Wm. Fultz, Tuesday, sold Dunklebarger & Son twenty hogs which weighed 6,950 pounds, one of the twenty weighing 550. He received the goodly lump of $229 for the lot.—(Dec. 11, 1885.)
D. M. Ruth has been appointed postmaster at Maxwell, and will soon be in a position to help Uncle Sam in good shape. Shake .—(Dec. 11, 1885.)
SOME CORN.—In 1881 was the year for large loads of corn. It will be remembered that several tried to see who could bring the largest one to market. On the 31st of January, Milo Warner brought in with one span of mules, on bobs, 144 bushels and ten pounds; on February 1st, S. D. Tooker, with one span of horses, brought in 149 bushels and fifty pounds, and on February 4th, M. Warner brought in 159 bushels and sixty pounds. Several other large loads were brought in, but these were the largest. The question is who will bring in the big loads the present year.—(December 11, 1885.)
Geo. Baeschlin has laid 4,000 rods of tile the past summer. A large part of it was put down on the farms of Alderman & Son, Nevada, and B. E. Wells, McCallsburg.—(Dec. 16, 1885.)
Curt Wood shipped a car-load of cattle and one of hogs last Tuesday. This is the first car of cattle shipped since last spring. —(Maxwell Tribune, Dec. 16, 1885.)
Geo. W. Dyer went to Zearing yesterday to complete the process of closing the saloon at that place and condemning the liquor seized last week. The Zearing people, with the assistance of Mr. Dyer, will succeed, without doubt in suppressing the illegal and disreputable traffic.—(Dec. 16, 1885.)
People who dislike to have their windows frosted in cold weather can prevent it by rubbing the glass inside and outside with glycerine.—(Dec. 16, 1885.)
Arrangements to have coal prospected for in the immediate vicinity of Nevada have been nearly perfected, and there is strong hope that the prospecting will be successful. The movement should receive, and does. the hearty encouragement of the business men of Nevada.—(Dec. 16, 1885.)
The library at the Agricultural college is said to contain 5,540 books, running in all lines, history, biography, novels, etc.—(January 29, 1886.)
A. Patton Post, G. A. R., Zearing, chose the following officers at their last meeting: M. R. Bump, C.; B. F. Paisley, S. N.; C. N. Thatcher, J. N.—(Jan. 1, 1886.)
Mr. Dana shipped a car of young cattle to Laramie, Saturday night, consisting of sixty-five head, on which he expects to realize a good thing.—(Jan. 1, 1886.)