The Washington Republican Washington County Friday May 24, 1901 Mr.and Mrs. Wm. SMITH are parents of a new boy. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. D.C. YOUNG, May 16, a 10 pound baby girl. G.G. EYE, manager of the Armour Packing Co., spent Sunday in Clay Center with his wife. He has moved his family here now, an dmay become a permanent resident of this city. Frank CARTER received a letter from his brother L.A. Monday, from Scandia, where he has located for the summer to practice medicine. The young doctor attended the state convention of the Maccabees in Topeka last week and captured a prize as state physician for the lodge. E.J. COOK, of Greenleaf, was elected 1st M. of G. so Washington got her share of state offices. J.E. MAGEE who for the past two years has been superintendent of our schools, left Monday evening for Salina, Kansas, where he will complete his studies in the Spanish language to enable him to qualify as a teacher for the Porto Rican schools. Should he get the appointment he will soon leave for that place and commence teaching the young Porto Ricans the English language as well as the American customs. Mr. Magee has been very successful as a teacher here.--Haddam Clipper. Charley BOYD was home Wednesday of this week. He is traveling for the Standard Oil Co., and gets here on his trip about every four or five weeks. For about a week an old delapidated fellow has been making his headquarters about the Revi hotel. Monday night he left, and a new suit of clothes belonging to Chas. PATRIE left at the same time. Bert BRADLEY, a young man who works in the Root marble yards, missed a pair of shoes and a few other duds at the same time. The thief went into the rooms of PATRIE and BRADLEY before bedtime, and made his escape from a ladder up to a window back of the hotel. As soon as Mr. PATRIE went to the hotel to retire he missed his clothes and a search was made for the old man but he could not be found. Howard MARKHAM is studying law in the office of RONEY & FREEBORN. Simon STOUT of Haddam, was in town Saturday visiting his son, A.H. STOUT. Mrs. STOFFLE, after a two weeks' visit at Morrowville returned to this city Tuesday. Mrs. C.T. JONES and her granddaughter Lucile SAGE, returned from Concordia Thursday. Miss Sallie MOYER returned home Monday from Cuba, where she visited Miss Addie WHITNEY. Mrs. E.W. GRINDLE is visiting her sister at Lanham this week, also her daughter at Beatrice. Notice: Next Saturday afternoon, May 25th, the Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church will give their spring sale and supper. Come one and all and examine their fancy work, aprons, and bonnets and partake of a good supper. Supper for adults 20c, children 15c. The rink will be used for the purpose. Miss Maud BABCOCK is over from Hanover this week visiting her cousins, Misses Maggie and Maud GOODY. Herman GROSS, who has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry GROSS, at Linn, went to Nebraska Tuesday. Miss Maud COX and sister, Alice, and Miss Una MULTER and sister Aenid, of Haddam, were visitors in the city Saturday. Misses Christena and Marjorie WHITTET attended the wedding of their cousin, Miss Maggie MENZIES, north of Morrowville Wednesday evening. Miss Lucile SMITH, a teacher in the Greenleaf schools was in town Wednesday on her way to Morrowville to attend the wedding of Maggie MENZIES and John SPEERS.