i> u,
was purchased last fall l»y tlie old for mutton and as tine as though they 'tho J*,|1*|*t o» ,,ur i>u-y rsrv-nti-ra tm
Cameron town outfit, but Mr. Ilearld- had been well grain fed and sheltered. "
ston. the owner, never received his | They have not had a bile of anything
pay and when he offen d it to Tiik but grass and unless a hcaty snow
Journal man for the very low price
of *10, we Immediately sought dona-
tions among our (s-oplc with the fol-
lowing result:
lluMmnl A Witt, m«*nt market.
E Ituup. smIimui
Tmr Man* hijtkk Joi k*ai.
J. A S’ott, Bt-rifral rm«rcliHfull.*iv
#1 no
wlmt«*vvr In our office.
—’T*. If. Fowlernmf Davi* Mc<orm(rk w»*i
ln**truini*nral In irrttlng op tin* ' lirUin,
^ liiin »Ut Mr. flrown WIJ ^ Imll 111 Mandi^tfr, mil notlirliiic fully
will tak<* (lirrii tlirollKll the winter if) Uflrd with tilt* ouu nui**, Imvtf announ* * tl
excellent I titollHir for Row Y«i»r»’ nuhf.
-Mr. Owens, formerly of the New , -.TT,11
.J lnvltotlon to illuiifr at th«* Manclirwti r How *
inn i ork store Of Anflion v, ;0'i,(*nip;iriii‘<! ctirUtma* (lay. Mr*. Hupp wprrttfl** n vrry
T. J Mart* X C'n., grvw**»r>* .......
( E *»« <-’f k*. ncral mi rrbanriUe
I^*i* Morgan, altli Hioig* r LumlM*r fV)...
Ii. Ia**litn<l, ltfi«lg«*r LunilH*r('«)
11 •' I’lilllirl 'k, llvory ami ft*«*d
J I' Joiich, dry w'inhIw
M S. Eonl**r, general rnerchfiridi-e
S. H. Fling, hardware
!uo '»>' J"<* and Frank Ermann, passed
(^ i north through D>wn Tuesday. They
i <n; had ts-en down on their claims near
{JgjEnid. Mr. Owens says Manchester
(bids fair to make a splendid trading
R H. rllnir. hardware...............
(*en. I'hllhrlrk re* i a i) r a lit ...
C\ F Sander*. hlaekMiilf h
J. \V. Ihirk, hlackundth ....... V)
L. G. Hake and J. 11. Gilmore, car-
penters. donated the work of placing
the tank on a foundation inode of oak
postsand lumber, the material and
nails for which we paid II.Hi), thus
leaving 11.20 now in our possession.
We now propose to raise enougli more
to place a good trough at tin- tank
and then Manchester will be fixed for
supplying the public witli free water,
lots of it and in any shape they want.
ME and dad hold a tiling on
the northwest quarter of m-c-
tlon 14, township 2b, range
8, L-ro., Oklahoma, and are
acting in the best of faitli
for the betterment of our
i on | point and lie says he will very likely
m] be Instrumental In putting in a first
class "racket" store here within a
short time If a suitable building can
be had.
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Inviting tnhli*. Thr dinner wu* rxrvllwnt oil
thU fjcn&ftlnti and w»* till* hoHrtlly.
—Tiny King, M. T Hi*nd«r*on. J I* H<*rtm,
»iid Ed IVrry wer«* In town today, t iny U
fixing up a Uuid for liquor llci'ii**- mid w !
opeu * Mtloon In Unnrbwlof m*xt wet k. I I
I’crry w.t* iwcurlng u l>o«d 11* deputy nlwrltr
—J. W. Worinlngton nnd brothwr wen* In
town today on il***lr way to Anthony. Jm’k
1* IfM’Htvd III 0*1*0., Ii I m Mi t tu rnlle* MfUtll of
ht*rt*. lie *ay* be would prefer Mancht**!* /
a* ii locution for bu«<lne».- In preference in
any town be known of in the entire atrip.
