Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-19
G. A. R. Attention.

G. A. R. Attention.
For the national cncampment of thee
A. r. at Cincinnati, Sept 9Th to 10th, the
A. T. & S. +. will sell tickets at a very
a very low rate. Through cars from Gar
nett to Cincinnati. Now is the chancet to
visit your friends in the East. Don't fail
to call on or address the undersigned tor
full information. I. ). COLEMAN.
From last weeks Greeley Graphic:
Mrs. l.. o. Reese is visiting friends at
Burlington, Kas. this weck.-Ed kcc-
eel and wife visited at Wcstphalia the
first of the week.-Frank Hunt, OF
Garnctt, was in town. Sunday. Miss
Bell Wait, of Garrett, is visiting friends
and relatives in town this wcek.-W.
F. Priest informs us that he has contract
ed for property in Topeka and may move
there some time. Valentine Gcrth and
wife have bought w. F. Priestsresidence
in town.-Frank Ohmcs and family OF
Saint Peters Mo. arrived here the latter
part of last week. They have bought
" Gcrths farm, and will occupy it sn the
near future
Personal items from last weeks Paola
Times: George Lcavitt was III Anderson
county, Monday, looking after his farm
Mrs. Allie Cline, of Garrett, is visit
ing the Hcnsons. She came over We'd
dav.-Luthcr Vollmer left, Tuesday Tor
an extended visit with his parents, at
Ccrrydon, Iowa--Mrs. Claudia Cook
sey and Mrs Jennie Andrews and her
son. Freddie, of Garnctt, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. ]. T. Highley.--Clar-
ence Holcomb, of Garrett, stopped oil in
this city, Wednesday, on his way home
from months visit with his uncle, Al
bert Tilton, of Cleveland, Mo.
John Wood, the northsidc furniture
man, received crate of fine grapes from
an old friend, Rev. Winfield Scott, OF
Scottsdale, Arizona Monday. They are
white grapes, and are the sweetest and
bcst-navored we ever tasted, Mr. Scott
has large fruit farm, where he raises
grapes, oranges, lemons and other fruits
The Garnett Journal lifts up its voice
in the chorus of Populist papers that are
criticicising l.. D. Mathews, of this city,
for quitting the Populist party. The
amusing feature of the Journals article
is that it has the wrong Mathews blythe
ear.-Mound City Republic.
DR.. Schoonover reports the following
births: Aug. 1st, daughter to NJ T,
Lewis and wife. Aug. Sth, a daughter to
to Walter Borror and wife. Aug. 18th,
a son to Ed Sutherland and wife. Aug
II, daughter to Sam Johnson and wife
Wilbur Upham, the accommodating
salesman at the Kansas City Store, took
vacation last week, and he and his wife
visited different points in Anderson and
Linn county. He says he never saw such
a fine prospect for corn in Kansas.
John Grow, the cigar-makcr. went to
Paola one day last week, and filled upon
bug Juice $50 they say, and came home
and got into trouble with some girls;
tried and fined $13 and sent to jail.
Rev. Henderson, Miss Celia Wing, Miss
Paxton, Miss Susie Dellingcr and Others
whose names we were unable to to OBJ
tain. attended the Christian Endcavor
convention at Fit. Scott.
Milton and Patton Stephenson and
Rev. Gibncy went to Ottawa, Tuesday,
to attend the United Presbyterian synod
which has been in session there the latter
part of this week.
Misses Della and Jennie Earnest, Dottie
Ayres and Stella Young were delegates
to the Christian Endeavor convention at
TT. Scott this week, from the Christian
church here.
We understand that a certain popular
clerk of this city has rented cottage,
and will soon take unto himself wife IN
the person of one of Garnett's handsom-
est girls.
Frank Williams (coloredD, who resided
ON First avenue, died, Tuesday, OF stom-
ach and kidney trouble, and was buried
Wednesday, from the colored Baptist
church.
Harry Baldwin, lately Missouri Pa
cific train dispatcher at Osawatomie, IS
now telegraph operator for the Rock
Island road at St. Joseph, Mo.
Annual meeting OF Anderson county
w. CT. U. will be held in Garrett at
the Baptist church Thursday, August 20,
beginning at o O'Clock a m.
Mr.. Burnside, the artist, was taken
seriously i'll the fore part of last week,