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The Lamar register., 1889-08-24
RAILWAY NEWS.

Travellers, tourists and people cen-
templating visit ''back east" make
1t their duty to study up the geogra-
ply of our country, the location of
cities and towns, and the most desir-
able routes by which they can reach
the desired destination. The open
ing of new lines, the daily adoption
of mnorations and other matters con-
nected with railroading all prove in
teresting reading, and such items are
most eagerly sought after, while these
vast corporations vie with each other
in advancing the comfort and safely
of their never to be satisfied patrons.
We were most foroibly thrown into
this line of thought while enjoying
a trip over that road whose name is
as familiar and with whose ramifica-
tions the experienced traveller rs as
well acquainted as with the streets
of his native village. Reference can
he made To none other than the
Wabash whose Lines cover beaud-
full and fertile country aud connect
Omaha, Kansas City, Des Mones,
Keokuk Quincy and ST. Louis with
Chicago, Detroit, Toledo. Pittsburg,
New Yoak, Boston and all intermedi-
ate points. But one change of ears
needs be made between Cheyene or
Denver and New York or Boston.
QuIck time, smooth track, sumptuous
dining ears whose cuisine is equal
to that of the best hotels in the land
aud IN which meales are "served
at 40 miles an hour" to be eaten at
your leisure moving palaces better
known as pullman sleepers. free re
chair cars of the latest and
most approved patterns together with
atfable and oblIging agents in all
branches of its service, are In each
and every particular characteristics
Of the "Wabash" No matter where
he roams the patrons of this Great
Route finds the same care aud atten-
ton in the hands of It's representa-
tivcs, and they are ubiquitous, that
one should expect under the folds of
his eouHtry's flag IN foreign lands.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24
COMMISSIONERS Proceedings.
AUG. 5TH.

All members of the board present.
Board met as board of equalization
for the purpose of bearing complaints
from parties whose assessments have
been raised.
Seventy-five dollars assessment on
B. III. Lees improvements changed
and charged to Perry McMillen.
Assessment of w. L. Morehouse
on merchandise and grain reduced to
original assessment $500.
Bill of Gazette Printing Co.. for
books and blanks outside of contract
for books, allowed for S497.22.
Bill of II. A. Billow for office sun.
dries allowed for sl.75.
Bill of II. A. Billow for attendance
on county court allowed for s22.75.
Bill of w. Q. Lee for merchandise
allowed for s27.5O.
Assessment of w. o. Lee on mer-
chandise was cut down from $1,000
to $500 The original as returned by
the assessor.
Bill of A. NJ. Nicholas for services
as county attorney to August 18th
allowed for S35.
Bond of d. II. Dickinson as justice
OF the peace approved and ordered
recorded. Adjourned.
AUG. 9Th.
All members of the board present.
Bill of c. w. Heaton 7. p, in case
of state VS.. William Randolph al.
lowed at $3.50.
BY order of the board the clerk
was ordered to give Hamer Norris
an order to print 1900 notices for
road overseers, same as copy sen,
and bind them in books with stubs
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24
All Kinds ofa,r1s.

A good girl to have-Sal Walton.
a disagreeable girl-Annie, Mos
.ity.
A fighting girl-Hittie Magin.
A sweet girl-Carrie Mel.
A very pleasant girl-Jennie Ros-
sIty.
A sick girl-Sallia Vate.
A smooth girl-Amelia Ration.
A needy girl-Cora Ander.
A clear case of girl-E Lucy Date.
A geometrical girl-Polly Con.
Not Christian girl-Hattie Rod
oxy.
One of the best girts-Ella Cant.
A flower girl-Rhoda Dendron.
A musical girl-Sera Made.
A profound girl-Mattie Physics.
A star girl-Meta ORC
A clinging girl-Jessie. Mine.
A nervous girl-Hester Ical.
A muscular girl-Callie Sthenics.
A lively glrl-Annie Nation.
An uncertain girl-Eva Nescent.
A sad girl-Ella G..
A serene girl-Mollie Fly.
A great big girl-Ellea Plant.
A warlike girl-Millie Tary.
The best girl of 'all-Your own.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24
gEgFsS, Iggas { g9a! Tasgs R. 2.
THE rExAs FAS-HANDLE ROUTE.
Passenger Department.

