The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-05-02
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Capt. G. C. Clonch and Hon. J. S Long both mad
large shipments of stock from this place. last week.
Quite number of our enterprising merchants ar
having their business houses painted. ID. Gauek an,
Yves. Weyer are doing she work. Both first-clas
painters
Our village blacksmiths- very busy. Othe
business is rather dull, in consequence of the fin
| farming weather.
Several of our citizens took in Tiiton's lecture
Troy, last week.
Severance is the South Bend of the West. Any ON
doubling this, will be convinced by dropping into TIN
wagon factory of Center & Weyer. They manu-
featuring some fine wagons and bugsies.
| free concert given. Friday evening. by Prof
Durand, of ST. Joe. which was well attended. Fres
concerts are always well attended.
| Ed. Miller, manager of II. Gregg's steam corr
sheller, is doing good misunderstanding lots Of
and Smelling day and night.
A. j. Mowry was taken sick, suddenly, on Thurs
day last. DIR. G. s. Hopkins called to his relief
Mr. Mowry is the streets again. attending to bust
| ness, but has not entirely recovered.
Os. Marcum, the Boss cigar of Troy, called
us, last week. We cremated one of his Havanas
and found it to be excellent.
The hardware part of the Highland Sentiaet-the
Hammar-made us a friendly call. and s,netum
smile which always plays his honest countcnance.
All editors honest, you know.
We are soon to have photograph gallery-Mr.
Vim. Braek, proprietor
Fred. Cook, the lumber man, will move into his
new house, this week.
The city dads vote four to in favor Of saloons,
for the fiscal year commencing May !, 1873.
The editors of the Highland Sentinel in replying to
article in the Chief, signed "Duranta Eite,"
knowledge that envy turks not in their bosoms and
that Severance has nothing that they jealous Of
Well there is only thing they have that envy,
and that is their brewery. We know its wrong,
wicked. to covet neighbor's happiness; but when
think of the rehot days of July aid August, and
realize that we are deprived of such blessing,
must admit that jealous; We are mad; and
Long to be Highlander,
And of that glorious band,
With diploma in pocket,
And bcer-glass in our hand.
Our city park begins to look fine.
The cash will buy paints oils, drugs, and patent
medicines at J. H. Wards, ut Atchison prices.
DIR. Gum, of st. Joe was up on business, last Sat
urday.
Mrs. A. Steele has returned. She has been visiting
friends in Atchison.
McCrum, the new merchant. is well pleased with
prices.
The correspondent of the Bulletin from this place,
last week, is pining for cemetery. Such enter
prise would he failure for everybody buys drugs of
Joe Ward, and his medicines always cure.
Our church well attended, Sunday, 18th
inst. Rev. Van Deventer oficiated.
We would like to know whether sister Highland in
tends celebrating the ith of July II not, We would
like to engage the Indians, dressed in their grand
mothers petticoats, for the occasion
Mr.. X. Small and wife have returned from visit to
friends in Indiana.
DOMINO.
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.
The whskey fight has subsidized, and all seems on q
peace footing.
The farmers busily engaged in planting corn
of which larger acreage will be planted than last
year.
Wolf River is the banner Township of the County
for big fall wheat field south of town, numbering
about forty acres stands three feet in height aud is
so thick that the drill marks are not pereeptible.
The farm product of last year is being rapidly
keted, which makes stirring times, and brings a smile
to the face of both business man and farmer.
The rock abutments of the old bridge were sold,
Saturday to different parties The Township officers
ought to have bid them i'm, and after the demise of
Bartlette and Cough, erected rough monument, for
a better bridge never spanned the stream.
VIM. T. Foster has gone to work in earnest ON his
having made arrangements with the own
ers of the Severance Machine Shop; and having the
assistance of competent maehinists, he will demon
srte to the most increlulous that his binder will
work. and that satisfactorily. And it binds with
Irvine, ali objections removed and for simplicity
and durability, it has no peer in the binder line
Bachelors a class who scorned and buffeted
by most all grades Of society weltodo in this
vicinity borrowed hen from neighbor woman to
hatch eggs his hens refused to set; and when he
returned the hen he taxed for the hire what eggs
one hen laid. So our women will skin them, when
they get a chance.
OBSERVER.