The Lamar register., 1900-09-19

society will be at the home of Mrs.
Hunnicutt two miles west of town,
Thursday afternoon of this week.
The Santa Fe will make a rate of
one fare for the round trip to Holly
on Thursday and Friday for the fair.
Tickets good returning until the 22nd.
The filing of conveyances keeps
up at lively rate at the County
Jerks office and the two Johns
think that there is conspiracy to
work them down to skeletons. At
least John Williams thinks so.
There is project under way to
procure an organ for use at the
school house, and while piano
would suit most of the pupils better
they consider that an organ will be
source of much pleasure to them.
On Monday night the city council
held its first meeting in the new city
hall, and the city records are now for
the first time since the town was Or
ganized in place of absolute secur-
ity, the hall having fine fire proof
vault.
Il. j. Martin has accepted posi-
tion in his brother's store at Lenox,
Iowa, and will move back there the
first of next week. MIR. Martin and
his wife have made many friends
here, who will wish them prosperity
wherever they may go.
If you are troubled with inodorous
breath heart burn, hatulency, head
ache, acidity, pains after eating, loss
of appetite, persistent melancholy, or
low spirits. You need tonic, a few
doses of HERBINE will give you the
recuperative force to remove these
Price, 80 cents. 1. Fl. Myers
Judge E. G. Novels and j. L. Law
less went to Trinidad on last Satnr
day to attend the Judicial convention,
the Judge being candidate for dis
trict attorney. Trinidad, however,
had everything fixed and nominated
W. b. Morgan for judge and A. p.
Anderson for district attorney, both
being citizens of Trinidad.
Elder w. S. Turpin, of EngleveI,
Kansas, is the guest of Rev W. E.
Tnttle of the north side. Mr.. Tur-
pin arrived here Sunday morning to
assist Mr.. Tuttle in conducting meet
ings north of the river, and was in
Lamar Monday inspecting the town.
He expressed himself as much pleas
ed with the appearance of things
around here.
Alex Rowland, who has been en-
gagged hore in various positions for
the past year, leaves for his old
home in st. Louis, where he will
take up his former place in the
claim department of railroad. A
host of friends made by Alex while
he lived here, will regret to loss him
and will sadly miss his genial and
obliging ways.
The statement Of the First National
bahk oi Lamar appears on another
page and furnishes striking proof
of the substantial financial growth of
the town. Notwithstanding that a
new bank has been established since
the last statement and has been in
operation about six weeks the depos-
its of the First National have not de-
creased at all, but remain at the same
figures little above the $4,000
mark.
Last Monday afternoon, owing to
some disagreement, Perry Nc
Millen discharged j. T. Benton from
further employment at the laundry.
The trouble between the two led to
an assault by Mr.. Benton upon Mr..
McMillen, in which the latter was
quite badly used mp MIR. Benton
was arrested for the assault, and
after hearing before Justice Deet
er was fined twenty dollars and costs
in default of payment of which, a
jail sentence accrues.
WHITES CREAM VERMIFUGE
is essentially the child's tonic. 1t i'm
proves the digestion and assimilation