To the Travelling Public:
July 3lsi, 1899.
Undoubtedly the most novel and
attractive route to the Atlantic sea
board Is via the Denver, Texas and
Fort Worth Railroad to Galveston
or New Orleans, and thence on the
magnificent steamers of the Mallory
or Cromwell lines to New York City.
In addition to the attractions of a
combined rail and ocean voyage, tine
tourist Is also rendered an opportuni-
ty 10 view the cotton fields and rice
aud sugar plantation of Louisiana
Texas The present season of the
year is the most pleasant for taking
this ocean voyage of some 1900
miles, and the expence is little. The
cool ocean breezes are SO braciug
that tins trip always proves beniicial
to travellers not in the best of health
or those whose nervousness has been
aggravated by residence in this
alutade
The equipment and accommoda-
tions Of these lines of steamships are
equal to any of the great traus-atlan-
tic lines aud they are manned by tho
uroughly competent crews, making
them unsurpassed for safety, speed
and comfort.
The Denver, Texas and Fort Worth
Railroad also offers popular all raj!
route TO all points East and Southeast
via Memphes, Vicksburg or New
Orleans, with but one change to
Washington. The rates by route
are as low as those of any other line.
Very truly yours,
GEo. ADY,
Genn. Pass. and Ticket Agt.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

Col. ]. G.. Nc Kee of Pierceyille,
Who is a farmer and stock raiser, and
lives justover the Finney county line
in the edge of Gray, was in our office
few days since and gave some inter
esting scraps of history of this coun-
try 35 years ago. He says he remem-
bers distinctly just how everything
was in all this part of Kansas in those
lays, for he freighted for duration
ot 8 years from Dodge City to Santa
Fe, New Mexico, He was one that
was in the employ of the Government
when this country was surveyed in
81, and was book-keeper, and knows
that the company reported to the
government that water could be
found at no less depth than 700 feet
from the surface. All of the land
that is now called prairie was then
equally as sandy as the sand hills are
now, and the sand hills then were
perfectly destitute of vegetation. The
Arkansas river was then perfectly
dry nearly all the time, but the other
little rivers in southwest Kansas that
are now dry nearly all the season.
we're full and flush. He was along
when the government dug the deep
well on the White Woman river in
'55, and was all over every county in
western Kansas when the buffalo
were more numerous than cattle are
now. He never had the remotest
idea that he or anyone else would
undertake to farm 35 years hence in
a country that was almost destitute
of moisture and was inhabited by In
dians only. But is convinced from
past observation that the elapse of
85 more years or even Is, will bring
a stupendous change in the western
part of the Sun Flower State.-Gar.
den City Democrat.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

Dollars to doughnuts some candi-
date this fall who has never sub
scribed for the News and has never
done it friendly turn will be ex-
pecting this paper to work like a
trooper for his election. OF course
well do it. There's SO much glory
in 1t, you know.-Trinidad News.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

You NAV roam the wide world o'er,
and you will always find in town
of any size, few despicahle charact-
ers who are ever ready to blight and
destroy the reputation of woman,
no matter if she be as gulleless as a
child. A man, who will maliciously
attempt to defame woman, who has
no means of protecting herself, has a
soul so small that two such could
wonder about on a point of a needle
until eternity and never come togeth-
er. A mans reputation Is not so hard
to lose, and when lost may be re-
gained and his past follies be forgiv-
en- and forgotten, but In woman
how radically different, she must en-
dure IN silent pain the cruel taunts
and sneers of society, and this alone
will serve to make her forever an
outcast upon the world.-Las Vegas
Optic.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24
Husband and WIFE.

