HOITJHTON,Sept, II.—Mr. find Mr*. ThanNoting returned from their Rock Island, 111., trip the first of last week.Ml88 Celia Latupe attended n w'od-ding at Fort Madison last Week. We did not learn the name® of the inter-ffifed parti*®.,, -Jesse King marketed hog« at Mer-tensvllle the last of the week.M • and Mr®. Win. Wicks ofHtronghurst, 111 . visited with the John Pickard family a few day* last week.Mrs. Esteg and little son moved Into the C. Mettenburg property in Houghton last week.Miss hell Fischer, who went to Minnesota a few weeks ago, has decided to stay there permanently. Freitag Pros are very busy sincethe hlg windstorm of last week,making: apple elder.John King of Moravia was down in these parts the last of the week visiting relatives. He will have a public sale on Wednesday, the lSth, j; t his farm, preparatory to movingto Colorado, where he goes in the hopes of restoring his health, whichhas been had of late.Miss (tiara Hover opened herschool nt Center today.j . The Cottonwood church will givean he cream social and a program at the church on Saturday night,I September 25a*'Chris, Rogart and Ed. (latbel went to Moravia Monday morning to at-i tend the John King sale, 'ki * t / i