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There will be services at the Episcopal church next Sunday, March 8th, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Jones. S. M. Owen left for Oklahoma yesterday. Mrs. Owen will join him as soon as she recovers from the effects of her broken arm. For Sale: New 5-room house; good corner location in north part of town. Modem conveniences. Inquire of Seward I. Field. W. H. Kidd and wife departed for their home at Fancy Prairie, Illinois, yesterday, after a very pleasant visit among relatives in the city. F. J. Engel and family moved from Jas. Dobbs' farm southeast of the city, to Lake City last week. He has leased a good farm at Lake. Daniel Snyder and family have rented the Fuller residence on south Walnut and moved in last week. Mr. Snyder is the resident member of the Infield & Snyder elevator firm who recently bought from S.M.Owen. Elder L. H. Barnum has been conducting a revival at Belmont, Kansas, the past two weeks. Elder Blakeslee of Belmont filled Elder Barnum's pulpit in this city Sunday. Elder Barnum will be home this week. Mrs. Wm. Martin and little son, Wilbert, departed on Friday for Purdin, Mo., in response to a message stating that her mother was very ill. On Monday Mr. Martin received a letter from Mrs. Martin stating that her mother was a little better but still very sick. Dr. Donovan was called to Lake City in the still hours of the night Sunday to introduce a robust boy to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buck. This is the first time that the stork has visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buck and the partnership has existed fourteen years. They are the proudest family in western Barber. H. H. Case returned last Wednesday from Kansas City where he had been meeting with the officers of the Great Western Insurance Co. for which he is general agent. He says the company is prospering beyond expectation and that notwithstanding attacks being made on it by rival companies it is out distancing them all. J. R. Dunkin, assessor of Sharon township, was in attendance at the meeting last Thursday. Mr. Dunkin informs us that his father, with whom he has spent much of his time recently, in the state of Indiana, is now entirely helpless. He is bedfast and scarcely able to move. The ailment is paralysis and other complications. We regret very much to hear such distressing news. Editor L. M. Axline departed Monday to attend the Hutchinson and Topeka conventions. Upon his return it will be noticed that several gaps in Senator Long's fences will be closed. It "goes against the grain" to puff the Cresset editor through these columns but in all candor we must admit that Mr. Axline is one of the shrewdest politicians in Kansas today and if Senator Long succeeds in landing another senatorial term his home editor and newspaper will deserve a large share of the credit. Dr. J. T. Cushenbery came over from Coffeyville last Wednesday to put in the balance of the week attending to business matters in the city. Since the financial flurry set in the Doctor has been staying rather closely with his son, Walter, at the bank at Wann, Ok. The panic occasioned more strain on the bank at Wann than on most others for the reason that it was a new bank, but Dr. Cushenbery and son had no trouble in demonstrating to their depositors that money entrusted to the bank at Wann