Ii you see laly and gentleman
disagree upon trlhing occasions, or
correcting each other in company,
you may be assured that they have
tied the matrimonial moose. II you
see silent pair on a car or stage
loliing carelessly, one at each window
without seeming to know they have
companion, the sign is Infallible.
If you see lady drop her glove, aud
a gentleman by the side of her kind
ly telling her to pick 1t up, you need
not hesitate in forming an opinion; or
If you meet a couple In the fields,
the gentlemen twenty yards In ad-
vance of the lady, who, perhaps, is
getting over a stile with difficulty, or
picking her way through muddy
patch; or
If you see lady whose beauty and
accomplishments attract the attention
of every gentleman IN the room but
one yeu can have no difficulty In de-
termining their relationship to each
other-the one is her husband.
If you see gentleman particular
ly courteous, obliging and good ma
tured, relaxing into smiles, saying
sharp things, and toying with every
pretty woman in the room. except
one, to whom he appears particular
ly cold and formal, and is unreason-
ably cross-who that one is nobody
can be at a loss to discover.
If you see an old couple jarring,
checking and thwarting each other,
IN differing opinion before the opin-
ion is expressed, eternally anticipat-
ing and breaking the thread of each
others OBSCURE, yet using kind
words, like honey bubbles floating In
vinegar, which are soon overwhelmed
by preponderence of the fluid, they
are to all intents man and wIfe-lt
is impossible to be mistaken.
The rules above quoted are laid
down as lnfallible In Just interpreta-
ton; they may be resorted to with
confidence, they are based upon un-
erring principles, and deducted from
every day experience.-Ex.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

The regular examination of teach
ers for certificates will be held at
Lamar on August 3Oth and slst. At
that time the County Superintendent
will meet all persons who desire to
pass an examination IN this county.
s-tf. +. Z. IRWIN,
Supt. of Schools, Prowers Co,
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

"Whom the gods destroy they first
make mad. The Democracy is spoil
ing for another fight on the free
trade issue. Well. the Republican
party stands ready to accept the
challenge, and welcome with sledge
hammer arguments to. hospitacle
graves the disciples of Dick Golden,
Joe Chamberlain Ell al.-Merry
World.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

Rev. Kent White has been station
ed at Lamar, Colorado, by the Meth
-odist Episcopal conference. The
people about here, while they regret
that Mr.. White cannot be with them
again congratulate him on his secur-
ing good observation-disclosures
Wells Republican.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

The editors of Colorado, Kansas,
and the entire country, are invited
to visit Rocky Ford on ".Taternrlon
Day" Sept. 7th--and he the guests
of The Rocky Ford Watcrineion.-
Rocky Ford Watcrinelon.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

contracted since April 18th.
On motion Com'r. Burger was in
structed to fill requisition from Add
Frost for clothes for John Wilson,
prisoner confined in Bent Co. jail.
Bill of A. H. Rogers for service as
Com'r. allowed for $40.
On motion the following bills
were allowed and warrants ordered
drawn for same.
w. R. Davis for printing semi-an-
nual statement $3.50.
J. u. Martin service as Com'r. for
SIS.
H. M. Morris for road plow s16.
+. w. Burger services as Com'r.
$50.
1. L. Maxwell services as assessor
$70sOO
c. w. Heaton J. p, state vs.. Kate
Logan s14.1O.
F. P. Allen recording bonds etc.,
57l.5o.
F. P. Allen services as clerk of
the board etc., $6l.55.
w. r. McCrary medical services
$500.
F. w. Burger boarding paupers So.
Whereas, a number of persons liv-
ing in territory lying north of Ora
NADIA, petltioned for a new voting
precinct in said territory. 1t was on
motion of J. D. Martin seconded by
Com'r. Burger that ordered by board
of commissioners, that the territory
west of the center of range 43 of the
Hollys precinct No. 2, and the terri
tory east of the center of range As
in Lamar precinct No. l, lying north
of the Arkansas river, be taken from
said precincts and that said territory
be attached to the Granada precinct,
and that the territory of Granada
precinct north of the Arkansas river,
be and is organized as a road district
and numbered 8.
And, further it is ordered that the
voting place of Albany precinct No.
4 be changed from Nichols station
to the house of d. S. Benson on the
II. w. + sec. tp. % r. 43.
On motion H. A. Petty was ap-
pointed on registry board district No.
2 in place of II. J. Miller
On motion board adjourned SINE
DIE. Ayes Martin, Burger, Rogers.
AUG. 10TH.
Board met pursuant to call of the
chairman.
Moved by Com'r. Burger, second
ed by Com'r. Martin that the report
of j. d. Martin. Geo. A. Bishop and
James Stephenson as road viewers
on road LAID out this 9th day of
June, 80, in tip. 81 +. 46 be accepted
and declared a public highway on
and after sixty days notice. and clerk
be authorized to notify road over
! oeois dut nave HOtlceS OF opening
road posted as required by law.
Moved and seconded that the re-
port of F. w. Burger, E. w. Hen
kIns and M. d. Parmenter as road
viewers on road laid out June 26th,
's9, IN tip. % +. 46 be accepted and
road as therein described be declared
public highway on and after sixty
days notice, and clerk be authorized
to notify road overseers, and have
notices of opening road posted as re-
quired by law.
Moved and seconded that motion
made and seconded July 18th, 'se,
and duly recorded in commission
ers proceedings of Prowers county
on that date, concerning indexing of
transcribed record, be reconsidered.
and clerk authorized to notify clerk
of Bent county to make general in
dex direct and reverse for record as
transcribed for Prowers county, and
thereto attach his certificate as we'll
as to the transcribed record.
i Adjourned to. meet at the call of
the chairman.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24

