Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-08-06
Personal AND SOCIAL.

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T. W. Hawkins last Saturday vel
coined the arrival of his sister, Miss Sal
lie ?. Hawkins of Hannibal, No, who will
assist him in tho department store.
H. E. Ellinswood spent Sunday with
his wife at Colorado Springs.
Mrs. L. @. Wright arrived from
Denver on Saturday and is now mnnag-
ing the Swink Hotel.
Frank Wolfe started on Monday for
Arkansas overland. Flo may visit Penn
sylvania before he returns to the valley
for the permanent cure of his asthma.
Lou. Gerbing has secured a position
in Pueblo.
Miss Annie Goblin 10 taking vaca.
tion and is spending a couple OF weeks
among relatives and many friends Ill
Rocky Ford.
John T. Hester wns down from
Rocky Ford this week visiting his sister,
Mrs. j. A. Williams.-Lamar Sparks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Godding re-
turned few days since from three
weeks visit to Chicago and elsewhere in
tho east.
Plat Burke of Harlan, Ia, arrived
OH Monday. Mr.. Burke is lawyer and
son OF J. 7. Barke OF Grand Valley.
Flo has been spending month with m
uncle at Sterling and has been admitted
to practice law in this state. He will
locate at some point in Colorado and
may select Rocky Ford. While we want
to encourage all good people to locate
with us we have such q civil and nom
litigetious community that we do not
promise to make u lawyer rich tho first
year. Nevertheless, our country is grow
ing rapidly and if young lawyer eau
live on corn bread and radishes for a
short timo ho'll como out all right.
-.Mrs. AMMO Wall of Pueblo is the
guest of Mrs. d. W. Barkley, accompR-
nice by her daughter, Ruth Mrs. Wall
has been Il poetical contributor to Pue-
bio and eastern papers for number OF
years and has published u collection Of
her poems in book form illustrated with
cuts OF her own designing.
Mrs. J. w. Phenicio has just returned
from five weeks visit with relntives ut
Hiilsboro, Kans.
--Miss Jennie Goblin is visiting Pueblo
friends,
Mrs J. W. Beatty OF Manzanola and
daughter, Gladys, were in an exciting
runaway recently. Mrs. Beaty was
thrown from the buggy md md the, the horse ore,
WHO wns finally thrown out. Strange to
say, neither was seriously injured.
Another of those enjoyable basket
lawn socials wns held at A. Nicholes'
rancl, Inst week. There were dbou, thir-
ty young people present, and all had n
very pleasans time.
"A letter from Decatur, ILL.,, signed
"Decatur Friends" reads MS follows: ave
tho friends Of DR.. and Mrs. s. II. Pol
lock. who recently located IN your midst,
wonld ask spaco in your columns to REQ.
onmend them to tho people OF Rocky
Ford. Yon will not only find the,n tho
best Of ncighbora. but tho doctor IL ono
OF tho best in his profession, leaving
paying practice here
We potc in tho Colorado Springs
Church News that Rcv. 1. ]. kcator OF
Victor hlled tho pulpit Of the first NJ. Z.
church Of thnt city few Sundays since.
Io also addressed tho Y. NJ. c. A the
same dny.
-Jerry Wilson and wife aro spending
fow weeks with Pueblo relatives and
will probably mako that city their future
home.
e. z. Blake OF Fowler was among
Rocky Fortl's visitors this week. MIR.
Blake must he hard worker us ha
comes TO tho geographical center Mt raso
intervals.
II. II. Orcutt and wifc yesterday nc
turned from viGit to Colorado Springs.
&C. II. Mcyny left Inst night for New.
ton. Klaus, prospecting for nrtesian we'll
boring which that city is proposing.
Prof. Bollcs and family have boen ut
Colorado Springs Tor several weeks bu.
nrc expected home soon.
Mrs. james Nc Adoo returned TO
Hamilton. Mo-. this morning after several
weeks visit with her son, A. II. McAdoo.
--HsB. Dyc and vito Of Mnnzanola
wcro recently visiting Rocky Ford friends
tho former, however, mixing large pro-
portion OF business with the visiting.
The Young son Of b. +. knause is
just recovering from II ueverc illness.
j. W. Phenicio will soon so east for
big fall stock.
-Rcv. S. j. Greoar left on Monday
for months vacation in the mountains.
VIII Rico hns not quit the Ivory bus
mess but will be absent for month In
Pueblo county selling the Standard Cab
met. We suspect that be will have good
success.
--Mrs. J. W. Love wna recently called
to Springfield, Bnca county, by tho ILL.,
ness OF her father.
j. L. Musscr 10 in Denver today.
jus. McCralc met with a painful nc
cidcnt yesterday. one hand bcin. badly
injured in operating u hay stacker.
--Jacl; Sproule. who has q fine cattle
ranch north Of Manzanoln, was well
come caller this morning.
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CHURCH NEWS.
Tho Young peoples societies will
hold a union service next Sunday ut the
M n. church with Harry Badger, leader.