The Holly chieftain., 1897-02-19
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j. l.. Wilson ia piasterinE and other
wise fixing up John Lyons residence.
H. a. Pettee made q two DAY 9 buai-
pess trip into kansas the GrFr Of the
week.
A party OF surveyors started out veg
,erday morning to work ncr.hw"zt u!
Lamar
severa! HollYites will GttAud the =.
2. & A. u. ball at Coolidge nrxt Mon
day night.
The street grading Is nearly cornp.et-
ed. 1t is good job and great i'm
p.ovement to the town.
four inch snow fell Sunday morn
ing but finding i!sclf SO near sr.nl
time melted IN dispair.
Doc Perkins and George Hol,s drove
10 Horace Wednesday. Doc expects to
do considerable real estate business
while there.
Send the CHlFV.AlE to your relatives
and friends in the east. 1t is better
than 4 letter, sav"s You the trnUblc Of
writing and costs less
Rev. Hurt, Of Horace. and N,v. Rob
ipson, of Wallace, Kansas. will hold ser.
pices at the school house here next
Sunday at 8 O'Clock p, n.
II. +. Horst the accommodating
Santa Fe agent, reports business in
cressing at the station. This ia the
best evidence Of otprosperi'v toan ran
have.
ltlsa fact worth knowing that there
!s as little sickness In Holly as will be
found in any community at this time
pfthe year. 1fyou want good health
come to Holly.
The Coolidge correspondent to the
Syracuse Republican announce new
barber shop in towA giving shayes for
i've cents but advises those who 20
there to Grst get their life insured.
Messvs. Johnny and William Simpson
Invited several friends to their house on
north Fourth street Saturday night 10
participate in the "ma2y waltz" 4
goodly number attended and spcrI the
evening in delightful enjoym m"nt.
a female teacher in western Sunday
school wanted to know OF her scholars
why Lazarus was becgar, and ono OF
the small bovB in the class replied
"Please, mn'am its because he didE'r
advertise" That bows father WAS n
prosperous merchant.who advertised
Moral: Advertise.
Sheriff Mckinzec wgs down from the
county seat Tuesday shaking hands
with the boys. Mr.. .Mckiuz zee is filling
the most sanguine expectations of the
people in the discharge of his official
duties and his many friends on the
east side congratulate him on the sue
cess he has made.
J. l.. Wilson has completed his we'll
and put in pump. He struck the fret
vein A. ten feet and the second at &3
fest after drilling through eighteen
inches of sandstone. The water iu the
lower vein raised 25 feet crowdiug the
upper vein back and now MIR. Wilson
has good pure water and has to pump
it but eignt feet.
A bill has passed both hon ses oGcon.
gross which is designed to stop express
companies from carrying obscene liter
ature from one state to another. Being
deprived of both mail and express iacll.
tiles the dealers in that Kiud of litera-
tu-e will have to resort to the freight
train or "stage it" In order to get their
goods before the public.
James Baird and wife who haye been
visiting for he rast three months at
Chivipyton returned home Saturday.
We might also add that MIR. Baird had
not been in town u half dozen hours
until he came around and handed out
tho cash for subscription to the
CHiErrArS. Mr.. Baird evi'-ntly knows
good thing when he SEE 1t.
An editor wss one day confronted by
gentleman, who exclaimed: In your
paper yon report that | am dead
"You may rely" said tho editor, ION
the truth of everything you read in our
journal" But his visitor was not
eomforted by this assurance, and asked
that contradiction should be
published in the next issue. To this
the editor firmly declined 10 assent;
but, 1eing pressed to make some
amends, he finally offered 10 insert the
tho Rentleman's name in the. following
aay's list Of births.