HOLMES & SON.

                                                                 Winfield.

WINFIELD 1880:

Ira N. Holmes, 52; spouse, Amanda D., 52.

Chas. F. Holmes, 22; spouse, Ella E., 24.

Note: Ira N. Holmes was a brother of John B. Holmes of Rock Township.

Ira N. Holmes, it appears, was the father of Charles F. Holmes.

Father and son (Ira N. Holmes and Charles F. Holmes) ran various business enterprises in Winfield as “Holmes & Son.” and at one time were part of Tunnel Mills.

WINFIELD DIRECTORY 1885:

Holmes & Son, coal, 1101 Main

Holmes Chas. F, coal office, 1101 Main, res 1101 Manning

Holmes Miss Lydia, dressmaker, rooms 1000 Main

Holmes I N, coal, 1101 Main, res same

                                               FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.

Winfield Courier, August 29, 1878.

Mr. I. N. Holmes, brother of John H. Holmes of Rock, has arrived from Indiana and proposes to locate. He is accompanied by Mr. G. W. Carnes, of Thorntown, Indiana.

Winfield Courier, December 5, 1878.

Mr. Ira N. Holmes has purchased a lot corner of Eleventh avenue and Main Street and will build immediately. He is a brother of the great farmer of Rock township, and has the family vim and energy. His enterprise will be a valuable acquisition to the business of this city.

[Note: At first it appears that Ira N. Holmes went into partnership with his brother, John H. Holmes, of Rock, and started a packing house called “Holmes & Brother.”]

Winfield Courier, December 12, 1878.

Holmes & Brother’s new packing house is almost completed, and Messrs. Holmes will be ready to buy hogs in a few days.

Winfield Courier, February 13, 1879.

Mr. Holmes, our enterprising pork packer, is building a smoke-house in connection with his establishment.

Winfield Courier, March 31, 1881.

Charley Holmes went back east some time ago and returned last week with one of Indiana’s fair daughters.

[THE SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT OF THE SEASON.]

Winfield Courier, April 7, 1881.

On last Thursday evening was gathered in the magnificent salons of M. L. Robinson one of the largest parties which have assembled in Winfield this past season. The honors of the occasion were conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Spotswood in the most graceful and pleasing manner, making each of the guests feel delighted and happy. A new departure was made in the hour for reception which we cannot too highly commend, that of substituting 7 o’clock for the late hours which usually prevail, but the habits of some were so confirmed that they could not get around until nine o’clock. The banquet was excellent beyond our power of description. Nothing was wanting to render it perfect in all its appointments. At a reasonable hour the guests retired, expressing the warmest thanks to their kind hostesses and hosts for the pleasures of the evening. The following are the names of the guests as we now remember them.

Miss Nettie McCoy, Mrs. Huston, Mrs. S. H. Myton, Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. Eastman, Mrs. Ticer, Mr. M. G. Hodges, Mr. C. A. Bliss, Mr. W. C. Robinson, Mr. W. A. Smith, Mr. W. J. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Loose, Mrs. Herrington, Mr. and Mrs. Van Doren, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Linn, Mr. and Mrs. Wallis, Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Platter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harden, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hackney, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Pryor, Mr. and Mrs. Black, Mr. and Mrs. H. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. Hickok, Mr. and Mrs. Conklin, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Dever, Mr. and Mrs. Bedilion, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Barclay, Mrs. W. F. Baird, Mr. and Mrs. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Doane, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Millington, Mr. and Mrs. Horning, Mr. and Mrs. Troup, Mr. and Mrs. F. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Baird, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Read.

Excerpts: I. N. Holmes, juror...

[THE MANNY TRIAL.]

Winfield Courier, June 30, 1881.

Winfield has been in a fever of excitement for the past few days over the arrest of Frank Manny for violating the prohibition amendment in selling beer. The trial was first brought before Justice Kelly, but the defense secured a change of venue to Justice Tansey’s court. Monday was the day set for the trial and early in the day numbers of spectators gathered to see the opening of the case.

The array of legal talent retained on the part of the defense was simply appalling: Judge Campbell, with eight years’ experi­ence on the bench; J. E. Allen, one of the most precise and painstaking lawyers at the bar; O. M. Seward, the leading temper­ance attorney of the southwest; and Messrs. Soward & Asp, gentle­men of high standing at the bar. Certainly Mr. Manny should feel that his interests will be protected as far as the law is con­cerned.

