The Washington Republican Washington County Friday March 29, 1901 Dann ALLEN of Morrowville was in town Tuesday chatting with our business men. Miss Bess YODER left last week for Baldwin to attend the spring term of school in Baker University. H.E. SNOOK of Buena Vista, Ill., son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. SNOOK, arrived in the city Monday for a brief visit with his parents. Miss Lizzie SHAFFER who teaches in Crete, Neb., spent here spring vacation in this city with her parents, returning to Crete Saturday. W.E. BAYLESS who has held a position in the Racket Store her for nearly two years, has resigned and will leave for Pomona, Calif., Tuesday where hewill make his permanent home. O.S. LONG has bought the store there and Mr. BAYLESS will clerk for him. He is an excellent clerk and will leave here a host of friends who regret very much to see him leave Washington. Last year Mr. BAYLESS was elected one of the councilmen and is a nominee for re-election this year. Sarah DAVIS a former student in the Academy was here last week visiting friends on the Academy hill. She returned to Fairbury, Neb., Monday. Mrs. G.W. SHARP was called to Hiawatha Thursday having received word that her brother Thos. HAYES was very sick. Tom SHARP accompanied his mother to Hanover. L.A. CARTER and John ROCKEFELLER arrived here form Kansas City the first of the week where they had been attending medical college. Each had just finished the first year of a four years' course. In three years more, if nothing happens and pusue their studies, they can be practicing physicians. We understand Mrs. Mary REEVE, owner of the hotel Revi, will take possession of and run the house after the the first of April. F.M. BRICK has had the house rented for the past year and has built up a good trade. Mr. Brick announces he intends building a new hotel as soon as possible on the vacant lots of J.G. LOWE opposite the M.E. church. He says he can put up a good brick hotel there, one on a modern plan for about $4,000. We understand T.H. EVES will furnish some capital for the building, but will not be in any way conncected with the running of the hotel. L.J. SPRENGLE took his final departure from here Tuesday at noon over the Burlington for Seattle, Washington. He went by way of New Castle, Wyoming, and will meet his nephew, W.W. KELLEY there. Mr. KELLEY is at present running a newspaper there. Mr. Sprengle, though a young man, is one of Washington's old time citizens, one well acquainted in the county. He said before he left that he was leaving Kansas at a time when business opportunity in his line of work was the brightest and he was sacrificing much in leaving, but the health of his family had to be considered. He will locate in Seattle for a time at least, and perhaps will make it his permanent home. He has disposed of all his city property here, but has considerable land in the county, and said he would come back about once a year to look after his land. He sold his loan and real estate business to August SOLLER. Mr. Sprengle has many warm friends in this county who regret to have him leave and wish him continued prosp! erity wherever he may locate.