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I    VOLUME XVIII.
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FLORA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY. APRIL 13, 1888.
NO. 15.
LOO.a.L  NEWS.
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K      Go to the CathoUo Fair.
¦      One moM week of sohooL
The oitlf election approoohea.
W. CKeimer is spendiag a tew days in j Flora. 	
BenMnber the City election, Tuesday next.
Then is a new pump at the pnblio well on Loonat street
OyStefB and ioe cream will be aerved at the OathoUc Fair.
Dr. W. A. MoNoWB has recovered from faJSMoent siokneaa.
Bemember that next Tueeday is the day for oity elecUaai.
Alfred Mason is improving his reeidenoe property on Third Street.
The dty echooi term jnat claemg has been s very snooaaBfal one.
Flora sent a tall deleKation to the oood- tjr oonvention on Monday last
AU are oordaally invited to attend tihe 'Oatholio Feetival; April 18 and 19.
Ton oan boy a good rioe for five oeata a pound from W. M. Wheat & Bra
The rain of Monday lessened the «t- tendimoe at the oounty oonvention.
Wheat is sad to look very flne and we
are all now aotry that the area is so small.
A number ^ ladiea and gentlemea ore
expeoted to be up  from Xenia to attend
the Oatholio Fair.
Smoke "The Hustler," the beat five , oent cigar iaitthe city.
MoVaiGB k JCDKISS.
Mra. J. M. Oanningham gave a charm- hig htUe "Mother Ooo«> Party" laat Fri¬ day night in honor of the birthdays of Miaa Mattie Finoh and OharUe Onnnhig- ham.
To-day, (Friday) is "Arbor Day." We hope it wiU-be generally observed by our . people.
O. Claik returned from Indiana laat week, and will remain with na  tor the
W. 0. Keener waa in St. Loom this week boytag goods for his Flon and Orayville stores.
For glaaaware, woodenware, braoma, brushes, tabaooo, oigara and soap, go to W. M. Wheat A Bro.
Fonr-flffiie of the saloons of Pittsburgh, Pa., have been closed by the action of the high-Uceaae law ot the state.
A very fine and valuable table scarf will be voted away at the Oatholio Fair. Who will be the fortunate lady?
Tbe Oatholio Festival will beat Blanoh- ard'a Hall, and the doon will be opened on Wednesday noon.   Lonoh at all hoars.
8t Stephai'a Ohnroh is to have a nnw itoof  and a few lota  joining the ohnroh property are to be bought
Bemember we are selling groceries as oheap as any other honse in the oonnty; oome and see us.    W. M. Wrsat k Bbo.
The "Ts" meet at the M E. Ohnroh (A Mcmday night, April 9th at 8:15 o'clock. All yonng peaple are cordially invited.
The W. 0. T. U. will meet at Mrs. Z. T. Green's on Thursday afternoon at 2:80l AU are oordiaUy Invited.
The Fair and FesUval for the benefit (A
St Stephen's Chorch  wiU be on next
; Wednesday  and Thursday, April 18 and
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TherewiUbea  contest at the Oatholio
I Fair tor a line gold headed cane between two of the most popular gentlemen of Flora.
The Oatholio FeoUvalaat Flora have I ail been a snoceaa. Tha last oyster sup- iper  netted  9460.   We  predict  another
Mn H. L. Bnrbank's sohool ot two montiaa wiU commence the last Monday in April AU ohUdren of school age are inviM to attend. Terms: One dollar per monthi preferred in advance.
Don't forget that we ara a new firm, that we bny for cash, and that we will gif« onr enstomers the benefit ot the dis¬ count MoVrIOH & JUDKIHS.
O. F. Hanna, one of our worthiest eiti- ¦ens, died of blood poisoning on Monday fright and was buried on Wednesday, The funeral services were held in the O P Ohnroh.
We pay the highest market prioe for aU kinds of ooontry produce, and viU seU onr gooda at rock-bottom prices.
MoVxioE k JcDKn's.
J. EL Songer, one ot the prooinent Be- pabUcans of Songer, was in the Jovbmai, office on Tnesday. He brought his town¬ ship report and we look nponCbe arrange¬ ment as an exceUent one.
A oorreepondent snggeats that the JocBNAi. aak the orohardists ot this seo- tion to write artidee on frmt culture tor OS to publish. It ia a good snggeetion, and we hereby invite communications on that Bubjeot
Notwithstanding aU reports to the con¬ trary, we are prepared to re-assert that we wiU sell you flour as cheap as any other firm in Clay Oouaty.
MoVatoR A Judkins.
W. T. Smith has recently moved to town and now oocupiea the property for¬ merly owned by L. A. Michels in the north part ot the city. "Taff' has im¬ proved the promisee nntil it is now one ot the finest residence properties in Flora.
All who hold tickets ot the Fair and Festival tor the benefit of St Stephen's Church, wiU be admitted to the haU withont further charge and a lady's flne gold watoh and a gentleman's gold watch will be given to the possessor of the lucky | number.
The JuvonUe Band entertained a large and appreciative crowd of onr people at its open-air oonoert last Saturday night The boya start ont as thongh they mean j business, and, for the time they have been together as un li^'iu^i^utiuu, avh uoiisTo their profloieuoy cannot be exoeUed by any other band in the state. Wo nnder- atand the concerts are to be contiUuedi and we think the oity ought to furaiab them a portable stand in order that the concerts might be given at the Bank oor-
We wiU seU you either ot the foUowing tor Sl.OO, and reepeotfnUy ssk if yon con do better elsewhere. 18 lbs. of genuine Turkish prunes; 20 Uw. of good white beans; 40 lbs. of hominy; 5 lbs. good green cofiee; 13 lbs. pure rice; or 75 bars of lonndry soap. MoValaH 4 Judkiws. Firet door west of P. O.
Eddie Wolfe, son of 0. E. Wolfe, has \ been sick with pneumonia for several days I past bnt he ia now considered ont ot idsngw. 	
A "oyolone" threatened to come this } way on Monday evening lost but it got Igood-natnred in a httle bit snd went else- t Where.      	
Andrew Snyder, on old and respected [eitizenot onr dty, diedof pneumonia ou I Saturday evening lost, and was busied on [Monday.        	
Mr A Mrs Harry MoOobe and chUdren, (YuKMones, and Mrs Eaton of Cowden, rm., visited the family ot Mr A Mra E. A. |lIedlerhwtw