NEWS ARTICLE: COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Matters of Interest Gathered by a Corps of Reliable Writers from Various Parts of the County.
| BLAINE | BRODERICK | FLUSH | FOSTORIA | GARRISON |
| LACLEDE | MOODYVILLE | OLSBURG | SOUTH POLE LINES | SPRING CREEK |
OLSBURG
Elmer Bennett has moved to Bigelow.C. B. Moore spent Sunday at his farm.
Dr. West of Cleburne was in town Sunday.
Mrs. C. G. Logsdon has a new carpet loom
T. D. Hall, who has been sic, is again able to be out.
Miss Amanda Modin is clerking at O. Fagerberg's store.
Miss Nedwed spent Sunday with her parents at Wheaton.
C. W. Fagerberg received a car of corn from Fostoria, Tuesday.
The lumber company received two cars of lumber last week.
Shehi Bros. received a car load of cattle from Kansas City last week,
Dr. H. W. Parsons of Wamego is at his office in our city this week.
Mrs. Perry Peterson of Cleburne was visiting her mother last week.
Jack Shehi of Spring Creek was doing business in our city Monday.
Mrs. Grabriel Haff of Manhattan is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. Peterson.
Mrs. Ed Gustafson and children of Miltonvale are visiting friends in Olsburg.
John F. Richards received a train load of cattle form Kansas City last Thursday.
Mrs. Millie Roach of Garrison visited the Olsburg school last Thursday.
The property belonging to the S. P. Swanson estate will be sold next week.
John and Frank Brown of Fostoria were visiting the Comfort boys Saturday.
The Olsburg school will give a picnic at the part Saturday afternoon.
Miss Minnie Currie of Greeley, Colorado, is visiting here brother, Chas. Currie.
Maude McDonald spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents at Fostoria.
Rev. F. M. Jackson and wife are visiting their son, Dr. Orin Jackson, at Broughton.
C. B. Moore & Co. delivered a riding lister to John C. Fleming at Stockdale, Monday.
B. F. Glunt, county commissioner of this district, was in town Thursday of last week.
Judge James Logsdon is visiting his son, James A. Logsdon at Independence, Kansas.
J. F. Richards and Herman Fiegener will ship a train load of cattle to Chicago, Friday.
Miss Ester Hanson, who is attending school at Campbell college, spent the past week at home.
F. O. Bangster and wife were given a surprise party Sunday. It was their fifteenth wedding anniversary.
Stella Misamore is working for Mrs. A. M. Hutchison.
Mrs. F. A. Misamore closed her school at Laclede, Friday.
George Carley and family visited at George Park's Sunday.
Frank Fox delivered hogs to Barr & Frank in Westmoreland, Tuesday.
Ross Kersey is having his house painted. Lee Area is doing the work.
Ralph Goehring has bought a guitar and expects to join the orchestra.
W. D. Laughlin and wife visited Sunday at Warren Chaffee's near Belvue.
Ted Laughlin and family of Moodyville visited at A. M. Hutchison's, Sunday.
George Henry and E. N. Mickelson expect to leave next week for Logan county.
George Ferguson sold a fine shorthorn bull to Will Knecht, the latter part of the week.
Mrs. G. W. Henry of Topeka was visiting relatives and friends aobut Broderick last week.
The young folks enjoyed themselves hugely at a party Saturday night at Mrs. Mary Lolley's
Mrs. Pearl Regnier and daughter, Celia, are visiting at Ed Drake's near Laclede this week.
A large number of people in this neighborhood will attend the I.O.O.F. celebration in Manhattan, Thursday.
Henry Witts, Lee Urquhart, Geo. Laughline and William Cameron visited at Judge J. B. Laughlin's, Sunday.
Charley Egelston and Francis Hutchison and their families visited at Ross Kersey's, Saturday, and then with Mr. Kersey and family went to near Wamego, Sunday, and visited Louis Theibaud and family.
Logan Laughlin and William Cameron have returned form Grand Island, Nebraska, where they have been attending business college. William brought the measles home with him. Three of the children in now have the disease.
C. R. Huggins left last Saturday for his home near Wamego.
Miss Nellie Chadwick left Monday for her home in Wamego.
The earth quake at San Francisco has caused some anxiety here among those who have friends there.
Emil Peterson, wife and Miss Nellie Chadwick visited with Mrs. E. Vernon at Olsburg Saturday.
The Epworth League held a extra business meeting last week to attend to some important business.
Ada Harris is contemplating quite an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Mary Lane, at St. Joseph, Mo.
W. H. Glunt shipped two loads of stock form Walsburg last week, which he accompanied to Kansas City.
Emil Peterson has been laying off for a few days and went to Manhattan to see his brother who had his leg broken in an accident recently.
