The Globe-republican., 1892-02-25

and 10 case of any sprains CAUSED by the
breaks In the music he would be happy
70 furnish Imminent, etc., At the usual
price, for if home industries were to be
considered, he did not want Kirkpatrick
and Ioung to get all there was in IT,.
Everyone seemed to be for saving the
nineteen dollars. The committee were
! highly elated at their prospects of sue
cess and the committee on music cor
respondingly depressed. A vote was
called for. Mr.. Coolidge who had been
asleep was awakened, forgetting the
place but not the time commenced say
ing my Dear" when he was cut short
BY the chair, who told bin if he wanted
to make Stumpf speech he had better
60 to st. John. where it would be more
appreciated. AS the time for speaking be-
fore the members had gone BY. Mr..
Coolidge blushed and sat down. A vote
was taken with the following count:
Beeson, 80; the Professor. 2. The de-
feat of the finance committee was COM
plete. The next morning the janitor
found thirty EIGHT crumpled pieces of
paper with the coat of arms of the Sher-
if of Ford county at the head and the
following in photographic writing:
''VOte for Mr.. Beeson or 1 will 60 to no
more dances with YOU As diplomat
as we'll as financier Mr.. Beeson lays it
way over the Professor. The question
now is who are the two black sheep?
Some say Simpson and Hudson and 9TH
ers say Kirkpatrick and Young or Pine.
Courage Appreciated n Dodge cav
Ever since the gang of Pueblo toughs
tried to hold up Mr.. D. T. weagley and
got held up themselves, leaving the VAL
liant old gentleman in possession Of evil
dence sufficient to identify the robbers,
our people have felt like rendering him
. testimonial to show their appreciation
Of the high courage which could not be
subdued by those sombre masked faces
and that cold, -barreled revolver,
cleaning in the semi-darkness. Last
Friday evening this feeling eliminated
in number of leading citizens and bus
mess men filing into Mr.. Weagley's store,
bearing valuable gold-headed cane APP
propriately inscribed. County Attorney
Madison gave expression to their admi-
ration of his heroic action in charging
single handed upon an unknown member
of desperadoes. He dwelt upon the
great benefit TO the community. individ-
ually and collectively. because this viO-
lent and dangerous felony had met such
overwhelming confusion. In accepting
the beautiful souvenir. Mr.. Weagley as
sured his neighbors that their kindly
sympathy and good will excited feelings
of the deepest gratitude. He modestly
diSclaimed any merit for routing the
robbers, as it was done invOluntarily on
the impulse. In other words, he had to
do what he did. We notice, however.
that in nine cases out of ten the unarmed
man who is confronted by masked men
in the dark. and looks down into the
gloomy and cavernOus mouth of a big
six shooter is very much Impelled to con-
form gracefully to the slightest wish of
the opposition. This is the first time,
however. that an acclimated inhabitant
of Dodge City was treated in this man
ner. and it may be that our bracing eli
mate imparts nerve unknown elsewhere. |
At any rate the overwhelming overthrow
of these robbers will make il safer for |
every one of us hereafter.