County Attorney Jennings appeared for the State.

The hall opened at 9 o’clock, the jury was called, and the examination for jurors commenced. This proved to be a tedious matter as most everyone called had either formed or expressed an opinion, or had conscientious scruples that unfitted him for sitting in the case. Generally when a juror went into the box thinking he was unprejudiced, he found that he was mistaken before the lawyers got through with him. Up to noon thirty-five jurors had been called and twenty-nine of them proved to be incompetent.

After dinner the examination of jurors was continued and soon developed into a lively fight. The question was raised of whether a member of a temperance organization was a competent juror in the case, on which Judge Campbell made an exhaustive argument, insisting that such a person was not and could not be competent to sit in the case. County Attorney Jennings replied in a brief but convincing manner. He stated that if Judge Campbell’s theory was correct, a horse thief could be tried only by persons not opposed to horse stealing, and that persons who were in favor of enforcing the laws would not be competent jurors in criminal cases.

The court sustained the County Attorney, and the juror was passed. The jury was finally empaneled at 5 o’clock Monday evening.

The following is a list of the jurors: A. G. Wilson, James Bethel, E. P. Harlen, Elam Harter, I. N. Holmes, E. P. Kinne, J. H. Mounts, T. H. Jackson, T. S. Smith, Wm. Trezise, W. L. Moorehouse, and W. I. Shotwell.

Winfield Courier, December 22, 1881.

Dressed Hogs Wanted at Holmes’ Packing House. We will pay 6½ cents per pound for well fatted hogs weighing 200 pounds and upward. Bring them in and get honest weights.

                                                         HOLMES & SON.

Winfield Courier, March 23, 1882.

BIRTH. Charlie Holmes has a visitor at his house—a nine pound boy. Hurrah for Charlie!

[PROHIBITION.]

Winfield Courier, February 1, 1883.

                                        WINFIELD DON’T WANT SALOONS.

On looking over carefully the list of signatures on the petition to Hackney, we find a considerable number of names of persons who live in the country, and many more whom nobody knows. We find only 101 names, less than half of those on the petition, who are known as citizens of Winfield. Less than half of these probably understood what they were signing, and are in favor of saloons. It is presumable that the originators got all the names of prominent Winfield men they could by any kind of representations; and, considering all these things, the petition is not so very formidable after all. But it is enough to give our city a bad name, and give a severe stab to the cause of prohibition. The Kansas City Journal’s Topeka correspondence says that the names of all the prominent men and business firms of Winfield are found on that petition, except one bank and one hardware store. We notice that the following Winfield firms and names are conspicuously absent from the petition.

                            One of those who signed petition: Holmes’ Packing House.

Besides all the clergymen of the city and more than four hundred other businessmen and voters of the city, it does not show up big when we remember that but a very small proportion of the 650 voters in the city signed the petition.

Winfield Courier, February 8, 1883.

Back bone, ribs, and tenderloin at Holmes & Son’s today.

Winfield Courier, March 22, 1883.

Dry salt shoulders at 8½ cents at Holmes & Son’s.

Winfield Courier, March 22, 1883.

Cheapest cured meats in town at “Packing House.”

Winfield Courier, April 5, 1883.

The Frazee Bros., have sold their residence property back of Holmes packing house, for $2,500 to J. W. Pugsley.

[EDITORIAL CONVENTION HELD AT WINFIELD.]

Winfield Courier, May 17, 1883.

                                                Where the Money Came From.

The following are the cash contributions to the general editorial entertainment fund. More was raised than was used and those who subscribed first took more than their share, so that others had to be somewhat limited in their contributions to give others a chance.

                                              Holmes & Son contributed $2.00.

Winfield Courier, August 16, 1883.

The Primary election of the SECOND WARD will be held on the same day at the same hours, under the same rules as the above, at the old Winfield Bank building on 9th Avenue. I. H. Holmes, C. W. Armstrong, and H. Brotherton are appointed Judges and W. T. Madden and Louis Zenor, Clerks. Six delegates are to be chosen. T. H. SOWARD, Ward Chairman.

[FAIR.]

Winfield Courier, October 4, 1883.

