The Lamar register., 1890-09-06
Abstracts.
The Board Of Commissioners is in

The Board of Commissioners is in
session this.week.
n B. Kell, Of the north side, boasts OF
a new claimholder we,k old.
The ground has been broken and work
begun on the new court house.
District court Is in session this week
in Bent county. 1t will last nine or ten
days.
About forty of our citizens took in
Watermelon day at Rocky Ford. They
report q royal time.
BY actual count thirty nine cases OF
stonach-sche got off the Rocky Ford
special at this point Thursday night.
Rev. I. B. Self will be here September
9th and 18th to assist in holding coun-
ty Sunday school convention The pro-
gram in full will be published next week.
All b ,lievers and workers in the Sunday
school should attend this meeting.
We understand several of our great?
Democratic orators are going to stump
the county this fall The Republican
ticket could carry the county without
this assistance, but their efforts to in
crease the majority will be properly sp-
preciated.
Mrs. Downer has carried off the cake
for the largest home made hen egg of
the season. She brought one to town
one day this week that measured in
ches one way and 8 inches the other. 1t
weighed 4a4 ounces. Can any other per-
sons hen beat that job of laying? This
is one more demonstration of the benefit
Of iudicious irrigation.
Ga last Saturday just after going to
press the RsoIsrER outfit was presented
with fine SNOWFALL muskmelon by Jas.
A Pierce, a prosperous north side farmer.
1t greatly relieved the aching void which
the heavy work OF running the hand
press, had caused beneath the vests of
the editor and devil. Mr.. Pierce will
please accept the thanks OF the entire
force.
The Lamar schools opened Monday
with the following teachers; T. B. Bird,
Principal, Mrs. L. L. Corbett, Mrs. Corr
Trailer and Miss Flora Maxwell assis-
tants. On the same day schools opened
at Granada by J. L. Mayfield, Principal,
and Mrs. Carrie Barton, assistant; at AL
bany with S. J. Konlkle in charge; and at
Wilde with D. H. Dickson, Jr., as in
structor.
The following teachers were given GER
tihcates this week: Mrs. L. L. Corbett,
Mrs Cora Traxler, Mrs. Mary Myers.
Miss Kinda Martin, Lorenzo Jones, N
B. Kell and L. E. Barker. Of Lamar, Miss
Augusta Vincent Mrs. Abbie Irving and
s. M Garfield, Of Holly; Misses Linnie
Bosserman, Amelia Allen and Della Dick
inson, and David Barnes. of Granada;
s.. ]. Konkle, of Albany, and D. H Dicka-
son, Jr., Of Wilde,
For the State Missionary Work.
The Christian Sunday school will give
an entertainment on Saturday evening,
September 18th. in their church, the
proceeds to be given to the missionary
work represented by Rev. 1. B. Self and
known as the State Sunday school union
work. The entertainment will consist of
humaniphone for the erown-up patrons
with doll house and panorama for the
children. Admission 10 cents and 5
centA Come for pleasant time and
help good work along. R.
The Sparks seems to be a good deal
wrought up over couple of cartoons
that appeared in the REGIsrER and says
they are hbelous. Wherein they effect
the character of the proprietor OF that pa
per in any way we fail to see. In truth we
thought It exactly the opposite, for IL
lightning should happen to strike Mr.
Elder and he be elected again to the
ONCE which has 30 far been filed for him
by his DemooFatic friends, he certainly
will owe the SPARKS debt Of gratitude,
that three years Of official patronage, in
oluding deiinquent tax lists viii hardly
KQuidata. Il certsinly Was farthest from
nur thoughts 10 In any way make per-
sspnal attack ON the proprietor Of the
Sparks, Of whom we entertain very high
opinion ~ lady, evcn though she be 30
unfortunate ~ 10 be held responsible for
nnything said in Democratic paper Of
~ Sparks cslibeg