The Washington Republican Washington County Friday May 7, 1897 Of Ayres Bros. you can buy all kinds of hardware, barbwire, chicken netting, and queensware at a bargain. J.A. AYRES and family wre up from Greenleaf and spent a few hours with the AYRES families here. Mrs. C.D. MARSHALL is here from Clifton visiting her parents, B. PYM and wife. Mr. Marshall is expected here to spend Sunday. O.S. LONG's have this week moved back into their beautiful home and their rooms in the bank building are now occupied by Dr. MORRIS and wife. Geo. JACOBS has the agency for the first class type writer and is doing some good talking for the machine. He sold one to T.B. FREDENDALL Saturday. Misses Harriet and Lucy SMITH were in town Saturday having closed their schools in the Pursley and Hoffhine districts. They returned to their home near Greenleaf. Miss Ada CASE who had charge of the milllinery department in the New York store here, writes the Republican that she has secured a position as bookkeeper in a dry good store in Delta, Ohio. Miss Mary MAUNDER attended Miss Hattie SMITH's closing school exercises last Friday evening in the Pursley school house. She remained over until Monday to visit friends in Blocker and Morrowville. Jno. ALGIE, C.F. SMITH, H.L. BAUMBERGER, Earl VINCENT, R.G. LOWE, Harriet LOWE, Clara LOWE, Harry SMITH, Harlan HOLLOWELL, Claud AYRES, Willie JACOBS and E.A. VINCENT, all went to Mahsaka last Friday to attend the commencement exercises of the Mahaska school, taught by Wilber VINCENT. C.F. SMITH delivered the class address. Last Monday the Wm. ALLEN lot was sold under judgement for $275 to Phil DARBY. It is the lot recently cleared off by the fire. Born:--To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. SPENSER, Tuesday May 4, a ten and a half pound boy. Mr. and Mrs. John MUSSER are the parents of a daughter, born Sunday, May 2.