The Lamar register., 1892-03-05

Everett Kelsey and wife, who arrived
this morning from Geneseo, Illinois. are
visiting Mr.. Kelsey's parents, Mr., and
Mrs. Frank Kelsey.
r. l. Denny has rented the White
Horse barn on the corner of Santa Fe
avenue and Fourth street and will run a
feed and sale stable.
W.R. C. meets on the second and fourth
Thursday in each month. The meetings
tor March will be on the 10th and 2ith.
Members are urged to attend.
The American Mortgage Trust Com
pany has sold to the Syndicate Lands
and Irrigating Corporation $50 acres of
land in this county. Consideration
1920.
The two year old boy OF Mr.. and Mrs
6. A. Watson sustained painful frac-
ture OF his arm in falling from chair
this morning. DR.. Hasty reduced the
fracture.
Seed wheat at 10 cents, 90 cents and
81 per bushel; seed barley at 80 cents
and 81 per bushel; seed oats at 40 cents
per bushel Inquire of Markham &
Brevoort.
|s-Among those who went to Las Animas
this morning to attend the ditch meeting,
other than the regular delegates, were
C. Fl. McVey, Jesse Wright, Ed. Stewart,
]. o. Stream and Fred Williams.
Judge Frybarger, Of Carlton, is attend
ing U. S. District Court at Topeka, this
week rendering assistance TO his old Syr-
acuse, Kansas, friends in their efforts to
defeat two hundred thousand dollars
worth of bogus county warrants
MIR. Ellis, of the firm of Rodgers, Cuth-
bert & Ellis, attorneys of Denver, ap-
peared before the board of commission
ers to-day. urging a compromise on the
taxes OF 1889 and 1890 assessed against
the Pullman Palace Car company.
= The members of the Oriental realm
are succeeding in establishing strong
lodge. The influence of this institution
will be felt, and the endeavors to establish
and promote harmony, sociability and
charity Will be crowned with success.
A musical entertainment under the di-
rection of Mrs. W. 1. Taylor and by the
aid OF the combined musical talent of
Lamar, will be given at the NJ E. church
one week from next Friday evening. 1t
will be a rich treat to lovers Of music.
J. NJ Wright and D. A. Boyer will ar
rive in Lamar about the 18th of March
with sixteen Clydesdale mares and a
Clydesdale stallion. All of the above
will be for sale, and parties desiring
good stock will do well to call on them.
.sW. E. Tuttle has sold his farm near
Stewartsville, Mo-, and will take up his
home on his north side farm about five
miles north of Lamar. W. E is hust- !
Ter and he and family will be a welcome
addition to the good people of Prowers
county.
The annual statements of the Midland
Canal, Reservoir and Land Company,
the Amity Canal, Reservoir and I'm
proyement Company, and the Colorado
and Kansas Canal and Reservoir Com
pany, were filed in the county clerks Of
flee this week.
A suit for damages has been instituted
in the district court against the Santa
Fe railroad by VIII Dewitt, who was
thrown from train by the train hands
and had his left leg fractured two weeks
ago. o. G. Hess and G. w. Butler are
the attorneys for plaintiff.
The Bent county members Of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Prowers, Bent
and Otero institute are working diligent-
ly on the program and arrangements for
the institute to be held at Las Animas
on May 3rd and 4th. We are in it in
this case, and when the time comes let's
show them we are with them.
Chris Classeu has bought a. new suit
of clothes and fine residence lot. He
had his measure for the clothes taken
between Christmas and New Year and
yet they are too small, but the lot IS all
right, and the house he proposes to build
will be large enough for two. The next
thing for Chris will be to play zone from
Denny's leads" and lead a queen to the
altar.
The members Of the executive com
mittee OF the farmers institute for Otero,
Bent and Prowers counties, appointed to
draft a constitution for the institute met
at La Junta last Tuesday. The result,
of their labors VIII be submitted to the
institute to be held at Las Animas on
May 3rd and 4th for action. The name
selected is The Farmers and Stock
growers Institute of Prowers, Bent and
Otero counties. The object as expressed
is '.for the purpose of disseminating in
formation in agriculture and stock
growing.
The Henry Canal.
A sheriff's deed from the sheriff of