—A dennjcratlc meeting for K'u will •**•
b< Id ul the office of Judge D. It Madden In
financial condition. Intruders will
| rison or other members of the board note the further fact there Is u rail-
|lM ,K rg"n' 111,1 the tnteDthm of the ] road car on the land which is pretty ,(p ,rj(.d u his ,lorH(. I -The Journal 3 months for 35 ct
Manchester, two black muly cows,one court, as near as we have been able to good evidence the II. S. railroad Is ‘ * r '
about 10 years old, the other about 4; learn, to apoint democrats to fill these ‘ backing us. Take warning: 111 a,,° it-,‘',e hs'ked and in —lust received a car load of corn at
no brands noticeable. Young cow bas offices, but it is not at all unlikely I „ | every way appeared to be an Ik,nest Scott Bros.
J i — Llias. HohIut. night marshal at deserving man, Attorney Jesse J,
GCK)I) people, 1 am requested
to say to you there will be a
igrand New Years’ Itall at Man-
chester, Oklahoma, on Monday K.*iwd IWI, OK Tuesday nest, January 2<d
( ( night, January 1. 1*!H, to which 11 °'rl,,,'k" • to"lw t “ m'""u'r ,,,f
’ , ,, .... territory central commits**, which will
—■—you are on,* and all cordially nt Oklahoma City, January 10, In ill-'u--
invited. The is-t <,f music will lx*
furnished, a splendid supper served at
the Manchester House and good order
will be maintained throughout the
evening. Ounc out and enjoy a New
Years' ball and supper.
—Alva Pioneer; A man named
W. II. Hawkins, who settled alxiut
65 milt' southeast of Alva, arrived
Htntfhood. We In)pt* to see Judge M»idd»*n
chosen.
—A woi.r l!l.!fT.—J. A. Lyd|.*k i'fill»*<l tinhiy
nnd *uy« he ha* lN*«*n talking up n c|rcl«* wolf
hunt and Had* everybody ready and anxlon*
to take hold of It. The |>**i>ple from Anthoiif
and north of the Hue will make a drive and
meet tinf*«* from thenouthat a point In the
vicinity of Manchester. Hucb a hunt could
In* made n grand hucccmm If properly man-
aged. Talk the matter up and let a date tie
In the city last Sunday and had no ***t »nd notice thereof puhii*hed in our ne>t
money with which to tlie on his land. I"u'
tin tag In right car. This stock has there will be several populists K«ven ,7' T i , , " „
been In my pasture since atiout Sep- places among those more liljeral in l°«Mwe|l. aocldeutly shot himself one | Dunn started a 25
cent subscription
—Building continues in Manchester
RED FRONT
Meat Market
HUBBARD & WATT, Propr’s.
fill Kinds Fresh and Salt Meats,
Fresh Oysters, Fish, Celery, Etc.
West Main Street, North Side, - Manchester, Oklahoma.
in-in in iiiv piiMun* mih <* nunut piiftcefi ainonK uiosff more JllKTa] Hi .*.1,1 , . . . . „ . , * Ufiinrcrruntcdlv
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He had
keeping and advertising.
27-4 Sol Hkauldston.
we think will make a gisid conjmis-i,,,, IIU , „„ , , ,
sl«>n»T. not likely to prove fatal.
—A Word to the Kickrhs,—We
| Just recovered from u serious gunshot
—Highest market price paid for
—The KingniHii Leader-Courier butter and eggs. T. J. Marts & (Jo.
m. s. Fort* seiu groceries .wi (»-.™ *«. wirsrrJs.'2S,iL.r,~‘
and everything else in the gen- j Chester lias a free system of water
eral merchandising line. Don't w"rks' •Sc<'"nd, a lino large hotel
fail to see his goods and prices
seems to be res|jonsihle for the follow-
ing: "A Wellington lady went to a I
—Win. Reid, our drayman, secured
a claim 2 miles south of town and h.t-
at the time of the strip opening. Kroc„ry it„re u few day, fora ^ -—••
—J. J. Lakln was In town Tuesday'of apples, taking as she supposed aj
and informs tis he is still holding the ■ freshly laundrled flour sack. She ! —Some extra fine cranberries ami
if you want bargains.
