The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-02-20
In and About Doniphan.

In and About DOniPhan.
Snow, Saturday night, to the depth of four inches
Mrs Mart Wells, of Atchison, was up visiting her
friends, the Brenners, last week.
We have got . new depot agent. His name, be-
lieve, is Chambsrs-
Mr. Lewis wife and two children, from Coneor.
da Has, have been visiting their relatives here, for
two or three weeks. Mrs. Lewis Is daughter Of
Enoch Bartlett. formerly of this County. and who
died while out West.
Mrs. Dunlap. spoken of last week as being very
low of pneumonia ia convales cing gradually.
Vim. Ramsey is getting better; was on the street,
James Buffers son has been very sick with cold
is better Mr. Butler and wife have been sick.
Edward Bmek will occupy the store-room where
Nesbts drug store is at present, with groceries and
drugs. Mansperser's shoe shop moves into Forman's
frame building, formerly occupied by Bilimek rs a
saloon Several families are changing about.
McCrum is invoicing goods. and calling credi-
to settle up. Dick Welsh, the good-looking
young man of Donphan. goes with the firm to Atch.
ison.
Lew. Hahn is agent at Tanning for the A. & ".
Railroad. His interest is centred in Doniphan.
Charles kuchs. the grocery man and postmaster, is
having new counters made, and fixing his storeroom
goods.
Uncle Jim Forman is still repairing old buildings
for tenements.
The play of "HiddenIIand,' is creating considera-
BILE interest and anxiety. A full house is antcipat-
ed, on Friday night, Feb 2lst.
MARKEDLY NJ. 7. Landon, Justice of the Peace,
at his residence February - Leon Lacosta to Ollie
Landon. few friends were present. No cards.
Tickets to the play, Hidden Hand" supper and
dance, Friday night, sold at all the different
stores, and the post-ofice.
An endemic disease has struck Doniphan, in the
way Of moving. this spring. MeCrum & Cowen go
to Atchison W. II. Ncsbit moves his groceries and
drugs into the old stand formerly occupied by Phil
lips & Smallwood.
Old Doniphan is hard to kill ont her constitution
is still good, and will outlIve many towns yet in
Kansas. Her trade and facilities good, and
Atchison, the devil, Tom Walker, affect her
commercial interest The Bobtail Road is to be
rcsurrectcd by st. Joe & Topcka-no doubt about
that.
Sankey & Moody have gone to Missouri, to
vert the heather. and baptse them in the river Mud
dy.
The mite society was well attended, last wednes-
day evening, at Mrs. DIR. Welsh's. 1t meets next
Wednesday night, at Mrs Thomas Franklin's.
Charles Philbrick IS at Atelison' IN the General
once oil the A. y. Railroad.
The marriage oil Mr. Emil fo'rier To Barbara
Bremen, was announced IN the Catholic church,
last Sunday, to be Tuesday, the 10Th.
The one-piank sidewalk does not Keep wagons and
bussies from running over the plank. somebody
Will have 10 pay me- pretty soon. citizen told
us he had not drank anything for fortycight hours,
and could not walk one plank, running measure,
eight inches wide Come, city dads give us another
plank.
when Will that crossing he made from Schletz-
osnm TO inc aepot' IL Is hec"eu now ana take up
the stones
David and Charley are still on the bachelor list.
Are gong to bach again, this Summer Those Oak
land girls are long time making up their minds,
and some OF these full moons, in the summer nights
soon' they VIII hnd other hearts entwined about
those gentle goodlookins ana nice young men then
their hearts VIII oe sad anu sorrow VIII be depicted
on their once lovely iaees never To DE erased.
VIVA. mas become Oh 'hat rieasant i'age cores
pondent' Never mind that nuiei give MS something
apeut that sensation over there
0apt BOP stopped on mere, last Monday, all the
way from Troy His smile Is just as natural az II he
~aa .onhty treasurer.