                  CLASS N. HOUSEHOLD FABRICS, KANSAS MANUFACTURE.

Best pair wool blankets, Mrs. Geo. W. Robinson, city, 1st premium; Mrs. I. N. Holmes, city, 2nd.

Best pair of mittens, Mrs. I. N. Holmes, city, 1st premium; Mrs. E. A. Coler, Floral, 2nd.

[CITY COUNCIL.]

Winfield Courier, January 31, 1884.

The Council met in adjourned session on Monday evening, Mayor and all members present. The committee to whom was referred the fire-limit ordinance was granted further time in which to report.

An ordinance forbidding the construction of buildings on Main from the Brettun south to Holmes’ Packing House, and on Ninth Avenue west to Menor Street, and east to Millington Street, of other than stone, brick, or like non-combustible material, was presented by this committee, but continued on account of some suggested amendments as to boundaries. The Council, with all businessmen on these streets, are in favor of forbidding the construction of any frame buildings in the main business portion of the city.

Winfield Courier, February 7, 1884.

WANTED. Dead Hogs and Stock of all kinds suitable for Tanking. Bring them in and we will pay you “Spot Cash” what they are worth. HOLMES & SON.

Winfield Courier, May 1, 1884.

Charley Holmes bought a mate to his fine spotted pony last week. He hitched her up to a single rig last Sunday and she proved too frisky for him. After “taking in” the city on her own account for a few minutes, she was stopped by laying a fence across the street, and she even wanted to go over that, though it was braced by a dozen or two men. The fence was borrowed for the occasion.

It appears that Ira N. Holmes, the father, purchased Harris’ interest in Tunnel Mills...

Winfield Courier, August 14, 1884.

Mr. Holmes has purchased C. C. Harris’ interest in the Tunnel Mills and Elam Harter has purchased Lou Harter’s interest. The mill will hereafter be run by Holmes & Harter, and will be re-fitted and fixed up to do first-class work.

Winfield Courier, September 25, 1884.

Smoked Bacon at 10 cents per pound by the side at Holmes & Son’s.

Winfield Courier, October 2, 1884.

Charley T. Holmes leaves Sunday for Indianapolis, via the St. Louis Exposition, where he will visit a few days and return with his family, who have been spending some time among relatives there.

[FAIR.]

Winfield Courier, October 2, 1884.

                                                        CANNED FRUITS.

Plums, Mrs. T. M. Graham, 1st; Mrs. Ira Holmes, 2nd.

                                                             PRESERVES.

Cherries, Mrs. Ira Holmes, 1st; Mrs. W. W. Andrews, 2nd.

Siberian crab, Mrs. Geo. W. Robinson, 1st; Mrs. Ira Holmes, 2nd.

Tomatoes, Mrs. S. S. Linn, 1st; Mrs. Ira Holmes, 2nd.

                                                       BUTTERS OR JAMS.

Gooseberry butter, Mrs. S. S. Linn, 1st; Mrs. Ira Holmes, 2nd.

                                                                PICKLES.

Pickled grapes, Mrs. S. S. Linn, 1st; Mrs. Ira Holmes, 2nd.

                                   CLASS L.—NEEDLE AND FANCY WORK.

Best knit worsted mittens, Mrs. Ira Holmes, 1st.

Pair woolen socks, Mrs. Ira Holmes, 1st, Mrs. M. J. Norton, 2nd.

Pair wool mittens, Mrs. Ira Holmes, 1st; Mrs. M. F. Schooling, 2nd.

This must have been reference to Mrs. Ira N. Holmes...

Winfield Courier, October 16, 1884.

Flora Harrison, a young girl about fifteen years old, was arrested Tuesday and lodged in the county jail on charge of petty larceny. While Mrs. Holmes was watching the political procession Monday, the girl entered her house, found a porte-monnaie containing five dollars on the center table, and walked out with it. On its being missed she was traced through the identification of a neighbor, who saw her enter the house. The girl is comely and bright and seems to be surrounded with a strange degree of mystery, having roamed from Philadelphia to Colorado, remaining there a short time with an aunt, and turning up here under circumstances very hidden. She carries an air of innocence which makes her case very pitiable, putting in much time in convulsive sobs. She is homeless and friendless, and our public-spirited ladies are proffering assistance and encouragement.

Winfield Courier, November 6, 1884.

