The Globe-republican., 1890-07-09
LOCAL BREVITIES.

/ LOCAL BREVITIES.
Il. F. Gray. of Ford. was doing the
city the first of the week.
Look out for the Trade Carnival at
the opera house. July 3Oth. 1890.
w. r. Watson. L. E. McGarry and
Thos. Lahey spent the 18th at Ford.
Girl wanted TO do homework. En-
Guire of Mrs. d. W. MOffitt. cor. Ave. A
and Oak ST.
Frank Winter of Wheatland. one of
the prosperous east end farmers, was
caller Saturday.
w. II. LyBrand is engaged in taking
the school census. The figures will COM
pare favorably with the census Of last
year.
A. NJ. Merryman. of Kinsley. arrived
in the city Friday night and accompanied
c. NJ. BeesOn to the ranch Saturday
morning.
Mrs. j. A. Arment returned home
Sunday from six weeks visit with
friends in the eastern and southern part
of the state.
The heated term was broken for a
few hours yesterday afternoon by gen.
tie shower of rain. but to-day old Sol is
firing up again.
For SALE.-A No. l parlOr organ at
bargain that you don't find every day.
Call on Miss Florence Metcalf. cor. 9Th
ave. and Spruce st.
F. X. Day. of st. Louis. L. 5. signal
Inspector. was in the city Monday on
business connected with the service. We
acknowledge pleasant call.
We call the attention of the repub-
licans of Ford county to the political an
nOuncement of [. f. VOORHEES,. which
appears on the editorial page.
&C. NJ. Beeson went to the ranch in
the strip Saturday to attend the summer
roundup and superintend shipment of
calves. He will be gone ten days.
Although our population is not so
large as it was TWO or three years ago.
Dodge City can still boast of an increase
over 1880 of several hundred per cent.
DEWITT's Little Early Risers. Best
liver pill ever made. Cure consumption
every time. None equal. Use them
now. Sold by the Palace Drug Co. 24y.
Walter ;. Greer. the brakeman who
was run over by freight train at Garden
City a few weeks ago. which resulted in
the loss of a leg. is able to be out. with
the aid of crutches.
-Ye Olde Folkes concerto at the opera
house. July Both. Don't forget that the
songs will be entirely different from those
given recently by the Presbyterian ladies
and they now propose to excel what they
did then.
DIR. 5. Galland. proprietor of the
Great Western hotel, is making extensive
preparation for the entertainment of
guests who will be in attendance at
the convention on the Both. He has rooms
for one hundred.
The Bee Hive block had a narrow
escape from Fourth of July conflagra-
ton. Some rubbish in the basement hall
took fire and was gaining Roadway on
the wood partition when it was discov-
cred and eXtinguished.
j. L. Metcalf represented Ford coun-
ty as delegate to the Prohibition state
convention, held at Mcpherson Friday
last. He reports the prohibs as enthusi-
astic as ever. and that they placed full
state ticket in the field.
Mr.. Henry Meyers. of Durham. Ma
rion county. Kansas. was visiting in the
city last week. Mr.. Meyers was form
erly section foreman on the Rock Island
at this place. and there still seems to be
romaipinv Coma attractions horo III =
cause an occasional visit.
ingalls, item: Madison and McGarry
of Dodge City. two prominent attorneys
have been employed by the trustees of
ingalls, and Salem townships to investi-
gate the acts and proceedings of the Ar
kansas Valley Sugar company in connec-
ton with the American Sugar company.