The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Local Happenings

Leave your order at the Tribune news
stand for Denver and Colorado Springs
Sunday papers.
Miss Bessie Epler of Keensburg, Ills,
is a guest of Miss Amy Epler and will
remain some time.
Miss Amy Foote went to Hugo Mon
day to visit her father, Lon f.. Foote,
and brother Marion.
Lewis Jewell took team OF fine Tariff
colts to Colorado Springs last week and
sold it for good price.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Harding went to
Colorado Springs Tuesday to see Bar
mum d Bailey's show and visit friends.
Mrs. Ed Racey of Elizabeth, G. f.
Hertel of kicwa and George +. Gardner
of Ebert are new Tribune subscribers.
The Ebert cheese factory is turning
out $500 pounds of cheese each week,
keeping three persons busy to do the
work.
All of our ice cream sodas are made
with the bes. of Denver cream and the
purest of fruit juices.-The City Drug
Store.
Messrs. Hamilton and Garmong, the
evangelists, left last Thursday for Iowa,
expecting to stop at Dodge City, Kansas,
for a few days.
Miss May Owens of Fairfield, Ills, left
on Tuesday after pleasant visit with
the Misses Corlew of Bijou valley and
other friends in this vicinity.
The New Beulah Hotel charges % cents
a meal to the local and country trade
Don't be misled by reports to the con
trarv I'd nr,,, prnnr,at,r
q. M. Bodett, with the Gates Mercan-
tile company, received the sad news
Monday OF the death of brother at
Boston. Mr.. Bodett left the same even
ing to attend the funeral.
Pratt's Food for Horses, Cattle, Hogs
and Sheep is unexceled as tonic and
regulator and will keep your stock in
good condition the year round. We sell
it.-Russell Gates Mercantile Co.
Epler, Brazelton & Co. are building u
two-story 24x4S grain and warehouse,
the sides and roof of which will be COW
cred with corrugated iron. The firm is
also building coal house 14x24 feet in
size.
If your poultry is not doing well, try
mixing a little Pratt's Poultry Food with
their regular rations, or il colds or roup
affect your flock, use Pratt's Roup Cure
Both for sale by the Russell Gates Mer-
camille Co.
Mrs. William George and Mrs. Percy
banks and baby, who have been visiting
at the Denney and Grin homes in Elbert
and the Frank Long home at Kiowa for
a couple of weeks, returned Tuesday to
their homes in Colorado Springs.
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Iowa, spent several weeks here at the
home of L. j. Hobart, south of town, de
parting for their home with their family
last Thursday. They we're well pleased
with this country and may return and
locate here.
j. G. Brace had horse killed by light
ming last Thursday while standing in
the barn. Another horse standing along
side was uninjured. A strange thing
about the lightning's pranks was that
not mark could be found on the barn
to indicate where the lightning had en-
tered.
j. A. Boston went to Colorado Springs
Tuesday of last week and returned
Thursday accompanied by his mother
from San Antonio, Texas, who will make
her home here with her son. Mrs. Bos-
ton has been in poor health but is al
ready improving with the aid of our Col
orado sunshine.
Rev. j. w. Pressly of Derby. Iowa. has
accepted the call extended him by the
Presbyterian churches of Ebert and
Elizabeth and is expected to arrive and
take charge about the first Sunday in
August. 1t is not known whether MIR.
Pressly and family will reside here or Mt
Elizabeth, but it is hoped that arrange
ments can be made for them to live at
Ebert.
DIR. Denney had runaway in the
country east of town Saturday after
noon, his team soaring at load of hay.
When the neckyoke became loosened
from one horse the doctor jumped, hold
ing to the lines, but was unable to stop
the team, which broke loose from the
buggy and ran a mile before the horses
were caught. Both horses were injured.
and the circle to the buggy tongue was
broken; The doctor very fortunately
escaped without scratch.
Gilbert defeated Eastonville Sunday in
fairly good game of ball, the score be-
ing IL TO u. Ihe features of the game
we're Tom Jewels catch of a f1y in left
held whlle on dead run, and Showal-
tiers playing for the visitors, making a
double play unassisted at first base, his
catch of hot liner and his pitching NOT
a safe hit being made off him in the last
four innings. "Coonie" Peterson pitched
good game for the locals and was we'll
supported by Morgan at the receiving
end, Evans, Showalter and Wolf we're
the battery for Jacksonville, A crowd Of
$50 witnessed the game.