Holmes & Son will soon be occupying the large brick addition to their pork packing establishment.

Charles Holmes...

Arkansas City Traveler, November 26, 1884.

Ivan Robinson and Mr. Holmes, of Winfield, were in our city last week looking for a location for a coal yard. After looking the field over, they left Snyder & Hutchison to secure a suitable location. These gentlemen then bought out Pitts Ellis’ scales and office with fixtures and bins and leased of Newman & McLaughlin two lots on Central Avenue, opposite Fairclo Bro.’s livery stable. Messrs. Robinson & Holmes will immediately commence the erection of sheds, and will have seven cars of coal, hard and soft, in our city this week. These gentlemen are men who will always have coal of all kinds in hand, and we need have no more fear of a coal famine as we have been having. They will keep not less than ten car loads on hand at all times. Their office will be on the corner of Summit Street and Central Avenue.

Arkansas City Traveler, December 3, 1884.

Ivan Robinson and Chas. Holmes are the partners in the Arkansas City Coal Co., our E. C., the Republican, to the contrary, notwithstanding.

Winfield Courier, December 4, 1884.

Ivan Robinson and Charley Holmes, of this City, have opened a coal yard at Arkansas City, with Ivan in charge.

[WINFIELD CITY COUNCIL.]

Winfield Courier, December 18, 1884.

Holmes & Son, coal for city, $3.50.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 8, 1885.

The City Fathers held their regular semi-monthly commune Monday evening last.

Following pauper claims were recommended to County Commissioners for payment. Holmes & Son, coal, $18.50.

                                               TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 29, 1885.

                                                      No. 20. Holmes & Son.

                             ABSTRACT OF COUNTY AUDITOR’S REPORT.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 19, 1885.

Abstract of the monthly report of the County Auditor of Cowley County, Kansas, of claims certified to the County Clerk, on the First Monday of March, 1885.

                                             [Showing Amount Allowed Only.]

                                            Holmes & Son pauper claim: $18.50.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 26, 1885.

Jas. A. Patton, of Thornton, Indiana, arrived Saturday for a visit with his old friend, Chas. F. Holmes.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 9, 1885.

Captain P. A. Huffman, from Indiana, father-in-law of Charley Holmes, arrived last week, has rented the Burkhalter property on Manning street, and is permanently located.

                                                       ANOTHER WANT.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 23, 1885.

Holmes & Son have sold their interest in the Tunnel Mills to S. S. Copple and W. H. Dunn. We hope the new accessions will put in the needed repairs and make this mill what it should be. It is the best natural mill site in the Union. Many are the men and cities who would jump at such water power as a golden bonanza. Winfield must have another first-class roller mill. The city and surrounding territory is getting populous and one mill cannot supply the home and foreign demand. If the Tunnel Mill folks will rebuild their mill substantially, put in the best machinery, and make it capable of filling the demands, then they are on top. Otherwise, it will be built by other parties. There is money in such an institution. When its advantages are properly seen, it will not be hard to get capitalists to take hold of it. Who will fill this want?

Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 18, 1885.

Holmes & Son are making preparations to put a stock of groceries in their new building.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 25, 1885.

There has been considerable curiosity over what the top building is that Holmes & Son are erecting over their coal yard. It has been suggested that it was an “opera comique,” and also that they were taking time by the forelock and intended to locate the fool school in this building. The fact is, they are going into the business of baling hay, and this is their storeroom.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.

Holmes & Son have got fairly opened in their new grocery. The store room is new and their goods all fresh and first-class. We predict a big trade for this firm, for they know how to please their customers and will do it.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 16, 1885.

Holmes & Son have erected a fine awning in front of their grocery. L. W. Kimball did the work. They also have put gas in their building and are assuming city airs.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 30, 1885.

                                                             NEW FIRM!

                                                            NEW ROOM.

                                                 WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED

                                                           A large invoice of

                                                     Salt & Smoked Meats,

                      bought very low, which we will retail to our customers accordingly.

Bacon—Sides ........................................................    10 cents

Bacon—Breakfast ................................................    12½ cents

Hams—Sugar Cured ...........................................    12½ cents

N. Y. Shoulders .....................................................    10 cents

Picnic Hams ...........................................................    10 cents

Picnic Boneless Hams ...........................................   10 cents

Lard .......................................................................    10 cents

Job lots of 50 pounds or more a specialty.

