125 years ago

October 2, 1885

Picnicing

A cordial invitation from friends in Grant township to attend their Sunday school picnic last Saturday, and the tempting offer of a free ride and good company with Mr. F.W. Frazer, was more than the editor of this great perpetual picnic paper could resist, and so we went.

The picnic was held in Dave Powell’s grove, a leafy, shady resort which is the product of walnuts planted by Dave’s own hand, a decade or so ago.

An Old Landmark

The old residence that has recently been removed from the corner of Third and Santa Fe streets to make room for the erection of Marion’s big three story stone hotel is the oldest dwelling in town. It was built by Mr. A.E. Case in 1869, he doing a great part of the carpenter work upon it himself. The frame-work of the building was constructed of native timber, sawed near Marion, and the “finishing,” shingles, weather-boarding, etc., was hauled in wagons from Junction City, the nearest railroad point, a distance of fifty miles.

Our friend, Tom Wise, of Clear Creek, who has been having a tussle with malaria fever, was able to get to town last Saturday, looking tolerably well for a sick man.

The pilfering of flower plants from front yards is about as mean a kind of petty thievery as one can be guilty of, and if the two or three ladies in Marion who have lately suffered losses of this kind could find out who it was that took them, the fur would fly.

Joe Thomas is convinced that the Marion mineral baths will “knock the rheumatism.” He was badly warped by that disease last week, but a few baths straightened him out all right and he has since been busy, as usual, on Marion’s building boom.

Marion’s Boss Cornet Band has received their new silver horns, and they are “daisies.” They cost between four and five hundred dollars and are the substantial tokens of the way Marion appreciates this splendid band.

Company G, Kansas National Guards, of Marion, Frank Doster commanding, took Monday morning’s train for Topeka. The boys looked fine in their new suits of blue.

A new real estate firm has been formed in Marion by Mr. Brewerton, of this city, and Mr. Morris of Hillsboro.

Mr. Valbert Henisse, of Grant township, came in Wednesday to renew his subscription, and brought along a relic of long ago—his first receipt for the Record dated Oct. 6, 1875.