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8 I THE ALLS CITY TRIBUNE February 5. 1904 _
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Some Real Estate Deals
\Vh Hakcr Bros report the following -
lowing real estate transfers this
week : The fine home of l\Iurty
Sullivan in l\lorg"ans add ition to
Rev. E J-J' Yoder of Merrill , Kas
consideration 82850 The fine
residence of \Virth and " \V : nter-
bottom on Evergreen Heights to
Ernst Werner , consideration
82,50 The elegant new home
of A E. Hofer , just finished on
Evergreen Heights , to Ivr rs , L.
V l\fcNall , consideration S2JOO
j She and husband arc furnishing
it preparatory to moving in this
their new home at once. A nice
building site of 2 acres on Evergreen -
green Heights addition belonging
to ' 1'hom:18 : Nelson to l\lurty Sul-
livan , consideration $112 . Ivlr.
Sullivan is going : , to elect a nice
residence 011 this beautiful location -
tion as soon as the weather will
pcrmi If you have property you
t
want to sell list it with \Vhitakcr
Bros as they advertise and ( hus-
tlc until they find a buyer
Farmhouse Burned.
( , hire consumcd ( the farm house
of limner Daugherty nine miles
southeast of J1um bold t , Tuesday
I morning as the result of a disjointed -
, jointed stove pip near the eeil-
; ing. . The blaze occurred at five f
I o'clock in thc Morning just after
a rousing fire had been idndlcl (
and was not discovcrcd in time to
save thc structure. Seven mcm-
t
hers of the family including
S
father were sick in bed with the
measles , and were rescued with
thc greatest diOiclltty. The house
was located on thc Miles ranch
and is the third or fourth which
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has been destroyed by fire { on that
place within the last few ycars
Mentally U nba..1 a.nced.
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Henry Fisher , a well known
resident of Verdon became mcn-
tally balanced on \Vednesday ? .
Sheriff I-10ssack was summoned
and on his arrival found the un : : :
fortunate man to bc very violent
and great dim cu1ty was experi-
cnced in bringing him to this
city 'I'hat evening he wa taken
to incolll for treatment. 111'
Fisher iH snfTering from religious
I mania ,1nd , it is thought hat t the
proper course of treatment will
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1 restore . his reason
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Concert # and Ball.
l.'he burning of thc German
hall caused a postpOn1l1Cll of the
concert and ball which was to
,
have been given by Harnack
l\lilitary band and the Ariol1s
' and ball will be
'rhc concert given -
en \Vednesday , February 10 ,
at thc Jcnnc opera house The
postponement has given both the
band and the Arions an oppor-
tunity to get in better shape than
ever and thc concert and ball is
sure to be it big success .
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Accidently Shot.
Eddie Kukcr , the eighteen year
old son of Charles Kukcr living
near l3arada met with a very ser-
ious accident thc first of the
wcek. lIe and a cousin were out
hunting , when his companion's
gun wm accidently discharged , .
part of the charge striking Iukcr
in thc face and hand , some of the
shot inflicting such an injury as
will cause thc loss of the sigh of
one eyc Dr. Van Osdel was call-
ed and drcssed thc wounds 'l'he
patient is now doing as well as
could be expected.
John Collier Dead.
John Collier lied at his home
in this city \Vednesday after a
lingering illness He was born
in Missouri about fifty years ago
and had lived in this city for
twcnty-five ycars Hc was in-
(1 nstrious and honest and pos-
sessed many good t.raits He
leaves a wife and family to mourn
thc loss of husband and father
'T ' he funeral was held this after-
noon
Dip Ktl \ eria.
'ehe eight year old SOil of l\'It'
and Mrs : LouisBippcs who reside
between this city and Preston ,
died of diphtheria on 'l'uesday.
'l'hc bereaved parents have the
sym , 'Hlt lY of a wide circle of
f1' enf s ,
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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li'orlc was resumed 011 the . new
nmill i i1Ionlay.
Special prices on cured meats
lnd lard at Coupe & : 'rhorntons' ,
.r f. 1\1. Hoover of Shubert trans-
acted business ill this city last
l 1'riday.
111'5 John l\'lajeurcs who has
been seriously ill is slowly im-
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prOVl11f ' ,
'l'he choir boys of 81. 1'11Omas
church arc arranging for an oys-
ter supper to be given at Rvans
hall on the evening of I + Febntan'
15th
Dave Abbott went t.o Omaha
Sunday and will go into business
in that city Dave will he greatly -
Iy hissed in musical and social
ci rcles ,
Israel lkkanls'wlio has bcC'n
sojourning at Ivlcl11phis , T cui. ,
is in thc city for a visit with his
father , C. H. kkarc1s
Jake Norris , Ueo Holt , Pete
Huffman and Ed li'ishel' went to
St Joseph Monday to see the
cminent actress , 1'lrs Leslie Car-
, tel'
Jim Powell returned from Kan-
sas City .r.'londay ' He ports an
improvement in the condition of
Frank i\'lcDcrmand who has been
so severely . injured by a fall and
hopes of his recovery are now
ntertaind ; l.
