The Elbert County tribune., 1898-10-06
Potato gloves at Kings store a


Potato gloves at Kings store a
s35 cents.
:. Mrs. Anna Lallcen is spending
a few days with her parents, Mr.
. and Mrs. w. j. Watts.
Mr.. Passmore will move BIZ
Photographic car to Elizabeth ant
TRY that city. Our rea.Iers there
will find him to be an excellent
artist and perfect gentleman.
The corn crop in Fondis pre-
cipct is good, except in the course
of the hail. ElIcrt county will be
able this year for the first time 10
supply the local demand for corn.
| ! am now prepared to supply all
calls for coal, the first car having
arrived Monday. Prompt deliv-
cry. J. B. KING.
A very delicate but serious op-
Grafton was performed by Drs.
liidlon, Kimmel and Dcnney on
Mrs. S. l.. Griffin lust week. She
is now rapidly improving and will
soon bc out of the DOCTOR care.
NoTIcE.-Abe S. Hurr having
left all his accounts in my hands
for collection, l respectfully re-
quest parties indebted to him 10
come in promptly and settle them.
+. N. LAVELL.
Gen. John W. Browning has
been nominated for representative
in Arapahoe county. lie is head
clerk of the Woodmen of the
World and has many friends in
Elbert county who wish him sue
cess.
All parties indebted to j. b.
King are urged to come forward
and settle. This is the time of
year when business men most need
money, and people who have been
accommodated should show their
appreciation of favors received by
paying promptly when asked to
do so.
The Department encampment of
the q. A. X. at Elbert last week
was attended by a crowd that
taxed the ingenuity of that lively
little town to take care of. ADJ
dresses were made by Hon. C.
S. Thomas and other prominent
persons. The meeting was grand
success. .-Castle Rock journal.
Majestic lodge Knights of Py-
thias at Falcon covered itself with
glory and oysters Thursday night,
and about dozen couples from
EastonvilIe attended to help make
merry the evening. Everything
was free to members and outsiders
alike, After lodge hours a dance
was started and kept in operation
until daylight next morning. The
Soule orchestra furnished music.
A new Sunday school was or
ganized last Sunday at the Sidney
or Allen school house with a
membership of about 40. Mrs.
Henry Mathews was elected
superintendent and Mrs. Moulton
assistant. 1t will meet every
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
promises to become a tlourishing
school.
Otto Brown, a German sheep
owner ever in Lincoln county, is
missing very mysteriously and so
are his sheep numbering about
2, 900. 1t is thought he has been
murdered and his flock trailed
across the country to the B. & NJ.
and shipped east. A silent stran-
ger cuts a good deal of figure in
the business and detectives ure
hunting him.
A writer in the October Ladies'
Home Journal shows how easy it
is TO establish and maintain public
libraries even in the small country
towns. Cooperation of effort un-
der capable, enthusiastic direction,
it is. pointed out, will bring the
sought for results. The article
details with exact directness the
best way to proceed, even sug-
gesting entertainments by which
money can he raised for the libra
ry fund. AT a small money cost,
the writer makes it clear that every
small town can enjoy the beneiits
of good library. )
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
fire broke ont near the Rio Grande
depot in Colorado Springs, explod-
ing car of black powder standing
on side track nearby and in half
an hour over 100000 worth of
property in the immediate vicinity
was in ruins. 1t would take too
much space TO detail the terrible
destruction the fire done, but suf-
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