The LaCygne Weekly Journal Linn County Friday January 14, 1898 A man who owns a sleigh has no difficulty in making himself solid with the girls. As girls soon get cold and are ready to come home he takes as many as six out in one afternoon, taking each girl home as fast as she freezes, and going for another. The man who gets a girl in a buggy in summer isn't allowed to turn back till the horse gets lame.--Exchange. The stock-holders of the Linn County Bank held their annual meeting Wednesday and elected the following directors for the ensuing year: G.R. SAUDNERS, B. ELLLIS, Fred WAGNER, A. MITZEL, Joe TEAGARDEN, F. W. POLLMAN,sr., and F.W. POLLMAN, jr. The old officials were re-elected. A dividend of seven per cent was declared, making a total dividend of fifteen per cent for the past year, and $233.32 past to undivided profit account. This is one of the healthiest banking institutions in the state. J.C. MURRAY of Mosquaka, Iowa secretary of the Red Poll Cattle Association of the United States was in LaCygne last Saturday. While here he purchased of D. STAINBROOK forty head of Red Poll cattle to ship to Iowa. It is a fact that the Stainbrook herd of Red Polls are as fine as can be found, which is plainly showed by the secretary of the association coming here to purchase stock. Mr. Stainbrook is a stockman of extraordinary ability and judgment, and his ambition has been to make his herd as fine as the finest which he has surely succeeded in doing. A Miss PANCAKE has been spending the holiday season visiting friends near Mound City. Now what do you think of that? Wouldn't her conversation be rather flat. T.N. MARSHALL had two carloads of horses and mules on the Kansas City market this week. Tom SAUNDERS of Pleasanton passed through LaCygne Monday on his way to the Lexington Military Academy. W.M. HOUSTON and wife left Tuesday for Memphis, Tenn., where Mr. Houston will enter a hospital to have his throat treated. Our old friend, M. GRAY, son fo Ex-sheriff Frank GRAY, has gone against the matrimonial game and for once in his life he played winner. His bride is Miss Cora HENDERSON, one of Potosi township's best ladies.