-KOK-
Third, between 35 and 40 buildings claim on which he settled on tIn held the sick while the clerk poured fresh apples unloaded at
now up and under headway, Fourth, memorable 16th, and intends to. re- ] in the apples, A singular thing then
Scott Bros.
15 or 2o
new buildings under con- gardless of the fact another man tiled | happened. The fruit went through I fpw ,,j t|1P staple brands of
temptation, work on some of which ahead of him. He has been with the | the sack and rolled over the floor. On patent medicines can be found at
will begin In a few days. Fifth, I ,'l;lln» since the day of the opening examination it was found there were j i!rip.
E. A. CAMPBELL & CO.,
I»i*ult«r* In all kind* of
Lunch 3.t All Hours large general merchandising store. 1 and can set up a contest case that will | two holes in the bottom of tlie bag,
Or a Good Squnn* M»*al, go t<» the
Star Dlnino Hall
On Main Street, opposite Journal office.
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Doors, Blinds, Lime,
Plaster, Hair and Cement. Also
Brick, Posts and Coal.
We giniriintei* to meet nuy and all legitimise competition and will tie pleased to give
you tigure* oil anyt IIIug 'n our line tlint you may need.
T. H. TEMPLE,
Cameron, Kansas. Resident Manager.
BADGER LUMBER CO.
Headquarters for all kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL,
Including Hardware.
Est imates and prices cheerfully given.
C. R. LELAND, Agent at Manchester.
exclusive grocery store, 2 hardware
stores, 1 dry good' store, 2 meat
| markets. 1 bakery, 2 first class eating
houses, 1 lumber yard, 1 saloon, 1
livery and 2 feed stables, l blacksmith
! shop and another building. 2 coal
A nice line of confectionery. ei(tars, mime-, yards and another going up, 1 barber,
1 feed store. 1 wagon shop, free lots
i do, t*niint‘d good*, t*tr. itlwuy* on luind.
GEO. PJIILBRICK, Pitor'n.
I Miinrhester, L county, O. T.
for everybody, and last, but not least,
a newspaper that is awake to tlie
interests of our town and the people.
Morgan's Transfer Line ^
be pretty hard to knis-k out. both trimmed with embroidery The —1{' C' enlarges his livery
COME tx.ys; let’s goto young man fainted and the lady sent ^able advertisement In The Journal
Scott Bros, store at the new
town nf Manchester and buy
a bill of goods for les' money
than aW any other house in
the country. They have u big stock
of almost everything and will do the
square tiling with you. If you are
not already trading there, try them.
—Mrs. K. E. lMriti, who is doing
(•nods of any and all description*
handled with care, on *hort
notice and at reuMHiahle prices.
HOUSE MOVING
And heavy work of all kinds will
receive prompt attention. Have
had experience In my line and
Guarantee Satisfactory Work.
Your patronage solicited.
DAVE MORGAN,
Manchester, L county, 0. T.
the tide of emigration c<«.kin« at the Manchester House,
coming our way daily and the feeling I 1,1 * a *"* "n -Inin street,
of the people both near and far wef Pannl,l« buildinK’
strongly against you. then we say. and1wi" 'mt UP 11 b,,‘ldin« earl-v
■ just •buck" away ’till you get your in V") spr"“{' H"r ‘“^ntions are
fill. You must have 'a great deal *°od. for she 1.;.'paid an assessment
more confidence in vour ability tllun ' toward'keeping up the expense inri-
I others have for you. And when you jdenul l" the lown'
get enough of it Just make ii little! —John Schnioker, the popular land-
tap at Manchester's door and we'll lord at the Bennett Mouse, Anthony,
care fur you as lovingly as though accompanied by two or three
you were a new lxirti babe. Expe- daughters and other ladies, took a
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SMOKE THE
a small boy after the apples with a t*11* wee*{' ttead It.
basket,” j —A baby boy was born at the home
-The editor of the Anthony of Jno' B' DinnlnS- in Harper-eo., a
Republican—doubtless in an effort to vveel* aK° l*19^ Monday,
court personal friendship—so far1 —A refreshing rain fell Saturday
forgot Ids prohibition hobby and night which again places the ground
regard for the truth as to publish last In tine shape for turning the sod.
week a statement concerning the j
runaway accident here, in which
George Kilhorn's team was so badly
cut by wire, that is calculated only to
mislead the unsuspecting. Instead —W. J. Jolly and T. C. Rudlcel se-
of the team ' becoming unmannge- l''lr,‘d tiling papers at this office and
able," as he so stated, it was the boys leB for the land office this morning.
