Bent County register., 1886-08-14

of Lamar, and it is to be hoped this
united, one object in view labor will
continue.
The fine herd of dairy cows of
J. w. Graham's arrived here last
Saturday from Iowa, and his milk
wagon began making its regular
rounds Monday.
BE careful how you go among
the range cattle if on foot, herd
treed the driver of the milk wagon
Thursday evening and kept him up
there an hour. They are dangerous.
DIR. McMullen has been rendered
the appointment of railroad surgeon
at San Marcial, New Mexico, at a
good salary, but prefers to remain in
Lamar. We would hate to see the
Doctor leave us.
L. Tuttie has had bad luck lately
with the oven ut his bakery. The
heavy rains caused it to fall in three
times, he has it fixed up again and
will see that it is protected from
rain in the future.
-Trommlitz & Parmenter sold
lot one In block thirty-one Thursday
to +. 4. Mink, for eight hundred
dollars, and yesterday lot seven IN
block thirty-one to DIR. Dulin, of
Garden City, for five hundred dollars.
The Garden City Sentinel speaks
I IN fha htnhAst ~ Ilr ,.pAl.1fe
entertainment in that city, and we
hope to see large crowd out here
to see him Monday night. Tickets
twenty-five, thirty-fve and chairs
fifty cents.
We can say editorially that Dr.
Arnold gives the best "one man
show" ever given in this ci,y.-Gar-
den CITY Sentinel.
The Press notices we have seen of
the Doctor all bear out the above
statement.
We understand arrangements
have been completed to build an
Opera House thirty-six by one hun
dred and ten feet, Just across the
street from the Hewes House. The
building is to be put up and furnish
ed with all the late improvements
and in first-class style, work will be-
gin within thirty days.
-Tramps and dead beats are he
coming most too numerous III this
place. They generally ask for mon.
ey first, and if they do not get apv.
ask for something TO eat. Two of
this class in town last week. after
begging all over town walked to the
depot and laid down the cash TO pay
for tickets to old Mexico. They
were pretty well fixed.
DR. Arnold, Americas greatest
traveller, reader, author, actor. poet
and singer, the funniest man in the
world. Introducing the specialties of
organist, harmonicist, banjoist, pri-
ma donna, violinist, guitarist, old
woman, recitations, concertinist,
fiutist, old man, readings, musical
sketches, songs, &C., Dutch, Irish
and Yankee sketches, will be at the
Hewes House parlors next Monday
evening. Do not fail To see him.
Thursday evening the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Fuller,
after few days illness died The
funeral took place Friday afternoon.
The services were conducted by Mr..
Craddock who read the Episcopal
burial service, and at the grave Mr..
Van Pelt offered prayer. 1t was
gratifying to see so many friends
who deeply sympathize with the
parents in attendance at the last sad
rites.
The bank of Lamar, an institu.
ton that our people have every rea,
son to be proud of from its manage
ment, equipment and means of car
rying on a banking business, was
opened Wednesday, August llth.
The bank is centrally located in
handsome quarters and has one of
the hes: vaults in Colorado, with one
of Mosler's best combination lock
vault doors, inside of the vault is one
of Mosler's time lock safes, manu-.
factured by Bahmann & Co., of Gin
cinnati. With this array of protec.
ton, the bank of Lamar can safely
say that deposits or papers left to
their care will he as safe as in any