The Holt County sentinel., 1900-12-21

jacob Crosse is on the sick list, We
are sorry to learn.
Maud Anselment spent few days
the past week with Craig relatives and
friends.
Arch. Crews and wife, OF Craig. art
visiting at the Anselment home, parents
Of Mrs. Crews.
Robert X Ross was the only mar
who voted the Republican ticket al
Mound CITY, ih 1860.
A Mr.. Barnett has opened shoe
and boot repair shop in the small room
lust south OF the old Howell house.
The Culp school people will enter
tain in th-ir usual good way, on Satur
day evening of this week, Dec. 22d.
The Christian church people vii
hold their Christmas exercises on Mon
day evening-Christmas Eve An ex
cellent program will be presented.
George Kaucher is in Terre lIaute
| Ind, engaged on an elevator his unre
Frank Kaucher is building there. Ht
expects to be gone six to eight weeks.
The Masonic lodge of this city oI
Saturday evening last. elected the fol
lowing officers: s. F. O'Fallon, w. NJ.
Ivan Blair, S. W: Geo. Lehmer, j. W.
c. j. Hunt, Treas J. f. Cummins, Sec
The usual Christmas rush, taxin.
The capacity of our mails, has begun
and the entire pastofiice force have thei
hands full handling the packages con
| tanning pre- sents which are entrusted t.
Uncle Sam for transmission.
| LLOYD Bishop, who has been in Col
orado and Wyoming. for several months
r, turned home last week. Lloyd says
the major port on Of the country he Wis
tied was nothing to brag on outside o
rattlesnakes, rocks and sand.
Il have perfected arrangement:
whereby am in a position again t.
loan eastern money at low rate of in
terest on well located, high bottom Ol
prairie farms. If in need of a loan
write or call on me ut Oregon, Missouri
X. &. BENTON.
The Christmas exerci-es at the
Methodist church will be unusually i'll
teresting, and will cons st OF recIta'ions
musi' :, vocal and instrumental, and a
fl le treat for the Sunday school. An
admission Of 10 cents will be charged.
Mrs Champion was called to Ian
caster, this state, on Friday last 10y wire
announcing the death of her mother
which occurred a short time after she
arrived at her bedside. The funeral was
held Monday of this week. Before re-
turning, Mrs. Cramdton will visit few
day with her daughter. Mrs. Grace Hill
Ter, of Kahoka.
Miss Rcxie Bailey, who is attending
the Warrensburg Normal school, will
spend the holidays with 1.-The old folks
at home" Miss Martha Petree. who is
teaching at Atchison. Kansas, will be
home for the holidays Mi 5 Fitch, our
assistant principal. will go to her homa
i'm Warrensburg for the Christmas week,
our school having but one weeks vaca-
ton.
Harry Walker, who has been assist
ant prosecutor for jackson county, has
just been appointed secretary Of the
board of public works of Kansas City.
Harry a. one time vas student OF the
Oregon High school, and is nephew OF
Public Administrator Walker, of this
county. Harry's old schoolmates around
here will be delighted to hear of his
success.
AT a meeting of the head officers OF
the Modern Woodmen of America, held
in Kansas City last week, the scheme to
build up a reserve fund will be defeated
by a vote of two to one, it is said by the
knowing ones. The total vote will not
he known for two months yet, but as
has been pointed out, enough lodges
have sent IN their returns already to es-
tabl sh the fate of the plan.
Miss Mamie Stewart, of Warrens-
burg, was in our city Wednesday, in the
interest of the Triple Link, an Odd Eel
lows publication of much merit. 1t was
her great pleasure to meet Miss Fitch,
our assistant principal, who was pupil
under her while u member of the War
rensburg Normal faculty. Miss Thomas,
of the Craig school was also pupil,
both of whom Miss Stewart says were
"real good girls"
The st. Joseph Herald Of Thursday,
announces that marriage liscense was
issued on the day previous. December
10Th, to Philip Schlotzhauer and Mar
garet Mariner. and that ths parties
were from Holt county. Both these
parties are well known to all of southern
Holt county people, and they will hear
this news with much pleasure, and
through these columns send their heart
lest congratulations