......Incompetent to manage —Miss Essie Pbilbrick is spending
the holidays with lady friend' in
—One dollar buys 20 pounds of fine
sugar this week of
T. J. Marts & Co.
tlie team, and thus the accident.
Even an editor sometimes profits by
IHWLUUSIN
i Reserve
| CIGAR
T For sale by...,.,
M. S. FOSTER. |
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R. S. McCandless and Wru. M. Ander-
rience teaches a dear lesson, we arc {carriage ride to Manchester Tuesday,! w,n' ^ were in the city
The day was a lovely one and tin* "'.-dm-suloy and proved their settle
ladies certainly enjoyed the trip.
—In addition to all kinds of building
material and coal, you will find at the
Badger lumber yard in Manchester,
cook stoves and heaters, cutlery, tin-
ware of all kinds, bolts, boilers, forks,
spades, shovels, picks, etc., etc. A
complete line. Call and get prices,
—Miss Daisy Van Muss, who has
been attending school at Anthony,
arrived here Saturday and went out
, . .. , Harper, She is expected home in a
keeping "mum” when he has noth-;., d. *
iugtosay, i y''
,,, , ! —Wantkd.—To trade lumber for
—Alva Pioneer: V. W. Whiting,1 . , ,
1 < ...................’ young team Of mules.
FLOUR FEED MY' moon
aware, and sometimes a fellow hits
the ixittom witli a hard thug: but the
latch string to our town hangs out to
all mankind and we propose to let
you down as easy as possible. When-
ever the pathway before you looks
rugged and full of stones, just come
this way and you will be cared for.
—Thk Christmas Ball.—Quite a
large crowd gathered at the new
hotel budding in Manchester Christ-
mas night, and if numbers alone
j count we might justly term the
occasion a “howling success” except
— ! there was no “howling.
turned out enmasse, but a great ninny
| of them forgot to bring pardners and
instead of there being 50 or 100 ladies
moot and improvement of the town-
site of Cleo. They are all intelligent
and I’litergetic businessmen and the
people surrounding Cleo should en-
courage their enterprise and help to
got outsiders interested. A move Is
being made by the people of that part
of the country to establish a post-
office there Immediately, and tlie
same should be done by the postoffice
department without delay, as many
E. A. Campbell,
2D-tf Cameron, Kansas.
—So far tills lias been a remarkably
hard winter on coal dealers, but w«
can't tell what may be In store for
them ahead,
—Jno. B. Dinning. W. M. Ruther-
ford and T. M. Ewing were caller'
Tuesday and are all now readers of
The Journal.
—Mrs. 1'. L. Allam, wife of the II
& S. expressman, accompanied him
settlors have taken advantage of the !1,1 tllis pla,'e Monda>’ and tr>nk Chr,st'
to her home 12 miles south to spend dnt‘ fall weather and have moved 1088 dinner at the Manchester House,
The bovs t,IC llolida-vs' Sbe was accompanied their families In. , —A small stock of drugs and raedi-
1 " by George Covey, who met tier at) _A Verv fine Christmas dinner, in- cines will be kept for sale at Scott
the depot.
eluding turkey and oysters, is reported lir“s- st,,re until such time as tie
GRAIN aim GOAL.
Next to the Depot, - Cameron, Kansas.
K»***|)" constantly on hand tin* ht*«f
ami clioictv.1 brands of WU|j»kk*n;
also tlu» i*t*|c*i)rui4*d
—R. C. Vhl'brlck went to Harper I as having taken place at the home
present as should have been, there! Saturday to >pend Christmas but "f Mr- end Mrs. J. W. Yauch, west of
were if" than 20. Two "set-1 of 1 something went wrong and iio re- Ibis place. A largo number of friends
dancers had the entire ball room to tunu'f* home on the Sunday morning :in<i acquaintances were invited,
themselves and made gih>d use of it 11rain. He didn t say so. liut his "best; among tliem Marion Stuart and our
it. i.anokk.s. cr,'M,-mi.
