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The following young people leave this week to attend college: Miss Elfie Dean to Oberlin, Ohio, to enter Oberlin College; Miss Lizzie Apel to Lawrence, Kansas, to take special work at the State University; Wilton Vaughn to Lawrence to continue his course in Civil Engineering.
Eight land hunters were in Marion Monday night, having come here especially to buy some of our nearby farms.
Vince H. McMillen has rented the east room in the Bradbury building recently finished on Main Street and will put in the finest restaurant in Marion County.
High School Notes
School has started and the enrollment thus far is 68. And to think, that out of this number, 40 or more are boys. How's that for a starter?
The Freshman class is a record-breaker, 38 enrolled. Let us hope for the best for this class; that the same number may be left to graduate.
Out of the 38 Freshmen, 13 elected German, the rest Latin.
On account of the hammering and other noise caused by the workmen, it is rather difficult to carry on recitations in the lower recitation room, but we all know that the improvements will be worth the disturbance they cause.
The Senior English class has taken up "As You Like It;" the Freshman English class, "The Lady of the Lake;" and the Sophomores, "Macaulay's Essay on Milton."
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Peabody had a hot time last week. The engine to the ice plant was out of commission.
The crops around Lincolnville this year are good and are away ahead of many other parts of the state.
A valuable horse belonging to J.L. Yonker, 10 miles east of Marion, was killed by lightning last Thursday night.
Kane Hutchens of near Pilsen is preparing to build an up-to-date home. The best evidence of prosperity and we are glad to hear it.
The Dunkard church in East Branch commenced protracted meetings Tuesday of last week conducted by Elder J.T. Thomas, of Oklahoma, which will continue through this week.
We understand a bank is about to be established at Aulne. Business has been so much increased down there in the past few months that convenient banking facilities are in demand.
The 15th of September, next Sunday, the Lutherans celebrate their annual Mission Festival in Henry Hartke's grove about two miles east of Lincolnville. A large number of visitors are expected. Prof. Stoeppelworth of Winfield, Kansas, will preach in English in the afternoon.
Willie Razor, eight years old, son of J.M. Razor, living northeast of Marion, has been suffering from lockjaw for a week and is in a precarious condition.
Post Office clerks have plenty to do these days, with prospect of more ahead. Since July 1st they have had to weigh, separately, every piece of mail sent out of the office, keep a record of it and report each month. This means a lot of work, especially in places where there are ten or more mails a day. In addition to this, they have been ordered, for a certain length of time, to count the pieces of each class of mail and the amount of postage affixed. No doubt in a few weeks the P.O. Department will tell us how many letters the people of the great United States write in a week.
Doesn't the old cook stove have a "comfy" feeling these cool mornings though?
Mr. Funk, living about ten miles northwest of Marion, on what is known as the old Donaldson ranch, sustained a heavy loss in the destruction by fire from lightning of several barns, cribs and other buildings containing implements, harness, grain, including his wheat crop. This happened during the storm of last Thursday night. It will prove rather a serious loss and he will not be able to recover much, the insurance not having been properly transferred when he bought the place a year ago.
D.W. Wheeler and R. Williams are in Topeka this week attending the state fair.
