The Washington Republican Washington County Friday March 12, 1897 Med A. WATERS who travels for Tootle, Wheeler and Motter of St. Joseph, spent Sunday here with his wife. Mrs. C.N. IRVING, postmistress of Palmer, is attending court here this week and visiting with Mrs. E. A. VINCENT. Mrs. HARPER, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.D. BAUM, for ten weeks, left for her home in Colby yesterday. P.S. ERB was down from Haddam the first of the week. He brought his son Sammie with him to have his eyes treated. Hiney LEWIS and family formerly of this place were in the city a few days this week. They expect soon to move to Iowa. W.L. WILSON drove down from Nebraska Saturday and spent Sunday with his family. He is running a photography gallery there. Miss Hattie TOTTEN has returned to the city and will be found in the home of Mrs. Julia ALLEN, where the two ladies are doing dressmaking. Geo. JACOBS is making some improvements this week by putting in a 75 barrel cistern. He evidently expects some rain this summer. L. HASWELL, the Barnes butcher, was a caller here yesterday. He says Barnes is liable to become a city soon and Phil YOUNG will be elected mayor.