The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08
Personals & Locals Mkt

Bale Hawkins while trimming off
limbs which the browntail moths had
| trimmed one day last week, exidentally
cut off the end of one of his fingers,
which he mistook for limb. Bale was
good cal surprised at this.
Widow Hinckley and her son Bud,
who amt quite right in his head, at
tended the Bingville Church services
last Sunday morning and Bud was real
good during the service-he slept all
the time.
Hi Henderson of Calamity Corners
passed through Bingvil1e one day last
week on his way to the Co. seat, from
which he returned home the same day,
passing through Bingville twice in the
same day. We are always glad to
see you pass through, Hi. Do come
again.
Miss Almira Hobbs, who is the
daughter of Peleg Hobbs, our we'll
known citizen, purchased eight yds. of
bombazine at Hen Weathersby's store
which she will make up into a dress as
soon as she gets the time. She paid Is
cts. pr. yd. for same. It's real fine.
Abe Thomas had to pay a judgment
of $14 at the Co. seat last week which
was took on him seven years ago by
Simon Andrews and Abe had forgot
all about the tarnashion thing. Abe
has had several calamities to happen to
him recent. Only a week or two ago
he had colt to die on him.
Miss Milly Underwood, who sung a
solo in church last Sunday morning, got
too much powder on her face. She
looked white as a ghost and skeert,
but with all that she done real well.
hoo 1o11
ing logs for Jim Hicks sawmill down
Snake Bend way, has quit work be-
cause his team got stuck with a big
log in a bog and couldn't bulge it one
way or tother Lime just nacherly got
mad and unhitched the horses where
they stood and went home and says he's
done hauling logs.
Jason Tucker, chief of the Bingville
fire dept, has purchased two new water
pals for the use of the dept in case
of emergency, and Jase now says the
boys is ready to fight fire, let it come
when it will.
The report that Deacon Butterworth |
who was to the Co. seat last Tuesday |
took more ticker than was good for
him and on his return driv into Bing- |
vile on the gal1ope, is not correct. He |
did driv in on the gallope, but the
Deacon says that's because the old mare |
is so consarned hard in the mouth.
The church still leaks The trustees
talked some of repairing it last fall but /
they didn't get around to it.
Brad Hinsley has sick horse on his |
hands. No, it amt sick horse either
IFS mare, come to think of it.
Arioch Tucker walked to the Co. seat
and back last Thursday. He started
about daylight and got back about dark.
This is a awful long walk for person
as well up in years as Arioch.
.Hez Andrews says he has plurnbago
in his back. Hez has been bathing the
effeckted parts with sassafrack oil, and
he says he thinks it is some worse at
this writing. He don't know how he got
this plurnbago and wouldn't care if he
could only git rid of it.
Hen Weathersby, while measuring off
2 yds. of shifting for Mrs. Simon Pease
tother day, broke his yard stick right in
two in the middle This is awful blow
to Hen, Hen has lost several sales of
dry goods by it too, being as he hadn't
no means of measuring and was afeard
of giving too much if he guessed at it.