The Elbert County tribune., 1902-10-02
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

an ElDeft NlSitof ou w Veohc"y'
FoR SALE-Large Holstein COW, fresh.
Sale or trade cheap. A. q. Cornforth.
One and half inches OF snow on the
ground this morning and still showing.
Joe Mayer made business trip last
week to Colorado Springs and Fountain.
Jacob Epler has moved his meat mar
ket into his general merchandise store
building.
Parents, fit your childeen with the Sc
curity school shoes the best made.-
Elbert Mercantile Co.
o. r. Long the new proprietor of the
City drug store, has an announcement
in this issue. Read it.
Four or five potato pickers wanted.
viii pay sl.25 and board. c. H. Clark,
four miles south of Elbert.
Miss Susie Smiley Of Denver will com
mencc fiye-months' term OF school in
the Sidney district next Monday.
We have Just unloaded another car of
salt. Better lay in supply for the long
winter before Elbert Mere Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jarvis Richards of Kuhn's
Crossing were in town Friday. This
Office acknowledges friendly call from
Mr.. Richards.
Miss Ethel Palmer, daughter of Coun-
ty Commissioner Palmer OF Golden, com
rnenced term of school on Monday in
district No. 80, near Kiowa.
The Union Pacific tax agent paid over
5000 into the treasury Of Lincoln coun-
ty last week, that amount being the 1901
taxes OF the railway company.
We are headquarters for fall and win
ter dress goods, hosiery, mems and boys
duck coats and overalls, clothing and
furnishings Elbert Mercantile Co.
Mrs Max Hocsrich has gone to Leon
ard, in the western part of the state,
where her husband is employed in saw
mill. She will remain three months.
Miss Folster returned to her home in
Denver on Sunday after a pleasant visit
at the Neumann home, on the Comanclrtr
Miss Emma Neumann accompanied her
to Denver.
Misses Lucy and Eliza Corlcw Of the
Biiou valley will leave today for Hills
boro, Illinois, for months visit with
their mother and two sisters residing at
that place.
George McKimmie, the new barber,
arrived last week from Denver, opened
his shop and has had about all the busi-
ness he could attend to since. He is a
first-class workman.
There will be congregational meeting
at the Presbyterian church on Friday at
2 y. m. All members and those who as
sist in the support OF the church and its
pas,nr are requested to be present.
Every voter should read the constitu-
tional amendments which appear in this
paper, so that they may be prepared to
vote intelligently on these amendments
when they go to the polls on November A.
Miss Donnell from Denver has been
engaged to teach the Lundy school and
will commence on next Monday. Mrs.
J. L. Mayer was engaged to teach this
school but resigned to accept a position
in the Elbert school.
Commencing next Sunday, October 8,
the south-bound train on the Colorado
and Southern will leave Denver at 2;30
and arrive at Ebert at 5:l6 p. m. The
Sunday excursion rates however will be
in effect until October 18th.
The first snow OF the season reached
here on Friday morning and for an hour
or more the storm resembled an April
blizzard. Snow fell again on Sunday
night and Monday morning, but melted
as soon as it touched the ground.
Among the Elbert people in attend
ance ut the Soldiers and Old Settlers
reunion at Elizabeth on Saturday were
Messrs. and Mesdames I. Green, ]. o.
Philips, d. L. Epler, ]. II. Jones, P. II.
Mulligan, Mrs. B. Grebe, Mrs. Joseph
Mayer, Mrs. Owen Lamb, Mrs. B. Gaylor.
The following persons were entertained
at pumpkin pie dinner at the Lundy
home, east Of town, last Sunday: Mr..
and Mrs. d. L. Epler, Mr.. and Mrs. Tay-
lor Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Brazelton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Rhudy. Our inform
ant says the dinner was one of the finest
he ever sat down to.
A change has been made in the time
and place of holding the county Sunday
school convention which has been an.
nounced to be held ut Kiowa on October
r-d 8. The convention will be held in
the Presbyterian church at Elbert on
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 2l and
%. Program will appear later.
M. t. Alumbaugh is in this section
this week with his threshinu machine