II M. HF.NLI.MiER I ashler
JOHN H BROWN Vice I'rcirtcnt.
U H HKNI.IM.KK. A— t (Awblvr,
Harper County Bank,
lIMoHI'oliATKH.l
ANTHONY,
K ANSAS.
( t ill the wee smnll hours. Music con-1 *lrl" '“Wit Dave been away from
I slated of two violins, guitarand organ l"UH*'
Pabst Bohemian Mil- l,nd WHS very fascinating. Del Morgan ! — J. G, Warren, located 4* miles
vA/TiiL'aft 1/nf. Qa0r pounds the keyboard of the organ southeast of town, called Friday. He
WclUKetJ r\eg Dtstr |withM M)Ut.h alacrity as a phesant
T'Tmte onl°“ul 5 ce"u a *li‘*'s' ru" ,"“i j drums his drum on a log, while those
Mim sir#«t. Mancuvtteu o t "srungers within our gates" did the
...... ■ rest in a very impressive manner.
Af© YOU Hungry? The wcasslon was marked by the
® ‘ presence of none but ladles and
gentlemen. There was no drunken-
ness. boisterous language nor a ripple
of whatsoever description to mar the
pleasure of any one present. The
oyster supper at the Manchester
If so you will find the neatest,
nicest and best spread table
in Manchester is at t ho
Manchester House
Capital, $25,000—Surplus Fund, $7,500.
i (m*>. R. Lander*. John I>. Brown.
DIRECTORS- W F.. Treadwell.
I H. M. Deiiliuger. F. I>. Denlln jer.
I)u a general banking business, J’rompt attention given to collections.
Mala Street, near Journal office, j wa* l^rtaken of by quite a
number, all of whom spoke of it as
being "simply grand.” Mrs. Rupp's
Prices reasonable and meals always , lal)lp wa< ni(.plv dP0()rated an(1 nm„nt{
ready on lime. Give this new house i otlier Ko<k1 things furnished as fine
1 MrS. E. Bupp. | cake as we ever ate. This lady deserves
is a son-in-law of Win, Bitrchfiel. is
from tlie nortli part of Kansas to the
strip and is holding his claim by
residing upon it witli his family.
estimable postmaster and wife. The
latter wanted to he present and ac-
cordingly started west about 10
o'clock. A short distance out of town
they met Mr. Stuart coming this way
and in tlie conversation which fol-
lowed he told them they were a day
too early for the dinner. Laboring
business is better represented In Man-
chester.
—T. C. Rudlcel and George Covey
came up from Pond Creek Saturday,
where they are engaged hauling rock.
They report tlie railroad town 'till
growing.
—A brick store building is being
built at Medford. The people over
there don't propose to wait for tli*>
removal of the county seat to begin
permanent improvements. It might
be too long coming.
—Tlie days' length are now begln-
under this mistaken idea Mr. Stuart
—L . (). Met. ue went to Kingman ; ,-anie on to town followed by Mr. and
Friday to spend Christmas at home.; \]r„ Foster. When it was too late j nlng to stretch out a little, last Frl-
He is located on a good claim about 5 they learned it was really a Christmas day* being the shortest of tlie winter.
dinner and they had got left. Those W” are glad of it. An editor who
present report a splendid time. j works is hours a day appreciates all
the daylight lie can get.
miles southeast of town and will here-
after be numbered among The
Journal's readers.
—You can get Christmas candy,
nuts etc., etc. of
T. J. Marts & Co.
—Good old sauer kraut, pickles in
bulk or bottle, catsup, pepper sauce,
etc., at Scott Bros,
—George Pbilbrick this week sold
his farm near Harper and is now —C. E. Scott started Monday foi
thinking of putting up another good Windom. Kansas, to care for his
business building here. He has brother Sam, who lost Ids wife only
ample room in front of his bakery! two or three weeks ago and Is now
building, which occupies one of the himself dangerously sick and with
>est lots in the town. | three little children to care for.
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