The Elbert County tribune., 1902-10-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

home.
Joseph Plant, Jr, returned Tuesday
evening from Denver, where he has been
working.
Rev. II. S. Childs will preach his fare
well sermon next Sunday at the Prcsby
terinn church.
W. Ii. Gatewood has let the contract
for his new dwelling house to J. NJ.
Cochran, of Elizabeth.
Wallace Whiting and family have
moved to town and are occupying part
of Mrs. Mowerys house.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo John, Sat
urday, October IS, a daughter. All con
cernod are doing nicely.
Burt ii. Sanders, former Sigourney,
Iowa, boy, now located in Denver, is a
new reader of this paper.
NJ L. Richmond, of near Fondis, at
tended the National encampment of the
G. A. r., at Washington, ID. C.
Mrs George Smith, who recently shot
herself, is improving and it is thought
she will soon be out OF danger.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. ii. Mulligan enter
tanned number OF friends at dinner
Sunday at their home on Comanche.
The fall and winter term Of school in
district No. 35 commenced Monday with
Miss Josephine Gill of Denver in charge.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give a poverty social at the Bculah
hotel Friday evening, October 81. All
invited.
George Huber of Elizabeth was here
last week taking views of the principal
buildings and beauty spots of the town.
Mr.. Huber does exceptionally fine work
in this line.
Mr.. and and Mrs. Ed Dietrich have
the sympathy of the community in the
loss Of their infant son, who was born
Thursday, October 10, and died the fol
lowing Saturday.
r. II. Young will have public sale on
his ranch, one half mile east OF Cameron
switch and four miles northwest of f..
bert, Thursday, November g. commeno-
ing at 10 o'clock.
Daniel Jones was suddenly taken i'll
while in town Tuesday afternoon and
was unconscious for some time. The i'll
ness is thought to have resulted from
being overheated.
This office turned out nice lot of job
printing for L. t. Harper, the Fondis
merchant, last week. 'Tom" Harper
does not believe in the use of rubber
stamp-printed stationery.
AT the congregational meeting held in !
the church Monday evening call was
extended to Rev. E. b. Gramcko as
stated supply for year. That gentle
man will doubtless accept the call.
George w. Clark, who has been en-
ployed by the Elbert Mercantile compa-
ny for the last eighteen months, has
severed his connection with that firm and |
accepted employment with the Gates
Mercantile company.
f. II. Ustick of ST. Louis visited at the
home of his parents, near Fondis. coup |
lie of days this week and departed Tues
day for Denser to visit a couple of broth |
ers Mr.. Ustick is superintendent of
railway terminals in st. Louis.
We have been requested to announce
that work on the new Christian Union
church, six miles southwest of Ebert,
is now under headway, and the financial
COMMITTEES will be pleased to see those
who have subscribed to the building
fund.
Colonel J. A. Black of Middle Com
anche was in town Tuesday and We'd
nesday, as n delegate to the Sunday
School convention, and favored this office |
with n call. The colonel spent the sum
mer at Grcensburg, Penn, and expects
to return to that city after the election
1t is reported again that the Colorado |
and Southern railway is about to cancel
its trackage agreement with the Santa
Fe and use its own line between Denver
and Pueblo. Over $4,000 have been ex
pended on the old line between Manitou
Junction and Pueblo, new ties are being
distributed all along the line, and all
together it looks like the Southern will
do something for this rundown line.
The ranch house on Ed Clark's place,
four miles west of town, burned Friday
night and with it the lumber for new
house Ed was about to commence work
on. The fire was undoubtedly of incen-
diary origin as there was no one living on
the place, nor had there been for some
time past. There was not even stove
on the premises where fire could start
from. The loss is fully $500, with no in
surance. 1t was dastardly piece of