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AGOODPLACE1
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Drugs , Books , Wall Paper , Eica . ,
TilE KiNG } PHAMACY
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Our line is always complete , and our prices . :
are as low as is consistent "vi th first class goods. - :
We also give five per cent rebate on all cash . , : '
purchases. We solicit your patronage
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King's Pharmacy
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FAST OCEA : S r2A1\lERS. \
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The Point of Obtaining : Profit Has
Been Passed
Adolph N. Sheldon , who entered
the profession ) of ntval ; architecture .
11l'e 20 ( ; years ago bu t : who retired
in 18tH ( ) to his I'l'l'Sl'nt ' homl' , CasU < . !
Handcgg , in Laden , near I ake
Constance , in ( UPI'manr , is a guest
at the Grand hotel , sa.rs , the : New
York 't'ribune. "I recall tIll'
Elbe , " said \t t r. RI1l'ldon , "which
was sunk in It collision RP\l'I'al
years ago , as the first of the fast t
steamers of the North : 0l'1'111al1 (
line Slie had srarccll , 7OJO ( horse
power and 'al'I'ipd ( ; about aoo firs1-
'abill ' ' , RillCl' she -
( 'a passpugPI's was : ;
built there had been a steady der
\'plOIHlwnt in size ; , Power ( and
speed , until the 11111'sI'1IIa11d ( , on
which I just carne over , is l'pa'ht'lL
1'hc specd has been nearly : doubled } -
led , but the lellts'hland ) has 3- : ( ;
000 hOl'SP10W'I' ! She is pn tit Ipd
to eal'I'880 first 'abin ,
carry . ( passpn
gel's. Greater safety is also as-
sUl'ed by , t till' increased < n11mbcl' of
watertight ( ( 'OllllHtI'tllwnts , and ,
nndcr 1)1''Sp11 ( t regUlatbus t , when-
ever there is a fog thc colnpart-
mcnts are elospd.
" 1'he increase in speed Hain.
nll'nt in\'ol\"s a great : increase of
power The 1'mbria and Elm nia ,
which ' for the ' .
were a period greyhounds
hounds of the t O'pall , made the
trip ill six days and six hours ; but
the i reduction to fire ( days and
eleven hours-t Deutschland
I'POI'-was ( ] only aeeomplislwcl
when the Power had been l'ehlel. t
1'he further rednetion of the time
would require increase of powpr in
thc ratio whie'h is '
same , impracticable -
icable t , both in POi1Slruction ( and
in cost of maintenance and 011cl'a-
Hon . :
"The old style has given way to
the present thol'oughlJsanit at'\ , '
construction and the cost of pas-
sage is little more than on the
slower trips on thc dismal 0l(1-
style steamers The point of 01
taming profit with thc fast vessels ,
sels , such as the Deutschland , has
already been passed 'rlleJ' are
used as an . advertisement and to
gratify the lrile } , of the country
whose flag they ( 'al'l'Y' ; " ; they could
not be a source of profit if they ran
to their full capacity all the year ' 1 : :
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PEACH TREES.
Seem to Thrive Under a Great Va-
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riety of Conditi1s ! ! } ,
It is sunnisingover what t a wide :
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range of territory the peaeh will
thrive , says Country Life in
America. 1'hl'l'p are good l''Heh
orchards in the \nnaJolis } valley {
of : Nova Scot { ia , and they al'e scal , , . -
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( ered in ahllCH3t'l'l' state ill time i ' - .
in mm 'very ( sta iii J- ;
nnion , Because ( \ there ( are : ePl'tain
well marked Peach < regions in which
the cultivation of llle fruit aS
sumes commercial impol'tance WI'
are not to assume hat ( it may not .
be gl'own with entire success \ ill
very many ot lien ) plal'PH. ' 1'hl'sl'
special regions ) , pll'tieularly : east ,
of the HoekmOlu1ailU. \ . ; and north .
Mason told ; 1)ixon's I ) line , are \lSU- \
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ally near some large body WH-
tl'l' , and the t secret of stleePSS i '
generally the freedom ( from disastrous ,
trons late spring frosts and front
Yel'Y low wiutel' tpml ) l'atUl'e 13\11' \
if 1 he tree ( matures t \ itself well ill r- : .
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the fall and time winter is stemidy ( : I ,
the peach tree will wit'hstand ' ! 20
dl'grces beIow'zero ; } with him puiiity.
Of course , if this tempPl'a ' \ ' is i
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long continued and if the winter
atmosphere } is very dl'Y-as , in the :
middle wpst-sel'ious injury may -
r < ' . 8ul1' . . _
1laless . ; the region is i ii rsilsnaIIv : . _ .
free front male spring frosts the . .
peach is a precarious mind risky \ : .
crop to grow however . the profits .
its are usually good whenever } a . . .
crop is secm'Pd 1 , Provided } ) the prod ) :
net is well hanlled. , Not only does
the peach thrive over a wide gee '
gl'aphieal region , but also in u
great variety of' soils. It is genel" -iJl
ally consider that it does best in )
n loose , sandy soil ; but this is by ,
no means well establisllPd It USI1.
allr happens that lands in close
proximity to lakes and shores are
of a sandy formation , hut there
are many lands of such : location
that are heavy 10amB 01' clays , and
011 these 1I\"ll'lws 1II1lhe Illude to
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