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Comstock, of Albany, returned last week from a trip to New Mexico. --Mrs. Tharp, of Atlantic, Ia, mother or our friend H. E. Tharp, is visiting him for a few days. --Mrs. M. F. Goode, of Vilesca, Ia, made her daughter, Mrs. W. F. Wooods, a short visit this week. --Mr. Geo. Hagerty, is at present in Denver, Col, in the employ of the Denver & Rio Grand R. R. Co. --Prospects are fair for a continuation of the sidewalk on Locust street to Third--sometime this winter. --The attention of the street commissioner is called to the miserable condition of the sidewalk at the corner of Second and Park streets. --Rev. J. R. Sasseen(?) will preach at the Sager church Saturday evening December 3d at 7 o'clock p.m.; also on Sabbath Dec 4th at 11 a.m. --Frank Christoph writes a very cheerful letter from Denver, Col. sending his regards to all his numerous friends on this division. --W. F. Miller was made happy on Tuesday by the arrival of a young stranger who will be a voter in twnety-one years from that date. --Mr. H. B. Gardner, of the enterprising firm of Gardner Bros, is expected in a few days when they will take an invoice of stock, preparatory to ordering a large supply of new goods. --A Mr. Cayton, of Brownville, Mo, was in town a few days this week looking up the prospects for a location. He expressed himself so well pleased that we may confidently count upon him and one or two others from the same town becoming permanent citizens. --through the very coldest days last week Michael Cavenaugh(?), Gardner Bros. lightning tinner, stuck to his work on the roof of the Normal school building in order to hurry the completion of the outside work. It shows a spirit of perseverance that is commendable. --Because of our intention to publish this issue of the paper in miniature, our space is very much crowded with advertising. It is not often that the News has to apologise for a lack of local reading(?) matter, and we will endeavor to make up in future issues what we take from our readers space this week. --we are pleased to state that the report concerning Mr. N. F. Grover's condition, which we published last week was greatly exaggerated. We got the information from what we thought perfectly reliable sources and had no hesitatoin in giving it for the public as truth. But Tuesday Mr. Grover entirely dispelled our gloomy fears in regard to his condition by walking into our office and greeting us in his old hearty style, seemingly to us good health as ever. --Judge Kimball of Jameson was in town last Friday. --The switch engine on the Wabash __________ at Council Bluffs blew up yesterday fatally injuring the lineman. --Gentry county boasts of having a resident in the person of Uncle Henry G. Gillespie, aged 70 years, who has more descendants than any other man in Northwest Missouri. He has 12 children, 47 grandchildren and 17 great grandcyhildren making a total of 76 - Nodaway Democrat. --The notes and subscription papers of the Baptist church are in the hands of E. Fisher for collection. --Mr. N. Mighel(?) and wife of Plano, Ill. accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. Miller, of Marywille, were in town last Tuesday and Wednesday visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tomblin. During his stay Mr. Mighel made our office a pleasant call and expressed himself as much surprised at Stanberry's marvelous growth. --This edition of the News is to be presented to our readers again during the Holidays in miniature. We trust that the little sheet will be treasured as a keep-sake by all into whose hands it may fall, both as a curiousity and a memento(?) of Stanberry's business men. They are nearly all represented in it. --Subscriptions will be received at the Post office for the american Agricultural, published by the Orange Judd Publishing Co., of New York. As a paper for the while class of farmers, this one is without a peer, entering(?) upon its 24th volume with brighter prospects for the future than ever before. --Decidedly the finest medical library in Gentry county, and as complete as any in Northwest Missouri is owned by Dr. M. M. Campbell, of Albany. The most reliable and thorough works on every subject connected with the profession can be found in his collection and their well thumbed pages bear ample testimony to the care with which they are studied and the most successful practice in the northwest shows how such study(?) is appreciated by the public. --Brother Rogers, of the Trenton Republican, extends sympathy to the News in its discovery of the mighy power of the press. Its all right now, Mr. Rogers, our city marshal is efficient and faithful. It only needed the one call to send him after those obstructions with a vengence and they are now removed from the sidewalk or place where it should be. THey only