The Holly chieftain., 1898-01-14

}. v. New man, OF lfItQne, Sa-
il town Wednesday.
Fred MohI arrived Thursday with
par,y OF land seekers.
Z. J. Baker returned from Kan
60. last Saturday ami renamed here
over Sunday.
". z. Vincent passed through
town Sunday morning on his way to
ylsit his ranch On HOrse creek.
Miss Ethel Hoffman went TO
Fisher Stanton county, Ksnsas,
last sz;urdz, 10 teach five month
term OF school.
The addition TO the AmitY Office
has been nicely papered and painted
by Thomas Bond. Tie rooms are
now ready for occupancy.
There is quite demand in Holl,
for fence posts and II will be still
greater as spring approaches, but
there Is not poet 10 De had In the
town.
DR.. Hall, the optician Of Lamar,
Was in town Friday and Saturday
and did good bu-ine.. in his line.
He will make regular trip- to Holly
hereafter.
Misses Edna yanNoy and May
Johnson, Of Tribune, were 10 Holly
the first OF the week. They returned
home Tuesday. accompanied by J.
B Harden.
The warm weather for month
past has about taken all the frost
out Of the ground, and as result
several pIows AVE been going in
thi- vicinity during the week.
Can it be possible: Well, if you
don't believe 1t, just call at McPher-
sons and you will get 10 per cent off
of every dollars worth of Fall and
Winter goods you purchase for cash.
We were the recipient Of fresh.
lY cooked dougbnut yesterday made
by young lady OF Holly. Now if
there is any Young man around who
feels lonely and is matrimonIally
inclined, and is prsclical enough TO
he Influenced by Young lady's ac
complishments in the culinary art ar
well as by her beauty and affable
disposition. we are in position to
give the afore said young man some
valuable pointers in that line. But
the usual fee Of So will be charged
for closing the deal.
During the year 1897 the Sparks
recorded the birth OF sl promising
infants in this vicinity.
I In the same period there were 23
m arriages at Lamar and but one
divorce in the county.
The deaths du-ius the year
amounted to l8. Six Of these were
of infants and four of consumptives
from other states who had come
here for their health.
The first and second items above
indicate ,ba, marriage is not much
of failure in this community, while
The last one shows that we have an
unusually healthy climate, full Of
vIgor and sunshine.
Now is the proper time for in.
tending settlers to become residents
of this favored sec,ion.-Lamar
Sparks.
Harry Maeili took a Lnggy ride
on Sunday afternoon which ended
rather di'aslrousiy to the buggy and
also to the aforesaid Harry's pocke,
book. Accompanied by a young
lady, Harry drove to Granada, re.
turning late in the evening. All
went smoothly with the yohng man
until after he had returned the lady
safely at her domicile AMI was tax.
ing the team TO the livery stable.
While leisureIy closing the last gate
souti, of the railroad, and presama-
bly, medltating deeply upon the
probable expense of the trip, tine
team started off in q walk. Harry,
thinking they were running away,
started after Them on a hen-canter
"a gait which he has recently ac-
quired-throwinH up bis hands and
following, "shoo, sboo." The vo.
ciferousness with which he used the
hen language frightessed the team
and they began 70 run sure enough.
Harry followed, maintaiaing his
lien-canter with wonderful alactity,
finally coming Up to them IN the
neiehborhood of Jock Wilson's.
The horses were hnhurt but the bug