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Show County Locals. Fire insurance is money in your pocket. The Ephraim Brass Band has serenaded the town every day the past week from the top of Dr. Olsten's office. A very fine piano arrived with Thursday nignt freight to Ephraim. It was the property of Hon. A. II. Lund. Horses are sold for a mere song nowadays in Mt. Pleasant, John Pritchett bought a nice two year old, at auction, for only nine dollars. dol-lars. .. Moroni is about free from that dreadful disease,diptheria,in Moroni 1 do not know of any more cases. There are a few cases of LaGrippe and colds. It is cold and muddy, have had another fall of snow about one and one half inch this week, sharp frost last night, Spring is being held back There is good prospects for plenty of water this summer. There was so much freight for Ephraim on the Thursday's train that the sections hands were request ed by teleg aph to be ready to assist in unloading it. There are various reports regarding regard-ing the D. &. R. G. W. coming through Salina. Some say it will surely come that way, while other reports say it will not. We understand that a letter was received in Richfield on Monday night, from the north, stating that the contract was let for grading 50 miles of the D. & R. G. road this side of Janti. This will bring it to Richfield. Richfield Advocate. , A party stopped his paper the other day.saying that $3.00 was too much for a tri weekly paper. That man ought to be located in a place where the printers don't need to buy wood to keep themselves warm. The R. G. W, Ry. has done business busi-ness for Ephraim, for the month of February: Incoming freight, S515.18; outgoing freight, 410,24; total; freight,$935,4s. The express business $50:00; Express money order 417.24; total express 4I7ia45 The passenger business has amounted to 255.a3.This makes a grand total of business for the Ephraim station for February of $1657.8$. |