moved them into the street, but people with wagons can better afford to drive through the mud, than pedestrians can to wade through it. --Every day we hear of the addition of a famiiy to our population, attracted here by the superior school advantages offered by Stanberry. The benefit of such a school as the Normal to our town cannot be estimated, both in the number and class of citizens it brings and the good name it gives us abroad for the present, but in the good effect it will have on the future. A city with important railroad division and machine shops is bound to be substantial and when to this is added good shcools and churches nothing can hinder it from taking rank among the first cities of the county. -We received a pleasant call last Saturday from Mr. J. P. Floyd. -We are pleased to learn that Mrs. M. F. Brown is recovering from her recent severe illness. -Mrs. James Brown, of Brunswick, mother of our popular lumber merchant, M. F. Brown, is in town this week visiting at her son's. -On the 20th _____ the Bank of Stanberry will be two years old. We cannot mention this fact without indulging in a little exultation of the "we told you so" order. The readers of the News will remember that the first copy of the paper ever issued contained a strong endorsement of Mr. A. L. Tomblin and a hearty recommendation of him to the people of this section as a financier who was efficient, conservative and faithful. We based this recommendation on an acquaintance of several years standing and that the history of the past two years has fully borne out our prediction is proven by the present standing of the bank among our people. It was started with the town and has so grown with it that it has become indescribably connected with everything of interest to the town. From the first Mr. Tomblin has been aided by his son, M. B. Tomblin, who, by his integrity, promptness and politeness, has won for himself a splendid business reputation and hosts of friends, besides relieving his father of many of the arduous cares of banking. Long may this worthy institution flourish. -Mr. W. H. Hikes, late of Stewartsville, has removed to Stanberry to take personal charge of his large nursery just North of town. We are pleased to welcome so valuable a citizen. -The Western Theatre Company closed a very successful week at Chamberlin's Hall last Saturday evening. Most of our city readers attended at least one night during the week and know how well Miss Nettie Adams sustained every character she assumed. They were ready to weep with her as "Helen Faraday," and "Lady Mead" and laughed most heartily at her excellent rendition of "Topsy." Miss Kate Meyers, Messrs. Fierce(?), Holt and Barbarat(?) also were decidedly successful in their efforts to entertain the audience, and are all pleasantly remembered. A criticism could not fairly be made in the acting of the troupe when the disadvantages under which they play are considered, but we can criticize the action of a certain portion of the audience on several occasions. A few hoodlums abide in this city who need to be educated, to have a proper regard for the feelings of others, and if this is not done, Stanberry will not be likely to secure any great number of first-class entertainments in the future. -The boys(?) have originated(?) a society that might aptly be called a "Female Protection Association," of which Ed. Thompson, the "75's" nobby fireman, is President, and Tom Daily, Secretary. The first active work performed by this valuable society was last Sunday, the case at hand being a well planned abduction, or more properly elopement in which a strolling actor and a young lady whose name we did not learn, were the principals. It seems that the actor had persuaded the above mentioned young lady that the life of a pretty actress was one round of pleasure, gaiety and ease, and had induced her to join him in a grand starring season through the country. The time set for the departure was Sunday night on the Cannon Ball. By some hook or crook, the boys learned of the affair and decided to "squelch" the business, which they did in a most effectual manner. The "circus"(?) man went off with a good sized ________ in his car, and the girl rescued from a fate worse than death was returned to her friends, after receiving a lecture which it is to be hoped will prove an effectual check on such performaces in the future. The act was a commendable one, and one too that has received the hearty approval of all who are acquainted with the circumstances. If such villainous(?) _________ could always be met and foiled in a like manner, the sad story of deceived and disgraced young girls would become less familiar and the daily calendar of suicides and crimes be greatly shortened. We regret that we are unable to give the name of the actor that publicity it so richly deserves.