The Holt County sentinel., 1900-12-14

E-Dr. Kearney was called to Maitland
this week, in consultation with DIR. Wy
man. i'm the case of Mr.. Shields, the hard
ware merchant, who is worry rick man.
He is reported to be slightly better at
this time.
A majority of the farmers have fin
ished gathering corn. The yield is from
35 to 10 bushels on the uplands and 70
to 80 on the bottoms Quality good. In
some fields much of it was down and
damaged. Wheat is in fine condition
and III. amount sown is 80 per cent
greater than last year.
Two trappers at Maitland have
form ID combine for the purpose of
trapping wild animals and have ordered
supply Of traps. A report of two days
business published in the Herald gives
the following list of game bagged: First
day, muskrat, ground hog, squirrel,
and ) skunks: second day. = rabbits,
skunks. Maitland Herald.
Manager Colvin of the Andrew
county Mere. Co. has one of his winter
socks hung up in front of the store for
sign. Some say he is saving its mate to
hang on the foot of his bed Christmas
eve. If the good SAINT should decide to
bring John a wife, he could put her into
that recepticle and still have room left
for her wardrobe. Lever.
Prospecting for salt will soon be-
gin by the state geologist. The boring
will be done near the tobacco house on
the Davis farm south of Forest City.
The board has completed and signed
contract with the Sullivan Machine
Company of Chicago. to bore to depth
of $500 feet deep with diamond-core
drill for coal and salt and poss bly, oil or
gas.
Our school board has put i foot
down on the dismissng of schools half
an hour in advance of the regular hours
The law expects six hours service both
from pupil and teacher and # it is
proper for them to expect but five
hours work why not let them off with
three hours service. The scholars would
then have much more time to loaf upon
the streets.
Cards have been issued announcing
the wedding of Miss Marietta Phillips,
of Savannah, and Mr.. Harry J Brown OF
Kansas City, Wednesday of this week,
December l2. The bride is favorably
known to many of our young people.
having frequently been the gue-t OF
Miss Effie Proud, now Mrs. f. o. Phi
lips, of Craig. The bride is sister of
Mr.. E. o. Phillips, of Craig.
j. w. Patterson carried the sixth
load of three hundred pound hogs at
this station, Tuesday, and shipped to
St. Joseph Ali this has been d'ne this
year. The first five loads reached an
average Of 325 pounds per hog. Mr..
Patterson seems to have acquired the
art of money making ard is rapidly re-
deeming his fathers estate from embar
rassment. Maitland Newspaper.
Sec. 1884 of the statutes 1889 pro-
vides that if person charged with a
felony shall not be indicted 10y the grand
Jury, the person on whose oath the
prosecution was commenced, shall be
liable for all the costs, and the court
shall render judgment against the pros
ecutor for the same. There We're two or
three cases of this kind at the recent
session of the Nodaway circuit court.
Jacob B ook has been down among
us for few days this week, interview
ing our people about his new and per-
feet weather strip. He fitted several
doors for Judges Hibbard and Morgan
and also for c. j. Hunt. MIR. Book has
undoubtedly the best w.ather strip that
we have ever seen, and our readers need
ing anything in this line might notify
Mr.. Book at Mound City, and he will Ger
tainly be around He will again visit
our people soou, and they should he
fixed to give him their order.