The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-03

J. S. McMur'ry brought his family
down from Horace Tuesday and 10 nov
busy pspsring, pu,ung in window q ass.
fitting stove pipe, etc, etc.
Two very bright "tun dogs" appeared
on either side Of the sun his morning.
We believe that weather prophets lake
there as an indication OF colder and
stsrmv weather.
Snpt. Pettee hiss had force Of men
and teams at work grading Fourth
street this week. This is something
that is greatly needed and i. Will be
appreciated by those who travel that
thorouyhfsre.
On account Of the exceptionally low
rate Of S. cents for the round ,rip.
which the Santa Fs makes to Lamar,
on account Of Rabbit DAv, that event
will probably be Witnessed by . large
number OF Holly people.
The Ladies' Aid society will hold
meeting At the residence OF Mrs. J. l..
Wood on ne1t Wednesday afternoon Ut
2"'clock. for the purpose Of arranging
for the Chrisimss entertainment. 1t
lie desired that all members be present.
Boitomley. the photographer, pulled
up stakes on "Wednesday and went 10
Lamar. Mr.. B htomiey said he did a
good business while here, in fac. It wss
much better than he expected. All
those who patronized him are highly
pleased with his work
The McMur,r~ bank building vas
brought iu from Horne or W-dnssds ~
BY Mesrsrs. SSiyeiy, Lub.,ch, Simpson
and Ford. 1t will be placed on the west
side OF Fourth street, south Of J. 81.
Johnston's dry xoods store. There
will then be building on every lot of
this block fronting Fourth street.
The board has engaged Miss Jennie
sayiss TO teach the primary depart
m.nt OF the Holly schools. A. l..
Hara's building hiss been rented and
on next mnndy murni & the schosl
will be divided and Miss Ssyers will
begin her work in this bailiing while
Miss kester continues ~ith the higher
grades in the school house.
The great cloak house of Beifeid
d Co., Chicago, has placed their
book of samples with j. n.
Johnston. He VIII receiv. orders for
ladies and children's jackets. cloaks
and oapes, and show a beautiful line
of samples TO select from in Astra.
chan, boucle, melton, plush, kersey,
etc.
A gentleman by the nam> OF G. ".
who is walking around the
world stopped in Holly Wednesday
night. lie is = robust middle ayed
mxn. has hut one arm. and 10 accom-
panied by Il dog. tie said hs left New
York on the Ord Of last August AMI i.
To complete the tour IN fonr yaArs, for
whi:h he il 10 receive IS Oog. snd Al
shhitionsl 5000 II the dog returns with
him.
+. g. Hawkins. chief engineer of the
Great Plsi ; Storage company, return.
-i Yesterday from La Junis. Mf.
Hawkins says the wnrk on the reser.
voirs is progressing very rapidly, there
b-ius over 900 men at work. The tive
largest Reservoirs vii be so far com.
pleted that water can be turned into
Them by February and II is expected 10
have these filled bv the tine the irrl-
HstIon season Of 1893 srri,es
Coolidge Enterprise: shively. Simp
SON, L,ubach aud Ford are moving
snoih.r house from Hurace to Holly
this week.-mrs.. N. Gar field was in
from horse creek whooping mp proc
prrity and making = deal for few
sections Of land on the side. -. Jim
bought 30 head OF cattle of
Wood sn6 Mills and went to Syracuse
t.sterdsy TO drive them up on his
Colorado ranch whsre he has plenty of
iced.