                                                            Holmes & Son,

                                                            South Main St.

                                           Free Delivery to any part of the city.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 20, 1885.

Once more we are happy to chronicle the event of being banqueted to as fine a watermelon as the children ever sat down to. Holmes & Son are the benefactors. Long may they live. They have our thanks.

                                    REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

      Everything Harmonious, With No Opposition to Speak of. A Ticket Unexcelled.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 24, 1885.

Convention called to order. Committee on credentials reported the following names of delegates entitled to seats in this convention.

                                            WINFIELD 3RD AND 4TH WARDS.

Delegates: D. L. Kretsinger, G. H. Buckman, John C. Long, H. L. Wells, J. L. Horning, R. Farnsworth, A. McNeal, C. Stamp.

Alternates: Chas. Holmes, J. E. Snow, Capt. Whiting, L. Conrad, W. H. Shearer, Will Whitney, E. C. Seward, W. B. Pixley.

                                                 BARGAINS! BARGAINS!

Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 22, 1885.

A car load of purely bred Jersey heifers and cows for sale cheap. Also a Registered bull, all solid squirrel grays with black paints. I will only keep them here two weeks, after which they will be moved to Wichita. Come at once for bargains. I can be found at Holmes & Son’s grocery store. P. A. Huffman.

Arkansas City Republican, October 24, 1885.

Bargains! Bargains! A carload of purely bred Jersey heifers and cows for sale cheap. Also a Registered bull, all solid squirrel gray, with black paints. I will only keep them here two weeks after which they will be moved to Wichita. Come at once for bargains. I can be found at Holmes & Son’s grocery store. P. A. Huffman.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 29, 1885.

The reporter mounting a steed sallied forth early Friday morning to take an inventory of the improvements and new buildings which have gone up since the season opened, and the ones under construction at the present time. Being rushed, we are satisfied many have been overlooked. The valuation given is below the market value rather than above. The following list we know will surprise our own citizens.

Holmes & Son store                                   10,000

Holmes & Son coal and ice yard                   4,000

Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 12, 1885.

Only an oil can, that’s all; but it drew out the frantic peels of the fire bell and a thousand men, women, and children including the fire department. The crowd swayed to and fro in frenzy to find where to go. First they ran to the end of north Main—to help the hose company with the carts; then down Manning street a mile, and then to where they started from—and no fire. It was an oil can explosion in Mrs. Crag’s house, back of Holmes’ grocery. It was smothered in a second—before the fire bell had made a dozen taps. But it made a little lively excitement, anyhow.

                                                           LAND SLIDES.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 19, 1885.

The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds since our last issue.

Cynthia Harter and heirs to Ira N and Chas F Holmes, Valley View cemetery in w hf nw qr 33-32-4: $50.00.

                                              OUR FESTIVE SPORTSMEN.

                                                 A Day Amid Shot and Shell.

                                              Game Scarce and Scores Small.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 26, 1885.

The annual hunt of the Winfield Sportsmen’s Club, yesterday, was all in a conglomerate mass on the floor of the Brettun House office last evening, where President Harter and Secretary Glass conducted the count of the terrible slaughter and gave the individual scores. It was a tired crowd of hunters, many of them looking very sad eyed. The unlucky ones swore on a stack of powder that Cowley County is just about gameless—some of them didn’t see a cotton tail all day; yes, some of them didn’t see anything, which is verified by the nonentity of their score; but hardly by the appearance of their ammunition, which seems to whisper, “wasted on the desert air.” But an honest consultation of hunters was unanimous in the verdict that they never did so much traveling for so little game. The game appeared to have been notified of its impending fate and crawled in its hole. Capt. Huffman’s division laid it over Capt. Hunt’s division by a good majority. The losing side sets up the banquet at the Brettun tonight, when a big time is anticipated. James McLain, as last year, bobbed up serenely with the champion score and raked in the gold medal. Dr. Riley, with a score of 20, raked in the tin medal.

                                                             THE SCORE.

                                                         Huffman’s Division.

