The Washington Republican Washington County Friday February 15, 1901 J.A. AYERS made a business trip to Nebraska this week. Mrs. C.L. TAYLOR went to Concordia Thursday evening to visit her folks. Mrs. N.A. ROBERTS was down form Haddam Saturday having some dental work done. Mrs. M.P. ROBERTS left for St. Louis last Saturday where she goes to visit her aged mother. Mrs. POTTER of Palmer, who had been visiting her daughter, at Haddam, was in town Tuesday on her return trip home. Calvin BLACK has purchased the L.J. SPRENGLE property just east of the M.R. HAYES lumber yard and rented it to Mrs. EVANS. Ward YOUNG the popular stock raiser who purchased the T.B. FREDENDALL farm east of town, was in town Tuesday and left us a nice order for some stock catalogues and sale bills. He will have a sale the latter part of this month. Chester SHULER, of Clifton, and young EVANS of Kansas City, Ks., have been here this week fixing up the light9ing plant of Hilton & Lobaugh. They put in a new and improved burner which adds much to the untility of the plant. O.S. LONG left here Monday for the Pacific coast in search of a location to enter into business. He expects to stop off at several places before he reaches the coast for the purposes of looking around for a business opening. His wife and mother will remain here until he sends for them.