The Anthony Weekly Bulletin Harper County Friday April 15, 1898 Mr. J.H. HOOPES, the assessor of Berlin township, was the first to make his return this year, having brought in his book on April 2, and his work pronounced all O.K. by the county clerk. According to Mr. HOOPES about two thirds of its land is under cultivation. He found 248 horses, 85 mules, 1039 head of cattle, 382 hogs, 88 dogs, and eleven babies under the age of one. The farmers of that township sold last year, $32,378 worth of fat stock; $1860 worth of butter and $1895 worth of poultry and eggs. The work of assessing the township was done in twelve days and is a very commendable piece of public service. R.W. HAZEL informs us that he attend the trial of Eli and Grant GOFF before the probate court at Alva last week. They were charged with stealing barb wire, a car and wire stretcher. Both were convicted. One of th eboys was released from a term in the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing about a year ago, but developments have proven that his experience while there failed to do him any good. A longer term next time might serve the purpose.--Manchester Journal. Eli GOFF will be remembered as the young fellow who was sent up from this county for stealing a lister of Frank RAHE in 1896. Some of the more tender hearted of the court room though it a pity that one so young should have been accused and that the trial was a persecution. They wer not so well acquainted with Eli as were others who knew he was bad to core. M.D. LEE, the west end groceryman, will move his stock the first of the week to the C.R. MILLER room just west of Costa's hardware store. Mr. LEE has felt for a long time as if he was out of town and the move is to be made because of the location. With the Montezuma hotel closed and Lee gone, the west end looks as if it was deserted. W.J. McPHEE came in Wednesday morning from Topeka. Mr. McPHEE was but lately graduated from the Topeka Medical College, and his many Anthony friends will congratulate him upon his success. The city ice wagon made its appearance Tuesday, bright and fresh from the paint shop. It is painted as gay as a circus van and belies the proverbial slowness which is generally associated with all ice wagons. It is the property of G.H. ARNETT who will handle crystal ice during the season. O.L. McCALL presenting the Globe Publishing Company of New York, was in the city for a week past. Mr. McCALL was trying to sell the library board a set of Ridpath's Literature of the World. The work is to be half morocco and is to be sold at one half the subscription price.