J. D. Burns of Blaine has moved here and started a barbar shop in the Covert building on main street. Geo. Pepper has quit the business.
W. W. Telfer had a runaway last week with his mail wagon coming form Olsburg. The wagon was partly demolished besides giving Mr. Telfer some slight bruises.
Prof. C. R. Huggins and Miss Nellie Chadwick completed their second terms of school here last Friday. They have proved themselves very efficient teachers and have given the best of satisfaction. Their host of friends here are sorry to loose them from our midst.
Helen Nudson attended the district Cabinet meeting of the Clay Center Epworth League last Tuesday and Wednesday. The Epworth League Convention will be held at Clifton in June. A good program is assured as some prominent speakers have been secured.
Frank Kolterman is still quite sick.There was preaching here Friday night.
Mrs. Emma Townsend was in Onaga Friday.
Lyman Ault of Missouri is visiting relatives here.
Gertude Misamore visited in this vicinity last week.
Aug. Wegner and wife visited Kolterman's Monday.
Roy Area and Jas. Buffington were in Westmoreland.
Clifford Barclay has returned form Grand Island, Nebraska.
Missess Ethel and Faye Timmons visited in Wamego, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eggers and son returned to Louisville, Sunday.
Jess Arganbright and Chas Green were in Wamego, on busines, Saturday.
Ed Drake and family visited Klingensmith's of near Broderick, Sunday.
Chas. Grafton's nephew from Morris county, arrived last week for a brief visit.
The school was closed last Friday. Mrs. Mismore treated the pupils to candy, and presented each one present a souvenir card.
Mrs. Pearl Regnier came over from Broderick, to stay with the Drake children, while Ed and wife attended the dedicaiton of the I.O.O.F. home.
Mrs. Roy Timmons and children of Ellis, Kansas, visited relatives here Sunday. They are on their way to Texas, which will be their future home. Roy has a position on the railroad.
James O'Shea visited in Soldier over Sunday.
Father F. Hundt of Flush visited A. Heer, Tuesday.
Jerome and Agnes Penergast went to St. Joseph, Monday.
Robert Green, Sr., is preparing to move from his farm to Blaine.
William O'Shea went to Kansas City, Monday, with a carload of cattle.
Mrs. James Cantwell is so seriously sick that her recovery is not expected.
Next Sunday will be Father A. Herr's last Sunday as pastor of St. Colombkill's church at Baline.
Louise Flinn was thrown from a horse Sunday and was badly shaken up but was not much hurt.
Several of the friends of Eli Mosier received announcements of his marriage in Portland, April 15.
Mrs. G. Bishop and daughter Lola went to Holton yesterday where the former will take medical treatment.
H. W. Monroe and Barr & Frank each shipped a load of hogs to Kansas City, Tuesday and the latter one car Wednesday.
C. C. Townsely of Larkin is relieving J. M. Dever the Blaine agent who has gone to Kansas City to buy a car load of stock cattle.
Father A. Herr went to Flush, Sunday, and witnessed the conferring of the first degree upon a dozen candidates by the Knights of Columbus. Jerome Pendergast and H. P. Downey of Blaine were among those that were given the degree at that place.
Father Albert Heer has been transferred from the pastorate fo the Blaine Catholic church to that of Wamego. He is a good speaker and an excellent church worker. He will go to his new work some time next week. It is not known whom will be sent to the Blaine church in his place.
SOUTH PHONE LINES.
John T. Barr went to Stockdale on business the first of the week.
H. W. Monroe and family of Westmoreland visited W. U. Gard's, Sunday.
Ida and Edith Walker went to Lousiville, Saturday, to visit Mrs. Ernest Kastner.
Mrs. Lee Darnell of Louisville is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Atkinson.
Mrs. George Heath and baby are visiting Mrs. Heath's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Gard.
A large number of people are planting corn this week. There was some corn planted last week.
Barr & Frank shipped one car load of hogs from Fostoria, Monday, and two from Westmoreland, Tuesday.
Russell Irby, who has been visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Hannah Hughes, has returned to his home near Cleburne.
Floren Prockish has the mumps.
Dr. Fessler of Wamego was called to see on of Frank Whearty's horses the latter part of last week.
Clara Prockish celebrated here seventh birthday Monday. A party of young friends were invited in. Refreshments were served and a gay time was had by the little folks.
The Pleasant Run Telephone line is now complete form Flush to Westmoreland. Parties on the Pleasant Run line call Westmoreland by paying a switch fee of five cents Westmoreland people pay the Flush switch five cents.
The barn of B. L. Voiles, mail carrier on the Flush route, burned Friday afternoon. His spring wagon and harness burned. Luckily his corn crib was apart from the barn and he had no stock in the building. How the fire caught is not known. The children were working in the garden and had not been in the barn all day. His barn was large enough to hold six horses and a lot of hay.
