The Holt County sentinel., 1900-03-23

r. II. OIiey and son, Irving, o. near
Mound City, were Oregon visitors, Mon
day Of this week. Mr.. Oriey vas on his
way To visit a daughter, Mrs Ella l;urke,
of Iowa. who - visiting III FORBES town
ship.
Philip Schlotzhauer has our thanks
for q brace and half % fine maliar1
ducks. lie went out Npuday esening Of
this week for Il couple Of hours shoot
ing, returning With q nice malIarri5 and
two spike tails.
Hugh Montgomery, ~ho was a ctsn
spicuous figure IN establishing the Hol,
county bank at Mound CITY, in l.eD r.
! tired from that institution last week.
Jro. :. Smith is how the president and
II. p. Smith. cashier. Mr.. Montgomery
re'ires FOR long needed rest
One u the largest land deals tha,
has taken place IN this count. for long
time was consuslated this eek, the heirs
Of Uncle Tommy Cottier disposing Of
l:s22 acre, lying south of Napier. 20 4.
". vanCamp and ID. X. Sxope " II.
Richards. Of this city. furnished the ao
strac..
C e. Ray hill has purchased Res 7.
. ~ -A45 1As<
has also bough. farm os I'D acres from
C. ". Lukens, four miles north 81 Ore
gon, and G. ". Lukens has bought ~
: acres, joining the Lamb place. h.- pres
ent farm. which gives him ar oE. -
north Of the Union school hou=e.
The Holt County Democratic CoGn-
ty Central commit ee met II Forest G ".
Tuesday, March 18th, and selected Ore
gon as the place OF holding their conyen-
ton for selecting delegates To the IA
tional nominating. state and judicIa
conventions. The convention vas called
TO meet At the court house in Oregon or
Tuesday. April 18th. 1900. The primsr-
les will be held at the court house or
saturday, April l4th, ar p m to eiect
delegates TO the county convention for
Lewis township.
The Democracy Of this disrric. will
hold their congressional convention At
Maryville, June 18th. The convention
will have l09 delegates. ten Of which
! will represent Holt county. We 60 hope
Forest Citys new convention hail will
/ be ready in time for the holding Of the
Republican congressional convention,
and that strong delegation be sent to
present her claims az the meeting Of the
| congressional committee. Forest City
| is the most accessible town in the dis
| trict. Mr.. kennish is the committee
| man for Holt county, and this matter
should be presented to him by the peo ,
pie Of Forest City at as early a date as
possible. There should be no sleeping
over this matter.
The annual conference Of the NJ. E.
J church concluded its six days session at
/ Kirksville on Monday of this week. The
following appointments were announced
for this district, We giving only those
our people feel personally interested in:
j. j. Bentley will continue as presiding
elder; Rev. Henry Champion was return
! ed to this charge, and not only are the
Methodists pleased, but all our people
are delighted with this announcement.
Amazonia, f. o. Wells: Fillmore, G. 7.
Clark: Martinsville. A. E. Flickinger:
Savannah, L. B. Wiles: Oakland. st. Jo-
seph, l.. Howard: Craig is yet to be sup
piled; Maitland. Samuel Knupp; Mound
City, j. X. Hicks: Westboro. C.. j.
Warner: Grant City, A. J. Brock: c. III.
John, to Hopkins; Rockport, II. J. Don
aldson: l. S. Ware, Chillicothe.
Miss Mary 3. Combs, of Craig, died
in St. Louis, on Friday of last week,
March IL, 1900, due to peritonitis. fol I
lowing the birth of an immature child
on March 10, says the Globe Democrat.
The body was brought TO Craig on Mon
day of this week for interment. As 4
result Of this death, Mrs. Matilda Mey-
ers, a midwife has been arrested. Mrs.
Meyers stated on her being arrested that
"the death of the girl was due to her
,ndition on her arrival at my home and
to nothing that had occurred after that
time" IL is also claimed that the dead
girl had told one of the physicians who
attended her that "her condition was
due TO her own action" She was the
daughter Of j. ]. Combs who resides in
the Perkins neighborhood southwest OF
Craig. An inquest was held into the
death Of Miss Combs. The evidence
showed, says the Globe Democrat, that
Miss Combs was responsible for her own
death, and the jury exonerated Mrs.
Meyer from any blame.
Rev. Anna III. Shaw lectured at the
NJ. E. church Thursday night, March 1G.
to the largest audience Of the season.
Hiss Shaw is a speaker Of striking ap- :
pearance, novel and brilliant ideas, and
strong, rapid delivery. She is fluent,
witty and eloquent. Her subject was
the "New Man" and. while the new
man was somewhat late in getting into
the discourse, he was quite thoroughly
exhibited to her audience. His many
excellent traits were praised, some Of his
faults criticised. and few of his vani-
ties and eccentricitics laughed at. The
speakers treatment of the tobacco habit
and its effect ON the boys Of this day,
was Il marked feature of the lecture.
and, il generally needed. it would result
in great national good. Her conclusion
was as grand and eloquent as anything
given here for some time. And the
writer, an ''old. old'' man. after hearing
Miss Shaw, must admit, that no matter
what the new man has not. can not or
is not,-the new woman is sometimes
endowed with the power that is said TO
have raised a mortal to the skies, and
that could swell the soul TO rage. or
kindle soft desire