minute. The engine threw water 133 feet from the nozzle, so it was deemed satisfactory by all and was accepted. There   was a parade to celebrate the arrival.

Sept. 10, 1886 - Corn $0.36, Wheat $.60, Potatoes $.55 bu., and cobs $.50 a load.

   The Aug. shipments from this station totaled 86 cars, 73 grain and 13 livestock.

Jan. 1887 -  The old Reporter printing office which was sold two years ago by J. C. Ecker to Mills and Hays for $1000.00, was sold on a mortgage public sale in Elliott on Jan. 3 for $100, to Prof. Montgomery, editor of the Graphic. (It is interesting to note that two of Elliott's newspapers have now gone out of existence. The Enterprise, the first to be published, was printed for two months in Glenwood, was suspended for two months, then printed for an other two months at Red Oak, and went out of print, in 1881. The Reporter lasted from Sept. 1884 to 1885.)

May 20, 1887 - Dr. E. O. Baxter gives Turkish, Russian, or shower baths Wed. and Sat. afternoons.

Aug. 19, 1887 - A subscription library has been started in Elliott with Jos. Clure as librarian.

April 13, 1888 - Assessor report: Personal Property assessment - $35,702, 12 dogs, 33 hogs, 29 cows, 50 horses, and 4 mules.

Aug. 24, 1888 - Very little grain moving, what there is, is in damaged condition due to wet weather.

Dec. 14, 1888 - The low prices of cattle is making feeders feel pretty blue.  Markets-Chicago: Beeves-steers-$4.25 @ $5.30, Hogs- $4.90 @ $5.25, New York markets-corn 45 @ $.46.

Jan. 1, 1889 - The year ending saw 359 cars of livestock and 311 cars of grains, 257 of which was corn, shipped from Elliott.

Mar. 29, 1889 - B. M. Umphrees of Elliott is running a daily hack from Red Oak to Griswold via Elliott. He leaves Red Oak 7 A. M. and gets back in the evening.

July, 1889 - The Fourth of July celebration drew the biggest crowd in history.

Oct. 11, 1889 - There are 84 students enrolled in our public school, 22 in High School, and 31 in each room.

Mar. 14, 1890 - There were 769 cars of freight shipped from Elliott in 1889, of which 430 were livestock, 318 grain.

Mar. 28, 1890 - Home price for hogs - $3.50 to $3.65, Corn 17 and $.18, eggs $.09