P. A. Huffman, 1620; Jas. McLain, 1755; J. N. Harter, 410; Fred Whiting, 665; K. McClung, 765; Chas. Holmes, 730; F. Kessinger, 180; John Eaton, 235; J. R. Handy, 1130; Q. A. Glass, 115; Dr. J. G. Evans, 385; Dr. Emerson, 385; Dr. Riley, 20; J. B. Garvin, 215; T. J. Harris, 65; L. M. Williams, 170. Total: 8,845.

                                           THE SPORTSMEN’S BANQUET.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 26, 1885.

Thursday night was the occasion of the annual banquet of the Winfield Sportsmen’s Club. The annual hunt occurred the day before, the victors and defeated had received their scores, and now was another meeting, to eat, drink (water), and be merry; the “greenies,” or unfortunates, telling how they walked and walked, and fired and fired, and came out with only a few cotton-tails; and the victors were to explain how they managed it in getting so much salt on the tails of their game. The banquet, of course, was spread in the large dining hall of the Brettun, “set up” by the losing division, under Captain Hunt. Messrs. Harter & Hill did themselves proud in the preparation of the banquet, a magnificent array of about everything obtainable in the culinary art, with waiters most attentive. At nine o’clock the feast began, partaken of by the following.

Victors: P. A. Huffman, captain; Jas. McLain, J. N. Harter, Fred Whiting, K. McClung, Chas. Holmes, F. Kessinger, John Eaton, J. R. Handy, Q. A. Glass, Dr. J. G. Evans, Dr. Emerson, Dr. Riley, J. B. Garvin, T. J. Harris, L. M. Williams.

                                                           LAND SLIDES.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, December 24, 1885.

The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds since our last issue.

               Ira N Holmes et al to John R Cochran, tract in nw qr 33-32-4e: $1,000.00.

          John R Cochran et ux to Ira N Holmes, lots 9 and 10, blk 94, Winfield: $1,000.00.

                                                           LAND SLIDES.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 21, 1886.

The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds since our last issue.

Rachael Pugsley and husband to Ira N Holmes, lots 16, 17, and 18, blk 111, Winfield: $4,000.00.

                                                           LAND SLIDES.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 4, 1886.

The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds yesterday.

                  Francis S Rider et ux to Ira Holmes, lot 6, blk 148, Winfield: $1,800.00.

Holmes Block in Winfield...

                                                THE HYMENAEAN VOWS.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 4, 1886.

Again has Hymen conquered and nuptial solemnities have joined in heart, hand, and fortune Mr. W. R. Whitney and Miss Mary E. Hamill. The event was quietly celebrated Monday evening at the home of Mrs. M. L. Whitney, mother of the groom. It was in novel taste for its lack of formality. Only the immediate friends and relatives of the bridal pair were present, among whom were Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Horning, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Robinson, and Master Roy, Mrs. N. J. Platter and little daughter, Belle, and Misses Nellie and Alice Aldrich. The ceremony was tersely and impressively pronounced by Rev. Miller, and after hearty congratulations all around, an inspection revealed a number of handsome tokens, all the more valued by coming only from intimate friends. Among the remembrances were a beautifully framed portrait of the bride’s deceased uncle, Rev. J. E. Platter, by Mrs. Platter; a silver cake basket, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Robinson; set of china hand-painted fruit plates, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Horning; hand painted plaque, Mrs. I. W. Randall, and other elegant articles. The wedding, though without extensive display, was thoroughly enjoyable. The newly made pair start on the dual life with a future full of promise. The groom is the junior of the extensive hardware firm of Horning & Whitney, and has long stood foremost among the city’s most prominent young businessmen, energetic, of close application and genial manner. The bride, for some years, has been an instructor in our city schools, is a lady of refinement and culture, and a keen ambition and independence that always accompany the truest womanhood. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney have furnished rooms in the Holmes block on South Main, where they will reside until they build a home, in the near future. Here’s our hand, Billy, with the sincere and hearty wish, with those of your many warm friends, that all the brightest hopes of yourself and accomplished bride may be fully realized, in a life of unalloyed happiness, sunshine, and prosperity. And your numerous congratulators will ever pray.

Holmes grocery mentioned...

Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 11, 1886.

T. W. Crawford says he is stuck on Winfield and has a very fine selection of Estey Organs and Pianos, and will sell at a greatly reduced price, for the next thirty days. You will find him at Van Laey’s, the watchmaker, two doors south of Holmes’ grocery.