Will the party who prayed for
rain last week please not bear down
so hard on his knees next time.-Pu-
eblo Opinion.
The Lamar register., 1889-08-24
Is a United States Land office torn and is the
coming Metropolis of .Nortl-Easteyn
.Ne1O .Herico.
s' ssss % f s % % opportunities to
Great Panhandle Rouie.

Gar delightful and
ntguty
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
Cnrious Case Of Conscience.

A case of conscience has lately come
TO our notice which is SO exceptional
as to merit attention. A merchant in
this city some time ago applied to the
governor for an appointment as justice
Of the peace. His application was fa-
vorably acted upon, and he took the
usual oath to obey all the laws of the
commonwealth. After taking the oath
it occurred to him that there were
some things which he would have to
give up if he obeyed his conscience.
He enjoyed an occasional game of
poker, for instance; but he must give
this up or prove false to his oath. He
was addicted to numerous other FASH
ionable vices, which, though not par
tt,3 tt daee,ep.dyed, are contrary to
cluded that he couldn't live up to his
oath, and so he sent in his resignation.
Boston Herald,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
Pay Of an ENGLISH Farm Hand.

What would the average "man help
IN our country towns think if he was
required to work as many hours as the
hand" on an English farm? Proba-
Oily he wouldn't condescend to think
OF such ridiculous subject. He would
simply not work, that is all there would
De Of it. But the average English
laoorer is not so Independent, and some
Americans who have been rusticating
IN the typical English cottage on o big
farm forty miles from London this
summer, have had their compassion
greatly excited in his behalf. "Old
joe walks two miles from the village
every morning to be prompt ut work ut
3 O'clock. He never leaves off until 9
O'Clock, and for the fifteen hours labor
Of the most laborious sort, he receives
twelve shillings, or So week. A
slaves life. compared with this free
Briton's is one of luxurious ease, vet,
in spite of it all, cold Joe" has man
aged to celebrate his seventy-tifth
birthday. A Labor Day" would be q
stupendous farce for this poor old soul
under the circumstances. - Boston
Hern11
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
What Madstones Are.

The madstones that most people per-
form their wonderful cures with are
nothing but half decayed coral made
years ago. I have several good speci-
mems in my possession which came
from Rails county, in Missouri, and
each has very respectable record Of
cures. In Marion and Pettis counties
there are large deposits of this coral,
as we'll as in Rails. A large piece of
it, rubbed down until the rotten part
is gone, makes the maidstone.
1t is porous and will adhere to a
wound and suck like leech. I don't
know how much farther it will go in
preventing rabies from the bite of a
mad dog.-G Globe Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
A Huge Cave In Utah.

The wonderful ice cave in Utah is
now attracting much attention. It is
located in the Ashley valley, which is
located in the northern part of the ter
ritory. On August % there was found
In the cave cone of ice 25 feet high
and IS feet through at the base.
Tourists We're in the cave over five
hours and had to use binding Irvine to
keep from getting lost. In one room a
man went to the end of the string,
some l, 200 feet, and found small lake,
but could not get any fish. It is a
wonderful discovery, and if the hopes
OF the parties who made the explora-
tions are realized the mammoth cave
in Kentucky will be in danger of being
eclipsed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
There Are No Happy DAYS

Tor those who continue to rise unrefreshed after
nights of unrest. Nervousness, insomnia. in
digestion-these constitute triple alliance that
perpetually wars against mans comfort, and
robs both brain and body of tranquility. Com
bat the trio for a time with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, and it will give ground and eventually
fly the field. The basis of reform is the rectif-
cation of digestion, for the brain and nerve
trouble is simply a reflex of the disturbance OF
that al l-importanr function. wineglassful be-
fore each meal of the national stomachic insures
facile digestion, and repetition of the pleasant
dose before retiring promotes nerve and muscle
invigorating sleep. Associated with Indigestion
we usually find biliousness and constipation.
But together or independent of each other these
malndies are subjugated by the Bitters, which
ueuralgia and malaria
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
Post-A,tptial Comments.