SPRING CREEK.
Gladys Burton is working for Mrs. Margaret McDonald.
Jack and Ed Shehi and Emery McLean hauled some hogs to Fostoria, Tuesday.
Gerva Barksdale visited her sister, Mrs. Ben Conaway, of Pleasant Ridge last week.
A. B. Allen of Olsburg and Wm. Shehi of Springside visited Wm. Curl, Sunday.
Rev. Joyner of Manhattan will preach here Saturday evening and Sunday evening, May 5 and 6.
E. F. Moody and family of Onaga visited at the old home Saturday and Sunday.
Blanch Moody, who is attending school at Holton, will spend Sunday at home.
Will Blakely and others will furnish music for the dance at Wheaton tomorrow night.
Mrs. G. G. Richards and son Newton went to Manhattan, Friday, to visit relatives and will remain and attend the dedicaitons of the I.O.O.F. home at Eureka Lake.
A. C. Tudor completed his term as teacher of teh Moodyville school yesterday. A box supper was given on yesterday evening and all attending has a pleasant time.
FLUSH R. F. D.
Ralph Harvey is working for Andy Noll.
Miss Lida Falkenrich is spending a week visiting friends in Westmoreland.
B. L. Voiles had the misfortune to lose his barn by fire, Saturday. It is not known how the fire started.
Herman Huckstadt was in the neighborhood of Flush looking up his chances for the nominaiton for county clerk last week.
There is a commercial phone line being strung from Flush to Westmoreland. RFrank Siebert and Frank Weber are dong the work.
Garrett Werning and Rodney Galloway attended the laying of the corner stone of the Riley county court house at Manhattan last Thursday.
The Sunday school at Twin Mound was well attended last Sunday. This is a good place for a Sunday school and every one is cordially invited to attend.
Jack Reede says the party who took his harness out of the barn and night last week and failed to return it, may come and get the lines and he will ask no questions.
The Knights of Columbus initiated a large class Sunday evening at Flush. The goat having had a good rest and being fed well, showed the boys a good time. They all succeeded in riding him to the end of the journey however.
As Chas. Lonagan and Clarence Floersch were getting ready to leave Manhattan Sunday morning about 5:00 o'clocck, their team, which was just hitched up and were still standing in Turner's livery barn, became frightened at a train and started to run. They completely demolished the buggy, but neither horse was hurt. One was caught a few blocks from the barn and the other about three miles up the Blue. As they started Lonagan succeeded in getting one horse by the tail, but his hold slipped or he no doubt would have prevented the runaway.
Melvin Thompson is working for Cy Williamson on his farm.
Mrs. Loren Woodcock has hatched her second batch of incubator chickens.
A. R. Doming, who has been rebuilding his residence, has it about completed.
Barr & Frank shipped a car load of hogs form Fostoria to Kansas City, Tuesday.
Mrs. A. D. Fenn of the state of Washington is visiting her brother, Loren Woodcock. J. T. Scritchfield of Westmoreland and Alfred Clark of Olsburg visited at Otto Huckstandt;s Sunday.
H. Feigener intends to ship to Kansas City the latter part this week from Fostoria five car loads of cattle.
George Stauffer has completed his house in Fostoria. It is 24x30 feet. Carl Burdick has done the carpenter work.
Mrs> Frank Train of Blue Rapids visited in Fostoria over Sunday. She was accompanied home by Ethel Flemming.
Percy Mears of New York is visiting his sister, Mrs. Loren Woodcock. They have not seen each other for twenty years.
Otto Huckstadt and wife have gone to Flush to see Mr. Huckstadt's sister, Mrs. Bertha Zoeller, who is seriously sick.
Dr. T. J. Toothaker has located in Fostoria for the practise (sic) of medicine. He is a fine man and ocmes to us highly recommended.
Guy and Cecil Flemming, who has been been (sic) visiting relatives in Fostoria, returned to their home near Louisville last week.
Mrs. R. L. Tinker has returned from Kansas City where she had been for seven weeks taking medical treatment. She is much improved in health.
Mrs. H. F. Robbins was over from Wheaton last week visiting relatives. Her grandson, Elmo tinker, who has been staying with her while his mother was in Kansas City, accompanied her home.
Otto Huckstadt, while lifing the power of a corn sheller at Olsburg the other day, bruised one of his shin bones. Inflammation set in and he had the doctor lance it and it is now getting better.
Frank Stoner on Tuesday talked to a former college chum of his form Fostoria to Scottsdale, Pennsylvania. The Bell telephone line was used. The distance is about 1,100 miles. The talk was three minutes and cost $1.50 a minute.
Mrs. Gager, famaliarly known as Grandma Gager, died at the home of one of sons near Keats, Saturday. he had been in feeble health for several years and was over eighty years of age. he formerly lived near here where she has many friends.