The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-12-28
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ussv- al otsinclis to hsppine-s. the-r world be
ii;tir eisr-thri Is, far 80 concerned. Espe-
eiaily ~ hoi.r that ssDia Clzus msy remrmb-r tho
eLildr'A ami grant them ioy and fun unhnunGed-
Tier some talk here that the COMM ssieners
had 'anriu9ed to extend the time fur pay ing the
Hrst half Of taxes for one month. l. G.. the 2orh
Of January. do you know anything about it .
I Haven't heard al il. Have they authority to do
/ so.-Prl
Speaking Of tsx-psying. shall have to tackle the
mortgage question. friend Of mine sold his farm
last year. bnt received but one fonrth cash. and had
I TO take the rest in the form Of q mortgage Said
mortgage vas a-sessed as personal property. and
the consequence is. that the oofnai taxes on said
farm are enc and three-fcurths high land not
emharred by such cncumorsnee. But it il still
more Assessnrs doni for the full value For
instance. the farm speak Of assessed about one
halt the price he paid for IT, and taking that into
consideration, the actual taxes collected for said
property are two times and half more tLan it Is
really taxed with. In other words where taxes are
: Per eeut., this farm actually pays 10.
~ the Township elections draw near, there /. ut
present good deal Of talk about the Road Over.
serrs alfice- The opinion to change the present
way i general. The Township 10 too large for any
on- usa to ,uperint,nd all matters pertaining to
roads and bridges. Dividing the Township into
four Districts. would give each overs-er plenty of
work, and in If need. he would be in reaching
distance
G-"rge Bremen will leave on tic 81. Jo-epb a
Denver Road, the latter past Of next week
The price Of hogs is about stationary, and trans.
actions not many thi. time of the season should
indicate. Besides, the weather is too riild, and
packing in Ats,ison hasn't begun
Mrs. Franklin and her son Tom returned TO Sever
anrr. last Saturday. They lad spent week with
". III. NrsA;t aud lady. their relatives
Mr. sio-son. from Atchison. is completing paint
in. and paprrins at Straiton's.
The Spring Grove Lyreum has CONNIE need its |
lshors again. Every Friday night, the patrons of
that school will assemble at the school house and
discuss th" gnrsti"ns # the day-po,icaI or other
~isr. 1h'r- tie strniorian yoire of Kirby will |
Wf.silr with ;ho knotty logical problems presented
10y j. ; Ni!l"r. Will" q. Edwards makes II. pr-.i
dental chair ho;bsd. insisting that paramrntar,
law hust lie strictly adhered to- II is usually yer,
inter- sting there. if they do decide that Lin
e"lE was GREATER man than George Washington
ever dnrrd to he.
Anton Braun has built ice, house. and will be-
gin t" haul ire. as soon the Weather permits
Speaking shout building it reminds me that Doni.
plan can boast Of a mechanic Who can build an en-
tire house without the aid OF other mechanics Give
him ih" material, and place Wherein to build and
fon may rrst assured that everything will he all
right Till he comes and delivers you the KEYS His
name /. CHARLES ilaberstroh. and being such an eI-
pert. has, of course always more eontrsets on hand
than liz attend to-
Fred. Hahn il cleaning. white washing. and paper.
ins his establishment II is just the work he likes
;u 10.
Al. Floyd is cOnvnle-rn: slowly; ne is .tiIl very
weak, however.
Adam Schnsll has rented Lis butcher shop To A. b.
Smith, who intends henceforth to provide lovers of
tn" carnivorous with the best the market can afford
Il 5, ilinciley paid Doniphan a visit on Satur.
day He r"pnr;s Bremen sbooInin2. aid polite. ut
a stsni-stiII.
Though tie river is still blocked, there i. hut little
hopes for good ice, ii tine ihermomr ter does not ind
rs;e better tendency towards the lower part of the
tube.
The Par-car came down. last SATURDAY. and the
hands were happy; at least, it locked so. Saturday
night.
The new depot the cutoff is completed. Int no
station agent as yet.
Mrs. Eye went with her sister on a protructed
visit to ST Jnsrph
Ned. shrphcri. brother Of Mrs. James Waller.
'an" down from st. Joseph. to view tie burg
Luke Glenn is putting up some scales at the depot.
The boys of sections and 3 on the H. & NJ RR
received orders. Oh Sunday morning. to appear
forthwith at Atrhison, and repair u sunken track
In such a way. these monopolics destroy the relig-
Gus feelings nf a community.
Ell. Eilimsk is clerk at NJ. Grrbers bakery,
II Atchison
No. Turner and lady and George Meadow, from
ai"n. No, attended tho funeral Of VIM. walers
hid.
Mrs - u. Thompson. teacher of the Playground
chool. near Atchi-nn. paid visit to til. afflicted
anily of WIN. Waller
John Armstrong, who bought Geo. Grsc-'s house, ,
: here from Missouri. a passing "trip. He will
oratr her" permanently. in February.
The boys who wrr, up at Troy, TO testify in the
orsc stealing very snrry tina. they were
after t-" days rigid heterogeneous.
lou nn-t hav" some fasrinatn. way. up in your
own. OF amusing youag fellows
4 curn-lGskingb.e. n b-e-hu.ki king corn or a | ,
usking-cnrnhrr. some other lee. has been de-
id"d on by the yuuns generation, TO take plarr
on'c day next week. Where aud when. couldut he
Sc rtain-d.
The children OF the pablo school will give an rx-
i'ti"a. Friday, the 18th, which every body is
lTitrd The will he held at the ~ T. Church
:ntrancr fee. 10 cents.
Some fellow. had "a ride ON the new road between
Independence Bridge and Atchison, just for fun.
ou know: hut when they hove their vehiclrs over
fiteen-i"n limestone. they stopped foeling with
bat highway. DI.crrrtrs