FIRST Maiden-They say he really
an income of thirty thousand year
f will have more when his father
Only think of it! Second
len-Don't you envy her? Mar
lite always was lucky girl any
How I envy her! Third Maiden
bd L! They say, too. that he isn't a
Ftingy, and Marguerite can run up
|he milliners' and dry goods bill she
SEES and he won't say word about
Only think! Fourth Maiden-How
|ectly delightful! 1 wonder if he is
bib man? But I dare say he is,
how charming for Margie if he is.
me! How lucky some girls are
b Maiden-Oh, don't mention it! 1t
les me green with envy when 1
K Of it! How she will dress! And
! es a cottage at Bar Harbor, too,
- Sixth Maiden-Oh, girls! ]
Il keep still any longer. I've such
Is for you! All of those stories are
erlv without foundation in fact. He
Ply and TRULY has only ten thousand
Ear, and would you, would you be-
|e it? she actually married him for
F. First, second, third, fourth, and
b maidens-How perfectly absurd.
r;,oo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
AN EMB 4RRASSING sITUATION.

Here is q little story about Whltelaw
Reid: He was introduced the other
day to very beautiful woman, whose
name he did not catch, but who filled
him with admiration by her ripe and
rosy lovliness. While they were con-
versing, a lowering-faced man passed
bv whom Reid knew quite WE'LL but
knew nothing to his credit; who, in TACT
he heartily disliked, and feeling ms
presence jar upon the amiablllty OF MS
mood, he exclaimed, in an undlplomatlc
impulse:
"Now there is man loathe.
His handsome companion flashed hei
eyes upon him, and cried sharply:
"That man is my husbands"
Reid answered, calmly, without az
instant's pause or the turning Of a hair:
".And that is why ! loathe hlm'
ACCUSTOMED to Many Spectacles-
The optician.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
Disposing Of Her Dolls.

his amusing little story is told by
CARLYLE in the days when she was
h ,Ieannie Welsh: She went to o
boil in Haddington, where she soon
kel herself pupil of extraordinary
Etv. When she was years old she
able to read Virgil. Yet JEANNE
all her learning was a real girl,
being real girl, she had doll
! which she bestowed much affec-
And now arose q distressing ques-
Was it not q shame that a girl
could read Virgil should care for a
/ She was forced to think that the
had come when she could no longer
} her toy. Accordingly on her
b birthday, she made funeral pile
lad pencils and cinnamon sticks, and
led some perfume over it, after the
per of the ancients. Next she re-
h the speech of Dido from Virgil,
then she stabbed the doll, letting
all the sawdust. The pile was then
fire to, and after the doll had been
nt to ashes, poor wee JEANNE sat
n and cried.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27

MANY Industries having been established
In the South. particularly at the rapidly
growing city Of Florence. Ala. the Chicago
decided to run Ave personally conducted
excursion trains rs follows: August and
20. Sep. 1aand "a. and Oct .. All the rail-
roads in the Northwest have agre ID to sell
for those dates excursion tickets to points
in Tennessee. Alabama. Mississippi and
the roundtrip. Tickets will be good re-
turning thirty days. Persons desiring to
JOIN these excursions can obtain full par
ticul IFS bt writing to J. B. Mnrrell. Travel
ing agent G T. e. 1. R. R.. SOL First Ma
tional Bank Building. Chicago. or to Will
liam Hip' General Passenger Agent,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
Will Fool the Dakotans.

Bismarck-So, SO, Herpert, I am die
capital of North Dakota, is it? Her
bertha, father. Bismarck-Vell,
what do get out of it, anything? Do
you think they will pay me royalty
Herbert-Nein, father, you will only
have the honor, or may be they will
elect you colonel in their national
guard. Bismarck-Look you out,
Herpert; [ will hate no monkey bust
ness. I will fool dose people; 1 will
change my name.